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Confusing
Voices
. Br REV. J. H. RALSTON
Sretetmry of CoRapoadenc Dfttt
Moexir Bible Ititntej, Gucmo
TEXT "There are. It may be, so many
kinds of voices In the world, and none of
them Is without significance." X Cor. 14:10.
. The apostle Paul
was greatly an
noyed by "tub gen
eral confusion
that characterized
the Corinthian
church, but" this
text seems . to
hare iiQmlnd a
religious meeting
in which some are
praying, some ex
horting and some
teaching. He says
there are so many
kinds of voices,
and none of them
Is without some
particular significance.
Transferring the scene to the pres
ent day there are many" voices con
cerning almost all subjects social,
political, commercial and religious,
but we confine our thought td the
last. Of the many voices on religion
that might be considered, there is not
one but has some signification. There
is not a religious error of the day
but contains some truth. There is
some valuable signification In it, and
from it the religious and orthodox can
oftentimes learn useful lessons. .Prob
ably never in the history of the world
have the voices touching religion been
so confusing as now, and largely be
cause the most dangerous of them
earry some badge of adherence to
the word of God and traditional reli
gion of the best kind. There is noth
ing that should so concern a man as
religion hiB relationship to God in
volving his own weal or woe for eter
nity and he wants to know just what
the truth is.
With a goodly number the voice of
reason is esteemed as safe, and as the
Christian religion is a religion of ra
tionality that voice has strong sup
port That the power of reasoning is
highly Important is conceded, or God
would not ask man to reason together
with Him. But reason is given a
place beyond its right, and the result
is most unsatisfactory, and with many
there is a fanaticism and unreason, of
which Paris worshipping a harlot is
a suggestive result. Men trusting rea-J
son win eitner Decome thorough an
archists, or adopt some religion which
1b the very antithesis of rationality.
With some the voice of the inner
spirit Is supreme, and by Introspection
they are seeking to know what God is
saying. This voice is so variable that
no reliance can be placed on it, every
man becoming a law unto himself.
The most grotesque experiences are
at this point engendered, and the way
is open for the incoming of all binds
of religious fallacies such as Christian
Science, spiritualism, occultism, and a
brood of other evils.
With many the voice of the church,
as such, is supreme, and when the
church, considered in the light of its
history, is fairly treated its voice ia
worthy of the highest respect. It is
never wise to neglect the great his
toric creeds, nor the church as speak
ing through representative ministers,
but if the church as such is depended
on exclusively it becomes .ultimately
the voice of a single person, and we
have the hundreds of millions of the
human race dominated by one person.
It has been found that the church,
whether speaking through its popes or
councils has certainly often been
wrong, and it cannot therefore ' im
plicitly be depended upon.
OFFERS ALL THAT IS BEST
Divine Goodness of God Makes
Gracious Provision in the
Realm of the Spirit.
ost
"And this is the confidence we have
in him, that if we ask anything ac
cording to his will he heareth us.
And If we know that he hear us,
whatsoever we ask, we know that we
have the petitions that we desired of
him." (John 5:14, 15.) , , ,
To ask is to have. The very peti
tions under such faith-are like pre
cious celestial pearls and . the very
desire that inspires them is a posi
tive assurance born of the Holy
Spirit who Is the source . of them.
Could any provision for indulgence
and enjoyment by the most opulent
and affectionate parent be more com
plete? God offers all that lis, best in
his kingdom; patience, contentment,
pardon, hope, joy, love anything; ev
erything that is . best for us we ;may
' have for the asking. God has so ad
justed matters .that the request holds
within itself the answer, -Wonder of
wonders is this smcious provision in
Found Use for Sawdust. ::
In the consideration of;, a, change
from steam to electric . drive In a St.
Paul (Minn.) saw and box mill,"' the
one stuiabling block was the matter of
tha disposition of the sawdust accumu
lated about the machinery. " , Under
the old system thi& Was made use of
under the boiler?? and thus It saved
the ,expnse 'fit e and of being .car
ried away, but the problem was event
ually solved by the fcectioa of a tor
age house where the 6Wdust was
tored la tha shape of bale3 ands-
xL -, 1
But with so me the church speaking
at the last moment la to be heeded.
It Is contended that the church today
does not believe as, it once did, and
that because it is more intelligent its
voice is to be heeded rather than the
church of two or three centuries ago,
or even the church In the first centu
ries of the Christian era. This Is evi
denced by ; the tendency to the revi
sion iof church creeds, and the argu
ment for Buch revision is that the
church does not4 believe as It formerly
believed and should change Its creed.
The teachings of the, great divines of
the sixteenth and. seventeenth centu
ries, when theological, thought was at
its zenith, are thought to be outgrown,
and tbat-the teachings of the men of
today,' regardless of their, loyalty, to
the Bible, are to be heeded.
It is claimed ' that the ' ChristlaJi
teachers, of the earlier- centuries d'id
not know the truth. The German dis
tinguished apologete Lepsius makes
the modern theologian say, "Christian
ity has for nearly two thousand years,
forgotten what the Master originally
taught, and perhaps neither Paul, nor
John, nor Augustine, nor Luther, nor
Calvin ever understood who Jesus was
and what He wanted. The ' entire
church from the beginning of the
apostolic age to the present genera
tion has been one great misunder
standing and blunder." ' We might
ask, is it likely that the further we
get away from the source of religious
teaching, the clearer will be our view?
Is it likely that the German and Eng
lish rationalists know the truth bet
ter than Jesus Christ, and Paul and
John?
There is another voice and that, fs
God speaking through the Bible. ' By
the special providence of God that
book has been preserved through
many centuries substantially as it was
given to the holy men of old, and the
reader of today can go to his English
Bible with just as much confidence in
its safe guidance as those who han
dled the original manuscripts. The
Bible is a safe guide In doctrine and
practice. As to, doctrine, it contains
the faith once for all delivered to
the saints, to which there have been
no additions, and from- which there
have been no subtractions. The his
tory of individual nations by whom
the Bible has been sincerely respected
and made a guide, shows that
prosperity of all kinds has followed,
and hopes for the future have been
most satisfying.
Glimpses of- Heaven.
"They that be with us are more
than they that be with them." If we
could live more in sight of heaven we
should care less for . the turmoil of
earth. And we need not wait till we
pass beyond the "bourne" to get those
inspiring visions of our heavenly in
heritance, the treasure that fadeth not
away. Says Dean Stanley, "There are
glimpses of heaven granted to us by
every act, or thought, or word which
raises us above ourselves which
makes us thinlr less of ourselves and
more of others, which has taught us
of something higher arid truer than
we have in our hearts." The life
which has been given into God's keep
ing and which is devoted to loving
service "for Christ's sake" is never
without Its mounts of vision from
which heavenly glories may be seen
afar.
That He May Be Seen .
"In him was life, and the life was
the light of men. And the light
shineth in darkness."
Christ is in us In order that he may
be seen , through us, in all the activi
ties and influence of our character.
. . . If one is seeking; first and
only, his glory, then there is little
doubt as to the clear shining of the
light, and but little doubt also as to
its influence. J. Stuart Holden. ,
The best things are possible, if we
will but live for Che best. Rev. C. G.
Ames. ,
No man is so great as mankind.
Parker. the realm of the spirit for the "chil
dren of the king." Let us pray our
good and gracious God to pardon our
slowness to believe; to awaken and
arouse us; and to ring within our
souls the whole chime of the sacred
promises, that our . mornings and
noondays and vesper hours and night
watches may be full of peace and !
triumphant ' joy.
;
Courage We May Find.
Do we not know ; that more thaa
half our trouble is borrowed? Just
suppose that we could get rid of all
unnecessary and previous worry; just
suppose that we could be sure of
final victory in ; every conflict, and
final emergence out of every shadow
into brighter day; how ; our - heart?
would be lightened! How much more
bravely we should -work and fight ani
march forward ! 4 This Is the courage
to which; we are entitled, . and which
we may find in the though that' God
is 1 with us everywhere. Henry va:a
Dyke, D D. , ,
The great question is not how tome
j we are going to live, but how.
uosed of during - the winter, when it
demanded a higher price' than coufd
be secured in the summer. -In winter
the material is in demand for beddini;
in s tables. The change from steam
to electricity proved to be a desirable
oue from ; every standpoint after . the
matter of the ; disposal, of the refuse
was solved in . this manner. .
Living 8oftly. '. - v ( o
Peru lias two vice presidents.. In
this country there isn't work enough
for one. Atlanta Constitution, : .?
BETTING BIG vSQUAISRI
Successful Method for Raising
Vegetable for Family Usep
lent and Old-Fashioned Way of
Raising Cucumber and Melons On
. Kitchen Garden Moisture Sup
plied In Dry Season.
For a number of years I success
fully followed this method in raining
squash for family use: Make a com
post cheap in a corner of the 'garden
with a mixture of rich loam, well
rotted manure from stable and . hog-
nen. and a generous percentage of
hen-manure. There should be sev
eral large wagon loads of the compost,
and it should be raked over and over
until all parts are thoroughly pulver
ized andblended.
Level the heap to a circular mound,
say two feet deep and ten or twelve
f et In diameCer, the top flat Cover
with two inches of loam, and plant the
seed rather more quickly than In the
ordinary hill or drill. There' should
be plenty of space around the bed for
the vines to spread freely.
. I never failed to secure a healthy
growth of plants, which, when well
started were thinned so as . to leave
-K'S.
Boston Marrow Squash.
only the most vigorous, and these al
ways produced a good crop, writes
Clinton Vannah. in-the Orange Judd
Farmer. .
An excellent old-fashioned way to
raise cucumbers and melons in the
kitchen garden is to dig a circular
hole in the ground from, six to ten
inches deep and three feet across. In
the center of the excavation place on
end a nail cask with both ends
knocked out. Then fill the. space
around the outside of the cask with
a compost of good loam and rotted
stable manure, or droppings from the'
hennery well pulverized and thorough
ly mixed with the earth. Cover the
compost with two or three inches of
loam, and plant the seed near the
cask. "" " '
Fill the cask with muck, or light
manure from the horse stable, that
will .hold moisture like a sponge. . In
case of drouth, water may be poured
Into the cask freely, it will not evap
orate readily, and gives a gradual
supply to the plants as they require.
Small holes should be bored through
the staves of the cask to allow out
ward seepage '.of water.
If the ground is naturally inclined
to dampness no excavation below the
level should be made. Place the cask
on the surface and build a mound of
compost around it. To give the vines
fredom of growth the casks should
be set eight or nine feet apart each
way.
HILLY PASTURES FOR SHEEP
Low Wet- Ground Is Conductive
Foot Rot Feet Should Be Ex
amined and Hoof Trimmed.
to
The sheep is a highland animal by
nature. Low wet ground is injurious
to its' feeL " The sheeps' toes are very
flexible. ' Between the toes of each
foot is an oil duct, which pours oil
between the toes so as to reduce fric
tion. In low. , soft ground the mud
squeezes between the toes and clogs
this duct. The toes will spread quite
far apart and so easily-that the plate
of mud accumulates and hardens and
irritation Is set up which results in
pus formation that finally sloughs off
the hoofs if not cured. Of course this
does not happen every time a sheep
gets muddy feet. But if compelled to
live in mud, there comes a time when
the mud lodges with injurious results,
we are not sure that foot rot. Ia a
bacterial disease. . It may be so. Sure
ly a bacterial infection could readily
enter after the inflammation becomes
chronic. . Sheep have little . resisting
power over their - enemies so a little
ailment does great damage.
When your sheep get to limping or
walking stiff, examine the feet. It
may-be they only need their hoofs
trimmed. If dry mud is between the
toes, clean it out and , rub a little
grease between the toes. Then see
that they have a clean . dry - place
where no mud exists. Give your,
sheep the hilly pastures and not the
low land. " I , -."
May Pullets Best,
.. Pullets hatched in- May will, if given
the proper care, feed, and " attention,
lay the following November, w!ien
eggs are demanding good, prices, and
when the old . hens have not" as yet
lull recovered from the molt. ' The
experienced breeders of Leghorns1 or
ouier , Mediterranean varieties - as a
rule select the May hatched chicks
for tueir own breeding and laying
pens. ... ; : . '., ' . ';
v Hastens Germination. '
Fine vegetable or flower seed, , as
letture or popples which 'must j be
Bown on the Burf ace, germinate nrach
more rapidly if a damp gunny sack is
laid over them. ' ' :
wis poualuable?
Professor Gilbert CT W3naaa wyvm
Eight Good Reasons In Answer
,. ; to Pertinent Question, f
Why is poultry valuable to' the
fanner? is a question asked by hun
dreds of tillers of the soil who usu
ally keep but a few .chickens, and
these a mixture of all breeds. Profes
sor Gilbert of Ottawa, Canada, gives
the following reasons in answer to
this pertinent question: .
1. Because he ought, Dy tneir means
to convert a great deal of the waste of
his farm Into money in the shape of
eggs and chickens for market. .
2. Because, with Intelligent manage
ment, they ought to be all-year reve
nue producers, with the exception of
possibly two monthe during the moult
ing season.
S. Because the poultry wllj yield him
. m f a
a qtflcKer return ror xne capital in
vested, than any of the other depart
ments of agriculture.
4. Because the manure from the
poultry house will make a valuable
composite for use in either vegetable
garden or orchard. The birds them
selves, if allowed, will destroy all in
jurious insect life. '
5. Because, while cereals and fruits
can only be successfully grown in cer
tain sections, poultry can be raised
for table use or layers of eggs In any
and every part of the country,, and
at all seasons.
6. Because poultry raising is an em
ployment in which the. farmer's wife
can engage and leave him free to at
tend to other departments of farm
work.
7- Because It will bring the best re
sults in the shape of new-laid eggs
during the winter season, when the
farmer has the most time ons. his
hands.
8. Because to start poultry on the
farm requires very little capital.
MILK COOLER OF CONCRETE
As Water Is Constantly Changing
Milk Can Be Cooled ' In the
Shortest Possible Time.
The illustration shows a milk cooler
that is very easily constructed by
anyone and will repay its cost many
times over in a season's use. A box
form is constructed of the size you
wish the outside of the cooler to be;
the inside is made in the same man
ner only about eight inches smaller so
as to allow for a four-inch wall to the
tank or cooler on all sides. The con
crete is mixed, one part cement to five
parts of sand and gravel, and the bot
tom of cooler laid first; this may go
three and one-half or four inches
thick, as you desire; the box form for
the inside is then set upon this floor
or bottom at an equal distance from
the outside form on all four sides, and
the concrete for the walls placed and
tamped down. At one end the wall is
slightly lower in center to provide for
Concrete Milk Cooler.
an overflow, as shown. The tank
should be high enough so that when
filled with water It will be within
two or three inches of the top of
milk can, and as the water is con
stantly changing, the milk can be
cooled in the shortest possible time;
it may also be built slightly larger to
allow for ice to be packed around the
milk cans, when it is desired to
hasten the cooHag process.
Growing pigs always pay ; their
board bilL' : ;
A little tankage and oil meal makes
excellent feed for young pigs.
A. few choice lambs make suitable
farm companions for the children. -
In the manger is the place to feed
everything, and .- not out on the
ground.
Even the law that like produces like
turns "flip-flops", when cross breeding
Is practiced.
One of the causes for weak lambs is
the result of compelling the ewes to
live on coarse foods. - ,
It will be a long time before there
will be an oversupply of beef, pork
and mutton, in thi3 country.
Packers are 5 still talking, lower
prices for hogs, but In spite of this
talk the market continues healthy.
Proper rearing and judicious man
agement will result In -few bulls be
coming vicious after they have grown
old. ... ' :
If one is obliged to feed timothy hay
a good ration or Dran ana oats wui
help to maintain the ewes in good
condition.' " " ' V .
Much lameness in horse3 is due to
improper shoeing. Horses should be
shod by competent blacksmiths. - Is
yours one?
Fix. & lamb' creep to exclude , the
ewes, sprinkle a little bran in the
troughs and you will very soon have
the lambs eating.
; A flock of sheep will get more sub
stance on poor land and at the same
time do it more good than any other
stock on the farm.
There are too few good colts raised
on the farms. ,This should not be,
Don't leave this important Industry to
the horse breeders alone. ".
.:..." .;vv
11 ini" 1
A THRILLING SHOT.
Old Joe was talking, as usual, for
the edification of the company, and
football experiences became the pet
theme, relates Pearson's Weekly.
"I shall never forget one final." said
he. "We were drawn one all with
about a minute to go, when I get the
ball. Off I went, passing man after
man, till I got within range, and then
I paused. I can hear the crowd shout
ing now,' 'Shoot, man, shoot." Draw
ing one foot well back I let fly, and
the yelV that went v up oh!" with a
sigh of pain. V
"Well, Joe, did you score?" asked
one impatient listener.
"Score? Gad! It took the missus
fully ten minutes to get the bed rail
irom between my toes." J . '
, Bright Prospects.
A charming young woman walked
into the stationer's shop in a village
and - asked to see some typewriting
paper. After making her selection
she hesitated for a moment. "Do you
make any reduction to clergymen?"
she Inquired.
"Yes," replied the etationer prompt
ly. "Are you a clergyman's wife?"
"No-o," she answered. -
"A clergyman's daughter, probably."
said the man as he tied up the pack
age. "
"No," was the young woman's hesi
tating answer. "But" and she leaned
over the counter and spoke in a con
fidential whisper "if nothing happens
I shall be engaged to a theological
student as soon as he comes home
from college next term." Everybody's
Magazine.
A SIMPLE ARRANGEMENT.
. Pr
Hardly Does you wife ever bother
you about her new bonnets?
Easy Not in the least When she
wants one she simply gets it and has
tha bill sent in..
How to Regulate It.
Knicker Think the stock exchange
should be regulated?
Bocker Yes; It should be arranged
for stocks to go up when you buy and
go down when you sell.
He Meant Well.
Doctor Why don't you settle your
bill? You said, when I was treating
you, that you could never repay for
for my efforts.
Hardup I meant it, doctor.
Resourceful.
Widow Walt; I'll get you some glue
with which to fasten his wig. -
Undertaker Oh, that's not neces
sary, i ve just used, a - coupie oi
tacks! Punch. - - ' "
Hardly-a Success.
"Did your daughter have a fine wed-
din Dennis?" - -
"Only , fair. The presents were
gr-grand, but there was no fight. - .
A Peace Seeker.
"Where . are (you going this sum
mer?" . . -
"Nowhere," replied Mr. Growcher.
When everybody else is - pushing
through-the boardwalk crowds and
trying to listen to four different .kinds
of music at once, I am going to stay
home, where it's nice and quiet."
Washington Evening Star. 1 7
In the Hospital Now..
"Biff kins, the bard, stood in. the
street yesterday waiting for a thought
to strike him."--- ; , ;
"Well, did a thought strike him?:''
VNo, but an auto did." .
' ' Near-Enjoyment. ;; ' - :
"You don't know what you miss
when you can't listen to. the 'Honk!'
of .your own automobile -
"I don't know about that." I've got
a pet goose." ; . :
' ".; : '.' A Danger. "...
"It is a very' serious thing to have
measles in a jail.'.
"Why so. very serious?" i
"Because it makes the Inmates
breakout." ' ?
i Much to Be Dreaded.' V; "
"Airs, nummer is not what , you
would call, a fierce old dowager,
hope?" : .
"Well, not exactly." Still, I would
hate like, the dickens for her to look
at me through her. lorgnette." "
1 Resemblance Impossible.
, "Does your son look lik$ you?"
"No," replied Farmer Corntossel;
"and he never 'win. No power on
earth could persuade Clyde Comtosae
to wear whiskers and old clothes."
Washington Evening Star. 1
WILLING TO COMPROMISE.
Bang-JJy the way, old fellow, can
you let me have two for a week?
Wang Sorry, but I've only got a.
dollar. . .
.Bang All right let me have that
for two weeks.
, A Leader.
"Mrs. Gluggins seems to be a sort
of general leader in social matters
here." .
"Oh, yes, she is one to whom all
the other ladies look first in social
affairs."
"Is her husband wealthy?"
"Not so very."
"Perhaps she comes of a distinguish
ed family. Ancestors probably came
over on the Mayflower."
"Oh, no, it isn't that. You see, she
has gone to Chicago six times to be
operated on in hospitals."
Epigrammatic. ,
"That wasn't a bad epigram on the
magistrate's part," said the somewhat
educated tramp who had been convict
ed for vagrancy.
"What did he say?" asked the
tramp's pal. "Seven days," came the
reply,
"That ain't no epigram is it?" f
"I'm sure it Is. I once asked a par
son what an epigram was, and he said:
"It's a short sentence that sounds
light, but gives you plenty to think
about."
He Hadn't Forgotten How.
"A man stepped on old Mr. Brig-
gins' corn the other, day in a crowded
trolley car, and despite the fact that
Mr-Briggins' has been a deacon in' the
church for twenty years, he swore like
a trooper."
"Well, when the time comes for Mr.
Briggins to take the matter up with
the Lord, he will doubtless be for
given on the ground that no other
provocation 60 quickly recalls the hab
its of one's wild and wicked past."
A Money Saver.
"Thinks he's got a scheme for get-
ing rich, eh?" . .
"Yes, he has invented pneumatic
tires for silver coins, so that a man's
wife cannot hear them rattle."
The Mother Tongue.
"Do you realize the power of the
mother tongue?" asked the young man
who professed interest in literature.
"Yes; and so does father," replied
the young womanv
-
Their Haunts. .
"Pop, whereabouts are the man-
hunting tribes?"
"They're about here,' sonny, in leap
year."
.'As It Seems to Them.
Little Elsie Westlake-i-Is New York
near the Atlantic ocean?
Little Dottle Morningside No; the
Atlantic- ocean is near New York.
TOO BAD.
Gus--I got. snubbed by that girl at
the men's furnishings department. I
asked for a standing collar, and
winked and smiled at- per, and
Tom Well? !
Gus And got a turn down. .
Apprehensive.
"Hamlet Fatt is timorous about ap
pearing In this town." r
'Stage fright at his age? Why, he's
been on the boards for years."
"But this Is the first time he was
ever tilled for .two nights in one
place." :
At the Matinee, i
Enthusiast Oh, don't you love
good play? , ' . v
Modern Girl Yes. Indeed. It adds
much to the scenic effect and cos
tumes. Life. ' '
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