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THE MA D I S O N I AN
iThe Prosperous
' -Life ?
p., REV. PARLEY E. 2ARTMANN. D.D.
Secretary cjI Extennoa Depattmcet
Moody Btbk Institute, Chicago
TEXT Blessed is the man . . ; Whatso
ever he doeth shall prosper , . . . Not so
the wildly..'.'. But the ; way of the
wicked shall perish. Psalm 1:1, 3. 4.' 6.
-'. The boot of the
PBalms has been
"(called the Inner
most jianctuarj' of
the Christian life.
The f study of
these poems Is a
source of never-
ending delight
and profit. Here
" we . - have - the
whole : music of
the heart of man.
swept by the
hand of his mak
er. . Here . we
hear the hurst of
his tenderness,
the moan of his penitence, the pathos
of his sorrow, the triumph, of his vic
tory, the despair of his , defeat, the
firmness of his confidence, and the
rapture of his assured hope." In these
psalms many travelers of every age
and clime have round rivers - of -re
freshment and wells of consolation
Here God opens the door, shows us
his secret dwelling place, and tells us
how we may get close to him in fel-
lowshlp. Here he speaks to us: but
more, here we speak, telling our own
experiences and anon crying to God;
we have written many of the psalms
out of the experiences of our own
lives.
This first psalm is regarded as
sort of preface to the entire collection
specially It is a picture of the pros
perous life, and by sharp contrast a
picture of the life without God in it.
There is really only one life worth
considering or cultivating; that is the
life hid with Christ In God, andNit
should be our utmost concern- to make
that life blessed. Consider the ele
ments of such a life as set forth in
the entire psalm.
Refusal. - ' .
The prosperous life is sheltered be
hind a wall. Verses 1-3 set forth the
great character, and it la marked by
a great refusal. 1. Evil practice
walketh not in the counsel of the un-
godly; 2. Evil habit nor standeth in
the way of sinners ; 3. Evil charac
ter nor.sitteth in the seat of the
scornful. The prosperous life must
not think wrongly, norspeak wrongly.
If God is not In all ' your thoughts,
loose thinking soon will lead to loose
living, and things that would eat away
the fiber of will and conscience and
feeling. Oh! the blessedness the
happiness of the man who can say, I
will not defile myself; who will not
take these three downward stens in
the evolution of sin; a:ad God pity
the man who has taken the third de
gree in sin.
But refusal of evil thought, practice,--
and. habit is not enough. One-does
not acquire physical health, vigor and
power simply by refusal to eat poi
sonous foods or drink damaging liq
uors. The physical life requires food.
The soul growls beautiful and strong,
and the life prosperous and useful not
only by its great refusal, but by the
reception of all things that are full of
nourishment the pure, the honest,
the lovely, the things of good report.
God not only brings us away from
Egypt; he leads us into Canaan a
land flowing with milk and honey. If
a man enter into the fold by Jesus,
the door, he shall 'find pasture
The prosperous life must receive all
ennobling and uplifting things, and the
change in our outward walk is a rich
CHRIST THE VITAL PRINCIPLE
In Everything That Makes Life Worth
Living His Followers Must Rec
. . ognlze That Fact.
We must find that Christ is the vital
principle of everything that makes life
worth Hying. In every duty, in every
impulse to the good, in every approv
ing voice' of conscience, in everything
that tends upward in any department
of our nature,-we must realize that we
are face to face with the kingdom of
God. - Its life and its laws are tfie
Christ Because he is formed within
us, our very consciousness of . self
must come to be, as was his, habitual
ly interfused - withT the ' sense of the
divine presence. In some sense and
in some appreciable measure, we must
be able to echo his own words: "I
and my father are one." Such an ex
perience will bring a great calm to
souls tossed by the unreut of the age,
at the same time that it furnishes
incentive and direction to absorbing
religious zeal. It will ' f let things in
proportion.. It will give!, perspective
to the theoretical problems which cen-
" Judge's Good Advice. C
"You should ba very caref ul in your
Investigations of every case presented
to you," said a New York judge In Im
paneling a grand jury recently. "Many
a hard-earned reputation has been de
stroyed by the filing of unnecessary
Indictments, and the dismissal of the
Indictment does not remove the stig
ma upon a person's name."
- That Is good advK:e for any grand
jury anywhere. There in always dan-;
ger of the. thought that ;nhis isn't a i
trial; it isn't calling him guilty; he'll i
! M
sign of our Inward grace. . The 'might
iest need of such a life is a tatty ob
ject to grapple, 'keep: and ' rule our
Qve. The psalmist says of .thi pros
perous man, "But . his delight is in
the . law ; of the Lord, and In his Jaw
doth he meditate : day and inizht."
God'sbook is a lamp to his I'eet. a
light to his path, wisdom f or his : ig
norance, water for his thirst, brad for
his hunger a delight In. every hour.
The. life that refuses the evil and
received " the - good will be crowned
with glorious blessings. Thej are
stated so plainly in this pBalm. (I am
indebted to a friend for those brief sug
gestions.) . Noble growth "'like . a'(
tree," (and that figure meant much in
Palestine); propitious , ' placing
planted;" sustenance "by the rivers
of water; fruitfulness "thati brine-
eth; forth its fruit in its season ; "
beauty, of character :"his leaf also
shall not; wither: '! real nrosniH-itv
whatsoever he doeth shall prosper."
This result Is measured ,byj God's"
standard r'all ;" things .work " together
for good to them that love God.7f. ;Yes.
above all conditions apparently unfa
forable and all results temporarily dls
tresslng, this is God's way of reward
ing the man who - trusts . him, who
waits upon - God for sustenance, who
delights himself in God, and who
makes God's will not only the law of
his life, or the Joy of his life, but real
ly his life.
" ' . Contrast.
Look at this picture Blessed Is the
man, whatsoever he doeth shall pros
per; then on this r"Not bo the ungod
ly;' not so." And by this sharp. con
trast and sudden change the psalmist
increases the emphasis on the ele
ments that constitute a prosperous
life, and the blessings that attend it.
Notice the character the ungodly.
simply the man who does, not live in
the way" God demands; notice his
character like the chaff; notice his
doom which the wind drlveth away.
I call you by the persuasion of this
psalm to choose the prosperous life.
Nothing else Is worth while, nothing
else abides. "For the Lord knoweth
the way of the righteous, but the way
of the ungodly shall' perish." What
God knows, lasts; what he does not
know, perishes. Choose now your
place, and decide your character, your
usefulness, and your -destiny. Which
shall It be tree, or chaff?
In the Name of Christ.
The resurrection of Jesus is the
pledge ajid analogy of our spiritual life
and eternal blessedness. Everywhere
and always the offer of pardon was
made in the name of the atonir.g Sav
iour, whose victory over death had
been at" the same time a victory over
sin a:nd hell. Look at the fifteenth
chapter of First Corinthians and at
the first and second chapters of Ephe-
sians, and feel the surge of the new
life from the living Christ which re
generated the world. Not only our
personal immortality after death, not
only the resurrection of our bodies
but our present life of union with God
in Christ comes from the resurrec
tion. If we have been made alive.
from the death of trespasses and
sins, our new life dates from the emp
ty, rock-hewn tomb In Joseph's gar
den; if we anticipate heaven, ir. is be
cause. Christ showed by his rising
that he. had a right to say, "Let not
your heart be troubled; . . . in my
Father's house are many mansions; I
go to prepare a place for you."
Having a Definite Plan.
If you should go to a school of art,
and your teacher should place !in you?
hands a lump'of clay and tell you to
mold it your first duty would be to
settle clearly in your mind just what
you would try to mold. You know
that you would never make anything
worth speaking of-if you did not set
tle that matter and settle it at the be
ginning. So, if God has placed In
your hands a half-dozen little roseate
lumps of living clay, and told you to
mold them for him, your first duty
would be to settle clearly in your
mind just what God expects you to
make of them. Pell's Notes.
ter about the person of Chris t We
shall gaze at them without timidity;
we shall put no false emphasis upon
tradition or upon our own reasoning,
for we shall occupy the standpoint of
realization. We shall conquer Bin,
too, and win the world to Christ, be
cause the presence goes with us.
Prof. George A. Coe.
False Witness. :
"Thou shalt not bear false witness
against thy neighbor." Ex. xx. 16.
Any damaging statement, against a
neighbor's character is a most deadly
weapon. It Is your business to know
whether it is true or false before you
touch' it Indeed, true or false, you
have no right to amuse yourself with
a thing so deadly. Unless there is
some good and sufficient reason, you
must not j bear : even true witness
against your neighbor. The rule "is:
Keep still, as long as you possibly can,
Guard within yourself that treasure,
kindness. Know. how to give without
hesitation, how to lose without regref
how to acquire without meanness.
Faber. ' ;J
Mve his chance, later on; we'll Indict
hkn on general principles.". But it is
harJ for anyone to undo the damage
caused by n unjustified Indictment
There would be no harm to the com-
munity u indictments were made
more difficult Instead of more easy.
Boston Post ; . -
Cynical View of Marriage.
Ilavfng married, they Immediately
proceeded, as If by mutual consent, to
make thr worst of it Ellen Glasgow
la J'VIrgir- "
REVENT HOG CHOLERA
Dead Animals Should Be Care
fully Examined for Disease.
Conditions Indicating Infection Are
Recognized Early and Proper
Methods of. Isolation Adopted -,
Spread May Be Averted. ..
(By F. M. HATES.)
All farmers should ; either " post
mortem every .hog -that dies under
circumstances at , all suspicious, or
lave the work done by .a competent
Insanitary Hog Pen and Wallow.
veterinarian who shofild be able to
recognize any lesions indicating the
presence of an infectious - disease in
the herd. These conditions, if recog
nized early, and proper methods of
isolation instituted, might prevent the
general dissemination of the disease
throughout the herd.
In case of hog cholera the lesions
will vary according to the course of
the disease, but the following ar,e
usually present Slight inflammation
of the bladder Is shown by redness of
the lining; hemorrhagic spots on the
kidneys varying in size from the
noint to the head of a pin. The kid
neys are often pale and light colored,
showing these black spots, but may be
dark and congested. The kidneys may
be thickly covered with these spots, or
possibly only a few of them may be
seen by stripplng-off the envelope of
the kidney. The ' kidneys sometimes
resemble a turkey egg in appearance.
The spleen is usually enlarged, con
gested, black and friable. Inflamma
tion of the intestines, more, especially
the mucous membrane of the caecum,
the beginning of the large intestine,
often occurs. This inflammation may
be diffuse or in the form of ulcers.
depending upon whether the acute or
the chronic type of the disease exists.
The presence of button-shaped ulcers
Hog Sick With Cholera.
in the large intestines is the best indi
cation of chronic cholera.
The following gives the organs
which should be examined when hog
cholera is suspected. - A description of
the appearance of the organs m cases
of cholera is given also. It must be
remembered that all of these post
mortem . appearances may not be
found in one hog. Those in the skin,
large intestine, small intestine, spleen.
kidneys and lunge are the most diag
nostic. ;
Skin Red or purple discoloration
along .belly and between - the hams
Ulcers may appear and the skin crack
and ears slough.
Large Intestines External conges
tion and internal congestion with
hemorrhagic spots in the acute form,
and ulcers in chronic cholera.
Small intestines External and in
ternal congestion. Sometimes hem
orrhagic spots. Seldom ulcers.
- Kidneys Pale or ' dark in color,
with reddish-black spots on the ex
ternal surface. May resemble a tur
key egg in appearance.
Spleen Enlarged, ' black, friable.
Sometimes resembles black jam.
Liver- Seldom any visible changes.
May be enlarged and congested.
Stomach congestion, on mucous"
lining in varying degrees.
Bladder Congestion and spots on
mucous surface. ;
Lymphatic glands -Varying degrees
of congestion, from pink to dark in
color. .
Lungs May be covered with spots
of red or brown color varying in size
from a' pin head to a: half dollar.
Complete . hardening of parts of the
lung occurs- Pus may form, and ad
hesions to the chest will sometimes
take place. .
Heart Sometimes shows - small
areas of congestion of the base.
Ward Off Sickness.
. When the fowl acts dumpish, has a
poor appetite, and seems generally
out of sorts, it is best to pen it up
for a few days and give a good physic.
An ordinary family liver pill is excel
lent for this purpose. Such precaution
will generally ward off a serious spell
of sickness. ;". - -
Butcher Gets Heifers.
The city man who keeps a good cow
hates to fool -with calves and here Is
an opportunity, for dairymen to pick
up some good heifer calves. Usually
tne nutcner gets them. - - -
TwT Active Armies.
Tw6 armies that are active day and
nijht now must ' be . fought ell the
time. Tber we weeda and bugs. ;
TIMELY NOTES OF SHEEPFOLD
Patience, Tact and Perseverance Are
Arf ong Essentials In Making Suc
cess With Sheep Flock,
No use to go Into sheep-raising nn-'
less you have patience, tact and great
perseverance. ' ' ' -
In Delecting a sheep .pasture, avoid
low, damp ground, because sheep will
not thrive on it
Soil underlaid with limestone or dry
sands-one ' makes the best 7 sheep
ground. . ' .
Old ; meadows - with a variety of
grassos are much better for the sheep
than artificial meadows which are fre
quently changed. -
Sheep are probably ' more delicate
and . more easily aff eeted by climatic
changes than any other farm animal.
-: Thejwise shepherd does hot wait un
til his whole flock is affected before he
beglna to attempt a' cure, but takes
) every : precaution" to prevent the dis-
l ec&e getting a footholdv
No use trying to make profit out of
sheep on very high priced land. -
Rough, hilly land that hold grasses,
makeH the best sheep pastures. .
During the hot summer months,
sheep often suffer : from the want of
Clear, cold water. This should always
be supplied.
Marsh water will sooner or later
cause disease in the flock. It general
ly abounds in parasites.
To stuff the flock one week, starve
it the next,' is a sure way to produce
very bad effects.
Men to whom all sheep look alike
will never succeed in the business.
Every- successful flockmaster will
know each individual animal and learn
something of its peculiarities.
Sow plenty of turnips for the sheep
this fall. One hundred head will con
sume an acre 'of turnips in about ten
days. : ' .
Some farmers allow their sheep to
harvest the turnips, but this is poor
economy. Better pull them and store
them in the cellars and pits and feed
as nesded.
She ep thrive in the air and sunshine
and quickly pine and fall away when
deprived of these essential elements.
It is a great mistake to overlook a
pasture as the sheep will lose the lat
ter part of the summer all they have
gained while pasture was good.
Better keep the ram in the paddock
by himself out of sight of the ewes in
the daytime, turning the ewes into the
ram's paddock at night "
Th'i male lambs should be docked
and castrated when one week old. At
this age they suffer little and the
wounds quickly heal.
CORNER A FRACTIOUS ANIMAL
Device Shown in Illustration Guards
Against Injury of Stock and
la Easily Made.
.The following illustrated device will
be found very convenient and effec
tive on the average farm. While we,
of course, like to (and do) keep on in
timate terms with most of the farm
animals, there are times when all of
us have wished that we had a corner
in the lot where we could hem some of
the stock up and crowd right up and
catch them without any danger of
their becoming excited and jumping
through or over the fence, says a wri
ter in Iowa Homestead. Take pieces
of wood about two feet In length
and tack them to the top of an ordi
nary fence, as shown In the lllustra-
To Corner a. Fractious Animal.
tion, having one on each post for a
rod or so out from the corner post
Next secure a piece of ordinary woven
wire from eighteen to twenty-four
inches high, and tack it to these pieces
above the posts. When crowded into
such a corner, an animal is pretty apt
to "quiet right down and allow one
to capture it, where, if it were an or
dinary fence, it might attempt to go
through or oter it, perhaps greatly
damaging or fatally injuring itself; so
that the plan is not only one of conven
ience and a saving of labor, but guards
against the injury, of stock; and -tends
to keep them more gentle and tract
able. ' . -. , - -
r ; Hens During MoKIng. . ;
Hons cannot lay and grow feathers
at tie same time. It has been said
by some writers that their hens laid
righ through the , molting season.
This is not so.- A hen can lay while
she is shedding her coat, butwhen the
work- of growing the new . feathers
fully starts it requires all the food and
strength to properly . perform that
function.- . :; -
Watch for Insects. ,
Watch the roses ' fcr insects and
either keep them picked off or spray
with; insecticides.. Soapsuds makes -a
gooil spray to get rid of the aphis.
Use. 'a clean soap that is. free from
chemicals. . - .:-- " -
"' Alfalfa Hay for Cows.
Alfalfa hay furnishes the best brand
of home-grown protein, and protein is
the j most expensive element in the
dairy 'cow's ration, . - ' '
POOR GOAL.
"Baw-w-waw! I've set me heart on
bein' a pirate when I grows up and
ma sez I gotter be president"
Not Too Simple.
The simple life would suit my bent,
VA seek the forest path
.If I knew just where I could rent
A cavern with a bath.
Unpardonable Sin.
"Some mis'bul sinner took an
runned ofTwid the collection hat las'
meetin' day," said Brother Dickey,
"and I well knows dat ef dar was no
slch place ez hell, de good Lawd would
make, one for dat sinner."
"Was there much money in the
hat?".-
"No, suh; day waren't so much ez a
brass button in It"
"Then why are you so mad about
it?"
"Hit wus my hat," he said. '
Good at Addition.
Sammy was not prone to overexer
tion in the classroom; therefore, his
mother was both surprised and de
lighted when he came home one noon
with the announcement, "I got 100
this morning."
"That's lovely, Sammy!" exclaimed
his . proud mother. "What was it In?"
. "Fifty in reading and fifty in 'rlth-
metic," was Sammy's prompt reply.
Llppincott's. -
TOO VALUABLE.
The Easterner Strange that you
never drink water. w
Westerner Say, from the part of
the west where I come from water is
too much needed for irrigation to be
wasted. ' '
Still, It's a Good Motto.
The Golden Rule does very well
.When hung- upon the wall.
But oftentimes, the truth to tell.
It doesn't work at all.
Rare Bird.
"A unique editor, you say?"
"Very much so. He has never
asked, s poetry on the wane?" "
Youthful Independence.
. "Father," said the fair girl, "I have
arranged a very important interview
for you this evening. Harold is going
to call on you." .
"To make a formal request for your
hand, r suppose."
"Not at all. He wants to look you
over and see how you would do for a 1
father-in-law." ; -
And . Mother's, Too.
"Mother, said, the small boy at the
piano, "may I quit for a while?"
"Why? Are your hands tired?"
: "No. My hands aren't, but my ears
are."
- Gentle Reminder.
"If I had my way," said the. asser
tive man. '
"Yes,' yes," said the sardonic friend,
"but you speak too late.; j You're mar
ried now."
- Queer Terms.
"There is one funny thing about a
successful play."
"What Is that?" U . .
!When it is a . walkover they call
it a run." ' ... . .'
Respite From. Ragtime.'
"So the parade was a success?"
"Yes. It was a remarkable
rade." ! '
"In what particular?" ; ' .
'The band played tunes that were
appropriate to the occasion." .
: Fair Trial
"Success will come to any one who
perseveres." : ,
"I don't know about that I've been
married for ten . years i now, anil my
husband hasn't liked anything I've had
t dinner yet - ;U
Our Foolish Contemporaries.
Willie, aged twelve) was teasing his
I "busy mother. v When she gave him &
sharp, rebuke he said contritely: "Oh,
mother, you mustn't' mind my little
contemporaries."
. "What's that?" asked" his mother in
surprise.
"You mustn't mind my little contem
poraries," he repeated.
"Do you know what the' means?"
queried his mother.
"Why, yes, mother; contemporaries
aro little jokes like Life publishes in
the back of the paper every week"
Life. ' .
Modern Way.
"Sakes alive!" ejaculated the Stork
upon meeting the little God of Love
crying bitterly. "What is the matter,
Dan?"
"The m-mum-matter," sobbed Cupid,
"is that Cupidity is making twice as
many matches as l am: . un-wani
hah! ha-a-a-ah!" Judge.
POOR MAN.
Henpeck Oh! I'm acclimates to
wedded life now.
Henderson What do you mean?
Henpeck Why, I've been married
so long that I don't mind it any
more.
Oh, Joyl
The corn is waving in the field
The beans denote a handsome yield.
All nature smiles, and it's a "pipe"
That succotash will soon be ripe.
Political Economy.
"What's the wrangle about In Plunk
vllle?" .
"Some of the community want to
maintain mudholes and swell their
private fortunes by hauling automo
biles out Others want to improve the
highways, pinch 'em for speeding, and
apply the proceeds to public works of
all kinds."
Sad Effect of Imagination.
"How's your husband, Mandy?"
"He's po'ly, miss, very poly.
He
ain't able to do nuffln' at all."
"What the trouble?"
"Why jes a few weeks ago I axed
him if he couldn't carry your washin'
to your home, ma'am, and de idee give
him such a stitch in.de side dat he
jest 'bout sick all de time."
His Favorite Flour.
McMasters was walking with a beau
tiful girl in a wild New England wood.
"What is your favorite flower, Mr. Mc
Masters?" the girl asked softly.
McMasters thought a moment, then
he cleared his throat and answered:
"Well, I believe I like the whole wheat
best." Washington Star.
. Naturally So.
. "What makes your husband taste
everything he sees lying around?"
"A consuming curiosity."
His Prospect
Stude Do you smoke, professor?
Prof Why, yes, I'm very fond, of a
good cigar.
Stude Do you drink, sir?
Prof Yes, Indeed! I enjoy nothing
better than a bottle of wine.
Stud e Gee! it's going to cost me
something to pass this course! Cor
nell Widow. )
Modern Life. J
"What's the quickest way of getting
to the sixty-seventh floor of the Sky
high building?"
"Take ' an express elevator to the
fifty-fifth floor.. Then take a tram la
the corridor to the other side of the
building, where you can make close-
connections with a fast local elevator
to the point you want"
Good Way. -
A person' said to a physician:
"Well, doctor, Mr. B. is dead, not
withstanding you promised to cure
him." ' '
The doctor replied: "You were ab
sent sir, you did not follow the prog
ress oT the cure. He died cured."
Judge. "
'.The Messenger Boy.
"Where are you going, senator?
You seem busy."
"I am busy. Got to take this pack
age of 'soli over to the " agricultural
department to be assayed, then I must
send some seeds to one of any con
pa-
stituents, and ; find some summer
boarders for a man who says he voted;
for me last falL"
A Knocker. ;
There was a man away down south
Who dearly liked to croak,'
And people when he oped fcln jxouth
Wire sorry that he jpoke. ...
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