liny CJnixl Grain.
It Is bad io!lry to buy poor grain.
T.'so your own musty grain if neces
sary, scorching It In the oven to de
stroy the mold plant; but the best Is
the cheapest, when It comes to buy
ing. Corn tuarred In the oven Is both
good and wholesome for the fowls.
It is nil the better for a part of it to
heroine blackened and charred.
Wallace's Farmer. i
To Pet tho llorr.
A horse trainer snys that the aver
o:;'; person does not know how to pet
h hoite. He says they do not pet
them In the right plu-e. Hub his eye
lids or tip between the ears. In pet
tint; horses most people slight these
iiervo centres. They stroke the
burst's nose. While a well-behaved
horse will urc-pt the nasal caress
complacently. In1 would tnnch prefer
that nice, soothing touch applied to
be i-yellds. Kpltomlst.
C1'.m n lines Kor poultry.
If pnultrymen would worry less
nlKiui. vt -situation and jay more at
tention to cleanliness, there wmld be
lss lo.-f.s. Ventilation is needed,
Mid if the houses are built on the
t ciatchiiig-shed order all will be sup
plied that Is needed. Hut if t li tilth
Is allowed to accumulnt" In a hen
bouse, all thr v:;iti!d'ion that a
ficrmching-sned house can afford will
i!Ot. prevent tii1 eai ranee of disease.
'''"mora' Honi" Journal.
Fiviling Cattle,
llullitln 2-IJ. of the MichUnn Ex
periment Station, offers some exact
data upon the subject of feeding
whole grain to cows, heifers and
ealves. whole grain was fed
to cows, twenty-two per cent, was nn
innstleatfc! ; when fed to heifers, ten
per cent.; when fed to calves, eight
I er cent. Chemical analysis showed
no change in composition of the un
innsllc:ited parts, ho it Is a safe as
sumption that the animal derives no
benefit from grain that passes
through the digiatlve tract unal'"r,jd.
V).i'.oi:i;.-t.
Knrly Chit kens.
li.;;e!i all the chickens you can dur
ing January and February. They
;row faster and make larger, finer
thickens than those hatched later.
It I; surprising how much cold
young chicks can stand if they are
Jtept In a dry coop or house.
The best house tho writer has
found to raise them in is one boarded
up on all sldert etcept the front, which
laces the south and Is covered with
wire netting. This lets the sun shine
In all day and keeps out the north
and east winds. The dirt floor is kept
covered with straw or leaves.
When the ground Is dry the hen
and chicks are turned out in the yard.
Bnt If the ground Is ,damp and cold
the chickens are kept in the house
ten days or two wetki.
Cottonseed Meal For Hens.
Dairymen all over the country are
beginning to find out the great value
of linseed meal and cottonseed meal
ns dairy feeJs for th production of
milk, and it hns berm found equally
as good for laying hens. Cottonseed
meal contains ."0.9 per cen . protein,
while corn contains only 7.1 psr cent,
of prottin. Also, compared v.i'h the
present prices of other feed?, cotton
seed r.xal li u'out as chea.i ns wheat
bran or r:ir:i:neal, niacin-; It a very
economical feci, co.n;;:i;-cl t Its
rlcbnsrs ml pow.-r to make cows and
hens pvouuc , rays Journal of. Agri
culture. No vei rich or heavy feed thould
be given lis an exclusive ratio:), hence
cottonseed meal i-honM not b"! ft.d
alone, but In connrrctlon with green
feeds and othrr light feeds. When It
is give:i ti laying h-ns it should be
mixed with co:-nni"al or wheat bran
and fed as a stiff masli, followed with
Brass range In summer and green
roots and vegetables l-i wiutr r. Cot
tonseed meal is now sold on almost
all ff-ed supply markets at from $1.25
to $1.50 per 100-pound bags, and it
ih" amount of bran and add cracked
rorn to the ration. A ration of four
parts oals, one part bran and one part
orn should prove satisfactory.
While the grain ration Is Important
in feeding colts, attention rhould als )
lie given to the roughage. This may
consist of mixed hay, bright clover
free from dust and mold, oat straw
and corn stover. Sheaf oats, either
cut or whole, are very desirable for
colts. The roughage should be fed
liberally, hut the colts should not be
allowed to eat all they will eat, as
such will work injury on the dlgesilwt
system. Although tho feed and water
are all f m I ortant In growing colls, it
must, be remembered that tlusj
youngsters need abundant exercise In
the open field whcM sunlight is plen
tiful. Feed as neav as you can a bal
anced ration consisting of a variety of
fee-Is, using oats, bran, a little coin
In the winter and roots, If you havo
them.
I pref T clover hay, If cut early
and clean, with some timothy and
corn fodder, and always a place where
they can get exerclst. If fed all they
can clean up and digest well they will
always be ready for the market.
If not sold when three years old
they tdiould be broken to drive, and
put tho draft, colts at light farm work
and they will pay for tho keeping for
the next year. Then they should be
fed for the market, and that means
they should have about 2o) pounds
more flesh than they usually have In
the average farmer's rare. Then they
will bring from $25 to $50 more per
head than If sold while still thin.
In fact, there is no better business
for a stock feeder or farmer than to
feed draft horses for the market, as
a good, growthy young draft hois.',
If properly fed, will put on flesh at
the rate of 100 pounds per month for
two or three months. When they are
put up for feeding give them light
rations on the start, and gradually In
crease the ration until they get all
they will eat and properly digest.
.1. P. Fletcher, in the American Culti
vator. 1
Poultry as Food,
On the farm it Is not always tne !
rase than the proper value is attached
to poultry and poultry products which .
are consumed as food, but this will
be found well worthy of considera
tion. Nearly every farmer raises or en
deavors to raise, his own beef and
pork, and many market a neat sur
plus over the home needs. Roasts or
cuts of either beef or pork are seldom
missing from the thrifty farmer's
table, at the noonday meal especially, '
with the preference usually In favor
of pork.
It is just as easy and cheaper j
for the farmer to have roast duck on I
his table as roast pork. The duck I
will not cost as much In proportion
to the food consumed as the pork,
while four pouuds of the former can ',
be put on the table eight weeks from
tho time the bird Is hatched. I
For instance, say that 100 ducks
are raised cn a farm during the year, i
Practically, this means that roast
duck may he had twice a week all the i
year round, and the hatching can be ;
regulated so that the birds will al
ways be tender and palatable, and
there will be no necessity for smgk
Ing, packing or pickling the meat In i
order to retain its value as food. The 1
same kind of food, usually, that tho
hog eats can be consumed by tho i
du-k, und the latter requires but ;
little more attention than the former.
When marketing time comes the 1
farmer can dispose of tho fowls that
promise the most profit from tho !
dealers, and keep the others for food
at home. j
Tho duck Is mentioned In this ar- '
gument simply a3 an Illustration of ,
the food value of poultry, even If none :
is raised for the market. To b sure, I
roast duck, twice every week of the
year might, In time, prove monot
onous, but other poultry may be sub
stituted and the forcu of the com
parison still remains.
The foregoing takes no account nf I
the eggs produced on the farm, which '
THE PULPIT.
A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY
DR. J. M. HUBBERT
THE CRUSADE AGAINST DRINK
PP.OGKFSS MADK 15V CIIAMPIOX3
I UiHTI.VO THE HUM DF.MON.
Therm
Life Here ami Hereafter,
passing
is one of the best feeds that can be are conceded to bo well-nigh In-
dispensable. They are used in the
preparation of many dishes, and oc
cupy positions of such prominence In
used for a variety of farm animals.
Mufce P.utter People Want.
Cojd butter should be composed nearly every meal that the farmer'
of the following points: wife would Indeed be handicapped
Flavor, forty-five points; grain, , without their aid.
twenty-five points; color, fifteen Hut ou many farms the fowls are
points; Fait, ten points; package, five classed ns Interlopers, their scanty
P"1"1"' I rations being grudgingly furnished,
'ol1 w"1 notice that flavor gets . while the herd of swine dines to ro-fortj-f,ve
i tints, being marly half the. pletion on the best the farm affords,
100 points. We want our butter to ( that great weight may be attained'
have a swe?t flavor; that makes us before slaughtering time,
want t eat butter and bread Instead' In estimating the profit from the
of breal and buttar. homo flock of fowls the farmer seldom
Perfect grain gMs twenty-five Elves the poultry and eggs consumed
po.nts. It should have a waxy soft- by the family a value tqual to that
ness, yet rot salvy or greasy. It which would be reckoned If such
must be solid In body and have no ex- things had to be purchased. Farm
cess of casein or water. I era' Union Qulde.
The color should be uniform and
bright, not too pale, yet not too high- , """"
ly colored, while the salt should ba T Aernrof'
evenly distributed and thoroughly dla- -Among the scientific toys at the
solved. Paris Exposition wai an instrument
The package should be neat and , nilmBl the "aerosrope." It consisted
clean, using, a good grade of paper!0' a wooden paddle about six and a
tor wrapping. na" ,8et long and three Inches broad.
If making for epcclal customers, I hltened with chalk, and turning
enJeavor to suit their tattt In every , ut middle at the rate of 1500
particular. turn minute. When In motion
ThU Is Important, for while one th mv,dl9 resembled a thin, circular
cuaocier likes a full-flavored butter, 1 reea through which objects could
another likes a mild one. i be eea- At a distance of nearly four
One likes the butter pale; another ffet behIu(1 tD whirling paddle and
Mghly colored; one likes a very little, Pars11' plane of rotation was
salt, another quite a Quantity. fl,e,J Mac icreen. The apparatus
It la by catering to these itkea and l,eln Pled In dark chamber, a
dislikes that our butter will be In brtllll,t photographic Image nl 0me
demand and we shall rt-eow. a good "-oCl wa projected upon the mov
price for it. Belle Miller, Ontario.
Feeding the Colt.
Colts, like all other young aolmala,
ing paddle, and immediately- the
Image seemed to stand forth with all
the solidity of a real object. The
perspective was supplied by the re
cannot be fed by anv hard-fatt set of flcUon of tna ,m8 'rom the black
rules. To successfully feed colts re-iacren hlai as well as from the
Udlres good Judgment, patleuce and ,9mllra,-irent screen formed by
close observation. i ib rotatlnig paddle.
Colts at weaning time require lib
eral feeding at frequent intervals.
Oals are the most desirable grain
One Mii.li Unfulfilled.
V Ife "You promised that If
for them; in addition to this cracked v.'ould marry you my every wish would
corn may be nsed. A fair allowance te gratified."
of ate and bran (equal perfs) for! Husband- "Well, Isn't It?"
olt five months old would be two1 Wife "No; I wish I hadn't mar
( four pounds. It would pay to cutirled you."' Illustrated Bits.
Brooklyn, X. Y. Snrd.iv the Ilv.
Dr. .T. :U. Hnbbprt. of Phllad-lnhla.
prenciicd In the Central Preslnterlan
Chnrrli. Him tmbject war; "I.Ife Hero
and Hereafter." Tho ter( was from
Phlllnpians 1 : 22-24 : "What. 1 Khali
choose I wot not. For I am in a
strait betwixt two. havitr n desire to
depart, nnd to bo with Christ, which
Is fir better; nevertheless, to abldn
In the flesh Is more needful for von."
Dr. Hubbert saldr
The words of the text remind ns of
pood Isaac Watts, who said: "Thank
(iod, I ran lie down at nl?ht with no
concern whether I wake In this world
or tlio next." Rome ppopln are world
ly, chfeflv concerned for things here
below. Pnnie tire ot her-worldlv. hav
ing thoughts and nffectlons set on
thlnes phovp; nnd such a man was
Paul. This thinking about the future
Is bv s unn eallvrl "impracticable star
gazing." nut Dr. Samuel Johnson
correctly remarked, that "those who
think most about tho next 111 are the
pro'ie who boat perform the duties
of this life."
First of all. th- text spcilr, of our
mrality. Tn saying he hns a dedre to
"d"!-nrt," Paul is not thinking of go
ing from one place to anoth: on the
tarth. bnt of going back to mother
rnrth--"earlh to earth, dus, to dint,
B!:c3 to nshes." Tills la th- ivav we
must all g.- very soon. Kim: Philip
of .'fa-rdo.i had a servant v ho--' dutv
It wr.s to wake the KnE! ,e,r', i.r.rning
by Faying. "Phllin, remember thou
tire mortal." Surely, we need no such
reminder. We have enon;h all
around us to Impress ns that "all
flesh Is as grass." Passing through a
Ftrert of a very healthful mountain
town, and seeing a man with a hoso
washing mud from tho wheels of a
liearre, I said. "Do you use such
things up here?" "Oh, yes," said he,
"wo carried out three yesterday."
And that is .iust what Is going on
everywhere. The cemeteries are fast
receiving tho teeming populations of
cities, towr.s, villages and country
places. Well may It be said:
"Dea'h floats upon every
breeze.
And lurks In every (lower;
Each sea -on has Its own disease,
Its peril every hour."
Acaln, the text speaks of our Im
mortality. Paul has a denlre to de
part, "and to be." He has no thought '
of ceasing to be, when death comes. '
Death dots not end all. When tho
?arthly tent is taken down, its oc- :
run.T.t will still exist as a conscious,
thlnltlnr, nlert being. The body is
sorrut.tiblr, It perishea, it dissolves;
but there Is that within the body :
which Is Incorruptible, imperishable i
end indissoluble; that which no
fioods can drown, no waters can
quench, no fires consume; which is ;
destined to outlive mountains, firma
ments, suns and stars. A prominent
city social club has for Its motto:
"While we live, we live In clover; ;
When wo die, we din all over."
Oh, no, we shall none of ub die "all
over." We die in part only. And i
even though the body only is to die, !
even It is to be raised again, and by i
snd by soul and bodv shall be re- i
foined, nnd then man in his complete 1
personality shall live on and forever.
"Have you heard, have vou heard of
that Bun-bright, clime, j
. mlimnied by sorrow, unhurt by time,
.mem ago! nacn no power o'er the
fadeless frame.
Where the eye Is fire and the heart i
is f'amo?
Have you heard, have you heard of '
that sun-bright clime?"
Further, tho text speaks of our ;
thief felicity hereafter. Paul's desire !
i 10 aepart, ana to bs "with Christ "
The Bible eives different conceptions
(if Heaven, such .13 a place of rest
from toil, release from persecutions,
freedom from sin M( reunion with
friends. P,ut Paul s favorite Idea of
It is as a placn or companionship with
Jesus. True, Chrl: t. la with His disci
ples hero nnd now, by His Spirit, but
In the hereafter they are to see Him
In His glorified humanity. Just as He
was seen after His resurrection and
when He went up front the slopes of
Mount Olivet. Wo say "no home
without a mother," and what a
mother is to a home, nnd infinitely
more, is Christ to His redeemed ones
In Heaven.
"When death these mortal eyes shall
seal,
And still this throbbing heart,
The rending vt-ll shall Thee reveal.
jin-siorious, ai Thou art."
Next, the text speaks of the im
tnodiateuess cf this heavenly felicity
after death. Paul s expectation is to"
depart, and then at once to be with
Christ. Tho language will admit of
no other Interpretation. He gives
no Intimation of a midway station, a
halfway house, between tho deathbed
and Heaven. Some peoplo carry very
vr.sue notions of what is called the
intermediate state." As there is an
intermediate tlmo. between the body's
death and its resurrection, so there is
nn intormedlate degree of blessedness
for Christ's saints, who are not to
receive their full and final recompense
of reward until after the general
Judgment; but there is no Elooray
abode for tho righteous, after this
death, where they wait to see Christ.
-lo-day thou shalt be with Me In
paradise," wcro Jesus' words to the
dylnn thltf, and such Is the glorious
privilege nwalting every saint that
passes down Into the valley of the
shaJow of death.
Or.ce more, tho text speaks of a
cerlaln halting at the very threshold
r.f Heaven. Paul is In a quandary,
saylns ho knows not which to choose.
Or. Muhlonburg. who wrote the
nymn, "I Would Not Live Alway "
said long afterward that the hymn
Aid not properly represent tho beat
fueling of the human heart, and that
he would be glad to live on in order
to save sinners uud do the Master's
work.
There aro many of God's servants
who linvo this samo spirit. They are
not "at rase In Zlon." and cannot rest
from toil and giving alms, becaune
they bco tho harvest Is great and the
laborer a no tow. The Master has for
all sucii a cluilous recompense of
rtwnrd.
Finally, the text has a tone of as
sirauco which should be noted.
I aul'o poaltivo conviction as to im
mortality nud Ms relation to (Jod, lies
utUcca tho Hues here and Is ver
manifest. Others may speak of death
aj h "leap In tho dark," but for him II
1- a nisht iuto the light. Others may
apeak of it as "going into the great
perhaps." but be has no doubts or
questionings as to the blessed destiny
ahead tit him.
Vn speak of tlio "rational and
Scriptural evidences" for Immortaltti
find rnnvarifnn Th.
. - - us uiu. aiisiac i
lory evidences any man can have arc '
inui mm every ou may rave in nil
,ou heart ot hearu.
"Yes, Pm Guilty."
"Flu inulty. my lord," the prisoner said.
As he wiped In even nnd hewed li in beau,
"lluillv of nil tin? crimen you inline;
I Jilt this yore bid in nut tii hlnine.
'Twii.i I n.rne who mined the row.
And, mv lord, if you please I'll tell yer
hurt'.
You ee. tliis bey in pnle unci nlnn;
YV call liim Saint his name in Tim
He's like n prencher in bin wnyn -lle
never drinks, or nwearn, or plnyn.
Why, fir. ninny nnd ninny n niulit,'
When drub was scarce nnd I was tijilit,
Nn fond, no tiro, no light to nee.
When home wnn hell, if hell there be,
I've Ken that boy in dnrknc-ui kneel.
Anil in. iv nuch word an cut like ntecl;
Which Kutnehnw warmed nnd lit the room,
And ni'cuii'd to rhnxe nwny the (doom.
Smile if you must, but fm-tn arc fnctn,
And deeds nre decdn, and nets nre nets;
And though I'm black an sin can be.
II in prayer linvo done n heap for nie,
Anil make me think that tod, perhaps.
Sent 1 1 1 1 ii on earth to nave un ctinim.
liiin limn wiint nquenlcd and pulled us in,
He fcecpn n place called Fiddler's Inn.
Where liikct, nnd snnle-i. nnd law-lens
neampn
Connive and plot with thieves nnd tramps.
Well. Tim and me, we didn't know
lut what to do or where to go,
And no we stayed with him last, night;
nd this in hmv we hail the tight:
They wnutel Tim to take a drink.
Hut he refused, nn you mav think.
'Drink! Drink!' they cried, 'thin fonming
beer,
'Twill make you strong nnd cive you cheer.'
Then Tim knelt down beside his chair.
And offered up bin little pruvcr:
'Help me, dear Lord,' the child began.
As down bis cheeks the big tears ran,
'To keep the pledge 1 gave to Yon.
And make me strong, and good, nnd true.
I've done my best to do what's right.
Hut. oh, Fin sad nnd weak to night.'
jlJet up. you brat, don't pray round here,"
I'hn landlord yelled with rage and fear,
Then, like n brute, he hit Hie lad,
Which mad my blood just bilin' mad,
I guess I nni-t have hurt his head.
I struck so hard for the man's dead.
No, he hain't no folks nor friends but mo;
His dad was killed in sixtv-tlirce.
Shot at the front . where bursting shell
And camion sang their solig of hell.
And bullets hissed with fierv breath.
As brave men fell tn the tune of their
death.
I promised his father before he died.
As tlio life-blood rushed from his wounded
side.
I promised him. sir, nnd it gave him joy,
Tlint I'd protect liis little boy.
I sinudv did what his lather would.
And helped the weak, ns all men should.
Yes, 1 knocked him down and blacked his
eye,
nd used him rough, I'll not deny;
lint think, mv lord, n chan like him
Striking the likes of little Tim.
If I ilid wrong, send me below,
Put spare the son of comrade .Toe.
You forgive him; and me! Ob. no!
A fact? (Jod bless you! Come, Tim,
let's go!"
Most Striking Argument.
One of the most striking arguments
for temperance reform, says Mr. L. A.
Hrady, Is to bo found In certain cold,
dispassionate statistics Issued by the
United States Census liureau. These
figures show that Intemperance, as
either a direct or a contributing
cause, was responsible for more than
19 per cent. practically one-fifth
of all the divorces granted in the
United States during the twenty years
between 1887 and 1906 inclusive.
Since at tho present rate at least
every twelfth marriage ends In di
vorce, we get a proportion of one
home in every sixty-one wrecked by
drink. Moreover, the census author.
Ities themselves, according to Mr.
Brady, admit that these figures rep
resent only tho most flagrant and pal
pablo Instances of the part which In
temperance plays In divorce, and that
greater percentages than those ac
tually given would be nearer tho
truth. The detailed figures as set
forth In the census bulletin are as
follows:
"Drunkenness was the Bole cause
of divorce In 36,516 cases, or 3.9 per
cent, of the total number of divorces
( 1887 to 1906). It was a cause In
combination with some other cause
In 17,765 cases, or 1.9 per cent, of
the total number. Therefore, It was
a direct cause, either alone or In com
bination with other causes. In 5 4,
2S1 cases, or 5.7 per cent, of the
total. Of divorces granted to the
wife tho percentage for drunkenness
either alone or In combination with
other causes was 7.9; of those grant
ed to the husband, the corresponding
percentage, 1.4.
"The attempt was made to ascer
tain also the number of cases In
which drunkenness or Intemperance,
although not a direct ground for the
divorce, was an Indirect or contribu
tory cause. The number of such cases
was returned aa 130,287, represent
ing 13.8 per cent, of the total num
ber of divorces. Probably this num.
her Includes those cases In which the
fact of Intemperance was alleged in
tbe. bill of complaint or established
by the evidence, although not speci
fied among the grounds for which the
dlvoiio was granted."
Ilegun Too Imtc.
Much temperance instruction
brings small results bocaus: It is be
gun too late. Temptation or exam
ple exert their influence early In the
lives of thousands. An inquiry by a
physician in one of the larger Amor
lean hospitals as to the age when tho
use of drink was begun by alcoholic
patients, showed that In 273 cases
investigated, nearly ono-thi.'d (thirty
per cent.) began to drink before six
teen years of age, and over two-thirds
(slxty-olght per cent.) began bofore
twenty-ono years of age. If thes stn
tiatlcs are representative, they indi
cate clearly that ttmperance training
to be elfectlv must Im begun early
and cairled on thoroughly nnd sys
tematically through childhood and
youth with devotion to th i highest
conception of human life and patriotic
duty.
Temporanre
'duration
Work.
a Hopeful
The nations of to-.:.orrow are al
ready here. With us of to-day rests
the responsibility for determining
what shall bo the future progress of
theso nations by ihu training or the
Regis-it of their millions of children
that at this moment nre in the. home
or tn the school toom. Temperance
education of youth cannot do all In
solving the alcohol piol letn, but the
problem cannot be soived without
that di. cation.
A l-'ino V. M. C. A. HiilMing.
One i't the Intercstlun develop
ments since tho Sinto Prjhlbltlon law
was passed, is the successful cam
pniju which has resulted In raising a
$100,000 fund !: Nashville for tno
erection of a fine Y. M. C. A. build
in More than 4000 poplo contri
buted to the fund tor this splendid
enterprise.
Io Vermont, where seteo years ajro
the Anil-Saloon Leaquo united with
the liquor dealers to substitute local
option for R'nte pm ibition, the
spring elections reiulted In a galu of
cue tovii for the license column.
-qrii
IXTEHXATIONAL LKSSOIV COM.
MKXT8 I'OU OCTOHEIt 31
CRRISTUH ENDEAVOR HB1B
1'OU ASK ME.
You ssk me how I gave my heart to Christ!
I do not know.
There came a yearning for Him in my soul
I found earth s flowers would fade and
die
I wept tor something that could sntinfy;
And then and then somehow I seemed
to dare
To lift my broken henrt to Him in prnyer.
I do not know I cannot tell you how;
1 only know He in my Saviour now.
You nsk me when I gave my heart to
Christ
I ennnot tell.
The day, or just the hour, I do not now
remember well.
It must have been when I wnn nil nlone
1'he light of Hin forgiving Spirit shone
Into my heart, no clouded o'er with sin;
I think I think 'twas then I let J 1 im in.
I do not know I cannot tell vou when;
I only know lie in to dear since then.
Ycu nk me where 1 cave my heart to
Christ?
I. ennnot nay.
That sacicii place lias faded from my sight
as yesterday. .
Perhaps lie thought it better 1 should not
Penieiiilici- where. How- 1 nliould love that
spot!
I think l could not tear mvself nwnv.
J-or I should wish forever there to stay,
1 do not know I cannot tell you where:
1 only knuw He cuine nnd blessed me there.
You nsk me w hy I gave my heart to Christ?
I can reply:
H is a wondrous story; listen while I tell
you why.
My heart was drawn, nt length, to seek
ills face;
T was alone, 1 had no resting place;
I heard how lie had hived nie with n love
'eiitii no great of height so far nbove
All human l en; 1 longedsuch love to share,
And sought, it then, upon my kucea in
prnyer.
You ask mo why I thought this loving
Christ
Would heed my prayer?
I knew lie diiil upon the cross for me
I railed Kim there.
I heard His dying cry, "Father, forgive!"
1 saw Ilim drain death's cup that 1 might
live;
My head wns bowed upon my breast in
shame!
He called me ar.d ill penitence I came.
He heard my prnyer! 1 cannot toll ycu
linu
Nor when, ncr where; only I love Ilim
now.
Self-Pity.
One of tho most hurtful moods that
we can fall Into is that of Belf-plty.
It Is a babyish, peevish spirit that will
weaken us to such an extent that we
shall actually become useless for God
and shall either dlo spiritually or
have to be petted and carried around
like a baby, even though largo and
full-grown in stature. God has no
pets In His family, except those whe
are young in grace and need to be
carried along until they have become
Btrong enough to walk and do for
themselves.
Self-pity Is, wo can consistently
say. a well-advanced degree of back
sliding. It comes along with discour
agement, which is but one step from
giving up and falling from grace. As
soon as we feel inclined to self-pity,
we should take a strong stand against
it, calling on God for help to over
come the temptation. The more we
yield to such a feeling, the more It
grows upon us, until we become like
a spoiled child and forget all tho
blessings that God hns given us, be
cause He has not given us more. A
person In this condition becomes dis
agreable to all around him; and in
stead of being a blessing to any ona
and of helping to lift up the weak, he
himself wants all the blessings and is
a dead weight to those around him.
We are disposed to pity 3elf when
in trial to think that we are having
a harder time than any one else In
the world. If we would but look
around and try to help some one, we
should see that our troubles are de
sirable in comparison with those of
some poor souls, and would not ex
change places with thorn for anything.
We cannot exercise faith in such a
condition of self-pity; and If we do
not soon get out of this condition we
become an easy victim to almost any
kind of evil spirit. Peter thought
Jesus ought to pity Himself when he
learned that Jesus' must go up to
Jerusalem and suffer (Matt. 16:22,
margin) ; but Jesus rebuked that feel
ing and let Peter know that Ho
(Jesus) would not be so weak and
faltering as to yield to the discourag
ing feeling and give way to His hu
manity, when it was the will of God
that He should suffer.
Self needs no pity of this kind.
That which God gives is the right
kind. It will come when needed and
will do us good. Self-pity is down
right selfishness. .1. W. B., in Gos
pel Trumpet.
Limiting Our Spiritual Resources.
God is limited. In His gifts to uo.
by our gifts to Him. The only man
to whom God can give all that He has
Is the man who has given to God all
that be has. In other words a man's
partial surrender of himself to God
means that he will receive from God
only part of the power that God would
like to send him. Limited surrender
means limited power. Every time
we hold back something that we
ought to give up, we defraud our
selves of part of the power with
which God is longing to enrich our
lives. The impatient word, tbe wrong
thought which we hold on to when
we know that God BBks us to give
them up, rob us by Just so much of
the power that He is trying to place
at our disposal. The price ot unlim
ited power Is unconditional surrender.
Subject: Pntil n PrisonerThe Voy.
nge, Acts 27:1-20 Golden Text,
ls. 37:3 Commit Verses 22-24
Commentary on the Lesson.
TIME. A. D. 60. 61.
PLACE. On the Mediterranean.
EXPOSITION I. Paul Tempest
Tossed, 13-19. Gentle breezes and
tempestuous winds alike await the
faithful servant of God (vs. 13, 14),
but both come from the same hand,
our Father's hand. It is He who
commandeth and ralseth the stormy
wind (Ps. 107:25). He maketh
winds His messenger (Ps. 104:4, R.
V.). Doth the balmy south wind and
the fierce Euroclydon furthered Paul
on hlB course toward the Imperial
city, where he was to give his testi
mony for his Master and toward the
New Jerusalem. The gentle breezes
from the south are more pleasant but
not more wholesome and useful than
the wild, howling northern gale. We
may all well thank God for that tem
pest, for to It we owe the precious les.
sons of this chapter. If it should
ever be ours to face the terrors of a
cyclone, let us not forget from whom
It comes and whose loving purposes it
, carries out. it was probably hard
' for Paul during that fourteen days'
I storm to discern the wise and gentle
hand of God in it, but it was there,
j and we can see It now. It is interest
ing to note how, as the tempest over
, took God's faithless servant Jonah
(Jonah 1:4), so also the tempest
I overtook His faithful servant Paul.
1 They were both sailing the same sea,
, but one toward the duty to which
i God appointed him; the other away
j from the duty to which God appoint
ed him. God's most faithful servants
; will not always find smooth Balling.
; The child of God may always have
; peace within (Phil. 4:6, 7; Is. 26:3;
Jno. 16:33), but he will not always
have peace without. That one who is
; being fiercely tempest-tossed (v. 18)
does not prove at all that God has
, ceased to look upon him with favor.
Paul was never nearer to God than at
this moment, when he was being
tossed pitilessly about by the raging
Mediterranean, and perhaps undergo
ing the throes of seasickness. Never
was Paul more faithful. Oftentimes
the best thing for us to do when thus
tempest-tossed is "to lighten the
ship" (v. 18). Many of us are car-
! ryint; too much cargo for such a
j stormy voyage as this world presents,
nnd the tempest is God's call to un-
load (Heb. 12:1; Phil. 3:7, 8; Matt.
16:26).
If. "lie of Good Cheer, For I lie
lieve God," 20-20. It was very nat
j ural when neither sun nor stars shone
upon them for many days and no
small tempest lay upon them, that all
hope that theyshould besaved should
be taken away, but It was entirely
I unnecessary. God is able to save in
. the darkness as well as In the sun
shine and in the tempest as well as
in tne calm. There was at least one
j man on that boat whose hope was
I not gone, for God had said to him,
i "Thou must bear witness at Rome
I also" (ch. 23:11), and he knew that
through storm or through sunshine
: God would somehow get him to Rome
' to give his testimony. Those were
I manly words of Paul In verse 21. It
j was not a mere taunt, "I told you
i so," but simply a deft reference to
l the Judiciousness of his former ad
j vice that he might gain the more re
I spectful hearing for his present
j words. The darker and stormier the
! night the likelier are the angels of
God to appear if we are indeed Ills
(v. 23; cf. ch. 18:9 and 23:11).
i Sometimes they stand beside us and
' we do not see them, we are so taken
: up with the darkness and the howling
of the storm. Paul's short descrip
) tion of his relation to God (v. 23) Is
full or meaning. It is a great thing
to look up to the Infinite God and
say, "I am His;" to say It Intelligent
ly and with a deep realization of its
meaning. It gives a blessed solem
nity to our entire life. It also gives a
sense of security. God can take care
of His own property (Jno. 10:28,
29). Paul did not stop with saying.
OCTOBER THIRTY-ONE.
Topic-Heroes of miTslon. In ,t
''anas. Isn. 32; 1.4 1r ""
The Cod of tho isles. Ps !flf
The waiting Isles. U :.'1:'
The kingdom enlarged. k,
i..i. 'I,r'. Acts i;j. 4V,'
Harbar an Wlmtno.. . ' '2.
Ma.
Isa. 51; I d
Puul on Cyprus.
It Is impossible for s tn ? I8'
stand how grateful Is the coof.k"?61
of a great rock In the hot 1-? . ba(lof
East Such IsChr o l'th.
Onen8,1,1013 f th' r
One of the greatest Joys of pk ,'
reign In the life U tl ? xZ3rh''
all the senses. We s em tlon 01
hear and feel for the first t mn? m
The most striking t v e, v'
wrought by Chrlntlanliv K
is tho coming of im ! ""
n,r
Some Island Heroes.
W Illinois, the
Islands
.Tnh n
was sent to th T'?1. I""eer.
1S1U. He said. "I ,, , It
self within a .ii ... . """ni my-
would innniS.-nt
was while try ng to plant tho 1
J" the New HrUUrZV'Z
killed by the natives, who a
him for a cruel trader! k
cross, carglll, Hunt ami c....
. v.uiteri,
me cannlhni
WcHleyan nloneprs tn
i,.,V . vts ln tllp r hands
th WI?1Bhi 8UCh n trillm"h that S
those islands nre beautiful, civilized
Cnrlstlan communities zea'
Samuel
Marsden. with cmi
courage, went In 1SH to New Zealand
to live among the savage cannibal
Moarl, and remained there thro ,
a long life, working among them
wonders of peace , ,m.Uv K'eaI
Patterson the noblc-h-nrUd bishop
of Melanesia, was murdered bv the
?hni S.me. t,;H,,"ls h!ld tainted
their ship In Imitation of hi, and
through the trick had stolen sora
natives into slavery, so that when
tho good bishop came he was tirs
taken for those traders.
Tho story of John G. Paton's perils
nnd trials In the fierce New Hebr'des
as he tells it In his famous autlblogra
Phy, is perhaps the most thrilling in
missionary annals. He endured It all
with glorious hardihood, and lived to
a good old age in his work.
James Chalmers, called by Robert
Iiouls Stevenson "The Great-Heart of
New Guinea," lubored In that terrible
sland for years, assailed bv canni
bals and poisoners, and at last was
murdered by a tribe which he wa
newly approaching with the gospel.
Lyman and Munson went In isrJ4 to
the East Indies, and were murdered
almost Immediately by the Sumatrans,
being only thirty and twenty-four
years old.
EPWDRTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31.
Poor Rich and Rich Poor (Luke 16:
19-31).
In this -story there is nothing sail
agalnBt riches as suoh, nor iu behalf
of poverty as such. There Is no vir
tue nor disgrace in riches. There is
no virtue nor disgrace In poverty.
Dives met his fate in Hades, not be
cause he was rich for Abraham had
been rich, yet he was In paradise but
because he made riches his highest
good. His riches were his all la all,
and when he loBt them he lost every
thing. He was not asked to renounce
his riches; but there daily at his gate
lay Lazarus, a living opportunity for
him to use his abundant resources for
the relief nf nain. huncer and misery.
But he refused, or was Indifferent. It
was this indifference to suffering hu
manity which brought him to remorse
and torment.
Nothing is said as to how he got
'Whose I am," but went on to add, ) his riches; but he did not put them
The Reign of God.
Tho reign ot God begins ln the hu
man heart by unselfishness, honesty
and a hearty support of every enter
prise that has for its end the better
ment of social, economic and religious
conditions. Rev. G. W. Grlnton,
Newburgb, N. V.
Graces of Temper.
To bear evils with patience ex
tracts from them their - sharpest
thorns and gathers from them tbe
sweetest graces of temper. Rev. J.
II. Rentensnyder.
"Whom also I serve." Many say they
are His, hut do not prove it by serv
ice. Paul loved to think and sneak
of himself as the "servant of God"
(Rom. 1:9; 2 Tim. 1:3; Tit. 1:1).
It Is a position of great dignity anj
also of great security (Dan. 3:17.
2 6, 2S; 6:16-20) and blessedness and
reward (Jno. 12:26). Much that is
called serving God is really Bervlng
self. But Paul's whole life was ser
vice rendered to God. "Fear not."
that is what God's messengers are al
ways saying. Take up your concord
ance and look up the occasions upon
which God says to His servants,
"Fear not," "Be not afraid," and sim
ilar words. There may be fourteen
days' continuous storms and no sun
or stars appear, but God still says,
"Fear not." God reveals His plan to
Paul, "Thou must stand before Cae
sar." Well, then all the Eurocly
dons that ever struck the sea cannot
founder the ship on which Paul sails
until he Is near enough the land to
swim ashore. His enemies thought
that Paul must stand before Caesar
because be was malefactor; the real
reason was that God had a testimony
to be given there (cf. ch. 9:15). Paul
had built better than he knew when
he appealed to Caesar. It Is a great
thing to have a godly man ln tbe ship
in a sto-m (v. 24). It is a great
thing to have a godly man ln the
home or the church or the commu
nity. Mark welt Paul's closing words
lu verse 25.
J The energy stored up In ordinary
natter on tbe elestron theory Is euor
luous. Assuming that each atom ot
hydrosou contained only one cor
puscle and the probable number is
eeveral hundred then one grain of
lit would contain as much euergy as
that produced by burning Ave tyus of
coal. And all ordinary matter con
tains this vast store of energy kept
Vast bound by the corpuscles. If any
appreciable fraction of this were at
any time to escape it is pointed out
lhat the earth would explode and be
come caseous nebula.
IDEAS OF A GIRL.
I would take a trip over to Asia
and see the Himalaya Mountains, the
highest in the world, it I had 11,000,.
000.
. I then would like to Join a club,
and have a pony and cart, which 1
could use in going to the club.
would have to buy food for the pony.
I would have a house with about
ten rooms In It. and have it all fur
nished, and all the nice clothes
wanted.
I then would want to see Pike's
Peak and the Garden of the Gods and
Great Salt Lake and learn how to
swim. They say you can not drown
In Great Salt Lake. I would go South
and see them bow they pick the seeds
out of cotton. I would give the rest
of my money to the poor. Dorothy
Wiegand, In the New York Times.
Telephone cables are about to be
laid under the English Channel by tbe
British Government. This is expected
to greatly facilitate business between
Loudon and Paris.
out to beneficial service. "Tainted
money" is not only that which is got
ten wrongfully, but that which is not
used lightly.
Lazarus was a meek sufferer in hl
poverty. No word of complaint e
caped his lips. He might have found
fault with social conditions, with the
government and with God. He might
have turned anarchist, because he
improperly fed and the government
did not help him. He might have
turned atheist, because he suffered
and God did not relieve him. But he
did neither. Without any bitterness
he patiently endured that which '
Inevitable. He kept his faith in nwt
and ln God. If he had been able, he
might have corrected social condl
tlons, but not being able he did not
rave nor despair.
Our lot may be a bitter one and "
may see the rich who care not for
our pitiable condition. It may be our
duty to correct the evils of the pres
ent time. On us as young people mar
rest the obligation of removing some
social wrongs. We may help to gi
equal opportunities in the race of l
to all men. As much as possible we
are to remove tbe conditions of p"
erty, misery and crime.
Only a Small Favor,
A quiet, cilddle-ated man. who
was iu attendance at an operatic per
formance was much annoyed at the
behavior of two young women in the
row of seats behind blm.
Cclllns cue of the ushers, lie rut
a coin ln bis hand and whisuttred
something ln hla ear.
The usher went away, and present
ly came back and handed hini a sT.fi!
package.
When the curtain went down at th"
close of the first act, be turned In hU
seat and said with a smile to tbe
young woman directly behind him:
"I beg your pardon, miss,, but niaJ
I ask a slight favor of youT"
"What is It?" she said.
"Pleaso use this stick of gnm in
place of the kind you are chewing.
The odor of wlntergreen is very of"
fanilve to me."
After that he was not disturbed.
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