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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



August, 1917 



hours a day, and I expect to be a busy man 

 still; but, God helping me, from this day 

 and hour my work shall be fii'st for Jesus 

 Christ, and self shall be second." 



Not many hours ago I listened to a most 

 beautiful hymn sung by a j^oung girl who is 

 crippled for life. There is no hope that she 

 will ever be able to get anywhere without 

 the use of crutches. She comes from the 

 Schauffler Home, in Cleveland — a charitable 

 institution. She is anxious that she may, 

 by the use of her voice, obtain a livelihood 

 and not be dependent on any. I told her 

 about the boy I met out in the rain and of 

 the question he asked me. Said I, "My 



young friend, are you willing to dedicate 

 that beautiful voice of yours to Christ 

 Jesus and trust him to take care of the out- 

 come?" 



Her face lighted up, and at once with a 

 glad smile she replied : 



"Yes, YES, Mr. Root, that is it exactly. 

 That is what I am doing and expect to do." 



Now, friends, if a poor crippled girl is 

 so ready and willing to dedicate and give 

 all she has in this world for Christ's king- 

 dom, can you not do as much, and pray for 

 that glad time when Christ's kingdom shall 

 come, and his will be done on earth as it is 

 in heaven? 



A FIELD MEET OF THE GEOCEKS OF THE CITY OF AKRON. 



As our honey is mostly handled by grocers, and as it is also quite desirable that the grocers should know 

 ds much about the bee business as possible, the Akron grocers were invited to make a visit to our apiary, 

 where they had a lunch of biscuit, butter, and honey. .Tust before the lunch your humble servant was invited 

 to give them a talk; and this talk was substantially the same as the Home paper in this issue. After the 

 Home talk I gave them a brief account of my first start in bee culture, which has already appeared at various 

 times in these pages. The grocers brought along their wives and children, ai\d I believe they had a very 

 pleasant time. There were something like fifty automobiles to bring the crowd to our place from Akron, 

 twenty miles away. 



The building in the liackground is the garage where the automobiles belonging' to the coTnpany are kept 

 in order. You can get a glimpse of the evergreen trees that were planted for a windbreak toward forty years 

 ago. The limbs were originally allowed to come clear down tO' the grass in order td form a windbreak; but 

 lliese up near the buildings have been trimmed off so as to permit automobiles to run over the lawn. 



