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SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS
On the Sunday School Lesson by
Rev. Dr. Llnscott For the In
ternational Newspaper Bible
Study Club.
May 23rd, 1909.
(Convritrht. 1W9. hy Kev I S. IJnscott. D D.)
The Council at Jerusalem. Acts
xv:l-35.
Golden Text We believe that
through the grace ot the Lord Jesus
Christ we shall be saved, even as
they Acts xv:ll.
Verses 1-5 Are good men liable to
hold wrong opinions?
When good men differ In opinion
what Is thp better way In order to
reach an understanding?
When a professed Christian gets
angry with anothe' Christian, on a
mere matter of opinion, has he or not
backslidden from the love of God, and
what spirit does It show? (This ques
tion must be answered In writing by
members of the club.)
Circumcision no doubt originated
from supposed purposes of health,
and physical cleanliness, and after
wards became a national Institution
of the Jews. State when God first
made circumcision the sign, or token,
of the covenant between him and Ab
raham and his seed, and to whom the
rite of circumcision and God's coven
ant extended. (See Gen. xvli.)
Is circumcision now essential to sal
vation? Is the belief of any doctrine essen
tial to salvation?
Verses 6-11 Is experience of God
and his dealings with us, conclusive
proof of the will of God In the mat
ters which the experience covers?
Is thorough discussion In church
courts a perfectly right way to arrive
at the will of God on any matter?
Were those who taught that ctrcum
clsion was essential to salvation, as
well as being narrow, necessarily un
true men?
What is the difference between the
"yoke" of the law and the "yoke" of
Jesus? (v. 10.)
Verse 12 Recall some of the won
ders done through Paul and Barnabas,
among the Gentiles, and say what
bearing they had upon the dispute
concerning circumcision?
Verses 13-21 Who was James, who
next addressed the council?
James, the brother of Jesus, was the
president of this council; is It prob
able that his address was of the na
ture of the ludgment of the council on
this question?
Verses 22-29 There seems to have
been no formal motion passed by the
council, but they appear to have
reached an unanimous decision as
outlined In the address of the presi
dent; say whether we are bound to
take this decision as the voice of
God.
In what, particulars Is the great
wisdom of the council shown In set
tling this dispute?
Were each of the commandments
given in verse 29 Intended to be of
lasting obligation, or were some of
them only temporary?
From whom are Christians to get
guidance on all matters In this day?
Verses 30-35 There never will be a
time when disputes may not occur, In
the church and between individuals;
how should they always be settled?
Did this trouble in the church help
It or hurt it, and does God always
overrule trouble, whoever may be the
cause of It, for the good of his chil
dren? Lesson for Sunday, May 30th, 1909.
Believing and Doing. James 11:14-26.
Portland Letter.
Portland, Oregon, May 17, 1909
After a whole week spent in
touring Washington points, the
special train of Portland business
men pulled into the station Satur
day right with excursionists in
tensely enthusiastic over a trip
that will be discussed in the Port
land Commercial Club and about
town for a long time to come.
Never were hosts more hospitable
than the Washington communi
ties, never was good fellowship
more prevalent, never did enter
tained and entertainers realize
more thoroughly the community
of their interests in the develop
ment of the Pacific Northwest.
The marvelous activity and pros
perity of the whole state of Wash
ington was a constant source of
comment to the Oregonians and
they had expected much. The
ovations extended to the visitors
everywhere were marked by a
genuineness and heartiness sel
dom equalled on such occasions.
An inspector of the exposition
made every Oregonian a "rooter"
for the A.-Y.-P.
Oregon is not so far from the
Atlantic coast as it was. . Within
a few days a through train ser
vice will be put on between Port
land and New York City cover
ing the entire distance in thirty
minutes less than four days.
Thoroughly informed railroad
men consider that it will be a long
time before this remarkable sche
dule is bettered.
No class is more deeply inter
ested in Oregon than the high
grade office man of the East, who
fully appreciates the exceptional
investment opportunity that ex
ists in this state. Probably fruit
tracts are the 'most popular, at
least if the following quotation
from a letter written by the de
partment manager of one of the
largest packing houses in Chica
go, to an Oregon friend, can be
taken as an index:
"I am certainly appreciative of
the literature pertaining to your
grand country. I am receiving
more mail than our whole depart
ment. Many of our clerks have
the fruit bug in their ears, and
when they hear of anyone re
ceiving dope along this line they
pounce upon it like a pack of hun
gry wolves would on a carcass.
If I should answer all the inquir
ies I have had during the last
few days I would have to have
an expert stenographer."
Visitors to the Pacific North
west from any other portion of
the United States are always im
pressed with the wonderfully
luxuriant vegetation west of the
Cascade mountains. It keeps
them busy saying, "Why, we cul
tivate 'he syringaas a shrub at
home here it grows wild. And
those ferns, which seem to do
their growing in your winter
woods here, at home we would
only have them in greenhouses."
The rhododendrons of Yaquina
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Kale and Its Culture.
In compliance with a promise to
your field manager, Mr. McDon
ald, to contribute an article on
the culture of kale, I am mailing
this article.
Kale though grown in Oregon
for the past 28 years, has just
come into general use within the
past four years. Thus illustrat
ing how slow we farmers are in
taking hold of new things, that
when once tried and their true
merits revealed are indispensable
in the conducting of a practical
farm.
Kale seed should be sown about
as thick as you would ordinarily
plant radish seed, in drill rows 18
inches apart and covered with one
inch of fine soil.
This planting can be done any
time from the middle of April to
the middle of May, but would
suggest that the last week in
April is an excellent time for
planting. In fact I have just
planted my own kale seed. I ex
pect to raise 8 acres of kale this
season.
Do not plant your seed in hot
beds or boxes, but out in the open
ground in a selected spot in your
garden that has been well fertil
ized with stable manure and
thoroughly pulverized by cultiva
tion. After the plants are up
keep the ground between the rows
well worked to retain the mois
ture and by the middle of June,
if you were successful in securing
good seed and had the ground in
perfect shape, you will have fine
thrifty plants for transplanting.
The transplanting has hereto
fore been a great drawback in
growing kale, due to the fact
that the methods available for do- j
ing this work were very slow and
tedious, but this difficulty no
longer stands in the way of the
practical dairyman, since the, in
vention and placing on the mar
ket at a reasonable price, of a
machine especially adapted for
setting kale plants, by means of
which two men and a team can
set with ease five acres of kale
per day.
Kale should be transplanted
from the middle to the last of
Jane in deep, rich, well drained,
well manured land that has been
previously deeply plowed and
thoroughly pulverized by cultiva
tion to a depth of at least eight
inches. Do not set your kale in
ground that has not been pre
viously thoroughly worked, if you
do you cannot expect a full crop.
Kale is a very rich thrifty feed
er and therefore must be planted
in soil that can supply the requir
ed materials of growth.
In transplanting kale set the
plants three feet apart in rows
that are 36 inches apart. This
will give nine square feet to each
plant.
Kale requires very little work on
the ground after transplanting.
In fact I have seen good kale
growing on land that was never
worked after the plants were set
out W. H. Kingery, in Oregon
Agriculturist.