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Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Sonle. president State Agri*
cultural College. Athens. Ga.
OUR PARK POLICY IN 1918
VVe are asked to produce more food
than ever in 1918. This is a national
requirement in the interest of self
preservation. It is the duty as well
as the privilege of every citizen to be
concerned, therefore, with all measures
‘ relating to food production. How shall
we go about ft to accomplish the de
sired end. is now the ali-important que-s
--: tion. Two distinct plans of action are
open to us. One is to increase the acre
age in crops very materially with the
expectation of producing the averages
which have hitherto been obtained. The
i other is to increase the yield per acre
| on the same area which was devoted to
cultivated crops In 1917. Every one
knows that the labor situation now con
stitutes one of our most difficult prob
lems. How best, therefore, can we raise
the crops expected of us in view of
this situation. To the mind of the
writer it is very plain that the best way
to accomplish this end is through the
more thorough preparation of the soil,
the exercise of greater care in the se
lection of the seed, the more liberal and
wise fertilization of the land, and more
thorough and constant cultivation after
j the crop has been planted. It is in
j finitely easier in my judgment to in
crease the yield per acre with the sup
ply of labor and horse power avail
able than to undertake the cultivation
of the additional areas of land which
would be necessary to enable us to pro
duce the quantities of food necessa-y
to adequately sustain our own people.
In 1917 the cultivated crops in Geor
gia occupied 13.202.767 acres of land.
If we do not increase the yield over the
average attained in 1917. it will be
necessary for us to cultivate 17,937,63 s
acres of land In 1918 This represents
an increase of 4,734,782 acres. Admit
' ting that one man can handle forty
I acres of land, which every one knows to
!be impossible if he expects to culti-
I vate it intensively, we would require
- 118.000 more mules that we now possess,
and an equal number of laborers. Ap
parently the number of our work ani
mals is above the normal of other years,
and it is now too late to increase the
I number materially even if the animals
were .available and they could be ef
fectively utilised for production imme
diately. It is certain that we will not
be able to increase the labor supply.
Therefore, to the writer it seems ut
terly impracticable to propose an in
creased acreage over that cultivated in
1917. On the other hand, by exerting
ourselves to the limit, and by utiliz
ing our horse and man labor to th«
best advantage, there is no reason why
we should not be ohle to maintain the
1917 acreage. If in addition to
we study and practice more thorough
roil preparation and do all those other
things which have been suggested above,
we can, unless the season is extremely
unfavorable, increase the yield of our
staple crops by several bushels per
acre. In doing this we will obtain ex
actly the same result as If we increas
ed the acreage and allowed the yields
of previous years to stand.
It therefore seems necessary that wo
set up a new standard of production. *
It is infinitely easier to concentrate
our efforts on a given acreage and ob
tain better results therefrom under ex- i
isting conditions than to attempt to in- |
crease the acreage without any idea of !
raising the standard of production per i
acre. Viewing the situation from every j
angle, it seems clear to the writer tha
we must*conserve and not dissipate our I
energies on an increased acreage in ■
1918; also that we must practice the
most skilful and intensive form of ag
riculture of which we are capable :f i
we are to measure up to the require- !
ments which the government has placed
upon us and which it is the earnest de
sire of every patriotic citizen to attain i
in order that he may feel that he is do
ing his full duty by his country and the
beys who are over there fighting for us.
As to the possibilities of increasing
yields on the same acreage, let us con
sider the averages attained in some
previous years. In the maker of corn,
for instance, we produced sixteen bush
els per acre in 1917. We are expected
to raise 100.000.000 bushels in 1918. We i
Increased the yield 10,000.000 bushels In
1917 over the previous year. There is '
no reason why we should not be able '
o raise the crop of corn expected of us
To’ do this on the acreage of 1917 we
must produce 22.3 bushels per acre in
stead of sixteen. This is an increase
of six bushels per acre. What must
we do to obtain such an increase. Sim
biy test the seed for one thing and see
that we obtain a perfect stand. In
many corn fields the stand is represent
ed by ?o per cent rather than 100. The
vacant places, if filled, would result In
increasing the yield by six bushels per
acre. Planting the corn with greater
<are. selecting a variety adapted to io
cal conditions, fertilizing it more lib
erally and extending the period of cul
tivation will all be contributing factors
In increasing the yield. It will not be a
difficult matter through the employ
ment of these agencies and the same
amount of labor and energy in the col
'ar as was used last year to increase the
yield of corn. Os course, we may have
an extraordinarily bad season, and I I
that event all our plans would miscarry
but there is no reason to anticipate tha’
we will not have at least an average
season, and in that event we can by
taking forethought raise the quantity
corn needed on the acreage of 1317
This should be our policy with refer
e2Ce, - tO ,° ther crop " Os course, we
should p.ant velvet beans In every acre I
, T !‘ ere iS ,:o reason wh y we
should not increase the acreage some- ,
uhat of both sweet and Irish potatoes
and probably peanuts us well, because 1
the 4,011 weevil has .spread somewhat 1
and there are probably a number of I
counties now where peanuts can be ■'
grown to greater advantage than (cotton
and will prove equally remunerative, j
They constitute one of our most valu- !
able food crops by reason of the tre- '
mendot’s amount of oil they yield and
the valuable meal they provide for the
nutrition of human beings and live
stock.
Wo should emphasize the matter of
hay production, but there is no reason
for increasing the acreage. Last year
we planted 535.000 acres to hay crops
and only gathered 362,000 tons there
from. There is no reason why we
should not produce a ton and a half of
hay per acre In Georgia. The factors
already indicated for increasing the ;
yield of corn apply with equal force
here.
An increase in acreage for eotton has
not been proposed. We must have more
cotton, however, than we raised in 1917.
By intensifying our methods of han
dling the land htis result ca# be at
tained. We only produced 180 pounds
of lint per acre in 1917. This was a j
low yield, being exceeded in a number 1
of other states where soil and climatic
conditions are not more favorable than
in Georgia. It certainly would not be
a difficult matter to increase tha yield
of lint cotton by 20 pounds per acre.
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA. TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1918.
This would enable us to produce a
minimum crop of 2,0('0,000 bales, or
something like 200,000 Dales in excess
of last year. Under favorable condi
tions and with proper skill in the se
lection of seed for planting and in the
use of fertilizers and with thorough
cultivation, the 5,028.000 acres of land
devoted to cotton in 1917 could easily
be made to produce 2.500,000 bales in
1914. While this might be regarded as
an abnormal crop, there would be a de
mand for it and it could be handled
and disposed of to the advantage not
only of our farmers hut the world at
large. VZe would still be keeping cot
ton In its normal place and devoting
the same approximate acreage to it
that we have planted for some years
past. We would not be overburdened
with cotton production to the extent of
limiting our ability to produce the es
sential food crops. Therefore, it seems
to me this is a wise and proper policy
for us to pursue under existing condi
The slogan for 1918, therefore, should
be net a material increase in acreage
except in a few of our more important
staple crops, but a wonderful degree
of intensification in matters of soil
preparation, seed selection, fertilization
and cultivation.
A COMBINATION BATION SUITABLE
FOB MULES
A subscriber, Broxton, (la., writes: I
have two mules weighing nbont 1.0 W)
pounds each. I luve been feeding 30 ears
or corn to each mule per day with a
liberal amount of peavine haj aud fodder.
1 am afraid m.v corn will gfve out before
mv oats and sorghum come in. I have some
cottonseed menl I was thinking of mix
ing with y corn to make it last. In what
proportion sliould they Ue fed? I have
plenty of hay and N-ddir.
It is, of course, impossible to say
whether you are feeding a too liberal
ration of corn or not, because twenty
ears of one kind of corn would be pro
viding your mules with a superabun
dance of food, whereas twenty ears of
another sort might not be furnishing
them enough. We presume you speaK
of prolific corn, and in that event your
ration should be quite liberal for the
purpose you have in mind. It would I
improved materially, however, if you
could have this corn ground, ears and
all, and then add to each 500 or 600
pounds of it 100 pounds of cottonseed
meal. We would advise you to get t>
measure and fill It up to where it con
tains, say fourteen or fifteen pounds of
the above-mentioned mixture by weignt.
We would then divide the contents of
the measure Into equal parts, and feed
half the grain at morning and half at
night. Along with this you should give
about twelve to sixteen pounds of mix
ed nay or forage.
Peavine hay in itself is not a good
feed for mules. It contains probably
too much nitrogen to be fed exclusive j
ly. There is danger of producing azo- ■
turia. This is a disease caused by sur
feiting the system with nitrogen, and
this is likely to occur in the spring when
you feed a ration containing too much
of this element. If you could mix your
peavine hay with an equal amount of
shredded corn fodder or pulled fodder,
sorghum or straw which has been cut
up and mixed vzith it, it would be an ad
vantage. In order to add to the palata
billty of the ration it is good practice
to run the coarse material through a
small hand cutting box, moisten with
water containing a little salt and allow
to stand a few hours before feeding.
In the middle of the day we would only
feed some coarse fodder to the mules
in question.
We believe that by following these :
suggestions you will find that you car |
make your corn go much further and ,
improve the ration you are now feed- i
ing to your mules quite materially.
FERTILIZERS ADAPTED TO BED
CLAY LAND
G. H.. Devereaux. Ga.. writes: What is
the best fertilizer to use on rough cow
hide land of mulatto color with clay sub
soil? It makes plenty of weed but it dose
not fruit satisfactorily. How much' must
I aae i-er a--re?
We take it, from the description giv
en in your letter, that cotton grown on
your land does not fruit well. This
may be due to one of several causes,
but the chances are that there is not
a sufficient amount of available phos- :
phoric acid in your soil. Under such
conditions it Is not uncommon for crops
to make a good weed but fail to fruit
satisfactorily, and this applies not only
to cotton but to all other crops as well, j
We therefore suggest that und«r ex- ;
isting conditions you use 200 /to 300
pounds of acid phosgmate along with,
say, a sack of cottonseed meal, on the
land in question. You may consider
this a liberal application of acid phosX;
phate, but we do not think it too much (
under existing circumstances. Such an '
applicat on should provide enough j
phosphoric acid to enable you to grow a |
very satisfactory crop of cotton. We '
would put the acid phosphate Inta the j
ground at the time the crop is planted. |
This is an element which is not readily
lost from the soil and at the same time .
probably not taken up as rapidly as
some other elements. Therefore, it
would be a good idea to mix it with the
soil. This affords the crop a better
opportunity naturally to assimilate a
larger proportion of this particular ele
ment of plant food.
• • •
NOTES ON CASTOB BEAN CULTI
VATION
W. T. A., Atmore. Ala., writes: What
port of fund is milable for the succeMful
growth of castor beans, and how are they
fertilized and cultivated? What is the av
erage yield per acre?
As a rule sandy land is best suited 1
for successful growth of castor beans
though any land which contains a good”
deal of organic matter will prove sat
isfactory for the cultivation of this
bean.
You should first prepare a good
seed bed, then lay off rows five or six
feet part, leaving a rbad every six or
seven rows for a wagon to in
gathering the beans. Plant the beans i
in hills two or three feet apart, sev- j
eral seed tothe hill and later thin to
one plant. Stable manure is best to
apply to this land, or you can use 250
to 300 pounds of commercial fertilizer
before planting the seed.
Pour hot water over the seed and
then allow them to soak for twenty
four hours. Plant in the spring as soon
as all danger of frost is past and keep j
cultivated until nearly mature. This
crop might be cultivated Just as you
would cultivate corn. The spikes should
be cut off as they ripen. It is neces
sary to cut off the spike when it is
about two-thirds mature in order to
avoid shattering. Under normal con
ditions spikes will begin to mature the
latter part of July.
A drying pen should be prepared for
the seed. The walls of this pen should
be two or three feet high with a solid
bottom The rays of the sun will pop
open the pods The beans should <>e
! sacked after thorough drying.
I Castor beans usually yield, under
■ normal conditions, about fifteen to
twenty-five bushels per acre. This
plant is poisonous Io stock so care
should be taken to keep all stock away
! from It.
A peck of seed will plant about one
• acre. The seed can be secured by sub-
■ contract with parties now holding con
tract with the war department, or seed
can be purchased from Baker Castor
Oil company. 120 Broadway, New York.
THE BEST METHOD OF PLANTING
COTTON
W. H. 8.. Cut Meta. Ala.. writM: I want
; to know the best way to plant cotton,
I whether in narrow rows nnd thick in the
drill or in whip rows and wide in the
drill? How early should it be planted?
Our suggestion would be that you
plant cotton in rather wide rows under
bell weevil conditions, possibly about
five feet on land of average fertility.
On other soils you might plant some
what closer. The idea in planting in
wide rows is to let in as much sun
shine as possible, thereby drying out
the ground and stimulating rapid fruit
ing. In eo far as producing the largest
possible crop of cotton is concerned we
11 think it is best to plant in 4 to 4%-
foot rows and leave two plants 18
inches apart in the drill rows. Our
experience show’s that tw r o plants left
under suoh conditions produces a larger
crop than one plant. Os course the
soil must be fairly well fertilized to
grow cotton on the basis suggested, but
: whefe one uses from 30C to 500 pounds
lof fertilizer and has prepared the
ground with skill and care we think the
best yields will be ontained from the
method of planting suggested. Where
i boll weevil damage is likely to be se
i vere we must, of course, change our
' practice to meet the conditions. Hence,
the suggestion made with reference to
wider planting. Under these conditions
' we would leave one stalk per hill and
’ increase the space between the plant
to 20 to 22 inches. Planting as early as
practicable under bolt weevil conditions
,is advisable. You wifi know when to
[ i select the date of planting in your sec
i tion of the state better than we can
advise at this distance.
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Fertilizin# Value of Velvet • Beans,
B. s. N., Columbus, Go., write*: r havfc
a lot of velvet beanz that I wish to E rln {‘
Into meal for fertilizing purposes. I wish
to know the number of pounds of cotton
seed meal, nitrate of soda, acid phosphate,
etc., 1 will have to mix with the meal to
make a ymplete fertiliser for cotton.
You do not state whether the velvet
beans in question were first hulled and
then ground or whether the hulls were
gcund in with them. For your infor
mation. however, I will give you data
referring to the use of the beans in
both forms. A ton of velvet beans
without the hulls contain about 80
pounds of nitrogen, 34 pounds of potash
and 20 pounds of phosphoric acid.
When the hulls are included they con
tain about 57 pounds of nitrogen, 34.4
pounds of potash and 16 pounds of
| phosphoric acid. If you mix toget ter
' 1 000 pounds of acid phosphate ana
1 000 pounds of beans without the hulls,
you Will obtain A fairly satisfactory
fertilizer for corn and cotton. Such a
mixture would contain 40 pounds of ni
i trogen or virtually 2 per cent. 180
pounds of phosphoric acid or 9 per cent
and about .75 per cent of potash. This
formula is somewhat low in nitrogen
for corn and cotton and to improve it
we would add about 200 pounds of ni
trate of soda per ton or else divide the
material into four equal parts, using
500 pounds per acre along with
I pounds of nitrate of soda, putting it on
I as a top dressing early in the growing
! season. If you do not feel in position
I to use 500 pounds of fertilizer per acre
we suggest a minimum of 300 pounds
with 50 pounds of nitrate of soda.
If you use the velvet beans with the
hulls the per cent of nitrogen in your
mixture will .be reduceji .to about 1.5
per cent. This of course makes the ni
trogen content low. You may supple
ment with nitrate of soda, however, as
indicated. If you can secure sulphate
of ammonia, blood, tankage or fish
scrap any or all of these may be used
along with your mixture of velvet bean
meal or acid phosphate.
There is no reason why the fertilizer
constituents in velvet bean meal should
j not become available quickly and meet
the requirements of the average crop
grown in your section of the state. ;
DATA ON VARIETIES OF VELVET
bbanb.
M. W., Emstmau, Ga., writes: How Joes
the Osceola velvet bean compare with the
sianll speckled 120-day beans as food for
stock and fertilizer? What is your opinion
of the Jerusalem artichoke for bog food?
The Osceola velvet bean is a relative
ly new variety and has not been exten
sively and generally cultivated as some
other strains. Its growth is. therefore,
still in the experimental stage and it Is
rather difficult to say how it will stand
as compared with other varieties after it
has been thoroughly tried out. Accord
ing to our experience here at the college
it requires about 151 days to mature as
compared with 135 days for the bunch
variety. The small seeded bunch and
the large seeded bunch mature in 132
days. The so-called 100-day variety
also matures in 132 days. These appear
to be the best strains to recommend for
growth at the present time. The Osce
ola bean made a yield of 8.8 bushels, as
compared with about 20 bushels by the
! ninety-day variety. 16.4 bushels by the
! small seeded bunch, 13.6 bushels by the
j large seeded bunch and 10.5 bushels by
i the 100-day.
I Velvet beans make an excellent food
I for live stock. They might be grazed
i in the field when planted along wit?
corn. They may be fed In the hull, or
ground in the hull, or they may be
, hulled and fed separately. We have had
the best results from feeding them In
the hull. We soak them from 12 to 4 8
hours, depending on the weather, and let
all classes of stock help themselves. A
large number of hogs and cattle were
practically finished in south Georgia
last winter by grazing them on corn
and velvet beans grown In the corn.
They contain about half as much fer
tilizing constituents as a ton of cotton
seed meal. They are valuable to a cer
tain extent for this purpose because
: they contain a relatively large amount
of potash and nitrogen. They should, of
‘ course, firs be fed and so made a means
of producing live stock as well as en
riching the soil.
Jerusalem artichokes are fairly well
adapted for hogs. We think, however,
. there are other crops which could be
grown to better advantage in Georgia
for this purpose. Why not plant soy
beans, cowpeas and peanuts. They are
easier to grow. I think you will find the
: deed relatively cheaper, and they are
' well adapted to our soil and climatic
conditions.
• • •
FEBTIXIZEB FOBMUI»AS FOB
TBUCX CBOFS.
J. W., Vhlalia, <Ja., writes: Is it ad
visable to mix acid prosphate and stable
manure for truck crops, such us beets,
peas, melons, etc.? 1 have the acid and
manure and want to use it at once. How
i long should they be mixed before apply
ing?
At this season of the year we would
be disposed to apply well-rotted yar
manure as' quickly as possible to land
Intended for truck crops. Tn other words,
we do not think you can afford to wait
to compost it. We would put it on the
land at the rate of yfen tons per acre, if
possible. Smaller amounts can. of
course, be used, but the quantity indi
cated would be considered a fair appli
cation for truck crops. This materi.il
may be plowed Into the soil after beinr
over the surface of the
ground, or you may scatter It on the
“THE RELIGION OF
THE INARTICULATE’’
BY BISHOP W. A. CANDEER.
The Psalmist said, “I believed and
therefore have I spoken.”
Centuries afterwards, a* Paul claim
ed the same articulate faith—saying,
"We have the same spirit of faith, ac
cording as it is written, I believed,
thereftre have 1 spoken; we also be
lieve, and therefore speak,” (ii. Corin
thians iv:l3).
But this articulate faith, of the He
brew psalmist and the Apostle to the
Gentiles, which has been also the faith
of the saints of all ages, some now
seem to discredit, and for it they would
substitute ’‘the religion of the inarticu
late.”
The phrase which they borrow to
characterize a religion which is speech
less because it is faithfulness, they
borrowed from Donald Hankey’s inter
esting but somewhat shallow book, “A
Student in Arms." The type also they
derive from Mr. Haukey’s boek.
Various manifestations of self-sacri
fice upon the part of soldiers on the
battlefield and behind the lines, who
profess no religion and hold no definite
beliefs, are recorded as examples of this
“inarticulate religion.” Acts of wom
en of noble rank rendering menial
services in Belgium are described as
exemplifying the same speechless piety.
Likewise the mingling of the sons of
noblemen with sons of peasants in
bovouac and battle is cited as a shin
ing illustration of this dumb devotion.
Moreover the apostles of “the relig
ion of the inarticulate” fall to prophe
sying, and they predict that it will be
the religion of the future, and that rtffe
Christian churches, with their creeds
and ordinances, will fall into “innocu
ous desuetude,” or be reorganized on
new lines conforming to this new type
of religion.
All this appeals to godless and
thoughtless people, both within and
without the churches, but to sensible
and serious people it seems almost
silly.
Os course, everybody admires acts of
self-sacrifice done in any land and in
any time, but to assume and proclaim
that such acts are always of the same
substance as the Christian religion is
to assume an unreasonable and un
scriptural position. The heroes and her
oines of Homers’ Iliad illustrate self
sacrifice in mahy admirable forms, but
surely the blind old bard of pagan
Greece was not a Christian poet, nor
were his heroes saints.
In heathen nations today some of the
finest deeds of self-sacrafice are done
dafiy; but it would be preposterous to
put them in the list of Christian serv
ices.
In our own country men of the most
godless character often perform the
most admirable deeds of valor and un
selfishness, and yet they are profane
and otherwise immoral. Christian
character is vastly more than a spirit
surface and cut, in by cross disking. Wr
would then, In addition, make a mixture
of equal parts of cottonseed meal and
acid phosphate and use this under the
drill row for truck crops at the rate of
at least 500 pounds per acre. For many
of them an application of 800 pounds per
acre will be found desirable. You can,
of course, use in the place of cottonseed
n#al any other carrier of nitrogen
which will provide this essential ele
ment in as cheap and desirable a form
We do not believe there is a better
method of handling a proposition
as you have to deal with than the one
indicated.
• • •
MIXING COTTON WTTH ACID FKOS-
• PHATE
J. F. S., MhysftVille, Ga.. write*: Can
cotton be ' made bfr good fresh land with
Id per cent acl<> without anything mixed
with it? I am thinking of pntting about
400 pounds of acid per acre. I am think
ing of buying some gray white rocky land.
Can this land be built up and ipade rich’
It is difficult to determine just what
form of fertilier is best to use on fresh
land. Some soils of this character, as
you probably know, contain a very con
siderable amount of nitrogen. We have
seen land of this character where we
are certain very god results would be
obtained the first year without the use
of additional nitrogen. There Is a
great deal of variance in the public
mind as to what is meant by fresh land.
Land which has oeen originally in
heavy timber and which has been re
cently cleared is what we would regard
as fresh land. Land of this character
ought to contain 150 tons of available
nitrogen and this is ample to produce a
good crop. As it departs from the
class of land indicated it will, of course,
contain less nitrogen.
Most of our soils are deficient in acid
phosphate. Three hundred to four hun
dred pounds would be a fairly liberal
application, and especially so where you
do not use other elements of plant food.
Under your peculiar circumstances and
with nitrogen as high as it is, we do
not think it necessary for you to use
any of this element during the present
year.
• We judge the white clay rocky land
about which you speak Is not in - good
physical condition. Possibly it needs
under-draining. If it possesses the
characteristics you mention in your
letter we would prefer to buy some oth
er character of land, such as the Ce
cil clay loam or the typical red clay
land of north Georgia. Land of the
character you mention could no*doubt
be built up, but we believe it will take
some time to .do this and require the
use of considerable amounts of vege- |
table matter and fertilizing constituents .
as well.
MANAGING A BBOOD SOW BEFORE
FABBOWTNG
J. C. 0.. Cobbtown, Ga.. writea: What
is the best way to treat a sow before
finding pigs, as I want the young pigs to
grow and do well?- Wnat can I do to keep
larks from pulling up corn?
The best treatment for a sow about
to farrow # is as follows: Place in a
comparatively dry pen. This pen should
have a rail about 8 inches wide pro
jecting out into it and securely nailed
to the side. The rail should be placed
about 6 inches from the floor. When
this is done it frequently prevents the
sow from lying on the young pigs and
killing them. The bed and shed should
be kept clean and dry and well bedded.
Feed the sow with laxative, nourish
ing foods, such as shorts and bran
mashes will provide. Pour hot water
over these'"and mix thoroughly. You
may put in a spoonful of Glauber salts
or anything which will tend to gently
but thoroughly cleanse the alimentary
canal.
During such a period as you write
about there is likely to be fever, and
this is one of the best ways to obviate
it. Violent-acting medicines should of
course not be given. After farrowing
the sow should be fed on laxative and
nourishing foods. Feed very sparingly
f»r a day or two. Be careful to see
that the udder is thoroughly milked
out and not allowed to harden. You
should feed the sow liberally, as the
pigs will grow more rapidly through
suckling the dam in the first six to
ten weeks of their life than any other
way.
There is no way to keep the larks
from pulling up corn unless you s-'af
ter a little of it on the ground as food
for them. •
of sympathy and unselfishness toward
men, beautiful though that spirit be;
and if any vainly imagine that a defi
nite faith can be excluded from the
world and manifestations of self-sacri
fice be substituted for it, they will find
that very soon even the substitutes for
faith will itself wither and die because
they have no roots. Mere sentiment,
apart from, definite and settled beliefs,
soon vanishes as the mists of the morn
ing vanish before the rising sun. “The
religion of the inarticulate," if it may
he called a religion at all, is too inverte
brate to carry the burdens of life or
even to stand alone long.
Tiplady’s book, “The Cross at the
Front,” in contradiction to Haukey’s
“Student in Arms,” shows that the men
of the armies, who face death daily,
want “the old-time religion.” They call
for the old songs, such as the great
hymn by Dr. Watts which begins with
the line, “When I survey the wondrous
cross,” and "Jesus Lover of My Soul,”
by Charles Wesley, and “There Is a
Fountain Filled With Blood,” by Cow
per. This is what one would reason
ably expect. Men who are appointed to
suffer and die, if they turn to religion
at all. want something beneath their
feet more solid and firm than inarticu
late sentimentality.
Jesus said, “Out of the abundance of
the heart the mouth speaketh,” and the
converse of this is that out of a heart
empty of faith there issues nothing
but the Inarticulate. Now Christian
soldiers are not empty hearted, and
their souls can not be satisfied with
a mere froth of faithfulness. Their re
ligion is far more virile than inarticu
late impotency.
Since the present is a time of much
prophesying, perhaps I may be allowed
to prophesy a little, aj»d I venture to
predict that when our brave men who
return from the war come back, all
of them who are Christians will be
more devoted than ever to the religion
and churches of their revered fathers
and beloved mothers. They will not
endure novelties and notions as substi
tutes for definite belief and fervent
devotion.
Some men seem to think that when
the storm of war has passed and the
clouds of conflict are scattered, we
shall find a new sky. studded by stars
never seen before. But they are mis
taken. The dear old stars, upon which
Abraham gazed after Sodom and Go
morrah were burned up, will look down
after the war as they have always done.
And the faith of fathers will be living
still when those who predict the per- ,
ishing of the churches will have been
forgotten. When they cry, “Lo, here,
or 10, there, Is coming a new religion,” ;
go not after them. The Christianity J
of Christ and His church has come to
stay. It also will believe, and there- ■
fore speak its faith, as did David and
Paul.
Japan Not Planning
Action, Premier Says
LONDON, March 23. —Premier Te
rauchi told the Japanese house of peers
today that the government is not con
sidering intervention in Siberia, where
enemy war prisoners are no real menace
according to dispatches from Tokio.
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