for the IrTTIf
THE PULPIT.
A BP.UNT SUNDAV SERMON BV
THE REV. W. H. M'MASTER.
Themes The Gospel.
Popularity of Alfalfa.
According to the estimates of the
Kansas State Hoard of Agriculture
the area sown In alfalfa In that State
has Increased from 267,376 acres In
1899 to 743.030 acres In 1907; the
area fur 190$ Is not yet published.
The estimates show a wonderful ad
vance In the popularity of the crop
In the Sunflower State. Weekly Wit
ness. A Remedy For Colds.
Hows are frequently troubled
with roughs, colds, distemper and
lung trouble, frequently attributed to
dusty liav. A writer on the subject
Rives a prescription which he says be
has used .successively for over forty
years and that his father, a horse
doctor ot the old fashioned school,
used it many years before his time.
He says that the remedy Is perfectly
safe and there Is no danger from giv
ing a little over the regular dos".
The prescription is as follows: Oil
'pine tar, one pint; oil nraganum, one
ounce: powdered blond root, one
ounce; powdered elecampane root,
one ounce. Dose, rmo tablespoonful
from three to five times a day. placed
well back of the tongue. Weekly
Witness.
May Slacker.
We think we have a good device
t stacking alfalfa or other hay and
fast, too, that might be helpful to
ome of the readers and farmers and
that is to have two four by four
pieces of timber thirty feet Ion? that
are clear of knot3 and bolt together
t top. Dig a couple of holes In
ground a foot deep and fifteen feet
apart, opposite each other and place
those four by fours In those holes
and put two guy ropes one in each
side and pull them up and stake good,
but give them enough rope to let
them have eight to ten feet each way
from straight up and down, fasten
pulley at crotch, tie end of one rope
at crotch and put a pulley on It and
then run it through pulley at crotch
and down to another pulley staked
good off at one side of derrick and
one horse hitched on end of rope
will handle the fork all right.
Put hay fork on pulley as shown
tn diagram. Haul hay or buck it up
under guy rope No. 1 and leave der
rick lean as it is and load fork and
start horse, and when the fork gets
to crotch let horse pull It over and
Jerk trip rope as it goes, and It will
throw hay a good distance. One man
can stack after this device and build
a stack twelve feet wide, thirty to
fifty feet long and sixteen to twenty
feet high. When you get fork un
loaded pull derric-k back and load
again: one. r.ian can load fork and
trip It with a long trip rops and pull
derrick back without getting off load,
and a little boy can handle the horse
or fork. Stake g.iy rope No. 2 off a
little from one std", not much, just
enough so ropo rub, stack good on
one side, ami stake the pulley that
horse is hitched to rope on the other
side so It will pull straight and not
upset.- E. A. McMillan, in Tim Economist.
Sheep and Wool.
E. II. Kins, I" a recent address be
fore the Kansas Association of Im
proved Breeders, made this compari
son in behalf of sheep and wool pro
fits a compared with cows. He said:
"One hundred good grade ewes
will cost about the same as ten good
grade cows, will eat about the same
the year through, and at the same
per cent, ot Increase will return
eighty lambs, worth $4 each, and
1000 pounds of wool, worth $175, as
against eight calves, worth $10 each,
and 200D pounds of butter, worth
$300. Quite a difference In favor of
the sheep, and they will run lu the
pasture caring for themselves, and
any of you who have milked ten cows
through the year and hand-fed the
calves, a. you tnuBt to get the butter
returns, know that there is a great
deal of labnr attached to that work.
If the farmer does not have the
alfalfa or clover to g with his corn,
the sheep will thrive admirably upon
prairie hay, wheat or flax straw, corn
fodder, or sorgum or kafir corn, but
as these are all highly carbonaceous,
he should feed some bran or oats or
oil meal with the corn to balance the
ration. In 1901 my flock was con
fined entirely to corn fodder and a
half bushel per 100 head dally of a
ration composed of wheat and cotton
seed meal In equal parts, and did
fine.
"I fattened some old ewes for mar
ket upon cottonseed meal and a very
light fend of poor ihock corn. Some
of the professors whom we consulted
said: 'Don't feed any cottonseed
nraaj to pregnant ewes.' But soma
twenty bead ran with the fattening
flock up to lambing and did well and
raised good lambs."
fed, the farmer will find that the
hen after all really has little senti
ment as to Just which season she
shall produce her eggs.
Getting eggs Is not entirely a mat
ter of feeding, yet If we feed correct
ly the hens will not have that as an
actual obstacle to laying. Maturity
and vigor are two Important things
In the hens that are to be heavy win
ter layers. Keep the hens in a thrify,
vigorous condition, and be sure and
feed a variety. These things count
for a great deal toward success.
Coin, oats and wheat are the three
principal grain feeds, but there are
others that may well be fed by way of
variety, and the meat and green stuff
In some form should never bo ne
glected. Give any kind of meat
scraps or prepared meat foods, as It
pays. Try to keep the hen under
conditions as near like those In ex
istence at Bprlng time as you can, and
you will not suffer severely from an
egg famine. This is nothing Impos
sible, and, briefly, only means com
fortable housing, a variety of feeds,
green stuff and meat scraps, and san
itary quarters. Epltomlst.
5 -tr- -: f 1 -
Neglected Agriculture.
There are two branches of agri
culture which pay larger than any
others for the investments In them in
the Central Western States, that are
the most neglected. We refer to the
dairy and poultry industries. It Is
true that In a way they are both pur
sued on the farm, but back in the
years when butter sold for six and
seven cents a pound, chickens $1.00
a doen, and eggs at five and six
centt ";r dozen, the men on the farm
taboov 'hem, and thought these In
dustries were too trilling, and they
have never gotten over It. It Is a
good Illustration of the force of early
habits, for It sticks to most farmers
yet, though dairying and poultry de
mands and prices have quadrupled In
price in many respects. The ancient
cows which made but two or three
pounds of butter a week, and the
dung-hill chicks that were In the
same scant class, probably had some
thing to do with forming this habit;
but now that we have passed these
things by. Isn't It time to take notice
more generally and to give the most
profitable Industries of the farm
greater and more methodic attention?
It is also to be said of the dairy in
dustry that It is one of the greatest
factors In keeping up soil fertility.
Experience has shown that where
dairying Is followed as a leading fea
ture of the farm, that the average
yield of corn and other crops are de
cidedly Increasing. Corn and corn
silage are leading features In the In
dustry, as by this method, the greater
productions of the farm are returned
to the soil to enrich it. Rotating
corn and clover, both of which are
required in dairying, insures the nit
rogen and humus so essential, tn the
soil. Clover, or alfalfa where It can
be grown, along with corn and corn
sllnge make a good ration for cows,
and make good rotations. With
these farm crops but little bran and
cottonseed meal are needed in dairy
feeding to make a balanced ration.
Indiana Farmer.
I'iliug Wood to Season.
The climate has much to do with
the best method to be employed In
piling green wood so that It will sea
son. In the humid sections of the
United States, says Farm and Home,
It should be piled with plenty of
space between the pieces, but In the
arid regions it should be piled closer
to prevent too quickly drying out and
couaequent checking of the wood.
Fig. 1 Bhows a very satisfactory
method ot piling boards, planks and
Feeding For Egg.
Hens will not refuse to lay provid
ing tbe conditions which surround
tbem are favorable for egg produc
tion. Of course a hen cannot keep on
laying all tbe time, nor will some
ben lay even, for a majority of tbe
time, but tbe farmer who provides
tbe correct conditions of housing,
feeding aod general management
find tbat be will not be entirely wjth
out eggs at any time of tbe rear. (Of
course, It Is not tbe ben'a nature to
lay at this Uw of tbe year, but if
be Is comfortably boused and well
small dimension lumber. Inch strips
tor edgings are placed near each end,
and in the middle of the pile. The
top course of boards is put on In th
form ot a roof to shed the water
Very useful methods of piling ties,
posts and other timber are shown Id
Figs. 2 and 3. In Fig. 2 very little
room Is taken up, and at tbe aam
time Individual pieces of timber toucfe
at very few points, tbus permlttlns.
air circulation on all sides ot tbt
wood. When quick drying and sea
soning Is wanted, Fig. 3 shows a bet
ter method and tbe on commonlj
J employed. '
Brooklyn, N. Y. The Rev. W. A
McMaster, pastor of Embury Memo
rial M. E. Church, has been holding
special evangelistic services for some
time, which bBve been most success
ful. In connection with these services
he preached, Sunday morning, on
"The Gospel as the Philosophy of
History." The text was from Act
13:26: "To you Is the word of this
salvation sent." Mr. McMaster said:
This direct announcement Is from
the first recorded missionary address
of St. Paul. He and Barnabas had
only recently started from Antloch in
Syria, upon their first missionary
tour. Barnabas, perhaps a convert
of Pentecost, had been sent to take
charge of the great revival in Antl
och, which had broken out simulta
neously with Peter's opening the door
of Christianity at Caesarea, and ad
mitting, by baptism, Cornelius and
his family, the first Gentile converts
to Christianity. This action of Peter
was a great and significant Innova
tion. He certainly was using the
keys which our Lord had given him.
This revival at Antloch was a revival
among the Gentiles, and the work
was growing to such an extent that
Barnabas must have help, and he
thought of Paul, a man he had met
It Jerusalem some eight years be
fore, and though the Jews made it
?o hot. for Paul that Barnabas had
known him but two weeks, he be
lieved that Paul was the man of the
Dour. He went to Tarsus, where Paul
had been obscurely working and
waiting for eight years how long
God makes some of Ills servants wait
but now the man was ready and
the times were ripe, and when the
Church of Antloch, here for the first
time called "Christian," decided In
true missionary spirit to send mes
sengers of the great salvation to the
Gentiles, Paul stands at last face to
face with the world he Is to conquer.
To show you the elements which
make up this world which Paul faces,
I take you to the Isle of Cyprus, their
first halting place, and which, strange
.o say, presents In miniature the
great world with which Christianity
must cope. Paphos, the chief town,
"was the sat of the worship of
Venus, the goddess of love, who was
laid to have been boVn of the foam
it the sea at this very spot, .and her
worship was carried on with the wild
st licentiousness. It was a picture
in miniature of Greece Bunk in moral
leeay." Beauty divorced from mor-
tlity was thi outcome of Greek art I
ind culture. "Paphos was also the
teat of the Roman Government, and 1
in the proconsular chair sat a man, 1
Sergius Paulus, whose noble 'charac-
:er but utter lack of faith formed a
companion picture of the Inability
3f Rome at that epoch to meet the
leepest necessities of her best sons."
In this same court was a Jewish sor
erer and quack, named Elymas,
whose playing by his arts upon the
nqulrer's credulity was a picture of !
:he depths to which the Jewish char- 1
icter could sink.
Paul, representing the Gospel of
Christ, entered this situation. He
;overed the Jewish magician with
llsgrace, converted the Roman gov
ernor, and founded In the town a
Christian church in opposition to the
3reek shrine. Leaving Cyprus, let
is now hasten to Antloch In Pisidia,
:heir first halting place in the ln
:erler of Asia Minor, where a typical
icene occurs which, because It is typ
cal, we shall describe. In the light
)f history the coming of Paul and
Barnabas to a town was the most Big-
alficant event and worthy to be i
narked by processions and a gorg- ,
sous reception; but how different the i
eallty. These two walk into AntI- j
)ch as any two strangers would come j
Into Brooklyn. First they find a
odglng, and then they look for work. !
Imagine Paul going from door to door !
if tentmakers inquiring for work, j
Dn the Sabbath Day they go to the '
tynagogue and Join lu the psalms !
ind prayers and listen to the law '
(perhaps the first chapter of Deuter
nomy), and to the prophets (per
laps the first of Isaiah). Then the
uler of the synagogue turns to the
jtranger.f and usks ihern If they have
Iny word of exhortation to the peo-
ue. i ins is raui s opportunity. He
irises, and, beckoning attention with i
lis hand, launches upon the sea of i
lebrew history,-suggested by the
aw, and eiplains the fulfillment of
ealah In Jesus Christ, and declares
'To you is the word of this salvation
lent." The people gather about him
ifter the assembly is dismissed and
keg him to come back next Sunday.
3e explains the gospel to inquirers
la he works through the week, and
tn the next Sabbath almost tbe whole
lity assembles to hear hlra; but when
le declares that this salvation Is for
tbe Gentiles, the Jews grow jealous
ind soon stir up persecution and
;ompel them to leave the town. Thus,
while his great mission was to preach
tbe gospel, his great barrier was
Jewish exduslveness and his chlel
and Immediate work took tbe form
if championing the cause ot Gentile
treedom and propping open, so that
no man could shut it, the door wblcb
Peter wad privileged to open.
The greatest battles of human his
tory have been battles for freedom,
and each struggle has had Its hero.
Battles for national freedom Moses
for enslaved Israel, Washington foi
the oppressed colonies. Battles for
freedom of conscience Luther and
Knox. Battles for human rights
Wilberforce and Garrison, Battles,
battles for catholic thought and a uni
versal gospel Paul, t ho apostle to
the Gentiles! The rest of my sermon
shall be an elaboration of three great
points which I gather from this great,
typical missionary speech of St. Paul:
1. How the history of the world
Is transfigured In the light of the
gospel Into the history of tbe King
dom ot God.
The present time Is vitally con
cerned with history. The criticism it
historical, archeology Is historical,
philology Is historical, evolution la
historical and the profound search
ot human thought Is for a key to
history, a philosophy of history.
St. Paul's address vai historical.
He went back through tbe national
history of tbe chusen soople; ani
hlle it vui historical, the name or
God Is in every sentence. No speech
was ever more bold in Its assertion of
God In history. To tbe speaker, bis
tory was not cbaotle, wltb no purpose
or goal; not an eddying current, but
a gre.it Gulf Stream, flowing on .wltb
gathering momentum and speed to
ward a "far off and divine event."
The history was progressive, evjlu
tlcuary, and the goal ot evolution Is
freedom In the Kingdom ot God.
"The law" what was that but the
necessary objective standard In tbe
old tlsced of rompuUlon and foiee,
but now 1u tbe freedom ot love ab
csisl tr Chrlrf who iiA-nd at
Hie taw to every one tbat belfeveth,
and to bring us to Christ, the law as
a schoolmaster was ordained.
The prophets! What were they
but the awakening of visions as tbe
Insufficiency of law became manifest
and the declaring and promising on
divine authority a great Incarnation
of suffering, atoning love, who would
be the fulfilling of all the law and
the prophets? All the promises and
prophecies of Israel's history are de
clared fulfilled In the coming of Jesus
Christ.
And now t arrive at tbe second
great proposition: 2. 'Jesus ChrlBt
Is the centre of h"man history, ful
filling Its law and propre?v( and fur
nishing the type-man and liberator
of all humanity. Let me quote Dr.
Martlnsen: "The perfect revelation
of the wonder-working Providence
of God Is presented in the Incarnate
Logos, in the world-redeeming, soul
saving manifestation of God in Christ.
Human history finds its centre. Its
true meaning, In tbe revelation of
Jesus Christ. It is only In the light
which comes from Him, that human
ity can look back upon a past which
Is full of meaning, ran look forward
to a future full of promise, and can
contemplate Its development as an
organic whole. Human history,
which moves on apart from Christ,
without desire for, or belief In Him,
knows neither beginning nor end It
is objectless, It has no centre."
Now, we have been looking over
large areas and asserting vast gen
eralizations. We have discovered a
philosophy of history, that It hns a
purpose which is redemptlonal, that
It hns a goal which Is freedom, that
It has a centre and head which Is
Christ, that Is has a glorious consum
mation In the future which Is the
Kingdom of Christ and God. I want
now to remind you that God governs
the mass by governing the atom; that
He swings the currents of history as
He Is able to control the Individuals.
What we have read writ large in hu
man history, can we not read In our
own Individual lives? Is there not a
philosophy of your personal history?
May not some key of spiritual sig
nificance be applied to the puzzling
experiences of your life and unlock
the hidden meaning? As- the Gospel
Is the revelation of God's redemptlon
al purpose In history and as Christ Is
Its centre, so the whole of your life
will fall of meaning and interpreta
tion until you view It In this light.
Were you born amid Bibles and Sun
day schools, and pastors and teach
ers? What for In God's providence
but to learn of His will concerning
you? Were your first conscious
views centered in the starry eyes of
mother, whose fair face heavened you
over as a starry firmament? What
was It but to elicit your smile and to
teach you love? Have you struggled
with mystery and battled with pas
sion? What for but to develop your
strength? Have you been afflicted?
What for but to scourge you back to
God? Have you been defeated, and
has the burden of sin rested like a
load on your conscience? What for.
but to drive you to the cross of Christ,
where kneeling In penitence. His
blood washes your conscience from
dead works to serve the living God?
Have you been believed and have you
refused to be comforted? What does
It mean but that you should take that
lonely aching heart to Him who alone
can heal it and fill its depths whlcb
He has reserved for Himself alone?
"To you is the word of this salva
tion sent." This Is my third point.
This salvation is for you. It inter
prets your past. It opens up your fut
ure. It makes the past full ot God's
patient seeking and beckoning love
for your heart. Won't you embrace'
Christ as your All in All this morn
ing, and find In Him remission of all
your sins, and freedom from its pow
er? "Whom the Son makes free is
free Indeed." This battle against sin
Is the greatest battle of all for free
dom, and Christ is its Champion and
the Great Emancipator. It is through
Him and His loyal servants In his
tory that you have freedom ot tbe
Gospel, freedom of conscience, of
knowledge, of speech and of press, of
body, of nation. Will you not accept
the great salvation with Its Inner per
sonal freedom from the power of sin
and Satan? He Is the Good Shepherd
and He is seeking you. "He will seek
until He finds." Yes. and He desires
not only to find you, but to carry you
with all your bruises and burdens,
and establish you in the fold ot His
church, giving you relations to it and
fitting you into His eternal kingdom,
which Is the final consummation of
all things.
Sunba:j-Scftocf
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOR MARCH 21,
Review of-the Lesson For the First
Quarter Golden Text: "They
That Were Scattered Abroad
Went Everywhere Preaching the
Word." Acts 8:4.
The lessons of the quarter extend
Over a period of perhaps ten years,
from Thursday, May 18, A. D. 30, to
perhaps A. D. 40. They are all con
cerned with the things that Jesua
continued to do after til resurrection
through the Holy Spirit. A profitable
review can be conducted along the
line of the power of the Risen Christ.
Lesson I. shows us the RUen Christ
as the Giver of the Holy Spirit.
Lesson II. again shows us the Risen
Christ as the Giver of the Holy Spirit.
Lesson III. shows us the Risen
Christ exalted, receiving from the
Father the promise of the Holy Ghost,
and pouring Him forth on the church
Lesson IV. shows us the Risen
Christ healing and making Btrong tbe
man born lame.
Lesson V. shows us the Risen
Christ bestowing the Holy Spirit upon
Hia faithful servants and making
them fearless in the presence of great
peril. It also shows us the Risen
Christ as the only One In whom there
Is salvation.
Lesson VI. shows us the Risen
Christ executing Judgment In His
church.
Lesson VII. shows us the Risen
Christ delivering His faithful serv
ants from peril and filling them with
dauntless courage. ,
Lesson VIII. shows us the Risen
Christ Imparting power and grace to
His faithful servant. It also shows
us the Risen Christ in the glory at
the right hand of God.
Lesson IX. shows us the Risen
Christ bestowing the Holy Ghost in
answer to the prayer of His servants.
Lesson X. shows ub the Risen
Christ winning a man of great au
thority to Himself.
Lesson XI. shows us the Risen
Christ making whole the sick and
raising the dead.
E
MARCH TWENTY-FIRST,
Our Two Natures.
There are two natures in man that
are as distant as day and night. With
the old Adam within us If we do not
keep him down In the place of death
he brings us into captivity.
It takes us about all our lifetime
to find out who and what we are, and
when we think we know something
happens to make us think we are
farther away than when we started.
The heart Is deceitful above all
things.
In the sixth chapter of Romans it
Is written: "Knowing this, that our
old man Is crucified with Him, that
the body of sin might be destroyed,
that henceforth we should not serve
Bin. For he that is dead is freed
from sin." And in the eleventh verse
there are Just three words to be es
pecially considered: "Reckon your
selves dead." If we were really dead
we would not have to reckon our
selves dead. Judicially we are dead,
but In reality we are still fighting the
world, the flesh and the devil. Some
people seem to think they have got
away from the flesh, and that they
are soaring away In a sort of seventh
heaven, but they get back again soon
er or later. You cannot make the
flesh anything but flesh. It will be
flesh all the time. D. L. Moody.
Get Away With God Alone.
Man is no better than a leaf drlv- i
en by the wind until he has conquered
his lonely duties. This makes a man
the habit ot confronting great I
things in solitude, and chiefly the j
habit of conversing with God alone, '
and of filling the soul with His ,
strength. For, remember, the man
who la a stranger to these habits of
solitude Is neither his own master
nor the possessor ot his own house.
He owns a great house, and an eter
nal house, but it is shut up and
locked, and he lives outside, "until in
his solitude he Join God unto him
self." J. Pulsford.
The Light of Love.
The effort to do right does not
necessarily lead to tbe happy, spon
taneous and loving practice ot good
ness. This Is to be found not in the
law. but In the gospel; not in the
sight of duty, but in tbe sight of
love. It Is affectionate, filial grati
tude for unbought, unearned mercy.
It Is the great love of him who has
been forgiven much. James Free
man Clarke.
No Stumbling. -No
man ever ctumblcs over bis
neighbor when be Is walking wltb
God.
Tope's Unused Return Ticket.
An American gentleman who re
cently bad a private audience with
tbe Pope relates a touching story of
bis experience. He says tbat His Hol
iness took from his pocket during tbe
Interview a small, handsomely chased
silver bos or case, similar to a purse,
and, opening it, showed his visitor
tbe unused halt ot a round-trip rail
way ticket from Venice, to Rome and
i?: int. He explained tbat when be
iau.it to the conclave of cardinals to
elect a successor to Leo XIII. be pur
chased tbat ticket and fully expected
It to carry blm back to bis bome, but
God changed his plans for him. He
did not murmur, although be would
much prefer to be In bis old bom ad
Joining Bt. Mark's Cathedral In Ven
ice and among his beloved parishion
ers than occupy bl exalted but lone
ly throne In tbe Vatican. And with
tears In his eyes His Holiness said
tbat he kept this little relic always
on bis person, and It gave him great
comfort to take It out and Inspect It.
Washington Star.
His Own Pilot.
A bright boy, who loved the sea,
entered on a sailor's life when very !
young. He rose to quick promotion, !
and while quite a young man was j
made the master of a ship. One day :
a passenger spoke to him upon the j
voyage, and asked if he should an- j
chor off a certain headway and tele- j
inr a nllnf tn take the vessel
into port. "Anchor? No, not I. I
mean to be In dock with the morning
tide. I am my own pilot," was the
curt reply.
intant ti nnn rpncht nor nort bv morn
ing he took a narrow channel to save
distance. Old. bronzed, gray-headed !
seamen turned their swarthy faces to
tho sky, which boded squally weath
er, and shook their heads. Wo need
not describe a storm at sea. Enough
to say that the captain was ashore
earlier than he promised tossed
sportively upon some weedy beach, a
dead thing thatthe waves were weary
of and his queenly ship and costly
freight were scattered over the surfy
acres of an angry sea. Expositor.
A Sign of Greatness.
The highest greatness Is that whlcb
Is unconscious of Itself. The very
forth-putting of an effort to be greal
in any direction indicates that we
lack that greatness. How true this
is in art, for example, every one who
has had an artist among bis friends
can tell. The greatest achievements
made by tbe sculptor or painter have
been those in which they have been
least conscious of their greatness.
So, too, in the Christian life, which it
tbe grandest of all arts, we have not
yet attained so long as we are con
scious ot exertion. If I make an ef
fort to be humble, then very clearly
I have not reached the perfect humil
ity, tor it I had, that grace would all
upon me as unconsciously as do my
garments. "Moses wist not tbat the
skin of bis face shoue while he talked
with Him." Dr. W. M. Taylor.
No Reason For Envy.
We who have the Sun need no'
nvy those who sawthe Star.
CONUNDRUMS. AND ANSWERS. '
When Is a newspaper like a deli
cate child? When it appears. weekly.'
Why is the Fourth of July like an
oyster? Because we cannot enjoy It
without crackers.
What tree Is of the greatest Im
portance In history? The date.
Why Is Sunday the strongest day
In the week? Because It Is tbe only
one not a week day.
What Is always behind time? Tbe
back of the clock.
On what day ot the year do wom
en talk the least? Tbe shortest day.
Why is music cheaper on Bun
day than during tbe week? Because
during the week you can get It by
tbe piece, and on Sunday you get It
by the choir.
Why 1 a washerwoman like Satur
day? Bocansa she brings la tbe
close (clotBos) of tbe week.
What Is tbat whlcb occurs twice In
a moment, and not once In a thou
sand years? Tbe letter "m."
Why is a watchdog larger by night
than by day? Because at night he la
let out and by day be Is taken In.
Be Hive.
Topic Pilgrim's Progress 8erles. III.
The Wicket Gate. Matt. 7: 7-14.
Hindrances In the way. Luke 14:
25-35.
The christ door. John 10: 7-16.
The door of faith. Eph. 2: 18-22.
An open door. Rev. 3: 7-11.
Tbe door of love. 1 John 3: 14-19.
The need of perseverance, Luke
9: 57-62.
What Is easier than 1-nocking at a
door? What If we could enter any
other door, of a palace, a bank or a
treasure house, just by knocking!
(r. 7).
Tou cannot be too; great a sinner
to be admitted to God's forgiveness,
If you will only knock (v. 8).
The way to sin Is wide and easy.
It is easy to prove thla (v. 13).
The way to eternal life Is difficult
because eternal life Is -vorth while;
and we must become vrth while (v.
14).
Mount Slnal and '' i Gate.
Christians meet Mr. ",'orldly Wise
man all along the wrv and at all
times. He Is one of Satan's commer
cial travelers.
The town of Carnal Policy Is near
the City of Destruction and breathes
the same air.
Worldlings have mii''i to say about
the dangers and troubles of the Chris
tian way; but wait till Chrlstlms do!
"A good moral man" Is a Christian
to the unthinking, and the village of
Morality Is as far as many so-called
Christians get.
Legality's son Civility takes the
place of piety In the town of Moral
ity. If one Is polite enough one Is
good enough there.
We revere Slnal because it was the
prophecy of Calvary; but now Cal
vary has come, the least Christian Is
greater than the greatest under the
law.
Evangelist has not only to start
men on the way. but to warn and di
rect them In the way.
Evangelist proves his fitness by his
ready use of the Bible.
Cross blood sacrifice salvation
the highest words of Christianity,
are all scorned by worldlings.
tPWDRTTLEAGuf LESSONS
SUNDAY, MARCH 21.
Facing Our Record Matt. 25: 31-46;
Luke 3: 17 The Theme and
the Scriptures.
Matt. 25: 31-46. This entire pas
sage Is a warning and encouragement
to all to make dally preparation, by
careful attention to the details of
their lives, for facing the final rec
ord of life. This coming of Christ In
his glory will not be to establish a
kingdom, but to receive all the world
for judgment. At this time the
worthy nnd unworthy will pass into
eternul separation. That the line of
cleavenge will be fundamental, not
ncidental. Is Indicated by the phrase,
sheep from the goats." It will not
be the separation of blemished sheep
from the unblemished, but It shows
that the good and evil have become
fundamentally and eternally different
n character. The invitation to
'Come, Inherit." Is a call not only to
a reward, although it will be such,
but also to perfect one's claim and
title. Inherit through Christ. The
basis of the final Judgment of each
will be what one has become through
his ministrations in this world. No
amount of abstract goodness or baif
ness will weigh In that day. To put
It broadly, the daily round of one's
activities determines his future
sphere. Some surprises will obtain In
that day, and many will be aston
ished to see who have been the suc
cessful ones and who have failed "In
esmuch as ye have done It," will be
Christ's final thought In pronouncing
Judgment. The adjustment at this
time will be eternal.
Luke 3: 17. Jesus came "fan in
hand, that Is, with authority and
prepared to cleanse, thoroughly, effec
tively, his threshing floor. All of thla
Is to say that ho came to prepare his
agencies for the process of separat
ing the good from the evil, not as In
the Judgment, but In the daily outr
working of their lives.
FRUIT GROWERS FLOCK
ro souTnwEST texas.
Climate and Soil Found to' Be
Ideal For Production of Oranges
and Lemons.
Remarkable development In the
raising of citrus fruits, especially
Oranges and lemons, Is going on In
the portion of Southwest Texas
around San Antonio and as far south
as the Rio Grande Valley and the
Gulf. F. C. Hutchinson, ot Ventura
County, California, established one of
the largest orchards near Deevllle
about a year and a half ago, and he
reports that numerous other Cali
fornia fruit growers are migrating
Into this part ot Texas, tbat orange
groves, lemon groves and vineyards
are going on In every direction.
"Southwest Texas Is 1500 miles
:loser to the markets than Califor
nia," says Mr. Hutchinson, "and the
trult matures here two months earl
ier. The sandy loam wltb the red
slay subsoil whlcb Is found in a num
ber ot localities Is Ideally adapted to
orange and lemon culture. It pro
duces In greater quantities than the
California soli. One tree In our
neighborhood this year by actual
count produced 8150 oranges, an
other one produced more than four
thousand. So far our orchards are
young and most ot our shipments
have been local, but In two or three
years we will be competing on a large
scale with California and Florida.
When my trees are five years old I
expect to net from tbem from $250
to f 500 an acre."
Orange groves are being set out
around tbe city of Ban Antonio, at
Oakville, in Live Oak County. In Re
fugio County, .in Corpus Christ!, Fal
furrlas and In the Lower Rio Grande
Valley, known as the Brownsville
country. New York Herald.
Just Between Lady Frea's.
Sadie -"Say, honest, now, do you
like Maggie?"
Pauline "Well she' got a good
heart an' she means real well, but
Sadie "Neither do I." Puck.
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RESURRECTION.
Little brown buds on the tips of the trees.
Swaying about in the icy-cold breeze.
Wrapped up so tightly you scarcely can
freeze,
Are ye the heralds of Spring?
Little brown bulbs buried deep in the
ground,
Sending your leaves through the clods tbat
unround.
Quietly working, with never a sound,
Blooms to perfection bring.
Little brown chrysalide, hidden from sight,
Waiting for sunshine's beneficent might,
Boon to burst forth into radiance bright,
Gladsome as bird on the wing!
Dearly loved sleepers, laid down in the
earth ! .
Buried with you all our light-hearted
mirth!
Ye, too, are waiting a glorious birth,
Christ's Resurrection to sing.
Bright Sun of Righteousness, shine
through our gloom!
Teach us that Life only Kop in the
tomb,
Soon to awake in more gln'ious bloom,
Since Thou lni.t vanquished
Death's sting.
Shine in our hearts, blo.vi Sunlight of
love.
Lighten our darkness, r.i earth-lights re
move, .Waiting Thy promise to come from above,
Joyfully Springtime to bring!
A. M. L., in London Christian.
l
Onr Unconscious Influence.
Are there not many persons who
find In the theatre precisely that kind
of recreation and rest which is most
useful for the discharge of their dally
work?
"It may be," said Mr. Spurgeon,
"but I don't know any of them. You
see, I live In a world apart from all
these things, and so do my people.
We argue this way: Granting It per
fectly safe and profitable for myself
to go to the theatre; if I go, a great
number of those will go to whom it
will do positive harm. I will not be
responsible for alluring by my exam
ple Into temptation, which but for my
self-indulgence they would entirely
escape.
"I will give you an Instance of bow
this works out. When I go to Mon
aco, the grounds of the gambling bell
there are the most beautiful in tbe
world. I never go near them, and
why? Not because there Is any dan
ger of my passing through the gar
dens to the gambling tables. No; but
a friend of mine once related the fol
lowing incident to me:
" 'One day Mr. Blanc met me, and
asked me how it was I never entered
his grounds. "Well, you see," I said.
"I never play, and as I make no re
turns whatever to you, I hardly feel
Justified in availing myself ot the ad
vantage of your grounds." "You make
a great mistake." said Mr. Blanc. "If
it was not for you and other respect
able persons who come to my grounds
I should lose many ot the customers
who attend my gambling saloons. Do
not Imagine that because you do not
play yourself you do not by your pres
ence In my grounds contribute mate
rially to my revenue. Numbers of
persons who would not have thought
of entering my establishment feel
themselves perfectly safe in following
you into my gardens, and thence to
the gambling table, the transition is
easy.' "
"After I heard that," continued
Mr. Spurgeon, "I never went near the
gardens. And the same argument
applies to the theatres." Pall Mall
Gazette.
The Higher and Lower Criticism. "
"There came wise men from the
East to Jerusalem, saying, Where is
He that is born King ot the Jews?
Fcr we have seen His star.
Herod demanded of them where
ChrlBt should be torn." (Matt. 2:1,
2 and 4).
Here are two inquiries of very
much the same nature, so far as
words are concerned. The wise men
and Herod both aak about tbe child
Jesus, and ask In nearly identical
terms. What Is the difference? It
lies In tbe motive. The wise men in
quire that they may bring their gold;
Herod inquires that he may kill.
There is a reverent, and there is
an irreverent, spirit of Inquiry. There
Is a criticism which comes from love,
and a criticism which comes from
lovelessness. There are two reasons
why I may wish to study a difficulty;
I may want to clear it away, or I may
want to deepen it. The wise men
were the one; Herod was the other.
It is not tbe subject of inquiry that
makes it either good or bad, it is the
spirit in which it is done Why do
you pole over a blot on the manu
script? Is it because you want to
take It out, or Is it because you hope
It will spoil tbe writing? '
There are things which "tbe angels
desire to look into;" there may be
students among the angels In all
worlds. But if I desire to look into a
thing that I may find it dark, it I
wish to investigate on tbe chance
that 1 may discover a flaw, I belong,
not to the camp of the angels, but to
the camp ot Herod. George Matbe
son, D. D.
Vanguard of Christ.
Missionaries In the foreign field are
the front rank men In tbe army of
Christ. Unless we be branded as dis
loyal or cowardly, we, who stand be
hind tbem, are bound to keep them
well supplied with arms and ammuni
tion, toven though we may not be
called on personally to fill up the gaps
often made In our firing line. Dr.
Alfred Rowland.
Also True in Religion.
Winston Churchill's recent dictum,
that "Nobody oughttohave everything
till everybody has something," is as
true In the religious as in the eco
nomic sphere, and yields a sufficient
reason for foreign missions, if there
were no other. Rev. William H.
Findlay.
The Real Trouble.
Probably most of the difficulties of
trying to live the Christian Ufa arise
from attempting to bait live it.
Henry Drummoud. j
NECESSITY PAST.
Congress bad been asked would It
please do something for the Dela
ware. "Delaware?" repeated tbe mem
bers, with a pusxled air, "what's
that?"
"It's a river that Washington once
crossed,1' explained an advanced rep
resentative of the people. "
"Well, he got across all right,
didn't he? responded th Inquirer.
"What's th us of Improving the
river now?" Philadelphia Lodger.