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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Dec. 15 



she has something; but the poultiy journals 

 that accept her advertising ought to know 

 better. 



In regard to the drones, while it has been 

 suggested that they may be of some value in 

 keeping up the temperature at certain sea- 

 sons, I believe it is generally agreed that all 

 drones should be destroyed just as soon as 

 their presence is made known, when they 

 are not wanted to mate with queens. 



A BIG BROAD-SHOULDERED BROTHER WHO HAS JUST 

 FOUND THE "PEARL OF GREAT PRICE." 



Friend Root.— I am taking the liberty of writing you 

 a few lines; and I think that, after you have read all 

 this, you will excuse me for taking up your time with 

 it. I am 31 years old, 6 ft. 4 in. in height, and broad 

 accordingly. Through the evil example of others, and 

 the influence of bad companions (I am sometimes com- 

 pelled to work in a pretty rough crowd, thrashing, etc., 

 and probably have also a natural inclination to be bad i , 

 I have been engulfed in the mire and slough of despond 

 till I have wished I were dead, and this life seemed to 

 me a living death, a hell on earth, or almost that. I 

 thank the Lord, however, I have been rescued through 

 a revival here in the little back-country Baptist church 

 —a wonderful revival, and lots of converts for the size 

 of the community. Seemingly the good people who 

 are not converted, but moral in every way (except ac- 

 knowledging their duty to their Lord), have been far 

 harder to convert than hardened sinners like me. I 

 am very well acquainted with you through your talks 

 in Gleanings, which I always read the first thing in 

 the paper. You have helped me, and I believe you 

 will be glad to hear from me and forgive my taking 

 up your time. I feel so thankful, I would far rather be 

 dead than back in the old way. I am not married; live 

 at home with my parents, wlio are church members. 

 I have an apiary of i:55 colonies or so at present, and 

 have noticed you tell about the buckwheat country in 

 York State; but it is not here, and I can't find where it 

 is exactly— that is, where you mention it in the ABC 

 book. I should like to know, as some time I may want 

 a home of my own, as I have always worked hard, 

 and saved quite a figure toward that ambition. I want 

 to get in the best bee location I possibly can. 



May the Lord bless you, and let you live long to con- 

 tinue your good work in Gleanings, and remember 

 me in your prayers. Leroy Lloyd. 



Rathbone, N. Y.. Oct. 23. 



Dear brother, I always have time to listen 

 to any one like yourself who has groped his 

 way through darkness out into the light of 

 the gospel of Christ Jesus. You have made 

 a start all right; but your old friend A. I. 

 Root will tell you to hunt up some good Chris- 

 tian wom.an — that is, if you have not done it 

 already — and start a Christian home. My 

 son Ernest has been through the York State 

 buckwheat-fields much more than I have, 

 and he says the localities where buckwheat 

 is grown so largely are pretty well over- 

 stocked already. Don't you believe you 

 can start buckwheat-growing where you are? 

 Many thanks for your kind words; and may 

 you never be turned back or get out of the 

 straight and narrow path. 



SOME suggestions IN REGARD TO ETERNAL PUNISH- 

 MENT, ETC. 



A. I. Root.— I have just received Gleanings for 

 Sept. 1, and have read nearly all of it, especially Our 

 Homes; and in closing I notice that you say you would 

 rather have the advice of a common every-day person 

 who has good common sense than the opinions of the 

 learned divines. Upon this ground I address you, as I 

 have not seen a schoolroom since 12 years of age ex- 

 cept the outside. 



I want to congratulate you for the statement on page 

 549 in regard to eternal punishment. You say " un- 

 wise, and perhaps not exactly orthodox;" but you 

 spoke the truth as you believe it, and that is wise, and 

 nof unwise, even if it is not orthodox. 



I want to throw a little light upon that subject as I 

 believe it. 1. Whoiseternal? God, the eternal Father. 

 2. Who is everlasting? God, the eternal Father. Now, 

 suppose that we substitute the word God for " eternal" 

 and "everlasting." What a different meaning it 

 would have ! Is the punishment eternal and everlast- 

 ing? Yes. But not to the individual. 



We have our penitentaries and prisons — yes, and 

 they stay there from, year to year; and places of con- 

 finement have existed since tlie creation; and persons 

 all down the stream of time, who have broken man- 

 made laws and the laws of God have been incarcerated 

 therein; and when they have paid the penalty they 

 have been released; but the prison-tiouse is eternal, 

 but the punishment is not eternal, hence the differ- 

 ence. Henry J. Walk. 



Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 27, 1909. 



My good brother, I shall have to correct 

 your quotation a little in your opening sen- 

 tence. As you have it, it might look as if I 

 had but little faith in a theological education. 

 What I said on page 550, Sept. 1, is as fol- 

 lows : 



I have a feeling, in closing, that, as I have not studied 

 theology, I am out of my beat ; but I have many times 

 thought I would rather have the advice of a common 

 every-day person who has good sound common sense 

 than some of the opinions of the learned doctors of 

 divinity. 



You will notice the expression in the second 

 line, "many times," and also the word some 

 in the next to the last line. God knows I 

 have had abundant reason to have great faith 

 in our schools and colleges, and especially 

 our theological schools. In fact, I have re- 

 ceived great benefit from each and every 

 pastor who has filled the pulpit in our church; 

 and although I never went to college inyself, 

 I have had very great cause indeed to thank 

 God that I was able to send all of our sons 

 and daughters to get more or less of an edu- 

 cation. Our two boys have helped me and 

 prompted me, and are doing it even yet, 

 just because they received an educational 

 training that I did not have. Many thanks 

 for your suggestions, notwithstanding. 



WONDERBERRIES in ILLINOIS. 



Last spring I sent to John Lewis Childs for a packet 

 of the wonderberry. I planted the seeds in the house 

 and got some nice big strong plants. I then put them 

 in the garden and took good care of them. This is 

 what I got: Berries all the time, some green some ripe, 

 but never enough ripe ones at one time to fill a teacup 

 half full. Now, I don't think they are exactly like any 

 thing we have around here; but are so near like the 

 berries that grow in the cornfields that I would just as 

 soon have some of them. J. S. KENDALL. 



Chimung, 111., Oct. 8. 



WONDERFUL "WONDERBERRY," ETC. 



I am sending you under separate cover a sample of 

 the wonderful " wonderberry," and you will find also 

 a slip of the belladonna weed. There is not a great 

 lot of difference. Mother thinks it the same that the 

 Iowa Seed Co. put out years ago by the name of Ne- 

 braska stubblcberry. 



As to those advertisements, keep right after 

 them and I will help you where I can. If you are a 

 reader of Collier's Weekly you have seen how they are 

 getting after them in good shape. A. J. Breckel. 



W. Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 23. 



A CORRECTION. 

 On p. 788 the senior editor meant to say his fenced 

 acre cost $150 instead of $1.50. 



