"-roe IMcnly of Good lilk. The sow's value depends so larv1l.v cn her nblllty to furnish plenty of good milk that we rnnnot afford to Elve her corn alone. She cannot Rive as much mill, or ootl milk on corn alone as sho can on half corn ami an added portion of middling, oats or other grain, with grass or clover or other vegetables. Fanner's Home Journal. Fever In Sheep. A foundered sheep will be In a high ptate of fever and stiff all over. It will stand up but little, and seem In grat pain. Ordinarily sheep do not become foundered except when fed from a self-feeder and they are diffi cult tnlmais to treat when they do overeat. The only remedy Is to phys ic with Kps'iiu salts or pure raw lin iut'J. I'anu'.' Home Journal. Host Single Food. Corn is our best single feed for hoes, but It is too rich in fat and ton poor in protein to make a harmoni ous and steady growth. Tins fed torn alone thive for a little while, Ret very fat and then seem o stop grow In;:. Farmers -who f-d corn to pigs lhat have all the cia-s or clover thty will eat between meals have found that they can make good pigs without any other feed. Farmer's Home Journal. f'otton Seed Meal For Swine. The supposedly toxic or poisonous effect of feeding c;tton seed meal to pigs comes from giving It In too large amounts. Recent tests In Arkansas ihow good results to all ages of pigs If the amount Is properly regulated. For ontiriuous feeding the following allowances appear to be within the danger limit: Pigs under fifty pounds, cup-quarter pound per day; piris from fifty to seventy-five pounds, one-third pound per day, pigs from seventy-five to one hundred pounds, four pounds per day; pigs .rom 100 to ISO pounds, four and one-half pounds per day. Where the cotton Beed meal forms ft part of the grain ration there should always be an equal amount of wheat bran to supply bulk. Cotton seed meal supplies the elements lack Ins; In corn meal and may be fed profitably in connection with It at the rate of one part of the former to four to seven parts of the latter. It Is never safe to allow hogs free ac cess to cotton seed meal, hence It. thould always be mixed with the grain ration and fed bo they will not get more than the amount stated. chicken yard In three and ono-half ears without saying a word about It. IJo I look after the chickens now? Indeed, yes, and every man and boy on the place also has orders to carry out mndame's wishes and give her nil the heli she needs In her rare of the hens. I know they are money producers and that neither drought nor floods affect them." THE PULPIT. BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON DR. I. M. HALDEMAN BY Tlieme: .Seminaries n Menace. The SundaySchool INTERNATIONAL LKSSON COM MKNTS FOR NOVKMBKR 14. THE TEMPERANCE PROPAGANDA CONCERTED ATTACK ON PIUNIl WINNING ALL ALONG LINE. Temporary Sheep Fence. ' One of the be-t portable fences for use In soiling sheep Is made In pan els with supports, as shown In the (sketch. Panels are ten feet Ion ir A Hotting of Tomatoes. There has been a great deal of complaint about tomatoes rotting this year. It Is a dry, black rot that at tacks the blossom end about the time or Just before the tomato begins to pet ripe. Some people think It Is caused by too much dampness when 1 the toniHtoec are close to the ground; I or by vines being too thick. My ex- ! perlenen is that It Is dry weather and hot sunshine that causes them to rot. Instead of the wet weather. When I fin.med my tomatoes to sineln stem and tied theni up to stakes, they rotted a great deal worse than they did when I let the vines run and fall down to shade the tomatoes. If you have noticed, tho?e that come up "volunteer" around the fence where they are shaded from the sun are gen erally the first ones to get ripe and rot the least. So you see It Is not because they are shaded that they rot. What cnused the tomatoes tc rot so bad this year, I think, was on ac count of the hot sun and dry weather when they first began to ripen and bo fore the vines had gotten thick enough to shade them. As soon as the rains came and the vines got rank enough to shnde the tomatoes and keep them damp they quit rotting. Nature knows what, is best and has given the tomato a vine to cover her fruit from the burning sun. When we try to Improve on nature by cut ting away part of the vine to let in the sunshine we rnln the fruit If the weather Is hot and dry. And the vine? that are not trimmed will hear fruit of a better flavor, the tomatoes not being so strong and sour as they are when the sun shines directly on them. This Is my experience and we nev er fall to have plenty of tomatoes even when our neighbors have none. L. O. H., in Indiana Farmer. New York City. Before an audi ence that taxed the capacity of the i building, the Rev. nr. I. M. Halde mnti delivered the second sermon on 'The Signs of the Time." His sub ject was: "The Modern Theological Seminary a Menace and Peril to tho Church." The text was II. Kings, 2: id. He said: Elijah, the mighty prophet of God, who defied the king, shut up tho heavens that there was neither dew nor rain, but, acrording to his word, slew the prophets of Baal, railed Subject: Paul a Prisoner in Rome, Acts 2!: II -31 Golden Text! Horn. 1 : 10 Commit Verses 30, 81 Commentary on the Iesson, TIME. A. D. 61-63. l'LA( F.--Rome. EXPOSITION. I. From Malta to Rome, II -Iff. No man ever craved human fellowship and sympathy more than Paul and no man appre ciated It more when he had it (v. 15; cf. Acts 17:15;. 18:5; 2 Cor. 7:6; 1 TheBB. 3:1, 2; 2 Tim. 4:21). Paul was an Intensely human man. II. Paul in Council With the Load ing Jews in Rome, Hl-22. Paul Is at down fire from heaven unon the sac rifice, visited terrific Judgment upon i Rome at last, and Is there to preaen the land, is now to be taken m to j the Gospel as he had longed to do heaven by a whirlwind, attended by j (Rom. 1:14-16). Helovedhls people elestlnl horaemcn and chariots cf no matter how bitterly they hated Ire. Kllsba, his successor In thn pro- I him. He got them together as soon phetlc office, accompanies him on the j ns he could thathemlght preach Jesus journey from Oilgal to Bethel, from I to them. He sought to conciliate tictliel to Jericho, where there was a j them. He has no charge to bring theological Bemlnnry, and the sons of against them. It Is not pleasant to the prophets (the ministerial students be bound with a chain, but it is a 3f that day) said to Kllsha: f now- great privilege ana nonor 10 ue oouira ?st thou that the Lord will take nv.ay thy master from thy head this day?" And h'! nnswered: "Yea, I know It. 1 Told ye your peace." And they two went on to the River Jordan. And liftv of the sons of the prophets went and stood afar off to view what would happen. And Klijah took his mantlo and smote the waters and they were divided, so that they two went, over, nn dry ground. And Elijnh said unto F.llsha: "Ask what I shall do for thee with a chain In a good cause. It was through Jewish mnllce that Paul was now In chains, but strangely enough' It was because of loyalty to the great hope of the Jewish nation that he had In curred Jewish enmity. "The hope of Israel" was two fold; the hope of a resurrection (Acts 23:6; 24:15; 26: 6-8) and the hope of a Messiah In whom they and all the nations of the earth should he blessed (Acts 3:22- bet'ore I be taken away." And Elisha i 24: i-uke i:t. tt, ii Kom. ia:; said- "I pray thee, let a double por- Gal. 3:14, 16-18). In Paul's preaeh tlon of thy spirit be upon me." And lng the two hopes were blended, be ne said: "Thou has asked a hard i cause the Messiah he prenched was a thin- tipvprtlicless. If thnu see me Messiah risen from the dead, the first when I am taken away, It shall be so unto thee, but If not, it shall not bo so." And it came to pass as they still went on, behold, there appeared a j chariot and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder, and Klijah went ; up by a whirlwind Into heaven. And I EliBha ?aw it and cried: "My father, I my father, the chariot of Israel and , the horsemen thereof." And when , Ellsha returned to Jericho with tho mantle of Elijah, tho sons of the pro- ! nhets said: "The spirit of Elijah does rest upon Eli?ba." And they said unto him: "Behold, there be with us fifty strong men. Let them go and seek my master, lest perad venture, the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up and cast him upon fruits and guarantee of the resurrec tion (Acts 13:32, 33, 38). In Paul's day Christianity was everywhere sno ken against, yet It. was to conquer the world and save It from moral ruin. Man's Judgments are not. God's, and the sect that Is "everywhere spoken against" mav be the sect God has chosen (cf. Jno. 15:18-21, 24). , II. Paul Irenclilng the Kingdom of God and Persuading Men Concern ing Jesus, 1M-31. How all the schemes of the enemies of Paul and Christ had turned out to the furtherance of the Gospel (cf. Phil. 1:12). They had brought Paul to Rome at the expense of the state, they had given Paul a great audience of leading Jews, but further than this they had given Paul Saving Manure. Referring to the loss of manure re sulting from careless or thoughtless some mountain or Into some valley." 1 an audience of Roman soldiers. These And he said: "Ye shall not send." But they urged htm until he was ashamed, and he said: "Send." They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not. handling. H. Leigh Hunt tells Coun- ' And when they came aga in to him Movable Fence For Sheep and Hogs. nade of four-Inch board solidly tailed together. After this fence U tnce put up, sheep itl nut likely to iverturn It. A fence three and one half feet high will tun moot flocks. Farm and Home. Poultry in the Garden. In a bulletin from the Massachu setts station J. II. RoblnsMi 'ells of tha many ways in which poultry may be useful in cultivated lands. In the cornfield until the cars are ripening; they will keep the asparagus bed in good tiitli and free from injects from the time the cutting is discontinued: raspberries ar.d blackberries until fruit Is ripening. On gra;s land where but one r.ip of hey Is cut each year poultry may be kept, on the land from the time ilie bay is taken off. Some of tiie best mowings I have seen in till." State are those that aro cut but. once a y ar and poultry kept on them with ho w-wv growth so strong it really a'-e:.:ea a waste not to cut It. Of course t) much poultry on grass land will ruin It. There Is a medium where the land and poultry alike profit. An orchard furnishes an Ideal place for poultry. It gives shade as well as a gras.i run, r.nd the bird destroy many insects. Whether in field, orchard or jarden the fowl that has an opportunity to do some thing for Itself is saving labor for its owner, saving on the feed bill, and under proper restlctlons is artnally doing work which otherwise he would have to hire done. It is also keeping In good physical condition, and thus saving anxiety and extra care that go with unthrifty stork, to say noth ing of the losses steadily occurring among such stock. try Gentleman readers to bed cattle and horses, calves and pigs abundant ly with straw, leaves or sawdust, both for the comfort of the animals, clean liness, and for the absorption of man orial elements. For use dieectly in the cellars, muck, leaf mold from the woods, turf or dry earth are excel lent. Sawdust Is often the most eas ily obtained, but on land where root crops are to be raised it will, if very freely used, cause a fungus blight, or seal). Of itself it has little value, being usually of soft wood, but will absorb the liquids readily when dry, and this niake3 etcellent bedding. Liquid manure Is available at once, and the more quickly it Is applied to the lard tho better; but the solids' must before they are ready for the plant. Manure on which hops have run all winter is so valuable, largely on ac count of the working over tha the hogs give it, when it is plentifully ' mixed with straw, or other bedding material or a quantity of corn is i thrown amongst it, Its diuintegratlon I Into particles is much hastened. Much handling improves manure, but It 1 should never be allowed to dry in tho ; sun. After being applied to the land, ' It should be harrowed In at once and thoroughly mixed with the soil to 1 prevent loss. If left for days after ! spreading, as It often is, It dries and I cakes and lo:tcs half its value. One 1 who has never tried it will be s.ir- ! prised at the first trial to see the i I amount of manure wasted by turning 1 I the cows out at nluht during the summer. Knowing that they led lit tle during the night, I had my cows turned Into a small, dry yard, where , thev could bs in the fresh air, but could not wander. Each morning a man goes over the yard with a shovel and throws the droppings In a pile. ; A shelter of old boards on four green ! posts protects them from rain and sun. As often as needed, the heap j Is drawn out and used. This dally j chore keeps tho yard clean for the rattle to He in at night, and saves j many loads of fertilizer. It takes only a few moments of time each day. J unto them. "Did I not say unto you, Go not?' " To-day we have tho same story. The passing through Jordan typifies our Lord's death and resurrection, for Jordan., In Scripture, sets forth Judgment, and is n type of the cross of Christ, where with an agony that rent the rocks nnd drew the veil of midnight darkness over the face of nature, He bore the Judgment of sin in Ills own body on the tree, crying out: "My God, my God, why didst Thou forsake me!" Christ came not to be an example or a teacher, but to be a sacrifice to die for tho sin of the world for lie poured out His soul unto death. The ascension of Elijah sets forth in type our Lord's ascension Into honvpn thrnueh the shlnlntr nortals o tnrougu a process or decay i of uiorv, to sit down on the right ! hand of the majesty in tho heavens, an enthroned sin-purger, tho risen man in the heavens In bodily pres ence. The spirit of Elijah resting upon Ellsha bIiows tho snlrlt of Christ incarnated In. the Church. After our Lord's resurrection He breathed upon His disciples saying: "Receive ye the Holy Spirit." and on the day of Pente. Prohibition vs. Perpetuation. In relation to the drink trade, as In relation to every other evil, there are just two main classes of people, viz., the prohibitionists and the perpettia tionlsts. The former class embraces the greater portion of our population, although many of them have not yet committed themselves so completely to the Idea of prohibition as to vote a party ticket, or possibly even to ac knowledge that they are prohibi tionists. There are very few people, how ever, who do not believe in some de gree of prohibition. Even the license advocates would prohibit sales to minors, confirmed drunkards and at unseemly hours. They would also re strict license to one year at a time. They are therefore partial prohibi tionists. The perpetuatlonlsts pure and sim ple are the manufacturers and sellers. with the confirmed sots, the tipplers and their sympathizers. These are they who demand the abiding Baloon. The prohibitionists are reformers, and the genuine reformers are always prohibitionists. It was through prohibition that slavery was abolished. The aboll tionlBts were the party agitators. It was prohibition that abolished the Louisiana lottery, race track gambling in New York, polygamy in Utah, and such like. Perpetuatlonlsts never prohibit. Somebody says that "the first pro hibitory law was passed In the Garden of Eden," and the second was dropped down on Mt. Slnal: "Thou Bhalt not." The latest prohibitory laws are those Just entered upon the civil statute books. All laws that are worth anything are prohibitory in their nature and the men who enact them are to that extent prohibition ists. Society cannot get along with out thus recognizing the prohibitory principle. Our uure food laws are prohibitory. Society is waking up to the idea of doing away with stuff that hurts peo ple. They will prohibit all saloon stuff sooner or later. There Is one liquid on earth that will quench thirst. There is plenty of it, and It can be kept pure. None of the artificial drinks can compare with it. And by and by all beverages that tend to injure boys and unmake men will be put under the ban. Cold water is good enough for anybody. Michigan Christian Advocate. soldiers would never have come to a service conducted by a Jew, but as they had to guard Paul they had to hear what he had to say." Many were tha ni.rlJ rphti 1-ia. ft vi. ' and as the Roman soldier went every I where they became most efficient mls- stonarles in Gaul. Germany and Bri tain and elsewhere. Paul opened to I the Jews the Old Testament scrip I tures concerning the death and res ! urrectlon and reign of the Christ ! (comp. ch. 17:2, 3; 26:22, 23), show 1 lng how all this was fulfilled In Jesus. He gave witness to the kingdom of God that Is, to the reign of God on i earth in the coming Messianic king ! dom. All his exposition and test I i mony centred in Jesus. It was no ab stract reign of God in an improved ; state of society, but a definite reign ! in a definite person, Jesus. Paul 1 proved his points "both from the law ! of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening." If Paul had i been like so many modern so-called j "Bible teachers" he would have spent the day discussing whether or no the law really was Mosaic, and whether i the portions of Isaiah expounded were by Isaiah himself or the deutero Isaiah or some other Isaiah. The method Paul employed, going through the Scripture and showing Jesus everywhere, the Master Himself followed (Luke 24:27). Even apoB tollc nreachlng will not convert every body. But under true preaching of tho word of God In the power of the cost the promise ol the rather was i Hov g lrlt ..Bome wln believe. Th fulfilled, and they wore enaueu witn ; ,)reachliig of the Gospel always causes power from on high. j division; those who are ordained to Our present-day theologians are ,.ternai ilfe believe (comp. ch. 13: like the theologians of Jericho ot old. 4). ftnrt th rKt r,ip(,t (comu. ch. They tiered ve the spirit of Christ, but repudlato His material presence In heaven. All Borts of things are be ing attributed by them to tho Spirit of Christ. They tell us that tho Spirit of Christ has given ua the marvelous Inventions of tho day. rapid trnnslt, airships, woman suffrage, and In Bpired the ("lscovery of the North Pole. All these things or the spirit 13:48-00; 14:4; 17:4, 6; 18:6-8; 19:8). Those who believe are saved ; those who believe not are lost (Mark 1(1:15. 16). But the unbelief of some does not make the faithfulness of God of non-effect (Rom. 3:3, R. V.) Paul was not at all shaken In his own faith, because so many, In cluding scholarly ones, had not be lieved. No, rather he was confirmed A Portal to Shame. Mary saloons are In close connec tion with houses of assignation, while others are well-known rendezvous for prostitutes, and have a distinct pa tronage on that account. Through their portals the young and Innocent are enticed into a life ot shame. What other institution raises Its hand with such desecrating effect against the sanctity of the Sabbath and the sanctuary of the Lord? God decreed the Sunday to be a day of rest and worship; the saloon makes It a day of riotous drinking and blas phemous desecration of the doctrines and practices of religion. "The back door ot the saloon on a Sabbath morning admits the law-breaker, the Ir.ebrlate, men who commit the crimes anl the sins who degrade public morals, who desecrate divine ordi nances, who pollute also the virtue and happiness of the home." From whatever point of view, therefore, we examine the saloon we cannot escape the conclusion that its influence is bad, almost Irredeemably so. As an Institution It is a menace to society In every sense of the word. Against this monster evil the Amer ican Saloon System what can the Catholic Church do if she Is loyal to her professed principles but raise her hand In opposition and put herself on record as an unswerving antagonist? She has always regarded intemper ance as so serious a sin that it ex cludes from Heaven those -.7ho are guilty of It. Hence she looks upon thi saloon the foster parent of drunkenness, the nurser; of intem perance as one of her greatest foes, a barrier to the operation of divine grace in human souls, an arch enemy with whom there can Ue no semblance of a compromise. ..av. James M. Reardon. 0M Ir.ftC tor my'daljy woo f VUW.'Wmntvt rh bfffAtanr fields: Ji fVeW holy Wrir I mjfthr dfjpKTM ALL FOR'imr. Glnnd for Jcmis, Christian, stand, Take thy place among the brave! Spenk for Jesus. Christian, speak; Tell the world He came to nave. ' Live for Jesus. Christian, live! . Actions are the final test Not the one who calls Him Lord, But who does His will i blest. Shine for 'Jesus. Christian, ahine, With a bright and steady light; Cheering, warming, guiding souls Who are lost in sin's durk night! ISleep in Jesus, Christian, sleep, When the darkening shadows fall! Wake in Jesus, Christum, wake, When He comes His saints to call, Rie with Jesus, Christian, rise, When the grave restores its trust! Reign with Jeaus, Christian, reign, In the Kingdom of the just. James llryau, in London Christian, Only a Little Journey. It was a short journey of an hour or two. The smoky little train rum bled along, stopping at dingy stations, and every time' it stopped a young girl looked up from her novel, yawn ing, and found each village drearier than the last. The train passed between fields of wheat. "Just the color to trim my hat with!" thought the girl. "Wheat," said the man in front of her to his seat-mate, "has gone up a cent a bushel Blnce Tost week. That's a poor crop." An old man at the back of the car looked out at the field. His own life, he thought, had been something like that field, wide spaces of waste land, empty; and here and there a little feeble crop. But the great Reaper would be merciful in judgment. The sun went down In a red glow of splendor, and one of two stars came out in the gray overhead. The old man had so long been used to refer every sight and sound to his un seen Father that the crimson clouds seemed to him only a curtain with which He had screened His pres ence. "He sets the stars in their places as on the first night," he thought. "He that watches over us neither slumbers nor sleeps." The wheat-dealer observed that It was a fine night, and the young girl Jerked down the shade impatiently and asked the brakeman to turn up the wick of the kerosene lamp. At the next station a man lumbered Into the car and sat down. He was ragged and pale. There was a stale smell of whisky about htm, but the poor sot was sober Just now. He winced when the wheat-dealer hastily changed his seat. The young woman, too, told the conductor sharply that he should not allow such people to come aboard a car In which there were ladies. The old farmer on the back seat had been thinking of his Master, Who had sent htm Into the world to work; thinking, too, that the time was short, and wondering what He would have him to do now. When he saw the friendless drunk ard, therefore, he thought, "There Is the next duty." And when ihe train stopped the miserable fellow arose to leave the car, the old man followed him, and taking him cordially by the arm, walked away with him, talking cherfully as to a friend. In the Journey of life, as In Saul's Journey to Damascus, a light from God shines round about us all. Some of us, like Saul's companions', think only that it thunders. But others, (Ike the apostle, understand, and "are not disobedient to the heavenly vision." of the natural man, these Jp"l'ho ln hl fultij; for was not thiB a fulfill theologians of our modern seminaries tell us are tho outworking of the Spirit of Christ in man. Of course, they denv a bodily resurrection and tench n ghostly Christ, instead of one who called to His disciples to "handle Me and see that I am llesh and bones, and not a Bplrlt as yo think." and who sat at meat with them, after Ills resurrection, partaking of broiled fish and honeycomb. As the sons of the prophets of old sought to account for the disappearance of Elijah, so do our modern, up-to-date theologians. whether native born or Imported, snub In npfrititit for thn HUnmifinrflnrA No manure loses more from expo- ' j rht-l-t A Woman's Poultry Profits. Goodall's Farmer tells this little tory of a woman's success with poul try. Her way of not giving her busi ness away even to her husband is quite unusual for her sex: "I confess I never paid much at tention to the bens my wife kept, and Indeed thought it rather beneath a man's dignity to look after chickens, until I hail my eyes open.d to my folly," remarked a farmer recently. "Bit years ago the drought In our sec tion cut any crops so close that when I went Into the winter I found myself khort of ready cash after settling up tbtf season's business. I don't like to borrow from tha banks and bud be gun to bellevs I had to fare a bard situation. One night my wife said to me: 'I can let you have some of my egg and chicken money to belp you out.' "Much obliged,' I replied, thinking she might bar saved tip f 25 or even S0. But when she gava u ber cteck for 1503 I felt like crawling under tha barn. Sb bad Actually cleared up fgOO from bar sure than that of poultry It Is very rich In ammonia, and this escapes Into the ait and goes to waste. Ab sorbents under tho perches, and fre quent, even dally, cleaning of tho dropping boards, storing the manure In receptaeloB that largely exclude air, will insure a fertilizer ot much more value thnn when the droppings are allowed to lie on the floor from month to month, as occurs in many henhouses. It farming Is to be made profitable, all these little leaks must be stopped. Long Rnake In a Tree. While walking through the wooda near bla home and gazing into thu treetops for a sight ot a squirrel, Charles Batcbfleld, a farmer o.t Lib erty township, near Mlllvllle, was un prepared for tbe sight that met his gaze, and for a time was somewhat startled.' Fifteen feet from the ground, pro truding from a hole In tbe tree, Mr. BaU:hfleld aaw the bead ot a snake, with the tongue darting out of Us mouth. Batchflold promptly killed the snake, which measured seven feet and eight Inches long and was about two Inches in diameter at tbe largest part of the body. The colar was brown, with bara a short distance apart of a lighter color. Newcastle Correspondence Indianapolis Nswi. According to Government experts, tha great - Ballon Sea, although In places flftoen mile wlda and forty miles long, will disappear by vapora- tloa by me. . One would almost think that, when these learned men In the "wisdom of this world" pass away, all knowledge will peiit.h with them. Some, like Kllshn, who was called from the plow, when confronted with tho assertions of "agreed scholarship," trained men tality and the assumptions of wire men of Jericho, grow ashamed and stumble and fall In power and be come paralyzed. We should repudi ate most earnestly those who attempt to explain away the miraculous. We should repudiate the preacher or professor In our theological Insti tutions who questions the bodily res urrection of Christ, the Virgin birth, tbe physical BBconulon Into heaven and tbe second coming of our Lord In glory, majesty and power. To-day men are being ordained In to tbe sacred ministry from our Jeri cho theological seminaries who teach not Individual but social salvation, who cry "Peace, peace," when there Is no peace; wbo talk about the con version of the world when that Idea is not found In Scripture Protests against so-called "Blbllol atry" are sounding from these insti tutions of modern-day learning, that while the religion of Christ may be more elevating, yet It Is on the same plane with the teachings of Confu clua or Mahomet, and Is no more in spired than any of the others. Such Institutions were better razed. No wonder such a ministry is fruit less and of non effect In tbe talvatloa of men. Unless we arise and contend earnestly for tbe faith aa It was de livered to tbe saints, In twenty-five years tbe Bible will be utterly repudi ated, aa. Indeed, It Is by many wbo bav departed from tbe faith. ment of prophecy? But note bow plainly Paul spoke to those rejecters of the truth of God, and we ought to use equal plainness of speech. Paul told them that what lay at the root of their unbelief was: gross hearts, dull ears, dosed eyes. Their eyes were closed because they themselves had closed them (comp. 2 Thess. 1:7, 9), Though they refused the salvation. It was none the less "of God." If they would not have ft, others would (v. 28). The rejection of the Gospel by the Jew meant salvation for us (Rom. 11:11). Paul had two years of uninterrupted service in Rome and here tiie story closes. The Old Theology. -We have outgrown the old theol ogy. It is aa obflolcto as the outworn shell on the beach on the great aea. Rev. E. L. Powell. A Change of Mind, with a fellow teetotaler, Sir Wilfrid's Lawson that well illustrates that ready wit for which he is so justly famous. When engaged In a conversation with a fellow teetotaler, Sir iWlfrld's companion took occasion to denounce the practice of christening vessels with champagne prior to their launch. "I don't know that I altogether agree with you," replied Sir Wilfrid; "for to my mind there is a good tem perance lesson to be found in It." "How can that be?" asked his com panion. "Well." replied Sir Wilfrid, "It Is noticeable that directly after her first taste of wine the ship takes to water and sticks to It ever after." Immortality. No man can believe In the Fathers hood of God and doubt Immortality. Rev. Dr. Waters. AN ELEPHANT'S 8AGACTTT. An Incident which demonstrated the sagacity with which elephants are endowed occurred At Old Meldrun, Aberdeensbrre, the other day, on the occasion of a visit of a circus to tbe town. At tbe conclusion of a children's performance an elephant proceeded along a narrow road with a pall la its trunk for the purpose of procuring water from a pump. A little girl chanced to get in the animal's way, and the road being only wide enough to acoommodate bis substantial body, tbe elephant laid down the pall, picked up the child with his trunk, and gently lifted her to a place of safety, afterward resuming bis Jour ney to tbe pump for the water. Westminster Gazette. i ' . Same Thing. "So be praised my singing?" "Yes, be said it was hsuivenly." Really ?" v Well, something like that. H said It was unearthly." Lipplucott'a. The Daughters of Temperance, This is the name of a new organiza tion about to be formed by some Roman Catholic women in Chicago. The social ostracism ot all Catholic women who Indulge even in a glass, or who serve wine at dinners, is to be attempted. The Kaiser's Teetotal Chauffeurs. All the drivers of the Kalser'e motor cars before their appointment are required to bind themselves not to touch a drop of alcohol, whether on or off duty, so loug as they are In Ills Majesty's service. Temperance Notes. Drink takes the edge off a man,-. Sir Thomas Wblttaker, M. P. With the reverence for, but not worship of the past, with faces to ward the future, we advance upon this problem with determination to aolve It and to aolve It right. Hon. Q. F. Cotterlll. United States. The chief purpose of tbe time Is to relieve economlo conditions, of which the chief evil Is the abuse ot splritous liquors. Tbe German Chan cellor's Message, Delivered by Pre. Strauss and Torney. Germany, The Sunday saloon looms up as one of the most menacing evils with which the American citizen Is con fronted. Tbe saloon never elevated any man, but rather Its Influence for years bas tended to drag men down, aud tbere la no man In this country who la bet ter for the open Sunday saloon. During tbe year ending May 31, 19U, the British Temperance League, celebrating Its seventy-fifth year ot continuous service, carried out 1J10 meetings, with an estimated attend ance of II IS, 000 persona In the towns and villages of tbe twenty-nine counties. A Long Night Vigil. Just out ot Boston, says an un known writer, a young girl came to me and asked: "Do you believe that God would save by brother, if my mother and I should pray all night for him?" I told her that I believed God had out the nuestlon in her mind. 1 ttnri thn I nm,,!,! n.lulua . Him to the test. She told me afterwards that they returned from the meeting about ten o'clock, nnd that they began their prayer at that hour. They continued In prayer until midnight, and until two o'clock, and almost three. Then, believing God had heard and would answer, they went to sleep. To my certain knowledge that young man bud not' before that been within tour miles of the place of meeting; but the next night, with never a word spoken to him, he was In the meeting, and at the first op portunity he arose and said: "I wish you would pray for me, I have been deeply convicted of sin, nnd all last ulght I felt the greatest desire to be a Christian." The young man was converted that night, and has since been a constant member ot tbe church. TE5 NOVEMBER FOURTEENTH. Pilgrim's Progress 8erles. XI. Beu. lah Land. Its. 62: 3-5. 189 Kom H: A land of heart-peace. Rom. John lC; A land of plenty. Jer. 31: 1214, 25 10-12. 14. Gal. 5: 25- 26. A land of Joy. Isa. CO: A land of fellowship. 6: 6. A land of love. 1 Oor. 13- l-n God s country wears two crowns a crown of beauty and a crown t power; she Is to be loved and feared Whoever dwells In God's country can never dwell forsaken, for iZ I with all in that land (v. 4) S1 fAF fta VUO bnntlr -tf. . .. -- --- - .. "". me cmei tie Kht f God Is in obedient and hnppv ten anu xney aione of His creation havs w "ww10 glve 0oU 11,9 I'tehe Joy. What a power and i.rtvii..,o. (v. 4.) God's country inspires in men that dwell there the most profound of a affections: Judge whether vou dwell there by that token (v. 15." Nearing Heaven. Those that walk along the right way do not find it a dead level, hut broken by pleasant prospects, with allurlue vlBtas showing what is to come Note that whenever the pi'mrim meets delightful things along his wav he has to have some guide to lead him Into the real meaning of then The hill called Error i? steep only on the farther side; on tills side It U very easy of access! Even when he Is among the De lectable Mountains the Pilgrim needs ' to be shown the door that is a by-wav to bell. o many dangers lurk even In our highest Joys. Even from the high hill called Clear and with the Shepherds' telescope most men can catch only faint glimpses of the beautiful land which "eye hath not seen" In Its full glory Ignorance "Is a very brisk lad," ami the less he knows, the more show he makes. The mishap that befell Little-faith was the sadder because It was all so easily preventable. EPLVQRTH LEAGUE LESSONS 8UNDAY, NOVEMBER 14. Obey the Spirit. You little think how much the life of all your graces depends upon your ready and cordial obedience to the Spirit. When the Spirit urgeth thee to secret prayer, and thou refusest obedience; when He forbids thee a known transgression, and thou wilt go on; when He telleth thee which is the way and which not, and thou wilt not regard, no wonder If Heaven and thy soul be strange. -Richard Bax ter. .' Constructive Forces. Tbere are certain great constructive forces operating in the Uvea ot all men, and It Is not always easy to un derstand what tty are. Rev. Luther B. Wilson. Vitality's Substitutes. When we try to make organisation, ar social service, or theology, tbe sub itltute tor vitality, rather than Its ex pression, we lgnomlnlously fall. Her. Lynn II. Hough. The Soul and the Seed (Mark 4: 1-9, 14-20) A Home Mission Study. "He began to speak to them In par ables.'' His purpose is to arouse spir itual Insight, to quicken dull ears so that they may hear heavenly harmon ies, to awaken blind eyes that they may see everywhere the signs of the kingdom. He bas made the world of nature and of human life a mighty lesson book, a vlBlble Scripture filled with holy texts. , We call this first lesson of our Lord's parabolic teaching the parable of the sower. It Is more properly the parable of the soil, for his purpose it to show the dependence of the seed upon the soil. If the gospel fails, it Is not the fault ot the Sower, for there is nothing lacking In the work of tbe Master; neither is It a defect of the seed, for God'e word is tried and per fect; It Is "the power of God unto sal vation." When the gospel falls it H the fault of the soil the hindrance Is found in the wicked, worldly, selfish heart of humanity. First, we note tie wayside hearers, the hard-hearted. Trampled by the passing feet of a thousand mundane Interests, pounded by the hoofbeaU of a myriad sins, crushed by countless wheels of business drays and pleasure wagons, they- have become indifferent to spiritual things. Such lives are tbe feeding grounds of the forces of evil, the birds of tbe air. Second, we see KHie stony-ground hearers, the light-hearted. The shal low soil of the frivolous natures gives quick response, but no deep rooting to the truth. They love a pleasant, sunny religion full of vapid emotion and the cheap luxury of ready tears. Just beneath the shallow soil Is the stony heart. There is no suoh shallow selflBhness and cruel heartlessness as In the souls where sentiment Is substi tute for real sensibility. Such have no stability; the quick growth yields no harvest. Third, we find the thorny-ground hearers, the half-hearted. The soil Is good enough, but it Is preoccupied with worldly caree and pleasures which choke the word and epoll tbe promise of the harvest. Fourth, and too often, as here, the last, we note the good soil, the whole hearted, where the divine word finds ready reception with unhindered growth, and from which comes at last a noble fruitage. THE e e e an e e . Deep-water dlvfng can be carried on with safety to a depth of 210 feet provided proper precautions are taken and suitable appliances used, according to a report of tbe British Admiralty Committee appointed t0 investigate -tbe subject ; HOPING FOR THE WORST. . "Well, I can live In hope now." What's haDnened?". . . ' ( "Some of my rich relations bars taken up aeroplanlng." Detroit Free Frees, . -' Carolyn Shlpman. In the No"1 American Review, contributes a Ka able article on "The Anomalous 1 c tlon of the Unmarried Woman." Mrs. Shlpman defines the status of the un- , married woman and goes on to say. "Nothing Is more painful and tiara to bear for a sensitive woman than h. bin innaUnoK that may over take her at any turn if she is living a detached Ilfe. Married women wn family cares or . 'protected' women with too much leisure otten envy i" Independent life of the self-suppo-i-Ing woman. But they aee only tni pleasant aide. There Is another; M the envied one would, more often than most people know, exchange Uvi with the envier. After a woman. bU passed her thirtieth year, she is rey likely to tire of Independence wish for guidance and advice. argument that she Is 'as free as a man' bas been satisfactorily provea to be aophlstry. She learns that snv is bait man and half woman, derives ot the advaJtages of a wife, with tM burdens of a man, but not bis P"' leges. For example, if she Is r'" and lonely at night, she cannot go i the play in aolltary fashion, W man; ahe might do so In Boston, b sbe could not do so In New York feel quite comfortable. It she wer young. " She must sit at home and try to divert ber mind if no companion hln in available. She has not man's solace ot a cigar and a stro Propriety forbids solitary walks ladle after dark I" . .
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