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Southern
Progress.
A monthly, sixteen-page
journal containing in each
number some twenty narra
tives of the South, chiefly
descriptive and pictorial.
The paper is undoubtedly
the best illustrated journal
in the world, and the only
publication which presents
glimpses of Southern life
and Southern people. It
is a favorite souvenir with
those who have visited the
South; and it serves a good
purpose, in lieu of a visit,
to those who have never
been there.
The regular price of
Southern Progress is fifty
cents a year, but to introduce
the paper we will send it
three months for ten cents.
FRANK A. HEYVOOD,
Editor aod Publisher,
211 S. 10th St, Philadelphia.
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A ttnecarrlasedoubleetb.e pleasure of driv
Inir. Intending- buyer of earriag-e or linr
Ties ran aave dollars bv tenrlins- for the
larpe. free catalogue of the Elkhart Carriage
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Take laxative quinine Tablets. All Irua
Bints refund the money u iau to cur. en.
10-14.7ro-
A fre-ai Uu E4sr.
The editor of a leading; state paper writes
"If vou had seen ml wife last June aud weret
see eer to-day you would not believe she waa
the same woman- men sne was nroaen anwn
by nervous debility and suffered terribly from
anstiaauinn inn nek headache. Ismn'i Crt
err kiua- for the Nerves mnile her a well woman
innn one month.'. W. H. Herman. Troiel
villa: MiitdlMiwaTth it I'Uh. MrClure-. II. A.
Khright, AUne wHI tcive you a free wimple
larkwa of this mat herbal roaned" Urp
lines a and Wc.
A DMINISTKATOK'S NOTICE. Let
t t r of Adiuinititratlon lathe
tat ol Vrs. Sarah Ik-uler lateof X)utrtwp
Mivder county, fa., dee'd, harms, been Krmnte,
i.i ins undersigned, all periwni knowing them
lves indebted to said estate are requested t
,uu. ii.mnliRte navuient. while those flavin
.-Istms will present them duly authenticated Uj
i ne unuersiKDea.
WIIXIAM BENFKh
pr. 1H, WW). Adm'r,
DMINISTKATOK'H NOTICE U
x- tern of AdluUiiHtmtion iu the
-state ol Kdw'd Miller, lateof Middleereektwp.,
Snyder eimuly, ra., dee'd. Iiavinic been granted
U the undereiKitt-d, all persons knowing them
sa lves liulelaed to said estate are requested t:
inske limuelMit payment, while tvose having
'liiima will prueent llieiu duly authenticated to
I be unuVraJgaed.
A. D. KKAMElt, I.I
Apr. 4, IkM Adm'r.aafll
Oust TabareaM ssd Kassie toar lift Away.
To quit tobacco easily uad forever, be max
iii'tic. full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To
Hue. the wonder-worker, that make weak met
strong. All druggists, 68e oril. Curegusran
teed Booklet aod sample free. Addres
Kterllnv Itemedy Co., Chicago or New York
nrivqipn lly Old Established House High
w AH I lU 'iraile Man or Woman, of cood
t 'liunli slandlad, toat-l as Manger here and do
nice work aud comvpondence at their home
Husiness already built up and estabtsbed here
Salary Siwu. Eneluse arlf-alilmisrd staniinl
eiiretope for our terms to A. f T. Elder. len
eral Manager. 1HV Michigan Avenue, Chir'agu
III.. Kirs! Kloor. aW a-Sl-m
the ught or the mEz.'!ZfrZZXl
OR OUR SAVIOUR IN ARI"
Wover 1100.080 to establish. Contains nearly
JMi full-page engravings of our Haviour, by the
cnat piasters. Kvery picture Is reproduced
fruia) soras famous painting. Agentsaretaking
(rues three to twenty orders per day. The hook
is so beautiful that when people see it they
want it. The Hermitage, I'rado, 1'fllrl, I'itti
fwuvre, Vatican, National of londnn, National
4 Berlin, Helvidera aud other celebrated Eu
ropean galleries have placed their greatest and
arreat treasures at our disposal that they mlaht
le engraved for Ibis superb work. HIU-T
i.I.AM'K AT TIIK HKTIKKH BltOI'OHl
TKAKMTO MY KVKH," says ous. "Cleared
ftU first week's Work with the book," says
tutul tier. "Motns high grade man or woman
should secure the agency here at once," says
every editor, "as t-VJUean soon be made taking
unlets fur It." Nearly llO.UUOexpended on new
plates for edition cowing from press. Also a
man or woman of good church standing can as
sure position of Manager and Correspondent of
i lila territory, to devote all his time to employ
ing aud drilling agents and corresponding with
tlioin Address for full artleulara A. K T.
KI.DKK. Publisher, X7 Michigan Avenue.
Chicago, III. Mi-tot.
A Notice to the Public.
I have bouk-bt from A. If. Wayner a dark
brown horse and ttuga7, and I thereby cite
rarolnif to all persons not jtotmaddie wjtli tg
same. JZL laafk afc OA. inivTTtftlTV
I have twuirUt from i.AWsoe stop bufry
Sod I berebyglve warnlof to all persona nit
to meddle Willi the wime. JrGoong, "
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All Kinds of Jobs).,
On the tth of next March the clvt
service commission will bold examlna
tiona throughout the United State foi
various positions, ranging all the waj
from expert accountant to a lad whe
can do plain cooking. The cotnmfssioi
la not so particular regarding the social '
entanglements of the accountant, bul
stipulates that the cook must be a sin
gle woman. No educational teat is re
quired, but if the applicants are not
fancy free they will have no chance tc
compete for .the position, which payi
J480 per annum. The commission adds,
by way ot detail, that the cooking te
be done is for the Indian agency school
Raiding deputies are needed in Arkan
sas and Alabama to conduct raids fot
the seizure of illicit distilleries. . The
department says in its notice that the
work required is especially hazardous,
and stipulates that the applicants must
be of unquestioned courage and pru
dence. Exactly what teats Of courage
and prudence are required the adver
tisement does not state. Another ex
amination is to be held at Brownsville,
Tex., for the position of mounted In
spector- for the customs district ot
Brazos de Santiago. Applicant? for this
position are required to be capable ol
reading brands, riding a horse and
shooting a pistol with such accuracy at
to entitle him to a rating as a good
marksman.
There is no profession that holds out
such tempting allurements to the youth
of to-day as that of metallurgist and
mining expert," said Mr. D. U. Downs,
of San Francisco. "Last year, of the
class of about a dozen who were grad
uated from the school of mines in the
University fof California, at least ten
bare found excellent situations with
big salaries. Our universities cannot
turn out expert mining engineers fast
enough for the demand. When I was in
London last summer an English scien
tist to'.J me that there would be a
strong demand for years for competent
men, and added that England kept the
United States drained of its best min
ing talent. They are wanted In South
Africa, in Australia, New Zealand; in
fact, all over the world, and they can
get higher pay than doctors, lawyers
or acy other class of professional men.
Any young man who Is ambitious for
a career that will lead to fortune, if
cot to fame, and perhaps to both if
he be industrious and steady, will make
no mistake by qualifying himself in
the direction of mineralogy.
George W. Finch is the name of a re
markable murderer now in the state
prison at Fort Scott, Kan. Finch was
under sentence of death for the killing
of a young man some time ago, but
managed to escape from prison and suc
cessfully eluded pursuit. lie reached
Lament, Mo., 100 miles away, and hii
pursuers had not the least Idea as to
where be was, when he called up the
state prison authorities by long-distance
telephone and notified them that
he would be thereon the evening train
to surrender hlmpelf and help mend
the prison bars he had broken. And,
true to his word.wfcen the evening train
arrived he stepped off and gave himself
up to the waiting officers.
When the seniors and juniors met in
almost mortal combat a few days ago
at. the Cleveland Homeopathic hospital
it was evident that the "clinging vine"
type of woman was not present. An
eyewitness states that the gsy young
nurse climbed the ladder to the am
phitheater, tore down the nag, tram
pled it into the dust, ponuded, scratched
and pulled hair in mad endeavor to
down each other vi et armis beyond the
wildest flights of imagination.
The total fire lotw in the United States
aud Canada for toe last three years is
stated as follows: Sll!9,S39,70O in 1H95;
$112,Goi.U0 in 18, and $10,319,650 in
1897. The two principal reasons for the
gradual decrease are: First, the prog
ress that has been made in the con
struction of buildings capable of wits-
but.ding the fire fiend; and erond, the
greater efficiency and better equipment
of Are departments In many of the
towns and cities.
The teacher of a city school received
the following note explaining the ab
sence of one of Iut pupils the day be
fore, says Ilarprr's ltound Table:
I'lese excooze Ilenny for absents yees
him stay at home, as he had never rode
In a churrige an never went to a fu
ntral. nor bud many other pleasures.
So plese excoose."
.The widow of the millionaire who
invented the elevated railroads of this
3ty, says a Kew York letter, is now
earning a meager pittance with ber
needle. Less than 20 years ago her hus
band's private yacht was the talk of
'.be town. Had be not sailed into Wall
street she would probably be presiding
over afternoon teas instead of bending
ever stitches.
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A New York man has started out to
rids his bicycle a hundred miles every
easy, rain or shine, during 1898, merely
to make a record. If he were compelled
to exert himself to that extent ha would
probably regard himself as the most
ibused man in existence.
A murderer la the penitentiary of
blansas who will be pardoned out soon,
will remarry his wife, who, sine his
'onme-rit. tins been divorced, mar
. Vi tr.d widowedj -.- .. '
SGlfE VALUES COMPARED.
Basalt mt Teats tat PaUiaataw eke
rewdHaa Power- af Yartesui KlaCa
f AmlaaaU rea.
The) earthy, or Inorganic, matter la
planta is as necessary for animal growth
si the organia matter. The bony skele
ton consists chiefly of calcium phos
phate, with a little calcium carbonate
and other mineral aubetauces derived
from plants. While plants contain
everything necessary for animal
growth some portions are richer In
salts and nitrogenous material, and art
therefore considered to be of more
value, as the grain of wheat, corn and
outs. Foods, differ greatly In value, as
every farmer knows. Many experi
ments hsve been made to determine the
feeding power of varioas kinds ot food.
and elaborate tables have been drawn
up to express their comparative value.
Every farmer practically ' constructs
such a table for himself; at least, he
sets a different value on different sub
stances, and buys and sells according
ly. In the following table common hay
Is taken as the common standard, and
the numbers opposite each substance
chow bow many pounds of each con
tain nourishmeitt equivalent to ten
pounds of bay:
Common hay 10
Clover hay t to 10
Oreen clover.... 46 to CO
Wheat straw 40 to 60
Oat straw jo to 40
Pea straw 10 to 16
Potatoes 10
Turnips so
Cabbage to 69
Peas and beans ,.. I te 6
wheat H I to I
Oats , i to T
Corn 6
Oil cake (linseed) 1 to 4
Of course, such tables represent only
general results. Much depends on the
quality of the food, the form In which it
I given, the condition of the animal to
which it is fed, and other circumstances
which the intelligent farmer under
stands. Western Plowman.
PASTURE FOR STOCK.
Blarht Mowtks 1st f k Tear f a rasa
Feed Is Bar a Prwdaee Uaad
Remits with Feeders.
If the stock is kept Id the best health
and thrift through what may be termed
the growing season, more or less pas
turage will be found advantageous.
Dut in making the most out of the pas
tures It will be found best to divide into
at least "two pastures and In many'
cases three will be still better One
should be convenient to the barn and
should ' be reserved especially for the
tearms. With cattle and sheep, and
horses and bogs, not only is a change
of pasturage bene6cial, but the pasture
will be eaten down much more evenly.
When all stock pasture together in one
field there seems to be a natural in
clination te keep a part of the grass
eaten down dose while a part of the
grass will be allowed to grow up and
mature seed. Dut where the stock are
changed from one pasture to another
every two or three weeks all of the
grass will be eaten down more evenly
and there will be much less waste. To
provide the ' necessary: pastunage It
should be arranged for in good season
so that after grass starts up in the
spring they can bo ready for use when
needed. While it is an item to Mve
plenty of good posture at the same me
It is not advisable to have so much In
sueh shape that more or less would tx
wasted. Pasturing cattle on grasses
nearly eight months in the year is the
cheapest way to raise good feeders, and
there should be no waste. Dakota
Field and Farm.
BINTS FOR STOCKMEN.
Improve the faiafurea.
Epsom's salts are the best physic for
lue tow.
There eh&hld fee ample pasture for
the swine.
Better drive 4h horse fast op hill
than down hill
'Always feed any animal light when
changing feed.
When the frog of the horse's foot be
comes hard, use poultise.
Build the swine pen so as to facilitate
eaey handling of the swine.
l'ine tar may be smeared over the
nose of the sheep for snuffles.
Cabbages can be fed profitably to
swine, and they are a cheap feed.
Powdered charcoal is an absorbent
f fvkfWta law atstate rta tsa) animal.
As a rale It Iocs not pay te attempt
U cure a ha f vtiiiwiasi Oet rid
Vf iu
If your (blacksmith puts a red-hot
shoe on your horse's foot, go to a black
smith that wont.
It is just as important to carefully
select the breeding stock for mules as it
is for horses.
If your horse cribs, sell htm, is the ad
vice of a writer; and our advice is, don't
buy such a horse.
The horse often shies because its eye
sight is not perfect and It mistakes the
character of objects. '
A little "spring" medicine Is good for
the horse. A dose of May apple root
will clean out the unimuL
Begin to "break" the calf, as well as
the colt, esrly, that Is, accustom It to
being handled and to being tied.
If the hogs are confined only daring
the fattening process, it may be much
smaller than If they are confined for a
longer period. Western Plowman. '
FajBetleas of Live Iteek. ... .
The true function of live stock on the
average farm should be to consnms all
the food products raised and return to
the owner a fair, not an extravagant,
price for the food conauineai to convert
coarse material Into higher-priced pto&
yets oi -me lemming materials eon'
fumed, 'if his live stock pays for the
food consumed1 the farmer has made
what would be considered s reasonable!
profit in other lines of basins t--4h
la r-fra f ntlrp!y;.irfjipokcd.-'
Xnral World.: - ' - ' " .
Our ' venerable fellow townsman,
r ."oaea Flfield, is married again, and ha
Los broken the record by becoming a
groom fonr times in his life, and threw
tiaea within the pastdx years, his
last marriage having talcen place the
other -night, reports -the. Brookfleld
(Mo.) Argus. ' There is quit a history
connected with Mr. .Fl field's matri
monial experiences. ' His first wife died
In Brookfleld some seven years ago,
from paralysis. . Six years ago he took
the second Mrs. Fifieki; who fell out of
a cherry tree, fromhe effects of which
she died. About two yeais ago he
married the third Mrs. Fifleld, who last
November met with a runaway acci
dent and was instantly killed. But as
Mr. Fifleld growslder, now being past
80, his heart, wlth'the approach of early
springtime, seema to grow yonnger.
And now he has walked under the mis
tletoe again and taken, to his hert an
other love, and the Argus jqins his
other, many Brookfleld frieuds'n con
gratulations for long and happy
union down through the fourth degree
There waa lately a discussion, speak
ing of grammatical matters, in one of
the private schools of Washington, re
ports the Post of that city, between the
principal and one of the teachers over
a sentence in a short story written by a
pupil. What the story is about is
neither here nor there, but the sentence
In question is: "How came she to come
to Washington?". That is the way the
pupil wrote it before submitting the
story as an exercise in composition to
the teacher. The teacher changed it to
"How came- her to come to Washing
ton ?"naintainlng that the infinitive re
quires a subject In the accusative. The
pupil rebelled and appealed to the prin
cipal, who sustained the appeal., Both
principal and teacher are consulting
every possible authority on the sub
ject, but just at present the question
seems unlikely to be answered to every
body's satisfaction.
It is reported the Kentucky house
has passed a bill to forbid, any
railroad, telegraph, telephone, bridge,
or "common carrier company to con
solidate .Its stock, franchises, or
property, er to pool ita earnings
with1 a parallel or competing 1 line,
or to acquire such line. It also forbids
any combination between common car
riers by which the earnings of the one
dplng the carrying are to be shared by
the other not doing the carrying. -
The bureau of ethnology at Washing
ton is utilizing the grapUophone to pre
serve tho Indian language and others
which bid fair to become obsolete. The
delegation of native Ilawailana lately
there working in opposition to annexa
tion visited the bureau recently and
recorded their language for preserva
tion. ' One of the delegation made a
spisech and another saug a song.
The general agent of a large railroad
says that he will in the future employ
no young man who smokes cigarette
and that be intends to get rid of ail now
in his department who smoke thesn.
"Eighty-five per cent.," he says, "of the
mistakes made in the office by my 200
clerks are traceable to the 32 who use
cigarettes."
Another American girl who believed
that she married a German baron has
found herself on the wrong "b," for her
husband proves to be a German barber,
with the further incumbrance of an
other wife and a couple of children in
the fatherland.
About 4,000,000 false teeth are manu
factured annually in the UnHod States,
while one ton of gold and threevtona of
silver and platinum, to the value of
$160,000, are used in filling tee.
Them is more Catarrh in this section ot the
country than all other dlsrasea put togeterand
until th last few years was supposed to he in
surable. For great many years dortoia pro
nounced it a local dlseeaa, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with
local . treatment, pronounced it unoura,ble.
Blsncc haa droves catarrh to baa constitution
al disease, aad therefor requires constitutional
treatment. Hall's Catarrh Care, manufactured
by K. J. Cheney Co., Toledo, Whlo la the only
constitutional cur on the market. It la taken
eternally ID doses faom iOdroDS to a teaaDoon-
ful. It acta dlrectlyon the blood and mucous
siirrscea olitne system They oner one hundred
dollar for any ease it fail to cure ateud for
circular aDd testimonials. Adresa.
rVJ CHKNNBY A Co.,-Toledo O,
noia oy an vriurgisis, oc,
lull's Family Pills are th but,
HUMPHREYS'
No. . 1 Cures Fever.
No. 3 " Infants' Diseases.
No. 4 " Diarrhea.
No. 8 " Neuralgia. ; ,
No. 0 " Headache.
No. 10 " . Dyspepsia.
No. 14 Cures Skin Diseases.
No. 18 " Rheumatism.
No. 20 " Whooping Cough
No. 27 " Kidney Diseases.
No. SO " Urinary Diseases
No.: 77 . " . Colds and Grip.
Hold by druggist, or sent prepaid upon receipt
oi priors, as onnis eaoa. namnoreys" sieuic
Ca.mwlUUBbt.. hew York.
Ml
' Is iisod for Plastering Hoimes.
It Ii a new d lie very
- Guaranteed to laat longer
than ''any other plaster. It
Is preferred to Adamant.
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HOMEMADE BSOCSSlt
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laapU mm at the aaaa Tlsae 5
; Correot Prtaetwles.
A plan is shown herewith that gives
a brooder constructed oa simple and
at the ssme time' correct principled.
The diagram (Fig. 1) Is very nearly self
explanatory. A box three feet square
or thereabouts1 has in the bottom - s
brooder lamp or stove. Above this is
a sheet of sheet iron as large a the
jnside of the box and1 supported at the
four sides, and by an iron prop near
the lamp, if It is inclined to sag. Make
the edges air-tight with cement, so
that no fumes from the lamp can get
up above the sheet Iron. Have a sheet
iron drum made as indicated in Fig 8
and set this into the brooder floor, fill
ing in the rest of the floor about the
drum with cement, that there may-fee
bo danger from fire. The drum need
not ba over six inches in height. It has
a half .daeea openings under the top,
as shown in the sketch. When the
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CROSS SECTION OF BROODER.' COQU
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lamp Is lighted air enters at one side
above the sheet Iron, is heated and
rises in the drum, passing out through
the openings into the chick chamber,
and Is diffused about It. Three or four
ventilating holes are in the wall near
the floor for the exit of cold air. This
gives a constant movement of warm
air into the brooder. These openings
can be partly closed when desired. An
opening in toe side near the bottom of
the lamp chamber and one near the
top on the opposite sides give fresh air
for the lamp and an exit for ita fumes.
The lamp is inserted through a small
door In the side of the box. One whole
side of the brooder chamber Is a drop
door, for the easy sweeping out of the
floor. The top (in door) can have a
pane of grass In it, so one may see the
chicks and the thermometer hanging
against' one side. Glass on two sides1
gives light The top must fit very
tightly. If this brooder Is to be need
out of doors a roof must be added, as
Indicated by dotted lines. The corners
of the brooder are cut off, as seen In
Fig. 8, ao that the chicks may net
crowd iato them and the weak be
trampled upon and smothered by the
stronger, should the chamber ever be
eome cold. Farm and Home.
NOTES FOR BEEKEEPERS.
With good management it costs little
to keep a few hives of bees.
Do not neglect to look for the queens
or brood when opening the hives in the
spring.
Ko astter when bees are moved, they
should be fastened tip so that none can
escape.
To a very considerable extent sprlag
dwindling is the result of poor winter
management.
Have the entrance to the hivea and
the vioinity around them clean and
convenient for the bees to get out and
in readily.
The life of bees during the working
aeason ia very short, and It requires a
good laying queen to keep up the force
of beea in the hive.
The proper time to transfer bees from
box hives to movable frames is early in
the spring, before the comb becomes
heavy with brood and honey.
Hives should be located In good sea
son in whatever particular location
they are expected to occupy in readi
ness to receive the swarms as they
come off.
If any colonies are found too weak
In the spring to take care of a frame of
brood give tbem bees from the strongest
colonies, but be careful not to give them
the queen.
When the weather gets warm enough
for the bees to fly without becoming
chilled give them finely ground corn
meal, wheat or the finer parts of sifted
ground oats.
The secret of large honey crops Is
strong colonies and plenty of room for
the beea to store honey. Give each
frame In the hive exactly, one and
I half inches of space.
Do not open the hives to excite the
bees when it is too cold for tbem to fly.
The best time to remove surplus for
brood frames ii after twoor three days
of good honey weather. : . i
Do not open the hives to excite the
bees whea it is too cold for tbem to
fly. The best time to remove surplus
for brood frames is after two or three
dnys of good honey weather. ; m - '
If In that spring any of the colonies
are found without quetnsvt tbem
frame of. brood. Do not allow the col
onies to rear queens until dronsa are
hatched, to insure mating. 6t Touts
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THJB ZJsBfOlf Matthew M:0-CL hmt
chapters tt, K and .Romans UU-U.
OOLDEN TEXT Wateh therefore. Ut
jre know aot what hour your Lord osti
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Ti XTnesdy afternoon April 4.-A?fri
B. .Waiss day as our last lesson, b
after Jsus had toft tb tempi. .
PLACE. Th Mount of Olives, verloo.
lag Jerusalem, on th way to Bethany .4
LESSON EXPOSITION.
L The Duty of the Hour to Watch.
V. 42. Watch therefore. In view oi
the things which Jesus had just bets
telling Jthem, as He sat with tbem on the
brow of Olivet, overlooking the beauti
ful city so boob to be destroyed. As i
a panorama the future sweeps before
their, vision the destruction . of the
city and Ita temple, ware, famines, pea.
tilences, earthquakes, hatred, betray.
ala, tribulation v death; the sun ani
the -moon darkened, the stars falling
from heaven, false prophets arising, de
ceiving almost the very elect. "IMea
fainting for fear and for expectatioi
of the things which are coming on the
world" (Luke 1:26). Then comet t
wider sweep of the prophetic vision,
and they see the end of the world, ami
the day of judgment of which the de.
struction of Jerusalem and of the Jew.
ish nation and the end of the old die
pensation were symbols and types.
II. Reasons for Watching. A Parable
Vs. 42-44. The coming of the Lord re
fers not only to the great day of Uii
coming to judgment and in final tri
umph, but to His coming at Pentecost,
and at the destruction of Jerusalea
(which coming some of them were to
witness, Mutt. 24:30-34; Mark 9:1); and
applies to every crlsiaof our Uvea, even
parting of the ways, and especially tht
hour ol death.
The Things Which Tend to Put Us to
Sleep:. The delay of tho coming; cold-
nesa and worlrTllness in the community:
our sinful hearts and deMres; unbelief,
insidious temptations which gradually
lead astray before we are aware.
are beset by perpetual temptations te
sleep, to spiritual drowsiness and tor
por. "An opium sky rains down sopo
rifics." The last thing we should hart
Is a sleepy religion. '
The reasons for watching are
First. The great value of the thlngi
we snouia watcn lor.
Second. The greatness of the dang en
we are to watcn against.
Third. The hour of His coming Is tin
known. There is no doubt about the
fact of Mia coming. "In all that future
wnich lies before us, these are the oolj
two event of which we are absolutely
certain: Our own approaching death,
our Lord's approaching advent." Ban
na. We also know that many oppor
tunities to do good, many crises of our
lives, many temptations, are certain te
come, but what ones we do not know.
Fourth. Not to be ready when Be
does come is certain-loss and disaster.
niustration. Sleeping on guard it
-ever punished with death, because si
the carefulness of the watch may de
pend the Bafety of the army and the na
tion. "In the temple, during the night,
the captain of the temple made hit
rounds, and the guards had to rise it
his approach and salute him ia a par
ticular manner. Any guard found
asleep on duty was beaten or his gar
ments were set en fire. (Compare Ba
16:15." M. R. Vincent.
Ill, How to Watch; and the Reward.
Vs. 45-47. Our Lord here puts honor
upon those who serve Him by comper
ing them, not to a menial or ordinary
slave, but to the intelligent, faithful
and trusted head slave of the house
hold, like Joseph in Potiphar's house.-
Broadus.
"That promotion shall not be lilt
earthly promotion, wherein the emi
nence of one excludes that of another
but rather like the diffusion of lore, Id
which the mbre each has the mare
there Is for all." Alford. 8w each saint
owns all God's , possessions, even now
(1 Cor. 3:21-22).-Vbbott,
The reward is both outward and in
ward, more glories, and blessings, sid
joys, and larger capacities for useful
ness and enjoyment. Larger fields and
wider spheres are given, greater oppor
tunities for doing good and a clearer
perception of God, a fuller reception ol
all that makes Heaven what it is.
IV. Tollure to Watch; and Its Tot
.sequences. Vs. 48-51. The unfaithful
minister or Christian takes the verr
means God has put in his hands for the
aid of His cause and the blessing of men
and misappropriates tbem to selfijl
uses. The two forms of sin most com
mon to those in high places are oppres
sion and self-indulgence. Abbott
Tyranny over others goes hand in hand
with laxity toward ourselves. Perse
cution of others implies a wrong in m
P. The great historical contrast be
tween the Inquisition and Indulgence!
will easily occur to the reader. Lanf
Dante's Inferno. In the eighth cir
cle, and fifth pit, Dante saw the hyp
critee. "we iouna a paintea peopi
"They had boeds lowered before their
eyes made of the same cut as those of
the monks In Clunv. Outwardly the
are gilded so that it daxzles, but wlthl
all lead, and so heavr that Frederic
put them on of straw" (alluding to thr
leaden cloaks whloh Enrneror FrMenci
IT. caused to be put on criminals, wb
were then burned to death; whloh wen
llsrht as straw In coranarlaon vrHi
these). "Oh, mantle wearisome tA
eternity." Prof; Norton's TranslatK
APPLICATION TO TEMPERANCt-
WATCH.
1. The bast war of watching atalntv
temperance la by faithfully preonnW
very duty, striving hsrd to k fooa v
as!
rsr
3
tt do good.
I . 1 Watsh the aaet of tirmoarano I
people you knew. Among those whom V
. ossira te be like, a hew many are '
pa rat and rlls lous. . .
I S Waeeli f alVanta IxussMIM.
r A. WsM asStat atlssa Iissmm and 1st
' tlouins are .Oolat 'as te law and law
lag. "-'''!,''' .' - -'J
: L Watch eternal tha smallest be1rrJ
, of. the habit of usla iMoartanf IK".
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