AUGUST 15, 1916 



751 



The thousands of men v e saw how'ing in all the 

 cities of Europe were not nun any longer. They 

 had liecoine beasts. The beast could even be seen 

 in their eyes. They howled for only three things — 

 drink, women, and the blood of their brothers. Per- 

 haps there has got to he a wholly new presentation 

 of Chrii-tianity before these things can be stopped. 

 Perhaps we have really got to teach what Christ 

 l;im>-elf taught, namely, that love of all Christians 

 for each other, all men of good will for one another, 

 roust transcend race, nationality, and every other 

 1 ond. We have never dared preach this. He even 

 went further, and said it must transcend famili/ <ie.9. 



There are exceptions, but in most of us the beast 

 lies just below the surface, and nothing but a re- 

 generation which shall sweep thru men's souls as a 

 wind from heaven can make them clean. 



love's of one's cotintby being right 



This whole miserable business has arisen out of 

 a perverted patriotism, a race consciousness raised 

 to the power of madness. It was a Servian " pa- 

 triot," a devotee of " greater Servia," who threw a 

 !;omb that stirred Austria to revenge. All thru 

 F.urope there is this patriotism which makes a god 

 of one's country, and declares there is no other god, 

 which puts love of country above love of one's 

 country being right. 



''l Ail T15YING TO BE A CHHI.'JTIAX AVITH ALL 

 MY MIGHT." 



On pages 502, 503, June 15. I made men- 

 tion of E. Whitpomb, of Friend, Nebraska. 

 It would seem tliat for some reason or 

 other he has-not been getting Gleanings of 

 late ; but I will take pains to see that he gets 

 it from tln!s time on. With this explanation 

 T think our readers will be much interested 

 in the letter below. It is characteristic of 

 Friend Wliitcomb : 



Brother E. R. Root: — I have been thinking of you 

 (iu!t>- frequently of late, and wondering if your 

 father, A. I. Root, is yet living; and if so, how 

 lie is getting along. When I first started out to be 

 a Christian I was greatly aided by his kindly ad- 

 vice and real helps. I am trying to be a Christ- 

 ian yet with all my might, and am running the 

 newspaper and " monkeying " with the bees in order 

 to help pay expenses. When last we met I think it 

 was down at Dr. Gandy's, investigating his catnip 

 honey. What a sly old mink he was, to be sure! 

 We weie able to secure quite a lot of catnip honey 

 (virselves last year, and Mrs. Whitcomb thought the 

 flavor was grand. 



Along last winter T noticed an account of your 

 failure in attempting to put a live bee in your 

 mouth without being stung. Mr. Kretchmer once at- 

 tempted to demonstrate that to me at Chicago, and I 

 pulled the sting from his tongue. In making that 

 illustration a drone is much safer, and it has the 

 same effect with the boys. I am thoroly convinced 

 that the bee is " no respecter of persons." I am in 

 possession of 25 colonies of bees. They stored quite 

 a lot of white-clover honey during .Tune, and swarm- 

 ed " to beat the band." One could find a swarm 

 hanging on a tree or a bush almost anv time. 



One swarm alighted on the top of a maple-tree 

 about 30 feet above the ground. Tliis was out of 

 the reach of a swarm-catcher, and I am i-ather too 

 old to climb any more, so I fixed the hive on the 

 ground and .shot the limb off with a 10-gauge shot- 

 gun. They came down all right, and were placed 

 in the hive. The weather is very dry now, and 

 the bee business is all shot to pieces with hardly a 

 bloom in sight. Heally we are up against it with 



the corn crop unless it rains within a V9yy few- 

 days. Really God is very good, and I le'.ieve he 

 will send the rain in his own good time. Mrs. Whit- 

 comb's health is very poor ; but I have not felt so 

 well in ten years as I have this summer. With 100 

 in the shade almost every day, yet I am .standing the 

 hot weather finely. Mv son .Tames is down on the 

 Rio Grande with the 4th Nebraska National Guard 

 waiting and watching for President Wilson. He 

 has a wife and three children here in Friend, but is 

 too proud to ask for his discharge under the order 

 of the Secretary of War. 



Friend, Neb., .Tuly 28. E. Whitcomb. 



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 THE GOSPEL TRACT MISSION. 



For some years I have been more or Ivss 

 acquainted with S. E. Roth, of Woodburn, 

 Oregon, who sends out gospel tracts, etc., 

 free of charge. I clip tlie following from 

 one of his tracts: 



Gospel tracts, leaflets, calendars, and lilotters free 

 as the Lord provides the means to print and mail 

 them. Gnsi'KL Tr.\ct Mis.sion, 



Rt. 3, Woodburn, Oregon. 



The letter below will explain more fully 

 his lifework; and after you read it T liope 

 you may be prompted to send for some of 

 his tracts, not forgetting a few stamps, or 

 something more than stamps, if you feel 

 like it. My opinion is that whatever you 

 may send will be " treasure laid up in hea- 

 ven," if not exactly here on earth. 



Brother A. I. Root .- — 



Greeting in Jesus' name 



I just thought if I told you what we, in -great 

 weakness and awkwardness, have been trying to do 

 along the line of distributing the gospel in tract 

 form and otherwise, you would make mention of it 

 in Gle.\nings and cause many of God's dear chil- 

 dren to pray for us and assist us otherwise. 



God has mercifully allowed us in the past eleven 

 years to distribute from several hundred to 10,000 

 Gospel Tract Calendars annually, also many thou- 

 sand (possibly millions) of pages of tracts, leaflets, 

 etc., free of charge. 



Last year we sent out about 9000 of those calen- 

 dars, distributed about 50 copies of the Bible and 

 many testaments, gospels, tracts, etc. Now, we do 

 not want to boast, but thought that, if some of 

 God's faithful children who read Gleanings knew 

 what our Gospel Tract Mission stands for, and knew 

 that we are just now in need of your most earnest 

 prayers, it w^ould possibly result in much good both 

 to our humble establishment and to others who are 

 interested in distributing literature. Now remember, 

 dear brother, we are not a rich concern — have all of 

 fife's necessaries, such as what we eat and wear; 

 but above that we have far from a thousand dollai-s' 

 worth of property in this world's goods : are some- 

 what in debt, and need funds for printing next 

 year's calendars and sending out Bibles, tracts, etc., 

 for which there is a great demand among the poor 

 in various countries. I have sejit out literature to 

 Ignited .States, Hawaii, Philippines, and even some 

 to .\ustralia. New Zealand, Africa, etc. Oh the joy 

 and satisfaction to be allowed to help a little in pro- 

 claiming .Tesns' love! It is beyond our ability to 

 express it. 



Now our humble r:-quest is this: that you men- 

 tion in Gi,i-.\.\iNCis th.it we wish the prayers of all 

 of God's children that we may be enabled to con- 

 tinuL — in spite of hard times — to send out the gos- 



