, Feed For the Dairy Cow. Cottonseed meal, flaxseed meal, shorts, bran or other feeds rich In protein are necessary for a full flow at milk. Clover or alfalfa hay are rough foods rich In protein. Corn, rich In starch, produces heat, energy and fat, but little milk. Silage and frceu roots furnish water and are jood appetizers and promoters of gen eral health for winter feeding. Dran nd flaxseed meal are good bowel reg Jlulora. Farmers' Homo Journal. Over Half the Crop Saved. The Year Book of the Department f Agriculture for 1907 has a most In rtructlve article by Professor A. L. juaintance, In which he urges the aet-d and wisdom of spraying, and lites a number of convincing results jt demonstration sprayings of last oar. An orchard at Bentoavllle.Ai k., ihowed that fifty-one per cent, of the Tult was saved through spraying; mother one at Fordland, Mo., where J was actually necessary to show the lelghbors, developed fortv-six per nt. saved through spraying; one at Afton, Va., showed seventy-two per sent, saved; one at Owcnsvllle, Ohio, forty-eight per cent, saved; one at Mt. Plsgah, Ohio, forty-one per cent, iaved, and one at North East, Pa., thowed sixty-nine per cent, of the fruit saved thrniu-ii spraying. The exact average for these five orchards was 54.54 per cent, saved, or more than half the (Top. "An orehardlxt," says Professor Qi.ilntanes, "by thor ough work can do as well or better, " Alfalfa Hon Feeder. Hogs are very fond of alfalfa, r.nd they will eat a good deal of it If Riven a chance. They will also waste a whole lot unless you stand and feed It to them a handful at a time. A rack with a swinging front works very well, says a writer In the Farm Press. The punching the hogs give it will work the hay down within reach until the rack Is empty. The openings In front should be large I ffiU Front View. enough to let a hog s head through, but not much larger. The rack may any length and should bo about four feet high, and from three feet to three and a half feet wide at the top. Make It strong or they will soon punch it to pieces. Make the floor tight to hold chaff and lay a floor In front to keep the hogs out of the mud. Brood sows fed all the good alfalfa hay and clean water they want will winter well if given one good ear of corn each day. Magnitude of Dairy Industry. The clean milk problem Is a vital one, affecting the production and con sumption rif over 9,000,000 gallons in the United States per year, being an annual supply of over 100 gallons for very man. woman and child In the eoontry. This amount affords l.l quarts a day for every individual, which includes the milk used in mak ing butter and cheese. The actual amount of whole milk consumed each day averages about .05 of a pint for every Individual. The value of this product for a year at retail is the stfrtling sum of $2.500. (ion, 000. This is about one-fiftieth of the entire wealth of the nation, five times the wholesale value of last year's wheat crop, nearly twice the value of the corn crop and over one-third of the entire value of farm products fur ;90". which Is estimated at $7,400, '0.000. The wholesale value of diii.Y products last year was esti mated at J vio, o,to,ooo, which would allov, a ,Mh (Jf less than ten cents a gallon ( r r.nlit at the dairy. An av eraxe -etail price of seven cents a quart assumed, which Is probably a little i,,-iw the average price. Connect! ',i Station. Why I Ital.e Sheep. Sheep are more prolific than other animals and raise their young on the most Inexpensive feed with the least care. Their flesh costs the least to pro dace and brings more on the market than any other. Besides, it U the aost healthful food for man. They grow annually from six to en per cent, of their normal live weight In wool, which sells for more than three times as much as the flesh of any animal and furnishes a splen did covering for the body In winter, as well as gives employment to thou sands of skilled laborers to convert it into fabrics for the use of man. They return more and better fer tility to enrich the soil and distribute the same more evenly than any other animal. They keep the land free from weeds and convert the same into a valuable commodity. They are the most easily managed animals and do iio. tramp a field and lot tike others, and one can turn them Into fields to pick up waste where other animals ecu Id not be tolerated, and thus save a vast and otherwise actual loss. They can be retained in inclosures which would not hold any other ani mal. They thrive and fatten on a pas tare without grain, but do not thrive o a pasture without grass. Sheep give on .an average more pounds of meat per bushel of grain than either hogs or cattle. The last hunch raised and fattened was bunch of seventy-five yearling wethers and six ewea from two to aU years old, la all elghtjr-one bead. I Their average weight when I com menced feeding in December was 131 pounds and in March when shipped was 1C3 pounds. They made a gain of thirty-four pounds per head in seventy-seven days. They were fed three bushels ot corn per day and what clover hay they wanted, and occasionally a feed of oats, straw or corn fodder Instead. They ate in seventy-six days 231 bushels of corn and gained 2018 pounds, nn average of eleven and one third pounds per bushel. My cattle have never done that well on dry feed and not often on grass or corn. When they make seven pounds In winter I think It is good; eiuht Is fine, more than eight sur prises mo. Nor will my hogs do It by three pounds. They do as well and often better In early summer on clover or pood grass, but then the sheep will do the same with little or no corn.- Jacob Zelgler, In the Indiana Farmer. Ruilriing Comcril. While there have been many lm proven. onts made In farm buildings, I think there Is one that should remain Just as It was originally. Like the umbrella, which Is said to be the same shape It was In the time of the flood, and not to be Improved on, so Is the corncrlb. Men have built them with straight shies, set them on the ground, built them air tight, or nearly so, built them with windows, and adorned them with pleasing things to the eye, but after they had tested them they found out they had made a great mis take and had damaged corn to show for It. Of course if one doesn't harvest his corn until cold weather, when It is dry and hard, It will keep in any kind of a building, but where one wants to harvest the crop early while the fod der Is good, it Is best to have a pro per building to cure it In. We built our last crib the old mod el, set It up on stone posts aoout three feet hUh, had movable Bteps that we turned away from the building when not In use, and we have never seen a rat In this crib, while the old one we had built near the ground was always overrun with them. We built the slde3 with plenty of floor and open slats, tho ends were shingled; floor under bins was laid with narrow boards open about quarter inch in seams. This lets the air draw up through the corn fine, and with good weather corn will cure as well as out doors. J. A. S., in the American Cultivator. Vfbe Puifot I A" SERMON GY THE tlEV- 5N WVZEIP' Thomei To-day. Sunba:j-&cftoof INTERNATIONA L LESSON COM MENTS FOlt MAY 10. I Making Cement Posts. I have before me the contribution of Mr. M. W. Williams, of Lawrence County, on cement posts. His testi mony is helpful indeed. It will be valuable to post seeking farmers. We would like to hear from still other cement farmers. Mr. adjoining neighbor uses one My ndjolnlng neighbor uses one" I use the same formula, but line the molds with paper to save them from leaking. Posts should be made In a building that can be closed In windy weather. We Blft out the robin egs sized gravel. Wo line the molds to prevent not only leakage of strength but to make smoother and more dura ble outsldes and corners and prevent cement from sticking to molds; we line the molds with old newspapers. A better way to line the molds Is to buy cheap paper in rolls, Just wide enough to cover the bottom and sides of molds from end to end. Take rare to work the paper down on the bot tom and corners and avoid wrinkles. Pour In the cement, well mixed and wet, almost running. As Mr. Will lams says, let the cement set twenty four to forty-eight hours, then take away the sides and ends and pull off the paper lining while wet. We let the posts remain on the bot tom boards three days at least; then remove them very carefully, with the board under, to wherj you desire tc pile or stand them up Some recom mend standing no as to wet them every day for a while. The Btaplei Mr. Williams sets in the posts will Just suit the most of post makers, and Is a good thing. We punch bole down through tho centre of the soft cement post from two to three boun after filling the molds. Three or foui hours after first punching the holes, we repunch them to be sure they art open clear through. You need to make a pattern tc either set In staples or make holes by If you make holes to fasten your fence to posts, you can cut six or sev. en-Inch long wire; bend a loop of book at one end, hook It over the horizontal wires of your already stretched fence, put It through tin holes of the posts and bend It on th back side cf the post to make it hold up the fence. You can make a hole or set a staple for every wire of your woven fence, or every other wire, or every third wire, as you choose. If you make holes, punch them wsth a one-fourth inch or three eighths Inch Iron to make them plenty large. I us a narrow strip of lath oi board, marked off on it Just whers you want the holes or staples; lay it on the posts in the molds and make the holes uniform distances apart. Be sure you get the best cement Remember that the iron rods Mr, Williams spoke of make the strength and durability ot your posts. I put four heavy rods in our cornei posts. Isaac Beebe, in the Indiana Farmer. Text, Tsalm 93:7. "To-day." In that entertaining and stimulating volume "Orthodoxy," Mr. Gilbert Chesterton delivers himself of this pungent remark: "All Christianity concentrates on the man at the cross roads." For, says he, "The true phi losophy Is concerned with the in statr. The Instant is really awful." 1 Nothing Is truer, nothing more vi tal. What a multitude of sermons are preached to thetheme,"Wherewlllyou spend eternity?" What a host there Is looking toward the hereafter. How many there are who are hoping for to-morrow and plannlngfor the years to come. Far be It from ma to mini mize the value or the need for thought and talk about the life of that undiscovered country from whose bourne the traveler no more, entering, returns. We can not to-j much direct the attention of men and the times to eternity. Would that we might be as strenuously nb 1 stract and spiritual and forethought ful In our thinking and preaching as we are coldly practical. The king dom of heaven truly is here or no where, but for us it Is more there than here. This life Is but a seg ment of that wonderful and Illimit able eternity to which God ever calls us on. As Keats so beautifully sings: "The One remains, the many change and pass; Heaven's light forever (-bines, earth's shadows Hy; Life, like n dome of ninny colored glass, Stains the white radiance of eternitv, Until death tramples it to fragments. ' Longer shall we live there than here. Here we sojourn, there In the providence of Cod we shall ahlda. To-day is important none the less. The measure of our living here con ditions our living there. Our talent using In this life Indicates our value In the next. How we see God here determines our vision of Him in the heavenly abodes. To-day is Impor tant. The instant Is Impressive. ;ow" is muool noteworthy. "To day," says the Psalmist, "if ye will, hear His voico. " "Be wise to- lay: 'tis madness to defer; Next i!ay the fatal piecetient will plead; Thus on. till wisdom is pushed out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time; Year niter year it steals, till all are fled, And to tin; mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene." May we, as Edward Young, per ceive the wonder and the awfulness of the divine responsibility that rests on us momentarily to be careful to ward the concerns of the ages. The future depends on to-day. "Defer not till to-morrow to be wise!" Eternity rests upon our present choice. There can be no to-morrow till there has been to-day. The char acter of to-morrow lies helpless in the grasp of to-day. The sins and progress of tha men who are alive will mar or make the future of the generations yet unborn. The day that Esau sold his birth right to assur.ge the gnawing of his hunger that day he marked his char acter forever, and Jacob left an ever lasting explanation to be made. When Moses set hl3 face steadfastly away from the leeks and garlics anil the honors of an alien court In that moment the face of history was changed. When Abraham Lincoln came up out cf the valley of decision the slave was free. Every choice Is decisive. Each moment Is momentous. "Happy t.ic man, and harpy he alone, He who can call to-day liis own; He who, secure within, can any, To-ii'orrow, do thy wuiit, for I have lived ' Subject: Paul's First Missionary Tourney Iconlum and Ljslra, i Acts 14:1-28 Golden Text! j Psalm tt(l:iV Commentary, TIME. 4 6 A. D. PLACE. Lys 1 tra. I EXPOSITION. I. A Cripple from I Ills HI rth Made Whole, 8-10. It was j a case of real lameness. The man had never walked. The case was beyond man's skill, hopeless. But there are no hopeless cases with Christ. There was no magnetic touch, no treatment, Just a look, a word, and then a per ' feet and not an imaginary cure. Paul did not attempt to heal every lame ! man he met. God directed his atten I Hon to this man, and gave him to sen ' that he had faith to be healed. How 1 did he get it? By hearing Paul speak i (Ro. 10:17). Something of this kind ; was needed to gain Paul a hearing in ! Antioch. Paul thoroughly studied ' and understood the case before ho ; spoke the word. He commanded the man to do the naturally impossible, ' but "all things are possible to him that belloveth" (Mk. 9:23). The man proved his faith by obedience. II. Paul and llnrimlms Worshiped ; ns Gods, 11-1M. The people were now ready not only to listen to Paul, but , to worship him. The human heart I always wants a man to worship. Men i are always ready to render unto the 1 instruments God uses the adoration and gratitude that belong only to God ! Himself. Underneath the heathen Idea that the gods visited the earth j "in the likeness of men" there was a i great and glorious truth (Jno. 1:14; ! Phil. 2:6, 7). The actions of these ; Lystrans seem very Ignorant and foolish to us. but do not many Chris tians bow down and lay their offer ings and garlands at the feet ot men : God greatly uses, as if the man was : , himself something? Paul and Bar- ! 1 nabas quickly showed the stuff they ! were made of. As soon as they saw j i what the people were up to, they re- i ; fused their proffered homage with i mingled horror and sorrow. Paul I and Barnabas would permit no mis- I i taken notions about themselves. They j would have It clearly understood that ; they were of the same stuff as other : men. "Why do ye these things?" i These Lycaonlans had probably never j i stopped to ask that question. They i lust did them without asking. It is a ! great thing to get people to asking ' themselves why they do the things I they do. It is a great thing to get people to thinking: it leads to re pentance (Ps. 119:59; Luke 15:17, IXi. Tt Is. Indeed, "eond tldlnes" fv. 15, R. V.) to proclaim unto a man that he can turn from idols unto a I God who lives, who has a mighty j power, and who Is ready to hear and help those who trust and serve Him. ' The Idols of the Lycaonlans wero ! "vain things," because they could not 1 hear, nor act, nor answer, nor help, nor save (Is. 45:20; 46:7: Jer. 10:5, 14: 14:22). The idols of the world I to-day are different In form, hut es sentially the same In character. But the God of the Bible is "the living God." Not the god of the rationalist and deist, a god who once lived and worked, but the God who lives and works to-day; the God who hears ami answers prayer, and saves. Ho I "made the heaven and the earth and I the sea, and all that In them Is," and therefore, "there is nothing too hard i for" Him (Jer. 32:17) CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES MAY SIXTEENTH. THE CRUSADE AGAINST DRINK rnOGRESS MADE 11 CHAMIMON3 FIG111IXQ THE HUM DEMON. Pilgrim' Progress Series. V, the Cross John 19; 19 27; Luke 23: 39-49. Deliverance at the Cross. John 3: 1418. , What becomes of sin? MIc. 7; 18 20. Joy at the Cross. Gal. 6: 14-18. Peace at the' Cross. Rom. 5: 1-11. Cleansing at the Cross, lleb. 9: 12-14. Soiled at the Cross. Eph. 1; 7-14. A king on a cross! What a con trast! But one greater might have been written: God on a cross! John 19: 19.) The Scripture wns fulfilled, not to prove Christ, for that was not need ed, but to prove Scripture (John 19: 24.) Conversion Is a turning away from sin and toward Christ. It does not take long to turn either the body or tho soul (Luke 23: 47.) To the centurion Christ was a righteous man only: but he glorified God, and God was ready to show him more (Luke 23: 47.) On Pilgrimage. Salvation Is a fenced way, not to keep unbelievers out, but to keep Christians In. Burdens of nil kinds fall off at the cross, and not only sin; or, are all burdens sin? These heavy burdens have been falling Into Christ's tomb ever slnco that first Easter morning, and yet the sepulchre Is not full. Who does not weep at the cross? He certainly does not know either his sins or his Saviour. Shining ones, as on the first Easter, have always stood by the tomb of Christ, ready to welcome weary pil grims to peace and the forgiveness of sins. The outward as well as the Inward life Is cared for by Christ and in volved In our salvation. The mark on the forehead is that token, different for each, of his true Christianity. It is recognized quickly by another Christian, and oft en by unbelievers. Tho pilgrim's roil is the Word of God. full of comforting promises, en couragements nnd warnings. At How We liaised Ten Tliousnnfl Hollars. So you want to print the story 1 And you'd really, like to know How we raised ten thousand dollars in this town tome years ago? I can give you facts ana hguret, and I'll guarantee them true, But to make the tale worth telling well, the rest is up to you. Now the art of raising money isn't taught in many scnoola; So we hired a splendid teacher hirtd tht one that teaches fools. And the lesson that he taught us never more to be forgot Wasn't "How to Do the Thing," but rather "How to Do it Mot. , Years ago this town was rated as the best one of its class Waterworks, paved streets and sidewalk, parks, efectriu lights and gas Everything was strictly modern all ex cept our city hall; That was quite an ancient structure, al most tottering to its tall. But improvements are expensive, and our taxes were so great That our people wouldn't atand for any in crease in the rate. Btill we secretly were hoping that old shack would tumble down; Then somehow we'd have a building that was worthy of the town. ml LESSONS SUNDAY, MAY 16. 9: Mountalntop Experiences Luke 28-36 Anniversary Day. Luke 9: 23-31. In the mountain of transfiguration Jesus was seen in company with Moses and Elijah. The presence of these two prophets for Moses was a prophet as truly as Eli jah, and neither of them was a prophet because of any special gift in foretelling things to come has i Just about this time a handsome, oily, prepossessing man Came along with just the nicest, neatest, simplest little plan. "If you'll license twenty barrooms at five hundred each," aaid he, "You can start your city nail fund with ten thousand dollars. Ses? Issue bonds and build your hall and pay your bonds oft' at your ease; Thus your hall will soon he pmd for from your liquor license fees," Touched us on our tender spot and found us just as soft as wax Beautiful new city hall and not a singlo cent more tax! Let me see our population was about ten thousand then, And we had at least a hundred good, sub stantial business men. Not a nicer little city, north or south, or east or west Schools nnd cuurches, well attended, all well fed and all well dressed; Seldom had a business failure, never had a sheriff's sale, Not a pauper in the poorhouse, not a prisoner in the jail Just a sort of modern Eden till the tempter came along. Since we listened to tne Serpent every thing's been going wrong. Poorhouse full and jail is crowded, church neglected, schools run down; Same old story, why repeat it? just a liquor license town. Home deserted for the barroom, husband at the "poor man's club;" Wife, who once was blithe and happy, makes her living at the tub. Wages go for beer and whisky, trusting merchants have to wait; Business failures, vacant buildings, cheap est thing is real estate. Everywhere you see "FOR SALE" signs, everybody wants to sell; One sarcastio owner says, "I'll trade this lot for one in Hell'," Yes, we built the city hall, but who can count its fearful cost? Leave out everything but money just ths money mat we ve lost had many explanations. Nne Tone yL M is attempted here, but it Is worth I Fifteen tunes ten thousand'dollars will not while to say that Jesus, with these two men bearing him company, stood in a peculiar relation to the work of each. The law which was given by Moses he had perfected and made uni versal. The demand for righteousness in conduct, which Elijah made iinnn the world of his time, Jesus met, and its ruggedness he softened with the promise of help toward holiness from j God's love. Jesus was the crown of ! the old age, crown of Its law, crown i of its righteousness. And the word ! which was spoken out of the cloud Conversion , Proclaims him as key of the new age. Vnen it is said, "This Is my beloved son, near him," and the cloud has parted, Jesus is found alone. Moses to-day." God and the thoughtful know the value ot to-day. Its use Is a line art. Its value Is Immeasurable. Its possibilities are infinite. Its appeal is heart-searching. Its misuse is a crinn and a grievous sin. We ought to utilize to-day with rare. It means much how we face Satan and stand firm for God. Weak and unimportant as we may Judge ourselves to he alone, yet our aggre gated decisions are impelling and our compounded use of time has an ever lasting bearing. Perchance the ac tions of one of us may determine the course of the ouward march of men. Most important Is to-day in the Ufa of the soul. To-day alone is ours. The future, as the past, is with God. Let us say with Wesley: "T.o! nn a narrow neck of land, Twist two unbounded seas I stand." Let us decide for eternity. Let us use to-day for the good of the days that are to be, for the happiness of our hearts forever. is simply turning "to God from idols to serve the living and true God" (1 Thess. 1:9). Conversion, therefore,! is a very rational thlnz. God ha 1 never in the darkest heathenism left ! sn vf man and Son of God Is for all Himself "without witness" (Ps. 19: 1 nme, 1-6; Rom. 1:20). His care for men in doing them good, and giving rain iav our bailor bill. Twenty barrooms each must average twenty-five, at least, per day. Don't yon see? they've got to get it, or the business will not pay. That's one hundred titty thousand that tmr hundred merchants lose, Should have gone for food and clothing, books, and bats, and boots and shoes. Bteter for those hundred merchants, with their goods upon the shelves. Each had given his hundred dollars built that city hall themselves, Saved their trade and saved tne city; yes, and saved the human souls That the monster D1UXK is claiming ns he gathers up his tolls. Would you balance that ten thousand which they pay us year oy year 'Gainst that tiny drop of water that is ft. ! ML .!! A? I wnTlotSe on, by what from heaven, fruitful seasons, filling 1 their hearts with food and glad- ness," has borne witness to His fath- j erly love and forglve'.iess (comp. ! Matt. 5:44. 45: Luke 6:35, 36). Even j with these wonderful words Paul 1 found It very difficult to keep Ihem 1 hfxlr frnm thotr mirnnspil Idnlntrv Luke 9: 32, 33. The three disciples saw on this mountalntop the transfig ured Christ. They heard his mission divinely certified. The emotions which surged In them were so strange and new and wonderful that they longed to remain Indefinitely on that summit. But they could not ntv there. Even as Peter spoke there was urgent need for the presence of the and it is hard to keep men and worn- Master at the foot of the slope. Since When to Be Most Glnd. Has Christ become to us such a living, bright reality that no post of duty shall be irksome, that as His witnesses we may return to the quiet horueside, or to the distant service among the heathen, with hearts more than glad, more than satisfied, and most glad, moat satisfied, when most sad, and most stripped, it may be, of earthly friend.i and treasures? Let us put all our treasures Into His hand; then He will never need to take them from us on account of heart Idolatry; and If In wisdom and love He remove them for a time. He will leave no vacuum, but Himself fill the void. Himself wipe away the tear, J. Hudson Taylor. War on Man's Inhumanity. We must fight the Inhumanity ot man to man, fight it in the faith, that some day it will cease to be, and to Invoke In our battle the dear and sublime humanity of Jesus Christ, and through Him the loving humanity of God. Rev. George A. Gordon. The Hest Way. The sacred Scriptures teach us the best way ot living, the noblest way of suffering, and the most comfortable way of dying. John Flavel. Give tho Whole Heart. We do not understand the supreme, the unutterablo Interest embraced In religion, when we think to give less to It than our whole heart. We do not understand our nature when we think to shuffle off its stupendous charge. Orville Dewey. How Posters Got Their Xame. " Posters took their name from the fact that in former times the foot- j ways of London streets were sepa-1 rated from the drives by a line ol , posts, on which advertisements were displayed. - ' A Means to the End. The church Is not the last word In Christianity. The church Is a means to the end. It Is to do its work so well that after awhile it will be un necessary. In the holy city John saw there was Do temple. Rev. James I. Vauce. en from Idolatry to-day III. Pan) Stoned by Man. Raised by the Lord, How little de- pendence is to be placed npon popu lar favor. It worshiped to-day, stoned to-morrow. It was fortunate for Paul that he was not depending upon man's favor, but God's (1 Cor. 4:3, 4). This was not the only ex perience of this kind that Paul had (2 Cor. 11:25, 27). This is the sort of treatment all who are loyal to Christ and His truth may expect in this God-hating world (2 Tim. 3:12; Jno. 15:18-20). But there are abun. dant compensations (2 Tim. 2:12; Rom. 8:18; Matt. 5:10-12). There are some who think that it was while In this condition ot apparent death at T l: , IJ r. 1.1 ., l. .... . . ijjniia inai j nui nan Lausilk UJ lu i , Vi r i ,V,l4 V. r n ...I., nnl inA A ....... .....T. then, they could not remain always in this place of glory, what was it to mean for them? It was not a mere temporary and unrelated experience. It had its meaning for all their lives, and for all the lives of those who should believe on Jesus through their word. Is It not this, that the moun tain exists not for Itself but for the valley? We are given a vision not for Its beauty hut in preparation for a task. We have the privilege of seclu elon In glory with the Master, but It Is that he would fit us for service In the crowd. An hour's exultation is for a life's work energizing. Forever afterward the disciples remembered the mountalntop. They remembered Its glory, Its message, and Its mean ing. It is well for us if our mount of able words" (2 Cor. 12:2-4). This transfiguration brings us the same treatment did not stop Paul front preaching. He got up and went back into the city, and then on to Derb.i. where be preached the gospel, anc then back again to Lystra. Oh, foi men of such courage, persistence and unquenchable love for Christ am man! Abundant success attended hit preaching In Derbe. It Is not enougt to bring men to Christ; we must strengthen and bul'.d up the young converts (v. 22). This Is tho poin) of failure in much modern evan gelistic work. It is not enough thai men start in the faith; they musj "continue in the faith" (Jno. 8:31 32; 15:4-6, 9, 10; Col. 1:22, 23; Rev. 2:10). equipment for our work. Gloom Spread hj Hook Agents. "When I was a small boy, living In Huntsvllle, Mo., an early day book agent ct Jie up from St. Louts by steamboat and flooded our country with a harrowing volume entitled Agnes; the Key to Her Coffin.' Ev erybody bought the thing and every body wept over It," remarked a well known resident of this city. "Its In fluence descended upon the communi ty like a nightmare. It reeked with shrouds, funerals and graveyards. For a long time 'The Key to Agnes' Coffin' was the sole, diversion of cer tain portions of the populace; they seemed to take a pure and chastened Joy in the awful weight of woe that oozed out from between its lids, and It made them feel better. There were not many books in the country In those days, and this sugacleus agent had sized the community's taste' up about right. The book was supposed to be very consoling to the distressed, in that it told of worse troubles than their own." Macon Republican. Tho Hend of the House. The baby was ill, and the doctor j Ordered that ha ha tnlran n Ik. .A I This Involved the closing of the house until the little one should be well enough to return. After the wife-had secured hotel accommodations by the long-distance telephone, the man of the house went to his room and slow, ly and thoughfully spread the entire contents of his wardrobe upon his bed, that they might be convenient for his wife to pack. He stood surveying them, deep in meditation, when bis wife came into the room and began to speak to him. He raised his band rebuklngly. "Don't talk to me now, Susie, don't talk to me! I have a great deal oa my mind. If we are going to the seashore day after to-morrow there are many things to be done, and I must plan." His wife, who had already tele phoned the butcher, milkman, baker, grocer, expressman and ticket office, and given the maid a month's vaca tion and arranged with relative for the care of the dog, gazed at him In silence. "A great deal on my mind," he re peated. Then the interrogative na ture of his wife's silence forced hint to explain. "You see," he said, "I have gt to put a nail In the cellar window and stop the newspaper." A Harmless Affair. "To-morrow 1 ladles' day at onr club." "Why do you have a ladles' dayTT "Oh, just to show how wicked we Mtn't. Loulivllle Courier-jouroaL sonhistrv beiruiled. Would you take ten thousnnl dollars for the safety of your child? There you have it in a nutshell. There's your liquor question snuare. What s the answer? Read the papers. You can feel it in the air. Ask your neighbor. Ask the ages. Place your ear upon tne ground. Listen closely. Don't you hear it? Don't you hear that rumbling sound? Like the sound of many waters whers some mighty torrent tolls? 'Tis the voters of the nation, and they're marching to the polls. God of ilattles! God of Ballots! Thou who led the Fathers on, Lead the Hons and give them courage till the final victory's won. Russell Thrapp, in The King's Herald. Slays Ten Per Cent. If only one per cent, of the total deaths were due to drink It would mean ten thousand slain every year in the United States. But most emi nent medical authorities put the pro. portion at ten per. cent. It is not claimed that one in ten who die are drunkards. But that the disease that hurried them to the grave was in duced by alcoholic poison. "College Makes Drunkards." E. C. Mercer, a reformed drunk ard now engaged In evangelistic, work. In an address to the students ! of the Northwestern University, Chi cago, declared that one-third of the men who came to the Water Street Mission In New York, ragged and dir. ty and begging for food, are college bred. Wine, women and song In col lege life, he said, are responsible for this condition. Alcohol the Great Curse. Dean Vaughn, ot University - of Michigan, says that the greatest curse to university students to-day Is. alco hol. Temperance Notes. The saloon Is In politics! the only way to get it out is through the trap door. The Dutch (and all others) are sa.fer when they put up the dikes against Holland gin. Since the dawn of history this mon ster, Booze, has bean devouring men both body and soul, destroying their self-respect; scorching them with shame and remorse and filling the world with misery; yet we cherUh it tenderly and protect It with laws. About 3000 persons attended the opening ot a temperance restaurant in Malmoe, Sweden. The institution was a success from the start. Mrs. Alice Hewitt, of Camden, N. J., has brought suit agalnat a saloon keeper for $5000. She warned the dealer not to sell liquor to her hus band. He did, and when she remon strated the saloon keeper dragged her out Into the street by her hair. The temperancequBstion cannot at waya be kept out ot the general mind. The class is large and permanent te which it appeals, and it is always lia ble to emerge when there la no other great Issue, and always liable 'te be crowded back when there Is. ireevKffiCtSi OPTIMISM. Thou canst not find it? Only turn ni look; Tis writ on every page of Nature's book It is the bird-song, clear above the storm Upon the cloud, it takes the rainbow's form; It's on the crocus, springing 'mid the snow; The Hush of dawn, while yet the night hangs low All these and more; but in thy heart 0 , man, ' Its name is faith; and wilt thou mar tht plan? Minnie E. Hicks, 'nirthrlght or Pottage." And Esau said, Behold, I am at ths point to die; - and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. Genesis 25:33. A birthright for a mess of pottage so reads the story. All that li meant to be the eldest born was sac. rlflced tor a bowl of lentils. The savory steam of a present advantage shut out a vision of future glory, a succulent dish looked bigger than a farm. Esau was defeated by an ap. petite; sold out for a mess of pot tage. It is an almost Incredible old tale. But for Borne present day transac tions which retell it we might be in clined to deny its truthfulness. I knew a man who trafficked away hit greatness for a morphine needle. The question once lay between a few mo ments' ease from pain and a lifetime of honor, and, like his ancient pro totype in Scripture, this modern Esati let go the greater for the less sold his birthright of eminence for a niesi of doubtful pottage. Of course, wc do not really intend to give up the greater for the lese. I have always fancied that Esau thought he would continue to be hit father's favorite son. It Is because we do not expect an act of business treachery to affect our permanent standing; because we count on being Just as good men nfter a gambling debt or a season of self-Indulgence; because we fall to see any particular Jeopardy In an occasional lapse of vlr. tue In other words, because we ex pect to eat the pottage and still re tain the birthright when all is said and done that we repeat the old transaction. No man, however, can have his cake and eat tt too. Noth ing is got except by the sale ot some thing else. The spirit of Esau, then, is the spirit of the moment. It Is an un healthy opportunism. It lies not only by the day, but for the day. Esau constantly exaggerated the value of Impulse. He was the sort ot citizen who would have cheated his creditor! out of seventy-five per cent, and then written a generous check for charltv. "When I want a drink I take it." said a friend in my hearing. But it does n't take much wit to live by that law. Surely a man would be a fool to take a drink if he did not want it! But not to take it though he wants it ever so much that requlrei tha whole man. But the spirit of Esau Is, most of all, the spirit of unfalth. He sold what he could not see for what he could see. He traded his birthright because the birthright was a far off possession. It Is so still. Each man must devoutly believe in the worth of an Inheritance of honor and truth. Only ns he comes back from fresh glimpses of 'such values is he safe In the presence of Jacob's succulent pottage. Such Is the office of faith to hold us firm. Th principle is the same whether for the laying of a cable, the fighting of a battle or the saving of onee soul.-; George Clarke Peck, In Sunday Herald. The Valley Walk. The walk is not In the valley, but through the valley. Ah! then it must be a straight and plain path, and one that leads somewhere. It must be a direct Journey to a distinct destina tion. Yes, I am assured that it is, and that the destination Is nothing less delightful than heaven Itself. How, then, can I fear when once by faith I have connected the valley with the heaven to which it leads. This going must be like the flight ot a bird through some dark cloud, and then out into the full light of the sun. It must be like some traveler Jour neying through a deep shadowed can yon between the mountains, and then coming out into the broad and smil ing country, where the sun is shining In its glory, and where every green herb and beautiful flower Is springing up to bless. Surely, if it is only quiet walk through the sheltered val lev, and the valley Itself opens out full and broad into the shining field of heaven, why. indeed, should I fear? G. B. F. Hallock, D. D. Prayer. The house ot my soul is too straight for Thee to come into: hut let It, 0 Lord, be enlarged, that Thou may est enter In. It Is ruinous; repair Thou It. It has that within which must offend Thine eyes; I confess and know it. But who shall cleanse it? or to whom should I cry out savo Thee? Cleanse me from my secret faults, O Lord, and forgive those of fences to Tbr servant which he bai caused In others. I contend not In Judgment with Thee, who art Truth; 1 tear to deceive myself, lest my sin should make me think that I am not sinful. Therefore, I contend not la Judgment with Thee; for If Thou, Lord, shouldst mark iniquities, 0 Lord, who shall abide it? Saint Au gustine (A.D. 354-403). The Simple Life. Be content to lead a simple life where God has placed you. Be obedi ent; bear your little daily crosses you need them, and God gives them to you only out of pure mercy. -Fen elon. Honest Doubters. Thomas was an honest doubter: therefore the Master was anxious to help him. Honest doubters are treated In like manner to-day. Bet. Orville A. Petty. RAILWAY PLAY EOXES. They will l happy children 'who travel by the Qreat Northern Rail way, England, for the company hai provided boxes of toys to keep tht Journey from being tiresome foi them. Among other things whici these delightful plav boxes contain Is a reproduction in cardboard of tin railway traius and stations, with lit tle figures of passungers, porters, guaidt, and even newuooys. East ard Yc:t. if
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