August, 1920 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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tliat. yon are rea«ly to receive instind'oii 

 t'lom this same Holy Spirit t'loiu yodv 

 ( reator. Vou seem to be anxious to get 

 at the truth of things. Now, will you wel- 

 come and receive tlie evidence from the 

 Spirit of youi- Creator wMien it comes to 

 you ?" 



He yave iiic no direct answer to tliis; 

 but I have good reason to believe tluit he 

 is getting on better ground. There is one 

 thing that I iiave hesitated somewhat about 

 before broaching this matter. When 1 have 

 become intimately acquainted with those 

 who reject the Scriptures, and those who 

 reject the idea of a "God of love," I have 

 almost invariably found there was a rea- 

 son for it. When a physician is called to 

 dress a sore finger, or something of the 

 sort, the first question is, "Is it not a sliver 

 01- a jiiece of rusty nailf If so, nothing- 

 can be done until this foreign matter is re- 

 uioved." It may be a painful operation; 

 perhaps a surgeon will have to be called 

 in ; but l)efore any real recovei-y comes 

 about, tiie foreign matter must be removed. 

 Well, in almost every case where there is 

 a rejection of the Scriptures there is some- 

 thing out of sight that will have to be re- 

 moved. "If I regard ini(|uity in my heart 

 tiie Lord will not hear me."* 



Xow in regard to the words of our open- 

 ing text : You will notice it is quite paral- 

 lel, or at least along parallel lines, with my 

 favorite text that I have quoted so much — 

 "Let the words of my mouth and the medi- 

 tation of my heart be acceptable in thy 

 sight. Lord, my strength and my Redeem- 

 er." Well, in this text at the close of the 

 LiOth Psalm David goes further. He says, 

 "Search me, God, and know my heart; 

 try me and know my thoughts." My 

 friends, what do you su|>pose would hap- 

 |ien if all mankind would make this prayer 

 its prayer? While I write on this 7th day 

 ol' July there is gieat excitement all over our 



*Thp. letter Iplow, just at hand, cniiies in nicely 

 right here. Please (-(insider particularly the finr 

 tions I have italicised. 



"I am sending you a letter and check of a kind 

 which I suppose you don't very often receive. 



"\ few years ijack I .sent in a bee-supply order 

 and received one IV^ -story hive that I did not or- 

 der; t)Ut just the same I kept it. I hope you will 

 forgive me. Now I have become a Christian ; so I 

 must pay for the hive. .\ person does not think 

 it is a very big sin to do a thing like that, and 

 you don't notice it so much until you can see >our- 

 velf as you really -were. I must say it is a great 

 blessing that I can pay for the hive and tell you 

 about it. For some time I have been putting off 

 writing this letter for fear that you would not take 

 it the way I meant. Then also I he.sitated about con- 

 fession, but now I have got to where I have to con- 

 ffKM before man and God; so it is really working 

 good, and. it's the only life worth livinf/. Well, I 

 hope thi.s letter will be satisfactory ftiid abso bring 

 some light to others, and enable them -with God's 

 help to start in this better life. Al. Lindstrom. 



"Rl. 'J. Koreslon, Minn., Mav 10, 19-JO." 



hind as to who shalf be our next president. 

 What would happen if the candidates for 

 the presidency would make that prayer 

 their prayer? and what would haj)pen if 

 our politicians or business men would use 

 the last part of tliat text and really desire 

 to see if there was any wicked way in their 

 thoughts, and ask God to lead them in the 

 way everlasting f There is much talk about 

 profiteering, and a lot of it is being brought 

 to light. Could any man or woman be ac- 

 cused of profiteering if such persons made 

 that prayer their prayer? 



A good divine, who has now gone to his 

 rest, once said it is an excellent thing to 

 pray for the influences of the Holy Spirit; 

 but he added, ''Dear friends, if you perse- 

 vere in it, it may make you decidedly un- 

 comfortable." At first I was a good deal 

 surprised at this, but of late I think 1 un- 

 derstand it. I have been praying that the 

 Holy Spirit might search me; and as a re- 

 sult I have been able to see, as I never saw 

 before, the wickedness and selfishness of 

 my own heart. You know I am given to 

 enthusiasm ; and all my life the temptation 

 has been to exaggerate just a little. I do 

 not know, but I have had a sort of idea 

 that people would not listen unless I^ stated 

 things strongly. 1 am ti'ying hard to stick 

 to the exact truth in all of my statements 

 better than I ever did before, and 1 am hap- 

 py in doing it. There may be in God's holy 

 word things I hat I do not understand or 

 comprehend, but the beautiful texts 1 have 

 quoted in tliis Home jiaper are enough 

 alone to place the Bible above any other 

 book tiiat the world contains. Poor Peter, 

 when the Master asked him if he too would 

 turn aside, replied, "Lord, to whom shall 

 we go. Thou hast the words of eternal 

 life." 



()\Ki; 1 ()()() r.USHELS OF POTATOES IN ONE 

 SEASON FROM ONE ACRE. 



My good friends, if you want to under- 

 stand wiiat follows, turn back to page 325 

 ol' the June issue of Gleanings. Below we 

 give you the particulars promised in re- 

 gard to the wonderful crop of potatoes: 



Dear Mr. Root: — The large crop of potatoes was 

 grown by .T. Rhodes of Dryden, Ontario, not by 

 myself. They were grown by Mr. Rhodes from 

 Green Mountain seed. He has selected the best 

 potatoes every year from roots that bore not less 

 than 14 or 1.5 potatoes. He has done this for 

 several years and has bred a strain of potatoes 

 that I do not believe-- can be beaten in any part 

 of the world. This is a fine district for the growing 

 of seed potatoes. By careful selection and the 

 halp of the climate, we grow them absolutely free 

 from any disease. We have organized a seed- 

 potato-growers' association and T am the salesman 

 for the association; so if anyone happens to want 



