There is such a thing as “peace subsist¬ 
ing at the heart of endless agitation.*’ You 
may remember the attempt that was made a year 
or two ago to build a steamer In which the cen¬ 
tral saloon was to hang perfectly still while the 
outer hull of me sti ip pitched and rolled with the 
moving sea. it was a failure, but the theory was 
sound and looked practicable. At auy rate. It Is a 
parable of what may be In our lives. If I might 
venture, without seeming Irreverence, to modern¬ 
ize and so to Illustrate this command of our Lord's, 
I would say, that He here bids us do for our life’s 
voyage across a stormy sea, exactly what the 
“ Bessemer” ship was an attempt to do In Its re- 
glon-so to poise and control the oscillations of 
the central soul that however the outward life 
may be buffeted about, there may be moveless 
rest within, ne knows full well that we must 
have rough weather, hut He would have us coun¬ 
teract the motlOD of the sea, and keep our hearts 
In stillness. “In the world ye shall have tribula¬ 
tion,” but In Him ye may have peace. 
He does not wish us to he blind to the facts of 
life, but to take all the facts Into our vision, A 
partial view or tho Bo-called facts certainly will 
lead to tumultuous alternations of hope and fear, 
of joy and sorrow'. But IT you will take them all 
Into account, you can be quiet and at rest, For 
here Is a fact as real as the troubles and changes 
of lire: “ Your Father knoweth that ye have need 
of these things.” Ah! the recognition of that 
w’lll keep our Inmost hearts full of sweat peace, 
whatever may befall the outward life, only take 
ah the facta of your condition, and accept Christ's 
word for that greatest and surest of all—the loving 
Father's knowledge or your needs, and it will not 
be hard to obey Christ's command, and keep your¬ 
self still, because fixed on into. 
But now consider the teachings here as to the 
true source of the agitation which our Lord for¬ 
bids. The precept ltselt affords no light on that 
subject, hut the context shows us the t rue origin 
of the evil. 
The llrst point to observe Is how remarkably 
our Lord identities this anxiety and restlessness 
which He forbids with what at first sight seems 
Its exact opposite, namely a calmness and peace 
which lie also condemns as wholly bad. The 
whole series of warnings begin with the story 
of ihe rich man whose ground brought forth 
plenllf ully. His fault was not that he was tossed 
about with care and a doubtful mind, but tho 
very opposite. Ills sin was in saying, “Soul, 
t'uou hast much goods laid up for many years; 
take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.” 
Our Lord points out the great madness and the 
great sin of being thus at rest, and trusting In 
earthly possessions; and then with a “There¬ 
fore, I say unto you BO turns to the opposite 
pole of worldly feeling, and show's ua how, al¬ 
though opposite, it Is yet related. The warning, 
“Take no thought for your life" follows as an in¬ 
ference from the picture of tho folly of the man 
that lays up treasure for himself and Is not rich 
towards God. 
tkade ^ mark, 
THEGREAT 
Spain has some devoted laborers at work in 
different parts of the peninsula. One of these, 
whose wide range of experience and observation 
give weight to his test imony, writes: “ From what 
i have seen while journeying In parts of the cen¬ 
ter, north and northeast of Spain, and further 
from what I have heard by eorrespondence and 
otherwise, I am convinced that the Gospel leaven 
Is quietly spreading all over the land. we are apt 
to forget that, aft a rule, God's work In grace is 
like Goil’s work In nature: the seed Is sown, la 
Why? Bociinse the Illustration* exactly represent tho IS k. Kolltil Gold Solid 
Rlii.-a »<- MwnlutHy Give Atvnyl In a-MlU.m, wo will cnsnvo nny name, Initial*, 
tn’ tiM.nr centtiuent ifwlrod onil.oluilite.psek It •ei'uroly. moil It pi.ntjm it, and ttunrnuicc 
It in r,h you s.ifoTj, wtrnjuiK towc-ir, mid j-roro a •ultahtn mil vnlmihln premia for 
snyledy, a< nil, men, nrohfld. *' Uow van you do It ?“yuu oak l.ufc lie ox plain : ist.tva 
uil wo promi.o; ltd, we want {>0,000 New SnlwrlorrM, end u* wo gvnr- 
roily g«l what wo want, wo deimnltn-d In -pend ftio.neo tu sot tln-m, ir no- 
re -Mir). K, .Jil ooroff-r carefully, and you will arrvo with u> (hat wo shall got 
I hem. (1111 GKr'KIi 1 K mm rOClllpl oT One Itiillnr. on or before 
.Ionmiry Rl, 1881. « " a .-rrr loornd to *n, mew sulw. rlbi t.’I'Rv K.ituydiiy 
I'.veiilnir I’oet, po-tpahf, weekly, for limoiilh* (SB tlioir) ; and w« lur 
Iher arreoto aentl, nan PremiumGift,so olojanl plain is 1. 1 ,rut Hulled 
ittimllatwimje!. 
Ikabing far tljf fouitg. 
SPELLING IN THE NURSERY. 
“ G-u-N,” said Grace to Willie -, 
“ \\ hat does that spell f” “ I don’t know,” 
He is three and she is seven. 
“ G-u-n ! Goose ?” “ Oh, dear, no I" 
“Rooster? Boy? Stick?” Each time 
Grade shook her curly head, 
“ Tain’t conundrums T am giving- 
But a loSson-word instead. 
" When a little boy shoots 
At a rabbit , What goes off ?” 
Gracie said, her face iu a study. 
As she quel led a little cough. 
Thinking lie would surely guess it, 
“ You’re so stupid I I’m quite hoarse 
Talking to you.” ” What goes off ? 
Why, the rabbit does, of course.” 
-- 
FARMING FOR BOYS AN J GIRLS.-NO. 5. 
HENRY STEWART. 
The Sun’s Light and Heat aixl Their Effect*. 
It Is very easy to ask what may seem a simple 
question aud yer. the wisest man may not he able 
to answer It. For Instance, If we ask what is 
light, no positive reply could he made. We are 
about as much in the dark too In regard to the na¬ 
ture of heat. The must we know about these two 
Important questions Is that light Is supposed to be 
the result of The passage ol‘ very rapid undulations 
or waves which proceed from any luminous body, 
and that heat Is the result of some particular mo¬ 
tion of ihe particles of any body. When auy 
substance is lu a condition to cause taesc waves to 
proceed from It it Is called luminous or light giv¬ 
ing, and when the particles of a substance are 
rorclbly pressed together, as In a piece of Iron 
beaten rapidly with a hammer, the substance gives 
out heat. It whut we think of light and heat Is 
true, they are simply forces or motion, and not 
matter, and we know more of the effects and prop¬ 
erties of these forces rh an we know of iheir na- 
tuie. so far as light and heat are of service in the 
growl h ot plants, a knowledge of their properties 
Is sufficient to enable us to learn how use! ul they 
are In enabling seeds to germinate; leaves to di¬ 
gest plant food; the plant to turn its liquid food 
ioto solid substance; Powers to charm us by their 
colors and fragrance, and fruits to delight us by 
their exquisite tints as well as tbelr delicious and 
varied flavors, seeds may sprout in lee, but tee is 
not absolute cold aud possesses some degree of 
heat; but this Is exceptional, for the ordinary 
seeds that are sown in gardens aud Helds require 
u, considerable amouut of heat to grow, and some 
will lull to grow without a high degree 01 heat, 
seeds sprout better in the dark than In light, but 
as soon as leaves begin to form light 1s needed to 
give them color and vigor. Thus in practice it is 
proper to cover the seeds with a sufficient deptn 
of soil, and not, as some tarmers do who are not 
well informed on this potm, leave a large portion 
of it ou Che surface or the ground In the belief that 
it, will grow. Much loss occurs from this mistake 
and bad practice. As soon as the leaves are form¬ 
ed they begin to give off oxygen gas and take in 
carbonic acid gas; In the dark tho reverse takes 
place. The former process Is necessary to the 
ionnatlon of wood or solid vegetable substance, so 
that without light a tree or piaut could not he 
pioduced. The action of the sun's light upon 
leaves converLs the sugar of the sap into wood 
Tiber, the sugar being first produced from starch 
aud the starch being produced from carbon and 
water. For It may be said that starch consists of 
12 parts of carbon aud 10 of water; vegetable 
mucilage and wood liber consist of the same, 
and sugar has one part more of water, so that 
the carbonic acid taki n Into the plant in the 
night le ch i iigt-d curing the day into vegeta¬ 
ble substance by a bcilea of operations that 
are very iuteresllng to one who studies chem¬ 
istry to a very moderate extent only. The 
wonders ot plant growth and life are so simple 
and yet bo strange, when understood, as to make 
the study very attractive even to young persons, 
while they are necessary to tho success of older 
persons who live upon farms. 
One of the •fllvets of light Is to produce whole¬ 
some plants. some plants become noxious when 
grown In a weak condition in a poor light, as, 
for Instance, potatoes that Bprout In a cellar are 
poisonous In some eases. There are plants that 
are sour lu the morning, tasteless at noon and 
bitter at night. This is explained by tnc fact that 
If carbonic acid loses one-rourtn ot its oxygen it 
may be changed into oxalic acid which is a deadly 
poison and very sour; or on the oilier hand an 
excess of carbon in a corresponding degree would 
nave the same effect; aud tula effect may be pro¬ 
duced by the want of sufficient light. Lastly: 
the coloring of rrults and flowers Is due to the ac¬ 
tion of light. Without light, If flowers could grow, 
they would have neither color nor scent; and 
fruits would be tasteless and colorless. For if a 
part, of the surface of an apple or peach before It 
is ripe, be covered with slips ot paper, the color 
will not appear there. In this way some persons 
have caused names and designs to be marked on 
fruits by pasting paper cut to the form desired 
upon the surface while the fruit is ripening, as 
has been already stated, starch la changed to su¬ 
gar by the nellou of light, and heat has the same 
effect; so these blessed Influences of the sun are 
the true llte glver.% ior without them, no plant 
could grow; no fruit could ripen; and without 
vegetable life no animal could exist and the beau¬ 
tiful earth would be cold, dark and utterly devoid 
of any life whatever. 
LETTERS FROM THE COUSINS. 
Dear Uncle Mark:— l am almost afraid to come 
In with my report so late. I received the seeds 
from your Spring distribution but got no cox-comb 
seed as mentioned In the Rural. The double 
China Fink 1 planted in box and In four days 1 
Hop Bitters does not exhaust and destroy, but 
restores, cures, and makes new. 
DEC. 4 
EW-YORKER. 
had about 30 plants up. Some were pink, others 
white, and as double as could be. I have saved 
some seed from tlmm. Phlox, mignonette and 
portulaca done wonders; they were much admired 
for their beauty and fragrance, and much more 
for being presents from the Rural. Okra came 
up and bloomed; the pod3 grew about hair an Inch 
long and then died, l think we are too far north 
to grow Okra. The Surprise Muakmelon did well. 
I have had two vines with live melons on them. I 
was very proud of them, but an Indian thief stole 
them all on the night ot Aug. 19th. I was very 
much disappointed. J have sold potatoes and 
onions and got fc.75, I think I did pretty well 
for the first time I ever made a garden. I will 
not Invite you, Uncle, to call on us, for i don't sup¬ 
pose you will ever come near hero, but If ever you 
do you will be a welcome guest. 1 hope some day 
to meet some of my American cousins. Accept 
tho best wishes of your affectlohate niece, 
Temlstguemangue, Canada. Lizzie F. 
Dear Uncle Mare The past season has been 
very dry, the dryest for twelve years, lor this rea¬ 
son my garden waB not very good. The grapes 
were an entire failure, 1 had one plant growing 
nicely, but it died sometime In July. My Okras 
were very dwarf growing only nine Inches high, 
the first flower was but half an Inch from tho 
ground. Of the surprise Melons I raised eight 
large ones of very good flavor, J have raised a 
large lot of seed for next year. The flowers did 
the best of all us 1 had them close to the well and 
could water them frequently. The pinks were 
the handHomest., such a variety of Bhades and 
color aud very double; the phloxes were beautllul, 
but I neglected pinching them back and they grew 
too spindling. I raised but one plant ot portulaca, 
and that was white, It grew to bo very large aud 
had a great many flowers. I nave been studying 
botany this Summer with Gray’s “Manual,” and 
“Field and School Book or Botany.” but think 
they are not suited to this Western country, oan 
you recommend a botany of the Western States? 
Yours Truly, William 1. Mason. 
Dodge co., Neb. 
[There is no better book than Gray’s.—U. M.J 
Dear Uncle Mark:— I have been thinking for 
a long time 1 would write to you, and see If you 
would let me Join the Horticultural Club. 1 live 
on a ram among the hills of Westchester counry, 
on a farm of a hundred and forty-six acres—and 
the name of it la Lake-side view. Our farm runs 
by the Croton Lake that supplies New York city 
with water. In the Winter we get our Ice to fill 
the lce-houae, but last winter it did not freeze 
hard enough to cut. We have a team of horses 
and a yoke ot oxen, and twenty cows and aboiff 
fifty chickens. I have only one pet and that 13 a 
canary bird and bis name Is Charley. 1 have an 
organ and can play on It. It Is a very pretty one. 
We have taken the Rural ror eight years, and like 
it very much. My father goes to New York every 
week to his business, and is not home only from 
Saturday night till Monday morning, and l drive 
to the train to meet him and take him home; we 
live two miles from the depot and 8H miles from 
New York City. Yours truly, Bell. 
Dear Uncle Mark and cousins.—1 will tell 
you about the seeds you sent us last Spring. The 
beets you sent us came up and one ot them 
weighed 17 k, pounds. The oars and cow-peas 
came up, but the neii3 also scratched them up. 
And a few of the flower seeds came up, but the 
weather was so hot It destroyed them. The 
Beauty or Hebron potatoes came up. There were 
three sent us year before last, and last year we 
raised a pan rull, and this year we raised a barrel 
lull. If uDy ot the cousins have any coxcomb 
seed I would be glad to exchange some ot my 
seeds for them, and, Uncle Mark, please remember 
mein tho free seed distribution this year, and 1 
will try and do better with them than I did last 
Spring, l have a pair of bantams. I think If I 
had taken them to the fair I would have got the 
premium. 1 did not see any there as nice as mine. 
Your loving niece. Ella Patrick. 
Dexter, N. Y. 
Uncle Mark and Rural Cousins Not seeing 
any letters from this part, of the country, 1 will 
ask to be admitted to your Interesting club. I am 
not a grand mother, though the gray hairs are 
gathering ou my head, yet 1 love to hear irom the 
children, and not one of their letters escapes being 
read. 1 think it a grand Idea lor them to learn to 
write letters. Wo live in the Timber; a steam 
saw-rnlllstandB about 100 yards irom our house, 
arid 1 cook lor from eight io twelve hungry men 
every day. J am a great lover ot flowers aim have 
a large window full oi house planks. There are a 
great many beautiful wild flowers here in the 
Spring, some of the prettiest blue flowers 1 ever 
saw. With good wishes tor the Rural and all or 
Its band. 1 say good-bye. Wanderer. 
Medical Latte, Wash. Ter. 
Dear Uncle Mark My slater Birdie has been 
writing to you, and I would like to Introduce 
myseH to the cousins of the Rural. I am a little 
boy eight years old. 1 go to school and read In 
the Becond reader. We live In the county of ox- 
lord, which is called by many the garden of 
Canada. My pa gives me a piece of grouud to 
plant ror myself, and I hope you win send me 
seeds for It. Your nephew, Liniu.ky McDonald. 
Oxford Co., Canada. 
Dear Uncle Mark : I like to read the letters of 
the cousins. I am a little boy 11 years old. I go 
to school and learn grammar, geography and arith¬ 
metic and read In the Fourth Reader. The Bchool 
Is one mile and a naif from where l Hve. Please 
send me some seeds. 1 had no garden this year, 
but intend to have one next year. 
Your nephew, 
Milwaukee County, Wls. J. J. Shummock. 
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served, It strikes root downwards, only appearing 
and growing upwards when so rooted. The Gos¬ 
pel seed, which has been largely sown In Spain 
through chapels. Sunday and day schools, evan¬ 
gelists, and especially through me wide circula¬ 
tion of the scriptures and a very wide circulation 
of tracts. Is taking root,, and In due time the fact 
will be seen and recognized. Such being the case 
—1 am sure 1 may be allowed tospcakln the name 
of the Christian laborers of Spain—we boar with 
pain and dismay that The funds of some great 
Christian agencies have so decreased as to compel 
them to decrease thesraff through which excellent 
service was done for the Savtor’s’causc. Above nil 1 m 
this to be deplored In the case or the colporteurs, 
The real evangelist In Spain Is the godly colpor¬ 
teur. a reduced stair of colporteurs means a re¬ 
duced area of work ail over Spain. 
THE I.I&KT-RUNKING 
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