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sation with Gov. Hoard, at Madison, I think I have 

 found it. I live near enough to town to sell nearly 

 all the milk I can get from eight or ten cows; but 

 there is one point about it I want to ask your ad- 

 vice on; that is, if I sell my milk my customers in 

 town wlio can not keep a cow will want their milk 

 just the same on Sunday as they do on any other 

 day, and the cows have to be fed and milked just 

 the same. Some of the mothers have babies that 

 need fresh milk twice a day. Will it be breaking 

 the Sabbath, or violating God's law to deliver milk 

 on that day? The laws of our State permit it as 

 necessary labor. A. R. Jones. 



Lebanon, Mo., Feb. 17. 



Eriend J., you have struck on one of the 

 hard problems. I know of some who sell 

 milk who do not take it around on Sunday ; 

 and there are many Christian people who 

 refuse to buy milk on the Sabbath day. 

 Now, if you could find enough such custom- 

 ers for all your milk, that is what I would 

 advise. Where there are babies that need 

 fresh milk during the hot weather, if it were 

 myself I should prefer to carry it to them 

 without charge. If you make the matter a 

 subject of prayer, and try to be guided by 

 the Holy Spirit, I am sure it will prompt 

 you right. I am very glad, dear broilier, to 

 have you come to me with such a question, 

 not because I feel that I am able to answer 

 it the best way. but because it indicates a 

 desire to serve God and your fellow-men in 

 the best way. 



CAKE IN QUOTING SCRIPTURE ; REMEMBERING THE 

 SABBATH, ETC. 



Dear Bro. 2?oof:— Referring to Our Homes text in 

 last issue, I notice you make, and argue from, a 

 misquotation (a quite common error). The word 

 *' weary" does not occur in the passage chosen. 

 You quote it pro]ierly toward the last, but that does 

 not atone for the prominent position given the 

 error. I subscribed recently for Gleanings, pure- 

 ly for these talks, ten years having elapsed since I 

 took it as a matter of bueiness; and I must say 1 

 was painfully surprised, that, after your being in a 

 focus of light, as it were, so many years, yon could, 

 with so little disturbance of conscience, resort to 

 the strset-cars in Chicago upon a recent Sabbath. 

 It seems to me that no one can carefully read God's 

 word through, noting the multitudinous expressions 

 of our Father's will with relation to his day, and the 

 fact that, among the commandments, more words 

 are given to the fourth than any other, without 

 concluding that upon this 6a.y the earnhm capacity 

 of the world, so far as it relates to temporal mat- 

 ters, is to cease and for one day live by faith; and to 

 please our Father, we are to deny ourselves for the 

 sake of the day he holds so dear. If street and 

 railroad cars should not run, it seems that Chris- 

 tians can only treat them as if they did not. But I 

 have no time to go further, although, of course, 

 much might be said. You are sincere, your pur- 

 poses are good, and God is using you, as I believe, 

 lor the enlightenment and comfort of many; but I 

 felt like saying what I have. R. B. Kinsey. 



Reading, Pa., Feb. 18. 



Bear brother, I thank you for your kind 

 way of pointing out our carelessness, and 

 we will try hard to quote Scripture correctly 

 hereafter. But still we trust we did not 

 vio ate the plain teaching of the Bible ; for 

 in Jeremiah 31 : 25 we read that God says, 



in speaking of the blessings that should 

 come through Christ, " I have satisfied tlie 

 weary soul, and I have replenished every 

 sorrowful soul."— In regard to the Sabbath 

 day, I thank you for the suggestion you 

 make ; and I believe I fully agree with you. 

 My conscience troubled me every minute of 

 that ride on the street-car, and I don't be- 

 lieve I shall use street-cars again. The ride, 

 however, gave me a new light on the sub- 

 ject. I supposed street-cars were used, at 

 least largely, by those attending church. 1 

 found, however, that the conductor could 

 not tell me where Plymouth Church was, nor 

 could any of his numerous passengers ; and 

 when the car passed near by the entrance of 

 the church, not one on that loaded car got 

 off except myself. I do not wish to dictate 

 a line of conduct for others ; but the next 

 time, I think I shall look up a church near 

 by, before Sunday comes, and avoid, as you 

 suggest, traffic of all kinds on the Sabbath. 



BEES WINTERING OVER, HANGING ON A BUSH. 



A friend of mine has found quite a curiosity in 

 the shape of a swarm of bees hanging on a bush, 

 where they have built combs two feet or more long, 

 and have wintered out in the open air, and are at 

 work getting honey and pollen now. They are in 

 an old field near the Mississippi River, which is on 

 a rampage now. They were pulling a skiff through 

 the old field in the overflow when they found the 

 bees. The bees are about 4 feet from the water, 

 and are in danger of being overflowed. The same 

 man found a swarm last fall, hanging under a log 

 in a drift-sack in the Missouri, and he got 20 or 30 

 lbs of nice honey. The winter has been vei-y mild. 

 Our fruit-trees are in full leaf, and a great many 

 forest-trees are in full bloom. 



By the way, here in the bottoms, where the acorns 

 and seed drift together, there are millions of little 

 trees, from a foot high up— oak, pecan, ash, syca- 

 more, and various others. Now, could these trees 

 not be used to great advantage by our friends in 

 the treeless portions of the United States? If they 

 could be used, the supply is unlimited, and I should 

 be glad to take them up and send them to parties 

 wishing to plant trees. If you think they would 

 sell, let me know and I will put an advertisement 

 in Gleanings. W. McLinden. 



Gaines Landing, Ark., Feb. 32. 



Friend M., we have many cates like the 

 one you mention. Not only down in Ar- 

 kansas, but even here in Ohio, during mild 

 winters, bees sometimes winter without any 

 hive at all. In California, and other dis- 

 tricts where the rain is limited.it is quite 

 common. — The above notice will tell you 

 whether or not it w'U pay you to advertise. 



THE WINTER IN CALIFORNIA. 



This has been the worst winter known in Califor- 

 nia for a great many years. Snow has fallen to the 

 depth of 40 feet on the summits of the Sierra Ne- 

 vadas, and at present writing it is still snowing. 

 Generally a rainy season here foretells a good hon- 

 ey crop, so we must be going to have a good crop 

 the coming season. 1 noticed here at Placerville 

 this morning, almond-trees in bloom, all covered 

 with snow. If there would be a few days warm 

 weather, the peach-trees would be in bloom, as they 

 generally bloom here by the middle of February. 



Placerville, Cal . Feb 17. S. L. Watkins. 



