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THE MA D IS ON IAN
The Draught
of Fishes
v
By REV. JAMES M. CRAY. D. D.
Dm f Moody B1U fakititnte .
TEXT "Launch out Into the deep, and
let down your nets (or a draught." Luke
6:4. .. .
, The story of
the great draught
of fishes Is orig
inal to Luke's
goBpel., and Is one
of the most beau
tiful of Its kind
In the New Tes
tament. Jesus was
by the. lake of
Gennesaret some
times' called the
Sea of Galilee,
and the people
pressed upon him
to hear the word
of God. There
were two boats
standing by the
lake, but the fishermen were gone out
of them, and were washing their nets.
He entered into one, , which was Si
mon's, and asked him to thrust out
a little from the shore, and he sat
down and taught the people. It was
when he had left off speaking that he
said to Simon, "Launch out into the
deep, and let down your nets." Simon
replied that he and his partners had
toiled all night, and had taken noth
ing; but "nevertheless," said he, "at
thy word I will let down the net"
And when they had done this, they
inclosed a great multitude of fishes,
eo that their nets brake.. And then
they beckoned to those who were in
the other boat ' to come and' help
them, and as a' matter of fact both
the boats were so filled with fish that
they began to sink."
The effect on Peter was an over
whelming conviction of his sinful
ness, and he said, "Depart from me;
for I am a sinful man, O Lord." Nor
was he less astonished or impressed
than the others who were with him.
But Jesus comforted him by saying:
"Fear not; from henceforth thou
shalt catch men." "And when they
had brought their boats to land, they
forsook all. and followed him."
A Good Paymastsp.
(1.) We learn from this charming
incident that Jesus is a. good pay
master. He borrowed an empty fish
ing smack, and repaid the owner of It
by filling it with 'fish! In one of his
discourses to his disciples on another
occasion he had said. "There is no
man that hath left house, or brethren,
or sisters, or father, or mother, or
wife, or children, or lands, for my
sake, and the gospel's, but he shall
receive an hundiedfold now In this
time; . . . And in the world to come
eternal life." In the present instance
he seems to have been showing his
disciples, and showing us as well,
just what he meant by these words,
and giving a demonstration of their
truthfulness.
(2.) We learn in the second place
that Jesus Is a wise counsellor. He
told these fishermeu- Just where the
fish were, and just where to let down
their nets with the most beneficial
results. We ell need advice every
day in our business affairs, our do
mestic affairs, and the countless prob
lems that are coming up continually
In our existence. Some go to clair
voyants, some to palmists and spirit
ualists for such advice, but others
"who know him go to tke Lord their
God. He has said in the 37th PBalm.
"The steps of a good man are ordered
by the Lord; . . I though he fall,
he shall not be utterly cast down."
George Muller, the saint of Bristol,
England, wrote in the margin of his
CHURCH AND STATE SEPARATE
Vehement Protest Against Surrender
of Principle Which Has Been
Held Inviolable.
In this time of pressure towards so
cial service in churches It. is interest
ing to hear what is said by way of
protest. A .committee of a Lutheran
synod calls a federation for good citi
zenship intolerable. It regrets that it
cannot' indorse the federation, but
says that 'such a federation is 't'p our
minds utterly intolerable," as "it in
volves the sacrifice of the principle of
the complete separation of church and
state, a principle so vital to our civil
and religious welfare. Civic improve
ment at this price Is too costly, a
price that denatures" the church and so
destroys the very safeguard from
which the best mpOses o citizenship
mu6t ever go forth. By a mixture of
the church as church with the state
as state both must, suffer, and neither
can be Improved, - These istates have
different lights of guidance. The
church is guided by the light of reve
lation: the state is guided by the light
"Artificial Rain.
The shallow draft passenger steam
ers built by an English shipbuilding
concern for river service In the trop
ics are equipped with "artificial rain."
Up through the awning forming the
roof of the upper cabin project two
water pipes, each of which is fitted
with a spray head. These fountains
throw Bprays of water over the awn
ing, and the rapid evaporation under
the hot rays of the sun keeps the
cabins cool. Popular Mechanics Mag
azine. .- ... v - 4' - --
I
few )
m,
Bible beside these verses the words'.
His stops too." In other words, he
had experienced the fact , that the
"stops" of a good man were as much
ordered by. the Lord as hi steps, and
many another saint of God has prov
en thir to be true. Think how both
the "steps" and the "stops" of Joseph
were ordered In the land of Egypt,
and later on the "steps" and the
"stops" of Daniel In the land of Baby
Ion. These are two of the greatest
statesmen the world has even known
and they came to their greatness
through their counselling with God.
. A Great Benefactor.
(3.) We learn also that Jesus Is
a great benefactor. They who were
simply fishers of fish now became
fishers of men. What would Peter
have amounted to had he remained in
Capernaum? But what did he now
become? Not only Is his one of the
three greatest names In the history
of the Christian church, and not only
la he now In felicity with his Lord
and Master, but that same Lord and
Master said to him and his fellow
apostles, "Ye which have followed
me. in the regeneration when the son
of man shall sit In the throne of his
glory,' ye also shall sit upon twelve
thrones. Judging the twelve tribes of
Israel." Is this promise likely to
come true? Yes. Just as certainly as
the Bible is the word of God, and
Jesus Christ is the Son of God. But
there are corresponding promises for
ail who know the true God and his
Son, Jesus Christ, and who serve and
trust , him in the life of faith. He
lifts the beggar from the dunghill to
sit him. among princes, an experience
that has come to many a child of
God in all the centuries long.
But what was the attitude of Pe
ter that brought all this to pass In
his case? The answer is simply,
3ieldedness of will. Christ asked him
for his boat and he gave it to him; he
told him to launch out into the deep
for a draught and he launched out;
when he was satisfied with the ma
terial result, he was asked to follow
Jesus, and he left all and followed
him.
To apply this to ourselves, we are
to remember that the first step in
the yielding of our will is the accep
tance of Jesus Christ as our Saviour
and the public confession of him as
our Lord. This should be definite, in
telligent and Irreversible on our part,
trusting God to fulfill his word as
written In the Gospel of John. 1:12
and 34. But once having accepted
Jesus Christ, the whole attitude of
our life thereafter is expressed in
the'words of Mary to the disciples at
the wedding feast in Cana, "Whatso
ever he saith unto you, do it." It is
easy for his true disciples to act on
these principles because his holy spir
it is given to dwell within them.
Whose office and work it is to take of
the things of Christ and show them
unto them, and to lead and guide
them into all the truth. Such as
these never fail to find in Jesus a
good paymaster, a wise counsellor
and a great benefactor for time and
for eternity.
His Presence Always Near.
"And lo, I am with you always." If
only this experience of the nearness
of God were always ours, enwrapping
us as the air or light, if we could only
feel as the great apostle put it on
Mars' Hill, that God is not far away,
that "in him we live, and move, end
have Our being," then we should know
what David meant when he spoke of
our "dwelling in the secret place jof
the Most High," or of our "abiding
under the shadow of the Almighty."
Then, too, we should acquire the bless
ed secret of. the spirit-filled life.
Faith Alone Called For.
Cheered by the presence -of God. I
will do, at the moment, without anx
iety, according to the strength which
he shall give me, the work that His
Providence assigns me.' I will leave
the rest; it is not my affair. Fenelon
Sincerity is simply the foundation
of life. Edward Howard Griggs
of human reason, good common sense.
Keep these estates separate and the
state will not harm the church and
the church incidentally will benefit
the state. Mix them and we harm
both. We must as a church adhere
the more to our calling as followers
of the lamb of God for sinners slain,
determining as ministers not to know
anything among men save Jesus
Christ and him crucified." Christian
Register.
The Ideal Life.
"The ideal life, the life of full com
pletion, haunts us all. We feel the
things we' ought to be beating ' be
neath the things we are," says Phillips
Brooks. Sometimes its "beaiing .in
spires us, and we strive to be our
best and utmost; sometimes it irri
tates and discomforts us, because we
want to be left In peace on a lower
level with some sin we are unwilling
to give up. But however it is wheth
er aspiration or conscience so long
as it will not let us rest, we know
that it is the, voice of God calling us
to higher things. It is tfce "love that
will ot let us go.'
? Have a Puroota.
. The first great rule is that we must
do something that life must have a
purpose and an aim that work should
be not merely occasional and spas
modic, but steady and continuous.
Pleasure is a jewel which will only
retain Its lustre when it is in a set
ting of work; and a vacant life Is one
of the worst of pains, though the Is
lands of leisure that stud a crowded,
well-occupied life may be among the
things to which we look back with" the
greatest delight -Leckj.
Ir", T r .. . . , I
J GOOD SILAGE WILL PRODUCE MORE-MILK
The silo affords a most economical mean of assuring a succulent food
in winter, and efficient and palatable food to supplement the dry pastures
in summer. - - ' ; ' '
(By R. B. RUSHINO
Am I doing as well with my cows
as I ought? Am I producing milk as
economically as I might? Is it pos
sible, with such feed as silage, my
cows may be kept in a more healthful
condition, because this feed having in
It the natural juices makes it more
easily digested and a cow is able to
do more and better work?
Many farmers who have recently
built silos and many who did not build
are asking themselves the above ques
tions, and well they may. Those who
have built and have good silage are
now getting their eyes opened, and
those that have no silos are now be
ginning to see "the handwriting on
the wall."
A natural feed of this character
which has the natural juices ail re
tained in it keeps the digestive organs
of the animal in a cool, laxative condi
tion and permits us to feed more
heavily of other feeds, and thus, we
are able to increase her c.apacity for
'producing milk In a far greater degree.
' I 1 . . . . L t-
things about the silo. When I put up
my first one I was taught that almost
anything would do for a silo, and that
almost anything could be put in it
The first year I planted a late-maturing
corn that grew and grew as though
it had all the time in the world to get
ripe in, and when the time came for
the silo filling it was scarcely in good
roasting ear condition.
What was the result? A watery lot
of stuff in a very acid condition that
had to be fed in a very limited way
to keep the cows from scouring and
getting off feed. This was certainly
discouraging; but a man who makes a
success with cows must have grit
enough to meet discouragements.
I found out that year that to have
good silage I must plant a kind of
corn that . would mature early and get
it out in time so that it could mature
that I had better sacrifice some on
quantity and have better quality. From
that year the silo has been filled with
the same kind of corn that was raised
for field purposes, and there has never
yet been a single failure.
There is no secret having good,
sweet silage just plain, common sense.
First the silo must be made in such
a way as to exclude all the air. Then
too, the foundation must be good, to
prevent settling and cracking. The
material used may be either wood,
stone, brick or cement Iron or steel
cannot be used, as the moisture and
acid in the silage would soon rust
through.
All stone, cement, brick silos, etc.,
must be reinforced with wire or rods
to insure strength. . A wood silo made
rough is, of course, strengthened by
the hoops, and that is the only kind
that would be built of wood..
The size of the silo, of course, de
pend on the amount of stock you wish
to carry, as a certain amount must be
fed each day to keep the top layer
from spoiling, and the deeper the bet
ter, as each added foot gives added
weight to the silage and helps to make
it more solid and exclude the air.
If a silo Is made too large in diame
ter, and this I believe to be a very fre
quent error, one of two things will
happen either the silage will be
moldy all the time, owing to the inabil
ity to feed It down rapidly enough, or
else the cows will be fed more than
they should have, in an attempt to
keep ahead of the molding. ;
I strongly favor the use of good
silage in summer to hold the cows to
their work and not allow them to shirk
in the milk, flow during the short pas
ture of July and August. I think many
cows may be made to add 25 per cent
to their year's production by tiding
them over this period. I have tried
soiling, but nevcr found anything so
cheap, so good and so convenient as
a well filled' silo. - A few feet in the
bottom of a deep silo will go a . long
way for summer use and there the
conditions are most favorable for the
preserving of the silage, as the enor
mous weight of the silage in a deep
silo has compacted it, and its being
down near the bottom away from the
circulation of the air helps very mate
rially in Its preservation;
The quality of the silage may be
materally bettered , by using care in
taking it out Don't put the fork down
five or six inches deep, as though you
were' pitching manure, but use a fork
with tines close together and ekim off
the top, only loosening what you need
for the day's feeding.
Keep the surface level, and perhaps
a little lower near the outer walls.
Silage cannot be handled as carelefiB-
ly as ordinary roughage. The cows
in eating will sometimes throw Borne
out of the mangers and some may be
scattered in feeding unless you are
very careful. If this is allowed to re
main there it will soon cause a bad
odor. . The man that uses the broom
freely along the feed alleys is the one
that has a sweet smelling stable a
condition worth while, for milk takes
up a foreign odor with surprising
rapidity, and unless everything Is
sweet smelling the milk will tell it.
and eventually the custodier will find
It out and take his trade elsewhere.
PECULIAR POINTS
OF A FANNING MILL
There Are Many Profitable Ad
vantages Gained by Opera
tion of Machine. '
(By M. COVERDELL.)
The mere seDaratine of weed-seeds
and other foreign objectsNfrom small
grain should not be regarded as the
single benefit derived from the use of
the ftnning-mlll. This is essential, but
there are other profitable advantages
gained by the operation.
Cleansed grain will present a much
better appearance on the market, and
also command a higher price, since
it actually delivers more pounds of
good, pure grain than does a like quan
tity of uncleansed, just as it came from
the threshing machine.
Uncleaned grain contains more dust
and other non-nourishing material than
most farmers suppose, and - the fan
ning-mill removes these, making the
grain actually healthier for stock feed
ing purposes, and consequently better
adapted to nourishing and developing
the tissues of the body.
Grain that has not bet n cleaned by
the fanning-mill, but fed to the stock
just as It came from the threshing ma
chine will pass through the animals
with a part of it remaining unchanged.
and where there are weed seed im
purities, these are transported back
to the fields in the manure as it is haul
ed and spread for fertilizing purposes.
Many of these seeds do not have their
germinating qualities impaired .. by
passing through the animals, and by
being scattered with the manure, they
find a rich seed bed in which to sprout
and develop a bounteous crop of weeds
the following season. The use of the
fanning-mill .would avoid this seeding
down of the farm to weed pests.
Ranking still above the importance
of cleaning grain to guard against
seeding the farm to weed pests, comes
that of improvement in both the quan
tity and quality of the crops produced.
The cowing of carefully selected see
grain from a supply that has been
passed through the fanning-mill will,
if persisted in from one year to anoth
er, work wonders in the small grain
crop. It wi'.l mean a plumper, heavier
and sollder grain for seed one that
will possess strong germinating Qua!
ities find propagate a sturdy, vigorous
plant. . Under such a system, it will re
quire much; less seed to sow than if
light, weak seed were sown. Neither
will the shriveled, split and broken
grains be sown and waste, the ground
by not propagating a good stand of
plant It also takes a less quantity of
seed grain "to seed a field ; while the
stand of plants is sure .to be of uni
form size, vigor and productiveness
i NOTE. The - screenings secured
from cleaning grain should be careful
ly saved and stored away for the poul
try, since it contains such a variety of
seeds and grain that it makes a fine
ration for them, being either scattered
in the scratching shed for the layers
to scratch around for, or worked into
their mash three times a week. Where
there Is a considerable quantity of
screened seeds and small or shriveled!
grains, these will make a good feed
for the live stock, as most weed seeds
are not at all injurious to the animals.
Of course, if the weed seeds are in
excesn to the refuse grain,-It. is not
advisable to feed them, as this would
again establish the danger of seeding
the fields to weed pestB. :
Orchard Must Have Care.
Many farmers pay little attention to
the ti-ees until time for the harve&t;
and then they wonder at the unsatis
factory crop. No orchard can be ex
pected to produce results without good
care. ' ' . .
POWER ABOVE ALL
Gospel of Jesus Christ Supreme
Now as It Was in te
, Beginning.
SHAME goes through the world
with bowed head and a furtive
step, and shrinks from notice.
Sname Is the acknowledgment or
some Inferiority or defect, mental, mor
al or physical. Pride Is an- upward
looking quality, and though it has been
listed as one of the seven deadly sins.
yet it is proper that a true man have
pride in that which is praiseworthy.
In St Paul's day the Hebrews were
a proud nation. They were proua oi
their religion, of their wonderful his
tory, of their great men such as Abra
ham and Moses, of their city of Jeru
salem and Its magnificent temple.
Their pride would not allow them to
have any dealings with their own
cousins, the Samaritans, because they
had Intermarried with the Canaanltes.
The Greeks were a proud people in
those days. They were proud of their
learning, of their mellifluous language.
and of their classic literature which
we study after all these centuries. They
were proud of their works of art which
have never been surpassed. If equaled
and they were proud of their general
culture and polish, and they looked
upon other nations as barbarians.
Defied Greatness of Rome.
The Romans were a proud nation In
Paul's day. They considered it the
highest honor to be u Roman citizen,
and, in fact, Paul speaks of his own
citizenship as a matter of no small
importance. Rome had eclipsed
Egypt, had absorbed Greece, while
Palestine was only an obscure prov
ince In a corner of the empire. Rome
also had Its great men orators such
as Cicero and Hbrtensius; poets such
as Virgil, Horace and Ovid; historians
such as Tacitus and Livi; generals
such as Caesar, Pompey and Titus.
Men from the provinces were over
awed by the city's greatness and
glory, and felt that indeed all other
places were Inferior, and that here
dwelt not only riches and pomp, but
also culture and wisdom and power.
Paul understood all this; and yet he
would stand In the forum and say.
I am not ashamed of the gospel of
Christ; make the most of your city,
of your institutions and laws, of your
literature, and your world-power.
There Is greater power in Christianity,
for It is the power of God unto salva
tion." .When Nathaniel Hawthorne
first went to England and contrasted
the cathedrals and museums and man
sions and literature of the mother
country with our small beginnings, he
did not feel ashamed of being an Amer
ican. But he appealed .to the future
and said that America would give to
the world men to match her boundless
plains, men to match her great rivers,
men to match her snow-clad peaks
which rear their heads into the sky.
Even so Paul appealed to the future
to prove that though Rome's power
was great, yet it was puny compared
with the power of the gospel of Jesus
Christ.
Gospel Supreme Over All.
Since that day nineteen centuries
have come and gone. The gospel has
performed great exploits, its empire
has grown far beyond the borders of
ancient Rome, and it is difficult to be
lieve that there ever was a time when
any strong, man was ashamed of
unristianity. looking backward we
behold the atmosphere of history
roseate with glorious associations of
the gospel. , It has always been the
power of God unto the salvation of
mankind. It has never dwelt In
thieves' dens or brothels, it has never
filled jails or poorhouses, or fostered
schemes of vice or avarice. Evil men
have often used Christianity as a cloak
to cover their wickedness, and many
crimes have been committed in the
name of the gospel, but after all these
centuries It remains pure and unsul
lied as it came from the life and the
lips of Jesus of Nazareth.
Tet are there -not some today who
call themselves Christians, and yet go
about, the world, apologetically, always
ready to deny their allegiance, and
would never stand up and say in the
face of ridicule, "I am not ashamed
of the gospel of Christ" What poor
specimens of humanity they : are;
neuner nesn nor nsni There, were
some people like that in Laodicea of
old.- and to them the risen Lord said
I know thy works, that thou art
neither cold nor hot; I would that thou
wert cold or hot. So because thou
A. .
an luaewarm, ana neitner cold nor
hot, I will spew thee out of my
mouth."
Sweetest Things of Life.
The best things are nearest: Breath
a a. 1 1 t
in your nostrils, ngni in your eyes,
flowers . at your feet, duties at your
handv the path of God just before you
Then do not grasp at the stars, but do
life's plain common work as it comes,
certain that daily duti.es j and daily
bread are the sweetest things of life
A night s sleep,; what a miracle of
mercy It is; and ' new day with the
waking up of heilth to face it; aye
even a pleasant meal with one'a house
hold, ia not that worth a thanksgiving?
Or an interesting book, an hour with
an old friend, a, Sunday's ; quiet rest
ing after a strained and weary week;
or some new light of interest or mean
lng in one's, favorite line of study It
Is such things as these for more than
great special blessings, which make up
the jsum of happy life; and it is such
things, if one would but think 'of them
more, and not always be taking them
as a matter of course, which would fi
out days with thanksgiving.' Brooke
Herford - 1
(Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.)
DID NOT MINCE HER WORDS
State Secretary of Iowa W. C. T. U.
.Tells Liquor Men Just What Peo
ple of' City Think of Them.
At a meeting of the Iowa Retail
Liquor Dealers' association In Cedar
Rapids, the state W. C. T. U. corro
tpondlng secretary contributed to on
of the daily papers an address of "wel
come" which, according to the local
press, was one of the chief topics ot
conversation among the liquor men.
It said:
It is quite usual In greeting a body
to enumerate Its accomplishments anil
tell of its worth and standing. Cour
tesy to the individual somewhat em
barrasses us here. Shall we greet you.
as those who wreck homes, debauch
manhood, prostitute womanhood, dis
grace and impoverish childhood? Shall
we greet you as those who place upon
the taxpayer the heaviest burden in
caring for the results of your traffic?
Your position In a community Is
quite peculiar. We fail to find a city
that enumerates among its advantages
ts saloons. The commercial club of
our city advertises our manufactur
ing plants, our churches, our schools
and colleges, but never once have the
32 saloons of the city been urged as
reason for Industries to locate
here. . . .
Any business is Judged by its re
sults. Some time since Cedar Rapids
had a manufacturer's week. Every
business in the city save yours ex
hibited its wares. Yet your ambition
is to be classed as a line of legitimate
business. The pump manufacturers
and wood finishing concerns exhibited
their contributions to comfort andt
esthetic pleasure. The clothing manu
facturers gave evidence of prosperity.
Did the saloons of Cedar Rapids uso
their windows or were those of other
places loaned to exhibit their finished
products? No, you find these in the
penitentiary, where 85 per cent, of the
inmates are your graduates. Seventy
per cent, of the insane are others.
Ninety per cent, of pauperism is an
other class. The great burden of
private charity is due to the saloon.
Ah, no, gentlemen, you are not wel
comed to Cedar Rapids by its home
and social interests. . . . Not
many more times will you be accord
ed a welcome to any city. The Wom
an's Christian Temperance union.
with men and women of sober, earnest
purpose,, is steadily working for that
day when the God of heaven shall say
to you, "It is enough." You know,
with us, that the time is near.
In the name of humanity, In the
name of our God, the 7,000 members
of the Woman's Christian Temperance
union of Iowa lead in this protest
against your welcome to any city of
the state.
SOME VERY PERTINENT FACTS
Town or County Never Known to Llet
Among Its Assets the Number of
Saloons It Supported.
Nobody ever saw a town or county
listing among Its assets to which it
calls public attention: "So many sa
loons."
Everybody has seen listed among
the asBets: "And no saloons.
Nobody ever saw an employer ad
vertising for help with the stipulation:
"Drinkers preferred."
Everybody has seen and may se
thousands daily the "help wanted
advertisement which stipulates: "No
boozer."
Nobody ever say an instance of the
saloon being thrown open at a tima
of public crisis, when peace and good
order were threatened.
Everybody has noted among the
first acts of riot conditions, or of oth
er occasions where good citizenship
was severely tested, the announce
ment: "The saloons are ordered
closed." Battle Creek Enquirer.
TWO VICES ARE INSEPARABLE
Fact la Noted That Always in Connec
tion With White-Slav Traffic
Liquor la Joining Link.
"It should be known that In all re
ports thus far made by the vice com
missions the fact is noted that always
in connection with the white-slave
traffic is the liquor traffic. In no
houBe where vice is tolerated or
housed is strong drink forbidden. The
two are Inseparable. Smite one and
you wound the other. Slay one and
the other will perish. A physician
recently said to a friend: "The liquor
traffic is eternally linked up with im
purity. ..Destroy that and you practi
cally settle the vice problem. "From
Report of the Cleveland Vice Com
mission. -
Uncle Sam's Partner,
"Uncle Sam Is our partner!" Such
are the words boldly and defiantly
emblazoned by some western liquor
dealers on their advertising and cam
paign literature. And the disgraceful
part is that it Is true. '
; Don't Argufy.
When 1 see a snake's head com
ing out of a hole, 1 don't stop to
argufy wjth that there snake; I just
hit it with all my might. Don't ar
gufy with the liquor traffic Artemua
Ward.