1905 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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honey as very dark, and let it go at that, is 

 to give the impression that it is very inferi- 

 or. The color of buckwheat honey is much 

 like that of the choicest preparations of 

 fruit. Its flavor, v/here known, is as popular 

 as any, and it excels, perhaps, all other 

 kinds in making white comb. I am well 

 aware that no unfairness is intended; but 

 there is a mistake which should be correct- 

 ed. In the circular it could be done by leav- 

 ing out four words. The description is 

 unnecessary. Wm. A. Stewart. 



Elkin, Pa. 



[I have looked through both the honey- 

 leaflet and the Honey-producers' League, 

 but I do not get the impression in either 

 that buckwheat is unfavorably or unfairly 

 presented to the public — Ed.] 



At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, say- 

 ing. Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven? 

 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in 

 the midst of them, and said, Verily, I say unto you. 

 Except ye be converted, and become as little cliilrlren, 

 ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. — Matt. 

 18:1, 2, 3. 



On p. 1035, Oct. 1, I told you that toward 

 a dozen big broad shouldered men had unit- 

 ed with that little church. A weekly pray- 

 er-meeting was started promptly, meeting 

 every Wednesday night; and th^se big men, 

 as well as the women and children, are on 

 hand promptly at every meeting in a way 

 that we do not often see in the old estab- 

 lished churches. It is now potato-digging 

 time in the Grand Traverse region, and men, 

 women, and children are working every 

 hour when it is daylight, and it does not 

 storm, to get in their crops. The prices of- 

 fered are better than usual. When night 

 comes, as a matter of course the people are 

 all too tired to think of going to meeting — 

 that is, if such excuses were to be tolerated 

 at all. As there are a good many chores to 

 do after it is too dark to handle the pota- 

 toes, the meeting time is fixed at 8 o'clock. 

 Now, I was going to say these good people; 

 but I think I will change it and say these 

 dear friends of mine (and I thank God from 

 the bottom of my heart that they are my 

 friends) are not only on hand— men, women, 

 children, and babies too, but they all take 

 part— the babies sometimes without invita- 

 tion, but it is all pleasant and harmonious 

 for all that. "Harmonious" does not ex- 



Fress it. They are a band of God's people, 

 am dictating this Home paper while 1 sit 

 here in Medina. 



But just four evenings ago one of those 

 big broad-shouldered men was appointed to 

 lead the meeting. It was such a remark- 

 able change for one who had always been 

 diffident, and preferred to keep a little in 



the background, that there was some smil- 

 ing among the rest of the members to see 

 that big stout fine-looking young man stand 

 up before the audience. His very first 

 words drew my attention toward him, and I 

 guess the hearts of all the people, because 

 they were so honest and straightforward. 

 He acknowledged that he was embarrassed; 

 but he said that in this new life of his the 

 Lord Jesus Christ was to be the master and 

 he was to be the servant, and therefore 

 when he was called on to lead he did the 

 best he could, and trusted to the Lor<l for 

 the outcome. He read the fore part of the 

 18th chapter of Matthew, from which our 

 text is taken. As I sat near him he asked 

 me to make a little explanation of what I 

 understood by becoming "as a little child." 

 Now, before I tell you my answer (and I do 

 not know that I need to tell it at ail), let 

 me say I listened more intently to his read- 

 ing and to his every word than I usually 

 listen to any speaker, and I feel sure that it 

 was much the same with the rest of the 

 audience. We knew it was hard for him, 

 and we were all praying that he might have 

 strength and wisdom from on high. For the 

 first time in my life, although I have read 

 that chapter many times, I noticed that it 

 A\as the disciples who asked the question 

 who should he the greatest in the kingdom 

 of heaven. They were ambitious, and per- 

 haps selfibh. Mark tells us that they came 

 to him begging for the highest honors, ask- 

 ing him who should be on his right hand and 

 on his left when he received his kingdom. 

 Jesus, in his answer, said not one of them; 

 nobody, in fact, shall enter the kingdom of 

 heaven unless he first becomes as a little 

 child. In nTy talk I asked if I was correct in 

 inferring this was the first time Bro. Boone 

 had led the meeting. He replied, "Bro. Root 

 is right. This is the first time I have ever 

 led any meeting of any kind. I never before 

 stood up before any body of people to speak, 

 and, to tell the truth, I never even read a 

 composition nor spoke a piece in school, be- 

 cause I was too bashful. I am bashful still, 

 and very much embarrassed; yet I am going 

 to lead this meetmg the best I know how. 

 notwithstanding my embarrassment, and I 

 want you to pray for me. If I understand 

 the words of our Lord and Sivior, he meant 

 that big and strong men in business and 

 everywhere else should be as innocent and 

 honest and as unselfish as a little child who 

 has not yet learned the difference between 

 what belongs to the child himself and to 

 other people. We should be as fair and 

 square in our deal as if every transaction 

 were between parties in which neither one 

 had any interest whatever. We should try 

 to do right, keeping in mind at all times 

 that the loving eye of thj great Father 

 above is constantly over us and watching 

 us We should do our duty before God and 

 before our fellow-man whether we feel like 

 it or not, just as I am trying to do my duty 

 here to-night in standing up before you." 



Of course, these were not his exact words; 

 but I am sure when he comes to read this he 



