1880 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



34.5 



you will see that such eases are comparative- 

 ly common. This boy had perhaps had his 

 enthusiasm tired that day by a political 

 speech, in regard to this land of liberty of 

 ours, but, my friends, can you imagine a 

 more galling form of bondage than the one 

 that came so near robbing this young moth- 

 er of her darling boy. With his German 

 . lineage, doubtless, came his love of beer, 

 and familiarity with the time honored cus- 

 toms of his countrymen. The slave driver 

 sold a man's body for a thousand dollars ; 

 the saloon-keeper sold this boy's soul to 

 Satan, for a few cents. Shall it be, my 

 friends? Will you stand by idly, and see 

 this mother, but a short time ago the bright, 

 hopeful, innocent young girl, robbed of her 

 beautiful boy who promised so much? Shall 

 we see the saloon-keeper take advantage of 

 the fact that the boy has lost his father, and 

 has therefore no one to look after him as 

 other boys have? He told me on the way 

 home that he was present when I talked 

 with Simon, of whom I told you some time 

 back, and That it was his companion and 

 friend who offered the glass to Simon right 

 before me, when he was pleading with his 

 companions not to urge him to drink more. 

 Will you, my friend, stand by idly and see 

 these things done? Are you ready to right? 

 Shall I tell you what to do? Get that barrel 

 of cider out of your cellar ; stop the hired 

 men or anybody else from drinking it ; and 

 for the sake of stopping the force of the ex- 

 ample, if for nothing else, pour out every 

 drop of it on the ground, if you cannot other- 

 wise stop its being used as a beverage. Nev- 

 er let a boy or anybody else see you enter a 

 saloon, under any circumstances whatever. 

 Start out to Sunday school every Sabbath 

 morning, and if you haven't the courage to 

 ask the boys to come along with you, at least, 

 give them the benefit of your example, and 

 let it be understood that you always go. If 

 the school is five miles away, go the five 

 miles, or do better still, and start one nearer 

 home. Your influence and example, — the 

 influence and example of every one of you 

 whose eyes are on this page, is acting pow- 

 erfully one way or another. It makes little 

 difference whether you are entertained there 

 or not ; you are not to go to be entertained ; 

 go for the good of others, and trust God to 

 take care of the rest. If you are unacquaint- 

 ed, carry this page to the superintendent 

 and tell "him you have come in accordance 

 with this call which God has given you, 

 through your humble servant of these Home 

 Papers. Do not let Satan discourage you; 

 go anyway, even though he says it is too hot 

 or too cold, or that some of the folks there 

 are hypocrites, — and such like stuff. Tell 

 him old birds cannot "be fooled with chaff," 

 and push on your way. If you don't be- 

 lieve in Sabbath schools, go anyway; and 

 make up your mind you are going to try one 

 day in the week to "love your neighbor as 

 yourself" without any regard to what or how 

 others do. House up; stir yourself; for 

 Christ's sake, my friend, do something to- 

 ward rescuing the young men of our nation 

 from this other bondage, and this galling 

 slavery. Teach them what it is to be free 

 men, in the sense that God intended it. The 



worst enemy you have in this world is not 

 one of your fellow men, but it is Satan in 

 your own heart, telling you to sit still and 

 not go, and helping you to fabricate excuses. 

 Rouse up ; shake yourself ; stir; and come 

 and join this army, that moves with such 

 mighty power, and yet does all its work by 

 kindness and love. 



The following from friend W. O. may be 

 of interest to many: 



I see in the last No. that our unbelieving friend 

 says that perhaps the man who furnished $800.00 

 had read Gleanings. I can assure him that he had 

 not only not read Gleanings, but two or three 

 months before had positively refused to render me 

 any help. I can but say, surely God's hand was in it. 



Wm. Oldroyd. 



Columbus, O., June 14, 1880. 



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[This department is to be kept for the benefit of 

 those who are dissatisfied; and when anything is 

 amiss, I hope you will "talk right out." As a rule 

 we will omit names and addresses, to avoid being 

 too personal.] 



Charity suffereth long, and is kind.— I. Cor. xiii. 4. 



TOLD you last month, my friends, that 

 1 expected good to come from this de- 

 partment. With the great mass of busi- 

 ness of the last month, have come, of course, 

 a great many trials and annoyances, and, 

 while I take them up, please do not lose 

 sight of the fact that I do it not for idle 

 sport, nor in a complaining way, but that we 

 may study the cause of hard thoughts and 

 hard words, as we would study the symp- 

 toms of a disease, and with the sole purpose 

 of healing instead of making worse. 



One of our young men caught his hand in 

 a buzz saw yesterday, and mangled it horri- 

 bly. Several of the hands were so affected 

 they could not work, and it was a little dfli- 

 cult at first to find one who could give the 

 poor fellow proper care. Do you see how 

 necessary it is that we school ourselves so as 

 to be able to look upon these things coolly, 

 if we expect to be able to give help in the 

 time of need? Well, if some of the letters I 

 shall give seem at first a little revolting, let 

 ustakeacool view of them, more in pity 

 than censure, and see if we cannot all do 

 something for the pain and suffering there 

 is on both sides. Shall we not also breathe a 

 prayer to the great Being above, to help us 

 to be strong and brave to bear harshness 

 and unkindness, and to give us that charity 

 spoken of in our text above. 



As the queen business seems rather more 

 productive of quarrels than anything else, 

 we will take that up first. 



Dear Friend Novice:— You have made a very good 

 growl in the Growlery of last No. of Gleanings. 

 Well, you are not to have it all to yourself. I want 



to growl a little too. Early in May, I wrote to > 



making inquiry if they could supply me with a 

 tested queen. The following is their answer: 



Your postal card at band. Ye8j we <:m st-mi queen on or be- 

 fore the 30th inst. Price (Signed) . 



, Stay n, 1880. 



