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WORK
Let me but do my work from day to day,
In field or forest, at the desk or loom,
In roaring market-place or tranquil room ;
Let me but find it in my heart to say,
When vagrant wishes beckon me astray:
" This is my work—my blessing, not my doom ;
Of all who live, I am the one by whom
This work can best be done, in the right way."
Then *2111 see it not too great nor small,
To suit my spirit and to prove my power;
Then shall I cheerful greet the laboring hours,
And cheerful turn, when the long shadows fall
At eventide, to play and love and rest,
Because I know for me my work is best.
—Henry van Dyke.
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at all.' Some Oriental tribes which have now abandoned the old custom are called ' unsalted,' and are
despised by their neighbors."
.
MR. LoEB, now United States Customs Inspector
at the port of New Yotic, formerly private secretary
to President Roosevelt, has exposed an extensive system of government robbery perpetrated by importers
aided by the employees of the custom-house. One
company has been required to pay back more than
two million .dollars of revenue that was stolen by
illegal weighing of its sugar; and even this large sum
is said to fall considerably short of the amount due
the government from this one firm. One employee
confessed that he had enabled importers to take at
least a million dollars by fraud. "A false balance is
abomination to the Lord : but a just weight is his
delight."
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THE submarine cables of the world have a total
length of 278,208 miles.
ONE of the world's great scientists said, " A man
who dares waste an hour of time has not learned the
value of life."
WARREN'S " Recreations in Astronomy " can he
obtained by writing to the Chautauqua Press (publishers), Rand Avery Company, 117 Franklin St.,
Boston, Mass.
THE most beautiful sight this earth affords is a
man or woman so filled with love that duty is only a
name, and its performance the natural outflow and
expression of the love which has become the central
principle of their lives.— J. G. Holland.
" SUNDAY is hereafter to be observed as a day of
rest in the United States navy, so far as possible. An
order has been issued directing that the duty required
of officers and men be reduced to the minimum, and
that the commanding officer's inspection of ship and
crew be held on some other day."
THE Russian Duma will endeavor to have the
exile system by administrative order, which has been
one of the most terrible features of the Russian system of punishment, abolished. It is high time that a
nation professing civilization should do away with
such a heartless method of dealing with its subjects.
" The Old, Old Story "
You've: heard many tales; shall I tell you one,
A greater and better than all?
Have you heard of Him whom the heavens adore,
Before whom the hosts of them fall?
How he left the choirs and anthems above,
For earth in its wailings and woes;
To suffer the shame and pain of the cross,
And die for the life of his foes?
O Prince of the noble! 0 Sufferer divine!
What sorrow and sacrifice equal to thine?
Have you heard this tale — the best of them all —
The tale of the holy and true?
He dies, but his life, in untold souls,
Lives on in the world anew ;
His seed prevails, and is filling the earth,
As the stars fill the sky above;
He taught us to yield up the love of life
For the sake of the life of love.
His death is our life, his loss is our gain ;
The joy for the tear, the peace for the pain.
SOME one has said that " young people can get
over most anything except thinking how much they
know." Surely this can not be true, when the great •
scholars, like Newton, Cuvier, and a host of other
great men, have been profoundly impressed with how
little they knew compared with the great unknown
world of truth.
.. "AN important discovery of a new anesthetic, entirely obviating the dangers of chloroform, ether, and
other similar drugs, has been reported to the Academy
of Medicine by Professor Jonnesco, dean of the faculty of medicine at Bucharest. It consists of a solution of strychnine and stovaine, which is injected.
and produces absolute insensibility to pain, though
the subject is perfectly conscious all the time the
operation is proceeding. The new method has been
employed in six hundred nine operations without 4
single accident or untoward incident.
" SALTING newly born infants is a practise, many
centuries old, which is still common in parts of Asia
and eastern Europe. In some countries, as rural Germany and Greece, it is more a symbolic rite than anything else, but in certain tribes of Asia Minor the
baby is literally buried in salt, except its face, until
the skin is red and the irritation becomes a torture.
This ancient custom arose from a belief that the preserving properties of salt would in some way
strengthen and sustain the child, and incidentally
ward off evil spirits. It is as old as Bible times. The
prophet Ezekiel, referring to the degeneracy of Jerusalem, says. ' Neither wast thou washed in water to
supple thee ; thou vast not salted at all, nor swaddle•1
Now hear these tales, ye weary and worn,
Who for others give up your all;
Our Saviour hath told you, he that would grow,
Into earth's dark bosom must fall;
Must pass from the view and die away,
And then will the fruit appear.
The grain that seems lost in the earth below,
Will return many fold in the ear.
By death comes life, by loss comes gain :
The joy for the tear, the peace for the pain.
— Selected.
" Hold Fast to That Which:Is Good "
AN exchange recently contained. the following suggestive hint as to the way some people hold on to the
useless and even harmful things, and easily part with
others that might have proved of infinite value to
them :
" Times are hard, money is scarce, business is dull,
retrenchment is a duty, therefore please stop my —"
whisky? " 0, no; times are not hard enough yet
for that. But there is something else that costs me a
larger amount of money every year, which I wish
to save. Please stop my —" tobacco, cigars, and
snuff? " No, no — not these; but I must retrench
somewhere. Please stop my --" ribbons, jewels,
ornaments, and trinkets? " Not at all. Pride must be
fostered, if times are ever so hard ; but I believe I
can see a way to effect quite a saving in another direction. Please stop my —" tea, coffee, and needless
unhealthful luxuries ? " No, no, no ; not these.
can not think of such a sacrifice. I must think of
something else. Ah, I have it now! My weekly religious paper costs me five cents a week. I must save
that. Please stop my — paper. I believe in retrenchment and .economy."
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A Study of Christian Science
No. 48
No. 7
G. B. THOMPSON
HAT which gives Christian Science the tremendous hold which it seems tO have over
many refined and educated persons is the pretentious claims which it puts forth as a great
healing power. All manner of sickness and disease
is claimed to be healed, even to " dislocated joints
and spinal vertebra." A fee, of course, is charged by
the " healer " for the service. We nowhere read that
Jesus charged a fee.
The writer, as previously stated, believes in divine
healing, in answer to the prayer of faith. The Master, when he sent his disciples forth on their mission,
" gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them
out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner
of disease." Matt. 10 : I. But we read that in some
instances they failed, because of the unbelief which
was in the heart. Mark 9 : 14-29. It is the " prayer
of faith " which saves the sick. James 5 : 14, 15. Unbelief in the heart hinders the work of God. Jesus
on a certain occasion could " do no mighty work "
because of the blindness of the people. Mark 6.: 5. On
another occasion the " power of the Lord was present
to heal," but we do not read that any of them were
healed, save one man in whose heart faith in God was
found. His friends let him down through the tiling
into the presence of Jesus. Luke 5 : 17-25. To others
Jesus said, " Thy faith hath made thee whole." Mark
5 : 34 ; 10 : 52 ; Luke 7 : 5o. But faith in God is not
essential to healing by Christian Scientists.
These instances show that healing is wrought not
by some person who may receive a fee, but by the
power of the Holy Spirit. In no case did those who
had the gift of healing claim that they had healed
anybody. The glory was given to the Lord. When
Peter and John were asked concerning the lame man
who was healed at the gate of the temple, Peter, after
calling attention to the fact that the Jews had killed the
Author of life, said that " faith in his name, hath made
this man strong." Acts 3: 16. Peter did not say,
I have healed " him, as is claimed by the discoverer
of Christian Science, but that Jesus. of Nazareth had
aised him up to health.
The apostles believed in the power and work of
the Holy Spirit, but Christian Science does not believe
in any Holy Spirit. Mrs. Eddy teaches that all the
Holy Spirit there is is divine or Christian Science.
" John the Baptist prophesied the coming of the immaculate Jesus, and he saw in those days the spiritual
idea as the Messiah, who would baptize with the
Holy Ghost — Divine Science."—"Science and
Health," pages 553, 554.
So, then, the Messiah who is to redeem and save the
world is simply a " spiritual idea," and the Holy Spirit
— the third person of the Godhead — only a kind of
" science " ! We desire to be charitable and fair, but
really such statements seem to border on the profane
and blasphemous.
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Christian Scientists heal the sick for money. That
none ever attempt to heal without being paid for their
advice, or service, whichever it is, I do not affirm
but they heal for money, at least many of them accept
fees or gifts for their so-called " faith cures."
Note the following from a lady healer : " When
I was cured, I became a student under Mrs. Eddy
in the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, the great
nursery of Christian Science healers. The course of
training at the college was somewhat expensive. Three
hundred dollars was the price for each pupil, and Mrs.
Eddy admits that this was a startling sum for tuition
lasting barely three weeks ! We students, who have
since been privileged to become healers, consider, however, that three hundred dollars was a small sum indeed to be paid for the impartation of this divine
knowledge."— Quoted in "Christian Science Examined," page 7.
I am' reminded of an incident in the Bible. A great
man, Naaman, captain of the king's host, was sick.
A little Jewish maiden, a captive in the family of
Naaman, directed his attention to the fact that there
was a true God, and that he had a prophet named
Elisha, and said if he would go to him, he would be
healed. Taking with him " ten talents of silver, and
six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment" as a gift, Naaman departed on his visit to the
prophet of Jehovah. A patient with such a gift would
no doubt be a delight to a Christian Science " healer,"
but not so with a prophet or teacher sent from God,
When Naaman came to Elisha, the prophet did not
claim that he could heal him of the leprosy, neither
did he tell him that all the leprosy he had was simply
in his mind. He told him to go and wash in the
Jordan seven times, and when he lad done this, he
would be cured. When he did as the man of God
directed, " his flesh came again like the flesh of a little
child, and he was clean." When he was healed, he
did not regard Elisha as a great " healer," and praise
and laud him. The prophet had not directed the sufferer to himself, but to the true God. Naaman said.
" Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the
earth, but hi Israel." 2 Kings 5 : 1-15.
Did the prophet of the true God take " pay," or a
" gift," for " healing " ? — No, indeed. When from
the gratitude of his heart for the blessing which had
come to him, Naaman offered to give him the gift
he had brought, Elisha said, " As the Lord liveth,
before whom I stand, I will receive none." Verse 16.
Who ever heard of a Christian Science " healer " following Elisha's example !
But Gehazi, Elisha's servant—poor, covetous soul—
saw the gift offered by Naaman and wished he might
have it. So he ran after Naaman and said to him,
" My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now
there be come to me from Mount Ephraim two young
men of the sons of the prophets : give them, I pray
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thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments."
Verse 22. He received from Naaman " two talents
of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments."
Verse 23. For this wicked thing the prophet of God
said to him, " The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall
cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed forever. And he
went out from his presence a leper as white as snow."
This shows how the Lord regards the work of healing for money, and making merchandise of that which
should be sacred and holy.
Simon Magus wanted a bestowal of power that he
might make merchandise of it. In rebuke of this
wicked thing Peter said, " Thy money perish with thee,
because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be
purchased with money. Thou hast neither part nor lot
in this matter : for thy heart is not right in the
sight of God." Acts 8 : 20, 21.
That Christian Science is a " latter day delusion "
of the Simon Magus order the writer has no doubt.
And while all these " healers " teach their patients that
" matter is nothing," they all accept real material
money in payment for their services.
Spare Moments
As we move along over the plain that lies between
the cradle and the grave, we are continually coming
to the little spots which we call spare moments — so
small, so insignificant, that they hardly seem worth
our while. Yet they are the acorns from which tall
oaks may grow. These fragments of time are the
raw material from which we build the greater portion
of our character structure ; and there is no truer index
to the worth of young men and women than the use
they make of their leisure time. It is during spare
moments that young people rise or sink. " Most
young men who go wrong," said a close observer of
youth, " do so after supper." And must we not confess that the same is true of young women? To the
youth who wisely improves his spare moments they
become stepping-stones to success; to the idler they
are the quicksands of failure. The wheat fields interspersed among the woodlands and meadows of this
country produce sufficient grain to feed the nation's
millions ; but who can measure the curse which that
same grain brings when the reaper places it in the
brewer's vat ? It. is because of the great possibility
of spare moments that a wrong use of them brings
such disastrous results ; and whether they shall be a
blessing or a curse depends upon the reaper.
Have you no spare moments? You are busy, but
if you have not found any spare moments around
your way, you have something more important to
discover than the north pole. Your employer claims
one third of your time, sometimes more; nature's
sweet restorer another third ; but what is the daily
record of the portion that remains ?
What Others Did
Charles Frost, a Vermont shoemaker, resolved to
study one hour a day, and in time he became one of
the best mathematicians in the United States. Grote
wrote his " History of Greece " in leisure hours
snatched from his work as a banker. Mrs. Harriet
Beecher Stowe was a busy housewife when she wrote
Uncle Tom's Cabin." Dr. Burney learned Italian
and French when riding horseback. Gladstone, it is
said, always carried a book lest he should let an unexpected leisure moment slip by unimproved. Elder
J. N. Andrews, our first foreign missionary, obtained
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his education during spare moments. Lincoln was a
hard-working young man, yet he found time to teach
the unskilled hand of the Indiana rail-splitter how to
wield the nation's scepter. About a month ago Minnesota was called to mourn the death of one of her
noblest sons — Governor Johnson. His father was a
drunkard, and died more than thirty years ago in the
county poorhouse. John, upon whom rested chiefly
the support of the family, had to work when he
should have been in school. By clogged determination
that lad gained a good knowledge of law. For four
years he was governor of his State, and was looked
upon by many as a probable candidate for the next
presidential election.
There are thousands of young people busy on
farms, in offices, and factories, and stores who to-day
are taking college courses by correspondence. But
forget all these, and look for a moment into a lonely
cell in the State penitentiary at Jackson, Michigan.
On the wall are a few mechanical drawings, and on the
narrow shelf lie some books from a correspondence
school. The convict who occupies that cell is taking
a correspondence course in architecture. Truly, as
Matthew Arnold says, " The plea that this or that
man has no time for culture will vanish as soon as
we desire culture so much that we begin to examine
seriously into our present use of time." Another
adds, " It is not lack of time, but the lack of the will
to improve our spare moments, that keeps us from
going forward to success."
" Get a Purpose — Get One Quick "
But to him who would improve his spare moments
comes the advice Carlyle once gave a young man who
was sauntering along through life aimlessly. " Young
man," said he, " get a purpose — get one quick." And
while you are getting, get one that merits all there is
of you ; for to realize most fully the possibilities of
spare moments demands an all-absorbing purpose.
William Carey had such a purpose. He used to say :
" My business is to save souls. I cobble shoes to pay
expenses." On one side of his work-bench was a
map of the world, on the other an open Bible. Mr.
Carey knew when a spare moment came his way, and
he knew how to use it. And when we once get a
purpose which guides us in the use of spare moments,
let us stick to it. Even with a purpose we may fail.
Good decisions rob many of success, for mere resolutions do not do things. There are two trees growing
in an orchard in Kansas. They were planted the same
day. Nature has served them alike with soil, showers, and sunshine. But one has been moved three
times. Not long ago its trunk measured nine and
one-half inches, while that of the other tree measured
twenty-eight. Such is the difference between the
resolve that is made to be broken and the purpose
that brings steady plodding. And yet those of us
who have failed in our good resolutions to improve
the time need not despair. God sends this sweet message, " I will restore to you the years that the locusts
bath eaten."
And just here let us mention that among the many
ways there are for improving spare moments, there is
one which is akin to all others. That one is good
reading. Do not you who can not be in school long
to be guided in good, systematic study? You may be.
The Fireside Correspondence School at Takoma Park,
D. C., offers just such an opportunity. Write for a
circular. One of our unknown friends says, " I wish
you to see that both well-directed moral training and
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well-chosen reading, lead to a possession of a power
over the ill-guided and illiterate, which is in the truest
sense kingly; conferring indeed the purest kingship
that can exist among men."
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An Interesting Sabbath Service
MORE than a score of the young people of Union
College, South Africa, took part in a special program
arranged by Mrs. I. J. Hankins, for the Sabbath serv"Then strive, I say,
ice of September 25.
And striving shall suffice.
The program consisted in reviewing briefly the last
The aim, if, reached or not,
five chapters of " Great Controversy." There were
Ennobles life."
And strive now, for there is no time when the use sixteen speakers, each occupying from three to five
of spare moments means so much for good or ill as .minutes. That you may get a glimpse of the charin youth. How anxious the farmer is to have the acter of this service, we give a brief outline of it.
seed in the soil in time for the early summer show- The solemn truths presented were condensed, and
ers! Corn that is planted late in the season, is usu- largely given in the speaker's own language from
ally 'overtaken by the frost, and comes to the bins memory. As one after another described vividly and
immature. The spring of the year returns again impressively the scenes of the last days, it was evident
and again for the farmer to improve his methods, • that the Holy Spirit was present in power, carrying
but not so with the spring-time of life. Youth comes the important truths home to the heart of every hearer.
Miss Hyatt told us how God's people are delivered
twice to none. Men and women who begin late in
life to improve spare moments can hope to reap only in the closing conflict. Every word was freighted
sparingly. Thousands of these sad pictures from life with living truth. She then told us of the appointed
warn the youth of to-day. There comes to my mind time in the decree, when companies of armed men,
the careers of two young men. The one, bright, tal- urged on by hosts of evil angels, will prepare for the
ented, and popular, is now a groom in, a small livery work of death; and how the Lord will cause his
stable. The other,— I can still hear the thud of that glorious voice to be heard, and lo, a dense blacklad's crutch in the old high-school building. He did ness, deeper than the darkness of night, will fall upon
not seem exceptionally bright, but he worked faith- the earth, and a rainbow of light from the th'rone of
fully. To-day he is the superintendent of schools in God will encircle the saints, and they then and there
a county which employs more than one hundred teach- will look up into heaven, see the glory of God, and
ers. You do not ask why these young men are filling Christ seated by the Father, and hear the request, " I
such different positions. You know. It is the differ- will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with
ence between a red-hot purpose that improves spare me where I am." Arthur Ingle continued the story of
moments and a lukewarm desire that follows the path Thrilling interest, and said that at midnight God manof least resistance. But if' you would know still more ifests his power in behalf of his people. " The sun
of the value of improving the spare moments in the appears, shining in its strength." The wicked are
spring-time of life, then turn to some sweet, gray- terrified and amazed. The streams cease to flow, and
haired Christian who looks back upon a wasted youth. a storm, such as never was, breaks forth in all its
fury; yet amid those 'dark storm-clouds, there is one
"We Can Do It if We Will"
clear
space of indescribable glory, whence comes the
Thus the experiences of others prove the possibility
of spare moments. That is all. You and I must voice of God, saying, " It is done." He told us that
decide for ourselves whether or not our spare mo- the " mossy old graves where the pilgrims, sleep, will
ments shall be utilized. We are kings and queens be opened as wide as before," and they shall come
of the kingdoms within ; if our spare moments are forth clothed with immortal life.
Willis Hyatt told us of the " fierce lightnings leapto be blessings, we must take ourselves in hand,
and not be led astray by this or that fleeting and ing from the heavens, enveloping the earth in a sheet
perhaps harmful pleasure. If we improve spare mo- of flame." Above the terrific roar of the thunder, a
ments wisely, they will make us better young men mysterious voice is heard declaring the doom of the
and women, better workers for the Master, better wicked. " Through a rift in the clouds, there beams
friends for our associates, and better companions a star speaking hope and joy to the faithful," and
for ourselves. " We can do it if we will." These they are secure. Hubert Sparrow described the small
words rang out from the famous haystack meeting black cloud arising out of the east. He told us that
where five young men heralded the great fleet of this was the cloud that surrounds the Saviour,—
American missions to heathen lands. These same cloud of angels. The eyes of the saints are riveted
words pierced the ears of five thousand young stu- upon it as it *" draws nearer the earth, becoming
dents a few years ago when Robert E. Speer spoke lighter and more glorious." He pictured before us
to them on the possibility of evangelizing the world both classes, the one terrified, and the other glorified.
in this generation. Let us make these words our Here the choir sang, " Behold the Bridegroom.''
watchword. And then when the enemy of your best
Edna Edmed carried the story on, and described the
welfare, of your truest happiness, tries to persuade resurrection. Her words came from the heart, and
you that while it would be very desirable to reap the reached the heart. In closing, she said, " 0, don't
results 'of well-spent moments, it is impossible for you want to see him? Get ready; the time is at hand."
young people who work eight hours a day to improve Willie George described to us the coronation scene,
that time,— when he thus tries to defeat you, turn him when the Saviour bestows upon his followers, " with
away with a determined, " We can do it if we will." his own right hand," the crown of glory, and places
Say it so loud that your own discouraged heart will in their hands the shining harps of pure gold. Philip
catch every word ; and do not forget that " we can do Everts described " the city," as given in " Thoughts
it if we will."
MATILDA ERICKSON.
on Daniel and the Revelation." When he had fin• .•1111. •
ished, we could understand a little more clearly the
words, " Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither
" DON'T say you are ' sorry,' if somebody brings
His trials for you to share:
have entered into the heart of man, the things which
But show him the might of his folded wings.
God hath prepared for them that love him." No
And point to the upper air.
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human pen can portray the scene, nor mortal mind
conceive its splendor.
Laura Page told us in her own words, and also in the
language of another, how it would be when entering the city. So vividly was the picture drawn, and
so beautifully, that we find our desire to be there and
see it for ourselves greatly strengthened. The choir
Gleanings From " Popular Mechanics "
then sang in a spirited way, " Palms of Victory We
First Oil-Well in 1859
Shall Wear." Owen Sparrow described the meeting
-14 FIAT the first oil-well in the world was sunk
of the two Adams, and Lewis Williams gave us some
only fifty years ago was brought forcibly to
of the experiences and rights of the one hundred fortynotice
the latter part of August by the celefour thousand, after which the song " Heaven at
bration of the event at Titusville, PennsylLast " was sung. Ethel Edmed described the " saints
on the thrones judging," and " Satan bound." Her vania. The qualities of petroleum had been known
statements were forceful, and showed a true and good for centuries, but the first artesian well to be sunk in
understanding of the subject. Eric Smith followed 'its search was the venture of Col. Edwin W. Drake
with a description of " Christ's return to the mount near Titusville, Aug. 28, 1859. On that date the drill
of Olives." It was given clearly and distinctly,- and tapped a vein of oil which lay seventy feet below the
made a strong impression upon those who heard it. surface, and the result was forty barrels a day.
Jane Page spoke of "the controversy ended." She
Turning Oil From a Square Can
told of Satan's last mighty struggle for the supremacy,
A great many oil-cans in which oil is sold are
of the second resurrection, and of the wicked host square, with the opening at the side or corner. The
gathering around the camp of the saints to take the
contents of such a can may
city. Shaw Tarr took up the story here, and combe poured out without waspleted the scene. He pictured that beautiful throne
ting a drop, if the can is held
resting upon a foundation of " burnished gold, high
properly, with the opening at
and lifted up, on which sat the Son of God, and
the top. This will permit
around him the subjects of his kingdom." Then the
p.m... from • Square Cu
the can to be tipped so the
coronation scene in sight of the assembled inhabitants oil will flow without a gurgle. If the can is held so
of earth and heaven was presented. As soon as the the opening will be at the lower corner, the oil will try
books of record are opened, all are conscious of every. to follow down the outside of the can, and cause consin which they have ever committed. The sins appear siderable waste.
before them as if " written in letters of fire." A.
Tunnel Project to Connect Sweden and Denmark
panoramic view was given, beginning with the scenes
A tunnel project to connect Copenhagen, Denmark,
of Adam's temptation down to the close of the life
and
Malmo, Sweden, is at present the subject of much
of Christ do earth. Those who have " Great Condiscussion
in both countries. The plan is to run an
troversy " will find the story complete, beginning on
electric
railway
through such a tunnel, the distance
page 664. The song, " Crown Him Lord of All," was
between
the
two
places being about eighteen miles.
sung by the whole assembly. John Birkenstock told
The
journey
between
these points in Denmark and
us of " Satan's last effort and destruction," and Miss
Sweden
now
takes
nearly
two and one-half hours,
Cobban of the saints' inheritance and tile marriage
while by the submarine electric railway this time
supper of the Lamb; " then Susie Visser's sweet, clear
would be cut down to about forty minutes.
voice was raised in singing, " The Half Has Never
Scenic Pictures on Postage-Stamps
Yet Been Told." Elder I. H. Hankins pronounced the
benediction, and after a moment of silent prayer,
The walls of the Saint Jean de Dieu Hospital at
we left the place where we had felt the Saviour's Ghent, Belgium, are decorated with gorgeous landpresence so near.— Mrs. R. C. Porter, in South Af- scapes, glowing with color, formed entirely of canceled postage-stamps of all nations. Palaces, forests,
rican Missionary.
streams, and mountains are represented in this unique
scheme of scenic reproduction, while flitting butterHow Large Is My Bible?
flies, birds, snakes, and other animals are indicated
How large is my Bible? A ponderous tome,
Neglected it lies on my table at home;
here and there with consummate skill. The pictures
Its covers are costly; its clasps are of gold;
are in the Chinese style, and it is estimated that the
Its pages embellished with beauty untold.
monks have used nearly twelve million stamps in the
But — how large is my Bible?
scheme.
How large is my Bible? Sixty-six books divine;
One thousand one hundred and eighty and nine
Its chapters; its verses a noble array,
Wherein I may read by night or by day.
But—how large is my Bible?
How large is my Bible? There cometh a day
When our Bibles will all be taken away;
Then will be sore famine for hearing the Word,—
A hunger and thirst for the Word of the Lord.
Then —how large is my Bible?
Work of the Wires and Wireless
•
How large is my Bible? A verse here and there;
The commandments, perhaps, and — yes — the Lord's prayer;
" The- Lord is my shepherd," and a promise or two,—
The verses I've stored are so piteously few!
How small is my Bible!
That's all of my Bible!
ELIZABETH RosSER.
In communicating with each other by telephone and
telegraph, the people of the United States used, in
1907, more than 15,000,000 miles of single wire, of
which 12,999,369 miles were telephone-wires, and
2,072,851 were telegraph-wires. Over the telegraphwires there were flashed 368,470,509 messages, of
which 5,869,317 were cablegrams.
The telegraph was established in 1844, while the
telephone did not come until thirty-two years later,
yet, in 1907, the telephone-wire mileage was eight
times as great as that for telegraph service. All this
information is contained in the report of the Department of Commerce and Labor, which is the third of
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its kind ever issued. According to the bulletin, the
wireless telegraph was operated at a loss of $47,628
in this country in 1907.
England's Daylight Bill Is Doomed
The daylight-saving bill which has been up before
the public and the legislature of England for some
time, will fail to pass, according to several authorities, even though its trial by some of the manufacturing concerns in Birmingham proved it sufficiently
welcome to the employees to be repeated again next
year, legislation or no legislation. The idea of the
bill was to make compulsory the opening of all shops
and factories an hour earlier in the morning and
closing them an hour earlier at night, so that the
workers could take advantage of the summer-time
for evening recreation before darkness closed in.
Portable Street Bath Delights Thousands
THROUGH the genius of E. T. Bingham, superintendent of the Helping Hand Institute of Kansas City.
several thousand children in the thickly populated
tenement district of that Western city were made
Pcpular Mechanics
happy through the hot summer days by means of a
portable shower-bath. Simple indeed is the shower
device, so simple, in fact, that it can be adopted with
excellent results by all the large and congested cities
of the country, but like many inexpensive things its
mission is of great importance.
It is composed of several lengths of two-inch iron
pipe with a water-plug connection on one end and
four common shower-bath sprays arranged at the
other, the whole costing only five dollars to make.
Each afternoon an employee of the society carried it
through the thickly populated part of the city, stopping every block or so to connect it with a water
plug. The boys soon learned to watch for it, and to
prepare for the bath by donning, if they saw fit, still
older clothes. In this way several thousand children
were given a street-shower bath once a day.
The city provided the necessary water free. Men,
women, and even horses, as well as the children, are
also given the privilege of a bath.— Popular Mechanics.
" A NEW life is begun,
And better hopes and better motives call me
Than those the past has won.
No backward glance shall hinder or appall me."
A Book of Thumb-Nail Size
WHAT is supposed to be the smallest book in the
world is owned by an Italian gentleman residing at
Williamsport, PennsylVania, who recently received it
from a friend in Padua, Italy. It is three eighths of
an inch wide, five eighths of an inch long, and one
fourth of an inch thick. Its two hundred eighty
pages of fine paper are closely printed on both sides.
and the whole is substantially bound in a colored
paper cover, and protected by a paper wrapper.
The story of the book is a narrative entitled " The
Story of Galileo and Madame Christine," and it was
first published in 1565.
This diminutive book scarcely covers the thumb
nail of a man, and the printing is marvelously clear
and distinct. With a magnifying-glass the pages may
be read with as much ease as those of an ordinary
book.-- Round Table.
•
Radium
ONCE it was possible to buy radium at two dollars
a milligram; now the market price is ninety dollars a
milligram, equal to two billion five hundred thousand
dollars an ounce.
The British Radium Corporation, which is going
to extract radium from pitchblende found in the Trenwith mine, Cornwall, is believed to be the first company in the world to attempt the production of the
precious mineral on a commercial basis.
A secret process, discovered by Sir William Ramsay himself, who is chief consulting chemist to the
corporation, will reduce the period of manufacture
from nine months to six or seven weeks. Work in
the London factory will start at the end of this year,
and meanwhile a plaiit has been erected at St. Ives,
Cornwall. where the pitchblende ore will be crushed
so that the material for treatment may be sent tip to
London in the more portable form of concentrate or
high-grade ore. Even in this crude state radium
makes its presence felt, and heavy ribber gloves have
to be worn by those handling it.— Washington Post.
Seeing Over Telephone-Wires
THE idea of being able to see as well as talk over
telephone-wires is one that has at times tickled the
press of the country to such an extent that much fun
has arisen over its remote possibility, yet the Politiken
of Copenhagen announces that it has been made possible.
Two Danes, the brothers Anderson, already known
as successful inventors, have invented an apparatus
by the use.of which it is possible to see what is going
on at the other end of the wire. The technical details of the invention are being kept secret, but the
newspaper mentioned, recently employed an engineer
of repute to test the brothers' claim, and this expert
declared the claim to be justified. He .also stated that
the process was entirely new and very simple.
" The process differs from the systems of phototelegraphy," says the engineer of repute, " in that it
makes no use of photography, but transmits light and
colors directly. A speaker at a telephone fitted with
the apparatus can be seen, and he can show anything
he likes across the wires."
Some two years ago a Western inventor was claimed
to have perfected such an apparatus, and this magazine recorded the fact at the time, but nothing has
been heard of it since.— Popular Mechanics.
• •CHILDREN'S• PAGE
The Ladybug and the Ant
THE ladybug sat in the rose's heart,
And smiled with pride and scorn,
And she saw a plain-dressed ant go by
With a heavy grain of corn.
Then the houseless lady was much amazed,
And knew not where to go,
For chill November's early blast
Had brought both rain and snow.
So she drew the curtains of damask round,
And adjusted her silken nest,
Making her glass of a drop of dew
That lay in the rose's breast.
Her wings were chill, and her feet were cold,
And she wished for the ant's warm cell ;
And what she did when the winter came,
I'm sure I can not tell.
Then she laughed so loud that the ant looked up,
And seeing her haughty face,
Took no more notice, but traveled on
At the same industrious pace.
But .the careful ant was in her nest,
With her little ones by her side;
She taught them all, like herself to toil,
Nor mind the sneer of pride.
But a sudden blast of autumn came,
And rudely swept the ground,
And down the rose with the ladybug fell,
And scattered its leaves around.
And I thought, as I sat at the close of the day,
Eating my bread and milk,
It was wiser to work and improve my time,
Than -be idle and dress in silk.
—Mrs. Sigourney:
The Tea-Time Collection
T was on Monday that mama tripped on one
of Alfred's building blocks.
You mustn't leave your blocks around
on the floor," she said. " Always put them
up in their box when you are through playing with
them."
Alfred said, " Yes'm," and then forgot all about it.
That night papa stumbled over Teddy Bear. It was
dusky in the hall, and Alfred had left his pet directly
in front of the hat-rack.
" I came pretty near falling," he told the little boy.
" Remember the floor is not the place for Teddy Bears,
unless you are there to take care of them."
Alfred obediently put Teddy Bear away; but the
next afternoon grandma stepped on him as she was
going down-stairs, and if she had not clutched tightly
to the banister, she would have fallen. As it was, she
was badly wrenched, and papa declared it was time
that Alfred became more orderly, instead of dropping
his toys just where he happened to be playing.
Alfred felt very sorry that grandma should be hurt
through his carelessness, and for a few days he did
better. Then things were strewn about as before.
One night, at supper, his father said, " Will you
bring me your ball, Alfred? "
" I can't find it," he reported, after some searching.
" Suppose you look out on the piazza," papa suggested ; and, sure enough, there it was, by one of the
posts.
" Please bring me your new game, diabolo," papa
said, when the ball was in his hand.
Alfred walked away slowly. Where was diabolo?
He had been playing with it out on the lawn, but later,
he thought, in the sewing-room. He mounted the
stairs, but he could not find any pair of sticks and little
bobbin. Then he hunted over the lawn. It did not
appear. He was sure he did not take it into the garden. Finally it was discovered behind the front door,
just where he had tossed it when he had gone to ride
with Uncle Dan.
" I thank you," papa said, without seeming to notice
that he had been gone a long time on his search.
He was about to slip back into his seat at the table,
where his roll and cherry sauce were waiting, when
papa spoke : " One thing more — do you know where
your jack-knife is ? "
Alfred hesitated, put his hand into his pocket, and
drew it out empty. " I guess I can find it," he answered.
As he went through the door, he heard grandma say,
" I know he is hungry." And he couldn't help walking
just- slow enough to hear papa's reply : " I'm sorry."
It took a long time to find that knife, and more than
once he thought he should have to give it up; but it
finally came to light in the back hall window — just
where he had used it to whittle out a little stick for
the wheel of his cart.
Everybody was through supper when he returned
to the dining-room; only papa was waiting for him.
• " If I were you, I'd have things in their places tomorrow night," papa said — that was all.
And they were in their places, too, when papa asked
for them. Teddy Bear and one or two other things
he asked for; Alfred knew exactly where they were.
Not every night did papa ask, but often enough
to help Alfred remember that a boy who had possessions of his own should take care -of them.
In time Alfred learned to have a place for everything, and to keep everything in its place.— Young
People.
A Good Reason
TOMMY was sitting on the stone post, with his fat
little face all wrinkles and scowls, when Teddy came
across the street.
" Hello ! " called Teddy, brightly. "What are you
going to do this morning, Tommy?"
" Nothin' ! " answered Tommy, shortly. " I way
going nutting, and then my mother wouldn't let me! " So was L" said Teddy.
" My mother won't let me go swimming," continued
Tommy, " till I'm years an' years older, 'cause she's
afraid; and she won't let me go skating on Round
Pond when it is winter, unless Fred is with me, 'cause
she's afraid ; and now she won't let me go nutting,
'cause —"
" And neither will my mother," intetrupted Teddy,
cheerfully, " but it's because she loves me! She said
so ! And that's a very good reason, isn't it ? "
Tommy looked at Teddy in surprise.
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30, 1909
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" I s'pose that's why your mother won't let you,
" Dill," said Alice.
either, don't you ? " asked Teddy.
D's, seemed to be scarce, so Aunt Ruth proceeded.
" I suppose so," answered Tommy, thoughtfully.
They went on until the S field was reached.
" But your mother will let you go up in my grand" Squashes. Do have plenty of squashes, so for once
pa's apple-orchard, I know," said Teddy, decidedly. I can have all the squash pie I want ! " cried Norton.
" I'm going up to pick apples. It's great fun! I
" Sage," added Bertha.
pick them up off the ground, you know. Grandpa's
" Summer savory," said Alice.
going to give me a whole barrel for my very own,
Nobody spoke for a moment. Then Carl hastened
and I shouldn't wonder if he'd give you one, too. to say, " I thought I'd wait and see if you'd think
He's got heaps and heaps of apples this year ! "
of it, but it is left for me to propose a big, big strawTommy jumped down from the post in a hurry. berry bed! "
He liked to eat apples better than he liked to eat
" 0," they cried, " the idea of our forgetting strawnuts. " I'll go and see if I can! " he said, quickly. berries ! "
And sure enough, Teddy was right. Tommy's
" There are some other beds -- up-stairs — that I
mother did let him go. And Teddy's grandfather gave think you have forgotten," said Mrs. Chapin, smilingly. '
him some apples, a great, tall barrel full — the very
So, amid much laughing chatter, the remainder of
barrel that Tommy had filled! And Tommy found the farm planting was postponed until another eveout something that surprised him on that bright Oc- ning.— Youth's Companion.
tober afternoon. He found that other boys could not
do everything. Other boys' mothers said no, and they
Radiating, Not Parallel Lines
said it out of love.— Sydney Dayre, in Youth's ComHERE
are
two young men going to college. One
panion.
of them is an easy-going fellow, always ready to join
in a game, never letting his lessons interfere with his
Planting
fun, and having no purpose in his schooldays except
IT was on a stormy winter evening that Aunt the pleasure of the moment. The other intends to be
a lawyer, and bends every power of his mind in that
Ruth was called upon for a new game.
direction. He does not neglect the social part of his
" I think will plant my farm," she responded.
" Nice weather for it ! " said Carl. " A raging bliz- nature, and he takes regular exercise, but he holds
everything rigidly subordinate to his great purpose.
zard, and thermometer at zero ! "
" It is the finest time for planting this kind of farm," Have you any doubt which young man will be a sucsaid Aunt Ruth, smilingly. " My fields are all named cess in life?
Now if it is clear that the man that lives for the
alphabetically. What should you advise me to plant
passing day will be a failure even when we think of
on my A land? Anybody may answer."
his short life on earth, what are we to say when we
Apples ! " cried Carl.
think of his eternal life? If it needs careful fore" You don't plant apples," said Bertha.
" They plant the seeds. Don't they, Aunt Ruth?'' thought and determined action along one line to make
" Yes, and this is a brand-new farm. I want it a success of seventy years, what forethought and determination are needed to make a success of the endwell stocked. Apples will be all right."
less
years!
" Plant some asparagus," said Alice.
We
foolishly think of eternity as something that
" And apricots," added Norton.
is
coming,
forgetting that we are in it this very min" I was just going to say that," said Bertha. " Now
ute.
"
Time
enough for it when it arrives," we say ;
I can't think of anything else."
but
it
has
Already
arrived. The course of every day
" Artichokes ! " cried Carl.
is helping to fix our direction for all eternity.
" I think I'll plant some anise," said Aunt Ruth,
Life moves, not Along parallel, but along radiating
at that moment.
lines. Birth is the starting-point. The youth does not
0, do! " replied Alice. " Anise candy is good ! "
notice that the lines are diverging. It will be easy, he
Well, what shall I have in my B field? "
thinks, to step over from one course of action to an" Beans and beets," answered Bertha.
other. The two courses are parallel. But no ! The
" Brussels sprouts," said Carl.
farther one goes along any line of action, the more
" And balm, for balm tea," added Aunt Ruth.
difficult it is to step over from it to any other line of
" There isn't much in B. We'll begin on the C land." action. Radiating lines very soon get tremendously
" Cabbages, celery, corn ! " cried Alice.
far apart. We are now at the close, little end of
" 0, stop! You're getting them all! Cucumbers, eternity, selecting the line we are to follow forever.
cress, carrots, caraway
" and Carl paused for There are two thoughts that should open every day
breath.
of our lives. One is this : " To-day is a part a de" Chicory, cauliflower, catnip," raced Alice, " and termining part — of my eternity." And the other
coriander, and —"
thought, which must accompany the first, or it would
" Chervil," put in Carl.
be overpowering In its solemnity and weight, is this:
" What's chervil? " queried Norton.
" I am not to pass through this day alone. Jesus
" 0 something to use in soups and salads," answered Christ, the Lord of eternity, is to pass through it with
Carl.
me. He will guide me in these awful choices. He
" Clover ! " cried Alice.
will confirm my will. He will show me the way.
" Don't believe there's another one," said Bertha.
And if I fall or stray aside, he will lift me up and
" Currants," said Aunt Ruth, quietly.
bring me back. I have chosen him, and he has chosen
They all laughed, while their aunt said she thought me, for all eternity."— Amos R. Wells.
her C field was full enough, and asked for the D's.
" THE mouse that always trusts to one poor hole
" Dandelion," began Carl.
Can never be a mouse of any soul."
" Dewberries," responded Bertha.
—Pope.
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Signs of Christ's Coming in the Social World —
No. 2
Selfishness and Pride
HRIST says, " As it was in the days of Lot ;
. . . even thus shall it be in the day when
the Son of man is revealed." Luke 17 : 28-3o.
itin
sop. One of the great sins of Sodom was pride.
Eze. 16:49. Therefore, if the last days are to be like
Sodom, there will be pride in the last days. Paul also
mentioned pride as a last-day sin. 2 Tim. 3: I, 2.
Some of this pride is shown by the jewels worn.
In the July, 1905, number of Success, a magazine published in New York City, are pictures showing some
of the jewels worn by American women of wealth.
I quote the description of some of these articles : —
" Jeweled bird in diamonds and sapphires. This' is
a bird of paradise for a corsage ornament; its head is
crested with pear-shaped diamonds; its breast is blue
with pendant sapphires, and its wings are set in conventional diamond ornamentation. The price of this
piece of jewelry is over ten thousand dollars.
" A wonderful jeweled chain. It is a long Spanish
chain in the style of the sixteenth century Renaissance. The links are highly decorated and enameled,
this enameling being a marked feature of the ornament. The enamels are fused at different temperatures, the first layer placed on the gold surface being
naturally harder than the subsequent ones. Eighteen
hundred degrees of heat were required, and from
eight to ten firings on each piece to produce the
proper color and harmony of finish. This chain contains forty-three large rose diamonds, and nine hundred eighty small brilliants. Its manufacture required three thousand six hundred hours of labor, or
almost a year of an expert's time, 'working ten hours
a day. The price of such a piece of jewelry is considerably over ten thousand dollars.
" A wild rose branch in precious stones. This is a
strange flower, all of gems and gold. The spray
of wild rose is made up of pink tourmalines set en
masse on the le.aves of the flower to give the natural
color. The leaves are of emeralds, shaped like the
natural leaf. The main branch is of green gold.
The central topaz is surrounded by small diamonds to
represent the little calyxes, as in nature. There were
twenty marquise emeralds, sixty-two pink tourmalines, one yellow topaz, seven pear-shaped emeralds,
and one hundred sixty-four brilliants used in its manufacture. It cost over ten thousand dollars.
" Tiara of emeralds and diamonds. This is a beautiful head ornament, composed of three very large
emeralds surrounded by a cluster of large brilliants.
The sides are flexible, so that the piece may be worn
at the corsage. The three emeralds weigh over one
hundred twenty-four carats, and there are four hundred ninety-six diamonds, counting all the small ones
in the ornamental work. Mr. Moffett has been asked
not to give the price of this tiara, but it is safe to
say that it cost considerably more than twelve thou-
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sand dollars. Many pieces of similar design have
been manufactured.
" Collar of diamonds and sapphires. This heavy
gold collar, when opened out, is over a foot long,
and contains five hundred forty-seven American sapphires, two hundred sixty-three brilliants, and thirtysix rose diamonds. The sapphires are set in twenty
carat gold, the diamonds in platina. The gold in this
collar weighs two hundred eighteen pennyweights,
and the making of it required eighteen hundred sixty
hours of expert labor — over six months at ten hours
a day.
" A life-size swallow in jewels. This corsage ornament is reduced from a life-size original; the blue
sheen of the wings is given by American sapphires.
the ornamentation by brilliants set in framework of
solid gold."
From the article which accompanies the foregoing
described jewels I take the following: " Quite recently the New York World published the picture of
a very rich American woman (whose fortune was
wrung from the servitude of thousands of torturing
mines), ' wearing eight hundred forty thousand dollars' worth of pearls, photographed at the WickesHaven wedding." The mere fact that this lady posed
complacently for such a picture, and afterward allowed. its reproduction in a newspaper, is a commentary on the modest ways of our spectacular millionaires. But we are now considering merely the pearls,
" excresences of shell-fish," as Ruskin calls them. Of
these the lady wore in her ears two black ones worth
forty thousand. dollars, five pink ones in a brooch,
worth fifty thousand dollars, a rope of white ones
worth three hundred thousand dollars, and, around
her neck two strings of large ones worth three hundred thousand dollars and two hundred fifty thousand
dollars respectively. So, as she stood there, posing for
the camera, she was worth, in pearls of various sizes
and colors, the enormous sum of eight hundred forty
thousand dollars. This means that she had spent on
useless baubles to dangle over her body enough money
to buy a year's meat and milk for two thousand starving tenement children ! And the newspaper adds :
" Her pearls represent scarcely a third of her jewels.
She has two diamond crowns, one studded with
sapphires and another with rubies ; she has necklaces
that would have been envied by queens a hundred
years ago."
" But," some one may ask, " are these newspaper
statements reliable? Is it true, for instance, as one
paper declares, that New York has ten rich women
who own jewels to the value of half a million each,
or five million dollars' worth in all ? " This question
I submitted to one of the head men at Tiffany's, who
is perhaps the best authority on jewels in the United
States, and he assured me that beyond all question
there are ten women in New York who between them
own five million dollars' worth of jewels. " Is it
exaggeration," I asked, " to say that there are women
in New York City who own single strings of pearls
worth from two to three hundred thousand dollars
apiece? " " Two hundred thousand dollars," he said,
" is no exaggeration; but three hundred thousand dollars "— he hesitated. " We have sold a single string
of pearls for two hundred thousand dollars, and it is
not uncommon for rich women to add new pearls to
a string. Very likely there are single strings in New
York worth $25o,000, and perhaps $3oo,000."
Then I showed him a statement that there are diamonds in New York City to the value of one hun-
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dred seventy million dollars. Was that possible?
" It is not only possible," he replied, " but 1 am sure
it is an understatement. There are about five hundred
million dollars' ($500,000,000) worth of diamonds in
the United States, and I believe nearly half of them
are in New York, say, $200,000,000 worth, at least."
The late Mrs. Leland Stanford left a million dollars'
worth of jewelry ! Think of it ! And here is the government report showing how amazingly the .demand
for precious stones has increased in the past decade,
and stating that we are actually importing over
$2,000,000 worth of diamonds a month, cut and uncut,
with a total for the past year of over $26,000,000
worth !
" \ hen the eye of God beholds, our earth, and on
it millions of men engaged in manufacturing useless
things, such as jewels and laces, side by side with
millions of other men in the extremity of want, how
foolish, how infantile, how barbarous, must we appear
to him! We pass our time in making ribbons and
trinkets when we have not sufficient food or clothes."
— Emile de Lavelcve.
The Increase of Crime
Paul describes the last days as perilous, and a time
when evil men' and seducers shall wax worse and
worse." 2 Tim. 3: 1-5, 12, 13.
There were one hundred four persons lynched in the
United States during 1903, an increase of eight over
the previous year, in spite of all that has been said
and written and done against it. Since 1885 there
have been 2,858 of these unlawful executions in the
United States. The number of suicides during the
year 1903 was 8,597, an increase of 306 over the
previous year. The records of a few years will show
the steady increase. In 1899 the number was 5,340
in 19oo, 6,755 ; in 1901, 7,245 ; and in 1902, 8,291;
the number of murders and homicides was 8,976, an
increase of 142 over the year previous. Embezzlements for that year amounted to 6,562,165, and have
been rapidly increasing since that time. The press is
filled with recitals of bribery and betrayals of trust
on the part of public officials, and in our great cities
crimes of every character are committed every day
of the year. The sins of Sodom could hardly have
been worse than those that are polluting the land now.
All this is in harmony with the text above referred
to. See also Matt. 24: 12; Isa. 59: 7-15.
These things tell us that the Saviour's coming is
near. It is even at the doors. Matt. 24: 32, 33.
0. F. BUTCHER.
A Rich Investment
ONE evening last fall a noted young man, who is
a brilliant scholar and at the head of one of the departments of a great college, was to deliver a lecture in
our town.
He came on the noon train, and immediately after
luncheon disappeared. Toward evening the reception
committee began to look for him, as they wished to
consult his convenience in arranging a reception
after the address, at which some of the prominent
people of the town were to meet him.
But they searched in vain. The professor was not
at any of the hotels, and no one had seen him on the
streets. It seemed the distinguished visitor had disappeared from the face of the earth. At last, however, some one told the committee that it was possible
he had gone out to the Wilsons — they were friends
of his.
11
The committee was surprised. They did not know
there was any one in town who knew the noted man.
Out near the edge of town they found the modest
little cottage of the Wilsons.
" Yes," said Mrs. Wilson, beaming with happiness,
" the professor is here. Come in."
They found him in an easy chair in the plain little
parlor, surrounded by the entire Wilson family, having a delightful " homey " visit.
While a member of the committee conferred with
the visitor about the reception, another member said,
in an aside: " Mrs. Wilson, we did not know you folks
were acquainted with the professor. You must come
to the reception to-night."
" 0, yes," she said, her face shining, " we have
known him nearly fifteen years! He has been to see
us three or four times, and has written us a good
many letters.
That evening the opera-house was packed; for the
professor was as noted a speaker as scholar. During
his address he paused, and said, with that engaging
smile which always won his audience: " To illustrate
this point I will tell you a story.
" Fifteen years ago a boy we may call Ralph came
to our college from your town. He was the son of a
farmer who lived five miles north of here. The college authorities gave him as a roommate a tall,
gawky young fellow named Jim. Now Jim was fresh
from the hills, and green as buckbrush in April, and
was so poor and had grown so fast that his toes were
sprouting through his shoes.
" This poor, awkward, lonesome fellow began to
work his way through college. He earned his board,
but clothing was a problem that gave him sleepless
nights. When Ralph came home for the holidays, he
brought Jim with him. Jim's clothes were so shabby
he was ashamed to ride on the train, but he came,
partly because he had not had a square meal for two
months, but mostly because he was lonesome.
" In that little farm home north of town there was
no luxury; in fact, the family were pinching to pay
their own boy's way in college. But the good woman
— she was and is a good woman, God bless her kind!
-- took only two or three looks at Jim's clothes before
she decided something had to be done. She belonged
to a church sewing circle, and the next day started out.
Just what she said to the women I never knew ; but
when Jim got to town on his way back to school, there
was waiting him there a new suit of clothes. And "—
the professor's voice was not steady—" that was the
best-fitting suit of clothes I ever had. And, except my
own mother, Mrs. Wilson is the best friend I ever
had."
While the people cheered, down in the audience a
plain little woman with a kindly, wrinkled face strug- •
gled between a happy smile and joyful tears, and
gripped her husband's arm to keep from crying. Did
her investment in that poor. lonesome boy pay?
Scattered here and there all over the country are
plain, unassuming people who smile inwardly when
this or that successful man or woman is mentioned.
They will tell you modestly they know them, but seldom say when or how. It was back in the days of
struggle. A winter's board, a loan of money at the
critical time, a room and attention when the struggling
youth fell ill — whatever it was, it did not cost much ;
and never, never have we heard of one who wished to
call it back. Insteac1 , the glow of satisfaction and the
wealth of friendship which it brought has paid for the
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effort scores of times. In fact, the investment in
struggling boys and girls is such a rich one it is a wonder kind-hearted people do not have more competition.
— William H. Hamby, in Young People's Weekly.
Palestine
BLEST land of Judea! thrice hallowed of song,
Where the holiest of memories pilgrim-like throng;
In the shade of thy palms, by the shores of thy sea,
On the hills of thy beauty, my heart is with thee.
With the eye of a spirit I look on that shore,
Where pilgrim and prophet have lingered before;
With the glide of a spirit I traverse the sod
Made bright by the steps of the angels of God.
Blue sea of the hills! —in my spirit I hear
Thy waters, Gennesaret, chime on my ear;
Where the Lowly and Just with the people sat down,
And thy spray on the dust of his sandals was thrown.
Beyond are Bethulia's mountains of green,
And the desolate hills of the wild Gadarene;
And I pause on the goat-crags of Tabor to see
The gleam of thy waters, 0 dark Galilee!
Hark, a sound in the valley! where, swollen and strong,
Thy river, 0 Kishon, is sweeping along;
Where the Canaanite strove with Jehovah in vain,
And thy torrent grew dark with the blood of the slain.
There down from his mountains stern Zebulon came,
And Naphtali's stag, with his eyeballs of flame,
And the chariots of Jabin rolled harmlessly on,
For the arm of the Lord was Abinoam's son!
There sleep the still rocks and the caverns which rang
To the song which the beautiful prophetess sang,
When the princes of Issachar stood by her side,
And the shout of a host in its triumph replied.
Lo, Bethlehem's hill-site before me is seen,
With mountains around, and the valleys between;
There rested the shepherds of Judah, and there
The song of the angels rose sweet on the air.
And Bethany's palm-trees in beauty still throw
Their shadows at noon on the ruins below;
But where are the sisters who hastened to greet
The lowly Redeemer, and sit at his feet?
I tread where the Twelve in their wayfaring trod,
I stand where they stood with the Chosen of God,—
Where his blessing was heard and his lessons were taught,
Where the blind were restored and the healing was
wrought.
0, here with his flock the sad Wanderer came,—
These hills he toiled over in grief are the same,—
The founts where he drank by the wayside still flow,
And the same airs are blowing which breathed on his
brow!
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M. E. KERN
MATILDA ERICKSON
• Chairman
Secretary
Study for the Missionary Volunteer Society
The Holy Spirit
THE week of prayer means much to every individual soul. At its close we will doubtless be worse
or better. Let our Missionary Volunteers begin this
season with earnest supplications that our greatest
need may be supplied. Surely that need is the Holy
Spirit. .Let this meeting be preceded by much prayer
on the part of the officers of the society.
Program
OPENING EXERCISES : —
Song: No. 308, " Christ in Song " (revised edition).
Reading: Psalm 42. In connection with the question asked in verses 3 and io, read " Testimonies for the Church," Vol. IX, page 21, first
paragraph.
Prayer : Let several offer short prayers, just a
sentence or two expressing the soul's greatest
longing.
Song: No. 193, " Christ in Song " (revised edition).
STUDY ," The Holy Spirit." The scriptures and notes
may be given to individuals to be read (distinctly) when called upon. Some one who is
qualified to do so might give a short exhortation, using the illustrations given at the end of
the study.
SONG : No. 663, " Christ in Song " (revised edition).
CONSECRATION SERVICE : This gives each a chance
to begin the week of prayer right. Do it, and
do it promptly.
SONG: No. 207, "Christ in Song" (revised edition).
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The Holy Spirit
I. WE are not the children of the Lord without the
Holy Spirit. Rom. 8: 9.
And throned on her hills sits Jerusalem yet,
2. To be children we must permit the Holy Spirit
But with dust on her forehead, and chains on her feet;
to lead us. Verses 13, 14.
For the crown of her pride to the mocker hath gone,
And the holy Shekinah is dark where it shone.
3. The Spirit testifies that we are children of the
Lord.
Verses 16, 17.
But wherefore this dream of the earthly abode
Of Humanity clothed in the brightness of God?
4. Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit to take
Were my spirit but turned from the outward and dim,
his place. John 14: 13-19.
It could gaze, even now, on the presence of him!
NOTE.— The word here translated " comforter is
Not in clouds and in terrors, but gentle as when,
from two Greek words meaning " to the side of,"
In love and in meekness, he moved among men;
And the voice which breathed peace to the waves of the and " to summons." It means therefore " one who is
sea
called to another's side to aid him, as an advocate
In the hush of my spirit would whisper to me!
in a court of justice."— Professor Vincent.
5. We can secure the Holy Spirit by asking for it.
And what if my feet may not tread where he stood,
Nor my ears hear the dashing of Galilee's, flood,
Luke 11:13.
Nor my eyes see the cross which he bowed him to bear.
NOTE.— Jesus has left us the promise that every
Nor my knees press Gethsemane's garden of prayer?
one that asketh receiveth." Luke II : To. The Lord
Yet, Loved of the Father, thy Spirit is near,
does not turn any away who ask. Notice how strong
To the meek, and the lowly, and penitent here;
is the promise : Every one "—" every one." Have
And the voice of thy love is the same even now
As at Bethany's tomb or on Olivet's brow.
vou asked for the Holy Spirit? If so, the Lord has
heard your request, and sent it to you. This is a
0, the outward hath gone — but in glory and power,
The Spirit surviveth the things of an hour;
blessed assurance.
Unchanged, undecaying, its pentecost flame
6. When it comes, its first work is to convict of sin.
On the heart's secret altar• is burning the same!
John
16 : I I.
—John Greenleaf Whittier.
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NOTE.— Here is where many make a mistake.
Many think that when the Holy Spirit comes in answer
to their prayers, it will give them a flight of happy
feelings. This is usually a mistake. The Spirit reproves and convicts of sin. When it comes in answer
to our prayers, it gives us feeling,— but the feeling is
a conviction of sin. When we ask the Lord for the
Holy Spirit, and then have a deep sense of our guilt
and condemnation before the Lord, he has answered
our prayers and sent us the Holy Spirit.
7. If we fail to give up our sins, we grieve the Holy
Spirit. Eph. 4 : 29-31. We quench the Spirit. I
Thess. 5 : 19.
8. In this way we harden the heart. Heb. 3:•8-to.
9. Because of this, God's Spirit did not always
strive with the antediluvians. Gen. 6: 3.
Resisting the Spirit of God
There is great danger in refusing to repent and turn
away from our sins when reproved by the Holy Spirit.
Every time we do this, we harden the heart, and make
it less susceptible to the influence of the Spirit of God.
The following incidents illustrate the terrible danger
of such a course : " A young man was dying, and
was aware that his end was approaching. His pastor,
standing at his bedside, endeavored to lead him to seek
the cleansing from sin, even at that late hour. The
only response the young man made to all his tender
and loving appeals was : It is useless to speak to
me about those things. I do not care to listen to them.
I know I will soon be lost forever, but I do not seem
to care. Two years ago I felt concerned about my
soul's salvation, but I tried to drive all such thoughts
from me, and succeeded only too well ; for since that
time nothing has seemed able to touch my heart, nor
do I care even now, while I know what awaits me.'
As he lived, so he died."— A. Oasterhof, New Era.
A minister says : " When I first became a pastor of
a certain church, we had meetings every night for six
months, and scores joined our church. One young
lady attended all the services but the last three. She
listened, and was often taken into the church parlor
by the ladies and pleaded with, but she resisted the
appeals. We were within three nights of closingservices. and I stood right under the reading-desk.
We were half-way through the prayer-meeting, when
heard some one walking rapidly down the church,
and saw that young lady making her way to the lobby
door. A voice spoke so distinctly to me, Go and
speak to her once more.' I walked very softly, opened
the door very gently, and saw the young lady standing
on the top step. I hesitated, not knowing what to say.
She was looking up at the moon shining brightly,
and I heard her say in subdued tones, ' 0 God, for
six months thy Spirit has been striving with me, but
it is no use ; I can never give up the balls, and I never,
never, never will give up the card-parties.' She stood
there as though there was a conflict going on in her
soul, and, kneeling down, she prayed the most awful
prayer I ever heard. It seemed to chill the blood
in my veins. Her prayer was this : Holy Spirit,
from this hour do let me alone ; let me have my own
way.' She got up, she went down those steps, she
never attended another meeting, and five weeks after
this she died, lost forever."
We trust that no young person among us will make
the sad mistake of grieving the Holy Spirit, but during
this week of prayer will give his heart wholly to God.
" USE no violence, nor do in haste
What can not be undone!"
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Facts About the Bible
DRILL on the facts presented in the issues of the
INSTRUCTOR bearing the dates November 2 and November 16, under the following heads : —
Names, Authors, When Written, Languages, Number of Books, Divisions of Old Testament, Divisions
of New Testament, Division into Chapters and Verses.
NOTE.— The following may help to remember the
number of the books of the Bible. In Old Testament
" Old " has 3 letters, " Testament " has 9; side by side,
39. In New Testament, " New " has 3 letters, " Testament " 9; 3 multiplied by 9 gives 27. In learning
the books of the New Testament, the first vowels
in the first four epistles are a, e, i, o, followed by the
five T's. Then we have P, H, J, two P's, four
J's and R.
Missionary Volunteer Reading Course No. 3
Review in " Quiet Talks on Service "
NOTE.— The book may be used in answering the
following questions: —
1. (a) What are the three steps that begin all
Christian service? (b) How may we take these
steps?
2. Show that it is impossible to render true service without a secret life of prayer.
3. Explain carefully the significance of each word
in the. phrase, " Take my yoke."
4. (a) What are three essentials in soul-winning?
(b) How does .the author emphasize that Jesus is
expecting us to be soul-winners?
5. How does Luke 5 : 4 teach, (a) that true service demands absolute obedience; (b) that those who
serve should be ambitious and practical; and (c) that
they should expect results from their consecrated
efforts?
6. (a). How may money become a channel for
service? (b) What determines the true value of
money ?
7. (a) What are some of the causes for worry?
(b) How does gratitude and prayer affect worry ?
Why ?
8. What qualifications were necessary for membership in Gideon's band ?
9. Copy eight choice sentences from the book, selecting one from each chapter.
to. What story in the book do you like best? Why?
Junior Reading Course No. 2
Outline No. g —" Letters From the Holy Land,"
pages 144-16o
Notes and Suggestions
SURELY after we have enjoyed the good letters
from the Holy Land, we shall be glad to read the
Appendix which describes the country. Draw a
map, and then as you read the description, locate as
many of the places mentioned as are shown on the
map in the book. If you desire to locate the tribes of
Israel, use a good Bible map.
Palestine, though one of the smallest countries in
the world, is talked of by the largest number of people. Why ? — Because God chose this land for the
home of his people Israel, and to this country he sent
his Son Jesus to live and die for the world.
Have you ever thought why the Lord placed his
chosen people here? He said of Jerusalem, " I have
set it in the midst of the nations." Eze. 5: 5. This
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was literally true. Using Jerusaleni as a center, draw
a circle with a radius one thousand miles long, and
you will take in the great nations of ancient times.
Lying between the Arabian desert and the Great Sea,
all the caravans and armies that passed between the
nations of the north and south journeyed through it.
Thus God's people could come in contact with the people of the world, and teach them of the one God,
and from this center they could easily go into all the
world to preach the gospel.
Palestine will continue to be of interest as long as
the world stands, and when the New Jerusalem descends, Jesus' feet shall touch the Mount of Olives,
and it will become a great plain. Zech. 14: 4.
See the beautiful poem by Whittier on Palestine on
page 12.
It Is True
YER heart is never so full of its own worries that
ye can't crowd in a little care for them of other folks
if ye only think so," said Mrs. Roney, pausing over
her washtub to answer the one who suggested that
she had troubles- enough of her own without attempting to carry those of a sick neighbor. " If ye crowd
it so full that some of yer own gits crowded out, sure
'taint no great loss. Anyway, it ain't the emptyhanded folks that's helping others lift their burdens all
along the road, if ye take notice; it's them with loads
of their own to carry."— Selected.
True Interest in Missions
IN one of England's little country villages there
lived two sisters. They were entirely dependent upon
their own efforts for their support, and they did the
same kind of work ; indeed, they• worked at the same
desk. God . laid his hand upon one of those sisters
and called her to be a missionary to the lepers in
India. She struggled under that call for a long
time. Her friends tried to dissuade her, urging her
against the dangers of contamination and certain
death. God kept it upon her heart, however, and
finally, in conversation with her sister, it was decided
that she would offer herself to some missionary organization for the purpose of going to India and taking up the work for which her heart was yearning.
We made application to a missionary board, but they
said, " We have no work in that section, and are not
prepared to begin now."
" But," she said, " God has called me there, and I
must go."
But they turned her away and she went home, taking up her work again. The call kept ringing in her
heart, and she and her sister talked it over many times.
Finally her sister, who was the older of the two, said,
" You go, and I will try to do the work that we have
both been doing, and I will support you myself."
Their employer had confidence enough in the older
sister's ability to let her try to carry on the work that
she wanted to undertake, so the younger sister left
for India. This was fifteen years ago, and that
woman has not only done her work all this time, but
she has done that of her sister, and has not lost a
single day in all that time. Her sister has been at
work in India fifteen years as a missionary.— The
Golden Age.
of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime.
LIVES
— Longfellow.
XI—Jesus Foretells His Death; Provides Tribute
Money; Teaches Humility
(December
LESSON SCRIPTURES : Matt. 17 : 22 to 18 : TO ; Mark
9 : 31-50; Luke 9 : 43-50.
MEMORY VERSE : " Except ye be converted, and
become as little children, ye shall not enter into the
kingdom of heaven." Matt. 18 : 3.
The Lesson Story
1. Jesus desired his disciples to understand that
he came to this earth to die that man might have
eternal life. " And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus
said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed
into the hands of men: and they shall kill him, and
the third day he shall be raised again. And they
were exceeding sorry."
2. " And when they were come to Capernaum, they
that received tribute money came to Peter, and said,
Doth not your Master pay tribute? He saith, Yes.
And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of
whom do the kings of the earth take custom or
tribute? of their own children, or of strangers? Peter
saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him,
Then are the children free."
3. The tribute, or tax, was money paid by the Jews
for the expenses of the temple of God at Jerusalem.
Not long before, Peter had declared that Jesus was
the Son of God ; and now the Saviour reminds him
that the Son should not be taxed to support the
Father's house. Then, too, the Jewish law did not
require prophets and teachers to pay tribute, so Jesus
did not need to pay.
4. " Notwithstanding," Jesus said, " lest we should
offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook,
and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when
thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece
of money ; that take, and give unto them for me and
thee."
5. " And he came to Capernaum : and being in the
house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed
among yourselves by the way? But they held their
peace : for by the way they had disputed among
themselves, who should be the greatest."
6. But afterward they inquired of him, " Who is
the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? And Jesus
called a little child unto him, and set him in the
midst of them, and said, Verily, I say unto you,
Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this
little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of
heaven.
7. " And whoso shall receive one such little child
in my name, receiveth me. But whoso shall offend
one of these little ones which believe in me, it were
better for him that a millstone were hanged about his
neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the
sea. . . . Take heed that ye despise not one of these
little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their
angels do always behold the face of my Father which
is in heaven."
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8. " And John answered him, saying,_ Master, we
saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbade him, because he followeth not us. But JuAus said, Forbid him not: . . .
for he that is not against us is on our part. For
whosoever shall give you a cup of cold water to drink
in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I
say unto you, he shall not lose his reward."
Questions
1. What did Jesus desire his disciples to understand? What did he tell them would come to pass?
How were the disciples affected by this? Matt. 17:
22, 23.
2. Who came to Peter at Capernaum? What inquiry did they make? How did Peter reply? When
he went into the house where Jesus was, what question did the Saviour ask him? What was Peter's
answer ? Who, then, did Christ say should be free
from tribute? Verses 25, 26..
3. For what purpose was this tax collected? A
short time before, who had Peter said Jesus was?
Matt. 16: 16. Of what did Jesus now remind him?
How was Jesus also free from the tax under the
Jewish law?
4. For what reason did he consent to pay? How
did he provide the money needed? Matt. 16:27.
5. On the way to Capernaum, what had the disciples disputed about? When Jesus asked them what
they had been talking of, how did they show that they
were ashamed to let him know? Mark 9: 33, 34.
6. Afterward, when they wanted him. to .settle their
dispute, what did he do? Repeat what he said to
them. Who did he say will be greatest in the kingdom of heaven? Matt. 18:1-4.
7. How does Christ regard kindness done to a
child ? What did he say of any person who harms
one such? What did Jesus say of the children's
angels? Verses 5, 6, 1o.
8. Whom did John tell of having seen? How had
John and those with him treated this man? For what
reason had they done thus ? What reason did the
Saviour give why they ought not to have hindered
the man? How small an act of kindness will be rewarded ? Mark 9: 38-41.
Tile YOyT1=1 Le6t5ON
XI-Jesus Foretells His Death; Provides Tribute
Money; Teaches Humility
(December ri)
LESSON SCRIPTURES : Matt. 17 : 22 to 18: I-10.
PARALLEL TEXTS: Mark 9 : 31-5o; Luke 9:43-50.
LESSON HELPS : " Desire of Ages," Chapter 48.
MEMORY VERSE: Matt. 18 : 3.
Questions
Jesus Foretells His Death
I. While Jesus and his disciples were in Galilee,
what events did he foretell? Did the disciples understand what Jesus meant? What only prevented their
Understanding? Matt. 17: 22, 23 ; Luke 9: 45; note 1.
Provides Tribute Money
2. On reaching Capernaum, what question did the
tax collectors ask Peter? Matt. 17 : 24.
3. What reply did Peter make? When he came
to the house, what questions did Jesus ask him ?
Verse 25 ; note 2.
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4. Of whom did Peter say it was proper to receive
tribute money for the temple ? Whom did fesus say
were then free ? Verse 26.
5. That no offense should be given, what instruction did Jesus give Peter? What added testimony
was thus given by this miracle, that Jesus was the
Messiah? Verse 27; note 3.
Humility
6. What question did the disciples ask Jesus at
this time? Give his reply. Matt. 18: 1-3.
7. Who did Jesus say should be greatest in the
kingdom; of heaven? What would result to the one
who should desire to be first? Verse 4; Mark 9: 35.
8. In seeking to be first, whose example does one
follow ? Isa. 14: 12-14.
9. Who has set the example in true humility ?
Phil. 2:5-8.
Io. What promise is made to those who receive a
little child in Jesus' name? What does. Jesus say
about offending one of these little ones? Matt. 18:
5, 6.
II. In a world where selfishness reigns, what is sure
to come? What warning does Jesus.give his followers about giving offense? Verse 7 ; note 4.
12. How did Jesus seek to impress his disciples
with the importance of putting away every cause for
offense ? Verses 8, 9; note 5.
13. What caution did. Jesus give regarding his little
ones? How is the least believer represented in heaven?
Verse 10.
14. What will preserve one from self-exaltation?
ROM. 12 : 3.
Notes
1. It was because the disciples were at strife among
themselves as to who should be greatest, that the
real truth concerning the events to occur at Jerusalem was hidden from them. They might have
known, but they still held to the Jewish idea that the
Messiah must establish a temporal kingdom at Jerusalem. They were sd busy with anticipation' as to
their own future place of authority in the new administration of affairs, that they had no desire for
the unwelcome truth Jesus began to unfold to them
regarding his sufferings and death.
2. See " Desire of Ages," page 433, first three paragraphs. This tribute money should not be confounded
with the Roman taxes. It was levied by the Jewish
rulers upon their own people for the support of the
temple and its service. For instruction to Christians
regarding the support of civil powers, see Rom. 13:
I-6.
3. See " Desire of Ages," page 434, first paragraph.
4. Self-seeking, born of selfishness, is sure to cause
offense. Christ's example condemns this spirit in all
his followers. " In honor preferring one another," is
the standard for the Christian believer. See " Desire
of Ages," page 436.
5. " Men often part with some member of the
body, at the discretion of a surgeon, that they may
preserve the trunk, and die a little later ; and yet they
will not deprive themselves of a look, a touch, a small
pleasure, which endanger the eternal death of the soul."
" We must shut our senses against dangerous objects
to avoid the occasions of sin, and deprive ourselves
of all that is most dear and profitable to us; in order
to save our souls, when we find that these dear and
profitable things, however innocent in themselves,
rause us to sin against God, or lead our hearts away
from him."- Dr. Adam Clarke.
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" PEOPLE! People ! People! If there is anything
in this world that Broughton loves above every other
thing, it is people - the privilege of reaching the
greatest possible number of people for good."
Such were the words the editor of an Atlanta
paper recently wrote relative to one of the leading
ministers of that city, who had received a call to go
to Brooklyn, which proffered a much larger salary
than he was receiving in Atlanta. But this editor said
that Dr. Broughton cared more for people than for
money or fame, so would remain with the good work
he had begun for the people of his parish.
It means much for a person so to live and work
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The French Ambassador
ONE of the Washington papers recently contained
the following editorial note on the French ambassador,
J. J. Jusserand: " In the long list of diplomats in Washington, there
may be busier personages than the French ambassador, but if so, they have not been discovered.
" Every department, from State to Interior, knows
Mr. Jusserand, a small, black-bearded, bustling gentleman, who is possessed of no end of energy. He
makes it his chief business to look after the interests
of France, and he is always on the job, even when
he seems the least concerned about affairs of state.
Even when playing tennis with Roosevelt, he wasn't
forgetting France, and when he goes out of his way
to pay attention to some American official, one may
be sure he always has France in mind.
" Just now one of the special objects of the ambassador's solicitude is the new tariff board. Much
depends, so far as France is concerned, on what this
board recommends to the President. Ambassador
Jusserand has been back in Washington but a few
days, but he has already taken pains to drop in and
fiet acquainted with Professor Emery and Mr. Sanders. He knew Assistant-Secretary Reynolds, of
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course, before. It appears that the ambassador, full
of bows and smiles and suavity, just dropped into the
Treasury Department to pay his respects to Mr.
Reynolds, but while doing this, he met the rest of
the tariff board. The members of that body thought
Mr. Jusserand had just happened in, and so told another official.
" ' The French ambassador,' observed this official,
' never just happens in anywhere.' "
As Christians we are ambassadors of heaven. As
believers in the third angel's message we are ambassadors entrusted with a special work. If we are fully
devoted to the success of our mission, our friends and
associates will recognize the fact. It will be observed
in our recreations and social relations, as well as in
our every-day work.
The Morning Watch
Tli E. difference between a vagabond and a respectable man is the habits of the two. The difference between worldlings and Christians is their habits.
Have you Christian habits?
Christians pray. " Prayer is the Christian's breath."
" The chamber of prayer is the birthplace of peace."
Do you realize that eternal consequences depend on
your forming the habit of prayer? Is 1909 slipping
by without this great bulwark against Satan being
erected in your life? Will you not begin again with
1910 and win at any cost? The Morning Watch
Calendar will help you.
It follows the Sabbath-school lessons on the Life of
Christ again this year. While you study and pray,
you are learning to live the precious lessons of the
Master's life.
Here is the page for January : -
Ziattuarg
Sculptor of souls, I lift to thee
Encumbered heart and hands ;
Spare not the chisel, set me free,
However dear the bands."
The Great Physician
Sa.
1. Ps. 103:2, 3
The Harvest Field
Su. 2. Matt. 9:36
Mo. 3. Matt. 9:37, 38
Tu. 4. John 4:35
We. 5. Rev. 18: 1
Th. 6. Matt. 20:6
Fr. 7. John 9:4
Sa. 8. Ps. 126: 6
The Conflict
Su. 9. Matt. 10: 17
Mo. 10. Matt. 10:18
Tu. 11. Matt. 10:19, 20
We. 12. Matt. 10:22
Th. 13. Matt. 10: 28
Fr. 14. Matt. 10:30, 31
Sa. 15. Matt. 10:38
Faithful Unto Death
Su. 16. Matt. 10:39
Mo. 17. Phil. 1:29
Tu. 18. John 16:2
We. 19. Rev. 2: 10
Th. 20. Heb. 12:3, 4
Fr. 21. Ps. 23:4
Sa. 22. 2 Tim. 4:6-8
The Great Provider
Su. 23. Ps. 145: 16
Mo. 24. Ps. 104: 14, 15
Tu. 25. Ps. 103: 5
We. 26. Acts 14:17
Th. 27. Matt. 5: 45
Fr. 28. Ps. 107:9
Sa. 29. Eph. 1: 3
The Bread of Life
Su. 30. Isa. 55: 2
Mo. 31. John 6:22
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