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TEACHING POINTS.

INTRODUCTION. = Paul's personal expe-
rience at the time he wrote his Second
Letter to the Corinthians casts light into
expression For a systematic state
ment of Pauls faith we should read his
Letter to the Romans; as a treasury of
historical facts we should read his Letter
to the Galatians for revelation of Paul's
inner life, in its conflicts and it's impulses,
we should read his Second Letter to the
Corinthian church. The great Gertile
collection was deliberately planned by
master-mind. 1t was intended to serve
the Gentle churches as an opportunity to
indulge in the blessedness of giving; to be
from the general Gentle church to the
Jerusalem church, propitiatory gift, a
thank-offering, an expression of world
wide Christian fraternity.
O. V. 1-15. PLAN TO GIVE. Paul
during personal visitation from Ephe-
sus year before, proposed the great COL
lection to the Corinthian church. The
suggestion was eagerly welcomed, and
great promises were spontaneously made
Paul believes the Corinthians will
honor their promises. He has made Cor
inthian enthusiasm kindle Macedonian
enthusiasm. Now he sends Titus and
two companions to help the Corinthians
be faithful to themselves. -Paul knew
the value of the personal contact in So
Letting a collection.
e. V. 81 WHY; HOW. We should
be generous sewers, in the confident ex-
pectation.of being bountiful reapers. We
should battle against our selfishness and
give deliberately and gladly.
81 V..s-u GIVING is RELIGION We
do not give willingly and generously, be-
cause we distrust Gods ability and pur-
pose to make good to us our apparent
loss. But the Lord WILL povide. He
will give the giver something better than
his money Paul did not doubt what
the old psalm FPS. 112, 81 says: He who
dispenses to the poor becomes possessed
of divine and endless righteousness
One needs enriching in his WHOLE Ma
TURE.
Lay up treasures in heaven.
The willing mind is the sanctifica-
tion of the gift.
Money is cheap thing to give for
human gratitude and divine approval.
We have tried to find excuses for
not giving; let us consider the reasons
why we should give.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-08-28
Beef CrOquettes.

This is GOOD Housekeeping" recipe.
Cut pound and half of lean cooked
beef into very small dice; place in q
stewpan heaping teasponful of finely
chopped onions. with a piece of butter
the size OF walnut; stir over the fire un.
til the onions become slightly Drowned,
then stir in half a tablespoonful
of flour, with which mix by degrees a
half pint Of broth or water, adding a
few drops of browning. Let it boil for
five minutes, stirring constantly, then
throw in the beef; season rather highly
with pepper and salt. and pour into a
deep dish to cool. Beat two eggs on a
plate. and in shallow dish have guam
tity of bread crumbs. Divide the
cooked beef into as many pieces as are
required. and roll them into spheres or
shape them in any other form preferred.
Roll these in the crumbs till quite
covered. then roll them in the egg, and
then in the crumbs again. Take them
out gently, patting the surface lightly
with the fiat of knife. and place them
in very hot lard or butter to fry to q
golden brown, being careful not to break
them. When done, drain them on a
cloth, and serve either on a napkin or
a bed of fried parsley.
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pose than to know and do my duty, tb at
l have reached the above decision"
That is all. AS "Tbe Church Ecomo-
mist" we'll says: "a letter like this, on
such a subject. would be almost un-
thinkable in any other age of the worlds
history. 1t is the letter Of business
man of high character and motives, de-
Ginning an important trust-the presi-
dency of bank or railroad. or with
drawing from Senatorial contest"
Many old-fashioned Christians will
regret this tendency to ignore the sup
posed difference between a religious
duty and a merely secular duty.
They would say in this particu-
lar case for instance, that bishopric is
intellectually more important than bank
presidency, and that one who is chosen
to it should learn his duty by means of
some distinctively religious process. To
this the modern Christian would reply
that duty is duty, and that in true and
noble sense it is always sacred thir g.
whether it relates to religious or
secular Office.
In either case the method of ascer-
tanning it must be the same for a truly
religious man. The old phraseology
really meant no more in the last anal
ysis than the phraseology employed
by DR.. Greer. The oldtime Chris
tian tried to learn his duty by weigh
ing all it's attendant circumstances.
aud that is exactly what the modern
Christian does. In loyalty to the faith
and in sincerity of purpose there is no
difference between the two types If
Christians. The difference in expI es-
sion is mere accident, and arises from
the fact that the old phrases formerly
employed by Christians in their public
utterances have become outworn. and
in some cases have degenerated into
cant. No phrases. however sacred or
-honored, can possibly enshrine re :
ligion. It is an attitude of the mind
which, when it is sincere, has the power
to make sacred any words in which.
from age to age, it may express itself
Neao York Tribune.
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SCHOLARS STUDY.

TIME.-The Second Epistle to the Cor
inthians was written few months after
the First probable in the autumn of A. D.
81.
PLACE.-It was written from one of
the churches of Macedonia, probably
Philippi.
GOLDEN TENT. = aye know the
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that
though he was rich, yet for your sakes
he became poor, that We through his
poverty might be rich. III. Cor. viii, Q.
UNIVERSALIST CA TECHISM M
XXXV. Will the world of mankind be-
come reconciled to Cod Christ will con-
quer, and God will be all in ALL Cor.
XIV rs.
LESSON PREVENTS after the
crisis was passed in Ephesus, of which
we learned in our last lesson, Paul start
ed for Macedonia. At Troas, $50 miles at
the northwest he waited for Titus, who
had been sent from Ephesus to Corinth,
and was by agreement to meet him at
Troas; but Titus not appearing Paul went
alone across the Egean Sea into Macedo-
MIA I'll Cor. ii, -, 49, Titus soon after
wards found him in Macedonia, and re-
ported progress in Corinth. The news
was, in some respects, painful to Paul.
The church, while yet outwardly pros
porous, was not making satisfactory pro
gress in the Christian life. The ideal he
had held up, the sacrificing example
of Jesus, was regarded with soothing. He
was himself still in i'll repute among GER
n leaders
right to be an apostle was still by some
called in question. This Second Epistle
to the Corinthians is the outcome of the
circumstances, as interpreted by the zeal
Gus apostle. The whole Epistle should be
read continuously, if one would appIehend
Paul's intense desire to Justify himself
by the truth, and to win the Corinthians
to the spiritual life. ''He had been at
tackled at Corinth, - says Farrar, with
every weapon of fanatical religious
hatred his character had been slandered
by Judaic teachers. Now Paul had HUI
man heart, not an artificial one; and he
did not even pretend that such calumnies
did not sting and wound him. They stung
him, and all the more because they came
upon him at time of great mental dis
couragement and physical prostration
QI Cor iv, SIP; xii, 7-10). This Second
Letter is Paul's defense of his life and con-
duct. The collection of which Paul
speaks in our lesson passage is the one he
had long been gathering from all the Cen
tile churches in behalf of the impover
ished church in Jerusalem. He had, we re
call, before sent Timothy and Erastus from
Ephesus into Macedonia 90, 22,) presu-
mably to forward the important general
collection. He had also sent Titus to as
sist in the offering.
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Sermons Without Words.

Francis Of Assist one day stepped
down into the cloister of his monastery
and said to young monk: Brother, let
us go down into the town today and
preach"
So they went forth, the venerable "a
Their and the young man conversing as
they went. Along the principal streets.
around the lowly alleys. to the out
skirts of the town, and to the village be-
You'd they wound their way. returning
at length to the monastery gate.
Then spoke the young monk: ga
Their. when shall we begin to preach?'
"My child said Francis. looking down
kindly upon the young. man I'VE have
been preaching as we walked, and those
who have seen and heard us are the peo-
pie we have met."-Selected.
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THE OLD RELIGIOUS PHRASE
OLOGY.

The letter of the Rev. DR.. David H.
Greer, of this city, declining the Office
of Bishop Co-adjutor of the Episcopal
Diocese of Rhode Island. to which he was
recently elected, is an excellent illustra-
ton Of the modern spirit that is doing
30 much to reshape Christian thought
and phraseology. We all know in what
way such letter written by the oldtime
clergyman would be expressed. 1t
would probably quote one or more ap.
propriate passages of Scripture and
would certainly make numerous refer
ences 10 Divine Providence and the
Great Head of the Church. The writer
would make clear the fact that he was
but worm Of the dust, who could do
nothing without the aid and guidance
of higher power, and he would tell how
earnestly he had wrestled with God in
pray er in order to come to right decis.
ion in the matter. In a word. the whole
letter would be little more than a canto
OF religious phrases, employed. no doubt
with entire honesty and sincerity, but
many Of which had come to be little more
than conventional expressions.
Far different from such letter is
that which DR.. Greer wrote. 1t con.
tains not single quotation from Scrip
ture and none of the time honored
phrases to which we have referred. 1t
begins by saying that after "a full and
careful consideration OF the subject"
the writer is compelled reluctantly to
decline the election. Then after reterr-
ing to the difficulty involved in coming
to decision DR.. Greer says: "In at
tempting, however, to ascertain what
ought TO do. felt that all personal con.
siderations must be eliminated and put
aside. and that must look at the ques-
ton that had come to me simply as a
question OF duty, and that is what 1
have tried at least to do. But even then
found it very perplexiDg question,
with the COL fiict in it of duty against
duty, drawing ne first in one direction
and then again in another, with strong
and urgent reasons on both Sides"
What those reasons are it is not nee
essary to state; but will ask you TO be-
lieve that it is only after very careful,
and l hope conscientious, weighing and
balancing OF them, with no other pur-
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TEACHERS HELP.

Paul wrote his Second Letter to the
Corinthian church under circumstances
which made it natural for him to pour
into its composition both the anxieties
and comforts of his deepest Christian
ife.
The crisis in the church of Ephesus
having passed he had set forth on his
projected journey. He proposed to visit
Macedonia and Greece; thence going
with the great Gentle collection to Jeru-
salem; after which he hoped to plant
the cross in imperial Rome. He journey.
ed first hundred and fifty miles north.
bered, was the city of Asia from which
Paul, about five years before, in obed-
fence to night voice, had made his first
journey into Macedonia and Europe.
He had expected to meet Titus in Troas.
He had sent him from Ephesus on a
mission to Corinth; the plan explicitly
provided that Titus should report at
Troas, and Paul's subsequent acts were
left contingent on the nature of the re-
port Titus should bring from Greece.
But Titus did not arrive at Troas at the
time appointed. 1t was. of course like
Paul to fill the days of waiting with in.
tense activity; he found souls in this
sea port city eager to hear the Gospel,
and by his preaching he here established
a church. He was nevertheless filed
with anxieties.
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INTRODUCTION.


Paul asked nothing for himself. He
worked at his tentmaking like common
laborer that he might be able to say
without fear of contradiction that he did
not covet his hearers gold or silver or
apparel, but themselves. He appears to
value nothing more than his proud in
dependence. Yet it is Paul who is ur-
gent on the Gentle Christians to give
generously in behalf of the impoverished
Christians in Jerusalem. Why does he
so strenuously urge the bestowipg of
gifts of which he will himself accept no
share?--The explanation is in the
nature of the Gospel. The Gospel
changes the desire for self qualification
to more joyous spirit of self-abnega-
ton. 1t is an aspiration for fellowship
with the One who gave himself for US;
for likeness to the eternal. with whom
giving is being. 1t makes the saying Of
Jesus. 1t is more blessed to giUe than to
reccire, plain fact of experience
Paul, like the Master before him,
found his Joy, not in being ministered
unto, but in ministering. He was rich
in his voluntary poverty. Having moth
ing he had all. He chose to be poor that
he might enjoy to the full the luxury of
giving. In urging his fellow Christians
to generosity in behalf OF those who
had right to receive help, he invited
them to closer personal fellowship with
himself in Christ.
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them; he felt toward them fathomless
compassion. He knew how to appeal to
men. He was peerless statesman.
z. Why and How We Should
Give,-vs. 6. 7.
But RENE mber, he who sows sparingly
shall reap sparingly; and he who sows
bountifully shall reap beautifully. Let
each do according to the free choice Of
his heart; not grudgingly, or of neces-
sity; for God loveth cheerful giver.
We should give in response to divine
and human call; we thus SOW to the
Spirit Our reaping will correspond
with our sowing.
We should give freely and deliberate
ly; to give and regret the gift is to nulli-
fly all fruitage of good in our own souls.
3. To Give is to Gain the Real
Riches,-ve. Sill.
And God is able to give you an over
flowing measure of all good gifts. that
all your wants may be supplied. and you
may give OF your abundance to every
good work. As it is written,
He hath scattered abroad,
He hath given to the poor;
His righteousness remaineth forever
Now may he who furnisheth seed fer
the sower and bread for the food of
man. furnish you with plenteous store
of seed, and bless your righteousness
with fruits of increase. May you be
enriched in all good things, and give
them freely with singleness of mind;
causing Thanksgiving to God from those
to whom bear your gifts.
Paul coveted for his fellow Christians
prosperity in their bodies. minds and
estates; but especially would he have
them prosperous as souls.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-08-28
GENTILES GIVING FOR JEWISH
CHRISTIANS.
2 Corinthians tx. IL.

Lesson X.-September 5, 1897.
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Frederick William, Hamilton

1.-THE Kingdom of the World is become the
Kingdom of Our Lord and of His Christ"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-08-28

In the popular
mind Electricity
is classed as a
modern inv en-
ton. In reality
it is not an inven-
ton at all, but
part of nature
herself, and has
always existed.
The Gle n t S
knew something
of it, but how to
produce and con-
troll it, and apply
it to useful pur-
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-02-26
ESTABLISHING AN APlARN.
Spring Is tia Best Time-Practical Hints
to Beginners.

Spring Is tia. best Time-Practicai Hints
to Beginners.
Spring is the best time toestablish an
apiary, especially for q person unao-
quainted with the practical care Of bees.
Colonies in good condition secnred then
are more easily kept in order by the
novice than if purchased in the fall.
Mistakes in management may possibly
be remedied before the season closes,
and by the time it is necessary to pre-
pare for the winter the learner will
have gained certain amount of praoti-
cal knowledge of the nature and re-
quirements Of the bees. If the start be
made late in the season. mistakes, if
they occur, may result fatally before
the proper remedy can be applied. This
advice is given in bulletin from the
department of agriculture, authority
also for the following:
The beginner had better obtain his
start by purchasing one or two colonies
OF pure Italian or Carniolan bees in nc.
curately made frame hives and in first
class condition. These he should get
from some bee master Of repute near
his own place if possible. in order to
avoid expressage and possible damage
through long confinement or numerous
transfers. The cost per colony may be
80 to So; yet bees at this price will
generally be found much cheaper in the
end, for, though common bees in box
hives may frequently be obtained at
ha1 hn kA ,t,o,S
finally transferred into frame hives, fit
ted up with straight combs, and the
common queens replaced by Italians or
Carniolans, will not be less.
The possession Of O colony already in
prime working order gives the novice
standard with which to compare all
others, and often enables him to avoid
costly experiments. Another plan, also
commendable, il to agree with some
neighboring beekeeper to deliver as
many first swarms on the day they issue
as are wanted. These will give the right
start if placed as soon as received in
hives with foundation starters and the
frames properly spaced-one and three
eighths inches from center to center, it
being understood that the swarms are
early and prime ones, with vigorous
queens. Only those issuing from colo
MES that have swarmed the year before
or from such as were themselves second
swarms of the previous year should be
accepted. Swarms from these will have
queens not over one year old.
1t is better to have queens of the cur
rent years raising, but these can only
be obtained by taking the second or
third swarms from given hive, which
come later and are smaller, or by sub
stituting young queens for those that
come with the swarms.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-02-26
The Ice Harvest.

Following are notes of interest wher-
ever ice forms from The New England
Homestead: One of the secrets of keep
ing ice is to have it packed so closely
that there is no chance for air to enter
either between the layers or between
the cakes in the layer. To secure this,
every cake must be Of uniform width
and cut perpendicular.
Where ponds are too small to use ice
plows, gauge should be made Of two
boards fastened by crosspieces Ito make
it of the desired width), and from IL
to 10 feet long. By laying this down on
the ice one of the hooks of the tongs
will scratch deep enough to saw by. In
cutting off the blocks they should be-
about half the width of the cake longer
than wide, in order to break joints in
packing. To smooth the surface of the
layer where the cakes may be of differ
ent thickness or roughness, a long ham
died ADJ will enable any one to make it
as smooth as floor. All joints should
be filled with snow, fine ice or sawdust.
Sawdust should be packed around the
outside from to inches thick.
Experience has proved that fine salt
hay or coarse bog grass is a much better
covering for the top than sawdust, un-
less new supply of the latter is pro-
cured every year, as it soon rots and be-
comes dense enough to form good con-
ductor Of heat, and in hot weather will
ferment, thus generating heat enough
to cause rapid melting Of the top
layer. The hay, on the contrary, forms
a loose, light covering, is easily removed
and cannot heat unless a very thick COW
ering is used.
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Fancies and Fallacies.

''Plant beans with the eye down. I"
On the envelopes inclosing lima beans
bought of most seedsmen in the United
States the purchaser is advised to plant
with the eye down to insure successful
vegetation. An American Agriculturist
correspondent in this connection writes !:
Having never followed this advice in
successful experience Of 40 years, the
following experiment was made last
spring in two adjacent hills. In one,
ten beans were carefully placed with
the eye down. In the other, ten were
dropped in the usual way except that
care was taken to have none with the
eye down. Seven plants came In the
hill in which the leans were planted
with the eye down, while every bean
produced plant in the other. PLANT
potatoes with cut side down." When a
boy, assisting in my fathers garden, 1
was required, at the cost of much wasted
energy, to carefully place each piece of
potato with the cut side down. When j
planted my first crop, the potatoes were
dropped like corn, and 10 the expressed
surprise of the old planters perfect
stand was secured.