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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



August, 1921 



FOETY-SIX 

 years ago, 

 shortly after 

 I announced in 

 public my stand 

 for the Lord 

 Jesus Chi'ist first 

 and for A. I. Eoot 

 second, I start- 

 ed in this jour- 

 nal a depart- 

 ment headed 

 Our Homes. 

 When I under- 

 took to carry it 

 out I did not 

 know but I 

 should be called 

 upon to give up 

 bee culture and 

 and the new bee journal; but when I prayed 

 over it the answer seemed to be to go ahead 

 with bees and the journal, but to set aside 

 a department for the special work where- 

 unto I should be called and guided and di- 

 rected. As I looked over humanity it seem- 

 ed to me then that making the homes more 

 pure and sacred was what the great wide 

 world most needed; and I still think so as I 

 look back, over the years, and consider poor 

 sinful humanit3^ Intemperance then seemed 

 to be the great arch enemy of the home; 

 and you know how I have fought it all of 

 these 46 years, and how my prayers are just 

 now being answered. Praise the Lord for re- 

 cent victories. Well, what comes next to in- 

 temperance, as a weapon for the arch enemy 

 of all that is good and pure? Let me digress 

 a little. 



For many years we have heard about 

 "boy preachers," and I think I have heard 

 some recent mention of a boy preacher who 

 was, or is now, doing a great work. Per- 

 haps people will listen to him because he is 

 a boy, and this may be one reason why I 

 listened and laughed (may God forgive me) 

 because somebody told me that a boy pass- 

 ing my place of 

 business was 

 a ' ' preacher. ' ' I 

 went to hear him 

 largely because he 

 was a boy; and 

 that boy (bless 

 his memory) was, 

 thru God's provi- 

 dence, the means 

 of my making the 

 greatest discovery 

 of my life — the 

 discovery that / 

 was a sinner, and 

 enabling me to 

 get in touch with 

 "the Lamb of 

 God that taketh 

 away the sin of 

 the world. ' ' 

 The girl preacher, With the above 



OUR HOMES 



A. I. ROOT 



3 



Ye have heard that it was said by them of old 

 time. Thou shalt not commit adultery. — Matt. 5:27. 



But I say unto you that whosoever looketh on a 

 woman to lust after her hath committed adultery 

 with her already in his heart. — Matt. 5:28. 



And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out and 

 ca^t it from thee ; for it is profitable for thee that 

 one of thy members should perish, and not that thy 

 whole body should be cast into hell.^ — Matt. 5:29. 



preface, dear 

 friends, I wish 

 to announce to 

 you ' ' the girl 

 preacher," and 

 that the time has 

 come when we 

 not only have 

 b o y preachers 

 but (]irl preach- 

 ers; and right 

 alongside of this 

 statement I wish 

 to give you a 

 glimpse of the 

 first girl preach- 

 er I ever heard 

 of; and as to 

 whether I have 

 got it right, and 

 that she really is a preacher, I leave it with 

 you to decide when you have heard her 

 sermon. By the way, I am not really sure 

 at this moment that she is a follower of 

 the Lord Jesus Christ; but even if she is 

 not, I feel that God has called her to take 

 up a most important work; and I do not 

 know but I should say it is the most impor- 

 tant since prohibition has been aceomplis'ied 

 and the law is being enforced. I found her 

 picture and her sermon in the Cleveland 

 Plain Dealer some weeks ago. The article 

 was copyrighted by the McClure Newspaper 

 Syndicate, and they have furnished me the 

 two pictures. Below is the sermon, or what 

 I have been glad to call a sermon, by the 

 girl preacher: 



THROUGH EYES OP A WOMAN. 

 By Jane Doe. 



THIS MARRIED MAN AND YOU. 



He may be your chief; he may be your best 

 friend's husband; he may be the man who gives 

 \ ou your singing or French lessons ; he may be the 

 man you meet on the "L" every day and who i.s 

 so attentive and good looking. It really doesn't 

 matter who he is if he has a wife. 



Steer clear of him. 



Many and many a 

 girl is frittering 

 away her opportuni- 

 ties and perhaps her 

 best years on a love 

 affair with a man 

 who has only about 

 one chance in a hun- 

 dred to marry her, 

 and even if that 

 chance came would 

 probably fight shy 

 and seek other pas- 

 tures new. 



The married man 

 who philanders is 

 not the sort of pal 

 for any girl. 



If he has so little 

 loyalty to his wife, if 

 he can forget his 

 obligations so lightly 

 and fluff with any 

 girl who gives him 

 half the chance, you 

 can make up your 

 mind to the fact that 

 there will be no re- 

 spect left at all for 

 her who so willingly 

 philanders with him. 



As she gives her sermon. 

 "The Married Man and 

 You." 



