Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-02-16
REV. HoLP ON HONEY.
The United States is Today The
Land Flowing With Milk
And Honey.
The Different Kinds of HOney--
Shall 1t Give Us Life or
Death?
VIC all know enough of the customs


OF the South to know that old
colored nurses call their babes, little
and big, Honey" We are equally
aware that lovers call their sweet
hearts, Honey" But it is not Of
these that am to speak today. 1t
is of the article Itself, fresh from the
busy bees. Professor Agasslz once
gave very interesting lecture on
the shad of the Connecticut river.
The contemporaries Of Socrates gave
learned discussions on salt and
bees.
1t seemed to me we might profit
ably speak on honey, a much more
promising subject. Samson found a
hive Of bees storing honey in the
carcass of the lion he had slain a
year before, and based his famous
riddle, "Out Of the eater came forth
meat, and out Of the strong came
forth sweetness on this circum-
stance. Samson extracted sweetness
from Str ength. Let us cndcavor this
morning to extract strength from
sweetness. The ancicnts claimed
that Eacclu> vas the Gisc1yerer of
honey and Pan the God who pro-
tected it. Hybla, Maximum, and
liylncttus We're famous for their
honey. Palestine was always spoken
uf as "a land flowing with milk and
honey" This was more literally true
than we are wont to think. Almost
every family in the land had a hive
Of tame bees The wild bees stored
their treasure on the side of trees
and in the crcvices of the rocks
everywhere, so that honey really
flowed on all hands. The United
States is a modern Palestine, for it
flows with milk and honey.
There are about 100000 hives in
our country. which is more than is to
he found in any other country on
Gods footstool. 1t is most fitting
therefore that we, the honey country
of earth, should know something.
indeed everything, we can know of
Honey. There is g common saving.
which declares that
HONEY TELLS WHERE THE BEES HAVE
HEEN.
We have clover, blckwheat, and
Wild honey. Sometimes the bees
drain the clover heads of their sweet
ness, sometimes the buckwheat
flowers, and sometimes the wild
growing flowers of the field or forest.
A honey expert can tell by the honey
Just what ticld the bees have visited
a mans creed. a church's creed, tells
an expert theologian Just what field
of the Bible has been most visited bv
ohe party or parties. Ii a man feasts
mostly on Genesis, or the Psalms. or
Ecclesiastcs, or Daniel, or Revelation.
or the Gospel OF John, his creed.
written or unwrittcn. will reveal at
once which he is in the habit of
visiting most frequently. Goc'heS
"Wcrther'' was read by many who AT
oucc proceeded to commit suicide.
They left postuhmous notes for the
author telling him "Werther'' nerved
them to the fatal deed, so much 50
that men began to say whenever they
read of a suicide in Germany.
"Wcrthcr'S convert
THE honey tells where the bees
have BEEN" and a mans words and
feelings tell where lie has been. Let
us ever go where is the man that secs
the silver, yes, the golden lining To
every cloud. There is another
sentence which says,
NoLASsEs Is HONEY TO TIE CoNrrS-
TED MAN.
Paul says, II have learned. in
whatever state ] am, therein to be
cOntented." If Paul was content,
we may be. ContrntmenL is more
than gold, for it is the philosophers
stone, which turns everything into
gold. Contentment is the souls
spcctacles which colors with golden
color all that is seen through them.
Let us cultivate this vrturc. ant!
even the bitter things Of life viii.
become pleasant, yes, sweet to our
taste. Let us learn how much there
is Of
PATIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE IN 4
POUND OF HONEY.
1t is estimated that bees. in order
to collect one pound If honey, must
visit the extract Che hector con-
tanned in $4,000 heads of clover Of
the average size. This task
neccssitates 3,750,OOO trips to and
from the hive. In order to cultivate
any Christian virtue, to anything
Alike perfection, we uusv have an
equal amount of patience, and per-
severance. Thomas kempis,
writing on the duty of self-renun-
citation, exclaims, 80, Lord, this is
not the work of one day, nor chill