WREST nor, Vh fVy Z)f, TS ... ! mm THE PULPIT. A SCHOLARLY 8UNDAY SERMON BY DR. WWW WILSON. AND 5TctKM Theme: . Divine Guidance. Cure of Woodland. Woodland, under car?, yields year ly crops ag regularly as wheat fields. The marketable timber only Is cut at regular Intervals, and new growth Is atwnys rotning on. At a freight producer, a timber tract may be de pended upon us surely ag u potato field. In fact, it Is surer; for land In farm crops wears out unions con stantly fertilized, but tlmberland fer tilizes I'cif with Us leaves, and be comes richer. It will yield undimin ished trii;s forever. Indiana I'ui '. f.'ats it Trail MnUers. Tlie L rush eating Inst iacl of the Anstora oat is helm; successfully demonstrated on the Lns.o-n National Koi'r in California when- they are ruttini; trails for fi r guards through the brushy ureas on the slopes of the rnountains. The animal.-), which num ber :;000, have been divided into two bands and under the care of the lier-ora are grnz' within certain well defined areas ro that their work may be coneentruced on the brush within those limits. The result Is that they have practically killed nearly all the brush In the cour.se either by eating It up entirely, or by barking, as in the fuse of the heavy munzanita bu3iies. At the beginning of the ex perinu nt there was some doubt as to the K'a!s" willingness to eat the man zanitu, but it has been found that where there is little else they will Just as readily attack it as any other bushes. Indiana Kuriuer. The Straw Slack. A subscriber send3 the following Illustration showing what tj do with the straw stack, and in commeniing on the same says: "An archway shel ter under or through a straw stack 13 an expensive and valuable device, for stock protection. The skeleton frame of such a one Is shown in Figure t. It cor.ilsts of two rail pens of the erdinary sort, for the bottom of small stacks, placed near enough together o that the archway of poles .iu be made between them, in the manner shown in the engraving. The bottom end of each pole is set a short dis tance in the ground, resting in the middle on the top rail of the pen and crosaing its neighbor pole from the other pen and fastened to It with wire at the top. Tho straw stack is also built at the sides over this struc ture. In this way a snus shelter of considerable slzo can be mado be neath the stack, under which tho cat tle gladly take refuge in stormy weather. This structure ig a perma nent one, the rails and poles retrain ing. If necessary, from year to year, or if taken down, to be rearranged gain in a short time just before tho thrashing is doue. Such an archway belter would not be out of place in many a well-kept barnyard. If the stack ig a longer one a double arch way can be r.inde and will save many teps K doing tho worli of tho barnyard." The Young Foal. Young foals should be taught to eat grain at a3 early an age ag possi ble, and not allowed to suckle the dam afte.- fivo months old. A foal should have a roomy stall or shed and be allowed its freedom In a pad dock several hours a day when the weather Is pleasant. It should have as much good hay as It cares to eat three times a day, but no moro should be given than Is euten up clean be fore the next tneul. The manger and feed-bot should always be kept clean. In addition to hay, the fjal should have oats, clipped hay and bran and some carrots. The morning feed should be about one quart of oat feed and one quart of wheat bran, and If this is mixed with a few haudfuls of eat clover hay, so much the butter. At noon the feed should be one or two quart3 of cut up carrots and one quart of oat feed. Tho evening meal hould be outa and bran, as much as the colt will clean up before morn ing. The quantities mentioned are for a well-grown hearty colt, but Judgment must be ex;:ised by the feeder. Indiana Farmer. ling ami Iron 'Weed, Etc, A subscriber from Davlesj County wants to know how to kill out rag weed and iron weed, and also asks If foxtail and crabgrasg are injurious to corn and If it would pay to cut them nut. Foxtail and crabgras generally come after plowlngtcoru la all done, nod as a geneAl thing they do not liurt the growth of corn after the corn la earing, and If subscriber has many acres of corn It would almost bankrupt hlra to cut It out with hoos, t the pruent high prices of farm work. Kag weed Is a good fertiliser for wheat. If turned undor when full of aap, say about the first of August, sli.g a heavy chain to draw tbe weed under and out of sight, and tbe more weeds the better to Insure a good crop of wheat. If the ground to not wanted for wheat this year, wow tbe weeda before tbey go to seed, and It la not yet too late, and sow grass seed and clover right away. The weeda will shade tbe grass and clover through tbe fall and winter and so have good pasture next year. Iron weed roots live la tbe ground through tbe winter, while the rag weed crows from tbe seed only, so tbe only remedy for Iron weeds Is tbe plow or close pasturing with sbeep, fur tt, a or tbrit mrt Is sue- ccslon, using salt freely on the , wetda while the dew is on, or Just af:.r rain. The same remedy holds gr.i. I on all weeds that live through ; the winter by tho roots; and also for hri rs and hushes of all kinds. ! lit Is cheap and a free use of it pr. ) well in killing any and all kinds of weeds and bushes, and stock of ' a!! kinds will do their work well If . ree use Is made of It. Henry l.'u'.ier. In the Indiana Farmer. ! fare of I-'nrm Machinery. j As the rain and snows of winter b' gin to fall upon the land we see i scattered about here and ther- farm j machinery that cost many dollars ex posed to the elements. Farming Is no:, by tbe majority of people con sidered a very profitable occupation, j et w hat ot'.er business could stand ; the drain of such losses as many farmers meet with, nvoidable losses, at that. Farm machinery is expen sive, but most of It with good care niiyht be mado to last for many years., All machinery and convey, ances should be housed when not in use. Where lumber is scarce and ex pensive, sheds thatched with straw or corn stalks ran be built. All ma- ' chlnery p'-.juld be put away clean, and It pays to go over the wood work with paint and the metal parts with oil each fall. If the owner's time Is ' tco precious It will pay him to hire a man to do this. A man will go over a large amount of machinery in a day i with a good brush. One source of waste in machinery Is tbe neglect to j replace broken or worn parts when needed. The "stitch in time saves , nine," and the bolt or screw replaced at once will often save the crippling of the whole machine. A worn part j replaced with new before it breaks I often saves injury to the machine, ' but valuable ime is wasted if it j breaks when in use. A farmer can ' bankrupt himself buying farm ma- ! chlnery and then have nothing that he does not need. It is far more , profitable to take care of a machine t and get the full usefulness of It than , let wind, rain and neglect destroy It and be obliged to purchase, and earn money to pay for another. C. J. W., In the Indiana Farmer. i Sheep as Weed Killers. I believe that the cheapen way to rid the pasture of weeds, us veil a? other parts of the farm where sheep can be allowed to run, Is tn keep some sheep grazing upon it. I be lieve It is also tho best way to keep down weeds, as tho sheep wander over the same land day after day and keep the weeds closely picked down all tho time, while If you depend cn mowing the weeds, It can only be done occasionally and not very often at best. A good sized bunch of sheep will d j more weed killing than a man and do it at a profit to the owner whileNthe man would be quite on Item of erpenBe. The greatest obstacle In the-way of ordinary farmers keeping sheep, In the expense of keeping fencing that is sufficient. It does not require a great deal of expense to build a sheep fence. If you already have a horse and cow fence, of say, three wires, all that will be necessary is to add two extra wires and see that all five of them are very tight, but if you have no fence at all where you desire to make your pastur9 I would recommend a woven fence. I made an experiment with sheep on an old field three years ago. II was a tract of fifteen acres bMongina to one of my neighbors, but Joined up to my land on one side. It had been In meadow for several years and the weeds had about taken possession. My neighbor offered to sell the land and I purchased It at a reasonable price, and at once had it fenced, which cost $53. I pastured it the first season with nothing but sheep and kept count of how much gala the sheep made and how much th profits on them amounted to, and the first year I made enough off of tho laud to pay for the fencing and leave a small per cent, of profit on the In vestment. Besides that, the land was pretty well cleaned up, which would have cost considerable to have done by man or horse work. There is one point In keeping sheep which most farmers overlook, and that Is that some breeds of sheep are better grazers than others, and in deed some Individuals of the Fame flock ure better at this. I think a little selection in this line will count for very much In a few years; choose the ones that work over tbe ground rapidly. H. n. Rushing, In tho In diaua Farmer. (banning Awny Tigers, No woodcutter will go about his task In the Indian forests unless he Is accompanied by a fakir, who if supposed to exercise power over tig ers and wild animals generally. Before work is commenced the fakir assembles all the members of bis party In a clearance at the edge1 of the forest and erects a number of buts. In which he places Images ot certain deities. After offering bava been presented to the Images the particular forest is declared to ba free of tigers, and the -woodcutters, In virtue of tbe presents they have mad to the deities, are supposed toj be under their special protection. It after all these precautions a tiger seizes one of the party, the fakir speedily takes bis departure without waiting to offer superfluous explanations Calcutta Statesman. 1 K lint They Are go Fetching, Tbe only way for the world to keen; the Hoosler Uterutl at their pens Is to deny them prosperity la otben words, to refuse to buy their books on to. go to see tbelr plays. New; York Globe. , . I , Brooklyn, N. Y. At the DoKalb Avenue M. E. Church Sunday morn ing the pastor, the Ilov. Dr. W. W. W. Wilson, preached an appropriate ser mon on "Divine Guidance." The text was from Deuteronomy32:2: "As the eagle Btlrreth up her nest, flut tcreth over her young, spreadeth hoi winga, taketh them, beareth them on her wings; bo tho Lord alon-j did lead him, and there was no strange God with him." Dr. Wlliion said: It was a supreme moment in tho history of Israel when Moses, their law-giver and leader, wns about to be taken from them. Standing at the base of the mountain, to w hose sum mit God had called him and from which he was to receive a view of the promised land, ere he was gathered to his fathers, he collected the people about him and proceeded to deliver to them his farewell address, words ever fraught with greatest Interest to tho hearer. At the close of his ad dress ho breaks forth in .-apturous song, one of the richest and sub llmest climaxes of which is the one of the text. It is supposed that the habits of the eagle were noticed and studied by Moses in his life In Midlan, and that as he reviewed the history of God's people ho realized that the om was entirely apropos to the other. While following her motherly Instinct she had with groat care and labor prepared her nest, gathering a twig here and another there, a branch from this spot and another from that, each one requiring a separate flight to her distant and banxn home, and although she had with the material furnished prepared It in the most careful manner, twining and Inter twining, Inlaying and overlaying, pro viding for the comfort and con venience of her offspring, ns well as for the security of the same, no ves sel ever being more securely anchored amid the tempest than her nest against tho eddying storms which swept her mountain home, yet when her offspring reached a sufficient size and gathered strength enough to sally forth and seek their own food, yet for fear of falling, or ot hunger, inclined to remain, tho same talons and beak that carefully provided the nest would ruthlessly tear It asunder and make it so positively uncomfortable that they were compelled to fly or if fhoy still refused she would destroy the nest altogether no nest being deemed as valuable as what It contained. Just so with God in His dealing with Ills people, Israel. There was no resting place He did not provide and none He did not disturb. His tory repeats itself. The samo Is oc curring with us to-day. No sooner are we comfortably fixed In any re spect than the disturbing hand of God comes and tears up the nest and throws us for our good, upon our own resources, when, depending upon them, assisted by Him, wo develop a greater hardihood. It Is because of this that governments change, for tunes aro wrecked, society Is dis turbed, homes are despoiled, and even churches undergo the mutations which are everywhere seen. But not only does the eaglo stir up her nest and utterly destroy it, if need be, to get her fledglings out of It, thus placing them upon their own resources, but Bhe flutters over them and rises above them, and by tho rapid motions of her own wings, teaches them to use theirs. Sir Humphry Davy tells us that he once suw a very interesting sight above ope of the crags of Ben Nevis as ha was going in pursuit of black game. Two parent eagles were teaching their offspring, two young birds, the maneuvres of flight. They began by rising from the top of the mountain In the eye of the sun. It was about mid-day, and bright for that climate. They at first mado small circles and tho youns birds Imitated them. They poised on their wings waiting until they had' made their flrU flight, and then took a second and larger gyra tion, always rising toward the sun and enlarging their circle of flight, 30 as to make a gradually ascending spiral. The young ones Btlll and slowly followed, apparently flying better as they mounted, and they continued this sublime exercise, al ways rising, until they became mere specks In the air, and the young ones were lost, and afterward the parents, to his aching sight. How like God s treatment of Israel. Ho not only Btlrred up their nest, but hovered above them in the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of tiro by night, ever going before and leading them on to newer and grenter con quests, whero they trusted in Him, and toignomlnlous defeat where they didn't. So God In Christ hovora over and Is ever near us. .N'otlco Him In childhood, bow obe dient; in manhood, bow industrious; in poverty and persecution, how pa tient; In trials, how submissive; In abuse, how forgiving; In death, how triumphant; In His ascousion with open bands bestowing blessings on a world which gave Hlin a manger for a birthplace and a cross for a deathbed. Ho Is In all respects our leader. He shows us bow to go, and goes before us. How can we hope to succeed without Him? A traveler In a mountainous coun try asked a fellow traveler-to give him a description of a road, which he did. Uut fearing that he would not remember It be wrote It down, and as ho took the chart and started be looked up the rugged rocks and be gan to despair, and folding the paper ho started back, when a voice was heard, "Mo of good cheer. Don't despair. Follow me." We bad oral descriptions at first of tho heavenly way. And they were afterward put In writing, the Bible being given us. But better than this, which of Itself alone Is Inadequate, Christ came Himself and calls to us lu our bewlldermentr "Don't be dla couraged. Follow Me." And wo can follow Him, as tho eaglets do their mother, from the crmlle, the base of the spiral, to heaven, our final borne. She also caught them when about to full, which suggests ttuioly as sistance. Not as many Rabbinical writers havo said, actually carrying them on hur wings and shoulders to give them ideas of flight, and to please them, for of this we have no evidence, but touching their breasts with her wings and ever catching them when about to fall to Insplro them with confidence and to rest tbem It tired and save them If In danger, as one observed tho mother eaglo do lu one of tbe deep gorges - of tbe Hlmllayas. Neither does (Jod give us aerial or other pleasure excurslonr through this world, but designs that we shall secure our pleasure, as He did, by the fultbful discharge of every known duty. The Sunday School INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM. MLNTS FOR DECEMBER & Subject! Taul on the Grace of Giving, !2 Cor. 8: 1-13 Golden Text, Arts 20:33 Commit Verse 9 Commentary on the Lesson. TIME. A. D. 67. v I'LUE. Ephesus. E.YrosiTION. I. The Lllxrallty of the Churches of Macedonia, 1-7. This and the following chapters are devoted to the very vital subject Of Christian giving. The giving in the Apostolic church was oti a high plane, and the modern church has much to learn along this line. It was Paul's method to stir up one church by re counting what God had done In an Dtber church. He speaks of It as "the Srace of God which hath been given unto the churches of Macedonia," be cause their generous giving was the product of God's grace and not of their own natural generosity (cf. Acts 4:31-33). True generosity Is always the product of grace. The Macedonian Cbrlati tested by affliction, but "In the great tesing of affliction" the abundance of their Joy and their poverty (down to .ue very aeptns or it), abounded unto ;he riches of their liberality. The deeper their poverty, tho njore their iberallty abounded in its riches and .he more their Joy abounded. One of :he fairest sights in tho church to-day :s the abounding Joy und abundant .iberallty of God s poor ones. In Ma. cedoala they not only gave up to the aieasure ot their power, but even "be cond their power," and this "of their )wn accord" (there needed to be no urging by others). Indeed Paul ieems to have been Inclined to dis courage such over-abundant giving, iinl they besought him with much en treaty that they might exercise this jrace and have fellowship In tho min istry to the Baints (v. 4, R. V.). This was not as Haul had hoped (but far seyond his hopes). There was some thing far more important than their Sifts of money; that was that they jive themselves unto the Lord. This ihey did "first," first in time and first :n importance (cf. Matt. 6:33). Not snly did they give themselves unto :he Lord, but unto Paul also as the Lord's representative. They did It "by (through) the will of God," not merely according to God's will, but noved thereto by God's will (cf. Phil. 2:13). Paul was so moved by what was done In Macedonia that he urged Titus to go to Corinth and lead them n Into like generosity. Titus, on his former visit, from which he had Just returned, had already made a begin ning along this line and Paul ex horted him to return and complete what he had done. The church In Corinth was a church of abountlng ?ifts (cf. 1 Cor. 12). They abound d "in everything;" they abounded 'in faith and utterance and knowi tdge;" (cf. 1 Cor. 1:5; 8:1); and "In ill diligence and in love" to Paul. Now he would have them abound In liberality also. II. A Willinjr Mind tho Thing That God Expects, 8-13. Paul did not command them to give. If he had, there would have been no element ot voluntariness" In It as there must be In true Christian giving. Two things moved Paul to speak: First, the ear nestness (It. V. or diligence) of oth ers; and second, the wish to test the Incerlty of the love of the Corln Ihlans. There is perhaps no surer lest of the genuineness of love than glvins (1 John 3:17, 18). But now Paul brings In a mightier motive to abundant giving, the example of our Lord Jesus Christ. "Who though He was rich yet for our sakes become poor, that we through His poverty might be rich." How rich was He? All divine glory and power and riches were His. And how poor did He be come? The poorest being in the uni verse. He was stripped of every, thing (Phil 2:6-8, R. v.). And how rich do we become through His pov. my? All that God hag becomes ours (Rom. 8:17; 1 Cor. 3:21, 22). Ought we then to hesitate at the little sacrl flees we are called upon to make for others? Paul gave hls'Judgment (v. 10, R. V.) and his Judgment was In spired Judgment (cf. 1 Cor. 7:40). His judgment was that as a year ago they were the first to make a begin nlng (R. V.), "not only to do but to will" (to do heartily), they now com fdete the doing of it (v. 11, R. v.). The readiness to will was good, but' there Bhould also be a completing ol what was willed out of their ability This strikes at an error that is all too common In our day, viz., the great feagerness to resolve and consecrate, put the sad failure to carry out what Is consecrated and pledged. If then be readiness, then it Is uccepted ac cording to whatsoever a man hath, not according to what he hath not. What a man purposes in his heart so should he do (cf. cb. 9:7). While God looks at the purposes of the heart He takes no pleasure In pur poses which men do not carry out ac cording to their ability. Paul had no desire to distress the Corinthians that the saints In Jerusalem might be eased, but he wished to see things evened up. The abundance of tbe Corinthians at this time became a supply to the want of Jerusalem, that at some future time the abundance In Jerusalem might become the supply of Corinthian need. Cod's desire for equality among His poople was illus trated In the wilderness (v. 15; cf. Ex. 16-18; Acts 2:44, 45; 4:34, 85). ' Loyalty to Church. Loyalty to church should not bt contingent upoa iiutty human llkei and tloltks 1 Abdul's Building Mania, j Abdul Hamld, like all his predeces essors, bag a mania for building. The European visiting - Turkey for' the first time is astounded at tbe number ot white gleaming palaces which line either side of tbe Bosphorus. And In every city of the empire there is a kiosk sot apart for the Sultan, which he never vlslteit, all of tbem palatial abodes filled with choice furniture, rare marbles, mirrors and luster from Venice, tnosales from Florence and Rome, with deep-hued carpets, toft and velvety as tur. These mag nificent residences are nominally guarded by major-domos, who live there with tbelr families in comfort able drowsiness and ease and with only on object In life, that ot main taining their places. Chicago News,' EPMIH LEAGUE LESSONS 8UN0A.Y, DECEMBER 5 The Ruin of Idleness Matt 25: 1-13. The Theme and the Scripture, The clue to the very heart of this parable is the truth set forth in the theme. There is not nnywhere In lit erature a more vivid picture of the ruin of idleness than Is here present ed. Five .of these virgins are declared foolish. However, they had the same chance as the other five virgins. The ten of them set out together. We must presume that oil was as accessible to the foolish as to the wise. They were not handicapped by the slumber which fell upon them, for they all slumbered and slept without blame. They all arose at the sound of the bridegroom's coming, and trimmed their lamps. It Is clear the opportunity was as fully theirs as the others, else condemna tion could not have been visited upon them. . The meaning is plain. You may say that they were not ready, that they were careless, that they neglected to provide enough oil to keep their lamps going, that they procrastinated, and that they were presumptuous. Hut however you describe the cause of their terrible failure, you come up nguinst the fact that they did not use the time given them as did the others, V make ready for the great event. They idled away the golden moments the others had Industriously used. The five Industrious virgins have can-led them a small vessel of oil with which to replenish their lamps. What would be more satisfying to the -t'eslre of an Idler than that they should divide that oil? The obviously Just way, to go to dealers and buy, seems not to occur to them until lc Is suggested. For this Is one of the results of Indolence that It destroys the fine discriminating sense of Jus tice which Is the basis of a true so ciety and of personal Integrity. And now conies the NemeBls of wasted time. While they have gone to buy oil the bridegroom comes. No doubt they hurried, but they could not catch the monwents they must some where have Idled away. A man was running for a train, but missed It. To one who said, "You didn't run fast enough," he replied, "Yes, I ran fast enough, but I didn't start soon enough." What a vivid picture of fhelr fail ure! The door was shut. Within were light, radiance, Joy unrestrained, but they were Bhut out to a darkness only the more revealed by their tiny lamps. Within were feasting and merriment; without were want and sadness. With in was the bridegroom, to bask In whose favor, we are led to believe, was Joy superlative; without were only self and the night of failure. To have missed the bridegroom's feast wns to have missed all, and though it was missed by only a few idled mo ments the ruin is complete. GHHISTIAN EltOEAVQR NOTES DECEMBER FIFTH Religious IJeading ton the qviet noun. 'SHE IS NOT DEAD, BUT SLEEP ' ETIL" Life Lessons for Me From First John. 1 John 4: 7-21. Consecra tion Meeting.) A lesson in fellowship. 1 John 1: 1-7. A Lesson In holiness. 1 John 1: 8-10. A lesson tn divine love. 1 John 3: 1-4. A lesson In brotherliness. 1 John 2: 7-11. Profession and possession. 1 John 1: 8. A lesson In prayer. 1 John 3: 19 24. All that make a failure of human love do so because they have first failed to come Into the love of God (v. 7). Love rests upon "ought," but It does not long rest upon that alone (v. 11). We cannot see God, but we can see the love of God, and that is God (v. 12). The confession of Jesus as the Son of God is more than an acknowledg ment of the mind; It shows itself in our love (v. 15). The Letter of Love. All the darkness that Is in our lives Is just no much proof of the absence of God from them (1: 5). If we wish fellowship with one an other, there is one sure way to get It: have fellowship with ChrlBt (1: 7). The blood of Christ Is the lite of Christ; and life alone can cleanse from death (1: 7.) To deny our sinfulness is to make ridiculous our Savior's errand to earth (1: 10). To enter Into the salvation which Christ offers is to realize our human brotherhood, for all men need the same salvation (2: 2). Our communion with Christ is prov ed by our keeping of His command ments, becaixe only by His help can we keep them ',2:3). by'-'the world" John means tbe part of creation that Is apart from God and does not show His goodness but man's balance (2: 15). It Is a comfort to know that as tbe world paBsea away, the desire for It will pass away (2: 17). When we think what God Is, to be called His children is seen to be tbe highest honor possible for us (3: 1). Only be sure that you are a child of God now, and you need have no fear as to what you will be eternally (3: 2). A BEAR JUST MISSES REVENGE. Herman Russell, a farmer of Hud ton township, had a thrilling escape from a den of bears tbe other day, tays a Boyne City (Mich.) dispatch to the Chicago Inter Ocean. While driving along the road his watchdog scouted a cub and Herman, seeing the little fellow, decided that It would make a good pet. He accordingly went over to the cub, but when he attempted to'plok hlin up he was confronted by a big motbor bear, 'vho put up a fight. Herman tpok to the first tree, which was a small rapllng. Mrs. Bruin sized up the situation, then deliber ately gnawed tb sapling until it broke. Russell was saved by falling Into k the branches ot a larger tree. When dusting or cleaning tbe new tungsten lamps tbe lamp should be burning to prevent accidents to the dllcote fllameut. A FRIENDLY SUGGESTION. "My boy," said Hamlet Fatt, "yov 'tan play the fiddle a little bit and yoc are enough ot an acrobat to stand oi your bead." "But I can't do either well enough to get an engagement," admitted Yorlck Haram. "Precisely. What you want to it is to combine tbe two. Then you'l' hnva a prime act." Louisville Cour Ur-Jouriittl. ' This la not death! 'Tis but a straggli ended; A rnnnomed soul in bonds refined to keep ; An. linnet-n angel to its aid descended : And now Uud giveth His beloved sleep. If tears will flow, not hopelcnx, is our sorrow; Our dear one rests among Christ's folded sheep, Juat for n night; but God will, on the morrow, AwaKen Ilia beloved from their sleep. Safe in their rest! No harm shall e'er be fall them Xo feurs disturb their slumbers, calm and deep; And, through the night, till in the morn He call them, God guards His own beloved while they sleep. Though summer shall still shine bright above them, And o'er their graven winter's wild storms nhall sweep. He who hath loved is He who still doth love them They aye remain Hi children, though they sleep. Then, darling, rest! Nay, nevermore shnji drieve tliee The ills that make earth's children sigh and ween; And, till the day dawn, with thy Lord we leave thee. "For o He giveth Hi beloved ulcpp." John D. Liimell, in London Christian. The Great Law of Love. And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. Revelation, 22:2. The vision of the prophets, while often pessimistic of present condi tions, has always culminated In the hope of a final realization of the best. Men In every age have looked forward through difficulty and discouragement to tho time when the JealousieB, the rivalries, tne selfishness of individ uals and nations should pass away and mankind Bhould live in one com- i mon bond of brotherhood and peace together. St. John, in the record of the be j atlfic vision given him, foreshadows j the reign of a final peace on earth and an eternal conscious communion with I God in the life beyond. The fruit of the tree of life Is to be won through labor and service. Man's effort for ' self-development is to result in his I finding of the larger life. In his I finding of the larger life for himself i he is to bring It to the whole family of mankind. The leaves of the "tree" are for the healing of the nations, for the bringing of them to'gether through the removal of their sin and selfishness. Christianity as a religious force has given the principles of reaching outward and of seeking contact with other men. It has inspired the cour age for discovery and exploration and the impetus to treat for a mutual un derstanding. None but tho nations professing Christianity, who have been the pioneers In discovery, have had an appreciable share In bringing the ends of the earth together or in creating what Is known as the "fam ily of nationB," where an Internation al law instead of brute force has found field for operation. We are celebrating now tho anni versary of two great discoverers. On our shores are gathered representa tives of every clime to do honor to Hudson and Fulton and to cement tha friendships of an International pence. In this we are acknowledging that there is a common bond between us all and our meeting together now is a fact that goes to make that bond stronger. Discovery has located the far lands, Invention has brought them closer together In time and distance; travel and Intercommunication have made possible a mutual acquaintance shin, and the spirit of Christianity, which has created the conditions ot life favorable for these achievements. If we are willing to live it. will carry us further to the realization of that peaceful understanding to which all men look with eager longing, Co-operation is the outcome of the great law of love which Christ died to vindicate the co-operatton which means a consideration for the true welfare of one another. Your life and my life banded together In rals spirit means an uplift for the lives ot all other men. Let us foster this spirit, under the inspiration ot Jesus, In all our personal relationships, sub stituting kindliness for strife, help fulness for ruthless struggle, service for selfishness. The victory of achievement at the expense of our fellow men means but a repetition ot tbe old and oft repeated ruin ot civ ilization, through misery and sin. We rise to a height only to be cast down. But progress through the refusal to benefit at the expense of one another means an achievement that holds for the generations to come. Mankind working as a united whole, unthreat ened by personal dissensions, giving itself instead of combatively trying to save Itself, must achieve victories to stagger the imagination. To such striving tbe tree of life shall yield her leaves for the healing of the nntlous and bring the balm ot a peace, the foretaste of the peace ot the life eter nal. Andrew F. Underhlll, Church of the Ascension, New York, in Sun day. Herald. The Wondrous Love. . However rich we may once have been in earthly love, and however poor we may be to-day, we may be many times richer If only the heart Is open for -tho entrance ot the Infinite and Living Love. No alienation, no estrangement, no bereavement, can leave us poor, if we but know "the love ot Christ that passeth knowl edge." Foundation ot Life, When yon assist womanhood you' assist the nation. She is the founda tion of our lives, she is the inter mediary between man and all divin ity. Rev. S.'Parkos Cad man. . Moral Influence. The measure ot moral Influence i precisely the quality of moral cbar-t actor. One clear lapse from goodnesi and that authority expires. Rev. llj T. Heuson. ', LOVE AND FOLLY, "Let hlra but love me I make n conditions!" said tbe virgin who wai very foolish Indeed. ' "He uiust love tne for my sell alone!" said the, virgin who wasn't quits so foolish. K But th virgin who was least fool Ish said: "He must love ma in spiu of luyseltt" ' . - ' It Is man, however, who proposes) and be isn't so easily scared off bi loonsnness as iu:e other things. Puck, . ft OUR TEMPERANCE COLUMN, ItEPORTS OP PROGRESS 0P J II ATT f. It AnAnre-n - T" 1 ugji. One Divorce in Flv r - . One of tfc. ..... " "rln. fortemVerancereformr.nagv.a:4rLen fonnd In cerM , , .un ate statistics issued h V United State. Census Bureau TV ngures show that intern euner a direct or a cnntVn M cause, was responsible forTo'H nineteen nor ' . thad United State, during the twenty' '1 between 1887-1906 Inclusive SH ai ine present rate at leat twelfth marriage ends In dVorc. get a proportion of one home la L sixty-one wrecvd fcv j..,:mVer over, the census author! " IT i represent onlv it, moBt flagrant and palpable in. L on the iiort hlh iSr'i'!1nMa0' in divorce, anrf ," 7:"'P"ance P' ages than tho, ;7, Z r.L?erc"-l be nearer the truth!" Th'.M ure. as get forth In the census bull 2 tin are as follows: "e "Drunk " a tuu SU16 fa lie a of divorce in 36.516 cases, or 3 St , . v viwo a cause in fri? 7on w,th Bome ther h In 17,765 cases, or 1.9 per cent c ' the total number. Therefore It w f a direct cause, either alone or in corn! blnation with other causes, in 54 2Sif cases, or 6.7 ner rant .t. VI Of divorces granted to the wife thei Q ,uim-iiu"BS either alone or In combination with other causes was 7.9; of those granted to the husband, the corresponding dm centage, 1.4. r "The attempt was made to ascer tain also the numberof cases in which drunkenness or intemperance, al though not a direct ground for the divorce, was an indirect or contribu tory cause. The number of such cases was returned r.s 130, 2S7 rep resenting 13.8 per cent, of the total number ot divorces. Probably this number includes those cases in which the fact of intemperance was alleged in the bill of complaint or established bv the evidence, nltlinuch nni ..i - " ..-.w oycu- fied among the grounds for which the aivorce was granted. "The remaining cases are those In which there war nn rpforonna i ,u. temperance, or no evidence that in temperance existed as a contributory cause. In some of these cases the record was so meager that the ab sence of any mention of intemperance would Justify no conclusions. But In the majority ot Instances it would create a strong presumption that in temperance did not exist or was not a contributory cause." Literary Digest. Beer and Babies. Seer is bad for babies. Beer Is neither a food nor a stim ulant. Alcohol is poison; beer is diluted alcohol. The most that has ever been claimed for alcohol as a food Is that it is capable of being converted into beat and fat. But it is worthy ol note that these claims have been made by chemists and physicians paid for their opinion by the manufac turer, of alcoholic beverages. And even they have bad to admit that but a very limited quantity of alcohol could be appropriated by the system. Besides alcohol there i3 nothing ot value In beer. There is more food value In a tea spoonful ot milk than there Is In a gallon of beer. There is no poison In milk. There Is enough poison in a gallon ot beer to kill fifty-one in fants. Beer contains from three to flv per cent, of alcohol, or from two to three teaspoontuls ot alcohol in eacb glass of beer. Three drops of alcohol, which li equivalent to one teaspoonful ot beer, or six to eight drops of whisky or brandy, will make a week old Infant drunk. That is why some motheri and nurses give crying babies whisky or brandy. It seems to cure the colic. But it only makes them bo drunk they go into a stupid sleep. What mother would like to see Mr son brought home from the corner saloon, or her daughter from the dance hall. In a drunken stupor? Yet how often will a mother deliberately make the Infant at her breast drunx to prevent it from crying? Are not beer and other alconolici In mnrfantlnn .f I m II In n (H ? That IS J exploded theory. Does not alcohoj stimulate ine neari. iu ijuiv. No. It irritates It to a more rapid c- llnn In Ih. imIaiyi'I effort tO 61101 inate the poison. Does It not stimu late digestion! No. u inuau stomaca and congests the liver. lei it not stimulate the mlndT No. makes the intellect stupid and otu. A Substitute. "An effectual substitute for the loon would be public casinos. WPP0" ed by public taxation as schools are. which should be as universally a trlbuted almost as saloons, opsn long as saloons, and provide a reson for the men and women of borhood where .they can meet to and enjoy all the liberty w"'"." found to-day in the saloon, e"P Intoxicating liquors, but where whew some refreshments wight be p chased. Theso casinos might be m self-supporting from the ala ot re freshments" that is oue of toe clal movements wblch Is being cb ploned by Temperance, New wick. N. J.. the monthly journal ot the Temperance Society of the MJ copal Church. Such a P'0?.' ought to prove most success! ul prohibition has recently gone effecL Temperance Notes. Homes are blasted and families J broken up by the rum traffic. Emperor William will J port to officers drinking toast, water or non-alcoholic Children are deprived of ednt lo and of opportunity to PP M success In the struggle of life w rum traffic. need When the new employes area" " on tbe railways ot omtr plicant. who .JMl for at least one year will ve io chance. ' , ,. Lasl year the National Scale tr the Prevention ot Cruelty to , ChM' in England dealt with 60,01b ess which want. uerl"?JXm played havoc with their Ilttto tKru It is well known, comments "! . Uance News, that ninety per of these cases have their origin i drinking bablta ot the pareuU. "Ninety-five per cent ot th ble in tbe police department, aa least ninety-eight per cent. oI W,! charge, in the fire j ip.rtm oll. Chicago, aro due to the use or n cants," declares Howard O. auorney for the Civil Serv e. Co wlsslou. In bis annual repw'-
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