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high hill. I would to-day give $1000 cash 

 down for such a spring as that, at the Home 

 of the Honey -Bees. Of course, I would 

 make use of the water for other purposes 

 than for drink. My friend, do you know of 

 anybody this moment wlio is thirstyV Is 

 there any one who would thank you for a 

 drink of cool water V I do not mean that 

 you should take a dipper and carry it to 

 them just at this moment, but that you 

 should provide a permanent drinking-place 

 that will perhaps refresh the passerby, not 

 to-day only, but generations to come, as 

 well. You want to serve Ciirist, and you do 

 not knoAV how. Serve him by paying five 

 cents for a bright new tin cup, and then put 

 that cup wheie it will l)e used. If it gets 

 battered up, or is lost or stolen, rejoice that 

 it is being used, and then put another in its 

 place. When the Master said, '' Whosoever 

 shall give to drink unto one of these little 

 ones a cup of cold water only, in the name 

 of a disciple, verily I say mito you, he shall 

 in no wise lose his reward,'' I believe the 

 thought included furnishing drinking-water 

 to the thirsty in just the way I have indicat- 

 ed. A great many times, fresh water placed 

 on the table at meal time will make those 

 who gathei- round the family board fee! ha])- 

 py and gratefid. I have often heard my fa- 

 ther say, when asked whether he would take 

 tea or coffee, that he would much rather 

 have a glass of fresh water. It used to be 

 my office to bring water from the spring, in 

 a little pail. Dear young friends, how many 

 dollars do you suppose I would give to have 

 the privilege of bringing my old father a 

 drink of cool water this bright warm spring 

 day V Do you ask why I talk about things 

 which are no more possible in this world? 

 Because it is possible for me to give a drink 

 of water, even now, to somebody's else fa- 

 ther, and it is quite likely that you, ray read- 

 ers, can have this privilege, right this min- 

 ute, of making your dear old father look 

 happy and thankfvd by carrying him a cool 

 refreshing drink now ; and Christ has said, 

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

 of these my brethren, ye have done it unto 

 me." 



Do you suggest that 1 am talking about 

 giving food and drink to friends instead of 

 enemies? Why, my friends, if these kind 

 offices were performed oftener to friends, 

 they would remain friends and not change to 

 enemies. I have known of people to feel 

 (luite hard, and may be bitter, toward those 

 who should have been their friends, because 

 of carelessness in this respect. A tired man 

 sits down to a meal, and, through careless- 

 ness or indifference, perhaps he is not wait- 

 ed on as he should be. He lets Satan whis- 

 per to him that his family do not care for 

 him ; that they are all seliish, and bent on 

 their own comfort. May be by and by he 

 says something ill-natured because of this 

 neglect, and enmity springs up in the family 

 circle. I suppose that not many of us have 

 what might really be called enemies ; and 

 may God grant that there are no real ene- 

 mies under the roof that covers what we call 

 home ; but for all that. T do know there are 

 hard, iiudnritable, :i'id unkind feelings. 

 many times, cherished by the inmates of 



these our homes. The Bible says we are to 

 feed an enemy ; how much more, then, 

 should we feed a friend or one related to us 

 by the ties of kindred I 



I do not believe that, as a rule, it is the 

 tiling to do to furnish /oorf withcut equiva- 

 lent. I do not believe in giving that tiamp 

 who stops at our doors, pie and cake. In 

 fact, I think it will hai-m him rather than 

 do him good, because it would encourage 

 him in a sort of dependence that is exactly 

 the opposite of manliness ; but when we re- 

 ceive pai/ for any thing in the line of food, I 

 do think it behooves us to try to honor the 

 Master by giving good measui'e, good quali- 

 ty, and have it in nice and attractive shape, 

 as the market-gardeners and fruit-growers 

 tell us so much about. A great part of the 

 business of our every-day lives is in buying 

 and selling something concerning food and 

 drink. If it is yoiu' lausiness to wait on the 

 table, say to yourself constantly, over and 

 over, that in ministering to the wants of 

 those who are looking to you, you are serv- 

 ing the Master. Not only see to the food, 

 but provide your guest with clean water 

 and a neat tidy wash-basin, and a refresh- 

 ing-looking napkin, that he may bathe his 

 hands and face, as a preparation toward the 

 full enjoyment of his meal. This last re- 

 mark hits me right squarely ; for since our 

 lunch-room has been prospered until now it 

 is crowded almost every day to its full ca- 

 pacity, we ha\e never yet arranged a con- 

 venient iilace for the traveling public to 

 wash, without going upstairs. Of late years 

 I have traveled quite a little, and one of my 

 enjoyments in traveling is to see how much 

 this matter of the comfort of the traveling 

 public is made a study — or, if you choose, I 

 like to notice liow mncli ('hristianity there 

 is about the hotel-keepers, the girls who 

 wait upon the table, and others who serve 

 at such a place. Tiie waiters at our hotels 

 are a class that is on my mind a good deal 

 of late. One of the bee-friends made the re- 

 mark at xllbany, N. Y.. that it was ever so 

 much pleasanter to him to be waited on by 

 women than by colored men. At the large 

 hotel in Indianapolis they had, as a matter 

 of coiu'se, colored waiters. We were kept 

 waiting for from fifteen to twenty minutes 

 for our meals, after giving our orders, when 

 some one at the table suggested to one of 

 these colored waiters that he had business, 

 that was hurrying him. The only reply he 

 got from the waiter was,'- Well. I guess you 

 will wait till you get it." Another colored 

 waiter did not bring the ice cream I ordered, 

 and I suggested to him his delinquency. 

 His reply was that he could not remember 

 who ordered it, and so he ate it himself .' 

 Now. such things are unpleasant. Of 

 course, one might complain at the desk, and. 

 in fact, a card was appended to the bill of 

 fare, asking guests to do so, from which I 

 inferred that there was often need of it. At 

 this place we paid the highest prices, and 

 had a right to expect kiiul and civil treat- 

 ment. Do you want to know what kind of 

 waiters I like? My friend, it is Christian 

 women. I do not "know how many Chris- 

 tians can be found at our liotels and res- 

 taurants as waiters, but I do feel as if it 



