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Silngc For Beef Cattle.
The only reason the silo has not
been used so largely upon the beef
cattle and general stock farm is be
caus" beef men have nnt Riven it
the trial that dairymen have. Those
who have used silage in the produc
tion of beef are universally In favor
of it. it proves n profitable addition
t'i a beef-feeding ration. Experi
ment station tests have presented re
mits which s'and nut prominently
in favor of silaire for beef feeding.
The latest evidence from this
nourco romes from the Indiana sta
tion, where a series of practical
beef feeding experiments are L'.iiiy
inducted. Weekly Witness.
Spraying to Kill WcriK
Tiirections for making a spraying
Oolution that will kill weeds are
Riven us follows: Kmpty a hundred
pound sack of sulpha'-- of iron into
a fifty-gallon barrel: (111 to the ehlne
with water, and stir with a hoe for
.1 few minutes uti'il dissolved.
Strain through several thicknesses of
cheesecloth tacked over manhole of
the spraying machine, producing a
real mist free from drops. Vse about
fifty gallons to the acre, and spray on
a bright warm day or on a dark damp
day; it dors no; mat'er so long as
Tain does rot come within eighteen or
twenty hours. Th's spray will not
harm grain err;;', and will kill wild
mup'rird and vnrio u, other weeds.
.Weekly "Wit r.. s-:.
Siii'p'jin (he Sril Willi Plant Fond.
In fertilising any crop the neuls of
the e;m! upon which the crop Is to be
Rrown are m ua'ly the leading consid
eration. A soil which had recently
lieen well manured, or had n clover
FOl plowed nude?, would likely be
ji:elty well provided with nitrogen,
and acrord'ngly t;n mineral constit
uents would be tlio principal concern.
A heavy c!ay soil would not need the
potash M.nt a s.-ndy or muck soil
would require. The need for phos
phoric r.r.d is more general. After
the soil, the needs of the crop may bg
'considered. For Instance, a 200-luishei-io-tiie-acro
crop of potatoes
will carry from the soli thirty-three
pounds of nitrogen, twenty pounds of
phosphoric acid and sixty-two po inds
f potash: r. thirty bushel crop of
.wheat, sixty-two pounds of nitrogen,
twenty nound: ohosphorie acid nd
itwenty-six pounds of potest'. For
jiise upon the Kamn sort of soil, then,
he potato cron would call for a fe
rtilizer richer in potash . than wo il l
rwheat. If the stcr-i oT plant food in
:tiie soil U to be maintained. it
inilght be ptssihie v omit the nltro
iRcn foi the polaic s. since the la'ter
iuro iuua!!y rls":- to '.'m clover sod or
imanure r boih In M:o r.i'.aiion thai)
iwher.t. Farmers' Noma .Icnrnal.
Knijinrs Ir lai-m 1'c.' er.
(' Eome farms l:av- -tca:n lr 'I'-rs and
engines, but fir .r;:inar." n t y are
loo expensive to buy and too compli
cated to run. I? r. persr.; only reeds
a five or ten horse p-T-er famine he
Jin't wsr.t to bo'Wr with r. steam en
flne. It tpkes too long to get m
liferm r.r.d too m.:r'i p't-ntlon hn
running. vVhat lie nerds is a gasoline
engine.
The newer p?tie -ns of gasoline n
ginrg r.re rrrc'lc.
are large-framed birds, with long,
deep bodies. They probably average
about fifteen pounds in weight, but
the ganders often weigh as much as
twenty pounds or more. The Brown
Chinese probably tiro the best looking
geese wp have, but the breed is com
paratively small. This variety, how
ever, is considered ono of tlio best
for crossing on the larger breeds for
market purposes.
(1 ese are very fond of their mates
and It is difficult to break up a mating
without removing the male bird en
tirely out of hearing. For this reason
it is advisable to attend to the mating
problem In the fall. If gsese are
kept on grass alon? they probably
will lay one setting of eggs and hatch
them out, but If given a grain ration
In connection with the pasture two
or three settings may be expected,
(loose sheds should bo provided with
plenty of straw during the laying sea
son. They will then make th ir o.vn
nests near the ground and the mois
ture problem will be taken cub of
naturally. Kpltonilst.
JEUGIOUS ffEADING
Foil THE QUIET llOVli.
TIIR PICOPLK'S FRIEND.
A Utile Turkey Talk.
After successfully raising turkeys
for a number of yours, I am able to
give a few practical and useful hints
on the subject which cannot fall to ha
of great benefit to the beginner, or
perhaps to the ones who have been
trying to raUu turkeys, with but poor
success.
Turkeys, ns we all know, are con
sidered more difficult to raise than
chlrltcns, on account of their being
mora sensitive to the dump and cold
of spring, and for this reason many
do not try to raise them at all.
1 find that If turkeys are not
hatched before tiie first of May, It is
less troublu to care for them, and
they are more apt to live.
The common brown turkey is the
most profitable. I nice tried the
white species, but found them poor
layers, and not so hardy.
It pays best to start with a small
ftocl:. Never keep over winter more
than three hens and a gobbler. Right
here let me say, be sure to get your
gobbler and hens of different flocks
in starting, and if you have your own,
trade with some one, so that t'ney will
not bo related to the hens.
Inbreeding is very frequently the
cause of blindness. I have seen in
quiries in many farm papers as to
tiie probable cause of blindness, and
experience has taught me that this
la the sole cause.
It is unwise to set the old turkey
the first time she gets broody, but
break her up to lay more egg3, and
set a hen or two in her place.
When a hen is s9i, never use more
than eight or ten tSii-s, and even then
select a largo hen.
Give her a war.n place to sit, and
saturate the ntst well with sulphur
to keep away vermin. Vse sulphur
on tho hen, also.
A hen that is to sit for four weeks
must 1)9 well fed and eared for. (iive
h?r plenty of frash watt and exer
c.ae, and a small ration of corn meal
v.ot w;th mi'U once et'ch day.
When a brood of little turkeys are
fit hatched they urj weakly, and
s.ioii Id not be taken from the nest
fjr at twelve hours.
ari; waterproof coops should bt
The common people heard Ilim gladly.
Three Syrian nummers on the lake
And en tiie iiimuitnin side.
Men -.vntrhed and weighed iind tested Him
Wlinm lant thev crucified i
The Krciit men of the cities scorned
Ilia iniKninn mid His claim
Wlio wn thin t.'hrist nf Nazareth?
This .Man of lowly name'.'
Hut when He walked nmid the corn,
Or rented by the well,
Or pneed the hot way of their town
With wondrous thing to tell.
Pathetic eyes were turned to lliin
As careworn men passed by.
And when His gentle voice wus heard.
The wuyturors drew nigh.
Tlicv listened, and the darkened world
tirew fair with innininf light;
From w:.iy shoulders burdens rollr-cl.
And life's dim ways wi-ie bright;
Hope touched t''o weary, wistful souls,
nukn-"! u-it'i sin tiii.l care.
Ami 'nln.''s was the hurt's desire,
And speech was tir.ioil to prayer.
F.ycs. ligiiled witli the n 'W found j' v
W ere turned toward His face:
The "ini'i inn pconle had not knowi
Such dcrnity of cr.ico:
And wh"o Hi' smiled ami looked at .'m,
Seeing them sick and snd,
lie Piv'.'l. and healc I. nnd pardon:-! them,
Till they were strangely glad.
Ah. cii'ieieus Snvicur of the world,
Tiie oe.iile m-e the s:irne.
The wistful, weary comr.ion-foH:
Still io.,.. to know Thv nnn
Win- fail Thy messengers to clieet
Tin; sio h k and sad '.'
OV teaeli them how to love, an ! nia':e
The c-iiiiwiion people glad!
Marianne Fariiingjiaiu, in Tendon g g
Times.
A Noble Sentiment
r'or noble sentiment and the notion
which accompanies the speech noth
ing finer has come under our eye for
n long time than the word:-; of Charles
Henry Iirent, of the Philippines, in
declining his second election to tho
Kpiscopal bishopric of Washington,
I. C. ; the church that can raise men
imbued with such sentiment nnd no.
ble ideals surely haa a mission to the
world :
"It is not that I fr'l to recognize
the splendor of the misVnnnry oppor
tunity in Washington, and the dignity
of tho heritage which yon bid mo or
ter they Inspire me; nor that I
shrink from the t!is':s and nroblema
of leadership which you invite me to
face in company with yon they chal
lenge me; nor that I do not often
times yearn to serve the church In
the homeland again I am human.
Hut Cod charges me to-day the mor
row can take care of itself to con
tinue my witness to the high impor
tance of tho far-off mission of the
church and tho gravity of the nation's
responsibility In the Orient by abid
ing on the snot where I am."
Hils Is what makes men believe,
when they see tho capacity for sacri
fice that is ignorant of its own nobll
Ity In the fervent love of Christ. We
have had a few men In our Method
ism who have made the sreat renun
ciation, and we have been gazing
upon them in open-mouthed wonder.
It Is not well that Kicrifice should call
for surprise. So usual is place-hunt-Inr,
the quest of honors and emolu
ments, that such reversion to the
Pauline type is uplifting and fine.
H Is a noble herilu'ie and a splen
did opportunity that Invited him to
Washington. There is indeed need
for hndership and high quality of
churchmanshlp at the nation's capi
tal, but doubtless he is right In his
stlniat.s of the strategic value of the
O-l'Uit. Constructive Christian clvlli
nation is possible as Is evidenced bv
Hishop Brent. At last the world
know that in tho Philippines is .-
man and the church: and the world
wlil not forget his splendid devotion
1o duty in an age when the dollar ha
'ulled so terribly the ideals of real
Christianity. Haltlmoru Methodist. ,
OUR TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
REPORTS OF PROORFSS OF THE
BATTLE AGAINST RUM.
provided for them. Laig dry-goals
y r-i'--T-3tle. You I b ixes, gucit as can be bought for
can start o-e afc brerkfat in the ' a-01t twtn.y-.1ve cetis, i.;ake exctd
lncrning t"d It w!i! run stnp'llly until j 'jnt coops.
roon without nt-nt;ri. They sta-t ' Turn these on their sides, with
fiulckly. Jump rlg'il irto full poer ; flecks under the corners t j kee; them
nnd run r.t Icf. expense than any nt'-.t .T ,n' iound. Kail s.ripa of board
er farm motor power except wind-1 C7er fcvery crack. Tho to.) of the box
mill?, pnd thes" r.p ii'irc '.'alile, 1 e- 'J''iis tiie front o! thj coop. Nail
cause thfy a;c suh.'cc' t the whims ' "cross t'.ie front no cIost to-
and fancVs of ti e winds.
One mistake- open :na le 'n buvirg
a farm gaselliip e!::;ine Is in g"H
It too small. Yin reed a lit'l" :e
iterve power. If you need (wo horse
jiuwcr nay a ir.ur liort? power en
feitner that the Uttla onej cannot
crawl througj, and make a little Couv,
n. one end, through v. hich to feed
and w at .-r them.
I I fee I them on bread and milk for
a few duys, and then give them corn
Kine. It t'on't cost any mere to r.m 1 Mal w,'t wlfn weet milk, a tir.ch
It to do two h'ii- :e , power worlh of c' s:l't n:l1 Bomo ciea.i tand.
work, then ;.ou hu v the extra power I . I,,U':' cheese Is also good for a
hen you need jf. Tiv cost of a size C"H"K-'' are very fond cf it.
larger ii not a ;;:( at (-ei:I when com-I 81 U nil'3 'SPat'on- Clve them
ve It
w'aere they rin t jmble into it. as a
t a at (,:! when com-I 81(1 U nk'3 digestion. Clve 1
pared with the a-'di'l'.-nnl e-'c-' , l,,enty " water, but do nut lea
Will rec'Jer. The Kpilomiat.
f;eese Tor ll:'ceI:n?, '"
A goos-j farm should have a run
ning stream of pure water vo situated
that the flt-llH may be laid out on
lioth si(i) of the stream. The field
wetting Is almost certain to be tho
death of a li. Lie turkey
When tbey are a few days ol '
tike a lath from the front of t
coop and let them run out, affr thi?
dew Is off. If the nljthts arc chilly,
or the weather should he damp, cover
shnnlfl ,v t .l.t if
variety of er.Kse i the c0o3 we' with e warm blanket.
. , u . uiii:ti;i
fixe to support a gander an,i u.-
geetn with their Kiwlng eosllngs.
One gander and three gees to a
prn are often belter than any other
"nuts' tjr l.ncdlng purposes. a
Bhed on tho north side of the fild
opening to the south U all the protec
tlon the geese icquire except In the
xtreiue north., in the middle sec
tions of the L'nlteil flutes geese sel
dom will use the shod except during
Iho aylng and hatching seasons or
on extremely cold day In winter. The
teaods consequently need not b very
,larg9 nor expensive. But the roof
should b thoroughly waterproof and
The last year I raised tir!:evs I
learned something vary helpful. I
put the coop und?r a largo tree where
there was shade in the afternoon, and
found that the little "turks" never
left the shade, and did not run off
into the g.-ass and weeds and lit lost,
as they had formerly done. They
cannot endure the bot sun.
It you have buns with little chicks,
do not put the coops near the snes
where there are little turkeys, as a
ban with chicks will kill little tur
keys. A ben with turkeys will like
wise kill the chickens.
When the old turkey hens ar
later on, I taka the same method win
tho bottom provided with fnm
mora of straw i mem as wim me hen mother ar i
Toulou.,. Embden and Chin.,e are! V" "
oa mrf varieties usuallv
Vba Ch'neeo lay mors eggs than the'
.others, but toe birds are not so valu
eblo, consequently tbe larger varieties
are likely to pay the best. Stock
birds do not require to be reuewed
like other kinds of pouKry, as geese
are long-lived and the eggs are much
beUtr for batching after geese have
obtained fall maturity. Breeding
lock la at best flora five to twelve
years of ne. This Is especially true
lot gsese. Scmetimos It Is advisable
Ito rooew ganders after sis or seven
yea's, Ceese eighteen and twenty
years of age bare beco known to Icy
well as ever, and their ejgs to
;taleU saliifnctorily, but these of
course are exceptions! cases.
I no rosin In OIleadT" This Blbta
c. 2 ail4ea ao4 Tsuloust mtetlei called the Rosla Bible. ,
When little "turks" are six to eight
weeks old they can be let out with
their mothers a short time each nay
If tbe weather Is good, and by th'u
time tbey are half-growr tbey can get
tbelr own living, by gleaning In the
fields, and will make no more '.rouble.
Tbe last year I raised turkeys I
lost but three and raised forty. Miss
M. M. Chandler.
Tbe Treacle Bible got Its name
from Its rendering of Jeremiah 8:22:
"Is there no treactelnOllead," Instead
of balm la Qlload. It was printed In
It 68. Tbe same text was rendered
In tbe Doual version, 1609, "Is there
Will You Take f;tl nt His Word?
Will you set to your seal that God
Is true? Unbelief says. "I won't."
Faith says, "I will." oh, may God
he!;) you now to gay, "I will set Ui
'ny seal that God Is true" this vor(
ho-ir, and tho moment you do that,
and put your faith in God, then
eomeB the peace, the happiness yoil
have been looking for so long!
It is recorded In history that some
years ago a man was condemned til
be put to death. When he came td
lay his head on the block, the prince
who had charge of the execution
asked him If there was Rny one petN
tlon that he could grant him. All
that the condemned man asked for
was a glass of water. They went and
got him n tumbler of water, but his1
hand trembled so that ho could noi
get the water to his mouth. The
prir.ee said to him, "Your life Is sara
until you drink that water." He took
the induce at his word nnd dashed
the water to tho ground. They could
nnt gather It ur, nrd a-j he saved bin
life.
My friend, you can bp saved nowt
by taking God ar His word. The wat-
er of life Is offered to "whosoeveii
will." Take it now, and live. Mayj
God give you grace to do so this mo-
merit! Let feelings go! Say In your'
heart. "I do believe. I will believe, I
now believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
with all my heart." and life everlast
ing U yours! D. L. Moody.
I'nrepentctl Repentance.
For the many mistakes of tho past
we must have sincere regret, and for
om sins sorrow, but if they have
caused a "repentance not to be re
pented of" they have been morclfully
forglveu us of God for Jesus Christ's
sake. Rev. A. W. Snyder, New York
City.
Brighter Days.
Look for a brighter sunrUe from
lome hill to-morrow. Look for sur
prises in tbe coming duys. Look for
the great tblng that shall yet make)
your whole being to feel tbe fellow
ship which it was made to entertain'
with the infinite God. Rev. E, L.
Powell, Louisville.
Faith.
Faith, the appropriation" of thui
(deal. Is the secret of a successful and
Inspiring life. Rev. E. L. Powell.
" So It Wast
Carrie, aged four, and Jlmmle, a
year older, were making mud plea.
"Mo am going to have a cherry pie,"
remarked Jlmmle. 'Me am!' "
scorned Carrie, "that's a. funny way
to say 'I are!' " Delineator.
Bo Would We!
Little Edith gated thoughtfully for
omo time at ber grsndmothor. Fi
nally she said, "Grandma, I would
like to bave seen your face when It
.was new."-Delineator. ..
The Sunday Srhool Temperance Alll.
mice.
The Influence of a simple temper
kr.'.re organization In a Sunday school
Is very potent for Interesting and ed
ucating the children and youth In the
principles of total abstinence and tho
evils of the alcoholic drink traffic.
With a distinct purpose and nt lenst
quarterly exercises by the entire
school and pledge Rlgnlng at the close
of the meetings, the nttentlon, Inter
est and finally active co-operation of
nearly nil Is secured. This has been
demonstrated In many communities
Id the last two years where the Sun
day School Temperance Alliance has
been taken up In one or more schools.
It is not meant to take tho place of
any existing society already doing
good work, or to crowd out any good
movement desired, but to suggest to
the thousands of Sunday schools in
our land that are doing llttlo or noth
ing practical in temperance educa
tion n simple method to do effectual
work. The quarterly temperance les
son Is often neglected in Sunday
rehools; that Sunday beln used for
meclni services, etc. It should be
rnatio a most interesting day to all In
'lie Sunday school. The Alliance
tmrposes to enroll the entire school
and make It a temperance army op
noslng nn ever-present and nggreslve
enemy. Young people nre ready to
study f live subject. They co-operate
quickly in aggressive work for
some good purpose. The church has
I's great opportunity In forming
Christian character nnd pure lives in
Its Sunday school work. No evil ho
takes onr young people away from
participation In Christian Endeavors
ar does the social drinking habit or
the influence nf the saloon and those
that begin to frequent It. With the
"r.plrlt. of wine" in the "Snirlt of
'Tod" has no room. The National
Temperance Society now publishes
p pocket leaflet, No. 54, entitled
"Save the Children," which has had
the record of lust such a society as
the Sunday School Temperance Alll
puce purposes, for over forty years.
ITverv Sunday school -nncrlntendent
should read It. We shall be glad to
furnish a copy with a suggestive
"fthod and constitution of the A III-
nce to any pastor or superintendent.
J'very church and Sunday school
should be alive to this great question
and should be training its army of
children and youth for aggressive bat
tle against the alcoholic enemy. How
about your Sunday school reader? Is
It measuring up to Its duty and oppor
tunity In this warfare against an ev
erywhere present and active foe to
all good and Christian Influences?
Send freely to the National Tem
perance Society for informatlonf and
suggestion. The National Advocate.
Catholic Attack Smites Saloons.
Clergy and layman of the Roman
Catholic Church, as typified In the
convention of the Catholic Total Ab
stinence Union of Illinois, held In
Chicago, have put their shou'ders to
the wheel to crush out the suloon In
America.
In thundering resolutions and In
oratory, which for unequivocal con
demnation of the )iqvor business
probably transcended anything ever
before put forward In n similar Cath
olic gathering of equal magnitude,
tiie liquor trade and tho persons' en
gaged In It were scored without mer
ry. The saloon business was derlared
n scandal which had endured too
long, and now must be crushed for
the safety of the children of the
church.
Catholic clergymen of note in Chi
cago rose to their feet to announce
their Intention of setting forth upon
the highways and byways of the na
tion to spread the total abstinence
movement on behalf of the church.
The whole weight of condemnation
of the convention ns a body fell upon
societies within tho church which
permit Saturday night dances nnd
Sunday picnics under their auspices
at, which Intoxicating liquors are sold.
Bad Effect on Students.
One of the Indian? 'counties which
has lately oanlshed the saloon Is
Montgomery, the county-seat of
which, the historic city of Crnwfords
ville, Is the seat also of Wabash Col
lege, one of the best known of the
older collegiate Institutions In the
Middle West. The faculty exerted
themselves vigorously In the cam
paign, an-1 has good reason to re
Jolco over the result. Among the ar
guments published by the Citizens'
League shortly before the olctlon was
one which has force for every collego
town. It was authoritatively de
clared tiat ninety per cent, of the
rases of student discipline were the
direct rasult of the presence of sa
loons; tnat for years an Intense strug
gle had been wageil between the eol
l"ge at?d the saloons for the control
of the character of students; that so
many college towns In the West had
already "gone dry" that parents were
becoming unwilling to send their
Bonp to a saloon town for their edu
cation Every precinct In the city
went no-llccn:ie! Christlnn Advo
cate. ool For Guthrie, Oklahoma.
From a letter received the other
'lay from one of tho vice presidents
of our National Temperance Society,
we quote the following:
"I am Just from Guthrie, Okla
homa. It looks good to see a city of
22,000 with not a saloon nor sign of
liquor. A lawyer said to mo, 'I doubt
if you would see an Intoxicated nmn
If you were to Btay here a month." "
National Advocate.
Teirprnnco Xotes.
The local elections In Minnesota
show a decided no-llcense gain.
At Eaton. Ohio. William Butler
was arrested for operating a tiger.
Butler, bedfast with rheumatism, had
Intoxicants concealed lo and under
bis bed.
Tbe Individual who Is early led to
apprehend tbe perils- of alcohol, not
only to himself, but to those around
him and to those who come after him,
will be !e llablo to yield to debasing
temptations.
Investigation has repeatedly shown
that the foundations of sobriety In a
very large majority of cases were laid
In tho training received In childhood
or youth.
"Tbo browing Interests are grap
pling with their adversary In a light
for lifo or death." From the report
of the brewers' Vigilance Committee
at the recent rational convention.
While the alcoholic drink evil goes
back to Noah, and no doubt fifteen
centuries more, modern organic tem
perance effort, ou tbe two funda
mental principles now forging ahead
as never before, did not begin to work
with widespread and Intelligent
earnestness until 1166. .
pulpit
AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY
DR. ELBERT RUSSELL.
Theme: God's Fatltcrliootl.
Brooklyn, N. V. The Rev. Dr. El
bert Russell, of Earlham College, In
dlann, preached In the Friends' Meet
ing House, Sunday morning, on "The
Fatherhood of God." There was a
largo congregation. Dr. Russell's
text was Luke 11:2: "And He said
unto them, when ye pray, say, our
Father." Ho said:
Fundamental in all our religion Is
the conception of God. Moro or less
consistently all that we do in the way
of worship or service springs from
what wo believe Ood to be, nnd what
wo bellevo He wishes us to do and
be. It Is Important for us very fre
nnently for the keening of our re
ligion truly to go back to this funda
mental element In our religion. I
say our conception of God de'ernilnes
onr religion In so far ns it its n con
sistent thing. If we believe that.
God Is a despot we shnll crlnpo and
fawn before Him. If we believe Ilo
Is a jealous God we shall wall: softly
nnd not appear too prosperous In Ills
presence, lest in jealousy Ho smite
us. If wp believe He Is an absent or
nn Impassive God, who neither knows
nor cares how we feel towards Him or
regard Him, then we shall go on our
way ns If God did not exist, and shnne
our course of action with reference to
our own desires, and we shall not
reckon with God. We shall suy with
Job's friend, "Is not God In the height
of Heaven? What doth God know?"
There Is a story from the East of a
certain Parsee who was performing
his devotions at tho altar of fire, and
there. drew near a Jew and a Chris
tian. Tho Jew, moved with Jealousy
that men should worship the creature
Instead of the Creator, said: "Do you
worship fire?" "No," said the Parsee.
"we do not, wo only worship tho
Great Spirit that manifests Himself
In the flame." "What do you call that
spirit?." asked the Jew. "We call him
Ormuz. What do you name the In
finite One?" "We call Him Jehovah, '
said tho Jew. "God of Gods and Lord
of Lords, tho Great God nnd terrible. "
The Parsee answered, "Your name Is
a great one, but It is awful." Then
turning to the Christian, ho asked:
"How do you name the Great One?"
nnd the Christian said: "We call
Him Abba, Father," and tho Parsee
answered, " Your name is the greatest
of all, but who gave you nuthority to
call the Infinite, Father?"
Now, it is Jesus who teaches its
that. "Father," robbed of its human
Infirmities, of Its evil, of its limita
tions, is the name llkeBt to God. If
we would comprehend what Is the
character of God and His attitude
toward us we should come before Him
with the word "Father" upon our lips.
It is worth while for its to take tho
conception, this revelation of Jesus of
God, and see what kind of religion 13
consistent with it; how we, as chil
dren of our Father, should worship
Him and behave ourselves before Him
and talk of Him. Jesus has not loft
us entirely to draw our own infer
ences. Ho told us to call Him Father.
I know that theologians dispute over
the question, whether It Is right to
speak of the fatherhood of Ood to all
men, but certainly we shall be truo to
Jesus if we talk of the fp.therlluess of
God. And we shall find that Jesus
has something to eay about God's re
lation to the universe, to this world
of which humanity Is so small a part.
The Pharisees believed in a distant
God, God on His throne afar off In
the seventh heaven, a majestic sover
eign, removed from the common
things of the world. Tbey believed
tho world was carried on through the
mediation of angels. They believed
that God once for all had given Hiu
will for men's conduct In the law.
that on some far off day men would
stand before Him nnd be examined
ns to whether they had kept the law
nnd that only by some special provi
dence or miracle did God take a di
rect hand In the control of His uni
verse. That was not the teaching of
Jesus. To Him. te world was tho
Father's house. To those rabbis who
believed that God had spent six days
in making the world. He said, "My
Father worketh until now." He could
say that His Father makes the sun
rise and sends the rain on the evil
and the good alike, clothes the lily
and feeds the birds. God needs no
ongel to tell Him what Is going on
In tho "'orld. He knows our needs
before we ask and when we pray wo
do not have to invoko some anel
to carry the petition, but simply say
In sincerity: "Our Father." How
that changes the conception of re
ligion and our relation to God; how
It fills the world with tho presence of
tho Divine! Far be It from mo to
deny the possibility, or even the con
tinuous recurrence of the things we
call miraculous, but to anyone who
follows the teaching. of Jesus the
miracle loses Us unique character for
our religious thinking and life. I
brieve that Jesus turned the water
l::ta y, Ina (It was exceptional activity
of the Divine power), but I believe
thr.t when the vine blossoms in the
spring and matures Its fruit in tbo
fall, It Is Just as much tbe activity of
God as when Jesus performed the
inlra"le at Cana.
When Jesus teaches us to think of
Cod as Father, He calls attention,
flm. to tbe likeness between our
spirits and tbe Spirit of God, as there
is a likeness between father and son
In nature; and secondly, to tho love
that God, His Father, feels toward
men.
We are made "In the Image of
God," whatever that may mean, and
we certainly bear a spiritual likeness
to God. Love and reason and power
of will In us, though finite and small,
mean tbe same In us that they do In
Cod.
We could not understand Htm It
that were not true. In fact, only
human sin la tbe unlike thing to
God.
The sinless man Is the one that
roost clearly shows what God Is. Rev
elation between God and man must
be a process of man's comprehending
God and realising His purpose.
(Jilt
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOR OCTOBER 21.
Tho peculiar odor of clay Is un
questionably due to organic Ingredi
ents. Although these caunot be Iso
lated or detected by cheniical an
alysis, tbey can bo classified accord
ing to their pbysloleglcal effects,
which vary widely. Rohland bas suc
ceeded In transferring the odors of
clay to saccharate of Iron and has thus'
recogulzed .ten distinct varieties:
Louis bas wade similar observations,
employing ammonia aa a vehicle for
the oJors. ...
Subject: Paul a Prisoner Before
Festns and Agrippa, AcU 25:0.
12 Golden Text: 2 Tim. 1:12
Commit Verses 20, 27-20.
TIME. A. D. 60 or 61. ,
PLACE. Caesarea.
EXPOSITION. I. Not DIboImj.
client I'nto the Heavenly Vision, 10
23. Verse 19 contains the key to
Paul's life and successes. Christ
spoke, Paul hearkened and obeyed.
The heavenly vision, the call of
Christ, comes sooner or later to every
man. To hearken means blessing and
Joy and victory; to refuse to hearken
means wretchedness and ruin (cf.
Isa. 60:5). How Paul obeyed ap
pears In Gal. 1:16, 16. Heavenly vis
Ions are not to be trifled with, but
promptly, unquestlonlngly, exactly
obeyed. Paul began his testimony
right where he was. The apostles
were to begin In Jerusalem (Luke
24:47), where they were. Paul was
In Damascus, so he began right there.
Paul was to be a foreign missionary,
but be proved himself first on the
spot where he was converted. The
substnnce of Paul's message to Jew
and Gentile: "Repent and turn to
God nnd do works worthy of repent
ance" (comp. ch. 20:21). To repent
Is to radically change one's mind; to
change one's mind about God, about
sin, and especially about Christ; to
change from a mind that loves sin to
a mind that hates sin; from a mind
that spurns God to a mind that yields
Joyfully to God; from a mind that re
jects Christ to a mind that accepts
Him as Saviour and as Lord. To turn
to God is to turn our faces, which are
away from God In fear and dislike
and disobedience, unto- God in trust
and love and obedience. The "works
worthy of repentance" are the works
which He commands in His word
(see, e. g., Luke 3:8, 11-14; 19:8, 9;
Eph. 4:17-32). The turning to God
is the inevitable outcome of repent
ance, and "works worthy of repent
ance" are the fruit and proof of the
genuineness of the repentance and
turning to God. "For these causes
the Jews caught me In the temple,
and went about to kill me." That
was a strange cause to kill a man for,
but the heart of the Jew was "deceit
ful above all things and desperately
wicked" (Jer. 17:9). And the heart
of the Gentile to-day, of every one
out of Christ, Is Just like it (Rom. 8:
7). The man who preaches the plain,
unvarnished truth of God is bound to
suffer in this God, hating and truth
hating world (Jno. 15:19, 20; 2 Tim.
3:12). But we can stand It It Paul
did, and Jesus did; yes, and rejoice
In It, too (Matt. 5:11. 12; Acts 5:
41). There is a great utterance In
verse 22: "Having obtained the help
that is from God I stand.' Angry,
blood-seeking Jews against blm, a
loving, sustaining God for him. That
was Paul's position. So he stood. So
can -we. All we need is "the help
which Is from God," and that is at
our disposal (see also v. 16; ch. 14:
19, 20; 16:25, 26; 18:9, 10; Ps. 18:
47; 27:1-3; Ps. 124:1-3, 8; 2 Cor. 1:
'8-10; 2 Tim. 4:17, 18; Jno. 10:28,
29; Heb. 4:16). Paul was now
standing before a governor, a prin
cess and a king, but he never forgot
the little ones of earth. His testi
mony was to "small" as well as
"great." Many of us think the wash
er woman, the servant girl, the boot
black and the coal heaver beneath
our notice. Not so Paul.
II. Almost Persuuded, 24-29.
Festus was getting excited. The
Spirit of God was gripping his heart.
Festus was unwilling to yield, so he
called the preacher a crank. The devil
has cheated many a man out of eter
nal life in that way. He has also
cheated many 'a Christian out of a
larger life In tho same way. Wei
must expect to be called crazy. If we
get our message from God. That U
what they called Jesus (Jno. 8:48,
62). Note Paul's unfailing courtesy,
Many a man is loyal to tbe truth and
is called "mad" for It, and then goe
to scoring bis traducers. But In Paul
unflinching fidelity went hand In hand
with unfailing courtesy. Let us learn
a lesson. Paul now turns directly to
Agrippa with a tremendous, startling
and soul-awakening question: "Kina
Agrippa, bellevest thou the proJ
phets?" It was a maBter stroke. It
is a good question to put to the un
converted Jew to-day. It Is a good
question to put also to unconverted
Gentiles, and then show them how
wonderfully the prophecies have been '
fulfilled. The argument from prophecy
Is unanswerable. Many are trying to
break its force, but they have failed
utterly. They have succeeded In
turning the eyes of some foolish peo
pie from the contents of the pro
phecles to questions of authorship
but If any one will study the prophe
cies themselves. Instead of wasting
time In the endless jangle of vordi
about them, he will soon find that
God Is the real author, that the posi
tion ot the destructive critics cannot
be true, and that "Jesus Is the Christ,
the Son ot God." Agrlppa's answer
Is full of suggestion: "Almost thou
persuadest me to be a Christian."
While the Authorized Version Is not
a literal translation of the original.
It comes far nearer to being a literal
translation than the Revised Version.
The literal translation Is: "In a little
thou persuadest me to make a Chris
tlan." It Is said that Agrippa said
this In sarcasm. Perhaps so; but,
like many another, the attempted Jest
reveals the real state ot the heart.
Agrippa was deeply moved. He saw
the coat ot further consideration ol
tbe claims of Christ.
A Zero Courtsiitp.
The Practical Young Man t.zZ it:
Cirl from Boston bad known eacb
other tor nearly two weeks, and two
weeks Is a long time when there are
moonlight nights and a stretch ot
sheltered beach with an old wrecked
schooner snuggling down comfortably
In Its sandy grave. It seemed as
though they bad known each other
for years and years. The Practical
Young Man said so, and tbe Olrl from
Boston, knowing blm to be Practical,
agreed with blm.
One night, when a fleecy cloud
passed accommodatingly across tbe
moon, and tbe sheltered beach seemed
even more sholtered than usual, and
the old wreck was actually redolent
of romance Instead ot tar, on that
night tbe Practical Young Man so
far forgot himself as to ask the Girl
from Boston If he might kiss her.
The Girl from Boston shivered,
"Oh! sir," she cried, "I have nevet
been kissed In all my life."
"Tbat'a all right," said the Practi
cal Young Man. "Don't lot that worry
you. I suppose somebody ha got to
break the Ice." New York Times. .
ENDEAVOR NOTES
OCTOBER TWENTY-FOUR,
Topic-Why ,om. men and women
not succeed In life. j0.h v 7i
Mle habit. Prov. 10. 4. B."il;
' X a'thJ1e8sne. Matt, 25: i4.30
Injustice. Ps. i: 4-C; . A '
What Is success. Luke 12- 16'
. True success. 1 Tim. 6- 17.19
Lack of perseverance. Heb. i2: l4.
God did not lend His nower .
Moses or Paul, or any other Bihu h to
more fully than He is 1111,"'
It to me and to you (v 6 8 lenl
The success of others depends
us; in some measure, the iucWS
nil the world (v. 6). ",lcsi ot
The best, and really the m.
manual of success is the Bible $
If God is our ally, we rannnt J' '
our success, for we know that H
not fall (v. 9). He ca-
How to Succeed.
Success Is carrying out of plan.-.,.
they are worth carrying 0 it a '.f
do not plan, others plan foolishly?
neither class deserve success
Success Is to be measured 'bv
whole life The eleventh-hour worSr'
Is received, and may got a whole Sa
pay; but he does not do a whole day-!
work, or make a whole-day succe,.
Many fall in life because they hv.
not learned to do one tiling well ?
am willing to do anything" ig . T '
poor recommendation. 1
A man is sure to fall if he tries
succeed In his own strength. Ood E
the only success. uoa u
No one succeeds whose auccen
keeps others from succeeding
"Nothing succeeds like success'' t.
not true. There are many men whose
first success, being mere chancs 1.
never followed by a second
Half of success Is character R,
true, helpful, and humble, ani nn
will pusih you up.
No estimate ot success is oomplet.
that does not count in heaven
Good cheer la a mortgage on tuo
cess. A whlner seldom succeeds.
EFWORTH LEAGUE LESSOMS
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24.
A Lost Son and a Yearning Father
(Luke 15: 11-32).
The Theme and the Scripture.
Verses 11-19. The Lost Son. He
was a prodigal before he left home.
His heart was In the far country be
fore his body reached there. His sin
was In desiring to be his own master.
Prodigals are not always poor people.
Many of them are prosperous.
"Took his Journey." "Began to be
in want." The Insidious approach of
temptation, its imperceptive advances,
its gradual progress, Its prevailing
fascination, its pitiless power, its
heartless tryanny, and Its final hide
ous triumph over the moral sense are
here pictured. Some travel the road
more quickly than others, but all reach
the same disastrous destination. Tbe
way Is downward. The end Is far, not
measured in distance, but in affec
tions, far from father, far from home
restraint, far from good Influence.
"Joined himself to a citizen." "No
man gave to him." He traded freedom
with his father for . slavery to a
stranger. He would not live with his
father; now he is compelled to live
with swine.
"Came to himself." "Came to hia
father." He had gone far, but "the
Lord's hand is not shortened that it
cannot save." He. had gone low, but
"the Lord llfteth up the needy."
Sinning, sinking, suffering, yet self
was left to him, and that was bis
hope. A fool, a -spendthrift, a hog
tender, yet the germ-cell of character
was not destroyed. Thoughtlessness
took him away. Thoughtfulness must
bring him back.
Verses 20-24. The Yearning Father.
Sin travels far, but love Is farsighted.
The eyes of meroy are quicker than
the eyes of repentence.
PBOF1T IN CASTOR BEANS.
A Crop of Southern California Which
Yields $100 Per Acre.
A novel Industry, yet one which li
said, by Its owner to be very remuner
tlve'on small capital, has been quietly
carried on in Southern California for
some time bv an elderly German
rancher, who brought tho secret, If
secret It can be called, from Southern
Europe when he migrated westward
1 several years ago.
I Castor beans aro tho sole crop
j grown by this German, and for their
I growing he uses nothing hut hare,
I semi-arid valleys and gently eloping
hillsides, on which, owing to lacK i
water, nothing else will grow to gaod
advantage. He suppllea, ot course,
only a small part of the castor beans
in use in the world, but his is be
lieved to be the only ranch of Its kind
in California, if not in the United
States, much of the oil being pre
pared from the seeds of the wlw
shrubs, which grow In great profu
sion in some parts of America and
Mexico.
When tho beans wero sacked and
weighed, all the small ones having
been culled out In tbe winnowing pro
cess, Brass discovered that he had be
tween four and five tons of as fine
beans as could be produced In the
world. For those he received
cents per pound, almost $100 pef
nc for h!r flri acres.
The work done on the bean baa
been all his own, with the aid ot one
horse, and had been performed at
spare times from caring for a large
barley Held which he owned. The
beans were so much more profitable
than the barley that the thrifty Ger
man the next season set out flfteeo
more acres to the oil producing
shrubs. From these he has consist
ently, during the eight er nine year"
since that first -experiment, received
an Income averaging 1100 per acrs.
At times of great yield, apparently
when the castor bean producers ol
other parts of the world were unlosd
tng big stocks on the market, price
bave gone down, but Mr. Brass bas
never received less than three cents
per pound for bis beans, and during
one or two years the price went
high as sis cents. The demand for
the beans is always good, and Brass
believes that a field of lot) acres
would be more profitable tban 10
acres of alfalfa, one of the best par
ing crops of Southern California.
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