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ates itself, bliiicls us, rankles, inflames, 

 embitters. It breeds self-pity, which 

 soon reduces us to a condition of worse 

 than helpless uselessness. Jesus paid 

 no attention to the awful injustices of 

 his lot. We can not afford to do other 

 than he did, but with our lesser injus- 

 tices. If love is our master-passion, 

 " thinking no evil " and " bearing all 

 things, " we shall live emancipated 

 from the misery of dressing our own 

 wounds. Such wounds heal quickly 

 when we are lovingly l^usied with the 

 needs of others. 



There you have it, friends. I confess that 

 at first glance some would think the Sunday 

 School Times had almost overdone the mat- 

 ter; but I tell you they are right about it. 

 For almost forty years I have been testing 

 the matter of returning good for evil, of 

 forgetting an injury or an insult or an 

 affi'ont, just as soon as possible. Get your 

 mind on something else. I know it is hard 

 sometimes; but just hold fast to the little 

 I)rayer I have given you — " Lord, help !" 

 Get bu.sy ; and before you know or realize it 

 you will have forgotten it entirely, and be 

 happy and joyous. 



Our fi'iends will recall that at various 

 times I have spoken about meeting happy 

 surprises. Well, the follower of Christ 

 Jesus — one who is really in accordance with 

 the clipiDing above — will in due time meet 

 with happy surprises, for he is right along 



in the line of that joyous and happy throng 

 who said to the Master, " Lord, when saw 

 we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or 

 athirst, and gave thee drink? " etc. You see 

 these people had been so busy in doing good, 

 right and left, that they had been losing 

 sight of self entirely, and they had forgot- 

 ten all about their loving ministry to poor 

 suffering humanity. 



Somebody recently said of Gladstone that 

 if we wanted to get a glimpse of him at his 

 best, we should have to watch for an oppor- 

 tunity and show him some unkindness — that 

 is, if you should happen to have a chance 

 to do so, and just see how quickly he would 

 put himself out of the way to do you a 

 favor. I know it seems almost wicked to 

 suggest such a thing; but he was a true type 

 of that kind of humanity. " Bless them that 

 curse you ; pray for them that despitefully 

 use you." 



Now, these leaflets are printed to be sent 

 out free of charge. They are to be sent 

 broadcast out "on the waters;" and if I 

 do not see any good result from them in 

 this world, I shall have faith to believe 1 

 sliall in the world to come. I hope they may 

 be floating about and read after my work 

 here in this world has ceased. Do not be 

 backward in telling how many leaflets you 

 can distribute among your friends, whether 

 a dozen, fifty, or a hundred or a thousand. 

 They will be sent gladly. 



Your old friend, 



A. I. Root. 



Sept. 15, 1914. 



fflGM=PEE§§UEE GAEDEMNG 



SUMMER SHOWERS WHENEVER YOU SAY THE 

 WORD. 



Although I have been either gardening or 

 in touch with gardening for almost 70 years, 

 I have never before, until the present time, 

 enjoyed the great privilege of having a 

 veritable " summer shower " on my garden 

 whenever it seemed needed. About the first 

 of August I started what is called the Skin- 

 ner system of irrigation, on our garden, 

 which is 75 feet wide and 260 feet long. As 

 it is very desirable to use the team when 

 plowing, and a horse for cultivating, I did 

 not want any posts or supports standing in 

 the way of the team. Accordingly we 

 stretched a % braided wire cable from the 

 house on the north to a telegi'aph-pole on 

 the south. In order to test the system more 

 fully the sprinkling arrangement covers 

 only the north side of the garden. On the 

 west side is a row of evergreen-trees for a 



windbreak. On the east side is a little row 

 of apple-trees. A galvanized-iron pipe one 

 inch in diameter runs part way, and then a 

 %-inch pipe, and both i^erforated every 

 yard, and a brass nozzle screwed in. With 

 a pressure of about 40 lbs. from our city 

 waterworks these pipes throw a stream fully 

 30 feet on each side. The pipes are suspend- 

 ed just high enough to clear the horses' 

 heads when they are cultivating. By rotat- 

 ing the pipes (which are suspended on roller 

 bearings) the whole of the garden is sprin- 

 kled just as nicely as a summer shower 

 would do it. 



Now, to tell you just how much this 

 accomplishes, let me explain that the ground 

 was so wet in the spring that we were 

 compelled to plow it when it was not in 

 good condition. After plowing, a succession 

 of cold heavy rains made it just like mud; 

 and when dry weather came it was almost 



