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KEY. DRTALMAGE.1
SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE
NOTED DIVINE.
Subject: ^Expurgation of the Scriptures."
Text: "Let God be true, but every man
Q liar."?Romans iil., 4.
The Bible needs reconstruction according
to some inside and outside the pulpit. It is
* no surprise that the world bombards the
8criptures. but it is amazing to And Chris{
tian ministers picking at this in the Bible
i and denying that until many good people
are left in the fog about what parts of the
Bible they ought to believe and what parts
reject. The helnousness of finding fault
with the Bible at this time is most evident.
In our day the Bible is assailed by scurrility,
by misrepresentation, by infldel scientists,
by all the vice of earth and all the venom of
perdition, and at this particular time even
preachers ot the Gospel fall into line of
criticism of the word of God. Why, it mjikes
me think of a ship in a September equinox,
' - the waves dashing to the top of the smokestack.
and the hatches fastened down, and
many prophesying the foundering of the
steamer, and at that time some of the crew
with axes and saws go down into the hold of
the ship, and they try to saw off some of the
planks and pry out some of the timbers because
the timber did not come from the right
roresr.
It does not seem to be a commendable business
for the crew to be helping the winds
and storms outside with their axes and saws
Inside. Now, this old Gospel ship, what with
the roaring of earth and hell around the
Btemand stern and mutiny on deck. Is harming
a very rough voyage, but I have noticed
that not one of the timbers has started, an t
the captain says he will see it through. And
I have noticed that keelson and counter timber
knee are built out of Lebanon cedar, and
she is going to weather the gale, but no
credit to those who make mutiny on deck.
When I see professed Christians in this
particular day finding fault with the Scrip^
tures, it makes me think of a fortress terrifically
bombarded, and the men on the ramparts.
instead of swabbing out and loading
the guns and helping fetch up the ammunirtion
from the magazine, are trying with
crowbars to pry out from the wall certa'n
blocks of stone, because they did not come
from the right quarry. Oh, men on the ramparts,
better fight back, and fight down the
oommon enemy, instead of trying to make
breaches in the wall!
While I oppose this expurgation of the
Scriptures, I snail give you my reasons for
Buch opposition. "What!" say some of the
t?Trolnfinnict<5 vhoflA brains havo
been addled '^ytoo Ion? brooding over them
by Darwin and Spencer, "you don't now
really believe all the story of the garden of
Eden, do you?" Yes, as much as I believe
there were roses in my garden last summer.
"But." say they, "you don't really believe
that the sun and moon stood still?" Yes. and
If I had strength enough to create a sun and
moon I could make them stand still or cause
the refraction of the sun's rays so it would
appear to stand stilL "But," they say, "you
don't really believe that the whale Bwallowed
Jonah?" Yes, and if I were strong
enough to make a whale I could have made
very easy ingress for the refractory prophet,
leaving to evolution to eject him if he were
an unworthy tenant! "But,"say they, "you
don't really'believethat the water was turned
Into wine?" Yes, just as easily as water now
is often turned into wine with an admixture
of strychnine and logwood! "But." say
they, "you don't really believe that Samson
Blew 1000 with the jaw*bone of an ass?" Yes,
and I think that the man who in this day
assaults the Bible is wielding the same
weapon!
There is nothing in the Bible that staggers
me. There are many things I do not understand,
I do not pretend to understand, never
shall in this world understand. But that
would be a very poor God who could be fully
understood by the human. That would be a
very small Infinite tbat can De measured d>*
/ finite. You must not expect to weigh the
f thunderbolts of Omnipotence in an apothe>
cary's balances. Starting with the idea that
' God can do anything, and that He was present
at the beginning, and that He is present
now, there is nothing in the holy Scriptures
to arouse skepticism in my heart. Here I
stand a lossil of the ages, dug up from the
tertiary formation, fallen off the shelf of an
antiquarian, a man in the latter part of the
glorious nineteenth century believing in a
whole Bible from lid to lid'
I am opposed to the expurgation of the
Scriptures in the first place, because the
Bible in its present shape has been so miraculously
preserved. Fifteen hundred years
after Herodotus wrote his history, there was
only one manuscript copy of it. Twelve
hundred years after Plato wrote his book
there was only one manuscript copy of it.
God was so careful to have us have the Bible
in just the right shape that we have fifty
manuscript copies 01 me >0W i.esiament a
thousand years old, and some of them 1500
years old. This book, handed down from
the time of Christ, or jost after the time of
Christ, by the hand of such men as Origen
In the second century and Tertullian in the
third century, and by men of different ages
who died for their principles. The three
best copies of the New Testament in manuscript
in the possession of the three Rreat
churches?the Protestant church of England,
the Greek ohurch of St. Petersburg and the
Bomish church of Italy.
It is a plain matter of history that Tischen;
dorf went to a convent in the peninsula of Sinai
and was by ropes lifted over the wall Into the
r convent, that being the only mode of admission,
and that he saw there in the wastebasket
for kindling for the fires a manuscript
of the Holy Scriptures. That night he copied
many of the passages of that Bible, but
it was not until fifteen years had passed of
earnest entreaty and prayer and coaxing and
purchase on his part that that copy of the
Holy Scriptures was put into the hand of
the Emperor of Russia?that one copy so
marvelously protected.
Do you not know that the catalogue of the
books of the Old and New Testaments as we
have it is the same catalogue that has been
coming down through the ages? Thirtynine
books of the Old Testament thousands
of years ago. Thirty-nine now. Twentyseven
books of the New Testament 1600 years
ago. Twenty-seven books of the New Testament
now. Marcion, for wickedness, was
turned out of the church in the second century,
and in his assault on the Bible and
Christianity he incidentally gives a catalogue
of the books of the Bible?that catalogue
corresponding exactly with ours?testimony
given by the enemy of the Bible and
the enemy of Christianity. The catalogue
now just like the catalogue then. Assaulted
and spit on and torn to pieces and burned,
yet adhering. The book to-day, in 800 languages,
confronting four-fifths'of the human
race in their own tongue. Four hundred
million copies of it in existence. Does not
that look as if this book had been divinely
protected, as if God had guarded It ail
" through the centuries?
Is it not an argument plain enough to
every honest man and every honest woman
that a book divinely protectod and in this
shape is in the very shape that God wants
it. It pleases God and ought to please us.
The epidemics which have swept thousands
of other books into the sepuleherof forgetfulness
have only brightened the fame of
this. There is not one book out of 1000 that
H lives Ave years. Any publisher will tell you
thRt. There will not be more than one book
out of 20.000 that will live a century. Yet
here is a book, much of it 1G00 years old and
much of it 4000 years old and with more rebound
and resilience and strength in it than
> when the book was first put upon parchment
or papyrus.
This book saw the cradle of all other
books, and it will see their graves. Would
you not think that an old book like this,
some of it forty centuries old. would come
along hobbling with age and on crutches?
Instead of that, more potent than any other
book of the time. More copies of it printed
In the last ten years than of any other book
?Walter Scott's Waverley Novels. Macaulay's
''History of England." Disraeli's "fludvmion."
the works o1 Tennvson and L^nsr
lellow, and all the popular books of our time
having uo such sale in the last ten years as
this old worn out book. Do you know what
a struggle a book lia* iu order to get through
one century or two centuries? Someold books,
during a lire in a seraglio of Constaminople,
were thrown into the street. A man
' ' -without any education picked up one of those
books, read it, and did not see the value of it.
A scholar looked over his shoulder and saw
it was the first and second decades of Llvy.
and he offered the man a largo reward if he
would bring the books to his study, but in
the excitement of the fire the two parted, and
the first and second decades of Livy were forever
lost. Pliny wrote twenty books of history.
All lost." The most of Menander's
writings lost. Of 130 comedies of Plautus
all gone but rwenty. " Euripides wrote 100
dramas, all gone but nineteen- iEschlyus
wrote 100 dramas, all gone but seven. Yarro
wrote the laborious biographies of 700 Romans,
not a fragment left. Quintilian wrote
his favorite book on the corruption of eloquence,
all lost. Thirty books of Tactltus
lost. Dion Cas3ius wrote eighty books, only
twenty remain. Beroslus's history all lost.
Nearly all the old books are mummified
and are lying in the tombs of old libraries,
and perhaps once in twenty years some man
comes alonir and picks up one of them and
blows the dust off and opens it and finds it
the book he does not want. But this old
book, much of it forty centuries old, stands
to-day more discussed than any other book,
and it challenges the admiration of all the
good and the spite and the venom, and the
animosity, and the hypercriticism of earth
and hell. I appeal to" your common sense if
a book so divinely guarded and protected in
its present shape must not be in just the way
that God wants it to come to us. and If it
pleases God ought it not to please us?
Not only have all the attempts to detract
from the book failed, but all the attempts to
add to It. Many attempts were made to add
the apochryphal books to the Old Testament.
The council of Trent, the synod of Jerusalem,
the bishops of Hippo, all decided that the
-* * ' ? ? ? ? -? fka HI/1
apoonrynai doou muss, uo nuucu iu iUU v>?
Testament. "They must stay in," said those
learned men, but they staid out. There is
not an intelligent Christian man that to-day
will put the book of Maccabees or the book
of Judith beside the book of Isaiah or
Romans. Then a great many said, "We
must have books added to the New Testament,"
and there were epistles and gospels
and apocalypses written and added
to the New Testament, but they have all
fallen out Tou cannot add anything. You
cannot substract anything. Divinely protected
book in the present shape. Let no
man dare to lay his hands on it with the intention
of detracting from the book or casting
out any of these holy pages.
Besides that,l am opposed to this expurgation
of the Scriptures because if the attempt
were successful, it would be the annihilation
of the Bible. Infidel geologists would say,
"Out with the Book of Genesis;" infidel astronomers
would say, "Out with the Book
of Joshua;" people who do not believe in
the atoning sacrifice would say, "Out with
the Book of Leviticus;" people who do not
believe in the miracles would say, "Oat with
all those wonderful stories in the Old and
New Testament;' and some would say,
"Out with the Book of Revelation;" and
others would say, "Out with the entire Pentateuch,"
and the work would go on until
there would not be enough of the Bible left
to be worth as much as last year's almanac.
The expurgation of the Scriptures means
their annihilation.
I am also opposed to this proposed expurgation
of the Scriptures for the fact that in
proportion as the people become self-sacriflcing
and good and holy and consecrated,
they like the book as it Is. I have vet to find
a man or a woman distinguished for selfsacrifice,
for consecration to God, for holiness
of life, who wants the Bible changed.
Many of us have inherited family Bibles.
Those Bibles were in use twenty, forty, fifty,
perhaps 100 years in the generations. Today
take down those family Bibles, and find
out if there are any chapters which have
been erased by lead pencil or pen, and If In
any margins you can find the words, "This
chapter not fit to read." There has been
plenty of opportunity during the last half
century privately to expurgate the Bible.
Do you know any case of such expurgation?
Did not your grandfather give it to your
father, and did not your father gives.it to
you?
Besides that I am opposed to the expurgation
of the Scriptures, because the socalled
indelicacies and cruelties of the Bible
have demonstrated no evil result. A cruel
book will produce cruelty. An unclean book
will produce uncleanness. Fetch me a victim.
Out of all Christendom and out of all
rne ages jricu me u viuuui ?u?g a?ui
been hardened to cruelty or whose life has
been made impure by this book. Show me
one. One of the best families I ever knew
of, for thirty or forty years, morning and
evening, had all the members gathered together,
and the servants of the household,
and the strangers that happened to be within
the gates?twice a day, without leaving out
a chapter or a verse, they read this holy
book, morning by morning, night by night.
Not only the older children, but the little
child who could just spell her way through
the verse while her mother helped her, the
father beginning and reading one verse and
then all the members of the family in turn
raori<no> n The father maintained his
Integrity, the mother maintained her integrity,
the sons grew up and entered professions
and commercial life, adorning every
sphere in the life in which they lived, and
the daughters went into families where
Christ was honored, and all that was good
and pure and righteous reigned perpetually.
For thirty years that family endured the
Scriptures. Not one of them ruined by
them.
Now, if you will tell me of a family where
the Bible has been read twice a day for thirty
years, and the children have been brought
up in that habit, and the father went to
ruin, and the mother went to ruin, and the
sons and daughters were destroyed by it?
if you will tell me of one such incident, I
will throw away my Bible or I will doubt
your veracltv. I tell you if a man is shooked
with what he calls the indelicacies of the
word of God he is prarient in his taste and
imagination. If a man cannot read SoloI
mon's Song without impure suggestion, he
is either in his heart or in his life a libertine.
The Old Testament description of wickedness,
uncleanness of all sorts, is
purposely and righteously a disgusting
account, instead of the Byronio
and the Parisian vernacular, which makes
sin attractive instead of appalling. When
those old prophets point you to a lazaretto,
you understand it is a lazaretto. When a
man naving oegun 10 ao ngnc iatis onus uuu
wickedness and gives up his integrity, the
Bible does not say he was overcome by the
fascinations of the festive board, or that he
surrendered to convivialities, or that he became
a little fast in his habits. I will tell
you what the Bible says, "The dog is turned
to his own vomit again and the sow that was
washed to her wallowing in the mire." No
gilding of Iniquity. No garlands on a death's
head. No pounding away with a silver mallet
at iniquty when it needs an iron sledge
hammer.
I can easily understand how people brooding
over the description of uncleanness In
the Bible may get morbid in mind until they
are as full of it as the wings, and the beak,
and the nostril, and the claw of a buzzard
are full of the odors of a carcass, but what
is wanted is not that the Bible be disinfected,
but that you, the critic, have your mind
and heart washed with carbolic acid.
I tell you at this point in my discourse
that a man who does not like this book, and
who is critical as to its contents, and who is
shocked and outraged with its descriptions,
has never been soundly converted. The laying
on of the hands of presbytery or episcopacy
does not always change a man's
heart, and men sometimes Ret into the pulpit.
as well as into the pew, never having
been changed radically by tho sovereign
Brace of God. Get your heart right and the
Bible will be right. The trouble is men's i
natures are not brought into harmony with
the word of God. Ah. mv friends. exDunra
tionof the heart is what is wanted!
Yoa cannot make me believe that the
Scripture?, which this moment lie on the
table of the purest and best men and women
of the ag<\ and which were the dyin? solace
of your kiudrcd passei into the skies, have
in them a taint which the strongest microscope
of honest criticism could make visible.
If men are uncontrollable in their indignation
when the integrity of wife or child is assailed.
and judges and jurors as far as
possible excuse violence under such provocation,
what ought to be the overwhelming
aud long resounding thunders of condemnation
for any man who will stand in a Christian
pulpit'and assail the more than virgin
purity of inspiration, the well beloved daughter
of God?
Expurgate the Bible! You might as well
go to the old picture galleries in Dresden
ami in Yenico and in licime anti expurgate
the old painting?. Perhaps you could find a
foot of Michael Angelo's "Last Judgment''
that might be improved. Perhaps you could
throw more expression into Raphael's "Madonna."
Perhaps you could put more
pathos into Itubens's "Descent from the
Cross." Perhaps you could change the
crest of the waves in Turner's "Slave Ship."
Perhaps you might go into the old galleries
of sculpture and change the forms and tho
posture of the statues of Phidias and Praxiteles.
Such an iconoclast would very soon
find himself in tho penitentiary. But it is
I worse vandalism when a man proposes to refashion
these masterpieces of inspiration and
to remodel the moral giants of this gallery
of God.
A Prohibition Church.
; There is a "Prohibition Congregational
, Church" in Santa Monica, Cal.
RELIGIOUS BEADEK
COCBAGE FOR THE Bir.Iir.
A successful evangelist tells what great i
suits followed from a simple stand for Chr
when he was a commercial traveler: He h
made a good sale, and the merchant said.'
is your treat." He knew what that rneai
There was a saloon across the street, and
was expected to >ro across and "set up t
drinks' for the whole establishment. "\Vb
is the use?" he said to himself. This is o
of the expediencies of the trade. I need:
drink anything. I can order the cigars.
a supper or " "Yes," something said
him, "you can just seli out right here a
make a wreck of it all." "Boys," he sai
in the new inspiration sent to h
from above, "if I should do that, I would i
the meanest thing in all the world, and
you'll bear with me I'll tell you why. I ha
just come up from the very gates of dea
and hell through strong drink, and if I <1
what you ask, I'd do the meanest thing in
the world, both for you and me." Instan
the cashier leaped down from his des
"Have you got a pledge? I'll sign it." Ai
the merchant afterward took the commerc
traveler aside to say, "I promise you ]
never drink another drop as long as I liv
It pays to be outspoken for Christ. Try
?Selected.
TBCE PENITENCE.
As God reckons jewelry, there is no g<
that shines with more brilliancy than t
tear of true penitence; yet God only know?
what heart pressure and what crushing
wilful pride may have been necessary
force the tear to the cheek of a stubbc
sinner. 1 have sometimes met with a pers
who possessed peculiarly lovable traits ofg(
tleness, self-abnegation, and meek brav<
under sharp trials^ I envied such a beau
ful character. Ah! I little knewatafear
price of severe cbastenings, bitter disi
pointments and bereavements, of faith tri
in a white heat of affliction, all that lov<
ness of character bad been attained. !
who would be most like Christ must pay t
cost. If a furnance is needed to purify a
brighten you, do not shirk the furuace. 1
tience is an admirable grace; but it is i
ofteuest worn by those who walk on (
sunny side of the street in silver slippers,
is usually the product of headwinds and hs
fights?of crosses carr.ed, and of steep hi
climbed cn the road to heaven. "The* tr
of vmir f-iith worketh patience.''?Theod<
L. Cuyler, D. D.
BEALIZE XT THOROUGHLY.
It is a methodical not an accidental wor
If the housewife turns out a good cake, it
the result of a sound receipt, carefully t
plied. She cannot mix the assigned ing
dients and Are them for the appropriate ti:
without producing the result It is not ?
who has made the cake; it is nature. S
brings related things together; set9 causes
work; these causes bring about the rest
She is not a creator, but an intermedia
She does not expect random causes to p
duce specific effects?raudom ingredie;
would only produce random cakes. So il
in the making of Christian experienc
Certain lines are followed: certain effects i
the result. These effects cannot but be I
result But the result can never take plf
without the previous cause. To expect
suits without antecedents is to expect cal
without ingredients. That impossibility
p-pcicHy the almost universal expectation
Drummond.
THE TERPETCAL TRESEXCE.
Some of us think and say a good d
about "a sense of his presence." sometin
rejoicing in it, sometimes going mourning
flar Irvnff hUMISB W6 httVfl it UOt : DD
in? for it. and not always seeming to rece
what we ask; measuring our own po3lti<
and sometimes even that of others by it; n
on the heights, now in the depths about
And all this April like gleam and gloom,
stead of steady summer glow, because
are turning our attention upon the sense
his presence instead of the changel
reality of it! All our trouble and disappoi
ment about it is met by his own simple wo
and vanishes in the simple faith that gra<
it. for if Jesus says simply and absolute
' Lo, I am with you alway," what have wt
do with feeling or "sense" about it? 1
have only to believe it and to recolle' c
And it is only by thus believing and rec jll
ing that we can realize it.
FELLOWSHIP.
Fellowship is companionship?a sharing
each other's interests, an accord of spi:
mutual understanding, mutual confide]
and trust. Think of some friends w
whom you have fellowship. How comfc
ing their pressnce. how helpful tb
counsel, how comfortable the freed
of intercourse and the absence of t
trust or suspicion! And think of hav
fellowship like that with God! Can thi
be anything else so desirable, so nope!
helpful, restful.so all-satisfying as this/ C
it be possible that there should be comp
ionship, sharing of interests, accord of spi
mutual confidence and tiust between
heart and God? Cad it be that he desires
Yes; it is a possible and positive experienc
THE OBEAT CROWN'.
Tho crown of all, that which sots the s
in our inner life, though illness may con
though the very mind itself grow w&
though all the scenery of life may be da:
ened with misfortume, is to have the sunlij
of God's presence in our souls; the sunlii
of goodness, of a pure heart, of the true o
loving spirit of Christ Jesus. It is to live
light to live in Him. His light in us is c
light. It is a life that conquers sin, and
the conquering we know and rejoice in f
giveness.? 3. A. Brooke.
OOD IN HEATHEN BELrOIOXS.
I have been deep in my study of the w
of God in heathen religions. The past
mankind does not now seem a black oe?
covered with fog and storm, ana wre
drifting everywhere; but a long wake
life crosses it, coming from the Light t
lighteth every man in the world, the Pha
of humanity?the Spirit of Qod. In t
gleam the nations have steered their ba
and made towards haven. He hath not
himself without a witness.?C. L. Brace.
tbcthfuljceps.
He is already half fa sa who speculates
truth and does not do it. Truth is given
to be contemplated, but to be done. Lif
an action, not a thought, and the pen;
paid by Jiim who speculates on truth is t
by de& *** the very truth he holds becoi
to him i iaisehood. There is no truthfuli
therefore, except in tfie witness borne to C
by doing his will?to live the truths we 1
or else they will be no truths at all?F.
Robertson.
Dr. Lyman Abbot, a profound thinker,!
seldom speaks or writes that which is
worthy of consideration, recently said in
| course of a sermon : "Ihe Church of Cb
has walked forward, but locking over
shoulder; it hits 'walked towards a lai
truth and looked back to an old creed; it
walked toward simpler ceremonials ;
looked to the old ceremonials; it
walked toward a larger moral life an
hotter manhood, but looked bacK
Old Testament models and the Ten C
mandmenis. Evolution does not look br
ward lor it? ideal, does not believe man
made perfect, does nut believe that he
from a perfeet condition and does not be!
that the object of G"d in the work he is
rying on in the worid is to restore him to
condition he has lost." Such words f
such a representative of religious thoi
show which way the theological wim
blowing.
"To sift thee as wheatSifting is a s
process sometimes; it takes time to get d<
to the grain. And that is what God wa
the true and sweet kernels. We don't m
bread of chaff.- It"v. I onise s Baker.
Kosult of a Steamboat War.
People in.St. Loui* now find it eh"apei
travel than to board at home. A trip of
miles may be taken on a first-class steal
for .-1.50 and no extra charge is made
either meals or stateroom during tin* I
ujiys uau ti qiui requirou ior iih'jvuil
This is one of the incidental results of
steamboat war of rates on the Mississippi
Death of a Self-Style<l Christ.
Mrs. Hannah H. Martin, the divorced \
of J. R. Martin, wa? buried so quietlv at (
cinnati. Ohio, that the knowledge of the
was only obtained from the Health Ofi
Several years ago she gained a National
putation by announcing that she was Je
Christ Her death was kept a secret. "V
few know where she was buried.
}. SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOE
JUNE 30.
reist
,?t Review of the First Quarter?Scrlpat.
ture Rcadlng.'l Cor. xv., 12-28
he ? Golden Text: Hcb. xil., 2
k? ?Review Questioos.
ne
a t Sections of History.?The history stndied
?r during this quarter is contained in Matthew
xxi.-xxviii.; Markxi.-xvi.; Luke xix.-xxiv.;
John xii.-xxi.; Acts i., 3-12; 1 Cor. xv., 5-7.
d. Place.?Jerusalem and neighborhood.
Time.?A. D. 30, April 1 to May 18. The
".? last days of our Lord's earthly ministry.
l? Home Readings.?Monday (June 24), Mark
J? xl., 1-11; xil., 1-12. Tuesday, Matt, xxiv., 42*5
51; Mark xlv., 12-26. Wednesday, Mark xiv.,
32-42, 53-64. Thursday, Mark xv., 1-15, 2237.
Friday, Mark xri., 1-8; Luke xxiv., 13?y
32. Saturday, John xxt., 4-17; Luke xxiv.,
lk* 44-53. Sunday Acts 1., 3-12; 1 Cor. xv., 5-7.
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[>|[ QUESTIONS FOB BEVIEW.
The lessons of this quarter cover less than
It. seven weeks of time?from April 2 to May
18, but the events are appalling and majestic.
In what way did Jesus accept kingly
honors? In'what parable did He foretell His
death? How did He seek to put His disciples
lrn - ? ~_.--l.l- t ^
on tneir guarcu wn&i rotmirh.tiuiu i^uir
9? He celebrate, and what establish? Where did
~J He manifest His bitterest agony? Who arP
rested and first tried Jesus? Who finally
condemned Him? What was the cause of
Jesus's death? What became of the body of
?a Jesus? Where did Jesus first walk with His
disciples after His resurrection? How many
'*7 and what questions did He ask a fallen disL
, ciple? Where was Jesus last seen by His
apostles, and what was His last act?
In our regular Sunday-school work, we
have come again to the end of the most
11" precious study and association in this world,
p But our true study and association are never
f to end. At best, we have only begun to
, know a life exhaustless in its lessons and its
a: love. If only our hearts have sometimes
"j? burned within us by the way, we shall still
"I? seek Him, and find evermore more precious
2J truth and sweeter comfort
,l.| Chiefest amongst ten thousand, the one
, altogether lovely, blessed are they who find
1IU Him? Alas for those who live and die, and
)re know Him not!?Lesson Helper.
The l'aciag King.
Robert J. ia a neat, compactly bnilt
bay gelding, standing fifteen hand*
ip- high and weighing 850 potlndB. He
re- has an exceedingly intelligent head,
yery broad between the eyes, and his
ibe eyes are the perfection of gentleness,
at John Eassley, his good natnred colilt.
ored groom, a term which might be
^ interpreted to mean a valet and waiier
Qt3 combined, is completely in iove with
t is nim, and the horse is as fond of him
e9' as he is of the horse. He has his littie
cot in the stall and for the last
ice three year? has Blept with him every
re- night. Robert J. is an exceedingly
hearty feeder. He is also an early
riser, and is as fastidious as to the
regularity of his toilet and his breakfast
as the biggest swell of clubdom.
T< - mn?nin/> +Via nrrnnm
11) 111 tuo conjr rnuimug! vuw
does not awake, Robert J. begins to
ail 'nose' around the cot in a very gentle
iy- manner. If no notice is taken he belv0
comes more marked in his movements,
^ and finally, if the groom persists in
it. sleeping, he gently but firmly seizes
to- the coverlids of the cot with his teeth
and pulls them off. Resistance is useess
' less then, and the groom at once rises
lit- and attends to the duties of his office.
rd< Ed. Geers, who drives Robert J., is
|^,9 also a unique character. He is known
i to as the silent man from Tennessee. He
N'e is a man who bears an enviable record
i(j? for honesty, ability and abstemiousness,
and his only vice is an exceedingly
mild one, that of chewing gum.
Strange to say, although he has a mag
in nificent stable at his disposal, his
j ILL rit,
favorite amusement, when not attendace
ing to his horses, is to ride on a
>rt- bicycle? *n *ac*? ^e n6*s tbla m?de ol
ieir locomotion to keep down his weight;
om and a favorite joke on him is this, that
M9" when he is sweeping along a country
road in the neighborhood of Buffalo
ful, and finds himseif overtaken by one oi
'an the crack riders of that city, he softly
Jg" clucks to himself as if he were admy
dressing one of his favorite steeds and
it? then nnconscionsly puts on an extra
!e- spurt and probably beats the crack
who has just passed him. Geers receives
a salary of $5000 a year from
un the Village Farm for driving, and he
is richly worthy of it*'?"Trotting
rl-i and Pacing Cnampions."?Outing.
ght
ght Engraving by Sand Blast.
1 in The sand blast is now regularly used
>ur by a London firm in engraving lithoin
m-ar>hir> ntonfia. The whole surface of
0 c>--L
the stone is first impregnated with
grease, bo that if inked it will print a
uniform black. The sand blast is then
allowed to play on the surface under
of most careful control. Its action is to
an remove entirely the grease from all
portions that are not to print?that is
l,at to say, intended to show white; to
.ros granulate or mure or less destroy it
hat upou those parts which are to give
^ different tones of shading, and tc
leave it intact upon those that are tc
print black. All that remains of the
original greased surface alone prints,
on the stones being wetted as usual prioi
not to inking for every impression. ?Chi'
e is cago Record.
llty m
?2 An Odd Happening
a lumber schooner which lately ar
md r^vec^ Francisco reports an odd
happening. When three days oul
from Grav's Harbor, on a dark night,
there suddenly appeared in the west a
n0? huge meteor, which looked as large as
the the moon. It seemed to grow largei
rist in size to the frightened watch ou
lts deck, and was apparently bearing
has down on the vessel. But it wasn't, 01
and else no one would have lived to tell
tins tho tale. It passed across the bow.-i
t* and plunged into the sea, 30J yards
om- away. An explosion took place, which
lck- was like a great clap of thunder, when
tlie meteor struc& iue water, miu iuuli
j^' ail became dark.?Atlanta Coustituear
tiou.
tho m
rom Animal Life on Hawaii.
i?ht _ ,
1 is Some interesting discoveries have
recently been made about animal life
jo uu the Hawaiian Islands. It appean
jwn that all the land and 1'rosli water shelluts,
are peculiar to the locality. Nor i>
ako this ali. Fifty-seven out o: the sever.'
ty-eipht species .>f birds and 7 JO out
of the 10i[0 ?i>e:ie:i of ic.iects do not
r t.i enist in any other i>or;icu ol tci
(500 '"lobe.
1UT ? M
f?>r Thirty Year* to Got Thlrtr-nre Cento.
L\Vn
??v After more than thirty years Richard W,
Allen, of Albany, N. Y.. has efTeeted a settlement
with the United States Navy Department.
During tho late war ho served in the
navv as landsman, and the final settlement
disclosed the fact that Uncle Sam owed him
vife thirty-flve cents, which be received by check
^in- from* the navy pay office at Washington,
fact Mr. Allen says that the Government will
lee. never be called upon to pay the thirty-flve
re- cents, as he intends to fr.amo the check and
isus keeD it as a memento. On the left end is a
'ery fine portrait of the late Admiral Farragutonder
whom he served.
i
AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
watering plants.
The best way of watering plants ifl
to stand the pots in a pail of water,
and leave them there until all bubbling
ceases, which shows that the
water has well soaked through the
mold. This should be done about
twice a week in winter, and when it is
cold weather, luke warm water should
be used. To keep plants healthy and
green, their leaves should be sponged
over at least once a week.?New York
Dispatch.
the weather bureau.
There is no question of the value of
the forecasts of the Weather Bureau
for the use of farmers. It is not a
waste of money in any way, and as
the farmers are qnite as dependent on
the weather as sailors are for the safe
prosecution of their business, it must
be considered a good use of the public
money to spread this information for
the benefit of farmers. One farmer
who yearly cuts more than 100 acres
of hay has the reports telegraphed to
him from the nearest large city every
day, and in this way, has for two years
past escaped any injury or stoppage
of the haying, getting in every load
dry and an the best condition. This
is easily worth fifty times the cost of
the information. It would be a good
thing for the majority of farmers to
take one of the daily papers of the
nearest large city, if for no other use
than to get these weather prognosti-1
cations.?New York Times.
KEROSENE EMTJLSJON.
Plant lice, scale and other insects
which get their living by suction cannot
be poisoned, says the Massachusetts
Ploughman. Something must be
used that will kill by contaot. Kerosene
emulsion is best. This emulsion
is made by dissolving one poand of
soft or hard soap in one gallon of boiling
water. While this solution is still
very hot add two gallons of kerosene,
and quickly begin to agitate the whole
umbo tuiuu^u a ojiiu^cui IUXUC jmuip,
drawing the liquid into the pump and
forcing it back into the dish. Continue
this for five minutes or until
the whole mass assumes a creamy color
and consistency which will adhere
to the sides of the dish and not glide
off like oil. It may now be diluted
with cold rain water, or the whole
mass may be allowed to cool, when it
will assume a semi-solid form not unlike
loppered milk. This standard
emulsion, if covered and placed in a
dark, cool place, will keep for a long
time. In making a dilution from this
cold emulsion, it is necessary, first, to
dissolve it in two or three parts of
boiling water, and then add what is
necessary of cold soft water.
AJl ECONOMIC ICE BOX.
This consists of two boxes, the larger
about three feet square, the smaller of
, sufficient size to allow a space or
three inches between the two at the
bottom as well as the four sides. This
space should be filled with sawdust or
fine charcoal. The inside box is lined
with zinc. Through the center of this
i a small hole is cut which will admit a
half-inch lead pipe. This is of a suffininn
^ 1 niV> i/\ ?\Anr /vVi iVi n f_
. LICUt tu LU pooa bUiUU^U tuo UUU'
torn of both boxes to carry -off what
:TT
: viiiiiiiwt
ECONOMICAL ICE BOX.
water may come from the ice. These
| boxeB can be varied acoording to the
size of the oake of ice whioh is placed
on the bottom of the inside box, with
s no other support. Shelves can be
( easily supplied by hanging strips of
( tin over top of inside box which will
! hold cleats upon which shelves can be
placed. These boxes can many times
be obtained at dry goods stores. The
entire cost is about one dollar. ?American
Agriculturist.
BEMOYE THE SH0E3 OFTEN'.
E. Boylston Hall says in Colman's
Rural World there comes up another
and fully as important a point in the
matter of keeping the feet of the colts
and mature animals trued, balanced,
, in proper proportion and in proper
angle to the limbs they support, so
that the articulation shall be as near
smooth, and frictionless as possible,
1 and that is, never allow the shoes to
remain on the feet longer than three
weeks, when they should be removed,
reset, or new ones put on, as the case
may require. The importance of this
is obvious. The feet in a healthy
state of growth grow about threeeighths
of an inch each month and they
grow irregularly; therefore, to keep
the animal "plumb on his pins," advantage
must be taken of the irregularities
of growth by observing the
rule pointed out, as to duration of
1 time the shoes should remain on the
' feet without removal.
' Some people have ft prejudice against
" ! removing the shoes so otten, and it is
only a prejudice. When the shoos are
removed as ofteii as directed, it is but
a few moments' job to do what a tritle
there is to be done to the foot with
the rasp only. It is but a shaving off
here and there, and the foot is true,
balanced, and in proper angle again,
and it will be easily kept so with just
this little bit of care; and does any
1 one owning a horse begrudir* the little
time and eipeuse required tc keep
him in this perfect conditio n of balance,
therefore in comfort: I hope
not, lor owners, let me tell you, you'll
' be the winners "by a large majority"
i in the capacity of your animal to peri
form Its duties, and in the retultant
saving ot money by not having your
animal "off," with a necessary lay-up,
involving loss of time, and "time u
money."
CHEAT OBCHABD-SPIUTI>*<3 OUTFIT.
In a recent interview Secretary
Morton described as follows a cheap
orchard-spraying apparatus, which iff
shown in the accompanying ilia stration:
"Spraying to control various insect
pests, particularly those of the orchard
and garden, has reached so satisfactory
and inexpensive a basis that it is
recognized by every progressive farmer
aa a necessary feature of the year's
operations, and, in the case of the apple,
pear and plnm crops, the omission
of srtch treatment means serious
lose. The consequent demand for
spraying apparatus has been met by
CHEAP ORCHARD-SPRAYING OUTFIT.
all the leading pump manufacturers of
this country, and ready-fitted apparatus,
consisting of pump, spray tank
or barrel, and nozzle with hose, are
on the market in numerous styles and
at prices ranging from $20 upward.
The cost of a spraying outfit for
orchard work may, however, be considerably
reduced by purchasing
merely the pump and fixtures and
mounting them at home on a strong
barrel. An apparatus of this sort,
representing a style that has proven
very satisfactory in praotical experience,
is illustrated in the accompanying
figure. It is merely a
nnmn nrifVi a n ai'? nViamHaf
Oil U-Ug Tt uu UM v.mi.. WW
to give a steady stream provided
with two discharge hose pipes.
One of these enters the barrel and
keeps the water agitated and the poison
thoroughly intermixed, and the
olher and longer one is the spraying
hose and terminates in the nozzle.
The spraying hose shonld be about
twenty feet long, and may be fastened
to a light pole, preferably of bamboo,
to assist in directing the spray. The
ozzle should be capable of breaking
the water up into a fine mist spray,
so as to wet the plant completely with
the least possible expenditure of
liquid. The two more satisfactory
nozzles are those of the Nixon and the
Vermorel type. A suitable pump with
ozzle and hose may be obtained of
any pump manufacturer or hardware
dealer at a cost of from $13 to $15.
If one with brass fittings be secured
it will also serve lor the application
of fungicides. The outfit outlined
above may be mounted on a cart oi
wagon, the additional elevation se
cured in this way facilitating thf
spraying of trees, or for more extend
ed operations the pump may b<
mounted on a large water tank."
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
A fretful, nervous>horse is, as a rule
a poor article to start out with on i
long campaigning tour.
Worms are hanging out the dangei
signal on the trees of many a prettj
village. Don't put off the application
of remedies.
The man who buys now and breedi
his horses intelligently will hav<
youngsters ready for the market whei
there will be plenty of men willing tc
buy at good prices.
Professor Warington, in his inau?
gural lecture at Oxford, England, saio
that in the full adoption of scientific
methods lay the only hope of placing
the agricultural industxy on a sound
basis. Professor Warington is good
authority.
Avoid the lunkhead horses; breed
the best; breed none but the best;
breed from nothing but your best, and
look out sharp to improve on the next
cross, and wherever your dam is lacking
be sure the sire you use is not
laoking in the same point, and, if possible,
not lacking in any essential
qualification.
There are plenty of instance of highly
successful race horses and producers
of race horses that were so far from
being high spirited that they were
called loafers by those who came in
contact with them. Joe Patchen is a
successful race horse, and all who have
seen him race have noticed his "soldiering"
characteristics.
Any farmer who has a dozen or more
apple or pear tree should have a spraying
apparatus and familiarize himself
* 1 * A 1? ? ? ? inoa/ifi'
Willi llle U5?i U1 luu^iuiuco auu lussuiicides.
The difference in value between
a good and a poor crop will
more than pay for the outfit, aud it
often comes handy for spraying other
crops, such as potatoes, tomatoes, etc.
Some day it will be discovered that
certain kinds of horses are scarce, but
that several years will elapse before
the demand can be fully met. Rises
come as a thief in the night. No one
is ever expecting them until it is too
late to stock up, but if everybody
kuew just when the rise is to take
place there would be no rise.
Examine carefully the teeth of every
horse and colt on the place. If the
teeth are sharp and cut the cheeks
aud j>revent proper mastication of the
food, your ho-aH will be in poor eon
11.. trnii faoA V. i m
J Ultion UO IllllllUl null. J -" >* u?u?.
Sharp teeth will cause them to throw
up their heads, drive on line, etc. All
long or irregular teeth must be
shortened or smoothed with the tooth
rasp.
It is said tho manufacture of false
tails for horses has reaohed so high a
degree ol perfection that the counterfeit
maj be buckled on to the stump
of a docked horse and he will travel
along beside a mate with a natural
long tail defying detection. Yet for
the sake of the pocketbook, as well as
for the animal's comfort in fly time, it
is far better tc let the horse keep his
< natural tail.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
HOW TO KEEP LEM05S FBESH.
It is not generally known that lemons
may be easily and almost indefinitely
preserved under glass. Someu:
one year, were purchased on thai &
Fourth of July, and, by way of experiment,
each one was put under air
inverted goblet. Thus kept from the>;
air they were finally removed oa
Christmas Day in perfect condition' ^
and as juicy as ever.?New York
World, : $
DUSTEB CASE.
An inexpensive case for the light;
feather duster, used so much to dust
bric-a-brac, is made of two yards of
satin ribbon, two inohes wide. Double
one and a half yards length, mak- .
ing a bag three-quarters of a yard
long, by overcasting in fine stitohes
all the way up. A bow made of the
balance of the ribbon finishes the
bottom, and crochet a ring of embroidery
silk over a brass form for the
- ? Olin IUa
iup, bu uau^ lit up. KJixtf
in, brush end np. Feather edge rib.
. xl _1_;_ *?
Don ib muoa preiuer iuuu puuu.
the handle of the daster is more or
less than twenty-seven inches, make
the case according to its length.
Louis Star-Sayings.
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A NOVEL FLOUB CHEST.
It has just been admired in tha
pantry of an enterprising little housewife,
and it is certainly worth description.
It is easily made and very convenient
It is formed from a cracker
box that is large enough to hold half
a barrel of floor. Strips of woodf
nailed to each of the four corners
raise the box a foot or more from the ,'M
floor. This gives a chance to sweep
under the "chest" without moving i^ V',
and serves to keep the flour from becoming
damp, and to prevent the
mice from troubling it. It is lined
with muslin neatly fitted in and tacked
closely in place. The outside is covered
with wall paper. A cover fit*
closely, but can be removed at pleasure
and used for a kneading board.
When on the chest it is oovered witb
a piece of oilcloth.?New York World.
CABE OF LAMP WICKS.
A housewife who makes use of lamp*
in the administration of her domestio
economy, 'will save herself much
trouble, and get more light out of her
lamps, if she takes care of her lamp
wicks. The first object to be attained
toward getting a well lighted lamp is
to get a free flow of oil; the wiok,
fhnrof/vro ntinrilrl V)A held to the firs
and thoroughly dried before osing.
By this meanB it will quiokly absorb
the oil, and the flow is not. impeded.
Another way is to soak the wiok is .
vinegar and then dry it thoroughly;
this prevents smoking. In some oils
there is a sediment whioh sinks to tha
bottom of the reservoir and adheres
to that part of the wiok that lies there.
Oil will not flow through'a dirty wiok,
and without a good flow there is littla
light. Foul wicks should be washed , ?
; or boiled in soft water and soap, then
rinsed and -well dried. Another thing
1 to be carefully borne in mind is that
. the reservoir of the lamp should always
be kept filled; if the oil i? loir
I the flow is imperfect and the wiok be|
comes charred The lamp would then
: give a poor light and emit a disagree|
able smell So you see, like every!
thing else, a little attention to lamp
wicks in the first instance will save
! creat deal of trouble and in con
venience. ?New York Telegram.
BE CIPES.
1 Quick Bisouit?One pint of floor,
1 one heaping tablespoonful of shortea*
ing, onesaltspoonfal of salt, two heap:
ing teaspoonfals of baking powder*
' one cap of milk. Beat well and bake
1 in a hot oven.
if. 5
Johnny Cake?Half a cup of sugar,
1 small, one tablespoon/ul of melted
1 butter, one cup of sour milk, in which ,
1 dissolve one-half teaspoonful of soda,
one cup of Soar with one teaspoonful
of baking powder, one oup of cora?
meal.
1 Vegetable Soup?Boil a small shank
of beef for two or three hours; thea
strain aud return to the pot. Shred
one carrot in long pieces, cut two
' onions and two or three stalkB of celery
with a large slice of turnip. Sear
i eon to taste with pepper and salt
Eggs on Toast (chafing dish recipe)<
?Pat one tablespoonful of butter with
a little salt and pepper into a chafing,
dish, and when hot add one gill of
cream and six eggs slightly beaten.
Stir constantly for two or three minntes
and serve on slices of hot bufctered
toast.
Floating Island?Take five yolks of
eggs and beat well, add half a onp of;
sugar, heat one and a half pints of
fresh milk and gradually stir in tha
eggs and sugar, cook in a double boiler
till a little thickened. When cool: *
poor in a dish and add spoonfuls of
frosting to form islands.
Queen of Puddings?One cup of
rolled bread crumbs, two cups of
milk, two eggs, one small cup of
sugar, the grated rind of one lemon, a
little cinnamon; bake slowly forty
minutes, cover the top with jelly or
any preserves, and spread the sweetened
white of an egg over the topu
Serve warm.
Boiled Custard Pudding?Mix a
pint of cream with six eggs well beaten
with two teaspoonfuls of rose water
and eight teaspoonfuls of flour, half a
nutmeg, grated, and sugar to taste.
Pour the mixture into a bowl and tie
a buttered cloth over it. Pour into a
pot of boiling water and boil half ah
hour. Serve with wine sauce.
White Cake?Two cups of sugar,
one-half cup of butter, the whites of
four eggs, one cup of sweet milk,
three cups of floor sifted four times
? :il al ? ?f Knlr
Willi larec CYCil tCaspUUULUu
ing powder. Beat sugar and butter
to a eream, Btir iu flour and milk gradually,
beat well and add the whites
last. Make two square cakes. 'Frost
with white of an egg beaten stiff, to
which add one cup of sugar boiled in
half a cup of water till stringy. Spread
while the cake is warm.
A Prize Fighter Turns Aesthete.
A former prize fighter now conducts
u florist's establishment on Broadway,
New York City, and has displayed no
little ingenuity in floral decorative
work. He secures many rich contracts
from fashionable people, and besides
has a genuine love for his dainty
wares. ?New Orleans Picayune.
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