TALM AGE’S SJSKMON.
"FRIENDSHIP UNFAILING.”
LAST SUNDAY'S SUBJECT.
From the Fo.IowIiik Text: "And Rlif |
Wint and Came and (Cleaned In the I
Field* After the Heaper*; and Her Hap 1
Uiih to eight.'*—Knth 2 : J.
HE time that Ruth
and Naomi arrived
at Bethlehem i»
harvest time. It
was the custom
when a shcat fell
from a load In the
harvest field for
the reapers to re
fuse to gather It
up; that was to be
' left for the poor
who might happen to come along that
way. If there were handfuls of grain
scattered across the field after the main
harvest had been reaped, Instead of
raking It, as farmers do now, It whs,
by the custom of the land, left In Its
place, so that the poor coming aloug
that way might glean It, and get their
bread. But, you say, "What Is the use
of all these harvest fields to Ruth and
Naomi? Naomi Is too old and feeble
to go out and toll In the sun; and can
you expect that Ruth, the young and
the beautiful, should tan her checks
and blister her bands In the harvest
field?
Boaz owns a large farm, and he goes
out to see the reapers gut her In the
grain. Coming there, right behind the
swarthy, sun-browned reapers, he be
holds a beautiful woman gleaning a
woman more fit to bend to a harp or
ilf itnAfi a ihrnna (hfin tO fltOOD BITlOnSf
the sheaves. Ah, that was an eventful
day!
It was love at first night. Boaz
forms an attachment for the womanly
gleaner—an attachment full of undy
ing Interest to the church of God In all
ages; while Kuth, with an ephah, or
nearly a bushel of barley, goea home
to Naomi to tell her of the successes
and adventures of the day. That. Kutb,
who left her native land of Moah In
darkness, and traveled through an un
dying affection for her mother-in-law,
Is in the harvest field of Boaz, la affi
anced to one of the best families In
Judah, and becomes In after time the
ancestress of Jesus Christ, the Lord of
glory! Out of so dark a night did
there ever dawn so bright a morn
ing?
I learn, in the first, place, from this
subject, how trouble develops charact
er. It wus bereavement, poverty and
exile that developed, Illustrated, and
announced to all ages the sublimity of
Ruth's character. That is a very un
fortunate man who has no trouble. It
was sorrow that made John Bnnyan
the better dreamer, and Doctor Young
the better poet, and O’Connell the bet
ter orator, and Bishop Hall the better
preacher, and Havelock the better sol
dier. and Kltto the better encyclopae
dist, and Ruth the better daughter-in
law.
I once asked an aged man In regard
to his pastor, who was a very brilliant
man, "Why Is It that your pastor, so
very brilliant, seems to have so little
heart and tenderness in bis sermons?”
“Well,” he replied, “the reason Is, our
pastor has never had any trouble.
When misfortune comes upon him his
otyle will be different.” After a while
the Lord took a child out of the pas
tor's house; and though the preacher
was just as brilliant as he was before,
oh, the warmth, the tenderness of his
discourses! The fact is, that trouble
is a great educator. You see sometimes
a musician sit down at an Instrument
and his execution is cold and formal
and unfeeling. The reason is that all
his life ho has been prospered. But
let misfortune or bereavement cot e to
that man, and he sits down to tli In
strument. and you discover the pathos
in the first sweep of the keys.
Misfortunes and trials are great ed
ucators. A young doctor comes Into
a sick room where there Is a dying
child. l'erhaps he Is very rough In
his prescription, and very rough In his
manner, and rough in the feeling of
the pulse, and rough In his answer to
the mother's anxious question; but
years roil on. sun mere na» uct-u one
dead In his owu house; and now lie
comes Into the sick room, and with
tearful eye he look* at the dying child,
and he says, "Ob. how thl* reminds
me of my Charlie!" Trouble, the gr at
educator. Borrow I sec Its touch In
the grandest (minting. I hear Its trem
or in the sweetest song; I feel its
p iwer in the mightiest argument.
(ireelau mythology said that the
foundation of ll.|rpocrene was struck
out by the loot of the winged horse
IH-gasus. I bare often noticed in |||e
that the brightest and must beautiful
fountains of Chrlstlau comfort and
spiritual lifo have been struck out by
the Iron shod hoof u! disaster and
calamity. I we Isamel'a courage best
by the Bash of Nebarhadnesaar * fur
aac*. I as# Pauls prune** h**t when
I Bad him on the foundering skip
under the glare of the lightning In 1.1#
tienkers of Mollis. tied < roars his
children amid the howling «4 «>id
beast* and the chopping c*f blood
splashed guillotine and the .rac kites
Bre* of martyrdom It »«« h the p*r*
*». uttons ui Meows Aufaltoa to d»
is'ti# h'ltuty and JuaUa Martyr It
look all the hcsstllllis* agaiast Bccgch
> • .mSskUry and the Mi wl
flaytrhouse to ifeyelop iaswt Ncttwi a
wad Audi>* Meiyttte. and l*hrt M
Kail, tkr g.-rtou* matt»re ul m->^k
history It Vo.,'h the stormy aea. end
ihs iwcemimt sU.4, and the dssoUi*
h*« hug la ad cease amt ihs warwtMnm
at carsgea to *k re forth tha proa* hi
at tha Pilgrim Pat fora
When amid the storms they sang.
And the stars heard, and the sea;
And the sounding aisles of the dim
wood
Rang to the anthems of the free.
* • »
Life often seems to be a mere game, j
where the successful player pulls down
all the other men Into his own lap.
Let suspicion arise about a man's
character, and he becomes like a hank
In a panic, and all the Imputations rush
on him and break down In a day that
character which In due time would
have had strength to defend Itself.
There are reputations that have been
half a century In building, which go
down under one push, as a vaet templo
is consumed by the touch of a sulphur
ous match. A hog can uproot a cen
tury plant.
In this world, so full of heartless*
ness and hypocrisy, how thrilling It Is
to find some friend as faithful In days
of adversity as In days of prosperity?
David had such tt friend In Hushal;
the Jews had such a friend In Mordc
cal, who never forgot their cause; Paul
had such a friend In Oneslpborus, who
visited him In Jail; Chrlet had such In
the Marys, who adhered to Him on the
Cross; Naomi had such a one In Ruth,
who cried out, "Kntreat me not. to leave
thee, or to return from following after
thee, for whither thou goest, I will go;
and whither thou lodgest I will lodge;
thy people shall he my people, and Ihy
God my God; where thou dlest will I
die, and there will I he burled; the
Lord do so to me, and more also, If
aught hut death part thee and me."
Again, I learn from this subject that
paths which open In hardship and dark
nes» often come out in places of Joy.
When Ruth started from Moab toward
Jerusalem, to go along with her moth
er-in-law, I suppose the people said:
"Oh, what a foolish creature to go away
from her father's house, to go off with
a poor old woman toward the land of
Judah I They won’t live to get across
the desert. They will be drowned In
the sea, or the Jackals of the wilder
ness will destroy them.” It was a very
dark morning when Ruth started off
with Naomi: but behold her in my
text In the harvest field of Hoax, to
be affianced to one of the lords of the
land, and become one of the grand
mothers of Jesus Christ, the J/ord of
glory. And so It often Is that u path
which often starts very darkly end*
very brightly.
When you started out for heaven, oh,
how dark wan the hour of conviction—
how Hlnal thundered, and devil* tor
mented, and the darkness thickened!
All the sins of your life pounced Upon
you, and It wan the darkest hour you
ever taw when you first found out your
sins. After awhile you went Into the
harvest field of God's mercy: you be
gan to glean In the fields of divine
promise, und you had more sheaves
than you could carry, as the voice of
God addressed you, saying: ‘‘Blessed
is the man whose transgressions are
forgiven and whose sins are covered."
A very dark starting in conviction, a
very bright ending in the pardon and
the hope and the triumph of the Gos
pel!
So, very often In our worldly busi
ness or in our spiritual career, we start
off on a very dark path. We must go.
The flesh may shrink back, but there
Is a voice within, or a voice from above,
saying, "You must go;” and we have
to drink the gall, and we have to carry
the cross, and we have to traverso the
desert and we are pounded and flailed
of misrepresentation and abuse, and
we have to urge our way through ten
thousand obstacles that have been slain
by our own right arm. We have to
ford the river, we have to climb the
mountain, we have to storm the castle;
but, blessed be God, the day of rest and
reward will come. On tho tip-top of
tbe captured battlements we will shout
the victory; If not In this world, then
In that world where there Is no gall
to drink, no burdens to carry, no bat
tles to light. How do I know It? Know
It! 1 know It because Clod sayB so:
"They shall hunger no more, uelther
thirst any more, neither shall the sun
light on them, nor any heat, for the
Launb which Is In the midst of the
throne shall lead them to living foun
tains of water, and liod shall wipe all
tears from their eyes.”
It v as very hard for Xouh to eudure
the scoffing of the people In his day,
while he was trying to build the ark.
and was every morning quizzed about
his old boat that would never tie of any
practical use; hut when the deluge
came, and the tops of the mountains
disappeared like the backs of sea mon
sters, uud the elements, lashed up in
fury, clapped their hunds over a
dtowned world, then Noah In the ark
rejoiced in his own safety and In the
safety <f his fatuity, and looked out
; on the wreck of a ruined earth.
Christ, hounded of porn* til ms, de
nied a pillow, worse malt rented than
; the Ihktvee on either side of the cross,
human hate smacking Its lips In ■*»•
infliction after it had hewn draining his
! lest drop of blood, the sheeted dead
bursting trim the sepulchre* at his
' crucittviun Tell me, O t let risen an*
| and U« igertha were tb*re ever darker
| iim*s than ikn**? I.'vt th* Maiming
: of the midnight »> * .garnet the rock.
the surge* uf Christ • anguish brat
■ against lb* gale* of elsrally, to t*
(ikied Pack by all the th.ut.ee ot
heaven sad all Ik* duageol'S ef bed
Hit the day ot reward «• ties tic
Christ nil the pomp aa<l do mi aw* *t
this sicdl ate H* he bung osi bis
throw* rPowned bead* am to fcesr b**
i fore k‘« on whose head at* mat y
, ro» bs and all the leiesMsl wetsbip
I is to cam* up at hi* f**t i»ke tb* bum*
mtog nf tb* tc ieai itb* tb* rushing of
1 lb* water* Itb* th* thundering of lb*
' sea*, whit* nil heaven, rising v-n their
tbron«e beat i.m* with their aseptfgn
H* tie I ups b lev tb* Ward tied utsilye*
i ten! teign**b *
| That ecu* of love wow bra **d far
Mb* iowg ska-I #w*i» Item star Is star,
That light, the breaking day which tips j
The golden-spired Apocalypse.
• • •
Madame de Stael did a world of work f
In her time, and one day. while she was
seated amid instruments of music, all of
which ahe had mastered, and amid
manuscript bonks which she had writ
ten, some one said to her: “How do
you find lime to attend to all these
things?” "Oh," she replied, "these are
not the things I ani proud of. My chief
boast is In the fact that I have seven
teen trades, by any one of which 1 could
make a livelihood If necessary." And
If In secular spheres there Is so much
to be done, In spiritual work how vant
the fWld! How many dying all around
about us without one word of comfort!
We want more Abigails, more Han
nahs, more Rebeccas, more Marys, more
Deborahs consecrated body, mind and
soul, to the Lord who bought them.
Once more f learn from my subject
the value of gleaning.
Ruth going Into that harvest field
might have said: "There Is a straw,
and there Is a straw, but wbat Is a
straw? I can't get any barley for my
self or my mother-in-law out of these
separate straws.” Not so said beautiful
Ruth. She gathered two straws, and
she put them together, and more
straws, until she got. enough to make
a sheaf. Rutting that down, sho went
and gathered more straws, until she
had another sheaf, and another, and
another, and another, and then sho
brought them altogether, and she
threshed them out, and she had an
ephah of barley, nigh a bushel. Oh,
" r lliiMlll Ul I ftinaii- |
Kllhu Viiirrltt learned many things ,
while tolling In a blacksmith's shop, ,
Abercrombie, the world-renowned phi
losopher, was a philosopher In Hcot
land, Hnd he got hls philosophy, or the
chief part of It, while, as a physician,
he was waiting for the door of the
sick room to open. Vet how many
there are In (hls day who say they are
so busy they have no time for mental
or spiritual Improvement; the great
duties of life cross the field llko strong
reapers, and carry off all the hours,
and there Is only here and there a
fragment left, that Is not worth glean
ing. Ah, my friends, you could go
Into the busiest day and busiest week of
your life and find golden opportunities,
which, gathered, might at lust make a
whole sheaf for the Ixwl’s garner. It
Is the stray opportunities and the
stray privileges whleh, taken up and
bound together and beaten out, will at
last fill you with much Joy,
There are a few moments left worth
the gleaning. Now, Ruth to the field!
Muy each one have a measures full and
running over! Ob, you gleuners, to th«
field! And If there be In your house
hold an aged ones or a sick relative that
Is not strong enough to come forth and
toll In this field, then let Ruth take
home* to feeble Naomi this sheaf of
gleaning: “He that goeth forth and
weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall
doubtless come uguln with rejoicing,
bringing hls sheaves with him.” May
the Lord God of Ruth and Naomi ho
our portion forever!
Til* Ur»|gofi' I ly»
One of the roost useful of Insects Is,
owing to the Ignorance of the public,
forever being killed. It Is known as
the dragon-fly, the needle-case and thes
devil's darning-needle. Hays a writer
of authority: In Its larva! state It
subsists almost entirely on those small
u/nilrmliKT Ufhlf'h f'fHl Ilf*. Mf*f*n
darting about In any still water, and
which hatch out Into swcot-slngliig
mosquito. As soon as the dragoon-fly
leaves Its watery nursing-ground, and
climbing some friendly reed, throws
away the old shell and flies away, It Is
helping man again. Its quarry now Is
the house-fly. Not long ago the writer
saw one of these Insects knocked down
In a veranda, where It had been doing
yeoman's service, and the children and
women seemed delighted, although
they shrank hack from the poor,wound
ed dragon-fly. They all thought It had
an awful sting at the end of Its long
body; a cruel injustice. When the
writer took the Insect up there was
general wonderment, which was In
creased when a captured fly was offer
ed It and It ate greedily. The hoys of
the household will never harm u dra
gon-fly again.
Oulu » IHffrrriM •*.
All disciples of Itutuk Walton will
appreciate the story which Is going the
rounds, concerning Vlr. Andrew la»ng,
the Kugllsh critic and essayist. An ex
change publishes the anecdote which
cue of Mr. iJtng's literary friends tells:
It haptiened to me to spend a few daya
last summer lu an English village. Hav
ing noticed a pleasant river which
•rented to promise excellent Ashing. I
»|.,ke of It to my landlady "Oh yes.
•It." (ha stud, "there la very good flatt
ing here many people cotue here for
ruling." "What kind of iwople come
here?" I asked. "Uterary gentlemen
t« me hete vet) often. »lr W* bad Mr,
Andrea lung staving here Oh,
realty! doee he nsh' Is he a i>cul fish
trmau?" "Yea, sir, he Ashe* begun
fully," "Neatly? dees he catch much?" i
oh no. sir. he never * »n he# anything,
hut he fishes beautifully "
% t hsisosialw M*t>t|.
It., tn.ciruptit :i ty of tieaeral Walk
cl, fate t t»tel* n* of the Mseen huaetle
Institute uf T»«‘h#»* ury, »»c sbuti all
tuencc ion A * haratieetnth anecdote te
ledd of b n. ty J J np*n**r la th<
Heeie* of llevteae At one » at*.when j1
tienetal W atb«r held a got rntoetti p. r
iltlvs a place il.ated is a measure to j i
aoothef, be was ipftea Vttl <stth lb* j
•Uggeeikah that. . I c tb ’ nteo.y 0V M
patimeil was under lb»<r tuaiwl. by 1
norbmg In tem >•) tb»y could bare *
« bat*v*r they desired "I bane act da- i
•nee Mild Ueaerai dilt<i Nut, I
general, said Mi ttwdjstw >1» yog i
hat wte that a* >an pweb forward . ur I
It tend* a ad rclniuc ,elu yc 4 placet f* m
"I bar* fco If * e ad ’ »** the regiy j
AND GARDEN.
1ATTr.no OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
—
oniff » ltin(« About Cultiva
tion of III*’ hull Mini \ IHcla llirrmf !
- Ilorltrullure, \HUultur« ami t I*»rl
caltar*
HE Ohio Experi
ment Htatlon lias
used several meth
ods of treatment
and two of these
were u n 1 formly
successful. A third
method reduce* the
smut one half to
three-fourth*. The
successful methods
are Immersing the
eed for 10 to IB minutes In scalding
rater temperature of water 132 to 133
legrees K., and soaking the seed from
8 to 20 hours In a solution of potassl
nn sulfld (liver of sulfur) made by dls
lolvlng one and one-half pounds of the
ulfld In twenty-five gallons of water,
fills solution should he kept In a wood
n vessel, in the hot water treatment
be seed Is placer] In a wire mesh ves
isl or In an open gunny hag and then
mmersed. Ten minutes treatment
rave the same results as fifteen min
ites, while the longer did no Injury.
Vlth the potassium sulfld method the
train is covered directly by the liquid
md allowed to remain for the time
itated. fn both cases the seed will
iced to be dried to sow In the drill, but
nay be sown broadcast while still wet.
Details of these methods will be found
n Bulletin 64 of the Ohio Experiment
Ration. Another method was tried In
1886. It consists In treating the seed
>ats in piles by sprinkling wun a soiu
lon of potassium sulfld from a water
ing can with rose. The grain must he
repeatedly stirred during treatment
>nd the sprinkling Is done also at In
tervals of an hour. Hy this sprinkling
method the smut was reduced from 15!
tier cent to l per cent In one case; from
IH per cent to 10 per cent in another.
Hot water and sulfld soaking treat
ments of the sumo seed reduced the
irniut to 1-10 of one per cent and 0-Jd
>f one per rent of smut respectively. U
will he seen that, the sprinkling method
ft not so complete a prevention as the
trot water and soaking methods.
The details of tbe sprinkling method
trc as follows: Dissolve one pound of
fresh potassium sullld in flilceu and
jne-half gallons of wutcr In a wooden
vessel. This solution will be enough
to treut COO pounds or fifteen and one
half bushels of seed oats. In other
words, every gallon of the mixture,
made us directed, will treat one bushel
ot outs. I'Jace the oats In piles of live
to eight bushels upon a tight floor and
uprinkle with the sprinkler every hour
until the liquid Is used. Just enough
should be applied so that none goes to
waste. Tbe seed should be well stirred
between sprlnklngs. After all the so
ution baa been applied, tbe oats should
lie not more than six Inches deep and
should be thoroughly stirred twice a
hay. It is best sown about two to
three days after treatment. Manifestly
the seed will be swollen aud must be
applied in a larger quantity per acre.
Fhe attention to the condition of tbe
seed after treatment and before sowing
Is evidently us exacting as for tbe hot
water or soaking methods. The pref
erence of tbe Experiment Station is for
tbe hot water method as most effective
and at tbe same time most practicable.
This sprinkling reatment is stated for
luv; DtucuL ui uujr wiiu ut'Hire 10 ube ii*
i here is no method of seed treatment
that docs not Involve labor.
Murk I.uikJm Mndfl Valuable.
Beginning near Lawton, Mich,, and
extending westerly past Dowagiac, is
an Immense swamp, says Drainage
Journal, A portion of it is covered
with black ash and birch and other
large portions have in ages past been
buried under water so long that its
growth of trees has been smothered.
Hoots and earlh-imbedded trunks
ilone remain to tell the story. De
nuded of its trees, the swamp presents
the appearance of a plain. Centuries
af decay of vegetation produce rich
lilant food. No part of this swamp
lirodures better returns for its tillage
ihnn that near Decatur. Ten years
igo (he state made a ditch five miles
long in this swamp, which drains Into
Dowagiac creek, and from thence Into
:he 8t. Joseph river. Owners of
twantp land constructed laterals, and
» large body of the land was brought
nto condition for cultivation. Hhrewd
residents of Jawton. Kalamazoo tod
»ther points invested in the swamp,
they grew mint, celery and oulons.
I'he ground produces fine relery, and
in effort has been made to colonize
Hollanders from Kalamazoo lo work II,
but so far without marked success lle
'ore being drained these muck lands
bad only a nominal value, Now they
tell at prices ranging front (to to Hub
iter acre, depending very much upon
he market faelllltes. The growing #•
wlnt on the muck land haa been and la
ret remunerative, The mint produeea
i valuable oil when distilled. Karti
stint grower has a small aittl. and the
luilllatloa Is said to be a very simple
>roc«ae |t la claimed that mint grow
tre realise a profit o! I to or more per
it re,
h«4 Mean* 1* IMiwrUHtsg I fees’
Ml II U IK ring fellow, a ft tit grow
•f si Texas, sad whs la regarded la
hat section as a good authority ss
Mrs* Ik* I trull culture, haa lately eterl
ed plants* by contending that young
reee (danced tor orchards. or. one may
ay, for any thing vise, are heller with*
.*it roots than with them lie tala nr
ill tbe roots to a eicre stump, toaktag
he tree tHtte a*. *c ta *a a mere cut*
tag says krlui • Monthly The top
# 11 course al tic* seine time cut *n
eversiy It tg argued that there te n
lews! point gtofcsd. prvitded teeh tf*«e
are equally successful with trees i
transplanted under the ordinary meth
od with us. Many more ran be (tacked
in a ease for shipping in this way, and
heavy transportation charges thus
avoided. It has been long the thought
of the writer that by far too much
value is placed on the root fibers; and
distinction should bo made between
the true roots and root fibers. The filter
Is practically only a thread-like pro
duction which pushes out of the main
roots in large quantities. They live
only for one year, Just as the leaf does,
and they can bo of very little practical
use to a tree in transplanting. The
success of a transplanted tree comes
from the new production of these
fibers. The food of a tree Is taken in
by the root hairs, which are produced
ut the end of these little threads, and,
unless there Is a new production of
these fibers, the tree will not grow.
What is needed in a successful trans
planting Is an abundance of two or
three-year-old roots, and not annual
fibers. It Is this which makes a trans
planted tree much more of a sucrose
than one not transplanted. When the
large old roots are shortened, and a
number of new, truo roots proceed, this
Is the clsss of roots desirable. If there
are a number of this class to the main
stem of the plant, we should be apt to
regurd all the other mass of very old
roots and half-dead filters as being In
the way of success rather than to aid It.
For trees generally, Mr. Strlngfcllow's
method will not he adopted, but the
thought Is useful In showing us the
absurdity of many of our old views.
Irrlgntiug mil-siiii'n.
The Country (ient Ionian calls atten
tion to the test of a Connecticut farmer
of the value of irrigation on sandy soil,
liy the uld of rams water Is elevated
from a valley brook to a retiervoir at
the top of the hill. From here It Is dis
tributed to Icudlng points on the farm
In two and onc-lvlf Inch pipes, and
from these old discarded fire hose is
used to distribute the water over the
fields. Wooden troughs In twelve-foot
sections feed into each other, and are
(■n v.i lv tn/iuo/l ii linnl flirt Th(!UO
are set at proper grades wherever want
ed, and the water turned into them
through the hose. By a aeries of little
gales along the trough water is allowed
‘o run down to rows of melons, straw
berries or asparagus, tho flow being
regulated so as to run freely, hut with
out wushlug. This year, wishing to
carry over some old strawberry beds
for fruiting another season, Mr. Eddy
Cleared the rows, narrowed them to
eight or ten inches, and turned on the
water. The beds took on a new,
strong growth, and are as nearly per
fect us can be. Then, to extend the
plantations, runners from new beds,
us new plants developed, were taken
up with little or no root and thickly
lined out In rows a foot apart, the
water put trickling down the rows so
as to keep them moist all the time, and
the little runners went at once to work
making strong, new plants with abun
dance of fibrous roots. Celery, cabbage
and other crops are treated* fn Uke
manner.
Treating Strawberry I’lante.
An eastern exchange says: L. J.
Farmer, a widely known strawberry
grower of Pulaski, N. Y., has a method
of his own for spring treatment of
strawberry plants. The plants are tak
en up very early and trenched closely
In sloping trenches, about seven Inches
deep, twelve to fifteen plants to the
linear foot, and crowns even with the
surface. The roots are clipped before
trenching. Tho whole surface is mulch
ed, the beds (each consisting of three
trenches eight inches apart) thoroughly
_l-.i An,i n HiAnlr o ft of anmvpfl with
Bordeaux mixture. The plants are
kept in the beds, where they can he fre
quently sprayed for mildew (which in
Oswego county is worse than rust)
about six wdeks. Ten thousand can
thus bo treated on a square rod of
land. About May 20 the plants are set
in the lields, and will ordinarily need
no more spraying until after they have
made a crop. Mr. Farmer puts the win
ter mulch on early, about as soon as
the ground will hear a wagon. Horse
manure is the preferred mulch.
The Farmers1 Review regurds the
above with a good deal of suspicion,
and does not advise its readers to try
It. It can hardly be believed that the
plants set out in May could develop
enough root* to give a large yield of
fruit.
Profitable Dairying.—There Is no use
trying to uinke dairying profitable on
old lines. Better cows are seeded at
once, and they should have the best
care. Stock that has to stand out In all
kluds of weather and has no shelter
front the tierce storms that sweep
across those prairies, other tbau a
bar ted wire feme, will never yield
euimgb milh to be a source of Impor
taut income u> the owner. Cows must
tie well housed and well fed; and better
care ut the milk before It goes to the
creamery la absolutely seesm'ial. Clean
liness ta the barn, about the milk
rooms, with the1 pails and cans la
which the milh la bundled, should re
ceive very close attention. Oet the
milk to ths creamer tee la hrel-cluae
that*, free from ihe bad odor* that
ere so often absorbed by It, ami the
fault will lie with the creamery man
agement If ihe lalshed product le not
of a high grade.
putter and Cheese Consumption la
list the Called hi else eua turned Mo,
hot) tuns of butter and eh sees. the Call
ed King lorn JJS.UUU, HueeW, 119. Sue.
ttorm-cr. D'tNtO, and Austria. Ha.MUt
The m ■ | ll of Canada vat mure butter
•ad tb««se per capita .than (base of!
any «»be.* country, ‘lbs annual rag
lonyttxg in the fatted Males per in
babllaM la M pounds, and Ml IbS
fatted Kingdom lb pound*
Read up o« the dairy lute mean
HIE SUNDAY SCHOOI*
LESSON V. SECOND QUARTRS
—SUNDAY, MAY 2,
•olden Text: '«io Vt Into All 1W
World and Preach Ye the (iaapef le
Kvery 1'real lire” Mark l(t:15 Peal
lleglnx Ilia Missionary Work.
B have for our lew
eon today verara I
to 13, Acta 13, Time.
45 or 4ii A. 1>. I’larva,
Antioch. Belinda.
Cyprus. Hiilnmls. Pa
phos and IVrgia, The
full text of the. lea
son la as follows:
1. Now there wero
In thn church that
was at Aritlocti cer
tain propheta turd
teachers; as Barnw
has. and Hlmeon Hurt,
was called Niger,
and I.ttcltis of Cyrene. and Mixnarn.
whir li had been brought op wdtla
Herod the tetrarch, and Haul. *
As they ministered to the Lord, and f«*l
ed, the Holy Hhost said. He|>arate mm
llarnabus mid Haul for the work wberw
unto 1 have called them. 3. And whew
they had fasted and prayed, and l«WI
their liAnds on them, they sent thewi
away. 4. Bo they, being sent forth by Hast
Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleur'la. and
from thence (hey sailed lo Cyprua. k
And when they were ut Haluml*. tftcy
preached the word of God In the syaaa*
gogtn-s Of the Jews; and they hail ahaa
John lo their minister *> And whew
they had gono through the Isle unto IMe
phua. they found a certain aor.-erer. m
false prophet, a Jew. whose name eiw
HarJesus: 7. Which was with the de|v
lily of the country, Hcrglus I’atilus. a prw
ilent man; who called for Harnahas and!
Haul, and desired lo hoar the word
God. 8. Hut Klymas the sorcerer (for an.
Is Ills name by interpretation! wlliudoa#
them, seeking to turn away the depoiy
from the faith. It. Then Haul, who *Um*
Is called Paul, fllled with the Holy Ohor*.
set his eyes on him. PI. And swld. O tu4»
«if all solaj|ty and all mischief, thou ctAIA
of the devil, thou enemy of all rlghteoiMs
ness, will thou not cease to pervert the
tight ways of the Lord? II. And now, W
hold. the hand of the Lord I" upon tl«**v
and thou shall lie blind, not seeing the run
for a season. And Immediately there f*W
cn him a mist and a darkness; am! ,m
went about si eking some to lead him »iy
the hand. 12, Then the deputy, when bat
saw whnt was done, believed, being mm
tnnlshed ut the doctrine of the Lord. •*
Now when Paul and his company l«*»ft
from Paphos, they came to Perga In I’urrc
phylla: and John di parting fioui them rv
turned lo Jerusalem.
Antioch, now a missionary center mmm.
important for thi work than Jerusalem
U/.l, ..la.. we. 4 1. te I IV/lHPltt
four miles from lla mouth. It *«» *•»**
port of Atilloeh, uml wus about stale***
miles distant from It by land, but forty
by the river on account of Its wlmllnttr..
Cyprus, one of the largest Islands la It*#
Mediterranean. In the apostolic tlmev* t»
wus a senatorial province of the Homan
empire, governed !>y a proconsul, and nest
ed for fertility, wealth, and a dense t*S*~
ulatlon. Two of Its chief elites- Snlawt*
and Paphos—were visited by tlio intitsk»«
nrles. The Island Is now annexed tm
Great Britain. Perga, u large town. «n»
tropolls of the small province of Painpby
11a.
Lesson Preview.—Today's lesson »<**—
seals the early church In a now aap«-*.
Hitherto Christianity had been extended
by Informal efforts und casual occurrences*.
Prevlously the policy of believers had b*<e*i
to preach the gospel to those who eursa**
within the reach of their voices. N*»
they start abroad to find men who migtrt
be Induced lo listen. Instead of twinge
confined to a local faction, the gooped Ms
to be given to the world as a univeran'd
faith. Much as the leaders at Aollnrti
loved the Jews, they loved the truth nsuv.
Moved to pray for direction In the forwand .
movement they felt to be necessary, tin*
Holy Spirit Indicated to them the divinely
commissioned agents. These selected nra
were forerunners of the noblest heroes U»
the missionary cause. Cyprus waa m>JUk
ed for the first field of labor as being: ths
native place of Barnabas and John Mark
After about a week's stay on the IshumJ
und the conversion of Its proconsul. l‘au>
with his companions set sail for Pumptay
Jlu, which bordered on his native Cillrta.
YVe have In this lesson the story of tb*
first missionary enterprise In the annalv
of the Christian church. Two misstuua
i-Iom were sent forth lo win the world l»
Christ. Well was it for us that they
turned their faces westward ami r**a
eastward on that Journey'. 1. Ascertain
what Is here bIiowii concerning the de
mands of missionary work. 1. It ratio ft*
the best talent in the church. The Iwe
.... >4 rrk.iwt Ui'. lied lit llOmC Wore CtUiSC £1 21
go ttbrcad. Versa 1. 2. It require* »
divine call to the work. Verse 2. for year*
Barnabas and Saul had been unroiutciou*
)y preparing for their mission. Now lb**'
hcur tlie command of God to undertake M.
a. n demands entire consecration. Mnmttte
2, 3. These mlssionui ies were to be "wp
uratid,” set upart, consecrated. 4. It
demands the Indorsement and moral sup
port of the church at home. Vcrae 22 Tic*,
church laid Its liands upon these men.
pruyed over them, sent them away, aiMt
thus gave to their mission Its sanction.
The church at home must ever support
Its missions ubroad. U. It requires cour
age. fidelity and faith. Notice how «U
these elements of character are shown to
this lesson, ss they ate shown ou every
page of the church’s missionary htwievy.
ti. Above all It demands the endowment
of the Holy Ghost. Verses 2. 4, i*. Ttw
Holy SpitII culled these men. the Hoi*
Spirit sent them forth; the Holy Kpirtt
siaike through them. This dlvuis power
is needed by every missionary.
A I'rayer.
Oh! may Thy »plrlt b«mI out soul*
And would them tu Thy will.
Thai our weak hearts uu mure uu*g
stray,
Hut keep Thy precept* atlll.
That tu t«rfectton • siirwl height
\V# nearer atlll may rue.
And all we think and all we du
He pleasing in Thine «}*«.
lay Hiti Us is***.'
Ia>rd, I had choaea a no'her lot.
Hut then 1 bad not ihuoen well;
Thy flvit*, and only Thine, In gaud.
Nu dm rt at I t, »*sr h I a*>an ltd ua*C
ll«4 kleased *•« lutly under» oud;
Son* o*k*i waUh Thou order* auC
_H *—tU,
WUHTH HNUWINQ,
Tl« t iMiiluUua ul *.«* truity tag
tya Mutge mi will, u t* Mount, ***•>
|le.tiMO * tear
Th* d«y«k of tk« wotm ho* w »mawta
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