1901 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



9.-1 



After hiivint; had a haiul-to-haiul tussle 

 with Satan, we often have some of our hap- 

 piest and most pleasant surprises — that is. 

 if we come out victorious. After Satan did 

 his best to tempt the Lamb of God. and 

 failed, we are told that angels ministered 

 to that well-beloved Son. and I am sure it 

 is so in our own experience. 



You know I wanted Mrs. Root to go with 

 me on a vacation, and live in that cabin in 

 the woods. The idea seemed to her — yes, 

 and to lots of other people — in some respects 

 preposterous. Just think of it — leaving- a 

 good nice home with all modern comforts and 

 conveniences, and going awav' off in the 

 woods, four hundred or live hundred miles 

 awa}- from home where there was not a>iy 

 filing! I told you in one of these talks that 

 I "captured" her forty years ago. and I 

 was going to capture her this time, and 

 take her up to mj' cage in the woods. When 

 she finally consented, and was safely land- 

 ed there, I set myself to work to make her 

 happy. I succeeded. Even she herself ad- 

 mitted that my project was a success, and 

 we are talking about it now, every day, of 

 another trip there in the spring. 



Dear brothers and sisters, I have asked 

 you to undertake some difficult things, per- 

 haps. You may say it is not worth while 

 to take such pains to try to be kind and 

 civil, and to be careful of every word and 

 act. I am now going to try to tell you of 

 the rewards we get for this kind of service. 

 Several times I have decided it was not in 

 m}' power to tell you of the real happiness 

 and J03' that has filled my heart for the past 

 two months. Perhaps I can succeed in one 

 way. When I first became acquainted with 

 Mrs. Root it seemed to me this whole wide 

 world had no joy for me that would equal 

 having her for a daily companion. Yes, I 

 remember well the daj' after our marriage 

 when we rode together quite a number of 

 miles to a railroad station. As she sat by 

 my side it gave me a great thrill of happi- 

 ness. My heart fairly bounded at the 

 thought of being with her and laboring for 

 her all the rest of my life. It was our hon- 

 eymoon. I looked forward to much happi- 

 ness and to great happiness. You know 

 my enthusiastic disposition. Well, dear 

 friends, what I wish to say is this: My ex- 

 pectations and anticipations on that day 

 have been more than realized. But the best 

 part of our honej-moon came after we had 

 been married more than forty years. Years 

 ago, when a young man seemed to care so 



fore you do anything or say any thing, pray earnestly 

 for grace from on high : pray for the Holy Spirit in 

 such quantity (if that is the way to express it) that Sa- 

 tan can not possibly get any hold on you ; then go to 

 your wife alone, put your arm about her to assure her 

 of your love and kindly feeling. Present the matter 

 carefully, and, above all, lovivgly. So far as \ou are 

 personally concerned, consent to bear any burden for 

 her sake, God helping you, and he always will help 

 you, and you will come out triumphant. God planned 

 in the beginning of the world that you two should be 

 one ; and through Christ Jesus, his only Son, you may 

 be one ; and this world may be to you both a world of 

 joy and happiness instead' of being a '' wilderness of 

 woe," as it is with some husbands and wives because 

 \M.&y persist in letting Satan manage. 



verj' much for some good girl, I have hearii 

 people say, "Why, he loves the very ground 

 she treads on.'" Well, if this was ever 

 really true in my experience, it was when 

 we were up there in the woods together. 

 Now, this is exactly what God intended. 

 It was what he planned in the beg-inning. 

 Our text tells about it in Genesis, and the 

 same thing is repeated over and over again 

 on almost every page of that dear old Bible; 

 and when we read that wonderful conclud- 

 ing text from Corinthians, " Ej-e hath not 

 seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered 

 into the heart of man, the things that God 

 hath prepared for them that love him," I 

 believe this promise is largely fulfilled in 

 the relations that God intended should ex- 

 ist between husband and wife. I am con- 

 vinced that oftentimes surroundings hinder 

 this loving trust and confidence. We two 

 were off" together away from the care and 

 worry of business and other things here at 

 home. We were -so situated that I could 

 take part in all the household cares in a 

 way I had never done before — not even when 

 we were first married; 3'es, and she could 

 take part in all my work. She used to go 

 out in the woods a part of every day, and 

 enter into full sympath}^ with me and m}^ 

 work just as I did in the house with heV 

 and her work. Our regard for each other 

 is of a different kind now from what it was 

 in the days of courtship. It is a quieter, 

 steadier, purer, and a more holy and sacred 

 regard— certainl}' more unselfish. 



Now, please, dear brother, do not under- 

 stand that I am thinking Mrs. Root has any 

 unusual merit more than your wife would 

 have under like circumstances. If she is 

 not willing to go with you as Mrs. Root con- 

 sented to go with me, it is most likely your 

 own fault. You can win her if you choose 

 and if you will, not only to the home of 

 your choice, but it is your privilege to win 

 her, if she is not already there, to Christ 

 Jesus; and it is the privilege of both of you 

 to enter together here in this life into the 

 happiness and joy described in the second 

 of our texts. 



CREATING IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS AN APPE- 

 TITE FOR FOODS THEY ARE NOT ACCUS- 

 TOMED TO USE. 



Last summer we planted some of Mills' 

 Prizewinner teeans in my garden in the 

 woods in Northern Michigan. You will re- 

 member the Prizewinner bean is the one 

 that enabled me here in Ohio to grow two 

 crops of dry beans on the same ground, 

 with the same seed, in one season. Well, 

 these beans made a proj^igious growth in 

 the rich woods dirt. In fact, when I was 

 there, just before they were getting ready 



