1893 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



605 



My bees will average over 135 lbs. of comb 

 honey this year. How is that? 

 Syracuse, N. Y., July 7. H. E. Hessler. 



The honey crop in this section, so far this 

 year, is immense. S. F. Newman. 



Norwalk, O., July 7. 



I have taken 9(1 one-pound sections from No. 

 46, and still it comes. T. M. Moltz. 



West Fairview, Pa., July 10. 



Bees are booming here. One hive fills 6 

 crates: 7 five; 7 four; all white clover and 

 some linn. I shall have two tons this year. 



Montpelier, Ind.. July 13. W. B. West. 



The bee-keeper should wear a broad smile, 

 and be thankful this year. Bees are working 

 in second and some in third tier of sections. 

 Basswood just begins to open here with us. 



Parkman, O., July 8. F. P. Clark. 



I never saw white clover blossomed more pro- 

 fusely, and there is more honey in it than there 

 has been for four years. Basswood is budded 

 very full: but being disappointed the last three 

 years. I dare not let my hopes run too high 

 until I see what we get. 



E. R. A. Brainard. 



Postvllle, Iowa, July 9. 



Ourselves and our Neighbors. 



For the preaching- of tlie cross is to them that per- 

 ish, foolishness: but unto us which are saved, it is 

 the power of God.- 1. Cor. 1:18. 



Mr. A. I. Boot:— On page 488, June 15. you quote 

 your proof-reader as saying-: "Christianity is ac- 

 cepted and taught in our colleges, where the high- 

 est order of intelligence and virtue prevails." To 

 which you add: "And, of course, our colleges teacli 

 and advise prayer to God. If the highest order of 

 intelligence in the world accepts prayer as a real 

 power in this world, what shall we say?" This 

 seems as mucli as to say, tliat, if a number of college 

 professors are Christians, and teach Christian doc- 

 trine, then, of course, Christianity must be a truth. 

 (I say "a number." for it is certain that not all the 

 learned men in the world are Christians, but that 

 many of the greatest thinkers that ever lived and 

 are now living have been and are unbelievers.) 

 Following this line of argument one could say that, 

 as the wise men of ancient Greece and Rome, in 

 which countries "the highest order of intelligence " 

 once prevailed, believed in and taught their res|)ec- 

 tive pagan religions, then, of course, they must 

 have been truths. 



Again, on page 489, you say, In reply to Mr. R. H. 

 Randall, that God originally made the Devil a good 

 being, and that he made himself bad. Now. I should 

 lifeeto ask you a question: Is your God all-know- 

 ing? If he is, then he knew, when he created the 

 Devil, exactly how he would turn out. If he did 

 not know, and if he is almighty, why did he not kill 

 the Devil when he found out what a lot of mischief 

 he could do ? Yours for truth, — 



Yorktown, Tex., June 28. Robt. Westphal. 



Friend W., in regard to the first part of your 

 argument, I would suggest that the intelligence 

 of the present day is at least a little in advance 

 of that of ancient Greece and Rome, especially 

 when, we are told, it was "easier to find a god 

 in Athens than a man." This age stands on 

 the shoulders of all preceding ages, and hence 

 can see farther. Surely you would not think of 

 comparing the present age with the age of 

 idolatry. Again, the fruits of the Christian 

 religion are all I'ound about us. I am tempted 

 to drop this part of your letter by saying, " By 

 their fruits ye shall know them." I will, how- 

 ever, cite one illustration here. 



About the year 1830 a youth of 18 or 19 was 



passing along through the streets of London. 

 He was a remarkably bright mechanic, and 

 was employed at good wages in a factory where 

 wood and iron work was carried on. In the 

 evening, after his work was over, it was his 

 custom to find recreation in various places of 

 amusement. He had learned to drink, or was 

 learning to drink, and could play different 

 games of chance. He was on his way to a place 

 of amusement, something like the beer-gardens 

 of the present day. A Christian lady with 

 whom he was well acquainted met him and 

 urged him to go with her to an evening meet- 

 ing. He did not like to give up the enjoyment 

 he had planned for the evening, so he objected. 

 She urged, and finally implored him to go with 

 her just once. Out of good will to her, but 

 without any idea that he should care for the 

 religious meeting at all. he consented to go. 

 The meeting was led by a returned missionary. 

 In fact, he was one of the pioneers in the work 

 of carrying Christianity and civilization to the 

 cannibals of the South Sea islands. Before 

 young Williams knew it (for it was indeed 

 John Williams himself), his whole mind and 

 being were absorbed by an account of the great 

 work that needed somebody to give his life to 

 it. Before the meeting closed, his mind was 

 made up. That one little circumstance of 

 yielding to the lady's entreaties was the 

 turning-point in his whole life. He never vis- 

 ited another drinking and gambling place in 

 his life. He went to work quietly and patiently 

 to fit himself 10 go to the South Sea islands as 

 a missionary. I wish I had space here to tell 

 you of his subsequent history, which reads 

 more like strange fiction than stern reality. In 

 a year or two he determined to start out. His 

 employers offered him big wages if he would 

 stay, as he was an exceedingly valuable man. 

 But big pay was to him of no consequence. He 

 had enlisted under Christ Jesus, who has said, 

 " Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of 

 these my brethren, ye did it unto me." Let me 

 give you a glimpse of what he did. 



He rejected the advice given him, to educate 

 himself for learning the language. He thought 

 it would take too much time. He had made up 

 his mind that he could learn the language of 

 the people by a short cut of his own, and he 

 did it. He depended largely upon his wonder- 

 ful skill in mechanics to make friends with the 

 natives, and so he learned their language. 

 Almost as soon as he got into the island he 

 became a favorite. A crowd was continually 

 following him, and looking on. as he exhibited 

 his marvels of skill in building houses, boats, 

 machinery, and every thing that was needed 

 for their comfort and civilization. After he 

 had been on the island only ten months he had 

 learned their language so well he could preach 

 a sermon to them in their own tongue. Let me 

 tell you what more he did in just one year's 

 time" among savages, cannibals, and pagans. 

 He celebrated the anniversary of his landing 

 by having a Sunday-school picnic. At this 

 picnic the children dressed as children^ had 

 never been dressed before on that island. They 

 carried banners, and on these banners were 

 inscribed, in their own language, " We are the 

 children who would have been put to death in 

 our infancy had it not been for the gospel of 

 Christ Jesus, which has come to us." At this 

 point in the ceremonies the king himself arose, 

 and begged permission to speak. It was an 

 interruption to the program, but he said he 

 must speak. With tears in his eyes he said 

 something like this: "Dear friends, what the 

 children tell you is true. I am now a childless 

 old man; but God has, in time past, given me 

 nineteen children in all. May God forgive me 

 that thev have been all put to death, as the 



