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TALM AGE'S SERMON. "AMERICA IS TOR COD" LAST SUNDAY'S SUBJECT. "Aad I BebaM Another (tenet Cemtns Dp On* *1 the Bnrtbi and lie Bad Vm Mena Ute n Unk, and Be Speke m • Dregea-Ber., xlllt II. 8 America men tioned In the Bible? Learned and con secrated men who have studied the Inspired baoka of Daniel and Reve lation more than I bare and under stand them better, agree In saying that the leopard aeatieaed In the Bible meant Ore ala, and the bear meant Medo-Ptr •la, and the lion meant Babyton, and Ska beast of the teit coming up out ml the earth «Hh two horns like a lamb and the volte of a dragon means our country, because among other reasons It seemed to come np out of tbe earth when Columbus discovered It, and It has been for tbe most psrt at peace like • lamb, unlasa assaulted by foreign foe, la which case It has bad two horns •trong and sharp, and the voice of a dragon loud enough to make all nation a bear ibe roar of Its Indignation, la It reasonable to sup pose that God would leave out from .be prophecies of His Kook this whole Western Hemisphere? No, no, "1 be held another beast coming up out of tbe earth; and he bad two horns like a lamb, and be spake as a dragon.” I start with tbe cheering thought that the most popular book on earth today Is tbe Bible, the mo»t popular Institution on oarth today Is the church, and the most popular name on earth to day Is Jesus. Right from this audience hundreds of men and women would, If need be, march out and die for Him. Am I too confident In saying "Amerl aa for God7” If the Lord will help me I will ahow the strength and extent of tbe long line of fortresses to be taken, •ad give yon my reasons for saying It aaa be done and will be done. Let us decide, In this battle for God, whether are are at Bull Run or at Gettysburg. There Is a Fourth of Julylab way of bragging about this country, and tbe most Ured and plucked bird that ever dew through the heavens Is the Ameri can eagle, so much so that Mr. Glad stone said to me facetiously, at Hawar den; "l hoar that the fish In your American lakes are so large that when cne of them Is taken out the entire lake Is perceptibly lower,” and at a dinner given In Paris an American offered for • sentiment: "Here Is to the United States—bounded on the north by the aurora borealis, on tbe south by tbo procession of the equinoxes, on tbe east by I he primeval chaos, and on the west by the Day of Judgment.” The effect cf such grandiloquence is to discredit the real facts, which are so tremendous they need no garnishing. The worst thing to do In any campaign, military or religious, Is to under-estimate an enemy, and I will have no part In such attempt at bellttlement. This land to be taken for God, ac cording to Haseel, the statistician, has fourteen million two hundred and nine teen thousand nine hundred and slxty aeven square miles, a width and a length that none but the Omniscient can appreciate. Four Europe* put to gether, and capable of bolding and feed ing. ae It will bold and feed,according to Atkinson, the statistician. If the world continues In existence and does not ruu afoul of some other world or get con sumed by the Ares already burning in the cellars of the planet—capable, I say, «f holding and feeding more than one billion of Inhabitants. For you must remember It must be held for God as well aa taken for God, and tbo last five hundred million Inhabitants must not be allowed to swamp the religion of the first Ave hundred million. Not much vise In taking the fortress If we cannot bold It. It must be held until the arch angel's trumpet bids living and dead arise from this foundering planet. You must remember It is only about aeven o'clock In the morning of our nation’s life. Great cities are to Aash and roar among what are called the "Bad lands'" of the Dakotas and the great "Columbia IMaius" of Washing ton state, and that on which we put our acbool-boy Angers on the map and spelled out a* the "Great American Deaart," la, through systematic and consummating Irrigation, to bloom Ilk* Chatsworth I'ark and be made more productive than those regions depend •at upon uncertain and spasmodic rain fall. All those regions, aa well aa those regions already cultivated, to lie In habited! That was a sublime thing said by Henry (’lay. while croeatug Ihe Allegheny mminlaiua. and he was wait ing for the stage horses to be reeled, a* b* stood on a rock, arms folded, looking off Inin the valley, and sow* one said ta him, Mr. Flay, what are you think ing about?" He replied, "I am listen lag to ihe on coming tramp of tho fu ture generation of America " Hate you laid ear home mleeioaarv wbemo oa •ueb aa laAnltud* of etale* If tbo work M bringing one soul to God la so great, can a thousand million he Mpturwd? la tbla country, already pleated and la ha aver cans*, 1‘sgaalem has built us •Mar to Utikas, and lb* Fhlaeaa at* •Iwdy burning taceaee ta their tern plan, and Mohammedanism, drunk la at bar daye with tbo red win* uf human lined at Girt know and Cawapera, and •aw fteeb from the diabolism la Ar uaeata. ta trying lu get a foothold here, and from the mtaareie of her moagoee Wtu yet mumble her hlraphemtea, any lag. (lad ta great, aud Mohammed ta •Ma prophet.” Then there art the vaM er multitudes with bo religion at alL They worship no Ood, they live with no consolation, and they die with no hope. No star of peace points down to the manger In which they are born, and no prayer Is uttersd over the grave lato which they sink. Then there Is alcoholism. Its piled up demijohns and beer barrels, and hogsbeada of fiery death, a barricade high and long aa the Alleghenies and Rocklee and Sierra Nevadae, pouring forth day aad night their ammunition of wretchedness and woe. When a Oerman want* to toko o di-tak, he takes beer. Wben an En glishman wants to take a drink, ke takes ale. When a Scotchman wants to take a drink, be takes whisky. But when an American wants to take a drink, he takes anything be can lay his bands on. Plenty of statistics to tell bow much money Is spent in this country for rum, and bow many drunkards die! But whs will give ue the statistics of bow many heart* are crushed under the heel of tble worst demon of the cen turies? How many hopes blasted? How many children turned out on the world, accursed with stigma of a de bauched ancestry? Until the worm of the distillery becomes the worm that never dies, snd tbs smoke of tbs hasted wine vats becomes the smoke of the torment that ascendetb up forever and avert Alcoholism, swearing—not with band uplifted toward heaven, for from that direction It can get no help; but with right band stretched down toward the perdition from which It came up— swearing that It will not cease aa long aa tbers are any homesteads to despoil, any magnificent men and women to destroy, any immortal souls to damn, any mors nations to balk, any mors civilisations to extinguish. Then there Is what In America we call Hoelallsm, In France Communism, and In Husain Nihilism—tba three namea for one and the same thing—and having but two doctrines In its creed: First, there Is no Ood. Second, there shall be no rights of property. One of tbelr chief journals printed this sent! <*»» HI, I • MM VW IMBUV VUV Vi the dead bodies of capitalists as wall as out of bogs." One of the leaders of Communism loft Inscribed on bis prison wall, where be had been justly Incar cerated, these words; "When once you arc dead, there Is an end of everything; therefore, ye scoundrels, grab whatever you can—only don't let yourselves bo grabbed. Amen!'' There are la this country hundreds of thousands of these lazy scoundrels. Honest men deploro It when they cannot get work, but tboso of whom I speak will not do work when they can get It. 1 tried to employ one who asked me for money. I said, "Down in my cellar I have some wood to saw, and I will pay you for It." For a little while I beard the saw going, and then I beard it no more. I went downstairs, end found the wood, but the workman had disappeared, taking for company both buck and saw. Socialism, Communism and Nihilism mean, "Too wleked to acknowledge God, and too lazy to earn a living," and among the mightiest obstacles to be overcome are those organized elements of domestic, social and political ruin. There also are the fastnesses of In fidelity, and atheism, and fraud, and political corruption, and multiform, hydra-headed, million-armed abomina tions all over the land. While the mightiest agencies for righteousness on earth are good and healthful news papers and good and healthful books, and our chief dependence for tntelll cence and Christian achievement Is upon them, what word among words In our vocabulary can describe the work of that archangel of mischief, a cor rupt literature? What man, attempt ing anything for Cod and humanity, ban escaped a stroke of Its filthy wing? What good cause has escaped its bln derment? What other obstacle In all the land so appalling? But I cannot name more than one-half the battle ments, the bastions, the Intrenchments, the redoubts, the fortifications to be stormed and overcome If this country Is ever taken for God. The ntatlstleu are so awful that If wc had nothing hut the multiplication table and the arith metic, the attempt to evangelize Ameri ca would be an absurdity higher than the Tower of Babel before it dropped on the plain of Rblnar. Where are the drilled troops to march against those fortifications as long ss the continent? Where are the batteries that can be mi It inhered against these walla? Where are the guna of large enough calibre to etorra these gates? Well, let us look around and see, the first of all, who la our leader and who will be our leader until the work Is done? Garibaldi, with a thousand Italians, could do more than another commander with tea thousand Italians, timers! Mherniau, on out. side, snd Ktonewall Jackson, on the other, each with tea thousand 11cops, could do mors thsn soma otbsr generals with twenty thousand troops. The rough bust tu which Washington crossed the Icy l>*Iaware with a few halt-frosen troops wss mightier than the ship of war that, during th« Ameri can revolution, isms through the nar rows, a gun tl sat'h porthole, and tuah In Hsll-Oatt. our l.cader, llhs most greet leader#, wss Imre la aa obeeurw pises, had II was an humhls horns,about i five miles from Jerusalem Those who i were our of doers that night said that lharw was stellar remwettua, and ! musts that came eul of (be cleuda, as ; though ths front doer of heaven had been set open, and that the camel# heard hla first Israelite cry. Then he cent# in tie falrost bovbood that rear her w#a aver proud of and from twelve u thirty rears ef #g* nea of la tadla, It traditions there are aesurate, and than returned to his native lead, and lev thrwn year* had his part way aorrwaad •d by blind ayes that ha Ilium •••d, sad vyitrpiis patisata ta •bam ha gave rubicund health and tongues that ba loosed from silence lata •oaf. and thoao wboaa funarala ha •topped that ha might give back ta bo raavad mothers their only boya, sad whose fevered pnisei ha had restored ta rhythmic throb, and wboaa paralytic limbs ha had wanned Into healthful circulation—pastor at Capernaum, but flaming evangelist everywhere, hash ing crying tempests and turning roll ing scaa Into solid sapphire, and far tha rasena of a race submitted to eonrt rooaa filled with howling mlaeroanta, and to a martyrdom at the sight of whlah tha aun fainted and fall hack la the heavens, and than treading tha clouda homeward, Ilka snowy moun tain-packs, till heaven took him back again, more a favorite than ha had ever ba*n; but, coming again, ha Is on anrth now, and tha nation* era gathering to hla standard. Following him wore tha Scotch covenanters, tha Theban legion, tha victims of tha I>ondon Ifaymarkat, the Pladmonteaa sufferers, tha Pilgrim Fathers, the Huguenots, and uncounted multitude* of the past, Joined by about four hundred millions of tha present, and with tba certainty that all nations •ball buzzab at hla chariot-wheal, be goes forth, the moon under hla feet and tba stars of heaven for hla tiara—-the Mighty Leader, he of Drumclog, and Bothwall Bridge, and Bannockburn, and the Ona who whelmed Spanish Ar mada, "Coming up from Rdom, with dyed garments from Bozrah, traveling In the greatness of hla strength, mighty to sava," and behind whom we fall Into lino to-day and march In the campaign that la to take America for Ood. Ho sanna Hosanna! Wave all the palm branches! At his feet, put down your Silver and vour sold, ns In henven vnu will cast before him your coronets. With such s Leader do you not think we can do It? Hay, do you think w# can? Why, many ramparts have al ready been taken. Where Is Araerlcsn slavery? Gone, and the Houth, as heartily aa the North, praya "Peace to Ita asbea." Where Is bestial polygamy? Gone, by tbe flat of the United States government, urged on by Christian sen timent, and Mormonlsm, having re treated In 1830 from Fayette, New York, to Kirkland, Ohio, and In 1838 retreated to Missouri, and In 1848 re treated to Salt Lake City, now divorced from Its superfluity of wives, will soon retreat Into the Pacific, and no basin smaller than the ocean could wash out Its pollutions. Illiteracy going down under the work of Slater and Peabody funds, and Babbath schools of all th* churches of all denominations! Pugil ism now made unlawful by congres sional enactment, the brutal custom knocked out in tbe first round! Cor ruption at tbe ballot box, by law of registration and other safeguards, made almost Impossible! Churches twice as large as the old ones, tbe enlarged sup ply to meet the enlarged demand! Nihil ism getting a stunning stroke by tho summary execution of Its exponents after they bad murdered the policemen in Chicago, received Its deathblow from the recent treaty which sends back to Russia the blatant criminals who hod been regurgitated on our American shore. The very things that have been quoted as perils to this nation are go ing to help its salvation. Great cities, so often mentioned as great obstacles— the center of crime and the reservoirs of all Iniquities—are to lead In the work of gospellzatlon. Who give most to home missions, to asylum, to religious education, to all style# of humanitarian and Christian Institutions? The cit ies. From what place did the most reuei go ill me nine ui ,iunn«in»n noo'J, and Michigan Arc*, and Charleston earthquake, and Ohio freshets? From the cities. From what place did Christ send out his twelve apostles to goopel lze tire world? From a city. What place will do more than any other place, by It* contribution of Christian mon and women and means, In this work of taking America for Qod? New York city. The way Paris goer, goes France. The way Berlin goes, goes Germany, The way Edinburgh goes, goes Scot land. The way London goes, goes En gland. The way New York and a cou ple other eltles go. goes America. May the eternal God wake up to the stupen dous Issue! OBSERVED OF OBSERVERS. One of the latest re-enllstments In th# navy Is thm of John It. Knowles, the sailor who lushed Admlrul Farrsgut to the rigging of the Uurtford In her mem orable fight with the confederate Iron [ clad ruin Tsnneeeee In Mobile bay. Knowles has been In the service forty seven years. Mrs. I«*vt P. Morton and eighteen ' other women well known In New York In various branches of philanthropic work have undertaken to establish a co-opeialive employment bureau for tbs ' supply of Its patrons with all aorta of help. The British chemist who recently found In a terrestrial mineral the ele ment helium, hitherto believed to estat »nly In the sun and a few stars, was Prof. William Ramsay. Miss llraddoii Intends to writs no mors novel* Nhe ha* already gl'*n to th* world more than fifty works of notion. Monvlgnor Capsl th* well known Ro man t’athoUe •Cileslaslkh besom* a rumbman In California a few >*ai► a#«. and t* now *ai-l I** b* v*ry wealthy Formerly th# pmh of p*rte»" j ll-u In dr***, h* ha* n« w Mooato In* •efferent to hts gafh. and always ap pear* In th* rough co*tum* of a tan*.I man II* wa* a brilliant aortal ftgur* III LwileS, nnd IS Said lo be th* OH# Inal of i’ales* > In tuaroell a "la.thait I Th* T*nnyta a ir hh iiiI to h* itseW ii*«r th* post's oil h»-M.e on th* l*t* *f Wight will War lb* I'gsnd "Fr*st*4 by Friends in England and ttosrhs , Th* lot* oUt*r Wrnd*ll Holme* was th* grot Am*than ronttlbutwr, Hiram h Maslm th* Invsnlor, ISH I hot New England*** *r* tn* h**l m* «honh-o in the world, nnd that tk* Ftsn.-h nt* th* Wsl nitM-b*nl*o tn Kurop* Mow* folk* nr* o tong tun* m Coding **t Ik*I it pais to Sett} kiwi man a-aiss an• tm** in** that etl.sn Vs** It t«*p FARM AND GARDEN. MATTERS Or INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. I'p-tn-Daia Mint* About Cultiva tion nf tbn Soil nail Vlaldi Thereof— llnrt Iruli era, Viticulture and VTorl •altar* H man y at our reudant will soon be selecting their po tato seed, we pub lish In full a recent summary of tests sent out from the Ohio station, It must be remember ed that the yields here obtained are probably larger than could he got under the conditions that exist on many farms. Upward of seventy varieties of po tatoes were grown by the Ohio experi ment station In 1886 at the central sta tion. The following list Includes those In which there to Ibe most Interest at present: Yield Variety- per acre. Ilntiner ..'.201 Carman No. 1.2,i2 Carman No. 3. 224 ; Columbus .. 231 Clay Hose .2H Craig .211 Karly Norther. 270 Karly Harvest ..200 Kverltt's Hlx Weeks.202 Freeman . ..237 Forest Hose.301 Irish Daisy. 247 Koskonong ....309 Maggie Murpny .238 Muules Thoroughbred ..367 | Nebula . 200 Rural New Yorker No. 2.213 Somerset . 248 Hlr William.308 Halxer s Earliest .. 177 Tlmpee's No. ..223 Victor Rose . .....244 World'# Fair .200 Average of all varieties tested. In cluding those not reported here., .260 ; The vurletlex which stood above the average In all cases are Hlr William, i Diiimuim ano inr-u »/«*»••/# Following closely are Forest Rose, World's Fair. Marly Harvest, Carman No, 1, Nebula, Rural New Yorker No. 2, Timpee's No, 4, Marly Norther, Vic tor Rose, Clay Rose and Maggie Mur phy. In the order named. All of the varieties named are Intermediate or 1 late except Marly Harvest, Nebula and Marly Norther, Evcrltt's Hlx Weeks, which U the same as the Marly Ohio, Is slightly earlier than these, and less prolific, while Halzer's Marllcst, another name for Rliss' Triumph, is still less productive. . Runner, A good Intermediate white variety. Resembles the Rural New Yorker No. 2 In both plants and tubers, but Is of distinct origin. Carman Nos. 1 and 2. These are both valuable midseason white sorts. No. 1 seems to he more subject to blight than No. 2 The latter Is quite resistant, but Is not exempt from the disease. No. 2 resembles the Rural New Yorker No. 2 In tubers and foli age, but is probably more vigorous and prolific. Clay Rose. An intermediate rose colored variety; very vigorous In growth, but only moderately prolific and not specially promising. Craig. Tested but one season. The yield was small because of suscepti bility to blight. It is a vigorous grower and no doubt prolific under fa vorable conultlona. Columbus. This variety has uni formly given good yields here and at the substations. It Is a good keeper / l nf irnrul mi,'i111 v hut thr» tiotiara l appearance of the tubers Is not pleas ing, because of unevenness In size and Irregulurlty, besides they are not of a clear white color. Nevertheless It is a desirable variety. Karly Norther. This may be de scribed as an Improved Karly Rose, being similar to that variety In form ami color, but a better cropper. It has | given the best results lu our various tests of uny variety or ita class. Karly Harvest. At present this j stands at the head of the list of early white vuriellc*. It ripens with the Karly ltose. Kveritt's Hi* Weeks. Not distin guishable from Karly Ohio. Irish Daisy. Too large a per cent of small tubers to he desirable, but It is oue of the most prolific. Maggie Murphy. A course-looking, pluk potato and not of good quality un less grown on sandy soil. Maule'a Thoroughbred. It guve a high yield when grown on a small plot aud has been listed one season ouly. It belongs to the rose dais ard seems to lie very promising, but more time Is ureded In order to fully teat Ita value. ' Nebula. Hlmtlar to Karly Norther. Homei set A Uildseason rose-colored Variety of considerable promise Hlr William Home have thought that this variety has been overrated, | hut at the station and substation* It ( has made a trculd setoud to none. It easily ranks with the must prollfb vs- . rteites oml eacela most of them tu table I qualities. All things constdersd It de serves it plats near the hesd of the | list Victor Hose, V second early, ro>* ! colored variety, of considerable merit, principally because of th* An* appear- , am* of the tubers kii*. A very vigorous and proligr pink skinned variety, ftum Aeklaad 1 rouaty. where It ha* a high repot* 1 lion II has been tested here one sen *t o.i*i) hut appears to have more than ardiuaiy m*rn farmers Review, tvaaont Ita condut tort I haven'l quite enough money to go hour* on the Ryet t'ooldu’l you go S lltll* stoorf and lake me on an ardlnarv ticket *— j 1 fDegrade Dlaeiteg. Michigan Hortlcnltarsl Convention. (Condensed from Parmer*’ Review Stenographic Report.) Prof. L. P. Taft spoke on Irrigation. In sub-irrigation, water haa to be sup plled slowly. The tllea used are bent, and the Joints do not thus fit closely. This permit* the water to escape from the tllea more rapidly than It could through the pore* of the tiles. In auk* Irrigation there Is applied from 700 to 800 barrels of water par acra. They had tested the effects of theae tiles on tomatoes when the tllea were placed at different depth*. The results were about the same, but when aub-lrrl gatlon was compared with surface Irri gation, the reaulta were In favor of the former. With beans, the results varied great ly. By irrigating they had obtained 76 pound* of beans per square rod, whll* without water the return* were only 17% pounds. Besides that the returns from the watered portion were much earlier than on the other, and If they had been marketing them they would have been able to get a lad ter price for these first one*. They picked 27 pounds off the Irrigated lot before any were fit to be picked on the unlrrlgated patch. They bad tried the effect of irrigating the timothy field, and had put on water at the rate of 1,000 barred* per acre, the application being made but once. At harvest time the difference was very great. A field that was Irrigated three times gave stalks of timothy 3 feet ft Inches to 4 feet 3 Inches In height; the yield was at the rate of 6,360 pound* per acre. The part watered once gave 2,230 pounds per acre, while without water the yield wus 800 |K>und* to the acre. The cost of pumping water was about 3 cents per 1,000 gallons, In sub-irrlgutlon, great care must be taken to lay the tile very loosely, and too much water must not be put on. They had planted without regard to Irrigation a number of row* of early peas, but when It came time to water i I., .1 L.. .. #4.,1.1. it..., ,11. .• > --- — tribute the water over some of these rows. The slope was about one foot to every four rods. June 13 they picked the first from the irrigated peas. With water they hud at the first picking 'J'/i pounds, and without water 11 Vi pounds. This did not, seem very favorable, but they kept on, and the total harvest gave 64 pounds with water and without water 31 potinds. The irrigated por tion had yielded at the rate of 3,f»37 pounds per acre. The cost of watering had been at the rate of $1,76 per acre. They tried th effect* of irrigation on cabbages, and got three time* the weight, with water that they did with out it. With water applied to the po tatoes four times, tin y got at the rate of 130 bushels per acre over the un watered lot. Applied three times the gain was HO bushels per acre, and twice late In the season the gain was only 43 bushel* to the acre. It Is often said that It Is advisable to wait till the j tubers form before applying the water, but no dlffereu :e wa* detected at this nation, • • * If the sol) be not moist at lime of rowing the seed, provide the moisture by applying the water In furrows four feet apart made by a plow. The seed t.. i/ filoA l.i. ilme/iiuiMi; Liul rr< being planted. Hecond, never upply water to start the seed after planting. In applying water us directed, use from 500 to 1,000 bar rels per acre. It was found at the sta tion that 750 barrels gave the best re sults. Again. In iirlgatlug potatoes, avoid running the water over the’surface of the ground, but have It directed Into the furrows. Mr. Williams There are several kinds of Irrigation In use. This varia tion of methods arises from difference of conditions. Home of our Michigan fruit growers will probably full If they try to use the same methods that are In use In California and Dakota. 1 once lived In a Dakota town thut had an ar tesian well. Water was struck at 1,145 feet, and the flow was strong. I had a hydrant in my front yard, and with a one-inch hose I could water my entire lot. My cistern was nearly ruined from the seepage, and my present tenant there writes that the cellar is being Hooded from a break in the main 25 feet away, while a neighbor's cellar is overflowed by the seepage from an open ditch on the opposite side of the roud, CO feet away. All this shows the char acter of the soil, the seepage denoting Its Intense porosity. Now, my experi ence in Douglas, Michigan, Is thut the soil is very different from thut 1 have described, amt the seepage Is very alow. Huh-lrrlguilon is good where It cun be used, hut for general oreherding It Is too expensive, and 1 fear loo thut It would he found that the roots of the trees would penetrate the tile and till It up. Making Hotbeds. A hoij.,1, when properly made, will hold lieai g loiishl erahle time, (let good stable immure and If it tie scarce, uitx some leaves with II, Hiahle manure and leaves make a sph ndld and lasting tied, providing the material Is well pa< ksd down Hull fur hot lads ought to he pa-pared tu the lull At ihti season, as a rule, everything Is froten up. A lil*cisi amount uf old decayed manure that is well rolled down is Ju*t the thing m tulx lu with I he Mill. Heeds Will collie Up w ell In ( i umpoei ot this Am liardi rung tint ►VMUuer t'toleeear Aiwaler says; ''(’b^mtain cannot prase rlbs lot soils ee doctors da tut patients Htahle manure Is a complete fertiliser || res tain* ail IM ingiedlewia of plant tusvt, and II* oigenic mailer improves the mechanical eondillon of (he sail be side*. It la a alauderd fertiliser. and usefiti Utti alters To learn by what antflilal fertiliser this can be enppt* mc«i*d lu any given case. la. ae I have often isolated heel sallied by experi ence and elparlmettl * A single ewallow, according la an nil It nitty, c»n devour t MX flies in g day, THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON XII. MARCH 22 —FAITH FUL SERVANTS LUKE 12:37-48. tiolden Tout: "He Mot (trunk with Vlln«, Wherein lo Eiraosi but lie rilled with the Spine'— Kphrlani ft,in-—Scriptural Light. INf'K we have title subject heie only In this course, although In the other gosp'ls It comes some months Inter, It will be W"ll for the teacher to tiring lo gather what Jesus says upon II In various places. The occasion for Ibis warning. In the cir cumstances of tbs disciples, their pecu liar templuiluns, and dangers, and opportunities, should he first made clear The application to our own limes can then come with grcaier for e, For every reason why the disciples should watch Is Intensified In our own times. The application lo temperance Is very clear, and llie emphasis cun be laid upon Hits up plication according to the needs of each class. The Hcctlon Includes verses 28-4K, together with the similar teachings alaml watchfulness on the Tuesday before the crucifixion, four months later, Hoc Light from Other Hcrlptures, The full hsson for to day I* as follows; ,'I7. Ulcered are those servaols, whom the Lord when he corneth shall find watch Ing: w-rfly I say unto you that III- shall glttl himself, and make ihetn lo sit down to meat, and will com" forth arid serve them. '•lx. And If he shall come In the second wuich, or come in the third wali-lt, and find I hern so, blessed are those servants. **• And this know. tha1 If the "good man of the house hud known what hour •he thief would come, hi would have watched, and not huve suffered Ills hour" lo he broken through. 40. lie ye therefore ready also: for the Hon of man cometh at »ri hour when ye think not. 41, Then f’eter said unto him, Lord, i speukest thou tills parable unto us, or \ even to all? 42 And the Lord said. Who then Is that faithful and wise steward, whom Ids lord shall make ruler over hit* household, lo give them thdr portion of meat In due 4.1. lilcsscd |* that servant, whom tils’, lord when he cometh shall find so doing, 44. Of a truth I say unto you, that lo will make him ruler over all that he hath. 45. But, and If that servant say In hl» heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall liegln to heat the menservant* ansi maidens, and to eal and drink, and to I” drunken; 40, The lord of that servant will com* hi a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he In not aware, and will cut him In sunder, and wdl appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. 47. Ami that servant, which knew Id lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according lo his will, shall bo beaten with many stripe*. 4*. Hut he that knew not, and did com mit things worthy of stripes, shall In beaten with few stripe For unto whom soever mueh Is given, of him shall tie much required, and to whom non have committed much, of him they will ask the more. Home explanations to to-day's lesson are us follows: V». 37-39. 37. “Khali find watching.” The word “watching” expresses not a mere act, hut a state of wakefulness and watching. ' What the Muvlor enjoins Is not curiosity straining to lie tlx, first to see the returning mauler, hut the wakeful ness and diligence Ilia I overlooks no duty, indulges no Indolence Tlx- Iasi thing that would please a master would he the Idle curiosity which would make the servants neglect their work to stand outside tlx* door gazing to catch a glimpse of his return. What the mastei desires Is wakeful work.” It. Glover W* watch by serving the Hord as faithfully as If he were ever looking upon us W* watch by being on our guard against every temptation anil danger. Watchful ness Is the opposite of careless eurlly; It is a state of readiness Against What to Watch. We are to watch against temptations from within and without, against pervading Inlqnltli s which till the air with moral rmtlarlu, or chill the piety of even the church .luulnst failure In duty; against the loss of the warmth of first love; against tfie day of death and of Judgment, so as to be pre pared for them when they come. 3*. "Second or third watch." Always watching, whether It lie early or late, "The watch was a military division of tin night, covering the hours occupied by each of the four relays of guards sta tioned from 6 p. m. to « a. m. American Commentary. A Keason for Watching "If i|it goodman.” the mastei or head, "of tip house, had known what hour." A rob her ulways tries to eome unexpectedly. When a house has not been robbed for long time men are apt to relax their vigilance, to. "The son of man comrth In an hour when ye think no!.” Not only Ills final coming, hut all his comings are sudden, at unexpected times, asid In unexpected wuys. There Is only one way to l» sub against temptation, only one way to Is ready to enter open doors of usefulness, or new work, to la- prepared for death ami ttie Judgment, and that Is to l«- at ways on guard, always watching, always ready. If we are unprepared the oppoi. tunnies pass us forver V*. 41-44 41 "Peter said " I'eter recog Idxed that the apostles Were referred to, sml would of course reap the great re ward promised, Inti bow aliout other peo ple'* Wss liters room for tbein'' « "The laird said " Its now Implies by a parable a bat be al anolhet time directly said iMatk 13 371, "What I sav unto you I say unto all, Walch " • Who iben Is ihsi faithful and wise si.-wsi.l " 43. "Pleased ” lie pussrssex all the beatitude* • Khali hod so doing ' W. see by Ibis Illustration of Chtlst what be means by wat. bins not gasu.a up mi,, the bractn fur signs, but faithful perfoim ancs ol duly, a* If ttod him*. 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