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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Nov. 1 



as I was able to learn, infidelity and skepti- 

 cism have gone out of fashion, I had a very 

 few reminders that I was mistaken. Some 

 of them were bitter and hard, but there were 

 only a few. They wanted me to reconcile 

 some of the difficulties they claimed to find 

 in the Bible. I had to tell them that I could 

 not do it. I reminded them, however, that 

 the recent revision of the Bible had explain- 

 ed many of these apparent difficulties, and 

 had made some things clear that had been 

 stumbling-blocks. I judge from the past that 

 the future will probably throw more light on 

 these difficult passages. 



Now, I want to say to all those whose eyes 

 rest on these pages that the two texts I have 

 quoted have the stamp and impress on them 

 of being divine. As that druggist said years 

 ago, they have the stamp of heaven on them. 

 Tney are something more than human. 



One thing we can understand clearly and 



Plainly: We are in the world and of the world, 

 omebody sent us here and gave us a human 

 life to live, and with a purpose. Another 

 thing is clear and plain: We are all going 

 out of the world — some of us older ones very 

 soon. There is no escaping the fact. Now, 

 what is there to tell us, in all of the literature 

 of this whole earth, any thing of the past, 

 before we came on the stage, and any thing 

 of the future? Nothing but the Bible. No 

 human being ever took it on himself to as- 

 sume the awful responsibility of the words 

 of our text — "fear not." These words are 

 from God, the creator of all things, and not 

 from man. It reminds me vividly of the 

 words of our Savior when he said, "Come 

 unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy 

 laden, and I will give you rest. Take my 

 yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am 

 meek and lowly of heart, and ye shall find 

 rest unto your souls." What human being 

 who ever lived since time began has had the 

 right and authority to utter such words? 

 None but Christ, the lowly Nazarene, the 

 Savior of the world. These words I have 

 quoted are truth, for I have proved them, 

 and every child of humanity who goes to 

 them uvY/'find them true. 



Your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost.— II. Cor. 

 6:19. 



The letter below was sent me as a kind 

 and encouraging word soon after the publi- 

 cation of Our Homes for October 1. But I 

 was a good deal disappointed to find at the 

 end of it, "Not for publication." But the 

 letter seemed to me so good and helpful, at 

 least in the present crisis of our nation's his- 

 tory, that I begged Dr. Moody to withdraw 

 his request, which he has done, and I now 

 take pleasure in presenting it to the readers 

 of Gleanings. 



Dear Mr. Root: — I take the liberty to express my most 

 hearty approvU of your words concerning the unreal- 

 ized extent of the terrible injury inflicted upon our 

 whole country by the' so-called social evil. But you 

 are wrontr in thinkiag- that men become infected be- 

 cause of a reckless disreirard for the welfare of future 

 wives and children. Itrnorance, curiosity, and misdi- 

 rected imagination lead them to surrender to tempta- 

 tion. They do not even know the awful possibilities 

 that lurk behind the indulgence of the present mo- 

 ment, the dwarfed and sickly children, the doom of 



invalidism, and suffering for the future wife. Noth- 

 ing taught in colleges is as viially important as the- 

 knowledge of their danger; yet it is left for the vilest 

 young students to poison innocent minds with false 

 information, and lead them along the paths of pruri- 

 ency. 



Boys and girls, before the age of puberty, should 

 have sound and thorough instruction concerning the 

 paths of life and the noblest function with which God 

 has endowed the body. Their teachers should be of 

 their own sex, and specialists in imparting the in- 

 struction in a modest and impressive way. But what 

 an outcry would such an effort cause if it were made 

 in any institution of learning supported by the State! 



Several years ago I was invited to address the stu- 

 dents of all departments in a well-known Southern 

 university, and received a hint that some » ords of 

 warning and information along these lines were ex- 

 pected. When I looked in the faces of those earnest 

 boys and young men I remembered the helpless igno- 

 rance of my own youthful days, and pitied them. I 

 tried to teach the plain truth in modest language — to 

 instill a sense of reverence for such a study, instead of 

 levity, and a horror for the desecration so common. L 

 pictured the degradation, filth, and loathesome, incur- 

 able diseases that are masked under the attractions of 

 painted, silk-clad, pitiful women. I told them of the 

 future liorrors waiting for them and their wives and 

 children. The hall was full, and the attention perfect. 

 I was afterward told that it was the students and not 

 the authorities who had desired me to select that sub- 

 ject, and that the chaplain and some of the faculty de- 

 nounced such a lecture to such young men and boys. 

 I tried to comfort myself with reflections of duty done, 

 but it was cold comfort. Two years later I received a 

 letter written at the same institution, and by a student 

 who had heard the lecture and was still there. He 

 thanked me for himself and many other students for 

 "opening their eyes" and saving them from "fatal 

 mistakes." With others he had joined some kind of 

 purity league which had passed a resolution directing 

 him to write the letter. Then I w;is comforted. Every 

 year now brings me the opportunity to tell large num- 

 bers of young men the whole trutn, and warn them, as 

 an older friend, against surrounding temptations. I 

 believe that my Creator has laid out this work to my 

 hand, conjointly with the privilege of teaching the 

 principles of my profession, and I hope to die in the 

 harness. It is easy to see why your work is blest. It 

 is always for good. God speed the work. 



H. A. MOODY, M. D., 

 Professor of Therapeutics, 

 Medical Department University of Alabama. 



Mobile, Ala.. Oct. 4. 



DR. MILLER TRIUMPHS AMID TRIBULATION. 



Our good friend Dr. C. C. Miller, it seems, 

 has been having what the world would call 

 a "streak of bad luck." When JiPnest first 

 heard of it he wrote to Dr. Miller a letter ex- 

 pressing his sympathy, and below seems to 

 be a response' to that letter. Our readers 

 do not need to be told in detail about the va- 

 rious happenings. The doctor's reply ap- 

 parently suggests. 



Yes, all those "dire things" enumerated by you 

 have pretty much come to pass. We've treated forty- 

 seven colonies for foul brood, and broken up a num- 

 ber. The principal ambition of the bees seems to be 

 robbing. 



Thanks for your sympathy, and yet I don't want to 

 make too heavy a draft on it — others may need it 

 more. I've just as much to eat as ever, and just as 

 many teeth for thorough chewing. I've more clot les 

 than I need to keep me warm — at the present moment 

 it's 97J4in the shade, and my dress is down to the min- 

 imum; and although foul brood and an utter crop 

 failure dot'sn't make the prettiest combination, yet I'm 

 having quite a bit of fun in fighting the disease; and 

 when I'm done I'll know sometliing more than when I 

 began. I don't believe European foul brood is nearly 

 as bad as you supposed, but I can tell for certain a few 

 months later. As to depreciation of stock, it's more 

 than made up by appreciation of other stock. Then 

 there's still left Sunday-schools and flowers and pro- 

 hibition and— ohi lots of things to make life worth liv- 

 ing. Still, I think I'd be just a little happier if you'd 

 come and play with me. Yours warmly. 



Marengo, 111., July 28. C. C. Mlu.ER. 



