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Mrs Charles Buchanan, West Monk -
`ton, Ont., writes: ---"I took Dr Fowler's
Extract of Wild Strawberry when 1 had
dysentery so bad I passed nothing but
blood and water. I got medicine from'
our doctor; but it failed to help me. A
friend of mine dropped into see me one
uftarnoon• I was so weak 1 was in bed.
'She told me what "Dr. Fowler's,' had.
done for her little boy, and she went
home and got the bottle she always kept
inher medicine chest, and believe me
four doses helped me so'I could get up
and do my work. I took two more
doses reel 1 was as normal as I should be.
I would not be without it now if it were
five dollars a bottle. My husband has
used it shies I did, for diarrhoea and
he got splendid results. You may
publish this .1 you wish, as it may lead
,
some other sufferer to a cure."
pr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Straw
berry for the past 74 years has had
phenomenal success in all cases of
•diarrhoea, dysentery, cramps, colic, chole
era morbus, cholera infentum, summer
'complaint and bowel complaints of old
and young. }
If you want to be en the safe side, if
'you don't want to experiment or take
chances as t o results, refuse any and every
br»v •l' eompl silt compound that_ is
'offered yo'i and insist on the old reliable
"Dr,
l ' . "
Dr, Fo�er.,
Price 35c. a bottle at all dealers.,
Put up only by The T Milburn Co.,
Limited, Toronto; Ont.
Suggestienis for Village Improvements
To permit of social and educational
development, the Village Clubs Asso-
ciation recommends that there be a
motor transit system to enable people
to share in the fuller educational and
social possibilities of the market town,
and the following features in the vil-
lage itself;
1. A group of workshops;
2. A system of school gardens;
3. The use of buildings for lectures
en rural u, bjects;
alit 4. Shower baths and an open-air
a'irSwimming bath;
6. A hall equipped with a stage and
dressing rooms to be used for plays
and meetings;
° 6. A gymnasium;
7. A reading room and children's
library;
8. Rooms for the use of organiza-
tions such as the boy scouts, girl
guides, and clubs and societies for
adults;
9. A cafe with a garden adjoining,
where light refreshments could be
had, and where a village band could
play and dances be held at least one
evening a week;
10. Additional school instruction
during
during winter, including lectures on
general subjects.
It is not suggested that this scheme
is applicable 'in its entiretly for Cana-
dian villages, but it contains many
valuable suggestions which could be
worked out for the benefit of commun-
ity life which would be materially
benefitted by the adoption of some
of these suggestions. They are worth
trying.
Stop a Distance From Train.
Why do you do it?
When you see a train coming and
you know you can't possibly make the
crossing and you don't intend to at-
tempt it—why don't you immediately
slow down and relieve the engineer
of the horrid feeling that his train is
about to 'hurl you into eternity?
You don't realize what a terrible
strain you put on that man •in the cab
when he sees you dashing up toward
the crossing ahead of his train, not
knowing whether you will try to make
it or not.
There he is in his cab, and knows
he can't stop his engine. There you
are speeding in your car to the cross-
ing just ahead. You know you are
going to stop just at the edge of the
track and look up and laugh just as
,;?'the train whizzes past. It's a joke,
maybe, to you. To him it's a few
seconds of the most intense agony'.
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' A large coarse cloth dipped in salt
and water will clean cocoanut matting.
Suffered from
C stip ti
FOR TWO YEA S.
If the truth were only known you
would find that over one-half of the
ills of life arecaused by allowing the
bowels to get into a constipated con-
dition. When the bowels become cone
stipated the stomach gets out of order,
the liver does not work properly and then
follows the violent sick headaches, the
sourness of the stomach, belching of
wind, heartburn, water brash, biliousness,
etc.
Keep your bdwels regular by using
Milburn's Laxa-Liver Pills.
Mr. A. Roder, • IE& stings St, E., Van-
eouver( B.C., writes:- "I' desire to ex
press my thanks for what Milburn's
Laxa-Liver Pills have done for me. I
had been suffering from constipation
for two years also had a bad cough and
headaches. I' tried all sorts of cures and
remedies, but got no relief until It was
advised to try your pills. I got great
relief after the first few doses."
Pries; 25c. a vial at all dealers or
mailed direct on receipt of price by The
T. Milburn Co.. Limited, Toronto, Oat
Plowing For Profit,
A tractor built 'strong enough to
withstand the heavy stresses ' and
strains consequent upon field work
can do a good job of plowing by
hitching it to several ordinary horse
gangs 'These, however, do not give as
good satisfaction as the special trac-
tor plow, since they are not so com-
pact in construction, are not so easily
handled, and are not so completely
under the control of the operator,
Personally, I have in time past
used two types of tractors. One of
these is 45 horsepower, the other 30
horsepower. I have used the latter
size the past two seasons.
This engine is designed for general
field work on small or large farms.
I have been in the habit of pulling
from three to six 14 -inch plows. The
tractor handles these very success-
fully to a depth of eight inches in all
kinds of soil. I find from experience
that this engine will use from two
to two and one-half gallons of fuel
to the acre, making the costof opera-
tion quite low.
I find that one man with this trac-
tor and the regular tractor plow is
able to average from 10. to 15 acres a
day. Two men will average from 15
to 20 acres a day. In one instance
two men plowed 23 acres in 10 hours.
I have found that this engine is able.
to plow when the ground is in fit
condition to be worked at all.
There are.many advantages gained
by using such an outfit. The operator
is able to turn off several times the
work he could with a team, and does
his plowing in a short time when the
ground is in the best condition. This
one thing alone should add materially
to the productiveness of the field. I
also find it quite practical to attach
a harrow behind the plow so that the
ground is harrowed when still moist,
putting it in ideal condition to con-
serve the moisture.
These same general facts hold true
when one is using an engine for disk-
ing, harrowing, or harvesting. I do
all these things with the tractor.
Last spring, after the rush of plow-
ing was over, a man living some ten
miles away sent word that he had
65 acres of sod which 'he would• like
to have me plow so he could. plant
corn. He offered me $1.50 an acre
and furnished the fuel and a man to
help. ft
Before this job was done a neigh-
bor of his said he had 20 acres of
stubble land that had been so. wet
he could not get it plowed. It was
reasonably dry now, and, as his men
were all busy, he would like to have
me plow it. The day we were plow-
ing, the work looked so well to him
that he decided to have a 30 -acre field
of sod plowed for ,the same purpose.
The resr It was 'that from these
jobs I netted enough to go a good
way toward paying the season's
wages of the engine man. Since then
the road boss has asked me to grade
much of the road, and others have
spoken for considerable plowing.
Feeding Breeding Swine
"Economical production" should be
the watchword of every producer,
whether it be of pork, beef er mutton.
With mill feeds at the prime pre-
vailing to -day and the prospect of an
increase in price of some of the more
essential feeds it behooves the geo-
de/zee to study very carefully the
feeding problem and adopt any Ameth-
od that will tend to give him the
cheapest production.
All too often has the breeding herd
on the average farm cost from one-
third to one-half more than it should
have to s summer them, which, of
course, lessens the' profit to be real-
ized from such a herd. It has been
shown that a herd of. brood sows can
be carried through the summer in a
good, thriving condition and , raise
good litters on pasturage and not cost
over half as much as though they had
been housed all summer and fed on
mill feeds. Moreover, the sows were
more healthy and farrowed litters
that were more robust. And the mor-
tality was -much lower than among
those sows kept inside all summer,
For "economical production" then,
the brood sow should live out all
summer in the open on uncontamin-
ated soil, grazing on some succulent
pasturage, thereby developing bone,
muscle and constitution. The aver-
age grasses do not supply the most
satisfactory pasture for swine, yet
they are better than .keeping them in
the house. Among the most suitable
are rape or a legume such as clover
or alfalfa, if it can be successfully
grown, Peas, oats, and vetches also
make excellent pasture for swine.
Small fields of any of those named
can be sown. Allow the swine to go
in just for a short time at first until
they become accustomed to it, leaving
them a little longer each day until
soon they remain all the time and not
eat any more than is sufficient for
their needs. -
While a pig can barely subsist on
grass alone the legumes or rape will
more than sustain life and so leave
for producing increase all the extra
feed supplied. Therefore, in addition
to the succulent food there should be
fed e small allowance of wheat mid-
lings, bran, linseed oil meal or dairy
product, thereby supe ying'the brood,
sow with the muscle andbone-forming
material that is essent'al, This should
not constitute more than about one-
third of the ration of concentrates.
The remainder of the carbohydrates
can be supplied with an addition of
grain,such es corn, oats or barley.
The daily allowance of coneentrntes
should be just sufficient ' to keep the
sow in a good, thriving condition, but
not sufficient 'to make them satisfied;
Otherwise they will not forage very
much, but become lazy and the con-
sequences are they will idle in a shady
nook or ueder a tree.
No one ma state definitely the
amount to feed a pig. The feeder him-
self must be the judge. Study care-
fully the individual; regulate the ex-
tra feed given just to keep the animal
thriving, yet actually foraging to ap-
pease its hunger. In this way a herd
of brood sows can be brought.through
the summer very cheaply and in a
mush heaithier• condition than in any
other way.
; Berm Ole
Sheep return a greater profit for
every dollar invested than any other
class of live stock. None of the dis-
.advantages, the most important of
which are dogs, parasites and disease,
should discourage the flockmaster.
Proper care and management will
control and largely eliminate these
troubles.
Sheep produce two cash crops a year
—wool in the spring and lambs in the
fall. They can be grown and main-
tained upon a smaller percentage of
roughage and a smaller percentage of
grain than any other cla'.s of live
stock. They will clean up the weeds
from the farm and convert other
rough feeds into a marketable pro-
duct. As a source of fresh meat,
which is wholesome in character and
flavor, a flock ,of sheep is the best.
This fresh meais the most healthful
class of meat because fewer sheep
are condemned than any other class of
live stock.
Maybe You Can Sell It
Perhaps you have something lying
around the farm, long gone into the
discard, which would be valuable to
your neighbor, This was brought
forcibly to my notice not long ago by
an unusual incident.
serge town was needing money
—net for the first time, it is true,;
but the only time when the snuglittle
bank account could not meet require-
ments. Sickness had cut into it core
siderably the previous months, and
the market prices on live stock were
now so low that he had not believed
it would pay him to open up the corn -
crab and start feeding operations.
Consequently he was broke. The need
at the time was only $35, but it had to
be raised within a week, and it was
ant failing rule in the Browi house-
hold that accounts were not allowed
to "run over."
Brown sat down one evening to
think it ever. His wife usually shared
such difficulties with him, but this
night she was very busy. A rummage
sale was to be held soon for the Red
Cross, and she was scouring the house
from cellar to attic in search of stray
articles. Consequently the man of the
house was doing his thinking alone.
Suddenly an idea struck him. He
would have a rummage sale, too, only
on a different plan. Next morning he
started out, first going to the woodlot,
then to the barn and workshop, gath-
cuing up things here and there.
At the end of the week Brown item-
ized :the following articles which he
had picked up and sold:
One discardedmower .. 10.00
� r ...$
Straps and rings from worn-
out harness
50 posts at 25c
Woven wire
50 lbs. scrap rubber at 9c
Chains and hooks
Parts from worn-out binder
tidy Farm Home PAM ACROSSKitchen
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For the farm woman who can do and into the pantry to get the flour Women are the greatest sufferers from
and back into the sink cupboard for
the, tins, and then remember you for-
got to bring the moulding board and
tolling h
you go
the cabinet the flour bin on one side,
the sugar bin on the other, and the
spices are all inside those little top
doors, in` neatly labeled jars, The
moulding board slides into place under
that porcelain top, or you could very
well use the same to as a board. f
Then, there's your shiny white en-,
ameled table right at hand on which
to set your finished products, either
before or after they are baked; or,'
better still, right beside it es your :
tea wagon, on whicii, you can pile
the tins of cookies and wheel them;
to the oven, and, after baking, load
them up again and wheel them into
the pantry to cool, It is an even bet"
which is the greatest step -saver the 1
cabinet or the tea wagon. Just think
of putting everything for the dinner,
table on that wagon and wheeling it
into the dining room all 'at once in-
stead of making a dozen or more trips
back and forth and forth and back,
and then discovering, after all are ,
seated, that you must jump up and ,
make another journey after a forgot
ten article. By all means buy a tea
wagon if you can.
the principal pert of'her housework
in the morning, a kitchen facing the
west is desirable, for it is cool and
shaded in the summer forenoons. On
the farm where a hearty supper mCst
he cooked for workmen during the
'busy summer months, an east or
northeast exposure affords protection
from the intense heat of the after-
noons. Thi:;, is also a convenient ars
rangement where the dining room
is in the southeast corner. -
The kitchen must, of course, be next
to the dining room, but if possible, a
direct view from the dining room into'
the kitchen should be avoided. This
may be arranged by placing a doer,
near the corner of the dining room'
and hinged on the side away from the.
corner, so that the opened door forms'
a partial screen. •
Since the kitchen is a. workshop its'
lighting should be of the very best.:
At least three windows should be pro-
vided end if the arrangement of the,
house permits, four will be none too'
many. The windows should be placed,
on at least two sides of the room, and
should be built high enough to permit
a sink or work table to be placed
under them. ,
The writer has in mind a desirable;
ten by twelve kitchen. The kitchen
has a southwest exposure. The walls
are of hard plaster painted light
gray, with the ceiling a very pale
gray. The woodwork is finished with
several coats of gray enamel, slightly
darker ..than the wall. The curved
edges on casings• and baseboard are
especially advisable, being easily kept
in good condition. The furniture,
with the exception of the stove, sink,
stool and tray 'wagon, is built hi and
is finished with the gray enamel to
match the rest of the woodwork.
The window shades match the
painting of the house on the outside
and are white inside. Dainty white
voile curtains add to the attractive-
ness of the room and are easily
laundered. Electric light is used for
artificial lighting, there being one
light with. reflector in the centre of
the ceiling and the other light con-
veniently close to the stove.
On the west wall there is a sink
with two drain boards. This sink is I
cast all in one piece, and the back!
extends the full length of sink and ,
drain boards. Joining the drain'
boar.ls are work table shelves of t
enameled steel. These extend to the;
cupboard on 'the north side and the
waste chute on the south side. Two
windows over the sink admit good
light. At each side of the windows
is a cupboard reaching to the ceiling.
Shelves, the width of the cupboard,
extend from the windows to the outer
edges of the cupboards. In the south -
weak, sore; lame and aching becks,
owing to the continual stooping, bending;;
and liftingso accessary to perform tittir
pin out of t e pantry when householdduties,
t et aze #lozar, You can see in On the fust sign of ani weakness of
5.00
12,501.
2.00
4.50
1,50
8.00
Total $13,00
Everything except the posts had
been consigned to the junk pile. The
mower was needed by Smith to re-
pair one that he had. The wire just
enclosed neighbor Jones's hog -lot, and
so on down the 2:st.
Brown not only relieved his own
difficulty, bet those of his neighbors
as well. Perhaps you wouldn't be able
to find as much as he did, but it might
be a good plan to take a look around
the next rainy day. It may surprise
you how many things you can dig up.
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It is just as essential to cull the
pullets` before they mature as after
they have started laying. In the .av-
erage flock of young chickens about
one-fourth of the females are not
worth keeping as layers. Most of
these will lety at some time or other,
of course, but their laying will not
prove profitable.
If they are kept with the prolific
layers these culls lower the flock pro-
duction to a level that scarcely meets
the feed bill. Obviously, it is economy
to get rid of them as soon as they can
be determined as unfit.
Inspect the young stock front time
to time during the summer months
and discard all birds that do not show
promise of maturing into well-devel-
oped, vigorous pullets by the first of
October. Runts, cripples, mental de-
fectives—there are such in poultry-
dom—and specimens in poor health
should be segregated and prepared as
table poultry. They represent an in-
vestment. Salvage as much of this
investment now as possible. Don't
throw good money after bad in the
hope that the culls will come around
later. Very few do.
' jE have numerous
°I inquiries fro
prospective purchasers -
for
Western Farm Lands
Send full particulars of
your land to
UNION TRUST COMPANY
menet)
Winnipeg, Man.
UFFERIEl *EAAfS
WITH HEA T T. OUBLE.
Through one cause or other a large ma-
jority of people are troubled with some
form of heart trouble, but do not know it.
When the heart becomes affected there
ensues a feeling of a choking sensation,
the bream becomes so short it is hard to
breathe and you feel as if you were
smothering, you become weak and dizzy,
the heart palpitates, throbs and beats
irregularly,
On the first sign of the hears' be-
coming weakened you will find that a
few boxes of Milburn's Heart and Nerve
Pills will strengthen and invigorate
it so that it beats strong and regular,
and the lest vitality is replaced by
vigor��and energy.
Mr. Stephen Crouse, East Clifford,
N.S,, ,writes:—"I suffered for five years
with heart trouble. I could hardly walk
to the barn without resting I used to
get so short of breath. The doctors
could not help me. My wife told nee
about Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills,
I got a box and. felt, better; three boxes
made me quite Well. I am now helping,
my son work the farm; and can truth-
fully say 1 feel like a different man..
I eat highly recommend your pills to
any one who has a weak heart."
Price 50e, a box at all dealers, or
mailed direct on receipt of .price by The
T. Milburn Co., Limited, 'Toronto, Out.
Service.
"Hello!" called the tall pine, "Hello,
brother!"
The big' rustic seat under the tree
stirred faintly, then after assuring
itself that no one was about, sighed,
"Hello, Captain!"
"Glad they put you so close to me.
We can have some great old talks
this summer. Where have you been
since I saw you last?" '
"Sun parlor, and all of the children
sat on me every afternoon when we
had tea—played I was a ship, too!"
"You are a useful fellow!" whistled
the pine tree softly,
"I know," mourned the bench, "but
it is hard to be twisted into this shape
—to have no green needles and never
to hear the birds singing. Now you,
how free your life is!"
"The winds were very rough last
winter, brother. I must stand here
with the other trees and protect the
house. Each of us must serve --you
at your post, I at mine! Tell me some-
thing of the house news. How are the
rest of my brothers faring?" The
pine wood seat cheered up a bit at
this and began talking of all the
furniture it knew in the house; of the
people, the music and the life there.
"I am fortunate to be set out every
summer, I suppose. Now sonic of the
others would enjoy this breeze! I can and the north wall is utilized as a
almost fancy myself a tree again!" closet for cleaning equipment and is
finished the rustic seat meditatively. long enough to hold long -handled
conveniently, placed.
A south°window makes good light
over the white enameled table, with
cupboards above, at each side of the
window. A flour bin is built under
the table at the left side. This table
extends to the waste chute .in the
southwest corner and the stove is at
the left of the table. The stove is
a good range capable of burning wood
or coal. There is a copper hood fin-
ished in gray enamel to match kit-
chen over stove to carry off odors.
Between stove and east corner is a
built-in utensil cupboard, to hold
utensils which will be used at the
stove. On the east wall, near the
utensil closet, is the outside door, with
the upper third of glass, leading to
the entry and also to the cellar.
Between this door and the north
wall is a built-in refrigerator which
is arranged so that the ice may be
put in from the entry. The refriger-
ator is of good height, making it
possible to use it without stooping.
The space between the refrigerator
"You are a very handsome piece!;'
The pine tree swayed socially over-
head—"and I daresay you know heaps
more than `I do why, I'm a regular
farmer!" So the big tree talked on
and on till the seat became vastly
proud and comforted with its station
in life. But it is hard for the furni-
ture people sometimes, don't you
think? They must miss the big
outdoors.
But, as the pine tree says, all must
serve, sonic at one post, some at an-
other. And people, like trees, serve in
different ways. Some must be bent
and twisted and changed for their
work; some others, those who work in
the open, the farmers and foresters
and lumbermen, the sailors and sol-
diers and engineers, still: retain their
freedom like the uncut trees. And I
suppose we might call the trees serv-
ing in the open the countrymen and
those which have been cut and fash-
ioned into furniture and houses the
townsmen. And were I a tree, of
course, I would prefer being a coun-
tryman, but if my post was indoors,
well, I guess I should serve cheerfully
there, too.
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Things' Worth While,
'Tis a joy to serve when serving
means
The doing of things worth while,
Of giving the best that in you is—
'The going "the second mile";
The heroic thing, the job that counts,
The man-sized task gives a zest
To the work in hand, and men respond
And give of their very best:
brushes, brooms and mops.
The north side is next to the dining
room. Near the east wall is placed
the swinging door into the dining
room. The space between this door
and the west wall is filled with cup-
boards built to the ceiling. These are
used for serving and there are three
doors opening into the dining room
from the back of the cupboards. This
amuch
a h
c n of the meal
makes the .ezvi ,
easier matter, as the different courses
can be placed on the shelf at the be-
ginning of the meal and conveniently
reached at the proper time without
returning to the kitchen. The shelf
over the drawers in the lower part
of the suphoard es finished with white
enameled steel and is used as a work
table. Gray and blue linoleum in
small black pattern is used on the
floor. Stools are painted gray.
Of course, we can't have all of
these conveniences for our kitchens
but all of us can have some of them,
and some of us can have all of them.
And anyway, we -can all plan on get-
ting them one at a time and begin to
save our pennies for some of the
things which make life easier, and, as
a result, make us happier,
There is the kitchen cabinet, for
instance, How many steps ,do you
suppose you would save if you had
everything you needed to bake with
in one cupboard, to say nothing of
having the moulding board and tins
right there,too? You could probably
add several pounds to your weight if
you didn't need to trot to the cup-
board on the north wall for the spices
INTERNATIONAL LESSON
SEPTEMBER 7.
The Kingdom,1of God—Matt. 6:10; 13:
31-33, 44-50; 18:2, 3; Luke 17:20,21;
2 Cor. 10:3-5. Gold. Text, Matt. 6:33.
Prayer for the Kingdom. In Matt, 6:
10 is the two -fold petition, "Thy king-
domcome," and "Thy will be done as
in heaven so on, earth," For the king-
dom means simply doing the will of
God. That must include also seeking
to know what God's .will is and en-
deavoring to make it supreme in all
things. The one who prays.. for ib?
coming of the kingdom, therefore, will
also pray for light and understanding,
that he may know its character and
its operation. And he will seek also
to have some part in the realization
of his prayer, in the bringing in of
Christ's universal reign.
Parables of the Kingdom. In Matt.
13 there are seven parables of the
kingdom: the Sower, the Taxes, the
Mustard Seed, the Leaven, the Hid
Treasure, the Pearl of Great Price,
and the Net. They are each and
every one gems of teaching. The truth
does not lie on the surface, but be-
comes clear to the one who seeks the,
deeper meaning. Two of the parables
are interpreted by Jesus to his in-
quiring disciples (vv. 10-23 and 36-43),f
for, He said to them, "Unto you it is'
given to know the mysteries of the i
kingdom of heaven" The meaning;
of the parable, its hidden truth, its'
Spiritual significance, is unfolded to
them because they are sincere and
earnest inquirers. They want, with`
all their heart and soul, to do the will
of God, and the will of God is revealed:
to them in these inimitable parables.;
The parable of the Mustard seed'
(vv. 31-32) represents the kingdom of •
God as growing in the world front a
small beginning to a great consumma-
tion. The mustard plant (Sinapis
nigra) grows wild in Palestine, but
is sometimes cultivated, and in the
gardens "reaches a great size, being
often front ten to twelve feet in
height." The birds are very fond of its
small seeds which it bears in great
abundance. So, like the tiny seed, will
the kingdom grow in the hearts of
men, in human society, and among the
nations, until it dominates all other
forces and bestows its benefits upon
all men. So also are the precepts and
laws of the kingdom like leaven,
working silently and yet mightily for
the transforming and renewing of the
world (v. 33).
This new order of the kingdom,
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with its rule of justice and righteous-
ness, of peace and good will, under
the supremacy of love, is a treasure
indeed, for which a man might well
part with all his possessions. It is "a
pearl of great price" (vv. 45-46). But
it is also like a net which gathers of
every kind, both bad and good (vv.
47-50).
This last fact regarding the king-
dom of God in the world, or the church
as the visibly constituted and organ-
ized force of the kingdom, has not
been sufficiently recognized or under-
stood. The gospel throws the door
wide open both in Christian and in
non-Christian lands, and many res-
pond to its invitation.. Multitudes of
widely varying character and disposi-
tion flock into the church. The leaven
of the berth is working, but the mass
is not immediately leavened. The
process goes on through the ages. In
the individual character elements of
evil still remain along with the good,
and in the society and offices of the
church evil men often find a place.
The church, at the best, is made up of
imperfect people. Who shall draw the
line and make the separation between.
good and bad? Sometimes the distinc-
tion is clear; very often it is not clear.
To root up the tares might be to root
up the wheat also. See vv. 29, 30,
37-43.
.r.szt, ideal of the kingdom is a per-
fect order,'" kith in the indf doaltal';.v; m 'e,
and in society. Inst es what all Chris-
tian men and women labor for and
pray for continually. It is that they
may do God's will perfectly in all the
duties and relations of life. It is to
lave the Lord our God with all the
heart, and to love our neighbor as
' ourself. This is the standard which
must never be lowered, the high at-
tainment of Christ -likeness after
which we are continually striving. But
we must recognize, sadly indeed and
shamefacedly, the evil that is still
present with us, fight it as best we
may, knowing that in the end judg-
ment is sure and the good will be
triumphant.
The Weapons of the Kingdom.—In
one remarkable passage (Luke 17: 20-
21) Jesus declares that "the kingdom
of God cometh not with observation,"
that is not in visible power and splen-
dor. It is "within you," or "in the
midst of you," He said. With this
harmonizes St. Paul's saying in IL
Cor. 10: 3-5, that "the weapons of our
warfare are not of the flesh," Never-
theless the weapons are mighty. They
are spiritual forces working like the
life that is in the seed and like the
leaven in the meal, destroying the
evil, reviving the dead, transforming.
character, quickening and confirming
faith, and building a new world, a
world in which heaven and earth will
be joined ,in full and loving obedience
to God and in fellowship with our
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
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