GREAT IN HIS LINE.
STORY OF THE LIFE OF THE
LATE WILLIAM STEINWAY.
Wh*n Only Twelve Year* Old He Wat an
Accompllsheil Musician A Member of
Ilia PruMlan Academy Honored by
Royalty.
ILLIAM STEIN
WAY, the piano
manufacturer, died
in New York re
cently of typhoid
fever. He was
taken sick four
weeks previous and
was thought to be
progressing toward
recovery until ho
suffered a relapse.
William Steinway was born In See
ben. near Brunswick, Germany, March
5, 1836. His father, Henry Knglehurd
Steinway, was a piano manufacturer
of that town Mr. Steinway was edu
cated In the schools of his native
town, learning English, French and
music. At 14 years of age he was an
expert musician. In 1849 Mr. Stein
way’s father sent his son Charles to
this country to ascertain the possible
field for a piano business. The report
was favorable, and In June, I860, the
elder Stclnway moved bis family and
business to New York city. The busi
ness at first was limited to the manu
facture of one piano a week. Nine
years later the Stelnways built their
present factory, Fourth avenue, from
Fifty-second to Fifty-third streets. In
1872 additional factories were estab
lished at Astoria, L. I, In March, 1865,
Charles and Henry, Jr., died, and
Theodore, giving up the business In
Germany, came to New York and as
sumed a share In the business. Wil
liam became the head of the Arm In
1889. In 1867, after the close of the
Paris exposition, William Htelnway
was unanimously elected a member of
I
WILLIAM STEINWAY.
the Royal Prussian Academy of Fine
Arts at Berlin, and in the same year
the grand gold medal was bestowed
upon him by King Charles of Sweden.
He was also elected a member of the
Royal Academy of Arts at Stockholm
June 12, 1892. Emperor William II of
Germany bestowed upon blm the order
of the eagle, third class, the highest
distinction ever conferred by that
country on a manufacturer. April 15,
1894, William Steinway was elected
honorary member of the Royal Italian
Academy of St. Cecilia of Rome, the
oldest and most renowned academy of
the old world.
Mr. Steinway was always active In
public affairs. In 1871 he was an active
member of the committee of seventy
appointed by the citizens of New York
to prosecute the Tweed ring. In 1888
he was n member of the national dem
ocratic convention which nominated
Mr. Cleveland for the second time. Mr.
Stein way was one of the committee ap
pointed to secure the World's Colum
bian Fair for New York city. Mo
opened the subscription list with $50,*
000. When congress finally decided that
the fair should he held In Chicago his
patriotism and liberality were exhibit
ed by a subscription of $25,000. In the
presidential election of 1892 Mr. Stein
way was one of the democratic elect*
ors-at-large for the state of New York,
and he was unanimously elected presi
dent of the electoral college at Its
meeting In Altiun). Mr. Steinway wm
a member or the original rapid transit
commission.
Hum*.' Ill.i.trull..u We. I’mir,
While traveling iu Swllsiriantl, the
t ltlcr lluiuaa one day arrived iu a lone
ly village with only one tun, at which
the (ttltlou* uo.etltit wee compelled to
put up (or the bight. When the Istul
lord, who only .poke Herman, tunic to
lutiulra what he would take foi .up
per. inintaa tried, hut iu vuiu, to make
him undeiataud that he wanted eotue
mu.hro.iun and wa* on the point ol
living up. with a had grace, ail hope of
enjoying hi. favorite di.h, when he hit
wppii the Idea of taking a pie.# uf char
ewal and tracing on in# wail what pur
ported to he tke correct outline uf a
pmabruom The landlord went out, and
Idumea ••• eongratulaitug htuiwlf on
the aweveea of hla h»pp> e.,K-dl«nt
when a tew moment, afterward he
htnrd the Nairn coming up th« aialrn
The mo.hruooi. could hard|> hate been
prepared In *w ahon a 'uu but Ihla
I nought did not utvu to our great
net'll*' The fwwtelep* . am.
Iherw W*e * IMM * * the
landlord with nn nmbvutta
• mm*' Ihnagb lh» «***»a.
A .1*11*11.‘*4 MM I- « >e*Mea.
in* lading J otw umufbu*- . t>u♦ tMougn
the Attend. Umd**n. m it :.,y and
the nertwwn.ea of »h* am**
each nf theft «f m» «e*wp*m • <*•«*
an nn average. (Ate* m n. « tn*
total weal* «wf lime *d**a. I hum*. ■
the Money velu# nf wht*h it the •«*»
Meier*' ‘ tat* of on* *MHi‘« an *...<
la Hit per dny «* »**»•» * *« ■ « p
annum
THE ERRING BURGLAR.
Ac<|fittte<l, lie In Foil ml at III* Old
Way* Again.
A curious romance of burglary and
filial affection is told In the French
newspapers. It has generally been sup
posed to be almost impossible to escape
from the French penal settlement at
Cayenne, and that the perils to be con
fronted in the forests, both from ani
mals and natives, not to talk of starv^
tlon, appalled the convicts to such a^
extent that they never even thought
of attempting flight. This theory lias
Just received a severe shock, the de
scription of no less than thirty recently
escaped convicts having been circulat
ed to the police by the minister of the
interior. One or two have ulready
been captured in France. Among these
Is a certain Petltjean, who is accused
of new misdeeds. Petltjean escaped
from Guiana some time ago, for no
other reason, he said, than to come and
embrace hie old mother, who lives at
Ilagnolet, He was arrested, but, In
deferenco to public opinion, which was
Impressed by his filial affection, he
was set at liberty and allowed to re
main in France. A fortnight ago a
robbery took place on the Boulevard
Diderot, in Paris, and by tracing back
the stolen goods four persons were ar
rested. They were all carrying knives,
knuckledusters and revolvers, and
made a most desperate fight for their
liberty. Once in prison, however, they
confessed they belonged to a large
gang whose chief was Petltjean. Hence
the latter's arrest.
CIGAR AS A SOCIAL FORCE.
Ilrlgltt Young Mmi IunInM on 'Ottililng
His Katliwr to Ninok«*.
That adage about the child being
father to ibe man receives an odd in
terpretation by a young man who lives
In Oak Park. He thinks it means that
tho child should run things and make
the old man stand around. This
bright young man lives with his father
in bachelor upartments. It chanced
thut the old gentleman led an exem
plary life in bis younger days and had
never learned to smoke. The son,
however, being thoroughly up to me
Ilmen, 1m very fond of his rigar, and
many a colloquy ensued. When the
father came home to find the rooms
redolent of cigar smoke he would argue
with his son thut It was no nice way
to do, and thut he should respect the
feelings of those who objected lo
smoke. "Hut, father,” objected the
young man, "you must recognize the
fact that the cigar Is a great social
factor. Father, you must learn to
smoke. It Is an accomplishment of
every gentleman, and you should not
overlook It.” The next day he brought
homo a box of cigars and a pipe for
hlB father, and the old gentleman, who
h£H spent fifty years In this vale of
smoke without knowing the comforts
or solace of tobacco, began industri
ously to learn to smoke. After three
trials he gave It up and confessed his
defeat, ills son smoked up all the ci
gars and the pipe was given to an Ir
reverent young man who laughed at
the story.
Cleveland’* New Horae.
The house in which President Cleve
land will live after his retirement from
public life is a picturesque old man
sion In a pretty part of Princeton, N.
J. The house is not one which any
one would suppose would be occupied
by a man of Mr. Cleveland's wealth.
It is a large, roomy structure, with
an appearance of age that it does not
deserve. It is built of stuccoed brick
and brown stone In the old colonial
style. Its dimensions are 30 feet wide
by 45 feet deep and two stories and a
half high. Three sides of it are sur
rounded by porches. Through Its mid
dle runs a wide, old-fashioned hall, at
the right of which Is the staircase. The
flooring of the hall is in hard wood, but
there are no other hard wood floors in
the house. The rooms, fifteen in mun*
her, are all very large, and the ceilings
are 13 feet high. One-half of the first
floor is given up to the parlor. The
house was built in 1S54 by Commodore
Slot kton, a line descendent of Richard
I i
TilK STOt'KTON MANSION.
Sum bum a ho bought Om> land from
William rann It »u uaM lately by
Mra. Sltdall, «hu ali. ii aba laft fur
Kuropa a month ago. u>ld bar .abut la
tail II for |t»'MM* Tba flat aland* Will
ra«ida Itt rrouatuM from fktubar tu
lw«a and imand in »|n lid Iba aarmrr
month* at lltaaard a hat
■■m
Mall I tlat tad Ha.tla
Mr Hal) t'atno, th« natalial. aa)ii
Mr II-tabla a nofh* arm tu lata Irma
lb* brat at an reading • grant •iitunlo*
tu th« tchi ami I thmb n grant tmpuina
tu moral andaaaur lb* author him
•all ntao, at n »*«» aarl> tia|« of any
Ilia na n man uf I*11- ia gnan ma gi«nl
ktly and ••>am
Iva a«o I % nil*- ____ ^ 11
t'un into* and th«ra ttaon in my m«mu 1
r» g«w tb* yl* .tuatru rovnlWvttwa* «f |
g kanwOfifl -Mid nubia yarmwnitty *
t** b>*M>atbii tima.
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nunto mi th» Kailbk » t%at
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f |i* % ,||v 4 td-M" 4 Sli It- *. * ■ ‘ U>M * ' ‘
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
FARM
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Nucrruful Farmer* Operate TM*
Department of the Farm A Few
Hint* a* to the Care ot l.lre Stork
and Poultry.
N Answer to your
question In regard
to my poultry, I
would say: First, I
thought there were
mites on the chicks
and applied kero
sene and lard, and
this helped matters
somewhat, but did
not stop the trouble
altogether, I ap
plied the mixture to ears and neck. As
to feeding, I fed boiled potatoes and
corn meal, mixed together, or else I
fed corn meal and boiled cabbage. I
fed the cooked food morning and night
and fed wheat at noon. The chicks are
not big enough to eat corn, they are
only about two months old, and were
doing finely until they began to have
an attack of the malady I mentioned In
my last letter, published in the Farm
ers’ Review under the date of Nov. 18.
I did not notice the combs turning
yellow; they kept their natural color,
and the old fowls and little chicken*
both are subjected to the malady, but
It has for some time been a problem
as to what It was. I have seen old
hens that were all right at night and In
the morning they would be found dead.
In view of the fact that everyone has
the same experience It cannot be the
lice In all cases. M. A. H.
Kingsley, Iowa.
_ ___. ...I,.«»!*•
the fowls and watching them some,
and perhaps performing an autopey on
some of them, tell for a certainty Just
what the matter Is, because the mere
fact of a bird falling over dead does
not Indicate the cause. There are
many kinds of diseases to which fowls
are subject, each having their pecu
liar symptoms. As a doctor could not,
without taking the temperature of his
patient, locate some kinds of disease,
so a person trying to locate the disease
of fowls needs to be In a position to
take heed of the most trifling circum
stances. From what our correspondent
has said we are strongly of t.he opinion
that Indigestion hns been one of tho
leading causes, perhaps the main
cause. He had done well to feed cook
ed food as a part of his ration, but
the food combination is very bad.
However, this should not kill the birds,
unless It made them more than un
usually fat. We realize that It Is
thought a common and proper policy
to feed corn and corn meal at every
opportunity, but we believe it Is a
mistake. The cooked food had better
contain a large part of bran and oat*
ground. Corn meal and corn contain,
In large quantities, fattening nutrient*,
and wheat is of a somewhat similar
character, standing between oats and
corn. The ration fed has been very
poorly balanced. Indigestion usually
goes through two stages, the first be
ing seldom noticed, though it kills a
good many fowls. The first stage Is
constipation, and Is caused by a too
heating and drying food, like corn and
corn meal. If watched, the fowls that
are afflicted this way will be seen to
mope and often droop the tall feathers.
They are evidently In a state of intense
suffering. Many die in this stage and
are found dead In the morning with
nothing apparently the matter. If
they come through this stage all right,
the Indigestion Is Indicated by too great
looeenesB, and the feathers mussed by
the thin droppings. It Is possible that
some poultry disease Is In the neigh
borhood, perhaps cholera, but that
should be Indicated by the loose green
droppings.
We have found putting kerosene on
little chicks a very had plan, having
killed a good many that way, even
when the kerosene was mixed with
grease. We have long since discarded
the kerosene and And the grease dot s
th same work. Kven grease will blls- |
ter bodies and kill the chicks when j
applied too freely.
<'»-«peretle< l>.ilrtiuK in Au»lratta,
R. T. Thorburn of New South Wales,
In an Interview with a reporter lu Chi* I
i ago saltJ:
"New South Wales I* divided into ;
three parte: the roast, the center, and j
the west. Wheat Is raised In the cen
tral and western parts, and sheep In
the west, On the coast we raise corn
and butter; the soil is so rich and the
climate so moist that wheat rusts bad- 1
ly with us Our butter making Is done
slmosi entirely on a co-operative plan.
The farmers in each section buy a
separator together; then they send the
cream to large creameries which are
In various parts of the country, where
there are appliances tor making tea
and for storing the huttsr Thence
the butlsr Is all shipped la dydaey. the
capital, and there it is put on sale al
a Used price III ieute Is he fewest It
ever gets at wholesale, in summer
Whatsver Is not sold at the price pul
upea It ta put ba k into the Ice cbeata
sad at Iks end of a week or «u skipped
to taeadoM e»»a If this is doue at a
lias In this way huttsr ta kept up to
s fair prUe Itsfere tbs formation of
the farmers' t o operative soviet) we
ware at Ike mervy af the middlemen
Hotter la summer, went down le *
•eats a pouad they bought it all up
stored It, aad then ta »eM weather
brought II out and wad* ***M W ta our
uwa customer* Tbs bualaeea ml Ibts
co operative am tety hi >|uite large
from a mlltioa aad a half la it* mil
ima dwlbsra a year, *ad by Ha help the
farmer get* a far fairer share ml the
piugis than he does aith you It aaa
ga Uphill t|M at •tat. Now the farm
i « *
beaeUts ml n-« kih« log. tbf, la b h
torl.i, where fhey do not have any such
system, they are pretty badly off, and
have to take whatever the middlemen
choose to give, although they make
Just as good butter as we do—butter
which sells just as well In the London
market. The cattle most popular are
called the South Coast breed, origin
ally a cross between the Shorthorn and
the Ayrshire, which, through careful
selection, have now become a distinct
breed, having its own stud book. It Is
good for both milk and beef. We do
not go In for Jerseys as much as you
do."
An Important Claim of KoixIn.
In the present state of affairs, when
low prices prevail for almost all kinds
of farm products, and the prices realiz
ed In many Instances are but little it
any more than the cost of production,
It behooves the farmer, If he would not
be driven Into bankruptcy, to devise
some means by which to Improve his
condition. That relief Is needed no
one will deny. What is to be done
under the circumstances'.’ I think, to
use a general term, that a well-directed
economy should be the watch-word all
along the line, and perhaps to no de
partment of farming Industries does
this principle more Justly apply than
that of dairying. Prices for butter
and cheese have been declining year by
year, until It has become a serious
question with many as to whether the
business ran be profitably prosecuted
under the present adverse circum
stances. Adulterations and Imitations
of butter and cheese with oleomar
garine, olive and such like compounds
In immense quantities of late years
have been placed upon our markets
and put on sale as genuine dairy pro
ducts, and by these means dishonest
dealers huve sought to enrich them
selves at the expense of the honest and
industrious dairyman. That prices
should decline under thpse conditions
was Inevitable. This Is an evil that can
only be remedied by appropriate legls
Jill lull, iiii'j 11 in in*" iiuu ui loc luiiuri
to see that his rights In this matter are
fully protected. Severul of the states
have passed laws looking to this end.
Congress not long since passed a law
levying an Internal revenue tax on such
manufactures, and those who took
notice at the time will remember what
u howl of opposition was raised against
the measure by its opponents. Milk,
pure and unadulterated, perhaps more
nearly contains all the element* of a
perfect food than any article of food
consumption known to man, and might
very properly be termed nature's own
cooking, and Is especially adapted to
the wants of the young. Milk and Its
products are very largely consumed as
articles of food by a large majority of
our population, thus entering Intimate
ly Into the very life-blood of the peo
ple; and I believe I might safely assert
that the food of a people most surely
leaves Its Impress upon the nation. We
sometimes hear the term "beef-eating
Englishmen" used. We might also add
butter and cheese-eating, for they are
large consumers of both, and are our
best customers for these articles; and
who will deny that to their diet Is
largely due this national prestige?—
J. H. Brown._
Itrmrdy for Poultry DUmr.
Will you kindly allow me some
space In your paper? In your last
number I notice an item from M. A. H.,
Kingsley, Iowa, reporting an unknown
disease among his poultry. I was
troubled with apparently the same dis
ease in my flocks, and after trying
several remedies, at last succeeded in
finding a cure. Am glad to submit It for
the benefit of your readers. Procure
equal proportions of resin, sulphur,
alum and cayenne pepper; would sug
gest purchasing one pound of each.
Those should be finely ground and
well Incorporated with meal, about one
tablespoon to the quart. This makes
a hot ration, and chickens must be
hungry to relish it. I mix meal with
sour, or, if not obtainable, sweet milk.
In preference to water. This Is be
yond question the best thing I have
ever tried. It is also good In cases of
cholera. T. Edward Foley.
Livingston County, 111.
Keep I p Supply.
Remember that In the winter time
the ground in frozen and often cover
ed with enow, und It Ik Impossible for
the fowl* to collect the gravel that Ik
needed for the work of the gizzard. Do
not therefore neglect to get a few tuut
kets of gravel now and then. If there
|« a grave) bed uear. a liorae load of
the gravel may be hauled to tho house
and delivered to the hen» aa they may
need. Ikvubtlena some of the Indlgea
tton that afflict* poultry In winter
cornea from the lack of gravel. Kilt
a chicken In winter, especially when
they have for a long time been deprived
of gravel, and you will And the crop
empty of the grit. It take* a little
work, hut work must be dons If the
(owls are to he kept healthy.
OtatrtbUtioa *»f Seeds It often hsp
pens that, on small Islands in rivers,
trees and Bower* are found that do nut
grow on the neighboring banka Thee*
have >»*«* down th« river, eometlm**
front the mountains where It Uses, in
the shape of fruits, and ba*s found
bulging on the Island, during high
water Sometime* fruit* aim thus
born* suit* ant to tea. and then they !
may be atoghi by an mown current '
and tarried brag distances 11 baa
been said that Colombo* Aral Homed 1
the notion that there wlgbt be land j
Wy wnd the % estern mean on seeing
tome Mrange ante that had been
aaahcd In the choree uf the .blare*
from far away hmertea Kt
Iw not n»-gl*»t the Sower garden
There t* n genuine pu«*r m beautiful
ttowera to inSueUc* some natures
The poultry business Ip not hetng
aver-*do.n- It te not sway tw get an
ever supply of fresh egga
Stror Feeding in Ftigiand.
"Roots” are to British cattle feeders
1 What corn is to their American cousin*
—the primary requirement, and when
the crop fails those feeders suffer In
practically the same measure as do
the growers of stock in this country
when corn yields but a small or poor
crop, as, for example, the case of 1894,
says Live Stork Report. Economy in
feeding Is thus rendered aboolutely
necessary and the feeder has to study
how he can get the largest returns from
his outlay. Turnips aro the principal
feature of the English feeder's ration,
and as high as 150 to 100 lbs. per head
per day Is sometimes fed In certain dis
tricts. It was with the object in view
of testing the advantages of giving fat
tening steers large and small quantities
of roots that. Dr. Voelcker for the Royal
Agricultural Society of England con
ducted at Woburn an experiment the
past year. Sixteen two-year-old Here
ford steers were secured for the pur
pose. They were divided Into two
equal lots, each receiving the same
quantity of cake (linseed and decorti
cated cotton) and barley, while one lot
was limited as to rootB and the other
had all they would eat, the supplies of
chaff—hay and oat straw—and water
being varied In accordance with the
needs of the nnlmals. The feeding was
divided into three periods, and the ra
tions for the first part of the fending
period were 2 lbs. each dally of linseed
cake, and the same quantity of decor
ticated cotton cake and of grlttled bar
ley; for the second portion of the per
iod, 3 list, of each kind of rake and 2
lbs. of barley, and for the third portion
3 lbs. of linseed cake, 5 lbs. of decorti
cated cotton cake, and 2 lbs. of barley.
As to roots—first consisting of white
turnips, next of swedes, then of mixed
swedes and mangels, and lastly of man
gels only—one lot of steers wns allowed
25 lbs. each daily for a short time, and
afterwards 35 lbs.; while the other lot
had 40 IbB. to start with, a quantity
Which was InernaueH tn f.O lhs which
was all they would eat, except In one
week when they consumed 55 lbs. The
lot which hud least roots consumed
about a pound of chaff u day each and
10 lbs. of water more than the other
lot. At the end of 112 days the lot
which had received the smaller quan
tity of roots had gained 1,489 lbs. In live
weight, or 1.66 lbs. each per day; while
the other lot hud gained 1,568 lbs., or
1:75 lbs each per day. The carcass
weight of the first lot was 58.57 per
cent of the live weight, and that of the
second lot was 58.66. The actual gain
In value of the lot fed on the larger
quantity of roots was about 70 cts. per
heud, but when the cost of the extra
feed was taken Into consideration Ur.
Voelcker figured out a balance in favor
of the heavy root feeding of Just nino
cents per animal.
We notice that In commenting upon
the above experiment British agricul
tural papers opine that the two rations
were not as strongly contrasted as they
might have been to render the result of
the feeding of greater Interest and bene,
fit, believing that In order to ascer
tain whether It Is better to give roots
freely and cake and grain sparingly, or
vice versa, It would have been better to
have let one lot of the steers have dou
ble the weight of roots and half the
weight of corn supplied to the other lot
Instead of giving the former only 15 tbs.
a head more roots and the same cake
and grain as were given the latter.
Risking Reputation.—A few days ago
the salesman In a Chicago cellar sent
out some butter without looking at It.
He had customers for the goods, and
as they had been fancy for such a long
time ho inferred that they were so in
this instance. He had on numerous
other occasions sent the butter out
without looking at it. and felt safe to
continue doing so. But this time the
butter was very badly mottled and, of
course, the customer complained. He
did not want mottled butter, and ex
plained that bedid not want that butter
again if it was mottled. Now, the
chances are that the buttermaker knew
the butter was mottled. He failed to
say anything about it lo the creamery
man, and the dealer therefore was not
notified. The butterimdter's mistake
resulted in an injury to the reputation
of that factory.- Chicago Produce.
Milking Cows should he milked at
regular times, say twice daily, and It
should be attended to promptly when
the proper time comes round. It will
not do to milk at any and ull times,
just when it Is convenient. The milk
er should see that the tents are well
cleaned before commencing to draw the
milk: he should then proceed gently
and quietly to the task of ludkitig. and
should draw It as speedily as possible,
consistent with the comfort of the cow.
until the operation Is completed, which
will be when all the milk Is well drawu.
The last milk drawu Is much the rich
,,,t and l»cs may occur by failure to
do this thoroughly.— Ks.
Oil from Peanut*.—Tbs recent state
rneut that In a few year# the peanut
crop will be one of the prime staple*
of ih# south, was no doubt a surprts*
to many. Hot statistics bear the state
ment out. and it t* proved that the In
dustry la constantly growing The pea
nut oil la said to be so lib* sll«« nil
that only the chemist nr etpert can de
tect the difference Its ffavor Is pleas
ant and bland, and It may. on account
of it* purity, eventually suppla'tt wine
etl in nil culinary ttm for the table —
Ka.
t Private Heputatlon The da try
ms* oho Ms built up a steady demand
far hht butter must work hist ahem as
hard to beep that demand in a healthy
vendition a* he did to secure It In the
trot ptav* if by some misfortune a
batch ef butter ts inferior to that usual*
II msd*k it should never he sent I*
rvn^Ur tmnwi n-1| It on the mar
bet without tolling attsoioHi to the
name of the perse* Who Crude It t«St
It hrtng whnt It hr worth. t'»
LESSON II. JAN. IO DESCENT OF
HOLY SPIRIT ACTS 2: 1-13.
Golden •Test: "They Were All Tilled
With the Hplrlt of the Holy <ilimit” -
Art* '1:4 The Giving uf the Hplrlt of
Truth to the lllselplr*.
IMK. — Our Lord's
llnal uppearanee and
his ascension am
usually dated on
Thursday. May IS,
A. I) 30 The Holy
spirit was given ten
days later—on Hun
day. May 2*. A.D. mi.
as we believe. Con
cerning the Feast or
Pentecost, see note
on verse 1. Place.—
An "upper room" In
Jerusalem: probably
the same tn which
the last passover was eaten, and which
seems to have continued a Chrlstlnn
headquarters. It w’as very likely recog
nised as one of Ihe Galilean syna
gogues.1’ Here It was that, divinely
guided, they hail chosen Matthias to b"
tho twelfth apostle in the place of Judas.
The fhrlstlun* were now "about one
hundred and twenty In number," men and
women, whose great business it had tie
come to wait in earnest, united prayer for
the gift of power. At the hours of
morning and evening sacrifice they were
habitually at the temple, but the upper
room was their place of supplication for
the Comforter,
Tho Gift of Tongues. Great misconcep
tion prevails respecting these "other
tongues." The common Idea is that the
apostles needed a miraculous power of
understanding and speaking foreign lan
guages, In order lo lie able to preach the
Gospel to all nations: thut this power was
given at Pentecost, and was afterward
used by them: and that they did actually
preach the Gospel In various dialects lo
the assembled crowds on the day of Pen
tecost. But observe—1. No such power
was needed. True, If any of the apos
tle* went to very remote lands—India,
for Instance then the power would he ,
nscrui, and it may have been twHtowpu.
Hut of tills there Is no Hcrlpture evidence.
In all the countries which w«* read of as
visited I»y Paul or others Greek was gen
erally understood: and the wide spread of
tills language Is Justly regarded as
one way in which God prepared the world
for tin* Gospel. Of course tin* various lan
guages existed, hut they were not neces
sary to Intercourse. 2. In th'* Acts wo
never afterward And the apostle# using a
foreign language. And tin* epistles are all
written In Greek. our chapter does not
say that the apostles preached In foreign
tongues to the crowd. It was not preach
ing, but praise (compare verse 11 with
chapter 10. ltd. ami It began before the
crowds came together. When tin amazed
people began to question und mock Peter
stood up and addressed them, and he
spoke In Greek, which they .ill under
stood. What, then, w 1 tie* gift of
tongues? It was an Inspiration, not un
like those prophetic Inpul *- h we read of in
the (rid Testament. The ipostles did on
the day of Pentecost <p*-ak Intelligibly
In actual languages, and then words were
understood by those who knew the lan
guage *; but it is not implied that a per
manent knowledge of an: foreign tongue
was given, of which tiny ould avail
themselves at pleasure: they only spoke
as the Spirit “gave them utterance." The
power,very likely, recurred on other occa
sions, but It was one not to Ire used at the
will of the individual. It was gfven after
ward to converts at various places who
had no special commission to go to dis
tant lands to preach tile Gospel, as at
Caesarea, Ephesus. Corinth. See Acts 10.
4«; 19. «; 1 Cor 12 and H At Corinth
those ho inspired spoke not to men. but to
God: not edifying their brethren, for they
could not understand them but edifying
themselves by the utterance in any way
of their hearts' feelings Hence proph
esying, or preaching, was « nobler gift,
because It was understood, and so edified
the Church. See 1 Cor. 14. 2-4. 18, 19, 39.
Then what was the use of the gift of
tongues? Sec 1 Cor. 14. 22; it was *‘a sign
to those who believed not.'1
As soon as the disciples were idled with
the Holy Ghost they began to speak. -
For three years they had "companled"
with Jesus and had hardly spoken. The
gospels are full of their questions, hut do
not report a single sermon. But Just as
soon as the Spirit was outpoured they be
gan to speak. So it Is to-day. The silent
Christian is not tilled with the Holy
Ghost. A man may have some divine
grace in his heart and keep quiet about
it, but not much. So uncontrollable was
the desire of these men to >-;»• *ak that the
bystanders concluded they were drunk.
When, a few days later, tin* magistrates
of Jerusalem ordered them to he silent,
they said, "We cannot hut peak ” just
as Paul, who afterward join***! their num
ber. said. “Necessity Is laid upon tin to
preach.” As new wine works and seethes
and expands until it sends the cork flying
or breaks the bottle, ho th»r* was in
these m*-n an irrepressihh impulse to tes
tify for God. They w< i* r ady to burst
w ith the gladsornenes# of their news. And
if we participate in their blessed spiritual
experience we, too. will become excited
and enthusiastic. Study this lesson, pray,
wait until divine powt r so charge* your
efforts will not In without r- -uln
The l'-;y of Henliiost wu tin l.irtlulay
ot the Church ax an orgitmx. .1 null'.ullon.
On thul .lay ll tiegan tin . ure. r uf cun
lineal. The reach of tlx pon.r from that
.lay lo this, has been lo It* poe.'Sidon of
the Holy Spirit.
N’otlce the requisite* f ir lln- . omlng
of the Holy dplrlt: I Th. i l-hi tun. In
Hod* |.lun Through foriv • enturlex the ^
World ha. I burn grow lot: up lo that mu
no >1 At last there a a- In th world a
unity of giivarnutrnt a until of laoguaui
a onii.it of ru.ex, a ratll.o longing alior
Hod a gmeral loxx of ialth in the old
fornix of idolatry ' I h. day of I'rtilr
i'oxt hail fully .'Otoe - A prepared pen
ph VVhll. ihr world had In > n preparlna
to rrt'elvo the new re IV Id thin a people
hail t.erii urn imxeUiuxly prrpatlog lo dr
clarr ll For iwinti ceglurlra the Jewish
r».e had heen umter training through
thnr law thrlr prophet• their religious
aixtein and the dlxelpltiie ol trial IHU
uf Ihta fan hail been .hiu.ru a handful uf
Indteurra,
Suttee the trails of ths drxcrndlitg
Stdrlt I. lie • ante from health where
lie ahhtee In I he father and the dun If
rarth I* tw t*e llftexl up It must be by a
puwer trues abut* J It- cam «x a
bteatb VVi .annul see thv wind but »
can feel Its power do . otwes that • spirit
ht.talhW but nut unfelt 1 lie i ante as a
die burning up xln amt sninttig with .It
via* glory IV* santeut m.eux. light* m
Hn wurM wttb.*ul a »n within u» 4 He
. ana* wa a longue to in* power in uttar
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