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THEIWEEKI.Y LEDGER: GAFFNEY,TS. C., FEBRUARY 80, 1896.
xIIE BIBLE’S SICKLE.
ITS HARVEST FAR GREATER THAN
THE TEMPORAL GARNERING.
Dp. Talmage 1’ruacheit a Moving Sormoo
on “Bringing In the Sheave*”—The Pow
er of Christian Song—A Cure In One
Drop of the Divine Klixlr.
Washington, Feb. 10.—A change
has taken place. Dr. Talmagc when
first coming to Washington preached on
ly Sunday evenings, but so great has
boeu the demand for his services that ho
now preaches Sunday morning and even
ing and takes charge of the Thursday
evening meeting. The throngs are im
mense. The subject of his sermon for
today was, “Bringing In tho Sheaves,”
the text being Joel iii, 1<3, “Put yo in
the sickle, for tho harvest is ripe.”
Tho sword has been poetized, nud tho
world has celebrated the sword of Boli
var, the sword of Cortes and tho sword
of Lafayette. Tho pen has been properly
eulogized, and tho world has celebrated
tho pen of Addison, tho pen of Southey
and tho pen of Irving. Tho painters’
pencil has been honored, and tho world
has celebrated tho pencil of Murillo, tho
pencil of Rabcusand tho pencil of Bior-
stadt. Tho sculptor’s chisel has come in
for high encomium, and tho world has
celebrated Chantrey’s chisel and Craw
ford’s chisel am! tirceuough’s chisel.
But there is one instrument about winch
I sing tho first canto that was ever snug
—tho sickle, the sicklo of tho Bible, tho
sicklo that has reaped the harvest of
many centuries. Sharp and bent into a
semicircle and glittering, this reaping
hoolc, no longer than your arm, has
farni.htd tho broad for thousands of
years. Its success has produced tho
wealth of actions. Ithas had morotodo
with tho world’s prugrtvs than sword
and pen an 1, p; neil and chisel all put
together. Co !.-.t puts tho sickle into ex
quisite scrim nic simile, nud you sea that
instrument ('■ all up and down tho
Apocalyp. e as i f. John swings it, while
through Jo 1 in my tout God commands
tho people, ns tkr ugh his servants now
ho commands them, “Put yo in the
sicklo, for tho huivc; t is ripe.”
r.ielier IliirvcBto.
Last I'•vciubor there was great re
joicing nil over the land. With trumpet
and comet and organ and thousand
voiced si: i wo praised tho Lord for
t'; i temporal harvests. Wo praised God
for the wheat, tho rye, tho oats, tho cot
ton, the rice, all tho fruits of tho or
chard and all tho grains of tho field,
and tho nation never docs a hotter thing
tho lion. Men may gnash thoir teeth aft
it, and clinch their fists, hut it is the
power of God and tho wisdom of God
unto salvation But, alas, if it is only
preached in pulpits and on Sabbath
days! Wo must go forth into our stores,
our shops, our banking houses, our luc-
tories and the streets, and everywhere
preach Christ. We stand in our prlnits
for 2 hours on the Sabbath and com
mend Christ to the people, but there
are 1(58 hours in the week, and what are
tho 2 hours on tho Sabbath ag^’usi
tho 1(50? Oh, there comes down th or
dination of God this day upon all ' ;o |
people, men who toil with head d
hand and foot—tho ordination ...os
upon all merchant;;, upon all mcch .i ,
upon all toilers, and. M l says to y«. a as j
he says to me: “Go, teach all nations.
Ho that belicvoth and. L; baptized shall
bo saved, and he that hi lirvcth net cball
bn damned.” Mighty gospel, kd the ;
whole earth hear it! The e-lory o! Christ
is to regenerate tho uai’ous, it is to
eradicate all wrong, it is to turn tho
earth into a par.;.!; :o. An old artist
painted the “Loi I’s Scj:; r,” and ho
wanted tho chief atsenimn (Greeted to the
face of Christ. Y.h-n
friends in to critic.:o th
admired tho (hul. es n. •
did the face, and tho o’ 1
“This picture is a fat’ur •,
dashed out the picture < £ i!
said: “I shall luivo isdii’U!;,
from tho face of t’l • Lord. <
all of this picture. ”
Power of Ctiri. tt'v.i : •
Another powerful ft
ing of this harvest i. Mi ri ‘i:
km,
say how many you have reaped? I hopo
there are som* w ho have been brought
into tho kingdom of God through your
in.strmncnt slily. Have there not been?
Notone? You, a man ‘H, -50, SO years
of age and not one? I sot: so a is coming
That will not save yon. There is only
otie door into the kingdom of God, and
that is faith; only one ship that sails
for heaven, and that is faith. Faith the
first step, tho second step, tho hundredth
step, the thousandth step, tho last stop.
By faith wo enter the kingdom. By
Heav-
up to glory. IT; vo is a Sunday school
teacher bringing K> or Id . mis. Hero is j faith wo keep in. In faith wo die.
a tract distributer hi ing mg in *10 or 50
souls. Koro is a man yea never hoard of
who has been very useful in bringing
i souls to God. Ho c •
AN!
en a reward of faith. Tho earthquake
shook down tho Philippian dungeon.
IN THE BARNYARD.
They aro tho . hcav
■,o invited his
• tb< r
th.ni t!;cy
;cs with 150 souls,
cf his liar vest.
How many have you bro.iglit? Not one
.—can it be? What will (<■-1 suy. 1 What
will the angels say? Better crouch down
in some corner of hcav u:nul jmvt’rshow
yourself. Oh, that harvest is to be reap
ed now! And that is thi.; instant! Why
net bo reaped for God thi.-: hear?
T2io Touch cT mM..:! CU'ucu.
“Oh,” says some man, “I have boon
going on the wrong read for iU), 10 nr
50 years. I hc.Vo gouo through tho whole
catalogue of erimo and must first get
myself fixed up.” Ab, you will never
get yourself fixed up until Christ takes
you in charge. You get wort md worse
until lie comes to ihc rescue “Not the
righteous—sinners Jesus emeu to call.”
So, you sec, 1. take tho very W( '.sfc case
tljcro is. If there is a r.ian ;ro who
feels he is all light in heart and life, I
am not talking to him, for Iv ; proba
bly a hypocrite. I will talk to ;u soino
other time. But if there is a man who
Tho jailor said, “What shall I do?”
Some of you would say, "Better get
out of tho place before tho walls crush
A “Dean to” Shelter For Manure—Hints on
Barn Building.
That solublo byproduct, manure, is
worthy of good shelter. One of the best
h .ur
feels himself
dross myself,
in tho hands and wound
and wounded in tho h ad
in tho hemvr, and though
11 wrong, to him I ad-
• h von bo wounded
_d in tho foot
an wounded
the gangreno
in maii'',
•1:
is delegated to a
tho organ 3 .ft. B
ers cannotrearni
not die for u •■, *
others tho work o
a few drilled aiti.:
chants and exm:' ) t
music, when tho ! yv
there bo Innuua
voices unit! t!:c
tbc way to prandn is
and glv.** ic:; tiia" r
arches th wh
in work
of eternal death bo
U V'
:i you, one drop
been
tewpi ipbsta
:: Lii.; in
of tho elixir of <1
! Y l *
lo life will euro
tlil'M
.:i, :>;y i: :•:::..'
, oik-
yourcoul. Thonyh y
<.u
1 ■ soaked in evil
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for • ' o*-
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indulgence::, ;hon;;h
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v fee! he.vo gone
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in unch•an placi H, t’
you havo cum-
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panio’ieil with the
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uidu::; d and tho
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divi:
cvaco will savo
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lion.
; V' r c:
At tbc batr
to tho kin:
of Lv
last, uuo touch ct
your real.
I do not i;:>,y that
struggles after that. Oh, no! Bat they
will bo a diiTcrcci load i./ si vugglo. \ oa
go into that bait! emt r.ll ladl i.: against
you, and y;,a are a lore, and yon lighi and
you fight, w taker :m I weaker and weaker.
yi n will not havo
f ; S. • • 111
What did tho apostle say? “Bo- i shelters, according to a farmer who has
tried it, was originally sketched for The
Farm Journal.
It is a "lean to” by tho side of a barn
built wide enough to back tho wagons
into or drive
through for load
ing when haul
ing out manure.
Or it may shelter
carts into which
tho stable clear
ing is done di
rect, thus saving
cue handling.
Outside drop
boarding will be
noticed. This is
in 10 foot sec-
SHF.i.ter for manuue. tions, hinged at
A, and is to keep out cold from the
barn at night and let in light by day as
well as to ventilate the manure. A drain
may run from tho drops into tho manure
storage room, there to meet absorbents.
A second sketch has for its subject the
middle bent in tho barn of a farmer who
writes to tho journal already quoted as
follows:
The frame is made entirely of plank
2 inches thick. There is not amortise or
tenon in tho entire barn, which is GO
feet square and 24 feet to the eaves. It
saves half the timber. It saves 1100 to
$500 in tho cost of a barn. It required
two cf us just four days to get this barn
ready to raise. Had it been framed in
tho old way ic would havo required
about four weeks. Let * ho farmer count
than when
festivit
ness of
to EP'W
:i tho autumn it gathers to
v and thanks God for tho great-
the harvest. But I come today
: to you i ? richer harvests, oven
Man
•:i cf |
:I:o 1
tho spiritual. How shall wo estimate
tho valivo of a man? Wo say ho is worth
eo many collars, or ho has achieved such
and Each a pci iticn, but wo know very
well t! i'vo rno eor.io men at tho top of
tho ladder who ought to bo at tho but
tom and pomo r.t tho bottom who ought
to bo at tho top, and tho only way to
CEthna'.o a man is by bis coal. Wo all
know that wo skull livo forever. Death
cannot kill r.3. Other crafts may bo
drawn into tho whirlpool or shivered on
tho rocks, but this life within us will
weather r.ll Gtcrms and drop no anchor,
and 10,000,0C0 yours after death will
rbako cut signals on tho high seas of
eternity. Yea put tho mendicant oil
your doorstop nud say ho is only a beg
gar, but bo is worth all tho gold of tho
mountains, worth all tho pearls of tho
soa, worth tho solid earth, worth sun
and moon nml stars, worth tho entiro
material universe. Tako all tho paper
that over came from the paper mills and
put it eido by nido and sheet by sheet,
and let men with fleetest pens make fig
ures on that paper for 10,000 years, and
they will only havo begun to express
tho valuo of tho ror.1. Suppose I owned
Colorado and Nevada ami Australia, of
how much valuo would they bo to mo
Olio moment after I departed this life?
How much cf Philadelphia does Stephen
Girard own today? How much of Bos
ton property decs Abbott Lawrence own
today? Tho man who today hath a dol
lar in Lis pocket hath more worldly es
tate than the milliouairo who died last
year. How do you suppose I feol, stand
ing hero surrounded by a multitude of
souls, each ono worth moro than tko
material universo?
A Powe rful Elchlo.
Ob, was I not right in saying this
Spiritual hardest is richer than tho tem
poral harvest? I must tighten tho gir
dle, I must sharpen tho sicklo, I must
be careful how I swing the instrument
for gathering the grain, lest ono stalk
bo lust. Ono of tho most powerful sic
kles for reaping this spiritual harvest is
tho preaching of tho gospel. If tho sic
klo havo a rosowood handle, and it ba
'adorned with precious stones, and yet it
?annot bring down tho grain, it is not
much of a sickle, and preaching amounts
to nothing unless it harvests souls for
God. Shall wo preach philosophy? Tho
Ralph Waldo Emersons fcould heat us
*t that. Shall wo proat* science? Tho
Agassizos canid beat ty at that. Tho
minister of Jesus Chrfst with weakest
arm going forth in erfuest prayer, and
wielding this sioklm^r the gospel, shall
find tho harvest al/uronnd him waiting
for tho nngel shqjnf binders. Oh, this
borveit of aoul/1 I uctico in tho fields
that the faniicr did not stand upright
yrben he ufthered tho grain. I noticed
he bac^To stoop lo bis work, and I no
ticed order to bind tho sheaves tho
bett<» he hud to put his kueo upon them.
Anm as wo go forth in this work for
OjJn wo cannot stand upright in our
rlbtoriu and our metaphysics and our
dition. Wo havo to stoop to our
ork. Ajc, wo havo to put our knoo to
it or wo will never gather sheaves for
tho Lord’s garner. Peter swung that
sicklo on Hie day of Pentecost, and 5,000
»heaves came in. Richard Baxter swung
that sickle at Kiddeni:.aster, and Mc-
fheyne at Dundee, and vast multitudes
earn*) into the kingdom of our (Jud.
Tcittli All-Nation*.
Ob, this is a mighty gospel! It eap-
tUxod not only John tho luiub, but Paul
and rod
i’ll (.i hi 2i J-, i X ' ; »*•' *•
lie. fti’iall I d<v tin
tho king, “im ;i >i .•
can fight. ” Gli,
song! Y/h '.’ I
gue tir.ck. r 'Lc r.v
agaiiMt rcJigk n m:.
than ihn argnnM n.!; f
religion. Rut who c
pathos i.f :-;on, >
which wo com't ;
S low ;.ity, ' v
I . t a i -i
/ ro t.i v i.:
Mny liot a ..i : - *
Ann!hoc no;.'.: :.
of tho ■ I h .
docs Gi/l d ) wi i • ..
go on till! bati loin,
throw thorn ■ iV? Ki
with gifts given u
you very much? Y<
great saevednt -
God will t.;’:o ' ir r ..j, ., o'.t'erc.l in
tho ukuc-riiy and I.cm of ouv Irnirt:-,*ami
:i<].:? Oil, no! Ho
mv :mo way. Oh,
; ru'::y< ;• i‘-! It is
until at la.:
darkne. ; tra
tho other r
in
yon fall and
.iplc yi ::v soul. But in
i.-y you go into ibo battle
the powc:
:1
<m fig;.i slvca.g; r
oi.i . .. (*ng(. :.i.*l
stronger, until tho vil propensitj goes
down and yon g; t liio victory through
oar Lord Jesu.-: Ohri.-t. Oil, coiiiO (.at »•£
lievo on Uio Lord Jesus Christ and thou
slialt bo saved.” “Ah,” you say,
“there’s tho rub.” What is faith? Sup-
po.'' 1 you were thirsty, aud I offered you
this glass of water, aud you believed I
meant to give it to you, aud yon caino
up and took it. You oxerciso faith. You
bcliovo 1 moan to keep my promise.
Christ offers you tho water of everlast
ing life. You tako it. That is faith.
Enter into tho kingdom of God. En
ter now. The door of life is set wide
open. I plead with yon by the bloody
sweat of Gethsomano and tho death
groan of Golgotha, by cross and crown,
by Pilate’s courtroom aud Joseph’s
sepulcher, by harps and chains, by king
doms of light aud realms of darkness,
by tho trumpet of tho archangel that
shall wake tho dead, and by tho throne
of ibo Lord God Almighty and the
Lamb, that yon attend now to tho things
of eternity. Oh, what a sad thing it
will bo if, having cumo so near heaven,
wo mi v, it! Oh, to havo come within
sight of tho shining pinnacles of tho
city and not havo entered! Oh, to havo
so in; r wo havo seen tho mighty
> enter, and wo not joining them!
els of God, fly this way! Good
.-; 1..t you; tell tho story among the
v. t d on high ! If there be ono thero
s.lly longing for our salvation, let
£ ’. know it now. We put down our
jorrov. v. Glory be to God for such a
hopo, for such a pardon, for .such a joy,
for Each a hoavsn, for such a Christ!
Your Story uad Your Poetry.
There is always a certain awkward-
iif . when a poet, oven a poet covered
w ah a transparent veil of fiction, intro-
d::c( s Lis own compositions aud recites
them aloud. Wo are irresistibly remiud-
<l;1 of a sceiio in “Nicholas Nickleby,”
licro tho hero is trying his’proutico
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your sin:;!
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thoreaping
..v;r. Yv’bat
...v. rs? Do: a b<
of li aven and
.• m'* y»ju (iv.)
by th< i ;j yyIi j love
i keep thciii with
■\ <L> you nr.ppusa
I
Have you nt t. b(. :i brv.
with sin L.ng uiougli? ilnvo >oa t
carried that L;ad long enougb? liavo
you not fougot tine battle long cn'.ngli?
A ParUontaj; Cod.
I rattle the gatrt- of yoiaMcpulehcr to
day. I tako tho rrumpi.t (a the giisjrd
and blow' the long, l.urd bin t. Roland
went into battle. Minud'. .•v‘.tm.iy
bad been drivni back by (!;•» t’.uvo ar
mies of the t'am.-.-ns, and Kal.uvl, in nl-
;r, to ii: r.p
1 o
truiii; ' ’ r.ml
'.•noof themoMitain
the puYver of tiicdo
irucons rccolL d and
Hut hi .ory;■ aye tha
scatter tironi to t. v.
will answer t!i i :i
what a i.jig-ity inn;
not a long rigmaio
“ah;;” am! “J r ov r
It is a hreavhiug (.[
heart o? Go 1. Ob, v.
prayer iv! Elijah wi
the clouds ami iho;!:
Yv’itli it ,Tihn Kuo
With it Mur in L:.ih
And when Philipp ^
unto deal;i, e.; : i
Luther came in imd
the L art- into ihc
a in : ;;lity tiling ;
th i r ache i up to |
»! M/n the ; Lowers. '
; .: j » ' Otland.
■v rhook tho earth, i
. kmvhth i.i lay stick
v supposed. Martin |
said, “Philipp, we ;
can’t spare you i” “Oh,” said he, “Mar
tin, you least let me go. I :r i tii\d o.!
pcraoculii n and fir- d of life. 1 want to ;
go to be with my God.” “No,” said
Martin Lather, “you shall not go; you
must take this f !, :.::d th; ;i 1. will pray
for you.” “No, M •.mid .M'daedi-
thon, “yon mi:, t h t me go.” Martin;
Luther said, “Yts; take this food or I ;
will oxcouiito.;- a.” He took t! o ,
food, and Mar;; iLu'dar IvSelt down aud ;
prayed as only ho c old y.ay, aud con-
▼alcst; ncoc imo.nnd Martin 1 totht r W( nt
back and said to Jus ir;; .ids, “God has
saved tbc life of Pliilipp hlchtiK litbou in
direct answer to ivy prayer.” Oil, the
power of prayer! Havo you tested it?
I’raycr Ifijii II.i i’.dio.
Dr. Prinio of Now York, in his beau
tiful book (iditlcd “Around the Yvorld,”
described a mas s.h •.ini in India wliich
it took 20,000 is si years to build—
that and the l.nildifigH samiundiiig—and
he says: “.-itnudiitg in that mausoleum
and uttering a v ;rd, it is ocii i d back
from a In i;.!»t of 150 foet; not an ordi
nary eeh i, but a prol'ingi l music, as
though there were angels hovering in
tho air.” Aud every word of earnest
prayer wo niter l as an t h i, not from
the marble cup !a of an earthly mauso-
loum, but from the h ait of God and
from the wings of auc' ls as they hover,
crying, “Behold, he iirays!” Uh, test
it? Mighty tick! firnaying this gospel
harvest, the sicklo of prayer!
It dues not make so much diffcrenco
about tho posture you take, whether
you sit, stand or kneel, or lio on your
face, or in your phy.-ical agonies lie on
your back. It does not make any differ
ence about the physical posture, as was
shown in a hospital, when the chaplain
said as ho looked over the beds of tho
suffering: “Let all those wounded men
hero who would like to bo prayed for
lift tho hand! E mio lifted two hands;
others lifted one band; some with hands
amputated could only lift tho stump of
tho arm. One man, both his arms am
putated, could give no signal except to
say, “Me! Mo!” Oil, it docs not make
any difference about the rhetoric of your
prayers; it dots not make any difference
about tho posture; it does nut make any
difference whether yon can lift a hand
or have no hand to lift. God is ready to
hear you. I’raycr in answered. God is
waiting to respond.
“Lift up your eyes upon tho fields, for
they aro white uhoudy to harvest! 1 '
How nmny have you reaped fur God?
Do you ask mo how many 1 have reaped
for God!’ I cannot say. Now can you
most do.-
blew t luce bk.
passe;:, and ir.
threo bias.;: t!
fled in terror,
when ho Lad blow i the th’id bhuf. Ho*
land’s trnmu •., broke.
I take this trump; 5 of the r. pel1
blow the fir. t blast, “Wh'..-.•••.•or will.”
I blow tho :• ••I' d bla..t, “ hvk y tho
Lord while h-
tho third bl
time.” Jb-.r.t!
it y,';::; !.; :.c. d <
to i : , and n. o v,
e!ii!dr. n, that ;
may him, - iho tr
that V.'O liav • a
Go.:, :-'yn:i..u3
to him than iho tlir ms on \
is tlc.i joy cf ;cc-ingn pi i
tit:/;, r on tb.e latciicf his f::
tv.
i invite any ono the moat iiffii!:
be fourd. ” 1 hl .w j
..■ *'V t: a.-; /il- i ,
:ij: i. (I 1 •/. snut ton ah;
i by our 1 in fath vs i
hand i; d iwu to
■ y.') aro (load th.y
- r. tailing the v.’orhl
,n::i ; •; < led, a loving
and that m >.c
i< ii he sits
,.sl ]..;t his
',1' : ]''j!’ -\'
any
one tho mo.-t atlieislie, I
Vita
to tho ki ifidonj
him in-
of G-d ivith just as
much heartiness as th , .) who havo f;,r
50 years 1 eu under the hing «ff the
gospel and balieved it ail. V/ln n Iv.a.;
living in PhUadclpliia, :ig.-:;ih.:,..a:i told
me cf a scene in which lie v.:;.; a par
ticipant. In Gallov/hill street, in t’iiila- I
d dp!.in, there laid been a powerful inect-
iug goin/? cn for some time, and many
v,m«! coiivirted, and among otlicrs <,::c
of tho prominent, member.-: of iho worst
chiLlim o in that citv. The next night
hand on a sentimental drama, and is
t .d by his brother actors that ho must
introduce a dance for tho phenomenon.
“Upon my word I don’t see how it’s to
; bo done,” says Nicholas; but tho trage-
dirni fays it is obviously easy; the dia-
I tics e:l lady, having boon urged to rouse
her.-clf by the faithful servant,announces
th.it she will learn to suffer with forti
tude. “Do you remember that dance,
my honest friend, which, in happier
days, you practiced with this sweet au-
gol? It never failed to calm my spirits
then. Oh, let mo see it once again bo
i fore I die!” “Thero it is—cuo for tho
i band, ‘btfero 1 dio’—and off they go.
That’s tho regular thing; isn’t it, Tuw-
, “That’s it,” replied Mr. Folair.
“Tho distressed lady, overpowered by
old recollections, faints at tho end of
tho dance, and you close in with a pic
ture.”
i It would be irreverent to say that Mr.
Allied Austin’s method of introducing
his poetry into its setting of proso at nil
res, mides the method adopted by tho
membtrs of Mr. Vincent Crummies’
company, but thero is a certain ingon-
icnsiie.vs in his manner cf so doing that
almo.it allows of comparison. Fur in-
stance, tho poet is warned of had news
I by Lamia: “‘What may that be:* ho
j impaired. ‘Your elm, your favorite elm,
is upnKitcd, and lies prostrato on tho
ground.’ ‘I know it,’ ho said, ‘and
knew it three days ago; indeed, on tho
very afternoon of its fall.’ ‘Three days
ago! Then you have had time to write
a mournful poem on tho catastrophe. ’
’I have written a poem,’ ho said, ‘on
my dear old elm. But you yourself shall
judge if it lie mournful.’ ” Thero it is!
“Cuo for tho baud.” “You yourself
shall judge,” and off ho goes, or, as tho
chronicler puts it, “Whereupon ho re
cited to us tho following linos.’’--Lou
don .Spectator.
A W'in-il to Cimtiiig: Critics of Hard Work.
There is a great deal of advice given
the L.adcr of that clnLhou o, the prosi- ! by writers- and propellers to contompo-
dent of it, resolved that lie would en- rary professional and business men
doavor to gM h’s comrade, away. Ho which is of tho nature of caut; aonio-
eamo to tho door, aud before ho entered thing, that is, which its authors talk
ho heard a Christian sung, and under | from a tradition that it ought to bo
its power bis soul was agitated. Ho \vcnt
in and asked for prayer. Before he cumo
out ho was a subject of converting m. r-
cy. Tho next night another comrade
went to reclaim Iho two who had been
lust to thoir sinful circle. Ho went, and
; und‘ r tho pov.u r of tho Holy Ghost be-
cu’.uo a changed man, aud tho work
, went on until they wore all saved and
tho infamous elublu.uso disbanded. Oh,
it is a mighty gospel! Though yon came
hero a child of in, you can go away a
, child of grace, you can go away singing:
ATauziim raci', how sun t tho vouad
That ha veil a wrctcli li!:o tuul
I oiico v.aa 1'iMt, but now aai fnu::(I—
Was Minil, but now I w o.
faith I'lr.-.t ami I.:ii,t.
Oh, give up your sins I Most of your
life is already gone. Your children are
going on tho same wrong road. Why do
you not stop? “This clay is salvation
cumo to thy house.” Why not thin mo
ment look up into the face of Christ and
say:
Jiint iis I am, without ono plea
But tint thy blood was shed for mo,
And that thou bid'nt mo oome to tkoo—
O Lamb of Clod, 1 come, I comol
God is going to savo you. Y’ou are go
ing to bo among tho shining ones. Aft
er tho toils of life aro over, you aro go
ing up to the everlasting re.-t, you are go
ing ir.i to join your loved ones, departed
parents and departed children. “Oh,
said, but which they, as well as tho ml-
vised, show by their disregard of it in
! actual life that they do not re.illy be
lieve, or think ought to bo believed. Wo
arc told that wo ought not to work so
; hard; ought not to put such a strain
upon ourselves; ought to make our
idools simpler aud easier of attainment;
ought not to want so much; ought, ns
Tho British Medical Journal once said,
to “ti ke a littlo more care not to kill
ourselves for tho sake of living.”
There aro silly extremes of overwork,
! aud tragic ones, like a mania, which no
one would seek to justify. They are
| generally to be condemned on other
i grounds than that they risk life. But,
1 its a rale, tho multitude of men in pro-
, fecsioual and business pursuits, whose
i intensity of work excites these homilies,
are working, according to their lights,
for ends for which the unsparing use of
their lives is justifiable and even praise
worthy; or, in tho rarer cases in which
they aro doing it because they cannot
help themselves, are aiding n civiliza
tion which, in spite of our moments of
despondency and rebellion, wo all know
is higher and bettor with all the umeui-
ties aud refinements it accumulates.—
beribuer’s.
MIDDI.K mtXT IN A 15AISX.
tho difference in wages, and let his wife
count tho difference in tho amount of
bread, meat, potatoes, pics, etc. .required
to feed tho carpenters.
Not only is such a barn cheaper, but
it is moro convenient, for there is no
timber in tho way of handling grain and
hay. It is thoroughly braced in every
part and fully as strong as if built in
tho old way. Many visitors havo come
to seo the barn, and I have yet lo learn
of ono who is not fully convinced of its
utility.
Moistening end bunking Feed.
Threo experiment stations havo re
ported comparisons of dry with wet or
soaked food for pigs*. The food consisted
of shelled corn in ono case, of a mixture
of corumeal and shorts in another and
of a mixture of cormncal, shorts aud
linseed meal in a third. In every case
tho pigs ate mere of tho wet food and
made larger gains on it. The additional
gain was usually duo to the larger
amount of food eaten when moistened or
soaked.
The Knu-sas station has reported an
experiment in soaking com for steers.
The shelled corn for ono lot (five steers)
was soaked until it begun to soften, and
that for tho other lot (fivo steers) was
fed dry. From Nov. 7 to April 0 tho lot
on soaked corn ato 282 bushels of corn
and gained l,(i82 pounds, whilo tho
other lot ate 2!)<) bushels of corn aud
gained only l,4f*8 pounds—a difference
of 104 pounds. Owing to their better
condition tho steers fed soaked corn
brought a higher price, giving a balance
of $25.50 in favor of soaking. Tho con
clusion is that it will pay to soak corn
for steers if it can bo done for 0 cents a
bushel. Soaking wheat for pigs is quite
generally recommended.
The A ii guru Industry.
American Agriculturist says: Millions
of acres in this country unsuitable for
sheep husbandry may be advantageous
ly occupied by fiocks of Angoras, which
may bo grown at half tho cost of sheep
in tho most favorable locations and
with at least an equal return in tho prod
ucts of tho flocks. Angoras are success
fully raised all over tho United States,
including New England, but in a com
mercial way fiocks of 100 to 1,000 head
or more are found mainly in California,
Texas, New Mexico and Oregon, follow
ed by Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Arizona,
Colorado and Montana.
ItravAry <>? the ICuiwlan Troop*.
In spite of tho enemy’s numerical in-
my (»od,” auya some man, “how can I foriority Napoleon had been thwarted
come to thee? I am so far off. Who will | at Eylun by tho weather, by tho unsur-
help mo, I am so weak? It seems such
a guut undertaking.” Oh, my brother,
it is a great undertaking! It is so great
you cannot accomplish it, hut Christ
can lo tho work. He will correct your
heart and he will correct your life.
“Oil,” you say, “I will stop profanity.”
That will not save you. “Oh,” you
say, “1 will stop .Sabbath breaking.”
passed bravery of tho Russian soldiers
and by tho able tactics of Beunigseu.
The latter had not been worsted in tho
arbitrament of arms, yet tho emperor’s
character for resolution and energy had
virtually defeated the Russians, and had
given him not only a technical but a
real victory.—Professor Sluauo in Cen
tury.
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BANKER,
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Beginning with tho now year tho
Texas station has established a now sub
station near Beovillo, Boo county, in ox-
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by state appropriation. Citizens have
donated 151 acres for this purpose, .and
building will begin at once. Tho lino
of experiments will inelnde soil tests,
varietal work with fruits, field crops
and vegetables, and much work under
taken will be of subtropical nature. Ir
rigation by windmill from underground
flow at a depth of 40 foot will ho tried.
Manuring; For Cotton.
For clay land in n high state of im-
provemoui and planted to cotton for
many years Southern Cultivator advises
composting cotton seed with stable ma
nure, superphosphate aud kainit. With
15 bushels of seed use 450 pounds of
stable manure, an equal amount of acid
phosphate nud 100 pounds of kainit.
Apply in the open furrow 200 pounds,
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the open 1 400 pounds and use
100 pouhds V a the seed.
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