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How Shall a Sinner Get Right With God? Br REV. HOWARD W. POPE Superintendent of Men Morxly Bible ttnrilutt, Chicago TEXT "How cun a man bo Just with Ootl?" Job 9 2. Centuries n g o Job asked the quostlon, "How cjui a man be just with God?" In all agoa tho moral senso of mankind has been raising the Bnmo ques Hon. Many nn uwers have been given: I. The heathen answered It in thl3 way: "Make an offering to the gods sufllclcnt to compensate for tho wrong done." Hence they brought r presents of fruit and (lowers, gold and Bllver, and sometimes they oven of fered their own children as a sacrifice tc the gods. Thoy were always look-, i lng for some way of pleasing God without right living. The heathon .method is still u favorite one even In Christian lands. Many a man serves tho devil all his life, nnd then builds a library or endows a hospital to atone for his sln3. II. Others Day that tho way for a sinner to get right with God Is to keep the commandments. Thrco things nro to be said about this method: (a) Keeping tho law does not ntone for past sins. If one were to obey ,God's law perfectly from this time on, thnt would not atono for tho slna of the past. (b) The law never was designed to save men from sin, but only to show ithem that they aro sinners. When Mr. Moody'B boys were young he said to one of them, "I am going down to tho Held, and when I return, if you will havo on a clean dress, nnd If your face is clean, I will take you out for a ride." The llttlo fellow ran to his mother at once and had his face washed and his clothes changed. Be fore his father returned however, his faco and dress wore soiled again. When his father arrived the boy claimed the promised ride, but his father said, "Ah, my boy, I promised you a ride on condition that your face and dress were clean, but they are not." "Oh, yes." said the boy. "They must be clean, for mamma put on a fr"esh dress and scrubbed my face with soap and water." As tho boy in sisted, the father took him in his f arms, and carrying him into the house, held him up boforo the mirror, and let htm look at himself. He used the mirror to show the boy that his faco was not clean, but he did not use the mirror to wash his face, did ho? No, he usod water for that. Now the Decalogue Is simply God's mirror to show man that he Is a Slnnen but there is no power in tho law to save a man from sin. It requires grace to do that. (o) No one ever kept tho law ol God perfectly except the Lord Jesus Christ, for "All have sinned and como short of tho glory of God." This meth od of getting right with God is an ut ter failure. III. Paul's answer to tho questlor is this; justification through faith in Christ. "We believed on Christ Jesus that we might be Justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of tho law: because by tho works of the law , shall no ilesh be justified." (Gal. 2: 16). Since man has broken away from God by sin, it is evident that If any reconciliation is made, tho overturo must come from God, since man has nothing to offer. , When God told Abraham to take his only son Isaac, and offer him as a sac rifice on Mount Moriah, tho aged patriarch obeyed instantly. Ho evon - arose "early In tho morning," and sot out on his sad journey. When thoy had reached the appointed place, Isaac said to his father, "Behold tho lire and the wood; but whero is the Iamb for a burnt offering?" And Abraham answered, "My son, God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering," and God did. So In all the ages the moral senso of mankind has been searching tho universe for some adequate atonement for sin. The best they could find did not satisfy their own sense of justice. The position of the heathen world without the Blblo la this. "Lord, this Is the best we can find It Is not suit able nor sufficient we know, but what can wo do? Behold the wood and tho lire, but whero Is the lamb for a burnt offering?" Revelation answers, "God will provide himself tho Iamb for tho offering," and ho has, oven tho lamb of God who taketh away tho sin of tho world. "Ho was wounded for our transgressions, ho was bruised for our Iniquities. All we llko sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and tho lord hath laid on him the Iniquity of us all." i This then Is the scrlpturo method of ,. getting right with God Justification through faith in Jesus Christ. ' Threo things aro to bo remembered: ' By the death of Christ wo nro de livered from tho guilt of sin. By tho life of Christ In us wo aro delivered from the powor of sin. By tho coming of Christ wo shnll bo dellvored from the presence of sin SOME EXCELLENT ORCHARD ' SUGGESTIONS A Michigan (Uy I M. IirJNNlNOTON.) Forgot to rako aud burn all the dead leaves and litter In tho orchard last fall? Well, bettor do It now not next month. Trees require food as well as plant3 do. They get this food In solution only and it is necessary to keep tho ground moist Cultivation helps to do that. Thu apple maggot is no kin to the codling moth, but Is equally destruc tive, as ho eats through the fruit m nil directions, while tho lnrvao of tho moth confines its eating principally to tho core. Tobacco dust Is death to the woolly aphis. Tobacco good enough for the pest can bo raised on almost nny farm. When you prune applo and pear treos, go slow. Better tnkd two or thrco years to get a neglected orchard In shape thnn to do It all at once. Heavy pruning brings too many wa ter sprouts on apple treos. Cherry trees should be pruned rather lightly. By proper pruning at SWEET ALYSSUM IS Wallclaa (By HKSSIB L.. PUTNAM.) Sweet-Alyssum is ono of the eas iest of all floworlng plants to grow, and a bed of It should be on every home ground, slnco Its vnluo lasts, without oxtra caro, from tho tlmo It begins to bloom In tho summer until it Is killed by tho frosts of autumn. The plant, Is white-flowered, very fragrant, hnrdy, and low-growing in habit. It seldom attains a height of more than one foot, and tho average height Is from five to eight Inches. It thrives best In good garden loam of moderate fertility, but It will grow nnd give much satisfaction in almost any soil. Swcot-Alyssum plants begin to bloom when thoy nro two or threo Inches high and they contlnuo to branch and bloom all through the sea son, a slnglo plant making a mat of branches ofter nearly two feet across. To produce tho large-sized plants CARING FOR THE BLOOMING ROSES Flowers Should be Cut Early in Morning and Placed in Re ceptacle of Water. Uy .111.113 GORDON) When cutting rosebuds, cut back to a strong leaf-bud and another roso will reward you. Use n good, sharp knife, and glvo a clean, slanting cut. Whllo you aro about it cutting rosea bear In mind tho future shoot; that Is, so It may add to tho beauty and symmetry of tho bush. Cut roses early In tho morning and placa them In a deep receptaclo full of water until you are ready to form bouquets or uso them for decoration. It you want them to last long, keep them out of the sunshlno and out of draughts. Cut oft tho stems every morning and ndd salt to tho wator. which must bo changed dally. Never ship or send rosoa long dis tances juat after they aro gathered. Keop them sevoral hours In deep wa lr, so as to allow them to absorb as much water as possible .' V"".Vf J5.-V!. ,'V"?SS.i-.. xv-kKSS" Peach Orchard. tho "start, you can lmvo a low, bushy head and n good root growth. If tho orchard wan cultlvatod as carefully as tho corn crop tho ylcla of fruit would bo a pleasant surprise" to most of us. Tho naturo and habits of tho straw berry require thnt tlllngo bo contin uous through tho season. Down in tho crown of tho plant aro being per fected fruit buds, which are largo or small, strong or weak, as tho condi tions for their development aro favor able or unfavorable. Tho bacteria which works upon tho elements of plant food In tho soil, cpnvortlng them from nn Insoluble to a soluble form, piny n moat Important part in plant life. Soil aeration Is ono of tho things required by theso bac teria and this condition in tho soil la secured by continuous cultivation. Two busy women can fatten up their bank account materially from a half-acro of strawberries. Back-aching work, of course, but the sunshlno Ib a cure for a great many Ills and Is chcapor than medicine. PRETTY EDGING PLANT Pergola. thoy should bo thinned to stand not closer than six or eight lucheB apart For Immediate effects they should bo allowed to stand close together In n bed. From tho small alio of tho plant3 nnd the puro white of tho numerous blossoms, sweet-alyssum makes i splendid edging plant with a variety of othor flowers. But for unity of charm, both of color and tho most delicious fragrance, an individual bed of the plants thrco or four feet wide, extondlng tho full length or width of tho garden will glvo tho highest satisfaction. Beforo frost In the fall the plants may bo cut back, lifted, potted, and they will bloom In tho window all win ter. Bettor results, however, with sweet alyssum for window culture Is to start tho plants In seed boxes. In tho lato summer or early fall. INJURY WROUGHT BY BOX TURTLES Little Insect Destroyers Have Great Fondness for the Juicy Tomaioes. (By FHANCIS L. IUSM2Y.) Gardeners and most farmers have friendly feelings towards this shy lit tle reptile, bo much so that thoy glvo them tho freedom of their gardens ns Insect destroyers. But If one watches tho ripest tonmtooa ho will often find queer-shaped holes or bites In them It's Without doubt the night work of a turtle as they hao great fondness for tho juicy tomato, and when tho turtle attacks such It leaves a "bito mark" that tolls tho story. It's best to havo tomatoes grow aa high up an posBlblo, leaving no chance for ho turtlo to reach them but tho height a turtle can stretch is nstonlshlng Plant Like a Child. A plant is Bxnctly like n child. It must bo fed, dr88ud and oared for; Its wants supplied and its Idiosyncraslos humored. in COUNTRY ROADS OF CONCRETE Lasting Materials for Construction Available In Many Places In Form of Sand and Gravel. No slnglo factor plays buc.1i an Im portant part In tho social nnd busi ness Ufa of a community us tho qual ity of its roads. Aside from tho plcas uro and conventuueo of travel, pos slblo at all tltnos ovor pormnnont roads, thero Is tho financial phase which directly concerns tho cost not only of fnrm produco, but of city products ns well. Consequently ev erybody wnnts good roads, writes P. H. Wilson in tho Iowa Homestead, in tho matter of pnylng for pormnnont highways, a generally satisfactory agreement seems to havo been reach ed In the proposed distribution of tho cost between tho nation, tho state, the county and thu users' of tho road In quostlon. As a result, within a few jears this country will tnko Its right ful lending position nmong tho na tions of tho world In tho number of miles of permanent roads. In a way It is fortunate that the United States has been rather slow In tho matter of road making. Tho roads enn now bo built of lasting ma terials, such as will withstand tho wenr of motor traffic which is fast ruining Europe's contury-old road ways. Lasting road mnteilnls aro everywhoro prosont In tho form of bnnd nnd gravel from pits and stream bods and crushed rook from stone quarries. Combined with Portlnnd ce ment Into concrete, they form nu In expensive- nnd permanent road sur face which successfully resists the usually destructive action of autoino biles. Tho first consideration In tho build lng of concroto roads Is a caroful study of lortil deposits of sand, gravel and rock (called tho aggregate) to Beo whether thoy are sultablo for con crete. Saud must bo clean nnd hard and must grndo uniformly In slzo of grain from one-fourth Inch down. Tho enme applies to gravol nnd crushed rock except thnt tho largest particles commonly nllowablo aro ono nnd ono fourth Inches In dlnmotor. If locnl materials aro usahlo, a conBldcrnblo saving will ho offected, ns only ce ment will need to bo freighted. It Is much faster and cheapor to mix tho concrete with a mnchlno than by hand. Depending on tho grading of tho aggregate, tho concroto Is usunlly proportioned ono bag of Port land cement to two cubic Toot of sand and four cubic of screened gravel or crushed rock, or ono of cement to two of sand nnd throo of gravel or rock. During tho grading and draining of tho road, tho aggregate Is hauled and plied at convenient points. Thu con croto Is mixed mushy wet, Is deposit ed to tho thickness of six Inches upon tho firm old road bed nnd is hroimht , to grndo nnd shape, by moans of a templet In order to ahed the water on tho side drnins tho surface of tho concroto Is given a rise or crown In tho center of ono ono hundredth to ono Bevonty-flfth tho width of tho i rondway. Tho surface Is finished with a wooden float nnd wlro broom, by I which means thero Is afforded per fect footing for horses. At intervals of 25 feet tho road Is divided Into sec tions by narrow contraction Joints ex tending croBswiso the road aud en tirely through tho concrete. Theso Joints nro formed by means of a thin metal or wooden cioss form or divid ed to which Is tied a single or doublo thickness of tar pnpor with tho ptipor faco against tho last laid section of loadway. Aftor tho aurfneo of this section Is finished nnd whllo tho con crete for tho adjoining Boctlon Is be ing placed, the cord holding tho pa per to tho cross form is cut nnd tho cross form Is removed. Tho tar pa por adheres to tho concroto nnd stays in tho Joint, which is reducod to tho thickness of tho paper by forcing against it tho freshly placed concroto of the section under construction. When tho aurfneo of tho concroto has hardened onough to prevent pit ting It 1b sprinkled with clean water and is kept moist for several days. Llkowiso, as soon as possible, tho pavement Is covered temporarily with two Inches of pand or dirt from tho sldo road to glvo furthor air In cur ing tho concrete Traffic Is confined to tho earthen side roads until tho concroto is nbout two weeks old. In tho meantime nhouldoru of broken stono or gravel are built nlong both edgoB of tho pavement. Those aro mndo threo feet wide and sufficiently thick to bo firm and to nmko It an easy matter at nil times for wagon wheels to pass from tho sldo road onto the pavement. 1 Think of Improvement. It might bu well to think how a road might bo Improved, Instead of ntormlng about tho ovoraeor, when travollng ovor a bad road. Care of Poultry. Boginnors in tho poultry huslnosB Are likely to neglect their stock dur ing tho tlmo thoy nro not jleldlng ro turns and often fall to flguro tho fu turo consequences Such beginners cannot bo successful in thb poultry business. Constant caro, good feud ing and frosh wator nro absolutely necessary at nil tlmos. This holds good from tho tlmo tho chicks aro hatched until thoy go Into thtt laying-houso, LOSS OF CANAL WATER Too Steep Grades Are Sometimes Responsible for Leaks. When Ditches Are Quilt Through Gravelly Soils Seepage Losses Are Naturally Heavy Unless Measures Are Taken to Prevent. Thero Is not nn Irrigating canal In this country from which thero Is not more or Iosb loss of water In transit. Theso losaes aro generally spoken ol ns caused by seepage and evaporation. Howovor, It haB boon demonstrated that tho evaporation losses ns corn pared to thoso caused by seepago aro ao light that thoy may bo disregarded Tho loss by seepage unusually occurs Irom tho character of tho soli through which the canals run, anya tho Denver Field nnd Farm. When this Is a finely divided anmly loam such as occurs In mnny places thu losses from this cause aro generally light, but when tho cnnals aro built through soils which nro very gravolly or porhnps nearly puro gravol tho seepago Iobbos nro naturally very heavy unless Btron uouh meuBures aro adopted to prevent thorn. In other places much wntor'ls lost along purls of tho canals whoru thu excavation has been through seamy basnltlc rock or decomposed sand Htouo. Too Bleep grades sometimes nro responsible for much Hcepngo. This condition Is found on somu of the smaller early ditches built through gravolly soil. Wo havo hoard It nrguod thnt when tho wator Is to bo conduct ed throug'h gravel or a porous forma tion It should go fast, but In canals built on this theory tho velocities nro such as to provent silting of tho chan nels nnd thus actually promote acop ago. In tho construction of cnnals many fills nro mndo across short gul lies or depressions, whoro to follow tho contour of the land would necessi tate wido detours; and frequently tho upper hanks nro either omitted or de stroyed which allows tho wator to apreud out over tho land abovo tho canal and form lakes. In cases whcio thu fills aro of con siderable height qulto largo areas of land aro sometimes Hooded and below such lnkes aro Invariably found henvy suepagu losses, largo enough often to run In small streams away from tho canal. To provent thoso losses tho upper banks of tho canals havo been built up so ns to prevent tho forma tion of tho lakes. On tho cnnnls where tho difficulty Is duo lo gravolly soil It has been the practice to somo extent to excavate u foot or so bolow grade and then fill In with clay or lino material, bo ns to form a puddlu. Tho clay is tamped in tho bottom, and thon tho bottom nnd Bides aro plastered several Inches thick with a mortar formed of tho clny In plastic Btnto. This Is then covered with a layer of gravol to prevunt washing. Tho roBulta of this work aro qulto satisfactory, but It Is difficult to find aultnblo clay for tho purposo nnd ce ment has to bo used .which is moro ox pensive but considerably moro dur able. Somo measurements have been made on our canals to learn tho uxtont of seepage, but on tho smaller dltchcB It Is almost lmposBlblo to got nny re liable rcBiilts on account of tho numer ous diversions which thero lu no Bnt iBfuctory menus of measuring; nnd If thcBO aro shut off along n stretch two or -threo miles long, tho extra water will cniiBo such a rlso In tho cnnnl bo low as to bo dangerous. Tho loss oft en amounts to fifty por cent, nnd this Is moro than nny business can stand, Protection of Crops. Tho one question above nil others over which tho furmer. fruit grower, and gardener should show concern Is tho protection of his crops from tho attacks of insect pests and fungus dis eases. It Is estimated that over one sixth of tho year's crops of tho coun try aro destroyed through tho depre dations of plant diseases. It stands tho farmer well In hand to protect his crops from tho liability of Injury by practicing spraying at tho right tlmo or tho treating of fnrm seed boforo planting. Loosening tho subsoil allows tho ruins to Koak lu. Planting in straight rows is bettor than planting in lalsed beds. flood seed corn Is ono of tho most Importuut factors In producing a good yield No man can tell whothor corn will grow or not, without mnklng a ger mination test. limiting only such vegetables as are liked by tho family Is bettor than planting a grent variety. To kill Canada thistles in a field, put the field lu some cultivated ciop and keep tho woods down. It does not pay to dovote high priced land for long periods to pas turo uud tho production of hay. Klovon pounds of alfalfa Is worth as much In feeding valuo as ten pounds of bran, and it costs but half as much. ISioakli'g ground In winter makes (ho gi omul more loosu and mellow thruu Hprlng breaking. Itulno dustroys insect larvae. Pasturing grass too soon or too hard Is an oxponslvo way of Bavins food; It c.oHts sovural times thu imount of fned uavod. THIS WOMAN HAD MUCH PAIN WHEN STANDINS Tells How Lydia ELPinkham's Vegetable Compound made Her a Well Woman. Chippewa Falls, Wis.-" I havo al ways had great confldenco In Lydla E. ,fM5i;lEi bio Compound aa I found it very good for organic troubles and recommend it highly. I had dis placement, back ache and pains when standing on my foot for any length of tlmo.when I began to tako the medicine, but I am In flno health now. If I ever havo thoso troubles again I will tnko Lydia E. Pink nnm's Vegotablo Compound." Mrs. Ed. Fekron, 810 High RL, Chippowa Falls, Wisconsin. Providence, R. I. "I cannot epeak too highly 6f Lydla E. Flnkham's Veg etable Compound as it has dono won ders for mo nnd I would not bo without it, I had organic displacement and bearing down pains and backacho and was thoroughly run down when I took Lydla E. Pinkhatn'a Vegotablo Com- Cound. It helped tno and I am in tho est of health at present I work in a factory nil day long besides doing my housework so you can see what it has dono for mo. I giv you permission to publish my nnmo and I Bpeak of your Vcgetablo Compound to many of my friends." -Mrs. AniUL Lawzjon, 120 Llppltt St, rrovldonco. It. I. No Chanco for an Argument. "Walter, how do I know that Isn't horse meat Instead of boot?" "You probably don't, sir; all kinds of pcoplo comu hero to eat." Do thrifty on llttlo things like bluing. Don't nccupt vrnUT for gluing. Ask for Hod Crou Dull Uluu, tlio extra goad vsluo blue. Adr. Good Magnet. Helper Wo'ro going to havo a big crowd hero, and It'll bo somo Job to keop 'em moving. Manager That'll bo easy. Taka down tho roar exit sign, post up tho word "Froo," nnd they'll nil bolt for It Judge. It Would 8eem So. "What do you consldor tho most Im portant oven In tho history of Paris T asked tho obsequious landlord of tho Amerlcnn tourist. "Well," repllod tho tourist, who had grown weary of dis tributing tips, "so far as financial prosperity Is concorned, I should say tho discovery of Amorlca vvns tbo making of this town." Unique Suicide. A safo was usod by a man arm ed Jacob Ilablnowltz, lltty-four years old, of Philadelphia, Pann., to com mit nuicldo, il fow days ago. Frst ho jacked up an 800 pound safe vlth a block of wood. Placing his head bo nenth It ho drew a strap as tightly as ho could around his nock. Thon ho knocked tho block from -nder tho safo and Uio heavy weight foil upou his head. He was found by his wlfo, but died beforo a physician arrtvod. Ho had been despondent for several voelts becauso ho lost a lawsuit Droken Heart Caused Death. A broken heart, caused by violent beating duo to sudden emotion, wan said by a doctor to be rcsponsibla for tho death of Alexander Burness, sixty-four, a muster tailor, at a London InqueBt Durness fell and died during an altercation with a foremnn cuttor us to tho ownership of certain articles which ho was abfiut to romovo from his formor premises to now ones. BEGAN YOUNG. Had "Coffeo Nerves" From Youth. "When very young I began using toffco and continued up to tho last six months," writes a Texas girl. "I had boen oxcoedlngly nervous, thin and vary sallow. Aftor quitting coffeo and drinking Pos turn about a month ray nervousness disappeared and has never returned. This Is the moro romarkablo as I am a primary teacher and havo kopt right on with my work. "My complexion now Is clear and rosy, my skin soft and smooth. As a good complexion was something I had greatly desired, I fool amply ropald even though this woro tho only benoflt dorlved from drinking Postum. "Beforo beginning ltn uso I had suf fered greatly from lndlgostlon aud houdacho; theso troubles nro now un known, "I chnngod from coffoo to Postum without thu slightest inconvenience, did not even havo a hendacho. Havo known coffeo drinkers, who wero visiting mo, to ubo Postum a wcoK without bolng awaro that they woro not drinking coffoo." Nnmo given by Postum Co., Bnttlo Crook, Mich. Wrlto for booklet, "The ttoad to Wollvlllo." Postum comes In two forms. Regular (must bo boiled). Instant Postum doosn't rcqulro boil ing but Is prepared Instantly by stir ring a lovel teaspoonful In an ordinary cup of hot water, which makes It right for most persons. A big cup requires mora nnd como peoplo who llko strong things put in n heaping spoonful and tempor It with a largo supply of croara. .Experiment until you know tin amount thnt ploaaes your palate nnd havo It served that way In tho future , "Thoro's a Reason" for Postum. I. iafeH&ii'n.u.i' IE: M
