The Palm Tree Blessing

ness, but will continue its prolific yield for seventy years more under proper conditions, so that at th

The next verses which follow the statement: "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree," bring out this glorious truth. "Those that be planted in the

t along with them? Instead of the little children delighting to be around them, if they should express themselves, they would say, "What is the matter with grandpa; he is getting so c

ristic of the palm tree, and he who lacks the sweet juice of fresh

notice. There are many of God's old palm trees, though they may have the word "superannuated" attached somewhere, yet they are ever active in bringing forth fruit. Like the old horse that was superannuated from the fire department, and was used in a delivery wagon, when he heard the fire bell ri

h of it after he had crossed the line of fourscore years. The fol

N WESLEY

,000 miles, or about twelve times the circumferen

Baptist preacher recently celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his pastorate. It was announced as an unusual fact that he had preached an average of three sermons a week during the fifty years. But John Wesley preached on an average, for fifty-four years,

inian Magazine,' a periodical of fifty-si

commentary on the whole Bi

dictionary of the English l

a work of four volumes

a work of four volumes o

d comprehensive histor

Hebrew, Latin, Greek, Fren

ibrary,' and some time after he re-read, revised, corrected, and published the whole in thirty l

od-sized work

ed for the common people

than forty volumes. Charles wrote most of them, but they passed under the keen revision of John, without which we doubt if C

known as 'Wesley's Works.' It is claimed that Mr. Wesley's works, including abridgments and translations, amounted to at least two hundred

ead his journals to be convinced of this. For a time he visited all the class and band meetings, and had special charge of the select societies

000 souls, he shamed still, by his unabating zeal and immense labors, all the young ministers of England, perhaps, of Christendom. He has frequently blown the gospel trumpet and rode twenty miles before most of

tto was, "always in haste, but never in a hurry." "Leisure and I have taken leave of each other." "Ten thousand cares are no more to me than ten thousand hairs on my head." "I am never weary with writing

with the heavenly halo around his head and

llars, cared for thousands of orphans, preached in many lands and sent missionaries

avement as God's call for him to fill the place made vacant by the death of his son. He immediately began to study the Indian language, and went forth to carry on the mission of his son, which he did until his death at the age of ninety-th

es many sermons. He is a most zealous advocate of prohibition, and stands in the forefront ranks in pushing that important work, and is president of the prohibition work in his community. His zeal for the foreign missionary field is most inspiring, and by faith, with all the other blessings of giving that he takes upon himself, he has just taken a native missionary to support from his limited means. While he is so active on