ance business. Thus I was in the employ of Wells, Fargo & Co., and one of my day dreams had become a reality.

When New Year's eve arrived, I was at the office quite late writing calling cards. Mr. Wadsworth came in and pleasantly remarked that business was good, that it never rains but it pours, or something to this effect. He referred to my having kept the books of the Sandy Smelting Co. without compensation, and said a number of complimentary things which made me very happy. He then handed me a check for one hundred dollars which doubly compensated me for all my extra labor. The satisfaction enjoyed by me in feeling that I had won the good will and confidence of my employer was worth more to me than twice one hundred dollars.

Every young man who will endeavor to employ all his time, never stopping to count the amount of compensation he is to receive for his services, but rather be inspired with a desire to labor and learn, I promise, will achieve success in the battle of life.

I urge upon the boys engaged in the Mutual Improvement Associations to labor with determination and zeal.

"Dream, oh youth! dream nobly and manfully, and thy dreams shall be thy prophets."

"What man wants is not talent, it is purpose; not power to achieve, but the will to labor."

“Arise, therefore, and be doing, and the Lord will be with you."

HARVEST TIME.

BY SARAH E. PEARSON.

Stoop, stoop, stoop, over the cool, damp furrow,
The morning air is wondrous sweet;

The heart is light, and hands are fleet
To hasten the task e'er the sun's full heat
Beats upon the furrow.

No time to listen to cat-birds call

To each other over the garden wall;

No time to watch the oak leaves fall,

Or crimson maples shiver,

Or waves of ether, clear and blue, like waves of water quiver.

Plod, plod, plod, and turn the mellow furrow.
With clanking harness and shining share,
The patient plow-horse treads with care,
And the fallowing plow lays the harvest bare,
In the depths of the long, straight furrow.
And the pickers follow in friendly chase,
Their pails resounding in eager race,

A bantering smile on the winner's face
As he empties his load of treasure,

And hastes again to the scene of fray, and fills again his measure.

Think, think, think, and plod again the furrow.
If hearts are happy, and thoughts are glad,
Or hearts and thoughts are heavy and sad,
Still hands must fly, though brain goes mad,
For a moment, with joy or sorrow.
Till the mill-whistle signals the noonday hour,

And lunch is spread in a shady bower

Of trees on the edge of the field, where showers

Of frost-stained leaves are falling.

And the cottage roofs in the distance sleep, and the drowsy kine are

calling.

Toil, toil, toil, through the the rough, brown furrow,

With aching back, and throbbing head,

With blistered hands, and lagging tread,

Through the livelong day, that we may have bread.

Toil through the dusty furrow,

Till the shadows fall like a filmy vail

And shroud the outlines of hill and dale;

And the forest echoes the nightengale;

And evening winds are sighing.

Then homeward wend our weary way with the long day's dying.

And the prayer that we offer when day has fled,

To the Lord of the harvest, holy:

"When the grain from the tares is forever won;
When the last great harvest of life is done;
And Thou gather Thy sheaves at set of sun,
And seal them up to Thy glory,

Oh, gather us, Father, unto Thy breast

Where the toiler has earned such blissful rest;

Has learned to appreciate the blest

Reward for righteous striving;

And the significance of labor won, and sacredness of living."

ON WHAT DAY WAS CHRIST CRUCIFIED?

BY ELDER CHARLES F. WATKINS.

"Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the Prophet Jonas; For as Jonas was three days and three nights is the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth."- Matt. 12: 38-40.

Critics of the Bible have denied that this sign of the divine character and mission of the Savior was ever given, for, as he was crucified on Friday and rose from the dead on Sunday morning, he had not lain three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The purpose of this article is to show conclusively that the sign was given, and that in this as in all other prophecies made by the Savior, "Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away."-Mark 13: 31.

All the evangelists agree that he arose on the first day of the week, Sunday. Matt, 28: 1-16; Mark 16: 1-6; Luke 24: 1-6, John 20: 1-18. As this weight of authority definitely settles the time of his resurrection, in order to prove that he lay three days and nights in the earth, the day of his crucifixion and burial must of necessity be as definitely fixed. Popular tradition has taught us that he was crucified on Friday, but to literally fulfill the sign promised the scribes, the death and burial must have occurred on Thursday. To establish this as the correct day, scripture passages will be quoted to show that Jesus never partook of the passover, that he had been

crucified before the day of the passover, and that the day of the passover began on Thursday at the close of day and ended on Friday evening at the same hour. Further, it will be shown from authorities on Jewish laws and customs that no trial or execution would be permitted on the day of the passover. These points once proven, the only conclusion that can be reached will be that he was crucified on Thursday.

We have been taught that he ate the passover before his betrayal and crucifixion, but this is plainly erroneous. The Savior said: "Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified." Matt. 26: 2. If he were to be crucified on the day of the passover, he certainly could not have partaken of the passover supper. Again: "Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. And supper being ended, * *" John 13:

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1, 2. This was the last supper he ate with his disciples, and, as is seen from the beginning of the quotation, it was eaten before the feast of the passover. The context in this chapter informs us that he washed his disciples' feet, and after giving instructions foretold his betrayal by one of his disciples. "Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake. He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it? Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. And after the sop, Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly. Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him. For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast." This passage shows clearly that the supper which was just ended was not the passover supper, for if it had been such, as we have been taught to believe, the thought would not have occurred to the other eleven disciples that Judas was instructed to go out and buy the things needed for the feast. After the departure of Judas, Jesus continued to instruct