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THE CITIES OF REFUGE AStoy o theo Conqucst ofCanaan by the Heibrew People. r fithe "Highway and Byway" Preacher Scripture Autlority: - Joshua, capter 20. 1 S SERMONETTE. II The cities of refuge appoint- . ed under the d.rection of God I in the land of Canaan were a type of the Christ and in some ;. particulars exemplify the work which Christ performs for the sinner. The cities of refuge gave shelter to the fugit:ve from the avenger of blojd. Christ gives shelter to the sinner whose ad cersary the Devil pursues him :" to the very threshold of the Di- ; vine refuge. ", The one fleeing to the city of . refuge was safe until his case could be declared and he prove 4 his right to abide there, for if his hands were stained with the willful blood of another he was delivered into the hands of . the avenger of blood and his life taken. The one fleeing to Christ is ': safe until his case is declared. "_ What right has he there? for :. none who come to that eternal city of refuge opened by God for all the world is without sin. + The adversary, the Devil, comes up to the very door and makes o. his accusations. And what an accurate accountant he is. How d" he can recall the smallest de- + tall of man's life and paint it in the blackest colors. How he can uncover the hidden sins and show one helpless and un done in the presence of the high priest of the place, Christ Jesus, the anointed One of God. But shall the unfailing justice of God cast the sinner forth and + commit him to his just deserts? Shall sin claim her own and 1 cast down to hell? Thank God, No! For herein is the city of refuge of the Is- + raelites far exceeded in grace and mercy by the city of refuge which God hath appointed. No soul that seeks refuge therein is ever forced to leave, for the Christ within has but to show + the nailed hands and the spear wound in his side as token of " his offering for sin, and Satan, t the great avenger, is forced to + The cities of refuge were qui-distant and easy of access . from all parts of the land. So is Christ. He is nigh everyone of a contrite heart. His "come" Is always sounding forth, and his Invitation is reenforced by the comforting assurance that she that cometh unto Me I will in no wise cast out." I The gates of the cities of ref uge were always open and the priests in the watch towers ready to reach forth and help the weary and *exhausted run nert, And how infinitely more true this is of the Christ. His arms are always outstretched to save. The faintest cry from. the tips of the sinner reaches bliear and instantly commands 'is help. THE STORY. ,WA8 In the days before they ,ad a king in Israel and when ma was a law unto himself. It was that each family and tribe protected its own and each IUlted of the other an eye for an 4uad a tooth for a tooth. In those S the law of the blood atonement ~~ aid in the land, so that if one i slay by chance or intent an , the one nearest of kin of the pemrson must act as his avenger, tiltake the life of the one who had his death. Needless to say this custom in the case of acci Smurder wrought Its hardship IPiustice, and in order that just si4 mercy might be extended to orne who, through accident, had the injury or death of an the Lord directed that cities of should be al)lpointed whither rayer might flee and, if guiltless the Intended murder of his brother, ind a safe shelter. h*f Joshua had made known to p eople the mind of the Lord con this thing, the question arose hto Which cities should be chosen, A it was finally agreed that six Sbe appointed, three on. the sl Ide of Jordan and three on the ilde. Caleb took deep interest `te matter, and in the council of elders which had met to consider question he said: Bretbren, thou knowest how, over tars ago, when the Lord brought ' the borders of this land, the , refused to enter, declaring kthey w-rd not able to overcomne biants in the land. And thou how, since our coming hlthes Sthe long, weary years in the 'wil that the pons of Anak, whoix o.Ple fear. , have been des !:r5 d t! :ity Is now amnong lo. the children of Is SThOu k st, too, how it was tme r 'ieritage and how ii a~ fte ,.ce conflict that the taker. i that the stronghold - neis,* tight become at foe "ur people. Now, there fore, because of its location and it; history, I desire that Hebron be chosen as one of the cities of refuge.' "What?" they asked, in surprise "You want to give up Ilebron, which is so strong of location, and cost yoc so much to conquer?" . "That I do, brethren," was the readly reply, and I wi'1 tell you why In the silence of the midnight hour on yesternight there camte 'a vision to me as I lay on my couch. In my dream I was lifted and carried, it seemedt, to a very high mountain over tiliking' the valleys on both sides of the Jordan. And it seencmd as I looked about tie as though I could see the "' lengt~h4i and the blieatdih of the lanl. Israel lay below tme, rIsting peaceful- t ly in the land into which (hgod had broouht thorn. T'heye we:e the vine- 1: yards, anltl the fig and olive groves, 1 t: '., W e oe the St'et(,h(s of astr :land, there o (wee the h(ou's and the ,; villages and cities dttitig the land- li i scope. And I thought as I stood el 'and looted llll ion the scele, 'liero are Sl '1ine1at'ds which we have not plantd, 5, I here ar houtst s a:111 itits which we h have niot built. Sirel't (;od l hail given a is a goodly hteriita',. Eatch lman mllay dwl tllell udtlr hs ow'n vine and fig tree, i and how dt,'lightful it is that all Israel o may dw(l( 1 to;,'ther frtaol henceforth $ in the liatd of' place antl l unity.' it ".\s I litaisthedl speakin. at vi ice 11 So"lUtitn'l to stu'tk at Imy iod", altlhotl h ' I saw no nan. I had thought 1 "vas alone, and h hol(d here was one at e omy side, and speaking. And I knew it o to be the voice of God. And God said 'I to me: li S'Who knoweth what is in man, . Ssave God? Underneath thils spirit of tranquillity and unity on which thine eyes now look there are passions and t . emotions which when aroused are destructive.' "'Nay, Lord,' I said, 'has not Israel Slearned her lesson yet? hlas not the old spirit yielded to the influence of the new land and the new hopes and purploses in life?' "'Yea, for the time being,' came back the words. 'but underneath there + lie smouldering the fires of sin. The hand of brother shall yet be raised against brother in Israel.' "Sadness filled my heart and I was silent, and while I pondered on these Swords the voice came again and said: "'Lift up your eyes and look, for in Israel there shall be shelter for the fugitive and him that fleeth from his brother!' "And lo! and behold, as I looked I saw Hlebron below me in all her fair Sbeauty. S "'Yea, Lord' I said, 'the stronghold T of our enemies hath become a shelter j' and habitation for thy people.' "'And it shall be yet more,' came back the voice, 'for it shall become a refuge for him that fleeth from the adversary. Its gates shall close + neither day nor night. My priesthood shall rule there and their hands of mercy and love will always be extend .ed to help. None shall be turned away until their case bath been heard and judgment declared.' "'God in the midst of Isreal to give succor and to show mercy,' I whis pered softly, as the new vision of Hebron opened up before me. 'How wonderful that God should give him self to watch between men and pre serve them from di'struction at the hands of each other.'' "With this thought thrilling me I lifted my eyes from the scene below me and looked up into the heavens, and as I did so it seemed as though the city rose with my vision and seemed to float upward and upward until lost to view within the depths of the vast beyond. "For a long time I was lost in deep 4contemplation and wonder as to what this could mean. I looked to see if ,g+ Hebron were really gone from her place into the heavens, and saw that she had not but was still resting upon iey her rugged mountains as before. ten There was the city of refuge God had elf. appointed for earth. tad "V'Was there something infinitely ch better hidden from view within the an portals of God's dwelling place?' I Js asked myself, and stirred by the Bat thought I suddenly awoke. ne "And now my brethren, I have come an- to you to-day with this story, and you the may well uwnderstand why it seemeth er,of God that Hebron shall become one ad of these Cities of Refuge, And the o Ru Adt y vision and the message which I oc- thought I heard from the lips of God, hip whethr real or but a dream, will st- surely enlarge our thoughts of God to and his great love and mercy towards tad his people And who can fathom the an- infinitely greater riches of his grace of which he hath still reserved for us." ier And as Caleb ceased speaking a ess murmur went round the company, ter, and they satid: "Surely the Lord hath spoken." on- Escaped in Cabbage Barrel. ose A barrel containing cabbages was en, the means by which Gershuni, chief six organizer of the "fighting organiza. the tion" of the Russian revolutionary so the cialist party, escaped from a Si. est berian prison. The cabbages were for of the use of the prisoners, who received der the barrel themselves from a warder. One day they emptied it hastily, ver pierced a small air hole in the bottom ght and then seated Geshuni inside, plac. the ing a frying pan over his head in ing case it should occur to the warder to une plunge his sword in. At the top wetr bou fixed layers of cabbages. In this con her dition the barrel was removed from wil the prison and placed in the prison om inspector's stable, where the ptrison lea- er spent ten )ourr of. semisuffocation. ong The day before several planks had Is- been loosened in the walls of the was stable, through which Gershunt, hay' v it lng emerged from the barrel, was en the abled to make his escape with the aid Lold of a convpt who accompanied him. an He got to Japan, and eventually to re- America, after many adventures. 'A: DAMERICA ~,) ~ YV.A~.P~ADFORD Mr. \\illiam A. Tnarl rtl will tnnt wt-r quttstiotns atzl I t .'l Ili FEE 1F t iit ei. lii lt l I tt", ' t h l o l ;,' "io tr'-nd I"rlvt 'r lX t Iam .'L vl l t Ihit ib t '1ii Ilr, .1 iit :i S a) \\ .'.i a n .\. il ,i I, N t. t aJlt l io ) li h\ l it ' cltI rl' n `I inki t , . ! i i'.. ( , t Ii te. It'ii., l, oi nly UI.Clth e twa i-tti:it tall, 10. lt' e.. ill o d "r l i , lito 111" 1 h firont lind laitth, ! , t"- ,' 1,1; i l,1 . h i l v i la Iit " I, tso lt il\1(1 i: t : it' il ii " ayl n s'. !,h iil t t ld, 1 o1i,!,L in i e"!: l o V iinilltI - tl, (tll, " o f Is:ii) s hI , t i';' b11 e uck iom it aut litmurieti t me on the stalilr %i.t ,s, v' i; , (,il:ol :; 1'a !. ! 'lt lit e, wlwt.er d ht v o I ' e Iil' Stin t \lI or itw,). If ;1 i l arsn ti htt. $ I. t r 1, 1 tot ( inas - ill I h r ltb ilXk it ail i.ablJ/i to bI):i1, Lt :2 , . . 1 s(? lit' ho en l n tlhe (f1a ill (a',n d o balthorl Ing, and every one is in a hurry. The tenvrythdency in tho hore thathing a fi of fo'll' or si ' 1,o'.' V us \w'oul I1,.'d. Th('re are fou))r k,1)1)l b h'tl'n)tis. tc'h Navlini a clothes e'o)t(' iI .'1 ill an t l'rt'e alVo is a inen ' a.",,t in ih'1 h1all. '['hrr(11 " are tllhr'( wasllh bat ins pro vhled with hot and (,old runinin. wa ter, on! of these is bitw\\,,,en the re ('oldianl hall 0 (d l , diti(ili r i, which makas an ( .'y c'onveil'nieni wash ro(omn fo; , hui'ri,d toilh't just be fore dinner antd to teach the chil dren cleanly table habits. Oll'uning off the largest t),dlroomi is another little \\a'i1roomi. In a house as ]Irge is this there may be sev eral men in the family and one bath room is not sufficient. Some of the older boys want to shave in the morn ing, and every one is in a hurry. The tendency is for more bathing and \ ,· Is ~~ - 51 ... washing conveniences in all up-to-date houses. One of the greatest luxuries In modern houses is the private bath room. In some houses there are.as many as three or four bedrooms, hav ing private bathrooms. In some places the servant problem' is being solved by including in the plans a good comfortable bedroom for the hired girl with a private bathroom opening off from it. The size of this house, on the ground, is 32 feet by 38 feet without including the porches. It is prob ably impossible to build a satisfac tory house with eight rooms and a front and back stair, besides other similar luxuries, in a house much smaller. There is a splendid parlor in this house, 13x17 feet, with windows PORCH FIRST FLOOR PLAN. enough to make it bright and cheer ful in the daytime and a grate to dispense comfort at night. There are great possibilities for siciability in i a room like this. I like to see a " grate in a house and I like to see I it used. Grates are not intended to be closed up. ' Ip this case the chimney is built - with a double flue, one flue for the I grate and the other for the furnace. I Both flues extend to the cellar bot tom where each is provided with a separate iron door for cleaning out I purposes. When these doors are set the owner should have an eye to the manner in which the work is done, the one in the grate flue especially. I There must be no cracks to admit a draft into this flue, that is what 3 scatters the ashes from a grate fire about. thI, parlor anl is respon1sible for much of tll( I(rojrrtdic'o a-ainst :grtifs in gendral. 'There are urigd Ic lts ari. d ' ,it'or on' . jll the S:111 is tll'.'e lrv good l 's, s nld poorl at sifer bet'icisl of thi dii44'ts or illller't''rli(' s of an llothe . IThe troil 11( is, |1)1St 1iWl( do not uiu rIisi lt3nd ,:.!,1( .: n 'a l thir 11 ' '':i , iti ' S. }'vel'Y S' i , 1( ,.s a gat.l Iiie, hut "t"o e \) io lin L 11 i" an 'x.,i: I at i' ltd ( Ia l of hi '111 re of a g lal h lause. they have SI' NIl 1'l.r u PLAN. H-tiver lr d'i t i' ho]l to lltinage one. Oldi tOui(O. :(re afraid of tmen herautso hiy :o i t i!,iilae thll. They have novet'r had tlh,' cxpieriuce. In hiboth iases it w(ulhl piay the Wnomen to ienid a littl' tile in invesrigations along ir'lit'r lines. There are great possibilities to be worked out. It would be ditfficult to find a more convenient kitchen than this plan provides. The kitchen is the center of activity in a house. In this case the arrangement is about as near perfect as it could be. The sink is in a well lighted corner next to the pantry door. There is a great deal of running between the sink and the pantry at dish-washing time. Every stelp saved means less miles of travel for the housekeeper, The pantry is part of the kitchen, and it is part of the dining-room it belongs to both. It has a window to light it, as all pantries should have, and it has two doors to shut out the odors of cooking from the rest of the house. The pantry has shelves for dishes on one side and cupboards for other things on the other side that are well lighted, be ing opposite the window. The china cupboard while it comes' out of the pantry really belongs to the dining room. There is a kitchen pot cup. board which is a great convenience every day In the year. It provides a place for stew-pans, griddles pre serving kettles, laundry tools, empty fruit jars and a great many othet things that no housekeeper wants in the pantry or exposed in the kitchen proper. There is another kitchen conven. ience in the shelves at the top ol the cellar stairs. There are, many things which may be kept on these shelves that otherwise would have to go in the cellar because they don't belong to the kitchen. Good house keepers usually are sticklers for hav ing things in the right place.-'-(i course there are women who have no sense of order, but such women should never get married. Their place is in the schoolroom teaching young chil dren how to grow up orderly. It is very much easier to tell somebody else how to have a place for every thing and everything in its place, than it is to organize such a system in one's own home. From this kitchen it is easy to go upstairs and it is easy to go down to the cellar. In the course of a day there are a good many trips made both ways. The great value of this kitchen is its accessibility in both directions. You can go downstairs for a pan of potatoes, or you can go upstairs to sweep and make the beds without being obliged to take very many unnecessary steps. A mod ern house is just as much of an in. venion as a new machine in a manu facturing establishment It saves time and labor Farmers' Co-Operative Union Of America - Get the h:alit of I;Ic :ig out of debt. 1 Are you git ti o , ,t !:e he ns a . hance this )rar to prove their worth? i? Plant a good g:lrt'mi and plenty of tf poultry and k;py out debt th,;la: Hlow are tiHd for so(me growinrt'',: )igs? It is a lni:.h y poo, r sort of e: a farnmer that has w)1 pri;; plaw g r'(lllitig OL. It is pret ty hard to find a differ- ;,ri lnce betw'in lt I/i' s anti straightut to , itltanln'es;. I I ' t ( xpet'i' 1:e t ul)n:; , ihe e lint s. týr You must w'a:ch as well as pray. *u buit dint tale up all ti,, tinme uli:g -i! he r, how, %6. r 11. 1{f'il .,12y , h '." in sca.-on; put in the bulk of tahe ilue at ,ol k. an Do you Inow th' treacher of your boys and gi:.s? You ouliht to kinow 1 your teacher, f or you Inicht be of :n' a great dial Of us.1 towari the wiul fare of thu' yun,,ii," folks With the pr, 4,-:t plans gint rin h along towyard ,ipr fuelin', the future gambler is a ldisap;l. :!ring factor in the world of busin u s. 'IThi day will soon to be hlure when he will need no I' .egiaiating ;gain t. yn There is no such thing as getting l the greatest benefit from the Union meetings unless you attend them in to company with something to offer as " food for thought. Don't be a knot on he a stick. Get busy thinking and doing p things in the world. There is a lot of work that can be ,o done in a garden that might properly be called clear profit, because it is 'a odd moments that cannot be used al otherwise. Then there is an Item of bi real pleasrue in working in a garden re that has a real value outside of the p1 profit on the stuff raised. at When you go to fighting the kicker, t you are in your own light. It is these al kickers who inaugurate all the prog- a' ress and reform that the world ever tC gets. Encourage the kicker to kick, fl but try to get him to kick at real dan- d gers and hindrances rather than at the to things that are already in pretty good 0 shape. - Dont live like a hog this year. Get busy now and arrange so that you may have vines growing all over un sightly fences and out buildings; have i blosoms scenting the air as you rise in the morning. The finest flowers it now are so cheap that the poorest a may have them in abundance. Don't " be a hog. c There is plenty of time now to y plant out all sorts of trees. Look out f the odd corners and put them to pay- c ing for the money invested in them. a Odd corners cost as much in the way t of interest and taxes as any other i .space of equal size. You are mighty s particular about all the spots in the t middle of the field being utilized, and e yet the odd corners are as a rule the I richer and more productive. Have t some sense about these things. t If you have not been in the. habit I of keeping the cost of making the var ious crops on the place, is it not a 1good time now to commence? There is not a business on earth 'where so little is really known of the cost o! production as farming, and there. is not another business man that coula so easily figure costs as the farmer and none that costs cuts a more vital figure with. It is an easy matter to charge up the seed, time of prepara tion, planting, culture and gathering, and a proper rental for the land. These taken from the net proceeds wotuld make an interesting study, and would be useful in planning those 'drops that pay. There is no sort of arguing that the cotton farmers have much reason to get together. There is the question of better seed, better cultural meth-1 Sods, better guarding against failure P from drouth and flood,, better and cleaner gathering, better and freer marketing, unanimity In furnishing the supply as It is demanded. If the farmer were fixed like he ought to be it would make but little difference whether he marketed in October or F the following June; only.a matter of a little interest and a small amount Sof shrinkage, which .is taken out of t the bale anyway, no difference who - holds it until the mill is ready for it. There is no such a thing as perfect o peace in the ranks so long as men d may be creatures of progress and n growth Pain is the penalty of groww 1 ing. Let it come, but above all else 5 don't let our passions take the place y of common sense, and ambition usurp r- the high place of honesty. Honest men n differ frequently, but it is mighty sel n dom that honest men cannot go on doing business, overlooking matters o of method and taste. y H ve you made you a split log drag e yet It is a good time now that you Sare not very busy to make you one., h and get busy with it during the spring - rains. You are as much entitled to n a good and good looking road, by vour e place as anybody, and you ana have te it at no cost of money and almost no d- cost of time. u- Be a producer sure enough and that Smeans raise your own living, with some left over to sell m people who produce nothing. lh,,(i ay hAs l,,n, -!n:,-, gone 'when itb ik lori, ' ' laig>;,d at by real nfa:nr.. Thi,,-,, w ii did the laugh ing h:to .hitl Iht lauth tu'neli on ;htsi t by tt(, f mu Ii: ;i :1,sam and all t h of t: ni. - h t1h, , a yper. andm h,(,:: wt, , liv,', wa' o n Item more t ioif Int 2 1 btt fo that suc C:iilful a,tr , r V1.,1,:!, h:ove t nI ty,'d. Then t l',i r,' l !.; ',',.t 't,.. p-o: ler r f!. r i',, nr r i tv '.1 . f eor o'-th !or :l l nly ,,"ri?" f, "t:,rF~ s' cahr ' :l. tion thl ,tl tl~ !. i:t ithe at- F arm oIF:arrs' Ithion is a' i1 ;a !ring? Don't 'it riht thinr, !or up to tell your ise some nvigl!,r w,.i ,o is not a memr 'ý'r an. "l .,a'n to him, the ob-ectl, ant! s IL i ,, t 1, ,,', , 4:o a'I i:, y'.. T'ako it ( C 'Itt, ,t i t:l!u ::"il ailly name ,1 pritr,,ll and bn i,, t, of threl be nforn itheli farmr alrady. t for that ed, them moreo i than whena millio few of !:,ars lasritt vyear onli the price. of cotton Slone i le ;i t hast they n aubled m-arm .1 i .i Journal. TRY IT ONCE! ay irtr supplied an't yonsid thinkerabl the 'reductir by bulkia ng- the g or Don't pon like the ;throin uhon which businesst age font ofd? If union. Of wouldn'rse t bewoul nothe right thing fa bit ifr you to tll youhim this numbrs aer oft thet Mercand urge him to loin? Make it a point next week to seafe r you nhave readr who s nt a meint er and expin trlain to hiben th object your rincip that and benefwould send of three r ganization. Them to hell him what it has done for the farmers already. that it has saved them more than a million dol lars last year on the price of cotton alone-,that it has enabled many to buy their supplied at a considerable reduction by bulking their orders tnd placing them through the business agent of the union. Of course It would not harm him a bit If you sent him this number of the Mercury-Password after you have read every word wa It, and then possibly you would get so In terested in trying to benefit your friend that you would send for a bueen a die of them to help you In your efforts to build up the union. Just try this sionce, friends, and see how the results will surprise you.-Southern Mercury. DEBT THE DESTROYER. Icontinue to growng a circular lettar to Texas Farmers' Union members, Pres ident Calvine says: . aThe not disposed to disco our wa In controlling prices is the mortgager is t and debt system, which has been a t supplimenace to the South's prosperity ever since ththe mortgageeCivil War, and which willt continue to grow worse from year to d year unless discouraged by organized t farmers. Those who are the benefi claries under this pernicious system 1" are not disposed to discourage Its con Stinuance, for as long as the farmgelyr is thin debt for the teams, tools and trsupplies, he is at the mercy of e the mortgagee, and must pay what Sing toever price the mortgagee exacts.' It Is well known throughout the wodaily marld ne not unmndful of thethat this condition obtains largely in the Southern States, and this bell ing true, the buyers of our raw prodpcts hie, an d thusion lht thin manorlna hea Is ent twho ever saw a pound of cotton. seand altogeth depress values during the fre gani toed speculaet these obligations.ors Iof the wilcrop per acre, the daiy market you ri get or it and the prit receipts aryou havey, there iconstantly buttdecling in prices. The all spin-orts inersue should unminderful of th condition be ford to sightay out of in this struggle for a Swhile, apendence of thus aid in forcing a heavy rdecline in prices. It must be, appar et tof Every thunion paper condemns serthato o uand altogen in the neessaries ro life. orew ly againstzed speculation rs. land et Sland is a prime necessity. All elthave Seditor should nowhat spyou get. Mena good will orde of propositions leading up to their Sprofit or aggrandizement, but nothine to hold el. ssbut cotton, uIsd not in a posndition to onl old that It's a rthis stry business tor I ra stakdependence of everything on any class of.men a MO-PERCUATOR CLIPPMUSINGS. ou Raise plenty of potatoes thcondemns pe ulatlDo not inrget the cessaries of life. Few union papers dare t smokehouse at homld edto i not in Chicago packer. a goo wor cr Aotate, educate, c o-operate These rolb which the FmeUnion. r' Union is SomThe efarmer who has nothing to o t hold thatrbl well, ut seedlky busing trees to Istake everything on any singl. Te only. hI trees thanot ome true to nambbage pamust beh. SHavbudded or smokehouse at home-d. buddedi or igrafted.