B'Voa For Farmers.
Farmers are beginning to realize
fliat the illo is not fordairymen alone,
ut for every man who Krows live
Itock, provided he has sufficient shel
ter. For It must bo understood that
lllage-fed cattle require greater pro
rrtion than cattle fed on dry fodder.
There Is no time to waste now be
Jore making preparations to fill the
lllo. It should by all means be filled
efore frost. Where corn has been
iaught by frost water must be ndded,
ind provision must bo made for ndd
ng water as the sllnce goes In. One
grit advantage of the silu Is that it
tnnblcs the farmer to utilize fodder
ihat would otherwise be ' lnrgely
snatcd If frost bitten. Farmers who
aave sorghum and at the same time
frosted corn will find less water re
qnlred If they will put In as much
wrghum as they do frosted corn, load
about, ns the water In the sorghum
will to some extent repair the damage
lone by the frost. Wallace's Farmer.
A Cheap Smoke House.
JtpftS
' Money being a scarce article, I In
vented a smoke house which gives
lust as good service aa though it cost
a hundred dollars. It Is made of a
large packing box three and one-half
feet high, two feet deep and three
feet wide. A wide cleat is put In the
fop, to keep the meat from hanging
against the box. In two days I
smoked two large hams perfectly.
Mrs. F. B. W., Minnesota, In Woman's
Home Companion.
, Kilngo nnd Ileef Cnttle.
Purdue University has shown very
clearly the value of silage In feeding
beef cattle, and Indiana has become
noted for Us beef cattle growers with
part corn silage. During the winter
tetison the cattle In addition to sil
age should have two parts of cotton
seed meal and one of corn. Com
mence with light feeding of concen
trates at first, and Increase tbom as
their condition will indicate. Thirty
pounds of silage per day is about
right for young cattle growing rapid
ly and for roughage corn fodder and
hay, with silage morning and night.
It U suggested by good feeders that
While there is a considerable amount
at corn in silage, it is still necessary
to feed some grain along with It, for
we must remember that the grain In
the silage is not concentrated, as In
the case of the mature corn.
Give the animals the same amount
of clover hay and whatever rough
ness in the form of stover or corn
todder they will consume. In the be
ginning it is better to feed a larger
proportion of cottonseed meal, say
perhaps at the rate of two-thirds cot
tonseed meal and one-third com or
corn and cob meal.
As the season advances these pro
portions should be reversed. Keep
the animals growing for the first
three months of the feeding period
and during the last two or three
months finish them. If we attempt
to feed corn straight from the begin
ning they will not grow as well, nor
will they gain as rapidly as if fed a
larger amount of a concentrate rich
In protein and a smaller amount of
corn.
Co-operative Fruit Growers.
The fruit growers of Ontario have
organized into thirty-seven co-operative
ansoclations. This movement has
proven very beneficial to all who are
cozected with It, and the success
which It has brought has caused a
rapid growth and Interest In fruit
raising.
These co-operative associations
have a central organization which
publishes a weekly crop bulletin
which Is sent out to eaoh affiliated as.
aociatlon. The plan followed Is for
the secretary to obtain Information
each week from the different associa
tions as to the condition of the crop.
The probable amount of fruit, the
mount sold, the price, ravages of
Insects, etc., and to coudenuo It and
end It out to alt the associations. Ia
this way each one knows what the
other is doing.
Last season the Government em
ployed nn expert to give Instruction
tn the packing of fruit. His reports
showed that the packers employed by
the associations In most cases did bel
ter work than the average packer.
Ttut associations want their members
to put out a high grade line of fruit
and so have asked for two additional
Instructors for this season. Tuoy
have also asked for an Instructor in
box pecking because now growers
who are catering to the best trade
are using boxes more for choice fruit.
The organization has secured legis
lation which enables them to handle
all chemicals used In spraying except
white arsenic. Uniform methods of
praying and cultivation are practiced
and as result tbe members are suc
ceeding in raising a better quality and
a larger. quantity of fruit than the
average grower. Indiana Farmer.
Facing a Short I'lg Crop.
' From the goneral tenor of letters
received by ns from breeders in the
different parts of the country, we are
led to believe that the pig crop will
be demonstrated a short one. The
fact Is we have been getting Into this
condition for eighteen months or
more. High-priced grain and pork
below a corapura'lve price of. grain
caused people to market their hogs
close and to save fewer sows. As one
snaa said la the office it Is vory hard
to eoovince a farmer, when he can get
seventy cents cash a bushel for bis
torn at bis tows elevator, that It was
not his duty to cash It In, ';here, in
stead of feeding it to hogs or any
other animals. The shortage is show.
Ing In the number of hogs that are
being marketed, as they are below
previous years, while the number of
consumers are constantly increasing.
This has brought about a close using
up of the products going Into con
sumption and consequently an ad
vance In the prlre. There Is every
reason to expect fairly high prices for
some time to come. They cannot rec
tify this shortage in a month or even
a year. They cannot increase It as
easily ns they ran Increase the ac.-e-age
for corn. The price of pork hops
is the foundation for tho business of
breeders nnd there is every encour
agement that we ara entering upon a
period of better business than we
have enjoyed for several years, ns we
are on a better business basis. The
shrewdest among the farmers are
quietly picking up pigs wherever they
can get them at. bargain prices, with
the expectation of a good corn crop.
Prices will be lower for corn and
higher for pork and they wnnt to pre
pare for it. American Swineherd,
Pulry Thoughts.
It Is a good Idea to compare the
dairy thermometer with a standard
once in a while and find out whether
it Is reliable or not. Sometimes a
sudden blow will disturb the mercury
bo tho instrument cannot be depended
upon.
No better cheaper cow feed during
the fall than the surplus pumpkins.
They help to balance up the cow's ra
tions. To hasten the fattening of an
old cow there is no better feed than
pumpkins. However, the pumpkin
crop Is rather short with ns this sea
son. We can always raise lots of
pumpkins in the corn, but thi3 season
the vines didn't do a thing but bloom.
Too much rain wo think.
No sloven can mnke good butter, Is
an old saying, and often It Is a sloven
ly man Instead of the women folks
who is responsible for bad butter.
If the man who milks sets a pall un
der a dirty cow during the process of
milking, clean milk Is out of the
question.
An old farmer says a milk cow
should never be condemned until
giver a trial by two milkers, as often
the difficulty is more with the milker
than the cow. A cow will not give
down her milk to a milkor she is
afraid of or dislikes and what she
does give will be deficient In butter
fat. And a good milker milks as rap
Idly aa possible without worrying the
cows.
The fall calf comes Into the world
at a good time no flies to worry it.
No trouble to keep the fall calf grow-
ing through the winter If fed liberal
ly and given a warm, dry, sunny cor
ner in the stable. The horns we fix
them with a stick of potash. The
calf hardly knows it.
We may be mistaken but it seems
to us the Jersey calf needs more care
ful attention In feeding to keep Its
digestion from becoming unset than
the calves of some other breeds. A
deranged digestion will follow Just a
little cold milk. One cannot be too
careful about having the milk for the
Jersey calf warmed to about blood
heat and very little above.
The calf that goes into winter
quarters lousy will not thrive.
Chickens, rats and mice bring lice
Into the stables. Washing with a so
lution of tobacco Is one very effective
method of ridding a calf of lice. Or
rub the calf with a cloth saturated
with coal oil, but It won't do to be
too liberal with the coal oil, for too
much or it will take off the hair.
Fannlo M. Wood, in the Indiana
Farmer.
liaising Deans For Profit.
I think the best time to nlant l
during the month of June. I do not
want to plant my beans before thn
latter part of May, anyway.
My object is to have a oniric uni
form growth and have the nods rinen
together as nearly as possible.
There will always bo at best nm
Immature stalks, and I have found
that it pays to throw them out when
hauling and handling the crop.
If In cultivating you make a ridge
under the hills Bomo of the Dods will
come iti contact with the dirt and
some of the beans will be discolored.
I find the remedy for this is shal
low cultivation. For years I have
used the spring-tooth Implement In
the field.
The cultivation must be begun as
soon as you can follow the rows and
cultivate as often as Is necessary
thereafter, until the blossoms begin
to appear; after that time cultivation
will do more harm than good, as the
root formation Is near the surface and
covers the whole space. When weeds
appear, those that I cannot destroy
with the cultivator, I cut with the
hoe, but never go Into them when
the dew Is on.
As tt tho amount of Beed to plant,
the width of rows and whether it Is
best to plant or drill seed, there is
Quito a difference in opinion; how
ever, my practice Is to plant about
thirty Inches each way, and set the
planter to drop from four to six seeds
per bill. This allows cultivation both
ways, and I And that I can keep them
clean without much hand work. I
let my beans get moderately rlpo be
fore pulling them, and It the weather
Is fair they will cure ready for haul
ing in Just a few days. When pulling
1 put six rows In a windrow, and
should the (round be damp, the
windrows will have to be turned over,
tber are. so prone to draw moisture.
Be sure that the bean Is bard and that
the pod will burst easily, as R is al
most impossible to dry them after
they are In the barn or bin, but If they
are harvested bard and cared for
properly they are safe.
The fodder of these beans makes
splendid feed for cows and young
cattle. I And it Is almost equal to
clover bay; also It Is an excellent
sheep feed. However, when fed too
btavlly to cattle it li liable to cause
them to be constipated, but this ob
jection la not the case with theep.-r-It.
B. Rushing, In the Indiana
Farmer.
'"
THE PULPIT. I THE CRUSADE AGAINST DRJJ1X
A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE REV. L. O, ROTENBACH
Theme: Love of Christ.
Brooklyn, N. Y. In Bethnny Pres
byterian Church, the pastor, the Rev.
L. O. Hotenbach, M. A., Sunday morn
inir nrenrhpfl on T)io Ontlmiam nn.1
Omnipotence of Love." Ho took ss
: his text, John 13:34, and I. Corln
i thlans 13:8: "A new commandment
! I give unto you, that ye love on? an
i other; even as I have loved you, that
i yo also love one another." "Love
never faileth."
i Mr. Hotenbnch briefly dwelt tipon
tho scene In tho upper chamber at
Jerusalem as presented by John,
bringing out the touching contrast as
i revealed on the one hand In the wenk
j ness nnd petty self-seeking of the dis
: clplcs, with the strength and self-re-i
nunclatlnn of the Master, while He
j girded Himself and bathed their feet;
I and on the other hand. In the callous
unresponsiveness of Judas pursuing
his sordid purpose, with the unf.'iillng
tenderness ot the Christ committed
I to HI3 passion, as He gave the sop
end Judas went out. By the contrast
he brought out vividly the optimism
I nnd omnipotence of tho love of ChrlBt,
! and then continued:
I What elements can we discover In
this love which Is pro-emln ntly the
love of Jesus? Are they net these,
i namely vision, faith, sacrifice? As
' to vision. Just recall the n'e or rath
er Jesus' point of contnet with the
i 8Ke. Through Nazareth ran one of
tho preat caravan routes connecting
the reat sea on the west with Dani
i nscus in the east, nnd this was crossed
ut points by tho coRst route to Egypt,
1 eo that Nazareth's streets were famll
lar with Syrian nnd Tyrlan, Roman
and Greek, as well as Jew. As a caru
i van centre much that was coarse, un
i clean and degraded, the detritus of
j humanity, 'was In evidence, to say
nothing of the vices of tho Eomau
, times that even so-called culture
1 boasted. No wonder the exclamation,
"Can any good thing come out of Naz
, oreth?" Thirty years of that unique
; life were spent here. There is also
His contact with His own people, the
i Jews; well did He know their Incon
i Elstency of character, to startllnnly
j revealed when one day they cried.
: "Hosannah. blessed Is He that cometh
in the name of the Lord," and the
next with equal vehemence, "Awav
i with Him; crucify Him:" And then
' there is tho Irreligious attitude and
activity of the great leaders of relig
; ion. Pharisee, Sadducee and scribe,
: Whose envy and hntred hounded H!m
I to death, to say nothing of the weak,
( halting nnd vacillating character of
: those called to bo Ills disciples.
I Such was the Master's world con
, tact His touch at different points
j with the spirit and conditions of Hij
age. This was what lie saw; but was
this all that He saw? For this surelv
no vision was needed and no man
need become a seer.
Beneath this flotsam and Jetsam,
this superficial aspect of the ebbing
and flowing tide of human life, down
in the deeps, Ho saw with the true
seer's eyo the wondrous possibility,
human and divine, of the ecxentiil
man, inherent In nil humanity, which,
if realized, would make man In a
transcendent sense the child of God.
Think you this was tho result of ob
servation? Say, rather, that obser
vation tended to confirm It. "He
knew what was In man," because He
knew what was in Himself. Exper
ience, personal, wherein Ho realized
the possibilities of His own inner life,
not miraculously, but naturally, nnd
enabled Him to sen thnt tho true man
Is within, and if realized in actual
life, would bo glorious.
Then, agnin, tho low of Jesus Is
haracterlzed not only by vision,
which sees the best in man and his
noblest possibilities, but also by faith
thnt Intense lile-KrlppIng convle'lon
which unfalteringly l"lievestlat there
can and shall be realized i:i the spirit
nnd life of - personal experience by
man, so that He shall be their living
expression. Will you say that His
own experience bad nothing to do
with this fnlth? Then remember "He
was tempted at all points like as we
are." He knew what tho power ot
sin was nnd He also knew that Bin
could overcome by the faith and the
lovo of God. and He overcame, as we
must overcome. How else His atti
tude toward the woman of sin at HU
feet in the temple when the religion
ists accused, when He said to "her,
penitent, "Neither do I condemn'
thee." How else defend His story ot
tho two sons, the one the prodigal and
tho other worse than prodigal for
mean and narrow selffishness, who
stayed at home? Or how understand
Ills potent, painstaking efforts to
teach and train, to develop and to
give character to His very imperfect,
and crttimcg sinning disciples? He
had a profound faith In tho redemp
tive quality In man.
He believed with ell tho Intensity
of His being that man could become
the child of God. crowned with honor
and glory.
Ami onco more Ho not only saw the
vision beautiful, not only believed
that It could be realized In living hu
man expression, but He utterly aban
doned Himself in sacrifice to its act
ual realization, "who for the Joy set
before Him endured the cross, despis
ing the shame."
Could Ihat superficial aspect ot hu
manity which He saw and came Into
touch with In tho spirit and condition
of His age, thRt crass superstition.
that cruelty and lechery in high
places ns well as low, that abandon
ment to vice which gloried In it. that
flaunting hypocrisy could that In
spire Joy for the cross, the Joy of solt
sacrifice?
The vision with its penetrating
glance Into tho deeps of life with their
wondrous possibilities, which angels
might envy; the filth that believed
yea. knew thnt all this could be act
ualized In the living experience and
expression of spirit and character In
man, these and only these mad possi
ble the Joyous abandonment of Jesus
Christ In the self sacrifice of love to
their certain realization.
And that cross of Jesus ij more,
far uioro, than those crossed pieces of
timber on Calvary. The cross was His
II fo and especially the brief yars of
Ills ministry.
Then take that scsne In the upper
rhanbor. Jesus bathes the disciples'
feet? Yes. but notice. He bathes the
foet of Judas! Judas! yea, more, as
He sits down He says, "He that ost
ein My bread lifted up bis heel against
Me." n would seem as though a
heart of stone would break. Yet there
sits Judas unmoved. Did Jesus de
slst? He speaks again, and He Is
moving toward a climax in Ills reach
Ing after the soul of this man. "Veri
ly, vorlly, I say unto you that ono of
you shall betray Me." Just Imagine
ton oppressive twriumtneH of thst
moment as the disciples' conscience
ailttea cry. "Lord, is It I?"
rnoGHEss maik hy cmMnoxa
ricumu tiuc mm demo..
Church's Unrelenting Wnr on Rum.
The Rev. James M. Reardon, of St.
Paul's Seminary, 8t. Paul, Minn.,
writes ns follows In the Home Herald:
The CathollcChurch has often been
accused ot courting an alliance with
the saloon. We challenge any one to
adduce a particle of evidence In snp
port of this infamous calumny. Un
fortunately many members of the
fold are engaged in this soul-destroying
business, und many more are vic
tims of Its ruthless sway. By reason
ot this thn church has been plared In
a false position before tho world, and
in order to set herself light and re
move every cause for even the slight
est misunderstanding regarding her
attitude toward the drink evil, shw
has in her official utterances and in
her practices, not less than in her sol
emn decrees, declared unrelenting
warfare against It and made her posi
tion known in no uncertain terms. In
the decrees promulgated by the Plen
ary Councils of Baltimore, tho Catho
lic Church legislated for pastors and
people, and mad a known her attitude
toward tho drink traffic and tho vice
of intemperance. "There can be no
manner of doubt," she says, "that the
abuse of intoxicating liquors is to b
reckoned among the most deplorable
evils of the country."
Furthermore, while the selling of
liquor Is not declared to be unlawful
in Itself, Catholics engaged In It are
urged to choose "a more becoming
way of making a living." and if they
do not heed the warning voice of the
Church in this matter and persist lu
dispensing alcoholic beverages to the
public, they expose themselves to
grave personal dangers besides con
stituting themselves occasions of sin
to others. "They must," says the
Third Plenary Council of Baltimore,
"keep their saloonB clospd on Sunday
and never allow blasphemy, cursing
or obscene language. Saloonkeepers
should know that If through their,
culpable neglect, religion Is brought
into contempt or men brought to
ruin, there Is an avenper In heaven
who will surely exact from them the
severest penalties."
But if, notwithstanding this solemn
admonition, Catholics persist In this
unbecoming business and "give occa
sion to excessive drinking, especially
on Sundays," pastors are exorted to
Inflict on them tho severe penalty of
exclusion from the sacramentB. The
profanation of the Lord's Day by the
salo of liquor and the frequenting of
places where It is sold. Is regarded as
"so prolific of evil results" that the
bishops Issued a snecial pastoral let
ter in condemnation of it, in the
course of which they "Implore all
Catholics, for the love of God and of
country, never to take part In the
Sunday traffic, not to patronize or
countenance It. And we not only di
rect the attention of all pastors to the
renresslon of this abuse, but we also
call upon them to Induce all of their
flocks who may be engaged In the sale
of liquor, to abandon as soon as they
can this dangerous traffic." In view
of alL this definite legislation, who
will dare to assert that the Catholic
Church 1b the friend of the saloon?
Could she more forcibly or in strong
er terms express her abhorrence of
the nefarious traffic?
We need to hear once more in our
day a fearless denunciation of the
liquor traffic from the lips of our ap
pointed leaders, and thus receive the
assurance that they will not hesitate
to blaze the trail along which we are
to walk; that they will never lower
the flag until this enemy of humrn
peaco and national progress ceases to
curse the land. The Church In Amer
ica, to be faithful to her mission, must
guide and direct into the proner chan
nel the great moral revolution ush
ered in by the twentieth century. She
must continue to be in the van of the
forces of righteousness which mako
for temperance reform. She must
not seek, much less accept, favors
from the foe. Through her leaders
she must bring to bear upon the prob
lems which agltatehumanity the light
of her traditional wisdom.
ITenvy Fire on Sunday Saloons.
While In nowise mitigating the evil
of the weekday saloon, the Sunday
saloon was singled out for withering
flu by the Catholic Total Abstinence
Union ot Illinois. It was declared a
desecration of the Sabbath which
should be eliminated absolutely. The
findings of the Supreme Court of Illi
nois were quoted as authority for de
claring that saloons have no moral
or legal right to exist, and that hu
mankind has no inherent right to
deal in liquor.
The corrupt politician who thrives
through or under cover of the saloon
came in for a larruping in the general
discussion, bis existence being traced
largely to the existence of the saloon.
The Catholic who stands behind a
tialoon bar and "deals out liquid hell."
In the words of one of the principal
speakers, was castigated specifically,
and Catholic women were urged to
stand together to fight the Influence
of Chicago's 7000 saloons. Chlcage
Tribune
Worst Form of Slavery.
"If all the men In all the churches
that have officially arrayed themselves
against the liquor power were to re
gard themselves as under sacred obli
gation to put the policy ut their re
spective cburrbes Into Immediate op
eration, the tyranny and dobauchery
ot the American saloon would bo end
ed speedily," declares the Epworth
Herald. "The Nation would be set
free from the worst form of slavery
that has ever afflicted the peoples of
the world."
Temperance Notes.
Tho open saloon on Sunday means
that on Monday the wives and chil
dren of laboring men will have less
of wages and the saloons more.
Drink Is wholly or largely responsi
ble, either directly or Indirectly, or
through Its Inherited effects, tor every
fifth case ot mental disease in. Ger
many. It Is necessary to prevent the man
ufacture of drunkards ns an Infected
person on the -round of bumanlty,
for the sake of the community. Dr.
R. W. Brandtbwalt, England.
There Is uo man In the United
States who Is a better man to-day In
prlnclplo or life bocause of the open
Sunday saloon.
Liquors, wines, ales and beers can
not be sold In original packages
either at wholesale or retail, In the
State of Tennessee, according to tbe
siertton of Dlstriot Attorney Gen
eral Jeff McCarn, of Davison County.
The St. Louis Court of Appeals de
rided tbat a wine grower la local op
tion territory In Missouri cannot sell
wine ot his own make on his own
premise, excevt for sacramental pur
poses. Tbe lower urt was sustained.
THE GREAT .MOTHER.
There's healing in the sky she bends
Above mun wondering head,
nnd tongue of growing things rrpoat
The blitiminK slio hnth said
Fnrnll her sons, but most for him
Who I tut rim unto her.
To learn tho secrets she entrusts
Her silent worshiper.
the heal the wounds we could not cure
Of their long lingering pain,
Flie stillx the sorrows we hail thought
Would rend our hearts in twain,
And when for us the day ia done.
Her eyes their vipil keep,
tier brown anna fold us to her heart,
And sheltered so wc sleep.
We alecp, ah yes, and subtle hints
Of nature's prophecy
Stir in our dust-born souls the dream
Of worlds nnd life to be;
For. taught of licr, the childlike heart
Deems not the axcending stajr
Of human life an Aimless. line
To night and empty air.
Charles Tildcn Scmpers, in Youth's Companion.
True Liberty.
Being made free from sin. ye became the
lervantH of righteousness. Rom., C:18.
St. Paul speaks of the Romans as
of those who had been servants of
Bin, but had been delivered of this
servitude and brought to the glorious
liberty of the children of God. All
that are born of the flesh are natural
ly servants of sin. To acknowledge
that Is the beginning of true liberty.
Owing to the fact that the servitude
of sin wraps itself in the garb of lib
erty it Is not so easy to distinguish
true and false liberty, and many are
deceived by looking only at the out
ward appearance.
True liberty is righteousness. Sin
is offering all the kingdoms of the
world and the glory of them to those
who will fall down and wcrshl;) it,
and many a miserable slave of sin
who under its uncompromising tyran
ny finds no time to seek the glorious
liberty of the children of God thinks
himself free and independent because
sin allows him to bow to tho flesh, to
follow his natural inclinations and
passions unrestrained.
Though there is no law given to the
Justified, his love will limit the exer
cise of his freedom in a much larger
measure than could ever be attempt
ed by law. Many a thing which no
law forbids, which he is at liberty
to partake, a Christian will not touch,
because in his individual case it might
harm body or soul in the course of
time, or tt might offend a fellow be
liever. Christian liberty is not a
license to do what we please, but a
desire to do what Is expedient.
Nothing may hinder us from going
Into a eoal mine dressed all In. white,
but how we will come out again is n
different question. Likewise, noth
ing may hinder us to walk in the
counsel of the ungodly and stand in
the way of sinners, garbed in tho
white robe of Christ's righteousness,
but who can tell how we will come
back? That's why St. Paul advises,
"See that ye walk circumspectly, not
as fools, but as wise," lest the golden
crown of freedom be transformed into
the Iron chain of sin. But where do
.we find true liberty in this sin bound
world? The greatest Liberator nnd
Emancipator, says, "If the Son, there
fore, shall make you free, ye shall bo
free indeed!" In Him who took upon
Him the form of a servant, who be
came obedient unto death, even tho
Irtealh of the cross, that He might deJ
liver us from all sins, from death and
'from the power of the devil, we find
tru liberty, and the more we becomu
like Him the more we become free
I from sin and servants of righteou3
I Tiess.
May God help our people to strlvl
after true liberty, bo that it mny be
come true also in a Christian senso
that immortal phrase of our conrtl.
tutlon, that every man ought to bi
free and independent. Ernst A. Tap
pert, Pastor Washington Height;
i Evangelical Lutheran Church, In Sun'
day Herald.
God Must Be All in All.
It Is when God's glory Is ref.ectel
back to Him, not merely from a king,
dom of ideas, but from a kingdom ol
actual spirits, a kingdom ot souls, ail
'united together 'under Christy and a'
witnesses, not merely of the eternaj
power and godhead ot God, but alsc
of His saving grace, and then only,
that the divine blessedness becomei
in tbe full sense perfect. It then foi
the first time becomes perfect, in s
far a3 it Is the will of Ood not merel)
to rest In His eternal majesty, for In
'this the Triune God was able to rest
independently ot tbe world before tin
'foundations of the world were laid;
but to rest and be blessed in tho com'
pleted work of grace and love, in th
glorious liberty ot tho children o
(kid a good which will not b
.reached until In tbe words of tin
'Apostle Paul, "God shall bo all 13
all." Then first, in. the new econ
omy. In tho new heavens and th
new earth, will the glory of the Tri
une; God bo perfectly revealed thl
glory which Is reflected from His pen
feet communication ot love to th
creaturo. -Martcnsen,
Success of Christianity.
Infidelity and unbelief, often clad it
n new dress to escapo suspicion, fol
low sullenly In the wake of tin
church, thus tacitly acknowledglnfj Itj
vigor and Its triumph. Rov. CUarlci
1 . Wood.
Tho Best In Life.
No matter what may befull humat
life, tho Interpretation of what it
best in life will ever bo tho famllj
and what Its porsonul relations loal
us towuidr-Rev. John L. EUii.lt.
I Man's Kail ore.
Christ proclaimed tho truth of th
Mosnlo system. Man's falluro to apt
prebend tbe truth has always Inter
fered with man's progress. Rv. 0
Koas Baker.
WB KSCAPB THIS.
"Under what kl&A of a tree," In
quired tbe sons writer, "does tbe Es
kimo make lore?"
"Under no kind of a tree," an
swered the cltlsea addressed. "I am
glad to say tbat'there is no vegetation
In tbe extreme north." . Louisville
Courier-Journal. , ,
Elactrlolty baa replaced mules at
jthe motive power on tbe street rail
j ways of Santos, the BraalUan, city
ffrom which aa much coffe ia ex
ported, v.
EPLVOBTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12
Bragging, and Prsylng Luke 18: 9-14.
The Theme and the 8crlpture.
Luke 18: 914. This Is one of the
gems which Luke, of all the gospel
writers, has saved for us. How thank
ful we are that It did not escape the
notice of this careful writer! And
yet, while we see the beauties of the
parable we are not quite ready to ad
mit that It may have an application to
our own lives. We are so apt to
think that we are right right in our
thinking, right in our actions, right,
even, in our prayers, and not that
everyone else may be right. Stop now
and ask, "Do I not need to question
myself as to the manner of my pray
ing?" Very much depends on our at
titude toward God when we are on
our knees before him. Wasted may
be all we say. Wasted, the golden op
portunities he has placed within our
reach. Wasted, the power the Spirit
would bestow upon us, all because of
a wrong relation to the Father. The
subject of prayer was much on the
heart of Jesus while he was here on
earth. He spoke of it many times
when with his disciples, often ho
was before thb Father himself in
prayer. Over and over again we read
that he went out all alone to be with
God, someimes spending the whole
night In prayer (Mark 1: 35; C: 40;
Luke '5: 10; 9: IS; 22: 41). From tnm
it is evident that he felt that prayer
Is one of the most Important exercises
to which the sincere heart can possi
bly give itself.
Feeling, somehow, that Jesus was
strengthened for his work by these
frequent hours of devotion, knowing
that the disciples of John had been,
taught to pray, and sure that their
own hearts needed some better way
of communion with the Highest if
they were to be girded with power to
carry on .their own lifework, the dis
ciples sought definite instruction in
this vital matter from tho Savior
(Luke 11: 1). They could not have
gone to one more capable of Impart
ing to them the secret of effective,
availing prayer. He who had himself
learned the meaning of prayer in all
Its sweetness, beauty and simplicity
at the very feet of the Father himself
knew how his followers might best at
tain to Its perfection. Responding to
these longings on the part of his dU
ciples, Jesus many times talked with
them about prayer. The whole round
of prayer was covered by him In the
course of these heart-to-heart conver
sations together.
DECEMBER TWELFTH
Pilgrim's Progress Series. XII. Cross
ing the River. 1 Cor. 15;
31-38; Heb. 2: 14-18.
Fear ot death. Isa. 38: 1-21.
The Lord of death. Isa. 43: 1. 2.
Looking beyond death. 2 Cor. 4:
16-18.
The gate to the better life. 2 Tim.
4: 6 8.
An Immortal heritage. 1 Pet. 1: 1-C.
The promise of Jesus. John 14: 1-10.
Tbe Christian dies daily, not In
gloomy foreboding, but In happy an
ticipation of death (1 Cor. 15: 31).
Tbe Christian does not worry about
the kind of body he will have in hea
ven; it is enough that it will be fash
ioned by the Maker of all beautiful
bodies on earth (1 Cor. 15: 38).
When we fear death, let us remem
ber that we fear the devil, and that
such fear is a discredit to our Savior
(Heb. 2: 14).
The fear of death Is a bondaee. and
Christ came to preach deliverance to
the captives, and the opening of their
prisons to mem that are bound (Heb.
il 10).
The Journey's End.
Aa the Christian approaches death,
he sees that what he bad thought to
be the darkest of experience is so
bright that he cannot look fairly upon
The Pilgrim has a vast host that are
going toward death with him, but not
one or tnem can bring him into the
City; only his own faith, and He on
wnom that faith is reposed.
For no one except Elijah, nor even
Christ, has a bridge been provided
over the river of death.
As the Red Bea and the Jordan be
came easily fordable when attacked
by faith, so the river ot death.
Even Christian, after all his expert
ences, sank In deep waters as he came
to die; but be pressed on.
If you, like Hopeful, have eood
cheer In the face of death. It Is a
great gut, which you are to use to
the full, for the good of others.
When the thought of his sins un
nerved Christian, the thought ot his
Savior buoyed him up.
j Animals Extraordinary,, :
The bare- Is said to be ono year a
male and another a female, but in
credulity is quelled by the comment
by the author, "Praise be to Him who
la capable ot performing all things!"
Tbe viper, on attaining the age of a
thousand years, invariably goes blind,
but promptly finds its way to the
nearest fennel plant "with which it
rubs Its oyes, when its sight is re
stored by tbe permission of God."
Tbe eagle also goes blind with age,
when Its dutiful young carry It on
their backs to "a clear spring In India,
on tbe top of a mountain, into which
they dip It," whereupon It regains
both Us sight and Its .youth.
Tbe pboinlx takes a pleasure In fire
and In remaining in it When Its
skin becomes dirty, It cannot
be washed but by means of fire.
Sashes are woven of Its soft hair, and
when they become dirty, they are
thrown into fire, .upon which they
become clean without being burnt.
The abu-salras (there la no English
equivalent) Is a certain animal found
in thickets and having In Its nasal
cavity twelve perfect boles.. When It
breathes there Is heard coming from
Us nose a sound like tbe sound of
flutes, and the other animals gather
round It to hear tbat sound; or t
any of them happens to become con
founded with the sound, It seises
that animal and eats it, but If tt does
not find It practicable to seize any of
them, it gives a terrible scream, upon
wblcb tbe other animals separate and
Dee away from it. Collated from
Al-Damlri's "HayatatHamayan," Ja
akar Translation tor tbe London Out
look. . , '
The
Sunday-School
INTERNATIONAL LESSON rr,u
MENT8 FOR riFri7in,.
-"'"r.ii J2,
Subjectt Paul's Last Words, 3 T,
,.4.JO uoiaen Text: Phji, .
TIME. A. D. 67-68.
PLACE Rome.
CtlifUllTTnv
Cl,nrge to Timothy, l.H. T'hta f
most solemn charge both In it. , '
and in Us contents. The fact
Christ Is coming again to Jud "2
the living and the dead Is a miiX!
incentive to faithful V.1?"1
note of Paul's charge is found in t
three last words of v, 5, R v Vi i
gives Timothy four reason for' fuia,",1
ing his ministry: (1) v l- rs . i
yi vs. 17, 18). In tk.
clos ng verses of the third chaYu!
Paul has urged Timothy to studth
word, he now urges him to preach f,
The word alone has power to save n
convict, to regenerate, to edffv
comfort, to cleanse, to do all that
every man moat needs to have Z
(cf. Acts 2:37; 1 Pet. 1 : 23; 2 v
1:21; Acts 20:32; Ps. 119 9
Jno. 15:3). therefore the word is the
only thing any man can afford to
preach. The word should be preached
with energy at every possible opp0r.
tunlty, "in season, out of season"
EKVer, lTm ?l earnest Preachlns
should be made use of, reproof re.
buke, exhortation. But no matter
how stern the reproof that Is demand
ed It should always be "with all long
suffering," and with teaching The
reason why we should make the bet
use of every opportunity Is, because
there Is a time coming when they win
not endure the sound doctrine. The
time Paul speaks of has already
come with many. "Itching ears" are
ears that desire to be tickled with
some new teaching, ears that neve:
want to hear the old, no matter how
true and precious It Is, but are ever
running after the new, no matter
how false and foolish It Is (Acts n
21). The world is governed by Iti
lusts, and demands "teachers after
their own lusts." These teachers
never satisfy the real craving of the
heart, so they "heap them up." What
a picture this is of our own times, in
viow of the grievous character of the
time the follower of Christ should be
"sober" (clear headed and wakeful)
"in all things." It is not a time to
seek easy places, but to "suffer hard
ship," to do the work of an evangelist
(constantly tell the elad tldin its nf
! salvation In Christ), to "fulfill" our
I ministry (make full use of It). Paul
appeals to the fact that his own
earthly ministry was so near ended
to stir up Timothy to harder effort.
The fact that the great workers of
the past are falling out of the ranks
should stir every one of us to more
earnest effort. Paul had poured hii
life out for Christ and His people, 10
be compares himself to a drink offer
ing that is being poured out (Ft. V.,
Marg.; ct. Phil. 2:17, R. V.). He
also compares his departure from
this world to a vessel loosing Its
moorings and putting out to sea. He
was sailing to a better port (Phil. 1:
23. R. V.). In v. 8 the Christian life
Is compared to a fight, a race, and to
a sacred trust of "faith" to be kept.
Looking at the Christian life in each
aspect, Paul could say "I have been
faithful.". We live in a day when but
few are willing to fight, or to run, and
when few can say, "I have kept the
faith." The many are willing to give
It up at the demand of the first plau
sible speaker who assures tbem that
"all the scholars have now given up
this old fashioned doctrine" (cf. Jude
3, R. V.). Paul turns his eyes from
the past to the future, from what he
bad done to what he should receive, a
crown that would more than compen
sate for all the hard fighting and
painful running. The Lord Himself
would bestow the crown "at that
day," I. e., at His appearing (cf.
Matt. 16:27). That crown Is only
for one class of people, "them tbat
love His appearing."
II. Paul Deserted by Man, Defend,
ed by the Lord, 10-18. Paul vai
one ot tne loneliest men that ever
walked the earth. Like bis Master
he was deserted by all men in the
hour of bis deepest need (cf. Matt.
26:66). It was a cowardly act on
the part of his friends, but Paul for
gave tbem and prayed God tbat He
might forgive them. But though de
serted by men Paul was not deserted
"the Lord stood with" him. That
was enough (cf. Rom. 8:31). Better
to have all men forsake us and tbe
Lord with us, than to have all men
with us and the Lord forsake ui. On
can stand anywhere If only the Lord
stands with blm Tbe Lord not only
Btood with Paul but strengthened
Paul to stand himself. The Lord
purpose in strengthening Paul to
stand was that "the message might
be fully proclaimed" (R. V.). The
Lord desired tbat all the Gentiles
might hear. Paul was in danger of
balng thrown to tbe lions, but the
Lord delivered him out ot the mouth
ot the lions. Aa the Lord had al
ready delivered him from peril la the
past, he bad every confidence tost
God would deliver blm in the future
from every evil work. With a heart
full of gratitude be ascribed glory to
Cod "unto the ages ot the ages."
Ultimate End of Sia.
Sin never attains Its ultimate end
until It produces agony for some per
son. Rev. James E. McConnell. ,
Beyond Our Expectation.
God always goes beyond the xpf'
tat Ion ot His people In fulfilling Hi
promises. Rev. J, Henry Haslaiu.
A PARADOX.
T,'a - jAWit. l.an,ft. that!
what it Is," growled the pessimlUe
man.
Wh.t'a - Atr,rtaht nulsaDCS.
queried his better half or perhp
two-thirds.
Ing flat," answered the p. m. BosUB
rose
a pleased'audikncb.
What makes you spend so nwa
money on tbat lawsuit?" '
"It's a matter of taste. Borne peo
ple like to attend lectures. I prof'
to nav mora and hear a lawyer dM
nmrH nn affair In which I am Pr
sonally interested." Washlnstoa
Star. . ..'''
CONSTITUTION SETTLES IT- '
"Will there ever be a woman Pr
IdentT", I ' .
"No.J The 'Constitution says
President must be over rt""
years old. and women don't get t
old." Kansas City Time.