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THE CRY OF ARMENIA. DR. TALMAOE PRBACHES OP SULTAN'S OPPRESSION. «%a Chief Man of Iba Nation l.lstan to Maar Iba Celebrated Ulalna on tba Qrantaat Crlnta nf All A»aa- Mooroa Daetrlae. A8H1NOTON. D. Jan. 12. 1896. It who appropriate that in tbe preeence of tbe chief men of this na'lon and other natlone, Dr. Talmage abould tell tbe atory of Ar menian maaaacre. Wbat trill be the eitent for good of Such a dlarourae none can tell. Tbe test* eraa, I. Kings 19: 87: "They escaped I it tea t Km lan/1 nt A rmanli " la Bible geography this is the first lists that Armenia appears, called then By the same name as now. Armenia la chiefly a table-land, seven thousand fast above the level of the sea, and on gas of Its peaks Noah’s ark landed, with (la human family and fauna that were •a fill the earth. That region was the Birtb-plaee of the rivers which fer tilised the Oardea ef Eden when Adam and Eve lived there, their only roof the orystal skies, and their carpet the gnterald of rich grass. Its Inhabitants, the ethnologists tell us, are a superior type of the Causaslan rare. Their re Iglon Is founded on the Hlbls. Their Bavlour Is our Christ. Tbelr crime Is that they would not become followers gf Mahomet, that Jupiter of sensuality. To drive them from the face of the garth Is the ambition of the Mohamme dans. To accomplish this, murder Is •o crime, and wholesale massacre Is a Blatter of enthusiastic approbation and governmental reward. The prayer sanc tioned by highest Mohammedan au thority, and recited every day through gut Turkey and Kgypt, while styling gll those not Mohammedans as infidels. Is as follows; "O l,ord of all creatures? 0 Allah! Destroy the infidels and Poly theists, thine enemies, the enemies of the religion! O Allah! Make their •hlldren orphans and defile tbelr Bodies; cause their feet to slip: give them and their families, tbelr house Bolda and their women, their children, and tbelr relatives by marriage, their brothers and their friends, their pos gesalons and the race, their wealth and thslr lands as booty to the Moslems, O JLord of all creatures!” The Ilfs of an lArmsnlan In the presence of those who •take that prayer Is of no more value than the life of a sumther Insect. The Bultan of Turkey sits on a throne Im personating that brigandage and as gaaslnatlon. At this time all civilised nations are In horror at the attempts gf that Mohammedan government to destroy all the Christians of Armenia. I hear somebody talking as though gome new thing were happening, and (hat the Turkish government bad taken g new role of tragedy on the stage of gallons. No. no! She Is at the same old Business. Overlooking her diabolism gf other centuries, we come down to our gentury to find that In 1822 the Turkish government slew (0,000 anti-Moslems, gnd In 18(0 she slew 10,000, and In 1860 ghe slew 11,000, and In 1876 she slew 10,000. Anything short of the slaughter gf thousands of human beings does not put enough red wine Into her cup of abomination to make It worth quailing. Uor Is thlr the only time she has prom ised reform. In the presence of the warships at the mouth of the Darda nelles, she has promised the civilized nations of the earth that she would atop her butcheries, and the Interna tional and hemispheric farce has been enacted of believing what she says. ■rot'll ail IU« JJitni UURUI in ^louauo M" kb at ahe Is only pausing In her atroel • tlcs to put nations off the track and thru resume the work ot death. In 1820 Turkey, In treaty with Russia promised to alleviate the condition ol Christians, but the promise was broken In 1889 the then Hultsn promised pro lection of life and property without reference to religion, and the promise was broken In 18tt. at the demand ol •n English minister plenipotentiary khe Sultan declared, after the publh elocution of an Armenian at I’onetau kluople, that no such death penalt) Should again bo Inflicted, and tb< promts# waa broken. In I860, ot tb< demand of foreign nation#, the Turk loh government promteed protection t< Protestant#, but to this day tha Pro teatanla nt fllamboul are not allowed it •mid a church, although they have tht funds ready, aad tha Ureeh Protectants who have a church, are not permute* lo worship la It ta tIM. after th< Crtwern war. Turkey promised that n. waa eheutd he hladered ta the eterctw el the reilgtoa he profeeeed. aad tha promise haa bee a broken In 1*71 a Mo memorable troaty of Merits. Turk#] pomleed reltgteus liberty lo all he #ub>e.i* ta every part of tho ttttemai empire, aad the proa.lee was broken ptet once la all the eeatwrtee has Ih Turkish government kept her proml* Of merer ho far from nay Improve penal, the mmdittoa el the Armenian •ae I—1»- woren and wore# rear h pear aad all Ike promtnea the fork tel povernmenl now mahee are ealy i paintes o* Hum by which ahe le mah'.nj preparation for the epmpleie aaierml •alien ol rhrUUaaiiy tram her bordoti Why. alter all the aatloeal aad toa Itaeaioi aad hnmtopherw I) lag on th part oI iho Toihtah gevenmeal, do no Me war alt i pc ol Korop# ride op no elm* pg hr paaoltili to the pala>ee ot 1‘onetan klaupie and lies that accursed go*era gpent (n plan** * la the aemo at th ■teraal (tod M (he non an. e ol th ppen ha wiped aft the to*» el the earth |Kfl |a iha patdituM* from whhh I Paso bed up, sink k|oha>o«neda»t*m' »*• |wean thee# eslKwlt ol weeoo.ro th | Armenlana Buffer fn alienee wroaga that are eeldom If ever reported. They are taaed heavily for the mere privilege ol living, and the tai la called "the hu miliation tai.” They are compelled to I give three daya' entertainment to any ! Mohammedan tramp who may be paaa Ing that way. They muat pay blackmail j to the aaaeaaor. leat be report the value ef their property too highly. Their evidence in court la of no worth, and II 1 fifty Armenlana aaw a wrong commit ted and one Mohammedan waa preaeat. the teatlmony of the one Mohammedan would be taken and the teatlmony of the fifty Armenlana rejected; In other worda, the aolemn oath of a tbouaand Armenlana would not be atrong enough to overthrow the perjury of one Moham medan. A profeaaor waa condemned to death for tranalating the Kngllah Book of Common Prayer Into Turklah. Sev enteen Armenlana were aentenced to fifteen yearn' Imprlaonment for reacu Ing a Chrlatlan bride fom the bandlte. Thla la the way the Turklah govern ment amuaea Itaelf la time of peace. Tbeae are the dellghta of Turklah clvlll tation. But when the daya of maaaarre come, then deeda are done which may not be unveiled In any refined aaaetn blage. and If one apeaka of the horrora, he muat do ao In well-polaed and cau tloua vocabulary. Hundreda of vlllagea deatroyed! Young men put In pllea of bruabwood, which are then eaturated with keroaene and net on fire! Mothera, In the moat aolemn hour that over cornea In a woman'a life, hurled out and bayonetted! Kyea gouged out, and dead and dying hurled Into the aame pit! The alaughter of Lucknow and Oawnpore, India, In 18G7, ecllpaed In ghOMlIlneaa! The worat acenea of the French revolution in Parle made more tolerable In contraat! In many reglona of Armenia the only undertaken to day are the Jackala and hyenaa. Many of the chlefa of the maaaacrea were aent atralght from Conatantlnople to do their work, and having returned, were decorated by the Sultan. To four of the worat murderera the Sultan aent ■Ilk banners, in delicate appreciation of their services. Five hundred thou sand Armenians put to death or dying of starvation! This moment, while I ■peak, all up and down Armenia alt many people, freezing In the ashes of their destroyed homes, bereft of most of their household*, and awaiting the club of assassination to put them out of their misery. No wonder that the phyaiclans of that region declared that among all the men and women that were down with wounds and sickness and under their care, not one wanted to get well. Remember that nearly all the reports that have come to us of the Turkish outage* have been manipu lated and modified and softened by the Turks themselves. The story Is not half told, or a hundredth part told, or a thousandth part told. None but Ood and our suffering brothers and sister* in that far-off land know the whole story, and It will not be known until, In the coronations of heaven, Christ ■ball lift to a special throne of glory these heroes and heroines, saying, "These are they who came out of great tribulation and had their robes washed and made white In the blood of the Lamb!" My Ixnrd and my Ood! thou didst on the cross suffer for them, but thou, surely, Oh Christ! wilt not for get how much they have suffered for thee! I dare not deal in Imprecation, but I never so much enjoyed the im precatory aongs of David as since 1 have heard how those Turks are treat ing the Armenians. The fact is Turkey has got to be divided up among other nations. Of course the European na tions must take the chief part, but Turkey ought to be compelled to pay America for the American mission buildings and American school-houses she has destroyed, and to support th« wives and children of the Americans ••..irwwl l>u thla orhnlp&ftU h»ltf*hf»rv When the English lion and the Russian bear put their paws on that Turkey thf American eagle ought to put In Its bill But what Is the duty of the hour' Sympathy, deep, wide, tremendous, lm mediate! A religious paper. The Chris tian Herald, of New York, has led thi way with munificent contributions col lected from its subscribers. But thi Turkish government Is opposed to am relief of the Armenian sufferers, as personally know. Last August, hefori I had any Idea of becoming a fellow cltisen with you Washingtonians. ISO. U00 for Armenian relief was offered t< me If 1 would personally take that re lief to Armenia. My passage was ti be engaged on the City of Forte, bu 1 n telegram waa sent ta Constantinople asking If the Turkish governmen 1 would grant me nrotectton on such ei > errand of mercy A cablegram sac the Turkish government wished t 1 know to what points la Armenia I d« 1 etrod to go with that relief In ou 1 reply, four eltiea were named, one a 1 them the scene of what had bees th 1 chief masse, re A cablegram cam 1 from Coaaiantlaople saying that I ha honor send the money to the Turhts ’ government s ml led commission, as 1 they would distribute It Mo o rohwe of spiders proposed 0 relief tow nulls for unfurtuooto ties' Well, n moo wh > would otart up through the moueiota of Armenia wtta tfomw and wo gosera • meet prole, lion would ho gulltt I monumental fwethardtneee The Tui 1 hiah government boa in story puuolhl I woy hindered Armenian relief fie t whore to i ha I angel of mem I’tar • Mur tea who opp*ar«d ea the hauls tel da of Frwdotis hebirg Anltetew • Falmouth, nod «oust Mmuwioiw so > under the blare of fr*>ut nod iterms I goes nt Met* nnd Farts end la I oh a, I Iowa toed* sad Chart*alee eorll , gush*, end Mtehigon irsa. and Mui meat fntuine* It one luwpnrnilvsi. < t It MM Impotiamo that the t-reman in i peter derorated hot with Mm l*w I i'rata, far tied hath d*< ouaiod her I l the sighi et a>i nalteaa with h pier (had wofthar lime ear eteraiir tu die I Hera la a Maasmrhesetta »'*%••* ' cam* In bar girlhood ta thla city to aerva our government In the patent of fice, but afterward went forth from the doora of that Patent Office, with a Divine patent algned and aealed by Ood himself, to heal all tba wounda ahe could touch, and make the horrora of the flood, and fire, and plague, and hoapltal fly her preaence. Ood bleaa Clara Barton! Juat aa 1 ex pected, ahe Ilf ta the banner of the Red Croaa. Turkey and all natlona are pledged to reapect and defend that Red Croaa, although that color of croaa doea not, la the opinion of many, atand for Chrlatlanity. In my opinion It doea atand for Chrlatianiay, for waa not the croaa under which moat of ua worahlp red with the blood of the eon of Ood, red with the boat blood that waa over abed, red with the blood poured out for the ran aom of the world f Then load on, ob. Rod Croaa! and let Clara Barton carry It! The Turklah government la bound to protect her, and the chariot* of Ood are twenty thouaand, and their charioteer* are angel* of deliverance, and they would all ride down at once to roll over and trample under the hoofa of their white horaea any of her aaaallanta. May the five hundred thou aand dollar* ahe aeeka bo laid at her feet! Then may the ablpa that carry her acroaa Atlantic and Mediterranean aeaa be guldod aafely by him who trod into aappblre pavement beatormed Galilee! Upon aoll Incarnadined with martyrdom let the Red Croaa be plant ed, until every demollahed village aball be rebullded. and every pang of hunger be fed, and every wound of cruelty bo healed, and Armenia atand with aa much liberty to eerve God In It* own way aa In thla, the beat land of all the earth, we, the descendant* of the Puri tans and Hollanders, and Hugueuots, are free to worship the Christ who cam* to aet all natlona free! It has been said that If we go over there to Interfere on another continent, that will Imply the right for other na tions to Interfere with affairs on this continent, und ao the Monroe doctrine be Jeopardized. No. no! President Cleveland expressed the sentiment of every Intelligent and patriotic Ameri can when he thundered from the White House a warning to all nations, that there Is not an acre or one Inch more of ground on this continent for any transatlantic government to occupy. And by that doctrine we stand now and shall forever stand. But there Is a doc trine as much higher than the Monros doctrine as the heavens are higher tbar> the earth, and that Is the doctrine of humanitarlanlsm and sympathy and Christian helpfulness which one cold December midnight, with loud and mul titudinous chant, awakened the shep herds. Wherever there Is a wound It Is our duty, whether as Individuals or as nations, to balsaf It. Wherever there Is a knife of assassination lifted It Is our duty to ward off the blade. Wherever men are persecuted for their .religion It Is our duty to break that arm of power, whether It be thrust forth from a Potestant church or a Catholic ca thedral or a Jewish synagogue or a mosque of Islam. We all recognize the right on a smill scale. If going down the road, we find a ruffian maltreating a child, or a human brute Insulting a woman, we take a hand in the contest if we are not cowards, and though we be slight In personal presence, because of our indignation we come to weigh about tons, and the harder we punish the villain the louder our conscience applauds us. In such case we do not keep our hands in our pockets, arguing that if we interfere with the brute the brute might think he would have a right to Interfere with us, and so jeopardize the Monroe doctrine. The fact is that that persecution of the Armenians by the Turks must be stopped, or God Almighty will curse all Christendom for Its damnable in difference and apathy. ODDS AND ENDS. At the Odeon theater In Paris 600 manuscript plays are received and read •very year. A m»n ti u mod Tklieu ml tifitl Wfifl A at Marseilles by standing on a pedestal In a public place for four consecutive weeks. He was nearly exhausted after the performance and may not recover. Poet's corner In Westminster abbey Is hidden from the outside by a blo.-k of old houses. These are to be torn down next summer as a precaution against Are, thus allowing the archi tecture of the chapel of Henry VII. and the old Chapter house to be seen from that side. •Mat Princess* l.olntaln*,'' a four-act play In verse by M Hoataud. Is the lat est noveity produced by Harsh H*rn hardt at the Paris ttenalssancs theater. It Is founded on the story of the troubadour. Ueffroy Hudel. who fell in love with the princess of Tripoli from the fame of her heauty and died on coining Into her presence A frenchman must still obtain IS» consent of his parents If he wishes la marry The chamber of depullea Ivas rejected a proposal of Abbs I .eml re to dispense with the consent when the man la A and the woman It. hut pass- d another doing away with the heeesatly for the grandparents c-Ment when the ystvat* are dead M Ideutafoy th* explorer of Per*.a. haa carefully examined the valley >f Mepbatm south of Jerusalem where tXXVtd .-• u*bed I be Phlltatiaea He hn la that the table a-. -'UIVI of the ba It* Is accurate and that taivld * la»lb*a ah w the highest military capacity and were tth* th-ae ml Predelhh Ike Ureal al M-llwlt* aad Moaabe. k aad af Map.*. Won at Xustrrltlx A abaft Mia Iks bowels of the *a <h lx proposed by If Paarbal tlruuawet *s lb# xenaeltaa for the evp.aitl -a of Isa Ills pi an ta aa taversbM af the Idea -4 lb* I ittei tower I lev at >r# will carry Ik* puktw 4-aa tks abaft At Mi*r» vela tksee wilt ba reataureate end nu •art roe ms da.orated e» ae la harm »• te* with the temperwiure wkb'k win la. i««** with the depth, w* far an I i w feel below the suits * IWyostd tbel pcdwl aa tks bawl wM be Wu grew! Id lewfuit X aan wot shaft la to be drtvea far sbxiui. pur p. sea oaly Is i e depth |i**lti than has nw »wt bssg e sbtaleed ps-satsty tdae FARM AND GARDEN. | MATTERS OP INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. ■o»# Cp-to-Ilut* Hint* About Cultiva tion or tho anil and Tloldt Thuruof — Horticultural. Vltloultur* and Plort rulturu. I8CUHHINO recent ly the relative pro fit of grain and grass In England, the Live Stock Journal states as a fact that the land In question -a part of I<ord Leicester's estate—Is valued at an annual rental of "no more than T (hillings an acre tithe free, at the present time." This would be only fl.75 an acre, with local taxes paid by the landlord. If this Is anything near a fair sample of English rents for averaging farming, It would seem to leave a fair margin for the renter. It would be considered a very low rent for good land In this part of Ontario; and our best land, well cultivated, on shares, will pay the own er several times that much. One trouble with English farming Is that the methods are antiquated and th expenses too great. The results are good, so far as yield Is concerned —much better than the average in On tario—but the labor bill Is propor tionally higher. While labor Is chheap •r there, the labor cost of a bushel of wheat, or a ton of hay, or a pound of butter Is more In England than In this country. We don’t produce so much per acre; but we produce more —nrnhnhlv tu/n nr IhrAfi tlrnaa mm much per hand. Here is where the English farmer la handicapped much more than In the rent he pays. It I* a matter of regret that It Is so. Eng lish farming should be a very at tractive buslnews, with a reasonable margin of profit. It gives employment and support to a much larger popula tion proportionately than ours: and a better support to or at least a more dignified and more leisurely life for the farmer himself than In any other country. It will be a matter of pro found regret If he Is forced by com petition to adopt the high pressure system of work, and the low scale of living which is too common here. But apparently he must do that or aban don the business, at the present price of agricultural produce, to pay the present labor bill, support the mana ger, or farmer, in hls present style of living, and leave any thing at all for rent.—Farm and Home. Setting Applstree*. (From the Farmers' Review.) In reading your Issue of December 11 I struck a very Interesting article on "Planting Orchards” signed "William Gray.” While hls article contains many excellent points which I most freely endorse, It contains one that I would most seriously condemn, viz., “The tree top should Incline to the west several Inches.” He further states that the prevailing winds are from the west and that nearly all the orchard trees are found leaning east. This may be the case with him, but In all this great northwest the prevailing winds are from the northwest and our trees lean, not to the east, but to the northeast. I have examined thousands of orchards In Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa and have almost Invariably found the older trees leaning and growing to the north east. He says they lean east by west winds. I clulm to have any amount of evidence In our township that they lean northeast and not from the force of wind from the southwest, but from the direct rays of the sun. This I reported In our book report of 1878. When every body claimed this leaning was caused by the southwest winds I took a bold stand then and was considered much be side myself by my beat friends, who tried then to keep me from arguing the Question there, as It would be sure to expose my Ignorance l» Is Impossible with the limited space I am given to branch off and reason all these points in one snort article, out u oojecieu iu any I will try to make my position as clear aa sunshine. We have eight or chards In our grove here on the east side, open on the east, closely shut In on the south and weal by tall timber. All these trees lean aertouaty to the northeast eicepi the row that atauds near the grove on the aouth side of the field. The trees In the weet aide row, too, aro found nearly upright, cauaod by the shade they receive from the sun by the grove If anyone double my po sition let him go about sad eaamlne and ho will >>• moat thoroughly convinced i by kit own convictions. 1 do not any tho southwest winds never set the tree, over to the nortbenat The wind dost ' this sometimes, but not nny aftener than they are eel over to the southeast by the north west wind These are eacep Ilona to the general rule. I have found trees leaning In evar) conceivable direction. Hut so n rule they loan and grow to the northeast The time was when this lath was called Osy turd's theory sad weighed Itltlo A! thi* time tin tiff! I wrote to a notei profoesor u> Michigan la learn whal earned our tree# to leaa »r grow over U the aartheowt Ilia reply was than II was caused hy the heavy touthweel wlnda Thla was about eevealeea yeart ago. hut I vesture to say aow that am s professor la tbs UOfthUcat could b« fouad t* utter such s conclusion ll there ere any wo hops 'hey will earn* Is tho ysarur. so thto old fogy aotlov Is aow merd thoroughly evploded j Tbs bout I raw do la Ibis short art kb Is to state a tow tarts very hrlegy au<l defer tho t«ut ttM some tutors roply. 4 tree maud lag erect sad I* the mf* «• Without aai thing w prevoat the dim rays from striking »• trunk w»U ho la I lured aid hat hod al loot half past one No time-piece could ahow more truly. But If a tree leans from the sun, from any time from sunrise till sunset, the dead line will appear on top or facing the aun. There are unnumbered amounts of evidence, even In our own township, to prove thla beyond all pos sible doubt. Theae being facta, then how shall we set our trees so as to best make them aelf-protectlng? We all set our treea here (now) leaning to the aun at about 1 o'clock—not later. Up till quite recently we have been set ting and advlalng setting at half-past 1. Thla la a little too much, we think, aa we now And here and there treea that have been set over its far aa 2 and 3, and In almost every case treea thus grown will show Injury, even as far east aa sunrise or from M In the morning. There were a few treea In a small plat I found years ago leaning, one northwest barked on southeast, one leaning north barked on south, one leaning southeast barked on southwest; one stood close to the north side of the fence, stood upright and sound. Thla gave me evidence In a nutshell; and since I have examined thousands of trees and universally And the same, conditions, producing the same effect. Bet leaning to 1—no later—and don’t you forget It. Kdson Gaylord. H«nn*t. The most Important factora In cheese manufacture are the preparation and use of rennet; next that rennet be of the proper sort. Ten or twelve yeara ago rennets brought as high aa 60 cents apiece. Today the majority of them sell for only ten cents apiece. What has caused such a decline In prices? Becauas home made rennets, generally far superior to tboae of which I am about to treat, Aguratlvely speak ins'. are going out of date American farmers are acquiring the habit of using a great many Imported rennets. They are especially used In large factories. They are generally marked "Bavarian,” whether they came from Bavaria or not, for not all of them came from that country any more than they do from the requisite kind of animals. Bwlne, sheep and goats furnish not a small number of the cheap rennets on the market These bring often poorly packed and then neglected so that they become both wormy and mouldy, cannot help af fecting the quality of the cheese. An experienced cheese-maker, of course, may have bad luck occasion ally, Just the same as the farmer’s wife with her butter. Pure milk and good rennet, however, are the princi pal things to commence with. The chief difficulty lies In what Is termed alkaline bacteria, which possesses the power to melt the caselne, and thus deprives a considerable amount of the solids from entering into the composi tion of the cheese.—Albany Journal. "Small Farmers."—I find this is a phrase which Is disliked by many, but It is better to be a good and successful small farmer than an unthrifty and un successful large farmer. We often see business men begin In a limited way and do well until they get aspiring. No sooner have they made a little mon ey than they spread out, buy a larger stock of goods, partly or chiefly on credit, and indulge in “great expecta tions” which fall of realization. Many a man can manage a smaller business who gets out of his depth when he trlee to conduct a larger one. Or, In the fluctuations of trade, the times are not so good, he cannot sell the larger stock he has got together; before times Im proved many articles become unfash ionable and go down in value, and the Issue Is bankruptcy. In like manner, many farmers who succeed in a small way, go into this, that, and the other thing until they get a bigger burden on their shoulders than they can carry. A Gas Tree.—A gas tree was discov ered in the southern part of Washing ton county. Pa., in a very curious way. Hunley Gooch and his son were chop ping down an old and hollow tree, when *kn>. ihniiirhi au Ihflv at riiotr intn (ho --- — ' hollow that they smelled the odor of gnu. The son struck a match and ap plied It to the hollow, which the ax had opened. Instantly there was un ex plosion and the young man had difficul ty In escaping without serious Injury. The tree continued to burn until Its Imrk was burned off. The ax, which waa left In the tree, had Its handle burned. It Is likely that digging near where the tree stood will show n large and valuable supply of gus. It Is likely that the gae In the tree had been alowly accumulated through apertures In the soli not big enough to release a large quantity at a lime.- Kx. Roots of Clover.-A Uerrnan author ity says that tho root aud stubble of a good crop of rod clover weigh over three tone per acre when nlr dry and contnln UO pounds of nitrogen, 7 pounds of phosphoric acid and 77 founde of potash, all of which Is placed, when turned under, In the most avail •hie form for growing crops Wo call attention particularly to the largo de mand which clover mahea on lha soil for potash and phoaphortc acid If the raaulttag crops are removed from the •utl uae taj sanity see how clover can bo u*»4 for soli robbing aa wall u raeterlag fertility. It la this fast that ' a*, gives rtoe to the Kngltah proverb , lover without manure tushes the father fish had the children poor parent and I'ralrls Plreo A groai meases to farming In the west are tbv fo.e«t and prairie ires t ermers hav« ! get to learn that every big Ire item 11 immense damage t« their growiaj crops. U heats lha air, and dries o| the surtwee so that water will roll a# it 1 and hot ha absorbed by It Buraia* ! aimw and cornatalhs on lbs gels > I is one of lha worwi precitcee that farm ; raa adopt and they i*wp the pvti rvaults el It every time Vegetable I matter burnt Is lesi but when twrnmi * under the roll It Is not only noted hoi || mahea ih« soil more potwoa m j (gal oat ■« »*• *tnh dwen lute It Its THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. I - LESSON IV., JAN. 20—MINISTRY OF JESUS—LUKE 4:14-22. (leliten Taili "Aid They Were Aato*lah*4 with Hla Doctrine for Hla Word Woe with Tower — l.uhe, Chapter 1, Tara* 8S. important eventa in Ilia life of John the Haptlat and hla Mae ter. Tha time varl oualy ratabllahed about ZS A. I>. The happenlnga recorded took place at and about Naaareth In fjalllee, the home of Jeaua’ youth and early manhood. Tha Kedeemer waa now SI year* old. lie had Juat begun the aecond year of hla public min* lalry. John the Haptlat had Juat been put In prlaon at Caalle Macherua by Herod. Juau* now began to eurround hlmaelf with dlaulplee. They came from all dlrectlona, from Hagan Rome. Athena and Armenia. The wonderful preaching of Jeaua wa* Irrealaflhl*. The full teat #f today’* leaaon la aa follow*: H. And Jeaua returned In tha power of the Spirit Into (Jalllee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region ’ round about. It. And he taught In their aynagoguea, being glorified of all. Id. And he came lo Naxareth, where ha had been brought up. And. aa hla cuatom waa, he went Into tha aynagogue on th* Hahhalli-day, and atood up for to read. 17. And there waa delivered unto him the hook of the prophet Kaalaa. And when he nod opened lit*! hook, he found tha place where It waa written. IK. The Spirit of the land la upon rna, hecaiian he hath anointed me to preach the goapel to th*' poor; he hath aent roe to heal the broken-hearted, to preach de liverance to the captive*, and recovering^ of eight to the blind, to aet at liberty them that are bruhted. 111. To preach the acceptable year of the laud. 2(1. And he rlo*c<l the bookK and he gave It again to the rnlnlafcr, and aat down. And the eye* of all them that were In (he aynagogue were fantened on hlin. 21. And he began to *uy unto them, Thl* day I* the Scripture fulfilled In your ear*. 22. Am) all hare him wltnc**, and won dered al the graclou* word* which pro ceeded out of hi* mouth. And they aald. la not thl* Joaeph'a *on? The rteceaaary explanation* of today’* text are ax follow*: H. "And Je*u» returned," from Judea where he had *pent nearly a year, to hi* own country. On hla way he held hi* ronver*allon* with the woman of Samaria at Jacob’* well (John t). "In the power of the Spirit," fully under the Influence Ql IIIU WIIIVII iirw.' iMi' «• “I"'” after hi* baptism. "There went a fame," a report of hie doing*. Immediately after hi* entrance Into Galilee he healed at (Tana, the nobleman’* son In Capernaum (John 4 : 43-54). Doubtless he performed many more unrecorded miracle*. In a land where there wa* no much need and no little help the report* of hi* wonder ful work* of healing and of hi* teaching, so different from what they were accus tomed to, spread like wildfire through those |«>pulou* district*. "He taught." He had a double-work. He taught the truth, and he Illustrated hi* teaching* by miracle* of healing and help. One ex arnple Is given In the verse* which follow. HI* subject was "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven I* at Hand.” "In their *yna- y gogues,” their place* of religious meet- t Ing and Instruction something like a com bination of our churches and *chool*. These were found everywhere. 19. "To preach (herutd, the same a* the second ’preach* lu vers** IH) the accept able year of the Lord." The year or era In which (iod ha* been pleased, for the best of reasons, to bring these blessing* to the people. God’s chosen opportunity had come. The allusion Is, no doubt, to the great year of Jubilee, every fiftieth year (Lev. 25: S-17). This was the great year of the Jews, full of unnumbered blessings. The Jewish captives were all set free: to lhose who by reason of poverty had been compelled to sell their home stead the family landed property wa* now restored. This was a glorious type of what Jesus does for men, giving rest and liberty, and restoring the homestead or the soul, all that the soul was created to be and to enjoy. 20. "And he closed the book”: or rolled up the roll. Notice how the quotation stops when It conies to the fearful sen tence, "and the day of vengeance of our God.” The time for that bad not yet come. If they believed and obeyed, It would never come. When they rejected him, then they would see that awful day of retribution written over the sky, like the mono tekel upharsln blazing on the walls of Belshazzar’* palace. "And gave It to the minister”; the attendant, who would put the roll back Into Its place. "And sat down." It was the custom to stand while reading, but to sit when preaching, so his sitting down was the signal that he was about to speak. 21. This day Is this scripture fulfilled." This prophecy was originally spoken to the exiles In Babylon. They were |ioor, oppressed, broken-hearted, away from home, blind to the goodness and promise* of God. Then the prophets came with glorious promises and Invitations: vlahMIs of hope, of a new kingdom, of a ping perous nation, of a lime when "Gentile* should come to ihetr light and king* to waste place* should break forth Into Jojr, and sing together." Now Jesus says, those prophecies, ful filled In a measure lo your fathers, arc in havs a larger and mors glorious ful nilment. Ths lime has come. I myself am Ih* Messiah through whom Iheso promts** shall tie realised. a "And all bare him wltnasa 'i by lha ssprsaalun of the countenance, ky the at titude of Itstsntng. perhaps by favoring words, sort doubtless, afterward* In cun r si sal Ion about tbs (usurious prsachsr. And wondered at the gractuu* words"! gracious both In what was said and In the manner uf saying H ill* words wars full uf "gears ant truth." |* this nul Joseph's son*** Tu sum* this msds bis #r». luus words mure wonderful Tw at here, and to ih« majority II seemed Impueelhle Biel si-surd lbs I the sun of Ibis obs-ore Iso.Ill s ret Pettier who bss made furnllure lor I be it houses, a man brought up In a > ommen way. without edin alien without rank, without wealth ur ulh-e that be shutthl tie Ih* great Msa slab, the hn.g of ih* Jewe tl*r« logon that opposition win. m grew with tho months and yewra till II culminated l« kls srwcUltmn QMMISftAN kNOHAVUN. * A hotel I'kilailaa Ka dearer society * lists la the iiimiii asylum at tad* peedegee, Iowa II la >o pposed gf ih# attendants a All II* >lurch printing uf ik* l amp 1 hall l*arh INeahyiertnu church. 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