TALMAGE’S SERMON, j
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’’CONTRAnY WINDS" THE SUB
JECT LAST SUNDAY.
frcm th<- Kollowiug; Inf, "Thf Wind
Wb« I'ontriry" MbU. I4:M—The
Volrn of Christianity the Italy Alter*
native In Misfortune.
-8 I well know by
experience ml l^ako
Galilee, one hour
all njay be calm
and the next hour
ithe wind# an<l
I waves will he #o
bolateroua that you
are In doubt as to
whether you will
land on the abort
or on the bottom of
fhe deep. The disciples In the text
were caught In such a stress of weather
and the sails bent, and the ship plunged
for “the wind was contrary/' There
Is in one of the Kuropeuri straits a
place, where, whichever way you sail
the winds are opposing. There are
people who all their life seem railing
in the teeth of the wind. All thing#
seem against them. It may lie said ot
tbeh condition as of thut. of the dis
ciples In my text: "the wind was con
trary.”
A great multitude of people are un
der seeming disadvantage, and I will
today, In the swarthiest Anglo-Saxon
that I can manage, treat their cases;
not as a nurse counts out eight or ten
drops of a prescription, and stirs ibem
In u half-glass of water, but as when
a man has by a mistake taken a large
amount of strychnine, or Paris green,
or belladonna, and the patient Is wrlk
ed rapidly round the room, and shaken
up, until lie gets wide awake. Many of
A. you have taken a large draught of the
poison of discouragement, and I come
out by the order of the Divine Physi
cian to rouse you out of that lethargy.
First, many people are under the dis
advantage of an unfortunate name
clven them bv narents who though!
they were doing n good thing. Home
times at the baptism of children, while
I have held up one hand in prayer, 1
have held up the other hand In amaze
ment that parents should have weight
ed the babe with such a dissonant and
repulsive nomenclature. I have not so
much wondered that some children
should cry out at the christening font
as that others with such smiling face
should lake a title that will he the bur
den of their lifetime. It Is outrageous
to afflict children with an undesirable
name because it happened to be pos
sessed by a parent or a rich uncle from
whom favors are expected, or some
prominent man of the day who may
end his life In disgrace. It Is no ex
cuse, because they are Scripture names,
to call a child Jehoikim. or Tlglath
Pileser. I baptized one by the name
Bathsheba! Why, under all the cir
cumambient heaven, any parent should
want to give to a child the name of that
loose creature of Scripture times I can
not Imagine. I have often felt at the
baptismal altar, when names were an
nounced to me, like saying, as did the
Rev. Ur. Richards, of Morristown, N.
J., when a child was handed nim for
baptism and the name given: "Hadn’t
you better call It something else?”
Impose not upon that babe a name
suggestive of flippancy or meanness.
There Is no excuse for such assault and
battery on the cradle when our lan
guage is opulent with names musical
and suggestive In meaning, such as
John, meaning "the gracious gift ot
God;” or Henry, meaning "the chief
of a household;" or Alfred, meaning
"good counsellor;” or Joshua, meaning
"God, our salvation;” or . Ambrose,
meaning "Immortal;" or Andrew,
meaning "manly;” or Esther, meaning
"star;” or Abigail, meaning "my fath
er's Joy;” or Anna, meaning "grace;"
or viciona, meaning victory; ur hub
alle, meaning "beautiful an a cose;” or
Margaret, meaning "a pearl;” or Ida.
meaning "godlike;" or Clara, meaning
"Illustrious; ” or Amelia, meaning
"busy;” or Bertha, meaning “beauti
ful," and hundreds of other names Just
as good, that are a help rather than a
hindrance.
But sometimes the great hindrance
in life in not in the giveu name, but iu
the family name. While legislatures
are willing to lift such Incubus, there
are families that keep a nume which
mortgages all Ihe generations with a
y areal disadvantage. You say "1 won
der if he la any relation to rto uid .
incut inning some faintly celebrated fur
crime or deception. It la u wouler to
me (hat In all such fumllea some spirit
ed young mun does not rise, saymg to
hla brothers and ulsters. "If you want
to keep this nuisance or sraudBliAtton
of a name. 1 will keep It uu longer than
until the itulcheat comae of t«w ^ l t|t
slough off this gangrene.” ,'he ,tty
dices lory has hundreds of u.mi, i the
mere pronunciation of which has b. - n
a life long obstacle If you have started
life under a name which either through
ridiculous orthography or vldoua sug
gestiun has been an encumbtame, le
ant re that the neat generation shall not
be so weighted It is not heiueanlug
to rhange • name Maul of Tartu* he
e*me Paul the Apostle Hdhttai.
"the myrtle,” became Kstfc.r, ■ the
star Ww have In America. and I . ip
P“* It la (o In ntl countries, names
• kith ought to be abolished 4„d ,«H
be, and will be abolished for Ihe reawm
that they ar* a libel and a «Uu W. it m
» if fur any reason yuu ars suuw rnd
atlbsr by a gtesn name ur by a family
name that you must hsar tk»l a dl be >
you to stwtsni tbs outrage by a life
consecrated to tbs pot and a«*«ui
Yuu may erase lb* sice Ir. a th.
name. If It skew stood for a» •*»-*•
yon ran make it stand fur gen rudty
It ones H stand tor m*d*. i«u con
mabs it stand tor humility If it ante
steal for fraud, you can make It stand
for honesty. If once It stood for wick
edness. you can make it stand for pur
ity. There have been multltutdes of in
stances where men and women Hive
magnificently conquered the disasters
of the name inflicted upon them.
Again, many people labor under the
misfortune of incomplete physical
equipment. We are by our Creator so
economically built that we cannot af
ford the obliteration of any physical
faculty. We want our two eyes, our
two ears, our two hands, our two feet,
our eight fingers and two t iumbs. Yet
what multitudes of people have but
one eye, or but one foot! The ordinal y
casualties of life have been quadrupled,
quintupled, sextupled. aye, centupled,
in our time by the Civil War, and at
the North and South u great multitude
are fighting the battle of life with hull,
or less than half the needed physical
armaments. I do not wonder at the
pathos of a soldier during the war, who,
when told that he must have his hand
amputated, said: "Doctor, can't you
save It?” and when told that it was im
possible, said, with tears rolling down
his cheeks: "Well, then, good-bye, old
hand; I hate to part with you. You
have done me a good service for many
years, but it seems you must go. Good
bye.”
A celebrated surgeon told me of a
scene In the Clinical Department of one
of the New York hospitals, when a
poor man with a wounded log was
brought In before the students to be
operated on. The surgeon wa« point
ing out this and that to the rtudenls,
und handling the wounded leg, and was
about to proceed to amputation, when
the poor man leaped from the tattle
and hobbled to the door, and said,
"Gentlemen, 1 am sorry to disappoint
you, hut by the help of God 1 "III die
with my leg on.” What a terrific loss
Is the loss of our physical faculties!
• • •
Put to full use all the faculties that
remain, and charge on all opposing cir
cumstances with the determination of
John of Bohemia, who was totally
blind, and yet at a battle cried out, I
pray and beseech you to lead me so
far Into the light that I may strike one
good blow with this sword of mine."
Do not think so much of wiiat faculties
you have lost as of what faculties re
main. You have enough left to make
yourself felt In three worlds, while you
help the earth, and balk hell, and win
heaven. Arise from your discourage
ments, O men and women of depleted
or crippled physical faculties and see
what, by the special help of God you
can accomplish!
The skilled horsemen stood around
Bucephalus, unable to mount or man
age him, so wild was the steed. But
Alexander noticed that the sight of his
own shadow seemed to disturb the
horse. So Alexander clutched him by
the bridle, and turned his head away
from the shadow, and toward the sun,
and the horse's agitation was gone, and
Alexander mounted him and rode off,
to the astonishment of all who stood
by. And what you people need Is to
have your sight tu-ned away from the
shadows of your earthly lot over
which you have so long pondered, and
your head turned toward the sun—the
glorious sun of Gospel cousolution, and
Christian hope, and spiritual triumph.
* • *
Now, suppose a man finds hinuelf in
mid-life without education, what is be
to do? Do the best he can. The most
effective layman In a former pastoral
charge that I ever heard speak on re
ligious themes could, within five min
utes of exhortation, break all the laws
of English grammar, and If he left any
law unfractured he would complete the
work of lingual devastation In the
prayer with which he followed it. But
I would rather have him pray for me,
if I were sick or in trouble, than any
Christian man 1 know of, and iti that
church all the people preferred him in
exhortation and prayer to ull others.
Why? Because he was so thoroughly
pious and had such power with God he
...oo Irrouictllilp' mill MM 111- U'l'itt nn In
hl» prayer sinners repented and saints
shouted for joy, and the bereaved seem
ed to get back their dead in celestial
companionship. And when he had
stopped praying, and as soon as I could
wipe out of my eyes enough tears to see
ihe i losing hymn, I ended the meeting,
fearful that some long-winded prayer
meeting bore would pull us down from
the seventh heaven.
Not a word have I to say against ac
curacy of speech, or line elocution, or
high mental eutture. (let all these you
can. Hut I do say to those who were
brought up In the day of poor school
houses and Ignorant achoolmasten, end
no opportunity: You may have so
much of good In your soul an 1 so itirlt
of heaven in your everyday life that
' you will be mightier for good than any
who went through the curriculum of
Harvard, or Yale, or Okford. vet never
graduated In the school of t'hrW! When
you get up to the gale of heaven no
one will ash you whether you i is parse
the Ulst chapter of Ueucsls, hut wheth
er you have learned the fear *f the
laird, which I* the beginning of wis
dom, nor whether you hnow h-»w to
Mtuar* the circle hut whether you hate
lived a ><|uar* life la a round world
Mount Xioa is higher than Mount l*»i
a ***«*•
Hut what other multitude* there are
under other disadvantage*? Her* is a
t hr 1st tan woman wh»«n* hnstvand think*
religion a sham sad whU* ,h« vile
pray* the children one way the hus
band swears tksm snot her Hr here hi
a t'hrtatian man who la Irving to ow
bis heal fur ikd and the Outren an I
hie w ife holds Mm hash an I soy* on
the way hum* fruwt prayer or**e»lag
whet* he save tsstimony M t'hrtst
■*Wha* a foot you mad* of yooreMf
I h«‘pe heteaftef yon will keep stilt*
And wlwn ha wnwid be h»W*vol*nl and
five till «* • -a. • «k* vfM.*!•»• kim fvo
hot giting Aft) f«gi* I mast pi to*
tice and publicly thank God that I
never proposed at home to give any
thing for any cause of humanity or re
ligion but the other partner in the do
mestic firm approved it. And when it
seemed beyond my ability and faith in
God was necessary, she had three
fourths the faith. But I know men
who, when they contribute to charita
ble objects are afraid that the wife
shall find it out. What a withering
curse such a woman must he to a good
man!
Then there are others under '.he
great disadvantage of poveitv. Who
ought to get things c heapest? You si.y
those who have little means. But they
pay more. You buy coal by the ton,
they buy It by the bucket. You buy
flour by the barrel, they buy It by the
pound. You get apparel cheap, because
you pay cash. They pay dear because
they have to get trusted. And the
Bible was right when It said: “the de
struction of the poor Is their poverty.”
Then there are those who made u
mistake In early life, and that over
shadows all their clays. "Do you not
know that that man was once In pris
on," Is whispered. Of, "Do you know
that (hat man once attempted suicide?”
Or, "Do you know that that man once
absconded?” Or, "Do you know that
that man was once discharged for dis
honesty?” Perhaps there was only one
wrong deed In the man's life, and that
one act haunts the subsequent half c en
tury of his existence.
Others have unfortunate predomi
nance of some mental faculty, and
their rashness throws them Into wild
enterprises, or their trepidation makes
them decline great opportunity, or
there Is a vein of melancholy In their
disposition that defeats them, or they
have an endowment of over-mirth that
causes the impression of insincerity.
Others have a mighty obstacle in
their personal appearance, for which
i»i« y mi* i inpwiiDi b^
dial God fashioned their features, and
their complexion, and their stature, *he
size of their nose, and mouth, and
hands, and feet, and gave them their
gait and their general appearance; and
they forget that much of the world’s
best work and the Church's best work
has been done by homely people; and
that Paul the Apostle Is said to have
been hump-barked, and his eye-sight
weakened by ophthalmia, while many
of the finest in appearance have passed
their time in studying killing attitudes,
and in displaying the richness of ward
robes—not one ribbon, or vest, or rack,
or glove, or button, or shoe-string of
which they have had brains to earn fot
themselves.
• • *
In the way of practical relief for all
disadvantages and all woes, 'he only
voiee that is worth listening to on this
subject Is the voice of Christianity,
which is the voice of Almighty God.
Whether 1 have mentioned the par
ticular disadvantage under which you
labor or not, I distinctly declare, In (he
name of God, that there Is a way out
and a way up for all of you. You can
not he any worse off than that Chris
tian young woman who was in the
Pemberton mills when they fell some
years ago, and from under the fallen
timbers she was heard singing: "1 am
going home to die no more.”
Take good courage from that Hible,
all of whose promises are for those in
had predicament. There are better days
for you, either on earth or In heaven.
I put my hand under your chin, and
lift your face Into the light of the com
ing dawn. Have God on your side, and
then you have for reserve troops all the
armies of heaven, the smallest company
of which is twenty thousand .'harlots,
and the smallest brigade one hundred
and forty-four thousand, the lightnings
of heaven their drawn sword.
An ancient warrior saw an overpow
ering host come down upon his small
company of armed men, and mounting
MID UUIDV HU l«*un H UUIKItlll Ul aailU
in the air, crying, “Let their laces be
covered with confusion!" And both
armies heard his voice, and history
says it seemed as though the dust
thrown In ihe air had hecomc ro many
angels of supernatural deliverance, and
the weak overcame the mighty, and the
immense host fell back, and the small
number marched on. Have faith in
Clod, and though all the allied forces of
discouragement seem to come against
you In battle urray, and their laugh of
detinance and contempt resjunds
through uli the valleys uud mountain*,
you might by faith In Clod, and Impor
I tuuule prayer, pick up a handful of the
i very dust of your humiliation, and
' throw It iuto the air. and It shall he
1 come angels of victory over all 'hr
armies of earth and bell. The voice*
of your adversaries, human and satan
i |c, ahall be covered with confuslou.
while you shall be not only i-tiuqueror,
but more than conqueror, thrcigb that
grace which baa so often made the
fallen helmet of ah overthrown suing,
uulat tbe footstool of • t'hrlsti .u vbr
. lory.
IVeep l»4vl*g la ***•<«
Tbe greatest diving tent ever at
j tempted w*« that of tbe > suing «d
i treasure that sank wttk Ike steamei
rear deal H»ebs, New Pootb W*ku
News ku Men is. cited Ikai every boa
4 sovereigns tkat weal lo.tb* but low
h«* been saved <«( the Uvea who work
i > U under Ike sen at a deptk of twenty
*ev«a talboto* Tbs names of tbe fit
i i re are lings* and War A* times tbe>
: sere sobjerl to a pressure of seventy
* to seventy kve pounds to tbe squarv
; nob crania • ’ b#n» great sutler lag
T be t'ai left bun was v to srvl in Au
rust lank, a kite ua the voyage trow
• ».»*ln*y to Mottg b-.sg Ttfty-four «d
hot «rew sad pavesag*rs teat tkatt
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FARMLAND [GARDEN.
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MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
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i Home fp-to-ilato Hint. Aliont Cultiva
tion of Hi* Moll suit ll.lill Thereof
- Horticulture, Viticulture ami T lorl
nltan.
N response to no
tices sent out for
samples of corn to
test germination,
slxly-two have
been tested from
various parts of
the state. Germi
nation tests Indi
cate tiiat the crop
of 1896 is not as
bad as has gener
ally been supposed. it germi
nates well where it has been
kept in dry places. A few testH
arc here given: Calico corn, an early
maturing variety, saved at cribbing
lime; two germination tests were made.
First test, 93.33 per cent in laboratory;
second test in greenhouse, 98 per cent.
Yellow Dent, collected in 1895 and
kept in crib since time of collection;
germination, first test in laboratory,
100’ per rent: second test, in green
house, 100 per cent.
Sweet corn, crop of 1895, in shock
over winter, one ear—none germinated,
nerond ear—100 per cent.
Calico corn, crop of 1895, gathered
after frost, kept over chicken c oop dur
ing winter; first lest, laboratory, 100
per cent; second test, greenhouse, 96
per cent. The latter probably in mid
dle of shock.
White Dent, 1895, stored in corn crib,
collected rather early; first test, labor
atory, 95 per cent; second test, green
house, 94 per cent. Same variety, 1896;
first test, laboratory, 100 per cent; sec
ond test, greenhouse, 96 per cent.
White Dent, 1895, gathered after
frost, kept in crib; first test, 100 per
cent. Same variety collected under
same conditions, crop of 1896; first test,
laboratory, 85 per cent; second test,
greenhouse, 100 per cent.
Calico corn, closed crib, 1895 germi
nation: first test, laboratory test. 98
per cent; second test, greenhouse, 100
per cent. Same variety corn 1896 open
crib so that rain entered in from top;
germination, first test In laboratory, 63
per cent; second test in greenhouse, 36
per cent. Same variety corn of 1896.
but In a closed crib; first test In labor
atory, 60 per cent; second test In green
house, 44 per cent.
The pop corn seed of 1894 and 1896
have shown a high percentage of ger
mination. One hundred per cent ger
minating. Sweet corns have not ger
minated as well. These germination
tests Indicate that all corn kept In open
cribs or shock where rain has had easy
access, should not be used for planting.
Seed kept in dry places germinates
well, so that farmers need not purchase
expensive seed. The changeable condi
tions of moisture und drying, greatly
Injuring the capacity for germination.
Corn may show a high percentage of
germination in laboratory and yet fall
to germinate well In the field. If the
weather is warm and soil has a suffi
cient quantity of water, the laboratory
and field tests will nearly coincide, but
with a soil soaked with water and cold
weather, there will be a considerable
loss. L. H. Pammel, Botanist.
Iowa Experiment Station.
8ugar lleot Soli.
“The query that presents Itself to
most people when the matter of grow
ing sugar beets is presented, is what
hind of soil Is best tor them? This
may be replied to In a general way by
the statement that any moderately fer
tile soil, such as will grow wheat, corn,
potatoes, cotton, etc., will be found
suited to sugar beets, and even soils
too salty or alkaline to grow these
crops will produce good beets. Sugar
beets have been found a good crop to
plant upon soils somewhat alkaline,
with a view of improving the soil, this
crop having been found valuable for
extracting and removing alkali in
small quantities. Experiments have
been made with growing upon ex
tremely light, sandy soils and upon
Heavy amine ami ciay sous; upon very
sterile and fertile soils, with results
leading to the conclusion that extremes
In all these classes of soli should be
avoided, while medium soils of all
kinds give satisfactory yields. One of
the essentials Is that the soil shall have
depth—that Is, It must be of a friable
! nature to the depth of a foot or more.
| Another Is that there shall be no "hard
| pan" near the surface. A calcareous
toll has been found to produce the
greatest per rent of sugar. In loo rich
a soil the beets grow loo large, have
little sugar and grow too much leaves.
In a poor soil the beets may be rich
In sugar, but the yield will be too email
to be a paying crop. In n wet soil the
oeets are too large and contain au In
! •iiOlcleni amount of eugar. A dearth
of water produce* a small. crop and
; * candy structure. A heavy clay or
1 adobe Is not he** enough to he easily
worked and r«uuir*s tun mu> h care m
irrlgattag and rulthaiiap to give g.«.j
returns lb* rept rts uf stperimenu
show that la Wisconsin the richest
beets were obtained from a fertile clay
loam la Washington the heal results
were obtained from a soil later mediate
between a clay toam and a sandy *•——
la Mouth tsabots a dark sandy laam
and clay loam toe the mat sail star
tary crap la Nebraska the beet trope
are growa upon a aaady tuam la Nan
•as the bent teautla are ftuca a hmm
la lee a a dark learn prwteU boat la
Indiana meet arable leads gave about
t **|oait* *'«"•* »*s«ite thonah a at*4»e
stetr aaady b«*m — ated rather better
thaa tdher* »rum thee* mentis the
bleat I Mac the sugar beet asr ha
< aMed a moderately tactile rathe* par
•urn. deep eaady team with a p—tm
ea besot I V« *«»•• |ie*et tm H«>
la"“ *'* h'ceuaa Myenment *—-fim
A f*«N*nllar Pmtlc^
The Washington Star of the 13th
Inst, makes a vigorous and just pro
test against the practice of the
treasury department compromising
oleo prosecutions, says Chicago Pro
duce. It is the practice of the govern
ment officials when a dealer is ar
rested for violating the internal rev
enue laws, to give him every oppor
tunity to pay his fine and escape
prosecution, thus making his offense
disagreeable to him in no way ex
cept in the loss of a certain amount
of money, the aggregate of which
may not be as great as one month's
profits from his fraudulent practices.
In the case of one retailer In Chi
cago who was recently apprehended
for illegally selling oleomargarine,
the internal revenue collector sim
ply called him up, secured from him
an offer to compromise, and for
warded this offer to Washington for
approval of the treasury depart
ment. If the offer la accepted he
will suffer no further Inconvenience
from this case, and the public will
be none tho wiser. His case will not
serve as an example for other of
fenders. It will be necessary for
the presecutors to hunt up Individ
ual cases and prosecute each separ
ately.
The Star puts It very pointedly
and very justly In an editorial of
some length, In which It suys: "There
Is grave doubt whether tho principle
of compromise, as applied to criminal
cases, operates to the advantage of
tho community by the discouraging of
crime. It hns even been asserted by
some observers that compromises tend
to foster daring operations In defiance
of the law, especially when no ques
tion exists as to guilt and conviction
Is within reach. In the case of the
pending oleomargarine prosecution*
the officials of the Internal revenue
bureau acknowledge that they are
now considering tho advisability of
accepting an offer made by the al
leged violuters of the law prohibit
ing the sale as butter of imitations
of that product, who propose to pay
a heavy sum In consideration of tho
lirmtlll n IT nf t lin /iiiua* nnnlnai t liuin
This method of settling proceedings
under the law Is permitted by the
statutes, and Involves no Impeach
ment of personal Integrity, hilt It Is
a serious question whether the best
purposes of the law are furthered
by acquiescence in Bucb suggestions.
The chief purpose of the penalties
provided by the law Is not to mulct
the offenders to the enrichment of the
treasury, hut to discourage further vio
lations. The people of the district and
others who suffer from the operations
of these dealers in Imitations of butter,
who persist In marketing their prod
ucts as the genuine article, are not
concerned In the least in the state ol
the "fraud fund” of the Internal rev
enue olliee, Into which these compro
mise payments are paid, hut they are
deeply Interested In the success of the
efforts to stamp out the frauds, and to
this end they hope to see the law re
lentlessly applied and the just penal
ties Incurred exacted to the letter when
convictions itro obtained. An offender
who Is confident of securing an acquit
tal will not generally offer to compro
mise and such an offer may be taken
as fairly good evidence that he fears
conviction. If he anticipates benefit
from the lack of positive proof or from
the Interference of some technicality,
he will save his funds and defy the of
ficers of the law to prosecute him. Hli
offer to pay a large sum, even when
nuro in amount than the fine that
would be imposed In case of convic
tion. would not serve the full pur
poses of the law, which also calls fut
a term of Imprisonment. It Is this
latter mode of punishment which is
most likely to deter an evil-doer from
a repetition of his crime. The money
flue may only bo partially representa
tive of the profits of the Illegal prac
tice at which the law aims, and a
system of tines without imprisonment
would practically amount to licensing
a fraudulent business. The imprison
ment Is dreaded by violators, and at
long as there Is the least opportunity
to secure conviction which will resull
l in the unDlicatlon of this neualtv all
offers of compromise should be reject
ed. If, however, there should bt
enough doubt of success In case of ac
tive prosecution to warrant the accept
ance of a compromise offer, the lint
exacted In this way should be large
enough to put a heavy premium ou
good behavior In the future."
This "compromise" feature of tbt
Internal revenue law is one of the
greatest obstacles In the way of en
forcing the oleomargarine act.
New Asparagus might.- Professor
Hyrou U. Halstead, of the Hulgers Col
lege Experiment Staitou. gives u some
what emphatic warning concerning the
evil results of neglect to- combat the
new asparagus rust. This has already
been reported from nil the Atlantic
states north of Virginia, so much au
that au other hnown rust has been so
overwhelming la Us attacks. It is a
fungus growth, and ns tl develops the
geld turns prematurely brown. while
the stalks themselven seem blistered,
and era heavily covered with Hues of
brown, the sporse germinal# must
iiutvkiy in ihs warm, mol si feather of
spring These must be destroyed Im
mediately after the wmmI i cutting Is
i,vat. and It *• necessary to tabs the
sdditloaal precaution to carefully bora
•li btwah aad reasaauts la the fall
Uuiahsg the held* may ds some daw
mi H h sens kr mentioned he
side that Induced by lie ravages of lb#
rust. The variety Pntmetto seem# i
he psi tisli* etsmpl from attack Et
U< ' ►*»»•» *» •* I'leaeanl tick*
tbs fs»m w«»k » ***** sad plsarant
m pessthts tsr the- swung tula* re
etemherlag ihsi liar •asawt era ti
ustn the same point aa da their eiders
Hemline wuth la Mrwmnw tn »«ntng «*
at* us aa* railing la many ways ana
ihs wnamnny he atutdsd K*
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON X—JUNE 6 THE SINS
OF THE TONGUE.
liolilfn Text; "Keep Tby Tmi(tar from
Evil, and Thy l.lox f ram Sycaklxf
Untie” I'M lino < er XXXIf. Vera*
13 I'ower of the luuguo.
IMM. A. D «. Place.
Jeru talent l*«on
Preview Ax polut
r<l out in the back
ground of our I ant
lesson. James' apec
lalty waa to preach
the liospol so as to
guard Christians
against the error of
the Jews. namely,
that prufesalon of
doctrine and ob
servance of out wont
forms can stand Tor
practical religion. Praetkw, not profes
alon. Is the lest of aceeptanoe. In plain
good sense the grand thoughts of llie
Hennon on llie Muiint are beautifully Il
lustrated and forcibly applied The stylo
Is earnest, the lunguage terse and elo
quent, and llie Imagery splendid. Dean
llowson says. "There Is more Imagery
drawn from nutural phenomena In this
one short epistle than In all Paul’s epis
tles pul together." Our lesson deals with
sins of the tongue, showing how serious
ly I hey violate the law of love, lightly as
the world regurds them It Is therefore
a commentary on Matt r. tl
Lesson Hymn:—
And must I be to Judgment, brought, and
answer In that day
For every vuln and Idle thought, and
every word 1 say?
How careful, then, ought I to live, with
whul religious fear!
Who such a strict account muat give for
my behavior here.
Thou uwful Judge of quick and dead,
the watehful power tiestow;
Ho shall I to my ways lake heed to All I
speak or do.
—Charles Wesley.
The full text of the lesson Includes
James 111:1-1.T. as follows: I My brethren,
he not many musters, knowing ttiat wo
shall receive the greater oondemnatkin.
2 For In many things wo offend all If
uny man offend not In word, the same Is
a perfect man. and able also to bridle
the whole body. :| ifetiotd, we put bits
obey uw; ami we turn about their whole
body. 4. Behold alio the ships, which
I hough they lie ao great, and are driven
of fierce winds, yet are they turned
about with a very small helm, whlthenui
ever the governor llstnth 6 Keen no Ilia
longue In a little member, and boneteth
great thlnga Behold, how great a mailer
a little (Ire klndleth' 8 And the tongue la
a fire, a world of Iniquity: s«u la the tongue
among our mem hern, lliat tl dettletli the
whole body, and aatteth on fire tin- eourmi
of nature; and It la net on tire of hell.
7 For every kind of le-aste. and of bird*,
and of nerpentn. arid of things in the
sea, In tamed, and hath been tamed of
mankind. 8 Hut the tongue ran no man
tame; It In an unruly evil, full of deadly
polnon. U Therewith bless wo Owl, even
the Father; and therewith curse we men,
which are made after the Hirnttitudc of
Ood. 10 Out of the name mouth pro
reedeth blessing and corning My brethren,
these thing* ought not no to to It troth
a fountain send forth at the name plat**
sweet wuter anil bitter? 12 4?an Ihe llg
tree, tny brethren, bear olive Iter tie*?
either a vine, Hgn? no con no fountain
both yield nail water ami frenli. 13 Who
in a wise man anil endued with knowl
edge umortg you? let him nhow out of a
good convernatlou hln works with meek
ness of wlmlorn.
We find In thin lennon a strong state
ment of the danger* of the longue. I Tho
tlrnt danger lien In Its accountability to
God. "lie not many teachers." Verso
1, Revised Version. Those who aspire to
teach and leatl others are held to a
Judgment from on high more severe than
that of other men. Mow great the re
sponsibility of those who by false teach
ing lead others to error * Bee Matt. 18. 8
t. 1 There Is danger In the tongue Ite
cattse Its use Is a tent or character. Veree
Z. By the tongue the character in re
vealed. The ancients took the owl an an
emblem of wisdom, because it looks wine .
and keeps its mouth shut. The utter
ance of our lips shows tho moaaure of our
self-control. Me who can rule his tong:.**
can govern himself. 3 Tho tongue bus
dangers because of its Influence. It ta
like the rein to the horse, the rudder to
the ship, a little member, but one that
han power; and power and peril are al
ways clone together. Bream, gunpowder,
electricity, all have power, and they all
have danger. The orator's tongue lias
net a nation allaine: an emperor’s tongue
can let loose a million muskets; a slan
derer's tongue can make trouble for a
whole town; a false teacher’s tongue can
divide a church. On the other hand, what
power for good there may to In a wine.
pure, wt-ll-uruereo lunxue: i utri ij
danger in the tongue tM-causa its reform
ation la difficult. Versea7.lt. Wild beasts
can be tamed, but who can change an
evil longue? The swearer says. "You
must excuse me, I can't help swearing.''
The passionate man says. "I can't con
trol my leinjatr." Those are tongues like
Maxeppa'a sired, whose rider was lied
helpless on hia back Yet nbat man can
not do. Ood can. He can curb the longue
and truusform It from ovU to good. The
conversion of the longue Is the strongest
svldence of t'hrlslluiuly. E> There is dan
ger In the longue iM-cuuae of its contra
dictions. Verses ». It Who ever heard
of a fouulaln pouring out both sweet ami
biller water? of a tree that yields two
kinds of fruit? Yet lust that paradox we
see In the utterances of the longue It
nerds to Iw harmonious, truthful, gentle,
wise S The tongue lias dangers, but Us
dangers may be avoided If underneath H
Is a lirarl of wisdom sod lovo And such
a heart lie who made man can Imparl >«
man.
t Strange fvwiw
Af the I'alala A Industria. In I**r4a,
their Is k laud scape nvslr «*f Imhia
Tbo hi r eg row ad of the pa. taro la com
posed pf tin— roieoptafw. Ik< remain
dor of (be laadarapo being formed of
over four ihuuaawd canetimuf lessgtn.
Atl colors sad shadisas repaired in re
prvssot graaa. kbruba and iugrn are
fur a uked by salami ipstm—s. The
SKIM gat bored kb material from all
parts of tbo wotld. nad was uawtspted
lit tbs nwrb about four issis
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