St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-08-29

In the foregoing vision OF what tina
struggle meant, and the peace and jo
which came when ne had by faith pu
on the Christ whom he professed.
THE world expects the professin,
! ! Christian to wear the raiment Of tn
redeemed. It is constantly looking to
ward the Christian for help in its dis
tress and need. It knows that Chris
tian profession, II it be genuine, is fol
lowed by the outward expression o.
good works. And, on the other hand
it is able to pick out the Christian
/ to know him when 1t sees him by the
kindly word or helpful deed. 70
member hearing the testimony once d
q redeemed drunkard He had beer
not only q dissipated man, but skop-
tic. He put all Christians down as
| hypocrites, and refused to believe in
the genuineness Of religious expert
ences. All appeals by Christian work
ers were fruitless. He was untouched
and unyielding. But one day Chris
tan who was clothed with the COM
and found this miserable drunkard and
skeptic in the gutter whore he had
fallen. He saw beneath the dirt and
filth and besotted condition the soul
which God loved. He went down into
the gutter. He put his arm around
him. He lifted him up He took him
home. The man vas not SO drunk
but that he knew lie was being COM
passionately cared for. He knew he
was having new experience, that In
stead Of being abused and mistreated
by the wicked and thoughtless and
stunned by others. he was being de-
livered from his wretched position. Az
his brain cleared and he was able to
think, the question kept arising in his
mind: Why did he do this?" It was
the first thing in his life that ever
made him realize that religion was
reality. He said: Il knew he was a
Christian. II ever there was one. I
wanted to be one, tool" That man who
had been denying the reality Of the
Christian religion was able to identity
the Christian by the Christly raiment
he was wearing. Does the world have
an opportunity Of Identifying you and
me as Christians by the raiment we
are wearing? Are we putting on the
Lord Jesus Christ IN the home, on
the street, In business, in the social
eircle, everywhere and always, in such
= way as to be easily identified as q
Christian? ss
A ND the people Of the world are
= quick to detect the sham. They
nay not have light enough to realize
heir own need; they may never be
,rought to the place where they know |
hey are lost AMI need Saviour, but
hey do know when the processing
Christian Is not wearing the livery Of
lis Lord. The shallow-minded, super
[cial Christian, the worldly minded
christian, is blind and does not realize
hat the world can detect any differ
nee between his veneer and the genu-
ne raiment of the redeemed, but the
7orld is keen and observing, aud
nows just what Christian ought to
.. It can soon penetrate the ont
'ard sham and know just the depth Of
he profession. What a reproach it is
o-day to the religion Of the Lord
esus Christ that the Christ Is SO read
y and universally professed, and so
tile put on. II you profess Christ,
,e command to you is to put on the
ord Jesus Christ" in every relation
nip in life Pus OF the things of the !,
'rmer life, the cid Adam, and put on
le Divine graces Of the second Adam,
le man Christ Jesus! Wear the rail-
ent Of the redeemed!
Bird Feathers.
Bird News and Notes says that the
tai number of packages of osprey {
athers sold in London last year was c
6OS. A package Of osprey feathers
lries in amount from two or three to
'out 100 ounces, but the average is
'out 80 ounces TO the package. This
yes q total Of 1920 ounces, and on
. received estimate that four birds :