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God's Special Mercy and Favor So Freely Bestowed Meets With Ingratitude. As the master entered a certain vil lage he was met by ten men that were lepers, who lifted up their voices, he seeching him to have mercy upon them. Their prayer was answered. They were all cleansed and cuivd from their dread malady. But oi:!y one of the ten showed gratitude Cor the mercy received. Ke. when he realized that he hud been healed, turned back, and with a K-ud voice glorified Ood and ?ave thanks; bat the others, wno were equally bene fited, did not return to sive glory to God. In the plaintive words of disappoint ed love, the master exclaims, "Were there not ten cleansed? Dut where are the nine?" Ingratitude is a grievous disap pointment to benevolence-yet it is a common experience in life. Of all the multitudes who are shown mercy and special favor, how few give recog nition by grateful acknowledgment and thanksgiving. The instance given of nine out of ten being ungrateful shows that the proportion of the un grateful is very great. How great God alone knows. Leprosy represents the extremity of calamity that may befall men. Lep rosy ls a painful, loathsome and an Incurable disease by any natural means known. Its cure has never been effected, except through super natural agencies. It is a type of sin In the fact that it is hereditary, in fectious, loathsome and incurable by ordinary means. The uin-sick soul, like the malady of leprosy, cannot be cured, except by the divine physician of both soul and body. Instinctively Turn to God. The lepers found themselves in the extremity of physical peril, and they called upon God for help. All men at a time of great calamity turn instinc tively tc? the supernatural for deliver ance, in the hour of great trial wicked men recosnizo the existence and abib'ty of God. They call upon God for mercy, though In the times ot* prosperity they have no reverence or respect for his name. Sometimes the prayers of the un godly are answered. All of the ten lepers were healed, yet only one of them was a good man. How often men who in distress cry unto God aDd are delivered forget or ignore the obli gation of gratitude, the deliverance imposed upon them! They go on t*i\eir way. like the nine lepers, and return not to give glory to God. Ten were healed, but one only gave thanks. "Where are the nine?" The question teaches that gratitude is ex pected from all, and is an obligatiou resting upon all. The one leper who showed it was made whole and sent on his way rejoicing. Gratitude never fails of reward. The one in our narrative promptly showed his gratitude. As soon as he saw that he had been healed he turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God and gave thanks. His action was voluntary, and every ex pression of true gratitude must spring spontaneously from the heart in a spirit of humility. He fell down on his face at the feet of his healer, giving him thanks. Humbly and independently of what others might do or think, fie came alone. There were ten cleansed, hut "there were not found any that returned" save this one, yet the presence of others would not have made hi grati tude less independently his own. Only Acts That Count. Had the whole ten returned, glorify ing God and giving thanks, with each it would have been a voluntary, hum ble and independent expression of gratitude. Some people manifest ap preciation of an act of kindness be cause they see others praising it; such a spirit has no element of grati tude in it. It is not what others do In return tor mercies, but what we do, that counts in our lives. Most men, like lhese ten lepers, call upon God in time of great physical distress. Realizing that there is no help from any visible means, they turn to the invisible power for relief. There is an innate belief m the exist ence and ability of God. it may not be recognized until confronted by some great affliction or evil. .Many have this belief at all times, but even the hardened sinner in the hour of dread trial bas awakened in his soul some response to it? ?rea tor. Hut there is a dis;r. s.-; greater than "the greatest temporal affliction. Lep rosy in the sou! is far mere dreadful tkan leprosy in the body. There is no remedy for it. exonnt what has been provided by the divine physician who healed the ten lepers. He is ever ready and anxious to ap ply the remedy to all who seek it. Oh, that the sin-rick souls of men might cry to him as the lepers did, "Have mercy upon us!" It is the way, and the only way. by which men may be made whole. Keep on Trying. We are not meant to be good in this world, but to try to be, and fail, and teep on tr;. ing> and when we get a cake, to say, "Thank God!" and when we cet a buffet, to say, "Just so; well hit ! "-Stevenson. ReajI.Tii; should bu in proportion to thinking, and thinking in, proi^ruoa to resdi:;g.- iirarjons. IjKEEN MANURE CROPS EXCELLENT PRACTISE, AS IT ADDS NEW LIFE TO THE SOIL. I Organic Matter ls Gradually Convert ed Into Humus, an Absolute'/ Es sential Constituent cf the Soil -Secret of Fertility. j (By Ti'. H. STEVENSON. Copyright. 1914.) i Any crop:- grown and plowed under green to increase the productive ca : pacity of the soil are called green ma ! nure crops. Sometimes such crops oe : cupy the land for only a part of the j season. They are then known as ; "cover" crops or "catch" crops. ! C?rren manuring is an important ! practise, chiefly because it adds or ganic matter to the soil, which is grad ually co:-vert ed into humus, an ab: o : lut ely essential constituent of the soil. Of course humus may be secured by applying barnyard manure, hut as a i rule there is not enough of this ma terial to meet the needs of the land. However, green manuring is not enough in itself to keep a soil from ' wearing out, so other practises must j be followed. Crops must be grown in ! rotation, the moisture content of the j soil regulated, proper tillage practised, . the soil kept sweet, the supply of rain j eral plant food maintained, especially i the supply of phosphorus and potas sium, and the nitrogen content of the soil 4cept up. These factor? all play an Important part in keeping the soil productive, but they are not more im portant than green manuring. In general, green manures are bene I ficial when used on poor soils because j of their action on the physical, chemi I cal and bacteriological conditions o? j the soil. From the physical side green manures influence the moisture, tem perature and aeration of soils. For ex ample, on light, sandy soils they pre vent rapid drying out by reducing the losses of moisture due to evaporation [ and percolation, and further make the ; soil more compact. While they have j just the opposite effect on heavy clay j soils, here the organic matter opens u?: i the soil and admits air. The practise of leaving the soil ban? during July arid August following the harvest of a small grain crop is very j bad. as lt causes the loss of large ! amounts of nitrogen by percolation. These losses may be prevented in a large measure by growing green ma j nure crops on the land; especially is , this true of leguminous crops, which j stimulate greater bacterial action, and ! as a result larger amounts of available i I plant food are produced. Rye. wheat, j buckwheat and rape are the non-legu i minous crops which are commonly ! used for green manuring, while red j clever, mammoth clover, sweet clover, i crimson clover. Canada field peas, cow peas, soy beans and vetches are the best known legumes for this purpose. The secret of keeping our gardens and fields fertile is to plow deep, and if necessary subsoil, cultivate thor oughly and plant leguminous crops. j HANDY COVER FOR HAYSTACK i _____ j Covering Works Automatically 23 Stack Settles-Wont't Blow Loose in High Winds. _ ; The Scientific American in describ ? lng a haystack cover, the invention cf j F. A. Freeland of Athelston. Ia., says: This invention has special refer ; ence to novel and useful improve I ments in covers for haystacks. The i primary object of the invention re j sides in the provision of an improved j cover which will automatically adjust Haystack Cover. itself to a stack as the latter settles, whereby the stuck will not only be pro tected, but the cover will be prevented from blowing loose in cuse of high winds. The accompanying illustra tiou is a perspective view of tho im proved self-adjusting haystack cover applied to a stack. MAKING THE ASPARAGUS BED Pstch May Bc Renewed by Liberal Application of S?f.ble Manure Weed Out by Hand. Au old asparagus bu?] can be re newed in vigor by covering it freely with .stable manure in late fall or early winter, removing the coarse parc in the spr|ng. such as would impede the cultivator. When spring comes cultivate, but not too deep, with the horse cultivator, and clear out tho weeds and grass with a hoe, being careful not to cut o.T tho new growth which springs up very early in the spring. Perhaps it would be better to weed the patch out by hand rather than to endanger cutting off the young shoots. A slight scattering o? salt along the row would do no harm. Salt is supposed to be a special f?rtil uer tor asparagus. Wash h Stable, A moden: stable : !::>:!!;! contain a .srr.sa sink with the necessary fi::tur< Lout if; t.-ir ?hr. proper care of tiri -.me;::; and animais. You cati have put into : our : ir'n for about SSS. 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