TALMAGE’S SERMON.
A PLEA TO CONGRESS BEFORE
IT ADJOURNS.
Ika RtM *f Ood Ba Wriltn la
Ik* CtuUlllln" H* l*|i-Oo4 Will
Bit 111 Ik* Him Qmtlai la Mil Own
Ti aad Way.
ENATORH In this
test stand for law
makers. Joseph was
the Lord Treasurer
of the Egyptian
government, and
among other great
things which he
did, according to
my text, was to
teach bis senators
wisdom; and if nny
■sen on earth ought to be endowed with
wisdom, it Is senators, whether they
Stand In congresses, parliaments, or
reichstags, or assemblies, or legiala
tures. By their decisions nations go
up or down. Lawmakers are some
times so tempted by prejudices, by sec
tional preferences, by opportunity of
personal advancement, and sometimes
what Is best to do Is so doubtful that
they ought to bo prayed for and en
couraged In every possible way, Instead
of severely criticised and blamed and
excoriated, as Is much of the time the
case. Our public men are so often the
target to be shot at, merely because
they obtain eminence which other men
wanted but could not reach, that more
Injustices are hurled at our national
legislature than lbe people of the
United States can possibly Imagine.
The wholesale belying of our public
men la simply damnable. By resi
dence In Washington I have come to
..k kL.l I .... ....
•n persistently misrepresented, and
was of the best of them, the purest
la tbelr lives and most faithful In the
discharge of tbelr duties, are the worst
defamed. Some day I want to preach
• aermon from the text In II. Peter:
“They are not afraid to speak evil of
dignities. Whereas angels, which are
greater In power and might, bring not
railing accusation against them before
the Lord. But these, as natural brute
besets, made to be taken and destroyed,
apeak evil of the things that they un
derstand not.” So constant and malig
nant Is this depreciation and scandallza
tlon in regard to our public men that all
over the land there are those who »up
pose that the city of Washington U the
center of all corruption, while, what
with Ita parks and its equestrian statu
ary, and Its wide streets, and Its archi
tectural symmetries, and Its lovely
homes. It la not only the most beautiful
city under the sun, but has the highest
etyle of citizenahip. 1 have seen but
one Intoxicated man In the more than
elx months of my residence, and I do
not think any man can give similar
testimony of any other city on the
American continent.
The gavels of our two houses of na
tional legislature will soon fall, and ad
lournment of two bodies of men as tal
ented, as upright, and as patriotic as
ever graced the capitol, will take place.
The two or three unfortunate out
breaks which you have noticed only
make more conspicuous the dignity, the
fraternity, the eloquence, the fidelity
which have characterized those two
bodies during all the long months of
Important and anxious deliberation.
We put a halo around great men of the
past because they were so rare In tbelr
time. Our senate and house of repre
sentatives have five such men where
once they had one. But it wilt not he
until after they are dead that they will
get annreclated. The world find* It
safer to praise the dead than the living,
because the departed, having a heavy
pile of marble above them, may not rise
to becomo rivals. llut, before the
gavels ’of adjournment drop and the
doors of Capitol Hill shut, there are
one or two things thut. ought to be
done, and let mm pray God that they may
be accomplished. More forcibly than
ever before, congress has been Im
plored to acknowledge God In our con
stitution. The Methodist church, a
church that Is always doing glorious
things, has In Its recent Wilmington
conference requested our congress tr
amend the immortal document, which
has been the foundation end wall and
dome of our United Staten government
by Inserting the words, ••Trusting in
Almighty God.” If that aim ndt» < nt It
made, It will not only please all tin
good people of the country, bn: \ il
please the hvoveus. It w >» only at
oversight or u mental accident that th*
fathers who made the constitution die
not Insert a divinely worshipful ecu
tenoe. They all. so far as the)
amounted to anything, believe I n
•‘God, the father Almighty the M.il . i
of heaven utnl curt' n t In J< > i>
Christ, his only begett<n lion."The eon
stitution wool 1 hove b e# a I. time na
it not been for the IMvitie inlet ft cn
The members of th» con* cm ton coon
agres on nothing until, In response u
Iteaiamtn franklin s request ikat tb<
meetings be opaued by prayer, the t.«i
(ltd was catted »n to iu‘<i»'f«»« an
help, and then the way «u cleared
and lha states signed n document i
historical fact that all tha fat-terrier,
of noatern infidelity enpuot bark out «
ettotrsrc! 1 knav that thara was at
•smpUtrn to lha fact that lha promt
sent men at those feel ttmea were guv.
men Tom 1‘atna. a libertine and a aot
#14 Ml halter# In , sr iking good tad
ha wag dying, and th*« he shrieked au
lug (hsl's mercy, and kitUan Allen
(yarn ana at a bus* 4**j*>a.Uui# I ksv<
rawestved Within a few days a cwnArma
Ggf tha Incident I m* til iw it# 4 is l
4 garmaa, as *a>ii»g to hi# d> tn<
klar that tha ksd h«u»r taka kn
I I chrkatlu religion tkaa hi
inhdeilty The art tv la mat m<
gay a i “Tha Story ha* hoag dented hi
<MM a# tha Aileg family, hat lha bfvg
son family, some of whom wero with
the dying girl. aiBrm that It Is substan
tially true. In ouch a matter ona con
firmation la worth more than many de
nials." Bo aaya the article sent mo.
There la no doubt that Ethan Allen waa
the vulgareat aort of an Infidel, for, alt
ting In a Preabyterlan church, hla ad
mirer* aay he struck tbs pew In front of
him and swore out loud, so as to disturb
the meeting, and no gentleman would
do that. I do not wonder that some of
bis descendants are ashamed of him;
but of course they could not help It,
and are not to blams. But of all the
decent men of ths revolution believed
In Ood, and our American congreas,
now assembled, will only echo the sen
timents of the fathers when they en
throne the name of Ood In the consti
tution. We have now more reason for
Inserting that acknowledgement of di
vinity than our fathers bad. Since
then the continent baa been peopled
and great cities from tho Atlantic to
the Pacific built, and all In peace, allow
ing that ther# must have been super
nal aupervlaal. Since then the war of
1812, and ours the victory! Since then
great financial prostrations, out of
which we came to greater prosperity
than anything that preceded. Since
then sanguinary 1862, 1863, 1861 and
1866, and notwithstanding the fact that
ull the foreign despotisms were plan
ning for our demolition, we are a
united people and tomorrow you will
find In both houses of congress the men
who fought for the north and the south,
now sitting side by side, armed with no
weapon except the pen, with which they
write home to their constituents who
want to be appointed postmasters. The
man who cannot see Ood in our Amer
ican history la as blind of soul as he
would be blind of body If he could not
at 12 o’clock of an unclouded noon see
tl.<, asm 4iKn kofitf.nfl Au ft milttf'f
of gratitude to Almighty Clod, gentle
men of the American congress, be
pleased to Insert the four words sug
gested by the Methodist conference!
Not only because of the kindness of
(lod to this nation In the past should
such a reverential Insertion be made,
but because of tbe fact that we are go
ing to want Divine Interposition still
further in our national history. This
gold and silver question will never be
settled until God settlee It. Thta ques
tion of tariff and free trade will never
be settled until God settles It. This
question between the cast and west,
which is getting hotter and hotter and
looks toward a republic of the Pacific,
will not be settled until God settles It,
We needed God In the one hundred and
twenty years of our past national life,
and we will need Him still more In the
next one hundred und twenty years.
Lift up your heads ye everlasting gates
of our glorious constitution, and let the
King of Glory come In! Make one line
of that Immortal document radiant
with Omnipotence! Spell at least one
word with Thrones! At tbe beginning,
or at the close, or In the center, recog
nize him from whom as a nation we
have received all the blessing of the
past and upon whom we are dependent
for the future. Print that word "God,”
or “lyord,” or "Eternal Father,” or
"Ruler of Nations,"somewhere between
the first word and the last. The Great
Expounder of the constitution Bleeps at
Marshfield, Massachusetts, tho Atlantic
ocean still humming near his pillow of
dust Its prolonged lullaby but Is there
not some one now living, who, In the
white marble palace of the nation on
yonder hill, not ten minutes away, will
become tbe Irradiator of the constitu
tion by causing to be added the most
tremendous word of our English vocab
ulary; the name of that being before
whom all nations must bow or go Into
defeat and annihilation—“God?”
Again before the approaching ad
journment of our American congress,
nr ui i ■ 11 >4 iiuu iwi • v ri i
thut no appropriations be made to sec
tarian schools, and that courtship r>e
tween church and state In this country
he forever broken up. That question al
ready stems temporarily settled. 1
wish It might be completely and for
ever settled. All schools and all in
stitutions, as well nu all denominations,
should stand on the. same level before
American law. Kill crar Alexander of
Rucslu, at his I'eu hofl Palace, naked
me how many denomination., of tepy
lo 11 there were in America, and 1 n iu d
their names bs well ttr l could. Then
he asked me the difference between
them, and there I brolit down. Tin
when I told him that no rtliglouii u«
nemmatlon In Ameiica bad any privi
leges above the others, be could hardly
understand it. The Ortek church last
;:i it tit via. The Lutheran church »mt
In Qermsny. The Episcopal church
first In England. "h * t’ vth »!!e church
fhtt lu t’ui's Vi»iismm»danism tost
in r .tills Mtncple. Tne e. uicror w in
dtrtd how It wa p.i.tthlc that all tfct
1 rit noalr; at Ik ns lit taurliu could stand
i on the ksme phittorm. H it so H h,
cad so let It ever V *. Lei there b- no
I prrftreit,e bo |artdnlltjr, no tUiinpt to
• • "i ;.e h hither ihau .m
I other, v\ *ui i and Jefferson and
i all the early pi vld»*»'» sod all Use
> great eii.stncn of i,.e past, ktv* li'ut
l thtir video sgalnsi ,»n> suvh y
I If a school or lastlt .Man .ntvuoi *ttud
s ithvni th* prop of nstL.nsi sppto.vfla
i ins, ilia let in at ..'bind or Mini in
i niistlks go ttusn tin ihe other rt N
I ! ,I< M.V If9 Hit- it M ivM (iNtil) uf
i iiiustrnt.ua «f vhuivh sa l s>si* united
! lot u* hn»e none of the htpuertsy snd
^ | deaurisitMihia hern of ihnt itlsti.m ua
■ * this std* *1 the giUaite, l»| that de<
! SmNsiIiis vaiue ui»l abend that au*s
1 . the ns ■*» for lb* vans* at Mod and bu<
1 | a an.ly llru is.uiiitoik an I .'strg*
* tons selling kbit the a.hle.e by
' their awn itgbi iiw of wsetullnee*, and
1 I MM hy I he UvortllSM of ssniSMSb
Aa >«u regard iha sriltiv snd perpvtu*
Ity «4 nut tntOluMeus, heop poll’.i s *ul
1 nt religion
> Pul h«, Ihnt I tut speaking nt ns
Itnnnl ntfsirw from n ret,gurus sund
1 point. I bethink myself at Iks tact thnl
%
two other gavels will soon lift and fall,
the one at St Louis and tho other at
Chicago, end before these national con
ventions adjourn, I aak that they ac
knowledge Ood In the platforms. The
men who construct those platforms are
here this morning or will read these
words. Let no political party think tt
can do Ita duty unlesa It acknowledges
that Ood who built this continent, and
revealed It at the right time to the dis
coverer, and who has reared here a
prosperity whlob has been given to no
other people. "Oh!" says some one,
"there are people in this country who
do not believe In a Ood, and It would be
an Inault to them." Well, there are
people In this country who do not be
lieve In common decency, or common
honesty, or any kind of government,
preferring anarchy. Your very plat
form Is an Insult to them. You ought
not to regard a man who does not be
lieve In Ood any more than you abould
regard a man wbo refuses to believe In
common decency. Your pocket-book Is
not safe a moment In the preeence of un
atheist. Ood Is the only source of good
government. Why not, then, eay so,
and let the chairman of the committee
on resolutions in your national conven
tion* take a pen full of ink
and with bold hand head the
document with one significant “Where
as:" acknowledging the goodness of Ood
In the past, and begging his kindness
and protection for tho future. Why, my
friends, this country belongs to Ood,
and wo ought In every possible way to
acknowledge it. From the moment that,
on an October morning In 1492, Colum
bus looked over the side of the ship and
saw the carved staff which made him
think he was neur un Inhabited coun
try, and saw also a thorn and a cluster
of berries (type of our History ever
since, piercing sorrows and cluster of
national Joys), until this hour our coun
try has been bounded on the north,
south, east aud west by the goodness
of Ood. The Huguenots took posses
sion of the Carolina*, In the name of
Ood. William Penn settled Philadel
phia, In the name of Ood. The Hol
landers took possession of New York,
In the name of Ood. The Pilgrim
Fathers settled New Kngland, in the
name of Ood. Preceding the first gun
of Hunker Hill, at the voice of prayer
all beads uncovered. In the war of
1812, an officer came to Oen. Andrew
Jackson 'and said: "There is an un
usual noise In the camp; it ought to be
stopped.” General Jackson said, "What
is the noise?" The officer said, "It is
the voice of prayer and praise." Then
the CeneraJ said, "Ood forbid that
prayer and prulse should be an un
usual noise in the encampment. You
had better go and Join them.” Prayer
at Valley Forge. Prayer at Monmouth.
Prayer at Atlanta. Prayer at South
Mountain. Prayer at Oettysburg. "Oh!"
says some Infidel, “the northern people
prayed on one side and the Southern
people p yed on the other side, and so
It did not amount to anything." And
1 have heard good Christian people con
founded with the Infidel statement,
when it Is as plain to me as my right
hand. Yes; the Northern people prayed
In one way, and the Southern people
prayed In another way, and Ood an
swered in his own way, giving to the
North the re-establlshment of the gov
ernment. and giving to the South larger
opportunities, larger than she had ever
anticipated, the harnessing of her
rlvera In great manufacturing Interests,
until the Mobile and the Tallupoosa
and the Chattahoochee are Southern
MerrlrnacB, and the unrolling of great
Southern mine* of coal and Iron, of
which the world knew nothing, and
opening before her opportunities of
wealth which will give ninety-nine ner
tent more of affluence {has the ever
possessed; and instead of the black
hands of American slaves, there are the
more industrious black hands of the
coal and iron mines of the South which
are achieving for her fabulous and un
imagined wealth.
And there are domes of white blossom* where
spread the whlto ten's.
And there are plough* In tho track where tho
war wuRcns went.
And 'hero are songs whers they lifted up
Kucher* lament.
LABOR NOTES.
Eight hundred boston brewery work
< v.< have left the K. of L. and joined
the A. F. of L.
; The trades unionists of Los Angeles,
Cal., ere boycotting* the Chiiiif and
Jnpani restaurants.
Swltaerlumi, a pure democratic form
of government, has had hut litui ntrik<s
in thirty-live year*, und of thi n.' ten
were lockouts.
The bindery girls employed at th«
Roller printing • fflee. Canton, (),, w«nt
on a strike the past week for eight
butira. and after much arbitration the
I'lrls won.
When they iittlin'ed vs lets the \ uteri
tan Federation of l«abor, last August,
the American Attend' ufsortaLnu had
a membership of but); uow they have
I3.U a».
Th« Amirtcan Kederatlun of Labor
wt organised in tskl, ami n«,w i,.t» a
tilth, bcr.hip of i,>uriy 7*o «» which
la far above the blgu watt r mark of
the K at L
The Central Labor union of Fort
Wayne, ltd,, tie. lar* d lit if tor of a
n t ni- i|, >1 el« trl plant, .'ltd *h< 'Sect
so that the Itahttng drut whi.n ttaw
baa ike •>»»i»a«t , wop, lb d ita luackin
lata in withdraw from the union
Tka 1 ptolstet#' union, Indianapolis,
la only oho month old ant haa Uh
meatkora, a majority of the it ad* in
tho nty The int lw>t*. waiter*. *a4
kari,es*ntakere ate mgatiUine sad tho
union *•»«« to. m ta making tap* l pro,
at >a in tkot «tu
Far til, twelve (liable beglnwtag (vs*
» an d eu.tmg on ion. i ttho tlngliah
Twelfth .Ighl and tho French F.s* deo
It,.*, o* Fvssl of tho Kin* ■>, the an
cootera of tho ilPiffiol* and tho la>k,n
IftM hold their Vuto (estival in
at tha (Wry wt-aol of tho tun gw i For
tho root of our v >»rd "ohool * and of tha
Heanditavlaa ia|o‘ art ana and ua
HM
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
lone Cp-to-Oete Hint* About t'ultlve
tloa of the loll and Yl*l<l* Thereof—
Horticulture. Viticulture and Fieri
ealture. __
ARLY last spring,
through the local
papers we advised
the farmers and
ranchmen In Wyo
ming, not to pur
chase seeds or
plants of sachallne
until Ita value
could be deter
mined by the Ex
periment Station.
The plnnt has been so thoroughly
advertised and such extravagant state
ments have been made of Its hardiness,
productiveness, and value as a forage
plant, that we believe every farmer
should bo advised of our results in
growing It. One ounce of seed and
twenty roots were purchased of A.
Wane & Co., Philadelphia, for each Ex
periment Farm. These have been giv
en a careful trial In each place. At
l.aramle the roots were planted In pots
in the greenhouse in order to give them
a good start before sotting them out
In the field. These made small growth
and though kept under the glass they
died down to the ground at the end of
six months. At Sheridan, slxty-one
plunts came up from the seed* by the
middle of August, the tallest reaching
a height of eight Inches. None of the
seed grew at the other farms and at
no place did plants from the roots
reach a height of more than twenty
six Inches. In short, our trials Indicate
that sachallne is not sufficiently hardy
to be of practical value In any part of
the state. According to reports, it has
failed In Colorado, Kansas, New Mexi
co and Texas.
III uui
would mention the fuel that the seed
of another species of knotweed (Poly
gonum cuspldatum), la aometlmea sold
for true aachallne, and we ure not sure
that our aeed and roots were not of this
variety. In fact measurements of
leaves on plants at Sheridan would
Indicate that they are" false sachallne.”
Whether we have grown the true sacha
llne or not, we believe that any at
tempt to grow It In this state will re
sult only In loss of time and money.
A clrcuar from the Department of
Agriculture on sachallne, by I-amson
Scribner, says:
"Krom the native station of the
plant, along moist river banks, upon
an Island with a cold and very moist
climate—and from the recommenda
tions as to Its culture by horticulturists
who have had experience In growing
the plant, it Is very doubtful If It will
prove a success lu the arid regions of
the west; In fact it seems hardly proba
ble that It can grow there at all."
B. C. Buffum,
Prof. Agriculture and Horticulture.
Itot in Apple*, drape* anil Plum*.
Bulletin 31 from the Missouri experi
ment station, by J. C. Whitten, hor
ticulturist, details the results of nu
merous experiments In preventing rot
In apples, grapes, plums, etc. The prac
tical points brought out are condensed
Into the following:
During the past two years, systematic
experiments have been carried on at
the experiment station, at Columbia,
in spraying for insects and fungous
diseases in order to determine the gen
era! efficacy of spraying, the most eco
nomical strength of spraying mixtures,
the number of applications necessary
for the various fungous diseases, the
best time to spray, and other unsettled
points.
Apple scab, the worst fungoua disease
of the apple in this country, was very
largely controlled in orchards sprayed
once before the buds started in the
spring, with copper sulphate (two
pounds to fifty gallons of water) and
four times, subsequently with bordeaux
mixture. The bordeaux mixture was
applied In various strengths from one
pound to six pounds of copper sulphate
and the same weight of lime, to fifty
gallons of water. The three and four
pound solutlous gave as good result*
us the six-pound solution the tlrst sea
son, and the second season, after sys
tematic spraying was begun, the one
and two-pound solutions were sufficient
to hold the scab almost entirely In
check, lu uuspruyed orchards, th«
• i-ab ripens Us spores early in the sea
son, and these spores germinate upon
thu fruit and leaves, causing a second
crop of the fungus that appears u»
clouds or blotches on the apple In au
i u:u:iOn sprayed trees, no truce cl
this second crop of scab could be found
while on unsprayed apples It was ul
most universal.
• • •
Hut* t rot developed to only a tdlgb
extent on tbs station grounds, about th<
iiuie the fruit was fathered, tienerall)
throughout the state It was very bad
The only case tlx which we hud an op
poriunity to test the efficacy ul the ber
deaug mixture for this disease waa or
I sotua yam* use trees. These trees wet*
•piayed tas outlined! fur scab. At ilo
lime of gathering >u autumn, the lot
low lug percentages at fruit, spray#*
I with two, twir and six pound solutions
were affected with bitter rut I n
sprayed trees It par vent affected
sprayed with two pound solution |;
lorr cent, lour pound solution 11 pei
teat, and sis pound solution Ja psi
i *,at affected gin*# this dtseoxe de
doped so tat* la the season, no othei
• xpartatewls »»r» carried «* to *h**l
II except tu thoroughly spray law tr**<
Just before the ftull gathered, will
•mmoutuvol toppe# vaihuaale aulutiu*
|| is expe* t«d that this Will lessen thl
amount if bHt*r rat next as*-—a It
|xM mure exlenstta vtperlmeau twi
Ihta d*strw*tits d.eeasa Will be pub
i sued ia several *»*hards
The black rot of the grape was more
readily controlled by the use of bor
deaux mixture than were most of the
other fungous diseases. The plum rot
was most successfully managed by
spraying with the bordeaux mixture
until the fruit reached nearly full size
and then spraying weekly, during the
ripening period with the ammoniacal
copper carbonute solution. The reason
for using the latter solution at that
time was because It left no sediment
on the fruit at the time of gathering,
as did the bordeaux mixture.
• • •
We eomrtimea hear ef unsuccessful
results from spraying, but these ex
periments show, while all diseases can
not be Immediately and totally eradi
cated, that continued spraying will
X|(njaJV3 ptq aq juq} uo|)Bis aqj
OJ pJOM )UdH JdWOjSI l|!IJj )UdH|||»JU|
dUf) 'JSdX qjBd Mt.(| PUB HHd| MOJSt O)
pduouuuuj BdSBdKip snofonj dqi esnea
sprayed according to directions, but
that there was more scab on his sprayed
than on his unsprayed trees. A careful
examination of apples from bis orchard
revealed the fact that they were badly
burned (probably by Impure chemicals
or too strong a mixture), but there was
no trace of fungous disease In his fruit.
Very common mistakes are the use of
Impure chemicals, allowing the Ingre
dients to settle so the first trees get
none an dthe lust trees too much of
the chemicals. Improper mixing of the
solutions, uslg the wrong solution, and
falling to spray at Just the proper
time.
The cost of these spraying mixtures
and spray purnps Is very small, and the
labor Involved 1* very slight. There Is
no single Investment that will pay such
profits on the general farm us syste
matic spraying.
Full particulars as to how to make
up the different solutions, the time and
best methods of applying them, will bo
found In bulletin 31 of this station,
which may be had, free of charge, by
addressing the director of the experi
ment station, Columbia, Mo,
I’ropiMtil l.lve Murk ItrKuU t Iona.
The senate committee on agriculture
has authorized a favorable report upon
the animal Industry bill. It Is a recod
Ideation of the existing laws bearing
upon the subject of animal and meat
Inspection, with numerous Important
additions. Among the additions arc
provisions putting Inspection of meat
products ami live stock, the extirpation
of Infectious and contagious diseases,
the regulations on the transportation
of live stock, and the prevention of
the exportation or importation of dis
eased stock In the direct charge of the
bureau of animal Industry. Stock ex
posed to contagion, as well as those al
ready affected, are Included within the
Inhibitions of the bill. Transportation
companies are forbidden, under a pen
alty of $1,000, from receiving or ship
ping Infected animals for Interstate
commerce. The owners of cars or pens
which have contained diseased cattle
are required to disinfect them thor
oughly. Veterinary Inspection of live
stock whose meat Is to be exported Is
exacted, and shippers of meat products
are required to mark packages plainly
so as to Indicate the species of the ani
mal. No slaughter of animals at abat
toirs having government Inspection U
to be allowed on Sundays or holidays,
or at night In the absence of an In
spector. Inspectors are authorized to
condemn such animals or carcasses as
are found to be diseased, and, If neces
sary, to destroy them. It Is made un
lawful to Import carcasses of diseased
cattle or other live stock which have
not been Inspected or certified. The
secretary of agriculture la authorized
to maintain at the expense of the United
swine carcasses at the time of slaugh
ter whenever and wherever he may
deem it expedient, and especially with
reference *o hog meat intended for ex
port. Provision is made for sending
veterinary surgeons to districts where
horses, cattle or hogs are suffering
from infectious diseases.
Penalties for disregard or disobedi
ence of the law are provided in all cases
and in several instances fines amount
ing to $5,000 are imposed.—Farmers'
Review.
sixteen Year* n I'uullmnim.
We have kept poultry for the past
sixteen years, but did not make much
of a business of it for the first four
years. We have tried the iirahroas
Cochins and Barred Plymouth Rocks,
Wo like the Hatred Plymouth Hockt
best, and for twelve years we hav«
kept no other breed. We keep nothing
but pure breeds and use them for stock
and for market. Our housiug is not si
good us it should lie, Just a single
walled wooiien house with the cruvki
battened, To my old fowls lu the win
ter time I feed wheat, corn and oats
et|ttsl parts, in the murniug. At iioon
I feed wheat aud outs and give them
milk when I have It. To the llltit
chicks I feed corn bread. We sell (lit
little ones as soou as we cun get them
big euough fur market. We are oarefu
not to ktep many of them till late III
the (all, wheu the markets are glutted
! Our market Is Chicago, our hens havi
: laid all of the past winter and do every
; winter except when It Is very cold Then
' we have to shut them up In their b<>u ■
i and that tuna stops their laying. Wi
' have lust a gnat many from different
i I tlu- ■«*•#. In hatching we have used
| Mb hens and Incubator* and have had
go«el sue* ess either way, Aa to dew
1 tutiwd hens we alwaye do that with ih«
. greatest rare and in many eases *«
succeed tx curing the fowls. An ts
I vatu ' uf bleed* I Wilt cay that I btVi
j never had hens that prod need mors
»g«a thaw the timed fit mouth M>« hi
11 and for early maturity I think they nr«
i 1 the heel Mt experience shows that i
i 1 he a hoo*e should he kept dry and ch-ns
| sad that a ground hs-i ts the heat
i i C. II, «t«hL
i f luxfc* t ounty, lad
, i The right hind of a Christ tan will
I always do right.
t
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON VIII., MAY 2+ JESUS
IN THE TEMPLE.
Golden Text: "The htone Which the
Builders Rejected, the Hume line Be
come the Head of the Comer"*
Luke SO: 17.
AKE NOTE THAT WR
are now entering, up
on the fourth and last
division of the puhllo
ministry of Jesus. Wo
have been with him In
Judea, In Gullies, In
I'erea, and now we
study the wonderful
scenes of the last
eventful week.
Its Importance ran
he seen from the fuel
that more room la
given to the story of
this ono week In the
Gospels thsn to any whole year of Jesus' min
istry. This week occupies seven chapters of
Matthew, five of Mark, live of Luke, and
eight of John; In all. twenly-llve chapters,
against three for the fltst year, twenty for tho
second, and twenty-three for the third.
The events of this week should he learned
by heart, and by drill Mnd by blackboard they
should he Impressed on the memory In vivid
pictures.
Their hearing on the work of t'hrlit should
he 11 early pointed out. The first three days,
which aro Includ'd In to-day's lesson, were
employed In one great and powerful effort,
exerted In every possible way, to Induce tho
Jewish nation to accept Jesus as their Mes
siah, and thus become that glorious nation,
blessing the whole world, for which they hud
been set apart. Jcsua rode Into Jerusalem as
tho Prince of Peace. The populace hailed
him us Messiah. He entered the temple as Its
Lord and drove out the money-changers from
his father's house, lie presented the truth
In parables.
To-day’s lesson Includes Luke. If® ®-19.
9. "A certain man," representing God him
self. the owner of all things. "Planted a vlixc
>ard." Palestine was a country of vineyards,
and Jesus took his Illustration from a most
familiar occurrence, Isaiah utc* a similar II
lus;ration. "And let U forth to husbandmen.”
It Is customary In the East, as In Ireland arid i
i.. ..11>s»r t.«r»m Kurort* for OWn«P U>
let out tilM of tale to husbandmen, 1. <•., to
tfnantf. "And went Into n far country”',
rather. a* In the It. V., another country, lie
went abroad, lie left hla tenant* In charge
with everything needful for their work, and
than by hi* absence tested their faithfulness,
und gave them opportunity to develop their
( huraeters and fulhl their duties, I his wsa
"for a long time.”
10. "And at the season.” not any definite
time, hut every occasion when Clod had rea
son to expect the results, "lie sent a serv
ant." The prophet* and all faithful priests
and teacher*. "The husbandmen heat him.”
The next one they not only heal., hut entreat
ed him shamefully. The fruit the l.ord hod
a right Io expect, the people did not give him.
The nation u* a whole were very disappoint
ing. 13. "My beloved”: dear In him a* his
own self. This Is said to show the greatness
of Hod’s love to man (John 3: Id).
14 "This is the heir." Christ Is the h<dr
of all thing* (lleb. I 2). The Jewish nation
should have beet) hla to rule, whllo they
obeyed Itlin, the Messiah. In love. ”W u*
kill him, that the Inheritance may be ours.”
"This alludts to the Kostern custom, that.
If an owner was not to be found, and the
occupier pays the taxes for six year*, he can
claim the property. The owner, in this ease,
was In a far country, and had sent servant
after servant, but hod not enforced hi* rights.
Win n the legal heir appeared they were
alarmed for their tenure, and hoped that by
killing him, utiles* his father came In per
son. the estate would become absolutely tbelr
own.”--Canon Tristram.
Id. "lie ahall come and destroy these hus
bandmen.” Kin* c every possible method of
saving them hud been rejected. The tree that
no culture will enable to bring forth (suit
must bo cut down. The wicked man whom -
nothing can make better must perish. In "
the summer of A. I). "0, forty year* ufeer
this parable waa spoken. Jerusalem waa de
stroyed and the temple was burned and laid
In ruins by the Roman army under Titus, alt
er the most terrible siege on record; 1)7,000
wero taken prisoners, and 1.100,000 perished.
Vet these Jews, If they had been faithful,
might have been the leading nation In the
world, walking us kings and prince* among
men ihe Joy of the whole earth, shedding
Hie light of Hod’s truth and righteousness over
the nation*. Hut they would not. they re
jected the Messiah and perished. "And shall
give the vineyard to others.” "The others ’
.. ,t.r-i.riKiInn church, tie- new kingdom
of heaven, which took the place of the Jew
ish nation after the destruction of Jerusalem.
17. "This then that is written.” in Psalm
11#: 22, 22 u psalm which the Jews applied
to the Messiah. Peter twice applied it to
him (Acts I: 11; 1 Pet. 1'; 7). "The stone
which the builder* rejected.” "in the primary
meaning of the jaalm the Illustration seem*
to have been drawn from oue of the stones,
quarried, hewn and marked, away from the
site of the temple, which the builders, ignor
ant of the head architect'* plan*, or finding
on It no mark (such a* recent explorations in
Jerusalem have shown to have been plated
on the stones of Solomon'* temple In the
place where they were quarried, to Indicate
thelf position In the future structure of the
fabric), had put on one side an having no
place In the building, hut which was found
afterward* to be that on which the complete
ness of the structure depended—on which, as
the chief corner-stone, the two walls met
and wire bonded together.”— Plumptre. The
■ton# rejected was Jesus the MesMluh, and the
kingdom and its blessings which would come
with him. "Is become the l ead of (he cor
ner.” The corner-stone on which tin* super
structure reel*. The most Important stone in
the building. The Messiah is t > suctetd and
reign, his kingdom is to coate. no mallei’ mm v
oppose*, |
U. "Whosoever shell fall upon that stone,"
stumble* *t the humiliation of Jesus, and
*o dots not a*cept his claims. "Htull be
broken,'* shall sutler greet Injury, but may
) el be >su I by ic|u«ntaiicH and faith, " hut
on whomsoever it shell fill,'* in Anal Judg
ment and | ui.lnbmt nt, "it will grind him to
powder,” in complete and iriemiHilabie de
struction. This wgs iu!Ailed lu the destruc
tion of JvruiMletu a typ« of the ruin of th »se
who reject t'fetrtsl's pit mi pies, atoning love
and gulden* e.
l*- And »he chief pries U,** seeing that th**
parable appti*4 In the-a. thought tu defeat th«*
pt* ptt*<> and to*be the word.-, t*. he io,p****|
b)e t? he fuigtled hi desirwytMg Jesus. |lui
M was hia death that w«ought victory i^r
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