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PHARISEB OF MODERH TIMJL By Rv. Cyru Townssnd Brady. Then Jesus said trnto thetn, take beed and bwm of the lesven or th Pharisees aud of the Saddueee. Xlattbew 2! :& One of tb most striking feature bout the words of Christ ia that they ao far transcend circumstances and en vironment that the application of theui reecheth to the end of the world and the end of time. Not km pertinent to-day Is that warning which waa ut tered 2,000 years ago. A merles la not Jerusalem, but the Sadducees and the Pharisees, little changed In all that long period, are still with ua and the caution Is as necessary now as then. The Saddueee was a ninn who sub stituted circumstance for principles, who was governed by conditions rather than convictions, whose watchword was "expediency," whose policy was timeserving truckle to the "powers that be," and the determination to fit In with environment at whatever cost. ' The Saddueee was made by the things about him and as a determina tive force he amounted to little. It was not until the Savior Interfered with Tested right and attacked mate rial privilege that the Saddueee con spired with the Pharisee, whom be tutted, to crucify Ulm. The Tbarlsee was man who put law in the place of morals, who disre garded the inward and spiritual to ac claim the outward and material, who cared nothing for cause but everything for effect, whose watchword was "le gality" snd not "righteousness," who substituted for the living voice of con science a minute description for all sorts and conditions of men and cir cumstances, whose wbole Idea was not "Is a thing right or wrongr but "what Is the law that governs?" When- the Savior, with a sublime disregard for petty regulation. Insisted upon moral principles and transcended any attempt tq crib, cabin and confine them In ob solete and Infinitesimal edict, be united with his hereditary foe, the Saddueee, to crucify Him. Who Is the Pharisee to-day? Not so much the man who covers his wicked ness with a specious cloak of morality and a scrupulous attention to little things, as the bank president who wquld not have a man In his employ who smoked a cigar, but who did not scruple to rob the bank of millions be was a Pharisee In the minor sense but the man who makes the law the measure of his actions andwbose opinion Is that bo long as he does not render himself legal ly liable he Is a moral, upright man, has deceived himself into thinking that law and morals are synonymous terms. He Is the real Pharisee to-day. And who are the Sadducees? Tho,e who have no settled or abiding convic tions as to right or wrong, but are made by the prevalent opinion of the hour, blown about by every wind of doctrine, attracted one moment by liberalism and another moment by asceticism. The crying need for the hour la conviction conviction of gin, ervnvictlon of truth, conviction of righteousness. There has been so much said about broad and beautiful liberality, and the requirements for Christian manhood and citizenship and church membership have been so minimized that people have come to think that these are not of much Importance, and that a certain vague, general endeavor to do good will answer all purposes. They have forgotten that the way of salvation Is a straight and narrow way. Faith before works, belief before ac tion, right thinking before right doing these are the great principles, and so the old warning comes with a new force. Are you a Pharisee or a Sad dueee? Beware of this leaven If thou wouldst finally have fellowship with Jesus, the greatest figure that has ever exemplified manhood and divinity. THE POOE IN SPIRIT ABE RICH. By Bev. Bussell H. Conwell, S. D. Text "Blessed are the poor In spir it, for theirs Is the kingdom of heav en." Matt 5:3. Blessed Is the man who takes a cold bath to start the strenuous day. Blessed is the boy who has to bear the burden In bis youth. Blessed is the man whose dreams are full of unreal cyclones, fires and wrecks. Blessed is the roan whose dream Is filled with the funeral of his wife and wakes to find her living. Blessed Is the man who dreams that his business has been ruined and wakes to find It intact and prosperous. Blessed is the man who dreams of sorrows that might be and wakes to find them not. Never dc.es the Savior say it Is bless ed to be poor, although lie did say that the poor are sometime!! blessed. He does not gay It Is blessed for a person to have a little when he could Just as well have much, or that two wings are not better than o,ne. Two dollars are better than one. llow Inconsistent l the teaching that would Interpret the Savior as saying that poverty 1 Inva rlnbly a Mewing. It Is uot a blessing to have little of the goods of this world while others may have much. The bless ing Is uot contained lu the fact that the quantity Is small, but In the way we make use of the quantity we have. Every man and woman la a capital ist If he has not money to give he has smiles to give. If he cannot give money he can give words, he can give j advice, he can give Influence. Every ! one of ua Is a capitalist. And we are not to thank Givl that we have so little, but we are to pray to Hlni for more, and at the same time to retain that humble spirit that makes us feel un worthy of having more, but that will cause us to strive our best to. prove worthy of It if it comes. FAITH. By Bst. Roderick Terry, D. D. Text "But ye, beUvved. building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying In the Holy Ghost, keep your selves In the love of Mod, looking for the mercy of our Ixrd Jesus Christ unto eternal life." Jude 20, 2t. Were It not for the supreme and In finite love of God we should have no boe either for this world or for the world to come, and the more deeply we appreciate that Ic.ve, and the more strougly we cling to It, the more con fident may we be of our own future, and the more will we be led to give unto Him In return that love which He seeks from us. And not less certain ' It that ouly through the expectation of the mercy nf our Lord Jesus Christ can we have hope unto eternal life, as It Is the only hope which can sustain us in the time of our weakness, of our sin, of our despair. Faith Is In danger of being under mined by the human characteristics uni versally found among men which make them unwilling to accept of and to live up to Its mtyal and ethical teachings. The standard of morality in the world being much lower than that taught In the Scriptures, all men are apt to suffer their Ideas to drift lower and lower In sympathy with the Ideas of the world Meu will Judge us, not by our living as they see it hut by the life, lire of character, personality in life, as they learu to know It God Judges us, not by the material living, but by the Im material life as He sees It This clay will again turn to clay. But the char acter we build, the life we live, the In fluence we exert, the life we Impart the hope we strengthen, the fatth we encourage, these things will never die. SIN AND RELIGION. By Bst. Orrin B. Jsnks. Is there any power that can remove the bloodstains of sin? Is there any remedy that can cure the malady of sin? Modern skepticism distinctly says no. Professor Clifford says that no God can forgive sins committed against men any more than the Sultan by pardon can clean the bloody hand of a Pasha. But Christianity Joins Is sue and says yes. The greatest of the prophets de clared: "Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man bis thoughts and let hifn return unto the Lord and be will have mercy upon him, and to our God. for be will abundantly pardon." Paul, the apostle of right eousness, says: "We have redemption through His blood, even the forgive ness of our sins." It Is the purpose of the gospel to undo our wrongdoing, to repair the Ir reparable past, to open a door of es ca from the dreadful harvest of sow ing to the flesh. History is on the side of this doctrine, Augustine, the profli gate, was transformed Into the father of modern theology. John Bunyan, the drunken tinker, was changed Into the prophet whose vision of "Pilgrim's Progress" has regenerated millions of lives. John B. Gough, the Inebriate seeking relief In suicide, was converted Into a preacher of temperance who shook two continents into a new era in reform. Short Meter Sermons. Hiding sin does not heal It Only veneer virtues fear bad weath er. Things are without what they are within. There Is little love In long distance charity. Orthodoxy is apt to be conformity to my bablts. Losing the temper takes the edge off the ability. A man never believes In honesty un til be has some of It. No favoring wind comes to him who will not pull on his oars. The more of a truth a man knows the larger lllerty he finds In It The easiest way to fall out of the Christian path Is to sit down in It Religion may have many forms, but they all have one face of love. The man who brags of being speedy doesn't figure on the grade he lg on. The only man whom poverty can crush Is be who lacks the riches of character. Z:rrV J " "at are toe cows worth that 3 HameMade Drill. On our farm we have a shop for re pairing machinery. It la ail essential factor In farm management to be able to rejmlr brenkagca and keep the ma chinery In good working condition, writes a contributor In Orange Judd Farmer. The accompanying Illustration shows a drill made to drill holes for repair lug purposes. This machine will drill a hole through steel or wrought Irou a quickly as a drill we have that coat several dollars. The main piece nin which the drill rests Is a 4 by 4 2 feet 0 Inches long mounted upon four legs made of onk 2 by 4 materials. The legs are worked down to two Inches square at the bottom to secure neatness and make the drill as light as possible. The main standard Is a 2 by 4 two feet high mortised into the main 4 by 4. The stub standard la also a 2 by 4 eight Inches high aud mortised In the same 4 by 4 an Inch from tlie end and two ami a half Indies from the main standard. The shaft to which the large wheel la attached Is a three-quarter-Inch bolt fifteen Inches long. At the head a hole Is drilled Into the bolt, boat ed and then squared In onler that the nnvt-MADC DRIIJ. drill may be securely held. To feed the drill a steel spring sixteen Inches long Is bolted to the top of the main stand ard and attached to the drill bolt by a slot In the spring. The small wheel at tached to a threaded bolt does the feed ing. The ple-e UHn which the pressure Is put while drilling Is a 4 by 4 mor tised Into the main 4 by 4 In the form of a sliding slot In order that any dis tance can be procured according to the size of the Iron Intended to tie drilled. A bolt passes through this piece from underneath the 4 by 4. By loosening the bolt It can be moved to any re quired distance. The General Purpose Farm Horse. Very many of our fnrmers get the Idea that all they have to do Is to breed their nondescript mares to the leggy, coarse tytHj of so culled coach horses being peddled through the country to get the general puriiose farm horse. I have seen hundreds of colts from this kind of breeding and must sny that not 5 per cent of them are even fulr sjieci uiens of the general purpose horse, while 50 jier cent or more are failures from every point of view. I have seen much better results where the coach stallion has been a liner and more compactly built one or where a hackney or American trotter of a compact, smooth, muscular tyiie has been the sire. Tlyse observations have led me to the conclusion that this latter plun Is the surest one to bring some measure of success In producing the general purpose furm horse. Geo. McKerrow, Wisconsin. Oat for Hoera. Oats may be a portion of a ration for hogs, but they are much more satisfac tory if they are ground. Mixed with corn, oats and shorts, they add materi ally to the value of any hog feed. Tboy should not constitute more than one fourth of the grain ration. A mixture of oats and peas ground and fed as a swill Is exceedingly valuable. Ameri can Agriculturist, ' Carina- for Turkey. The young turkeys suffer more than do other fowls at this season of the year If they are not looked after and carefully fed. The supply of nature's food which so largely sustains them during the Bummer and early fall be gins to dwindle and lesson with ench coming day. The young turkeys and the old turkeys as well should be plen tifully provided with a grain supply to guarantee their continued growth with out being stunted or retarded wh?n they should be growing every day. Country Gentleman. pro duce 400 pounds of butter per annum? uere I am going to make a statement and undertake to prove It correct, says a writer In Successful Farming. When a cow that produces 200 pound of but ter er annum at a food cost of KM and a labor cost of $12.30 Is worth $3.1. tlie cow that produces 400 pound of butter annually Is worth $400. and the owner can make net $10 more from her after payl:ig Interest on the $100 thin he ran from the rows that produce 200 iKiimda of butter. There Is no more labor connected with the 400-ixmnd eowa than there Is with tlie 200ou:id cows. The price at which butter haa been credited, namely, 20 cent a ismnd, I the net price from the creamery after the making ha been paid for. In this herd the Increased cost of feed for the 4(10 pound cow was more than offset by the Increased amount of skim, milk, so we have the 200 ounds increase of butter aa net profit over the 20 pound row. Two hundred Miuiids of butter at 20 cents la $ 10. We have $ WO Invested In these cows, which at 0 s-r cent In terest I $24. which we will dodii-t from the $10, nnd we have left $10 to tlie credit of the 4U pound cow. The Fall I'lowla. The question of fall plowing I a de batable onii lu the mind of most farm era. The practice seem to grow more common un trial in some neighbor hood aud to fall into almost total dis favor In other sections. l'ion tlie roll lug lands which are so common there Is little question that It I Justly con demned, If, Indeed, It Is good practice, anywhere, says an exchange. Some Ion of plant food from washing and blow ing of tlie surface soil uhii fall-plowed ground I Inevitable, although It me chanical condition may be luiprved somewhat by the action of tlie frost upon the freshly plowed ground. Of course, the condition of the labor mar ket affects tint amount of fall plowing undertaken or accomplished to a very considerable degree, hut Independently of any and all of the factors mention ed, fall plowing may be expedient in some en sea. The writer has done very little fall plowing during recent years, but this year the plow will be kept go ing a long a the weather will permit after the cro are all secured. Beet Not to Sell Karlr. For year farmers have been grow ing sheep In a small way, and general ly have sold their lambs when they weigh (SO to 70 pound for from $2 to $2.."0 each. Even at these prices one makes a nice profit out of his sheep. It has cost little to grow them und so he Is well paid, but It is Hwslblo to do better. For several years Western lambs weighing from SO to CO pounds have sold at from $2 to $2.50, nnd iiTt -r being fed sixty or ninety days, j or up to ho to 00 (KMiuds, they sell for almost twice as much. As a; rule the farmers who sell the young lambs have feed enough to finish them and get the additional price. Although this extra feed had to be bought at market prices there would be no loss, for feeders are buying both sheep and feed and making a profit. More profit Is made from farm products when ani mals are properly finished, and lambs are In this cIukh. Salting the Rotter. For those who prefer to salt out of the churn tho following is the best method: Uemove the butter when in the granular state, weigh It nnd place It upon the worker, spread evenly und salt to suit the taste. Sift the salt evenly over tho butter, pass the work er over it, then run the butter und work ugain or until the salt Is thor oughly worked In. It may then be set away for a few hours, after which it should be given a second working. American Cultivator. Chemical Weed Killer. A chemical weed killer ha been de veloped or tested by the Wisconsin ex periment station In attempts to kill wild mustard, cocklebur, yellow dock, etc. The peculiar thing claimed for this poison Is that when sprayed on a grow ing grain crop Infested by weeds It kills the weeds without Injury to tlie cultivated crop. The solution used consists of 100 pounds of Iron sulphate dissolved In fifty-four gallons of water, which amount will spray an acre. Kill Free Seed Distribution. The free siK-d distribution by the gov ernment costs $'.M2,000 a year, besides the cost of hnndliug in tho malls, which costs about as much more, or half a million dollars a year, total. This sum of money wisely used would teach farmers the correct plun to market nnd build the machine for marketing, which will compel a profitable price for ev ery farm crop grown anywhere In the country. The machine once built will not cost the farmers anything directly to run It, but will pay great dividends every year. Up-to-Duto Fanning. TU.I. IT TO THI MARINE. New rintu I'hrn.e Flrel t'sed r Charles the Seeaad, Tlie saying "Tell it to tlie marines" lit traced to Pepya, the author of tho famous "Mary," and It Is said by hint to have originated with Charles II. of England. It so In-fell, a the story goes, that hi light-hearted majesty, with an exceedingly bored expression ou'hl swarthy face, was strolling lu the shade with the Ingenious Air. Pepya. secretary to the admiralty. "I bad sisHH'h yester e'en at IVpt ford." said Mr. Pepya, "with the cap tain of the IH-fyance, who hatb hut lately returned from the Indies and who told me tlie two most wonderful thing that ever I think 1 did bear lit my lire." Among the stories told were of tlsb flying In the air. "Flsli flying In the air." exclaimed hi maj esty. "II I hat a quaint conceit, which twere too good to ill wP keeping 1 What ho! sir" he turned and beckoned the colonel, Sir William Kllllgrew of the newly raised mari time regiment on foot, who was fol lowing lu close conversation with the duke of York "We would discourse with you on a matter touching your element What sny you, colonel, to a nan who meat- he hath seen !lhc fly In tho air." "I should say, air,' returned the sea soldier simply, 'that (he matt hattv sailed III southern seas. For when your majesty's business carried mo thither of late l.dld frequently oliwrvo more flying fish In one hour than tho hair of my head In numlier.' "Ill majesty glanced narrowly at the colonel's frank, weatherls-ateu face. Then with a laugh be turned to tlie secretary. "'Mr. Pepya,' an Id he, 'from the rery nature of their calling no class of our subject ran have no wide a know), edge of sens and land a tlie offlcera aml men of our loyal maritime regi ment. Henceforth ere ever we cast doubts usm a tale that lackelh likeli hood e will first tell It to the ma rine.' " Climate and Consumption. Only a few years ago' one suffering; from consumption was thought to Is Incurably III, and doomed to a death willed, although pcrhas slow, was In evitable. Modern scientific knowledge has changed all that, it Is now known that tuberculosis taken In time 1 quite amenable to treatment, und Indeed of ten get well of Itself without any so cial effort on the part of patient or physician. Tho mislern treatment Is mulnly cli matic, that Is to say, a removal. If pos sible, to some part of tlie world where the climatic conditions are such that the patient can pass most of his tlino In the oiH-n air. Hut If this were all that In needed the question would lie a much more simple one than it really is. It Is Indeed tlie main, but not tho ouly thing. It Is desirable also thnt the place of residence of the consumptive shall bo dry. sunny, and free from high wind and dust. Whether It shall lie In the mountains or near sea level. In tlie so called temperate zone or In the tropics. Is a mutter to be determined by cir cumstance. Some person prefer warm nlr to cold ; others suffer from heat and feel well only In cold weather. Nat urally the patient's Inclinations are t Ims consulted In such a case, for it would be cruel and disastrous to send a lover of tlie trolcs to winter In Minnesota, and equally cruel to compel a snowbird to live In the West Indies. A climate that will lie beneficial In one stage of the disease may lie harm ful In another. Elevated regions, for example, are suitable as a rule only for cases of consumption In the early stages, and may aggravate the condi tion at a later stago, when the patient has had one or more hemorrhages. At a very advanced stage no cllmnte, how ever Ideal, will compensate for the fa tigue and dangers of a long Journey, and home Is the only place. But after all that can be said for tho climatic treatment of consumption, tho main thing Is the open air, and that one can get without tho trouble and ev Icnse of travel by simply keeping win dows open day and night It Ik harder to follow out the open-air treatment In a Inrgo city than It Is In Colorado or southern California or Jamaica, but It can bo done, and no one need forego Its benefits while there are windows la walls, or while there Is space In which, to pitch a tent Youth's Companion. What has berome- of the old fash ioned man who thought It all right to eat cheese with skippers In, so "long; us they didn't bits back."