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The Progressive Farmer, August 28, 1900.
Christian Life Column.
jgjTpEBSONAL CHRISTIAN LIFE.
1. How can we know that the Holy
Spirit d wells with us? If we bring
forth the fruits of the Spirit (Gal. v.
o ) -j3) in any measure, or if we have
"t keen desire for them, then the
jftlr Ghost must be within us. But
have a simpler assurance yet.
God has promised to give us His
Spirit (Luke xi. 13), and if we be
lieve God we must know that His
promise is fulfilled. It is only when
we willfully grieve Him and drive
Him away that we are without His
,nlij;,uce, and then, alas ! we do not
know or care for our loss." This is
the age of the Holy Spirit," as it is
called. The Spirit is brooding over
humanity to bring order and peace
and beauty, as long ago He brooded
over chaos to bring shape to earthly
nia t tor and forces (Gen. i. 2.).
Everything good that man does,
eVery invention, every discovery,
every work of art or science, is
caused directly by the Spirit work
ins upon and through man, so that
everv man has the Spirit of God. If
a man recognizes this gift and opens
his heart and life and obeys all the
noble impulses of the Spirit, then
the irif t becomes richer and greater.
And when he gives himself ux
wholly to God's ruling, then he is
full of the Holy Ghost," as was
Stephen (Acts vi. 5).
2. Do these evil thoughts which
come to me prove me a sinner? They
come unbidden, and I hate them.
Because we are human we are sub
ject to temptations by an evil power
called in the Bible "Satan." He
tempted Christ, but Christ did not
yield, and he was without sin. Hence
we know that the mere tempting
does not prove us sinners. It is the
yielding that proves sin. On the
other hand, every time we resist an
evil temptation, no matter in what
shape it may come, we are stronger.
The resistance which we make
proves that we are led by the Spirit,
and Satan cannot stand in His pres
ence. Banyan's experience, as he
tells us of it in "Pilgrim's Progress,"
is an illustration of strength through
the . very temptation. It is l, great
comfort to know that the more we
resist the weaker Satan's influence
over us becomes. He tries us in
higher ways, but these ways prove
us on a higher level. By and by he
almost leaves us, finding he has noth
ing in us. That is a magnificent and
deep saying of Jesus : "The prince
of this world cometh and hath noth
ing in me." It means much, but its
great meaning for us is that as we
crow more and more like Christ
there is nothing in us that Satan
finds agreeable, and he lets us alone.
We do not reach this stage at once,
hut we gradually get nearer to it.
Blessed le God ; he holds us tightly
in his loving arms, and "no man is
able to pluck us away."
M. How can I make myself love my
neighbor and banish feelings of
hatred? This is a hard problem, and
yet the methods of -cure are simple.
Firt, pray for him as often and as
earnestly as you can. Second, re
fuse to think of the sayings or
action which made you angry with
him. Third, think of his good points,
tho worthy things you know of him.
Fourth, consider yourself and see
how you may have been as unkind
to another, in some other way, as he
has been to you. And, fifth, try to
1j something for him. Send him
'ne little token of affection, even
if yu find it difficult to do it affec
tionately. Serve him at some time
f necessity, and do not be disheart
?ned if he rejects your overtures.
And then do not be cast down be
caue you do not at once succeed in
f tiling toward him as you would
li to. We cannot love all men
'-dike, simply because our love is not
v' iually received by all. But if we
tvish well to all men, and would help
th- m if we could, then we have the
s!'irit of Christ in a measure, and a
' uter power of that spirit will
c!i:,. to us. Rev. F. W. Tompkins,
m r mrregationalist.
he measure of a man's real
ristian statue- is the exact meas-
f his ability to so control him
s ! as to keep the lower faculties
; -assions in subordination to the
1.
1 r. To do tin's it, ronnires im-
h- ;t faith in the Savior of men,
h' -i t obedience to the revealed
ct' high heaven and a life of con-
r;nt watchfulness and prayer to
i tor divine assistance in the
--'t and continued struggle for the
h;-hr life. "He that endureth to
t:-' end shall be saved." Ex.
Children's Column.
THE BALLAD OF BEERY BEOWN.
Oh, do you know a country lad by
name of Berry Brown,
Who rides upon a load of wood along
the streets of town?
He has a hat turned up in front and
crumpled down behind,
His curly hair so long and fair is
tumbled by the wind,
And through his coat his elbows peep,
and through his boots his toes ;
But everywhere and anywhere he
whistles as he goes.
There's something strangely taking
in "the eyes of Berry Brown
They seem to flash a cherry light
along the streets of town ;
Despite his coarse and tattered vest,
his boots and hat forlorn,
His trousers patched, threadbare.and
sagged, his shirt so old and worn,
For every glimpse he gives he takes
a measure of surprise,
And everybody wonders where the
secret of it lies.
And so his way of sitting there, so
steadfast, calm, and strong ;
His air, as if his whistling bore wagon
and wood along ; -
His independence and self-trust, the
firm-set throat and chin,
The working of his muscles when he
reins his horses in,
Take hold of one and fascinate, as
hints and glimpses can,
When all the glory of,a boy is merg
ing into man.
Oh, Berry Brown looks careless, but
he holds his secret well :
Far hidden in the clouds are heights
whereon his visions dwell ;
Within him somewhere swells a vein
of ancient hero-vim,
And who shall hold him back one
step, or set the pace for him?
Wait, you shall see if poverty can
chain so strong a soul,
Or if to sell his wood can be the
rounding of his goal !
The old folk shake their heads and
say : "Look out for Berry Brown
When he shall measure forces with
the best boys in the town !
The wind has beat in Berry's face,
the sun has burned his skin,
And winter's cruel hand has pinched
where Berry Brown has been ;
But hearts like his are brave enough
to meet the strokes that form
And fortify the giant souls that take
the world by storm !"
Maurice Thompson, in St. Nicholas.
SUCH A SAID AFFAIE.
"Oh, mamma, today a little girl
Fell down and had such a frigi t,
And every single scholar but one
Just giggled and laughed out
right!" "It was my sweet girlie that didn't
laugh,"
Said mamma "I know it well."
With a twinkle, said Lucy, "Of
course not, dear,
For I was the girl that fell."
E. A. Matthews.
WAS SHE FEEE1
When Susie came out of school,
one afternoon, she went home with
Ruth James, because she felt pretty
sure that mamma would want her to
take care of Baby Fred.
"And I'd just be tied down the
rest of the afternoon !" she said to
Ruth, repeating a phrase that she
had often heard her mother use.
At Ruth's she could do almost as
she wanted to, and she had a fine
chance to play. But she did not f e'el
very comfortable, for she could not
help wondering what mamma would
think of her running off in this way.
And the more she thought about it,
the less she enjoyed her play, so at
last she put down Ruth's beautiful
doll and started for home.
She had found, you see that we
cannot make ourselves free by run
ning away from duty, and that
conscience can "tie us down" quite
as firmly as the task that we dislike
and try to avoid. Selected.
GEEAT BAT OF THE PHILIPPINES.
One of the most remarkable crea
tures of the Philippines is the great
flying animal sometimes called the
fruit bat, a full-grown specimen
frequently measuring five feet from
tip to tip of its wings. The creatures
live in immense communities, their
food consisting almost entirely of
tropical fruits. Occasionally they
gather so thickly on the trees that
large branches are broken by their
weight.
So harmful are these mammoth
bats to the fruit that the agricul
tural department at Washington has
taken steps to prevent their impor
tation into America. Not many
years ago a few were imported into
Australia, where they have increased
so rapidly that they have become a
pest. A bounty is offered for their
scalps, and recently 100,000 of the
beasts were destroyed at a cost of
thirty cents each. Chicago Record.
Be not too brief in conversation
lest you be not understood, nor
too diffuse lest you be troublesome.
Pathagoras.
THE SWEET HOTHEBLY ,S0UL.
A woman who entertains a great
deal says that she is heart, brain,
nerve and soul weary of clever peo
ple and she longs to know somebody
who neither writes, sings, recites,
toots, fiddles, nor even has ideas.
Cleverness runs in families nowa
days. Even the household baby is
hauled out at deadly night hours to
do his little turn and the grand
mother of the family is clever. Ah,
a rare and satisfying person to meet
is the family woman who is not
clever ; who makes no prentensions
to cleverness ; who has not prepared
a paper on any of the burning ques
tions of the hour.
Thank God for the woman who is
satisfied to stay at home and mend
the stockings and make pies and
other good things make anything,
in fact, provided she is contented
while she is doing it. Probably she
doesn't talk t great deal and doesn't
mind if you do not and doesn't cher
ish it up against you if you do not
hear what she isi . zing, even if you
seem to be listening and are looking
right at her. What a dear, restful
soul she is! She knows good
old tried and true remedies
for ailments and she doesn't
even ask you whether you want
specifics for your ills or not, but she
just clasps them on, or pours them
in, and bustles around and hangs up
things, and tells you you'll be better
in the morning, and sure enough you
are, dear, unselfish prophet that she
is ! Give us the sweet motherly
soul .Selected .
DOES CO-EDUCATION EDUCATE 1
Some Searching Questions for the Parents of
College Girls.
In an able article on higher educa
cation for women in the September
Woman's Home Companion Louise
Castle Walbridge thus arraigns our
present collegiate instruction for
women :
"Does co-education at complish the
best results for a girl? Is her work
identical with man's? Are tho
feminine and masculine nature the
same? If not, isn't there a suspicion
of folly in spending the important
preparatory years pursuint the same
studies demanded by man's work?
Wouldn't it be just as reasonable to
teach a boy cooking and sewing and.
nursing, and expect him to make a
full-fledged lawyer or blacksmith, as
to instruct a girl in surveying and
mechanics and physics, and then ex
pect her to blossom into a thrifty,
noble housewife and house-mother?
The 'new woman' may fight against
her obvious destiny with all her ac
quired masculinity, but she cannot
alter the purpose of her creation,
and woman will go down to the end
of time as wife and mother, and it is
for this her education should prepare
her. An unfortunate number of our
girls marry and try to rear families
with, the uses of the needle as un
known to them as it was to one of
the aborigines. There have been
schools where fine needlework was
taught, and might it not be profitable
if our up-to-date institutions would
discard such superfluities as meta
physics and theoretical ethics and
substitute instruction in this essen
tially feminine and eminently useful
employment before it becomes a lost
art? Cooking-schools have been
popular for several years, and why
not practicable and sensible to in
clude some knowledge of the culinary
art in a girl's education? And, most
Utopian scheme of all, some experi
ence in the care of the sick and
young children? For just so sure as
the years go by this work will fall
upon her shoulders, and then an un
derstanding of logarithms and Latin
idioms will avail her nothing."
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Raleigh; N. L. Barnard, Franklin; J. R. Joyce,
Reidsville; J. B. Coffield, Everetts; Geo E.
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Secretary T. K. Bruner.
Assistant, in Charge of Immigration J. V
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State Veterinarian Cooper Curtis.
State Chemist B. W. Kilgore.
Acting Entomologist and Botanist Gerald
McCarthy.
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N. C.
National Live Stock Association.
No organization in this State. North Caro
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