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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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either. I therefore deemed it my duty to abate the 

 evil so far as lay in my power to do so. and tried to 

 uproot it and cast it out throuKi" discipline, but found 

 this method inadequate and ineffectual. I then went 

 further, and concluded the desired end could be attain- 

 ed only by removing from the service or refraining 

 'rom employing all men addicted to the oojectionable 

 liabits alluded to. 



It is my aim and intention to pursue this policy with- 

 out, abatement, since I have by it proved beyond all 

 doubt that it has raised the standard of our men. I 

 have been criticised for the stringency of the order, 

 especially the prohibition of the use of cigarettes; but 

 on the other hand I have the assurance of our division 

 superintendents (of which we have twelve), aided by 

 my own observations, that iiersons addicted to the 

 use of cigarettes, especially young men, are the most 

 careless in their duties and less aole to perform them 

 than men using liquor in moderation. I may also 

 mention that in seventeen years' experience as manag- 

 er of public-utility corporations I have had occasion 

 • to promote many of our men from the rank of conduc- 

 tors and motormen to officers, and in no case has a 

 man using whisky come up to the requirements. 

 John Mubphy, » 



General Superintendent. 



May God be praised for the stand against 

 cigarettes and intoxicants that a railway 

 company in at least one great city in our 

 land has taken. 



In conclusion I want to copy a little tract 

 sent out by A. F. Cowles, of Towanda, Pa. 

 I have alluded to this brother's work before. 

 Let me say again that he gives his time and 

 money toward sending out. free of charge, 

 these little tracts wherever he thinks they 

 will do any good. This one I copy is one of 

 them. If you would like to help him and 

 encourage him in the work whereunto God 

 has called him, just send him some postage- 

 stamps. I assure you he will make good use 

 of them. 



OTHERS mat! TOU CAN NOT! 



If God has called you to be really like Jesus he will 

 draw you into a life of crucifixion and humility, and 

 put upon you such demands of obedience that you will 

 not be able to follow other people, or measure your- 

 self by other Christians, and in many ways he will 

 seem to let other good people do things which he will 

 not let you do. 



Other Christians, and ministers who seem very re- 

 ligious and useful, may push themselves, pull wires, 

 and work schemes to carry out their plans, but you 

 can not do it; and if you attempt it you will meet with 

 such failure and rebuke from the Lord as to make you 

 sorely penitent. 



Others may boast of themselves, of their work, and 

 of their successes and their v;ritings, but the Holy 

 Spirit will not allow you to do any such thing; and if 

 you begin it he will lead you into some deep mortiti- 

 cation that will make you despise yourself and all 

 your good works. 



Others may be allowed to succeed in making money, 

 or may have a legacy left to them; but it is likely that 

 God will keep you poor because he wants you to have 

 something far better than gold — namely, a helpless 

 dependence upon him, that he may have the privilege 

 of supplying your needs day by day out of an unseen 

 treasury. 



The Lord may let others be honored and put for- 

 ward, and keep you hidden in obscurity, because he 

 wants to produce some choice fragrant fruit for his 

 coming glory, which can be produced only in the 

 shade. He may let others be great, but keep you 

 small. He may let others do a work for him, and get 

 the credit of it; but he will make you work and toil on 

 without knowing how much you are doing; and then 

 to make your work ttill more precious he may let oth- 

 ers get credit for the work which jou have done, and 

 thus make your reward ten times greater when Jesus 

 comes. 



The Holy Spirit will put a strict watch over you 

 with a jealous love, and will rebuke you for little 

 words and feelings, or for wasting your time, which 

 other Christians never feel distressed over. So, make 

 up your mind that God is an infinite sovereign, and 

 has a right to do as he pleases with his own. He may 



not explain to you a thousand things which puzzle 

 your reason in his dealings with you; but if you abso- 

 lutely sell yourself to be his love-slave he will wrap 

 you up in a jealous love, and bestow upon you many 

 blessings which come only to those who are in the in- 

 ner circle. 



Settle it for ever, then, that you are to deal directly 

 with the Holy Spirit, and that he is to have the privi- 

 lege of tying your tongue or chaining your hand or 

 closing your eyes in a way that he does not seem to 

 use with others. Now, when you are so possessed by 

 the living God that you are, in your secret heart, de- 

 lighted and pleased over this peculiar, personal, pri- 

 vate, jealous guardianship and management of the 

 Holy Spirit over your life you will have found the ves- 

 tibule of heaven. — Livina Waters. 



Lord Jesus, make thyself to me 

 A living, bright reality, 

 More present to faith's vision keen 

 Than any earthly object seen — 

 More dear, more intimately nigh 

 Than e'en the dearest earthly tie. 



PURE AIR COSTS MONET. 



We have become so much accustomed to 

 the expression, "as free as air," that some 

 of you may be surprised when I explain to 

 you that good air is not so I'e?'?/ free after all. 

 An expert in the business of warming school 

 buildings and churches recently said to me 

 that it is a fact that people might sometimes 

 save almost half of their fuel by making their 

 homes or public buildings so nearly air-tight 

 that they would breathe the same air over 

 again. He said the most serious obstacle in 

 the way of furnishing pure air in winter, 

 with a comfortable temperature, is that not 

 only individuals but directors of schools and 

 churches say they can not afford the addi- 

 tional expense of fiiel where fresh air is be- 

 ing constantly brought in from outdoors. 

 T. B. Terry, in considering this very matter, 

 has arranged to let the cold air come first in- 

 to a room; then it is taken from this room to 

 the apartments where it is needed, after be- 

 ing warmed up. A strong wind will greatly 

 increase the amount of outdoor air, especial- 

 ly when it blows directly into the open-air 

 passage. For instance, if your opening is on 

 the northwest side of the house, under a 

 porch, for example, unless some precaution 

 is taken to prevent a strong northwest wind 

 from blowing straight into this opening you 

 would have ventilation with a vengeance in 

 zero weather; and it would take lots of fuel 

 to warm up that volume of zero air, unless 

 slides are arranged or there is a window to 

 be opened or closed according to the weath- 

 er. But it takes much supervision to keep 

 regulating this open-air passage. I think 

 likely a thermostat could be arranged, but I 

 have never heard of one being used for this 

 purpose. They are in very common use in 

 regulating the ventilators of greenhouses; and 

 florists are always in the habit of opening 

 the ventilators to let in air in the side oppo- 

 site from which the wind blows. 



