The TiilM-rrulin Tent.
Tlie tuberculin test constats In In
jecting half a teaspoonful of tuber
culin under the skin of the row's
houlder. The animal's temperature
Is taken several times before und
afterward. The aHchtost. develop
ment of tuberculosis In any part of
the body will be shown by a rise of
two to five degrees of temperature
eight or ten hours after the tubercu
lin was lujected. Indiana Farmer.
Ohmiim Metliol f l-Yciling.
Refining to in niivi viiimns while
traveling tibroitd. Professor W. A.
Kennev said that the rearing of Hoi-9tf-i;i-Fi
ii siiiii cattle Is simplicity It
self. Th" ralves are given whole
milk until nboui live weeks old, when
the r;u ion is yi ail n:illy changed to
i-kiiii milk and ;i.iiii. Tho grain Is
cooknl : 'id str.itm-1 and fed with th
milk ;it und Inter is fPf) ,l,y m.
mediately before the milk Is giv-n.
When (;..i.-s Is available it forms the
entire ration for heifers, and during
winter lh" rations are only sufficient
to keep ti, -in growing. Hulls are fed
Jn th" s irne manner until th".v are n
year rid, after which th-y are closely
confined but regular erclse Is given
daily Hulls used for breeding are
kept in stables or paddocks and are
well fed, but not allowed to become
fat. Itcots In wint' r and green for
age In glimmer are largely used.
Wliy ( lover l ulls.
A great many farms have been
cropped without proper rotation until
the soil Is so exhausted that clover
will not cat' h, or if it does, the young
plants will die because there Is not
lime enough in the soil, or becnuse
there is not sufficient humus to retain
moisture for the young clover plants.
There Is another reason to account
for the failure to grow clover nnd that
Is a f'tniiiis disease, but It is strongly
suspected that the fungus growth Is
encouraged through the weakness of
the clover plants, caused by deficien
cy fif lime or an acid condition of
the soil.
Where clover will not grow It Is
inf" to try lime, then get the ground
filled with humus by planting crops
that will irrow. even If they have to
be plowed in order to accomplish the
obj"ft. If soli will not raise clover,
It will not raise paying crops of any
thing else, so that one of the first
thin u s to do Is to gt it In proper
condition, then keep It so by good
rotation of crops that will feed the
Hoil, instead or exhausting It. Kpit
omist. The Value of Tile Draining.
Tile properly placed makes soil
dryer in wet weather and more moist
In dry weather. TI1I3 is difficult to
understand until we consider the na
ture of the soil.
Soil iu proper condition is porous,
something after the manner ot a
sponge. It will bold water tip to a
certain point without leaking. Until
It becomes thoroughly saturated It
contains air as well as water. Air is
warm and air Is needed by plants In
the process of growth.
Tile leads the water away quickly
In the spring so the air can penetrate
rile soil and warm It so seeds will
germinate and grow quickly. L'n
d rained land, ir low. (Ills with water
in the spring to the saturation point
and the excess of moisture passes oft
In vapor through tho process of evap
oration. It requires a great deal of
fteat to wartti the water sufficiently
o cause It to pass off In this way.
That heat is lost.
After evaporation has dissipated
the moisture and the soil becomes
dry enough to work. It breaks up In
. lotls, because It has baked down and
packed together like mortar. It is
almost iinposslb'e; to prepare a good
seed bed In such ground. James
;o:inson. In the Kpitomist.
Home lircctling to Type,
Farmers, und others, for tint mat
ter, ns well, must breed to type. They
inict know what kind of horses they
lsi to produce and strive to that
end To do this, they should know
what kind of materia! Is at hand, and
how it can be used. Here is some
thing that the L'nlted States Depart
ment of Agriculture should do. And
the Wat Department might also as
sist, for proper cavalry remounts are
difficult to secure. In Kuropean
outlines, where great standing arm
"s are maintained, there are not only
7"veriinnMifal breeding farms, but
1 tie farmer j are encouraged to breed
irmy horses by the giving of prizes,
and by permitting government-owned
MallloriH of proper breeding to stand
to approved stock at merely nominal
fees, in Atntila 1 have seen a whole
."slment or cavalry mounted on
:-.'-rscs so true to type that It would
l ike s'.udy and acquaintance to tell
fine horse from another. In Ger
many the government has been breed
ing for the cavalry since the time of
Frederick the Great, and with moBt
fat. -factory results. In these conti
nental countries much enterprise Is
shown in securing the best blood that
vn a v be had In other countries, not
omitting the Desert of Arabia, whence
fouie the best and purest equine
Mood in all the world. In this mat
ter ot horse breeding the Italians are
not the least enterprising, nor, by the
way, ure the Italians by any meant In
tferlor in their horsemanship. From
John Gilmer Speed s "About Horse
breeding," In the Century.
riunt ivmxj.
In an address before the Illinois
Farmers' Institute, at Springfield,
Professor C. G. Hopkins, of the Uni
versity of Illinois, who has charge
of the State soil Investigation, refer
ring to tbe elements of plant food In
phosphorus, said:
"Tbe value of tbe Increase from
rock phosphate In sis crops grown on
the Galesburg experiment station
field amounts to $14.40, or 12.40
wore than tbe cost of tbe phosphate
applied, while four-fifths of this .pros
pbate atlll remains In the soli. Plen
ty of nitrogen can be secured from
(be air by growing legumes, the or
ganic matter of tbe crops can be re
turned to tbe soli, but one element,
phosphorus, must te bought. One
arnv
ton of phosphate, containing 250
pounds of phosphorus, ran be bought
for about $6.00, tho same quantity
or phosphorus In one ton of steamed
bone meal costs $25.00, In two tons
of acid phosphate, costs $30.00 and
In tour tons ot complete fertilizer,
costs from $80.00 to $100.00. One
thousand pounds of flue-ground nat
ural rock phosphate should be ap
plied per acre every four or six years,
always In connection with farm ma
nure, legume crops or other greo"
manure."
By the above. It seems that the
Galesburg soil required only phos
phorus and manure, but soils differ
widely and other kind.s might require
additional fertilizers. Selene- teaches
that nittogen is necessary for the iro-
duct Ion fif leaves and stalks of plants.
I potash for the formntiou of starch.
1 suaar and woody fiber, phosphoric
I mid for the formation or s-'ed, while
j both phosphoric acid and potash are
1 needed to hasten the maturity of seeds.
I Therefore, for best results all of these
loon elements should be In the soil
and prop-rly balanced. It is neces
sary, therefore, for the farmer to
study his soil, ascertain in what ele
ments of ila nt food It Is deficient and
then apply them only In quantities
sufficient to produce the necessary
balance.
THE PULPIT.
BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE REV. JOHN WESLEY HILL.
Theme: The Kingship of Patience.
Importance of the I'.inls.
Were It not for the birds, Insects
would destroy the whole vegetable
kingdom, which man must have to
exist. Every root or leaf has Its
enemy in an Insect, and birds were
wisely distributed and adapted to
every place where they 'an be of
benefit or even pleasure to man. Al
though some, In return for the often
unappreciated benefits they confer on
him, tako a little tax from man in the
shape of fruit or grain, yet even hesa
have been useful in other seasons.
Perhaps there are no birds whose
only mission is destruction. We know
of none. Birds are so distributed as
to cover the entire face of the earth
and water wherever man can pene
trate, from tlie porch of his door to
the most desolate regions of the
globe, on land or water. In the des
ert we find the ostrich; In mid
ocean we Rte accompanied by
different varieties of gulls and
petrels, while the loneliest islands
are often densely Inhabited -by many
l.'.nds of ducks, penguins and otiier
members of the featherad tribe. The
forest has i:s multitudinous tuneful
denizens, while vast flocks of birds
are common to every eminent. Th;
great variety of substances on which
birds feed Is very remarkably. From
the honey In the flower to worms of
the earth, they find sustenance. Some,
live on the fish of the ocean, others
on Insects as they fly iu tlie air, or
on vegetation seads and fruits of
every kind and even n smaller
genera in their own kingdom. In
fact, almost anything that can be
converted Into nutriment is by them
utilized. They, themselves, also srve
an Important purpose to man as food.
The quantity of feathered animals
consumed by him iu all parts of the
world Is enormous. Indeed, in many
regions they constitute his principal
animal food. But what would earth
be without the beauty and music of
bird life! The summer's sun would
shine, but sadly tllent. on a world
without the accompaniment of the
song and gayety of the feathered
warblers. He would rise nnd set in
gloom without the3? neraiUs of his
movements. And man, what would
he do without these chaerlng song3,
unmixed with worldly cares, that
comes, pur.- and sweet, fro..t nature's
own fountain ol melody? Weekly
Witness.
Alfalfa (ironing.
In most cases the peo;le who have
made a failure of growing alfalfa
have not devoted much attention to
studying tho need.) of the plant and
have tried It in a manner that would
maka success out fif the question.
The more I see of the plant and con
verse with men who are succeeding
In growing It the more I am of the
opinion that It will grow on many
farms where it has proven a failure.
There Is no question but that It Is a
very valuable feed to use to balance
the rations of farm animals and those
who have fed It are more thun pleased
with the results. Many who have
read about It are skeptical and will
not give It a fair trial and many
times when they do try it they go
about it In a half-hearted manner and
throw the seed on the soil anyway It
happens to drop and condemn tho
plant if they fail to got the best re
suits. "3"".ere Is no use trying to grow al
falfa unless the soli U iu the best
state of tilth possible and properly
manured and fertilized, for tho youna
plants are tender and will not thrive
unless the conditions are favorable.
If alfalfa Is started under the fol
lowing conditions and you fall to
get a good stand you can rest assured
that you have done your part and
after trying two or three times and
falling you may then declare it a
failure, but not until thun should you
give up trying.
A rlcb, well-drained soil that It
well supplied with humus, by the ad
dition of fine stable manure and
cover crops and a compact seed bed
must be obtained. Most of the suc
cessful growers sow about twenty
pounds ot seed to the acre without 1
nurse crop, it must have frequent
clipping to hold the weeds In check
but must never be cut until It bat
obtained a fair growth and obtained
a good root system. A great man)
farmers give up when they secure 1
good stand and pay no attention to
mowing tbe weeds so as to give tbe
plants a chance to develop and In tbii
way ruin In many cases what would
be a very ood stand. W. Milton
Kelly, In tbe Eliltomlst.
In India there Is patent medlciu
firm wblcb converts Into penbolden
tbe rvooden packing case In wblcb II
gets some of its drugs from America
Tbls firm makes such a good pen
bolder that tbe Oovernment buys It,
although all tbe work Is don by
band. 1
New York City. Th following
Impressive discourse was u.j'.ivred In
I :he Metropolitan Temple (M. K.) by
' the pastor, the Rev. John Wesley
I Hill, who Is by far at present the
j most progressive of New York's
preachers. The subject of the ser
mon was "The Kingship of Patience,"
and the text, Revelation 1:9: "I,
John, your brother and companion in
tribulation, and In the kingdom and
patience of Jesus Christ." Mr. Hill
said :
Patience does not appeal to its as
a regal quality. Why should a king
wait? Having power to accomplish
at. oneo, why shuuld he bear with the
dultjess nnd obditrateness of his sub
jects? Commanding swift agencies,
why should ho delay their execution?
And right here we encounter a seem
ing contradiction; our text Introduces
n divine Interpretation. It tenches
that kingship is not divorced from pa
tience, but bound up with It; that
the divine kingdom i-i inherited
through patience; and thpt spiritual
sovereignty Is acquired not by a sin
gle bound, but through the long,
plodding pilgrimage wiileh patluiict?
1 alone ca;i make. This Is a truth
which permeates the entire spiritual
economy, finding its supreme exem
plification In the being and nature of
God.
Christianity Is solitary in Its rev
elation cf patience as a quality ol
Cod. No pagan god wa3 ever crowned
with this virtue. The coarse mind ol
man never evolved a gentle deity.
The gods of human genius are great
In impatience, force and ressntment.
This conception of impatience as the
prerogative of deity Is not only at th
root of the grotesque forms of pagan
Ism, but It is responsible for many ot
the false and monstrous views ol
God that have found their wav Into
the so-called "Christian theology.'
When theologians paint pictures ol
God that stamp Him with remorse
less absolutism; when they say that
God must In Just and may be merci
ful, and set themselves to parceling
out the divine nature Into sections,
tracing th boundary lines with
mathematical precision, and then
setting watches upon the fron'iers
lest love should encroach upon truth
and mercy supplant Justice; then
they forget that all the great moral
qualities are duly proportioned In the
divine nature; that they include each
other in a way that defies triangula
tlon: and that patience Is the
guardian of them all.
When the sculptor's vision dis
closes the nugel In the block, he t
not discouraged by hardness in the
stone nor defect In the' grain. He ii
bent on actualizing his ideal. The
greater the difficulties, the more his
patience Is called Into play. And
dare we think of God as conceiving a
purpose les3 sharply or bringing it tc
perrectlon with less patience?
We fall Into bitter, suspicious, mis
anthropic frames of mind over tht
high-handed insolence of demagogu
ism, over social laxity and licentious
ness, over fraud and graft and god
less luxury; and because things ar
crooked, we would hew them to thf
line of our thinking, lay the scor
pion scourge on the back of con
servatism, condemn all who are nol
willing to march to our music; yea,
we are tempted to doubt the divine,
goodness, because God does not aris
in His might, destroy sin, and ushei
In the millennium. But meanwhile,
God waits. He stands in the midst
of the passing centuries with out
stretched hands of entreaty. Ne
other attitude would be consonant
with Mis character. Self-existent and
eternal, without beginning or ending,
He cannot take account of time!
Time Is tn element that does nol
enter Into His being. Perfection l!
the mould In which the divine ldeall
are cast; the amount of time is noth
ing. It is not a question of calendai
but. of character. The problem re
duces Itself to perfection. That It
the infinite goal toward which all
things in the universe, seen and un
seen, are silently, slowly, and patient- i
ly moving the goal of a redeemed,
perfected and glorified humanity.
From this viewpoint, we begin" tc
understand that there is a divine
philosophy in the expression, the
"kingdom and patience of Jesui
Christ." In It is hiddon the mystery '
of redamntion; above it is lifted the j
blood-stained dross; nnon the cros ;
hangs an Innocent Victim, an In- 1
finite Sacrifice, vicarious and saving, '
God's great love argument to the
world. Time, Providence and Cal
vary are the forces that conquer the
Eoul, and therefore God waits to give
them a chance, waits for us to weary
of our rebellion, waits for the fevei
of sin to ccol, waits for the black
blood of passion to run out, wain
with Inflnita patience for us to re
turn, demanding no more than obedi
ence, and asking only the homage of
our hearts; and then He embraces us
In the rapture of long delayod racon- 1
dilation.
Standing thus before Calvary, and
gazing Into the tranquil face of Je3tis
Christ, we begin to realize what is
meant by tho patience of Jesus ,
Christ. His patience meant Infinitely i
more than the popular conception of
patience; more than the power of j
physical endurance, more than drift. 1
ing and dreaming in silenco. The
patience of Jesus Christ ij a con
structive force; it Inspires a des
perate, persistent struggle for spirit
ual manhood. It Is a power which
makes a kingly man and not a stoical
petrifaction, insensible to "the slings
snd arrows of outrageous fortune."
Now, there can be no kingship In
.'he absence of patience. Protracted
discipline is the condition of exalted
character. It is thus that man wins
himself from the wrecking forces of
life; thus that be learns the truth,
and feels the power of Christ's im
mortal maxim, "In your patience ye
shall possess (win) your souls." It
was thus tbat John, the author of our
text, won self-mastery. Think of it.
Tbe man who In tbe early stage of
bis Christian life desired that he and
bis brother James mlgbt sit on tbe
right band and on tbe left band In
the kingdom ot Chlst; tbe man ot
dignity and of ambition; tbe man
who In his unbridled rags wanted to
tall firs down from heaven upon th
Inhospitable Samaritans; tbe man o?
pride and resentment; tbat man,
chastened, subdued and exalted, de
spised by tbe world, persecuted, ex
iled and everything but martyred,
sits down In the lonely solitude of
tbat volcanic cinder called Patmos,
and writes familiarly and lovingly
about tha "tribulation and kingdom
aud patience of Jesus Christ." What
brought about tbe change? Patience
was the stern and rugged school
master tbat led blra from pride and
arrogance and self-assertion to tbe
heights of a spiritual manhood sweet
and tender and fraternal; a state of
tenose. S.SCL vision, evlcttftl fcr. tat
' gain of loss, and" fllfecT with" tFe Joy
I of tribulation; a kingdom in which
I he became a partaker of suffering
j with every other sufferer, and could
I sign himself with kingly courtesy, "I,
j John, your brother in the kingdom
1 and patience of Jesus Christ."
j Not only does patience tnus en
! noble and exalt character, but It im
1 parts to life Its only true and abiding
I perspective. An art Btudent once said
to Titian, "I saw it tn a moment."
"Oh, you did! " replied the great mas
ter; "It took mo twenty years to see
I It." You cannot stand berore a work
! of art, every square inch, every color,
j every shut!'1 ct which has been trans
! figured by toil a:; ' tnrs. and gather
its wealth of meaning i.i a few sec
onds. You must stand there, sit
there, surrender yourself to the
theme, until you feel like the pilgrim
before Reubens' "Descent From the
Cros9," who forgot time and comfort
and place, and after standing from
morning until evening and being re
minded that the time to depart had
arrived, exclaimed, "Walt a moment,
until they get Him down!" Such is
the patience which brings to light the
hidden things of God, discloses the
j divine Intent In the workings of tlma
! and enables us to hear what the cen
turies say against tho hours, and thus
I find deliverance from the "tyranny of
; the Instant." It Is this spirit of what
I has been called "Immcdiateness" that
; becomes our greatest peril. We be
come Impatient In awaiting results.
It Is the child who to-morrow digs
up the seed he planted yesterday, to
, see whether It Is growing or not; and
In this reBpnst, many of us are chll
, dren of a larger growth. Tho effect
- of this Impatience is disastrous in
many ways.
It produces a distortion of vision,
substitutes a segment of life's circle
for the whole, measures providence
by a few years of happiness, and i
weighs the Interests ot time against
1 eternity. "How can these things be?" j
: we often ask. What things? The I
woes of broken health, the agonies by 1
which human bodies are tortured for i
many years, the wrongs of orphanage,
pestilence, fire, flood, famine and ;
earthquake. How can a merciful God ;
permit such severities? Patience
comes to the rescue, and becomes the
Interpreter of Providence, explains ,
that they are parts of the "all things"
that "work together for good,"
fomentations to soften the calloused
heart, hammer blows to break the
hardened will, lightning flashes to
purify the atmosphere, millstones
grinding the hard grain, furnaces re
fining the gross ore, grim schoolmas
ters teaching us in God's great night ;
school the lessons of love. O my ;
friends, let us give these teachers the
right of way. Better for us to ask I
ourselves. What, new lessons do we I
need? than all this meaningless talk
about accidents, and how they are
brought about. I
Finally, patler.ee means expectancy,
and there Is rest In that. It Is the
sensa of uncertainty that begets un
rest. We all feel the power of a man
who can keep still in the storm. His
position is supported by the facts,
and therefore his argument is final,
and he can afford to wait. Power la
never boisterous. It has no measure
in noise, but rather in silence.
That Jesus Christ, standing speech
less before Pilate while His accusers
rave In the fury of their passion, la
the one supreme picture of power in
all human history. Calm In the wild
excitement of the Infuriated mob, 1
serene in the fierce overflow of ma
lignity, with the repose of eternity in '
His face, Ills very silence was the
most searching speech that ever fell
upon a human soul. It crashed down
into tbe conscience of the heathen
Judge, rang the alarm bell in trie 1
camp jf his fears, filed his vision with
a thousand menacing terrors, and !
transformed him Into a cringing
coward. He saw what all the ages
since have seen, that this quiet Man
who took up no defense, who meas- ;
ured all the wrath ot His enemies '
and understood their worst weapoc,
had a foundation In truth that could
not be shaken. He stood like one In
the midst of eternal realities, sur
rounded by Immortal and InvlUble
servants. One who knew that all ;
power was given unto Him, that He !
needed only to speak and that all the
forces ot the universe would rush to '
His defense. This asurance made
Him calm and crowned Him as the :
one solitary King of Patience for all
the ages.
Oh, let us gaze anew upon that I
silent, serene, expectant face; catch '
once more the inspiration ot His pa-
tlent life, and go forth serene in the i
"assurance of faith" and confident j
and strong In the expectancy of Jesus 1
(jurist, the dawn of whose second,
glorious coming, already throws its '
gleam of promise across the world's 1
horizon. i
1
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM.
MENTS FOB MARCH 28.
The Sweetest Incense.
"How I wish I bad built an altar
when we started our married life!"
a father said to his pastor recently.
Dr. Norman McLeod tells of one
who said tbe same thing. "I shall
never forget the Impression made
upon me during the first year of my
ministry by a mechanic whom I had
visited, and on whom I urged the
paramount duty of family prayers.
One day be entered my study, and
burst Into tears as be said, 'You re
member my girl, sir? She was my
only child. She died suddenly this
morning. She has gone, I hope, to
God; but It so she can tell Him what
now breaks my heart tbat she never
heard a prayer In ber father's bouse
or from ber father's Hps. Oh, that
abe were with me but for one day
more!' "
There is no fragrance tbat sweet
ens a whole bouse like tbe Incense of
prayer.
ir we want to be builders of tha
spiritual kingdom our spirits must 'bo
purified and refined by the fellowship
of tbe Holy Ghost. Rev. J. IL.
Jowett. M. A,.
A little apparatus of great utility
is the "L'nilens" telescope lately pro
duced by London opticians. It is
simply a convex lens mounted In a
metal ring having a projecting screw
at one side, the lens being two and
one-half Inches In diameter and hav
ing a focal length of six feot. Tbe
instrument serves as a very good field
glass. Iti use it can be held In the
hand at arm's length or screwed to
the end ot a stick, and at maximum
efficiency about six feet from the
v . It magnifies four diameters. It
, especially recommended for ob
serving birds and plants. It Is not
Intended as an astronomical tel
escope, but shows eight stars in tbe
Pleiades where the unaided eye usu
ally sees six.
BEST WISHES.
"What do you think?" exclaimed
the theatrical star, proudly. "They
are going to name a new cigar after
me."
"Well." rejoined the iranager.
"here's hoping It will draw baiter
than you do." Chicago Nuws.
Temperance Lesson, Proverb 2:1:20-3-T
Golden Text: "At the Last
It Blteth Like a Serpent and
Ktlngeth Like an Adder." Prov.
20:32.
TIME. All times. PLACE.
Everywhere.
EXPOSITION. I. Six Great Evils
That Result From Indulgence In
Wine, 20, 80, Solomon here given us
a very vivid picture of six evils that
result from indulgence In wine. Cen
turies have passed since Solomon's
day, but It is as true In our day as it
was In his that these evils pursue the
wlneblbber. Note them carefullv.
(1) "'Woe." literally, "Oh!" i. e., the
Intense pain that leads one to cry
"Oh.." How many "Ohs" are arising
each day from the Hps of men ano"
women whose bodies are tortured
with the many Ills that arise from the
use of alcoholic stimulants. I can
see still the man that I once carried
bodily through the streets of a city
shrieking "Oh. oh, oh," in Indescrib
able agony from drink, and I see him
later as I held him down with my
knee upon his chest as they strapped
him to a hed in the hospital. (2)
"Sorrow," literally, "Alas," 1. e., the
deep seated and abiding grief that,
causes one to cry, "Alas! alas!" This
sorrow of the drunkard is of innum
erable forms. Sometimes it Is the
sorrow of seeing loved wife and chil
dren reduced from plenty to poverty.
Sometimes ft Is the sorrow of being
passed unon the street unnoticed by
old-time friends and associates. Some
times It is the sorrow of standing by
the grave of the once beautiful and
happy wife who has died of a broken
heart over her loved one's degrada
tion. (3) "Contentions." Conten
tions at home, contentions In society,
contentions In the place of business,
contentions on the street. Alcohol
mothers most of the broils in this
world. If a man wants perpetual war
let him drink. (4) "Complaining."
(R. V.) Wine Injures the Btomach
nnd breaks down the nerves Hnd
thereby spoils the disposition. The
drinker soon becomes a grumbler and
the grumbler Is miserable under sny
circumstances. (5) "Wounds with
out cause." Go to the police court
to-morrow morning and see the black
eyes, broken no3ee, crlnpled arms snd
legs, chewed ears and more serious
and entirely unnecessary wounds thnt
have come through drink. (6) "Red
ness of eyes," the sign of distempered
brain and premonition of approach
ing Insanity and death. Note that
theso things come from "wine," not
merely from the stronger distilled
liquors.
II. The Only Wise Attitude) To
ward Wine, 31. "I.cok not thou upon
the wine." This Is total abstinence
with a vengeance. Not only "don't
tasie," tut "don't, look." It Is good
advice, inspired advice. If a thing
ought to be left alone, leave It alone
utterly. There are many who do not
mean to sin, but they will just look
at the sin. That look Is fatal. Eve
flrat looked, then she lusted, then she
ate, then she died (Gen. S:6). Many
a man and woman has taken the same
path to the drunkard's grave and the
drunkard's hell. "I wouldn't drink
wine for anything, but I do like to
look at It. It has such a beautiful
color. It sparkles so. How smoothly
It would go down! Just look there!
Just a si? now. Delicious! Another.
Just one more. What is the matter?
I am dizzy. I am drowsy. I am
dead. I damned." Don't look at it.
HI. "At the last," 82. "At the
last." Three slgniflctnt words. If
men could only see the end from the
beginning, how many things they
would leave undone which they now
do. Before entering upon any courje
of action we ought always to ask
where It ends. "There Is a way that
seemeth right unto a man, but the
end thereof is the ways of death"
(chap. 14:12). Tbe way of the wine
drinker is undoubtedly such a way.
IV. The Wine Drinker's Eyes anil
Heart, 33. "Thine eyes shall behold
strange thing3." (R. V.) Indeed
they shall. The'y shall see things out
of all proper proportion, they shall
see double, they shall see snakes and
monsters and devils. The drinking
man has perverted vision, physical,
mental, moral. Folly looks like wis
dom and wisdom looks like folly.
Right appears wrong and wrong ap
pears right. A man who is truthful
and honest and pure when sober, will
lie and steal and commit abomination
when he has drank a little. Wine in
capacitates men for business, for
study, for decent living.' If we take
tlie rendering of the 'A. V., the verse
Is still true, for wntm the stomach is
full of wine the eyes are full of lust.
How many a young man (yes, and
young woman) has taken his first
step in unmentionable vlleness when
all tbat is bad in him bas been set on
lire by a glass or two of wine. Wine
Is the seducer's most potent ally.
V. The Wine Drinker's Brain, .It,
35. The head ot the drinker reels
and he is stupid. He tosses to and
fro as "he that lletb down In the
midst of the sea" and swaxs back and
forth as "be tbat lieth upon the ton
ot a mast." It Is a graphic picture nt
a drunkard's confused and unsteady
mental condition. Furthermore the
brain is tor the time insensible to in
juries received and the drinking man
is thus rendered incapable of self
protection. Last of all, the drinker is
the complete slave of his enemy. With
full knowledge of the injury drink
does him be cries "I will isek It yet
again."
ES
MARCH TWENTY-EIGHTH.
Topic Great Missionary Books, Home
and Foreign. Isa. 62: 6-12.
The book of Jonah. Jonah 4.
The book of Daniel. Dan. 2: 28-45.
Ruth, the Immigrant. Ruth'l: 15
22. The book of John. John 2: 10: 20:
HO, 31.
The book of Acts. Acts 1: 6-12.
The book of Revr!:itlon. Rev. 11
15; 22: 15.
Silence Is sin when a fire Is seen,
or a thief, or a plague; how much
more when a sin Is perceived! (v. 0).
Missionaries rnlse a Rtnndard, which
is the same as the brnfcen serpent
lifted up by Moses. How different
from the flag of conquest or of pride!
(v. 10).
The missionary's rewnrd Is with
him, namely, his work. How fortun
ate, since we reward him so poorly!
(v. lit.
Missionaries are r' work making
holy people. They 1 . the greut and
permanent reformer v. 12).
Suggestive 7 ughts.
I . Missionary books n:e the most In
teresting end valuable of books be
cause of their wide range over tho
world their thrilling scenes, novel
situations, depp PX lences, the no
ble characters to v ich they Intro
duce us, and their profound Influence
In the world.
Recent yenrs have seen n wonder
rul enlargement of missionary litera
ture, upon which the best resources
, ?,,"t,ors n! publishers have been
lavished.
. Admirable missionary books are so
numerous that no complete list of the
best can be given in one meeting.
The best phn Is for each endeavorer
to name what he has read and en
Joved. Missionary information is mission
fry inspiration. If you want to get
1 lie endeavorers Interested In mis
sions get them Interested In mission
tirv books.
Get a missionary library. One good
vav Is t-, hold a book social, each
member bringing n missionary book
n met and telling about Itf
Orif.-nhe a conten In reading mis-S'emn--
books, honoring those that
time larKest number In a certain
JnSVI ."V. mlssln st"dy class.
' Hi a text book In the hands of
cry member. This may take part
m-Hlngs"16 fr a 8Pr,es of P"
Let e:-h endeavorer not wait for
" o!,s. lou cannot urge It unon
ners untH you have trfed it yo'ur"
EPWDHTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, MARCH 23.
The Light and His Witnesses John
1: 4-8, 12 Missionary.
John 1: 4-8. Here at tho beginning
of tue Gospel, according to John, we
find the representation of Jesus
C'bri3t as "the light of men." He Js
said to be shining In the d ark it e fa,
and It is stated that be had not pene
trated the darkness completely. The
suggestion is that some dark places
bad remained in the world of men In
tiplte of the continual shining ot the
liht.
Verses C-8 introduce a witness of
the light. He Is John the Baptist, a
man whom God sent Into the world
for the express purpose of bearing
witness of tho light, In order that
through his witnessing all men might
believe. Tbe writer of the Gospel
seems to bo careful that this witness
shall not be confounded with the light
itself, for he adds the statement that
"He was not the light, but came that
he might bear witness."
John 8: 12. This Is Jesus's own
statement that he Is the light of the
world. To fully understand his des
cribing himself thus, we must recall
the circumstances under which he
spoke. He was attending the feast
of the tabernacle. In which one of the
rites was to commemorate by flaming
lamps the pillar of fire which God had
given to guide the Israelites through
tbe wilderness. As he gazed upon the
symbols of that ancient beacon light,
he compared Its narrow purpose with
his own tremendous purpose in walk
ing among men. and hence he cried
out: "I am the light of the world; he
that followeth me shall not walk in
the darkness, but shall have the light
of life." In our first Scripture pas
sage John has shown the Son of Ood
is the source of life and light from
the beginning. In this verse Christ
nnnouuees himself as the light for all
the world, and describes the condition
of the man wbo will accept him as
his guide.
ffEUGious Reading
FOIt THE QUIET HOUR.
HYMN.
I love the sunny hours, and seek
Full measure of their joy to know;
I welcome, gladly hold, and then
With equal gladness see them go.
For I must learn another love,
Kins life will prove too light and vain;
There waits deeper leMon now,
The strange significance of pain.
And he who loves the God of joy,
Exulting in His favoring grace,
Must Icnrn to recognize in turn
The Ood of the averted face.
O Ood of shndown! tench my heart
To worship at Thy lonely hrine;
To linger when the lights grow dim.
And own the durkness, too, a Thine.
Forever more the clearpr heights
Beyond the deeper valleys rise; I
And through the temple's darkened court)
(rod lead the soul to paradise.
-Rev. Pemberton II. Crewey, in Christian
Register.
Beauty of a Life of Service-.
No, Indeed, there is no wonder that
God loved the world. There is no
wonder that Christ, the Son of God,
at any sacrifice, undertcik to save the
world. The wonder would have been If
God, sitting In His h-r.vep the won
der would havebeenif .T-v.is, ready to
come here to the e?' '. and seeing
how it was possible t 0ave men from
sin by suffering, ) I not suffered.
Do you wonder at uie mother when
she gives her life without hesitation
or a cry, for her child, counting It
her privilege?
There Is one word of Jesus which
always comes back to me as about
the noblest thing that human lips
have ever said upon our earth. When
He was sitting with His disciples at
tbe last supper, how He lifted up His
voice and prayed, and in the midst
ot His prayer there came these won
drous words: "For their Bakes I
sanctify Myself, that they also might
be sanctified." The whole ot human
lite is there. Shall a man cultivate
himself? No, not primarily. Shall
a man serve the world; strive to in
crease the kingdom of God in the
world? Yes, indeed, he shall. How
shall he do It? Bycultivatlng himself,
and Instantly he is thrown back upon
his own life. "For their sakes I sanc
tify Myself, that they also might ba
sanctified." I am my beBt, not simply
for myself, but for the world. That
is the law ot my existence.
You can help your fellow-men;
you must help your fellow-men, but
the only way you can help them is by
being the noblest and the best man
that it is possible for you to be. I
watch tbe workman build upon the
building which, by the by, Is to soar
into the skies,, to toss its pinnacle up
to the heavens, and I see him looking
up and wondering where those pinna,
cles are to be, thinking how high
they are to be, measuring tbe feet,
wondering how they are to be built,
and all the time he is cramming a rot
ten Btone into the building just where
he has set to work. Let him forget
the pinnacles, If he will, or bold only
the floating image of them in his im
agination for bis inspiration, but tha
thing he must do is to put a brave,
strong soul, an honest and substan
tial life, Into the building just where
he is now at work. Let yourselves
free into your religion and be unsel
fish. Claim your freedom in service.
Phillips Brooks.
Prayer.
I O Thou' whose eye is over all the
I children of men, and wbo hast called
them, by Thy Prince ot Peace, into a
I kingdom not ot this world, send forth
I His spirit speedily into tbe dark
I places ot our guilt and woe, and arm
I it with the piercing power of Thy
, grace. May it reach the heart ot
I every oppressor, and make arrogancy
dumb before Thee. Let it still tha
1 noise of our strife and the tumult ot
I the people; put to shame the false
1 idols of every mind; carry faith to
the doubting, hope to the fearful,
strength to the weak, light to the
mourner; and more and more in
crease the pure In heart who see their
God. Commit Thy word, O Lord, to
the Hps of faithful men or the free
winds of Thine invisible Providence,
tbat soon the knowledge of Tbee may
cover the earth as the waters cover
tbe channels ot the deep. And so
let Tby kingdom come, and Thy will
be done, on earth as it 1b iu Heaven.
Amen. James Martlneau.
M UST NOT r.OYCOTT X EWSPA PErJ3
Helpful Hints.
I would rather be able to make
people appreciate things; they ain't
got (ban to sell them things that tbey
don't appreciate: In fact, it is very
much easier to sell them things tbat
they think tbey appreciate.
It takes genius to let your hair
grow and yet make plain people be
lieve you are sensible. There
only two ot us, Buffalo Bill and my
self, and I don't think so very much
of Buffalo Bill.
Tbe most comfortable way to econ
omize is to travel with a good
spender.
You can't fool . all ot tbe people
all of the time, but you don't need to,
to maka a good thing ot it.
Don't make fun of religion unless
you are sure ot your audience
Be giod.to people and you will
And them easier to work.
A wlte take goes a long way.
Anything is a thought tbat gats
printed. Judge.
Judge Saunders Charges Jury In Case
of Xew Orleans Bating luterrsts.
"To boycott a newspaper doing an
Interstate business is an offense wbica
falls directly under the decision of
the Supreme Court in the Danbury
Hatters' case," said Judge Eugene D.
Saunders, ot the United States Dis
trict Court, In charging the Grand
Jury at New Orleans, La, Judge
3aunders' charge to the Federal
Grand Jury, and the investigation
which was begun Immediately by that
body, started another chapter In the
story of a determined effort to re-establish
racing in New Orleans. It
was charged that certain saloons, ho
tels and other interests of the city
were combined to boycott newspapers
which' opposed racing and race track'
gambling in their editorial columns.
Before adjourning for the day the
Grand Jury beard several witnesses
In tbe matter.
"We cannot permit quasi crim
inal portion ot tbls population to cen
sor and dictate wbat tbe newspapers
of this city shall be permitted to say
In their discussion of public ques
tions," said Judge Saunders to "e
Jury. "And it there is couspli
of tbls kind then it behooves you to
Investigate it thoroughly and Indict
tbo men engaged In It, so tbat they
may undergo the severest penalties
that tbe law may inflict upon ther "
CONVINCING PROOF.
Do you think that alienist' testi
mony proves anything?", asked ou
.lawyer.
Yes," answered the other; "at
glance It shows conclusively the side
y which he was retained. Waaa.
iugton Star.
The Other Children.
The greatest thine, Bays one, a man
can do for His heavenly Father Is to
be kind to some ot His other chil
dren. I wonder why it is that we are
not all kinder than we are? How
much the world needs It! How eas
ily it is done! How Instantaneously
it acts! ' How infallibly it is remem
bered.' How superabundantly It payi
itself back for there is no debtor in
the world so honorable, so superbly
honorable, -as love. Henry Drum
mond. Thought-Stuff and Life-Stuff.
An imperial church is conditioned by
a holy church. Her imperial thought
will depend for Its virtue upon her
personal life. Thought-stuff Is made
out of life-stuff. When the home
church Is alive, she will grasp tbe
ends ot the earth. J. H. Jowett,
M. A.
, Count the Mercies.
A psalm which cultivates the spirit
of gratitude Is a psalm which w
ought often to read. If we were mors
grateful, both our Joy and our
strength would be increased. Grati
tude is born in hearts which take the
time to count up past mercies.
Charles E. Jefferson.
Cheerful People Refreshed.
- Tou will find yourself refreshed by
tbe presence ot cheerful people. Why
not make earnest efforts to confer
that pleasure on others? You will
find half tbe battle gained it you
never allow yourself to say anytblof
glomy. Lydla Maria Child.
Bow We Desire to Be Classified.
We desire to be classified accordlnf
to our exceptional virtues; we are
ant to classify our nelahbor accord
ing to bis exceptional faults. Henry
tsaies uiamona.
JOLAl
TOO LATE.
wife "When we sat here a yesr
Co, on tbe banks, and kissed eacb
other, It was dark all around; no
everything U ablate with electrlo
lights."
Husband "Yes, yes; that's anoth
er good invention tbat came too lata.
Fllegende Blaettor.
The Maine Central Railroad Is try
ing out uew electric headlights, Th
current is supplied from a small
steam turbine-driven ' generator
mounted on lbs top ot the boiler..
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