St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-06-08

are afraid to assault 1t. Millions OF
dollars in barrels, in vsts, in spigots
in corkscrews, in gin palaces wiz
marble floors and Italian top tables
and chased ice coolers. and IN the
strychnine and the logwood and the
tartaric acid and the nux vomica that
go to make up our 'pure" American
drinks. looked with wondering eyes
on the heidelberg tun." It il the
great liquor vat of Germany. which y
said to hold 500 hogsheads Of wine,
and only three times in 100 years it
has been filed. But Is stood and
looked at it I said to myself: "Thst
is nothing-s00 hogsheads. Why, our
American vat holds 1920, 900 barrels
of strong drinks and we keep 100000
men with nothing to do but to see
that it is filed"
oh, to attack the great monster OF
intemperance and the kindred mon
sters of fraud and uncleanliness re-
quires you to rally all your Christian
courage. Through the press, through
the pulpit, through the platform You
must assault it. Would to God that
all our American Christians would
band together, not for crack-brsined
fanaticism, but for holy Christian re-
form! I think it was in 1898 that
there went out from Lucknow, India,
under the sovereign, the greatest
hunting party that was ever project
ed. There were 10000 armed men in
that hunting party. There were cam
els and horses and elephants On
some princes rode, and royal ladies
under exquisite housings, and 500
coolies waited upon the train, and
the desolate places Of India were in
vaded by this excursion, and the rhi-
noceros and deer and elephant fell
under the stroke Of the saber and
bullet. After awhile the party
brought back trophies worth $4,000
rupees, having left the wilderness Of
India CHASTITY with the slain bodies Of
wild beasts. Would to God that in
stead of here and there . straggler
going out to fight these great mon
sters Of iniquity in our country the
millions Of membership in our
churches would band together and
hew in twain these great crimes that
make the land frightful with their
roar and are fattening upon the
bodies and souls of immortal men!
Who is ready for such . party az
that? Who win be . mighty hunter
for the Lord?
I remark, again. # you want to DO
successful in spiritual archery You
need not only to bring down game,
but bring it in. I think one of the
most beautiful pictures of Thorwald-
sen is his Autumn" It represents >
sportsman coming home and stand
ing under . grapevine. He has .
STAFF over his shoulder. and on the
other end Of that staff are hung .
rabbit and brace Of birds. Every
hunter brings home the game. No
one would think Of bringing down .
roebuck or whipping up q stream for
trout and letting them lie in the
woods. At eventide the camp il
with the treasures Of the
and fin and antler.
If you go out to hunt for immortal
souls. not only bring them down un-
Ter the arrow Of the Gospel. but bring
hem into the church Of God, the
,rand home and encampment we have
,itched this side the skies. Fetch
hem in; do not let them lie out in
he open field. They need our
,rayers and sympathies and help.
That is the meaning Of the church Of
o ye hunters for the
ord. not only bring down the game.
mt bring it in.
If Mithridates liked hunting so we'll
hat for seven years he never went
INDOORS, what enthusiasm ought We
o have who are hunting for immor-
al souls! II Domitian practiced arch
~ until he could stand q boy down
q the Roman amphitheater with .
and out, the fingers spread apart,
nd then the king could shoot an ar
ow between the fingers without
them, to what drill and
that practice ought we to subject,
urselves in order to become spirit
al archers and mighty hunters be-
ore the Lord!" But let me say you
ill never work any better than you
ray. The ola archers took the bow,
ut one end Of it down beside the
Dot. elevated the other end. and il
'as the rule that the bow should be
lst the size Of the archer. If it were
,st his size, then he would go into
he battle with confidence. Let me
ny that your power to project good
the world will correspond exactly
, your own spiritual stature. In
Their words, the first thing in prep
ration for Christian work is person.
conservation.
Oh. for a closer walk with God.
A calm and heavenly frame.
light to shine upon the road
That leads me TO the Lamb!
There is in forest in Germany
lace they call the ''deer leap'-two
'ags, about IS yards apart; between
lem a fearful chasm. This is called
he deer leap" because once . hunt
was on the track Of . deer. It
lme to one Of these crags. There
as no escape lor it from the pur-
nit Of the hunter. and in utter de-
'air it gathered itself up and in the
.ath agony affemnfed IN ;u--