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."