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answer 1 ga\e; but I rather think I laughed, 

 even if I had made trouble, although the 

 real trouble seemed to have started before 

 I arrived there. He asked me what he should 

 do with the goods he had just bought. I 

 said: 



" Ship them back where they came from, 

 and tell them all the circumstances, especial- 

 ly that j^our wife objects to the business." 



Do you think, friends, a divorce followed? 

 Why, bless your heart, no ! There was no 

 divorce, neither Avas there a saloon opened. 

 Wbeu we got outdoors my skeptical friend 

 was profuse in his indorsement of my way 

 of doing temperance work. Said he, "Amos, 

 that is just it exactly. What you did is 

 just according to my notion. I believe in 

 this kind of Christianity," etc. , 



Now, I confess I do not know whether 

 this man adhered to his profession of belief 

 in prayer at that time or not. In thinking 

 it over now it occurs to me I should have 

 taken him to the pastor of one of the two 

 churches there ancl got the minister to look 

 after him as the other pastor looked after 

 Bro. B. And right in here comes that 

 beautiful admonition the dear Savior gave 

 to Peter : " If thou lovest me, feed my 

 sheep." Dear friends, are we who profess 

 to be followers of the Lord Jesus in our 

 several places of work, praying, " Thy king- 

 dom come " 1 and are you looking after and 

 feeding the sheep and the lambs that are in 

 such very great need of food and encourage- 

 ment ? May the Lord help us. 



THE BEEKEEPERS OP OUR LAND; IS IT NOT 



TRUE THAT THEY ARE^ AS A RULE^ 



GODLY MEN? 



L. C. Root once said at the opening of a 

 convention in York State, that our industry 

 is an honest and an innocent one, and that 

 we produce something that is of benefit to 

 humanity, unlike the occupation of the 

 brewers or distillers. Well, it rejoices my 

 heart to see that the bee literature of our 

 land is, as a rule, in the hands of God-fear- 

 ing men. I was reminded of this by the 

 letter following from one of the directors of 

 the Beekeepers' Eevieiv: 



In regard to the petition, " Lead us not into temp- 

 tation (sermon in Gleaxings for July 15) I would 

 like to call your attention to this point: The Spanish 

 version has it, "No dejanos caer en tentacion," "al- 

 low us not to fall in temptation" (or into temptation). 

 It seems to me that this simplifies the matter, if this 

 is a correct translation of the original text. Wliat 

 is your opinion ? 



Franklin, Tenn., July 24. J. M. Buchanan. 



Many thanks, my good friend, for youi- 

 additional light on this portion of the Lord's 



prayer. Well, / should like it just as you 

 have quoted it, and I would further add tliat 

 1 would put the Avord " fall " in italics — 

 " alloAv us not to fall in temptation." That 

 would take in the thought that temptation is 

 good for us, as we have it in that beautiful 

 hymn " Tempted and Tried." Jesus prayed 

 for his disciples, not that they might be 

 taken out of the world, but that they might 

 be delivered from the evil. Now, then, let 

 temptation come; yes, let it come with all 

 of Satan's ingenuity and subtilty; but let 

 us meanwhile pray, and pray constantlv, 

 that the dear Savior v/ill not allow us to 

 fall, even if we are temi^tcd. Many thanks, 

 my good friend Buchanan, for your timely 

 and wise suggestion. I believe the Holy 

 Spirit lorompted you to write it. 



Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find 

 it after many days. — Ecc. 11:1. 



The two letters following by some coinci- 

 dence reached me at almost exactly the same 

 time. Years ago it used to be customary to 

 drive bees with tobacco smoke; but after 

 several of the younger ones had commenced 

 using tobacco in order that they might be 

 up-to-date beekeepers I remonstrated, and 

 finally proclaimed through our little jour- 

 nal, as it was a little one at that time, that I 

 would furnish a bee-smoker, free of charge, 

 postage paid, to every one who would ab- 

 stain from or give up the use of tobacco 

 provided also that he Avould permit me to 

 put his name and pledge in print. He also 

 agTeed to pay for the smoker should he ever 

 use tobacco again. More than a thousand 

 smokers were given aAvay, and the pledges 

 taken. It took some money to pay for the 

 smokers and postage stamps to mail them; 

 but I felt that tliis money was "treasure laid 

 up in heaven," and I have good reason to 

 belieA^e it turned out that way. Noav read 

 the two letters : 



Mr. A. I. Root: — On p. 714, Oct., 1885, I wrote 

 you that I had decided to quit using tobacco, aiid 

 asked that you send me a smoker, which at that time 

 you were offering as an inducement to beekeepers to 

 quit using tobacco. I received the smoker all right, 

 and from that time until this day have not used 

 tobacco in any form, and, more than that, have 

 raised three boys, none of whom have used it. I 

 have long since quit keeping bees, but have kept my 

 promise to you. If you are still publishing Glean- 

 ings, I wish you would mail me a copy. 



AVoodlawn, Ala., Aug. 6. C. W. Plant. 



Some 40 years ago A. I. Root did me a friendly 

 service in inducing rae to give up the use of tobacco, 

 which I have never since used. 



Dr. A. W. Thornton. 



Kerndale, Wash., July 17. 



