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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



February, 1920 



Not only our President, but our great na- 

 tion back of him, has declared that the 

 mining of coal rmist go on; but, to some 

 extent at least, law seems to be defied. 

 Does this not come pretty near anarchy and 

 civil war? 



Does it not look like what we are told, 

 " There shall be wars and rumors of 

 wars'"? But, praise the Lord, right after 

 the above we read " but be ye not troubled ; 

 for such things must needs be." 



When I was just getting into the city of 

 Cincinnati, on our way down here to Flor- 

 ida, I was up, as usual, watching the sun 

 rise. While thinking of our troubled na- 

 tion and the words, " Peace, peace, when 

 there is no peace," all at once something 

 like a voice speaking seemed to say the 

 words at the head of this paper : " The 

 peace of God which passeth all understand- 

 ing." I presume I have heard these words 

 for years past; but they never seemed to 

 get much hold of me — certainly never be- 

 fore as they did on this occasion. As I 

 looked toward the sunrise, it almost seem- 

 ed as if they were wi'itten across the sky. 

 I am not sure whether I said "Amen " out 

 loud, but I certainly said it mentally; and 

 almost ever since I have been rejoicing, as 

 I repeat the words over, especially the last 

 three. 



No matter what happens in this world of 



ours, if we are doing our level best to fight 

 the evil, it is our privilege, as followers of 

 the Lord Jesus Christ, to have thru life 

 and thru death that " peace which passeth 

 all understanding." 



This recalls another text that has been a 

 joy to me for years. " Great peace have 

 they who love thy law, and nothing shall 

 offend them." If we love God's law, and 

 it is our "counsel " day and night, we are 

 on the road to both of these most gracious 

 promises; and finally we shall get to that 

 promised land, where " nothing shall offend 

 them." My friend, do you get " offended " 

 occasionally? Maybe you have in times past 

 got offended at your old friend A. I. Root. 

 Please don't think hard of him. Try to 

 remember he has so very many friends it is 

 hard to keep them all in mind, and besides 

 he is now almost 80 years old. 



Just one more text to help in getting into 

 that promised land. " Let the words of my 

 mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be 

 acceptable in thy sight, Lord, my 

 strength and my redeemer." 



About 50 years ago all my friends were 

 worried because I had " gone crazy " on 

 two things, bees and honey, and prohibi- 

 tion. May God be praised that I have liv- 

 ed to see both — shall 1 say, " go over the 

 top"? 



A few days ago Howard Calvert, my 



Real" view of our humble Florida home. 



