Clean Hog Troughs.
""sprinkling of alr-slnked lime
with which a small quantity of car
bolic acid has been mixed will help
In purifying the hog's feeding floors
and troughs. One Item In supplying
clean food Is to hav? the troughs and
feeding floors clean. First give th"m
good scrubbing an-1 then npplv the
lime ana carbolic luiJ. r.'.riiici'
Home Journal.
Plants rotator In Fnll.
A Hither interesting plan of po
tato culture Is practiced by an Eng
lish specialist named Vincent. His
most surprising departure Is planting
the seed In the fall. It Is claimed for
this method that the crop Is earlier
find brines a much higher return per
acre. A profit of $300 per acre has
been clnimed for early potatoes
planted In autumn and otherwise cul-tlvnf'-l
In the regular way. Ameri
can Cultivator.
Keeping Surplus Ivcg.
V.T.en eggs ar only required to be
prc'i-ved for two or three months
th' v keep very well packed In dry
salt or bran. The meat of the egg
may shrink and rattlo within the
shell when shaken, hut Its edibility
Is not Impaired. Coating the egg
with vaseline or butter will also keep
It for a short time, or any applica
tion which effectively seals the pores
of the Ehell and excludes air will pro
long the freshness of eggs. If the
egg Is even momentarily submerged
In boiling water, the albumen thereby
becomes .sufficiently coagulated to
prevent the. entrance of air. In some
of the rural districts In England and
Scotland eggs for home consumption
are smutted over with a mixture of
sulphur and lampblack, a cheap and
effective, preservative, nut the lime
water mixture Is best for general
j.urr os-.s. American Cultivator.
A Quick Pasture.
Pasture Is going to be somewhat
of a question thla spring, and many
of our farmers will need something
that will come quick. A mixture of
spring rye and oat3 makes a good pas
ture for milk cows and horses. Sow
as early as tho growth will properly
and thoroughly disk, go both ways to
Insure a good seed bed. and It will be
ready for pasture by t'lo middle of
May almost as soon ns nny of our
clover pastures. For hogs or sheep
there is nothing better than oats and
dwarf Essex rape for a catch crop
sown as early as possible. I have
used this for hogs several years and
Intend to sow this year again.
The b3st results la obtaining a
stand of blue g-nss may bo had by
owing in the. fall with wheat. 9ow
at least a bushel of bluo grass to tho
acre If a goo;l s'and is wanted. About
only seventy-five per cent, of the blue
grass seed that Is put upon the mar
ket will grow, and If a good quick
stand of grass Is wanted to cover all
the frro'ind, sow a bushel to the acre.
C. W. D , In Indiana Farmer.
The Modern Silo.
T!;e silo is doubtless f.js greatest
of mr. rn Institutions In connection
with dairying. It Is simply a modi
fication and elaboration of the old po
tato or cabbage i;lt, nnd In fact th9
first silos were pit3. What has prob
ably deterred the modern silo from
coming Into iinivorsr.l r.sa Is the
raCor prevalent Idea r.mong farmers,
that it rc-'r.ii'es a great amount of
Skill and experience to e.nsure suc
cess, and that the silo of to-day Is
much fur. her removed from t'.'e old
pit than is the reality. Experience,
however, tioints to the fact that so
Ion? ns the crop is cut nt the right
ntagc and put together with ordinary
care, bo It in stack, pit, or over
ground silo- chaffed or uncharted
auccess miu't result. Hie amount of
waste b"in universally proportion
ate to the amount of care exercised.
It Is quite nai iral that being a new
thing to many, tird having heard re
ports of failure;;, termers have in the
past hesitated in rNl:lnr; tluir crops
by cttemptlng to ensilage ih"r.i, but
lion- with silos scattered all over i'r,o
country, In iiveiy district, b. i:- easy
for them 10 B ie for th'-niai-livs. As
tr. !'. ill-v. m of any particular ni'i'i.
mi Hi' particular structure of riio,
ii-.;'. i s are varied. Kaeh, do'tb1 ,
be i : (ir.iethiiig to .-eeorrimen'! jt, and
f.nle a man's nr.rtlcular conditions
nnd rr"iiiirei:ents can l tTiiilii" ior
bini flu- rr;oft f, 1 1 It ;.'!, plan. Ti;a llt
..pitere on rIlo enmu iisciinn of the
lM-pai mient nf Agriculture which will
te s"!it on ayjplicarl in will furnish
some useful HU.gge.ii lot;s. American
Cultivator.
Why Tree Fail to 0'i'ow.
1 Is a noiewor.hy fact th.tt a very
laruc percentage cf tho lroo3 planted
eutcii year in different parts of tho
country fall to gro?;. That this loss
Is Iiirger than necessary ig certain and
tb c:ius"s for It are well worth look
ing Into. Generally the blam Is
placid on tho nurseryman and the
quality of tho trees. In some cases
the blame Is rlr;ht!y placed, but In
most Instances It lies elsewhere. We
may look for the cause In a number
of different directions. Trees are
ubjected to more or loss hardship
between the time they are standing
In the nursiry rowa and the time they
am again set In the ground.
Tracing the history of the tree
tVo-jgli the several steps In Its dlg
rli; ml t.snin'nntlng. we find that
: r'V Iir.va bt" : injured or broken
In ii?;i'n:. After removal front the
ground It rnny have received more
drying v,:nd and hot sun than was
gool for li. Tho tree may have been
packed too wet or too dry, or the ma
terials used may have decomposed
and given ofT heat to the Injury of the
trees. The transportation company,
hecdicia of the nature of their cargo,
may have placed It against hot pipes,
near a sruoko-stack, or too near a
tovc. It may have been delayed in
transit, though when there Is danger
of this, the nurseryman should aee to
t that the trees are packed to stand
4elays If they are likely to be encoun
tered. On arrival the purchaser may
neglect them, be too may leave the
trees exposed to the element and In
planting may have unduly exposed
the roots to drying sun and wind.
But by far the greatest cause of
loss lies In tho work of planting.
When the nurseryman dug the tree
he left about three-quarters of Its
roots in the soil. The tops must,
therefore, be cut back hard. The
tree rfcould be set at the same depth
0! In thfl nursery row. The troe
shonl I not be eet In soil that Is too
wet or too dry. If dry, water should
be used in planting, u bucketful or
more per tree when the hole Is three,
quarters of the way filled up. Last
and most Important of all, the earth
should be packed tight around the
roots by hand. Tight packing Is the
key to successful planting. Fruit
and Nut Journal.
Marketing Cattle.
The best time to market any kind
of stock for the most profit to the
producer is at the age when It will
cost the least per pound to produce
It. The steer to be sold at the great
est profit would probably be at about
fourteen months old. But in order
to make this profitable there should !
be no time lost In set-backs by letting
up in the feed. Tho calf should come
about with the grass in spring, and j
always have access to tho gras3 and
about all the milk from its dam it
will take until at least four months
old. In addition It should have a j
grain ration of some kind, not too ;
much but enough so that it will al- .
ways be ready for its feed. You can '
teach a calf to eat shelled corn about
tho easiest of anything else, but
ground oats or wheat bran Is a bet
ter bone-maker. Be careful to never
overfeed. , Good grass Is nature's
great producer of cattle. When time
for winter feed use clover hay nnd
ground oats through the winter until
grass begins to be fit for use; then
finish with pure corn meal, ground
very fine. About the first of June
they should weigh about eight or
nine hundred pounds and bring about
five cents per pound that is from
forty to fifty dollars per head, with
out any extra expense of keeping up
a largo growthy carcass for one whole
year for a little more gain in weight.
The keeping alone this second year
will require more feed than you have
used In making the finished product
of the first fourteen months. Be
sides the price up to the first of June
when grass cattle begin to go to mar
ket is always good. Now suppose
you have been able to make this steer
bring you forty-five dollars (which
Is reasonable), that would be about
ninety bushels of corn that he would
buy, which of course looks like a
good trade, while to finish one of the
two or three year old steers will take
about sixty bushels of corn alone, not
counting his keep up to the tlmo of
beginning, which Is about nine
months full feed with grass, or hay.
J. G. H., In the American Cultivator,
A Mixed Flock.
In the mixed (lock of the mongrel
type especially, and in a greater or
less degree In all flocks, is there a
difference in size or sustaining quali
ties among tho fowls. Frequently
where till are fed together some few
will be crowded back and get little
of the fend. Chickens are even more
hoggish than hog3 in feeding, and the
individual of undcr-size stands lit
tle chance. As it gets less food, It
Is every time losing Instead of gain
ing ground over Its rivals, and short
ly falls prey to seeming disease when
It Is simply crowded out.
Where more than one rooster Is
wintered we may think that nil 18
going right because we see no signs
of fighting, when the fact Is that one
is kept away in some inaccessible spot
and only steals a little food on penal
ty of Its life. Watch If two or more
are kept together, as Is usually the
case on the farm, that each gets Its
share. If they cannot llvo In peace,
separate them in some way, even If
om? must go to tho block.
It often happens that the runt pig
thrives when removed to quarters
where 1's previous disability is re-
j moved, and thero are in flocks of
J varying ages similar cases. This is a I
i iiio.it emphatic reason why the, flock 1
I .'liould be carefully culled rnd only .
a uniform retention of the fittest be ,
allowed. Fowls speedily discover nny ;
I weakness or defect In a companion,
' and ere equally quick in taking ad-
j tt.ijmiT ui li. i ii'r JUJUI1': irrtuil-
lug from this may not bo especially
notlceabln when the fowls are run
ning at large, but with tho confine
ment necessary at this season it can
not but tie damaging to tho weaker
Individuals.
If It U not practicable to make the
farther separation one would wish, at
least stay by during the eating pro
cess; take pains to scatter a part of
the food l:i some corner where the
weaker bird3 will be protected; they
will soon learn tho favored point and
avail themselves of the advantage.
If there Is not room for all at the
drinking fountain, enlarge it or pro
vide a second. The feed box should
be likewise enlarged.
Hero the dry mash has the advan
tage. If tho wet mas'u is fed in the
usual way the fastest eaters get more
than their share; but with the dry
teed and the hopper system thero li
still room tor the later comers.
Feather pulling is another abomin
ation which is ofton forced upon the
innocent fowls, more frequently
starting through the idleness or
rather enforced inactivity of eompan
ices than as a positive vice. If there
Is an abundance of scratching ma
terial provided there will be less In
ducement for any to sit around, like
pupils unemployed, studying mis
chief. Then there are those which were
late moulting their discarded plu
mage but a nuisance to both owner
and tho hens that have properly
moulted, tbelr rough feathers a temp
tation to feather pulling. These
should have been culled, and It li
better late than never. Keep the
best for your own use; and for the
good of the dock, aim for uniformity
not only In breed, but In constitution!
six and vigor. Bessie L. Putnam, In
the American Cultivator,
THE PULPIT. .
A SCHOLARLY, SUNDAY SERMON BY
DR. "JOHN WeSLttY HILU '
Theme: The Future Life.
New York City. Sunday morning,
at the Metropolitan Temple, the pas
tor. Dr. John Wesley Hill, preached
a sermon on "The Future Life." tak
ing for his text: "If a man die, shall
he live again?" Job 14:14. Among
other things, he said:
Whether Immortality can be
proved or not depends upon the char
ac:er cf tho proof demanded. It can
not be proven as you prove a problem
In geometry or demonstrate a law in
chemistry. This la true not only ol
our arguments for Immortality, but of
our reasoning touching nil the facte
Involving the deepest and highest
life. You cannot by trlangulatton
prove yonr mother's love, nor by
chemical analysis discover the secret
of a tear. You cannot extract music
from an organ with a corkscrew, or
sweep up sunshine with a broom;
neither do yon Invoke mathematics
and logic to Justify your sympathies.
It is juBt as Impossible to apply these
process to tho problem of immortal
ity. "Ye do always err," said Christ
to the Saddncees, "not knowing the
Scriptures, neither the power of
God." Yet our belief In Immortality
Is more than an emotion, and beyond
the assurances of God's Word there
are evidences all abont ns. In facts
and experiences which enable us to
exclaim, "This mortal must put on
Immortality." The Idea of immortal
ity is an intuition, voicing Itself in
universal human nature. Hunger
means food, not In relation to the
penniless tramp alone, who gazes Into
the window where the prosperous
man sits at his feast, but in relation
to the general order and adjustment
of the universe. But there is some
thing In man related to Immortality
even deeper and more potent thnn de
sire something working with a pre
cision beyond the) highest efforts of
the intellect, and which from the
standpoint of reason is simply mirac
ulous. Look at it. The little squir
rel carries an almanac In Its brain,
bv which it stores In Its neBt pro
vision for the coming winter. The
ben g possessed of such a perfect
roninasB that for miles It will fly
straight back to its hive; and these
birds of passage which are once more
filling the trectops with song, at pre
cisely tho right time make their way
over river and forest, over lake and
plain, to find here In the North, In
the summer time, food, and yonder
In the South, for the winter time,
food. Instinct Is thus as unerring
as a God inspired prophet, and I have
n right to say that If Instinct in the
lower creation works with such un
erring accuracy, aurcly God will not
llsappolnt this Inexplicable something
within my heart which cries out for
light and life, and longs for a better
home beyond the grave. This doc
trine of the future lifo being peculiar
to Christianity, It has been a favor
ite object of attack by every school
of Infidelity since Its announcement,
it has been condemned as false be
rat!3o it involves a mystery. The ob
jector confounds two things essen
tially different, mystery as to fact
snd mvHterv as to mode A fact may
be plain while the mode of Its exist
ence mav be mysterious. Take a few
Illustrations. The fact of gravitation
Is Indisputable, but who understands
Us original philosophic and executive
power? How does It bind nil worlds
Into unity, maintaining the architect
ural branches of the universe? Wrho
understands the law of organic
growth and development? Whatlsmo
tlon? How is It communicated from
one body to another? We may rea
son, we mav advance step by step, but
the end of these processes are be
yond our power of analysis: so that
we are obliged to believe facts, the
modes of which are beyond our un
derstanding. It is urged again, that
this doctrine la contrary to the im
mutable principles of science. Would
It not bo well for the objector to es
tablish some ultimate system of
cience from which there enn bo no
appeal? No scipnee la perfect. It
has been the business of one cgn to
modlfv and Improve the science of the
preceding age. A future age will ex
pose the learned follies of this.
Science has been snail-like In Its pro
gress. With all its boasted ability,
It required nearly six thousand years
for science to discover bo simple a
thing as the circulation of the human
blood. With the earth and the sky
full of electricity, science was five
thousand years In bringing that Im
measurable force to light. Turn
back n few pages of hlatory and tel
cgraohv was not scientific; science
laughed at tho possibility of the tele-pho"e-
science joined with commerce
In d"'.' ling the validity and value ol
the Marconi system of wireless tel
egraphy. The fact Is, science is still
an Infant; It is scarcely out of It!
swaddling clothes; It can barely stand
clone. Is It entitled to morn cre
dence than tho Bible? Must this ok'
volume, hoary with the ago of rem
turiesA written by Ihe finger of in.
spiratlon. born at Klnal, completed
amid the splendors of the Apocalypse
whoso footprints are Been in thf
crumbled dust of earth's wrecked and
ruined greatness, whose teachlngi
are Godlike, whose proccpts are thun-der-glven,
whose promises are the
hope of the world fly the track bo
fore the gorgeous diction and aacrl
llglous pretension of a sceptical scl
eneo or ungodly philosophy? But I
fall to aee any relevancy In the ob
jection, i In what department of rea1
science are those principles found
that conflict with the doctrine of Im
mortality? I appeal to all the dis
coveries in the wide range of scien
tific Investigation for an answer
Science Is not a textbook of revela
tion, cor is It the essential foundation
of religious faith. Yet we are able,
to cite some of Its fundamental prin
ciples ps corroborative of the Scrip
tural idea of life beyond the grave,
The conservation of force Is a princi
ple recognised by all schools of sci
ence. Under, the operation of thli
law. we are told that the fall of
ram 'uric needle upon the carpet ex
erts an Immeasurable Influence, and
that the lifting of the hand sends vi
brations through'the stellar avenues
So nb-rlute and far reaching is this
'iw. that so eminent an authority u
Jjlin Flsie says: "The track u.'
(ivory canoe, of every vessel that has
yet disturbed tba ocean, remains for
ever registered lu the future move
ments of all succeeding partlrlei
which may occupy Its space. In like
manner, the air Itself Is one vest
library, on whose pages are forever
written all that man has ever thought
or whispered." Thns we are coming
to know that In the divine economy
there la no such thing as waste. Geol
ogists tell us that millions of years
ago, sunlight fell upon a carbonifer
ous period, and now la those late cen
turies we gather those same beams
Of light tn brbrhUa.th' an
j warm our tomes; so" that In tho black
lump of coal there Is packed away
I and hidden from sight tho light which
! was first created by the fiat of God.
: And dare we assign a broader destiny
, to the material than the spiritual?
I We are told that these forces of na
I ture are stern, unbending and lnexor
i able, sweeping through all space,
I binding all worlds and imperial over
I all creation; but they cannot bind the
mind that solves the problems, de
i ciphers the hieroglyphics, utilizes
, gravitation, harnesses the trade
winds, subsidizes tho lightning nnd
I Interprets the literature of the stars,
i Herein Is the triumph of the soul,
that It subordinates matter, plays
! upon the keys of physical power, trl
! umphs over the forces of nature, and
' becomes In a lofty though secondary
sense a creator. And must heat,
light, electricity and gravitation
sweep on forever, and the mind, with
i Its full orbed powers, Its God-or-;
dalned attributes and boundless ca
I paclty, be shrouded in eternal night?
If matter Is Indeitructlble, Is not the
spirit of man of more value than
i the gain of sand that defies all dlsln
; tegrattng agencies? These great
I principles of science are not cited
j as positive proof, for science cannot
radically tench Immortality of the
soul, since it is founded upon tho
discoveries of the senses; but we do
i find In theso laws of nature some
I striking and significant analogies,
i and, studying them, we are comforted
even by their mute testlmonv, and
our raitn Is strengthened In the im
mortality of man. But again, this
doctrine has been assailed upon the
ground that It Is contrary to the Im
mutable laws of nature. This argu
ment has no standing In court, since
Immortality Is not under tho control
of natural, but spiritual laws. Paul
said, "Thou fool, knowest thou not
that which thou soweth Is not quick
ened except to die?" Here is an ap
peal to nature, yet the Christian's
faith must stand upon tho Word of
God rather than the laws of nature,
notwithstanding nature Is full of
analogies to help our minds and If
possible to strengthen the foundation
of faith in the future life. Let us
ta'- n few glances at this question
from the standnoint of nature. "The
tree, though bare, though covered
with the ice of winter, though thero
is no bursting bud to be seen, yet
when the springtime returns the bud
swells, the leaves reappear, the flow
ers crown the branches and the tree
brings forth fruit after its kind."
Here is an awakening, a resurrection
to glorious life. And is It not an inti
mation that beyond the winter of
death there is eternal spring, where
the soul will unfold in perennial
beauty, and where life shall take on
immortal glory? There is the cater
pillar, a loathsome thing to look
upon. It fallH asleep, weaves itself
a winding sheet, and Is Benulchred
In Its chrysalis for weeks. There la
no sign of life, no indication of ani
mation, yet suddenly the chrysalis
bursts open, and instead of the loath
some worm that fell asleeo, thsro
comes forth a butterfly, which en
chants us with Its beauty. Great is
tho mystery. Who can understand
it? Is it not pronhetic? Is it not
symbolic of another resurrection?
John exclaims, "It doth not yet ap
pear what we shall be." Paul de
clares, "Our vile bodies shall be fash
ioned like unto His own glorious
body." Though burled in the earth,
though no block or shaft mark the
resting placo of the Christian, God's
I word for it, he shall rise again, and
, if such a transformation is possible in
I the life of a worm, who shall attempt
to limit the possible transformation
awaiting the human body, which Is
! the temple of the soul immortal?
j Surely, It shall come forth changed,
sublimated and glorified. Nature
j does not absolutely prove tills, but
j her striking analogies all point in
that direction, and we are Justified in
! accepting them as the revelations cf
! God. The final evidence, however.
of the doctrine of immortality no less
than that of the resurrection, rests
upon the resurrection of JesiiB Christ.
Paul declares Him to be "the first
fruits of them that sleep," and again,
"If Christ be not risen from the dead,
then there Is no resurrection of the
dead; but if Christ be risen from the
dead, how say some among you that
there be no resurrection?" He was
our Heaven appointed prototype. He
came Into the world as our federal
representative, and therefore, since
He assumed a human body and re
sumed that body changed and glori
fied after it had beon burled for three
days, Is powerful argument that we
also shall share in His resurrection.
He met death as our representative,
suffered Himself to be taken captive
that He might "lead captivity cap
tive." He met death in his own ter
ritory, plucked out his sting, robbed
him of his crown, devastated his em
pire, kindled the star of Immortality
In the night of death, and three driv
hence, was seen standing upon the
verge of tho sepulchre crowned with
victory.
"Up from the grave He prone,
A mighty victor o'er If i fnei:
He nrrwe n victor o'er the dnrk domnln.
And He liveH forever with the saints to
reign. .
Hiillelujuh! Christ arose! "
Because He lives, we shall live also.
INTERNA TIOXATi t.ESSON COM
' MEXTS VOU MAY 0.
MAY- NINTH.' -v
i Study to He Culm.
Hurry means also worry, nnd haste
is waste. Study to bo habitually I
calm. "A meek and quiet spirit is," I
in the sight of God. "of great price." i
; l tie ruiui or modern soclul life Is eg- i
I pecially fatal to the prayer habit; for I
until the spirit is hushed and be- I
! calmed In His presence, God cannot
i reflect His own Image in our con.
sclousness. -J. Hudson Taylor.
Followers.
There can be no leaders unless
there be others who will follow.
Rev. J. H. Mcllvalne.
Monka Know How to Farm.
I The Trapplst Fathers, whose farmi
at Oka, Canada, are modela of theli
kind, are now affiliated with Lava;
University, and are empowered tc
grant the degree of bachelor of agri
culture. Away down Sooth alao the
iBenedlcttne Fathers are conducting
farms that are the envy of the coun
tryside. Think of It. Twentieth cen.
tury agriculturist going to the lazy
I old monks" to learn the art of culti
vating the toil, and this In some of
tba most unpromising sections, botb
North and lUuta Cathollo Tra
script
Subjects Paul's First Millenary
Journey Antioch in PMdln
Acts 13: 13-82 Golden Text.
Acts 13:40 -Commentary.
TIME A. D. 4 5. PLACE.-Antioch
in Pisldla.
EXPOSITION.!. Hy Him Every
One tlint Ik'llcveth is Justified from
All Things, 13-41. Missionary work
was too hard for John Mark, but thv
day came when Mark did better (cf.
ch. 16:38, 39; Col. 4:10; 2 Tim.
4:11). Paul always sought the syna
gogue on the Sabbath Day (v. 14).
It was there he could meet the people
and preach Jesus to them. He put
himself In the way of opportunity and
the opportunity came. Paul, like Pe
ter on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:
14-34) and Stephen before the coun
cil (Acts 7:2-49), began his sermon
with an exposition of Old Testament
Scriptures and Jewish history, but
uses all to lead up to Christ. Thero
is one thing that he would have his
brethren know, viz., that through
Jesus Is preached unto them the for
giveness of sins (v. 38). Verses 88,
39, contain a marvelously full state
ment of the doctrine of justification.
(1) How men are Justified "bv
Him" (Greek, "In Him.") (2) Who
are Justified? "Every one that be
lleveth," It. V. (3) From what men
are Justified "From all things." (4
How no man can be Justified "By
the law of Moses" (cf. Rom. 3:20).
(5) When men are Justified tho mo
ment they believe. This is a wonder
ful Gospel, but it lays a tremendous
responsibility on all who hear it. ail
despisers shall "wonder and perish."
If. Many Jewish Converts nnl
Much Opposition, 42-47. Paul made
it plain as day that Jesus is the Mes
siah and the Son of God (vs. 23, 25,
27, 29-31, 33, 34. 35, 36, 37), that
God raised Him from the dead and
thus fulfilled the promise made unto
the fathers (vs. 32, 33), and that "by
Him every one that betleveth is Justi
fied from all things" (vs. 38, 39).
The sermon produced immediate and
abundant fruit. The converts were
of .two classes, regular Jews and
proselytes. Paul and Barnabas (it Is
no longer Barnabas and Paul) fol
lowed up their work by words of pri
vate instruction and exhortation. The
substance of exhortation was to stead
fast continuance (cf. Jno. 8:31, 32;
15:5-10; Acts 11:25; 14:22; Col. 1:
23). The sphere of their steadfast
continuance, "the grace of God." It
was pure grace that Paul taught (vs,
38. 39; Ro. 3:24; 11-6; Eph. 2:81,
and it is only in grace that one can
"continue" or "stand" (Ro. 5:2; Gal.
6:1, 4). The word of God mightily
prevailed, the whole city was shaken
and "almost the whole" city came to
hear. What they heard was "the
word of God" (cf. 2 Tl. 4:2; 1 Thess.
2:13), and that was what they came
to hear. Hearing, however. Is not
believing and obeying (Luke 8:5-7).
It Is not always the city where there
are most hearers that there are the
most conversions. The great crowds
awakened the Jealousy of the Jews
(cf. 17:5), They were "filled with
Jealousy." Human nature Is pretty
much the same in all lands and all
ages. Let a new preacher come to
any city to-day and draw great crowds
of eager hearers, where crowds have
been hitherto small and interest fee
ble, and somebody's jealousy is pret
ty sure to be aroused. Opposition
ld not frighten Paul and Barnabas.
It made them the more bold., The
word of God according to God's order
Must "first be spoken" unto the Jew
(v. 26; Luke 24:47; Acts 3:26; 18
5, 6; Ro. 1:16). But as they would
not have it, it was given to others
(Ro. 11:11. 12), (cf. Deut. 32:21,
Matt. 21:43). America and England
have "the word of God" to-day; If
they "put it from" them (as they
seem likely to do) it will be given to
others. A man settles his own des
tiny by what he does with the word '
of God (Jno. 5:40). The Lord had
"commanded" Paul to go to the Gen
tiles. He" had given him this com
mandment before he left -Jerusalem
(ch. 22:17-21). This commandment
was also implied in O. T. prophecies
concerning the Messiah, which fore
told that He was to be for the Gen
tiles (v. 47: cf. Isa. 49:6). In tho
O. T. as well as the New the world
wide purpose of salvatlou was clearly
set forth. "Unto the ends of tho
earth" the finger of God always
pointed and the grace of God always
trove (cf. ch. 1:8; Matt. 28:18).
III. Many Gentile Converts and
Bitter Perxecutlon, 48, 4. The Gen
tiles glorified the Word of God that
the Jews despised. "As mnny as
were ordained to eternal lifo be
lieved." The practical evidence then
that nny one is ordained to '-nal
life Is that ho believes (c: Jno.
6:37). The Jews, in this lesson, ad
Judged themselves unworthy of eter
nal life by putting the Word of God
from them (v. 46). Theso Gentiles
adjudged themselves ordained to
eternal life by believing the Word of
God. What one does with the Word
decides his eternity. "The word of
the Lord" made great progress. "P.
was spread abroad throughout all the
region" (cf. ch. 6:7; 19:19, 10, 26).
This awakened fierce opposition and
bitter persecution. Notable succesi
of the GoBpel always does. The devil
will not allow the Gospel to triumph
without a mighty fight (ch. 4:1-3;
6:14-18; 6:8-14). The Jews, like
opposers of God's Word in all ages,
took underhanded means to thwarj
the work.
Pilgrim's Progress Series. IV. The
House of the Interpreter. Eccl.
12: 9-14; Jas. 1: 19-25.
Picture of a preacher. 1 Tim. 4:
0-1(1.
The dusty room. Rom. 7-15.
Passion and patience. Jas 5: 1-6.
The fire nnd oil. Zech. 4; 1-0.
Valiant and despondent. Acts 14:
20-23; Luke 8: 12.
The dream of Judgment Rev. 20:
11-15.
It Is grand to be ablo to move
others by wis speech; It Is quite as
grand to be moved by It one's self
(Eccl. 12: 11.)
To fear and obey Is the whole duty
of man; to love and obey Is his
whole privilege (Eccl. 12:. 13.)
To be slow of hearing la worse than
to be hard of hearing, because few
think of it as a misfortune (Jas. 1:
19.)
Hearing or the truth. In sermons
and the like, deceives us because we
think it a virtue; but there is no
virtue If the ear alone hears (Jas. 1;
22.)
With Bunyan.
Who are our Interpreters? They
are many books, preachers, teach
ers, friends, our conscience and es
pecially, working through all of these,
the Holy Spirit.
Whoever would lead men must
have the Bible In his hand and his
head, supernatural guidance, and un
selfishness tho world ot his back.
The Christian Is to despise God's
creation only In comparison with the
Creator.
To sweep with the law is to try to
measure one'a own merit and earn
Cod's approval. By this we only
perceive our own faults nnd sins.
To sprinkle with the gospel Is to
trust Christ. We do Christ's will
then none the less, but in His
strength.
"Patience" and "passion" both
come from the Latin "to suffer" but
with what a difference! The one
suffers God to take His time; the
other suffers if God does.
Passion never possesses anything,
but is always possessed by it.
Not what we have counts, but ouf
attitude toward It. If we have ete
tal life, all we have takes on eternal
qualities.
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, MAY 9.
IF HE SHOULD BE FRENCH.
Tba baby was alow about talking,
and his aunt was deploring that fact.
Four-year-old Elizabeth listened anx
iously. "O mother," ah ventured at
length, "do you think bs'll grow up
English? We couldn't any of ns un
derstand him If he should turn out to.
b French!" UpplncoU' J
! While Europe is experimenting to
test the feasibility ot concrete' boats,
Baltimore actually has demonstrated
It A concrete sailing vessel has been
In commission for eleven years. The
boat la the Oretchen, built and owned
by Daniel B. Banks, consulting en
gineer of the fire board. She is a
two-masted schooner yacht, sixty-five
feet long and sixteen feet beam, and
draws fourteen feet ot water.-
Cement Age. i
FATE.
"They used to say I was a mau
with a future."
"And now?"
"Now they refer to me as a man
with a past. , Wish I could have a
present once." Cleveland Leader.'
Professor Greef, director of th
Berlin Eye Hospital, announces the
discovery of the trachoma germ. Hi
aye hi experiments with the germs
on anthropoid apea convinced him
that trachoma la contagious only to
lta early, stages.
Making a Guest of Christ Mark
14-17; Matt. 9: 9-13; Luke
6: 28, 29.
In this lesson the Scripture pas
sages contain so much that we had
bost restrict our thought to the sim
ple theme, "Making a Guest of
Christ." This element in the Scrip
ture story is most enchanting, and
tin story in all three of the synoptlo
Goipels is tho same, except that in
Luke's account it is definitely stated
that the feast held this day was In
Levi's house, and In the Savior's
honor.
Levi, a business man and a politi
cian, belonging to a class not popu
lar with the religious people of the
day, sat at his desk one morning,
busy with the ordinary routine ot his
work. We can fancy that he was a
faithful worker, that, although, ho be
longed to a class not famous for fidel
ity and honor, he was, nevertheless,
in his own work, true and clean. He
was doing his work well. And yet
there was doubtless a restlessness
about the man, a longing for some
thing different and better. And a
Stranger came up to his desk on this !
day and asked him to follow him. He i
locked his money drawers, closed his
books, and followed, apparently with
out a word. He welcomed tho Stran
ger to his house, and he became a
willing guest. There was plenty of
good fellowship and joy.- Some ob
jected because the Stranger, whom
they had considered a good man, was
mingling freely with people who were
bad. But he said one can fancy,
with something of a flush in his eye
and a thrill in his voice: "They that
are whole need not a physician; but
they that are sick." "I came not to
call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
WISE WORDS. .
To be treated as one of the family
Isn't always as pleasant as it sounds.
A man is generally on his mettle
twhen he has a steely glitter in his
eye.
When Fame and Fortune travel to
gether Fame generally takes a back
teat.
"Nothing venture, nothing have" is
generally true, but it doesn't apply to
trouble.
One way to distract your attention
from your vices is to parage your
virtues.
The ideal man only exuts In the
mind of the woman who has neve
married.
Force of habit would probably
prompt a dentist te look a gift horse
in tm mouth.
The things that come to those who
wait are generally the things that no
one else wants.
Men always admire clever women,
but somehow or other they alwayt
marry the silly ones.
Many a man looks down on hit
neighbor who is really head and
shoulders above him.
There Isn't anything much mor
superfluous than birthdays to a wom
an who has passed forty-five.
The man who perforco dines al
a fifty-cent . table d'hote gets ac
customed to taking things as the;
come.
A financier le simply a man who
demonstratea the truth of the old
saying that a tool and hli money are
soon parted.
When you wear out a suit of
clothes you can generally get another,
but It'e different when you wear out
Sfour welcome. From the "DyspeptU
'iilloeopher," In the New York Tlinea,
OUR TEMPERANCE COlfo
v 'i'V ?'-..,,'"";
REPORTS OF PROGRKS8 bp
BATTLE AGAINST Rfj
'I
The Saloon.
Steals brains and good money
Assists mightily In filling bom
rles and asylums.
Leaves thousands ot widow, J
hhan, vnaftv
. -It. 1.1. J V U I t J I
Opens the door to anarchy.
Overpowers and destroys the
men,
Nurses terrible crimes behlu
doors.
Sends many souls to perdition
What Are the Liquor Lawi ij
Are They Enforced?
Every State has, of course It,
liquor laws. But In by 'u,
greater number the rule hat .
sraui some lorm oi license tt
sum ui intoxicants, in an caw, I
mln ta nnlrnnnilarl oaA tr. kA ... I
with grave dangers and mn,
effects, and the idea of llcenilJ
loons Is partly to bring them J
certain restrictions and thus 4
... I ,Ua II - . 1 . IY
ly to make use of the saloon i
collection of revenue. In mm,,
one Idea Is paramount and in j
places uie oiner iaea. sonif
the saloon but think that the li
system is the most effective m
checking the evils arising fro-
saloon. Others think almost J
siveiy oi now saioon licenses I
their own taxation, and are
willing to have the saloons co:
because nearly everyone Is
that they should be heavily J
The same sort oi reason tai
given for shunning national
tion against the liquor traffic. V
would the country get Its re
without the aid of the liquor t
In Great Britain especially, hi
large part of the revenue is i
from the tax on alcoholic beve
the fear of not being able otM
to raise enough money for r
ment purposes, has hinder;
growth of temperance sen.:
among the ruling classes.
We have seen towns In out
country grant licenses prlndpt
the ground that it they did t
so, the commercial traveler at:
tourist would shun them. The:
question involved was put qui:,
of sight In order that the bcr
opportunities of the towns;
might not be lessened. Of t
many made the excuse to thesJ
that they believed the liquor :
might be regulated to advanta:
could not be suppressed.
Now the young people of ot
ciety should grow up with a
understanding of what Is right 1
matter and with a definite conr.
that no Individual or communl:
afford to do wrong however prof:
wrongdoing may be for a tli
that when it comes to be their
to decide such questions theyi:
principle before policy wlthou'
mixing uo of motives. No ma:
serve at the same time both Gi!
mammon.
Our liquor laws servo for the
tectlon of the liquor traffic rJ
than for the protection of tne
lie. And the chief way we i:
concern ourselves with them Isi:
ting rid of the whole cotnpln
working lot of them and subst;"
a simple, straightforward law o!.
bibltion.
The saloon is a curse to the i
try and not in any sense a ne.
it should be outlawed ever"
for the sake of the commumt
the sake of the poor drunkard:
for the sake of the poor saloon
ers and bartenders themselves
As a rule, liquor laws hat:
been enforced; the reason belnt
the political bosses are enmmo:
league with the llnuor sellers w
the laws. The politicians nuw
laws by not enforcing them sni
cry out against the enactmf.
such laws on the ground that
cannot be enforced. .Of late,
ever, public sentiment on the i:
is becoming too strong to be t
In this impudent way and Honor
are beginning to mean sometht
it had not been for the snusen
of the great maioritv of vote
the bosses who control the mac
of their respective parties, we'J
have had effective proniuni"
a largo portion of this country
ego.
The campaign against the
which has already accomplish
much, and in which new victors
1ml n c urnn avprv WPpt; In SOW"
of the country, should be pushed
Increasing ardor. Thre ahou
no halt till the victory Is compl
Clmuncoy Depew on Drink
In a great birthday address '
Montauk banquet, Cha jncey y
anions other things, said:
"When I graduated and l)e!:
study of the law, bigotry V"
all nvar tha Pmintl-V nn till
verslal questions. Religion
were more enerossed in ngiitW
nlha, thnn tho rnmlillin
Tlinpfl man an nlmnat fl'flntlcfr1
science and research should t
th Tilhle. and scientists wW
i tinimrsil m Intirteis Not 1
singular, and not to
root op tr trout In return a brei-
good manners. Naturally df'j
ness, either In public or In
was a forgivable weakness. J,
clsm as buttresses of tie acr.elli3
and there is happy and hopeft"
kuiuiih luo .iiui invu. , I n
lost their power, but faith w'i
in nigner imaging b
speech. The progress of ternP
has brought incalculable bl J'
the home society and cltlzeniff
FORESHADOWED. ,
"You look so pale and thin. What's
got you?"
"Work. From morning to night
and only a one hour re?t."
"How long have you been at ItT"
"I begin to-morrow." Success.
Temperance Note.
A man drunk on the egotim 1
norance should not add there"
Intoxication ot drink.
..nr. 1 I i I. 1 1 t f tfl SO
we uuvti una jiruuiuiviw- -
In North Carolina." said u0,'l
Burke, "that In some countlsi
are no Jails. There is n
crime In the State."
ITIilnb , .tallaj1 CathollC P1
end leaders appealing in the na t
virtue for the extension of n
ing time of saloons from f
midnight! Cathollo ADiaiD"
. ., i .i . k, the
ai. jonn s is sum iu x
place In Newfoundland where n
loon survives. ,
Since Philadelphia Free
nave shut out wioxicams '--
nail ana oanqueie, wuj '---a
ganltatlons claiming higher Pu"l
bold back?
Professor Lombroso, the
t i i i, ..lnri V
criminologist, cans onwu"-- ,(
remarkable freedom from
ness xouna in me jewmu - j
Ills orillliarjr luiauv --
fifty-five per cent, ot the lnuis
their condition to alcoholism- -In
the Jewish asylum at Abi'1 i
he could not find one case ot
la. . . '