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GLiiA^li^GS IK JJkE OULl'UliK. 



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Suppose you simply say, " I am honest lor 

 Clirisrs s:!l<e ;"" aiural'ler liaviiif? said it. sup- 

 pose you go on doing riglit for Ciirisfs sake; 

 wouldn't you feel better about itV In the 

 lioth chapter of Matthew, you remember that 

 Jesus tells us about the people who minis- 

 tered to him when he was hungry, gave him 

 drink, took him in when he was a stranger, 

 clothed him, visited him when he was in 

 prison. These peoi)le did this without 

 thinking about the motive, but they did it 

 for his sake,; and he closes by saying, 

 '• ^'erily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye 

 have done it mito one of the least of these 

 my brethren, ye have done it unto me."" 

 We should bo honest because we love our 

 fellow-men; and as we love truth and just- 

 ice, we love to see everybody have what is 

 fairly his own. AVell, in giving these fellow- 

 tnivelers around us what is their own, we 

 are giving Christ Jesus what is his own. 

 Did you ever think of it. friendsV— when we 

 cheat a man we cheat Jesus the Savior. No 

 matter who it is, nor how obscure, no 

 matter how helpless, if you wrong one who 

 can not maintain his rights, you wrong the 

 Savior himself. His words are, '" I'nto one 

 of the least of thes? my brethren." Jesus 

 was the Son of man. He was born as we are 

 born, and claims all humanity as brothers 

 and sisters. If we wrong one of them we 

 wrong him. If you are fair and honorable 

 with all of them, you are fair and honorable 

 to him, to God the Creator of the universe, 

 lie who sees with that all-seeing Eye, and 

 who looks down upon the various tritles of 

 our every-day lives. Why, then, should Ave 

 be honest? Because we get along better, 

 and make more moneyV No, no •, not for 

 such a reason, but becjiuse of love to God, 

 and love to our fellow-men. While I go 

 over these thoughts, my own conscience 

 lashes me. Why have I hot held better to 

 my teachings? And again wells up that old 

 prayer of liiy heart. "Lord, help! Lord, 

 lielp!"' Help me to glorify thy name by 

 making all my business deal more in accord- 

 ance with these Home Papers. Help me to 

 constantly feel that it is for Christ's sake ; 

 that it is to Christ I am looking, and for the 

 sake of Christ that 1 am buying and selling, 

 and doing business. And help me, () Lord, 

 to remember the sacredness of my position: 

 and help me, even when I am writing these 

 Home Papers, that they may all be written 

 for his sake. 



Now, then, what kind of help dow^e want? 

 Do we want i)oys and girls who are working 

 to please their 'employers, or who are work- 

 ing to please Christ? Shall anian be faitii- 

 ful because he thinks his employer's eyes 

 will go over his work, or because he knows 

 his emi»loyer's eyes are upon him? or shall 

 he work ' faithfidly because he feels that 

 (Jod's eye is upon him? What motive do we 

 want to hold up before our children for be- 

 ing faithful? Shall we tell them that dis- 

 honesty is sure to be found out, sooner or 

 later? or shall we teach them that (iod sees 

 it the moment it is done? Which are best— 

 those who work for love to (Jod and their 

 fellow-men, or those who work without any 

 God about it? Friend Brown, my answer to 

 your question would be, that making a 



Cltrisdan of a man makes him honest, most 

 assui'edly ; and no matter how bad a man lu> 

 may be. or may have been, if you can induce 

 him to accept Chiist. and to li've foi- Chi-isfs 

 sake, he is not only a saved man. l)ut he is 

 an honest man. 



Dlesscd i.s the man tliat walkotli not in tlie coun- 

 sel of the unK<><ily, nor stiindelli in the way ol sin- 

 ners, nor sittelli in the seat of the scornful. 

 Hut liis (ieiitilit is in tlic law of tlie Lord; and in 

 his law dotli li<> meditate dav and nit;ht. And 

 lie shall be like a tire |.lant<-d l)V tlie rivers of 

 water, tliat brin^ctli forth his fiaiit in season; his 

 leaf also slmll not wither: and whalsoe\ei' he doeth 

 shall prosper. —PsAi.M 1; 1—:!. 



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At present I am unable to even read all of onr 

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 please boar in mind that all such will probal)l.\- ha\ e 

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THE IION'EV VIELD VI' TO THt: PHKSENT DATIC. 



Basswood is yielding- bountifully Avith us, and 

 many reports from different localities seem to indi- 

 cate the same. Orders for honey-pails, glass recep- 

 tacles, and other supplies for storage and retailing- 

 the crop, are now starting: quite a brisk trade. 



FINE QITAI.TTV OF THIS SEASON'S HONEY. 



As yet we have not heard a word aliout honey-dew 

 this season; but all cf the honey brought in to us 

 has been of excellent ciuality, both in looks and 

 taste. If it is true, that our surplus during- 18S5 is to 

 be free from the honey-dew troubles of 1S84. we cer- 

 tainly have iDic thing- to be thankful for at least. 



A IT.mODICAI.^ AGAINST THE USE OF T01!A(-C0. 



We have received Vol. 1, No. 1, of the Autidntc, 

 published by the author of the little Look called 

 ••A Dose of Truth." The i)aper's motto is, "Ye 

 shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you 

 free." The subscription price is ;.'.'> cts. i>er year. 

 Address the Auti:h>tr and Jlrivid of Fnrdom, "Nvw 

 Florence, Pa. 



NEW IJEE-.IOUUNAI.S; WANT OF COUKTESV, ETC. 



In my renuirks in reg-ard to the above on page 40!' 

 of our .lune 1') number, I did not dream of intimating- 

 that the <'<iiiiidi<iii ISn-Jotimal had been faulty in 

 the way I suggested, but <iuite the contrary. If 

 Bro. .Tones has allowed any thing- in his journal that 

 mig:ht be considered uncourleous to the journals 

 down here in the States, I luid never noticed it 

 when I wrote vhat I did. 



