The Syracuse Journal, Volume 23, Number 10, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 3 July 1930 — Page 6

— _ . .. ww—m —————————% z fr KT * _..jE.i hlSfc» l wto * El* IWKrt ■ I—jfujl—jf u j Charles and his compaitfons who flew In the plane Southern Cross from Port Marnock, Ireland to Harbor Grace. Newb/undland, and New York. 2-Sea Scont Paul Siple telling his fellow KOqtS in Washington about his Adventures with the Byrd expedition to the Antarctic. 3-Silver peak of the Chrysler building In New York, Just 'cleared of Its sheath of scaffolding. .

NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Southern Cross Makes Westward Flight Across the Atlantic Ocean. By EDWARD W. PICKARD A.Xi'E again the Atlantic has been VJ conquered- by aviators, and this tlytic it was the westward passage, . nm<l«* successfully but once before, that was negotiated. Maj. < haries Kingsford-Smith <>f Australia and three companions Hew the famous plane Southern Cross from Port Mar.nock. Ireland, near Dublin, and made . a safe landipg at Harbor Grace Noy foundland*. Their. intended destlna . tioit was New York, but when they neared the Newfoundland coast they ran Into flense fogs and for six hours th w hlit.d. losing their course and wandering aimlessly. Meanwhile their fuel was running low and their predicament seemed serious. However, their radio was efficient and Rhe op- 1 * orator, John AV. Sta linage. kept in constant communication with ships and shore stations. A relief pl and was about to take off from Harbor Grace when the Southern Cross came In out o ; f the fog ami dropped gracefully to earth • 1 While ' Kingsford Smith, 'Stnnnage and their companions. Evert Ann I»yk and Cnpt. J. Patrick Saul, rested after the two thousand mile flight the plane was refueled, and next morning nt . daylight the trip to New York was ie-ujned. Major Kingsford-Smith said they would fly later to San Francisco, completing n round the world ; flight for hint and the plane. New York city gave the gallant av|ntojs' It.*, oust.unary reception, with pageant, parade, luncheons and dinners. The pilot brought across a letter from President Cosgrave of the Jrish Free State to President. Hoover, which he planned to deliver in person at the White Houser The directors and executives of the National Air races sent Major Kingsford Smith a telegram of warm con-, gratulntion and invited him to remain over In Chicago or to return, from the Pacific coast to be their guest during the .races, w hich begin August 23. f~'OB ROBERTO FIERRO, now Me\4 icon air hero, made a notvstop flight from New York to Mexico City tn Id hours and 35 minutes, a newrecord bouts less than the time taken by Colonel Lindbergh for t-be trip from Washington to Mexico City last December. \FET another most auspicious event * In aviation circles, so to speak, was the birth of a flue son to Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh at Englewood. N. J. The glad news was given all the world Immediately by newspaper bulletins and radio broadcasts, and congratulatory messages poured In on the happy parents. The colonel was characterfstieaily reticent, but Ambassador Morrow - proclaimed himself the happiest grandfather in the world. Th • filling out the birth certificate Mrs. Lindbergh designated herself as a professional fiver and gave 'tier home as St. Louis. Mo. Rear Admiral Byrd and Colonel Lindbergh met In a New York hotel and exchanged congratulations. Byrd mentioned the birth of Lindbergh's srjm and the colonel's high altitude coast to coast flight. Lindbergh spoke glowingly of the aerial trip to the South pole. He left his congratulations for Bernt .Balehen. the pilot of Byrd's plane on its polar dash. PRESIDENT HOOVER last week was compelled by his honest convictions to veto another pension bill, and this time the veto was upheld by the house of representatives. The measure was the World war veterans bill originating In the house and passed by the senate despite Mr. Hoover's warning that he would not approve it. Only six senators voted against the bill, which the President said was -bad legislation.'* against the best Interests of the veterans themselves and placing “an unjustified load upon the taxpayers at a time every effort should be made to lighten it.” As soon as the senate had acted, the Republicans of the house held a caucus and enough votes were pledjged to sustain the veto. To facilitate action the house accepted the senate amendments and the measure was sent to Mr. Hoover. Then, immediately after his veto message was received, the vote sustaining It was taken. A substitute bill was then rushed through the bouse, with the prospect of definite action on It by the wenate within a few days. The new measure embodies

the pension system. Its initial annual cost to the government will be ss*l,• (Mlrt.OOO, which will increase to SSO.000.000 in three-years. It will apply to probably 200.000 veterans (in addition to 245,000 now receiving compensation) whose pensions will range from ?12 to S4O a month, depending upon the degree of disability. Ihe vetoed bill, according to Director Hines of the veterans' bureau, would have cost $102,000,000 the first year and ultimately would have added (Xmi.ooo annually to the present expenditures for veterans. BY ,A vote of 1G to 4 the senate foreign committee reported the London naval treaty to the senate, for approval. Neither Chairman Borah por the) warmest advocates of the pact $n the committee submitted any written report explaining and commending ft. frhe four, who refused to-reconr Jnend its ratification were Johnson of California. Moses of New Hampshire. Robinson of Indiana and ShipMV'ad of Minnesota. President Hoover remained steadfast In his intention of calling an immediate specfirKssesslon-. of the senate to act on the treaty, although twentyfour senators sig\psl a round robin petitiiin asking him this plan and allow - consideration of the pact to be postponed until after the November elections. The protesting solotis declared they were worn out with ibelr public duties, the senate having been in almost continuous ses slon since December, 192&' and that many of them had been compelled to neglect their private affairs. Administration leaders are confi dent the treaty will be ratified eventually, but admit the controversy will be long and-bitter. The opposition has prepared proposed reservations which Would Include the following deelajratiohs: • That the treaty involves no permanent surrender of the previously claimed right of the United States to build as It pleases. That upder_ the so called "escape clause" America can build whatever tvpe |Of ship it desires 4n the event of Engljind or Japan building beyond the treaty limits- because of the construction J programs, of nations not signatory, to the pact. That under the replacement clauses Gregt Britain can replace her (Finch gun cruisers with ships of that category. PRESIDENT HOGVER'S vacation tour, .plans for which already Include visits to some of the national parks In the West, may also take him down to Mexico In August. Both the Mexican government and Ambassador Morrow have Invited him. and after a conference in the White House Mr. Morrow said: "I strongly urged Ihresldent Hoover to visit Mexico while I am there,and J/fKiieve that he will do so H*» plans to tnake a trip during August which will bring him to the Mexbem border, and I believe that It would go a long way to cement our good relations if he would visit that country. I know that be wishes to do so and has only' postponed Ms visit because of the press of business." ROTARY International celebrated its sliver Jubilee last week in Chicago. the city of its birth. Members to the number of some ISAMU) assembled from all parts of the world, with their families, and the doings included not only banquets and other festal events but also sessions In which the problems of the trades and pmfesslons were seriously discussed, and many social questions were debated. CHESTER H. GRAY. Washington representative of the Farm Bureau federation, has given out an analysis purporting to show that agriculture benefits much more from the new tariff law than does industry. Duties on raw agricultural products have been increased on an average by sLfl per cent over the rates of the 1922 law. tabulations made by Mr. Gray Indicated The industrial rate increases have averaged 14 0 per cent, the agricultural increases being more than three times as much as Indus trial Increases. It is shown that the average <luty on raw agricultural products In the new law is 33.94 per cent, compared with 22.37 per cent In the old law. an advance of 11 57«.polnts. or 51.6 per cent. Industrial rates average 42.53 per cent in the new law, as compared with 37.35 per cent in the old law. an advance of 5,48 points, or 14.6 per cent. SUIT for triple damages of $30,000.000 was filed in Kansas City by the Grigsby-Grunow company of Chicago against the Radio Corporation of America, the General Electric company. the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing company and others,

and the plaintiff concern alleges the existence of a vast pool of radio patents created in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law, and says the defendants thus illegally compelled the payment of royalties of almost $6,000,01)0 by the Grigsby Grunow company. The petition contains many of the allegations made In a petition filed by the United State's government in the federal court of Delaware on May 13, 1930. That petition, they said, asked for dissolution of the Illegal combination which this petition also alleges. It is also declared that, because of the vast organization and resources of "said conspirators,'’ they were able to terrorize many |<rsons and corporations not able to withstand the threatened process of litigation, wherefore they 'refused to deal with manufacturers not licensed to manufacture and sell upon the terms and conditions dictated. HOUSE and senate conferees agreed bn the risers and harbors bill exactly as it was passed by the senate, and it was sent Jo the President for bis approval. It Is estimated that the bill authorizes the expenditure of more than $135,000,600 on projects which if completed will cost In excess of $300,(MMI.OOO. Actual expenditures must be made from the lump sum annual appropriation of $55,000,000 at the disposal of the army engineers. » _____ Amos w. w. woodcock was selected to be director of the bureau of prohibition in the Department of Justice to begin his work on July 1. The date of transfer of prohibition enforcement from the Trea.**ry department. Mr. Woodcock has been United States district attorney at Baltimore, is forty-six years old and served through the World war: He will be the chief aid of G. A.. Youngquist. assistant attorney general in charge of dry law and Income tax prosecutions, hi the latter’s initial drive to better drv law enforcement. PUBLICATION of the second section of the report of the Simon commission on India served only to ,accentuate the rage of the Indian Nationalists. The. commission recommends primarily that there be a federal organization of all the' Indian states; that the new constitution should, so far as possible, contain within Itself provision for its own development, allowing for natural growth and diversity; and that during the period in which India is progressing on the road to complete self-govern-ment, there must be full provision made for the efficiency of the fundamentals of government, which means that for inany years the presence of British troops, and British officers serving In Indian regiments, will be essential Hindus Moslems and Parsees are united In condemning the Simon report and the Nationalists have renewed their demand that the London round table conference in October be boycotted unless the British govern ment promises to discuss wavs and means for dominion status for India. Prisoners in the central Jail of Rangoon. Burma, mutinied, armed themselves in the prison armory and fought a desperate battle with the guards ami military police. Before they were subdued 45 men were killed, most of them convicts, and 71 wounded. REPORTS of the serious Illness of Pope Pius XI alarmed Rome and the whole Catholic world. It was said he was suffering from an acute bladder trouble and that uremic poisoning was threatened. The Vatican, however gave out information tending to show the reports were exaggerated and indicated that his plans for certain important ceremonies had not been altered. PLANS for resumption of pourparlers between .France and Italy on naval limitation have been dropped for the present, owing to the strained international relations. The Italians continue in their aggressive and deli ant attitude, though Foreign Minister Briand of Fra dee says he is doing ah he can to arrive at an amiable settle ment of future questions. Italiai Minister of Finance Mosconi in hi budget speech before Hie Semite pron ised severe government measure strictly limiting state expenses. wrhi« this year are facing a $12.337.n< deficit. In the next breath Minist Mosconi warned, .however, that furthi expenditures* for national defense an fortifications might still further b expected. “Italy is faithful to a peace polic. but she cannot shut her eyes to tl increasing military expenditures alor her boniers." he said, referring to tl. French plans to spend $120,000,000 c the Nice and Alpine border forth cations. (gk ISM. Western Newspaper Union.)

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Sudan Grass to Meet Emergency Makes Excellent Pasture Just When Blue Grass Begins to Fade. When blue grass pasture begins to fail, or when a farm owner decides to add to his live stock department, and pasturage becomes a problem, sudan grass o.i’ers a most promising emergency pasture and hay crop. In the’ opinion of Dr. C. J. Willard of the farm crops department of the Ohio State university. Its rapid growth, luxuriance, and drought resisting qualities qualify it to fill in most acceptably, according to Doctor Willard. Supplies Good Pasture. “Sudan grass may be sowed ns late as June 1. and will be ready to pasture by July 15. It will supply good pasture from then until frqst if it gets a few days rest occasionally to make a rapid recovery from close cropping. On good land, strdan grass will rapport one dairy cow for nearly every acre,” says Doctor Willard. “In sowing sudan grass, the grower should apply .from 20 to 30 pounds of seed to the acre with a grain drill. Sudan grass will grow on nearly any soil, although of course it grows better on good soil than on poor soil. Is Nourishing Food. “It is highly palatable to cattle, and is nourishing feed, although not particularly high In 'protein, of course. Southwestern states with dry climates have found it particularly valuable, but it has been used to advantage in other climates. Sudan grass was first brought into the United States in 1911, and comes from the Egyptian Sudan, on the edge of the Sahara desert." Importance of Suiting Load to the Tractor With Increased use of tractors, farmers are rapidly becoming alert to the importance of suiting the load to the tractor. Fortunately, a majority of implements are easily arranged in hook-ups which insure a full load. The ordinary spike-tooth or drag harrow, however, is sometimes a rather unwieldy tool to transfer from one field to another, when it is used in wide enough widths to be economically adapted to tractor power. To aid farmers in handling these wide hookups, tractor manufacturers have devised plans for hitches which can be easily arranged on the farm. In addition, tractor owners can secure folding evenera made of steel, enabling Implements of unusual width to pass through ordinary gates. Bam and House Flies Transmit Hog Cholera Cholera Is not, as commonly supposed, carried so much bj man or pigeons as it. is by both barn and house flies. This finding is the result of ten years of Investigational work, chiefly in lowa. By liberating flies that were colored for later identification, it was learned’that they traveled as far as thirteen miles, going six miles in 24 house. Horse flies followed a team two miles. According to Dr. C. N. Mcßride, of the United States bureau of animal industry, If middle-western farmers would bale as much straw as needed and spread the remainder on the land, to be plowed under, they would be doing a wise thing so far as cholera is concerned. Wet straw and manure piles make ideal breeding places. Kill Perennial Plants During Summer Season July and August are the best months to kill perennial plants. There is no set day that will give better results than another. The reason that this season of the year is most effective in killing plants is tiecause the plant "has exhausted Its supply of food from its roots and in these late summer months is manufacturing food on which to live the following winter. If anything hapl»ens to prevent a normal food storage, which is made in leaves and is transferred to the roots, the plant will have a hard time living over the next winter. This applies to perennial weeds as well as trees. o<H>o<KJO<>o-Q<H>ooacoo-o-CH>o<><K><J-Agricultural Hints In a dry season paper mulch generally increases yield. Alfalfa Is recommended as the best hay plant for all classes of live stock. • • • ' a farm without poultry Is unusual. In early days a home without it was Just as much so. • • • Getting the lambs off early gives the breeding ewes a better chance to get in good condition for winter. .• • • Alfalfa requires a sweet soil and it also requires a soil capable of growing at least 40 bushels of corn per acre. If the fanner s income is to be improved. he must plan his production practices and effectively market his products. Scaly leg Is caused by a mite getting under the scales of the chicken s leg. This sets up an irritation and causes the scab. • • • With the advent of the corn picker, it is ' nportant that the com grower who contemplates using one should plan his planting accordingly. Sweet clover is a biennial plant like most of the clovers. It Is not suited for a permanent pasture plant any more than red clover is suited for a long continued meadow. • • • Ever since the age of the Romans, when soil improvement effects of legumes were first utilized, the farmer has relied more or less upon clovers and other legumes for the maintenance of soil productiveness.

Suggestion of Colonial Style Is Seen in This Attractive House --' M- ■ I"--- 7~ I ii iiiiiirwiMiß ni'rinff f A very definite suggestion of the colonial style is seen in the design of the house and like the true colonial the plain, rectangular form makes possible an excellent utilization of space in the interior arrangement w hile the exterror possesses a lasting attraction. •

By W. A. RADFORD Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to practical home building, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as editor, author and manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A Radford. No. 407 South Dearborn Street. Chicago, 111., and only inclose two-tent stamp for reply. When planning to build a home n person does not have to go far to find a suitable design. Os course, he takes into consideration the amount of money he has to invest in a home, the size of the family, and the lot upon which the house is to be built. It is the modern idea to build homes of a size which will supply the family with i« ro~ g8 °' —y |_J KITCkT’ J HVA©’fe“/ P» |— 1-1 I C LJ First Floor Plan. ♦ the needed room, but the old-fashioned plan of haying spare rooms, both living and sleeping, does not meet with much favor in these days of higher building costs. For theSe reasons one cannot go

Panel Heating Does Away With Radiators Because of its flexibility, radiator heating is the most widely used kind of heating. It is used on steamships, yachts, busses, airplanes, ail kinds of industrial and commercial buildings, as well as the various forms of residential construction from modest bungalows to skyscraper hotels and apartment buildings. The heating system in the new British embassy which is commonly referred to as “the most up-to-date building in Wasbington"-is a new demonstration of the adaptability of radiator heating of this type to cold temperature conditions. The embassy will be heated by panel heating which means that the ceiling and walls will be warmed by steel pipes built into the construction so that the warmth from these pipes will lie radiated directly into the rooms to be heated. In other words, there will he no radiators, either of cast iron, copper, or aluminum, but the plaster will act as a radiator. Owing to the mild temperature desired at the plaster surface, hot water is the heating medium for distributing heat from the central boiler plant to the panels. Because of the vast spread of the radiating surface of the plaster compared to the size of the conventional radiator, a very low water temperature will be sufficient to heat the rooms. The air in the room, according to Heating engineers,-will play practically no part in carrying, the heat from the heating mediuni to the furniture. Thus in the winter the embassy will not have an indoor atmosphere of warm or hot air. Exjierience has shown that it is possible to keep warm in air considerably cooler than 70 degrees if radiant heating is used. A portion of the ceiling beat will radiate downward into the room. This radiant heat will be reflected at va rious angles by the walls of the room, the furniture, etc,, and will impinge on the occupants of the room, from above and from all sides. The radiqnt heat will be absorbed directly by the surface which It strikes in proportions which depend on the nature and color of the surface.

Latest Clever Conceit in Use of Wall Paper One of the latest clever conceits in the use of wall paper. Introduced at ft spring exhibit of a New York decorator, combines a metal pajter with a scenic. A model living room was hung in a brocaded silver paper from base board to ceiling. And on one wall-at one end of the long room, creating a vista from the davenport and the accompanying grouping of chairs, a scenic was inserted. Four strips of the scenic were used showing a springtime panorama in delicate grayed tones with blue hills in the distance, misty trees, drooping bushes of orchid flowers and little rifts of yellow fields. There was a feeling of silvery haze in the Maytime scene that was in perfect harmony with the surrounding silver background on the rest of the wall. And at the same time the metal walls were relieved of monotony. Not only this, but the perspective in the scenic gave length to the room. And one has all the unique value of

wrong in selecting the colonial type of architecture. In the house illustrated a very definite suggestion of the colonial style is seen in the design of ■tr ~ kiia, fij I sDed'EM. i I I iiwasto- yj |Z I |\ is'crx too’ I X Second Floor Plan. the house and,.like the true colonial,' the plain, rectangular form makes possible an excellent utilization of space in the interior arrangement. At the same time the exterior boasts of a lasting attraction, and the home of this style will be <>rie of which the. owner may well feel proud. This house is 28 feet long*and 24 feet deep, exclusive of the sun parlor projection. It contains six rooms, there being the usual trio of living roonf, dining room and kitchen, on the first floor with an alcove sitting room off the living room. Then there is the surf parlor. 13 feet long and 7 feet 6 inches wide, and three good-sized bedrooms and bathroom on the second floor. The floor plans show how these rooms are arranged, and the sizes of each one. This is an economical house to build, as it is of frame construction Set .on a concrete foundation with brick steps.

| Modem Architecture Really Not So Modern Americans who Journey to Europe to view ancient cathedrals and castles need do so no more if it is antique architectural beauty that they really seek.* On this side of the Atlantic is an architecture that was great when England and France were peopled with semi-savages. And. what’s more, it set the key for much socalled modern architecture that is being developed' today. These are the opinions brought hack by a group of American architects returned from Uxtmil. ChichenItza and other long buried cities of Yucatan, now being uncovered by archeologists of the Carnegie institution. Chiehen-Itza. once a city of at least 250,000 Mayans, gives evidence of the highest civilization of its period In its magnificent temples, palaces ancLother buildings', says Kenneth Clark, one of the party, writing in American Architect. "This race of cultured Indians wrote the modernists’ story on carved limestone and left ample proof of their knowledge of geotnetrical design In ornaments that set a mark for the modernists to shoot at." he declares. “These people created an architecture from the pure genius <»f conception, and that it was a great architecture is amply proven by what lies before our eyes.” Central Hall Type Plan Makes Popular Residence Probably the plan most freipiently utilized for the house of moderate size is the central linll type,with living room on one side, dining nsirn, On the other. To the visitor entering the front door, be he friend or foe. 90 per cent of the first story is spread open before his eyes. And if he but take the logical next step forward, behold! he will be up the stairs and right into the sleeping quarters,. Locks Lead in Hardware The lock is one of’ the most important pieces of hardware. Its principal parts are bolt, key and key protec tion, the last named being the obstacle to be removed by the key before it can operate the bolt.

metal paper on the walls, with a wide area of softer tones, for relief to the eyes. The scenic is bound in a narrow strip of the same grayed orchid and green bonier that finishes the silver paper at the ceiling and dado lines. Building Material Man Always Ready to Help About the best advice anyone could give an Inexperienced home seeker would be "go to a building material dealer.” He knows all building materials and their use. He sets ail worthy mate rials, so he is prejudiced in favor of none. His interest Is to see you get the right materials and enough of them to build a house that will l»e comfortable and long lasting. His advice is worth while. No one need build or buy a home now without this informatiou and pro- J tection. Material dealers, good buihl era and wise home seekers are co-op-erating in this movement ter belter and safer home building.

Improved Uniform International Sunday School ’ Lesson’ (By REV. P. B, FITZWATER. D. D.. Member of Facujty. Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) (©. 1930. Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for July 6 ABRAHAM, A PIONEER OF FAITH LESSON TEXT—Genesis 12:1-3: 13: 1-12: 14:14-16; 17:1-8; Heb. 11:8-10. GOLDEN TEXT—By taith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for ttn 'nheritance, obeyed; and he went out, hot knowing whither he went. . > . PRIMARY TOPlC—Pleasing God by Obedience. JUNIOR TOPlC—Abraham, oneer. I ,\ TE R M EI >I A 'l' E A Y OUS''I i'P” U. E AND IC—A Man Who Found with God. 1. Abraham's Call (12:1). Abraham’s ancestors were idolatrous. God came unto him in Ur of the Chaldees and said unto him. _ 1. “Get thee out of thy country." It was necessary for him to break the strong attachments which bound him to his country. 2. Get thee out “from thy kindred. ’ He was not only to leave behind him his native land, but his.relatives as well. His kindred being idolaters, he must separate himself from them. 3. “Into a land that I will show thee." He was not told what or where the land was. 11. God’s Covenant with Abraham (12:2. 3; 17:1-8). 1. What God promised to Abraham. (1) To make him the father of a great posterity (v. 2). This has been literally fulfilled. (2) To make his nanus great (v. 2). No. name in all history equals that , of Abraham in its honorable influence. It is revered ainonjf Jews. Mohammedans and Christians. They all acknowledge him as father. (3) A blessing to others (vv. 2. 3). IL) was not only to become great and share God's blessings, but to be » blessing to others. 2. The land given unto him (17:8'. Although Abraham was a pilgrim, he was permitted to sojourn in the laml. The land itself was given to his see<L Israel—God’s chosen and most favored nation. The nation to which He came nearest and gave most, in order that it might pass on his goodness to tl e other nations of the. world, was given the ffiost strategic position in the earth. While the Hebrews have failed In the fulfillment of their divinely appointed task and the world is in chaos because of it, they shall go hack to their old land and fulfill their divinely appointed task. 111. Abraham’s Generous Treatment of Lot (13:1-12; 14:4-16). While Abraham sojourned in Egypt, having gone there because -of Ihe famine In Canaan, he grew rich in worldly goods. Because of his deception of the king, he was thrust out of Egypt when the truth became known. So greatly had the goods of Abraham and Ixit increased that trouble arose between their herdsmen when they attempted to settle down. L. Abraham and Lot Separate [vv. 5-12). Seeing that jheir temporal relat ons would engender strife and provoke quarreling, and knowing the disastrous effect upon the heathen round at out, Abraham gave Lot his choice. Though Lot owed everything to Abraham, his selfish heart moved him to grasp for the best, and his decision ultimately brought him to grief. He prospered for awhile, but eventually not only his goods, but he himself and his family were taken away by the confederate kings who came against Sodom. .. 2. Abraham delivers Lot (14rl-t-16). Though Lot's trouble was the fruit of his own sowing, Abraham’s magnanimity of soul moved him to take up arms and deliver Lot from the oppressor. While Lot suffered from his selfish choice. Abraham greatly prospered. He’ grew rich in temporal things, while being rich toward Cod. IV. Abraham’s Faith (Heb. 11:8-10). 1. Its source (V. 8). The word of God. Faith tpkes* God at His word. 2. Its practice (yv. 9. 10). Abraham never settled down, even in the land of promise. He was a true pilgrim. He was content to pass through the land because his eyes were fixed on “a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God." t V. Abraham Tested (Heb. 11:17-19). 1. At the command of God he offered up Isaac (v. 17). He went out from the courtry In obedience to God, He laid down his son on the altar in obedience Io God. 2. The promise of blessing was wrapped up in Isaac (v. 18). The promise involved this particular child, not Just any descendant. 3. The supreme venture (v. 19). He so completely trusted God that he went all the way. He believed that God would raise up Isaac from the dead in order to make good His promise. Brier Among the Rosei There is a story of a brier growing in a ditch. A gardener came and took it up, and set It In the midst of his roses. The brier was great ly surprised. the story says, and wondered what the gardener could mean by placing it where only beautiful things should g«'ow. But one day he wise gardener came with a sharp k aife. and grafted a rose upon the brier. So it is with the life of a Christian. It Is worth little without God’s grafting. At the Presence of God Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that Thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at Thy presence, as when the melting fire turneth. the fire causeth the waters to tiotl, to make Thy name known to Thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence! —lsaiah 64 :l-2.