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tejl _ f j! , ♦ ♦ M. . i i — PROSPERITY COMING. CANNOT GET HERE UNTIL THE TARIFF BILL IS PASSED. Some Kr|iltc« to ta-l’r«<M«iil Cleveland's Mcr.nl Attack L’pnn the Krpubllri.ii Policy Koine (loot! Logic from Our ftrpnblleaii Kselisugrs. (Special Washington Correspondent.) Two great facts have been made very clear by this week's discussion of the great questions before the country. One of these Is that while the Re * publicans are pressing hard for an [ early passage of the tariff hill the Item- ■ t» rat«-Hre holding it back In order to f create dice intent with the delay of business activity. It Is apparent to anybody who stops to think of It that business cannot revive In the manufac turing world or that business world dependent upon manufacturing. in spite of this fact, however, some mem bers of Congress are receiving intima tions from their districts and states that this seed which the Democrats are sowing among a certain class of peo ple Is producing some dissatisfaction i ltd criticism. "Of course It Is absurd that such complaint should he made and that people should think It worth listening to," said Chairman Dlngley, talking of these criticisms. "It Is certainly un reasonable to assume that business activity In manufacturing linen could revive pending action upon tariff rate*,'’ “In It not a fact. Mr. IJIngley, that the knowledge that a tariff ehange I* In Immediate prospect prove* more de proKHfng to the manufacturer than any other condition?" “Momentarily, ye*. I do not know that the word depre**lng 1* Ju*t the one, but certainly It doe* have the ef fect of making It lmpo**lhle for him to i..ake contract* even where he caB get them and of making It difficult to get contract* at all. Dealer* are un willing to make contract* for future delivery of good* during the pendency of the tart/f hill because they do not know what the rate* of fluty on Im ported good* of the aame elatui will be. Manufacturer* are unwilling to make contract* fluring the nendenev of the tariff Mil because they do not know what they will have to compete with in foreign goods nor do they know what they will have to pay for the raw material which they bring In from abroad for use in manufacturing." "So the present period is probably the most difficult one for the manufac turer to <Jo business, to say nothing of the Impossibility of increasing business or adding to the number of employes?" "Yes. Then it ought to be remem bered, too, that importers are rushing goods into the country at the greatest possible speed and that nearly a year's supply of foreign goods will be in the warehouses of the country by the time the new law goes into effect in spite of everything we can do to prevent it. This means that the manufacturers will not he able to resume activity to any great extent for several months yet. The people ought to understand this. 1 have no doubt, that the new law, when It gets at work, will bring Increased activity In manufacturing and thus produce prosperity In every branch of Industry." CAtlHfk on II The other thing made clear by this week’s discussion Is that the Repub licans are not at all disturbed over ex-President Cleveland's recent eriti cism or trie raoi mat. tney arc promptly carrying out their premia* r. as to u prot< c'.lve tariff and international td uietnllism. One feature of the gossip resulting from this attack has been a revival of the recollection of Mr. Cleve land's own record in this particular. "It was moie than seven months,” said one of the old observers of na tional politics here, “from the date of Mr. Cleveland's own inauguration in Ifcyl before his Congress met to con sider any of the propositions to which his party was pledged and within a ftw days of eighteen months before the leading promise of its platform was fulfilled In the enactment of a new tariff law. The business uncertainties, the long months of suspense, in which manufacturers ami dealers of ail c lasses were unable to proceed intelli gently with business undertakings, and the stoppage of business and loss of employment consequent thereto, make the eighteen months of masterly Inac tivity in which President Cleveland ami his party neglected to fulfill with “hot haste” their promises uf legisla tion, the most disastrous in the busi ness history of the country. brief review of these eighteen months of A lay in legislation by his party may indicate whether the Republican* of to-day ought to be deterred by his r mplalnt of their “hot haste ' in carry ing out their pi onuses The number of failui(« of commercial and business concern* in the 1'utu-d States the first yegr uf I'tsaldritl Cleveland a adminis tration l lkfi.1i were 11.243.with total iia bltltiaa amounting to I U«. T4fi kk# This iovets only about one-half uf the pe nod between the Inauguration uf Pres Idem Cleveland amt the enactment uf tha legislation which his party prom ImuI. “the record of IMM however, Ik the most disastrous the country has sver experienced the number . f fait* liras being fitly per cent greatsr than tn the panlr of lkt.1 and the loesas also fifty par rent greater in addition to these failures no leas than fill bank failed during that year Thl* gteai number uf failure# threw irul uf uy ptoytneut such large number* uf per sona and red we eel wages In so many case* a* to cause an unusual numt ,-r uf sinks* and fog hrguMn. >-sop mg ip great Never of wngse of a, string«>. t and loss## tu smpuiysr* over Ivs inyisyes syts ruvvlcsd |n ik sink** occurring between March 4. 1 'KhS. and August 28, 18144. the date of | ’he enactment of the Wilson law. The ( loss in wages to the persons thrown out of employment by the strikes and i lockouts in those eighteen months, as shown by the report nT the I'nited States commissioner of labor Is over $45,000,000, while the business loss to employers aggregated about half that sum. Reports of the interstate com merce covering this period also afford Interesting comment upon the effect of the business troubles which existed during the pendency of the promised legislation during the year 1803. Many of the most important railroads of the country were placed in the hands of receivers. The mileage of thirty rail roads so treated in the first half of the period between President Cleveland's Inauguration and the completion of the legislation promised in his platform was 25.375 miles, or nearly one-sev enth of ail the railroad lines of the I'nited States, Their indebtedness was $1,212,217,033. The above record of prominent events during the eighteen months in which President Cleveland and his party held the country in suspense prior to the enactment of the legisla tion promised by them will indlcite to some extent whether he was Justified In complaining of the "hot haste" with which the Republican party Is carrying out its own pledges on this occasion.” a. n williamh. The <'Hiia<liaii llugle Tariff. Chicago Tlmes-Herald: The British exultation over the new Canadian tariff will not fool any of the protec tionists In the Plfty-flft.li Congress, al though it may provide some explosive material for the popocrats In the sen ate who are impressed with the neces sity of making some kind of an assault on the Itingiey bill. In estimating the possible effect of the new Canadian tariff on our trade with Canada It must not be forgotten that geographical conditions cannot be entirely obliterated by the Dominion government., even though the desire to promote the commercial and Indus trial Interests of the great, empire may he dominant, among the Canadian Iso lde. The United Stale* provide* witch an accessible and attractive market that Canadians cannot he entirely di verted from it hy the pro-British tariff policy Jiihi Inaugurated. Our market I* wo much more valuable to the Cana dian* than the Canadian market I* to u* that the member* of Congress will he guilty of grave disloyalty to do mestic Interest* if they allow this Do minion menace to deter them from put ting a good tariff on lumber, coal and the cereals. The new Canadian tariff hill discrim inates In favor of British goods hy schedules intended to apply to Impor'w from Great Britain alone. The prefer ence amounts to 12*^ per cent, as against the Imports from other coun tries. and will continue In fore- until July, 1 HUH, after which the preference will he increased to one-fourth. The motive behind this double sched ule is very obvious. It is projected it this time a* a threat to the tariff makers in the Fifty-fifth Coitgre**. Unless Canadian goods are admitted to our markets under the Condition* which prevail under the WHson-Gor tnan law the Canadians propose to buy all the goods which they do not make themselves In Great Britain. Hut the instinct of commercial ag grandizement is stronger with the Canadians than loyalty to the crown. The Canadians are willing to he gov erned hy Great Britain. It Is one of the best government* on earth. Bui the Canadians are certain to seek the market where they ran buy to the best advantage, and that market is In the United States. >1:11111 ur* Our Own Sugar. The Interest in the beet sugar indus try grows apace, secretary wuson, who reverted the policy of his Demo cratic predecessors and set about en couraging the production of the sugar beet, finds the demand for sugar beet seed and beet sugar information some | thiug enormous and coming from every ' part of the country. He believes that j this nation will, within two years, lie manufacturing all its own sugar and j putting into the bunds of Its farmers 1 the hundred million dollars which it now sends annually abroad for sugar. I levelanU’s touiplalnt. Ex-President Cleveland I* u good one to talk about "protecting the fair hum I of our nation against shame and scan I dal." This Is the expcc*--k-» of Hit opening sentence of his New York j speec h at a meeting last Saturday night , .it which hi and a handful of Ills fol lowers made- an uttaek upon the lle imblK.cn party for carrying out tin principles laid down In Its platform. If Mr. Cleveland had recounted the i mandat* of his own administration, the 1 sugar trust scandal, the bond scandal, the (Tin ago lake front scandal, the for eign policy scandal, and numtiers of j ethers which might mentioned, hi* speech would have leeu a good deal longer and much more interesting. At It was. he duc ted It to abusing the Hepubltean parly because n is giving its first attention to isrying out the pledges of Its platform a protective lartt an client for international H | ntet«Ht*M>- a ad the full n slid man e ol i the pi esc at safe standard of our cur rency tie situ* ked not only th* Hepwhtteae I arty. I <t that lain* and growing via < »f |h uc'M tats who Uliio la protec tion another laiae iUm ul lanwusis age voted for Mi Hi)an. and ctvccher etasc vt| %ut#9# ii|ii lift Mi«iM4f'vi 4ij • t!»«* If Mr v't« *4» n« ||I« kMto lM#bhii|i '« lit »• m.« ul Mm * vNMl l»« ••*»!*% * i Iff1 Mill *t Uli'l ■Ia|)UI|4|| «l" **. nWlir Nnhooy ever h^nre inspected Mr Cleveland of being a humorist. Cpo* no other theory, however. It is possible to explain his assertion made in his New York speech the other night that his party "defends the humble toiler against oppressive exactions in his home and invites him to the utmost enjoyment of the fruits of industry, economy and thrift." The experience of the "humble toller" since Mr. Cleve land came to office four years ago will hardly enable him to agree with that gentleman In this statement. Ex change. ltail for Hllverllw. Had the developments of the six months following last November's elec tion occurred In the six months prior to that event, the cause of silver would have received far less attention nr sup port. Japan, Russia and Peru have in those few months gone to the gold standard, while several other nations have taken steps In that direction. I China has indicated a desire to have her customs duties at the treaty ports placed on a gold basis, as they sub stantially were when the treaties were made. Chile, I’ruguay and Hrar.il have made gold unlimited legal tender and silver a legal tender In but limited sums, while Honduras, Han Halvador, t'osta Rica, Colombia and Santo Do mingo have, within a comparatively short tIme. established the gold stand ard, though a depredated paper cur reney at present prevents the circula tion of gold. Tariff In I tie South. There Is considerable significance in i the movement of the younger members , of the Congressional delegations from j the far south to secure a duty of 2Vi rents a pound upon Imported cotton. This Indicates a new order of things, j and a breaking away from the free j I rude traditions of the old Democracy ..0 ,.y.,Ul..n (• la nr.t till. old veterans are not engaged In these new departures, hut only the younger generation, like MeDattren of South . Carolina and Brantley of Georgia. The i development of the protection sentl 1 rnenI In the south has been gradual, but firm and permanent, and this Is the • first time that the southern Democrats have thrown aside their old policy and fallen Into line with the protectionists of the north. Dexfngton Deader. Mr. Itryan Hit* Hark. The gold Democrats and the silver Democrats arc throwing stones at each other again. Mr. Bryan has come to the front with a sarcastic reply to Mr. Cleveland's Reform club speech, In which he says that Cleveland and his wing of the democracy are "long on platitudes and short on performances," and that they reach their "maximum at a banquet and their minimum at the polls." Every day Increases the im probability of the two wings of the democracy ever flapping together again. A Firm Foreign I’ollry. President McKinley's foreign policy is evidently going to differ very ma terially front that of tils predecessor. The first few weeks of his administra tion resulted In the release from the Cuban prisons of practically every Am erican citizen confined therein arid this has been followed by the quiet depar ture for Hawaiian waters of one of out war vessels, evidently intended to pro tect American interest* there and to prevent control there by the Japanese or other powers. Importers expect to have a year’s supply of good* on hand from foreign countries before the new Dingley tariff hill becomes a law. Yet that Dill is likely to get on the statute books in less than one-fourth the time occupied in the consideration of the Wilson Id II. Vice President Hobart is winning high commendation as a presiding otfl cei of the senate. One of the oldest officials of that body says he is devel oping greater capacity and ability as a presiding officer than any vice presi dent whom he has ever known. The beet sugar Industries of Ger inuny made an averagt profit last year I of $33,«MU each. In the list of 113 from « incii returns nave ue* n received. I ms Ik em oil raging to those who dealre to see the beet sugar industry established in the L’lilted States. The thousands of old soldiers who wen- dismissed from office hy the Dem ocratic administration are being re stored to their positions aa rapidly as possible hy the itepuhllran party, now i in control of the government — Detmx ruts are scolding liecause the prosperity of 1M*2 has not loan reatoied * at once. The answer is that the protec tive tariff of 1H1»2 has not yet been re stored to the statute boohs A humorous Osforu graduate In t laa slral honor# recently stated that the bicycle must lie an aautwely ancient invention, time Juvenal »|*ahs of la dlca "lenul u'ia* iyclade sudrnt," who h means, ht said, who i« isplre along the slendet cycle ‘ ll was fittingly re served for a eclctuu writer m the last Ib-otttsh review to correct the blunder , and lo Inform th< Osford honor man ! that ' lenul tyrlad* ’ triers let the thin gaimenu ol the wuuon St* Yorh Keening I "vet i* V Sutall | it at I'saM M|>r Would you ah land me your *p«<ta< lee a moment, piece*?" Hecoad l*a*e#ng« r let lain ■ ly sot " h’leat I'asemgei Ah tlunh » yiis, note, as ynu van not **• to t»*d • ust paper vctnhl jrss mind Irttihg me have ll. too. y.<co ‘ Ni* Yorh ! World FARM AND GARDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRICULTURISTS. Some lTp-to-«lat«* flint* About Cultiva tion of the Soil and Yield* Thereof — Horticulture, Viticulture and f lori culture. T IS hard to predict bow a specie* will act. The behavior of a species In a new country Is frc qu e n 11 y different from that in its nu tlve locality. Being without Its natura ohecks.lt will some times Increase Inor dlnately, as did the , leery* purchasl in California. The San Jose scale, so destructive In the United Slates, attracts so little attention j wherever It originally came from, that we do not to this day know with any certainty Its original habitat. Species < losely allied to the San Jose scale, natives of the United States, arc not neurly so destructive. The red scale of the orange, Aspldlotus aurantll, in Ja maica never Infests citrus fruits, hut occurs on llgnum-vltae and palms; how different are its habits In California! In Japan there Is u scale almost ex actly Identical with the San Jose scale, which Infests citrus trees, which the real Han Jose scale never does In Amer ica. Therefore, In view of such facts as these, we can fairly say that ve never know what we are In for. when we In troduce a new scale. A traveler, bring ing a little ornamental plant In a pot, may unwittingly ruin a great horti cultural Industry. Most of the worst valPs are general feeders, and are lia ble to spread from garden or even hot house plants to orchards. Climatic harriers cannot, always he trusted. The rapid spread of some scale Inserts shows that ‘hey can en dure great differences of climate. While the climatic harriers to the spread of some species are real and Important, it win not no to trim too mucn u> iu-m It Is probable that the very rapid re production of coceldae enables them to quickly adapt themselves to changes of climate, through the survival of tbe At test. Thus If there are a million scales In an orchard which Is touched by frost, If only one gravid female survives It will suffice to eventually restock the orchard, and with a comparatively frost-proof race. Be this as It may. tl e peach scale, Dlaspis amygdali, flourish es equally at Washington, D. C„ and in tlie tropics; and many others could be cited which endure great differences of climate In different parts of their range. It will now he useful to consider tbe countries from which we are liable to be Infested. From Europe we may ex pect many pests of shade trees and de ciduous fruit trees especially. For ex ample, we have already received the maple Phenacoccus, the elm Gosay paria, tbe New York plum scale (so called), the Leeanium bitubcrculatum, etc. It must also be remembered that semi-tropical scales may and unques tionably do, spread by way of Europ ean hot-houses; in this way, for ex ample, Orthezla Insignia, a destructive West Indian species, was undoubtedly Introduced Into Ceylon. From the West Indies and Mexico countries we may expect especially pests of citrus fruits, of cotton, sugar cane, etc.; also tbe peach scale, Dlaspis amygdali, which has already reached this country. A further exploration of Mexico and most of the West Indian Islands is urgently needed, to determine the kinds of Insect pests there occur ring. From Japan, perhaps, we stand in most danger. The climatic condi tions permit the growth of the same species of fruit trees as are grown in America, and of late Japanese varieties have become very popular, and have bee n imported In quantity. The peach scale, Dlaspis amygdali, Is common in Japan, and there are many other in jurious species. Unfortunately, our knowledge of Japanese scale insects is yet in Its Infancy, and someoue ought to be sent there for a year to study the subject on the spot. Some Injurious species may also come from Australia, New Zealand, the Sandwich islands, and in fact nny place whence plants are brought. Especial care should be taken to prevent the Introduction of Asterolecanium pustuslans from the Sandwich Islands; It already exist* in Florida, and Is common also In tbe West Indies. It especially Infests ole ander. Inferior H'ihmI lulir*. In Bulletin 43 of the New Hampshire College Agiuultursl Experiment Sta tion Prof. Fred W. Morse writes: The time for purchasing fertilizers having come, the klsliun wishes to call the at tention ol farmers to the veritable com position of wood ashes and particular ly to some evidently fraudulent lots of f'ansda asbe*. samples of which were received at the laboratory last fsll. Five sample*, representing three dif ferent lots, were received during Octo ber, ItM, from widely different sec tions of the state, namely Plymouth. Htrathatu and Walpole. The ashes were all bought of the same wholesale dealer, and analysis showed them to be quit* uniform In quality, but no ticeably Inferior. Ib« proportion of potash la low, especially If the soluble form t* alone considered which lari ithea with the quantity of water, trade one to suspect that these ashen had been either lesrhed parttnlly or pre pared by noting Unahed nnd dry ashes t< gstfcsr The proportion of lime found In the most inferior sample dispose* of any suspicion of adulteration with lime aa the pieeentage l* Sul high The pries of theea aches wse lie per log delivered In cslb ud lets 41 the to|>. Ilea railroad stamina, This price It I,, wet than any quota non* previously knows to the station fbe important point for Ihs purchaser however ts 1 tbn! the tote nrtce wan accompanied be in apparently deliberate reduction tr. t he quality of ashes. During the yeai jreceding the receipt of the five sam jles above described, the Canada ashes sent to the station for analysis were ol ;ood quality. One sample is of intcr ?st because, though very moist, it yet ontains a high percentage of potash < rhe ashes had most probably been ex posed to rain, instead of having been eachcd and afterward partially dried, rbree samples of domestic ashes are .haracterlzed by being very dry, and jne was probably taken soon after tht isbes were removed from the stove. Average Canada ashes contain about 1 per cent of moisture, which renders them as damp as the average chemical Fertilizer. Muyers of ashes should therefore look with suspicion on lots that apiiear excessively moist, because In such cases the potash is seldom equal to the proportion in average ashes. The refuse ashes were samples from burned rubbish, principally waste paper and refuse lumber. The analytl- ( cal results speak for thenjsclvcs. Ashes | from paper are as valueless as those i from coal because the soluble mineral matter has been leached out of the pa- , per stock during the process of papef i making. .lit Milll‘1 The Massachusetts Agricultural Ex perlrnent Station has recently Intro duced three new varieties of millets In in Japan. Among them is a variety . 1 — .A —. If,. .. i.... ... f <enu f!ul. li, which, while It differs In Its habit* of growth, Is botanically Identical with the common barn-yurd grass. The variety from Japan has been grown for a few years at the Massa chusetts Station. Professor Brooks ol that Btution is very enthusiastic about It und recommends It as a fodder crop either for feeding green or for the silo. As a forage plant It may yield ten or twelve tons of fodder per ucre, and when thinly sown In rows about a foot apart a yield of fifty to ninety bushels of seed may be obtained. Ordinary l.arnyurd grass Is a coarse annual, with stems two to four feet lu length, appearing In mid-summer, in low, somewhat damp places or on cultivat ed grounds. The ordinary variety It a very troublesome weed. Professor Brooks says: "This Japanese variety of the species has not become a weed here, however, although the seed doe* not 'lose all vitality during the win ter. Although It Is possible that It n !ght under some circumstances be come troublesome, It Is hardly liable to prove more so than clover or winter wheat, for instance.” This plant Is be ing quite extensively advertised by : < edsmen under the numc of Japanese Millet, or Its scientific name, Panleuin Crus Galll. While this may prove to be a valuable acquisition to our fod der plants and not become a means of spreading a bad weed, the Experi ment Station would recommend the farmers of Maine to be cautious about purchasing seed of this new plant. Cer tainly the seed of Panleuin Crus Galll should be bought only of reliable deal ers, who will be sure to furnish the seed of the Japanese variety. The mis chief that would be wrought, by sowing seed of ordinary barnyard grass is self-evident. Chas. 1). Woods, Director Maine Experiment Station. Oiling Hie liarncM. Harness will last much longer arnl look much better if kept well oiled, and will not get so stiff after being exposed to a day's rain, says Journal of Agri culture. During the spring it is dif ficult to keep harness from getting wet and It will pay well before the season’s work begins to see that it is thoroughly oiled. In doing the work, the harness should he taken apart, washed clean, using warm water and castlle soap, and then wiped dry, when the oil should bt applied. If so clean that washing is not needed, it will be better to wipe off with .. . r. . . *Iin t, I I 4 « €W />» M Iw, /I llAt. ter. It is best to take barnesa all apart, in order to get at all of the parts and oil thoroughly. Good harness oil can be purchased all ready for use, or neatafoot oil, with a little lamp black will he found good. If the harness has not lteeti oiled for some time and Is hard and dry, it will be best to go ovei thtni twice, finishing all up, and then commencing with the first piece und going over again. After every part hat been thoroughly oiled, it should all b< hung up over a frame of some kind and allowed to dry. It should not Ik hung In the sun or where the wind strikes, as It will dry too rapidly. The oil should have plentv of time to soak in. Like most other work on the farm if undertaken it will pay to do well. Native Shrubs.—1 would like to say a good word for some native shrubs. The black alder belonging to the holly family, Is a hardy shrub and a beauti ful plant, especially when the fruit Is • ripe. Then there Is the Nine-Bark : (Spiraea prunifolla), beautiful In Its | bloom end beautiful In Its seed. Both \ of theae shrubs are hardy native shruba, with (Mr fruit turnlug a beautiful ! crimson In the fall. Among other ! things, not perhaps in the line of ' shrubs, srs the climbing vine* or plants, such as the Boston Ivy. It gives character to tbs buildings In the eastern states and adds beauty and rhnrtus to the romwou brick walla. If we rau make It do half as well as (key glow It tbers. It would change tbs ! looks of a village like Sparta mart ; than say ether thing that could t< planted. The Ktvs-leaved Ivy (Amps b psts yutayuefotUi, commonly railed Virginia freeper la another native vine and will grow well gluteal anywhere — 4 U. Match. Weaning Time When ike weaning time comes for Ike ewe keek they should be * tit hoi > tcwlr la meadow . or pasture and tl they eanaut have tkt* care they should be kept in a lot where they caw have tritas to a warm bera A* fast aa they wean they ektuld It put lata what might be called lb# nor Mry d>» k and led for alt that the milk and la into tt* worth feed tor mtlk This will make another dock with a U< lit differ** t feedtrg Kr i ILK SUNDAY SCUUDk. .ESSON IX.— SECOND QUARTER — SUNDAY, MAY 30. olden Tut: “I Will Sl»« Thee •* Fallh hy .My Work*”—J>nw — ( hrDHati Faith I.rad* to Head UmTO ■—I'aul'i Doctrines of Fait It. ROM the Hook At Jam* s. a two *sM "James tbs Jwt ." we select tt-dsyb lesson: James X *■ 23. The test » am follows: H. What <*«*£* O profit, my twnlirwn, though a roam stay •* hath faith, and trow not works? can fait* save him? li 11 as brother or bD*c» naked. anil dmtlrWM< of dally rood. *• An* me of you eny unto them. IS part <*> leaec, he ye mnimil an*I Miff, not shtv iiun'llng ye give them not throw UatHW* vhli h are needful to the Isaly; artaat vlflCl* t profit ? 17. Kven so faith. IX « l*«< lot works. Is dead, being alone W %'*• i man may say. Thou hast fallh. s«*rf t mve works: show mo thy fallft *Hhs* hy Works, and I will show thee- m» DSalW •y my works, I ft. Thou helleyert tls< her* Is one (lod, thou do*st well. *» levlls also believe, and tremble Je. Mat wilt thou know. U vain man. tlrof latkTt without works Is dead? 21. War- ***« Abraham our fattier Justified hy ■ uiAm when tie had offered Isaac hi* son «*»«* I he altar? 22. Heest tlioo twwr foil*, wrought with his works, and b*f »«A* a as faith made perfect? ZA Am* "As •crlplure was fulfilled which Haiti*. ***** ham hellcvcd (lod, and It was lar*t‘ «e*J unto him for righteousness, and km were ailed the Friend of (lull. Time Written (perhaps* In A. D. Ai. Place. This epistle was written tanaai Jerusalem hy James to the Jewish daeW ides of Christ throughout (he Itotnaa **w» plre. The Writer of III* KplMtfcr.—Asnfaur “» three pillars of the apostolic a'hmtAa ((•at. 2. id, lieslilcs the anient IVAew •*«»* the thoughtful John looms up »!«• w»lrn*«* and stately form of James the Jtna lie was held In reverence as the sot* (&«•<**» ably) of Joseph ami Mary, and thrrrt'es the I.oid s brother," n* the Ieadei AT 111.. .I.iir.l, In li.riiu.i I ,.ir> nti'l stem sli an the dlfcipk of unhndlng rwHHeir wuk faithful obedience to the law W*»au«* *«** that his knees were calloused frawa k*«* ing In prayer, that he ever wow the wWM garments of a priest, that he ubacb afcav and night In the temple praying for Jftk* people, and that he was honored fwr Mis purity and devotion by unhrttavlug well as believing Jews. Though Ik* ***• OgnlSf-d leader of the Jewish ejem^.r* If/ early Christianity, hr was broad textual In his views to Indorse the work «rt Van among the Gentiles. To the J«vm tbr«w*5* out the world who had received Jkrr-oJ* **** the Christ, and whom h»* rwuip>l**f the true twelve tribes, he wrote rv,w epistle. Faith Shown by Works. ’Thk bring us to the passage of our v •** m Tht unconverted Jews prided iheftM*-«#♦ on their national position and prl»*♦*>** and orthodoxy. ‘We navs Abnluusi 'r our father/ they said. Ilrst to Iter ***< list and then to Christ Wbal '•idl - »w baptist say to them? ‘bring fesrth nr-s-iw meet for repentance/ What did 4 May to them? ‘If V® wew JU*?w hain’s children, yi* would do the Abraham/ in this eplstlo wo »ew r.lwft the converted Jews fell Info Ce error. They 'believed there won «as iarwS' (2. Ill); that was good too. Of tfrisr^rva* do* belted they were proud dsKtvtaic one God, they looked down upofi Ikar * •"**•' tile idolaters; believing hi Chrta*. ***** looked down upon the Jews who 9KiV* rnfiua aloof, liut In word and life IktF **** » bad example to those they looked *^**2 upon. Their treat men t of ,*hr V*** ** 1-tij, their envying and strife (15 M-k* 4k 1), their evil speaking (3. 1-Kh tbrkr ***** lee (5. 16) and other slif*. Jatneu »k****‘y rebukes; ami In our passage he* ■** the root of the matter. ‘Vou *H>emk at your father Abraham; yes. he, imK ks** lleved God; hut see what came *# *2 he was ready to give up to God tiks son! Vour faith it* a dead fei»tu** brings forth no fruit. I>o the* war«.» *■» Abraham; then we shall are your faifw 1- a living faith; then tt will be to yso as it was to him. Imputed for rUehUrmM* ness; and so you will be Justified A*< akr sight of God and man. Why. even Knar poor Gentile sinner. Hafcsb. uimmm >** this! She believed In Israefa ii** ah. Hit still? No; »ho lia.1 »»•** «*«"•?* (HkltiK Ooil'H »>y befriending ' ** Hpl.H, an.] .he -llil It al the rlafc at >w life,’ Kurh. In other wortU. U J***™* **. Kuno.nl We know from the laUnu* ***** the ixprihnlon in <»en. 15 uboul At**hmni t faith being counted to* riiJiWsuww was a favorite theme for debate* 4u «* rabbinical schools; which mt*k^» Ahv. *»* guniHit all the more palate* .. _.... • hi>Aii<r»t fnitta adrfast.. A truth thou muet thyself i«up*r< A faith that would by war to* he A ftttlh thut purl flea the heart._ A faith that doth the mountains ns«t A faith that shows our siu* hs*!*** A faith that sweetly works by l*ve And ascertains our claim to heaven* This Is the faith wo humbly aeek. The faith In Ihy all-cleanaln* *»«««*_ That blood which doth for sinner* a*11*• V let U apeak u* up to Uod! The Hupernatural. Christianity will prosper or dacMra with the growth of the dlabeUet Us vlat supernatural. It sprang from mu* * u continuance of the aupcreaiueafi facta recorded tn the lllbte. "TUmm facta are so lnttrantwly oonowctad wftiM It that the grounds advanced tor dmp lug or disbelieving uuy one of ttmi will be found ou auaiyala U* *H*<* with equal force to other*. Iba. Ttm othy Hroaiiuhan. "Alpha sail ll»»**“ Forever! from <be aleruat pa*. Forever! In the life to cum. Uod 1* lllmatlf «he A ret and torn * My weairied thought* earn* pastug home. I ran not t raap the truth lunawue Ho Ailed w ih Uod'a InAntty. t am o>rwhe!n»r*l with |wat the mmi< t»f sharing Mia eternity* - Margaret Mo t Vases • t m«ii» tn Ml ymrm llfci# p »4»ii in ih# iiiiiwuMiy fw HVUPI i It ii' m w «... * 1 tu 4W‘I I h ut a i > i tnngne* at# let a of At Cwlkailpw «f Alma a • Alt) *V tlKKAT MKM Man la the weeping animal hue» in pimi ail the feet diny The vrewlK>n *f a IImsumI hanit 4 |g age a.urn ttmer»«*a
