jl DC Tench I ho Lnmhi, It may tie more trouble at first, hut It Is better to teach lialiy orphan lambs to drink out of a basin than from bottle, as It will be less trou ble as they prow older. The milk should be blood ivan i and fresh from the cow for the first few dins. If any is spilled on their wool It should be wiped off, as the odor of stain milk Is unwholesome and dlsagrei-nbl". Farmers' Home Journal. Sheep niul Tobacco, correspondent In the northern pa.t of Indiana writes that he has had Rood results with using tobacco to prevent parasite and stomach worm troubles with sheep. He says that he began using dusted tobacco last season, mixing It with salt, one part of tobacco dust to five parts of salt, thoroughly mixed. The sheep that, had ncress to It all did well, while many of the lambs of his neigh bora died. Indiana Farmer. Surreiin of Crops. "Ian a succession of crops from the eaiilest to the latest of all the varie. ties that are best liked In the house hold and then there can be something on the table from this well (and for plot during the many weeks of the season besides furnishing an abun dant supply of the standard sorts of vegetables for winter. Ho not forget the garden, but make it the most pro ductive, profitable and attractive part of the tarm. Fanners' Home Journal. Wlint to Do W ith Sparrows. As to the pesky sparrows, could they be held In check or destroyed by feeding them real strong salted food, bread or wheat, anything with salt enoiiuh to kill, and It does not take much to kill a hen. T.et the far mers try It and report th"lr success In the Farmer. -Charles Mitchell. We doubt If the sparrows will eat hlqhly salt"d food, but let the plan be tried. Then try alcohol to make them boozy and cutch them. Indi ana Farmer. Trimmed Too 7iurti. Trees should not bo trimmed too much. They may be ruined in this way. The branches should not be trimmed high, as in that, case the lower limbs will die out. und so the tree will con inuc to grow upward. Such treeg are expensive to spray and to harvest the crop. Climbing into the tree for picking fruit should be avoided, as injury often conies from the bark being bruised by the shoes. This Is at times quite serious. Far mers' Home Journal. Fattening I'oiiltry. An excellent mixture for fatten ing poultry is made as follows: One hundred pounds finely ground bar ley, 100 pounds finely ground corn, 100 pounds finely ground oats (with hulls sifted out), to which mixture Is added thirty pounds of beef scraps. Buttermilk or sklmmilk is used for mixing, the former being preferred. The birds are fed twice a day ut In tervals of twelve hours and are kept on this diet for three weeks. Crate or machine fattening should bo adopted. Another ration is made as follows: One hundred pounds, ground oats, 100 pounds ground corn, fifty pounds flour, four pounds tallow. Indiana Farmer. arnv soil which the corn plants require for their development. The soil of the cornfield, Professor Hopkins says, needs much phosphorous, nitrogen and more potassium In order to do Its best. The proportions of these several plant foods should be regu lated according to the purpose for which the corn Is to be used. Corn is used for hundreds of purposes, chlefiy for flour, meal, sugar, starch, dexteiine. glucose, rorn-brnn, oil, nil cake, gluten meal, gluten feed, muc ilage, making a substitute for India rubber and various other purposes. The corncob Is used for pipes and for making flavoring extracts, and the stalk Is used for a dozen useful things. The latest use Is as a sub stltut" for wood pulp In making wrap ping paper. "Some years ago corn was a stranger." said Professor Hopkins. "We found It here when we came a mithe of the country, yet, until fif teen years ago we took It for granted. Then a close study of Its individual ity and peculiar characteristics dem unstrated that It was possible to breed up corn just as we Improve ani mals, although we have not yet learned how to control the male par ent. The Importance of this may be appreciated when we remember that the corn crop of the country Is worth a billion and a half of dollars every year 2,230,000,000 bushels. We are trying to get one ear of corn to the stalk. That Is what we are work ing for, because some stalks are bar ren. We dont know why. Various people have various theories, but they have not been demonstrated. "Take a hundred ears of corn, plant thorn exactly alike, three ker nels to the hill, the kernals from each ear in a row by themselves, in the same exactly soil, cultivate them the same way, and the yield will vary u hundred per cent. We cannot ac count for that variation. It Is Im possible thus far to determine why some corn will grow and other corn will not, but In planting, a farmer should always use the seed from the best ears, because that is likely to yield more than the poor ears. Eut every ear of seed corn should be tested by a germinating pan during the winter. This Is a new thing, but It is being introduced rapidly; all seed men and the better class of farmers are taking this precaution. None of the big corn planters will use any but te.-;ted seed. "We are teaching those methods to our students by practical experi ments conducted In twenty-five differ ent counties of the State of Illinois, as well as on the campus of the uni versity. The results have been most satisfactory and they are appreciated by the farmers. We have a corn breeders' association In this State composed of twenty-five seed growers, and they are all working earnestly with us in breeding up the corn of Illinois to the very highest quality and the greatest possible yield." THE PULPIT. AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY A. H. LEWIS, D. O. 2ht Tlieinc: The Sacrrduessof Fatherhood God alone has absolute power to create. He might have retained this ! power forever. He chose rather to ! confer Infinite honor and Infinite re ! tpopslbility on man by delegating to Jim the power to recreate. This pow- er to perpetuate the race, as a sub creator, and to bo a direct factor in determining Its character and destiny, 1.4 divine. Its exercise in fatherhood Ij among the most sacred functions of exhsi.er.ee. In this lire alone its re sults for zond or evil are beyond com putation. Considered by the stand ' ard of an endless life, they are over whelming. Were tbr not uoknown possibilities for good results. In each experience of parenthood, no man un derstanding what It mean could ven ture to assume fatherhood. Much the larger share of human suffering comes through Impaired physical health. Weakness and dis ease make men a burden on society, lead to poverty, drunkenness, social impurity, larceny and kindred evils. No man is free from guilt who trans I mltB a single element of physical w-eakness or disease which be can avoid. The habitual use of stimulants and I narcotics destroys nerve force and mental balance. Their effects are of i ten more prominent In the second and 1 the third generations than In those 1 who first Indulge. Purity In thought and act is an Imperative demand which the sacredness of actual or pos sible fatherhood places on all men. In assuming fatherhood you are acting for God; exercising the holiest function ever given yon. If a man goes out as the agent of a business firm, or the representative of a great nation, he must be loyal to the power which commissions him, and In whose nr.me he acts. How much more when a man assumes fatherhood, in behalf of the Infinite and F.ternal Father! He who does not love God cannot transmit the tendency to love Him. Such a man must rather transmit the tendency to hate and disobey God. for which he, not his child. Is responsi ble. This stupendous fact lies at the core of all true religion. The husband has to bear little of the passive service and continuous burdens which attend parenthood. The wife has an absolute right to all the help which pure tore, exhaustless patience and tenderest sympathy can afford. This is due to the child also, who must suffer loss In proportion as these are withheld from the mother, If any husband denies these, or worse Bill!, gives, in place of them, indlffer- I ence, neglect, harshness or abuse, he becomes a Bhame to the name of fatherhood, a disgrace to his sex, an enemy to his own child, and a sinner before God. INTERNATIONAL LKSSON COM MKXTS FOIl MAV 2:1. ( Subject: The Council at Jerusalem, Acts 13:1 -S3 Golden Text: ! Acts 13:11 Commit Verses 24, 2I Commentary. FLACK. ' Stop liuriiing Off Hie Old Fields. How long, oil, how long, will our farmers burn up every spring the little fertility that Mother Nature has laboriously spent the previous twelve months trying to develop? Turn out an old field, sick, famishing, naked, and Mother Nature clothes It with a coat of grass to heal Us srars, to stop the wounding of It with gullies, and to feed It with rotting vegetable matter (humus) as the only way on earth to bring It back to life and strength. And yet nine farmers out of ten will go ahead and In twenty four hours' time burn off all the po tential humus that Nature has spent a year growing f'ir the salvation of the land. "For the- land's sake," indeed, we must slot) burning off our old fields. It may make the grass seem greener this sea-on, but In the end It means that th" land will become too barren to grow any ra.-.s at all. Progres sive Farmer. Adulterated Seeds. The last f'ro.i Reporter of the De partment of Agriculture publisher,, as provided by law, a Ion? list of seed deaiers selling adulterated seed. Summarizing the adulterated seed proposition and the effect of the pub licity given the subject by the de partment, Dr. Galloway, Chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry, yays: "It Is encouraging to note the fall ing off in the trado of adulterated needs since the line of work report ed upon by the Department of Agri culture was begun. The importation of yellow trefoil seed and its subsn. Quent use as an adulterant of red clover and alfalfa seed has practical ly ceased, 214,000 pounds being Im ported In the three fiscal years 1905 1907. and only 10,000 pounds In tba floral year 1903. "Only one-half as many lots of orchard grass seed were found in 1805, when the last collection of orchard grass seed was made. "In 1908 only thirty-nine sampleiof Kentucky bluegrsss seed were found to be adulterated or nilsbranded. as contrasted with 110 samples in 1907. "The department will examine and report promptly as to the presence of adulterants and dodder in any samples of seed submitted for that purpose." Tim Averaiie Corn Crop. The average crop of corn In the United States Is twenty-seven bushels to the acre; the ayerage In the corn belt of Illinois Is forty-five bushels to the acre. But Dr. Hopkins asserts that it Is possible to Increase this average not only to seventy-two, but to eighty bushels an acre. Many sci entific farmers raise eighty bushels to the acre, and even 110 bushels by Increasing, ths nourishment lu tbe The Hotbed. The hotbed must be located In some well-drained place. A sandy hill or knoll makes the most desir able position. Tho earth is ecavated, making a trench five or six feet wide, two and a half feet deep, and as long as will bo necessary to accommodate the plants to be grown. The trench should extend east and west, so as to make It possible to get as much of the sunlight as can be had. If the ground has a tendency to cave In It will be more satisfactory to line tho inside of tho excavation with boards, which can be fa3tened to posts at the corners and at Intervals along tho sld". These boards should reach about ten Inches above the ground level on the south side and about two feet on the other side, so as to give a slant to the sash. The soli that was thrown out can be banked against these boards, when you will have completed all that Is necessary to do at this season. The sashes, which can be con structed Indoors during tho winter,' are usually made across tho top of the bed, allowing a few Inches for pro jection on both aides. Bars are run lengthwise of each sash far enough apart to receive the panes of glass, which are fastened on with the ends of the panes flush against each other. If the bars have a ridge running lengthwise on tho upper surface. Ilka the cross bars of an ordinary window sash, only more substantial, it will aid materially In properly securing the glass. These sashes can be stored away and brought out when needed. Horse immure makes the best ma terial for filling the bed. It should be piled conveniently near the bod and gotten In shape by being forked over until It is heating evenly throughout, when it Is ready for the bed. Iu filling the bed trample the manure well about two feet deep In the trench. Upon thu manure la then placed four or five inches of rich, sandy soil, which has been kept whers It will not frooae. The bed thus pre. pared Is allowed to stand a few days, until the temperature of the soil fall below ninety degrees F., as indicated by a thermometer, when the seed If sown. It must be remembered that th manure Just spoken of is uot prepared until about the last of February and ' other practices follow in order. If no sandy, well-drained spot can be had, the manure can bo spread on top of the ground and the frame built around It. The heat cannot be so well conserved by this method be cause of the Increased radiation, but where the manure is plentiful this can bo overcome by Increasing the bulk. The radiation can be hin dered to a certain eitent by banking earth against the frame. The small farmer has most of ths materials about him for the con struction of a hotbed, and as the time In which he can work It comes when there la little else to do, the expense Is an amount hardly to be compared with the satisfaction re ceived from products gathered tbore from. Rural World. Healing: of the Mind. I know a man who, though busily and extensively engaged In Christian service, was for long defeated in his thought life. The evil word and act were checked, but he could not pre vent his thoughts from ranging over forbidden fields, and consequently he was brought into inward bondage and despair. One night, at the close of a service, as the congregation sang the well known words: " Just ax I am, poor, wretched, blind, L-ielit, riches, healing of the mind. Yen, ull I need in Thee to rind, O l.Hinb of God, I come " the thought broke upon him, and he taw that what he needed most of all was such "healing of the mind" as that unto which Christ pledges Him self. Falling upon his knees he cried as he had never done before: "O I.nmb of God. I come!" And lila testimony is that Christ brought him that night into an atti tude of new surrender and enabled him to exercise new faith, claiming this promise which has constantly been fulfilled to him: "The peace of God shall guard ronr heart and your thoughts." J. Stuart Holden. Herald Rusts. Never borrow money tho chances are you can't. Never run your neighbor down he may beat you at the game. If you are living in the Lord your neighbors will rejoice in your life. Some men never pay any compli ments. Tbcy are too stingy even for that. A gentleman is never more polite to another woman than to his own wife. The way of nature Is the survival of the strong; the way of grace is tlie salvation of the weak. There Is little to choose between those who blow themselves in and those who blow themselves out. The man who practices what he preaches before he preaches It shall experience no difficulty in getMng others to practice what he preaches. Birds sing, flowers bloom, zephyrs blow all nature smiles for the sole purpose of keeping In good humor, and still some old rascals refuse to be happy. Home Herald. sJof i The clock of the tower of Columbia University, New York, Is said to be one of the most accruate in the world, varying but six seconds a year, . Glortons Gift or Life. Life, despite of all that cynics or sentimentalists say. Is a great and glorious gift. There is good for the good; there Is virtue for the faith ful; there is victory for the valiant. There Is spirituality for the spiritual, and there is, even in this humble life, an infinity for the boundless In desire. There are blessings upon Its birth; there is hope In Its death, and there is to consummate all there Is eter nity in Its prospect. Orvllle Dewey. Hind Younwff to God. I thank Thee, O Ood, that I may strive to do Thy work in the world even when my heart la dry. I thank Thee that I may bind myself to Thee, even while I am crashed by my alns and shortcomings; that, even when I doubt whether the love of God is In me, I may yet press nearer to The where only the heart can find rest. Rest la the Lord. Thou, O God. hast created as for Thyself, and our heart is restless un til It rests In Thee. St, Augustine. Yield VpYomr WUL ft Is not by constraint or by pain ful effort that we make real progress. On the contrary. It is simply a ques tion of yielding up our will, of going from day to day withersoever God may lead us, discouraged by nothing, satisfied with tbs present moment, thankful to let Him do all who has tnade all, and to leave our owa will Immovable wttbla Ills wIlL Fenelon. Lightens the TrUU. With an habitual sense of the di vine presence, the trials of Ills are lightened. B. Peabody. TIME. 50-52 A. Antloch, Jerusalem. EXPOSITION. I. "Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot bo saved, 1-3. The church In Antloch was getting on fa mously, and the devil brought in false teachers to upset the faith of the young converts. The main point of doctrine with these false teachers was that it was not enough to bellevo on Jesus, one must also keep the law of Moses. The great controversy In the early church was whether a man was saved upon faith alone apart from works of the law or whether a man Is saved upon faith and works of the law. The old controversy comes up In our day in a new form. It is Sabbath-keeping "after the manner of Moses" that Is now Insisted upon. Three arguments were brought for ward at the council of Jerusalem to refute the legallzers: (1) Peter's ar gument. God hag borne them wit ness by giving the Holy Ghost to the unclrcumclsed as well as unto us and has put "no dlferepce between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith" (vs. 8, 9). God in a similar way to-day is bearing witness to those, who do not keep the Jewish seventh day Sabbath. (2) Paul's argument. God has wrought signs and wonders among the Gentiles by us and thus set His seal upon our preaching of salvation by faith apart from works of the law (v. 12). (3) James' ar gument. It is according to Old Tes tament Scripture that Ood will take a people for His name from among tho unclrcumclsed Gentiles as well as tho law-keeping Jews (vs. 13-17). Tho teaching of the Judnlzers caused end leas trouble in the Antloch church (v. 2) It was wisely decided to submit the question to the apostles and eld ers in Jerusalem. Paul and Barna bas made good use of their time on their journey to Jerusalem. All along the way they declared what God had done among the Gentiles. The story they told caused gaeat Joy unto all the brethren. Nothing causes greater Joy among true brethren than the story of how men are converted from sin to righteousness. II. The Decision of the Holy Ghost and the Apostles hh to the Authority of the Morale Law Over Gentile Christians, 22-2!). The apostles and elders and the whole church took abundant precautions to guard against any misrepresentation ot their decision being taken back to Antloch by the legallzers. They knew the men they had to deal with. Thus Paul gained his chosen compan ion of coming days (v. 40). Good had come out of the schemes of Paul's enemies. The mode of address used In the letter Is full of significance, "The brethren which are of tho Gen tiles." Faith in Christ makes all men kin. They were bound together by a very tender tie, that of faith in a common Saviour. . Many American Christians have not even yet reached the point where the regard every converted Chinaman or African as a brother. The description of the Jn dalzers is very striking and suggest ive (v. 2 4). There is no way in which the devil can more trouble be lievers (and esepeclally young con verts), or more thoroughly unsettle (or subvert) their souls, than by false words. These false words must be met by words of truth (Col. 4:C). and above all, by the word of God (S Tim. 3:13-15). The apostles em phatically denied all responsibility for this pernicious and subverting teaching, that men must keep the law of Moses in order to be saved (v. 1). They had come to absolute unanimity about the matter In question. It Is a great thing when brethren who differ can meet together and study the Scriptures together under the Holy Snlrlt's guidance, as did these early Christians, and thus "come to one ac cord." The apostles and the whole church bestowed very lofty praise on Paul and Barnabas. It was well de served (2 Cor. 11:23-27). Of how many disciples to-day could It be Justly said that they had hazarded their lives for the name ot our Lord Jesus Christ? It was not their own decision on this great question that they were sending; It was the Holy Spirit's decision. They were per fectly sure of this (v. 28). It was because they sought and obtained the mind of the Spirit that they were able to "come to one accord." It Is because we seek the wisdom of men, rather than the mind ot tho Spirit, that we are so often at variance with one another. The one who insists upon the binding authority of the Mosaic law upon Christians Is oppos ing the Holy Ghost. Four points of the Mosaic law and no others were adjudged necessary for the Gentiles. There was great Joy in Antloch when the troublesome question was settled (v. 31). There were two reasons for this joy. Painful division had given way to pleasant harmony, and, more, over, the Irksome bondage of the law bad given way to the Joyous liberty of the Gospel. There is always Joy when one comes out ot the bondage of legalism Into the glorious liberty of a son. Judas and Silas were much used ot God in other ways than mere ly settling this question. They were Spirit-filled men and gave much prof itable exhortation and instruction, confirming the believers In Antloch la faith aad lit (v. 32). fodder for tho Newlyweds. The newly married couple had Just moved Into their new home. On the morning after their arrival a baker called to solicit-their trade. , He found the young wife In the kitchen. After explaining that his wagon de livered once a day, the baker asked, "And may we have your trade, madam?" "Yea," she replied timidly; "we will give you a trial." "And how much bread will you want each day?" "Well, 1 don't know exactly. You see, there are only two ot us." Then doubtfully, "Would five loaves a' day tie enough, do you think?" Judge. EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, MAY 23. THE WARFARE AGAINST DRINK T2MPERAXCE IUTTLE GATITFR9 STRENGTH EVERY DAY. HER INTENTION. iUIss Meanlry "It may not be your Intention to offend, but doesn't It occur to you tbat your treatment of me Is rather calculated to stike us bad friends?" Miss Cutting (coolly) "No; t had the hope that It would make us good enemies." Catholic Standard god 1'llUtK Forsaking Our Lord John 6: 66-71. This Capernaum discourse has to do with one or the saddest epl.iodes In the life of our Lord. It marks an epoch and a crisis In his ministry. Hitherto the tide of popular favor has risen with aimizlng rapidity. Hence forth Its ebb is equally rapid. Here begins that disaffection which soon becomes widespread and culminates In his utter and final rejection. Now are heard the first mutterlngs ot the gathering storm whose fury is to overwhelm him. Prompted hy various motives, the multitudes had thronged the Christ. Only yesterday they would have taken him by force, and made him '.heir king. To escape the consequence f their unwlBe zeal he sought the se clusion of the mountain. No need of uch precaution now. That peril la forever past. Henceforth he Is to be painfully ulone, though his life be lived In the open. The surging throng will hinder his movements no more. Why this sudden rupture, this wholesale apostasy? Jesus takes the Initiative. He deliberately scuttera the mists of a spurious popularity. His idle followers, and some of his nearer disciples as well, have cher ished false hopes, the offspring of sel fish desires. The multiplying of the loaves, a miracle of mercy, has be come to the sordid crowd a stone of (tumbling. The taste of bread has so whetted their appetite that the crav ing of the stomach stifles the cry of '.he soul. Loaves, not love, Is the t)ond of their attachment This Jesus knows, and tells them lo plainly. Chrj?rlned by merited re Ouke, doubtless angered by public ex. posure of their hypocrisy; bewildered iy his words, the crowd melts away '.o hear, to heed him no longer. For :he real Christ there was no heart ittachnient. The Christ of heroics .hey followed, the Christ of humility :hey forsook. Sovereignty and pa geantry appealed to them. Bread and 9sh they recognized and relished, but hat was this, to them, senseless largon concerning eating flesh, and Irlnklng blood? They knew not, nor lid they seem to care to know. They went back and walked no more with hlra. Their upostasy was absolute. None but the lost can kno'V the full, the fearful content of those words. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES MAY TWENTY-THIRD. Our Temperance Band. yr s hand of girls and boys ho fight the rum thnt ion dpatrovs. e mnrcn Beneath the folds of white I Hie lemperance Flag, so pure and bright. fl,.. T., ' I I ! . , I Y'" -"iin.-iniH-e uanu is mnrcnmg strong Ami limiting victory all alonu. Ve tialit the king who soon destroys The happiness of girls and boys. And gladly we will go and fight To jvin for temperance and the right, And nh, some tiny what news we'll bring, For we'll dethrone the Liquor King. Now won't vou join our Temperance band, And stand for freedom in thii land? And nh, how happy we will be hen from King Alcohol we're free. J. Douglas Swagerty, Not the Same. We cannot believe that the present temperance movement Is of the same old spasmodic kind. No longer are the prohibition sheep separated from the drinking goats both are work ing together for a curtailment of the evil power of the saloon. A man mav have been a moderate drinker all his lays. buf that does not mean that he can tolerate an Institution which, in its insolent arrogance, has assumed an attitude of defiance to the law and stops at. nothing to make monev. Bv their own acts the brewers themselves started the t-mpt.rance wave which, sooner or later, will engulf most of them. So eager have thev been for business that thev have backed up nnyone who would start a saloon or Ralneg Law Hotel, no matter what his character or the kind of place he conducted. Tco late they have seen the follv nf this Ami their hn.tn,... j has suffered tremendouslv and Is i bound to suffer more. Whether or no I tho bill prepared by the Committee of Fourteen, and now before the Leg I islature. will pass, is a question, hut ; if it falls this session It. or a similar one, wii neenmo. law before long. ! This bill is as good a one as can be i drawn at present. It provides for a gradual elimination of drinking re- ' horts until there pre but one to every j ! ne thousand of population. The I numuer or rooms necessar for a i notei in nsvn is Increased from ten i to twenty-nve. These are the more I Important changes in the present law. I Its provision to allow saloons to be open for certain hours on Sundav is ! meeting with strong onnosltlon. but I some such chance In i i hp near luiure, ior ir win not only I lessen the opportunities for police grafting, but will give to the peorde the freedom nf action whloti ihn Aa- mand. Brooklyn Life. religious Truths From the Writingt of Greofl Freaehert. "HE GIVETIf HIS IilJI.OVli) SLEEP." Of all the thoughts of Gnd that nre Borne inward into minis nfiti. Along the Pmiliiiint's mimic deep, Now tell me if thnt any is. For gift or grace surpiisKiiig this: "He giveth His beloved steep." What would we ive to our beloved? The hero's heart to be unmoved. The poet's stnr-tuned hnrp, lo sweep, The patriot's voice, to tearn and rni?' The monarch's crown, to light the hruwi' "Ho giveth His beloved sleep." "Sleep soft, beloved!" we sometime ar We have no tune to charm away ' Sad dreams that through the eveHJ, creep: But never doleful dream again Shall break the happy slumber when "He giveth Hi beloved sleep." H'l dews drop mutely on the hill, Ilia cloud above it sailelh atill, Though on its slope men sow und reap1 More softly than the dew is shed, ' Or cloud n floated overhead. "He giveth His beloved aleep." EliMbeth 11. Browning. Lessons From the Birds and Flowers. Luke 12: 24-28. (Union Meet ing With the Juniors.) Doves and purity. Matt. 3: 16, 17. Eagles and strength. Ex. 19: 4-6. Vultures and corruption. Matt. 24: 23-28. The rose and beauty. Song of Sol. 2: 1-7. The lily and purity.. Song of Sol. 6: 1-3. The thistle, uncleanness. Matt. 7: 16-19. All we learn of nature should strengthen our trust In God. His wis dom shown In the universe is all for our lives also (v. 24). Our anxiety cannot lift us an Inch above our wlrrles; bat God Is far above them, and can see over them (v. 25). God loves Solomon more than the flowers, yet He does some things for the flowers that He does not do for Solomon because Solomon will not let. Him (v. 28). If we will clothe ourstfvos first with faith, other clothing will coma as a result (v. 28). Bird and Blossom Teachings. Many flowers "follow the gun;" so should we look to the Bun of Right eousness all through our day. Animals and plants, though they do not worry, yet make provision for winter; thus we are to trust and work. Flowers are pure amid Impurity, and defy defilement. Cannot a man do what a lily can? Birds can be taught to drink, and have been known to become Intoxicat ed; but they do not, like man, teach themselves that evil habit. A plant doeB what It can to make the world richer, sometimes Increas ing a hundred fold the seed with which it startoi. Birds are alert. How seldom we And one stupid, or sleepy, or bored. Shall not the world be as fresh and Interesting for us? Flowers and birds add beauty to use; they adorn life, as we should adorn the doctrine. A bird cage is covered to make the bird sing; thus God sometimes brings over our lives tho dark clouds ot sor row to make our hearts sing. WISE WORDS. The Uses of Adversity. "Grogan," said the head of the de partment store, eyeing him sharply, "you've quit drinking, haven't you?" "Yes, sor," answered the red-headed Hibernian who worked in the packing department. "I haven't taken a dhrink av annything sthrnnger th'n iced tay f'r three montha." "I am glad to hear It, Grogan. I'll make It an object to you to stay quit. But how did you break yourself of the habit?" "Be hlttln" me thumb nail wld n hammer whin I was packin' a box o' goods." "I don't see how that could cure you." "Well. Mlsther Barker, It was this way. If I'd been sober, d'ye molnd, I'd nlver have done it, but I wasn't. Whin I whacked me thumb instead av the nail I was thryin' to dhrivo it made a black spot at the root av me thumb nail. I says to meself: 'Gro gan, I'll nunlsh ye f'r that. Ye shan't have a dhrlnk ay ayther beer 'r whus ky until thnt b'ack spot has gone.' "Well, sor. it was two months be fure It had growed out to the end o me thumb an' I cud cut It off. an' be that time I'd lost all me appetite f'r beer an' whusky. "Thin I says to mese1': 'Grogan, I'll reward ye f'r that. Ye'ie a sober man now, and ve'll s'ay sober. That's the whole slory. sor." Youth' Companion. Many a woman puts everything on her back to make a good front. - The value ot experience is only demonstrated by the after effects. It's no fun for a woman to tell a secret to any one she thinks will keep It. The trouble with the family skele ton that It Is never as dead as It seems. Look pleasant, even though you may not be going to have your pic ture taken. It doesn't do much good to try to dodge the collector when there's the devil to pay. There Isn't a great deal ot differ ence between being called down and being shown up. The man who minds his own busi ness Isn't to apt to have other people doing it for him. If we could read the future as ws can the past, It would probably be Just as unsatisfactory. The only man who can afford tc live up to his ideals Is the one who- If satisfied to remain poor. It's all right to whlcper sweel nothings, but If fellow really wants to marry' he roust make a noise llk real money, X saw a fellow arrested the othei day for swiping a handful of peanuti -from an Italian's stand. Although 1 didn't attend the hearing. It's a safe bet that he was charged with Imper sonating a policeman. From tn "Gentle Cynic," la the Newi York Times. ' How Saloons Hiced Anarchy. The liquor truffle breeds criminals wh-rever you find it. The liquor traffic Is guilty of the multiplication of a great army of men and women who- are going up and down this country violating our laws. Do you remember when the Haymarket mas sacre occurred in Chicago, and the investigation that followed? Why, that court of Inquiry was always talk ing about the saloon. Where were the bombs msde? In the back room of a saloon. W'cere wns the conspir acy hatched? Hp stairs over a sa loon. Where did the anarchists meet to plan their dastardly work? In a room under a saloon. It was in a saloon, around the ealoon, over a sll loon and below a saloon continually. The whole sbomneble business of anarchy would die its death If the saloon were gone. Drink Increased With Wnces. Whether poverty Is the cause ot drink or drink is the cause of poverty is a question over which social work ers have sometimes split hairs. Un doubtedly both views are right, as poverty and drink constitute a vic ious social circle. Dr. Fuchs, how. ever, studying workingmen's expen diture in seventeen villages near Carlsruhe found, according to Der Abstinent (June, 1905), that the greater the Income the greater the proportion of money spent for drink, indicating that in this case, at any rate, poverty was not the chief cause of drink. Translation by The Scien tide Temperance Federation. God Demands Reverence. BY O. H. WITHIRBE. The spirit ' of irreverence towartlj sacred institutions and holy ordi nances, which o largely abounds Iq our land, should be opposed by i vigorous presentation of the t ruth that God still demands due reverence for such things. All true Christian leaders of the people should regard it as being their duty to teach their followers the great Importance ot feeling and manifesting the utmost reverence for the Bible and for ali sacred institutions. Observe the fact that one of the foremost require ments which God made of the ancient Israelites was that they should duly reverence all holy things. As one reads the history of that people he may see that God prescribe very severe penalties for those who irreverently treated holy appoint ments and places. Many professed Christians In these days say that s'u-h exactions of the Israelites were too rigorous and too slavish. They say that those people were made to enter tain a superstitious dread of saerel ordinances and hallowed places. How severely tasked they were to keep the Sabbath day holy! And what sacredness was attached to human life! God demanded that the penplp should have reverence even toward! the life of each other. Shall we say that God was too ex acting in demanding proper rever ence for all things? By no mean. He knew that the strong tendency In sinful people is to Indulge in irrever ence. This Is Inherent In fallen hu man nature. Hence It is that God lias ever insisted that all people should cultivate and express due rev erence for sacred truths and Institu tions. It Is a lack of this spirit which Is markedly manifest in those profes sional scholars who treat the Bible as they do any other book. It an pears In their irreverent denial of the truth of those sayings in the Bible which contradict their theories. It Is seen In the attitude nf many nom inal Christians towards Christ and the records of His miracles. All of uch ones are mastered bv an Irrev rent temper, eveu though some of them speak of their "reverent treat ment" of the Bible. But true rever ence for the holy Bible will restrain Its possessor from rejecting those parts of It which are contrary to human reason. A truly reverent per son will never cast ' aspersions upon God's Word nor upon sscred things. Such a porson has a healthv awe for God's truth. He has "o disposition to trifle with Divine ordinances. What Is greatly needed to-day is profound cultivation of a reverent spirit towards all sacred things. A far greater reverence for God and the Bible should be t"ht to the youth of our land. World's Crisis. Prohibits Drunkard Marriages. The Illinois Legislature has a bill which prohibits any drunkard from marrying in that State. . It amends the general marriage law by declar ing an habitual drunkard Incapable of contracting marriage. An "habit ual drunkard" Is defined to be a per son who becomes intoxicated twice a year or oftener. It Is also provided that applicants for marriage licenses shall make affidavit that they have not been Intoxicated twice In the pre. ceding year, , As to Skates. A huge ale store at Burton-on-Trent is being converted Into a skating-rink. The change, after all, may not be so very striking. Customers should still have every facility for losing their equilibrium. Lonuon Punch. Death is Life. Then familiarize your mind with the inevitable event of death. Think of it as life! Gloomv though the portal seems, death is the gate of life to a good and pious man. Think of It. therefore, not as death, but as glory going to heaven and to your Father. Regard It In the same light as the good man who said when I ex pressed my sorrow to see him sinking Into the grave, "T am going home." If you think of it as death, then let It bo as the des.th of sin; the death of pain; the death of fear: the death of care: the death of death. Regard lt pangs and struggles as the battle that goes before victory; its troubles a the swell of the sea on heaven's han ny shore, and yon gloomy passage as the cypress-shaded avenue that shall conduct your stops to heaven. It li life through Christ and life in Christ; life most blissful, and life evermore. How much hapnler and holier we should b If we could look on death in that light. I have heard people say that we should think each morn ing that we may be dead before night, and each nltrht that we mav he dead before morning' True, yet how much better to think every morning. I ma be In heaven before nleht. and everv night tbst the head Is laid on the pil low, and the eyes are closed for sleet) to think, next time I open them It mny be to look on Jesus, and the land where there Is no night, nor morning: nor sunset, nor cloud: nor grave, nnr grief; nor sin, nor death, nor sorrow: nor toll, nor trouble; whore "the rest from thlr labors, and their work! do follow them." Dr. Guthrie. Reports from Missouri are to the effect that tbe Governor Is seriously thinking of appointing a commission to Investigate tho liquor traffic and Its streets. One of the expert wit nesses the commission should call ought to be Governor Hadlev hliu II. , II Tie Content, Rut Aspire. Set before you high models. Try to live with the most generous, and to observe their deeds. Be content, yet aspire; that should be the faith ot all, and the two are quite com patible. Frederick W. Robertson. Habit of Prayer. The promises In the Bible to pray er are not made to one act, but to the continued habit ot praytr. Edwsrd Psyson. I ' k I ( An Incandescent lamp la Us TB hade will, when turnod upward lo ward tbe celling, spread a soft and pleasantly diffused light plenty strong enough for a room where no reading is to be done. When the lamp Is used In this way no shadows are cast. FRIENDLY ADVICE. "You say, girl, that you wish to be come engaged 7 "I do." "Then lot your waist line stay put Louisville Courlor-Jourual. ..
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