Qtem&jl and . mdim&t THE PU LPIT. I BITTER WAR ON INlEMPtRANCE A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON KY DR. ROBERT J. ' KENT. Theme: Home Training. Silo tlio n'ii Crop. The Made- and stalks of the pom: crop alone contain forty-five per ni. of the nutritive value of tin- entire crop. is what we wrote for the rrm- e- of last week, but lint "five pc .' cent ," nn it waH printed. W'e haw railed attention to this fart ra I times In order to prompt farmers to iln their corn nop when they have I've stock to feed, as fortvfive per cent, is too great to allow to go to Vt :Me. Mcanti'lug Hay in Hie Stuck. Where it is nr"i .- .ry to arrive at the total amount of hay by mensming in the stack the following rule np V'i's, says the Homestead: Find the IU!ance from th- ground on one side ip ovr the .tnck to the cronnd on the other side. Then measure th" widlh of the stack at the base. uiM these two numbers and divide by four, and thin will give one side of n square representing the same area a the end of the stack. Multiply this number by Itself end (his result by the length of the whole Mack, and thig will give the cubic f.ct repre sented by the stack, which, divided by r12, the number of cubic feet in a ton, give? the number of tons. Where the stack Is very high and pettled or where It Is well packed in ft shed, divide In the hist Instance by a number between ,".rn and 42"). rotterou fertilizers mused a larse In crease in yield the nltnt'e of soda save the highest !t 11 i':i., aiiimnr.luni sulphate next, and iin:e nitrogen t'.ie smallest. When the increases in yield " ' rc small the ( fleet of the fen!! i.:ers vns verv nen'-ly the same, the less active ru :i r ilal Riving a slightly Breater Increase than the nitride. The best results were oljtained with the less active fertilizer. suit dicatr that it is a mistake to apply tins" fei'tliizeiR on sandy soils in the l. ill. Much better results, however, may be obtained by fall application on til" better class of soils. (iron hi',; Cow I'recJ Stuff. The various Slate experiment sta tions :ire doins a Rood work In dem onstrating that cow feed stolT may be mown on the farm, and the savins incident. The Tenne.-. e Station In a bulletin throws some aood light on the subject, in th'? matter of feed- Brooklyn, N. Y. It was baptismal Sunday at the Lewis Avenue Congre gational Church, and after baptizing six children, the Kev. Dr. Robert .1. Kent, the pastor, preached a sermon on "Home Training," taking for his text, Deuteronomy 6:7: "And thou shall tench them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou bluest in thy house, and wh"ii lion wulkest by the way, and wiv n thou llest down, and when thou risi st up." Iir. Kent laid: The sacrament which you hnv" witnessed this morning U either full of beauty and vital significance, or it Is utterly devoid of all meanim: In the case i and power; a mere empty form. ; Which it Is depends upon the spirit of intelligent, sincere consecration that is present in, or absent from the ; hearts of these parents. The falling I of a few drops of water on a baby's bend, while thw minister utter? a ! sacred formula may have no value whatever. We do not believe that there is any magical influence in tins ! rite of baptism. Everything depends J upon the understanding, by those I who consecrate their children, of the meaning of the baptismal vows, and upon their resolve to keep those vows faithfully. What are the sacred promises made by the parents? They solemnly pledge themselves SOLDIERS FIGHTING THIS CLKSli GREATLY CHEEKED. Don't Neglect tlio Colt. The farmer ov.r.lng forty acres or rnore of land, who does not raise at least one colt every year if not doing liis best. The man- will do most kinds of farm work and raise her colt with out much loss of time. If the colt is properly handled from the beginning It will not give mucli trouble. Never allow It to run aft r its mother when she is working. Thlr .worries and fret the mare, and it wears out the colt. Keep It at the barn, loose in a box stall, and tempt It with a little clover hay and oats. Early colts will be weaned pretty foop now. If they have been brought up to this point right, weaning doer not mean much. Feed more frequently with sweet clover hay, oats and corn, and the colt will soon be able to take care of itselr. Keep it in the barn at night and allow it to run with other young tock in the pasture during the day. Wieitly Witness. ing these along with corn ullage. It ' Vu " ' . " iw. " K " ?. ,!,,. ,,,,. " i ;l'lr children in Christian nurture, says that a ton of alfalla or cow pea rhey )rnllI,HB 1o tpa,.n thelr cn,dl.(.nf nit? iua ne piouuceu ur a cos', oi ag soon a9 they shall be able to un irom J to la. whereas wneat. bran costs from $20 to $2."i. Kroni two to three tons of cow pea hay and from three to five tons of alfalfa can be obtained from an acre of land: hence there Is s great, advantage in the utilization ot Ilu39 roughnesses In the place of wheat bran. Alfalfa r.nd cow pea hay cannot be substituted to the best advantage for cottonseed meal, nr this food Bluff is so very rich in protein that a larger bulk must he consumed than the capacity of the average cow will permit. The substitution derstand, tho meaning of this act of consecration. Little children ask curious questions about sacred things. It is the parent's duty and privilege to explain why they bring their children to church, and set them apart In this formal way. They should tell them of the Heavenly I Father's love, of the nobility ot the Christian life, of their earnest prayer 1 and wish that they may have their , part in bringing in the kingdom of God, and that the sacred promise l they made in church they must strive j to keep. Children can thus be made to see that father and mother are I under a holy obligation to lead them of a roughness i into the knowledge of their Lord and rich in protein for an expensive con- ! Saviour. Parents promise, too. that. centrate will enable the dairyman to make milk and butter at a less cost and will thus solve one of his most serious problems. In substituting alfalfa hay for wheat bran It will be best to allow one and one-half pounds of alfalfa to each pound of wheat bran, and tho results are likely to prove more satisfactory If the alfalfr is fed In u finely chopped condition. These tests indicate that with al falfa hay at 810 a ton and wh'?at they will instruct their children in the Scriptures, teaching them tho great eternal principles of life. They promise to pray with them and for them. Many a child has never heard its father's or Its mother's voice in prayer; one of the most precious memories of childhood in thus lost. And finally they promise to set an example of piety and godli ness before their children, in a word the whole personality is pledged to the Christian training of the child. These baptismal obligations can not be satisfactorily met by sending bran at S20 the saving effected by i the boy or girl to Sunday school for Mangels or Turnips For Coin. Where silos are not had to provide succulent feed for dairy cows, many do the neit b.st thing by growing turnips or mangels. There is always the one objection to turnips the risk of tainting the milk; and espe cially does this turnip flavor develop In butter after It Ik held somo time. It is claimed flint If you feed turnips din.c.ly after the morning milking there i.s no danger of taint; however, we would not care to risk our repu tation i butter maker on it. If you cannot put up tliage and must bavo something else, why not raise mangeli,? You can raise more of tb(-m to the acre than you can turnips, nd you can avoid thi risk of turnip taint, lint whatever you do, don't fa.il on n good store of succulent feed for next winter. Cows do their best when on -lover. You can provide sweet clover hay for next winter, but eucculttice must come from some oth er source. Weekly Witness. Success With Sheep. The !re and th dain are the L-shIs rf the llock, but the lamb is the basis of the sheep. j Without the lamb there would be no sheep und consequently no prolK ' in the sheep-breeding business. I Tuns it Is readily understood how i very important U Is that every lamb born to the flock be kept alive and ! crown Ittio a salable animal, whether' as a mutton lamb or a mature sheep, j mi principle or f!or:k management rouht be thoroughly Impressed on the mind and evei v teuture of lamb rais ing be carefully studkd so that this period be approached with everything in readiness to Have the lambs. Th sheep raiser who does not count p.eh Iamb as It conns into tho world worth its prico at weaning time should go Into somo other business. With the lamb a constant growth Is desirable, eo It Is qutto important that it be liberally supplied at the outset and that this be kept up, if one would succeed as a jheep raiser. G. W. Kerrey, in tie Indiana Farmer. an hour Sunday afternoon during the years of childhood. Christian nurture is a matter of years, requiring the highest wisdom and a Christ-like pa tience. The dnlly training in the home Is necessary. Right here is where the ringer of emphasis needs to be placed in our time. Never in the history of the world was so much j thought given to the welfare of the I child, and yet something Is evident I ly lacking. There is a large and in j creasing literature devoted to the in- terests of childhood, books and mag ; azlnes are discussing all sorts of j questions pertaining to the physical, mental and moral education of our boys and girls. There are societies i for preventing cruelty to them. One J of the reforms earnestly urged to-day i is adequate legislation to prevent ; the cupidity oi employer or parent i from sending children to work at too j Pa1-' n "S"?. The juvenile delln : quent has encased the attentions of wise and philanthropic men. The substituting alfalfa for wheat bran would be $2 for every 100 p.iutds of butter, and 19.Sc for every too pounds of milk. The farmer eouid thus afford to sell his milk for 19.fi cents a hundred less than he now re ceives and his butter for about 22 cents, as compared with 25 eenU a pound. These experiments show why t:l falfi lies been frequently us.d as a bniiis of manufactured foodstuf s, and indicate that the farmer who can grow It makes a nilstike !n purchas ing artificial stuffs of which ! forms the basis. When alfalfa was fed tm1"r the most favorable conditions a gallon of ::illk was obtained for 5.7 cents and a pound of butter for 10 H cents. When cow pea haj was fed the low est cost of a gallon ot mill: was fi.2 cents and of u notind of itfpi' 1 1 -entB. In lo-allties wher.. pns ha-e I children's courts have come into be- Wlne Drinking Continue. A very significant Indication of the antagonism of the people of the wine growing and other partr of Knrope to the use of wine and other Intoxicat ing liquors was shown at the Anti Alcoholic Congress held in Stock holm, Sweden, last August. In a room devoted In an exhibition of the vast literature of anti-alcoholism, where, not counting books, tracts, leaflets, reprints, etc., over twelve hundred distinct periodicals pointing out the danger of drink and advocat ing abstinence were shown. Only two hundred of these were printed in English; the others were chiefly In the languages of continental Europe, and must of ihem emanated from the wine-prod ut ing countries. This tells the story. The greater agitation against drink among these more conservative people but shows how much greater ha? been the suf fering from tho vice than was known to the world at large. They indicate, as nothing else could, how terrible iniiBt have been the scourge of the popular poison in those countries supposed to be free from the evil ef fects of intemperance. Over fifteen hundred delegates from all parts of the world, includ ing nearly a hundred physicians, were present at the great convention. Governments sent representatives, and the almost universal cry was "prohibition." From The Journal of Mental Path ology we lenrn that the French, Ital ian, Swiss, Russian and German na tions are keenly alive to the danger of alcoholic intemperance The marked sensitiveness on this subject ig not the result of fanaticism, but of acts brought to light by clini cal observation. These investigations show that mental, moral and physi cal deterioration among these people is due to Intemperance more than any other cause, alcoholism of the parent produciug degeneracy of tho off spring. For this reason the governments of these countries have been actively con cerned In the nropagandu of popu I al tera perance. Russia Is trying to sup plant the thirst for alcohol by opening soup and tea houses for the poor France is fighting her anti-alcoholic battles with lectures. Germany is attempting the same reform by dras tic legal enactment. Sweden and Norway, after years of governmental control of the sale of liquor, and with good results, are now agitating for its complete abolition; and Finland, by an overwhelming majority, de cided to prevent the manufacture of nlcohollc beverages within its bor ders, and prohibits Iti importation from other countries. The Socialist party in Germany, at its recent Na tional Congress at Essen, placed It self on record against the use of al cohol in any form. From "The Truth About Wine-Drinking Coun tries," by Matthew Woods, M. D., in The Sunday School Times. T ! ft I ogierrioui 'WORK AXH REST. 0 1'iitlicr. while 1 live. I pray That i tuny wmk from day to day Work with Ktiuiig bnnd and willing mind At little tasks thai help mankind. And. Father, when I die, I pray That, ni 1 rise to pivet the ih.y. 1 be not cursed with idle rent, Hal with soiiie heavenly ivnik be blet. .Inhii llnviirx llnlint's. in lic of .Shoal I ! mil llouk. SEPTEMBER FIFTH ing, and growing out of them Is the lilg Brother movement. The public school has been developed to a high , point of efficiency; nn army of trained educators, many of them gifted spec ! iali8ts, are devoting their best time ! and thought to the education of tlio young; the kindergarten is being es- a . ... i luuuautu c;i i nncic. IliU llt'llllll Quite often we read articles, hear of tne ehndren ,s carefully guarded: grown well it can bo utilized to re place wheat bran, nnd In sections where alfatfa can be ?rov."i ihtj crop can be substituted for cow pea hay ;th satisfaction. In-i;.i:., Farmer Flowers on the I'ni-i-i. expressions, and observe cases of farm homes unadorned with flover.i of any sort. The explanation or excuse given, in that usually so much hard work in necessary and that there is so little spare time. Often this is true, I fear, but In some cases much of the neces sary bard work can be avoided by everything Is being done to save them from the devastation of epidemics. Thero is a growing demand for more playgrounds for them; we have all kinds of organizations among the children themselves. . Then there is the Sunday school, with its multi plying methods, and its host of teachers and its vast literature. b'irely the thoughtful world Is proper management. However, the l urrrised to the value of the child. main reason why so many farm homes 1 vet, no cartful and candid ob are devoid of flowers is that thev are j can say that there is not being rented. Many live but one 1 Bf?1H,,hinB ronK- Something is year on tho same pla-e and others ! L"lsflnK,- Ji1,"6 ? lack .of. re,Ter L 1V, , , enee, of obedience, of respect for law. have the assurance of the place but Tn noM0 not uoln? , Art. and for one year. In both cast s there Is j nothing can atone for neglect of scant encouragement to make flower i ho.ne training. A very thouglitful fei'tilici- Experiment. The Department of Agriculture has received report from Germany of experiments with barnyard manure fhowlug that deep stall manure Is inucij more effect I vo than that from heaps. The loss of nitrogen In the heap was greatly reduced by spread ing the fresh manure on a layer of old manure. Gypsum was Ineffective and U condemned ag a preservative. The hst resultr were obtained by j.remrvinB the urine from the stalls by itsolf and rotting the manure and litter Kith water. Green manuring with beans and j.tas gnve kj1 results in comparison with the manure on beets and oats. With potatoes the results were very variable. The success of green man ures depends more largely upon the ruin fa II during the period of growth than upon the character of sod. Ex periment with yellow clover and ser radolta seeded bef reen the rows of grain indicate this to be a bad prac tice when the green manure crops de velop sufficiently to affect Injuriously the growth ot the grain. In comparative tests of nitrate of soda, sulphate of ammonia and lime nltroguo on humus and heavy loose loams and on s sandy soli with bar ley, potatoes sod sugar beets. It was found that la cases la wbka the alt- beds. If the grounds are "run wild." or have s god covering, it is difficult to prepare the soil. To do nicely, tho soil must bo cultivated through one season before moBt flowers do well. If thig is impossible the only way would bp to grow a row, or a bed of llowers, In the vegetable garden. All tho beautiful shrub and peren nials are impractical for the renters, unless they know they have the place for a number of years; then when moving time comes, it Is almost like tearing one's self loue to Uave the plants. Tulips, hyaclnthg and crocus may be set by the fall movers, and the cherry blooms will well repay the small expenso and labor required for planting, but Iris, bleeding heart, lilies end peonies are among the "can't haves," as their beauty In creases through long establishment. When passing the country homes, don't criticise the fiowerless condi tion of the yards too much, until yoti know alt the circumstances. E. C. In the Indians Fanner. Insisted ou Wedding Veil. This from Sorvla: "The jmr'.Bh priest of Nisb refused to perform the wedding ceremony for Peter Golubo vltch and Mara Ketnar In Belgrade cathedral because the bride wore a bat Instead of the traditional veil. The shops being closed, f was impos sible to procure a veil and a substi tute wag finally improvised from lace curtain." Herbert Samuel, who was recently named as chancellor of Lancaster, wltb a seat In tbe cabinet, is the first Jew to attain that distinction In Eug. land- bonk, recently published. In discuss ing tho question of Juvenile delin quency has found the cause of the trouble mainly in the lark of home training, and the most promising remedy suggested is tho provision of ho.iieg with their wholesome influ ences. Whatever tends to undermine the boni is therefore to bo deplored; mid there are many such tendencies. The freonent change of rslden"e In the great city Is one; the prevalence of divorce is another: and the con stant pressure of business and social Interests Ik the worst. There Is Ut tie time left In many a home for the cultivation of companionship be tween parent and child. Parental privileges nnd duties f supreme im portance nra neglected. But when these ditties are faith fully end lovingly performed, they result In unneakable blessing to the child, to tho fitate, to tho church. Xo more valuable work is being done to-d(iv than the quiet, unob rerved training of children in the M-lnriplcs of Christian living within the home. 'That training Is the finest thing ve can give our children. It Ig the ric'.'f3t fruit of our love. We all loo'i-: forward to the time when they ghsll leave our home and faco the duties and temptations of active life. Happy is that father, that mother, who cau lie down at nl.ght with aa untrobuled heart, knowing that wher ever their son or daughter may be, be or she is fortified against the perils of Ufa by the principles' in stilled In the heart through years of wise, loving nurture in tbe lltinn. This Is the demand, too, that the market plsee is making on tbe home. Ilutdness rannot be carried on except on a bauli ot confidence, and confi dence rcgut on character. We may praise smartness, we may admire its shrewd tricks snd clever devices; but we all know that the greatest asset in business Is character. Saloon Man Votes "Lpy.'1 A Chicago young man who is trav eling in the South, writes home to his father of a conversation he had with a Memphis saloonkeeper, the proprietor of one of the largest and finest saloons In that city, which, under the new State law. Is to be come "dry" on the first tiay o.' na:.t July The young Chicaoan incidentally fell Into conversation with the man ut the hotel breakiast table, and asked him what abo.it the new pro hibitory law. "Well, sir, when that law goe3 into effect I will be a ruined man finan cially," he said. "Everything I've got will co end I will have to mart all over again in seme new business." 3einB asked if he didn't feel rather tore about it, lie replied: "Xo. sir, I don't. 1 am a whls'ty man; have sold It all my life, and I know that It 13 the root of all evil. It ruins more Uvcb than any other thing. It Is tho curse of this cou 1 try. Thoug'.i 1 am not a married nan and have 110 family, yet when I go to the polU I vote for prohibition." His new acquaintance semed sur prised at this, and he went on: "I have sisters and brothers who nra narrled and have children. Lo you think I am going to vote for a thins that may ruin the lives of those c'l'.ldnn and dras them down ta de tU'uctlon? No. sir; I've seen too niuc.i misery caused by alcoholic llq uirn fo do a thing like that." "".'lis saloonkeeper predicted that In tin rears we would have nation-wide prohibition. Illinois Issue. An Honest Judge. .Trdgo Stocre, of Sault Ste. Mario, Mi.ih.. evidently ha? the courage of r'". convictions. Five proprietors of tali ins. who had been convicted of bavins violated the State liquor law. were befora him. After imposing uprn them fines and costs for the of fense, he said: "I End that the larger portion of criminal cases which come before me are in tome manner traceable to you llq.'or rr.eu. Your places are the harboring places of crooks, gamblers and loose women. It is Just such violations as yours here which are responsible for the Prohibition move ment tow prevalent in purts of the country. "One might as well talk to Canada thietleg as to try to talk morals to you fellows. I will let you off with a fine fo:- this, it being your first of fense. If you come before me again yo-.i will take an enforced vucatlun from your business." Hank llepoltM Increased. Vnder prohibition during the past year tho bank deposits at Hurley, 8. D., Increased from $213,015 io 2."l.u70, bank assets increased f;";;,0G0; loans increased 110,000. Iluvlcy previous to April last bad two saloons. Not a Criminal. Fifty counties la prohibition Kan sas did not furnish a single criminal to the penitentiary In 1907. That o"11 seem to Indicate that prohi bition does something if it "doesn't pro'.ii'jit." . I nilevelopeil Force ill the Average Christ inn. ' Spouk unto the children of Israel, that they go forward. Exodus 14:15. When -the command or this text was spoken by Moses to the Israelites they were shut In completely. High mountains on either side, before them the great deep sea, behind them an embittered, cruel, determined foe. Calmly Moses is bidden by God to speak unto the children of Israel that they go forward. You remember how that sea be came a safe pathway to freedom and a fuller knowledge of a divine provi dence and grace. So God's forward call to-day to the undeveloped forces within us, if obeyed In as firm a faith, will be crowned with as marvellous results. In putting into service these unde veloped forces of Christian manhood and womanhood remember tuit the years of preparation or of slow pro gress in attaining our Ideals or of ap parent bitter defeat and failure are not lost to us. Much Is accomplished In these struggles of the soul, which none but God and the individual really ever know. We may judge ourselves as only doing the little things, the hidden things, yet, if these be well done, like towers of strength we will rise and be enabled to do greater things afterward for God. Remember, too. that God's call for the undeveloped forces of Christian manhood and womanhood bespeaks tho exalted purpose of real life, viz., to remove obstructions. The ignor ant and the Indolent may hinder by standing in the way of God's planB and purposes for the betterment of humanity, but the office of a true man is to UBe all bis accumulated knowl edge in making the pathway of life pleasant, peaceful and prosperous, even as Jesus Himself sought to make it for every man. We may use our knowledge upon the undeveloped forces of nature and llnd profit therefrom, but when we have used our acquirements In bene fiting the bodies and bouIb of our fel low beings, so that afterward they rise up and declare that we helped them, we have achieved the most ex ulted of all services. Three things will aid 111 going for ward In spite of every difficulty. Stronger faith in the word of our Master. To live well is no easy task, but to attempt to live without the Blncerest faith in the living ChrlBt, within us aud above us. is to curtail life of its powers and to draw the curtain of destiny. Another inspira tion is more earnest conviction of per sonal duty. Christ speaks to us und asks for our service In behalf of a world. Love for Christ and for hu manity is another Inspiration. The poor, the neglected, the sore in heart, the helpless ought to find in us their truest friend, as we seek for opponur.liy to overcome in the diffi cult places of life. Such strong men and women God Is continually calling into His service and blessing their obedience. Such, too, the world ap preciates and honors. The greatest one who ever trod this earth declared of Himself. "I am among you as one that serveth;" "I do always those things which please Him." When you and I have pleased God with our lives, when we have done what He would have iib do. we have empha sized the fact that the Christian life is only worth the living when it is lived we!l. Rev. Andrew Hugemun, Collegiate Church of St. Nlcholus, in the New York Herald. Christian Charity. ' Jesus is the Incarnation of true charity, and none ver denounced wrong with greater energy than He. He exposed the shallow pretensions and denounced the Insincerity of the Pharisees wltb au energy and teal which burned with a white heat. He was the uncompromising en emy of all sham aud the fast friend of truth and honest conviction, and yet no one ever entered so fully Into symputhy with the erring and peni teut children of men as did Jesus. Fierce and unrelenting in His oppo sition to strongly fortified wicked ness. He is tenderness Itself when dealing with the broken In spirit, or when looking upon the bruised reed and the smoking flux. His example, In this respect, is worthy of Imitation, and is the pattern by which we should shape our lives. Life Lesson for Ms From the Book of Romans Rom. 12: 1-21 (Con secration Meeting.) What sin does for man. Rom. 1: 1S-32. Justification by grace. Rom. 5: 1-11. Yielding to God. Rom. 0: 12-23. The burden of tho flesh. Rom. 7: 14-25. Freedom by the Spirit. Rom. 8: 117. Fulness of redemption. Itom. 8: IS 30. Our bodies are to be living sacrl- j flees, not dead ones. No man is so much alive as a cnrlstiun (v. 1.) Not even the most helpful friend is so frank us God, and His Holy Spirit alone can tell us what to think of our selves (v. 3.) There ure many that would cleave to the good without abhorlng the evil; but the first Is impossible with out the second (v. 9.) It is harder to rejoice with the re joicing than to weep with the weep ing; envy Is the easiest of sins (v. 15.) Great Verses In Romans. Paul was not ashamed of Christ; that Is why all the world Is so proud of him. , Pationee Implies suffering; we can never be sure of our well doing uni.l ! It has required patience. If you have a deeper desire than to be justified, it Is because you do not realize your sinfulness. Men take many exercises for the sake of strength, but no exercise is so strengthening as the exercise of faith. Enduring tribulations is only half of onr obedience; we are to enjoy them. Where righteousness gives reward, sin puts us- beyond the possibility of either cluiniiug or enjoying any re ward. As a Roman criminal was chained to a corpse, so the sinner drags around with hlra his dead and fester ing sins and pretends to enjoy It! No one rightly prays that tries to pray in his own wisdom and strength. Fvery murmuring and complaining thought Is a bandying of words with the Most High. EPWDRTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. MethccliNt Church Right. Maybe tbe MethodlBt Church was pot so absurd In Its resolutions, after all. Its declaration concerning can didates who refuse to put themselves in an attitude of hostility to tbe liquoi traflic debarred "Christian iuen ' from supporting them, and placed no restriction whatever on "church members." Holland has been agitating the question of local option and straw vntea have been taken In certain communities for tbe purpose of se curing aa expression of opinion. God Our Home. God is our home; and in that home life all His gifts are freely bestowed upou us. We can use and enjoy them; nay, we ought to do so. The marvellous endowments of out hu man nature of the mind, of the senses, of love aud of beauty; all the marvels of this universe in which we live, which man half receives nnd halt creates; these we are meant to know, to use, to enjoy. It Is the v.ery privilege of man to be able In some degree to "share God's rapture" in His creation, to see and know that It Is "very good." The Church. We sieak of attending church as a duty; more deeply Is it a privilege and a benefit. Tbe union of the soul with Its God Is the meaning and pur pose of religion; tbe church Is a means to that end. Rev, .C. A. Mar tin (Ronmn Catholic). Multiplication by Addition, Subtrac tion, and Division (Mark 6. 35-44.) It Is our duty nnd privilege to add to our efficiency. "Jesus Increased in wisdom, and stature, and In favor with God and man." There Is no place In the kingdom of heaven for the lazy man. "Cast ye the unprofit able servant Into outer darkness." Next to the sin or doing bad things is the sin of doing nothing. Sometimes by subtraction we In crease our values. Daniel refused the king's meat and became the king's premier. John the Baptist declared he must decrease, and he gave up first his disciples, then his mission, then his freedom, and, at last, bis life, but he won the most beautiful encomium which ever fell from the lips of Jesus Christ. The four fisher men, Peter, James, John, and Andrew, gave up ships, nets, business, homes, and friends "left all," and followed Christ, and received In exchange a cull, a message, a life. Tbe rich young ruler would not subtract, and he lost his chance, his Christ, his caveer. "There is that scattereth (suhtracteth) yet increaseth." -abstraction leads not only to ad dition, but often eveti to multiplica tion. Abraham was willing to give urj subtract Isaac, his only and dutiful son, and God said to him, "Because thou hast obeyed liiy voice; in blessing thee and In multiplying 1 multiply thee." A subtraction of self leads to a multiplication of man hood. "We rise upon tho stepping stones of our dead Belves to higher thlg." Valuable additions may often result from multiplication. "Honor thy father and mother, that thy days may be long' multiplied. After the bap tUn. of power on the day of Pentecost the twelve timid disciples of power on the day of Pentecost the twelve timid disciples became an army of stalwart defenders end propagators or the truth. More often, however, the surest ad dition and multiplication Is by divi sion. The supreme law of Christ is "Bear ye (that Is, divide) one an other's burdens." Again we read, "We that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak and not to pVuse ourselves." beautiful Queen Esther, In carrying the burden of her people, saved them and herself. It is not what we give but what we Khsre, for the gift without the giver la bare. Patience, Patience la as a case of armor around the heart, which deadens the blows Inflicted upon It. Itev. J. U. Reiuensnydur. DICK AND BABE. Let me tell you a few things about ur two canaries, "Dick" and "Babe." Dick" Is so tame you can do any '.hint,' with blm. In the morning whoa we ask him to shake bands he'll put his little foot on our finger and lot us shake It. For a kiss he'll put ois bill between our Hps. As soon as :he table Is set at meal times he flies to the back of mamma's chair snd waits until she comes to the table, then be hops on her sboulder to be (ed. It she does not come as soon as he files on the chair he Hill hop on tbe bread and chirp until she comes. As soon as he is fed he flies to the top A the door and chirps tor "Babe," who then files to blm and Is fed. When mamma has a good dreBs on "Dick" will not go to her unless she throws a napkin over her shoulder. "Babe" is a sweet little bird, but it Is rather timid, as webave only bad ber a few months, but we think she will toon be as tame as "Dick." Mabel Kummer, In the New York Tribune. Finder of Great Nugget In Poverty. Tbe discoverer of the famous Wei. come nugget has died In the Baliaral Benevolent Asylum, aged seventy four. Ho returned to Ballarat thref years ago poor and io 111 health, anc bad to seek shelter In the asylum. Tbe Welcome nugget, one of th largest pieces ot natural gold In thi world, was taken from Bakery Hill Ballarat, in 1858. It was found at depth ot 180 feet. It weighed 2311 ounces It cwt. and was sold fo 18 I ,60o. London Evening Standard. Humane Principles. "Why do you begrudge me the pleasure of a little sociability?" said Mrs. Corntossel. "You seem to bate to have company." "Well," an swered tbe farmer, "you sse, I'm a member of the 8. P. C. A. and I hats to have tbe chickens killed." Wuiu. Ington Star. JU3T THK THINO. Now I would suggest tor coat' of arms a bull rampant. How would that suit?" 11 "Ought to do first rate," answered Pa Nurltch. "I made my money la a bull markut Louisville Courier, JournaL The Sunday o School INTERNATIONAL LESSON cm, MENTS Vfm 8KITF.MBKU B. Subject: Paul's Third Mlsslonsr. Journey Farewells, AcU 20 3H--U"'Iii Teti Phil. 4;, Commit Verses 31, 32. TIMl A. D. 58. PLACE Miletus. EXPOSITION 1. How l.l A Wvcd I and Worked at Kph'e"', ' ? 27. If ever there was a man wh. v 1 a right to be puffed up nVOr endured and vlctorle, "w,m it " Paul; and If ever there was a nil! in oil his history when It would w! been natural for him to have h-.0"! exalted because of the w,,j wrought by bis hand It was S He had served with "tears." too tears oyer the hardness nnd imnen ' fence of their hearts (v. 1- "f , Paul's trials never kept hlw'from d clarlng the whole truth 1, o, uf" V.). Paul never declared truth tho sake of startlm people and arousing opposition or f.ir the sakent parading his knowledge; he 0'nlv sought to find what would be "nrnflt able" for people. He taught wher ever he got an opportunity, "publlciv and from house to house." it Wa men he was after and not the nnto rloty that comes from large au diences. He was at It. always at It He had the same message for both Jews and Greeks repentauce toward Ood nnd faith toward our Lord Jesui II. Take Heed, Watch, Trust God and His Word, 28-82. Paul had sd pealed to his own faithfulness as an Incentive to faithfulness on the part of these Epheslan elders or bishops Only the one who takes heed to hlml self Is In a position to take heed to others. Many of ug are so occupied with our work that we neglect our own spiritual life (romp. 1 Tim 4 16). While we should first take heel to ourselves, we should not stop with taking heed to ourselves. We should go on to take heed to our flock. Our flock may be a church or a Sunday school class, or a family, or something else, but we all have one, and lt ui never forget that It Is the Holy Ghost who has made us overseers over It This verse brings out, beautifully, the glory of the church: (1) It Is, "the Church of God;" (2) He purchased it with His own blood; (3) the Holy Ghost presides in Its government. The verse also brings out the purpose for which the Holy OhoBt appoints bish ops and elders "to feed the church" (see Prov. 10:21; Matt. 24:45). Paul proceeds to utter solemn words of warning. These dark wnrria nf warn. lug came true (2 Tim. 2:17, 18; 1 Tim. 1:19. 20). Grievous wolves, false teachers, come sooner or later to every church and community. They were never more numerous or raven ous than to-day. But the most dan gerous part of it was that soma of these grievous wolves were to arise "from among your own selves." The great danger to-day Is not from out side wolves, but the wolves that arise from among the ministry. One skep tic or false teacher who writes "Rev."' beforo his name, or "D. D." after it, Is immeasurably more dangerous to the flock than the wolf that Is outside the fence. What a moving and In spiring spectacle; this great man, loaded with many labors and cares, going up and down the streets of Ephesns and from house to house, night and day, with burning tears, warning those he met, and keeping this up for three years. How could our love for souls appear In conirast to this. The Holy Ghost has record ed this for our imitation. Paul was to depart, but O01J and the Word were to stay. God's servants are ever passing away, but God Himself and Hlg Word always abide. Paul points to the Word as tho great safeguard against error (cf. 2 Tim. 3:13-15). Nothing makes one proof against false doctrine like the persistent study of the Word. It is the woeful neglect of tho study ot the Word on the part of the churches to-day that makes them bo . easy a prey to the devil's pretentious and smooth talk ers. This verse tells two other things the Word hag power to do: ( I) "build up;" (2) "give an inheritance among the sanctified." III. Paul's Unselfishness, 33-35. Paul was a mighty preacher by word, but he was a mightier preacher by ex ample (v. 35). He had not worked for personal gain of auy kind. He desired to get for his own use nothing that belonged to any other man (1 Sam. 12:3). It was men's souls, not their money and clothes, that he was after. He had worked bard with his own hands to make a living for him self and his co-workers (cf. ch. 18:3; 1 Cor. 4:12; 1 Theas. 2:9; 2 Thess. 3; 8). He sought not luxuries, but "ne cessities." In all things bo set an example for those to whom he preached to follow (v. 35, R. V.). Two lessons in particular he desired them to learn from his example: (1) "to help the weak" (cf. Rom. 15:1), (2) to give but to others rather than to take In from others, Jesus Him self had Bald, "It Is more blessed to give than to receive." Jesus said this, and yet a large portion of the church does not seem to believe U. Get as much as you can and give as little as you can seems to be the prin ciple that governs many in the church as well as those In tbe world. It was by experience that Jesus knew that It was "more blessed to give than to receive" (3 Cor. 8:9; Matt. 20:28). Self Control. Self control is an essential to man n"od: and the only way to change y'jr disposition Is to bridle your con duct. Rev. Robert Gordon. Progress In Japan. A writer In the Novo Vrernya draws, attention to the development of Japarese military power since the war In Manchuria. Whereas Japan was then able to place 1, 000,000 men In th field, she could now raise three times that number. Including the troops In Formosa, seven divis ions have been sdded, making a total ot twenty divisions. The infantry had beep rearmed with s' rifle of grest mutslo velocity, and each regiment had been provided with battery of machine guns of Improved type. The field artillery has received a superior class of quick-firing gun, fitted wltb steel shields, which was made In the Osaka arsenal on modified Krups specifications. Two brigades of heavy fluid artillery have bees formed, armed with 10.5 centimetre (4.13 Inch) guns, designed by Genera! Arlsaka from a model by Krupp. These have an effective range ot nearly six miles. London Times.
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