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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


July  6,  1905 


TR  Christian-Evangelist 


J.  H.  GARRISON.  Editor 

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What  We  Stand  For. 

For  the  Christ  of  Galilee, 

For  the  truth  which  makes  men  free, 

For  the  bond  of  unity 

Which  makes  God's  children  one. 

For  the  love  which  shines  in  deeds, 
For  the  life  which  this  world  needs, 
For  the  church  whose  triumph  speeds 
The  prayer:   "Thy  will  be  done." 

For  the  right  against  the  wrong, 
For  the  weak  against  the  strong, 
For  the  poor  who've  waited  long 
For  the  brighter  age  to  be. 

For  the  faith  against  tradition, 
For  the  truth  'gainst  superstition, 
For  the  hope  whose  glad  fruition 
Our  waiting  eyes  shall  see. 

For  the  city  God  is  rearing, 
For  the  New  Earth  now  appearing, 
For  the  heaven  above  us  clearing, 
And  the  song  of  victory. 

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CONTENTS. 

Currint  Events 855 

Editorial: 

Has  the  Religious  College  an  A^sured 

Future? 857 

Is  There  Anything  in  a  Name? 857 

Current  Religious  Thought 858 

Notes  and  Comments 858 

Editor's  Easy  Chair 859 

Contributed  Articles: 

The  Profession  of  the  Ministry.     Chas. 

F.  Thwing,  LL.D 860 

Alexander  Campbell  in  the  CI  ass  Room. 

W.T.  Moore ~  861 

As  Seen  From  the  Dome.   F.  D.  Power  862 
France    at    the    Parting  of  the  Ways. 

Wm.  Durban 863 

Education  and  Our  Progress.     W.   A. 

Parker 864 

Pertaining    to    the    Ministry.      W.    J. 

Lhamon 865 

The  Antioch  of  the  New  Mediterranean  866 

College  Work  and  Plans _  867 

Our  Budget 870 

News  From  Many  Fields 873 

The  MisseuRi  Convention 877 

Evangelistic 879 

Sunday- School 880 

Midweek    Prayer-Meeting 880 

Christian  Endeavor 881 

Family  Circle 882 

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"IN  FAITH.  UNITY  IN  OPINION  AND  METHODS.  UBERITJN  AIL  THINGS,  CHARITY: 


Vol.  XLII. 


July  6,  1905 


No.  27 


Current,  Events. 


Before  this   shall  be  in   print,    the 

glorious    Fourth  will   have   come   and 

*  <•         «.       ai_     gone.      It    is     to    be 
A  Sane  Fourth.   °        *  ..    .    ..      .„  . 

hoped  that  it  will  be 

really  a  glorious  Fourth.  But  it  can 
not  be  made  glorious  by  fire-works 
alone.  In  particular,  it  is  to  be  de- 
voutly hoped  that  it  will  be  a  bloodless 
Fourth.  Not  altogether  and  absolute- 
ly bloodless,  of  course,  for  that  would 
be  too  much  to  expect,  but  compara- 
tively and  reasonably  free  from  painful 
and  fatal  miscarriages  of  the  patriotic 
impulse  to  celebrate'.  Last  year  in 
Chicago  alone  there  were  26  killed  and 
670  seriously  injured  in  celebrating 
the  Fourth  of  July.  If  such  a  celebra- 
tion, though  bloody,  were  in  the  inter- 
est of  a  true  patriotism,  one  might 
well  conclude  that  it  was  worth  the 
price.  The  killing  of  a  few  score  peo- 
ple and  the  wounding  of  a  few  hun- 
dred is  not  a  matter  of  so  great  magni- 
tude, when  the  welfare  of  a  nation 
is  concerned,  but  that  it  may  be 
borne  with  equanimity.  But  the  case 
is  different  when  one  is  forced  to  be- 
lieve that  our  current  method  of  cele- 
bration is  even  more  destructive  to 
patriotism  than  it  is  to  life  and  limb. 
The  fact  is  that  we  habitually  mistake 
noise,  and  the  excitement  which  ac- 
companies it,  for  almost  any  sort  of 
creditable  emotion  which  seems  ap- 
propriate to  the  occasion.  At  any 
college  gathering  we  call  it  college 
spirit.  At  a  revival  we  call  it  religion. 
On  the  Fourth  of  July  we  call  it  patri- 
otism. In  reality,  it  is  none  of  these 
high  motives,  but  primarily  the  same 
impulse  which  moves  the  baby  to 
shake  his  rattle  and  crow.  But  a  sane 
Fourth  does  not  mean  a  silent  Fourth. 
There  is  no  harm  in  noise,  in  reason- 
able quantities  and  proper  times,  and 
there  may  be  much  good  in  it.  But 
noise  has  no  value  on  such  an  occa- 
sion unless  it  is  the  expression  of 
something  deeper  than  the  desire  for 
noise.  Perhaps  it  is  too  much  to  ask 
that  there  should  be  a  return  to  the 
old  fashioned  celebration  with  its  read- 
ing of  the  Declaration  of  Independ- 
ence, but  it  ought  not  to  be  too  much 
to  ask  that  the  day  shall  be  made  an 
occasion  for  thinking  over  seriously 
the  history  of  our  country,  its  past 
achievements,  its  present  needs,  our 
individual  relation  to  it,  and  for  re- 
newing our  devotion  to  it.  One  can 
very  easily  lapse  into  the  common- 
place and  platitudinous    on  this   sub- 


ject, but  the  risk  of  it  is  far  less  than 
the  risk  of  falling  into  a  flippant  or  a 
cynical  attitude  toward  patriotism. 

$ 

A  great   worker  has  fallen.     A  few 

months   ago  the  "Apostle  of  China," 

-  „    .  the    veteran    Hudson 

X."    ,  Taylor,      founder     of 

Taylor.  J '      \       , 

what     is      known     as 

"The  China  Inland  Mission"  insisted, 
in  spite  of  the  infirmities  of  advanced 
age,  like  that  other  great  modern  apos- 
tle, John  G.  Paton,  in  returning  to  the 
land  of  his  adoption.  He  left  for 
China,  accompanied  by  his  son-in-law, 
and  safely  reached  his  destination,  but 
died  suddenly  at  Chang  Sha,  the  cap- 
ital of  the  province  of  Hunan,  whose 
population  has  so  long  prevented  the 
entrance  of  the  missionaries  into  their 
midst.  Apart  from  the  development 
of  his  marvelous  missionary  institu- 
tion, the  personal  history  of  Hudson 
Taylor  was  full  of  extraordinary  epi- 
sodes. His  conversion  came  about 
under  singular  circumstances.  His 
parents,  devout  Christians,  had  prayed 
for  him  from  his  birth  that  he  might 
be  a  godly  man,  but  at  the  age  of  16  he 
became  enmeshed  in  the  snares  of 
skepticism.  One  evening  when  his 
mother  was  80  miles  from  home  she 
spent  the  time  locked  in  a  room  alone 
in  prayer  for  him.  The  father  had 
always  been  very  definite  in  his 
petitions,  and,  through  the  influ- 
ence of  a  book  depicting  the  awful 
spiritual  darkness  of  China,  had 
prayed  that  his  infant  boy  might  be 
used  to  carry  the  good  news  to  that 
benighted  land.  Sixteen  years  later 
came  the  turning-point.  The  boy  was 
in  his  home  looking  around  for  some- 
thing to  read.  He  took  up  a  magazine 
and  his  attention  was  attracted  by  a 
story  which  turned  out  to  be  an  intro- 
duction to  a  religious  appeal.  The 
result  was  that  Hudson  Taylor  gave 
himself  to  Christ,  and  the  impression 
was  stamped  on  his  soul  that  it  was 
in  China  that  the  Lord  wanted  him. 
He  determined  to  enter  the  field  as  a 
medical  missionary  and  after  graduat- 
ing he  went  out  in  1854  and  worked  so 
hard  that  in  seven  years  he  returned  to 
England,  broken  in  health.  Several 
years,  with  another  missionary,  he 
spent  in  translating  the  New  Testa- 
ment into  one  of  the  Chinese  dialects. 
During  this  period  he  gradually 
formed  the  idea  of  an  international 
and  interdenominational  mission  for 
those  who  appeared  called  of  God,  and 
qualified.  The  China  Inland  Mission 
which  has  employed  altogether  about 
1,000  agents  and  has  formed  a  network 


of  stations  in  every  one  of  the  provinces 
of  China,  is  the  outcome.  In  1866  Mr. 
Taylor  again  set  out,  accompanied  by 
a  band  of  21  persons  with  only  enough 
money  to  land  them  on  the  shores  of 
China.  No  appeal  was  ever  made  to 
the  public  for  funds,  yet  during  the 
whole  history  of  the  mission  funds 
have  poured  in  and  the  work  has  been 
constantly  extended.  It  was  under 
Mr.  Taylor  that  the  interest  among 
university  men  in  missionary  work 
was  largely  fostered.  After  a 
visit  to  England  in  1884  he  took 
out  a  remarkable  band  of  mission- 
aries, students  and  graduates  of 
Cambridge  university,  and  every  man 
of  them  a  noted  athlete.  The  writer 
of  these  lines  well  remembers  the  ef- 
fect upon  the  great  crowd  at  Lord's 
cricket  ground  when  C.  T.  Studd,  one 
of  the  most  famous  cricketers  in  the 
world,  stepped  out,  as  captain  of  the 
Cambridge  university  team  against 
the  Oxonians,  and  those  present  dis- 
cussed the  decision  of  this  notable 
athlete  to  go  with  Messrs.  Stanley 
Smith,  Cecil  Polhill-Turner  and  other 
prominent  university  men  to  convert 
the  "heathen  Chinee." 


Law  Enforce- 
ment in  Indiana. 


Governor  Hanly,  of  Indiana,  dur- 
ing the  six  months  since  he  took  of- 
fice, has  gotten  his 
name  in  that  too  short 
list  of  executives  who 
believe  in  enforcing  the  laws.  The 
Sunday  closing  and  Sunday  baseball 
laws  gave  plenty  of  opportunities. 
The  resignations  of  police  commis- 
sioners here  and  there  have  been 
called  for  because  of  failure  to  enforce 
the  laws.  The  most  recent  case  was 
in  Michigan  City,  where  one  of  the 
police  commissioners  was  recently 
called  upon  for  his  resignation.  He 
sent  it,  and  with  it  a  letter  of  protest 
in  which  the  following  words  occur: 
"Somehow  or  somewhere,  I  conceived 
the  idea  that  I  would  be  allowed  the 
privilege  of  doing  my  own  thinking 
and  of  using  my  own  judgment  as  to 
how  police  matters  should  be  con- 
ducted in  Michigan  City."  He  says 
he  had  expected  the  governor  to  "give 
me  the  same  privilege  I  enjoyed  under 
the  administration  of  former  gov- 
ernors." The  first  of  these  state- 
ments was  meant  to  be  cutting  sar- 
casm; as  though  it  were  the  climax  of 
unreasonableness  to  deprive  a  police 
commissioner  of  the  privilege  of  do- 
ing his  own  thinking  and  using  his 
own  judgment  as  to  whether  the  law 
should  be  enforced.  The  law  says, 
for   example,    that    saloons    shall    be 


856 


THE    CHRISTI\N-EVAN^ELIST 


July  6,  1905 


closed  on  Sundays.  Here,  now,  comes 
a  police  commissioner  who  soberly 
claims,  as  one  of  the  privileges  of  his 
office,  the  right  to  say  whether  the 
saloons  shall  be  open  or  closed,  and 
he  thinks  the  governor  is  most  incon- 
sistent when  he  insists  that  the  legis- 
lative department  of  the  government 
has  already  determined  the  matter  and 
has  not  left  either  to  the  governor  or 
the  police  commissioners  the  privilege 
of  exercising  any  discretion  in  the 
matter.  This  sort  of  failure  to  dis- 
criminate between  legislative  and  ex- 
ecutive functions  is  a  far  more  immi- 
nent danger  than  that  of  executive  en- 
croachment in  federal  affairs.  Gov- 
ernor Hanly,  like  Governor  Folk, 
thinks  that  laws  are  to  be  enforced, 
and  has  committed  himself  to  a  pro- 
gram of  that  sort. 


A  Defense  of 
King  Leopold 


King  Leopold  of  Belgium  has  at  last 
found    a    defender.     He    needed   one. 
Henry  W.  Wack,  F.  R. 
G.    S.,    in    a   recently 
published   book   enti- 
tled    'The  Story   of  the   Congo    Free 
State,"  takes  the  part  of  Leopold,  who 
is  absolute  monarch  of  that   vast    re- 
gion,   in    regard    to    the    charges    of 
cruelty  and  extortion  which  have  been 
made  against   him   and   his  agents. 
Mr.  Wack  gives  great  credit  to  the 
administration  of  Leopold   for  con- 
structing  an  orderly  and  well  gov- 
erned   empire    out    of    twenty   mil- 
lions  of   people   of  many  races  and 
languages,  all  of  whom  were  savage 
and  many  of  whom  were  cannibals. 
He    asserts   that    the    Congo    Free 
State  was  not  created    by  the  pow- 
ers and  assigned  to  Leopold  as  its 
ruler,  as  is  usually  stated,  but  was 
created   by  the  constructive  states- 
manship of  Leopold  and  afterward 
recognized     by     the    powers.      The 
accusations  which  have  been  made 
against    the   administration    of    the 
Free    State   have   related    ;hiefly  to 
cruelties  alleged  to  be  inflicted  upon 
the    natives    to    extort    from    them 
heavy  taxes  in  rubber.     The  author 
of  this  book  says  that  these  charges 
are  the  invention   of   the  Liverpool 
rubber   merchants   who    a-e  jealous 
of   Leopold's    success   in   the   busi- 
ness and  wish  to    secure  the  parti- 
tion    of    the   Congo    Free     State     so 
that  they  may  extend  their  profitable 
trade.     Mr.  Wack  gives  his  arguments 
with  an  air  of  authority  and  sincerity, 
and  they  may  be  taken  for  what  they 
are   worth.     It   is  not  easy  to  believe 
that  a  small  group  of  Liverpool  rubber 
merchants    have  been  shrewd  enough 
to  invent  so  plausible  a  set  of  accusa- 
tions, support  them  with  such  minute 
and    circumstantial    details,    and   get 
-them   believed   by   a  vast  majority  of 
the  people   who   are   in  a  position  to 
know   the   true   state  of  affairs.     The 
missionaries,    who    are   in   general    a 
pretty  sensible  set  of  men,  report  the 
atrocities  of  which  the  government — 
that    is,     Leopold— is   the   beneficiary 
and   the   apparent    author,  as  matters 


of  first  hand  knowledge.  It  is  not  our 
business  to  decide.  Certainly  we  are 
not  in  a  position  to  disprove  in  detail 
Mr.  Wack's  statements.  But  we  are 
tolerably  sure,  from  a  multitude  of 
other  evidence,  that  Leopold  is  an  old 
reprobate  and  we  are  not  at  all  ready 
to  accept  him  as  the  innocent  victim 
of  slanderous  reports  and  the  true 
benefactor  of  the  Congo  Free  State. 

9 

Secretary  of  State  John  Hay  died  at 

12:25  o'clock  Friday  morning,  Jane  30, 

_■      «      ,  at     Newbury,     N.    H. 

Death  of  ,,        „         *   . . 

Mr.     Hay,     who     has 
John  Hay.  been      Secretary     of 

State  since  1898,  was  born  at  Salem, 
Ind.,  October  8,1838.  He  was  one  of  the 
private  secretaries  of  President  Lin- 
coln, and  has  been  in  public  service 
ever  since.  Among  his  acts  are  these: 
He  secured  the  reluctant  consent  of 
Great  Britain  to  the  abrogation  of  the 
Clayton-Bulwer  treaty,  making  possi- 
ble the  construction  of  an  isthmian 
canal  by  the  United  States;  he  was 
conspicuous  in  the  negotiations  with 
Colombia,  and  was  the  first  to  appre- 
ciate the  master  stroke  of  Panama 
independence;  he  threw  himself  direct- 
ly across  the  path  of  the  European 
powers   when   they  would   have  parti- 


The  Late  John  Hay. 

tioned  China  among  themselves  after 
the  Boxer  troubles,  and  forced  the  em- 
pire to  an  open  door  policy;  his  ringing 
note  to  the  powers  over  the  outrages 
on  Roumanian  Jews  attracted  world- 
wide attention  and  resulted  in  great 
reforms,  which  other  statesmen  of 
more  devious  methods  had  long 
worked  for  in  vain;  he  negotiated  trea- 
ties by  which  claims  of  American  citi- 
zens against  foreign  countries  may  be 
settled  amicably  and  speedily  by  arbi- 
tration; his  dignified  course  in  the 
Venezuelan  crisis  carried  this  country 
safely  over  a  dangerous  period  in  its 
history;  he  handled  more  delicate 
questions  requiring  the  maximum  of 
diplomatic  tact  than  any  other  Secre 
tary  of  State  since  the  Civil  War,  no- 


table among  these  being  the  release 
of  Miss  Stone,  the  missionary,  after 
her  capture  in  Turkey;  the  Moroccan 
affair,  when  he  issued  the  famous 
"Perdicaris  alive  or  Rasuli  dead" 
ultimatum;  the  Santo  Domingo  affair, 
and  the  developments  just  prior  to  the 
outbreak  of  the  war  in  the  far  east. 
The  funeral  services  were  held  at 
Washington  and  the  interment  took 
place  in  Cleveland. 
& 

The  news  that  comes  from  Odessa, 

Russia,  is  of  a  most  sensational  char- 

_.     _.  acter,    and    any   hour 

The  Riots  '     .  J  , 

at  Odessa.  maY  -bring    new   and 

important    announce- 
ments.      It    appears    that    the    crew 
of     the     Russian      battleship,    Kniaz 
Potemkin,  mutinied  when  one  of  their 
number  was  shot  for  complaining  of  the 
quality   of   soup   served  to    the  crew. 
Nearly  all  the  officers  were  murdered 
and  their  bodies  thrown  overboard, and 
the  vessel, together  with  a  torpedo  boat, 
also  manned  by  mutineers,  came  into 
the  port   of  Odessa,  in  the  Black  Sea, 
flying  the  red  flag  of  revolt.     The  city, 
containing  a  large  Jewish  population 
(150,000  out  of  a  total  of  600,000)   and 
other  foreign   elements,  is  never  alto- 
gether  at    peace — a  fact   vividly    im- 
pressed upon  the  writer  by  seeing 
a  lively   riot  there  in    1900.     At  the 
present  time  there  are  many  work- 
men   on    strike.     The    presence    of 
the    mutinous     vessels     with     guns 
trained  on  the  town  encouraged  the 
strikers    to    resist    the  authorities, 
and  rioting  began.    Many  lives  were 
lost,      a     number      of     warehouses 
along  the  wharf   were  burned,    and 
it    is    reported    that    many    of    the 
troops  joined    the    mutineers,    only 
the  Cossacks  remaining  firmly  loyal. 
It  is   reported  that  the  Georgie  Po- 
biedonosetz  has    also  mutinied  and 
has   joined  the  Potetnkin,   and  that 
Admiral  'Kruger,    in    command    of 
the    Black    Sea   squadron,    has   un- 
geared his  squadron  and  abandoned 
— temporarily,      at     least — any     at- 
tempt   to    capture    the    two    ships, 
both    of    which    are    now   lying    at 
Odessa. 

®        @ 

It  is  never  too  late  in  life  to  learn; 
never  too  late  to  realize  the  fulfillment 
of  one's  "dreams  of  success  and  hap- 
py victory";  never  too  late  to  be  of 
service  to  God  and  humanity.  History 
teems  with  illustrations,  names  of 
those  who  have  climbed  to  Alpine 
heights  of  wisdom  and  renown,  and 
who  have  done  their  best  work  after 
their  sun  had  passed  the  zenith.  All 
things  are  possible  for  the  man  and 
the  woman  of  any  age,  of  ambition, 
self-confidence  and  will.  Moreover, 
talent  flowers  anew  in  the  oncoming 
glow  of  the  sunset  lights  and  the 
glory  from  the  hills  of  God  beyond. 
The  later  productions  of  poets  and 
authors  display  genius  illumined  and 
vivified  by  the  diviner  mysteries  of 
thought  that  come  only  to  the  matured 
intellect  and  ripened  soul. 


July  6,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


857 


Has  the    Religious    College    an 
Assured  Future? 

The  thought  is  sometimes  expressed 
that  the  religious  or  denominational 
college  as  it  is  sometimes  called,  will 
not  be   able  to  compete  with  state  in- 
stitutions and  that  its  future  is,  to  say 
the   least,    uncertain.     To    the   extent 
that  this  idea  prevails  it  will  tend  to 
discourage  the  endowment  of  such  in- 
stitutions,  for  why  should  we  invest 
our  money  in  colleges  that  will  not  be 
able  to  hold  their  own  in  competition 
with  state  schools?    We  do  not  believe 
the  statement  referred  to,  but  hold  that 
the  religious  college  has  a  definite  and 
vastly  important  place  in  our  educa- 
tional work.     In  this  article  we  offer 
some  reasons  for  the  faith  that  is  in  us. 
In  the  first  place  the  limited  range 
of  education  in  the  state  universities 
forever  prevents  them  from  developing 
the  entire  nature  of  man.     By  the  re- 
quirements of  law  they  are  prohibited 
from  teaching  religion.     This   is  not 
saying  they  are  "Godless,"   or  that 
they   are  given   to   skepticism.     This 
charge  we  believe  to  be  generally  un- 
true.    On  the  contrary  we  believe  the 
influence  of  most  of  them,  as  far  as  it 
goes,  is  in   favor  of  morality  and  re- 
ligion.    But  in  the  very  nature   of  the 
case  this    influence    can  not  go   far 
enough  to  inculcate  Christian  doctrine 
and  Christian  principles  to  the  extent 
that  is  required  in   order  to  produce  a 
high  type  of  Christian  character.     A 
knowledge  of  the  Bible,  and  especially 
a  knowledge  of  Christianity,  is  essen- 
tial  to   the  best   results    in  character 
building.     The   state   schools   can  do 
something  in  this  direction,  and  more 
than  is  being  done  in  many  of  them, 
but  they  cannot  do  all  that  is  required 
in    order  to   a   full-orbed,    all  around 
education  of  the  whole  man. 

This  fact  leaves  a  large  and  impor- 
tant field  to  be  cultivated  by  Christian 
institutions  of  learning.  The  whole 
field  of  education  is  so  wide  and  so 
diversified  that  there  is  room  for  the 
state  schools,  without  which  our  edu- 
cational facilities  would  be  sadly  inad- 
equate, and  also  for  the  universities 
built  on  private  foundations,  and  for 
the  smaller  colleges  established  and 
maintained  by  the  various  religious 
bodies.  The  need  for  training  in  so 
many  lines  is  so  great  that  there  is  not 
the  slightest  occasion  for  jealousy  or 
for  the  opposition  of  one  class  of 
schools  to  another.  The  college  whose 
reason  for  being  is,  at  bottom,  Chris- 
tian faith,  and  the  desire  to  develop 
the  spiritual  as  well  as  the  intellectual 
nature,  holds  a  unique  place  and  fills 
a  vital  need  of  the  times.  They  fur- 
nish not  only  the  instruction  that  is 
prohibited  by  public  schools  and  state 
universities,  but  they  furnish  what  is 
even  more  vital,  an  atmosphere  that  is 
favorable  for  the  highest  development 
of  Christian  character,  and  which  has 
in  it  a  molding  and  determinative 
force  that  helps  to  turn  young  life  into 
channels  of  greatest  usefulness. 
Our  highest  wish   for  our  own  col- 


leges, is  that,  along  with  a  thorough 
academic  discipline,  they  may  unite, 
not  only  Biblical  instruction  and  min- 
isterial training,  but  a  profoundly 
religious  spirit  that  will  lift  them 
entirely  out  of  competition  with  state 
schools,  because  they  belong  to  a  dif- 
ferent class.  To  the  exact  degree  that 
our  colleges  are  permeated  with  the 
Christ  idea  of  life  and  with  the  Christ 
spirit,  above  that  of  state  or  other 
institutions,  to  that  extent  do  they 
place  themselves  out  of  competition 
with  state  schools,  and  in  such  rela- 
tion to  the  churches  as  to  entitle  them 
to  their  patronage  and  support.  In  so 
far  as  our  colleges  are  purely  aca- 
demic and  scientific  they  can  be  easily 
duplicated  and  often  excelled  by  other 
institutions;  but  when,  in  addition  to 
sufficiently  liberal  courses  in  these 
disciplines  for  ordinary  purposes,  they 
offer  the  supreme  advantage  of  thor- 
ough Biblical  training  and  a  deeply 
religious  and  character-molding  at- 
mosphere, they  become  essential  to 
the  life  of  the  churches  they  represent, 
and  to  the  highest  interests  of  the 
kingdom  of  God.  The  more  religious 
they  are,  without  being  narrow  or  sec- 
tarian, the  more  essential  they  will  be. 
to  the  very  life  of  our  civilization. 

Our  colleges  are,  to  a  good  degree, 
fulfilling  this  ideal.  They  are  abso- 
lutely essential  to  the  continued  suc- 
cessful on-going  of  our  reformatory 
movement.  They  deserve  and  must 
receive  a  more  liberal  support  from 
the  churches,  if  we  are  to  hold  a  place 
of  commanding  influence  in  the  reli- 
gious thought  and  life  of  the  times. 
There  is  in  our  judgment,  to-day,  no 
better  investment,  none  offering  larger 
returns  for  the  advancement  of  New 
Testament  Christianity,  than  the  en- 
dowment of  our  colleges,  and  to  this 
fact  we  invite  the  serious  attention  of 
our  conscientious  men  of  means. 


Is  There  Anything  in  a  Name? 

Shakespeare  was  probably  right 
when  he  said,  "A  rose  by  any  other 
name  would  smell  as  sweet."  But, 
after  all,  there  is  frequently  great  po- 
tency in  a  name.  We  are  now  having 
an  illustration  of  this  in  the  great  Bap- 
tist international  convention  which  is 
assembling  in  the  city  of  London, 
England.  A  large  delegation  of  Bap- 
tists from  this  country  will  be  present 
at  this  world's  convention,  and  this  is 
as  it  should  be,  for  undoubtedly  these 
assemblies  are  helpful  in  many  ways 
in  developing  the  union  spirit  among 
Christians. 

But  as  there  has  been  some  talk 
about  the  union  of  the  Disciples  of 
Christ  and  the  Baptists  of  this  coun- 
try, it  is  a  curious  turn  of  affairs  to 
witness  the  gathering  of  the  various 
wings  of  the  Baptist  denomination 
under  simply  the  Baptist  name,  when 
there  is  so  much  that  is  not  of  a  com- 
mon character  among  the  respective 
organizations  represented  in  the  great 
London  convention.   The  English  Bap- 


tists are  much  more  widely  separated 
from  their  American  brethren,  in  al- 
most every  point  of  doctrine,  than  are 
the  Disciples  of  Christ,  but  the  Disci- 
ples of  Christ  are  not  called  Baptist, 
and  therefore  are  not  expected  to  unite 
in  a  convention  where  the  name  "Bap- 
tist' '  is  the  password  for  every  one  who 
attends.  The  English  Baptists  are 
not  only  open  communionists,  but  their 
churches  are  for  the  most  part  open 
for  membership  to  Pedobaptists  who 
wish  to  become  identified  with  Baptist 
churches  and  receive  into  their  fellow- 
ship those  whom  the  Baptists  of  this 
country  regard  as  unbaptized,  and  yet 
the  Baptists  of  this  country  are  ready 
to  send  an  unprecedentedly  large  dele- 
gation to  attend  the  London  conven- 
tion where  they  will  freely  affiliate,  and 
even  commune,  with  these  heretical 
Baptist  people.  Could  inconsistency 
be  more  forcibly  illustrated  in  any 
other  way?  Yet  we  are  ready  to  be- 
lieve that  the  following  from  The 
Watchman  is  true  about  many 
churches: 

"It  is  doubtful  if  there  is  any  Bap- 
tist church  in  the  north  to-day  which 
would  refuse  to  allow  a  Christian  who 
wishes  to  do  so  to  partake  of  the 
Lord's  supper  with  it.  Some  Baptist 
churches  have  by  vote  adopted  the 
open  communion  position;  most  of  our 
pastors  do  not  give  any  invitation  at 
the  supper,  leaving  the  matter  of  par- 
taking to  the  personal  liberty  of  every- 
one, and  some  pastors  give  a  general 
invitation  to  all  who  believe  in  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ." 

Now,  the  Disciples  of  this  country 
do  not  admit  to  membership  in  their 
churches  those  who  have  not  been  im- 
mersed upon  a  profession  of  their  faith. 
They  are  in  almost  every  respect  very 
similar  in  their  faith  and  practice  to 
the  English  Baptists,  though  they  are 
much  less  inclined  to  views  which  are 
repudiated J  by  the  Baptists  of  the 
United  States;  and  yet,  notwithstand- 
ing this  fact,  the  Disciples  will  have 
no  part  in  the  London  convention, 
while  all  kinds  of  Baptists  will  frater- 
nize, and  even  glorify  the  name  Baptist, 
which  with  some  seems  to  have  more 
potency  than  everything  else.  The 
same  curious  fact  is  illustrated  by  the 
two  wings  of  the  Baptist  denomination 
which  recently  met  in  St.  Louis.  Many 
of  the  southern  churches  are  so  strict 
in  their  denominational  lines  as  to  ex- 
clude even  Baptists  from  the  fellow- 
ship of  their  churches  where  these 
Baptists  belong  to  other  churches  than 
the  one  where  they  are  seeking  fellow- 
ship. Many  of  these  churches  refuse 
to  receive  baptized  believers  of  unex- 
ceptionablereligious  character  without 
a  rebaptism,  when  their  first  baptism 
was  performed  by  some  one  who  was 
not  a  Baptist  minister.  Nevertheless, 
these  southern  Baptist  churches  united 
with  our  northern  brethren  in  glorify- 
ing the  great  Baptist  denomination, 
simply  because  the  word  Baptist  is 
supposed,  like  charity,  to  cover  a  mul- 
titude of  sins 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


July  6,  1905 


Notes  and  Comments. 

The  English  people  and  Colonials 
are  generally  considered  to  be  much 
more  conservative  and  slow  in  taking 
up  ideas  than  the  Americans,  but  it 
seems  that  in  the  matter  of  Christian 
union  the  Canadians  are  moving  with 
more  rapidity  than  the  churches  on 
this  side  of  the  boundary  line.  The 
Methodists,  Presbyterians  and  Congre- 
gationalists  have  appointed  five  sub- 
committees to  consist  of  two  Metho- 
dists, two  Presbyterians,  and  one  Con- 
gregationalist  to  investigate  the  matter 
of  union  in  five  different  aspects:  doc- 
trines, legal  titles,  administrative  and 
benevolent  societies,  ministry  and 
church  polity.  Upon  the  question  of 
doctrines  there  is  not  a  great  amount 
of  really  vital  difference  of  opinion. 
All  these  churches  profess  to  follow 
Jesus  Christ  as  Lord,  and  if  they 
would  simply  take  the  New  Testament 
as  the  basis  of  union,  without  any 
particular  theological  interpretations 
of  it,  there  would  not  long  be  different 
denominations.  The  question  which 
will  be  the  most  serious  one  in  the 
way  of  union,  if  matters  continue  to 
drift,  will  be  the  adjustment  of  the 
society  and  church  funds. 

Some  suggestive  statistics  are  fur- 
nished by  an  examination  of  the  reports 
presented  by  the  Brooklyn  presbytery, 
which  show  that  the  eleven  largest 
churches,  with  a  total  membership  of 
10,500,  added  one  new  member  for 
twenty-four  members,  while  thirteen 
churches  of  less  than  five  hundred 
members  added  one  new  member  for 
thirteen  members,  and  fifteen  churches 
with  less  than  two  hundred  members 
received  one  new  member  to  each 
seven  and  a  half  old  members.  From 
which  it  appears  that  the  additions  to 
the  smaller  churches  are  more  than 
three  times  as  much,  proportionately, 
as  to  the  larger  churches.  It  would 
be  an  interesting  fact  if  much  wider 
statistics  could  be  obtained,  especially 
for  the  benefit  of  the  large  and  wealthy 
churches.  These  figures  would  seem 
to  indicate  that  the  church  with  a 
large  membership  is  inclined  to  be 
self-satisfied  and  take  its  "ease  in 
Zion,"  probably  being  content  with 
paying  an  annual  sum  for  the  support 
of  some  poorer  congregation  that  is 
more  zealous  about  soul  saving.  What 
might  not  the  stronger  churches  do  if 
their  members  were  really  filled  with  a 
passion  for  souls! 

0 

Dr.  Henry  Guinness,  prominent 
in  missionary  work,  in  a  re- 
cent speech  made  allusion  to 
the  fact  that  missionary  societies 
are      getting     behind     in     their      fi- 


nances. There  is,  he  says,  a  real 
crisis  in  missionary  history.  Either 
must  there  be  retrenchment  or  giving 
on  such  a  scale  as  has  never  been 
before.  It  should  be  pointed  out, 
however,  that  while  nearly  all  the 
great  societies  show  need  of  more 
money,  the  deficits  in  most  cases 
have  been  occasioned  by  the  greater 
extension  of  work — not  by  a  falling 
off  in  the  donations. 


One  of  the  stock  arguments  for  de- 
nominationalism  is  presented  in  the 
following: 

"Moreover,  the  competition  of  sects  is,  within 
limits,  a  mighty  engine  for  the  propagation  of 
religion,"  says  the  New  York  Evening  Post. 
In  the  Middle  Ages  we  came  nearer  church 
unity  than  at  any  time  before  or  since.  And 
that  was  a  time  of  intellectual  stagnation  and 
religious  barrenness.  The  lack  of  mind,  en- 
ergy, heart,  is  the  usual  effect  of  the  disappear- 
ance of  natural  rivalry  and  legitimate  compe- 
tition. There  are  schisms  that  are  unjustifiable, 
divisions  that  are  without  excuse,  rivalries  that 
are  wicked.  But  there  are  compromises  that 
crush  conscience,  concessions  that  surrender 
truth,  combinations  that  annul  first  principles 
and  reduce  to  vacuity  the  motive  of  manliness. 
Freedom,  independence,  variety,  are  in  reli- 
gion only  other  names  for  vitality. 

With  the  general  comment  of  the  Uni- 
versalist  Leader  on  the  Post's  conten- 
tion we  agree, but  we  object  to  the  argu- 
ment that  because  things  stagnated  in 
the  Middle  Ages,  then  Christian  union 
is  not  now  desirable.  The  argument 
could  easily  be  made  that  the  stagna- 
tion of  the  Middle  Ages  was  because 
of  the  departures  from  the  apostolic 
church.  And  what  about  the  stagna- 
tion of  later  times?  And  how  much 
stagnation  is  there  to-day  in  the 
churches  that  stand  for  denominational 
barriers? 


Current  Religious  Thought. 

The  Bishop  of  London,  who  some 
time  ago  had  a  notable  encounter  with 
Mrs.  Annie  Besant  on  the  subject  of 
reincarnation,  views  with  alarm  the 
increasing  interest  taken  by  educated 
and  thoughtful  people  in  Christian 
Science.  Its  idealization  of  the  heal- 
ing art,  he  thinks,  is  fraught  with  dan- 
ger. In  the  course  of  a  recent  lecture 
he  also  referred  to  the  position  taken 
by  many  modern  thinkers  with  regard 
to  the  resurrection  of  Christ — a  posi- 
tion which  he  regards  as  "one  of  the 
most  mischievous  heresies  that  they 
would  have  to  attack — the  idea,  name- 
ly, that  our  Lord  did  not  rise  at  all  or 
that  it  did  not  matter  to  Christianity 
whether  his  body  remained  in  the 
grave  or  not."  The  Bishop  was  speak- 
ing on  behalf  of  the  Christian  Evi- 
dence vSociety  and  he  pleaded  for  more 
and  better  lecturers.  Mr.  Compton 
Rickett  pleaded  for  a  change  in  the 
methods  of  defense  and  attack,  aver- 
ring that  no  concession  would  satisfy 
opponents  who  would  deify  humanity, 
but  he  also  pleaded  that  defense  should 
not  so  much  be  on  historical  grounds 


as  on   the  essential   righteousness  of 
the  Christian  faith. 


Canon  Driver,  the  famous  Oxford 
professor,  read  a  paper  the  other  day 
on  the  present  position  of  higher  criti- 
cism. Dr.  Driver  defined  higher  criti- 
cism as  a  literary  examination  into  the 
composition  and  internal  authority  of 
the  scriptures  as  distinct  from  the 
lower  or  merely  textual  criticism.  On 
the  other  hand,  he  said,  it  was  distinct 
from  historical  inquiry.  He  empha- 
sized its  value  as  helping  to  fix  the 
stages  through  which  the  children  of 
Israel  passed;  as  giving  a  more  just 
conception  of  prophecy  which  al- 
ways spoke  first  to  its  own  time;  as 
throwing  great  light  on  the  psalms, 
and  as  removing  many  difficulties  at- 
tached to  the  Old  Testament.  That 
critics  differed  in  their  interpretation 
of  minor  points  was,  he  argued,  be- 
cause the  formation  of  manyhypotheses 
is  a  condition  of  progress  in  various 
branches  of  study.  Dr.  Driver  was 
severe  on  the  misrepresentations  to. 
which  the  critics  are  exposed  and  he 
pointedout  that  inteachingchildren  the 
lessons  of  Scripture  remain,  whatever 
their  historical  character.  But  young 
men,  he  said,  ought  not  to  be  trained 
in  antiquated  notions  which  are  the 
cause  of  the  prevalent  infidelity.  Times 
of  transition  are  always  anxious,  but 
beginnings  must  be  made  tactfully  and 
the  courageous  will  have  their  reward. 


R.  J.  Campbell  has  been  reading 
"Sixty  Years  of  Waifdom,"  the  fasci- 
nating story  of  the  Ragged  School 
Union,  of  London.  The  pioneer  of 
this  work,  so  far  as  the  world  consid- 
ers to-day,  was  Lord  Shaftesbury.  Dr. 
Campbell  says: 

"Now  here  was  a  great  man — greater  than 
England  knew  at  the  time — whose  life  was  laid 
down  for  the  service  of  the  little  ones  in  the 
true  spirit  of  Christ.  He  was  a  strict  church- 
man and  I  have  no  doubt  that  Cardinal  New- 
man would  be  satisfied  as  to  the  validity  of  his 
baptism;  but  behind  Lord  Shaftesbury  there 
stood  another  man  concerning  whose  baptism 
the  Cardinal  could  not  be  sure,  for  no  one 
could  prove  that  he  ever  underwent  it.  He 
was  a  simple  cobbler  of  Portsmouth  and  his 
name  was  John  Pounds.  This  man,  out  of 
his  weekly  pittance,  for  it  was  very  small, 
managed  to  save  and  train  and  educate  five 
hundred  little  savages  of  the  slums  before 
statesmea  or  ecclesiastics  or  wealthy  philanthro- 
pists thought  anything  about  them.  He  was 
baptized  with  something.  What  was  it?  It 
was  the  spirit  which  Jesus  brought  into  the 
world.  The  most  certain  fact  and  certain  proof 
of  the  reality  of  redemption  is  when  the  re- 
deemed becomes  the  redeemer,  one  certain 
sign  that  can  never  be  misunderstood  of  the 
presence  of  Christ  in  any  man's  soul.  The 
answer  to  his  question,  'Are  you  saved?'  is 
this,  'Are  you  a  savior?'  Here  was  a  man 
who  had  actually  forgotten  all  about  what 
might  have  happened  to  him  in  that  'bourn 
from  which  no  traveler  returns,'  and  I  think  I 
read  my  heavenly  Father  aright  when  I  say  it 
was  from  the  Eternal  he  received  the  impulse 
which  makes  us  regard  him  a  baptized  one  in- 
deed. Water  or  no  water,  John  Pounds  was 
baptized  with  the  Holy  Ghost  and  with  fire." 


July  6,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


8S9 


his   wife!     It 
a    delightful 


Editor's  Easy  Chair. 

The  rays  of  the  morning  sun,  shining 
over  the  wooded  heights  of  Macatawa, 
have  driven  away  the  mists  of  the 
night  from  the  lake,  which  lies  quietly 
there  breathing  as  gently  as  a  sleep- 
ing infant.  There  is  just  enough  air 
stirring  to  rustle  the  leaves,  and  to 
partially  unfold  the  starry  banner 
which  floats  on  a  neighboring  flag- 
staff. It  is  just  such  a  morning  as 
wooes  the  lover  of  the  fine  art  of  ang- 
ling out  on  the  little  lake  to  the  resorts 
of  the  bass.  But  the  Easy  Chair 
copy  must  be  written  and  the  bass  must 
wait  awhile.  The  Editor  of  the  Easy 
Chair,  however,  is  enjoying  a  change 
this  morning  which  is  quite  novel. 
He  is  dictating 
to 
is 

sensation!  The 
Easy  Chair  this 
morning  is  of 
the  swinging 
variety,  which 
enables  the  oc- 
cupant to  as- 
sume any  angle 
he  chooses,  from 
the  perpendicu- 
lar to  the  hori- 
zontal. It  is  one 
of  the  few  luxu- 
ries which  Edge- 
woo  d  -on-the- 
lake  indulges  in. 
It  sits  on  the  ve- 
randa and  offers 
its  hospitality  to 
any  weary  pass- 
er-by   who    may 

chance  to  tarry  a  moment  for  rest  and 
exchange  of  greetings.  It  answers  the 
purpose  of  an  Easy  Chair  very  well 
when  the  Editor  assumes  the  role  of 
dictator. 

Looking  north  from  our  northern 
veranda  to  the  distant  sky-line  over 
the  wide  stretch  of  water,  one  can  im- 
agine what  a  wild  scene  of  fury  the 
winter  storms  must  present  as  the 
waves  sweep  down  from  the  far 
north  along  the  shore.  The  end  of  the 
pier,  immediately  in  front  of  us, 
torn  and  wrecked  and  lying  half, 
sunken  in  the  water,  bears  mute 
witness  to  the  violence  of  these  storms, 
as  do  also  the  wrecked  sidewalk  and 
drive-way  along  the  lake  front.  But 
the  old  lake  looks  as  innocent  this 
morning  as  if  it  had  committed  no 
depredations  in  all  its  long  history. 
A  child  could  row  a  boat  on  its 
smooth  surface.  And  yet  it  has  been 
only  two  days  since  the  passengers 
arriving  at  this  port  on  the  Chicago 
steamers,  looking  pale  and  weary, 
have  told  stories  of  a  rough  voyage, 
when  all  on  board  were  victims  of 
mal  de  mer.  The  lake  would  say,  if 
it  could  speak  in  its  own  defense 
against  the  charge  of  fickleness,  "I 
am   a   passive    body,    subject   to   the 


winds  that  blow  over  me.  My  foam- 
crested  billows  which  terrify  the 
dwellers  on  land,  are  the  children  of 
the  wind,  which  bloweth  when  and 
where  and  how  it  listeth." 


It  is  gratifying,  while  resting  a  sea- 
son here  by  the  lake  side,  to  hear  good 
reports  from  the  Missouri  state  con- 
vention and  other  gatherings  of  the 
brethren  in  different  states.  The  Edi- 
tor acknowledges,  with  a  deep  sense 
of  gratitude,  not  only  the  official 
greetings  sent  him  by  the  Missouri 
convention,  through  its  corresponding 
secretary,  but  those  contained  in 
numerous  personal  letters  from  breth- 
ren,   who    were   kind   enough   to    say 


Westlake  Park,   Los  Angeles. 

that  "no  reply  to  this  is  necessary." 
In  this  way  they  will  permit  us  to 
acknowledge,  with  sincere  thanks, 
these  tokens  of  their  brotherly  love 
and  thoughtfulness.  It  is  not  pre- 
suming too  much,  perhaps,  to  assume 
that  our  readers  are  sufficiently  inter- 
ested in  the  Editor's  health  as  to  jus- 
tify him  in  reporting  a  steady  improve- 
ment and  the  promise  of  an  early 
return  to  a  normal  condition.  The 
symptoms  experienced  before  leaving 
the  city  were  only  friendly  danger- 
signals  to  warn  against  further  tres- 
passing, and,  having  served  their  pur- 
pose, are  rapidly  subsiding.  We  now 
hope  to  be  able  to  go  with  the  "Chris- 
tian-Evangelist Special"  to  the  San 
Francisco  convention. 


Sitting  by  a  pine-knot  fire  on  a  sum- 
mer evening  always  produces  a  pleas- 
ant feeling,  and  we  have  enjoyed  that 
pleasure  several  times  during  the  past 
week.  The  weather  up  on  the  lake 
side  this  season  has  been  almost  ideal, 
so  far,  with  just  enough  of  sharp- 
ness in  the  atmosphere  to  serve  as  a 
tonic.  The  park  is  steadily  filling  up, 
especially  that  part  of  the  population 
that  lives  in  cottages.  The  hotel  peo- 
ple come  a  little  later.  Religious  serv- 
ices were  begun  at  the  auditorium  on 


Sunday  last,  the  Sunday-school  being 
held  at  3  o'clock  as  usual  and  preach- 
ing at  4.  Bro.  T.  P.  Haley  was 
pressed  into  service  to  preach,  and 
his  sermon  was  most  appropriate  for 
the  opening  of  the  season,  and  was 
very  helpful.  Taking  for  his  text  the 
words  of  the  Psalmist,  "I  was  glad 
when  they  said  unto  me,  let  us  go  un- 
to the  house  of  the  Lord,"  he  dis- 
coursed in  a  most  fresh  and  interesting 
way  on  the  benefits  to  be  derived  from 
attendance  on  public  worship.  It 
would  be  worth  while  for  the  younger 
ministers  to  study  the  secret  of  the 
perpetual  freshness  and  living  inter- 
est of  Brother  Haley's  sermons.  There 
is  no  "dead  line"  for  one  who  keeps 
his   heart  young  and  his  mind  open 

for  the  truth  of 

to-day. 


A  party  of  us 
are  going  up  this 
afternoon  to 
Pent  water  for 
the  purpose  of 
pushing  forward 
some  of  the  im- 
p  rovements 
which  we  are 
making  at  that 
place.  Many  of 
those  who  a  t 
present  are  at 
this  place,  espe- 
cially of  our  own 
members,  expect 
to  establish  sum- 
mer homes  at  our 
Pentwater  resort  by  the  next  season. 
Some  of  them  will  let  contracts  for  cot- 
tages this  fall.  We  are  not  ambitious  for 
a  large  and  populous  colony,  but  we  are 
ambitious  to  have  the  forty  acre  plat 
of  hills  and  winding  ravines,  from 
Lake  Michigan  to  Lake  Pentwater,  oc- 
cupied by  Christian  cottagers,  who  are 
seeking  rest  and  recuperation  where 
there  is  abundance  of  fresh  air,  pure 
water,  cool  breezes,  fishing,  boating, 
bathing,  shaded  paths  through  the 
woods,  and  last,  but  not  least,  con- 
genial associations.  This  ground  is 
now  being  platted,  and  the  company 
will  soon  be  in  a  condition  to  allow 
those  who  desire  to  do  so  to  select 
their  lots.  When  a  sufficient  number 
of  cottages  is  located  there  we  ex- 
pect to  establish  religious  services  at 
an  hour  that  will  not  interfere  with 
the  regular  services  in  the  town.  It 
would  be  well  for  those  desiring  to 
form  a  part  of  this  summer  colony  to 
visit  the  place  this  summer  or  as  early 
as  practicable,  with  a  view  of  select- 
ing their  lots.  None  but  those  desir- 
ing a  clean,  pure,  orderly  resort  need 
apply. 


There  is  no  real  genius  without 
soul,  and  consecrated  talent  wins  the 
world. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


July  6,  1905 


The  Profession  of  the  Ministry 


As  Seen  by  the 
College  Student 


The  ministry  is  called  a  learned  pro- 
fession. It  is  called  a  learned  profes- 
sion because  only  men  of  learning  are 
generally  qualified  to  enter  it.  Men  of 
learning  are  found,  in  the  first  in- 
stance, in  the  college.  Therefore,  the 
interpretation  which  men  in  college 
give  to  the  profession  of  the  ministry 
as  a  calling  for  themselves  becomes  of 
peculiar  significance. 

As  1  talk  with  collegemen  and  as 
they  write  to  me  regarding  the  minis- 
try, I  find  that  they  have  a  definite  con- 
ception of  its  character,  limitations  and 
opportunities.  Its  worthiness  in  their 
thought  arises  from  the  worthiness  of 
the  Christian  religion  itself.  College 
men  are  usually  convinced  that  the 
Christian  religion  is  of  supreme  con- 
sequence to  all  peoples.  The  ministry 
having  to  deal  with  this  religion,  rep- 
resents, therefore,  a  mighty  force. 
The  ministry  makes  a  strong  appeal 
to  the  ethical  sense  of  the  college  stu- 
dent as  this  sense  interprets  life  and 
Christianity.  The  college  student  also 
has  a  definite  interpretation  of  the 
type  of  man  who  is  fitted  to  enter  the 
calling.  A  student  writes  me,  saying, 
"The  man  who  should  become  a  min- 
ister should  be  a  man  with  a  keen, 
broad  mind:  a  deep,  logical  thinker;  a 
man  with  a  command  of  language  and 
facts  that  will  make  him  a  ready  and 
interesting  speaker." 

Another  student  gives  in  outline  the 
qualities  which  he  believes  should  be 
possessed  bv  a  candidate  for  this  pro- 
fession. "(1)  Being  a  deeply  religious 
man,  he  has  a  deep  realization  of  the 
importance  of  Christianity  upon  the 
civilized  world.  (2)  He  is  a  deep 
thinker,  with  an  aggressive  mind. 
(3)  He  has  an  originality  distinctly 
his  own.  (4)  He  has  the  qualifica- 
tions of  a  leader.  (5)  He  is  distinctly 
optimistic.  (6)  He  is  without  phys- 
ical deformity,  preferably  having  a 
strong,  aggressive  figure.  (7)  His 
ideal  in  life  is  the  good  which  he  can 
do  for  his  fellow  men  rather  than  the 
money  or  personal  gain  which  he  can 
get  for  himself." 

Another  student  points  out  certain 
of  the  positive  and  more  inspiring  ele- 
ments to  be  possessed.  He  says:  "It 
is  the  nobleness  of  any  profession  that 
appeals  to  men  to  enter  it.  Only  those 
who  are  tremendously  sensitive  to  the 
cry  of  the  overburdened,  especially 
in  our  large  cities,  should  enter 
the  ministry.  It  depends  entirely 
upon  the  fitness  of  the  man.  None 
but  the  best;  the  large-hearted  man; 
the  man  who  can  throw  aside  all  selfish 
motives,  should  enter  it!  Any  man 
can  minister  to  those  about  him  to  a 
certain  degree,  but  as  to  entering  the 
ministry  as  a  profession,  it  should  be 
out  of  the  question  to  every  one  except 
that  one  of  marked  intellectual  ability 
and  power  to  command.  If  a  man  has 
not  a  strong  will  and  a  strong  person- 
ality, he  should  not  impose  upon  man- 


By  Charles  F.  Thwing,  LL.D. 

President  of  Western  Reserve  University 

kind  by  trying  to  attain  them  through 
entering  the  ministry.  If  he  is  fitted, 
by  all  means  enter  it,  for  there  is  no 
higher  calling." 

The  reasons,  moreover,  which  urge 
the  student  to  enter  this  calling  are 
quite  as  important  as  is  his  interpre- 
tation of  the  calling.  One  student  of 
an  analytical  mind  specifies  certain 
specific  reasons  in  behalf  of  this 
choice. 

"1.  I  am  very  conscious  of  my  rela- 
tion, direct  relation  to  God. 

"2.  The  influence,  the  force,  of  a 
genuine  appreciation  of  such  a  rela- 
tionship in  the  direction  of  open-mind- 
edness,  humility,  charity  and  all  those 
qualities,  generally  recognized  as 
good,  is  very  apparent  to  me. 

"3.  I  am  confident  that  there  is  a 
fundamental  agreement,  an  underlying 
unity  in  the  thoughts  and  feelings  of 
all  men;  that  is,  the  end  toward  which 
we  seem  to  be  progressing  is  the  recog- 
nition of  the  fact — the  essential  ele- 
ment of  every  man's  religion,  stripped 
of  all  dogma  and  tradition,  the  essen- 
tia] element,  is  the  same. 

"4.  Believing  in  this  unity  of 
thoughts  and  feelings,  the  univer- 
sality of  this  essential  element,  I  feel 
no  hesitancy  in  urging  men  to  come 
out  of  themselves,  to  open  their  eyes, 
to  unfold  themselves  and  enjoy  that 
which  I  have  enjoyed,  to  experience 
that  which  I  have  experienced." 

Two  other  students  in  their  writing, 
point  out  advantages  of  a  more  mate- 
rial character,  and  opportunities  that 
are  somewhat  more  definite.  One  stu- 
dent writes:  "To  a  college  man,  the 
life  of  study  and  opportunity  for 
further  culture  and  for  philosophical 
research  are  attractions  not  found  in 
many  occupations.  Being  the  leader, 
and  having  the  regard  of  a  number  of 
people,  is  pleasant.  A  college  man 
may  hope  to  earn,  at  any  rate,  a  com- 
fortable salary  in  the  ministry.  In 
fact,  the  material  wealth  is  looked 
after,  and  social  position  is  assured. 
The  preacher  may  even  expect  his  pro- 
fession to  win  him  a  wife,  for  the  min- 
ister's wife  is  always  a  desirable  posi- 
tion." Another  says  that  among  the 
reasons  urging  a  man  to  enter  the 
calling  is  the  "great  opportunity  to  be 
a  leader  in  the  reforms  and  social  im- 
provements of  his  own  community;  a 
power  especially  felt  in  a  village  or 
country  district.  He  has  the  time  at 
his  disposal,  and  is  looked  to  for  such 
work.  Charities,  investigation  of  the 
poor,  etc.,  naturally  fall  to  him;  and  if 
he  is  the  proper  man  he  can  help  every- 
one, not  only  in  religious  matters,  but 
in  everyday  work.  He  also  gets  pecu- 
liar opportunities  to  study  human  na- 
ture, and  comes  into  closer  relations 
with  his  parishioners  than  anyone  else, 


on  certain  subjects.  He  can  give  com- 
fort to  those  in  trouble,  and  encour- 
agement to  some  that  others  cannot 
reach." 

But  the  reasons  which  urge  the  stu- 
dent not  to  enter  the  ministry  are  also, 
possibly,  more  significant  than  those 
which  urge  him  to  enter  it.  One  stu- 
dent says:  "In  order  to  be  effective, 
confidence,  absolute  confidence,  in  what 
I  am  doing  or  saying,  is  necessary. 
Lack  of  confidence  in  the  machine 
with  which  I  am  working,  the  tools  I 
am  handling,  the  words  I  am  using,  is 
inevitably  followed  by  my  failure.  I 
have  not  yet  found  in  existence  the 
organization  in  which  I  have  the  con- 
fidence, the  organization  which  prop- 
erly represents,  as  accepted  by  the 
majority  of  its  members,  the  faith  that 
is  in  me.  The  field  offered  by  the 
ministry  is  limited.  Specialization, 
differentiation  of  functions,  has  char- 
acterized the  development  of  the 
church.  What  were  formerly  elements 
or  functions  of  the  church  have  de- 
veloped into  independent  institutions, 
as  educational  institutions,  charities, 
houses  for  correction,  help  for  the 
poor,  etc." 

Another, ina  somewhat  more  self  ward 
spirit,  says:  "The  ministry  has  not  the 
allurements  or  inducements  for  young 
men  at  the  present  time  that  it  has  hith- 
erto possessed.  The  minister  is  no  long- 
er the  leader  of  the  community,  or  of 
his  congregation,  in  thought,   in   cul- 
ture, or  even  in  spirituality.     He  is  no 
longer  the  pattern  for  his  flock  in  the 
realistic    sense    of    previous    genera- 
tions.    He  is  not  more  of  a  co-worker 
than    a    great    teacher   or    leader.     A 
young   man  who  enters   the   ministry 
to-day,  therefore,  can  scarcely   attain 
to  the  eminence  or  wield  the  influence 
he  might   have  done   fifty  vears   ago; 
nor  can  he  expect  to  reach  that   de- 
gree of  eminence  or  even  influence  to 
which  he  might  attain   in  other  lines 
of    activity.     The    personal   incentive 
to   high    achievement  is  consequently 
lacking.     The    ministry,    in   its    ideal 
state,  is  quite  altruistic.     The  minis- 
ter  must   work   for   his   congregation 
with   only   secondary    regard   for   his 
own  wants  and  likes.     The  degree  of 
religion   and  morality  which  he  must 
exercise,  many  men  believe,  is  too  high 
for  a  man's    greatest    degree   of    effi- 
ciency.    By  devoting    more   attention 
to   practical,   workable  problems,    in- 
stead of  specializing,  as  it  were,  upon 
religion,  greater  results  might  be  se- 
cured.    Then,  from  a  financial  or  mer- 
cenary     standpoint  —  a      standpoint 
which  must   always  be  considered  to 
some  extent — the  ministry  has  few  al- 
lurements.    The  salary  is,  and  must 
continue  to  be,  a  secondary  considera- 
tion.    Perhaps  I  might  sum  up  the  ob- 
jections to  entering  the  ministry  by 
saying,  in  the  opinions  of  many  men, 
that    the    end    does    not    justify    the 
means,  that  the  extra  good  they  might 


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861 


do  mankind,  including  themselves,  by 
entering-  the  ministry,  is  not  sufficient 
to  justify  the  sacrifice  to  themselves  in 
money,  pleasure,  etc." 

Another  finds  a  reason  in  a  more 
modest  or  humble  condition.  He  says: 
"A  young  man  may  feel  that  strong, 
brilliant  men  is  what  the  ministry 
needs,  and  he  does  not  dare  offer  his 
poor  talents."  Another  suggests  the 
lack  of  a  distinct  call,  or  the  too  great 
strenuousness  of  the  life,  or  the  lack  of 
agreement  with  general  theological 
opinion. 

The  comprehensive  reason  which 
turns  college  men  from  the  ministry 
to-day  lies  not  in  the  hardship  of  the 
calling,  nor  in  what  they  would  say  is 
the  fickleness  of  the  churches,  nor  in 


the  comparatively  brief  professional 
careers  with  which  most  ministers 
must  be  content.  But  it  does  lie  in 
what  they  conceive  to  be  the  lack  of 
leadership  of  the  church  in  the  higher 
affairs  of  the  community.  Whether 
the  leadership  be  lost  or  not,  the  fact 
is  that  college  men  are  inclined  to  be- 
lieve that  the  leadership  is  lost 
and  that  it  has  passed  over  to  edu- 
cational and  other  interests.  This 
conception,  false  or  true,  diverts 
men  from  the  ministry  quite  as 
completely  as  if  the  leadership  had 
been  lost. 

Under  this  condition,  it  is  the  duty 
of  all  college  officers  to  seek  to  inter- 
pret religious  and  ecclesiastical  condi- 
tions to  their  students.     It  should  be 


easy  for  college  officers  to  make  plain 
to  college  students  that  the  church  has 
lost  power,  if  power  has  been  lost, 
only  because  the  strongest  and  most 
aggressive  type  of  character  has  not 
found  itself  attracted  by  tl  e  oppor- 
tunities of  its  ministry.  If,  for  a  gen- 
eration, the  strongest  men  graduating 
from  the  college  could  become  its 
priests  and  its  prophets,  the  leader- 
ship of  the  church,  in  the  highest  af- 
fairs of  the  community,  would  be  re- 
stored. The  restoration  of  the  church 
would  thus  result  in  the  elevation  of 
the  ministry,  and  the  elevation  of  the 
ministry  would  result  in  the  restora- 
tion of  the  church  to  its  place  of  light 
and  leading. 

Cleveland,  Ohio. 


Alexander  Campbell  in  the  Class  Room 


Mr.  Campbell,  as  a  teacher  in  the 
class  room,  was  always  a  striking 
figure.  His  personality  was  great. 
In  many  respects  he  was  a  perfect  pic- 
ture of  physical  proportion  and 
symmetry.  No  one  ever  saw  him  with- 
out feeling  the  impress  of  a  great 
character;  and  this  fact  was  perhaps 
more  distinctly  realized  in  the  class 
room  than  anywhere  else.  Here  his 
great  mind  wrought  with  his  body  in 
impressing  all  who  were  present  at  his 
lectures. 

His  method  of  teaching  was  some- 
what peculiar.  Apparently  he  had'no 
special  rules  by  which  he  was  guided 
in  what  he  said.  He  was  a  rule-[to 
himself,  and  he  himself  made  the  rule. 
"Absorption  by  his  theme"  is  the 
phrase  which  probably  expresses 
fairly  his  method  of  teaching.  In  a 
few  moments  after  taking  his  seat  he 
seemed  to  lose  all  thoughts  of  every- 
thing else  outside  of  the  theme  he  was 
discussing.  This  theme  seemed  to 
take  entire  possession  of  him,  and  yet 
it  was  evident  to  all  who  heard  him 
that  his  personality  always  mastered 
his  theme.  He  seemed  to  have  the 
power  to  control  all  resources  in  order 
to  illustrate  and  enforce  the  subject 
under  consideration. 

He  used  very  few,  if  any,  of  modern 
pedagogical  methods.  Indeed,  he 
never  seemed  to  care  for  his  students 
to  simply  remember  the  facts 
to  which  their  attention  was  called, 
it  was  the  lesson  of  these  facts 
that  he  wished  them  to  re- 
remember.  He  referred  to  the  facts 
only  that  he  might  make  the  lesson 
more  effective.  His  mind  was  spe- 
cially gifted  in  generalizations.  While  , 


By  W.  T.  Moore 

;  He  was  seldom  humorous  in  the 
class-room;  but  when  he  did  allow 
himself  to  indulge  in  a  little  side-play, 
it  was  always  the  genuine  article.  He 
never  affected  anything.  His  humor 
was  spontaneous  and  as  truthful  as 
anything  else  that  characterized  his 
teaching. 

Sometimes  his  humor  was  convul- 
sive in  its  effect.  One  morning  he 
was  asking  some  questions  about  the 
three  sons  of  Noah.  One  of  the  ques- 
tions was,  "From  which  son  are  we 
descended?"  This  question  was  put 
to  a  young  man  who  was  notorious  for 
his  failure  to  give  answers  correctly. 
The  young  man  answered  at  once, 
"We  are  .descended  from  Shem."  Mr. 
Campbell  said  to  the  young  man  that 
he  would  have  to  try  again.  Mean- 
time a  mischievous  young  fellow,  who 
was  sitting  behiad  the  student  who 
was  under  examination,  leaned  over 
and  whispered,  "Tell  him, Ham."  The 
somewhat  embarrassed  young  man 
now  said:  "I  beg  your  pardon,  Mr. 
Campbell,  I  did  not  mean  Shem,  sir,  I 
meant  Ham."  Mr.  Campbell  imme- 
diatly  replied  by  saying,  "One  more 
guess,  Mr.  D.,  and  I  think  you  will  be 
able  to  answer  my  question."  The  ef- 
fect of  this  little  incident  was  such 
that  it  was  almost  impossible  for  Mr. 
Campbell  to  proceed  for  a  considera- 
ble length  of  time,  while  the  blushes 
of  the  young  student,  who  had  been 
put  to  shame,  only  added  to  the  ap- 
plause which  greeted  his  discom- 
fiture. 

On  another  occasion  the  young  men 


he  was  careful  about   particular  facts,  \  had  placed  a  cow  in   the  lecture  room 


he  never  rested  in  particulars.  Nor 
did  he  seem  to  care  very  much  for  the 
philosophy  of  things.  He  was  doubt- 
less philosophical  in  much  of  his 
reasoning,  but  this  was  always  to  the 
end  that  he  might  be  practical,  and 
practical  always  in  the  matter  of 
character-building.  This  character- 
building  was  the  main  consideration 
\   in  all  his  teaching. 


, (during  the  night,  and  she  was  found 
',  there  at  the  time  the  lecture  was  to  be- 
gin. After  the  cow  had  been  removed, 
Mr.  Campbell  took  his  seat  as  usual, 
and  after  the  devotional  exercises  were 
concluded,  he  began  his  lecture  in 
substantially  the  following  words:  "I 
know,  young  gentlemen,  that  you  are 
closely  allied  to  the  animal  kingdom. 
VI     have      always     had     considerable 


patience  with  you  when  your  animal  in" 
stincts  have  become  dominant.  But 
I  never  knew  that  you  would  care  to  as- 
sociatewithyourselves  in  ycur  morning 
class  devotions  one  that  belonged  ex- 
clusively to  the  animal  kingdom;  and 
much  less  did  I  suppose  that  any  of 
you  would  select  a  cow  for  his  as- 
sociate." The  applause  which  fol- 
lowed this  sally  showed  conclusively 
that  the  young  men  appreciated  a 
clever  joke,  even  when  it  was  at  their 
own  expense. 

Mr.  Campbell  was  never  pessimistic. 
If  he  ever  looked  on  the  dark  side  of 
things,  he  did  not  bring  the  dark  col- 
oring into  his  lecture.  He  did  not 
theoretically  believe  the  doctrine  of 
foreordination  and  election,  as  it  is 
usually  understood  by  theologians; 
but  having  been  reared  in  the  atmos- 
phere where  that  doctrine  predomi- 
nated, and  having  accepted  it  in  his 
early  life,  he  was  doubtless  influenced 
by  it  in  some  respects,  during  his  en- 
tire career.  This  much  at  least  he  al- 
ways accepted  cheerfully:  First,  that 
God  has  a  plan  for  managing  the  uni- 
verse; this  plan  embraces  what  we 
call  Providence,  and  third,  this  Provi- 
dence is  constantly  tending  toward 
the  oversight  and  development  of  his 
children.  He,  therefore,  believed  that 
"All  things  work  together  for  good 
to  them  that  love  God,  to  them  who 
are  called  according  to  his  purpose." 
His  sublime  faith  in  the  promises  of 
God  to  be  with  and  sustain  his  own, 
gave  Mr.  Campbell  his  constant  cheer- 
fulness, even  under  the  greatest  trials, 
and  enabled  him  to  see  a  silver  lining 
in  every  cloud. 

I  have  frequently  been  asked  to 
state  some  of  the  characteristics  of 
Mr.  Campbell  as  a  teacher,  but  I  have 
always  felt  how  inadequate  any  state- 
ment must  be  which  attempts  to  give 
an  analysis  of  either  his  method  or 
manner.  I  have  already  indicated  all 
that  can  be  truthfully  said.  Mr. 
Campbell  himself  had  to  be  heard 
that  he  might  be  understood,  or  that 
the  power  of  his  teaching  might  be 
( Continued  on  page  862. ) 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


July  6,  1905 


COMMENCEMENT 
WISDOM 


As  Seen  from  the  Dome 


F.  D.  POWER 


Every  year  the  drift  of  things  more 
or  less  may  be  determined  from  the 
utterances  of  baccalaureate  and  clos- 
ing day  addresses.  The  universal  op- 
timism of  youth,  standing  on  the 
threshold  of  active  life  with  sheep- 
skin in  hand,  is  forever  interesting 
and  stimulating.  "We  are  here.  Every- 
thing will  go  right  now,"  says  the 
sweet  girl  graduate.  "Brace  up.  We 
will  take  the  universe  in  hand.  The 
best  is  yet  to  be,"  declares  the  young 
man  in  cap  and  gown.  Then  the 
sages  and  doctors  of  the  law  come  with 
their  grave  counsels,  and  oracular 
comments  upon  the  needs  of  the  times 
and  the  opportunities  of  youth,  and 
with  a  mild  dash  of  cold  water  upon 
the  exuberance  and  enthusiasm  of 
fresh  young  souls,  get  matters  ad- 
justed to  the  golden  mean. 

This  year  the  great  men  have  not 
been  as  pronounced  as  usual  in  their 
declarations  at  the  giving  out  of  de- 
grees and  diplomas. The  first  gentleman 
of  the  land  has  been  talking,  but  has 
said  nothing  startling.  Clark  and  Holy 
Cross  colleges  heard  him  and  doc- 
tored him,  and  one  of  his  words  to  the 
students  seems  a  center  shot.  Justice 
he  tells  them  is  the  greatest  problem. 

"The  greatest  problem  before  our  people, 
as  before  every  modern  people,  is  the  problem 
of  getting  justice  as  between  man  and  man, 
and  this  especially  in  industrial  matters,  so 
that  the  man  who  works  with  his  hands  and 
the  man  who  has  the  capital  accumulated  by 
work  with  head  and  hands  shall  get  on  better 
together,  each  giving  justice  to  the  other,  and 
each  having  sympathy  and  regard  for  the 
other,  for  even  justice  can  be  administered  in  a 
manner  which  leaves  you  with  the  heartiest 
dislike  for  the  person  who  administers  it." 

This  is  the  core  of  the  difficulty.  It 
covers  more  than  conditions  in  Chica- 
go. It  is  the  trouble  in  Russia.  It 
has  been  the  real  question  in  every 
conflict  of  sectarianism.  It  is  at  the 
bottom  of  all  our  race  animosities  and 
our  sectional  paganism.  Then  the 
president  is  more  personal.  Our 
young  people  are  apt  to  see  visions 
and  dream  dreams  and  need  to  be  re- 
minded of  the  call  to  do  things.  Hear 
him: 

"I  have  always  felt  most  strongly  that  it  is 
true  of  the  nation,  as  of  the  individual,  that 
the  greatest  doer  must  also  be  a  great  dreamer. 
Of  course,  if  the  dream  is  not  followed  by  ac- 
tion, then  it  is  a  bubble;  it  merely  has  served 
to  divert  the  man  from  doing  something.  But 
a  great  action,  action  that  is  really  great,  can 
not  take  place  if  the  man  hasn't  it  in  his  brain 
to  think  great  thoughts,  to  dream  great 
dreams." 

Secretary  Taft  deals  with  the  negro 
and  the  Chinaman  and  murder  and 
divorce  and  the  whole  range  of  evils  in 
his  talk  at  Miami.  When  an  orator  is 
hard  up  he  can  always  find  the  black 
man  "in  the  wood  pile,"  and  he  is 
truly  an  "issue."  Then  the  yellow 
brother  has  a  commercial  importance 
for  he  is  400,000,000,  and  no  word  the 


secretary  says  about  the  Chinese  Ex- 
clusion Act  to  please  "certain  unrea- 
sonable and  extremely  unpopular 
leaders  of  California,"  but  meets  the 
approval  of  all  right  thinking  people. 
Maladministration  of  criminal  law, 
and  the  rolling  up  of  the  figures  in  our 
divorce  courts  last  year  to  512  divorces 
to  every  10,000  '  marriages,  are  also 
points  well  taken.  Concerning  his 
views  on  "inadequate  official  salaries" 
the  nation  is  not  so  sure. 

Princeton's  one  hundred  and  fifty- 
eighth  has  for  the  first  time  a  layman 
to  speak  the  baccalaureate,  and  his 
theme  is  "Health."  Dr.  Wilson  strikes 
a  true  chord. 

"The  ideal  object  of  education  is  at  once  to 
develop  and  simplify  the  mind,  simplify  it  by 
a  perfect  adjustment  to  its  uses  and  to  its  en- 
vironment, and  such  is  health.  The  modern 
struggle  for  wealth  is  more  like  a  consuming 
fever  than  a  right  function  of  health. 

"There  is  in  many  of  our  material  achieve- 
ments a  touch  of  frenzy  and  distemper.  Our 
energy  is  stimulated  to  the  pitch  of  intoxica- 
tion, lacks  poise,  and  overleaps  the  bounds 
alike  of  prudence  and  of  pleasure,  hurries  us 
panting  to  beds  of  exhaustion  and  of  sickness; 
where  the  physician's  task  is  to  get  the  heat 
and  turmoil  out  of  our  blood. 

"Let  this  be  the  clew  to  the  labyrinth  of  life: 
Not  to  search  for  yourself,  but  for  a  way  of 
service  which  will  make  you  greater  than 
yourself." 

At  Cornell  President  Schurman  uses 
Cleveland  and  Roosevelt  as  examples 
of  American  character,  energy,  and 
honesty  of  purpose.  He  calls  the 
president's  action  in  bringing  Russia 
and  Japan  together  "the  unparalleled 
thing,"  and  "the  president  the  most 
beloved  and  admired  of  Americans, 
whose  strength  lay  in  the  world's  con- 
fidence in  his  integrity,  his  fairness 
and  his  devotion  to  righteous  ends." 
He  thinks  Cleveland  will  save  the 
Equitable.  "Stronger  than  all  the 
forces  of  criticism,  of  disintegration, 
of  personal  rivalries,  even  of  faulty 
and  therefore  dangerous  organization 
is  the  name  of  that  sturdy,  honest, 
tried  and  tested  and  absolutely  reli- 
able American,  Grover  Cleveland.  Our 
republic  is  exalted  by  high-minded 
men  like  Theodore  Roosevelt  and 
Grover  Cleveland.  It  is  fitting  that 
the  republic  has  exalted  them  also." 

Carl  Schurz  is  out  giving  advice  at 
the  University  of  Wisconsin  and  has 
some  good  things  to  say. 

"This  republic  should  stand  as  the  gen- 
tleman par  excellence  among  nations;  a  gentle- 
man scorning  the  role  of  the  swash-buckler; 
whose  hip  pockets  bulge  with  loaded  six- 
shooters,  and  who  flashes  big  diamonds  on  his 
fingers  and  shirt  front;  a  gen'leman  modest  in 
the  consciousness  of  strength,  and  carrying 
justice,  forbearance  and  conciliation  on  his 
tongue  and  benevolence  in  his  hand,  rather  than 
a  chip  on  his  shoulder.  If  this  republic  is  to 
endure  and  to  be  successful  in  its  highest  mis- 
sion, it  must  put  its  trust  rather  in  schools  than 
in  battle-ships." 

At  Washington  Dr.  O'Connor  of  New 
York  preaches  to  the  Catholic  univer- 


sity graduates  and  graft,  divorce,  race 
suicide,  socialism,  sensationalism,  ma- 
terialism, commercialism,  all  "damn- 
ing evils,"  save  the  saloon,  pass  in  re- 
view. "Morality  is  no  longer  the  deca- 
logue of  Almighty  God,  but  good  man- 
ners, ethical  culture,  civil  righteous- 
ness, external  respectability."  Modern 
orthodoxy  is  "the  sheerest  veneer  of 
rationalism."  "Higher  education  has 
robbed  the  Bible  of  every  vestige  of 
reverence  and  authority.  The  divin- 
ity of  Christ  has  long  since  been 
questioned  and  denied.  There  is  no 
tenet  of  Christian  truth  that  has  not 
been  assailed  and,  in  the  judgment  of 
many,  disproved.  The  pretense  of 
Christianity  is  the  thinnest  sham,  the 
vainest  mockery,  the  most  daring  im- 
position." 

My,  my,  what  are  we  coming  to! 
Morality  based  upon  Christian  dogma 
this  speaker  advocated  as  the  remedy 
for  the  degeneracy  of  the  age.  How- 
ever, our  Catholic  brother  is  not  one 
whit  more  pessimistic  than  Dr.  Dalton 
of  Princeton.  One  thing  helsays:  "The 
men  of  the  present  dayjseem  to  be  try- 
ing to  see  how  near  they  can  come  to 
the  prison  gates  without  getting  be- 
hind them.  'Might  is  right, 'land  every 
one  tries  to  get  his  fellow  on  the  hip. 
I  hate  to  see  a  cold-blooded,  right- 
living  rascal  who  has  $40,000,000  teach 
a  Sunday  school  class  and  drive  the 
hardest  bargain  within  the  range  of 
the  law  on  work  days.  It  has  been 
said,  'the  meek  shall  inherit  the  earth,' 
but  we  all  want  the  earth  nowadays." 

And  now  comes  Booker  Washington, 
the  wholesome  apostle  of  Tuskegee, 
speaking  at  the  capital  of  the  duty  of 
his  people  and  the  salvation  through 
education.  What  is  better  than  this? 

"Do  not  be  ashamed  of  your  parents.  When 
their  life  is  a  lowly  one,  cast  your  lot  with 
theirs  and  show  them  that  you  can  help  them 
to  a  higher  and  more  useful  life.  Be  what  you 
are!  No  one  is  so  unfortunate  as  the  individual 
who  is  continuously  trying  to  deceive  the  world. 
It  is  hard  work  for  one  to  live  in  hundred- 
dollar  style  on  a  fifty-dollar  salary.  If  you  are 
poor,  do  not  pretend  to  be  rich.  All  things 
come  to  the  man  who  lives  a  straightforward, 
honest,  simple  life." 

He   raised   a  great   laugh  when  he 
told  his  audience  that  they  now  say  the 
Japs  are  a  white  race. 
®         0 

Alexander  Campbell  in  the  Class 
Room. 

{Continued  from  page  861.) 
felt.  His  teaching  was  more  than 
teaching.  It  was  teaching  phis  a  great 
personality.  It  was  teaching  that 
made  one  feel  he  had  received  an  in- 
crement of  power,  though  he  might 
not  be  able  to  understand  the  process 
by  which  he  had  come  to  realize  this  ' 
power.  It  was  teaching  which  was  all 
light,  and  the  only  use  he  had 
for  material  was  to  focalize  this  light 
and  give  it  brilliancy.  He  burned  his 
facts  that  the  light  from  the  burning 
might  illuminate  the  world. 


July  6,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


863 


France    at    the    Parting    of   the    Ways 


In  one  of  the  loveliest  corners  of 
France,  very  near  the  Italian  frontier, 
these  lines  are  being  penned.  Being 
on  my  way  home  from  central  Italy, 
my  purpose  is  to  halt  at  a  few  spots  in 
France,  and  to  note  present  conditions 
in  this  country  also,  after  a  series  of 
explorations  in  some  Italian  provinces. 
Already  I  am  discovering  that  all  is 
not  well  with  France,  as  all  is  not  well 
with  Italy,  or  England,  or  Germany, 
or  any  continental  country.  The  great 
troubles  of  Europe  may  be  symbolized 
in  these  few  significant  words — mili- 
tarism, socialism,  priestcraft.  Each 
of  these  terms  is  voluminous  in  its 
implications. 

At  the  Great  Glove  City. 

Grenoble,  where  I  am  at  the  mo- 
ment, is  one  of  the  delectable  spots  of 
the  earth's  surface.  For  instance,  I 
am  writing  on  a  balcony  in  full  view 
of  glorious  Mont  Blanc.  I  constantly 
note  that  people  generally  think  that 
Switzerland  owns  Europe's  highest 
mountain.  But  Mont  Blanc  belongs  to 
France  since  she  annexed  Savoy.  It 
is  just  west  of  the  Swiss  boundary. 
Grenoble  is  the  capital  of  Dauphiny 
and  is  dominated  by  a  noble  snow  cov- 
ered range  of  the  Dauphiny  Alps 
which  run  on  to  join  the  Alps  of  Sa- 
voy, Mont  Blanc  towering  to  the  east- 
ern view  as  monarch  of  them  all. 
Grenoble,  with  its  70,000  people,  is 
chiefly  busy  making  gloves.  Beauty 
of  environment  and  utility  here  go 
hand  in  hand.  The  people  all  seem  to 
be  prosperous  and  might  be  supposed 
to  be  all  contented.  But  the  satisfac- 
tion is  only  superficial,  and  every- 
where in  France, discontent  is  seething. 
The  famous  Disestablishment  bill  is 
still  being  steadily  discussed  clause 
by  clause  in  the  French  parliament. 
But  this  process  of  separation  of 
church  and  state  has  been  under  way 
for  two  years.  M.  Combes,  the  popu- 
lar ex-Premier,  went  out  of  office  in 
order  to  be  able  all  the  better  to  pro- 
mote the  movement.  The  present  bill 
is  a  modification  of  his  proposal.  His 
was  extremely  drastic.  After  Dises- 
tablishment the  priests  were  to  be  al- 
lowed to  officiate  only  in  their  own 
cantons.  But  M.  Rouvier,  the  new 
Premier,  is  relaxing  some  of  the  more 
stringent  propositions. 

The    Bitter  Preliminary. 

The  part  of  France,  the  department 
of  Dauphiny,  has  been  peculiarly  af- 
fected by  that  sweeping  and  salutary 
clearing  away  of  monasti  :  establish- 
ments which  created  such  a  commo- 
tion three  years  ago.  In  a  lonely  Al- 
pine nook  a  few  miles  from  Grenoble, 
just  under  the  snows  on  the  mountain 
slope,  stands  the  famous  convent 
called  La  Grande  Chartreuse.  All  the 
world  knows  of  the  cordial  named  af- 
ter this  monastery.  The  secret  of  the 
manufacture  of  this  liqueur  belongs  to 
the  monks  and  their  convent   had   ac- 


By  William  Durban 

cumulated  immense  wealth  by  its  sale. 
Like  other  monks  who  would  not  sub- 
mit to  the  new  enactments  of  the  Law 
of  Associations,  they  had  to  depart, 
and  they  emigrated  to  Tarragona  in 
Spain.  Now,  I  find  that  Grenoble  and 
Chambery  and  other  towns  round  here 
mourn  for  the  monks.  But  I  also  find 
that  down  at  the  bottom  of  their  hearts 
the  people  cherish  purely  sordid 
reasons  for  their  regrets.  In  a  con- 
versation with  a  very  intellectual 
citizen  of  Grenoble  I  was  treated  to 
some  frank  expressions  of  his  ideas  on 
current  events.  "The  action  of  the 
government  is  shameful.  In  this  part 
of  France  we  execrate  it.  The  monks 
are  good  men,  and  they  were  generous 
— bien  generaux,  bien  generaux!"  And 
as  he  rattled  on  in  his  voluble  way,  he 
kept  emphasizing  this  special  quality 
of  the  monkishjgenerosity.  The  whole 
estimate  was  mercenary.  This  is  too 
typical  by  far  of  the  French  national 
mind.  Much  as  I  admire  the  French  peo- 
ple for  their  geniality,  and  hospitality, 
their  chivalry,  and  patriotism,  their  ar- 
tistic taste  and  their  amazing  intellec- 
tual acumen,  I  cannot  help  seeing  that, 
as  a  people,  they  seem  to  have  lost  all 
sense  of  high  spiritual  motives.  They 
are,  in  fact,  a  very  unspiritual  nation. 
The  destruction  of  the  Huguenot  ele- 
ment in  the  Reformation  era  was  fatal 
to  France.  Her  future  depends  on  a 
reaction  in  the  direction  of  Evangelic- 
alism. Is  such  a  reaction  possible? 
No  one  can  venture  to  say.  If  it  be  im- 
possible, then  France  will  drift  into 
impotence  like  that  of  Spain. 

What  Will  "La  Grande  Nation"  Choose? 

The  hopeful  omen  is  that  France 
has  disestablished  the  monk,  and 
now  seems  to  be  about  to  disestab- 
lish the  church,  or  rather  churches, 
for  there  are  several  established  com- 
munions besides  the  Gallican  Catholic. 
Should  the  bill  go  through  thenFrance 
will  like  Italy  have  adopted  Cavour's 
maxim— "A  free  church  in  a  free  state, 
that  is  liberty."  But  what  then?  A 
stupendous  question'wttl  then  arise  for 
the  popular  decision.  That  decision 
will  probably  be  made  at  the  general 
election  next  spring.  Will  a  large 
number  of  athiestic  socialists  be  re- 
turned to  parliament?  If  so,  France 
will  have  sealed  her  fate,  for  she  will 
have  settled  the  fact  that  her  politics 
are  to  be  godless.  At  this  moment  the 
omens  are  mixed.  Socialism  is  rapidly 
gaining  ground  in  Germany,  Italy 
and  France,  while  in  England  it  is 
practically  inert  and  impotent.  But 
in  France  a  new  split  has  just  divided 
the  parliamentary  socialists  into  two 
factions,  one  of  these  led  by  Herve, 
an  absolute  anarchist,  who  has 
largely  increased  his  following  of  late, 
owing  to  his  denunciation  of  conscrip- 
tion,  the   others  by  Vaillant,   a  more 


moderate  champion.  Herve  violently 
declaims  against  socialism  as  leading 
to  war  and  calls  on  all  reservist  sol- 
diers to  refuse  to  serve.  He  proclaims 
a  purely  international  alliance  of 
workers  against  capitalism,  apart  from 
race  or  country.  And  he  is  creating  a 
new  sensation  and  a  very  lively  one, 
which  may  create  fresh  complications. 

&  # 

FROM  THE  EDITOR. 

He  Forgot  That  He  Had  a  Stomach. 


Talking  of  food,  there  is  probably 
no  professional  man  subjected  to  a 
greater,  more  wearing  mental  strain 
than  the  responsible  editor  of.  a 
modern  newspaper. 

To  keep  his  mental  faculties  con- 
stantly in  good  working  order,  the 
editor  must  keep  his  physical  powers 
up  to  the  highest  rate  of  efficiency. 
Nothing  will  so  quickly  upset  the 
whole  system  as  badly  selected  food 
and  a  disordered  stomach.  It  there- 
fore follows  that  he  should  have  right 
food,  which  can  be  readily  assimilated, 
and  which  furnishes  true  brain 
nourishment. 

"My  personal  experience  in  the  use 
of  Grape-Nuts  and  Postum  Food  Cof- 
fee," writes  a  Philadelphia  editor, 
"so  exactly  agrees  with  your  adver- 
tised cl  aim  as  to  their  merits,  that 
any  further  exposition  in  that  direc- 
tion would  seem  to  be  superfluous. 
They  have  benefited  me  so  much, 
however,  during  the  five  years  that  I 
have  us  ed  them,  that  I  do  not  feel 
justified  in  withholding  my  testimony. 

"General  'high  living'  with  all  that 
the  expression  implies  as  to  a  gener- 
ous table,  brought  about  indigestion, 
in  my  case,  with  restlessness  at  night, 
and  lassitude  in  the  morning,  accom- 
pani  ed  by  various  pains  and  distress- 
ing sensations  during  working  hours. 
The  doctor  diagnosed  the  condition  as 
'catarrh  of  the  stomach,'  and  pre- 
scribed various  medicines,  which  did 
me  no  good.  I  finally  'threw  physics 
to  the  dogs,'  gave  up  tea  and  coffee  and 
heavy  meat  dishes,  and  adopted  Grape- 
Nuts  and  Postum  Food  Coffee  as  the 
chief  articles  of  my  diet. 

"I  can  conscientiously  say,  and  I 
wish  to  say  it  with  all  the  emphasis 
possible  to  the  English  language,  that 
they  have  benefited  me  as  medicines 
never  did,  and  more  than  any  other 
food  that  ever  came  on  my  table.  My 
experi  ence  is  that  the  Grape-Nuts  food 
has  steadied  and  strengthened  both 
brain  and  nerves  to  a  most  positive 
degree.  How  it  does  it,  I  cannot  say, 
but  I  know  that  after  breakfasting  on 
Grape-  Nuts  food  one  actually  forgets 
he  has  a  stomach,  let  alone  'stomach 
trouble.'  It  is,  in  my  opinion,  the 
most  beneficial  as  well  as  the  most 
econo  mical  food  on  the  market,  and 
has  absolutely  no  rival."  Name  given 
by   Postum  Co.,    Battle   Creek,  Mich. 

There's  a  reason. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


July  6,  1905 


Education     and     Our    Progress 


Any  discussion  of  our  educational 
problems,  looking  to  any  alteration  of 
our  educational  policies,  should  begin 
by  according  full  honor  to  our  colleges 
as  they  are,  and  to  the  work  they 
have  done.  The  work  of  our  brethren 
in  founding  and  maintaining  colleges, 
and  the  sacrifices  borne  by  the  splen- 
did men  and  women  who  have  taught 
therein,  have  invested  our  institutions 
of  learning  with  a  spirit  savoring  of 
the  holiest  devotion.  All  honor  to 
them!  Their  best  honor  is  the  perfec- 
tion of  a  plan  to  perpetuate  the  work 
to  which  thej-  gave  their  lives.  The 
need  of  a  more  nicely  adjusted  sys- 
tem of  relating  the  several  schools 
to  the  churches,  both  as  a  means  to 
more  liberal  support,  and  as  a  requisite 
to  the  successful  equipment  of  the 
ministry,  argues  not  against  the  past 
value  of  our  colleges,  but  seeks  for 
them  the  highest  future  efficiency. 

The  rise  of  our  educational  institu- 
tions has  been  marked  by  those  fea- 
tures of  spontaneous  enthusiasm  for 
local  enterprises,  which  have  sought 
the  fostering  of  the  cause  in  a  given 
section,  rather  than  the  promotion  of 
the  larger  ends  which  have  later  come 
into  view.  The  school  of  any  given 
district  has  been  expected  to  give  visi- 
ble returns  of  ecclesiastical  suprem- 
acy, to  the  supporting  group  of  neigh- 
boring congregations.  It  is  gratifying 
to  note  tbat  what  is  always  true  of  a 
worthy  and  spirit-led  movement,  has 
been  true  of  onr  educational  institu- 
tions, that  the  secondary  results  of 
their  efforts  have  far  outrun  the  pri- 
mary purposes  of  their  founders.  With 
few  exceptions  our  ministers  were 
trained  in  ourlown  schools.  It  has  been 
true,  that  what  was  lacking  in  the  way 
of  facilities  for  advanced  instruction 
was  atoned  for  in  the  inspiring  contact 
provided  with  men  and  women  of  God. 
The  formation  of  ^balanced  and  im- 
partial plan  for  the  relation  of  the  col- 
leges to  one  another,  and  for  the  more 
strict  allotment  to  each  of  its  working 
territory;  the  more  complete  agreement 
between  the  churches  and  the  colleges, 
as  to  the  support  to  be  given,  and  the 
training  to  be  offered;  together  with  a 
central  .institution  of  ample  endow- 
ment and  efficient  leadership  to  give  the 
highest  grade  of  theological  training, 
will  for  the  present  furnish  an  ade- 
quate working  basis  for  the  educa- 
tional'problem,  now  insistently  clam- 
oring for  our  attention. 

The  endeavor  to  so  relate  our  col- 
leges and  churches  as  to  establish  the 
mutually  helpful  relation  desired,  re- 
quires that  this  last  mentioned  feature 
of  ministerial  training  be  made  the 
subject  of  studied  adaptation.  Our 
progress  as  a  people  has  been  chiefly 
due  to  the  popularity  of  our  plea, 
urged  with  all  the  tremendous  urgency 
of  an  enthusiastic  evangelism.    At  the 


•An  extract  from  his  Congress  address. 


By  W.  A.  Parker 

present  time,  though  no  policy  is  ad- 
vocated that  involves  the  abandonment 
of  our  missionary  methods,  it  has  be- 
come apparent  that  the  indoctrination 
of  our  membership,  and  their  growth 
in  the  essentials  of  Christian  culture, 
requires  abilities  and  training  of  a 
different  order  from  these  bolder  and 
more  aggressive  traits  so  pronounced 
in  the  ministry  of  the  past. 

The  ministerial  training  offered  in 
the  leading  theological  seminaries  of 
the  land  has  been  greatly  amplified  in 
recent  years.  Biblical  theology  has 
become  a  science.  Archeology  has 
uncovered  the  records  of  the  silent 
centuries,  and  raised  up  for  the  scrip- 
tures a  great  cloud  of  witnesses.  The 
study  of  Greek  and  Hebrew  has  been 
supplemented  by  an  acquaintance  with 
their  cognate  languages;  and  science 
in  its  relation  to  the  facts  of  religion 
has  found  a  large  place  in  the  curric- 
ulum. Not  less  essential  than  all 
these,  is  the  study  of  the  social  appli- 
cation of  truth,  in  its  relation  to  eco- 
nomics, civil  ethics  and  moral  reform. 
The  contributions  of  psychology  to 
the  subject  of  religion  promise  to 
readjust  the  methods  of  culture  into 
harmony  with  individual  develop- 
ment. 

The  age  of  our  pastoral  activity  has 
come.  The  problem  of  the  Disciples 
is  one  of  conservation.  The  cry  of 
our  churches  is  for  trained  men.  The 
solution  of  our  difficulties  is  the  pro- 
vision of  a  school  of  preachers,  whose 
knowledge  of  the  gospel  and  how  to 
preach  it  is  supplemented  with  an  ade- 
quate knowledge  of  pastoral  and  prac- 
tical theology. 

In  a  larger  way,  our  relations  with 
the  surrounding  religious  bodies  in- 
volve the  requirement  of  ministerial 
courtesy.  The  closer  touch  into  which 
the  spirit  of  fraternalism  has  led  the 
various  groups  is  all  the  more  -an  oc- 
casion of  testing  the  spiritual  culture 
of  our  leaders,  and  their  fitness  to 
propose  and  foster  a  more  intimate  re- 
lation. 

The  need  of  theological  training 
may  be  partially  supplied  to  us  by  the 
existing  institutions  whose  denomina- 
tional features  are  becoming  less 
prominent.  It  may  even  be  conceded 
that  the  breadth  of  culture  necessarily 
resultant  from  contact  with  the  stand- 
ards and  methods  of  a  dissenting  body 
will  inure  to  the  advantage  of  the 
student,  and  his  work.  But  the 
stimulus  to  seek  such  educational  ad- 
vantages is  largely  wanting  among  us. 
It  is  contended  that  the  establishment 
of  such  an  enterprise  will  both  sug- 
gest the  needs  of  the  ministry,  and 
lead  the  churches  to  demand  of  their 
teachers  the  >  highest  possible  effi- 
ciency. 

Emporia,  Kansas. 


IN  COLONEL'S  TOWN 

Things  Happen. 


From  the  home  of  the  famous  "Keyh- 
nel  Keeyartah  of  Cartersville,"  away 
down  South,  comes  an  enthusiastic 
letter  about  Postum. 

"I  was  in  very  delicate  health,  suf- 
fering from  indigestion  and  a  nervous 
trouble  so  severe  that  I  could  hardly 
sleep.  The  doctor  ordered  me  to  dis- 
continue the  use  of  the  old  kind  of 
coffee,  which  was  like  poison  to  me, 
producing  such  extreme  disturbance 
that  I  could  not  control  myself.  But 
such  was  my  love  for  it,  that  I  could 
not  get  my  own  consent  to  give  it  up 
for  some  time,  and  continued  to  suffer, 
till  my  father  one  day  brought  home  a 
package  of  Postum  Food  Coffee. 

"I  had  the  new  food  drink  carefully 
prepared  according  to  directions,  and 
gave  it  a  fair  trial.  It  proved  to  have 
a  rich  flavor  and  made  a  healthy, 
wholesome  and  delightful  drink.  To 
my  taste,  the  addition  of  cream  greatly 
improves  it. 

"My  health  began  to  improve  as 
soon  as  the  drug  effect  of  the  old  coffee 
was  removed,  and  the  Postum  Coffee 
had  time  to  make  its  influence  felt. 
My  nervous  troubles  were  speedily  re- 
lieved and  the  sleep  which  the  old  cof- 
fee drove  from  my  pillow,  always  came 
to  soothe  and  strengthen  me  after  I 
had  drunk  Postum — in  a  very  short 
time  I  began  to  sleep  better  than  I  had 
for  years  before.  I  have  now  used 
Postum  Coffee  for  several  years  and 
like  it  better  and  find  it  more  bene- 
ficial than  when  I  first  began.  It  is  an 
unspeakable  joy  to  be  relieved  of  the 
old  distress  and  sickness."  Name 
given  by  Postum  Company,  Battle 
Creek,  Mich. 

There's  a  reason. 

Read  the  little  book,  "The  Road  to 
Wellville,!'  in  each  pkg. 


ti 


Gloria  in  Excelsis." 

"To  say  we  are  delighted  with 
'Gloria  in  Excelsis'  is  to  put  it 
mildly.  I  am  specially  pleased  with 
the  arrangement  and  rich  contents  of 
the  material  for  the  various  responsive 
services,  and  Mrs.  A.  is  enthusi- 
astic over  the  splendid  variety  and 
large  collection  of  the  world's  classic 
hymns.  We  truly  congratulate  the 
authors  and  publishers. 

"H.  L.  Atkinson,  Minister. 

"Mrs.  J.  B.  Atkinson,  Chorister. 

"California,  Pa.,  June  28,  1905." 

This  refers  to  our  New  Hymnal  — 
the  only  strictly  high-grade,  first-class 
hymnal  ever  published  in  our  brother- 
hood. Write  for  sample  pages  and 
prices.  Christian  Publishing  Co.,  St. 
Louis. 


July  6,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


865 


Pertaining   to    the    Ministry 

By  W.  J.  LHAMON 


A  LETTER  TO  OUR  HEADERS. 


A  few  weeks  ago  I  sent  the  following  ques- 
tions to  fifty  of  our  best  known  preachers  in 
Missouri: 

1.  How  many  preachers  have  gone  out 
from  your  congregation  during  its  history? 

2.  Has  your  congregation  ever  assisted 
financially  any  man  to  prepare  for  the  ministry? 

3.  What  encouragement  has  your  congre- 
gation recently  given  publicly  or  privately  to 
young  men  to  enter  the  ministry? 

4.  Why  are  young  men  not  entering  the 
ministry  in  greater  number«? 

Some  twenty  replies  are  in  hand,  and  I  have 
sought  to  collate  them  and  give  the  substance 
of  them  with  the  following  results: 

Five  report  no  minister  sent  out  during  their 
history.  One  reports  one  young  man  sent 
forth  into  the  ministry  in  thirty-six  years!  One 
reports  two;  three  report  one;  two,  four;  two, 
five;  two,  six. 

Nine  report  as  never  having  helped  men  into 
the  ministry.  Others  report  indefinite  help  to 
one  or  two.  Others,  as  helping  indirectly  by 
gifts  to  colleges.  Evidently  the  direct  help  has 
not  been  great. 

Eight  pastors  report  as  having  given  encour- 
agement to  men  to  enter  the  ministry  by  exalt- 
ing in  their  sermons  the  calling,  and  enforcing 
its  claims.  Some  report  a  lifelong  care  in  the 
matter,  seeking  available  young  men,  and 
winning  them  personally  if  possible.  But  these 
are  the  exceptions.  I  am  led  to  fear  that  there 
is  not  enough  care  in  this  crucial  matter  on  the 
part  of  preachers  and  churches. 

If  those  who  replied  may  be  judged  as  on 
the  average  somewhat  lax,  what  must  be  our 
conclusion  regarding  the  thirty  who  make  no 
reply? 

One  man  says  he  has  ceased  advising  young 
men  to  enter  the  ministry,  and  that  he  even 
discourages  them  from  doing  so.  In  three 
years  he  has  advised  three  young  men  to  enter 
other  professions,  and  they  have  taken  his  ad- 
vice. His  reasons  do  not  seem  convincing  to 
me.  Mainly,  they  are  summed  up  in  the 
unbecoming  conduct  of  preachers  toward 
preachers,  and  in  the  fact  that  nowadays  so 
much  of  our  church  work  goes  according  to 
various  machines.  This  man  has  suffered 
fearfully,  or  he  is  sadly  mistaken  from  some 
other  cause.  One  rejoices  in  the  belief  that  he 
stands  alone. 

The  replies  to  the  fourth  question  are  of 
greatest  interest  perhaps.  I  have  given  more 
space  to  them.  They  are  worthy  of  careful 
study.     They  are  as  follows: 

"Poor  financial  support  in  contrast  with  large 
salaries  in  other  callings.  Early  deadline. 
Failure  of  churches  to  encourage  their  best 
young  men  to  enter  the  ministry." — R.  G. 
Frank,  Liberty,  Mo. 

' '  Ministers  and  churches  take  no  interest  in 
the  matter,  or  a  feeble  interest  at  best.  Sug- 
gestions: 1.  Bible  college  men  must  arouse  the 
brotherhood.  2.  Young  men  of  limited  pri- 
mary education  must  be  admitted  to  our  schools. 
3.  Funds  must  be  provided  to  aid  them." — 
G.  A.  Hoffmann,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

"Perhaps  the  church  is  not  praying  the  Lord 
of  the  harvest  that  he  shall  send  forth  laborers. 
I  know  of  no  other  reason,  unless  it  be  the  in- 
difference of  Christian  parents,  who  ought  to 
urge  this  high  calling  on  their  sons.  I  do  not 
think  the  hardships  of  the  ministry  deter 
many." — W.  F.  Richardson,  Kansas  City, 
Mo. 

"Asked  this  question  at  a  county  convention. 
A  farmer  said,  'Hands  are  scarce.  We  need 
our  boys  on  the  farm.'  To  this  I  would  add: 
short    pastorates;     small    salaries;     decline    of 


the  country  church  and  little  inspiration  where 
formerly  we  got  many  of  our  preachers.  Fi- 
nally, nobody  asks  them." — Louis  Cupp, 
Platte  City,  Mo. 

"I  have  found  more  shrinking  from  the 
spiritual  than  the  financial  side." — A.  W. 
Kokendoffer,  Mexico,  Mo. 

"The  ideal  of  success  in  our  time  is  to  make 
money.  Change  this  ideal." — B.  T.  Whar- 
ton, Marshall,  Mo. 

"From  their  parents,  from  their  influential 
friends,  and  in  some  instances  from  their  min- 
isters, they  hear  more  words  of  praise  for  money- 
makers than  they  hear  for  preachers." — J.  T. 
MeGarvey,  Carthage,  Mo. 

"I  asked  the  officers.  The  general  opinion 
seemed  to  be  there  was  not  enough  money  in 
it." — Geo.  L.  Peters,  Mound  City,  Mo. 

"Neglect  of  home  worship,  and  a  passing  of 
the  mothers  who  prayed  for  theii  sons  to  be- 
come preachers." — J.  C.  Todd,  Monroe  City. 

"The  financial  problem  is  the  greatest  hin- 
drance."— J.  D.  Greer,  Laddonia. 

"Coldness  of  churches,  self-willed  church 
boards,  meager  support,  lack  of  self-confidence, 
ill  behavior  of  some  preachers,  lack  of  prayer- 
ful parents,  and  no  feeling  of  direct  responsi- 
bility for  the  great  commission." — J.  E.  Da- 
vis, Stanberry.  -  -  -^03  3M& 
^"Churches  don't  encourage  it.  Love  of 
money." — D.  W.  Moore,  Springfield,  Mo. 

"Churches  have  not  urged  it  as  they  should. 
Expense  of  getting  an  education  is  great  for  the 
poor  boy.  Rich  do  not  have  the  desire."  — 
Reuben  Blunt,  Richland,  Mo. 

"Because  the  preacher's  period  of  useful- 
ness and  fair  remuneration  is  limited  to  20 
years.  In  law  and  medicine  at  fifty  they  are 
at  their  prime,  and  age  adds  to  their  value. 
Not  all  men  have  sufficient  faith  for  sacrifice 
of  this  kind.  But  Christ  will  find  the  right 
man  to  do  his  work". — H.  R.  Trickett, 
Macon,  Mo. 

"The  commercial  spirit,  and  the  horrors  of 
an  old  age  full  of  poverty.  Sectarianism  has 
reduced  the  field  and  the  opportunities  for  am- 
bitious young  men.  The  cure:  Supplant  the 
commercial  spirit  with  the  spirit  of  Christ,  re- 
move the  bugbear  of  old-age  poverty  by  a 
longer  term  of  service  and  better  pay,  exalt  the 
glory  of  the  ministry  by  a  better  and  more 
thorough  education,  cut  out  the  truck-gardener 
from  the  pulpit,  call  well-equipped  men. 
Then  our  schools  will  be  filled  with  pupils  and 
our  churches  with  people." — C.  M.  Lewellyn, 
Hamilton,  Mo. 

The  substance  of  W.  G.  Surber's  answer  is 
meager  support.  He  believes  much  may  be 
done  by  the  pulpit  and  by  personal  solicitation 
to  overcome  the  unfavorable  condition.  He 
declares  that  the  matter  is  vital,  and  offers  a 
prayer  in  behalf  of  our  efforts  to  prepare  men 
for  the  work. 

C.  M.  Chilton  writes:  "This  is  one  with 
that  other  and  greater  question,  why  arc 
young  men  not  entering  the  church  in  greater 
numbers?  It  is  a  question  of  the  spiritual 
power  ef  the  church.  When  spiritual  centers 
are  cultivated,  families  or  churches,  there 
young  men  begin  to  think  of  the  ministry,  but 
when  worldliness  predominates,  it  is  not  so. 
The  church  has  been  careless  in  cultivating  its 
young  men.  It  is  not  anxious  enough  for  a 
larger  ministry.  It  seems  to  be  a  matter  re- 
lated to  the  profounder  mysteries  of  the  king- 
dom, therefore  we  should  seek  its  solution  in 
prayer." 

C.  E.  Hunt  thinks  that  preachers  do  not 
properly  support  one  another;  that  they 
backbite  and  are  not  kind.     We  feel  sure  that 


53  Cottage  St.,  Melrose,  Mas*. 
Dear  Sir:  Jaw.  11th,  1904. 

Ever  since  I  was  in  the  army  I  had  more 
or  less  kidney  trouble,  and  within  the  pait  year 
it  become  so  severe  and  complicated  that  I 
suffered  everything  and  was  much  alarmed — 
my  strength  and  power  was  fast  leaving  me.  I 
saw  an  advertisement  of  Swamp-Root  and 
wrote  asking  for  advice.  I  began  the  use  of 
the  medicine  and  noted  a  decided  improvement 
after  taking  Swamp-Root  only  a  short  time. 

I  continued  its  use  and  am  thankful  to  say 
that  I  am  entirely  cured  and  strong.  In  order 
to  be  very  sure  about  this,  I  had  a  doctor  ex- 
amine some  of  my  water  today  and  he  pro- 
nounced it  all  right  and  in  tplendid  condition. 

I  know  that  your  Swamp- Root  is  purely  vege- 
table and  does  not  contain  any  harmful  drugs. 
Thanking  you  for  my  complete  recovery  and 
recommending  Swamp-Root  to  all  sufferers, 
I  am  Very  truly  yours, 

I.  C.  RICHARDSON. 

You  may  have  a  sample  bottle  of  this  won- 
derful remedy,  Dr.  Kilmer's  Swamp-Root, 
sent  absolutely  free  by  mail,  also  a  book  tell- 
ing all  about  Swamp-Root.  If  you  are  already 
convinced  that  Swamp-Root  is  what  you 
need,  you  can  purchase  the  regular  fifty- cent 
and  one  dollar  size  bottles  at  the  drug  stores 
everywhere.  Don't  make  any  mistake,  but  re- 
member the  name,  Swamp-Root,  Dr.  Kilmer's 
Swamp-Root,  and  the  address,  Binghamton, 
N.  Y.,  on  every  bottle. 

there  is  not  enough  of  this  to  be  a  deterrent 
cause. 

Of  the  eighteen  answers  given  above  only 
seven  can  be  construed  as  expressing  the  feel- 
ing that  meager  salaries  are  a  deterrent  cause. 
Others  name  the  commercial  spirit,  the  love  of 
money,  and  the  praise  of  riches.  In  closing  I 
desire  to  call  special  attention  to  the  answers 
of  A.  W.  Kokendoffer,  W.  F.  Richardson, 
C.  M.  Chilton,  and  C.  M.  Lewellyn.  It  is 
my  intention,  if  the  editor  of  the  Christian- 
Evangelist  will  permit  it,  to  come  back  to 
this  matter  in  a  series  of  brief  paragraphs.  I 
wish  especially  to  speak  of  the  financial  prob- 
lem, and  the  old-age  problem,  and  the  spir- 
itual problem,  and  the  prayer  problem. 

Bible  College,  Columbia,  Mo. 


Bethany  Assembly. 

The  annual  encampment  meeting  will  be 
held,  beginning  on  Thursday,  July  20,  and 
closing  on  Monday,  August  14,  1905.  All  the 
old  features  that  have  made  the  assembly  so 
great  a  success  wiil  be  retained,  and  many  new 
features  will  be  added.  The  state  convention, 
the  convention  of  the  C.  W.  B.  M.,  and  the 
Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  will  all  be  held  during  the 
assembly.  The  Indiana  ministerial  association 
will  hold  its  annual  convention  in  connection 
with  the  School  of  pastors  and  evangelists,  and 
arrangements  are  being  perfected  to  make  it 
an  old  time  gathering. 

The  school  for  preachers  will  consist  not 
only  in  Bible  lectures,  but  in  regular  class 
study  both  in  evangelistic  and  pastoral  work. 
A  faculty  made  up  of  the  best  pastors  and 
evangelists  in  the  brotherhood  will  give  instruc- 
tion along  the  lines  indicated. 

It  is  greatly  to  be  hoped  that  large  numbers 
of  our  preachers  will  avail  themselves  of  the 
opportunity  afforded  them  by  this  school.  No 
tuition  is  charged. 

Boating,  bathing,  innocent  recreation,  great 
sermons,  great  lectures,    great  entertainments, 
great    conventions,    sweet    fellowships,  a  great 
assembly.     Information  gladly  furnished  by, 
L.  L.  Carpenter,  president. 

Wabash,  Indiana. 


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The   Antioch   of  the    New    Mediterranean 


Will  you  be  at  the  great  history  making 
missionary  convention  of  the  beginning  of 
the  twentieth  century  which  will  be  held  at 
San  Francisco  this  year?  When  the  boys 
and  girls  or  even  the  young  men  and 
women  who  attend  this  convention  are  old 
men  and  women  they  will  look  back  with 
unusual  pride  and  say,  "I  attended  that 
convention,"  and  for  this  reason:  As  the 
geographical,  commercial  and  political  po- 
sition of  Antioch,  the  third  city  of  the  em- 
pire, the  center  of  trade  between  the  east 
and  the  west,  compelled  it  to  be  the  great 
missionary  center  of  the  early  church,  just 
as  certainly  will  the  geographical,  political 
and  commercial  position  of  San  Francisco 
compel  her  to  be  the  great  missionary  cen- 
ter of  the  twentieth  century. 

The  term  applied  to  the  Pacific  by  the 
great  statesman  of  England,  "The  New 
Mediterranean,"  is  a  strong  statement  of  a 
great  fact.  The  Pacific  is  destined  to  sus- 
tain to  the  politics  and  life  and  commerce 
of  the  coming  centuries  the  same  relation 
that  the  Mediterranean  sustained  to  the 
ancient  world.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  its 
name  is  significant  of  what  that  relation 
shall  be— peace. 

I  say  that  San  Francisco  is  the  Antioch 
of  this  new  Mediterranean. 

"Here  is  a  city  of  destiny.  The  outlook 
promises,  and  facts  prove,  that  here  is  es- 
tablished one  of  the  cities  of  the  ages 
that  will  take  its  place  in  the  roll  call  with 
Carthage,  Constantinople, 
Rome,  Venice,  London, 
New  York. 

"San  Francisco  is 
unique  among  cities,  a 
study  among  the  munici- 
palities of  the  world.  Here 
are  many  characters  of 
older  places,  adjusted  to 
cosmopolitan  demands. 
On  this  peninsula  has 
grown  up  a  city  eighth 
in  size  among  the  cities 
of  the  nation.  Qualities 
of  west  and  east,  and 
north  and  south,  are  here 
mingled  and  developed. 

"The  narbor  of  San 
Francisco  is  a  wonder 
among  harbors,  the  bay 
and  its  connections  ex- 
tending north  and  south 
for  about  forty  miles,  af- 
fording anchorage  for  the 
merchant  fleets  of  the 
world.  It  is  entered 
through  the  Golden  Gate, 


a  strait  five  miles  long  and  one  mile  in 
width  at  its  narrowest  portion." 

San  Francisco  is  the  bull's  eye  of  the  Pa- 
cific coast  of  North  America.  Tie  winds 
and  tides,  the  ocean  currents  and  channels, 
have  all  conspired  to  make  San  Francisco 
the  Antioch  of  the  world's  commerce  be- 
tween the  needy  Orient  and  the  enterpris- 
ing, productive  Occident. 

Because  of  what  San  Francisco  is  geo- 
graphically and  politically  it  must  come  to 
be  the  vantage  point  from  which  this  na- 
tion, to  which  the  world  looks  for  salvation, 
shall  reach  out  its  saving  hand.  Fitness 
is  the  key- word  of  a  divine  call  to  any 
place  or  service,  and  it  holds  as  truly  in 
regard  to  places  as  to  persons.  Fitness 
made  Israel  the  motherland  of  the  world's 
religion.  Fitness  made  Antioch  the  home 
of  the  world's  first  great  foreign  mission- 
ary society.  Fitness  decrees  that  San 
Francisco  shall  be  the  great  missionary 
center  of  the  coming  centuries.  I  believe 
sincerely  that  as  the  problem  of  church 
organization  was  worked  out  by  the  mis- 
sionary church  while  Antioch  was  the  ra- 
diating centre  of  that  church,  and  as  the 
theology  of  Christianity  was  developed  for 
all  time  by  the  missionary  church  while 
centered  in  Antioch,  so  shall  the  great 
problem  of  the  church  for  the  present  and 
near  future— the  problem  of  Christian 
union — be  worked  out  by  the  missionary 
enterprise  of  the  church  while  centered  at 


Sin  Francisco.  By  the  favor  of  the  Father 
we,  as  a  people,  have  been  called  to  be  the 
apostles  of  Christian  union  and  because  of 
that  fact  I  say  that  this  convention  in  San 
Francisco  will  be  an  epoch  in  the  history 
of  the  kingdom  of  heaven  to  which  those 
who  attend  will  look  back  and  say,  "I 
also  went  out  to  San  Francisco." 

"Stuart." 


Southern  California's  Glad  Hand. 

The  churches  of  southern  California  ex- 
tend a  cordial  invitation  to  all  delegates  to 
the  international  convention  to  come  to 
San  Francisco  by  way  of  Los  Angeles.  It 
will  afford  us  great  pleasure  to  act  as  hosts 
for  such  a  royal  company,  and  we  will 
gladly  give  every  assistance  within  our 
power  to  all  who  want  to  see  and  experi- 
ence the  beauties  and  glories  of  this  land 
of  sunshine  and  flowers.  History  will 
mention  the  San  Francisco  convention  as 
the  transfiguration  mountain  for  our 
brotherhood.  It  will  prove  all  the  more 
true  if  the  Disciples  journey  to  it  through 
the  Palestine  of  America. 

Trips  through  orange  groves,  to  moun- 
tains and  through  beach  towns  to  the  is- 
lands are  being  planned  for  the  entertain- 
ment of  delegates. 

Tell  us  when  your  trains  arrive.  Let  us 
know  you  are  coming.  Address  all  mail  to, 

Long  Beach,  Cal.        Grant  K.  Lewis. 


HOTEL  GREEN.  PASADENA. 


July  6,  1905 


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College    Work    and    Plans 


Bible  College  of  Missouri. 

The  Bible  college  of  Missouri  has  had  the 
best  year  in  its  history.  Its  annual  report  of 
the  board  gives  270  as  its  total  cla«s  enroll- 
ment, not  including  the  Dean's  class  on  Sun- 
day mornings  in  the  auditorium  of  the  church 
building,  a  class  numbering  from  150  to  250. 
Many  of  those  enrolled  were  university  stu- 
dents, and  many  were  academy  students,  all  of 
whom  received  Biblical  work.  Twelve  were 
preparing  for  the  ministry  or  for  missions.  A 
number  of  these  are  now  preaching  with  great 
acceptance. 

Lowry  Hall,  the  new  home  of  the  Bible 
college,  has  been  completed  and  is  now  occu- 
pied. It  is  one  of  the  best  buildings  in  Colum- 
bia, and  perhaps  the  best  in  the  brotherhood 
devoted  exclusively  to  ministe- 
rial and  Biblical  work.  It  is 
a  stone  building  throughout, 
the  material  being  our  native 
limestone  trimmed  with  cut 
stone  from  the  Bedford  quar- 
ries in  Indiana.  The  building 
is  Elizabethan  in  its  architec- 
ture, and  is  admirable  in  arch- 
itectural effect.  It  is  a  pro- 
ductive building  and  will  yield 
a  surplus  after  all  expenses  con- 
nected with  it  are  defrayed. 

J.  T.  Mitchell,  of  Centralia, 
treasurer  of  the  Bible  college, 
reported  bills  paid  and  a  surplus 
in  the  treasury. 

The  building  and   grounds    are 
worth    $35,000,  there    is    an   en- 
dowment of  $50,000.     The  Bible 
college  charges    no    tuitions,    and    in   view    of 
the    work    that   opens  before    it   there  will    be 
needed    in    the    near    future     a    much    larger 
endowment.  W.  J.  Lhamon. 

Columbia,  Mo. 

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Butler  College. 

The  fiftieth  annual  session  of  Butler  college 
closed  with  the  commencement  on  Thursday, 
June  22.  The  commencement  address  was  de- 
livered by  Gov.  J.  Frank  Hanly,  of  Indiana, 
before  a  large  audience  in  the  college  chapel. 
The  graduates  included  ten  Bachelors  of  Arts 
and  one  Master  of  Arts.  The  small  number  of 
graduates  this  year  is  due  to  the  fact  that  the 
entering  class  of  four  years  ago,  owing  to  ex- 
ternal conditions,  was  exceptionally  small, 
numbering  only  twenty-nine.  The  freshman 
class  this  year  numbered  eighty-two. 

The  year  has  been  a  prosperous  one.  The 
total  enrollment  for  the  year  has  been  about 
twenty  per  cent  greater  than  for  the  preceding 
year,  and  the  average  attendance  in  the  college 
proper  shows  an  increase  of  thirty  per  cent. 

During  the  year  the  generous  offer  of  Mr. 
Joseph  I.  Irwin  to  the  college  has  been  an- 
nounced. Mr.  Irwin  proposes  to  give  $100,- 
000  to  augment  the  endowment  fund  of  the 
college  on  the  condition  that  the  further  sum 
of  $150,000  be  secured  for  the  same  purpose. 
A  start  has  been  made  toward  the  realization  of 
this  condition  and  pledges  to  ihe  amount  of 
$19,000  have  been  secured.  In  addition  to 
these  cash  pledges,  the  college  has  received 
from  Mr.  Charles  T.  Whitsett,  of  Indianapolis, 
a  gift  of  improved  city  real  estate  valued  at 
$30,000.  Other  friends  af  the  college,  who 
have  not  yet  put  their  pledges  in  such  form  that 
they  can  be  reported,  have  signified  their  in- 
tention of  contributing  generously  to  the  fund 
which  is  being  raised  in  satisfaction  of  the 
condition  of  Mr.  Irwin's  offer.  The  enterprise 
is  a  large  one  and,  with  the  best  help  of  all 
he  friends   of   the  college,    it  will    take    every 


effort  to  bring  it  to  a  successful  completion. 
But  it  must  and  will  be  done.  No  other  enter, 
prise  now  on  foot  among  the  Disciples  of  Christ 
is  more  vitally  important  o  the  larger  interests 
of  the  whole  brotherhood. 

The  Butler  college  summer  school  opened 
on  June  26  with  an  enrollment  of  113,  as 
against  30  for  last  year.  It  will  continue 
six  weeks.  It  offers  facilities  for  regu- 
lar college  students  who  with  10  gain 
extra  credits  or  to  make  up  back  work, 
but  special  courses  have  been  arranged  to  meet 
the  needs  of  teacher*.  In  addition  to  the  mem- 
bers of  the  regular  faculty  who  will  give  courses 
in  the  summer  school ,  two  distinguished  special- 
ists have  been  engaged  who  have  national 
reputations    as    teachers    of    teachers.        Prof. 


toother  ichools.  The  total  enrollment  of  stu- 
dents for  the  year  was  235.  Of  these  171 
were  in  the  boarding  department.  Of  theie 
boarders,  2  were  on  full  scholarship,  and  2  on 
half  scholarships.  Eighteen  made  no  financial 
returns  what>ver,  15  of  them  working  fieir  way 
by  household  or  clerical  duties,  and  3  being 
actual  beneficiaries  of  the  college. 

The  teaching  facily  numbers  28  experi- 
enced instructors,  besides  other  administrative 
officers.  The  course  of  study  was  thoioughly 
examined  eight  year*  ago  and  Christian  col- 
lege given  then  the  right  of  articulation  with 
the  Missouri  state  university,  but  since  then 
the  wark  has,  year  by  year,  been  em  .rged  and 
strengthened  by  important  changes,  which  not 
only  enable  the  B.  L.  graduates  to  enter  the 
university  and  eastern  colleges,  but  give  the 
B.  A.  graduates  42  hours  of  advanced  standing 
in  the  university. 

Many  valuable  pieces  of  new  apparatus  have 


KENTUCKY    UNIVERSITY    CAMPUS. 


Morrison  Chapel. 


The  Old  Dormitory. 


Frank  M.  McMurry,  of  Teachers  college, 
Columbia  university,  New  York,  widely  known 
as  a  lecturer  and  as  the  author  of  many  text- 
books, will  give  a  double  course  on  general 
and  special  methods  in  teaching.  Prof.  Clif- 
ton F.  Hodge,  of  Clark  university,  Worcester, 
Mass.,  who  is  perhaps  the  leading  spirit  in 
the  nature  study  movement  which  has  so  deeply 
influenced  primary  and  secondary  education 
during  the  past  decade,  will  give  courses  in 
biology  with  special  reference  to  the  adaptation 
of  the  teaching  of  science  to  the  grammar  and 
high  schools. 

The  faculty  for  next  year  will  be  augmented 
by  the  addition  of  Mr.  Richard  B.  Moore  as 
professor  of  chemistry.  Mr.  Moore  is  a  son  of 
Bro.  W.  T.  Moore  and,  in  addition  to  some 
years  of  study  in  the  University  of  London 
and  the  University  of  Chicago,  has  been 
instructor  in  chemistry  for  the  past  eight 
years  in  the  University  of  Missouri.  Mrs. 
Moore,  who  has  had  educational  experience  in 
Christian  college,  Columbia,  Mo.,  will  havs 
charge  of  the  college  residence  for  women. 
Prof.  C.  B.  Coleman,  of  the  department  of 
history,  who  has  been  on  leave  of  absence  in 
Germany  during  the  past  year,  has  returned 
and  will  resume  his  work  with  the  opening  of 
the  next  session. 

On  November  1,  Butler  college  will  celebrate 
the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  opening  of  its 
first  session.  The  occasion  will  be  celebrated 
with  suitable  exercises  The  college  is  renew- 
ing its  youth  and  the  future  is  bright  with 
promise. 

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Christian  College. 

Christian  college  closed  its  55th  year  May 
23,  after  a  most  beautiful  commencement 
week.  In  many  respects  the  past  session  has 
been  a  remarkable  one.  A  larger  number  than 
ever  before  were  received  in  the  boarding  de- 
partment and  many  who  could  not  be  accom- 
modated were  put  on  the  waiting    list    or   sent 


Transylvania  Academy. 

been  added  to  the  laboratory  equipment,  about 
100  volumes  to  the  library,  and  a  second  Stein- 
way  Grand  piano  to  the  music  department. 

Great  material  improvements  have  been  made 
during  the  past  year  in  the  grounds  and  out- 
side buildings.  New  fences  have  been  con- 
structed throughout,  a  new  stable  built,  a  large 
brick  addition  made  to  the  power  house,  which 
supports  a  water  tower  above  and  contains  a 
large  room  beneath  for  the  new  dynamo.  An 
artesian  well,  667  feet  deep,  has  been  drilled 
and  gives  an  abundant  supply  of  water.  An 
artificial  lake,  with  graveled  bed,  has  been 
constructed,  containing  a  beautiful  island  con- 
nected by  a  bridge  with  main  shore,  and  the 
lake  stocked  by  the  United  States  Fish  Com- 
mission. Boats  upon  the  lake  are  used  for  row- 
ing, and  an  expert  teacher  instructs  in  swim- 
ming and  skating,  in  season.  A  sunken  garden 
with  large  fountain  has  been  built  between 
the  buildings,  2,000  square  feet  of  granitoid 
sidewalks  have  been  cons^nicted,  sod  laid,  and 
trees  set  out  in  the  campus  until  thTwhole  area 
seems  transformed.  Tennis,  basket  ball  and 
rowing  are  the  most  popular  forms  of  out-door 
exercise  and  the  health  of  the  student  is  almost 
perfect.  A  new  academic  building  is  con- 
templated. 

A  few  words,  in  closing,  regarding  the  re- 
ligious atmosphere  of  the  school.  Each  year 
two  young  ladies  are  educated  gratuitously  for 
the  foreign  mission  field,  and  the  college  has 
an  earnest  auxiliary  to  the  Christian  Woman's 
Board  of  Missions  with  54  active  members. 
This  year  a  systematic  study  of  missions  two 
Sunday  evenings  each  month  resulted  in  the 
awakening  of  an  earnest  desire  to  "help  now" 
in  the  great  work,  and  in  less  than  two  weeks 
a  voluntary  self-denial  fund  of  $52,  was 
handed  by  the  girls  to  the  president  for  the 
support  of  Mohini  and  Dipiya,  two  native 
helpers  in  India.  It  is  now  the  earnest  desire 
of  the  student  body  to  become  a  living  link, 
and  plans  are  going  forward  to  raise  the  $600 
necessary  for  the  entire  support  of  one  of  our 
mi*sionaries  next  year.     Besides  this  voluntary 


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July  6    IS  05 


fund,  there  has  been  paid  in  regular  dues  to  the 
C.  W.  B.  M.  $64. SO.  A  pledge  of  $50  has 
been  paid  for  Monterey,  and  a  pledge  made 
of  $100  to  our  girls'  college  in  Japan. 

The  spirit  of  the  students  is  one  of  earnest 
work  and  contented  harmony.  The  things 
that  are  really  "worth  while"  are  being  sought 
afier,  and  that  our  girls  should  develop  into 
earnest  Christians  is  our  highest  ideal.  They 
are  being  taught  that  this  can  be  done  with  no 
diminution  of  mental  training. 

Mrs.  W.  T.  Moore. 

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Christian  University. 

It  was  my  pleasure  to  attend  part  of  the 
commencement  of  Christian  university.  The 
little  city  on  the  banks  of  the  Mississippi,  as 
well  as  the  fine  new  building,  was  strange  to 
me.  While  I  had  heard  much  of  the  fine 
spirit  of  the  Canton  people,  and  had  seen 
something  of  the  loyalty  of  the  students  of 
C.  U.,  yet  the  half,  I  found,  had  never  been 
told. 

There  is  a  genuine  college  spirit  in  the  city 
of  Canton  for  the  school.  All  churches  give 
the  school  and  its  interests  the  right  of  way. 

When  I  co Tie  to  speak  of  the  student  body, 
I  can  not  be  too  lavish  in  my  praise.  They 
are  the  most  gentlemanly  and  ladylike  young 
people  to  be  found  in  the  land.  A  spirit  of 
real  culture  pervades  the  atmosphere. 

The  site  of  the  new  building  on  the  hill 
overlooking  the  city  and  the  river  is  superb. 
The  building  is  a  modern  three  story  structure. 
It  is  substantially  built.  Throughout  it  is 
finished,  and  everywhere  one  is  impressed  with 
the  fact  that  it  was  built  for  work  more  than 
for  any  other  purpose.  We  have  not  in  our 
brotherhood  a  more  modern  or  commodious 
building  for  school  purposes.  From  the  first 
floor,  with  its  fine  heating  plant,  wash  rooms, 
and  other  fixtures,  to  the  top  floor,  with  its 
fine  society  rooms  and  chapel,  there  is  not  a 
corner  that  is  not  utilized.  There  is  a  very 
small  debt  upon  it,  and  this  is  held  by 
brethren. 

President  Johann  has  wrought  wonders  in 
leading  this  school  out  of  trying  times  and  the 
people  of  Canton  on  every  hand  told  me  of  his 
self-sacrificing  labors. 

Twenty-two  were  graduated  from  the  in- 
stitution. Over  sixty  young  preachers  go  out 
from  Canton  to  preach  to  the  churches  of  the 
surrounding  country.  It  is  the  second  school 
in  our  brotherhood  in  point  of  ministerial 
students,  being  second  only  to  the  College  of 
the  Bible  at  Lexington,  Ky.  While  other 
departments  are  doing  good  work,  the  main 
work  of  the  school  is  in  the  academic  and 
Bible  departments.  A  strong  faculty  has  charge 
of  these  departments.  In  addition  to  this  the 
department  of  music  is  doing  fine  work. 

It  is  a  real  pleasure  to  see  such  prosperity 
come  to  one  of  our  oldest  schools.  And  it  can 
work  only  good  to  the  cause  of  education 
among  us  in  general  to  see  this  honored  institu- 
tion taking  a  leading  plabe  among  our  col- 
leges. 

Young  women  and  men  are  admitted  upon 
the  same  terms,  the  proportions  of  attendance 
being  two    young  women  to  three  young  men. 

Maryville,  Mo.  H.  A.  Denton. 

During  the  year  just  closed,  the  attendance 
was  55  per  cent  larger  than  the  preceding 
year  and  prospects  are  favorable  f»r  a  like  in- 
crease next  year.  In  this  school,  the  degree  of 
B.  D.  is  awarded  only  to  such  students  as 
have  taken,  in  the  university,  three  years  of 
Bidle  study  in  addition  to  that  required  for 
an  A.  B. 

During  the  last  year  thirteen  professors  have 
devoted  their  entire  time  to  the  school  and 
have  done  all  the  teaching,  for  no  student- 
teachers  are  employed.     It  is  with  sadness  that 


we  announce  the  resignation  of  Dr.  D.  R. 
Dungan,  who  for  five  years  has  served  as  dean 
of  the  Bible  department.  This  department  has 
grown  so  rapidly  that  the  board  of  trustees 
have  elected  two  new  men  for  teaching  Biblical 
subjects. 

Albert  Buxton,  A.  M.,  Ph.  D.,  so  well 
known  to  the  brotherhood  at  large,  will  be 
dean  of  the  Bible  department.  He  graduated  in 
Harvard,  then  spent  six  years  in  study  and 
travel  in  Europe,  after  which  he  returned  to 
America  to  preach  and  teach.  He  has  been 
president  of  Texas  Christian  university  and  is 
now  president  of  Dexter  Christian  college. 
Though  he  will  retain  the  nominal  presidency 
of  Dtxter college  for  another  year,  he  will  be 
here  in  September  of  this  year,  to  devote  his 
entire    time    to  this    school. 

Rolla  G.  Sears,  A.  M..  B.  D.,  is  the 
other  new  member  of  the  faculty.  He  grad- 
uated from  Christian  university  in  1889, 
since  which  time  he  has  spent  six  full 
years  in  the  universities  of  Chicago  and  of 
Wisconsin,  devoting  his  time  mainly  to  the 
study  of  Greek,  Hebrew,  Syriac  and  the  Bible. 
He  will  receive  the  degree  of  Ph.  D.  this  sum- 
mer from  the  University  of  Wisconsin  and  will 
begin  his  work  with  us  at  the  opening  of  the 
next  session  in  September. 

These  two,  with  Prof.  H.  D.  Williams,  who 
is  alreadyinthe  faculty,  will  have  charge  of  the 
Bible  department.  Christian  university  is  not 
a  school  for  ministerial  students  alone;  and 
we  look  forward  to  the  time  when  our  college 
halls  will  be  crowded  with  young  men  and 
women  eager  for  a  thorough  Christian  educa- 
tion. Carl  Johann,  President. 

Canton,  Mo. 

Texas  Christian  University. 

Texas  Christian  university,  if  it  receives  the 
support  it  ought  to  receive,  will  be  a  tremen- 
dous factor  in  the  work  of  the  Disciples  of 
Christ  in  the  United  States.  It  has  possibili- 
ties for  good  beyond  that  of  any  other  institu- 
tion of  our  people.  All  must  see  this  who  will 
take  into  consideration  the  strategical  impor- 
^nce  of  this  institution.  The  brotherhood  of 
Texas  are  beginning  to  realize  the  responsi- 
bility laid  upon  them  as  they  have  never  done, 
and  the  indications  are  that  they  will  rally 
grandly  to  the  support  of  the  institution  that 
they  have  planted.  The  past  year  has  been  a 
phenomenal  one  in  many  ways.  Our  enroll- 
ment reached  470.  We  have  had  about  30 
people  connected  with  the  educational  and 
home  departments  af  the  school.  We  have  a 
strong  and  well  equipped  faculty.  Our  literary 
courses  will  compare  favorably  with  those  of 
any  of    our   institutions.     Our    special  depart- 


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ments  are  exceptionally  strong.  We  have  five 
music  teachers  and  we  enrolled,  in  all  branches 
of  the  subject,  fully  150  music  pupils.  The 
regular  enrollment  in  the  college  classes  num- 
bers from  20  to  50  in  each  class  and  we  have  a 
large  number  of  preparatory  students.  The 
college  of  business  enrolled  about  90  during 
the  year  and  the  school  of  oratory  enrolled  35 
pupils.  The  school  of  art  enrolled  64.  This 
shows  that  every  department  of  the  school  is 
well  patronized  and  all  work  is  growing  in 
strength  with  every  year.  Recently  the  business 
men  of  Waco  raised  $5,000  for  finishing  off 
the  exterior  of  the  main  building.  This  work 
is  now  nearing  completion,  A  few  weeks  ago 
Bro.  T.W.Phillips,  of  Newcastle,  Pa.,  gave 
us  $5,000  for  a  ministerial  loan  fund  and  on 
educational  day,  during  the  last  state  conven- 
tion in  May,  $30,000  was  pledged  on  a  single 
day  and  no  one  was  asked  personally  for  a 
donation.  It  was  a  spontaneous  free  will  of- 
fering of  the  people.  The  eyes  of  our  Texas 
brotherhood  are  turned  upon  this  school  and  it 
is  getting  down  deep  into  their  hearts,  as  it 
oughttodo.  During  the  last  commencement  our 
graduates  numbered  as  follows:  Preparatory 
School,  28;  College  of  Business,  13;  College  of 
Music,  3;  School  of  Oratory  3;  College  of 
Arts  and  Sciences,  20;  A.  M.  for  work  done,  1. 
The  enrollment  is  rapidly  increasing  and 
the  indications  are  that  the  capacity  of  our 
buildings  will  be  taxed  to  the  utmost  next 
year.  In  view  of  the  past  progress  and  present 
condition  of  the  school  the  board  of  trustees 
and  the  faculty  feel  greatly  encouraged.  I 
neglected  to  mention  especially  our  Bible  col- 
lege work.  We  enrolled  40  Bible  studentB 
last  year.  We  ought  to  enroll  a  hundred 
Bible  students  the  coming  year  and  the  indica- 
tions are  that  we  will  certainly  make  a 
large  increase  over  last  year's  enrollment. 

E.  V.  Zollars,  President. 


DraKe  University. 

Drake  university  has  just  closed  one  of  the 
most  successful  sessions  in  its  history.  The 
total  number  of  different  students  enrolled  in 
the  university  for  the  year  was  1,590,  of  which 
896  were  women,  and  694  men.  The  finan- 
cial secretary's      report      shows    that    on    this 


WILLIAM    WOODS    COLLEGE    FOR    GIRLS 

Of  The  Christian  Church  of  Missouri. 

Development  of  the  individual  the  aim.  High  standards  maintained  in  all  departments.  Full 
courses  in  Literary  and  Scientific  Branches.  Conservatory  advantages  in  Music,  Art  and  Expression. 
Manual  Training,  Domestic  Art  and  Science.  Modern  Buildings,  well  furnished,  steam  heat,  electric, 
lights,  hot  and  cold  water  on  every  floor.  Ample  grounds,  healthy  location,  experienced  graduate  nurse' 
from  Scarritt  Hospital.  Christian  influence.  Special  rates  to  daughters  of  foreign  missionaries.  Twenty 
efficient  teachers-    Enrollment  198.    Session  of  1905-'06  begins  Sept.  12th.    For  catalogue  apply  to. 

Fulton,  Mo.  J.  B.  JONES,  President. 

MISSOURI     CHRISTIAN     COLLEGE 

<   FOR  GIRLS  AND  YOUNG  WOMEN  t- 

FIPTY-SBVBNtH     SESSION     OPENS     SEPTEMBER     12,     1905. 
In  small  Country  Town  within  easy  reach  of  Saint  Joseph  and  Kansas  City. 
DEPARTMENTS— English,  Ancient  and  Modern  Languages,  Science,  Music,  Art,  Elocution,  Cooking  and  Sewing. 
Thorough  Instruction.     Home-life  kindly  and  refined.    Health  record  unsurpassed.     Numbers  not  so  large  but  each 
Student  receives  the  Personal  Association  and  Attention  of  Her  Teachers.    We  should  like  you  to  know 
our  rates  and  advantages.     For  engraved  catalog,  write, 

E.  "It.  BARHAM,   President, 

Camden  Point,   Mo. 


BETHANY  COLLEGE 


Attendance  last  session  larger  than  ever  before.  Courses  offered:  Clas- 
sical, Scientific,  Ministerial,  Literary,  Normal,  Music,  Art,  Oratory, 
Bookkeeping  and  Shorthand.  A  thorough  prepartory  department,  a  feat- 
ure. Seventeen  competent  professors.  Two  new  professorships  in  Ministerial  department.  Reduced  tuition 
to  ministerial  students  and  children  of  ministers  of  the  Gospel.  Student  Loan  Fund  for  young  rn*n  pre- 
paring for  the  ministry.  Two  large  Halls,  one  for  the  young  ladies  and  one  for  young  men.  These 
Halls  have  steam  heat,  electric  lights,  baths,  etc.  Expenses  very  low.  Board,  furnished  room,  tuition 
and  fees,  if  paid  in  advance,  #140.00  for  nine  months.  Ministerial  students,  #128.00  for  same  period.  Next 
session  opens  Sept.  19.  Write  at  once  for  free  catalog.  Address,  Pres.  Thomas  E.  Cramblet,  Bethany,  W.  Va 


July  6,  1905 


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869 


year's  business  the  receipts  will  be  a  few  dol- 
lars more  than  the  expenditures.  This  is  the 
first  time  in  many  years  that  the  university  has 
been  able  to  keep  its  expenses  within  its  in- 
come. Nothing,  perhaps,  gave  more  cheer  to 
the  board  of  trustees  than  this  remarkable 
showing. 

The  amount  of  money  received  as  gifts  dur- 
ing the  year  exceeded  $30,000.  In  addition  to 
this  a  proposition  has  been  received  from  An- 
drew Carnegie  proposing  to  erect  a  $50,000 
library  building  on  condition  that  a  like 
amount  be  raised  for  library  endowments. 
The  growth  of  the  resources  of  the  university 
during  the  last  few  years  is  also  a  matter  of  en- 
couragement. The  net  resources  of  the  uni- 
versity in  June,  1902,  were  reported  as  $346,- 
351.02,  and  in  June,  1905,  $581,180.98.  The 
net  increase  then  fore  is  $234,830.96.  Com- 
paratively, this  is  a  splendid  showing  for  the 
growth  of  the  university.  The  total  resources  of 
the  university  were  $609,792.16  The  total 
amount  of  money  available  for  current  expenses 
during  the  year  was  in  round  numbers 
$75,000.00. 

Hill  M.  Bell.     * 

Hamilton  College. 

The  thirty- sixth  annual  session  of  Hamilton 
college  closed  on  May  25,  having  enrolled  dur- 
ing the  year  251  students  from  18  states  of  the 
union.  This  is  the  largest  enrollment  during 
the  history  of  the  institution  and  the  area  from 
which  the  patronage  has  been  drawn  is  larger 
than  heretofore. 

The  faculty  has  consisted  of  23  instructors 
representing  such  institutions  as  Yale,  Harvard, 
Wellesley,  the  University  of  Michigan  and  the 
University  of  Cincinnati.  They  have  proved  to 
be  an  able,  conscientious,  and  loyal  body  of 
men  and  women,  and,  with  only  four  changes, 
the  teaching  corps  will  remain  the  same  next 
year. 

The  employment  of  teachers  from  the  best 
universities  and  colleges  is  showing  its  results 
in  a  higher  grade  of  work  than  has  been  done 
previously  at  Hamilton.  One  practical  achieve- 
ment has  been  the  granting  of  certificate  priv- 
ilege by  several  eastern  colleges,  which  admits 
graduates  from  our  junior  college  course  to 
these  institutions  witheut  examinations.  Stu- 
dents from  the  class  of  1905  will  enter  both 
Wellesley  and  Vassar  colleges  this  September. 

Not  a  single  case  of  contagious  disease  has 
occurred  during  the  year  and  not  a  case  of  se- 
rious illness.  The  morale  of  the  institution 
has  been  splendid.  The  general  atmosphere 
of  the  resident  life  has  been  of  a  refined 
and  uplifting  character  and  the  contentment 
and  happiness  of  the  students  have  been  most 
pronounced. 

We  believe  the  religious  life  among  the  stu- 
dents has  been  of  inestimable  value  to  them. 
The  Y.  W.  C.  A.,  which  numbers  over  60 
members,  holds  weekly  meetings,  and  an  aux- 
iliary to  the  C.  W.  B.  M.  meets  once  a  month. 
Besides  the  payment  of  dues,  both  of  these  or- 
ganizations have  made  substantial  contribu- 
tions to  good  causes — a  gift  of  $50  to  the  Hazel 
Green  dormitory;  a  pledge  of  $100  to  the  girls' 
school  to  be  built  at  Takyo,  Japan,  and  the 
sending  of  two  delegates  to  the  southern  con- 
ference of  the  Y.  W.  C.  A.  at  Asheville. 
Hamilton  college  also  had  the  opportunity  of 
providing  a  home  for  a  young  woman  who 
came  to  the  Bible  college  to  prepare  for  mis- 
sionary service  in  Japan.  She  leaves  this  fall 
as  one  of  the  appointees  of  the  F.  C.  M.  S. 

Commencement  week  was  a  splendid  close  of 
a  good  year's  work  The  baccalaureate  ser- 
mon was  preached  by  Dr.  W.  E.  Garrison, 
president  of  Butler  college,  before  an  immense 
audience.  The  splendid  music  was  all  by  col- 
lege talent  under  the  able  direction  of  Mrs.  In- 
galls  and  Miss  Mets  of  the  college  faculty. 
Commencement    was     held    in    historic   old 


Morrison  chapel,  with  an  audience  present 
which  taxed  the  auditorium  to  its  capacity. 
The  masterly  address  was  by  Dean  W.  D. 
McClintock  of  Chicago  university.  Twenty- 
nine  young  women  received  diplomas  in  the 
academic  department  and  a  number  of  hand- 
some gold  medals  were  awarded.  The  music 
of  the  commencement  program  was  also  by  col- 
lege talent  and  was  of  a  high  order. 

In  a  material  way  the  college  has  only  a 
good  report  to  make.  The  investment  of  $25- 
000  for  improvements  and  additions  during  the 
past  two  years  has  almost  transformed  the 
buildings.  Other  improvements  will  be  made 
during  this  summer.  Hamilton  college  is  do 
ing  better  work  than  ever  before  in  its  history. 
Luella  Wilcox  St.  Clair. 

Lexington,  Ky. 


Washington  Christian  College. 

This  college  at  Washington,  D.  C  ,  estab- 
lished January,  1902,  has  just  had  its  best  year. 
It  has  enrolled  students  directly  f/om  eleven 
states — from  four  states  beyond  the  Missis- 
sippi. 

This,  the  only  college  Christian  only  in  all 
the  middle  and  northern  Atlantic  states,  is  al- 
ready doing  much  for  the  cause  of  original 
Christianity. 

During  the  second  session  the  students  pre- 
paring to  declare  the  gospel  preached  more  or 
less  at  a  dozen  places  in  the  vicinity.  About 
half  the  places  were  mission  points  and  two 
have  become  permanent  churches  with  a  pastor 
each  for  all  the  time.  One  of  the  pastors, 
Claude  C.  Jones,  was  a  graduate  of  the  col- 
lege in  1904.  The  college  now  has  ministers 
laboring  in  New  England,  Pennsylvania, 
Maryland,  Virginia  and  Nebraska.  Certainly 
more  than  half  of  our  students  would  never  be 
at  a  Christian  college. 

While  the  institution  gives  strong  courses  of 
instruction  in  the  Christian  religion  it  is  by  no 
means  solely  for  preachers.  The  advantages 
and  facilities  of  the  national  capital  enable 
the  school  to  do  a  comprehensive  educational 
work. 

The  outlook  for  the  coming  session  is  better 
than  ever  before.  Two-thirds  of  the  rooms  of 
the  young  ladies'  home  are  already  con- 
tracted for.  The  number  of  young  ladies  the 
college   can  take  is  limited.      The  number  of 


young  men  is  not.  The  friends  and  patrons  of 
the  institution  are  steadily  increatiag.  Among 
those  making  the  largest  gifts  to  the  college 
are  Mrs.  S.  A.  Holman,  Illinois;  Hon.  T.  W. 
Phillips,  Pennsylvania,  and  Commissioner 
O.  A.  Hawkins,  Virginia. 

Daniel  E.  Motley. 

William  Woods  College. 

The  joy  of  achievement  now  flushes  the  soul 
of  this  institution.  Its  work  has  just  begun. 
In  tveiy  way  William  Woods  college  seeks  en- 
largement and  perfection.  It  is  not  ashamed 
of  the  work  hitherto  accomplished,  but  it 
means  to  press  forward  to  greater  and  better 
things. 

In  equipment  it  now  ranks  among  the  best. 
The  new  dormitory  furnishes  room  for  at 
least  thirty  more  boarders.  The  $22,000  ex- 
pended in  this  beautiful  building  with  its 
equipment  creates  new  obligations  and  offers 
better  advantages.  The  generosity  of  Dr. 
W.  S.  Woods  and  men  like  R.  A.  Long, 
J.  Q.  Adams,  E.  L.  Edwards  and  Oscar  R. 
Whi  e  is  a  guarantee  that  nothing  will  be  with- 
held that  will  contribute  to  the  prosperity  of 
the  school.  An  enrollment  of  at  least  150 
boarders  is  expected  for  the  beginning  of  the 
next  session.  Last  year's  enrollment,  boarders 
and  all,  was  198. 

The  curriculum  has  been  enlarged.  Do- 
mestic art,  science  and  manual  training  have 
been  incorporated  within  the  past  year.  The 
departments  of  music,  art,  expression,  literature 
{Continued  on  page  874.) 


PONDS  extrac 

Tired  Feet 

are  made  to  feel  like  new  by 
bathing  with  Pond's  Extract. 
Takes  out  the  soreness  and 
reduces  swelling. 

Witch  Hazel  is  not  the  same  thing.  On 
analysis  of  seventy  samples  of  Witch  Hazel— 
so  often  offered  as  'just  as  good'—jifty-ttco 
were  found  to  contain  wood  alcohol  or  for- 
maldehyde or  both.  To  avoid  danger  ofpoi^- 
__  soning  insist  on  having 

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CHRISTIAN  UNIVERSITY,  Canton,  Mo. 


New  Building.  Dedicated  June  16.  1904. 

A  Christian  School  for  the  Higher  Education  of  Both  Sexes. 

For  catalog  or  further  information  address, 

CARL  JOHJtNM,  President,  Canton,  Mo. 


870 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


July  6    190S 


Our    Budget 


— Our  educational  problem  is  one  that  we 
ought  all  to  ponder. 

— The  church  needs  men  thoroughly 
equipped  with  the  best  mental  training  as  well 
at  men  of  evangelistic  fervor  and  deep  spirit- 
uality. 

—  Even,-  year  we  call  special  attention,  in- 
our  first  issue  in  July,  to  the  work  of  our  col- 
leges. 

— Minburn,  la.,  is  still  without  a   preacher. 

—  Next  year  will  be  the  twenty-fifth  anniver- 
sary of  Drake  university. 

— C.  E.  Dunkleberger  has  entered  upon  the 
pastorate  of  Flat  River,  Mo. 

— A.  L.  Crim  will  retire  from  the  pastorate 
at  Ladoga,  Ind.,  in  September. 

—  W .  J.  Lhamon  has  been  holding  an  insti- 
tute at  Joplin  and  begins  to-day  in  Springfield. 

— A.  B.  Elliott  has  taken  up  the  work  at 
Vinton  vacated  recently  by  James  T.  Nichols. 

— W.  N.  Briney  took  charge  of  the  work  at 
the  Broadway  church,  Louisville,  last  Lord's 
day. 

— E.  L.  Powell  will  hold  a  short  meeting  at 
Watsonville,  Cal.,  prior  to  the  international 
convention. 

—  Guy  B.  Williamson  has  been  called  to  the 
assistant  pastoral  work  with  R.  F.  Thrapp, 
Jacksonville,  111. 

— F.  T.  Ray,  late  of  Drake,  has  taken  up 
the  work  at  Maxwell,  Kan.,  and  Leslie  Wolf 
goes  to  Elston,  la. 

— Sixteen  new  missionaries  have  been  ap- 
pointed by  the  Foreign  Society  and  will  sail  to 
their  respective  fields  in  September. 

— W.  P.  Dorsey  has  declined  the  call  from 
the  Central  church,  Huntington,  W.  Va., 
and  will  enter  upon  evangelistic  work. 

— Thomas  H.  Bates,  who  formerly  labored 
in  Australia  and  for  some  years  past  in  Eng- 
land, has  taken  charge  of  the  work  at  Summer- 
side,  Prince  Edward  Island. 

— The  Bethany  Bible-class,  at  Akron,  Ohio, 
this  year  made  its  best  children's  day  offering, 
the  amount  being  $150.  Brother  Slater  says 
this  is  $4.00  more  than  last  year. 

—July  30,  F.  M.  Rains  will  dedicate  the 
new  church  at  Perry,  Mo.  Some  thirteen  years 
ago  he  dedicated  the  church  building  at  this 
place  which  was  recently  destroyed  by  fire. 

— The  Church  Forum  is  the  title  of  an  in- 
teresting little  paper  published  at  Harrisburg, 
Pa.  The  editor  is  Mr.  S.  C.  Swallow  and  he 
has    fifteen    associate   editors    representing  the 


A  Group  of  D 


different  denominations.  The  Disciples 
of  Christ  have  a  column  for  which  H.  O. 
Pritchard,  of    Shelbyville,  Ind.,  is  responsible. 

— The  church  at  Chillicothe,  Mo.,  celebrated 
the  fifth  wedding  anniversary  of  their  pastor, 
J.  N.  Crutcher,  and  his  wife,  by  presenting 
them  with  a  handsome  roll-top  desk  and  a  fine 
clock. 

— Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  O.  Cunningham,  who 
are  bound  for  the  foreign  field,  had  a  reception 
given  to  them  on  the  eve  of  their  departure  from 
Findlay,  O.,  by  the  Central  and  the  First 
churches. 

— Mrs.  P.  E.  Hawkins,  one  of  Missouri's 
faithful  Disciples,  has  just  given  our  National 
Benevolent  Association  $100,  and  ordered  in- 
terest to  stop  on  annuity  bond  No.  22  here- 
tofore issued  to  her. 

— Stephen  J.  Corey,  the  new  secretary  of  the 
Foreign  Society,  spent  Sunday,  July  2,  with 
J.  H.  O  Smith  and  the  church  at  Valparaiso, 
Ind.  He  will  be  at  Turnersville,  Ky.,  July  9, 
to  participate  in  a  farewell  reception  tendered 
to  Miss  Stella  W.  Lewis  who  sails  for  Japan 
August  6.  She  is  one  of  the  Foreign  Society's 
new  missionaries. 

— R.  L.  Wilson,  who  has  for  some  years 
been  preaching  in  South  Chicago,  has  come  to 
St.  Louis,  where  he  is  to  take  a  bank  position, 
but  will  no  doubt  preach  as  opportunity  of- 
fers, for  Brother  Wilson  has  been  engaged  in 
business  in  Chicago  as  well  as  in  gospel 
work.     Many  of  his  old    Missouri  friends  will 


welcome  him  back  to  the  state.  He  was  at  the 
convention. 

— The  twenty-third  Christian  workers'  con- 
ference will  be  held  at  East  Northfield,  Mass., 
August  4-20. 

— The  catalogs  containing  full  particulars 
about  our  colleges  will  be  sent  free  to  anyone 
who  writes  for  them. 

— J.  E.  Lynn,  pastor  of  the  Central  church 
at  Warren,  Ohio,  is  to  spend  his  vacation  in 
attendance  at  the  summer  divinity  lectureship 
at  Harvard  university. 

— Chas.  Reign  Scoville  took  1,271  people 
into  the  church  from  January  1,  1905,  to  June 
27,  1905,  or  in  a  little  less  than  six  months. 
That,  we  imagine,  is  a  record. 

— M.  J.  Nicoson,  who  was  elected  to  take 
the  place  of  W.  A.  Moore,  who  resigned  as 
Missouri  Bible-school  secretary  and  treasurer, 
has  decided  that  he  cannot  undertake  this 
important  work. 

— The  brethren  at  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  may 
ere  long  have  a  church  building,  our  Kansas 
City  board  having  the  matter  under  considera- 
tion. At  present  the  brethren  are  meeting  in 
an  old  echool  house  at  the  corner  of  Maplewood 
and  Iranistan  avenues,  with  M.  L.  Streator  in 
charge. 

— The  new  building  which  has  just  been 
dedicated  at  Elbert,  Col.,  is  the  outcome  of 
a  mission  established  three  years  ago.  Subse- 
quently O.  E.  Hamilton  and  J.  P.  Garmong 
conducted    a    meeting   and  people  came   from 


Men   Prominently   Identified  with   Kentucky   University. 


REV.  HORACE  HOWY, 
Pre*.  Transylvania  University,  1818-1827. 


JOHN  B.   BOWMAN, 

Founder  Ky.  Univer.  1858.  Regent  1865-1878. 


HENRY  H.   WHITE, 

Pres.  1869-1877;  1878-1880. 


JOSEPH  desha-^iCkbtt, 

Pres.  1 877- 1 878. 


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871 


e  Missouri  State  Convention. 

the  large  ranches  for  a  distance  of  fifteen  miles. 
Thirty-six  were  added  to  the  few  brethren  who 
had  already  joined  themselves  together. 

— Brother  June  writes  us  that  it  was  the 
pleasure  and  privilege  of  the  church  at  Everett, 
Mass.,  to  set  apart  for  the  gospel  ministry 
Harry  H.  Cushing  of  Portland,  Maine,  for- 
merly a  worker  in  the  Hancock  street  church  of 
Everett.  Elders  Lewis  and  Robinson  assisted 
in  the  ordination  service.  Brother  Cushing 
has  been  appointed  to  the  work  in  New  Eng- 
land under  the  home  missionary  board. 

— One  of  the  features  of  the  Iowa  conven- 
tion was  the  marriage  of  Dr.  Ada  McNeill  and 
Wilfred  E.  Gordon.  Both  have  been  pursu- 
ing studies  in  Chicago,  Sister  McNeill  at  one 
of  the  medical  colleges  and  Brother  Gordon  at 
the  Moody  institute.  Both  have  been  promi- 
nent in  missionary  work  and  when  they  re- 
turn to  India  in  the  autumn  they  will  doubtless 
have  a  new  zest  and  a  new  inspiration  in  their 
chosen  occupation. 

— "Our  new  church  by  new  year's  day"  is 
the  watchword  adopted  by  the  brethren  at  Cen- 
tral Christian  church,  Marion,  Ohio.  B.  L. 
Smith  was  with  them  on  Lord's  day.  A  great 
revival  will  follow  this  dedication.  The  church 
has  had  a  rather  remarkable  growth,  there  be- 
ing a  gain  of  283  per  cent  in  the  membership  in 
three  years,  108  per  cent  in  the  receipts  of  the 
second  year  over  the  first,  and  the  missionary 
offerings  increased  305  per  cent. 

— We  regret  to  record  the  death  of  William 
Wordsdell,  who  died  at  Vermont,  111.,  whither 
he  had  returned  some  weeks  before  from  Okla- 
homa, where  he  had  been  preaching,  having 
charge  of  two  congregations.  Brother  Words- 
dell united  with  the  Christian  church  at  the 
age  of  eighteen  years,  and,  after  an  education- 
al and  business  career,  some  ten  years  ago 
took  up  the  work  of  the  Christian  ministry. 
He  was  a  faithful  and  self-sacrificing  man. 

— For  the  first  nine  months  of  the  missionary 
year  the  receipts  of  the  Foreign  Society 
amounted  to  $181,750.  A  gain  of  only  $2,601 
between  this  and  September  30  insures  the 
$250,000,  the  watchword  for  the  year.  Surely 
our  people  will  make  good  the  amount,  es- 
pecially when  victory  is  so  near.  Let  us  not 
be  defeated  by  over-confidence  nor  in- 
difference. Send  offerings  to  F.  M.  Rains, 
corresponding  secretary,  Box  884,  Cincinnati, 
Ohio. 

— Allan  B.   Philputt,   pastor  of  the  Central 
church  of  Indianapolis,    will    attend  the  Balti- 
more    Christian     Endeavor    convention    and 
j  deliver  the  closing  address  at    one  of  the  great 

rallies  on  Sunday  evening  which  close  the  con- 


vention. From  there  he  goes  to  Chautauqua, 
N.  Y.,  where  he  is  to  deliver  three  addresses 
on  evangelism,  with  the  following  topics:  1. 
The  Quiet  Evangelism;  2.  The  Place  of 
Evangelism  in  the  New  Testament  Church; 
3.  The  Ethical  Results  of  Evangelism. 

— Beginning  July  8,  until  July  19,  will 
be  the  summer  school  of  theology  under  our 
standing  committee  on  evangelism,  at  Chau- 
tauqua, N.  Y.  A  dozen  or  more  addresses 
will  be  delivered  by  such  speakers  as  F.  D. 
Power,  H.  O.  Breeden,  C.  S.Medbury,  A.  B. 
Philputt.  The  well  known  features  of  the 
famous  Chautauqua  ought  to  prove  attractive, 
with  these  special  conferences,  to  very  many  of 
our  brethren  who  could  probably  attend  this 
gathering,  both  from  the  standpoint  of  educa- 
tion, inspiration  and  help. 

— H.  G.  Weaver  writes  us  that  the  dedica- 
tion of  the  auditorium  and  pipe  organ  of  the 
First  Christian  church  at  Reading,  Pa.,  was  a 
complete  success.  J.  P.  Lichtenberger,  of  New 
York  city,  delighted  the  members  with  three 
able  discourses,  and  his  brief  stay  did  them 
much  good.  During  the  week  services  fol- 
lowed the  dedication,  C.  A.  Brady,  G.  B. 
Rutledge,  L.  G.  Batman,  and "W.  S.  McCal- 
lum  preaching  on  successive  evenings.  The 
report  is  that  the  brethren  are  now  in  better 
shape  to  prosecute  the  Lord's  work  in  Reading 
than  ever  before. 

— The  churches  of  Shelby  county,  Indiana, 
have  just  had  a  delightful  and  profitable  coun- 
ty meeting,  the  first  of  rhe  kind  ever  held  in 
that  neighborhood.  S.  R.  Van  Buskirk,  of 
Greensburg,  Ind.,  gave  an  address  on  "The 
Pre-eminence  of  Christ"  which  seems  to  have 
been  very  satisfactory  to  those  who  heard  it. 
Judge  Marshall  Hucker,  of  Columbus,  Ind., 
describing  the  work  done  by  county  missionary 
societies,  gave  a  practical  and  helpful  talk. 
A  county  organization  was  effected,  with  the 
following  officers:  H.  O.  Pritchard,  Shelby- 
ville,  president;  Samuel  Tomlinson,  Fairland, 
vice-president;  Charles  Harrison,  secretary,  and 
George  McCain,  treasurer. 

— O.  L.  Adams  reports  a  fine  district  con- 
vention at  Overten,  Neb.,  there  being  over  73 
delegates  and  visitors  present,  and  a  good  pro- 
gram presented.  A  four  days'  institute  under 
the  leadership  of  Prof.  W.  H.  Waggoner  pre- 
ceded the  convention  and  H.  G.  Wilkinson, 
late  of  Porto  Rico,  followed  the  convention  and 
added  greatly  to  the  already  aroused  missionary 
interest.  The  church  at  Overton  has  this  year 
more  than  doubled  its  missionary  offerings  and 
the  congregation  has  passed  to  the  systematic 
basis  and  plans  of  contributing  to  the  treasury. 


One  young  man  will  enter 
Cotner  to  prepare  himself  for 
the  ministry  and  the  church 
will  pay  his  tuition  for  three 
years.  All  departments  of  the 
work  show  progress. 

— "There  is  always  some 
way  for  the  church  to  succeed 
if  the  brethren  will  really  try." 
So  writes  W.  A.  Webster, 
pastor  of  the  congregation  at 
Ninth  and  Shaw,  Des  Moines, 
la.  Two  years  ago  the  flood 
broke  up  the  organization  and 
almost  demolished  the  build- 
ing. Several  months  later  it 
was  reorganized  by  Brother 
Cresmer,  who  preached  until 
February  of  this  year.  Con- 
siderable debt  was  incurred 
for  repairs  and  this  led  many 
to  be  discouraged.  However, 
Brother  Webster  and  a  few 
others  made  a  determined 
canvass  and  in  five  days  all 
indebtedness  was  paid  off, 
and  a  surplus  was  in  the  treas- 
ury. This  is  a  mission  church  and  will  no 
doubt  now  go  to  work  with  a  greater  deter- 
mination than  ever  to  accomplish  something 
for  the  Master  in  their  locality. 

— The  gain  in  receipts  from  churches  for 
the  month  of  June  is  $3,759.64.  We  rejoice 
in  such  a  splendid  report.  Doubtless  there  are 
many  churches  that  have  not  taken  the  offering, 
but  which  will  hold  patriotic  services  on  July  2, 
and  send  an  offering  for  this  great  cause  of 
home  missions.  Send  all  remittances  to  Benj.  L. 
Smith,  Cor.  Sec'y,  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Building, 
Cincinnati,  O. 

DraKe's  Bible  College  Assured. 

On  Tuesday  evening,  June  27,  following 
Charles  S.  Medbury's  soul  stirring  educational 
address,  the  Iowa  Christian  convention,  in  cele- 
bration of  its  jubilee  year,  proceeded  to  raise 
money  to  complete  the  subscription  necessary  to 
insure  the  construction  of  the  Bible  college 
building  at  once;  $18,500  were  reported  on 
hand  and  the  convention  set  itself  the  task  of 
raising  $6,000.  Before  the  people  went  home 
that  night  $7,500  were  in  hand,  bringing  the 
subscriptions  up  to $26,000,  and  more  insight. 
It  will  now  be  possible  to  construct  a  build- 
ingand  equip  it  at  an  expense  of  not  less  than 
$30,000. 

At  11:45  a.  m.  Wednesday,  June  27,  1905, 
the  great  convention  adjourned  to  the  beauti- 
ful plot  of  ground  just  west  of  the  church  to 
break  ground  for  the  new  building.  With 
Dean  A.  M.  Haggard  at  the  plow  handle, 
and  Professor  D.  R.  Dungan  and  Preiident 
Hill  M.Bell  as  "wheel  horses,"  and  with 
hundreds  of  men  and  women  tugging  at  the 
rope,  three  furrows  marking  the  site  of  the 
building  were  made.  J.  H.  Stockham  was 
master  of  ceremonies.  The  enthusiasm  knew 
no  bounds.  After  the  plowing  the  rope  at- 
tached to  the  plow  was  cut  into  small  bits 
which  were  carried  away  as  mementoes  of  the 
occasion.  It  was  an  epoch-making  event  in 
the  history  of  the  university,  the  influence  of 
which  will  be  far-reaching.  It  is  proposed  to 
construct  a  building  fifty  by  one  hundred  feet, 
three  stories  high. 

Ministerial  Exchange. 

E.  N.  Tucker,  Waukegan,  111.,  can  assist 
a  church  worker  in  securing  a  good  position  as 
book-keeper.     Address,  with  full    particulars. 

J.  P.  Campbell  writes  that  the  church  at 
Doniphan,  Mo.,  wishes  to  engage  a  preacher 
at  a  .  moderate  salary.  Correspondence  is 
solicited. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN  EVANGELIST 


July  6,  1905 


The  Campaign  for  Two  Thousand 
Contributors. 

Thus  far  3S7  churches  have  promised  to  take 
the  offering  for  Church  Extension.  Let  it  be 
remembered  by  the  preachers  and  churches  that 
the  promises  must  all  be  in  July  31  if  they  are 
to  be  reported  at  San  Francisco  in  the  annual 
report  of  the  board. 

Up  to  June  28  Illinois  and  Ohio  led  with 
46  premised  churches  each,  and  Indiana  holds 
second  place,  with  Missouri  holding  third 
place.     The  following  have  reported  so  far: 

Alabama 6     Manitoba 1 

Arkansas 3     Montana 2 

Arizona Nebraska 14 

California 17     New  Jersey 1 

Colorado 6     New  Mexico 

Connecticut 1     New  York 13 

Dist.  Columbia 1     North  Carolina 1 

Florida 1     North  Dakota 1 

Georgia 7     Ohio 46 

Idaho 1     Oklahoma 6 

Indian  Territory...     3     Oregon. 7 

Illinois  46     Pennsylvania 10 

Indiana 37     South  Carolina 1 

Iowa 13     South  Dakota  2 

Kansas ,  25     Tennessee 4 

Kentucky 20     Texas 17 

Louisiana 5     Utah 

Maine  Virginia 4 

Maryland 1     Vermont 

Massachusetts 2     Washington 10 

Michigan 3     West  Virginia 6 

Minnesota 9     Wisconsin 2 

Mississippi 1     Wyoming 

Missouri 31 

All  promises  should  be  addressed  to 

G.  W.  Muckley,  Cor.  Sec'y. 
600  Water  Works  Bldg.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

$  $ 

An  Appeal  for  the  Bureau  of 

Evangelism. 

Our  numerical  growth  as  a  people  has  been 
the  wonder  sf  the  religious  world,  and  the  se- 
cret of  that  growth  has  been  the  spirit  of  evan- 
gelism. 

The  organization  of  the  bureau  of  evangel- 
ism was  a  long  delayed  step  in  the  right  di- 
rection, the  perfecting  of  a  needed  system  for 
enlarged  and  aggressive  work  in  saving  men. 
It  has  more  than  justified  its  existence  before 
the  first  year  of  its  operation  has  passed. 

For  the  first  time  in  our  history  we  have 
been  accorded  equal  place  in  the  most  impor- 
tant union  meetings  held  in  large  cities.  In 
these  union  meetings  the  gespel  hat  been 
preached  without  prejudice,  without  qualifica- 
tion and  without  reservation. 

The  results  attained  in  these  meetings  have 
been  very  largely  attributed  to  the  methods  used 
by  our  brethren,  and  these  methods  have  been 
copied  by  pastors  of  denominational  churches. 
When  W.  J.  Wright,  our  superintendent  of 
evangelism,  gave  the  gospel  invitation,  rightly, 
in  his  section  of  the  union  meetings  held  at 
Louisville,  Ky.,  the  preachers  without  exception 
called  it  "something  new  in  evangelism"  and 
said  they  meant  to  adopt  it  in  their  churches. 
One  Presbyterian  preacher  afterwards  met 
Brother  Wright  upon  the  streets  of  Louisville 
and  told  him  he  had  been  having  a  "per- 
petual revival  ever  since  the  union  meetings, 
just  from  giving  people  a  chance  to  make  the 
good  confession." 

Our  standing  committee  of  evangelism  has 
provided  for  two  great  summer  schools  of 
evangelism,  one  to  be  held  at  Chautauqua, 
N.  Y.,  July  9-19,  the  other  at  Bethany  assem- 
bly, Ind.,  from  July  31  to  Aug.  10.  Simul- 
taneous meetings  are  planned  for  in  Cleveland, 
Pittsburg  and  Cincinnati  during  the  autumn 
months. 

Over  100  congregations  upon  the  coast  are 
to  begin  meetings  upon  the  same  day,  immedi- 
ately following  the  national  convention  at  San 
Francisco. 

Churches  have  been  aroused,  evangelists 
have    been    placed    in  the  field,  campaigns  in 


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large  and  small   communities   planned    and    as 
rapidly  as  possible  put  into  execution. 

The  work  is  growing.  It  is  enlisting  men 
and  churches  and  communities.  Its  influence 
i»  telling  upon  the  life  of  the  brotherhood  al- 
ready and  must  tell  with  even  greater  force  in 
coming  years. 

It  is  not  only  a  stupendous  work  but  it  is 
also  a  work  which  is  vital  to  our  life.  To 
prosecute  it  upon  adequate  lines  requires  both 
men  and  money.  The  $5,000  appropriation 
from  the  treasury  of  the  home  board  in  order  to 
inaugurate  the  work  will  not  suffice  for  more 
than  a  meagre  beginning.  Funds  are  needed 
in  large  sums.  The  great  Presbyterian  board 
is  supported  altogether  by  personal  -gifts,  one 
man  giving  $10,000  every  year.  The  Baptist 
board  receives  from  one  man  $5,000  a  year, 
and  from  one  woman  $500  a  year.  It  is  not 
the  purpose  of  the  bureau  of  evangelism  or  of 
its  superintendent  or  of  the  American  Christian 
Missionary  Society  to  ask  for  offerings  from 
churches  as  such.  But  it  is  our  belief  that 
there  are  individual  members  who  can  well  af- 
ford to  make  liberal  gifts  to  a  great  enterprise 
like  this,  in  sums  of  $50,  $100,  $250  or  $500. 
We  appeal  to  the  many  who  are  thus  able  to 
be  among  the  first  to  help  in  making  this  the 
great  department  of  our  home  work. 

Gifts  in  any  amount  will  be  cheerfully  re- 
ceipted for  and  any  one  who  feels  interested 
should  send  an  offering.  Our  people  are  lib- 
eral givers  as  they  see  their  opportunity  and 
duty.  We  are  growing  in  liberality.  We  are 
a  people  who  do  things.  Here  is  an  opportu- 
nity. Here  is  duty.  Let  us  do  this  thing  with 
our  whole  hearts. 

If  you  desire  to  know  more  of  the  bureau  and 
its  work,  one  of  the  secretaries  will  gladly  visit 
you.  Above  everything  send  your  offering  in 
without  delay.  He  gives  twice  who  gives 
quickly.  Bhnj»min  L.  Smith, 

Geo.  B.  Ranshaw. 

From  Dr.  Rijnhart. 

The  following  are  some  extracts  from  a  pri- 
vate letter  just  received  from  Dr.  Susie  C. 
Rijnhart:  "A  week's  illness  for  Mrs.  Shelton 
and  immediately  afterwards  the  same  for  me, 
with  the  Chinese  New  Year  at  the  same  time, 
has  kept  me  very  bu»y.  Then  we  decided  to 
spend  a  while  in  a  lower  altitude,  and  came 
down  here  to  Wasi-keo,  twenty  miles  from 
home  and  nearly  4,000  feet  lower  down.  Since 
coming  here  Mrs.  Shelton  and  baby  are  much 
better,  but  it  has  been  of  no  service  to  me,  for 
I  have  had  a  bad  cold,  as  has  had  Manyen, 
my  Chinese  girl,  who,  of  course,  is  with  me. 
We  study  Thibetan  every  morning,  just  as  we 
did  at  home.  I  enclose  a  piece  of  our  writing, 
with  the  teacher's.  We  are  not  perfect,  but  it 
has  taken  much  pains  to  get  to  write  even  this 
well,  and  we  do  it  with  a  piece  of  bamboo 
whittled  to  a  point  for  a  pen,  and  hold  the 
paper  in  the  left  hand,  with  the  fingers  to  sup 
port  it  underneath. 

I  am  so  glad  you  went  to   St.    Louis.     I   am 


sure  it  was  a  moit  profitable  time.*  Thank 
you  for  the  paper.  I  am  glad,  too,  that  you 
are  interested  now  in  the  Christian  Endeavor. 
Ask  them  to  pray  for  me,  our  work,  and  for 
my  boy  and  girl,  whom  I  support  myself. 
The  girl  is  now  fifteen,  and  is  a  great  help. 
She  is  the  one  whose  writing  I  send  you.  She 
plays  the  organ  in  our  meetings,  and  helps  me 
in  all  our  women's  meetings.  The  boy  is  six, 
and  very  bright.  Her  name  is  Manyen;  sur- 
name is  Chew.  Li  Lhb  Tsang  is  the  boy's 
name,  Li  being  the  surname,  which  they 
always  put  first.  I  hope  he  may  grow  up  to 
be  an  evangelist.  Just  now  he  is  full  of  fun, 
and  very  diligent.  His  mother  was  married  a 
second  time,  and  the  stepfather  was  going  to 
sell  this  boy.  She  smokes  opium.  The  boy 
wanted  to  come  to  me,  and  his  mother  wanted 
me  to  have  him,  so  I  took  him  and  had  the 
mother  give  me  a  deed  to  him,  so  to  speak. 
She  and  her  relatives  have  no  claim  on  him 
now,  or  when  he  grows  up.  Some  time  I  will 
adopt  a  girl  and  make  a  good  wife  of  her  for 
him,  for  a  man  must  have  a  Christian  wife,  if 
he  is  to  be  of  any  use  in  a  heathen  land. 
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Ohio  Letter. 

Hiram!  Dear,  beautiful,  historical,  reli- 
gious Hiram!  What  college  is  more  delight- 
fully located?  Where  is  there  a  more  inspir- 
ing environment  and  history?  Where  is  a  re- 
ligious atmosphere  more  wholesome? 

The  annual  commencement  week  was  June 
18-22.  Nature  did  her  best  for  the  occasion. 
The  people  came  in  goodly  numbers.  Every- 
thing was  pervaded  with  hope.  Old  Hiram 
bestowed  her  choicest  benedictions. 

It  seemed  good  to  see  J.  Z.  Tyler  so  far 
from  home  again.  His  son  Garnett  was  a 
graduate. 

President  Rowlison  and  J.  E.  Lynn  will  at- 
tend the  summer  school  of  theology  at  Harvard 
university. 

Pres.  E.  V.  Zollars  and  wife  are  visiting  a 
few  weeks  at  his  old  home  at  Lowell,  O.,  and 
their  daughter,  Mrs.  Dr.  Page,  of  Warren. 

Owen  Livengood  has  resigned  at  Marshfield 
and  will  become  agent  for  the  Christian- 
Evangelist  in  Ohio.  He  ought  to  put  the 
paper  in  every  home  in  our  Ohio  churches. 
Give  him  a  welcome  when  he  comes,  he  will 
do  you  good. 

H.  A.  Blake  recently  lost  his  wife  at  Rut- 
land. He  has  resigned  and  will  visit  his 
home  in  Baltimore.  W.  R.  Moffett  held  a 
good  meeting  at  Rutland  with  IS  additions. 

A.  P.  Frost  and  wife  will  go  to  California 
soon  to  live.  Brother  Frost  has  been  visiting 
in  southern  Ohio  and  speaking  to  the  delight 
of  the  people  at  Athens,  Glouster  and  Trimble. 

W.  A.  Guy,  one  of  our  young  preachers,  has 
been  elected  secretary  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  at 
the  University  at  Athens  and  will  assume  his 
duties  Sept.  1. 

The  Athens  Sunday-school  has  outgrown 
the  present  building  and  a  wall  will  be 
knocked  out  this  summer  and  an  addition  to 
meet  the  condition  put  on. 

J.  F.  Ryan  is  now  bishop  at  Quaker  City. 
G.  F.  Crites  has  been  looking  up  the  possi- 
bilities at  Waverly.  He  has  also  revived  the 
church  at  Mt.  Ephraim  and  remodeled  the 
house  and  rededicated  it. 

The  Cleveland  preachers  with  their  better- 
halves  picnicked  at  Edgewater  Park  June  26. 
This  is  an  annual  affair. - 

C.  M.  Watson  will  succeed  H.  H.  Monin- 
ger  at  Steubenville.  We  welcome  him  back  to 
Buckeyedom. 

S.  H.  Forrer  will  go  to  Princeton,  Sept.  15, 
to  take  a  year  of  post  graduate  work. 

If  you  want  your  name  in  print  tell  what 
you  have  done  and  address  the  postal  card  to — 

Painesville,  Ohio.  C.  A.  Freer. 


From  Colorado  Springs. 

I  am  spending  a  most  delightful  month  in 
this  city.  No  attempt  will  be  made  here  to 
describe  the  magnificence  of  the  city  and  its 
romantic  surroundings.  Its  broad  streets,  fine 
public  buildings,  palatial  houses  and  beautiful 
parks  must  be  seen  to  be  appreciated.  As  for 
the  caaons,  mountain  torrents,  majestic  rocks, 
roaring  waterfalls,  mineral  springs,  awesome 
caves  and  snow-capped  peaks — well,  they  are 
indescribable. 

The  preachers  at  Colorado  City  and  Colo- 
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Lord's  day  during  my  month  here.  I  have 
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W.  C.  T.  U.  once,  and  I  delivered  a  patriotic 
address  for  the  Endeavorers  on  flag  day. 

Bro.  Robert  W.  Moore  is  doing  a  good 
work  in  Colorado  City.  They  still  have  oaly 
a  basement  in  which  to  meet;  but  they  hope  to 
build  soon. 

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in  every  movement  of  public  good. 

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I  am  engaged  to  assist  Bro.  J.  P.  Adcock  in 
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first  Lord's  day  in  July. 

We  hope  soon  to  return  to  Joplin,  Mo.,  to 
buy  property  and  make  our  home  for  years  to 
come. 

I  deeply  regret  that  I  could  not  be  at  the 
Missouri  convention.  Simpson  Ely. 

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College  Work  and  Plans. 

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and  science  are  equipped  with  the  best  teachers 
that  money  can  supply. 

The  soul  of  the  school  is  "to  do  good  and 
to  communicate."  It  does  not  forget  that  ed- 
ucation means  the  instruction,  development 
and  training  of  the  whole  being.  Adjustment 
to  the  social  and  political  fabric  directed  by 
union  first  with  God  is  the  goal  sought.  The 
supreme  aim  is  character. 

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has  the  right  to  pray  for  and  expect,  this  insti- 
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poor  are  alike  welcome. 

Within  the  next  year  William  Woods  college 
expects  to  realize  its  ardent  desire  to  aid  the 
daughters  of  foreign  missionaries.  We  are 
praying  for  a  special  endowment  for  this  pur- 
pose, thus  adding  to  the  scholarships  already 
secured  and  ready  for  use.  J.  B.  Jones. 

Fulton,  Mo. 

Hiram  College. 

The  commencement  week  this  year  was 
full  of  interest,  and  some  things  unusual  trans- 
pired. In  the  senior  preparatory  class  1909, 
and  the  commercial  department,  25  young 
men  and  women  received  diplomas. 

The  baccalaureate  sermon  was  preached  by 
President  C.  C.  Rowlison  and  the  annual  ad- 
dress to  the  Christian  Association  of  the  col- 
lege by  J.  E.  Lynn,  of  Warren,  Ohio.  Each 
of  these  efforts  was  worthy  of  the  occasion. 
Much  is  anticipated  for  Hiram  under  the  ad- 
ministration of  President  Rowlison,  whose 
views  seem  to  be  in  entire  harmony  with  the 
traditions  and  spirit  of  the  college.  He  comes 
to  his  place  with  the  united  support  and  sym- 
pathy of  the  board  of  trustees,  the  faculty, 
the  student  body,  and  the  constituency  of  the 
college  generally. 

Monday,  June  19,  the  anniversaries  of  the 
five  literary  societies  of  the  college  presented 
programs  of  great  interest  to  all  concerned, 
On  June 21,  there  were  ordained,  at  the  request 
of  the  church  in  Hiram,  fourteen  young 
men  to  the  work  of  the  gospel  ministry. 
They  were:  J.  C.  Archer,  H.  A.  Carpenter, 
H.  E.  Beckler,  E.  G.  Campbell,  U.  C.  James, 
M.  O.  Carter,  J.  I.  Carter,  Alexander  Paul, 
M.  S.  Peckham,  H.  F.  Reed,  J.  W.  Reynolds, 
C.  O.  Reynard,  P.  A.  Sherman,  C.  R.  Wol- 
ford.     It  was  a  most  impressive  service. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  trustees,  of  the 
24  members  of  the  board,  twenty  were  present. 
The  affairs  of  the  college  were  found  to  be  in 
good  condition  and  the  outlook  better  than  for 
several  years  past. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  stockholders  on 
Thursday  the  following  persons  were  elected  to 
the  boird  of  trustees:  Miner  Lee  Batee,  Wil- 
liam G.  Dietz,  Francis  M.  Green,  Albert  R. 
Teachout,  Robert  Miller,  Lathrop  Cooley, 
Thomas  W.  Phillips  and  H.  D.  Messick.  All 
were  re-elections  except  Albert  R.  Teachout 
and  H.  D.  Messick.  Hon.  C.  B.  Lockwood 
was  chosen  president  of  the  board  of  trustees; 
Francis  M.  Green,  vice-president;  Lewis  J. 
Wood,  secretary,  and  Warren  S.  Hayden,  au- 
ditor. Alexander  Wilcox  was  elected  an  hon- 
orary member  of  the  board.  Hiram  has  now 
23  professors  and  teachers  in  its  faculty,  and 
one  or  two  new  ones  will  be  added  during  the 
present  year. 

The  graduating  class  numbered  41  in  the 
regular  course,  and  four  who  received  the  de- 
gree of  A.  M.  The  following  are  the  names 
of  the  young  people  who  received  degrees: 
Degree  of  A.  B.:  Carrie  C.  Alford,  J.  C. 
Archer,  Josephine  C.  Brock,  C.  W.  Bruning- 


haus,  E.  G.  Campbell,  M.  O.  Carter,  J.  I. 
Carter,  H.  A.  Carpenter,  G.  R.  Clement9, 
Anna  L.  Gates,  W.  A.  Grieve9,  Ulysses  C. 
James,  E.  P.  Kemper,  F.  E.  Lumley,  R.  A. 
McCorkle,  C.  L.  Miller,  A.  Paul,  H.  F.  Reed, 
T.  J.  Reed,  A.  F.  Reiter,  C.  O.  Reynard, 
A.  P.  Regal,  P.  A.  Sherman,  H.  E.  Stefford, 
C.  R.  Wolford,  Rachel  E.  Workman;  Degree 
of  Ph.  B.:  W.  P.  Allyn,  H.  E.  Beckler,  Ethel 
Bosworth,  Grace  L.  Dudley,  S.  L.  Lyon, 
H.  G.  Martin,  R.  W.  Robinson,  Jr.,  Clemie 
M.  Rogers,  S.  M.  Sigfricd,  A.  Taylor,  J.  G. 
Tyler,  C.  J.  Winter;  Degree  of  S.  B.:  Harriet 
E.  Carroll,  H.  P.  Ober,  O.  A.  Turney;  De- 
gree of  A.  M.:  F.  W.  Brown,  S.  Y.  Hughes, 
J.  W.  Reynolds,  A.  C.  Workman. 

On  Thursday  afternoon  President  Rowlison 
was  inaugurated  formally  as  president.  This 
service  was  led  by  acting  president  E.  B. 
Wakefield  who  for  two  years  has  proven  to  be  a 
most  capable  and  popular  presiding  officer.  No 
one  holds  a  higher  place  in  the  affections  of 
the  brotherhood,  the  faculty  and  the  student 
body  than  he  does.  He  retires  with  the  high 
praise  of  all. 

All  of  the  addresses  were  of  a  high  order, 
brief   in    statement  and  fervent   in  spirit.     To 


The  College  cf  the  Bible. 

The  college  of  the  Bible  of  Kentucky  uni- 
versity has  had  a  fine  year.  The  attendance 
has  increased  50  per  cent  since  last  year.  For 
the  first  time  in  the  history  of  the  institution, 
young  ladies  were  admitted  as  full  matriculates 
last  fall.  Several  are  preparing  for  work 
on  the  foreign  field.  With  their  admission 
into  the  college  of  the  Bible  there  has  come  a 
deepening  of  the  spiritual  life  of  the  college. 
Especially  has  there  been  aroused  a  greater  in- 
terest in  missions.  Through  the  efforts  of 
N.  L.  Sims,  J.  R.  Farris,  V.  C.  Carpenter, 
Miss  Pearl  For9ythe  and  others,  Kentucky  uni- 
versity has  become  a  "living  link."  The 
$600  have  been  raised  and  the  missionary  has 
been  selected. 

Miss  Stella  Walker  Lewis,  from  near  Stan- 
ford, Ky.,  will  be  Kentucky  university's  rep- 
resentative on  the  foreign  field  for  the  present. 
She  will  go  to  Japan  and  sails  in  September. 
Miss  Lewis  has  been  one  of  the  young  lady 
matriculates  during  the  past  year. 

The  movement  as  a  consequence  of  which 
Kentucky  university  became  a  'living  link" 
was  not  an  exclusively  college  of  the  Bible 
movement.     The  movement  began  in  the   col  ■ 


Exercises  at  Gratz  Park,  at  the  recent  Kentucky  University  Reunion. 


summarize  all  that  was  said  as  to  the  scope 
and  purpose  of  the  college  as  detailed  by  the 
speakers,  it  may  be  said:  The  college  seeks  to 
make  a  four-sided  symmetrical  person.  To 
do  this  it  trains  the  student  to  think,  it  trairis  ' 
him  to  do  things,  it  trains  him  in  habits  of 
righteousness,  it  trains  him  in  great- hearted- 
ness,  and  the  trinity  which  the  college  must 
always  have  faith  in  is  God — man — duty. 

Its  motto  should  be  the  motto  of  the  great 
apostle:  "But  one  thing  I  do,  forgetting  the 
things  which  are  behind,  and  stretching  for- 
ward to  the  things  which  are  before,  I  pre-S 
on  toward  the  goal,  unto  ihe  prize  of  the  high 
calling  of  God  in  Christ  Jesus,"  or  to  put  it  in 
the  form  in  which  a  successful  business  man 
advised  a  young  man  who  asked  his  advice, 
"Young  man,  consider  the  postage  stamp,  its 
usefulness  lies  in  its  ability  to  stick  to  one  thing 
until  it  gets  there." 

Hiram  has  had  its  past,  which  is  fragrant  with 
blessed  memories,  rugged  with  its  strenuous 
contests  for  success,  and  strong  to  carry  out 
the  purpose  of  its  founders,  which  was  "the 
instruction  of  youth  of  both  sexes  in  the  va- 
rious branches  of  literature  and  science,  es- 
pecially of  moral  science,  as  based  on  the  facts 
and  precepts  ofjthe  Holy  Scriptures  or,  to  pro- 
vide a  sound  scientific  and  literary  education; 
to  temper  and  sweeten  such  education 
with  moral  and  scriptural  knowledge;  to  edu- 
cate young  men  for  the  ministry."  There  are 
no  clouds  in  the  sky  over  Hiram  to  day. 

Kent,  Ohio.  E.  M.  Grebn. 


lege  of  the  Bible  but  was  taken  into  the  college 
of  Liberal  Arts.  The  individual  students,  the 
faculty  and  the  literary  societies  of  the  college 
of  Liberal  Arts  entered  enthusiastically  into  the 
work  and  gave  liberally  to  it.  The  question 
of  making  Kentucky  university  a  "living  link" 
on  the  home  field  is  also  being  agitated. 

In  addition  to  this  work  which  has  been  un- 
dertaken by  the  university  as  such,  three  stu- 
dents from  the  college  of  the  Bible,  besides 
Miss  Lewis,  will  sail  for  foreign  lands  this  fall 
to  do  missionary  work.  They  are  J.  C.  Ogden 
and  wife  and  A.  F.  Hensey 

The  finances  of  the  college  of  the  Bible  are 
in  good  shape.  W.  T.  Donaldson,  the  finan- 
cial agent,  has  been  trying  to  add  $100,000  to 
the  endowment  this  year.  At  commencement 
he  reported  $93,000  of  the  proposed  $100,000 
pledged.  Before  this  is  printed  the  remainder 
will  doubtless  have  been  raised. 

The  funds  for  use  in  assisting  students  who 
need  assistance  were  never  so  large  as  now. 
The  Kentucky  Christian  Education  Society  has 
$35,000,  the  interest  of  which  is  used  in  this 
way.  By  agreement  with  Mrs.  Garth,  $95,000 
of  the  estate  of  her  deceased  husband  becomes 
immediately  available.  The  total  amount,  the 
interest  on  which  will  be  used  to  assist  worthy 
ministerial  students,  is  $150,000. 

There  were  12  graduates  this  year.     All  ex- 
cept   three    took    the    classical  course,  or  hart' 
done  a  similar  amount  of  work  in  other  institu- 
tions, representing  six  years  of  work. 

Prof.  H.  L.  Calhoun,  who  entered  the  faculty 


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last  year,  has  proved  himself  a  very  fine  teacher. 
Next  year  he  and  Professor  Deweese  will  do, 
in  addition  to  their  regular  work,  the  work  of 
Prof.  I.  B.  Grubbs,  who  has  been  under  the 
surgeon's  knife  four  times  this  year  and  has 
been  given  the  year's  leave  of  absence  with  full 
pay.  President  McGarvey  retains  his  usual 
vigor  and  good  health. 

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KentucKy  University. 

Kentucky  university,  the  successor  of  old 
Transylvania  university,  which  was  the  first 
college  established  west  of  the  Alleghany 
mountains,  is  holding .  well  the  lofty  place 
which  it  has  taken  among  the  colleges  that  are 
under  the  control  of  the  Disciples  of  Christ. 

The  past  year  has  been  a  very  successful  one. 
There  has  been  a  very  perceptible  increase  in 
the  attendance  and  the  work  done  has  been  of 
a  very  high  class,  as  has  the  moral  tone  of  the 
college  life  been  high.  The  honor  system  has 
been  in  operation  over  a  year  and  it  is  work- 
ing admirably. 

The  commercial  college  is  prospering,  and 
the  medical  college  at  Louisville  is  fast  assum- 
ing large  proportions.  And  this  fall  the  law 
college  will  be  re-estab- 
lished. Judge  Lyman 
J.  Chalkley,  of  Vir- 
ginia, will  be  dean. 
He  reports  a  very  flat- 
tering outlook  for  the 
first  year.  It  will  be 
at  Lexington  and  reci- 
tation rooms  will  be 
provided  in  Morrison 
building.  A  faculty 
composed  of  the  best 
legal  talent  in  central 
Kentucky  has  been  se- 
lected and  a  strong  two 
years'  course  has  been 
arranged . 

The  finances  of  the 
university  are  in  good 
condition.  There  are 
evidences  of  an  increase 
in  the   endowment  and 

the  scholarship  funds  are  becoming  larger.  A 
new  science  hall  has  been  or  will  be  provided 
for  in  a  short  while,  it  is  believed.  Andrew 
Carnegie  has  promised  $25,000  on  the  condi- 
tion that  another  $25,000  be  raised.  Work  on 
the  building  will  probably  be  begun  this  fall. 

One  regret  of  the  year  in  connection  with  the 
faculty  of  the  university  is  the  leaving  of  Prof. 
Clarence  G.  Freeman,  who  has  occupied  the 
Morrison  chair  of  English  for  several  years.  He 
will  take  a  similar  position  this  fall  with 
Georgetown  college. 

Professor  Freeman's  place  will  be  taken  by 
Dr.  H.  G.  Shearing,  who  is  a  Kentuckian  by 
birth,  has  a  Ph.  D.  from  Yale  and  has  studied 
abroad.  He  has  been  teaching  English  in 
Ripon  college. 

The  reunion  of  alumni  which  was  held  at 
the  close  of  this  scholastic  year  will  doubtless 
prove  to  be  a  great  benefit  to  the  university. 
President  Jenkins  is  enamored  of  the  work  he 
has  in  hand.  He  delights  in  the  history  of  old 
Kentucky  university  and  is  proud  of  the  tradi- 
tions clinging  to  it.  He  points  to  the  location 
of  the  university,  to  the  healthfulness  of  this 
part  of  Kentucky,  to  the  high  ideals  of  the  old 
institution,  to  the  high  positions  occupied  to- 
day by  so  many  of  K.  U.'s  alumni,  to  the 
brightness  of  present  prospects,  and  says  he  be- 
lieves that  for  Kentucky  university — 

The  year's  at  the  spring, 
The  day's  at  the  dawn; 
God's  in  his  heaven — 
All's  right  with  the  world! 

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The  School  of  the  Evangelists. 

On  Dec.  1,  1905,  our  main  building  was 
totally  destroyed  by  fire  and   one  hundred    and 


seventeen  students,  the  majority  of  them  work- 
ing their  way,  were  turned  out  on  a  cold  world. 

We  immediately  laid  plans  for  a  larger  and 
better  building,  and  made  an  appeal  to  the 
brethren  everywhere  for  aid.  We  have  raised 
within  $3,500  (for  labor)  of  the  required 
amount.  The  need  is  great  and  pressing  even 
now.  We  have  on  file  nearly  200  applications 
received  since  school  opened  last   September. 

We  have  nearly  25  young  men  with  us  now 
who  are  working  for  their  schooling.  We 
need  six  carpenters — strong  young  men  who 
want  to  preach.     Good  wages  in  schooling. 

Ashley  S.  Johnson. 

Kimberltn  Heights,  Tenn. 


Berkeley  Bible  Seminary. 

Berkeley  Bible  seminary  has  had  its  usual 
year.  Our  relation  with  the  university  and 
the  other  seminaries  at  Berkeley  has  been  uni- 
formly pleasant.  The  number  of  regular  sem- 
inary students  enrolled  was  11,  all  preparing 
for  the  ministry  but  one.  In  addition  six  stu- 
dents of  Pacific  theological  seminary  (Con- 
gregational) availed    themselves  of   our  class, 


undertaken,  on  which  J21, 000  were  sub»cribed. 
It  is  the  hope  of  the  officers  to  complete  the 
sum  this  fall. 

The  value  and  need  of  the  work  of  the  di- 
vinity house  to  the  young  mea  among  the  Dii- 
ciples  who  are  fitting  themselves  for  the  minis- 
try, are  demonstrated  continuously  by  the  let- 
ters of  inquiry  and  applications  for  scholarships 
coming  to  the  officers. 

The  inability  of  the  house  to  respond  to  ap- 
peals in  all  cases  impresses  the  officers  with  the 
greatness  of  the  work  that  could  be  done,  if 
they  commanded  sufficient  resources.  A  score 
of  young  men  in  addition  to  the  number  who 
came  entirely  at  their  own  charges,  could  be 
added  to  the  list  of  students  every  jear  with  the 
outlay  of  a  hundred  dollars  of  help  in  each 
case.  During  the  last  year  six  students  were 
aided  in  this  way. 

Errett  Gates,  Secretary. 

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Bethany  College. 

In  the  sixty-four  years  of  Bethany's  history 
she  reached  the  high  water  mark  in  her  com- 
mencement exercises  June  11-15.  Col.  Alex- 
ander Campbell,    a   trustee    of   the    college  for 


Basket  Ball  Team  of  WILLIAM  WOODS  CO£I,EGE. 


while  in  the  university  50  students  pursued  the 
courses  in  Jewish  and  early  Christian  history 
taught  by  myself.  The  outlook  for  the  com- 
ing year  is  encouraging. 

Pres.  H.  D.  McAneney  has  spent  his  full 
time  in  the  field,  and  his  efforts  at  raising  en- 
dowment have  been  more  than  usually  success- 
ful. His  reports  are  not  in,  as  the  year  does 
not  close  until  at  the  state  meeting  in  August, 
so  that  I  can  not  give  the  definite  amount. 

We  expect  considerable  uplift  from  the 
coming  national  convention,  and  hope  to  go  on 
meeting  the  educational  needs  of  our  state  as 
fully  and  as  rapidly  as  means  and  men  can  be 
supplied.  Hiram  Van  Kirk,  Dean. 

The  Disciples'  Divinity  House. 

During  the  year  ending  July  1,  1905,  there 
have  been  40  different  Disciples  in  attendance  in 
the  Chicago  university  divinity  school,  three 
of  whom  graduated  with  the  B.  D.  degree. 
Courses  of  lectures  were  given  during  the  au- 
tumn quarter  by  Prof .  Willett  on  the  "History 
of  Christian  Worship,"  and  during  the  winter 
quarter  by  Dr.  Gates  on  the  "History  of  the 
Disciples."  In  addition  to  regular  courses, 
assemblies  and  "Open  Lectures"  were  held  by 
Professor  Willett,  the  most  notable  of  which 
was  the  course  on  his  trip  to  Palestine,  listened 
to  by  scores  of  persons  outside  of  the  member- 
ship of  the  house.  They  were  given  Wed- 
nesday evenings  in  lecture  halls  of  the  univer- 
sity and  were  the  means  of  acquainting  the 
hundreds  of  students  in  attendance  not  only 
with  the  lecturer  but  with  the  religious  body 
with  which  he  is  identified. 

A  plan  to  raise  $30,000  of    endowment  was 


many  years,  and  a  son  of  the  founder  of  Bethany, 
said:  "I  have  attended  every  meeting  of  the 
board  of  trustees  for  just  fifty  years,  except 
three  during  the  war,  and  never  before  have  I 
seen  so  harmonious,  happy  and  hopeful  a 
meeting  as  this  year.  I  am  sure  the  thing  for 
which  we  have  been  praying  has  come,  the 
permanent  establishment  of  Bethany   college." 

There  were  246  students  enrolled  this  year, 
67  of  whom  were  in  the  ministerial  depart- 
ment. 

The  baccalaureate  sermon  by  Peter  Ainslie, 
of  Baltimore,  on  the  subj;ct  of  Immortality, 
was  a  masterpiece. 

The  field  day  exercises  were  good  and  the 
president's  reception  at  Pendleton  Heights  was 
indeed  a  great  social  event.  Among  the  noted 
gueMs  present  wre  Congressman  W  H.  Gra- 
ham and  v\itr,  of  Allegheny,  Mr.  Frank  Main 
and  wife,  of  Detroit,  Oliver  C.  Vodrey,  East 
Liverpool,  O.,  Mr.  E.  T.  Norton  and  wife,  of 
Connellsville,  Pa.,  Hons.  Giorge  H.  Ander- 
son, Pittsburg,  Pa.,  and  J.  W.  Mulholland.of 
Philadelphia.  These  gentlemen  are  numbered 
among  the  trustees  of  Bethany  college,  than 
whom  there  is  no  stronger,  more  aggressive 
board  in  any  of  our  colleges. 

The  graduation  class  consisted  of  twenty^ 
seven  young  men  and  women  and  every  one 
of  those  preaching  have  been  located.  The 
orations  were  of  an  unusually  high  order.  The 
commencement  day  address  was  given  by  W.  B. 
Taylor,  of  Ionia,  Mich.,  the  dean-elect  of  the 
Biblical  department.  As  an  introductory  to 
his  address  he  spoke  of  Bethany's  having  the 
distinction,  through  its  illustrious  founder,  of 
being  the  first  school  of  modern  times  to  intro- 


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July  6,  1905 


duce  the  Bible  as  a  part  of  the  regular  college 
course,  placing  the  greatest  of  all  classics  even 
above  the  classics  of  Greece  and  Rome.  He 
also  spoke  of  the  purpose  of  the  ministerial  de- 
partment to  introduce  a  thorough  course  in  the 
theory  and  practice  of  the  ministry,  doing  for 
the  young  preacher  what  the  training  school 
doei  for  the  teacher.  He  also  announced  elec- 
tive courses  in  the  history  of  the  restoration  and 
a  course  in  Christology. 

President  Cramblet  announced  the  gifts.  Be- 
tides paying  all  outstanding  debts  and  making 
improvements,  which  the  native  Bethanyite 
designates  as  "marvelous,"  over$100,000  have 
been  added  to  the  permanent  endowment  of 
the  college  since  T.  E.  Cramblet  became 
president  of  this  historic  institution. 

The  list  of  graduates  is  as  follows — B.  A. 
Classical:  H.  F.  Brown,  Toronto,  O.;  G. 
Hess,  Morristown,  Pa.;  J.  Munro,  Wheeling, 
W.  Va.;    Ethel    Ga)lor,    Rudolph,  O  ;  S.   S. 


secured  for  our  permanent  endowment  fund. 
In  addition  to  this,  Mr.  Carnegie  has  offered 
to  give  $20,000  for  the  construction  of  a  library 
building,  on  condition  that  the  friends  of  the 
college  add  $20,000  more  to  the  permanent 
endowment  fund.  Such  progress  has  been  made 
in  this  as  to  insure  Mr.  Carnegie  that  the  col- 
lege will  meet  the  condition  and  he  has  placed 
the  $20,000  at  our  disposal.  The  work  of 
constructing  the  library  building  will  be  begun 
as  soon  as  suitable  plans  are  agreed  upon. 
During  the  past  session  a  modern  and  well- 
equipped  gymnasium  was  completed.  The 
college  now  has  two  rooming  halls  of  40  rooms 
each.  One  of  these  halls  is  devoted  to  the 
young  ladies  and  the  other  to  young  men. 
Mrs.  Susan  B.  Cochran,  of  Dawson,  Pa.,  has 
just  given  another  $5,000  to  our  endowment 
fund.  This  makes  $25,000  given  to  this  fund 
by  this  generous  woman.  In  consideration  of 
this  gift,  the   board    of  trustees    unanimously 


that  several  previous  attempts  to  build  resulted 
in  discouragement. 

But,  undaunted  by  past  failure,  and  believ- 
ing that  where  two  or  three  Disciples  shall 
agree  as  touching  anything,  it  shall  be  done, 
a  few  firm  believers  who  refused  to  be  assimi- 
lated in  other  churches  began  the  work  once 
more;  others  became  interested — and  it  is  a 
success  to-day.  When  we  consider  the  diffi- 
culties that  stood  in  the  way — disaff  ction  and 
poverty — we  are  led  to  exclaim,  "What  hath 
God  wrought!" 

The  writer,  who  has  acted  as  pastor  here, 
preaching  in  the  afternoon  of  each  Lord's  day, 
in  company  with  his  wife,  who  is  also  an  or- 
dained minister  of  the  gospel,  began  a  special 
series  of  meetings  a  few  days  prior  to  dedica- 
tion, and  continued  them  afterwards;  so  far, 
ten  sermons  have  been  preached,  and  seventeen 
accessions  have  resulted.  In  view  of  the  fact 
that    a    month's    meeting    by    the    combined 


General  View  of  Butler  College  Campus— Rear  View. 


Williams,  Howard,  Pa.;  R.  H.  Wynne,  Jr., 
Bethany,  W.  Va.  The  B.  A.  Ministerial  are: 
H.  G.Connelly,  Baltimore,  Md.;G.H.  Culber- 
son, Atlanta,  Ga.;  M.  S.  Decker,  Jenison, 
Mich.;  H.  F.  Keltch,  Dayton, O.;  G.  H.  Steed, 
Norfolk,  Va  ;  B.  Mus. — Anna  M.  Kemp  and 
Katherine  E.  Miller.  B.  Ped.  Jennie  Mc- 
Gowan,  Wheeling,  W.  Va.;  E.  A.  Stickle, 
Newark,  O.;  A.  H.  Smith,  Mt.  Pleasant,  la. 
The  Master's  degree,  in  course,  was  bestowed 
on  W.  H.  Oldham,  Ebensburg,  Pa. ,  and  F.  M. 
Pitman,  E.  Liverpool,  O.  Honorary — J.  G. 
Slayter,  Akron,  O.;  F.  T.  McAvoy,  Bethany, 
W.  Va.;  G.  G.  Cole,  Lynchburg,  Va.  The 
Degree  of  B.  S.  was  given  toW.  B.  Hendershot, 
Parkersburg,  W.  Va.  B.  Ltd.— Katherine  V. 
Scott,  Bethany,  W.  Va.,  and  Sarah  M.  Scott, 
Charleroi,  Pa.  The  honorary  degree  of  LL.D. 
was  bestowed  on  J.  W.  Holland,  chancellor  of 
the  Carnegie  inslitute  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.  To 
sbzre  the  honors  with  this  gifted  man  was  our 
own  G.  P.  Coler  of  Ann  Arbor  Bible  chair  re- 
nown. 

The  exercises  closed  with  the  oratorical  con- 
test between  the  local  societies.  This  account 
would  be  far  from  complete  without  mention- 
ing the  splendid  musical  program  of  Wednes- 
day evening  under  the  direction  of  Professor 
Moos.  W.  B.  T. 

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From  every  standpoint  the  institution  has 
made  substantial  progress.  The  attendance 
for  the  session  was  the  largest  in  the  sixty-four 
years  of  Bethany's  history.  The  income  from 
endowment  and  other  sources  was  also  larger 
than  ever  before.  All  current  bills  of  the  ses- 
sion were  paid,  and  tome  troublesome  floating 
indebtedness  cleared  away.  The  faculty  is  to 
be  strengthened  for  the  coming  session  by  the 
addition  of  two  new  professorships,  W.  B. 
Taylor,  of  Ionia,  Mich.,  becomes  vice-presi- 
dent and  dean  of  the  Bible  department,  and 
Philip  Johnson  takes  the  chair  of  Greek 
exegesis  and  philosophy.  These  two  men 
bring  with  them  unusual  equipment  for  their* 
work  and  the  friends  of  Bethany  feel  that  this 
marks  a  new  era  in  ministerial  preparation  in 
Bethany. 

During    the   past   session  $25,000  have  been 


voted  to   name  the  chair  of  philosophy  the  Su- 
san B.  Cochran  chair  of  philosophy. 

Many  friends  of  the  college  are  making  be- 
quests in  their  wills  in  favor  of  Bethany.  With- 
in the  past  three  years,  to  our  certain  knowl- 
edge, eleven  different  wills  have  been  made  in 
favor  of  Bethany.  This  evidences  the  growing 
confidence  of  the  brotherhood  in  the  future  of 
Bethany  college.  Brother  and  Sister  John  C. 
Israel,  of  Egypt,  Ohio,  have  given  $1,100  to 
establish  a  scholarship  in  honor  of  their  son, 
Albert  G.  Israel,  who  died  before  completing 
his  course  in  the  college.  This  scholarship  is 
to  be  used  in  preparing  worthy  young  men  to 
preach  the  gospel. 

The  friends  of  Bethany  feel  that  not  only  is 
the  outlook  for  the  institution  full  of  promise, 
but  that  the  present  conditions  are  most  grati- 
fying. It  is  confidently  believed  that  the  next 
session  will  show  an  increase  in  attendance, 
and  that  Bethany  has  now  entered  upon  an  era 
of  largely  increased  usefulness. 

T.  E.  Cramblet. 


New  Church  at  Forrest,  Illinois. 

We  have  just  dedicated  our  new  church 
building  with  Chas.  R.  Scoville.  There  was 
a  full  house  in  attendance,  and,  after  a  mas- 
terly sermon  by  Brother  Scoville  from  the  first 
line  of  the  Bible — in  fact,  from  the  first  word — 
to  the  surprise  of  many  the  amount  of  the 
indebtedness  was  provided  for. 

It  was  with  palpitating  but  exultant  hearts, 
that  the  consecrated  men  and  women  who  had 
sacrifictd  and  labored  long  in  order  to  have  a 
tabernacle  in  which  they  might  worship  God, 
witnessed  the  fulfillment  of  their  hopes  and 
prayers. 

The  church  of  Christ  is  now  an  established 
institution  in  Forrest,  and  has,  we  trust  and 
pray,  a  bright  future  before  it. 

The  plea  of  the  Disciples  of  Christ  was  first 
proclaimed  here  about  twenty-five  years  ago, 
through  the  instrumentality  of  the  state  board 
of  missions  of  Illinois;  but  the  work  up  to  the 
present  time  has  been  fitful  and  uncertain.  So 
hard  was  the  field  considered  to  be,  and  so 
many  the  obstacles  which  had  to  be  overcome, 


churches  of  the  city  last  winter  resulted,  so  far 
as  we  know,  in  no  conversions,  this  result  is 
indeed  gratifying.  Rochester  Irwin. 

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Walter  C.  Gibbs,  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  to 
Walton,  Ky. 

Daniel  Trundle,  Springdale,  Ark.,  to  Au- 
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W.  A.  Moore,  Harlan,  la.,  to  Tacoma, 
Wash. 

H.  Jasper  Deweese,  Girvin.to  Regina,  Assa., 
Canada. 

A.  F.  Reiter,  Hiram,  to  Bluffton,  Ohio. 

J.  M.  Philputt,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  to  Pema- 
quid  Point,  Maine. 

William  Monday,  Kirksville,  to  Ash  Grove, 
Mo. 

Clark  Braden,  Grand  Valley,  Ont.,  to  Ra- 
venna, Ohio. 

Guy  B.  Williamson,  Waverly,  to  347  W- 
North  St.,  Jacksonville,  III. 

W.  A.  Boggess,  Webb  City,  Mo.,  to  Lam- 
pasas, Texas. 

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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


877 


Missouri  Convention  Report— Continued 


The  Bible-school  sessions  were,  on  the 
whole,  the  most  interesting  of  the  conven- 
tion. 

The  address  of  G.  A.  Hoffmann,  the 
president,  began  with  a  few  historical  allu- 
sions and  then  offered  some  practical  sug- 
gestions. From  it  we  gather  that  the  first 
convention  was  held  in  Mexico  in  1876, 
and  that  eighteen  men  have  served  the 
board  during  these  twenty-nine  years,  only 
four  of  whom  left  the  state,  while  all  are 
still  active  in  the  work  of  training  the 
young  for  the  Master's  service.  John 
Burns  was  the  pioneer  of  the  work,  which 
during  the  past  fifteen  years  has  taken  on 
more  of  the  evangelistic  type.  With  a 
commendation  of  the  self-sacrifice  of  the 
evangelists,  the  president  went  on  to  state 
that  there  had  been  a  great  demand  for 
the  preaching  of  the  gospel  in  destitute 
places  this  year,  but  he  believed  the  time 
had  arrived  when  some  modification  would 
be  profitable  to  all  our  missionary  work  in 
the  state.  He  thought  it  was  agreed  that 
a  strong,  capable  Bible-school  evangelist  is 
still  needed— one  who  should  br;ng  order, 
system  and  organization  to  the  school  that 
has  not  this.  With  this  work  in  hand,  at 
least  $3,000  could  be  employed  for  other 
work,  and  this  money  might  be  appro- 
priated for  evangelistic  work  in  ten  dif- 
ferent districts.  A  district  properly  organ- 
ized, he  contended,  would  easily  raise  one- 
third  of  its  evangelist's  salary,  while  the 
man  in  the  field  could,  himself,  raise  a 
third,  so  that  the  amount  needed  from 
the  board  would  not  be  so  very  much. 
Such  a  plan  would  give  the  state  Bible- 
school  work  eleven  instead  of  three  or  four 
men,  and  there  would  be  the  benefit  of 
having  a  specialist  for  the  special  organiz- 
ing and  teaching  work,  while  the  two  state 
boards  could  cover  the  entire  field  with 
evangelists.  The  effect  of  such  an  onward 
movement  would  be  incalculable.  The 
speaker  went  on  to  point  out  that  fifty 
years  ago  the  farm  prepared  far  more 
ministers  of  the  gospel  than  the  college, 
but  conditions  have  changed,  and  if  each 
of  our  eighteen  districts  out  of  the  cities, 
had  an  evangelist,  there  would  be  an  aver- 
age of  nearly  seventy  of  these  country 
churches  to  the  district,  in  addition  to  the 
twenty-five  town  churches. 

T.  J.  Legg,  state  evangelist  of  Indiana, 
made  an  evening  address  that  delighted 
many,  though  some  thought  it  would  have 
been  better  if  he  had  delivered  the  one  he 
had  prepared. 

"Little  things  have  wondrous  power," 
was  a  song  of  the  children  who  composed 
the  primary  class  of  the  Marshall  Bible- 
school.  Mrs.  J.  H.  Fisher,  their  teacher, 
gave  a  very  delightful  practical  lesson  of 
the  wondrous  power  that  an  efficient  teach- 
er can  have  over  her  little  pupils.  It  was 
worth  going  to  Marshall  just  to  see  these 
little  tots'  eager  faces  and  to  hear  their  ad- 
mirable answers  to  the  questions  on  bibli- 
cal subjects.  Mrs.  J.  H.  King,  of  St. 
Louis,  is  state  superintendent  of  primary 
work  and  she  made  an  address,  in  the 
course  of  which  she  remarked  that  her  office 
had  been  a  kind  of  figurehead  during  the 
past  year  and  she  seemed  to  be  eager  to 
make  it  more  than  that  during  the  coming 
year.  Her  message  was  an  encourage- 
ment towards  growth.  As  a  practi- 
cal thought  she  commended  a  sep- 
arate room  for  the  primary  class,  and 
strongly  urged  the  use  of  the  blackboard. 
The  great  aim  of  the  teacher,  she  said, 
must  be  sou^-winning  for  Christ.  There 
followed  a  conference  on  primary  work,  in 
which  Mrs.  Duckworth,  of  St.  Louis,  spoke 
on  the  cradle  roll;  Mrs.  A.  B.  Buxton,  of 
Kansas  City,  on  subdivided  classes;  and 
Miss  Nannie  Hopper,  of  St.  Louis,  on 
teachers'  training  courses.  All  of  these 
papers  were  very  admirable,  and  we  hope 
to  give  some  outline  of  them  in  subsequent 
issues  of  the  Christian-Evangelist.  An 
address  upon  the  same  subject  followed, 
John   L.  Brandt,  of  St.  Louis,  being   the 


speaker.  He  emphasized  the  importance 
of  the  work,  aad,  after  speaking  of  the 
contrast  between  the  treatment  of  the  child 
by  the  ancients  and  by  Christ,  he  men- 
tioned some  qualifications  that  should  be- 
long to  a  teacher:  (1)  A  childiike  heart; 
(2)  conception  or  apprehension  of  the  ca- 
pabilities of  the  child;  (3)  tact  to  under- 
stand children;  (4)  earnestness.  Brother 
Brandt  concluded  with  a  powerful  plea  for 
the  bringing  of  the  children  to  Christ,  and 
the  saving  of  them  for  him,  and  showed 
what  this  would  mean  to  the  church  and  to 
the  state. 

The  last  day  of  the  convention  opened 
with  a  devotional  service  followed  by  the 
report  of  the  board,  the  treasurer  and  field 
men.  W.  A.  Moore,  who  appeared  before 
the  convention  as  the  resigning  secretary, 
stated  that  on  the  basis  of  pledges  made  at 
Carrollton,  T.  J.  Head  and  R.  B.  Havener 
had  been  asked  to  continue  their  work  for 
the  board,  together  with  the  correspond- 
ing secretary.  On  sjrveying  the  field  it 
was  seen  that  one-third  of  the  state  lies 
north  of  the  Missouri  river.  Here  the 
Disciples  have  648  Bible-schools  and  51,000 
enrollment,  or  one  in  19  of  the  population, 
but  in  the  southwestern  third  of  the  state 
are  98,700  people  and  the  Disciples  have 
523  Bible-schools,  with  40,000  enrollment, 
or  one  in  25.  In  the  southeastern  third  of 
the  state  (outside  of  St.  Louis)  are  536,- 
000  people.  Among  them  we  have  203 
Bib'.e  schools  with  14,000  enrollment,  or 
one  in  38  In  St.  Louis  we  are  teaching 
one  in  192  of  the  population;  in  Kansas 
City,  one  in  57;  in  St.  Joe,  one  in  105. 
Four  hundred  thousand  children  in  the 
state,  of  school  age,  are  outside  of  any 
Bible-school. 

A  summary  of  the  work  showed  898  days 
employed,  225  places  visited,  868  addresses 
given,  35  rallies  and  conventions,  one 
church  organized,  two  buildings  dedicated, 
287  baptisms,  272  otherwise;  collected  for 
Bible-school  work  $3,509.50;  for  local  work, 
$117.93;  for  preachers'  salaries,  $1,690;  for 
buildings,  $2,675;  for  other  purposes,  $71.34, 
making  a  total  of  $8,063.12.  The  report 
said  the  need  was,  (1)  men  of  information 
and  insight  and  outlook;  (2)  trained 
teachers. 

Finally,  the  resignation  of  the  general 
secretary,  after  27  months  of  work,  was  re- 
ferred to.  Brother  Moore's  comment  on 
his  resignation  was  that  he  believed  his  life 
will  not  be  best  spent  in  raising  money 
and  holding  meetings.  H.  F.  Davis  highly 
commended  the  work  of  Brother  Moore, 
speaking  of  his  difficulties.  God  and  the 
board  had  bsen  his  two  great  friends.  A 
committee  was  appointed  to  draw  up  a 
commendatien  of  Brother  Moore  and  his 
work  for  him  to  take  with  him  to  the 
Pacific  coast  where  he  has  accepted  the 
pastorate  of  the  church  at  Tacoma,  Wash. 

Brother  Head,  in  a  few  minutes'  speech, 
referred  to  the  tender-hearted  and  liberal 
people  in  south  Missouri  who  support  their 
ministers.  He  told  how  he  made  his  way 
by  "pocket-book  preaching" — meaning 
thereby  that  it  was  worth  while  for  a 
preacher  to  occasionally  dip  into  his  own 
pocket  and  show  himself  generous  by  help- 
ing some  one  in  need,  or  winning  the  chil- 
dren by  small  gifts.  Brother  Head  said 
the  Lord  always  gave  back  whatever  he 
put  out  in  this  work.  The  special  need  of  the 
southeast  was  helpers  and  a  class  of 
evangelists  to  be  permanently  located  there 
and  be  "part  of  the  furnishings."  They 
desire  co-operation  with  the  northern  part 
of  the  state.  R.  B.  Havener,  of  Windsor, 
spoke  of  the  many  "calls  from  Macedonia." 
He  did  not  want  to  magnify  the  difficulties. 
They  had  made  a  special  effort  to  revive 
the  work  in  places  where  it  had  been  lan- 
guishing. 

A  conference  on  "What  work  should  the 
Missouri  Bible-school  co- operation  seek  to 
do?"  was  conducted  by  J.  W.  Baker,  of 
Joplin,  who  emphasized  the  need  of  sev- 
eral specialists,  and,    at  the   same  time,  a 


man  who  can  discover  the  Bible  to  the 
people  and  inspire  them  with  a  love  for  it 
and  a  greater  efficiency  in  its  teaching. 
One  delegate  suggested  making  more  use 
of  our  religious  papers.  Wherever  they 
are  circulated  there  the  most  effi  ;ient 
workers  are  to  be  found.  W.  F.  Hamann  be- 
lieved in  the  institutes.  S.  A.  Knnefer 
said  that  bis  experience  in  Illinois  had  been 
that  where  meetings  had  not  been  held, 
but  purely  instructional  work  given,  there 
had  been  a  lack  of  funds.  J.  H.  Hardin 
said  that  we  would  have  to  join  the  pro- 
cession of  those  who  are  going  in  for  up- 
to-date  methods  and  have  specialists  in  the 
work.  J.  D.  Greer  believed  that  every 
superintendent  ought  to  have  a  school  of 
teachers.  Dr.  Dungan  pleaded  for  a 
wiser  use  of  the  lesson  leaves.  Brother 
Gordon,  superintendent  of  the  Marshall 
Bible-school,  said  that  the  best  man  in  the 
state  of  Missouri  ought  to  be  chosen  to 
lead  the  work.  J.  G.  M.  Luttenberger 
pleaded  for  work  among  the  Germans. 
Mrs.  Duckworth  ci'.ed  a  case  of  one 
primary  teacher  who  had  taught  that  the 
Eunuch  baptized  Pnilip.  "What,"  she 
asked,  "will  you  do  with  such  ateacher?" 
Mrs.  J.  L.  Moore,  of  Palmyra,  told  of  a 
class  who  asked  for  a  teacher  who  did  not 
dance.  Another  delegate  said  that  under- 
officers  were  needed,  and  that  those  should 
be  the  pastors,  among  whom  there  was 
too  much  tendency  to  preach  two  sermons 
every  Lord's  day  and  let  the  Bible-school 
alone.  On  behalf  of  the  board,  A.  W. 
Kokendoffer  said  it  sought  to  do  the  wish 
of  the  convention.  The  demand  had  been 
for  meetings,  and  the  board  had  tried  to 
answer  that  demand.  W.  A.  Moore  pointed 
out  that  the  cry  last  September  had  been, 
"We  want  you  to  baptizj  some  people." 
He  said  he  was  delighted  at  what  seemed 
a  change  of  sentiment  in  this  conference. 
At  this  point,  O.S.Russell,  the  Baptist 
minister  of  Marshall,  was  introduced. 

L.  J.  Marshall,  who  occupies  the  pul- 
pit at  Independence,  made  famous  by 
Alexander  Procter,  made  a  very  thought- 
ful address  seeking  to  answer  the  question, 
"What  it  means  to  know  God,"  his  text 
being  taken  from  John  17:3.  It  was  pos- 
sible, he  said,  to  have  a  speaking  ac- 
quaintance with  or  to  have  heard  of  God, 
to  have  believed  in  him,  but  the  text  spoke 
of  a  continual  unfolding  of  God  and  ex- 
amination into  his  nature.  We  realize 
more  and  more  the  reality  of  the  battle  of 
life  and  that  the  knowing  of  God  is  that 
which  prepares  for  batt  e.  It  is  not  in  the 
material  sphere  of  life  that  the  final 
victory  is  to  be  won,  but  in  the  spiritual 
world,  and  men  are  beginning  to  realize 
this.  Believing  this  we  are  giving  our  at- 
tention more  carefully  to  that  side  of 
man's  nature.  We  see  the  imperative 
need  of  beginning  with  life  when  it  is 
young.  Men  lead  cir.umscribed  lives  be- 
cause they  do  not  understand  God  or 
themselves.  We  now  have  the  promise  of 
the  finest  type  of  manhood  that  the  world 
had  ever  seen,  because  young  life  has  the 
best  possibilities  for  development.  On 
this  depends  the  future  of  heaven,  and  yet 
there  are  people  who  do  not  appreciate  the 
privilege  of  imparting  this  germ  of  eternal 
life  to  the  young.  It  is  our  privilege  to 
convert  this  material  means  that  God  has 
given  us  into  eternal  life.  That  400, 00C 
children  in  this  state  have  no  knowledg 
of  God  ought  to  i aspire  every  man  to  be 
up  and  doing.  God  told  the  Christiao 
church  a  long  time  ago  to  take  these  chil- 
dren eternal  life,  but  we  have  forgotten. 
Such,  in  outline,  was  the  thought,  and  the 
address  made  a  deep  impression  on  the 
convention.  1 

All  those  who  were  on  the  program  for  the 
symposium,  "The  Bible-school  Problem," 
were  not  present.  Dr.  Buxton  led  the  study. 
Not  the  teacher,  but  the  pupil,  he  urged, 
is  the  center  of  Bible- school  teaching,  and 
the  pupil's  curiosity  should  be  aroused  and 
maintained,  the  child's  soul  should  be 
studied,  the  wholes,  not  parts,  should  be 
taken,  and  concrete  things,  not  abstract 
ideas,  used,  while  the  vocabulary  of  child- 


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July  6,  190S 


hood  should  always  be  employed.  J.  H. 
Wright  considered  "The  Church,  its  Pastor 
and  Church  Board."  There  were  three 
possible  attitudes:  (1)  antagonism;  (2) 
indifference;  (3)  responsibility.  J.  C. 
Todd,  in  discussing  parents,  said  these 
failed  to  appreciate:  (1)  the  value  of  the 
Bible-school;  (2)  that  the  boys  and  girls 
have  spiritual  bodies;  (3)  the  efforts  of  the 
superintendent  and  teachers.  Parents 
themselves  ought  to  be  in  the  Bible-school, 
and  he  believed  that  there  was  an  awaken- 
ing parental  co-operation  whose  effect 
would  be:  specialists  w>  uld  be  brought 
into  Bible-school  work  arid  children  would 
come,  and  all  facilities  needed  would  be 
brought  into  play.  R.  B.  Helser,  speaking 
on  "Equipments,"  said  the  first  essential 
was  that  the  officers  and  teachers  should 
be  equipped,  while  the  next  chief  essential 
was  a  suitable  place  of  meeting,  with  a 
separate  department  for  tne  primary  class. 

The  report  of  the  committee  on  the  re- 
port of  the  board  commended  the  activity 
of  the  men  in  the  field;  rejoiced  at  their 
successes;  realized  their  difficulties;  said 
that  tbe  demand  for  evangelistic  meetings 
had  never  been  so  great;  regretted  the  re- 
tirement of  W.  A.  Moore,  and  heartily 
commended  him;  further,  it  recommended 
that  one  man  should  be  selected  to  devote 
his  attention  to  the  training  of  teachers, 
and  that  evangelists  be  sent  out  to  do  the 
work  of  building  up  the  cause.  There 
was  some  discussion  on  tbe  question  as  to 
whether  evangelistic  meetings  or  the  train- 
ing school  idea  should  be  predominant  in 
the  work.  Finally  the  report  was  adopted 
unanimously. 

The  officers  elected  were:  A.  W.  Ko- 
kendoffer,  president  of  the  board;  C.  H. 
Winders,  vice-president;  E.  M.  Smith,  re- 
cording secretary;  J.  T.  Mitchell,  auditor. 
Officers  of  the  convention:  J.  B.  Corwine, 
president;  E.  B.  Widger,  vice-president; 
J.  T.  McGarvey,  recording  secretary;  J.  R. 
Blunt,  assistant  recording  secretary;  J.  E. 
Davis,  enrollment  clerk;  H.  F.  Davis,  rail- 
road secretary;  Mrs.  J.  H.  King,  superin- 
tendent primary  department;  M.  J.  Nicoson, 
corresponding  secretary  and  treasurer. 
Brother  Nicoson  would  not  give  his  deci- 
sion to  take  up  the  work  until  he  had  con- 
sulted his  wife  and  thought  over  the  mat- 
ter, and  has  since  declined.  The  time  and 
place  of  the  convention  will,  of  course,  be 
Hannibal,  June  15-20,  1906. 

A.  W.  Kokendofferled  a  profitable  round 
table  on  Bible-school  specialties.  The  fol- 
lowing were  the  speakers  and  their  sub- 
jects: Luther  McKay,  Palmyra,  "Attend- 
ance"; Dr.  W.  F.  Traughber,  Mexico, 
"Teaching";  F.  Waller  Allen,  Odessa, 
"The  Goal  of  Teaching";  J.  A.  Gordon, 
Marshall,  "The  Bible  Reading  Habit." 

Some  fifty-nine  schools  subscribed  $1,483 
toward  next  year's  work.  A  solemn  period 
followed  when  the  memory  of  workers  who 
had  died  during  the  past  year  was  recalled. 

W.  A.  Moore,  who  had  been  announced 
on  the  program  to  give  his  lecture  on  the 
"Boy  Problem"  at  the  evening  session,  de- 
livered this  address  immediately  after  the 
luncheon  hour  and  left  at  its  close  to  catch 
his  train  for  the  west.  In  the  evening 
M.  A.  Hart,  of  Fulton,  made  a  talk  on 
' '  How  I  Would  Teach  Next  Sunday's  Bible- 
school  Class,"  and  a  very  interesting  ques- 
tion box  was  led  by  H.  A.  Denton. 


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Before  the  echoes  of  our  recent  state 
meeting  have  died  away,  it  may  be  well  to 
say  a  few  things  about  our  work  in  Mis- 
souri that  ougbtto  be  said,  and  that  ought 
to  be  said  with  emphasis,  if  we  are  to  hope 
for  anything  better  than  we  have  been  hav- 
ing for  the  past  few  years. 

It  was  hoped  by  many  that  a  new  order 
of  things  would  be  inaugurated  at  our 
Marshall  convention.  But  nothing  of  the 
kind  happened.  Everything  passed  off 
precisely  as  had  been  planned.  The  elec- 
tion of  officers  took  place  just  as  has  been 
the  habit.  The  committee  on  nominations 
reported  just  as  they  were  expected  to 
report,  except  perhaps  in  the  case  of  the 
president.  The  election  of  Brother  Udell 
was  a  distinct  departure  from  the  usual 
custom,  and  so  far  as  his  election  is  con- 
cerned, this  was  a  step  in  the  right  direc- 
tion. 

It  needs  now  to  be  said  that  the  nomi- 
nating committee  should  be  entirely  dis- 
pensed with  and  all  our  elections  should 
henceforth  be  by  ballot.  No  other  plan 
is  likely  to  succeed  in  breaking  up  the  uni- 
formity of  action  which  has  come  to  be 
practically  stereotyped. 

Another  thing  needs  to  be  said:  we  have 
too  many  special  addresses  at  our  conven- 
tion, while  there  is  no  time  for  discussing 
important  reports  of  committees,  and  for 
the  transaction  of  such  miscellaneous  busi- 
ness as  is  essential  to  the  success  of  our 
cause.  All  special  addresses  should  be 
omitted  from  the  programs,  except  perhaps 
one  for  each  evening,  and  these  addresses 
should  be  by  the  ablest  men  whose  service 
can  be  obtained.  Two  or  three  of  these 
will  be  quite  sufficient,  and  certainly  there 
need  be  no  occasion  for  using  the  same 
man  for  two  addresses,  however  acceptable 
he  may  be  as  a  speaker.  This  does  great 
injustice  to  the  speaker  himself,  as  it  places 
him  in  an  unenviable  position. 

It  needs  to  be  said  that  this  great  state  of 
Missouri,  claiming  180,000  Disciples  of 
Christ,  should  report  more  than  the  paltry 
sum  of  $4,000  or  $5,000  a  year  for  state 
work.  Indeed,  it  needs  to  be  said  that  a 
sum  under  $25,000  for  this  work  is  wholly 
unworthy  of  the  great  brotherhood,  who 
claim  to  lead  all  other  religious  bodies  in 
the  state. 

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ports of  meetings,  additions  and  other  nevus  of 
the  churches  for  publication  in  this  depart- 
ment. It  is  especially  requested  that  additions 
be  reported  as  "by  confession  and  baptism"  or 
"by  letter." 

ARKANSAS. 

Eureka  Springs,  June  26. — One  confession 
and  baptism  last  Sunday.  Just  closed  a  splen- 
did short  meeting.  Randolph  Cook,  of  Vinita, 
I.  T.,  did  the  preaching.  Several  added  and 
the  church  greatly  strengthened.  Three  addi- 
tions just  before  the  meeting. — J.  L.  Smith, 
minister. 

Rogers,  June  28. — We  are  holding  a  few 
days'  meeting  with  this  church.  Sixteen  added 
since  I  came  here  the  last  of  April.  The  work 
is  in  but  fairly  good  condition,  owing  to  the  hot 
weather  and  sickness.  We  dedicated  the  new 
church  building  at  Gainesville,  Mo.,  in  April, 
with  all  indebtedness  provided  for. — M.  L. 
Anthony,  pastor  and  evangelist. 

GEORGIA. 

Griffin,  June  28 — Evangelist  Richard  S. 
Martin  and  family  closed  a  very  successful 
meeting  June  25.  There  were  about  twenty 
additions  to  the  church  and  much  good  accom- 
plished. A  new  modern  church  will  be  erected 
at  once. — G.  F.  Cuthell. 

ILLINOIS. 

Quincy,  June  26. — The  First  church  has 
had  10  additions  at  the  regular  services  in  June, 
eight  by  confession  and  baptism  and  two  by 
statement,  making  50  additions  since  January  1. 
George  Carley,  our  Bible-school  superintend- 
ent, has  announced  that  the  average  attendance 
for  the  past  quarter  was  the  largest  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  school.  Our  Christian  Endeavor 
society  will  be  represented  in  Baltimore  by 
Tom  Johnson,  Gerald  A.  Tipton  and  Julius 
Williams. — Walter  M.  Jordan. 

Mechanicsburg,  June  30.  —  One  confes- 
sion and  two  baptisms  Wednesday  evening  at 
prayer-meeting.  One  added  by  statement  two 
weeks  ago.  Two  added  at  Buffalo  by  letter  on 
last  Lord's  day. — L.  A.  Chapman. 

Carbondale. — One  confession  on  June  25, 
three  accessions  all  through  the  month.  Two 
took   membership  last  night.  —  A.  M    Grow- 

DBN. 

Ludlow,  June  25. — Two  additions  by  letter 
yesterday.  Our  work  continues  to  grow. — 
Lew  D.  Hill,  minister. 

Litchfield,  June  26.— Children's  day  exer- 
cises yesterday  morning;  collection  $30.  An- 
niversary exercises  yesterday  evening;  reports 
from  all  departments,  interspersed  with  hymns 
and  special  music  Accessions  to  the  church 
from  all  sources,  47.  Moneys  raised  for  all 
purposes,  $2,000.  Missionary  collections  $188 
All  departments  of  work  are  in  healthy,  grow- 
ing condition.  The  present  pastor  was  called 
for  another  year  — M.  S.  Johnson. 

INDIANA. 

Wolcott,  June  26.  — The  church  here  closed 
a  meeting  of  three  weeks,  James  Bennett,  evan- 
gelist, on  June  11,  with  11  baptisms.  Chil- 
dren's day  deferred  until  yesterday,  offering 
$20;  a  gain  of  $11  over  last  year.  The  school 
rejoices. — R.  H.  Lampkin,  minister. 

Kendallville,  June  26— Two  additions  since 
last  report;  $60  for  home  missions  and  $35 
children's  day  offering. 

Kentland,  June  26. — Thirty-'our  added  here 
in  one  week,  60  others  added  to  the  saved  since 
my  last  report. — J.  Bennett,  evangelist. 

JAPAN. 

Tokyo,  June  5  —Baptized  a  school  teacher, 


a  university  student  and  a  woman  yesterday; 
thirty-five  since  Jan.  1.  Work  growing  finely. 
— W.  D.  Cunningham. 

IOWA. 

Leon,  June  30.— H.  H.  Hubbell  held  a  clos 
ing  service  at  Leon  on  last  Thursday  evening. 
He  has  been  three  years  with  the  church  there. 
One  man  made  the  good  confession  and  was 
immediately  baptized.  Leon  is  looking  for 
Brother  Hubbell 's  successor. 

Braddyville,  June  26. — The  church  is  pros- 
pering under  the  leadership  »f  W.  L.  Dun- 
lavy,  pastor.  June  11,  two  were  added  by 
letter;  June  25,  one  by  letter,  two  by  statement 
and  two  by  confession  and  baptism— all  heads 
of  families.— Lois  M.  Lawrence,  clerk. 

Albion. — A  practical  and  enjoyable  C.  W. 

B.  M.  institute  was  held  at  Albion,  June  14. 
The  attendance  was  good  and  included  many 
from  other  churches  in  the  town  besides  four  of 
our  own  county  preachers.  Miss  Lura  V. 
Thompson,  our  state  secretary,  conducted  the 
institute.  She  was  assisted  by  Mrs.  Minnie 
Daily,    our    district    secretary,    and    by    Bro. 

C.  C.  Smith.  A  number  of  our  Albion 
churches  dismissed  their  prayer-meetings  to  be 
with  us  at  the  evening  session.  One  of  the 
most  delightful  featutes  of  the  institute  was  the 
lawn  dinner  at  the  parsonage  where  the  insti- 
tute workers  and  our  preaching  brethren,  Bros. 
Bristow,  Edwards,  Ford  and  Tate,  were  guests 
of  our  C.  W.  B.  M.  auxiliary.  There  have 
been  two  additions  since  my  last  report — one 
by  letter  and  one  by  primary  obedience. — 
Caspar  C.  Garrigues. 

KANSAS. 

Hoisington,  June  18  — Two  added  by  letter. 
— F.  M.  McHale,  minister. 

KENTUCKY. 

Beard,  June  28  — June  has  been  to  us  a 
"season  of  refreshing."  Apportionments  for 
foreign  and  home  missions  raised;  church  debt 
liquidated;  six  accessions— five  by  confession 
and  one  by  statement. — Roger  T.  Moorb. 

MASSACHUSETTS. 

Everett,  June  27. — Two  baptisms  and  one 
confession. — A.  S.  Jones. 

MINNESOTA. 

Lewisville,  July  1. — Twenty-five  confessions 
in  12  days  at  Willow  Creek  (Amboy) ,  J.  C. 
Harris  preaching,  Miss  Bessie  Ziesinger  sing- 
ing. Children's  day  offering  $15. — Claris 
Yeuell,  minister. 

MISSOURI. 

Bogard,  June  27. —  Two  additions  Sanday, 
both  by  letter  — C  C    Taylor 

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Higginsville,  June  29.  —  Our  meeting  here 
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H.  A.  Northcltt,  evangelist;  J.  H.  Coil, 
pastor. 

Bowling  Green,  June  29  — Three  added  by 
statement  to  the  church  in  Troy  this  month.— 
E.  J.  Lampton. 

Higginsville,  June  27. — Our  meeting  has 
been  in  progress  a  week;  had  one  confession, 
two  by  letter  and  one  restored  last  night,  mak- 
ing 10  in  all.— Mrs.  J.  L.  Warren 

NEW  MEXICO. 

Folsom,  June  26.— Our  meeting  clos  with 
20  added — 15  by  confession  and  baptism.  A 
church  was  organized,  Sunday-school,  ladies' 
aid  society,  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  The  brethren 
will  buy  lots  and  build  a  house  of  worship  at 
once.  I  am  to  return  in  a  year.  I  go  now  to 
Union  City,  O.  T.,  where  a  large  tabernacle 
and  a  consecrated  minister  and  church  are 
ready  to  co-operate. — D.  D.  Boyle,  evangelist. 

OHIO. 

Cleveland,  June  27. — There  have  been  26 
additions  to  the  Franklin  Circle  church  since 
our  annual  meeting  in  April.  Our  offering 
for  home  missions  is  $400;  for  children's  day, 
$211;  for  national  benevolent  work,  $100. 
During  the  vacation  season  repairs  to  cost 
about  $2,000  will  be  made  on  our  building. — 
Edgar  D.  Jones. 

TEXAS. 
Paris,  June  24  — We  closed,  yesterday,  a  12 
days'  meeting,  with  12  additions,     We  had  no 
outside  help       All  departments  in  church  work 
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THE  SUFFERING  SAVIOR. - 
Isaiah  53:1-12. 

Golden  Text.— The  Lord  hath  laid  on 
him  the  inrquity  of  us  all. — Isaiah  53:6. 

Memory  Verses  4-6. 

The  lesson  of  to-day  introduces  us  to 
one  of  the  sublimest  passages  in  the  scrip- 
tures, and  to  some  of  the  most  intricate 
problems  in  Bible  study.  Hallowed  by  rev- 
erent reading  for  many  generations  and  by 
association  with  the  most  sacred  thoughts 
in  the  minds  of  all  Christian  people,  it  is 
difficult  to  make  the  fifty- third  chapter  of 
Isaiah  really  an  object  of  study. 

The    passage    (which    properly    begins 
with  52:13  and   continues  to  the  end  of  the 
fifty-third  chapter)    is  one   of  a  group  of 
passages  dealing  with    a   "servant  of  Je- 
hovah."    The  determination  of  just  what 
the  prophet  meant  by  this  "servant"  is  no 
easy  question.     In    the    course  of  Israel's 
history,  the  nation  had  fallen  into  sin,  had 
departed  from  Jehovah,  had  unfitted  itself 
as  a  whole  for  the  performance  of  its  mis- 
sion, and  had    therefore    been  punished  to 
the    verge    of     destruction.     The     earlier 
chapters  of  Isaiah  are  full  of  warnings  and 
threats  that  this  would  happen.  The  latter 
chapters   represent    it    as    having   already 
happened.     The  limit  of   punishment  and 
shame  had    been    reached.     It  is  time  for 
the  voice  of  encouragement.   "Comfort  ye, 
comfort  ye  my   people,    saith   your    God. 
Speak  ye  comfortably   to   Jerusalem,  and 
cry   unto  her    that  her  warfare   is  accom- 
plished,   that    her    iniquity    is    pardoned, 
that  she  hath  received   of   Jehovah's  hand 
double   for  all    her    sins"     (40:1,2).     The 
theme  is  now  the   redeeming  power  of  Je- 
hovah. But  it  is  impossible  forthe  prophet 
any   longer  to    consider   the   nation   as   a 
whole  as  Jehovah's  agent  and  instrument. 
So  the  "servant  of  Jehovah"  is  introduced 
as  God's    instrument  for    the  accomplish- 
ment   of  his  beneficent   purposes    toward 
men. 

Who  or  what  is  this  "servant"?  Is  it 
the  nation  as  an  historical  and  concrete 
body  of  people?  Isaiah  41:8,  9  might 
seem  to  support  this  view.  Soalso44:l,2 
and  21.  Or  is  the  "servant"  a  part  of  the 
nation,  the  faithful  who  are  to  be  used  in 
saving  the  others?  This  doctrine  of  the 
"remnant,"  the  Israel  within  Israel,  is 
familiar  in  the  prophetic  writings.  Or  is  it 
a  personification  of  the  ideal  Israel,  or  evan 
of  the  real  Isreal  which  has  been  purged 
of  sin  by  suffering?  Is  it  some  martyr,  or 
some  prophet  (like  himself),  or  the  whole 
order  of  prophets  personified?  Is  it  Cyrus, 
who  delivered  Israel  from  bondage?  Is  it 
the  Messiah  who  was  to  come? 

Doubtless  many,  or  all,  of  these  answers 
might  be  adopted  for  different  parts  of  the 
"servant"  discourses,  but  the  require- 
ments of  this  passage  regarding  the  "suf- 
fering servant"  (52:13;  53:12)  are  not  met 
by  anything  less  than  a  real  person  suffer- 
ing for  others'  sins.  It  is  not  necessary 
to  suppose  that  the  prophet  foresaw  in  de- 
tail the  coming  of  Christ,  but  this  seems 
evident:  that  as  a  result  of  the  evil  days 
into  which  Israel  had  fallen  in  her  cap- 
tivity, he  saw  the  need  of  a  personal  re- 
deemer, who  should  be  an  innocent  suf- 
ferer, and  in  whom  should  be  concentrated 
the  spiritual  value  which  had  hitherto  been 
conceived  as  inhering  in  the  nation  as  a 
whole. 


A  LARGE  LIFE  IN  A  SHALL  PLACE. 

"And  he  came  and  dwelt  in  a  city  called 
Nazareth:  that  it  might  be  fulfilled  which 
was  spoken  by  the  prophets,  He  shall  be 
called  a  Nazarene."— Matthew  2:23. 

Despised  Nazareth.  The  Messiah  was 
expected  to  be  born  in  Bethlehem,  the  city 
of  David;  and  in  this  respect  Jesus  fulfilled 
the  anticipations  of  his  nation.  (Mattt 
2:1-6.)  But  it  was  naturally  supposed  tha. 
he  would  make  his  home  in  one  of  the 
honored  centers  of  Jewish  religious  life, 
perhaps  the  great  capital  of  the  nation,  Je- 
rusalem. Least  of  all  would  he  be  expected 
to  manifest  himself  as  a  dweller  in  such  a 
small,  despised  community  as  Nazareth, 
whose  population  was  so  mixed  in  blood, 
so  mongrel  in  religion,  as  to  be  scorned  by 
the  orthodox  children  of  Abraham.  "Can 
any  good  thing  come  out  of  Nazareth?" 
was  the  incredulous  response  of  Nathanael 
to  his  friend  Philip,  when  he  announced 
that  they  had  found  in  Jesus  of  Nazareth 
the  long  expected  Messiah.  (John  1:45,  46.) 
Men  are  prone  to  forget  that  character  is 
largely  independent  of  geography.  The 
little  island  of  Corsica  gave  to  Europe  her 
greatest  gereral  and  emperor;  from  the 
quiet  shades  of  Mount  Vernon  the  glory  of 
Washington  shone  out  upon  the  path- 
way of  human  progress;  and  the  hum- 
ble town  of  Stratford  on  Avon  became  im- 
mortal as  the  home  of  Shakespeare. 

The  Divine  Dweller.  Life  cannot  be 
confined  within  bounds  of  place  or  time.  A 
vast  desert  may  manifest  little  life,  while  a 
small  garden  teems  with  its  rich  fruit.  It 
seems  to  us  to  day  as  if  the  very  stones  of 
the  street  would  have  cried  out  as  Jesus 
trod  them,  Behold  our  Maker  and  Master! 
Yet  even  the  human  inhabitants  of  the  city 
knew  not  him  whose  wonderful  life  was 
lived  in  their  daily  presence.  Like  the  un- 
conscious rock  that  Moses  smote  in  the 
wilderness,  from  which  flowed  water  for 
man  and  beast,  so  Nazareth  felt  no  thrill  of 
consciousness  of  the  divine  life  being  lived 
in  her  midst,  which,  smitten  by  the  hand 
of  hate,  should  gush  forth  in  streams  of 
everlasting  life.  (Exod.  17:1-6;  John  7:37- 
39  )  Men  are  seeking  large  places  in 
which  to  lead  their  small  lives,  instead  of 
trying  to  enlarge  their  lives  to  fill  the  places 
they  already  occupy.  Dr.  John  Hall  was 
once  asked  by  a  young  minister  how  he 
could  secure  a  larger  place  for  himself.  He 
answered,  Make  yourself  too  large  forthe 
place  you  are  now  in.  The  world  will  not 
for  long  confine  the  great  man  in  the  little 
corner.  Nor  will  it  long  tolerate  the  small 
man  in  the  broad  place  which  only  infla- 
tion enables  him  to  occupy. 

Large  and  Small  Lives.  Jesus  declared  it 
as  the  purpose  of  his  advent  into  the  world 
that  those  who  believed  in  him  might  have 
life,  and  have  it  more  abundantly.  (John 
10:10.)  The  peasant  in  the  field  and  the 
prince  upon  the  throne  have  equal  oppor- 
tunity to  enjoy  this  fuller  life.  It  depends 
not  upon  length  of  days  or  extent  of 
worldly  prosperity.  Millais  took  a  square 
yard  of  canvas  and  some  pigments,  and 
made  of  them  his  immortal  "Angelus."  It 
was  better  than  a  square  mile  of  painting 
done  by  the  hand  of  a  dauber.  So  is  many 
a  life,  short  in  time  and  meager  in  oppor- 
tunity, nobler  than  others  of  fourscore 
years,  because  it  has  been  lived  from  high- 
est motive,  and  in  largest  fidelity  to  right- 


eousness. The  owner  of  the  narrow  city 
lot  builds  his  structure  the  higher,  story  on 
story,  thus  compensating  for  his  lack  of 
ground  by  larger  occupancy.  The  narrow- 
est life  may  be  so  fully  occupied  with  ele- 
vated purposes  and  holy  endeavor  as  to 
make  the  brief  and  simple  life  most  effec- 
tual and  worthy.  The  fact  that  our  Lord 
was  content  to  live  the  life  of  heaven  in  the 
despised  Nazareth  ought  to  encourage  us 
who  must  live  our  lives  where  providence 
has  placed  us,  but  where  the  world  cannot 
prevent  our  using  life  so  that  it  shall  be 
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Christian  Endeavor. 

By  H.  A.  Denton. 

July  16,  1905. 


THE  MESSAGE  OF  THE  FLOWERS. 
Matt.  6:28-34;  Jas.  1:9-11. 

For  the  Leader. 

Our  topic  to-night,  The  Message  of 
the  Flowers,  is  really,  when  we  con- 
sider the  scripture  given  for  reference, 
the  message  of  Jesus  concerning  the 
flowers.  So  the  significance  is  in  the  mes- 
sage of  Jesus.  The  flowers  had  budded 
and  blossomed  for  ages  before  he  set  foot 
on  the  earth  as  the  Son  of  Man,  but  no 
one  had  ever  been  able  to  interpret  them 
as  he  did.  All  life  is  interpreted  by  Jesus. 
It  is  only  in  the  light  of  his  explanation 
that  we  really  understand  nature.  How 
simple  and  how  easy  seem  his  interpre- 
tations after  they  are  received!  But  why 
were«they  so  long  in  receiving  an  interpre- 
tation? He  who  holds  all  secrets  in  his 
own  grasp  had  not  come  to  let  the  secret 
out.  That  is  why.  Nature  has  within  her 
a  full  message  concerning  man  and  his 
place,  but  it  awaits  the  master  interpreter 
to  bring  out  the  message.  Without  Christ 
we  are  not  only  without  hope,  but  we  are 
in  the  dark  as  to  the  great  messages  of 
nature  to  us.  Let  us  see,  then,  what  he 
gives  us  as  the  message  of  the  flowers. 

For  the  Members. 

1.  The  first  message  is  that  the  flowers 
are  from  God.  God  clothes  the  lily.  He 
clothes  the  grass.  Not  only  is  the  fl  >wer 
from  God,  but  all  nature  is  from  God. 
Man,  as  both  a  part  of  nature  and  as  a 
part  of  the  spiritual  world,  is  from  God. 
If  in  source  we  are  of  so  high  origin,  how 
careful  should  we  be  in  life!  Nothing 
from  God  can  have  an  inferior  mission. 
It  may  be  prostituted;  it  may  be  turned 
out  of  its  course;  it  may  be  thus  brought 
to  naught,  but  it  is  not  of  right  and  of 
divine  intention  so.  We  are  made  for  the 
high,  the  beautiful,  the  true,  the  lofty, 
the  abiding. 

2.  The  second  message  of  the  flowers  is 
that  they  are  beautiful,  fragrant,  and 
clothed  finer  than  kings  in  their  raiment, 
and  all  without  thought  or  worry  upon 
their  part.  We  are  much  better  than  the 
flowers.  We  must  not  conclude  that  no 
beautiful  thing,  that  no  good  thing,  that 
no  worthy  thing  in  soul  will  come  to  us 
unless  we  worry.  The  flowers  do  not 
worry,  yet  they  are  clothed.  God  is  not 
going  to  let  all  his  great  work  come  to 
naught  if  we  fail  to  worry.  After  careful 
and  thoughtful  pains  have  been  taken  in 
the  common  affairs  of  life,  the  desired  re- 
sults will  come  to  us  as  does  the  raiment 
to  the  grass— without  worry. 

3.  The  third  lesson  of  the  flowers  is  the 
beauty  of  composure  of  soul.  How 
composed,  how  quiet,  how  stately,  how 
pleasant  to  behold— the  lily,  the  rose,  the 
blooming  bowers!  These  souls  that  fuss 
and  stew  and  run  riot  in  worry — how  they 
belittle  themselves  and  their  Creator!  Is 
the  world  a  piece  of  work  about  which  one 
must  forever  fret  and  worry,  and  ever  be 
watching  lest  a  tap  get  loose,  a  joint 
spring,  an  axle  break?  Is  the  upholding 
power  of  the  Infinite  no  greater  than  this? 
We  must  be  sensible  and  thoughtful.  We 
must  be  brought  to  see  what  ruin  in  our 
appearance  this  short- faithed,  and  short- 
sighted view  of  God  and  of  life  and  of 
the  creature  in  God's  hands  is.  And  we 
must  covet  the  happiness  and  beauty  of 
composure. 

4.  The  last   lesson  of    the  flowers  is  the 


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frailty  of  life.  The  flower,  the  grass, 
though  clothed  ever  so  fair,  must  fade.  So 
must  we  all  in  the  flesh  come  to  the  sere 
and  withered  leaf.  How  vain  to  cling  to 
beauty  in  the  physical  alone!  The  fairest 
cheek  will  all  too  soon  fade.  The  strong 
man  will  grow  tired  and  lie  down  in  the 
grave  to  rest.  "As  a  flower  of  the  field" 
man  flourisheth,  and  as  the  same  he 
"withereth  and  is  dried  up."  How 
soon?  Who  knows?  Sooner  than  we 
care.  Sooner  than  most  of  us  think. 
When  they  say,  "peace  and  safety, 
then  cometh  sudden  destruction."  Let 
us  bloom,  for  so  we  come  to  the 
honored  fading.  Let  us  put  on  beauty 
of  soul,  for  so  we  are  in  travail  for  that 
life  that  is  still  beautiful.  Let  us  be 
clothed  like  the  kings  of  earth,  not  in 
earthly  raiment,  but  in  that  which  covers 
and  adorns  the  soul.  The  last  of  earth 
draweth  near.  Let  us  seek  a  refuge  in 
him  who  abideth  all  the  changes  of  time. 

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DAILY   READINGS. 

M.  Flowers  short-lived.         Ps.  103:14-18. 

T.  Ushering  spring.  Song  of  Sol.  2:10-13 . 

W.  Like  heavenly  blessings.     Isa.  35:1,2. 

T.  Human  in  frailty.  Job  14:1-10. 

F.  A  contrast.  Isa.  40:6-8. 

S.  Adorning  God's  temple.  lKgs.  6:29-32. 

S.  Topic — The  message  of  the  flowers. 
Matt.  6:28-34;  Jas.  1:9-11. 


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July  6    1905 


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His  Picture. 

By  Maurice  Paul. 

"Were  I  ten  years  younger  I  would  talk 
to  you  differently,  Miss  Ruth,  but  a  fellow 
who  has  been  father-confessor  to  many 
sweet  sixteeners  must  have  a  regard  for 
the  fitness  of  things  when  he  is  thrown 
into  the  society  of  a  pretty  girl  of  nine- 
teen." 

"There   you    go  again.      You    are  only 


the  villain's  part — when  you  saw  me  stamp 
my  foot  and  get  vexed  at  that  rehearsal. 
There  was,  perhaps,  some  excuse  for  you, 
but  it  was  a  bold  thing  for  a  man  to  do 
who  had  been  introduced  to  me  only  four 
days  before.  Do  you  talk  to  all  women  as 
you  talk  to  me?" 

"When  I  am  enough  interested  in  a  wo- 
man to  talk  to  her  I  try  to  be  sincere." 

"Your  high  and  mighty  Bachelorship 
does  then  condescend  to  talk  sometimes  to 
one  of  the  opposite  sex.  Why  even  now 
you  are — " 

"Affording  gossip  for  some  of  your  fel- 
low students,  possibly?" 


better  for  them  to  concern  themselves." 

"Of  course.  We  are  only  interested  in 
you  as  a  rare  specimen  to  whom  the  col- 
lege authorities  have  given  privileges  de- 
nied to  our  sweethearts,  aye,  even  our 
brothers.  Is  it  true  that  your  editor  sent 
you  here— to  get  a  photograph  of  the  pret- 
tiest girl  you  could  find?" 

"I  was  perfectly  sincere  with  you  when  I 
asked  you  for  your  photograph.  If  Jack 
Lagrange — I  had  a  letter  from  Jack  this 
morning — wrote  that  to  his  cousin— I  did 
not  know  he  had  a  cousin  here,  but  that 
explains  some  of  the  gossip  on  the  campus 
—he  told  what  was  but  half  a  truth." 


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thirty,  and  I  don't  believe  a  word  you  say 
about  all  those  girls  calling  you  'Grand- 
pa.' It  is  just  one  of  your  newspaper  yarns, 
Mr.  Morton." 

"Now  you  are  hard  on  me.  There  are 
newspapers  yarners,  I  must  admit,  but  I 
have  never  found  the  world  so  dry  and  un- 
interesting that  I  could  not — " 

"Make  it  a  little  more  interesting  by  the 
arts  of  the  newspaper  man?" 

'The  journalist  ought  to  be  an  artist.  To 
be  successful— I  don't  mean  dollars  and 
cents  success— he  must  not  only  be  able  to 
see  things  in  their  true  proportion,  but  he 
must  be  able  to  make  others  see  them  in 
that  very  proportion." 

"Then  you  are  not  a  successful  jour- 
nalist, for  you  do  not  seem  to  have  ac- 
curately judged  me,  and  your  picture  of 
yourself  is  hardly  true  to  nature.  Men  are 
not  usually  fond  of  using  too  few  strokes 
in  drawing  their  own  portraits.  Why  is  it 
you  will  tell  us  so  little  about  yourself,  and 
why  do  you  try  to  make  me  believe  you 
are  older  and  more  serious  than  you  are?" 

"My  cnild— " 

"Excuse  me!  I  am  not  your  child!" 

The  words  were  spoken  sharply,  but 
the  big  blue  eyes  into  which  Phil  Morton's 
laughing  brown  ones  looked  suddenly  lost 
their  fire,  and  Ruth  Cranford  continued, 

"Really,  Mr.  Morton,  you  must  forgive 
me  You  told  me  the  other  day  that  I  had 
some  of  the  Big  Imp  in  me — you  expressed 
it  more    politely,  although  I  was  playing 


"I  think  it  is  despicable  for  a  lot  of  girls 
to  chatter—" 

"About— No,  I  will  not  say  what  was 
on  my  tongue.  But  I  agree  with  you, 
Miss  Ruth;  that  many  women  make  men 
doubt  their  superior  intuitionary  powers 
by  the  remarkable  absence  of  veracity  in 
their  gossip." 

"You  know  what  the  girls  think  of 
you?" 

"When  I  went  from  the  university  into 
a  big  newspaper  office  I  was  told  to  'find 
out  things,'  and  ten  years'  experience  all 
over  the  world  has  developed  a  pretty  good 
'nose  for  news.'  " 

"Yes,  we  all  know  you  are  a  good  jour- 
nalist." 

"You  would  make  a  bad  one." 

"Complimentary,  are  you  not?" 

"Well,  you  have  just  made  a  statement 
which  you  denied  a  little  while  ago." 

"That  is  not  the  same  as  denying  a 
statement  I  made  a  little  time  ago — a 
characteristic,  I  believe,  of  the  'up-to-date' 
journalist. " 

But  the  journalist  merely  replied  that 
there  were  "great  differences  in  newspa- 
pers and  their  makers." 

"Well,  tell  me  about  yourself ,  so  I  can 
judge  how  correctly  the  girls  have  drawn 
your  character." 

"The  younger  ladies  here  are  not 
seriously  interested  in  me.  There  are 
many  younger  men,  both  in  and  out  of  this 
town,  about  whose  characters  it    would  be 


"If  it  is  only  a  half-truth  there  is  too 
much  of  truth  in  it  to  please  me.  I  took 
you  to  be  a  gentleman." 

"No  man  has  ever  questioned  my  integ- 
rity. No  woman  has  ever  before  doubted 
my  honorable  intentions.  I  asked  you  for 
your  photograph  because  I  valued  it." 

"Yes,  for  public  purposes.  You  would 
put  it  in  a  'beauty  competition'  with  other 
women — I  know  not  whom.  And  you  dare 
not  ask  it  for  that  purpose.  You — but  you 
speak  me  soft;  you  tell  me  you  would  like 
to  ask  a  favor,  yet  you  do  not  know  that 
you  ought  to.  You  go  on  to  ask  me 
whether  I  would  be  very  angry  with  you  if 
you  did.  You  arouse  my — my  woman's 
curiosity.  And  I,  silly  girl,  tell  you  I  can- 
not say  whether  I  will  be  angry,  seeing  that 
I  do  not  know  what  you  want.  And  all 
the  time  I  want  to  know  what  you  want, 
and  want  you  to  want  it.  And  you  see 
my  weakness  and  ask  me  if  I  would  not  be 
willing  to  make  an  exchange.  Exchange 
what?  Some  snap-shot  class  pictures- 
something  you  know  I  desire — for  that 
which  you  were  afraid  to  ask  for  in  open 
and  manly  fashion!" 

"Were  the  gallows  made  for  the  un- 
lucky?" 

"Am  I  not  just?  You  showed  me  a 
great  deal  of  attention,  and  then  ysu  made 
me  feel  how  much  of  a  country  girl  I  am 
after  all.  You,  with  your  cosmopolitan 
manners,  your  knowledge  of  the  world, 
knew   how  to   flatter.     You    called   me   a 


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'child'ofjart,'  because  I  could  play  a'little 
on  your  favorite; 'instrument,  and  had 
some  dramatic  talent.  You  desired  a 
photograph  of  me.  Yet  you  did  not  know 
exactly  why  you  wanted  it,  perhaps  it  was 
my  hair,  perhaps  my  eyes!  And  you  had 
not  asked  many  women — and  you  had 
known  many — for  their  photographs.  Lit- 
tle fool  that  I  was  to  fall  so  easily  into  the 
trap  of  a  smart  journalist!  Fortunately 
the  photograph  has  yet  to  be  taken." 

"But  you  will  give  me  one!" 

"Will  give  it  to  you?" 

"When   a    woman    like    you    makes    a 
promise,  she  keeps  it,  unless  there  is  good 
reason  for  her  not  to  do  so.     If  you  .were 
sincere  in  making  that  promise  to  me,  I 
have  done  nothing  to  cause  you  to  break 
it.     I  came  here  under  no  false  colors.     I 
had  been  engaged  upon  some  very  difficult 
and  wearying  work.     My  editor  sent  me 
here  more  as  a  rest  for  myself  than  with 
any  special  object.     My  instructions  were 
to   'cover  the  commencement  week    exer- 
cises,' and  get  the  views  of  some'of  the 
college  girls  upon   two   or  three  subjects 
that  seem  to  be  agitating  the  female  mind 
at  the  present  time.     He  sent  me,   rather 
than   Jack    Lagrange,    who    wouldj^have 
given  his  month's  salary  for  the  assign- 
ment, because,  I  suppose,  he  regarded  me 
as  beyond  the  danger  of  flirtations,  and 
thus  acceptable  to  the  college  authorities. 
He    did    say  something   about    getting    a 
photograph,  but  I  never  thought  again  of  it 
until  you  charged  it  against  me  just  now. 
I  wanted  your  photograph  because— well, 
you  have  exerted  a  strange  influence  on  me 
in  the  few  days  I  have  known  you.     Your 
radiant   face  and  your  happy  disposition 
have  been  a  blessing  to  me.     If  I  were  a 
younger  man — well,  I  just  wanted  to  keep 
that  face  with  me,  that  is  all." 

Commencement  day  came,  with  all  its 
interests  and  excitements.  Morton  had 
given  an  order  for  the  finest  American 
beauties  obtainable  to  be  sent  to  Miss 
Cranford.  He  had  sent  her  flowers  on 
two  previous  days,  and  although  no  indi- 
cation was  given  of  the -sender,  she  had 
worn  them.  This  time  he  had  sent  with 
the  roses  a  poetic  quotation  which  gave 
expression  to  a  kindly  wish  for  the  fair 
graduate's  future,  and  he  signed  his 
initials. 

He  had  no  opportunity  to  speak  to  Miss 
Cranford  until  after  the  ivy-planting. 
Then  he  congratulated  her  upon  what  he 
regarded  as  a  very  admirable  essay  which, 
as  one  of  the  most  intellectual  girls,  it  had 
fallen  to  her  lot  to  write  and  read  on  this 
occasion.  She  listened  to  his  words  of 
praise  with  apparent  delight  and  without 
a  trace  in  her  eyes  of  the  yesterday's  anger. 
Morton  dared  to  revert  to  the  subject. 

"And  what  about  that  photograph?"  he 
asked. 

"You  shall  have  it,  Mr.  Morton,  if  you 
really  want  it.  I'll  have  one  taken  for  you 
just  as  soon  as  I  get  home." 

That  afternoon  Morton  met  Ethel  David- 
son, an  old  friend,  and  asked  to  have  the 
privilege  of  sitting  with  her  in  the  big 
auditorium  on  commencement.  But  he 
caught  himself  constantly  looking  at  Ruth 
Cranford.  One  thing  he  noticed  quickly; 
she  did  not  carry  his  flowers.  His  first 
thought  was  that  they  had  not  reached 
her.  Then  he  noticed  that  none  of  the 
other  girls  were  carrying  their  roses, 
though  he  knew  that  many  had  been  sent 
to  them.  They  were  all  carrying  their 
class  flowers.  So  to  that  extent  his  mind 
was  easy.    But  he  noticed  that  whenever  his  ' 


eyes  happened  to  meet  Ruth  Cranford's, 
she  averted  hers  quickly.  And  when  the 
diplomas  and  the  prizes  had  been  given, 
and  the  members  of  the  graduating  class 
were  surrounded  by  their  friends,  she  gave 
him  no  encouragement  to  approach  her. 
Morton  was  a  man  deeply  considerate  of 
the  rights  and  feelings  of  other  people. 
He  felt  that  on  this  occasion  he  must  not 
intrude  upon  the  circle  of  her  intimate 
friends.  But  a  moving  stream  gradually 
brought  them  close  together,  and  it  was 
when  he  was  immediately  facing  her  that 
another  graduate  standing  by  them  ten- 
dered her  most  cordial  thanks  to  an  admir- 
ing youth  for  the  "exquisite  flowers"  he 
had  so  thoughtfully  sent  her.  Miss  Cran- 
ford turned  her  head  away  from  Morton 
and  he  passed  on,  reflecting  upon  what 
creatures  of  moods  some  women  are.  For 
he  could  not  bring  himself  to  believe  that 
Miss  Cranford  intended  deliberately  to 
snub  him.  He  could  not  picture  her  guilty 
of  such  injustice.  It  was  altogether  so 
foreign  to  the  character  he  imagined  her 
to  be. 

•  •  •  •  • 

But  the  next  day  settled  it  in  his  mind. 
He  had  gone  up  to  the  college  to  take 
leave  of  its  president.  As  he  entered  the 
grounds,  Miss  Cranford  was  on  the  steps 
of  the  college  and  must  have  seen  him. 
Entering  the  building,  she  came  out  a  few 
moments  later.  She  was  prepared  for  a 
journey,  and  bore  in  her  arms  her  class 
flowers  and  a  large  bunch  of  white  roses. 
Morton  had  sent  her  American  Beauties. 
Here  was  the  snub  direct.  Or  was  it  pos- 
sible his  flowers  had  failed  to  reach  her? 

It  was  the  nature  of  the  man  to  "know 
why,"  but  the  girl  gave  him  no  time  either 
for  seeking  or  giving  explanations. 

"Are  you  going?"  he  said. 

"Yes." 

"I  wish  I  could  have  a  few  words  with 
you." 

"I  am  to  catch  the  next  train,  and  have 
to  make  a  call  in  town." 

"Well"— he  would  put  that  one  test— 
"how  about  the  picture?" 

There  was  a  shade  of  annoyance  on  her 
face. 

"Why,  I  am  going  to  send  it  to  you— 
if  you  still  want  it,"  she  replied. 

Morton's  "good-bye"  was  a  rather  spir- 
itless one.     He  was  puzzled.     He  at  once 


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took  steps  to  learn  if  Miss  Cranford  had 
really  received  his  flowers.  Satisfied  of 
this,  he  went  to  his  hotel  and  wrote  a 
brief  note: 

Dear  Miss  Cranford:— I  thought  I  had 
been  so  fortunate  as  to  win  your  friend- 
ship. I  realize  that  a  man  of  my  age  could 
hope  to  win  nothing  more  from  you.  But 
I  did  not  believe  you  capable  of  treating 
friendship  with  a  deliberate  snub.  By 
your  last  words  to  me  you  were  willing  to 
give  me  your  photograph.  Yet  you  were 
not  only  unwilling  to  wear,  but  in  any  way 
to  acknowledge,  the  flowers  I  sent  you, 
though  you  had  previously  worn  mine 
when  you  were  ignorant  of  the  sender.  I 
simply  do  not  understand.  What  is  my 
offense?  Sincerely  yours. 

Philip  Morton. 

When  he  returned  to  his  home  Morton 
took  his  negatives  to  a  photographer  and 
gave  an  order  for  the  pictures  he  had 
promised  Ruth  to  be  sent  to  her.  He  had 
no  thought  of  failing  to  fulfill  his  part  of 
the  agreement.  So  when  two  weeks  passed 
and  no  kind  of  response  came  he  dis- 
missed Ruth  Cranford  from  his  mind.  For 
once  he  had  been  mistaken  in  his  judg- 
ment of  a  womaq,  After  all  she  was  not 
the  real  gold.  He  could  have  tolerated 
some  of  her  provincialism;  he  did  not 
value  her  the  less  because  she  was  not  a 
member  of  a  fashionable  set.  But  to  find 
her  lacking  in  the  common  courtesy  of  life 
was  a  real  shock  to  him. 

Six  weeks  after  the  eventful  commence- 
ment day  Morton  received  a  note.    It  read: 

Dear  Mr.  Morton: — If  you  possess 
that  quality  of  mercy  that  will  permit  you 
to  forgive  conduct  for  which  I  have  no  ex- 
cuse, it  is  my  desire  to  ask  your  pardon 
with  my  own  lips. 

And  it  will  be  my  pleasure  to  put  into 
your  hand  the  photograph  which  I  so  fool- 
ishly withheld. 

ag^l        Yours  in  repentance, 
#*--«^  ~  Ruth  Cranford. 

"There!     She  has    come   to    herself.     I 


DEAR  MADAM: 


Please  R^ead 
My  Free  Offer 


Words  of  Wisdom  to  Sufferers  from  a 
Lady  of  Notre  Dame,  Indiana. 

I  send  free  of  charge  to  every  sufferer  this  great 
Woman  Remedy,  with  full  instructions,  descrip- 
tion of  my  past  sufferings  and  how  I  permanently 
cured  myself. 

You   Can   Cure  Yourself   at   Home   Without  ths 

Aid  of  a   Physician. 

It  costs  nothing  to  try  this  remedy  once,  and  if 
you  desire  to  continue  its  use.  it  will  cost  you  only 
twelve  cents  a  week.  It  does  not  interfere  with 
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Tell  other  sufferers  of  it;  that  is  all  I  ask.  It  cures 
everybody,  your.g  or  old. 

If  you  feel  bearing  down  pains  as  from  approach 
ing  danger,  pain  in  the  back  and  bowels,  creeping 
feeling  in  the  spine,  a  desire  to  cry,  hot  flashes  and  faintness,  or  if  you  are  suffering  from  an~ 
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treatment  and  full  instructions.  Like  myself  thousands  have  been  cured  by  it.  I  send  it  11 
,1  plain  envelope. 

Mothers  and  Daughters  will  learn  of  a  simple  family  remedy,  which  quickly  and  thorough, 
oures  female  complaints  of  every  nature.  It  saves  worry  and  expense  and  the  unpleasantness  o 
having  to  reveal  your  condition  to  others     Vigor,  health  and  happiness  result  from  its  use. 

Wherever  you  live  I  can  refer  you  to  well-known  ladies  in  your  neigaborhood.  who  know  anc 
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am  glad!"  was  Morton's  fervent  exclama- 
tion. But  it  was  a  week  before  he  took  her 
hand. 

"Had  you  not  come  you  would  have 
been  treating  me  as  I  deserve,"  she  said. 
"You  know  how  sorry  1  am  for  my  boor- 
ish behavior?" 

"And  you  know  I  have  forgiven  any- 
thing that  you  may  think  was  amiss.  Yet 
I  confess  I  still  wonder  why  you  treated  me 
as  you  did." 

"I  can't  understand  myself.  I  was  just 
jealous— that's  the  only  explanation." 

"Jealous?" 

"Yes.  My  mind  had  been  poisoned 
about  that  photograph.  I  liked  you  and 
was  glad  when  you  seemed  to  like  me. 
Then  the  idea  got  into  my  head  that  you 
were  just  playing  with  me,  and  when  I 
saw  you  with  Ethel  Davidson  I— I  acted  the 
fool.  Of  course  I  did  not  really  care.  You 
were  not  in  love  with  me,  and  I  was  not  in 
love,  of  course,  with  you.  But  it  was  nice 
to  be  singled  out  among  so  many  girls  by 
a  man  so  well  thought  of  even  though  he 
had  the  reputation  of  a  woman-hater.  And 
just  when  I  thought  I  was  the  'only  girl' 
on  this  occasion  you  gave  all  your  atten- 
tion to  another.  I  was  a  little  fool,  for 
your  flowers  were  silent  testimony  that  I 
was  the  one  you  had  singled  out." 

"Oh,  it  was  just  the  excitement  of  the 
graduation!     Jealous? 

1  O,  what  damned  minutes  tells  he  o'er 
Who     dotes,  yet     doubts,    suspects,    yet 
strongly  loves! ' 

Jealous?  Oh,  no;  for  jealousy  is  the  off- 
spring of  love.  And  you  were  not  in  love, 
of  course— that  is,  with  an  old  'Grandpa' 
like  me." 

"Oh,  you  will  treat  serious  things  light- 
ly." 

"Such  as — photographs?". 

"Mr.  Morton,  I  don't  know  what  you 
will  think  of  me.  I  can't  give  you  that 
photograph." 

"Can't  give  me  the  photograph!  Why, 
you  wrote — " 

"Yes,  I  had  a  sitting,  and  the  photog- 
rapher said  the  negatives  were  good.  But 
before  he  could  send  me  proofs  that  horri- 
ble flood  came,  and  his  studio  was  wrecked 
and  many  of  his  negatives  utterly  ruined — 
those  of  me  among  them." 

"Well,  after  all,  I  believe  I  would  rather 
have  you  in  colors." 

"You  mean  a  painting?  Oh,  there  is  no 
artist  here.  Let  me  see,  I  have  read  some- 
thing about  the  'three  color  process.'  But 
I  doubt  whether  our  village  photographer 
knows  anything  about  it.  But  I'll  ask 
him." 

"I'm  afraid  he  is  not  equal  to  that  kind 
of  work.  But  if  you  and  I  could  just  agree, 
we  could  make  that  picture  ourselves." 

"We?  I  don't  see  how!" 

"You  have  a  knowledge  of  painting  and 
I  of  photography,  and  we  ought  to  know 
something  about  mounting  and  framing. 
Now  we  must  have  a  frame.  Here;  we'll 
remove  this  piece  in  oils  from  its  frame. 
We  can  put  it  back  later.  That's  just 
about  the  size.  Now,  what  next?  O  yes, 
a  mirror.  But  that  is  here.  Give  me  the 
frame.  You  stand  right  there.  Now  'look 
pleasant  and  watch  the  birdie.'     I'll  just 

put  the  frame  in  front  of  you  so  as  to 

That  is  the  picture  I  want  to  take  away 
with  me,  Ruth,  only  I  want  it  full  length; 
and  not  just  the  head  and  shoulders." 

"You  mean " 

"Yes,  I  mean  you,  Ruth.  I  want  you, 
dearie — that  is,  if  I  really  am  not  too  old 
and  serious  for  you  to  give  me  your  love." 

"I  am  so  happy,  grandpa!  But  you 
need  not   think   your   age   and    gravity- 


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will  insist  upon,  you  must  take  no  more 
pictures  in  natural  colors." 

"I  shall  have  a  new  hobby,  now,  sweet- 
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But  the  association  of  ideas  is  not  always 
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With  the  Children 

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\  Week   With  the  Woodneys. 

THE  FOURTH   PAY,    STILL. 

When  Arthur  Lowell,  seated  upon  the 
chair  in  Mr.  Woodney's  grassless  lot  for 
the  purpose  of  getting  himself  dried,  saw 
Jennie  Woodney  come  around  the^house, 
he  had  looked  upon  her  as  upon  a  vision. 
Her  dainty  little  silk  parasol,  all  blue  and 
useless,  had- struck  a  responsive  chord,  or 
to  speak  technically,  had  found  a  comple- 
mentary color,  In  his  heart.  She  was  so 
elegant  in  her  dress,  so  refined  in  her 
manners,  she  walked  with  such  ease  and 
grace — it  reminded  him  of  his  violin.  He 
did  not  consciously  draw  a  comparison 
between  her  and  her  cousin  Mace.  Of 
course,  Mace  was  neither  so  pretty  nor  so 
well  dressed.  Mace  wore  old.  clothes  and 
aprons  and  sun-bonnets,  and,  even  when 
she  arrayed  herself  for  the  street,  her  gar- 
ments were  sober,  though  respectable. 
Jennie  Woodney  was  a  spirit  from  a  dif- 
ferent world— oh,  an  altogether  different 
world!— the  world  in  which  the  little  musi- 
cian built  his  dreams.  Somehow,  Mace 
was  so  very  useful— Arthur  did  not  know 
how  to  describe  his  feelings,  even  to  him- 
self. Jennie  did  not  appear  at  all  useful. 
She  was  simply  beautiful  and  delicate  and 
fragrant  and  all-satisfying.  She  was  like 
one  of  those  great  pictures,  always  in 
gold  frames,  which  yon  may  look  upon, 
and  the  next  day  find  as  fresh  and  full  of 
interest  as  at  the  first  burst  of  recognition 
of  a  mast  r's  hand.  Some  pictures  Arthur 
felt  he  c.uld  never  grow  tired  of  gazing 
upon;  Jennie  Woodney  was  one  of  them. 
Mace  had  oeen  kind — she  had  helped  ar- 
range his  room  in  the  barn — she 
had  coixed  him  back  to  a  protect- 
ing home.  He  liked  her  with  a  grate- 
ful affection.  He  wondered  why  it  was 
that  seeing  her  sweep  and  brush  down 
cobwebs — and  go  about  the  kitchen  with 
her  sleeves  rolled  above  her  elbows, 
seeing  her  eat  three  meals  a  day  with  evi- 
dent appetite— he  wondered  why  all  this 
seemed  to  weigh  against  her.  Jennie  with 
a  broom  in  her  hand?  He  shuddered. 
Never! 

To-morrow  all  the  family  would  eat  din- 
ner (that  is  to  say,  supper)  at  G.  C.  D. 
Woodney's.  Arthur — where  would  he  eat? 
He  would  not  eat;  there  would  be  no  crav- 
ing for  food.  He  was  not  in  the  least  en- 
vious of  his  kind  protectors;  he  did 
not  begrudge  them  their  grand  dinner. 
He  understood  that  he,  a  homeless  orphan, 
had  no  rights  in  the  matter.  But— and  he 
wondered  if  Jennie  would  ever  know  him 
—would  ever  call  him  by  name.  That 
would  be  a  bright  moment!  As  to  ever 
entering  the  home  of  G.  C.  D.  Woodney, 
there  was  no  future  far  enough  ahead  to 
awaken  such  a  hope.  When  Mace  led  her 
father  upon  his  church-building  expedition , 
Arthur  saw  them  leave  the  yard  with 
something  like  remorse.  He  felt  that  he 
ought  to  honor  Mace  all  the  more  for  be- 
ing so  useful,  and  while  he  could  not  do 
so,  being  of  such  a  sadly  poetic  tempera- 
ment, he  was  resolved  to  atone  for  his 
feelings  by  useful  deeds.  What  could  he 
do  ia  the  way  of  manual  toil  to  please  old 
Mrs.  Woodney  and  the  other  Woodneys? 
But  especially,  old  Mrs.  Woodney?  He 
was  now  dried,  and  having  espied  a 
wheelbarrow  in  the  Misses  Day's  back  lot, 
he  had  a  useful    thought.     He  hurried  to 


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the  house  and  obtained  permission  to  de- 
velop it.  Then  with  the  zeal  he  always 
exhibited  upon  his  undertakings,  be  hur- 
ried next  door  and  found  Miss  Susie  Day 
working  among  her  flowers. 

"Miss  Susie,  will  you  lend  me  your 
wheelbarrow?  and  can  you  tell  me  where 
I  can  find  some  grass?  i;want  to  sod  Mr. 
Woodney's  yard  —  I  just  thought  of  it,  and 
Mrs.  Woodney  said  I  might  ask  you  for 
the  wheelbarrow." 

Miss  Susie  looked  at  him  sharply.  "You 
are  very  small  for  such  work,"  she  said, 
"and  the  wheelbarrow  is  heavy.  Sodding 
that  yard  would  be  a  matter  of  weeks 
under  such  conditions.  How  old  are  you? 
Thirteen?" 

"I  am  sixteen,"  said  Arthur,  drawing 
himself  as  straight  as  possible,  "and  even 
if  I  can't  sod  all  of  it,  I'd  like  to  have  a 
little  green  in  front,  and  there's  nothing 
but  a  spear  or  two  that  Mrs.  Woodney  has 
set  up  some  rocks  around." 

"That  wheelbarrow,"  said  Miss  Susie, 
"would  become  very  dirty.  Would  you 
clean  it  up,  good?  And  don't  you  think 
you'll  ruin  your  clothes?" 

"I'll  put  on  my  old  blue  shirt',"  said 
Arthur,  who  was  wearing  one  of  Mr. 
Woodney's,  "and  being  bare-footed — for 
I  haven't  any  shoes — I  can  do  fine." 

"Very  well.  Get  that  spade  and  put  it 
in  the  wheelbarrow,  then  trundle  it  across 
the  street,  and  go  down  the  alley  between 
the  ice-house  and  Wr.  Wren's  store.  When 
you  pass  Mr.  Wren's  back  garden  you'll 
come  to  a  gate  on  your  right  and  one  on 
your  left.  That  one  on  your  right  goes 
into  Mr.  G.  C.  D.  Woodney's  pasture. 
Don't  go  in  that  one." 

"I  thought  he  lived  on  the  other  side  of 
the  street,"  exclaimed  the  youth  in  sur- 
prise. 

"So  he  does,  but  his  land  is  everywhere. 
The  gate  on  your  left  goes  into  the  woods, 
and  right  near  the  gate  is  Coon  Fork  with 
lots  of  grass  growing  along  the  banks, 
and  you're  welcome  to  all  you  can  find." 

Arthur  changed  to  his  blue  shirt  and  set 
forth  in  high  spirits.  It  was  like  a  holi- 
day to  go  to  the  woods,  and  going  after 
grass  to  make  the  Woodney  place  green 
appealed  to  his  fancy.  He  entered  the 
left  hand  gate  and  came  almost  at  once  to 
the  creek,  which  made  a  loop  at  this 
place,  to  run  up  to  the  back  of  the  ice- 
house. There  was  a  drain  from  the  ice- 
house which  emptied  into  the  creek.  The 
wheelbarrow  was  heavy  and  so  was  the 
spade.     Arthur  rested  a  little,  then  began 


to  dig.  The  spade  hurt  his  bare  foot,  and 
it  was  hard  to  cut  the  sod  into  squares 
without  cutting  too  shallow  or  too  deep. 
The  earth  was  damp  and  the  dirt  stayed 
together  splendidly  close  to  the  water,  but 
there  it  was  so  steep  he  could  hardly 
maintain  his  balance.  Higher  up,  the 
earth  was  as  hard  as  if  it  knew  nothing  of 
the  stream  rippling  just  below.  But  the 
sun  was  delightful  as  it  fell,  all  broken  up 
into  pretty  little  triangles,  through  tangled 
boughs  upon  the  soft  moss  and  grass. 
There  were  strange  birds  giving  peculiar 
calls,  and  the  sudden  leap  of  squirrels  and 
green  promises  from  great  close- coated 
walnuts  spoke  of  wildness  and  romance. 
When  the  wheelbarrow  was  as  full  as  he 
could  manage,  Arthur  set  forth,  bending 
his  frail  body  to  the  load.  It  was  no  dis- 
tance to  the  big  gate,  but  it  seemed  very 
far  to  where  the  alley  opened  into  Main 
street.  He  had  to  wheel  as  far  west  as 
Horseshoe  house  in  order  to  get  on  the 
sidewalk,  because  it  was  so  high  where  the 
road  dipped.  As  he  passed  the  Misses 
Day,  he  was  breathing  pretty  hard,  and 
when  he  bumped  the  barrow  into  the 
Woodney  yard  he  was  panting.  He  sat  on 
one  of  the  handles  and  mopped  his  brow 
and  regained  his  breath.  Anyway,  he  was 
there,  and  so  was  the  grass.  He  called  out 
old  Mrs.  Woodney  to  advise  him  as  to  the 
most  advantageous  place  to  set  it.  Mrs. 
Geraldine  was  interested,  too,  and  dis- 
cussed the  matter  with  animation.  "It 
should  be  around  at  the  back  door,"  she 
said,  "right  in  front  of  our  front  porch." 

"Mr.  Tumbleton  would  trample  it  to 
death,  her  mother-in-law  objected.  "Be- 
sides, I  think  it  ought  to  be  in  the  front 
yard,  kitchen  or  no  kitchen,  so  it  can  be 
seen  from  the  road." 

' 'Mr.  Tumbleton,"  said  Mrs.  Geraldine 
Woodney,  "won't  be  back  for  two  weeks, 
and  by  that  time  it  ought  to  take  root. 
And  if  there  is  to  be  grass,  it  ought  to  be 
under  the  parlor  window  and  not  at  the 
kitchen  door." 

"I'm  going  to  sod  the  whole  place,  any- 
way," remarked  Arthur,  "it  is  just  a  ques- 
tion of  where  to  begin." 

Old  Mrs.  Woodney  gave  him  a  keen 
look.  I  don't  think  we'll  end  very  far 
away  from  wherever  that  is,"  she  remarked. 
'  'And  I  say  put  the  grass  where  it  can  be 
seen  from  the  road.  You  have  a  nice  lot 
there  and  after  so  much  trouble,  and  after 
being  so  willing  to  do  something  nice  for 
us,  I  don't  want  your  trouble  thrown 
away." 

This  unexpected  praise  from  the  old  lady 


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caused  Arthur's  breast  to  swell  with  pride. 
"I'll  put  some  of  it  in  front,  and  some 
back,"  he  said. 

"Then  none  of  it  will  be  seen,"  old  Mrs. 
Woodney  declared. 

"Well,"  said  Mrs.  Geraldine,  turning  to- 
ward the  house,  "all  I  said  was  merely  a 
suggestion."  She  waved  her  arm  to  in- 
clude the  yard  and  house,  then  toward  the 
whole  village  and  added,  "All  this  is  just 
temporary,  anyhow!" 

She  went  back  to  her  book.  "Then  you 
put  it  right  where  I  have  those  stones  set 
up  about  that  sprig,"  said  the  old  lady 
triumphantly.  "All  you've  got  there  will 
make  a  very  good  nestegg,  and  I'm  sure 
we  are  all  grateful  to  you."  When  the 
grass  was  in  place,  and  old  Mrs.  Woodney 
had  spread  a  quilt  over  it,  stretched  upon 
two  chairs,  to  ward  off  the  sun,  Arthur 
started  for  the  woods  again;  but  he  was 
not  nearly  so  interested  in  the  birds  and 
squirrels  and  walnuts  as  he  had  been  on 
his  first  trip. 

Bob  Enderthorpe  had  been  at  home 
when  he  saw  Mace  and  her  father  enter 
the  yard.  He  felt  a  sudden  irresistible  de- 
sire to  flee,  he  could  not  have  told  why. 
Perhaps  it  was  because  he  had  longed  so 
ardently  for  Mace  to  come  to  see  them. 
Now  that  his  wish  was  about  to  be  ful- 
filled, he  slipped  from  the  yard,  ran  be- 
hind the  Woodney  place  as  if  he  were  go- 
ing for  a  doctor,  made  a  circle  of  the 
Days',  and  ran  across  to  the  store.  From 
the  store-porch  he  watched  Arthur  at 
work,  and  when  the  little  musician  started 
for  his  second  load,  Bob  went  to  meet  him. 
"Let  me  help  with  that  job,"  he  said.  "I 
have  on  shoes  and  can  handle  your  spade 
to  a  nicety." 

"Thank  you,"  said  Arthur  gratefully. 
"A  little  help  is  a  mighty  nice  thing,  and 
it  will  please  the  family  all  the  more,  I  ex- 
pect, if  t-uco  people  are  doing  something 
nice  for  them." 

"Wait,  boys,"  called  Mrs.  Wren,  who  had 
come  to  the  door  with  a  customer,  "it's  no 
use  going  all  the  way  to  the  woods.  Stop 
here  in  my  back  yard;  there's  a  patch  of 
blue  grass  where  we  are  going  to  set  up  a 
honeysuckle  frame,  and  if  you'll  take  it, 
you'll  be  helping  us  at  the  same  time." 

"Is  it  grass  they  want?"  spoke  up  the 
customer.  "Boys,  come  to  our  yard  and 
I'll  show  you  a  spot  where  we  can  spare 
the  grass  fine— I  am  Mrs.  Hoogan.  Bob 
knows  me,"  and  she  smiled  upon  Arthur. 
She  was  a  low,  fleshy  woman  with  a 
broad,  red  face  which  had  a  friendly  ap- 
pearance. 

Arthur  thanked  her,  but  Bob,  who  had  no 
intention  of  getting  "saloon  grass"  as  he 
afterwards  termed  it,  merely  remarked  that 
he  thought  hi?  mother  had  some  grass  in 
the  garden  corners  she  would  be  glad  to 
have  taken  away.  Bob  was  clumsy  when 
in  the  house,  or  when  walking  for  pleasure, 
but  at  his  work,  he  was  all  graceful  energy 
and  effectiveness.  He  could  do  a  great 
deal  more  than  Arthur,  but  Arthur  breathed 
harder,  and  felt  the  labor  more  keenly. 
They  got  the  grass  from  Mrs  Wren's  place, 
and  as  Bob  believed  that  by  that  time  Mace 
must  have  left  his  house,  he  went  to  his 
garden  and  found  clumps  of  bluegrass  in 
the  corners  where  vegetables  were  never 
planted.  Miss  Susie  Day,  who  had  sent 
Arthur  to  the  woods  to  test  his  resolution, 


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now   called    them  to  her  garden,  to  clean 
out  the  corners  in   the  same  manner,  and 
Worth  Acre,  learning  what  was  going  on, 
gave  them  a  strip  of  grass  down  the  side 
of  his  shop.     By  this  time,  Peter  Wren  was 
helping,  for  being  only  twelve,  he  had  not 
yet  learned  to  draw  a  strict  dividing  line 
between  work  and  play.     Old  Mrs.  Wood- 
ney was    delighted    and   showed  such  ad- 
miration over  each   fresh   wheelbarrow  of 
sod,  that  the  boys  strained  every  nerve  to 
keep  her   admiration    warm.     Mr.    Wood- 
ney,   too,    who   had   come   back  from  his 
church-building   pilgrimage,    showed    the 
greatest    delight.      Bob    thought    perhaps 
Mace  would  assist  them  with  her  presence, 
but  she  decided  to  begin  work  upon  her 
dress  that  she  might  be  certain  of  her  read- 
iness for  the  greatest  event  since  coming  to 
the  village— the  dinner  at  G.  C.  D.  Wood- 
neys.     It    was    supper-time,    but    nobody 
thought  of  supper — there  was  no  time  for 
it.     Just  before  sunset,  Mrs.  Hoogan,  hav- 
ing given  up  the  boys,  sent  a  handcart  full 
of  sod,  cut  with  her  own  hands,  and  drawn 
to  the  Woodney's  by  her  two  sons.     Bob 
received  it  doubtfully,  but  when  Mr.  Wood- 
ney  learned  whence   it   had  come,  he  de- 
clared it  should  be  put  with  the  rest.  Hav- 
ing heard   the    Hoogan   boys   draw   their 
empty  cart  away,  he  said,  "There is  not  so 
much  unselfish  kindness  in  the  world  that 
we  can  refuse  the  least,  though  offered  by 
hands  less  clean  than  ours.     I  fear  Mrs. 
Hoogan   feels  deeply  how  we  have  taken 
grass  from  the  Wrens,  Enderthorpes,  Days 
and    Mr.  Acre,  but    would   not   from  her. 
Yet   she  sends   some,    cut   with    her   own 
hands.     And  though  her  husband  runs  a 
saloon,  who  knows  but  he  may  be  open  to 
persuasion,    and    may    really    dislike   his 
business?     Give  me  the  wheelbarrow— lead 
me  to  where  it  stands.     Now,"  he  added, 
seizing  the  handles,  "I  will  myself  trundle 
it  to  the  Hoogans,  and  we  will  get  a  bar- 
row full.     Arthur,    walk    beside  me,  your 
hand  on  my  arm,  and  press  in  the  direc- 
tion I  should    take."     It   was    a    pleasant 
sight  to  see  Mr.  Woodney,  his  face  shining 
with  kindness    for  all  the  world,  push  the 
wheelbarrow     along     the    rattling    walk, 
guided  by  Arthur  and    preceded  by  Peter 
Wren   and   Bob    Enderthorpe,    the    latter 
shouldering  the  spade,  and  all,  except  Mr. 
Woodney,  as  dirty  as  possible.   And  it  was 
pleasant  to  see  the  neighbors  looking  from 
window   and    door,  proud  that   they  had 
contributed    some   of    their    own   grass  to 
brighten  the  blind  man's   yard.     What   if 
he  could  never  see  it?  Did  he  not  have  one 
of  the  boys,  after  each  new   load   was  set, 
lead    him    around    the    sodded   square    to 
measure  the  increase  of  greenness?     When 
it  was  dark, 'and  Bob  and  Peter  had  gone 
home,    and    the  .wheelbarrow,     carefully 
cleaned,  had  been  returned  to  its  owners, 
Mrs.  Geraldine  Woodney,    looking  at    the 
bright  island  of  grass  surrounded  by  a  sea 
of  baldness,  murmured,  "Still,  I  am  sorry, 
as   Bob  says,  that   we   have   any   'saloon 
grass.'  " 


"My  dear,"  rejoined  her  husband, 
"whenever  you  look  out  the  door,  you  will 
see  grass  from  so  many  different  yards,  all 
given  in  love,  from  the  high  and  low,  from 
the  pure  and  sordid,  from  the  home  of 
those  pure  beings,  the  Misses  Day,  to  ths 
wicked  haunt  of  the  saloon.  Though  so 
very  different,  these  people  were  all 
prompted  by  the  same  feeling — that  which 
urged  Arthur  to  work  beyond  his  strength. 
We  dare  not  repulse  such  unselfish  interest; 
for  whenever  a  loving  impulse  is  slain, 
some  unholy  weed  springs  up  from  its 
grave." 

"I  take  notice,  "observed  old  Mrs.  Wood- 
ney, "that  high  and  low  as  they  were  who 
gave  us  grass,  none  are  high  enough  to  be 
of  the  rich  families  in  town,  the  Winter - 
fields,  or  my  nephew,  G.  C.  D.  Woodney! 
But  it's  time  for  that  kitchen  fire  to  be 
started,  or  it'll  be  bedtime  before  we  can 
have  supper.  And  supper  Arthur  surely 
needs,  and  you,  too,  Benjamin.  Do  you 
think  you  can  ever  get  yourselves  clean." 

"Am  I  soiled?"  asked  Mr.  Woodney  in 
mild  surprise. 

"Almost  as  much  so,  thanks  to  yourjrip 
to  the  saloon,  Benjamin,"  remarked  his 
wife,  "as  the  grass  you  brought  from 
there." 

"Fortunately,"  moralized  Mr.  Woodney, 
his  thoughts  all  intent  upon  the  ref- 
ormation of  the  saloon  keeper,  and  hap- 
pily unconscious  of  the  grimy  streaks 
athwart  his  face,  "stains  like  these  can  be 
readily  removed,  leaving  no  scar." 

"It  will  take  a  great  deal  of  soap,"  re- 
turned his  mother  drily. 

(to  be  continued  ) 


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Brother  Ely  on  the  Monroe  Union 893 

The  Abuse  of  the  College  Degree 894 

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Current*  Events. 


New  Secretary 
of  State. 


Elihu  Root,  who  left  President 
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ago  to  resume  his 
legal  practice,  has 
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the  ablest  lawyer  and  the  greatest  man 
in  the  country  at  the  present  time. 
While  the  general  public  perhaps  lacks 
data  upon  which  confidently  to  base 
so  sweeping  a  superlative,  there  is  no 
doubt  as  to  the  general  concurrence  in 
a  very  high  estimate  of  Mr.  Root's 
ability  and  character.  The  whole 
country  has  been  realizing  more  and 
more  every  month  up  to  the  very  end, 
that  John  Hay  was  one  of  the  greatest 
diplomats  that  ever  served  this  coun- 
try, and  it  will  not  be  easy  to  fill  his 
place.  It  seems  a  little  unfortunate 
that,-  in  connection  with  the  discussion 
of  Mr.  Root's  accession  to  the  secre- 
taryship, so  much  emphasis  has  been 
laid  upon  his  private  financial  affairs. 
He  has  been  said  to  be  the  most  highly 
paid  lawyer  in  America,  and  his  an- 
nual income  from  his  practice  has  been 
stated  all  the  way  from  $150,000  to 
three  or  four  times  that  amount.  This 
being  the  case,  it  is  not  unnatural  that 
he  should  think  twice  before  accepting 
an  office  which  pays  a  salary  of  $8,000 
a  year.  Mr.  Root  did  hesitate,  and  it 
is  reported  that  he  finally  accepted 
only  on  the  strength  of  Mr.  Roosevelt's 
representation  that  such  an  action  on 
his  part  would  virtually  assure  him  of 
the  Republican  nomination  for  the 
presidency  in  1908.  This  may  or  may 
not  be  the  case.  It  is  pretty  generally 
understood  that  Mr.  Root  has  an  hon- 
orable ambition  to  attain  the  presi- 
dency. But  the  office  into  which  he  is 
now  about  to  enter  is  one  of  the  great- 
est usefulness  and  dignity,  and  we 
confess  that  we  do  not  like  the  idea  of 
begging  any  man  to  accept  it  as  a 
stepping-stone  to  higher  things.  At 
the  same  time,  we  are  willing  to  give 
the  praise  which  is  due  to  one  who  is 
willing  to  serve  his  country  at  a  finan- 
cial sacrifice.  Whether  this  turn  of 
events  will  actually  secure  for  the  new 
secretary  the  Republican  nomination 
in  1908  is  another  question.  It  is  only 
a  few  weeks  since  we  were  being  told 
with  all  confidence  that  Secretary  Taft 
was  the  administration  candidate  and 
was  practically  certain  of  the  nomina- 


tion, unless  the  convention  should  seize 
Mr.  Roosevelt  by  force  and  arms  and 
compel  him  to  submit  to  a  third  term. 


Panama  Affairs. 


The  sudden  resignation  of  Mr.  Wal- 
lace as  chief  engineer  of  the  Panama 
Canal  and  the  conse- 
quent falling  out  be- 
tween him  and  Secretary  Taft,  have 
been  fully  aired  in  the  newspapers. 
It  appears  that  Mr.  Wallace,  who  was 
receiving  a  salary  of  $25,000  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  canal  commission  and  chief 
engineer  for  it,  received  a  highly  ad- 
vantageous offer  from  a  corporation  in 
New  York  which  would  more  than 
double  his  income  and  would  give  him 
an  opportunity  to  live  in  New  York  in- 
stead of  on  the  Isthmus  of  Panama.  So 
he  resigned,  and  Secretary  Taft,  with 
the  approval  of  the  President,  ac- 
cepted the  resignation  to  take  effect  at 
once,  and  frankly  and  forcibly  ex- 
pressed his  opinion  of  a  man  who 
would  drop  a  public  work  in  a  critical 
place  for  the  sake  of  a  raise  in  salary. 
Mr.  Wallace  professes  his  utter  in- 
ability to  see  the  point  of  the  secre- 
tary's criticism  of  his  course.  It  was 
a  plain  business  proposition  and  "jus- 
tice to  his  family"  required  that  he 
accept  the  offer.  (Why  is  it  that  a 
man  always  talks  about  justice  to  his 
family  when  he  is  justifying  himself 
for  laying  hold  of  a  good  thing?) 
The  point  involved  is  rather  a  delicate 
one.  When  is  a  man  justified  in  re- 
signing a  position  in  the  public  service 
for  his  own  financial  betterment? 
Shall  one  say  always?  That  would  be 
absurd.  No  one  would  feel  anything 
but  contempt  for  an  army  officer  who 
would  resign  in  time  of  war  to  accept 
a  better  salary  than  his  commission 
brought  him.  A  president  who  should 
resign  to  accept  higher  pay  at  other 
work  would  be  considered  to  have  dis- 
graced the  office.  Shall  one  say  then 
that  a  public  official  is  never  justified 
in  resigning  to  better  himself  finan- 
cially? No,  anyone  would  admit  that 
a  postmaster  or  customs  officer  might 
under  ordinary  circumstances  proper- 
ly resign  if  it  were  to  his  interest  to  do 
so.  The  most  obvious  rule,  if  one 
must  have  a  rule,  seems  to  be  that  it 
is  dishonorable  to  leave  a  public  office 
for  private  gain  if  the  place  cannot  be 
filled  in  such  a  way  that  public  inter- 
ests will  not  be  jeopardized.  No  one 
need  hold  an  office  from  sense  of  duty 
when  a  hundred  men  who  could  fill  it 
just  as  well  are  waiting  for  a  chance. 
It  is  doubtful  whether  a  change  in 
engineers  can  be  effected  just  now 
without  endangering  the  enterprise  to 


some  considerable  degree,  but  it  is  a 
point  upon  which  we  do  not  feel  pre- 
pared to  pass  an  expert  opinion.  The 
place  has  been  filled  by  the  appoint- 
ment of  John  F.  Stevens  as  chief  en- 
gineer. 

Mr.  Shonts,  chairman  of  the  Canal 
Commission,  says  that  the  policy  will 
be  adopted  of  looking  after  the  health 
and  comfort  of  the  employes  in  the 
canal  zone  before  any  effort  is  made  to 
push  the  work  of  actually  digging  the 
canal.  So  much  has  been  said  about 
the  unsanitary  conditions  and  the  dis- 
satisfaction of  the  men,  that  he  is 
anxious  to  show  that  affairs  are  not 
nearly  so  bad  as  they  have  been  rep- 
resented and  to  remove  anv  actual 
grounds  for  criticism  which  may  exist. 

The  policy  of  buying  in  the  cheap- 
est market,  whether  that  happens  to 
be  at  home  or  abroad,  is  being  carried 
out.  A  representative  has  been  in 
England  and  on  the  continent  daring 
the  past  two  months  investigating 
the  prices  of  various  articles,  especial- 
ly steel  rails  and  ships.  He  has  got- 
ten options  on  both  commodities  from 
a  number  of  English  and  German 
firms. 

« 

The  Central  Conference  of  American 
Rabbis,  recently  in  session  in  Cleve- 
land, took  a  stand 
in  opposition  to  the 
reading  of  the  Bible 
in  public  schools.  The  committee  on 
sectarianism  presented  a  report  em- 
bodying the  following,  which  was  ap- 
proved: "The  place  of  the  Bible  is  in 
the  home,  the  church  and  the  church 
school.  To  force  it  into  the  public 
educational  institutions  is  not  merely 
to  suggest  that  these  three  agencies 
are  powerless  to  effect  the  desired  re- 
sults, but  it  is  likewise  to  interfere 
with  the  growth  of  a  finer  and  larger 
human  brotherhood.  It  has  created 
ill-feeling  between  Catholic  and  Prot- 
estant, and  has  caused  both  to  look 
down  upon  the  Jew."  The  theory  that 
the  contempt  for  the  Jew,  which  has 
been  a  sad  fact  in  a  large  part  of  the 
Christian  world  for  many  centuries,  is 
due  to  the  reading  of  the  Bible  in  the 
public  schools,  is  a  distinctly  novel 
contribution  to  the  argument  upon  this 
well-worn  question.  As  a  matter  of 
fact,  it  might  be  very  plausibly  main- 
tained that  the  current  estimate  of  the 
Jew  would  be  very  materially  raised — 
and  thereby  brought  more  nearly  to 
the  point  which  justice  to  that  race 
demands — if,  to  the  common  acquaint- 
ance with  the  Jews  of  to-da}-,  were 
added  a  degree  of  familiarity  with  the 


The  Voice 
of  the  Rabbis. 


892 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


July  13,  1905 


Jews  of  antiquity  whose  exploits  are 
recorded  only  in  the  Bible.  It  will 
probably  have  to  be  accepted  as  a  fact 
that  we  can  neither  ask  nor  trust  our 
public  schools  to  teach  religion,  much 
as  we  ma}-  wish  that  religious  training 
might  be  a  part  of  every  child's  edu- 
cation. But  the  fact  that  the  origin  of 
our  religion  is  more  or  less  iavolved 
in  Hebrew  history  is  no  sufficient  rea- 
son why  we  should  shut  our  eyes,  so 
far  as  public  school  teaching  is  con- 
cerned, to  the  whole  body  of  Hebrew 
history  and  literature. 

0 

The   forty-fourth  annual  session  of 

the   National    Education    Association 

M  .         ,  met   at    Asbury    Park, 

National  .,     .       T   .      _■%_      _. 

Education  N"    £'    *£.  *£     ™e 

Association.  meeting  of  the  N.  E.  A. 
brings  .together  every 
year  a  great  many  thousand  teachers 
of  all  grades,  from  the  kindergarten  to 
the  university,  from  all  parts  of  the 
country,  including  a  very  distin- 
guished group  of  those  who  stand 
forth  by  common  consent  as  the  lead- 
ers of  the  teaching  profession.  It  is 
not  too  much  to  say  that,  under 
ordinary  circumstances,  any  resolu- 
tion passed  by  the  N.  E.  A.— and  it 
does  not  hesitate  to  express  itself  by 
resolution,  though  it  does  so  as  a  rule 
only  after  prolonged  and  careful  in- 
vestigation— represents  the  prepond- 
erance of  sound  educational  opinion 
in  this  country  at  the  present  time. 
The  chief  work  of  the  association  is 
carried  on  through  its  seventeen  de- 
partments (e.g., elementary  education, 
secondary  education,  higher  educa- 
tion, normal  schools,  etc.),  each  of 
which  is  fully  organized  for  the  con- 
sideration of  topics  within  its  own 
special  sphere.  Since  many  of  these 
departmental  meetings  are  held  simul- 
taneously, it  was  impossible  for  the 
representative  of  the  Christian  Evan- 
gelist to  attend  them  all,  and  the  sub- 
jects considered  were  too  numerous  to 
permit  an  enumeration  of  them.  It 
was  particularly  noticeable  that  the 
well-worn  phrase  "the  three  R's"  was 
brought  into  play  with  great  fre- 
quency, and  that  the  speakers  who 
referred  to  the  subject  usually  char- 
acterized, more  or  less  emphatically, 
the  insistence  upon  the  three  R's  to 
the  exclusion  of  the  so-called  "fads 
and  frills"  of  modern  education,  as  a 
narrow  and  unintelligent  attitude 
toward  the  real  problems  of  education. 
Whatever  we  outsiders  may  think 
about  it — we  have  nothing  to  do  with 
the  schools  except  to  pay  for  them  and 
send  our  children  to  them — it  is  toler- 
ably obvious  that  the  pedagogues  are 
pretty  firmly  convinced  that  nature- 
study  and  drawing  and  music  and  the 
like  are  as  fundamental  and  essential 
as  the  time-honored  reading,  writing 
and  arithmetic,  and  that  the  matter 
will  not  be  helped  at  all  by  scornfully 
denominating  everything  except  the 
venerable  triad  as  "fads  and  frills." 
Mayor  George  B.  McClelland,  of  New 
York,  gave  an  address  on  the  after- 


noon of  the  Fourth  of  July  in  which 
he  took  occasion  to  attempt  to  rally 
the  friends  of  the  three  R's.  The  at- 
tempt was  scarcely  a  success.  On 
Friday,  the  last  day  of  the  session, 
President  Roosevelt  gave  an  address. 


A  Lawyer's 
Conscience. 


Science  and 
Life. 


James  B.  Dill,  a  corporation  lawyer 
who  has  been  noted  for  handling  big 
cases  and  getting  big 
fees,  has  given  up  his 
practice  and  accepted 
an  appointment  as  judge  of  the  Court 
of  Errors  and  Appeals  of  New  Jersey. 
If  the  current  statements  are  true, 
Mr.  Dill  is  exchanging  a  practice 
worth  $300,000  a  year  for  an  office  with 
a  salary  of  $3,000.  It  is  not,  as  with 
Mr.  Root,  a  question  of  using  the 
office  as  the  stepping-stone  to  a  higher 
one,  but  of  serving  the  commonwealth. 
His  opinions  upon  many  points  in- 
timately connected  with  the  manage- 
ment of  the  great  corporations  which 
he  has  been  serving  have  gradually 
altered  until  he  is  in  the  curious  posi- 
tion of  an  anti-trust  agitator  who  has 
been  instrumental  in  forming  more 
trusts  than  any  other  man  in  America. 
It  appears  that  he  is  quitting  his  prac- 
tice simply  because  he  believes  that 
he  can  serve  the  public  better  as  a  low- 
salaried  judge  than  as  a  high-salaried 
attorney. 

9 

Professor  Loeb,  now  of  Berkeley, 
and  Professor  Burke,  of  Cambridge, 
have  been  giving  forth 
the  results  of  some 
very  interesting  ex- 
periments touching  the  origin  of  life. 
Professor  Burke,  using  sterilized  bou- 
illon as  his  medium,  has  brought  into 
being  certain  particles  of  matter  which 
he  is  inclined  to  think  may  possess  a 
sort  of  life.  He  is  pretty  sure  that 
they  do  not  represent  the  development 
of  any  living  germ  which  crept  in  by 
reason  of  imperfect  sterilization  or 
other  defect  in  the  manipulation  of  the 
materials,  but  he  is  not  quite  sure  that 
the  result  is  actually  life.  If  it  is,  he 
thinks  he  has  secured  spontaneous 
generation.  One  observes  that  there 
are  several  ifs.  We  shall  wait  with 
interest  their  elimination  by  further 
experiment.  This  whole  question  of 
the  origin  of  life  is  very  interesting, 
and  these  investigations  are  eminently 
worth  while.  But,  even  at  the  risk  of 
speaking  prematurely  when  such  ex- 
periments are  in  progress,  one  can 
but  remark  that  hunting  for  life — not 
its  forms  and  manipulations,  but  the 
thing  itself — with  scientific  apparatus, 
bears  some  resemblance  to  a  search 
for  artistic  values  by  similarprocesses. 
Shall  one  find  the  qualities  which  give 
artistic  worth  to  a  great  painting  by 
chemical  analysis  of  the  paint  and 
canvas  or  by  accurately  describing  the 
physical  process  by  which  they  were 
combined?  Can  any  statement  in 
terms  of  material  things  and  pro- 
cesses ever  adequately  define  an  ar- 
tistic product?  However  keen  the  re- 
search  may  be,    the    meshes    of    the 


scientific  net  can  never  be  so  fine  but 
that  artistic  values  will  pass  through 
them  and  escape.  Perhaps  at  last  we 
shall  find  that  it  is  so  with  vital 
things,  that  the  quality  of  life,  how- 
ever closely  it  may  be  associated  with 
the  material  which  is  vitalized,  is  in 
itself  too  subtle,  one  may  even  say 
too  spiritual,  to  be  stated  in  terms  of 
physical  science.  The  phenomena 
which  life  produces  will  still  be  worthy 
of  study;  but  even  if  a  method  of 
spontaneous  generation  is  discovered, 
life  will  not  be  reduced  to  the  plane  of 
a  merely  physical  fact. 


Better  Bible 
Study. 


The  reports  that  have  reached  us  of 
the  International  Sunday-school  Con- 
vention which  has 
been  in  session  in  To- 
ronto, Canada,  indi- 
cate that  the  long  delayed  project  of 
furnishing  an  optional  course  of  ad- 
vanced lessons  for  mature  students 
who  have  been  through  the  seven 
years'  course  offered  at  present  under 
the  international  system,  has  at  last 
been  ratified  by  the  convention.  At 
the  last  triennial  session  of  the  con- 
vention, held  at  Denver  in  June,  1902, 
the  plan  was  discussed  at  length  and 
was  defeated.  The  feeling  of  the  ma- 
jority seemed  to  be  that  the  present 
system,  while  not  necessarily  perfect, 
was  entirely  adequate  for  all  reason-' 
able  demands,  and  that  the  whole 
principle  of  uniformity  would  be  en- 
dangered if  it  were  permitted  to  intro- 
duce an  independent  system  of  lessons 
for  advanced  pupils.  There  was  ap- 
parently a  degree  of  apprehension  lest 
the  entire  edifice  should  collapse  like 
a  house  of  cards  if  any  part  of  it  were 
touched.  There  were  others  who  con- 
sidered these  fears  quite  groundless, 
and  who  thought  that,  in  any  case,  it 
was  far  more  important  to  have  every- 
body in  a  school  learning,  something 
than  to  have  part  of  them,  for  the  sake 
of  uniformity,  devoting  their  time  to 
matter  from  which  they  learn  nothing. 
The  advance  which  has  been  made  in 
Sunday-school  work  under  the  inter- 
national lesson  system  has  been  enor- 
mous, and  the  idea  itself  has  contrib- 
uted much  to  the  religious  life  of  the 
age.  There  is  no  valid  reason  why  it 
should  not  continue  in  service.  But  it 
is  a  truth  which  has  for  considerably 
more  than  a  decade  been  forcing  itself 
upon  the  attention  of  educators  who 
are  especially  interested  in  religious 
education,  that  improvements  of  a 
somewhat  radical  character  were  called 
for.  There  is  no  reason  why  these  im- 
provements should  not  come  under  the 
leadership  of  the  same  international 
organization  which  has  so  long  been 
in  the  lead.  The  action  of  the  Toron- 
to convention  indicates  that  the  organ- 
ization is  awakening  to  the  require- 
ments of  the  situation. 

Russian  territory  has  been  invaded 
by  the  Japanese,  which  makes  their 
case  now  a  stronger  one,  according  to 
diplomatic  tradition. 


July  13,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


893 


"My  Persona]  Plea." 

This  is  the  title  of  a  printed  circular 
which  the  venerable  Dr.  George  H. 
Ball  of  the  Free  Baptists  has  issued 
and  sent  to  a  limited  number  of  min- 
isters. It  is  a  tender  and  forceful 
plea  for  union  and  cooperation  be- 
tween the  Free  Baptist  churches  of 
Christ  and  the  churches  of  Christ 
without  the  Free  Baptist  prefix  but 
which  nevertheless  do  claim  to  be  both 
free  and  baptized. 

In  the  beginning  of  his  "plea"  Dr. 
Ball  says: 

"When  the  Christ- life  entered  my  soul  I 
was  amazed  and  grieved  to  observe  divisions 
and  rivalries  in  the  Christian  church.  The 
prayer  of  Christ,  John  17:  21-23,  moved  me 
deeply  and  yet  give  me  comfort.  In  my  heart 
of  hearts  I  felt  that  this  prayer  must  be 
answered,  and  began  at  once  to  seek  the  meet- 
ing place  where  all  churches  are  to  become  one 
in  Christ." 

This  meeting  place  he  found  in 
"the  fellowship  of  the  Free  Baptist 
churches  of  Christ,"  which,  in  his 
judgment  then  and  now  "stand  for  or- 
ganized Christianity  just  as  Jesus 
stands,  with  nothing  added,  nothing 
omitted."  Not  that  they  have  attained 
to  perfection,  but  that  "the  aim  we 
have  is  perfect,  and  we  press  toward 
the  mark,  seeking  to  know  Christ  fully, 
attain  his  thoughts  perfectly,  and  or- 
ganize his  ideas  and  wishes  without 
default  or  defect." 

What  nobler  aim  could  any  body  of 
religious  people  set  for  itself  than  to 
"organize  Christ's  ideas  and  wishes 
without  default  or  defect"?  Is  not  that 
the  identical  aim  of  the  churches!of  this 
Reformation?  Dr.  Ball  quotes  from  a 
statement  of  one  of  their  conventions 
in  relation  to  unity,  the  following: 
"We  regard  loyalty  to  Christ  and  the 
Bible,  and  the  independence  of  the 
local  church,  as  a  basis  on  which  closer 
relationship  with  other  religious 
bodies  may  be  attained."  After  point- 
ing out  that  they  are  shut  out  from 
union  with  "one  large  body  of  bap- 
tized Christians"  because  "they  deny 
the  right  of  many  true  disciples  of 
Christ  to  express  their  faith  in  and 
homage  to  him  in  the  sacred  supper," 
Dr.  Ball  offers  seven  reasons  why  union 
between  Free  Baptists  and  Disciples 
of  Christ  should  be  effected-  These 
reasons  far  outweigh  any  real  or  im- 
aginary difficulties  in  the  way  of  such 
union. 

On  the  question  of  name  Dr.  Ball 
has  the  following  statements  which 
can  but  appeal  to  all  his  brethren: 

It  is  not  demanded  that  we  add  to,  or  take 
from,  our  name  at  all  in  order  to  come  into 
working  fellowship  as  proposed.  It  will  how- 
ever be  gratifying  and  encouraging  if  we  volun- 
tarily write  and  sp?ak  the  family  name  of  our 
churches  which  we  now  only  imply.  They 
are  churches  of  Christ;  that  is  their  family 
name  and  precious  above  evfry  name.  Why 
should  we  not  exalt  it,  write  it  and  speak  it? 
Do  we  not  dishonor  Christ  and  do  ourselves 
injustice  by  merely  implying  it?  We  should 
seriously  object  to  having  our  respective  family 
names  merely  implied,  and  to  being  introduced 
as  merely  John,    and    James,    and   Peter,   and 


Jacob.  But  the  family  name  of  our  churches 
is  infinitely  more  sacred  and  dear  to  us,  and 
certainly  should  not  be  ignored  or  unuttered. 
We  should  speak  it  out,  and  write  it  out,  ir- 
respective of  union  Free  Baptist  church  of 
Christ  has  a  sweet  sound  in  the  believer's  ear, 
and  reads  beautifully  in  Christian  literature. 

The  Free  Baptist  churches  of  Christ, 
he  argues,  need  the  infusion  of  the 
new  energy  and  fresh  methods  of  the 
Disciples  of  Christ.  "We  certainly  need 
evangelistic  and  growing  power,"  he 
says;  "the  Disciples  have  a  super- 
abundance of  it,  and  have  conse- 
quently increased  in  the  last  forty 
years  by  the  addition  of  more  than  a 
million  members.  They  have  hun- 
dreds of  able,  discreet,  spiritual  evan- 
gelists, eager  to  work  with  us.  By 
opening  our  churches  to  them,  and  by 
hearty  co-operation  with  them,  and 
they  with  us,  a  great  awakening  would 
surely  follow." 

The  aged  veteran  longs  to  see  this 
consummation  before  he  goes  hence. 
"My  mission  on  earth  will  soon  end, 
but  if  I  shall  see  the  great  trust  com- 
mitted to  us  handled,  used  and  con- 
veyed onward  bravely,  and  wisely,  and 
effectively,  and  made  clear  as  the 
meeting  place  of  the  churches  of 
Christ,  it  will  give  me  infinite  joy." 

May  he  live  to  see  the  union  he  so 
earnestly  desires! 


Brother  Ely  on  the  Monroe 
Union. 

We  freely  accord  to  Brother  Ely 
whose  letter  appears  elsewhere,  the 
purest  and  sincerest  motives  in  the 
position  he  takes  as  respects  this 
union.  We  hope  he  is  able  to  do  the 
same  toward  his  brethren  in  Monroe, 
Wis.,  who  have  been  trying  to  carry 
out  our  Lord's  prayer  for  the  unity  of 
his  followers. 

Brother  Ely  says  he  is  "in  favor  of 
unity;  but  it  must  be  effected  upon  a 
scriptural  basis."  Is  not  this  exactly 
what  every  denomination  in  Christen- 
dom is  saying?  And  by  "a  scriptural 
basis"  each  one  means  its  denomina- 
tional basis,  for  of  course  it  believes 
its  own  basis  to  be  "scriptural."  Now 
the  plan  of  union  proposed  by  our  re- 
formatory movement  differs  from  that 
of  others  in  that  we  do  not  demand 
that  others  shall  agree  with  us  in  all 
matters  of  scriptural  interpretation. 
We  are  willing  to  leave  much  for  fu- 
ture growth  in  the  knowledge  of  God's 
will  to  accomplish,  if  only  the  Lord- 
ship of  Christ  be  accepted  in  the  or- 
ganic constitution  of  the  church,  ac- 
cording to  the  consensus  of  Christian 
scholarship.  This  involves  the  "one 
Lord,  one  faith  and  one  baptism." 
This  accepted,  there  may  be  differ- 
ences of  opinion,  differences  of  inter- 
pretation and  a  variety  in  methods  of 
worship  and  of  Christian  work,  without 
disturbing  "the  unity  of  the  Spirit." 

The  chief  obstacle  to  Christian  unity 
to  day  is  that  denominationalists  at- 
tach more  importance  to  their  denom- 
inational  opinions    and  usages    than 


they  do  to  the  plainest  teaching  of 
Christ  and  his  apostles  concerning 
unity.  The  latter,  they  freely  admit, 
ought  to  be  carried  out,  but  the  former 
must  be  maintained  even  at  the  cost  of 
perpetuating  our  unholy  divisions  in 
the  church  of  Christ.  They  have  a 
denominational  conscience,  but  no 
conscience  for  Christian  union.  What 
we  have  to  beware  of  is  this  same  un- 
due attachment  to  andundue  exaltation 
of  our  interpretations  and  practices 
whichwethoroughlybelieve  to  be  scrip- 
tural,but  which  are  not  fundamental  to 
Christian  life  and  Christian  unity,  and 
concerning  which  men  equally  loyal  to 
Christ  may  differ.  Brother  Ely,  whose 
fidelity  to  what  he  believes  to  be  right, 
all  of  us  who  know  him  freely  acknowl- 
edge, will  pardon  us  for  saying  that 
his  position  seems  to  us  to  reach  this 
extreme,  and  therefore  to  be  preventive 
of  unity.  To  assume,  not  only  that  we 
are  infallibly  right  in  the  things  men- 
tioned, but  that  others  who  differ  from 
us  are  thereby  so  invalidated  in  Chris- 
tian character  as  to  be  unworthy  of 
union  with  us,  is  to  make  our  inerrancy 
a  test  of  fellowship. 

We  are  sure  that  few  of  our  readers 
will  agree  with  Brother  Ely  in  re- 
garding the  name  "Union  Church 
of  Christ"  as  equally  unscriptural 
and  objectionable  as  "Presbyterian 
church."  Is  the  idea  of  tmion  so  for- 
eign to  the  New  Testament  as  that?  If 
so,  what  becomes  of  our  plea  for  Chris- 
tian union?  This  is  to  come  into  bond- 
age to  the  letter  and  to  lose  the  spirit 
as  concerns  the  matter  of  name.  If 
Christ  be  honored  in  the  name  of  his 
church,  what  need  we  care  for  innocent 
prefixes  which  express  a  historic  fact? 

Concerning  the  weekly  observance 
of  the  Lord's  supper  we  need  only  re- 
peat what  we  have  already  stated,  that 
there  is  no  prohibition  of  weekly  ob- 
servance for  those  who  feel  it  to  be  a 
duty,  while  there  is  no  demand  for  a 
weekly  observance  on  the  part  of  those 
who  do  not  yet  feel  it  to  be  a  duty.  This 
is  Christian  liberty  without  which  there 
can  be  no  Christian  union  among  those 
holding  differing  views. 

As  to  the  division  of  the  offerings, 
is  not  that  just  what  existed  before  the 
union?  Nothing  is  lost,  therefore,  on 
that  score,  while  much  has  been  gained 
in  other  respects,  with  a  reasonable 
probability  that  in  a  little  while  their 
offerings  will  flow  through  the  same 
channel.  Meanwhile,  if  we  are  willing 
to  receive  Baptists  into  our  churches, 
and  to  unite  with  them,  is  it  such  an 
un-Christian  use  of  funds  that  we 
should  not  agree  that  those  who  have 
been  Baptists  may  continue  their  mis- 
sionary offerings  through  their  mis- 
sionary societies,  without  disturbing 
their  fellowship  with  us? 

Finally,  ought  we  not  to  remember 
that  we  profess  to  be  congregational- 
ists  in  church  government,  and  that, 
as  such,  we  can  afford  to  allow  a  little 
congregational  autonomy  in  a  matter 
of  this  kind  that  in  no  way  commits 
other  congregations  to  the  same  policy 


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July  13,  1905 


unless  they  choose  to  adopt  it?  It  is 
entirely  proper  to  discuss,  in  a  frater- 
nal way,  the  wisdom  or  propriety  of 
such  action,  provided  we  do  not  as- 
sume an  ecclesiastical  censorship  over 
the  case  that  is  foreign  to  our  method 
of  church  organization  and  govern- 
ment. We  have  consented  to  the  pub- 
lication of  these  articles,  and  have 
made  these  editorial  strictures,  be- 
cause of  the  general  principles  in- 
volved, and  in  the  hope  that  it  would 
in  no  way  embarrass  the  brethren  in 
Monroe  in  carrying  out  their  union. 

&         ® 

The     Abuse    of    the    College 
Degree. 

The  story  is  told  of  Dr.  Johnson, 
that  on  visiting  the  University  of  St. 
Andrew,  in  Scotland,  whence  academic 
honors  are  supposed  to  have  been 
plentifully  obtained,  for  the  purpose 
of  literary  as  well  as  medical  quackery, 
without  any  other  proof  of  ability  than 
that  of  being  able  to  pay  certain  fees, 
he  inquired  of  one  of  the  professors 
into  the  state  of  their  funds;  and  being 
informed  that  they  were  less  affluent 
than  many  of  their  neighbors,  re- 
marked: "It  is  no  matter;  persevere 
in  your  present  plan,  and  you  will  cer- 
tainly get  rich — by  degrees." 

One  would  think  our  American  insti- 
tutions, by  this  measurement,  would 
soon  own  the  earth.  Our  five  hundred 
chartered  colleges  have  been  shower- 
ing these  honors  so  lavishly  within  a 
few  weeks,  that  the  man  seems  most 
distinguished  among  his  fellows  who 
is  without  one.  Harvard  gave  over  a 
thousand,  and  a  single  little  New  Eng- 
land institution  conferred  fifty-four 
honorary  degrees.  Many  of  these  col- 
leges are  little  more  than  high  schools, 
but  their  D.  D.'s  and  LL.D's  and 
Ph.  D.'s  are  authorized  by  state  legis- 
latures and  are  as  unassailable  as 
those  of  Harvard  or  Yale.  The  result 
is  to  greatly  cheapen  the  degree.  It  is 
no  longer  a  badge  of  scholarship  or 
distinction.  It  tends  to  make  the 
whole  business  ridiculous.  No  man 
is  distinguished  by  an  honor  which  is 
showered  indiscriminately  upon  a  host 
of  mediocrities  at  every  commence- 
ment. 

What  is  the  remedy?  Let  the  col- 
leges cease  to  grant  these  honorary 
distinctions  altogether,  or  else  bestow 
them  only  on  careful  examinations,  or 
on  men  who  will  really  honor  the  in- 
stitution which  honors  them.  The 
University  of  Virginia,  one  of  the 
greatest  schools  on  the  continent, 
never  confers  an  honorary  degree.  It 
is  a  good  example  to  follow.  The  col- 
lege degree  adds  little  to  the  fame  of 
a  really  great  man.  Nobody  asks 
whether  Washington  or  Lincoln  or 
Gladstone  was  ever  made  an  LL.  D., 
or  whether  Beecher  or  Spurgeon  ever 
received  the  Doctor  Divinitaiis.  Our 
institutions  however,  in  conferring 
titles,  may  honor  themselves,  or  dis- 
honor themselves,  according  to  the 
discrimination  shown  in  the  selection 


of  persons  thus  honored.  Honorary 
titles  are  not  without  value  if  truly 
honorable.  The  doctorate  ought  to 
mean  something  and  not  have  the 
force  of  the  Kentucky  colonelcy,  but 
too  often  this  is  all  it  means.  It 
recalls  the  classical  anecdote  of  a  cer- 
tain pedant  who  presented  himself  at 
Cambridge  for  a  doctor's  degree  and, 
as  is  usual  on  such  occasions,  the 
questioning  was  in  Latin. 

"'Quid  est  erearc."'  What  is  it  to 
create? 

"Ex  nihil  facere,"  was  the  answer. 
To  make  out  of  nothing. 

" Ergo,tc doctorem  creamus.''"  There- 
fore, we  make  you  a  doctor! 

Europeans  laugh  at  our  abuse  of 
these  college  honors,  but  they  are 
given  to  humbug  titles  of  a  higher 
sort.  A  regular  dealer  in  orders  and 
titles  was  recently  exposed  in  Berlin,  a 
trafficker  in  honors  in  many  European 
states,  a  Tyrolean  who  issues  a  regu- 
lar price  list,  offering  a  degree  of  no- 
bility in  certain  German  states  at 
$30,000;  a  baronetcy  at  $50,000;  a 
Spanish  title  for  $4,000;  Turkish  or- 
ders from  $2,000  downward,  and  Per- 
sian orders  at  low  prices;  Portuguese 
titles  of  count  and  marquis  at  a  bar- 
gain, and  other  distinctions  for  cer- 
tain sums  to  those  willing  to  devote 
the  necessary  money  to  "charitable 
purposes."  Humbuggeryis  not  exclu- 
sively an  American  product. 

The  fact  is,  this  whole  business  of 
titles  is  opposed  both  to  republican 
simplicity  and  to  the  simplicity  that  is 
in  Christ.  In  the  state  we  know 
Thomas  Jefferson  and  John  Adams, 
Charles  Sumner  and  Wendell  Phillips, 
Henry  W.  Longfellow  and  John  G. 
Whittier,  Daniel  Webester  and  William 
McKinley.  Loftiest  dignities  of  the 
schools  would  mar  their  beauty.  In  the 
church,  Martin  Luther,  John  Wesley, 
John  Bunyan,  Alexander  Campbell, 
Walter  Scott  and  Isaac  Errett,  need 
neither  prefix  nor  suffix.  Matthew 
23:8  is  still  in  force. 


Notes  and  Comments. 

Two  thousand  is  the  number  of 
churches  that  ought  to  contribute  to 
Church  Extension  next  September. 
The  fact  is,  there  ought  to  be  many 
more  than  that,  but  what  we  mean  is 
this:  Last  year,  the  Church  Extension 
secretary  tells  us,  there  were  only 
1,269  churches  which  contributed  to 
that  splendid  fund.  We  mean  that  the 
number  of  contributing  churches  to 
that  fund  should  be  swelled  to  2,000 
this  year.  That  would  be  an  increase 
of  a  little  more  than  seven  hundred 
churches.  It  would  be  a  splendid  in- 
crease, but  why  not  struggle  to  reach 
it? 

Brother  Muckley  is  calling  on  the 
churches  that  will  agree  to  make  this 
offering  in  September  next  to  report  to 
him  by  July  31,  so  that  he  may  report 
to  the  San  Francisco  convention  how 
many  churches  have  promised  the  of- 
fering, since  he  cannot,  because  of  the 


earlier  date  of  the  convention,  report 
the  amount  contributed,  as  the  other 
secretaries  will  be  able  to  do.  We  hope 
the  preachers  and  church  officials  will 
see  to  it  that  their  churches  notify 
Brother  Muckley  that  they  will  be  in 
line  when  the  time  comes  for  this  offer- 
ing. Let  us  get  up  a  little  generous 
rivalry  among  the  states,  to  see  which 
has  the  largest  number  of  churches 
responding  to  this  request,  in  propor- 
tion to  its  membership. 

In  the  actual  number  of  churches 
promised  to  make  this  September 
offering,  we  see  that  Ohio  is  ahead. 
It  is  a  way  she  has.  Illinois  follows, 
with  Indiana  holding  the  third  place, 
and  then  comes  Missouri,  with  only  37 
of  her  1,700  churches  which  have  noti- 
fied the  secretary  of  their  purpose  to 
make  this  offering.  Kansas  is  very 
close  to  her  with  29',  and  as  soon  as 
her  wheat .  harvest  is  over,  she  will 
probably  forge  ahead.  We  see  no 
good  reason  why  any  church  in  the 
brotherhood  should  refuse  to  join  in 
this  great  enterprise,  and  notify  G.  W. 
Muckley,  the  secretary,  600  Water 
Works  Bldg.,  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  that  it 
is  going  to  do  so.  Let  us  have  a  rapid 
increase  all  along  the  line. 

A  layman  says,  in  the  Congregation- 
alism that  there  seems  to  be  a  growing 
tendency  in  these  days  of  increasing 
business  pressure  for  the  men  to  lose 
sight  of  the  spiritual  life.  If  such  a 
condition  be  general  all  the  more  need 
for  our  Business  Men's  Association, 
a  call  from  which  appears  on  another 
page.  Business  life  is  nowhere  so 
strenuous  that  men  cannot  get  away 
from  its  demands  for  awhile  and  shift- 
ing of  responsibility  is  no  excuse  for 
ignoring  of  duty.  The  great  Lord  of 
the  harvest  has  claims  that  men  can- 
not afford  to  ignore. 

President  Roosevelt  preached  a  ser- 
mon for  the  whole  people  in  his  ad- 
dress at  Harvard.  Here  is  a  ringing 
sentence:  "Every  man  of  great  wealth 
who  runs  his  business  with  cynical 
contempt  for  those  provisions  of  the 
law  which  by  hired  cunning  he  can  es- 
cape or  evade,  is  a  menace  to  our  com- 
munity, and  the  community  is  not  to 
be  excused  if  it  does  not  develop  a 
spirit  which  actively  frowns  on  and 
discountenances  him."  This  is  a 
thought — the  obligation  of  the  citizen 
to  be  very  much  better  than  the  law 
compels  him  to  be — that  needs  to  be 
constantly  emphasized. 

Mr.  Jerome  may  know  New  York, 
but  he  had  better  let  Mr.  Folk  attend 
to  Missouri.  It  is  a  fair  presumption 
that  the  governor  of  this  state  knows 
what  its  citizens  want  better  than  the 
New  York  prosecutor  does. 

® 

Brethren,  let  us  hear  from  you  on  the 
subject  of  the  best  time  to  hold  the 
convention. 


July  13,    1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


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Editor's  Easy  Chair. 

Some  men  are  born  great,  it  is  said, 
while  others  achieve  greatness,  and 
others  have  greatness  thrust  upon 
them.  The  latter  fate,  it  seems,  has 
fallen  to  the  lot  of  ye  Easy  Chair  Edi- 
tor. At  a  meeting  of  the  members  of 
our  Pentwater  Resort  Association  held 
at  Pentwater  July  4th  the  members 
voted  to  call  our  new  resort  located 
between  Lake  Michigan  and  Pentwater 
lake,  "Garrison  Park"!  Think  how 
much  more  honorable  that  is  than  to 
have  a  cigar  named  after  you!  The 
books  we  have  written  will,  in  time,  no 
doubt  be  forgotten,  and  disappear  en- 
tirely even  from  the  shelves  of  second- 
hand book  stores.  The  thirty- six 
volumes  of  the  Christian-Evangelist 
and  its  predecessors  we  have  writ- 
ten and  edited,  will,  in  time,  be  inter- 
esting only  to  the  antiquarian.  The 
little  reputation  we  may  have  made  as 
Editor  or  preacher  will  fade  away 
largely  with  the  generation  that  knew 
us.  But  "Garrison  Park,"  with  its  for- 
est-crowned sand-dunes,  its  deep, 
shady  ravines,  its  pines,  oaks,  beech 
and  hemlock,  will  remain  there  while 
time  lasts.  The  forces  of  nature  and 
the  art  of  man  will  modify  its  external 
features,  no  doubt,  but  there  it  stands, 
like  Lexington  and  Concord  and  Bun- 
ker Hill,  and  there  it  will  remain  for- 
ever! We  naturally  shrank  from  such 
earthly  immortality,  and  suggested 
other  more  alluring  names,  but  the 
majority  was  stubborn  and  set  in  its 
ideas.  So  let  it  be;  but  we  serve  notice 
now  that  the  first  Coney  Island  feature 
that  is  introduced  in  that  summer  re- 
sort will  be  the  signal  for  a  change  of 
name,  for  the  Park;  and  of  summer 
home  for  the  Editor. 


It  was  a  pleasant  little  expedition 
that  six  of  us  made  from  Macatawa  to 
Pentwater  last  week,  where  we  spent 
the  "Glorious  Fourth."  The  town 
and  lake  of  Pentwater  are  only  80  miles 
north  of  Macatawa  and  a  ride  of  four 
hours,  with  a  half-hour  rest  at  Muske- 
gon, over  the  Pere  Marquette  R.  R., 
brought  us  to  the  scene  of  our  new 
summer  resort.  Arriving  about  9  o'- 
clock in  the  evening,  two  of  our  party 
ferried  across  the  channel  to  the  hotel 
in  town  while  the  rest  of  us  walked 
west  through  a  wooded  and  romantic 
ravine,  to  the  Lake  Michigan  front, 
where  we  took  quarters  at  the  "Club 
House,"  as  the  cozy  little  hotel  of  the 
Oceana  Beach  Co.  is  called,  and  where 
we  soon  fell  asleep  to  the  music  of  the 
waves.  Some  of  our  party  had  not 
seen  the  place  before,  and  were  charmed 
by  the  beautiful  beach,  the  wooded 
heights  standing  guard  against  the 
encroachments  of  the  lake,  and  the 
quietness  and  peace  that  seemed  to 
rest  on  the  hills,  the  sandy  beach  and 
the  many-hued inland  seathat  stretched 
away  to  the  distant  horizon.  The 
new  walk  along  the  lake  front,  which 
we  have  just  completed,  made  it  easy 
to  pass   from   the   Club   House  south 


along  the  front  of  Garrison  Park, 
(just  as  well  get  used  to  it!)  to  where 
the  first  cottage  on  the  new  resort  was 
going  up  in  the  woods.  It  is  to  be 
called  "The  Pioneer."  At  least,  that  is 
the  decision  of  the  wife  of  the  "Easy 
Chair,"  and  she  generally  has  her  way, 
and  it  is  generally  a  very  good  way. 
There,  in  a  humble  pine  cottage,  sur- 
rounded by  pines  and  hemlocks, 
through  which,  on  the  west,  the  great 
lake  spreads  out  its  glories  to  the  eye 
and  sends  up  its  unceasing  anthem  to 
the  ear,  we  shall  probably  be  domiciled 
by  the  time  this  reaches  our  readers. 


One    of   the   advantages    of   a    lake 
shore  residence  is  the  wide  range  of 
vision  it   gives  to  the  eye.     It  is  inter- 
esting, and  restful  too,  to  sit  on  the 
veranda  at  the  evening  time  and  watch 
the  glory  with  which  the   setting  sun 
surrounds  himself  as  he  completes  his 
circuit   and  is  departing  beneath  the 
horizon.     While   at  Pentwater    a    few 
evenings  since,  there  was  one  of  those 
sunset  scenes  which  fires  the  imagina- 
tion  and   impresses   itself   deeply  on 
the   memory.     Just   beneath    the    sun 
there  lay  an  uneven    ridge  of   clouds 
which   was    easily    converted    into    a 
mountain   range.      In     front    of    this 
there    seemed    to   flow    through     the 
opalescent  sky  a  broad  amber- colored 
river  dotted  here  and  there  with  little 
islands  like  "the  isles  of  the   blest." 
Gorgeous  castles  lined  the   shores   of 
this  wonderful  river  as   it   seemed  to 
broaden  out  into  the  gulf  of   the   in- 
finities.    When  the  sun   had   sunk  be- 
hind this  mountain   range  of  clouds  a 
coronal  of  flame  rested  along  its  sum- 
mit and  assumed  the  appearance  of  a 
mighty  forest  fire.     Looking   at   such 
scenes  one  may  give  the  reins  to  his 
imagination  and  find  his  castles  in  the 
air  already  built,  and  painted  with  a 
glory  which  even  the  temple  of  Sol- 
omon  could   not   emulate.     One    may 
see   cities  rise  and   fall   and   imagine 
that  the  drama  of  history  is  being  pic- 
tured   before    his   eyes.     Animals    of 
various  kinds,  and  birds,  and  the  faces 
and    forms    of    human   beings,    some 
grotesque,    and    others    true   to   life, 
come  into  shape  and  fade  away.    After 
all,  does  not  the  ephemeral  character 
of  these    cloud-figures    illustrate  the 
transientness  of  all  human  glory,  and 
of  all  those  things  which  most  people 
prize  most  highly? 

"All  flesh  is  as  grass, 
And  all  the  glory  thereof  as  the  flower  of  the 
grass." 

The  very  clouds   teach   us    the  same 
lesson. 

While  watching  the  clouds  thus  the 
other  evening,  shot  through  as  they 
were  with  the  rays  of  the  evening  sun, 
a  small  patch  of  vapor  broke  up  into 
letters  that  spelled  out  clearly  before 
our  eyes  the  word  "needs."  This  was 
such  a  striking  phenomenon  that  we 
called  the  attention  of  others  to  it,  but 
before  they  could  find  the  word  it  had 


passed  into  another  form,  though  not 
without  starting  a  train  of  reflections 
upon  the  world's  needs.      A  celestial 
observer  looking  down  upon  the  earth 
and  witnessing  its   sins,   its   sorrows, 
its  sufferings,  would  probably  find  in 
that    one     word,    "needs,"    the    best 
epitome  of  his  impressions.     There  is 
need  of  education  and  enlightenment, 
of  salvation  from  the  power  of  sin,  of 
comfort  in  our  distresses,  of  strength 
for   our   weaknesses,    of   guidance   in 
our  perplexities.     There   is   need  for 
more     unselfishness,     more     charity, 
more  honesty,    more  unity,  more  sin- 
cerity,   more    earnestness,    more    pa- 
tience,   more    perseverance     in    well- 
doing.    Oh,  the  manifold  needs  of  our 
race!     Its  supreme   need,  however,  is 
the  need  of  men  and  women,  Christ- 
filled   and   Christ-led,   to   minister  to 
human  needs.  The  word  "needs"  writ- 
ten in  cloud-letters  may  fade  from  the 
sky,  but  it  is  engraved  too  deeply  on 
the    human   mind    and   heart,   and    is 
written  too  indelibly  on  the  face  of  the 
earth,  to  ever  fade  away.      There  are 
the    fatherless  and  the   widows  to  be 
ministered  unto;  the  unfortunate  to  be 
cared  for;  the  wayward  to  be  regained; 
troubled  hearts  to  be  comforted;  chil- 
dren to  be  trained;  society  to  be  puri- 
fied; industry  to  be  reorganized;  politics 
to  be  elevated  into  ethics;  nations  to 
be  brought  into  peaceful  co-operation, 
and  the  kingdom  of  God  to  be  made 
triumphant  in  all  the  world.     Blessed 
is  the  man  who   has  a  vision  of  the 
world's   needs,    and  dedicates  his  life 
to  its  service. 

''Comfort  Te  One  Another." 

By  Laurene  Highfield. 

Comfon.  ye  one  another; 

This  world  is  o'erborne  with  care, 
With  grief,  and  with  cruel  heart-aches, 

And  burdens  full  hard  to  bear. 
For  time  hastens  on,  and  daily 

Other  hearts  are  bereft  and  sad, 
Other  lives  are  in  need  of  solace 

For  things  that  once  made  them  glad. 

Comfort  ye  one  another 

With  words  fraught  with  heaven's  peace; 
Speak  oft  of  a  living  Saviour, 

Whose  love  for  you  ne'er  will  cease. 
Be  glad  that  he  heeds  your  sorrow, 

This  tender  One,  wise  and  true, 
Take  courage,  sad  heart,  believing 

That  he  loves  and  cares  for  you. 

Comfort  ye  one  another; 

Dwell  much  in  the  land  afar, 
For  sighing  nor  care  can  enter 

Where  Christ  and  the  Father  are. 
Seek  peace  in  that  consolation    . 

Which  only  his  servants  know, 
And  doing  the  tasks  he  gives  you, 

Find  comfort  for  all  your  woe. 

Comfort  ye  one  another; 

The  Saviour  knows  all  your  grief, 
And  counting  his  mercies  over, 

In  them  you  may  find  relief; 
Take  refuge  beneath  his  pinions, 

For  healing  is  in  his  wings, 
And  casting  your  care  upon  him, 

Find  comfort  in  holy  things. 

Qjiincy,  III. 


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July  13,  1905 


Our  Early  Days  in  California  By  r.  l.  McHatton 


J.  N.  B.  Wyatt, 
our  first  convert  in  California. 


J.  N.  Pendegast, 

who  studied  law  and  then  crossed  the  plains 
to  preach  the  gospel. 


P.    McCorkle, 
A  great  preacher. 


Glenn  O.  Burnett, 

Brother  of  the  first  governor  of 

California. 


In  this  hurriedly  arranged  sketch  we 
do  not  include  southern  California. 
Nor  can  we  more  than  mention  impor- 
tant events.  The  history  of  the  Chris- 
tian churches  of  California  began  in 
the  days  of  gold.  Among  the  seekers 
for  the  precious  metal  were  the  ad- 
herents of  our  cause.  They  brought 
this  glorious  plea  from  Missouri  when 
Pike  county  was  the  most  known  sec- 
tion of  that  state.  If  we  could  turn 
the  pages  of  their  deeds  we  would  read 
the  good  with  joy  and  blot  the  ill  with 
tears. 

The  first  Christian  preacher  was 
Thomas  Thompson.  It  is  quite  certain 
he  preached  our  first  sermon,  and  we 
are  quite  positive  that  his  hands  bap- 
tized our  first  convert  in  California — 
J.  N.  B.  Wyatt  is  the  man  and  he  re- 
sides in  Winters  and  is  a  very  useful 
member  of  the  church.  The  beautiful 
Feather  river  has  the  honor  of  yield- 
ing its  waters  in  order  that  this  man 
might  show  forth  the  death,  burial 
and  resurrection  of  his  Lord  who  went 


Thomas  Thompson  and  wife, 
the  first  Christian  preacher  in  California. 


into  and  came  out  of  the  real  grave  for 
him.  In  1858  Father  Thompson  wrote 
W.  W.  Stevenson,  editor  of  The  West- 
ern Evangelist,  that  there  were  only 
two  congregations  in  California  in 
1851,  "the  first  at  Stockton  and  the 
second  at  Santa  Clara,  and  we  two  the 
only  public  speakers."  While  not  a 
wealthy  man,  he  was  not  compelled  to 
depend  entirely  on  ministerial  pay. 
So  he  was  able  to  render  valuable 
service  in  the  days  when  money  was 
scarce.  A  man  of  untiring  energy 
and  strong  body,  he  visited  about  all 
of  the  settled  portions  of  the  state. 
He  was  the  organizer  of  many  of  the 
early  churches  or  was  present  to  as- 
sist. He  was  well  taught  in  the  word, 
having  groped  his  way  from  denomi- 
nationalism,  and  well  remembered  the 
road.  Thus  was  he  able  to  help  many 
a  soul  into  the  true  path.  Having  the 
confidence  of  the  brethren  his  influence 
was  limited  only  by  the  people  with 
whom  he  came  in  contact. 

In  his  buggy  he  rode  hundreds  of 
miles  to  rally  the  churches  for  our 
first  state  meeting,  which  we  believe 
was  held  in  Stockton.  We  have  no 
record  of  this  meeting.  The  first  state 
meeting  of  which  we  have  a  written 
account  was  conducted  in  our  meeting 
house  in  Vaca  Valley,  October,  1856. 
"State  meeting"  is  the  correct  term, 
for  these  were  not  conventions,  but 
great  gatherings  of  saints  and  sinners 
where  the  simple  gospel  was  delivered. 
Beginning  at  Yountville,  in  1858,  they 
were  great  camp  meetings  held  out-of- 
doors,  because  there  were  no  houses 
to  contain  the  thousands  who  were 
present.  Here  is  your  outfit:  "Bring 
one  empty  bed  tick;  one  pillow,  for 
each  person;  two  blankets,  one  com- 
forter, one  pair  of  sheets;  one  wash 
pan,  one  cake  of  soap,  two  towels  and 
an  earnest  heart  and  willing  hands. 
Tie  up  all  but  hands  and  heart  with  a 
strong  rope  and  check  for  Woodland." 
Hundreds  came  in  wagons.  All  lived 
in  tents  or  board  shacks.  Meals  were 
supplied  at  the  free  table  and  restau- 
rant, while  families  often  prepared 
their  own  food.     With  the  growth   of 


population  and  the  inability  of  the 
churches  to  entertain  the  multitudes 
we  were  compelled  to  locate  these 
gatherings.  Santa  Cruz  is  now  our 
home,  .where  we  have  a  tabernacle 
able  to  seat  2,500,  our  dining  hall, 
cottages  and  camping  grounds  with 
every  convenience  of  city  life.  While 
it  was  the  main  purpose  of  these  con- 
vocations to  convert  sinners,  there 
was  the  business  meeting — not  always 
harmonious,  but  developing  into  a 
delegated  convention.  Our  present 
plan  of  co-operative  work  was  adopted 
with  the  help  of  L.  B.  Wilkes  and 
Alexander  Procter,  who  were  invited 
to  come  all  the  way  from  Missouri  to 
advise  the  brethren.  The  first  year 
there  was  not  enough  money  to  sus- 
tain an  evangelist,  but  the  second 
year  the  state  board,  with  E.  B.  Ware, 
chairman,  and  J.  H.  McCollough,  sec- 
retary, telegraphed  the  writer  at  Gal- 
latin, Mo.,  to  become  state  evangelist. 
Since  that  time,  January,  1883,  we 
have  had  the  regularly  organized 
work.     Space   forbids  to  recount   the 


A.  V.  McCarty, 

an  early  evangelist  in  California. 


July  13,  1905 


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897 


efforts  of  the  splendid  men  who  went 
out  from  the  business  meetings  and 
the  results  of  the  better  systematized 
work. 

Father  Thompson  was  joined  in  his 
first  decade  of  toil  by  worthy  co  labor- 
ers and  we  have  in  our  first  records 
these  preachers,  Thomas  Thompson, 
Byram  Lewis,  J.  K.  Rule,  JohnP  .  Mc- 
Corkle,  J.  N.  Pendegast,  Joshua  Law- 
son,  and  Wm.  T.  Brown.  John  O. 
White  of  Missouri  and  John  G.  Parish 
of  Ohio  were  visiting  evangelists.  John 
N.  Pendegast  was  born  in  South  Car- 
olina. He  was  well  educated  and  by 
profession  a  lawyer.  He  taught  school 
in  Kentucky  where  he  married  one  of 
his  pupils,  by  whose  influence  he  was 
converted.  It  was  not  long  until  he 
gave  his  fine  talents  to  the  ministry  of 
Christ.  In  1854  he  crossed  the  plains 
in  a  wagon.  His  family  was  a  true 
wife  and  seven  children.  When  he  ar- 
rived in  the  mines  of  California  he  was 
crippled  and  his  family  was  destitute. 
Read  these  words  of  his  son-in-law 
and  know  something  of  the  cost  of 
planting  our  cause  in  the  golden  west. 
"He  went  to  the  store  on  Saturday 
evening  to  buy  a  few  things  with  his 
last  means.  It  was  noised  around  that 
there  was  a  preacher  in  camp  and  they 
appointed  a  committee  to  ask  him  to 
preach  on  the  morrow.  He  thought, 
what  do  these  rough  men  care  for  the 
gospel?  But  he  consented  and  on 
Sunday  there  assembled  in  the  store  a 
good  sized  audience,  and  they  turned 
the  noisy  post  into  a  church  and  paid 
the  best  of  attention  to  the  missionary 
of  the  cross,  while  he  pleaded  with 
them  to  live  for  better  things.  At  the 
close  of  the  sermon,  a  miner  arose  and 
told  the  audience  about  the  preacher's 
misfortunes  and  asked  for  a  contribu- 


tion; when  they  returned  him  the  hat 
it  contained  forty  dollars.  Overcome 
with  emotion,  he  thanked  and  blessed 
them,  hastened  to  his  camp  and  asked 
his  wife  to  take  a  walk  with  him.  When 
they  had  gone  aside  he  showed  her  the 
handful  of  gold.    They  both  burst  into 


Donald   Duncan, 

the  first  person  baptized  in  Ntvada. 

tears  of  joy  and  gratitude  and  poured 
out  their  souls  to  God  in  thanksgiving 
and  prayer." 

John  P.  McCorkle  was  a  great 
preacher,  full  of  zeal  for  the  ancient 
gospel  and  he  pressed  the  war  to  the 
gates.  He  knew  the  Book  and  preached 
it.  Ever  ready  to  defend  the  truth,  he 
met  all  opposers  with  the  two  edged 
sword.  His  converts  were  well  taught 
and  were  able  to  contend  for  the  faith. 
He  made  good  preparation  for  his  ser- 
mons and  by  looking  at  his  notebook 
many  of  our  best  university  men  could 
get  points  in  arranging  a  logical  dis- 
course. While  a  positive  man  he  was 
richly  endowed  on  the  spiritual  side. 
The  best  sermon  I  ever  heard  on  prayer 
was  delivered  by  him. 


Joshua  Lawson  preached  the  first 
sermon  in  the  Woodland  community 
and  was  a  successful  worker  in  that 
part  of  the  Sacramento  valley.  Glenn 
O.  Burnett,  brother  of  our  first  gover- 
nor, was  in  the  state  in  the  early  fifties, 
but  spent  some  time  in  Oregon,  but 
was  present  at  the  state  meeting  in 
Yountville  in  1858.  He  was  a  bright 
man,  a  beautiful  talker,  of  consider- 
able literary  culture  and  he  could 
preach  a  sermon  that  could  go  to  the 
printer  with  but  little  correction. 
These  men  stood  for  Bible  revision  and 
colleges  as  the  records  indicate.  In 
fact  they  were  all- round  men  and 
would  be  a  blessing  to  any  state. 

In  the  second  ten  years  we  have  such 
men  as  A.  W.  DeWitt,  J.  P.  Rose,  A.  V. 
McCarty,  the  evangelist,  James  Ander- 
son, S.  W.  Faudre,  E.  B.  Ware  and 
James  Logan.  Robert  Graham  was 
here  during  the  war  and  a  few  years 
following.  He  preached  in  Santa  Rosa 
and  San  Francisco  and  was  at  the  head 
of  the  public  schools  in  the  former 
city. 

In  the  seventies  we  call  up  J.  H. 
McCollough,  W.  H.  Martin,  Alexander 
Johnston,  J.  Durham,  Hiram  Connell, 
J.  C.  Keith,  J.  M.  Monroe,  T.  P.  Haley. 
J.  W.  Craycroft,  S.  K.  Hallam  and  a 
host  of  splendid  men  who  were  fol- 
lowed later  by  A.  M.  Elston,  H.  G. 
Hartley,  J.  W.  Webb,  Henry  Shadle 
and  then  you  could  run  your  list  into 
the  hundreds.  We  would  require  whole 
articles  to  tell  of  our  educational  work, 
the  Christian  women  of  California  and 
the  C.  W.  B.  M.  These,  with  the  Sun- 
day-school work,  theEndeavorers  and 
our  great  evangelistic  meetings,  would 
be  very  interesting  reading. 

The  struggles  in  the  larger  cities  de- 
(Continued  on  page  899.) 


Charter  Members   of  our  Church  at  Reno,   Nevada,  our    Only  Congregation  from  Salt  I,ake  to  Sacramento. 


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The  Holiness  of  Holidays  By  James  Mudge,  d.  d. 


The  unholy  holiday— spent  in  bru- 
tish pleasures  unrestrained,  a  carnival 
of  riot,  ministering  to  sin,  demoraliz- 
ing, delirious,  degrading— from  which 
one  returns  jaded,  disgusted  and  less 
fitted  every  way  for  the  serious  pur- 
suits of  life — is  perfectly  well  known, 
and  far  too  much  in  evidence  all 
around  us.  Sometimes  an  entire  va- 
cation, through  mismanagement  or  in- 
nate incapacity  and  ineptitude,  will 
harm  instead  of  help.  There  is  no 
need  of  it  of  course.  The  holiday, 
whether  brief  or  prolonged,  is  one  of 
the  divine  arrangements,  and  maybe 
made  to  minister  to  the  solid  good  of 
both  soul  and  body. 

Each  of  these  two  partners  is  aided 
through  the  other.     Not  without  deep 
meaning  is  the  close  connection  in  our 
English  speech  between  holiness  and 
health.     Holy,  whole,  hale  are  one  in 
structure  and  spirit.     God  hath  joined 
them  together,  though  man   too  often 
has   essayed     to   put    them    asunder. 
There  is  a  similar  lesson  in  the  bond 
of  derivation  which  unites  integer  and 
integrity.     Man  is  properly  a  unit,  not 
(except  for  temporary  convenience  of 
examination),  to  be  split  up  into  sepa- 
rate  parts.     Fractional    treatment   of 
him  fails  to  meet  the  vital  necessities 
of  the  case.     Each  fragment  or  section 
of  his  being  is  so  closely,  indissolubly 
linked  with  the  others  that  no  one  can 
be  impaired  without  impairing  all,   no 
one   helped  without  helping  the  rest. 
The    apparent   hiding  of  God's    face 
has  often  come  from  the  derangement 
of  bodily  functions,  and  the  true  pre- 
scription for  many  spiritual  maladies 
would  not  be  more  prayer  but  more  air. 
Cleanliness    is   veritably   a  part   of 
godliness;  he  who  frees  himself  from 
all  filthiness   of  the  flesh  will  find  his 
spirit  in  better  condition.     Moral  and 
physical    purity    are     closely     allied. 
Holiness  is  not  merely  spiritual,  it  per- 
tains to  the  entire  man.  The  most  sub- 
tle and  the  most  transcendent  parts  of 
a  man's  profoundest  life  are  inextrica- 
bly interwoven  with  the  texture  of  his 
muscles,  and  the  very   marrow  of  his 
bones.     He  thinks   well,    loves    well, 
prays  well  because  of  the  red  corpus- 
cles of  his  blood.     If  the  harp  of  his 
nervous  system  is  out  of  tune  how  can 
the  psalm  of  his  days  be  played  other 
than   poorly?     This   has  been  far  too 
much  forgotten.     Only  when  it  is  duly 
remembered  can  it  be  clearly  seen  how 
close   is   the   bearing   on   holiness    of 
heart  held  by  holidays  and  vacations. 
It  is  no  longer  an  open  question  with 
sensible  folks  whether  ministers  and 
other  religious  people  (in  spite  of  the 
incessant   activity  of   Satan)    have   a 
right  to  lay  aside  their  work  for  a  sea- 
son  and  kick  up  their  heels  in  glad 
freedom  from  toil.     They  have  no  right 
not  to  do  so,  provided  circumstances 
at  all  favor  it.     The  greatest  efficiency 
of  their  work  and  the  largest  outcome 
of  their  life  imperatively  demand  it. 


So  much  is  very  certain,  that  such  pe- 
riods of  leisure  furnish  a  keener  test  of 
a  man's  real  character  than  the  times 
when  he  is  busy.  In  the  latter  he  is 
so  hemmed  in  and  bound  about  by 
custom  and  necessity  that  he  has  little 
opportunity  for  entire  freedom  of 
choice,  or  for  showing  what  he  really 
is.  In  the  former  he  has  much  more 
initiative,  and  the  way  he  uses  it 
reveals  quite  plainly  his  comparative 
wisdom  or  foolishness.  Happy  is  he, 
and  also  proved  to  be  well  furnished 
in  the  upper  story,  who  can  plan  a  va- 
cation so  skilfully  as  to  get  out  of  it, 
with  small  cost,  ample  refreshment  for 
body,  mind  and  soul. 

That  holidays  may  be  so  managed 
as  to  augment  holiness,  or  in  other 
words  tend  to  the  enrichment  and 
strengthening  of  character,  no  one  can 
doubt.  The  possibilities  in  this  line 
are  very  great,  and  hence  the  respon- 
sibilities. For  one  thing,  what  a 
chance  they  furnish,  or  should  furnish, 
to  study  God's  works,  and  so  come 
closer  to  the  Creator.  Where  the 
mountains  tower  grand  and  grim, 
where  the  dark  forests  stretch  their 
hospitable  arms,  where  the  dancing 
river  leaps  and  laughs,  where  the 
daisies  and  buttercups  besprinkle  the 
green  fields,  where  the  moonbeams 
chase  each  silver  wave  over  the  blue 
bosom  of  the  unresting  sea,  where  the 
many-twinkling  smile  of  gray  old 
ocean  greets  the  enraptured  gazers, 
let  the  tired  denizen  of  the  fretful  city 
drink  a  full  cup  of  delight.  Let  him 
forget  the  pell-mell  rush  of  the  mad- 
dened crowd,  abjure  newspapers,  if 
not  books,  and  give  himself  up  to  the 
healing  balm  of  trees  and  flowers  and 
birds.  Let  him  look  into  the  heavens, 
and  meditate  on  the  deep  things  of 
God  and   the  soul. 

Over  against  the  vast  multitude  who 
are  so  pestiferously  busy  turning  our 
precious  holy  days  into  harmful  holi- 
days, promoting  Sunday  picnics  and 
ball  games,  would  it  not  be  well  to 
have  a  goodly  band  of  godly  people 
who  should  determine  to  make  all  holi- 
days holy,  should  so  construe  their 
calling  as  to  include  in  it  this  lofty 
and  wholesome  purpose.  There  are 
some  things  which  all  such  will  surely 
not  do  as  they  take  their  annual  vaca- 
tion. They  will  not  leave  behind  them 
their  Bible,  and  its  cognate  literature. 
They  will  rather  make  careful  arrange- 
ment to  fill  up  some  measure  of  the  ar- 
rears in  this  sort  of  reading  which 
have  too  long  accumulated,  and  so  lay 
in  a  stock  of  fruitful  thought  for  the 
more  crowded  days  to  come.  They 
will  not  ignore  the  little  country 
church  or  prayer-meeting  which  they 
might  so  brighten  by  their  presence, 
and  in  helping  be  so  greatly  helped. 
They  will  not  consider  that  because 
they  are  in  loose  attire,  and  have  re- 
laxed the  strain  of  the  usual  pursuits, 
they  can  let  loose  their  appetites  and 


passions  or  forget  the  power  of  their 
influence  and  example.  Many  have 
found,  to  their  bitter  chagrin,  that  in 
the  absence  of  customary  restraint 
their  virtue  has  proved  sadly  flabby, 
and  that  they  have  laid  the  seeds  of 
lasting  regret  by  the  follies  of  their 
summer  indulgence  or  indiscretion. 
One  may  yield  what  is  needful  to  the 
physical  relaxation  made  necessary  by 
extreme  heat  without  yielding  in  the 
smallest  degree  to  the  ever  present 
power  of  the  tempter.  As  a  holiday 
earned  by  hard  work  is  doubly  delight- 
ful, so  one  which  leaves  behind  it, 
as  it  goes,  happy  memories  of  %good 
deeds,  or  ennobling, uplifting  thoughts, 
or  timely  words  spoken  for  Jesus,  is 
trebly  treasured. 

Many  think  they  do  not  need  a  vaca- 
tion. In  the  majority  of  cases  they 
are  mistaken.  The  quality  of  their 
work  is  of  quite  as  much  importance 
as  its  quantity.  It  does  not  do  to  hold 
the  axe  constantly  to  the  grindstone  or 
keep  the  bow  always  bent.  Many  can 
not,  so  they  think,  take  much  of  a  vaca- 
tion. If  it  be  really  so,  and  not  simply 
a  fit  of  misplaced  economy,  let  them  lay 
hold  of  the  little  chances  and  outings 
that  for  a  very  small   sum  are  spread 

WANTED  TO  SLEEP. 

Curious  That    a   Tired   Preacher    Should 
Have  Such  Desire.' 


A  minister  speaks  of  the  curious 
effect  of  Grape-Nuts  food  on  him  and 
how  it  has  relieved  him: 

"You  will  doubtless  understand  how 
the  suffering  with  indigestion  with 
which  I  used  to  be  troubled,  made  my 
work  an  almost  unendurable  burden, 
and  why  it  was  that  after  my  Sabbath 
duties  had  been  performed,  sleep  was 
a  stranger  to  my  pillow  till  nearly 
daylight. 

"I  had  to  be  very  careful  as  to  what 
I  ate,  and  even  with  all  my  care  I  ex- 
perienced poignant  physical  distress 
after  meals,  and  my  food  never  satis- 
fied me. 

"Six  months  have  elapsed  since  I 
began  to  use  Grape-Nuts  food,  and  the 
benefits  I  have  derived  from  it  are 
very  definite.  I  no  longer  suffer  from 
indigestion,  and  I  began  to  improve 
from  the  time  Grape-Nuts  appeared  on 
our  table.  I  find  that  by  eating  a  dish 
of  it  after  my  Sabbath  work  is  done 
(and  I  always  do  so  now)  my  nerves 
are  quieted  and  rest  and  refreshing 
sleep  are  ensured  me.  I  feel  that  I 
could  not  possibly  do  without  Grape- 
Nuts  food,  now  that  I  know  its  value. 
It  is  invariably  on  our  table — we  feel 
that  we  need  it  to  complete  the  meal — 
and  our  children  will  eat  Grape-Nuts 
when  they  cannot  be  persuaded  to 
touch  anything  else."  Name  given 
by  Postum  Co.,  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

There's  a  reason. 

Read  the  famous  little  book,  "The 
Road  to  Wellville,"  in  each  pkg. 


July  13,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


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around  nearly  all  of  us.  And  let  them 
see  if  a  new  apprehension  of  God's 
rich,  ever-present  grace  will  not  yield 
them  so  abundant  a  spiritual  refresh- 
ment and  re-creation  that  the  lack  of 
the  other  opportunities  will  scarcely  be 
missed.  Even  those  most  closely  shut 
in   are  not   debarred  from   a  cheerful 


heart,  and  genuine  freedom  from  care 
is  within  the  reach  of  those  in 
extremely  straitened  circumstances. 
A  prolonged,  and  even  a  permanent, 
holiday  from  all  worry  would  be  in 
very  truth  a  proof,  as  well  as  a  means, 
of  holiness;  and  this  is  at  the  com- 
mand of  everyone. 


Concerning  Baptism  »y  w.  j.  burner 


According  to  Thayer's  New  Testa- 
ment Lexicon,  baptism  "is  a  rite  of 
sacred  immersion,  commanded  by 
Christ,  by  which  men,  confessing  their 
sins  and  professing  their  faith  in 
Christ,  are  born  again  by  the  Holy 
Spirit  into  a  new  life,  come  into  the 
fellowship  of  Christ  and  the  church, 
and  are  made  partakers  of  eternal  sal- 
vation." 

If  anyone  thinks  he  can  improve  this 
definition,  he  is  at  liberty  to  try,  but  I 
decline  the  task. 

As  baptism  is  a  "rite  of  sacred  im- 
mersion," the  word  "immersion"  does 
not  carry  the  full  meaning  of  "bap- 
tism." 

At  the  time  of  baptism  men  are  re- 
pentant. They  confess  their  sins  and 
profess  their  faith.  They  approach 
God  through  Christ  and  trust  Christ 
for  salvation. 

Baptism  has  authority.  It  is  com- 
manded by  Christ.  It  is  fundamen- 
tally Christian. 

The  early  apostles  and  Paul  may 
have  interpreted  it  somewhat  differ- 
ently, as  they  applied  it  to  different 
people  and  set  it  in  relation  to  different 
problems,  but  back  of  all  it  belongs  to 
Christ.  It  is  not  a  mere  form.  Christ 
condemns  mere  forms  in  religion.  It 
is  not  a  legal  condition  of  salvation. 
Christ  deals  with  persons,  not  laws. 
It  is  a  help  to  souls  which  hunger  and 
thirst  after  righteousness.  It  is  a 
means  by  which  men  approach  within 
forgiving  distance  of  the  throne  of 
God.  God  always  forgives  a  man  as 
soon  as  the  man  gets  near  enough. 

Men  are  born  again  by  the  Holy 
Spirit  by  baptism.  Baptism  is  an  in- 
strument of  the  Spirit.  Being  born 
again  is  a  figure  of  speech.  It  has 
given  rise  to  much  theological  fiction. 
It  is  a  pity  that  Protestants  did  not 
reject  a  literal  regeneration  along  with 
transubstantiation.  As  Jesus  used  the 
figure,  a  regenerated  man  was  a  dis- 
ciple; simply  that  and  nothing  more. 
To  use  another  figure,  he  was  a  cruci- 
fied man.  If  a  man  was  not  crucified, 
he  could  not  enter  into  the  Kingdom 
of  God. 

By  baptism  man  entered  into  a  new 
life.  This  new  life  was  a  fact.  It  is 
still  a  fact.  On  the  divine  Tside  of  this 
new  life  is  the  forgiveness  of  sins,  the 
love  of  God  for  an  obedient  son.  On 
the  human  side  there  is  loving  trust, 
"the  fellowship  of  Christ  and  the 
church."  The  baptized  man  partici- 
pated in  the  thought  of  Christ,  looked 
at  the  world  from  Christ's  standpoint, 
did  Christ's  work. 

By  baptism  men  are  made  partakers 


of  eternal  salvation.  Baptism  has  its 
place  in  the  process  of  redemption 
from  the  power  of  sin.  How  large  a 
place  it  had  in  this  process  depended 
on  the  man  himself.  In  the  experience 
of  Paul,  baptism  had  a  large  place. 
It  would  not  do  as  much  for  a  smaller 
soul. 

There  are  many  people  who  have 
been  born  into  a  new  life,  come  into  the 
fellowship  of  Christ  and  the  church, 
and  have  been  made  partakers  of  eter- 
n  il  salvation,  who  have  not  been  bap- 
tized. David  Livingstone  and  John  G. 
Paton  are  examples.  That  these  men 
came  into  the  fellowship  of  Christ  is 
a  fact.  They  are  made  partakers  of 
eternal  salvation  if  eternal  salvation 
can  be  recognized  on  earth.  They 
lived  the  new  life  that  is  distinctively 
Christian.  The  highest  type  of  the 
Christian  religious  character  is  shown 
in  the  lives  of  both. 

From  this  we  conclude  that  the  Holy 
Spirit  is  not  so  poor  in  resources  that 
it  cannot  in  any  case  put  the  Christ- 
life  into  men  without  baptism. 

In  any  case  all  the  good  baptism 
does  is  done  in  man's  soul.  It  is  not 
necessary  to  change  God.  God  is  always 
ready  and  willing  to  forgive.  The 
obstacle  to  forgiveness  is  in  man.  If 
baptism  helps  one  into  clean  desires 
and  holy  thoughts,  into  renunciation, 
consecration  and  devotion,  it  is  unto 
the  remission  of  sins.  Protestants 
in  general  have  no  doctrine  of 
baptism  and  little  use  for  it.  If 
our  doctrine  of  baptism  is  cast  in 
a  legal  mold,  they  will  reject  our 
message.  If  we  can  be  true  to  the 
authority  of  Christ  and  to  the  facts  of 
Christian  life,  remembering  always 
that  baptism  'is  made  for  man  and  not 
man  for  baptism,  we  will  make  our 
calling  and  election  sure.  And  let  us 
not  think  of  ourselves  more  highly 
than  we  ought  to  think.  We  have 
many  members  in  our  churches  who 
were  not  baptized  for  the  remission  of 
sins,  for  their  sins  cling  to  them.  Per- 
haps if  we  could  demonstrate  that 
baptism  is  for  the  remission  of  covet- 
ousness  or  uncharitable  speaking,  our 
message  would  be  more  impressive. 
Baptism  for  the  remission  of  indif- 
ference to  religion  would  make 
Presbyterians  and  Methodists  very 
thoughtful. 

Oar  Early  Days   in   California. 

{Continued  from  page  897.) 

serve  separate  treatment  which  cannot 
be  given  now.  We  have  a  rich  history 
in  church  papers.     At  this  time  we  are 


represented  in  all  the  important  par".; 
of  the  state  and  stand  as  the  second 
Protestant  people.  This  work  was  ac- 
complished, with  God's  favor,  by  our 
own  resources.  Until  recently  we  re- 
ceived no  help  from  the  east.  Xow  we 
have  the  helping  hand  of  the  American 
Christian  Missionary  Society,  the 
C.  W.  B.  M.  and  the  Extension  Fund. 
There  is  hardly  a  church  in  the  north- 
ern part  of  the  state  that  has  not  had 
some  assistance  from  our  state  board. 

The  church  in  Nevada  was  planted 
by  the  writer  backed  by  some  personal 
friends  and  the  California  state  board 
last  October  in  the  city  of  Reno.  It  is 
our  only  congregation  from  Salt  Lake 
City  to  Sacramento.  John  Young  is 
the  minister  and  is  partly  sustained  by 
the  C.  W.  B.  M.  and  the  Santa  Rosa, 
California,  church,  of  which  Peter  Col- 
vin  is  minister. 

Santa  Rosa,  Cat. 

SIRE  TO  SON 

Boy  Can  Sometimes  Learn  From  His 
Father. 


When  you  catch  them  young  enough 
you  can  usually  make  your  sons  profit 
by  your  own  experience. 

Afterwards,  it's  different.  A  lady 
tells  how  her  son  was  made  to  profit 
by  what  his  father  had  learned: 

"My  husband  was  always  fond  of 
coffee,  and  after  his  business  took  him 
frequently  into  a  German  community 
he  drank  it  more,  with  the  result  that 
his  kidneys  became  affected,  and  he 
suffered  greatly  with  pains  and  de- 
spondency, till,  as  he  says,  'coffee 
nearly  killed  me!'  So  he  stopped  us- 
ing it,  and  began  to  drink  Postum 
Coffee.  It  cured  him;  and  in  a  very 
short  time  his  kidneys  resumed  their 
normal  functions,  his  pains  were  al- 
layed, and  the  despondency  which  had 
nearly  driven  him  crazy  ceased  to 
trouble  him. 

"My  little  boy,  a  year  old,  had  suf- 
fered ever  since  he  was  weaned,  from 
stomach  and  bowel  troubles.  He  could 
not  properly  digest  the  milk  he  drank. 
It  passed  out  of  his  bowels  in  hard 
lumps,  sometimes  large  and  again  like 
small  pellets,  frequently  producing 
diarrhoea,  and  then  we  would  have  to 
call  in  the  doctor.  But  the  trouble  re- 
turned, again  and  again. 

"We  used  to  give  him  a  taste  of 
Postum  Coffee  occasionally,  and  as  I 
saw  that  he  relished  it  and  realized 
how  much  good  it  had  done  his  father, 
I  began  to  put  a  little  in  his  bottle  of 
milk.  The  effect  was  so  salutary  that 
I  gradually  increased  the  quantity, 
till  at  last  I  used  only  enough  milk  to 
give  it  color.  He  thrived  wonderfully 
on  it.  He  is  over  two  years  old  now, 
and  his  digestion  is  all  right.  Postum 
has  made  him  uncommonly  large  and 
strong  and  healthy.  I  give  him  a 
bottle  full  four  times  a  day."  Name 
given  by  Postum  Company,  Battle 
Creek,  Mich. 

There's  a  reason. 

Read  the  little  book,  "The  Road  to 
Wellville,"  in  each  pkg. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


July  13,  1905 


With    the   "Christian-Evangelist   Special'* 


Concerning  Points  of  Interest  at 
Colorado  Springs. 

1.  The  First  Christian  church:  Membership, 
750:  seating  capacity,  1,200;  place  where  your 
party  and  the  Christians  of  Colorado  Springs, 
Colorado  City  and  Manitou  will  hold  a  mass 
meeting  and  general  rally  Aug.  11;  Crayton  S. 
Brooks,  minuter. 

2.  The  Seven  Falls,  a  reproduction  of  which 
forms  our  frontispiece,  is  one  of  the  most  beau- 
tiful spots  in  all  the  west.  The  tourist  drives 
up  South  Cheyenne  Canon  over  a  perfect  moun- 
tain road,  always  dustless  and  as  smooth  as  a 
city  boulevard,  past  the  massive  pillars  of  Her- 
cules, winding  around  through  the  deep  gorge 
following  a  clear  mountain  stream,  until  he 
reaches  the  Seven  Falls.  Ascending  a  long 
stairway  right  among  the  falls  one  finds  the 
laborious  ascent  well  worth  while,  for  he  is  re- 
warded with  a  picture  hardly  surpassed  in  the 
world.  Higher  still  is  the  spot  where  Helen 
Hunt  Jackson's  cabin  once  stood,  in  which  she 
wrote  her  poems  and  stories.  Yet  higher  is 
the  place  where  once  her  body  was  buried. 

3.  Pike's  Peak  is  the  historic  landmark  of 
the  Rockies  and  one  of  its  chief  attractions.  It 
was  the  goal  of  the  early  travelers  entering  the 
west  and  is  still  the  central  object  of  interest 
to  all  approaching  this  region. 


St.  Peter's  Dome,  on  the  Short  Line  to  Cripple  Creek. 


for  a  distance  of  forty-five  miles,  has  no  equal 
in  the  world.  The  road  does  not  fallow  the 
bed  of  streams,  but  it  goes  over  the  top  of 
mountains  and  span9    mighty  canon  and  tun- 


Pike's    Peak,   Snow  Clad. 


The  ascent  is  made  by  the  famous  "Cog 
Road,"  a  fine  example  of  modern  enterprise 
and  engineering  skill.  Comfortably  seated  in 
an  observation  car  you  are  pushed  slowly  but 
surely  up  this  wonderful  stairway  of  nine 
miles  until  you  have  passed  up  through  the 
clouds  to  aa  altitude  of  more  than  14,000  feet, 
with  no  exertion  on  your  part.  On  the  west  lie 
the  vast  Cordilleras,  their  snowy  outlines  fret- 
ting the  distant  horizon.  To  the  east  is  the 
limitless  plain.  On  the  north  you  can  see 
Long's  Peak,  Gray's  Peak  and  the  Continent- 
al Divide.  On  the  south  and  southwest  ap- 
pear the  sharp  points  of  the  Spanish  Peaks  and 
the  Sangre  de  Christo  Range  clothed  in  daz- 
zling whiteness.  The  principal  cities  of  the 
state  lie  at  your  feet. 

4.  St.  Peter's  Dome  is  midway  between 
Colorado  Springs  and  the  great  gold  fields  of 
Cripple  Creek,  on  the  scenic  mountain  rail- 
road, the  "Short  Line."  It  is  the  highest 
mountain  in  Colorado  from  which  the  stars 
and  stripes  float  continuously. 

Undoubtedly  the  greatest  scenic  feature  of 
this  wonderful  region  is  a  trip  over  this  tortu- 
ous railway  above  the  clouds.  The  magnifi- 
cent panorama  of  mountain  scenery  presented, 


nels  granite  walls.  The  traveler  reaches  an 
elevation  of  10,000  feet  and  beholds  St.  Peter's 
Dome  towering  far  above,  huge  and  majestic, 
as  if  keeping  guard  over  the  solemn  depths. 


5.  The  Garden  of  the  Gods  is  an  interesting 
resort,  easily  accessible.  Huge  slabs  of  red 
sandstone  which  once  lay  flat  on  the  earth  have 
been  thrown  up  to  a  perpendicular  position  by 
some  volcanic  upheaval,  probably  the  same  one 
that  created  the  Rocky  mountains.  Instead  of 
being  a  "gaiden"  it  rather  looks  as  if  his  Sa- 
tanic Majesty  once  had  his  headquarters  here. 
It  is  certain  that  the  Indians  once  held  their 
councils  of  war  in  this  weird  wilderness.  Here 
also,  strange  to  say,  they  worshiped.  To  en- 
joy the  Garden  one  needs  a  scarlet  imagination 
and  a  good  guide  with  an  eloquent  Irish 
tongue.  Great  slabs  of  red  sandstone,  over 
three  hundred  feet  high  and  fifty  feet  apart, 
form  the  famous  "Gateway"  through  which 
the  tourist  enters  and  "wonderland"  is  before 
him.  Crayton  S.  Brooks. 

Colorado  Springs. 


Our  Delegates. 

Those  traveling  to  the  convention  on  the 
Christian-Evangelist  Special  will  have  a 
delightful  time  about  Colorado  Springs.  While 
we  shall  spend  only  one  day  here  among  the 
marvels  of  nature,  it  will  be  a  time  never  to  be 
forgotten.  Nature  seems  to  have  exhausted  it- 
self in  producing  these  wonders  within  the 
compass  of  a  few  miles  so  that  they  can  all  be 
seen  and  admired  within  a  few  hours. 


Gate- way  to  the  Garden  of  the  Gods,  with  Pike's  Peak  in  the  distance. 


July  13,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-KVANGKLIST 


(,of 


The  Southern   Christian   Institute 


Ripe  conditions  and  taking  advantage  of 
them  with  proper  energy  are  the  two  elements 
that  make  great  enterprises.  In  the  missionary 
work  among  the  negroes  we  find  conditions 
that  are  almost  overripe  and  the  results  all  de- 
pend on  our  taking  advantage  of  them.  The 
period  when  we  need  to  argue  the  demands  of 
this  work  has    passed  by  and  we   need  only  to 


would  be  above  the  hundred  thousand  dollar 
mark.  But  if  we  should  measure  our  respon- 
sibility by  our  peculiar  adaptation  we  would 
most  certainly  head  the  list.  Until  we  are 
willing  to  recognize  these  facts  we  can  not 
claim  much  part  in  this  great  work. 

These  other   missionary    schools  expend    on 
individual   schools  from  three  to  twenty  times 


Boys  of  Southern  Christian  Institute  in  Agricultural  Department. 


know   our    own    opportunities   to  do    a  great 
work. 

The  church  of  Christ  is  peculiarly  situated 
to  do  a  work  for  America  by  doing  missionary 
work  among  the  negroes.  All  the  other 
churches  are  divided  into  northern  and  south- 
ern sections,  or  do  not  have  a  sympathetic  mem- 
bership in  the  south.  Some  of  them,  like  the 
Presbyterians,  are  seeking  a  union  on  account 


as  much  as  we  do  at  the  Southern  Christian  in- 
stitute for  the  same  type  of  work.  The  negro 
Baptists  of  Mississippi  raised  and  expended 
more  to  maintain  their  academy,  a  literary 
school,  than  our  great  brotherhood  has  given 
in  the  past  nine  months  to  the  Southern  Chris- 
tian institute,  an  industrial  school  of  the  type 
of  Hampton  and  Tuskegee. 

From  the  very  nature  of  the  circumstances, 


of  this  work.     They  recognize  that  no  lasting     the  mental  and  industrial  drills  we  could  give 


our  students  were  too  superficial  to  enable 
them  to  become  leaders  as  we  have  desired 
them  to  be. 

However,  in  the  matter   of  development   of 


work  can  be  accomplished  until  this  is  done. 

We  of  en  hear  southern  politicians  ask  that 
the  south  be  let  alone  to  'solve  the  race  prob- 
lem, but  they  know  not  whereof  they  speak. 
The  circumstances  of  the  south  are  such  that 
she  can  not  do  it.  On  the  other  hand,  the 
north  can  not  do  it  alone.  It  demands  a  co- 
operation of  the  Christian  men  and  women  of 
both  sections,  and  it  is  in  no  sense  humiliating 
for  the  south  to  ask  the  aid  of  the  north  in 
things  she  can  not  do. 

The  church  of  Christ  is  not  only  not  divided 
into  north  and  south,  but  what  is  better,  all  the 
members  of  the  south  who  are  otherwise  be- 
lievers in  missionary  efforts  need  not  be  con- 
verted to  the  principle  of  educating  the  negro. 
Here,  then,  is  a  field  that  seems  to  be  peculiar- 
ly laid  out  for  us,  and  by  right  of  eternal  fit- 
ness we  should  move  into  it. 

Our  duty  and  responsibility  in  this  field  can 
be  measured  only  by  our  opportunity  and  its 
needs,  but  perhaps  we  can  comprehend  it  more 
clearly  if  we  make  a  comparison  with  the  ef- 
forts put  forth  by  other  churches.  The  Con- 
gregationalisms expended  last  year  on  the  south- 
ern field,  most  of  which  went  to  the  negro 
work,  $261,000.  The  Presbyterians  raised  for 
negro  work  $183,000.  One  branch  of  the 
Baptist  church  raised  $125,000.  The  M.  E. 
church,  South,  expended  last  year  $34,000, 
but  $25,000  of  this  was  a  special  gift,  which 
leaves  $9,000  as  a  church  contribution.  The 
negro  Baptists  of  Mississippi,  Texas,  Virginia 
l^  A'303™3    expended    last  year  close  on  to     character,    we    believe    our    achievements    are 


The  Southern  Christian  institute  it  the  only 
school  in  the  gulf  states  that  is  manned  with 
white  teachers  that  attempts  the  kind  of  indus- 
trialism begun  by  General  Armstrong  at 
Hampton  institute.  This  is  to  build  up  the 
school  with  student  labor  and  mingle  with  it 
technical  training  in  the  various  industries. 
This  necessitates  running  all  the  year.  The 
immense  advantage  in  it  is  that  the  students 
stay  here  all  the  time  until  they  finish,  and 
their  lives  are  so  impressed  that  their  character-! 
are  superior.  All  the  other  schools, 
manned  by  white  teachers,  close  up  in 
the  summer  time  and  in  these  five 
months  the  students  lose  much  that  they 
have  gained  in  the  session. 

This  is  the  ideal  way  of  doing  this 
work,  but  unless  we  can  greatly  increase 
our  resources  we  can  not  continue  it. 

We  have  an  ideal  tract  of  land  with 
the  most  beautiful  spot  in  Mississippi 
for  a  campus.  We  have  a  people  living 
about  who  have  learned  to  appreciate 
the  work  and  take  pleasure  in  telling  of 
its  merits.  While  our  patronage  has 
never  been  large  and  cumbersome,  it 
has  always  been  as  large  as  we  could 
properly  care  for  and  we  now  have  a 
student  body  which  in  moral  worth  will 
measure  up  to  any  in  the  south.  Every- 
thing is  ready  and  prepared  and  all  we 
need  is  to  rise  to  our  opportunities. 

The  owner  of  a  large  milling  interest 

near  here  pays  $1.50  a  day  for  as  many 

of  our    students    as    he    can   secure    as 

against  75  cents  paid  to  others,  and    he 

cordially    commends    their   character    and    the 

value  of  the  school. 

Colonel  W.  A.  Montgomery  commander 
of  the  second  Mississippi  regiment  in  the 
Spanish  war,  in  a  recent  communication  said, 
"I  give  my  missionary  money  toother  fields  and 
my  prayer  is  that  it  may  do  as  much  good  to 
humanity  and  our  God  as  the  money  that  is  ex- 
pended at  the  Southern  Christian  institute  by 
the  people  of  the  church  of  Christ." 

Col.  Chas.  E.  Hooker,  who  represented  this 
district  for  over  twenty  years  in  congress,  re- 
cently wrote  me  a  most  cordial  letter  highly 
commending  the  work,  and  others  have  sent  us 
like  letters. 

The    pioneer    work    has    been    done.     We 


Class  in  Carpentry. 


$40,000.  The  church  of  Christ  expended  last 
year,  including  all  field  work,  $15,000.  This 
is  entirely  out  of  proportion  when  we  consider 
our  membership   and  the  claims  we  make.     If 


equal  to  the  best  of  these  other  schools.  Our 
young  people  have  won  the  confidence  of  the 
people  wherever  they  have  gone.  Our  urgent 
need  is  that  we  bring  our  facilities  up  so  the 


we   would  measure    our  responsibility   by   the     equipment  of  these  young  people  may  be  equal 
character    and    number    of    membership,    we     to  their  moral  worth 


know  what  we  can  do.  If  we  let  this  go  by 
again  we  can  scarcely  hope  ever  to  accomplish 
anything  in  this  field.  The  negro  church  of 
Christ  will,  in  its  helpless  and  disorganized 
state,  look  us  in  the  face,  a  condemnation, 
mutely  reminding  us  that  we  boast  ourselves  a 
great  people  and  cared  not  for  our  own. 
Edwards,  Miss.  J.  B.  Lehman. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


July  13,  1905 


Report   of  Iowa's   Greatest   Convention 


That  which  has  just  heen  concluded  at  Des 
Moines  was  called  the  jubilee  convention,  but 
this  has  been  criticised  as  hardly  in  accordance 
with  history. 

The  first  attempt  to  organize  in  Iowa  was  at 
Davenport,  in  1818,  when  three  districts  were 
created,  hence  our  state  work  is  really  57  years 
old. 

In  1S53  the  "Iowa  Home  Missionary  Socie- 
ty" was   organized   and   at   Mt.    Pleasant,    in 
-;;.  this  was  reorganized  under  the  name  of 
the  "Iowa  Christian  Missionary  Society." 

At  the  convention  last  year  it  was  decided  to 
hold  a  jubilee  convention  this  year  at  our  Iowa 
Jerusalem,  dating  from  the  Mt.  Pleasant  or- 
ganization. Much  interest  and  enthusiasm 
had  been  created  during  the  year  and  the  re- 
sults fully  justify  the  effort  and  the  little  strain 
of  history. 

It  was  a  great  convention  in  all  respects — in 
numbers,  in  enthusiasm,  in  reports  of  work 
done,  in  spirit  and  especially  was  it  remarkable 
for  the  amount  of  money  raised  and  the  ease 
with  which  it  was  done. 

As  usual,  the  C.  W.  B.  M.  led  the  van  and 
at  such  a  pace  that  it  was  feared  the  brethren 
couldn't  sustain  it.  This  being  the  silver  an- 
niversary of  the  Iowa  C.  W.  B.  M.,  in  a  kind 
of  half  jubilee  spirit  they  employed  an  evan- 
gelist at  the  beginning  of  the  year — J.  M. 
Hoffmann — who  did  excellent  work  in  the  most 
needy  places,  helping  weak  churches  and  aux- 
iliaries, adding  largely  to  the  report  for  the 
year,  raising  funds  for  two  buildings  amount- 
ing to  >2, 724.50  and  making  possible  the  pro- 
vision for  a  C.  W.  B.  M.  hospital  in  India. 

The  keynote  was  sounded  at  a  very  high 
pitch  the  evening  before,  by  the  marriage,  at 
the  Central  church,  of  their  daughter,  as  stated 
in  the  invitations,  Dr.  Ada  McNeill,  the  Cen- 
tral C.  W.  B.  M.  lining  link  in  India,  to  Bro. 
W.  E.  GordoD,  of  India.  Like  everything  the 
Central  does  it  was  in  the  most  complete  and 
admirable  form  and  the  excellent  work  done 
by  both,  in  their  chosen  field,  will  be  greatly 
enhanced  by  this  happy  union  and  the  equip- 
ment later  provided. 

The  large  attendance  from  the  opening  ses- 
sion and  the  presence  of  Mm.  Helen  E.  Moses, 
of  the  national  board,  Mrs.  C.  S.  Willard, 
the  Nebraska  secretary,  H.  G.Wilkinson,  wife 
and  children  and  little  Consuelo,  adopted  in 
Porto  Rico,  Brother  and  Sister  W.  E.  Rambo,  of 
India,  Mrs.  Laura  D.  Garst,  formerly  of  Japan, 
and  the  bride  and  groom,  together  with  the 
fine  reports  of  the  year's  work,  conspired  to 
create  a  growing  enthusiasm  at  each  session. 
The  interest  culminated  at  the  close  of  the  final 
address  by  Dr.  McNeill  Gordon,  in  which  she 
touchingly  set  forth  the  needs  of  the  field  to 
which  she  soon  returns,  in  the  raising  of 
$2,555  for  a  hospital  for  her  at  Mahoba,  India. 

The  enthusiasm  was  great,  but  it  was  feared 
that  the  climax  had  been  reached  in  the  middle 
and  that  no  further  financial  efforts  could  be 
made. 

The  C.  W.  B.  M.  enrollment  stopped  at 
420,  though  many  more  came.  The  I.  C.  C. 
enrolled  610  from  out  of  town  and  probably 
150  to  200  did  not  enroll. 

Most  of  the  city  pulpits  were  filled  by  our 
preachers,  on  Lord's  day.  I.N.  McCash  pre- 
sented his  temperance  work  at  the  University 
church  in  the  evening  and  D.  R.  Dungan  ad- 
dressed a  large  audience  at  the  University  au- 
ditorium, our  other  city  churches  adjourning. 

The  communion  service  was  held  at  the 
large  auditorium  down  town,  a  great  gath- 
ering around  the  table  of  the  Lord,  served  by 
about  60  elders  and  deacons,  with  an  excellent 
sermon  by  D.  R.  Dung2n.  This  communion 
service  has  been  excelled  by  that  at  very  few  of 
our  national  conventions. 


The  Foreign  Society  was  not  directly  repre- 
sented. Brothers  Ranshaw,  Snively  and 
Muckley  spoke  in  the  interests  of  the  Home 
Board,  the  Benevolent  Association  and  Church 
Extension.  The  Bible-school  board  reported  a 
good  year's  work  by  State  Superintendent  J.  H. 
Bryan  and  Evangelist  W.  S.  Johnson  and  out- 
lined a  plan  for  a  great  year's  work  to  come. 
The  chief  interest  centered  in  the  change  of 
policy,  as  suggested  by  the  board — instead  of 
using  the  protracted  meeting  as  its  method  of 
soul-winning,  to  use  its  efforts  for  the  conver- 
sion of  the  boys  and  girls  in  our  schools,  set- 
ting the  standard  at  2,500  souls  for  Christ 
during  the  year.  As  to  finances,  the  boys'  and 
girls'  rally  day  for  America  would  be  used  and 
quarterly  payments  of  ten  cents  asked  where 
this  day  is  not  observed.  Campaigns  for  50 
new  schools,  50  normal  classes  and  225  teach- 
ers' libraries  will,  be  prosecuted.  H.  F.  Da- 
vis of  the  Christian  Publishing  Company  was 
on  for  the  Bible-school  address,  but,  on  ac- 
count of  a  misunderstanding,  did  not  arrive  in 
time.  However,  he  enjoyed  a  day  or  two  of 
the  convention. 

There  was  a  lively  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  session, 
indicating  that  this  important  interest  is  not 
declining.  A  Missouri  man  was  imported  for 
the  Endeavor  address  also,  H.  A.  Denton  of 
Maryville,  and  he  added  materially  to  the  life 
and  interest  of  the  convention. 

We  suppose  that  Missouri  will  also  have  to 
have  credit  for  sending  us  D.  R.  Dungan,  but 
it  must  be  understood  in  the  sense  of  returning 
a  large  loan,  for  it  has  always  been  felt  that 
Brother  Dungan  belonged  in  Iowa  and  Drake 
university,  where  he  will,  in  September,  resume 
his  former  work,  to  the  great  satisfaction  of  a 
host  that  reaches  far  beyond  Iowa's  borders. 
His  four  addresses  and  wise  counsel  were  ap- 
preciated and  his  presence  was  a  benediction, 
heightened  by  the  presence  of  four  of  his  chil- 
dren, but  greatly  saddened  by  the  absence  of 
his  sainted  wife. 

Educational  interests  are  always  prominent 
in  Iowa  conventions,  as  Drake  university  is 
an  important  factor  in  everything.  It  was 
specially  so  this  year  on  account  of  the  "Iowa 
Christian  Education  Society,"  organized  last 
fall,  with  C.  S.  Medbury,  Pres.,  A.  M.  Hag- 
gard and  Mrs.  H.  O.  Breeden,  Vice-presidents, 
and  Mrs,  Laura  D.  Garst,  Sec.  Its  object  is  to 
enlist  the  interest  and  co-operation  of  every 
man  and  woman  in  our  Iowa  brotherhood  in 
the  work  of  Drake  university.  Mrs.  Garst  is  or- 
ganizing university  clubs  in  our  Iowa  churches. 
Fine  reports  were  presented,  but  all  the 
speeches  that  had  been  prepared  were  spoiled 
by  the  great  landslide  of  the  night  before, 
mentioned  below. 

The  following  financial  exhibit  includes, 
in  addition  to  what  was  on  the  books  before 
the  convention,  funds  raised  by  J.  M.  Hoff- 
mann, the  C.  W.  B.  M.  evangelist,  for  two 
church  buildings,  not  at  dedications  but  by 
actual  personal  work,  the  larger  one  not  yet 
dedicated,  and  the  Mahoba  hospital  fund. 
Also  a  supplemental  I.  C.  C.  report,  made  up 
of  a  $3,500  annuity  secured  from  Mrs.  Mary 
Holbrook,  of  Onawa,  and  other  convention  re- 
ceipts, and  the  $560,  offering  at  the  commun- 
ion service;  also  the  Bible  building  fund, 
credited  to  the  I.  C.  C. 

C  w.  b.  M.— Total  national,  and  state  funds, 
$10,747.92,  Tidings  fund,  $739.19,  additional 
silver  year  offering  $2,300.  Mahoba  hospital 
fund,  $2,555,  J.  M.  Hoffmann  church  building 
funds,  $7,724.50,  grand  total  $24,066.61. 

I.  c.  c. — General  fund,  $6,999  59,  annuities 
and  other  sourcs,  $6,727.37,  supplementary  re- 
port, $4,401.22,  Bible  building  fund,  $7,500, 
making  in  all  $49,694.79.     I    have    not    been 


able  to  obtain  the  figures  for  the  Bible-school 
board,  but  they  would  swell  the  grand  total 
considerably  above  $50,000. 

The  I.  C.  C.  reported  10,551  additions, 
(5,359,  of  them  by  confession  and  baptism), 
nine  evangelists  in  the  field  (five  of  them  on 
full  time)  462  churches,  444  church  buildings, 
327  preachers  listed,  280  of  whom  are  in  active 
service.  The  C.  W.  B.  M.  has  159  auxiliaries 
and  3,020  members. 

A  little  time  was  devoted  to  reminiscences, 
by  Allen  Hickey,  D.  R.  Dungan,  J.  Mad 
Williams  and  others,  that  were  thoroughly 
enjoyed. 

Among  the  able  addresses,  not  already  men- 
tioned, Prof.  Clinton  Lockhart  spoke  twice  on 
"Messianic  Prophecy."  J.  C.  Mabry,  a 
Christian  attorney  and  president  of  the  conven- 
tion, gave  an  inspiring  address  on  "What  the 
World  Owes  Christ."  Brothers  Wilkinson, 
Rambo  and  Gordon  and  their  wives  spoke 
most  ably  of  their  work  in  the  foreign  field. 
H.  O.  Breeden,  S.  H.  Zendt,  J.  Mad  Wil- 
liams, T.  R.  Hodkinson  and  others  equally 
well  on  as  many  important  themes,  little  Con- 
suelo sang  in  English  and  in  her  own  tongue, 
and  Brother  Medbury  crowned  the  whole  with 
a  masterly  educational  address,  which  proved 
sufficient  to  encourage  Dean  Haggard  to  under- 
take in  a  doubtful  way  to  make  a  raise  for  the 
Bible  building,  not  daring  to  call  for  the 
$5,000  wanted.  And  the  pledges  came  in  be- 
wildering profusion  in  sums  of  $500  to  $1,000, 
in  the  names  of  fathers,  mothers,  husbands, 
wives,  children,  grandchildren,  great-grand- 
children and  even  mothers-in-law.  Mostly, 
they  were  for  Hobbs,  Dungan,  Van  Meter, 
Mapes,  Vawter,  McConnell  and  other  memorial 
rooms.  So  as  the  first  $10,000  was  General 
Drake's  last  gift  it  will  doubtless  be  called 
Memorial  Hall.  It  was  difficult  to  shut  off  the 
giving  at  midnight  and  it  is  still  growing, 
amounting  at  this  writing  to  $7,500,  and  the 
management  has  enlarged  the  plans  to  $30,000. 
Some  one  proposed  that  a  plow  and  a  rope  be 
provided  and  the  students  would  draw  the  plow 
and  break  ground  for  the  building  at  noon  next 
day.  It  was  done,  Dean  Haggard  holding  the 
plow,  President  Bell  and  Professor  Dungan 
acting  as  wheel  horses,  and  all  students  present 
and  half  the  convention  at  the  rope.  The 
building  will  be  commenced  at  once  and  is  ex- 
pected to  be  ready  for  use  for  the  winter  term. 
This  accomplished,  the  next  thing  will  be  the 
$50,000  to  secure  the  Carnegie  library,  and  the 
first  $1,000  of  that  was  pledged  by  the  class  of 
1904. 

A.  M.  Haggard  insisted  on  being  relieved 
of  the  presidency  of  the  I.  C.  C.  and  J.  Mad 
Williams  was  substituted.  Mrs.  L«u  R. 
Brown  was  made  vice-president  of  the 
C.  W.  B.  M.  to  represent  another  section  of 
the  state,  S.  H.  Zendt,  president  of  the  Bible- 
school  board,  and  D.  R.  Dungan  added  to  it. 
These  were  the  only  important  changes  made. 

Allen  Hickey. 

A  NOTRE  DAME  LADT. 

I  will  send  free,  with  full  instructions,  some 
of  this  simple  preparation  for  the  cure  of  Leu- 
corrhcea,  Ulceration,  Displacements,  Falling 
of  the  Womb,  Scanty  or  Painful  Periods,  Tu- 
mors or  Growths,  Hot  Flashes,  Desire  to  Cry, 
Creeping  feeling  up  the  Spine,  Pain  in  the 
Back  and  all  Female  Troubles,  to  all  sending 
address.  To  mothers  of  suffering  daughters  I 
will  explain  a  Successful  Home  Treatment. 
If  you  decide  to  continue  it  will  only  cost  about 
12  cents  a  week  to  guarantee  a  cure.  Tell  other 
sufferers  of  it,  that  is  all  I  ask.  If  you  are  in- 
terested write  now  and  tell  your  suffering 
friends  of  it.  Address  Mrs.  M.  Summers, 
Box  183,  Notre  Dame.  Ind. 


July  13,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


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Our    Budget. 


— We  have  gone  to  considerable  trouble  and 
expense  in  presenting  to  our  readers  this  week 
some  account  of  our  early  pieneer  work  in  the 
west.  We  made  every  effort  to  find  the  man 
best  acquainted  with  the  conditions  and  finally 
hit  upon  Brother  McHatton,  for  whose  help  we 
are  grateful. 

— Five  more  weeks  until  the  convention, 
and  only  four  until  the  "Christian-Evangelist 
Special"  starts  for  the  Pacific  coast!  On  other 
pages  will  be  found  some  pictures  and  descrip- 
tions of  the  beautiful  scenery  that  will  greet 
our  tourists  as  they  begin  their  journey  across 
the  great  mountain  ranges  of  Colorado. 

— J.  F.  Powers  spoke  at  Centropolis,  Kan., 
July  4. 

— Grand  River  district  convention  is  to  be 
held  at  Pattonsburg,  Mo.,  July  18,  19,  20. 

— Cephas  Shelburne  and  family  are  spend- 
ing the  month  of  July  at  Webster  Lake,  Ind. 

— We  regret  to  hear  that  Brother  Helser,  of 
Fayette,  Mo.,  is  quite  sick  with  typhoid  fever. 

—The  Bible-school  at    Troy,    N.    Y.,    had 
133  pupils  giving  one  dollar  each    and    among 
V       these  were  ten  Chinese. 

— The  Indian  Territory  convention  will  be 
held  at  Weleetka,  July  25,  26,  27,  instead  of  in 
August  as  first  decided  upon. 

— Geo.  E.  Hicks,  pastor  of  the  church  at 
LaPorte,  Ind.,  for  two  and  one  half  years,  has 
resigned,  to  take  effect  August  1. 

— Persons  who  desire  to  visit  the  Holy  Land 
may  hear  something  to  their  advantage  if  they 
will  write  B.  B.  Tyler,  Denver,  Col. 

— Prof.  T.  M.  Burgess  and  wife  have  just 
accepted  positions  in  the  Southern  Christian 
Institute  at  Edwards,  Miss.,  some  account  of 
which  will  be  found  on  another  page. 

— At  Bolivar,  Mo.,  a  new  $1,500  parsonage 
has  just  been  completed.  The  church  has 
given  J.  H.  Jones,  the  pastor,  the  privilege  of 
holding  meetings  during  two  months,  and  any 
church  desiring  his  help  may  write  him. 

— Daniel  Trundle,  who  was  recently  called 
to  the  pastorate  of  the  church  at  Aurora,  Mo., 
has  begun  work,  and  both  minister  and  con- 
gregation seem  to  be  mutually  delighted. 
There  were  two  added  by  letter  at  the  first 
meeting. 

— John  E.  Randall,  of  Kingston,  secretary 
of  the  Jamaica  Christian  Endeavor  Union  and 
since  April  1  our  missionary  under  the 
C.  W.  B.  M.  on  the  island,  has  been  in  at- 
tendance at  the  Baltimore  Christian  Endeavor 
convention. 

— A  correspondent  informs  us  that  the 
Illinois  state  permanent  fund  will  soon  reach 
one  hundred  thousand  dollars.  Illinois  can 
show  us  now  the  real  value  of  the  permanent 
fund.  Missouri  is  making  an  effort  to  get  a 
start  with  twenty  thousand  dollars. 

— The  Central  church,  Indianapolis,  Ind., 
of  which  A.  B.  Philputt  is  pastor,  has  be- 
come a  living  link  in  the  Foreign  Society  and 
will  in  the  future  support  its  own  missionary 
in  the  regions  beyond.  This  is  the  fifth  church 
in  Indiana  to  take  this  advance  step. 

— Prof.  C.  T.  Paul,  of  Hiram,  O.,  has  been 
appointed  a  missionary  to  Nankin,  China,  by 
the  Foreign  Society.  He  will  give  himself  to 
work  in  Drake  Christian  college,  Nankin, 
especially  preparing  young  men  for  the 
ministry  of  the  word  to  their  own  kindred. 

— The  corner-stone  of  the  new  building  at 
Bluemound,  111.,  was  laid  with  Masonic  cere- 
monies on  July  4,  in  the  presence  of  a  large 
crowd.  Benj.  L.  Smith  was  the  chief  speaker 
and  had  a  cordial  reception.  The  work  of 
our  church  in  this  community  gives  promise  of 


making   rapid    progress.     W.    H.    Harding   is 
the  minister. 

— The  receipts  of  the  Foreign  Society  for  the 
first  six  days  of  July  amounted  to  $9,297,  an 
increase  over  the  corresponding  time  last  year 
of  $4,610.  The  tardy  Sunday  schools  should 
make  haste  to  forward  the  children's  day  of- 
ferings to  insure  a  great  gain  for  the  month  of 
July. 

— As  we  go  to  pre*«  comes  a  telegram  ••ent 
from  Mt.  Sterling,  Kv.,  July  10:  "My  precious 
wife  entered  higher  life  eight  o'clock  to-night. 
— W.  A.  Fite  "  We  regret  deeply,  to  hear 
that  Sister  Fite  ha9  not  been  spared  to  her 
home.  She  has  made  a  brave  struggle  and  lanly 
spent  some  time  in  the  southwest  hoping  to  get 
the  benefit  of  the  climate. 


A  Magnificent  Work. 

I  t  am  much  pleased  with 
Gloria  in  Excelsis.  The  mechan- 
ical work  is  attractive  in  every 
way,  while  the  responsive  read- 
ings are  well  chosen,  and  the 
songs  and  music  make  up  the 
best  church  hymnal  by  all  odds  ever 
published  by  the  Disciples.  With- 
in a  few  years  it  will  doubtless 
become  widely  used. 

Yours  truly, 

N.  S.  Haynes. 
Lincoln,  Neb.,  June  28^  1905 . 

Sample  pages,  prices  and  full 
information  concerning  this  su- 
perb hymnal  may  be  had  in  re- 
sponse to  a  postal  card  request 
addressed  to 

Christian  Publishing  Co., 

St.  Louis,  Mo.  I 


— J.  D.  Hart,  pastor  at  Bakersfield,  Cal., 
has  resigned  his  charge,  leaving  it  free  of  all 
indebtedness  and  in  good  shape  to  accomplish 
much  good.  He  will  attend  the  Summer 
School  of  Theology  at  Berkeley  during  July 
and  August  where  he  may  be  addressed  care  of 
the  "General  Delivery."  After  the  national 
convention  he  will  be  open  for  meetings,  or  as 
pastor. 

— Dean  Lhamon  writes  us  that  a  number  of 
good  men,  some  of  whom  have  preached  ac- 
ceptably for  several  years  and  who  have  held 
good  meetings,  desire  to  take  work  in  the  Bible 
college  and  the  university.  Such  men  can  do 
good  work  for  churches  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Columbia  that  are  without  pastors  or  preachers. 
Brother  Lhamon  would  be  glad  to  correspond 
with  such  churches  with  a  view  to  locating 
these  would-be  students. 

—  S.  M.  Perkins  has  resigned  a  five  years 
pastorate  at  Villisca,  la.,  in  order  to  enter  the 
general  evangelistic  field.  Brother  Perkins  has 
been  in  southwest  Iowa  for  ten  or  twelve  years 
and  was  for  three  years  at  the  church  at 
Council  Bluffs.  He  has  held  some  good  meet- 
ings in  the  state  and  will  no  doubt  be  very  use- 
ful in  the  evangelistic  field.  He  can  be  ad- 
dressed at  Villisca,  la. 

— In  reply  to  the  question  of  C.  A.  Calloway 
printed  in  our  Budget  columns  asking  whether 
there  is  any  Disciple  of  Christ  older  than  Sister 
Rebecca  Lowry,  of  Milton,  Ind.,  we  have  a 
note  from  Sister  Hannah  Waddell,  of  Lexing- 
ton, Mo.,  who  says  that  she  was  baptized  by 
Eld.  D.  S.  Burnett,  in  March,  1831,  in  the 
Ohio  river,  Maysville,  Ky.,  being  at  the  time 
14  years  of  age.  Sister  Waddell  adds,  "It  re- 
joices my  soul  in  my  old  age  that  I  gave  my 
heart  to  God  in  my  youth.  I  have  ever  found 
him  a  present  help  in  every  time  of  need."     If 


the  dates  are  correct,  Sister  Waddell  was  bap- 
tized nearly  three  yean  prior  to  the  baptism  of 
Sister  Lowry. 

— A  neat  and  convenient  little  chapel  hat 
just  been  dedicated  at  Lindsay,  I.  T.  It  is  cen- 
trally located  in  a  growing  town  of  some  two 
thousand.  Only  three  hundred  dollars  were 
borrowed  of  the  Church  Extension  Society.  A 
small  amount  had  to  be  raised  to  cover  debt 
exclusive  of  this  loan.  This  was  readily 
done,  also  partially  covering  the  Church  Exten- 
sion money.  L.  B.  Grogan  preaches  at  Lind- 
say two  Lord's  days  each  month  and  has  done 
a  noble  work. 

—We  regret  that  some  names  in  our  last 
issue  were  misplaced.  They  were  those  de- 
scribing men  prominently  identified  with  Ken- 
tucky university.  That  which  was  attributed  to 
Horace  Holly  should  have  been  J.  B.  Bow- 
man; that  attributed  to  J.  D.  Pickett  should 
have  been  Horace  Holly;  that  attributed  to 
J.  B.  Bowman  should  have  been  J.  D. 
Pickett.  Mistakes  of  this  kind  will  occasionally 
occur  where  the  final  proof  is  not  seen  by  the 
editors. 

—The  church  at  Albion,  III.,  of  which  C.  C. 
Garrigues  is  minister,  has  just  held  a  fore- 
fathers' reunion  on  the  spacious  lawn  of  one  of 
its  members.  Pioneers  were  present  represent- 
ing the  early  life  of  the  church  at  West  Village. 
West  Salem,  Marion,  Ellery,  and  Albion, 
Historical  sketches  and  personal  reminiscences 
were  given,  one  of  the  most  interesting  being 
by  Benjamin  P.  Reed,  who  is  now  eighty-five 
years  of  age. 

—A  card  from  Leslie  W.  Morgan  announces 
the  death  of  his  father,  W.  A.  Morgan,  Thurs- 
day evening,  July  6,  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  D.  A. 
Wickizer  at  Bloomfield,  la.  The  funeral  was 
at  the  University  Place  church,  Des  Moines, 
on  the  following  Saturday.  Brother  Morgan 
has  just  recently  returned  from  his  work  in 
England  for  a  short  visit.  The  sympathy  of 
very  many  friends  will  go  out  to  him  and  his 
family  at  this  time.  An  obituary  notice  will 
appear  later. 

—A  great  meeting  is  in  progress  at  Marion, 
Ind.,  where  W.  S.  Buchanan  is  pastor.  He 
has  entered  into  the  evangelistic  work  with 
fervor  and  intelligent  zeal.  R.  H.  Fife,  T.  G. 
Legg  and  others  are  the  evangelists  and  tents 
are  being  used.  We  hope  to  give  more  de- 
tailed particulars  in  a  subsequent  issue.  Both 
the  Tabernacle  and  the  Central  church  are 
working  together  in  beautiful  harmony.  The 
Central  now  has  as  pastor  Merritt  Owen,  who 
has  been  there  over  two  weeks. 

— And  now  President  Roosevelt  is  turning 
his  attention  to  the  red  tape  in  the  government 
business.  He  has  appointed  a  committee  to 
thoroughly  investigate  the  methods  of  doing 
business  in  the  different  departments  of  the 
government  with  a  view  of  cutting  off  useless 
custom,  no  matter  how  long  established,  and 
bringing  out  the  most  efficient  methods.  Of 
course  the  "circumlocution  office"  will  protest 
against  these  innovations,  but  vainly,  we  im- 
agine, as  against  the  determination  of  the 
President  who  believes  in  "doing  things." 

—We  regret  to  learn  of  the  death  of  Caleb 
Edwards,  who  preached  for  the  church  in  Pay- 
son,  III.,  for  sixteen  years.  Brother  Edwards 
had  attended  prayer-meeting  at  the  Quincy 
church  last  Wednesday  evening  and  had  made 
a  good  talk  and  an  earnest  prayer.  On  Thurs- 
day morning  he  attended  to  some  business  in 
the  town  and  was  walking  toward  the  home  of 
his  brother,  T.  H.  Edwards,  when  he  fell 
dead  on  the  street.  Not  an  hour  before  his 
death  he  remarked  to  a  friend  that  he  felt  quite 
well]and  strong  for  a  man  of  seventy-four  years 
of  age. 

— S.  M.  Crutcher  writes  us  that  Eminence, 
Ky.,  where  more  than  twenty  years  ago  he 
spent  six  years  preaching  to  the  church  and 
fighting  the  liquor  traffic,  has  "gone  dry"  and 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


July  13,  1905 


the  anti  saloon  voters  declare  that  ten  thousand 
dollars  will  be  raised,  if  necessary,  to  enforce 
the  law.  Brother  Crutcher  adds,  "As  for  the 
part  I  took  in  it,  I  feel  tempted  to  say  like  old 
Simeon,  'Now,  Lord,  let  thy  servant  depart  in 
peace,  for  my  eyes  have  seen  thy  salvation.'  " 
Eminence  was  the  early  home  of  Dr.  W.  T. 
Moore,  and  the  assistant  editor  of  this  paper 
ha«  waded  its  creeks  after  craw-fish  and  shot 
shite-pokes  in  the  days  gone  by. 

— The  fourth  anniversary  of  W.  M.  Groves 
•f  Petersburg,  III.,  has  just  been  celebrated 
with  an  annual  roll  call  and  basket  dinner. 
Of  course  it  was  a  delightful  occasion.  G.  L. 
Sniveley  was  present  and  preached  for  the 
brethren.  Brother  Groves  made  a  humorous 
speech  in  which  he  told  them  that  his  ministry 
with  them  had  been  merely  probationary,  that 
probably  after  four  more  years  of  preliminary 
service  he  might  be  ready  to  settle  down  and 
stay.  Col.  J.  W.  Judy,  who  is  known  all  over 
Illinois,  gave  a  delightful  reminiscent  talk.  It 
was  some  30  years  ago  that  Col.  Judy  hired  a 
big  tent  and  invited  D.  R.  Lucas  to  go  to  Pe- 
tersburg, out  of  which  meeting  has  grown  the 
present  church,  which  is  the  strongest  in  all 
that  locality. 

—  Kentucky  university  is  sending  out  several 
missionaries  to  the  foreign  field.  J.  C.  Ogden 
and  wife,  of  Carlisle,  Ky.,  will  go  to  Tibet. 
Brother  Ogden  has  been  in  the  university  for 
several  years.  He  received  his  A.  B.  from  the 
College  of  Arts  last  year  and  a  classical 
diploma  from  the  College  of  the  Bible  this 
year.  He  has  been  a  good  student  and  is  well 
prepared  for  his  work.  Mrs.  Ogden  has 
studied  in  the  College  of  the  Bible  for  a  year 
or  two  in  preparation  for  her  missionary  labors. 
Prior  to  her  marriage  she  was  a  teacher. 
A.  F.  Hensey,  who  will  sail  for  Africa  this 
fall  to  join  R.  R.  Eldred,  who  went  to  the 
dark  continent  three  years  ago  from  the  College 
of  the  Bible,  was  the  first  honor  student  in  this 
year's  class.  He  is  a  good  preacher  and  a 
strong  man.  Besides  these  there  are  several 
volunteers  now  in  the  university  who  will  go 
to  the  foreign  field  as  soon  as  they  finish  their 
respective  courses. 

— We  have  received  some  details  of  the  loss 
which  C.  M.  Hughes  recently  sustained  by 
fire.  Brother  Hughes  is  a  singing  evangelist 
and  assistant  pastor,  and  on  the  advice  of  a 
physician  gave  up  his  work  about  a  year  ago  and 
moved  to  the  country  in  order  to  try  and  regain 
his  health.  He  had  been  looking  forward  to 
removing  to  Lexington  so  that  his  children 
could  re  enter  school  and  he  could  again  take 
up  evangelistic  work.  Through  the  fire  he 
has  lost  nearly  everything  he  possessed;  that 
which  will  affect  him  most,  probably,  being  his 
entire  stereopticon  outfit  and  song  books.  He 
asks  for  the  prayers  and  sympathy  of  friends. 
His  mother,  who  is  in  a  very  feeble  'condition, 
contracted  a  cold  when  compelled  to  go  into 
the  night  air,  by  the  fire,  and  is  not  expected  to 
survive  long.  Possibly  some  one  who  has  a 
stereopticon  outfit  not  at  present  in  use  might 
make  a  loan  of  it  for  a  while  to  Brother  Hughes 
who  can  be  found  at  Muir,  Ky.,  and  other 
sympathizers  will  doubtless  desire  to  help  our 
brother  in  this  time  of  trouble. 

— The  sympathy  of  the  staff  and  the  readers 
of  the  Christian-Evasgjlist  go  out  to  Bro. 
A.  W.  Kokendoffer,  pastor  of  the  Christian 
church  at  Mexico,  Mo.,  on  the  sudden  loss  of 
his  wife.  Brother  and  Sister  Kokendoffer  were 
to  go  on  the  "Christian-Evangelist  Special" 
to  California  and  were  looking  forward  to  this 
visit  with  the  keenest  pleasure.  Although  Mrs. 
Kokendoffer  had  been  in  poor  health  for  the 
last  ten  years  the  illness  that  carried  her  off  only 
lasted  three  days.  She  was  seized  with  a  sud- 
den attack  of  cholera  morbus  while  at  the 
Ringo  hotel  in  the  town  where  she  lived  and 
at  no  time  was  she  well  enough  to  be  moved  to 
her  home.     She  was  born  in  Crittenden,  Grant 


Co.,  Ky.,  her  father  being  T.  G.  Allen,  one 
of  the  best  known  of  our  preachers  in  that  state. 
Her  marriage  with  Brother  Kokendoffer  oc- 
curred in  1S90  and  a  year  later  they  moved  to 
Missouri,  locating  in  Kansas  City.  For  some- 
thing over  four  years  they  have  been  at  the 
head  of  the  work  in  Mexico,  Mo.,  where  they 
are  beloved  by  all.  She  was  a  woman  who 
accomplished  a  great  deal  and  yet  always  was 
able  to  hold  herself  in  reserve.  It  is  thus  that 
she  was  able  to  go  through  the  years  doing  the 
work  committed  to  her.  Funeral  services  were 
conducted  by  A.  A.  Wallace,  pastor  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  at  Mexico,  assisted  by 
M.  A.  Hart  and  E.  M.  Smith,  our  preachers 
at  Fulton  and  Centralis,  Mr.  Truex,  pastor  of 
the  Methodist  church,  and  Brother  Headington 
of  the  Christian  church.  The  interment  took 
place  at  Jefferson,  Ind. 


E.  L.  Powell  on  "The  Holy  Spirit." 

I  have  read  with  much  pleasure  and  genuine 
interest  the  greater  portion  of  Dr.  Garrison's 
book  on  "The  Holy  Spirit."  The  book  is 
thoroughly  readable,  and  this  is  saying  much 
for  a  work  which  deals  with  a  subject  con- 
fessedly difficult  and  one  so  intimately  associ- 
ated with  theological  speculations.  Dr.  Garri- 
son, however,  makes  himself  understood  and 
that  in  very  simple  and  delightful  English. 
The  book  reveals  spiritual  insight  and  the  grasp 
of  spiritual  principles  which  when  applied  to 
the  study  of  the  Holy  Spirit  make  clear  and 
bright  many  scriptural  references  that  the 
merely  logical  understanding  cannot  explain. 
His  treatment  of  the  great  subject  is  vital. 
There  is  no  mechanical  note  in  it.  The  Spir- 
it's work  is  no  arbitrary  performance  either  in 
inspiration  or  conversion  or    in  his  relation  to 


A    Gronp  ol 


— W.  M.  Taylor,  who  has  started  in  work 
among  the  Spanish  speaking  peoples  of  the 
southwest,  writes  that  it  is  a  great  field,  for 
there  are  at  least  one  and  one-half  millions  of 
Mexicans  in  the  United  States  not  being  evan- 
gelized by  us.  Our  Home  Board  has  been  doing 
some  work  among  them  for  several  years  on  a 
small  scale,  but  with  some  one  directly  in 
charge  of  this  particular  field  it  ought  to  be 
largely  developed  and  for  this  purpose  native 
help  must  be  secured  to  give  permanence  and 
character  to  anything  we  may  achieve;  young 
men  must  be  educated  and  trained  to  lead  the 
Mexican  churches.  Some  kind  of  school  or 
college  in  the  southwest,  say  in  San  Antonio, 
which  is  the  gateway  to  Mexico,  where  a  corps 
of  workers  could  be  prepared  for  an  invasion 
of  Mexico  and  South  America  with  the  gospel, 
ought  not  only  to  be  feasible,  but  is  absolutely 
desirable.  $10,000  for  this  work  is  needed  now. 
Brother  Taylor  canbeaddresed  at  San  Antonio, 
Tex.,  P.O.  Box  204. 

0  © 

To  the   Disciples  of  Christ    in  Indian 

Territory. 

At  the  last  meeting  of  the  board  the  time  of 
the  Weleetka  convention  was  very  wisely 
changed  to  July  25,  26  and  27.  By  not  con- 
flicting with  the  national  convention  we  are 
enabled  to  secure  prominent  speakers,  as  well 
as  give  our  own  people  a  chance  to  go  to  San 
Francisco.  Weleetka  convention  will  be  the 
best  yet.  We  are  in  the  midst  of  the  greatest 
year  in  the  history  of  our  work.  The  people 
of  the  beautiful  little  city  on  the  Canadian  are 
anxious  to  entertain  you.  Drop  me  a  card  now 
and  say  you  are  coming. 

F.  Hooker  Groom,  Rec.  Sec'y. 
Weleetka,!.  T. 


the  Christian,  but  always  in  strict  accord  with 
the  constitution  of  the  spiritual  nature  of  man. 
These  lines  are  written  more  in  the  nature  of 
an  appreciation  than  a  review,  and  my  purpose, 
therefore,  is  merely  to  commend  the  book.  It 
ought  to  prove  a  most  helpful  contribution  to 
the  spiritual  life  of  hundreds  as  well  as  a  fine 
mental  tonic  to  the  student  of  great  Bible  ques- 
tions. It  there  be  any  lack  of  orthodoxy  it  would 
seem  that  this  defect  is  decidedly  to  the  advantage 
of  truth..  Some  of  the  old  views  denominated 
orthodox  are  too  suggestive  of  the  grammar  and 
dictionary — too  wooden  or  metallic — to  be  ac- 
cepted as  even  remotely  connected  with  so 
spiritual  a  theme  as  the  Holy  Spirit.  I  do  not 
believe  that  Dr.  Garrison  has  done  any  better 
work  than  in  this  latest  book  he  has  given  us  — 
interesting,  suggestive,  helpful,  charmingly 
simple  and  inspiring.  E.  L.  Powell. 

/  @         ®  \ 

A  Call  to  Our  Men  from  the  Business 

Hen's  Association  of  the  Christian 

Church. 

Brethren: — The  next  national  convention 
of  the  Disciples  of  Christ  will  be  held  in  San 
Francisco,  California,  August  14  28,  1905. 

We  notice  from  various  advertisements,  very 
attractive  rates  and  routes  to  and  from  the  con- 
vention, and  it  occurs  to  us  that,  coming  as  it 
does  during  the  dull  summer  months,  our 
brethren  can  well  afford  the  time  for  making 
this  journey  across  the  continent  to  the  Golden 
Gate.  We  therefore  urge  upon  our  brethren 
the  importance  of  taking  advantage  of  this 
most  excellent  opportunity  to  visit  the  western 
coasts    of   our  beloved  land,  and  at  the  same 


July  13,  1905 


THE   CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


905 


time,  be  in  attendance  at  what  promises  to  be 
one  of  our  greatest  conventions. 

Our  conventions  in  years  gone  by  have  been 
attended  by  large  numbers  of  our  preachers  and 
many  of  our  good  women,  who  sought  and  ob- 
tained the  inspiration  always  present  at  such 
gatherings;  but  there  has  been  a  lack  of  inter- 
est in  these  conventions  by  our  business  men. 
We  hope  to  remedy  this,  and  in  future  years 
we  confidently  expect  to  see  larger  numbers  of 
our  brethren  present,  many  of  whom  may  have 
never  attended  one  of  our  conventions  before. 

The  Lord's  business  is  of  more  importance 
than  any  other  business  on  the  earth,  and  he 
committed  it,  not  only  to  his  devoted  women 
and  his  faithful  ministers,  but  also  to  all  other 
men  who  have  enlisted  under  his  banner.  We 
call  upon  all  those  who  are  faithful  and  true 
to  their  Lord,  and  who  can  possibly  spare  the 


to  Portland  and  east  through  a  most  delightful 
country. 

If  you  have  not  registered,  send  your  name  at 
once.  Buy  your  ticket  at  your  home  office  for 
the  round  trip  and  get  your  sleeping  berth  and 
meal  tickets  by  writing  to  me  at  once. 

Christian-Evangelist  Spbcial, 

Per  G.  A.  Hoffmann. 

«  $ 

The  Campaign  for  Two  Thousand 
Contributors. 

On  June  1  the  Church  Extension  Board  be- 
gan a  campaign  for  a  list  of  two  thousand 
churches  that  would  promise  to  take  the  annual 
offering,  this  list  to  be  reported  as  a  part  of  the 
annual  report  of  the  board  at  the  San  Francisco 
convention. 

On  July  5,  387    churches  had    promised    to 


^a's    Greatest  Convention. 

time  and  bear  the  expense,  to  meet  with  us  at 
our  next  national  convention  at  the  time  and 
place  above  mentioned. 

You  will  notice  that  our  association  has  a 
place  on  the  program  Wednesday  afternoon 
and  evening,  August  23,  and  we  especially  de- 
sire a  large  attendance  of  our  business  men  at 
these  two  sessions.  W.  Davihss  Pittman, 
Corresponding  secretary  of  the  Business  Men's 
Association  of  the  Christian  Church. 


The  Christian-Evangelist  Special. 

Will  leave  St.  Louis  over  the  Burlington 
route  at  9  P.  m.,  August  9.  At  Denver  we 
stop  four  hours  and  will  take  breakfast  with 
the  ladies'  aid  of  the  Central  church,  after  tak- 
ing a  four  hours'  tallyho  ride  over  the  city  we 
go  to  Colorado  Springs  where  we  will  spend 
a  day.  Here  you  can  visit  the  Garden  of  the 
Gods,  the  Seven  Falls,  the  top  of  Pike's  Peak 
•r  take  a  trip  over  to  Cripple  Creek  which  is 
the  m«st  wonderful  mountain  railroad  trip  in 
the  world.  From  here  we  take  the  Midland  and 
stop  four  hours  at  Glenwood  Springs,  the  cen- 
ter of  President  Roosevelt's  recent  hunting  trip. 
At  Salt  Lake  City  we  spend  the  Lord's  day 
with  Brother  T.  W.  Pinkerton  and  his  good 
people.  Then  we  take  the  new  San  Pedro 
R.  R.  to  San  Bernardino,  Riverside  and  Los 
Angeles,  the  orange  country  of  southen  Cali- 
fornia. This  is  one  of  the  most  delightful 
spots  of  the  world.  After  two  days  here  we 
take  a  day  train  on  the  Coast  line  on  the  South- 
ern Pacific  for  San  Francisco.  Here  we  take  in 
the  national  convention  at  the  Golden  Gate. 
After  this  we  continue  on  the  Southern  Pacific 


take  the  offering.  This  is  only  one-fourth  of 
what  we  hope  to  get.  By  the  list  it  will  be 
seen  that  Ohio  leads  all  the  other  states  with 
53  promised  churches.  Illinois  holds  second 
place  and  Indiana  third. 

It  is  hoped  that  our  preachers  will  secure 
these  promises  early  b  cause  the  time  is  so 
short.  Be  sure  to  put  a  one  cent  stamp  on  the 
mailing  card  ordering  supplies. 

Alabama 8     Manitoba 1 

Arkansas 4     Montana.... 2 

Arizona Nebraska 14 

California 20     New  Jersey 1 

Colorado 6     New  Mexico 1 

Connecticut 1     New  York 13 

Dist.  Columbia....     1     North  Carolina 1 

Florida 1     North  Dakota 2 

Georgia 7     Ohio 53 

Idaho 1     Oklahoma 7 

Indian  Territory...     3     Oregon „ 7 

Illinois 52     Pennsylvania 10 

Indiana 43     South  Carolina 1 

Iowa 13     South  Dakota  3 

Kansas ,  29    Tennessee 5 

Kentucky 22     Texas 24 

Louisiana 5     Utah, 

Maine  Virginia 5 

Maryland 1     Vermont 

Massachusetts 2     Washington 10 

Michigan 13     West  Virginia 6 

Minnesota 9    Wisconsin 3 

Mississippi 1     Wyoming 

Missouri 37 

Send  all  promises  to — 

G.  W.  Muckley,  Cor.  Sec'y. 
600  Water  Works  Bldg.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Reno,  Nevada. 

The  combined  territory  of  Kentueky",  Ohio, 
and  Indiana,  with    the   sign    "rooms   to   let" 


could  be  placed  within  the  barders  of  Nevada, 
yet  it  hat  less  than  100,000  population.  Mine* 
of  fabulous  wealth  are  being  opened  up  daily, 
250,000  acres  of  land  are  now  beiog  placed 
under  irrigation  by  the  United  States  govern- 
ment, and  people  are  coming  here  by  the 
thousands. 

How  infinite  are  our  opportunities!  How 
small  from  a  human  standpoint  are  our  re- 
sources to  meet  these  opportunities'  Only  one 
small  organization  of  fony-four  members,  with- 
out lot,  house  and  money,  is  all  the  leaven,  in 
great  Nevada  to  work  for  the  New  Teitament 
church  and  the  creed  that  needs  no  revision. 

Most  wisely  this,  our  first  organization  in 
the  state,  was  effected  in  Reno  by  Evangelist 
R.  L  McHatton  of  Santa  Rosa,  Cal.  Reno 
is  the  only  city  ot  any  size  from  Ogden,  Utah, 
to  Sacramento,  Cal..  a  distance  of  725  miles. 
It  has  doubled  in  population  in 
the  last  four  years,  and  now 
numbers  11,000  It  is  the  nat- 
ural, logical,  commercial,  educa- 
tional center,  the  Denver  of  Ne- 
vada. 

We  must  make  Reno  Nevada's 
Jerusalem  from  which  we  must  go 
everywhere  preaching  the  word. 

Carson  City,  the  capital,  Vir- 
ginia City,  Tonopah  and  Gold- 
field  should  be  booming  not  only 
with  material  riches  but  with  the 
true  riches  in  Christ  Jesus. 

Our  national  C.  W.  B.  M  and 
the  Santa  Rosa  (Cal. J  church 
make  possible  my  support  in 
Reno.  Our  crying  need  is  a  lot. 
Real  estate  like  the  altitude  here, 
is  high.  A  suitable  lot  will  cost 
$1,000  plus,  and  doubtless  the 
greater  of  these  is  the  plus. 

Our  Church  Extension  Board, 
recognizing  the  importance  of  this 
missionary  point,  is  about  to  do 
the  unuiual,  and  negotiations  are 
pending  looking  to  the  purchase 
of  a  central  lot. 

But  we  must  pay  for  the  lot 
before  we  can  build.  Will  not  a  rich  brother- 
hood come  to  our  assistance  and  make  it  pos- 
sible for  us  to  own  our  lot  soon,  so  that  we 
can  build  and  move  out  of  our  upper  room  and 
reach  more  people  with  the  word  of  life? 

Will  you  not  send  me  the  names  and  ad- 
dresses of  your  friends  in  Reno  so  that  we  may 
enlist  them  to  escape  the  fate  of  Meroz?  Will 
you  not  lay  up  for  yourselves  treasures  in  heav- 
en by  seiiding  toC.  G  Dsgman,  our  treasurer, 
an  offering  commensurate  with  your  ability  and 
our  need?  Will  you  not  do  this  now,  that  Ne- 
vada's rivers  and  reservoirs,  mines,  mills  and 
mountains,  her  large  hearted,  prosperous  citi- 
zenship may  no  longer  pay  tribute  to  the 
prince  of  darkness  but  unto  Christ  our  king? 

John  Young. 


Ministerial  Exchange. 

The  church  at  Buffalo,  Mo.,  needs  a 
preacher  who  is  a  good  worker  and  needs  him 
at  once.     Address  Wm.  A.  Coy,  clerk. 

C.  R.  L.  Vawter,  1115  S.  West  St.,  Indian- 
apolis, Ind.,  can  be  had  at  once  for  a  meeting 
on  the  free  will  offering  plan. 

J.  K.  Ballou,  1202  Jackson  St.,  Sioux  City, 
la.,  knows  a  preacher  of  ability  and  a  college 
man  who  will  supply  for  the  summer. 

A  preacher  who  v.  M»  live  on  a  salary  of  $S00 
is  wanted  by  the  t.iurch  at  LaPorte,  Ind. 
Write  Fred  R.  Liddell. 

G.  F.  Assiter,  Parkersburg,  W.  Va.,  will 
be  glad  to  supply  at  some  good  church  where 
he  can  at  the  same  time  enjoy  a  couple  of  weeks 
of  change.  His  vacation  can  be  taken  in  July 
or  August. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


July  13,  1905 


NEWS    FROM    MANY   FIELDS 


Illinois  Notes. 

After  a  busy  trip,  lasting  a  month,  among 
the  good  people  of  southern  Illinois,  I  returned 
home  to  rest  a  day  or  two.  However  hospitable 
and  kind  the  people,  the  best  of  a  trip  is  the 
homecoming,  even  if  it  be  only  to  our  two 
little  rooms.  The  good  wife  patiently  waits 
with  a  most  royal  welcome.  Indeed,  I  think 
hers  the  larger  offering,  in  this  service  for  the 
Master. 

The  teachers  and  students  have  finished 
the  work  of  a  most  delightful  and  successful 
college  session.  The  sixteen  young  people  who 
completed  their  classical  courses  of  study  con- 
stitute a  noble  band  of  which  any  institution 
might  feel  justly  proud.  Indeed  it  is  a  choice 
class  of  young  people  who  come  to  Eureka  col- 
lege. There  is  an  exception  occasionally,  who 
finds  the  refining  and  ennobling  influences  of 
•ur  college  life  not  in  harmony  with  his  tastes. 
He  soon  leaves,  or  reconstructs  his  tastes.  It 
is  too  early  to  predict  much  concerning  the 
attendance  next  fall,  but  there  is  certainly  a 
growing  interest  throughout  our  state  in  behalf 
•f  true  higher  Christian  education.  Particularly 
does  this  seem  to  be  true  in  southern  Illinois. 
The  many  young  men  and  women,  too,  who 
have  attended  Eureka  college  from  that  part  of 
the  state  have  shown  what  can  be  done  by 
proper  training.  The  distance  amounts  to  only 
a  very  few  dollars  and  at  once  puts  the  young 
people  in  the  best  Christian  environment,  under 
teachers  of  large  experience  and  among  fellow- 
students  who  are  to  be  the  leaders  of  their- 
generation.  There  are  a  great  many  young 
people  in  southern  Illinois  who  could  become 
great  leaders  with  the  proper  training.  Doubt- 
less many  of  them  will  have  the  enterprise  to 
make  the  effort  although  there  be  a  struggle 
with  poverty. 

The  church  at  Hamilton,  III.,  is  a  young 
church,  with  a  good  house  and  a  splendid 
class  of  people.  This  is  the  home  of  our 
venerable  J.  Carroll  Stark  and  formerly  of 
H.  R.  Trickett.  Brother  Stark  still  lives  here, 
deeply  interested  in  the  Lord's  work  and  loyal 
and  helpful  to  the  regular  minister.  K.  C. 
Ventress  closed  a  useful  pastorate  here  last 
fall,  and  this  spring  H.  G.  Waggoner  re- 
turned to  Illinois  and  began  preaching  for  the 
church.  Both  he  and  Ventress  are  graduates 
of  Eureka  college  and  are  devoting  useful  lives 
to  the  kingdom  of  God.  H.  G.  is  my  youngest 
son  in  whose  good  work  I  greatly  delight.  It 
is  a  great  mystery  to  me  how  parents  can  dis- 
suade their  sons  from  the  ministry,  why  they 
should  choose  for  them  the  service  of  mammon 
rather  than  the  service  of  the  most  high  God. 
After  many  years  of  varied  experiences  as  a  min- 
ister, in  constant  touch  with  business  men  and 
preachers,  personally,  without  question,  had  I 
a  hundred  lives  to  live,  they  would  all  be  de- 
voted to  the  ministry  of  the  gospel. 

The  church  at  Dallas  City  is  prospering 
under  the  devoted  ministry  of  C.  L  McKim. 
A  new  parsonage  was  built  last  summer  beside 
the  church,  and  other  signs  of  prosperity  are 
manifest.  I  heard  only  good  words  about  the 
pastor  and  his  amiable  wife. 

The  third  missionary  district  has  just  closed 
its  annual  convention  at  Dallas.  It  was  enter- 
tained royally.  The  attendance  was  good,  but 
considering  the  great  territory  covered  and  the 
large  number  of  churches,  there  ought  to  have 
been  more  present.  There  are  118  churches  in 
the  district  with  42  preachers  giving  their  entire 
time  to  the  ministry,  exactly  half  the  churches 
have  no  regular  preaching.  If  it  were  not  for 
the  untiring  loyalty  to  Christ  and  to  his  author- 
ity and  ordinances  we  would    soon    lose  many 


churches  because  we  have  so  few  preachers.  If 
we  do  not  help  our  colleges  to  prepare  more 
men,  and  that  soon,  we  must  severely  suffer. 
Our  women  doubtless  have  a  very  large  pro- 
portion of  the  piety  of  the  churches,  but  in  this 
very  third  district,  suffering  as  it  is  for  more 
ministers,  I  heard  two  mothers,  intelligent  and 
active  in  church  work,  say  they  did  not  want 
their  sons  to  enter  the  ministry.  I  fear  that  we 
preachers  talk  too  much  about  our  hardships 
and  too  little  about  the  abounding  joy  and 
lasting  pleasures  of  the  Master's  service. 

The  church  at  Adrian  is  25  years  old,  has 
75  members,  and  a  good  Sunday-school  of  75. 
Bro.  S.  G.  Buckner,  a  most  promising  young 
man  and  son  of  G.  W.  Buckner,  of  Macomb, 
is  pastor.  It  is  a  fine  field  and  we  expect  to  hear 
good  results  from  church  and  people. 

The  church  at  Carthage  is  one  of  the  strong- 
est of  western  Illinois.  They  have  recently 
engaged  G.  W.  Buckner  to  become  their  pas- 
tor. The  splendid  house  of  worship,  which 
the  writer  had  the  honor  to  assist  in  dedicating 
some  sixteen  years  ago,  is  still  ample  for  the 
use  of  the  large  congregation.  This  is  the 
home  of  Miss  Lura  V.  Thompson,  who  ably 
represents  the  C.  W.  B.  M.  as  state  organizer 
and  secretary.  It  is  here  also  that  C.  J.  Scofield, 
the  eminent  jurist  and  author,  lives.  He  is  as 
truly  Christian  and  as  able  a  minister  as  he  is 
a  jurist  or  author  and  adds  great  strength  to 
the  church  by  his  service  and  wisdom. T*-^^! 

Girard  is  one  of  our  strong  churches,  with 
all  the  usual  auxiliaries  in  a  prosperous  condi- 
tion, it  has  an  unusual  number  of  men  of 
ability  to  manage  its  business  and  to  give  tone 
and  character  to  its  work.  Its  house  is  modern 
and  elegant.  We  have  had  some  fine  students 
in  Eureka  college  from  Girard — J.  P.  Mc- 
Knight  among  them,  who  is  about  to  dedicate 
a  new  church  in  Los  Angeles,  Cal.  His  wife 
was  also  from  Girard,  the  daughter  of  our  good 
friend  of  other  years,  J.  D.  Metcalf.  J.  Wind- 
bigler  is  the  able  minister. 

At  Virden  their  new  preacher,  H.  J.  Hostetter, 
is  getting  a  good  start  in  his  work.  Things 
always  move  when  he  comes.  The  church  has 
suffered  seriously  by  removals  and  deaths,  but 
is  still  strong  enough  to  do  fine  work  for  the 
Master.  The  unusual  number  of  young  people 
makes  the  church  lively  and  full  of  promise. 

Eureka,  III.  J.  G.  Waggoner. 

®         $ 
Kansas. 

Wheat,  wheat  everywhere.  Kansas  wheat 
is  the  admiration  of  the  whole  country.  And 
Kansas  corn  is  now  looming  into  prominence 
under  these  summer  suns  and  refreshing  show- 
ers. 

These  lines  are  penned  in  McCune,  Craw- 
ford county,  where  we  are  to  swelter  in  the 
heat  while  trying  to  preach  to-night.  W.  C. 
Wiley  has  done  a  splendid  work  as  pastor 
here.  The  church  now  wants  him  for  full  in- 
stead of  for  one-half  time  as  formerly. 

Neosho  county  closed  a  good  county  meeting 
last  night.  The  experiment  was  so  satisfactory 
that  it  will  be  repeated  next  year. 

G.  W.  Kitchen  is  the  new  pastor  at  Chanute. 
It  was  our  privilege  to  meet  and  hear  him  for 
the  first  time  at  the  Neosho  meeting.  Evi- 
dently he  is  the  man  for  the  difficult  field 
where  he  is  now  located. 

Ernest  E.  Denney,  of  Pittsburg,  and  Brother 
Orchard,  of  Ft.  Scott,  are  also  new  men  in 
Kansas  whom  we  are  glad  to  welcome  to  the 
Kansas. brotherhood . 

It  is  almost  time  for  our  attention  to  be 
turned  toward  Eldorado,  which  we  believe  will 


be  a  real  "Eldorado"  to  all  who  are  per- 
mitted to  attend  our  next  annual  state  conven- 
tion which  meets  there  Sept.  18-21.  S.  W. 
Brown,  the  pastor,  as  well  as  his  people,  are 
getting  ready  to  do  their  part  well  in  caring 
for  the  people.     Watch  for  the  program. 

Every  church  in  Kansas  should  send  word 
to  Brother  Muckley  at  Kansas  City  that  the 
church  extension  offering  will  be  taken  in 
September.  Many,  many  homeless  churches 
could  build  immediately  if  the  Church  Exten- 
sion Board  could  loan  them  the  money  to 
make  the  start.  This  board  has  put  about 
$65,000  into  Kansas,  and  has  gotten  about 
$13,000  in  offerings  from  the  state.  Send  word 
today. 

Have  you  sent  in  that  money  for  Kansas 
missions?  It  is  needed.  It  is  not  tod  late  for 
your  offering  to  do  good.  W.  S.  Lowe. 

Topeka,  Kansas. 


Lexington  Notes. 

Two  ordination  services  have  recently  been 
held  at  Central  church,  both  conducted  by 
Prof.  C.  L.  Loos,  senior  elder  of  Central.  At 
the  first  of  these  impressive  services  Barclay 
Meador  and  at  the  second  T.  J.  Golightly  and 
L.  E.  Lakin  were  ordained  to  the  ministry. 
The  two  brethren  last  named  each  have 
diplomas  from  the  College  of  the  Bible  and 
the  College  of  Liberal  Arts  also.  Brother  Go- 
lightly  is  to  take  up  his  residence  at  once  as 
minister  of  the  church  at  Lebanon,  Ky. 
Brother  Lakin  for  the  present  will  continue  to 
minister  to  several  churches  near  Lexington. 

The  Broadway  Sunday-school  children's 
day  exercises  at  night  were  in  charge  of  the 
Hamilton  college  young  ladies.  The  offering 
taken  in  the  morning  and  supplemented  at  night 
amounted  to  $120. 

Children's  day  was  a  happy  day  in  Central 
church.  Nearly  100  children  took  part  in  the 
exercises  and  the  offering  at  the  Sunday-school 
hour  almost  reached  the  apportionment  of 
$100.  It  was  supplemented  by  a  $25  offering 
at  night  when  the  children  rendered  the  service, 
"Brightening  the  World." 

Chestnut  street  church  continues  to  make 
progress.  The  proportion  of  young  people 
here  is  verv  large.  The  Christian  Endeavor 
Society  is  active  in  every  good  work,  including 
taking  part  in  the  services  held  at  the  jail  on 
Sunday.  The  auxiliary  of  the  C.  W.  B.  M. 
had  an  Easter  offering  of  $25  in  cash  and  $25 
in  useful  articles  for  themountain  work.  W.  H. 
Allen,  minister  of  the  church,  held  a  meeting 
recently  at  Madisonville,  O. 
.  A  new  era  has  been  marked  in  the  progress 
of  Southside  Christian  church.  An  addition 
of  two  rooms  and  a  baptistry  has  been  dedi- 
cated. The  minister,  A.  P.  Finley,  was 
assisted  in  the  task  of  raising  the  money  and 
having  the  work  done  by  W.  E.  Hibler,  an 
elder  of  Central  church.  The  ministers  of  all 
the  churches  of  the  Disciples  in  Lexington  took 
part  in  the  dedication  exercises.  Mrs.  Princess 
Long  was  present  and  sang  several  of  her 
sweetest  songs.  All  departments  of  the  church 
work  are  in  good  condition.  Notwithstanding 
the  expenses  of  its  new  addition  the  congrega- 
tion has  made  its  missionary  offerings  without 
exception.  The  superintendent  of  the  Sunday- 
school,  M.  L.  Hurst,  was  the  first  honor  gradu- 
ate of  Kentucky  university.  The  school  as 
well  as  the  church  is  loath  to  give  him  up.  He 
returns  to  his  native  state,  Texas,  to  take 
charge  of  the  public  school  at  Martindale. 
Brother  Finley  has  in  view  a  series  of  cottage 
prayer-meetings  for  the  summer  which  it  is  be- 


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lieved  will  be  productive  of  immediate  good 
and  also  prepare  the  way  for  the  protracted 
meeting  which  will  be  held  late  in  the  summer, 

Both  Central  and  Broadway  reached  their 
apportionment  for  home  missions.  The  living 
link  of  the  former  is  James  L.  Haddock,  who  is 
laboring  in  Louisiana,  and  of  the  latter  is 
R.  L.  Bussabarger,  who  is  in  the  great  north- 
west at  Seattle,  Wash. 

Bro.  I.  J.  Spencer  delivered  the  baccalaureate 
address  at  the  Hazel  Green  academy.  He  also 
delivered  an  address  on  C.  W.  B.  M.  day  at 
the  Ohio  state  convention  on  the  subject,  "Not 
Yours  But  You."  In  the  latter  he  struck  a 
chord  which,  in  view  of  the  strenuous  efforts  of 
our  missionary  organizations  to  raise  adequate 
funds,  has  been  touched  only  now  and  then. 

On  a  recent  Wednesday  night  students  of 
Kentucky  university  had  charge  of  the  mid- 
week meeting  at  Central  church.  On  the  fol- 
lowing Wednesday  students  of  State  college 
were  in  charge.  Effort  is  being  made  to  bring 
this  meeting  within  the  atmosphere  of  the 
family  circle. 

C.  M.  Summers  and  J.  W.  Conkling,  stu- 
dents of  the  College  of  the  Bible,  have  gone  out 
to  evangelize  in  eastern  Kentucky.  They  are  the 
only  students  sent  out  this  year  by  the  Y.M.C.  A. 
The  first  is  supported  by  the  Kentucky  state 
board  and  the  second  by  the  Delta  Endeavor 
Society  of  Central  church. 

At  a  state  rally  of  Christian  Endeavor  held 
here  on  May  19  it  was  decided  to  put  a  field 
secretary  to  work  in  Kentucky.  On  the  same 
day  the  state  executive  committee  elected  F.  M. 
Tinder,  minister  of  the  Christian  church  at 
Lancaster,  president  of  the  state  union,  vice 
Rev.  R.  O.  Kirkwood.of  Lexington,  resigned. 

Barclay  Meador. 

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Missouri  Mission  Notes. 

The  spirit  of  the  state  convention  from  the 
beginning  to  the  close  was  most  delightful. 
The  program  was  crowded  eo  full  that  not  a 
moment  was  wasted. 

The  determination  of  the  convention  was  for 
larger  and  better  things.  While  splendid 
work  has  been  done  it  was  felt  that  still  more 
ought  to  be  done.  The  special  work  of  the 
year  is  the  raising  of  the  permanent  fund  up  to 
$15,000  by  July  1,  1906,  so  as  to  secure  the 
$5,000  promised  by  Bro.  R.  A.  Long.  This 
is  one  of  the  things  that  must  be  done.  Then 
there  must  be  no  let  down  in  regard  to  other 
things.  The  work  must  increase.  This  year 
ought  to  be  and  must  be  the  greatest  in  the 
history  of  our  people  in  the  state.  This,  of 
courie,  cannot  be  accomplished  without  the 
hearty  co-operation  of  every  minister  of  the  gos- 
pel. The  responsibility  for  success  rests  not 
simply  with  the  state  board  and  the  correspond- 
ing secretary  but  with  every  minister  in  the 
state.  To  them  will  come  the  honor  of  success 
or  the  shame  of  failure.  We  ask  for,  and  be- 
lieve that  we  shall  have,  the  fullest  possible 
co-operation. 

We  hope  that  every  church  in  the  state  and 
every  preacher  will  give  attention  to  the  appeal 
from  the  Church  Extension  board.  Every 
homeless  church  in  Missouri,  and  there  are 
many,  should  be  an  irresistible  appeal  to  all  of 
our  churches,  to  give  the  closest  attention  and 
the  greatest  support  unto  this  great  department 
of  our  church  life. 

"Forgetting  the  things  which  are  behind 
and  reaching  forth  unto  the  things  that  are  be- 
fore," I  am,  as  ever,  T.  A.  Abbott. 


A  Reliable  Heart- Cure. 

Afice  A.  Wetmore,  Box  67,  Norwich,  Conn., 
says  if  any  sufferer  from  Heart  Disease  will 
write  her,  she  will,  without  charge,  direct 
them  to  the  perfect  cure  she  used. 


Indian  Territory. 

Since  our  lastjreportl  the  writer  has  visited 
Atoka,  Durant,  Ada,  Robb,  Purcell,  Paul's 
Valley,  Lindsay  and  Ninnekah. 

Brother  Lowe  is  highly  esteemed  by  the 
brethren  at  Atoka,  nevertheless  he  has  resigned 
that  work.  The  church  at  Durant  is  progress- 
ing under  the  careful  leadership  of  Bro.  John 
A.  Overstreet. 

Robb  is  in  fine  condition.  Bro.  E.  S.  All- 
hands  is  leading  the  brethren  to  victory.  Their 
handsome  new  church  is  about  ready  to  dedi- 
cate. Brother  Crouch,  of  Tennessee,  will  hold 
them  a  meeting  in  July.  We  have  recently 
purchased  a  good  church  property  at  Paul's 
Valley,  and  will  improve  it.  We  dedicated 
the  new  church  at  Lindsay  the  fourth  Lord's 
day  in  June.  It  is  a  neat  and  convenient 
church,  well  located,  the  best  church  property 
in  Lindsay.  Bro.  L.  B.  Grogan  and  the  few 
that  stood  so  nobly  by  him  in  the  building 
of  this  church  have  done  a  grand  work  and 
deserve  the  thanks  and  material  support  of  our 
brotherhood. 

At  this  writing  we  are  at  Ninnekah  in  a 
meeting.  We  have  a  neat  church  here,  the 
only  one  in  Ninnekah,  and  a  email  congrega- 
tion of  true  good  brethren. 

Our  annual  convention  will  be  held, at  We- 
leetka,  July  25,  26,  and  27.  Come  and  be 
with  us  in  this  great  meeting.  Nothing  will 
help  on  the  cause  in  the  Indian  Territory  more 
than  a  large  and  enthusiastic  convention. 
Don't  forget  the  date  and  place.  Note  the 
change  from  August  to  July.  In  this  territory 
we  are  greatly  indebted  to  Church  Exten- 
sion. It  has  helped  to  build  many  of  our 
houses  of  worship.  But  for  it  this  would  in- 
deed be  a  difficult  work.  Hence,  it  is  but  just 
and  right  that  we  appreciate  as  we  should 
Church  Extension.  Every  mission  and  church 
among  us  should  not  fail  to  make  an  annual 
offering  to  this  noble  work.  If  you  can  not 
send  a  cash  offering  rtencetoG.  W.  Muckley, 
Water  Works  Building,  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  at 
least  send  in  a  promise  that  you  intend  doing 
so  in  the  near  future. 

S.  R.  Hawkins,  Cor.  Sec. 
®         $ 
Camp  Meeting  at  RocKford,  Wash. 

The  annual  camp  meeting  and  convention 
of  churches  of  Christ  of  the  Palouse  dis- 
trict has  just  closed  and  in  some  respects  it 
was  a  most  important  meeting.  This  organ- 
ization has  been  in  existence  for  25  years  and 
is  the  oldest  missionary  organization  of  our 
people  in  the  northwest  and  has  had  a  splendid 
record.  This  year  over  700  additions  were  re- 
ported as  brought  in  during  the  year  through 
its  work.  The  writer  has  been  working  as 
evangelist  for  this  organization  for  the  past  five 
months  and  has  organized  three  new  churches, 
held  seven  protracted  meetings  and  received 
251  additions. 

At  the  state  convention  recently  held  at  Pull- 
man, Wash.,  it  was  decided  to  divide  the  state 
work  and  organize  a  convention  in  west  Wash- 
ington and  one  in  east  Washington,  as  the  state 
is  naturally  divided  and  it  has  been  found  im- 
practicable to  hold  these  meetings  so  as  to  be 
well  represented  from  all  parts  of  the  state,  and 
thus  the  work  has  been  hindered.  So  a  com- 
mittee was  sent  to  confer  with  this  "Whitman 
county  missionary  co-operation"  and  to  take 
steps  to  organize  the  work  in  east  Washington. 
At  the  camp  meeting  it  was  decided  to  extend 
the  borders  of  the  "Whitman  county  co- 
operation" so  as  to  exclude  all  of  east  Wash- 
ington and  as  much  of  northeast  Oregon  and 
north  Idaho  as  would  co-operate,  and  change 
the  name  to  "The  Inland  Empire  Christian 
Missionary  Society,"  by  which  name  it  will  be 
known  in  the  future.  A  new  board  was  elected 
as  follows:  President,  H.  S.  McCIure,  Gar- 
field; first  vice-president,  J.  A.  Pine,  Dayton; 


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which  Is  meeting  with  ^r>-nr,  favor,  as  St  enable* 
everyone  to  muk<:  ice  cream  in  their  own  home  with 
v<-ry  little  trouble.  -lCkape  for 

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second  vice-president,  N.  M.  Roe,  Latah; 
recording  secretary,  Geo.  Jones,  Mt.  Hope; 
treasurer,  Wm.  Bennington,  Ritzville;  super- 
intendent Sunday-school,  Mrs.  Simpson, 
Spokane;  superintendent  Christian  Endeavor, 
Professor  Beatty,  Pullman. 

The  newly  elected  board  will  meet  soon  and 
select  a  corresponding  secretary  and  put  him  in 
the  field  and  will  take  steps  to  find  a  per- 
manent location  for  the  camp  meeting. 

Among  the  preachers  present  were:  B.  E. 
Utz,  Spokane;  W.  T.  Adams,  Waitsburg; 
A.  J.  Adams,  Waverly;  W.  M.  Roe,  Latah; 
C.  L.  Kean,  Rockford;  W.  S.  Lemmoa, 
Tekoa;  E.  W.  Sewell,  Thornton;  Brother 
Flinn,  of  Coeur  d'Alene,  the  writer  and 
others.  Especial  mention  should  be  made  of 
the  splendid  work  done  in  the  past  by  their 
evangelist,  J.  N.  McConnell,  of  Palouse, 
Wash.  Morton  H.  Wood,  evangelist. 

Waverly,  Wash. 

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Virginia  Christian  College. 

The  second  year  of  Virginia  Christian  col- 
lege closed  June  6.  The  enrollment  was  one 
hundred  and  eighty,  the  average  age  nineteen 
years.  Five  young  men  were  in  the  graduat- 
ing class.  Three  will  give  their  lives  to  preach- 
ing, one  to  teaching  and  one  to  the  study  of 
law.  One  young  lady  received  the  A.  B.  de- 
gree for  post-graduate  work. 

The  situation  proves  valuable.  Lynchburg 
is  in  the  middle  of  the  state  and  a  railroad 
center.  The  college  is  at  the  end  of  the  street 
car  line  with  cars  coming  every  twelve  minutes. 
There  are  eighty  acres  in  campus  grounds. 
The  building  cost  over  fifty  thousand  dollars, 
and  is  admirably  suited  for  school  purposes. 
Ten  thousand  dollars,  with  provisions  already 
made,  would  pay  all  indebtedness.  The  tru»teei 
have  recently  secured  the  services  of  Prof .  G.  O. 
Davis,  late  of  Michigan  college,  who  was 
graduated  in  that  institution,  then  spent  two 
years  in  Virginia  university,  to  take  charge  of 
the  field  work.  He,  in  connection  with  other 
co-workers,  has  planned  to  raise  the  entire 
debt  by  February  1,  1906.  Many  brethren 
and  friends  are  turning  their  thought  and 
work  toward  the  improvement  of  this  great 
opportunity  for  establishing  a  center  of  higher 
and  deeper  Christian  education. 

It  has  been  decided  that  the  higher  interests 
of  the  young  people  can  best  be  served  by  re- 
fusing to  keep  in  school  any  student  who  has 
the  tobacco  habit  or  who  will  indulge  in  strong 
drink  or  any  of  thoie  vices  so  destructive  to  the 
student's  character.  We  are  not  unmindful  of 
how  this  position  may  appear  to  some,  nor  of 
the  objections  likely  to  be  made  against  it;  but 
we  are  willing  to  leave  it  to  the  future,  feeling 
assured  that  the  result  will  be  for  the  greatest 
good. 

A  college  government  association  has  also 
been  formed  through  which  students  will  have 
apart  in  the  discipline  of  the  school.  A  strong 
band  of  joung  people  are  enthusiastically  rep- 
resenting these  ideas  and  we  expect  if  the 
Lord  so  wills  to  enroll  a  large  number  of 
students  the  coming  year  whose  work  shall 
count  in  the  upward  march  of  our  race. 

J.  Hopwood. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


July  13,  1905 


The  Convention  of  the  Fourth  District  of 
Illinois. 

This  district,  comprising  ten  counties  lying 
in  the  north  and  east  central  part  of  Illinois, 
met  in  annual  convention  at  Flanagan,  on  June 
27-29.  No  richer  land  lies  anywhere  in  the 
union,  and  in  this  district  stand  seventy-nine 
congregations  of  Disciples.  Among  these  is 
Eureka  with  its  college,  Bloomington  with  its 
great  churches,  Watseka,  Normal  and  Gibson 
City,  strong  city  churches,  and  Stanford  and 
Flanagan,  great  missionary  village  churches. 
The  program  for  this  year's  convention  was 
a  strong  one.  The  sisters  of  the  C.  W.  B.  M. 
had  Miss  Lura  V.  Thompson,  W.  J.  Burner 
and  C.  C.  Smith  on  their  program.  The 
address  of  Brother  Burner  was  full  of  informa- 
tion and  highly  stimulating  to  the  missionary 
pride  of  the  people.  C.  C.  Smith  held  his  old- 
time  reputation  for  wit,  pathos,  and  inspiration. 
The  sisters  were  exceedingly  practical  in  all  of 
their  work.  Strong  papers  were  presented  by 
Mrs.  R.  B.  Doan,  of  Rutland,  and  Mrs. 
J.  A.  Barnett,  of  Pekin.  Miss  Thompson 
was  the  general  of  all.  Miss  Irene  Ridgely,  of 
Eureka,  presided. 

The  reports  from  district  work  were  highly 
gratifying.  Streator,  a  city  of  15,000  popula- 
tion, had  been  helped  to  the  extent  of  $300.  A 
new  $15,000  house  of  worship  will  be  built 
within  a  year.  Pontiac,  another  important 
city,  was  building  a  church  suitable  for  their 
needs,  while  Minonk  has  come  to  life  after 
several  years  of  retirement,  and  is  hopefully  at 
work  again.  It  was  resolved  to  continue  aid  to 
Streator,  Pontiac  and  Minonk,  and  place  a  dis- 
trict evangelist  in  the  field.  J.  G.  Waggoner 
ably  presented  the  cause  of  Christian  education 
under  the  subject  of  "Men  and  Money." 
Eureka  college  has  hosts  of  warm  friends  in 
this  district.  J.  A.  Clemens  touched  all 
hearts  with  a  desire  to  do  more  for  Christian 
Benevolence.  Brother  Clemens  was  given  a 
place  on  the  program  in  the  absence  of  C.  A. 
Young,  who  did  not  reach  the  convention 
until  noon  of  June  28.  John  R.  Golden,  of 
Gibson  City,  carried  all  to  a  new  vision  of 
spiritual  life  in  the  convention  sermon. 

The  "Bible-schools  and  Our  Cause"  was 
presented  by  O.  L.  Smith,  of  Flanagan;  "Illi- 
nois for  Christ,"  by  J.  Fred  Jones,  the  state 
secretary.  The  permanent  fund  will  soon 
reach  $100,000,  while  numbers  of  new  churches 
year    by    year  rise  up  as  the  fruits  of    Illinois 

state  work. 

The  Fourth  District:  "What  Can  be  Done," 
by  Chas.  Hougham,  of  Streator;  "What  Must 
be  Done,"  bv  R.  E.  Thomas,  of  Kankakee; 
and  "What  Will  be  Done,"  by  R.  A.  Givens, 
of  Hayworth,  proved  to  be  practical,  sugges- 
tive and  very  interesting.  S.  P.  Telford, 
of  Toluca,  discussed  the  "Problem  of  Preach- 
ing." It  is  important  what  you  preach  and 
how  you  preach  it.  The  paper  dwelt  upon 
the  "how."  C.  A.  Young,  fresh  from  the 
Iowa  jubilee  convention,  was  full  of  vigor 
and  enthusiasm  for  his  Biole  ft  dies,  which 
were  confined  to  two  on  account  of  his  late 
arrival.  Geo.  W.  Muckley,  the  irrepressible 
Church  Extension  secretary,  never  did  better 
than  in  the  evening  address  of  June  28 

The  Christian  Endeavor  session  on  the  fore- 
noon of  Juneo29,  proved  a  fitting  close  to  a 
very  high  grade  of  work  in  the  convention. 
J.  A.  Barnett,  of  Pekin,  presented  "Endeavor 
Leadership";  Prof.  Silas  Jones,  "Buying  the 
Opportunity";  A.  W.  Taylor,  of  Eureka, 
"Young  Men  and  the  Church."  Each  proved 
a  strong  man  for  his  subject.  The  address  of 
Brother  Taylor  arouied  much  enthusiasm. 
Bro.  C.  C.  Carpenter,  of  Thomson,  brought 
the  claims  for  Savannah,  the  special  place  for 
Illinois  Endeavor  missions  this  year.  The 
attendance  wasjgeneral  and  large.  The  spirit 
was  beautiful  and  helpful. 

The  C.  W.  B.  M.  called  Mils  Mary  Mona- 


I  CAN  CURE  YOUR  EYES 

Mrs.  Martha  Lefevour,  West  Chicago,  111.,  writes:  "I  wish  it  was 
within  my  power  to  express  my  gratitude  to  you  for  removing  cata- 
racts from  both  my  eyes  without  an  operation  and  for  returning  my 
vision  thereby  in  less  than  3  months'  treatment."  At  your  own  home  the 

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whatever.  If  you  see  spots  or  strings,  beware  of  delay,  for  delay 
means  blindness.  Cross  eyes  straightened  without  the  knife,  by  a 
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han,  of  Saunrmin,  to  succeed  Miss  Irene 
Ridgely  as  district  secretary.  Miss  Ridgely  has 
done  good,  but  desired  to  be  relieved  this  year. 

Charles  Hougham,  of  Streator,  was  elected 
president;  H.  H.  Jenner,  of  Washburn,  vice- 
president,  and  John  R.  Golden,  of  Gibson 
City,  secretary. 

The  convention  adjourned  to  meet  in  Streator 
in  1906,  and  see  one  of  the  monuments  of  its 
own  work. 

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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


909 


The  Triumphs  of  the  Gospel  in  Beaumont,  Texas 


The  early  history  of  the  work  of  the  church 
in  Beaumont  is  perhaps  not  materially  different 
from  that  of  hundreds  of  places  in  this  great 
country.  Beaumont  is  an  old  town,  and  yet  a 
new  one;  for  many  years  this  was  the  home  of 
a  hundred  people  who  were  attracted  to  the 
section  by  immense  timber  interests  and  other 
resources  common  in  southeast  Texas  Among 
these  early  settlers  there  was  occasionally  a 
Disciple  of  Christ,  but  yet  little  was  done 
looking  to  the  permanent  establishment  of  the 
cause  of  apostolic  Christianity.  As  the  town 
grew,  however,  evangelists  and  preachers  be- 
gan to  make  occasional  visits,  and  in  the  year 
1894  the  work  was  definitely  started  by  Brother 
Bush,  who  now  has  charge  of  our  Orphans' 
Home.  A  Brother  Linehart  was  engaged  as 
pastor,  remaining  for  a  year;  then  J.  C.  Mason 
held  a  meeting  and  a  Brother  LeMay  was  em- 
ployed to  preach  once  a  month.  In  1898 
D.  A.  Leak  held  a  series  of  meetings,  but  the 
church  as  such  was  not  finally  organized  until 
after  the  meeting  of  Brother  Van  Pelt  in  1899; 
at  this  time  Brother  Patterson  began  his  pastor- 
ate and  a  small  house  was  erected  in  what  was 
then  an  excellent  part  of  the  city.  In  1900 
Brother  Saunders  held  a  meeting  and  in  Sep- 
tember of  that  year  Brother  Hamner  began 
his  pastorate.  In  January  of  1901  a  great  dis- 
covery of  oil  was  made,  and  Beaumont  sprang 
into  a  city  of  thousands  as  if  by  magic.  But 
the  church  suffered. 

Brother  Dudley  came  in  1902,  and  while  the 
church  began  to  show  some  signs  of  life,  the 
town  had  shifted  somewhat  and  the  old  site 
was  unfavorable  to  good  growth.  In  the  be- 
ginning of  1904,  Evangelist  B.  J.  Waugh 
came  to  the  city  and  secured  the  promise  of 
Brethren  Scoville  and  Smith  for  a  meeting  in 
May.     To    those  of  us  who  know   of  the  de- 


J.  B.  Holmes. 

mands  made  upon  the  time  of  Brother  Scoville, 
there  is  no  satisfactory  explanation  of  his  com- 
ing here,  save  only  that  it  was  the  Lord's 
leading.  A  tabernacle  was  erected  by  the 
faithful  few  who  had  been  gained  through  the 
years  of  struggle,  that  would  seat  about 
one  thousand  people.  It  was  made  as  comfort- 
able as  could  be,  but  it  rained,  and  rained,  and 
rained.  Our  people  were  not  recognized 
among  the  churches  of  the  city.  The  Metho- 
dists and  Baptists  had  together  several  hundred 
members;  of  course  they  lent  no  aid  to  our  people. 
Brother  Waugh  left  soon  after  the  meeting 
began.  Brother  Scoville  and  his  co-laborer, 
De  Loss  Smith,  faced  the  difficulties  like  spir- 
itual giants.  Peogle  began  to  see  the  light 
and  they  turned  to  the  apostolic  church  by  the 
score.  Brother  Scoville  saw  the  great  open- 
ing, and  telegraphed  to  J.  B.  Holmes,  then 
■tate  evangelist  of  Oregon,  for  whom  Brother 
Scoville  dedicated  a  church  and  held   a  great 


meeting  at  Albany,  Ore.,  in  December,  1900. 
He  thought  Brother  Holmes  and  wife,  gradu- 
ates of  Drake  universily,  peculiarly  fitted  for 
the  field,  and  his  judgment  was  correct.  A 
better  pastor  for  the  place  could  not  have  been 
found.  Brother  Holmes  landed  in  Beaumont 
about  June  1  of  last  year.  The  great  meeting 
had  closed  with  276  additions  to  the  church, 
leaving  it  with  about  325  members. 

Immediately  after  the  coming  of  Brother 
Holmes  plans 
were  laid  for  a 
new  building; 
the  church  was 
fortunate  in  that 
he  had  built 
three  churches 
before  and  un- 
derstood what 
was  needed.  He 
drew  a  sketch 
which  was 
adopted  and 
submitted  to  an 
architect,  who 
furnished  plans; 
they  began  to 
raise  funds  at 
once,  and  early 
in  the  fall  the 
foundation  of 
the  present 
structure  was 
placed.  The 
general  public 
did  not  consider 
the  effort  seri- 
ously at  first, 
but  when  the 
outlines  of  the 
building  began 
to  appear  they 
wondered,  ad- 
mired and  lent 
a  helping  hand. 

The  church  has  a  great  deal  of  determina- 
tion, consecration  and  energy;  they  hired  a 
foreman,  Bro.  G.  O.  Browning,  who,  together 
with  the  pastor,  was  almost  constantly  on  the 
building;  everything  moved  well,  and  at  last  a 
splendid  building,  a  marvel  for  convenience, 
durability,  beauty  and  cheapness,  was  com- 
plete. The  outside  may  be  judged  by  the  ac- 
companying picture.  The  arrangement  within 
can  hardly  be  improved  upon  for  the  size;  four 
rooms,  three  of  which  have  floors  inclined  to- 
ward the  pulpit,  may  be  thrown  together;  per- 
fect vision  may  be  had  from  every  point  in  the 


which  will  hold  about  1,000  all  told.  The 
robing  rooms,  toilet  and  parlors  are  all  in  con- 
venient places  and  the  baptistry  i*  so  placed 
that  nothing  has  to  be  moved  from  its  place 
before  a  baptism  and  everyone  can  see  the  ordi- 
nance performed;  it  could  scarcely  be  better. 

At  the  earnest  solicitation  of  the  pastor  and 
the  church,  Brother  Scoville  promised  to  re- 
turn and  dedicate  the  new  building  and  to 
stay  for  a  short  meeting — stay   until  one  hun- 


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South  Side  Mission  Clmrcli. 

three  main  rooms,  and  one  may  hear  perfectly 
from  any  part  of  the  house.  Three  large  vesti- 
bules may  also  be  thrown  into  the  audience 
room  by  opening  large  doors,  thus  adding 
about  150  to  the  seating  capacity  of  the  church, 


The  New  Church  Building',  Beaumont,  Tex. 

dred  had  been  won  for  Christ.  Early  in  the 
year  the  pastor  organized  what  he  called  a 
"Committee  of  Seventy,"  whose  work  has  been 
exceedingly  helpful.  Through  this  commit- 
tee and  its  subdivisions,  a  religious  census  was 
made  and  many  prayer-meetings  were  held  pre- 
ceding the  present  meeting;  all  were  expecting 
a  great  victory,  but  few  looked  for  such  a  splen- 
did increase  in  numbers  as  has  come  in  the  last 
few  days.  During  the  year  there  were  75 
added  at  the  regular  services.  One  subdivision 
of  the  Committee  of  Seventy  began  a  prayer- 
meeting  in  the  south  end  of  town,  from  which 
perhaps  fifteen  have  been  added  to  the  church. 
The  Bible  school  formed  a  home  department 
in  that  section  and  soon  this  developed  into  a 
Sunday-school  of  50  members.  When  the  old 
tabernacle  was  torn  down,  these  brethren  took 
the  material  and  have  ererted  a  splendid  mis- 
sion churci  building  *hich  will  seat  about  two 
hundred  people. 

Brethren  Scoville  and  Smith  came  on  the 
evening  of  June  3.  Everything  was  ready  for 
the  opening  of  the  building  the  next  day. 
In  a  remarkably  short  time  more  than  $6,000 
was  raised  and  the  building  erected.  The 
building,  lot  and  furnishings  cost  a  little  more 
than  $23,000.  The  dedication  day  pledges 
are  being  taken  up  with  notes  and  the  church 
is  released  from  all  indebtedness,  save  only 
$4,000  borrowed  from  the  Board  of  Church 
Extension. 

In  seventeen  days  here  one  hundred  and  forty 
have  entered  the  life  of  faith.  The  high  re- 
gard which  is  had  for  these  men  of  God  is  in- 
dicated by  the  fact  that  they  recently  received 
one  hundred  calls  for  meetings  within  three 
days.  G.  W.  Hardy, 

Chairman  of  the  Church  Board. 


9io 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGEL 


! 


July  13    1905 


International  Sunday-School  Convention 


The  triennial  meeting  of  the  international 
Sunday-school  association  was  held  in  Toronto, 
Canada,  June  23-27.  It  was  in  every  respect  a 
great  assembly  cf  consecrated  men  and  women. 
Two  thousand  delegates  and  visitors  were  ex- 
pected; three  thousand  were  present.  The  ses- 
sions of  the  convention  were  to  have  been  held 
in  the  Metropolitan  Methodist  church,  with  a 
seating  capacity  of  2,500.  The  first  meeting 
demonstrated  the  inadequacy  of  this  audito- 
rium to  accommodate  the  people.  It  was, 
therefore,  at  once  detei mined  to  hold  the  meet- 
ings in  Massey  hall — an  auditorium  with  a 
seating  capacity  of  3,500.  Simultaneous  meet- 
ings were  held  in  both  the  church  and  the  hall. 
Both  buildings  were  uniformly  crowded.  The 
enthusiasm  was  great.  Some  of  the  addresses 
were  great.  All  the  speeches  and  papers  were 
of  a  remarkably  high  order.  The  great  theme 
•f  theentire  convention  was,  The  Bible  and  Hoiv 
to  Teach  It.  The  spirit  of  this  remarkable  meet- 
ing was  from  first  to  last  thoroughly  and  pro- 
foundly Christian.  Not  all  delegates  were  of 
the  same  opinion  on  all  questions.  For  this 
reason  there  was  discussion.  The  debates 
moved  on  a  high  plane.  The  speakers  were 
strong  men  and  earnest.  The  report  of  the 
lesson  committee  gave  rise  to  the  greatest  de- 
bate in  this  great  assembly — tspecially  the  por- 
tion of  the  report  in  which  advanced  or  supple- 
mental lessons  were  suggested.  The  committee 
favored  such  lessons  in  its  report  to  the  Denver 
convention  three  years  ago.  That  portion  of 
the  committee's  report  was  overwhelmingly  de- 
feated by  the  convention  in  1902.  The  first 
vote  in  the  Toronto  convention  on  advanced 
lessons  stood  601  for  to  617  against.  The  op- 
position contended  in  the  debate  that  there  was 
no  demand  for  siiCh.  lessons.  The  vote  demon- 
strated that  such  a  demand  exists.  When  this 
fact  was  made  clear  the  leader  of  the  opposi- 
tion moved  a  reconsideration,  the  result  of 
which  was  a  practically  unanimous  vote  for  a 
series  of  advanced  lessons  to  be  selected  by  the 
lesson  committee — said  lessons  to  be  optional. 
This  is  believed  to  be  a  most  important  step 
forward  in  our  Bible-school  work. 

A  prominent  secular  paper  commenting  on 
the  Toronto  convention  said:  "Tremendous 
interest  attaches  to  the  religious  education  of 
the  young,  as  was  shown  by  the  great  interna- 
tional convention  of  Sunday-school  workers  just 
held  in  Toronto.  This  meeting  demonstrated 
beyond  question  the  wide  interest  held  and  that 
by  people  who  count  themselves  orthodox  Bible 
teachers." 

Men  show  their  earnest  interest  by  giving 
money.  The  leaders  in  our  international  Sunday- 
school  work  give  money  as  I  never  saw  leaders 
contribute.  The  amount  expended  during  the  last 
triennium  was  more  than$54, 000.  The  amount 
of  money  pledged  to  carry  on  this  work  during 
the  next  three  years  was  $75,000.  The  amount 
will  easily  reach  $100,000.  The  chairman  of 
the  executive  committee  gives  tirr.e,  talent, 
strength,  and  $3,000  per  annum  to  this  work. 
One  man  asked  permission  to  pay  the  entire 
salary  of  a  worker  among  the  colored  people  in 
the  south.  Unanimously  granted!  Another 
asked  permission  to  pay  the  salary  of  a  general 
Sunday-school  secretary  in  Japan.  Permission 
having  been  given,  he  immediately  asked 
leave  to  go  to  Japan  at  his  own  expense  and 
personally  inaugurate  the  work.  This  request 
also  was  granted!!  The  erection  of  abuildingto 
cost  $2,000,000  to  be  known  as  "International 
Sunday-school  Headquarters"  was  suggts'ed. 
Action  was  deferred.  This  matter  will  come  up 
in  the  Louisville  convention  in  1008.  Can 
such  a  building  be  erected?  It  can,  there  are 
men  intereited  in  this  great  enterprise  who  can, 
and  will,  furnish  the  money  to  make  real  this 
dream.     The  pilgrimage  to  Jerusalem  in  1904 


seemed  to  tome  of  us  an  impractical  scheme. 
To  begin  with,  a  sufficient  number  of  persons 
could  not  be  induced  to  go  to  make  a  conven- 
tion respectable  in  size.  But  there  were  1,S00 
delegates  enrolled  in  the  Jerusalem  World's 
Sunday-school  convention  in  April,  1904. 
Some  person,  or  persons,  must  stand  good,  to 
the  steamship  company,  for  $400,000  in  order 
to  secure  a  vesel  for  the  pilgrimage.  Three  of 
our  men  promptly  came  to  the  front  and  freely 
assumed  the  financial  burden  and  responsibility. 
The  biggest  thing  I  know  of,  in  a  religious 
way,  is  this  international  Sunday-school  work. 
It  is  simply  tremendous. 

There  is  no  sectarianism  in  this  convention 
— not  a  bit.  This  is  one  place  where  it  is 
quite  sufficient  to  be  a  Christian.  No  one 
seems  to  know  anything  about,  or  care  any- 
thing for,  denominational  labels.  To  be  on 
the  side  of  the  Christ  and  to  belong  to  Him  is 
sufficient. 

With  the  beginning  of  1906  a  new  series  of 
lessons  to  continue  through  six  years  will  com- 
mence. Three  and  a  half  years  will  be  spent 
in  the  New  Testament,  two  and  a  half  years 
will  be  given  to  a  study  of  the  Old  Testament. 
Requests  for  greater  continuity  of  topics  have 
come  from  many  quarters  and  from,  many  per- 
sons. The  committee  in  the  preparation  of 
the  new  series  has  given  respectful  and  sympa- 
thetic attention  to  this  expressed  desire.  As  a 
result  the  year  1906  will  be  spent  in  a  study  of 
Matthew,  Mark,  and  Luke.  The  year  1907 
will  be  devoted  to  a  study  of  stories  concerning 
the  Old  Testament  patriarchs.  The  year  1908 
will  be  spent  as  follows:  Six  months  to  a  study 
of  the  fourth  gospel  and  six  months  to  a  study 
of  the  Hebrew  people  from  Saul  to  Solomon. 
The  planting  and  training  of  the  apostolic 
church  will  be  the  general  topic  during  the 
year  1909.  The  year  1910  will  be  given  to  a 
study  of  the  glory,  decline,  and  restoration  to 
their  own  land,  of  the  people  of  Israel.  This 
six  years'  course  will  be  brought  to  a  conclu- 
sion in  the  year  1911  by  a  study  of  the  kingdom 
of  Heaven  as  set  forth  in  the  first  book  of  the 
New  Testament. 

I  have  just  looked  over  a  list  of  the  lessons 
that  have  been  studied  in  this  international 
scheme  since  its  inauguration  in  1872.  More 
time  and  attention  have  been  given  to  The 
Book  of  Acts  than  to  any  other  book  in  the 
Bible.  More  than  two  hundred  lessons  during 
this  period  have  been  in  this  book. 

There  is  no  thought  of  a  critical  study  of  the 
Bible  in  this  scheme.  Such  study  is  not  prac- 
ticable in  the  average  Sunday- school.  The 
most  that  can  be  done  is  to  give  a  general 
view  of  the  contents  of  the  Bible.  This  is  all 
that  is  attempted. 

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Disciples  of  Christ  have  not  given  due  prom- 
inence to  this  subject  in  their  study  and  in  their 
literature,  it  is  certainly  time  that  they  should 
learn  to  magnify  it.  The  writer  succeeds  in 
making  very  real  the  presence  of  the  Spirit  in 
the  word,  in  the  church  and  in  truly  believing 
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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


9ii 


Evangelistic 


We  invite  ministers  and  others  to  send  re- 
ports of  meetings,  additions  and  other  neius  of 
the  churches  for  publication  in  this  depart- 
ment. It  is  especially  requested  that  additions 
be  reported  as  "by  confession  and  baptism"  or 
"bf  letter." 

ARKANSAS. 

Jonesboro.— C.  C.  Cline  has  just  closed  a 
meeting  resulting  in  37  additions. 

CALIFORNIA. 

Eureka. — Work  is  prospering  here.  Three 
additions  by  letter  last  Lord's  day;  Junior 
Endeavor  reorganized;  Sunday-school  doing 
splendid  work.— I.  H.  Teel. 

Long  Beach,  July  3. — Six  were  added  to  the 
church  here  yesterday,  three  by  letter,  two  by 
statement  and  one  confession. — E   H.  Kellar.. 

COLORADO. 

Loveland,  July  3. — We  had    five    additions 
yesterday,  making    22    since  we  began  here  in 
*    March.     All  lines  of  work  prosperous. — A.  O  . 
Walker,  pastor. 

FLORIDA. 

[Telegram.] 

Jacksonville,  Fla.,  July  9.— Five  additions 
First  church,  J.  T.  Boone,  pastor;  large  audi- 
ences, fine  sermons. — C.  W.  Zaring. 

GEORGIA. 

Griffin.— The  "Martin  Family,"  who  held 
the  meetings  through  North  Carolina  in  which 
there  were  about  three  hundred  additions,  have 
just  finished  a  two  weeks'  meeting  with  G.  F . 
Cuthrell  at  this  place  with  nearly  20  additions 
which  will  be  a  strong  help  to  the  church  finan  - 
cially.  They  will  hold  a  meeting  of  about 
four  weeks'  duration  in  San  Angelo,  Texas, 
with  Brother  Shore,  minister. 

ILLINOIS. 

Jacksonville,  July  8. — Four  added  last  Sun  - 
day.  This  is  a  busy  church  and  looking  for- 
ward to  the  time  when  we  can  move  into  our 
new  house. — Guy  B.  Williamson,  assistant 
pastor. 

Waukegan,  July  6. — Three  additions  last 
Sunday,  making  six  recently,  five  of  them  were 
adults,  four  confessions.  Our  attendance  at 
all  services  is  on  the  increase. — E    N.  Tucksr  . 

Hillsboro,  July  3. — Sixty-three  to  date. 
We  were  billed  for  a  meeting  in  South  Caro- 
lina to  begin  the  last  of  this  month  .  It  has 
just  been  cancelled.  Who  wants  a  meeting 
forthatdate?  Write  quick,  no  time  to  lose. — 
Lawrence  and  Edward  Wright,  general 
evangelists. 

Aurora,  July  6. — There  were  two  additions 
to  the  church  here  last  Sunday.  We  have  never 
had  a  church  in  this  little  city  of  thirty  thous- 
and until  the  present  organization  was  effected 
this  spring.  The  new  congregation  begins  its 
work  with  splendid  prospects  of  a  vigorous 
growth.  Nearly  all  of  the  present  membership 
of  forty  are  adults.  One-half  are  men  whose 
character  and  standing  in  the  community  are 
the  promising  features  of  our  work.  Charles 
A.  Y«ung  was  with  us  recently  in  a  short 
campaign  of  education.  His  Bible  studies  and 
strong  sermons  on  the  fundamental  things  in 
religion  brought  our  work  before  the  town  in  a 
very  successful  manner  and  enlisted  the  in- 
terest of  many  to  whom  our  church  has  been 
entirely  unknown. — R,  L.  Handley,  pastor. 

Chicago,  111. — The  First  church  congre- 
gation submits  the  following  report  of  its 
work  for  the  year  ending  June  30,  1905: 
Amount  of  money  raised  for  all  purposes. 
$4,233.09;  for  missionary  enterprises,  $402.10; 
for  local  benevolences,  $135;  amount  raised  in 
cash  for  church  lot  fund,  no  personal  sub- 
scriptions being  taken,  $410.     There  were  ad- 


ded to  the  church  during  the  year  78  persons. 
Loss  by  letter  and  otherwise  31;  net  gain  in 
membership  for  the  year,  47.— Guv  Hoover, 
pastor. 

INDIANA. 

Francesville,  July  5.  — One  confession  at  Gfl- 
lem  school  house  June  25;  two  baptisms  here 
June  27.— I.  G.  Shaw. 

Hammond,  July  3.— One  confession  and  one 
by  letter  yesterday.  Three  by  letter  and  three 
confessions  the  Sunday  previous.  In  all  thirty- 
seven  confessions  and  10  by  letter  since  January 
n»t  previously  reported.  We  are  working  and 
praying  for  means  to  build  a  new  church  large 
enough  to  accommodate  our  needs. — C.  J. 
Sharp,  minister. 

KANSAS. 

Wichita,  June  30.— W.  E.  Harlow  and  son 
after  closing  at  the  Central  church  came  to  the 
South  Lawrence  avenue  church  for  a  few  days. 
Results:  31  accessions  and  church  greatly  re- 
vived.—W.  T.  McLain. 

Augusta,  June  30. — We  are  enlarging  and 
improving  our  church  building  at  a  cost  of 
$2,200  or  more.  We  begin  a  summer  meeting 
in  a  temporary  tabernacle  in  the  city  park  July 
9.  M.  E.  Harlan,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  is  to 
do  the  preaching  and  V.  E.  Ridenour,  of  To- 
peka,  Kan.,  is.  to  lead  in  the  singing.  We 
have  made  great  preparations  for  this  meeting. 
The  writer  has  held  during  the  last  quarter 
Bible  institutes  in  the  following  places:  Beau- 
mont, Douglas,  Haverhill,  Leon,  Arkansas 
City  and  Cherokee,  Okla.  We  are  encouraged 
and  believe  the  Lord  is  wonderfully  blessing 
our  work.  The  Augusta  church  is  one  of  the 
best  in  this  part  of  Kansas.— G.  J.  Chapman. 

KENTUCKY. 

Henderson. — Five  accessions  at  regular  serv- 
ices since  close  of  meeting. — Wm.  A.  Ward. 

Princeton,  July  1,— The  Crossfield-St.  John 
meetingf  closed  with  58  added  to  the  church — 
54  baptisms.  The  greatest  meeting  in  the  his- 
tory of  Princeton.  The  church  will  have  these 
brethren    again    next    year. — Harvey   Baker 

Smith. 

MASSACHUSETTS. 

Everett,  July  3. — Yesterday  we  had  three 
additions  and  one  confession. — A.  T.  June. 

MISSOURI. 

Fredericktown,  July  6. — S.  W.  Robinson,  of 
Libertyville,  just  closed  a  very  successful  sing- 
ing of  two  weeks'  length  with  us  at  Mountain 
Oak  church,  and  also  preached  several  times. — 
S.  P.  Gross,  minister. 

Ham's  Prairie,  July  3.— W.  T.  Clarkson,  of 
Northside  church,  Lawrence,  Kan.,  preached 
yesterday  to  a  full  house.  At  the  close  of  the 
morning  service  there  were  two  additions. — W. 

Shelbyville,  July  3. — The  work  moves  nicely. 
One  confession  yesterday.  Our  offering  on 
children's  day  amounted  to  almost  $35.  Our 
Lord's  day  school  is  in  excellent  condition. — 
C.  E.  Wagner,  pastor. 

St.  Louis,  July  3. — There  were  four  added 
by  primary  obedience  and  two  by  statement,  to 
the  Fourth  church,  in  June. — E.  T.  McFar- 
LAND. 

Chillicothe,  July  4. — James  N.  Crutcher  and 
Clarence  Wagner  will  hold  another  meeting  at 
Chillicothe,  beginning  October  22.  Their  last 
meeting  with  the  Chillicothe  church  resulted  in 
102  additions  to  the  church. 

Macon,  July  7.  — I  held  a  meeting  with  my 
son,  C.  E.  Dunkleberger,  at  Flat  River,  and 
there  were  27  additions.  The  church  seems 
greatly  benefited  and  will  build  at  once.  My 
post  office  will  hereafter  be  Macon,  Mo., 
instead  of  Canton.— D.  Dunkleberger. 

OHIO. 

Findlay,  June  28. — Please  report  two  addi- 
tions to  the  First  church  by  baptism. — C.  H. 
Bass,  pastor. 


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city.  The  results  are  beyond  our  expectations. 
—  D.  Errett,  miniiter. 

Turner,  June  27. — We  enjoyed  Bro.  J.  A. 
Lord's  sermons  very  much  at  our  state  conven- 
tion. I  go  from  here  to  Silverton,  Oregon,  to 
sing  in  a  meeting  conducted  by  Brother  Mar- 
tin.—Charles  E.  McVay,  singing  evangelist. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 
Lone  Pine,  July  3. — Closed  a  meeting  of 
three  weeks  and  one  day  with  the  church  here 
yesterday.  J.  J.  White  is  the  pastor.  It  has 
been  a  good  meeting;  ten  were  added — nine 
by  baptism  and  one  by  statement. — F.  A. 
Bright,  evangelist. 

TEXAS. 

Greenville,  July  3. — The  additions  to  our 
congregation  have  not  been  reported.  There 
have  been  133  since  my  coming  here  eighteea 
months  ago. — John  Wright  Holsapple. 

Ferris,  July  3. — I  began  a  meeting  for  the 
Ferris  brethren,  Sunday,  June  25.  We  were 
rained  out  until  the  middle  of  the  week,  but  in 
four  days  have  had  seven  additions,  five  of  them 
by  confession  and  baptism.  Meeting  continues, 
— Chas.  Chastebn. 

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meeting  with  the  East  Dallas  church.  Eighteea 
added  yesterday  and  28  last  Sunday;  nearir 
1,000  men  at  the  Y.  M.  C  A.  Sunday  after- 
noon; nine  men  accepted  Christ.  We  have 
reached  over  1,300  for  Christ  and  his  church  in 
the  first  six  months  of  1935. — Charles  Rbigm 
Scoville  and  DeLoss  Smith. 

WISCONSIN. 

Grand  Rapids.— We  observed  children's 
day  last  Lord's  day  evening,  got  a  collection  of 
$8.90.  Our  school  is  only  nine  weeks  old,  has 
65  pupils  enrolled,  people  here  never  heard  ef  a 
church  of  Christ  until  we  came  in  during  the 
past  winter. — B.  G.  Eggbrt. 


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July  19.  1909. 


THE  NATURAL  AND  SPIRITUAL  MAN. 
1  Cor.  2;  Romans  8. 

The  Contrast.  No  one  can  read  even  the 
two  chapters  indicated  above  without  real 
izing  that  the  Christian  is  not  like  the  man 
of  the  world,  but  has  become  indeed  a 
"new  creature"  (2  Cor.  5:17;  Gal.  6:15). 
But  how  many  whose  names  are  on  our 
church  books  are  living  in  no  respect  dif- 
ferently from  their  worldly  neighbors!  The 
body  of  Christ  is  hampered  in  its  divine 
enterprise  by  a  multitude  of  dead  mem- 
bers, who  cannot  contribute  anything  to 
its  power,  because  they  lack  the  life"  of 
God.  Is  it  not  time  that  "judgment 
should  begin  at  the  house  of  God ,  '  'and  these 
carnal  members  be  revived  unto  spiritual 
life,  or  separated  from  such  contact  with 
the  spiritual  members  as  will  neutralize  all 
their  efforts  to  serve  God  and  save  men? 
Without  attempting  any  critical  distinc- 
tions between  the  "natural"  and  "carnal" 
man,  as  these  terms  are  used  in  the  New 
Testament,  let  us  look  at  the  contrast  be- 
tween the  man  who  is  dominated  by  the 
spirit  of  God,  and  the  one  who  lives  after 
the  spirit  of  the  world. 

The  Natural  Man.  1.  Is  ignorant  of  the 
things  of  God  (1  Cor.  2:14).  Much  of  the 
opposition  of  the  sinful  heart  to  Christ  is 
due  to  ignorance  of  the  scriptures.  To 
teach  men  the  word  of  God  is  to  remove 
much  of  the  hostility  to  righteousness. 
2.  //  at  enmity  against  God  (Rom.  8:7,  8). 
Man  was  made  for  knowing,  loving  and 
serving  God.  There  is  great  wisdom  in 
the  answer  of  the  old  catechisms  to  the 
question  as  to  the  chief  end  of  man,  "To 
glorify  God  and  enjoy  him  forever."  He 
who  remains  willingly  ignorant  of  God's 
will,  and  indifferent  thereto,  is  missing  the 
whole  purpose  of  his  creation.  3.  Is  sec- 
tarian in  spirit,  and  prone  to  strife  and  di- 
visions (1  Cor.  3:3,  4).  This  sectarianism 
may  be  equally  manifest  and  harmful, 
where  it  does  n_>t  taki,  the  form  of  diverse 
names  and  organizations,  but  merely  of 
unchristian  suspicion  and  malicious  slaader. 
Any  man  who  seeks  to  alienate  those  who 
believe  in  the  one  Lord  and  one  Father , 
because  of  their  difference  in  opinion  or 
method  of  work,  is  a  sectarian.  As  one  of 
our  preachers  said  not  long  ago,  "The 
meanest  sectarian  of  all  is  the  sectarian 
preacher  of  unsectarian  truth."  The 
apostolic  heresy  was  that  of  dividing  the 
body  of  Christ;  and  it  is  possible  to  pose 
as  an  advocate  of  Christian  union  and  yet 
be  a  promoter  of  disunion.  Let  us  ex- 
amine ourselves,  whether  we  be  true  to  our 
great  plea.  4.  Is  subject  to  death  (Rom. 
8:6,13) .  The  carnal  man  having  separated 
himself  from  God,  the  source  of  life,  can 
but  die,  both  in  time  and  eternity. 

The  Spiritual  Man.  1.  Knows  the  things 
of  God  (1  Cor.  2:12,  13).  The  Holy  Spirit 
is  also  the  Spirit  of  truth,  and  to  become 
subject  to  his  influence  is  to  be  enlightened 
in  the  will  and  purpose  of  God.  Many  a 
humble  saint,  who  lacks  worldly  wisdom 
and  the  culture  of  schools,  has  become  by 
practice  wise  in  the  truth  that  saves  the 
sduI,  and  ennobles  the  character.  2.  Has 
the  mind  of  Christ  (1  Cor.  2:16;  Phil.  3:5-11) . 
Therefore  his  life  is  molded  after  the  pat- 
tern of  Jesus'  life,  and  his  ministry  to  the 
world  is  ".a.  perpetuation  of  that  of  this 
Master.  For  him  to  live  is  Christ.  3.  Pos- 
sesses the  Spirit  of    God    (Rom.  8:9).     En- 


joys the  highest  and  holiest  relations  pos- 
sible to  a  human  soul,  being  permitted 
to  call  God  his  Father  and  Jesus  Christ  his 
Savior  and  Elder  Brother  (Rom.  8:14-17). 
With  what  contempt  may  such  an  one 
look  upon  the  honors  of  the  world,  and 
the  glories  of  earthly  kingdoms!  He  is  a 
Prince  of  the  Most  High,  and  heir  to 
throne  and  crown  immortal.  4.  Enjoys, 
through  these  ne-iv  relations,  fullness  of  life 
and  peace  (Rom.  8:6-10).  Oh,  that  all 
who  call  themselves  Christians  might  ex- 
perience this  blessed  life,  and  the  church 
of  God  be  indeed  the  light  of  the  world, 
and  the  salt  of  the  earth! 


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THE  GRACIOUS  INVITATION.— 
Isaiah  55:1-13. 

Memory  Verses,  6  8. 

Golden  Text:— Seek  ye  the  Lord  while 
he  may  be  found.— Isa.  55:6. 

Those  who  consider  the  later  chapters  of 
Isaiah  a  product  of  the  period  of  the  Exile, 
make  this  fifty-fifth  chapter  one  of  two  or 
three  exhortations  delivered  shortly  before 
the  return,  when  the  opportunity  was  in 
sight  and  yet  there  was  the  temptation  to 
remain  and  enjoy  the  profitable  commer- 
cial relations  which  had  been  formed  by 
many  of  the  thrifty  Hebrews  in  the  land  of 
their  exile.  Whether  this  was  written  then 
or  at  an  earlier  date,  it  is  doubtless  true 
that  such  exhortations  were  needed  to  per- 
suade many  of  the  Jews  to  return  from 
comfortable  and  prosperous  exile  in  Baby- 
lon to  their  own  devastated  Zion. 

And  it  is  equally  true  that  the  call  is  ever 
needed,  in  every  age,  by  those  who  have 
to  make  choice  between  ease  and  material 
prosperity  on  the  one  hand,  and  the  true 
values  of  life  on  the  other.  There  is  a  vast 
amount  of  spending  resources  on  that 
which  has  in  it  no  real  or  permanent  food 
for  satisfaction.  Whether  this  noble  chap- 
ter was  written  in  the  reign  of  Hezekiah  or 
in  the  days  of  Cyrus,  whether  by  Isaiah  or 
a  great  unknown  prophet,  it  bears  death- 
less testimony  to  the  superiority  of  the 
spiritual  way  of  life.  It  makes  eloquent 
appeal  to  all  men  to  turn  from  the  low, 
mean  and  unprofitable  things,  to  leave 
even  the  things  which  are  good  but  not 
the  best,  and  to  seek  the  spiritual  values 
which  are  truly  substantial.  And  it 
breathes  a  buoyant  and  hopeful  spirit,  a 
contagious  joy  in  righteousness,  a  perfect 
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By  H.  A.  Denton. 

July  23,  1905. 


PREPARING  FOR  OUR  HEAVENLY 

HOME.— 

Phil.  3:20,  21;  Heb.  11:13-16. 

For  the  Leader. 

The  world  is  a  happy  place.  Whether 
we  admit  it  or  not,  there  is  testimony  to 
this  view  in  the  fact  that  we  want  to  re- 
main here  as  long  as  possible.  With  a 
few  exceptions,  we  are  prone  to  tarry  in 
this  good  land.  Yet  we  have  many 
hardships,  many  trials,  many  sorrows 
here.  Now  this  is  far  from  ideal.  We  can 
not  keep  from  thinking  how  happy  we  would 
be  if  these  disadvantages  were  removed. 
This  will  not  be  done  for  us.  Yet  we  are  told 
how  to  realize  the  equivalent  of  this:  Trust 
God  and  prepare  for  another  world,  an- 
other home— heaven.  This  is  better.  It  is 
not  an  old  world  made  over.  It  is  another 
world.  To  us  a  new  world.  It  is  a  place 
where  the  things  that  worry  .us  here  are 
never  known. 

Here  is  the  thought  for  us  to-night:  We 
must  prepare  for  this  home. 

For  the  Members. 

1.  Heavenly  home.  What  heaven  is 
we  can  not  tell.  But  this  we  know,  it  is 
a  place  that  God  has  prepared  for  us. 
Jesus  has  told  us  that  it  was  prepared  for 
God's  own  from  the  foundation  of  the 
world.  It  is  not,  then,  an  afterthought 
with  God— heaven.  He  intended  from  the 
beginning  to  lead  the  sons  of  men  up  to 
these  upper  fields  of  glory  in  his  good, 
time.  My  work  may  be  made  very  good; 
What  then,  can  God's  work  be  made  in 
his  infinite  power? 

-  2.  It  is  our  home.  This  not  in  the  sense 
that  it  was  made  for  us.  That  is  true.  But 
in  the  sense  that  we  were  made  for  heaven. 
If  this  be  true,  what  then  follows?  Many 
things.  If  we  were  made  for  heaven, 
then  we  do  not  fit  in  another  place.  De- 
struction from  the  presence  of  God  is  not 
our  destiny.  We  must  live  the  life  that 
prepares  for  heaven,  if  we  would  be 
happy  while  on  the  road  to  our  heavenly 
home.  The  life  of  sin  hurts,  for  it  is  not 
the  life  for  which  we  were  made.  It  is  un- 
natural. Man  was  not  made  to  live  such 
a  life. 

3.  The  person  that  now  is,  and  the  per- 
son that  we  are  conscious  of  having  been 
since  first  we  could  remember,  that  is  the 
same  person  that  is  to  live  in  heaven  some 
day.  But  some  say,  "How  can  this  be? 
How  can  this  body  of  corruption  enter  an 
eternal  home?"  Well,  the  author  of 
Philippians  says,  in  the  Standard  Ameri- 
can Revision,  "Shall  fashion  anew  the 
body  of  our  humiliation,  that  it  may  be 
conformed  to  the  body  of  his  glory,  ac- 
cording to  the  working  whereby  he  is  able 
even  to  subject  all  things  unto  himself" 
(Phil.  3:31).  This  gives  us  to  understand 
that  the  new  body  will  some  way,  by  the 
power  of  the  Lord,  be  made  into  the  new 
and  heavenly  body.  This  is  the  difference 
between  the  Christian  and  the  philosophi- 
cal doctrines  of  immortality. 

Getting  ready  for  the  change  of  homes. 
How  important  that  is!  When  we  make 
a  long  journey  here  belovfr,  how  long  it 
takes  us  to  get  ready!  Everybody  on  the 
place  is  called  into  service  to  get  one 
of  the  family  off.  And  if  the  whole 
family  is  going,  and  if  the  journey  be 
across    the   sea  to  live   all  the  rest  of  the 


allotted  time,  it  is  the  greatest  thing  that 
ever  happens  in  a  family's  history,  and 
the  preparation  is  in  keeping  with  the 
magnitude  of  the  change.  Here  is  the 
time  for  our  departure  for  our  heavenly 
home  drawing  near.  What  preparations 
are  we  making?  Does  the  voyage  across 
the  crystal  sea  inspire  us  to  nobler 
thoughts  and  nobler  deeds  as  we  think  of 
it?  Why  not?  There  is  nothing  so  im- 
portant marked  to  happen  in  the  career 
we  make  from  the  cradle  on.  Oh,  get 
ready!  It  will  be  the  day  of  all  days.  And 
next  to  that  day  will  be  the  day  upon 
which  we  gave  our  hearts  to  Jesus  in  prep- 
aration for  the  heavenly  home. 

Sfuiet  Hour  Thought. 

Could  I  know  that  within  the  next  month 
I  was  to  sail  the  unknown  sea,  would  it 
make  any  difference  in  my  living? 

DAILY   READINGS. 

M.  Heaven  gained  by  faith.     Heb.  11:1-4. 

-T.  By  pleasing  God.                 Heb.  11:5-7. 

W.  By  obedience.  Gen.  6:22;  7:7,  23;  8:20. 

T.  Byseparation.                   Gen.  13:10-18. 

F.  By  godlikeness.                    Matt.  5:1-9. 

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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


July  13.  1905 


Hypnotism  and  Evangelism,  Once  More. 

Editor,  Christian-Evangelist:— It  is 
not  for  controversy  that  I  again  attempt  to 
make  clear  some  things  which  yon  seem 
not  to  understand  in  my  recent  article  on 
"Hypnotic  Evangelists."  This  is  certainly 
a  very  important  subject,  since  so  many 
pseudo-philosophies  and  psychic  experi- 
ences are  engaging  our  attention  and  mak- 
ing inroads  into  the  church  of  the  living 
God.  I  am  not  an  "accurate"  writer,  it  is 
true,  and  would  make  a  very  poor  editor, 
but  I  have  no  fears  of  my  article  being 
misunderstood  by  every  student  cf  modern 
experimental  psychology. 

But  to  the  text,  "Hypnotism  a  cheap 
substitute  for  the  Holy  Spirit."  In  your 
comments  where  you  use  that  phrase  the 
second  time  you  add  "or  the  gospel," 
which  to  me  puts  a  different  phase  to  the 
subject.  If  the  St.  Louis  preachers  had 
concluded  that  psychological  experiences 
were  a  cheap  substitute  for  the  gospel  I 
would  have  uttered  a  loud  Amen.  That  is 
exactly  my  contention,  and  so  I  tried  to 
express  it  in  the  statement  that  the  danger 
line  as  I  see  it  was  in  what  was  suggested. 
In  your  definition  of  hypnotism  the  author 
says  "little  or  no  recollection  of  the  ac- 
tions or  ideas  dominant  during  the  condi- 
tion are  retained."  In  the  first  place, 
this  is  an  obsolete  definition  and  would  not 
be  accepted  to-day  by  a  single  up-to-date 
psychologist.  But  for  sake  of  illustration 
we  will  accept  the  definition.  You  then 
ask,  "Does  the  preaching  of  the  gospel 
produce  an  abnormal  consciousness  in 
which  the  mind  receives  ideas  and  the 
person  performs  actions  which  are  not  re- 
membered upon  regaining  'normal  con- 
sciousness' ?  "  I  answer,  never!  But  a 
perverted  gospel,  wherein  the  Holy  Spirit 
is  supposed  to  come  and  "carry"  the 
word  to  the  sinner's  heart,  rout  out  all  evil, 
convict,  convert,  sanctify  and  bear  witness 
of  all  these  by  a  feeling  instead  of  by  faith 
in  what  he  says,  does  produce  an  abnormal 
consciousness  in  the  mind  and  actions  are 
performed  which  are  not  at  all  in  harmony 
with  a  normal  presentation  of  the  gospel 
to  a  normal  intellect. 

I  still  contend  for  my  definition  of  sug- 
gestion, and  the  experiences  of  our  be- 
clouded religious  neighbors  where  the  altar 
system  is  still  used  will  verify  it,  that  it  is 
such  a  presentation  of  thoughts  or  ideas 
to  the  mind  as  will  result  in  a  mental,  moral 
or  physical  change.  Those  acquainted 
with  Professor  Starbuck's  excellent  work 
on  "Psychology  in  Religion,"  or  Professor 
Coe's  "Spiritual  Life,"  will,  I  think,  not 
question  this  statement.  I  am  a  stickler 
ior  the  gospel  as  against  the  mysterious 
manifestations  of  the  mind  dominated  by 
the  suggestion  that  the  Holy  Spirit  does 
his  work  other  than  revealed  in  his  holy 
word. 

While  it  may  seem  a  digression  here,  yet 
it  is  right  along  this  line  that  there  is  so 
much  misunderstanding  on  the  subject  of 
Christian  Science,  falsely  so  called.  From 
Bros.  Craig,  Keeler,  and  the  editor,  I  infer 
that  the  power  to  heal  belongs  exclusively 
to  the  church,  and  yet  Brother  Keeler  says, 


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In  time,     rioid  by  druggists- 


CONSUMPTION     f 


"In  no  real  sense  can  'Christian  Science' 
be  classed  as  a  church  of  the  incarnate 
Son  of  God."  So  say  I,  and  the  very  fact 
of  their  healings  which  has  made  all  their 
converts  proves  that  the  power  to  heal 
does  not  belong  to  the  church  any  more 
than  to  all  God's  creatures.  He  sends  the 
rain  alike  on  the  just  and  the  unjust,  as  he 
also  gives  us  a  mind,  or  minds,  with  cer- 
tain functions  to  perform  relating  to  the 
body,  and  here  comes  the  physical  change 
as  a  result  of  suggestion  for  that  purpose 
and  to  that  end.  Here  I  close,  with  the 
hope,  dear  brother,  that  while  we  may 
now  see  as  through  a  glass  darkly,  we 
may  some  time  see  as  face  to  face. 

Springfield,  Mo.  W.  E.  Harlow. 

[It  now  appears  that  our  brother  was  re- 
plying to  something  that  was  not  said  or 
implied  in  anything  that  was  written,  but 
to  something  he  inferred.  But  why  he 
should  suppose  that  the  preachers  of  St. 
Louis  were  less  clear  than  himself  as  re- 
gards "the  mysterious  manifestations  of 
the  mind  dominated  by  the  suggestion 
that  the  Holy  Spirit  does  his  work  other 
than  revealed  in  his  holy  word,"  is  some- 
thing we  do  not  clearly  grasp.  It  is  prob- 
ably because  his  mind  was  "dominated" 
by  a  wrong  "suggestion." 

Bro.  H.  thinks  that  our  use  of  the  phrase, 
"the  gospel,"  instead  of  the  Holy  Spirit, 
"puts  a  different  phase  on  the  question." 
Isn't  this  because  his  mind  is  "dominated 
by  the  suggestion"  that  to  be  converted 
by  the  Holy  Spirit  is  something  different 
from  being  converted  by  the  gospel?  This 
is  one  of  the  most  common  errors  extant. 
To  dispense  with  the  Holy  Spirit  in  preach- 
ing is  to  dispense  with  the  gospel,  and  to 
dispense  with  the  gospel  is  to  dispense 
with  the  Holy  Spirit.  The  Holy  Spirit,  as 
the  Editor  has  tried  to  point  out  in  his  re- 
cent book  on  the  subject,  accomplishes  his 
work  in  the  conversion  andsanctification  of 
men  through  the  truth  of  the  gospel.  When 
we  said,  therefore,  that  those  who  sought 
for  power  to  preach  the  gospel  successfully 
through  hypnotism,  were  seeking  "a  cheap 
substitute  for  the  Holy  Spirit,"  we  meant 
that  it  is  only  through  the  aid  and  guid- 
ance of  the  Holy  Spirit  that  the  gospel 
can  be  preached  with  convincing  and  con- 
verting power. 

It  is  not  "the  experiences  of  our  be- 
clouded religious  neighbors"  that  we  were 
dealing  with,  but  the  "beclouded"  and 
materialistic  conceptions  of  the  gospel  of 
some  who  claim  to  have  very  clear  ideas 
about  the  Holy  Spirit,  who  seem  to  think 
that  men  can  be  manipulated  and  suggested 
into  the  kingdom  of  God  while  in  a  passive 
state.  The  two  errors  are  very  close  akin 
and  have  a  common  root. 

Another  erroneous  "suggestion"  that 
Bro.  H.  seems  to  be  laboring  under,  is, 
that  Brothers  Craig,  Keeler  and  the  Editor 
hold  that  "the  power  to  heal  belongs  ex- 
clusively to  the  church"!  On  the  contrary, 
we  hold  that  all  healing  power  belongs  to 
God,  and  that  the  mission  of  the  church 
relates  especially  to  the  ills  of  the  spirit, 
and  incidentally  only  to  the  ills  of  the 
body.  God's  healing  power  is  not  hemmed 
and  limited  by  the  church,  but  flows 
through  various  channels  for  the  blessing 
of  mankind.  The  church  is  to  lend  itself, 
as  far  as  it  can  do  so,  to  ministering  to  all 
the  needs  of  man,  but  its  supreme  mission 
is  to  bring  the  divine  power  of  the  gospel 
to  bear  upon  men  as  the  remedy  for  sin 
and  its  train  of  evil  consequences. 

We  join  our  dear  brother  in  the  hope 
that  while  we  now  know  in  part,  we  shall 
hereafter    know  even    as    we    are  known. 


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Meanwhile,  "heart  to  heart  we  bide  the 
shadows,  till  the  mists  are  cleared  away." 
— Editor.] 

&        ® 

In  the  Interest  of  Truth. 

Not  in  any  spirit  of  controversy,  nor 
with  any  desire  to  have  the  last  word,  do  I 
write  this  letter. 

I  am  in  favor  of  unity;  but  it  must  be 
effected  upon  a  scriptural  basis. 

In  the  union  consummated  recently  at 
Monroe,  Wisconsin,  between  the  Baptists 
and  the  church  of  Christ,  not  the  Bible; 
but  a  preamble  and  set  of  resolutions  was 
made  the  basis  of  unity. 

A  human  name  was  adopted  for  this  new 
organization.  We  have  ever  protested 
against  human  ecclesiastical  names,  why 
adopt  this  one?  "Presbyterian  church"  is 
as  scriptural  as  "Union  Church  of  Christ." 

Half  the  offerings  in  this  "Union  Church 

of  Christ"  are  to  go  to  the  spreading  of 

Baptist  teaching  and  church  polity.     How 

can  Disciples  of  Christ  conscientiously  do 

that? 

This  "Union  Church  of  Christ"  must  be 
represented  by  delegates  to  "denomina- 
tional conventions  of  both  Christian  and 
Baptist  churches."  The  Christian  church 
has  no  ' ' denominational  conventions. ' '  We 
are  not  a  denomination. 

The  resolutions  adopted  set  aside  the 
weekly  observance  of  the  Lord's  supper, 
as  practiced  by  the  church  in  the  days  of 
the  apostles,  and  substitute  the  Baptist 
method  of  monthly  communion.  By  what 
law  of  right  can  our  brethren  enter  into 
such  a  compact? 

It  is  bad  enough  for  members  of  the 
church  to  absent  themselves  from  the 
Lord's  table,  and  for  some  of  our  congre- 
gations to  carelessly  neglect  weekly  com- 
munion; but  it  is  very  much  worse  for 
them  to  deliberately  resolve  to  neglect  it 
three  Lord's  days  in  each  month.  There 
is  as  much  authority  for  Methodist  quar- 
terly communion  or  Presbyterian  tri- 
monthly  communion,  as  there  is  for 
monthly  observance. 

Within  the  past  year  I  have  held  meet- 
ings for  two  congregations  where  the 
brethren  only  met  once  per  month  "to 
break  bread."  By  prayerful  and  tearful 
exhortation,  I  induced  them  to  repent  of 
this  wrong,  and  henceforward  honor  their 
Lord  by  weekly  communion.  The  action 
of  the  brethren  at  Monroe,  Wisconsin, 
does  not  afford  any  stimulus  to  my  plea  for 
a  return  to  primitive  practice. 

It  does  seem  to  me  that  weekly  com- 
munion is  a  very  vital  matter.  Is  not  its 
neglect  the  cause  "of  many  weak  and 
sickly  ones"  among  us.  For  invalids  and 
aged  ones  who  cannot  be  at  the  Lord's 
table,  doubtless  the  Lord  will  make  pro- 
vision; but  for  those  who  can  be  there,  but 
will  not  attend,  it  may  be  of  very  vital 
concern. 

Let  us  foster  unity  in  all  legitimate 
ways,  but  let  there  be  no  backward  step. 
Only  the  Lord  can  dictate  the  terms. 

Simpson  Ely. 

[See  Editorial  Reply.] 


A  Fine  Kidney  Care. 

Mr.  A.  S.  Hitchcock,  East  Hampton,  Conn.,  (the 
Clothier)  says  if  any  sufferer  from  Kidney  and  Bladder 
troubles  will  write  him,  he  will,  without  charge,  direct 
them  to  the  perfect  home  cuie  he  used. 


July  13,  190S 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


9«S 


Family  Circle 


The  Salute. 

We,  about  to  die,  salute  you  kindly — 
We,  the  very  old,  hail  you,  the  young, 

Though  the    shows    of   earth  we  see    but 
blindly, 
And  a  leaden  weight  is  on  our  tongue. 

But  our  wan  old  hearts  expand  in  pleasure, 
Watching  how  your  spirits  kindle  bright; 

And  we  dream  us  back  to  springtime  treas- 
ure, 
Old,  dim  ardors,  ghost  of  gone  delight. 

We  relive  in  you  the  chances  splendid, 

All  the  bufferings  and  all  the  gains; 
O,  the  sense  of  time  and  time  unended, 

Ere  the  hope  dies,  ere  the  wonder  wanes! 
How  you  love  and  fight  and  taste   of  rap- 
ture, 

How  your  sleep  restores  you  to  the  sun, 
How  the  sweet  of  every  hour  you  capture 

Haughtily,  as  heroes  e'er  have  done! 

We  have  lived  and    loved,  as  you  are  do- 
ing; 
We  are  glad  to  see  you  run  the  race; 
Half  you  seem  ourselves — your  work,  your 
wooing, 
Your  high  stakes  of  glory  or  disgrace. 

Hail!  Farewell!  nor    blame  us   if    a   sad- 
ness 
Clutches  at  our  throat  the  while  we  gaze 
Brokenly,  through   tears,  upon  that  glad- 
ness 
Once  was  ours  in  exquisite  old  days. 

Not  one  bliss  nor  belief   would  we  dispute 
you; 
Once   for  us   as   well   the   whole    earth 
sung, 
We,  about  to  die,  again  salute  you — 
We,  the  elders,  hail  our  brothers  young! 
— Richard  "Burton,  in  the  July  Century. 


Follow  Tour  Own  Bent. 

I  begin  with  a  fable.  A  lion  once  grew 
tired  of  the  forest  and  essayed  navigation 
like  a  whale,  with  the  result  that  all  the 
little  fishes  laughed  at  his  bungling  at- 
tempts to  swim  without  fins,  and  finally 
made  a  fine  dinner  of  his  remains.  Mean- 
while, as  it  happened,  one  of  the  whales, 
who  for  a  hundred  years  had  been  a 
champion  spouter,  thought  it  would  be 
delightful  to  roam  over  the  fields  like  an 
ox,  but  when  he  tried  it,  he  soon  came  to 
grief,  and  the  crows  who  assembled  at 
his  obsequies  passed  a  unanimous  resolu- 
tion to  the  effect  that  it  is  best  for  whales 
to  keep  to  the  water,  and  for  lions  to  keep 
to  the  land.  Each  in  his  own  element,  was 
the  lesson  of  the  failure  of  the  four-footed 
beast  to  swim  in  the  sea,  and  of  the  leg- 
less leviathan  to  march  on  the  shore. 

We  discover  many  parallels  to  this  in 
human  endeavor.  Here,  for  instance,  is  a 
man  who  would  have  made  an  excellent 
policeman;  but  he  is  trying  to  get  on  as  a 
very  indifferent  school  teacher.  Here  is 
another  who  is  well  adapted  to  the  work 
of  an  accountant,  and  who  is  wasting  his 
time  trying  to  write  a  novel  that  no  one 
will  publish,  and  no  one  would  read  if  it 
were  printed.  Here  is  a  mill  owner  who 
has  succeeded  in  winning  a  fortune  from 
the  business  he  understands,  but  is  am- 
bitious to  be  a  great  banker;  with  the  re- 
mit that  his  bank  goes  down  in  a  flood  of 
bankruptcy,  and  his  factory  is  swept  down 


stream  along  with  his  bank.  Here  is  a 
young  woman  whose  talent  plainly  points 
to  her  distinction  as  a  teacher,  but  who 
imagines  that  she  may  shine  as  another 
Miss  Cushman;  and  in  her  feeble  attempts 
as  an  actress  she  gets  more  ridicule  than 
applause.  Coloridge  was  a  born  poet, 
but  his  ambition  was  to  be  a  philosopher. 
Result:  The  world  would  gladly  exchange 
all  the  fog-banks  of  his  prose  for  another 
poem  of  the  type  of  the  "Ancient  Ma- 
riner." 

Exceptional,  we  must  believe,  is  the  lad 
or  lass  of  eighteen  or  twenty  who  has  not 
developed  a  special  bent  toward  some  par- 
ticular form  of  useful  service  in  life.  Hap- 
py such  a  one  if  the  dominating  aptitude 
is  recognized,  if  the  one  divinely  appointed 
field  of  work  be  fully  cultivated,  if  the  por- 
tion of  life's  vineyard  allotted  to  another, 
however  alluring  it  may  seem  at  a  distance, 
be  left  unexplored.  Never  was  it  so  true 
as  in  our-age  of  specializations  that  suc- 
cess is  conditioned  on  doing  well  one  form 
of  work,  and  our  exclusive  task. 

In  Christian  experience  and  service,  as 
well  as  in  the  secular  realm,  the  fact  of  a 
special  bent  and  place  for  each  should  be 
recognized.  Perhaps  the  problem  of  the 
boy  would  be  nearer  solution  to  our 
churches  if  clearer  thinking  were  the  rule 
among  church  officials  concerning  the  true 
type  of  the  religious  expression  of  the  lad, 
say  of  fifteen.  As  soon  as  a  boy  outgrows 
his  childhood  we  expect  him  to  adopt  the 
relations  and  duties  of  a  Christian — which 
is  correct;  but  too  often  we  expsct  him  to 
think,  speak  and  act  like  a  Christian  of 
middle  life  or  old  age — which  is  incorrect. 
Little  wonder  if  our  fifteen-year-old  friend 


soon  wearies  of  the  church  if  he  is  led  to 
fear  that  he  is  not  a  Christian  unless  he 
has  the  special  style  of  spiritual  expression 
of  the  deacon  who  has  served  the  Lord  for 
fifty  years!  Suppose  a  young  fellow  of 
sixteen  doesn't  enjoy  a  mothers'  meeting, 
and  is  bored  by  the  style  of  missionary 
service  that  may  be  perfectly  suited  to  the 
need  of  his  aunts  and  great- aunts;  are  we 
to  allow  him  to  conclude  that  consequently 
his  spirituality  is  defective?  He  needs  a  place 


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of  his  own  in  the  mechanism  of  the 
church;  and  too  often  we  fail  to  help  him 
to  find  it. 

Henry  Drummond  never  said  a  wiser 
thing  than  when  he  advised  boys  that 
they  were  to  serve  God  as  boys  and 
not  as  grandmothers.  Now  grandmothers 
have  their  rights  in  the  regular  Sunday 
church  service,  as  welt  as  in  the  general 
estimate  of  the  true  quality  of  Christian 
discipleshlp;  but  the  boy  or  young  man 
has  his  corresponding  rights  as  well.  And 
it  is  clearly  to  expect  him  to  do  violence 
to  his  own  nature  to  require  him  to  be  in- 
terested in  the  precise  line  of  church  work 
of  his  elders,  or  to  sing  their  hymns,  or  to 


Life  in  Hayti. 

No  reliable  census  has  been  taken  of 
Hayti  since  the  days  of  the  French. 
Roughly  estimated,  it  is  said  to  contain 
about  a  million  people,  seventy  per  cent 
of  whom  are  black  and  thirty  per  cent 
white  or  mulatto.  It  is  a  notorious  fact 
that  few  of  the  lower  orders  go  through 
any  civil  or  religious  marriage,  which  ex- 
plains why  most  of  the  children  born  on 
the  island  are  of  illegitimate  parentage. 
The  native  Haytian  is  ugly,  ignorant,  fond 
of  strong  drink,  and  extremely  lazy,  his 
favorite  occupation  being  sleep — when  he 
is  not  watching  a  cock-fight.  He  only 
labors  when  compelled  to,  and  is  very  apt 


fact  that  there  are  so  many  secluded  val- 
leys in  which  it  is  screened  from  the  wind. 
But  to  return  to  the  habitation  I  was  de- 
scribing: the  single  room  contains  but  the 
most  necessary  articles  of  furniture  and  a 
few  cooking  utensils,  rice  and  beans, 
washed  down  with  native  rum,  being  the 
national  food.  For  the  Haytian  can  not 
be  induced  to  add  anything  to  his  menu 
that  requires  exertion.  If  you  should  pass 
one  of  these  comfortless  abodes  in  the 
evening,  you  would  observe  the  interior 
dimly  illuminated  by  means  of  a  taper 
floating  on  a  tumblerful  of  Palma  Christi 
oil.  But  poverty  has  no  terrors  for  the 
Haytian;   for  here  there   is  no   cold;    the 


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offer  their  style  of  prayers.  Many  of  us 
can  remember  the  verses  we  used  to  sing 
in  Sunday-school, 

"I   want   to    be   an    angel,  and  with    the 

angels  stand, 
A  crown  upon  my  forehead,  a  harp  within 

my  hand." 

Now,  apart  from  the  fact  that  if  any  of  us 
were  so  foolish  as  to  wish  to  be  angels  the 
desire  would  be  vain,  and  considering 
merely  the  longing  for  a  better  future  ex- 
istence to  which  words  of  this  order  in 
our  .hymnology  give  expression — what 
healthy  boy  of  fifteen  ever  really  wanted  to 
be  an  angel  or  saint?  He  is  quite  satisfied 
to  be  a  boy,  and  I  think  that  God  wants 
him  to  be  just  a  boy;  and  if  he  is  led  to 
talk  or  sing  about  the  delight  of  dying, 
and  of  his  great  desire  to  go  to  heaven 
right  off,  there  is  a  false  note  to  all  his  re- 
ligion, he  is  made  to  utter  sentiments  that 
are  revolting  to  his  true  nature.  He  is  a 
David  forced  to  wear  the  armor  of  Siul; 
he  is  crowded  into  a  place  in  the  church 
where  he  does  not  belong. 

Let  us  honor  naturalness  and  originality 
in  Christian  service.  Let  us  assure  our- 
selves of  the  truth  that  there  is  a  form  of 
service  for  the  Master  that  each  can  do 
better  than  anyone  else.  Then  let  each 
cobb  er  in  Caanan  stick  to  his  own  last. — 
G.  F.  Gteene,  in  Ne*w  York  Observer. 


to  cite  an  old  Haytian  proverb  to  the  effect 
that  "only  white  men,  black  women  and 
asses  work."  He  seldom  finishes  anything 
he  starts,  and  never  makes  repairs,  when 
anything  wears  out,  he  simply  throws  it 
away.  Under  these  circumstances,  his 
utter  disregard  of  responsibility  and  ha- 
bitual repudiation  of  obligations  must  be 
looked  upon  as  a  natural  consequence. 

As  a  rule,  the  native  Haytian  carries  his 
entire  wardrobe  on  his  back,  consisting  of 
a  pair  of  trousers  and  a  coarse  shirt,  to 
which  a  light  hat  is  added  upon  occasions. 
Children  run  about  the  streets  in  the  cus- 
tumes  of  Adam  and  Eve,  and  the  dusky 
daughters  of  the  latter  are  scantily  clad  in 
flowing  draperies  that  reveal  their  heaving 
bosoms  and  bare  nether  extremities.  They 
are  only  distinguished  by  a  certain  grace- 
fulness that  is  acquired  by  carrying  heavy 
loads  on  their  beads,  and  turbans  of  the 
most  gaudy  description  that  make  vivid 
spots  of  color  in  the  landscape. 

The  wretched  hovels  that  serve  as  houses 
for  the  lower  classes  of  the  natives  scarcely 
deserve  the  designation  of  home.  In  many 
instances,  the  dimensions  are  but  twelve 
by  eighteen  feet,  and  they  are  constructed 
of  basket  work  walls  with  steep,  thatched 
roofs,  that  are  overshadowed  by  majestic 
palms  and  banana  trees  loaded  with  fruit. 
In  passing,  it  may  be  said  that  the  banana 
thrives  particularly  well  here,  owing  to  the 


earth  produces  fruits  and  vegetables  in 
abundance;  and  the  use  of  clothing  is  re- 
duced to  its  lowest  terms. 

The  houses  of  the  better  class  of  natives, 
however,  are  more  comfortable.  In  town 
they  are  almost  invariably  shut  in  by  high 
walls,  or  are  entered  from  the  interior,  and 
can  be  barricaded  in  time  of  insurrection. 
In  these  dwellings  there  is  a  French  air  in 
the  decorations  and  furnishings,  which  is 
particularly  manifested  in  an  abundance 
of  mirrors.  The  kitchen  is  usually  de- 
tached.— Hugo  Erichsen,  in  The  Pilgrim  for 
July. 

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Holidays  at  Home. 

If,  for  any  reason,  it  is  impossible  to  go 
away  from  home  in  summer,  try  what  you 
may  do  without  leaving  the  familiar  place. 
Air  the  house  thoroughly  in  the  early 
morning  and  at  other  times  keep  it  dark 
and  cool.  Opinions  vary  as  to  whether  a 
house  is  cooler  with  doors  and  windows 
closed  in  the  middle  of  the  day,  than  if  a 
current  of  air  is  allowed  to  pass  from  room 
to  room.  Much  depends  on  the  thickness 
of  the  walls  and  the  location  of  the  house, 
but  darkened  rooms  are  certainly  cooler 
than  those  to  which  the  sun  is  allowed  free 
access.  Pat  away  all  superfluities  in  the 
line  of  bric-a-brac  and  ornaments.  Make 
the  housekeeping  as  light  as  possible,  and 
during  the  summer  avoid  too  many  hot 
meats  and  rich  pastries.  Take  short  trips, 
by  trolley  or  steamer,  to  objective  points 
not  very  far  from  home.  You  may  be  sur- 
prised to  discover  that  within  a  very  few 
miles  of  your  town  or  village  there  are  woods 
and  groves  where  the  birds  sing,  the  wild 
flowers  bloom  and  the  sunbeams  sift  down 
through  interlacing  boughs  on  the  velvet 
turf.  There  may  be  historic  spots  not  far 
from  you  which  tourists  visit,  but  which 
you  have  never  seen. — Mrs.  Songster,  in 
Woman's  Home  Companion  for  July. 


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Willard  French,  who  recently  paid  an 
extended  visit  to  the  Philippines,  contri- 
butes to  the  April  number  of  the  North 
American  Review  an  extremely  interesting 
article  on  "The  Public  School  System  in 
the  Philippines."  Mr.  French  was  not  in 
search  of  school  developments,  but  they 
were  omnipresent;  he  could  not  traverse 
the  streets  of  a  native  town,  morning  or 
noon,  without  passing  laughing  bevies  of 
thin-shirted  youngsters,  hugging  to  their 
brown  sides  familiar  home  school-books. 
Even  in  Mindanao,  Mr.  French  says,  he 
has  yet  to  find  the  boy  or  girl  who  did  not 
smile  and  reply  in  kind  to  "Hello"  or 
"Good-by."  To-day,  nearly  three  hun- 
dred thousand  Filipino  children  are 
enrolled  in  the  public  schools.  New  and 
larger  buildings  are  being  called  for  all 
over  the  islands,  and  many  municipalites 
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With  the  Children 

By  J.    >r**k«arldi«   Ellla. 


A  Week   With  the  Woodneys. 

THE   FOVRTH    NIGHT. 

Mr.    Worth   Acre   came   by   for  Arthur 
about  an  hour  after  supper,  and  took  him 
home  for  the  night.     It  was  Arthur's  sec- 
ond night  at    Horseshoe    House.     He  was 
somewhat  shy  with  the  blacksmith  at  first, 
for  he  had  not  been  with  him  since  his  re- 
turn  from  the  attempted    flight.     But  the 
great   muscular   man   was  so   gentle  with 
him  and,  at  the  same  time  had  so  com- 
pletely forgotten  all  about  the  misunder- 
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ently   at    his   ease.     On    his   first  visit   at 
Horseshoe  House  he  had  seen  no  one  but 
the   master.     It    was    so   to-night.     There 
were  no  lights  at  any  of  the  windows,  nor 
were  any  sounds  to  be  heard  from  within. 
Mr.  Acre  entered  neither  of  the  front  doors 
which  stood  in  the  front  ends  of  the  horse- 
shoe-shaped building.     He  passed  between 
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thur still  thought  it  strange  to  stand  by  the 
silver   maple   and   have  the   house    wind 
about  him  like  some  enormous  snake.     It 
was  dark    and    Mr.  Acre  had  to    feel    his 
way,  as  he  fumbled  at  a  lock  with  his  key. 
Presently  he  opened  a  door  softly  and  Ar- 
thur followed  him  into  a  room.    It  was  the 
same  room  in  which  they  had  slept  together 
the  night  before.     The  host  lit  a  lamp  and 
set  it  upon  a  bracket  which    was   fastened 
high  up  on  the  wall.     The  wall  next  to  the 
court,  and   the   wall   opposite   to  it,  both 
curved  in    contributing   their   part   to  the 
horse-shoe   effect  of  the  dwelling.     Oppo- 
site the  door  which  they  had   just  entered 
from  the  court   was   a  window.     At  each 
end  of   the   room    there  was  a  door.     As 
Miss    Lizzie    Day    had     told     Mace,     one 
could    enter    one    front     door     and   pass 
from   room   to    room    and   come   out  the 
other  front  door,  for  each   room    was  just 
behind  the  other,  and  each  was  the  same 
width.  "You  have  never  seen  my  father," 
remarked  Mr.  Worth  Acre  as  he  threw  up 
the  window  and  propped  open    the  court 
door  that  a  breeze   might   sweep  through  . 
"He's  a  remarkably   preserved  old  gentle- 
man; he's  ninety-eight.     But   he   goes  to 
bed  at  dusk  and  doesn't  get  up  till  you  go 
to  Mr.  Woodney's  for  breakfast,  it's  hap-, 
pened  that  way.     I'd  like   for  you  to  take 
your  meals  here,  Arthur,  and  we  must  see 
if    it    can't    be    managed   somehow.     I'll 
study  over    it.     Grandpa   has    taken    up 
some  queer  notions  and  I'm  going  to  try  to 
fit  you  into  them."  He  drew  a  great  leather 
covered  armchair  across  the  doorway,  and 
took  off   his  coat   and  vest,  which  he  had 
donned   on  leaving  his   shop,  because  in 
bringing  Arthur    home   they  were  obliged 
to  pass    the  front   windows   of  the  Misses 
Day.     "Ha,  this   is   comfort,"   he    cried, 
removing  his    collar   and   tie,  and  pulling 
off  his  boots.     The   south  breeze  stole  in 
from  the  court   and  made   the  lamp    flare 
and  dance.     The  silver  maple    could    be 
heard    whispering    to    itself.     "Set    your 
chair  right  between  the  window  and  me," 
said  Worth  Acre. 

"I'm  afraid  of  the  draught,"  said 
Arthur,  pulling  a  rockingchair  to  one  side. 
"I'm  the  easiest  person  to  catch  cold  you 
ever  saw." 

"That  so?"  said  Worth,  examining  the 
frail  little  body  with  a  critical  eye.  "Well, 
I've  got  to  harden  you.  Now,  son,  what 
a  man  needs  first  of  all,  in   setting  out  for 


any  port,  is  a  hale  and 'hearty  J  body.  It 
doesn't  matter  how  much  brains  you  have, 
if  there  isn't  enough  blood  to  feed  'em. 
Everything  is  built  up  from  blood,  blood 
is  what  you  want.  Look  at  me! ' '  He  rose 
and  bared  his  massive  arms.  "Let  me  tell 
you  what  the  success  of  my  business  de- 
pends on,  what  churches  need,  and  schools, 
and  physicians,  and  blacksmiths — blood, 
son,  blood.  Why!  I'd  rather  be  strong 
and  able  to  hold  my  own  with  my  fellow- 
men,  than  to  be  as  smart  as  Daniel  Web- 
ster or  as  persevering  as  George  Wash- 
ington. If  I  see  a  pickle,  I  want  to  be 
able  to  eat  it.  And  if  I  see  a  bully,  I  want 
to  be  able  to  knock  him  down;  yes,  my 
lad,  to  knock  him  down!" 

"In  your  business,"  said  Arthur  timidly, 
"the  muscles  are  always  in  action." 

"Ah,  my  fine  fellow,  there's  no  busi- 
ness on  earth  that  will  compare  with  it!" 
cried  Worth  Acre  enthusiastically.  "How 
would  the  horses  travel  our  winter 
roads  without  the  blacksmith?  What 
would  people  do  when  their  carriages  and 
buggies  lost  a  bolt  or  a  screw?  Such  a 
little  thing  sends  them  on  their  way  re- 
joicing—but a  necessary  thing.  Many  and 
many  a  time  I've  had  the  pleasure  parties 
stop  before  my  shop  for  just  a  touch,  or  a 
bit  of  iron  that  they  couldn't  do  without. 
'How  much  do  you  charge?'  they'd  say. 
Why,  bless  your  heart!  There's  no  charge 
for  that  kind  of  help.  There's  no  money 
in  it,  of  course — it's  like  giving  a  cold 
drink  of  water  to  a  thirsty  wayfarer. 
That's  the  part  of  life  that  keeps  a  man's 
heart  open — the  work  he  does  for  nothing. 
But  it  isn't  for  nothing,  after  all;  it's  for 
something  we  don't  talk  about,  you  know 
— something  simply  to  be  felt,  and  left 
without  words.  For  there  are  a  few  things 
in  this  life  that  are  simply  perfect  till  you 
touch  them  with  words — then  they  are 
spoiled." 

"Yes,  music  is  one  of  them,"  said 
Arthur,  nodding  thoughtfully. 

"If  I  were  a  music  player,"  said  Worth, 
"I'd  feel  that  all  this  strength  and  power 
in  my  blood  was  doing  the  world  mighty 
little  good.  But  that's  just  because  I  don't 
see  the  true  inwardness  of  the  matter,  I 
suppose.  I'll  tell  you  what  I  always 
thought  music  was  for.  A  fellow  will  have 
his  notions  on  a  subject  whether  they're 
trained  notions  or  wild  ones.  I  always 
thought  music  was  to  make  people  feel. 
Take  a  brass  band.     When  I   hear  one,  I 


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feel  like  going  sideways  like  a  circus- 
horse.  When  I  hear  a  hymn  in  church  I 
feel  a  whole  lot  of  religion  that  most  gen- 
erally I  just  know,  without  feeling.  When 
I  hear  'Dixie'  I  begin  boiling  and  blub- 
bering up  inside  till  steam  has  got  to  be 
vented,  and  the  only  way  I've  found  is 
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fort with  a  yell.  Know  what  I  mean?" 

"I  think  you  are  right  about  music  mak- 
ing people  feel,"  said  Arthur  doubtfully. 
"Maybe  different  people  have  to  have  dif- 
ferent music." 

Worth  Acre  nodded  thoughtfully  and 
said,  "Those  funny  little  jumps  you  make, 
and  those  races  you  take  up  and  down 
your  fiddle-string,  and  then  the  sudden 
whacks  and  stops,  and  the  first  thing  you 
know  that  scratching  'way  up  in  the  air- 
most  as  keen  as  a  locust  in  August— how 
does  all  that  make  you  feel?" 

Arthur  clasped  his  thin  white  fingers 
about  his  knee  and  stared  over  the  black- 
smith's stalwart  legs  into  the  gloom  of  the 
court.  "When  I  am  playing,"  he  said,. 
" everything  that  I  would  like  to  have— a 
home— a  mother— and— and  all  that,  seems- 


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just  out  of  my  reach.  And  as  I  play  it 
draws  near  and  nearer— everything  beauti- 
ful—all that  is  dear— all  that  I  might  have 
had  if  everything  had  been  different."  He 
paused,  then  said,  "I  don't  know  how  to 
say  it — I  expect  it's  one  of  those  things  you 
meant  that  are  just  perfect  without  words." 

"Never  knew  your  mother  and  father, 
son?" 

"No  sir.  They  died  before  I  can  remem- 
ber. I  was  taken  into  an  orphans'  home. 
My  father  was  a  musician,  but  he  drank; 
he  died  that  way." 

"No  kinfolks,  I  reckon,  hey?" 

"There  was  an  uncle— mother's  brother 
— he  used  to  send  some  money  to  the  or- 
phan home.  Once  he  came  to  see  me.  He 
took  me  out  driving.  I  don't  know  what- 
ever became  of  him.  I  don't  know  his 
name.  'Uncle  Roster'  is  what  I  called 
him." 

"Must  have  been  mighty  poor  material 
to  leave  you  in  an  orphan  home,"  re- 
marked Worth  Acre. 

"He  was  so  good  to  me  that  day!"  said 
Arthur.  "He  drove  me  all  about  the  city, 
and  every  once  in  awhile  we'd  stop  at  a. 
drug  store  and  get  an  icecream-soda.  At 
the  shops  we  got  candy  and  peanuts  and 
doughnuts  and  everything.  One  reason 
Why  I  remember  it  so  well — I  was  so  young 
— is,  because  I  was  dreadfully  sick  that 
night  after  he  had  gone.  I'm  glad  he 
never  knew  how  sick  I  was." 

"That  brings  me  back  to  what  I  was 
talking  fbout  at  first,"  exclaimed  the 
blacksmith.  "Whatever  you  mean  to  do 
with  yourself,  you  can  only  do  it  half  way 
with  a  weakly  body.  If  fiddle  you  must,  it 
stands  to  reason  you  can  pile  up  those  runs 
and  make  those  leaps  better  if  your  arm  is 
strong  and  your  legs  steady  under  you. 
I've  been  devising.  There  are  a  whole  lot 
of  health  magazines  being  printed,  telling 
just  how  to  build  up  blood.  I  never  needed 
to  base  my  strength  on  a  magazine;  but 
with  you  it's  different.  I've  ordered  half 
a  dozeu  magazines  through  Mr.  Wren, 
bearing  on  the  subject,  and  as  long  as 
you're  here,  I  mean  to  work  on  you.  I 
hope  ynu'll  take  no  exceptions?" 

"It  is  kind  of  you  to  think  of  it,"  said 
Arthur  with  some  hesitation. 

"I've  been  afraid  you  mightn't  like  it," 
said  Worth  Acre  hastily,  "so  I  thought  if 
you'd  bring  your  fiddle  over,  we  could  take 
a  dose  of  the  magazine  and  then  you  could 
play  your  music  as  a  solace.  And  I'll  do 
my  level  best  to  learn  to  appreciate  Mozart 
and  those  old  chaps.  I'll  buckle  and 
screw  my  mind  onto  your  playing,  and  in 
turn,  you'll  meet  me  half  way  in  building 
up  your  blood."  To  this  Arthur  agreed, 
feeling  he  could  do  no  less.  Presently 
they  went  to  bed,  and  the  blacksmith  had 
scarcely  settled  himself,  when  he  was 
sound  asleep.  It  was  long  before  the  little 
musician  could  find  repose.  Mr.  Acre  un- 
consciously sought  his  favorite  position— 
with  his  head  at  one  corner  and  his  feet  at 
the  opposite  corner,  and  his  body  forming 
as  it  were,  a  diagonal  fence.  Arthur  was 
pushed  up  into  a  small  triangle  of  sheet 
where  he  was  obliged  to  lie  with  his  knees 
rather  close  to  his  chin.  As  the  host  had 
a  rich  supply  of  blood,  he  scorned  all  cov- 
ering save  the  upper  sheet,  and  insisted,  in 
his  sleepy  unconsciousness,  in  heaping  all 
extra  covering  over  upon  Arthur.  The  little 
musician,  after  thinking  a  great  deal  about 
Jennie  Woodney  and  the  approaching 
grand  dinner  to  which  he  was  uninvited, 
fell  asleep;  and  all  went  well  in  Horseshoe 
House. 

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Current,  Events. 


The  Peace 
Conference. 


The  retirement  of  Muravieff  from 
the  Russian  delegation  to  the  peace 
conference  and  the 
appointment  of  M. 
Witte  in  his  place,  is 
the  removal  of  a  good  man  to  make 
way  for  a  better  one.  Muravieff  is  a 
staunch  conservative,  but  an  advo- 
cate of  peace,  and  he  would  doubtless 
have  discharged  the  important  duties 
of  the  position  with  ability  and  good 
results.  Witte  is  the  leader  of  the 
radical  party  in  the  government,  and, 
while  his  work  is  less  likely  to  com- 
mand the  approval  of  the  ultra-con- 
servative bureaucratic  element,  he  can 
be  safely  trusted  to  safeguard  the  real 
interests  of  his  country.  Just  at  pres- 
ent, it  is  far  more  important  that  Rus- 
sia's representatives  make  good  terms 
with  the  enemy  and  restore  peace  and 
set  the  government's  feet  upon  the 
path  of  progress,  than  that  they  shall 
be  popular  with  the  grand  dukes. 
Witte  is  to  be  president  of  the  Rus- 
sian peace  committee.  He  has  been 
clothed  with  plenary  powers  for  the 
negotiation  of  a  treaty  of  peace.  The 
original  intention  to  have  merely  an 
informal  conference  to  determine 
whether  it  would  be  possible  for  the 
two  belligerents  to  find  common  ground 
has  been  abandoned  in  favor  of  the  plan 
of  holding  a  formal  conference  be- 
tween authorized  representatives,  with 
a  view  to  actually  finding  this  com- 
mon ground  and  making  it  the  basis 
for  a  treaty  of  peace.  It  has  been  de- 
cided that  the  peace  commissioners 
shall  meet  at  Portsmouth,  N.  H., 
when  the  hot  weather  forces  them  to 
leave  Washington.  The  navy  yard  at 
Portsmouth  will  afford  facilities  for 
the  meeting. 


The  War 

Continuing. 


Japan  seems  completely  indifferent 
to  the  suggestion  that  there  be  an 
armistice  pending 
the  negotiations  of  the 
peace  commissioners. 
President  Roosevelt's  suggestion  to 
that  effect  was  promptly,  though 
guardedly,  approved  by  Russia  ten 
days  or  more  ago,  but  Japan  has 
not  yet  replied  to  the  note.  The  de- 
velopments in  the  field  indicate  the 
probable  reason  for  this  delay.  Within 
the  past  few  days  the  Japanese  forces 
have  taken  possession  of  the  Island  of 
Sakhalin  and  have  apparently  made 
their  occupancy  complete  and  perma- 


nent. Thus,  for  the  first  time  in  the 
present  war,  there  has  been  an  actual 
seizure  of  territory  which  is  properly 
Russian.  The  Island  of  Sakhalin  is 
upwards  of  six  hundred  miles  in  length 
and  extends  north  from  the  chain  of 
islands  which  constitutes  the  Japanese 
archipelago,  reaching  almost  to  the 
coast  of  Siberia.  It  is  properly  one 
of  the  Japanese  islands  and  was  the 
property  of  Japan  until  its  seizure  by 
Russia  about  forty  years  ago.  It  is 
thinly  populated,  as  are  all  the 
northern  islands  of  the  Japanese 
group,  and  it  is  not  known  to  have 
resources  of  any  great  value,  but  the 
Russians  considered  it  worth  stealing, 
and  it  must  be  sweet  revenge  to  the 
Japanese  to  get  it  back  by  conquest.  It 
is  not  improbable  that  Japan  was 
anxious  to  win  back  this  island  before 
there  should  be  any  cessation  of  hos- 
tilities and  the  retention  of  this  island 
is  very  likely  to  be  one  of  the  points 
which  Japan  will  insist  upon  in  the 
peace  negotiations. 

The  war  in  Russia  is  also  continu- 
ing. The  prefect  of  police  for  Moscow 
was  assassinated  last  week  and  there 
were  further  outbreaks  of  insubordina- 
tion and  disaffection  in  the  army. 


The  Mutiny 
Subsides. 


The  mutiny  of  the  Kniaz  Potemkin 
is  at  an  end.  After  terrorizing  several 
Black  Sea  cities  and 
compelling  the  fleet 
which  was  sent  to 
capture  it,  to  retire  for  fear  the  con- 
tagion of  mutiny  would  catch  the 
whole  fleet;  after  issuing  a  manifesto 
formally  declaring  war  on  Russia  and 
virtually  asserting  independence  as  a 
floating  republic,  at  the  same  time 
magnanimously  announcing  that  it 
would  make  no  attack  upon  neutral 
shipping;  after  compelling  one  port  to 
supply  it  with  provisions  under  threat 
of  bombardment,  and  helping  itself 
plentifully  to  coal  from  another — after 
all  of  these  and  many  other  incidents, 
the  mutinous  mariners  surrendered 
themselves  and  their  ship  to  the  of- 
ficials of  a  Roumanian  port  on  condi- 
tion that  they  be  conveyed  to  the 
frontier  and  allowed  to  make  their  es- 
cape. And  so  it  was  done.  They  were 
treated  like  simple  deserters  from  the 
navy  and  were  not  extradited  to  Rus- 
sia. It  was  reported  that  Russia 
would  protest  vigorously  against  the 
lenient  treatment,  for  the  crew  had 
murder  and  robbery  as  well  as  deser- 
tion charged  against  it,  and  would  ask 
for  the  extradition  of  the  criminals, 
but  it  is  not  improbable  that  the  Rus- 
sian authorities  were  privately  pleased 


with  the  arrangement  which  took  the 
troublesome  parties  out  of  the  way,  re- 
stored to  the  depleted  navy  one  of  the 
best  ships  it  has  left,  removed  the 
scandal  and  disgrace  of  a  safe  and 
successful  defiance  of  the  imperial 
power,  and  saved  the  government  the 
trouble  and  risk  of  punishing  the  cul- 
prits if  they  had  been  caught.  It 
would  have  been  very  embarrass- 
ing for  the  government  to  have 
been  forced  to  grant  amnesty  to 
the  mutineers  in  order  to  get  the 
vessel  back  uninjured  and  prevent  the 
revolt  from  spreading.  The  settle- 
ment by  way  of  Roumania  amounts  to 
the  same  thing,  and  saves  the  govern- 
ment's dignity.  Of  course  the  mutiny 
was  a  foregone  failure,  even  when  it 
was  most  troublesome  to  the  authori- 
ties and  seemed  most  successful.  It 
stood  for  no  principle,  had  no  sane 
following,  and  could  have  no  possible 
issue  except  in  collapse.  The  only 
question  was  how  much  time  would 
elapse  and  how  much  damage  would 
be  done  before  the  collapse  came. 
The  inability  or  unwillingness  of  the 
Black  Sea  fleet  to  put  down  the  re- 
bellion is  a  mystery  unless  we  accept 
the  explanation  that  the  crews  were  in 
sympathy  with  the  mutineers.  The 
general  belief  that  this  was  the  case 
has  doubtless  already  done  much  to 
weaken  the  awe  and  fear  which  the 
government  inspired,  and  to  make  the 
revolutionary  element  feel  that  the 
time  has  almost  come  when  revolution 
may  be  undertaken  with  impunitv. 
0 

The  Department  of  Agriculture  has 

been  fairly  free  from  scandal.     As  the 

_.      _  .  result     of    investiga- 

te Cotton  ..  ,,         :  s 

_  tions  recently   set   on 

v  foot,  it  has  been  found 

that  the  cotton  crop  estimates  and  re- 
ports collected  by  the  bureau  of  statis- 
tics for  the  Department  of  Agriculture 
have  been  leaking  out  to  favored  brok- 
ers in  advance  of  their  publication.  It 
is  not  yet  clear  that  the  reports  have 
actually  been  doctored  to  make  them 
more  useful  to  bull  or  bear  operations 
on  the  stock  market,  but  by  the  giving 
out  of  advance  information,  for  a  con- 
sideration, government  employes  have' 
been  diverting  the  machinery  of  the 
department  to  the  special  use  and 
service  of  favored  cotton  gamblers. 
Assistant  Statistician  Holmes  has  al- 
ready been  dismissed  from  the  service 
and  President  Roosevelt  has  instructed 
the  department  of  justice  to  begin 
criminal  proceedings  against  him.  As 
might  have  been  expected,  some  re- 
spectable people   are  very  indignant. 


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July  20,  1905 


T.  H.  Price,  cotton  broker,  who  is  ac- 
cused of  having  bribed  Holmes  to  be- 
tray the  secrets  of  the  department,  de- 
nies his  connection  with  the  matter 
and  threatens  a  libel  suit  against 
the  Secretary  of  Agriculture.  It  is  to 
be  hoped  that  he  will  make  good  his 
threat.  The  secretary  shows  no  signs 
of  alarm  and  could  probably  stand  it, 
and  it  is  quite  probable  that  a  trial  in 
court  would  disclose  some  things 
which  a  departmental  investigation 
will  fail  to  reach.  The  incident  affords 
a  good  opportunity  for  the  department 
to  reconsider  the  matter  of  these  re- 
ports and  estimates.  A  large  amount 
of  money  in  the  aggregate  is  spent  in 
maintaining  the  system  by  which  the 
information  contained  in  these  esti- 
mates is  collected.  This  information, 
together  with  the  estimates  based  up- 
on it,  must  be  of  value  to  the  cotton 
brokers  who  are  dealing  in  cotton 
futures,  for  they  are  the  ones  who 
have  conspired  to  obtain  it  by  foul 
means.  But  as  to  its  value  for  the 
public,  the  farmer,  the  legitimate 
dealer  or  the  consumer  of  the  com- 
modities in  question,  there  is  room  for 
doubt.  It  is  not  a  question  which  we 
would  feel  like  settling  with  a  stroke 
of  the  pen,  for  there  are  many  consid- 
erations involved  upon  which  only  ex- 
pert opinion  has  any  value.  But  while 
the  subject  is  up,  it  is  to  be  hoped 
that  the  matter  will  be  seriously  ex- 
amined by  those  who  are  qualified  to 
pass  upon  it. 

o 

Chauncey   Depew   has    resigned  his 
position  as  counsel  for  the  Equitable 

Chauncey  and  has  also  resiSned 

Deoew  from    the  directorate, 

He  left  these  resigna- 
tions behind  him  when  he  went  to  Eu- 
rope not  long  ago.  He  says  now  that 
he  is  tired  of  the  Eouitable  and  its 
troubles  and  he  refuses  to  talk  about 
them.  Senator  Depew's  resignations 
were  announced  almost  simultaneous- 
ly with  the  publication  of  some  inter- 
esting facts  about  the  Depew  Improve- 
ment Company,  with  which  he  is  con- 
nected. This  company,  it  appears, 
borrowed  $250,000  from  the  Equitable 
Life  Insurance  Society  secured  by 
property  which,  when  it  was  taken  in 
under  foreclosure,  turned  out  to  be 
worth  only  $50,000.  Mr.  Depew  was 
counsel  for  the  Society  at  the  time  and 
as  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors 
voted  for  the  loan  by  which  his  own 
company  was  to  gain  and  the  Society 
was  to  lose.  How  much  he  knew  about 
the  matter  of  course  we  cannot  say, 
but  it  is  this  sort  of  thing— officials  of 
the  Society  voting  to  lend  the  Society's 
money  to  themselves  on  bad  security, 
and  the  like— that  has  brought  the 
Equitable  into  those  troubles  which 
Senator  Depew  is,  quite  naturally, 
tired  of  hearing  about.  Mr.  Depew 
has  cut  quite  a  large  figure  in  the  pub- 
lic eye  for  many  years.  He  has  been 
President  of  the  New  York  Central 
railroad,  prominently  identified  with 
many  large  business  enterprises,  fa- 


mous as  an  exponent  of  the  art  of  post- 
prandial oratory,  delighting  to  pose 
and  be  posed  as  a  Yale  man  and  a 
member  of  the  corporation  of  that  uni- 
versity, a  political  leader  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  United  States  Senate.  But 
with  all  his  reputation,  the  impression 
has  gotten  pretty  common,  in  recent 
years,  that  Mr.  Depew  is  not  as  big  as 
he  has  been  supposed  to  be.  He  has 
been  doing  a  great  deal  of  business, 
both  social  and  political,  on  very  small 
capital.  Of  course  it  does  take  a  cer- 
tain kind  of  ability  in  no  small  degree 
to  do  that  thing,  but  it  is  just  as  well 
to  distinguish  between  the  real  ability 
which  constitutes  greatness  and  the 
ability  to  get  on  without  that  sort  and 
make  people  think  you  have  it.  We 
hope  that  Mr.  Depew  will  be  able  to 
show  that  he  was  not  at  fault  in  this 
"Depew  Improvement  Company"  busi- 
ness as  much  as  appears  on  the  sur- 
face. But  however  that  may  be,  the 
disclosure  of  his  evident  complacent 
attitude  towards  the  regime  of  plunder 
in  the  Equitable  will  contribute  some- 
thing toward  shattering  the  fragments 
of  the  myth  of  the  great  Chauncey 
Depew. 


Secretary 
Bonaparte. 


The  new  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  Mr. 
Charles  J.  Bonaparte,  has  convictions 
on  the  subject  of  rail- 
road passes  and  pub- 
lic officials.  He  has 
returned  the  passes  which  have  been 
sent  to  him  since  he  accepted  office, 
stating  that  he  did  not  think  a  public 
official  could  with  propriety  accept  fa- 
vors of  this  sort.  At  the  recent  Chris- 
tian Endeavor  convention  at  Baltimore, 
Mr.  Bonaparte  delivered  an  address  in 
which  he  spoke  of  the  evils  of  exces- 
sive devotion  to  party  and  political 
corruption  and  traced  a  connection  be- 
tween them.  His  own  public  and  pri- 
vate career  has  been  a  continuous  ex- 
hortation on  both  of  these  points. 


Scotty. 


Scotty  has  come  and  gone.  He 
came  quickly,  and  his  going  was  not 
long  delayed.  If  he 
had  gone  sooner, 
nobody  would  have  minded.  Scotty, 
the  Croesus  of  Funeral  Mountain, 
Death  Valley,  represented  himself  as 
a  miner  of  great  and  sudden  wealth 
with  a  consuming  passion  for  speed. 
He  did  not  care  very  much  where  he 
went,  if  only  he  got  there  in  a  hurry. 
He  came  into  Chicago  the  other  day  on 
a  special  train  which  had  covered  the 
distance  from  Los  Angeles  to  Chicago, 
which  is  2,244  miles,  in  44  hours  and 
56  minutes.  That  much  of  the  story 
of  Scotty  is  history — that  he  actually 
traveled  two-thirds  across  the  conti- 
nent at  an  average  speed  of  fifty  miles 
an  hour,  stops  included.  The  rest  of 
his  story  appears  to  be  fake,  and 
Scotty  has  about  lost  his  character  as 
millionaire,  and  turned  out  to  be 
somebody  who  was  employed  by  the 
railroad  to  impersonate  a  speed-glut- 
tonous Croesus  for  the  sake  of  the  ad- 


vertising which  would  accrue  to  the 
road  by  the  gratification  of  his  sup- 
posed desire  and  the  publicity  which 
it  would  receive.  If  this  was  the  case, 
it  was  rather  a  stupid  piece  of  adver- 
tising. It  does  a  railroad  little  good 
to  show  the  public  how  fast  it  can 
send  a  train.  The  public  is  inter- 
ested in  how  fast  it  does  send  the  or- 
dinary trains  which  the  public  rides 
on.  The  old  sixty- hour  schedule, 
which  this  same  railroad  still  main- 
tains between  Chicago  and  Los  An- 
geles, does  not  seem  quite  so  satis- 
factory to  the  speed-hungry  people 
who  are  not  Croesuses,  as  it  did  before 
Scotty's  stunt.  However  mythical 
Scotty's  gold  mines  may  be,  there  is 
no  doubt  but  that  he  represents  a 
good  many  of  us,  with  our  insane  de- 
sire to  go  always  faster  and  faster — 
not  because  our  time  is  really  so  tre- 
mendously valuable,  but  because  we 
want  to  go  faster  than  we  used  to  go. 
It  might  be  worth  while  for  us  to  pon- 
der upon  the  exploits  and  weaknesses 
of  Scotty.  He  is  worth  more  as  a 
parable  than  as  an  advertisement. 

Again    the    commencement    season 

has  come  and  gone,  and  again  we  have 

_.     _  harvested  the  crop  of 

The  Omniscient  ;      ...  ■     . 

_      .  very     familiar      jests 

Graduate.  ,     3  ,  .,      J 

based  upon  the  sup- 
posed conceit  of  knowledge  which  is 
popularly  attributed  to  the  recent 
graduate.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  the 
new  graduate,  if  his  teachers  are  peo- 
ple of  any  training,  and  have  dealt 
with  him  even  half  fairly,  is  usually 
quite  a  modest  creature  and  wholly  un- 
like the  all-wise  individual  pictured  in 
the  comic  papers.  And  yet,  one  must 
of  course  admit  that  the  development 
of  culture  and  wisdom  and  experience 
is  marked  by  the  increase  of  modesty 
as  to  one's  attainments,  and  it  would 
scarcely  be  fair  to  expect  the  new 
graduate  to  have  attained  the  maxi- 
mum. The  following  clever  verses, 
therefore,  which  appeared  originally 
in  the  Louisville  Herald,  are  worth 
recording  to  mark  the  close  of  the 
commencement  season  for  this  year: 

The  Gradual  Graduate. 

GRAMMAR   SCHOOL. 

He  strides  upon  the  brilliant  stage, 
Bows  lightly  to  the  loud  applause, 

AnH,  with  the  wisdom  of  a  sage, 

Declaims  "The  Cosmos  and  Its  Cause." 

HIGH  SCHOOL. 

Again  the  hero  of  a  night, 

His  head  is  high,  his  voice  is  sure; 

He  sq  larely  look*  across  the  light 
And  speaks  "Our  Country  and  Its  Cure." 

COLLEGE. 

Now,  with  the  right  to  sign  "A.  B.," 

But  hardlv  with  his  spirit  less, 
He  grasps  his  sisrneH  and  sealed  degree, 

And  reads  'The  Threshold  of  Success." 

POST-GRADUATE. 

Pn pared  with  all  the  schools  may  teach, 

He  figures  at  a  public  dinner, 
And   gives   a   careful   little   speech 

Upon  "The  Chance  of  a  Beginner." 

LIFE. 

The  years  roll  by.     He  wins  his  way 
Hard  through  the  thick  of  modern  strife, 

And  haltingly  puts  down  some  day 
"Thoughts  on  the  A  B  C'sof  Life." 

DEATH. 

His  honors  crown  his  weary  brow; 

He  lives  life  to  the  fullest  scope; 
Gently  he  makes  his  final  bow, 

And  breathes  his  (heme,  "A  Humble  Hope"! 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


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A  Great  Church  Hymnal.* 

The  publication  of  a  church  hymnal 
is  more  than  a  mere  literary  event. 
Prepared  and  published  under  the 
supervision  of  representative  men  as 
this  hymnal  has  been,  it  marks  a  stage 
of  religious  progress  and  of  spiritual 
development  of  the  people  it  repre- 
sents. There  cannot  be  a  truer  index 
to  the  spiritual  life  and  aspirations  of 
a  religious  people  than  the  hymn-book 
which  has  been  prepared,  as  above 
stated,  for  use  in  private  and  public 
worship.  The  reality  and  character  of 
one's  religious  life  are  certainly  most 
truly  indicated  in  the  forms  of  expres- 
sion used  in  his  acts  of  worship. 
The  same  thing  is  true  of  a  religious 
body.  Hence,  we  would  rather  exam- 
ine a  representative  church  hymnal  of 
any  religious  body  to  ascertain  the 
real  quality  of  its  religious  life  than 
to  read  its  creed  or  a  volume  of  its 
theology. 

The  Disciples  of  Christ  have  had  a 
series  of  hymnals  from  the  beginning 
of  their  history  which  have  served 
their  needs  in  the  different  stages  of 
their  religious  growth,  and  which  have 
been  very  creditable,  both  in  the  char- 
acter of  the  music  and  of  the  poetry 
employed.  For  some  time,  however, 
there  has  been  a  growing  demand  for 
a  more  elaborate  hymnal  adapted  to 
all  the  uses  of  public  and  private  wor- 
ship, embodying  the  standard  music 
of  the  church  universal,  selections  for 
responsive  readings,  and  suggestive 
orders  for  public  worship  and  forms 
for  the  observance  of  the  ordinances. 
For  a  number  of  years  the  Christian 
Publishing  Company  has  had  in  mind 
the  publication  of  such  a  hymnal.  A 
few  years  ago  an  arrangement  was 
effected  between  that  company  and 
the  Hackleman  Music  Company,  of 
Indianapolis,  by  which  they  should 
co-operate  in  the  bringing  out  of  such 
a  book.  William  E.  M.  Hackleman 
was  selected  as  the  editor  in  chief  and 
a  large  committee  of  representative 
brethren,  known  as  the  Twentieth  Cen- 
tury Hymnal  Committee,  was  selected 
to  assist  him  in  this  work.  Back  of 
these  there  was  a  larger  advisory  com- 
mittee of  well  known  brethren  whose 
good  judgment  and  musical  taste  fitted 
them  to  render  valuable  service. 
These  committees  and  the  editor-in- 
chief  have  taken  abundant  time  to 
accomplish  the  responsible  task  which 
had  been  assigned  them,  and  their 
completed  work  is  now  before  us. 

We  do  not  hesitate  to  call  the  "Glo- 
ria in  Excelsis,"  as  the  book  has  been 
named,  a  great  church  hymnal.  In 
the  first  place,  it  is  large  enough  in 
volume  to  present  a  dignified  appear- 
ance, and  to  indicate  that  the  idea  of 
worship  has  come  to  something  like  a 
proper    appreciation    in    the    church 


•"Gloria  in  Excelsis,"  A  Collection  of  Scrip- 
ture Readings,  Standard  Hymns  and  Tunes,  and 
Spiritual  Songs;  For  worship  in  the  Church  and 
Home.  Edited  by  the  Twentieth  Century  Hymnal 
Committee,  William  E.  M.  Hackleman,  Editor-in- 
chief.     Christian  Publishing  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 


which  uses  it.  Then,  the  mechanical 
feature  of  the  book  is  all  that  could  be 
desired.  In  the  paper,  size  and  char- 
acter of  type,  clearness  of  print,  ar- 
rangement of  matter,  completeness  of 
index,  classification  of  subjects,  and 
style  of  binding,  the  hymnal  is  up  to 
the  highest  standard  of  book-making. 
Here  is  a  hymnal  which  any  member 
of  the  church  will  be  glad  to  place  in 
the  hands  of  a  religious  visitor  as  rep- 
resenting our  conception  of  church 
music  and  of  public  worship. 

But  it  is  when  we  come  to  examine 
minutely  the  excellent  selections  of 
seripture  and  the  responsive  scripture 
readings  arranged  in  such  admir- 
able manner  as  to  make  them  really 
responsive  readings,  and  note  the  high 
character  of  the  music  and  the  fulness 
of  selections  under  the  various  topics, 
that  one  feels  the  deepest  satis- 
faction. No  thoughtful,  devout  soul 
can  turn  the  beautiful  pages  of  this 
hymnal,  noting  the  music  and  the 
words,  without  feeling  the  kindling  of 
the  devotional  spirit,  and  allowing  his 
adoration  to  flow  upward  to  God 
through  these  lofty  sentiments. 

We  note  with  pleasure  not  only  the 
great  number  of  standard  hymns  and 
tunes  which  have  come  down  to  us  out 
of  the  past,  sanctified  by  long  usage, 
but  the  presence  also  of  a  large  number 
of  those  hymns,  more  modern,  but  some 
of  which  haye  been  dropped  out  of  our 
recent  hymnology,  for  the  restoration 
of  which  we  can  but  feel  grateful.  We 
hesitate  to  mention  any  of  these  by 
name  lest  the  list  should  be  longer 
than  our  space  would  permit.  There 
is  a  magnificent  array  of  hymns  of 
"Praise  to  Christ,"  and  also  under  the 
topic,  "The  Holy  Spirit;  the  Com- 
forter." And  then  the  "Holy  Scrip- 
tures" are  duly  magnified,  as  also  is 
"The  Gospel  of  Atonement."  Hymns 
appropriate  to  baptism  and  the  Lord's 
supper  are  ample  in  variety  and 
most  satisfying  in  their  character.  In 
the  miscellaneous  department  there 
are  songs  for  every  season  and  for 
every  possible  occasion.  Indeed,  it 
would  seem  that  every  mood  and 
aspiration  of  the  devout  soul  may  here 
find  expression.  We  are  glad  to  no- 
tice, too,  a  good  selection  of  chants, 
which  are  too  little  used  in  our  church 
music.  Some  of  the  choicest  selec- 
tions of  scripture  are  presented  in  this 
recitative  form,  which  cannot  fail, 
when  well  rendered,  to  more  deeply 
impress  themselves  upon  the  minds 
and  hearts  of  worshippers.  In  a  word, 
it  is  entirely  within  the  limits  of  truth 
to  say  that  this  is  the  most  complete 
church  hymnal,  by  far,  that  we  have 
ever  published,  and  that  there  is  noth- 
ing superior  to  it  in  hymnology,  so  far 
as  we  know,  and  we  have  taken  pains 
to  examine  the  splendid  hymnals  of 
the  leading  religious  bodies.  For  the 
use  of  our  own  churches,  there  is,  of 
course,  no  other  hymnal  that  is  its 
equal. 

We  cannot  close  this  article  without 
a  word  concerning  the  use  of  a  hymnal 


like  this.  Churches  should  supply 
themselves  with  a  sufficient  ncmber  of 
copies  to  permit  each  worshiper  to 
have  a  copy.  The  hymns,  as  a  rule, 
should  be  read  and  attention  called 
frequently  to  the  sentiment.  Such  a 
hymnal  should  be  handled  carefully, 
and  any  marking,  dog-earing,  turning 
backs  together,  or  defacing  of  it,  is  a 
desecration  which  ought  not  to  be  tol- 
erated. They  should  be  taken  up  and 
distributed  by  the  sexton  or  janitor, 
with  diligent  and  reverent  care.  Each 
Christian  family  should  have  at  least 
one  copy  in  the  home,  where  the  sacred 
poetry  can  be  read  and  studied,  and 
the  music  sung.  The  book  is  well 
adapted  to  private  devotions  as  well 
as  to  public  worship.  The  writer  has 
spent  a  number  of  quiet  mornings 
recently,  in  feasting  his  soul  upon 
these  spiritual  sentiments  of  the  de- 
vout men  of  the  church,  and  in  singing 
to  himself  these  lofty  breathings  of 
the  Spirit,  making  melody  in  his  heart 
to  the  Lord. 

We  feel  devoutly  thankful  for  the 
timely  advent  of  this  hymnal,  and  we 
most  heartily  commend  it  to  all  the 
churches  and  to  all  the  families  among 
us,  as  a  noble  vehicle  of  worship  and 
as  a  choice  means  of  spiritual  devel- 
opment. 

«        » 

The  Fulness  of  Christ. 

This  is  the  keynote  of  the  Colossian 
letter.  Even  at  that  early  date  there 
were  the  beginnings  of  those  offshoots 
or  substitutes  of  philosophy  and  of 
science  falsely  so  called  which  tended 
to  sap  the  life  of  the  church  and  to  de- 
tract from  the  glory  of  Christ.  Es- 
pecially had  gnosticism — a  combina- 
tion of  oriental  theology  and  Greek 
philosophy  with  the  doctrine  of  Chris- 
tianity— begun  to  exert  a  baneful  influ- 
ence on  the  church.  It  taught  a  series 
of  successive  emanations  from  the  deity 
called  Eons  of  which  Christ  was  only 
one.  In  the  Colossian  letter  and  in 
some  of  the  other  of  Paul's  writings  he 
has  this  error  in  view  and  seeks  to 
meet  it  by  the  exaltation  of  Christ  to 
his  rightful  place  as  the  full  manifes- 
tation of  God  to  men.  "For  it  was  the 
good  pleasure  of  the  Father  that  in 
him  should  all  the  fulness  dwell."  He 
labors  "to  present  every  man  perfect 
in  Christ,"  and  to  teach  men  "the 
mystery  of  God,  even  Christ,  in  whom 
are  all  the  treasures  of  wisdom  and 
knowledge  hidden." 

For  this  purpose  the  apostle  warns 
the  brethren,  "lest  there  shall  be  any 
one  that  maketh  spoil  of  you,  through 
his  philosophy  and  vain  deceit,  af- 
ter the  tradition  of  men,  after  the 
rudiments  of  the  world,  and  not  after 
Christ;  for  in  him  dwelleth  all  the 
fulness  of  the  Godhead  bodily,  and  in 
him  ye  are  made  full,  who  is  the  head 
of  all  principality  and  power."  What 
then  was  the  necessity  for  these  Colos- 
sian Christians  to  be  seeking  some 
good  which  they  desired  elsewhere 
than  in  Christ?     It  was  a  practical  re- 


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July  20,  1905 


pudiation  of  Christ  to  be  turning  to 
other  systems  for  something  to  satisfy 
their  deeper  and  higher  needs. 

It  seems  to  us  that  there  is  great 
need  to-day  for  emphasizing  this  same 
truth — the  fulness  and  adequacy  of 
Christ  to  meet  all  the  manifold  needs 
of  our  human  nature.  Theosophy, 
"Christian  Science,"  Spiritualism, 
Dowieism  and  various  other  forms  of 
philosophy,  occult  or  crude,  are  draw- 
ing away  believers  from  Christ  to  seek 
in  them,  respectively  some  fancied 
good  which  they  have  failed,  so  they 
claim,  to  find  in  Christianity  pure  and 
simple.  The  teachers  and  defenders 
of  Christianity  to-day  can  only  meet 
these  old  errors  appearing  under  new 
names  by  showing  that  Christ  repre- 
sents the  fulness  of  God,  and  that  in 
him  we  are  complete,  lacking  nothing. 
The  church,  too,  must  stand  for  this 
wide  and  comprehensive  mission  of 
Christ.  Not  otherwise  can  we  suc- 
cessfully meet  the  claims  of  these 
modern  devices  and  false  philosophies 
of  men. 

As  a  diseased  and  unhealthy  tree 
sends  forth  a  cluster  of  sprouts  from 
its  roots  to  furnish  an  outlet  for  the 
new  life  which  the  decadent  trunk  is 
unable  to  accommodate,  so  it  is  an  ab- 
normal condition  of  the  church,  with 
its  divisions,  its  carnality,  and  its 
worldliness,  together  with  a  partial 
and  one-sided  view  of  its  mission  in 
the  world,  that  has  proved  the  occa- 
sion for  the  rise  and  growth  of  these 
modern  "fads"  which  are  coming  to 
be  regarded  by  many  as  a  substitute 
for  Christianity.  Let  the  church  re 
sume  its  rightful  relation  to  Christ,  as 
the  agent  to  execute  his  will  and  the 
vehicle  for  communicating  his  life  to 
men  and  ministering  to  their  manifold 
needs,  and  these  modern  substitutes 
for  Christianity  will  wither  and  die  of 
inanition.  There  is  something  true 
and  good  in  almost  all  these  systems, 
for  that  which  is  wholly  false  cannot 
attract  good  people.  Let  the  church 
frankly  recognize  all  the  good  there  is 
in  them,  but  show  by  its  teaching  and 
its  fruits  that  this  same  troth  and 
good  can  be  found  in  Christ  and  in 
fellowship  with  his  church. 

Notes  and  Comments. 

Talk  about  the  dead-line!  The  arch- 
bishop of  York  has  just  entered  his 
eightieth  year  and  he  wields  a  greater 
influence  than  any  preacher  in  Amer- 
ica. 

A  deacon  of  our  Tasso  tabernacle 
church  in  London  has  just  been  for 
the  second  time  committed  to  prison 
for  refusing  to  pay  thirty-eight  cents, 
the  sectarian  portion  of  the  education 
rate.  He  was  sentenced  to  fourteen 
days.  Among  the  defaulters  sum- 
moned were  Revs.  Thomas  Spurgeon 
and  F.  B.  Meyer.  Thus  it  is  that  the 
nonconformists  are  making  their  pro- 
tests against  the  state's  sectarian  edu- 
cation. 


On  the  other  hand  by  the  king  him- 
self the  Free  Churchmen  are  receiving 
more  recognition  than  formerly.  Dr. 
Horton,  a  leading  Congregationalist, 
and  the  ex-President  of  the  Baptist 
Union  were  invited  to  a  royal  garden 
party  the  other  da}-  and  R.  J.  Camp- 
bell was  among  those  invited  to  the 
state  banquet  given  to  the  King  of 
Spain.  Some  day  the  British  clergy 
and  their  conservative  followers  may 
see  that  their  attitude  has  in  it  much 
of  the  harmfulness  of  the  reactionary- 
ism  of  the  Russian  hierarchy. 
-« 

The  Watchman  reports  an  illustra- 
tion of  church  union.  The  Baptist  and 
the  Free  Baptist  churches  in  Beaver 
Harbour,  New  Brunswick,  united  in 
special  evangelistic  services.  Chris- 
tians were  revived  and  souls  converted. 
Then  at  separate  business  meetings 
the  churches  voted  unanimously  to 
unite.  The  Baptists  had  a  pastor  and 
the  Free  Baptists  had  none,  so  the  two 
churches  met  together  as  one,  unani- 
mously adopted  the  necessar}'  action 
for  starting  off  as  one  church,  voted  to 
call  the  Baptist  pastor  and  to  worship 
in  the  Free  Baptist  house  of  worship, 
"and  the  thing  was  done,"  adds  our 
contemporary.  Now  if  to  avoid  any 
question  as  to  which  is  the  better 
name — we  are  not  told  which  was 
adopted — Baptist  or  Free  Baptist,  the 
new  church  simply  insisted  on  all  con- 
verts being  at  once  immersed  and 
adopted  the  simple  name  Christian  or 
Disciple,  how  easy  it  would  be  to  en- 
large the  membership!  Some  of  us 
would  feel  almost  like  moving  to  Bea- 
ver Harbour  just  to  show  what  a  sim- 
ple matter  Christian  union  is  when  the 
Christian  spirit  is  predominant. 

Current  Religious  Thought. 

Bishop  Oliver  C.  Sabin,  who  has 
risen  into  prominence  as  a  Christian 
Science  teacher,  has  been  explaining 
to  the  uninitiated  some  of  the  myste- 
ries of  that  modern  cult.  In  one  of  his 
lectures  before  "the  Evangelical  Chris- 
tian Science  church"  of  Washington, 
D.  C,  he  undertakes  to  explain  that 
mystery  concerning  the  non-reality  of 
pain  and  wickedness.  It  will  be  edi- 
fying to  our  readers,  no  doubt,  to  hear 
his  explanation.     He  says: 

What  we  mean  by  reality  i9  permanency. 
Take  a  fire  and  put  it  into  a  grate;  put  some 
wood  in  a  grate  and  build  a  fire  under  it  and 
start  it.  Now  that  fire  is  burning  that  wood 
and  it  looks  real,  doesn't  it?  It  is,  for  the  in- 
stant, a  real  entity,  but  you  let  that  fire  alone 
and  what  becomes  of  it?  It  will  burn  up  that 
wood  and  go  out,  just  as  though  there  never 
was  any  fire  there.  Now,  where  did  the  fire 
go?  If  it  it  real  where  did  it  go?  If  you  want 
to  put  it  out  in  another  way  you  can  put  a 
bucket  of  water  on  it  and  every  particle  of  it  is 
gone,  instantaneously.  Now,  where  did  it  go, 
if  it  was  real?  Now,  don't  you  see,  it  is  not 
real?  It  was  for  the  instant.  It  is  just  like 
that  with  the  reality  of  pain,  the  reality  of 
sickness.  If  you  do  not  destroy  the  reality  of 
pain  and  sickness,  use  the  waters  of  truth,  del- 
uge it  and  destroy  it,  it  will  do  as  the  fire  did 
with    the  wood,  it  will  burn  it  up  and  go  out. 


You  take  a  person  with  a  burning  fever,  and 
it  looks  real,  doesn't  it?  It  is  real  enough  to 
kill  a  person,  so-called — I  am  talking  from  the 
material  thought — but  if  you  destroy  it  with  the 
waters  of  truth,  it  is  gone. 

Thus  is  profundity  sacrificed  in  the 
interest  of  clearness.  After  all,  then, 
this  whole  hue  and  cry  about  pain  and 
sickness  not  being  real  simply  amounts 
to  a  misuse  of  terms.  "What  we  mean 
by  reality,"  the  bishop  says,  "is  per- 
manency." Why  not  say  so,  then?  No- 
body believes  that  pain  or  sickness  is 
permanent.  Many  things  are  real 
which  are  temporal.  "The  things 
which  are  seen  are  temporal,"  says 
Paul,  but  he  does  not  deny  their  real- 
ity because  they  are  temporary.  What 
right  has  Christian  Science  to  put  an 
entirely  new  meaning  into  a  word  and 
use  it  in  that  meaning? 

But  Bishop  Sabin  has  done  some- 
thing far  more  wonderful  than  to  ex- 
plain the  non-reality  of  pain.  He  has 
dispersed  a  storm-cloud  by  "treating" 
it.  This  is  what  he  says  about  it 
in  one  of  his  Wednesday  evening  lec- 
tures as  reported  in  the  Washington 
News  Letter: 

Last  Sunday  a  week  ago,  a  very  black  cloud 
appeared  over  in  the  west.  My  grandson  was 
out  taking  a  ride  on  the  cars,  and  this  black 
cloud  appeared  and  I  thought  it  looked  pretty 
black  for  the  little  fellow  to  be  out  in,  and  I 
thought  I  would  treat  the  cloud;  and  then  the 
thought  struck  me,  I  cannot  treat  the  cloud 
just  for  my  grandson,  that  would  not  be  loving 
my  neighbor  as  myself,  so  I  treated  that  the 
cloud  could  not  hurt  anybody  in  Washington, 
or  any  house  in  Washington,  and  God  would 
disperse  the  cloud.  I  commanded  it  in  the 
name  of  Jesus  Christ  to  be  still  and  disperse, 
and  it  was  but  a  minute  or  two  until  it  com- 
menced to  lighten  up  and  it  did  not  hurt  any- 
body or  anything. 

What  are  we  to  think  of  that  in  the 
blazing  light  of  our  boasted  twentieth 
century  civilization  and  in  the  capital 
of  one  of  the  most  enlightened  nations 
of  earth?  It  is  well  that  our  readers 
who  do  not  have  access  to  Christian 
Science  literature  should  know  the 
heights  of  absurdity,  not  to  say  of 
blasphemy,  to  which  this  modern  craze 
has  grown.  One  can  imagine  what 
confusion  might  be  brought  about  in 
God's  universe  by  one  "healer"  treat- 
ing a  storm-cloud  for  dispersion  while 
another  should  be  treating  the  same 
cloud  for  rain!  It  is  comforting  to 
know  that  God  has  not  abdicated  nor 
annulled  natural  laws  in  the  interests 
of  Christian  Science. 

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The  editor  of  The  Congregationalist 
invites  his  readers  to  open  their  New 
Testaments  these  midsummer  days 
and  make  a  fresh  study  of  Jesus' 
thoughts  with  reference  to  money. 
How  much  time  and  energy  did  he 
think  men  ought  to  give  to  the  pursuit 
of  wealth;  what  methods  of  money- 
making  did  he  consider  permissible; 
what  objective  should  those  who  seek 
wealth  have  in  view;  what  was  his  law 
with  reference  to  the  distribution  of 
wealth? 


July  20,    1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


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Editor's  Easy  Chair. 

Pent-water  Musings. 

The  above  title  signifies  a  change  of 
base.  Our  last  weeks  at  Macatawa 
Park  were  very  delightful.  The  many 
friends  we  have  there  made  it  very 
difficult  for  us  to  leave  there.  For  fif- 
teen summers  it  has  been  to  us  a 
charming,  restful  place,  with  which 
Nature  has  been  prodigal  in  the  be- 
stowment  of  her  gifts.  But  the  rea- 
sons for  changing  that  place  for  a 
more  northerly  resort  were,  in  our  case, 
decisive.  It  by  no  means  follows  that 
they  would  be  decisive  for  others.  In- 
deed, w?  are  sure  that  one  of  the  chief 
reasons  for  our  change  will  make  the 
place  more  desirable  with  many,  per- 
haps most,  others.  On  Tuesday  last, 
our  last  day  in  Macatawa  for  the  sea- 
son, we  were  the  guests  of  Mrs.  Hol- 
land, Mrs.  Crittenden,  and  their 
mother,  Mrs:  Rogers,  for  dinner,  and 
received  many  marks  of  kindness  from 
them  as  we  had  many  years  ago  from 
the  revered  father  and  husband,  J.  K. 
Rogers,  than  whom  Missouri  has  never 
had  a  stauncher  Disciple,  nor  a  wor- 
thier citizen.  It  was  such  friends  as 
these,  together  with  the  Hallacks,  the 
Haleys,  the  Joneses,  the  Earls,  the 
Muckleys,  the  Combs  (who  are  not  in 
their  cottage  this  season),  and  many 
others  with  whom  our  associations  have 
been  very  pleasant  and  intimate  for 
many  years,  that  made  it  difficult  for  us 
to  leave  the  place.  Why  then  did  we 
leave?  Not  that  we  loved  Macatawa 
less,  but  Pentwater  more. 


At  the  beach  meeting  on  the  last 
Lord's  day  evening  at  Macatawa,  we 
made  a  reminiscent  talk  of  the  place 
as  we  had  first  known  it,  and,  referring 
to  the  question  which  so  many  had 
asked,  as  to  why  we  were  leaving,  we 
gave  the  following  fact  as  perhaps  the 
chief  reason:  When  the  Editor  was  a 
boy  of  about  ten  years  of  age  his  father 
moved  with  his  family  to  a  new  and 
sparsely  settled  regionof  Missouri  to  es- 
tablish a  new  home  in  that  new  country. 
Neighbors  were  remote  and  deer  and 
wild  turkeys  abounded  in  the  land.  On 
off-days  when  we  did  not  have  to  work 
on  the  farm  we  spent  the  time  in  ex- 
ploring the  country  round  about.  In 
this  way,  we  suppose,  the  pione'ering 
germ  was  planted  in  our  system,  for 
we  have  always  had  a  fondness  for 
pioneer  work.  The  hills  and  ravines 
about  Pentwater,  in  what  is  now  des- 
ignated as  "Garrison  Park,"  are  a 
sort  of  terra  incognita.  Ours  is  the 
only  cottage  in  this  particular  forty 
acre  plot  of  wild  woods.  This,  we 
suppose,  is  one  reason  for  the  change. 
Macatawa  Park  has  become  too  popu- 
lous for  our  idea  of  a  summer  resting- 
place.  In  this,  we  are  aware,  our 
taste  differs  from  that  of  others.  Many 
would  prefer  Macatawa  Park  now,  over 
what  it  was  when  we  first  knew  it  fif- 
teen years  ago.  There  are  more  peo- 
ple, finer   houses,  more   luxuries,  and 


there  is  more  going  on.  "lor  people 
who  like  that  sort  of  thing,"  as  Lin- 
coln would  say,  "that  is  about  the 
thing  they  would  like."  And  many  do 
like  it,  and  the  place  will  continue  to 
•grow.  Nothing  that  we  have  ever  said 
in  praise  of  Macatawa  Park,  as  a  re- 
sort, do  we  care  to  cancel.  If  there 
have  been  some  undesirable  things  in 
the  management,  it  is  in  the  power  of 
the  cottagers  to  remedy  these  by  con- 
certed action.  Long  may  that  place 
prosper  as  a  resort  for  those  who  seek 
rest  and  recreation  under  moral  con- 
ditions and  with  religious  associa- 
tions! But  Nature  has  been  no  less 
prodigal  with  Pentwater,  and  it  is  vir- 
gin soil  for  resorters  to  make  of  it 
what  they  will. 

m 

One  of  the  features  of  Macatawa 
Park  which  we  shall  miss  here  until 
our  community  is  increased,  is  the  re- 
ligious service  on  Lord's  day,  by  the 
cottagers.  That  feature  has  always 
served  to  bind  the  people  of  Maca- 
tawa more  closely  together  and  to 
make  them  realize  their  unity.  On  the 
last  two  Lord's  days  we  were  there 
the  services  were  very  interesting.  On 
one  of  these  the  sermon  was  preached 
by  Evangelist  Bennett,  who,  after  the 
sermon,  conducted  a  baptismal  serv- 
ice at  the  lake  just  at  the  spot  where 
our  beach  meetings  have  been  held  for 
so  many  years.  A  man  and  his  wife 
who  came  from  a  town  in  Indiana, 
where  Brother  Bennett  had  been  hold- 
ing a  meeting,  made  the  good  confes- 
sion while  standing  on  the  sands  at 
the  beach,  and  thereby  placed  their 
feeton  the  Rock  of  Ages.  It  was  an  im- 
pressive scene  astheywere  led  out  into 
the  clear  waters  of  the  lake  in  the  pres- 
ence of  a  large  company  of  people,  to 
be  buried  with  their  Lord  in  baptism. 
It  was,  perhaps,  the  first  time  in  the 
history  of  Macatawa  Park  that  such  a 
scene  had  been  witnessed.     Bro.  A.  B. 


Children. 

By  Thomas  Curtis  Clark. 

Sunbeams  from  above! 
From  heaven  you  have  come 
To  this  dark  world  of  man, 
To  tell  us  that  the  sun  still  shines, 

And  cheer  our  lives  again. 

Bits  of  heaven's  blue! 
Fallen  to  earth's  estate. 
As  messengers  of  love; 
Your  message — that  the  sky  is  bright, 

Though  clouds  loom  dark  above. 

Angels  come  from  God! 
In  your  hands  have  you  brought 
The  key  to  Youth's  bright  door, 
A  key  of  precious  gold — 

"Rejoice  forevermore." 


Jones,  of  Liberty,  Mo.,  preached 
on  the  last  Lord's  day  a  sermon  which 
his  large  audience  thorougly  enjoyed. 
Brother  Jones  is  something  of  an  in- 
valid at  home,  but  at  Macatawa  Park 
he  seems  to  forget  that  fact  and  takes 
his  share  of  the  burden  of  preaching. 
It  must  necessarily  be  a  long  time  be- 
fore there  can  be  established  in  our 
resort  here  at  Pentwater  a  community 
and  a  religious  service  and  associa- 
tions that  will  equal  those  of  Maca- 
tawa, but  the  possibilities  here  are  all 
that  could  be  desired  and  the  friends 
are  coming.  Alfred  Matthews  and 
family,  of  St.  Louis,  who  live  just 
across  the  street  from  us  there,  came 
up  on  the  same  train  with  us  here, 
and  are  stopping  at  the  Club  House, 
just  adjoining  our  resort.  They  are 
delighted  with  the  place.  Dr.  W.  T. 
Moore  and  wife,  of  Columbia,  Mo., 
have  engaged  a  room  at  the  Club 
House  here  for  August;  Brother 
Brandt  and  family,  of  St.  Louis,  are 
expected  here  soon.  It  will  not  be 
long,  therefore,  until  there  will  be 
enough  of  us  here  to  prevent  us  from 
being  lonesome,  even  though  we  be 
good! 


If  the  readers  of  the  Easy  Chair 
could  see  the  scene  spread  out  before 
us  as  we  write  this  paragraph,  they 
would  need  no  further  argument  to 
convince  them  of  the  beauty  of  this 
place.  The  Easy  Chair  just  now  is 
located  on  one  of  the  green  hills,  one 
hundred  feet  above  the  level  of  Lake 
Michigan  and  about  three  hundred 
yards  from  the  lake,  with  the  interven- 
ing space  below  us  filled  with  many 
varieties  of  trees,  whose  green  tops 
are  waving  beneath  us.  The  tall  pines, 
the  larger  hemlock,  the  cedar,  the 
young  oaks,  and  how  many  other 
species  we  know  not,  furnish  a  green 
foreground,  while  Lake  Michigan 
glimmers  and  flashes  far  out  toward 
the  distant  horizon.  Immediately  be- 
neath where  we  write  is  the  first  cot- 
tage going  up  on  these  grounds,  "The 
Pioneer,"  and  the  sound  of  the  ham- 
mer and  the  saw  is  heard,  as  the 
house  is  yet  unfinished.  A  cottage 
located  where  we  are  sitting  would 
overlook  "The  Pioneer,"  which  stands 
near  the  lake  front  in  a  grove  of  hem- 
locks and  pines,  and  would  command 
a  wide  view  of  the  lake  and  of  the  sur- 
rounding country.  Nature  has  thrown 
up  these  hills  in  amphitheatre  style, 
tier  above  tier,  thus  affording  op- 
portunity for  each  cottager  to  obtain  a 
view  of  the  lake  unobstructed  by  his 
neighbor  in  the  forefront.  The  weather 
to-day  is  of  the  ideal  type,  and  sun- 
shine and  breeze  and  blue  sky  and 
dimpled  lake  seem  to  unite  to  make 
life  seem  worth  living.  Ungrateful 
must  be  the  heart  that  does  not  re- 
spond in  gratitude  to  the  gracious 
hand  that  provides  all  these  blessings 
by  which  the  good  Father  would  woo 
us  from  things  base  and  unworthy  to 
the  higher  and  nobler  things  of  life. 


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July  20,  1905 


A  Notable  Sign 
of  the  Times 


The  Church  of  the  Future 


By 

William  Durban 


One  of  the  most  popular  of  British 
Congregationalist  ministers  is  Dr. 
John  Hunter,  whose  present  sphere  of 
labor  is  Trinity  church,  Glasgow.  This 
cultured  preacher  belongs  to  the  small 
but  steadily  growing  Broad  Church 
section  of  his  great  denomination.  He 
ministered  for  many  years  in  York 
with  great  popularity,  then  went 
north  to  Glasgow,  and  was  a  few 
years  afterwards  induced  to  settle  in 
London.  Here  his  pastorate  was  brief, 
as  his  return  to  Scotland  was  con- 
tinually agitated  for  and  took  place 
last  year.  But  London  longs  fre- 
quently to  see  and  hear  this  thought- 
ful and  original  preacher  in  its  pulpits, 
and  Dr.  Hunter  is  very  often  called  up 
to  the  metropolis  for  special  occasions. 
He  is  noted  for  his  quiet  and  polished 
eloquence,  his  deep  spirituality,  his 
fearless  and  independent  style  of 
speech,  his  profound  idealism  as  a 
theologian,  and  his  simple  diction. 
Although  he  is  not  to  be  classed  among 
the  sensational  orators  who  attract 
immense  crowds,  he  is  everywhere 
sought  after  by  cultured  people.  Such 
a  man  is  sure  to  be  recognized  as  one 
of  the  leaders  of  the  thought  of  the 
age.  Dr.  Hunter  is  about  to  preach  a 
course  of  sermons  in  London  during 
six  Sundays,  at  Bechstein  Hall. 

Dr.  Hunter's  New  Boob. 

A  little  volume  just  published  lies 
on  my  table.  It  is  from  the  pen  of 
Dr.  Hunter  and  is  entitled,  "The 
Coming  Church,  a  Plea  for  a  Church 
Simply  Christian."  The  book  was  ex- 
pected to  appear,  and  many  of  us  have 
been  eagerly  looking  for  it,  for  it  is 
the  expansion  of  an  address  first  de- 
livered to  the  Theological  Society  of 
the  University  of  Glasgow,  and  after- 
wards to  the  English  Churchmen's 
Union.  That  address  made  a  great 
sensation,  especially  as  Dr.  Hunter 
has  been  preaching  in  the  same  line 
to  various  congregations  in  Glasgow, 
Nottingham,  and  London.  The  book 
is  likely  to  increase  the  sensation.  It 
is  an  epoch-making  production.  It 
abounds  in  passages  any  one  of  which 
is  calculated  to  administer  a  severe 
shock  to  Christian  people  who  cherish 
a  sectarian  or  even  a  denominational 
spirit.  I  cannot  do  better  than  give  a 
few  extracts  from  various  portions. 

"One  of  the  characteristic  ten- 
dencies of  our  religious  times,  that 
represented  by  the  phrase,  'Back  to 
Jesus,'  indicates,  I  believe,  the  best 
and  most  direct  way  out  of  not  a  few 
of  our  ecclesiastical  troubles  and  con- 
fusions. A  return  to  'the  simplicity 
that  is  toward  Christ,'  to  'the  truth  as 
it  is  in  Jesus,'  would,  if  honestly 
and  earnestly  attempted,  put  an  end 
to  much  sectarian  strife  by  abolishing 
that  upon  which  sectarianism  rests, 
bring  about  a  reformatiou  such  as  has 
never  been  known  in  the  history  of  our 
religion,   and  be  the   signal  for   a  new 


and  wonderful  advance.  The  cry' 
'Back  to  Jesus'  is  not  one  of  retrogres- 
sion. It  is  the  symbol  of  a  going  back 
which  is  in  reality  a  going  forward. 
It  means  back  to  the  simplicity  of  first 
principles.  The  teaching  of  Jesus  is 
the  standard  by  which  everything 
claiming  the  Christian  name  ought  to 
be  judged.  It  is  only  historically  that 
it  can  be  said  to  belong  to  the  past.  It 
is  still  an  unexhausted  and  unrealized 
ideal.  The  principles  of  Jesus  are  the 
principles  of  spiritual  freedom  and 
progress." 

An  Unrealized  Ideal. 

Dr.  Hunter  does  full  justice  to  the 
Protestant  Reformation,  but  in  his 
keen  and  discriminating  style  proceeds 
to  show  how  it  was  marred  and  mini- 
mized by  the  terrible  tendency  among 
Protestants  to  endless  divisions.  This 
courageous  Congregationalist  min- 
ister draws  up  what  is  in  reality  a 
formidable  indictment  of  Congrega- 
tionalism as  a  sectarian  institution. 
In  one  of  his  footnotes  he  writes  thus: 

"The  reader  must  not  confound  the 
old  independency  with  the  new  Congre- 
gationalism which  seeks  to  be  a  large 
and  aggressive  denomination.  The 
writer  has  always  maintained  that  the 
denominational  idea  has  no  place  in 
independency,  and  prefers  to  describe 
his  own  ecclesiastical  position  as  that 
of  an  independent  Christian  minister 
— in  sympathy  more  or  less  with 
churches  of  every  name,  but  formally 
related  to  none." 

Dr.  Hunter  shows  that  the  early  in- 
dependents were  among  the  first  to 
bear  witness  against  the  finality  which 
was  the  avowed  principle  of  the  Re- 
formed churches.  The  last  charge  of 
John  Robinson,  of  Leyden,  the  father 
of  English  independency,  to  the  mem- 
bers of  his  church  on  the  eve  of  their 
emigration,  in  1620,  to  the  new  world, 
scattered  the  first  seed  of  an  advancing 
Protestantism.  In  it  he  declared  that 
the  Reformed  churches  of  his  day 
were  in  a  miserably  backward  condi- 
tion. The  Lutherans,  he  said,  were 
where  Luther  had  left  them,  and  the 
Calvinists  had  stuck  fast  at  the  place 
to  which  they  had  been  led  by  Calvin. 
The  Free  churches  at  the  beginning  in 
their  loyalty  to  Christ  alone  felt  that 
they  must  be  at  once  both  stable  and 
progressive.  Dr.  Hunter's  contention 
is  that  in  order  to  find  the  true  church 
of  Christ  we  must  pursue  the  ideal 
mpre  than  the  historic  track.  He 
notes  certain  signs  of  the  times  which 
point  to  the  coming  realization  of  the 
true  church  ideal.     Says  he: 

"If  the  differences  are  no  longer  real 
and  important,  there  is  neither  reason 
nor  cause  for  continued  separation. 
Separation  has  now  become  schism  .  . 
.  .  .  Organized  Christianity  is  on  the 
eve  of  a  reformation  more  extensive, 
more  profound  and  spiritual  than  that 
of  the  sixteenth  century.     Members  of 


different  religious  communions  are 
drawing  together  and  feeling  as  never 
before  that  they  are  no  longer  stran- 
gers and  exiles,  but  fellow  citizens  with 
the  saints,  and  of  the  household  of 
God.  We  are  within  sight  of  the  end 
of  all  kinds  of  denominationalism.  It 
is  getting  to  be  more  and  more  diffi- 
cult to  run  a  denominational  paper." 

The  Knell  of  Denominationalism. 

In  the  concluding  pages  of  his  book 
Dr.  Hunter  says:  "The  church  we 
need,  I  repeat,  is  a  church  that 
stands  for  the  simplicity  and  suffi- 
ciency of  the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ, 
calling  itself  by  no  name  but  one. 
Every  such  name  as  Episcopal,  Pres- 
byterian, Methodist,  Congregational, 
Baptist,  Unitarian,  is  a  derogation.  .  . 
.  .  Denominationalism  has  done  about 
all  the  good  work  it  can  do.  It  has 
borne  witness;  let  it  now  fade  and 
pass  away.     Calvinism  and  Arminian- 

ism  represent  extinct  disputes 

In  the  recognition  of  the  incarnation 
of  God  in  the  life  of  Christ  and  in  the 
life  of  Christian  humanity,  we  are 
finding  a  faith  which  rises  above  the 
lines  of  ancient  controversy  and 
leaves  room  for  the  broadest  church- 
manship.  The  best  men  in  all  the 
churches  do  not  want  to  wear  theolog- 
ical and  sectarian  labels.  They  are 
seeking  to  find  a  common  basis  of 
union,  to  come  together  under  some 
large  Christian  confession,  and  to  live 
with  one  another  as  becometh  disci- 
ples of  Christ.  Many  of  them  will  be 
devoutly  thankful  when  even  Protest- 
antism will  disappear  in  the  glorious 
reality  of  a  church  right  worthy  to  be 
called  'The  Holy  Catholic  Church.' 
That  day  may  be  far  off,  but  we  can 
labor  and  pray  for  its  coming.  The 
unity  of  the  Spirit  must  work  itself 
out  in  a  body  and  be  seen  of  men." 

London,  England. 


Wanted— Matron. 

The  Christian  Orphans'  Home,  915 
Aubert  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  is  in  im- 
mediate need  of  a  matron.  We  want 
an  educated,  warm-hearted,  loving, 
Christian  woman,  who  can  be  a  kind 
mother  to  the  children,  and  who  can, 
at  the  same  time,  control  the  children 
and  the  employes  with  a  firmness  that 
will  insure  good  discipline  and  good 
management  in  all  departments.  None 
other  need  apply. 

We  want  also  a  good  Christian  man 
and  wife  to  assist  in  the  work  of  the 
Homes  at  Loveland,  Col.,  East  Au- 
rora, N.  Y.f  and  the  Orphans'  Home  at 
St.  Louis,  Mo.  Address  Mrs.  M.  V. 
Warren,  Loveland,  Col.,  Mrs.  W.  K. 
Tabor,  East  Aurora,  N.  Y.,  for  their 
respective  Homes,  and  for  the  Chris- 
tian Orphans'  Home,  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
address,       Mrs  J.  K.  Hansbrough. 

903  Aubert  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 


July  20,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


929 


Personality  in  Education    By  w.  p.  Ayisworth 


In  a  time  like  ours  when  educational 
advantages  are  so  largely  linked  with 
external  equipments,  such  as  laborato- 
ries and  libraries,  we  are  in  danger  of 
underestimating  the  chief  power  in 
education,  viz.,  the  personality  of  the 
teacher.  The  idea  very  generally  pre- 
vails that  educational  institutions  are 
to  be  almost  wholly  measured  by  the 
standard  of  external  equipments  of 
this  sort.  It  would  be  flying  into  the 
face  of  established  facts  to  underrate 
such  advantages.  Many  lines  of  study 
can  hardly  be  pursued  without  them,  at 
least  in  modern  ways.  .  They  wonder- 
fully facilitate  the  work  of  the  compe- 
tent teacher.  Yet,  without  discounting 
their  value,  we  ought  not  to  underrate 
that  force  in  education  which  has  gone 
before  all  these  and  which  has  inspired 
the  grandest  scholarship  of  other  days. 
A  great  teacher  is  not  a  deft  manipu- 
lator of  implements  nor  a  bookworm 
alone  but,  above  all,  an  inspiring  and 
impressive  character.  It  is  this,  rather 
than  the  tools  used  in  education,  that 


gives  stamp  to  schools  of  distinction. 
What  Garfield  said  about  Mark  Hop- 
kins, a  president  of  Williams  college, 
is  true  to  the  deepest  philosophy  of 
culture.  To  sit  upon  one  end  of  a  log 
with  this  great  teacher  on  the  other 
was  to  enjoy  a  nobler  opportunity  than 
could  be  offered  at  some  great  center 
in  which  the  arrogance  of  learning  is 
uppermost.  In  our  own  history  Beth- 
any college,  in  its  early  days,  stands  a 
shining  example.  Placed  beside  mod- 
ern institutions  with  up-to-date  equip- 
ment, it  would  be  wholly  outclassed. 
Yet  what  school  of  the  modern  days 
produces  more  marked  results  in  real 
scholarship?  There  was  a  masterspirit 
inspiring  pupils  and  fellow-workers  to 
the  highest  self  development.  A  dis- 
tinguished educator  recently  said,  in  an 
address  at  a  university  banquet,  that 
the  greatest  college  in  Oxford  univer- 
sity is  one  of  the  poorest  in  endow- 
ment and  equipment,  but  richest  in 
personality  of  its  leadership. 

Such  a  conclusion  may  be  helpful  in 


two  ways.  It  serves  to  account  for  the 
unexpected  good  that  often  comes  from 
Christian  schools  whose  work  cannot 
rank  in  the  matter  of  equipment  with 
better  financed  foundations.  Such  in- 
stitutions may,  at  least,  be  endowed 
with  noble,  consecrated  characters. 
From  such  halls  frequently  go  young 
men  and  women  who  are  able  splen- 
didly to  compete  with  those  from  the 
best  equipped  centers.  Let  us  not  be 
ashamed  of  the  work  of  our  own 
schools,  most  of  which  rank  in  the 
former  class. 

Again,  may  it  not  be  a  mistake  in 
employing  teachers,  to  underesti- 
mate this  element?  Technical  train- 
ing is  important,  of  course.  But  by 
all  means  let  this  excellence  not  lead 
us  to  underestimate  the  power  of  high 
personal  example  and  leadership. 
Placing  a  premium  upon  this,  let  us 
surround  such  guides  of  youth  with 
needed  equipment  for  their  highest 
usefulness. 

Cotner  University. 


An  Endeavor  for  Millions*  By  Francis  E.ciark,D.D. 


Christian  Endeavor  is  nothing  if  not 
practical.  It  does  not  deal  in  glitter- 
ing generalities,  but  seeks  for  actual 
results.  Let  us  set  before  ourselves 
these  great  definite  aims  as  we  look 
forward  to  the  beginning  of  a  new  and 
larger  era: 

A  million  new  members  brought  in- 
to our  societies. 

A  million  people  brought  to  church, 
or  prayer-meeting,  or  Sunday-school. 

A  million  young  people  brought  into 
membership  in  the  church  of  the  living 
God. 

A  million  dollars  for  missions  at 
home  and  abroad,  given  through  our 
denominational  boards. 

Here  are  four  large,  practical,  defi- 
nite, attainable  endeavors,  four  efforts 
which  will  greatly  promote  the  interest 
of  the  church  throughout  the  world, 
four  things  which  he  would  like  to 
have  us  do. 

Many  denominations  and  organiza- 
tions wisely  utilize  their  great  anni- 
versaries by  raising  large  funds  for 
their  important  enterprises.  Let  us 
signalize  the  twenty-fifth  year  of  the 
modern  young  people's  movement  by 
beginning  a  campaign,  not  only  for 
dollars,  but  for  millions  of  young  men 
and  women  and  boys  and  girls.  Let 
me  repeat: 

A  million  new  Christian  Endeavor- 
ers. 

A  million  new  churchgoers. 

•Being  an  extract  from  the  speech,  "The  Evan- 
gelization of  our  Young  People,  our  Country  and 
the  World,"  prepared  f>r  the  Chris'ian  Enleavor 
Convention. 


A  million  new  church  members. 

A  million  new  dollars  for  denomina- 
tional missions. 

Do  you  say  that  these  are  large  fig- 
ures, that  many  societies  are  small 
and  weak,  in  scattered  communities, 
with  few  people  to  influence,  and  little 
money?  I  can  only  reply  that  we 
ought  to  strive  for  large  things,  for 
we  are  laborers  together  with  him, 
and  that,  if  each  one  does  his  little 
best,  the  aggregate  will  soon  mount 
up  into  the  millions. 

Remember  once  more  for  our  en- 
couragement the  record  of  the  past. 
Over  and  over  again  has  God  surprised 
us,  and  rebuked  our  little  faith  by 
giving  us  more  than  we  expected. 
When  the  increase  campaign  began, 
less  than  three  years  ago,  it  seemed 
impossible  that  in  so  short  a  time 
many  of  our  states  should  add  10,  20 
or  30  per  cent  to  their  number.  But 
thousands  of  new  societies  have  been 
the  result,  and  the  campaign  is  still 
going  on  with  undiminished  force.  It 
has  spread  into  every  land,  and  Great 
Britain  as  well  as  America,  Asia  and 
Africa  as  well  as  Europe,  have  their 
increase  campaigns,  which  are  rapidly 
multiplying  the  number  of  our  com- 
rades and  the  value  of  their  work;  so 
why  should  we  not  expect,  and  within 
a  reasonable  time,  too,  to  reach  our 
million  goals?  Let  us  each  contribute 
our  small  quota,  and  the  work  is 
done. 

In  the  past  years  you  have  more 
than  once  allowed  me  to  suggest  a 
motto,  which  you  have  generously 
adopted  as  your  own.  Here  is  one 
which  I  ask  you  to  take  for  this  year 


as  a  source  of  inspiration  and  encour- 
agement. It  was  given  us  first  by  that 
old  warrior  apostle  Paul,  who  was  al- 
ways endeavoring,  always  achieving, 
always  leaving  past  attainments  be- 
hind, always  pressing  forward  to  new 
heights.  For  our  twenty- fifth  anni- 
versary year  he  seems  to  have  written 
these  inspiring  words: 

"In  one  spirit,  with  one  mind,  striv- 
ing together  for  the  faith  of  the  gos- 
pel." 

How  exactly  appropriate  to  Chris- 
tian Endeavor!  "I  will  strive  to  do 
whatever  he  would  like  to  have  me  to 
do,"  we  have  all  said  a  hundred  times. 
The  best  translation  of  "endeavor" 
in  many  languages  is  "striving  to- 
gether." "Striving  together"  in  Eu- 
rope and  Asia  and  Africa  and  Ameri- 
ca. "Striving  together"  in  every  con- 
tinent and  all  the  islands  of  the  sea. 
"Striving  together"  for  these  millions 
which  will  mean  so  much  for  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  kingdom.  "Striv- 
ing together,"  Baptists  and  Metho- 
dists, Presbyterians  and  Disciples  of 
Christ,  Congregationalists  and  Luth- 
erans and  Episcopalians,  but  all  striv- 
ing for  the  faith  of  the  gospel.  "Striv- 
ing together"  to  bring  men  to  the 
sanctuary;  "striving  together"  to 
bring  men  to  Christ  and  into  his 
church;  "striving  together"  to  raise 
money  by  which  the  gospel  can  be 
sent  to  the  remotest  part  of  our  own 
and  other  lands;  "striving  together," 
though  far  apart;  striving  in  our 
prayer- meetings,  our  committees,  our 
unions,  and  our  great  conventions; 
always  "in  one  spirit,  with  one  mind, 
striving  together  for  the  faith  of  the 
gospel." 


95° 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


July  20,  190S 


The 
Convention 


As  Seen  From  the  Dome 


By 
F.  D.  Power 


The    twenty- second    Christian     En- 
deavor convention  which  met  in  Balti- 
more  July  5  10,  was   the    "best  yet." 
Being    so    near   the    Capital,    it    was 
necessarily   great.      Any   mouldy   top 
folks  who  had  predicted   the   wane  of 
Endeavor  must  have  felt  utterly   dis- 
consolate.    The   attendance,   the  pro- 
gram, the  enthusiasm,  the  whole  con- 
vention, from   beginning   to  end,  was 
a  glorious   surprise,  even   to   the  most 
hopeful  of  the  friends  of  the   cause. 
We   had   many    surprises.     It    was    a 
great  festival   of   praise  for  one  thing 
that  can  never  fade  from  the  memory 
of  those  who   had  the  privilege  of  as- 
cending the  mountain     and    sharing 
in   the   high    and    holy  fellowship    of 
those  five   days.     The   meetings  were 
well    planned,     the      hall    was    large 
enough  for  the   vast  concourse  to  be 
comfortable,  the  city  was  unstinted  in 
its    hospitality,     the     speakers    were 
among  the  best, the  great  multitude  was 
reverent  and  thoroughly  appreciative, 
and  the  music,  oh,  the  music! — it  was 
like  that  when  the  morning  stars  sang 
together— a  foretaste   of  the  song  of 
Moses    and  the    Lamb.     Over    20,000 
thronged  to  hear  and  thousands  were 
turned   from   the    doors.     There    was 
but  one  thing  lacking  to  make  this  an 
ideal  convention,  and  that  was  the  ab- 
sence  of   Dr.    Clark.     At   his  summer 
home,  Pine   Point,  Me.,    the  organizer 
and  beloved  leader  was  sick!     Tender 
prayers    were    offered    for    him,    and 
messages  sent   and   received;  but  the 
face   and   form   and    words,  so   fami- 
liar to  thousands,  were  sorely  missed. 
The  trustees  met  and  conducted  the 
business,  as  usual,  reelecting  the  old 
officers.  Perhaps  their  most  important 
action    was    that    providing    for    the 
ere^tion'of  a  memorial  home  for  world- 
wide   Endeavorers,    in   Boston,    New 
York    or    Washington.      An    average 
gift  of  j  twenty-five  cents — one  cent  for 
each    of ..  the   years    of   Christian    En- 
deavor— is  asked  for   this  memorial  to 
Dr.  Clark,  to  show  him  the  honor,  love, 
andgratitude  of  Christendom, and  pro- 
vide  permanent  [headquarters  for  the 
movement. 

Secretary  iVogt  reported  66,772  so- 
cieties; 49,339  in  Canada  and  the 
United  States  and  17,433  in  other 
lands.  Religious  bodies  rank  as  fol- 
lows: Presbyterian,  Congregational, 
Disciples,  Baptist, Cumberland  Presby- 
terian, Methodist  Protestant,  Lutheran, 
Datch  Reformed/, Methodist  Episcopal 
and  UnitedjBrethren.  Net  gain  for  the 
year,  2,014.  Forty- six  states  received 
10  per  cent  increase  banners.  The 
publishing  department  reported  re- 
ceipts, $66,000,  and  expenditures, 
$64,000,  and  $8,500  of  this  was  con- 
tributed by  the  United  Society  for 
the  work  of  organization  and  ex- 
tension. Seattle,  Kansas  City,  Los 
Angeles  and  Minneapolis  invited  the 
convention  for  1907,  but  no  decision 
was  reached.     Over  10,000  were  pres- 


ent at  the  opening  session  and  a  great 
ovation  was  given  to  the  governor 
and  mayor  of  the  city,  and  the  greet- 
ing of  President  Roosevelt.  As  it  was 
about  the  hour  of  Secretary  Hay's 
funeral,  the  opening  was  a  brief  Hay 
memorial  service.  The  late  secretary's 
hymn,  written  for  Washington  '96,  was 
sung: 

Lord,  from  far  severed  climes  we  come 

To  meet  at  last  in  thee,  our  home; 

Thou,    who    hast    been    our     guide    and 

guard, 
Be  still  our  hope,  our  rich  reward. 

■I*  »f*  *(*  ^p  ■!*  Sp 

Thou  who  art  Light,  shine  on  each  soul! 
Thou  who  art  Truth,  each  mind   control! 
Open  our  eyes  and  make  us  see 
The  path  which  leads  to  heaven  and  thee. 

The  mammoth  chorus  of  2,500  ren- 
dered this  and  other  hymns  with  great 
effectiveness.  As  Lanier  said,  it 
seemed  indeed,  "The  world  had 
bloomed  again  at  Baltimore!" 

The      second     meeting    was     "the 
International     Festival    of      Praise," 
led    by      Rev.      Carey      Bonner,     of 
London,   England.     This  was  one  of 
the  greatest   services   ever  held  at  a 
C.  E.  convention.     It  was  a  glorious 
rendition   of   a   sublime  theme  which 
was  listened  to  by  a  vast  multitude.  It 
represented  the  praise  of   all  nations 
for  the   gifts  of  the  gospel.     China's 
praise,  India's,  Africa's,  as  the  praises 
of  Great  Britain  and  America,  were  all 
in   native  music.     Africa's  praise   in 
"Turn    Back    Pharaoh's    Army"  and 
"We  Shall  Walk  Through  the  Valley" 
was   most  effectively  given.      It   was 
unique,  and  the  most  impressive  and 
beautiful  service  of  song  ever  given  at 
one  of  these  great  conventions.     It  in- 
augurates  a  new  era  in  C.  E.  assem- 
blies.    The  Junior  rally  on  Thursday 
afternoon  was  of  the  same  order,  only 
the  children's    choir    numbered  1,500 
singers.     The  day  brought   "showers 
of  blessing."     It  was  the  wettest  day 
in  thirty-three  years.     Jones    Falls — 
Baltimore's    despair    and    yet    Balti- 
more's  savior  in  the  great  fire — over- 
flowed.    The   city  had  its  memorable 
flood   of   1754   and   then   in   1786,  and 
again  in  1817,  1837  and  1868,  and  the 
cloudburst  came   once   more   for  our 
C.    E.   hosts.       Notwithstanding    the 
great  downpour,  however,  12,000  peo- 
ple came  to  hear  the  children  sing.    It 
was  a  great   Junior  and  Intermediate 
rally,  full  of  enthusiasm  and  inspiring 
melody.       Among   the    speakers   was 
Miss  Ellen  Stone,  whose  trouble  with 
the  bandits  came  near  causing  inter- 
national complications.     The  children 
sang  the  story  of  Christian  Endeavor, 
concluding  with  a  flag  exercise  which 
consisted  of  the  "Star  Spangled  Ban- 
ner," "Maryland,  My  Maryland,"  and 
the  "Endeavor  Flag   Song."      As  the 
three  choruses  of  500  each  rose  up  by  a 
skillful   use   of  caps  and   capes  they 
were  transformed  into  the  three  flags, 
and   in   singing    the    "Star   Spangled 


Banner"  the  red,  white  and  blue  chorus 
swayed  from  side  to  side,  giving  a 
most  realistic  impression  of  a  flag 
swaying  in  the  breeze.  Remembering 
the  circumstances  of  the  origin  of  the 
song  in  the  convention  city  it  had  such 
an  effect  as  could  not  be  produced  else- 
where. 

Another  somewhat  spectacular  ses- 
sion was  the  "Recognition  Meeting." 
Flags  were  distributed  to  states  and 
all  societies  bearing  banners  paraded 
the  hall  and  were  massed  on  the  plat- 
form. "Voices  from  Across  the  Sea" 
presented  an  interesting  feature — the 
missionaries  in  costume  with  the  usual 
salutations  in  unknown  tongue.  State 
yells  formed  a  startling  innovation,  the 
one  from  Los  Angeles,  for  example: 

We're  it!     We're  it! 

We're  it,  you  bet. 

We're  going  to  get  it. 

And  don't  you  fret,  s 

The  "Angel  City"  is  next  to  Heaven; 

We're  for  Los  Angeles  1907. 

There  were  some  notable  speeches. 
That  of  Governor  Warfield  was  true  to 
the  ideal  of  the  southern  orator.  Our 
Commissioner  Macfarland,  the  real 
mayor  of  the  capital  city,  scored  a 
success  on  "Responsibility  for  Public 
Opinion."  Dr.  Matthews,  a  sort  of 
live  wire  from  Seattle,  handled  with- 
out gloves  preachers  and  churches  in 
discussing  the  pastor- evangelist.  He 
claims  to  have  added  1,700  to  his 
church  in  three  years.  Dr.  Gladden 
made  a  telling  talk  on  "The  Education 
of  Conscience."  Dr.  John  Duxbury, 
of  England,  recited  the  book  of  Job 
with  great  beauty  and  power.  Secre- 
tary Bonaparte  was  the  most  disap- 
pointing speaker.  Drs.  Willett  and 
Hillis  failed  us.  The  Disciples'  rally 
was  big  and  almost  all  the  states  were 
represented  as  far  as  Florida,  Texas 
and  California.  The  climax  was  in 
closing.  John  Willis  Baer  read  Dr. 
Clark's  message.  It  dealt  in  millions. 
"A  million  new  members  brought  into 
our  societies.  A  million  people  brought 
to  church,  or  prayer  meeting,  or  Sun- 
day-school. A  million  young  people 
brought  into  membership  in  the  church 
of  the  living  God.  A  million  dollars 
for  missions  at  home  and  abroad  given 
through  our  denominational  boards." 
How  does  that  strike  you? 

Our  Washington  societies  were  hon- 
ored. Ninth  street,  Whitney  avenue, 
and  Vermont  avenue  were  on  the  Cum 
Laude  list.  The  work  of  the  Vermont 
avenue  society  was  particularly  men- 
tioned among  a  score  out  of  the  66,000. 
The  society  has  conducted  Sunday 
evening  services  at  Fort  Myers,  formed 
a  Junior,  organized  a  tennis  club,  and 
a  class  of  25  to  study  church  history 
and  doctrine;  given  $628  to  benevo- 
lences, and  joined  three  other  Chris- 
tian Endeavor  societies  in  building 
a  church.  Its  first  president  is  a  mis- 
sionary in  China.  It  has  organized  32 
other  societies.  Its  members  are  pre- 
paring a  volume  which  will  be  issued 
in  September. 


July  20,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


93i 


Prayer  and  Its  Answer    By  Cephas  sheibume 


In  this  day  of  conventions,  demon- 
strations congresses,  when  the  world 
is    "drunk   with  rapid  transit,"    and 
"sick    hurries    and     divided     aims," 
we  are  forgetting  God,   and  losing  the 
inspiration  and  strength   that   comes 
from    blessed    communion     and    fel- 
lowship  with    our    Father   in   heaven. 
There  are  so  many  other  things   that 
claim  our  attention,  and  so   many   ob- 
jects in  our  eye,  that  we   fail  to   think 
of  God,  and  lose  the   vision    of   spirit- 
ual things;  and  with  our  great  material 
prosperity  we    are    robbing   our  own 
souls  of  the  capacity  to  enjoy.  Even  in 
the  church  we  are  so  busy  working  for 
God  to  day  that  I  fear  we  have  no  time 
for   communion     with    God;    so   busy 
talking  to  God  about   our   affairs   that 
we  have  no  time  to  listen  to  God. 

Prayer  is  communion,  friendship,  a 
nearness  to  God,  and  the  inspiration, 
confidence,  strength  that  we  gain 
through  the  intermingling  of  our  spirit 
with  his.  We  are  selfish,  materialistic, 
so  desirous  of  getting  things — the 
literal,  material  things  that  we  pray  for 
— that  we  lose  sight  of  the  fellow- 
ship, the  presence. 

I  think  the  majority  of  people  who 
pray  simply  make    a  convenience    of 
God.     They  use  him  as   they    would 
some     well-to  do     friend:    To   better 
their  condition,  to  get  an  invitation  to 
some  swell  affair,  a  present  on  a  birth- 
day, a  trip   abroad,  a  good   dinner,  a 
ride  in  a  fine  carriage.     That  is  about 
the  way  we  treat   God:    Give  me  this 
thing  and  that,  carry  me  safely  through 
the  day,  further  me  on   this    journey, 
enable  me  to  carry  out  this  plan   suc- 
cessfully, make  me  exceedingly  pros- 
perous,  direct  this   deal,    avert    this 
sorrow,  disaster,  pull  me  through  this 
spell   of    sickness — a  convenience   of 
God,  but   not  one  hour  of  friendship 
and  abiding  in  his  presence.     Haven't 
you    felt  sometimes,    when    in    some 
supreme,  reflective  moment  and  vision 
of  better  things,  that   you  would  give 
anything  to   see  that   dear  old  friend 
and    companion;  just    to    be    in    her 
presence    and  live   again    just    for    a 
day  the  sweet  life  as  of    yore;  just   to 
let  that  friend  speak  to  you  and  you  to 
listen,  or  it  may  be  just  to  sit  in  silent 
communion?  Mr.  R.    J.    Campbell   has 
aptly  said:  "Communion  of  soul  is  the 
only   real    communion.     There    is     a 
language   of   the   eye   more     eloquent 
than  the  language  of    the  lip,    and  a 
language  of  silence  more  eloquent  than 
either;  it  is  enough  to  be  near,    to  feel 
yourself  gladdened  in  the  presence   of 
the  loved." 

And  I  wish  that  at  times  we  might 
withdraw  our  better  self  from  this 
feverish,  complex  civilization,  and  for 
the  time  wish  God  present  and  just  let 
him  speak  to  us  and  we  only  listen  . 
and  live  in  his  presence — not  to  ask 
God  for  anything  or  expect  anything, 
but  just  to  live  in  the  blessed  pres- 
•ence.  It  is  said  that  Napoleon  on  the 
field  of  battle  so  encouraged,  inspired, 


enlivened  and  increased  the  fighting 
value  of  his  men  that  his  presence 
was  equivalent  to  another  army.  The 
presence  of  God  in  your  life  and  life's 
battles  will  do  that  for  you  and  more 
— inspire  courage,  confidence,  hope. 
Luther  did  not  fear  Rome,  he  would  go 
to  Worms  though  every  leaf  on  the 
trees  were  devils  to  hedge  up  his  way; 
because  he  referred  all  his  plans  to 
his  Father,  he  held  communion  with 
God  as  with  a  friend,  the  Lord  spoke 
to  him  as  with  Moses,  face  to  face. 
And  as  was  said  of  John  Knox:  "He 
never  feared  the  face  of  man,  so  famil- 
iar was  he  with  the  face  of  God." 

The  man  who  spent  eight  hours  a 
day  with  God  could  not  fail  of  the 
Protestant  Reformation.  George  Mul- 
ler  takes  God  into  his  plans,  dwells 
constantly  in  his  presence,  calmly  pur- 
sues his  work  of  feeding  a  thousand 
orphans,  prays  into  his  hands  a  cool 
million  of  dollars,  without  asking 
another  living  soul  for  a  penny. 

There  are  times  when  we  do  not  feel 
like  going  through  with  the  formal 
thing  that  we  call  prayer — that  at  a 
stated  time,  and  in  an  accustomed 
way,  and  for  some  definite  thing,  we 
must  pray;  that  just  before  jumping 
into  bed  at  the  close  of  day,  or  between 
the  scripture  lesson  and  song  on  a 
Sunday  morning,  we  utter  a  three  or 
five  minute  prayer.  There  are  times 
when  we  go  apart  and  alone  commune 
with  God;  or  in  the  quiet  of  our  study 
we  would  lay  aside  books,  papers,  ser- 
mon notes,  and  just  let  God  speak  to 
us  and  only  listen  to  what  he  has  to 
say.  Conversation  is  a  lost  art  because 
there  are  to-day  no  listeners.  There 
is  plenty  of  talk,  gabble,  interruptions, 
but  no  converse,  no  listening.  And  so 
there  is  praying  and  praying  and  peti- 
tioning, but  there  is  little  reverent  lis- 
tening to  what  God  has  to  say  to  us. 

Nor'islt  necessary  that  prayer  should 
be  formal  or  uttered,  in   order  to  be 
prayer  or  answered.     I  think  there  is 
no  sweeter,  more   blessed  communion 
and  fellowship  with  our  Father  than  a 
quiet  walk  in  the  woods,  a  day  on  the 
lake,  down  by  the  meadow  brook,  over 
the  fields  where  the  lark  pipes  his  song. 
How  Christ   loved  the  mountain  side, 
the   slopes  of  Olivet,  the  sea  of  Gali- 
lee, the  desert  place,  to  go  apart.     It 
was   there  that  he   found   his  closest 
communion   with  the  Father   and  re- 
ceived his  richest  blessings,  his  won- 
derful      transfigurations      and      best 
strength  and  equipment   for  service. 
Here   he   found  his  Father's  spiritual 
influence   mantling  him  in  divine  pro- 
tection,  peace   and   love.      "The    an- 
swer to  prayer,"  says  Lyman  Abbott, 
"is  furnished  not  always  in  the  things 
given,   but   in   the   life   imparted,  the 
fellowships   enjoyed,  the    counsel    re- 
ceived"; the  uplifting,  inspiring,  life- 
giving  influence  that  comes  from  the 
conscious  presence  of  God.    In  prayer, 
communion  with  the  Father  of  spirits,' 
our   weakness   becomes   strength,  our 


sorrows  become  joys,  our  doubts  be- 
come faiths,  our  sins  forgiveness. 
Prayer  is  that  within  the  soul  whkh 
looks  up;  it  is  the  expression  of  the 
noblest  and  highest  in  man.  You 
stand  upon  the  mountain  peak  of  char- 
acter and  divinity  when  you  pray.  The 
hart,  weary  and  athirst,  lifts  its  head 
in  dumb  devotion;  there  comes  the 
sound  of  water.  Climbing  the  moun- 
tain side  it  finds  the  brook.  It  quenches 
its  thirst,  strength  comes  back  to  its 
limbs,  light  to  its  eyes,  and  like  an  ar- 
row it  bounds  away  again  speaking 
thanks:  "So  panteth  my  soul  for  Thee, 
oh,  God."  Prayer  is  the  communion  of 
a  spiritual  creature  with  a  spiritual 
creator.  God  the  Father  naturally 
gravitates  towards  man  his  child;  man 
by  "natural  selection"  seeks  God  his 
Father,  they  meet  and  rejoice. 
Huntington,  Ind. 

CHANGED  HUSBAND 
Wife  Hade  Wise  Change  in  Food. 


Change   of   diet  is  the   only  way  to 
really  cure  stomach  and  bowel  trouble. 
A  woman  says: 

"My  husband  had  dyspepsia  when 
we  were  married  and  had  suffered 
from  it  for  several  years.  It  was  al- 
most impossible  to  find  anything  he 
could  eat  without  bad  results. 

"I  thought  this  was  largely  due  to 
the  use  of  coffee  and  persuaded  him 
to  discontinue  it.  He  did  so,  and  be- 
gan to  drink  Postum  Food  Coffee.  The 
change  did  him  good  from  the  begin- 
ning, his  digestion  improved;  he  suf- 
fered much  less  from  his  nervousness, 
and  when  he  added  Grape-Nuts  food 
to  his  diet  he  was  soon  entirely  cured. 

"My  friend,   Mrs. ,  0f 

Vicksburg  (my  former  home),  had  be- 
come a  nervous  wreck  also  from  dys- 
pepsia. Medicines  had  no  effect, neither 
did  travel  help  her.  On  my  last  visit 
home,  some  months  ago,  I  persuaded 
her  to  use  Grape  Nuts  food.  She  was 
in  despair,  and  consented.  She  stuck 
to  it  until  it  restored  her  health  so 
completely  that  she  is  now  the  most 
enthusiastic  friend  of  Grape-Nuts  that 
I  ever  knew.  She  eats  it  with  cream 
or  dry,  just  as  it  comes  from  the  pack- 
age—keeps it  in  her  room  and  eats  it 
whenever  she  feels  like  it. 

"I  began  eating  Grape-Nuts  food, 
myself,  when  my  baby  was  two 
months  old,  and  I  don't  know  what 
I  should  have  done  without  it.  My 
appetite  was  gone,  I  was  weak  and 
nervous  and  afforded  but  very  little 
nourishment  for  the  child.  ,The  Grape- 
Nuts  food,  of  which  I  soon  grew  very 
fond,  speedily  set  all  this  right 
again  and  the  baby  grew  healthful, 
and  beautiful  as  a  mother  could  wish. 
He  is  two  years  old  now  and  eats 
Grape  Nuts  food  himself.  I  wish  every 
tired  young  mother  knew  of  the  good 
that   Grape- Nuts  would  do  her." 

Names  given  by  Postum  Co.,  Battle 
Creek,  Mich. 

There's  a  reason. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


July  20,  1915 


The  Social  Test  of  Theology*  By  Geo.  a.  Bellamy 


It  is  a  significant  fact  that  all  life  to- 
day is  being  tested  by  new  standards. 
Especially  is  this  true  of  the  religious 
life.  Awe,  inspired  by  the  idea  of  the 
supernatural,  and  fear  of  punishment 
by  an  angry  God  has  kept  the  religious 
life  apart  from  comparison  with  man's 
experience  or  his  judgment.  If  the 
word  of  the  Lord  was  supposed  to 
have  been  spoken  man  dared  not  con- 
tradict it.  This  resulted  in  a  perse- 
cution of  religious  reformers,  which 
was  not  confined  to  the  dark  ages 
alone,  but  is  quite  common  now.  The 
representatives  of  the  most  advanced 
religious  thought,  no  matter  how  God- 
fearing or  how  conscientious,  have  by 
no  means  passed  the  period  of  church 
discipline  and  rebuke.  This  lack  of 
freedom  in  religious  thought  and  study 
has  hindered  a  wholesome,  righteous 
growth  of  religious  understanding. 
We  may  look  with  a  great  deal  of 
misgiving  upon  the  forces  outside  of 
the  church  which  have  been  attack- 
ing our  doctrine  and  life,  yet  unques- 
tionably they  have  been  one  of  the 
chief  factors  in  destroying  the  false 
in  it. 

This  flood  of  criticism  has  turned 
out  two  types  of  men  which  mark 
quite  distinctly  the  religious  views  of 
to-day.  The  first  represent  the  high, 
holy,  saintlv  life,  such  as  observance 
of  the  forms  of  religious  life  and  the 
strict  adherence  to  the  individual 
creed.  They  distinguish  between  the 
sacred  and  secular,  and  raise  the  per- 
pendicular line  to  God  without  re- 
lation to  the  horizontal  line  to  man. 
Their  more  extreme  representatives 
are  the  Catholic  church  and  such  Prot- 
estant peoples  as  believe  in  doctrinal 
salvation.  The  more  moderate  rep- 
resentatives of  this  class  consist  of 
those  who  separate  religion  from  poli- 
tics and  business,  and  accept  church 
attendance  and  the  discharge  of 
church  duties  as  synonymous  with  re- 
ligious life,  and  think  all  subordina- 
tion of  ecclesiastical  and  church  prob- 
lems to  secular  life  a  weakness  of  the 
flesh,  and  inconsistent  with  the  truest 
spirituality.  They  plead  for  individual 
morality  and  what  has  been  termed 
"the  simple  gospel  of  Jesus."  This 
results  in  making  religions  form  an 
end  in  itself.  It  dwarfs  and  narrows 
the  conception  of  religious  life,  and 
blinds  the  minds  of  men  to  the  deeper 
spirituality  and  richer  character  that 
comes  through  service  and  contact 
with  life.  It  leaves  strong,  forceful, 
righteous  -men  of  keen  moral  insight 
to  work  out  the  problems  of  daily  life, 
relegating  these  struggles  to  a  second- 
ary importance.  Often  it  drives  such 
men  out  of  the  church  altogether  or 
excludes  them  from  its  more  intimate 
fellowship. 

The  other  type  of  men,    representa- 


•Being  a  portion  of   an  address  delivered  before 
the  Disciples'  Congress. 


tive  of  the  religious  life,  includes  those 
who  are  in  and  out  of  the  church,  who 
have  caught  the  idea  that  all  life  is 
sacred  and  that  all  are  God's  children. 
They  have  an  increasing  recognition 
that  the  domestic,  commercial,  social, 
political,  and  ecclesiastical  spheres 
are  all  partial  and  co-ordinate  phases 
of  life  to  the  one  God  who  is  immanent 
in  them  all.  "For  as  we  have  many 
members  in  one  body,  and  all  members 
have  not  the  same  office,  so  we  being 
many  are  one  body  in  Christ,  and 
every  one  members  one  of  another." 
Having  different  gifts  according  to  the 
grace  that  is  given  unto  us,  each  one 
is  to  serve  his  God  wherever  his 
service  is  most  effective  to  his  fellow- 
men.  This  type  of  mind  does  not  make 
the  church  an  end  in  itself — the  right- 
eous life.  Often  the  church  is  placed 
on  a  level  with  other  social  agencies 
and  made  to  stand  the  test  put  to  these 
agencies.  It  is  not  done  with  a  desire 
to  weaken  the  supremacy  of  the 
church  or  to  lower  the  standard  of 
true  religious  life,  but  to  lift  all 
standards  of  life  to  the  highest.  "I 
am  come  that  ye  might  have  life,  and 
that  ye  might  have  it  more  abund- 
antly." Not  life  in  a  narrow  sense, 
but  life  in  all  its  relationships,  is  to  be 
more  abundant.  To  obtain  individual 
morality  without  social  morality  is  not 
sufficient  for  this  second  type  of  men. 
They  are  unhappy  in  regard  to  the 
social  order  and  their  relation  to  it. 
They  feel  that  a  religion  not  taking 
into  account  the  social  forces  is  not 
complete.  There  are  men,  perhaps, 
who  might  refuse  to  be  classified  with 
either  of  the  above  types;  men  whose 
sympathies  would  extend  to  both 
classes;  yet  it  seems  fair  to  make 
this  division. 

In  the  further  discussion  of  this 
paper  we  wish  to  enlarge  only  on  our 
appreciation  of  the  social  side  of  our 
religious  life;  but  please  do  not  as- 
sume that  it  is  because  we  are  out  of 
sympathy  with  the  old  idea  of  faith 
and  doctrine.  The  old  faith,  clothed 
in  modern  thought,  has  power  of  con- 
viction in  it  beyond  anything  in  man's 
experience.  And  when  that  adjust- 
ment comes  so  that  the  gospel  of 
Jesus  is  made  a  consistent  whole,  the 
gospel  will  have  lost  none  of  its  fresh- 
ness and  strength,  but  rather  will 
have  taken  on  greater  proportions, 
and  will  go  out  into  the  world  making 
it  a  juster,  fairer,  healthier,  purer 
world;  and  will  drive  the  selfish,  sen- 
sual sinner  in  shame  from  his  mean- 
ness and  cruelty. 

This  struggle  in  the  religious  life 
does  not  appeal  to  me  as  a  struggle 
between  the  good  and  the  bad;  but 
rather  between  the  good  and  the  bet- 
ter. It  is  not  like  a  conflict  between 
brothers,  but  rather  between  the 
father  and  the  son.  The  father  has 
his     conservative     position.      He    is 


grieved  over  his  son's  liberal  views. 
He  was  educated  long  ago,  lived  in 
seclusion,  and  has  not  met  modern 
life,  its  problems  and  its  struggles. 
The  son  has  seen  new  life,  new  prob- 
lems, new  evils.  He  has  new  hopes 
and  new  visions.  He  sees  the  good  in 
the  father's  views,  but  knows  they  are 
not  complete;  complete  enough,  pos- 
sibly, for  his  time  and  place,  but  not 
for  the  new  conditions.  The  son  con- 
tinues to  respect  his  father's  views, 
but  also  meets  the  larger  life  and  its 
problems.  Finally  the  son  becomes 
a  great  leader  of  the  men  of  his  time. 
We  cannot  stop  this  increasing  de- 
mand for  a  new  adjustment  of  our  re- 
ligious forces.  It  is  as  permanent  as 
the  Eternal,  and  those  who  follow  it 
are  guided  by  the  Star  of  Bethlehem.  ■ 

It  is  sometimes  charged  against 
social  workers  that  they  lose  their  in- 
terest in  the  church.  In  so  far  as  this 
may  be  true,  I  believe  it  is  because 
our  theologians  have  failed  to  correlate 
facts  and  bring  out  the  right  relation- 
ships of  life.  Surely  these  young  peo- 
ple are  not  less  religious,  for  they  have 
larger  sympathies  for  man,  greater 
faith  in  man  and  more  hope  for  man. 
Possibly  also,  many  see  the  awful 
wreckage  of  human  hearts  and  homes, 
due  to  the  social,  economic,  industrial 
and  political  forces,  and  grow  discon- 
tented with  the  lack  of  interest  which 
the  church  shows  in   these   problems. 

This  may  also  account  in  a  large 
measure  for  the  falling  away  of  so 
many  of  the  church  members,  and  es- 
pecially for  the  little  interest  shown 
by  the  labor  unions  and  working  peo- 
ple. Some  writers  have  even  gone  so 
far  as  to  use  the  term,  "the  separa- 
tion of  the  masses  from  the  church." 
When  our  theology  is  so  full  of  God 
that  it  will  take  in  all  the  problems  of 
life,  as  he  does,  when  it  defines  justice 
and  righteousness  so  clearly  that  the 
poor  and  rich  come  to  the  same  stand- 
ards; then  God  and  theology  and 
Christ's  gospel  will  take  on  new  cloth- 
ing and  power,  and  there  is  not  likely 
to  be  any  separation  of  the  masses 
from  the  church. 

Men  and  women  in  every  age  have 
unconsciously  extended  the  idea  of 
God  from  a  systematic  statement  of 
his  attributes  to  a  direct  personal  re- 
lation of  man  to  man;  but  especially 
in  the  last  decade  or  two,  many,  in  and 
out  of  the  church,  have  extended  their 
efforts  correlating  the  facts  wrought 
out  of  their  experience.  From  these 
facts  there  are  certain  definite  results 
which  are  as  apparent  as  are  the  re- 
sults in  any  ordinary  test  in  chemistry; 
and  it  is  these  results  which  lay  claim 
upon  our  study  of  a  social  theology. 

In  the  first  place,  we  notice  it  has 
deepened  the  sense  of  the  fatherhood 
of  God.  The  social  forces  have 
caused  the  church  to  hear  the  cry  of 
the  outcast.  Every  human  being,  high 
or  low,  rich   or  poor,  educated   or  ig- 


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norant,  even  the  idiot,  the  insane,  the 
sick,  the  orphan  and  the  slave — every 
human  being  is  considered  a  child  of 
God,  to  be  loved  and  helped,  not 
hated  and  harmed.  Not  long  ago  one 
denomination  considered  our  Creator 
their  father,  and  that  meaning  did  not 
extend  beyond  the  family  or  church 
of  the  denomination.  Bat  when  men 
were  drawn  into  service  for  others,  the 
idea  of  the  fatherhood  of  God  deepened 
and  broadened, and  as  it  became  better 
understood,  the  right  conception  of 
man's  relation  to  man  naturally  fol- 
lowed. It  was  this  increasing  recog- 
nition of  the  fatherhood  which  un- 
folded the  principle  of  the  brother- 
hood, resulting  in  the  freeing  of  the 
slave,  the  establishment  of  greater 
justice  for  the  working  man,  and  the 
extension  of  political  equality.  The 
labor  unions,  socialism,  and  many 
other  economic  theories  are  efforts  to 
arrive  at  this  divine  principle. 

This  social  theology  has  extended 
and  intensified  man's  sense  of  sin. 
While  theology  has  made  the  indi- 
vidual responsible  for  his  sin,  and 
stopped  there,  sociology  has  defined 
new  causes  and  brought  the  responsi- 
bility home,  at  times  even  to  ourselves 
or  our  respected  associates.  Social 
studies  have  not  only  given  us  an  ap- 
palling vision  of  sin  and  its  conse- 
quences, but  are  also  revealing  those 
who  are  the  accessories  to  these  sins. 
To  this  conviction  of  sin  some  men  have 
quickly  responded,  remodeling  their 
tenements  while  legislatures  have  com- 
pelled others  to  do  so.  Such  convic- 
tions at  once  settle  the  permanency 
and  effectiveness  of  a  social  gospel. 

With  this  deepening  sense  of  sin  has 
come  an  appreciation  of  wholesome 
amusements  and  of  the  value  of  the 
recreative  side  of  life.  Psalm-singing 
piety  is  not  real,  live,  human  happi- 
ness. The  Sunday  without  cheer  and 
spontaneous  joy,  so  often  dreaded  by 
the  active  youth,  does  not  quicken 
him  to  noble  pleasures,  but  often  drives 
him  to  the  bad,  failing  to  make  real 
the  good  in  psalm  singing  and  wor- 
ship. All  healthful  minds  enjoy  pleas- 
ure. They  instinctively  rebel  against 
any  asceticism  or  perversion  of  these 
divine  tendencies.  Many  amusements, 
not  only  harmless  in  themselves,  but 
oftentimes  instructive  and  helpful, 
have  been  sacrificed  by  the  young 
merely  because  the  church  has  said, 
"Thou  shalt  not."  This  spirit  of  sac- 
rifice, while  it  may  be  admired,  does 
not  always  result  in  the  richest  growth 
of  character. 

The  capacity  for  pleasure  is  as  nec- 
essary a  development  in  the  highest 
type  of  man  as  the  love  for  wor- 
ship. Worship  is  for  soul  satisfaction, 
and  its  power  for  influencing  men 
comes  from  its  reflex  influence  on  the 
mind  of  the  worshiper.  It  is  the  source 
of  inspiration,  stimulating  man  to  his 
best;  his  best,  of  course,  having  better 
influence  on  his  fellowmen.  Just  as 
worship  is  indispensable  to  man's 
greatest  good,  so  is  the  capacity  for 
pleasure. 


Reasons  Why  We  Should  Contribute  to 
Church  Extension  by  j.  h.  shepard 


Church  Extension— "the  business 
end  of  Christianity"  and  "mother  of 
the  mission  church" — is  the  most  rea- 
sonable enterprise  ever  propagated 
and  promulgated  by  the  Disciples  of 
Christ.  It  is  a  business  and  religious 
enterprise  that  appeals  eloquently  to 
the  business  and  religious  sense  of 
every  right  thinking  person.  It  is  the 
reduction  of  Christianity  to  a  scientific, 
logical,  businesslike  and  successful 
working  principle.  In  this  short  arti- 
cle I  can  but  mention  briefly  some  few 
of  the  many  reasons  why  we  should 
contribute  to  this  sacred  and  worthv 
cause. 

1.  Because  we  must  expand  or  die. 
We  must  be  "rooted  and  built  up  in 
Christ" — grow  down  and  grow  up  in 
him.  And  it  is  equally  essential  to 
life  that  we.  "abound" — grow  out  in 
Christ.  The  church  of  Christ  must  in 
justice  to  its  great  head,  and  in  justice 
to  itself,  keep  even  step  with  the  on- 
ward march  of  the  world  and  proclaim 
to  the  lost  the  immortal  principles  of 
love  and  light  and  salvation  which  it 
holds  as  a  sacred  trust.  Church  Ex- 
tension must  not  fall  one  whit  behind 
the  rapid  marches  of  home  and  foreign 
missions  and  the  other  enterprises  of 
the  church.  No  part  of  the  kingdom 
of  Christ  can  be  said  to  be  extended 
permanently  to  a  certain  point  until 
the  new  organization  has  a  church 
building.  If  our  board  had  sufficient 
funds  to  enable  it  to  assist  every  new 
church  in  building,  a  thousand  new 
congregations  would  be  organized 
within  the  next  twelve  months.  What 
a  mighty  power  for  the  salvation  of 
the  world! 

2.  Because  of  the  divine  and  holy 
cause  we  represent.  Christianity  as 
taught  and  practiced  by  Jesus  and  his 
apostles,  union  of  all  God's  people  on 
the  Old  Book — this  is  the  divine  and 
holy  cause  for  which  we  plead  and  un- 
ceasingly labor.  And  for  this  great 
plea  do  our  homeless  churches  labor, 
with  hands  that  never  grow  weary, 
with  hearts  strong  and  brave,  and  with 
a  faith  sublime.  They  are  the  heroes 
of  our  cause  in  this  great  land.  They 
with  hands  outstretched  plead  with  us: 
"Help  ere  we  die."  It  is  for  us  to  say 
whether  these  churches  shall  perish  in 
their  helplessness  or  live  by  the  power 
of  Church  Extension. 

3.  Because  the  work  of  Church  Ex- 
tension is  a  success.  (1)  In  that  it 
provokes  our  brethren  to  liberality, 
sacrifice  and  confidence.  Hundreds  of 
churches  have  been  encouraged  to 
build  by  being  assured  of  help  from 
the  Board,  that  otherwise  would  not 
have  tried  to  build,  because  they  could 
see  nothing  but  gloom,  despair  and 
failure  staring  them  in  the  face.  (2) 
Church   Extension    is   an   economical 


success.  It  does  away  with  the  "cir- 
cular letter,"  the  "traveling  solicitor," 
the  "chain  letter"  and  the  "autograph 
quilt,"  from  which  no  lasting  and  far- 
reaching  results  ever  came.  The 
Board  charges  but  four  and  six  per 
cent  on  their  loans:  four  per  cent  on 
general  fund  and  six  per  cent  on  an- 
nuity loans.  The  interest  on  loans 
meets  all  expenses.  The  Board  saves 
our  churches  thousands  of  dollars 
every  year.  (3)  Church  Extension  is 
a  financial  success.  The  society  has 
handled  in  all  over  $895,000  with  a  loss 
on  bad  debts  of  but  $563.  We  chal- 
lenge any  business  enterprise  in  the 
world  to  make  a  better  showing.  Most 
of  this  money  was  loaned  to  mis- 
sion churches  that  couldn't  borrow 
from  secular  financial  firms.  Fifty- 
three  churches  paid  their  loans  in  full 
last  year;  353  since  the  beginning; 
nearly  900  churches  have  been  helped 
to  build.  The  mission  church  raises 
three  dollars  for  every  one  dollar  it 
borrows  in  a  manly  way  from  the 
Board.  Thus  every  dollar  draws  out 
three  more.  For  these  and  other  rea- 
sons, every  church  among  us  ought  to 
make  a  liberal  offering  to  this  great 
work  in  September.  By  all  means  let 
us  have  the  half  million  dollars  asked 
for  by  our  Board,  and  let  no  less  than 
2,000  churches  promise  to  take  the  of- 
fering. 

Haskell,  Texas. 


COMES  A  TIME 
When  Coffee  Shows  What  It  Has  Been 
Doing. 


"Of  late  years  coffee  has  disagreed 
with  me,"  writes  a  matron  from  Rome, 
N.  Y.,  "its  lightest  punishment  was 
to  make  me  'logy'  and  dizzy,  and  it 
seemed  to  thicken  up  my  blood. 

"The  heaviest  was  when  it  upset 
my  stomach  completely,  destroying 
my  appetite  and  making  me  nervous 
and  irritable,  and  sent  me  to  my  bed. 
After  one  of  these  attacks,  in  which  I 
nearly  lost  my  life,  I  concluded  to  quit 
and  try  Postum  Food  Coffee. 

"It  went  right  to  the  spot!  I  found 
it  not  only  a  most  palatable  and  re- 
freshing beverage,  but  a  food  as  well. 

"All  my  ailments,  the  'loginess'  and 
dizziness,  the  unsatisfactory  condi- 
tion of  my  blood,  my  nervousness  and 
irritability  disappeared  in  short  order 
and  my  sorely  afflicted  stomach  began 
quickly  to  recover.  I  began  to  rebuild 
and  have  steadily  continued  until 
now.  Have  a  good  appetite  and  am 
rejoicing  in  sound  health,  which  I  owe 
to  the  use  of  Postum  Food  Coffee." 
Name  given  by  Postum  Co.,  Battle 
Creek,  Mich. 

There's  a  reason. 

Read  the  little  book,  "The  Road  to 
Wellville,"  found  in  each  pkg. 


9:4 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


July  20,  1S05 


Our    Budget, 


—  California  is  in  all  our  minds.  Let  us  go 
over  to  the  help  of  the  brethren  on  all  the  Pa- 
cific Coast. 

— The  photographs  appearing  on  "Our 
Budget"  pages  this  weik,  are  those  of  some 
prominent  workers  in  the  west.  Of  course, 
there  are  many  others  who  deserve  publicity. 

—  S.  C.  Shoup  has  taken  charge  at  Defiance, 
la. 

— The  San  Marcus  camp- meeting  has  be- 
gun. 

—  C.  R.  Moore,  late  of  Santa  Paula,  will 
take  the  work  at  Colton,  Cal. 

— J.  M.  Monroe  has  dedicated  anew  house 
of  worship  at  Port  Cobb,  O.  T. 

—  J.  W.  Carpenter  has  entered  upon  the 
work  auspiciously  at  Uniontown,  Pa. 

—  H.  D.  McAneney,  whose  picture  we  print, 
is  president  of  the  Berkeley  Bible  Seminary. 

— I.  H.  Teel  has  removed  his  family  and 
will  make  his  permanent  home  in  the  Golden 
State. 

— Grant  K.  Le*is  is  now  taking  the  state 
work  in  southern  California  in  hand  as  secre- 
tary. 

— The  church  has  again  been  organized  at 
Chilhowee,  Mo.,  with  33  members,  by  R.  B. 
Havener. 

— J.  Kenyon,  A.B.,  Hiram,  classof  '98,  has 
been  appointed  as  assistant  in  English  in  Har- 
vard university. 

— T.  B.  Smith  of  Eureka,  111.,  will  take 
work  at  Drake  university  next  year,  removing 
to  Des  Moines. 

— I.  J.  Spencer  is  to  be  evangelist  at  the  spe- 
cial revival  of  the  First  church,  Washington, 
to  begin  October  22. 

— Earle  M.  Todd  is  supplying  forBro.  T.  P. 
Haley.  His  address  is  2909  Holmes  Ave., 
Kansas  City,  Mo. 

— R.  E.  McKnight  leaves  Saratoga,  Cal., 
for  Santa  Clara,  where  he  will  not  devote  his 
whole  time  to  the  ministry. 

— B.  J.  Forbes  at  Weatherford,  Tex.,  was 
thrown  from  a  pony  the  other  day  and  now  has 
to  walk  on  crutches  for  a  time. 

— Bethany  Beach,  Delaware,  is  now  a 
United  States  post  office  and  a  great  many 
Disciples  of  Christ  are  having  their  mail  sent 
there. 

— The  laying  of  the  corner  stone  of  the  new 
church  at  Belmar,  Pa.,  took  place  last  Lord's 
day  afternoon,  Wallace  Tharp  delivering  the 
address. 

— The  annual  meeting  of  the  Campbeli 
Institute  will  be  held  at  the  Hyde  Park  Church 
of  Christ,  Chicago,  III.,  beginning  at  10  a.m., 
July  25. 

— T.  H.  Mathieson  has  resigned  the  work  at 
Marlin,  Tex.  Brother  Mathieson  is  from  New 
Zealand.  He  will  devote  himself  to  study  for 
a.  time. 

—  Geo.  B.  Evans  is  now  unpacked  at  Big 
Run,  Pa.  Brother  Evans  was  lately  secretary 
of  the  West  Virginia  Christian  ministerial  as- 
sociation. 

— Hiram  VanKirk  confesses  that  he  has  had 
"a  gnawing"  to  go  back  to  the  land  of  his 
choice,  with  added  appreciation  of  its  worth 
and  opportunities. 

—Wallace  Tharp,  of  the  First  church,  Al- 
legheny, is  almost  well  again  after  seven  weeks 
of  "the  most  teasing  and  tantalizing  illness" 
he  ever  experienced. 

— Chas.  A.  Medbury  is  taking  a  holiday  by 
doing  some  lecture  work.  After  marrying 
some  ptople  in  his  old  field  at  Angola,  Ind., 
he  is  engaged    for    a   series  of    lectures  at    the 


Chautauqua,    N.  Y.,  and   will  return  later  for 
the  program  at  Bloomfield,  la. 

— W.  H.  Martin  is  one  of  our  leading 
brethren  on  the  coast  where  he  has  done 
excellent  wotk  as  an  evangelist,  and  is  now 
pastor  at  Santa  Barbara. 

—  Since  going  to  Vanderbilt,  Pa.,  a  little 
over  a  year  ago,  C.  B.  McKnight  has  accom- 
plished a  splendid  work.  He  has  a  full  house 
to  hear  him  at  each  service. 


and  he  reports  that  the  outlook  is  very  hopeful' 
John  A.  Stevens  preached  in  the  evening. 
A.  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  was  organized  and  fine  in- 
terest was  manifested  in  all  the  services. 

— J.  Fletcher  Ghormley,  minister  of  our  First 
church  at  Portland,  Oregon,  was  born  in  Wis- 
consin, studied  at  Eureka  college,  and  has 
been  prominent  in  western  work,  having  served 
as  evangelist  both  in  California  and  Montana. 
He  has  been  at  Portland  for  about  eight  years. 


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W.   B.    Berry. 


J.  P.  Dargitz. 


H.   D.  McAneney. 


— E.  H.  Kellar  is  delighted  with  California. 
He  writes  that  the  entire  coast  region  seems  to 
be  faiily  glistening  with  magnificent  oppor- 
tunities for  the  Disciples  of  Christ. 

— A  postcard  has  just  informed  us  of  the 
death  of  Sister  Lamar,  wife  of  our  old  friend, 
J.  S.  Lamar.  The  death  was  due  to  a  stroke 
of  apoplexy.  May  the  Great  Comforter  abide 
with  our  brother  in  his  affliction. 

— The  picnic  season  is  upon  us.  Don't  let 
all  the  brethren  report  at  once.  It  was  such  a 
relief  to  the  editorial  force  when  the  commence- 
ment oration  period  was  adjourned  until  an- 
other year. 

— We  hear  that  new  song  books  will  soon 
make  their  appearance  at  the  church  at  Ebens- 
burg,  Pa.  Will  they  be  "Gloria  in  Excelsis"? 
That  book  is  the  one  that  most  of  our  churches 
will  use  in  the  future. 

— P.  C.  McFarlane,  the  hustling  press  agent 
of  the  national  convention,  is  getting  large 
audiences  at  Alameda,  Cal.,  where  he  is  pastor. 
One  report  says:  "It  looks  as  if  he  were  getting 
ready  to  take  the  town." 


— The  last  Lord's  day  in  June  was  conven- 
tion rally  day  on  the  Pacific  coast.  On  Mon- 
day, August  14,  there  is  to  be  a  general  round- 
ing-up  of  the  whole  body  of  Pacific  coast  Dis- 
ciples and  "on  to  San  Francisco"  will  be  the 
war  cry. 

— Jas.  T.  Nichols,  of  the  Christian  Union, 
after  attendance  upon  the  International  Chris- 
tian Endeavor  convention,  called  at  the  office 
of  the  Christian  Publishing  Company  on  his 
way  home.  Brother  Nichols  is  making  him- 
self felt  on  the  paper  of  which  he  has  taken 
hold. 

— Our  National  Benevolent  Association  has 
just  issued  Annuity  Bond  No.  97  to  Mrs. 
Eliza  F.  Risk,  of  the  faithful  Missouri  sister- 
hood. Geo.  L.  Sniveley,  903  Aubert  avenue, 
St.  Louis,  will  gladly  explain  the  annuity 
method  and  the  work  of  the  association  to  all 
inquirers. 

— During  the  year's  ministry  of  J.  W.  Kern 
at  Monongahela,  Pa.,  the  membership  of  the 
church  has  been  more  than  doubled;  the  Bible- 
school  has  made  the  same  increase  and  its  col- 


Grant  K.   I,ewis. 


W.    H.   Martin. 


J.   T.  Ghormley. 


— W.  W.  Vallandingham,  of  Fortuna,  Cal., 
has  been  elected  president  of  the  county  minis- 
terial association.  He  has  just  been  unani- 
mously called  to  continue  for  another  year  as 
pastor  of  a  splendid  church. 

— G.  Washington  Wise  has  just  spent  his 
first  Sunday  at  the  new  church  at  Monroe,  La., 


lection  is    three   times  larg;r     t  han    it  formerly 
was.     Every    department    of  the  church  work 
shows  advance. 

— T.  J.  Head  has  just  been  appointed  by 
the  National  Benevolent  association  to  repre- 
sent its  work  in  Tennessee  and  Kentucky. 
We  expect    for  Brother    Head    who    has  been 


July  20,  1905 


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one  of  the  state  evangelists  in  southeast  Mis- 
souri, the  best  consideration  from  the  brethren 
whom  he  will  meet  in  his  new  field. 

— A  telegram  announces  the  completion  of  a 
handsome  new  church  at  Mannington,  W.  Va. 

— Nine  new  churches  have  been  established 
in  southern  California  since  the  beginning  of 
this  missionary  work  nine  months  ago,  or  one 
a  month.  Four  of  these  have  no  home,  two 
others  need  better  and  larger  accommodations, 
while  two  others  have  received  help  from  the 
Church  Extension. 

— Brother  Erskine  reports  that  the  Christians 
at  Akita,  Japan,  on  May  21,  gave  a  dinner  and 
entertainment  to  700  wounded  soldiers,  the 
Stephens  family  baking  the  bread.  At  home 
the  Japanese  eat  no  bread,  rice  being  their 
staple  article  of  diet,  but  the  soldiers  learn  to 
like  the  western  production. 

— We  have  received  a  set  of  resolutions 
passed  by  the  Sunday  school  of  the  Christian 
church  at  Mexico,  Mo.,  upon  the  death  of 
Sister  Kokendoffer.  They  are  of  the  usual 
form  but  speak  very  lovingly  of  this  noble 
Christian  woman  and  never  tiring  helpmeet 
of  the  pastor  of  the  church  at  Mexico. 

— The  work  at  Havensville,  Kan.,  is  pros- 
pering under  the  ministries  of  H.  R.  Murphy, 
formerly  of  Holden,  Mo.,  who  has  been  in 
this  new  field  only  since  January.  Brother 
Murphy  will  spend  one  Sunday  preaching  for 
the  First  church  in  St.  Louis  during  his  vaca- 
tion piriod,  upon  which  he  is  just  about  to  en- 
ter. 

— J.  P.  Dargitz,  of  whom  we  present  a  like- 
ness in  this  issue,  was  for  some  time  secretary 
of  the  northern  California  missionary  work, 
from  which  he  recently  resigned  to  give  closer 
attention  to  the  formation  of  a  Christian  colony. 
It  would  not  surprise  us  if  Brother  Dargitz 
should  again  be  chosen  to  a  prominent  place 
on  the  official  board  of  the  state. 

— The  ladies'  aid  society  of  the  First 
church  at  Bedford,  Ind.,  has  contracted  for  a 
new  pipe  organ  of  the  best  quality  to  complete 
the  handsome  church  building  lately  erected. 
We  do  not  wonder  that  the  brethren  of  Brother 
Edwards'  church  are  happy.  The  interest 
and  enthusiasm  of  the  membership  keep  up  in 
spite  of  the  hot  weather. 

— There's  a  plan  on  foot  to  enlarge  the 
church  at  Frankfort,  Ind.,  of  which  W.  J. 
Russell  is  pastor.  The  new  arrangement  will 
put  in  a  gallery  around  the  entire  auditorium. 
The  cost  will  be  $10,000  and  it  will  complete- 
ly modernize  the  church.  A  great  meeting  will 
be  held  here  in  the  fall  by  W.  J.  Russell,  the 
pastor,  and  Mrs.  J.  E.  Powell,  as  singer. 

— E.  E.  Lowe,  who  is  doing  a  good  work  at 
Neodesha,  Kan.,  made  a  speech  on  the  4th  of 
July  that  was  received  with  enthusiasm.  He 
dwelt  upon  the  idea  that  Old  Glory  would 
never  wave  so  proudly  and  our  country  be  so 
free  and  the  people  so  truly  brave  as  on  the 
the  day  they  throttle  the  liquor  dealers'  associa- 
tion and  drive  it  from  this  fair  country  of 
ours. 

— W.  B.  B«rry  i»  upholding  the  cause  of 
New  Testament  Christianity  in  the  journalism 
of  the  Pacifie  coast.  Brother  Berry  has  for 
some  time  been  putting  his  shoulder  to  the 
wheel  in  an  admirable  endeavor  to  push  the 
Pacific  Christian,  of  which  he  is  editor,  up 
that  hill,  to  get  to  the  top  of  which  all  reli 
gious  journals  have  a  struggle.  We  would 
wish  for  Brother  Berry  the  cordial  support  of 
the  Pacific  coast  brethren. 

$  ® 

Ho,  for  San  Francisco! 

Will  each  brother  or  sister,  going  from 
Missouri  to  the  national  convention  at  San 
Francisco,  send  in  name  and  address  at  once? 
This  is  important  to  you.  Please  let  me  have 
immediate  reply. 

T.  A.  Abbott,  Cor.  Sec. 

311  Century  Bldg.,   Kansas   City,  Mo. 


A  word  to  our  patrons  in  reference 
to  remittances  to  us  made  with  local 
checks.  We  receive  many  checks  paya- 
ble at  banks  outside  of  St.  Louis,  Cin- 
cinnati, Chicago,  Kanpai  City,  Louis- 
ville, Philadelphia,  New  York  and 
Boston.  On  every  check  payible  at 
the  above  mentioned  cities  there  is  no 
charge  by  St.  Louis  banks  for  collec- 
tion. If  the  check  is  not  payable  at  a 
bank  in  one  of  the  above  plac  s,  a 
charge  of  15  cents  is  made  for  collecting. 
We  are  compelled  to  pay  thi»  cost  lor 
collection  when  we  deposit  the  check  in 
our  bank  in  St.  Louis.  Tne  amount 
we  pay  annually  for  collecting  the  local 
checks  sent,  no  doubt,  will  be  a  surprise 
to  many  of  our  patrons. 

The  amount!  for  the  fmt  six  months 
of  1905  are  as  follows:  Jan.  $16.20,  Feb. 
$11.70,  Mar.  $12,  Apr.  $12.75,  May 
$11.55,  June  $16.30,  making  a  total  of 
$80.50  for  six  months,  or  an  average  of 
$13.40  per  month. 

Our  patrons  will  readily  see  that  this 
expense  has  been  on  us  for  years  and  has 
amounted  to  a  large  sum.  We  wish  to 
say  plainly  that  we  do  not  object  in  the 
least  to  handling  your  local  check  but 
only  ask  that,  if  it  is  more  convenient  to 
send  it,  you  will  please  add  15  cents  to  its 
face  to  cover  the  cost  of  collection.  Our 
St.  Louis  banks  adhere  strictly  to  charg- 
ing u*  for  local  checks  and  we  cannot  in 
any  way  change  their  manner  of  doing 
business. 

Christian  Publishing  Co. 
By  R.  P.  Crow,  Treas.  and  Mgr. 


—  F.  A.  Wight,  of  Erie,  Pa.,  says  he  be- 
lieves in  having  themes  as  hot  as  the  season. 
"Who  and  What  is  the  Anti-Christ?"  and 
"Things  Still  Retained  by  Protestants  from  the 
Apostasy"  were  subjects  of  two  of  his  sermons. 
He  reports  that  he  was  recently  asked  to  make 
a  speech  at  the  annual  banquet  of  the  Baptist 
social  union.  The  fellowship,  he  says,  is 
very  encouraging  among  the  immersionists  of 
his  city. 

— J.  V.  Coombs  has  had  some  experience  on 
the  subject  of  a  Christian  paper  in  every  home. 
He  has  found  many  homes  where  from  twelve 
to  fifteen  dollars  per  year  are  spent  on  secular 
papers  and  magazines,  and  where  the  people 
are  "too  poor"  to  take  a  single  religious  paper. 
Brother  Coombs  says,  "A  man  who  pays  $15 
for  secular  papers  and  no  dollars  for  church 
papers,  needs  the  second  blessing,  for  I  am 
sure  he  never  had  the  first  blessing." 

— D.  A.  Russell,  pastor  of  our  church  at 
Red  Bluff,  Cal.,  was  born  near  Memphis,  Mo., 
arid  began  preaching  in  1892.  His  first  pas- 
torate was  at  Honey  Grove,  Tex.  Resigning 
there,  he  entered  the  University  of  California 
at  Berkeley  in  1896,  graduating  in  the  Bible 
seminary  in  1901.  Prior  to  hi*  present  pas- 
torate, he  bad  charge  of  the  churches  at  Palo 
Alto  and  Hoilister.  Brother  Russdl  is  now 
president  «f  the  state  board  of  northern 
California. 

— M.  D.  Clubb,  whose  photograph  appears 
in  this  issue,  is  a  Kentuckian  by  birth,  and  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  College  of  the 
Bible  in  the  Kentucky  university.  He  married 
the  youngest  daughter  of  President  Robert 
Graham.  Since  leaving  the  college  he  has 
served  the  following  churches:  Danville, 
Midway,  Walnut  St.,  Chattanooga,  Tenn., 
and  his  present  field,  Watsonville,  Cal.  Dur- 
ing his  financial  secretaryship  of  the  College 
of  the  Bible,  there  was  secured  for  its  endow- 
ment about  $40,000.  The  church  at  Watson- 
ville is  doing  a  noble  work.     E.  L.  Powell,  of 


BUTLER 
COLLEGE 

INDIANAPOLIS 

A   HIGH-GRADE 

CHRISTIAN        COLLEGE 


V  OUNG  MEN  and  WOMEN 

First-class  equipment,  splendid  library 

facilities,  wide   variety  of   elective 

courses. 
Tht  faculty  U  composed  of  men  trained 

in  the  best  universities  of  America 

and  Europe. 
Special  a'lvantasres  and  inducements 

for  ministerial  students.     Summer 

school    for   teachers.       School*   of 

Music  and  Art. 

For  Catalogue  Address, 

WE  GARRISON 

President  of  BUTLER  COLLEGE 
INDIANAPOLIS.  IND' 


Louisville,  Ky.,  is  to  brgin  a  meeting  for 
Brother  Clubb's  church,  July  30. 

— The  Central  Christian  church  of  Cincin- 
nati has  called  J.  L.  Hill,  until  recently  of 
Union  Ciiy,  Ind.  He  has  accepted  and  en- 
tered upon  the  work.  The  congregation  was 
quite  enthusiastic  in  the  invitation  to  Brother 
Hill  to  become  their  pastor.  The  church 
building  is  now  undergoing  painting  and  gen- 
eral renovation  at  an  expense  of  nearly  $1,400. 
The  Endeavor  Society  had  a  special  meeting  to 
endorse  and  pledge  Brother  Hill  their  good 
will  and  hearty  support. 

— Loran  Sanford  has  just  been  set  apart  for 
the  Gospel  ministery  by  A.  T.  June,  pastor  of 
our  church  at  Everett,  Mass.  Brother  San- 
ford has  received  a  call  to  McCook,  Neb., 
and  will  have  taken  up  his  work  before  these 
lines  are  printed.  Brother  June  writes  that  he 
has  long  been  associated  with  Christian  workers 
and  the  church  at  Everett  will  be  the  losers  by 
his  leaving  for  the  west,  but  they  sent  him  forth 
with  every  good  wish  and  the  prayer  for  his 
success  as  a  winner  of  souls. 

— C.  J.  Chapman  has  begun  thi  publica- 
tion of  a  little  church  paper  called  Faith  and 
Works.  M.  E.  Harlan  and  V.  E.  Ridenour 
have  begun  a  meeting  for  Brother  Chapman  at 
Augusta,  Kan.,  and  the  little  paper  has  its 
columns  crowded  with  matters  of  interest  bear- 
ing on  this  revival.  Under  the  head,  "What 
some  others  say  of  us,"  varieties  of  opinions, 
with  some  answers  to  them,  are  published:  these 
are  followed  by  an  article  on  our  distinctive 
position.  Such  a  publication  ought  to  do  a 
great  deal  of  good  in  these  revival  services. 

— E.  M.  Barney  has  resigned  atMishawaka, 
Ind.,  to  accept  an  urgent  call  of  the  state  anti- 
saloon  league  and  his  resignation  will  take  ef- 


PONDS  EXTRACT 


OLD 


FAMILY 


INFLAMMATIOIV 


Is  quickly  reduced  by  apply- 
ing cloths  wet  with  hot  Pond's 
Extract  to  the  inflamed  parts. 

Witch  Hazel  is  not  the  same  thing.  On 
analysis  of  seventy  samves  of  Witch 
Ba:ei—so  often  offered  as  "j ust  its  good" 
—fifty  two  were  found  tj  contain  wood 
alcohol  or  formaldehyde  or  both.  To 
avoid  danger  of  poisoning  insist  on 
^  having  -p. 

°>»D   FAMILY   0°C 

POND'S  EXTRAC 


9  6 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


July  20    1905 


feet  S»pt.  1.  Brother  Barney  has  been  twice 
pastor  of  our  church  at  Mishap  aka,  serving 
altogether  seven  years.  He  was  formerly  at 
Webb  City,  Mo.,  and  was  one  of  our  territo- 
rial missionaries  in  Oklahoma.  By  tempera- 
ment and  education  he  is  well  adapted  for  tem- 
perance work.  He  leaves  his  charge  in  excel- 
lent condition.  The  church  has  in  view  his 
successor  though  at  this  writing  no  definite  an- 
nouncement can  be  made. 

— Judge  Durham,  one  of  our  best  known 
brethren  in  California,  hails  originally  from 
Holmts  county,  O.,  where  he  was  born  in  1836. 
He  was  educated  in  Abingdon  college,  Illinois, 
where  his  wife,  Miss  Vira  J.  Whitman,  was 
also  educated  After  teaching  for  a  number  of 
years  in  his  Alma  Mater,  he  went  to  California 
in  1871,  opening  Pierce's  Chriitian  college  in 
1S74.  Later  he  was  president  of  Washington 
college  but  was  always  actively  eDgaged  in  the 
ministry.  He  is  prominent  as  a  lecturer  and  ii 
the  author  of  "The  Man  with  the  Book." 
Brother  Durham  is  now  the  longest  active 
worker  in  the  ministry  in  the  state  and  is 
known  all  over  California  as  the  "hand- 
shaker." 

— W.  F.  Reagor,  who  ministers  to  ourchurch 
at  Sacramento,  Cal.,  ii  a  Tennessean,  having 


When  Shall  We  Hold  the  Convention? 

We  would  say  as  business  men  that  it  would, 
in  our  opinion,  be  best  to  hold  our  national 
convention  in  July  or  August.  It  would  afford 
the  best  opportunity  for  those  to  attend  that 
would  be  most  interested.  It  being  vacation 
period,  educators,  business  men,  farmers  and 
mechanics,    all    ministers  as   well    as    laymen, 


first  and  the  tenth  of  September.  This  would, 
in  my  opinion,  interfere  less  with  state  conven- 
tions than  a  period  in  June. 

Sioux  City,  Ioiva.  J.  K.  Ballou. 


D.  A.    Russell. 


1.  It  would  be  wise  to  change  the  date  of 
holding  our  national  convention;  and  for  the 
reasons  indicated  in  your  editorial  on  the  subject. 

2.  In  making  a  change — as  between  June 
and  September,  the  former  can  scarcely  be 
classed  as  vacation  month,  but  with  many  the 
latter  is  so  classed.  If  the  first  week  in  Septem- 
ber were  fixed  upon  it  would,  in  my  judgment, 
insure  a  larger  attendance  than  any  other  week 
of  the  year.  W.  P.  Khelbr. 

Chicago,  III. 


The  Campaign  for  Two  Thousand 
Contributors. 

Up  to  July  12,  611  churches  have  promised 
to  take  the  offering.  Illinois  leads  this  week 
with  78  promises.  Ohio  is  second,  and  Indiana 
third. 

The  time  is  short  for  promises  to  come,  if  we 
are  to  report  this  list  at  San  Francisco,  as  our 
annual  report  will  go  to  press  August  1. 
We  must  hear  from  a  great  number    within  the 


M.  D.  Clubb. 

been  born  at  Singleton  in  1865.  Following  his 
early  education  in  his  native  state  he  became  a 
student  at  the  Bible  college  at  the  Kentucky 
university,  subsequently  taught  for  a  year  in 
one  of  the  public  schools  of  Tennessee,  preach- 
ing at  the  church  at  Winder,  Ga.,  in  1893, 
where  he  become  vice-president  of  the  Winder 
institute.  Later  he  took  the  presidency  of 
Pierce's  Christian  college,  College  City,  Cal., 
but  a  year  later  went  back  to  the  pulpit,  serv- 
ing the  church  at  Calusa,  with  an  interim  of 
eight  months,  when  he  returned  to  Georgia. 
Later  he  accepted  charge  of  the  work  at  Sacra- 
mento, Cal.,  where  he  now  is. 

— Charles  W.  Jopson,  whose  photograph 
appears  among  our  Californian  brethren  this 
week,  is  a  native  of  that  state,  having  been 
born  near  Nicolaus  in  1869.  After  a  course  of 
study  at  Pierce  Christian  college,  and  teaching 
school  near  Butte  City,  he  went  to  Bethany 
college  for  another  degree,  and  while  there, 
preached  at  West  Middleton.  He  returned  to 
hia  native  state,  and  has  been'pastorat  Madi- 
son, Capay  and  Los  Gatos.  The  last  was  a 
nine  years'  pastorate,  and  was  given  up  to  ac- 
cept the  larger  work  only  last  November, 'when 
he  began  his  present  term  at  Stockton.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  state  missionary  board,  and 
has  been  for  four  years,  during  which  time  he 
has  served  as  recording  secretary.  For  three 
years  he  was  president  of  our  state  Sunday- 
school  association.  He  has  also  been  inter- 
ested in  the  executive  committee,  and  was 
superintendent  of  the  state  home  department 
for  the  interdenominational  association.  At 
Stockton  the  work  is  flourishing  under  his 
ministry. 


W.  T.  Reagor. 


Charles  W.  Jopson. 


A.  C.  McKeever. 


J.    Durham. 

would  be  glad  to  include  the  convention  at- 
tendance as  a  part,  at  least,  of  their  vacation 
term.  Tebbs  Brothers. 

Harrison,  Ohio. 


Apropos  of  your  request  for  expression  of 
opinion  as  to  the  best  time  for  the  national  con- 
vention to  be  held,  I  would  be  in  favor  of 
changing  the  time  to    the    period  between  the 


next   two    weeks    if    we  are  to  reach  the  2,000 
promised. 

Promises  to  Promises  to 

States.           take  offering.  States,     take  offering. 

Alabama 9     Missouri 53 

Arkansas 4     Montana 2 

Arizona Nebraska 21 

California 23     New  Jersey 1 

Colorado 6     New  Mexico 1 

Connecticut 1     New  York 16 

Dist.  Columbia....     2     North  Carolina 1 

Florida 1     North  Dakota 

Georgia 7    Ohio 75 

Idaho 1     Oklahoma 12 

Illinois 78     Oregon 8 

Indiana 57     Pennsylvania 14 

Indian  Territory...     6     South  Carolina 1 

Iowa 32     South  Dakota 4 

Kansas 38     Tennessee 5 

Kentucky 29    Texas 32 

Louisiana 6     Utah 

Maine Vermont 1 

Manitoba 1     Virginia 6 

Maryland 1     Washington 11 

Massachusetts 3     West  Virginia 7 

Michigan 17     Wisconsin 5 

Minnesota 9    Wyoming 1 

Mississippi 3 

Send  all  promises  to— 

G.  W.  Muckley,  Cor.  Sec'y. 
600  Water  Works  Eldg.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 


The  church  at  Straittville,  O.,  not  Urbana, 
III.,  needs  a  preacher.     Write  J.  A.  Lytle. 

The  church  at  Salt  Lake  City,  where  T.  W. 
Pinkerton  his  labored  for  some  years,  is  now  in 
need  of  a  pastor.  A  married  man  of  about  35 
years  of  ag«  is  preferred.  Address  W.  H. 
Leppin,  Box  914,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 


July  20,  1905 


THE   CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


937 


NEWS    FROM    MANY   FIELDS 


Ar  Kansas. 

A  most  successful  session  of  the  State  uni- 
versity has  closed.  Something  over  eight  hun- 
dred students  were  enrolled.  Dr.  Henry  S. 
Hattzog,  who,  for  three  years,  presided  over  the 
institution,  was  succeeded  by  Judge  John  N. 
Tillman.  Two  new  dormitories  will  be  built 
this  summer.  President  Tillman  will  make  a 
thorough  canvass  of  the  state.  As  the  Disciples 
of  Christ  in  Arkansas  have  no  church  schools 
they  ought  by  every  consideration  to  send  their 
sons  and  daughters  to  the  State  university. 
They  will  find  a  good  Sunday-school  and 
church  in  which  to  work  and  worship.  The 
writer  will  gladly  give  any  desired  information 
in  regard  to  the  school. 

The  author  of  this  letter  was  called  to  Stil- 
well,  Indian  Territory,  to  assist  in  the  ordina- 
tion of  Prof.  Thomas  E.  Wyly  to  the  work  of 
the  Christian  university.  He  is  a  young  man 
of  high  character,  good  ability  and  well  edu- 
cated. For  some  time  he  has  been  the 
principal  of  the  public  school  in  Stilwell.  He 
has,  also,  been  elected  to  the  same  position 
for  the  coming  session.  He  will  preach  for  the 
church  in  Stilwell  during  the  vacation.  His 
ministry  has  already  been  blessed  to  the  salva- 
tion of  several.  After  one  more  year  in  the 
school  room  it  is  his  purpose  to  attend  some 
Bible  college  to  further  equip  himself  for  his 
life  work.  His  wife  is  also  a  good  Christian 
and  an  efficient  teacher.  The  church  in  Stil- 
well will  build  a  house  of  worship  in  the  near 
future.  The  Extension  Board  will  help  to  the 
amount  of  one  thousand  dollars.  It  will  be  a 
good  investment.  N.  M.  Ragland. 

Fayetteville ,  Ark. 


Lexington,  Hy.,  Notes. 

Ira  E.  Paternoster  and  Miss  Ethel  Waddell, 
who  were  married  here  recently,  are  both  from 
Australia.  The  bride  reached  Lexington  a  few 
days  prior  to  the  wedding;  having  come  direct 
from  her  far-away  home.  The  groom  has  been 
in  the  College  of  the  Bible  for  two  years,  and 
is  now  engaged  in  the  work  of  the  ministry  in 
Mason  county  near  Maysville. 

F.  M.  Rains  recently  preached  at  Chestnut 
street  church  and  after  the  evening  sermon 
Brother  McGarvey  officiated  at  the  ordination 
of  J.  C.  Ogden,  under  appointment  of  the  For- 
eign Board  as  missionary  to  Tibet;  R.  L. 
Mobley,  soon  to  enter  upon  his  duties  as  min- 
ister of  the  church  at  Springfield,  Tenn.; 
G.  H.  C.  Stoney,  minister  of  the  church  at 
Flemingsburg,  and  A.  J.  Boughton,  as  a  dea- 
con at  Chestnut  street  church. 

A  movement  is  on  foot  in  Central  church 
to  enlist  a  large  number  of  daily  Bible  readers, 
to  be  known  as  the  daily  Bible  readers' 
union.  The  movement  contemplates  a  lecture 
on  each  book  as  it  is  read. 

The  time   has  come  when  news  notes  from 
Lexington  cannot  be  free  from  reference  to  our 
mission  work.     Within  a  month's  time  marked 
progress  has  been  made  at  each  of  four  points. 
At  Forest  Hill,  where   Spencer  L.  Jackson  la- 
bored   long    and    under    discouragement,  and 
where  Gayle  Spencer  devoted  much  consecrated 
time    and    energy,   the    workers,  led    by  Bro. 
Ralph  E.  Alexander,  are  rejoicing  in  the  fruits 
of  their  own  labors  and  of  those  into  whose  la- 
bors they  have  entered.     The    purchase  of  the 
property  from  Henry  J.  Baker  has  been  made 
by  the  Lexington  Christian  missionary  society 
and  money  is  being  raised  to  put  the  building 
in  good  repair.     Brother  Alexander   has  been 
engaged  for  full  time  during  the  summer,  with 
the    understanding    that    he  will  continue  his 


work  in  the  fall  in  connection  with  his  school 
duties.  The  protracted  meeting  held  by  J.  B. 
Hunley  two  weeks  and  one  day  resulted  in  61 
persons  added  to  the  saved  at  this  point.  This 
congregation  now  numbtrs  something  over  100. 
High  water  mark  was  reached  at  the  Sunday- 
school  when  on  a  recent  Sunday  there  were  211 
present,  and  the  offering  amounted  to  over 
$3.00.  One  of  the  classes  was  compelled  to 
meet  out  in  the  yard  on  account  of  the  crowded 
condition  of  the  room.  The  school  observed 
children's  day  and  the  offering  amounted  to  $50. 

The  Arlington  mission,  now  meeting  in  the 
public  school  building,  will  soon  meet  in  its 
owa  house.  The  new  chapel  will  be  a  neat 
structure  of  the  best  of  material  and  with  a 
seating  capacity  of  about  200.  R.  S.  Wilson 
has  been  engaged  by  the  Lexington  Christian 
missionary  society  to  look  after  the  mission 
during  the  summer.  M.  A.  Cassaboom,  who 
has  had  this  work  in  hand,  will  visit  his  home 
in  Nova  Scotia  during  the  vacation. 

Alley  Rector  will  continue  to  have  oversight 
of  the  Willard  street  mission.  Money  was  re- 
cently raised  in  Broadway  church  to  paint  the 
Willard  street  building. 

Preaching  services  on  Sunday  night  have  re- 
cently been  commenced  at  the  Ashland  avenue 
mission.  Attendance  has  been  good.  C.  M. 
Famuliner  is  in  charge.  He  calls  on  fellow 
students  to  assist  in  the  work.  A  meeting  was 
begun  Sunday,  June  4,  R.  S.  Wilson  and 
others  doing  the  preaching  the  first  week  and 
R.  N.  Simpson  the  second  week. 

Barclay  Meador. 

&         ft 
Nebraska. 

J.  W.  Sapp  has  resigned  at  Brownville.  He 
reports  two  added  at  Nemaha  and  one  at  Brown- 
ville. 

Avoca  will  want  a  located  preacher  about 
September  1,  to  live  there. 

Exeter  is  building  a  parsonage  for  their 
popular  preacher,  Manson  Miller.  It  will 
cost  about  $800. 

DeForest  Austin  will  do  evangelistic  work 
in  Nebraska  next  year,  beginning  in  the  fall. 
He  will  be  alone  this  year.  Address  him  at 
Bethany  as  usual.  He  has  been  supplying  at 
Blair  since  the  close  of  his  meeting  there.  He 
reports  one  more  baptism. 

Two  baptisms  at  Bennett  where  Bro.  Burton 
Whiston  ministers.  They  had  an  afternoon 
grove  meeting,  and  R.  F.  Whiston  was  present 
and  preached.  He  reports  the  work  in  excel- 
lent condition.  A  full  corps  of  officers  was 
elected. 

R.  F.  Whiston  and  wife  have  gone  to  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.,  to  visit  relatives.  Will  return  in 
time  for  the  state  convention.  He  begins  his 
evangelistic  work  again  August  19  with  a 
meeting  at  Geneva,  where  E.  M.  Johnson 
labors.  Brother  Whiston's  work  for  the  state 
board  during  the  last  year  has  been  very  satis- 
factory. The  fields  he  visited  were  hard  and 
in  every  case  the  work  was  well  done.  It  is 
hoped  that  the  incoming  board  will  retain  him 
for  the  coming  year. 

The  last  district  convention  of  the  year  was 
held  at  Craig  in  No.  4.  It  was  a  very  live  con- 
vention. The  program  was  good  and  well  car- 
ried out.  Good  attendance  marked  the  sessions, 
and  the  evening  audiences  filled  the  house. 
Thos.  Rawlings  was  chosen  preiident  and 
W.  L.  Ireland  secretary  for  the  year.  H.  E. 
Motter  preaches  at  Craig  and  Wakefield. 

Just  a  few  words  relating  to  the  San  Fran- 
cisco convention  trip.  The  official  route  for 
Nebraska  delegation  is  over  the  Union  Pacific 
railroad.  The  C.  8c  N.  W.,  Mo.  Pacifi:  and  St. 


Joe  &  Grand  Inland  roads  will  sell  ticket*  from 
local  stations  over  this  road  for  the  round  trip 
rate  of  $50  including  Los  Angeles.  If  you  want 
to  go  to  Portland  the  ticket  will  be$6  more.  This 
does  not  include  sleeping  car  rates.  Ai  to  the 
latter  it  is  the  intention  to  charter  a  sleeping  car 
for  the  exclusive  use  of  the  delegation,  provided 
enough  will  join  together  to  make  this  pos- 
sible. In  this  way  we  can  have  our  own  com- 
pany without  the  intermingling  of  strangers. 
The  car  will  be  held  for  us  at  the  stops  made, 
which  will  be  at  Denver,  Colorado  Springs, 
Pike's  Peak  and  Manitou,  Glenwood  Springs, 
Salt  Lake  City,  on  Sunday,  and  one  day  at 
Truckee  for  a  side  trip  to  the  largest  mountain 
lake  in  the  world,  and  one  of  the  most  beauti- 
ful, Lake  Tahoe.  We  can  take  our  own  lunch 
baskets  and  replenish  them  as  we  go,  or  pat- 
ronize the  diner,  as  we  choose.  By  this  arrange- 
ment, the  sleeping  car  cost  will  be  reduced  to 
the  minimum. 

From  Denver  we  will  probably  go  with  the 
"Christian-Evangelist  Special"  train  as  far 
as  Salt  Lake  City.  Daylight  rides  will  be  the 
rule  through  the  mountain  scenery.  The  route 
from  Denver  will  be  over  the  Colorado  Mid- 
land to  Grand  Junction,  D.  &  R.  G.  to  Salt 
Lake  City,  Central  Pacific  the  rest  of  the  way. 
A  daylight  ride  through  parts  of  Nevada  and 
from  Truckee  to  San  Francisco,  Cal.  We  expect 
to  leave  Omaha  August  10,  at  4:10  p.  m.,  on 
the  Union  Pacific,  Lincoln  at  1:45  p.  m.  same 
day  on  the  C.  8c  N.  W.  Passengers  on  the 
Missouri  Pacific  can  conntct  at  Omaha  or  Lin- 
coln as  desired.  Union  depots  at  both  places. 
From  St.  Joe  &  Grand  Island  stations,  connec- 
tion will  be  made  at  Grand  Island,  union  depot. 

Write  the  undersigned  if  you  are  thinking  of 
going  and  let  us  help  you  plan  the  return  trip 
as  well.  Parties  on  the  B.  8c  M.  that  can  not 
get  to  the  Union  Pacific  can  join  us  at  Denver. 
Write  me  about  routing.     W.  A.  Baldwin. 

1529  S.  18th  St.,  Lincoln,  Neb. 

New  FranKlin,  Ho.,  Notes. 

The  Higbee  congregation  has  licensed  Prof. 
Ed  Keiter  to  preach  the  word.  He  is  our  son 
in  the  gospel — a  very  fine  man  in  character  and 
speech  and  worthy  of  all  encouragement. 

The  Howard  county  meeting  will  be  held  at 
Pleasant  Green,  Aug.  28-30;  the  Randolph 
county  meeting  at  Higbee,  Aug.  31,  Sept.  1. 

Brother  Walker  and  wife  who  have  recently 
come  into  our  county  have  been  well  received 
and  are  fast  organizing  four  of  our  country 
churches  for  a  forward  movement. 

The  New  Franklin  church  is  the  recipient 
of  an  elegant  communion  set  with  individual 
cups;  the  gift  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Odon  Guitar,  of 
St.  Louis,  in  memory  of  Father  and  Mother 
Estill. 

Since  coming  to  New  Franklin  five  years  ago 
we  have  had  1,068  additions  to  the  church,  645 
in  Howard  county.  Revived  a  number  of 
churches;  builded  two  new  ones.  We  hope  to 
lift  the  $1,000  debt  here  in  a  few  days  and 
make  some  general  improvements. 

Captain  Dollard,  of  Armstrong,  is  the  au- 
thorized agent  of  the  Christtan-Evaxgelist 
in  Howard  county.  We  hope  that  he  will  get 
100  new  subscribers  in  the  next  30  days. 

Arthur  N.  Lindssy. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


July  20,  1905 


Pennsylvania. 

The  Bible-school  at  Fairfield,  Pa.,  is  less 
than  a  year  old,  and  has  but  twenty  members, 
and  they  observed  their  first  children's  day 
with  a  splendid  program  and  over  six  dollars  in 
the  offering. 

The  house  of  worship  at  Waynesboro  is 
undergoing  repairs,  a  new  roof  and  coat  of 
paint  will  be  added,  papering  and  other  work 
done. 

Peter  Ainslie,  of  Baltimore,  preached  June 
25,  for  the  saints  at  Beaver  Creek,  Md.,  while 
W.  S.  Hoye  occupied  the  pulpit  at  the  Chris- 
tian Temple,  Baltimore. 

H.  C.  Kendrick  is  planning  for  a  great 
meeting  at  Hagerstown,  with  one  of  our  best 
evangelists,  this  fall  or  a  little  later. 

Your  correspondent  spent  Lord's  day,  July 
25,  at  Bellaire,  O.,  the  home  of  his  mother,  and 
attended  the  sixty-fifth  anniversary  of  the 
•rganization  of  the  church  there,  delivering 
the  historical  address.  Walter  Mansell,  of 
Salem,  O.,  gave  the  anniversary  sermon  at 
night.  The  work  here  is  in  good  condition 
under  the  pastorate  of  J.  P.  Allison. 

Waynesbaro,  Pa.  J.  A.  Hopkins. 

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C.  W.  B.  M.  in  Missouri. 

The  state  meeting  has  passed  into  the  "has 
beens"  and  we  are  ready  for  another  and,  we 
trust,  a  more  profitablejyear.  We  have  much 
t*  rejoice  for  in  the  one  just  gone.  We  were 
happy  in  reporting  increase  all  along  the  line. 
In  auxiliaries  the  increase  was  13;  in  numbers, 
388;  while  in  the  Y.  P.  department,  the  in- 
crease was  greater  in'propoition.  Last  year 
only  29  auxiliaries  were  entitled  to  a  place  on 
the  Roll  of  Honor.  This  year  there  were  46 
there. 

While  at  Marshall,  and  before  the  conven- 
tion closed,  plans  were  largely  perfected  for  the 
w«rk  of  the  coming  year.  Some  are  as  follows: 
The  rally  cry  adopted  was  an  old  one,  "Each 
one  win  one,"  and  the  aims  are,  2,000  Tid- 
ings, $12,000,  and  4,600  women,  before  the 
next  state  convention.  For  special  work,  the 
following:  Mexico,  $1,000;  Mattie  Burgees, 
$600;  Caroline  Pope,  $600,  and  California, 
$600.  The  special  work  was  decided  upon  in 
time  for  the  auxiliaries  in  making  pledges  for 
the  new  year  to  designate  their  choice  of  fields. 
Pledges  to  the  amount  of  $1,235.50  were  made, 
at  that  time,  besides  14  auxiliaries  asked  to  be 
apportioned,  and  one,  the  Union  avenue, 
St.  Louis,  pledged  to  be  a  living  link  for 
the  second  year.  In  addition,  Christian  col- 
lege, of  Columbia,  under  the  leadership  of 
Mrs.  W.  T.  Moore,  has  aspirations,  with  every 
prospect  of  having  them  gratified,  of  becoming 
the  next  living  link.  Surely  God  has  blessed 
us  and  caused  his  face  to  shine  upon  us. 
What  shall  we  render  unto  him  for  all  his  ben- 
efits toward  us?  Surely  nothing  less  than  our 
very  best  is  worthy  of  our  offering  or  of  his 
acceptance. 

We  call  now  upon  every  auxiliary  officer  in 
Missouri  to  ring  the  rally  cry,  "Each  one  win 
one,"  through  and  through  the  auxiliary 
membership,  until  all  shall  have  it  by  heart 
and  in  their  hearts.  Let  your  greeting  to  the 
members  be,  "Have  you  won  your  one?" 
Your  state  board  has  given  much  thought  and 
prayer  to  the  ways  and  means  of  growth  for 
the  future,  and  calls  upon  you,  and  you,  to  help, 
Dy  winning  one  other  to  your  own  auxiliary 
first,  and  when  you  have  tasted  the  joy  of 
winning  one,  you  will  not  be  contented  until 
other  ones  are  also  added.  If  each  will  be 
true  to  this  high  aim,  we  shall  come  up  to 
Hannibal  next  year  with  praises  in  our  hearts 
and  hallelujahs  on  our  lips. 

Mrs.  S.  J.  White  has  kindly  consented  to 
act  at  manager  for  the  Grand  river  district, 
and  already  is  at  work  preparing  the  program 


for  the  convention,  which  meets  at  Pattonsburg, 
on  July  19-21.  It  is  earnestly  hoped  that  all 
the  auxiliaries  in  the  district  will  be  represented 
at  this  convention,  and  will  give  its  manager 
its  most  loving  support  all  the  year. 

The  Nodaway  district  convention  will  meet 
with  the  Savannah  church  on  July  19-21,  and 
the  program  is  in  charge  of  the  manager,  Mrs. 
C.  O.  McFarland,  who  will  preside.  Mrs. 
H.  A.  Denton,  the  successor  of  our  dear  presi- 
dent for  four  years,  Mr*.  Wm.  M.  Goode, 
will  be  present  and  help  on  the  program. 
Everything  points  to  a  splendid  convention. 

The  Webb  City  auxiliary  has  sent  $25,  its 
apportionment  for  special  work,  and  has  given 
the  life  membership  certificate  to  its  oldest 
member,  Mrs.  Mary  Cooper. 

Mrs.  L.  G.  Bantz. 

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Virginia  Christian  Assembly. 

This  assembly  held  its  first  sessions  in  Vir- 
ginia Christian  college  chapel,  Lynchburg, 
Va.  From  25  to  30  preachers  were  present, 
together  with  other  Christian  workers  from 
over  the  state.  Most  of  those  attending  roomed 
in  the  college  building.  Profesfor  McGarvey, 
of  Lexington,  Ky.,  and  J.  J.  Haley,  of  Rich- 
mond, Va,,  were  the  chief  speakers  each  day. 
Professor  McGarvey  delivered  lectures  on  Old 
Testament  themes,  as  follows:  "Defense  of  the 
Book  of  Genesis,"  "Isaiah  Sawn  Asunder," 
"Daniel  in  the  Critics'  Den,"  and  "Was  the 
Book  of  Job  an  Allegory?"  The  subjects 
considered  by  Brother  Haley  each  night  were 
"Pentecostal  Problems."  An  hour  each  after- 
noon was  spent  in  asking  questions  on  scrip- 
ture thought  and  practical  Christian  work. 
These  lectures  were  of  a  high  order,  full  of  in- 
terest and  instruction  to  preachers  and  Chris- 
tian workers,  while  the  colloquies  seemed  to 
some  to  be  of  even  greater  interest  than  the 
lectures. 

Tuesday  night,  on  invitation,  we  went  down 
to  the  First  Baptist  church  of  the  city,  where 
Brother  Haley  and  Dr.  W.  L.  Pickard,  pastor 
of  First  Baptist  church,  delivered  addresses  on 
"The  Twentieth  Century  Attitude  of  Baptists 
and  Disciples."  Brother  Haley,  with  his  ac- 
customed strength  and  power,  courteously  pre- 
sented the  position  of  the  Disciples  and  their 
readiness  to  form  a  basis  of  union  on  New 
Testament  teaching.  Dr.  Pickard  was  not  so 
felicitous  in  speaking  of  Baptist  principles  and 
practices. 

On  Friday  night  E.  B.  Kemm,  the  efficient 


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Lexington,  Ky. 


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in  the  whole  Bible,  together  with  the  usual  clas- 
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Scholarships  to  supplement  the  resources  of 
indigent  students  who  prove  themselves  worthy 
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Woman's  College 

LYNCHBURG,  VIRGINIA. 


"  The  curriculum  is  no  whit  inferior  to  the  best  for 
women  in  the  U.  S."—/Jr.  J.  L.  M.  Curry. 

The  U.S.  Commissioner  of  Education  classes  this 
college  anions  the  thirteen  "A"coll?ires  lor  women 
in  the  D.  S.  Modern  buildings  and  equipment.  Four 
laboratories.  Ample  grounds.  Mild  climate.  En- 
dowment reduces  expenses  to  $300.   For-catalogue, 

WM.  W.  SMITH,  A.M.,  LL.D.,  President. 


pastor  at  Blacksburg,  Va.,  gave  a  very  inter- 
esting recital  before  the  largest  audience  we 
had  during  the  assembly.  Prof.  A.  R.  Davis 
and  wife,  singing  evangelists,  from  Ohio,  con- 
ducted the  musical  features  of  the  sessions. 

W.  G.  Johnston,  the  successful  pastor  at 
Roanoke,  Va.,  in  the  absence  of  President  At- 
kins,   presided  with  dignity  over   the   sessions 


VIRGINIA     CHRISTIAN    COLLEGE 

Location — Lynchburg,  Virginia — The  Hill  City. 

Building- — Beautiful  Architecture — 120  rooms. 

Lands — Eighty  acres — Campus,  groves,  forests. 

Courses — Classical,   Philosophical,    Scientific,   Ministerial,   Pedagogic. 

Teachers — Fourteen  educated  Christian  men  and  women  with  clean  habits  and  high  purposes. 

Principles — Christian,  Co-educational. 

f  To  give  thorough  intellectual  training. 
Purposes — '.    To  develop  individual  integrity  of  character. 

t  To  set  forth  the  teachings  of  Christ  to  the  world. 

Address,    J.  HOPWOOD,  President, 

Lynchburg,    Virginia. 


Campbell- Haprman  College 


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Cultured  faculty  of  twenty-one  teachers.  Superb  buildings.  Environment  unsur- 
passed. Degrees  conferred.  Also  schools  of  Music,  Art,  Elocution,  Domestic 
Science.  Business  Courses.  Gymnasium,  Tennis,  Basket  Ball,  Golf.  Patronage 
select.     For  catalogue  and  other  information  apply  to/ 

B.  C.  HAGERMAN,  President, 

Lexington,  Ky. 


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939 


of  the  assembly.  The  Christian  fellowship 
was  sweet  and  all  present  found  recreation  and 
rest  on  the  shady  verandas  of  the  college  build- 
ing or  on  the  beautiful  grounds  of  the  institu- 
tion. Professor  and  Mrs.  Hopwood,  with 
other  members  of  the  college  home,  were  most 
kind  in  making  the  guests  of  the  week  to  feel 
that  they  all  were  members  of  the  home.  So 
well  pleased  were  those  present  that  they 
unanimously  voted  for  the  assembly  next  year, 
referring  their  request  to  our  state  ministerial 
association,  which  meets  in  annual  session  in 
Norfolk,  Va.,  at  our  state  meeting,  October 
next.  F.  F.  B. 

Washington. 

Two  years  ago  M.  A.  Thompson  took  up 
the  mission  work  in  Yakima  valley,  central 
Washington,  without  support  from  any  out- 
side sources.  His  time  was  divided  equally  be- 
tween Zillah  and  Prosser.  Zillah  has  a  fine 
small  house  of  worship.  Prosser  just  sold  their 
tabernacle  and  begins  the  erection  of  a  modern 
church  house  immediately.  In  effectiveness  fox 
work  and  membership  the  Zillah  field  has 
easily  doubled,  and  at  Prosser  quadrupled. 
All  special  offerings  were  taken;  all  bills  pro- 
vided for  to  date;  money  for  full  time  work  at 
Zillah  was  raised  and  Bro.  E.  E.  Francis,  of 
Missouri,  located;  Prosser  retains  their  pastor  for 
three-fourths  time,  with  all  expenditures  for  the 
new  year  provided  for.  Brother  Thompson 
takes  up  some  new  mission  work  for  the  com- 
ing year.  The  great  American  northwest  is 
the  greatest  and  ripest  mission  field  in  the 
^world  to-day.  It  requires  much  hardihood 
and  sacrifice  to  alone  enter  this  field  and  win 
it  for  the  old  apostolic  plea.  Here  is  what 
one  man  did  in  two  short  years. 

M.  A.  Thompson,  pattor. 

Prosser,  Washington. 

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The    Meeting    at    Murfreesboro,   Tenn. 

It  is  my  conviction  that  the  sunny  southland 
has  more  hearts  that  are  ready  to  join  hands  for 
Christian  union  and  the  conversion  of  the 
world  than  any  other  section  of  our  country. 
The  fellowship  among  all  the  churches  in 
many  places  down  here  is  delightful.  Of 
course,  there  are  many  things  that  must  be 
said  before  the  last  thing  can  be  said  on  our 
distinctive  plea,  but  many  are  seeing  the 
beauty  and  basis  of  it,  and  what  a  happy  day 
it  will  be  when  Jesus  will  conquer  all  and 
unite  all. 

We  have  been  here  now  for  four  weeks,  with 
70  additions,  about  90  by  conversion,  and  the 
interest  is  increasing.  Bro.  W.  L.  Logan,  the 
minister,  is  a  wise  co-worker  and  a  man  of 
wide  influence  in  the  town  and  county.  His 
services  are  in  demand  on  every  public  occa- 
sion, and  his  good  will  toward  all  and  unselfish- 
ness have  given  our  work  here  a  standing 
which  rejoices  our  hearts.  He  has  several  wise 
counsellors  in  the  elders  who  are  standing 
nobly  by  the  work  and  sacrificing  time  and 
money  to  build  up  the  cause  they  love.  The 
attendance  of  the  members  from  the  other 
churches  has  been  phenomenal. 

Brother  Daugherty  has  had  a  large  chorus 
from  the  first,  and  though  the  church  does  not 
use  an  instrument,  the  singing  has  been  hearty 
and  strong.  During  the  first  part  of  my  stay 
here,  I  was  at  Bro.  E.  H.  Jones's. 

The  latter  part  of  my  stay  here  has  been  in 
the  home  of  Bro.  James  D.  Richardson,  the 
Grand  Commander  of  Masonry.  My  attention 
has  been  attracted  to  a  work  which  he  has  just 
compiled,  entitled,  the  "Messages  and  Papers 
of  the  Confederacy."  It  comprises  all  of  the 
official  utterances  of  Jefferson  Davis,  the  presi- 
dent of  the  Confederate  states,  and  the  diplo- 
matic correspondence  of  the  southern  states 
with  their  commissioners  in  foreign  lands.  My 
next  meeting,  before  going  to  the  coast,  will  be 
at  Milan,  Tenn.  James  Small. 


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West   Virginia. 

The  pastoral  question  is  receiving  a  larger 
consideration  than  ever  before.  Churches  that 
have  no  regular  preachers  are  in  a  fair  way  to 
go  out  of  the  Lord's  business.  The  great 
Head  of  the  church  made  it  obligatory  upon  his 
people  to  have  the  Gospel  preached,  and  when 
they  do  it,  they  prosper  and  when  they  make 
trifling  excuses  and  have  no  pastoral  care,  the 
church  dies.  What  is  true  in  West  Virginia 
is  true  in  every  state.  Churches  die  when  they 
are  not  engaged  in  preaching  the  Gospel. 
Our  churches  were  slow  to  comprehend  the 
great  commission  to  "go."  But  everywhere  they 
are  taking  on  new  life  where  they  get  going 
and  where  they  do  not  they  go  into  a  debate 
about  the  Lord's  plan  and  soon  lose  their  power. 
A  preacher  of  a  church  that  has  the  spirit  of 
debate  will  never  accomplish  much  in  the 
twentieth  century.  We  have  a  few  debaters  still 
left  among  us,  but  they  are  growing  beautifully 
less  every  year.  We  feel  sure  the  Lord  will 
never  send  men  that  have  the  spirit  of  hate 
and  debate  l  into  the  great  harvest  field  of  the 
world. 

We  are  much  pleased  with  the  spirit  of  the 
Christian- Evangelist    and    the    broad    and 


comprehensive  view  it  takes  on  the  great 
problems  that  have  come  up  among  us  in  our 
advancement  toward  a  higher  ideal.  The 
church  of  Christ  has  always  been  one  of 
great  ideals;  and  we  must  advance  along  those 
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The  Christian=Evangelist  Special— Important 

This  splendid  train  will  leave  St.  Louis  at  9  p.  m.,  August  9.  We  will  be  joined  in 
Kansas  City  by  additional  delegates,  a  number  of  which  are  headed  by  A.  W.  Koken- 
doffer  and  T.  A.  Abbott,  and  at  St.  Joseph  we  shall  have  quite  a  number  of  additional 
delegates.  There  will  be  others 
join  us  at  different  towns  along 
the  line,  and  at  Oxford,  Neb., 
S.  D.  Dutcher  and  W.  B.  Clem- 
mer  will  join  us  with  their 
parties. 

Before  we  leave  St.  Louis,  we 
shall  have,  in  addition  to  those 
joining  us  from  St.  Louis  and 
vicinity,  a  party  of  at  least 
fifteen,  headed  by  J.  Murray 
Taylor,  Washington,  D.  C  Also  a  party  of  as  many  more,  headed  by  John  C.  Warner, 
from  Indiana.  Others  will  [join  us  here  from  Tenn.,  Ky.,  Ohio,  Ind.,  Pa.,  X.  Y.,  Va., 
W.Va  ,  111.,  and  other  states.  Now,  we  have  a  few  matters  to  present  to  you  which  are 
of  vital  importance. 

First.  Your  ticket^  for  railroad  fare  should  be  bought  at  or  near  your  home.  It 
should  read  from[St.  Louis  or  Kansas  City,  over  the  Burlington  to  Denver,  then  the 
Midland  to  Salt  Lake,  from  there  over  the  Salt  Lake  and  Los  Angeles  (San  Pedro). 
Then  over  the  Southern  Pacific  to  Portland.  If  you  continue  with  us  east,  it  should  be 
over  the  Northern  Pacific  to  Billings,  and  then  over  the  Burlington  to  St.  Louis  or  Kan- 
sas City,  or  Omaha,  or  any  other  point  from  which  you  start. 

Second.     These  tickets  are  good  for  ninety  days. 

Third.  We  provide  you  with  tourist  sleepers,  two  in  lower  and  one  in  upper  berth, 
at  $6.00  for  each  person.  This  includes  stops  at  Colorado  Springs,  Salt  Lake  and  other 
places  to  Los     Angeles.     From  Los  Angeles  to  San  Francisco  we  travel  in  day  coaches. 

Fourth.  We  will  stop  for  meals  at  hotels  with  the  exception  of  breakfast  and  dinner 
on  San  Pedro  line.  These  two  meals  will  be  served  in  the  dining  car.  The  eleven 
meals  provided  for  will  cost  you  fifty  cents  each  and  only  two  will  be  served  per  day. 
Most  of  these  meals  would  cost  you  seventy-five  cents,  but  by  arranging  ahead  we  get 
.hem  for  fifty. 

Fifth.  New  is  the  time  for  you  to  register  for  sleeper  and  meals.  This  will  cost  you 
$11.50,  and  you  will  eat  your  first  meal  at  Oxford,  Neb.,  and  the  last  at  San  Francisco. 
No  further  arrangements  have  been  made.  You  will  provide  ycur  noon  lunch u  as  only 
two  meals  per  day  are  provided  for.- 

Sixth.  The  Christian-Evangelist  Special  will  bear  a  magnificent  company  of 
people.  It  will  do  you  good  to  enjoy  the  fellowship  of  such  an  excursion.  Fcr  this 
reason  we  ask  you  to  send  on  your  registiation  fee  at  once  and  let  us  assign  ycu  your 
berth  and  also  provide  for  your  meals  as  above,  should  you  wish  the  meals. 

Christian- Evangelist  Special,  per  G.  A.  Hoffmaxn.3 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


July  20,  1905 


Evangelistic 


We  invite  ministers  and  others  to  send  re- 
ports of 'meetings,  additions  and  ether  neivs  of 
the  churches  for  publication  in  this  depart- 
ment. It  is  especially  requested  that  additions 
be  reported  as  "by  confession  and  baptism"  or 
"bf  letter." 

ARKANSAS. 

Jonesboro,  July  10. — Evangelist  C.  C.  Cline 
began  a  tent  meeting  with  us  June  4,  and  con- 
tinued till  the  evening  of  July  3.  Men  who 
never  heard  a  Christian  minister  before, 
listened  to  Brother  Cline  and  commended  his 
preaching.  When  the  meeting  was  two  weeks 
old,  a  street  carnival  opened  and  continued 
business  till  Saturday  before  the  meeting  closed. 
This,  with  abundance  of  rain,  did  much  to 
hinder  the  meeting.  Thirty-seven  were  added 
— twenty-four  by  confession  and  baptism,  seven 
by  statement  or  letter,  and  the  others  from  the 
sects.  The  church  was  much  edified.  We  go 
into  our  new  building  next  Lord's  day.  —  E.  J. 
Barnett,  minister. 

CALIFORNIA. 

Eureka,  July  7. — Two  additions  last  Lord's 
day.  One  an  immersed  Methodist. — I.  H. 
Teel. 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA. 

Washington,  July  10. — Just  closed  a  meet- 
ing at  Vienna,  Va.,  where  J.  T.  Watson  was 
until  recently  the  much  loved  pastor.  We  had 
five  additions  by  confession  and  baptism  and 
one  reclaimed,  and  substantial  good  done 
otherwise.  Heavy  downpours  of  rain  seriously 
affected  the  attendance  a  part  of  the  time.  This 
church  has  a  bright  future. — Claude  C. 
Jones. 

FLORIDA. 

Jacksonville,  July  11. — The  hot  season  has 
not  impeded  the  work  in  Florida.  In  fact  the 
hot  season  is  not  so  hot — a  shower  every  day 
and  fine  breezes,  especially  at  night.  Our 
state  evangelists,  Brothers  Cox,  White  and 
Chisholm,  send  in  good  reports.  Bro.  J.  P. 
Rowlison  and  the  Tampa  brethren  have  just 
completed  the  lecture  room  of  a  good  church 
building.  Less  than  two  years  ago  they  owed 
$3,000  and  had  a  shack  for  a  building.  To- 
day they  are  pretty  well  housed  and  owe  only 
$1,000  and  that  to  Church  Extension.  Brother 
Rayner,  of  Kissimmee,  is  among  the  churches 
north  now  in  the  interest  of  the  Kissimmee 
work.  He  has  done  a  splendid  work  and  a 
little  aid  just  now  would  do  much  good.  The 
last  Sunday  in  June  our  beloved  A.  McLean 
during  the  Sunday-school  hour  wisely  entered 
and  almost  hid  behind  the  back  of  a  pew  as  if  he 
were  "spying  out  the  land,"  but  he  straight- 
ened himself  up  and  grew  tall  as  he  preached 
that  morning.  There  were  four  confessions, 
and  one  addition  from  the  Baptists  last  Sunday 
at  the  First  church. — J.  T.  Boone. 

ILLINOIS. 

Eureka,  July  7. — Two  received  in  the  Mt. 
Olivet  Christian  church  by  letter  on  July  2. 
The  church  is  near  Clarence. — Lewis  P. 
Fisher. 

Waukegan,  July  10. — Two  confessions  and 
two  received  into  fellowship  yesterday.  The 
Bible-school  reached  high  water  mark.  We 
begin  a  tabernacle  meeting  July  30. — E.  N. 
Tucker. 

Chicago  Heights,  July  10. — We  baptized 
nine  Sunday  afternoon  in  the  Eaglewood 
church;  several  others  to  be  baptized  soon. — 
Harry  E.  Tucker,  minister. 

INDIANA. 

Terre  Haute,  July  9. — Confession  of  young 
Catholic  lady  last  Lord's  day;  baptism 
Wednesday  night.  Work  is  going  nicely  with 
Brother  Givler  as  minister.     Our  tent  meeting 


begins  July  16.  Brother  Givler  will  do  the 
preaching  and  Le  Roy  St.  John  will  have 
charge  of  chorus. — J.  F.  Ashley,  elder  Second 
church. 

KANSAS. 

Hutchinson.— We  took  our  regular  chil- 
dren's day  offering  at  Langdon,  and  we  are  all 
rejoicing  over  the  success  attained.  Our  Sun- 
day-school enrollment  is  96;  average  attend- 
ance, 60;  offering  last  Sunday  for  foreign  mis- 
sions, $115.07.  Last  year  it  was  $100.  We 
feel  that  we  are  making  substantial  progress. — 
C.  W.  VanDolah,  pastor. 

Leavenworth,  July  10. — One  addition  yester- 
day, good  crowds.  Nine  added  since  last  re- 
port, four  by  confession  and  five  by  letter.  All 
departments  doing  nicely.  I  am  three  months 
on  my  second  engagement  here.  I  have  been 
called  for  an  indefinite  period. — E.  J.  Wright. 

KENTUCKY. 

Lebanon,  July  10.— On  July  5,  Brother 
J.  T.  McKissick  preaching  and  Prof.  J.  W. 
Ireland  singing,  closed  an  excellent  meeting 
with  us  at  this  place  with  22  added.  Since  my 
coming  to  this  place  less  than  a  year  ago  there 
has  been  an  increase  in  the  congregation  of 
more  than  76  per  cent.  All  departments  of  the 
work  are  growing. — T.  J.  Golightly. 

Richmond. — We  have  closed  our  meeting 
here  with  128  brought  into  the  church.  The 
Brooks  Bros.,  of  Ladoga,  Ind.,  were  our  evan- 
gelists. Not  a  blemish  nor  a  jar  marred  our 
meeting.  Every  element  commanded  the 
respect  of  the  most  fastidious.  They  have  left 
our  congregation  enlarged  and  strengthened. 
We  thank  God  for  their  coming,  and  go  for- 
ward with  courage. — Hugh  McLellan. 

MASSACHUSETTS. 
Everett,  July  10. — Last  night  there  was  one 
baptism. — A.  T.  June. 

Worcester,  July  10.— At  the  Highland  street 
church  of  Christ,  July  9,  there  were  two  bap- 
tisms, both  from  the  Congregationaluts.  There 
have  been  two  others  since  last  report. — New- 
ton Knox. 

MISSOURI. 

Bogard,  July  12, — One  addition  at  Hale  by 
letter  Sunday  and  one  here  at  prayer-meeting 
last  night  by  statement. — C.  C.  Taylor. 

Knox  City,  July  10. — We  have  just  closed  a 
short  meeting  with  the  church  in  Higginsville. 
There  were  24  additions  to  the  church.  Bro. 
J.  H.  Coil  has  been  pastor  three  years,  in  the 
meantime  he  has  built  a  $16,000  church  house 
and  is  still  pastor,  and  is  likely  to  be  for  sev- 
eral years  to  come.  I  expect  to  begin  a  meeting 
in  Lexington,  Okla.,  this  week. — H.  A.  North- 

CUTT. 

Chilhowee. — We  have  lived  here  ten  years, 
hoping  for  a  church,  and  at  last  our  prayers 
have  been  answered.  On  June  24,  R.  B. 
Havener,  of  Windsor,  began  a  series  of  meet- 
ings. We  secured  the  union  church,  but 
met  with  a  great  deal  of  prejudice  and  unkind 
treatment.  We  are  thankful  to  report  a  good 
meeting;  five  confessions,  two  reclaimed  and 
one  from  the  Baptist  church.  On  July  9,  we 
organized  with  thirty-four  members.  We  have 
secured  E.  B.  Wood,  of  Versailles,  for  one- 
fourth  of  his  time,  and  hope  yet  to  see  a 
strong  church  in  Chilhowee.  We  ask  our 
churches  to  pray  for  our  success. — Carrie 
M.  Moorb. 

OKLAHOMA. 

Perkins,  July  12. — Eight  added  since  last 
report;  three  baptized;  three  reclaimed;  two 
confessed  their  Saviour  and  will  be  immersed 
next  Lord's  day.  tt  takes  as  much  work  to 
■  ave  one  that  has  strayed  away  as  it  does  to 
save  a  half  dozen  sinners. — J.  W.  Garner. 

Newkirk,  July  8. — One  accession  last  Sun- 
day. We  have  reorganized  our  Endeavor. 
The  Christian  spirit  is  at  work  in  this  field. — 
F.  D.  Wharton. 


OHIO. 

Phalanx,  July  7. — June  18  was  a  great  day 
for  the  church  at  Southington.  We  gave  our 
children's  day  exercise  both  morning  and  night, 
and  raised  for  foreign  missions  $143  75.  One 
added  by  statement  last  Lord's  day. — W.  P. 
Murray. 

Leipsic,  July  10.— Three  confessions  at  reg 
ular    service   yesterday;  one  May  7,  by  state- 
ment,  not    reported.     The    work    here    is    in 
splendid  condition  with  bright  prospects  for  a 
good  year's  work. — H.  C.  Boblitt. 

Geneva,  July  10. — Held  meeting  at  Harpers- 
field  during  the  latter  part  of  Jane.  No  church 
here,  but  a  few  scattered  Disciples,  true  to  the 
faith,  became  our  inspiration.  Fourteen  were 
baptized.  Sectarianism  has  played  itself  out 
here.  A  building  remains  in  fairly  good 
repair,  and  is  accessible  to  us.  The  good 
audiences  and  the  interest  manifested  in  the 
community,  encourage  us  in  the  hope  of  organ- 
izing soon.  I  am  preaching  to  them  every 
Lord's  day  afternoon.  Two  additions  at  Ge- 
neva last  Lord's  day,  eighteen  not  previously 
reported,  which  with  the  above  make  thirty- 
four  since  last  report:  twenty-three  baptisms, 
three  from  Baptists  and  eight  by  letter.  Church 
building  undergoing  extensive  repair. — Frank. 
M.  Field. 

OREGON. 

Silverton,  July  10. — We  are  just  beginning  a 
meeting  here.  S.  M.  Martin  is  the  evangelist. 
Brother  Cartwright  is  the  efficient  pastor.  Will 
be  here  until  the  national  convention.  Min- 
isters or  evangelists  wishing  my  services  can. 
write  me  here. — Charles  E.  McVay,  sing- 
ing evangelist. 

PHILIPPINE  ISLANDS. 

Vigan,  Islokos  Sur,  June  1.— Three  men 
baptized  at  Vigan  last  Sunday  night,  and 
three  more  yesterday  at  Sinait. — Hermon  P. 
Williams. 

TENNESSEE. 

Jellico,  July  10. — Have  been  evangelizing  in 
the  Indian  Territory,  under  the  territorial 
board,  since  my  resignation  at  York,  Neb.,  in 
May  last.  Began  work  with  the  church  here 
last  Sunday.  Prospects  good.  A  new  build- 
ing is  our  first  necessity. — Wren  J.  Grinstead. 
TEXAS. 

Haskell,  July  10. — Good  day  yesterday. 
Three  additions  by  statement  at  morning  serv- 
ice.— J.  H.  Shepard. 

Garland,  July  7.— Closed  the  meeting  at 
Ferris  last  Sunday  night  after  being  rained  out 
of  twelve  services,  in  two  weeks,  with  eleven 
additions.  Church  official  board  organized  and 
whole  church  at  work.  They  want  a  pastor. — 
Chas.  Chastebn. 

WASHINGTON. 

Tacoma,  July  6. — Eight  added  to  First 
church  Sunday. — W.  A.  Moore. 

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Take  Horsford's  Acid  Phosphate 

Half  a  teaspoon  in  half  a  glass  of  water-just  be- 
fore retiring  brings  refreshing  sleep. 


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The  Great  Communion  Service  at  "San 
Francisco,  1905." 

The  hall  committee  for  "San  Francisco 
1905"  haa  juit  rendered  to  the  committee  of 
arrangements  a  report  on  a  place  for  holding 
the  great  communion  service.  At  first  it  was 
thought  that  the  Greek  theater  in  Berkeley 
could  be  secured  for  this,  but  the  necessary 
permission  from  the  state  authorities  was  not 
forthcoming.  Now,  however,  a  still  better 
place  has  been  found  in  Woodward's  pavilion 
on  Valencia  St.,  just  off  Market,  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. It  is  a  building  seating  8,500  persons, 
with  perfect  acoustics,  easy  to  get  in  and  out 
of,  and  in  many  ways  ideal  for  the  purpose. 
It  has  also  been  decided  to  secure  this  building 
for  the  Christian  Endeavor  rally  on  Saturday 
night. 

Arrangements  of  all  kinds  for  the  entertain- 
ment of  the  convention  are  gradually  being 
perfected.  Brethren,  we  are  all  ready  for  you. 
Come  ahead  by  thousands  to  the  best  conven- 
tion in  the  history  of  our  brotherhood.  If 
every  one  of  our  12,000  churches  will  send  at 
least  one  delegate,  we  of  the  Pacific  Coa9t  will 
agree  to  be  perfectly  satisfied. 

With  regard  to  the  weather:  Arrangements 
have  been  made  by  General  Chairman  White, 
who  has  a  "pull"  with  nearly  everybody  in 
San  Francisco,  to  have  the  very  best  brand  of 
Calfornia  weather  supplied  during  the  entire 
convention.  The  sun  will  rise  in  the  morning 
in  the  east,  and  set  at  night  in  the  west  during 
these  seven  days.  Between  sundown  and  sun- 
rise the  stars  will  shine;  but,  of  course,  our 
convention  speakers  will,  either  day  or  night, 
outshine  the  heavenly  bodies,  and  also  of  course 
the  ladies  of  the  C.  W.  B.  M.  will  outshine 
the  men.  At  noon  of  these  days  it  will  be 
quite  warm  and  excitable  speakers  will  be  seen 
to  mop  their  faces,  but  the  delegates  will  be 
cool  and  comfortable  because  there  are  always 
breezes  blowing  in  San  Fraacisco.  Toward 
evening  the  breezes  will  freshen  up  a  bit,  and 
gentlemen  will  button  up  their  coats,  while  the 
ladies  will  not  think  of  venturing  out  to  the 
night  sessions  without  warm  wraps,  and  the 
men  will  be  wearing  their  spring  overcoats.  In 
the  morning  a  bit  of  fire  may  not  come  amiss 
and  some  people  will  be  seen  hovering  suspi- 
ciously near  to  certain  artistically  aggregated 
coils  of  steam  pipe.  On  at  least  one  day  of  the 
convention,  there  will  be  a  thick  fog  obscuring 
the  sun  for  two  hours  in  the  morning.  The 
ladies'  cheeks  will  on  this  morning  look  very 
rosy,  and  certain  men  will  hump  up  their 
shoulders  and  poke  thin  blue  noses  out  from 
under  low  hat  brims  and  croak  about  350  sun- 
shiny days  in  the  year  in  San  Francisco,  and 
a9k  where  they  are.  But,  just  as  the  croakers 
have  begun  to  strike  their  gait  and  to  make  un- 
favorable comparisons  between  the  San  Fran- 
cisco weather  bureau  and  the  Missouri  ground- 
hog, the  sun  will  come  out,  and  away  will  go 
the  fog  and  the  blue  noses  and  the  croakers 
will  smile  and  be  no  more  croakers,  but  dele- 
gates to  the  best  convention  in  the  history  of 
the  Disciples  of  Christ,  hilariously  having  the 
best  time  of  their  lives. 

P.  C.  MacFarlane. 

Changes. 

J.  D.  Hart,  Bakersfield  to  Berkeley,  Cal. 

H.  H.  Hubbell,  Leon,  la.,  to  Howard,  Kan. 

W.  H.  Hedges,  Nessen  City,  Mich.,  to  Cov- 
ington, Ky. 

James  E.  Stebbins,  Ellsworth  to  Padua,  III. 

W.  C.  Hull,  North  Tonawanda  to  Dew  Drop 
Cottage,  East  Chatham,  N.  Y. 

J.  A.  Jackson,  Shelby,  O.,  to  Sparta,  Mich. 

J.  A.  Macy,  Des  Moines,  la.,  to  505  S.  Ber- 
nard St.,  Spokane,  Wash. 

Frank  L.  Jewett,  Columbus  to  Horton,  Kan. 

Victor  L.  Goodrich,  Garden  City  to  309  N. 
Fourth,  Independence,  Kan. 

M.  L.  Streator  to  Box  777,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 


W.  T.  Clarkson  to  1247  Kentucky  St.,  Law- 
rence, Kan. 

John  Simpson,  New  Glasgow  to  Cavendish, 
P.  E.  I.  Canada. 

I.  H.  Teel,  Canon  City,  Col.,  to  937  K 
St.,  Eureka,  Cal. 

E.  M.  Todd  to  2909  Holmes  St.,  Kansas  City, 
Mo. 

H.  E.  Beckler,  Hiram  to  Belle  Center,  O. 

A.  E.  Zeigler,  Wheeling,  Va.,  to  Ocean 
View  P.  O  ,  Del. 

W.  M.  Taylor,  Chattanooga,  Tenn.,  to  P.  O. 
Box  224,  San  Antonio,  Tex. 

W.  A.  File,  Amarillo,  Tex.,  to  R.  F.  D.  3, 
Mt.  Sterling,  Ky. 

Wren  J.  Grinstead,  McAlester,  I.  T.,  to  Jel- 
lico,  Tenn. 

Chas.  Louis  Loos,  Lexington,  Ky.,  to  Or- 
chard Lake,  Mich. 

Stephen  J.  Corey,  Brewerton,  N.  Y  ,  to  Mel- 
rose St.,  Norwood,  O.  Business  address, 
Box  884,  Cincinnati,  O. 

OBITUARIES. 

Notices  of  deaths  (not  more  than  four  lines)  inserted 
free.  Obituary  memoirs,  one  cent  per  word.  Send  the 
money  with  the  copy. 

BREEDEN. 

The  subject  of  this  6ketch  is  known  among  us  as 
the  mother  of  one  of  our  preachers.  Sarah  A. 
Stoner  was  born  in  Clermont  county,  O. ,  May  25, 
1833,  and  died  at  the  age  of  72  years.  She  was  the 
only  daughter  in  a  family  of  ten  children.  Her 
parents,  Joseph  and  Margaret  Stoner,  came  with 
their  family  to  Illinois  when  she  was  but  seven 
years  old,  and  settled  in  Brown  county,  where  she 
received  her  education  in  the  country  schools,  af- 
terwards becoming  a  teacher  of  the  same  school  in 
which  her  future  husband  taught  during  the  suc- 
ceeding term.  In  1856  she  was  united  in  marriage 
to  J.  H.  Breeden,  who  shortly  afterward  went  to 
Chicago,  taking  her  with  him.  After  the  termina- 
tion of  his  studies  at  Rush  Medical  college  they  lo- 
cated in  Summum.  Here  were  born  to  them  three 
children,    H.  O.   Breeden,   pastor  of  the   Central 


Christian  chur'.h,  J;es  Moine*,  Ja.     L  'rden 

editor  of  the  Lewiston  News,  and  Mrs.  Chas.  /man- 
ner, of  Ipavia.  These,  with  her  husband  and  two 
brother*,  Dr.  E.  k.  Stoner,  of  Biiggsville,  111.,  and 
S.  I).  Stoner,  president  of  the  bank  at  Bumside, 
III. ,  .urviveherand  with  a  nephew  ,  J;r.  f-  red  Stoner, 
of  Oecatur,  were  present  at  the  funeral.  It  was  in 
1859  that  Mrs.  Breeden  united  with  the  Christian 
church  and  she  proved  a  worthy  and  consistent 
Christian  to  the  hour  of  her  death.  Something 
over  a  year  ago  she  became  afflicted  with  cancer  of 
the  breast.  An  operation,  or  several  operations, 
rather,  were  performed,  and  were  attended  with 
excruciating  weakness  and  pain,  but  for  a  brief 
season  it  seemed  that  the  science  of  surgery  had 
been  successful ;  yet  the  terrible  foe  returned  and  it 
was  known  that  nothing,  humanly  speaking,  could 
prevent  the  spread  of  the  disease.  Towards  the 
close  of  her  illness  peritonitis  with  pleural  pneu- 
monia made  the  journey  to  die  ^rave  shorter  by 
many  weeks.  The  funeral,  during  which  all  the 
business  houses  were  closed,  occurred  at  her  resi- 
dence and  was  conducted  by  C.  G.  Kindred,  of 
Chicago,  assisted  by  J.  T.  Craig.  In  keeping  with 
Sister  Breeden 's  mental  strength  was  the  purity  of 
her  spiritual  life.  Sh'  was  a  Christian  not  in  word 
alone,  but  in  deed.  Her  heart  was  open  to  the  af- 
flicted, her  hand  to  the  needy,  and  one  of  her  last 
requests  was  that  a  certain  amount  of  her  own 
money  should  be  distributed  among  her  friends  and 
dependents. 

CHAPIN. 

Mrs.  Feusa  Orlena  Chapin  was  born  at  West 
Point,  la.,  Oct.  17,  1855.  Her  maiden  name  was 
Mefford.  She  joined  the  church  in  1873.  She 
died  near  Greenwood,  Neb.,  May  15,  1905,  leaving 
her  husband,  three  daughters  and  three  sons.  The 
funeral  services  were  largely  attended. 

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sult of  an  injury  received  in  a  railroad  collision  a 
year  and  a  half  ago.  He  was  an  inva  id  from  that 
time  until  his  death.  Brother  Humphrey  was  very 
successful  as  an  educator,  was  an  ordained  minister 
of  the  church  of  Christ,  was  a  success  in  evangelistic 
work,  and  had  served  two  terms  as  senator  in  the 
Michigan  state  legislature.  He  leaves  a  wife, 
daughter,  son  and  grandson  to  mourn  his  loss. 
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MANASSEH'S   SIN   AND  REPENTANCE— 
2  Chron.  33:1-13. 

The  two  accounts  of  tbe  reign  of  Ma- 
nasseh  are  given  in  2  Kings  21:1-18  and  2 
Chron.  33:1  20.  The  first  nine  vtrses  of 
the  two  accounts  are  verbally  identical, 
with  only  the  variation  of  a  phrase  here 
and  there.  Evidently  the  compilers  of  both 
books  used  a  common  source.  Following 
these  verses  which  are  alike  in  both  records, 
Kings  has  an  account  of  a  threat  made  by 
Jehovah  through  the  mouth  of  his  proph- 
ets that  he  would  punish  Manasseh  and 
Judah  for  their  wickedness;  then  a  state- 
ment of  Manasseh's  injustice  and  cruelty; 
then  the  account  of  his  death  in  the  usual 
formula,  leaving  the  impression  that  he 
died  as  be  had  lived,  wicked  and  impeni- 
tent. But  in  Chronicles,  after  the  common 
material,  we  have,  instead  of  a  threat  of 
punishment,  a  record  of  the  punishment  it- 
self, Manasseh's  captivity  in  Assyria,  and 
then  tbe  account  cf  his  repentance  and  the 
reformation  of  his  later  years. 

Manasseh  came  to  the  throne  upon  the 
death  of  his  father  Hezekiah  in  696  B.  C. 
and  reigned  for  more  than  half  a  century. 
Hezekiah  had  been  a  reformer.  Stirred  by 
the  preaching  and  leadership  of  Isaiah  and 
Micah,  and  perhaps  tbe  other  prophets 
whose  names  and  work  have  not  been  pre- 
served for  us,  he  had  purified  the  worship, 
destroying  many  of  the  shrines  and  objects 
which  had  been  used  in  the  worship  of 
idols  and  also  in  the  impure  worship  of 
Jehovah.  The  preaching  of  the  prophets 
had  perhaps  led  the  people  to  expect  im- 
mediate deliverance  from  Assyria  and  the 
entrance  upon  a  new  golden  age.  But 
Judah  continued  to  be  a  vassal  state  of  the 
flourishing  Assyrian  empire,  there  was  no 
sign  of  greater  prosperity  for  Judah,  and 
they  missed  the  old  shiines  where  they  had 
been  accustomed  to  worship.  All  of  these 
things,  together  with  the  temper  of  Manas- 
seh, conspired  to  cause  a  reaction  and  the 
undoing  of  Hezekiah's  reforming  work. 

The  lesson  tells  how  Manasseh  built  up 
again  the  high  places  and  set  up  the  pillars 
and  Asherah  which  his  father  had  de- 
stroyed, and  how  he  even  turned  the 
temple  to  the  worship  of  other  gods  and  set 
up  a  graven  image  there.  In  all  proba- 
bility it  was  a  time  of  persecution  for  the 
prophets  especially,  and  for  all  who  re- 
mained true  to  the  worship  of  Jehovah. 
Very  likely  the  "innocent  blood"  which 
he  shed  (2  Kings  21:7)  was  the  blood  of 
martyrs.  It  is  important  to  bear  this  in 
mind  on  account  of  its  bearing  on  the 
reformation  under  Josiah  and  the  finding 
of  the  law. 

Manasseh  was  brought  to  his  senses  by 
the  only  argument  which  seemed  con- 
vincing at  that  time— the  argument  of 
prosperity  and  adversity.  Tbe  doctrine 
that  righteousness  must  always  bring  pros- 
perity, and  that  trouble  is  always  punish- 
ment for  tin,  was  an  almost  universal 
belief.  A  period  cf  captivity  for  Manasseh 
brought  him  to  repentance,  and  he  did 
what  he  could  in  the  closing  years  of  his 
reign  to  repair  the  damage  which  he  had 
done. 


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Midweek  Prayer-Meeting. 

ByW.F.  Richardson. 
July  26.  1905. 


FRESH  CONSECRATION. 

"And  behold,  Jesus  met  tbem,  saying, 
AU  hail!  And  they  came  and  took  hold 
of  his  feet,  and  worshipped  him." — Matt. 
28:9. 

Jesus  3Iet  Them.  Yes,  he  always  meets 
those  who  are  seeking  him,  when  they 
go  where  his  messengers  bid  them.  The 
angels  who  had  told  these  women 
that  Jesus  was  risen,  also  directed  them 
to  bear  the  message  to  his  disciples, 
with  the  promise  that  he  would  show  him- 
self to  them  in  Galilee.  Tbey  started  at 
once  to  do  his  bidding,  and,  lo,  before 
they  have  even  seen  the  disciples,  the 
Master  stands  before  tbem  (verses  5-8).  So 
does  the  Lord  ever  reveal  himself  to  those 
who  speed  to  catry  his  message  to 
dying  men.  The  missionary  enjoys  the 
divine  presence  at  every  step  of  his  journey, 
and  while  we  are  telling  the  story  of  re- 
deeming love  to  a  despairing  soul,  our 
own  heart  glows  with  the  consciousness  of 
the  nearness  of  tbe  Lord.  "Be  not  afraid, 
but  speak,  and  hold  not  thy  peace;  for  I 
am  with  thee,"  said  the  Lord  to  his  serv- 
ant Paul  (Acts  18:9,10). 

His  Greeting.  "All  hail!"  The  word 
Jesus  uses  in  his  greeting  signifies  to  re- 
joice. Paul  makes  it  the  keynote  of  his 
wonderful  epistle  to  the  Philippians,  ex- 
horting them  to  "Rejoice  in  the  Lord"; 
"Rejoice  in  the  Lord  always,  and  again  I 
say,  rejoice"  (Phil.  3:1;  4:4).  The  Master 
had  said  to  his  disciples  before  his  betrayal 
and  death,  "Ye  shall  weep  and  lament, 
but  the  world  shall  rejoice;  and  ye  shall 
be  sorrowful,  but  your  sorrow  shall  be 
turned  into  joy"  (John  16:20-22).  They 
were  now  to  realize  this  promise,  and 
enter  into  the  abiding  "joy  of  the  Lord;" 
which  no  man  could  take  away  from 
them.  For  the  Savior  would  no  more 
leave  them  alone.  He  was  to  ascend  to 
his  Father,  but  he  would  send  to  them  his 
Holy  Spirit,  whose  presence  with  his  peo- 
ple should  do  for  them  far  more  than  his 
personal  presence  had  been  able  to  per- 
form. 

Their  Loving  Hold.  "They  came  and 
took  bold  of  his  feet."  Oh,  if  he  would 
but  stay  with   them,  was    doubtless  their 


thought.  Before  this  Lord  of  life  and 
death  their  proper  attitude  is  that  of  a  sub- 
ject to  a  king.  Those  feet  were  marred  by 
the  cruel  prints  of  the  nail?,  but  they  were 
fairer  than  the  bright  dawn  of  morning,  for 
they  had  just  come  forth  out  of  the  tomb, 
in  which  the  hopes  of  the  world  had  ever 
been  buried,  and  they  shone  with  the  light 
of  the  eternal  day.  And  he  whose  steps 
follow  those  blessed  feet  will  find  the  path 
of  his  life  "as  a  shining  light,  that  shineth 
more  and  more  unto  the  perfect  day." 

Their  New  Consecration.  "They  wor- 
shipped him."  Not  a  new  worship,  but 
one  of  deeper  reverence, more  fervent  grati- 
tude, and  larger  understanding  than  be- 
fore. Henceforth  these  simple  believers 
were  prepared  to  go  with  their  Lord  any- 
where he  led  them,  endure  any  hardship 
to  which  his  service  invited  them,  attempt 
any  task  that  his  word  bade  them  do. 
Their  consecration  was  new  only  in  its 
depth  of  purpose,  clearness  of  vision,  and 
completeness  of  abandonment.  Shall  we 
enter  into  this  larger  fellowship  with  those 
early  believers?  The  prayer-meeting  af- 
fords one  of  the  most  effective  means  of 
realizing  this  consecration.  Where  a  few 
are  met  in  his  name,  he  has  promised  to 
be;  and  if  Christians  but  believed  what 
Jesus  said,  our  prayer- meetings  would  be 
far  more  largely  attended,  and  more  fruit- 
ful in  spiritual  blessings. 


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Christian  Endeavor. 

By  H.  A.  Denton. 

July  .10,  1905. 


MISSIONS  IN   JAPAN - 
Hicah  5:2,  4,  12, 13. 

For  the  Leader. 

We  have  this  evening  another  missionary 
topic.  This  reminds  us  that  anything  that 
is  Christian  is  by  divine  intention  mis- 
sionary. Anything  that  is  non-missionary 
is  to  that  extent  non-Christian.  Anything 
that  is  anti-missionary  is  so  far  anti-Chris- 
tian. These  are  plain  words,  but  they  are 
true.  The  truth  must  be  told  at  times  in  a 
most  striking  and  shocking  plainness,  of 
speech.  So  let  this  startling  statement  be 
made.  We  must  come  to  a  full  conscious- 
ness of  the  place  God  intended  missions  to 
occupy  in  our  lives.  He  wants  not  some- 
one here  and  someone  there  to  give  to 
missions,  and  to  have  the  cause  go  on  in  a 
respectable  way,  but  he  wants  every  Chris- 
tian to  be  a  missionary  or  a  missionary 
Christian.  How  is  it  with  us  to-night? 
Let  us  see  in  the  meeting  which  follows. 

For  the  Members. 

1.  The  lesson  from  the  book  of  Micah 
declares  that  the  little  city  of  Bethlehem 
was  not  to  be  ranked  with  the  unimportant 
cities  of  the  world,  for  the  reason  that  one 
should  go  forth  from  that  city  who  should 
be  the  ruler  of  a  multitude  of  people;  one 
who  should  bring  every  knee  to  bend  and 
every  tongue  to  confess  that  the  way  of 
life  was  in  God's  keeping,  and  that  he  had 
revealed  it  only  in  Jesus  the  Christ.  If 
happy  the  city  that  gave  birth  to  this 
founder  of  missions,  how  happy  the  city 
to-day  that  accepts  and  sounds  out  the 
Word  of  life;  and  how  happy  the  church 
that  is  found  walking  in  the  good  way  of 
missions. 

2.  The  lesson,  again,  tells  us  that  the 
Coming  One  .shall  feed  his  fl  )cks  in  the 
name  of  Jehovah,  and  thus  gives  us  to 
understand  that  it  was  not  in  the  strength 
or  authority  of  man  he  would  undertake 
and  carry  forward  his  work.  This  thing 
of  missions,  it  is  not  o?  incidental  or  acci- 
dental occurrence  in  the  gospel  of  Christ. 
And  we  must  know  that  it  must  not  be  of 
one's  own  choosing  whether  it  shall  form 
a  part  of  his  adherence  to  Jesus  the  Christ. 
True,  it  may  be  made  so,  but  the  one  who 
does  it  legislates  C  arist  in  so  far  out  of  his 
heart  and  obedience.  He  puts  in  its  stead 
his  own  think-so.  He  thus  makes  void 
the  commandment  of  God  with  the  philos- 
ophy of  men.  One  must  be  missionary. 
He  cannot  choose  without  un-Christing 
himself. 

3.  Again,  the  lesson  says  he  shall  be 
great  unto  the  ends  of  the  earth.  Begin- 
ning at  Jerusalem,  where  he  had  been  re- 
jected, Jesus,  in  the  work  of  his  disciples, 
started  on  a  circuit  of  the  globe.  His 
forces  began  a  slow,  but  sure,  conquest  of 
every  religion,  and  of  every  nation  upon 
the  face  of  the  earth;  Judea,  Samaria, 
Antioch,  Asia  Minor,  Macedonia,  Athens, 
Corinth,  Rome.  After  that  the  forests 
and  vales  of  the  north.  Then  the  ancient 
Briton's  territory.  Then  the  New  World . 
Then  came  a  period  of  modern  missions, 
and  the  churcnes  began  to  awaken  to  a 
new  conception  of  the  world-wide  nature 
of  the  gospel.  Missionaries  were  sent  to 
India,  to  China,  to  Siam,  to  the  Islands  of 
the  Sea,  to  Japan — the  ends  of  the  earth. 
In  the  conquest  of  Japan  now  going  on, 
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gaining  every    day,  the  gospel  has  belted 
the  world. 

4,  The  results  of  the  reception  of  the 
gospel  in  the  far  off  lands  are  foreshad- 
owed in  the  lesson  also.  Witchcraft  is 
dying.  Idols  and  imagery,  according  to 
the  vision  of  the  prophet,  should  be 
broken.  Charms  should  fail.  Sin  should 
be  overthrown  in  its  strongholds.  Is  this 
not  so  to-day  where  the  gospel  has  come? 
Is  it  not  the  experience  of  every  nation? 
The  power  of  paganism  is  broken  by  Jesus 
the  Christ.  Men  hear  a  new  story.  They 
see  some  things  they  have  never  seen  be- 
fore. They  hear  some  things  that  they 
never  considered  in  the  councils  of  men 
before.  They  get  a  glimpse  of  the  mission 
of  man;  a  new  spirit  to  live  for  humanity; 
a  new  conception  of  what  one  should  be 
and  do.  Therefore,  all  the  old  ways  of 
sin  and  folly  fail.  They  turn  away  from 
dumb  idols.  They  seek  one  who  can  hear, 
and  one  who  is  able  to  help  when  he  is 
called  upon  for  help.  Japan  has  learned 
this  lesson.  There  is  no  more  profitable 
field  for  the  missionary  of  the  cross  to-day 
than  Japan. 

Sfjiiet  Hour  Thought. 

Have  I  really  tried  to  know  and  feel  my 
duty  and  my  opportunity  to  those  who 
know  not  Christ? 

DAILY   RHADINGS. 

M.  Why  undertake  missions?  Matt.  28:18-20. 

T.  Why  mission  study?  Isa.  34:16,  17. 

W.  Why  we  pray.  2  Thess   3:1-5. 

T.  Why  we  give.  1  Chron.  29:9-13. 

F.  Why  we  send.  Rom.  10:10-15. 

5.  The  missionary  motive.     2  Cor.  5:11-15. 
S.  Topic. — Missions  in  Japan.     Micah  5:2, 

4,12,  13. 

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Obtained  from  Baths  with  Cuticara  Soap  and 

Anointings  with  Caticura,  the  Great  Shin  Core. 

Soak  the  feet  on  retiring  in  a  strong,  hot, 
creamy  lather  of  Cuticura  Soap.  Dry,  and 
anoint  freely  with  Cuticura  Ointment,  the  great 
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THE   CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


July  20.  190S 


People's  Forum. 


"Some  Things  That  Ought  to  bo  Said." 

The  Editor,  Christian- Evangelist:— 

Under  the  above  caption  a  writer  who  signs 
himself  "Success"  offers  in  the  Christian- 
Evangblist  of  July  6  some  criticisms  on  our 
state  convention,  and  the  state  work  of  the 
past  year.  I  beg  permission  to  say  a  few 
words  in  reply. 

He  says,  "It  was  hoped  by  many  that  a  new 
order  of  things  would  be  inaugurated  at  our 
Marshall  convention,"  and  proceeds  to  deplore 
the  fact  that  nothing  of  the  kind  occurred. 
Will  he  kindly  tell  us  just  what  is  the  "new 
order"  he  would  like  to  see  adopted?  It  has 
for  many  years  been  the  work  of  our  state 
organization  to  keep  evangelists  in  the  field  to 
preach  the  gospel,  convert  sinners  to  the  Lord, 
and  build  up  churches  of  Christ  in  Missouri. 
Does  he  want  to  change  this  order?  I  presume 
not.  The  fact  that  he  designates  the  election 
of  Brother  Udell  as  "a  step  in  the  right  direc- 
tion," would  indicate  that  his  complaint  is  of 
the  official  organization  of  our  state  work.  If 
so,  why  did  he  not  have  the  frankness  to  say 
so?  But  I  know  of  no  reason  for  so  considering 
Brother  Udell's  election,  for  it  is  not  the  first 
time,  by  any  means,  that  a  business  man  has 
been  chosen  as  our  president.  It  is  a  wise 
thiog,  in  my  judgment,  and  has  happened 
several  times  in  the  last  few  years. 

Perhaps  the  "new  order"  he  desires  is  the 
raising  of  more  money  for  state  work.  If  so, 
the  state  board  would  second  his  motion 
heartily.  But  we  would  remind  "Success" 
that  instead  of  "four  or  five  thousand  dollars," 
we  have  b«en  raising  between  six  and  seven 
thousand  dollars  for  state  work.  And,  if  we 
include  the  amount  raised  for  Bible-school  work 
and  district  work,  as  is  done  in  other  states, 
the  figures  will  be  doubled  or  trebled.  I  won- 
der just  how  much  "Success"  has  contributed 
during  the  past  two  or  three  years,  personally, 
or  through  his  congregation,  if  he  is  a  pastor, 
to  this  work  whose  meager  success  he  deplores. 

If,  as  our  brother  says,  this  state  of  things  is 
not  due  altogether  to  "want  af  interest  by  the 
brethren  in  missionary  work,"  will  he  not  tell 
us  to  what  it  is  due?  If  to  lack  of  confidence 
in  those  who  have  been  given  charge  of  it, 
then  let  us  know  it,  and  give  the  trust  into 
other  hands.  I  can  speak  for  the  present  state 
board  in  saying  that  they  have  never  sought  or 
desired  the  responsibility  of  its  management, 
and  would  welcome  release  from  it.  It  is 
unfair  to  them  to  put  again  upon  them  the 
burden  of  this  work,  and  then  criticise  instead 
of  co  operate. 

If  "Success"  should  give  the  information 
above  requested,  I  suggest  that  he  sign  his 
proper  name,  that  we  may  know  that  his 
ingenuous  statement  is  correct,  that  he  is  not 
"personally  interested."  I  hope  so,  also,  that 
any  who  look  at  things  as  does  "Success"  will 
speak  out  in  our  next  annual  convention,  and 
let  us  know  what  the  "new  order"  is  to  be 
which  shall  multiply  the  offerings  of  our 
churches  and  increase  the  results  of  our  state 
missionary  work.  We  will  all  rejoice  in  such 
a  consummation.  W.  F.  Richardson. 

Kansas  City,  Mo. 

& 

"What  is  Christianity?"  by  Dr.  HarnacK, 
Not  Indorsed. 

The  Editor,  Christian-Evangelist:  — 
Though  the  author's  reputation  may  not 
be  seriously  hurt  by  the  misleading  report 
made  in  the  Christian-Evangelist  of  his 
address  at  the  Marshall  convention,  he 
begs  to  express  his  appreciation  of  the 
many  kind  things  said  on  the  grounds  by 


preachers,  young  and  old,  and  to  assert 
his  abhorrence  of  some  of  the  positions 
taken  by  Dr.  Harnack  in  his  work,  "What 
is  Christianity?"  wherein  he  repudiates 
the  testimony  of  Matthew  and  Luke  in  re- 
gard to  the  miraculous  birth  of  Jesus,  the 
authorship  of  the  Fourth  Gospel,  emptying 
it  of  all  historical  value,  and  virtually 
stripping  the  gospels  of  the  miraculous 
element.  While  admitting  the  resurrection 
of  the  dead,  he  without  just  reason  repu- 
diates nearly  all  other  miracles.  The 
writer  did  not  commend  Dr.  Harnack's 
"What  is  Christianity?"  but  referred  to 
his  "Expansion  of  Christianity"  as  estab- 
lishing the  basis  of  Paul's  success  as  a 
preacher,  since  he  built  upon  the  convic- 
tion that  all  men  were  lost,  without  God 
and  hope  in  the  world,  till  convinced  that 
the  gospel  was  the  power  of  God  unto  sal- 
vation. There  was  no  direct  reference  to 
Higher  Criticism,  which  does  in  fact  leave 
the  word  of  God  emptied  of  divine  author- 
ity, and  hence  unfit  to  awaken  the  enthu- 
siasm of  young  men  for  the  ministry.  It 
was,  and  is,  a  fact,  as  statistics  show,  that 
where  the  so  called  liberal  Christianity  pre- 
vails in  Europe  and  in  America,  fewer 
young  men  aspire  to  preach  an  eviscerated 
gospel.  The  report  wholly  omitted  some 
of  the  central  facts  of  the  address,  and  as- 
signed to  the  writer  positions  that  he  did 
not  hold.  We  do  not  wish  to  stand  before 
the  readers  of  the  Christian- Evangelist 
as  commending  favorably  a  book  which, 
though  written  with  the  tongues  of  men 
and  of  angels,  disrupts  the  foundation  of 
our  faith  in  Jesus  who  was  both  David's 
son  and  Lord.  J.  B.  Jones. 


[President  Jones  reads  into  our  report 
more  than  it  said.  As  to  criticism  of  his 
speech,  that  is  a  matter  of  opinion  about 
which  "doctors  may  differ,"  but  President 
Jones  himself  referred  to  his  address  as 
"rambling  remarks."  The  writer  of  our 
report  was  not  attempting  any  criticism  or 
commendation.  He  merely  stated  that  the 
treatment  of  the  theme  was  not  full,  and 
sought,  so  far  as  the  accommodations  of 
his  space  would  permit,  to  give  an  idea  of 
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President  Jones  thinks  was  misleading, 
was  the  last  sentence  of  our  report  which 
read:  "President  Jones  was  rather  inclined 
to  connect  the  condition  of  things  with 
higher  critical  studies,  yet  he  advised 
everyone  to  read  Harnack's  'What  is 
Christianity?'  "  Unfortunately,  after  our 
report  was  published,  the  notes  from  which 
it  was  written  were  thrown  into  the  waste- 
paper  basket,  but  we  are  very  ready  to 
believe  that  the  ears  did  not  catch  correctly 
the  name  of  the  book  of  Harnack's  which 
President  Jones  recommended  his  audience 
to  peruse.  In  reference  to  higher  criticism, 
President  Jones  spent  some  time  in  dis- 
cussing critical  tendencies,  said  he  was  not 
willing  to  concede  that  the  process  of 
thinking  has  only  been  developed  in  recent 
years,  and,  concluding  this  part  of  his 
address,  asked:  "Why  speculate,  when 
the  world  is  in  ruin?"  With  this  part  of 
his  speech  in  mind,  the  advice  to  read  any 
one  of  Harnack's  books  seemed  a  little 
strange  to  our  reporter,  and  that  is  ail-that 
can  be  implied  from  our  report.  Our 
reporter  must  have  been  very  unsophisti- 
cated if  he  supposed  that  President  Jones 
would  in  any  large  measure  commend  Pro- 
fessor Harnack.  We  are  glad,  however,  to 
give  Brother  Jones  an  opportunity  to  ex- 
press himself  plainly  on  the  subject  of  both 
Harnack's  books  that  he  mentions. — Edi- 
tor Christian-Evangelist.] 


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Family  Circle 


The  Nest  of  a  Blind  Bird. 

By  Sophie  Swctt. 

One  of  the  summer  visitors  who  had  lin- 
gered at  Squam  until  Grandsir  Gilkey's 
birthday  began  to  be  talked  of,  had  left  a 
ten-dollar  bill  as  a  present  for  the  old  man. 

Grandsir  Gilkey  was  so  old  that  he  loved 
a  toy  and  could  sweeten  the  bitterness  of 
life  with  a  sugarplum;  so  old  that  he  some- 
times confused  the  happenings  of  seventy 
years  ago  with  those  of  last  week,  and 
thought  Ruthy  Ann  was  his  daughter  Elea- 
nor Mary  who  died  when  she  was  fifteen. 

He  was  not  grandfather  to  anyone  in 
Squam,  although  he  was  known  as  Grand- 
sir  to  everyone.  He  had  wandered  into 
the  village  on  a  frosty  fall  day,  and  sat, 
with  his  bundle  beside  him,  on  Aaron  Gil- 
key's  doorstep.  He  said  his  name  was 
Hiram  Gilkey,  and  thought  his  father  and 
Aaron's  were  second  or  third  cousins.  He 
had  been  in  a  hospital  a  long  time,  he 
thought.  Anyhow,  there  were  a  good  many 
things  that  he  could  not  remember  about. 
His  son  had  died  and  his  daughter-in-law 
had  married  again.  There  didn't  seem  to 
be  any  room  for  him  in  her  house. 

Aaron  shook  his  head  over  the  suggested 
relationship,  shook  it  with  a  contemptuous 
smile.  He  didn't  know  much  about  rela- 
tions anyhow,  he  had  always  had  to  make 
his  own  way,  he  said.  Aaron  was  a  ship- 
builder, and  well-to-do  for  Squam. 

His  wife  whispered  to  him  eagerly  and 
with  frowns,  behind  the  door.  She  said 
the  poorhouse  was  the  place  for  the  old 
man;  anyhow  it  was  none  of  their  business. 

Grandsir  Gilkey  searched  Aaron's  face 
wistfully  after  the  whispered  conference, 
and  without  another  word  he  got  upon  his 
trembling  old  legs  and  moved  off. 

Laban  Gilkey,  coming  from  his  work  in 
Aaron's  shipyard,  met  the  old  man.  Laban 
was  Aaron's  brother,  but  he  had  not  been 
so  prosperous.  The  pitiful  tears  of  old  age 
were  trickling  down  the  furrows  of  the 
wayfarer's  cheeks.  Half  an  hour  later  he 
was  gleefully  making  "cats'  cradles"  for 
Ruthy  Ann  and  little  Abel  in  the  coziest 
corner  of  Laban  Gilkey's  hearth. 

Before  long  Laban's  wife  said  boldly  to 
Mrs.  Aaron  that  she  didn't  know  how  she 
could  get  along  without  Grandsir.  It  was 
really  he  who  carried  Ruthy  Ann  through 
the  measles  that  she  had  so  very  hard,  and 
he  who  told  Nutt  such  entertaining  stories 
that  he  never  wished  to  go  down  to  the 
Point  with  the  rough  boys  evenings.  As 
for  little  Abel,  he  waddled  after  the  old 
man  wherever  he  went;  there  never  was 
seen  such  a  pair  of  friends. 

Mrs.  Aaron  whispered  darkly  that  Mrs. 
Laban  thought  it  a  feather  in  her  cap  to 
keep  the  old  man.  But  by  the  time  his 
second  birthday  in  Squam  came  round— 
Grandsir  remembered  how  old  he  was  and 
insisted  upon  keeping  his  birthdays— Mrs. 
Aaron  sent  him  a  purple  silk  handkerchief 
as  a  present.  She  was  a  person  who  liked 
to  be  in  the  fashion,  and  Squam  had  be- 
gun to  feel  a  certain  pride  in  its  very  old 
man  and  to  show  him  attention.  People 
were  fond  of  him,  too,  he  was  so  gentle 
and  kindly.  And  although  he  was  so  weak 
and  childish,  when  he  told  of  a  sea  fight 
off  the  port  o'  Spain,  or  of  a  mutiny  on 
board  a  ship  that  he  had  commanded, 
there  came  a  fire  into  his  faded  eyes  and  a 
ring  into  his  quavering  voice  that  made 
people   say  to   each    other   with  meaning 


nods  that  he  had  once  been  a  man  among 
men. 

Mrs.  Aaron  asked  Ruthy  Ann  to  return 
the  handkerchief  to  her  when  the  birthday 
was  over;  Grandsir  would  forget  all  about 
it,  she  said  and  she  could  present  it  to  him 
again  on  his  next  birthday!  She  was 
thrifty  by  nature,  and  she  felt  that  it  really 
did  not  pay  to  spend  money  on  a  simple- 
minded  old  man  like  that. 

Then  for  eight  successive  years  Mrs. 
Aaron  presented  Grander  with  that  same 
purple  silk  handkerchief,  and  each  time  he 
received  it  with  childish  delight  and  touch- 
ing gratitude.  By  this  time  Mrs.  Aaron 
had  almost  forgotten,  herself,  that  it  was 
not  a  new  present  that  she  made  to  Grand- 
sir,  and  she  said  to  her  intimates  that  she 
should  not  know  what  to  think  of  herself  if 
she  allowed  his  birthday  to  pass  without  a 

gift. 

Great  trouble  invaded  the  home  where 
Grandsir  was  so  happy.  Laban  Gilkey 
died  suddenly,  and  the  burden  of  the  fam- 
ily's support  came  upon  young  Nutt's 
shoulders.  Sturdy  shoulders  and  a  stout 
heart  had  Nutt;  but  while  he  toiled  man- 
fully in  the  shipyard,  his  eyes  followed 
wistfully  every  ship  that  put  forth  to  sea. 
He  was  only  seventeen. 

When  Mrs.  Aaron  heard  of  the  summer 
visitor's  gift  of  ten  dollars  to  Grandsir,  she 
was  in  a  fever  of  anxiety  lest  the  old  man 
should  be  allowed  to  spend  his  money  fool- 
ishly. Ten  dollars  was  a  good  deal  of 
money  in  a  poverty-stricken  family  like 
that,  and  of  course  Grandsir  could  really 
call  nothing  his  own.  She  herself  had  giv- 
en him  some  of  Aaron's  old  clothes  that 
ought  to  have  gone  to  her  sister's  children 
down  at  Sacarappa. 

Even  Mrs.  Laban  drew  Nutt  back  and 
privately  murmured  a  caution  as  he  and 
Grandsir  were  setting  out  for  the  Port  to 
spend  the  precious  ten  dollars. 

"There's  a  hard  winter  coming,  Nutt, 
but  I'm  not  thinking  of  ourselves.  If  you 
could  make  him  see  that  he  ought  to  keep 
it  for  a  nest  egg!  Get  him  to  put  it  in  the 
bank,  if  you  can,  Nutt,"  she  said  earnestly. 

"The  man  who  gave  it  to  Grandsir  told 
him  to  spend  it  for  whatever  he  liked,  and 
he  is  going  to.  Nobody  could  stop  him," 
said  Nutt;  and  there  was  no  regret  in  his 
tone,  either,  although  he  knew — none  bet- 
ter !. — that  it  was  going  to  be  a  hard  winter. 

"Then  I  suppose  it  isn't  our  duty  to  say 
anything,"  said  his  mother,  and  her  tone 
had  relief  in  it.  "He  will  enjoy  spending 
it  real  well,"  she  added  and  her  tired 
eyes  lighted  beautifully  with  Grandsir's  re- 
flected pleasure. 

Grandsir  had  a  secret;  he  could  not  help 
chuckling  over  it  and  giving  little  gleeful 
hints  of  it  to  Nutt  as  they  walked  along. 
It  was  all  about  a  fine  compass  that  he 
meant  Nutt  should  have.  With  all  his 
fond  old  heart  he  had  longed  for  it,  for 
Nutt,  when  he  had  first  seen  it  in  a  Port 
shop.  It  seemed  to  him  like  a  beautiful 
dream  coming  true  that  now  he  could  buy 
it.  A  faint  shadow  crossed  his  joyous  brow 
as  he  tried  to  recall  the  price  of  compasses, 
which  he  had  once  known  well.  He  hoped 
it  would  not  cost  so  much  as  to  prevent 
him  from  buying  all  the  other  things  that 
he  meant  to! 

But  surely  there  was  scarcely  any  limit 
to  the  purchasing  power  of  ten  dollars!  A 
soft  warm  shawl  for  the  mother — Grandsir 
could  prattle  of  that,  and  he  did.  A  pink 
fan  for  little  Ruthy  Ann !  He  had  heard 
her  talk  wistfully  with  the  other  girls  about 
a  pick  fan.  Now  she  could  have  it  in  time 
for  Maggie  Doane's  wedding. 

Maggie  Doane  had  been  one  of  the  chil- 


dren who  bad  run  after  Grandsir  and  clam- 
ored for  his  stories  when  he  first  came; 
now  she  was  to  be  married  to  Uncle 
Aaron's  son.  (Mrs.  Aaron  approved  of 
the  marriage  because  Maggie's  old  maid 
aunt  was  likely  to  leave  her  a  thousand 
dollars.)  It  would  be  a  fine  wedding,  and 
Ruthy  Ann  should  have  the  pink  fan,  and 
Grandsir  meant  to  buy  Maggie  Doane  a 
little  wedding  present. 

For  little  Abel  there  must  be  the  best 
present  of  all!  After  all,  there  was  no  one 
quite  so  near  to  Grandsir's  heart  as  little 
Abel.  Had  Nutt  seen  that  fine  model  of  a 
ship  in  Dcckery's  window?  Grandsir  drew 
bim  up  to  the  window,  fairly  trembling 
with  delight  as  he  gazed. 

Dockery  was  an  old  sailor  with  a  wooden 
leg  who  kept  a  shop  full  of  shells  and  sea 
curiosities  and  woodwork  of  his  own  carv- 
ing, relying  chiefly  upon  the  patronage  of 
the  summer  visitors. 

It  was  indeed  a  fine  miniature  ship  that 
filled  one  of  Dockery's  show  windows. 
The  old  man  clutched  Nutt's  arm  eagerly. 
"She  looks  like— like— "  His  forehead 
knotted  under  its  fringe  of  white  hair  and 
his  eyes  sought  the  boy's  beseechingly. 

Nutt  knew  what  he  meant,  and  his  heart 
ached  that  he  could  not  help  him.  He  was 
seeking  the  name  of  that  ship  that  he  could 
never  remember. 

"It  almost  came  then,  Nutt!"  he  said. 
"But  now  it  has  gone  again,"  he  added, 
with  a  patient  sigh. 

"I'll  just  go  in  and  see  Dockery  and 
have  a  nearer  view  of  that  ship,"  he  said  a 
moment  after,  his  face  brightening  with  the 

prospect. 

"I'll  go  along  and  do  my  errands  and 
then  come  back  here  for  you,"  said  Nutt; 
for  Grandsir's  interviews  with  Dockery 
were  apt  to  be  prolonged,  and  Nutt  had 
but  little  time  to  spare  from  his  work. 

But  when  he  returned,  within  half  an 
hour,  to  the  little  shop,  Grandsir  had  gone. 

"He  was  so  eager  and  excited  that  he 
couldn't  wait.  You  see  I  gave  him  a  good 
bargain!"  explained  Dockery. 

The  shop  window  where  the  miniature 
ship  had  been  was  now  empty!  Dockery 
was  beginning  to  deck  it  with  whales' 
teeth  and  branches  of  coral  and  shell 
chains  and  bracelets.  Nut  was  not  sur- 
prised when,  hastening  in  search  of  Grand- 
sir,  he  found  him  staggering  under  the 
weight  of  a  great  box.  His  face  was  ra- 
diant and  Nutt  tried  to  keep  the  dismay- 
out  of  his  own. 

"I  never  thought  of  such  a  thing  as 
really  getting  that  ship  for  little  Abel!"  he 
gasped.  "But  won't  he  be  pleased,  though? 
Dockery  asked  twenty-five  dollars  for  it, 
but  he  let  me  have  it  for  ten!  Season's 
over,  and  seeing  I  was  an  old  friend,   he 

said." 

"Let  me  take  it,  Grandsir,"  Said  Nutt, 
cheerfully,  although  with  a  sinking  heart. 

"I  declare  I  don't  know  but  we  shall 
have  to  get  the  expressman  to  carry  it 
home  for  us!  Why,  that  ship  is  almost 
big  enough  to  go  to  sea  in!" 

Grandsir  felt  in  his  pockets,  and  sud- 
denly the  light  was  gone  from  his  face. 

"I  hain't  got  a  cent  left,  Nutt,  not  a 
cent!"  he  said  in  a  tone  of  bewildered  sur- 


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prise.  "I  don't  see  how  I  came  to  forget 
about  the  compass  and  the  warm  shawl 
and  the  pink  fan  and  Maggie  Doane's'wed- 
ding  present!" 

The   muscles   around  Grandsir's  mouth 
quivered  and  his  faded  eyes  filled. 

"Never  mind!  The  ship  is  worth  the 
money,  anyway,"  said  Xutt,  consolingly, 
wondering  at  the  same  moment  whether 
he  could  not  get  Grandsir  the  warm  worsted 
jacket  that  he  needed  out  of  his  next 
week's  pay.  "I'll  get  Chris  Junkins  to 
lend  me  his  wheelbarrow  to  get  the  box 
home,"  he  continued.  "I  tell  you,  little 
Abel  will  be  pleased,  and  everybodyrwill 
come  to  see  the  ship;  you'll  have  a  regular 
birthday  party!" 

But  as  Grandsir  trudged  homeward  be- 
side the  wheelbarrow  he  murmured  con- 
stantly, regretfully,  of  the  presents  he  had 
not  bought. 

As  they  drew  near  home  he  said  hope- 
fully: "I've  got  an  idea,  Nutt,  that  there  is 
something  I  can  give  Maggie  Doane  for  a 
wedding  present!  I  heard  Ruthy  Ann  say 
that  a  handsome  coverlet  could  be  made  of 
silk  handkerchiefs  sewed  together,  and 
that -she  had  some  lace  she  had  crocheted 
that  was  just  the  kind  they  put  between 
'em.  I  don't  know  but  she  was  hintin', 
bless  her  heart!  but  I  never  remembered 
then  that  I  had  the  silk  handkerchiefs  your 
Uncle  Aaron's  wife  has  been  givin'  me 
every  birthday  !  I  don't  remember  exactly 
where  I  put  'em,  but  your  mother'll  know. 
There  must  be  as  many  as  six  or  eight  of 
'em  now,  and  Ruthy  Ann  shall  make  a 
coverlet  cf  'em  for  a  wedding  present  for 
Maggie  Doane!  Maybe  I'd  better  just 
stop  and  tell  your  Uncle  Aaron's  wife  what 
I'm  going  to  do  with  'em,  seein'  they  w^re 
presents  frcm  her.  Besides,  I  don't  know 
as  I've  ever  thanked  her  for  'em  as  I  ought 
to.  'Twas  real  kind  and  thoughtful  of  her 
to  remember  me  so." 

Xutt  turred  his  face  away  to  hide  a  grim 
little  smile.  He  thought  he  should  like  to 
hear  what  Uncle  Aaron's  wife  would  say 
about  the  silk  handkerchiefs! 

It  happened  that  she  was  standing  at 
her  gate  with  a  neighbor.  Ruthy  Ann  was 
there,  too,  having  just  fun  over  of  an  er- 
rand. 

Mrs.  Aaron  colored  high  as  Grandsir 
unfolded  his  plan  of  making  Maggie  Doane 
a  wedding  present,  but  she  assented,  mak- 
ing an  effort  to  hide  her  embarrassment, 
and  accepted  the  old  man's  fervent  thanks. 
"What  else  could  I  do,"  she  said  after- 
wards to  Ruthy  Ann,  "with  Maria  Ma- 
comber  standing  there  with  her  curious 
eyes  and  long  tongue?" 

Mrs.  Aaron  had  called  Ruthy  Ann  back 
as  she  was  going  away  with  the  others, 
and  she  was  half  crying  with  vexation. 
"He  will  talk  to  everybody  about  those 
handkerchiefs,  the  stupid  old  thing!"  she 
said.  "You  must  pretend  that  you  have 
mislaid  them,  Ruthy  Ann!  Who  would 
have  thought  that  the  old  simpleton  had 
such  a  memory,  after  all?"  But  Ruthy 
Ann  did  not  promise  to  pretend  that  she 
bad  mislaid  the  handkerchiefs.  In  fact, 
she  was  more  troubled  about  the  disap- 
pointment that  Grandsir  would  feel  when 
he  knew  that  there  was  only  one  handker- 
chief than  about  Mrs.  Aaron's  share^of 
the  difficulty. 

There  was  one  person  who  highly  ap- 
proved of  the  way  in  which  Grandsir  had 
spent  his  ten  dollars,  and  that  was  little 
Abel.  He  told  of  his  wonderful  present  far 
and  near,  and  as  Nutt  had  prophesied,  the 
house  was  thronged  with  people~who  came 
to  see  it. 
Old  Cap'n  Maxwell,  who  had  just  come 


I  CAN  CURE  YOUR  EYES 

Mrs.  Martha  I_efevour,  West  Chicago,  111.,  writes:  "I  wish  it  was 
within  my  power  to  express  my  gratitude  to  you  for  removing  cata- 
racts from  both  my  eyes  without  an  operation  and  for  returning  my 
vision  thereby  in  less  than  3  months'  treatment."  At  your  own  home  the 

Madison  Absorption  Method 

will  do  the  same  for  you  if  your  eyes  are  affected  with  any  trouble 
whatever.  If  you  see  spots  or  strings,  beware  of  delay,  for  delay 
means  blindness.  Cross  eyes  straightened  without  the  knife,  by  a 
new  method,  which  never  fails. 

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to  live  with  his  son,  over  on  the  Cape  road, 
came  ever  as  soon  as  he  heard  about  it. 
Cap'n  Maxwell  had  been  around  the  world 
as  captain  of  a  ship,  and  thought  himself 
a  great  oracle  in  nautical  matters,  and  it 
happened  that  he  and  Grandsir  fell  into  a 
dispute.  Grandsir  was  pacific  and  long- 
suffering,  but  he  was  not  going  to  allow 
anyone  to  say  that  the  vessel  was  "too 
narrer  amidships"!  So  the  argument  be- 
came a  heated  one.  Grandsir,  especially, 
became  so  excited  that  Ruthy  Ann  and  her 
mother  were  frightened,  and  had  serious 
thoughts  of  sending  to  the  shipyard  for 
Nutt. 

"She's  just  like  the— the  Pizarro!" 
shouted  Grandsir  suddenly.  And  then  he 
arose  to  his  feet,  white  and  trembling. 
"That's  the  name  that  I've  been  trying  for 
fifteen  years  to  remember!"  he  cried. 
"That  ship  or— or  getting  so  worked  up, 
or  something,  brought  it  back  to  me.  The 
Pizarro  of  Porchmouth!  As  second  mate, 
mate  and  cap'n  I  sailed  aboard  of  her  for 
twenty  years!" 

Old  Captain  Maxwell  removed  his  pipe 
from  his  mouth,  hitched  his  trousers  nauti- 
cally,  and  stared,  open-mouthed,  at  Grand- 
sir. 

"You  don't  happen  to  remember  a  ship- 
mate named  Dace,  do  you?"  he  asked 
after  a  moment's  reflection,  his  irritating 
difference  with  Grandsir  quite  forgotten. 

"Uriah  Dace!"  gasped  Grandsir.  "I've 
been  thinking  and  thinking  about  him, 
but  his  name  had  got  away  from  me  'long 
of  the  vessel's  name.  All  them  twenty  years 
Uriah  Dace  and  me  was  shipmates!  He 
ain't  living,  isrhe?  He'd  be  'most  as  old  as 
I  am!"i 

!*!"Hedied  last  spring  down  at  Paquoit. 
Some  of  my  folks  down  there  send  me  The 
Paquoit  County  Journal.  He  had  lived 
alone  and  been  kind  of  miserly,  and  he 
left  property  worth  fifteen  thousand  dollars 
and  not  a  relative  in  the  world — left  it  all 
to  one  of  his  old  shipmates  of  the  Pizarro 
if  he  was  to  be  found — if  not,  to  the  Sea- 
men's Home  down  at  Paugus.  Just  as 
sure  as  you're  a  livin'  man  that  money  be- 
longs to  you!  Hiram  Gilkey!  That  was  the 
name!  1  saw  it  myself  in  the  paper.  It 
said  he  was  supposed  to  be  dead  because 
they  had  tried  to  find  him  and  couldn't, 
and  they  couldn't  hear  of  anybody  that 
knew  anything  about  the  Pizarro.  But  I 
don't  calculate  you've  got  anything  to  do 
but  just  sail  in  and  show  your  colors!" 

Before  night  all  Squam  knew  about  the 
legacy,  and  one  of  the  selectmen  went 
down  to  Paquoit  with  Grandsir  and  Cap- 
tain Maxwell  to  claim  it. 

As  soon  as  he  received  the  legacy  Grand- 
sir  said  he  meant  to  have  it  secured  to  his 
"own  folks";  he  had  found  he  wasn't  fit 
to  have  the  spending  of  even  ten  dollars. 

And  yet,  if  he  hadn't  bought  that  ship 
for  little  Abel!  There's  an  old  Norse  prov- 
erb, "The  nest  of  a  blind  bird  is  built  by 
God." 

No  one  doubted  who    Grandsir's  "own 


The  Denton  Party. 

Bro.  H.  A.  Denton  of  Maryville,  Mo., 
has  organized  the  territory— north  Missouri 
— which  we  have  assigned  to  him  in  a  most 
efficient  way,  and  will  bring  a  large  dele- 
gation to  the  San  Francisco  convention. 
He  also  conducts  the  official  delegation  for 
the  Endeavorers  of  Missouri.  He  will 
leave  Kansas  City  on  Monday,  August  7,  at 
11  a.  m.,  over  the  Santa  Fe,  a  day  ahead  of 
Official  Train  No.  7,  as  advertised  in  our 
circulars.  This  delegation  offers  the  fol- 
lowing advantages. 

1.  It  goes  a  day  ahead  and  avoids  the 
crowd. 

2.  It  has  an  extra  day  for  the  Grand 
Canyon  or  southern  California. 

3.  Mr.  Denton  has  lived  six  years  on  the 
Pacific  Coast,  and  having  a  small  party, 
can  and  will  give  personal  attention  to  all 
his  fellow  travelers. 

4.  He  will  arrange  for  berths,  rooms, 
meals  and  baggage  of  all  who  desire. 

5.  He  plans  a  long  thorough  trip,  and 
will  bring  the  party  back  tnrough  Utah 
and  Colorado. 

6.  Those  who  desire  need  not  stop  at 
Grand  Canyon  but  can  go  on  and  have 
still  another  day  in  southern  California. 
Our  brethren  will  be  in  session  at  the  state 
meeting  at  Long  Beach,  and  a  delightful 
convention  can  there  be  attended. 

This  trip  efftrs  all  the  features  of  a  Santa 
Fe  route,  $50  from  Kansas  City  for  the 
round  trip,  $6.50  additional  for  the  Grand 
Canyon,  and  $6.00  extra  for  return  via 
Portland.  We  hope  that  north  Missouri 
will  be  the  banner  section  for  attendance 
at  the  great  convention. 

Write  Brother  Denton  as  to  reservation 
of  berth  and  further  particulars. 

Hiram  Van  Kirk, 
Ch.  of  Transportation  Com. 

5520  Madison  Ave.,  Chicago. 


P.  S.— Let  me  say  in  addition  to  what 
Brother  Van  Kirk  says  above  that  I  am 
now  closing  up  with  those  who  are  going 
with  me.  Sit  down  and  write  me  at  once 
so  I  can  save  place  for  you. 

The  motto  of  this  party  is  "Head  the 
Procession,"  therefore  we  go  a  day  earlier 
than  any  other  delegation.  All  the  rest 
will  have  to  follow.     We  get  the  first  sight 


and  the  first  taste. 
boys. 

Maryville,  Mo. 


That's  one  "on"  the 

H.  A.  Denton, 
Excursion  Manager. 


folks"  were,  and  it  was  all  in  vain  that 
Mrs.  Aaron  sent  posthaste  to  the  city  for 
seven  purple  silk  handkerchiefs.  —  The  In- 
terior. 

BETTER  THAN  SPANKING. 

Spanking  does  not  cure  children  of  bed  wet- 
ting. If  it  did  there  would  be  few  children 
that  would  do  it.  There  is  a  constitutional 
cause  for  this.  Mrs.  M.  Summers,  Box  183, 
Notre  Dame,  Ind.,  will  send  her  home  treat- 
ment to  any  mother.  She  asks  no  money. 
Write  to  her  to-day  if  your  children  trouble 
you  in  this  way.  Don't  blame  the  child.  The 
chances  are  it  can't  help  it. 


July  20,  1905 


THE   CHRISTIAN  -EVANGELIST 


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My  Duty  to  My  Own  Church." 

By  Virgie  Campb  ill. 

This  is   one  part   of  the   Christian  En- 
deavor  pledge  to  which    the  most  strenu- 
ous   objection     has     been     brought     by 
those  who   are   opposed   to    the  Christian 
Endeavor   movement.     It  has  been  urged 
that   it    is   within   itself  a  sort   of    creed, 
binding    the    one    that    subscribes    to    it 
forever  to  think  as  his  church  thinks;  to 
believe  as  his  church  believes;  in  short,  to 
accept  without    question   the    doctrines  of 
the  religious  body  to  which  he  belongs;  thus 
cutting  off   all   possibility  of  being  taught 
by  some  Priscilla  or  Aquila  the  way  of  the 
Lord   more   perfectly;  that    if  this  pledge 
had  been  in  vogue  from  the  earliest  part  of 
the  last  century   it   would    have  made  im- 
possible   all     the    growth    toward    better 
things,    in    matters   of    belief,  which  that 
century  brought   as    a   wonderful  blessing 
to  the  church  of  God. 

It  might  be  sufficient  answer  to  this  ob- 
jection, to  say  that  it  is  impossible  that  it 
should  have  this  effect,  even  if  this  in- 
terpretation of  the  meaning  of  the  pledge 
should  be  true;  it  would  indeed  be  self- 
contradictory:  I  pledge  myself  also  "to 
read  my  Bible  every  day."  What  for? 
To  learn  more  perfectly  God's  will  con- 
cerning me,  and  no  human  pledge  must 
be  permitted  to  stand  in  the  way  of  my 
fullest  acceptance  of  what  my  Lord  would 
have  me  believe  and  do. 

But  this  whole  objection  is  based 
upon  a  misunderstanding  of  the  mean- 
ing of  the  expression,  "My  own  church." 
It  does  not  refer  to  the  religious 
body  of  which  I  am  a  member.  When 
we  speak  loosely,  we  speak  of  the  de- 
nomination to  which  we  belong  as  "my 
church,"  but  in  no  sense  is  it  true.  In 
that  sense,  I  have  no  church,  the  religious 
body  to  which  I  belong,  I  am  happy  to 
believe,  is  the  church  of  Christ.  It  is  his, 
not  mine,  even  as  I  am  not  my  own,  but, 
purchased  by  his  own  precious  blood,  1 
am  his.  So  of  the  church  he  said,  "On 
this  rock  I  will  build  my  church." 

Evidently  the  expression,  "My  own 
church,"  refers  to  the  particular  congre- 
gation of  which  I  am  a  member;  for  me, 
it  means  the  South  Side  Christian  church, 
in  Kansas  City.  I  am  pledged  in  the 
sight  of  God  and  man  to  perform  my 
whole  duty  to  that  congregation  of  Dis- 
ciples of  my  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  the 
question  of  the  moment  is,  what  is  my 
duty  to  that  particular  congregation  and 
how  can  I  best  perform  it? 

1.  I  can  be  loyal  to  my  own  church,  do 
my  doty  towards  her,  by  attending  the 
regular  services  as  much  as  is  in  my 
power.  Oar  book  of  instructions  says  that 
we  are  "not  to  neglect  the  assembling  of 
ourselves  together  as  the  manner  of  some 
is."  By  regular  attendance  I  help  my 
pastor.  There  is  nothing  so  discouraging 
to  the  faithful  preacher  as  to  face  empty 
seats;  even  as  there  is  nothing  more  inspir- 
ing to  him  than  to  have  a  number  of  "regu- 
lars" who,  in  all  kinds  of  weather,  and 
through  all  kinds  of  difficulties,  and  in 
spite  of  all  kinds  of  hindrances,  will  be 
found  in  their  places  upon  the  Lord's  day. 
Many  a  good  sermon,  doubtless,  has  been 
spoiled  by  the  absence  of  those  whose 
presence  the  preacher  had  the  right  to  ex- 


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pect,  and  many  a  sermon,  that  would 
otherwise  have  been  spiritless  and  tame, 
has  been  filled  with  blessed  inspiration  by 
the  very  sight  of  a  large,  expectant,  faith- 
ful congregation.  I  believe  it  was  our 
own  gifted  Moses  E.  Lard  who  said,  "Tne 
man  that  can  preach  as  well  to  a  small 
audience  as  he  can  to  a  large  one  is  not 
fit  to  preach  at  all."  Whether  this  is  true 
or  not,  certainly  there  are  but  few 
preachers  who  are  not  susceptible  to  the 
presence  or  absence  of  expected  auditors. 

Then  it  not  only  helps  the  minister  in 
his  ministrations,  but  this  regular  attend- 
ance on  my  part  has  its  influence  upon  the 
unconverted  who  know  me.  If  they  see 
that  any  trifling  cause  is  permitted  to  keep 
me  from  the  meetings  of  the  congregation, 
they  easily  get  the  idea  that  my  concep- 
tion of  the  value  of  religion  is  not  very 
large,  and  they  will  make  their  estimate 
accordingly.  "If  this  woman,"  they  say, 
"believed  what  is  written  in  the  Bible  she 
would  be  found  in  her  place  in  the  house 
of  the  Lord— I  guess  there  is  not  much  in 
it  anyhow."  And  upon  the  other  hand, 
the  constant,  persistent  attendance  on  the 
services  of  the  sanctuary  has  its  influence 
for  good.  If,  in  spite  of  difficulties  and 
hindrances,  I  am  found  in  my  place, 
others  may  "see  my  good  works  and  be 
constrained  to  glorify  my  Father  which' is 
in  heaven."  There  is  no  surer  way  of  ad- 
vertising my  loyalty  to  "my  own  church" 
than  by  regular  attendance  on  her  services. 

2.  But  I  must  not  be  content  with 
that  which  is  known  as  the  regular  serv- 
ices. "My  duty  to  my  own  church"  as 
an  Endeavorer  is   not   performed  unless  I 


am  in  the  Bible-school,  either  as  a  pupil 
or  a  teacher.  An  Endeavorer  is  first,  last 
and  all  the  time  a  helper.  In  the  war  of 
the  Revolution  they  had  companies  of 
what  they  called  "minute  men"— they 
were  ready  for  service  at  any  minute.  So 
the  band  of  Caristian  Endeavorers  in  each 
congregation  should  be  minute  men  and 
women,  ready,  on  an  instant's  notice  for 
any  service,  and  in  the  Sunday  school  es- 
pecially can  I  be  greatly  helpful  to  my 
own  church. 

3.  Of  course  it  goes  with  the  saying  that 
I  will  be  in  all  the  meetings  of  the  society 
which  it  is  possible  for  me  to  attend.  The 
mere  statement  of  this  receives  the  hearty 
assent  of  all,  but  let  us  remember  that  this 
service  is  merely  a  help  to  the  main  service 
of  the  congregation,  and  that  when  Heave 
at  the  end  of  the  Endeavor  service  and 
fail  to  be  in  the  church  service  I  am  doing 
the  very  thing  that  is  not  helpful  to  my 
own  church.  But  when  I  am  in  the  En- 
deavor meeting  my  duty — a  cold  word — 
demands  more  than  my  mere  presence;  I 
must  be  ready  for  any  call— any  service. 

4.  Then  I  must  give  my  own  church  all 
the  help  financially  that  I  can.  A  true 
Endeavorer  is  never  a  "dead  head,"  he 
will  pay  his  way.  A  religion  that  costs 
nothing  is  of  little  value.  For  that  which 
we  love,  we  will  give  If  we  do  not  give,  it 
is  a  sure  sign  we  do  not  love.  Neither  am 
I  released  from  this  obligation  because  it 
is  but  little  that  I  can  do,  or  because  there 
are  others  more  able  than  I.  I  must  stand 
in  this  for  myself  before  the  Lord.  "To 
my  own*  Master  I  steed  cr  fall." 

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With  the  Children 

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With   the   Woodneys. 

THE   FIFTH    DAY   BEGINS. 

Mr.  Worth  Acre  the  next  morning  woke 
up  early,  as  usual,  and  he  and  Arthur 
dressed  before  it  was  broad  daylight.  The 
blacksmith  again  expressed  his  regret  over 
sending  the  youth  away  without  his  break- 
fast, and  again  declared  that  he  would 
try  to  reconcile  his  grandfather  to  the 
other's  company.  Arthur  spoke  of  the 
grand  dinner  at  G.  C.  D.  Woodney's.  "In 
that  case,"  said  Mr.  Acre,  "all  will  be  gone 
but  you.  Now,  I'm  not  going  to  have 
you  left  there  to  eat  a  cold  snack,  while  all 
the  family  are  off  on  a  festival.  You  come 
around  to  me  at  six  o'clock,  and  I'll  ar- 
range matters." 

Arthur  smiled  gratefully.     "If  you  think 
your  grandfather  won't  mind,"  he  said. 

"Well,    grandpa   will  mind,"    returned 
Mr.  Acre.     "At  least,  I  think  he  will;  but 
you  can  hardly  ever  predict  the  old  gentle- 
man.    You  can  predict   the   weather,  arid 
sometimes  hit  it;  but  not  so  the  old  gentle- 
man.    However,    I'll   be   with   you    first, 
and  I'll   see  you    through."     To   the  lad, 
this  sounded  almost  as  strange  as  joining 
the  Masons,  but   he  promised  to  come  at 
six   that  evening.     When   they   went  out 
into    the    court,    Arthur    saw    the    black 
woman  who  had  been  Worth  Acre's  nurse. 
She  was  standing   in   another  door  of  the 
court,  watching  him,  and  she  did  not  ap- 
pear to  entertain  a  friendly  eye.     She  was 
very  fat  and   very   black,  with   enormous 
feet,  which   seemed   to  challenge  the  skill 
and  resources  of  the  shoemaking  industry. 
Her  head  was  tied  up    in   a  red   bandana; 
here  and  there  a  little  twisted  wisp  of  hair 
had  escaped  and  showed  the  bits  of  dingy 
cotton  string  which  bound  it  together. 
"Mawnin',  Mr.  Wutn,"  she  said. 
"Aunt  Tabby,"  said  Worth  Acre,  "this 
is  the  young  man  I  was  telling  you  about." 
"Yes,   I   reckoned   it  was,"   said  Aunt 
Tabby,  and  she  went  into  her  door,  either 
to  show  Arthur  that  she  could  get  through 
the  opening  in  spite  of  her  size,  or  because 
she  was  displeased  at  his  being  there. 

"Aunt  Tabby  is  dreadfully  spoiled," 
said  the  blacksmith  in  a  low  voice,  stop- 
ping at  the  court  entrance  between  the  two 
ends  of  the  house.  "She  has  had  only 
me  and  grandpa  so  long  that  the  sight  of 
company  of  any  kind  seems  to  worry  her 
almost  to  death.  Well,  good-by,  and  come 
around  to  me  at  six." 

Arthur  went  away  slowly,  for  it  was  still 
more  than  an  hour  till  his  own  breakfast- 
time.  The  house  of]the  Misses  Day  was  the 
only  one  between  Horseshoe  House  and  the 
Woodneys'.  The  three  maiden  sisters 
were,  of  course,  already  astir,  and  smoke 
from  the  back  chimney  told  its  tale  of  good 
cheer;  but  none  of  the  Woodneys  were 
awake.  When  Arthur  came  to  the  yard,  a 
sight  met  his  eyes  which  caused  him  to 
start  violently,  turn  pale,  and  then  red. 
He  was  looking  upon  a  tragedy,  and  in- 
dignation leaped  up  in  his  breast.  The 
grass  which  he  and  Bob  Enderthorpe  and 
Peter  Wren  had  set  with  so  much  labor, 
and  which  had  been  uncovered  that  the 
night  dew  and  coolness  might  refresh  it, 
was  in  dreadful  peril.  A  tall,  loag-legged, 
vigorous  young  cock  was  in  the  very 
midst,  scratching  with  all  his  might  and 
sending  blades  of  greenness  whirring 
through  the  air.  He  had  already  de- 
molished    half    a     wheelbarrow    of    sod. 


Arthur  stood  a  moment  petrified  with  sur- 
prise and    wrath.     Then  he   picked   up  a 
small  clod    and   threw  it.     The    cock    fell 
over,  quite  dead.     It  was  a-  small  clod  and 
Arthur  had  no  sort   of   reputation  for  hit- 
ting what   he   threw    at.     He  hid  not  ex- 
pected to  hit  the  fowl,  but   he    had  hoped 
to    scare   it.      But    the     cock    had    been 
killed  before  it  had  had  time  to  be  scared. 
It  was  Arthur  now  who   was    frightened. 
He  felt  deep  remorse  as  well,  for  he  shrank 
from  wounding  any   sort  of  animal.     He 
bent  over  the  chicken,  and  shook  it.    How 
strange  that  it  had  been  alive  and  scratch- 
ing but  a  few  minutes   before!     It  seemed 
that  there  ought  to  be  some  way  to  get  the 
life  back  into  it,  but   the    film    had  closed 
over  the  eyes  and  the  head  swung  this  way 
and    that   when   the    body    was   held    in 
air.     Well,    it  was  dead,  and  must  be  dis- 
posed of.     It  was  no  longer  of  use  to  any- 
body.    Arthur     concluded     to     bury    the 
chicken  and  thus  atone  as   far  as  possible 
for  his  deed.     The   spade   still  lay   in  the 
wheelbarrow  in  the    next   yard.     He  went 
over  to    borrow   it.     He    knocked   on   the 
door,  but  no  one  heard  him,  because  Miss 
Polly,  Miss  Susie  and  Miss  Lizzie  were  all 
hard  at  work,  one  at  getting  breakfast, one 
at  making  the  beds,  and  one  at  sweeping. 
Arthur  concluded  to   take   the  spade  and 
explain  on  his  return.     He  came  back  into 
the  Woodney  yard  thinking  someone  would 
be  up  by  this   time;  but   no    sound  issued 
from  the  house.    He   looked   about   for  a 
good  burial-site   and   concluded   to   dig  a 
grave  under  the  plank  walk    that   ran  be- 
fore the  front  yard.    It  would   be   out  of 
the  way  under  the  walk,  and  if  buried  in 
the  Woodney  yard  it   might  have  to  be  ex- 
humed during   the  sodding.    As  the  road 
dipped  before  the  Woodneys' , the  Days'  and 
the  Enderthorpes' ,  and  as  the  sidewalk  kept 
on  a  level,  it  was  about  six   feet  from  the 
walk  before  the   Woodney  gate,    to    the 
ground   under  it.    Arthur  climbed  down 
under  the  "bridge,"  as  Mace  had   called 
the  walk,  and  dug   a   hole   near  two  sup- 
ports of  the  walk,  which   were   crossed    in 
a  way  to  make  the  letter  "x".     He  buried 
the  dead    and   returned    the    spade    and 
wheelbarrow,  still    without    having    been 
seen.     He  began  to  wonder  if  it  wouldn't 
be  just  as  well  to  say   nothing  about  kill- 
ing the   chicken.    It   had   deserved  death 
for  scratching  up  such  laboriously  gotten 
grass  in  an  alien  yard.    It  had  been  slain 
as   a  trespasser.    Again,  Arthur  had  not 
intended  to  kill   it,  and  as   he   had  cast  a 
small  clod,  and  not  a   rock,  nobody  could 
have  had   the   right  to  suppose   that   he 
would  have  killed   it.    Being,    therefore, 
not  to  blame  in  the  act,  and  having  no  in- 
tention to  conceal  it  when  he  went  for  the 
spade,  there  seemed   no   use  to   say  any- 
thing about  it.  If  anybody  asked,  of  course 
he  would  tell  just  what  had  happened. 

It  was  old  Mrs.  Woodney  who  first  dis- 
covered the  havoc  that  had  been  wrought 
in  the  yard.  "I  wonder  you  didn't  find 
that  chicken  at  work,"  she  exclaimed,  "for 
the  earth  is  fresh  where  he  scratched." 

"I  did  find  him  scratching,"  said  Arthur, 
"and  I  threw  at  him." 

"I  wish  you  had  knocked  it  over,"  cried 
the  old  lady.  Arthur  was  just  about  to 
reply  that  he  had  "knocked  it  over,"  when 
Mr.  Woodney  said,  "It  would  have  been 
very  wrong,  mother,  for  the  chicken  was 
not  to  blame;  it  was  merely  following  its 
instincts." 

"When  men  follow  their  instincts,"  re- 
turned his  mother,  "they  are  given  to  the 
penitentiary;    and    when    chickens    follow 
theirs,  the  pot  should  be  ready." 
Arthur  did  not  tell  that  he  had  killed  the  ' 


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no  relief  until  cured  by  Hlmalya.  Mr.  D.  L.  Ci •»>»*,  1M 
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me  of  Hay-fever  and  Asthma  and  have  never  had  any 
return  of  the  disease. 

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the  Kola  Plant  is  a  specific  constitutional  cure 
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trespasser.     During  the    day   the  sodding 
went  on.     Mace  was  very  busy  getting  her 
dress  ready   for  the  evening    dinner.     By 
noon,    she   had  finished  sewing   some  old 
insertion   in    the  bertha  and  in  the   yoke, 
and  during  the  afternoon  the  sewing-ma- 
chine was  busy  on  the  three  ruffles  of  the 
skirt.     It  was  a  full  skirt,  and  the  dress 
was  white   batiste.     There  was  a  girdle  to 
be  made  of  some  of  her  mother's  old  white 
silk.     Altogether,  she  was  so  occupied  that 
she  could  hardly  look  out  of  the  window, 
and   so    tired    that   she    wondered   if    she 
would  be  hungry  when  the  grand  dinner 
was  set  before  her.     Arthur  saw  her  at  the 
noon  meal — which  was  a  very  slight  affair, 
"because,"  said  Mrs.  Geraldine  Woodney, 
"we  must  save  ourselves."     Arthur  knew 
nothing   about   the  white    batiste  with  its 
full  skirt  and  its  yoke  and  bertha,  and  he 
could  only   see  the  girl  as  she  was.     She 
wore  one  of  her  oldest  dresses  and  her  hah 
was  tumbled;  her  collar  was  a  little  awry; 
her  shoes  were  the  old  ones  with  that  place 
in  the  toe  that  shows  where  a  hole  is  com- 
ing.    The  leather  had  been  fine  in  its  day, 
but  it  had  seen  so  much  of  the  world,  it 
no  longer  tried  to  hold  itself  up  stiff,  so 
there    was  a  general    air    of  flatness  and 
letting-down  about  both  feet.     Bob  Ender- 
thorpe, coming  to  the  house  for  a  drink, 
found  her  at  her  sewing.     Her  cheeks  were 
flushed,  her  fingers    nimble,    her   eyes   so 
busy  they  had  no  time  to  look  at  him.    He 
stumbled  against  a  chair  in  passing  through 
the  room,  and  knocked  it  with  his  shin  on 
returning.     He  thought  he  had  never  seen 
such  a  picture  of  grace  and  comfort.     The 
old   shoes   bad   such  a  homelike    air,   the 
rumpled  hair  seemed  on  a  childhood's  holi- 
day, the  collar  spoke  of  cheerful  industry, 
and  the  cheeks  had  gathered  fresh  roses. 
Arthur  did  not  see  what  Bob  saw;  some- 
thing was  before  his  eyes.     Perhaps  it  was 
the   charming   face   and    form    of    Jennie 
Woodney;  perhaps  it  was  that  dead  cock. 
He    had   hardly    been   at   ease   since   the 
assassination.     Perhaps  he  would  tell  yet. 
He   thought  he  might  confess  to-morrow. 
He   hadn't    done    wrong;    or,    he   hadn't 
meant  to.     Yes,  to-morrow  would  be  Sun- 
day,   and   no    sodding   could  go  on  then. 
Now,  he  hadn't  time  to  enter  into  the  sub- 
ject; he  would  wait. 
O,  Arthur  Lowell! 
At  six,  the  Woodneys  had  left  the  house 


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Before  that,  Arthur  had  wandered  away 
somewhat  mournfully  to  the  "festival" 
Worth  Acre  had  promised  him.  He  came 
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why  the  blacksmith  did  not  come  forth, 
a  thin  man,  dry  and  wrinkled,  stepped 
lightly  through  the  entrance,  and  fastened 
piercing  eyes  upon  him. 

"Ah!"  he  said  to  Arthur,  "so  you  have 
come  at  iast." 

"Yes,  sir;  it  is  hurtuv  sis  yet,"  said  the 
other.  There  could  be  no  doubt  that  this 
old  gentleman  was  the  grandfather.  "Is 
Mr.  Worth  Acre  here?" 

"He  is  not  here,"  said  the  other  in  a 
low,  emphatic  voice.  "Listen!  They  are 
coming  by  that  road.  Come!"  Hetouched 
Arthur  on  the  arm  and  showed  him  the 
country  road,  which  ran  from  the  west 
end  of  town.  "They  have  threatened  to 
have  my  life." 

"Your  life!"  echoed  Arthur  in  amaze- 
ment. 

"My  life!  You  understand?  They  mean 
to  kill  me.  Now,  there  is  not  a  second  to 
lose.  I  want  you  to  stand  at  yonder  gate, 
and  watch  for  them— an  old,  old  man- 
much  older  than  I— followed  by  four  horse- 
men. When  you  see  them  coming  over 
the  hill,  rush,  rush— you  understand?  rush 
into  the  court!     Close  and  lock  the  gates!" 

Arthur  was  terrified.  "You  want  me  to 
stand  at  Mr.  Tumbleton's  gate  and  watch 
for  four  horsemen?"  he  gasped. 

'''Tumbleton?  Tumbleton?  I  know  it 
not,"  said  the  other.  "When  the  old,  old 
man  comes  over  the  hill  with  the  four 
horsemen,  rush  to  me — rush!" 

"Hadn't  I  better  go  for  Mr.  Worth 
Acre?" 

"Go  for  him?  No!  While  you  were 
gone,  they  might  come,"  cried  the  old 
gentleman,  who  was  now  in  the  wildest 
excitement.  "Take  up  your  post  at  that 
gate,  the  last  gate  in  the  town.  There  is 
not  an  instant  to  lose.  Run,  lad,  run  for 
your  life!" 

It  did  not  occur  to  Arthur  to  suspect  the 
old  gentleman  of  an  unsound  mind.  Mr. 
Worth  Acre  had  bragged  about  the  re- 
markable strength  of  his  grandfather. 
Arthur   ran  to  the   Tumbleton    gate   and 


strained  his  eyes  upon  the  horizon,  while  his 
heart  palpitated  with  fear  and  excitement. 
It  was  a  little  comfort  to  him  to  see  in  the 
saloon-door  just  across  the  way,  the  fat 
form  of  Mrs.  Hoogan.  He  wondered  haz- 
ily if  old  Mr.  Acre  had  committed  a  crime, 
and  if  the  four  horsemen  were  the  sheriff's 
posse  coming  to  seizs  him.  He  thought  of 
the  chicken  buried  under  the  sidewalk,  and 
felt  a  thrill  of  sympathy  for  the  old  man  hid- 
ing from  the  avengers.  Presently,  he  saw 
a  cloud  of  dust  rising  above  the  brow  of 
the  distant  hill.  It  rolled  slowly  and  heavily 
upward,  and  the  lad,  fancying  he  already 
saw  the  horsemen  and  their  venerable 
leader,  rushed  for  Horseshoe  House. 

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Vol.  XLII. 


July  27,   1905 


No.  30 


Current  Events. 


Lieutenant  Peary  is  off  again  for  the 
Pole.     One   day  last  week,  amid  the 

Peary  and  the     ™in*  of  fl/gs    anfd 
North  Pole.  the  tooting  of  congrat- 

ulatory  whistles,  his 
ship,  the  "Roosevelt,"  sailed  out  of 
New  York  harbor.  Peary  himself  was 
on  shore  when  the  vessel  sailed,  but 
will  proceed  as  far  north  as  possible 
by  rail  and  then  join  his  crew.  This 
is  his  tenth  trip  into  the  Arctics  and 
he  believes  that  he  has  at  last  devised 
a  plan  and.  a  route  which  will  give 
the  largest  possible  chance  of  success. 
It  is,  indeed,  a  very  clever  plan  and 
one  which  seems,  at  this  distance,  as 
likely  as  any  to  succeed.  The  problem 
of  getting  to  the  Pole  is  essentially  the 
problem  of  carrying  enough  provisions 
to  sustain  the  party  from  the  last  base 
of  supplies  to  the  destination  and  back 
again.  The  latter  element,  getting 
back  again,  doubles  the  difficulty  but 
without  it  the  joy  of  getting  to  the  Pole 
would  be  clouded  by  the  fact  that  no 
one  would  ever  know  that  it  had  been 
done.  Peary's  plan  is  to  go  as  far  as 
possible  in  his  ship,  which  has  been 
specially  constructed  to  resist  enor- 
mous ice-pressure  and  to  be  lifted  out 
of  the  water  rather  than  crushed  by 
jamming  floes.  It  is  hoped  to  get  the 
vessel  to  the  northern  shore  of  Grant 
Land,  or  within  five  hundred  miles  of 
the  Pole,  before  the  ice  becomes  im- 
passable. If  that  cannot  be  done  this 
summer,  they  will  get  as  far  as  possi- 
ble this  summer  and  try  it  again  next 
spring.  Arctic  exploration  has  the 
merit  of  teaching  patience.  In  any 
case,  this  fall  or  next,  winter  quarters 
and  a  permanent  base  will  be  estab- 
lished at  the  point  mentioned.  Then, 
when  the  long  Arctic  night  is  broken 
by  the  first  streak  of  daylight,  about 
February,  the  ship  will  be  abandoned 
and  the  overland  journey  to  the  Pole 
will  be  begun.  And  this  is  the  clever 
part  of  the  plan.  The  great  difficulty 
has  been  to  carry  provisions  enough 
to  supply  men  and  sledge-dogs  on  the 
trip.  Peary  will  have  more  dogs  and 
more  sledges  than  usual  and  the  expe- 
dition will  be  divided  into  three  sec- 
tions, all  starting  together  and  each 
carrying  as  much  provisions  as  possi- 
ble. From  the  start,  the  men  and 
dogs  of  the  entire  party  will  subsist  on 
the  provisions  carried  by  the  first  sec- 
tion and  when  that  is  exhausted  the 
first  section  will  return  to  the  base  of 
supplies.    The  remaining  two  sections 


will  proceed,  using  the  supplies  car- 
ried by  the  second  section,  which  will 
also  return  when  its  supplies  have 
been  reduced  to  the  point  where  there 
is  just  enough  to  enable  it  to  get  back. 
The  third  section  will  then  be,  accord- 
ing to  the  calculation,  two-thirds  of  the 
way  from  the  base  of  supplies  to  the 
Pole,  with  its  own  supplies  untouched. 
Using  these,  the  dash  to  the  Pole  will  be 
made  and  the  return  commenced  with- 
out unnecessary  delay.  At  about  the 
point  where  the  second  section  was 
left,  the  first  section,  which  has  re- 
turned with  a  new  lot  of  provisions, 
will  be  met.  Farther  back,  the  second 
section  will  meet  them  with  still  more 
supplies,  and  the  whole  party  will 
come  in  together  as  it  went  out.  Of 
course  a  good  many  things  are  likely 
to  happen  to  disturb  the  symmetry  of 
this  scheme,  but  it  has  been  caref  ally 
wrought  out  by  the  man  who  has  had 
more  experience  in  arctic  exploration 
than  any  other  living  man.  We  heart- 
ily hope  that  he  will  succeed  and  break 
the  fatal  charm  which  the  North  Pole 
has  possessed  for  bold  navigators  for 
the  past  century. 


Enforcement  of 
the  Law. 


Attorney  Jerome,  of  New  York,  has 
had  a  good  deal  of  the  idealism 
knocked  out  of  him  in 
the  course  of  his  many 
campaigns  for  muni- 
cipal decency  in  his  city.  His  work 
has  been  excellent  and  effective,  and 
he  has  not  yet  lowered  his  arm,  but 
there  is  evident  in  some  of  his  more 
recent  utterances  a  new  note  of  cyni- 
cism which  indicates  that  he  has  lost 
some  of  his  spirit  if  nothing  of  his 
strength.  During  his  recent  western 
tour,  he  commented  favorably  on  the 
general  tenor  of  Governor  Folk's  work, 
but  gave  the  opinion  that  much  of  it 
was  impractical.  He  said,  "I  am  sore 
with  banging  my  own  head  against 
unenforceable  laws.  But  I  had  to.  1 
have  got  to  do  it.  It  is  my  duty.  But 
I  know  that  I  cannot  succeed,  because 
the  people  do  not  believe  those  laws 
have  a  sound  moral  sanction."  That 
is  rather  a  sad  utterance  for  one  in 
Mr.  Jerome's  position  and  with  his  ex- 
perience. He  is  talking  particularly 
about  Sunday  closing  laws,  but  it 
applies  equally  to  all  laws  that  may  be 
locally  unpopular  with  the  most  asser- 
tive element  of  a  community.  We  may 
count  on  it  that  the  attorney  who  be- 
lieves his  task  to  be  an  impossible  one 
is  not  going  to  "bang  his  head" 
against  the  stone  wall  any  harder  than 
his  sense  of  duty  absolutely  demands, 
and  it  is  pretty  sure  that  the  force  of 


his  blow  will  diminish  as  his  convic- 
tion of  its  ineffectiveness  increases. 
We  prefer  Folk's  dictum,  which  is  but 
a  repetition  of  Roosevelt's  motto  as 
police  commissioner  of  New  York, 
that  the  remedy  for  a  bad  law  is  not  to 
ignore  it  but  to  enforce  it.  Public 
opinion  has  a  much  better  chance  to 
register  itself  in  the  making  of  laws 
than  at  any  other  time.  The  represen- 
tatives of  a  million  people  may  enact  a 
certain  law,  and  a  thousand  noisy  and 
persistent  malcontents  whose  interests 
or  habits  are  interfered  with  by  it 
may  create  the  impression  that  public 
sentiment  is  overwhelmingly  against 
the  law.  The  official  who  tries  to 
regulate  his  enforcement  of  law  accord- 
ing to  the  apparent  support  of  public 
sentiment,  is  peculiarly  liable  to  such 
errors  of  judgment,  letting  the  noisy 
and  obstreperous  thousand  outweigh 
the  orderly  and  silent  million.  The 
safest  thing  for  him  to  do,  if  he  wants 
to  be  with  public  sentiment,  is  to  en- 
force the  laws  which  have  been  enacted 
by  the  representatives  of  the  people. 


Party 
Government. 


A  well-meaning  preacher,  with  a 
hearty  and  wholesome  belief  in  reform, 
recently  nominated 
Hanly  of  Indiana  and 
Folk  of  Missouri  as 
candidates  for  president  and  vice-pres- 
ident in  1908.  The  fact  that  one  of 
these  gentlemen  is  a  staunch  Republi- 
can and  the  other  a  sound  Democrat 
did  not  in  the  least  enter  into  the  cal- 
culations of  this  volunteer  nominating 
committee.  He  knew  that  they  were 
of  diverse  politics  but  passed  it  off 
lightly  by  saying  that  he  did  not  think 
that  would  matter  in  the  case  of  men 
who  stood  so  conspicuously  for  right- 
eousness. Now,  there  can  be  no  doubt 
of  the  importance  of  honesty  as  an  is- 
sue in  any  election  at  the  present  time. 
Nearly  any  of  us  would  rather  vote  for 
an  honest  man  of  the  opposing  party 
than  for  a  grafter  of  our  own  political 
faith,  and  in  local  elections  the  ten- 
dency to  overleap  party  lines  and  find 
the  best  man  is  most  gratifying  to  all 
good  citizens.  But  while  party  politics 
has  no  real  meaning  in  connection 
with  the  government  of  a  city,  and 
very  little  in  the  government  of  a  state, 
it  is  an  element  not  to  be  ignored  in 
the  administration  of  national  affairs. 
There  the  issues  upon  which  party 
platforms  are  drawn  have  a  real  sig- 
nificance. It  is  of  course  essential  that 
we  have  an  honest  man  in  the  presi- 
dency and  one  who  will  enforce  the 
laws,  but  it  is  also  essential  to  have 
one  who  will  support  wise  policies  in 


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July  27    1905 


national  and  international  affairs. 
Vponthese  matters  partiesare  divided, 
and  to  elect  a  conglomerate  ticket, 
composed  of  honest  men  of  opposite 
political  beliefs,  would  be  a  curious 
folly.  Perhaps  it  is  scarcely  necessary 
to  speak  so  seriously  of  such  an  obvi- 
ous error,  but  it  is  worth  while,  in  the 
midst  of  our  much  needed  emphasis 
upon  civic  righteousness  and  our  criti- 
cisms upon  blind  partyism,  to  remem- 
ber that,  in  federal  affairs  at  least, 
parties  are  an  indispensable  feature  of 
our  government. 


Saint 

Columbus. 


It  is  announced  from  Rome  that 
Christopher  Columbus  is  about  to  be 
canonized  as  the  pa- 
tron saint  of  America. 
The  ceremony  is  to 
take  place  on  the  four  hundredth  anni- 
versary of  his  death,  May  26,  1906, 
and  at  the  same  time  a  statue  of  Saint 
Christopher  Columbus  is  to  be  erected 
in  the  Vatican.  This  ought  to  be  a 
great  gratification  to  America,  for 
there  has  never  been  a  saint  whom  this 
continent  could  claim  indisputably  as 
its  own.  To  be  sure,  we  have  been 
getting  along  very  well  in  our  unsanc- 
tified  condition,  but  with  Columbus 
elevated  to  the  status  where  he  can  be 
employed  as  an  intercessor  in  our  be- 
half at  the  throne  of  grace,  we  ought 
to  flourish  and  abound.  The  canon- 
ization of  Columbus  will  be  somewhat 
unusual,  for  that  honor  is  usually  re- 
served for  those  who  have  given  evi- 
dence of  exceptional  piety  during  life 
or  (in  the  absence  of  piety)  for  dis- 
tinguished ecclesiastics,  who  made  up 
in  rank  what  they  lacked  in  religion. 
In  general,  miracle-working  power 
during  life  or  evidence  of  miraculous 
power  of  the  bones  after  death  is  a 
pre-requisite  to  canonization,  though 
this  rule  is  not  absolute.  Living  per- 
sons, of  course,  are  never  canonized, 
and,  as  a  rule,  two  or  three  centuries 
must  elapse  before  the  natural  and 
gradual  accretion  of  legend  furnishes 
a  sufficient  body  of  "well-attested" 
miracles  to  warrant  canonization.  Ele- 
vation to  the  dignity  of  sainthoodlis 
not  intended  as  an  idle  compliment  to 
the  virtues  of  the  deceased.  In  return 
for  the  honor  that  is  paid  to  him,  the 
saint  is  expected  to  act  as  intercessor 
for  those  suppliants  who  invoke  his 
aid.  In  such  a  case,  it  is  natural  to 
give  the  preference  to  a  saint  who, 
even  during  his  natural  life,  was 
known  to  possess  wonder-working 
powers.  Columbus  cannot,  so  far  as 
we  are  informed,  lay  claim  to  any 
such  powers  during  life,  but  he  will 
doubtless  begin  to  make  a  record  as. 
soon  as  he  is  canonized.  This  par- 
ticular event  is  only  another  illustra- 
tion of  that  age-long  disposition  of 
the  papacy  to  take  to  itself  the  credit 
for  any  good  thing  that  is  done.  Co- 
lumbus, to  be  sure, was  a  good  Catho- 
lic and  the  early  explorers  who  fol- 
lowed him  were  children  of  their 
superstitions  age,  to  the  extent  of 
asking  the   pope's   permission  to  sail 


uncharted  seas  and  occupy  unknown 
lands.  But  the  prosperity  of  the  new 
world  which  Columbus  ran  into  by  ac- 
cident while  he  was  looking  for  China, 
has  been  in  proportion  as  it  freed  it- 
self from  the  domination  of  the  pa- 
pacy. The  canonization  of  Columbus 
will  not  help  the  country  a  great  deal, 
we  fear. 


Mrs.  Mary  Baker  G.    Eddy  has   put 

forth    a    message    to     her     Christian 

w        bjj  .  Science    fold.     It     is 

Mrs.  Eddys  gaid-  tQ    be  her  lagt 

Catechism.  .  , 

pronouncement,     and 

it  is  in  the  form  of  a  catechism.  We  al- 
ways like  to  give  the  Christian  Scien- 
tists a  chance  to  speak  for  themselves, 
for  otherwise  they  always  feel  misrep- 
resented. Here  are  some  of  Mrs. 
Eddy's  questions  and  answers.  No- 
tice the  naive  absence  of  relevancy  be- 
tween the  question  and  its  answer  in 
some  cases  and  the  characteristic  am- 
biguity of  the  answer  in  others,  as  in 
the  ones  about  the  new  religion,  natural 
science,  and  surgery: 

"Is  Christian  Science  a  new  religion?" 

"Yes,  a  new  old  religion  and  Chris- 
tianity." 

"Does  it  stand  in  relation  to  Christianity  as 
Christianity  did  to  Judaism?" 

"Somewhat." 

"Are  you  an  interpreter  of  Jesus'  teaching  or 
have  you  presented  that  which  is  new  to  his 
teachings?" 

"An  interpreter  thereof." 

"Is  the  textbook  of  Christian  Science  the 
word  of  God  in  the  same  sense  as  the  Bible 
is?" 

"All  truth  is  of  God  and  Christian  Science 
is  eternal  truth,  demonstrable,  based  on  a 
fixed  principle  and  rules,  and  is  susceptible  of 
proof." 

"Is  'Science  and  Health,  a  Key  to  the  Scrip- 
tures,' a  fulfillment  of  the  New  Testament 
promises  of  a  latter  day  revelation?" 

"It  is." 

"Is  .Christian  Science  in  antagonism  to 
natural  science?" 

"No,  not  to  natural  spiritual  science.  There 
is  no  material  science." 

"Does  Christian  Science  discourage  the 
study  of  natural  science  or  any  portion  of 
it?" 

"It  is  gained  by  study  and  tightness. " 

"Does  it  deny  the  existence  of  disease  germs 
or  merely  assert  man's  superiority  over  such 
forces?" 

"It  denies  the  existence  thereof." 

"Does  Christian  Science  expect  its  fol- 
lowers to  live  immediately  as  though  entirely 
spiritualized  beings?" 

"No." 

"Is  it  proper  for  a  Christian  Scientist  to 
disregard  the  laws  of  hygiene  or  merely  to  dis- 
regard  them    if   circumstances   make  it   neces- 


sary 


?" 


"To  disregard  all  that  denies  the  allness  of 
God's  spirit  and  his  laws." 

"May  the  Christian  Scientist  make  use  ef 
physical  culture,  use  especially  nutritive  foods 
or  make  use  of  fresh  air  treatment  as  aids 
to  physical  well  being?" 

"No,  not  necessarily." 

"Under  any  conceivable  circumstances  would 
a   Christian  Scientist  make  use  of  surgery?" 

"Yes  and  no." 

"In  case  of  infectious  disease,  would  a  Chris- 
tian Scientist  yield  himself  to  the  customary 
treatment  of  isolation  and  disinfection?" 

"If  the  law  demands  it,  yes." 

"Does  a  Christian  Scientist  regard  poverty 
as  a  manifestation  of  disease?" 

"No." 

"Is  poverty  a  disease  of  society  or  of  the 
individual?" 

"Of   both." 

"Can  the  individual,  by   the   use  of  Chris- 


tian Science,  overcome  a  worldly  defeat?" 

"Yet." 

"If  the  world  would  abandon  the  study  of 
disease  and  crime,  and  devote  itself  to  the 
study  of  wealth,  health  and  love,  would  crimi- 
nals, cripples  and  poverty  cease  to  exist?" 

"They  would." 

"Is  there  a  doctrine  taught  by  Christian 
Science  that  evil  can  be  willed  against  another 
as  well  as  good?" 

"This  doctrine  is  hypnotism.  Christian 
Science  can  only  produce  good  effects." 

"Has  an  evil  mind  power  against  a  spiritual 
life?" 

"Evil  works  against  all  good,  if  it  works  at 
all." 

"Do  you  regard  death  as  a  great  world  fear 
which  the  human  race  wills  against  itself?" 

"Yes." 

"Does  Christian  Science  advocate  the  abolish- 
ment of  philanthropic  institutions,  as  well  as 
hospitals?" 

"No." 

"Could  society  exist  without  jails  and  alms- 
houses?" 

"Not  at  present." 


Unionism  in  the 
Courts. 


Little  by  little  it  is  being  impressed 
upon  the  labor  unions  that  they  are 
amenable  to  law  and 
that  they  can  and 
must  be  held  legally 
responsible  for  the  results  of  their 
acts.  The  fact  that  the  unions  are  not 
incorporated  has  been  an  obstacle  in 
the  way  of  holding  them  to  account  in 
many  cases.  But  now  and  then  there 
is  an  instance  in  which  this  difficulty 
is  surmounted.  In  one  case  not  long 
ago,  a  corporation  got  judgment  for 
damages  in  a  suit  against  a  labor 
union  and  collected  the  money  by  legal 
process  from  individuals  who  were 
members  of  the  union.  A  non-union 
employe  in  a  Massachusetts  shoe-fac- 
tory was  discharged  because  he  did 
not  belong  to  the  union.  He  brought 
suit  for  damages.  In  the  course  of  the 
trial  the  employer  testified  that  he  had 
discharged  the  man  because  of  a  con- 
tract into  which  he  had  entered  with 
the  union  binding  him  to  employ  only 
union  men.  He  recovered  damages 
and  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  state 
has  affirmed  the  decision.  In  another 
case  in  New  Jersey,  a  union  hat-maker, 
whose  card  had  been  taken  away  for 
non-payment  of  dues  and  who  had  lost 
his  place  on  that  account,  sued  the 
union  and  recovered  $300. 


We  think  it  is  time  for  the  political 
situation  in  Ohio  to  be  changed.  A 
Democratic  governor 
who  can  overthrow 
the  present  boss  rule 
in  that  state  will  be  a  real  Godsend. 
It  did  not  need  Mr.  Steffens'  article  in 
McClure's  magazine  to  make  us  ac- 
quainted with  the  rule  of  Geo.  B.  Cox; 
and  Governor  Herrick's  attitude  toward 
the  liquor  question  has  put  him  out  of 
court  with  a  good  many  Republicans. 
The  Democratic  candidate  is  a  Chris- 
tian man  of  high  integrity  and  we 
trust  that,  irrespective  of  political 
party  and  denominational  affiliations, 
the  Christian  people  of  Ohio  will  see 
that  their  state  shall  be  ruled  in  the 
interests  of  good,  right  and  truth, 
rather  than  in  that  of  the  bosses. 


The  Ohio 
Demand. 


July  27,  1905 


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Suggestions  for  the  San  Francisco 
Convention. 

As  the  time  approaches  for  our  na- 
tional convention  at  San  Francisco 
our  thoughts  should  be  concentrated 
upon  the  things  which  should  claim 
our  attention  in  that  great  gathering. 
Of  course  there  will  be  the  usual  re- 
ports both  of  the  officers  of  the  con- 
vention and  of  the  committees.  These 
should  receive  the  most  careful  atten- 
tion of  those  who  are  charged  with 
making  such  reports,  for  much  of  the 
success  of  the  convention  depends 
upon  the  thoroughness  with  which  its 
reports  are  worked  out  by  the  several 
committees  having  in  charge  its  various 
interests.  An  ill- digested  committee 
report  may  consume  hours  of  time  of 
the  whole  convention  and  finally  either 
be  rejected  or  referred  back  to  the  com- 
mittee or  passed  in  an  unsatisfactory 
form. 

But  in  addition  to  the  routine  work 
of  the  convention  which,  after  all,  is 
its  important  work,  there  are  some 
matters  claiming  special  attention 
about  which  the  brethren  should  be 
thinking.  One  of  these  will  be  the 
time  of  holding  these  conventions.  As 
we  have  already  departed  in  this  in- 
stance from  the  regular  time  the  ques- 
tion is  certain  to  be  raised  as  to  the 
wisdom  of  returning  to  the  time  fixed 
by  the  constitution.  We  have  already 
discussed  this  matter  in  an  editorial 
and  have  called  for  an  expression  of 
opinion  from  the  brethren.  So  far  it 
would  seem  there  has  been  but  little 
interest  developed  on  the  subject,  or 
else  our  readers  have  endorsed  the 
suggestions  of  our  editorial.  The 
chief  suggestion  on  that  subject  was 
that  the  time  should  be  located  when 
it  would  accommodate  the  largest  num- 
ber of  people,  and  that  for  this  reason 
it  should  be  placed  in  the  latter  part 
of  June  or  early  in  September,  just  be- 
fore or  at  the  close  of  the  vacation  sea- 
son. So  far  as  the  Christian-Evan- 
gelist is  concerned,  the  constitutional 
time  suits  us  as  well  as  or  better  than 
either  of  the  months  mentioned,  but  it 
is  claimed,  and  we  think  with  reason, 
that  it  interferes  with  the  attendance 
of  our  college  men,  of  preachers,  and 
our  business  men,  without  whom  we 
cannot  hold  a  very  successful  conven- 
tion. 

Another  important  matter  that  will 
come  before  the  San  Francisco  conven- 
tion will  be  the  closer  unification  of  our 
national  home  missionary  and  state 
missionary  societies  and  offerings.  It 
has  been  recommended  by  both  the 
Ohio  and  Missouri  state  conventions 
that  the  offerings  for  these  two  inter- 
ests— state  and  national — be  consoli- 
dated and  that  one  day  be  selected  for 
this  joint  offering  to  be  divided  upon 
an  equitable  basis.  Since  the  work  is 
essentially  one  there  is  no  reason  why 
there  should  not  be  a  closer  unification 
between  our  state  societies  and  the 
national  society,  and  there  are  cogent 
reasons  why  there  should  be  a  closer 
co  operation.     The  more  we  can  sim- 


plify our  missionary  machinery  the 
more  effective  it  is  likely  to  be.  This 
change,  however,  would  involve  a  re- 
adjustment of  days  for  our  different 
general  interests,  and  this  is  a  ques- 
tion that  needs  the  wisest  judgment 
of  our  very  best  men  and  women.  The 
problem  is  to  be  solved  only  by  those 
who  can  see  over  the  whole  wide  field 
and  who  are  interested  equally  in  the 
success  of  every  department  of  our 
work — foreign  and  home  missions, 
state  missions,  Christian  Woman's 
Board  of  Missions,  our  educational 
interests  and  our  benevolent  work.  No 
one  of  these  must  be  overlooked  or 
slighted.  The  problem  of  this  adjust- 
ment will  require  time,  consultation, 
and  wise  judgment. 

Our  suggestion  for  the  San  Francisco 
convention  is  that  it  appoint  a  large 
committee  of  representative  men  and 
women  to  take  this  whole  question  of 
the  closer  unification  of  our  missionary 
societies,  especially  the  state  and  na- 
tional, and  the  readjustment  of  days 
for  the  offerings,  under  consideration 
for  a  year  and  submit  its  report  to  the 
next  annual  convention.  This  would 
avoid  haste  and  give  ample  time  for 
looking  over  the  whole  field  and  con- 
sidering the  question  in  all  its  bear- 
ings. Every  religious  body  engaged 
in  prosecuting  its  work  along  these 
different  lines  finds  it  necessary  from 
time  to  time,  in  the  light  of  its  experi- 
ence, and  to  meet  the  demands  of  new 
problems  as  they  arise,  to  readjust  its 
missionary  machinery  and  methods  to 
existing  conditions.  We  must  never 
suppose  that  we  have  reached  perfec- 
tion in  our  methods  of  work  any  more 
than  in  our  theories  and  systems  of 
thought.  But  these  changes  in  meth- 
ods and  plans  of  work  should  be  made 
only  after  mature  consideration.  Hence 
our  suggestion  for  a  year's  time  and 
for  a  large  committee  in  order  to  a 
wise  solution  of  this  and  other  ques- 
tions which,  in  the  wisdom  of  the  con- 
vention, may  be  referred  to  it. 

"The  Church  of  Christ." 

This  is  the  title  of  a  notable  book 
just  issued  from  the  presses  of 
Funk  &  Wagnalls.  If  we  mistake 
not,  it  will  awaken  a  new  interest  and 
no  little  investigation  and  searching 
the  scriptures.  The  publishers  an- 
nounce it  as  "A  strong,  remarkable 
and  original  work  on  the  churchjfrom 
the  view  point  of  a  layman  of  decided 
convictions  and  wide  commercial  and 
political  experience.  The  author  pre- 
fers to  have  the  book  brought  out 
without  any  hint  as  to  his  identity — 
to  have  its  contents  considered  en- 
tirely from  the  standpoint  of  their 
intrinsic  worth  and  without  any 
reference  to  the  particular  mind  that 
produced  them."  This  at  once  arouses 
our  attention  and  speculation  as  to 
the  authorship;  and  opening  the  vol- 
ume we  are  immediately  struck  with 
the  reverent,  scholarly  and  Christian 
treatment  of  the  great  theme. 

The  author  represents  the  Christian 


religion  as  original — unlike  all  other 
religions  in  its  adaptation  to  all  man- 
kind, in  its  direct  promises  of  eternal 
life,  in  its  teaching  concerning  the 
fatherhood  of  God  and  the  brother- 
hood of  man,  in  its  offer  of  the  for- 
giveness of  sin,  in  its  positive  teach- 
ing and  its  missionary  character.  Book 
first  treats  of  the  history  of  pardon, 
and  book  second  the  evidence  of 
pardon,  and  the  church  as  an  or- 
ganization. Beginning  with  the  king- 
dom of  heaven,  the  writer  con- 
siders the  confession  of  Peter  and  the 
church  of  Christ;  the  greatness  and 
authority  of  Jesus  as  a  teacher;  the 
Christ  as  the  word;  his  passion;  the 
supper  and  the  communion;  the  three 
revelations  or  dispensations;  the  es- 
tablishment of  the  church,  Pentecost, 
the  first  gospel  sermon  and  its  results; 
the  right  division  of  the  word  of  God; 
the  great  salvation;  the  preaching  of 
Peter  and  John,  Stephen  and  Philip; 
the  province  of  miracles  in  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  church;  then  the  con- 
versions, the  place  of  baptism  and  the 
divine  confession;  the  work  of  Paul, 
and  the  call  of  the  Gentiles;  the  an- 
swer to  the  question,  "What  shall  I 
do  to  be  saved?"  and  the  operation  of 
the  Holy  Spirit  in  conversion;  the  mis- 
sionary work  of  the  church;  the  first 
council  in  Jerusalem,  and  its  decree; 
Paul's  missionary  journeys,  his  work 
at  Thessalonica,  Athens,  Corinth, 
Rome,  and  the  conversions  under  his 
preaching. 

Part  second  discusses  the  assurance 
of  pardon,  the  scripture  terms  as  the 
only  way  of  pardon;  the  promises,  and 
the  testimony  of  the  Spirit  over  against 
that  of  the  senses;  the  church  as  an 
organization  with  bishops  or  elders 
and  deacons  and  evangelists;  the 
ordinances  of  the  Lord's  day,  the 
Lord's  supper,  and  the  Lord's  bap- 
tism, and  their  monumental  signifi- 
cance; the  congregational  polity,  co- 
operation and  extension,  and  the  duties 
of  church  membership;  apostasy, 
Christian  unity,  the  basis  of  unity, 
the  sin  of  division  and  wrong  of  creeds; 
denominationalism;  the  uniqueness  of 
Jesus  among  all  religious  teachers. 
This  is  a  beautiful  volume  of  366 
pages. 

It  will  be  seen  the  book  covers  a 
wide  scope.  It  is  written  in  a  very 
succinct  and  satisfactory  style,  how- 
ever, its  positions  well  buttressed  by 
scripture  texts  and  illustrated  with 
scripture  examples.  Some  of  its 
teaching  will,  no  doubt,  meet  with 
criticism,  but  its  clearness  and  can- 
dor and  eminent  Christian  spirit  must 
commend  it  to  most  readers  of  every 
school  of  religious  thought  as  a  sug- 
gestive and  valuable  contribution  to 
the  literature  on  this  subject.  Who- 
ever its  author  may  be,  it  is  evident 
at  once  that  he  is  a  devout  student 
of  the  Holy  Scriptures  and  a  genuine 
lover  of  bis  kind.  An  impartial  and 
serious  examination  of  this  volume 
will,  we  are  satisfied,  aid  in  the  solu- 
tion   of    the    most   trying     and    tre- 


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July  27,  19QS 


mendous  problems  which  confront  our 
modern  church.  The  claim  that  the 
church  of  Christ  should  be  one  and 
identical  in  organization,  teaching, 
and  practice  with  the  New  Testament 
church  before  the  beginning  of  a 
creed,  sect,  or  party;  and  that  such 
unity,  according  to  Christ's  own  word, 
is  essential  to  its  complete  and 
final  triumph,  and  must  bring  in  the 
glad  day  when  the  kingdoms  of  the 
world  shall  become  our  Lord's  king- 
dom, is  surely  a  mighty  one  and 
worthy  of  the  prayerful  consideration 
of  all  lovers  of  the  Christ.  Our  un- 
known author  has  done  a  good  service 
and  we  trust  he  will  meet  with  a  wide 
reading.  F.   D.  P. 

Notes  and  Comments. 

In  these  summer  days  the  spiritual 
life  is  in  grave  danger.  Its  deadliest 
foe,  says  the  Epworth  Herald,  is  neg- 
lect. 

« 

This  is  the  last  call  to  the  churches 
to  respond  to  Brother  Muckley's  ap- 
peal, and  report  at  once  to  him 
whether  they  will  promise  to  take  this 
year  a  collection  for  the  church  exten- 
sion fund.  The  figures  indicated  on 
another  page  show  that  we  are  far 
short  of  the  2,000  churches  which  it 
was  hoped  would  report  in  time  to 
have  their  promises  announced  at  the 
general  convention  in  San  Francisco. 
There  is  time  for  the  churches  still  to 
report  to  Brother  Muckley,  but  they 
must  not  delay  in  the  matter.  Send  a 
post  card  at  once,  brethren,  to  600 
Water  Works  Bldg.,  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
to  reach  him  not  later  than  August  2. 
Church  extension  must  have  a  fund  of 
half  a  million. 


In  a  paper  on  "The  Doctrine  of  Pub- 
lic Worship,"  the  writer,  Rev.  F.  K. 
Freestone,  contending  that  the  multi- 
plicity of  interests  in  life  to-day  is  a 
contributory  cause  for  the  lack  of 
church-going,  emphasizes  what  is  in 
our  judgment  the  one  thing  needful. 
It  is  true,  as  he  observes,  that  many 
have  lost  the  old  quiet  ways  in  the  din 
of  many  pursuits  and  the  distractions 
of  many  cares.  Brighter  services  and 
better  sermons  have  been  suggested 
as  remedies,  but  while  these  are  to  be 
desired,  as  Mr.  Freestone  says,  we 
rather  need  to  inculcate  a  truer  church 
idea,  a  keener  conception  of  the  church 
as  the  best  means  of  realizing  the 
higher  truths  and  sympathies  of  re- 
ligion. 

The  efforts  of  the  saloonists  and 
gamblers  of  St.  Louis  county  to  get 
around  the  closing  orders  are  very 
persistent.  It  would  be  well  if  the 
people  of  the  state  would  once  for  all 
make  up  their  minds  that,  to  quote 
Dr.  Hillis,  all  the  destroyings  of  God 
look  forward  unto  some  high  form  of 
saving.  Is  the  closing  of  evil  resorts 
a  means  of  the   saving  of  our  youth? 


If  it  is,  then  we  should  make  it  very 
emphatic  that  we  propose  to  back  up 
the  governor  in  his  efforts  to  make  the 
law  supreme. 

"I  have  more  faith  in  the  power  of 
one  missionary  to  uplift  a  nation  than 
in  the  power  of  all  the  armies  of  the 
world  to  make  one  man  better,"  says 
Mr.  W.  J.  Bryan.  Whatever  one  may 
think  of  that  leader's  political  and 
financial  views  those  who  read  the 
signs  of  the  times  religiously  will  agree 
with  the  Nebraskan's  firm  stand  on 
behalf  of  missions  and  his  statement 
that  religion  is  not  meant  simply  to 
save  men  in  heaven,  but  it  is  also  in- 
tended to  teach  them  what  this  life 
really  means. 

The  Presbyterian  Banner  quotes  a 
remark  from  John  Fiske,  who  said 
that  "evolution  is  essentially  Calvinis- 
tic."  The  Banner  says  of  this  re- 
mark, "We  accept  this  conclusion  and 
believe  it  to  be  strictly  true  of  that 
form  of  the  doctrine  of  evolution 
which  is  properly  termed  theistic. 
Science  exhibits  the  gradual  unfolding 
of  a  plan  that  must  have  originated  in 
the  divine  mind."  If  that  is  the  true 
idea  of  Calvinism,  then  we  are  all  Cal- 
vinists!  We  are  sure  evolution  is 
Methodistic,  for  method  is  evolution's 
strong  forte.  Perhaps  in  this  way  we 
can  popularize  evolution,  after  all,  and 
make  it  orthodox. 

More  of  the  humanizing  element  and 
less  of  the  lexicographer  is  what  re- 
ligion needs  to-day.  By  which  we  do 
not  mean  that  there  is  no  place  for  the 
scholar  or  for  the  emphasis  of  doc- 
trine. But  the  church  is  realizing  the 
need  and  the  education  of  its  leaders 
is  growing  less  academic.  To  under- 
stand humanity  and  apply  the  great 
truths  of  the  great  Teacher  to  its  needs 
is  the  essential  requirement  in  the 
ministry  of  to-day.  The  scholar  who 
can  discover  the  fine  points  of  Greek 
roots  has  his  place,  but  the  man  in  the 
pulpit  must  have  the  capacity  and  the, 
opportunity  to  benefit  by  the  research 
of  the  scholar  yet  must  himself  know 
humanity  better  than  Hebrew  gram- 
mar. We  might  spend  our  lives  in  de- 
bate and  accomplish  nothing  that 
would  materially  benefit  the  world. 


This  word  concerning  the  true  idea 
of  education  by  Dr.  Van  Dyke  of 
Princeton  university,  in  an  address 
before  the  University  of  California,  is 
needed  against  a  possible  over-em- 
phasis of  the  utilitarian  idea  of  educa- 
tion: 

The  hope  of  the  democracy  lies  in  the 
spread  of  education.  The  more  important 
education  is,  the  more  necessary  it  becomes 
to  have  the  right  ideals. 

The  marketable  ideal  of  education  would 
train  a  man  chiefly  in  order  to  make  him 
able  to  sell  his  work  for  larger  wages.  It 
would  develop  him  from  childhood  up  for 
some  particular  trade  or  business.  It  would 
try  to   make  him   merely   a   lawyer   or  a 


doctor,  or  an  electrician  or  a  merchant,  or 
a  carpenter  or  a  preacher,  instead  of,  first 
of  all,  making  him  a  well-minded  man. 
This  marketable  ideal  is  a  mistake  in  a 
democracy,  because  it  narrows  men's 
thoughts,  dwarfs  their  character  and  di- 
vides them  into  classes  and  guilds  which 
can  not  understand  one  another  because 
they  have  no  common  ground  of  sympathy. 
Broad  manhood  is  what  a  democracy 
needs. 


The  Central  Christian  Advocate  re- 
marks: "When  people  say  that  we  are 
not  to  interpret  the  Bible,  but  to  be- 
lieve it,  they  either  use  words  which 
have  no  meaning  or  they  are  propos- 
ing to  us  to  surrender  that  right  of 
private  judgment  which,  at  heavy  cost, 
we  won  from  Rome  at  the  time  of  the 
Reformation."  There  is  a  good  deal 
of  shallow  demagoguery  in  the  use  of 
that  and  similar  expressions,  but  it  is 
quite  as  often  the  result  of  ignorance. 
The  Bible  is  an  ancient  book,  written 
by  orientals  to  orientals,  in  highly 
tropical  language,  in  tongues  that  are 
no  longer  currently  spoken,  and  re- 
ferring to  usages  and  customs  which 
are  obsolete  or  unknown  to  occidentals. 
While  the  Way  of  Life  is  so  plain  that 
a  wayfaring  man  need  not  err  therein 
it  propounds  problems  and  suggests 
truths  and  principles  that  require  the 
best  scholarship  and  the  best  trained 
intellects.  This  is  why  it  is  absolute- 
ly impracticable  to  insist  on  uniform- 
ity of  thought  and  thorough  agreement 
in  opinion  on  all  questions  of  criticism 
and  interpretation,  as  a  condition  of 
union  and  fellowship. 


Our  good  brother,  J.  W.  McGarvey, 
in  his  department  of  Biblical  Criti- 
cism in  the  Christian  Standard,  says: 
"Nothing  is  made  plainer  in  the  scrip- 
tures than  that  Jesus  did  become  the 
Son  of  God  by  being  born  of  the  Virgin 
Mary.  The  relation  is  not  'an  eternal 
one  growing  out  of  the  divine  nature,' 
for  it  would  be  the  height  of  absurdity 
to  say  God  was  by  his  nature  from  all 
eternity  the  father  of  Jesus  Christ." 
WhatProfessor  McGarvey  here  calls  the 
"height  of  absurdity"  is  the  matured 
thought  of  the  wisest  thinkers  and 
ablest  scholars  in  the  church.  The 
position  is  that  the  manifestations  in 
time  of  God  as  Father,  Son  and  Holy 
Spirit,  are  but  the  expression  of  a  tri- 
unity  of  nature,  in  terms  of  human 
speech,  which  existed  in  eternity.  That 
is,  the  fatherhood  of  God  is  an  essen- 
tial part  of  the  divine  nature  revealed 
to  us  in  Jesus  Christ  but  existing  al- 
ways. But  it  is  evident  that  the  idea 
of  fatherhood  cannot  be  older  than 
that  of  sonship,  for  they  are  correla- 
tive terms,  and  the  one  implies  the 
other.  We  are  greatly  surprised,  there- 
fore, to  read  such  a  statement  from 
the  pen  of  so  mature  a  mind  and  so 
competent  a  scholar  as  Professor  Mc- 
Garvey. We  are  forced  to  the  conclu- 
sion that  he  has  not  directed  his 
thought  very  carefully  to  this  partic- 
ular subject. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


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Editor's  Easy  Chair. 


Pentwater  Musings. 

For  the  past  week  the  Easy  Chair 
has  been  enjoying  the  novel  experience 
of  pioneer  life.  It  has  been  a  taste  of 
boyhood  days  and  has  brought  back 
memories  of  the  long  ago.  On  the  fif- 
teenth day  of  the  seventh  month,  in" 
the  year  of  our  Lord,  1905,  the  same 
being  Saturday,  the  ancient  Sabbath 
and  the  day  preceding  the  Lord's  day, ' 
we  moved  into  our  new  cottage  which 
is  but  the  rear  part  of  the  cottage  that 
is  to  be.  The  accommodations  are 
scant  and  the  furnishings  few  and 
simple,  but  it  would  be  difficult  to 
find  a  king's  palace  whose  royal  in- 
mates enjoy  its  superb  luxuries  and 
splendid  appointments  so  much  as  we 
have  enjoyed  this  rude  cottage  here 
among  the  pines  and  hemlocks  on  the 
shore  of  Lake  Michigan.  We  have 
been  taking  our  meals  from  the  top  of 
a  trunk  which  has  served  as  our  din- 
ing table  until  yesterday  when  our 
carpenter  finished  a  new  table  for  us. 
He  has  also  fitted  up  a  number  of 
shelves  in  the  cozy  little  kitchen,  and 
now  we  are  feeling  a  little  uppish!  The 
pride  of  the  place,  however,  is  our  new 
well,  sunk  just  in  rear  at  the  edge 
of  the  kitchen  porch,  which  goes  down 
sixty-eight  feet  through  the  sand  and 
brings  up  the  crystal  water,  pure  and 
cold,  making  a  drink  excelling  the 
mythical  ambrosia  of  the  gods.  "The 
Pioneer"  has  three  rooms  fronting  the 
lake,  with  a  kitchen  and  porch  in  the 
rear.  In  this  humble  habitat  we  are 
living  and  working  and  enjoying  life. 


Not  since  the  days  we  toiled  in  the 
harvest  field  or  split  rails,  have  we 
performed  harder  physical  labor  than 
during  the  past  few  days  in  cutting  a 
hole  in  the  wilderness  and  in  clearing 
out  a  breathing  space.  The  under- 
growth had  to  be  cleared  out,  trees 
trimmed,  dead  and  useless  trees  felled, 
brush  piled,  roadways  marked  out  and 
cleared.  While  this  is  very  hard  work 
if  well  followed,  it  is  also  very  fascina- 
ting because  it  brings  the  instantane- 
ous reward  of  enabling  one  to  see 
what  he  has  accomplished.  One's 
best  judgment,  too,  is  called  into  con- 
stant exercise  in  choosing  which  trees 
and  saplings  are  to  be  left  and  which 
are  to  be  cut  down.  Here  the  law  of 
the  survival  of  the  fittest  holds  good. 
The  less  healthy,  the  less  beautiful 
and  shapely,  are  hewn  down,  while  the 
larger,  more  prosperous  and  symmetri- 
cal are  spared.  It  is  hard  for  a  lover 
of  trees  to  cut  down  even  an  ornery 
one  but  some  must  go  for  the  benefit 
of  those  that  remain,  and  to  make 
room  for  the  free  passage  of  air.  One 
can  but  believe  that  these  beautiful 
trees  here  by  the  lake  shore,  many  of 
them  hidden  hitherto  from  approach 
by  a  dense  undergrowth,  were  planted 
here  for  the  service  of  man.  In  trim- 
ming out  the  undergrowth  of  brush 
and  in  giving  them  a  chance  to  be 
seen  and  admired,  we  feel  that  we  are 


but  carrying  out  the  divine  purpose. 
And  after  all  it  is  this  fact  that  gives 
zest  and  dignity  to  all  labor. 


The  Easy  Chair  readers  must  not 
imagine  from  what  we  have  said  about 
the  wilderness  immediately  surround- 
ing the  cottage  that  we  are  separated 
entirely  from  the  world  amd  cut  off 
from  associations  with  our  fellowmen. 
Our  park  lies  immediately  south  of  the 
settlement  known  as  the  Oceana  Beach 
Company,  and  is  connected  with  it  by 
a  splendid  plank  walk  which  we  have 
just  completed  along  the  lake  front 
half  way  up  the  side  of  the  hills  over- 
looking the  lake.  It  is  only  about 
three  or  four  minutes'  walk  to  the  ex- 
cellent Club  House  of  the  Oceana 
Beach  Company,  which  serves  excel- 
lent meals  and  accommodates  a  lim- 
ited number  of  guests,  at  most  reason- 
able rates.  A  walk  of  eight  or  ten 
minutes  from  our  cottage  brings  us 
around  back  to  the  little  lake  where 
we  may  row  or  ferry  across  to  the  vil- 
lage of  Pentwater  where  all  our  simple 
needs  can  be  supplied.  There  are 
churches,  schools,  and  all  the  appur- 
tenances belonging  to  an  advanced 
civilization.  If  the  point  of  a  larger 
accessibility  be  raised,  we  are  only  a 
comfortable  night's  ride  from  Chicago 
by  boat,  or  about  the  same  time  by 
rail  around  the  lake  over  the  Pere 
Marquette  Railway.  The  Easy  Chair 
has  examined  many  of  the  resorts  up 
and  down  the  shores  of  Lake  Michigan 
but  nowhere  has  he  found  conditions 
so  favorable  for  quiet  resting  and  rec- 
reation, with  the  essential  elements  of 
pure  air,  cool  breezes,  pure  water,  nor 
more  splendid  woodland  or  lake  views. 


The  weather  for  the  past  few  days 
has  been  decidedly  warm  for  Michi- 
gan, but  the  breeze  coming  over  the 
lake  has  made  it  delightfully  cool  on 
the  lake  shore.  To-day,  however,  we 
have  a  change.  A  cool,  brisk  wind  is 
blowing  from  the  northwest,  and  the 
white- caps  are  visible  clean  out  to  the 


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Teach  Us  the  Way. 

By  Thomas  Curtis  Clark. 

Teach  us  the  way,  O  Lord  of  Light, 
Thou  in  whom  darkness  cannot  be! 

Make  plain  our  path  unto  our  sight; 
Make  all  the  shadows  'round  us  flee. 

Teach  us  the  way!     In  vain  we  seek 
To  find  the  path    apart   from  Thee: 

Teach  us  the  way!   For  we  are  weak 
And  blind    and    helpless;    hear    our 
plea! 

Teach  us  the  way!    'Tis  Thou  alone 
Canst  point  us  to  the  distant  goal: 

If    Thou  shouldst  fail,    the  dark    un- 
known 
Would  wreck  uSt  Pilot  of  the  soul! 


distant  sky-line.  To  use  our  favorite 
simile,  Neptune  has  again  spread  his 
green  meadows  and  his  drove  of  white 
sheep  are  gamboling  on  the  pastures 
of  the  deep.  It  is  such  a  day  as  puts 
new  life  and  energy  into  a  man  and 
makes  him  feel  capable  of  doing  his 
best.  Indeed,  there  is  a  bit  too  much 
sharpness  in  the  air  to  make  it  com- 
fortable to  sit,  even  in  the  Easy  Chair 
on  the  lake  front,  and  hence  we  have 
climbed  the  hill  in  rear  of  the  cottage 
and  descended  a  few  paces  the  eastern 
slope,  in  order  to  get  the  benefit  of 
the  forenoon  sun  and  to  be  sheltered 
from  the  northwest  wind.  Here  the 
outlook  before  us  is  not  the  watery 
domain  of  Neptune,  but  wooded  hills 
and  valleys  with  here  and  there  tall 
sentinel  pines,  belonging  to  the  first 
generation,  which  for  some  reason 
have  escaped  the  lumberman's  ax  and 
are  standing  guard  over  the  younger 
generation  of  pines,  oaks,  beech,  and 
hemlocks  which  are  coming  on  to 
take  their  place,  for  it  is  with  trees  as 
it  is  with  man,  one  generation  goeth 
and  another  cometh. 


We  have  just  received  the  Chris- 
tian-Evangelist of  July  20.  We  have 
been  taking  that  paper  for  many 
years,  and  what  is  more  important, 
we  read  a  great  deal  that  is  in  it.  We 
really  like  it  very  much  in  spite  of  its 
imperfections  and  shortcomings.  The 
editors  and  publishers  have  been 
much  disappointed  in  the  delay  in  get- 
ting the  linotype  machine  for  type- 
setting, which  was  ordered  some  time 
ago.  This  makes  the  type  look  a  lit- 
tle worn,  but  this  defect  will  soon  be 
remedied,  for  when  our  new  machines 
arrive  we  will  have  new  type  every 
week.  But  returning  to  the  issue  of 
July  20,  through  which  we  have  just 
glanced,  there  is  much  in  it  that  is 
inspiring  and  helpful.  Passing  by  the 
editorial  department  which  can  always 
be  taken  for  granted,  we  were  deeply  in- 
terested in  "TheChurchof  theFuture" 
by  Brother  Durban,  our  London  cor- 
respondent; with  "Personality  in  Edu- 
cation," by  President  Aylsworth,  of 
Cotner;  with  "An  Endeavor  for  Mil- 
lions," by  Dr.  Clark,  of  Christian  En- 
deavor fame;  with  the  splendid  report 
•of  the  Baltimore  convention,  by  our 
staff  correspondent,  F.  D.  Power;  with 
"Prayer  and  its  Answer,"  by  Cephas 
Shelburne;  with  "The  Social  Test  of 
Theology,"  by  George  A.  Bellamy; 
and  with  "Reasons  Why  We  Should 
Contribute  to  Church  Extension"  by 
J.  H.  Shepard.  These,  with  the 
news  department  and  the  faces  of 
some  of  our  western  workers,  make  up 
a  number  that  is  very  satisf}-ing  and 
inspiring.  Bro.  P.  C.  MacFarlane's 
winsome  forecast  of  the  great  com- 
munion service  at  San  Francisco  will 
create  a  stronger  desire  to  visit  that 
great  convention.  Altogether,  the 
Christian- Evangelist  seems  to  be 
prospering  well  in  the  absence  of  its 
Editor  in-chief ! 


960 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


July  27,  1905 


Why  No  Young  Men  for  the  Ministry 


"How  shall  they  believe  in  him  of  whom 
they  have  not  heard?  How  shall  they 
hear  without  a  preacher?"— Paul. 

As  an  army  without  officers,  so  is  a 
religious  body  without  ministers.  As 
a  great  people  we  are  drifting  toward 
this  perilous  condition.  With  few  ex- 
ceptions the  day  for  the  uneducated 
minister,  like  the  uneducated  lawyer 
or  physician,  is  past.  When  I  speak 
of  a  minister  I  mean  an  educated  one, 
as  the  influence  of  the  uneducated 
minister  in  any  community  is  too  little 
to  be  counted  in  so  great  a  work  as  com- 
pared with  that  of  the  educated  man. 

The  fact  that  we  feel  the  need  of 
student  aid  funds  added  to  our  already 
free  Bible-schools  shows  how  much 
we  need  to  attract  young  men  in  this 
direction.  The  fact  that  the  number 
of  young  men  preparing  for  the  minis- 
try is  growing  smaller  every  year,  and 
the  number  of  churches  larger,  with 
that  other  fact  that  many  of  our  min- 
isters even  up  to  middle  age  are  giv- 
ing it  up  for  secular  work,  ought  to 
awaken  us,  for  no  religious  body  will 
long  be  stronger  than  its  ministers. 
To  put  the  subject  mildly,  the  pulpit 
is  decidedly  an  undesirable  position 
for  the  average  Christian  young  man. 

Aside  from  the  struggle  for  an 
eternal  home,  the  highest  and  holiest 
ambition  a  young  man  ever  has  is  to 
build  and  beautify  a  home  for  his 
loved  ones.  The  Swede,  Norwegian, 
German  and  all  other  foreigners  leave 
their  native  land,  friends,  and  every- 
thing dear  to  their  heart,  and  cross 
the  great  ocean  to  come  to  a  strange 
country  among  strange  people,  all  be- 
cause they  can  hope  for  a  little  home 
of  their  own,  where  they  may  live  in- 
dependent and  happy  and  lay  up 
something  for  sickness  and  old  age, 
for— 

"Mid  pleasures  and  palaces, 
Though  we  may  roam, 
Be  it  ever  so  humble, 
There's  no  place  like  home." 

A  few  years  ago  I  asked  nearly  a 
dozen  young  business  and  profession- 
al men  why  more  young  men  did  not 
enter  the  ministry.  Their  answers 
were  in  substance  about  the  same, 
viz.,  there  was  too  little  assurance  of 
ever  having  a  home,  even  for  old  age. 
Young  men  realize  to-day,  as  never  be- 
fore, that  to  make  a  financial  failure 
in  life  is  to  make  a  complete  failure  in 
the  eyes  of  the  world,  and  in  the  sight 
of  God  it  is  little  better,  for  "He  that 
provideth  not  for  those  of  his  own 
household,  has  denied  the  faith  and  is 
worse  than  an  infidel."  The  man  who 
has  too  little  love  and  ambition  to 
build  a  home  for  his  own  family,  will 
do  little  toward  building  up  the  family 
of  God,  and  the  man  who  is  so  situ- 
ated that  he  cannot  build  a  home  for 
his  own  on  this  side  of  the  grave,  is  in 
a  poor  position  to  train  others  to 
build  one  for  the  other  side  of  it.  If 
any  man  on  earth  needs  a  model  home 


By  Dr.  E.  T.  Davis 

in  his  business,  it  is  the  Christian 
minister  whose  whole  work  is  to  get 
others  to  build  for  eternity  as  well  as 
time. 

Some  years  ago,  I  found  in  the 
statistical  report  for  the  past  ten 
years,  given  by  G.  A.  Hoffmann  in  the 
Central  Christian  Register,  that  our 
colleges  had  made  an  average  gain  in 
college  property,  endowment,  and 
faculty  of  about  75  per  cent,  in  num- 
ber of  students  80  per  cent,  but  in 
young  men  preparing  for  the  ministry 
we  had  no  gain  but  an  actual  loss  of 
20  per  cent.  This  loss  meant  that 
between  700  and  800  young  men,  who 
ought  to  have  been  studying  for  the 
ministry,  were  somewhere  else.  Where 
were  they?  Go  to  our  colleges  of  law, 
medicine,  dentistry  and  business,  and 
you  will  find  them.  Do  these  young 
men  think  it  more  honorable  to  ex- 
pound the  law  of  man  than  the  law  of 
of  God?  More  needful  to  heal  the  body 
that  in  a  few  years  will  turn  to  dust 
than  the  soul  that  shall  live  forever? 
If  not,  why  do  they  choose  these  pro- 
fessions and  shun  the  ministry? 

I  spent  four  of  the  past  five  years  in 
the  university  medical  college  at  Kan- 
sas City.  During  these  four  years  we 
had  an  average  of  nearly  250  students 
each  year.  I  think  fully  one-half  of 
these  students  were  working  their 
way  through  college.  Some  of  them 
would  leave  the  lecture  room  at  11:30, 
and  go  down  town  and  wait  in  restau- 
rants during  noon  hour;  some  got  up 
at  4  o'clock  to  deliver  morning  papers 
in  the  cold  and  storm  if  necessary, 
they  worked  nights  and  after  lecture 
hours,  every  place  and  time  and  at 
everything  they  could  get,  to  earn  a 
few  dollars.  The  tuition  in  our  medi- 
cal colleges  is  from  $80  to  $250  per 
year;  yet  there  were  more  than  26,000 
students  in  our  medical  colleges  of  the 
United  States  last  year.  I  suppose 
one-half  of  all  these  are  working  to 
pay  a  great  part  of  their  way,  and 
some  all  of  it;  the  medical  colleges  of 
Missouri  alone  had  more  than  2,000 
students  last  year.  These  young  men 
will  do  this  work  and  pay  a  high  tui- 
tion rather  than  accept  a  course  in 
a  Bible  college  free.  Why?  Because 
they  know  when  they  get  through  they 
can  settle  down  in  almost  any  city  or 
town  for  a  lifetime,  and  if  they  are 
true  to  their  profession,  they  have  a 
good  assurance  of  a  living,  a  home 
and  plenty  laid  up  for  sickness  and 
old  age,  while  the  average  man,  after 
being  graduated  from  a  Bible  college, 
spends  the  remainder  of  his  life  drag- 
ging his  family  around  from  place  to 
place  with  very  little  assurance  of 
either.  What  condition  is  the  average 
minister  in  who  is  compelled  to  stop 
work  at  50  or  even  60  years  of  age? 
Compare  him  with  the  average  lawyer, 


doctor,  or  even  farmer.  If  a  young 
man  can  enter  some  secular  work, 
build  a  home  for  his  loved  ones,  live 
in  comfort,  lay  by  something  for  sick- 
ness and  old  age,  live  happy  all  his 
life,  and  go  to  heaven  when  he  dies, 
what  inducement  is  there  for  him  to 
enter  the  ministry,  break  up  house- 
keeping every  year  or  two,  and  move 
to  clean  up  some  other  house,  settle 
down  again,  only  to  break  up  and 
move  again  about  the  time  he  gets 
well  acquainted,  and  look  forward  to 
the  humiliated  and  dependent  posi- 
tion the  average  old  minister  is  in  to- 
day? The  right  answer  to  this  ques- 
tion will  fill  both  our  Bible  colleges 
and  our  pulpits. 

A  year  or  two  ago  only  two  men  out 
of  all  our  college  graduates  volun- 
teered for  the  foreign  field;  is  this 
surprising?  If  our  boys  do  not  desire 
a  pulpit  amid  their  friends  and  rela- 
tives in  their  own  land,  how  can  we 
expect  them  to  desire  one  on  the  other 
side  of  the  globe  among  the  heathen? 
While  our  colleges  are  to  prepare 
young  people  for  all  positions  in  life, 
their  great  work  should  be  to  train 
young  men  for  that  highest  and  holiest 
of  all  callings,  the  Christian  ministry. 
But  it  is  a  notable  fact  that  the  great 
body  of  our  best  young  men  is  shun- 
ning the  ministry  for  almost  all  other 
honorable  callings. 

A  man  who  never  had  enough  am- 
bition to  learn  a  trade  or  get  a  high 
school  education  may  be  willing  to  go 
out  and  "work  for  the  Master,"  as  he 
puts  it,  for. the  collections  or  whatever 
the  church  wishes  to  give  him.  That 
class  of  men  is  usually  willing  to  do 
almost  any  work  for  the  same  price, 
and  the  churches  that  are  calling  for  a 
man  who  is  willing  to  work  and  sacri- 
fice and  trust  the  Lord  for  support, 
will  get  this  very  class  of  men  just  as 
long  as  they  want  to  call  for  them. 

It  would  be  amusing,  if  it  were  not 
so  serious,  the  way  some  of  our  best 
ministers  shy  around  this  subject  as 
though  they  had  no  definite  idea  what 
is  keeping  our  men  out  of  the  minis- 
try. Who  in  Missouri  knows  more  of 
the  conditions  of  churches  and  minis- 
ters than  Brother  Abbott?  Brother 
Abbott  has  a  line  on  this  subject;  it  is 
brim  full  of  common  business  sense 
as  well  as  the  practical  religion  of 
Jesus  Christ.  He  says,  "If  our 
churches  would  raise  the  salaries  of 
our  ministers  to  a  living  basis,  it 
would  do  much  to  encourage  young 
men  to  enter  the  ministry."  That  is 
good  practical  business  as  well  as  re- 
ligious sense.  Paul  says  that  God 
has  ordained  that  "they  which  preach 
the  gospel  should  live  of  the  gospel," 
not  might  live  of  it.  Would  you  like 
to  urge  your  boy  into  a  profession 
where  the  average  man  was  not  even 
paid  a  living  for  his  services  and  edu- 
cation, to  say  nothing  of  laying  up 
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July  27,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


961 


The    Power    of   a    Great    Passion 


We  are  wrong  when  we  put  Chris- 
tianity on  the  defensive.  The  genius 
of  the  religion  of  Christ  is  conquest. 
Conquest  born  of  an  irresistible  pas- 
sion. That  passion  is  devotion  to 
Christ  embodied  in  a  burning  zeal  to 
save  the  world.  Here  is  the  great 
need  of  the  church  to-day.  Let  a 
passionate  longing  for  the  evangeliza- 
tion of  the  world  fill  the  hearts  of 
God's  people  and  their  onward 
march  would  be  irresistible.  This 
passion  is  needed  for  the  preserva- 
tion of  the  church,  as  well  as  its 
victory. 

What  was  the  power  that  preserved 
and  made  efficient  the  earlier  church? 
It  was  the  missionary  spirit.  Without 
it  the  work  of  Paul  would  have  been 
a  perfect  failure.  Think  of  his  rapid 
journeys  from  place  to  place,  organiz- 
ing little  bands  of  disciples,  made  up 
of  slaves,  ignorant  idolaters,  and  a 
strange  conglomeration  of  all  classes. 
They  were  uncouth,  untrained,  half 
civilized.  What  kept  them  together? 
What  kept  the  churches  in  unity? 
What  made  these  little  companies 
mighty  forces  in  their  respective  com- 
munities? It  was  the  mighty  power 
of  missions.  They  went  everywhere 
preaching  the  word.  They  were  on 
fire  for  lost  souls.  They  believed  in  the 
universal  conquest  of  the  gospel.     It 


By  Stephen  J.  Corey 


was  "the  expulsive  power  of  a  new  af- 
fection," which  kept  free  the  chan- 
nels of  the  Holy  Spirit  and  pushed 
them  out  into  heroic  service. 

To  organize  churches  to-day,  in  this 
enlightened  age, and  leave  them  as  Paul 
did,  would  be  in  many  cases  suicidal. 
And  why?  Because  so  few  Christians 
are  on  fire  to  spread  the  faith  they  es- 
pouse. They  have  not  the  expulsive 
and  impelling  power  of  a  new  mis- 
sionary affection.  The  greatest  need 
of  the  church  to-day  for  purging  pur- 
poses is  the  missionary  spirit.  What 
will  drive  worldliness  out  of  the 
church?  Missions.  What  will  put 
avarice  and  covetousness  in  their 
graves?  Missions.  What  will  solve 
the  problem  of  meeting  the  masses? 
Missions.  A  church  on  fire  for  the 
saving  of  souls  is  irresistible.  A 
church  of  two  hundred  members, 
each  one  of  which  is  praying  and 
striving  for  the  salvation  of  the  whole 
world,  will  turn  a  city  upside  down  in 
a  single  year. 

The  great  cry  of  our  church  is  for 
money — money  to  do  the  Lord's  work. 
But  we  put  the  cart  before  the  horse. 
What  we  need  is  the  spirit  of  world- 
wide missions  in   the   church,  and  the 


money  will  come.  Sometimes  we  feel 
that  we  have  to  extract  money  from 
the  people  by  appeals.  God  speed  the 
day  when  extraction  will  not  be  neces- 
sary, but  only  the  statement  of  the 
great  need.  It  is  almost  a  travesty  on 
Christianity  to  be  obliged  to  beg  Chris- 
tian people  to  give  money  to  save  the 
world.  Paul  writes  of  the  Macedonian 
churches  that  "according  to  their 
power,  yea,  beyond  their  power,  they 
gave  of  their  own  accord,  beseeching 
us  with  much  entreaty."  If  the  peo- 
ple besought  the  missionary  societies 
to  receive,  instead  of  its  being  neces- 
sary for  the  societies  to  beseech 
them  to  give,  the  evangelization  of 
the  world  would  speedily  be  accom- 
plished. 


Hospitality  is  a  great  word  in  many 
states  of  the  east.  Have  you  never 
heard  them  tell  how  it  is  in  Kentucky 
and  Missouri  and  Virginia?  Have  you 
not  heard  them  say  how  it  is  not  in 
California?  "Be  not  forgetful  to  en- 
tertain strangers."  Our  visitors  will 
scatter  out.  And  they  will  size  us  up, 
after  all,  according  to  the  way  we  treat 
them.  If  western  hospitality  is  ever 
to  become  proverbial  somebody  must 
set  the  pace  in  that  direction.  Shall 
we? — Pacific  Christian. 


CITY     HALL,     SAN     FRANCISCO.     CALIFORNIA. 


962 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


July  27,  190S 


The  Social  Test  of  Theology*  By  Geo.  a.  Bellamy 


Again,  this  social  theology  develops 
the  positive,  aggressive,  constructive 
Christian.  There  are  a  great  many 
church  members  who  are  content  with 
themselves  because  they  have  attended 
prayer  service,  given  to  missions,  sup- 
ported the  church  and  kept,  in  the 
main,  the  commandments.  The  Phari- 
sees of  Christ's  time,  and  the  old-time 
Puritans  of  our  own  time,  are  good 
examples  of  this  class.  "They  try  to 
be  good  by  not  doing  wrong,  and  are 
just  as  good  as  trying  not  to  be  bad 
can  make  them."  They  never  rise  to 
heights  of  heroic  service  and 
righteousness,  while  frequently  they 
actually  retard  the  progress  of  the 
more  progressive  in  the  church  who 
feel  the  need  of  positive,  aggressive 
efforts  in  combating  the  evils  of  our 
time.  Kipling,  in  his  most  virile  and 
searching  way,  pours  out  his  contempt 
on  these  neutrals  who  do  no  good,  and 
try  to  do  no  wrong. 

Our  new  social  conscience  does  not 
permit  men  to  be  content  with  their 
inactive  lives.  It  comes  like  a  stimu- 
lant driving  men  on  to  larger  and 
larger  service  for  their  fellow  men;  for 
those  who  are  touched  by  it  are  not 
content  to  enjoy  luxury  while  men  with 
dark  thoughts  beg  for  work,  and  help- 
less women  slave  in  sweaters'  dens, 
and  the  life  withers  out  of  the  poor, 
starved  babies.  It  does  not  permit 
men  to  wink  at  the  evils  of  the  day, 
satisfied  that  the  future  will  settle  all 
injustices  for  the  poor  who  suffer  here 
on  earth. 

Again,  in  the  test  of  this  new 
theology,  we  find  it  offers  a  richer 
growth  of  righteous  character.  Char- 
acter comes  only  through  mutual  self- 
giving.  The  soul  and  character  of 
man  are  not  molded,  sweetened  and 
nurtured  by  just  reading,  thinking 
and  preaching;  by  shutting  oneself 
off  from  others  in  monasteries;  by 
wishing,  praying,  and  singing.  The 
monastery  did  not  develop  the  highest 
type  of  Christian  character.  It  drew 
men  away  from  the  problems  of  life.  It 
made  them  less  sympathetic;  often 
bitter  against  their  fellows.  It  de- 
veloped an  egotistic  sanctity,  unwhole- 
some and  inconsistent  with  the  high- 
est ideals  of  Christian  manhood. 
Character  is  not  worked  up  in  us  at  our 
will.  It  does  not  spring  up  out  of 
luxury.  It  develops  through  struggle 
and  sacrifice,  and  is  the  gradual 
growth  through  years  of  service,  of 
self-control,  sympathy  and  love. 

The  social  theology  makes  all  life 
religious.  "I  came,"  said  Christ,  "to 
save  the  world."  Not  any  department, 
not  any  one  phase  of  life,  but  the 
whole  world.  He  did  not  fence  off  re- 
ligion into  a  separate  part  and  come 
that  he  might  save  that  realm.  That 
Christ  came  to  save  amusements,  cus- 


•Being  a  portion  of  an   address  delivered  before 
the  Disciples'  Congress. 


toms,  governments,  arts,  industries, 
and  homes,  is  an  idea  that  many  Chris- 
tian people  have  not  entertained,  often 
they  have  regarded  these  things  alien 
and  hostile  to  the  kingdom  of  God. 
True,  he  said,  "My  kingdom  is  not  of 
this  world."  That  is,  the  laws  of  his 
kingdom,  love,  kindness,  mercy,  jus- 
tice, are  not  the  laws  of  this  world. 
The  laws  of  this  world,  malice,  greed 
and  jealousy,  indifference  to  suffering 
and  to  duty,  are  not  of  his  kingdom,  to 
be  sure,  but  while  the  laws  of  his 
kingdom  are  not  of  this  world,  they 
are  in  this  world  working  mightily  for 
its  purification.  As  the  principles 
and  laws  of  his  kingdom  permeate 
this  world  will  the  kingdom  of  God  be 
established,  and  no  sooner.  He  came 
not  to  get  men  into  heaven,  but  heaven 
into  men. 

Our  more  progressive  church  and 
social  agencies  are  erecting  great  edi- 
fices not  alone  to  the  glory  of  God,  but 
also  to  promote  the  dignity  and  divine- 
ness  of  the  common  life.  The  gymna- 
sium is  gaining  a  place  in  religious 
life  because  it  promotes  health  and 
strength — sacred  possessions.  The 
fresh  air  movement,  which  takes  thou- 
sands of  God's  children  out  into  the 
country,  is  religious  because  it  ac- 
quaints them  with  God  in  his  wonder- 
ful works  of  art,  preserves  their  health 
and  builds  their  character.  The  bring- 
ing of  neighborhood  people  together 
in  friendly,  fraternal  relations  is  reli- 
gious because  out  of  it  spring  love, 
friendship  and  service.  Classes  in 
manual  training  are  religious  because 
they  make  intelligent,  skillful  men, 
able  to  support  their  homes.  Cooking 
and  sewing  classes  are  religious  be- 
cause they  help  woman  to  her  high 
and  holy  calling  in  the  home,  cre- 
ating health  and  cheerful  disposi- 
tions, preventing  disease  and  quarrels 
and  the  frequenting  of  the  saloon  by 
the  members  of  the  family.  What 
could  be  more  religious  than  these 
agencies  creating  God-likeness  and 
stimulating  men  and  women  to  the 
highest  life?  What  could  be  a  greater 
test  of  the  divineness  of  such  activities 
than  their  results  so  forcibly  manifest? 
To  conceive  of  the  Christian  life  as  a 
thing  of  itself  apart  from  other  life  is 
inconsistent  with  social  theology  and 
does  violence  to  our  highest  interpre- 
tations of  life. 

Christ  thought  thateverything  should 
be  tested  by  its  fruits,  and  Paul  says 
in  his  letter  to  the  Galatians  that  the 
one  infallible  test  of  the  working  of 
the  Spirit  is  love,  joy,  peace,  long-suf- 
fering, gentleness,  meekness,  good- 
ness, temperance,  faith.  So  the  result 
of  the  social  theology,  although  not 
clearly  defined  in  the  minds  of  many, 
and  as  yet  without  a  systematic  state- 
ment of  its  principles,  is  none  the  less 
real  and  is  marked  by  its  many  fruits, 
fruits  which  have  in  them  a  permanent 
and  spiritual  force. 


One  reason  why  so  many  of  the 
churches  have  been  compelled  to  move 
out  of  the  down-town  districts  is  be- 
cause their  doctrine  cannot  stand  the 
test.  It  is  not  broad  and  deep  enough 
to  solve  the  problems  of  life  for  the 
growing  youth  in  the  crowded  parts  of 
our  cities,  where  the  youth  of  the  com- 
munity has  only  the  street  for  a  play- 
ground and  where  families  are  crowded 
together  without  any  idea  of  comfort. 
In  our  own  neighborhood  at  Hiram 
House,  since  the  opening  of  the  work, 
churches  have  had  to  close  their  doors 
while  we  have  been  burdened  with  a 
larger  attendance  than  we  could  take 
care  of.  For  instance,  notice  the  pow- 
er for  good  of  the  playground,  only 
one  of  our  social  factors.  Notice  its 
contrast  with  the  life  in  the  street 
where  thousands  of  our  future  citizens 
are  growing  up.  The  forces  which 
educate  with  such  fatal  precision  on 
the  street  are:  Fight  for  self,  force 
rule,  lawlessness,  insult,  revenge, 
cheating  and  lying.  These  forces  reap 
their  own  harvest,  which  is  realized  in 
the  tramp,  the  skilled  thief,  the  hang- 
er-on at  the  saloon  and  the  ward  poli- 
tician. 

On  the  playground  you  have  the  con- 
trast; for  the  vicious,  lawless  life  of 
the  gangs,  destructive  of  honor  and 
character,  there  is  substituted,  under 
good  leadership,  wholesome  games 
and  play.  It  is  the  team  versus  the 
gang;  it  is  side  vs.  self;  it  is  obe- 
dience and  order  vs.  lawlessness;  it 
is  play  vs.  fight;  it  is  just  leader- 
ship vs.  the  bully;  it  is  honesty, 
courtesy  and  arbitration  vs.  false- 
hood, insult  and  revenge.  The  play- 
ground reaps  its  harvest  in  good  ath- 
letes, young  men  who  have  the  idea  of 
justice  and  courtesy,  whose  ideals 
have  been  raised  above  the  low  stand- 
ard of  the  street.  While  the  outgrowth 
of  the  substitute  is  character — a  perma- 
nent spiritual  force.  It  costs  us  $2,500 
a  year  to  run  the  playground;  but  there 
is  less  lying,  stealing,  gambling,  de- 
struction of  property  and  fewer  ar- 
rests. Thus  all  these  social  agencies 
which  create  higher  ideals  and  build 
character  certainly  have  the  fruits  of 
the  Spirit,  and  are  in  thorough  accord 
with  the  lesson  from  the  great  dra- 
matic judgment  scene  portrayed  by 
Christ  where  the  one  infallible  test  is 
service. 

This  new  theology  has  as  its  object 
a  revelation  of  the  life  of  God  as  it  is 
being  worked  out  in  the  soul  of  man 
and  in  society.  It  is  evidenced  in  the 
deepened  sense  of  the  fatherhood  of 
God  and  the  brotherhood  of  man;  in 
extending  and  intensifying  the  sense 
of  sin  and  giving  an  enlarged  appre- 
ciation of  the  functions  of  wholesome 
amusements;  in  developing  the  posi- 
tive, aggressive,  constructive  Chris- 
tian whose  new  service  in  life  results 
in  an  enlargement  and  enrichment  of 
character. 


July  27,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


963 


Objections  to  Faith  Healing 


First,  the  scientist  considers  the 
act  of  faith  healing  as  a  degradation 
of  his  God.  He  rises  from  every  fresh 
contemplation  of  the  wondrous  work 
of  the  Creator  and  Upholder  with  a 
deeper  conviction  of  the  impartial  and 
omnipresent  reign  of  law,  in  all 
realms.  A  God  of  order  and  system 
is  humiliated  by  a  doctrine  which 
presents  him  as  setting  aside  the  laws 
of  health  in  answer  to  the  prayers  of  a 
few  faith  healers.  The  sorrow  and 
cruelty  attendant  on  such  teaching  fill 
the  scientist  with  regret,  while  the  un- 
worthy conception  of  the  Ruler  of  the 
universe  calls  out  his  protest  against 
the  profanation. 

Next  the  lawyer,  even  though  he  be 
but  a  student,  having  read  no  more 
than  "Greenleaf  on  Evidence,"  or  his 
"Testimony  of  the  Four  Evangelists," 
objects  decidedly  to  acceptance  of 
flimsy  testimony  as  to  the  presence  of 
Christ  in  the  alleged  cases.  An  undis- 
puted instance  of  cure  of  a  disease  or 
disability,  which  has  passed  the  rigor- 
ous scientific  investigation  of  Christ's 
healing,  as  in  the  ninth  chapter  of 
John,  does  not  emerge.  Nor  is  there 
one  which  is  not  surpassed  by  the 
cures  effected  by  faith  in  patent  medi- 
cines. 

What  kind  of  a  weak  and  flabby 
Christ  is  this,  who  limits  his  healing 
to  nervous  disorders  which  he  feebly 
cures  after  repeated  trials,  and  utterly 
breaks  down  before  a  lesion  of  the 
body  or  even  a  case  of  strabismus? 
Your  physician  can  remove  a  cataract, 
cure  cro  s  eyes,  set  a  broken  leg  in  a 
fev  .  .^.tes;  your  Christ  cannot  do 
any  one  in  ten  years.  Your  lawyer 
can  tell  you,  at  once,  that  it  is  illogi- 
cal and  that  it  carries  all  the  grievous 
results  of  accepting  error  to  ascribe 
to  an  absent  and  wholly  suppositious 
cause  that  which  can  be  accounted 
for  by  a  present  and  easily  understood 
influence.  Here  the  psychologist  steps 
in  to  say  that  the  mind's  power  over 
the  body  is  so  unaccountable  and  so 
great  as  to  border  on  the  miraculous. 

On  an  alarm  of  fire,  a  servant  picked 
up  a  trunk  weighing  200  pounds  and 
carried  it  downstairs.  After  the  ex- 
citement she  could  not  lift  it.  An  in- 
sane man  can  break  chains  and  re- 
quire eight  men  to  subdue  him.  French 
criminals  slept  in  beds  where  cholera 
patients  had  died  and  remained  im- 
mune. They  were  placed  in  clean 
beds,  but  told  that  cholera  patients 
had  died  in  them.  Every  one  took  the 
disease;  some  died.  Hypnotists  en- 
able their  dupes  to  walk  when  they 
are  afflicted  with  rheumatism  and  they 
cannot  walk  outside  of  that  influence. 
This  Christ  who  heals  for  Mormons, 
Dowie,  the  Holy  Rollers  and  Christian 
Scientists  can  do  no  more  than  Shelton, 
Werner,  Schlatter  and  other  scamps 
do  for  their  victims.  Nor  anything 
stranger  than  the  annals  of  abnormal 
psychology  continually  present. 


Every  wise  physician  knows  that 
faith  in  him  will  cure  disease  as  quick- 
ly and  as  thoroughly  as  faith  in  Christ. 
He  can  match  your  cures  with  others 
as  remarkable.  He  can  discount  the 
effect  of  medicine,  in  cases  where 
there  is  no  lesion,  but  only  a  hysteri- 
cal condition  of  the  body  needing 
nothing  but  the  soothing  of  the  nerves 
and  rest  for  recovery.  To  a  hard- 
headed  reasoning  man  there  is  no 
proof  that  Christ  has  abrogated  law, 
set  aside  the  laws  of  health,  sus- 
pended the  sentence,  "what  a  man 
sows  that  shall  he  reap,"  and  entered 
into  competition  where  he  is  surpassed 
by  patent  medicines  and  by  skillful 
physicians. 

The  theologian,  in  the  name  of  hu- 
manity, has  a  word  to  say.  The  com- 
plete success  of  faith  healers  in  the 
church  would  result  in  the  unquestion- 
able work  of  the  twelve  and  the  sev- 
enty. Such  a  result  would  be  a  most 
terrible  calamity  to  this  sinning,  sob- 
bing earth.  It  would  bring  woes  in- 
numerable. 

Suppose  we  had  the  power  to  cure 
all  manner  of  pain.  Imagine  a  boy 
who,  after  repeated  warnings,  had 
eaten  green  fruit,  had  surfeited  him- 
self with  sweets  and,  with  his  hand  on 
his  heart  (or  six  inches  below),  was 
groaning  with  pain;  would  we  tell 
him,  "Prayer  and  faith  will  remove 
your  pain"?  Or  would  we  let  him  suf- 
fer till  nature  brought  relief,  or  hot 
medicine  set  up  a  counter  irritation? 

Suppose  a  woman  has  given  herself 
to  fashionable  society  and  turned  night 
into  day  and  her  stomach  into  a  reser- 
voir for  late  and  indigestible  meals;  is 
faith  cure  to  be  found  in  prayer,  on 
which  condition  she  will  be  healed  as 
sound  as  before? 

A  man  absorbed  in  the  pursuit  of 
gain,  doing  legitimate  business,  works 
sixteen  hours  a  day  till  he  is  utterly 
broken  down;  will  a  prayer  wash  away 
his  physical  sin? 

Further,  the  ape,  the  tiger,  the  hog, 
the  peacock  within  us  are  not  cast 
out,  except  by  the  furnace  and  the 
harrow.  Moreover,  if  the  Christ  be  a 
healer  of  disease,  by  miracle  to-day, 
those  who  thus  come  touch  merely 
the  hem  of  his  garment;  they  enter  not 
into  his  life.  The  visit  of  the  Son  of 
God  is  obscured  to  any  one  who  looks 
to  him  for  such  paltry  blessing.  Be- 
tween a  life  of  constant  invalidism 
and  one  of  uninterrupted  health,  the 
former  is  preferable.  This  is  a  mys- 
tery which  could  be  explained. 

Degrade  the  Christ  to  the  level  of  a 
statesman,  directing  the  nation;  re- 
duce him  to  the  attitude  of  a  teacher 
of  political  economy,  sanctioning  some 
form  of  taxation  or  the  tariff;  bring 
him  down  to  be  the  chief  Socialist; 
call  him  a  police  judge  who  will  round 
up  all  of  men's  disputes  in  a  great 
judgment  day;  in  every  case  you  have 
tarnished  his  glory,  missed  the  end  of 
his  sojourn  among  us,  and  misled  men 
as   to   the  richest  gift   he  has   to  be- 


stow. But  do  not,  oh,  for  suffering 
humanity's  sake,  do  not  make  him  a 
substitute  for  a  drug  store,  do  not  pre- 
sent him  as  a  feeble,  dabbling  doctor, 
who  may  cure  and  who  may  not,  who 
cannot  cure  a  serious,  acute  disease, 
but  who  may,  after  weeks  of  trial,  do 
as  well  for  a  nervous  disorder  as  a 
second  rate  physician  can  do. 

Disappointment  and  sorrow  follow 
close  on  the  heels  of  every  faith  healer, 
and  cruelty  emerges  when  parents  con- 
sistently believe  the  delusion  and  per- 
mit their  children  to  suffer  and  to  die 
sooner  than  to  show  lack  of  confidence 
in  the  power  of  Christ  to  heal  by  a 
miracle,  regardless  of  the  laws  of 
healing. 

Surely  we  ought  not  to  countenance 
such  a  mistake,  though  held  in  sin- 
cerity, and  by  good  Christian  persons. 
It  is  an  error,  deficient  in  scriptural, 
scientific  and  factual  foundation. 

Veteran. 
&        <& 
BUSINESS  WOMEN 

A  Lunch  Fit  For  a  King. 


An  active  and  successful  young  lady 
tells  her  food  experience: 

"Some  three  years  ago  I  suffered 
from  nervous  prostration,  induced  by 
continuous  brain  strain  and  improper 
food,  added  to  a  great  grief. 

"I  was  ordered  to  give  up  my  work, 
as  there  was  great  danger  of  my  mind 
failing  me  altogether.  My  stomach 
was  in  bad  condition  (nervous  dyspep- 
sia, I  think  now)  and  when  Grape- 
Nuts  food  was  recommanded  to  me,  I 
had  no  faith  in  it.  However,  I  tried 
it,  and  soon  found  a  marked  improve- 
ment in  my  condition  as  the  result. 
I  had  been  troubled  with  deathly  faint 
spells,  and  had  been  compelled  to  use 
a  stimulant  to  revive  me.  I  found, 
however,  that  by  eating  Grape-Nuts  at 
such  times  I  was  relieved  as  satisfac- 
torily as  by  the  use  of  stimulants,  and 
suffered  no  bad  effects,  which  was  a 
great  gain.  As  to  my  other  troubles 
— nervous  prostration,  dyspepsia,  etc. 
— the  Grape-Nuts  diet  soon  cured 
them. 

"I  wish  especially  to  call  the  atten- 
tion of  office  girls  to  the  great  benefit 
I  derived  from  the  use  of  Grape-Nuts 
as  a  noon  luncheon.  I  was  thorough- 
ly tired  of  cheap  restaurants  and  or- 
dinary lunches,  and  so  made  the  ex- 
periment of  taking  a  package  of  Grape- 
Nuts  food  with  me,  and  then  slipping 
out  at  noon  and  getting  a  nickel's 
worth  of  sweet  cream  to  add  to  it.  I 
found  that  this  simple  dish,  finished 
off  with  an  apple,  peach,  orange,  or  a 
bunch  of  grapes,  made  a  lunch  fit  for  a 
king,  and  one  that  agreed  with  me 
perfectly. 

"I  throve  so  on  my  Grape- Nuts  diet 
that  I  did  not  have  to  give  up  my  work 
at  all,  and  in  the  two  years  have  had 
only  four  lost  days  charged  up  against 
me. 

"Let  me  add  that  your  suggestions  in 
the  little  book,  'Road  to  Wellville,' 
are,  in  my  opinion,  invaluable, 
especially  to  women."  Name  given 
by  Postum  Co.,  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

"The  Road  to  Wellville"  in  each  pkg. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


July  27,  1905 


A  New  Phase  of  the  Immigration 

Question  By  J.  P.  Lichtenberger 


New  York  City  presents  a  unique 
situation  in  reference  to  the  question 
of  immigration.  We  have  two  great 
sources,  bv  water  and  land. 

That  which  comes  to  us  from  across 
the  seas  has  received  most  of  our  at- 
tention. When  the  word  "immigra- 
tion" is  used,  the  mind  almost  in- 
stinctively turns  to  the  vast  multitude 
of  foreigners  landing  daily  at  Ellis  Is- 
land from  the  Transatlantic  steam- 
ship lines.  This  class  has  received 
much  attention,  and  has  been  minute- 
ly studied  and  analyzed.  It  is  strong- 
ly Jewish  and  Roman  Catholic.  It 
means  little  for  Protestant  Christian- 
ity. It  demands  of  the  church  and 
the  nation  serious  consideration.  It 
threatens  to  change  the  character  of 
our  civilization.  What  can  be  done 
to  check  the  undesirable  elements? 
Can  this  vast  aggregation  be  assimi- 
lated by  our  population?  What  is  the 
duty  of  the  Protestant  church  toward 
"the  stranger  within  our  gates"? 
These  are  the  questions  that  arise. 

While  our  attention  is  thus  being 
absorbed,  there  is  another  large  and 
constant  stream  of  immigration  pour- 
ing, almost  unnoticed,  into  our  city  by 
the  various  railroad  lines.  My  pur- 
pose is  to  call  attention  to  this  multi- 
tude and  secure  interest  in  it.  It  is 
largely,  dominantly,  American  and 
Protestant.  It  includes  all  classes 
and  ages,  but  it  consists  chiefly  of  the 
young,  energetic  people  of  the  rural 
districts  and  smaller  cities  who  are 
seeking  the  better  economic  oppor- 
tunity of  the  metropolis.  They  are 
coming  from  Christian  homes  and 
from  the  churches  where  many  are 
active  workers  and  faithful  Christians. 
Their  arrival  is  unheralded.  They 
are  absorbed  with  the  novelties  and 
attractions  of  the  great  city;  they  are 
busy  seeking  employment  or  adjust- 
ing themselves  to  the  new  environ- 
ment; they  are  uncertain  how  long 
they  will  remain;  they  do  not  know  the 
location  of  their  churches;  they  wish 
to  float  about  for  a  while  and  see  the 
great  churches  and  hear  the  great 
preachers  before  uniting  with  any 
church;  they  are  strangers,  and  no  one 
knows  whether  they  go  to  church  at 
all,  so  that  their  influence  is  not  what 
it  was  at  home,  etc.  So  multitudes 
come  and  drift  about  for  a  time,  and 
by  and  by  are  lost  not  only  to  their 
churches,  but  to  Christianity,  and  are 
added  to  the  great  mass  of  the  church- 
less,  worshipless,  godless  of  our  city. 

It  is  a  common  opinion  frequently 
expressed  that  there  are  more  Prot- 
estant Christians  in  New  York  un- 
affiliated with  any  church  than  the 
combined  membership  of  all  the 
churches.  This  class  of  immigrants 
should  receive  more  attention  by  our 
churches.     From  it  is  one  of  the  chief 


sources   of  recruits   for   our  work. 

What  are  we  as  a  people  doing  for 
this  class?  Very  little.  Do  we  not 
have  a  duty  to  perform  here?  Is  not 
this  condition  of  importance  as  a  part 
of  our  "scattered  Disciples"  problem? 
If  the  Disciples  coming  to  New  York 
should  unite  at  once  with  our  churches, 
we  should  have  in  a  short  time  great 
churches  that  would  attract  the  atten- 
tion of  this  great  city. 

A  few  things  that  will  contribute  to 
this  result: 

It  is  seldom  that  members  of  our 
churches  throughout  the  country  de- 
part for  the  city  without  the  knowl- 
edge of  our  pastors.  The  address  is 
easily  obtained,  often  given  to  the 
pastor.  If  these  names  and  addresses 
were  forwarded  at  once  to  one  of  our 
city  pastors,  it  would  insure  a  recep- 
tion for  the  newcomer  and  an  intro- 
duction to  one  of  our  churches  im- 
mediately upon  their  arrival.  This 
would  help  much. 

Again,  pastors  are  often  reluctant  to 
dismiss  from  their  churches  their  good 
workers  and  even  advise,  sometimes, 
those  going  away  to  retain  their  mem- 
bership in  the  home  churches.  Almost 
every  printed  church  directory  con- 
tains the  names  of  non-resident  mem- 
bers, address,  New  York.  This  is 
often  due  to  the  above  fact.  If  per- 
sons were  urged  to  take  letters  and 
were  directed  to  a  church  in  the  city, 
and  the  pastor  apprised  of  that  fact,  it 
would  save  money  to  the  church  and 
to  the  cause  of  Christ. 

Our  churches  in  Greater  New  York 
are  noted  for  their  cordiality  to  stran- 
gers. There  are  churches  in  the  city 
that  are  formal  and  cold,  no  doubt, 
and  which  do  not  greet  strangers  cor- 
dially, but  they  are  not  churches  of 
the  Disciples  of  Christ.  Our  brethren 
are  always  most  cordially  welcomed. 
Those  coming  from  out  of  the  city  are 
sure  of  a  warm  welcome  and  a  kindly 
greeting. 

New  York  City. 

Victory  for  Home  Missions. 

We  learn  from  the  office  that  the 
American  Christian  Missionary  Society 
has  received  $5,000  on  the  annuity 
plan,  from  one  who  does  not  desire  the 
name  published.  The  annuitant  will 
receive  six  per  cent  interest  on  the 
money  all  of  his  lifetime,  and  at 
the  death  of  the  annuitant  it  be- 
comes a  named  memorial  fund.  Our 
Home  Board  will  keep  a  missionary 
preaching  the  gospel  through  all  the 
years. 

Victory  for  home  missions  is  in  the 
air.  All  indications  point  to  the  great- 
est year  we  have  ever  had  in  our  home 
missionary  work.  More  churches  have 
contributed  to  the  offering,  and  more 
work  has  been  done  than  ever  before 
in  our  history. 


Why  No  Young   Men  for  the 
Ministry? 

(Contimied  from  page  960.) 
against  sickness  and  old  age?  Do  you 
think  he  would  look  forward  with 
much  pleasure  to  the  ministerial  relief 
fund  to  supply  the  needs  of  his  family 
in  old  age?  If  you  cannot  urge  your 
own  boy  into  this  work,  how  can  you 
urge  some  other  brother's  boy  into  it? 

Unless  a  young  man  could  provide 
for  old  age  without  depending  on  the 
church  to  do  it,  I  would  not  even  ad- 
vise, much  less  urge,  him  to  enter  the 
ministry.  If  I  had  a  thousand  lives  to 
live  here,  I  would  not  give  one  of  them 
to  the  ministry  without  that  provision; 
with  it  I  would  gladly  give  them  all  in 
telling  that  wonderful  story  that  never 
grows  old. 

Platte  City,  Mo. 

MENTAL  ACCURACY 

Greatly  Improved  by  Leaving  off  Coffee. 


The  manager  of  an  extensive  cream- 
ery in  Wis.  states  that  while  a  regular 
coffee  drinker,  he  found  it  injurious  to 
his  health  and  a  hindrance  to  the  per- 
formance of  his  business  duties. 

"I  cannot  say,"  he  continues,  "that 
I  ever  used  coffee  to  excess,  but  I  know 
that  it  did  me  harm,  especially  during 
the  past  few  years. 

"It  impaired  my  digestion,  gave  me 
a  distressing  sense  of  fullness,  in  the 
region  of  the  stomach,  causing  a  most 
painful  and  disquieting  palpitation  of 
the  heart,  and  what  is  worse,  it  mud- 
dled my  mental  faculties  so  as  to  seri- 
ously injure  my  business  efficiency. 

"I  concluded,  about  8  months  ago, 
that  something  would  have  to  be  done. 
I  quit  the  use  of  the  old  kind  of  coffee, 
short  off,  and  began  to  drink  Postum 
Food  Coffee.  The  cook  didn't  make 
it  right  at  first— she  didn't  boil  it  long 
enough,  and  I  did  not  find  it  palatable 
and  quit  using  it  and  went  back  to  the 
old  kind  of  coffee  and  to  the  stomach 
trouble  again.  Then  my  wife  took  the 
matter  in  hand,  and  by  following  the 
directions  on  the  box,  faithfully,  she 
had  me  drinking  Postum  for  several 
days  before  I  knew  it.  When  I  hap- 
pened to  remark  that  I  was  feeling 
much  better  than  I  had  for  a  long 
time,  she  told  me  that  I  had  been 
drinking  Postum,  and  that  accounted 
for  it.  Now  we  have  no  other  kind  of 
coffee  on  our  table. 

"My  digestion  has  been  perfectly  re- 
stored, and  with  this  improvement  has 
come  relief  from  the  oppressive  sense 
of  fullness  and  palpitation  of  the  heart 
that  used  to  bother  me  so,  and  I  note 
such  a  gain  in  mental  strength  and 
acuteness  that  I  can  attend  to  my 
office  work  with  ease  and  pleasure  and 
without  making  the  mistakes  that  were 
so  annoying  to  me  while  I  was  using 
the  old  kind  of  coffee. 

"Postum  Food  Coffee  is  the  greatest 
table  drink  of  the  times,  in  my  humble 
estimation."  Name  given  by  Postum 
Co.,  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

There's  a  reason. 


July  27,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


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An  Experimental  Campaign 


As  soon  *s  it  was  decided  to  hold  the 
tent  campaign  at  Marion,  Ind.,  the  Chris- 
tian-Evangelist made  arrangements  to 
present  to  its  readers  some  account  of  the 
meeting  in  its  actual  process,  and  in  this 
issue  we    are   enabled   to   publish   photo- 


having  a  good  hearing  from  the  denomina- 
tions, as  well  as  non  professors,  and  they 
are  faithfully  preaching  the  old-time  gos- 
pel at  every  service.  That  they  have  suc- 
ceeded in  making  a  most  favorable  im- 
pression upon  the  city  is  shown  from  an 


('■■■■'                                                                                                                     V  - .' 

fl 

■      ■             \ 

Reading  from  right  to  left:  Merritt  Owen,  Pastor  Central  Church;  T.  J.  Legg.  State  Evangelist  of 
Indiana;  Edward  McKinney,  Singer  and  Helper;  R.  H.  Fife,  Evangelist;  H.  H.  Saunders,  Singer  and 
Helper;  J.  M.  Elam,  Evangelist;  P.  A.  Parsons,  Singer  and  Helper;  W.  S.  Buchanan,  Pastor  Tabernacle 
Church  and  Chairman  Executive  Committee. 


graphs  taken  specially  for  us,  and  j?ive  a 
description  of  the  actual  operations,  as 
well  as  that  which  led  up  to  this  campaign, 
which  will  be  watched  with  special  interest 
in  that  it  is  to  an  extent  somewhat  of  a 
test  of  methods. 

The  first  week  was  one  of  almost  con- 
tinuous rain.  Yet  the  tents  were  dry  and 
comfortable  and  the  audiences  increased 
daily.  The  preparations  for  the  Marion 
campaign  were  very  complete  in  every 
way,  and  the  opinion  of  its  managers  on 
the  subject  will  certainly  be  very  helpful 
to  those  who  contemplate  similar  cam- 
paigns. It  is  already  demonstrated  to 
those  who  are  in  charge  that,  whilst  fair 
weather  is  most  favorable  to  tent  meet- 
ings, yet  they  can  stand  even  the  heavy 
rains,  as  in  this  case,  and  services  under  a 
tent  on  a  warm  summer  evening  are  de- 
lightful. 

It  must  be  borne  in  mind  that  the  Chris- 
tian  church   in   Marion    is   comparatively 


elitorial  in  the   Marion    News-Tribune  of 
Tuesday  morning,  July  11: 

"revivals  are  doing  good. 

"It  is  a  wholesome  sign  of  the  times  when 
one  sees  the  large  crowds  that  nightly  at- 
tend the  revival  meetings  that  are  now  be- 
ing held  in  the  tents  in  various  parts  of  the 
city.  A  good  many  times  when  such 
meetings  are  held  in  some  cities  there  is  a 
certain  element  of  the  most  irresponsible 
people  who  take  it  for  granted  that  they 
may  gather  around  in  the  vicinity  of  the 
tents  and  raise  all  kinds  of  disturbances 
and  annoyances.  They  seem  to  think  that 
it  is  more  of  a  side  show  than  anything 
else.  But  such  is  by  no  means  the  case  in 
this  city  at  the  present  time.  Here  we  see 
a  number  of  evangelists  and  singers  who 
are  giving  their  time  to  the  work  of  show- 
ing the  way  of  salvation.  Tney  appear 
earnest  in  their  work.  They  are  conduct- 
ing their  meetings  on  the  same  high  level 


"Marion  will  be  all  the  better  for  the 
holding  of  these  revival  meetings,  and  it 
is  to  be  hoped  that  the  people  will  give  re- 
spectful ear  to  the  men  who  are  conduct- 
ing them. 

"And,  by  the  way,  it  wouldn't  hurt  you 
to  attend  some  of  these  meetings." 

The  teats  have  been  arranged  and 
equipped  with  the  view  to  comfort  and  con- 
venience, and  they  can  accommodate  any 
sized  audience  that  might  assemble, 
whether  small  or  great. 

HOW   IT   CAME  ABOUT. 

This  campaign  was  suggested  by  W.  S. 
Buchanan,  the  untiring  and  energetic  pas- 
tor of  the  Tabernacle  church,  and  with  the 
co-operation  of  W.  J.  Wright,  superin- 
tendent of  evangelism,  plans  were  per- 
fected to  hold  simultaneous  tent  meetings 
in  three  of  the  most  strategic  points  in  the 
city  where  churches  should  be  planted  in 
the  early  future.  The  two  congregations  in 
the  city,  the  Tabernacle  church,  of  which 
W.  S.  Buchanan  is  the  efficient  pastor, 
and  the  Central,  with  its  new  pastor, 
Bro.  Merritt  Owens,  late  from  Washing- 
ton, N.  C,  have  united  heartily  in  the  ef- 
fort. 

According  to  the  suggestion  of  W.  J. 
Wright,  R.  H.  Fife,  of  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
was  called  to  take  general  oversight.  Broth- 
er Fife  has  not  only  had  good  success  in 
the  evangelistic  field,  but  has  made  a  very 
thorough  study  of  simultaneous  meetings 
and  summer  tent  revivals.  Plans  were 
laid  out  in  detail,  and  W.  S.  Buchanan 
saw  that  they  were  all  faithfully  executed. 
The  meetings  have  been  thoroughly  an- 
nounced and  many  of  the  preachers  and 
members  from  the  adjacent  towns  and 
country  churches  are  in  attendance  to  en- 
joy the  meetings  themselves  and  study  the 
plans  of  the  campaign.  The  evangelists 
and  singers  bold  an  occasional  open  air 
meeting  on  the  streets  near  the  public 
square,  and  large  numbers  are  hearing  the 
gospel. 

W.  S.  Buchanan  invited  the  pastors  and 
churches  of  other  religious  bodies  to  join 
with  the  Christian  churches  in  an  interde- 
nominational campaign,  but  when  they 
refused   our  people  undertook   the    cam- 


weak,  and  very  much  overshadowed  by  its 
religious  neighbors.  In  fact  the  cause  of 
the  Disciples  in  Marion  is  weaker  than  in 
any  other  city  of  its  size  in  Indiana.  Reli- 
gious prejudice  is  strong,  and  thi-3  evan- 
gelistic effort  means  a  desperate  struggle 
for  the  supremacy  of  the  primitive  gospel. 
The  evangelists  do  not,  therefore,  expect 
an  early  ingathering;  however,  there  were 
eight  additions  the  first  week.     They  are 


The  Central  Tent— R.  H.  Fife,  preaching. 

as  those  that  are  held  in  any  church,  and 
their  audiences  are  evidently  made  up  of 
the  better  class  of  thinking  people.  So  far 
as  has  been  learned  there  has  not  been  a 
single  instance  of  hoodlumism  in  the  vicin- 
ity of  either  tent  that  would  mar  the  suc- 
cess of  the  meetings.  This  is  a  good  indica- 
tion that  the  truths  spoken  are  falling  upon 
ears  that  are  willing  to  receive  them,  and 
this  means  that  much  good  will  be  done. 


paign  themselves.  Some  of  the  denomina- 
tions are  now  concluding  that  it  is  very 
essential  for  them  to  start  meetings  also, 
and  are  procuring  tents  to  set  up  in  the 
same  neighborhoods  where  ours  are.  How- 
ever, it  is  intimated  that  our  evangelists 
are  not  alarmed. 

location  of  tents. 

The  big  central  tent  where  R.  H.  Fife  is 

(Continued  on  page  969.) 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


July  27,  1905 


Our    Budgets 


—The  Tabernacle  church  at  Ft.  Worth, 
Tex  ,  wants  a  pastor. 

— M.  P.  Hay-den  has  taken  charge  of  the 
work  at  Browerville,  Minn. 

— Edward  O.  Sharp  has  just  organized  a 
congregation  at  Hillsboro,  111. 

— J.  R.  Perkins  has  announced  that  he  will 
leave  Huntsville,  Mo.,  this  fall. 

—  A.  B.  Cunningham  has  resigned  as  pas- 
tor of  the  church  at  Tiffin,  Ohio. 

—  Another  five  years'  pastorate  is  terminated 
by  J.  W.  Porter's  leaving  Stanford  for  Chapin, 
111. 

—John  Treloar,  late  of  Wheatland,  Cal., 
has  taken  charge  of  the  work  at  Monte  Vista, 
Col. 

— W.  A.  Wherry,  of  Tecumseh,  O.T.,  has 
become  minister  of  the  church  at  Commerce, 
Texas. 

— Ward  Russell,  pastor  at  Florence,  Col., 
is  spending  the  months  of  July  and  August  in 
Europe. 

— E.  H.  Williamson  reports  a  good  outlook 
at  Brunswick,  Mo.,  where  he  has  just  accepted 
a  call. 

— F.  J.  M.  Appleman,  late  of  Pictou, 
N.  S.,  has  taken  charge  of  the  work,  at  Lu- 
bec,  Me. 

— The  brethren  at  Princeton,  Kan.,  where 
J.  F.  Power  ministers,  are  painting  and  paper- 
ing their  church. 

— M.  P.  Hegan  is  located  at  Frazee  and 
Browerville,  Minn.,  as  missionary  pastor  under 
our  home  board. 

— J.  C.  Todd  is  to  leave  Monroe  City  in 
October  for  a  course  at  Yale,  or  Union  theo- 
logical seminary. 

— Arthur  N.  Lindsay  has  just  raised  $1,095 
in  cash  and  paid  off  the  debt  of  the  church  at 
New  Franklin,  Mo. 

— Wm.  Sumpter,  recently  of  Nevada,  has 
moved  to  Petoskey,  Mich.,  to  become  missionary 
pastor  of  that  church. 

— The  new  church  building  at  Truman, 
Minn.,  is  nearing  completion  and  will  be  dedi- 
cated by  F.  M.  Rains. 

— The  Minnesota  convention  recommended 
the  creation  of  a  special  fund  to  maintain  a 
second  evangelist  in  the  field. 

— Excavation  has  commenced  for  the  new 
Drake  university  Bible  building  and  it  will  be 
pushed  vigorously  to  completion. 

— T.  W.  Pinkerton,  who  has  resigned  as 
our  missionary  at  Salt  Lake  City,  will  begin 
his  work  at  Kenton,  Ohio,  Sept.  1. 

— T.  T.  Thompson,  of  East  Side,  Denver, 
has  had  a  bad  siege  of  inflammatory  rheuma- 
tism, but  is  now  able  to  be  about  again. 

— W.  H.  Knotts,  of  Kimball,  married  a 
wife  and  could  not  go  to  the  Minnesota  con- 
vention.    Such  is  the  report  that  reaches  us. 

— G.  W.  Buckner,  of  Macomb,  where  he 
has  served  five  years  succe»sfully,  goes  to 
Carthage,  III.,  while  Robert  Dungan  succeeds 
him. 

— J.  J.  Evans  has  given  up  the  work  of  cor- 
responding secretary  of  Oregon,  and  is  suc- 
ceeded by  F.  E.  Billington,  Cottage  Grove, 
Oregon. 

— C.  K.  Marshall,  one  of  our  well  known 
ministers,  has  resigned  at  Tupelo,  Miss.  Here 
is  a  chance  for  some  of  our  churches  to  secure  a 
good  man. 

— John  Simpson,  though  he  has  changed  his 
residence  to  Cavendish,  P.  E.  I.  Canada,  will 
preach  for  the  church  at  New  Glasgo  for  an- 
other year. 

— Wm,  F.  Cowden,  for  so  many    years  su- 


perintendent of  missions  under  our  home  board, 
in  the  northwest,  but  who  retired  a  year  since, 
has  gone  to  Alaska  with  Mrs.  Cowden  to  visit 
their  sons  who  are  in  business  in  Nome.  They 
will  return  in  September. 

— R.  M.  Hopkins,  one  of  our  best  Sunday- 
school  men,  has  just  made  a  drive  of  nearly 
two  hundred  miles  through  the  needy  sections 
of  Kentucky. 

—  In  our  "Changes"  last  week  W.  H. 
Hedges  was  announced  as  going  to  Covington, 
Ky.  It  is  Covington,  Ind.,  to  which  Brother 
Hedges  has  removed. 

— Our  church  at  Loveland,  Col.,  is  planning 
to  hold  a  revival  early  in  the  fall.  A.  O. 
Walker  reports  92  additions  since  he  took 
charge  the  last  of  March. 

— There  are  five  Disciples  at  the  Harvard 
summer  school  of  theology  this  year,  while 
Pres.  C.  C.  Rowlison  is  doing  supply  work  in 
the  university  library. 

— G.  D.  Edwards,  of  Nevada,  Mo.,  is  plan- 
ning to  sail  for  Honolulu  immediately  after  the 
San  Francisco  convention.  He  becomes  pastor 
of  the  church  in  Honolulu. 

— The  First  church  at  Springfield,  111.,  is 
holding  a  tent  meeting.  C.  C.  Morrison,  the 
pastor,  is  doing  the  preaching,  assisted  byS.  S. 
Jones  in  charge  of  the  singing. 

— J.  M.  Morris,  until  recently  state  evangel- 
ist of  Washington  under  the  support  of  the 
A.  C.  M.  S.,  has  resigned  and  become  a 
teacher  in  Turner,  Oregon. 

— The  Pacific  Christian,  in  a  paragraph 
about  our  San  Francisco  convention  number, 
says:  "The  Christian-Evangelist's  familiar 
pages  are  very  homelike  this  week." 

— We  recently  noted  the  calls  for  Chas. 
Reign  Scoville  and  De  Loss  Smith.  During  the 
coming  year  Brother  Scoville  will  give  most  of 
his  time  to  the  evangelistic  field. 

— The  church  at  Platte  City,  Mo.,  knows 
how  to  do  a  good  thing.  It  will  send  its  pas- 
tor, Louis  S.  Cupp,  to  the  California  conven- 
tion.    Mrs.  Cupp  will  go  with  him. 

— J.  G.  Slayter,  who  begins  his  work  as  pas- 
tor of  the  East  Fnd  church,  Pittsburg,  Pa., 
the    first    of  .,  is    succeeded  at  Akron, 

Ohio,  by  Gcorpe  Darsie,  of  Massillon. 

— G.  F.  Bradford  is  beginning  his  fourth 
year  at  Eureka,  Kan.  During  this  time  the 
church  has  moved  from  fourth  to  first  place  in 
standing  among  the  churches  in  Eureka. 

— The  Christian  Century  says  that  M.  M. 
Nelson,  of  Rockford,  Cal.,  pays  for  the  little 
bulletin  issued  weekly  by  his  church  by  work- 
ing one  day  a  week  in  the  printing  office. 

— Harvey  Baker  Smith  leaves  Princeton, 
Ky.,  Aug.  1,  for  Oregon,  on  account  of  the 
health  of  his  family.  Thirteen  have  been 
added  there  since  the  meeting,  making  70  in 
all. 

— J.  L.  Haddock,  recently  state  evangelist  of 
Louisiana,  has  entered  the  field  as  general 
evangelist  of  the  southern  states.  Mrs.  Had- 
dock accompanies  him  and  sings  at  the  meet- 
ings. 

— Benj.  L.  Smith  spent  a  recent  Sunday  in 
Marion,  Ohio,  in  securing  pledges  for  a  new 
church  house  there.  The  result  was  quite  a 
surprise  to  the  church  in  the  amount  of  pledges 
received. 

— The  congregation  at  Lyons,  Kan.,  where 
Geo.  E.  Lyons  ministers,  has  outgrown  its 
present  building  and  is  engaged  in  erecting  a 
new  modern  building,  with  a  seating  capacity 
of  1,000. 

— D.  M.  Wetzel,  minister  of  the  Fulton 
avenue  mission,  Baltimore,  has  resigned  to 
take  effect  the  first  of  September.  This  mission 
is  the  special  field  of  the  Harlem  avenue  church 
of  the  A.  C.  M.  S. 

— The  Fountain  Park  assembly's  program 
will  be  found  to  be  a  good    one.     It    is    con- 


trolled by  our  brethren  locally,  and  is  not  run 
for  money-making.  Particulars  may  be  had 
from  Geo,  F.  DeVol,  minister  of  our  church 
at  Remington,  Ind. 

— A  press  dispatch  announces  the  resigna- 
tion of  W.  F.  Shaw  at  Charleston,  111.,  and 
his  response  to  a  call  to  the  North  Side  church 
at  Chicago,  III.,  where  Bruce  Brown  was. 

—Philip  W.  Walthall  will  close  his  work  at 
Covington,  Ind.,  Sept.  1,  to  enter  the  evangel- 
istic field.  He  solicits  correspondence  with 
churches  desiring  to  hold  meetings.  Some 
dates  are  already  arranged. 

— The  Tenth  Legion  of  the  Hammett  Place 
Christian  church  gave  a  very  delightful  even- 
ing's entertainment  last  week,  beginning  its 
campaign  for  the  raising  of  the  money  neces- 
sary to  complete  the  new  building. 

— B.  H.  Lingcnfelter  has  accepted  the  ur- 
gent invitati6n  of  the  brethren  at  Fremont  Sta- 
tion, Seattle,  Wash.,  and  will  remain  with 
them  as  their  pastor.  This  is  under  the  sup- 
port of  our  board  of  home  missions. 

— L.  P.  Schooling,  who  is  a  graduate  of  the 
Missouri  state  university,  and  took  work  dur- 
ing his  course  in  our  Bible  college,  is  now 
attending  classes  at  at  the  University  of  Chi- 
cago, and  ministering  to  the  church   at  Joliet. 

— E.  R.  Durfee,  of  Painesville,  Ohio,  held  a 
very  successful  meeting  with  the  East  End  mis- 
sion, Cincinnati,  Ohio,  adding  about  40  to  the 
membership.  This  mission  is  building  its 
church  home.  The  meeting  was  held  in  a  lit- 
tle upper  ball. 

— The  Board  of  Church  Extension  has  re- 
cently received  the  following  annuities:  $1,000 
from  a  friend  in  Missouri;  $500  from  a  friend 
in  New  York;  and  $100  from  friends  in  Kan- 
sas. The  last  is  the  one  hundred  and  forty- 
first  gift  to  the  annuity  fund. 

— We  are  glad  to  note  that  our  little  church 
at  Evanston,  of  which  W.  D.  Ward  is  pastor, 
has  made  the  final  payment  on  its  $9,000 
church.  The  building  now  used  is  situated  to 
much  better  advantage  for  aggressive  work 
than  the  building  formerly  occupied. 

— We  received,  too  late  for  an  announce- 
ment in  advance  of  the  date  on  which  the 
address  was  to  be  delivered,  the  information  that 
M.  M.  Davis  was  to  take  part  in  the  conven- 
tion at  Weleetka,  Ind.  Ter.,  with  an  address 
on  "The  Bible  Burned— Then  What?" 

— We  hear  again  serious  complaints  of  a 
man  who  goes  by  the  name  of  W.  A.  or 
R.  E.  L.  Stanley.  We  have  not  space  to  go 
into  particulars  in  this  issue,  but  we  advise  all 
churches  and  ministers  to  be  very  careful  of 
putting  any  trust  in  one  who  seems  to  be  en- 
tirely unworthy  of  confidence. 

— John  T.  Brown,  of  Kentucky,  will  sail 
from  San  Francisco,  soon  after  the  convention, 
for  Australia,  where  he  will  evangelize  and 
lecture  for  several  months.  After  that  he  ex- 
pects to  make  some  travels  in  a  number  of  the 
oriental  countries  and  will  probably  be  away 
from  home  over  a  year. 

— A.  W.  Kokendoffer  made  us  a  call  on  his 
return  from  the  sad  duty  of  taking  his  wife's 
body  to  rest  among  her  people  in  Kentucky. 
Brother  Kokendoffer  desires  us  to  express  his 
deep  thanks  to  the  many  friends  who  have  so 
graciously  tendered  the  assurances  of  their 
sympathy  in  his  bereavement. 

— Plans  are  now  being  prepared  for  a  fine 
church  edifice  at  Huntington,  Ind.  It  is  in- 
tended to  seat  about  1,400  people,  and  the 
cost  will  be  between  thirty  and  forty  thousand 
dollars.  The  growth  of  the  church  has  de- 
manded larger  quarters.  Our  contributer, 
Cephas  Shelburne,  is  the  minister. 

— David  H.  Shields  informs  us  that  the  med- 
ical library  of  Dr.  Anna  Rakestraw,  deceased, 
was  shipped  a  few  weeks  ago  to  Brother  Meigs 
at  Nankin,  China.     The  library  was  donated 


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to  the  Foreign  Society  by  her  brother,  of  Angola, 
Ind.,  and  by  Sister  Mary  Smith,  of  Salina, 
Kan. 

— Adam  K.  Adcock  writes  us  from  Jackson, 
O.,  that  the  pews  of  the  church  there  were 
recently  damaged  by  fire,  but  there  are  enough 
good  ones  left  to  seat  a  smaller  church,  say  of 
250  capacity.  The  ladies'  aid  expect  to  put 
in  new  pews,  and  they  desire  to  sell  the  old 
ones  on  reasonable  terms. 

— W.  F.  Turner,  of  Joplin,  Mo.,  reports  that 
the  church  has  taken  Marcellus  J.  Ely  and  the 
mission  of  New  Orleans  as  their  special  field 
under  our  home  board.  Brother  Ely  is  the  son 
of  Simpson  Ely.  Arrangements  have  been 
made  for  Simpson  Ely  to  hold  a  protracted 
meeting  in  New  Orleans  in  October  next. 

—The  church  at  Tampa,  Fla  ,  under  the 
leadership  of  J.  P.  Rowlison,  under  the  support 
of  the  A.  C.  M.  S.,  has  been  doing  wonders. 
They  purchased  a  lot  and  built  a  very  neat 
meeting  house  which  was  dedicated  on  July  2. 
The  promise  is  for  a  strong  church,  and  all 
is  the  result  of  our  home  missionary  work. 

—The  church  at  Greenville,  Tex.,  has 
already  extended  a  unanimous  call  to  J.  W. 
Holsapple  to  remain  not  only  next  year,  but 
indefinitely  thereafter.  Brother  Holsapple's 
second  year  does  not  expire  until  Dec.  31,  so  it 
would  seem  that  thus  far  he  has  given  eminent 
satisfaction  to  the  congregation  in  this  live 
little  Texas  town. 

—The  little  church  at  Albuquerque,  New 
Mexico,  under  the  leadership  of  E.  E.  Craw- 
ford, is  making  an  heroic  effort  to  build  a 
church  home.  Some  brethren  have  purchased 
a  choice  lot  for  $2,200,  and  are  holding  it  in 
trust  for  the  church.  As  soon  as  the  church 
secures  its  lot,  the  Board  of  Extension  will  help 
them  with  their  building. 

— L.  W.  McCreary,  of  East  St.  Louis,  re- 
ports the  calling  of  C.  O.  Reynard,  who  has 
just  graduated  at  Hiram,  Ohio,  as  the  living 
link  evangelist  of  the  East  St.  Louis  church 
and  the  Fourth  church  of  St.  Louis,  of  which 
Brother  Macfarland  is  pastor.  Brother  Rey- 
nard will  need  a  new  church  in  East  St.  Louis 
and  a  new  church  at  Alton,  111.,  within  the 
year. 

— H.  H.  Moninger  has  just  closed  his  work 
at  Steubenville,  O.,  where  he  spent  three  years 
of  happiness  and  where  is  gathered  one  of  the 
largest  Sunday-schools  in  the  brotherhood — 
enrolling,  we  believe,  about  1,100.  Brother 
Moninger  will  be  allied  with  the  Christian 
Standard  force.  Hugh  S.  Darsie,  Jr.,  will 
supply  the  Steubenville  pulpit  until  a  new 
pastor  is  secured. 

— From  the  home  office  we  learn  that  the 
•  report  to  be  presented  at  San  Francisco  gives 
promise  of  being  the  best  report  ever  presented 
to  a  national  convention  by  the  Christian  Mis- 
sionary Society.  If  the  churches  that  have 
taken  the  offering  for  home  missions,  and  have 
not  yet  remitted  that  offering,  will  send  in 
their  money  between  now  and  August  1,  the 
promise  of  the  best  report  will  be  redeemed. 

— L.  L.  Carpenter  has,  by  unanimous  vote 
at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  congregation  at 
Wabash,  Ind  ,  been  made  pastor  emeritus  in 
recognition  of  his  long  service  and  residence 
with  this  congregation.  Favorable  reports 
were  presented  from  every  department  of  the 
church  work,  and  a  basket  dinner  was  enjoyed. 
Nearly  $900  were  raised  by  the  pastor,  E.  F. 
Daugherty,  for  the  work  and  the  parsonage 
fund. 

— W.  S.  St.  Clair  and  M.  A.  Hart  have 
just  dedicated  a  new  church  at  Hickory  Grove, 
Mo.  They  raised  $600  at  the  morning  service, 
more  than  enough  to  pay  the  indebtedness,  and 
Brother  Hart  preached  the  dedicatory  ser- 
mon in  the  afternoon  to  a  packed  house,  while 
he  remains  to  hold  a  meeting.  Everything 
was  a  success,  and  a  basket  dinner  was  a 
pleasant  feature  of  the  day. 


— We  cordially  commend  to  the  attention  of 
our  readers  the  appeal  which  Brother  Snively 
makes  on  another  page  in  behalf  of  our  old 
people's  home  at  Jacksonville.  We  would  be 
glad  if  it  were  possible  for  us  to  make  ac- 
knowledgment in  the  columns  of  the  Chris- 
tian-Evangelist of  responses  thereto  but  the 
demands  on  our  space  are  »uch  that  this  is  im- 
possible. Our  homes  are  all  in  need  of  in- 
creased capacity. 

—Peter  Ainslie  reports  that  the  wo  k  of  the 
Christian  temple  has  progressed  well,  a>d  that 
H.  G.  Spencer,  the  son  of  I.  J.  Spencer,  of 
Lexington  Ky.,  has  accepted  the  call  of  the 
old  Calhoun  street  church  at  Baltimore,  the 
building  vacated  by  Brother  Ainslie's  congre- 
gatien.  The  effort  will  be  made  to  build  up 
a  new  congregat  on  around  Calhoun  street. 
Brother  Ainslie  takes  a  needed  vacation  of  four 
weeks. 

— -As  briefly  announced  in  our  last  week's 
issue,  a  new  church  has  just  been  completed  at 
Mannington,  W.  Va.  It  is  of  press-d  brick 
and  the  property  is  valued  at  about  $12,000. 
It  is  the  pro  luct  of  Clarence  Mitchell's  evan- 
gelistic work  during  two  summer  vacations. 
Dr.  J.  M.  Devore  telegraphs  us  that  this  werk 
has  redeemed  our  plea  from  anti-ism  and 
placed  us  in  the  front  in  that  rich  old  city. 

—The  Colorado  Christian  Herald,  in  an 
editorial,  after  summarizing  our  own  editorial 
on  the  time  for  holding  the  national  conven- 
tion, says:  "The  Herald  wishes  the  change 
might  be  made  from  October,  as  that  is  one  of 
the  best  months  for  evangelistic  work.  If 
practicable,  we  wish  that  time  might  be  secured 
which  would  enable  the  various  state  organiza- 
tions to  have  their  missionary  year  uniform 
with  the  national  year." 

— In  a  recent  account  of  the  Iowa  state  con- 
1  vention,  it  was  stated  that  $7,500  were  raised 
to  complete  the  fund  for  this  building,  "in 
pledges  of  $500  to  $1,000."  This  was  a  mis- 
take of  the  types.  It  was  written  "in  pledges 
of  $5.00  to  $1,000."  A  very  large  number  of 
$5  00  pledges  were  made,  indicating  that  it  is 
not  only  the  wealthy  who  are  interested  in  this 
movement  so  full  of  meaning  and  promise,  but 
the  rank  and  file  as  well. 

— The  church  at  Shelbyville,  Ind.,  has 
granted  its  pastor,  H.  O.  Pritchard,  an  eight 
months'  leave  of  absence,  during  which  time 
he  will  complete  his  course  in  the  divinity 
school  of  Yale  university.  H.  H.  Harmon, 
for  the  past  three  years  pastor  of  the  Taber- 
nacle Christian  church  at  Columbus,  Ind., 
will  have  charge  of  the  work  at  Shelbyville, 
during  Brother  Pritchard's  absence.  Brother 
Harmon  will  at  the  same  time  do  work  at 
Butler  university. 

— We  regret  that  a  Budget  note,  intended  to 
go  in  the  same  number  in  which  the  paper  by 
Miss  Virgie  Campbell,  published  in  our  Home 
Circle  pages  last  week,  was  omitted.  This  was 
intended  to  explain  that  Miss  Campbell's 
paper,  which  was  read  at  one  of  the  sessions  of 
the  Missouri  state  convention,  was  called  for 
unanimously  by  the  convention  to  be  published 
in  some  ef  our  religious  journals.  Miss  Campbell 
is  the  very  efficient  helper  of  Brother  Abbott 
in  the  state  board's  office  at  Kansas  City. 

— We  regret  that  we  have  not  space  in  which 
to  mention  the  features  of  the  different  assemblies 
whose  announcements  reach  us.  A  full  program 
of  the  many  attractions  at  Chautauqua  can 
be  obtained  by  addressing  L.  L.  Carpenter, 
Bethany  Assembly,  Brooklyn,  Ind.,  while  the 
Bethany  Beach  Assembly,  which  is  now  in  ses- 
sion, and  lasts  until  Aug.  18,  is  another  gath- 
ering that  is  peculiarly  associated  with  our 
church.  Particulars  can  be  obtained  from 
A.  E.  Zeigler,  Bethany  Beach,  Del.  The 
Piedmont  assembly  will  be  held  from  July  28 
to  Aug.  6,  one  mile  west  of  Gordonsville,  Va., 
and  C.  R.    Sine    and    his    committee    have    a 


strong  program,  with  C.  A.  Young,  J.  J. 
Haley  and  other  good  speakers  to  delight 
those  who  go. 

— The  paper  recently  known  as  the  Chris- 
tian Companion  has  once  more  taken  a  new 
name.  It  has  been  combined  with  the  Watch 
Tower,  and  will  be  issued  from  the  headquar- 
ters of  the  Chriitian  Standard,  under  the  title 
of  The  Christian  Weekly.  It  it  announced 
that  the  editorial  work  will  be  in  the  hands  of 
Bro.  J.  B.  Briney  and  John  Brown,  who  have 
been  conducting  the  Christian  Companion, 
and  H.  C.  Bowen,  who  has  been  editor  of  the 
Watch  Tower.  Brother  Brown,  as  we  in- 
dicate in  another  paragraph,  is  starting  on  a 
lengthy  tour.  The  reason  assigned  for  the 
consolidation  is  the  increased  difficulty  in  pub- 
ishing  a  religious  journal  on  a  paying  basis, 
and  the  desire  to  present  readers  with  a  better 
paper  at  the  same  cost.  It  is  hardly  fair  to 
pass  any  opinion  upon  our  contemporary  in  its 
new  form  at  present. 

The  Campaign  for  Two  Thousand 
Contributors. 

The  time  is  short  and  preachers  and  churches 
should  act  at  once,  sending  in  cards  promising 
to  take  the  offering.  Up  to  July  19,  775 
churches  have  promised  to  take  the  offering. 
This  number  is  quite  a  distance  from  the 
much  desired  2,000  promises  which  we  want 
for  our  annual  report  at  San  Francisco.  We 
need  1,224  more  promises.  Shall  we  have 
them?  The  final  proof  for  our  annual  report 
will  be  ready  Wednesday,  Aug  2.  All  prom- 
ises in  by  that  time  can  be  reported  at  San 
Francisco.  If  you  have  misplaced  our  mailing 
card  sent,  you  buy  a  postal  card  and  send 
your  promise.  Last  year  over  2,000  churches 
sent  offerings  to  our  Home  Society,  and  nearly 
3,000  to  the  Foreign  Society.  Surely  these  all 
should  help  us  this  year  to  reach  the  half  mil- 
lion for  Church  Extension.  This  week  Ohio 
and  Illinois  are  ahead  with  92  promises  each, 
and  Missouri  is  second,  while  Indiana  is  third. 

In  proportion  to  the  number  of  churches  in 
the  state,  Wyoming,  New  Jersey  and  Vermont 
lead,  New  Mexico  is   second,  with  Louisiana 

third. 

Promises  to  Promises  to 

States.       •    take  offering.      States,     take  offering- 

Alabama 9     Missouri 76 

Arkansas 5     Montana 7 

Arizona Nebraska 27 

California 34     New  Jersey 1 

Colorado 7     New  Mexico 1 

Connecticut 1     New  York 19 

Dist.  Columbia....     4     North  Carolina 2 

Florida 1     North  Dakota 

Georgia 9     Ohio 92 

Idaho 2     Oklahoma 16 

Illinois 92     Ontario 1 

Indiana 65     Oregon 13 

Indian  Territory...     7     Pennsylvania 21 

Iowa 45     South  Carolina 2 

Kansas 44     South  Dakota  4 

Kentucky 36     Tennessee 5 

Louisiana 6     Texas 41 

Maine Utah 

Manitoba 2     Vermont 1 

Maryland 1     Virginia 7 

Massachusetts 4     Washington 15 

Michigan 25     West  Virginia 8 

Minnesota 9     Wisconsin 5 

Mississippi 3     Wyoming 2 

All  promises  should  be  sent  to — 

G.  W.  Muckley,  Cor.  Sec'y. 
600  Water  Works  Bldg.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

The  Joplin  Party. 

As  official  excursion  manager  for  south  Mis- 
souri and  Arkansas  the  writer  expects  to  take  a 
party  to  the  national  convention,  leaving  here 
Aug.  7,  joining  special  train  via  Santa  Fe  at 
Kansas  City  Aug.  8.  Let  all  who  expect  to 
go  this  way  notify  me  at  once. 

W.  F.  Turner. 

516  Moffett  Ave.,  Joplin,  Mo. 


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Union  Square,   San  Francisco,    showing  the  Hotel  St.  Francis,   Stevenson  Monument,    etc. 


San  Francisco  Hotels. 

No  doubt  many  of  those  who  are  consid- 
ering attendance  on  the  international  mis- 
sionary convention  of  the  Disciples  of 
Christ  for  1905  are  asking:  What  about 
hotel  facilities  there?  What  kind  of  ac- 
commodations do  they  offer  and  to  which 
of  them  shall  we  go? 

It  should  first  be  stated  in  answer  to 
these  possible  queries  that  San  Francisco 
has  a  great  host  of  family  hotels  and  well 
equipped  lodging  houses,  numbers  of 
which  are  on  the  lists  of  the  entertainment 
committee  who  will  have  a  bureau  duly  es- 
tablished where  information  as  to  all  of 
these  can  be  furnished. 

San  Francisco,  however,  has  certain  no- 
table hotels  whose  names  are  for  the  most 
part  known  wherever  the  English  language 
is  spoken,  and  a  few  words  will  be  sup- 
plied below,  not  as  an  advertisement  of 
the  respective  hostelries,  but  for  the  in- 
formation of  delegates. 

The  newest  of  San  Francisco's  great 
hotels  is  the  St.  Francis,  situated  on  Powell 
street,  opposite  beautiful  Union  Square 
and  in  the  same  block  with  the  convention 
halls,  N.  S.  G.  W.  hall,  and  the  First  Con- 
gregational church.  This  magnificent 
building  boasts  tbat  all  its  guest  rooms  are 
outside  rooms  from  which  is  afforded  an 
incomparable  panorama  of  bay,  mountains 
and  rolling  hills.  Although  a  new  hotel, 
this  is    already  one  of   the  most   popular 


of  the  great  hotels,  perhaps  because  its 
rates  are  very  reasonable  considering  the 
service  furnished. 

The  great  Palace  hotel,  with  its  815  sleep- 
ing rooms  and  500  bath  rooms,  has  long 
claimed  the  pre-eminence  among  San 
Francisco's  travelers'  homes,  a  pre- 
eminence by  the  way,  which  the  new 
St.  Francis  ventures  to  dispute.  The 
Palace  has  stood  for  more  than  20 
years  as  the  center  of  hotel  life  in  the  city. 
On  its  registers  are  to  be  found  the  names 
of  many  of  the  most  eminent  men  of  the 
Pacific  coast  and  of  the  country,  and  many 
of  them  may  be  seen  gossiping  or  read- 
ing in  the  spacious  lounging  room,  into 
which  the  court,  formerly  used  as  a  drive- 
way, was  converted  upwards  of  two  years 
ago.  With  its  handsome  furniture  in  rich, 
red  upholstering,  its  magnificent  palm 
growing  from  a  large  stone  urn  in  the 
center,  and  the  other  tropical  plants  placed 
around  in  great  profusion,  it  is  a  sight 
never  to  be  forgotten.  Every  room  in  the 
hotel  is  steam  heated  as  well  as  having  an 
open  fire — an  advantage  not  always  to  be 
despised  in  San  Francisco  in  August. 

The  Lick  house  is  another  hotel  that  has 
from  bonanza  days  been  very  popular.  Its 
management  boasts  that  it  has  all  the  ap- 
pointments of  an  up-to-date  hotel,  and  de- 
clares that  a  stay  under  its  roof  is  the  best 
advertisement  it  can  have. 

One  of  the  oldest  and  most  famous  hotels 
in  California  is  the  Occidental.     Its  name 


is  singularly  inappropriate,  judging  from 
its  principal  patronage.  It  should  be  called 
the  Oriental,  for  it  is  the  particular  prefer- 
ence of  missionaries,  army  and  navy  of- 
ficers, and  globe-trotters  of  all  descriptions. 
In  its  corriders  one  will  see  uniforms  of  all 
descriptions,  as  well  as  all  sorts  of  strange 
tailor's  gear  adorning  the  backs  of  men  from 
Africa,  India,  China  or  almost  anywhere 
else  in  the  world  that  might  be  named. 
Without  any  doubt  the  registers  of  this 
hotel  carry  more  clerical  names  than  all 
the  others  of  the  city  put  together. 

The  California  hotel  also  claims  mention 
in  such  an  article  as  this.  About  one  year 
ago  it  was  newly  renovated  throughout. 
New  carpets,  new  inlaid  floors,  new  china 
for  the  dining  tables,  a  long  distance  tele- 
phone in  each  room,  and  a  modern  cuisine 
are  among  the  attractions  announced  by 
its  management. 

Finally,  brethren,  remember  to  bring 
your  spring  wraps  and  leave  your  summer 
underclothing  at  home,  for  you  will  surely 
need  something  heavier.  Have  a  stout 
pair  of  walking  shoes  with  good  thick  soles, 
for  the  streets  of  San  Francisco  are  not 
grass  covered.  If  you  expect  to  visit  the 
northwest  on  your  way  to  or  from  the  con- 
vention, umbrellas  and  mackintoshes  will 
be  good  company,  but  you  will  have  no 
use  for  such  things  in  California.  If  you 
happen  to  possess  a  pair  of  field  glasses, 
bring  them  along;  they  will  add  much  to 
the  pleasure  of  your  trip. 


The  Northwest  Texas  Camp  Meeting. 

The  northwest  Texas  camp  meeting  will 
open  August  2  at  the  "Jom  Ranch"  near  the 
town  of  Throckmorton,  Tex.,  and  last  12 days. 
The  big-hearted  cattlemen  of  this  district 
have  declared  that  they  are  going  to  make  thia 
the  "typical  camp  meeting."  For  some  time 
they  have  had  a  force  of  men  at  work  on  the 
camp  ground,  preparing  and  beautifying  it. 

The  camp  grounds  are  located  on  O.  J. 
Wood's  ranch.  He  is  the  honored  president 
of  our  association  and  it  goes  without  saying  in 
this  country  that  he  is  not  only  a  "cattle  king,', 
but  the  camp  meeting  king  of  all  the  "Lone 
Star  State."  He  has  his  policy  as  definitely 
outlined  as  any  life  insurance  agent.  He  has 
hundreds  of  acres  of  land  fenced  off  for  the 
grazing  of  the  campers'  stock.  They  have  a 
regular  annually  appointed  camp  marshal, 
who  has  charge  of  the  entire  grounds  and  sees 


that  all  abide  by  the  camp  meeting  rules. 

There  are  many  tents  on  the  grounds  that 
are  occupied  by  the  ladies  and  as  many  men  as 
can  find  room,  but  a  large  number  of  the  men 
take  a  blanket  and  sleep  on  the  ground  with  no 
covering  save  the  beautiful  canopy  of  heaven. 

Brother  Wood  is  building  a  town  and  school 
on  his  ranch  of  ten  thousand  acres,  and  to  en- 
courage the  people  to  come  in  and  educate 
their  children  is  giving  two  and  three  acre  lots 
to  those  who  will  build  houses  on  them. 
There  is  no  better  place  in  Texas  to  spend 
"an  outing." 

President  E.  V.  ZoIIars  of  Texas  Christian 
university  will  lead  the  "camp  meeting  nor- 
mal" and  preach  to  the  church.  Mrs.  J.  L. 
Haddock  will  lead  the  personal  workers. 
Prof.  Talmage  Stanley,  "the  champion  boy 
cornttist,"  will  conduct  the  chorus  of  three 
hundred  voices.     The  writer  is  to   again  assist 


in  the  evangelistic  work,  this  being  the  fourth 
year  he  has  been  co-operating  in  this  capacity. 

Brethren,  come  and  receive  that  inspiration 
we  catch  from  coming  into  contact  with  these 
large  hearted  ranchmen  who  leave  their  flocks 
and  herds  and  go  hundreds  of  miles  to  enjoy 
their  annual  spiritual  feast  and  to  unite  in  the 
effort  to  save  souls. 

If  you  are  thinking  of  coming  write  to  O.  J. 
Wood,  Throckmorton,  Texas. 

J.  L.  Haddock. 


Eastern  Delegates. 

Those  going  from  Pennsylvania,  Maryland, 
Virginia  and  District  of  Columbia,  to  our  Na- 
tional Convention  at  San  Francisco,  should  be 
ready  to  start  on  Tuesday,  August  8,  for 
St.  Louis,  where  we  will  join  the  Christian- 
Evangelist  Special.      J.  Murray  Taylor. 


July  27,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


9^9 


What  Would  Louisiana  Do  without 
Church  Extension? 

The  first  and  strongest  answer  to  this  ques- 
tion would  be  this:  Remove  church  extension 
and  you  remove  our  cause  from  Louisiana. 
Since  the  beginning  of  the  reformation  spas- 
modic efforts  have  been  made  to  en'er  Louisi- 
ana, but  with  practically  no  success.  Even 
Alexander  Campbell  himself  made  strong  effort 
to  get  our  cause  established  in  this  great  agri- 
cultural state.  The  trouble  up  to  a  few  years 
ago  was  that  we  could  not  build  houses  for  the 
little  churches  we  organized.  In  the  last  few 
years  Louisiana  has  been  rapidly  increasing  in 
churches  and  membership. 

We  have  entered  Crowley,  Jennings,  Lees- 
ville,  Morrow,  Baton  Rouge,  Alexandria  and 
Monroe.  The  method  down  here  is  to  hold 
each  convention  at  a  new  place  every  year.  Our 
next  convention  will  be  held  at  Opelousas,  a 
city  of  7,000  population  where  we  now  have 
only  a  family  or  two  who  ever  were  members 
of  the  Christian  church.  The  writer  is  in- 
structed to  go  to  Opelousas  early  next  spring 
and  begin  a  ten  weeks'  meeting,  and  hold  it  till 
the  convention  meets  and  let  the  convention 
close  up  the  meeting.  I  am  supposed  to  have 
organized  the  new  church  and  made  arrange- 
ments for  the  entertainment  of  the  convention 
free  of  charge  to  any  one,  before  the  conven- 
tion meets.  Towards  the  close  of  the  meeting, 
or  near  time  for  the  convention  I  am  supposed 
to  make  a  canvass  of  the  new  church,  and  the 
town  as  well,  for  funds  with  which  to  buy  a 
first  class  lot  and  build  a  church  house.  When 
the  convention  meets  we  are  supposed  to  make 
a  canvass  of  the  convention  for  funds  with 
which  to  augment  the  amount  already  raised 
towards  building  the  house.  By  So  doing  we 
will  reach  the  point  where  the  Church  Exten- 
sion Board  will  be  justifiable  in  granting  us  a 
loan  to  finish  and  make  permanent  the  work 
we  have  begun. 

This  is  the  method  launched  by  Claude  L. 
Jones  and  which  Brother  Haddock  has  adhered 
to  for  the  last  three  years.  With  the  Church 
Extension  Society  and  the  American  Christian 
Missionary  Society  we  can  build  a  church  any- 
where in  America. 

Having  to  leave  our  little  congregations 
houseless  was  exactly  what  caused  our  fore- 
fathers to  fail  to  make  their  work  tell  in  Louisi- 
ana. What  is  true  of  Louisiana  is  true  in  Ok- 
lahoma and  every  other  weak  state  and  terri- 
tory in  the  Union.  Now,  a9  small  a  thing  as 
any  preacher  in  the  brotherhood  could  be  asked 
to  do  would  be  to  send  Brother  Muckley  a 
postal  card  right  away  telling  him  that  his 
church  will  take  the  offering  on  the  first  Lord's 
day  in  September.  If  all  the  preachers  will  do 
this  a  fair  estimate  can  be  made  and  the  half 
million  banner  raised  at  the  San  Francisco 
convention.  John  A.  Stevens, 

Superintendent  of  Louisiana  Missions. 

Alexandria,  La. 

&         & 
Dedication  at  Eldora,  Iowa. 

The  new  $7,000  church  building  was  dedi- 
cated on  July  12.  The  primitive  gospel 
was  preached  here  to  the  first  settlers  in  1851. 
The  congregation  was  organized  in  1856. 
The  old  house  was  erected  in  1866.  In  the 
late  60' s  and  the  70's  the  congregation  had  a 
period  of  prosperity,  followed  by  a  period  of 
depression  which  lasted  for  many  years.  The 
church  is  harmonious,  patient,  loyal,  and  now 
rejoices  greatly  that  it  has  a  beautiful  and  very 
convenient  building  in  which  to  do  its  work. 
J.  M.  Hoffmann,  evangelist  for  the  Iowa 
C.  W.  B.  M.,  had  charge  ef  the  finances  for 
the  new  building,  and  while  he  is  a  master  of 
the  art  of  church  finance  himself,  he  had  Dean 
A.  M.  Haggard  of  Drake  university  present 
to  assist  in  the  dedication.  So  well  had  the 
work  been  done  that  there  was  only  $1,500  to  be 


raised.  This  amount  was  fully  covered  by  cash 
and  pledges.  Nearly  all  the  money  was  raised 
at  home  for  the  entire  structure.  The  plans 
were  made  by  Geo.  W.  Kramer,  of  New  York. 
Eldora  is  a  good  field,  and  the  congregation, 
we  believe  and  hope,  will  now  grow  and  pros- 
per. C.  L.  Hays. 

The  Old  People's  Home. 

Hardly  any  other  creature  is  so  helpless  as 
an  old  man,  homeless,  friendless,  and  saas 
money  and  health. 

On  account  of  the  arrangement  of  the  build- 
ing, we  are  at  present  unable  to  receive  breth- 
ren into  our  Old  People's  Home  at  Jackson- 
ville, 111.  The  admission  committee  has  had 
to  return  many  most  pathetic  appeals  for  homes 
with  us  made  by  brethren  who  years  ago  were 
towers  of  strength  in  the  cause  of  primitive 
Christianity.  They  can  no  longer  endure  to 
reject  all.  Trusting  ia  the  generosity  of  the 
Disciples  of  Christ  the  executive  board  of  the 
National  Benevolent  Association  has  ventured 
to  accept  plans  for  a  $12,000  addition  to  its 
present  capacity  enabling  us  to  receive  brethren 
as  well  as  more  sisters  to  that  beautiful  home. 
Construction  will  begin  at  once. 

We  appeal  to  all  in  whose  hearts  are  philan- 
thropic impulses  to  help  pay  for  this  retreat  for 
our  indigent  veterans  of  the  cross.  Money  will 
be  accep'ed  for  this  work  on  the  annuity  plan, 
but  we  earnestly  solicit  outright  gifts  ef  sums 
both  large  and  small.  Write  to  the  undersigned 
about  memorial  rooms,  halls,  and  windows. 
The  national  board  and  all  the  brotherhood 
will  greatly  appreciate  your  fellowship  in  this 
ministry  of  love. 

In  behalf  of  deserving  elder  brothers  and 
sisters,  Geo.  L.  Snivelhy. 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 

An  Experimental  Campaign. 

(Continued  from  page  965.) 

preaching,  with  H.  H.  Saunders,  of  No- 
blesville,  Indiana,  as  singer  and  helper,  is 
located  only  one  block  from  the  public 
square  and  is  accessible  to  both  the  busi- 
ness and  the  residence  part  of  the  central 
district.  The  west  tent  is  located  in  the 
growing  residence  district  in  the  western 
part  of  the  city  where  a  Christian  church 
should  be  planted  at  no  distant  future  date. 
J.  M.  Elam  of  Russell  avenue,  Indianapo- 
lis, is  the  evangelist  in  charge  at  this  tent 
with  P.  A.  Parsons,  of  Hamilton,  111.,  as 
singer  and  helper. 

A  third  tent  is  placed  in  the  growing 
south  part  of  the  city,  where  there  should 
also  be  a  church  planted  in  the  early  fu- 
ture. This  meeting  is  in  charge  of  T.  J. 
Legg,  state  evangelist  of  Indiana,  with  Ed- 
ward McKinney,  of  Dorsey,  111.,  as  singer 
and  helper.  These  are  strong  teams,  and 
they  are  preaching  and  singing  the  gospel 
of  the  New  Testament  to  the  multitudes 
daily.  Large  numbers  from  other  religious 
bodies  are  in  regular  attendance  and  ap- 
parently taking  a  deep  interest  in  our  plea 
for  Christian  unity  by  a  return  to  apostolic 
Christianity. 

Writing  to  us  in  the  middle  of  last  week 
R.  H.  Fife  says:  "We  are  having  a  great 
meeting,  not  in  additions  as  yet,  but  in 
stirring  up  our  own  people  and  preaching 
the  gospel  to  the  masses.  May  I  say 
through  the  Christian- Evangelist  to 
those  who  are  writing  me  for  detailed  ac- 
counts of  the  preparation  for  this  cam- 
paign, that  we  are  too  busy  now  to  give 
this  out,  but  will  in  full  at  the  close?  We 
are  trying  experiments  and  our  experience 
in  this  campaign  may  be  helpful  to  the 
brotherhood. 

"Last  Saturday  when  the  streets  were 
crowded    we  chartered  a  large  street  car, 


Have  You 

Rheumatism? 


You  Can  Be  Cured.  FREE 


A   Scientific   Discovery. 


It  is  now  possible  to  be  cured  of  any  form  of 
rheumatism  without  having  your  stomach  turned 
up-side  down  or  being  half  choked  to  d<;ath.  and 
every  sufferer  from  rheumatism  should  welcome 
this  marvelous  discovery  with  open  arms  and  give 
it  an  honest  trial.  The  new  reined]  was  dis- 
covered by  John  A.  Smith,  Milwaukee.  Wis., 
who  is  generous  enough  to  send  it  free  to 
sufferer  who  writes  at  once.  It  is  a  home  treat- 
ment and  will  not  keep  you  from  your  work. 

As  you  know  if  you've  tried  them,  every  so- 
called  rheumatic  remedy  on  the  market  to-day, 
except  this  genuine  cure,  will  cause  you  violent 
stomach  pains,  and  some  of  them  are  so  dan- 
gerous they  will  cause  heart  trouble.  And  the 
worst  of  it  is  they  never  cure.  When  a  per- 
son has  rheumatism  the  constitution  is  so  run 
down  that  he  should  be  very  careful  what  he  puts 
into  his  stomach. 

It  therefore  gives  me  pleasure  to  present  a  rem- 
edy that  will  cure  every  form  and  variety  of  rheu- 
matism.    That  remedy  is 

"GLORIA  TONIC. :: 

Before  I  decided  to  tell  the  world  about  the  dis- 
covery of  "Gloria  Tonic"  I  had  it  tried  on  hospital 
patients,  also  on  old  and  crippled  persons  with 
perfect  success.  But  some  people  never  will  be- 
lieve anything  until  they  know  it  from  experience, 
so  the  best  and  quickest  way  is  for  you  to  write 
me  that  you  want  to  be  cured  and  I  will  send  you 
a  box  of  "Gloria  Tonic"  free  of  cost.  No  matter 
what  your  form  of  rheumatism  is — acute,  chronic, 
muscular,  inflammatory,  sciatic,  neuralgia,  gout, 
lumbago,  etc.,  "Gloria  Tonic"  will  surely  cure 
you.  Do  not  mind  if  other  remedies  have  failed 
you,  nor  mind  if  doctors  say  you  are  incurable. 
Mind  no  one  but  write  me  to-day  sure.  "Gloria 
Tonic"  will  stop  those  aches,  pains,  and  inflam- 
mations, and  cure  you  so  that  life  will  again  be 
worth  living.  This  offer  is  not  for  curiosity  seek- 
ers but  is  made  to  rheumatics  only.  To  them 
I  will  send  a  trial  package  of  "Gloria  Tonic"  free. 

Never  before  has  a  remedy  been  so  highly  en- 
dorsed as  "Gloria  Tonic."  Among  the  eminent 
people  who  endorsed  it  are: 

DR.  G.  QUINTERO,  X.  Medical  Doctor  and 
Surgeon  01  the  University  of  Venezuela,  whose 
indorsement  of  "Gloria  Tonic"  bears  the  official 
seal  of  the  United  States  Consulate. 

HON.  EUGENE  H.  PLUMACHER.  UNIT- 
ED   STATES   CONSUL,  Maracaiba. 

STEVENSON  Mac  ADAM.  F.  I.  C.  F.  C.  S.  of 
Analytical  Laboratory  Surgeons  Hall  Edinburg, 
Scotland. 

L.  L.  RATHMAN,  CALOOTE,  South  Aus- 
tralia. 

THE  EDITOR  of  the  famous  Medical  Jour- 
nal "Health,"  London,  England,  and  many 
others. 

So  far  this  marvelous  remedy  has  cured  persons 
of  upwards  of  86  years  of  age,  their  suffering  dat- 
ing from  8  weeks  to  52  years.  It  is  put  up  in 
tablet  form  and  is  free  from  ACIDS  and  ALCO- 
HOL. 

If  you  are  a  sufferer  send  your  name  to-day  and 
by  return  mail  you  will  receive  "Gloria  Tonic" 
and  also  the  most  elaborate  book  ever  gotten  up 
on  the  subject  of  Rheumatism,  absolutely  free. 
This  book  contains  many  drawings  from  actual 
life  and  will  tell  you  all  about  your  case.  You  get 
"Gloria  Tonic"  and  this  wonderful  book  at  the 
same  time,  both  free,  so  let  me  hear  from  vou  at 
once  and  soon  vou  will  be  cured.  Address:  lOHN 
A.  SMITH.  1508  Gloria  Bldg..  Milwaukee,  Wis. 


put  a  banner  on  each  side  announcing  our 
campaign,  and  with  about  50  singers  rode 
through  all  the  principal  streets  and  around 
the  public  square  singing  songs  and  an- 
nouncing our  meetings.  We  also  hold 
street  meetings  at  suitable  times  and  ac- 
cept every  opportunity  offered  us  to  con- 
duct services  at  colleges  and  places  of  busi- 
ness. Our  men  are  making  our  plea  for 
New  Testament  Christianity  prominent. 
We  are  receiving  all  the  courtesies  from 
the  people  and  press  of  the  city  that  we 
could  desire." 

Up  to  the  middle  of  the  third  week  there 
have  been  52  additions,  40  of  them  by 
primary  obedience.  On  account  of  the 
tents  being  leased  for  only  one  month,  it 
will  be  necessary  to  close  this  campaign 
next  Lord's  day,  but  it  is  the  opinion  of 
the  evangelists  that  the  meeting  will  be 
only  fairly  begun. 


970 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


July  27,  1905 


NEWS    FROM    MANY   FIELDS 


Minnesota  Convention. 

The  forty- eighth  annual  convention  of  the 
Minnesota  Christian  missionary  society  was 
held  at  Mankato.  It  was  generally  agreed 
that  it  was  the  best  convention  ever  held  in  the 
state  by  our  people,  though  not  as  largely  at- 
tended as  it  was  hoped  it  would  be,  but  the 
spirit  of  the  convention  made  up  for  any  lack 
of  numbers.  E.  A.  Orr  and  his  church  made 
every'  preparation,  and  their  welcome  was 
most  cordial  to  all  the  delegates.  All  the 
speeches  deserve  special  mention,  but  the  de- 
mands on  your  columns  preclude  this.  John 
C.Harris,  of  Madelia,  responded  to  Brother 
Orr's  address  of  welcome.  R.  W.  Abberley 
gave  us  a  fine  presidential  speech.  The  re- 
ports of  the  corresponding  secretary  and  treas- 
urer showed  a  healthy  growth  during  the  year. 
An  interesting  discussion  followed  Claris 
Yeuell's  address  on  "The  Bible-school  and 
Missions."  Geo.  W.  Muckley  gave  us  a 
spiritual  feast  in  his  sermon,  and  presented 
church  extension  in  a  most  practical  and  help- 
ful way.  "Minnesota  as  a  Mission  Field," 
by  E.  C.  Nicholson,  and  "Oaligation  of  the 
Church  to  our  Foreign  Population,"  by  P.  E. 
Mastrom,  and  "The  Foreign  Missions,"  by 
F.  M.  Rains,  were  all  much  enjoyed.  In  the 
Bible  school  session,  "How  to  Hold  a  Success- 
ful Rally  Day,"  was  discussed  by  B.  V. 
Black,  and  "The  Relation  of  the  Bible-school 
to  the  Church,"  by  Geo.  W.  Wise.  Brother 
Clemens,  of  Illinois,  presented  the  work  of  the 
Benevolent  Association,  and  a  fitting  climax  to 
the  morning  session  came  in  a  sermon  by  A.  D . 
Harmon.  The  "Tithing  Questio-i"  was  a 
practical  talk  by  J.  M.  Dixon,  and  our  new 
state  evangelist,  C.  R.  Neel,  gave  us  his  views 
on  the  work  of  the  evangelist.  The  closing 
address  of  the  convention  was  by  Fred  Kline, 
on  "The  Deepening  of  the  Spiritual  Life  in 
the  Churches."  The  new  officers  are:  M.  R. 
Waters,  president;  A.  D.  Harmon,  vice- 
president;  Chas.  Oliver,  treasurer;  C.  B.  Os- 
good, superintendent  of  Christian  Endeavor; 
Fred  Kline,  superintendent  of  Sunday-school 
work.  The  convention  will  meet  next  year  at 
the  First  church,  St.  Paul,  where  for  some  time 
C.  R.  Neel  has  been  in  charge.  He  has  be- 
gun his  work  as  state  evangelist,  by  holding  a 
meeting  at  Austin.  In  September  he  will 
assist  C.  B.  Osgood  in  a  meeting  at  Winona. 

G.  W.  Wise. 


Florida. 

The  First  church  of  Jacksonville  has  finally 
been  able  to  complete  the  interior  of  their 
beautiful  building  with  the  exception  of  the 
pipe  organ,  which  they  hope  to  install  soon. 
They  now  have  the  most  beautiful  and  com- 
plete plant  owned  by  our  people  south  of  Ken- 
tucky. 

Tampa  has  dedicated  the  chapel  of  her  new 
building.  It  is  of  white  brick  with  red  trim- 
mings, with  handsome  colonial  porch  over  front 
entrance.  It  is  furnished  with  golden  oak 
pews,  handsome  pulpit  chairs,  etc.;  aisles  and 
pulpit  carpeted,  and  convenient  robing  rooms 
adjoining  the  baptistry.  Onepeculiarfeatureof 
dedication  day  was,  no  attempt  was  made  to 
raise  money.  The  property  is  worth  $5,500, 
and  the  Church  Extension  Board  is  the  only 
creditor,  having  loaned  $1,000  to  complete 
the  building.  Its  seating  capacity  of  300  ie 
ample  for  the  present  needs  of  the  congre- 
gation. 

E.  H.  Rayner,  of  Kissimmee,  is  in  the  north 
soliciting  funds  for  the  completion  of  their 
building.      They   need    $1,000.       Theirs  is  a 


needy  field,  and  if  Pastor  Rayner  comes  to  you, 
do  not  refuse  him  aid. 

The  state  board  is  keeping  three  evangelists 
in  the  field  through  the  sweltering  heat  of  a 
Florida  summer.  Evangelists  White  and  Chis- 
holm  have  organized  a  congregation  at  Perry, 
and  Evangelitt  Cox  is  about  ready  for  organ- 
ization at  Lakeland. 

Florida  is  coming  to  her  own  so  far  as  our 
people  are  concerned.  If  you  are  a  preacher 
with  a  mind  to  work,  and  not  merely  "a  bird 
of  passage"  wanting  to  spend  the  winter  in 
Florida,  it  might  pay  you  to  write  me. 

J.  P.  Rovvlison,  Cor.  Sec'y. 

®  @ 

Items  from  North  Carolina. 

All  roads  lead  to  Wilson,  for  pupils  who 
wish  to  enter  college  and  get  the  best  and  most 
thorough  course  of  training  in  the  southeast. 

Atlantic  Christian  college  has  recently 
closed  a  most  encouraging  and  successful 
year's  work,  and  the  prospects  for  a  greatly 
increased  enrollment  for  the  coming  year  are 
very  bright. 

Dr.  J.  J.  Harper,  the  president  of  the 
Atlantic  Christian  college,  is  spending  the 
vacation  season  among  the  "boys  and  girls" 
seeking  to  lead  them  to  the  "hub"  of  the 
southeast. 

J.  Boyd  Jones,  the  corresponding  secretary 
of  the  North  Carolina  Christian  missionary 
convention,  and  pastor  of  the  church  at  Wil- 
son, has  just  closed  a  splendid  meeting  at 
Macclesfield,  N.  C,  where  there  was  no 
church  of  any  order.  Mr.  Jones  organized  a 
church  from  the  number  of  converts,  and 
purchased  a  lot  upon  which  the  congregation 
will  build  at  once. 

In  the  absence  of  Preston  Bell  Hall,  the  be- 
loved pastor  of  the  Kinston  church  at  Balti- 
more, attending  the  great  Christian  Endeavor 
convention,  R.  A.  Smith,  state  evangelist, 
supplied  the  Kinston  pulpit  July  9.  Kinston 
church  doubled  its  last  year's  offering  for  state 
missions. 

D.  W.  Arnold  has  resigned  the  pastorates  of 
Wilson's  Mills  and  Dunn.  We  understand 
that  Brother  Arnold  is  to  go  to  Bethany  to  ac- 
cept work  there.  Brother  Arnold  was  a  stu- 
dent during  the  past  few  years  at  Atlantic 
Christian  college. 

There  is  a  great  need  of  preachers  in  eastern 
North  Carolina,  and  any  brethren  who  wish  to 
work  among  some  of  the  best  people  in  the 
land,  at  a  moderate  but  living  income,  will 
please  address  J.  Boyd  Jones,  the  correspond- 
ing secretary,  at  Wilson,  N.  C,  or  the  writer 
at  Rocky  Mount,  N.  C. 

The  church  at  Plymouth  has  been  desirous 
of  locating  a  pastor  for  several  months.  This 
is  a  most  delightful  town,  church  and  people. 
The  work  is  at  present  cared  for  by  the  state 
evangelist. 

We  greatly  regret  that  illness  has  taken 
Elder  Piter  Swain  from  the  ranks  of  the 
preaching  brethren  for  the  last  few  months. 
We  pray  for  his  speedy  and  permanent  recov- 
ery. He  is  the  prince  of  country  preachers. 
He  ministered  to  the  churchers  at  Zion's 
Chapel  and  Saints'  Delight. 

The  writer  took  charge  of  the  newly  or- 
ganized church  at  Rocky  Mount  about  the 
middle  of  June,  in  addition  to  his  work  as 
state  evangelist.  The  Methodist  Protestant 
church  has  been  rented  temporarily,  and  a 
sufficient  sum  has  been  subscribed  to  purchase 
a  splendid  lot  in  a  good  residence  locality. 
The  congregation  contemplates  erecting  a 
brick  chapel  in  the  near  future. 

North    Carolina    is    a    needy    field.     It    has 


people.  It  needs  preachers.  The  state  mis- 
fionary  society  can  use  double  the  amount  of 
funds  to  permanent  advantage.  The  Ameri- 
can Christian  Missionary  Society  wants  to  help 
North  Carolina.  Therefore  remember  North 
Carolina,  and  take  up  the  belated  offering  for 
home  missions.  Raymond  A.  Smith, 

State  evangelist  of  N.  C. 
%ocky  Mount,  N.  C. 

@         ® 
Notes  from  the  Sunny  South. 

Wilson  and  Lintt  are  in  a  successful  meeting 
at  McComb  City,  Miss.  Over  30  additions  to 
date.  W.  W.  Phares,  corresponding  secretary 
for  Mississippi  and  minister  of  the  McComb 
church,  is  taking  medical  treatment  in  New  Or- 
leans and  is  rapidly  gaining  strength. 

Bro.  A.  C.Harris,  of  Montgomery,  Ala.,  is 
the  new  minister  at  the  First  Christian  church 
in  New  Orleans.  Brother  Harris  has  had  sev- 
eral years'  experience  as  a  minister  in  Mont- 
gomery and  is  actively  taking  hold  of  the  work 
here. 

TheT  Soniat  avenue  Christian  church  have 
called  Simpson  Ely  to  hold  a  meeting  for  them 
in  November. 

Judge  Thornton,  the  patriarchal  president  of 
our  state  board,  recently  inspected  the  two 
churches  in  this  city.  His  presence  was  a 
benediction. 

The  Hammond,  La.,  church  gave  $23  to 
foreign  missions  on  children's  day.  Brother 
Lanehart  is  minister.  He  is  planning  for  a 
missionary  rally  at  Hammond  on  the  fifth 
Lord's  day  in  July. 

Brother  Gorsuch,  of  the  Third  church,  Mem- 
phis, visited  friends  here  in  June  and  preached 
for  me  at  one  service. 

The  Soniat  avenue  Bible  school  offering  for 
children's  day  amounted  to  $18. 

Bro.  W.  F.  Turner,  of  the  First  Christian 
church  at  Joplin,  Mo.,  writes  that  his  congre- 
gation has  unanimously  chosen  me  as  their 
"living  link"  representative  on  the  home  field. 
This  is  an  honor  which  is  very  gratifying  to 
me. 

June  30  closed  my  first  six  months  as  min- 
ister for  the  Soniat  avenue  Christian  church. 
There  were  24  added  to  the  church,  nine  bap- 
tisms. Over  $325  was  raised  for  missionary  and 
benevolent  purposes,  in  addition  to  the  regular 
expenses. 

Cannot  our  national  conventions  discover 
some  scheme  by  which  we  may  resurrect  the 
"dead"  Christians  in  our  great  cities?  New 
Orleans  has  scores  of  them  who,  so  we're  told, 
were  "whole  teams,"  "splendid  workers," 
when  "up  north."  Now  they  .iave  the  sleep- 
ing-sickness. If  we  could  only  bury  them  it 
wouldn't  be  so  bad!  If  you  don't  want  your 
friends  to  get  the  sleeping-sickness  when  they 
come  down  here,  send  us  their  names  and  their 
addresses — and  their  church  letters. 

Marcellus  R.  Ely. 

1313  Peters  Ave.,  Neiv  Orleans,  La. 

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Alice  A.  Wetmore,  Box  67,  Norwich,  Conn., 
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write  her,  she  will,  without  charge,  direct 
them  to  the  perfect  cure  she  used. 

Learn  Telegraphy  and  R.  R.  Accounting-. 

$50  to  $100  per  month  salary  assured  our 
graduates  under  bond.  You  don't  pay  us 
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THE    CHRISTIAN 


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West  Belmore,  Ohio. 

Just  closed  a  metting  with  seventeen  bap- 
tisms and  two  reclaimed.  This  gives  them  a 
membership  of  over  one  hundred.  They  have 
a  neat  little  church  home  free  from  debt.  H.J. 
Rader,  a  scattered  Disciple,  came  to  the  writer 
while  pastor  in  Leipsic,  and  asked  him  to 
come  and  preach  for  them  in  the  school  house, 
which  he  did  with  giand  results.  Homer  C. 
Boblitt,  the  minister  at  Leipsic,  will  preach  for 
them  on  Sunday  afternoons.  Under  the  leader- 
ship of  Brother  Boblitt,  the  work  at  Leipsic  is 
taking  on  new  life.  His  audiences  are  increas- 
ing, and  we  look  for  great  things  from  this 
church  in  the  future.        J.  W.  Underwood. 

Bethany,    W.   Va. 

Western  Pennsylvania  Notes. 

There  was  never  a  time  when  there  were  as 
many  ministers  in  the  pulpits  of  western  Penn- 
sylvania as  at  present.  There  are  yet  two 
fields  where  by  the  co-operation  of  two  or 
three  congregations  a  good  support  can  be  se- 
cured for  a  minister.  There  are  thirteen  mis- 
sion points  that  are  supported  by  the  western 
Pennsylvania  Christian  missionary  society, 
and  every  one  of  them  reports  a  splendid 
growth.  Two  among  the  Polish  population 
are  under  the  care  of,  Miss  A.  Christina  Vasi- 
cek,  whose  support  is  furnished  by  the  Chris- 
tian Endeavorers  of  the  district.  Ridgway  is 
a  new  psint  just  being  opened  up  by  Evangel- 
ist J.  A.  Joyce.  Every  phase  of  the  work  is 
receiving  impetus  from  the  agitation  and  ex- 
pectancy that  is  being  aroused  in  the  prepara- 
tion for  the  great  simultaneous  revival  in 
October.  The  list  of  churches  that  will  join 
the  movement  is  growing  constantly  and  from 
the  present  outlook  it  bids  fair  to  include  all. 
It  is  the  general  plan  to  import  evangelists 
from  the  successful  ministers  and  evangelists 
of  the  other  parts  of  the  country,  but  some  of 
the  meetings  will  be  held  by  horns  forces. 

The  Bible-schools  have  made  a  marked  in- 
crease in  attendance;  some  have  gained  50  per 
cent,  some  100  per  cent,  and  a  few  200*  per 
«ent,  in  the  last  nine  months. 

The  annual  convention  of  the  churches  of 
Christ  of  western  Pennsylvania  will  meet  at 
the  Knoxville  church,  Pittsburg,  F.  M.  Gor- 
don, minister,  the  last  Tuesday  of  September. 

The  corresponding  secretary  of  the  Church 
Extension  Board,  G.  W.  Muckley,  of  Kansas 
City,  Mo.,  is  asking  for  pledges  from  2,000 
churches  to  take  the  offering  in  September. 
This  is  a  very  reasonable  request  to  make  from 
11,000  congregations,  and  this  number  could 
be  easily  doubled;  yet  when  we  consider  that 
only  1,269  churches  contributed  anything  last 
year,  this  will  be  a  great  victory  if  it  is  accom- 
plished. Every  church  in  western  Pennsyl- 
vania should  share  the  fellowship  of  this  im- 
portant work.  There  is  good  prospect  that 
the  fund  will  reach  the  total  of  one-half  a  mil- 
lion dollars  this  year.  This  is  not  large 
enough  to  meet  the  demands.  Hundreds  of 
appeals  are  still  unanswered  because  the  funds 
are  too  little  to  go  around. 

J.  A.  Joyce,  Cor.  Sec. 

Box  1688,  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

@         ® 
Ministerial  Exchange. 

The  church  at  Caney,  Kan.,  is  in  need  of  a 
minister.  Correspondence  should  be  directed 
to  T.  C.  Hart. 

H.  S.  Saxton  and  wife,  song  evangelists, 
will  have  dates  after  September  1,  for  the 
northern  central  states.     Address,  Troy,  O. 

Wanted — a  financial  agent  for  Dexter  Chris- 
tian college.  Address,  R.  A.  Sisler,  Dexter, 
Mo. 

Edward  Clutter,  Tecumseh,  Neb.,  can  hold 
meetings  or  supply  during  August. 

F.  M.  O'Neal,  singing  evangelist,  842  W. 


Florida     St.,    Springfield,    Mo.,    is    open    for 
engagements  during  Auguit  and  September. 

J.  F.  Sloan  may  be  had  during  August  by 
churches  within  reasonable  distance  of  Topeka, 
Kan.,  for  one  or  more  Lord's  day*.  Address, 
529  Western  avenue. 

A  man  of  some  experience  can  obtain 
preaching  near  Athens,  O.,  and  do  some  col- 
lege work  if  desired.     Apply  to  T.   L.  Lcwe. 

E.  T.  Powell,  Norfolk,  Va.,  can  put  any  of 
our  schools  or  colleges  into  communication 
with  a  refined,  cultured  brother  who  would 
make  a  good  principal. 

H.  A.  Thompson,  Liberty  Center,  O.,  de- 
sires to  get  into  communication  with  a  pastor- 
less  church  in  a  small  town  or  in  the  country. 

Thofe  wanting  a  singer  and  choir  director, 
may  write  W.  S.  Slater,  Plain  View,  Minn. 

Mrs.  Bessie  Zlisinger,  Plain  View,  Minn., 
who  has  had  twelve  years'  experienced  teacher 
of  piano  and  vocal  music,  desires  a  change 
and  would  accept  a  position  as  organist  where 
there  will  be  opportunities  for  teaching. 

The  church  at  Lathrop,  Mo.,  wants  a  good 
singing  evangelist  to  assist  in  a  meeting  begin- 
ning Oct.  1.     Address  J.  G.  Creason. 

C.  H.  Devoe,  evangelist,  Rochester,  Ind., 
and  H  K.  Shields,  singer,  are  now  ready  to 
make  dates. 

Virtes  Williams,  Stillwater,  Okla.,  is  ready 
to  hold  meetings  or  serve  as  pastor. 

H.  H.  Saunders,  Noblesville,  Ind.,  has  all 
his  dates  for  J905  taken  up  fxcept  the  month  of 
September.  He  is  ready  to  engage  for  that 
month  and  for  meetings  in  1906. 

Miss  Mayme  Eisenbarger,  gospel  singer,  of 
Bethany,  Mo.,  is  making  engagements  ahead, 
and  has  open  dates  for  September  and  Novem- 
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July  27,  1905 


Another   Campaign   in  Texas 


Richard  S.  Martin,  Evangelist. 

The  growth  and  development  of  the 
Christian  church  is  one  of  the  marvels  of 
modern  history.  Its  members  number 
over  one  million  and  a  quarter,  and  they 
are  laboring  to  restore  the  New  Testament 
church,  having  already  established  10,000 
congregations  in  the  United  States  with 
missions  and  missionaries  in  nearly  all  the 
known  world. 

This  movement  in  a  single  century  has 
increased  more  rapidly  than  any  religious 
movement.  From  1890  to  1900  the  in- 
crease was  84  per  cent.  Why  have  so  many 
identified  themselves  with  this  movement? 
No  doubt  it  is  because  they  emphasize  the 
following  important  principles: 

1.  A  faithful  declaration  of  the  word  of 
God  as  all  sufficient  for  Christian  faith  and 
practice,  without  the  aid  or  addition  of 
any  human  creed. 

2.  The  divine  sonship  of  Jesus  as  the 
central  truth  of  the  Christian  system  as 
the  only  necessary  confession  leading  to 
Christian  baptism  and  church  member- 
ship. 

3.  The  indwelling  of  the  Holy  Spirit  in 
the  life  of  the  obedient  believer. 

4.  The  immersion  of  the  penitent  be- 
liever for  the  remission  of  sins,  but  not  as 
a  regeneratory  act. 

5.  The  union  of  Christian  believers  as 
in  apostolic  days.  Not  a  unity  of  opinion, 
but  a  unity  of  faith. 

6.  The  two  divine  ordinances  of  the 
New  Testament— baptism  and  the  Lord's 
supper — the  latter  of  which  is  a  memorial 
feast  in  which  all  Christians  may  unite  and 
from  which  we  have  no  right  to  exclude 
any  sincere  follower  of  Christ. 

A  great  meeting  has  just  been  inaugu- 
rated at  San  Angelo,  Tex.,  to  advocate  the 
principles  set  forth  above.  It  is  to  last,  if 
conditions  are  favorable,  for  a  month,  and 
will  be  conducted  by  the  pastor  of  the 
church,  S.  T.  Shore,  and  the  Martin  family. 
This  well  known  musical  family  has  held 
several  great  meetings  for  the  brotherhood, 
including  Sumter,  S.  C,  where  there  were 
126  confessions;  Kinston,  N.  C,  where 
150  converts  came  in  15  days,  and  in  a  50 
days'  campaign  in  one  state  some  300  re- 
sponded to  the  appeals  of  Richard  S.  Mar- 
tin, the  evangelist.  The  family  is  com- 
posed of  the  father,  who  is  one  of  the  oldest 
evangelists  in  the  field;  Mrs.  Martin,  vocal- 
ist; Edna  Martin,  who  is  musical  director; 


Elbert  and  Genevieve,  who  are  violinists, 
and  Nonie,  who  is  pianist.  It  is  "one 
family  in  one  work."  Its  members  form 
one  of  the  strongest  evangelistic  combina- 
tions in  the  religious  world  of  to-day. 
Their  permanent  address  is  Gen.  Del.,  Chi- 
cago, 111.,  while  the  national  scope  of  their 
work  takes  them  into  all  states.  They  are 
now  planning  a  great  campaign  in  Europe 
for  1906. 

S.  T.  Shore  is  minister  of  the  First 
Christian  church  of  San  Angelo,  serving 
bis  third  year,  during  which  time  he 
has  endeared  himself  to  the  church  and 
citizens  and  increased  the  membership  from 
65  to  140.  He  is  a  graduate  of  both  the 
literary  and  Bible  department  of  Drake 
university,  and  has  so  ably  prepared  for 
the  present  campaign  that  success  is  as- 
sured. He  is  a  close  student  and  ably  pre- 
sents the  New  Testament  plea  and  makes 
pronounced  the  cause  we  present  in  this 
great  and  growing  section. 

The  results  thus  far  in  this  campaign  are 
greater  than  expected.  The  largest  crowds 
that  have  ever  greeted  an  evangelist  have 
listened  with  profound  interest  from  the 
beginning.  We  are  hoping  and  praying 
for  large  results.  The  people  will  know 
the  New  Testament  plea— the  "Divine 
plea"  when  our  campaign  is  completed. 

Indiana  Christian   Ministerial 
Association. 

The  program  of  the  Indiana  Christian  minis- 
terial association  to  be  held  at  Bethany  Park, 
Aug.  8,  9,  1905,  is  as  follows: 

Tuesday,  Aug.  8. — 9:30  a.  m.,  President's 
Address,  T.  J.  Reynolds,  Muncie;  Paper, 
"The  Social  Conscience,"  W.  W.  Sniff, 
Rushville;  Business  and  Appointment  of  Com- 
mittees. 2:00  p.  m. — Expository  Preaching 
versus  Topical  Preaching,  T.  J.  Clark,  Bloom- 
ington;  Topical  Preaching  versus  Expository 
Preaching,  D.  R.  Lucas,  Indianapolis;  Gen- 
eral Discussion. 

Wednesday,  Aug.  9.-9:00  A.  m. — Sym- 
posium on  Some  of  the  Church's  Vital  Prob- 
lems, led  by  L.  C.  Howe,  New  Castle;  "How 
to  Hold  the  Interest  of  Young  Men,"  T.  W. 
Grafton,  Anderson;  "Is  the  Power  of  the 
Pulpit  Waning?"  W.  O.  Moore,  Indianapo- 
lis; General  Discussion;  Address,  "The  Pul- 
pit and  Civic  Righteousness,"  T.  H.  Kuhn, 
Richmond.  2:00  p.  m. — Business  Session; 
Address,  "The  Ideal  Minister,"  W.  J.  Rus- 
sell, Frankfort.       T.  J.  Rbynolds,  Pr*s. 

T.  H.  Kuhn,  Vice-Pres. 
Austin  Hunter,  Sec. 
L.  L.  Carphnter,  Treas. 

The  annual  dues  are  25  cents.  Every  Chris- 
tian preacher  ought  to  have  enough  pride  in 
the  state  ministerial  association  to  be  a  mem- 
ber and  pay  his  dues.  We  want  all  our 
preachers  in  good  standing  to  be  in  the  asso- 
ciation. Send  dues  to  Austin  Hunter,  2929 
Kenwood  Ave.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 


Clear,  Strong,  Scriptural,  Satisfying'. 

"The  Holy  Spirit,"  byj.  H.  Garrison,  is  a 
timely  and  well  prepared  volume.  It  is  clear 
and  strong,  scriptural  and  satisfying.  Such 
studies  are  the  paramount  need  of  our  time. 
There  are  three  ways  of  knowing  Christ:  "Af- 
ter the  flesh,"  which  reduces  him  to  the  level 
of  ordinary  humanity  and  makes  him  altogether 
such  a  one  as  ourselves;  superstitiously,  af- 
ter the  manner  of  monks  and  ecclesiastics  of 
medieval  times,  and  by  the  Spirit.  "No  man 
can  say  that  Jesus  is  Lord  but  by  the  Holy 
Spirit."  The  church,  above  all  things,  needs 
to  say,  "Jesus  is  Lord."  The  nation,  the 
individual,  needs  most  of  all  to  say,  "Jesus  is 
Lord."     It  is  short,  yet  it  is  the  whole  gospel, 


and  the  saving  health  of  this  age  and  of  all 
ages:  "Jesus  is  Lord."  The  Holy  Spirit 
reveals  the  Master.  This  excellent  contribu- 
tion to  the  literature  on  this  subject  will  be 
found  helpful  to  any  reverent  student  of  the 
personality,  wisdom,  and  modes  of  activity  of 
the  Spirit  of  God.  F.  D.  Power. 

Changes. 

W.  J.  Wright,  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Bldg.,  Cincin- 
nati, O. 

C.  R.  L.  Vawter,  Sonora,  Ky.,  to  Indianapo- 
lis, Ind. 

Granville  Snell,  Shawnee,  O.  T.,  to  Abilene, 
Tex.    • 

J.  A.  Holton,  Hattiesburg,  Miss.,  to  Lexing- 
ton, Ky. 

C.  R.  Moore,  Santa  Paula  to  Colton,  Cal. 

W.  N.  Porter,  Belleville,  Kan.,  to  2937  Holly 
St.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

E.  H.  Williamson,  Kansas  City  to  Brunswick, 
Mo. 

R.  E.  Thomas,  Kankakee  to  Saybrook,  111. 

F.  H.  Schmitt,  Gas  City  to  Girard,  Kan. 

E.  P.  Couch,  Milton,  Ky.,  to  Medaryville, 
Ind. 

R.  E.  McKnight,  Saratoga  to  Santa  Clara, 
Cal. 

F.  E.  Mantle,  Garrettsville  to  Hiram,  O. 
Miner  Lee  Bates,    Newark,  N.    J.,    to    West- 
more,  Vt. 

W.  E.  Pitcher,  Des  Moines  to  Corning,  la. 
R.  E.  Stevens,  Gas    Citv,    Ind.,  to  3378  DeJ 

troit  St.,  Lakewood,    O. 
Simpson  Ely,  Colorado  Springs,  Col.,  to  Pilot 

Point,  Tex. 
R.  Bert  Doan,  Eureka  to  Rutland,  111. 
J.  S.  Lamar,  Sparta  to  Augusta,  Ga. 


OPPORTUNITY-A  National  Bank  will 
be  organized  in  St.  Louis  about  Sept.  1st. 
Some  well  known  members  of  the  Christian 
Church  will  be  interested  in  the  management. 
A  limited  amount  of  the  stock  can  be  had  at 
par,  and  the  investment  is  sure  to  prove  a 
profitable  one.  For  particulars  address,  F,  E. 
G.,  No.  2920  Pine  St.,  St.  Louis. 

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ARCHITECTS— Chapman  and   Chapman,  Architects, 
Canton,  Ohio.    Correspondence  solicited. 

LEWIS  &  CLARK  FAIR  ROOriS-Camping  grounds 
overlooking  Exposition.     Address,   Accommodation 
Park  Co.,  540  Jackson  St.,  Portland. 


The  College  of  the  Bible 

Lexington,  Ky. 


Thorough  historical  and  exegetical  courses 
in  the  whole  Bible,  together  with  the  usual  clas- 
sical and  scientific  courses  in  Kentucky  Univer- 
sity. 

Scholarships  to  supplement  the  resources  of 
Indigent  students  who  prove  themselves  worthy 
of  help.  

Botb  Men  and  Women  Received. 

Rates  of  Tuition  and  Boarding  Inexpensive. 

Next  Session  Begins  September  11. 

For  other  information  address, 

J.  W.  McCARVEY,  Pres. 


Endowed  Colleges 

and 

Correlated  Schools 

Educates  men  and  women,  boys  and  girls,  not  together 
but  in  Five  Separate  Institutions  under  one  manage^ 
ment.  The  combination  enables  us  to  offer  the  best 
advantages  and  to 

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848  atudents  from  81  State*.  For  particulars,  ad* 
dress,  stating  age  and  sex  of  student. 

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We  invite  ministtrt  and  tthtri  to  and  re- 
ports $/  meetings,  addition/  and  other  newt  of 
the  churches  for  publication  in  this  depart- 
ment. It  is  especially  requested  that  additions 
be  reported  as  "by  confession  and  baptism"  or 
"by  letter." 

ILLINOIS. 

Carbondale,  July  17.— Four  added  yesterday 
here,  one  a  Chinaman  trained  by  Brother 
Brandt,  of  St.  Louis.— A.  M.  Growdbn. 

Armington,  July  17. — Offering  for  home 
missions  taken  yesterday.  Raised  over  $50, 
which  is  over  four  times  the  offering  of  last 
year.  One  confession  at  morning  service,  two 
by  letter  not  previously  reported.  Geo.  B. 
Ranshaw  gave  us  a  fine  address  Lord's  day 
morning,  July  9.  His  visit  did  much  good. — 
L.  E.  Chasb,  minister. 

Chicago  Heights,  July  17. — One  added  yes- 
terday by  statement.  The  pastor  is  also  the 
proud  possessor  of  a  fine  nine  pound  boy. — 
Harry  E.  Tucker. 

Hillsboro,  July  10.— Closed  our  meeting 
last  night  with  77  added,  church  organized, 
and  a  good  strong  preacher  located  for  one- 
half  time.  Address,  Lawrence  Wright,  for 
fall  and  winter  meetings  (permanent  address, 
Des  Moines,  la.).  We  hold  our  next  meeting 
in  Illinois.— Lawrence  and  Edward  Wright. 

Jacksonville,  July  15. — Held  a  two  weeks' 
meeting  at  Martin  ton  recently  with  23  addi- 
tions. Paul  V.  Archibald,  of  Morocco,  Ind., 
led  in  song.  He  is  one  of  our  best.  Charles 
C.  Hill,  of  Eureka,  one  of  our  ablest  young 
men,  is  the  regular  preacher.  He  was  with  us 
throughout  the  campaign,  and  proved  to  be  a 
most  congenial  and  competent  co  worker. — C. 
A.  Burton. 

IOWA. 

Charles  City,  July  17. — Three  added  yester- 
day— two  by  primary  obedience,  one  by  state- 
ment. One  by  primary  obedience  July  9,  also. 
— G.  A.  Hess. 

KANSAS. 

Garden  City,  July  18.— One  baptism  at  Santa 
Fe  at  my  last  appointment. — V.  L.  Goodrich. 

Wellington,  July  14. — One  baptism  at  prayer- 
meeting  last  night.  We  have  had  four  other 
additions  not  previously  reported.  The  work 
here  is  in  a  prosperous  condition. — H.  M. 
Barnett. 

Salina,  July  15.— We  have  had  20  addi- 
tions, 15  by  letter  and  five  by  baptism,  since 
last  report.  In  this  number  was  a  young  man 
from  a  sister  church,  who  will  preach  his 
first  sermon  Sunday  at  Scott  City,  Kan.  He 
has  had  seven  years  of  college  training,  and 
appears  to  be  a  "stick  of  good  timber."  F.  M. 
Brooke  is  his  name. — David  H.  Shields, 
minister. 

LOUISIANA. 

Alexandria,  July  10. — After  closing  the 
Shreveport  meeting,  we  went  up  to  Clarendon, 
Ark.,  to  hold  a  little  meeting  we  had  promised 
before  accepting  the  Louisiana  work.  The 
meeting  was  rained  out  from  start  to  finish. 
The  few  fair  nights  were  ruined  by  the  vacan- 
cies caused  by  previous  rains.  We  had  but 
seven  or  eight  additions  in  all,  and  only  two 
baptisms.  We  did  a  good  work,  however,  in 
reviving  the  building  enterprise  and  raising 
the  necessary  money  to  put  the  workmen  to 
hauling  the  machinery  on  the  ground  with 
which  to  manufacture  the  stone-cement  blocks 
out  of  which  to  build  the  church,  just  as  soon 
as  the  tent  is  removed.  These  brethren  never 
had  a  house  of  worship,  but  will  soon  rejoice 
in  being  at  home  in  their  own  house  for  the 
first  time.     We  are  back  in  Louisiana  and  at 


work.     Will  report  progress   as  we  make  it. — 
John  A.  Stevens. 

MARYLAND. 
Jerusalem,  July  10. — Here  I  am  at  Jerusalem 
at  last.  I  came  by  way  of  Joppa,  Shilo  and 
Jerico,  but  in  spite  of  all  these  Oriental  names, 
I  find  myself  still  in  America,  in  "Maryland, 
My  Maryland."  We  began  a  meeting  here 
last  night;  received  one  into  fellowship  at  H 
street  last  Lord's  day.  Now  for  San  Francisco! 
— J.  Murray  Taylor. 

MISSOURI. 

Brunswick,  July  17. — Work  starts  fine.  Five 
confessions  yesterday.  More  to  follow. — E.  H. 
Williamson,  pastor. 

St.  Louis,  July  13. — There  were  two  confes 
sions  at  the  Fourth  church  Sunday  night   and 
one  last  night  at  prayer- meeting. — E.  T.  Mc- 
Farland. 

Lee's  Summit,  July  17. — One  was  added  by 
commendation  and  two  by  confession  and  bap- 
tism at  Bro.  Joseph  Lowe's  farewell  appoint- 
ment yesterday. — Thos.  R.  Thornton,  clerk. 

Larussell,  July  17. — Closed  a  very  successful 
meeting  here  last  evening  with  nine  accessions. 
This  is  a  new  town  on  the  Iron  Mountain 
R.  R.  We  will  erect  the  first  church  build- 
ing. Our  congregation  was  organized  May  1 
and  now  numbers  27  good,  honest  members. 
F.  M.  O'Neal  led  the  singing.— Joseph  Gay- 
lor,  state  evangelist. 

Carrollton,  July  17. — Since  our  last  report 
three  by  confession,  three  by  letter  united  with 
the  church  at  Linneus,  and  one  added  here  at 
Milan  yesterday  by  letter.  We  are  having  a 
meeting  for  a  few  nights  here.  July  24  we  be- 
gin a  meeting  near  Sheldon. — J.  J.  Limerick. 

Richland. — There  was  one  conversion  at 
this  place  at  regular  services  last  month.  The 
church  has  been  painted,  and  papered  inside, 
and  we  have  new  carpet  for  the  platform  and 
aisles.  We  raised  money  and  painted  the 
church  at  Dixon  on  the  outside  and  papered 
the  inside,  and  have  money  to  build  a  walk 
in  front  of  the  building.  Last  Sunday  was  a 
great  day  at  Crocker.  We  had  dinner  on  the 
ground,  and  three  services.  There  were  five 
confessions  at  night,  and  two  more  at  the  water 
the  next  day,  where  all  seven  were  baptized. 
There  was  a  baptism  at  that  place  some  days 
before,  not  reported.  A  Junior  Endeavor  has 
been  organized,  and  we  hope  to  be  able  to  re- 
port a  C.  W.  B.  M.  in  the  near  future.  Sister 
Fullen  visited  our  county  the  first  of  the  month 
in  the  interest  of  the  ladies'  work.  While 
she  came  before  we  had  time  to  arrange  for  her 
as  we  should  had  we  known  the  exact  time  to 
announce  for  her,  yet  she  has  sown  some  good 
seed.— J.  R.  Blunt. 

OHIO. 

Jackson,  July  18. — Two  added  at  our  regu- 
lar service  Sunday  evening,  July  16. — Adam  K. 
Adcock. 

OKLAHOMA. 

El  Reno,  July  18. — We  began  here  on  July 
16.     Two  additions  by  statement. 

Oklahoma  City,  July  17. — Seven  received 
into  the  First  church  yesterday,  making  12 
since  Sept.  1.  Work  moving  grandly  on. 
This  is  a  great  field.  It  looks  now  as  if  I 
would  not  find  time  to  take  a  vacation  this 
summer. — Sherman  B.  Moore. 

Perkins,  July  17. — Six  immersed  at  Vinco 
yesterday.  Vinco  is  a  new  organization  and  a 
fine  little  church  with  a  first-class  choir. — 
J.  W.  Garner. 

TENNESSEE. 

Jellico,  July  17. — One  added  by  statement 
yesterday.  Many  such  to  be  reached  here. 
Committees  are  at  work  for  our  new  building. 
We  will  raise  $2,000  on  the  ground,  ask  for 
$2,000  outside,  and  borrow  $1,000.— Wren  J. 
Grinstbad. 

TEXAS. 

Houston,  July  10. — Three  more  additions  at 


CRESCENT 
RUIT    CIDER 

THE DELICIOUS NEW 

SUflMER DRINK. 

riUSTZS  like  the  juice  ft  the  finest, 
i-  fresh,  ripe  fruit.  Made  in  four 
flavors;  Orange,  Raspberry,  Wild 
Cherry,  and  Mixed  Fruit.  Pure  as 
from  the  finest  fruits  reduced  to  pow- 
dered form,  all  ready  to  dissolve  in 
water:  prepared  in  an  instant,  do 
trouble.  Send  ioc  for  a  trial  package, 
enough  to  make  a  gallon  of  the  liquki, 
or  23c  and  we  will  mail  you  a  package 
each  of  all  four  flavors.  Agents 
'Wanted;  our  selling  plan  is  a  big  suc- 

,;«X3; «»»•    Address    COLUMBIA  MFO. 

CO..  Dent.  E..  Schafler.  Mich. 


the  Second  church  yesterday. — D.  F.  Sella«ds. 

San  Antonio,  July  14.—  We  had  four  confes- 
sions last  night  in  our  Mexican  mission.  This 
makes  nine  additions  in  all  since  I  took  up  the 
work  one  month  ago.  This  is  a  great  home 
mission  field.  The  field  is  ripe.  We  need 
schools  for  training  workers. — W.  M.  Taylor. 

Detroit,  July  17. — Three  additions  to  the 
Central  congregation  at  our  regular  services 
yesterday. — S.  P.  Benbrook,  minister. 

Greenville,  July  17.— Two  additions  yester- 
day.— J.  W.  HOL3APPLE. 

Pilot  Point,  July  17.— Evangelist  Simpson 
Ely,  of  Joplin,  Mo.,  closed  a  two  weeks'  meet- 
ing last  night.  This  was  one  of  the  most 
profitable  meetings  ever  held  in  this  place. 
Long  will  the  community  feel  the  power  and 
influence  of  Brother  Ely's  teaching  and  con- 
duct, during  his  sojourn  in  our  midst. — J.  P. 
Adcock. 

Graham,  July  11.— Evangelists  Jas.  L.  Had- 
dock and  Talmage  Stanley  have  just  closed  a 
three  weeks'  meeting  with  the  church  in  Gra- 
ham. There  were  24  additions  and  the  work 
was  strengthened  ia  many  ways.  Graham  and 
the  surrounding  country  was  stirred  with  the 
plain  gospel  preaching  as  never  before  and  the 
plea  of  our  people  is  better  understood  in  this 
country.  The  large  tabernacle  which  was  in 
the  court  yard,  was  full  at  almost  every  service, 
and  the  interest  was  intense  from  the  very  be- 
ginning. Over  twice  the  amount  of  money 
necessary  to  defray  the  expenses  of  the  meeting 
was  raised  by  voluntary  contributions,  and 
people  are  still  bringing  money  as  an  expres- 
sion of  their  appreciation  of  the  work  of  these 
godly  men. — A.  C.  Parker,  minister. 

Beaumont,  July  14. — The  work  here  moves 
along  nicely.  Five  confessions  and  one  by 
statement  since  last  report. — J.  B.  Holmbs. 

VIRGINIA. 
Portsmouth,  July  15.— The  great  crowds 
continue  to  attend  our  monster  tent.  This  is 
pioneer  work  entirely  among  conservative 
eastern  people.  An  organization  is  assured 
for  next  Sunday.  Our  tent  seats  1,800,  and  it 
is  frequently  packed.  At  no  time  have  we  had 
a  small  audience.  This  town  of  25,000  prides 
itself  on  its  culture  and  "first  families,"  and  is 
said  to  be  for  our  people  the  harvest  in  Vir- 
ginia.— Herbert  Yeuell,  evangelist. 

WEST  VIRGINIA. 

Wheeling.  —  A.f  the  Island  church,  two  by 
letter  last  Lord's  day,  and  one  confession;  two 
baptisms  and  one  confession  two  weeks  ago; 
more  in  prospect.  We  are  saving  souls  ia 
spite  of  warm  weather.  Prayer-  meeting,  Bible- 
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secrated and  enthusiastic  workers  in  charge  of 
these  separate  interests  of  the  congregational 
life.— C.  Manly  Rice,  minister. 

WASHINGTON. 
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MARRIAGES. 

CRUTCHER— HUNTER.— On  June  7,  in  Sar- 
dis.  Miss.,  by  S.  W.  Cruteher,  uther  of  the  groom, 
Philip  Fall  Cruteher,  of  Pine  Bluff.  Aik.,  to  Miss 
Ola  Hunter.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crutcher  will  make 
their  home  in  Pine  Bluff. 

JONES— EVANS.— In  Colorado  Springs,  June 
19,  1905,  by  Simpson  Ely,  W«  Henry  Jones,  of 
Salida.  CcL.and  Miss  Frances  Evans,  of  St.  Louis, 
Mo.     Brother  Jones  is  our  preacher  at  Salida. 

BACON  —  STRAWN.—  At  the  home  of  the 
bride's  father,  C.  H.  Stiuun,  who  officiated,  May 
05.  E.  A.  Bacon,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  to  Miss 
Carrie  Strawn. 

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BERRY. 

lames  Alexander  Berry  died  June   10.     He  had 
just  retired  for  the  night.     Ten  minutes  after  retir- 
ing the  death  angel  took  him  without  a  struggle.  He 
was  in   his  usual  health   during  the  day.     In  the 
morning,  before  my  leaving  for  Boone  county,  we 
had  talked  together  for  an  hour  or  more  about  the 
interests  of  the  kingdom.     Brother  Berry  was  born 
in  Millersburg,  Callaway   county,  Mo.,  March   24, 
1830.     He  passed  his  seventy-fifth  milestone  March 
24.     His  ancestors  were  Scotch- Irish,  and  some  of 
the  peculiar  traits  of  his  posterity  he  retained  in  a 
remarkable  degree.     His  early  education  was  ob- 
tained in  the  old  log  school  house  at  a  time  when, 
as  Edward  Ejgleston  quaintly  puts  it,  "The  teacher 
always  struck  his  best  licks."     He  entered  the  State 
university  at  Columbia  at  the  age  of   19,  and  con- 
tinued in  school  till  the  close  of  the  first  semester  of 
the   year   of   his  graduation,  when  all   his   means 
were  gone.     Compelled  to  leave  the  institution  and 
teach  school  to  supply  his  empty  purse,  about  this 
time  he  became  a  Christian  and  was  baptized  by 
D.  P.  Henderson.     In  less   than  a   year   from  his 
baptism  he  was  ordained  to  the  ministry  by  T.  W. 
Allen.  During  his  teaching  career  he  also  preached 
the  unsearchable  riches  of  Christ  whenever  an   op- 
portunity offered.  His  teaching  career  was  confined 
to  the  academy  at  Middle  Grove,  Monroe  county, 
for  about  six  years,  when  the  civil  war  began  and 
the   academy  was   closed.     At  the  close  of  the  war 
he  gave  himself  wholly  to  the    ministry.     His  first 
charge  was  Jacksonville,   Randolph  county,  where 
he  remained  till  1869,  when  he  came  to   Moberly 
and  organized  the  church  here  during  this  year.   He 
continued  preaching  for  the  congregation  for  about 
five  years.     The   church   grew   rapidly   during   his 
ministry.     He  was,  at  the  end  of  this  period,  called 
to  the  old  Eighth  and  Mound  street  church  in  St. 
Louis,  which  he   served  four  years.     From  thence 
he  was   called   to   Carrollton,  111.     He   served  this 
congregation  eleven  years  and  returned  to  his  first 
love,  as  he  often  expressed  it,  which  was  Randolph 
county,  Mo.     He  preached  for  the  congregation  at 
Huntsville  on  his  return  six  years.     From  Hunts- 
•rille  he  moved  to   Ashland,    Boone   county,   and 
served  this  congregation  five  years.    From  there  he 
came  back   to    Randolph    county,   and    made   his 
home  in  Moberly  to  the  day  he  was  called  to  his 
home   on   high.     This   includes   a   ministry  of   52 
years.     And  no  one  knows,  except  J.  A.  Berry  and 
the  Lord,  the  toils,  the  burdens  borne  and  the  sac- 
rifices of   this  good  man  for  the  cause  of  the  Master 
which  lay  so  near  his  heart.     During  this  long  min- 
istry he  labored  much  in  the  missionary  field,  hold- 
ing meetings  in  many  places  in  Missouri  and  ad- 
joining states.     When  I  first  came  to  the  state,  35 
years  ago,  and  while  preaching  for  the   church   in 
Mexico,  I  was  called  to  Huntsville  to  assist  Brother 
Berry,  who  was  preaching  there,  in  a  meeting.     It 
was  then  I  learned  to  know  his  ability  as  a  preach- 
er; and  then  it  was  I   learned  to  love  him  for  his 
companionable  spirit  and  his  unselfish  devotion  to 
the  Lord's  cause.     He  was  then  considered  by  his 
preaching  brethren  one  of  the  most  efficient  evan- 
gelists in  the  state.     He  has  kept  no  record  of  pro- 
tracted meetings  held  and  additions  made  where  he 
has  labored.     But  those  who  followed  him  in  his 
ministry  best  put  the  number  above  2,000.    Sister 
Berry  has  found  one  book  containing  a  record  of 
marriages,  numbering  369.     She  says  there  is  an- 
other book  of  marriages  containing  as  many,  if  not 
more  than  the  one  found.     His  funeral  preaching 
was  probably  more  extensive  than  that  of  any  other 
preacher  in  the  state.     And  the  reason  is  found  in 
the  fact  that  he  has  been  identified  with  the  people 
through  a  ministry  of  more   than    half   a  century. 
Nearly  all  knew  him  and  loved  him.     The  loss  of 
such  a  character,  so  genial,  so  hopeful,  and  such  a 
true  model  for  imitation,  cannot  be  estimated.     His 
sermons  were  never  raspy  or  pessimistic,  but  always 
optimistic,  hopeful  and  edifying.    Those  who  heard 
his  eloquent  appeal  to  live  a  better,  a  purer,  a  high- 
er life,  went  away  feeling  deep  in  their  hearts  that 
they  must,  th'y  would,  be  better  men  and  women. 
The  great  Missouri  brotherhood  of  Disciples  will 
miss  him  in  their  annnal  conventions.    He  has  been 
chairman  of  the  obituary  committee  for  a  number 
of  years.     Personally  the  writer  of  this  will  feel  the 
absence  of  our  brother.    We  lived  within  a  block  of 


each  other.  We  have  known  and  loved  each 
other  as  Christians  and  fellow  laborers  for  35  years. 
And  since  his  residence  in  Moberly  we  have  been 
bosom  companions — scarcely  a  day  passing  without 
talking  over  the  vital  things  of  the  kingdom.  But 
the  separation  on  earth  has  ccme.  Soon  I  will  fol- 
low ;  and  among  the  first  I  hope  to  meet  close  to  the 
throne  is  Janus  Alexander  Berry. 

W.  G.  SURBER. 
RIDGE. 

Mrs.  Florence  Dell  Ridge,  wife  of  Earl  S.  Ridge, 
and  daughter  of  Prof,  and  Mrs.  A.  F.  Smith,  de- 
parted this  life  on  May  24,  3905,  aged  24  years  and 
five  months.  Sister  Dell  became  a  Christian  very 
early  in  life,  and  her  beautiful  character  was  a  joy 
and  inspiration  to  all  who  knew  her.  She  was  mar- 
ried Oct.  8,  1902,  and  left  a  broken-hearted  hus- 
band and  sweet  young  baby,  with  her  parents  and 
brothers,  to  mourn  her  loss.  Her  pure  spirit  is 
with  the  Lord,  and  she  awaits  the  coming  of  those 
whom  she  so  fondly  loved  and  so  unselfishly  served 
in  church  and  home.  W.  F.  R. 

Kansas  City,  Mo. 

STAFFORD. 

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Wni.  C.  Stafford,  age  70  years,  four  months  and  28 
days.  The  deceased  leaves  an  aged  wife  and  one 
son,  besides  a  host  of  friends,  to  mourn  his  death. 

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JOSIAH'S  GOOD  REIGN. -2  Chron.  34:1-13. 
Memory  verses,  1-3. 

Golden  Text.— Remember  now  thy 
Creator  in  the  days  of  thy  youth. — Eccl. 
12:1. 

After  the  death  of  Manasseh,  his  son 
Amon  reigned  for  two  years  until  put  to 
death  by  conspirators  who  themselves 
became  the  victims  of  a  popular  uprising. 
The  outcome  of  this  turbulent  interlude 
was  that  Josiah,  the  grandson  of  Manasseh, 
was  put  upon  the  throne  at  the  age  of 
eight.  The  pendulum  was  ready  to  swing 
back  toward  a  more  wholesome  national 
life  and  better  religious  conditions.  The 
reign  of  Manasseh,  as  we  saw  in  the  last 
lesson,  had  witnessed  one  of  the  periodical 
reversions  to  more  or  less  complete  idolatry 
and,  whatever  may  have  been  the  extent 
of  Manasseh's  reform  in  his  old  age,  his 
son  Amon  evidently  innerited  his  father's 
wickedness  rather  thaa  his  repentance. 

But  idolatry,  as  usual,  bred  disorder  and 
chaos.  Regicide  was  followed  by  the 
murder  of  the  conspirators.  Perhaps  these 
disturbances  suggested  to  the  people  that 
the  idolatrous  conduct  of  the  nation  tended 
to  produce  civil  discord.  The  preaching 
of  the  prophet  Zsphaniah  at  the  time  may 
have  been  a  potent  factor  in  turning  the 
tide.  Jeremiah's  influence  must  also  have 
been  felt  very  early  in  the  course  of  Josi- 
ah's  reforming  movement,  for  we  read 
(2  Chron.  34:3)  that  in  the  twelfth  year  of 
his  reign,  Josiah  began  his  active  work  of 
reformation,  while  Jeremiah's  call  as  a 
prophet  (Jer.  1:2)  came  in  the  thirteenth 
year  of  Josiah.  Moreover,  the  great  Em- 
pire of  Assyria,  which  had  held  the  rod 
over  Judah  for  so  long,  and  from  which 
Isaiah  had  prophesied  deliverance  in  the 
name  of  Jehovah,  was  actually  beginning 
to  shrink  and  tremble  before  the  other 
world-powers.  Judah  no  longer  paid 
tribute,  and  it  may  be  that  the  restoration 
of  their  freedom  confirmed  their  faith  in 
Jehovah's  power. 

However  that  may  be,  Josiah's  reform 
movement  seemed  to  meet  a  ready  re- 
sponse from  the  people.  At  the  age  of  six- 
teen "he  began  to  seek  after  the  God  of 
David  his  father,"  and  at  twenty  he  began 
to  destroy  the  high  places  and  the  symbols 
of  idolatrous  worship,  and  of  the  impure 
worship  of  Jehovah. 

It  is  perhaps  not  possible  to  determine 
with  certainty  how  much  of  his  work  was  a 
removal  of  abuses  which  had  crept  into 
Israel's  worship  and  how  much  was  the 
lifting  of  it  to  a  new  and  higher  plane 
under  the  influence  of  the  spiritual  teach- 
ing of  the  prophets.  It  is  entirely  evident 
that  the  problem  was  not  nearly  so  simple 
as  the  mere  choice  between  the  service  of 
Jehovah  and  of  other  gods.  Whatever 
may  have  been  the  view  of  the  most  spir- 
itual of  Israel's  teachers  in  early  days,  it  is 
clear  that  the  mass  of  the  people  had  never 
risen  above  the  use  of  images,  in  their  wor- 
ship. The  problem  in  Josiah's  time  was 
not  only  to  win  them  back  to  the  worship 
of  Jehovah,  but  to  accomplish  an  effective 
purification  of  the  worship  by  separating 
from  it  all  of  those  practices  and  symbols, 
high  places,  pillars  and  images  which  they 
had  used  in  the  worship  of  Jehovah,  very 
much  as  the  surrounding  tribes  had  used 
them  in  the  worship  of  their  gods. 

The  destruction  of  the  high  places  in- 
volved increased  emphasis  upon  the  sanc- 


tuary at  Jerusalem,  which  led  in  turn  to 
the  repair  of  the  temple.  This,  again,  led 
to  the  discovery  of  "the  book  of  the  law," 
and  that  to  further  reforms  of  which  the 
next  lesson  will  treat. 


Christian  Endeavor. 

By  H.  A.  Denton. 

Aug.  6,  1905. 


FIRST  FRUITS  FOR  GOD.— 
Lev.  23:9-14;  Deut.  16:9-12. 

For  the  Leader. 

We  are  here  this  evening  to  take  up  in 
our  meeting  the  study  of  a  very  important 
question.  Shall  we  give  to  God  our  best? 
In  theory  we  are  all  agreed,  but  in  prac- 
tice there  is  a  question  whether  we  are  as 
sound  as  we  are  in  our  theories.  Do  we 
bring  to  God  our  best?  Do  we  want  him  to 
be  honored  with  the  first  fruits?  We  have 
heard  the  story  of  how  the  people  of  a  cer- 
tain charge  us-ed  the  largest  potatoes  for 
home  use  and  for  the  market,  and  after 
this  how  they  brought  the  little  ones  to  the 
parsonage.  Is  that  story  overdrawn?  In 
some  places,  I  think  not. 

Now,  if  we  had  no  light  on  the  subject 
at  all  further  than  our  own  minds  we 
would  be  ashamed  to  bring  our  God  the 
last  instead  of  the  first,  the  small  and  the 
blemished.  But  the  law  of  Moses  was 
plain,  as  we  see  from  the  references,  on 
this  point.  And  we  may  be  sure  Christ 
would  not  be  inferior  to  the  law.  He  sets 
the  spiritual,  the  eternal,  first  always.  The 
kingdom  of  heaven,  then  the  things  of  this 
earth.  So  we  are  asking  if  we  find  both 
the  revelation  and  the  practice  on  the  side 
of  .giving  God  the  first,  the  best.  Let  us 
search  our  hearts  carefully. 
For  the  Members. 

1.  The  first  fruits  were  the  best  in  the 
Jewish  reasoning.  As  the  first  rank  por- 
tions of  the  field  grew  to  the  stage  of 
ripening,  the  heart  of  the  Hebrew  farmer 
was  glad.  He  rejoiced.  He  looked  for- 
ward to  the  festival  in  his  church  that 
would  mark  the  ripening  of  the  first  of  the 
field.  Now  that  it  was  ripe,  there  must  be 
time  taken  to  be  religious  before  the  hand 
of  mammon  should  be  laid  upon  the 
sheaf.  [So  a  sheaf  was  cut.  It  was 
taken  to  the  priest.  He  offered  it  as  an 
offering  for  the  man  who  brought  it.  There 
was  the  thought  that  this  was  from  God, 
and  that  God  must  be  thanked  and 
honored  with  the  offering  of  the  first  of 
the  field.  So  should  we  today  bring  our 
offerings  of  the  first  to  God  for  his  blessings 
upon  us. 

2.  Why  should  we  give  the  best  we 
have  to  God?  Why?  Indeed  that  is  a 
question  that  suggests  its  own  answer,  yet 
many  have  not  found  the  joys  that  reside 
in  its  realization.  God  made  man  the  best 
of  all  creatures  upon  the  earth.  He  gave 
him  dominion  over  all.  He  sent  his 
prophets  and  law-givers  to  instruct  and 
lead  his  people.  These  men  were  princes 
among  men.  No  more  royal  men  ever 
lived  and  died  for  the  races  of  men  than 
were  the  prophets.  God  gave  the  best  in 
this  way.  Then  when  one  was  wanting 
to  make  an  atonement  for  the  prophets, 
even,  he  sent  the  fairest  of  them  all,  his 
only  begotten  Son.  He  came  among  us. 
It  is  said  that  God  placed  all  the  fullness 
of  the  Godhead  in  him.  There  was  no  di- 
vine attribute  of  power  that  the  Son  did 
not  possess.  It  was  all  in  him.  No  man 
was  so  fair.  No  man  was  so  merciful. 
No  man  was  so  powerful  in  saving  from 
sin.     None  ever   graced  the  human  body, 


or  filled  the  measure  of  the  divine,  with 
such  ease  and  grace  as  he.  The  very  best. 
When  there  was  no  servant  left,  God  sent 
his  only  Son. 

3.  Now  he  calls  upon  all  that  is  nohle 
in  me  to  respond  to  the  call.  He  chal- 
lenges me  to  do  the  heroic.  What  an  op- 
portunity this  is  for  me  to  meet  this  great 
love!  How  I  should  leap  forward  to  the 
beginning  of  this  task — this  work  he  has 
given  me!  He  has  conferred  great  honor 
upon  me  above  all  other  intelligences,  in 
that  he  calls  me  to  this  high  plane  to  walk 
with  him  and  to  be  like  him.  Shall  I  sulk 
in  my  tent,  and  go  not  out  when  he  calls 
me  to  this  glad  duty?  No,  never.  I  must 
be  up,  for  my  Lord  is  calling.  He  wants 
me  to  come.  I  shall  get  up  early  to  cut 
the  first  ripe  sheaf.  It  shall  come  to  him 
with  the  dew  of  the  early  morn  still  upon 
it.  In  the  quiet  of  the  first  hours  of  the 
day  will  I  bring  it.  No  one  has  been  so 
good  to  me  as  my  Father.  The  best  he 
has  always  given  me,  and  the  best  and  the 
first  will  I  always  give  him.  Praise  the 
Lord,  that  he  has  made  it.  And  may  he 
give  me  a  long  life  in  which  to  bring  the 
best  to  him.  May  he  let  me  be  influential 
with  my  fellows  that  I  may  win  them  to 
the  gospel  way. 

Quiet  Hour  Thought. 

Have  I  given  God  the  first  fruits  of  this 
day? 

DAILY   READINGS. 

M.     God's  garden.  Gen.  2:4-9. 

T.    A  fruitful  land. 

Num.  13:26-28;  14:6-8. 
W.     The  Lord's  vineyard.  Isa.  5:1-4. 

T.     Fruit  of  the  Spirit.  Eph.  5:9-13. 

F.     Fruit  like  its  tree.  Matt.  7:15-20. 

S.     Offering  first  fruits.        Deut.  26:1-11. 
S.     Topic— First    fruits   for   God.     Lev. 
23:9-14;  Deut.  16:9-12. 

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PETER  IN  CHRIST'S  SCHOOL.— 
John  13:1-11;  21:15-19. 

Teacher  and  Disciple.  The  very  terms 
chosen  by  Jesus  to  express  the  relation  be- 
tween himself  and  his  followers  are  those 
of  the  school.  He  is  the  Teacher,  we  are 
learners.  His  service  is  a  heavenly  dis- 
cipline, and  his  truth  makes  us  wise  unto 
salvation.  (2  Tim.  3:14-17.)  No  man 
comes  to  him  except  he  has  been  taught  of 
God.  (John  6:44,  45.)  To  do  his  will  is 
to  grow  in  the  knowledge  and  assurance 
of  divine  things.     (John  7:17.) 

The  Teacher.  In  this  heavenly  school , 
the  Teacher  is  perfectly  fitted  for  his 
work,  because:  1.  He  loves  his  pupils.  (John 
13:1.)  Love  is  the  best  of  all  equipments 
for  imparting  instruction.  Affection  quick- 
ens all  the  powers  of  mind  and  heart.  It 
establishes  direct  connection  with  the 
learner.  It  gives  him  confidence  in  the 
teacher.  It  creates  enthusiasm  in  their 
mutual  pursuit  of  truth.  2.  He  knows  what 
he  is  to  teach.  (John  13:3;  3:11;  Col.  2:1  3.) 
No  doubtful  experiments  in  this  school. 
The  instructor  need  appeal  to  no  higher 
authority  than  himself,  for  he  came  from 
God,  dwells  in  the  bosom  of  God,  shares 
the  secrets  of  God,  is  endued  with  the 
Spirit  of  God  without  measure.  3.  Is  will- 
ing to  serve.  (John  13:4,  5.)  He  is  not 
content  with  telling  the  truth,  he  must  live 
it  in  the  presence  of  his  disciples.  He  must 
embody  every  principle  of  righteousness 
that  his  religion  inculcates.  Since  what 
the  world  needs  most  is  humble,  loving 
service,  he  will  himself  render  such  service, 
and  thus  doubly  enforce  the  lesson.  He 
performs  the  lowly  office  of  the  slave,  in 
washing  the  feet  of  his  guests,  that  they 
In  turn  may  become  "bond  slaves  of  Jesus 
Christ,"  ready  to  live  or  die  for  a  sinful 
world. 

Peter,  the  Disciple.  This  impulsive  fisher- 
man of  Galilee  becomes  an  ardent  and  apt 
pupil  in  the  Master's  school.  In  the  inci- 
dents of  our  lesson  we  see  him  learning: 
1.  To  trust  his  Teacher.  (John  13:7.)  The 
pupil  is  impatient  because  he  cannot  know 
everything  at  the  start.  It  is  hard  to  climb 
slowly  up  the  slope  of  wisdom's  mount. 
Why  can  we  not  leap  to  the  summit  at  a 
single  bound?  But  not  even  the  Lord  him- 
self can  tell  us  all  his  truth  at  once.  The 
"milk  of  the  word"  must  prepare  us  for 
the  stronger  meat  that  only  mature  life 
can  assimilate.  (1  Pet.  2:1,  2;  Heb.  5:12- 
14.)  2.  To  obey  his  Teacher.  (John  13:8,  9.) 
It  is  often  harder  for  us  to  consent  to  let 
another  minister  to  our  needs  than  to  do 
something  ourselves.  Peter  was  unwilling 
to  let  his  Master  serve  him,  not  knowing 
that  the  Christ  must  first  cleanse  and  save 
the  sinner  before  the  sinner  can  render 
him  service  in  return.  Men  sometimes  re- 
fuse to  obey  the  gospel  because  they  feel 
no  need  of  being  saved,  while  at  the  same 
time  they  are  willing  to  do  what  they  call 
Christian  work.  The  perfect  service  can 
come  only  from  a  pure  heart.  3.  To  be- 
come a  servant  of  men.  (John  13:12-17) 
When  the  soul  receives  the  water  of  life 
from  Jesus  Christ,  it  at  once  becomes  a 
living  fountain,  sending  forth  that  water 
to  other  thirsting  ones.  (John  7.37-39.) 
The  legalistic  spirit  that  would  make  of 
this  beautiful  act  of  Jesus  a  church  ordi- 
nance, that  of  "feet  washing,"  has  missed 
entirely  its   significance.    It  was  a  social 


ministry  for  the  home,  a  simple  act  of 
hospitality  fitted  to  the  customs  of  the 
times.  (See  1  Tim.  5:9,  10.)  Its  lesson  is 
embodied  in  every  loving  act  of  kindness, 
every  simple  ministry  of  love.  4.  To  re- 
turn his  love  in  deeds  rather  than  vjords. 
(John  21:15-19.)  Peter  had  been  very 
ready  to  declare  his  love  for  the  Master, 
but  equally  prompt  to  deny  him,  when 
tested.  (John  13:36-38;  18:15-17.)  But  the 
good  Teacher,  who  knew  how  sore  was 
the  heart  of  poor  Peter  over  his  down- 
fall, gave  him  opportunity  to  reiterate  his 
declaration  of  love,  and  then  told  him  how 
nobly  he  should  afterwards  atone  for  h5s 
denial  by  giving  his  life  in  testimony  of 
his  faith.  And  in  a  few  days  this  timid 
disciple  braved  the  anger  of  the  multitude, 
while  he  charged  them  with  the  murder  of 
the  Son  of  God.  His  lesson  was  well 
learned. 


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Give  the  Reference. 

Editor,  Christian-  Evangelist: — Will 
some  "scribe,"  who  thinks  the  gift  of 
healing  still  remains  or  is  resident  in  the 
church,  tell  us  where  in  the  New  Testa- 
ment such  power  was  manifest,  except  by 
the  apostles  or  those  upon  whom  the  apos- 
tles bestowed  such  power?  There  is  much 
injected  into  the  scriptures.  Men  are  not 
content  to  stop  where  they  stop.  We  are 
great  'twisters,"  especially  about  the 
Holy  Spirit.  E.J.  Lampion. 

Howling  Green,  Mo. 


The  Gulf  between  the  Common  People 
and  the  Clergy. 

Editor,  Christian-Evangelist:  —  In 
the  issue  of  the  Christian-Evangelist 
of  June  1,  in  the  Editor's  Easy  Chair,  we 
read,  "A  day  of  rest,  we  say,  but  not  neces- 
sarily of  inactivity."  "Have  we  been  in 
bondage  to  our  daily  tasks,  or  have  we 
used  them  as  means  to  our  higher  develop- 
ment?" "A  day  of  sleepy  indolence  and 
wearisome  ease  to  many  others." 

My  mind  goes  back  to  a  home  upon  a 
farm  nearly  fifty  years  ago.  A  family  of 
nine  gathered  round  the  plain  but  plenti- 
ful board;  a  good  substantial  house  was 
shared  by  all,  and  all  the  house  was  used. 
No  carpet  nor  lace  curtains  decorated  it 
and  a  little  frail  woman  we  all  called 
mother  kept  time  with  the  clock  by  the 
busy  tread,  tread,  upon  the  bare  floor  as 
the  meals  were  prepared  and  served,  and 
bedtime  found  all  weary  but  busy  knitting, 
sewing,  patching,  the  father  repairing 
shoes,  if  in  winter.  To  feed  and  clothe  the 
family,  live  honestly  and  maintain  the 
fertility  of  the  farm  took  all  the  time  and 
energies  of  all.  While  school  days  lasted 
those  too  young  to  work  went  to  school, 
and  the  older  ones  in  winter. 

What  did  the  day  of  rest  mean  in  this 
home?  What  does  it  mean  in  many  simi- 
lar homes  to-day?  Beside  me  lives  a  man 
of  toil;  his  daily  bread  depends  upon  his 
power  to  perform  his  daily  toil.  What  is 
his  Christian  duty  on  this  "day  of  rest"? 
Faithfulness  to  his  employer,  duty  to  his 
family,  duty  to  himself.  "Sleepy  indo- 
lence!" It  surely  seems  so  to  the  clergy, 
because  they  preach  it,  but  let  them  ex- 
change places  with  us  common  people  for 
just  one  week,  and  there  will  be  less  con- 
demnation for  "resting."  Upon  this  day 
of  "rest"  the  toiler,  by  either  trade  or 
toil,  feels  ill  disposed  to  receive  demands 
from  self-made  boards  for  given  amounts; 
equally  do  we  resent  the  refused  privilege 
to  rest  upon  this  day  of  rest,  and  hope  the 
day  soon  will  dawn  when  we  may  serve 
God  with  freedom  as  in  apostolic  times. 

P.  Clawson. 

[We  are  not  surprised  to  find  that  the 
writer  of  the  foregoing  is  not  a  regular 
reader  of  the  Christian- Evangelist.  Our 
readers  would  probably  know  that,  as  they 
do  not  speak  of  brethren  appointed  to 
manage  our  missionary  work  as  "self- 
made  boards,"  nor  of  their  courteous  re- 
quests for  missionary  offerings  as  "de- 
mands." Nor  would  a  regular  reader  of 
our  paper  speak  of  his  preaching  brethren 
as  "clergy." 

It  is  needless  to  say  that  the  Easy  Chair 
paragraph  referred  to  contained  no  "con- 
demnation of  rest,"  but  was  rather  an  ap- 
peal for  rest.     Our  critic's  attempt  to  de- 


fend "sleepy  indolence"  and  "wearisome 
ease"  on  the  Lord's  day,  is  very  lame,  and 
his  plea  for  the  "dawning  of  the  day  when 
we  may  serve  God  with  freedom,  as  in 
apostolic  times,"  becomes  rather  ludicrous 
in  the  light  of  such  an  attempted  defense. 
Imagine  the  apostles  and  the  Christians  of 
their  day,  spending  the  glorious  Lord's 
day  in  drowsy  indolence,  and  calling  it 
"serving  God"! 

No  one  believes  more  in  making  the 
Lord's  day  a  day  of  rest  for  the  weary  and 
toiling  ones  than  we  do,  but  we  have 
learned  that  there  is  no  rest  for  soul  or 
body  equal  to  that  of  lifting  the  mind  and 
heart  into  the  higher  realms  of  thought 
and  feeling,  of  worship  and  of  fellowship 
with  kindred  spirits,  on  the  Lord's  day. 
Let  us  not  mistake  laziness  for  weariness, 
nor  lounging  for  resting!  The  more  of 
heaven  one  can  crowd  into  his  life  of  toil, 
the  more  rest  will  he  find,  and  the  better 
service  will  he  render  for  God  and  his 
fellow  men.— Editor. 

Doesn't  Follow  Campbell. 

The  Editor,  Christian-Evangelist:  — 
I  have  received  your  nicely  written  book 
on  "The  Holy  Spirit."  I  find  you  follow 
in  the  line  of  Dr.  Richardson's  work,  rather 
than  in  the  line  of  Brother  Campbell,  in 
his  debate  with  Rice.  Having  held  sev- 
eral discussions  with  the  denominations 
on  the  subjects,  I  have  taken  the  posi- 
tion of  Brother  Campbell,  and  felt  very 
confident  in  my  ability  to  maintain  it.  The 
position  you  take,  as  I  understand  it,  is 
that  of  our  Baptist  brethren.  If  I  am  mis- 
taken, please  correct  me.  I  am  very  desir- 
ous the  subject  may  be  fully  canvassed, 
as  its  importance  demands  it.  As  I  have 
given  considerable  attention  to  it  in  a  book 
I  have  written,  I  could  only  ask  that  both 
your  book  and  mine  be  carefully  read. 

Hamilton,  III.         J.  Carroll  Stark. 

[Referring  to  the  above  kindly  notice  of 
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Jast  to  be  out  of  doors!    So  still!  So  green  ! 
With  unbreathed  air,  illimitable,  clean, 
With  soft,  sweet  scent  of  happy  growing 

things. 
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It  Is  Sometimes  the  Man. 

By  Maurice  Paul. 

At  a  table  in  the  centre  of  the  room  sat 
a  young  man.  Writing  materials  were  be- 
fore him,  the  pen  was  in  his  hand,  but  he 
did  not  write.  The  shaded  lamp  threw  its 
light  on  books,  papers  and  magazines;  yet 
he  did  not  read.  With  chair  tilted  up, 
elbow  on  the  table  and  pen  against  the 
paper,  he  was  gazing  fixedly  at  the  wall. 
It  was  no  pleasing  picture  he  saw  there.for 
seriousness  sat  on  his  countenance,  and 
the  ghost  of  sorrow  or  regret  looked 
through  the  eyes. 

"Yes,  I'll  do  it."  With  this  sudden  ex- 
clamation the  reverie  is  broken,  the  chair 
comes  to  a  level,  the  pen  is  pushed  along 
the  paper,  but  the  ink  has  dried  and  there 
is  no  word.  One  hasty  dip. and  the  words, 
"My  dear  Edith,"  are  formed  on  the  ad- 
dress-stamped paper.     That  is  all. 

Another  reverie  is  broken  by  a  beauti- 
ful St.  Bernard,  which  had  lain  at  his 
feet,  rising  at  the  sudden  movement  of 
his  master's  chair,  poking  his  nose  un- 
der the  bent  arm  and  wooing  a  caress. 
Action  followed  suggestion  more  quickly 
than  thunder  the  lightning.  The  arm 
went  around  the  dog's  neck,  and  the  now 
penless  hand  stroked  the  beautifully  blazed 
muzzle.  Something  beyond  instinct  told 
the  animal  that  his  master  was  in  trouble. 
He  licked  his  hand . 

"Yes,  old  man,  I  must  do  it.  And  you'll 
have  a  mistress  to  pet  you." 

He  rose  with  the  thought.  So  it  was  the 
old  story  that  was  troubling  him.  A  vague 
restlessness,  searching  for  something  — 
what  he  did  not  know.  Or  perhaps  it  was 
unsuccessful  love —the  love  which  makes 
a  man  of  deep  and  sensitive  nature .  a 
trifler  or  a  martyr. 

But  it  was  not  love  of  woman  that  made 
Rex  Walton  suddenly  push  the  dog  away 
from  him,  rise  from  the  chair,  and 
pace  restlessly  up  and  down  the  room. 
Unused  to  such  treatment  the  animal 
stood  still,  with  lowered  tail  and  a  soft- 
ness in  the  great  brown  eyes  that  was  all 
affection. 

At  length,  brushing  up  against  him, 
Walton  was  once  more  aroused  to  his  sur- 
roundings.   As  he  patted  the  dog,  a  smile 


6tole  over  his  face,  and  he  broke  out, 

"Yes,  Lion,  old  fellow,  it's  my  duty, 
and  I'll  do  it." 

Now  he  was  the  man  of  action.  The 
battle  had  been  severe,  but  determination 
was  in  every  line  of  the  face  that  again 
turned  to  the  paper  on  the  table.  Grasp- 
ing a  pen,  he  did  not  even  sit  down;  but 
bending  over,  wrote  with  a  firm  hand  a 
few  sentences: 

My  dear  Edith: — Duty  calls  me  south  on 
Saturday.  Of  course  I  shall  call,  and  I 
hope  to  find  you  at  home.  Please  excuse 
this  brevity  and  give  my  regards  to  all  the 
family.     Faithfully  yours, 

Wednesday  evening.       Rex  Walton. 

He  read  it  over.  "Yes,  that  will  do.  It 
explains  nothing,  but  announces  my  com- 
ing. It  is  better  so.  Love  puts  the  best 
construction  on  every  action.  She  will  be 
glad  that  I  am  coming,  and  that  suffices. 
If  I  surprise  her  my  task  -will  be  the 
easier." 

Rex  Walton  and  Edith  Langdale  had 
first  met  six  years  before.  She  was  visit- 
ing at  his  father's  house,  and  he  had,  of 
course,  exerted  himself  to  make  her  visit 
pleasant;  all  the  more  readily  that  the 
girl  was  attractive  in  face  and  figure  and 
possessed  qualities  which,  in  Walton's 
eyes,  were  of  great  worth.  An  admirer  of 
women,  he  yet  knew  little  about  them.  Ig- 
norance and  the  desire  to  please— those 
twin  steeds  that  carry  thousands  to  de- 
struction— hurtled  him  along  the  flower- 
strewn  path;  Rex  Walton  made  love,  and 
Edith  Langdale  loved. 

Had  he  been  told  of  it,  he  would  have 
denied  it  with  indignation.  When  some 
months  later  he  discovered  the  girl's 
secret,  he  was  beside  himself  with  remorse. 

But  to  him  action  was  a  part  of  his  be- 
ing, and,  under  some  evil  spell,  he  wrote 
a  letter  which  cut  her  to  the  heart.  He 
did  not  love  her,  he  told  her,  and  did  not 
suppose  she  ever  thought  he  did.  He 
liked  her;  her  company  was  very  agreeable; 
but  his  attentions  had  been  chiefly  due  to 
the  fact  that  she  was  a  guest  in  the  house. 
It  was  brutal,  yet  he  did  not  mean  it  as 
such.  The  sooner  she  knew  the  truth,  the 
better  for  her,  he  thought.  In  a  few  days 
he  received  her  answer.  Yes,  she  did  re- 
ply, though  before  he  read  it  he  felt 
he  deserved  all  the  hard  words  she 
could  say.  But  they  were  not  many.  She 
declined  to  accept  his  interpretation  of  her 
feelings.     But  she  admitted   she  had  been 


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interested  in  him  to  a  certain  extent  and 
insisted  that  he  had  given  her  good  reason 
to  think  that  he  was  much  in  love  with 
her.  She  closed  with  some  pointed  advice 
—a  note  that  was  kind,  dignified,  womanly. 
But,  oh,  what  tears  it  cost  her,  and  what 
a  wretched  fellow  he  was! 

Another  letter  from  him  went  to  her. 
It  expressed  his  regret  if  he  had  given  her 
cause  to  misunderstand  him,  and  his  deep 
sorrow  for  having  taken  so  much  for 
granted,  for  having  so  sorely  wounded  her. 
He  asked  that  she  would  not  banish  him 
from  her  friendship,  but  give  him  a  chance 
to  regain  her  esteem  and  trust.  She  replied 
that  she  wished  him  no  harm,  but  that  the 
future  must  determine  her  actions.  Upon 
his  acknowledgment  of  the  receipt  of  this, 
the  correspondence  ceased. 

Twelve  months  later  they  were  again 
thrown  together.  They  met  as  friends, 
but  there  was  a  fencing  reserve.  Her  vir- 
gin heart  held  prisoned  a  love  neither 
anger  nor  shame  had  killed.  He  had  wan- 
dered down  the  cheerless,  gloomy  path 
that  led  to  the  haunt  of  the  misanthrope. 
But  his  pride  put  a  smile  on  his  face  when 
he  met  her.  His  gentleness,  his  consider- 
ateness,  his  studied  desire  to  do  anything 
for  her  pleasure  or  welfare,  were  finally 
accepted  on  her  part  as  signs  of  his  real 
repentance,  and  a  hopefulness,  begotten  of 
love,  once  more  possessed  her.  She  went 
back  to  her  home,  but  found  occasion  to 
write  to  him.  A  correspondence  ensued 
which  gradually  became  regular.  There 
was  no  allusion  to  the  past,  no  word  of 
sentiment.  He  wrote  of  their  mutual 
friends,  his  work,  his  trials  and  difficulties, 
the  seeming  impossibilities  of  realizing 
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bat  he  was  always  very  careful  to  do  and 
say  nothing  that  should  lead  her  to  sup 
pose  he  had  grown  to  love  her  other  than  as 
a  sister.  But  if  he  did  not  love  her  neither 
did  he  seem  able  to  care  for  any  other 
woman.  He  went  into  society,  but  it  did 
not  take  away  the  dull  ache  that  had  come 
into  his  heart,  when  it  first  came  home  to 
him  that  he  had  unintentionally  won  a 
noble  woman's  love.  If  he  had  only  loved 
her,  how  proud  he  would  have  been,  how 
fortunate  to  get  Edith  Langdale! 

Five  years  after  their  first  meeting,  she 
passed  through  New  York  en  route  for  a 
continental  watering  place.  Her  health 
had  failed  her.  It  was  nervous  exhaus- 
tion, so  said  the  physician.  Could  the 
man  of  medicine  have  read  the  emotion  of 
the  heart  as  he  did  its  beat,  he  would  have 
said  this  was  a  case  of  Viola's  love  for  the 
Dake.  Rex  Walton's  diagnosis  was  better 
than  the  physician's.  He  was  sure  Edith 
still  loved  him.  It  was  not  difficult  to 
learn  that  she  took  no  interest  in  the  soci- 
ety of  other  men,  and  that  her  parents  had 
given  up  the  thought  of  her  ever  marrying. 
A  suspicion  which  he  had  long  harbored, 
grew  to  a  certainty.  For  five  years  he  had 
carried  this  burden,  more  as  a  fear  than  a 
reality.  Bat  it  had  robbed  him  of  the  joy 
of  life.  Now  a  sharp  issue  was  raised. 
He  could  never  dare  again  to  intimate  that 
he  did  not  love  her.  Were  he  to  avoid  her 
or  refrain  from  writing,  it  would  have  the 
same  effect. 

Was  there  any  way?  No— stay!  If  he 
married  her!  Pshaw!  He  could  not;  it 
was  folly!  But  the  thought  would  not  be 
shaken  off.  Again  and  again  he  found 
himself  arguing  that  she  need  never  know 
that  love  was  dead  in  his  heart;  all  he  had 
to  do  was  to  be  kind  to  her  and  considerate 
of  her  interests;  there  was  no  danger  of 
another  love  possessing  him. 

In  sight  of  the  world  it  was  a  good 
match.  Both  his  own  and  her  family 
would  approve  it,  though  she  would  have 
to  sacrifice  if  she  became  his  wife,  for  he 
was  not  wealthy.  Then  he  rebelled;  it 
would  be  ungenerous  to  her,  unfair  to 
himself.  Could  he  deceive  her?  But  would 
it  be  deception?  Was  the  lacking  senti- 
ment and  passion  needful?  Thousands  of 
men  and  women  married  without  it  and, 
so  far  as  the  world  could  tell,  were  happy. 
And  if  Edith  loved  and  he  did  his  duty  to 
her— was  not  that  all  that  was  necessary? 
No!  But  what  if  he  did  not  ask  her  to 
marry  him?  Ah,  that  was  it.  She  would 
fret  her  life  out — and  he  could  save  her. 
So  he  debated  with  himself.  It  was  in  one 
of  these  reveries  that  his  decision  was 
reached.  He  would  ask  Edith  to  be  his 
wife. 

When  he  reached  her  home  on  the  Sat- 
urday evening,  she  welcomed  him  gladly, 
but  it  was  not  until  they  were  alone  in  the 
garden  that  she  asked:  "What  brings  you 
here  just  now?" 

He  hesitated  ere  he  replied:  "Oh,  busi- 
ness and— duty.  And  you,  Edith,  y  o  u — " 
he  took  her  hand — "I've  come  to  ask  you 
if  you'll  marry  me."  His  arm  slipped 
around  her  waist  unresisted,  while  she 
turned  her  eyes  up  to  his. 

"Rex,  you  have  asked  me  to  marry  you. 
Do  you  love  me,  Rex,  as  a  man  ought  to 
love  the  woman  he  would  marry?" 
Rex  Walton  could  not  tell  a  lie. 
"I  will  try  to  make  you  a  good  husband, 
Edith.     Do  you  not  trust  me?" 
For  answer  she  kissed  him. 
"There!     I  am    a   woman   and    I    have 
shown  my  love;  but  if  I  have  been  weak,  I 
will  now  be  strong.     Rex,    I    have    given 
you  my  heart,  but  you  have  not  given  me 


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within  my  power  to  express  my  gratitude  to  you  for  removing  cata- 
racts from  both  my  eyes  without  an  operation  and  for  returning  my 
vision  thereby  in  less  than  3  months'  treatment."  At  your  own  home  the 

Madison  Absorption  Method 

will  do  the  same  for  you  if  your  eyes  are  affected  with  any  trouble 
whatever.  If  you  see  spots  or  strings,  beware  of  delay,  for  dalay 
mean*  blindness.  Cross  eyes  straightened  without  the  knife,  by  a 
new  method,  which  never  fails. 

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yours.     Sacrifice  is  not   what  I   want.     I 

want  love.     I  will  not  marry  you." 
****** 

Six  weeks  later  Rex  Walton  placed  a 
beautiful  wreath  upon  the  brown  earth 
over  Edith  Langdale's  body.  And  every 
year  he  plucks  a  white  rose  from  the  bush 
he  planted  on  her  grave.  He  has  given 
her  his  heart. 


A  Festival  Among  the  Gigantic 
Redwoods. 

In  the  Country  Calendar  for  July,  W.  H. 
Irwin  writes  as  follows: 

"Every  August,  on  the  Sunday  night 
nearest  full  moon,  the  Bohemian  Club  of 
San  Francisco  packs  up  and  travels  to  its 
own  grove  in  the  Calif ornian  woods,  to  hold 
a  festival  unique  in  this  country,  and,  in- 
deed, in  the  world— the  'Midsummer  High 
Jinks'  they  call  it.  In  brief,  it  consists  of 
a  big  spectacle,  with  all  accessories  of 
poetry  and  music,  in  praise  of  the  forest. 

"In  all  the  west  there  is  no  grove  more 
beautiful.  The  only  other  which  may  be 
fairly  compared  to  it  is  the  Big  Basin  of 
Santa  Cruz  Mountains,  lately  set  aside  by 
the  state  of  California  as  a  forest  reserve. 

"You  come  to  it  suddenly.  One  step, 
and  its  glory  is  over  you.  There  is  no  per- 
spective; you  cannot  get  far  enough  away 
from  any  one  of  these  trees  to  see  it  as  a 
whole.  There  they  stand,  a  world  of 
height  above  you,  their  pinnacles  hidden 
by  their  topmost  fringes  of  branches  or 
lost  in  the  sky. 

"The  light,  if  it  is  early  morning  or  late 
afternoon,  falls  through  them  in  slashes  of 
silvery  haze.  That  light  effect,  alternating 
bars  of  brightness  and  shadow  streaming 
from  the  heavens,  is  part  of  the  charm. 
Even  these  shadows  are  gigantic.  It  is  a 
grove  of  the  Titans. 

"Against  the  range  of  hills  the  valley 
cleft  comes  to  a  sudden  stop.  There  is  an 
opening  in  the  trees  at  this  point.  It  runs 
up  the  hillside  in  the  form  of  an  inverted 
'V.'  This  rises  from  the  valley  floor  be- 
tween two  big  trunks  matched  in  size;  and 
it   ends   some   seventy-five  yards   up    the 


slope  in  a  triple  giant,  three  trees  in  one. 
Smaller  redwoods  fringe  this  area;  a  trail 
runs  irregularly  down  it,  and  heavy  fern 
grows  underfoot.  This  is  the  stage  of  the 
High  Jinks  whereof  a  Bohemian  Club  ora- 
tor said  once,  'God  Almighty  was  our 
stage  carpenter.' 

"To  this  grove,  then,  the  Bohemian  Club 
comes  in  August,  bringing  its  tents  and 
its  club  service.  The  members  who  can 
possibly  get  away  from  the  city  for  so  long 
a  time  camp  out  there  through  a  fortnight 
of  fishing,  swimming,  long  tramps  across 
the  hills,  camp-fire  story-telling.  It  all 
closes  with  the  Jinks,  over  which  author, 
actors,  composer  and  supes  have  toiled  for 
three  months. 

"Once,  this  performance  was  compara- 
tively simple.  Now,  it  is  usually  a  drama 
— or  rather,  perhaps,  a  masque — written 
in  verse  by  one  of  the  club  poets  and  set  to 
orchestral  music.  Two  conventionalities 
govern  it— the  enactors  must  be  woodland 
folk;  the  theme  must  turn  on  the  restora- 
tion of  good  fellowship  through  the  death 
of  Care. 

"Great  nights  they  are,  those  of  the 
Jinks.  No  one  pretends  to  go  to  bed. 
After  the  burning  of  the  statue  of  Care, 
everybody  goes  first  to  supper  and  hears 
much  untrammeled  western  oratory.  Then, 
in  a  side  canon  or  about  the  camp-fire,  the 
club  comedians  present  the  'Low  Jinks,' 
usually  a  burlesque  on  the  High.  And 
around  the  camp-fire  members  and  guests 
keep  going  all  night,  and  finish  at  night 
with  a  dip  in  the  river." 


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Will  Niagara  Run  Dry? 

Government  engineers  have  estimated 
the  normal  discharge  of  Niagara  river  into 
Lake  Ontario  at  222,000  cubic  feet  per 
second.  The  total  abstraction  of  water  by 
the  five  power  plants  in  operation  and  in 
process  of  construction  is  placed  at  about 
48,800  cubic  feet  per  second.  Add  to  this 
the  diversion  caused  by  the  Welland  canal, 
running  from  Lake  Erie  to  Lake  Ontario, 
and  the  power  development  along  this 
channel;  that  of  the  Chicago  drainage 
canal,  running  from  Lake  Michigan  to  the 
Dee  Plaines  river;  that  of  the  new  barge 
canal,  which  will  follow  the  line  of  the 
present  Erie  canal,  from  Buffalo  to  Savan- 
nah,and  the  possible  diversion  by  the  canal 
that  is  to  be  built  under  the  so-called 
"Love  charter,"  from  La  Salle  to  Devil's 
Hole,  in  the  gorge  below  Whirlpool  Rap- 
ids, and  we  have,  according  to  the  esti- 
mates of  the  engineers,  a  total  diversion  of 
water  from  the  great  lakes  above  the  falls 
of  about  67,400  cubi?  feet  per  second.  And 
there  is  the  possibility  of  great  power  de- 
velopment of  the  Chicago  drainage  canal, 
on  the  Illinois  and  Des  Plaines  rivers,  and 
on  the  Kankakee  river,  in  Indiana,  all  of 
which  is  now  beyond  human  estimate. 

The  real  danger  to  the  falls  will  come 
from  the  granting  of  additional  power 
franchises  in  the  future.  If  such  grants 
should  get  through  the  state  legislature  in 
defiance  of  public  sentiment  upon  this 
question,  it  is  not  believed  that  they  would 
receive  the  official  sanction  of  the  execu- 
tive. There  can  be  no  mistake  about 
the  attitude  of  the  people  of  New  York, 
and  of  the  entire  country,  regarding  a  fur- 
ther diversion  of  the  waters  of  Niagara 
river  for  power  purposes,  for  while  the 
present  diversion  has  had  no  appreciable 
effect  upon  the  cataract  itself,  there  is 
strong  opposition  to  new  power  projects 
that  will  further  diminish  the  volume  of 
water  flowing  over  the  precipice.—  Ameri- 
can Monthly  Review  of  Reviews. 

The  Railroad  and  the  West. 

The  year  of  the  meeting  of  the  rails  at 
Promontory  Point  was  very  near  the  cul- 
mination in  America  of  that  ancient  in- 
dustry which  always  foreruns  agriculture. 
The  long  trail  of  the  cowboys,  beginning 
in  southern  Texas,  has  stretched  gradually 
northward,  until,  when  the  Civil  War  be- 
gan, the  rancheros  of  the  southwest  were 
marketing  their  herds  in  the  northern  cities. 
With  the  close  of  the  war,  the  northward 
movement  set  in  again.  In  1866,  a  quar- 
ter of  a  million  cattle  crossed  the  Red 
river;  in  1871,  six  hundred  thousand. 
Year  by  year  the  cowboys  passed  on  to 
pastures  and  to  markets  farther  north  un- 
til they  had  crossed  every  one  of  the  five 
transcontinental  routes,  and  even  entered 
the  British  provinces.  Then,  as  one  by 
one  the  railroads  were  thrust  out  westward 
into  the  plains  and  their  branch  lines 
forked  out  northward  and  southward,  they 
gradually  robbed  the  cowboy  of  his  occu- 
pation. The  most  picturesque  of  distinc- 
tively American  types  grew  rarer  and  rarer. 
The  mustang  gave  place  to  the  locomotive; 
the  herdsman  of  the  fenceless  plains  to 
the  stockbreeder  and  the  farmer.  Still 
more  prosaic  figures  followed,  until  all  the 
principal  industries,  save  only  such  as  de- 
pend on  a  seacoast,  had  their  representative 
where,  within  the  decade,  only  the  Indian 
and  the  buffalo  had  shared  the  plains  with 
the  cowboy  and  his  cattle.  The  popula- 
tion of  the  entire  region  between  the  Miss- 
issippi and  the  Rockies  rose  from  4,161,000 
in  1860  to  6,322,000  in  1870;  the  territory  of 


I  Nebraska  had  become  a  state  in  W>7 . 
Meanwhile,  in  the  Pacific  states,  the  total 
rose  to  717,000.  The  center  of  population 
for  the  whole  country  had  moved  forty-two 
miles  westward.  In  both  regions,  the 
years  immediately  following  brought  a  still 
more  rapid  increase.  And  again,  as  be- 
fore the  war,  the  movement  had  its 
parallel  to  the  southward.  Texas  gained 
214,000  inhabitants  during  the  decade; 
but  the  emigration  into  Texas  from  the 
older  southern  states  was  due  quite  as 
much  to  political  as  to  purely  economic 
and  industrial  causes. —  William  Garrott 
Brown,  in  the  July  Atlantic. 


Gentleness  as  Power. 

We  passed  the  lawn  of  our  neighbor  to- 
day, and  upon  the  lower  step  which  led  to 
the  front  entrance  sat  bis  two-year  old  little 
daughter  with  one  chubby  hand  upon  the 
collar  of  a  brindled  bulldog.  The  dog  was 
trembling  with  excitement  because  two 
wandering  curs  had  stopped  to  settle  some 
little  dispute  right  there  and  then,  and 
were  walking  round  each  other  with  much 
bristling  of  backs  and  snapping  of  teeth 
and  growling  of  voices.  The  bull- dog 
could  have  made  short  work  of  either,  and 
was  evidently  more  than  willing  to  do  so; 
but  he  felt  that  gentle  touch  upon  his  col- 
lar, and  we  knew  that  he  could  be  trusted 
to  control  his  natural  passions.  His  eyes 
shone  and  his  feet  moved  a  little  impatient- 
ly, but  he  made  no  movement  to  join  in  the 
prospective  fray.  It  was  a  pretty  picture 
of  the  triumph  of  gentleness  over  power. 
"A  little  child  shall  lead  them,"  we  said 
to  ourselves,  recalling  the  beautiful  proph- 
ecy of  Isaiah.  We  knew  a  man  some 
years  ago  who  was  conscious  of  his  slavery 
to  one  besetting  sin.  Nothing  seemed  to 
restrain  him— neither  shame  nor  self  in- 
terest nor  the  reproof  of  conscience.     But 


one  day  a  boy  child  was  born  in  his  house, 
and  from  that  hour  he  was  a  free  man. 
"My  boy  shall  never  be  ashamed  of  his  fa- 
ther," he  said.  The  dimpled  fingers  of  a 
little  girl  will  restrain  the  fierceness  of  a 
brute  that  loves  her.  They  ought  to  save 
the  father  whom  she  loves.  —  The  Interior. 


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THE   CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


July  27,  1905 


With  the  Children 

By  i.    %r««K»*rldg*   Ellla. 


Alway. 

Little  pink  feet 

That  have  trotted  all  day, 
Wee  dimpled  hands 

That  are  tired  of  play, 
And  teeth  white  as  pearls, 
And  tousled  gold  curls 
Your  dad's  queen  of  girls 

To-night  and  alway. 

Now,  and  alway, 

Just  dad's  queen  of  girls! 
Weary  of  play 

Your  tousled  gold  curls, 
Lie  spread  on  my  breast; 
And  sweetly  to  rest 
As  day  reddens  the  West 

Drifts  dad's  best  of  girls. 

Dear,  for  all  time, 

For  all  time  and  alway, 
When  weary,  come  climb, 

As  you  climb,  dear,  to-day, 
Up  in  your  dad's  lap 
When  wanting  a  nap 
Or  to  ward  off  mishap, 

Or  when  weary  of  play. 

Always  to  me, 

All  your  life  to  your  dad, 
Laughing  with  glee 

Or  sorry  and  sad; 
Bring  all  to  me,  dear, 
Your  bright  days  and  drear, 
Your  ioy  and  your  fear, 

And  make  your  dad  glad. 
— Houston 


Post. 


The  Advance  Society. 

Well,  our  orphan  Charlie  is  now  enjoy- 
ing a  vacation  on  the  farm.  He  was  sick 
before  he  left  the  orphan  home.  He  wrote 
from  St.  Louis:  "I  think  I  will  enjoy  the 
visit  very  much.  School  was  out  Friday 
and  I  was  sick  in  bed  that  day;  I  just  got 
up  yesterday.  I  have  a  little  garden  in  the 
back  yard  with  radishes  big  enough  to  eat 
and  also  lettuce.  Is  Felix  still  shedding?" 
(As  Charlie  was  here  last  summer,  he  is 
well  acquainted  with  Felix'  habits,  and  was 
often  shed  on,  as  he  sported  with  my  old- 
gold  pet.  It  may  occur  to  my  readers  that 
school  holds  late  in  St.  Louis;  well,  so  it 
does;  seems  to  take  a  long  time  there  for 
people  to  learn  something;  and  vegetables 
are  late  starters,  too.  On  July  2,  came 
this  note  from  Charlie.)  "I  am  now 
at  Mrs.  Ryman's  farm.  It  has  rained 
all  day.  I  expect  you  are  at  the  Christian 
Endeavor  right  now."  (The  reader  will 
please  make  a  note  of  my  good  habits.) 
"I  had  to  stay  in  Osborn,  Mo.,  yesterday. 
I  came  through  Plattsburg,  and  it  was 
raining  there.  I  expect  to  have  a  good 
time  here."  Yesterday  we  were  called  up 
by  telephone  by  Mrs.  Ryman,  whose  ad- 
dress is  Liberty,  Mo.  She  says  Charlie  is 
taking  life  easy  on  the  farm.  When  his 
month's  visit  is  over  there,  he  is  to  come  to 
my  town,  and  you  will  hear  more  about 
him,  then.  Speaking  of  Osborn,  what  do 
you  think?  That  town  invited  our  Sunday- 
school  there  for  a  picnic;  gave  us  the 
park,  free,  made  a  barrel  of  ice  water  for 
us,  put  up  our  swings  and  waited  on  us, 
and  stayed  away  while  we  ate  our  dinner. 
It  was  a  fine  trip  on  the  sure-enough  steam- 
cars — it's  fifteen  miles.  And  although  it 
was  a  few  days  until  the  4th  of  July,  the 
town  gave  us  permission  to  shoot  off  all  the 
fireworks  we  pleased.     Such   a  time  as. we 


had,  buying  firecrackers — and  some  '  of 
of  them  went  off,  too,  and  all  the  torpedoes 
did— delightful  noise!  But  some  fire- 
crackers are  exactly  like  some  people  that 
come  to  see  you,  for  even  if  you  light  a 
match  to  one  end  of  'em,  they  won't  go 
off.  I  wanted  you  to  know  that  there  was 
one  town  (I  speak  of  Osborn)  with  enough 
kindness  and  brotherly  love  to  invite  an- 
other town's  picnic  to  come  and  camp  on 
them,  when  there  wasn't  a  thing  to  be 
made  out  of  it  for  them,  except  the  sense 
of  having  made  people  happy.  And  it 
wasn't  "our  church"  there  who  invited  us, 
but  all  Osborn.  You  may  say,  "Why  tell 
us  about  this?  We  weren't  invited  to  your 
picnic!"  It's  because  whenever  I  know  of 
a  man  or  a  town  doing  work,  and  spend- 
ing time  and  money,  just  to  give  happi- 
ness, and  knowing  they  won't  get  a  cent 
out  of  it,  I  want  to  tell  it.  That's  why  I 
am  so  proud  of  the  Advance  Society's 
work  with  our  orphan  and  missionary. 
When  you  send  a  little  change  for  them, 
it's  giving  just  so  much  happiness  to  the 
world.  Mrs.  Mollie  Berry  Bland,  a  lady 
living  not  very  far  from  Plattsburg, 
is  keeping  one  of  the  orphans— a  girl — on 
her  farm  this  summer.  Little  Mary  B. 
Bland,  not  long  ago,  was  at  Yellowstone 
Park,  and  while  there,  told  some  people 
about  our  Av.  S.  orphan,  and  the  result 
was  a  good  little  collection.  In  the  mean- 
time, people  are  still  keeping  the  Advance 
Society  rules:  5  pages  history,  30  lines 
poetry,  a  quotation  from  a  standard 
author  each  week,  a  Bible  verse  daily, 
and  a  record  of  the  work  in  a  note-book. 
Anybody  else  want  to  join  us? 

H.  Jasper  Dewees,  Girvin,  N.  W.  T. 
(Now,  who  knows  where  that  is?):  "Here 
is  35  cents  in  U.  S.  stamps,  25  for  Drusie, 
our  missionary,  and  \Q  cents  for  Charlie. 
Our  Master  said,  'Save  the  scraps,  that 
nothing  be  left.'  I  have  these  stamps  and 
can't  use  them  here, and  you  may  use  them 
for  the  cause  we  love.  The  letters  from 
far-away  China  are  so  nice  and  homelike! 
May  the  Lord  bless  all  such  spirit."  Grace 
Everest,  Oklahoma,  Okla.:  "I've  just 
finished  reading  the  Av.  S.  page,  and  I'm 
going  to  try  to  keep  the  rules  again.  I 
kept  them  11  weeks  once,  then  forgot  my 
history.  I  was  at  the  World's  Fair  in  Sep- 
tember. Inclosed  find  50  cents  for  Charlie 
and  Drusie  Malott."  Mrs.  C.  Irons,  Ina- 
vale,  Neb.:  "I  send  $3— $2  for  Drusie,  $1 
for  Charlie.  If  you  are  not  a  preacher,  I 
think  you— "  (Oh,  thank  you!)  Mabel  G. 
Damarell,  Walnut,  Kan.:  "I  am  sending 
the  tenth  report,  and  my  sister  Cartie's 
second.  You  failed  to  acknowledge  her  first 
report,  which  was  inclosed  with  my  ninth. 
You  Plattsburg  people  were  right  in  send- 
ing one  of  your  nice  young  ladies  to  Walnut 
last  winter,  but  how  about  giving  her  to 
our  Baptist  preacher?"  (If  I  should  say 
there  isn't  much  difference  between  us  and 
the  Baptists,  lots  of  people  mightn't  like 
it,  for  people  will  get  excited  quicker  over 
religion  and  the  civil  war  than  anything; 
so  I'll  not  say  a  word.) 

Here's  a  letter  from  Fayetteville,  Ark., 
and  it's  written,  I  see,  by  an  old  school- 
mate whom  I  haven't  met  since  he  went 
away  from  college.  The  letter  begins, 
"Dear  old  Breck,"  (but  he  doesn't  really 
mean  that  I  am  old,  you  understand- 
nothing  could  make  a  person  more  sensi- 
tive than  to  get  a  jolt  like  that!)  "I  am  not 
calling  you  'Rev.'  For  the  last  ten  years 
I  have  had  it  on  my  mind  to  write  you  a 
letter  to  congratulate  you  on  the  work  you 
have  done — "  (but  It  couldn't  have  been 
ten  years,  for  I  was  a  little  fellow  ten  years 
ago,  or  almost  one).     "I  have  spent  four- 


HIMALYA 

(THE  KOLA  COMPOUND) 

The  African  Kola  Plant  is  Nature's  Positive 
Cure  for  HAY-FEVER  and  ASTMA.  Since  its 
recent  discovery  this  remarkable  botanical  pro- 
duct has  come  into  universal  use  in  the  Hospitals 
of  Europe  and  America  as  an  unfailing  specific, 
proving  that 

HAY-FEVER 


■AND« 


ASTHMA  can  he  CURED. 


Ir.  W.H.  Kclley,  817  48th  St., Newport  News,  Va.,  writes 
l.  23d,  was  a  helpless  invalid  and  was  cured  of  Hay- 
rer  and  Asthma  by  Himalya,  alter  15  years'  suffering. 


Mr 
Jan. 

Fever  and  Asthma  by  1 

Mrs.  J.  E.  Nordvkc,  of  Hill  City,  Kans.,  writes  Jan.  25th, 
had  Hay-Fever  and  Asthma  for  ten  years  and  could  get 
no  relief  until  cured  by  Himalya.  Mr.  D.  L.  Closscn,  12S 
Morris  St.,  Philadelphia,  writes.  Jan.  16th,  Doctors  did. 
me  no  good,  but  Himalya  cured  me.  Mr.  VV.  F.  Campbell, 
Sanborn ville,  N.  H.,  also  writes  Feb.  6th,  that  Himalya 
cured  his  son.  Kev.  Frederick  F.  Wyatt,  the  noted  Evan- 
gelist, of  Abilene,  Texas,  writes  April  15th,  1905, 1  never 
lose  an  opportunity  to  recommend  Himalya,  asit  cured 
me  of  Hay- Fever  and  Asthma,  and  have  never  had  any 
return  of  the  disease. 

Hundreds  of  others  send  similar  testimony 
proving  Himalya  a  truly  wonderful  remedy.  As 
the  Kola  Plant  is  a  specific  constitutional  cure 
for  the  disease.  Hay -Fever  sufferers  should  not 
fail  to  take  advantage  of  this  opportunity  to 
secure  a  remedy  which  will  positively  cure  them. 
To  prove  the  power  of  this  new  botanical  discov- 
ery, if  you  suffer  from  Hay-Fever  or  Asthma,  we 
will  send  you  one  trial  case  by  m.iil  entirely  free. 
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teen  years  in  Montana,  and  five  here."  (If 
he  doesn't  look  out,  he'll  make  himself 
old  in  a  minute!  I  think  he  must  have 
been  about  twenty-five  or  thirty,  maybe 
not  so  aged,  when  he  was  in  college.  So 
we  have  him  forty- nine  years  old,  at  least. 
Ha,  ha!  Pshaw!  I'm  not  thirty-six,  my- 
self. What's  he  talking  about?)  "I  re- 
member you  often,  and  the  few  months  I 
spent  in  Plattsburg,  is  the  very  green  spot 
in  my  past.  I  wish  for  you  every  joy,  and 
that  you  may  live  to  bless  the  lives  of 
many  children"  (I  want  no  sweeter  wish 
than  that,  Henry).  "I  have  two  children, 
a  boy  of  eight  and  a  girl  of  fourteen—" 
(I'd  better  have  said  "over  fifty"  at  the 
start.  My!  You  are  getting  along!)  "My 
daughter  started  in  vvith  the  Advance 
Society,  but  'fell  by  the  wayside.'  I  enclose 
a  one- dollar  William  for  the  orphan  and 
missionary.  Give  my  love  to  your  father 
and  mother."  (They  remember  you  kindly. 
Never  did  I  think  when  I  was  a  little  fellow 
in  short  trowsers,  I  imagine— that  Henry 
Shivel,  sitting  with  a  rueful  countenance 
on  the  bench  trying  to  scare  up  some  sort  of 
answer  to  the  teacher,  would  one  day  be 
helping  to  support  an  orphan  and  a  mis- 
sionary that  I  had  "started"!)  Here  is 
another  note  from  Grace  Everest:  "The 
Advance  Society  work  grows  more  inter- 
esting each  week.  My  youngest  brother- 
ten — reads  his  Bible  every  day  and  lives 
up  to  the  same  quotation  that  I  learn  every 
week.  He  doesn't  care  for  poetry  or  his- 
tory though.  (If  he  just  had  the  interest- 
ing kind!  — for  some  history  and  some 
poetry  is  as  interesting  as  a  story.)  "I  am 
very  much  interested  in  Drusie  and  Char- 
lie. Isn't  he  about  thirteen?"  (That's 
his  age.) 

WilhelminaMosby,  Denver,  Col.:  "Hav- 
ing kept  the  Advance  Society  rules  twelve 
weeks,  I  would  like  to  join.  I  have  read 
'With  the  Children'  since  its  beginning, 
November  3,  189SJ,  and  have  been  greatly 


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interested  in  all  its  work.  I  have  at  last 
decided  to  send  in  my  name,  that  I  may 
become  a  member  of  a  society  that  has 
grown  so  much  in  so  short  a  time.  I  en- 
close my  report.  I  would  like  to  know  the 
cost  of  an  Advance  Society  pin,  as  I  want 
to  get  one."  (The  gold  pin  is  90  cents.) 
Mrs.  W.  A.  Mason,  Nevada,  Mo.:  "It 
comes  natural  for  me  to  keep  the  Advance 
Society  rules  now.  I  send  my  little  mite 
for  the  orphan  and  the  missionary.  May 
they  prove  a  great  blessing  to  the  society! 
I  hope  Charlie  will  enjoy  his  vacation." 
Sadie  Pugsley,  Woodbine,  la.:  "Enclosed 
please  find  my  quarterly  Advance  Society 
report.  It  is  surprising  how  hard  it  is  to 
keep  such  simple  rules  long  enough  to  get 
a  report  ready.  I'm  not  going  to  tell  you 
how  often  I've  tried  and  failed  in  some 
little  point.  I  enclose  a  small  offering  for 
our  missionary;  wish  it  were  more.  May 
God  bless  her  in  her  work." 

Drusie  R.  Malott,  Tai-ming-fu,  North 
China:  "The  letter  for  $10.65  Mexican, 
and  the  letter  from  May  Speece,  duly  re- 
ceived. It  is  wonderful  to  me  the  interest 
the  Advance  Society  manifests.  I  am 
receiving  the  Christian-Evangelist,  for 
which  I  am  grateful.  I  really  enjoy  the 
Advance  Society  very  much.  To  the  mem- 
bers, young  and  old,  I  send  greetings  in  His 
name  from  China.  My  heart  is  full  of  joy 
and  thanksgiving  as  I  write.  How  I  should 
like  to  talk  to  you  face  to  face  instead  of 
writing!  I'd  have  a  message  straight  from 
the  heart,  for  God  has  done  many  wonder- 
ful things  f">r,  me,  has  led  me  to  the  'utter- 
most pans,'  and  has  cared  for  me,  spirit, 
soul  and  body,  and  is  now  keeping  and 
blessing  me.  I  do  praise  the  Lord  that  I 
have  not  been  ill  since  last  July  9,  when  I 
left  Louisville.  But  that  is  not  all.  I'd 
bring  a  heart- piercing  cry  straight  from 
these  countless  lost  souls  in  China,  that 
would  hauut  some  of  you  as  it  does  me. 
I  have  just  ieturnedfrom  a  little  walk  out- 
side the  city  walls,  among  patches  of 
green.  How  like  pictures  of  the  Orient! 
Flocks  ot  sheep  graze  on  the  hillocks,  the 
shepherds  in  their  midst  as  in  Bible  times; 
patient  oxen,  sometimes  alone,  sometimes 
hitched  to  an  Oriental  ass;  the  numerous 
villages;  the  numerous  cone-shaped  graves 
dotting  ttie  land— all  this  reminds  me  that 
I   am  in  Asia.     Prom  the    city  walls  you 


can  count  ninety  villages.  Heathen  tem- 
ples are  numerous.  They  are  usually  one- 
room  mud  buildings,  sometimes  just  a 
clay  or  stone  shrine  on  a  hill,  or  'high 
place.'  While  out  walking  we  looked  into 
a  temple — a  dirty,  dusty  room  with  hideous 
idols  of  mud,  clay,  wood  and  stone  stand- 
ing all  around  the  wall,  and  paper  idols 
stuck  on  doors  and  walls.  The  heathen 
are  afraid  to  destroy  any  idol,  for  fear 
some  evil  will  be  sent  on  them.  The  idols 
are  greatly  feared.  Why  is  the  church  so 
formal  and  so  cold  ?  Why  are  people  afraid 
to  cry  to  God  in  earnest,  or  praise  him 
when  he  does  answer  prayer?  Because 
they  are  wondering  what  others  will  think? 
Have  they  not  grace  enough  to  be  a  little 
peculiar?  But  those  who  are  wholly  his, 
are  a  peculiar  people.  Let  me  tell  you  a 
strange  report  that  comes  from  Szu- 
Chuang:  On  the  26th  of  the  2nd  moon, 
Chao  Lien-Hsing  went  to  Szu-Chuang  as 
an  evangelist.  The  people  pushed  him 
out  of  the  village  saying  they  did  not  want 
the  foreigner's  doctrine.  Going  a  short 
way,  he  knelt  down  and  prayed  God  to 
have  mercy  upon  them  and  to  send  the 
Holy  Spirit  to  turn  them  to  Jesus.  Late 
that  night  the  noise  of  fire  was  heard  in 
the  idol  temple,  the  door  of  which  had 
been  laid  up  with  bricks,  probably  to  pro- 
tect the  idols  from  the  robbers  of  temples. 
They  tore  down  the  bricks  and  found  the 
clay  idols  fallen  to  the  floor  and  broken, 
and  the  ancestral  tablet  in  flames.  It  was 
newly  made   with  a  picture   of   the    devil 


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painted  on  it  to  represent  their  ancest'. 
(Some  of  their  kinfolks  in  this  country!) 
"Another  wooden  idol  was  missing;  it  was 
afterward  found  bead  hownin  the  cesspool 
of  another  house.  They  say  no  man  could 
have  entered  the  house  to  destroy  the 
temples.  They  were  greatly  frightened. 
Some  said  it  was  God  punishing  them,  and 
they  came  to  the  chapel,  brought  Bibles, 
and  asked  Chao  Lien-Hsing  to  pray  for 
them.  Others  said  it  was  the  big  idol  of 
the  city  temple  punishing  them,  and  they 
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quired of  it  who  had  destroyed  their  idols 
and  what  they  must  do.  Good-by;  each 
of  you  has  a  large  share  in  my  heart  and 
prayers.  May  God  use  you  to  strengthen 
his  stakes  and  lengthen  his  cords.  Pray 
for  me." 
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Business  Notes. 

"Gloria  in  Excelsis"  has  not  come  to 
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"What  is  Your  Life?"  by  Russell,  is  one 
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Have  you  read  "The  Simple  Life,"  by 
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Our  Bible  school  buttons,  with  Scripture 
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In  marriage  certificates,  booklets  and 
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Our  Cradle  Roll  stock  is  complete;  so 
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We  have  another  new  supply  of  Reward 
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our  schools  or  teachers  with  a  list  of  what 
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Have  you  seen  our  "Attendance  and  Of- 
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mentary  on  the  entire  New  Testament,  and 
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work  for  the  time  being  was  discontinued, 
and  the  present  book  is  offered  you,  post- 
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while  to  have  it  if  only  for  reference. 

We  have  had  to  make  another  shipment 
of  "The  Christian  Worker's  Bible  and 
Christian  Worker's  Testament,"  but  will 
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"Do  you  keep  'The  Christian  Worker'?" 
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It  is  good  for  young  ministers,  or  older 
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wishing  information  on  the  church  and 
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The  boys  and  girls  will  soon  be  off  for 
the  summer,  and  will  want  some  good 
reading  to  take  along.  We  have  "The 
Young  Buglers,"  "By  Pike  and  Dike," 
"The  Young  Midshipman"  and  "Through 
the  Fray,"  also  "The  Bravest  of  the 
Brave,"  and  such  like  books  reduced  from 
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No.  31 


Current*  Events. 


The  ethics  of  party  loyalty  is  a  topic 

which  stands  in   need  of  serious  and 

„  _        ..i        searching    discussion 

Party  Loyalty.  ..  .     &       ;  „, 

in   this  country.     We 

all  believe  in  loyalty.  We  all  despise 
a  "quitter."  But  when  is  a  quitter  not 
a  quitter  and  when  does  loyalty  be- 
come slavery?  A  current  case,  not  in 
itself  of  national  importance,  illus- 
trates the  problem.  In  the  city  of  In- 
dianapolis a  few  weeks  ago  two  Re- 
publicans contested  at  the  primaries 
for  the  Republican  nomination  for  the 
mayoralty.  One  of  them  was  a  repu- 
table and  reliable  business  man  who 
went  into  the  fight  upon  the  solicita- 
tion of  a  great  many  citizens  who 
thought  that  the  city  needed  the  kind 
of  mayor  that  he  would  make.  The 
other  is  a  man  who  has  already  served 
as  mayor  of  the  city  to  the  great  dis- 
satisfaction of  the  good  people  gener- 
ally, insomuch  that  a  great  wave  of 
reform  swept  him  and  his  party  out  of 
office  two  years  ago  and  the  respecta- 
ble Republicans  before  this  recent 
primary  were  almost  solidly  against 
him.  The  latter  candidate  won  at  the 
primaries.  There  are  some  suspicious 
circumstances  „  in  connection  with  it, 
but  on  the  face  of  the  returns  he  was 
overwhelmingly  victorious  over  his  re- 
spectable rival.  Now  the  question  is, 
what  should  be  the  attitude  of  those 
Republicans  who  denounced  him  be- 
fore the  primaries  and  worked  for  his 
opponent?  In  other  words,  is  a  man 
bound  to  abide  by  the  result  of  a  pri- 
mary in  which  he  participates?  The  doc- 
trine has  been  stated  as  confidently  as 
though  it  were  the  most  fundamental 
axiom  of  politics,  and  a  party  organ  in 
the  same  city  has  been  printing,  under 
the  title  "Good  Republicanism,"  a 
series  of  statements  from  prominent 
men  who  were  against  the  candidate 
before  the  primary  but  declare  that 
they  are  heart  and  soul  with  him  now. 
"Good  Republicanism!"  It  is  scarcely 
good  sense,  to  say  nothing  of  good 
Republicanism,  and  it  is  certainly  not 
good  morals.  Take  the  case  of  a  man 
who,  before  the  primary,  was  denounc- 
ing the  candidate  for  corrupt  connec- 
tion with  the  gas  company  and  in 
general  for  a  dishonest,  unclean  and 
inefficient  administration,  but  after  the 
primary  comes  out  with  a  signed  state- 
ment of  his  intention  to  support  him 
and  vote  for  him  against  an  opponent 
of  the  opposite  party  who  is  confess- 
edly honest   and   at  least  reasonably 


The  End  of 
the  StriKe. 


efficient.  It  is  not  good  Republican- 
ism. It  is  only  a  good  opportunity  to 
put  oneself  on  record  as  willing  to 
vote  for  a  known  rascal  if  a  corrupt 
action  of  the  party,  or  a  corrupt  man 
in  the  name  of  the  party,  shall  give 
the  word. 


The  strike  of  the  Chicago  teamsters 
is  now,  theoretically  as  well  as  prac- 
tically, at  an  end. 
It  just  petered  out 
and  stopped,  and 
the  losers  capitulated  after  the  fight- 
ing had  stopped  of  its  own  accord. 
By  the  terms  of  the  settlement, 
the  strikers  lose  everything  that 
they  were  contending  for — if  anybody 
knows  exactly  what  that  was.  The 
employers  agree  to  take  back  the 
strikers  as  they  are  needed,  after  pro- 
viding for  the  non-union  men  who 
were  brought  in  to  take  the  places  of 
the  strikers.  The  strike  was  a  com- 
plete and  utter  failure,  as  it  deserved 
to  be.  There  never  was  any  rational 
issue  or  any  reasonable  excuse  for  the 
strike.  The  cause  of  sane  unionism 
was  endangered  by  it  far  more  than 
the  cause  of  the  employers.  It  was 
not  only  begun  without  adequate  justi- 
fication, but  its  conduct  was  marked 
by  abuses  which  destroyed  any  con- 
fidence which  the  unprejudiced  ob- 
server might  have  had  in  its  leader- 
ship at  the  beginning.  Mr.  Shea  ex- 
hibited a  complete  absence  of  those 
qualities  which  make  a  great  labor 
leader.  The  whole  miserable  busi- 
ness dragged  itself  on  through  folly 
and  violence — neither  altogether  con- 
fined to  one  side  in  the  contest — and 
ended  in  a  fizzle.  But  it  cost  half  a 
hundred  lives,  several  hundred  thou- 
sand dollars  in  lost  wages  and  several 
million  dollars  in  interrupted  busi- 
ness, not  to  speak  of  an  incalculable 
amount  of  suffering,  anxiety  and  in- 
convenience to  all  parties  concerned. 
Two  daysof  rational  arbitration, oreven 
of  conference,  before  the  teamsters 
of  Montgomery,  Ward  and  company 
struck,  would  have  saved  it  all. 


The  Record  of 
Crime. 


The  Census  Bureau  has  issued  a 
bulletin  giving  a  summary  of  the 
criminal  statistics  of 
the  past  twenty  years. 
It  is  not  a  pleasing 
exhibit.  Ignoring  for  the  moment  all 
but  the  most  atrocious  crimes  of  vio- 
lence, we  note  that  within  these  twen- 
ty years  there  have  been  131,951  mur- 
ders and  homicides — that  is  to  say, 
there  have  been,  as  we  understand  the 


statistics,  that  many  convictions  on 
these  charges.  The  familiar  dictum 
that  "murder  will  out"  may  be  correct 
in  a  general  way,  though  nobody  can 
prove  it,  since  in  the  nature  of  the  case 
the  only  cases  that  can  be  cited  are 
those  in  which  the  murder  actually 
did  "out";  but  it  is  certainly  true  that 
the  number  of  murders  for  which 
there  has  been  no  conviction  would  be 
greater  still.  But  in  the  same  period 
the  number  of  executions  has  been 
only  2,286,  or  about  one  out  of  57  in 
proportion  to  the  number  of  crimes. 
It  seems  from  this  that  murder  is 
scarcely  to  be  classed  as  an  extra- 
hazardous occupation.  We  may  or 
may  not  believe  in  capital  punish- 
ment, but  at  the  present  time  that  is 
the  recognized  punishment  for  murder 
in  most  of  the  states  and  the  ratio  be- 
tween the  number  of  capital  crimes 
committed  and  the  number  of  execu- 
tions indicates  in  a  general  way  the 
degree  of  efficiency  in  the  enforcement 
of  law. 

But  in  spite  of  this  unflattering 
showing  in  regard  to  crimes  of  vio- 
lence, we  are  told  that  these  do  not 
represent  the  peculiar  temptation  or 
the  peculiar  sin  of  our  time.  The 
characteristic  sin  of  the  beginning  of 
the  twentieth  century  is  not  violence 
but  perfidy.  It  has  its  root  not  in  an- 
ger but  in  greed.  It  is  amiable,  good- 
tempered  sin,  without  malice  or  wrath, 
and  motived  only  by  a  desire  to  get 
possession,  by  the  most  genteel  but 
also  by  the  most  effective  means,  of 
something  which  belongs  to  our  neigh- 
bor. So  the  crime  of  the  age  finds  its 
truest  expression  not  in  deeds  of  pas- 
sion but  in  betrayal  of  trust.  Such 
crimes  it  is  almost  impossible  to  re- 
duce to  statistics,  but  their  number,  if 
we  could  reckon  them  all,  great  and 
small,  would  be  something  terrifying. 


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fers to  him.  It  is  anticipated  that  if 
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which  might  be  said, but  most  of  them 
are  so  obvious  that  they  scarcely  need 
saying  and  nearly  all  of  them  have  al- 
read\*  been  said.  The  moral  of  it  is 
that  the  man  with  a  guilty  conscience 
is  an  easy  mark.  He  does  not  know 
to  a  certainty  how  much  anyone  may 
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ton in  the  wealthy  one's  closet  which 
he  would  hate  to  have  exhibited.  It  is- as 
true  on  Wall  street  and  Fifth  avenue 
as  it  is  in  a  sermon  that  the  man  who 
departs  from  the  narrow  path  puts 
himself  doubly  in  danger  of  his  foes. 
The  sage  of  Israel  was  wise  when  he 
prayed:  "Lead  me  in  a  plain  path,  O 
Lord,  because  of  mine  enemies." 


Preparations 
for  Peace. 


As  the  time  for  the  meeting  of  the 
Russian  and  Japanese  peace  envoys 
approaches,  there  are 
multiplied  specula- 
tions as  to  the  proba- 
ble demands  of  Japan  and  the  lengths 
to  which  Russia  will  be  willing  to  go 
to  purchase  the  peace  which  she  so 
sorely  needs.  Of  course,  the  envoys 
themselves  are  not  talking  for  publi- 
cation, but  Mr.  Sato,  who  is  serving 
in  a  way  as  spokesman  for  the  Japan- 
ese commission,  gave  an  interview  a 
few  days  ago  in  New  York  which 
sheds  a  little  light  on  the  subject,  and 
the  Japanese  have  exhibited  such 
masterly  ability  to  keep  quiet  during 
this  war  that  one  is  justified  in  believ- 
ing that  Mr.  Sato  did  not  talk  to  the 
reporters  without  authorization  and  a 
definite  purpose.  He  indicated  un- 
mistakably that  Japan  would  demand 
an  indemnity.  It  would  be  impossible 
for  the  commissioners  to  disregard 
the  unanimous  sentiment  of  the 
Japanese  people  which  demands  in- 
demnity. He  said  they  would  be 
moderate  and  reasonable  in  their  de- 
mands—though  just  what  moderation 
is  in  such  a  case  will  depend  very 
much  upon  the  point  of  view — but 
hinted  that,  since  it  had  been  a  very 
expensive  war,  costing  Japan  at  the 
present  time  about  a  million  dollars 
a  day,  the  commissioners  would  have 
to  take  this  fact  into  consideration  in 
determining  what  would  be  a  reason- 
able indemnity.  This  rather  bold 
statement  of  the  case  was  perhaps  is- 
sued so  that  Russian  sentiment  would 
have  a  little  time  to  be  adjusting  itself 


to  the  inevitable  before  the  meeting  of 
the  commissioners.  It  is  unquestion- 
ably a  reasonable  demand  that  Russia 
should  pay  an  indemnity  in  cash  be- 
sides whatever  territorial  concession 
shall  be  deemed  equitable.  The  day 
has  of  course  gone  by  when  a  victori- 
ous power  can  grind  its  enemy  in  the 
dust  and  demand  from  it  the  last  de- 
gree of  humiliation.  According  to 
modern  usage,  the  powers  do  not  al- 
low combatants  to  fight  to  a  finish, 
even  when  they  are  so  disposed.  But 
modern  usage  does  sanction  the  de- 
mand for  a  money  indemnity  whereby 
the  expenses  of  the  war  are  thrown 
upon  the  side  which,  by  the  arbitra- 
ment of  arms,  is  proven  to  be  in  the 
wrong.  This  war  was  not  of  Japan's 
seeking.  It  was  brought  about  by 
Russia's  refusal  to  carry  out  treaty 
obligations  which,  while  they  interested 
Japan  primarily,  were  also  a  matter 
of  concern  to  all  the  powers  of  Eu- 
rope. It  was  not  a  war  of  aggression 
on  the  part  of  Japan.  Russia's  ag- 
gression made  the  war  inevitable,  and, 
since  she  has  failed  to  make  good  her 
unlawful  contention, Russia  should  pay 
the  freight.  Since  Russia  has  lost  her 
case  in  the  court  of  war,  it  is  just  that 
the  costs  should  be  assessed  against 
her. 


The  Open 
Door. 


Another  part  of  Mr.  Sato's  interview 
is  interesting  and  important.  It  is  that 
in  which  he  expresses 
Japan's  attitude  to- 
ward China.  While 
all  the  powers  of  Europe  have  been 
jockeying  for  a  favorable  position  be- 
fore the  peace  negotiations  begin  and 
attempting  to  make  their  respective 
influences  as  potent  as  possible  in  the 
councils  of  Russia  and  Japan,  China 
has  been  waiting  on  the  doorstep, 
though  she  is  the  nation  whose  fate 
and  fortune  are  most  intimately  con- 
cerned in  the  outcome.  Mr.  Sato 
makes  it  pretty  plain  that,  in  so  far  as 
he  is  entitled  to  speak  for  the  attitude 
of  his  government,  Japan  is  prepared 
to  assume  the  responsibility  of  a  quasi 
protectorate  over  China.  His  idea  is 
that  Japan  should  declare  a  sort  of 
Monroe  doctrine  of  the  far  East,  some- 
what less  definite  and  decisive  than 
our  attitude  with  reference  to  the 
South  American  republics,  but  suffi- 
ciently explicit  to  guarantee  the  open 
door,  or,  as  he  felicitously  phrases  it, 
"equal  opportunity."  While  he  was 
speaking  particularly  of  Manchuria, 
because  the  most  imminent  danger 
to  the  Chinese  empire  is  localized 
there  and  because  the  present  war  has 
been  especially  concerned  with  the  re- 
sistance of  aggressions  in  that  region, 
it  would  logically  apply  with  equal 
force  and  justice  to  all  parts  of  the 
Chinese  empire  which  are  threatened 
with  invasion  by  the  troops  or  for  the 
interests  of  any  European  or  Ameri- 
can power.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that 
Japan  really  intends  to  take  as  large  a 
view  of  her  duty  in  the  East,  and  as 
unselfish   an   attitude  with   regard  to 


territorial  aggrandizement,  as  Mr. 
Sato's  interview  indicates.  But  mod- 
erate as  his  statements  seem  to  us 
to  be,  they  have  already  drawn  fire 
from  the  Russian  press.  It  is  being 
freely  stated  by  newspapers  in  Russia 
that  if  this  is  Japan's  program,  the 
peace  conference  might  as  well  end 
before  it  begins,  for  it  would  only  be 
a  truce,  even  if  an  apparent  agreement 
should  be  reached. 

The  peace  envoys,  except  M.  De 
Witte.are  already  in  the  United  States. 
The  Japanese  representatives,  who 
came  by  way  of  the  west,  visited  the 
President  at  Oyster  Bay  last  week. 
De  Witte,  after  a  short  stay  in  Paris, 
which  gave  time  for  a  conference  with 
the  French  government  and  a  subse- 
quent exchange  of  dispatches  with  St. 
Petersburg,  has  sailed  and  is  expected 
to  arrive  at  New  York  on  August  5. 
All  preparations  have  been  made  for 
the  entertainment  of  the  envoys  at 
Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  where  the  con- 
ference is  to  be  held,  and  it  is  ex- 
pected that  they  will  arrive  there  on 
August  7. 


More  Trouble. 


The  Equitable  is  not  yet  through 
with  its  troubles.  One  of  the  large 
policy-holders, backed 
by  several  others,  has 
filed  a  plea  for  the  appointment  of  a 
receiver  to  take  charge  of  the  Equit- 
able and  wind  up  its  affairs,  charging 
that  the  administration  has  been  such 
that  policy-holders  have  not  been  pro- 
tected in  their  rights  and  that  the  re- 
organization provides  no  effective  or 
permanent  remedy.  The  purchase  of 
a  majority  of  the  stock  by  Mr.  Ryan 
creates  a  virtual  monopoly,  and  the 
transfer  of  the  voting  control  of  this 
stock  to  three  trustees  is  not  legally 
binding  and  permanent  in  such  a  way 
as  to  prevent  such  monopoly.  Of 
course  the  legal  stability  of  the  new 
organization  ought  to  be  fully  tested, 
if  it  has  not  already  been,  but  it  seems 
to  us — from  the  standpoint  of  the  lay- 
man in  insurance  matters — that  the  new 
management  ought  to  have  an  op- 
portunity to  prove  itself  before  any 
new  entanglements  are  woven  around 
it.  There  is  no  doubt  but  that  the 
Equitable  has  money  enough  to  meet 
all  of  its  liabilities.  In  fact,  one  of 
the  chief  complaints  is  that,  by  pay- 
ing back  too  little  to  the  policy- 
holders, it  has  accumulated  an  un- 
necessarily vast  surplus.  Some  of  the 
directors  and  officers  have  been  using 
these  funds,  or  the  interest  on  them, 
to  their  own  advantage  rather  than  to 
the  advantage  of  the  policy-holders, 
but  the  funds  are  there  and  nothing 
which  has  yet  come  out  indicates  any 
danger  of  insolvency.  The  peril  does 
not  lie  exactly  in  that  direction.  As 
it  seems  to  the  uninitiated,  the  proposi- 
tion to  have  a  receiver  appointed  will 
hardly  better  the  situation.  Mean- 
while, the  process  of  reorganization 
continues.  Paul  Morton,  who  was 
first  appointed  chairman  of  the  board, 
has  been  elected  president  of  the 
societv,  with  a  salary  of  $80,000  ayear. 
This  is  a  cut  of  twenty  per  cent  in  the 
salary  of  the  office. 


August  3,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


9*9 


The  Real  Question. 

The  question  raised  in  Brother  Ely's 
criticism  of  the  union  of  Baptists  and 
Disciples  at  Monroe  is,  in  the  last  anal- 
ysis, whether  our  historic  position  on 
the  subject  of  Christian  union  is  scrip- 
tural and  tenable,  or  whether  it  needs 
to  be  amended  to  make  it  safe  and 
practicable.  Our  great  leaders  from 
the  beginning  have  held  that  Paul's 
enumeration  of  the  unities,  embracing 
the  "one  Lord,  one  faith  and  one  bap- 
tism," is  the  scriptural  basis  of  unity. 
They  never  dreamed  of  the  possibility 
of  all  Christians  thinking  alike  and 
doing  just  alike  on  all  questions.  Get 
Christ  in  the  heart,  they  have  said,  as 
Lord  and  Master,  and  he  will  drive  out 
all  that  needs  expulsion  and  bring  in 
all  that  is  essential  to  Christian  life 
and  duty.  Brother  Ely  takes  excep- 
tion to  that  basis,  and  argues  that 
there  must  be  exact  uniformity  of 
opinion  and  usage  concerning  names 
and  the  frequency  of  observing  the 
Lord's  supper,  as  a  condition  of  union. 
He  claims  this  on  the  ground  of  loyalty 
to  the  word  of  God,  and  yet  there  is 
not  a  passage  in  the  New  Testament 
that  justifies  his  position,  while  the 
whole  spirit  of  the  book  is  against  the 
idea  of  producing  or  perpetuating  di- 
visions by  punctiliousness  about  names 
and  methods. 

Brother  Ely  asks,  "Should  we  for 
the  sake  of  unity,  abandon  our  plea 
for  a  biblical  nomenclature  or  scrip- 
tural terminology?"  No  such  ques- 
tion has  been  raised,  except  by  Brother 
Ely.  What  biblical  nomenclature  is  it 
proposed  to  abandon?  Is  the  "Union 
Church  in  Christ,"  less  biblical,  for 
instance,  than  the  "Union  Avenue 
Christian  Church"  in  St.  Louis?  Or 
the  "First  Christian  Church"?  As  to 
"scriptural  terminology,"  what  about 
the  Sunday-school,  the  superintendent, 
the  Christian  Endeavor  society,  the 
official  board,  corresponding  secreta- 
ries, missionary  societies,  missionary 
conventions,  etc.,  etc.?  Why  should 
our  brother  buckle  on  his  armor  against 
the  one  word  "union,"  used  to  desig- 
nate a  glorious  fact  among  the  lovers 
of  our  Lord  in  Monroe,  Wis.,  and  pass 
by  a  hundred  other  words  we  constant- 
ly use,  and  scores  of  names,  for  which 
we  claim  no  New  Testament  precedent? 
Rather  let  us  ask,  "Shall  we  for  the 
sake  of  uniformity  in  things  not  vital 
to  Christian  character,  perpetuate  di- 
visions against  the  prayer  of  our  Lord, 
and  the  express  teaching  of  his  apos- 
tles? Would  not  this  be  "to  strain  at 
a  gnat  and  swallow  a  camel"? 

What  Brother  Ely  says  about  using 
the  name  "Presbyterian"  just  as  well 
as  the  word  union  because  the  term 
presbyter  is  scriptural,  misses  the 
mark.  The  word  "Presbyterian"  has 
come  historically  to  signify  not  only  a 
definite  polity,  and  ecclesiasticism, 
but  a  certain  system  of  theology.  This 
objection  does  not  apply  to  the  name 
he  criticises.  Some  of  the  other  names 
proposed  have  neither  fitness  nor  sense 
to   recommend  them.     Brother  Ely  is 


trying  to  justify  himself  by  a  line  o 
argument  which  his  own  better  judg- 
ment cannot  possibly  endorseas  sound. 
This  matter  of  names  has  been  dis- 
torted from  its  rightful  and  original 
place,  in  relation  to  union.  One  would 
suppose  from  what  Brother  Ely  says 
that  we  had  agreed  upon  a  definite 
name  by  whichtodesignate  our  church- 
es. But  such  is  not  the  case.  "Churches 
of  Christ,"  "Christian  Churches," 
"Churches  of  this  Reformation," 
"Churches  devoted  to  the  plea  for 
New  Testament  Christianity,"  etc., 
are  all  used  to  designate  our  churches 
or  distinguish  them  from  others.  Now 
and  then  when  an  attempt  has  been 
made  to  rob  us  of  this  liberty  by  fixing 
upon  one  name  the  effort  has  been  re- 
pudiated. We  refuse  to  be  bound 
where  the  scriptures  have  left  us  free, 
and  they  do  leave  us  free  to  use  any 
name  that  honors  Christ  and  expresses 
fact.  Our  brother  must  look  deeper 
than  the  name  to  find  the  cause  of  the 
divisions  and  schisms  in  the  church. 
Placing  the  hands  of  a  clock  in  the 
right  place  doesn't  regulate  the  time; 
the  internal  machinery  must  regulate 
the  hands.  "Are  they  innocent?" 
Brother  Ely  asks  concerning  certain 
ridiculous  prefixes.  Certainly  not,  and 
therefore  should  not  be  used.  A  name 
may  express  a  fact,  and  the  fact  itself 
be  wrong.  The  trouble  is  with  the  fact, 
not  with  the  name.  As  long  as  the 
fact  exists  there  will  be  a  name  for  it. 
Concerning  the  agreement  of  the  two 
congregations  coming  together  at  Mon- 
roe, to  divide  their  missionary  offer- 
ings with  the  societies  through  which 
they  formerly  contributed,  Brother 
Ely  says:  "Now,  I  have  been  simple 
enough  to  suppose  when  Baptists  came 
into  our  churches,  they  were  no  longer 
Baptists,  but  simply  Christians;  and 
that  henceforth,  by  their  prayers,  la- 
bors and  money,  they  would  promote 
the  interests  of  the  churches  of  Christ 
instead  of  the  Baptist  church."  Brother 
Ely's  simplicity  sometimes  goes  much 
farther  astray  than  in  this  supposition, 
but  he  forgets  that  this  is  not  a  case 
of  individual  Baptists  coming  into  one 
of  our  churches,  nor  of  individual  Dis- 
ciples going  into  a  Baptist  church,  but 
of  two  local,  independent  churches 
agreeing  to  meet  together  and  form 
one  congregation  with  the  understand- 
ing that  their  missionary  offerings,  for 
the  time  being,  are  to  be  divided  with 
the  missionary  societies  with  which 
they  formerly  co-operated.  The  ques- 
tion is  not  whether  this  is  a  perfect 
union,  but  whether  it  is  not  a  better 
condition  than  existed  prior  to  their 
coming  together,  and  does  it  not  offer 
a  better  promise  for  the  future.  If 
Baptists  are  not  Christians,  and  Bap- 
tist churches  are  not  churches  of 
Christ,  this  might  not  be;  but  if  they 
arenotthat,  then  our  talk  of  union 
with  them  is  out  of  order. 

As  to  the  Lord's  supper,  Brother  Ely 
totally  misrepresents  our  position,  but 
we  hope  unintentionally.  We  said 
nothing  about  basing  its  observance 


upon  "feelings."  We  spoke  of  its  con- 
scientious observance,  and  affirmed 
that  no  other  kind  of  observance  would 
be  acceptable  to  Christ.  Coming  to 
the  Lord's  table  weekly,  as  the  result 
of  an  agreement  in  order  to  form  a 
union,  rather  than  being  drawn  there 
from  a  sense  of  duty,  and  by  the  mag- 
netic power  of  the  cross,  would  be  no 
proper  observance  of  the  Lord's  sup- 
per. This  is  why,  no  doubt,  the  Lord 
left  no  command,  so  far  as  we  know, 
that  his  disciples  should  meet  weekly 
and  observe  the  memorial  supper  in 
memory  of  him.  "For  as  often  as  ye 
eat  this  bread  and  drink  the  cup,  ye 
proclaim  the  Lord's  death  till  he 
come."  We  profoundly  believe  in  the 
weekly  observance,  not  because  of  any 
command,  but  for  the  same  reason 
which  prompted  the  early  church  to 
its  weekly  observance — the  love  of  the 
Lord  Jesus  and  the  desire  to  honor  his 
name.  It  would  grieve  the  heart  of 
the  Lord  to  know  that  his  disciples 
were  divided  on  the  question  of  how 
often  they  should  observe  this  memo- 
rial institution. 

We  have  given  space  to  this  discus- 
sion not  for  Bro.  Ely's  sake  alone,  but 
because  we  believe  there  is  a  tendency 
on  the  part  of  some  to  draw  hard  and 
fast  lines  where  Christ  has  left  us  free. 
Indeed,  one  preacher  writes  us  con- 
cerning this  discussion,  that  he  is 
grieved  to  see  that  the  Editor  ot  the 
Christian-Evangelist  is  now  "de- 
stroying the  faith  which  he  once 
sought  to  establish"!  His  idea  of 
"the  faith"  has  dwindled  down  to  a 
few  shibboleths,  which  he,  and  others 
who  think  with  him,  would  put  into 
the  basis  of  Christian  unity.  This 
tendency  is  no  new  thing,  but  has 
been  manifest  from  the  very  beginning 
of  our  movement.  Mr.  Campbell  him- 
self, and  especially  Isaac  Errett  and 
the  men  of  that  type,  who  have  op- 
posed this  tendency,  have  all  been 
charged  with  "destroying  the  faith 
they  once  sought  to  establish"!  But 
every  thoughtful  man  in  our  ranks 
knows  that  the  future  success  of  our 
movement  depends  upon  our  resist- 
ance of  this  tendency,  as  well  as  upon 
our  holding  steadfastly  to  the  great 
fundamental  truths  of  Christianity. 


The  Herald  and  Presbyter  speaks  a 
good  word  and  a  true  word,  through 
one  of  its  ministerial  correspondents, 
in  behalf  of  vacations,  and  we  clip  it 
as  a  hint  to  churches. 

But  in  this  summer  vacation  how  clear 
the  mind  is  to  wrestle  with  difficult  prob- 
lems, and  to  see  ways  of  doing  things  that 
never  were  dreamed  of  before!  It  is  too 
bad  that  every  pastor  cannot  have  a  vaca- 
tion. It  is  too  bad  that  there  are  some 
churches  that  even  think  that  he  does  not 
need  one.  They  would  be  the  gainers. 
When  he  has  cleared  out  all  the  mustiness 
that  has  been  gathering  in  his  brain  for 
mootbs,  and  thrown  off  all  the  burdens 
that  see  ned  hopeless  to  carry,  and  has  let 
the  wind  blow  through  all  the  avenues  and 
even  the  marshes  of  his  brain  for  a  few 
weeks,  he  is  good  for  something,  if  he  ever  is. 


990 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  3,  1905 


Notes  and  Comments. 

We  have  not  too  many  reformers. 
And  when  one  like  Governor  Folk  or 
Governor  Hanly  appears  there  are 
some  people  who  will  say  that  their 
action  is  based  on  political  ambition. 
That  is  a  spirit  that  looks  too  much 
like  an  attempt  to  chill  what  a  mean 
man  does  not  love.  We  need  more 
reformers  and  we  need  more  men  who 
sympathize  with  the  man  of  action  to 
make  that  sympathy  effective. 


The  papers  still  continue  to  point 
their  gibes  at  Thomas  W.  Lawson,  and 
it  must  be  admitted  that  there  is  some- 
thing spectacular  in  the  methods  of 
the  Boston  millionaire.  At  the  same 
time  a  very  large  part  of  the  public  at 
least  is  far  more  interested  in  the  al- 
leged facts  reported  by  Mr.  Lawson, 
which,  so  far  as  we  have  seen,  no  one 
has  yet  successfully  refuted.  If  these 
statements  are  essentially  true  Mr. 
Lawson's  personality  and  his  future 
political  ambition  are  very  small  mat- 
ters in  comparison  with  the  momen- 
tous problem  of  how  to  correct  the  co- 
lossal abuses  which  he  has  uncovered 
in  his  series  of  articles  and  in  his  lec- 
tures. Any  attempt  to  minimize  these 
facts  by  personal  abuse  of  Mr.  Lawson 
is  likely  to  be  traced  back  to  the  same 
source  whence  these  abuses  have  come. 


The  newspapers  recently  have  con- 
tained full  accounts  of  the  bringing 
back  to  this  country  of  the  body  of  John 
Paul  Jones,  the  naval  hero  whose  deeds 
of  valor  a  century  ago  have  not  been 
forgotten  by  the  government  he  served. 
His  remains  have  been  brought  back 
to  his  native  land  and  buried,  with  all 
the  honors  the  nation  could  bestow, 
in  Annapolis,  the  seat  of  our  naval 
academy.  If  earthly  governments  are 
thus  careful  to  honor  the  bodies  of 
their  faithful  servants  will  God  be  less 
careful  with  the  spirits  of  those  who 
have  been  his  faithful  servants  here 
when  they  have  passed  from  their 
earthly  tenements  of  clay?  Is  it  not 
reasonable  to  expect  that  so  gracious 
a  God  and  so  kind  a  Father  would  re- 
clothe  these  spirits  with  immortal 
bodies  and  honor  them  as  his  faithful 
children  by  glorifying  them,  and 
crowning  them  with  immortality?  So 
the  gospel  teaches  and  so  we  believe. 

ft 

The  Journal  and  Messenger  con- 
tains a  very  complimentary  notice  of 
the  work  on  "The  Holy  Spirit"  by  the 
Editor  of  this  paper,  but  accounts  for 
its  evangelical  character  by  the  fact 
that  the  author  was  "once  a  Baptist" 
and  "has  never  been  able  to  divest 
himself  of  ideas  and  convictions  im- 
bibed while  yet  in  Baptist  relations." 
We  would  not  say  a  word  in  deroga- 
tion of  the  great  Baptist  body  which 
has  stood,  and  yet  stands,  for  so  much 
that  is  vital  and  fundamental  in  New 
Testament  Christianity,  but  as  a  mat- 
ter of  historic  accuracy  the  author  of 


the  book  mentioned  left  the  Baptists 
while  he  was  yet  a  boy,  and  all  his 
theology,  and  all  that  he  knows  about 
the  subject  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  which  is 
very  limited,  he  has  learned  during  his 
connection  with  the  Disciples  of  Christ. 
Nor  does  he  know  of  a  sentiment  in 
the  book  that  is  out  of  harmony  with 
the  essential  and  fundamental  princi- 
ples of  our  reformatory  movement,  in 
which  the  author  of  that  book  and  the 
Editor  of  this  paper  believes  with  all 
his  heart,  as  the  most  vital  and  im- 
portant religious  movement  in  Chris- 
tendom to  day. 

ft 

■  The  question  of  laity'rfghts  is  again 
exercising  the  Methodist  mind.  Only 
a  little  while  ago  there  was  a  strong 
fight  made  to  keep  the  general  confer- 
ence as  a  parliament  for  ministers 
only.  Last  year  the  man  of  the  pew, 
however,  sat  in  council  with  the  minis- 
ter and  now  the  Central  Christian  Ad- 
vocate is  insisting  that  the  laity  has 
rights  in  the  church  exactly  equal  to 
those  of  the  ministry,  even  declaring 
that  in  the  early  age  of  Christianity 
laymen  preached,  administered  bap- 
tism, and  presided  at  the  Lord's  sup- 
per, and  all  "invidious  distinctions" 
in  favor  of  the  ministry  entered  the 
church_in  later__and_more  Regenerate 
times . ^JWe  are_not  as_ a  brotherhood 
troubled  with  much  "clericalism." 
Wherein  that  spirit  is  much  manifested 
it  rather  has  for  its  object  the  desire  to 
sit  in  judgment  upon  some  other  min- 
ister or  editor.  On  the  contrary  we 
ratber  welcome  the  "lay"  element  to 
take  part  in  the  Lord's  work  and  it  is 
to  develop  this  part  of  the  forces  that 
the  Business  Men's  Association  has 
been  started.  Undoubtedly  the  time 
will  come  when  the  Methodist  lay  mem- 
bers will  control  the  church  and  the 
church  will  be  the  better  in  that  day. 

ft 

The  daily  papers  have  been  making 
a  great  ado  about  the  alleged  "attack" 
on  the  Bible  by  Prof.  H.  L.  Willett  of 
the  University  of  Chicago.  He  was  re- 
ported to  have  severely  criticised  the 
Bible  for  its  fragmentariness  and  its 
inartistic  character  as  literature. 
Knowing  the  tendency  of  reporters  of 
daily  papers  to  extort  something  hereti- 
cal out  of  the  statements  of  religious 
lecturers,  especially  of  the  University 
of  Chicago,  we  have  waited  for  the 
correction.  The  Baptist  Standard  of 
July  22  contains  the  correction  by  its 
reporter  who  was  personally  present 
at  the  lecture,  heard  it,  and  examined 
the  notes  from  which  the  lecture  was 
delivered.     He  says: 

The  facts  briefly  stated  are  as  follows: 
la  referring  to  the  relation  of  the  monu- 
ments to  the  Bible,  Prof.  Willett  said  that 
the  purpose  of  the  Old  Testament  writings 
was  religious  and  not  historical,  and  that 
many  historical  facts  were  not  included  in 
the  Biblical  narratives,  whose  purpose  was 
not  simply  to  tell  the  history,  but  to  em- 
phasize such  features  of  that  history  as 
had  religious  significance.  Many  of  the 
facts  thus  omitted  have  been  supplied  by 


the  monuments  and  tablets  discovered  in 
neighboring  countries  such  as  Babylonia, 
Assyria,  Moab  and  Egypt.  He  further 
stated  that  the  inscriptions  corroborated 
much  of  the  historical  data  found  in  the 
Old  Testament.  Far  from  stating  that  the 
Bible  is  inartistic,  Professor  Willett  made 
no  reference  to  any  of  its  literary  qualities, 
his  subject  lying  quite  in  a  different  field. 
The  reckless  character  of  the  report  as  it 
appeared  in  the  Record-Herald  and  was 
copied  by  other  papers  seems  inexcusable 
when  the  facts  are  known. 

ft         ft 

Current  Religious  Thought. 

President  Hyde  of  Bowdoin  in  his 
commencement  address,  speaking  of 
the  function  of  criticism,  says: 

Criticism  is  moral  vaccination  to  avert  more 
serious  disease.  No  man  is  safe  without  it. 
Russia  suppressed  criticism;  and  routed  armies, 
sunken  fleets,  ruined  credit  and  threatened  rev- 
olution are  the  results.  Life  insurance  com- 
panies contrived  to  escape  the  searching  criti- 
cism to  which  savings  banks  are  subjected;  and, 
as  a  result,  one  who  until  recently  was  a  high 
officer  and  owner  of  a  majority  of  the  stock  of 
a  great  life  insurance  company  stands  before 
the  world  charged  with  forms  of  double  deal- 
ing which  amount  to  the  systematic  pilfering  of 
dimes  and  nickels  from  thousands  of  widows 
and  orphans  whom  he  had  contracted  to  pro- 
tect. Criticism  is  of  three  kinds:  First,  that  of 
the  public,  which  knows  little  or  nothing  of 
the  facts.  The  second  is  self-criticism.  The 
third  is  the  criticism  of  the  Lord,  that  comes 
from  measuring  one's  conduct  by  the  perfect 
standard  of  justice  and  good  will.  The  man 
who  cares  much  for  the  first  kind  of  criticism  is 
a  coward  and  a  slave.  The  man  who  is  con- 
cerned only  about  the  second  is  a  fanatic  and  a 
crank.  The  man  who  is  sensitive  to  the  third 
becomes  a  hero  and  a  power, 
ft 

A  book  has  been  published  from  the 
pen  of  Wilbur  F.  Sheridan,  which  is 
addressed  especially  to  Methodists. 
The  author  pertinently  asks  why  soul- 
winning  should  be  confined  to  a  single 
month  of  the  year.  Of  course  that 
does  not  apply  to  the  case  of  the  Dis- 
ciples. And  yet  the  following,  from 
the  Northwestern  Christian  Advocate, 
is  as  good  for  us  as  for  Methodists: 

In  view  of  the  three-quarter  million  of 
half-pagan  foreigners  who  are  every  year 
being  poured  in  upon  us,  and  of  the  mod- 
ern Huns  and  Vandals  that  are  being  bred 
in  our  city  slums,  and  of  the  new  genera- 
tion of  children  which  every  decade  brings 
to  us  to  be  trained  and  transformed,  and 
in  view  also  of  the  intense  zeal  of  the  score 
of  modern  "isms"  which  are  competing 
with  evangelical  Christianity,  there  is  im- 
perative need  of  a  mightier  and  more  ag- 
gressive evangelism  than  we  have  ever 
known.  And  that  evangelism,  to  meet  at 
all  adequately  the  crying  need,  must  be  an 
all-the-year-round  evangelism.  If  this  be 
true,  the  only  possible  agency  is  the  pastor. 
He  and  he  alone  holds  the  key  to  the  situ- 
ation, for  only  he  reaches  the  entire  field 
and  reaches  it  all  the  time. 

ft 
If  our  scholars  shall  not  have  liberty  to 
tell  the  church  and  its  young  clergy  the 
whole  truth  and  nothing  but  the  truth, 
then  they  will  assuredly  learn  it  from  the 
antagonists  of  the  church  without  and  be 
taunted  afterwards,  perhaps,  for  their 
agreement  with  infidels. — Western  Christian 
Advocate. 


August  3,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


991 


Editor's  Easy  Chair. 

Pentwater  Musing's. 

During  the  past  two  weeks,  we  have 
had  a  succession  of  golden  summer 
days,  relieved  from  any  excessive  heat 
by  the  cool  lake  breeze.  In  a  word,  it 
has  been  just  such  weather  as  summer 
resorters  going  north,  wish  to  find. 
The  outgoings  of  the  morning  and  of 
the  evening,  have  been  glorious  be- 
yond description.  Morning  sunrise, 
evening  sunset  and  noonday  splendor 
have  vied  with  each  other  in  filling  the 
earth  with  glory  and  beauty,  and  in 
making  manifest  the  wisdom  and  good- 
ness of  God.  While  our  little  cottage, 
"The  Pioneer,"  has  been  the  scene  of 
a  good  deal  of  activity  within  and 
without,  we  have  taken  enough  time 
from  our  work  to  look  out  upon  the 
beauties  of  our  surroundings,  and 
watch  the  changing  colors  of  the  lake 
and  note  the  great  steamers  pass  to 
and  fro  in  the  distance,  and  the  white 
sails  of  the  sailing  vessels  that  glisten 
in  the  sunlight  like  the  wings  of  the 
albatross.  Sufficient  has  been  accom- 
plished now  in  the  way  of  preliminary 
work  to  enable  us  to  take  a  little  more 
rest  and  quiet  during  the  few  days  of 
our  sojourn  here  before  leaving  for  the 
San  Francisco  convention.  Toward 
that  great  gathering  all  eyes  and 
hearts  are  now  turning  with  earnest 
prayer  and  expectation. 

® 

During  the  past  week,  the  first  road- 
way has  been  opened  in  Garrison 
Park,  between  Lake  Michigan  and 
Lake  Pentwater.  As  this  road  con- 
nects the  two  lakes,  it  will  probably  be 
known  as  "Interlake  Road."  It  is  a 
beautiful  winding  roadway  following, 
for  the  most  part,  a  ravine  whose  sides 
are  thickly  clothed  with  trees.  This 
road  brings  us  in  direct  touch  with  the 
town  of  Pentwater,  whose  market 
wagons  can  drive  to  our  door.  Other 
roadways  will  soon  be  opened  follow- 
ing the  ravines  that  lead  up  through 
the  center  of  the  park  to  the  summit 
of  a  high  hill  that  commands  a  mag- 
nificent view  of  both  lakes,  of  the  town 
of  Pentwater,  of  Ludington  on  the 
north,  Point  Sable  on  the  south,  and  a 
vast  area  of  farming  country  to  the 
east.  Here  there  are  locations  to  suit 
a  variety  of  tastes.  Those  who  wish 
the  highest  summit  with  the  widest 
sweep  of  vision;  or  those  who  prefer  a 
quiet,  secluded  place  in  the  valley  or 
on  a  gentle  knoll  between  the  high 
hills;  or  those  who  would  like  an  east- 
ern front  to  greet  the  rising  sun  as  it 
comes  over  Lake  Pentwater;  or  those 
who  prefer  the  Lake  Michigan  side 
with  its  wider  view  and  the  sonorous 
music  of  the  resounding  waves — all 
these,  with  their  variety  of  tastes,  may 
be  accommodated  in  the  diversity 
which  nature  offers  here.  The  pecu- 
liarity of  it  all  is  that  each  one  will 
feel  that  his  is  the  best  location  in  the 
park,  and  for  him  this  will  be  true.     It 


is  a  blessed  thing  when  each  one  of  us 
can  feel  that  his  place  in  the  world  is 
the  very  best  place  for  him,  and  that 
his  particular  work  is  the  best  work  in 
all  the  world  for  him  to  do. 


It  is  a  constant  source  of  surprise  to 
the  natives  of  any  region  that  people 
will  come  from  a  distance  to  their 
place  and  erect  houses  in  which  to  live 
for  a  part  of  the  year.  They  have  been 
born  and  reared  there,  and  they  see 
nothing  about  it  to  attract  people  from 
the  city.  One  of  the  carpenters  work- 
ing on  our  cottage  said  to  us  the  other 
day  he  could  not  see  why,  for  the  life 
of  him,  people  wanted  to  come  and 
live  upon  these  hills;  that  he  wouldn't 
live  in  a  cottage  here  for  two  months 
in  the  year,  if  anyone  would  give  him 
the  cottage!  We  can  well  understand 
how  he  would  feel  that  way.  There 
would  be  but  little  change  for  him  be- 
tween the  village  of  Pentwater  and 
these  lakeside  hills.  And  then  there  is 
a  certain  side  of  life  which,  of  course, 
does  not  appeal  to  him.  He  probably 
belongs  to  that  prosaic  class  to  whom 
a  "primrose  growing  on  the  brink,"  or 
anywhere  else,  is  but  a  primrose  and 
nothing  more.  There  are  those  to 
whom  the  solemn  stillness  of  the 
deep-shaded  woods,  the  crimson  and 
saffron  hues  of  evening  sunsets,  the 
majestic  movements  of  the  storm- 
clouds,  the  grace  and  beauty  of  trees 
and  flowers,  the  music  of  birds,  of 
singing  rivulets  and  lapping  waves, 
make  their  appeal  in  vain.  These 
things  are  food  and  drink  for  the 
aesthetic  nature,  but  in  such  persons 
the  aesthetic  has  become  atrophied. 

"Day  unto  day  uttereth  speech, 
And   night  unto  night   showeth    knowl- 
edge." 

One  must  live  largely  out  of  doors 
and  close  to  the  heart  of  nature,  to 
appreciate  this  and  many  other  pas- 
sages of  the  Bible.  Shut  up  within  the 
four  walls  of  a  house,  or  cut  off  from  the 
view  of  the  heavens  by  sky-scrapers 
and  dense  clouds  of  smoke,  one  has 
small  opportunity  of  receiving  the 
messages  which  these  silent  messen- 
gers of  the  heavens  declare.  The  stars 
blaze  out  with  rare  effulgence  in  these 
northern  skies.  Last  night  a  party  of 
us  St.  Louisans  had  a  bonfire  on  the 
beach  in  front  of  the  "The  Pioneer," 
and  as  we  sat  in  the  sand  telling  sto- 
ries to  interest  the  younger  members  of 
the  party  and  singing  some  of  the  old 
songs,  the  scene  would  have  made  a 
picture  worthy  of  an  artist.  The  great 
lake  stretching  out  before  us  to  the 
dim  and  distant  horizon,  its  waves 
lapping  gently  at  our  feet;  the  starry 
heavens  above  us  looking  down  with 
their  great  and  shining  eyes,  and  the 
glow  of  the  bonfire  on  the  faces  of  the 
party,  were  some  of  the  features  of 
this  picture  from  real  life.     The  roast- 


ing of  the  marshmallows  and  the 
popping  of  the  popcorn,  which  ar<; 
important  elements  of  a  bonfire  party, 
also  entered  into  the  perfection  of  the 
picture.  As  we  sang  some  of  the  old 
familiar  songs  we  used  to  sing  down 
on  the  sands  at  Macatawa  Park,  some 
of  the  party  saw  in  this  little  gather- 
ing, the  prophecy  of  future  beach 
meetings  on  Sunday  evenings,  as  a 
feature  of  life  at  Garrison  Park. 


As  the  apostle  John  looked  out  from 
the  rocky  isle  of  Patmos  over  the 
stormy  sea  that  separated  him  from  the 
mainland  and  his  brethren,  he  said  of 
that  glorious  future  into  which  he  was 
looking,  "And  there  shall  be  no  more 
sea!"  But  the  great  inland  sea  that 
rolls  before  us  as  we  look  out  west- 
ward to-day  does  not  seem  to  be  a  bar- 
rier of  separation,  but  a  highway  of 
travel  and  a  bond  of  unity  between  the 
different  sections  of  our  great  country. 
The  unbroken  view  which  it  furnishes 
seems  to  bring  nearer  the  great  states 
that  lie  beyond  it.  One's  imagination 
readily  takes  up  the  scene  where  the 
eye  can  no  further  penetrate,  until  the 
Golden  Gate  of  the  Pacific  seems  to  be 
just  out  there  beyond  our  vision.  In  a 
few  days  the  tribes  of  our  Israel  will 
be  tending  thither  to  one  of  our  great 
annual  conventions.  It  is  a  long  dis- 
tance for  many  to  travel  and  there  are 
rivers,  plains  and  mountain  ranges  to 
cross  in  order  to  reach  the  place  of  as- 
sembling, but  the  power  of  the  uplifted 
cross,  the  constraining  love  of  Christ, 
and  the  overmastering  desire  to  ex- 
tend his  kingdom  over  all  the  earth, 
will  draw  hundreds  of  thousands  from 
their  distant  homes  to  that  great  con- 
vention whose  one  central  and  absorb- 
ing topic  is  how  we  may  help  Jesus 
Christ  win  the  conquest  of  the  whole 
world.  It  is  only  as  we  go  thither  in 
the  spirit  of  consecration  to  Christ's 
supreme  purpose,  that  we  shall  make 
that  convention  of  Christian  workers 
an  occasion  of  glorifying  the  name  of 
our  God,  and  of  promoting  the  reign 
of  Jesus  Christ,  our  Lord,  over  all  the 
earth.  But  going  in  that  spirit  and 
looking  unto  him  for  power  and  guid- 
ance, we  shall  see  and  hear  and  accom- 
plish mighty  things  for  the  spread  of 
New  Testament  Christianity  and  scrip- 
tural holiness  throughout  this  and 
other  lands. 

Garrison  Park, Pentwater,  Mich.,  July 
27,  1905. 

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992 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  3,  1905 


Seven  Thousand  Years  Ago  By  wiiiiam  Durban 


I  have  been  going  light  back  to  such 
a  remote  period  of  antiquity  as  would 
have  made  dear  old  Archbishop  Usher 
stagger.  Somebody  has  piloted  me 
back  to  a  time  when  our  fathers  used 
to  imagine  that  the  globe  was  still 
immersed  in  darkest  chaos.  My  good 
conductor  was  one  of  the  most  erudite 
of  living  archeologists,  Prof.  Flinders 
Petrie,  who  every  winter  for  many 
years  past  has  gone  to  the  old  oriental 
Bible  lands  to  excavate  and  to  explore 
with  pick  and  spade,  coming  back  to 
England  each  summer,  partly  to  dis- 
play the  results  of  the  winter's  toil, 
partly  to  plunge  into  a  few  months  of 
arduous  literary  work,  writing  his  suc- 
cessive books  on  the  subjects  in  which 
he  is  one  of  the  first  of  experts.  At 
University  college  he  arranges  each 
July  an  exhibition  in  which  are  shown 
in  fascinating  array  the  relics  which 
he  conveys  on  camel  back  from  the 
desert  to  the  coast  and  then  brings 
with  him  to  England.  The  results  are 
astounding.  Let  me  note  some  of  the 
things  which  a  few  days  ago  he  told 
me.  I  spent  a  long  morning  with  him 
in  the  midst  of  his  priceless  treasures. 

Did  Jacob  Dream  at  Bethel? 

Dr.  Petrie  last  winter  went  not  to 
Egypt  but  to  the  Arabian  desert,  and 
there,  at  Sarabit-el-khadem,  in  the 
Sinai  range,  five  days'  camel  ride  from 
Sinai  proper,  at  an  altitude  of  2,000 
feet  above  the  sea  level,  he  made  a 
marvelous  discovery.  He  had  heard 
of  a  strange  collection  of  ruins  in  that 
locality,  so  he  took  with  him  from  the 
south  a  large  party  of  Arab  and  Egyp- 
tian diggers,  a  train  of  camels  to 
carry  provisions  for  two  and  a  half 
months,  and  several  competent  assist- 
ants. Three  days'  journey  from  the 
famous  convent  of  St.  Catherine  he 
came  to  his  destination.  What  did  he 
find?  Nothing  else  than  a  real  Semitic 
temple,  in  the  midst  of  a  great  circle 
of  Bethel  pillars,  set  up  not  later  than 
B.  C.  4,500.  These  pillars  were  in 
many  cases  beautifully  inscribed. 
They  were  set  up  by  pilgrims  who  came 
to  the  temple  erected  to  the  Egyptian 
goddess  Hathor,  the  object  of  these 
worshipers  being  to  seek  oracular 
dreams  and  visions.  Many  little 
stone  shelters  were  near  the  pillars. 
In  front  of  the  temple  was  a  great 
space  over  100  feet  long,  covered  with 
a  bed  of  ashes  18  inches  deep.  This 
had  been  used,  evidently,  for  a  very 
long  period  for  offering  burnt  sacri- 
fices. Said  Dr.  Petrie,  "You  see  this 
exactly  agrees  with  the  Genesis  narra- 
tive of  Jacob  at  Bethel.  When  the 
young  wanderer  had  dreamed  as  re- 
corded, he  said  on  awakening,  'I  have 
had  a  heavenly  vision.  I  must  erect  a 
memorial  pillar,'  and  he  did  so.  It 
was  a  very  ancient  custom,  but  it  was 
entirely  Semitic." 

Prehistoric  Civilization. 

This  Semitic,  yet  Egyptian,  temple 


wonderfully  corroborates  the  Penta- 
teuch. For  it  was  full  of  all  sorts  of 
fine  works  of  the  most  ancient  art. 
The  offerings  found  in  the  great  cave 
constituting  the  holiest  portion  of  the 
shrine  included  great  numbers  of  or- 
naments, bangles,  sistra,  wands,  etc. 
The  approximate  date  when  the  temple 
was  constructed  is  infallibly  fixed  by 
the  inscriptions  and  the  carvings  giv- 
ing the  names  of  various  kings,  such 
as  Senefru,  Amenhotep,  etc.  The 
great  fabric  had  been  added  to  by 
various  monarchs  during  an  immense 
period  of  not  less  than  3,000  years. 
The  kings  and  queens  of  successive 
great  dynasties  had  contributed  to 
these  additions.  Now,  why  did  Egyp- 
tian expeditions  visit  this  remote 
mountain  solitude?  Simply  because 
the  region  was  very  rich  in  turquoises, 
and  the  Egyptian  kings  and  queens 
constantly  worked  the  mines  for  the 
precious  and  lovely  gems.  And  when 
the  Egyptians  had  erected  the  shrine, 
to  it  evidently  came  multitudes  of 
worshipers  with  their  tribal  customs, 
especially  members  of  the  great  Semit- 
ic race.  So  here  we  have  a  wonderful 
shrine,  the  oldest  discovered  in  the 
world,  of  Egyptian  construction,  but 
with  these  curious  Semitic  circles  of 
the  Bethel  pillars. 

During  the  last  few  years  the  opin- 
ions of  archeologists  have  been  greatly 
modified.  Not  long  since  the  idea  gen- 
erally prevailed  that  in  the  time  of  the 
Bible  Pharaohs  the  civilization  had  at- 
tained a  culminating  pitch  of  culture. 
It  is  mainly  owing  to  the  researches  of 


Above  the  Town. 

By  K.  L.  Handley. 

Above  the  town  we  climbed  the  hilly 
height, 
And,  turning,  saw  the  city,  at  our 
feet, 
With  vision  clear,  in  sunny  morning 
light. 
Of  every  tower  and   steeple,  every 
street. 

From   heights     of    love    God   give  us 
vision  clear, 
'Neath  smoke-wreathed  towers  the 
needs  of  men  to  see; 
The  hungry  souls,  the  stumbling  feet 
too  near 
The  brink  of  sin;  out-groping  hands 
for  Thee. 

Where   ran    the    busy  ways    a    sound 
arose 
Of    many    voices.     Grind    of   wheel 
and  whir 
Of    factory    we    heard;    the    noise    of 
those 
Who  toil;  the  clamor  of  the  market's 
Stir. 

God  give  us,  too,  the  moan  of  pain  to 
hear, 
And   suffering  for   sin;   the  plea  for 
Bread 
Of  Life;    the    wail   of   sorrow,    cry  of 
fear; 
The  prayer  to    light  from  darkness 

to  be  led. 
South  'Bend,  Indiana. 


Professor  Petrie  and  his  colleagues 
that  the  conclusion  is  now  certainly 
reached  that,  on  the  contrary,  that 
civilization  was  then  in  a  very  deca- 
dent condition.  It  had  long  before 
reached  a  wonderful  height,  but  a 
process  of  devolution  had  set  in.  The 
art,  the  science,  the  philosophy,  the 
morality  of  the  Egyptians  had  been 
greatly  superior  ages  before  the  time 
when  we  come  on  the  Pharoahs  of  the 
days  of  Moses.  They  had  been  a  great 
literary  nation.  The  notion  that  writ- 
ing was  hardly  practiced  in  the  time  of 
Moses  was  some  years  ago  quite  fash- 
ionable. The  Tel  el-Amarna  tablets 
exploded  it. 

A  Picture  That  Tells  a  Tale. 

Professor  Petrie  handed  me  a  picture. 
It  was  a  photo  of  the  stele  of  Menep- 
tah,  the  Pharaoh  of  the  Exodus.  Now, 
that  stele  is  one  of  the  most  important 
bits  of  stone  in  the  world.  For  on  it 
is  engraved  a  priceless  record.  It  con- 
tains the  phrase,  "People  of  Israel." 
This  is  the  oldest  monument  on  earth 
mentioning  the  Israelites.  Do  we  want 
any  more  powerful  evidence  of  the  au- 
thenticity of  the  documents  embedded 
in  the  Pentateuch?  "I  do  not  want  to 
prove  anything,"  observed  Dr.  Petrie. 
"That  is  not  my  province  nor  my 
business.  I  want  to  ascertain  the  real 
facts.  But  I  am  bound  to  say  that 
contemporary  monuments  infallibly 
confirm  the  pentateuchal  documents. 
No  matter  how  those  documents  were 
compiled,  how  they  came  to  be  put 
into  the  books,  the  facts  are  corrob- 
orated in  the  most  determinate  manner 
by  the  indisputable  evidence  of  these 
stones,  stele,  inscriptions  and  carving. 
And  the  further  back  we  go  the  more 
wonderful  the  evidence  becomes." 

Concerning  Our  Churches. 

I  wish  to  reserve  a  little  of  my  space 
once  more  to  give  a  little  chronicle  of 
our  own  church  history.  You  have 
among  you  as  I  write  these  lines  sev- 
eral of  our  preachers  who  are,  to  our 
loss  and  your  gain,  to  be  henceforth 
your  preachers.  They  have  toiled  here 
faithfully  for  years.  I  refer  to  our 
Brethren  Mitchell,  Bates  and  Todd. 
May  America  locate  them  happily! 
Also  Bro.  Leslie  W.  Morgan  is  for  a 
few  weeks  on  your  side,  unfortunately 
called  over  to  see  his  sick  father.  Some 
of  our  church  pulpits  are  thus  vacant. 
If  the  right  men  can  be  found  as  suc- 
cessors the  work  will  go  well  forward, 
for  solid  labor  has  been  put  in.  Les- 
lie Morgan  undertakes  to  leave  South- 
ampton and  to  succeed  E.  M.  Todd  at 
Hornsey,  where  the  latter  succeeded 
me  after  my  ten  years  of  pastoral  ap- 
plication. Thus  do  changes  ensue. 
But  I  understand  that  our  ministry  is 
after  all  not  subject  to  such  frequent 
mutations  as  is  your  ordinary  Ameri- 
can pastorate.  Only  the  vacancies  have 
happened  to  occur  in  several  places 
simultaneously.  There  is  no  restless- 
ness in  the  English  churches.  If  they 
can  induce  men  to  stay  with  them  they 
like  continuity.  But  America  seems 
to  have  a  way  of  drawing  her  children 
back  to  her  bosom  after  lending  them 
to  us  awhile. 

London,  England. 


August  3,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


593 


As  Seen  From  the  Dome    By  f.  d.  Power 


Who  does  not  know  Chautauqua  and 
the  Chautauqua  idea?  The  modest 
little  settlement  on  the  lake  is  known 
the  world  over  and  its  influence  is 
wholesome  and  blessed.  Its  message 
and  its  mission  have  been  well  suited 
to  the  times.  Physical,  mental,  social, 
moral  and  spiritual  culture  for  all, 
everywhere,  without  exception,  it  has 
aimed  for,  and  everyone,  open-hearted 
and  open-minded  to  receive  it,  has 
found  its  benefit.  Education  was  the 
thought.  "Chautauqua,"  says  Dr. 
Vincent,  "stretches  over  the  land  a 
magnificent  temple,  broad  as  the  con- 
tinent, lofty  as  the  heavens,  into  which 
homes,  churches,  schools  and  shops 
may  build  themselves  as  parts  of  a 
splendid  university  in  which  people 
of  all  ages  and  conditions  may  be  en- 
rolled as  students."  It  is  an  every- 
day college,  in  which  people  who  never 
enjoyed  any  other  college,  like  Shakes- 
peare, Franklin,  Irving,  Whittier, 
Greeley  and  Lincoln,  and  hosts  who 
have  had  college  privileges,  may  work 
out  their  education.  It  is  a  great  school 
for  out-of-school  people.  Think  of  an 
enrollment  of  25,000  readers,  11,500  of 
whom  are  housekeepers  and  the  greater 
number  between  twenty  and  eighty 
years!  Think  of  over  100,000  since  the 
beginning! 

Chautauqua  used  to  be  "Fair  Point" 
on  Chautauqua  Lake,  a  lovely  body  of 
water  700  feet  above  Lake  Erie,  which 
is  only  a  mile  away,  about  twenty  miles 
long  and  a  couple  of  miles  wide.  You 
go  400  miles  north  from  the  Dome  and 
then  about  50  miles  south  along  the 
shores  of  Lake  Erie  through  great 
vineyards  and  fertile  farms  and  gar- 
dens— a  country  which  blossoms  like 
the  rose.  Like  so  many  good  things  it 
started  in  a  camp  meeting.  The  first 
Assembly  opened  as  a  Sunday-school 
Institute,  two  weeks  of  lectures,  nor- 
mal lessons,  conferences,  sermons,  and 
devotional  meetings,  with  recreation 
in  concerts,  fireworks  and  fishing  and 
boating.  The  people  dwelt  in  "taber- 
nacles." It  was  in  1874.  Normal  train- 
ing, with  the  purpose  of  improving 
methods  of  biblical  instruction  in 
the  Sunday-  school  and  the  family  was 
the  primary  end  of  that  first  meeting — 
the  study  of  the  word  and  of  the  works 
of  God  is  the  larger  conception. 

Lewis  Miller  and  John  H.  Vincent 
were  the  originators  of  the  Chautau- 
qua Institution.  The  whole  world 
owes  them  a  debt.  It  was  a  broad  and 
catholic  idea.  At  the  very  outset  de- 
nominational lines  were  almost  en- 
tirely obliterated,  and  people  of  all 
communions  asked  to  participate.  De- 
nominational headquarters  for  nearly 
all  religious  bodies  are  there,  and  these 
have  their  meetings,  not,  of  course,  con- 
flicting with  the  hours  in  the  main  au- 
ditorium. Out  of  the  little  beginning 
of  '74  has  come  a  marvelous  growth. 
The  movement  is  like  a  great  banyan 


tree.  There  are  the  Chautauqua  Sun- 
day-school Normal  Department,  the 
Chautauqua  Teachers'  Retreat,  the 
Chautauqua  Teachers'  Reading  Union, 
the  Chautauqua  Schools  of  Languages, 
the  Chautauqua  Literary  and  Scientific 
Circle,  the  Chatauqua  Missionary  In- 
stitute, the  Chautauqua  College  of 
Liberal  Arts,  the  School  of  Theology, 
Book-a-month  Reading  Circle,  Town 
and  Country  Club,  Society  of  Fine  Arts, 
Young  Folks'  Reading  Union,  Boys' 
and  Girls'  Class,  Temperance  Class- 
mates, Look-up  Legion,  Cadets,  Mu- 
sical Reading  Circle,  Press,  and  many 
others;  and  hundreds  of  Chautauquas, 
some  of  which  are  almost  as  famous 
as  the  mother  Chautauqua,  have 
sprung  up,  and  even  in  foreign  lands 
have  they  been  planted.  All  these 
have  grown  out  of  this  beginning  on 
the  shores  of  this  beautiful  little  Como, 
fourteen  hundred  feet  above  the  sea, 
set  in  the  midst  of  green  fields  and 
forests  up  here  in  the  Empire  State  of 
the  new  world. 

Chautauqua  comes  to  us  from  the 
Aborigines.  "A  bagtiedin  the  middle," 
or  "two  moccasins  tied  together,"  or 
"a  foggy  place"  they  call  its  signifi- 
cance. They  had  a  bad  spell  over  it — 
Indians,  Frenchmen,  and  Americans — 
before  they  licked  it  into  its  present 
shape.  Jatteca,  Chataconit,  Tchada- 
koin,  Tjadacoin,  Chatakouin,  Shata- 
coin,  Jadaxqua,  Jaddaqua,  Chauddaw- 
kwa,  Chataughque,  Chautauque,  have 
been  its  forms  until  the  New  York  leg- 
islature settled  on  the  present  spell- 
ing. The  Indian  legend  goes  that  a 
young  maiden  of  a  tribe  encamped 
on  its  shores,  having  eaten  of  a  root 
growing  on  the  bank,  which  created 
great  thirst,  stooped  to  drink,  and 
disappeared  forever.  Hence  the 
name  signifying  "the  place  of  easy 
death,"  or  "where  one  vanishes 
away."  Now  it  is  the  place  of  easy 
life,  or  where  the  world  vanishes 
away.  Among  its  woods,  along  the 
shores  of  its  charming  lake,  in  fellow- 
ship with  its  genial  souls,  communing 
with  the  manifold  voices  that  speak 
there  out  of  nature  and  books  and  men 
and  women,  one  loses  himself  indeed 
in  a  sweet  and  restful  life,  "the  world 
forgetting,  by  the  world  forgot."  It 
is  a  place  of  ideas  and  inspirations. 
On  its  platform  great  words  have 
been  spoken.  All  the  noted  souls  in 
the  world  of  oratory,  from  Simpson 
and  Errett  and  Joseph  Cook  and 
Talmage  and  Gough,  and  Fran- 
ces Willard,  Garfield  and  Grant 
and  Roosevelt  down,  have  been 
heard  here.  The  Chautauqua  salute, 
"the  blooming  of  the  white  lilies,"  had 
its  origin  here  in  '77.  On  the  oc- 
casion of  a  pantomimic  lecture,  the 
waving  of  a  white  handkerchief  by  the 
people  in  expression  to  a  deaf  man  of 
their  appreciation  of  his  silent  lecture 
was  the  rise  of  the  Chautauqua  salute. 

To    the    little    group    of    Disciples 


which  annually  gathers  here  the  place 
of  special  interest  is  the  Disciple  head- 
quarters. It  is  an  attractive  building 
with  an  assembly  room  and  lodging 
rooms  for  guests.  Here  the  School  of 
Evangelism,  organized  by  W.  J. 
Wright,  held  its  sessions  twice  daily 
July  9-19.  The  attendance  was  not 
large,  but  there  were  delegates  from 
a  dozen  states,  and  the  lectures  were 
highly  instructive  and  the  spirit  of  the 
meeting  excellent.  Bishop  Vincent 
honored  us  with  his  presence,  and  a 
number  of  ministers  of  other  religious 
bodies.  The  apostolic  teaching  and 
methods  were  freely  presented.  With 
such  men  as  A.  B.  Philputt,  C.  S. 
Medbury,  and  H.  O.  Breeden  to  do  the 
work  it  must  be  well  done.  W.  J. 
Wright  presided  and  S.  L.  Darsie, 
S.  M.  Cooper,  F.  A.  Bright,  T.W.  Phil- 
lips, Peter  Ainslie,  F.  A.  Wight  and 
others  participated  in  the  discussions. 
All  present  felt  greatly  profited  by  the 
school,  and  we  trust  it  is  the  begin- 
ning of  a  large  an  d  useful  work  under 
the  new  Board  of  Evangelism.  H.  O. 
Breeden's  lecture  on  The  Perils  of 
Old  Glory  in  the  great  amphithe- 
atre was  received  with  much  enthu- 
siasm. 

In  all  respects  we  had  a  good  time. 
The  bells,  the  Tabernacle,  the  models 
of  Palestine  and  Jerusalem,  the  foun- 
tain and  statuary,  the  boats,  the  bath- 
ing, the  music,  the  lectures,  the  con- 
certs, the  readings,  the  classes,  the 
throngs  of  happy  women  and  children, 
the  robins  and  blackbirds,  tbe  old 
ladies  knitting  complacently  in  the 
auditorium  during  the  noblest  strains 
of  music  or  eloquence,  the  folks  that 
get  up  and  leave  the  orator  at  the  call 
of  the  sweeter  tones  of  the  dinner  bell, 
and  the  rain,  rain,  rain,  were  all  there. 
But  who  would  not  go  and  go  again 
to  such  a  charming  place?  It  is  worth 
the  trip  to  sit  down  at  Lloyd  Darsie's 
table  and  eat  muskallonges,  the  great 
North  American  pike,  the  genuine 
maskinonge,  and  hear  him  tell  how 
big  they  are,  and  dangerous,  and 
what  a  mercy  to  other  fish  to  catch 
them! 

July  19,  the  church  at  Hagerstown 
gave  a  farewell  reception  to  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Bruce  L.  Kershner,  who  leave 
soon  for  Manila,  P.  I.  C.  A.  Kendrick 
presided,  and  addresses  were  made  by 
W.  S.  Hoye,  Rev.  Dr.  Owens,  O.  G. 
White.  Mr.  Kershner  spoke  feelingly 
of  his  connection  with  the  Hagerstown 
brethren  and  of  his  work  in  the  foreign 
field.  Here  he  was  reared  and  made 
his  confession  of  faith  in  Christ,  and  is 
held  in  high  esteem  by  all.  C.  A. 
Kendrick  has  just  closed  his  fourth 
year  of  service  as  our  Hagerstown 
pastor.  In  that  time  the  church  has 
raised  $14,250  and  $3,151  for  missions 
and  130  have  been  added  to  its  mem- 
bership. J.  I.  Bitner,  wife  and 
daughter,  will  represent  them  at  San 
Francisco. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  3,  1905 


A    Voice    From    Greece 


The  little  kingdom  of  Hellas  is,  in  the 
eyes  of  the  Greeks  of  to-day,  only  a  small 
portion  of  Greece  proper.  Whatever  coun- 
try, be  it  island  or  mainland,  has  largely 
a  Greek  population,  that  is  a  part  of  Greece, 
though  it  be  subject  to  foreign  power. 
Thus  Greece  is  divided  into  two  parts,  free 
Hellas  and  the  enslaved  Hellenes,  as  the 
Greek  subjects  of  the  Turkish  empire  pa- 
thetically designate  themselves.  The  in- 
habitants of  Crete  are  semi-emancipated, 
that  is,  under  the  protection  of  the  powers, 
against  whom  they  are  now  in  revolt  de- 
manding political  union  with  Greece. 
Turkish  subjects  are  not  free  to  renounce 
allegience  to  the  sultan  and  leave  their 
homes  to  become  citizens  of  other  coun- 
tries. They  are  permitted  to  live  abroad 
only  on  condition  that  they  pay  regularly 
their  poll-tax  and  other  assessments,  for 
which  resident  members  of  the  family  are 
held  responsible. 

The  total  area  of  Greece  is  somewhat 
over  25,000  square  miles,  a  little  more  than 
one-third  the  size  of  Missouri.  Nearly  one- 
sixth  of  the  kingdom  consists  of  islands. 
Only  one-fifth  of  the  land  is  under  cultiva- 
tion, and  one-fifth  is  meadow,  pasture  and 
woods:  while  about  three-fifths  are  waste 
mountain  land.  One-third  of  the  whole 
belongs  to  the  state. 

The  population  of  Greece  was,  at  the 
last  census  (1S96),  2,433,806,  nearly  equal 
to  that  of  Missouri.  Twelve  cities  have 
above  10,000  inhabitants,  Athens  having 
128,735;  Pirteus,  43,160;  Palras,  39,000; 
Yolo,  23,000;  Trikkala,  21,160. 

The  established  religion  of  Greece  is  the 
Greek  branch  of  the  so-called  orthodox 
church,  being  independent  of  the  Russian 
hierarchy.  The  Roman  Catholic  church 
is  recognized  by  the  government  and  has 
over  26,000  communicants.  For  over  fifty 
years  there  has  been  a  Protestant  mission 
at  Athens.  Under  the  leadership  of  the 
tireless  veteran  native  Greek  missionary, 
preacher  and  editor,  Dr.  Kalopathakes, 
who  studied  and  worked  in  America  when 
a  young  man,  a  Presbyterian  church  is  or- 
ganized at  Athens.  A  small  congregation 
is  maintained  at  Pir^eas  amid  trials  and 
persecution.     It  was  only  last  year  that  the 


Greek  government  recognized  this  Protest- 
ant organization  as  a  church  and  exempted 
its  property  from  taxation  in  accordance 
with  Greek  law.  Thus  much  has  been 
fought  for  and  won.  Dr.  Kalopathakes 
has  the  oversight  of  three  or  four  other 
Presbyterian  congregations  of  Greeks  on 
Turkish  territory. 

Dr.  Demetrios  Kalopathakes  has  lately 
succeeded  his  father,  who  had  long  been 
agent  for  the  British  Bible  society  and 
superintended  the  work  of  numerous  col- 
porteurs of  the  Bible.  These  now  sell  as 
many  as  20,000  copies  per  year.  They 
may  sell  the  Old  Testament  in  modern 
Greek;  but  the  modern  version  of  the  New 
Testament  is  condemned  by  the  govern- 
ment as  heretical,  though  it  was  made  by 
orthodox  professors  at  the  university. 
Many  Greeks,  however,  can  read  the  simple 
language  of  the  gospels  in  the  ancient 
tongue,  though  the  modern  version  would 
be  much  easier  for  them.  This  scattering 
of  the  simple  word  of  God  is  sowing  for  fu- 
ture harvest. 

Strange  as  it  may  seem,  orthodox  religion 
and  patriotism  are  practically  synonymous 
terms  for  the  modern  Greeks.  They  are 
taught  by  the  priests,  who  are  distinguished 
from  the  laymea  by  dress  rather  than  by 
mother  wit  or  education,  to  consider  them- 
selves the  chosen  of  God,  better  than  their 
non-orthodox  neighbors.  In  fact  they  can 
not  believe  such  persons  Christians  at  all. 
The  majority  of  the  Greeks  are  not  pious  , 
though  perhaps  not  irreverent  or  irreligious. 
They  attend  church  services  on  special 
feast  days,  light  a  taper,  kiss  the  images 
and  cross  themselves.  Educated  Greeks, 
who  see  the  folly  of  the  heathen  supersti- 
tions and  rites  encouraged  and  practiced 
by  the  church  and  who  themselves  have 
little  or  no  religious  faith,  nevertheless  ed- 
ucate their  children  according  to  the  ortho- 
dox faith.  Otherwise  they  would  be  con- 
sidered unpatriotic,  disloyal  to  the  cause 
of  Hellenism;  for  the  church  was  the  sole 
representative  of  Hellenism  during  Turkish 
domination. 

Theoretically  the  Greek  government  is 
tolerant  of  all  religions.  But  the  priests 
and  the  people  are  bigoted  and  intolerant 


and  the  government  officers  shut  their  eyes 
before  acts  of  violence  committed  upon 
heretics.  Such  acts  were  the  stoning  of 
the  church  building  at  Piraeus  and  the 
obstacles  put  in  the  way  of  the  Bible 
agents. 

No  utterances  derogatory  to  the  orthodox 
faith  and  practices  are  tolerated.  The 
government  is  ever  ready  to  listen  to  com- 
plaints against  Protestants.  Thus  in  many 
respects  Greece  is  a  much  more  difficult 
field  for  Protestant  missions  than  Turkey, 
whose  government  has  no  special  reason 
for  hearing  complaints  from  orthodox 
Greeks. 

Since  coming  to  Greece  last  autumn,  I 
have  thought  much  of  the  need  of  a  purer 
gospel  among  the  Greeks  and  of  the  diffi- 
culty of  presenting  such  gospel  to  the 
masses.  The  two  young  Greek  ministers 
preaching  for  the  churches  in  Athens  and 
Piraeus  do  not  preach  sermons  that  attract 
many  people.  Nor  are  they  capable  of 
leading  a  great  evangelistic  movement, 
though  they  have  both  studied  in  England. 
If  some  gifted  young  man  would  devote 
himself  to  missions  among  Greeks  and 
would  come  here  and  study  the  situation 
and  the  language  for  a  year  or  more,  he 
might  enter  upon  a  great  work  for  Christ 
in  lands  trodden  of  old  by  his  own  apostles. 
Living  expenses  are  low.  The  climate  is 
charming.  The  historical  associations  and 
the  ruins  of  antiquity  are  interesting  and 
inspiring.  Will  not  some  church  send  a 
"living  link"  to  Greece?  The  way  is  not 
wholly  unprepared  for  our  simple  plea  for 
Christ.  A  few  Greeks  are  already  crying 
out  against  corruption  in  the  church  and 
the  general  dishonesty  of  the  Greeks  and 
are  preaching  a  purer  gospel  sporadically. 
These  forces  need  organization  and  direc- 
tion. 

It  is  my  purpose  to  remain  here  a  second 
year.  If  any  church  or  individual  in  our 
brotherhood  be  interested  in  Greece  as  a 
field  for  missionary  enterprise,  I  shall  be 
delighted  to  answer  inquiries,  if  I  may,  or 
to  assist  in  planning  the  work. 

With  a  prayer  for  God's  blessing  upon 
his  work  and  most  fraternal  greetings  to 
all,  I  am,  as  ever, 

Yours  for  Christ, 

Chas.  B.  Newcomer. 
American  School,  Athens,  Greece. 


A   Missionary   Convention   in   India 


The  missionaries  of  the  Christian  mis- 
sion in  India  have  recently  met  in  their 
annual  convention,  in  Damoh.  For  seven 
years  it  has  not  been  my  privilege  to 
meet  with  this  body  of  Christian  workers. 
I  want  to  tell  you  what  I  saw  and  felt. 

I  think  I  know  conventions  when  I  see 
them.  For  several  years  it  has  been  my 
delight  to  meet  with  earnest  and  devoted 
servants  of  the  one  Master  whom  we  all 
love  and  serve.  No  more  earnest  and  con- 
secrated and  sweeter  spirited  men  and 
women  have  I  seen  in  any  land  in  any 
convention,  bee  them  as  they  come  in. 
There  is  the  manly  man,  M.  D.  Adams, 
from  Bilaspur.  He  has  not  seen  his  wife 
and  children  for  over  three  years,  but  he 
has  seen  the  dreadful  plague  face  to  face, 
and  he  is  now  fresh  from  caring  for  the 
sick  and  dying.  There  comes  with  him 
E.  M.  Gordon— a  finer  looking  man  you 
seldom  see.  No  wonder  he  captured  that 
fine  looking,  gold  medaled  doctor  from 
Baroda.  Afterwards  they  made  Mungeli 
one  of  the  best  and  most  successful  mis- 
sion   stations    in    all    Cenfral    Provinces. 


Who  is  that  striking  figure  with  beaming 
face?  It  is  Brother  Menzies,  and  with 
him  is  Sister  Menzies.  They  are  from 
Rath,  where  sometimes  they  do  not  see  a 
white  face  or  hear  the  English  language  for 
months  at  a  time. 

And  there  come  Brother  and  Sister 
Madsen,  from  Pendra  Road.  Mrs.  Madsen 
used  to  be  called  Miss  Bessie  Farrar.  She 
has  changed  her  name,  but  not  her  nature, 
for  she  is  concentrated  sunshine.  They 
are  making  a  church  of  Christ  out  of  the 
wildest  kind  of  hill  people  from  the  jun- 
gles. Here  is  a  story  I  forgot  to  tell  at  the 
convention.  When  I  was  in  Indiana  about 
Crawfordsville,  the  people  would  ask  me 
if  I  knew  Brother  Grainger.  When  I  told 
them  I  did,  they  would  ask  me  in  the  most 
serious  manner,  "Do  you  really  think  that 
he  is  good  enough  for  our  Miss  Plunkett?" 
And  then  when  I  went  among  Mr. 
Grainger's  friends,  they  would  ask  me  in 
the  same  way,  "Do^you  really  think  that 
Miss  Plunkett  is  good  enough  for  our 
Grainger?"  I  want  to  answer  all  these 
anxious  friends  in  the  most  delightful  af- 


firmative. It  you  could  see  their  faithful 
and  efficient  work  at  Hurda  and  the  high 
esteem  in  which  they  are  held  by  all  the 
missionaries,  you  would  not  only  say  that 
they  are  good  enough  for  each  other,  but 
that  they  are  good  enough  for  any  good 
work. 

But  time  fails  me  to  tell  of  all  these  lov- 
ing and  faithful  ones.  There  is  Miss  Mad- 
dock,  Miss  Vance  and  Miss  Lackey,  of  Deo- 
ghur.  How  delightful  to  see  Dr.  Drum- 
mond  and  Miss  Thompson,  of  Hurda, 
Brother  and  Sister  Elsam  and  Miss  Elsie 
Gordon,  of  Bina,  Brother  and  Sister 
Brown  and  Norman,  from  Jubbulpore, 
Brother  and  Sister  Davis,  of  Maudha,  Miss 
Frost  and  Dr.  Smith,  of  Mahoba,  Brother 
and  Sister  Stubbin,  of  Hatta,  Miss  Mills, 
of  Bilaspur,  the  McGavrans,  Riochs,  Miss 
Franklin  and  Miss  Clark,  of  Damoh, 
and  all  the  new  missionaries— Benlehrs, 
Monroes  and  Dr.  Crosier.  Happy?  Come 
out  to  India  as  a  missionary  and  learn  the 
meaning  of  that  word.  There  is  another — 
a  missionary  to  the  missionaries  and  to 
India— Mrs.  Gerould,  of  Cleveland,  who 
contributed  so  much  to  the  enjoyment  of 
the  entire  convention.  Her  good  work  in 
and  for  India,  and  her  words  of  encourage- 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


995 


ment,  are  beyond  praise.  We  claim  her  as 
our  missionary  at  large,  and  we  shall  ex- 
pect to  see  her  in  India  again.  Her  good 
example  is  worthy  of  imitation  by  many 
others,  and  it  will  not  be  in  vain.  May 
the  Lord  prolong  her  life  many  years  and 
give  through  her  the  message  of  life  to 
many  thousands. 

How  can  I  close  this  revi3W  of  the  con- 
vention and  leave  out  the  babies  and  the 
children?  If  I  did  I  would  never  expect  to 
be  elected  president  again.  Why,  McGav- 
ran  would  say,  "And  he  never  saw  Grace, 
Don  or  Teddy."  And  Rioch  would  say, 
"Nor  mine."  And  '  Concentrated  Sun- 
shine says,  "Nor  mine."  And  Grainger 
says,  "Nor  mine."  And  Gordon  says, 
"Nor  mine."  And  Stubbin  says,  "Nor 
mine."  Well,  they  were  all  there— fie 
happiest,  sweetest,  jolliest,  noisiest  lot  you 
ever  saw — and  it  did  me  good  to  hear  them 
in  any  mood.     God  bless  them  every  one. 

Just  a  word  here  to  the  reader.  If  you 
do  not  like  this  kind  of  a  report  of  a  mis- 
sionary convention,  and  want  statistics 
and  figures  and  all  that,  please  get  one  of 
the  annual  reports  from  Brother  McLean 
and  satisfy  yourself .     They  are  there.  The 


Missionary  Tidings  also  indulges  in  such 
recreation  occasionally.  You  might  sub- 
scribe for  that  and  the  Missionary  Intel- 
igencer, which  can  help  you  to  such  dishes 
whenever  you  have  a  longing  that  way. 

I  want  to  tell  you  something  else  that  I 
saw.  I  saw  great  improvement  in  the 
mission  since  I  left  India  six  years  ago. 
Growth  is  apparent  in  many  ways.  There 
are  more  missionaries.  There  were  thirty- 
nine  present  at  this  convention — the  largest 
in  the  history  of  the  mission— of  whom 
thirteen  were  men.  That  is  an  inequality 
that  the  men  of  America  should  not  allow 
to  continue.  New  stations  have  been 
opened,  converts  have  been  made, 
churches  have  been  established,  and  the 
faithful  missionaries  in  famine  and  plague 
have  been  the  means  of  saving  thousands 
of  lives.  To  have  even  the  lowest  seat 
among  such  a  body  of  men  and  women  is 
more  honor  than  to  be  a  member  of  the 
United  States  Senate.  I  rejoice  in  the 
calling  wherewith  we  are  called.  May  we 
by  faithful,  unselfish  and  loving  service 
seek  to  be  worthy  of  such  a  high  calling. 

G.  L.  Wharton. 

Jubbulpore,  India. 


A  Buckeye  m  the  Golden  State 


Seven  months  ago  I  left  Bellaire,  Ohio, 
to  undertake  the  work  of  an  evangelist  in 
southern  California.  This  engagement 
fulfilled,  let  me  give  the  readers  some  ac- 
count of  my  stewardship.  The  service  has 
been  pleasant,  the  co- operation  of  board, 
churches  and  ministers  all  that  could  be 
desired;  and  God  has  given  the  increase. 

Meetings  have  been  held  in  Riverside, 
Monrovia,  Downey,  Los '  Angeles  (First 
church) ,  Redlands,  Fullerton,  Pasadena, 
and  Santa  Ana.  These  seven  meetings 
were  held  within  a  period  of  six  and  one- 
half  months,  or  from  December  1  to  June 
13,  only  two  of  them,  Monrovia  and  Ful- 
lerton, where  new  churches  were  organized  , 
continuing  as  long  as  one  month,  too  short 
a  time  for  the  best  results. 

I  have  not  the  data  before  me  for  exact 
reports  as  to  numbers,  but  approximately 
here  are  the  figures:  Riverside,  40  added  in 
three  and  a  half  weeks,  about  20  baptized. 
George  Ringo  is  the  accomplished  and  suc- 
cessful minister. 

At  Monrovia,  in  the  full  month  of  Janu- 
ary, a  new  church  was  organized  with 
about  40  members;  a  Sunday-school  with 
50  scholars;  a  lot  bought  for  $800,  and  $400 
raised  to  pay  the  first  half;  a  preacher 
called — A.  K.  Wright,  of  Idaho— and  his 
salary  provided  for.  Prof.  J.  A.  Carroll 
gave  most  excellent  help  in  the  music  and 
in  personal  work. 

Downey,  with  J.I.  Myers,  was  next  with 
two  weeks'  service,  and  16  added— 12  bap- 
tisms. In  this  meeting  and  to  the  end  of 
my  service  Prof.  J.  Walter  Wilson,  of  In- 
diana, was  the  singing  evangelist,  his  effi- 
cient help  as  musical  director  and  his  fine 
stereopticon  were  large  human  factors  in 
the  fruits  of  all  these  meetings. 

Then  came  the  meeting  in  Los  Angeles 
in  which  the  First  and  Magnolia  avenue 
churches  united,  and  A.  C.  Smither  and 
J.  P.  McKnight  were  yoke  fellows  indeed. 
Eighty- one  accessions  were  made  in  15 
days,  nearly  half  were  baptized. 

At  Redlands  with  W.  G.  Conley  we  spent 
two  weeks.  It  rained  nearly  every  day, 
sometimes  almost  in  torrents.  Here  there 
were  15  added.  There  is  not  a  more  dili- 
gent church  and  minister  in  the  state. 

Then  came  Fullerton  for  a  full  month  and 
the  Lord  gave  us  the  greatest  victory.  The 


plea  for  primitive  Christianity  was  entirely 
new.  We  preached  the  gospel  and  taught 
the  way  of  the  Lord;  83  in  all  came  for- 
ward; 75  signed  the  charter  roll  of  the  new 
church.  A  Bible- school  of  75  scholars 
was  organized  and  a  Christian  Endeavor 
with  31  at  the  first  meeting.  Half  the 
members  of  the  church  attend  the  mid- 
week prayer-meeting,  35  were  baptized  in 
this  meeting,  including  five  Catholics. 
Pasadena  came  next,  and  we  were  there 


churches,  whose  friendship  I  shall  prize 
and  cherish  as  long  as  I  live.  I  ho^<;  God 
will  give  us  grace  to  meet  in  glory.  All 
these  churches  and  ministers  have  been 
very  kind  to  me,  and  to  the  good  people 
who  entertained  me  do  I  owe  especial  grat- 
itude. 

I  have  been  here  three  weeks  to-day,  with 
11  accessions  at  Sunday  meetings.  This  is 
one  of  southern  California's  strongest  and 
best  churches,  having  about  500  members, 
with  an  average  Sunday-school  attendance 
of  about  250  for  the  past  year.  The  C.  W. 
B.  M.  has  about  80  women,  and  the  Junior 
and  Intermediate  Christian  Endeavor  So- 
cieties are  in  a  flourishing  condition.  Bro. 
Frank  M.  Dowling  has  given  five  fruitful 
years  here,  and  the  condition  of  all  depart- 
ments of  the  church,  after  six  months  of 
supply  preaching,  speaks  well  for  both 
church  and  minister.  He  is  now  resting 
in  the  Yosemite.  He  reports  "marked 
improvement"  in  health,  and  it  is  hoped 
by  all  that  he  will  be  completely  restored, 
and  ready  to  push  the  work  with  his  ac- 
customed vigor  and  success  after  the  close 
of  his  year's  vacation — January  1. 

I  find  some  warm  friends  of  the  Chris- 
tian-Evangelist in  all  these  churches. 
Not  nearly  so  many  read  it,  or  indeed  any 
of  our  papers,  as  ought  to  do  so.  Where 
one  of  our  good  papers  is  taken  and  read 
there  are  found  generally  a  minister's  faith- 
ful supporters,  and  loyal  friends  of  every 
general  enterprise  of  the  brotherhood.  So 
the  increase  of  the  circulation  of  our  reli- 
gious journals  ought  to  be  one  of  the  wel- 
come duties  of  all  our  preachers. 

Of  course  you  are  coming  to  San  Fran- 
cisco and  I  hope  you  are  planning  to  come 
by  the  way  of  southern  California,  where 
we  are  planning  a  welcome  for  you.  You 
must  not  miss  seeing  this  sunny  summer 
land,  "where  every  prospect  pleases,"  and 
where   the    church's    motto  might  well   be 


T.os  Angeles  Homes. 


nearly  four  weeks,  with  61  added  and  over 
30  of  them  baptized .  The  attendance  here 
and  in  the  First  church,  Los  Angeles,  was 
very  large.  The  last  meeting  was  with 
Leander  Lane  and  the  Santa  Ana  church. 
It  lasted  three  weeks;  30  were  added. 

The  total  number  of  accessions  for  the 
seven  meetings  was  370,  about  half  by  pri- 
mary obedience,  or  two  for  each  day  of 
service. 

I  preached  nearly  every  night  for  six 
months,  much  of  the  time  of  afternoons 
also,  and  often  three  times  on  Sunday.  I 
did  a  great  deal  of  calling  and  personal 
work  in  nearly  all  these  meetings,  yet  the 
good  Father  blessed  me  with  almost  per- 
fect health,  and  I  gained  about  20  pounds 
of  flesh  in  the  first  five  months,  and  lost 
half  of  it  in  the  last  meeting. 

I  want  to  add  this  word.  Some  choice 
spirits   I    have  learned  to  know    in    these 


copied  from  one  of  the  big  stores  of  Los 
Angeles — "Watch  us  grow!"  And  the  in- 
crease in  churches  and  members  of  the 
primitive  faith  in  southern  California  has 
been  indeed  remarkable. 

Pasadena,  Cat.       Sumner  T.  Martin. 


FOOT  COMFORT 
Obtained  from  Baths  with  Cuticura  Soap  and 
Anointings  with  Cuticura,  the  Great  SKin  Core. 

Soak  the  feet  on  retiring  in  a  strong,  hot, 
creamy  lather  of  Cuticura  Soap.  Dry  and 
anoint  freely  with  Cuticura  Ointment,  the 
great  Skin  Cure.  Bandage  lightly  in  old, 
soft  cotton  or  linen.  For  itching,  burning, 
and  scaly  eczema,  rashes,  inflammation  and 
chafing  of  the  feet  or  hands,  for  rednesi, 
roughness,  cracks  and  fissures,  with  brittle, 
shapeless  nails,  and  for  tired,  aching  muscles 
and  joints,  this  treatment  is  simply  wonderful, 
frequently  curing  in  a  single  night. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  3,  1905 


With   the   "Christian-Evangelist   Special" 


^^oi-Orado  is  rich  in  Indian  lore.  To 
[XJ  the  visitor  to  the  centennial  state 
^^  there  is  nothing  more  pleasant  than 
a  trip  through  the  Rockies  when  he 
is  acquainted  with  some  of  the  interesting 
traditions  which    linger  around  the    rocks 


Climbing 
Hell  Gate. 


and  in  the  canons  which  now  echo  with 
the  shrill  shriek  of  the  locomotive. 
There  is  hardly  a  canon  or  a  valley 
in  the  entire  mountain  region  which  has 
not  its  legend,  and  the  tourist  who  lingers 
around  any  of  the  spots  now  famous  as  re- 
sorts for  thousands  each  summer,  is  sure 
to  hear  from  the  old  resident  the  stories  of 
the  early  days  when  traveling  was  done  by 
wagon  and  pack,  the  forerunneis  of  the 
luxurious  railway  coaches  of  to-day. 

No  region  in  the  entire  state  is  more 
favored  with  these  pretty  Indian  legends 
than  is  Ute  Pass,  through  which  runs  an 
Indian  trail,  which,  years  ago,  was  the 
scene  of  many  a  bloody  conflict.  This 
same  pass,  once  the  favorite  highway  of 
the  red  man,  is  now  the  route  of  the  Colo- 
rado Midland  railway,  and  as  the  great 
engines  pulling  their  load  ot  human  freight 
wend  their  way  through  the  mountains,  the 
very  peaks  themselves 
seem  to  hurl  back  in  the 
echoes  of  the  shrill 
whistle  of  the  giant 
mogul  defiance  to  those 
who  have  made  the 
great  Indian  highway 
the  line  of  a  railroad. 

No  sooner  does  one 
reach  the  foothills  of 
the  mountains  than 
these  interesting  stories 
of  the  legends  com- 
mence; and  once  in  the 
shadow  of  Pike's  Peak, 
the  visitor  finds  himself 
amidst  the  very  hills 
where  the  legends  ob- 
tained their  birth.  True, 
it  may  be,  that  some  of 
the  legends  are  not 
based  on  actual  occur- 
rences, but  then  in  a 
legend  who  cares  for 
the  naked  truth?  Facts 
are  cold  at  the  best, 
and  the  beauty  of  the 
legend  is  often  spoiled 
by  too  close  investiga- 
tion, and  thus  it  is  that 
the  stories  of  the  tribes 
who  once  lived  in  the 
Rocky  mountains  have 


descended  from  generation  to  generation 
and  with  each  telling  they  have  gained  in 
interest. 

Of  all  the  legends  connected  with  Ute 
Pass  probably  the  most  interesting  is  that 
which  is  told  concerning  the  famous  Mani- 
tou  Springs.  These  springs,  famous  every- 
where because  of  the  healing  powers  of 
their  waters,  are  located  just  at  the  en- 
trance of  Ute  Pass.  When  these  springs 
were  discovtred  is  not  written  in  history, 
but  according  to  the  stories  of  the  red  man 
they  were  known  at  a  time  when  Indians 
everywhere  spoke  the  same  language  and 
when  peace  prevailed  among  all  and  the 
bloody  tribal  wars  were  unknown.  Every 
nation  allowed  the  stranger  to  hunt  and 
profit  in  its  lands.  Time  came,  however, 
when  this  was  not  the  rule,  and  according 
to  the  legend  of  the 
red  man  a  quarrel 
between  two  hunters 
of  different  nations, 
who  met  one  day  at 
the  springs  of  Mani 
tou,  where  both  bad 
gone  to  quench  their 
thint,  caused  tribal 
wars  to  begin,  and  it 
was  a  bit  of  jealousy 
which  led  to  the  quar- 
rel. 

A  little  stream  of 
water  flowed  from  the 
spring  and  tricklirg 
over  the  rocks  it  feil 
splashing  in'o  the 
river  which  finds  its 
way  down  Ute  Pass. 
One  hunter  drank 
from  the  spring  it- 
self, while  the  other,  tired  by  his  ex  r- 
tions,  threw  himself  on  the  ground  and 
plunged  his  face  into  the  running  water  of 
the  stream.  The  latter  had  been  unsuc- 
cessful in  the  hunt,  while  the  other  car- 
ried with  him  a  large,  fat  buck  as  the 
trophy  of  the  chase.  This  angered  the 
other  and  he   became   jealous.     The  suc- 


cessful hunter  drank  deep  and  long  at  the 
spring  and  then  he  raised  in  his  hand  a 
portion  of  the  water,  and  holding  it  up  to 
the  sun,  reversed  his  hand,  and  let  the 
water  fall  to  the  ground -a  libation  to  the 
Great  Spirit  who  had  vouchsafed  him  a 
successful  hunt,  and  a  token  of  thankful- 
ness for  the  water  with  which  he  had 
quenched  his  thirst. 

This  action  only  served  to  arouse  the  un- 
successful hunter  more  than  ever,  as  he 
then  remembered  that  he  had  neglected  to 
give  thanks  to  the  Great  Spirit,  and  then, 
so  the  story  of  the  Indians  runs,  the  Evil 
Spirit  entered  the  heart  of  the  unsuccessful 
hunter,  and  he  at  once  sought  some 
method  of  provoking  a  quarrel  with  the 
stranger. 

Waco-mish  was  bursting  with  rage,  but 


Leadville  and  Mount  Massive. 

being  a  coward,  he  did  not  dare  to  strike 
the  cal  n  Shoshone.  Again  the  Shoshone 
stooped  to  drink  in  the  spring,  but  no 
sooner  had  he  knelt  at  the  spring,  than  the 
subtle  warrior  of  the  Comanches  sprang 
upoa  him,  and  forcing  his  head  into  the 
water  held  his  victim  down  until  he  no 
longer  struggled,  and  he  fell  over  into  the 
spring  drowned  and 
dead. 

Over  the  body  stood 
the  murderer,  and  no 
sooner  was  the  deed  of 
blood  consummated , 
than  bitter  remorse 
took  possession  of  his 
mind,  where  before 
had  reigned  the  fiercest 
passion  and  vindictive 
hate.  Mechanically  he 
dragged  the  body  a 
few  paces  from  the 
spring,  but  almost  at 
the  moment  he  had 
done  this  a  remarkable 
thing  occurred.  As 
soon  as  the  head  of  the 
murdered  Indian  was 
drawn  Irom  the  spring, 
the  water  became  sud- 
denly and  strangely 
disturbed.  Bubbles 
sprang  up  from  the 
bottom,  and  rising  to 
the  surface,  escaped  in 
hissing  gas.  A  tiny 
vapory  cloud  arose, 
and  gradually  dissolv- 
ing, displayed  to  the 
eyes  of  the  trembling 
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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


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The  Los  Angeles  Churches 


Because  our  national  convention  will  be 
held  in  San  Francisco,  August  17-24, 
many  Disciples  are  facing  westward  for 
the  summer.  No  intelligent  Disciple  will 
visit  the  coast  without  coming  to  Los 
Angeles,  which  is  one  of  the  most  interesting 
cities  of  the  Golden  State.  It  stands  easily 
in  the  lead  of  all  cities  on  the  coast  in  the 
strength  and  number  of  her  churches. 
It  is  because  of  this  that  I  venture  to  call 
your  attention  to  her  various  churches. 

THE  FIRST  CHURCH. 

This  is  the  oldest  church  in  the  city  and 
easily  the  strongest  and  most  influential 
church  in  Los  Angeles,  and  for  that  mat- 
ter, on  the  Pacific  coast.  It  has  just  passed 
its  thirtieth  birthday  and  is  in  the  vigor  of 
a  strong  manhood.  She  owns  the  largest, 
handsomest  and  most  commodious  church 
among  the  Disciples  in  the  city.  She  has 
probably  contributed  more  to  the  mis- 
sionary work  of  the  brotherhood  in  the 
past  ten  years  than  any  other  two  churches 
on  the  coast  combined.  She  enters  this 
year  the  living  link  churches  in  foreign  mis- 
sion fields.  Her  recent  history  is  her  best. 
Within  the  last  year  she  has  erected  a 
handsome  $3,500.00  pipe  organ,  given 
$2,000  00  for  missionary  purposes,  besides 
presenting  her  youngest  child,  the  Magno- 
lia avenue  church,  with  a  $1,500.00  lot, 
and  has  added  to  her  membership  250  per- 
sons. The  writer  will  soon  finish  his 
fifteenth  year  as  pastor  of  this  church, 
during  which  time  1,600  persons  have  been 
added  to  her  membership. 

THE  EAST  LOS  ANGELES  CHURCH. 

This  is  the  oldest  child  of  the  First 
church  and  is  about  fourteen  years  of  age, 
having  been  organized  from  the  members 
of  a  mission  which 
the  First  church  con- 
ducted in  East  Los 
Angeles,  before  the 
church  was  organ- 
ized. This  church  has 
had  a  sad  history,  be- 
cause of  internal  dis- 
cord and  struggle  over 
methods  of  work.  Her 
sad  days  have  passed, 
and  with  a  member- 
ship of  about  150  per- 
sons under  the  able 
ministry  of  J.  W. 
Smith,  with  an  En- 
deavor society  and  fel- 
lowship with  the  great 
brotherhood  in  mis- 
sionary work,  the 
congregation  faces  a 
bright  future. 

Some  two  years  ago 
the  anti-organ,  anti- 
missionary  society  el- 
ement withdrew  from 
that  congregation 
and  established  a 
church  where  such 
disturbing  questions 
are  never  introduced. 
There  is  quite  a  num- 
ber    of     these     good 

brethren  and  they  are  very  happy  in  their 
fellowship. 

THE    CENTRAL    CHURCH. 

The  Central  Christian  church  is  of 
about  the  same  age  as  the  East  Los  Ange- 
les congregation,  and  is  an  outgrowth  from 
the  first  church,  and  has  had  a  tempestu- 
ous history  part  of  the  time.  It  meets  in 
a  building  owned  by  its  pastor,  Bro.  D.  A. 


Wagner,  located  on  30th  and  Maple 
streets,  and  has  a  membership  of  about 
seventy-five.  Brother  Wagner  believes  in 
divine  healing,  the  second  blessing  and 
sanctification.     He  is   a    devout     man   of 


A.  C.  Smlther,  Pastor  of  First  Church. 

God  and  is  leading  his  people  into  the 
paths  of  righteousness.  His  church  sup- 
ports two  missionaries  in  the  Azores. 

THE  BROADWAY    CHURCH. 

This  congregation  was  begun  by  the 
East  Los  Angeles  church,  under  the  leader- 
ship of  Bro.  B.F.  Coulter,  though,  as  I  now 
remember,  a  majority  of  its  charter  mem- 
bership was  given  by  the  First  church. 
This  congregation   has    many  unique  fea- 


The  Magnolia  Avenue  Church. 

tures.  Its  pastor,  Brother  Coulter,  is  a 
leading  dry  goods  merchant  of  this  city, 
worth  perhaps  half  a  million  dollars,  and 
owns  the  property  in  which  his  church 
worships.  He  also  owns  another  church 
building  in  which  his  brother-in-law,  T.  D. 
Garvin,  preached  the  last  few  years  of 
his  life.  Besides  furnishing  the  church 
building    and  preaching    without    salary, 


Brother  Coulter  contributes  mot  liberally 
to  the  support  of  this  church.  Unfortu- 
nately this  church  has  no  fellowship  with 
our  other  churches  in  the  general  mis- 
sionary work  at  home  or  abroad.  They 
control  their  own  missionary  activities 
and  maintain  missionary  work  at  home 
and  in  Japan.  The  building  is  located 
near  the  centre  of  the  city  and  under 
modern  methods  ought  to  have  a  Sunday- 
school  of  1,000,  and  with  an  aggressive 
ministry  ought  to  be  a  great  factor  in  the 
religious  life  of  the  city.  It  is  a  matter  of 
regret  to  all  the  brethren  that  Brother 
Coulter  does  not  have  full  fellowship  with 
his  brethren  in  the  great  enterprises  of  the 
brotherhood. 

THE  EAST  EIGHTH  STREET  CHURCH. 

This  congregation  was  inaugurated  by 
members  of  the  First  church  and  the 
building  was  erected  by  money  very 
largely  drawn  from  the  membership  of 
the  First  church.  It  is  an  active,  aggres- 
sive force  in  that  part  of  the  city,  having 
a  large  and  growing  work  among  the 
young  people.  Brother  W.  S.  Meyers  is 
its  pattor  and  is  leading  them  on  to  wider 
achievements.  They  are  planning  to  im- 
prove their  location  and  erect  a  new  and 
more  commodious  house  of  worship.  They 
have  a  membership  of  more  than  300  and 
are  among  our  best  churches. 

THE  MAGNOLIA  AVENUE  CHURCH. 

This  is  the  youngest  child  of  the  First 
church,  which  has  given  about  100  per- 
sons to  their  membership.  It  is  only  about 
fifteen  months  old  as  a  separate  organiza- 
tion. They  have  a  membership  of  250 
and  erected  a  $12,000  church  house  on  a 
lot  presented  them  by  the  First  church. 
Like  their  mother  they  are  strongly  mis- 
sionary and  evangelistic.  Under  the  ef- 
fective ministry  of  Brother  Jesse  C.  Mc- 
Knight  they  are  rapidly  becoming  im- 
portant factors  in  our  church  life  in  Los 
Angeles. 

THE  BOYLE  HEIGHTS  CHURCH. 

This  organization  is  not  yet  one  year  old. 
They  have  a  membership  of  less  than  100 
and  are  under  the  leadership  of  Bro.  W.  L. 
Martin.  They  have  recently  purchased 
a  lot  and  purpose  erecting  a  suitable  build- 
ing in  the  near  future.  They  are  active, 
aggressive  and  growing. 

HIGHLAND   PARK   CHURCH. 

This  is  our  youngest  church,  and  yet  in 
a  formative  condition.  They  have  pur- 
chased a  lot  and  purpose  the  immediate 
erection  thereon  of  a  building  which  they 
can  occupy  for  the  present.  The  prospects 
are  that  they  will  soon  be  an  aggressive, 
growing  congregation.  Brother  H.  E. 
Ward    ministers   to   their  spiritual    needs. 

Besides  these  we  have  no  other  churches 
in  the  Angel  City.  There  are  several  fields 
in  our  growing  city  white  unto  harvest.  If 
our  forces  here  could  be  united  in  a  com- 
mon movement,  our  strength  could  be 
greatly  increased.  Surely  there  is  no 
more  inviting  and  promising  field  in  the 
world  for  Christian  work  than  in  Los 
Angeles.  A.  C.  Smither. 

Los  Angeles,   Cal. 


OKIahoma  Convention. 

The  fourteenth  annual  convention  of  the  Ok- 
lahoma Christian  missionary  convention  will 
be  held  at  Guthrie,  Sept.  11-14,  1905. 

J.  M.  Monroe,  Cor.  Sec'y. 

Fresh  Milk 

is  always  obtainable.  Borden's  Eagle  Brand 
Condensed  Milk  is  absolutely  pure  cows'  milk 
combined  with  the  finest  grade  of  granulated 
sugar.  For  sale  at  your  grocers.  Avoid  un- 
known brands. 


998 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  3,  1905 


Our    Budget 


— All  aboard  for  San  Franciico! 

—The  Christian-Evangelist  Special  leaves 
St.  Louis  Wednesday  evening  next. 

— The  Foreign  Society  has  received  another 
gift  on  the  annuity  plan. 

— O.  G.  White,  who  is  leaving  Baltimore, 
has  not  yet  accepted  another  charge. 

— The  church  at  Council  Grove,  Kan.,  has 
called  John  Wesley,  of  Chetopa,  Kan. 

—The  Second  Creek,  a  Missouri  country 
church,  raised  $S1.60  for  missions  this  spring. 

— S.  J.  Copher  has  just  dedicated  at  Salem, 
near  Moberly,  and  raised  all  the  money  re- 
quired. 

—  Frederick  F.  Wyatt  and  wife,  of  Stam- 
ford, Tex.,  deiire  to  locate  in  pastoral  work 
again. 

—J.  E.  De  Gafferelley,  of  Sandoval,  111.,  is 
assisting  John  L.  Brandt  in  a  protracted  meet- 
ing at  California,  Mo. 

— F.  E.  Blanchard  has  resigned  at  Sheri- 
dan, Wyo.,  and  accepted  a  call  to  Audubon, 
la.,  taking  effect  Sept.  24. 

— The  corner-stone  of  the  new  church  at 
Woodbine,  la.,  was  laid  July  25,  and  the  oc- 
casion drew  a  large  crowd. 

— The  convention  of  the  Clayton  district  of 
Missouri  will  be  held  at  Eldorado  Springs, 
Oct.  3-5.     H.  James  Crockett  is  the  president. 

—Lee  Tinsley  has  been  called  and  has  ac- 
cepted the  charge  of  the  First  church  at  Jeffer- 
sonville,  Ind.,  beginning  his  work  October  1. 

— D.  A.  Wickizer,  of  Bloomfield,  la.,  will 
succeed  G.  W.  Thompson  in  the  pastorate  of 
the  Central  Christian  church,  Kirksville,  Mo. 

— H.  A.  Northcutt  is  in  a  great  meeting  at 
Lexington,  Okla.  The  large  tent  is  filled  to 
overflowing  every  night.  There  is  no  pastor 
there  at  present. 

— R.  B.  Helser,  of  Fayette,  Mo.,  is  rapidly 
regaining  strength  after  a  three  weeks'  siege  of 
typhoid  fever.  He  hopes  soon  to  be  able  to 
resume  his  labors. 

— A  good  friend  has  just  agreed  to  give 
$5,000  to  the  Foreign  Christian  Missionary 
Society  for  the  equipment  of  the  new  Bible  col- 
lege at  Jubbulpore,   India. 

—The  church  at  Terre  Haute,  Ind.,  in  the 
future  will  support  Alex.  Paul  in  China.  He 
is  a  splendid  missionary.  He  has  already 
sailed  from  New  York  to  China. 

— F.  P.  Ullom,  of  our  church  at  Traverse 
City,  Mich.,  was  the  delegate  of  that  city's 
Christian  Endeavor  union  to  the  Christian 
Endeavor  convention  at  Baltimore. 

— The  church  at  Rushville,  Ind.,  will  in 
the  future  support  Prof.  C.  T.  Paul,  formerly 
of  Hiram  college,  in  China.  He  will  sail 
from  New  York  for  Shanghai  the  last  of  Au- 
gust. 

— A  Joplin  nei»spaper  gives  us  the  informa- 
tion that  the  series  of  Bible  lectures  given  by 
Dean  Lhamon,  of  Columbia,  Mo.,  at  our 
churches  in  Joplin,  is  proving  very  helpful  and 
attractive. 

—Arthur  W.  Jones  will  hold  the  southwest 
Arkansas  camp  meeting  near  Okolona,  Ark., 
in  August.  Hundreds  gather  here  each  year 
for  worship,  the  institution  having  been  in 
existence  for  twenty  years. 

— Ellis  B.  Harris  has  resigned  his  work  at 
Boise,  Idaho,  owing  to  the  condition  of  his 
wife's  health.  He  will  enter  the  evangelistic 
field  about  Sept.  1.  His  permanent  address 
will  be  Ritzville,  Wash. 

— G.  L.  Brokaw,  who  has  had  control  of 
the  Christian  Union  of  Des  Moines  until  re- 
cently, will  be  ready  about   Sept.    1    to  preach 


wherever  there  is  an  open  door.     We  are  sure 
that  Brother  Brokaw  will  be  in  demand. 

— The  church  at  Tullahoma,  Tenn.,  has 
just  decided  to  use  an  organ.  The  church  at 
Shelby ville,  Tenn.,  will  also  use  an  organ. 
— The  corner  stone  of  the  new  Central  Chris- 
tian church  at  Kansas  City,  Kansas,  has  just 
been  laid.  The  cost  of  the  new  building  will 
be  $15,000. 

— The  executive  officers  of  the  Foreign  So- 
ciety are  working  industriously  day  and  night 
to  compass  the  quarter  of  a  million  dollars  this 
year.  We  have  no  doubt  that  the  brotherhood 
will  see  that  their  hopes  are  fully  realized. 

— Plans  are  being  perfected  to  complete  the 
church  building  at  Hattiesburg,  Miss  The 
campaign  will  be  begun  anew  in  the  early  fall 
on  a  sure  and  permanent  basis.  Bro.  J.  A. 
Holton  has  gone  for  the  summer  to  Lexington, 
Ky. 

— J.  M.  Morris  has  given  up  the  work  as 
corresponding  secretary  of  the  Washington 
Christian  missionary  board,  and  accepted  the 
chair  of  Christian  Evidences  and  Sacred  His- 
tory in  the  Eugene  divinity  school,  Eugene, 
Oregon. 

— John  Ray  Ewers,  pastor  of  Irving  Park 
church,  Chicago,  has  accepted  a  call  to  the 
First  Christian  church  of  Youngstown,  Ohio, 
to  begin  work  Nov.  1.  Mr.  Ewers  is  a  grad- 
uate of  Hiram  college,  and  of  the  University 
of  Chicago. 

— Rochester  Irwin,  after  preaching  one 
Lord's  day  for  the  church  at  Rochester,  Minn., 
was  extended  a  unanimous  call  to  become  the 
pastor  and  will  probably  accept  it.  This  will 
leave  Saunemin,  III.,  as  a  field  for  another 
minister. 

— The  following  reaches  us  as  we  go  to  press: 
East  Dallas  meeting  closed  last  night.  De- 
spite the  constant  heavy  rains,  130  souls  came 
to  Christ.  $11,000  raised  on  new  building. 
Scoville-Smith  will  win  victory  anywhere. — 
H.  R.  Ford,  minister. 

— The  church  at  Peoria,  III.,  has  called 
H.  F.  Burns,  who  has  just  taken  his  B.  D. 
degree  at  the  University  of  Chicago,  and  for 
some  months  past  has  been  assisting  in  the 
office  work  of  the  Christian  Century.  Brother 
Burns  will  enter  upon  his  new  field  Sept.  1. 

— The  church  at  Marshalltown,  la.,  has  just 
been  presented  with  a  fine  new  individual  com- 
munion service  by  W.  H.  Arney  and  his  wife. 
F.  A.  Lemon,  the  pastor,  will  probably  visit 
some  Minnesota  churches  and  Winnipeg, 
Manitoba,  during  his  vacation  in  August. 

— The  Central  church,  Indianapolis,  Ind., 
Allan  B.  Philputt  pastor,  is  now  a  living  link 
in  three  of  our  missionary  societies,  the  Foreign, 
the  Home  and  the  C.  W.  B.  M.  The  mission- 
ary affairs  of  this  church  are  managed  by  a 
large  committee  of  the  board  in  connection 
with  the  pastor. 

— J.  Murray  Taylor  writes  that,  as  he  will 
be  on  the  Pacific  coast  during  the  month  of 
August,  he  will  be  glad  to  hear  from  any  good 
preacher  expecting  to  be  in  Washington, 
D.  C,  at  that  time,  who  would  supply  for 
him  there  all  or  part  time.  It  would  have  to  be 
a  labor  of  love.     Address  475  F  St.,  S.  W. 

— Stephen  J.  Corey,  the  new  secretary  of 
the  Foreign  Society,  spoke  at  the  district  con- 
ventions at  Savannah  and  Pattonsburg,  Mo. 
He  also  spent  the  Lord's  day  with  J.  N. 
Crutcher  and  the  church  at  Chillicothe,  Mo. 
Brother  Corey  is  a  good  speaker  and  receives 
an  enthusiastic  reception  wherever  he  goes. 

— L.  C.  Stow,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  writes: 
"  'The  Holy  Spirit'  is  the  most  helpful  book  I 
ever  read."  This  shows  that  business  men, 
engaged  in  large  enterprises,  as  well  as 
preachers,  are  finding  something  in  this  recent 
work  by  the  Editor  of  this  paper,  to  interest 
and  help  them.  When  the  business  men  of 
the    church  generally  are  reading  and  finding 


profit  in  such  books,  we  may  expect  their  more 
active  co-operation  in  all  the  general  enter- 
prises of  the  church. 

— A  ministry  of  three  years  with  the  Oneida, 
Kan.,  church  has  just  been  terminated  by 
C.  A.  Poison.  During  this  period  the  church 
has  passed  from  half-time  to  full-time  preach- 
ing. A  new  house  of  worship  has  been  erected 
and  the  membership  increased  by  27.  Brother 
Poison  goes  to  Topeka,  Kan.,  to  take  charge 
,  of  the  Central  Park  church. 

— R.  H.  Lampkin  has  resigned  the  work  at 
Wolcott,  Ind.,  to  take  effect  the  first  of  Sep- 
tember. He  would  like  to  hold  a  few  meet- 
ings before  taking  up  work  elsewhere,  or  give 
Bible  readings  on  the  subject  of  the  Holy  Spirit, 
on  which  subject  he  has  just  completed  a  manu- 
script of  some  three  hundred  pages,  soon  to  be 
'  published. 

— C.  M.  Hughes  and  wife,  of  Muir,  Ky., 
acknowledge  a  number  of  gifts  in  response  to 
the  statement  which  we  inserted  in  these  col- 
umns, of  their  losses  by  the  fire.  But  the 
amount,  on  the  whole,  is  not  very  large  though 
it  will  aid  much  in  their  getting  started  again. 
Brother  Hughes'  great  anxiety  is  to  get  his 
children  into  school  the  fiat  of  September. 

— L.  L.  Carpenter  will  conduct  the  services 
on  Aug.  20,  at  a  formal  re-opening  of  the 
church  at  Alexandria,  Ind.  The  house  has 
been  remodeled  and  enlarged,  and  the  cost 
will  be  about  $3,700.  It  has  now  the  largest 
auditorium  in  the  city.  H.  A.  Wingard  is 
the  minister,  and  the  neighboring  congrega- 
tions are  invited  to  attend  the  dedicatory  serv- 
ices. 

— Bro.  C.  R.  Neel,  who  has  just  been  chosen 
as  the  regular  evangelist  of  Minnesota,  will,  we 
are  confident,  do  a  good  work  there.  Brother 
Neel  was  educated  at  Drake  and  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Chicago.  He  was  very  much  liked 
as  the  pastor  at  Rochester,  at  Southport,  En- 
gland, and  at  St.  Paul,  Minn.  With  his  edu- 
cation he  has  not  lost  heart-power. 

— A  number  of  churches  are  sending  their 
pastors,  all  charges  paid,  to  the  San  Francisco 
convention.  The  Christian  Endeavorers  at 
Coffeyville,  Kan.,  are  sending  EHis  Purlee 
and  J.  P.  Pinkerton,  of  the  chu:ch  at  Platts- 
burg.  Dr.  J.  W.  Ellis  writes:  "All  feel  they 
are  helping  the  church  and  themselves  by  this 
gracious  act."  We  repeat  Brother  Ellis's  hope 
that  "many  other  localities  may  do  likewise." 

— Mrs.  Lily  W.  Molland,  of  Nankin, 
China,  with  her  four  children,  reached  Belle- 
vue,  Ohio,  a  short  time  since.  This  is  the 
first  vacation  she  has  had  for  about  a  dozen 
years.  It  will  be  remembered  that  recently 
her  husband  passed  to  his  reward.  The 
daughter,  Miss  Muriel,  will  spend  the  coming 
year  in  Wm.  Woods  Christian  college,  Ful- 
to,  Mo.,  under  the  care  of  Prof,  and  Mrs.  J. 
B.  Jones. 

— R.  E.  McKnight,  Who  has  just  moved  to 
take  charge  of  the  Santa  Clara  Coffee  club, 
writes:  "I  want  the  sweet-spirited  Christian- 
Evangelist  to  read  myself,  but  after  reading 
it  I  will  place  it  in  the  reading  room  of  our 
club."  The  influence  of  our  journal  might 
be  widely  extended  if  other  parties  would  thus 
try  to  place  their  copy  of  the  Christian-Evan- 
gelist in  the  hands  of  some  other  person  after 
they  have   themselves  read  in  it  all  they  desire. 

— The  Editor  of  this  paper  writes  from  his 
summer  home  at  Pentwater,  Mich.,  that  two 
small  families,  with  only  four  or  five  in  num- 
ber, may  find  cottages  furnished  for  rent  for 
August,  at  a  very  low  price,  by  applying  im- 
mediately. One  of  them  fronts  on  Lake  Mich- 
igan, the  other  on  Lake  Pentwater.  This  is 
in  answer  to  inquiries  from  brethren  about 
accommodations  there.  Good  board  and  lodg- 
ing at  very  reasonable  rates,  may  be  had  at  the 
"club  house"  of  the  Oceana  Beach  Co.,  by 
writing  to  the  company  at  Pentwater,  Mich. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


999 


— Rev.  Chas.  A.  Burbank,  who  has  been 
for  12  years  in  the  ministry  of  the  Methodist 
church,  was  recently  baptized  by  J.  M.  Mo- 
horter  at  Pueblo,  Col.  Brother  Burbank,  who 
has  had  a  good  college  education,  has  had 
some  experience  in  teaching  as  well  as  his  min- 
isterial career,  and  desires  now  to  give  himself 
more  fully  to  the  ministry  and  has  been  called 
to  serve  our  church  at  Manzanola.  He  may 
also  preach  for  Vineland,  Col. 

— In  the  absence  of  Wallace  Tharp,  who  is 
enjoying  a  short  vacation  at  Bethany  Beach, 
his  pulpit  of  the  First  Christian  church,  Alle- 
gheny, Pa.,  was  filled  on  a  recent  Sunday 
morning  by  J.  F.  Williams,  who  is  now  en- 
gaged in  business  but  keeps  active  in  supply 
work,  and  will  have  charge  of  the  services  in 
the  Wilkinsburg  church  during  the  absence  of 
the  pastor,  L.  N.  D.  Wells,  who  will  attend 
the  San  Francisco  convention.  It  is  Brother 
Williams'  desire  to  preach  all  he  can. 

— W.  B.  Taylor  writes  us  that  in  a  recent 
paragraph  we  gave  credit  to  him  for  work  that 
should  also  be  credited  to  the  church  at  Ionia, 
Mich  ,  the  organization  of  churches  at  Belding 
and  Saranac  being  part  of  the  missionary  work 
of  the  historical  Ionia  church,  which  is  one  of 
the  moat  noble  congregations  among  us.  Of 
course  we  had  no  idea  of  detracting  from  the 
wsrk  of  that  church,  but  we  were  writing  of 
Brother  Taylor,  and  naturally  associated  him 
with  all  that  has  been  accomplished  while  he 
was  minister  at  Ionia. 

— Elwood,  Cal.,  is  the  latest  aspirant  for 
the  attention  of  the  delegates  who  are  going  to 
the  San  Francisco  convention.  J.  N.  Lester 
writes  that  this  locality  is  fast  settling.  There 
are  already  six  families  of  Disciples  there,  and 
they  expect  to  have  a  tent  meeting  immediate- 
ly following  the  convention,  and  the  hope  is  to 
have  our  plea  so  presented  that,  being  in  the 
field  first,  many  may  be  won  to  our  position. 
The  land  is  taid  to  be  good,  and  those  inter- 
ested in  the  colony  idea  will  receive  replies  to 
any  of  their  inquiries  from  Brother  Lester. 

— The^Hamilton  avenue  church  of  this  city 
has  a  "Tenth  Legion"  which,  under  the  man- 
agement of  Brother  Merryman,  is  doing  a  fine 
work  among  the  young  people  in  the  congre- 
gation. They  recently  had  an  "open  meet- 
ing" and  a  splendid  program.  Brother  Merry- 
man  is  drilling  his  young  people  not  only  in  a 
knowledge  of  the  Bible,  but  in  the  principles 
and  need  of  civic  righteousness.  If  all  the 
churches  would  do  a  similar  work,  the  next 
generation  would  see  a  clean  and  honest  city 
government,  which  would  be  better  than  to 
have  a  million  population. 

— J.  G.  Slater,  who  for  five  years  has  been 
the  successful  pastor  of  the  First  church  at 
Akron,  O.,  but  who  has  been  called  to  the 
ministry  of  the  East  End  church,  at  Pittsburg, 
Pa.,  has  just  been  given  a  farewell  reception. 
During  his  recent  pastorate  there  were  over 
600  additions  to  the  church,  and  over  $6,000 
have  been  raised  for  the  Foreign  Society,  and 
other  channels  of  benevolence  have  been  kept 
up  to  the  same  standard.  A.  F.  Stahl  writes 
of  him:  "Here  the  politician  feared  him,  and 
the  poor  man  loved  him  and  the  man  of  affairs 
counted  him  as  his  personal  friend  and  asso- 
ciate." The  congregation  that  he  leaves  feels 
that  Pittsburg  is  certainly  fortunate  in  getting 
Brother  Slater  as  a  pastor. 

— A.  F.  Stahl,  pastor  of  the  Wabash  avenue, 
Church  of  Christ,  Akron,  Ohio,  had  a  sur- 
prise the  other  evening.  The  men's  meeting 
was  very  poorly  attended,  and  the  minister 
went  home  wondering  what  was  the  cause. 
Arriving  there,  however,  he  was  greeted  by 
125  of  his  church  workers  and  their  friends, 
who  had  taken  this  method  of  greeting  him  on 
his  birthday.  Tokens  of  esteem  were  left  with 
the  minister  and  his  wife.  Brother  Stahl  has 
had  great  success  in    his   15   months'  pastorate 


at  Akron.  There  is  a  decided  growth  in  all 
departments  of  the  church  work,  and  the 
local  paper  informs  us  that  a  good  spirit  and 
brotherly  feeling  peivades  the  whole  member- 
ship. 

— B.  Q.  Denham,  of  New  York,  had  it  made 
very  unpleasant  for  him  some  time  ago  by  some 
charges  that  \jere  prefened  against  him.  Al- 
most his  entire  membership  stood  loyally  by 
him  and  we  are  glad  to  report  that  at  a  legal 
trial  where  the  matter  was  ihoroughly  i-ifted, 
Brother  Denham  has  been  completely  rxo>  er- 
ated  of  the  charges,  and  the  church  has  a»ked 
the  one  member  who  was  so  bitter  in  believing 
ill  of  the  pastor,  and  who  was  largely  the 
cause  of  the  matter  being  given  great  publicity 
by  the  sensational  preis,  to  withdraw  from  the 
membership. 

— There  have  been  a  number  of  changes  in 
the  heads  of  our  educational  institutions.  The 
following,  who  have  taken  charge  of  the  differ- 
ent schools  within  some  thrte  or  four  years,  are 
all  belo»r  forty-five  years  of  age,  and  some  are 
hardly  into  the  thirtie.-:  President  Hierony- 
mous,  of  Eureka,  President  Rowlifon,  of  Hi- 
ram, President  Jenkins,  of  Kentucky  university, 
President  Garrison,  of  Botler,  President  Bell, 
of  Drake,  Dean  Willett,  of  Chicago,  President 
Motley,  of  Washington,  President  Garrett,  of 
Milligan,  Dean  Van  Kirk,  of  Berkeley,  Dean 
Sanderson,  of  Eugene,  President  Cramblet,  of 
Bethany,  and  President  Buxton,  of  Dexter. 

— The  dedication  of  the  Christian  church  at 
Bonne  Teire,  Mo.,  took  place  the  fifth  Lord's 
day  in  July.  The  church  house  is  the  best 
equipped  building  not  only  in  Bonne  Terre, 
but  in  the  entire  lead  belt.  This  town  has 
over  8,000  inhabitants  and  the  largest  lead 
mine  in  the  world.  The  town  is  without  a 
regular  municipal  government  and  no  saloons 
are  permitted  to  operate  by  the  lead  company. 
It  has  schools,  up-to  date  banks  and  business 
houses.     There    are  several  churches  and  two 


New  Christian   Church    at  Bonne   Terre,    Mo. 


missions.  Edward  Owers,  of  Farmington, 
Mo.,  Hon.  G.  O.  Nations,  and  R.  M.  Tal- 
bert  took  part  in  the  services.  Dr.  J.  G.  M. 
Luttenberger,  of  St.  Louis,  the  pastor  of  the 
church,  preached  the  dedication  sermon.  Rev. 
A.  S.  Coker,  pastor  of  the  M.  E.  south,  Rev. 
J.  S.  Murphy,  of  the  Congregational  church, 
J.  B.  Dodson,  of  Pleasant  Hill,  C.  E.  Dunkel- 
berger,  of  Flat  River.  G.  B.  Gale,  of  the  same 


place,  and  many  other  prominent'people  at- 
tended the  dedication  services.  The  houte  is 
beautifully  arranged  inside.  There  it  much 
interest  manifested  in  all  the  departments  of 
the  church.  The  church  was  dedicated  free  of 
all  indebtedness,  and  there  were  two  baptisms 
at  the  opening  service.  This  is  the  second 
church  dedicated  by  Brother  Luttenberger. 

— Dexter,  Mo.,  will  require  a  new  ;>aitor. 
Dr.  Buxton,  who  has  been  preaching  for 
the  church  as  well  zs  having  charge  of  Dexter 
Christian  college,  will  take  Brother  Dungan's 
place  during  the  next  session  at  Christian  uni- 
versity. Owing  to  the  serious  condition  of  hit 
wife's  health,  Dr.  Buxton  has  been  granted 
a  furlough  from  the  church  at  Dexter  with 
payment  of  salary  in  full  until  his  resignation, 
due  to  take  effect  Sept.  1.  The  physician  at- 
tending on  Mrs.  Buxton,  who  recently  went  to 
Colorado  Springs  in  the  hope  of  prolonging  or 
saving  her  life,  has  given  the  opinion  that  there 
is  no  hope  for  her  recovery,  as  she  has  tubercu- 
losis in  an  advanced  stage.  Upon  receipt  of 
this  opinion,  the  church  immediately  requested 
Dr.  Buxton  to  join  his  family  in  Colo- 
rado. The  church  will  now  need  a  good 
pastor  who  can  take  up  the  work  in  the  best 
condition,  for  there  is  at  Dexter  one  of  the 
most  modern  and  best  equipped  buildings  in 
southeast  Missouri,  valued  at  about  $9,000 
without  any  debt.  During  the  past  three 
months  the  Christian  Endeavor  Society  has  in- 
creased its  membership  from  twelve  to  seventy- 
eight.  It  speaks  well  for  the  presidency  of 
Sister  Piola  Moore.  R.  Clyde  Tucker  is  the 
church  clerk. 


Last  Word  to  Convention-Goers. 

The  field  has  been  carefully  canvassed  for  a 
large  attendance  at  the  San  Francisco  conven- 
tion. A  delegition  of  1,000  persons  fr»m  east 
of  the   Rocky   Mountains  is  already  in  sight. 

It  will  probably  be  in- 
creased to  1,400  or 
1,500.  This  is  the 
last  call.  Let  all  per- 
sons who  have  a  chance 
to  join  this  goodly 
company  and  partake 
in  the  feast  of  good 
things  of  the  great 
convention,  do  so,  at 
once.  Put  yourself  in 
touch  with  some  cf  the 
excursion  managers, 
and  join  one  of  the 
official  trains.  Reserve 
your  sleeper  berth  im- 
mediately, in  order  to 
insure  you  ample 
room  and  to  enable 
the  railroads  to  plan 
to  accommodate  all. 
Buy  your  ticket  at 
home,  route  it  accord- 
ing to  your  pleasure. 
You  do  not  need  to 
mention  the  stop-overs 
west  of  the  eastern 
Colorado  border.  Let 
all  delegates  be  sure 
of  one  thing.  That 
is,  not  to  fear  the  heat, 
but  bring  light  cloth- 
ing   for    one    or    two 


possible  hot  days  2 cross  the  continent;  but 
spring  wraps  and  heavy  underclothing  for  the 
days  at  San  Francisco.  Plan  your  trip  so  as  to 
visit  your  friends  upon  the  Pacific  Coast. 
Take  plenty  of  time  for  the  same,  and  if  the 
named  limit  of  ninety  days  is  not  sufficient, 
your  tickets  can  be  extended  to  Nov.  30.  Call 
upon  me  at  San  Francisco,  when  I  can  attend 
to  the  same.  Hiram  Van  Kirk. 


IOOO 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  3    190S 


The  Campaign  for  Two  Thousand 
Contributors. 

Up  to  July  26,  S14  churches  have  promised 
to  take  the  Church  Extension  offering.  Illi- 
nois is  ahead,  and  Ohio  is  second.  This  good 
work  should  be  kept  going.  What  we  want 
is  to  get  2,000  contributors.  We  wanted  to 
report  tnem  at  San  Francisco.  But  the  main 
thing  is  to  get  the  contributors.  Those  who 
report  before  Aug.  21  will  be  counted  in  a 
telegram  that  will  be  sent  on  Monday,  Aug. 
21,  from  our  office  to  San  Francisco  as  a  sup- 
plementary report.    Keep  sending  in  the  cards. 

Promises  to  Promises  to 

States.  take  offering.      States,     take  offering:. 

Alabama 9     Missouri 79 

Arkansas 6     Montana 7 

Arizona Nebraska 28 

California 36     New  Jersey 1 

Colorado 8     New  Mexico 2 

Connecticut 1     New  York 20 

Dist.  Columbia....     4     North  Carolina 4 

Florida 1     North  Dakota 

Georgia 10     Ohio 95 

Idaho 3    Oklahoma 16 

Illinois  96     Ontario 1 

Indiana 67     Oregon 14 

Indian  Territory...     7     Pennsylvania 24 

Iowa 46     South  Carolina 2 

Kansas ,46     South  Dakota 4 

Kentucky 36     Tennessee 6 

Louisiana 7     Texas 45 

Maine  Utah 

Manitoba 2     Vermont 1 

Maryland 1     Virginia 7 

Massachusetts 5     Washington 17 

Michigan 26    West  Virginia 8 

Minnesota.. 9     Wisconsin 5 

Mississippi 2     Wyoming 2 

All  promises  should  be  sent  to — 

G.  W.  Muckley,  Cor.  Sec'y. 
600  Water  Works  Bldg.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

ft  ft 

State  and  National  Secretaries' 
Association. 

The  State  and  National  Secretaries'  Associa- 
tion will  hold  its  annual  meeting  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.,  Aug.  18,  at  2  p.  m.  Place  of 
meeting  will  be  announced  at  the  morning 
session  of  same  day. 

The  program  is:  Devotional;  reading  of 
minutes  and  secretary's  report;  address,  "The 
Combination  of  State  and  National  Home  Mis- 
sionary Offerings,"  S.  H.  Bartlett;  discussion, 
led  by  A.  I.  Myhr;  symposium,  "The  Prep- 
aration far  State  Mission  Day":  (a)  Intro- 
duction, B.  S.  Denny;  (b)  Literature,  Leon- 
ard G.  Thompson;  (c)  Advertising,  T.  J. 
Legg;  (d)  Interesting  the  preacher,  T.  A. 
Abbott;  discussion;  business. 

Prompt  attendance  on  this  meeting  will 
facilitate  the  work.  It  will  be  the  only  meet- 
ing held  by  the  association  at  the  convention, 


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California   Hotel,    San   Francisco. 


as  it  now  appears.  The  subjects  chosen  are 
vital,  and  we  should  come  to  their  considera- 
tion with  thoughtful  hearts. 

S.  H.  Bartlbtt,  Pres. 

W.  A.  Baldwin,  Sec. 

School  of  Evangelism,  Chautauqua,  N.  Y. 

The  bureau  of  evangelism,  H.  O.  Breeden, 
chairman,  W.  J.  Wright,  superintendent,  has 
conducted  its  first  school  of  evangelism.  The 
sessions  were  held  in  the  Disciples'  head- 
quarters, Chautauqua,  N.  Y.,  from  July  9  to 
19  inclusive.  The  principal  addresses  were 
delivered  by  H.  O.  Breeden,  F.  D.  Power, 
A.  B.  Philputt  and  Chas.  S.  Medbury;  some 
of  their  themes  being  Evangelism — Ideals, 
Methods,  Problems,  Pastoral  and  Professional; 
The  Evangelism  of  the  City,  Constant  Evan- 
gelism, The  Teaching  Element  in  Evangelism, 
The  Quiet  Evangelism,  The  Ethical  Element 
in  Evangelism.  In  addition  to  these  addresses 
there  were  discussions  of  the  Evangelistic 
Church,  The  Religious  Paper  and  Evan- 
gelism, The  Gospel  in  Song,  and  other  such 
practical  themes. 

The  attendance  in  preachers  and  evangelists 
was  so  small  as  to  disappoint  all  of  us,  there 
being  about  thirty  of  these  brethren  present 
from  our  own  ranks.  This  is  in  some  measure 
accounted  for  by  the  fact  that  not  a  few  of 
them  attended  the  international  conventionjof 
Christian  Endeavor  in  Baltimore,  and  that 
many  others  are  planning  to  attend  the  national 
convention  in  San  Francisco.  The  brethren 
felt  that  they  could  not  spare  the  time  and 
money  for  more  than  one  such  trip  and  gather- 
ing this  year  Then  it  was  our  first  school, 
and  in  a  section  of  the  country  where  the  Dis- 
ciples are  not  a  numerous  people.  However, 
many  of  the  sessions  were  well  attended,  the 
seating  capacity  of  the  Disciples'  splendid 
headquarters  being  taxed  on  different  occasions. 
Even  when  the  attendance  was  small,  the 
interest  was  great  and  the  discussion  of  vital 
themes  held  closely  the  attention  of  all  who 
were  present  for  an  hour  or  an  hour  and  a  half 
at  a  time.  Preachers  from  the  Methodist, 
Baptist,  Presbyterian,  Congregation alist,  Luth- 
eran and  Unitarian  churches  were  present  at 
many  of  the  sessions,  and  some  of  them  joined 
very  freely  and  heartily  in  the  discussions. 

The  prominent  position  of  the  Disciples' 
headquarters  and  the  splendid  addresses  which 
were  given  twice  daily,  attracted  much  atten- 
tion. It  is  no  over- statement  of  the  truth  to 
say  that  for  some  days  we  had  the  best  and 
most  helpful  sessions  of  any  kind  held  in  the 
Chautauqua  grounds.  The  opening  of  this 
school  at  Chautauqua  likewise  brought  us  into 
a  prominence  never  before  given  us  at  this 
great  educational  resort,  for  it  resulted  inTput- 
ting  at  least  six  of  our  brethren  on  the  Chau- 
tauqua program  for  lectures,  sermons,  etc. 

Aside  from  the  single  matter  of  the  com- 
paratively small  attendance  of  preachers  and 
evangelists,  there  was  not  a  single  thing  in 
connection  with  the  school  that  was  not  full  of 
hope  and  inspiration  for  the  future.  We  be- 
lieve that  we  have  made  a  most  favorable  start 
and  impression  in  Chautauqua,  and  it  is  our 
intention  to  get  up  an  equally  good,  or  if  pos- 
sible better,  program  for  the  next  year,  and  to 
hold  the  school  in  the  month  of  August,  when 
many  more  preaehers  are  in  attendance  than  in 
July;  have  fewer  set  speeches  and  more  open 
discussions,  and  follow  up  the  splendid 
impression  made  by  this  first  year's  work. 
Moreover,  this  school  at  Chautauqua  is  simply 
the  first  of  its  kind,  for  it  is  our  intention  to 
organize  such  schools  and  conduct  them  in  at 
least  a  half-dozen  very  important  centers  next 
summer.  Our  committee  likewise  expects  to 
conduct  evangelistic  institutes  at  all  our  col- 
leges and  at  other  important  places  during  the 
collegiate  year,  and  the  knowledge  which   w« 


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have  gained  at  Chautauqua  as  to  conducting 
such  institutions  will  prove  valuable  to  us  for 
all  time.  We  declare  this  school  at  Chautau- 
qua to  have  been  an  unqualified  success  with 
the  single  limitation  which  has  already  been 
mentioned.  Wm.  J.  Wright, 

Supt.  Evangelism. 
'     ft         ft 
The  Hatter  of  the  Name. 

I  have  noted  with  interest  what  has  been 
said  on  the  union  of  the  Baptist  church  and 
the  Disciples  at  Monroe,  Wis,,  and  I  have  ap- 
preciated it  very  much.  I  am  delighted  to  see 
such  unions.  The  point,  it  seems  to  me,  is  not  so 
much  the  use  of  the' '  Union  church  of  Christ' '  and 
the  "Presbyterian  church"  but  what  is  really 
meant  in  their  use.  In  using  the  word  "Pres- 
byterian" for  the  name  of  the  church  we  foster 
denominationalism  and  make  divisions.  While 
using  the  phrase  "Union  church  of  Christ"  we 
do  not  make  any  divisions,  but  rather  the  con- 
trary aod  it  points  directly  to  the  consummation 
of  the  Lord's  prayer. 

I  hail  with  delight  all  signs  that  point  to 
the  time  when  "all  of  God's  people  shall  be 
one."  J.  D.  Dabnby. 

Pittsburg,  Pa. 

ft  ft 

BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN  AS  AN 

ADVERTISER. 


Every  one  knows  that  Benjamin  Franklin 
was  a  philosopher  and  a  patriot,  and  all  news- 
paper men  recognize  that  he  was  the  first  great 
American  newspaper  man,  but  few  realize  that 
he  was  a  good  advertiser. 

N.  W.  Ayer  &  Son,  the  Advertising  Agents 
of  Philadelphia,  issued  as  a  Fourth  of  July  sou- 
venir a  handsome  booklet,  under  the  title  of 
"In  the  Land  of  Benjamin,"  which  sets  forth 
many  most  interesting  facts  regarding  Frank- 
lin, and  features  as  only  an  advertising  agency 
could,  Benjamin's  advertising  ideas  and  prac- 
tices. Franklin's  shrewd  sense  in  using  the 
printed  page  to  tell  people  what  he  wanted 
them  to  know,  made  him  an  excellent  example 
for  the  business  men  of  all  time. 

The  book  abounds  in  many  facts  concerning 
the  most  interesting  man  in  our  history,  and 
brings  out  in  clear  light  his  grasp  and  use  of 
the  advertising  idea. 

The  house  of  N.  W.  Ayer  &  Son,  in  the  Land 
of  Benjamin,  has  a  history  of  its  own,  and 
methods  of  its  own.  It  is  no  disparagement 
to  others  to  say  that  it  has  done  more  advertis- 
ing, and  more  to  develop  newspaper  advertising, 
than  any  other  firm  in  history. 


August  3,  1905 


THE   CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


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When  Shall  We  Hold  the  Convention? 

It  seems  to  me  that  early  in  August— the 
vacation  time— would  be  the  best  time  for  our 
convention.  The  state  conventions  are  over, 
and  the  fall  campaign  has  not  commenced, 
and  it  would  not  interfere  with  our  church  ex- 
tension day.  A.  E.  Dubbbr. 
Ft.  Collins,  Col. 

The  vacation  idea  should  not  be  pushed  in 
forecasting  a  proper  time  for  the  convention. 
When  people,  such  as  enjoy  a  religious  con- 
vention, go  on  vacations  they  seek  a  place  of 
rest.  Our  national  convention  is  not  a  place 
where  tired  nerves  find  solace.  Besides,  the 
vacation  months  are  hot,  and  there  is  no  com- 
fort in  a  sweltering  crowd.  The  time  of  the 
convention  to  be  held  in  San  Francisco  is  ideal 
for  the  Pacific  coast,  but  August  weather  would 
be  intolerable  in  any  city  east  of  Denver. 
After  all  is  said,  October  still  has  claims  su- 
perior to  any  other  month  of  the  year.  The 
only  improvement  might  be  in  placing  the 
time  nearer  the  first  of  the  month. 

Kinston,  N.  C.  Preston  Bell  Hall. 

®         @ 
A  Banner  Day  at  the  First  Church, 

Sedalia. 
We  held  a  joint  meeting  of  all  the  Christian 
churches  in  Pettis  county  at  the  First  Christian 
church  on  Sunday  last.  While  all  the  churches 
of  the  county  were  not  represented  yet  a  num- 
ber were.  It  was  held  in  the  interest  of  the  or- 
phans' home  at  St.  Louis.  The  ladies  of  the 
church  prepared  dinner,  the  purpose  of  which 
was  to  get  better  acquainted  with  our  country 
brethren  and  it  gave  Brother  Snively  an  oppor- 
tunity to  present  the  Benevolent  Association, 
which  he  did  to  the  great  satisfaction  of  all. 
The  credit  of  this  meeting  is  due  to  Brother 
Herold,  one  of  the  best  men  we  have  in  our 
church.  It  is  our  intention,  with  the  aid  of 
all  the  churches  in  the  county,  to  load  a  car 
with  provisions  in  the  early  fall,  and  send  it  to 
the  orphans'  home.  The  railroad  has  agreed 
to  carry  this  to  St.  Louis  free  of  charge. 

J.  N.  Dalby. 

Tidewater  Convention. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Tidewater  dis- 
trict convention  will  be  held" at  Toano,  Va.,  on 
the  C.  &  O.  R.  R. ,  Aug.  15,  16,  17.  Reduced 
rates  can  be  secured  over  the  Richmond, 
Fredericksburg  &  Potomac,  and  Chesapeake 
&OhioR.R.,  for  this  occasion,  by  applica- 
tion to  the  local  ticket  agent  for  a  certificate, 
which  will  enable  you  to  secure  one-third  rate 
returning.  Among  those  who  are  to  take  part 
in  the   convention  are:     H.  C.   Combs,  Geo. 

A.  Watson,  E.   A.   Cole,   E.  W.  Thornton, 

B.  H.  Melton,  S.  G.  Sutton,  A.  J.  Renforth, 
J.  J.  Haley,  Preston  A.  Cave,  etc. 

George  S.  Crenshaw,  Sec. 


A  Word  to  Preachers. 

Let  all  the  preachers  who  come  be  prepared 
for  service.  Bring  two  or  three  of  your  latest 
and  strongest  sermons,  Be  prepared  to  respond 
to  the  calls  of  the  committee  after  you  reach 
the  field.  It  will  be  impossible  to  notify  in 
advance  of  the  work  to  be  done,  but  be  ready 
to  enter  in  and  possess  the  land.  You  will 
have  a  most  hearty  reception  and  enthusiastic 
hearing,  and  will  aid  the  cause  of  the  Disciples 
upon  the  Pacific  coast.  If  any  of  you  can  stay 
some  time  in  the  state,  we  shall  gladly  arrange 
for  you  to  preach  on  Lord's  day,  and  thereby 
lighten  your  expenses. 
Many  will  join  in  the  simultaneous  meetings. 


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We  hope  to  have  your  stay  with  us  as  long  and 
pleasant  as  possible.  Let  the  eyes  of  all  breth- 
ren be  turned  to  the  Pacific  coast.  Watch  the 
papers  for  the  reports  of  the  great  convention. 
Pray  for  us,  brethren,  that  the  cause  of  Christ 
may  there  run  and  be  glorified. 

Hiram  Van  Kirk. 


Changes. 

Bowen,    Frank  E.— Des  Moines,    la.,    to  210 

Fair  Oak  St.,  San  Francisco,  Cal, 
Briney,  W.  N.— Warrensburg,  Mo.,  to  9  Jef- 
ferson Terrace,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Cook,  O.  P.— Ottawa  to  Columbus,  Kan. 

Donaldson,    D.   Y.— Lamed    to    Hutchinson, 
Kan. 

Hedges,  W.  H.— Nessen  City,  Mich.,  to  Cov- 

Holton,  J    A.— Hattiesburg,  Miss.,  to  Lexing- 
ton, Ky. 

Lockhart,  Clinton— Des  Moines,  la.,  to  Frank- 
fort, Ky. 

Morris,  J.   M.— Sumner,  Wash.,   to  Eugene, 
Oregon. 

Munyon,  Alfred— Marceline  to   Bucklin,  Mo. 

Murch,  E.  D  —Winkle   to  Hillsboro,  Ohio, 
R.  F.  D.  No.  12. 

Palson,  C.  A.— Oneida,  to  1434  Lincoln  St., 
Topeka,  Kan. 

Sloan,     J.    F— Los     Angeles,    Cal.,    to    59 
Knowles  St.,  Cleveland,  O. 

Talley,    John  M.— Utica,    Miss.,  to    Manor, 
Travis  Co  ,  Tex. 

White,  O.   G.— Baltimore,   Md.,   to  Hebron, 
Ohio, 
ington,  Ind. 

Williams,    W.     H.— Tonkawa,     Okla.,      t« 
Mena,  Ark. 


With  the  "Christian-Evangelist 
Special.*' 

(Continued  from  page  996.) 

murderer  the  figure  of  an  aged  Indian,  the 
father  of  the  Comanche  and  Shoshone  nation 
and  the  famous  warrior,  who  thus  addressed  the 
affrighted  murderer. 

"Accursed  of  my  tribe!  This  day  thou  hast 
severed  the  link  between  the  mightiest  nations 
of  the  world,  while  the  blood  of  the  brave 
Shoshone  cries  to  the  Manitou  for  vengeance. 
May  the  water  of  thy  tribe  be  rank  and  bitter  in 
their  throats!"  Thus  saying,  and  swinging 
his  ponderous  war  club  '  (made  from  the  elk's 
horn)  round  his  head,  he  dashed  out  the  brains 
of  the  Comanche,  who  fell  headlong  into  the 
spring,  which  from  that  day  to  the  present  mo- 
ment remains  rank  and  nauseous,  so  that,  not 
even  when  half  dead  with  thirst,  can  one  drink 
the  foul  water  of  that  spring. 

The  good  Wan  kan-aga,  however,  to  per- 
petuate the  memory  of  the  Shoshone  warrior, 
who  was  renowned  in  his  tribe  for  valor  and 
nobleness  of  heart,  struck  with  the  same  aveng- 
ing club  a  hard  flat  rock,  which    overhung  the 


rivulet,  just  out  of  tight  of  this  scene  of  blood; 
and  forthwith  the  rock  opened  in'o  a  round, 
clear  basin,  which  instantly  filled  with  bub- 
bling, sparkling  water,  than  which  no  thirsty 
traveler  ever  drank  a  sweeter  or  a  cooler  draught. 
Thus  the  two  springs  remain  an  everlasting 
memento  of  the  foul  murder  of  the  brave 
Shoshone  and  of  the  stern  justice  of  the  good 
Wan-kan-aga. 

Texas  Christian  University. 

The  educational  institution  of  the  Disciples  of 
Christ  for  the  great  south-west  located  atlWaco.  the 
central  city  of  Texas  and  the  Athens  of  the  south. 
Value  of  school  property  S200.000.00.  Enrollment 
last  session  470.  Number  of  teachers  employed  in 
the  various  schools  twenty-five.  The  University 
embraces  the  following  schools  and  Colleges: 
I.  Add-Ran  College  of  Arts  and  Sciences.  II.  Col- 
lege of  the  Bible.  III.  Normal  College.  IV.  Col- 
lege of  Business.  V.  College  of  Music.  VI. 
School  of  Oratory.  VII.  School  of  Art.  VIII. 
Preparatory  .School.  Strong  courses  in  Biblical 
languages,  English,  Modern  languages,  mathema- 
tics, sciences,  history  and  the  classics.  The  equip- 
ment consists  of  a  good  Library  which  Is  being 
enlarged  every  year;  four  laboratories,  chemical, 
physical,  biological  and  psychological;  a  good 
supply  of  maps,  globes,  charts;  an  ample  number 
of  recitation  rooms.  The  musical  department  is 
equipped  with  21  pianos,  two  of  them  being  concert 
grand  and  one  parlor  grand.  A  new  pipe  organ 
has  recently  been  installed.  We  have  on  our 
music  faculty  persons  that  have  enjoyed  the 
best  European  training.  Our  teachers  have  all 
of  them  specialized  for  their  work  by  post-grad- 
uate courses.  Our  Art  teacher  was  trained  in  one 
of  the  best  German  schools. 

Expenses  exceedingly  moderate  considering  the 
advantages  offered.  Send  for  catalog  to  E.  V. 
Zollars,  President,  North  Waco.  Texas 

ASTH  MA     CU  HED 


A   Prominent  Physician  Has  at  Last  Discovered 
a  Certain    Cure. 

The  following  letter  has  been  received  from  Dr. 
Rudolph  Schiffmann,  of  St.  Paul,  the  specialist 
in  diseases  of  the  respiratory  organs,  and  we  trust 
it  will  be  read  carefully  by  everyone  who  suffers 
from  Asthma,  Hay  Fever  or  Bronchitis: 

"To  the  Editor:— Please  announce  ic  your  paper 
that  by  simply  writing  to  me  enclosing  a  2  cent 
stamp,  any  of  your  readers  can  have  a  trial  pack- 
age of  my  Asthma  Cure  free.  I  have  prepared  a 
full  supply  of  trial  packages  for  free  distribution  to 
sufferers  from  Asthma,  Hay  Fever  and  Bronchitis 
and  no  one  will  be  disappointed. 

"I  have  perfected  a  remedy  that  is  without  a 
doubt  an  instant  relief  and  a  positive  cure  for 
Asthma,  Hay  Fever  or  Bronchitis.  I  am  fully 
aware  that  there  is  a  great  deal  of  skepticism 
regarding  the  curability  of  these  diseases,  and  I 
have  concluded  that  the  simplest  way  to  get  my 
remedy  before  the  people  and  let  it  demonstrate 
its  merits  is  to  give  away  free  packages  so  that 
anyone  interested  can  test  its  remedy.  I  know 
what  my  Asthma  Cure  will  do.  I  have  tried  it  in 
thousands  of  cases,  with  gratifying  results.  I  have 
cured  where  all  others  had  failed.  Do  you  wonder 
that  my  confidence  in  the  remedy  is  unbounded? 
Do  you  wonder  that  I  am  willing  to  pay  the  expense 
of  a  trial  out  of  my  own  pocket?" 

All  letters  should  be  addressed  as  follows.  Dr. 
R.  Schiffmann,  167  Jackson  Street,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Almost  every  druggist  in  the  United  States  has 
Dr.  Schiffmann's  Asthma  Cure  in  siock. 

DRURY~COLLEGE. 

Springfield,   Mo. 

J.  EDWARD  KIRBYE,  D.  D.,  President 

Fall   term  begins  September  14th  IQ05. 

Healthiest  site  in  the  Middle  West.  Xo 
asthma,  no  malaria,  no  typhoid.  Twenty-two 
instructors.  Four  hundred  students.  Ten 
buildings.  Fine  Science  Laboratories  and 
Museums.  Conservatory  of  Music  and  Art. 
Athletics  and  Physical  Culture  training. 
Good  homes  for  students.  Excellent  moral 
and  Christian  atmosphere  without  sectarian 
bias.  For  catalogue  or  futher  information, 
Address,  W.  D.  CALLAND,  SeCy. 

NEW. INVENTION! 

Write  for  new  booklet,  Special  Offer  this  month.  Oat 
new  Quaker  Folding  Vapor  Bath  Cabinet*,  finer. 
produced.  Brerybody  delighted.  Knjoy  at 
home  for  So  each  all  the  marTelous  cleansing, 
iovigorating,  curative  effect*  of  the  famous 
Turkish  Baths.  Open  the  6,000,000  skin 
pores,  pannes  the  entire  system.  Bea:s  Hot 
Springs.  PreTenta  disease.  SaTes  Dr.  bills. 
Cured  thousands,  Nature's  drogless  remedy 
for  eolds,  grip,  rheumatism,  aches,  pains, 
blood  and  ikin  diseases.  Kidney  trouble 
children's  disease*  and  female  Ills.  Guaxau= 
teed.  Sent  ob  SO  days1  trial.  $100  to  $SOG 
salesmen,  managers,    general   agents.      100*    profit 

WORLD  MFG.  CO.,  82  World  Bihldinc.  CINCINNATI,  OHIO. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN  EVANGELIST 


August  3,  190S 


NEWS    FROM    MANY   FIELDS 


Meeting  at  TexarKana,  Tex.-ArK. 

I  have  had  the  pleasure,  recently,  of  holding 
a  short  meeting  for  our  people  at  the  above- 
named  place.  I  have  never  met  a  more  per- 
sistent and  heroic  band  of  worker*  than  those 
belonging  to  the  Central  church.  They  have 
just  completed  a  new  building,  the  best  for  the 
amount  of  money  that  I  have  ever  seen.  It  is 
a  $30,000  structure,  but  by  the  closest  watch- 
ing and  the  most  careful  management,  it  was 
put  up  for  several  thousand  dollars  less  than 
this  amount.  It  is  simply  wonderful  what  can 
be  accomplished  by  even  a  small  band  of 
Christian  people  when  they  are  all  persevering. 
The  ladies'  aid  society,  though  small  in 
numbers,  make  up  in  heroism.  During  the 
past  few  years,  they  have  raised  and  paid 
about  $3,000  on  the  new  church.  The  build- 
ing is  modern  in  every  respect,  with  main 
auditorium  and  gallery,  side  rooms,  choir  loft 
and  a  large  Sunday-school  department;  also  a 
basement,  which,  when  fitted  up,  will  serve  as 
an  elegant  place  for  meals  and  social  gatherings. 

It  would  have  been  impossible  to  ac- 
complish such  a  work  in  so  small  a  place 
and  in  so  new  a  field  for  our  people,  had  there 
not  been  one  in  command  who  has  the  love  of 
all  his  own  people,  and  the  esteem  and  confi- 
dence of  the  entire  city.  This  is  W.  S. 
Bullard,  who  has  been  with  them  for  five  years. 
It  was  a  sweet  joy  to  my  soul  to  labor  for  such 
people  and  to  have  the  brotherly  sympathy, 
prayers  and  co-operation  of  such  a  servant  of 
God  as  Brother  Bullard.  He  is  the  only  son 
of  Dr.  Chester  Bullard,  of  West  Virginia  fame, 
and  inherits  his  father's  great  courage  and 
deep  devotion.  He  is  one  of  the  most  conse- 
crated men  that  I  have  ever  met,  and  to  him, 
more  than  anyone  else,  is  due  the  prominent 
place  our  people  have  come  to  occupy  in  that 
rapidly  growing  city  of  nearly  20,000.  Our 
meeting  resulted  in  thirty  additions  to  the 
church,  although  half  oar  evenings  were  so 
stormy  that  the  people  could  not  come  out. 

J.  M.  Rudy. 

Waynesboro,  Pennsylvania. 

Since  my  last  letter  to  the  Christian-Evan- 
gelist, I  have  been  going  up  and  down  the 
earth  a  little.  On  the  invitation  of  the  church 
at  Bellaire,  Ohio,  I  attended  the  sixty-fifth 
anniversary  of  the  organization  of  that  congre- 
gation on  July  2,  and  delivered  the  historical 
address.  Walter  Mansell  of  Salem,  Ohio, 
preached  the  anniversary  sermon  at  night.  It 
was  a  strong  one.  This  church  was  my  home 
when  I  entered  Bethany  college.  It  has  sent 
out,  besides  myself,  Walter  Mansell,  W.  H. 
Oldham,  John  White,  and  two  young  men 
have  been  in  college  the  past  year  preparing  for 
the  ministry.  It  is  now  a  living  link,  support- 
ing Miss  Mary  Kelly  on  the  foreign  field,  and 
has  alio  "our  own  home  missionary."  It  has 
always  been  an  active,  aggressive,  progressive 
church.  I  am  grateful  for  being  a  historical 
descendant.  My  grandmother  was  the  first 
convert  baptized  at  the  beginning  of  the  work 
in  that  neighborhood.  My  mother  still  lives 
there  at  the  age  of  73,  and  I  visit  her  each 
summer.  My  brothers  and  sisters  are  active 
workers  in  the  church. 

I  went  from  Bellaire  to  the  Twenty-second 
international  convention  of  Christian  Endeavor 
at  Baltimore.  It  proved  to  be  a  great  conven- 
tion in  many  ways,  but  it  was  not  up  to  the 
standard  in  addresses.  I  heard  but  few  good 
addresses.  I  did  not  hear  Governor  Warfield, 
nor  Charles  J.  Bonaparte.  Few  names  of 
Disciples  appeared  on  the  program,    and    some 


of  these  disappointed  the  convention.  F.  D. 
Power  presided  on  Friday  night  in  the  armory. 
One  great  meeting  much  enjoyed  was  the  rally 
of  Disciples  at  Harlem  avenue  church.  The 
house  was  full.  Enthusiastic  reports  were 
made  from  many  states.  The  music  was  in- 
spiring. E.  B.  Bagby,  Washington,  D.  C, 
presided.  Some  returned  missionaries  were 
present. 

Reports  showed  that  in  some  state  Christian 
Endeavor  conventions,  Disciples  outnumber 
those  of  all  other  religious  bodies.  Most  of 
the  preparatory  meetings  of  the  committee  of 
1905,  were  held  in  Harlem  avenue  church. 
B.  A.  Abbott  was  chairman  of  the  evangelistic 
committee.  J.  A.  Hopkins. 

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Kansas  Letter. 

It  is  with  profound  sorrow  that  we  chronicle 
the  death  of  C.  F.  McReynoIds,  of  Holton.  He 
was  injured  while  getting  off  a  train  July  8, 
and  died  on  July  17  at  Holton.  Brother  Mc- 
ReynoIds was  one  of  ourmo»t  promising  young 
preachers,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was 
preaching  for  the  churches  at  Larkin,  and  Pleas- 
ant Grove.  No  doubt  a  suitable  obituary  no- 
tice will  be  given  by  some  one  familiar  with 
the  facts.  We  extend  our  profound  sympathy 
to  all  the  relatives. 

D.  Y.  Donaldson  is  beginning  a  promising 
meeting  at  Moline.  Neal  Overman  begins  a 
meeting  at  Meriden,  August  9.  N.  A.  Stull 
is  at  work  in  a  meeting  at  Mina. 

August  6  is  the  date  set  for  the  dedication  of 
the  new  church  at  Central  Park,  Topeka.  The 
writer  and  D.  Y.  Donaldson  will  conduct  the 
services,  and  Brother  Donaldson  will  follow 
immediately  with  a  protracted  meeting. 

M.  E.  Harlan,  of  New  York,  and  V.  E. 
Ridenour,  of  this  city,  are  to  hold  a  meeting  at 
Augusta  during  this  month.  We  have  not 
learned  of  the  opening  services.  Brother  Har- 
lan organized  this  church  several  years  ago. 
G.  J.  Chapman,  is  the  energetic  pastor  at  the 
present  time,  and  is  making  his  work  tell  all 
over  that  section  of  the  country. 

Duncan  McFarlane,  of  Leroy,  is  planning 
for  a  meeting  with  the  Martin  family  during 
August.  Brother  McFarlane  has  brought  his 
church  to  a  high  degree  of  efficiency  during  his 
long  stay  with  them. 

Churches  should  arrange  early  for  their  pro- 
tracted meetings,  even  though  the  meeting  is 
not  to  be  held  till  late  in  the  winter.  Get  your 
evangelist  engaged  if  you  need  one,  and  begin 
preparations  for  the  work. 

There  will  be  a  large  party  of  Kansans  go  to 
the  national  convention  at  San  Francisco  with 
the  Christian  church  special.  The  train  leaves 
Kansas  City  at  11  a.  m.,  August  8,  and  To- 
peka at  1:25  p.  m.  of  the  same  day.  All  who 
have  not  done  so  should  send  their  names  to 
the  writer  so  that  space  can  be  reserved. 

The  Kansas  state  convention  will  be  held  at 
Eldorado,  Sept.  18  to  21,  We  will  have  one 
of  the  greatest  conventions  in  our  history.  Plan 
now  to  go.  Send  your  name  to  S.  W.  Brown, 
Eldorado,  so  that  you  can  be  cared  for. 

All  churches  and  departments  that  have  not 
yet  sent  in  the  full  apportionment  for  Kansas 
missions  should  do  so  at  the  earliest  date  pos- 
sible. This  money  must  come  or  we  (you)  will 
be  compelled  to  report  a  deficit.  Do  you  want 
to  be  thus  humiliated?  All  churches  that  pay 
in  full  by  Sept.  1  will  be  placed  on  the  Roll  of 
Honor.  We  will  have  an  unusually  long  Honor 
Roll  this  year.  Shall  we  leave  the  name  of 
your  church  off  this  roll?  What  about  your 
Bible-ichool?     Your  C.  E.  society? 

Topeka,  Kan.  W.  S.  Lowe. 


Portsmouth,  Virginia. 

On  June  18,  Herbert  Yeuell  began  a  meet- 
ing in  Portsmouth,  Virginia,  a  city  of  25,000 
people,  in  a  great  tent  seating  1,500  persons. 
Although  many  friends  urged  Brother  Yeuell 
not  to  go  to  Portsmouth,  and  prophesied  failure 
if  he  went,  and  although  one  of  our  strongest 
evangelists  urged  him  not  to  try  that  difficult 
eastern  field,  nevertheless  he  came,  he  saw,  he 
conquered.  His  first  audience  was  said  to  be 
fully  1,000.  The  last  audience  of  first  month 
was  too  large  for  the  tent.  Hundreds  of  people 
who  had  never  heard  of  our  plea  save  in  deri- 
sion, have  heard  and  been  charmed  by  Brother 
Yeuell'sjclear,  forceful  and  eloquent  presenta- 
tion of  the  simple  gospel  story.  At  the  end  of 
one  month  he  organized  a  congregation  with 
seventy  members  and  the  meeting  continues  at 
least  a^week  longer. 

If  our  great  evangelists  would  give  a  month 
or  two  out  of  each  year  to  the  eastern  fields,  I 
mean  the  cities  where  mission  work  is  needed, 
instead  of  confining  themselves  to  great 
churches  where  a  harvest  is  practically  assured 
before  the  evangelist  arrives,  it  would  be  but  a 
few  years  until  our  plea  would  be  making 
giant  strides  in  the  east  as  well  as  in  the  west. 
Brother  Yeuell  has  the  equipment,  as  well  as 
the  grit;  it  is  hoped  by  all  our  eastern  workers 
that  he  can  be  retained  for  just  such  work  as 
he  has  done  at  Portsmouth. 

Plans  are  on  foot  for  the  purchase  or  lease  of 
a  lot  and  the  erection  of  a  permanent  taber- 
nacle, to  seat  at  least  six  hundred  people.  If 
we  can  secure  the  right  pastor,  we  are  sure 
that  we  can  in  a  few  years  have  a  splendid 
church  here.  Hundreds  are  inquiring  the  way. 
Two  hundred  copies  of  Brother  Morrison's 
tract  on  "Why  I  stand  identified  with  the 
Disciples  of  Christ,"  were  taken  up  like  chaff 
before  a  hurricane.  We  distributed  five  thou- 
sand copies  of  a  statement  prepared  by  Brother 
Yeuell  on  "Our  Position."  These  too  were 
greedily  taken. 

No  church  will  make  a  mistake  in  securing 
Brother  Yeuell's  services.  He  knows  the 
book,  and  he  knows  men.  He  is  an  orator 
who  never  loses  his  hearers.  He  studies  his 
congregations  and  meets  their  needs.  He  is 
withal  a  wise  master  workman  for  Jesus.  The 
Lord  has  raised  up  another  evangelist  among 
his  people.  H.  C.  Combs, 

Fin.  Sec.  V.  C.  M.  S. 

$         $ 
Minnesota, 

The  church  at  Willow  Creek  has  just  closed 
a  fine  meeting  with  Bro.  J.  C.  Harris,  of 
Madelia,  evangelist,  Mts.  Zusinger  in  charge 
of  the  music;  28  added  by  baptism.  Bro. 
Claris  Yeuell  is  the  pastor. 

L.  E.  Huntley,  of  Eagle  Lake,  has  re- 
turned to  Sheldon,  la.  A  new  man  is  looking 
over  the  field  there  and  it  is  thought  he  will 
locate. 

We  have  just  heard  the  sad  news  that 
Bro.  G.  S.  Morgan  was  drowned  in  a  lake 
while  bathing.  He  had  recently  taken  the 
work  at  Litchfield.  For  a  time  he  was  with 
the  church  at  Plainview. 

We  will  all  miss  G.  W.  Wise,  who  has  re- 
signed at  Rochester  and  moved  to  Monroe, 
La.,  in  our  work  in  this  state. 

Plainview  has  lost  J.  M.  Dixon  and  Tru- 
man has  gained  him.  They  complete  a  fine 
building  at  Truman  this  fall. 

N.  C.  Nicholson  reports  that  things  are 
booming  at  Redwood  Falls.  They  have  pur- 
chased lots  and  will  erect  a  good  building 
soon. 

June  1,  I  began  my  work  as  state  evangelist. 


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My  first  visit  was  at  Austin,  a  county  seat  of 
7,000.  We  purchased  a  lot  55x150,  well  lo- 
cated. They  will  erect  a  tabernacle  this  fall. 

We  have  just  closed  a  short  meeting  at 
Cleveland  with  eight  baptisms.  We  reorgan- 
ized the  church  and  elected  new  officers. 
W.  S.  Cash,  a  Kentucky  university  boy,  is 
leading  this  church. 

I  am  supplying  at  the  First  church,  St.  Paul, 
while  Brother  Harmon  is  rusticating. 

Two  good  men  who  could  live  on  $800 
salary  can  be  located  in  this  state. 

C    R.  Neel,  State  Evangelist. 

St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Bethany  Assembly  Notes. 

Bethany  assembly  opened  its  twenty-second 
annual  encampment  meeting  on  July  20.  The 
prospects  now  are  that  this  will  be  the  greatest 
and  most  successful  year  in  its  history.  It  is  the 
national  Chautauqua  of  the  Christian  church, 
was  organized  by  the  largest  state  convention 
ever  held  by  the  Christian  church  in  Indiana, 
it  the  home  of  the  Disciples,  and  the  "Bethany 
family"  gathers  here  every  year  for  their  great 
family  reunion. 

July  21  was  "soldiers'  day."  Many  of  the 
"old  boys"  who  fought  so  bravely  during  the 
bloody  days  of  '61-'65  were  here,  and  had  a 
glad  day,  with  speeches,  songs,  war  rem- 
iniscences, and  good  fellowship. 

July  22  was  children's  day,  which  is  always 
a  great  day  at  Bethany  and  was  never  better 
than  this  year. 

July  23  was  the  Lord's  day.  The  Sunday- 
school,  the  sermons  by  Brethren  Daugherty  and 
Harkins,  the  solemn  communion  service  and 
the  sacred  concert  were  all  spiritual  feasts. 

Temperance  day  brought  a  great  crowd  of 
people  together  and  the  exercises  were  very 
pleasing  and  profitable.  The  state  Sunday- 
school  association  was  an  exceptionally  good 
one. 

And  what  shall  we  say  about  the  entertain- 
ments? The  plays,  concerts,  elocutionary  en- 
tertainments, etc.,  have  been  of  the  highest 
order,  and  have  given  great  satisfaction. 

The  assembly  will  continue  until  August 
14  and  will  grow  better  and  still  better. 

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Ohio  Letter. 

J.  H.  McCartney  has  asked  to  be  released  at 
Bedford,  September  1,  and  will  take  a  year  of 
"book-larnin'  "  in  Chicago  university. 

H.  B.  Ryan  has  also  resigned  at  Glenville. 
We  do  not  know  Brother  Ryan's  plans,  out 
any  church  will  be  fortunate  in  securing  him 
as  its  minister.  He  has  done  heroic  work  at 
Glenville. 

The  church  at  New  Philadelphia  refused  to 
accept  the  resignation  of  C.  B.  Reynolds. 
They  will  change  the  inferior  of  their  house  this 
summer  and  add  new  accommodations  for  the 
Sunday-school. 

O.  D.  Maple  is  moving  things  at  Marion 
with  a  zeal  that  will  surely  bring  success.  The 
church  is  doing  some  giving  and  has  a  de- 
termination to  be  in  their  new  home  by  January 
1,  1906. 

Secretary  Bartlett  dedicated  the  new  syna- 
gogue at  Bergholtz,  July  9.  There  was  a 
great  throng  of  people.  The  daily  press  said 
4,000.  This  is  a  new  work.  O.  A.  Henry 
has  been  the  leader. 

W.  L.  Neal  has  offered  his  resignation  at 
Wooster.  He  has  been  there  several  years  and 
added  many  to  the    church  and  led  in    the  or- 


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ganization  of  achurch  at  Orville.and  housed  it. 

The  new  church  at  Canton  will  not  be  dedi- 
cated till  some  time  in  August. 

Yes,  let  us  change  the  time  of  the  national 
convention.  October  seems  all  out  of  place. 
It  comes  in  the  inauguration  of  fall  and  winter 
work.  Let  the  time  be  placed  the  very  last  of 
August, closing  on  the  Thursday  before  the  first 
Sunday  in  September.  It  would  seem  that 
all  interests  could  be  served  at  this  time  better 
than  at  any  other. 

S.  H.  Bartlett  and  party  will  leave  July  27, 
for  the  national  convention,  via  Yellowstone 
Park. 

A  new  church  building  is  being  erected  at 
Hiram.  The  old  church  burned  at  commence' 
ment  time  in  '97.  Since  then  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
auditorium  has  been  used  for  church  pur- 
poses. There  was  considerable  insurance  on 
the  old  building  and  this,  with  several  thousand 
dollars  raised  by  Professor  Duan,  will  be  put 
into  the  new  building. 

The  Democrats  of  Ohio  have  nominated  John 
H.  Pattison  for  governor.  Mr.  Pattison  is 
a  clean,  capable,  Christian  man.  He  is  the 
Jtseph  Folk  for  Ohio.  Ohio  will  have  one  of 
the  hottest  campaigns  this  fall  of  her  history. 
Party  lines  will  cut  but  little  figure.  It  will 
be  a  contest  between  Mr.  Pattison  and  the 
moral  and  religious  forces  of  the  state  against 
Mr.  Herrick  and  the  Republican  machine 
and  liquor  interests.  Ohio  is  thoroughly  sick, 
and  «n  November  7,  will  spew  out  Geo.  B. 
Cox  and  his  crowd.  The  uprising  against 
Herrick  and  Cox  is  all  but  unanimous.  Ohio 
will  this  fall  write  her  new  declaration  of  inde- 
pendence. C.  A.  Freer. 

Painesville,  O. 

The  Ontario   Co-operation  of  Disciples 
of  Christ. 

The  annual  convention  of  Disciples  of  Christ 
of  Ontario,  Canada,  was  held  this  year  at 
Bowmanville,  where  we  have  one  of  the  most 
beautiful  church  edifices  in  the  Dominion. 
J.  D.  Higgins,  Toronto,  president  of  the 
board  of  managers,  presided  at  most  of  the 
sessions. 

In  the  ministerial  session  there  was  a  dis- 
cussion on  "Things  I  Have  Found  Most  Help- 
ful in  My  Ministry,"  led  by  E.  R.  Black. 
James  Egbert,  of  St.  Thomas,  spoke  on  "Our 
Message  for  To-Day. " 

The  annual  address  of  the  president  reviewed 
the  year's  operations  and  growth,  and  Pres. 
W.  C.  McDougall,  of  the  College  of  the  Dis- 
ciples of  St.  Thomaa,  opened  a  conference  on 
"The  State  of  the  Church  in  Ontario."  It 
seems  that  30  per  cent  of  the  congregations  are 
without  pastoral  care  or  supervision  by  the 
provincial  board;  that  20  per  cent  more  are 
without  spiritual  life;  that  38  percent  are  favor- 
able to  the  short  pastorate,  and  are  active  for  a 
time  after  the  new  man  arrives,  and  corre- 
spondingly inactive  too  soon  afterwards.  The 
remaining  12  per  cent  are  well  equipped  and 
progressive    churches.     "Thus,"     he    added, 


"88  per  cent  of  the  churches  are  below  what 
they  should  be  spiritually;  or,  one-third  safe 
and  the  other  two-thirds  illustrate  the  weaknen 
of  our  methods  or  lack  of  methods."  President 
McDougall  favored  educated  and  trained  pas- 
tors, endowed  colleges  and  supervision  of  all 
churches  by  the  provincial  board. 

A.  T.  Campbell,  pastor  of  our  church  at 
Toronto,  read  a  paper  prepared  by  Mr.  J. 
Aiken  on  "Current  Fiction  as  a  Factor  in 
Molding  Religious  Thought."  The  gist  of 
his  remarks  was  that  the  safe  plan  is  to  turn 
one's  reading  into  directions  that  give  a  richer 
return,  for  novel  reading  leads  to  slovenly 
thinking.  E.  R.  Black  emphasized  the  need 
for  deeper  Bible  study. 

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formerly  of  Bowmanville,  answered  the  ques- 
tion, "Why  Am  I  a  Disciple?"  and  D.  L. 
Sinclair,  a  barrister  of  Toronto,  showed  how 
to  be  loyal  to  the  pastor.  The  chief  points 
suggested  were,  pay  him  well,  help  him  in 
every  possible  manner,  and  give  him  liberty  to 
perform  his  pastoral  duties  in  his  own  way, 
James  Leonard,  minister  of  the  church  at 
Owen  Sound,  read  a  short  paper  on  "The 
Loyalty  of  the  Pastor." 

There  was  a  very  helpful  conference  on 
Sunday-school  work  and  an  interesting  session 
•f  the  Christian  Endeavor  workers.  R.  W. 
Stevenson,  evangelist,  gave  an  inspiring  ad- 
dress on  the  larger  outlook,  and  President 
Rowlison,  of  Hiram  college,  and  Prof.  Chas. 
T.  Paul  gave  short  addresies.  The  latter  two 
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urer, John  McKinnon,  Guelph;  corresponding 
secretary,  Amos  Tovell,  Guelph;  recording 
secretary,  Principal  W.  C.  McDougall,  St. 
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Owen  Sound;  Dr.  T.  J.  Page,  Toronto; 
J.  H.  H.  Jury,  Bowmanville;  C.  H.  Nors- 
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and  is  succeeded  by  Daniel  Trundle,  of 
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county,  a  new  town  of  several  hundred  people. 
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ground.  A  good  congregation  and  a  new 
house  are  assured. 

Dean  Lhamon  has  just  concluded  a  fine  Bible 
and  Sunday-school  institute  in  the  two  churches 
of  Joplin.  So  well  pleased  are  the  people  that 
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We  invite  minister!  and  others  to  send  re- 
forts  of  meetings,  additions  and  other  news  of 
the  churches  for  publication  in  this  depart- 
ment. It  is  especially  requested  that  additions 
be  reported  as  "by  confession  and  baptism''  or 
"bf  letter." 

CHINA. 

Nanking,  May  22. — Fifteen  baptisms  since 
last  report;  26  since  returning  to  China  last 
October. — Frank  Garrett. 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA. 

Washington,  July  24.— Just  closed  an 
eleven  days'  meeting  at  Jerusalem,  Mary- 
land, with  nine  confessions  and  baptisms.  J. 
R.  Gaff  is  the  efficient  minister  at  this  church. 
The  weather  was  very  rainy  and  the  brethren 
very  busy. — J.  Murray,  pastor. 

ILLINOIS. 

Ramsey. — Seven  confessions.  Thirteen  ad- 
ded. We  have  put  up  a  tabernacle.  Tab- 
ernacles are  better  than  tents.  Will  continue. 
— E.  L.  Frazibr. 

Allison.— Ethel  L.  Irwin,  while  on  her 
vacation  home,  preached  for  the  church  and 
organized  a  C.  E.  society  with  an  enrollment 
of  fifty  members.  This  is  two  societies  Mrs. 
Irwin  has  organized  in  the  last  month;  the 
•ther  society  numbered  forty  members. 

INDIANA. 

Covington,  July  24.— There  were  three 
more  additions  yesterday  at  our  morning 
service,  one  of  them  being  a  minister. — Philip 
W.  Walthall,  minister. 

Alexandria,  July  24.— Five  baptisms  and  five 
confessions  at  our    regular    service   yesterday; 
eleven  since  beginning  the  work  here  June  25. 
— H.  A.  Wingard. 

Shelbyville,  July  24.— Two  more  ad- 
ditions yesterday  by  statement;  four  confessions 
not  previously  reported.  The  work  here  is 
growing,  despite  the  hot  weather. — H.  O. 
Pritchard. 

INDIAN  TERRITORY. 

Broken  Arrow,  July  20.— I  am  now  with 
this  new  church  half  time.  We  are  just  secur- 
ing the  best  corner  lots  in  the  town  for  a 
church.  Nine  additions  last  Sunday  by  state 
ment  and  letter.  Two  the  previous  Sunday, 
and  one  baptism  last  evening.  We  have  a 
good  Sunday-school  and  a  most  excellent 
ladies'  aid  society. — A.  M.  Harral. 

IOWA. 

Des  Moines. — July  16  three  young  ladies 
made  the  good  confession  and  were  baptized. 
Dean   Haggard  preached. 

Mystic,  July  26. — One  added  since  last  re- 
port. My  last  meeting  resulted  in  75  additions 
to  the  church. — C.  E.  Chambers. 

Woodbine,  July  26. — During  the  past  two 
weeks,  six  have  been  added  to  our  list  of 
members. — B.  Franklin  Hall. 

Charles  City,  July  27. — Two  more  added 
Wednesday  by  baptism. — G.  A.  Hess. 

KANSAS. 

Marion,  July  21. — Two  additions  at  morn- 
ing services  last  Lord's  day.  We  gave  the 
address  of  the  day  here  on  July  4.  — W.  M. 
Berkeley. 

Eureka,  July  24. — Three  added  yesterday, 
one  reclaimed;  two  from  the  United  Brethren. 
Our  prayer-meeting  and  Junior  Endeavor  are 
growing  during  the  warm  weather. — G.  F. 
Bradford. 

Wellington,  July  20. — One  addition  Sunday. 
Miss  Mattie  Burgess,  of  Indianapolis,  Ind., 
visited  us  last  week  and  gave  tiro  addresses. — 
H.  M.  Barnett. 

Leavenworth,  July  23. — Our  work  here  still 


moves  on  splendidly;  had  three  additions  by 
letter  July  23.  We  have  new  openings  for 
work  all  the  time.— E.  J.  Wright. 

Coffeyville,  July  28. — The  work  here  pros- 
pers, with  additions  almost  every  Lord's  day. 
We  are  planning  for  a  rousing  meeting  as 
soon  as  we  can  secure  the  services  of  a  good 
evangelist. — Ellis  Purleh,  pastor. 

KENTUCKY. 

Mt.  Sterling,  July  19.— The  meeting  at  old 
Somerset,  in  Montgomery  county,  near  Mt. 
Sterling,  Ky.,  closed  July  18,  with  71  addi- 
tions. Seven  came  from  other  religious  bodies; 
four  were  reclaimed  and  two  came  by  state- 
ment. The  others  came  by  primary  obedi- 
ence. J.  T.  McKissick,  of  Texas,  did  the 
preaching,  which  was  strong  and  convincing. 
B.  H.  Dawson  assisted  in  the  singing.  At 
the  close  of  the  meeting,  the  church  gave  the 
regular  minister,  E.  B.  Bourland,  a  trip  to  the 
national  convention  at  San  Francisco. 

Latonia. — Two  confessions  last  Sunday. 
The  ladies'  aid  recently  reduced  our  debt  $100. 

— H.   C.   RUNYAN. 

Louisville. — G.  W.  Nutter  is  getting  along 
nicely  with  the  church  at  Parkland.  They 
have  had  51  additions  in  less  than  six  months' 
regular  work.  Thty  recently  built  a  new 
choir  loft,  adding  to  comfort  and  appearance. 
Brother  Nutter  will  hold  a  meeting  in  August 
at  Burton,  with  J.  S.  Shouse;  also  in  September 
will  hold  a  meeting  at  Bedford,  and  his  own 
meeting  at  Parkland  church  this  fall. 

Owensboro,  July  24. — Six  additions  at  the 
regular  services  Sunday.  Departments  keeping 
up  well  during  the  summer. — R.  H.  Cross- 
field. 

Bromley,  July  29. — Closed  a  splendid  meet- 
ing at  Bromley  last  night.  Henry  Robb,  of 
the  Eastern  avenue  church  of  Cincinnati,  did 
the  preaching.  This  is  a  bad  season  to  hold 
a  meeting  in  the  city,  and  local  conditions 
were  against  us.  The  Ludlow  lagoon,  one  of 
the  biggest  summer  resorts  around  Cincinnati, 
is  right  at  our  door,  but  Brother  Robb  and 
the  gospel  of  Jesus  Christ  held  the  people. 
There  were  nine  additions,  all  by  confession 
and  baptism.  The  church  has  been  greatly 
revived  and  the  fulue  looks  encouraging. — 
D.  Earl  B.  Barr,  minister. 

MISSISSIPPI. 

Aberdeen. — A  meeting  of  30  days,  by  O.  P. 
Spiegel  and  W.  E.  M.  Hackleman,  resulted 
in  11  additions.  Great  audiences,  fine  music, 
good  interest.  Should  have  continued  30  days 
longer. 

MISSOURI. 

Bowling  Green,  July  21. — Miss  Callie 
Mackey,  of  East  St.  Louis,  made  the  "good 
confession"  in  Louisiana,  Mo.,  last  Lord's 
day,  and  I  baptized  her  at  prayer- meeting 
Wednesday  night.  She  will  unite  with  the 
church  in  East  St.  Louis. — E.  J.  Lampton. 

Moberly,  July  25. — Two  confessions  at 
Cairo  The  work  at  Moberly  and  round 
about  is  progressing. — S.  J.  Copher. 

Bogard,  July  26. —  We  had  five  additions  by 
letter  at   Norborne,  Sunday. — C.  C.  Taylor. 

Lathrop,  July  24. — We  have  had  four  bap- 
tisms since  our  last  report.  We  have  secured 
Bro.  Edward  McKinney  to  sing  for  us  in  our 
October  meeting. — J.  G.  Crbason. 

Swinton,  July  27. — J.  T.  H.  Stewart  began 
a  meeting  here  two  weeks  ago,  and  there  have 
been  46  additions  to  date,  mostly  by  primary 
obedience.  There  are  immense  crowds  attend- 
ing, and  a  great  interest  is  manifested. — S.  W. 
Robinson. 

Liberty. — A  summary  of  the  report  of  the 
Christian  church  for  year  ending  June  30,  shows 
the  total  money  raised,  $3,882.95;  total  given 
to  missions,  $552.40;  number  of  deaths,  8; 
number  dismissed  by  letter,  9;  number  of  addi- 
tions by  letter,    26;    number   of    additions    by 


confession  and  baptism,   31;  net  gain   in  mem- 
bership, 40. 

NEW   YORK. 

Buffalo,  July  27.  —  Recently  enjoyed  a  four 
days'  visit  to  historic  Chautauqua,  where  I 
attended  the  summer  school  of  evangelism  and 
met  many  choice  spirits.  Baptized  an  old 
gentleman  in  his  home,  Friday  of  last  week. 
He  was  too  feeble  to  be  taken  to  the  church. 
Our  "living  link,"  Miis  Williamina  Mel- 
drum,  is  at  home  on  a  short  visit,  and  her 
presence  and  messages  have  cheered  the  hearts 
of  the  Jefferson  street  church. — B.  S.   Ferrall. 

OHIO. 

Athens,  July  24. — Three  baptisms  here 
Wednesday.  Our  Sunday-school  has  enrolled 
new  scholars  every  Sunday  for  the  last  seven 
months,  and  in  the  last  nine  months  has  enrolled 
492.  We  enlarge  our  quarters  this  summer. — 
T.  L.  Lowe. 

OKLAHOMA. 

Yukon,  July  27. — Fourteen  baptisms,  be- 
sides several  additions  otherwise,  are  some  of 
the  good  results  of  our  short  meeting  at  Union 
City.  A  new  house  of  worship  will  be  erected 
soon.  I  am  here  for  a  few  weeks.  Prospects 
good  for  large  results.  I  go  to  Missouri  for 
September.— D.  D.  Boyle,  evangelist. 

OREGON. 

Silverton,  July  23.— We  finally  secured  the 
tent  from  Dayton,  Washington,  after  waiting 
a  long  time.  Our  audienefs  are  now  much 
larger  since  we  are  in  the  tent.  We  are  suc- 
ceeding in  spite  of  all  hindrances.  We  have 
a  large  chorus  which  is  furnishing  good  music. 
The  infidels  are  now  flacking  to  hear  S.  M. 
Martin.  This  is  an  infidel  stronghold,  as 
there  used  to  be  a  "free  thought"  college 
here.  Ten  confessions  to  date. — Chas.  E. 
McVay,  singing  evangelist. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Williamsport. — C.  R.  L.  Vawter,  of  Indian- 
apolis, is  assisting  W  L.  Dalton  in  a  tent 
meeting.  The  city  has  a  population  of  some 
30,000    and   has    but  two  Christian  churches. 

Ellwood  City,  July  27. — Two  splendid  services 
last  Lord's  day.  Four  additions — two  by  pri- 
mary obedience,  one  from  the  Baptists  and  one 
from  the  Methodists.  Our  revival  meetings 
will  soon  be  in  full  swing,  when  we  expect 
great  things.  "Everyone  win  one"  is  our 
motto.— Ferd.  F.  Schultz,  minister. 

WASHINGTON. 

Waverly,  July  19. — Just  closed  a  10  days' 
meeting  at  Cheney.  I  found  the  church  here 
badly  divided  and  in  trouble  over  a  preacher 
who  had  been  published  in  our  papers,  and 
they  had  withdrawn  fellowship  from  some  of 
their  number.  We  succeeded  in  getting  them 
all  united  and  complete  harmony  restored,  and 
left  them  seemingly  a  happy  people.  We  hope 
in  the  near  future  to  have  a  strong  church  at 
this  place.  The  work  at  Waverly  is  doing 
nicely  under  Kro.  A.  J.  Adams.  They  are 
working  on  their  new  church  house.  Bro. 
W.  S.  Lemon,  our  corresponding  secretary,  is 
in  a  meeting  at  Latah,  with  good  results. — 
Morton  H.  Wood,  evangelist. 

TENNESSEE. 

Jellico,  July  24. — Another  scattered  Disciple 
united  with  us  by  statement  yesterday.  The 
church  here  will  send  me  to  the  Kentucky  con- 
vention at  Maysville. — Wren    J.    Grinstead. 

WYOMING. 

Sheridan,  July  24. — Three  additions,  one 
baptism,  one  reclaimed  and  one  by  letter  since 
last  report.  Brother  and  Sister  Gordon  were 
here  generating  missionary  enthusiasm  one  day 
and  night  and  as  a  result  we  have  organized 
an  auxiliary  to  the  C.  W.  B.  M.  since  their 
departure. — F.  E.  Blanchard. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


Augist  3,  1905 


MARRIAGES. 

ARTHUR— VAN  Cl'REN.— At  Elmira.  Cal.. 
June  as,  Wm.  Stevens  Anhur.  of  Grass  Valley, 
and  Miss  Nora  Ethel  Van  Curen,  oi  Elmira,  J.  E. 
Henton,  of  Vacaville.  officiating.  -»* 

DAHL.IN  — LEWA1.LEN.— At  Kansas  City. 
Kan..  June  S,  1005,  at  the  home  oi  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
R.  H.  "Lewallen,  Henry  G.  Dahlin  and  Nora  Le- 
en.  both  oi  that  city.  C.  P.  Smith  officiating. 

FLEMING— BLACK.—  At  Kansas  City.  Kan., 
Tune  rn  the   North  Side  Chrvtian  church, 

lames  G.  Fleming  and  Myrtle  E.  Black,  both  of 
that  city.  G.  P.  Smith  officiating. 

HASKINS— -CARPENTER.— At  the  parsonage 
of  the  Christian  church.  Wilson.  N.  C  Lewis  Ben- 
jamin Haskins  to  May  Florence  Carpenter,  daugh- 
ter of  Mrs.  A.  M.  Smith. 

KIMBALL— LONG.— At  high  noon  Wednes- 
day, July  ~.  1005,  at  the  residerce  of  the  bride's 
parents.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  C.  W.  Long,  Neodesha, 
Kan.,  Dr.  Joseph  F.  Kimball  and  Anna  Eleancr 
Ixmg.  E,  E".  Lowe,  minister  of  the  Christian  church, 
officiating. 

JOHNSON  — LYDEN.— Edward  Johnson,  of 
Rose  Clare.  III. .  and  Miss  Bessie  Lyden,  las.  G.  M. 
Lurtenberger  officiating. 

MILLER— DOLL.— At  Atlantic,  la.,  July  8, 
1005,  Anton  Miller  and  Myrtle  Doll. 

WALKER— LINCOLN.— Rev.  Noah  A.  Walker, 
of  For  Wavne,  Ind.,  and  Mrs.  Nancy  M.  Lincoln. 
of  Beatrice,  Neb., by  J.  F.  Findley,  in  Chicago,  111., 
on  June  10. 


OBITUARIES. 

Notices  of  deaths  (not  more  than  four  lines)  inserted 
Iree.  ODitoary  memoirs,  one  cent  per  word.  Send  the 
•oner  with  the  copy. 

BARSTOW. 

On  the  morning  of  June  27,  1905,  the  quiet  and 
gentle  spirit  of  Sister  Ida  M.  Barstow,  wife  of  the 
beloved  pastor  of  the  Ladysmith  church  and  corre- 
spocding  secretary  of  the  Wisconsin  Christian  mis- 
sionary convention,  without  a  moment's  warning, 
left  its  tenement  of  clay.  She  had  gone  across  the 
street  to  make  a  call  upon  a  neighbor  and  while  in 
conversation  dropped  dead  of  heart  failure.  Ida  M. 
Glick  was  born  in  Richland  county,  Wis. .  May  15, 
1S59.  and  was  married  to  H.  F.  Barstow,  Jan.  1, 
For  26  years  she  lived  in  the  service  of  the 
Master.  She  was  beloved  by  all  who  knew  her 
and  she  has  left  an  impress  for  good  upon  all  with 
whom  she  associated.  The  funeral  sermon  was 
preached  by  W.  H.  Rust,  ot  Schaller,  la.  No 
words  were  really  needed,  for  the  silent,  sweet  life 
had  at  last  found  utterance,  and  its  farewell  had 
touched  the  whole  community  to  tears. 

W.  H.  R. 
BOGGS. 

Grandma  Boggs,  the  wife  of  Elder  John  Boggs, 
died  at  her  home  near  Clyde,  Kan.,  June  22,  1905. 
The  funeral  services  were  conducted  by  the  writer 
in  the  midst  of  a  large  concourse  of  relatives  and 
friends  where  Sister  Boggs  had  lived  since  1878. 
She  was  94  years,  three  months  and  12  days  old. 
Brother  Boggs  was  for  a  great  many  years  a 
preacher  of  the  gospel,  loved  and  respected  by  all. 
He  died  in  1897.  Grandma  Boggs  had  been  a 
great  sufferer  for  several  years  prior  to  her  death, 
yet  she  was  cheerful  and  bright  to  the  day  of  her 
death.  Honored  and  loved  by  all  who  knew  her 
because  of  her  Christlike  disposition,  she  leaves  a 
rich  legacv  to  her  relatives  and  many  friends. 

W.  S.  Lowe. 
EDWARDS. 

lane  Edwards,  wife  of  David  Edwards  and 
mother  of  E,  Richard  Edwards,  pastor  oi  the  First 
Christian  church,  Bedford,  Ind.,  entered  into  rest 
on  Saturday,  May  27,  1905.  Her  coronation  as  a 
loyal,  devoted  follower  of  Christ  was  assured.  She 
was  bom  in  Wales,  came  to  America  when  a  young 
woman,  was  identified  with  our  firs*  church  in 
New  York  City  nearly  forty  years.  Her  character 
i<=  fitly  described  in  Prov.  31:10-31.  Her  work 
abides.  E.  Richard  Edwards. 

Bedford,  Ind. 

LEE. 

In  Santa  Ana,  Cal.,  May  24, 1905,  Hezekiah  Lee, 
aged  44  years,  five  months  and  21  da>s.  In  1883 
ne  went  to  Colorado,  and  while  living  in  Aspen 
united  with  the  Christian  church  during  a  revival 
meeting  held  by  Elder  Williams.  On  June  17, 
1891,  he  was  married  to  Louise  J.  Mcrse,  who  pre- 
ceded him  to  the  spirit  world  on  Jan.  26,  1904.  Two 
little  orphan  boys  survive  them.  The  funeral  serv- 
ices were  conducted  by  his  pastor.  Elder  Lane. 

L.  S.  M. 
MOORE. 

On  May  'he  quiet  spirit  of  Bro.  Joel  Ab- 

ner  Moore  left  its  tenement  of  clay  for  his  home  in 
the  paradise  of  God.  He  died  at  his  home  in 
Burnon,  Kan.     Broiher  Moore  was  born  No 

.9$  He  wa-  married  to  Miss  Parmeiia  Hunt, 
Jan.  29,  1865.  In  1872  he  and  his  wife  removed  to 
Kar.  a  h  has  ever  since  been  his  home.    Ever 


given  to  hospitality  he  loved  the  church  of  which  he 
had  been  a  member  since  1868  until  he  was  called 
up  higher.  Many  an  humble  preacher  of  Jesus 
Christ  has  been  cared  for  in  a  good  home  where 
Brother  Moore  presided,  with  the  true  dignity  of  his 
noble  wife.  Brother  Moore  was  long  since  appointed 
a  deacon  in  the  Christian  church  and  has  been 
faithful  until  death.  He  acted  as  church  clerk  and 
treasurer  for  many  years  and  did  many  other  serv- 
ices for  the  church.  To  Sister  Moore  and  his 
friends  and  relatives  we  would  express  our  deep 
sympathy,  and  assure  them  that  Brother  Moore  has 
the  enduring  love  and  affection  of  the  congregation 
here.  Farewell,  Brother  Moore,  until  that  day  when 
we  shall  all  meet  on  that  evergreen  shore. 

J.  H.  Gresham,  Elder. 

SIMONS. 

Anderson  Simons  was  born  March  13,  1819,  in 
Wayne  county,  Ind.,  and  died  at  Polk  City,  la., 
July  15,  1905.  He  was  united  in  marriage  to  Lu- 
anda Smith,  Aug.  18,  1841.  Together  they  re- 
moved to  Iowa  in  1856  and  settled  near  Des  Moines, 
and  for  almost  fifty  years  his  home  has  been  within 
the  bounds  of  Polk  county.  He  was  one  of  the 
charter  members  of  what  is  known  as  the  Central 
church  of  Christ  of  Des  Moines,  and  was  always 
identified  with  the  best  religious  and  moral  interests 
of  the  county.  An  honest,  upright,  God-serving 
man,  he  had  the  respect  and  esteem  of  a  very  large 
circle  of  acquaintances.  The  large  gathering  of  old 
fnends  and  neighbors  at  his  funeral,  held  in  the 
Congregational  church  in  Polk  City,  bore  witness 
to  this  fact.  Although  in  his  eighty-seventh  year 
when  he  died,  to  a  remarkable  degree  he  had  re- 
tained the  use  of  all  his  facu  ties  of  mind  and  body. 
Another  quite  remarkable  thing  is  the  long  mar- 
ried life  of  this  couple.  For  over  64  years  they  had 
traveled  the  journey  of  life  together.  Only  a  little 
while  until  they  shall  be  again  united,  and  that  for- 
ever. His  wife,  three  children,  14  grandchildren 
and  eight  great-grandchildren   survive   him.     One 


son  died  about  five  years  ago ;  the  other  children 
were  all  with  him  at  his  death.  They  are  John 
Simons,  of  Des  Moines,  Mrs.  Vinetta  Juvanal,  near 
Des  Moines,  and  Mrs.  Epha  Davis,  of  Polk  City. 

SMITH. 

Richmond  Victor  Smith  died  at  his  home  in 
Plevna,  Ind.,  May  29,  1905,  aged  two  years,  five 
months  and  14  days.  He  was  the  younger  son  of 
G.  W.  and  Mrs.  Smith.  Raymond  was  born  Dec 
15,  1902.  The  funeral  services  were  held  in  the 
home,  May  30.  He  was  buried  at  Kokoma,  Ind. 
Little  Raymond  has  gone  to  a  better  world  to  sing 
the  song  he  sang  while  at  play,  "Leaning  on 
Jesus."  The  precious  child  has  gone  to  be  with 
him  who  said,  'Suffer  little  children  to  come  unto 
me  and  forbid  them  not,  for  of  such  is  the  kingdom 
of  heaven."  Mr.  and  Mis.  Smith  have  the  sym- 
pathy of  the  community  in  their  bereavement. 

Burlington,  Ind.  A.  C.  PATTON. 

USHER. 

J..H.  Usher  was  born  in  Milburn,  Ky  ,  Nov.  18, 
1862.  At  the  age  of  11  he  confessed  his  Savior,  and 
became  a  life  member  of  the  Foreign  Christian 
Missionary  Society  15  or  more  years  ago.  He  was 
married  to  Miss  Annie  L.  Walker,  ot  Hopkinsville, 
Ky.,  January,  1891,  who  was  called  to  her  eternal 
home  in  1893.  He  was  always  a  faithful  worker  in 
the  Master's  cause.  He  departed  this  life  June  13, 
1905,  leaving  mother,  brother,  one  half-sister  and 
two  half-brothers  to  mourn  their  loss. 


OPPORTUNITY-A  National  Bank  will 
be  organized  in  St.  Louis  about  Sept.  1st. 
Some  well  known  members  of  the  Christian 
Church  will  be  interested  in  the  management. 
A  limited  amount  of  the  stock  can  be  had  at 
par,  and  the  investment  is  sure  to  prove  a 
profitable  one.  For  particulars  address,  F,  E. 
G-,  No.  2920  Pine  St..  St.  Louis. 


Christian  Church  Convention 

California 

Trie  Christian  Church  will  hold  its  International  Convention 
at  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  August  17  to  24 

The  Santa  Fe  is  the  best  way  there 

It  s  the  shortest  line  to  Southern  California 
ana  a  direct  route  to  San  Francisco  —  the  time 
is  last  —  the  weather  is  cool  in  summer  —  the 
track  is  oil-sprmluea  ana  practically  dustless — 
the  mountain  scenery  is  magnificent: — one  man- 
agement all  the  way  insures  satisfactory  service, 
start  to  finish  —  ana  Harvey  serves  tne  meals, 
the  best  m  the  West. 

Tickets  on  Sale  August  6  to  14.  good  to  return  in  90  days,  from  Middle- 
^^est  states — on  sale  a  day  earlier  in  the  East. 

Round -trip  Ticket  rate  via  direct  routes.  $62.50  from  Chicago.  $57.50 
from  St.  Louis,  $50  from  Kansas  City,  with  stop-overs  in  Colorado  and  ^Vest. 

Regular  Service 

The  Santa  Fe  runs  four  trains  to  California.  The  California  Limited  is  fastest 
and  most  luxurious  —  equipped  with  compartment,  observation  and  drawing-room 
Pullmans,  buffet-smoker  and  dining  car.  The  California  Fast  Mail  is  almost  as 
swift;  the  other  two  are  called  the  Los  Angeles  and  San  Francisco  Expresses;  all 
three  carry  standard  and  tourist  Pullmans  and  chair  cars. 

Special  Excursion 

Christian  Church  Special  (equipped  with  standard  and  tourist  Pullmans) 
leaves  Dearborn  Station,  Chicago,  via  the  Santa  Fe,  10  p.  m..  Monday,  August  7, 
leaves  Kansas  City  11a.  m..  August  8.  and  arrives  Los  Angeles  6:00  p.  m.,  August  12, 
stopping  several  hours  at  Albuquerque,  N.  M.,  Redlands,  Cal.,  and  Riverside,  Cal.; 
also  one  day  at  Grand  Canyon  of  Arizona.  Personally  conducted  by  a  representative 
of  the  Santa  Fe.  Mr.  G.  "W.  Muckley,  Corresponding  Secretary,  Board  of  Church 
Extension.  American  Christian  Missionary  Society,  Mr.  R.  H.  ^Vaggener,  National 
Superintendent,  Christian  Church  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  and  Mr.  Cbas.  A.  Young,  of  the 
"Christian  Century."  -will  be  in  charge. 

Grand  Canyon  Side  Ride  will  cost  $6.50  extra  for  railroad  ticket.  $1  extra  for  Pullman, 
and  reasonable  amount  for  accommodations  at  El  Tovar  hotel.  The  most  -wonderful  scenic  spectacle 
in  the  whole  -world,  -worth  going  thousands  of  miles  to  see.  No  extra  charge  for  Redlands  and  River- 
side side-rides  through  California  orange  groves. 

Not  room  here  to  give  full  particulars.     Won't  you  write  to  me  for  all  the  facts?  ' 

A.  Andrews,  G.  A.,  209  No.  Seventh  St.,  St.|Louis,  Mo. 


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Sunday-School. 

August  13.  190S. 


JOSIAH  AND  THE  BOOK  OF  THE  LAW.- 
2  Chron.  34:14-28. 

Memory  verse,  21. 

Golden  Text.— I  will  not  forget  thy 
word.— Psalms  119:16. 

The  reformation  which  Josiah  introduced 
in  Judah  was  closely  connected  with  the 
discovery  of  the  book  of  the  law  in  the 
temple.  It  would  seem  natural  to  attribute 
the  reformation  to  the  discovery  of  the 
statutes  which  correspond  so  exactly  to 
the  things  which  Josiah  actually  did.  On 
the  face  of  the  record  it  appears  that  his 
reformation  began  in  the  twelfth  year  of 
his  reign,  no  particular  reason  or  stimulus 
being  assigned  for  it,  while  the  discovery 
of  the  book  of  tee  law  came  during  the 
repair  of  the  temple  which  was  begun  in 
the  eighteenth  year  of  the  reign.  It  is  quite 
possible,  however,  that  the  full  description 
of  the  reforms  (2  Chron.  34:3-7)  is  some- 
what anticipatory  and  covers  a  work  the 
chief  part  of  which  came  after  the  discov- 
ery of  the  book  of  the  law.  The  king's 
sudden  dismay  (verses  19  21)  and  the  de- 
nunciation by  Huldah  the  prophetess 
(verses  24,  25)  would  seem  scarcely  called 
for  if  the  work  of  reformation  had  already 
been  carried  out  as  fully  as  described  in 
the  preceding  verses.  So  the  probability 
is  that,  while  early  in  his  reign  the  influence 
of  the  prophets  began  to  be  effective  for  a 
purification  of  the  worship  and  morals  of 
the  people,  the  book  of  the  law  which  was 
found  in  the  temple  furnished  the  chief 
guide  for  the  reformation. 

One  of  the  standing  problems  of  Old 
Testament  study  relates  to  this  "book  of 
the  law."  What  was  it?  Some  have  said 
that  it  was  the  complete  Pentateuch  which 
had  been  written  by  Moses,  and  lost  during 
the  earlier  years.  It  has  even  been  con- 
jectured that  it  might  have  been  Moses' 
autograph  copy — a  supposition  wholly  con- 
jectural and  without  substantial  founda- 
tion. Another  theory  is  that  it  was  either 
a  part  or  all  of  the  book  of  Deuteronomy, 
because  the  reforms  actually  carried  out 
by  Josiah  at  this  time  correspond  striking- 
ly to  the  regime  laid  down  in  that  book. 
This  may  be  accepted  even  by  those  who 
hold  the  book  of  Deuteronomy  in  its  en- 
tirety to  be  the  work  of  Moses,  Those 
who  maintain  the  post-Mosaic  authorship 
of  the  Pentateuch,  usually  assert  that 
Deuteronomy  was  written  during  the  dark 
days  of  Manasseh's  reactionary  reign  and 
was  hidden  in  the  temple  for  prudential 
reasons  until  a  time  when  it  might  be  more 
safely  brought  forth,  and  tha:  the  "book 
of  the  law"  discovered  in  the  eighteenth 
year  of  Josiah  was  Deuteronomy,  chapters 
5:26  and  28. 

In  any  case,  Josiah' s  reformation  practi- 
cally completed  the  work  of  centralization 
of  worship  at  Jerusalem.  It  purified  the 
cultus  by  the  final  elimination  of  pagan 
and  immoral  elements  which  had  bred  cor- 
ruption since  the  days  of  the  conquest  of 
Canaan.  Furthermore,  it  gave  a  new 
prominence  to  the  idea  of  the  book  as  the 
record  of  revelation  and  the  proximate 
source  of  religious  authority.  The  idea  of 
a  canon  of  sacred  scripture,  which  plays  so 
1  arge  a  part  in  our  Christian  conception  of 
the  method  of  revelation,  is  more  nearly 
akin  to  the  thought  of  the  people  of 
Judah  about  the  "book  of  the  law"  in  the 
reign  of  Josiah  than  to  anything  that  pre- 
cedes it  in  Hebrew  history. 


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By  W.  F.  Richardson. 
August  9.  1905. 


THE  NAME  CHRISTIAN.     Acts  11:26;  Gal. 
3:26-29;  1  Peter  3:14-16. 

"What's  in  a  name.'  '  This  question  has 
been  repeated  times  without  number,  since 
Shakespeare  first  propounded  it,  and  ap- 
plied in  ways  that  were  entirely  foreign  to 
his  thought.  "A  rose  by  any  other  name 
would  smell  as  sweet,"  i:  is  true.  But 
since  the  rose  has  been  given  the  name 
which  so  perfectly  fits  its  regal  beauty,  why 
persist  in  calling  it  a  cabbage?  Names 
become  signs  of  realities,  and  are  impor- 
tant just  in  the  degree  that  we  desire  to 
use  language  accurately  and  truthfully. 
However  the  name  first  comes  to  be  ap- 
plied, if  it  expresses  the  reality  it  is  the 
proper  one  to  use. 

The  Name  "Christian."  The  followers  of 
Christ  were  at  the  beginning  known  as 
"disciples,"  and  by  their  enemies  called 
"Nazarenes."  When  the  movement  ex- 
tended out  into  Gentile  communities,  and 
gained  a  strong  following  in  the  great  cos- 
mopolitan city-of  Antioch,  it  was  perhaps 
but  natural  that  a  Greek  title  should  be 
applied  to  believers  in  the  Lord;  and  what 
title  would  more  readily  suggest  itself  than 
that  of  "Christian,"  taken  from  the  Greek 
form  of  the  Messiah's  name,  Christ?  Wheth- 
er given  by  divine  direction  or  by  the  out- 
side world,  it  was  recognized  as  fitly  be- 
stowed, and  thenceforth  the  "disciples" 
were  called  "Christians." 

It  is  a  Sacred  Name.  It  is  derived  from 
"Christ,"  the  Anointed  One.  Every  true 
Christian  has  received  an  unction  from 
heaven.  1 1  Jno.  2:20  )  He  is  entitled  to 
wear  the  holiest  name  ever  heard  upon  the 
lips  of  man.  (James  2:6,  7;  Phil.  2:9  11.) 
It  is  the  name  in  which  alone  is  found 
power  to  save  from  sin.  (Rom.  10.12,  13; 
Acts  4:10 -12.)  How  careful  then  ought  we 
to  be  not  to  dishonor  this  name  of  Chris- 
tian. To  deserve  to  wear  it  it  is  to  enjoy 
the  richest  favor  of  God  and  possess  the 
surest  title  to  eternal  life.  If  all  who  bear 
it  would  but  be  what  it  suggests,  the 
church  of  Christ  would  speedily  conquer 
the  world  for  righteousness. 

//  if  a  Significant  Name.  To  be  a  Chris- 
tian means  that  <we  belong  to  Christ.  He 
hath  purchased  us  with  his  blood,  and  we 
are  no  more  our  own.  We  cannot  live 
henceforth  as   we   please,    but   only  as  he 


pleases.  (1  Cor.  6:10,  20;  2  Cor.  5:14,  15.) 
Self  is  the  hardest  master  any  man  ever 
tried  to  serve,  and  Jesus  Corist  is  the  best 
and  gentlest.  His  yoke  is  easy  and  hii 
burden  light.  The  life  surrendered  to  him 
becomes  at  once  a  mighty  force  for  right- 
eousness in  the  world,  and  a  source  of 
peace  and  joy  to  the  believer  himself. 
(Rom.  14: 17, IS  )  We  who  wear  his  name 
are  advertising  him  to  the  world,  and  it 
behooves  us  to  behave  ourselves  in  such 
manner  as  to  be  stepping-stones  at  d  not 
stumbling-blocks  to  men's  faith. 

//  is  a  Glorious  Name.  Peter  tells  us,  "If 
ye  are  reproached  for  the  name  of  Christ, 
blessed  are  ye:  because  the  Spirit  of  glory 
and  the  Spirit  of  God  resteth  upon  you." 
And  the  Caristian  may  endure  affliction  in 
the  name  of  Christ  in  such  manner  as  to 
"glorify  God  in  this  name,"  as  the  Revised 
Version  of  1  Peter  4:16  reals.  Tne  story  of 
the  holy  martyrs  is  but  a  commentary  on 
these  words.  The  question  they  were 
asked  everywhere  was,  "Are  you  a  Chris- 
tian?" A  single  word  determined  their 
earthly  fate.  To  answer,  No,  would  bring 
them  prompt  release  from  imprisonment 
and  escape  from  awful  torture.  To  an- 
swer, Yes,  was  the  signal  for  the  infliction 
of  sufferings  such  as  words  cannot  describe. 
With  few  exceptions,  to  their  eternal  praise 
be  it  said,  these  early  believers  chose  tor- 
ture and  death  that  they  might  honor  the 
name  they  wore,  and  'the  blood  of  the 
martyrs  became  the  seed  of  the  church." 
For  every  one  believer  thus  slain  a  score 
were  brought  to  faith  through  his  heroic 
example;  and  the  soil  drenched  with  the 
blood  of  Christian  confessors  brought  forth 
nations  of  trusting  and  obedient  followers 
of  the  Cnrist.  They  shall  wear  the  new 
name  of  our  Lord  in  that  heavenly  city  of 
God.  May  we  be  permitted  to  share  it 
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Christian  Endeavor. 

By  H.  A.  Denlon, 
Aug.  13,  1905. 


THE  BUILDING  OF  CHARACTER. 
2  Peter  1:1-11;  Jnde  20:21. 

For  the  Leader. 

The  building  of  character  is  a  subject  of 
first  importance  to  those  who  are  aiming 
to  follow  in  the  way  that  the  Lord  leadeth 
us  in  this  earth  life.  Character's,  like 
other  things  in  God's  world,  subject  to  the 
laws  of  growth.  It  is  a  work  that  begins 
and  progresses.  It  is  not  a  thing  of  an  in- 
stant, but  it  is  a  work  that  goes  on  all  the 
time  of  the  sojourn  of  one  in  this  taber- 
nacle of  the  flesh.  By  thus  is  it  a  better 
work  than  if  done  in  an  instant.  Some  look 
upon  "conversion,"  or  the  giving-in  of  the 
will  at  the  time  one  accepts  Jesus,  as  the 
whole  work.  They  cocfuse  several  things 
under  the  terms  "conversion"  and  "re- 
generation." Let  us  look  into  this.  We 
do  not  want  to  try  to  hold  untenable 
ground  in  things  pertaining  to  the  king- 
dom of  heaven  and  the  relation  of  the  sub- 
jects of  the  Great  King  to  him. 
For  the  Members. 

1.  Character,  a  thing  that  is  built.  Do 
we  mean  by  this  statement  that  it  is  built 
mechanically,  as  a  man  builds  a  house,  or 
one  making  some  piece  of  machinery?  Not 
by  any  means.  It  is  not  a  work  of  build- 
ing at  which  man  by  himself  can  work.  It 
is  a  building  according  to  divine  directions 
and  specifications  and  under  the  supervis- 
ion of  the  divine  Son  of  God.  Not  only 
so,  but  he  works  with  us  every  day  in  the 
building.  Let  this  be  settled  at  the  outset. 
We  can  not  of  ourselves  do    this  building. 

2.  But  it  is  a  building  in  which  we  now 
have  the  initiative.  Pat  that  down.  Let 
no  one  sit  still  to  see  the  salvation  of  the 
Lord.  He  must  be  up  and  calling  upon 
the  Lord.  We  must  lay  hold  of  sal- 
vation. Never  will  God  do  more  than 
appeal  through  his  Spirit.  Never  will 
he  do  more  than  he  has  done  through 
his  Son  to  make  us  better.  That  is  to 
say,  he  will  not  come  upon  some  one  and 
stir  him  up  without  his  co-operation  to 
make  the  step.  There  used  to  be,  and 
there  are  some  left,  those  who  sat  around 
the  borders  of  Zion,  and  when  asked  to 
come  to  Jesus  they  would  say,  "The  Lord 
will  call  me  when  he  is  ready  for  me." 
These  fail  to  see  that  God  has  already 
called  every  one.     I  must  act. 

3.  The  foundation  is  first  built  in  erect- 
ing a  house.  So  in  the  building  of  char- 
acter we  must  lay  the  foundation.  That 
foundation  is  Jesus  the  Christ.  What  we 
call  first  principies  are  thejfundamental 
truths  concerning  the  steps  men  and  women 
took  in  the  days  of  the  apostles  to  get  into 
Christ,  to  have  a  part  in  the  fellowship  of 
the  redeemed.  And  these  same  steps  are 
the  only  divinely  authorized  steps  to-day. 
So  one  who  says,  "It  does  not  matter  what 
one  believes.  It  does  not  matter  about  his 
confession.  His  baptism  is  a  minor  thing. 
Let  him  hold  any  plan  of  salvation."  I 
say  such  an  one  is  confusing  good  inten- 
tions with  a  correct  knowledge  of  what  is 
to  be  done.  This  is  no  compliment  to  the 
Lord,  to  say,  "Anything,  Lord,  will  do," 
God  does  not  speak  that  way.  You  be 
careful  before  you  start  in  to  appear  be- 
fore the  throne  with  that  kind  of  a  con- 
ception of  loyalty  and  love  to  God.  Have 
a  good  foundation.  Lay  the  stones  accord- 
ing to  specifications.  Look  into  what  the 
gospel  requirements  are. 

4.  When  we  come  to  building  character 


upon  the  true  foundation,  it  is  just  as  im- 
portant that  we  look  well  to  the  work  here 
as  it  was  in  the  foundation.  This  modern 
view  that  anything,  so  we  mean  well,  will 
do  in  the  Christian  life,  is  a  very  hurtful 
view.  What  excuses  are  we  going  to  give 
for  not  having  the  life  work  of  character 
building  go  on  steadily  with  the  years?  It 
will  be  bad  enough  to  plead  the  weakness 
of  the  flesh,  or  that  we  tried  and  failed, 
but  what  shall  we  say  of  him  who  will 
have  nothing  to  say  but  that  he  did  not 
try  to  be  careful;  that  he  thought  the  Lord 
should  be  satisfied  with  intentions  and  not 
look  into  the  facts  of  deeds — just  so  one 
meant  well?  Dare  any  one  go  before  him 
who  trod  the  hard  way  alone  for  our  re- 
demption and  belittle  the  work  of  divine 
character  building  with  such  a  slipshod 
view  of  the  work  as  this?  Surely  not. 
Let  us  have  a  care.  God  wants  good  work. 
Nothing  less  honors  him.  Nothing  less  is 
any  credit  to  us.  The  best  for  God. 
Sfuiet  Hour  Thought. 

Am  I  better  than  I  was  a  year  ago?  If 
not,  what  about  my  building  of  character? 
Have  I  not  really  destroyed  instead  of 
building? 

DAILY   READINGS. 

M.  The  base  of  character.     Luke  6:46  49. 

T.  The  material.  1  Cor.  3:12-18. 

W.  The  plan.  Titus  2:11-14. 

T.  The  master-builder.         1  Cor.  3:9-11. 

F.  The  completion.  Zech.  4:6-10. 

S.  "Eternal  in  the  heavens. "2  Cor.  5:1-8. 

S.  Topic — The  Building  of  Character. 

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"Union  Church  in  Christ." 

The  Editor,  Christian-Evangelist: 
In  the  spirit  of  love  it  seems  necessary  for 
me,  at  this  time,  to  write  a  few  lines  for 
the  benefit  of  Brother  Simpson  Ely,  who 
has  seen  fit  to  call  in  question  the  move- 
ment of  which  I  am  one  of  the  principal 
actors. 

The  right  of  criticism  is  undisputed 
when  done  in  the  spirit  of  fairness.  That 
my  brother  is  sincere  I  do  not  doubt. 
Paul  was  sincere  when  he  was  "breathing 
out  threatenings  and  slaughter  against  the 
disciples,"  but  when  the  scales  fell  from 
his  eyes,  he  discovered  the  fact  that  he 
had  been  filled  with  a  zeal  for  God,  but  not 
according  to  knowledge.  That  startling 
flash-light  from  heaven  revealed  to  him 
the  fact  that  the  religion  that  was  well- 
pleasing  in  the  sight  of  God  did  not  con- 
sist in  legalism  or  in  a  set  of  forms  and 
theological  doctrines  and  dogmas,  but  in  a 
great  lift  principle  that  was  as  extensive  as 
the  atmosphere  that  we  breathe,  or  the  sun- 
light in  which  we  bask.  Jesus  Christ  was 
the  revelation  of  that  great  life  principle. 
"I  am  the  light  of  life!" 

After  reading  Brother  Ely's  letter,  the 
question  arose  in  my  mind,  if  there  is  not 
a  possible  danger  that  we  of  the  "primi- 
tive Christianity  plea"  may  unconsciously 
become  sectarian  by  pressing  our  unsecta- 
rian  claims  to  the  extent  that  everybody 
who  does  not  follow  to  the  letter  our 
unsectarian  methods  of  Bible  interpreta- 
tion and  our  unsectarian  ways  of  religious 
thought  and  practices,  is  a  sectarian. 

To  illustrate,  my  brother  says  that  "a 
human  name  has  been  adopted  by  this  new 
organization."  If  he  will  analyze  the  title, 
only  one  name  will  be  found  and  that  is 
the  name  of  Christ. 

Human  letters  and  words  have  been 
used  as  instruments  by  which  to  express 
the  facts  in  the  case.  "Union  Church  in 
Christ."  Jesus  prayed  for  union,  there- 
fore union  is  both  Biblical  and  divine. 
Church  is  Biblical  and  represents  an  or- 
ganized body  of  disciples.  "In  Christ" 
designates  both  the  place  and  name.  "If 
a  man  be  in  Christ  he  is  a  new  creature." 

When  the  new  organization  was  in  pro- 
cess of  development,  the  question  of  a 
name  by  which  it  might  be  distinguished 
from  other  bodies  of  Christians  in  the  city 
was  raised.  Some  suggested  that  it  be 
called  "The  Monroe  Union  Church,"  and 
others  that  it  be  called  "The  Christian 
Baptist  Church."  The  first  of  these 
names  seemed  to  be  too  indefinite,  as  it 
failed  to  express  the  character  of  the 
church  and  could  be  used  to  represent  al- 
most anything. 

The  second  suggested  two  religious 
denominations.  At  this  stage  of  negotia- 
tions I  asked  the  Lord  to  give  me  a  name 
that  would  express  the  fact  and  at  the 
same  time  not  suggest  anything  of  a  de- 
nominational thought. 

"In  Christ,"  was  the  result,  and  the  more 
that  I  study  the  title  the  more  certain  am 
I  that  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  suggested  it. 
"The  letter  killeth,  but  the  spirit  giveth 
life." 

It  is  the  spirit  of  a  name  that,  by  the 
help  of  God,  I  shall  ever  contend  for.  The 
Monroe  movement  is  the  result  of  local 
conditions.  A  few  Biptists  and  a  few  Dis- 
ciples, doing  little  or  nothing  for  the 
cause  of  Christ,  have  agreed  to  lay  down 
at  the  feet   of   Jesus   everything  that  will 


tend  to  separate  us,  God's  children,  and 
work  together  and  pray  together  for  the 
uplifting  of  his  kingdom.  As  an 
evidence  that  it  was  not  the  thought 
to  start  another  sect  in  the  world, 
the  "Union  Church  in  Christ"  in- 
tends to  make  use  of  the  existing  denomi- 
national missionary  machinery  for  the 
spreading  of  the  gospel,  leaving  each  indi- 
vidual member  free  to  designate  the  ma- 
chine that  shall  handle  his  offering. 

Is  this  a  crime?  We  observed  "chil- 
dren's day"  with  a  splendid  program 
and  our  little  Sunday  school  responded  with 
an  offering  of  $26,  and  the  money  is  now 
at  work  in  the  "Lord's  harvest."  Last 
week  the  ladies  of  the  church  gave  a  20-cent 
supper.  The  public  responded  and  they 
cleared  $35,  out  of  which  they  carpeted  the 
little  church  parlor  and  have  a  "nest  egg" 
left  and  other  improvements  in  view 

Each  month  the  officers  of  the  church 
hold  a  business  meeting,  at  which  time  all 
matters  relating  to  the  general  work  are 
attended  to  in  a  hearty  and  businesslike 
manner.  The  pastor  has  received  his  sal- 
ary and  brotherly  love  is  the  ruling  spirit 
thus  far.  On  the  first  Lord's  day  of  each 
month  we  all  gather  about  the  Lord's  ta- 
ble and  forget  that  we  are  "Baptists"  or 
"Disciples,"  in  a  denominational  sense. 

I  submit  these  few  facts  to  the  public  for 
consideration.  Have  we  taken  a  "back- 
ward step"?  Would  it  have  been  more 
pleasing  to  Jesus  for  us  to  have  done  noth- 
ing rather  than  consent  to  observe  his  sup- 
per once  a  month?  Has  anything  vital. 
been  sacrificed?  Has  anybody's  salvation 
been  put  in  jeopardy?  What  would  Jesus 
say? 

This  town  has  a  population  of  4,000  souls 
and  26  legalized  saloons.  The  united 
power  of  God's  children  is  needed  here  to 
hold  in  check  the  hosts  of  sin. 

If  any  reader  desiring  further  informa- 
tion relative  to  the  union  movement  here 
will  address  the  undersigned  a  printed  cir- 
cular will  be  sent  free  of  charge. 

The  Spirit  of  God  is  moving  upon  the 
hearts  of  his  children  and  the  prayer  of  our 
Savior  must  be  answered. 

J.  H.  Berkey, 
Pastor  Union  Church  in  Christ. 

Monroe,  Wisconsin. 

More  About  Unity. 

Let  us  take  our  shoes  from  our  feet;  for 
we  are  treading  upon  holy  ground.  I  have 
the  largest  sympathy  for  our  brethren  and 
the  Baptists,  in  Monroe,  Wisconsin,  in 
their  desire  to  promote  unity  among  the 
lovers  of  our  Lord;  but  our  sympathies  and 
feelings  must  not  take  the  place  of  God's 
Word. 

Brother  Garrison  says  that  every  denom- 
ination in  Christendom  is  saying  that  they 
are  in  favor  of  unity,  but  it  must  be 
effected  upon  a  scriptural  basis.  That 
may  be  so,  but  I  have  not  found  it  in 
denominational  literature.  The  denomi- 
national world  long  since  sanctioned  Chil- 
lingworth's  statement  that  the  Bible  is  the 
religion  of  Protestants;  but  they  have  added 
to  the  Bible  scores  of  human  creeds,  con- 
fessions of  faith,  and  books  of  discipline. 
It  Js  one  thing  to  claim  a  thing,  it  is  quite 
another  to  live  up  to  that  claim. 

Of  course  we  do  not  hope  for  all  others 
to  agree  with  our  interpretations;  but  we 
do  reasonably  demand  that  they  shall  take 
God  at  his  word.  In  the  matter  of  names 
for  God's  children,  there  can  be  no  inter- 
pretation. The  question  simply  resolves 
itself  into  this:     What  does  the  Lord  sayf 

Shall  we,  for  the  sake  of  unity,  abandon 


our  plea  for  a  Biblical  nomenclature,  or 
scriptural  terminology?  if  we  lift  the 
flood-gate  here,  may  not  a  torrent  of 
humanisms  sweep  in?  Are  we  not  "infal- 
libly right"  when  we  wear  the  names 
authorized  in  the  New  Testament?  Is  it 
assumption  upon  our  part?  Is  this  a 
matter  of  "denominational  conscience"? 

I  hold  that  "Presbyterian  Church"  is  as 
scriptural  as  "Union  Church  of  Christ." 
The  Bible  commends  the  presbytery  and 
its  work  in  the  ordination  of  Timothy.  It 
is  no  more  "foreign  to  the  New  Testa- 
ment" than  the  "idea  of  union."  Both 
ideas  are  clearly  taught  in  the  Bible;  but 
that  is  no  reason  why  we  should  adopt 
either  as  a  name  for  the  church.  As  well 
speak  of  the  church  as  "The  Baptismal 
Church,"  or  "The  Communion  Church," 
or  "The  Praying  Church;"  because,  for- 
sooth, the  Bible  enjoins  baptism,  prayer 
and  communion. 

"If  Christ  be  honored  in  the  name  of  bis 
Church,  what  need  we  care  for  innocent 
prefixes  which  express  a  historic  fact?" 
writes  Brother  Garrison. 

Ah!  here  is  the  mischief  of  the  whole 
matter.  The  prefixes  and  suffixes  which 
men  have  added  to  divine  propositions, 
are  the  very  causes  which  have  torn  and 
rent  the  body  of  Christ  and  left  it  bleeding 
at  every  pore.  It  is  enough  to  make  the 
angels  weep  if  there  were  tears  in  heaven. 

But  let  us  try  Brother  Garrison's  rule. 
Do  not  Christian  Scientists  (so-called) 
honor(?)  the  name  of  Christ?  They  call 
themselves  "The  Church  of  Christ  Scien- 
tist."    Shall  we  approve  the  addition? 

The  Mormons  honor  (?)  the  name  of 
Christ  when  they  call  themselves  "The 
Church  of  the  Latter  Day  Saints  of  Jesus 
Christ."  Here  are  prefixes  galore.  Are 
they  "innocent"?  They  certainly  express 
"historic  facts." 

Brother  Garrison  thinks  if  we  are  willing 
to  receive  Baptists  into  our  churches,  we 
should  be  willing  for  them  to  continue  to 
make  their  offerings  to  Baptist  mission- 
ary societies.  Now  I  have  been  simple 
enough  to  suppose  when  Baptists  came 
into  our  churches  they  were  no  longer 
Baptists,  but  simply  Christians;  and  that 
henceforward,  by  their  prayers,  labors  and 
money,  they  would  promote  the  interests 
of  the  churches  of  Christ  instead  of  the 
Baptist  church.  Am  I  wrong  in  this?  I 
fear  we  have  some  among  us  who  more 
fully  represent  Baptist  doctrine  than  the 
teaching  of  the  churches  of  Christ. 

Are  we  to  put  the  observance  of  the 
Lord's  supper  upon  the  ground  of  feelings? 
Brother  Garrison  so  says.  So  we  can  ob- 
serve it  once  a  week,  or  once  a  month,  or 
once,  a  year  if  we  leellike  it.  As  well  claim 
that  the  Jew  could  remember  the  Sabbath 
day  to  keep  it  holy  if  he  felt  like  it. 

This  is  not  a  matter  of  interpretation. 
The  disciples  met  together  upon  the  first 
day  of  the  week  to  break  bread.  This  is 
the  plain  statement  of  the  Bible.  It 
admits  of  no  interpretation.  All  church 
histories  teach  that  this  was  the  custom  of 
the  early  church.  He  who  insists  upon 
its  observance  does  not  "assume  an  eccle- 
siastical censorship  over  the  case"  at  all. 
Loyalty  to  Christ  is  our  only  motive. 

Christian  unity  will  come  in  God's  good 
time.  Let  us  not  be  so  eager  for  it  that 
we  will  compromise  the  word  of  the  Lord. 
The  questions  with  which  these  articles 
deal  00  not  belong  to  "congregational 
autonomy."  nor  to  the  realm  of  opinion. 

Jeplin,  Mo  Simpson  Ely. 

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God  Bless  the  Human  Sunbeams. 

God  bless  the  human  sunbeams, 

The  men  both  strong  and  true, 
Who  daily  sing  or  whistle 

At  all  they  have  to  do. 
Their  eyes  are  clear  and  merry, 

Their  step  is  firm,  but  light. 
Their  laugh  s  a  benediction, 

And  life  once  more  seems  bright. 

God  bless  the  human  sunbeams, 

The  women  who,  though  sad, 
Can  still  be  self-forgetful 

And  other  hearts  make  glad. 
Theirs  is  a  blessed  mission, 

Their  smile  can  make  night  day, 
Their  cheery  words  of  comfort 

Soon  drive  all  clouds  away. 

God  bless  the  human  sunbeams 

The  children  fair  and  fond, 
Who  come  into  our  presence, 

Life's  hardest  lessons  conned.     , 
Their  prattle  falls  like  music, 

Just  as  a  tear-drop  starts, 
Their  kisses  and  caresses 

Can  ease  poor  burdened  hearts. 

God  bless  the  human  sunbeams, 

Men,  women,  children,  too, 
Who  add  to  life  much  sweetness, 

And  leave  us  less  to  rue. 
God  bless  them  all!  God  bless  them! 

They  do  bis  work  so  well, 
Reward  will  follow  after, 

And  heaven  the  story  tell. 
—Mrs.  Findley  Braden  in  Leslie's  Weekly. 

Husband,  Y>  ife  and  Home. 

Rev.  Chas.  Fiederick  Goss  has  just  giv- 
en us  a  new  book  which  is  far  more  valua- 
ble than  all  the  rest  of  his  works  put 
together;  for  it  is  practical,  interesting  and 
wise.  It  is  published  by  the  Vir  Publishing 
Company  and  has  a  brief  introduction  by 
Dr.  Sylvanus  Stall,  whose  interest  in  some 
of  the  too  much  tabooed  questions  affect- 
ing home  life,  is  well  known.  For  the 
benefit  of  the  Home  Circle  readers  of  the 
Christian- Evangelist  we  present  here 
some  of  the  thoughts  of  Dr.  Goss,  believing 
that  many  of  them  will  want  to  go  to  the 
book  itself  for  his  fuller  statements.  It  can 
be  had  from  the  Christian  Publishing  Com- 
pany; price  $1. 

Of  course  he  starts  out  with  that  which 
has  been  called  the  greatest  thing  in  the 
world— love — which  is  the  inspiration  of 
literature  and  art.  Husband,  wife,  and 
home,  he  says,  can  almost  be  called  the 
alphabet  of  civilization,  and  he  very  heartily 
takes  issue  with  those  who  believe  that 
more  harm  than  good  can  come  by  leaving 
young  people  to  "find  out  things"  by 
themselves.  We  must,  of  necessity,  he 
says,  fight  as  hard  to-day  to  preserve  the 
home  as  our  ancestors  did  to  achieve  it, 
and  it  is  to  the  defense  and  honor  of  the 
conception  that  the  home  is  composed  of  a 
man  and  a  woman  bound  together  in  in- 
dissoluble ties  of  wedlock,  with  their  chil- 
dren, that  the  volume  is  dedicated.  Dr. 
Goss  has  some  plain  words  on  the  failure 
to  accept  family  responsibility.  In  the  first 
place,  he  contends,  a  responsibility  avoided 
is  not  a  responsibility  evaded,  for  our  neg- 
lected duties  "keep";  while  responsibilities 
accepted  are  weights  which  turn  into 
wings.  Nothing,  says  our  writer,  can  be 
so  pitiable,  futile  and  tragic  as  to  try  to 
avoid  the  responsibilities  of  sex.     They  are 


inevitable;  they  are  imposed  by  heaven 
and  they  are  divinely  arranged  for  our 
highest  good.  It  is  necessary  for  us  to  ac- 
cept them  and  discharge  them  nobly. 

"Imagine  a  rosebud  sitting  down  to  fig- 
ure out  whether  it  had  better  bloom  or 
not."  This  is  the  way  Dr.  Goss  treats  the 
profit  and  loss  side  of  the  marriage  ques- 
tion. Yet  he  recognizes  that  there  are  ab- 
normal experiences,  and  he  erects  a  bal- 
ance and  throws  the  reasons  for  and  against 
the  marriage  relationship  in  the  scales. 
What  do  we  avoid  by  staying  single?  he 
asks.  First,  the  risk  of  drawing  a  blank 
or  catching  a  Tartar.  Second,  the  loss  of 
personal  liberty,  upon  which  he  comments 
that  what  people  gain  in  liberty,  they  lose 
in  love  and  goodness.  And  what  do  we 
gain  by  getting  married?  First,  the  satis- 
faction that  we  are  obeying  the  funda- 
mental law  of  elemental  instinct.  Second, 
the  enjoyment  of  love.  Third,  the  comfort 
of  friendship.  Fourth,  the  benefit  of  bal- 
last. Fifth,  incentive,  which  is  the  deepest 
need  of  life. 

Taking  it  for  granted  that  "marriage  is 
the  ever  blessed  ordinance  of  God"  the 
author  proceeds  to  a  discussion  of  home- 
makers  vs.  house- keepers.  There  are  cer- 
tain family  residences,  he  says,  where  a 
spider  would  die  of  fright  and  a  fly  would 
commit  suicide  from  the  very  weight  of 
solitude.  "But  a  beautiful  house,"  he  ar- 
gues, "is  not  by  any  necessity  a  beautiful 
home,  any  mere  than  a  beautiful  home  is 
necessarily  the  abode  of  a  sea  fish;  poor 
fellow,  he  may  have  been  dead  a  century." 
Give  us,  he  says,  the  women  who  know 
how  to  render  the  home  the  abode  of  com- 
fort, to  fill  it  with  that  divine  atmosphere 
that  invites  repose,  to  imbue  it  with  a  pres- 
ence that  awakens  dreams  of  peace  and 
love.  He  maintains  that  it  requires  a 
greater  endowment  of  soul  to  mate  an 
ideal  home  than  to  carve  the  Venus  de 
Milo,  or  to  paint  the  Last  Supper  or  to  build 
St.  Peters.  A  very  admirable  chapter  on 
the  spoiling  of  the  American  woman  by 
her  husband  follows.  "The  woman  who 
would  have  stood  the  very  hardest  disci- 
pline of  life  without  a  murmur  is  made  a 
darling  and  a  plaything.  Every  want  and 
even  eveiy  whim  is  gratified  until  luxury 
becomes  a  necessity  and  then  a  scourge." 
When  ycu  find  the  very  central  qualifica- 
tion of  wifehood ,  is  it  not  help-meetness? 
he  asks.  How  can  a  woman  be  a  true 
wife  to  a  man  who  does   not  in  some  way 


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share  with  him  the  burden  and  care  and 
sorrow  of  human  life?  His  contention  is 
that  the  chivalry  of  American  manhood 
has_helpedJ^o  corrupt  its  womanhood.  At 
the  same  time  he  realizes  that  a  great  mass 
of  women  are  still  pulling  loyally  in  the 
harness  with  their  husbands.  A  chapter 
on  the  children  in  the  home  has  some 
very  wise  words  that  hit  strongly  at  a 
certain  revival  of  paganism,  and  the 
writer  contends  that  there  are  resources 
of  power  and  wisdom  in  our  souls  and  a 
certain  kind  of  love  that  nothing  has  ever 
called  out  but  a  child.  "Children  are  God's 
apostles,  sent  forth,  day  by  day,  to  preach 
of  love  and  hope  and  peace."  Our  author 
recommends  us,  if  we  have  no  children  of 
our  own,  to  beg,  borrow,  he  almost  says, 
steal,  some;  and  he  mentions  the  case  of  a 
gray  headed  old  fellow  who  bears  the  name 
of  Hard  Tack,  who  took  so  much  interest 
in  his  only  daughter,  who  was  coming 
home  from  school,  that  sometimes  instead 
of  writing  the  figures  in  his  ledger  with 
the  dollar  sign,  he  would  insert  the  hours 
at  which  the  train  would  arrive  at  certain 
points;  once  when  he  was  writing  a  letter 
he  astonished  his  stenographer  by  saying, 
"I  send  you  by  next  freight  125  pounds  of 
as  fine  a  girl  as  ever  walked  in  shoe  leath- 
er." When  that  girl  came  home  for  her 
Christmas  vacation,  old  Hard  Tack  wiped 
his  glasses  from  which  the  mist  had  been 
hanging  all  the  evening,  and  said,  "No  one 
need  give  me  any  more  Christmas  presents, 
I  have  got  all  I  want." 

"What  do  you  do  with  the  best  that  is 
in  you?"  People  give  their  homes  the 
frszzle  ends  of  their  time,  their  strength, 
and  their  talents.  Men  come  back  to  it 
wrung  out  like  sponges,  and  squeezed  out 
like  oranges.  Women  pour  their  strength 
into  the  toil  of  mere  house  keeping  with 
the  reckless  ways  of  prodigals  and  have 
nothing  left  but  quivering  nerves  and  ex- 
asperated tempers  for  the  evening  hour  at 
the  fireside.     Dr.  Goss  maintains  that  the 


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home  is  where  our  best  should  be  shown . 
"We  owe  all  the  light  and  sweetness  there 
is  in  us  to  that  sacred  group  of  beings  who 
assemble  around  the  fireside.  We  built  it. 
We  gathered  these  people  there.  The  re- 
sponsibility of  their  happiness  is  upon  our 
shoulders.  And  if  we  can  only  come  home 
with  a  smile  on  our  faces,  and  tell  them 
our  funniest  stories,  sing  them  our  best 
songs,  show  them  our  sweetest  manners, 
perhaps  we  can  transform  their  sadness 
and  gloom  into  happiness  and  good 
.cheer." 

There  is  wise  counsel, too,  on  matrimonial 
friction.  The  thing  to  do  with  it,  says  Dr. 
Goss,  is  to  transform  it  to  character 
power.  It  is  our  human  nature  to  want 
our  own  way,  and  the  will  of  the  other  to 
be  submerged  and  swallowed  up  in  ours, 
but  a  great  step  has  been  taken  when  at  last 
we  see  and  feel  the  right  of  the  other  soul 
to  its  individuality.  Self-repression  is  an- 
other great  help  in  preventing  friction. 
Married  people  can  learn  that  they  can 
control  themselves  in  the  presence  of  each 
other  as  well  as  in  the  presence  of  stran- 
gers or  companions.  And  so  "fewer  sparks 
fly.  The  teeth  of  the  cog-wheels  fall  to- 
gether more  smoothly  and  quietly.  The 
old  energy  of  conflict  and  contradiction 
has  passed  into  self-control,  and  fine  and 
noble  character  is  the  resultant.  It  may 
seem  a  harsh  dispensation  of  Providence, 
but  female  termagants  have  often  made 
male  heroes  and  male  gadflies  have  often 
developed  female  saints." 

The  problem  of  making  ends  meet  is  one 
that  causes  much  of  the  troubles  of  matri- 
mony. There  are,  says  Dr.  Goss,  four  or 
five  combinations  which  affect  the  success 
or  failure  of  people  to  make  ends. meet. 
First,  the  woman  is  extravagant  when  the 
man  is  economical,  and  they  get  into  debt. 
Second,  the  man  is  extravagant  when  the 
woman  is  economical,  and  they  are  bank- 
rupted. Third,  both  are  thrifty  and  they 
become  misers.  Fourth,  both  are  spend- 
thrifts, and  they  come  to  ruin.  The  irrita- 
tion of  such  possible  relationships  is  seen 
when  the  man  becomes  sensitive  and  then 
morose,  seeing  his  hard  earnings  scattered 
like  chaff  by  his  family.  All  they  value 
the  old  man  for,  he  comes  to  feel,  is  to 
earn  money  for  them  to  spend.  Or  the 
woman  sees  her  husband  frittering  away 
his  money  on  cigars  or  the  slot-machines, 
while  she  and  the  children  hardly  have  the 
necessities  of  life.  Reproaches  begin  to 
be  heard,  quarreling  follows,  and  then 
something  more  desperate.  If  people 
want  happy  homes,  contends  Dr.  Goss, 
there  are  certain  inexorable  laws  which 
they  break  at  their  peril.  First,  we  must 
live  within  our  income.  Second,  we  must 
have  something  for  emergencies.  Third, 
we  must  agree  absolutely  as  to  the  objects 
of  expenditure.  Fourth,  neither  one  may 
indulge  in  a  purely  selfish  luxury,  and 
fifth,  whoever  handles  the  money  ought  to 
give  the  other  an  "allowance." 

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Some  Amusing  Pleas. 

Amusing  letters  are  often  sent  with  the 
MSS  submitted  to  publishers.  A  contribu- 
tion in  verse  is,  in  fact,  nearly  always  ac- 
companied by  an  explanatory  letter  urging 
its  acceptance,  either  because  the  poem 
was  a  spontaneous  effusion,  dashed  off  in 
a  few  moments,  and  hence  true  genius,  or 
more  frequently,  laying  stress  upon  the 
writer's  financial  need.  A  novel  note  was 
stuck  in  a  letter  recently  received  by  a 
London  publisher.  "If  you  accept  this 
verse,"  it  ran,  "a  sweet  girl  will  accept 
me.     If  not,  she  won't."     A  MS.  of  some 


Individual  Communion  Service 

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100,000  recently  submitted  to  another  house 
contained  a  lengthy  biographical  note  in 
which  the  author  stated  that  his  age  was 
twenty  years,  that  he  had  written  the  novel 
in  12  consecutive  days,  and  had  then  trans- 
lated it  himself  into  French  and  Italian, 
besides  preparing  the  dramatic  version. 
He  urged  four  simultaneous  international 
editions,  and  closed  by  assuring  the  pub- 
lishers that  the  novel  was  of  truly  unusual 
merit,  speaking,  as  it  were,  officially,  he 
said,  from  a  wide  experience  both  on  the 
Continent  and  in  America  as  publisher, 
editor,  and  critic,  also  dramatic  critic. 
Another  would-be  author  wrote  thus  of 
himself:  "I  am  profoundly  amusing,  and 
the  most  original  spontaneous  originator  I 
know."  "The  creator  of  this  novel  is  no 
freak,"  modestly  writes  another  aspirant. 
Letters  upholding,  explaining,  pleading, 
are  frequent,  and  only  less  amusing  are 
some  of  the  dedications.  "To  the  Devil," 
was  the  startling  inscription  on  a  novel  re- 
cently submitted  to  the  Harpers. 

How  the  Associated  Press  Got  the  News 
of  the  New  Pope's  Election. 

In  the  Century  for  July,  Melville  E. 
Stone  says  in  "The  Associated  Press": 

Then  came  the  conclave  for  the  election 
of  a  new  Pope.  It  was  to  be  secret  and, 
every  effort  was  made  to  prevent  its  pro- 
ceedings from  becoming  public.  A  brick 
wall  was  constructed  about  the  hall  to  pre- 
vent any  one  having  access  to  it.  But,  to 
the  amazement  of  every  one,  the  Associated 
Press  had  a  daily  report  of  all  that 
happened.  One  of  the  members  of  the 
noble  guard  was  an  Associated  Press  man. 
Knowing  the  devotion  of  the  average 
Italian  for  the  dove,  he  took  with  him  into 
the  conclave  chamber  his  pet  dove,  which 
was  a  homing  pigeon  trained  to  go  to  our 
office.  But  Cardinal  Rampolla  could  not 
be  deceived— he  ordered  the  pigeon  killed. 

Other  plans,    however,  were  more    suc- 


cessful. Laundry  lists  sent  out  with  the 
soiled  linen  of  a  cardinal  and  a  physician's 
prescriptions  sent  to  a  pharmacy,  proved 
to  be  code  messages  which  were  de- 
ciphered in  our  office.  We  were  enabled 
not  only  to  give  a  complete  and  accurate 
story  of  the  happenings  within  the  con- 
clave chamber,  but  we  announced  the  elec- 
tion of  the  new  Pope,  which  occurred 
about  11  a.  m.  in  Rome,  so  promptly  that, 
owing  to  the  difference  in  time,  it  was 
printed  in  the  morning  papers  of  San  Fran- 
cisco of  that  day.  We  were  also  enabled 
to  send  the  announcement  back  to  Europe 
before  it  was  received  from  Rome  direct, 
and  it  was  our  message  that  was  printed 
in  all  the  European  capitals.  The  Italian 
authorities  did  not  interfere  with  these 
messages. 

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What  Lather  Burbanh  Has  Done. 

In  the  Country  Calendar  for  July,  W.  S. 
Harwood  gives  the  following  summary  of 
the  work  of  the  marvelous  California  plant 
breeder : 

For  35  years,  Mr.  Burbank  has  been  at 
work  creating  new  forms  of  plant  life  and 
improving  old  ones.  In  that  time  he  has 
created,  by  breeding  and  selection,  more 
than  2,500  distinct  species  of  plants. 

Some  of  his  "creations"  are:  The  primus 
berry,  a  fruit  unknown  before,  made  by 
the  union  of  a  blackberry  and  a  raspberry, 
which  union  scientific  men  said  was  im- 
possible. The  white  blackberry,  very  beau- 
tiful, with  a  delicate  flavor.  The  "phenom- 
enal berry,"  a  similar  creation,  a  cross  be- 
tween a  raspberry  and  a  California  dew- 
berry, having  the  color  of  a  raspberry  and 
the  shape  of  a  blackberry,  but  larger  than 
either,  far  more  productive,  and  with  a 
flavor  surpassing  both.  The  plumcot  (re- 
sult of  the  union  of  the  apricot  and  the 
plum),  of  rare  flavor  and  richness,  again 
disproving  the  dictum  of  the  scientists.  A 
plum  with  no  pit  and  one  with  the  flavor 
of   the   Bartlett  pear.     A  walnut  first   so 


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thin  of  shell  that  the  birds  could  peck 
through  it,  afterward  bred  backward  along 
the  path  it  had  come  until  a  shell  of  the 
required  thickness  was  secured. 

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With  the  Children 

*»  4,    ftr««K<k»rlda*    Ellis. 


A  Week  with   the   Woodneys. 

THE  FIFTH   DAY    (CONTINUE!)). 

"Quick!  quick!"  cried  old  Mr.  Acre, 
seeing  Arthur  approach  on  a  dead  run. 
"Rush  in  and  bar  the  gates!  Did  you  see 
the  old,  old  man  and  the  four  horsemen?" 
"I  saw  a  great  cloud  of  dust,"  panted 
Arthur,  "it  looked  as  if  a  whole  army  were 
coming." 

"It  is  the  mob!"  cried  the  old  gentleman 
briskly.  "If  they  enter  here,  I  am  lost! 
Rush!  Bar  the  gates!" 

By  this  time,  both  old  Mr.  Acre  and 
Arthur  were  in  the  court  of  Horseshoe 
House.  The  youth  now  observed  for  the 
first  time,  two  large  lattice  gates  which  were 
fastened  back  to  the  walls  of  the  opposite 
ends  of  the  building.  With  trembling 
fingers  he  loosened  them  and  slammed 
the  gates  to.  There  were  three  great  iron 
bolts  which  he  shot  into  place. 

"Good  lad!"  cried  theoldman  watching 
his   actions  with  great    approval.     "Now 
for  the  front  doors.     Come!"     He   darted 
into  the  room  in  which  Arthur  and  Worth 
Acre  had  slept   the  night  before.     Push- 
ing open  a  door  at  the  end  of  the  room  he 
led  tbe  way  through  a  long,  winding,  lum- 
ber-room to  the  door  which  opened  upon 
the  street.     This  front  apartment  was  un- 
carpeted;  boxes  and  broken  pieces  of  fur- 
niture   were    ranged    along    the    curving 
walls.     The  old  man  with  surprising  agil- 
ity rushed  to  a  washstand  which  had  lost 
its  castors,  and  seized  one  end.     "Quick! 
the  barricade!"  he  cried.     It   was   impos- 
sible to  witness  his  enthusiasm  and  energy 
without  sharing  his  zeal.     Arthur  exerted 
all  his  strength  in  dragging  the  washstand 
to  the  door.     They  toppled  it  over  against 
the  portals.     "A  chair!"  cried  Mr.    Acre, 
''that   goodsbox— that  bucket— quick,  be- 
fore they  come!"     Arthur  placed  a  three- 
legged  chair  upon  the  washstand,  and  the 
box  upon  tbe  chair.     "The  bucket  will  be 
no  use,"  he  said,  wiping  his  brow.     It  was 
harder  work   than  sodding.    But,  O,  Mr. 
Acre!     How  can  you  expect  to  keep  them 
out?" 

"How  can  I  expect  to  keep  them  out?" 
cried  the  other  fiercely.  "Do  you  under- 
stand that  if  I  do  not  keep  them  out,  I 
die?" 

"Oh,  sir,"  stammered  Arthur  in  horror, 
what  have  you  done?  Are  they  the  officers 
of  the  law?" 

"So  they  call  themselves,"  said  Mr. 
Acre.  "The  law,  forsooth!  I  am  above  the 
law.  The  law  is  my  subject.  Fasten  the 
shutters!"  There  was  a  window  on  each 
side  of  the  wall,  protected  by  inside  shut- 
ters. Mr.  Acre  closed  one  pair,  and 
Arthur,  with  a  shudder  at  the  other's 
words,  closed  the  pair  opposite.  The 
shutters  were  of  solid  wood  except  for  a 
triangular  space  at  the  top  which  let  in 
small  patches  of  light.  Mr.  Acre  ex- 
plained, "One  could  ascend  upon  a  chair 
and  peep;  but  the  sight  of  them  sickens 
me!  Besides  there  is  not  a  moment  to 
loose.  Rush!  rush!!  Follow  me!"  The 
old  gentleman  tore  back  through  the  wind- 
ing lumber  room  into  Worth  Acre's  bed- 
chamber. He  slammed  to  the  inside  shut- 
ters of  its  single  window  and  burst  through 
the  door  at  the  other  extremity  of  the 
apartment,  into  a  small  dining  room. 

"Fasten  the  shutters,"  he  panted,  paus- 
ing to  recover  his  breath.  Arthur  obeyed 
in  a  dazed  state  of  amazement  and  fearful 


apprehension.  "We  have  no  time  to  make 
those  opening  into  the  court,  secure;  be- 
sides the  gates  are  barred  and  will  keep 
them  out  of  the  court  for  some  time." 

"But  if  they  burst  open  the  gates?" 
asked  Arthur. 

"I  shall  be  firm!"  cried  the  old  man, 
drawing  himself  to  his  full  height.  "I  am 
not  afraid  to  die."  Then  he  added, 
hastily,  "but  I  don't  want  to  do  it  yet. 
Come!"  He  led  the  way  into  the  kitchen, 
and  Arthur  found  Aunt  Tabby  seated  in  a 
chair  by  the  stove,  peeling  potatoes.  There 
was  something  about  her  jet  black  face,  her 
enormous  form,  her  bright  red  headgear, 
and  the  very  potatoes,  that  made  Arthur 
feel  as  if  he  were  coming  out  of  some  sort 
of  a  nightmare. 

"Tabitha,"  panted  Mr.  Acre,  "the  mob 
is  coming!  Bring  me  my  wife  and  child- 
ren!    Bar  the  shutters!" 

"Don't  you  close  dem  shutters,"  said 
Aunt  Tabby  to  Arthur.  "I've  got  to  have 
light  on  my  wuk." 

"Do  you  understand  that  the  mob  is  at 
the  gates?" 

"Yes,  suh,  I  spects  dey  is,  but  dese 
'taters  is  got  to  be  peeled,  mob  or  no  mob. 
I'll  fix  de  shutters  if  dey  come  projeckin' 
aroun'  heah." 

"Come  on,  boy,"  cried  Mr.  Acre.  He 
darted  into  the  next  room  where  Aunt 
Tabby  slept,  and  through  it  into  another 
lumber-room  which  formed  the  other  front 
end  of  the  house.  Like  its  counterpart 
across  the  court,  it  was  uncarpeted  and 
showed  a  confused  heap  of  boxes  and 
broken  furniture.  They  dragged  an  iron 
bedstead  agaiDSt  the  door  and  stacked 
other  pieces  of  furniture  upon  it  The 
shutters  were  fastened,  and  the  old  man 
sank  upon  a  stool,  breathing  heavily.  For 
the  first  time  since  the  beginning  of  their 
meteoric  progress  through  the  semicircu- 
lar building,  Arthur  had  time  to  think. 
The  attitude  of  the  black  woman  caused 
him  to  suspect  that  perhaps  the  old  man 
was  somewhat  mentally  unbalanced. 
"Does  Mr.  Worth  Acre  know  about  it?" 
he  ventured  when  he  had  rested  sufficiently 
to  control  his  voice. 

"He  knows  all,"  the  old  man  assured 
him.  "It  was  he  who  built  this  house  for 
my  protection.  After  I  was  tried  and  sen- 
tenced, the  mob  was  so  bloodthirsty  that 
it  was  hard  to  find  a  prison  in  which  I 
would  be  safe.  In  this  house,  I  am  secure 
from  violence,  and  can  wait  with  perfect 
firmness  for  the  day  of  my  execution.  He 
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delightful  bcxes  and  bureaus  and  old 
stoves  and  things.  Sometimes  I  barricade 
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It  affords  me  endless  variety  in  multiform 
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many  feet  outside.  "The  mob!"  cried  the 
old  man  triumphantly.  "One  more  chair 
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that  bucket  at  the  top  of  the  other  one." 

"What  can  it  mean?"  cried  Arthur, 
pale  and  uncertain.  "There  are  not  so 
many  people  in  the  village!  It  sounds  like 
a  hundred  horsemen." 

"The  old,  old  man  is  leading  them,  be 
sure  of  that!"  cried  Mr.  Acre,  again  rub- 
bing his  hands  in  apparent  delight. 
"Listen  to  the  roar — the  screaming — the 
frenzied  clamor!"  Arthur  hastily  thrust 
the  broken-backed  chair  upon  the  mass  of 
furniture.  The  noise  grew  louder  every 
moment.  "I  believe,"  he  suggested,  "I'll 
climb  up  and  peep  through  the  top  of  the 
shutter." 

"Do  so,  my  brave  lad!"  cried  Mr.  Acre. 
"I  was  obliged  to  give  that  up,  long  ago, 
for  I  am  growing  old." 

Arthur,  as  he  pushed  a  table  under  the 
window,  asked,  "Do  they  come  often?" 

"They  come  every  day,  but  not  in  such 
numbers,"  replied  old  Mr.  Acre.  "This 
is  to  be  one  of  my  great  days.  History 
will  not  go  to  press  till  it  gets  the  news  of 
this  great  event.  All  the  world  is  watch- 
ing the  issue.  Be  steady  of  nerve,  lad,  let 
not  your  heart  fail  you — for  that  table  is 
broken." 

Arthur,  with  some  peril  to  his  limbs , 
climbed  up  and  peeped  through  the  tri- 
angle at  the  top  of  the  shutters.  "Oh!" 
he  exclaimed,  "it  is  a  herd  of  cattle!" 

"You  may  well  call  them  that!"  ex- 
claimed Mr.  Acre,  fiercely.  "Cattle! 
beasts!  imbeciles!  Groveling  under  the 
foot  of  majesty!  Shrieking  for  they  know  not 
what!  Clamoring  for  royal  blood  and  in- 
nocent lives!" 

Arthur  descended  tranquilly.  He  knew, 
now,  that  his  companion's  mind  was 
astray,  and  he  dared  not  explain  that  the 
cattle  going  past  the  window  were  on  their 
way  to  some  neighboring  farm,  to  be  fat- 
tened for  next  autumn's  market.  The 
youth  had  not  been  to  school  very  much, 
but  even  if  he  had,  it  is  to  be  doubted  if 
he  would  have  suspected  that  Mr.  Acre 
imagined  himself  Louis  XVI  of  France, 
But  he  had  seen  and  heard  enough 
to  understand  Aunt  Tabby's  collected 
manner  as  she  bent  over  her  pota- 
toes, and  he  humored  the  old  gentleman 
in  his  delusion.  They  sat  and  talked  in 
whispers  for  almost  an  hour,  always  upon 
the  theme  of  mobs  and  royal  rights, and  then 
Worth  Acre,  whom  Aunt  Tabby  had  let  in 
through  the  kitchen  window,  entered  the 
lumber  room.  '"Well,  grandfather,"  he 
said  cheerily,  "the  mob  has  been  dispersed. 
Arthur,  when  I  told  you  to  come  around 
at  six,  I  thought  you'd  understand  I  meant 
my  blacksmith  shop." 

"Oh!"  said  Arthur.  "No,  I  thought 
you  meant  your  home." 

"It  doesn't  matter,"  said  Worth  Acre,  a 
little  anxiously,  "if  everything  has  gone 
well  with  you.  I  meant  to  prepare  you  for 
— everything,  you  see." 

"I  don't  know  what  I  would  have  done 
without  the  lad,"  cried  the  old  man.  "He 
stood  guard  for  me  at  the  west  end  of 
town,  and  brought  the  warning.  He 
helped  me  barricade,  and  was  not  afraid 
to  look  through  the  loophole  and  examine 
the  mob.  He  is  a  lad  of  mettle,  and 
certainly  proved  a  friend  in  need,  this 
day." 

"Good!  good!"  cried  Mr. Worth  Acre ,his 
face  brightening.  He  threw  open  the 
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his  country,"  said  Mr.  Acre. 

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We  have  made  another  order  for  that 
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book,  "The  Simple  Life,"  by  Chas.  Wag- 
ner. Hoping  to  do  good  causes  us  to  of- 
fer it  in  cloth  binding  at  50  cents,  post- 
paid. 

In  marriage  certificates,  booklets  and 
such  like,  we  are  fully  equipped  and  will 
take  pleasure  in  sending  you  our  circular, 
with  full  list  of  the  stock  on  hand  and 
prices  of  same.  Command  us  in  any  way 
possible. 

We  have  had  to  make  another  shipment 
of  "The  Christian  Worker's  Bible  and 
Christian  Worker's  Testament,"  but  will 
be  well  stocked  before  these  notes  are  read, 
and  we  can  fill  your  order  or  give  you  any 
information. 

More  inquiry  for  Home  Department  and 
Cradle  Roll  supplies  are  coming  in  than 
we  anticipated,  but  the  stock  is  now 
complete  and  we  take  pleasure  in  promptly 
responding  to  all  calls.  Write  for  circulars 
or  samples. 

We  are  at  last  able  to  furnish  such  cards 
as  will  enable  us  to  supply  the  "Faithful" 


series  of  reward  cards  to  those  using  them, 
at  same  prices,  too.  This  has  been  another 
tedious^delay,  but  the  supply  now  in  hand 
will  soon  be  gone. 

Has  your  school  used  the  red  and  blue 
buttons  or  has  either  of  your  Endeavor  So- 
cieties tried  them  ?  We  have  them  for  both 
branches  of  the  work,  selling  either  red  or 
blue,  for  either  society  or  school,  at  1  cent 
each  in  any  quantity. 

Our  "Birthday  Banks"  are  really  hand- 
some glass  globes  on  which  the  margin  is 
very  small,  but  which  we  carry  for  the  good 
of  the  schools;  selling  them  at  35  and  50 
cents  and  $1.35,  postpaid,  we  will  guar- 
antee that  you  can  get  nothing  nicer  for 
the  money  from  any  publishing  house. 

Besides  the  books  listed  in  this  column  for 
summer  reading,  look  over  the  advertise- 
ment in  this  issue  of  others  of  a  similar 
character  and  note  the  remarkable  price  at 
which  we  are  selling  them,  making  a 
"bargain"  book  sale  of  splendid,  good, 
helpful  reading  every  day  in  the  week. 

We  have  had  to  make  an  additional  order 
for  Souvenir  Buttons,  with  scripture  texts 
and  scenes  in  the  Life  of  Christ,  so  popular 
are  they  among  Bible-school  pupils.  We 
are  selling  them  at  15  cents  per  dozen,  or 
$1  per  100,  postpaid.  It  is  a  simple  de- 
vice by  which  to  please  Bible-school  pupils. 

We  shall  soon  be  compelled  to  run  an- 
other edition  of  "The  Holy  Spirit,"  by 
J.  H.  Garrison,  even  if  one  of  the  review- 
ers did  say,  "It  ought  not  to  have  been 
printed."  By  the  way  the  one  dollar  bills 
are  coming  in  for  it,  we  guess  the  brother- 
hood is  trying  to  find  what  is  wrong  with 
it.  Others  are  welcome  to  join  the  search 
on  payment  of  the  $1  fee. 

A  strike  in  the  book  binderies  of  this 
city  has  caused  us  no  little  trouble  and 
disapointment  in  getting  out  new  editions 


of  our  book,  so  that  we  beseech  our  friends 
to  bear  with  us,  promising  that  every 
order  shall  be  filled  as  promptly  as  possi- 
ble, especially  song  book  orders;  but  Pop- 
ular Hymns  No.  2,  cloth,  is  now  tied  up 
in  the  bindery  for  a  season. 

The  vice-president  of  this  company  sug- 
gests that  we  secure  500  copies  of  the 
Commentary  of  Matthew,  by  Peloubet,  if 
it  is  possible  to  do  so  at  such  a  rate  as  will 
enable  us  to  continue  the  sale  of  them  at 
50  cents,  postpaid,  and  we  are  trying  to 
do  so.  But  whether  we  do  or  not,  those 
now  on  hand  will  go  and  are  going  at  that 
price  while  they  last;  cloth  bound,  too, with 
400  pages. 

A  brother  kindly  suggests  to  us 
that  we  ought  to  have  no  trouble 
about  cashing  private  checks  with- 
out cost  (at  least  he  has  none)  if 
we  keep  a  bank  account.  Well,  we  have 
tried  hard  these  many  years  to  keep  a  bank 
account,  but  we  have  to  give  it  up;  it 
simply  will  not  keep,  and  if  it  could  it 
would  lose  fifteen  cents  each  time  a 
country  local  check  is  deposited.  This 
loss  amounts  to  hundreds  of  dollars  to  us 
each  year,  while  we  know  the  exchange 
often  costs  you  absolutely  nothing.  Now, 
just  "put  yourself  in  our  place." 

"Gloria  in  Excelsis,"  in  silk  cloth,  post- 
paid, at  $1  per  volume,  is  the  cheapest 
and  best  song  book  of  nearly  700  pages  on 
the  market.  It  is  put  up  in  leather  back 
at  $1.25  per  copy,  postpaid.  In  d<  zen  lots 
the  cloth  sells  at  $9.50,  not  prepaid,  and  in 
100  lots  at  75  cents  each,  not  prepaid.  The 
leather  back,  in  dozen  lots,  is  $12,  not  pre- 
paid. In  one  hundred  lots  it  is  95  cents 
per  copy,  not  prepaid.  In  quantities  of  50 
or  more  the  rate  for  100  will  apply.  More 
than  1,500  are  now  in  the  hands  of  the 
brotherhood  and  every  mail  brings  us 
strong  commendations  of  the  book.  It  is 
the  Bkst. 


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For  the  Christ  of  Galilee, 

For  the  truth  which  makes  men  free, 

For  the  bond  of  unity 

Which  makes  God's  children  one. 

For  the  love  which  shines  in  deeds, 
For  the  life  which  this  world  needs, 
For  the  church  whose  triumph  speeds 
The  prayer:   "Thy  will  be  done." 

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For  the  weak  against  the  strong, 
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For  the  faith  against  tradition, 
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CONTENTS. 

Current  Events 

1019 

Editorial: 

Brother  Braden's  Questions.. 

1021 

"Doctrines  That  Divide".... 

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1022 

Current  Religious  Thought.. 

1022 

Editor's  Easy  Chair 

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Contributed  Articles: 

As  Seen  From  the  Dome.   F.  D. 

Power. 

1024 

The  Personality  of  the  Preach 

er. 

W.F. 

Richardson 

1025 

Modern  Paulites.    Charles  B 

Sala 

1027 

As  Seen  from  the  Rockies.  B. 

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Tyler. 

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Y.    M.   C.   A.  Work    in    Manchuria. 

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Marion  (Ind.)  Tent  Campai 

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Our  Budget 

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News  From  Many  Fields 

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Sunday- School 

1038 

Midweek   Prayer-Meeting.... 

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Christian    Endeavor 

1039 

Obituaries 

1040 

Cuprent  Literature 

1040 

People's  Forum 

1041 

Family  Circle 

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No.  32 


Current,  Events. 


Another 
Preacher. 


We  were  commenting  recently  upon 
the  foolish  utterance  of  a  reverend 
gentleman  who  pro- 
posed the  nomination 
of  a  presidential  ticket 
for  1908,  composed  of  Hanly,  of  Indi- 
ana (Republican),  and  Folk,  of  Mis- 
souri (Democrat).  Equally  zealous 
in  the  cause  of  reform,  and  equally 
undiscriminating  in  his  pursuit  of  that 
idealj  is  another  preacher  who  has 
recently  broken  forth  in  a  tirade  against 
Governor  Hanly  for  not  enforcing 
the  Indiana  anti-cigarette  law.  It  will 
be  remembered  that  at  the  recent  ses- 
sion of  the  Indiana  legislature,  a  law 
was  enacted  prohibiting  the  purchase, 
sale,  exchange,  giving  away,  posses- 
sion or  use  of  cigarettes  or  cigarette 
papers.  It  was  meant  for  an  absolute 
prohibition  and  was  framed  as  strong- 
ly as  possible.  For  a  time  it  was 
rigidly  and  literally  enforced.  Then 
it  was  taken  into  the  courts  for  a  test 
case,  on  the  theory  that  any  individual 
had  a  constitutional  right  to  receive 
shipments  of  the  prohibited  articles  if 
sent  to  him  from  points  without  the 
state.  It  was  the  old  "original  pack- 
age" question  which  has  given  so 
much  trouble  in  Iowa  and  other  pro- 
hibition states.  The  courts  decided, 
as  they  have  always  decided,  that  in- 
terstate commerce  covers  the  trans- 
portation of  an  article  from  the  time  it 
leaves  the  consignor  until  it  reaches 
the  consignee,  and  that  since  the  regu- 
lation of  interstate  commerce  is  solely 
the  function  of  Congress,  a  state  could 
not  lawfully  prohibit  a  man  from  im- 
porting cigarettes  for  his  own  use. 
Since  that  decision,  the  cigarette 
smokers  have  been  more  at  their  ease, 
though  there  has  been  far  less  cigar- 
ette smoking  than  before.  But  of 
course  anyone  who  really  wants  to 
smoke  cigarettes  can  order  them  by 
mail.  Now  arises  the  above-mentioned 
preacher  and  rails  at  the  governor  for 
not  enforcing  the  anti-cigarette  law. 
All  of  the  law  that  is  left  after  the  de- 
cision of  the  court  got  through  with  it 
is  being  rigidly  enforced,  but  that  ap- 
parently is  not  enough.  Our  zealous 
friend  does  not  pause  to  recognize  any 
distinction  between  judicial  and  execu- 
tive functions.  He  would  be  a  poor 
governor  who,  with  whatever  good  in- 
tentions, should  try  to  enforce  a  law  in 
opposition  to  the  interpretation  of  the 
courts.     In  reality  what  we  need  is  the 


The  Study  of 
Insurance. 


enactment  of  a  law  by  Congress,  such 
as  was  pending  at  the  last  session,  by 
which  the  protection  of  interstate  com- 
merce would  cease  as  soon  as  any  ar- 
ticle which  is  prohibited  by  state  law 
passes  over  the  state  line.  This  would 
make  state  prohibitory  laws  effective, 
as  they  are  not  now  and  cannot  be 
even  with  the  most  energetic  and  con- 
scientious of  governors. 

A 

Insurance  has  long  since  become  a 
subject  of  such  magnitude,  importance 
and  intricacy  that  it 
is  a  distinct  branch  of 
finance  demanding 
the  most  careful  technical  study.  One 
of  the  lessons  suggested  by  the  Equit- 
able troubles,  and  the  throes  and 
agonies  of  reconstruction  is  that  it  is 
not  sufficient  to  have  an  occasional 
upheaval  of  righteous  wrath  against 
the  abuse  of  trusts,  but  that  there 
needs  to  be  a  more  exhaustive  and  in- 
telligent study  of  the  whole  subject  of 
insurance  by  all  parties  concerned  and 
especially  by  those  who  make  and  ad- 
minister the  laws  governing  insurance 
companies  and  insurance  inspection. 
The  annual  report  of  the  Massachu- 
setts superintendent  of  insurance,  just 
issued,  deals  very  pointedly  with  the 
current  situation.  It  points  out  some 
of  the  special  dangers  and  temptations 
to  which  the  management  of  insurance 
companies  is  liable — "the  gambling 
instinct  of  the  age,  schemes  for  getting 
enormously  rich,  graft  by  city  offi- 
cials, state  officials,  national  officials, 
petty  legislators,  congressmen,  United 
States  senators  and  courts  subservient 
to  the  great  Moloch,  money,"  and  in 
addition  to  these,  the  mad  rivalry  be- 
tween the  largest  companies  in  their 
struggle  to  outstrip  each  other  and 
become  the  biggest.  The  subject  of 
fraternal  insurance  is  dealt  with  and 
the  assertion  is  made  that,  in  gen- 
eral, their  rates  are  too  low  for  safety 
and  that  the  new  rates  of  the  Royal  Ar- 
canum are  not  too  high.  One  of  the 
standing  temptations  grows  out  of  the 
connections  between  the  insurance 
companies  and  the  trust  companies 
which  handle  their  money.  The  report 
says:  "It  must  be  said  that  the  situation 
constantly  presents  the  temptation  to 
directors  who  also  have  stock  in  the 
trust  company  to  give  the  latter  all  the 
advantages  they  possibly  can  in  the 
way  of  deposits  and  loans.  The  inter- 
ests of  their  pockets  are  in  perpetual 
conflict  with  their  duties  as  fiduciary 
agents  of  the  policy  holders  and  stock- 
holders of  the   insurance   companies, 


a  most  unfortunate  state  of  affairs, 
from  which,  sooner  or  later,  in  some 
instances,  the  insurance  company  is 
coming  out  second  best."  The  report 
recommends  that  the  Massachusetts 
legislature  at  its  next  session  take  up 
the  questions  of  deferred  dividends 
and  the  relation  of  insurance  and  trust 
companies,  with  a  view  to  strengthen- 
ing the  insurance  laws.  If  the  insur- 
ance laws  of  Massachusetts,  which  are 
already  among  the  best  in  the  union, 
show  room  for  improvement,  the  need 
of  it  in  other  states  is  doubly  urgent. 


The  FolK  of 
MilwauKee. 


Mr.  Francis  E.  McGovern,  prosecut- 
ing attorney  of  Milwaukee,  is  tread- 
ing the  path  of  of- 
ficial virtue  which 
leads  to  fame  and 
political  reward.  The  investigation 
of  conditions  in  that  city  has  revealed 
a  condition  of  corruption  scarcely 
second  to  that  which  prevailed  in  St. 
Louis  before  Mr.  Folk  began  his 
campaign.  Mr.  McGovern  says  he 
is  only  about  half  through,  but  up 
to  the  present  time  there  have 
been  259  indictments  against  89  per- 
sons, most  of  whom  are  office-holders. 
Of  those  who  have  been  tried  up  to 
date  fifteen  have  been  found  guilty 
and  four  not  guilty;  five  have  con- 
fessed. Among  those  who  have  been 
caught  in  the  net  of  investigation  are 
a  building  inspector,  a  commissioner 
of  public  works,  a  registrar  of  deeds, 
constables,  aldermen,  and  supervisors. 
The  offenses  are  bribery,  extortion, 
and  violation  of  election  laws.  Most 
of  the  cases  are  plain  bribery,  without 
excuse  or  extenuation.  Mr.  McGovern 
served  for  about  two  years  as  assistant 
prosecuting  attorney  and  in  this  office 
gained  a  considerable  reputation  for 
honesty  and  efficiency.  When  he  be- 
came a  candidate  for  his  present  posi- 
tion it  was  a  clear  cut  issue  between 
the  friends  of  virtue  and  the  friends  of 
vice,  and  Mr.  McGovern  was  not  only 
elected, but  ran  far  ahead  of  his  ticket. 
This  is  one  of  those  encouraging  signs 
which  indicate  that  the  majority  of 
the  people  really  prefer  honest  govern- 
ment and  will  vote  against  graft,  at 
least  when  it  is  properly  labeled.  He 
has  been  prosecuting  attorney  of  Mil- 
waukee for  the  past  six  months 
and  the  results  of  his  work 
are  as  above  outlined.  Another 
result  is  that  Mr.  McGovern  is 
the  most  talked-of  man  in  his  state 
and  probably  the  most  popular,  unless 
it  be  Governor  La  Follette,  who  is  also 
a  reformer.     One  need  not  put  his  ear 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  10,  1905 


to  the  ground  to  hear  the  rumor  that 
Mr.  McGovern  will  be  the  next  gov- 
ernor of  Wisconsin.  It  is  in  the  air. 
It  is  a  useful  lesson  to  the  politicians 
to  see  the  success  and  popularity  of 
these  men  who  do  the  right  thing  in 
public  office.  The  temptations  of  the 
politician  are  many  and  subtle.  He 
deserves  more  sympathy  than  he 
usually  gets,  and  he  needs  the  stimu- 
lus of  such  cases  as  these  to  remind 
him  that,  in  the  long  run,  the  straight 
and  narrow  way  is  the  road  to  politi- 
cal success. 

• 

On  the  theory  that  the  honest  farmer 
is  the  main-stay  of  the   country's  vir- 
tue,   it    would     seem 


The  Department 


highly    appropriate 


of  Agriculture. 

that   the    Department 

of  Agriculture  should  be  the  strong- 
hold of  official  rectitude,  however  other 
departments  of  the  government  might 
be  honeycombed  with  graft.  It  is 
therefore  a  source  of  particular  regret 
that  this  department  has  lately  fallen 
under  suspicion.  The  leak  in  the  cot- 
ton reports, which  was  recently  brought 
to  light,  and  even  the  possible  perver- 
sion of  them  in  the  interest  of  specu- 
lators, have  moved  Secretarj'-  Wilson  to 
adopt  a  new  plan  for  gathering  statis- 
tics with  regard  to  crops.  Instead  of 
abandoning  the  reports,  as  has  been 
suggested,  he  will  increase  the  force 
which  collects  the  data  so  that  the 
work  of  each  statistician  will  check 
the  others.  The  rumor  that  Secre- 
tary Wilson  would  resign  or  that 
pressure  was  being  put  upon  him  to 
make  him  resign  from  the  Cabinet  on 
account  of  the  condition  into  which 
the  department  has  fallen,  is  wholly 
uncalled-for  and  we  are  glad  to  learn 
that  he  has  decided  to  hold  his  ground. 
Nothing  that  has  yet  come  to  light  in- 
dicates any  fault  on  the  part  of  the 
Secretary. 

» 

The  public  needs  to  be  more  fully 
informed  as  to  the  economic  value  of 
wild  birds.  Perhaps 
it  will  be  news  to 
many  that  the  Gould 
system  of  railroads  employs  a  man  to 
travel  up  and  down  their  lines,  giving 
lectures  on  birds  and  the  value  of 
birds  to  the  farmer;  teaching  children 
to  love  and  protect  birds,  and  in  every 
possible  way  creating  a  bird  senti- 
ment. It  is  not  a  matter  of  sentiment 
with  the  railroad.  They  do  not  do  it 
out  of  love  for  the  feathery  songsters, 
but  because  more  birds  means  few 
harmful  insects,  fewer  insects  means 
larger  crops,  larger  crops  means  more 
freight,  and  more  freight  means  larger 
dividends  for  the  road.  If  it  is  worth 
while  for  a  railroad  to  teach  people 
about  birds  for  the  sake  of  increasing 
its  freight  earnings,  it  ought  to  be 
worth  while,  especially  for  people  who 
raise  things,  to  learn  the  lesson. 
When  one  considers  the  terrific  and 
almost  incalculable  multiplying  power 
of  insects,  it  becomes  apparent  that 
the  balance  of  nature  can  be  preserved 


Protection 
of  Birds. 


only  by  preserving  the  insects'  ene- 
mies. In  primitive  times  the  struggle 
for  life  was  between  man  and  the 
savage  beasts  of  the  field;  now  it  is 
between  man  and  insects.  The  agent 
of  the  Gould  lines,  above  referred  to, 
who  has  been  giving  these  lessons 
in  what  is  sometimes  called  "dynamic 
biology"  is  Col.  Isaac  W.  Brown.  He 
has  enlisted  the  interest  of  a  number 
of  eastern  capitalists  who  are  said  to 
have  promised  the  necessary  financial 
support  for  a  systematic  campaign  of 
instruction  throughout  the  country  to 
teach  the  children  how  to  protect  the 
birds.  The  plan  has  not  yet  been 
worked  out,  but  several  features  have 
been  talked  of,  such  as  the  establish- 
ment of  a  newspaper  and  the  found- 
ing of  a  summer  school  or  a  series 
of  them  for  the  study  of  birds.  Mean- 
while the  development  of  nature  study 
in  the  public  schools  may  be  made  to 
contribute  largely  to  this  end.  There 
is  a  human  value  and  an  educational 
value  in  this  nature  study  for  children, 
which  is  of  not  less  consequence  than 
its  economic  value. 


The  Good 
Live  Long'. 


For  the  encouragement  of  the  clergy, 
we  submit  a  table  of  longevity  which 
was  prepared  by  a  for- 
mer officer  of  the  Brit- 
ish National  Health 
Society,  and  was  published  in  a  recent 
magazine.  The  table  shows  that  the 
ministry  is,  of  all  callings,  the  most 
conducive  to  long  life.  In  the  following 
list  the  occupations  are  named  in  the 
order  of  longevity:  "Clergy  (Church 
of  England),  dissenting  ministers, 
farmers,  agricultural  laborers,  grocers, 
lawyers,  drapers,  coal  miners,  watch- 
makers, artists,  shoemakers,  bakers, 
clerks,  chemists  (apothecaries),  green- 
grocers, tailors,  doctors,  butchers, 
painters,  musicians,  cab  and  'bus' 
men,  sweeps,  publicans,  metal  min- 
ers, bankers,  London  laborers,  bar- 
men (barkeepers)."  It  will  be  seen, 
thus,  that  the  Church  of  England  is 
more  salubrious  than  any  of  the  dis- 
senting bodies  in  that  country — per- 
haps because  they  have  less  worry 
about  collecting  their  salaries,  which 
are  in  the  main  the  product  of  endow- 
ments. It  will  be  observed  also  that 
saloonkeepers  stand  at  the  opposite 
extreme  in  the  list.  The  moral  is  too 
obvious  to  require  a  statement.  It 
would  be  still  clearer  if  we  could  com- 
pare the  average  longevity  of  those 
who  regularly  patronize  the  ministry 
with  those  who  patronize  the  saloon- 
keepers, all  of  which  goes  to  confute 
the  ancient  fallacy  that  the  good  die 
young. 

$ 

When  the  disclosure  of   graft  is  the 

order  of  the  day,   there  is  danger  of 

_.      _           -  unnecessarypanicand 

The  Case  of  •     3 ...  .           c 

n-   m.w..~  uniust  criticism  of 

Dr.  Moore.  J 

public  officers.  The 
attacks  that  have  been  made  upon  Dr. 
George  T.  Moore  of  the  Department  of 
Agriculture  seem  to  us  to  illustrate 
this  tendency.     Dr.  Moore  is  a  young 


man  who,  after  teaching  scientific  sub- 
jects for  a  few  years,  accepted  an  ap- 
pointment in  the  Department  of  Agri- 
culture, where  his  researches  with 
regard  to  methods  of  fertilization  of 
soil,  have  been  remarkably  successful. 
His  most  important  discovery  was 
patented  a  few  months  ago  and  turned 
over  to  the  government,  so  that  neither 
the  discoverer  nor  anyone  else  would 
derive  profit  from  a  monopoly  of  it. 
It  has  recently  come  to  light  that 
Dr.  Moore  was  interested  in  a  com- 
pany which  prepares  and  sells  the  ma- 
terial which  is  recommended  in  the 
government  bulletin  issued  under  his 
supervision.  Here  is  a  situation 
which  might  mean  a  criminal  perver- 
sion of  public  office  to  private  gain. 
But  the  explanation  which  he  gives  is 
a  very  simple  one  and,  as  it  seems  to 
us,  it  explains.  When  the  company 
was  organized  a  year  or  so  ago,  it  tried 
to  secure  his  services  and,  pending  his 
decision  in  the  matter,  a  block  of  stock 
was  assigned  to  his  wife.  When  he 
decided  last  April  to  remain  with  the 
department,  the  stock  was  returned. 
It  is  not  apparent  that  there  has  been 
any  abatement  in  Dr.  Moore's  zeal  in 
the  advocacy  of  nitroculture  since  the 
surrender  of  the  stock.  On  the  basis 
of  all  the  facts  that  have  so  far  ap- 
peared, it  seems  a  very  great  injustice 
to  class  him  among  the  grafters,  and 
to  talk  about  "Holmes  and  Moore"  as 
the  black  sheep  of  the  Department  of 
Agriculture. 


The  Zionist 
Movement. 


The  Zionists  have  just  closed  their 
annual  congress  at  Basle,  Switzerland. 
The  notable  feature  of 
the  congress  was  the 
final  rejection  of  the 
offer  made  by  Great  Britain  two  years 
ago  to  give  territory  for  a  Jewish  col- 
ony in  British  East  Africa.  In  the 
plan  proposed  by  Dr.  Herzl,  of  Vienna, 
the  father  of  Zionism,  the  central 
feature  was  the  establishment  of  an 
independent  Jewish  state  somewhere. 
The  project  of  securing  from  the  sul- 
tan permission  to  occupy  Palestine 
was  an  interesting  but  not  an  essen- 
tial feature  of  the  scheme.  Thousands 
of  influential  Jews  rallied  to  the  move- 
ment and  since  1887,  the  year  follow- 
ing Dr.  Herzl's  proposal,  an  annual 
congress  of  Zionists  has  been  held. 
The  matter  has  been  presented  to  the 
sultan  but  no  assurances  have  been 
received.  It  is  hard  for  those  who  do 
not  allow  sentimental  to  outweigh 
practical  considerations  to  believe  that 
a  successful  colony  of  Jews  could  be 
planted  in  Palestine  even  if  the  sultan 
would  give  all  the  concessions  that  are 
asked.  The  plan  suggested  by  the 
British  government  to  settle  in  East 
Africa  had  practical  merits,  but  it 
failed  to  command  the  support  of  the 
leaders  of  Zionism,  for  with  them  it 
was  a  religious  as  well  as  a  political 
program  and  involved  a  return  to  the 
old  home.  A  considerable  party  se- 
ceded from  the  Zionist  organization 
after  the  rejection  of  the  British  offer 
and  this  division  of  counsel  will  prob- 
ably make  it  even  more  difficult  to  ac- 
complish anything  in  the  future. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


102I 


Brother  Braden's  Questions. 

The  one  thing  which  we  fully  de- 
termined upon  in  sending  forth  a 
book  on  the  subject  of  the  Holy  Spirit 
was,  not  to  make  it  the  occasion  of 
any  controversy  on  the  subject  to 
which  the  author  would  be  a  party. 
Nor  is  it  our  purpose  to  reply  to  any 
review  of  the  book.  We  welcome  ad- 
verse citicism.  The  author  of  the 
work  does  not  claim  to  know  more 
about  the  Holy  Spirit  than  his 
brethren,  nor  has  he  ever  claimed  the 
ability  to  make  clear  to  others  the 
mystery  connected  with  this  profound 
theme.  He  is  simply  a  student  of  the 
Scriptures  on  this  subject  which  he 
believes  has  not  received  heretofore 
the  attention  that  its  importance  de- 
mands. 

Touching  Brother  Braden's  ques- 
tions— which  we  answer  only  because 
they  are  questions  directed  to  us — 
they  may  all  be  summed  up,  it  seems 
to  us,  in  a  single  objection  which  he 
finds  to  the  book,  namely:  That  we 
have  not  explained,  in  clear  and  un- 
mistakable terms,  all  the  methods  by 
which  the  Holy  Spirit  enlightens  the 
mind, comforts  the  heart,  and  brings  to 
fruitage  the  seeds  of  truth  which  have 
been  sown  in  the  human  mind  and 
heart.  Had  it  been  the  alleged  pur- 
pose of  the  book  to  clear  away  any 
mystery  attacing  to  this  subject  as  to 
how  the  Holy  Spirit  can  influence  the 
human  spirit,  and  how  he  has  influenced 
the  minds  and  the  lives  of  prophets  and 
apostles,  and  sustained  martyrs  in  the 
agony  of  their  tortures,  the  criticism 
would  have  been  well  taken.  But  the 
author  made  no  such  pretentions,  and 
had  no  such  object  in  view.  It  is  said 
-of  Webster  that,  when  asked  once  if 
he  could  comprehend  Christ,  he  re- 
plied, "No;  if  I  could  I  would  not  be- 
lieve on  him  as  the  Son  of  God."  If 
we  could  comprehend  the  Holy  Spirit 
and  all  his  ways  of  reaching  and  in- 
fluencing human  life  and  human  char- 
acter, the  theme  would  not  be  so  sub- 
lime as  it  is.  To  put  limitations  upon 
the  divine  in  order  to  bring  it  within 
the  scope  of  our  poor  human  reason,  so 
that  we  may  call  it  "rational,"  is  not 
a  method  of  faith. 

Our  brother  says,  "You  do  not  state, 
you  do  not  even  hint,  what  you  are 
contending  for,  what  you  mean,  what 
you  desire  us  to  accept,  believe,  enjoy; 
though  you  claim  it  is  a  boon  inesti- 
mable." We  supposed  it  was  apparent 
upon  every  page  of  the  book  what  the 
author  desired  its  readers  to  "accept 
and  enjoy,"  namely:  The  clear  and  em- 
phatic teaching  of  Jesus  Christ  and 
his  apostles  concerning  the  Holy 
Spirit,  and  their  compliance  with  this 
teaching  in  order  to  receive  the  Holy 
Spirit  himself,  to  comfort  us  in  our 
sorrow,  to  help  us  in  our  prayers, 
strengthen  us  in  our  weakness,  and 
to  bring  forth  his  blessed  fruit  in  our 
lives.  This,  Brother  Braden,  is  what 
the  author  desires  for  himself  and  for 
all  who  name  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ. 
We  sincerely  trust  that  no  metaphysi- 


cal difficulty  which  Brother  Braden 
and  others  may  raise  will  be  permitted 
to  deprive  them  of  this  "boon  inesti- 
mable." We  cannot  explain  how  the 
Holy  Spirit  helps  us  in  our  prayers, 
but  we  know  he  does.  We  do  not 
know  how  the  infinite  Spirit  of  the  Al- 
mighty reaches  our  spirits  in  moments 
of  darkness,  perplexity,  and  trouble, 
with  the  healing  balm  of  his  love 
and  sympathy,  but  we  know  that  he 
does  it,  and  it  is  this  fact  that  is  in- 
finitely more  valuable  to  us  than  any 
metaphysical  theory  as  to  the  method 
of  his  operations. 

Brother  Braden  states  that  this 
"rational,  moral  power,  influence,  ex- 
erted through  ideas  imparted  to  the 
human  spirit  by  words  and  acts  that 
represent  ideas,  exhaust  the  meaning 
of  the  language  of  the  Bible  in  regard 
to  the  indwelling  of  the  Father,  the 
Christ,  and  the  Holy  Spirit  in  man." 
And  he  asks,  "Is  this  position  cor- 
rect? If  it  is  not,  in  what  is  it  incor- 
rect?" It  is  incorrect  in  that  it 
presumes  to  limit  the  Almighty. 
God  may  have  ways  of  bringing 
moral  influence  to  bear  on  human 
life  and  character  other  than  through 
ideas  expressed  by  words  and  acts. 
Again,  the  theory  is  incorrect  in  that  it 
leaves  unexplained  many  of  the  facts 
of  the  Bible,  to  say  nothing  of  the 
facts  of  ordinary  Christian  experience. 
It  does  not  explain  the  marvelous 
change  wrought  in  the  apostles 
after  Pentecost,  the  fact  of  in- 
spiration, and  the  superhuman 
strength,  physical,  intellectual  and 
moral,  which  men  both  in  the 
Old  and  New  Testament  Scriptures  are 
said  to  have  possessed.  It  does  not 
account  for  the  fact  that  some  of  the 
humblest  and  most  unlearned  of  God's 
children  have  had  the  largest  measure 
of  the  Holy  Spirit,  making  them  joyful 
in  tribulation  and  triumphant  in  temp- 
tation and  in  persecution.  In  a  word, 
the  theory  seems  to  lead  and  has  led 
to  the  theory  of  an  "absentee  God," 
putting  men  now  out  of  direct  personal 
relations  with  his  infinite  Spirit,  and 
allowing  him  to  guide  the  course  of 
human  life  and  history  only  through 
words  and  ideas.  Any  theory  that  de- 
prives us  of  this  privilege  of  direct  in- 
tercourse with  the  immanent,  personal 
God  is  fundamentally  wrong. 

Speaking  of  the  claim  that  the  Holy 
Spirit  is  still  dealing  with  men,  en- 
lightening and  guiding  them,  our 
brother  asks  us  to  "specify  a  single 
new  idea  so  revealed."  Here  seems  to 
lurk  a  fundamental  misconception,  not 
only  of  Brother  Braden,  but  of  other 
reviewers  of  the  book  under  consider- 
ation. As  if  we  were  contending  for  a 
supplementary  revelation  of  equal  au- 
thority with  that  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment! Is  the  church  not  continually 
coming  to  a  clearer  and  larger  appre- 
hension of  Christ,  and  of  his  revealed 
will?  Has  it  not  outgrown  many  of 
the  superstitious  ideas  and  practices 
of  the  past?  Is  not  the  theology 
of   today   more   rational    and    scrip- 


tural than  that  of  the  middle  ages? 
Does  not  the  religious  reformation 
which  we  plead  to-day  take  a  few  steps 
beyond  any  previous  reformation?  If 
so,  whence  this  progress?  Our  answer 
is,  It  is  from  the  presence  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  in  the  church,  fulfilling  Christ's 
promise,  "Lo,  I  am  with  you  alway, 
even  unto  the  end  of  the  world,"  and 
his  other  promise  that  he  would  guide 
his  disciples  into  all  the  truth.  The 
only  other  answer  to  the  question  is, 
that  this  progress  is  the  result  of  the 
unaided  human  intellect,  for  the  objec- 
tive revelation  has  been  the  same 
through  all  these  centuries.  Pride  of 
intellect  may  lead  us  to  attribute  all 
this  progress  to  our  unaided  human 
powers;  we  prefer  to  attribute  it  to 
the  revealing  power  of  the  Holy  Spirit, 
dwelling  in  the  church,  in  the  hearts  of 
Christian  people,  and  leading  them  on 
to  an  ever-increasing  knowledge  of  the 
truth  as  it  is  in  Christ.  Of  course,  the 
Holy  Spirit  uses  all  the  powers  of  the 
human  intellect,  conscience  and  imagi- 
nation in  promoting  this  growth,  but 
in  how  many  ways  he  quickens  and 
clarifies  the  moral  and  intellectual 
powers  of  men,  to  give  them  a  larger 
and  better  knowledge  of  Christ,  which 
is  his  supreme  mission,  we  repeat,  lies 
beyond  the  reach  of  the  human  intel- 
lect. Here,  as  in  many  other  glorious 
truths,  "we  walk  by  faith,  not  by 
sight." 

One  might  be  led  to  suppose  from 
such  articles  as  that  of  Brother  Braden 
and  others  of  similar  character  that 
God's  great  and  chief  concern  is  to 
have  a  perfect  objective  revelation,  in 
words,  of  his  will;  but  the  Bible  is 
only  a  means  to  an  end  and  that  end 
is  that  the  will  of  God  and  the  truth 
of  God  be  written  o?i  the  hearts  of  the 
people,  and  this  is  the  work  of  the 
Holy  Spirit.  It  is  only  as  the  truth, 
love  and  life  of  God,  a  record  of  which 
we  have  in  the  Bible,  are  transferred 
to  the  hearts  and  lives  of  men,  that 
God's  purpose  in  redemption  is  accom- 
plished. It  is  "Christ  formed  within 
us,"  and  not  simply  enthroned  above 
us,  that  is  "the  hope  of  glory."  To 
form  Christ  within  men  is  the  supreme 
aim  of  God  and  the  supreme  work  of 
the  Holy  Spirit. 


"Doctrines  That  Divide." 

The  Christian  Work  and  Evangelist 
has  been  dealing  very  suggestively, 
recently,  on  the  above  topic.  It  is  a 
hopeful  sign  of  the  times  when  leading 
and  conservative  religious  journals  are 
beginning  to  see  clearly  that  our  divi- 
sions have  been  brought  about  and  are 
perpetuated  by  an  undue  emphasis  of 
doctrinal  views,  which,  even  though 
they  are  correct,  are  not  vital.  All  of 
this,  of  course,  tends  in  the  direction 
of  unity  by  the  simplification  of  creed. 
This  was  one  of  the  earliest  facts  dis- 
covered by  the  fathers  of  this  reforma- 
tion when  they  began  to  agitate  the 
subject  of  Christian  union.  In  seek- 
ing for  the  minimum  creed,  that  would 


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August  10,  190S 


embody  the  maximum  faith,  they  found 
it  in  the  New  Testament  confession  of 
faith,  which  is  the  confession  of  Jesus 
Christ  as  the  Son  of  God.  Christ,  they 
said,  is  the  creed  of  Christendom.  To 
believe  on  and  obey  him — that  is  Chris- 
tianity. This  was  thought  by  many 
to  be  too  short  a  creed,  and  to  open  a 
floodgate  for  the  incoming  of  all  man- 
ner of  false  theologies  and  opinions. 
Time  and  actual  experience,  however, 
have  shown  that  where  Jesus  Christ 
is  received  without  reservation  as  the 
Lord  of  conscience  and  of  life,  there  is 
little  room  for  false  theologies  and 
hurtful  heresies  to  thrive. 

It  is  assuring  now  to  hear  such  pa- 
pers as  the  one  mentioned  above  utter 
statements  like  the  following: 

After  all,  what  are  they  worth?  Not  one 
of  these  divisive  doctrines  is  either  essen- 
tial to  holy  liviag  or  final  well-being.  This 
is  our  standpoint,  our  firm  conviction,  the 
thesis  we  propose  to  maintain  to  the  end 
of  our  writing,  the  basis  of  our  hope  for 
the  union  of  all  "believing"  souls  who  find 
that  loving  the  one  Lord  and  the  one  sole 
truth  is  better  than  spinning  webs  of  fine 
distinction  to  catch  souls  like  flitting  in- 
sects, or  stretching  ropes  of  hard  and  fast 
dogma  to  trip  the  feet  of  our  toiling  and 
tired  fellow  men.  There  surely  is  a  better 
way.  If  we  find  it  not,  what  loss  is  ours! 
If  we  find  it,  behold  the  gain! 

Truly  there  is  a  "better  way."  What 
that  way  is  we  have  already  indicated. 
It  is  the  Gibraltar,  the  impregnable 
fortress,  of  the  current  reformation 
urging  the  return  to  New  Testament 
Christianity.  It  is  putting  Christ  at  the 
center,  and  allowing  him  to  guide  us 
in  all  things  called  Christian.  It  is 
holding  not  only  to  the  personal  Christ 
as  Savior  and  Lord  but  seeking  to  em- 
body his  life  and  spirit.  The  divisive 
spirit,  which  is  contrary  to  the  Chris- 
tian spirit,  is  thus  denounced  by  our 
contemporary: 

Toe  mischief  of  divisive  preaching  is 
coming  sharply  into  si?ht  and  conflicts  to- 
day with  the  peace  of  the  church  and  the 
progress  of  the  gospel.  Some  pulpits  are 
simply  protests  against  all  others,  standing 
like  the  Pharisees  at  the  street  corners  to 
exalt  one  view  of  truth  to  the  detriment  of 
every  other  view.  Sects  are  built  this  way, 
and  many  churches  maintain  their  position 
by  a  systematic  denunciation  of  the  varia- 
tions from  a  single  type  in  worship  or  in 
religious  teaching.  It  is  the  same  passion 
which  leads  men  to  monopolize  the  market 
and  create  a  "corner"  in  great  commodi- 
ties. The  Jew  was  determined  that  on!y 
Jews  should  be  inheritors  of  God,  and  the 
Calvinist  resolved  that  only  his  elected 
should  enter  into  life  through  grace.  Talk 
as  you  may,  it  is  simply  the  old  savagery 
of  human  selfishness  that  has  given  the 
world  exclusive  religions  to  vex  rather  than 
to  save  men. 

But  are  we  not  to  be  loyal  to  the 
troth  as  we  understand  the  truth?  Most 
certainly,  we  must  be,  if  we  are  Chris- 
tian in  spirit.  But  we  must  allow  every 
other  man  the  same  privilege,  and  by 
a  stretch  of  charity  try  to  believe, 
though'this  is  exceedingly  difficult  to 
some,  that  other  people  are  as  honest 
in  their  convictions  as  we  are  in  ours. 
But  suppose  that  in  the  exercise  of  this 


full  religious  liberty  men  choose  to 
differ  from  us  in  truths  which  we  hold 
to  be  vital  and  fundamental?  Then 
we  must  stand  unflinchingly  by  what 
we  believe  to  be  vital  and  fundamental, 
andseekin  love  to  teach  our  brother  the 
way  of  the  Lord  more  perfectly.  As  a 
rule, however, our  divisions  do  not  grow 
out  of  differences  about  the  plainly  re- 
vealed truths  and  commands  of  our 
Lord,  but  out  of  matters  far  less  im- 
portant. 

What  the  church  needs  today,  then, 
is  not  less  but  greater  loyalty  to  Christ, 
and  especially  loyalty  to  his  breadth 
of  vision  and  of  charity,  with  much 
greater  discrimination  than  has  been 
heretofore  exercised  as  to  what  consti- 
tutes the  faith,  and  our  deductions 
and  opinions.     In  this  way  lies  unity. 

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Notes  and  Comments. 

One  of  our  bright  young  women, 
whose  head  is  as  clear  as  her  heart  is 
sound,  was  recently  asked  concerning 
one  of  our  old  veterans  whose  daily 
life  is  a  Christian  benediction  to  all 
who  know  him,  whether  she  did  not 
think  he  was  about  fifty  years  behind 
the  time.  "Yes,"  the  young  sister 
remarked,  "about  two  thousand  years 
behind;  he  dates  clear  back  to  the  time 
of  Christ!"  The  "up-to-date"  Chris- 
tian whose  life  doesn't  reproduce 
something  of  that  life  that  was  lived 
two  thousand  years  ago  among  men, 
is  altogether  too  modern  to  be  called 
Christian. 

& 

It  is  curious,  if  not  instructive,  to 
note  the  Zealand  ingenuity  which  some 
of  the  brethren  are  displaying  to  show 
that  the  word  "body"  in  the  passage, 
"Know  ye  not  that  your  body  is  a  tem- 
ple of  the  Holy  Spirit  which  is  in  you, 
which  ye  have  from  God?"  does  not  re- 
fer to  the  body  of  the  individual  Chris- 
tian but  to  the  church.  Now  if  these 
brethren  who  wish  all  mysteries  ex- 
plained will  please  tell  us  how  the 
Holy  Spirit  can  dwell  in  the  church 
and  not  in  its  individual  members  they 
will  shed  some  light  on  the  darkness 
which  their  contributions  have  thrown 
upon  this  subject.  A  Roman  Catholic, 
of  course,  would  solve  this  problem  by 
saying  that  he  dwelt  in  the  bishops 
and  in  the  pope  who  really  constitute 
the  church,  but  that  theory  does  not 
fit  in  with  our  conception  of  the  church 
as  made  up  of  individual  Christians 
who  alike  share  in  the  privileges, 
blessings  and  honors  of  the  kingdom 
of  God. 

« 

A  brother  who  has  read  the  Editor's 
book  on  the  Holy  Spirit  writes:  "One 
of  my  greatest  desires  is  to  enjoy,  if 
such  a  thing  be  possible,  the  conscious 
presence  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  I  hope 
you  will  kindly  specify  just  what  emo- 
tions, feelings,  or  experiences  warrant 
your  claim  of  'consciousness.'  I  do 
not  say  that  you  are  wrong.  What  I 
want  to  determine  is  whether  I  have 
had  like  experiences   and   have  failed 


to  trace  them  to  this  blessed  Source." 
We  do  not  need  to  specify  what  "emo- 
tions, feelings,  or  experiences"  may 
be  referred  to  the  Holy  Spirit  since  the 
apostle  Paul  has  done  that  for  us.  They 
are,  "love,  joy,  peace,  long-suffering, 
kindness,  goodness,  faithfulness, 
meekness,  self-control,"  which  the 
apostle  calls  "the  fruit  of  the  Spirit." 
We  have  no  doubt  our  brother  enjoys 
these  feelings  and  experiences,  but  it 
is  possible  that  he,  like  many  others, 
has  failed  to  attribute  them  to  the 
Holy  Spirit.  As  to  whether  we  cog- 
nize these  experiences  within  the  realm 
of  our  consciousness  as  the  fruit  of  the 
Holy  Spirit,  directly,  or  through  faith 
— that  is  a  metaphysical  question 
about  which  the  average  Christian 
need  not  concern  himself.  Faith 
reaches  a  degree  of  certitude  that  is 
called  knowledge.  Indeed,  it  is  a  me- 
dium of  knowledge.  "Through  faith 
we  understand."  Paul  says,  "I  know 
whom  I  have  believed."  He  first  be- 
lieved on  the  Lord  and  then,  by  per- 
sonal experience,  came  to  know  him. 
The  circuit  is  so  short  and  rapid  by 
which  we  apprehend  certain  thoughts, 
purposes,  and  aspirations  as  the  work 
of  the  Holy  Spirit,  that  the  mind  is 
unable  to  follow  the  process.  As  the 
eye  discerns  colors  and  the  ear  sounds, 
so  there  is  in  man  that  which  appre- 
hends the  divine  and  knows  it  to  be 
divine.  Jesus  said  that  as  the  sheep 
recognize  their  shepherd's  voice  and 
follow  him,  so  his  sheep  would  know 
his  voice  and  follow  him.  And  yet  we 
are  not  to  disassociate  this  knowledge 
of  Christ's  voice,  and  testimony  of  the 
Spirit  within  us,  from  the  objective 
testimony  of  God's  word.  They  act 
conjointly. 

®        & 

Current  Religious  Thought. 

Dr.  Howard  A.  Bridgman  of  The 
Congregationalist  and  Christian  World 
has  been  "doing"  the  Kentucky  moun- 
tains and  is  writing  very  interestingly 
in  his  paper  about  what  he  saw  and 
heard.  The  following  extract  will  in- 
terest our  readers: 

Even  the  Rockefeller  incident  is  discussed  in 
remote  cabins  and  a  Boston  friend  who  preceded 
me  by  a  few  weeks  into  the  section  told  me  of 
her  in'erview  with  a  shrewd  and  sturdy  elderly 
man  who  asked  her  how  she  "was  a-feelin' 
about  that  air  Rockefeller  money."  Yankee- 
like she  parried  and  asked  what  he  thought  of 
it.  Slowly  and  with  the  judicial  air  of  the 
mountaineer  of  all  time  and  place,  he  said:  "Ef 
that  air,  air  blood  money — and  I  a'n't  a-sayin' 
it  is,  and  I  a'n't  a-sayin'  it  a'n't,  'cause  I 
don't  know — but  ef  that  air,  air  blood  money, 
ef  it  were  taken  from  poor  folks,  I  'low  the 
properest  thing  would  be  to  give  it  back  to  the 
poor  folks  as  he  took  it  from,  but  that's  unpos- 
sible.  Now  ef  it  war  blood  money,  ef  it  war 
taken  from  poor  folks,  and  ef  it  can't  be  given 
back  to  the  poor  folks  as  he  took  it  from,  I 
Mow  the  next  best  thing  would  be  to  give  it  to 
some  other  poor  folks." 

Dr.  Gladden,  with  all  his  learning 
and  logic,  failed  to  get  to  the  heart  of 
the  matter  like  this  illiterate  moun- 
taineer with  nothing  but  plain  horse- 
sense  and  honest  instincts  to  guide 
him. 


August  10,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


1023 


Editor's  Easy  Chair. 

A  brother  signing  himself  "An  Ala- 
bama Hill  Billy"  says  he  supposes  we 
get  many  sorts  of  letters  from  many 
sorts  of  people — which  is  a  true  sup- 
position— and  wonders  if  we  wouldn't 
like  to  have  one  from  an  "Alabama 
Hill  Billy,"  adding  that  "some  of  you 
northern  brothers  gave  us  this  name." 
We  do  not  know  about  all  the  "Hill 
Billies,"  but  this  particular  specimen 
is  very  interesting,  and  we  thank  him 
for  writing.  He  has  the  spirit  of  the 
genuine  reformer,  and,  strange  to  say, 
is  suffering  persecution  from  some  of 
the  same  people  whose  ancestors  were 
persecuted  for  asserting  their  religious 
freedom.  What  is  this  "Hill  Billy's" 
crime  that  has  caused  his  own  people 
to  ostracize  him?  Let  him  tell  it  in  his 
own  words:  "Being  an  invalid  young 
man  and  having  had  much  time  for 
thought  and  investigation,  the  blessed 
circumstance  has  directed  me  to  your 
great  and  beautiful  paper  for  needed 
spiritual  food  and  comfort  in  long, 
lonely  days.  Truly,  I  am  with  you  in 
heart  in  all  your  views.  I  have  been 
seeing  this  for  a  long  time,  but  have  no 
opportunity  to  commune  with  unprej- 
udiced, good  wills,  big  souls,  and  re- 
ceive in  return  responding  sympathy. 
Our  home  church  is  altogether  an  anti 
people,  non-progressive,  non-mission- 
ary. Some  members  actually  don't 
believe  in  the  gift  of  the  Holy  Spirit, 
don't  believe  in  anything  much  but 
baptism.  Poor  souls!  they  have  never 
had  anything  else  expounded  into  their 
noggins!  I  am  the  only  member  who 
reads  a  progressive,  missionary  paper. 
Our  minister  says:  'The  idea  of  pro- 
gression!' He  went  on  to  say  that  such 
'big  guns,'  as  yourself,  were  the  very 
devil's  own  agents.  He  had  found  out 
that  I  was  reading  your  paper  and  now 
some  of  the  brothers  and  sisters  think 
it  proper  to  shun  and  withdraw  from 
me  because  I  believe  and  advocate  a 
'dangerous  doctrine'!  Even  the  min- 
ister refuses  to  stay  over  night  with 
my  old  father  and  mother,  because  I 
have  them  reading  and  sympathizing 
with  your  'dangerous  doctrine.'  " 
There  is  more  of  the  same  kind,  but 
let  this  suffice. 

Some  things  have  to  go  to  seed  be- 
fore you  see  what  their  real  nature  is. 
What  we  see  in  the  foregoing  is 
only  the  same  spirit,  a  little  further 
ripened  because  of  favorable  environ- 
ment, that  we  see  manifested  in  other 
forms  and  in  other  places  where  con- 
tact with  fresh  thought  and  a  different 
spirit  has  exercised  a  restraining  in- 
fluence. If  there  be  an  uglier  thing 
in  God's  fair  universe  than  a  religious 
Pharisee,  whose  conception  of  his  own 
infallibility  is  equaled  only  by  his 
ignorance,  and  in  whose  breast  the 
milk  of  human  kindness  has  soured 
into  religious  vinegar,  we  do  not 
know  what  it  is.  This  invalid 
young  man,  in  the  providence  of 
God,  has  got  a  vision  of  higher  and 
purer  and  sweeter  things,  and  has 
been  brought  into  fellowship  and 
sympathy  with  a  higher  range  of  ideas 
and  a  nobler  class  of   spirits,  and  his 


own  people  ostracize  him  just  as  the 
Pharisees  of  old  persecuted  and  put  to 
death  the  .Son  of  God!  We  do  well  to 
send  missionaries  to  lands  beyond  the 
sea,  but  we  ought  not  to  neglect  such 
mission  fields  as  this  herein  described, 
where  our  people  dwell  in  darkness 
which  only  the  sunlight  which  shines 
from  the  face  of  Jesus  Christ  can  dis- 
pel. This  young  man  expresses  a 
noble  aspiration  and  at  the  same  time 
indicates  a  way  by  which  mission 
work  may  be  done  in  such  sections, 
when  he  says:  "Would  to  God  that 
I  had  strong  arms  and  good  health, 
that  I  might  go  to  some  good  Bible 
college,  prepare  myself,  and  spend  my 
life  teaching  such  people  the  precious 
calling  and  the  needs  of  our  day." 
We  have  noble  men  and  noble  churches 
in  Alabama,  and  other  southern  states, 
who  ought  to  see  to  it  that  young  men 
with  such  aspirations  and  such  en- 
vironment should  have  the  oppor- 
tunity to  prepare  themselves  for  such 
a  work. 

& 
To  come  down  from  the  cool  breezes 
which  fan  the  heights  in  Garrison 
Park,  on  Lake  Michigan,  into  the  tor- 
rid zone  just  as  a  hot  wave  is  passing 
over  St.  Louis  is  something  akin  to 
the  preliminary  stages  of  a  Turkish 
bath,  but  this  experience  seems  to 
form  the  necessary  connecting  link 
between  the  Christian-Evangelist 
contingent  sojourning  by  the  lakeside 
and  the  Christian- Evangelist  Special 
whose  headlight  will  soon  be  turned 
towards  the  Pacific  slope.  It  ought  to 
be  worth  some  perspiration  and  the 
sacrifice  of  certain  comforts  to  be  en- 
joyed on  the  lake  shore,  to  enjoy  such 
a  company  of  pilgrims  traveling  so 
great  a  distance  on  so  important  an 
errand.  This  people  are  going  west, 
not  to  grow  up  with  the  country,  but 
to  see  the  country  that  has  grown  up 
and  to  help  it,  if  possible,  to  grow  bet- 
ter. There  is  a  likelihood,  of  course, 
that  some  who  go  to  the  Golden  State 
to  attend  this  convention  may  be 
so  enamored  of  its  climatic  and 
scenic  attractions  as  to  decide  to 
make  that  state  their  future  home. 
But  already  Missouri,  Kentucky,  Ohio, 
Indiana,  Illinois,  and  other  more 
westerly  states  have  their  repre- 
sentatives in  California  and  there 
will  be  many  happy  reunions  of 
old  friends  and  renewings  of  old 
friendships  between  those  who  have 
remained  at  the  old  home  and  those 
who  have  followed  the  star  of  empire 
westward,  beyond  the  Rockies  and 
the  Sierras  to  the  Pacific  slope.  That 
will  no  doubt  be  one  of  the  pleasant 
features  of  the  first  national  conven- 
tion of  the  Disciples  of  Christ  on 
the  western  coast.  These  lines  are 
written  in  St.  Louis,  while  we  are 
tarrying  for  the  Special. 

« 

Apropos  of  the  convention,  we  had 
a  call  to-day  from  two  of  our  foreign 
missionaries,  a  husband  and  wife,  who 
have  laid  their  lives  upon  the  altar  of 
Christ's  service  in  foreign  lands  and 
who  are  now  having  a  little  breathing 
space  in  their  native  land.  The  time 
approaches  for  their  return  to  their 
distant  fields  of  toil,  and  a  great  prob- 
lem confronts  them:  What  shall  they  do 


with  the  children?  They  are  getting 
too  old  to  be  kept  out  of  school  longer 
and  they  must  remain  here  somewhere, 
in  somebody's  care,  while  the  parents 
cross  the  ocean  to  do  the  work  to  which 
they  have  consecrated  their  lives. 
Others  of  our  missionaries  have  written 
us  within  the  last  few  weeks  whose 
hearts  are  burdened  with  the  same 
problem.  It  has  set  us  to  thinking,  or 
rather  has  revived  a  subject  over 
which  we  have  pondered  somewhat  in 
the  past.  We  are  now  facing  some 
new  mission  problems.  Hitherto  this 
question  of  homes  for  our  returned 
missionaries  daring  their  furloughs 
and  homes  for  the  children  of  our  mis- 
sionaries where  they  may  be  trained 
and  educated,  has  received  little  at- 
tention because  we  had  not  yet  reached 
that  stage  in  our  missionary  develop- 
ment. But  we  are  now  face  to  face 
with  these  questions  and  we  cannot 
and  must  not  evade  them.  It  is  too 
important  a  problem  to  be  committed 
wholly  to  the  Executive  Committee  of 
the  Foreign  Christian  Missionary  Soci- 
ety. The  San  Francisco  convention 
ought  to  take  some  action  looking  to 
a  thorough  investigation  of  this  ques- 
tion of  the  care  of  our  returned  mis- 
sionaries and  their  families. 

e 

We  are  persuaded  that  there  is  no 
subject  that  lies  nearer  the  hearts  of 
our  brothers  and  sisters  than  the 
proper  care  of  our  foreign  missiona- 
ries during  their  furloughs  at  home, 
and  of  their  children.  This  duty  is 
laid  upon  us  by  the  most  sacred  and 
tender  obligations.  We  have  called 
these  men  and  women  to  leave  their 
homes  and  the  comforts  of  our  Chris- 
tian civilization  to  live  and  work  in 
far-away  lands  among  strange  peoples 
and  incurring  dangers  and  bearing 
burdens  of  which  many  of  us  know 
little,  and  when  they  come  back  to  us, 
often  with  broken  health  and  very 
limited  resources,  to  recuperate  their 
strength  and  better  prepare  themselves 
for  their  work,  they  are  entitled  not 
only  to  our  Christian  love  as  they  visit 
our  churches  and  homes,  but  to  a 
home,  or  homes,  prepared  for  them 
where,  without  expense  to  themselves 
for  rent  or  fitting  up  for  housekeeping, 
they  may  live  comfortably  with  free- 
dom from  financial  anxiety  and  sacri- 
fices which  others  of  us  do  not  care  to 
make.  And  then  that  conflict  which 
comes  up  in  the  minds  of  the  mission- 
aries who  have  children,  between 
their  sense  of  obligation  to  educate 
and  train  their  children  and  the  obli- 
gation to  do  the  work  to  which  they 
have  dedicated  themselves — that  ought 
to  be  solved  through  some  provision 
by  which  their  children  can  be  cared 
for  and  educated  while  they  are  doing 
the  work  for  which  they  have  fitted 
themselves.  So  we  feel,  and  so  we 
believe  this  great  brotherhood  feels, 
concerning  these  foreign  missionaries, 
and  so  we  have  expressed  these  senti- 
ments on  the  eve  of  starting  west  to 
the  San  Francisco  convention.  We 
would  welcome  expressions  of  others 
who  feel  the  same  way  on  this  subject, 
and  who  have  something  to  contribute 
toward  the  practical  solution  of  the 
problems  mentioned. 


1024 

Her  Majesty 
the  Cook 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 

As  Seen  From  the  Dome 


August  10,  1905 

By 

F.  D.  Power 


We  are  celebrating  the  silver  jubilee 
of    our  cook.     The  servant    problem 
appears    from    this   elevation    a   very 
simple  one.     Most  people  wonder  that 
a   cook    can   be   kept   for   twenty-five 
years.     One      suburbanite      says      to 
another:     "Subbub's    house    was    all 
lighted    up   last    night."     "Yes,"    re- 
plies the  other,  "they  were  celebrating 
a  silver  jubilee."     "Nonsense!     They 
haven't     been      married      twenty- five 
years. "     "No,  but  they  have  had  one 
cook  for  twenty-five  days!"     For  cen- 
turies the  servant  problem    has   been 
the     white     woman's     burden.     One 
writes  of  London  in  1730:     "As  to  the 
common    and    menial    servants,    they 
have  great  wages,  are  well  kept   and 
clothed,      but     notwithstanding,     the 
plague  of  almost  every  house  in  town. 
They  form  themselves   into    societies, 
or   rather  confederacies,  contributing 
to  the  maintenance  of  each  other  when 
out  of  place,  and  if  any  of   them  can 
not  manage  the  family  where  they  are 
entertained   as   they  please,    immedi- 
ately they    give  notice  they    will   be 
gone.     There  is  no  speaking  to  them, 
they  are  above  conviction."     So  it  ap- 
pears our  fathers  had  their   trials  in 
this    regard.     This   is   a    photograph 
two  hundred  years  old,  of  the  wars  of 
the  twentieth  century  American  house- 
keeper.    Comfort    yourself    with    the 
thought    suggested    by    this    historic 
fact:     Servantl  problems   there  will  be 
as  long  as  there  are  servants.     Let  not 
the   modern   woman  be    discouraged. 
It  is  her  burden. 

So  vital  is  this  question,  two  women 
can  not  get  together  anywhere  without 
discussing  it.  It  is  as  omnipresent 
as  the  weather.  Recently,  a  volume 
entitled,  "Wanted— a  Cook,"  has  been 
published  and  is  having  a  run  like  an 
historical  or  up-to-date  dime  novel.  It 
is  simply  a  recital  of  the  woes  of  a 
young  couple  starting  out  to  make  a 
home.  She  reads  Latin  authors  in  the 
original  text.  He  writes  a  book  on 
"Lives  of  Great  Men."  These  incom- 
petents set  up  in  a  flat  and  are  victim- 
ized by  all  the  types  of  incapable 
servants  known  to  the  domestic  world. 
The  moral  is  that  man  is  more  pleased 
with  a  good  dinner  on  the  table  than 
a  wife  who  speaks  the  tongues  of 
Homer  and  Virgil. 

The  funny  man  has  taken  up  tbe 
matter  and  plays  upon  it  from  all 
standpoints.  The  teacher  is  repre- 
sented as  saying,  "Now,  Johnny,  if 
your  mother  engaged  two  cooks  on 
Monday,  three  on  Tuesday,  and  four 
on  Wednesday,  how  many  would  she 
have?"  "None,"  answers  Johnny. 
Haydn  is  expounding  the  principles 
of  harmony:  "Above  all  don't  object 
to  the  cook  staying  out  until  3  a.  m., 
or  feeding  the  policeman."  Following 
these  directions  the  great  musician 
showed  how  life  could  be  one  grand 
sweet  song.     The  city  man  says  to  the 


suburbanite:     "You  look  particularly 
happy  to-day."     "I  am.    I've  just  suc- 
ceeded in  getting  our  leading  lady  to 
sign  for  another  season."     "I  didn't 
know  you  were  in  the  theatrical  busi- 
ness."    "I'm    not.     I     refer    to     our 
cook."     Draco  was  propounding   the 
cause  of  law.     "When  you  have  laws," 
he  explained,    "you    have   policemen, 
and  when  you  have  cops,  you  can  keep 
the  cook."     Seeing  the   true   inward- 
ness for  the   first  time,    they   eagerly 
begged     him    to     pass     some    more. 
"George,"    says    the    father    sternly, 
"do   you    speak    impudently    to    your 
mother?"     "I  only  said  to  her  what  I 
said    to   the   cook,"    answers    George 
humbly.     "To  the   cook,"  roared  his 
father,  "that's   still  worse!"     Words- 
worth  has   just   dashed   off   "We  Are 
Seven."     "That  may  do  very  well  for 
poetry,"   he   confided,    "but  the   real 
truth  was  that  the  cook  wouldn't  stand 
so  many  in  the  family."     Feeling  the 
poet's  mission  was  to  cheer,  he  with- 
held this  blighting  information  from 
the    public.     Gundulphus,   bishop    of 
Rochester,  was  building  the  Tower  of 
London.     "I  think,"  he  explained,  "it 
will  be  a  good  way  to   keep   the  cook 
in."     Subsequent  occupation  by  other 
members  of  royalty  proved  his  theory 
to  be  correct. 

So   her  majesty  is  treated  by    the 
press.     All  the  old   saws  are  applied 
to  her.     The  pan  is  mightier  than  the 
sword.     Money  makes    the    cook   go. 
A  man's  house  is   a  cook's  mansion. 
A  commuter  and   his   cook  are   soon 
parted.     Cooks  never   strike  twice  in 
the  same  place.     Wives  rush  in  where 
cooks   fear  to  tread.     A  cook  in  the 
country  is  worth  two  in    the   intelli- 
gence office.     Distance  does  not  lend 
enchantment  to  the  cook.     And  so  it 
goes.     Prizes  are   now  offered  by  em- 
ployment agencies  to  encourage  clients 
to  give   satisfaction   to   employers— a 
gold  watch   to  any  servant    engaged 
who   remains    in   the   same   situation 
five  years;  a  silver  watch  to  any  girl 
who   keeps   her  place  for  two   years; 
and  a  brooch  to  those  who  have  served 
in  the  same  house  for  one  year.     So 
serious   has   the  problem   become    in 
army  circles  that   official  orders  were 
issued  not  long  since  at  one  post,  Fort 
Sam  Houston,  in   Texas,  setting  forth 
the  fact  that,  owing  to  the  difficulties 
experienced,  the  following  regulations 
will  be  strictly  enforced:     "Any  serv- 
ant, discharged  by  any  officer  in  this 
post  will  not  thereafter  be  allowed  on 
the  reservation."     "Any   servant  who 
leaves  an  officer  will  not  be  employed 
by  any  officer  within  six  months  with- 
out the  written  consent  of   the  officer 
for  whom  she  last  worked."     "Any  of- 
ficer discharging  a  servant  will  report 
the  name  to  the  adjutant   so  that  it 
may  be  placed  upon   a  list  at  the  ad- 
jutant's  office,    and    servants    whose 
names  are  on  the  list  will  not  be  per- 
mitted   in   the   post."      So    even    the 


strong  arm  of  the  United  States  army 
has  to  be  invoked. 

Now,  what's  the  trouble?  Faults 
no  doubt  on  both  sides.  Most  of  all 
the  service  is  not  made  honorable. 
Application  of  the  golden  rule  in  the 
kitchen  would  settle  most  of  the  dif- 
ficulties the  women  are  discussing  on 
all  occasions.  To  cite  another  live 
publication,  "The  Expert  Maid  Serv- 
ant" is  a  little  volume  for  mistress 
and  maid  to  read  and  ponder,  and  in- 
wardly digest.  First,  directions  are 
given  for  a  clear  understanding  be- 
tween employer  and  employed,  then 
for  mutual  concessions,  then  for 
the  rights  of  both  parties  to  the 
contract.  There  are  two  sides  to  this 
question  and  every  housekeeper  must 
learn  this  sooner  or  later.  A  man 
called  on  a  neighbor,  complaining  that 
his  servants  would  not  stay  with  him, 
and  was  told  by  the  other  that  he  had 
a  door  which  creaked.  "No  one  liked 
to  open  it  till  I  oiled  it,  and  now  it  is 
used  every  day.  You,  my  friend,  must 
oil  yourself  a  little.  When  your  serv- 
ants do  well,  praise  them;  when  they 
make  mistakes,  don't  grumble  at 
them." 

How  beautiful  often  is  this  relation 
between  mistress  and  maid,  between 
master  and  servant!  All  the  pall- 
bearers at  the  funeral  of  Jessica  Or- 
mond,  an  old  colored  mammy  of  At- 
lanta, Ga.,  who  died  recently,  were 
white  men,  who  had  known  her  when 
she  was  a  slave.  Several  of  them  had 
been  nursed  by  her  in  infancy.  Here 
is  a  death  notice  in  a  Washington 
paper:  "Suddenly  on  Wednesday, 
March  2,  at  1920  Sunderland  place, 
the  home  of  her  employer,  to  whom 
she  had  given  faithful  and  loving  serv- 
ice for  twenty  years,  Fanny  Monday 
Bernard,  aged  forty-eight  years.' 
What  do  these  things  mean?  Read 
the  exquisite  little  epistle  of  Paul  to 
Philemon,  if  you  would  see  how  Chris- 
tianity deals  with  social  problems. 
"As  a  brother!" 

Our  silver  jubilee  is  very  simply 
kept.  We  raised  the  cook's  wages 
and  took  her  down  to  the  seaside.  She 
would  not  be  contented  if  she  dropped 
the  skillet  for  a  day  and  so  we  let 
her  keep  right  on  in  the  exercise  of  her 
art.  Her  contribution  to  the  quality 
of  the  sermons  during  this  quarter  of 
a  century  and  her  ministry  to  the  com- 
fort of  the  preachers  of  the  gospel  who 
have  honored  the  parsonage  with  their 
presence  cannot  be  fully  measured. 
The  Madonna  of  the  frying  pan  and 
the  broom  has  a  place  in  the  world's 
history  more  honorable  than  that  of 
many  whose  names  are  heralded  far 
and  wide,  and  may  receive  hereafter 
the  highest  encomium,  "Well  done, 
good  and  faithful  servant." 

"A  servant  with  this  clause 

Makes  drugery  divine; 
Who  sweeps  a  room  as  for  thy  laws, 

Miles  that  and  the  action  fine." 


August  10,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


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The    Personality    of    the    Preacher 


The  minister  of  the  gospel  is  both 
a  preacher  and  a  teacher.  In  the  ex- 
ercise of  both  functions  his  per- 
sonality is  vital.  "Preaching,"  says 
Phillips  Brooks,  "is  the  communicat- 
ing of  truth  by  man  to  men."  We 
may,  perhaps,  add  to  this  definition 
the  limiting  clause,  "for  the  purpose  of 
influencing  the  life  to  righteousness," 
since  there  might  be  much  truth  im- 
parted that  would  not  be  preaching. 
The  aim  of  the  minister  of  the  gospel 
is  not  only  to  impart  truth,  but 
to  "instruct"  men,  or  "build  up" 
character  in  them.  The  true  teacher 
seeks  to  "inform"  his  pupils,  or  form 
in  them  the  truth  he  imparts.  The 
minister  of  Jesus  Christ  would  so 
teach  the  truth  of  the  gospel  as  to 
form  within  his  converts  "Christ,  the 
hope  of  glory."  The  effect  of  his 
message,  therefore, will  depend  largely 
upon  his  own  character,  for  character 
only  can  impart  character.  "The  man 
behind  the  gun"  determines  its  ef- 
fectiveness. "It  makes  a  great  dif- 
ference in  the  force  of  a  sentence 
whether  a  man  be  behind  it  or  no," 
says  Emerson.  Words  are  winged 
when  they  come  from  a  true  heart; 
but  they  often  fall  helpless  because 
they  start  from  the  lips.  "What  you 
are  speaks  so  loud  that  I  cannot  hear 
what  you  say,"  is  another  tribute  to 
sincerity  and  personality  from  the 
Concord  philosopher.  We  instinctively 
personify  qualities  of  character,  such 
as  avarice,  kindness,  egotism  and 
beauty;  so  that  when  they  are  men- 
tioned in  our  hearing,  we  at  once 
think  of  individuals  who  embody 
them.  A  little  boy,  being  asked  one 
day,  "Who  is  that  man?"  replied  in- 
dignantly, "That  ain't  a  man,  that's 
a  preacher!"  He  meant  it  as  a  testi- 
mony to  the  man  of  God  whose  holy 
ministry  and  life,  as  they  presented 
themselves  to  his  young  heart,  sep- 
arated him  from  all  ordinary  men,  in 
a  class  of  his  own.  Happy  that  serv- 
ant of  Christ  of  whom  it  may  truly 
be  said,  as  of  the  ancient  one  in 
Chaucer's  line, 

"First    he    wrought,    and  ^afterwards   he 
taught." 

There  are  four  stages  in  the  acquire- 
ment of  truth.  Jesus  says,  to  the 
Jews  who  believed  on  him,  "You  shall 
know  the  truth,  and  the  truth  shall 
make  you  free."  He  said  to  Nicode- 
mus,  "He  that  doeth  the  truth  cometh 
to  the  light,"  a  gentle  rebuke  of  the 
ruler's  nocturnal  visit.  Paul  says  to 
the  Thessalonians  that  there  are  some 
who  receive  not  the  love  of  the  truth, 
that  they  might  be  saved;  and  because 
of  this  lack  of  spiritual  ardor,  be- 
come the  victims  of  false  teachers. 
Finally,  Jesus  says  of  himself,  "I  am 
the  truth."  Knowing,  doing,  loving 
and  becoming  the   truth   is  the  royal 

♦Read  before  the  Ministers'  Alliance  of 
Kansas  City  and  vicinity,  and  published  by  re- 
quest. 


By  W.  F.  Richardson 

road  to  life  and  holiness.  Knowing 
the  truth  gives  freedom;  doing  the 
truth  gives  strength;  loving  the  truth 
gives  enthusiasm,  and  being  the  truth 
is  character,  which  is  the  essential 
factor  of  personality.  And  this,  after 
all,  is  the  end  of  all  knowing,  doing 
and  loving.  We  so  often  say,  "If  I 
were  so  and  so,  I  would  do  this  or 
that."  The  divine  way  is  to  do  that 
we  may  become.  The  Master  says, 
"Love  your  enemies,  bless  them  that 
curse  you,  do  good  to  them  that  hate 
you,  and  pray  for  them  that  despite- 
fully  use  you  and  persecute  you,  that 
you  may  become  the  children  of  your 
Father  who  is  in  heaven."  Paul  ex- 
horts the  disciples  in  Philippi  to  "do 
all  things  without  murmurings  and 
disputings,  that  ye  may  become  the 
children  of  God,  without  rebuke,  in 
the  midst  of  a  crooked  generation." 
All  beauty  is  but  truth  embodied,  or 
incarnate.  "True  features  make  the 
beauty  of  a  face;  true  proportions, 
the  beauty  of  architecture;  true 
measures,  the  beauty  of  harmony  and 
music."  "When  Paul  speaks  of  "the 
truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus,"  he  uses  no  un- 
meaning phrase.  Truth  in  Jesus  is 
nobler  than  truth  out  of  Jesus,  be- 
cause he  is  its  perfect  embodiment, 
and  therefore  its  source.  He  is  the 
Sun  of  righteousness.  All  that 
prophets,  apostles  and  saints  can  do 
is  to  reflect  his  rays,  as  the  moon 
sheds  from  her  pale  bosom  upon  the 
earth  a  portion  of  the  glory  that  she 
receives  from  the  god  of  day.  It 
is  man's  glory,  as  it  ought  to  be  his 
delight,  that  he  can  reflect  upon  the 
world  the  light  of  life,  as  he  receives 
it  from  Jesus  Christ. 

"Our  little  systems  have  their  day, 
They  have  their  day,  and  cease  to  be; 
They  are  but  broken  lights  of  thee, 

And  thou,  O  Lord,  art  more  than  they." 

It  has  been  said  that  "there  are  two 
things  worth  living  for,  to  write  what 
is  worthy  of  being  read,  and  to  do 
what  is  worthy  of  being  written."  Of 
these  two  noble  things  the  latter  is  the 
better.  A  coward  may  describe  a 
brave  action;  but  only  a  hero  can  per- 
form it.  A  self-seeker  may  tell  the 
story  of  an  unselfish  deed,  and  a 
libertine  may  extol  purity;  while  the 
hero,  philanthropist  and  saint  may 
lack  the  power  to  narrate  the  life  they 
find  it  easy  to  live.  It  is  one  of  the 
strange  paradoxes  of  our  humanity 
that  many  who  are  wise  in  word,  or 
even  in  thought,  may  be  foolish  in 
action;  and  the  writer  of  noble  max- 
ims may  lead  an  ignoble  life.  Never 
was  this  fact  more  graphically  stated 
than  in  Pope's  famous  line  on  the  phi- 
losopher Bacon,  whom  he  described 
as — 

"The  wisest,  brightest,  meanest   of   man- 
kind." 


It  is  cause  for  rejoicing  that  the 
formation  of  a  noble  personality  is 
possible  to  every  man.  Few  can  de- 
scribe, but  all  can  do.  And  the  doing 
is  the  chief  thing,  after  all.  Every 
man  can  be  greater  as  the  doer  of 
noble  deeds  than  any  man  can  be  as 
a  delineator  of  them.  We  cannot  all 
paint  Madonnas,  carve  heroes,  write 
epics,  compose  symphonies,  build  ca- 
thedrals; but  we  can  do  that  which  is 
nobler  than  them  all,  we  can  be  true  to 
self,  our  fellow  men,  and  to  God.  Up- 
on the  marble  of  the  soul  we  may  with 
the  chisel  of  daily  fidelity  to  truth  cut 
the  image  that  shall  endure  when  the 
Parian  marble  shall  have  melted  in  the 
fires  of  the  last  great  day  of  the  Lord. 
Yes,  to  be  is  nobler  than  to  describe. 
Character  is  far  nobler  than  genius. 
In  his  beautiful  idyl  of  motherhood, 
Mary  Ogilvie,  Mr.  Barrie  has  portrayed 
a  picture  that  stirs  the  heart  and 
fills  the  eyes  with  tears.  But  his  work 
of  art  is  not  so  beautiful  as  the  sweet, 
quaint  little  Scotch  mother  whose 
gentle  spirit  was  the  sunlight  of  her 
son's  fireside,  and  the  fountain  of  his 
spiritual  power. 

It  is  the  glory  of  our  Protestantism 
that  it  makes  character  supreme. 
Roman  Catholicism  exalts  organiza- 
tion, ceremony  and  authority  above 
the  individual.  To  have  a  great 
church,  spreading  its  branches  over 
the  whole  earth  and  dominating  every 
nation,  is  her  ambition.  The  spirit 
of  Protestantism  looks  to  the  salvation 
and  sanctification  of  the  individual 
soul,  and  through  that  channel  to  the 
regeneration  of  the  world.  Rome 
makes  much  of  the  divisions  of  Prot- 
estantism, and  sneers  at  the  many 
small  sects  that  struggle  for  a  place 
in  the  column  of  religious  forces;  and 
the  sight  is  indeed  far  from  gratify- 
ing. But  even  these  divisions,  since 
they  have  arisen  in  the  struggle  for 
spiritual  freedom,  are  infinitely  better 
than  uniformity  secured  at  the  ex- 
pense of  life.  As  Dr.  Abbott  has  said, 
"It  is  better  to  have  great  men  and 
little  churches  than  a  great  church 
and  little  men."  Christ  would  have 
manhood  large,  even  though  it  must 
break  the  bounds  of  uniformity  to  be- 
come so. 

Not  only  is  personality  the  supreme 
factor  in  the  worth  of  the  preacher,  as 
in  other  men,  but  it  is  the  one  which 
brings  success.  There  is  no  abiding 
fruit  on  the  tree  whose  life  is  not  full 
and  unobstructed.  Sincerity  is  pri- 
mary in  any  true  endeavor.  The  ori- 
gin of  our  word  "sincere,"  is  instruct- 
ive. A  sculptor  was  cutting  the  faces 
of  the  gods  on  the  facade  of  a  temple 
in  Rome,  when  a  careless  slip  of  his 
chisel  marred  the  features  of  Jupiter, 
and  ruined  the  choicest  block  of 
marble  in  the  temple.  To  replace  it 
would  cost  much,  while  the  knowledge 
of  his  awkwardness  would  bring  re- 
proach from  his  fellow  artists.     So  he 


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August  10,  1905 


skillfully  filled  in  the  broken  space 
with  white  wax.  and  it  remained  unno- 
ticed tor  a  time.  But  soon  the  weather 
and  atmosphere  caused  the  wax  to 
crumble  and  fall  away,  and  the  blem- 
ish was  discovered.  He  was  severely 
punished,  and  a  law  enacted  that  in 
future  all  contracts  for  public  build- 
ings should  contain  the  clause,  "sine 
.."  without  wax.  No  pretense  can 
hide  dishonesty,  no  profession  take 
the  place  of  practice.  The  true  artist 
must  be  what  he  would  describe,  if  he 
would  do  the  best  possible  to  his  pow- 
ers. Milton  said  that  the  poet  must 
himself  be  a  poem.  Cicero  said  that 
the  orator  must  first  of  all  be  a  good 
man.  'If  you  would  create  some- 
thing, vou  must  be  something,"  said 
Goethe.  Above  all  must  this  be  so 
with  the  preacher,  whose  canvas  is 
life,  and  whose  pigments  and  brushes 
are  thoughts,  affections  and  deeds. 

If  we  shall  study  the  work  of  the 
world's  greatest  artists,  we  will  dis- 
cover that  their  best  work  is  always 
done  {in  their  best  hours,  when  the 
soul  has  risen  to  its  noblest  heights  of 
ambition  and  the  heart  has  welcomed 
its  purest  and  most  unselfish  thoughts. 
Genius  has  reached  its  supreme  level, 
perhaps,  in  the  poet,  and  nowhere  else 
is  this  principle  more  completely  dem- 
onstrated. If  we  look  at  Robert  Burns, 
the  peasant  poet  of  Scotland,  we  see 
that  [there  were  two  Burnses,  one  of 
the]tavern  and  the  brothel,  the  other 
of  the  field  and  fireside.  That  poor, 
wavering  heart  was  at  times  the  abode 
of  all  the  demons  of  lust,  and  at  other 
times  the  temple  of  the  living  God, 
where  all  good  angels  delighted  to 
tarn.-.  We  need  but  to  read  his  poetry 
to  discern  when  he  was  under  the  in- 
fluenced good  and  of  evil.  His  "Lines 
to  the  Big-Bellied  Bjttle,"  and  "Ad- 
dress to  the  De'il"  and  others  whose 
suggestions  are  too  vile  to  warrant 
their  mention,  could  not  have  come 
from  his  pen  when  his  soul  was  feed- 
ing on  pure  and  chaste  thoughts.  But 
when  we  read  his  "Lines  to  a  Moun- 
tain Daisy,"  his  "Flow  Gently,  Sweet 
Afton,"  and,  above  all,  that  classic  of 
the  fireside,  "The  Cotter's  Saturday 
Night,"  we  know  that  then  the  spirit 
of  the  Highland  poet  had  risen  to  the 
level  of  communion  with  the  best  in 
human  nature,  and  even  with  the  di- 
vine. Barns  was  at  his  best  in  writ- 
ing only  when  he  was  at  his  best  in 
living. 

Lord  Bvron  is  even  a  more  conspicu- 
ous example  of  the  power  of  personal- 
ity upon  genius.  The  reader  of  Don 
Juan,  if  one  cares  to  read  so  disgust- 
ing a  production,  finds  his  wonder 
constantly  increasing,  that  so  great  a 
poet  could  write  such  wretched  verse. 
Its  fantastic  rhymes,  that  jingle  like 
the  rattle  of  the  court  fool,  and  serve 
but  as  a  frame  for  his  lewd  pictures 
of  the  most  shameless  sort,  are  not 
poetry  at  all.  While  here  and  there  a 
faint  gleam  of  poetic  thought  is  seen, 
the  whole  is  a  mere  performance,  not  a 
poem,  and  dishonors  the  very  name  of 


the  sacred  muse.  When,  however, 
B}*ron  turns  in  sick  disappointment 
from  his  wasted  powers,  and  seeks  to 
sing  the  nobler  song  that  has  not 
quite  ceased  to  echo  through  his  soul, 
he  is  indeed  a  poet,  and  of  the  highest 
rank.  In  his  "Hebrew  Melodies"  he 
reaches  the  sublime  in  sacred  song. 
Nothing  can  be  more  plaintive  than 
the  lament  of  "Jephthah's  Daughter," 
and  nothing  more  stirring  to  the  heart 
of  the  believer  in  a  God  who  cares  for 
his  own  than  "The  Destruction  of 
Sennacherib."  Don  Juan  is  at  best 
but  verse,  the  latter  are  poetry.  It  is 
to  be  deplored  that  the  nobler  ideals 
of  human  conduct  were  but  senti- 
ments in  so  many  of  the  great  gen- 
iuses of  earth,  rather  than  a  prevail- 
ing and  reigning  power.  For  mere 
sentiment  cannot  produce  character. 
Truth  must  be  the  very  fabric  of  the 
life.  "Sentiment  approved  the  preach- 
ing of  righteousness  in  Jerusalem  on 
Sunday,  and  crucificed  the  doer  of 
righteousness  on  Friday."  It  is  a  sad 
commentary  on  the  weakness  of  mere 
sentiment  that  the  writer  of  the  twen- 
ty-third Psalm  could  have  become  the 
seducer  of  Bathsheba  and  the  mur- 
derer of  her  husband,  and  such  facts 
may  well  put  us,  my  brethren,  on  our 
guard.  To  admire  the  good  is  not 
enough,  and  to  eulogize  truth  will 
make  no  man  righteous.  What  one  is 
will  determine  largely  the  effect  of 
what  he  says.  And  no  mere  graces 
of  demeanor  or  courtesy  of  manner 
will  take  the  place  of  genuine  good- 
ness of  heart  and  sincerity  of  life. 

Nor  does  the  power  of  a  preacher's 
ministry  depend  chiefly  on  the  length 
of  his  life,  or  the  circumstances  amid 
which  he  lives  it.  Not  the  extent,  but 
the  content  of  the  life  tells;  not  the 
quantity  of  time  he  has  consumed  in 
existing,  but  the  ideals  he  has  cher- 
ished, and  the  degree  of  consecration 
he  has  reached.  There  is  a  man  in 
Kansas  City  who  owns  a  little  piece  of 
ground  50  by  150  feet  in  size.  It  is  of 
trifling  extent,  compared  with  the 
broad  acres  of  the  farmer,  yet  it  is  more 
valuable  by  far  than  any  farm  in  the 
county.  Because,  while  he  owns  but 
50  feet  in  width,  and  150  in  length,  he 
owns  it  for  4,000  miles  downward,  and 
upward  to  the  skies.  So  he  digs  deep 
and  lays  his  foundation,  and  then  piles 
story  on  story,  till  he  completes  his 
"skyscraper,"  and  enjoys  an  ample 
income  from  its  rentals.  Every  life, 
though  brief  in  duration  and  narrow 
in  opportunity,  may  lay  deep  the  foun- 
dation of  noble  purpose,  and  build 
high  the  structure  of  holy  aspiration. 
Millais  took  a  square  yard  of  canvas 
and  some  pigments,  and  made  of  them 
"The  Angelus,"  for  which  was  received 
a  fortune  in  gold,  and  undying  fame 
for  the  artist.  Yet  canvas  and  pig- 
ments could  never  make  a  great  pic- 
ture. Millais  put  himself  into  his  pic- 
ture, or  it  never  would  have  appealed 
to  the  universal  heart,  and  become,  as 
it  has,  a  stimulus  to  worship  for  every 
sincere   beholder   of   its  beautiful  yet 


simple  representation  of  humble  life 
lived  in  the  full  consciousness  of  the 
presence  of  God.  He  is  the  true  ar- 
tist, whether  in  colors,  in  marble  or  in 
words,  who  can  put  himself  into  his 
work.  It  is  not  a  figure  of  speech  when 
we  say  in  the  picture  gallery,  "This  is 
a  Rembrandt,  this  a  Rubens,  this  a 
Titian,"  etc.,  for  every  work  of  art  is  a 
portion  of  the  artist  visibly  embodied 
in  his  work.  As  men  who  have  studied 
the  masters  are  able  to  pick  out  the 
work  of  each  one  by  certain  personal 
qualities  that  manifest  themselves, 
doubtless  unconsciously  to  the  artist, 
so  does  the  personality  of  the  teacher 
of  truth  make  itself  seen  by  the 
thoughtful  hearer.  We  read  that  at 
one  period  in  the  life  of  the  apostle 
Peter  his  shadow  falling  upon  the  sick 
healed  them.  One's  personality  is  his 
spiritual  shadow,  and  if  it  be  cast  from 
his  walking  in  the  bright  light  of  the 


B.  B.  B. 

Bitter,    Blach  Bile  and  how    Right  Food 
Corrects  It. 


Biliousness,  from  incorrect  food, 
opens  the  way  for  an  outfit  of  derange- 
ments of  not  only  the  body  but  the  mind 
as  well. 

The  world  is  a  dark  or  gloomy  place 
to  the  victim,  whether  millionaire  or 
mendicant. 

The  wife  of  the  head  of  a  great  in- 
surance office  in  an  Eastern  city,  was 
cured,  completely,  of  this  wretched 
affliction  by  the  use  of  Grape-Nuts. 
She  says: 

"For  years  I  was  a  constant  sufferer 
from  biliousness  and  extreme  consti- 
pation and  I  suffered  from  the  most 
dreadful  headaches  once  a  week,  which 
sometimes  lasted  3  or  4  days  at  a  time. 
Grape-Nuts  food  came  to  my  notice 
about  5  years  ago.  I  liked  it  from  the 
first  and  began  to  use  it  because  I  liked 
it,  without  any  thought  that  it  might 
help  my  health.  To  my  surprise  I 
noted  that  after  a  short  time  all  my 
ailments  began  to  decrease,  and  they 
gradually  but  surely  disappeared.  I 
am  now,  and  have  been  for  years,  com- 
pletely free  from  them  and  enjoy  per- 
fect health. 

"Every  one  in  my  house  now  eats 
Grape-Nuts  regularly,  even  my  little 
two-year-old  girl  likes  it  with  her  Pos- 
tum  Coffee  (another  thing  we  are  never 
without)  and  prefers  it  to  any  other 
cereal.  It  pulled  her  through  a  diffi- 
cult period  of  teething  during  the  hot 
weather — she  never  refused  Grape- 
Nuts  when  other  food  could  not  tempt 
her  to  eat.  It  is  the  first  food  I  intend 
to  give  to  my  baby  boy  when  I  wean 
him. 

"My  husband  eats  more  Grape-Nuts 
food  at  every  meal  than  of  any  other 
one  dish.  He  says  it  never  palls  on 
him,  and  he  finds  that  it  regulates  his 
bowels  perfectly."  Name  given  by 
Postum  Co.,  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

There's  a  reason. 

Read  the  little  book  "The  Road  to 
Wellville"  in  each  pkg. 


August  10,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


1027 


Sun  of  righteousness,  it  will  have 
power  to  heal  the  souls  that  fall  be- 
neath its  influence.  We  may  be  un- 
conscious that  the  shadow  exists,  and 
that  it  follows  us  everywhere,  but  it 
will  be  ever  where  we  are,  and  never 
without  its  influence.  Moses,  when 
he  came  down  from  the  mount,  did  not 
know  that  his  face  was  radiant  with 
streams  of  divine  glory,  till  Israel  be- 
sought him  to  put  a  veil  over  his  face; 
but  he  did  know  that  he  had  been  com- 
muning with  God  in  Horeb,  and  that 
his  soul  was  bathed  in  the  light  of  the 
heavenly  throne.  Stephen  perhaps 
was  unaware  that  his  face  shone  as 
the  face  of  an  angel,  when  he  stood  be- 
fore his  enemies;  but  he  certainly 
knew  that  the  Lord  had  been  with  him, 
shedding  the  light  of  his  presence 
upon  his  faithful  heart.  We  ought  to 
so  live  that  we  may  be  conscious  of 
God's  presence  and  approval,  though 
we  may  be  ignorant  of  the  marvelous 
effects  upon  others  of  our  example  and 
teaching.  When  Wang,  a  noted  Chi- 
nese convert  to  Christianity,  diedjre- 
cently,  his  friends  said,  as  they  stood 
about  his  body,  "There  was  no  differ- 
ence between  him  and  the  Book."ifThe 
people  to  whom  Dr.  A.  J.  Gordon  min- 
istered for  a  score  of  years  as  pastor 
bore  of  him  this  rare  testimony:  "We 
know  what  the  life  of  God  in  Christ  is, 
for  we  have  seen  it  exhibited  for  many 
years  in  the  life  of  our  beloved  pas- 
tor." With  such  a  personality  behind 
it,  no  wonder  that  his  message  was  ir- 
resistible. Such  instances  confirm  the 
statement  that  "the  life  of  a  pious  min- 
ister is  visible  rhetoric."  Would  that 
such  graces  adorned  all  our  sermons. 
Then  would  they  become  indeed  mes- 
sages from  the  King,  whose  power 
could  not  be  resisted  by  the  hearts  of 
men. 

In  all  this,  my  brethren,  Christ  is 
the  perfect  example  for  the  preacher, 
and  the  absolute  proof  of  my  theme. 
His  teaching  and  life  were  one,  and 
became  by  their  perfect  union  both 
light  and  power  for  men.  "In  him 
was  life,  and  the  life  was  the  light  of 
men."  By  his  heavenly  personality  he 
has  forever  proven  the  reality  of  the 
divine  life.  As  some  strange  bird, 
pausing  in  its  flight,  proves  to  the  as- 
tonished observer  the  reality  and  na- 
ture of  its  distant  home,  so  in  the 
earthly  life  of  the  son  of  God  we  see 
the  proof  that  "there  is  a  sphere  where 
his  life  is  the  rule,  where  his  dialect  is 
the  language  of  the  country,  and  his 
the  habit  of  living."  In  the  words  of 
Lyman  Abbott,  "As  in  the  spring  the 
first  lily  of  the  season  puts  its  white 
head  above  the  ground,  then  drops  its 
head  that  it  may  whisper  to  its  seed 
sisters,  saying  to  them:  Come,  come, 
this  is  what  you  were  meant  to  be!  so 
into  the  darkness  of  a  pagan  night, 
and  into  the  vileness  of  a  wholly 
earthly  history,  came  the  one  tran- 
scendent, pure,  divine  figure,  standing 
for  those  few  short  years  upon  the 
earth,  showing  what  is  truly  God 
by  showing  what  is  truly  man  when 


God  is  in  him,  and  calling  out  to  us, 
still  in  the  earthiness,  still  in  the  dark- 
ness, and  saying  to  us:  Come!  this  is 
what  you  were  meant  to  be,  this  is 
what  God  is  trying  to  make  you,  this 
is  what  your  aspirations  mean.  You 
are  sons  of  God;  the  law  of  his  nature 
is  the  law  of  your  nature;  and  working 
with  him  and  letting  him  work  with 
you,  you  shall  come  out  into  the  sun- 
light of  God's  own  love  and  become 
the  sharer  of  his  own  life." 

Does  not  this  thought  fill  us  with 
courage  and  joy,  my  brethren?  If  the 
truth  we  teach  so  imperfectly,  because 
of  our  limitations  of  mind  and  heart, 
can  be  so  wonderfully  enforced  by  the 
power  of  that  personal  character  which 
is  possible  to  the  humblest  of  us  all, 
may  we  not  go  forth  to  the  work  of 
preaching  the  gospel  with  renewed 
strength  and  delight,  realizing  that  we 
are  workers  together  with  God,  and 
that  his  wisdom  will  supplement  our 
simplicity,  his  power  our  weakness, 
and  his  grace  our  folly  and  sinfulness, 
if  with  sincerity  we  seek  to  be  the  truth 
we  are  trying  to  proclaim.  For  in  the 
words  of  Phillips  Brooks,  "All  heaven 
is  working  for  us  if  we  will,  as  the  lit- 
tle child  digs  his  well  in  the  seashore 
sand,  and  then  the  great  ocean  comes 
up  and  fills  it  for  him."  Let  us  dig 
our  wells  in  the  shifting  sands  of  hu- 
man hearts,  believing  that  he  who  is 
the  Way  and  the  Truth  and  the  Life 
will  fill  them  with  the  living  waters  of 
his  saving  love. 

Modern  Paulites. 

By  Charles  B.  Sala. 

There  is  a  bit  of  inconsistency  ex- 
isting among  many  of  the  professed 
followers  of  our  Master,  who  claim  to 
wear  no  other  name  than  his  and  fol- 
low no  creed  but  Christ.  And  these 
"many"  are  not  a  few  in  most  church- 
es. To  tell  them  that  they  are  more 
unscriptural  in  their  practices  than  is 
the  most  pronounced  sectarian  would 
be  indignantly  resented.  There  are 
quite  a  large  number  of  people  in  the 
church  who  think  that  our  plea  of 
"back  to  the  New  Testament  faith  and 
practices"  goes  only  as  far  as  baptism 
and  the  name  by  which  they  are  called. 
It  is  a  great  mistake.  There  is  New 
Testament  "truth,"  as  demonstrated 
in  the  Ananias  and  Sapphira  inci- 
dent. There  is  New  Testament  "love" 
told  about  in  the  thirteenth  chapter  of 
First  Corinthians.  There  is  New  Tes- 
tament "honesty"  seen  in  Zacchasus 
as  a  result  of  his  conversion.  There 
is  New  Testament  "giving"  that  Jesus 
called  attention  to  as  the  widow  put 
her  mite  into  the  Lord's  treasury. 
There  are  New  Testament  "missions," 
as  can  be  learned  from  Paul's  com- 
mendation of  the  Philippians.  But  the 
particularly  unscriptural  class  is  the 
one  which  goes  up  to  the  house  of  the 
Lord  because  the  preacher  is  liked  or 
rather  more  generally  stay  away  from 
God's  services  because  the  preacher  is 
not  liked.  If  there  is  a  more  aggra- 
vated type   of  sectarianism  it  has  not 


yet  been  hatched.  And  it  is  my  belief 
that  when  Paul  was  taking  the  Corin- 
thians to  task  about  being  Paulites 
and  Apolloites  that  he  had  just  such 
a  crowd  in  mind.  When  the  roll  is 
called  down  here  how  many  are  found 
as  faithfully,  persistently  and  liberally 
supporting  the  work  of  the  church 
when  a  minister  is  on  hand  they  don't 
just  fancy  as  when  their  "ideal"  or 
maybe  their  "soothsayer"  is  in  the 
pulpit?  It  is  also  one  of  the  very  no- 
ticeable features  of  the  Lord's  day  serv- 
ice that  when  the  preacher  is  absent 
from  the  pulpit  most  of  the  brethren, 
too,  are  absent  from  the  Lord's  table. 
If  that  isn't  "preacheriteism"  or  "ser- 
moniteism"  as  serious  as  what  Paul 
condemned  then  there  is  a  mistake 
somewhere.  Did  the  preacher  die  for 
you?  Was  the  sermon  crucified  for  you? 
Is  the  table  spread  "in  remembrance 
of  me,"  or  the  preacher?  One  might  be 
excused  if  he  didn't  love  the  preacher 
enough  to  be  present,  but  that  supper 
is  not  to  show  forth  his  departure  till 
he  come  again.  True  it  is  that  a  lik- 
able pastor  or  leader  is  an  inspiration 
to  better  work,  yet  the  true  disciple  is 
so  deeply  interested  and  actively  en- 
(Continued  on  page  1028.) 

e     9 

EVER  TREAT  YOU  SO? 

Coffee  Acts  the  Jonah  and  Will  Come  up 


A  clergyman  who  pursues  his  noble 
calling  in  a  country  parish  in  Iowa, 
tells  of  his  coffee  experience: 

"My  wife  and  I  used  coffee  regularly 
for  breakfast,  frequently  for  dinner, 
and  occasionally  for  supper — always 
the  very  best  quality— package  coffee 
never  could  find  a  place  on  our  table. 

"In  the  spring  of  1896  my  wife  was 
taken  with  violent  vomiting  which  we 
had  great  difficulty  in  stopping. 

"It  seemed  to  come  from  coffee 
drinking  but  we  could  not  decide. 

"In  the  following  July,  however,  she 
was  attacked  a  second  time  by  the 
vomiting.  I  was  away  from  home  fill- 
ing an  appointment,  at  the  time,  and 
on  my  return  I  found  her  very  low;  she 
had  literally  vomited  herself  almost 
to  death,  and  it  took  some  days  to 
quiet  the  trouble  and  restore  her 
stomach. 

"I  had  .also  experienced  the  same 
trouble,  but  not  so  violently,  and  had 
relieved  it,  each  time,  by  a  resort  to 
medicine. 

"My  wife's  second  attack  satisfied 
me  that  the  use  of  coffee  was  at  the 
bottom  of  our  troubles,  and  so  we 
stopped  it  forthwith  and  took  on 
Postum  Food  Coffee.  The  old  symp- 
toms of  disease  disappeared  and  dur- 
ing the  9  years  that  we  have  been 
using  Postum  instead  of  coffee  we 
have  never  had  a  recurrence  of  the 
vomiting.  We  never  weary  of  Postum, 
to  which  we  know  we  owe  our  good 
health.  This  is  a  simple  statement  of 
facts."  Name  given  by  Postum  Com- 
pany, Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

Read  the  little  book,  "The  Road  to 
Wellville,"  in  each  pkg. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  10,  1905 


As  Seen  From  the  Rockies    By  »•  a.  Tyler 


Tbe  international  Epworth  League  con- 
vention concluded  its  most  successful  meet- 
ing in  Denver  Lord's  day,  July  9.  The 
attendance  was  large.  There  were  10,000 
delegates  present.  The  number  of  persons 
who  came  to  Denver  on  account  of  this 
convention  brought  the  attendance  up  to 
probably  20,000  persons.  The  meetings 
were  held  in  Trinity  Methodist  church,  in 
the  Central  Presbyterian  church  and  in  the 
coliseum,  the  combined  seating  capacity 
of  which  is  about  S.000.  These  buildings 
were  filled  at  each  session.  There  were 
times  when  hundreds  of  people  were  turned 
away  because  of  lack  of  room.  Bishops 
were  present  galore.  Many  of  the  strong- 
est, and  best  known,  preachers  in  the 
Methodist  church  were  present  as  active 
participants  in  the  proceedings.  The 
churches  of  all  denominations  were  placed 
at  the  disposal  of  the  Epworthians.  Some 
of  the  most  important  meetings  were  held 
in  the  Central  Christian.  Two  strong 
gospel  sermons  were  delivered  in  the  South 
Broadway  church  by  delegates  to  the  con- 
vention—the Rev.  W.  C.  Lovett,  of  Atlan- 
ta, Ga.,  and  the  Rev.  Joshua  Stansfield, 
Indianapolis,  Ind.  The  sermons  were 
thoughtful,  original,  pertinent,  practical. 
Both  sermons  were  expository.  The  even- 
ing discourse  was  a  happy  combination  of 
the  evangelistic  and  expository.  The  dis- 
course in  the  morning  was  such  a  sermon 
as  ought  to  be  delivered  as  a  preparation 
for  waiting  at  the  table  of  the  Lord. 
The  world  moves  and  Methodism  keeps 
step  with  the  advance.  The  Methodism 
of  to-day  is  better  than  was  the  Methodism 
of  thirty  or  forty  years  ago.  It  is  more  in- 
telligent. It  understands  the  Christ  better 
and  represents  him  more  correctly  The 
key  thought  of  this  Epworth  League  con- 
vention was  evangelization.  It  was  prom- 
inent in  the  addresses  and  discussions. 
The  books,  on  the  literature  tables,  were 
devoted  almost  wholly  to  the  work  of 
world-wide  evangelization. 

The  Epworth  League  is  the  Christian 
Endeavor  of  Methodism.  Its  growth  has 
been  rapid.  This  movement  began  in 
Cleveland,  O.,  May  15,  1889.  The  local 
societies  are  called  chapters.  In  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church  there  were,  last 
November,  21,873  chapters,  and  in  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  south,  there 
were,  at  the  same  time,  3,569  chapters. 
There  were,  seven  months  ago,  2,000,000 
members  of  the  league  in  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  and  in  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  south,  there  were  123,- 
325.  In  the  convention  of  which  I  am 
writing  there  were  represented,  besides  the 
branches  of  Methodism  named  in  this  con- 
nection, the  Canadian  Methodist  church 
and  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  Statistics  of  the  Canadian  and 
African  churches  are  not  at  hand  as  I 
write.  Sufficient  has  been  said  to  show 
that  the  numerical  increase  of  th*  Epworth 
League  has  been  rapid. 

The  motto  of  this  organization  is  "Look 
up,  lift  up."  The  declared  object  of  the 
Epworth  League  is  to  "promote  intelligent 
and  loyal  piety  in  the  young  members  and 
friends  of  the  church;  to  aid  them  in  the 
attainment  of  purity  of  heart  and  constant 
growth  in  grace,  and  to  train  them  in 
works  of  mercy  and  help."  The  following 
pledge  is  required  of  its  members: 

"I  will  earnestly  seek  for  myself,  aud  do 
what  I  can  to  help  others  to  attain,  the 
highest  New  Testament  standard  of  ex- 
perience and  life.     I  will  abstain  from  all 


forms  of  worldly  amusement  forbidden  by 
the  discipline  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  and  I  will  attend,  as  far  as  possi- 
ble, the  religious  meetings  of  the  chapter 
and  the  church,  and  take  some  active  part 
in  them." 

Where  Methodism  is  known  the  Ep 
worth  League  has  gone.  It  not  only  exists 
in  the  United  States,  Canada,  England, 
western  Europe  and  Australia,  but  there 
are  chapters  in  India,  Mexico,  South 
America,  China,  Japan  and  Hawaii.  The 
tendency  of  the  league  is  to  produce  har- 
mony and  unity  in  the  great  Methodist 
family.  This  is  well.  It  is  one  of  the 
ways  in  which  to  ultimately  bring  about 
Christian  union.  It  is  a  matter  of  prime 
importance  that  domestic  infelicities,  ec- 
clesiastical, shall  be  settled.  The  trend  of 
the  Epworth  League  is  to  bring  peace, 
harmony,  unity,  union  to  the  divided 
Methodist  family.  There  is  a  tendency 
much  larger  than  this,  as  is  seen  in  the 
fact  that  the  Christian  Endeavor  and  Ep- 
worth League  prayer-meeting  topics  are 
the  same.  For  the  month  of  July  the 
topics  are:  "The  Making  of  a  Christian," 
"The  Indwelling  Christ,"  "The  Message 
of  the  Flowers,"  "Preparing  for  Our 
Heavenly  Home,"  and  "Missions  in  Ja- 
pan." The  Epworth  League  changes 
"Missions  in  Japan"  to  "Missions  in  East- 
ern Asia." 

The  church  of  to-day  is  better  than  was 


the  church  of  yesterday.  The  churci  of 
to-morrow  will  be  better  than  is  the  church 
of  to-day.  Our  young  people  are  trained 
for  Christian  service  as  young  people  were 
never  before  trained.  The  outlook  is  radi- 
ant. Evangelize  is  the  dominant  note  in 
all  these  organizations.  The  motto,  or 
watchword,  of  the  great  international  Sun- 
day-school convention  in  Toronto,  June 
23-27,  was,  "Winning  a  Generation."  The 
day  dawns.  The  darkness  is  disappear- 
ing. Every  knee  shall  bow  and  every 
tongue  shall  confess  that  Jesus  is  the  Lord. 
Denver,  Colorado. 

&         & 

Modern  Paulites. 

{Continued  from  page  1027.) 
gaged  in  doing  the  work  he  ever  wel- 
comes the  Master  to  give  him  that  the 
advent  of  a  poor  speaker  or  a  brilliant 
orator  in  the  pulpit,  or  none  at  all,  is 
scarcely  noticeable  on  the  results  of 
his  labors.  Nor  has  the  "hot"  or  "in- 
clement" weather  a  paralyzing  effect 
on  his  Christian  duties.  These  kinds 
of  Christians  are  the  rock  against 
which  the  storms  and  waves  of  oppo- 
sition, criticism  and  religious  spasms 
dash  up  and  are  broken  while  the 
preacherite  pebble  is  tumbled  about 
on  the  beach.  Let  us  be  Christians, 
preacher  or  no  preacher,  like  him  or 
not  like  him,  sermon  or  no  sermon, 
sunshine  or  sleet,  ruling  or  being  ruled, 
in  the  pew  beside  a  hypocrite  or  sur- 
rounded by  saints,  at  home  or  visiting, 
everywhere,  all  the  time. 
Minerva,  Ohio. 


Y.  M.  C.  A.  Work  in  Manchuria 


By  Carme  Hostetter  Smyser 

Soon  after  the  Russo-Japan  war  was  de- 
clared (Feb.  8,  1904,)  the  Christians  of 
Japan  united  in  asking  permission  to  send 
out  chaplains  with  the  army,  but  somehow 
no    definite    answer   was  given  to  the  re- 


Mr.  Ochiai,  Y.  M.  C.  A.   Field  Secretary 
in  the  Japanese  Army. 

quest.  They  were  compelled  to  stand  by 
and  see  Shinto  and  Buddhist  priests  follow 
in  the  procession  of  outgoing  generals  and 
soldiers. 

However,  in  the  following  August  there 
was  deep  rejoicing  in  the  hearts  of  all 
Christians  in  Japan  when  news  was  re- 
ceived that  the  Japanese  government  had 
given  written  orders  to  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  to 
open  work  at  Antung  and  Yingkow  (later 
at  Ho  jo  and  Dalnyalso)  and  granting  free 


transportation   of  baggage  and  providing 
buildings  for  the  Association  work. 

The  equipment  consists  of  Bibles,  hym- 
nals, books  of  history  and  biography  (trans- 
lated into  Japanese),  magazines,  newspa- 
pers, pictures,  games  for  amusement,  post 
cards,  writing  material,  barbers'  outfit, 
gramaphone,  etc.  Tea  is  served  to  the 
men  visiting  the  Association  rooms,  Bibles 
are  distributed,  and  the  gospel  preached. 
Concerts  with  the  gramaphone  are  held 
both  at  the  rooms  and  in  the  hospitals. 

There  are  at  present  two  foreign  (Messrs. 
Hibbard  and  Gleason)  and  nine  Japanese 
Association  secretaries  in  Manchuria. 
These  secretaries  are  kept  busy  from  morn- 
ing till  night  visiting  the  wounded  men  in 
the  hospitals,  cheering  them  with  words  of 
comfort,  giving  them  books  to  read,  and 
writing  messages  home  for  those  who  are 
too  badly  disabled  to  do  their  own  writing. 
Then  there  is  daily  preaching  at  the  Asso- 
ciation tents,  and  concerts.  Mr.  Hibbard 
reports  meetings  where  both  tent  and  sur- 
rounding yard  were  so  closely  packed  that 
it  was  necessary  to  preach  awhile  in- 
side and  alternately  on  the  outside.  The 
men  often  ask  for  Bibles.  They  find  that 
the  Bible  words  do  give  real  cheer  and 
comfort. 

Mr.  Ochiai  and  Mr.  Kawasumi,  two 
preachers  from  Sendai,  deserve  special 
mention  for  the  fine  work  they  are  doing 
in  Manchuria.  Sometimes  these  men  walk 
almost  steadily  for  fifteen  or  sixteen  hours, 
from  one  point  to  the  other;  upon  reaching 
their  destination  they  proceed  at  once  to 
visit  the  wounded,  telling  the  blessed  mes- 
sage of  salvation  and  comforting  the  men 
in  any  way  they  can. 

These  secretaries  are  always  kindly  re- 
ceived by  generals  and  soldiers.  It  is  a 
glorious  work  well  deserving  your  serious 
reflections,  your  prayers,  and  your  encour- 
agement. 

Sendai,  Japan. 


August  10,   1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIS1 


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The  Marion,  Ind.,  Tent  Campaign 


From  the  Evangelists'  Standpoint. 

Sunday  night,  July  30,  brought  to  a 
close  the  tent  campaign  conducted  by  the 
Tabernacle  and  Central  Christian  churches 
of  Marion,  Indiana,  and  the  results  were 
most  gratifying  to  the  churches  and  to  the 
citizens  generally;  yet  it  was  the  opinion  of 
the  evangelists  that  the  meeting  was  only 
fairly  begun.  Two  weeks  more  might 
have  done  great  things  in  the  way  of  ad- 
ditions to  the  church.  The  brotherhood 
cannot  realize  the  extent  of  this  victory  un- 
til they  know  the  condition  of  the  field. 
The  Christian  church  was  comparatively 
weak  in  Marion;  in  fact  more  so  than  in 
any  other  city  of  its  size  in  the  state.  Our 
churches  had  suffered  from  internal  strifes 
and  were  overshadowed  by  the  larger  de- 
nomin  itional  churches.  It  was  a  tremendous 
undertaking  for  so  few  members  to  divide 
themselves  into  three  sections  and  attempt 
to  run  three  large  tent  meetings  in  the  city 
at  the  same  time.  But  W.  S.  Bu- 
chanan, pastor  of  the  Tabernacle  church, 
and  the  originator  of  this  campaign,  is  in 
the  habit  of  undertaking  great  things  for 
God,  and  had  succeeded  in  inspiring  the 
members  of  both  congregations  with  the 
idea  of  a  forward  movement.  The  cam- 
paign was  wisely  and  prayerfully  planned, 
and  the  enterprise  was  undertaken  with  a 
determination  and  confident  expectation 
seldom  seen.  Bro.  Merritt  Owen,  the  new 
pastor  of  "the  Central  church,  worked 
faithfully  during  the  campaign,  but  was  at 
a  disadvantage  by  being  comparatively  a 
stranger  at  the  opening  of  the  meetings. 
He  is  rapidly  growing  in  favor  with  the 
people  of  Marion. 

The  evangelists  and  singers  were  dis- 
tributed as  follows:  At  the  south  tent, 
T.  J.  Legg,  state  evangelist  of  Indiana,  wita 
Edward  McKinney  as  singer  and  helper; 
west  tent,  J.  M.  Elam,  evangelist,  and  P. A. 
Parsons  as  singer  and  helper;  central  tent, 
R.  H.  Fife, evangelist  and  H.  H,  Saunders 
as  singer  and  helper.  Every  morning  at 
nine  o'clock  the  evangelistic  force  and 
pastors  met  for  consultation  and  prayer. 
The  evangelists  were  instructed  by  the 
executive  -committee  to  fully  present  the 
teachings  of  the  church  of  Christ.  They 
said,  "Preach  the  gospel  every  day,  and 
make  the  people  understand  our  plea  for 
New  Testament  Christianity,  whether  you 
have  a  single  addition  or  not."  I  am  pleased 
to  say  that  this  order  was  faithfully 
obeyed,  and  every  evangelist  made  his 
sermons  sparkle  with  some  phase  of  New 
Testament  truth. 

The  first  two  weeks  of  the  campaign 
were  greatly  interrupted  by  rainy  weather, 
and  we  had  all  kinds  of  counter  attrac- 
tions to  meet,  such  as  the  4th  of  July  cele- 
bration, a  circus,  a  merry-go-round, 
special  attractions  at  the  park  and  the 
operas  running  at  full  blast.  The  big, 
central  tent  was  erected  right  in  between 
two  opera  houses,  each  only  a  square 
away.  Besides  this  our  religious  neigh- 
bors seemed  to  catch  the  inspiration  of  our 
meetings,  and  concluded  that  it  would  be 
to  their  interest  to  start  meetings  of  their 
own,  and  erected  some  of  their  tents  only 
one  or  two  squares  from  ours,  so  that  we 
could  be  sure  to  know  that  they  were  do- 
ing the  best  they  could  to  help  our  meet- 
ings along.  From  two  to  four  such  meet- 
ings were  in  progress  the  entire  month. 

In  addition  to  many  matters  of  detail 
to  be  looked  after,  the  evangelists  were  in- 
structed to  look  especially  after  four  points, 
in  the    order   named,   as    follows:     First, 


popularize  our  plea  for  New  Testament 
Christianity  among  the  masses;  second, 
encourage  the  unity  and  good  fellowship 
among  our  own  brethren;  third,  extend 
our  church  into  new  territory  in  the  city; 
fourth,  and  last,  "get  additions."  The  first 
three  were  accomplished  in  a  glorious 
manner,  and  we  closed  with  130  additions, 
as  follows:  56  at  the  central  tent,  48  at 
the  west  side  and  26  at  the  south  tent. 
Nearly  all  of  these  were  grown  people, 
and  over  100  were  baptized.  One-balf  of 
the  entire  number  came  in  the  last  week 
of  the  meetings,  and  fifteen  the  last  day. 

We  received  every  courtesy  from  the 
daily  press  and  citizens  that  we  could  ex- 
pect, and  a  conservative  estimate  of  the 
total  attendance  at  these  meetings  is 
20,000.  The  Central  church  did  the  wise 
thing  in  deciding  to  move  its  building 
several  squares  farther  west  so  as  to  be  in 
easy  access  to  that  rapidly  growing  resi- 
dence district,  and  a  new  congregation 
was  organized  in  South  Marion. 

There  was  no  clap  trap  sensationalism 
whatever  in  the  meetings.  They  were  all 
conducted  on  such  a  high  plane  that  they 
met  with  universal  approval,  and  brought 
forth  the  heartiest  editorial  congratula- 
tions from  the  press  of  the  city.  As  an  in- 
dication of  the  prestige  the  Christian 
church  now  has  in  Marion,  a  leading 
banker  said  to  Brother  Buchanan,  as  he 
handed  him  a  liberal  contribution  for  the 
campaign  fund,  "Hereafter  the  Christian 
church  of  Marion  can  accomplish  whatever 
it  undertakes.  Any  church  that  can  un- 
dertake and  successfully  carry  out  such  an 
enterprise  as  this  deserves  universal  re- 
spect, and,  if  you  need  any  more  money 
for  this  campaign,  call  on  me  again."  I 
venture  the  prediction  that  he  will  have  the 
satisfaction  of  being  called  upon  again  be- 
fore many  months;  for  if  W.  S.  Buchanan 
remains  there,  we  may  expect  to  hear  of 
great  things  in  the  way  of  church  build- 
ings in  a  short  time. 

I  cannot  speak  in  too  complimentary  a 
way  of  the  two  faithful  pastors  and  their 
people,  especially  the  executive  committee, 
for  their  co-operation,  zeal  and  stick-to  it- 
iveness.  They  went  through  even  the 
most  perilous  times  withouc  flinching  or 
wanting  to  turn  back.  Does  the  reader 
wonder  that  we  gained  the  victory?  Even 
during  the  first  two  weeks  of  continuous 
rainy  weather,  when  it  looked  so  dark  for 
the  finances  of  the  campaign,  if  there  was 
a  single  murmur,  it  never  reached  the  ears 
of  the  evangelists. 

Our  religious  papers  also  contributed 
largely  to  the  success  of  the  campaign  by 
their  favorable  notices  and  sending  copies 
of  the  papers  for  free  distribution.  The 
evangelists  tried  to  induce  every  family  to 
subscribe  for  one  or  the  other  of  these  pa- 
pers. 

I  cannot  close  this  report  without  ex- 
pressing my  gratitude  in  a  public  way  to 
my  brother  evangelists  for  their  courtesies 
to  me  and  faithfulness  to  their  posts  of 
duty.  I  never  offered  a  suggestion  or  made 
a  request  that  they  did  not  try  to  carry  out, 
and  all  took  an  active  part  in  the  manual 
labor  connected  with  the  campaign,  es- 
pecially in  taking  care  of  their  tents.  Our 
singing  evangelists  were  all  very  efficient 
also  as  personal  workers  among  the  people. 

Two  of  them,  Brethren  Parsons  and 
Saunders,  are  promising  young  ministers, 
Brother  Saunders  being  formally  ordained 
to  the  ministry  one  Sunday  morning  dur- 
ing the  campaign. 

Since  this  campaign  is  considered  as  an 


experiment  in    summer  evangelism,  I  will 
consider  in  a  later  article  some  of  the  ad 
vantages  of  such  a  campaign  and  how  this 
plan  might  be  improved. 

K.  H.  Fife, 
Director  r<f  the  evangelistic  forces. 
Kansas  City,  Mo. 


Christian  Publishing  Company  Reunion. 

A  very  delightful  occasion  was  the  re- 
union of  the  officers  and  employes  of  the 
Christian  Publishing  Company,  which  took 
place  last  week  at  the  home  of  W.  W. 
Dowling,  the  vice  president  of  the  com- 
pany. The  house  had  been  decorated  for t le 
occasion  and  the  host's  son,  Mr.  Harold 
Dowling,  had  employed  his  electrical 
knowledge  in  arranging  some  tasteful 
lighting  effects.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Till,  with 
the  assistance  of  a  corps  of  young  ladies, 
dispensed  refreshments  and  apart  from  the 
social  fellowship  which  the  gathering  was 
intended  to  promote  a  pleasing  program 
filled  in  part  of  the  evening,  musical  selec- 
tions being  rerdered  by  Miss  Marguerite 
Varey,  Mr.  Roland  Bresch  and  others,  while 
the  choir  of  the  Hammett  Place  Christian 
church,  of  which  the  host  is  an  elier,  was 
especially  invited  to  entertain  the  "printin' 
folk"  and  did  si  most  admirably.  Mr. 
Dowling  welcomed  his  guests  most  cor- 
dially, stating  that  this  was  the  second  oc- 
casion on  which  it  had  been  his  pleasure 
to  entertain  them  as  a  "house,"  and  he 
expressed  the  hope  that  there  might  be  a 
reunion  of  the  employes  every  year.  Mr. 
G.  A.  Hoffmann  responded,  thanking  the 
host  for  his  courtesies  and  stating,  what 
was  unknown  perhaps  to  many  present, 
that  Mr.  Dowling  has  been  longer  engaged 
in  the  editing  of  Sunday  school  literature 
than  any  other  man  in  America  and  that 
over  350,000  scholars  receive  his  instruction 
every  week. 

The  two  most  enjoyable  irems  of  the 
evening's  program  center  around  the  host. 
We  wish  we  had  space  here  to  quote  from 
the  Rhymester  Laureate's  account  of  a  per- 
egrination under  the  title  of  "The  Old  and 
the  New."  Perhaps  we  may  some  other 
time.  But  Mr.  Dowling  pictured  to  ns 
some  of  the  memories — joyful  and  other- 
wise— of  the  old  publishing  house  and  then 
he  took  us  through  the  various  rooms  of 
the  fine  and  adequate  building  in  which 
we  now  gather  to  do  our  daily  work  in 
sending  broadcast  the  Christias-Evax- 
gelist  and  the  many  other  publications 
that  go  out  from  2712  Pine  street. 

And  just  before  the  break-up  it  was  the 
pleasant  duty  of  Mr.  W.  D.  Cree,  in  a  witty 
speech,  to  represent  "the  house"  in  the 
presentation  of  a  handsome  chair  for  the 
use  of  the  vice-president  in  his  own  "den" 
at  home,  as  a  token  of  the  esteem  of  his 
fellow  workers,  of  whom  nearly  all  were 
present  save  the  president  of  the  company, 
who  was  unable  to  return  from  Garrison 
Park  in  time  for  this  event. 

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Broneau  Valley,  Idaho. 

The  advertisement  of  the  Bruneau  Land  and 
Irrigation  Co.,  which  appears  in  this  issue  of 
the  Christian-Evangelist,  refers  to  an  enter- 
prise originated  by  members  of  the  Christian 
church,  chief  among  whom  is  Henry  Watkins, 
Boise,  Idaho,  formerly  pastor  at  Tacoma, 
Wash.  He  writes  enthusiastically  concerning 
the  country,  says  that  there  are  eight  Christian 
preachers  in  Bruneau  Valley  and  that  one-half 
of  the  present  filings  are  from  members  of  the 
Christian  church. 

Brother  Watkins  will  take  especial  pleasure 
in  answering  inquiries  from  readers  of  the 
Christian-Evangelist. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  10,  1905 


Our    Budget 


—  Now  we  are  off  for  San  Francisco. 
—The  Christian-Evangblist    will   tell  the 

MMl  of  the  convention  as  usual— as  fully  as  it 
can  be  told  on  paper. 

—Send  in  your  orders  at  once  for  extra 
copies  of  the  paper,  and  ask  your  neighbor  to 
subscribe. 

—We  shall  send  back  wireless  or  other  dis- 
patches along  the  route,  informing  our  readers 
of  the  journey  and  its  incidents. 

—That  is  splendid  news  from  the  Home 
Society  which  we  print  this  week  in  double 
column  measure.  A  gain  of  $20,000  in  ten 
months  over  the  previous  year  in  our  home 
missionary  offerings — about  as  much  as  the 
total  receipts  ten  years  ago— means  several  im- 
portant things.  First  of  all  it  means  a 
growing  interest  in  home  missions.  It  means 
unshaken  confidence  in  the  secretary  and  board 
of  managers.  It  means  that  home  mission  work 
has  gained  such  momentum  that  whoever  or 
whatever  gets  in  its  way  is  likely  to  be  run 
over.  It  prophesies  larger  things  for  the 
future.  We  congratulate  the  Home  Society 
and  the  brethren  at  large  on  the  splendid  show- 
ing. 

—At  Ladonia,  Tex.,  a  brick  church  is 
being  built. 

— The  new  building  at  Lyons,  Kan.,  is  to 
be  of  cement  blocks. 

—A  city  mission  board  will  probably  be 
organized  at  Louisville,   Ky. 

— C.  E.  Pile,  of  Parsons,  Kan.,  is  convales- 
cent, after  a  critical  illness. 

—A  state  convention  of  Kentucky  will  be 
held  at  Maysville,  September  25-28. 

— The  Nebraska  convention  has  just  fol- 
lowed the  institute  which  closed  July  28. 

—George  Rader  has  left  Bloomington  and 
taken  up  the  wark  at  Bruceville,  Ind. 

—  Bruce  Brown  occupied  his  old  pulpit  at 
North  Side  church,  Chicago,   last  Lord's  day. 

— V.  L.  Parker  has  been  installed  as  minister 
of  the  Bismarck  avenue  church,  Indianapolis. 

— W.  F.  Hamann,  of  Sedalia,  is  taking 
work  at  the  University  of  Chicago  during  this 
term. 

— The  seventh  anniversary  of  the  Irving 
Park  church,  Chicago,  has  just  been  cele- 
brated. 

—  N.  N.  Early  will  give  three-fourths  time  at 
Augusta  and  one-fourth  at  Chatham,  Bracken 
Co..  Ky. 

— There  is  talk  of  a  new  building  at  Dan- 
ville, Ky.,  where  H.  C.  Garrison  is  doing  a 
fine  work. 

—Our  church  at  Oklahoma  City  is  erecting  a 
mission  chapel  to  be  located  in  the  university 
addition. 

—  F.  P.  Smith,  late  of  Hoopeston,  111.,  has 
taken  up  the  work  at  West  Park  church,  Indi- 
anapolis. 

—  Utica,  Ohio,  reports  a  new  congregation 
organized  of  sixty-eight  members,  with  a  lot 
purchased. 

—  I.  N.  Mabry,  of  Perry,  Okla.,  has  de- 
cided to  enter  the  field  as  a  regular  singing 
evangelist. 

— W.  W.  Burks,  of  Mason  City,  Iowa, 
has  been  called  to  succeed  G.  D.  Edwards  at 
Nevada,  Mo. 

— R.  W.  Abberley,  of  Minneapolis,  Minn., 
is  wanted  by  the  Walnut  Hills  church,  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio. 

— The  brethren  at  Taylortown,  where  W.  H. 
Patterson  is  in  charge,  have  just  completed  a 
new  parsonage. 

—The  brethren  at  Emporia,  Kan.,  have 
moved  out  of  their  old  building,  and  will  soon 


be  worshiping  in  the  basement  of  their  new 
edifice. 

—Jason  Mill,  Ind.,  where  a  new  church 
building  will  soon  be  erected,  has  taken 
D.  G.  Waterman  from  Knox. 

—The  Callaway  county  convention  of  Mis- 
souri, was  held  at  Mokane,  August  2,  when  a 
good  program  was  rendered. 

—The  Brooks  brothers  have  in  the  past 
eight  months  had  1,207  converts  in  eight  meet- 
ings, an  average  of  over  150  a  month. 

—The  "dog  day"  sale  advertised  in  another 
part  of  this  paper,  shows  that  our  book-pub- 
lishing department  has  "gone  crazy." 

— The  annual  union  meeting  of  the  churches 
of  Knox  county,  Ind.,  was  held  at  Sandborn, 
and  was  a  "basket  dinner"  occasion. 


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NEW  SUBSCRIBERS. 


Some  time  ago  we  asked  our 
friends  to  send  us  10,000  new  sub- 
scribers to  the  Christian-Evangel- 
ist. Of  this  number  we  have  re- 
ceived, up  to  Aug.  1,8,778.  Brethren, 
we  are  more  than  thankful  for  this 
i  splendid  response,  and  wish  we  had 
words  to  express  our  appreciation 
for  this  excellent  work  on  the  part  of 
the  friends  of  the  Christian-Evan- 
gelist. Just  give  us  a  little  lift  to 
help  us  out  and  in  another  month 
we  can  report  to  you  that  we  have 
the  10,000  new  subscribers,  which 
will  mean  50,000  new  readers.  What 
a  world  of  good  this  will  be  to  the 
cause  of  Christ! 


— We  regret  to  record  the  death  of  H.  K. 
Berry,  who  died  recently  at  Sulphur  Springs. 
He  was  formerly  minister  at  Augusta,  Ky. 

— L.  F.  Drash  has  resigned  at  Bloomfield, 
Ind.,  where  he  has  done  a  very  acceptable 
work.     His  future  plans  are  not  yet  announced. 

— T.  J.  Clark  had  a  ministry  of  twenty-one 
years  at  Vincennes,  Ind.,  and  has  just  received 
the  twelfth  call  from  the  church  at  Blooming- 
ton. 

— The  marriage  is  announced  of  C.  J. 
Sharpe,  our  energetic  minister  at  Hammond, 
Ind.,  with  Miss  Grace W.  Chapman,  of  Mill- 
bury,  Ohio. 

— L.  N.  D.  Wells  and  wife,  of  Wilkins- 
burg,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  will  take  a  considerable 
trip  through  the  west  after  attending  the  con- 
vention at  San  Francisco. 

—  H.  H.  Peters  informs  us  that  Oliver  W. 
Stewart,  who  has  just  taken  part  in  a  temper- 
ance rally  at  Rossville,  111.,  was  at  his  best 
and  the  meetings  a  great  success. 

—  How  many  are  going  to  the  convention? 
Santa  Rosa,  Cal.  reports  50  of  its  members  in- 
tending to  be  on  hand.  That  is  the  way  the 
Pacific  Coast  brethren  are  going  to  go. 

—Prof.  E.  B.  Wakefield,  of  Hiram  college, 
is  visiting  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Walter  Robin- 
son, at  Princeton,  Mo.,  during  August.  His 
journey  may  be  extended  to  Oklahoma  and 
Texas. 

— The  brethren  have  moved  into  the  re- 
modeled church  at  Somerset,  Ky.,  where  the 
work  continues  to  prosper.  There  were  18 
additions  in  two  weeks  recently  at  the  regular 
services. 

— Our  church  at  Pueblo,  Col.,  has  a  fine 
male  chorus  organized  as  a  pait  of  the  move- 
ment to  make  the  services  of  special  interest  to 
the  men.  This  chorus  has  been  a  decided 
success.  Congregations  .have  been  increased 
and  the  musical  work  is  well  done.     A  photo- 


graph of  the  members  of  this  choir  appeared 
in  the  Pueblo  Chieftain,  with  J.  H.  Mohorter, 
the  pastor,  and  the  organist,  Miss  Brooks,  the 
only  lady  in  the  group. 

— Russell  F.  Thrapp,  of  the  Central  church, 
Jacksonville,  III.,  is  spending  a  vacation  at 
Lake  Geneva,  Wis.  GuyB.  Williamson,  the 
assistant  pastor,  is  continuing  the  regular  church 
services. 

— The  ground  has  just  been  broken  for  a 
new  church  building  at  Ft.  Wayne,  Ind.  It 
is  to  cost  $4,000,  and  is  largely  the  outcome  of 
the  leadership  of  E.  W.  Allen,  of  the  West 
Jefferson  street  church. 

— The  Cambridge  City  Tribune  reports  that 
Joseph  Garvin's  revival  services  in  the  Chris- 
tian church  there  have  been  successful 'and  that 
the  preacher  has  given  eminent  satisfaction 
from  the  standpoint  of  spirit  and  untiring  work. 

— One  who  has  borne  a  prominent  part  in  the 
Restoration  movement  for  many  years  has  just 
passed  away  in  the  person  of  T.  W.  Brents, 
who  will  be  widely  mourned  in  the  south.  He 
was  born  in  1823  and  was  the  father  of  Sister 
Victor  W.  Dorris. 

— J.  Boyd  Jones  has  held  a  successful  meet- 
ing at  Macclesfield,  N.  C.  |When  he  went 
there  we  had  no  following  at  all,  but  a  church 
was  organized,  a  beautiful  corner  lot  secured, 
and  it  is  hoped  a  building  will  be  erected 
before  long.  D.  W.  Arbold  has  consented  to 
take  charge. 

— Elder  and  Mrs.  Rolla  G.  Sears  have 
moved  to  Canton,  Mo.,  from  Chicago  where 
they  have  been  attending  the  university  and 
the  conservatory  of  music.  Brother  Sears  will 
teach  Hebrew  and  the  cognate  languages  at 
Christian  university  and  Mrs.  Sears  will  teach 
the  mandolin. 

— Two  new  churches,  one  at  Foleom,  with  20 
charter  members,  and  one  at  Raton,  with  48 
charter  members,  have  been  recently  organized 
in  New  Mexico.  These  places  are  within 
reach  of  each  other  and  a  competent,  energetic 
young  man  is  wanted  to  take  oversight  of  them. 
Address  David  C.  Peters,  612  Pierce  Ave., 
Trinidad,  Col. 

— In  the  report  of  the  committee  on  resolu- 
tions at  the  Grand  River  district  convention, 
Pattonsburg,  Mo.,  it  was  resolved  that  Gov- 
ernor Folk's  enforcement  of  the  law  be  heartily 
endorsed,  and  that  the  heartiest  support  be 
given  to  the  officers  of  the  convention,  and  in 
building  up  the  work  in  the  respective  counties 
represented. 

—  Daniel  Trundle,  of  Aurora,  Mo.,  has  de- 
cided to  take  up  the  work  at  Bisbee,  Ariz. 
Aurora  made  every  effort  to  retain  Brother 
Trundle.  He  appreciates  their  kindness  but 
he  has  been  influenced  by  the  condition  of  his 
wife's  health  to  try  another  climate.  The 
move  will  take  place  about  August  21.  Who- 
ever succeeds  Brother  Trundle  at  Aurora  will 
find  the  brethren  in  a  spirit  to  go  forward. 

— A  brother  in  Kentucky  writes:  "From 
the  crucial  criticism  through  which  your  book 
on  the  Holy  Spirit  is  passing  it  must  be 
dangerously  near  the  truth,"  and  so  he  in- 
quires the  price  of  book  and  requests  a  sample 
copy  of  the  Christian-Evangelist.  Criti- 
cism never  hurts  the  truth  and  it  often  helps  to 
commend  it  to  others  who  would  not  other- 
wise know  of  it.     Let  the  good  work  go  on! 

— Cephas  Shelburne  writes  from  Hunting- 
ton, Ind.,  "The  contract  has  been  let  for  our 
new  church,  the  old  building  has  been  torn 
down,  and  work  has  begun  on  the  foundation. 
Yesterday,  July  30,  we  held  our  first  service  in 
the  new  theatre  which  we  will  occupy  on  Sun- 
day. Three  hundred  scholars  attended  the 
Sunday-school  and  the  large  auditorium  was 
filled  at  both  preaching  services.  There  was 
one  confession. 

— One  of  our  English  readers  writes:  "We 
shall  miss  the  sweet  Macatawa  Musings  and  it 


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is  a  grief  to  see  the  familiar  name  of  Edge- 
wood-on  the-Lake  advertised  for  sale.  We 
must  hope  that  Pentwater  will  become  dear  to 
your  readers  in  its  turn  and  will  become  a  new 
garden  of  Eden  where  the  voice  of  God  is  heard 
and  where  it  is  echoed  in  many  a  home  through 
the  pages  of  the  sanest,  sweetest  and  best  of  re- 
ligious periodicals." 

—  We  are  glad  to  learn  that  a  movement  is 
on  foot  among  the  friends  of  L.  L.  Carpenter 
in  the  Hoosier  state  to  send  him  to  the  Holy 
Land  next  winter  in  the  company  that  is  being 
organized  by  B.  B.  Tyler,  of  Denver.  This 
will  be  a  graceful  thing  to  do,  for  Brother 
Carpenter  will  deserve  the  honor  and  will  no 
doubt  enjoy  immensely  such  an  outing.  An 
interesting  event  is  about  to  occur  in  Brother 
Carpenter's  life  of  which  the  Christian-Evan- 
gelist will  give  further  particulars. 

— J.  W.  Walters  has  resigned  at  Webster 
City,  la . ,  to  take  effect  Aug.  25.  He  will  en- 
ter the  evangelistic  field  and  churches  desiring 
his  services  miy  address  him  for  the  present  at 
Webster  City.  Brother  Walters  goes  back  to 
his  former  field  of  work.  He  has  been  eight 
years  in  the  pastorate  without  vacation  or 
change,  and  in  the  past  twenty-two  months  111 
have  been  added  to  the  church  at  Webster 
City,  while  a  considerable  mortgage  has  been 
met,  the  building  improved,  and  nearly 
all  missionary  calls  generously  provided  for. 
His  relationship  with  the  church  is  most 
cordial. 

— A  note  from  Mrs.  Amanda  Gail  Holmes, 
of  Mankato,  Minn.,  brings  us  the  following 
message:  "Our  loved  sister,  Adelaide  Gail 
Jenks,  was  laid  at  rest  from  her  long  illness 
July  18  in  Lakewood  cemetery.  She  passed 
away  Sunday,  July  16.  Appropriate  services 
were  conducted  by  R.  W.  Abberley  at  the  Port- 
land avenue  church  of  Christ  in  Minneapolis. 
Obituary  later."  Ourolder  readers  especially, 
will  remember  the  poetic  contributions  from  our 
gifted  sister  which  ran  through  many  years. 
She  was  a  great  tuffererand  it  is  sweet  to  know 
that  her  purified  spirit  is  at  rest.  Our  sym- 
pathies are  extended  to  the  bereaved. 

— The  number  of  new  subscribers  for  the 
Christian-Evangelist  during  the  month  of 
July  has  broken  all  records.  It  has  been  diffi- 
cult to  fill  the  orders  for  extra  copies,  although 
an  effort  is  made  each  week  to  anticipate  the 
demand.  This  growth,  we  are  glad  to  say,  is 
not  the  result  of  any  special  boom  but  the 
normal  increase  of  interest  in  the  Christian- 
Evangelist,  and  in  what  it  stands  for.  We  are 
asked  by  the  Subscription  Department  to  say 
to  those  who  wish  reports  cf  the  San  Francisco 
convention  to  place  their  orders  for  extra 
copies  beforehand,  or,  what  is  better,  to 
become  regular  subscribers  for  the  paper. 
Then  they  will  be  sure  to  receive  full  and 
accurate  reports  of  our  great  national  con- 
vention. 

— We  have  received  a  communication  writ- 
ten by  Julius  Stone,  a  missionary  under  the 
Home  Society,  who  tells  us  of  an  open  door  of 
opportunity.  Brother  Stone  has  been  mixing 
freely  among  the  people  in  this  great  land  who 
are  of  Scandinavian  birth  or  descent.  He  re- 
cently attended  a  Christian  unity  conference  in 
which  the  first  day  was  devoted  to  the  discus- 
sion of  baptism,  and  at  the  conclusion  of  the 
session  five  preachers  who  had  been  actively  op- 
posed to  immersion  were  put  beneath  the  waters 
of  the  neighboring  river  by  Brother  Anderson, 
of  Kansas,  one  of  them  being  secretary  of  the 
Norwegian  Danish  Free  Church  Association. 
Another  subject  discussed  was  "The  Govern- 
ment of  the  Church"  and  the  question  was 
very  carefully  examined.  Brother  Stone  is  very 
hopeful  of  the  outcome  of  these  conferences. 
He  is  on  the  program  committee  and  another 
meeting  is  to  be  held  towards  the  end  of  the 
year. 


—  Here  is  a  train  ritual  for  the  Christian- 
Evangelist  Special,  which  is  not  mandatory 
but  suggestive: 

1.  The  general  in  command  of  the  expe- 
dition will  be  General  Cheerfulness.  His  com- 
mands should  be  implicitly  obeyed,  and  they 
are  not  grievous.  There's  bound  to  be  in  so 
long  a  journey,  some  discomfort  in  the  way  of 
heat,  dust,  imperfect  service  here  and  there, 
and  other  undesirable  features;  but  any  one 
allowing  himself  to  become  disagreeable  on 
that  account  is  likely  to  be  dropped  off  the 
Special  at  the  nearest  stop,  to  be  picked  up  by 
a  later  train. 

2.  The  people  who  make  up  the  Christian  • 
Evangelist  Special  know  thedifference  between 
cheerfulness  and  rowdyism,  and  if  they  didn't 
they  would  have  no  deposition  for  the  latter. 
It  is  a  long  journey  and  any  excessive  exu- 
berance of  good  feeling  at  the  beginning  is 
likely  to  be  followed  by  sullen  silence  to- 
ward the  close.  Distribute  it  all  over  the 
journey. 

3.  In  ordinary  trains  there  is  sometimes  an 
unseemly  rush  for  one  to  get  ahead  of  another 
in  going  in  and  out  of  the  cars,  and  especially 
at  table,  and  ladies  are  sometimes  crowded  out 
in  the  scramble.  But  of  course  there  will  be 
nothing  of  this  sort  of  brute  selfishness  on  our 
Special,  Each  one  will  "try  to  see  that  his 
neighbor  fares  well,  and  will  esteem  others 
better  than  himself,  especially  the  ladies.  That 
will  make  delightful  traveling. 

4.  Take  all  the  religion  you  have  along 
with  you,  and  if  you  can  increase  the  stock  on 
hand,  en  route,  do  so.  You  will  need  it  to 
keep  you  happy  and  agreeable  on  the  way, 
and  you  will  need  it  when  you  get  to  San 
Francisco,  to  make  you  attend  the  convention 
instead  of  .seeing  the  sights.  "The  Sights" 
will  be  there  after  the  convention  is  over.  Try 
to  find  a  little  time  each  day  on  the  train  to 
look  after  the  religious  side  of  your  nature  in 
order  to  keep  sweet  and  wholesome.  If  you 
have  any  of  that  morbid,  dyspeptic  type  of  re- 
ligion that  mistakes  long-facedness  for  piety, 
and  obstreperousness  for  soundness  in  the  faith, 
leave  it  at  home,  or  stay  at  home  with  it. 

5.  Take  some  good  reading  along  with 
you.  It  is  tiresome  talking  all  the  time  on  the 
train,  and  sometimes  it  is  tiresome  listening, 
for  the  noise  of  the  train  and  of  other  voices 
makes  it  difficult  to  hear.  We  will  have  time 
to  read  one  good  book  through  on  the  way, 
and  the  amount  of  instruction  we  would  get  out 
of  that,  to  say  nothing  of  the  boon  which 
we  would  confer  on  others  by  our  silence, 
would  be  worth  the  journey!  Don't  construe 
this  as  discouraging  sociability  on  the  train. 
We  want  that  and  must  have  it,  but  it  is 
simply  a  caution  against  an  excessive  strain  on 
the  social  faculties,  to  the  exclusion  of  what 
every  normal  soul  needs — periods  of  quiet  and 
rest. 


Missouri  University. 

In  this  issue  of  the  Christian-Evangelist 
will  be  found  a  bird's-eye  view  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Missouri.  The  growing  popularity  of 
this  institution  is  attested  b/  the  fact  that  the 
attendance  has  grown  from  940  in  1899,  to 
1,882  in  1905. 

Ninety  one  per  cent  of  the  students  enrolled 
last  year  were  church  adherents.  By  denomi- 
nations, there  were  three  hundred  and  ninety- 
five  Methodists;  two  hundred  and  ninety-five 
Disciples  of  Christ;  two  hundred  and  fifty-two 
Presbyterians;  two  hundred  and  eighteen  Bap- 
tists; sixty-one  Catholics;  thirty-one  Congrega- 
tionalists;  twenty  Jewish;  seventeen  German 
Lutherans;  thirteen  English  Lutherans;  eight 
Unitarians;  five  Adventists;  five  Universal- 
ists;  two  each  of  Friends,  Christian  Scientists 
and  Church  of  God;  and  one  each  of  Danish 
Lutheran,  United  Brethren  and  Dunkard. 


LIFE  SAVED  BY  SWAMP-ROOT 


The      Wonderful     Kidney,     Liver 
and  Bladder     Remedy. 

SAMPLE    BOTTLE    SENT    FKEE    BY    HAIL. 


Swamp-Root,  discovered  by  the  eminent 
kidney  and  bladder  specialist,  promptly  cures 
kidney,   liver,   bladder  and   uric  acid  troubles. 

Some  of  the  early  symptoms  of  weak  kid- 
neys are  pain  or  dull  ache  in  the  back,  rheu- 
matism, dizziness,  headache,  nervousness, 
catarrh  of  the  bladder,  gravel  or  calculi,  bloat- 
ing, sallow  complexion,  puffy  or  dark  circles 
under  the  eyes,  suppression  of  urine,  or  com- 
pelled to  pass  water  often  day  and  night. 

The  mild  and  extraordinary  effect  of  the 
world-famous  kidney  remedy,  Dr.  Kilmer's 
Swamp- Root,  is  soon  realized.  It  stands  the 
highest  for  its  wonderful  cures  of  the  most  dis- 
tressing cases.  If  you  need  a  medicine  you 
should  have  the  best. 

Swamp-Root  is  not  recommended  for  every- 
thirg,  but  if  you  have  kidney,  liver,  bladder 
or  uric  acid  trouble  you  will  find  it  just  the 
remedy  you  need. 

Sold  by  druggists  in  fifty-cent  and  one-dol- 
lar sizes.  You  may  have  a  sample  bottle  of 
Dr.  Kilmer's  Swamp-Root  and  a  pamphlet 
that  tells  all  about  it,  including  many  of  the 
thousands  of  letters  received  from  sufferers 
cured,  both  sent  free  by  mail.  Write  Dr.  Kil- 
mer &  Co.,  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  and  please 
be  sure  to  mention  that  you  read  this  generous 
offer  in  the  St.  Louis  Christian-Evangelist. 
Don't  make  any  mistake,  but  remember  the 
name,  Swamp-Root,  Dr.  Kilmer's  Swamp- 
Root,  and  the  address,  Binghamton,  N.  Y., 
on  every  bottle. 

A  Big  Little  Meeting. 

A  protracted  meeting  of  two  weeks'  con- 
tinuance, held  at  Keytesville,  Mo.,  closed 
last  week  with  26  additions.  Most  of  the 
preaching  was  done  by  C.  H.  Wioders,  pas- 
tor of  the  Columbia  Ciristian  church,  though 
the  writer  preached  a  few  times,  did  the  bap- 
tizing, and  assisted  in  other  respects. 

The  preaching  of  Brother  Winders  was  ad- 
mirable. There  was  no  unusual  excitement, 
nar  any  effort  to  produce  anything  of  the  kind. 
The  whole  effect  upon  the  community,  from 
the  human  side,  was  in  the  earnest  presenta- 
tion of  the  gospel. 

Not  the  least  agency  among  those  which 
helped  was  the  singing  of  Miss  Otto  Stephens, 
of  Columbia.  This  was  her  first  attempt  at 
leading  an  evangelistic  servic;  but  unless  I  am 
mistaken  it  will  not  be  her  last.  She  showed 
very  remarkable  ability  in  organizing  and 
sustaining  the  singing  forces  of  the  town,  while 
her  solo  singing  gave  very  general  satisfaction. 
Those  securing  her  services  for  evangelistic  work 
will  be  fortunate.  Her  address  is  Columbia,  Mo. 

Among  those  who  were  baptized  was  E.  W. 
Price,  a  son  of  General  Sterling  Price,  whose 
name  is  a  household  word  in  Missouri.  The 
son  is  a  worthy  representative  of  his  distin- 
guished father.  He  is  over  70  years  of  age, 
but  is  in  rigorous  health,  and  seems  to  be 
practically  in  the  prime  of  life  His  decision 
to  be  baptized  was  characteristic  of  the  man. 
He  came  to  town  from  his  ceuntry  residence 
with  his  mind  fully  decided  to  take  the  im- 
portant step,  and  this  he  did  as  soon  as  it  was 
possible  for  him  to  do  so.  His  action  pro- 
duced a  profound  impression  both  at  Keytes- 
ville and  Glasgow,  where  he  is  so  well  and 
favorably  known.  W.  T.  Moorb. 

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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  10,  1905 


Oregon. 

Dear  Fellow  Disciples:— We  begin  the 
year  with  a  debt  of  $1,665 .45.  As  a  partial 
offset  for  this  indebtedness,  there  is  in  outstand- 
ing pledges  now  due,  about  $$00.  If  those 
who  are  now  delinquent  would  send  in  their 
payments  we  could  refund  almost  half  this 
larger  amount. 

Our  expenses  for  the  current  year  will  be 
about  $2,500.  This  includes  the  salaries  of 
the  workers  in  the  field,  and  the  salary  and  ex- 
penses of  the  corresponding  secretary,  etc. 
The  Turner  convention  will  more  than  pay  its 
own  expenses.  This  is  a  small  thing  when  we 
consider  that  we  now  number  in  the  state  over 
9.600  souls. 

Trie  fields  to  be  aided  this  year  are  Tilla- 
mook. Portland  (Rodney  avenue),  Hood 
River  city  ,  Myrtle  Point,  Forrest  Grove, 
and.  if  possible,  Woodburn  and  Hillsboro.  If 
we  should  answer  all  the  calls  for  aid  from 
fields  in  need  the  number  would  be  very  much 
larger.  Shall  we  arise  to  the  great  opportu- 
nity that  the   Lord  has  given  us  in  this  great 

field' 

Our  beloved  president  has  given  us  a  motto 
for  the  year's  work:  "Eight  thousand  dollars 
for  missions  and  1,500  souls  for  Christ  by 
Turner  '06."  Brethren,  this  has  the  proper 
ring.  Let  it  be  repeated  all  along  the  line. 
Brother  preacher,  take  it  up  and  tell  it  to 
your  people  until  it  resounds  throughout  all 
our  borders.  Let  us  hear  you  say,  "I  am 
with  you  for  $8,000  and  1,500  souls  for  Christ 
by  Turner  '06." 

Can  we  do  it?  Certainly.  If  we  should 
give  but  a  single  dollar  each  for  this  work  we 
would  have  over  $1,000  more  than  our  motto 
asks.  Surely  there  is  not  a  Disciple  in  Oregon 
who  can  not  give  at  least  one  dollar  for  state 
missions  during  the  year.  Think  of  it — only 
one  cent  for  every  three  working  days  in  the 
year.  Even  the  poorest  among  us  can  find  no 
excuse. 

Again,  if  we  should  adopt  the  "Each  One 
Win  One"  plan  we  would  have  many  more 
than  1,500  conversions  to  report  at  our  next 
convention. 

Let  us  go  up  to  Turner  next  year  free  from 
debt,  a  balance  in  the  treasury  and  a  rich  har- 
vest of  soils.  When  you  return  from  San 
Francisco  begin  at  once  to  plan  for  a  great 
rally  for  state  missions  on  the  first  Lord's  day 
in  November. 

I  am  now  planning  for  a  general  canvass  of 
the    state  to  assist  in  this  work  and  to    get   a 
larger  knowledge  of  the  field  and  the  forces. 
F.  E.  Billington,  Cor.  Sec. 

Cottage  Grove,  Oregon. 

A  Valuable  BooK. 

In  his  recent  work  on  "The  Holy  Spirit" 
Dr.  Garrison  has  conferred  on  the  brotherhood 
a  valuable  service.  That  the  time  is  ripe  for  a 
work  of  this  kind  can  admit  of  little  doubt. 
Hitherto,  a§  a  prople,  we  have  given  more  at- 
tention to  other  features  of  the  gospel,  in  our 
efforts  to  correct  certain  important  errors  of  the 
time,  and  have  thus  been  led,  in  a  measure,  to 
neglect  the  cultivation  of  this  rich  field  of 
Christian  thought  and  privilege.  The  excel- 
lent work  of  Dr.  Richardson,  published  nearly 
a  third  of  a  century  ago,  received  all  too  scant 
attention  and  reading.  While  such  one-sided- 
ness  of  emphasis  is  inseparable  from  all  refor- 
matory movements,  if  it  crystallizes  into  per- 
manent deformity  it  becomes  a  positive  mis- 
fortune. 

Valuable  and  fruitful  as  have  been  the  truths 
that  we  have  urged  with  so  much  zeal  and  suc- 
cess for  a  century,  it  is  but  just  to  say  that  no 
department  of  Christian  study  promises  more 
for  the  spirituality  of  the  church  and  the  in- 
crease of  its  power  than  that  concerning  the 
Holy  Spirit  and  his  mission  in  the  world.  There 


$20,20375      GAIN. 

A.  Tremendous  Awakening- 
Home  Missions  are  taking  hold  of  the  people's  hearts.  The  receipts  this  year  to  Auguit  1, 
show  a  gain  of  $20,203.75  over  the  corresponding  period  last  year.  Many  churches  have  taken 
the  annual  offering,  but  have  not  yet  remitted.  Many  more  have  not  yet  taken  the  offering. 
Can  any  church  afford  to  let  this  opportunity  of  lining  up  with  the  greatest  achievement  in  our 
history,  pass  unheeded?  Can  any  man  or  woman  wearing  the  name  Christian  omit  or  decline 
to  make  an  offering  toward  the  Christianization  of  the  Republic  and  the  salvation  of  the  whole 
earth?  Can  any  preacher  count  himself  faithful,  who  fails  to  lead  his  people  into  their  portion 
of  the  victory? 

We  are  doing  more  than  ever  before  in  the  field,  yet  the  demand  is  for  a  hundred  times  the 
force  and  fifty  times  the  treasure.  Our  offerings  are  already  glorious,  yet  according  to  our 
ability  they  are  meager  and  unworhty. 

It  has  been  a  wonderful  year.  Never  such  victories;  never  such  odd*;  never  such  enthu- 
siasm; never  such  deep  purpose;  never  such  splendor  of  achievements. 

We  call  upon  all  men  everywhere  to  fall  in  with  the  army  of  doers,  to  pray — to  wore — to 
give.  Make  this  the  coming  year.  Send  a  message  and  an  offering  from  your  church  and 
school,  or  send  your  personal  offering  to  this  heart  pressing  work.  Now  is  the  time;  to-morrow 
too  late.  Benjamin  L.  Smith,  Cor.  Sec. 

Geo.  B.  Ranshaw,  Field  Sec. 
W.  J.  Wright,  Supt.  of  Evangelism. 
T.  M.  C.  A.  Bldg.,  Cincinnati,  O. 


is  need  of  a  new  study  of  this  great  subject  and 
larger  insistence  upon  it  until  it  shall  bulk 
more  largely  in  our  thought  and  teaching. 
There  can  be  no  vital  religion  without  the 
sense  of  the  divine  presence  and  communion, 
and  the  indwelling  of  the  Holy  Spirit  is  the 
means  and  accomplishment  of  this.  Much  of 
the  teaching  of  the  scriptures  on  this  subject  is 
dead  truth  to  a  large  part  of  the  Christians  of 
to-day.  It  needs  preaching,  advocacy,  study, 
until  it  shall  live  ai  privilege  and  blessing  in 
the  consciousness  of  Christians.  There  is  need, 
if  not  of  a  new  reformation,  of  a  revitalization 
of  this  most  important  part  of  Chirstian  teach- 
ing. 

Dr.  Garrison's  work  is  a  summons  to  this 
work,  and  a  most  happy  introduction  to  it.  It 
is  not  metaphysical,  not  controversial,  but 
rcriptural  and  vital.  It  is  an  excellent  netting 
forth  of  the  teaching  of  the  scriptures  on  this 
subject,  with  a  view  to  unfolding:  to  the  church 
the  magnitude  of  its  privilege,  that  it  may  enter 
more  fully  into  its  inheritance. 

The  author  has  no  theories  to  bolster  up  and 
finds  no  passages  that  he  needs  to  explain  away. 
The  interpretations  are  such,  almost  without 
exception,  as  must  appeal  to  every  unsophisti- 
cated mind  as  correct.  Whether  the  language 
of  John  16:13  will  bear  quite  all  the  author 
finds  in  it  is  open  to  question,  but  fairness  and 
absence  of  bias  in  interpretation  is  a  marked 
feature  of  the  book.  The  position  taken  re- 
garding the  present  work  of  the  Holy  Spirit 
need  not  be  rejected  as  untrue  or  without  scrip- 
ture warrant,  even  though  the  passage  referred 
to  be  taken  as  directly  applicable  to  the  apostles. 

No  preacher  should  feel  that  he  can  do  with- 
out this  book,  but  it  should  not  be  read  by 
preachers  only.  Its  freedom  from  metaphysi- 
cal speculation  and  the  clearness  and  simplicity 
of  its  presentation  adapt  it  to  the  comnrehen- 
sion  of  all.  It  should  go  into  every  Christian 
home,  and  will  carry  not  only  intelligence  con- 
cerning a  most  important  subject,  but  a  quick- 
ening of  spiritual  life  wherever  it  is  read. 

It  is  to  be  hoped  also,  that  the  book  will 
find  many  readers  among  other  religious  peo- 
ple*, for  it  will  do  good,  both  by  way  of  re- 
lieving prejudice  and  by  its  well-balanced 
setting  forth  of  the  truth  on  this  subject. 

Auburn,  N.  Y.  N.  J.  Aylsworth. 

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Ministerial  Exchange. 

E.  W.  Brickert,  of  Murphysboro,  III,  can 
hold  some  meetings  from  August  to  September. 
He  has  been  very  successful  and  can  provide 
one  of  the  best  sineers  in  the  church. 

Frederick  W.  Wvatt  and  wife,  of  Stamford, 
Tex.,  desire  to  hold  a  meeting  for  some 
church  with  a  view  of  settling  permanently. 

C.  E.  Chambers  can  hold  two  meetings  in 
August  or  September.     Address  Mystic,  la. 

C.  E.  Millard,  singing  evangelist,  Platts- 
burg,  Mo.,  has  one  date  open    for  September, 


his  time  being  all  taken  except  for  that  month. 
The  Christian  church  at  Creston,  la.,  is 
seeking  a  pastor.  Salary  $1,000  to  the  right 
man.  Address  C.  F  Skirvin  or  P.  P. 
Tucker. 


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Some  well  known  members  of  the  Christian 
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A  limited  amount  of  the  stock  can  be  had  at 
par,  and  the  investment  is  sure  to  prove  a 
profitable  one.  For  particulars  address,  F,  E. 
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The  Campaign  for  Two  Thousand 
Contributors. 

Up  to  August  2,  1,171  churches  have  prom- 
ised to  take  the  September  offering.  Missouri 
is  in  the  lead  with  143  promises,  Illinois  is  sec- 
ond with  124  and  Ohio  is  third  with  116.  In 
proportion  to  the  number  of  churches  in  the 
state  New  Jersey  leads  in  the  number  of  prom- 
ises, and  the  District  of  Columbia  is  second, 
Vermont  is  third,  and  California  fourth.  We  are 
still  729  short  of  the  two  thousand  promises, 
and  96  behind  the  total  number  of  contributing 
churches  of  last  year.  We  must  bend  every 
effort  to  reach  the  two  thousand  by  the  time  our 
annual  report  closes  on  the  30th  of  September. 
The  preachers  who  have  received  mailing 
cards  should  report  at  once  in  order  that  sup- 
plies may  be  sent. 

At  our  board  meeting  on  the  first  of  August 
the  funds  were  so  low  that  the  board  will  not 
be  justified  in  making  any  more  promises  of 
loans  until  after  the  September  offering.  The 
board  has  granted  $100,000  (one  hundred 
thousand)  more  than  we  have  money  on  hand 
to  pay,  and  this  does  not  iaclude  loans  prom- 
ised last  year  which  are  not  yet  closed.  It  is 
hoped  that  the  brotherhood  will  realize  the 
necessity  of  making  a  great  effort  to  supply  this 
deficiency  during  the  annual  offering,  so  that, 
with  returns  on  loans  and  individual  contribu- 
tions, the  board  may  be  able  to  meet  its  obli- 
gations. Unless  the  September  offering  is 
more  liberal  than  usual  it  will  be  many  months 
before  the  board  can  grant  any  more  loans. 
During  the  last  two  months  the  board  paid  out 
on  loans  over  $40,000.  Over  40  churches  ap- 
plied for  loans  during  the  months  of  June  and 

July. 

Promises  to  Promises  to 

States.  take  offering:.      States,     take  offering:. 

Alabama 10    Missouri 143 

Arkansas 11     Montana 8 

Arizona Nebraska 47 

California 60     New  Jersey 1 

Colorado 12     New  Mexico 2 

Connecticut 1     New  York 23 

Dist.  Columbia....     5     North  Carolina 5 

Florida 4     North  Dakota 

Georgia 10     Ohio 116 

Idaho 5    Oklahoma 16 

Illinois 124     Ontario 1 

Indiana 82     Oregon 25 

Indian  Territory...     8     Pennsylvania 32 

Iowa 65     South  Carolina 4 

Kansas 71     South  Dakota 4 

Kentucky 61     Tennessee 22 

Louisiana 9    Texas 63 

Maine Utah, 

Manitoba 2    Vermont 1 

Maryland 3     Virginia 13 

Massachusetts 6    Washington 26 

Michigan 36    West  Virginia 12 

Minnesota 10    Wisconsin 6 

Mississippi 5     Wyoming 2 

All  promises  should  be  sent  to — 

G.  W.  Muckley,  Cor.  Sec'y. 
600  Water  Works  Bldg.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 


"Beautiful  Hollywood!" 

So  exclaim  the  throngs  of  visitors  to  southern 
California.  Here  is  destined  to  be  another 
Pasadena.  Nearer  to  Los  Angeles,  and  much 
nearer  the  seaside  than  Pasadena,  almost  frost- 
less  in  winter,  and  cool  in  summer,  close  to  the 
foothills  on  the  north,  and  looking  southward 
over  a  wide  stretch  of  valley,  to  old  ocean  in 
the  distance,  Hollywood,  as  a  residence  district, 
possesses  unsurpassed  attractions.  It  is  pro- 
nounced by  many,  the  queen  of  all  the  many 
charming  suburbs  of  the  City  of  the  Angels. 
Costly  villas  and  tasteful  cottages  and  bunga- 
lows are  springing  up  on  all  sides.  First-class 
school  privileges,  including  an  excellent  high 
school,  are  enjoyed.  The  electric  car  service 
is  good.  The  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  is 
prohibited. 

We    want  it    known    by  the  brethren  every- 
where that  a  church  of  Christ  has  been  estab- 


lished at  Hollywood.     Its  future  is  bright  with 
promise  of  steadily  advancing  usefulness  in  the 
work  of  the  Lord.  At  the  parsonage,  on  Wilcox 
avenue,  a  cordial  welcome  will  be  extended. 
John  C.  Hay,  minister. 

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Southern  Arkansas  Lands. 

Timbered,  rolling,  perfect  drainage,  no 
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small  grains,  cow-peas  and  believed  to 
be  the  coming  clover  and  alfalfa  country — 
porous  clay  soil  and  clay  subsoil— cheapest 
lands  in  Southwest.  Splendid  stock  country 
— 10  months  range. 

Write  for  Southern  Arkansas  booklet  and 
Homeseekers'  rates  Aug.  15,  Sept.  5  and 
19,  Oct.  3  and  17. 

E.  W.  LaBEAUME,  G.  P.  &  T.  A. 
Cotton  Belt  Route,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

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Regimental   Reunions   and   Forty* 
Second  Anniversary  Battle 
Chickamauga, 

CHATTANOOGA,  SEPTEMBER     17  21,    1905. 

On  September  18,  [O0$,  will  OOCSf  the  forty-aeond  an- 
niversary of  the  battle  of  Clii'.lcamauga.  It  U  proposed  to 
celebrate  this  memorable  event  with  a  reunion  of  the  vari- 
ous regiments  that  participated  in  this  memorable  battle, 
and,  in  addition,  to  hold  at  the  same  time,  a  grand  reunion 
of  all  the  regiments  that  participated  in  the  various  battles 
fought  around  Chattanooga.  This  reunion  will  be  held  at 
Chickamauga  National  Park,  September  18.  v,  and  20,  and 
the  present  indications  are  that  it  will  be  the  largest  and 
most  notable  gathering  ever  held  in  the  South.  On  the 
above  dates  the  remnants  from  the  armies  of  twelve  states, 
comprising  the  following:  Pennsylvania,  Ohio,  Michigan, 
Indiana,  Illinois,  Wisconsin,  Minnesota,  Iowa,  Nebraska, 
Missouri,  Kansas,  and  Kentucky,  will  assemble,  many  for 
the  first  time  since  they  marched  from  its  blood  stained 
fields,  forty-two  years  ago. 

Grand  and  glorious  will  be  the  meeting  and  all  who  at- 
tend will  have  cause  to  rejoice.  The  lowest  rate  ever  se- 
cured has  been  given  the  entire  public  for  this  occasion, 
one  cent  per  mile,  short  line  distance. 

Here  is  one  of  the  great  opportunities  for  the  education 
of  the  youth.  Don't  fail  to  take  your  children  and  show 
them  historic  Chattanooga,  with  all  its  historical  connec- 
tions. It  is  the  opportunity  of  a  lifetime.  Go  and  see  the 
old  war  generals  and  other  officers  point  out  the  places  of 
interest  on  the  battlefield;  let  them  show  you  ana  explain, 
in  person,  the  markers  erected  on  the  battlefield  showing 
the  positions  of  the  opposing  armies  at  the  time  of  battle. 
It  will  not  be  long  before  none  will  be  left  to  do  this 
noble  work;  take  this  opportunity  and  don't  let  it  escape 
you,  it  is  worth  six  months  in  the  school  room  to  any 
student. 

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tunity will  present  itself.  See  that  your  tickets  read  via 
the  Louisville  &  Nashville  R.  R.,  the  Battlefield  Route. 
Call  on  your  nearest  railroad  agent  for  rates  and  advertis- 
ing matter  pertaining  to  the  reunion,  or  write  nearest  rep- 
resentative of  the  Louisville  &  Nashville  R.  R. 

J.  H.  Milliken.  D.  P.  A.,  Louisville,  Ky. 

F.  D.  Bush,  D.  P.  A.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

J.  E.  Davenport,  D.  P.  A.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

H.  C.  Bailey,  N.  W.  P.  A.,  Chicago,  111. 

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Illinois  News. 

At  Ntwmin,  N.  S.  Hiynes  organized  the 
church  thirty-tour  year*  ago.  L.  R.  Thomas 
spent  about  seven  years  here  as  pastor.  J.  G. 
McNutt  hat  labored  for  the  church  for  two 
years,  bringing  the  membership  up  to  250,  the 
Sunday  school  to  187.  the  Christian  Endeavor, 
Senior  and  Junior,  to  55  each.  The  church 
dedicated  a  beautiful  modern  building  last 
February,  at  a  cott  of  $15,000,  all  provided 
for.  This  is  the  home  of  Mrs.  A.  C.  Ben- 
nett, sister  of  the  Sweeney  brothers.  She  is 
very  active  in  the  Lord's  work,  and  interested 
in  all  the  public  enterprises  of  the  church. 

Hume  and  Brockton  are  good  churches,  of 
75  or  100  each,  in  fine  communities,  with  splen- 
did opportunities  of  usefulness.  They  expect 
to  unite  upon  some  man  to  preach  far  them 
jointly.  This  is  right,  and  any  good  man  will 
be  able  to  do  excellent  work  with  proper  sup- 
port from  each  church.  We  are  so  inde- 
pendent, and  so  particular  in  our  tastes,  that 
often  a  good  work  is  spoiled  or  prevented  for 
want  of  agreement  and  co-operation.  The 
standard  by  which  a  preacher  is  judged  is  of- 
ten very  unworthy.  In  our  great  scarcity  of 
men,  the  smaller  places  often  suffer.  Men  who 
might  be  very  useful  in  the  ministry,  fail  to 
enter  it  because  they  are  conscious,  from  lack 
of  ability  or  preparation,  that  they  cannot  be 
great  men.  The  man  who  had  tne  talent, 
buried  it.  Many  now  are  doing  the  same. 
The  Lord  needs  more  men  willing  to  serve  in 
humble  places. 

At  Oakland  is  a  good  little  chureh  of  forty 
members,  and  a  larger  Sunday-school.  J.  M. 
Miller  is  their  minister  and  seems  to  be  enter- 
ing upon  a  career  of  usefulness  in  a  good  field. 
He  preaches  at  Greenup  also,  where  the  work 
is  prospering. 

One  of  the  most  active  churches  in  central 
Illinois  is  at  Areola.  L.  T.  Faulders,  who 
has  been  out  of  Eureka  college  since  '95,  has 
been  with  the  church  four  and  a-half  years. 
It  numbered  when  he  began  150  souls.  It 
now  has  more  than  400  members.  It  has  a 
Sunday-school  of  200;  Christian  Endeavor  of 
60;  Junior  Christian  Endeavor  of  50,  and  a 
C.  W.  B.  M.  of  30.  The  building  was  old 
and  out  of  repair.  A  new  modern  house,  con- 
veniently arranged  and  beautifully  decorated, 
hat  recently  been  dedicated  It  cost  $16,000, 
all  provided  for.  Sister  Faulders  is  a  rare 
helper  in  the  church's  life. 

Lovingttm,  in  Moultrie  county,  is  the  former 
home  of  the  late  H.  Y.  Kellar,  a  pioneer  of 
rare  ability.  He  was  uncle  to  our  own  E.  H. 
Kellai,  of  Carrollton,  Mo.,  a  young  man  in 
whom  Eureka  college  always  takes  pleasure. 
Uncle  Joe  Hostetter,  another  scholarly  pioneer, 
lived  here,  where  still  some  of  the  family  reside. 
The  church  has  a  beautiful  house  of  worship, 
a  membership  of  200,  with  a  good  Sunday- 
school  and  Christian  Eadeavor.  J.  R.  Parker 
has  recently  taken  charge  of  the  work,  and  is 
making  a  fine  start,  and  we  predict  for  him 
and  hit  good  wife  a  pleasant  and  useful  pas- 
torate among  an   appreciative  people. 

At  Decatur  we  found  a  happy  people  in  the 
best  house  that  we  own  in  the  ttate  of  Illinois. 
It  was  dedicated  last  April  by  J  H  Gilliland, 
of  Bloomingtan,  and  cttt  something  over 
$30,000.  F.  W.  Burnham  it  the  pastor,  and 
it  justly  loved  and  honored.  Few  young  men 
have  been  willing  to  tacrifice  more  for  the 
cause  than  he,  and  have  been  able  to  make 
sacrifice!  count  for  more.  The  work  it  mar- 
velous in  many  wayt.  His  wife,  also  a  gradu- 
ate ef  Eureka  college,  it  a  most  efficient  helper. 
A.  H.  Eyman,  an  alumnus  of  Eureka,  a  busi- 


ness man,  is  the  leading  business  manager  of 
the  church.  It  is  hoped  that  our  people  will 
come  to  appreciate  the  necessity  of  educating 
our  business  and  professional  men  under  moral 
and  spiritual  influences  that  will  give  them 
power,  not  only  in  their  vocations,  but  in  the 
churches  wherever  they  live.     Why  not? 

Bro.  F.  B.  Jones,  minister  of  the  Temple 
church,  Decatur,  after  ab»ut  three  years'  min- 
istry, has  resigned.  We  are  all  looking  for- 
ward to  a  great  state  meeting  with  the  Decatur 
brethren,  September  4-7. 

The  little  church  at  Cazenovia  is  ministered 
to  by  Bro.  Roy  Stauffer,  who  is  still  in  college. 
He  is  doing  a  fine  work,  and  the  church  highly 
appreciates  his  efforts.  The  house  has  been 
recently  decorated  and  is  a  thing  of  beauty. 

The  church  at  Heyworth  prospers  under  the 
ministry  of  J.  P.  Givens.  He  has  been  with 
them  two  years,  the  membership  has  grown, 
and  all  departments  are  in  a  prosperous  condi- 
tion. The  talk  now  is  a  "new  house."  We 
were  never  building  as  we  are  now,  in  our 
state.  No  church  is  very  "dead"  that  is 
building  in  matters  material  or  spiritual,  and 
every  church  ought  to  be  doing  one  or  the 
other  or  both. 

Lane  has  one  ef  the  old  churches,  organ- 
ized by  Watt  Bowles  in  1850.  Dudley  Downs, 
of  sainted  memory,  was  one  of  its  early 
preachers.  The  writer,  while  a  student  in 
college,  preached  for  it  two  years.  It  has  been 
a  great  recruiting  station  for  the  west,  conse- 
quently the  membership  has  never  been  large, 
but  it  has  been  one  of  the  faithful  little 
churches  in  its  local  work,  and  is  better  able 
than  it  knows  to  enter  in  a  larger  way  into  the 
great  enterprises  of  the  world's  life. 

The  church  at  Oreana  is  comparatively 
new  with  a  membership  of  about  one  hundred, 
for  whom  L.  B.  Pickerill  ministers  part  time 
until  more  permanent  arrangement  can  be 
made.  Brother  Pickerill  worked  for  the  Olney 
church  until  they  arranged  to  locate  Brother 
Coleman. 

The  church  at  Cerro  Gordo  numbers  one 
hundred  members,  with  fifty  in  the  Sunday- 
school,  a  good  Christian  Endeavor  and 
C.  W.  B.  M.  J.  A.  Lytle,  of  Champaign, 
visits  them  twice  a  month. 

The  trying  time  for  church  enterprises  has 
come.  More  and  more  we  are  making  the 
summer  a  vacation  in  everything.  It  is  well 
in  this  age  of  great  strain  and  tension,  to  turn 
aside  and  rest  awhile.  This  should  be  no 
license  to  wrongdoing,  or  neglect  of  religious 
care  for  our  souls.  J.  G.  Waggoner, 

Eureka ,  III. 

$         $ 
C.  W.  B.  M.  in  Missouri. 

The  convention  of  the  Grand  River  district 
was  held  at  Pattonsburg  in  July,  and  was  not 
so  well  attended  as  we  could  wish,  still  enough 
were  there  to  prove  that  the  cause  of  Christ  is 
very  dear  to  the  churches  in  that  district. 
Brother  and  Sister  White,  of  Trenton,  were 
surely  sent  by  the  Father  to  bring  new  life  to 
the  conventions,  and  we  trust  to  the  whole  dis- 
trict. Mrs.  White  was  unanimously  elected 
as  manager,  and  we  bespeak  for  her  the  hearty 
co-operation  of  every  auxiliary  in  the  district. 
She  will  need  all  the  help  you  can  give  her  to 
gather  up  the  tangled  threads  of  C.  W.  B.  M. 
work.  Pattonsburg  auxiliary,  while  not 
strong,  is  very  faithful  and  entertained  the 
visitors  with  warm  hospitality. 

Savannah  entertained  the  Nodaway  district 
convention.  The  meeting  was  not  a  real  old- 
time  Nodaway  kind  of  convention,  so  far  at 
numbers    are  concerned.     However,  the   work 


there  is  in  good  order.  Mrs.  C.  O.  McFar- 
land,  the  manager,  had  prepared  a  fine  pro- 
gram, and  presided  at  the  C.  W.  B.  M.  part, 
one  afternoon  and  night.  Reports  were  hope- 
ful, and  several  new  auxiliaries  are  in  sight. 
Sister  McFarland  was  again  elected  to  guide 
the  work  for  the  coming  year,  and  we  predict 
a  larger  growth  for  the  future. 

The  Savannah  auxiliary  had  grown  weary 
some  time  before  this  convention,  and  had 
ceased  to  meet,  or  even  exist.  It  was  re- 
organized and  will,  we  earnestly  hope,  grow 
in  numbers  and  in  power,  under  the  leadership 
of  Mrs.  Limerick  as  president,  and  Mrs.  John 
Mead  as  treasurer.  The  names  of  the  other 
officers  have  slipped  from  the  writer's  memory. 

Other  places  visited  by  the  secretary  are, 
Mitchell  Park  and  King  Hill  auxiliaries  in 
St.  Joseph,  and  Weston  and  Edgerton.  Wes- 
ton is  one  of  the  very  faithful  ones  an  I  a  warm 
.welcome  was  accorded;  the  same  is  true  of  the 
two  first  named.  Edgerton  will,  we  trust, 
again  fall  into  line,  as  of  old. 

The  churches  can  be  wonderfully  stimulated 
by  calling  workers  to  hold  C.  W.  B.  M.  re- 
vivals within  their  borders,  paying  our  worker 
for  her  time.  There  is  nothing  like  co-opera- 
tion for  building  up  the  cause  which  we  love 
so  well. 

Mrs.  J.  L.  Moore  reports  a  new  auxiliary  at 
Hardin,  with  Mrs.  J.  H.  Stupp,  Mrs.  Mabel 
Boggess,  and  Mrs.  Minnie  Tindall  as  officers. 
There  are  five  members  and  two  Tidings. 
Also  at  Eagleville,  with  Mrs.  T.  H.  Popple- 
well,  Mrs.  Florence  Maranda  and  Mrs.  Eliza 
Coberly  as  officers.  BIythesdale  will  again 
take  up  the  work  shortly. 

Our  most  earnest  desire,  and  it  is  very  mod- 
erate, is  to  have  two  hundred  auxiliaries  in  full 
fellowship  and  holding  regular  meetings  each 
month,  before  our  national  year  closes  in  Sep- 
tember. Can  we  not  do  this  and  even  better?" 
Every  woman  is  urged  to  fix  her  mind  and  her 
prayers  on  some  near-by  point  where  an  auxil- 
iary ought  to  be  established,  and  by  enlisting 
all  the  members  of  her  own  auxiliary  in  like 
service,  send  to  that  place  literature,  Tidings 
and  visitors,  until  the  way  shall  be  prepared 
for  the  organizer.  Sisters,  this  is  home  mission 
work  and  work  that  lies  within  your  reach,, 
and  God  will  hold  you  responsible  for  it. 

Mrs.  L.  G.  Bantz. 


Jottings. 

The  South  Joplin  church  has  sent  its  preacher, 
J.  W.  Baker,  to  the  convention  at  San  Fran- 
cisco. The  First  church  assists  them  in  bear- 
ing the  expense.  This  is  a  compliment  wor- 
thily bestowed.  Few  people  know  the  labor 
and  sacrifice  that  Brother  Baker  has  bestowed 
upon  this  church. 

Dean  W.  J.  Lhamon,  of  the  Bible  college  at 
Columbia,  recently  made  six  addresses  in  the 
South  Joplin  church,  seven  in  the  First  church, 
one  in  Webb  City,  and  one  in  Duenweg.  It 
was  a  rare  treat  to  hear  him.  He  is  a  safe- 
teacher  for  the  young  men  and  women  who 
may  seek  instruction  in  the  Bible  college. 
There  is  strong  talk  of  having  Brother  Lhamon 
come  once  a  year  to  Joplin,  and  conduct  simi- 
lar institutes.  He  does  his  work  without  charge, 
but  frequent  free  will  offerings  were  made  for 
him.  We  were  richly  blessed  by  his  presence 
among  us. 

The  church  building  at  Duenweg,  a  suburb 
of  Joplin  and  connected  with  it  by  the  electric 
car  line,  has  just  been  dedicated,  J.  W.  Baker 
being  master  of  ceremonies.  Eleven  hundred 
dollars  were  raised  and  this  more  than  met 
the  indebtedness.     W.  J.  Lhamon  preached  in 


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the  afternoon  and  the  writer  at  night.  W.  F. 
Turner  was  present  in  the  afternoon  and  made 
a  moitt  inspiring  talk.  He  then  said,  "We 
will  sing,  'Blest  be  the  Tie  that  Binds,'  and  be 
dismissed."  No  invitation  was  extended.  A 
prominent  citizen  arose  before  the  song  began, 
and  said,  "I  want  to  make  the  confession." 
He  pressed  to  the  front.  Brother  Turner 
greeted  him  most  warmly  and  called  upon  the 
writer  to  lead  in  prayer.  After  this  two  other 
prominent  men  stepped  forward  to  make  the 
good  confession.  Great  was  the  effect  of  this. 
Intense  was  the  feeling  everywhere  manifest. 
Then  the  song  began  and  when  it  closed  eight 
mature  persons  were  ready  to  confess  the  Savior. 
The  meeting  closed  amid  great  rejoicing,  and 
eight  candidates  were  buried  with  their  Lord 
in  baptism  in  a  crystal  stream  near  by.  There 
were  three  more  additions  at  night.  It  was  a 
great  and  notable  day. 

J.  B.  Jeans,  of  Springfield,  had  a  basket 
meeting  in  a  neighboring  church,  and  after 
preaching  morning  and  afternoon  he  came  over 
to  hear  me  at  night.  He  was  my  student  when 
I  was  president  of  Christian  university.  He 
has  done  a  good  work  in  southwest  Missouri. 

There  was  one  conversion  at  the  close  of 
W.  F.  Turner's  sermon  at  the  First  church  in 
Joplin  in  the  morning. 

As  I  write  Marcellus  R.  Ely,  of  New  Orleans, 
is  expected  to  arrive  in  Joplin.  His  church 
was  generous  enough  to  give  him  the  month  of 
August  on  full  pay.  I  presume  he  will  go  on 
to  the  convention  with  Brethren  Turner  and 
Baker, 

I  am  to  begin  a  aeries  of  meetings  at  Hick- 
man Mills,  Jackson  Co.,  Mo.  I  held  a  meet- 
ing there  last  November. 

Our  meeting  at  Pilot  Point,  Texas,  lasted  15 
days.  The  attendance  and  interest  were  very 
fine.  There  were  only  two  additions.  Bro. 
J.  P.  Adcock  is  their  beloved  preacher,  but  his 
health  is  very  much  impaired  and  he  will  be 
compelled  to  close  his  work  there  soon.  He 
will  locate  on  a  small  farm  near  Durant,  In- 
dian Territory. 

Brother  Patrick  resides  near  Dueneveg, 
Mo.,  and  had  an  active  part  in  the  success  of 
the  work  there.  He  baptized  the  eight  con- 
verts. His  influence  far  and  wide  is  felt  for 
good.  Simpson  Ely. 

Joplin,  Mo. 

Maritime  Province  News. 

Throughout  the  various  churches  of  the  three 
Maritime  Provinces  a  healthy  work  seems  to  be 
in  progress.  All  the  churches  have  pastors  at 
the  present  time.  We  have  lost  two  good  men  by 
removal  to  Ontario.  A.  N.  Simpson,  of  Sum- 
merside,  P.  E.  I.,  takes  the  work  at  Toronton 
Junction,  while  R.  W.  Stevenson,  formerly  of 
Charlottetown,  has  become  general  evangelist 
of  the  same  province.  Bro.  Robert  Pegrum 
has  taken  the  work  at  Charlottetown  and 
Thos.  H.  Bates  has  gone  to  Summerside. 

F.  J.  M.  Appleman  has  resigned  at  Pictou, 
N.  S.,  to  take  the  work  at  Lubec,  Me.  This 
will  bring  him  in  touch  with  my  own  work  in 
Charlotte  county,  N.  B.,  from  which  I  am 
hoping  good  things. 

R.  E.  Stevenson  is  doing  a  splendid  work  in 
Halifax.  He  has  one  of  the  most  united  and 
energetic  bodies  of  Disciples  in  the  province  and 
it  is  beautiful  to  learn  of  the  personal  sacrifice 
they  make  for  the  work  in  that  city. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  churches  of  the 
provinces  convenes  with  the  church  in  Halifax 
next  month. 

J.  C.  B.  Appel  in  St.  John  is  having  addi- 
tions almost  continuously.  His  work  seems  to 
prosper  under  his  hand. 

Coburg  street  has  had  a  successful  year  with 
Brother  Floyd. 

At  Letete  the  work  is  progressing  mo»t  favor- 
ably.    When    I   came  here  one    year   ago  the 


work  was  in  a  pitiable  plight,  but  to-day  we 
are  united  and  working  harmoniously.  We 
will  build  a  new  church  this  summer.  The 
contract  has  been  let,  and  building  it  to  be 
completed  by  December  1.  It  will  cost  about 
$3,500  and  will  seat,  with  Sunday-tchool  room, 
about  350  people.  We  expect  to  have  one  of 
the  prettiest  churches  in  this  part  of  country. 

At  Back  Bay  children's  day  wai  observed 
and  the  neat  sum  of  $18  was  raited  for  foreign 
missions.  G.  N.  Stevenson. 

Letete,  N.  B. 

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The  Inland  Empire  Christian  Missionary 
Society. 

The  I.  E.  C.  M.  S.,  by  its  official  board, 
have  asked  me  to  report  to  our  papers  the  work 
of  the  churches  in  east  Washington.  My  re- 
port has  been  delayed,  by  necessity,  but  I  will 
try  now. 

At  the  Washington  state  convention,  held  at 
Pullman  this  year,  it  developed  that  the  uni- 
versal sentiment  of  the  brethren  wai  emphatic 
that  the  state  should  be  divided  and  separate 
organizations  formed  on  the  east  and  west 
sides.  The  convention  this  year  was  a  good 
one,  but  only  one  delegate  came  from  the  west 
side.  Last  year,  at  North  Yakima,  the  couven- 
tion  was  good,  but  only,  a  few  came  from  the 
east  side.  Our  oldest  preachers  say  it  has  al- 
ways been  so.  The  convention  has  always 
been  an  east  side  or  west  side  convention,  ac- 
cording to  its  location,  in  spite  of  the  fact  of  a 
state  organization.  The  distances  are  too  great. 
Washington  is  375  miles  long,  230  miles  wide. 
Our  railroad  facilities  are  limited.  A  great 
mountain  range  forms  a  natural  dividing  line. 
The  industries  on  either  side  are  widely  differ- 
ent, although  the  people  arealike.  Strange  as 
it  may  seem,  there  are  much  better  reasons  for 
a  bi-state  organization  between  Ohio  and  In- 
diana, or  between  Indiana  and  Illinois,  than  a 
state  organization  for  Washington.  And 
again,  Whitman  county,  on  the  east  side,  has 
been  organized  for  years.  Both  organizations 
have  done  good  work;  but  there  has  always 
been  this  division.  It  was  therefore  thought 
that  the  best  interests  of  the  state  work  de- 
manded a  division.  Brother  McGaughey,  of 
Everett,  was  asked  to  call  together  the  brethren 
of  the  west  side  and  effect  an  organization.  A 
committee  of  three,  consisting  of  Brethren 
W.  T.  Adams,  of  Waitsburg;  B.  E.  Utz,  of 
Spokane,  and  H.  A.  Benton,  of  Pomeroy,  was 
appointed  to  confer  with  representatives  of  the 
Whitman  county  organization  and  effect  a 
union  with  them.  The  officers  of  the  state  con- 
vention were  elected  to  hold  over  until  all  the 
affairs  of  the  state  board  were  settled  and  all 
legal  interests  adjusted. 

The  committee  for  the  west  side  has  not  been 
heard  from.  The  committee  for  the  east  side  was 
entirely  successful. TheWhitm an  county  brethren 
decided  to  enter  the  new  east  side  organization, 
which  is  nothing  more  than  an  enlargement  of 
their  work  to  include  all  the  interests  of  the 
east  part  of  the  state.  The  new  organization 
is  named  the  "Inland  Empire  Christian  Mis- 
sionary Society."  Its  annual  meetings  will  be 
the  annual  camp  meetings,  usually  held  by  the 
Whitman  county  churches.  An  invitation  was 
extended  to  the  churches  in  north  Idaho  and 
northeast  Oregon  to  co-operate  with  the  I.  E. 
C.  M.  S.  in  its  larger  work.  The  officers 
elected  were  as  follows:     President,  H.  S.  Mc- 


Clure,  Garfield;  firit  vice-president,  J.  A.  Pin*, 
of  Dayton;  second  vice- president,  W.  M.  Roe, 
of  Latah;  recording  secretary,  George  Jonet; 
treasurer,  W.  J.  Bennington,  Kitzville;  two 
new  officet  were  created  at  followt:  Sunday- 
school  superintendent,  Mrt.  J.  M.  8impton, 
Spokane;  C.  E.  superintendent,  Profewor 
Beattie,  of  Pullman. 

The  president  called  the  official  board  to- 
gether at  Ga» field  on  June  30,  when  the  fol- 
lowing business  was  transacted.  It  was  de- 
cided that  the  interests  of  the  work  demanded 
the  employment  of  two  evangelist*  and  a  cor- 
responding secretary  to  give  all  their  time  to 
this  work.  For  the  position  of  correiponding 
secretary  a  call  was  extended  to  W.  S.  Lemon, 
now  at  Latah.  Bro.  J.  N.  McConnell,  who 
has  done  such  efficient  work  in  Whitman 
county,  was  unanimously  called  to  be  one  of 
the  evangelists.  The  position  of  the  second 
evangelist  was  left  open  for  the  present.  It 
was  decided  that  in  order  to  carry  on  the  work 
successfully  it  will  be  necessary  to  raise  among 
the  churches  the  sum  of  $4,000  or  more.  The 
corresponding  secretary  and    evangelist    are  re- 


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1,  to  visiting  the  churches  for  the  purpose  of 
ni»ing  this  money.  The  executive  board 
voted  that  the  plan  of  work  this  year  should  be 
to  send  the  evangelists  into  new  fields  to  estab- 
sh  new  churches,  and  to  strengthen  weak 
ones.  Steps  were  taken  to  have  the  new  organ- 
isation properly  incorporated. 

The  Dayton  church  has  contracted  with 
Brother  and  Sister  L.  F.  Stephens  to  do  work 
in  the  northwest  as  "living  link"  evangelists, 
and  will  raise  $500  for  that  purpose.  It  is  in- 
tended to  supplement  the  I.  E.  C.  M.  S. 
wherever  necessary. 

The  writer  understands  that  the  evangelists 
are  to  remain  in  the  new  fields  ai  long  as  will 
be  necessary  to  establish  the  new  church.  This 
is  especially  gratifying  because,  in  his  judg- 
ment, it  marks  a  return  to  the  New  Testament 
method  of  missionary  evangelism.  It  inspires 
confidence  on  the  part  of  the  evangelist,  be- 
cause the  churches,  through  the  official  board, 
are  standing  by  him  and  holding  up  his  hands 
in  a  trying  position.  It  encourages  the  scat- 
tered Disciples  to  do  their  best  because  it  is  a 
demonstration  of  the  general  interest  in  them, 
and  an  assjrao.ee  of  just  the  kind  of  help  they 
need.  No  failures  or  abandoned  fields  will 
mark  the  track  of  the  year's  work.  It  adver- 
tises the  work  most  favorably  among  the  un- 
saved. It  inspires  the  confidence  and  enthu- 
>iasm  of  the  churches  and  makes  the  financial 
problem  doubly  easy.  And  last,  it  saves  the 
opportunity. 

Brethren  of  Washington,  let's  all  hands 
to  this  enlargement  of  the  Master's  glorious 
work  in  our  midst!  "First  in  Jerusalem,  then 
in  Judea,  then  in  Samaria,"  etc.  You  are 
called  to  do  liberal  things  for  the  Lord,  this 
year,  in  Washington.  If  our  plan  is  success- 
ful, the  report  of  the  corresponding  secretary 
next  year,  at  the  camp  meeting,  will  astonish 
all  for  its  greatness.  It  now  depends  on  the 
loyalty  and  liberality  of  all  the  east  Washing- 
ton Disciples,  individually,  and  of  our  churches, 
whether  or  not  this  shall  be  done.  May  God 
help  us  to  see  the  day  of  our  glorious  opportu- 
nity. J.  A.  Pine. 

Dayton,  'Washington. 

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The  San  jMarcos   River  Camp   Meeting. 

This  great  Texas  camp  meeting  commenced 
on  Friday,  July  7,  and  continued  for  seventeen 
days,  closing  «n  Sunday,  July  23.  J.  B.  Boen 
had  been  selected  by  the  committee  to  do  the 
evangelistic  preaching,  and  B.  B.  Sanders  to 
conduct  the  Bible  readings  at  the  morning 
services.  Both  were  on  hand  and  performed 
their  respective  parts  to  the  satisfaction  of  the 
immense  audiences  that  assembled  from  day  to 
day  throughout  the  entire  meeting,  and  doubt- 
less a  great  reaping  will  result  in  the  future 
from  this  seed  sowing  of  the  kingdom   of  God. 

The  association  had  made  perhaps  the 
greatest  preparation  ever  made  in  Texas  for 
the  convenience  and  comfort  of  the  campers 
and  those  who  could  stay  only  a  day  or  two. 
A  large  tabernacle  120x102  feet  had  been 
erected,  with  as  comfortable  seats  as  can  be 
found  in  any  church,  and  lighted  brilliantly 
with  electricity  furnished  by  a  dynamo  at 
a  large  mill  near  by.tlWaterworks  running 
through  the  camp,  furnished  the  campers  with 
pure  fresh  water,  and  the  San  Marcos  river 
was  a  delightful  place  in  which  to  bathe,  and 
•n  which  to  take  boat  tides,  while  a  splendid 
restaurant  furnished  meals  to  all  those  who  did 
not  care  to  do  their  own  cooking.  In  fact, 
there  wasjevery  convenience  to  be  found  in  a 
city,  and  it  was  to  the  delight  of  all  attending. 
Thousands'Jof  people  attended  this  great  meet- 
ing, and  our  brethren  never  had  a  better 
opportunity  of  presenting  our  distinctive 
features  thanlatjthis'meeting,  and  considering 
that  these  distinctive  features^were  entirely  new 


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August  10,  1905 


to  most  of  the  people,  it  is  no  wonder  that  no 
more  than  forty  accepted  the  plain  gospel  of 
Christ.  The  plain  evangelistic  sermons  deliv- 
ered by  J.  B.  Boen,  and  the  Bible  readings 
given  by  B.  B.  Sanders  upon  such  subjects  as: 
"The  Mission  and  Work  of  the  Holy  Spirit," 
"Conversion,"  "The  Power  of  the  Word  of 
God,"  "Baptism,"  "The  Baptism  in  the 
Holy  Spirit,"  "Change  of  Heart,"  "TheNew 
Birth."  "What  are  the  Means  through 
Which  Persons  are  Inducted  into  Christ?" 
"The  Primitive  Church,"  and  many  other  like 
subjects,  must  find  lodgment  in  the  hearts  of 
the  people  hearing  them. 

It  was  a  great  meeting  and  great  good  will 
result.  Any  meeting  is  a  great  meeting,  when 
a  great  number  of  people  hear  and  understand 
the  simple  teaching  of  primitive  Christianity. 
God  will  take  care  of  the  results. 

During  the  meeting,  Colby  D.  Hall,  pastor 
of  the  Hillsboro  church,  delivered  a  series  of 
lectures  on  "How  to  Study  and  How  to  Teach 
the  Bible-school  Lessons,"  which  ought  to  be 
put  into  some  permanent  form,  as  such  lectures 
would  add  much  to  our  Christian  literature, 
and  bless  many  a  Christian  home.  They  were 
thoughtful,  well  prepared  and  highly  appre- 
ciated. Colby  D.  Hall  is  one  of  the  coming 
young  men  of  the  Christian  brotherhood.  Geo. 
Munro,  pastor  of  the  church  at  Galveston, 
A.  J.  Bush,  superintendent  of  Juliette  Fowler 
orphan  home,  W.  M.  Taylor,  superintendent 
of  Mexican  missions  at  San  Antonio,  R.  L. 
Courtney,  pastor  of  the  church  at  Gonzales, 
G.  S.  Kimberly,  pastor  of  the  church  at  San 
Marcos,  W.  L.  Ridout,  pastor  of  the  church 
at  Luling,    T.  E.    Shirley,    president    of    the 


board  of  trustees,  Texas  Christian  university, 
I.  F.  Anderson,  vice-president  of  Texas  Chris- 
tian university,  Miss  Lula  Reed,  superin- 
tendent of  the  Junior  Endeavorers,  and 
Wm.  LeMay,  a  young  minister  of  promise, 
from  Texas  Christian  university,  and  Edwin 
C.  Boynton,  pastor  University  church  at 
North  Waco,  all  assisted  very  much  in  the 
progress  of  the  meeting  by  talks,  prayers  and 
sermons.  When  the  time  came  to  break  camp, 
it  was  like  the  parting  of  a  great  army  of 
soldiers.  The  "good-byes,"  the  "God  bless 
you  till  we  meet  again,"  was  heard  ringing 
all  over  camp.  But  the  meeting  is  gone  into 
history,  and  eternity  alone  will  gather  up  the 
results. 

The  immediate  results  of  the  meeting  are 
tabulated  as  follows:  Baptized,  34;  from  the 
Baptists,  4;  from  the  Methodists,  2;  total,  40. 
A  church  and  Sunday-school  were  organized, 
pastor  employed  and  some  $1,300  were  raised 
to  aid  in  the  payment  of  the  tabernacle  and 
contingent  expenses.  Prof.  E.  M.  Douthitt,  of 
Austin,  Texas,  led  the  song  service,  which 
was  simply  grand. 

The  committee  is  planning  for  still  greater 
results  for  1906.  An  electric  railway  is  being 
built  from  San  Marcos  to  Luling,  which  passes 
immediately  this  great  camp  ground.  This 
railway  will  tap  the  International  &  Great 
Northern  and  M.  K.  T.  railways  at  San  Mar- 
cos, and  the  Southern  Pacific  and  Aransas  Pass 
at  Luling,  thereby  giving  easy  access  to  the 
camp  ground  from  all  these  trunk  lines  of 
railway,  and  hence  the  largest  gathering  of 
people  ever  witnessed  in  all  the  south  land  for 
religious  purposes  is  confidently  expected  in 
1906.  Homer  T.  Wilson  and  B.  B.  Sanders 
have  been  selected  by  the  committee  to  do  the 
preaching  and  Prof.  E.  M.  Douthitt  will  again 
lead  the  song  service. 


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Evangelistic 


We  invite  minister/  and  others  to  send  re- 
ports of  meetings,  additions  and  other  news  of 
the  churches  for  publication  in  this  depart- 
ment. It  is  especially  requested  that  additions 
be  reported  as  "by  confession  and  baptism"  or 
"b9  letter." 

ARKANSAS. 

Eureka  Springs,  July  24. — Four  additions 
yesterday,  two  by  confession  and  baptism,  two 
by  letter.— J.  L.  Smith. 

COLORADO. 
Boulder. — Three    grown    people    made    the 
good    confnssion    and    were    baptized    Lord's 
day,  July  30.     Two  others  joined  by  letter. — 
S.  M.  Bernard,  minister. 

ILLINOIS. 

Breeds,  July  31. — I  visited  this  place  June 
18  and  July  30,  resulting  in  three  additions  by 
confession  and  obedience.  I  hope  to  be  able 
to  visit  them  again  soon;  they  need  assistance, 
for  they  are  few  but  rich  in  faith. — J.  I.  Judy. 

Roseville,  July  31. — The  work  looks  prom- 
ising. Yesterday  we  had  three  confessions, 
and  one  two  weeks  ago. — Charles  R.  Wol- 
ford,  pastor. 

Ramsey. — Tabernacle  too  small.  Four 
weeks'  work  telling  in  the  community.  The 
church  had  been  almost  broken  down.  Con- 
fidence is  being  restored.  The  church  is  set 
in  working  order.  Seventeen  have  been  added; 
many  more  are  interested.  We  continue. — 
E.  L.  Frazier. 

Chicago,  July  31. — Four  persons  were  added 
to  the  First  church  yesterday,  making  10  added 
at  regular  services  duriug  July,  three  upon 
confession  of  faith  and  seven  otherwise. — Guy 
Hoover,  minister. 

INDIANA. 

Alexandria,  July  31. — Six  baptisms  and 
three  by  letter  at  our  regular  services  yesterday. 
— H.  A.  Wingard. 

Covington,  July  28  — Please  report  one  more 
confession.  B.  L.  Allen  will  be  here  in  a 
meeting  beginning  the  third  Lord's  day  in 
September.— P.  W.  Walthall,  minister. 

IOWA. 

Atlantic,    July    31. — Two    baptisms — both 
young  men.— W.  B.  Crewdson. 
KANSAS. 

Highland,  July  31. — Three  baptisms  here 
during  the  month  of  July. — Hugh  Lomax, 
minister. 

Howard,  July  31. — The  tent  meeting  by 
H.  H.  Hubbell  (as  evangelist)  and  A.  W. 
Shaffer,  as  sioger,  closed  jesterday  with  26 
accessions  and  much  good  accomplished.  The 
work  of  P.  W.  Krahl,  as  pastor,  prior  to  his 
leaving  Kansas  for  better  health,  was  con- 
ducive to  the  success  of  the  meeting. 
KENTUCKY. 

Latonia,  July  31. — Five  additions  yesterday. 

— H.   C.  RUNYAN. 

Owensboro,  August  2. — Large  audiences 
during  the  summer;  10 'additions  in  the  last 
two  weeks. — R.  H.  Crossfield. 

Owenton,  August  4. — Since  last  report  a 
few  weeks  ago  there  have  been  three  additions 
to  the  church  at  Owenton.  I  recently  closed 
a  meeting  at  Gratz  with  13  additions,  one 
by  statement  and  12  by  confession  and  bap- 
tism— six  young  men  and  six  young  women. 
I  begin  another  meeting  August  7  with 
the  church  in  Grant  county  called  Antioch. 
The  work  at  Owenton  is  progressing  satisfac- 
torily with  large  audiences  at  all  the  services. — 
W.  J.  Clarke,  minister. 

LOUISIANA. 
Alexandria,  July  28.— My  wife  and  I  began 
a  meeting  in  the  big  tent    at  Cheneyville,  two 


weeks  ago,  but  the  unprecedented  rains,  which 
have  already  ruined  the  crop  prospect  for  this 
country,  came  in  torrents  every  day  and  made  it 
impossible  to  use  the  tent  at  all  after  the  second 
day,  and  forced  us  to  go  to  the  church  build- 
ing and  hold  the  best  services  we  could.  We 
worked  on,  and  day  before  yesterday  the 
weather  cleared  up  temporarily.  Just  at  this 
time  a  true  report  of  the  yellow  fever  situation 
at  New  Orleans  came  out  in  the  papers,  and 
the  people  went  wild  and  the  quarantine  lids 
were  shut  down  everywhere  against  Louisiana, 
and  so  we  are  all  penned  up  within  the  lines 
of  Louisiana  and  will  have  to  stay  here  in  the 
state  till  frost,  if  the  fever  does  not  abate,  which 
those  of  us  who  have  had  experience  with  it 
know  will  not  be  the  case.  We  closed  the 
meeting  last  night,  and  are  glad  to  report  we 
had  18  additions,  15  of  whom  were  by  bap- 
tism. L.  C.  Wilson,  the  author  of  "The 
History  of  Sprinkling"  and  other  good  books, 
is  the  much  beloved  pastor  of  the  Cheneyville 
church.  Last  night  he  was  unanimously 
called  for  another  year.  Brother  Wilson's 
health  is  bad  at  present,  and  he  could  not  help 
in  the  meeting  as  he  wanted  to,  but  there  was 
never  a  more  earnest  and  willing  soul  than  his. 
My  wife  and  I  will  make  an  effort  this  afternoon 
to  reach  the  hill  country  of  north  Louisiana, 
where  we  can  establish  a  church  at  some 
remote  place  where  we  will  be  allowed  to  hold 
a  meeting. — John  A.  Stevens. 

MASSACHUSETTS. 

Everett,  July  31. — Two  baptisms  yesterday, 
and  two  confessions. — A.  T.  June. 
MISSOURI. 

Mound    City,    July    31. — In    the    work    at 
Blanchard,  la  ,  at  Dawson  and  other  appoint 
ments,  we  have  had  44  additions  since  Christ- 
mas.— John  N.  Cole. 

St.  Louis,  July  31. — Yesterday  was  a  good 
day  at  the  Fourth  church.  Four  added — three 
by  primary  obedience.  There  were  eight  ad- 
ditions during  July,  all  but  one  by  primary 
obedience. — E.  T.  McFarland. 

St.  Louis. — There  was  one  confession  at  the 
First  church,  August  6,  when  R.  L.  Wilson 
was  supplying  for  J.  H.  Brandt. 

Malta  Bend,  August  4.— W.  C.  Cole,  of 
Stanhope,  Iowa,  is  with  us  in  a  meeting  (two 
weeks  old)  with  24  additions,  most  of  them 
confessions. — Jasper  Cole. 

Fulton,  August  4. — I  have  just  closed  a  very 
successful  meeting  with  the  Hickory  Grove 
church.  W.  S.  St.  Clair  is  the  minister. 
Thirty  additions — twenty- one  by  confession  and 
baptism. — Madison  A.  Hart. 

Clinton,  August  1. — We  are  in  a  meeting 
under  a  tabernacle,  and  more  than  a  thousand 
people  in  constant  attendance.  At  the  close  of 
this  revival,  we  will  rest  three  weeks  at  home 
in  Ladoga,  Ind.  The  Lord  is  blessing  the 
harvesters  everywhere.  We  need  more  evan- 
gelists. The  joy  of  rallying  souls  to  the  cross 
is  a  rich  compensation — the  greatest  privation 
is  the  home  leaving. — W.  T.  Brooks. 

OHIO. 

Wooster. — Three  were  received  into  the  mem- 
bership at  Orrville  by  commendation  July  23, 
and  there  were  two  baptisms  at  Wooster. — 
W.  L.  Neal. 

Marion,  July  31. — Work  moves  on  and  the 
new  church  is  going  up.  If  any  who  read  this 
know  of  persons  moving  to  this  city  please 
write  me  so  I  can  look  them  up. — O.  D. 
Maple,  pastor. 

Findlay,  August  3. — Two  baptisms  and 
three  letters  is  our  report  for  July. — C.  H. 
Bass,  pastor  First  church. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Williamsport. — The  Second  church,  W.  L. 
Dalton,  minister,  has  begun  a  great  tent  meet- 
ing under  the  direction  of  C.  R.  L.  Vawter,  of 
Indianapolis,  Ind.  A  number  have  already 
made  the  good  confession. 

Ellwood  City,  August  2. — One    added    by 


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statement  July  30,  an<l  there  were  two  baptisms. 
We  have  begun  our  skirmishing  for  the  battle  in 
October.  Open  air  meetings  have  been  begun, 
alio  noon- hour  meetings  in  the  different  shops 
where  permitted.  Many  are  becoming  inter- 
ested, and  we  hope  to  take  the  entire  city  for 
Christ. — Ferd  F.  Schultz,  minister. 

PHILIPPINE  ISLANDS. 
Vigan,  July  16. — Another  baptism  in  Vigan 
and    one    in    Bonggued.  —  Hermom    P.    Wil- 
liams. 

TENNESSEE. 
Jellico,  July  31. — Two   by  letter  this  week. 
I    preach    at    Halsey,    this    county,  Thursday 
and    Friday   nights.     There    is    no  church    of 
any  kind  there. — Wren  J.  Grinstead. 

TEXAS. 

Sabinal,  July  31. — I  closed  a  15  days'  meet- 
ing here  Sunday  night.  In  all,  there  were  27 
additions,  20  baptism*,  six  by  statement,  and 
one  from  the  Baptists.  Of  those  who  were 
baptized,  18  were  from  the  world,  one  from 
the  Methodists,  and  the  other  from  the  Roman 
Catholics. — Ernest  J.  Bradley. 
VIRGINIA. 

Petersburg,  July  30. — Portsmouth  meeting 
closed  with  100  accessions,  including  about 
20  of  our  own,  who  wanted  an  organization, 
and  several  who  were  connected  with  the 
various  denominations.  It  was  the  strategic 
point  for  the  state  board  this  year.  Secretary 
H.  C.  Combs  and  President  W.  F.  Fox  advo- 
cated the  meeting,  put  up  a  big  tent,  and 
called  the  writer  to  hold  the  meeting.  Great 
crowd  continued  to  the  last,  often  as  many  as 
2,000  in  and  around  the  tent.  It  was  pioneer 
work  entirely,  and  the  opposition  made  by  the 
old  conservative  churches  reminded  me  of  the 
earlier  days.  I  started  at  Petersburg  yester- 
day, another  state  board  meeting.  The  taber- 
nacle seats  nearly  a  thousand.  It  was  packed 
last  night.  C.  B.  Richards  is  the  popular 
pastor. — Herbert  Yeuell. 

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Wktt  u  Rtligitmf  By  one  great  thinker 
of  oar  own  time  it  has  beeu  defined  as 
"The  life  of  God  in  the  soul  of  man." 
This  expresses  very  well  the  meaning  of 
religion  to  an  intelligent  Christian,  but  can 
hardly  serve  as  a  definition  of  the  religion 
of  the  heathen  idolater,  unless  qualified 
greatly.  Its  only  definition  in  the  scrip- 
tures is  that  given  by  the  apostle  James, 
"To  visit  the  fatheiless  and  widows  in 
their  affliction,  and  to  keep  himself  un- 
spotted from  the  world"  (Jas.  1:27).  But 
this  is  a  statement  of  the  result  of  true  re- 
ligion, rather  than  a  definition.  Perhaps 
we  may  venture,  as  a  simple  expression  of 
its  meaning,  "the  recognition  and  wor- 
ship of  a  superhuman  power."  In  this 
sense  religion  is  universal,  for  everywhere 
men  wrrship.  even  though  ignorant  of  the 
beings,  real  or  imaginary,  to  whom  they 
do  reverence  (Acts  17:22,  23). 

t\eligion  has  its  farms.  Worship  must 
express  itself,  and  temple  and  altar,  priest 
and  sacrifice,  are  found  wherever  men  ex- 
ist. It  should  be  the  purpose  of  these 
forms,  rites  or  ceremonies  to  aid  the  soul 
in  noblest  expression  of  its  reverence,  and 
in  teaching  to  others  the  higher  principles 
of  the  religion  to  which  they  belong.  Ju- 
daism had  its  ordinances  of  divine  worship 
that  spoke  (f  human  sin,  divine  holiness 
and  mercy  and  helped  the  sincere  wor- 
shiper to  a  clearer  conception  of  God  and 
his  will  (Heb.  9:17).  Christianity  has 
substituted  for  these  multiplied  ordinances 
the  two  simple  ones  of  baptism  and  the 
Lord's  supper.  The  former  represents  the 
death  of  the  sinner  to  sin,  and  his  revival, 
in  Christ,  to  a  new  lfe  of  righteousness 
(Rom.  6:16).  The  la^-r  is  an  abiding 
witness  to  the  reality  and  power  of  the 
gospel,  and  is  to  be  kept  as  such  by  the 
church  through  all  time  (1  Cor.  11:23-26). 
Besides  these,  Christianity  has  its  forms  of 
worship,  such  as  prayer  and  song,  sermon 
and  offering,  all  of  which  should  be  satur- 
ated with  the  spirit  of  sincere  and  spiritual 
communion  with  God  (1  Cor.  14:15-26). 

Forms  may  become  substitutes  of  realities. 
This  has  ever  been  the  great  hindrance  to 
true  religion.  The  very  beauty  of  religious 
rites  may  dtlude  the  soul  into  mere  "lip 
service."  Very  wicked  men  have  often 
been  punctilious  observers  of  church 
forms.  Members  of  the  "Holy  Inquisi- 
tion" would  turn  serenely  from  the  murder 
and  torture  of  the  saints  of  the  Most  High 
to  the  observance  of  the  mass  and  the 
keeping  of  the  feasts  of  the  church  of 
Rome.  Such  rtligioc  is  Utile  more  than 
travesty  of  the  true  (2  Tim.  3:5;  Titus  1: 
16).  Even  good  people  may  fall  into  the 
error  of  making  the  outward  ceremonies 
of  Christianity  a  substitute  for  its  spiritual 
realities.  How  many  thousands  there  are 
in  our  large  cities  who  call  themselves  Dis- 
ciples of  Christ  because  they  were  at  some 
time  in  the  past  bapt'zed  by  Christian 
preachers,  but  are  now  denying  the  Lord 
who  bought  them  by  refusing  to  have  fel- 
lowship with  his  people  in  the.  communi- 
ties where  they  are  living.  They  need  to 
heed  the  words  of  the  Master,  "Why  call 
ye  me  Lord  and  do  not  the  things  I  say?" 
True  religion  is  a  glorious  reality.  (1  Cor. 
3:16;  6:19,  20.)  To  be  a  temple  of  the  liv- 
ing God.  to  be  honored  as  the  abiding 
place  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  is  the  unique  priv- 


ilege of  the  true  believer  in  Jesus  Christ. 
In  his  heart  are  implanted  the  purest  im- 
pulses, and  in  his  life  are  developed  the 
noblest  traits  of  character  possible  to  man 
(Gal.  5:22-24).  For  such  an  one,  earth  is  a 
fruitful  field  of  happy  service,  and  heaven 
a  sure  and  satisfying  home.  Devoting  to  the 
love  and  service  of  Christ  the  short  years 
of  time,  he  shall  find  in  the  unending 
presence  and  the  blessed  likeness  of  Jesus 
his  eternal  reward. 


Sunday-School. 

August  20,  1909. 


JEH0IAK1M  BURNS  THE  WORD  OF  GOD. 
— Jer.  36:20-32. 

Memory  verses,  22-24. 
Golden  Text.— Amend  your  ways  and 
your   doings,  and   obey   the   voice  of   the 
Lord  your  God.— Jer.  26:13. 

Even  the  great  reform  under  Josiah 
could  not  prevent  the  final  crash  and  the 
humiliation  of  Judah.  Events  were  mov- 
ing rapidly  in  the  history  of  the  great 
world  powers.  For  a  century,  Judah's 
foreign  relations  had  been  practically  con- 
fined to  her  dealings  with  Assyria  and 
Egypt.  Syria  and  the  northern  kingdom 
of  Israel  had  long  since  fallen,  and  Assyria 
dominated  the  civilized  world.  Judah  ac- 
knowledged the  rule  of  Assyria  and  paid 
tribute.  Egypt — free  except  for  a  brief 
time  when  she  herself  had  been  tributary 
to  Assyria— was  looked  upon  by  Judah  at 
times  as  a  possible  ally  in  case  of  a  revolt 
from  Assyria  and  at  other  times  as  an  in- 
vader disturbing  the  peace  of  her  comfort- 
able vassalage. 

The  time  of  Josiah  and  his  contempo- 
raries witnessed  some  great  changes.  The 
invasion  of  the  fierce  Scythians  from  the 
north  introduced  a  new  element  and  fur- 
nished a  new  danger  to  which  the  prophets 
could  appeal  to  enforce  their  messages  of 
warning.  The  Scythians  pushed  their 
marauding  course  south  until  they  threat- 
ened Egypt.  This  barbarian  invasion 
came  at  a  time  when  the  world-empire  of 
Assyria,  apparently  at  the  zenith  of  its 
power,  was  decadent  and  ripe  for  de- 
struction. Babylonia,  which  had  been  a 
vassal  state  of  Assyria,  made  itself  free, 
formed  an  alliance  with  the  Scythians, 
captured  Nineveh,  the  Assyrian  capital 
(607  B.  C),  overthrew  the  empire  of  As- 
syria and  became  in  turn  the  dominant 
power  among  the  nations  of  the  known 
world. 

Just  at  this  time,  when  Assyria  was  tot- 
tering to  its  fall,  the  king  of  Egypt,  Necho 
II,  undertook  an  expedition  to  conquer 
and  annex  the  territory  of  the  decaying 
empire.  As  he  passed  by  the  province  of 
Judah,  Josiah  led  out  an  army  to  stop 
him.  There  is  no  apparent  good  reason 
for  Josiah 's  interference  and  tbe  Pharoah 
warned  him  to  withdraw,  since  the  expedi- 
tion did  not  concern  him  (2  Chron.  35:21). 
But  Josiah  fought,  and  was  defeated  and 
killed  (608  B.  C). 

The  result  of  this  was  twofold:  First,  it 
brought  to  a  premature  end  the  reforma- 
tion which  Josiah  was  still  conducting  and 
opened  the  way  for  a  reaction;  Second,  it 
made  Judah  a  vassal  state  to  Egypt  for  a 
few  years,  until  the  rising  power  of  Baby- 
lon, after  completely  frustrating  Necho's 
ambition  to  control  Mesopotomia,  robbed 
him  also  of  his  Judean  province. 

Jehoiakim,  a  son  of  Josiah  who  suc- 
ceeded to  the  throne  after  his  brother  Je- 
hoahaz  had  reigned  three  months,  was 
completely   the   tool    of    Egypt;   2  Chron. 


36:1  8  shows  how  Judah  was  pulled  and 
hauled  between  Egypt  and  Babylonia,  ut- 
terly despoiled  of  national  dignity.  In  such 
a  case,  it  was  natural  that  there  should  be 
another  religious  relapse,  and  so  there 
was. 

The  prophets  were  playing  an  increas- 
ingly prominent  part  in  the  affairs  of  the 
nation.  Isaiah  was  Hezekiah'sbest  adviser 
and  had  furnished  the  heart  of  the  resist- 
ance to  Sennacherib.  Micah  at  the  same 
time  was  arraigning  Judah  for  her  sins,  and 
for  her  superficial  religious  observances, 
and  threatening  punishment.  Under  Ma- 
nasseh  the  prophets  were  silenced  by  per- 
secution but  probably  carried  on  literary 
activity  in  private.  Half  a  century  later 
Nahum  broke  forth  with  his  fiery  attack 
upon  Assyria  and  his  prediction  of  the  fall 
of  Nineveh.  In  Josiah's  reign,  Zephaniah 
assisted  in  preaching  the  reformation,  re- 
buked the  nobles  who  were  slow  to  forsake 
their  sinful  luxuries,  and  saw  in  the  threat- 
ening Scythians  God's  instrument  of  pun- 
ishment upon  the  wicked.  Jeremiah  be- 
gan his  long  prophetic  ministry  about  the 
middle  of  Josiah's  reign.  His  forty  years 
of  service  covered  the  period  of  the  refor- 
mation, the  reaction  under  Josiah's  suc- 
cessors, the  subjection  to  Egypt,  the  cap- 
ture by  Babylonia  and  the  beginning  of 
the  captivity.  Throughout  these  years 
(about  625-585  B.  C.)  Jeremiah  was  the 
leading  figure  in  Hebrew  history,  and  his 
prophecies  give  us  our  fullest  record  of  the 
times. 

Jeremiah's  prophecies  or  sermons  fall 
into  three  groups:  (1)  Those  during  the 
reign  of  Josiah,  while  the  reformation  was 
in  progress;  warnings  and  denunciations 
of  sin,  but  with  a  clear  note  of  hope.  (2) 
Those  during  the  reign  of  Jehoiakim,  when 
the  revival  of  idolatry  and  the  threatening 
approach  of  Egypt  and  Babylon  left  no 
doTlrftt  of  the  fall  of  Judah;  final  warnings 
anrS  laments  over  the  general  degeneracy, 
including  a  good  deal  of  historical  material. 
(3)  Those  during  the  reign  of  Zedekiah, 
during  and  after  tbe  final  catastrophe,  the 
fall  of  Jerusalem  and  the  beginning  of  the 
captivity;  dirges  over  the  fall  of  Zion,  as- 
surances that  there  would  be  no  speedy  re- 
turn as  the  false  prophets  declared,  and 
hints  of  a  distant  deliverance.  In  the  book 
of  Jeremiah  as  at  present  arranged  these 
groups  overlap  and  intermingle  somewhat. 

The  present  belongs  to  the  second 
group,  in  the  reign  of  Jehoiakim.  It  is  a 
clear  narrative  needing  little  comment  and 
shows  how  a  wicked  king  disregarded  the 
word  of  the  prophet  and  attempted  to  de- 
stroy his  message. 

A  Reliable  Heart  Cure. 

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says  if  any  sufferer  from  Heart  Disease  will 
write  her,  she  will,  without  charge,  direct 
them  to  the  perfect  cure  she  used. 


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Christian  Endeavor. 

By  H.  A.  Denton. 

Aug.  20,  1905. 


THE    DUTY    OF    WINSOMENESS.— 
Prov.  15:13-15;  17:22;  I  Cor.  9:19-22. 

For  the  Leader. 

Surely  we  have  the  opportunity  this 
evening  to  make  some  good  points  in  the 
betterment  of  both  ourselves  and  our  so- 
ciety. We  can  not  all  give  large  sums  of 
money.  We  can  not  all  have  the  talent  of 
the  first  magnitude.  We  can  not  all  be 
equally  successful  in  bringing  results  in 
our  work.  We  can  not  all  be  equally 
pretty.  But  we  can  all  smile.  We  can  all 
look  pleasant.  No  one  need  be  without  a 
pleasant  face.  This  is  a  wealth  the  church 
does  not  always  appreciate.  How  much 
we  can  do  by  kindness!  A  smile  is  a  pass- 
port to  many  a  sad  heart. 

Then  thera  is  another  phase  of  this  ques- 
tion: Act  pleasantly.  Gruffaess  is  more 
often  ill-breeding  than  it  is  frankness  and 
fearlessness.  It  is  a  cheap  way  to  get 
notice — to  rl  ly  someone  every  time  we  get 
a  chance  to  talk.  To  give  harsh  criticism 
is  the  easiest  way  and  the  cheapest  way  of 
feeling  that  we  are  somebody.  L?t  us 
avoid  harsh  criticisms  of  our  friends,  of 
our  fellow  Endeavorers. 

For  the  Members. 

1.  Winsomeness  does  not  mean  pretty 
in  the  conventional  sense.  Indeed,  many 
who  are  pretty  and  who  know  it,  are  vain 
of  the  same  until  they  are  very  far  from 
being  winsome.  Some  of  the  homely  peo- 
ple we  know  have  enj  lyed  the  grace  of 
being  winsome,  for  winsomeness  is  of  the 
heart.  Have  we  not  seen  some  persons 
noted  for  beauty,  for  being  "pretty,"  as 
people  call  it,  and  yet  these  same  persons 
the  most  unlovely  in  disposition? 

2.  Winsomeness  does  not  mean  nuine- 
someness.  There  are  those  who  would  be 
winsome  were  it  not  for  being  winesome. 
Strong  drink  in  society  is  asjbad  as  in  the 
lower,  so-called,  walks  of  life.  Beauty  in- 
stead of  being  enhanced  is  destroyed  by 
drink.  The  "fast"  habits  of  some  young 
people  in  which  wine  plays  a  prominent 
part  are  the  sure  destroyers  of  both  beauty 
and  winsomeness.  If  we  would  be  hand- 
some, if  we  would  keep  the  blessing  of 
physical  beauty,  let  us  avoid  being  wine- 
some.  If  we  would  be  winsome,  let  us 
stick  to  the  habits  of  temperance  in  food 
and  drink  that  are  compatible  with  the 
laws  of  our  nature. 

3.  Winsomeness  does  the  one  who  is 
winsome  good.  It  is  a  tonic  to  the  one 
who  can  practice  it.  The  soul  within  con- 
trols the  body  without.  Good  health  is 
conserved  by  winsomeness.  Those  who 
can  rise  above  the  load  of  daily  toil  and 
care  with  a  cheerful  disposition,  get 
strength  from  the  effort.  And  not  only 
does  goo  i  come  in  the  way  of  better 
health  to  the  one  who  is  winsome,  but  a 
good  to  others.  Those  we  meet  are  de- 
pressed by  our  downcast  dispositions. 
They  rise  with  us,  or  they  go  down  with 
us.  A  cheerful  countenance  is  a  good 
medicine.  Think  of  it!  We  can  all  be 
good  physicians,  scattering  blessing  right 
and  left.  It  is  given  to  men  and  women  to 
thus  be  like  the  Divine  Being. 

4.  This  is  all  from  within  first.  The 
winsomeness  of  the  hypocrite  does  not 
win.  No  one  who  makes  it  a  perfunctory 
matter  to  be  affable  can  palm  this  deceit 
off  on  the  public.  The  people  soon  find 
out.     The  children  know  it  from  the  be 


g-'nning  in  their  teachers.  Look  out!  You 
are  not  fooling  any  one  by  acting.  It  must 
come  from  the  heart.  Jesus  taught  this 
doctrine.  He  said  that  out  of  the  heart  came 
the  things  that  defile  man.  We  are  what 
we  mean  to  be,  not  what  we  happen  to  be. 
There  is  no  such  thing  as  an  accidental  or 
incidental  person.  There  are  accidents 
and  incidents  in  life,  but  the  persons  we 
are,  are  willed,  conscious.  We  are  what  we 
are,  in  a  broad  sense,  because  we  desired  to 
be  that.  Let  us,  then,  cultivate  the  heart, 
the  soul.  Let  us  desire  to  be  cheerful,  to 
love  our  fellows;  to  have  an  interest  in 
them.  Then  the  face  will  never  be  untrue. 
S(uiet  Hour  Thought. 

How  many  have  I  slain  with  my  absence 
of  the  winsome  spirit  and  countenance? 

DAILY  READINGS. 

M.  Winsomeness:  its  nature.  1  Cor.  13:4  7. 

T.  Its  example.  Rom.  15:1-7. 

W.  Its  motives.  1  John  4:7  11. 

T.  Its  fruit.  Jude  22:25. 

F.  Its  law.  2  Cor.  3:1  18. 

S.  Its  reward.  Prov.  11:27-31. 

S.  Topic— The  Du'.y  of  Winsomeness. 

Prov.  15:13-15;  17:22;  1  Cor.  9:19-22. 

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Current  Literature 


August  Magazines. 

The  Atlantic  this  month  has  been  care- 
fully planned  to  be  a  summer  fiction  num- 
ber of  the  first  interest.  The  editors  hope 
that  the  suggestion  of  such  titles  as  "The 
Clammer,"  "In  Swimming,"  "An  Apol- 
ogy for  the  Country,""  "Above  the  Clouds 
at  Metequi,"  may  be  found  cooling  and 
seasonable.  No  literary  study  could  be 
more  appropriate  for  a  fiction  number 
than  Mr.  Henry  James's  notable  paper  on 
'The  Lesson  of  Balzac."  This  number 
contains  a  paper  upon  "The  Literature  of 
Exposure,"  by  George  W.  Alger,  with 
whose  point  of  %-iew  we  do  not  agree. 

to 

The  Review  of  Reviews  is  strongly  a  for- 
eign number,  with  some  of  the  ablest 
specialists  supplying  the  articles.  Dr.  Dil- 
lon writes  on  the  "Progress  of  the  Russian 
Revolution"  and  Count  Apponyi  on  "Hun- 
gary's Side  in  the  Crisis  with  Austria." 
Of  course  the  war  and  the  peace  negotia- 
tions come  in  for  discussion,  while  another 
article  presents  our  tariff  differences  with 
Germany.  There  are  two  articles  on  John 
Hay.  "Canada's  Canal  System,"  "Elec- 
tric Traction  on  German  Rivers  and  Ca- 
nals," and  "The  Coming  Eclipse  of  the 
Sun"  are  articles  full  of  information  and 
interest. 

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The  North  American  Review  contains 
articles  that  discuss  a  number  of  subjects 
that  are  of  great  interest  and  importance 
at  the  present  time.  The  Scandinavian 
Crisis,  for  instance,  is  treated  by  repre- 
sentatives of  the  two  nations  involved, 
while  other  articles  of  international  inter- 
est deal  with  maritime  responsibilities  in 
case  of  war,  the  historical  relations  of  Rus- 
sia and  the  United  States,  the  future  of 
Crete,  and  Ireland's  representation  in  the 
British  Parliament.  There  is  a  thoughtful 
article  on  "Federal  Regulation  of  Life  In- 
surance," by  James  If.  Beck,  and  another 
on  the  present  conditions  in  the  anthracite 
coal  industry,  in  which  the  writer  ex- 
presses the  conviction  that  there  is  no  oc- 
casion for  any  disturbance. 
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Perhaps  the  most  remarkable  article  in 
this  month's  number  of  the  Missionary  Re- 
view of  the  World  is  that  on  "Obstacles 
to  Christian  Missions  in  China,"  by  a  na- 
tive Chinese  Christian.  It  is  thoughtful, 
suggestive  and  interesting.  There  are  a 
number  of  valuable  articles  on  Africa 
dealing  with  the  "Distribution  of  Mission- 
ary Forces,"  "Lourenco  Marques  Coun- 
try, "  "Angola"  and  "Negro  Missions." 
Other  subjects  treated  are  "Evangelistic 
Effort  Among  the  Young,"  "The  Caravan 
Mission  to  French  Gypsies,"  "The  Gospel 
jn  Brazil,"  "Signs  of  the  Times  in  In- 
dia," "The  Williamstown  Band,"  etc. 
What  should  be  the  death  blow  to  the  ig- 
norant remark  that  "it  costs  a  dollar  to 
send  a  dollar"  to  missions  is  dealt  in  a 
forceful  way  in  the  frontispiece. 

Country  Life  in  America  for  August  is 
#n  outdoor  summer  number.  The  first  ar- 
ticle shows  the  possibilities  of  Shetland 
ponies  for  pets  and  for  hunter's  compan- 
ions. The  photograph?  bring  out  in  de- 
tail the  method  of  training  to  bridle,  saddle, 
walk  and  trot.  An  article  on  "Handling  a 
Racing  Automobile"  reveals  the  art  of 
modern  chaffeurs  so  that  the  layman  can 


understand  on  what  principles  the  race  is 
conducted.  "Making  Successful  Rugs  in 
Country  Homes"  tells  how  one  woman  in 
a  New  England  community  set  the  villagers 
to  work  hooking  artistic  rugs.  Mr.  Wil- 
liam Sinclair  Constant  in  his  "Buying  a 
Sailboat  for  $300"  shows  the  wide  choice 
of  types  that  a  man  of  limited  income  has 
at  his  disposal  on  the  bay  side  or  river 
front  when  he  goes  forth  to  buy  a  boat. 
"The  Country  Home  Reminder"  gives  its 
usual  full  line  of  practical  advice  on  what 
must  be  done  about  the  estate,  large  or 
small,  in  the  month  of  August— care  of  the 
poultry,  live  stock,  lawn,  roof  and  interior 
and  exterior  of  the  house.  In  "The  Tri- 
umphant   Eastern    Progress   of   Alfalfa," 

E.  V.  Wilcox  tells  a  fascinating  and  true 
story  of  how  this  now  famous  grass  is  be- 
coming essential  and  widely  successful  in 
the  middle  west  and  eastern  statts.  Dr. 
Wilhelm  Miller  in  "Profitable  Farm  at  $10 
an  Acre"  shows  up  an  astonishing  situa- 
tion. By  careful  personal  investigation  he 
has  found  that  New  England  is  full  of 
abandoned  farms,  priced  at  $10  an  acie, 
that  lie  side  by  side  (in  identical  soil  and 
fertility  conditions)  with  farms  that  have 
been  successfully  worked  by  inexperienced 
city  people. 

"John  Knox  as  a  Preacher"  is  the  theme 
of  President  W.  Douglas  Mackenzie's  topic 
in  the  Homiletic  Review.  He  thinks  that 
"no  one  understands  John  Knox  nor  the 
Reformation  movement  in  Scotland  who 
does  not  clearly  realize  that  all  his  labors 
were  concentrated  in  preaching,  and  that 
his  influence  upon  the  social  and  political 
life  of  his  country  was  primarily  that  exer- 
cised by  his  eloquence  in  the  pulpit." 
Other  leading  articles  in  this  number  are 
by  Prof.  Borden  P.  Bowne  on  "Moral 
Training  in  the  Public  Schools";  S.  Parkes 
Cadman,  D.D.,  who  gives  a  second  paper 
on  "Efficiency  in  the  Pulpit,"  and  Prof. 
James  H.  Hyslop  who  writes  on  "Psychical 
Research  and  the  Future  Life,"  urging  a 
plea  for  a  better  recognition  of  the  legiti- 
macy and  value  of  psychic  investigation. 
In  the  department  of  Sermonic  Criticism 
and  Suggestion  is  a  lively  paper,  the  third 
of  a  series  on  "The  Experiences  of  a  Ser- 
mon Reporter, "in  which  certain  prominent 
divines  may  see  themselves  through  the 
reporter's  eyes.     For  instance,  Dr.  George 

F.  Pentecost  is  characterized  as  "a  sort  of 
ecclesiastical  commercial  traveler,  who 
handles  a  side  line  in  theology,"  and  Rev. 
W.  J.  Dawson  is  taken  mildly  to  task  for 
exaggeration,  thus:  "Wheninthe  course 
of  a  single  sermon  he  twice  says:  'I  never 
was  so  moved  in  all  my  life,'  the  reporter 
is  in  doubt  which  incident  to  suppress,  for 
the  readers  will  attribute  the  apparent  error 
to  the  stenographer."  Under  "Living 
Issues"  is  a  helpful  treatment  of  "The 
Servant  Girl  Question,"  while  the  pastoral 
department  contains  abstracts  of  the  prin- 
cipal papers  read  at  the  recent  International 
Sunday-school  Convention  at  Toronto.  A 
number  of  ministers  wrote  their  views  in  a 
symposium  on  the  Church  and  Theatre. 
The  sermon  department  includes  such 
well-known  names  as  Henry  Van  Dyke, 
Alexander  McKenzie,  Herbert  Symonds, 
A.  C.  Dixon,  Charles  Edward  Locke, 
James  I.  Vance,  etc. 

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JARRETT. 
Margaret  Jane  Jarrett,  wife  of  Henry  D.  Jarrett, 
died  at  Springfield,  Mo.,  June  19,  1905.  She  was 
the  daughter  of  Samuel  Hutton,  and  was  born  in 
Alton,  111.,  Dec.  27,  1839.  Her  parents  having 
died  when  Margaret  was  12  years  of  age,  she  was 
reared  in  the  home  of  her  brother,  Jas.  T.  Hutton, 
at  La  Grange,  Mo.,  and  at  this  home,  on  Nov.  18, 
1856,  she  was  married  to  Henry  D.  Jarrett.  This 
brother,  now  of  St.  Louis,  and  Wm.  D.  Hutton,  of 
Los  Angeles,  Cal. ,  both  survive  her.  In  1879 
Brother  and  Sister  Jarrett  moved  to  Canton,  Mo., 
and  in  1883  to  Springfield,  Mo.,  Brother  Jarrett's 
present  place  of  residence.  Their  eldest  child,  an 
only  daughter,  died  at  the  age  of  12  years,  while 
four  sons,  E.  A.,  J.  H.,  A.  C.  and  T.  B.  Jarrett,  to- 
gether with  their  aged  father,  yet  remain.  These 
sons  are  all  honorable,  Christian  gentlemen,  and 
reflect  in  their  lives  the  beautiful  character  of  their 
beloved  mother.  The  writer  has  known  Sister  Jar- 
rett for  a  number  of  years,  and  rejoices  to  be  able 
to  bear  testimony  to  her  gentleness  as  a  Christian, 
her  faithfulness  as  a  wife  and  her  Marylike  devo- 
tion to  her  sons  and  their  young  families.  Her 
heart  was  in  the  work  of  the  church  to  the  very  end, 
and  her  last  act  c  f  business  was  a  request  that  her 
dues  be  promptly  paid  into  the  treasury  of  the  aid 
society.  On  Tuesday,  June  20,  one  of  the  most 
beautiful  days,  the  remains  of  Sister  Jarrett  were 
deposited  in  Maple  Park  cemetery,  amidst  the 
smiles  of  flowers,  the  sorjgs  of  happy  birds  and  the 
whisperings  of  breezes  as  tender  as  the  breath  of 
angtls.  As  we  stood  around  the  grave,  covered  as 
it  was  with  the  frtsh  flowers  of  June,  the  offerings 
of  many  friends,  we  felt  like  saying,  with  Whittier: 
"I  cannot  think  that  thou  art  far, 
Since  near  at  hand  the  angels  are; 
And  when  the  sunset  gates  unbar, 
Shall  I  not  see  thee  waiting  stand, 
And  white  against  the  evening  star 
Behold  the  beck'ning  of  thy  hand?" 
Springfield,  Mo.  J.  R.  Roberts. 

SMITH. 

Dr.  Jesse  Henderson  Smith  was  born  near  Bowl- 
ing Green,  Ky. ,  in  1825,  and  died  near  Carlinville, 
111.,  on  June  27,  1905,  at  the  age  of  79  y«ars,  nine 
months  and  six  days.  He  practiced  medicine  in 
Kentucky  and  preached  first  in  the  Presbyterian 
church,  but  then  identified  himself  with  the  Dis- 
ciples of  Christ  and  followed  the  double  ministry  of 
healing  and  saving  men  for  more  than  forty  years. 
He  was  the  pioneer  at  Carlinville  in  1865,  preach- 
ing in  the  old  court-house.  He  did  valiant  service 
for  the  cause  in  central  Illinois  for  many  years  and 
was  noted  for  his  generous  heart  and  strength  Of  in- 
tellect. His  abilities  were  of  a  high  order  in  the 
pulpit  and  the  home.  He  was  twice  married ,  first 
to  Eliza  Jane  Norman  in  1854  and  eight  children 
were  born  to  them.  The  wife  and  six  children 
have  preceded  him  to  the  beyond.  He  was  married 
to  Mrs.  Margaret  Taylor  in  1876  and  it  was  to 
their  generosity  that  the  existence  of  a  good  church 
building  at  Carlinville  was  largely  due.  Sister 
Smith,  a  daughter,  Lillie,  and  one  son  survive  the 
doctor.  He  was  a  good  man  and  his  deeds  remain 
to  bless.  Funeral  services  at  Carlinville  by  the 
writer  and  Bro.  W.  H.  Applegate.  Interment  at 
Chatham,  111.  Edward  O.  Sharpe. 

TRICKETT. 

Mrs.  Maggie  Trickett,  beloved  wife  of  the  well 
known  preacher,  writer  and  song  composer,  H.  R. 
Trickett,  died  very  suddenly,  of  heart  failure,  at  her 
home  in  Macon,  Mo.,  June  23,  1905.  Sister 
Trickett  was  a  native  of  Illinois.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Cox.  She  was 
married  to  Brother  Trickett  in  1871  and  for  35 
years  she  was  his  faithful  helper.  She  was  well 
known  and  highly  esteemed  in  East  St.  Louis, 
Lancaster  and  Macon,  Mo.,  and  in  Bloomfield, 
la.,  where  Brother  Trickett  labored.  She  was  a 
devout  Christian  and  a  domestic  woman.  She 
loved  her  husband  and  her  home.  She  is  at  rest. 
Her  influence  enriches  earth  and  her  presence  will 
make  heaven  richer.  Simpson  Ely. 

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Questions  on  the  Holy  Spirit. 

Brother  Garrison: — I  have  read  care- 
fully your  book  on  "The  Holy  Spirit."  I 
like  nearly  every  feature  of  the  book.  I 
like  the  warning  against  narrowing  the 
work  that  the  Father,  the  Christ,  the  Holy 
Spirit  do  for  us.  It  is  needed.  I  like  the 
warning  against  the  other  extreme,  the 
vagaries  and  extravagances  of  mysticism 
and  fanaticism.  I  like  the  exhortation  to 
learn  all  that  the  Father,  the  Christ,  the 
Holy  Spirit  do  for  us,  and  to  enjoy  such 
work.  I  like  the  lucid  style  in  which  you 
say  what  you  do  say. 

My  criticism  is  stated  in  one  objection. 
You  utterly  failed  to  do  the  very  thing, 
that  before  all  else,  above  all  else,  you 
should  have  done.  You  do  not  state,  you 
do  not  even  hint,  what  you  are  contending 
for,  what  you  mean,  what  you  desire  us  to 
accept,  believe,  enjoy;  though  you  claim 
that  it  is  a  boon  inestimable. 

We  know  of  five  senses  that  men  have, 
what  each  sense  does  for  men,  how  it  does 
its  work.  If  our  good  Brother  Garrison,  in 
the  goodniss  of  his  heart,  were  to  write  a 
book  on  "The  Sixth  Sense,"  expatiating 
on  the  estimable  blessings  to  be  enjoyed 
through  this  sixth  sense,  and  exhorting  all 
to  enjoy  these  inestimable  blessings,  would 
not  common  sense  demand,  "Define  this 
sixth  sense,  its  nature,  its  characteristics, 
its  work,  how  it  does  its  work,  how  men 
can  avail  themselves  of  these  inestimable 
blessings,  so  that  all  can  understand  for 
what  you  contend,  what  you  mean,  know 
what  you  desire  them  to  accept,  believe 
and  enjoy"? 

Now  we  know  that  the  Father,  the 
Christ,  the  Holy  Spirit,  exert  on  the  human 
spirit  a  rational,  a  moral  power,  influence, 
through  ideas  imparted  to  the  human 
spirit  by  words  and  acts,  that  represent 
ideas — a  rational,  moral  power,  influence, 
that  produces  rational  moral  change. 

Now  some  persons  stop  there,  contend- 
ing that  reason,  human  experience,  psy- 
chology, mental  science,  moral  science, 
jurisprudence  and  revelation  hint  no 
other  rational,  moral  power,  influence, 
that  the  Father,  the  Christ,  the  Holy 
Spirit,  divine  Spirits,  superhuman  spirits, 
human  spirits  can  exert  on  human  spirits, 
a  rational  moral  influence  that  produces 
rational,  moral  change.  Is  such  conten- 
tion correct?  If  it  is  not,  where  is  the 
error? 

Some  persons  contend  that  this  rational, 
moral  power,  influence,  exerted  through 
ideas  imparted  to  the  human  spirit  by 
words  and  acts,  that  represent  ideas— a 
power,  influence  admitted  by  all— exhausts 
the  meaning  of  the  language  of  the  Bible 
in  regard  to  the  indwelling  of  the  Father, 
the  Christ,  the  Holy  Spirit  in  men,  the 
rational,  moral  power,  influence  that  they 
exert  on  their  spirits,  in  producing  rational, 
moral  change.  Is  this  position  correct? 
If  it  is  not,  in  what  is  it  incorrect? 

Some  persons  refuse  to  go  one  hair's 
breadth  beyond  this  rational,  moral  in- 
dwelling power,  influence  of  ideas,  im- 
parted to  the  human  spirit,  by  words  and 
acts  of  the  Father,  the  Christ,  the  Holy 
Spirit,  that  represent  ideis,  until  some 
one  so  states,  defines,  explains  any  in- 
dwelling power,  influence,  there  can  bs  in 
addition  to  it,  distinct  and  different  from 
it,  outside  of  it,  that  they  can  understand 
what  is  contended  for— what  is  meant— 
know  what  they  are  expected   to    accept, 


believe  and  enjoy.     Is  not   such    demand 
reasonable  and  just? 

And  above  all,  until  it  has  been  proven 
that  the  language  of  the  Bible  hints  that 
there  is  such  indwelling  power,  influence, 
they  do  not  question  the  rational,  moral 
indwelling  power,  influence  stated  above. 
They  challenge  the  assumption  that  there 
is  any  indwelling  power,  influence,  in 
addition  to,  distinct  and  different  from, 
outside  of,  such  rational  moral  indwelling 
power,  influence. 

Now,  my  dear  brother,  standing  on  the 
Pisgah  of  reason,  human  experience,  psy- 
chology, mental  science,  moral  science, 
jurisprudence  and  revelation,  we  can 
clearly  see  a  promised  land  of  rational, 
moral  indwelling,  power,  influence  of  ideas 
imparted  to  the  human  spirit,  by  words 
and  acts  of  the  Father,  the  Christ,  the 
Holy  Spirit,  that  represent  ideas;  a 
rational,  moral  indwelling  power,  influence 
that  produces  rational,  moral  change. 

All  can  see,  understand  and  comprehend 
that  promised  land.  There  is  no  dispute 
over  it.  All  accept  such  indwelling,  such 
power,  such  influence  of  the  Father,  the 
Christ,  the  Holy  Spirit.  Does  our  Moses 
claim  that  he  has  ascended  a  peak,  higher 
than  this  Pisgah?  That  he  sees  in  reason, 
human  experience,  psychology,  mental 
science,  moral  science,  jurisprudence,  and 
revelation,  another  and  most  desirable 
promised  land,  an  indwelling,  a  power, 
an  influence  exerted  by  the  Father,  the 
Christ,  the  Holy  Spirit,  on  man,  in  man, 
that  is  in  addition  to,  distinct  and  different 
from,  outside  of,  above  and  beyond,  any 
rational,  moral  indwelling,  power,  influence 
of  ideas  imparted  to  to  the  human  spirit, 
by  words  and  acts  of  the  Father,  the  Christ, 
the  Holy  Spirit? 

Now,  my  good  brother,  will  you  favor  us 
with  a  candid,  explicit  answer?  If  there 
is  such  indwelling,  power  influence,  what 
is  it?  Define,  describe,  explain  it,  so  that 
one  can  understand  what  you  are  contend- 
ing for,  what  you  mean,  what  you  desire 
us  to  accept,  believe  and  enjoy. 

Is  this  influence,  indwelling,  for  which 
you  contend,  in  any  sense,  degree  or  man- 
ner, inspiration?  If  it  is  inspiration,  what 
does  such  inspiration  do  for  men?  Please 
tell  us  explicitly. 

How  can  inspiration,  how  can  a  super- 
human spirit  comfort  a  human  spirit, 
strengthen  a  human  spirit,  help  a  human 
spirit,  aid  a  human  spirit  to  understand 
the  Scriptures,  or  any  idea,  do  any  rational 
moral  work  for  a  human  spirit,  that  the 
ideas  of  the  Scriptures  do  not  do  for  it,  ex- 
cept by  revealing  additional  ideas  or 
making  a  better  expression  of  the  ideas  of 
the  script  ires?  Please  give  us  at  least  a 
hint  of  such  work.  Do  you  claim  that  the 
Father,  the  Christ,  the  Holy  Spirit  now  do 
such  work  for  men?  Specify  a  single  new 
idea  so  revealed.  An  idea  that  has  been 
better  expressed?  Give  us  a  single  instance 
of  the  indwelling  for  which  you  contend.  A 
single  specimen  of  what  it  has  done. 

For  what  are  you  contending?  What  do 
you  mean?  What  you  desire  us  to  accept, 
believe  and  enjoy? 

We  patiently  wait  for  this  wonderful 
light,  that  has  arisen  for  those  who  sit  in 
darkness.  Fraternally, 

Clark  Braden. 

Ravenna,  Ohio,  August  1,  1905 

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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  10,   1905 


Family  Circle 


My  Life's  Motto. 

To  love  some  one  more  dearly  every  day. 
To  help  a  wand'ring  child  to  rind  his  way, 
To  ponder  o'er  a  noble  thought  and  pray 
And  smile  when  evening  falls. 

To    follow    truth   as  blind   men  long   for 

light, 
To  do  my   best    from    dawn    of    day   till 

night. 
To  keep  my  heart  fit  for  his  holy  sight, 
And  answer  when  he  calls. 

Is  Marriage  a  Failure?      lit 

I.  By  John  G.   M.    Lulten  berger,   M.  D.'~ 


This  is  one  of  the  most  important  ques- 
tions of  our  present  age.  Nothing  is  so 
interwoven  with  all  the  five  senses  of  hu- 
man reason  and  responsibility  as  that  sim- 
ple and  yet  complex  question  before  us. 

Marriage  may  be  divided  into  the  follow- 

g  fcur  essential  qualifications: 

1.  Knowledge,  to  understand  love. 

2.  Love,  to  appreciate  the  reciprocation 
of  affection. 

3.  Adaptability,  education  and  'social 
habits. 

4.  Physical,  moral  and  spiritual  "condi- 
tions. 

The  first  qualification  is  knowledge. 
Without  it,  there  cannot  be  an  intelligent 
response  to  cultivate  love.  Love  has  al- 
ways been  regarded  as  the  most  essential 
element  in  forming  the  sacred  tie  of  mar? 
riage  relation. 

Knowledge  without  love  is  like  an  ocean 
steamer  without  a  compass.  Love  without 
knowledge  is  the  most  dangerous  attribute 
possessed  by  the  human  family.  Love 
without  knowledge  is  powerless  and  sooner 
or  later  leads  to  a  discovery  of  the  hidden, 
unheard  deception  so  frequently  the  legal 
remedy  for  separation.  Knowledge  inves- 
tigates every  condition  in  life.  It  calculates 
the  unforseen  by  the  history  of  the  past. 
It  begins  its  research  at  the  beginning. 
Knowledge  is  that  God-given  quality  of 
the  intellect  of  man  which  binds  man  to  a 
reasonable  understanding  of  himself,  and 
thus  creates  within  him,  through  the  influ- 
ence of  his  Creator,  the  value  of  love. 

While  love  is  the  "greatest  thing"  in  the 
woild,  it  must  be  carefully  regarded  by  the 
limit  of  perfect  understanding.  The  mar- 
riages which  are  failure?  to-day,  began 
with  as  much  sincerity  of  love  and  devo- 
tion as  those  which  are  considered  suc- 
cesses. It  is  no  uncommon  occurrence 
that  people  who  love  each  other  frequently 
do  not  understand  each  other. 

Young  people  frequently  make  mistakes 
in  that  direction.  They  think  they  know 
and  understand  each  other  by  frequent  as- 
sociation and  short  acquaintance.  In  many 
instances  a  gentleman  would  regard  in- 
quiry about  his  lady  fiiends  as  an  imperti- 
nence, while  a  lady  is  so  dignified,  cul- 
tured and  refined  as  to  regard  such  a  pro- 
cedure as  indignity  and  misdemeanor. 

How?  Who?  When?  Where?  are  ques- 
tions that  are  frequently  asked  too  late. 
Knowledge  points  to  the  sacredness  of  the 
crigin  of  marriage.  If  men  and  women 
were  united  together  after  God's  plan  and 
with  God's  will  in  this  all  important  rela- 
tion, divorces  would  cease  to  exist  and  love 
would  dominate  the  unity  of  mind.  Dis- 
bandment,  disagreement,  division  and 
alienation  are  the  result  of  disappointment, 


betrayal  of  confidence  and  the  incorrigible 
stupidity  of  premature  love.  Many  a 
young  man  and  woman  went  to  an  early 
grave  all  on  account  of  not  rightly  appre- 
ciating that  "knowledge  is  power." 

The  second  qualification  is  love.  A  mar- 
riage without  love  is  a  complete  failure. 
Love  is  that  uninterpreted  virtue  of  the 
human  heart  that  appreciatas  and  recipro- 
cates the  most  tender  impulses  of  genuine 
affection. 

Love  which  reciprocates  casts  out  all 
fear.  It  only  sees  fear  in  wilful  ignorance. 
It  binds  the  heart  like  that  of  David  and 
Jonathan.  Love  produces  beauty  and 
self-respect;  beauty  in  walk  and  beauty  in 
looks;  as  a  rule,  a  girl  in  love  is  at  her 
best;  it  brings  out  the  finest  traits  in  her 
character;  she  walks  more  erect  and  is 
more  forgiving  and  generous. 

Young  men  and  women  must  be  careful 
about  the  use  of  language,  the  force  of  in- 
teresting conversation  and  the  art  or  abil- 
ity of  establishing  confidence. 

When  husband  and  wife  are  joined  to- 
gether in  mind  and  heart  by  love,  no  in- 
terference of  father-in-law  or  mother-in-law 
or  other  kin  can  separate  such  a  union. 

Moreover,  marriage  should  not  be  re- 
garded as  a  merely  legal  contract.  The  law 
is  only  a  form  of  regulation  and  only  a 
small  part  to  perpetuate  the  higher  stand- 
ard of  morality.  The  marriage  based  on 
love,  with  the  ingredients  of  patience, 
kindness,  generosity,  humility,  courtesy, 
unselfishness,  good  temper,  guilelessness, 
courage  and  sincerity  will  never  produce 
ill  results.  Love  must  be  mutual  in  order 
to  be  effective.  Husband  and  wife  must 
unitedly  stand  together.  Nothing  must 
come  between  them.  God  ordained  that 
the  two  should  be  one  in  mind,  heart  and 
purpose.  The  woman  should  be  a  soul- 
mate  as  well  as  a  help-mate.  Love  will 
bear  and  forbear  under  all  circumstances. 
True  love  sees  the  good  and  ignores  the 
bad.  What  causes  divisions,  alienation  of 
affection  and  divorce?  Perhaps  each  in- 
dividual who  has  tasted  the  cup  of  bitter- 
ness, deception  and  disappointment  can 
answer  the  question  better  than  I  can  an- 
swer it. 

I  entered  a  home   once   where  divisions 


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and  strife  dominated  and  where  the  storms 
of  life  imperiled  the  home.  In  the  corner 
of  the  home  played  a  cat  and  a  dog.  The 
ill-tempered  wife  remarked:  "See  how  nice- 
ly the  cat  and  the  dog  dwell  together  in 
peaceful  harmony!"  Upon  which  the  hus- 
band remarked:  "You  bind  them  together 
and  watch  the  results!" 

The  third  point  under  consideration  is 
that  of  adaptability,  education  and  social 
habits.  To  prevent  the  failure  in  marriage 
life,  adaptability  limits  the  many  misunder- 
standings. All  well  regulated  families 
have  their  own  little  discords.  Everything 
before  marriage  is  lovely,  because  people 
have  not  learned  each  other's  disposition. 
The  living  happiness  or  sorrow  and  grief 
begins  in  many  families  after  the  honey- 
moon. Man  finds  out  that  he  is  really 
married,  and  the  woman  also  recognizes 
the  fact  that  she  is  no  longer  the  indepen- 
dent ' '  Miss  do-as  you-please,  and  go-where- 
you-want-to." 

The  woman  is  the  home-maker,  and  it  is 
her  duty  to  study  the  husband's  disposi- 
tion. The  home  life  must  come  up  to  the 
expectancy  of  the  man,  or  he  will  spend 
his  time  in  the  lodge,  social  circle  or  else- 
where. The  woman  must  not  interfere 
with  the  ambitions,  desires  and  aggres- 
siveness of  her  husband's  plans.  She 
must  under  all  circumstances,  adapt  her- 
self to  the  refinery  of  the  household,  edu- 
cate spirit,  soul  and  body,  and  hold  the 
esteem  of  her  husband  by  confidence  with- 


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out  doubting   his  ability.     Here  rises   the 
necessity  for  the  two  in  one. 

If  the  wife  fails  to  keep  up  reading  and 
thinking  she  will  soon  discover  inharmoni- 
ous conditions.  The  wife  of  a  very  prom- 
inent attorney  told  me  a  short  time  ago 
that  she  must  continue  to  "read  and 
study,"  in  order  to  reach  the  heights  of 
the  intelligence  of  her  husband,  in  order 
to  keep  young  and  entertaining. 

When  the  husband  loves  art,  science, 
literature  and  Christianity,  and  the  wife  is 
given  to  admire  the  opposite,  incompati- 
bility soon  weakens  the  tender  cords  of 
genuine  affection.  The  roads  of  aliena- 
tion of  affection  are  too  numerous  to  be 
mentioned  here.  When  the  husband  finds 
out  that  he  has  been  deceived  by  constant 
interference  and  distrust  or  ill-tempered 
disposition  and  substitution  of  love,  he 
concludes  that  God  has  not  "joined  them 
together,"  and  unless  conditions  change, 
separation  is  inevitable.  When  the  home 
is  blessed  with  children,  love  and  affection 
grow  more  perfect.  Whenever  the  woman 
refuses  to  "be  fruitful  and  multiply,"  love 
suffers  irreparable  loss. 

If  a  man  should  fail  to  estimate  the 
affection  of  a  true-hearted  wife,  he  will 
likely  find  his  compensation  with  heart- 
broken sorrow.  No  one  can  read  of  the 
triumphs  of  Napoleon  without  thinkiug  of 
the  affection  and  love  of  the  unbought 
heart  of  Josephine.  Great  men  have  had 
loving  mothers  and  affectionate  wives. 

The  poor  man  should  never  attempt  to 
cultivate  the  love  of  a  rich  woman.  Most 
of  them  have  "their  own  way."  "Poor, 
sincere,  comcnon  love  and  equality,  with- 
out much  superiority,  is  far  more  satisfy- 
ing than  the  secondary  love"  crowned 
with  gold.  Rich  men  and  poor  women 
generally  meet  with  the  same  experiences. 
Love  and  affection  may  change  conditions 
of  that  natural  disagreement;  but  as  in 
the  Garden  of  Eden,  Satan  is  still  here 
demonstrating  his  power  by  poisoning  the 
better  judgment  of  the  otherwise  would-be 
happy  husband  and  wife.  What  the  devil 
can  not  do  in  causing  troubles,  trials,  envy, 
hatred  and  malice,  some  people  are  ever 
ready  to  do  to  assist  the  prince  of  dark- 
ness by  imbecility  and  filthy  tongues. 

The  fourth  and  last  point  is:  Tne  phys- 
ical, moral  and  spiritual  condition. 

Which  one  of  these  three  conditions  is 
the  greatest,  has  been  discussed  in  many 
lands.  Why  is  it  that  so  many  men  and 
women  become  tired  of  each  other  so  soon 
after  marriage?  Is  not  that  physique  and 
beautiful  form  and  graceful  appearance 
attractive  in  each  sex? 

It  has  been  said  by  specialists  in  anatomy 
and  physiology  that  physical  harmony, 
purity,  chastity  and  personal  knowledge  of 
self  make  an  inseparable  unity. 

Marriage  is  generally  a  failure  where 
there  is  physical  discord  and  inharmoni- 
ous affection.  Morality  is  weakened  by 
the  incompatibility  of  such  a  union.  Jesus 
in  speaking  on  this  subject  said,  "Where- 
fore they  are  no  more  twain,  but  one 
flesh,"  Matt.  19:6.  One  flesh  is  physical 
harmony.  Twain  is  another  word  for 
two,  or  in  our  modern  language  incom- 
patibility.    Their  morals  may  be  the  best 


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and  purest.  Their  spiritual  condition  may 
be  that  of  a  saint;  but  what  will  be  the  re- 
sults if  there  is  physical  defect? 

This  is  something  that  each  man  and 
woman  has  to  decide.  No  priest,  preacher, 
doctor  or  lawyer  can  change  such  inhar- 
monious conditions.  No  court  in  the  land 
is  capable  and  prudent  enough  to  settle 
the  physical  deformity  and  degenerate 
condition  in  existence.  Occasionally  there 
are  men  and  women  who  can  overlook  the 
physical  conditions  entirely;  but  most  of 
the  human  race  have  the  tendency  to  ad- 
mire physical  appearance.  How  can  any 
man  love  any  young  lady  he  never  saw? 
How  can  any  beautiful  young  maiden 
admire  a  handsome  gentleman  she  never 
met? 

If  the  civil  authority  would  understand 
what  it  ought  to  understand,  there  would 
be  fewer  marriages  and  divorces  would 
not  be  so  numerous.  There  are  nearly 
3,000  courts  in  this  country  that  grant 
licenses  to  marry,  and  equally  as  many  to 
grant  divorce.  Annually  they  grant  from 
42,000  to  47,000  divorces.  Or  in  twenty 
years  there  have  been  granted  in  the 
United  States  329,000  divorces. 

The  time  will  come  when  marriage  shall 
be  regarded  as  a  union,  and  not  a  con- 
tract; when  the  union  will  be  based  on  a 
physical  examination  by  a  competent 
physician  before  the  license  is  granted. 
Many  a  woman  who  went  to  a  premature 
grave,  and  many  a  man  who  went  to  dis- 
grace and  ruin,  would  enjoy  happiness 
and  home  and  companionship,  if  the  law 
had  been  based  on  practical  knowledge. 

Moreover,  most  marriages  outside  of 
the  church  are  failures.  To  send  con- 
science on  a  short  vacation  by  ignoring 
the  church  and  favoring  the  law,  means 
often  too  much  of  the  legal  to  be  really 
legal.  Some  law-makers  have  not  only 
endeavored  to  improve  on  the  law  of 
Moses  and  Christ,  but  have  become  legal- 
ized law-breakers  on  the  subject  of  matri- 
mony. No  spiritually-minded  man  or 
woman  will  object  to  a  Christian  marriage 
and  to  the  advice  given  above.  Is  not  the 
real  remedy  qualification  for  matrimony? 


The  Care  of  Babies. 

A  very  useful  and  interesting  pamphlet 
has  been  issued  by  the  Illinois  State  Board 
of  Health  on  the  care  of  babies  in  summer. 
While  this  pamphlet  is  sent  to  physicians, 
it  is  prepared  rather  for  home  distribution, 
and  will  be  mailed  to  anybody  who  will 
send  a  request  to  Dr.  J.  A.  Egan,  the 
secretary,  at  Springfield.  In  addition 
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there  is  valuable  information  for  mothers. 
The  explanations  and  instructions  are  pre- 
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kind  of  education.  But  the  reason  for 
adopting  such  a  policy  is  one  of  most 
vital  concern.  Throughout  the  summer 
the  mortality  is  not  adult  mor  ality,  but 
infant  mortality.  Summer  is,  for  infants, 
the  period  of  suffering  and  death.  The  ill- 
nesses peculiar  to  babies  in  hot  weather 
are,  when  they  do  not  result  fatally,  detri- 
mental to  future  health. 

"Statistics  have  demonstrated,"  says  a 
circular  bulletin  issued  by  the  Illinois  Board 
of  Health,  "that  from  one-fourth  to  one- 


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August  10,  1905 


third  of  all  babies  born  fail  to  live  to  the 
beginning  of  the  second  year  of  life.  It  is 
not  toe  heat  alone  that  is  responsible  for 
this  high  mortality.  By  far  the  greatest 
number  die  from  improper  food,  improper 
feeding  or  inability  to  digest  and  assimi- 
late the  food  given.'' 

The  care  cf  the  infant  decides  more  than 
the  matter  of  survival  and  resistance;  it 
bears  upon  the  physical  strength  and  the 
health  of  the  person  in  later  life.  Many 
bodily  ills  could  be  traced  to  that  neglect 
or  indifference,  in  infancy,  which  was  due 
to  ignorance  of  the  rules  of  health 

That  the  proper  care  of  infants  would 
reduce  the  mortality  and  tend  to  improve 
the  adult  health  is  a  prospect  which  should 
increase  interest  in  authoritative  advice. 
What  mothers  do  not  know  about  the  care 
and  health  of  themselves  and  their  chil- 
dren, physicians  do  know;  and  what 
the  physicians  know  is  of  particular  use- 
fulness, because  it  is  knowledge  gathered 
from  many  sources  in  regular  practice. 
The  summer  is  the  time  for  devoting  extra 
care  to  infants.  And  that  care  should  be 
regulated  in  the  manner  propounded  in 
such  pamphlets  as  those  which  the  ever- 
alert  and  ever  busy  Illinois  State  Board 
of  Health  is  circulating  in  the  homes.— St. 
Limit  Republic. 

0      # 

Summer  Toilers. 

As  I  write  I  am  aware  of  friends  on 
whose  faces  rests  a  shadow  of  doubt  or 
sadness.  To  them  the  summer  season 
brings  the  hardest,  most  unremitting  labor 
of  the  year.  To  their  country  homes 
throng  boarders  from  the  cities,  paying 
guests,  whose  rooms  must  be  kept  in 
order,  and  whose  three  meals  a  day  mean 
an  unending  roucd  of  care  until  the  season 
ends.  Mountains  of  biscuit;  gallons  of  tea 
and  coffee,  a  constant  succession  of  roast- 
ing, boiling,  broiling  and  baking  will 
testify  to  their  skill  and  their  faculty  for 
turning  off  work  during  the  weeks  that 
their  visitors  are  spending  in  pleasure. 
Every  woman  who  takes  summer  boarders 
owes  it  to  herself  and  her  family  to  have 
an  autumn  holiday  when  the  boarders 
leave.  She  should  plan  for  it.  For  her 
there  will  come  bright  days  in  the  early 
autumn  when  the  city  people  have  packed 
their  trunks  and  gone  home;  let  her  make 
the  best  of  them. — Mrs.  Sangster,  in 
Woman' s  Home  Companion  for  July. 

Mow  Is  the  Tim*  to  Visit  Hot  Spring;, 
Ar Kansas,  via  the  Iron  Mountain  lo«t« 

The  ieai«B  at  the  great  National  Health 
and  Pleaiure  Reecrt  it  in  full  blait.  Climate 
uniurpatted.  Het  Springe  Special  leavei  St. 
Leuii  daily  at  8:20  p.  m.,  making  the  ru»  is 
leu  than  twelve  hours.  Three  other  fast  train 
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the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific,  but  never  saw  any  land  to  equal  in  production  with  the  Bruneau  Valley. 

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The  only  place  that  I  ever  saw  80  bushels  of  wheat  grow  on  one  acre. 

I  saw  the  "T"  Ranch  of  Bruneau  Valley  produce  12  tons  of  alfalfa  per  acre. 

I  have  seen  the  finest  fruits  of  my  life  in  Bruneau  Valley. 

I  never  saw  any  poor  crops,  or  short  crops,  or  poor  stock,  or  cyclones  or  thunder  storms,  or 
zero  weather  in  Bruneau  Valley.  Harry  Watkiks. 

It  is  an  unpolished  diamond.— Victor  Diesing. 

The  Bruneau  Valley  is  the  most  productive  spot  of  the  world  in  my  opinion. 

Dr.  J.  K.  Dubois,  Boise,  Idaho. 

The  Bruneau  country  will  produce  two  to  three  times  greater  than  any  of  the  Central  or  East- 
ern slates,  and  the  products  bring  much  better  prices.    It  will  be  the  state's  paradise. 

Rev.  Eugene  Close,  Boise,  Idaho. 

No  better  land  and  climate  on  ear'h.— Ex-Gov.  Prank  Hunt. 

The  greatest  natural  resources;  the  finest  climatic  conditions;  the  most  productive  soil  of  the 
west.  B.  F.  Olden,  President,  Idaho  Trust  &  Savings  Bank,  Boise,  Idaho. 

It  is  a  land  of  perpetual  sunshine,  where  the  laboring  man  can  work  almost  every  day  in  the 
year,  and  will  receive  in  return  for  his  labor  astonishing  results. 

Geo.  M.  Parsons,  Ex-Atty.  Gen'l  of  Idaho. 

The  finest  valley  of  the  valleys  of  the  state  of  Idaho.— R.  E.  Knapp. 

About  100,000  acres  of  the  finest  land  on  earth  can  be  taken  under  government  entry,  you  can 
secure  water  rights  from  the  Btuneau  Land  &  Irrigation  Co.  to  cover  the  land. 

No  lottery  chances,  the  opportunity  of  a  lifetime.  Government  land  can  be  entered  after  due 
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Bees  as  Acrobats. 

When  wax  is  needed, a  certain  number  of 
self-elected  citizens  gorge  with  honey  and 
hang  up  in  chains  or  curtains,  each  bee 
clinging  by  her  front  feet  to  the  hind  feet 
of  the  one  above  her,  like  Japanese  acro- 


bats, and  there  they  remain,  sometimes 
for  two  days,  until  the  wax  scales  ap- 
pear pushed  out  from  every  pocket.  It  is 
not  hard  to  understand  that,  since  much 
honey  is  needed  for  the  manufacture  of  wax, 
a  bee  after  filling  with  the  raw  material 
would  produce  much    more  wax   by  keep- 


ing quiet  than  by  using  any  of  the  gorged 
honey  for  energy  in  moving  about  and 
working.  But  the  necessity  of  "hold- 
ing hands"  while  this  work  goes  on  must 
ever  remain  to  us  another  occult  evidence 
of  the  close  relations  in  the  bee  commune. 
—  Country  Life  in  America. 


Dog  Days  are  Here 

People  nwist  hatve  in.dvicemen.ts  during  such  weather  to  either 
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Life  of    Flower,     By  Errett 

Memoirs  of  Hopson 

Plain   Talks  to  Youn>>  Men 

Thirteen  and   Twelve  Others 

Life  of  Knowles    Shaw 

Problem  of  Problems 

Kaskey's  Last  Book 

The  Form  of  Baptism.    By  Bnney 

The  Temptation  of  Christ 

How  Understand  and  Use  Bible 

Riverside,  or  Winning  a  Soul 

Grandma's  Patience 

After  Pentecost,  What? 

Know  Thyself 

Memorial  of  J.  K.  Rogers  and  Chris- 
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Koinonia,  or  the  Weekly  Contribution 

The  Juvenile  Revival 

The  Master  Key,  paper 

The  Remedial  System,  436  pages 

Duke  Christopher,  Young  Hero  of 
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Bartholet  Milan 

Remedial  System,  (very  badly  dam- 
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Gems  from  Franklin,  (very  badly 
damaged) 

Revelation  Read 

Trip  Around  the  World 

The   Simple  Life 

Saintly  Workers 

Christology  of  Jesus,  one  of  Stalker's 
best 

Origin  of  the  Disciples 

Bible  or  No  Bible,  paper 

Contradictions  of  Orthodoxy,  paper.... 

A  Knight  Templar  Abroad,  547  pages 

The  Story  of  an  Infidel's  Family  (very 
interesting) 

Patmos 

Queen  Esther.     By  M.  M.  Davis 

Elijah.     By  Davis 

The  Story  of  an  Earnest  Life 

Missouri  Lectures  and  Discussions 

Autobiography  of  Jacob  Creatn 

Edna  Carlisle 

King  Saul 

In  the  Days  of  Jehu 

Prohibition  vs.  Personal  Liberty,  paper 

Walks  about  Jerusalem.     By  Errett... 

Talks  to  Bereans.     By  Erretf 

Science  and  Pedagogy.  Fine  for 
teachers 

Sermons  and  Song 

The  Exiled  Prophet 

Spiritualism  on  Trial 

Dictionary  of  Scripture  Proper  Names 

Organic  Evolution  Considered 

My  Good  Poems.     By  Fairhurst 


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Communings  in  the  Sanctuary 

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Wonders  of  the  Sky 

Altar  Stairs,  splendid   fiction 

June,  a  Class  History 

Prison  Life  in  Dixie 

Across  the  Gulf 

Moral   Evil 

The  Wondrous  Works  of  Christ 

Rosa  Emerson 

Ecclesiastical  Tradition 

Facts  about  China,  paper 

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Lessons  in  Soul  Winning 

The  Plan  of  Salvation,  for  Sinners  and 

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Life  of  Trust.     By  Mueller 

The  Man  in  the  Book 

Missionary  Addresses 

Reason  and  Revelation.     By  Milligan 
Scheme  of  Redemption.     By  Milligan 

Types  and  Metaphors  of  Bible 

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THE   CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  10,  1905 


With  the  Children 

By  J.    Ir.iKiridi.    Bills. 


A  Week  with   the   Woodneys. 

TBLE  FIFTH   DAY    (CONTINUED). 

Arthur  did  not  yet  know  that  old  Mr. 
Acre  looked  upon  himself  as  the  king  of 
France,  but  he  understood  that  his  mind 
was  unbalanced,  and  he  made  it  his  study 
to  do  nothing  to  thwart  the  other's  wishes. 
The  old  gentleman  was  in  high  spirits.  He 
recounted  to  Worth  Acre  the  adventures  of 
the  evening.  "It  has  been  one  of  my 
great  days,"  he  exclaimed.  "The  mob 
stormed  outside  the  walls.  The  murmur 
of  their  voices,  the  trampling  of  their 
horses,  and  the  roars  of  the  leaders  would 
have  moved  a  heart  of  iron.  But  our  good 
courier  was  not  to  be  frightened.  He  stood 
at  the  barricade  ready  to  defend  me  with 
the  last  drop  of  his  blood." 

Arthur  understood  that  he  was  the 
courier  referred  to;  but  he  did  not  know 
how  he  ought  to  act  to  sustain  the  charac- 
ter. He  looked  doubtfully  at  the  black- 
smith. "To  supper!"  cried  the  latter, 
leading  the  way  to  the  dining-room.  As 
they  passed  through  the  kitchen,  Worth 
Acre  said  to  Aunt  Tabby,  "Arthur  will  eat 
with  us,  Aunt  Tabby.  But  of  course  he 
will  dine  upon  a  separate  table." 

"Dey  ain't  no  other  table,"  said  Aunt 
Tabby,  showing  the  whites  of  her  eyes  to 
Arthur  in  an  unfriendly  manner. 

"I  think  I  can  find  him  one,"  returned 
Worth  cheerfully.  "You  know  that  little 
table  in  my  room;  it  will  do." 

"Dey  ain't  no  tablecloth  for  dat  table." 

"We'll  spread  a  nice,  clean  newspaper 
on  it." 

"Dey  ain't  enough  cooked  for  so  many." 

"He  shall  have  half  of  my  supper,"  ex- 
claimed the  old  gentleman.  "He  has 
rendered  me  faithful  services,  this  day." 
Aunt  Tabby  angrily  stirred  the  fire  and 
rattled  her  pans.  They  went  into  the 
next  room  and  Worth  carried  in  the  little 
table.  The  other  table  was  already  set  for 
two  and  Worth  busied  himself  at  the  china- 
closet,  finding  dishes  for  the  second.  On 
the  larger  table  was  a  dish  of  smoking 
steak,  another  of  mashed  potatoes  browned 
in  the  form  of  a  pyramid  with  a  golden 
lake  of  butter  on  its  summit,  and  another 
of  fried  apples  with  thin  little  layers  of 
bacon  crisped  and  curling  along  the  mar- 
gin. A  coffee-pot  smoked  at  the  head  of 
the  table,  near  which  stood  a  bowl  of 
bonnyclabber  cheese,  a  stand  of  straw- 
berry preserves  and  a  pitcher  of  milk. 
Wait!  That  isn't  all.  At  the  side  was  a 
great  round  bowl  with  vines  and  butterflies 
all  up  and  down  the  outside,  and  fragrant 
ripe  blackberries  inside,  crusted  with 
sugar;  not  the  blackberries  that  stand 
hard  and  firm  between  the  teeth  and  leave 
a  sour  revenge  behind  them,  but  the  soft, 
yielding,  melting  kind  which  does  all  it 
can  to  be  as  good  as  strawberries.  Aunt 
Tabby  entered  with  hot  biscuits,  brown 
and  light,  ready  to  come  apart  at  the 
pressure  of  a  finger. 

"Whar  must  I  sit  dese  biscuits?"  de- 
manded the  black  woman,  looking  with  a 
frowning  brow  from  one  table  to  the 
other. 

"Just  give  them  to  me,"  said  Worth 
pleasantly. 

Aunt  Tabby  gave  him  the  plate  and 
went  out  muttering,  "Now  I  got  all  dem 
dishes  to  wash!"     She  slammed  the  door. 

"Don't  pay  any  attention  to  Aunt 
Tabby,"     said    the     blacksmith     calmly, 


"if  she's   spoiled  it's  our  raising,   so   we 
mustn't  blame  her." 

Arthur  was  almost  bewildered  by  the 
food  Worth  Acre  heaped  upon  his  plate. 
He  had  not  seen  such  a  meal  for  years. 
And  yet  he  could  eat  hardly  anything.  He 
sat  at  his  little  table  apart  from  the 
others,  but  in  such  a  manner  that  the 
blacksmith  could  face  him.  Old  Mr.  Acre 
was  still  discussing  his  narrow  escape.  But 
Arthur  was  thinking  about  that  cock  he 
had  buried  under  the  walk  before  Mr. 
Woodney's  yard.  He  would  never  forget 
that  cock— tall,  long-legged,  young,  all 
white  but  for  a  black,  proud  tail.  Alas, 
how  that  tail  had  dragged  in  the  dust  to 
the  burial!  While  old  Mr.  Acre  was  tell- 
ing about  other  barricades  and  other 
mobs,  and  while  the  blacksmith  was 
humoring  his  grandfather  by  showing 
never- failing  interest,  Arthur  was  going 
over  the  tragedy  of  the  morning.  For  the 
hundredth  time  he  told  himself  he  was  not 
to  blame;  the  cock  had  been  scratching  in 
the  new- set  grass  of  a  hostile  yard;  it  had 
been  killed  by  the  aimless  throwing  of  a 
little  clod;  Arthur  had  gone  to  the  Misses 
Day  to  borrow  a  spade — had  knocked  up- 
on the  door— had  walked  in  full  view  of  the 
windows.  Ah,  but  why  had  he  not  told 
about  it  afterwards?  Why  did  he  not 
speak  up  now,  and  tell  Worth  Acre?  How 
mingled  is  the  good  and  evil  in  one's  life! 
How  hard  to  tell  where  praise  should  end 
and  censure  begin!  Worth  was  greatly 
troubled  to  see  that  the  little  musician 
had  no  appetite.  Arthur  ate  what  he 
could  to  please  his  friend.  The  appetite 
of  the  blacksmith  was  marvelous.  Nothing 
could  long  stand  before  it.  The  pyramid 
sank  to  the  level  of  the  plain,  the  beefsteak 
vanished,  the  biscuits  seemed  to  the  be- 
wildered eyes  of  the  conscience-stricken 
youth  to  roll  after  each  other  like  revolv- 
ing wheels.  Everything  was  presently 
gone  but  a  little  strawberry  preserves  and 
Worth  Acre.  Even  the  old  gentleman  had 
disappeared— not,  however,  down  the  ca- 
pacious throat  of  Worth  Acre,  but  into  a 
small  chamber  next  the  dining-room  where 
the  old  gentleman  slept.  "We  will  go  to 
our  room,  now,"  said  the  blacksmith, 
"though  I  am  sorry  you  couldn't  eat  any- 
thing. Grandpa  always  goes  to  bed  as 
soon  as  he's  had  supper.  He  says  eating 
gives  him  strength  to  get  to  sleep.  It 
takes  more  strength  to  sleep  than  some 
people  imagine." 

They  went  into  the  court  and  entered 
Worth  Acre's  bedroom. As  on  previous  even- 
ings, Worth  drew  his  big  arm-chair  into  the 
doorway  that  the  summer  draught  might 
cool  his  heated  body.  "I'm  mighty  anx- 
ious for  those  health  magazines  to  come," 
he  remarked.  "They're  full  of  funny  little 
gymnastics  and  one-two-three  exercises  for 
generating  blood.  You've  got  to  eat 
more,  young  man,  if  you  expect  to  swing 
on  to  this  world  very  long.  But  what  do 
you  think  of  the  old  gentleman?" 

Arthur  with  difficulty  detached  his 
thoughts  from  the  white  cock.     "Sir?" 

"My  grandfather  imagines  himself  King 
Louis  XVI  of  France,"  Worth  explained, 
slowly  rising  and  going  toward  the  desk 
that  stood  in  the  corner  of  the  room  next 
the  great  bed.  "He  thinks  he's  being 
kept  here  till  the  day  of  execution.  He 
en-joys  it  immensely."  He  opened  the 
desk  and  began  rattling  some  papers. 

"King  of  France!"  echoed  Arthur. 
"What  a  curious  notion— and  for  an  Amer- 
ican!" 

"Oh,  well,  it 'might  as  well  be  that 
notion  as  any  other.  I  like  to  see  a  man 
live  up  to  his  notion,  whatever  it  is.     I  live 


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up  to  mine— it's  blacksmithing.  He  lives 
up  to  his  handsomely — and  I  want  you 
to  stay  with  yours  and  be  a  great  mu- 
sician some  day." 

He  came  back  to  his  chair,  carrying  a 
large  photograph.  Arthur  ventured,  "I 
heard  him  ask  about  his  wife  and  chil- 
dren." 

The  blacksmith  uttered  a  sound  akin  to 
a  grunt  and  placed  the  photograph  upon 
his  knee  so  that  the  lamplight  could  fali 
upon  it.     He  gazed  down  thoughtfully. 

"Of  course,"  said  Arthur,  "he  imagines 
his  wife  is  still  living.  He  would  have  to 
think  that  or  he  couldn't  be  Louis  XVI. 
Otherwise  he'd  have  to  be  some  other 
king." 

"Well,  it  oughtn't  to  strain  him  to  be- 
lieve it,"  returned  Worth,  "for  she's  liv- 
ing, all  right,  and  a  son  and  daughter, 
too,  as  far  as  that  goes." 

"Oh,  Mr.  Acre!"  exclaimed  Arthur  in 
amazement.  "But  I  understood — But  Miss 
Lizzie  Day  told  Mace  that  you  are  all  he 
has  in  the  world." 

"Guess  that's  true,"  said  Worth  briefly. 
"Come  here  and  look  at  this  picture,  my 
boy."  Arthur  came  shyly  to  his  side  and 
looked  down  upon  the  photograph  of  a 
young  lady  dressed  in  white,  with  a  white 
roll  of  parchment  in  one  hand  and  a  basket 
of  flowers  in  the  other.  "I  like  that  face," 
he  said,  impulsively.  "It  is  so  like  what  I 
want,  sometimes.  I  seem  to  have  seen  her 
somewhere." 

"Yes,"  said  Worth  Acre  softly,  still 
looking  at  the  picture  as  he  held  it  upon 
his  knee,  "you've  struck  the  right  words. 
Her  face  is  just  that  something  every  good 
man  wants.  Shall  I  tell  you  about  her? 
Sit  down  and  be  comfortable.  She  looked 
this  way  twenty  years  ago.  She  was  18. 
This  is  her  graduating  dress.  There  was 
a  young  fellow  in  town  who  just  loved 
her— that's  all!  He  was  a  blacksmith,  like 
me.  We  were  intimate,  that  blacksmith 
and  I.  He  told  me  all  about  it.  They 
were  engaged  to  be  married.  But  she  had 
folks.     There's  nothing  like  having  folks 


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In  time.    Sold  by  druggists. 


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for  having  trouble."  The  blacksmith 
spoke  these  short  sentences  with  little 
pauses  between,  all  the  time  looking  at  the 
picture.  "Her  folks  objected  to  the  black- 
smith's trade.  Wouldn't  have  her  marry- 
ing, with  all  her  education  and  refinement, 
unless  she  married  a  lawyer  or  doctor  or 
something  like  that.  My  friend  stood  by 
his  guns.  He  was  a  blacksmith  and  a  good 
one,  and  he  couldn't  be  anything  else  with 
half  a  heart.  Then  what  do  you  think 
Clarabella  St.  Clair  did?  She  married 
him— that's  what  she  did!  Would  you 
have  thought  it?" 

Arthur  looked  at  the  picture  again  and 
shook  his  head.  "No,  she  looks  so  geatle 
and  mild  and — and  like  she  would  never  do 
anything  to  hurt  her  family." 

"Well,"  said  Worth  emphatically,  "what 
about  hurting  her  lover?  Wouldn't  she 
care  about  thatl 

"As  long  as  he  was  just  her  lover,"  said 
Arthur,  "he  wouldn't  be  in  the  family, 
you  know.  She  don't  look  to  me  like  a 
lady  who  would  marry  and  hurt  her  fam- 
ily." 

"She  did  marry  though!"  cried  Worth 
obstinately.  "She  married  my  friend, 
Clarabella  St.  Clair  did.  She  left  her  sis- 
ters and  the  rest  of  her  folks  and  went  to 
live  with  him  in  the  back  of  his  shop,  and 
she  thought  the  sound  of  his  hammer  was 
like  music.  She  just  put  aside  all  of  her 
life  that  would  have  stood  in  the  way. 
And  she  was  happy.  You  needn't  think 
she  ever  regrets  leaving  all  her  old  life. 
She  never  does  regret!"  cried  Worth  fas  if 
expecting  Arthur  to  contradict.  "No,  sir! 
She's  contented.  Let  me  tell  youfwhy: 
She  loves  him.  Haven't  they  lived  to- 
gether now  twenty  years?  She's  thirty- 
eight,  but  she  looks  just  like  this  picture. 
Talk  about  married-life  being  the  thing! 
You  ought  to  see  them  together.  He  is  as 
proud  of  her  as  if  she  were  a  queen.  And 
in  spite  of  nis  trade,  in  spite  of  his  leather 
apron  «nd  sooty  hands,  she's  as  proud  of 
him  as  if  he  were— as  if  he  were  Louis  XVI, 
barricades  and  all."  Worth  Acre  was 
glowing  with  the  energy  not  to  say  com- 
bativeness  of  his  speech.  He  looked  at 
the  you'h  as  if  to  ask,  "What  have  you  to 
say  to  all  this,  sir?" 

"I  suppose  it  is  her  love,"  said  Arthur 
softly.  "When  we  love,  nothing  else  mat- 
ters.    Where  do  they  live?" 

"They  live—"  Worth  paused  a  moment, 
then  said,  "they  live  in  Reevetown  of  this 
state."  He  gave  a  sudden  chuckle.  "I 
go  to  see  her  every  once  in  awhile.  Well, 
I  should  think  so!  Man,  you  ought  to  see 
their  daughter.  She's  about  your  age. 
She's  the  prettiest  girl  in  Missouri,  and 
she  adores  me;  calls  me  'Uncle  Worth', 
you  know  and  pshaw!  you  might  say  I 
nursed  her  from  a  baby;  looks  like  this 
picture;  the  image  of  her  mother  Clara- 
bella. She  has  an  old-fashioned  name- 
Lizzie.  I  like  it,  though.  They  wanted  to 
name  her  'Lizzie.'  I  said,  'Just  go  ahead, 
those  old  names  mean  the  most,  anyhow. 
I  never  cared  much  for  Clarabella.'  " 

"That  reminds  me,"  cried  Arthur,  "that 
this  picture  is  something  like  Miss  Lizzie 
Day.    Are  they  related?" 

"Oh,  no,  indeed!  No  kin  at  all.  Miss 
Lizzie  Day  never  heard  of  my  friend,  I 
promise  you.  But  I  like  to  talk  about  him 
and  his  wife  and  my  god-daughter,  Lizzie 
—I've  never  talked  much  about  them. 
But  111  use  you,  now  that  you're  to  stay 
here." 

"I   would   like   to    ask,"    said   Arthur, 
"where  old  Mr.  Acre's  wife  and  children 
live." 
"His    wife   and    daughter    are   in    New 


York,"  said  Worth  absently,  "and  his  son 
lives    in  Denver.     They're  fine  people,  as 
fine   as   Clarabella  St.    Clair's.     They  all 
knew  each  other.  But  they've  had  nothing 
to  do  with  Clarabella  and   my  friend  since 
the  marriage.    Clarabella  has  the  peace- 
fulest blue  eyes  you  ever  imagined.     And 
when  they  are  all  lit  up  and  sparkling  with 
curious  little  points  of  light — like  the  sun 
shining  on  a  pool  when  the  wind  is  blow- 
ing—she looks   that    way   when    the  gate 
clicks  and  her  husband  comes  home   from 
his  work.     For  they  no  longer  live  in  the 
shop,  dear  me,  no!     He  has  done  pretty 
well    in    the   world,    shoeing    horses    and 
mending  wagons.     And  never  lonesome— 
what  do  you  think  of  that?     Pshaw!  how 
could  he  be  lonesome  with  her?     No  sitting 
alone  at  night  brooding  and  remembering! 
What's   the  use   his   remembering  things? 
There  she  sits  to  look  at  nonv— nothing  in 
the  past  is  sweeter  than  that!  Why,  before 
you  came  here,  I  passed  most  of  my  nights 
before  bedtime,  here  in  the  doorway  in  my 
armchair,  remembering — drawing   up   old 
ideas  from  the  past — just  like  letting  down 
a  hook  into  a  well;  I'd  lower  my  memory- 
rope   and   bring   up    whatever  it   caught. 
Sometimes  nothing  but  old  tin  cups;  some- 
times little  words  and  smiles;  sometimes  I 
could  get  back  almost  entire  a  feeling  of 
twenty  years  ago.     I'd  close  my  eyes  and 
see     Clarabella     reading    her    graduating 
essay  on  'Hope.'    And  I'd  feel  her  hand — 
she  liked  me,  you  understand.     Well,  my 
friend  the  blacksmith  never  has  to  content 
himself   with   such  dreaming  and  pining. 
Why,    man,    she's   his   wife!    You  under- 
stand?— his  wife!  The  folks  tried  to  prevent 
it,    but   they  couldn't."     Worth  spoke  so 
exultantly  of  the  heroine  of  his  story  being 
the   blacksmith's    wife  that   Arthur   was 
thrilled  strangely,  and  without  at  all  un- 
derstanding   why,  his  eyes  were  suddenly 


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filled  with  tears.  He  gazed  through  them 
as  through  a  thick  mist  at  the  eloquent 
face  and  the  glowing  brown  eyes  of  his 
companion.  "She  is  his  wife,"  repeated 
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I  might  have  been,  my  boy,  had  I  been 
that  blacksmith,  and  had  Clarabella  been 
as  brave  and  true  as  I  have  said."  He 
rose  and  taking  a  last  look  at  the  photo- 
graph, replaced  it  in  his  desk.  His  last 
words  confused  Arthur,  who  had  divided 
his  thoughts  between  the  blacksmith  and 
his  own  hidden  secret  of  the  slain  fowl. 
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in  Worth  Acre's  life,  and  he  felt  a  passion- 
ate desire  to  bring  some  warmth  of  com- 
radeship to  his  benefactor. 

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Campbell- Hagerman  College,  Lexington, 
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Cotner  University  represents  our  cause  in 
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The  Peace 
Conference. 


The  Japanese  and  Russian  plenipo- 
tentiaries have  been  duly  received  at 
Portsmouth,  N.  H., 
and  have  begun  their 
deliberations.  A  fa- 
vorable impression  was  produced  by 
their  cordial  manners.  It  had  been 
expected  that  they  would  withdraw 
themselves  in  dignified  and  mysterious 
seclusion,  but  they  have  shown  no 
hesitancy  about  moving  among  the 
guests  of  the  hotel  where  they  are 
stopping.  This  is  important,  for  the 
study  of  the  facial  expression  of  the 
envoys  is  about  the  only  source  of  in- 
formation as  to  the  progress  of  the 
negotiations.  In  this  way  it  is  learned 
that  the  Japanese  representatives  look 
as  though  they  are  determined  to 
make  no  concessions  from  their  pre- 
determined demands — Japanese  usu- 
ally look  immovable,  do  they  not? — 
and  M.  Witte  exhibits  a  cheerfulness 
which  is  supposed  to  reflect  his  confi- 
dence that  a  settlement  favorable  to 
Russia  will  be  effected.  This  is  inter- 
esting but  not  very  decisive.  It  is  also 
given  out — on  other  evidence  than 
physiognomy,  we  believe — that  the 
Russian  envoys  have  given  it  out  that 
they  will  accept  no  terms  involving  the 
payment  of  indemnity  or  the  cession 
of  territory.  If  that  is  really  the  case, 
the  peace  conference  will  not  find 
much  to  talk  about,  for  it  is  scarcely 
conceivable  that  Japan  will  be  so 
modest  as  to  be  satisfied  with  the 
suzerainty  over  Korea  and  the  fishing 
rights  of  Sakhalin  Island.  Of  course 
it  must  be  realized,  and  doubtless 
Japan  does  realize,  that  Russia  is  not 
flat  on  her  back,  as  France  was  at  the 
close  of  the  Franco-Prussian  war. 
The  present  war  has  been  in  the  main, 
as  Russia  claims,  a  colonial  war, 
scarcely  touching  the  empire  itself. 
But,  as  we  have  said  before,  the  points 
which  were  at  issue  when  the  war  be- 
gan have  been  decided  wholly  against 
Russia,  and  she  ought  to  pay  the  costs 
of  the  case. 


Yellow 
Fever. 


The  yellow  fever  quarantine  has  de- 
veloped trouble  almost  as  serious  as 
the  fever  itself.  The 
friction  between  Lou- 
isiana and  Mississip- 
pi has  been  fairly  smoothed  over  by 
the  recession  of  the  authorities  of  the 
latter  state  from  their  position,  and 
the  danger  of  a  clash  of  arms  between 
the  militia  of  these  two  states  seems 
to  be  wholly  passed.  But  as  the  fever 
continues  without  abatement,  an  al- 
most chaotic  condition  is   developing 


within  Louisiana.  Transportation  has 
been  greatly  impeded  by  the  foolish 
and  unnecessary  restrictions  created 
by  local  health  boards,  citizens'  mass 
meetings,  etc.  The  state  board  of 
health,  by  a  proclamation  issued  last 
week,  prohibited  any  town  or  parish 
from  refusing  admission  to  persons 
from  non-infected  regions  holding 
proper  health  certificates,  or  to  persons 
from  infected  communities  who  have 
spent  the  required  six  days  in  a  deten- 
tion camp.  Steamboats  and  trains 
which  have  not  violated  state  quaran- 
tine regulations  must  not  be  inter- 
fered with.  Civil  action  will  be  taken 
against  persons  who  designed  this 
proclamation  and  if  necessary  the 
militia  will  be  called  out.  It  is  not  to 
be  wondered  at  that  people  get  pan- 
icky in  a  time  of  epidemic,  but  it  is 
time  for  the  people  in  the  region  liable 
to  be  visited  by  yellow  fever  to  learn 
a  few  of  the  more  elementary  facts 
about  that  disease  and  the  means  by 
which  it  is  communicated.  There  is  a 
good^deal  of  wholly  gratuitous  trouble 
made  about  the  matter  of  quarantine. 
Perhaps  if  the  federal  forces  could 
occupy  Louisiana  as  they  did  Cuba  we 
could  succeed  in  cleaning  up  and 
eradicating  yellow  fever  from  New 
Orleans  as  from  Havana. 

« 
So  illogical  and  indefensible  in  the- 
ory and  so  confusing  and  absurd  in 
practice  is  the  present 
Chinese  exclusion  act 
that  a  revision  of  it  is 
inevitable.  We  have  not  been  able  to 
take  seriously  the.  threatened  boycott 
of  American  goods  in  China.  That 
might  develop  into  an  embarrassing 
matter  for  certain  American  mer- 
chants, but  the  federal  government  is 
not  in  the  habit  of  allowing  itself  to 
be  coerced  by  boycotts,  either  at  home 
or  abroad.  The  effect  of  the  boycott 
is  more  apt  to  be  reactionary  than 
otherwise.  The  exclusion  of  the  Chi- 
nese is  supposed  to  be  primarily  in  the 
interest  of  the  protection  of  the  labor 
market,  especially  on  the  Pacific  coast, 
against  the  competition  of  the  "pau- 
per labor"  of  the  Orient.  That  a  cer- 
tain element  of  organized  labor  does 
clamorously  demand  the  continuance 
of  this  policy  is  obvious.  It  may  be 
doubted,  however,  whether  a  frank  ex- 
pression of  opinion  among  all  the 
working  men  of  the  coast  would  not 
reveal  a  preponderance  of  sentiment 
quite  other  than  what  has  generally 
been  supposed  to  exist.  The  indus- 
trial yellow  peril  of  the  west  is  quite 


Chinese 
Exclusion. 


as  much  of  a  bogie  as  the  military 
yellow  peril  of  Europe.  The  chief 
peril  is  that  we  shall  make  ourselves 
ridiculous  in  our  treatment — and  that 
we  have  been  doing.  There  are  two 
important  defects  in  our  present  legis- 
lation on  the  subject.  One  is  that  it 
seems  impossible  to  enforce  it  prop- 
erly, the  result  being  the  exclusion  of 
high-class  Chinese,  men  of  education 
and  wealth,  who  ought,  by  all  the 
rules  of  international  decency  and 
plain  common  sense,  to  be  admitted. 
The  other  defect  is  that,  even  if  ad- 
ministered perfectly,  the  law  is  unjust, 
one-sided  and  preposterous.  A  new 
treaty  on  the  question  of  immigration 
between  America  and  China  is  now 
under  consideration.  The  draft  of  the 
treaty,  which  is  supposed  to  embody 
the  views  of  the  Chinese  government, 
provides  that  laborers  from  either 
country  shall  be  excluded  from  the 
other,  and  that  Chinese  subjects  and 
American  citizens  who  are  not  labor- 
ers shall  be  permitted  to  pass  freely 
from  one  country  to  the  other.  The 
term  "laborer"  is  defined  so  as  to 
make  it  almost  equivalent  to  unskilled 
laborer.  This  is  a  great  improvement 
on  the  present  plan.  It  has  the  shin- 
ing merit — which  every  good  rule 
should  have — of  working  both  ways. 
There  may  or  may  not  be  any  econom- 
ic reason  why  China  should  wish  to 
exclude  American  laborers.  If  our 
frequent  boast  that  well-paid  Amer- 
ican labor,  by  reason  of  its  superior 
efficiency,  is  really  the  cheapest  labor 
in  the  world,  is  true,  then  perhaps  the 
Chinese  have  as  much  to  gain  by  pro- 
tection from  cheap  (because  efficient) 
American  labor  as  we  have  to  gain 
by  protection  from  cheap  (because 
underpaid)  Chinese  labor.  Anyway, 
China  is  entitled  to  "save  her  face" 
by  excluding  somebody  if  certain  of 
her  people  are  to  be  excluded. 

It  is  always  more  or  less  perilous  to 
suggest  an  extension  of  federal  pre- 
rogatives, for  the 
"states  rights"  feel- 
ing is  still  strong  in 
a  large  element  of  the  country,  but 
there  is  a  good  deal  to  be  said  in  favor 
of  federal  supervision  of  insurance. 
It  is  stated  that  a  report  favoring  such 
a  movement  is  to  be  presented  at  the 
approaching  meeting  of  the  American 
Bar  Association.  The  problem  is  in 
substance  the  same  as  that  of  federal 
control  of  corporations.  It  is  obvious 
that,  under  state  supervision,  there 
will  be  various  degrees  of   strictness 


Federal  In- 
surance Laws. 


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August  17,  1905 


in  control  and  that  the  policyholder, 
unless  he  is  a  specialist  in  insurance, 
is  always  apt  to  be  more  or  less  un- 
certain as  to  the  exact  protection 
which  the  law  gives  him.  On  the 
other  hand,  federal  control  means 
greater  uniformity,  either  for  good  or 
ill.  But  there's  the  rub.  It  may  be 
for  ill.  If  the  system  of  inspection, 
after  it  has  been  unified,  fails  through 
incapacity  or  dishonest}'  of  its  ad- 
ministrators, the  ruin  is  correspond- 
ingly greater.  It  is  not  likely  that  all 
the  state  legislatures  and  all  the  state 
insurance  inspectors  will  unite  in  one 
unanimous  conspiracy  of  weak  legisla- 
tion and  incompetent  or  corrupt  ad- 
ministration, but  it  is  equally  im- 
probable that  they  will  ever  all  be 
thoroughly  wise  and  able  at  once  in 
their  handling  of  insurance  matters. 
Federal  control  would  produce  results 
either  consideraby  better  or  notably 
worse.  Apart  from  its  constitutional 
bearings  (which  must  be  settled 
by  the  supreme  court  and  not  by 
the  newspapers),  the  issue  between 
state  and  federal  control  of  corpora- 
tions, insurance,  divorce,  etc.,  re- 
solves itself  into  the  question  whether 
we  shall  follow  the  old  adage  and  not 
put  all  our  eggs  in  one  basket,  or 
shall  take  Pudd'nhead  Wilson's  re- 
vision of  the  motto — "Pat  all  your 
eggs  in  one  basket,  and  watch  that 
basket." 


The  Pope 
and  America. 


In  receiving  a  delegation  of  Ameri- 
can pilgrims  recently,  the  Pope,  after 
graciously  permitting 
each  member  of  the 
party  to  kiss  his 
hand,  declared  that  he  loved  all  Amer- 
icans, even  Protestants,  because  of 
the  liberty  which  the  church  enjoys  in 
this  country.  The  Vatican  never  can 
get  quite  used  to  our  large  and  liberal 
way  of  treating  religions  in  America. 
It  is  so  perfectly  simple  that  it  is  a 
wonder  that  it  is  not  readily  compre- 
hended. Our  government  simply  has 
nothing  to  do  with  the  churches. 
There  is  no  occasion  for  special  grati- 
tude or  affection  on  the  part  of  the 
Pope.  We  do  not  give  liberty  to  the 
Catholic  church  in  America  because 
we  believe  it  is  a  good  thing  or  have 
any  partiality  for  it,  but  because  we 
believe  in  complete  liberty  of  con- 
science and  worship.  If  the  outcome 
is  gratifying  to  His  Holiness,  the 
thing  for  him  to  do  is  not  to  declare 
his  gratitude  and  love  for  Americans, 
but  to  express  his  approval  of  the 
principle  of  separation  between  church 
and  state,  to  which  is  due  the  condi- 
tion for  which  he  is  so  grateful.  The 
trouble  is  that  if  he  should  do  this  he 
would  be  giving  up  the  fight  for 
special  privileges  for  the  Catholic 
church  in  France  and  Italy  and  else- 
where. What  the  Vatican  really  wants 
is  not  the  universal  extension  of  com- 
plete religious  freedom— such  as  it 
professes  to  admire  in  this  country— 
but  special  privileges  for  Romanism 
wherever   they  can  be  gotten,  and  re- 


ligious liberty  everywhere  else.  In 
the  interview  above  referred  to,  the 
Pope  also  said,  "America  has  a  good 
right  to  be  called  the  eldest  daughter 
of  the  church."  We  waive  the  right, 
if  we  have  it.  We  don't  want  to  be 
called  the  eldest  daughter  of  the 
church — at  least  of  the  Catholic 
church,  which  is  the  only  church  Pius 
recognizes.  Indeed,  America  is  so  far 
from  acknowledging  any  filial  obliga- 
tion to  the  church  that  it  gives  the 
same  treatment  (that  is  to  say,  no 
treatment  at  all,)  to  all  sects  alike, 
Catholic,  Mormon,  Methodist,  Bud- 
dhist, Baptist  and  all  the  others,  good, 
bad  and  indifferent.  If  Mr.  Pius 
pleases,  will  he  kindly  be  less  patron- 
izing in  his  references  to  America. 


Law  versus 
Business. 


The  answer  of  the  Santa  Fe  railroad 
in  the  suit  filed  against  it  for  con- 
tempt of  court  in 
violating  the  injunc- 
tion against  granting 
rebates,  contains  some  remarkably  in- 
teresting features.  It  tells  the  story 
of  the  rebate  business  so  far  as  that 
road  is  concerned.  It  denies  that  re- 
bates were  granted  after  the  injunction 
was  issued,  but  admits  that  the  road 
had  been  granting  secret  rebates  be- 
fore that  time.  The  granting  of  re- 
bates on  freight  rates  was  unlawful 
even  then,  but  the  competition  was 
keen,  it  was  strongly  suspected  that 
other  roads  were  secretly  giving  re- 
bates to  large  customers,  and  so,  "to 
protect  its  business  and  get  its  share 
of  the  freight,"  the  same  tactics  were 
adopted.  It  is  claimed  that  the  prac- 
tice was  discontinued  when  the  in- 
junction was  issued.  The  Santa  Fe  is 
not  a  sinner  above  others  in  this  mat- 
ter, and  there  is  little  occasion  to  sin- 
gle it  out  for  criticism.  It  was  simply 
practicing  a  policy  which  is  prevalent 
in  the  business  world.  The  theory  is 
that  a  corporation's  first  duty  is  "to 
protect  its  business  and  get  its  share 
of  the  freight,"  to  meet  competition 
and  prosper.  As  a  rule,  of  course,  it 
should  obey  the  laws,  especially  when 
these  do  not  interfere  with  business, 
but  business  is  to  be  considered  first. 
It  is  the  modern  form  of  the  old  fallacy 
that  "a  man  must  live."  The  assump- 
tion of  that  adage  always  was  that  a 
man  was  justified  in  doing  anything 
which  might  be  necessary  to  enable 
him  to  live.  In  fact,  it  was  doubtless 
coined  as  an  excuse  for  actions  which 
could  be  excused  only  on  the  plea  of 
necessity.  The  genealogy  of  the  dic- 
tum runs  straight  back  to  Satan's 
famous  remark,  "All  that  a  man  hath 
will  he  give  for  his  life." 


The  following  contribution  to  the 
subject  of  the  influence  of  women  on 
politics  and  govern- 
ment, in  the  New 
York  Mail,  was  sug- 
gested by  an  article  in  the  Paris  Nou- 
velle  Revue,  the  writer  of  which  de- 
clares that  the  world-wide  ambition  of 


Female 
Imperialism. 


American  women  and  the  complete 
devotion  of  American  men  to  the  ful- 
fillment of  their  wishes,  are  the  springs 
which  move  us  in  all  our  imperial  ex- 
pansion. It  quite  carries  us  back  to 
the  days  of  chivalry  to  read  that 
"Yankee  imperialism  describes  circles 
of  warlike  conquest  and  moral  influ- 
ence about  the  earth,"  in  order  that 
the  world  may  be  laid  at  the  feet  of 
the  American  woman.  The  Mail  enters 
into  the  spirit  of  the  thing  with  the 
following  comment: 

There  is  much  to  bear  out  this  view, 
when  one  looks  around  him.  Every  one 
knows  that  the  German  entente  was 
established  when  Miss  Roosevelt  christ- 
ened the  kaiser's  yacht.  The  St.  Peters- 
burg journalists  suspect  that  her  visit  to 
Japan  is  the  first  step  to  a  formal  alliance 
between  Asia  and  America.  We  went  to 
war  with  Spain  and  acquired  our  "em- 
pire" on  the  seas  because  we  were  indig- 
nant over  the  imprisonment  of  Miss  Evan- 
geline Cisneros.  The  annexation  of  Hawaii 
was  due  to  a  desire  to  make  an  American 
citizen  of  Queen  Liliuokalaui.  Our  chief 
trouble  in  digging  the  Panama  canal  has 
been  to  find  an  engineer  whose  wife  would 
let  him  live  on  the  isthmus. 

Let  us  get  away  from  these  small  speci- 
fications. Our  army  is  kept  up  to  full 
numbers  because  the  feminine  enthusiasm 
for  a  uniform  inspires  American  boys  to 
enlist  or  to  go  to  West  Point.  Our  navy 
exists  in  order  to  exchange  hospitalities 
with  the  gracious  women  of  Newport  and 
Bar  Harbor.  The  ambition  of  our  bright 
married  women  induces  men  to  give  up 
business  and  embark  on  a  public  career  at 
Washington.  It  is  the  embattled  women 
of  this  country  who  are  conducting  "the 
American  invasion"  of  the  world. 

All  this  may  be  true,  but  just  the 
same  the  number  of  American  men 
who  will  give  their  seats  to  women  in 
the  street  car  continues  to  be  painfully 
small. 

ft 

There  occasionally  arises  a  popular 
discussion  as  to  what  should  be 
who*  «h««i.i        taught   in  the  public 

U     T         ™  SCh00lS-       Ab0Ut    half' 

Be  Taught.  if  not  more,  of  the  par- 

ticipants in  such  a  discussion  will  be 
substantial  business  men  who  lament 
the  decadence  of  modern  education 
and  sigh  for  the  return  of  the  good 
old  days  when  the  blue-back  spelling 
book  was  the  chief  instrument  of 
civilization,  and  every  school  went  into 
session  as  a  spelling-bee  on  Friday 
afternoon.  "What  we  want,"  they  say, 
"is  more  imphasis  on  the  three  Rs 
and  less  of  the  fads  and  frills  that 
encumber  the  modern  school  curric- 
ulum." Of  course  reading  and 
writing  must  always  be  a  funda- 
mental part  of  elementary  educa- 
tion, but  these  are  only  the  tools  and 
not  the  thing  itself.  The  modern 
theory  of  education  is  surely  right 
when  it  maintains  that  the  child  is 
entitled  to  some  of  the  real  joys 
and  beauties  of  education  before  he 
has  waded  through  eight  years  of 
disciplinary  grind  and  learned  to  hate 
it  all.  Here  is  the  educational  value 
of  that  nature  study,  that  work  with 
the  birds  and  flowers,  which  has  its 
economic  value  in  the  production  of 
larger  and  more  profitable  crops. 


August  17,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


J053 


Pressing  Toward  the  Mark. 

It  is  a  good  plan  in  every  great  and 
worthy  undertaking  to  set  marks  for 
ourselves  and  strive  to  reach  them. 
Such  a  mark  is  fixed  for  us  in  our 
Christian  calling  in  the  life  and  char- 
acter of  Christ.  Of  that,  however,  we 
are  not  now  to  speak.  We  have  in 
mind  the  marks  we  set  before  us  in 
our  Christian  work  to  which  we  hope 
to  arrive  at  certain  times.  For  in- 
stance, the  brethren  having  in  charge 
the  Church  Extension  department  of 
our  missionary  work  have  fixed  the 
mark  of  a  half  million  dollars  to  be 
reached  this  year,  that  is  to  say,  by 
the  close  of  the  September  offering. 
This  will  make  a  very  handsome  be- 
ginning in  a  great  enterprise.  When 
we  reach  it  we  will  feel  that  we  have 
attained  a  solid  footing  where  we  may 
gird  ourselves  for  the  million  mark. 
It  is  by  no  means  an  impossible  or  a 
difficult  mark  to  reach — this  half  mil- 
lion by  September  next.  We  have  al- 
ready passed  $450,000  and  are  press- 
ing on  the  last  stretch  for  the  shining 
mark  of  a  half  million.  There  is  every 
indication  that  it  will  be  reached. 

Some  of  the  reasons  for  this  confi- 
dent prophecy  are  as  follows:  Many  of 
our  churches  who  have  been  standing 
aloof  from  this  good  work  or  gave 
only  occasionally  are  going  to  become 
regulars  and  fall  into  line  to  round 
out  that  half  million.  And  then  the 
churches  that  constitute  the  "Old 
Guard"  are  going  to  put  forth  a  little 
more  effort  this  year  in  order  that  we 
may  not  be  disappointed  in  reaching 
the  mark  designated.  And  finally,  we 
should  not  wonder  if  a  number  of  men 
of  means,  seeing  what  a  splendid  in- 
vestment Church  Extension  offers, 
will  give  amounts  sufficient  for  the 
establishment  of  "loan  funds." 

It  is  to  be  regretted  that  on  account 
of  the  convention  coming  earlier  than 
usual  we  shall  not  have  the  inspiration 
of  the  announcement  of  having  reached 
the  half  million  at  San  Francisco,  but 
the  best  substitute  for  that  will  be  the 
assurance  from  signs  which  are  mul- 
tiplying that  it  will  be  reached  by  the 
September  offering.  We  are  giving 
considerable  space  this  week  to  this 
important  work,  because  we  believe  it 
to  be  very  vitally  connected  with  our 
future  permanent  growth  and  develop- 
ment. We  invite  attention  to  what  is 
herein  said  by  the  Church  Extension 
secretary,  and  by  other  contributors, 
and  we  sincerely  trust  that  the  watch- 
word, "A  Half  Million  Dollars  for 
Church  Extension  by  the  close  of  Sep- 
tember," will  be  adopted  by  all  the 
churches,  and  that  under  its  inspira- 
tion we  may  reach  and  pass  in  tri- 
umph the  mark  which  has  been  set  be- 
fore us— A  Half  Million  for  Church 
Extension,  by  the  close  of  our  Current 
Missionary  Year. 


The  Significance  of  National 
Conventions. 

We  often  overlook  the  significance 
of  familiar  things.  Our  national  con- 
ventions come  every  year  and  there  is 
danger  that  this  very  frequency  may 
blind  us  to  their  deepest  meaning. 
The  coming  together  of  busy  men  and 
women  from  all  parts  of  our  great 
country  to  spend  a  week  together  in 
council  pertaining  to  the  advance- 
ment of  the  kingdom  of  God  is  a  phe- 
n  omenon  worthy  of  being  studied. 
What  is  the  significance  of  our  annual 
National  Christian  Missionary  Con- 
vention? 

In  the  first  place  it  is  a  refutation  of 
the  charge  sometimes  made  that  Chris- 
tianity is  a  waning  power,  and  that 
old-fashioned  faith  in  the  divinity  of 
Christ  and  in  the  inspiration  and  au- 
thority of  the  Scriptures  is  a  rare 
thing.  There  will  be  gathering  in 
San  Francisco  this  week  and  part  of 
next,  thousands  of  men  and  women 
who  have  traveled  long  distances  at 
their  own  expense,  to  attend  and  par- 
ticipate in  a  convention  that  has  no 
pecuniary  rewards  or  earthly  honors 
to  distribute,  but  whose  sole  concern 
is  to  extend  the  reign  of  Christ  over 
this  earth.  Nothing  short  of  genuine 
faith  in  a  living,  personal  God,  who 
has  revealed  himself  through  his  own 
Son,  and  is  carrying  forward  the  work 
of  human  redemption  through  the 
agency  of  his  Holy  Spirit,  could  have 
brought  these  people  from  their 
homes  to  attend  such  a  convention. 

Such  a  convention  attests  the  social 
character  of  Christianity.  It  draws 
men  together  in  associated  effort  for 
the  promotion  of  human  good.  It 
recognizes  the  value  of  unity  and  of 
co-operation,  both  on  economic  and 
moral  grounds.  If  Christianity  were 
a  religion  in  which  every  man  cared 
for  himself  alone,  without  the  al- 
truistic impulse,  such  a  convention 
would  be  impossible.  Christ's  re- 
ligion teaches  the  strong  to  bear  the 
burdens  of  the  weak,  and  lays  the  bur- 
den of  obligation  on  those  who  have 
received  to  impart  to  those  who  have 
not.  In  other  words,  it  has  horizontal 
as  well  as  vertical  dimensions.  It 
shows  its  love  for  God  in  its  efforts  to 
save  and  elevate  men. 

Such  a  convention,  made  up  of  rep- 
resentatives of  a  religious  movement 
that  discards  all  authoritative  human 
creeds  and  accepts  Christ  as  its  only 
Leader,  and  the  New  Testament  as  its 
only  guide,  is  a  demonstration  of  the 
practicability  of  building  churches 
upon  the  New  Testament  basis  and 
having  them  held  together  in  a  united, 
aggressive  movement  by  the  cohesive 
power  of  a  common  faith  in  a  common 
Lord.  This  may  seem  now  to  be  a 
commonplace  truth,  but  the  time  was, 
not  long  ago,  when  the  practicability 
of  such  an  undertaking  was  stoutly 
denied,  and  any  such  attempt  was 
characterized  as  Utopian  and  imprac- 
ticable. But  in  the  presence  of  such 
a  religious  movement   as   that   of  the 


Disciples  of  Christ,  whose  representa- 
tives are  gathering  in  San  Francisco 
this  week,  with  their  membership  of  a 
million  and  a  quarter,  with  their  mis- 
sionary stations  girdling  the  globe, 
with  their  missionary  societies,  re- 
ligious journals,  colleges  and  benevo- 
lent institutions,  such  a  denial  is  im- 
possible. 

It  is  not  without  significance  that 
this  great  convention  of  one  of  the 
leading  religious  bodies  of  the  country 
meets  for  the  first  time  in  its  history 
on  the  western  shore  of  our  great  con- 
tinent. It  accentuates  the  fact  that 
the  seeds  of  religious  reformation  have 
been  carried  thither  along  the  lines  of 
migration  and  by  the  heroic  labors  of 
the  home  missionaries,  until  all  along 
the  coast  states  there  are  numerous 
churches  holding  up  the  banner  of  re- 
ligious reform  and  pleading  for  a  re- 
turn to  the  simplicity,  unity  and  power 
of  the  Christianity  of  Christ.  No 
more  united  are  the  sister  states  of 
our  federal  union  in  one  great  nation- 
ality than  the  churches  east  and  west, 
north  and  south,  in  a  common  effort 
to  unite  the  people  of  God  on  a  com- 
mon basis  of  faith,  and  to  extend  the 
saving  power  of  the  gospel  to  all 
nations. 

The  convention  meets  at  a  time  of 
unprecedented  activity  in  all  lines  of 
social  and  political  reform  and  an  tin- 
equaled  exposure  of  corruption  and 
dishonesty  in  municipal  government, 
and  in  many  of  the  great  industrial 
enterprises  of  the  day.  Such  a  con- 
vention at  such  a  time  emphasizes  the 
truth  that  it  is  only  the  religion  of 
Christ  that  can  purify  our  industrial  and 
political  life  and  establish  righteous- 
ness and  justice  in  all  our  private 
and  public  enterprises.  The  enact- 
ment of  just  laws  and  the  enforcement 
of  these  laws  have  an  important  part 
to  play  in  these  needed  reformations, 
but  beneath  them  all,  and  at  the  bot- 
tom of  all,  is  the  purifying  and  en- 
nobling influence  of  Christianity,  for 
the  advancement  of  which  this  great 
convention  has  assembled. 


Questions  and  Answers. 

1.  Do  you  claim  that  any  influence  of 
the  Holy  Spirit  exerted  now  is  inspiration? 

2.  Do  you  make  any  difference  between 
such  inspiration  and  inspiration  in  the 
apostolic  age?     If  so,  what  difference? 

3.  My  position:  (a)  No  inspiration  since 
the  apostolic  age  such  as  was  exerted  on 
human  spirits  in  Bible  times. 

(b)  Spirit  alone  in  inspiration  and  reve- 
lation. 

{c)  Word  alone  in  the  work  that  religion 
now  does  for  men.  Clark  Bradex. 

1.  Certainly  not,  in  the  sense  in 
which  we  speak  of  the  inspiration  of 
the  Scriptures. 

2.  Most  assuredly,  we  do  make  a 
difference.  It  is  a  difference  both  in 
degree  and  in  purpose.  The  apos- 
tles were  inspired  for  a  special  pur- 
pose, namely,  to  convey  to  the  world 
an  adequate  report  of  Christ's  life, 
teaching    and    works,   and   to    estab- 


1054 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  17,  190S 


lish  his  church,  and  they  received  a 
supply  of  the  Spirit  sufficient  to  qual- 
ify them  for  that  work.  This  work 
does  not  need  to  be  repeated  in  our 
age,  and  hence  no  gift  of  the  Spirit 
adapted  to  that  work  is  needed.  But  of 
course  Christians  are  now  inspired  in 
a  secondary  sense,  to  the  extent  that 
they  are  under  the  influence  and  guid- 
ance of  the  Holy  Spirit;  but  never  to 
the  decree  that  justifies  any  rejection 
of,  or  departure  from,  the  revelation 
given  us  through  the  apostles,  which 
is  our  authoritative  guide. 

As  to  the  three  statements  in 
which  Brother  Braden  states  his  posi- 
tion, the  first  is  of  course  accepted. 
As  to  the  second  and  third  they  are  al- 
most incredible,  as  coming  from  a 
teacher  in  Israel  of  the  age,  experience, 
and  ability  of  the  writer.  To  assert 
that  the  apostles  were  not  inspired  by 
the  marvelous  life,  teaching  and  works 
of  Jesus, 'and  that  the  Holy  Spirit  did 
not  use  thesejin  preparing  the  apostles 
for  their  work,  is  wholly  unbelievable, 
being  contrary  both  to  reason  and 
Scripture.  No  less  incredible  is  the 
statement  that  the  Holy  Spirit  now 
does  not  work  through  the  lives  of 
others  as  Jesus  positively  affirmed 
(Matt.  5:16),  through  God's  provi- 
dences, and  human  experiences,  as 
well  as  through  the  word.  We  are 
glad,  however,  that  Brother  Braden 
has  stated  his  position  so  clearly  and 
baldly  that  norone  can  misunderstand 
it.  It  is  this  position  that  we  antag- 
onize, believing  its  ultimate  fruit  to  be 
a  dead  legalism  that  is  as  loveless  and 
lifeless  as  the  literalism  of  the  Phari- 
sees in  the  time  of  Christ. 


Notes  and  Comments. 

Bishop  O'Connor,  a  Roman  Catholic 
bishop  of  New  Jersey,  in  a  late  bacca- 
laureate sermon  advised  that  "every 
woman,  no  matter  what  her  wealth  or 
position  in  society,  should  at  least  for 
a  time  become  self-supporting  in  some 
field  of  modern  usefulness."  He  sug- 
gested teaching  as  "the  noblest  pro- 
fession and  that  in  which  she  might 
be  of  most  use  to  humanity,"  but  adds 
this  healthful  warning  which  is  as 
good  for  Protestants  as  for  Roman 
Catholics: 

Above  all  things,  I  would  warn  you 
against  becoming  that  greatest  of  modern 
pests,  the  idle  society  woman,  who  devotes 
her  time  to  the  performance  of  what  she 
calls  social  duties  or  following  after  social 
pleasures. 

0 
Some  men  and  some  religious  papers 
look  out  at  the  world  and  at  human 
life  through  a  very  small  key-hole. 
The  Christian  Leader  and  The  Way 
of  Cincinnati,  has  an  article  on  mis- 
sionary work  which  begins  with  this 
sentence:  "L'ntil  fourteen  years  ago 
no  missionary  work  had  been  done  by 
the  churches  in  foreign  lands."  We 
supposed  there  had  been  at  least  a 
century  of  mission  work  in  foreign 
lands   by  the   churches,  but  the  lens 


through  which  this  scribe  is  looking 
does  not  admit  to  his  vision  anything 
further  back  than  fourteen  years. 
How  people  impoverish  their  own  lives 
by  lack  of  vision,  because  they  have 
shut  themselves  up  in  narrow  little 
prison  houses,  made  of  their  own  prej- 
udices and  uncharitableness! 

o 

Speaking  to  the  question,  "Are  sin- 
ners' prayers  heard?"  the  Sunday- 
school  Times  says:  "God  does  not 
answer  prayer  because  men  deserve  it. 
If  personal  merit  were  the  condition  of 
the  answer,  prayer  would  be  a  discour- 
aging procedure.  *  *  *  God's  an- 
swering of  prayer  is  only  part  of  his 
unexplained,  undeserved,  ever-out- 
pouring love  for  his  children.  To  con- 
nect it  with  the  merit  of  the  one  who 
prays  is  to  miss  utterly  its  nature 
and  its  richest  blessing.  Our  Lord's 
answer  to  the  dying  thief  who  prayed 
to  the  Savior  in  the  spirit  of  penitence 
and  obtained  forgiveness  indicates  the 
Father's  attitude  to  the  prayer  of  the 
sinner."  The  mistake  has  been  with 
many  to  substitute  prayer  for  obedi- 
ence in  the  case  of  the  unconverted. 
In  correcting  this  error  let  us  be  care- 
ful not  to  limit  God's  mercy  in  hear- 
ing the  cry  of  the  penitent  who  is 
seeking  divine  guidance  and  strength 
to  come  into  his  kingdom.  A  penitent 
is  sure  to  be  a  praying  man  and  he 
will  not  defer  his  prayer  until  he  has 
been  formally  admitted  into  the  church 
or  kingdom  of  God. 

Current  Religious  Thought. 

The  St.  Louis  Christian  Advocate,  in 
an  editorial  entitled  "Returning  to  the 
Faith,"  says: 

There  is  a  revulsion  in  Germany  against 
the  advanced  opinions  of  the  theological 
radicals  who  have  gone  so  far  that  they 
reject  the  inspiration  of  the  scriptures,  the 
doctrine  of  the  atonement  and  the  divinity 
of  Christ,  thus  removing  altogether  the 
foundation  of  reasonable  Christian  faith. 
A  few  weeks  ago  a  call  was  issued  by  the 
adherents  of  what  are  termed  "the  older 
principles  of  faith,"  for  a  meeting  to  be 
held  to  institute  a  propaganda  against  the 
radicalism  of  the  universities  and  advanced 
clergy  generally.  The  result  was  a  sur- 
piise,  for  thousands  of  clergymen  from  all 
parts  of  Germany  attended  the  meeting 
and  no  church  nor  hall  in  Berlin  was  found 
large  enough  to  accommodate  the  gather- 
ing. Its  proceedings  were  important,  for 
its  members  took  a  determined  stand 
against  the  radicalism  of  the  universities 
and  passed  a  series  of  resolutions  affirming 
the  orthodox  principles  of  Christianity. 

The  Herald  and  Presbyter  gives  the 
following  piece  of  advice  to  the  presi- 
dents and  professors  of  the  colleges 
who  at  this  season  of  the  year  are 
giving  lectures  and  courses  of  in- 
struction in  summer  schools: 

Allow  us  to  remind  you  that  your  great 
work  is  to  make  men  and  women  out  of 
the  boys  and  girls  who  have  been  entrusted 
to  your  care.  With  this  supremely  in  view, 
parents  have  sent  the  members  of  their- 
household  to  be  under  your  care  for  sev- 


eral years  in  the  most  important  and  im- 
pressible part  of  their  lives.  You  will  be 
judged  by  the  results  of  your  labors.  It  is 
not  sufficient  that  you  hear  so  many  reci- 
tations in  the  course  of  the  year,  any  more 
than  it  would  be  for  a  farmer  to  simply 
drive  a  team  so  many  miles  in  the  course 
of  a  season.  He  must  raise  good  corn  and 
wheat,  or  make  a  failure.  You  must  pro- 
duce actual  results  in  the  lives  of  your  stu- 
dents, in  the  way  of  true  and  good  charac- 
ter, or  you  will  be  counted  failures.  Theo- 
retical scholarship,  imposing  degrees  and 
professional  standing  are  as  chaff  before 
the  absolute  demand  that  you  send  out 
well-developed  and  noble  characters  as  a 
proof  of  your  ability  to  fill  the  places  you 
have  been  called  to  occupy. 

• 
Under  the  heading  "Choosing  Mas- 
ters," the  Sunday-School  Times  states 
an  old  and  recognized  truth  in  the  fol- 
lowing terse  but  convincing  para- 
graph: 

There  is  no  "leisure  class."  Those  who 
count  themselves  as  belonging  to  it  prob- 
ably toil  the  hardest.  "Life  is  a  service; 
whom  will  you  serve?"  is  the  pertinent 
way  in  which  this  truth  has  been  suggested. 
Self  is  the  hardest  master  of  all.  If  one 
does  not  believe  this,  let  him  give  himself 
up  wholly  to  satisfying  self  for  a  day  or  a 
month  or  a  year,  and  confess  the  failure. 
But  there  is  not  such  a  multitude  of  mas- 
ters to  choose  between  as  to  make  the 
choice  confusing.  There  are  only  two; 
and  God  is  the  other. 


From  the  Toronto  Presbyterian  we 
glean  a  few  sentences  bearing  upon  the 
question  of  what  inducements  the  work 
of  the  ministry  offers  to  young  men. 
Our  contemporary  across  the  border 
says: 

If  a  young  man  has  been  reared  in  an 
atmosphere  dominated  by  the  commercial 
spirit,  and  has  imbibed  the  idea  that  a 
man's  life  consisteth  in  the  abundance  of 
the  things  which  he  possesseth;  if  he  has 
been  taught  to  believe  that  success  in  life  is 
to  be  measured  in  terms  of  dollars  or  by 
social  rank,  or  if  he  regards  the  ministry 
simply  as  one  out  of  many  ways  of  making 
a  living,  he  will  not  enter  it,  and  it  will  be 
far  richer  and  stronger  for  his  absence. 


The  accompanying  extract  from  an 
editorial  in  the  Religious  Telescope  is 
recommended  to  those  (if  such  there 
be)  who  are  inclined  to  dwell  upon 
the  great  things  that  "I  and  the  Lord" 
have  accomplished: 

An  empty  wagon  usually  makes  three 
times  as  much  noise  as  a  loaded  one.  The 
experienced  ear  can  tell  as  far  as  the 
sound  can  be  heard  whether  it  is  carry- 
ing anything  or  not.  An  unloaded 
wagon  is  generally  driven  faster  and  with 
less  care;  but  there  is  something  about  the 
quality  of  the  sound  it  makes  which  be- 
trays its  emptyness. 

The  weight  of  religion  a  man  carries  is 
not  in  direct  ratio  to  the  racket  he  makes; 
neither  is  it  in  inverse  ratio.  We  are  com- 
ing to  believe  less  and  less  in  what  a  man 
says;  that  is,  pinning  a  11  our  faith  to  his  as- 
sertions, and  we  are  looking  more  and  more 
at  how  he  lives.  A  profession  is  all  right 
till  it  approaches  the  egotistic.  From  that 
point  it  is  discounted,  because  it  sounds 
too  much  like  a  wagon  without  any  load. 


August  17,  i905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


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Editor's  Easy  Chair. 

At  nine  o'clock  p.  m.  Wednesday, 
August  9,  the  Christian-Evangelist 
Special  pulled  out  of  the  Union  Station 
at  St.  Louis,  bearing  three  carloads  of 
perspiring  delegates  bound  for  the 
San  Francisco  convention.  The  Bur- 
lington Route  had  been  chosen  for  our 
Special,  and  we  were  soon  crossing 
the  Missouri  river  and  running  north 
along  the  western  shore  of  the  Missis- 
sippi, drinking  in  the  cool  night  air 
which  was  doubly  welcome  after  the 
hot-air  bath  in  the  Union  Station.  It 
was  soon  apparent  that  we  had  a 
goodly  company  of  people  aboard, 
having  a  common  aim  and  destination. 
There  were  hurried  interchanges  of 
greetings  between  friends  new  and 
old,  the  location  of  passengers  in  their 
appropriate  berths,  and  soon  silence 
had  settled  upon  the  scene  of  sleeping 
delegates.  To  one  standing  still  and 
witnessing  a  rapid  express  train  go 
by  loaded  with  passengers  who  are 
wrapt  in  slumber  as  the  engine  plunges 
forward  through  the  night,  as  if  on 
the  wings  of  the  wind,  it  seems  a  mira- 
cle of  trust  in  the  fidelity  of  engineer, 
conductor,  brakeman,  train-dispatch- 
er, track  and  cars,  but  those  on  board 
retire  for  the  night  with  as  little 
thought  of  danger  as  when  they  are 
retiring  in  their  own  beds  at  home. 
So  valuable  a  thing  is  faith,  even  in 
relation  to  temporal  affairs. 


When  the  morning  broke  upon  the 
Special,  and  its  passengers  woke  from 
their  slumbers,  we  were  passing 
though  as  fair  a  portion  of  God's 
country  as  one  could  find  anywhere 
beneath  the  Stars  and  Stripes — north- 
west Missouri.  The  rich  fields  of  tas- 
seled  corn  waving  in  the  morning 
breeze,  the  harvested  wheat  standing 
in  golden  shocks,  the  meadows  clothed 
with  grazing  herds,  the  neat  homes 
and  thrifty  orchards,  all  told  of  a  land 
of  plenty,  and  of  an  enterprising 
and  industrious  farming  community. 
The  people  who  would  not  be  satisfied 
with  such  a  country  would  be  hard 
to  please.  By  8  o'clock  the  train  had 
pulled  into  Kansas  City,  which  has 
not  yet  built  its  new  passenger  depot. 
After  some  difficulty  we  found  our 
way  across  tracks  and  through  and 
around  freight  and  passenger  trains, 
and  reached  the  station,  where  we  met 
numerous  other  delegates,  swelling 
our  Special  into  a  large  train.  Here 
the  Easy  Chair  and  his  wife  were  met 
by  Brother  and  Sister  W.  F.  Richard- 
son, who  escorted  us  to  breakfast  at  a 
nearby  hotel  and  gave  us  a  lunch  box 
of  delicacies  which  will  last  us  most 
of  the  way  out.  Elijah  was  fed  by 
ravens,  but  we  have  been  fed  by  the 
Richardsons.  Their  recent  vacation 
greatly  improved  them,  but  by  reason 
of  this  enforced  vacation  they  feel  that 
they  must  deny  themselves  the  pleas- 
ure of  the  San  Francisco  Convention. 
Here  the  streamer,  "Christian-Evan- 
gelist Special,"  was  stretched  on  the 


side  of  the  train  and  at  9  A.  M.  we  de- 
parted via  Burlington  Route  to  Den- 
ver. At  St.  Joseph  our  numbers  were 
still  further  augmented,  and  almost 
every  stop  now  adds  to  the  number  of 
our  delegation. 

0 

Our  Special  has  the  honor  of  carry- 
ing two  newly  wedded  pairs  who  are 
making  this  their  wedding  trip.  Two  of 
our  brightest  young  preachers,  J.  Mur- 
ray Taylor,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  and 
L.  W.  McCreary,  of  East  St.  Louis, 
conceived  the  bright  idea  of  marrying 
the  girls  of  their  choice  and  bringing 
them  along  on  their  western  trip.  So 
quietly  did  they  conduct  the  prelimi- 
nary negotiations  leading  up  to  the 
final  treaty,  offensive  and  defensive, 
that  not  even  their  own  churches  were 
aware  of  what  had  happened  until  they 
were  on  the  way  to  California.  Of 
course  no  other  special  heading  to- 
ward the  Golden  Gate  is  likely  to  have 
this  distinction.  Newly-married  peo- 
ple, going  on  a  wedding  journey, 
would  naturally  be  drawn  where  they 
are  likely  to  have  the  largest  amount 
of  both  "sweetness  and  light,"  and 
every  one  knows  that  Christian- 
Evangelist  readers  are  characterized 
by  these  qualities.  This  fact  is  illus- 
trated by  the  good  nature  with  which 
the  delegates  all  bear  the  discomforts 
of  the  journey.  The  weather  is  very 
warm  thus  far,  and  coats  and  vests 
are  at  a  discount.  We  are  passing 
through  the  cornfields  of  Nebraska, 
at  this  writing,  and  we  are  wondering 
if  the  corn  crop  for  1905  in  the  United 
States  will  not  break  all  records. 
This  week's  Christian-Evangelist 
has  just  been  distributed  among  the 
delegates,  and  all  are  reading  except 
your  scribe  who  is  writing,  as  scribes 
must  do. 

® 

Only  one  mishap  has  marred  the 
journey  up  to  this  writing.  The  man- 
ager of  our  special  train  who  has  given 
so  much  time  and  labor  in  providing 
for  the  comfort  of  our  delegates,  Bro. 
G.  A.  Hoffmann,  had  the  misfortune 
of  losing  his  pocketbook  containing 
between  two  and  three  hundred  dol- 
lars, while  in  Kansas  City,  and  dis- 
covered his  loss  only  as  we  were  pull- 
ing out.  If  some  honest  person  should 
find  it,  it  will  be  returned,  as  the  card- 
case  containing  the  bills  had  his  name 
on  it.  But  otherwise,  he  will  probably 
never  hear  of  it.  There  is  one  other 
distressing  circumstance  of  a  purely 
personal  nature.  The  hay  fever,  which 
we  escaped  on  the  lake  shore,  has 
found  us  on  these  Nebraska  prairies, 
and  we  are  paying  a  heavy  penalty  for 
the  privilege  of  attending  the  conven- 
tion. We  are  hoping  for  relief  when 
we  get  into  the  mountains  and  on  the 
coast.  The  six  o'clock  vesper  service 
is  now  going  on  in  one  of  the  cars, 
and  the  familiar  strains  of  some  of  the 
sweet  old  songs  are  mingling  with  the 
roar  of  the  train  as  we  hasten  onward 
toward  the  setting  sun.  Oxford,  Neb., 
is  yet  more  than  fifty  miles  ahead,  but 


we  must  reach  it  before  the  train  pauses 
for  the  evening  meal. 

m 

Our  "Special"  reached  Denver  about 
on  time,  S  a.  m.  Friday  morning,  and 
our  delegation  went  right  to  the  Cen- 
tral Christian  Church,  where,  according 
to  arrangement,  breakfast  was  served. 
It  was  a  spendid  breakfast,  too,  and 
afforded  the  delegates  an  opportunity 
to  meet  Brothers  Craig  and  Tyler,  who 
were  on  hand  to  greet  the  delegates. 
After  breakfast  automobiles  and  tally- 
hoes  were  on  hand  to  take  the  delega- 
tion on  a  ride  to  see  the  city.  The 
Easy  Chair  was  located  on  the  driver's 
seat  of  a  six-horse  tallyho.  The  air 
was  cool  and  bracing,  the  drive  was 
through  the  finest  residence  parts  of 
the  city  and  its  principal  parks, 
and  was  thoroughly  enjoyed.  Den- 
ver was  voted  to  be  a  most  beauti- 
ful residence  city,  and  its  citizens  a 
most  enterprising,  tasty  people  who 
take  pride  in  their  homes,  streets 
and  parks.  Our  delegation  was  still 
further  enlarged  here,  and  we  are 
now  en  route  to  Colorado  Springs  with 
a  train  of  seven  coaches  and  a  baggage 
car,  all  bound  for  San  Francisco.  The 
Nebraska  delegation  joined  us  at  Den- 
ver and  has  28  delegates  from  the 
church  at  Harvard.  Brother  Shirley, 
the  pastor,  says  his  church  has  formed 
the  convention  habit.  We  are  now 
running  south  parallel  to  the  Rocky 
Mountain  range  which  looms  up  to 
our  right,  covered  this  morning  with  a 
mist  as  if  it  might  be  raining  or  snow- 
ing up  there.  On  arrival  at  Colorado 
Springs,  we  will  most  of  us  take  a 
special  trip  to  Cripple  Creek  and  re- 
turn in  time  for  the  Seven  Falls,  and 
then  we  are  to  have  a  meeting  in  the 
Christian  church,  whose  pastor,  Cray- 
ton  S.  Brooks,  is  on  our  train  with  us, 
having  been  up  to  Denver  to  attend 
the  state  convention  now  in  session 
at  the  Central  church.  About  our 
rally  to-night  and  the  sights  we  are  to 
see  to-day  we  shall  write  next  week. 
Our  party  is  enthusiastic  over  the 
journey,  and  the  grandest  scenes  are 
yet  ahead  of  us. 

Federation  of  Churches. 

Aside  from  our  national  convention 
at  San  Francisco,  no  gathering  of  the 
religious  world  will  be  watched  with 
as  much  interest  by  our  people  as  the 
inter-church  conference  on  federation 
which  is  to  meet  in  the  city  of  New 
York  on  November  15. 

The  sessions  of  the  conference  are 
to  be  held  in  Carnegie  Hall,  and  prac- 
tically all  Protestant  forces  will  be 
represented  in  the  deliberations. 

Not  "theology"  but  the  practical 
workings  of  Christianity — Jiozl'  to  save 
the  lost — will  be  the  burden  of  the  de- 
liberations. Verily  there  is  reason  for 
disciples  to  rejoice  and  take  new  cour- 
age at  this  relegating  to  the  rear  of 
the  questions  which  divide  and  dis- 
tract. The  consideration  of  the  real, 
vital  questions  of  our  everyday  conflict 
with  sin  will  unify,  not  divide. 

Let  our  earnest  prayers  ascend  to 
the  throne  above  for  a  blessing  on  this 
step  toward  the  fulfillment  of  our 
Lord's  prayer  for  the  unity  of  those 
who  love  him  and  are  interested  in 
the  success  of  his  mission  on  earth. 


1056 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  17,  1905 


The  Pan-Baptist  Congress   By  wuiiam  Durban 


By  far  the  most  interesting  religious 
event  in  England  during  July  was  the 
Baptist  World  Congress.  It  is  the  first 
convention  of  the  kind  ever  held  in  all 
history.  I  have  just  returned  home 
from  the  first  meeting.  The  program 
of  the  congress  is  a  formidable  one  in 
extent,  but  it  is  of  absorbing  interest. 
A  few  words  concerning  certain  curi- 
osities of  Baptist  history  in  England 
will  here  be  in  place. 

The  formation  of  the  Baptists  as  a 
separate  community  in  England  took 
place  in  1633.  The  pastor  of  the  first 
Baptist  flock  was  a  Mr.  Spilsbury,  of 
whom  nothing  at  all  is  known.  After 
1649,  the  tragic  year  when  King  Charles 
I.  lost  his  head,  their  numbers  rapidly 
increased,  especially  in  Cromwell's 
army.  In  1054  Vavasour  Powell  (once 
a  clergyman  of  the  Church  of  England) 
rebaptized  some  20,000  converts  in 
Wales,  and  no  less  than  30  Baptists 
crept  (under  the  pseudo-Episcopal  au- 
thority of  Cromwell's  "Triers")  into 
certain  Church  of  England  livings , 
enjoying  their  tithes  and  parsonages, 
and  were  not  extruded  until  the  restora- 
tion of  the  monarchy  under  Charles  II. 

Prince  Arthur,  eldest  son  of  Henry 
VII.,  King  Edward  VI.,  and  Queen 
Elizabeth  were  all  immersed  as  infants. 
The  first  instance  of  pouring  or  sprink- 
ling being  permitted  instead  of  immer- 
sion is  in  the  first  prayer-book  of  Ed- 
ward VI.,  which  says,  "And  if  the 
child  be  weake,  it  shall  suffice  to  pour 
water  upon  it."  One  of  the  singular- 
ities of  history  is  that  what  was  the 
exception  in  the  English  church  be- 
came a  rule.  But  the  explanation  is 
simple.  A  lady  belonging  to  the 
court  asked  that  her  child,  as  it  was 
very  feeble,  should  be  sprinkled.  At 
once,  many  mothers  discovered  that 
their  babes  were  also  too  delicate  for 
immersion,  and  soon  not  an  infant  in 
all  the  land  was  strong  enougn  to  bear 
immersion!  But  the  wrong  subjects, 
the  unreasoning  infants,  had  for  many 
centuries  been  baptized,  and  as  the 
great  apostasy  had  thus  perverted  the 
ordinance  intended  for  believing  peni- 
tents, the  perversion  also  of  the  mode 
was  easy.  Thus  the  whole  symbolism 
of  what  Henry  Ward  Beecher  called 
"the  beautiful  ordinance  of  immer- 
sion" was  lost. 

The  Baptists  to-day  represent  a 
large  yet  imperfect  restoration  and  re- 
version. No  reformation  is  ever  ab- 
solutely complete.  Restoration  must, 
it  seems,  be  accomplished  in  stages. 
The  Disciples  of  Christ  seek  to  com- 
plete what  the  Baptists  began.  I  like 
the  distinction  that  where  the  Roman- 
ists differ  from  the  Anglican  church 
the  former  are  wrong  and  the  latter 
right;  where  the  Anglicans  differ  from 
Congregationalists  the  Anglicans  are 
wrong  and  Congregationalists  are 
right;  where  Congregationalists  differ 
from  the  Baptists  the  former  are 
wrong,  the  latter  right;  where  Baptists 


and  Disciples  differ  Baptists  are  wrong 
and  Disciples  right.  The  misfortune 
is  this,  that  in  all  ecclesiastical  cor- 
porations the  tendency  is  to  cling  as 
persistently  to  what  is  erroneous  as  to 
what  is  accurate.  Otherwise  all  sin- 
cereChristian  people  would  fly  together 
and  Christian  unity  would  be  the  uni- 
versal rule. 

It  is  to  be  noted  that  your  America 
is  chiefly  in  evidence  at  this  Pan- 
Baptist  Congress,  so  far  as  delegates 
from  other  countries  than  Britain  are 
concerned.  At  the  Hotel  Cecil  alone 
there  are  200  American  delegates  be- 
longing to  one  party.  And  these  are 
but  a  fraction.  America  is  the  great 
Baptist  home  of  the  world.  I  was  in- 
terviewing Dr.  Whitley,  the  special 
secretary  appointed  to  aid  Mr.  Shakes- 
peare, the  Baptist  union  secretary,  in 
organizing  this  monster  gathering.  I 
was  eager  to  know  whether  the  Disci- 
ples of  Christ,  as  immersionists  and 
therefore  members  of  the  great  Bap- 
tist family,  had  been  invited  to  send 
any  representatives.  He  replied  that 
he  thought  not.  Naturally  I  asked, 
why  not?  The  reply  was  that  he 
thought  it  had  been  assumed  that  they 
would  not  be  willing  to  come.  But 
Dr.  Whitley  did  not  seem  to  be  dog- 
matically certain  on  this  point.  It 
seemed  to  me  that  perhaps  the  matter 
had  never  been  seriously  considered 
at  all.  Perhaps  some  day  it  may  be 
thought  advisable  to  try  to  rally  rep- 
resentatives of  all  the  various  Chris- 
tian bodies  holding  common  ground 
as  to  the  ordinance  which  was  once 
the  common  symbol  adopted  by  all 
Christians.  A  conference  on  a  great 
scale  between  the  Baptists  and  the 
Disciples  would  be  a  momentous 
event.  It  seems  to  me  inevitably  des- 
tined to  occur  at  no  distant  date. 

I  shall  in  my  next  tell  something  of  the 
doings  of  the  congress.  As  it  began  only 
a  few  hours  ago  that  cannot  be  done  in 
this  letter.  Here  I  will  now  say  some- 
thing which  appears  to  be  shirked,  so 
far  as  the  great  program  is  concerned. 
It  needs  animadversion.  I  wonder  why 
Congregationalists,  Baptists  and  Dis- 
ciples, as  well  as  Anglicans,  do  not 
approach  in  a  very  serious  spirit  the 
fault  common  to  the  organizations 
among  them  all,  which  fatally  mars 
their  system  and  hinders  their  progress 
at  all  points.  In  one  signal  aspect 
the  Methodists  and  the  Presbyterians 
immeasurably  excel  them.  We  are  as 
much  to  blame  as  Anglicans,  Baptists 
and  Congregationalists.  And  we  are 
suffering  as  they  do,  and  deservedly.  I 
refer  to  the  incorrigibly  evil  inequality 
and  gross  injustice  involved  in  the  ec- 
clesiastical finance  so  often  but  so 
vainly  criticised.  I  am  a  higher  critic, 
a  rabid  destructionist,  on  this  one 
point.  Presbyterians  and  Methodists 
here  in  Britain  will  not  allow  any  man 
whose  qualifications  are  not  severely 
tested  to  occupy  any  recognized  posi- 
tion in  the   ministry.     And   they  will 


not  permit  any  qualified  and  recog- 
nized minister  to  languish  in  semi- 
starvation  or  genteel  penury,  while 
another  feasts  on  a  plethora  of  pas- 
toral plums  year  after  year.  The 
anomalies  of  ministerial  positions 
among  Baptists  and  Congregational- 
ists and  Churchmen  here  in  London 
are  shocking.  I  speak  unselfishly, 
because  I  am  not  now  in  a  regular 
pastorate  but  am  unattached,  helping 
my  brethren  as  opportunity  offers  in 
our  churches  of  Christ.  May  I  say  that 
theory  has  little  to  do  with  my  state- 
ment. The  extraordinary  prosperity 
of  Methodists  and  Presbyterians  gives 
the  proof  of  the  validity  of  my  argu- 
ment. Their  rich  churches  have  to 
aid  the  poorer  missions  and  they  aid 
them  munificently  and  magnificently. 
The  common  people  have  much  more 
respect  for  this  system  than  for  the  one 
supported  so  fatuously  by  us  and  by 
Baptists  and  Congregationalists  and 
Anglicans. 

I  write  thus  because  for  years  I  was 
a  Baptist  minister  and  made  observa- 
tions never  to  be  forgotten.  I  am  dis- 
appointed that  there  is  no  sign  of 
financial  penitence  or  economic  reform 
so  far  as  this  magnificent  Baptist 
World  Congress  is  concerned.  So  the 
vicious  system  of  anomaly  and  in- 
equality will  be  perpetuated.  But  this 
cannot  endure  forever.  I  am  an  old 
parson  and  a  careful  student,  and  from 
careful  comparison  of  methods  and 
results  have  learned  lessons  which  oth- 
ers might  not  be  too  proud  or  too  con- 
servative to  learn  if  they  would  only 
take  Oliver  Cromwell's  advice  and  be- 
lieve that  they  were  sometimes  mis- 
taken. 

{&        @ 

BABY'S  INSTINCT 

Shows  tie  Knew  What  Food  to  Stick  To. 


Forwarding  a  photo  of  a  splendidly 
handsome  and  healthy  young  boy,  a 
happy  mother  writes  from  an  Ohio 
town: 

"The  enclosed  picture  shows  my  4 
year  old  Grape-Nuts  boy. 

"Since  he  was  2  years  old  he  has 
eaten  nothing  but  Grape-Nuts.  He 
demands  and  gets  this  food  three 
times  a  day.  This  may  seem  rather 
unusual,  but  he  does  not  care  for  any- 
thing else  after  he  has  eaten  his  Grape- 
Nuts,  which  he  uses  with  milk  or 
cream,  and  then  he  is  through  with 
his  meal.  Even  on  Thanksgiving  day 
he  refused  turkey  and  all  the  good 
things  that  make  up  that  great  dinner, 
and  ate  his  dish  of  Grape-Nuts  and 
cream  with  the  best  results  and  none 
of  the  evils  that  the  other  foolish  mem- 
bers of  the  family  experienced. 

"He  is  never  sick,  has  a  beautiful 
complexion,  and  is  considered  a  very 
handsome  boy.  May  the  Postum  Com- 
pany prosper  and  long  continue  to 
furnish  their  wholesome  food!"  Name 
given  by  Postum  Co.,  Battle  Creek, 
Mich. 

There's  reason.  Read  the  little 
boot..  '""  Road  to  Wellville,"  in 
eveT\  c  1.  •' 


August  17,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


1057 


The  Preacher  and  His  Money  Problem 


"Even  so  hath  the  Lord  ordained 
that  they  which  preach  the  gospel 
should  live  of  the  gospel."  This,  ac- 
cording to  the  apostle  Paul,  is  the  di- 
vinely ordained  order.  The  simplest 
solution  of  the  preacher's  money  prob- 
lem is  bravely  to  trust  the  Lord's  or- 
dination in  the  matter.  He  who  can 
preach  and  must  preach,  who  feels 
himself  impressed  into  the  service, 
whose  soul  cries,  "Woe  is  me  if  I 
preach  not  the  gospel,"  who  works 
hard  and  who  forgets  himself  while  he 
glorifies  Christ,  whose  heart  burns 
with  his  message  and  yearns  for  the 
people — the  Lord  will  not  let  such  a 
one  starve. 

But  the  man  who  makes  a  sinecure 
of  his  calling,  who  gossips  or  fishes  or 
reads  the  sporting  dailies  or  simply 
vegetates  six  days  in  the  week,  who  is 
more  adept  at  drawing  his  salary  than 
at  drawing  an  audience,  who  has  no 
grip  on  vital  truth,  whose  heart  is 
cold  and  whose  brain  is  flabby,  who  is 
merely  a  Sunday  preacher  perfunctory 
— he  is  the  man  for  the  most  part 
whose  hard  financial  experience  ac- 
centuates the  money  problem  of  the 
ministry.  Too  often  his  impecunious 
condition  is  attributed  to  thecovetous- 
ness  of  his  congregation  and  not  as  it 
should  be  to  his  apathy  and  incapacity. 
I  say  for  the  most  part,  but  not  alto- 
gether, since  there  are  good  and  earn- 
est and  hard-working  men  in  the  min- 
istry who  are  poorly  remunerated.  But 
many  times  such  men  minister  to  peo- 
ple unable  to  do  better  by  them.  Then 
let  them  not  murmur.  Why  should 
the  preacher  seek  to  be  better  housed 
or  better  fed  than  those  to  whom  he 
ministers?  Let  him  thank  God  for  a 
place  to  work,  a  town  or  cross-roads 
in  which  to  declare  his  message,  and 
for  such  bread  as  the  people  at  his 
cross-roads  are  eating.  The  apostle 
Paul  was  not  guilty  of  saying,  "He 
that  preaches  the  gospel  shall  make  a 
fortune  out  of  the  gospel."  It  is  not 
intended  that  the  pulpit  shall  be  a  bait 
to  lucre-loving  men.  I  speak  plainly, 
for  it  seems  to  me  there  has  grown  up 
a  notion  that  if  we  can't  make  young 
men  see  ease  and  wealth  awaiting 
them  they  will  not  turn  to  the  minis- 
try. Grant  that  it  is  so,  and  we  are 
driven  immediately  to  one  of  two  con- 
clusions, either  that  our  young  men 
are  spiritually  and  morally  degenerate, 
or  that  the  gospel  is  a  waning  power. 
We  surely  are  not  ready  for  this  dilem- 
ma. The  gospel  is  yet  young,  and 
there  are  men  who  do  espouse  its  min- 
istry in  the  ancient  spirit  of  Peter  and 
Paul. 

In  a  previous  article  it  was  stated 
that  seven  out  of  eighteen  who  re- 
sponded to  the  question  why  so  few 
young  men,  comparatively,  enter  the 
ministry,  spoke  of  meager  salaries  as 
a  deterrent  cause.  I  have  received  a 
number  of  letters  showing  general  in- 
terest in  this   vital   problem.     E.   B. 


By  W.  J.  Lhamon 

Barnes,  of  Noblesville,  Ind.,  writes, 
saying:  "I  hope  you  will  devote  con- 
siderable attention  to  the  matter  of 
the  preacher's  living,  as  no  discussion 
is  worth  anything  that  ignores  that 
phase  of  the  subject.  It  is  as  diffi- 
cult to  support  one's  ministerial 
ideals  while  struggling  with  poverty 
as  it  is  to  support  a  sealskin  wife  on 
a  muskrat  salary."  E.  J.  Lampton, 
enforcing  justly  another  phase  of  the 
subject,  writes:  "I  know  of  no  call- 
ing in  which  men  are  so  well  paid  at 
the  beginning  as  are  preachers."  He 
tells  of  the  experience  of  the  ablest 
lawyer  in  his  county,  whose  average 
income  during  his  first  four  years  of 
professional  life  was  $400.  And  of  an- 
other whose  income  during  his  first 
three  months  was  seventy  five  cents! 
Brother  Lampton  is  right.  Many  a 
young  man  makes  his  way  through 
school  by  his  pulpit  work,  while 
young  men  in  preparation  for  law  and 
medicine  and  engineering  go  on  ex- 
penses till  the  year  of  graduation 
without  dreaming  of  an  income  for 
professional  services.  As  soon  as  the 
preacher  graduates,  if  he  is  at  all  ef- 
ficient, churches  are  waiting  for  him. 
Indeed  the  demand  is  such  that  many 
are  pulled  away  from  the  colleges  be- 
fore graduation.  W.  J.  Corwine,  of 
California, Mo., writes:  "Small salaries 
and  lack  of  conviction  are  hin- 
drances." Lack  of  conviction,  I  should 
say,  rather  than  small  salaries.  The 
man  of  conviction  will  preach — he 
will  pieach — spite  of  salary  consid- 
erations. The  Apostle  Paul  waived 
his  salary  rights,  and  made  tents  for 
his  bread,  and  kept  on  preaching. 
There  is  needed  a  race  of  "heroes  of 
the  faith,"  who  can  still  hear  the 
Master  saying,  "The  foxes  have  holes, 
the  birds  of  the   air   have  nests,  but 


The  Summer  Shower. 

A  tinkling  as  of  tiny  bells, 

A  tap  upon  the  pane; 
And  hark,  the  pleasant  news  it  tells, — 
To  parching  hills  and  thirsty  dells 

Has  come  the  blessed  rain, — 

The  blessed  summer  rain! 

Meadows,     renew    your    robes     once 
more; 

Drink  deep,  ye  fields  of  grain; 
Hold  up  your  cups,  each  tiny  flower, 
Receive  the  grateful,  cooling  shower, 

The  blessed,  blessed  rain, — 

The  blessed  summer  rain! 

Ye     brooks,     that     gurgle    faint    and 
hoarse. 

Ring  out  a  merrier  strain; 
And  scatter  freshness  in  your  course, 
In  grateful  memory  of  your  source, 

The  blessed,  blessed  rain, — 

The  blessed  summer  rain! 


the  Son  of  man  hath  not  where  to  lay 
his  head,"  and  who  hearing  this  still 
follow  him,  and  preach  him.  Not  one 
of  the  above  must  be  construed  as  an 
excuse  for  the  non-performance  of 
duty  on  the  part  of  congregations  and 
individuals  toward  their  preachers 
and  pastors.  I  am  pleading  for  such 
a  heroic  faith  as  will  conquer  all 
enemies,  the  salary  enemy  included. 
That  is  all.  On  the  other  hand,  the 
people  who  can  support  their  faithful 
and  devout  and  consecrated  preachers 
and  who  do  not,  are  under  a  curse  of 
covetousness  deeper  and  more  shame- 
ful than  that  of  the  man  who  starves 
his  horse  to  save  a  per  cent  on  hay.  I 
dare  say  the  preacher's  pinch  comes 
not  so  much  from  meagerness  of 
salary  as  from  relatively  unequal  con- 
ditions. The  man  in  the  pulpit  has  a 
right  to  feel  his  poverty  if  those 
to  whom  he  ministers  roll  in 
wealth,  summer  in  Europe,  winter  in 
southern  hotels,  display  palatial  lux- 
ury, clothe  themselves  in  purple,  fare 
sumptuously — he  has  a  right,  if  such 
people  leave  him  in  want,  to  feel  it, 
and  to  thunder  judgment  at  them,  but 
he  has  no  right  to  leave  the  pulpit.  At 
bottom  it  is  not  meagerness  of  salary 
that  thins  the  pulpit,  but  something 
more  cruel  or  more  serious.  What  is 
more  cruel  is  mistreatment.  What  is 
more  serious  is  lack  of  faith. 

MECHANIC  AND  COFFEE 

The   Old  Coffee  Troubles  Left  When  He 
Quit. 


"Since  quitting  coffee  I  am  hearty 
and  well  at  63  and  go  to  my  work  every 
day  and  feel  stronger  and  better  in 
every  way  than  I  used  to  when  I  was 
considerably  younger. 

"I  am  a  mechanic  and  have  been  a 
great  lover  of  coffee  and  used  it  all  my 
life  until  a  few  months  ago  when  I 
made  up  my  mind  that  it  was  hurting 
me.  I  suffered  from  constipation,  in- 
digestion and  kidney  troubles  and  I 
used  to  bloat  up  and  have  pains  in 
my  back. 

"Something  had  to  be  done,  and  I 
quit  coffee,  the  old  kind,  I  mean,  and 
began  to  use  Postum  Food  Coffee.  In 
a  few  weeks  I  was  a  well  man  again. 
My  bowels  became  regular,  my  food 
digested  comfortably,  the  bloating  and 
pains  in  my  back  no  longer  troubled 
me  and  my  kidneys  resumed  healthy, 
normal  action.  That  improved  condi- 
tion remains.  I  am  sure  I  owe  it  to 
Postum  Coffee,  for  I  have  used  no 
medicines. 

"I  like  Postum  much  better  than 
the  old  kind.  It  seems  to  be  more 
satisfying  and  I  and  my  whole  family 
drink  it  morning,  noon  and  night. 
This  is  my  honest  statement  of  what 
Postum  has  done  for  me."  Name 
given  by  Postum  Co.,  Battle  Creek, 
Mich. 

There's  a  reason. 

Get  the  little  book,  "The  Road  to 
Wellville,"  in  every  pkg. 


I05S 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  17,  1905 


SERMONS    IN    STONE 


BY 
E.  L.  POWELL 


Souls  are  not  '     Jk 
won  in 
air  castles. 


.-'•-■     -    ■■  ■    *  >  -:=;'•;  '..■,-.v"«f"-; 


Said  Carlyle  to  Emerson,  as  they  spoke 
together  of  immortality  and  how  things 
remote  and  near  are  related:  "Christ  died 
on  the  tree.  That  built  Dunscore  kirk 
yonder."  Every  church  house  is  a  sermon 
in  wood  or  stone.  Whether  a  magnificent 
cathedral  or  a  simple  wayside  chapel — 
whether  reared  in  the  great  city  or  the 
quiet  village— the  message  with  multiplied 
variations  is  always  the  same  — "Christ  died 
on  the  tree."  Whatever  else  Christian 
thought  may  have  attached  to  the  sacred 
edifice  it  has  indissolubly  associated  the 
Christ  of  Calvary  and  the  structure  which 
has  no  meaning  apart  from  his  sacrifice. 
The  poet  says: 

"Earth  proudly  wears  the  Parthenon 
As  the  best  gem  upon  her  zone." 

And  while  it  is  true  that  the  Parthenon  is 
the  highest  expression  in  architecture,  the 
humblest  frame  building,  speaking  in  mute 
eloquence  of  God's  eternal  and  continuous 
love  for  man,  is  grander  by  virtue  of  its 
splendid  appeal  than  the  mightiest  utter- 
ances in  marble  of  mere  form  and  color. 

The  Church  Building  Glorifies    its 
Surroundings. 

The  church  house  because  of  the  mes- 
sage it  silently  proclaims,  glorifies  its  sur- 
roundings. "Does  a  country  place  appear 
naked,  dreary,  desolate?  Introduce  a  rural 
steeple  and  the  whole  instantly  becomes 
ani uated."  It  gives  beauty  to  the  most 
splendid  landscape;  it  adds  dignity  to  the 
most  squalid  environment.  The  church 
building  speaks  of  unseen  realities — real- 
ities although  unseen— realities  which  to  the 
soul  are  as  palpable  as  the  physical  objects 
of  nature  to  the  eye  of  sense.  It  speaks  of 
God  and  Christ,  of  duty  to  man,  of  the  im- 
mortality of  the  soul,  and  the  rest  which 
sounds  sweeter  when  we  call  it  heaven. 
If  the  poet  by  the  power  of  his  imagination 
can  convert  material  stars  into  "living  cars 
of  light  for  gods  to  journey  by";  surely 
faith— that  splendid  faculty  of  the  soul 
which  can  actualize  the  invisible,  may  as- 
sociate with  a  material  structure  all  the 
unseen  and  glorious  realities  of  our  most 
holy  religion.  Paraphrasing  the  great 
words    of   an   inspired    writer,  let  us  say: 


*An  address  delivered   at  the  National  Conven- 
tion in  St.  Louis  in  October,  1904. 


"We  have  not  come  unto  a  house  that  may 
be  touched  or  unto  audible  voices  within 
its  walls,  but  we  have  come  unto  Mount 
Zion,  unto  the  innumerable  company  of 
angels,  unto  Jesus  the  mediator  of  the  new 
covenant,  unto  God,  the  judge  of  all,  and 
unto  all  the  spiritual  blessings  and  privi- 
leges which  belong  to  the  kingdom  of  our 
Redeemer." 

A  Protest  Against   Materialism. 

The  church  house  is  thus  a  protest 
against  materialism  reminding  us  that  there 
are  realities  which  cannot  be  weighed  or 
measured  or  handled — that  Mount  Zion  is 
as  real  as  Mount  Shasta— that  there  are 
harmonies  which  the  ear  of  sense  has  never 
heard  whose  glorious  melody  fills  the 
soul,  and  visions  of  beauty  upon  which 
the  eye  of  sense  has  never  gazed  in 
whose  loveliness  the  inner  man  is  ever  re- 
joicing. 

Every  church  house,  by  an  alchemy  more 
cunning  than  that  of  the  chemist,  trans- 
mutes the  material  into  the  spiritual  even 
as  the  dull  carbon  under  the  electric  touch 
becomes  a  dazzling  glory.  It  converts 
wood  and  stone  into  a  gospel;  it  writes, 
"Holiness  unto  the  Lord,"  on  tricks  and 
mortar;  it  consecrates  things  by  setting 
them  to  holy  uses.  The  material  that  was 
wrought  into  Solomon's  temple  took  on  a 
new  meaning  and  glory  in  the  light  of  its 
higher  purpose.  The  bricks  which  go  into 
the  temple  of  God  are  of  greater  value  than 
those  which  rear  the  walls  of  the  house  of 
feasting.  Church  Extension  makes  the 
stones  of  the  field  to  be  in  league  with 
righteousness;  it  sets  the  lumber  of  the  for- 
est to  preaching.  The  woods— fashioned 
anew— become  once  again  the  temples  of 
divinity.  Every  church  building  represents 
so  much  lumber  and  brick  and  iron  and 
stone  ennobled  by  the  high  task  to  which 
they  are  dedicated.  Is  it  not  partially  in 
this  way  that  inanimate  nature  shall  be  de- 
livered into  the  glorious  liberty  of  the  sons 
of  God?  Commercial  ambition  says:  Let 
the  rivers,  be  harnessed  and  the  seas  be- 
come a  pathway  and  the  mountains  be 
tunneled  for  trade.  Church  Extension 
says:  Let  the  trees  be  felled  and  the  stone 
from  the  quarries  be  dug  for  Christ  and 
truth.  Christianity  would  lay  under  trib- 
ute not  only  thoughts  but  things,  not  only 
men  but  external  nature.  It  would  sanctify 


the  world  by  converting  its  material  things 
ioto  spiritual  uses. 

Church  Buildings  of  Disciples  of  Christ 
Give  Forth  a  Distinctive  Note. 

But  while  all  churches  in  a  large  and 
general  way  speak  of  spiritual  realities,  it 
will  not  be  thought  sectarian  if  it  be  here 
affirmed  that  the  church  buildings  erected 
by  the  Disciples  of  Christ  give  forth  a  dis- 
tinctive note.  Says  a  thoughtful  and  most 
charming  author:  "To  me  every  civiliza- 
tion has  given  out  its  distinct  musical  qual- 
ity; the  ages  have  their  peculiar  tones; 
each  century  its  key,  its  scale.  For  gen- 
erations in  Greece  you  can  hear  nothing 
but  the  pipes;  during  other  generations 
nothing  but  the  lyre.  Then,  again,  whole 
events  in  history  come  down  to  us  with  the 
effect  of  an  orchestra  playing  in  the  dis- 
tance." So  of  religious  denominations 
and  the  church  houses  in  which  they  wor- 
ship—each gives  its  distinctive  note.  The 
churches  erected  by  our  own  Extension 
Board,  speak  to  those  who  know  us  of  a 
simple  Christianity,  whose  doctrines  and 
ordinances  receive  their  significance  from 
the  Christ  and  not  from  councils  or  convoca- 
tions— a  Christianity  whose  integrity  is  pre- 
served by  a  simple  faith  in  Christ  as  the  son 
of  God — and  simple  obedience  to  his  author- 
ity rather  than  the  acceptance  of  proposition- 
al  creeds  whether  true  or  false — a  Christian- 
ity in  relation  to  which  that  individual  is  or- 
thodox who  is  consciously  loyal  to  the  his- 
toric Christ  and  in  relation  to  which  that 
congregation  is  orthodox  that  heeds  the 
great  commission  of  the  Master— a  Chris- 
tianity that  bids  us  hold  fast  to  that  which 
is  essential  to  the  faith  and  structure  of  the 
church,  and  to  claim  as  a  consequence  the 
wideness  and  sweetness  of  our  liberty  in 
Christ.  This,  it  seems  to  me,  is  the  ser- 
mon preached  by  the  church  buildings 
among  the  Disciples  of  Christ. 

Stand  for  Simple  New  Testament  Faith. 

In  this  time  of  theological  unrest— when 
the  thoughts  of  men  are  turning  to  the 
simple  Christianity  of  Christ — when  propo- 
sitional  creeds  are  buried  without  eulogy 
or  flowers — when  men  are  asking  for  a 
word  of  power  that  shall  prove  itself, 
needing  no  certificate  from  priest  or  pro- 
fessor—when the  cry  goes  up,  "Sirs,  we 
would  see  Jesus" — surely  every  church 
building  that  stands  for  the  simple  New 
Testament  faith  and  order— without  adorn- 
ment or  addition — is  as  a  light  set  upon  a 
hill.  Surely  it  is  the  bright,  shining  day 
of  opportunity,  and  the  ring  of  the  trowel 
sould  be  heard  in  the  land.  If  Longfellow 
could  find  a  song  to  stir  slumbering 
pulses  in  the  "Building of  the  Ship,"  there 
ought  to  be  material  in  the  construction  of 
the  humblest  house  of  worship  for  an  in- 
spiring anthem.  The  materialist  does  not 
believe  in  Church  Extension,  for  a  church 
is  to  him  bricks  and  mortar — nothing  more. 
It  kindles  no  vision;  it  opens  no  vista.  Of 
such  an  one,  it  may  be  said,  as  of  one  of 
Dickens'  characters:  "Everything  he  put 
away  in  his  mind  was  a  grub  at  first  and  a 
grub  at  last.  In  all  his  life  he  never  bred  a 
single  butterfly."  The  pessimist  does  not 
believe  in  Church  Extension,  for  church 
houses  suggest  hope  and  proclaim  a  vigor- 
ous and  virile  faith  in  the  final  supremacy 
of  righteousness.  And  certainly  the  man 
who  thinks  he  has  outgrown  the  religion 
of  Christ  does  not  believe  in  Church  Exten- 
sion, "for  he  cannot  so  narrow  him  but  he 
still  exceeds"  any  church  structure  that 
represents  the  simple  gospel  of  Christ. 
While  the  church  building  stands  for  cul- 
ture, it  stands  for  the  culture  of  faith.  You 
may   call   the   most  splendid    building    a 


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church,  but  if  there  be  no  fervent  faith,  it 
is  only  vaulted  roof  and  stained  window. 
The  great  idea  which  the  humblest  build- 
ing houses,  if  it  be  in  any  sense  a  church, 
is  faith  in  the  Christ  of  the  New  Testament. 
Take  away  the  Christ  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment, and  your  church  building  becomes 
a  lyceum,  or  an  academy,  or  a  university. 
But  to  him  who  can  see  the  flame  of  God 
in  every  bush— who  can  recognize  the 
ministry  of  the  imperfect  in  the  evolution 
of  the  perfect— to  him  who  can  hear  the 
tread  of  myriad  worshipers  in  the  coming 
time — to  this  man  of  faith  and  hope  and 
love— to  him  the  work  is  all  too  slow  and 
his  cry  is:  "Build  and  build  faster." 

Its  Monuments  All  About  Us. 

Lives  there  a  man  among  the  Disciples 
of  Christ  who  has  never  thought  or  heard 
or  read  or  felt  anything  concerning  the 
young,  healthful,  buoyant,  progressive  and 
enthusiastic  enterprise  known  as  the 
Church  Extension  Board  of  the  American 
Christian  Missionary  Society?  Certainly 
such  a  man  is  not  to  be  found  in  our  min- 
istry, and  if  he  should  show  his  provincial 
face  in  one  of  our  congregations,  his  pho- 
tograph would  be  interesting.  The  pur- 
pose of  this  annual  address  is  not  so  much 
to  impart  information  as  to  convert  infor- 
mation into  inspiration.  We  have  the 
facts  and  fire  ready  for  use;  we  need  the 
ascending  flame  of  sacrifice. 

'  'If  you  seek  his  monument— look  around 
you."  So  Christopher  Wren  finds  his 
monument  in  the  abbey  he  planned  and  in 
which  he  sleeps.  Church  Extension  has 
its  monuments  in  more  than  forty  states, 
in  Canada,  in  Hawaii.  Its  work  is  its 
monument.  Its  achievements  are  its  au- 
thority for  being  and  continuing.  It  was 
voted  into  existence;  to  vote  it  out  of  ex- 
istence would  be  as  futile  as  to  seek  to 
dispense  with  the  indispensable.  As  Thor- 
waldsen's  Lion  of  Lucerne  was  cut  on  the 
mountain's  side — made  an  essential  part  of 
nature's  landscape — so  Church  Extension 
has  made  itself  essential  to  the  outward 
and  administrative  life  of  our  brotherhood. 
It  is  a  part  of  the  mountain. 

A  Symmetrical  Work. 

I  wonder  if  Church  Extension  has  any 
chief  and  pre-eminent  qualities.  It  is  so 
symmetrical  in  its  good  points  that  no  one 
point  has  a  superior  dignity.  Notice  some 
of  its  combinations  as  revealing  its  even 
and  balanced  character.  It  is  watchful, 
but  not  intrusive.  It  keeps  its  eye  on  the 
needy  fields,  but  does  not  enter  until  in- 
vited, and  thus  its  coming  is  as  welcome 
as  the  morning.  It  renders  help  without 
loss  of  self-respect  to  the  beneficiary.  It  is 
a  loan;  it  is  not  a  charity.  It  fosters  self- 
respect  by  imposing  obligation.  It  fur- 
nishes corn  for  the  years  of  famine  and 
confidently  asks  for  a  return  in  the  years 
of  plenty.  It  is  not  a  refuge  for  the  indo- 
lent, but  a  present  help  in  time  of  trouble. 
It  makes  itself  an  ally  of  all  our  missionary 
agencies,  while  preserving  its  autonomy. 
Does  the  Foreign  Society  ask  for  larger 
returns?  Church  Extension  says:  Let  us 
establish  new  sources  of  supply.  Does  the 
evangelist  lament  that  the  fruits  of  his 
labor  are  dissipated?  Church  Extension 
says:  Build  a  sheep-fold.  With  malice 
toward  none,  it  is  the  ally  of  all.  It  con- 
cerns itself  with  physical  needs  and  knows 
how  to  keep  within  its  business.  It  comes 
to  a  struggling  congregation  and  says: 
You  are  right  in  desiring  a  residence. 
True,  you  might  worship  God  out  of  doors, 
but  civilized  man  needs  a  house.  You 
might  go  a-visiting  among  your  religious 
neighbors,  but  to  eat  at  your  own  table  is 


certainly  more  comfortable,  to  say  nothing 
of  security  in  getting  ths  right  sort  of 
food.  You  might  rent,  but  we  can  show 
you  a  more  excellent  way.  Thus  Church 
Extension,  after  conversion,  comes  first,  as 
shelter  comes  before  the  feast  is  spread. 
It  deals  with  primal  physical  needs.  It 
helps  the  family  to  go  to  housekeeping 
and  does  not  presume  to  regulate  the 
domestic  economy. 

We  Have  a  Great  Work    To   Do   and   Can 
Not  Come  Down. 

Church  Extension  appeals  to  me  as  a 
positive  contribution  to  the  cause  of  Chris- 
tianity. Its  genius  is  constructive.  Its' 
answer  to  doubts  is  an  .outward,  visible, 
practical  demonstration  of  faith  in  the 
form  of  foundation,  walls  and  roof.  Said 
a  painter:  "The  more  materialistic  science 
becomes,  the  more  angels  I  shall  paint." 
Church  Extension  answers  all  criticism  by 
going  right  along  with  its  church-building. 
It  says  with  Nehemiah— holding  a  trowel 
in  its  hand — "We  have  a  great  work  to  do 
and  cannot  come  down."  A  church 
building  is  an  outward  confession  of  faith. 
It  has  all  the  advantages  of  a  printed  con- 
fession without  any  of  its  objections.  It  is 
known  and  read  of  every  passer-by— faith 
in  God,  in  Christ,  in  the  truth  of  Christi- 
anity, in  a  life  beyond  death.  Church 
Extension  is  too  refreshingly  busy  in 
strengthening  the  stakes  and  enlarging  the 
borders  of  the  kingdom  to  trouble  itself 
about  questions  of  speculative  and  imagi- 
native interest.  It  bids  us  listen  to  the 
music  of  hammer  and  trowel  as  a  new 
temple  of  God  arises,  rather  than  to  any 
such  strain  as  may  lull  us  into  inactivity  or 
indolent  repose. 

Combines  Business  Methods  with  Mag  = 
ical  Results. 

Church  Extension,  furthermore,  com- 
bines business  methods  with  almost  mag- 
ical results.  Some  one  has  written:  "You 
never  saw  such  marvelous  use  of  money, 
it  is  geometrical  and  arithmetical  progres- 
sion combined."  It  makes  $2,500  in  five 
years  do  the  work  of  $6,221,  and  it  is  per- 


fectly free  in  telling  you  how  the  thing  is 
done.  There  is  no  trick  about  it.  It  sim- 
ply keeps  the  money  going.  It  starts  it, 
and  before  you  can  say  "Jack  Robinson" 
It  is  back  again  and  waiting  for  a  fresh 
commission.  It  has  just  enough  mystery 
about  it  to  excite  the  imagination  and  to 
keep  us  on  the  qui  vive.  Church  Exten- 
sion comes  on  the  field  in  the  very  nick  of 
time  and  rallies  the  discouraged  hosts.  It 
awakens  hope  by  giving  help.  Its  word  in 
season  is  spoken  in  the  ring  of  the  hammer 
and  the  sound  of  the  saw.  The  timeliness 
of  its  aid  multiplies  its  power.  It  reaches 
forth  its  hand  to  those  who  are  ready  to 
sink  and  the  waves  of  discouragement  are 
converted  into  a  pathway  of  progress.  It 
repeats  in  its  work  the  miracle  of  the 
loaves  and  fishes — multiplying  the  little  and 
creating  accommodation  for  the  multitude. 
It  converts  threatened  defeat  into  splendid 
victory.  It  is  timely  and  inspiring. 
Criticism  Ruled   Out. I 

But  the  work  of  Church  Extension  does 
not  call  for  eulogy.  If  it  has  any  bad 
points,  it  is  remarkable  that  the  critic  has 
not  discovered  them.  It  is  an  interesting 
fact  that  in  the  presence  of  our  Church  Ex- 
tension work,  criticism  is  ruled  out  by 
universal  endorsement.  As  a  business  en- 
terprise, it  receives  the  hearty  approval  of 
business  men;  as  a  consecrated  business 
enterprise,  it  commends  itself  to  the  head 
and  heart  of  every  one  who  is  interested  in 
the  progress  of  the  kingdom  of  Jesus 
Christ.  Did  you  ever  hear  of  anybody  who 
seriously  declared  himself  as  opposed  to 
the  work  being  done  by  our  Church  Exten- 
sion Board?  The  man  who  doesn't  want 
churches  built  is  out  of  sympathy  with 
Christian  progress,  or  is  one  of  that  num- 
ber: 

"Who  lives  for  himself  and  thinks  for  himself, 
For  himself  and  none  beside, 
Just  as  though  Jesus  had  never  lived, 
As  though  Jesus  had  never  died." 

It  is  not  opposition  that  we  need  to  fear; 
it  is  lack  of  Christian  ambition  to  lift  this 
{Continued  on  page  1060.) 


ARROWS  OF  CONVICTION  NECES- 
SARY TO  BRING  MONEY 


BEpEAfS    irsELF     ,3^ 


BUSINESS  METOOSS 


TT|,^((((( 


The  hearts  of  the  congregation 
are  reached  by  the  facts  concerning 
a  great  missionary  work. 


It  takes  a  long  time  for  an  idea  to  perco- 
late down  through  the  mind  of  a  great 
brotherhood.  It  seems  a  disgrace,  almost, 
that  out  of  a  total  of  nearly  twelve  thou- 
sand churches  only  1,269  took  the  offering 
last  year  for  Church  Extension.  There  is 
really  no  excuse  for  such  a  record,  except 
lack  of  interest,  lack  of  knowledge  or  be- 
cause of  unbelief.  There  is  no  church  in  our 
ranks  so  weak  and  poor  but  that  it  could 
make  up  from  one  to  five  dollars  on  the 
offering  day  and  send  it  to  this  fund.  The 
trouble  is  that  our  churches  are  either  not 
interested  or  are  unwilling  to  send  small 
offerings,   forgetting   that  small  amounts 


make  up  the  great  sum  total  and  that  there 
is  great  inspiration  in  the  knowledge  that 
every  church  is  engaging  in  the  annual  of- 
fering. 

But  first  of  all,  men  must  have  convic- 
tion before  they  will  give  their  money. 
The  Disciples  of  Christ  are  as  liberal  as 
other  religious  bodies  when  convincing 
facts  are  presented  by  a  warm-hearted 
and  enthusiastic  man.  Therefore  the 
need  of  education  on  a  work  like  Church 
Extension.  Our  secretary  has  gone  to 
churches  that  refused  to  give  because 
they  felt  too  poor  or  because  they  believed 
they  had  enough    to    do    at    home.     After 


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hearing  about  the  work  from  a  man  who 
believed  in  it  himself,  the  churches  voted 
to  make  an  offering  each  year,  and  felt 
that  they  could  not  afford  to  have  no  fel- 
lowship in  so  useful  and  necessary  a  work. 
Arrows  of  conviction  had  gone  to  the 
hearts  of  the  people.  It  is  worth  while 
for  those  who  have  charge  of  a 
church  to  present  the  facts  concerning 
Caurch  Extension.  Few,  if  any.  can  find 
fault  with  the  Church  Extension  plan.  It 
furnishes  material  for  the  most  convincing 
speech.  The  right  presentation  charms 
the  people  beyond  measure.  At  least  one 
address  each  year  should  be  made  in  all 
the  churches.  The  people  have  a  right  to 
know  the  facts.  To  keep  them  from  the 
people  is  a  sin  for  which  somebody  must 
give  account— is  a  sin,  because  to  with- 
hold the  facts  means  the  loss  of  thousands 
of  dollars  to  the  work. 

A  young  preacher  who  had  charge  of  a 
village  church,  told  an  experienced 
preacher  that  he  would  like  a  city  pulpit 
because  he  thought  he  had  been  in  a  small 
town  long  enough  and  ought  to  be 
rewarded  with  a  larger  field.  The  veteran 
preacher  replied:  "Don't  you  think  your 
field  is  about  as  large  as  you  will  want  to 
be  responsible  to  God  for  on  the  day  of 
judgment?"  What  a  fearful  responsi- 
bility that  remark  revealed  to  that  young 
man!  Will  not  God  hold  his  ministers  re- 
sponsible? Governments  on  earth  do;  why 
not  the  great  King? 

There  are  arrows  of  conviction  in  our 
Church  Extension  work  that  go  to  the 
heart: 

1.  There  is  the  absolute  need  of  a 
large  Church  Extension  fund.  There  are 
eleven  hundred  homeless  churches  that  can 
borrow  nowhere  else.  Church  Extension 
is  their  only  way  to  get  a  building. 

2.  Visible  results.  You  can  see  your 
money  work,  and  can  see  now  nearly 
nine  hundred  buildings  erected  by  aid  of 
this  fund.  The  results  need  not  be  waited 
for.  The  good  effects  of  having  a  build- 
ing can  be  seen  at  once. 

3.  The  money  you  give  to  Church 
Extension  is  not  spent,  but  goes  into  a  per- 
manent fund  to  be  loaned  and  reloaned  in 
the  building  of  a  church  every  five  years. 

4.  Your  money  thus  repeats  its  good 
work.  Bishop  Kingsley  said  of  the  church 
building  fund  of  the  Episcopal  church: 
"Your  money  builds  a  church  this  year, 
and,  returning  in  five  years,  says,  'Here  I 
am  the  second  time,  send  me  out  again.' 
You  send  the  same  five  hundred  dollars 
down  to  Florida.  It  builds  a  church 
there,  and  comes  the  third  time  sing- 
ing the  song  of  goodness  done  to  that 
church  and  says,  'Send  me  out  again,'  and 
we  send  it  up  to  Michigan  to  house  a 
church;  and  so  it  goes  in  endless  rotation 
of  good,  building  a  church  every  five 
years,  as  long  as  thf  church  militant  shall 
stand." 

5.  The  loan  is  made  in  a  strictly  busi- 
nesslike way,  so  that  when  the  money 
goes  to  the  church  to  complete  the  pay- 
ment on  the  building,  tne  congregation  is 
always  grateful  for  the  lessons  they  have 
learned  in  transacting  the  Lord's  business. 
Losses  are  thus  avoided. 

Many  other  strong  points  present  them- 
selves. Churches  are  helped  that  first 
help  themselves.  Churches  aided  raise  on 
an  average  three  dollars  for  every  dollar 
loaned.  A  loan  to  a  church  stimulates  self- 
reliance,  which  is  one  of  the  first  laws  of 
life. 

All  of  these  points  are  arrows  of  convic- 
tion that  should  bring  liberal  gifts  in  our 
September  offering. 


HELP  US  TO  LIFT  SUCH  BURDENS 

AS  THESE 


Primarily   the  Church  Extension  fund  is 
loaned  to  newly  organized  missions  to  help 
them  build  their  first  church  home.     The 
funds  are  not  loaned  to  pay  old  debts  ex- 
cept to  save  a  church  building  from  being 
sold  for  liens  or  under  mortgage  foreclos- 
ure.    The  work  of  the  board  as  designated 
by  our  national  convention  is  Church  Ex- 
tension,  building  new 
churches  upon   the 
outposts,    but    some- 
times  the   board  can 
wisely  practice  Church 
Retention,    because    a 
building  saved  to  the 
brotherhood   is  a 
building  gained,  just 
as  a  penny  saved  is  a 
penny  earned.    Many 
a  time  a  congregation 
starts    out     to    build 
upon   their    own    re- 
sources.    They    have 
abounding  faith  and 
great  courage.     They 
think    they  have 
counted  the  cost  and 
see    the    end.     But 
unforeseen  circum- 
stances    keep     them 
from   completing  the 
building  or  from  com- 
pleting payment. 
Liens    are    filed    and 
the     church,    having 

exhausted  its  means,  *         .. ^_ 

not  being  able  to  bor- 
row the  money  on  the 

ground,  is  forced  to  the  wall  and  with 
heavy  hearts  they  see  their  church  bought 
in  for  the  debts  by  some  other  religious 
body. 

Many  a  time  this  calamity  came  to  our 
missions  before  our  Church  Extension  fund 
acquired  some  strength.  The  burden  of  a 
lien,  or  the  burden  of  a  mortgage  at  a  high 
rate  of  interest  past  due,  or  under  fore- 
closure, holds  a  church  down  and  crushes 
out  its  spiritual  life.  We  ought  to  make 
our  Extension  fund  strong  enough  to  lift 
such  burdens  promptly.  The  majority  of 
them  have  been  acquired  in  an  honest  and 
faithful  effort  to  build  up  the  Master's 
kingdom.  The  mission  church  sees  that 
it  must  build  a  house  or  fail.  They  know 
the  great  demand  made  upon  our  Church 
Extension  fund  and,  therefore,  try  to 
build  alone.  They  feel  that  they  had  bet- 
ter fail  trying  than  record  a  failure  by 
sitting  still. 

Are  not  these  faithful  ones  worthy  of  all 
consideration?  We  sometimes  think  that 
there  is  no  sentiment  or  pathos  in  Church 
Extension  work.  What  is  more  pathetic 
than  to  see  a  poor  family  turned  out  upon 
the  street?  The  result  is  that  they  become 
separated,  the  houses  of  charity  take  in 
part  of  the  family  and  the  kindly  disposed 
neighbors  the  rest.  This  is  no  more  pathetic 
than  to  see  a  church  family  separated  and 
broken  up  by  the  loss  of  its  home.  The 
apostle  tells  us  that  we  are  to  do  good  unto 
all  men,  particularly  unto  those  who  are 
of  the  household  of  faith.  These  are  our 
own  brethren,  heirs  of  the  same  promises 
and  children  of  the  common  Father  of  us 
all. 

In  his  last  speech  on  Church  Extension 
George  Darsie  said  of  our  struggling  mis- 
sions: "They  stand  for  the  same  great 
struggle  for  a  pure  Christianity  that  all  of 


us  are  making,  the  only  difference  being 
that  they  stand  in  weakness  and  homeless- 
ness,  against  overwhelming  odds.  It  is 
not  too  much  to  say  that  these  are  the 
heroes  of  our  cause  in  this  great  land. 
They  had  enough  faith  in  God  to  shoulder 
the  responsibility  of  forming  a  church  with 
no  hope  of  a  church  building.  And  now 
it  is  ours  to  say  whether  or  not  such  faith 
and  heroism  shall  be  allowed  to  go  unrec- 
ognized and  unrewarded.  It  is  for  us  to 
say  whether  they  shall  perish  in  their  help- 
lessness, or  live  by  the  power  of  the  helping 
hand  of  Church  Extension.  If  it  was 
worth  while  to  call  them  into  existence  it 
is  ten  times  more  worth  while  now  to  per- 
petuate that  existence." 


Sermons  in  Stone. 

(Continued  from  page  1059.) 

work  to  its  proper  eminence.  We  must 
speedily  give  it  the  high  place  it  is  entitled 
to  hold  among  the  great  interests  of  a 
great  brotherhood.  It  is  second  to  no  en- 
terprise among  us.  Logically  it  occupies 
the  very  first  place.  Given  the  church 
building,  with  a  converted  membership, 
and  all  else  in  the  way  of  all  other  kinds 
of  work  follows.  How  shall  they  hear 
without  a  preacher?  How  shall  he  preach 
with  prospect  of  attention  and  interest, 
without  the  house?  And  how  shall  there 
be  education  in  all  that  constitutes  the 
work  of  the  church  save  as  the  people  are 
housed  and  unified?  It  is  a  logical  propo- 
sition that  Church  Extension  is  entitled  to 
the  first  place  on  the  program.  If  it  does 
not  wear  the  crown  among  our  missionary 
enterprises,  it  feels  at  least  the  blood  of 
royalty  pulsing  in  its  veins.  It  is  not  em- 
barrassed  in    the  presence  of  the  purple. 


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It  is  thoroughly  at  home  with  all  the  &reat 
interests  of  our  brotherhood. 

Millions  are  spent  to  furnish  platforms 
for  fads;  shall  we  give  our  paltry  thousands 
to  furnish  a  working  basis  for  the  simple 
gospel  of   Christ?     With  the  half  million 


goal  in  sight,  let  us  lay  aside  every  weight 
and  the  besetting  sin  of  indifference  and 
run  with  speed  to  reach  it.  A  strenuous 
camgaign  for  the  coming  year— with 
something  of  the  enthusiasm  of  our  politi- 
cal friends— will  do  the  work. 


IF    NO    FRUIT— BEWARE 


When  Jesus  was  pre- 
paring his  chosen  ones 
for  their  future  minis- 
try which  was  to  be  a 
lesson  to  his  church  for 
•  all  time,  he  led  them 
one  hot,  dusty  day, 
near  the  close,  to  a  fig 
tree  which  was  making 
great  pretension?  o  f 
abundant  life.  It  was 
a  fig  tree  full  of  leaves 
but  barren  of  fruit. 
Christ  and  his  disciples 
were  tired  and  dusty, 
hungry  and  thirsty. 
What  a  disappoint- 
ment, you  say,  to  find 
no  fruit  to  satisfy  their 
hunger  and  thirst!  It 
was  enough  to  provoke 
Jesus  to  the  cursing  of 
the  barren  fig  tree. 

However,    Jesus    did 
not   curse   the   fig  tree 
because  it  failed  to  sat- 
isfy hunger  and  thirst.     He  was  too  great 
a  teacher  to  curse  a  fig  tree  in  a  fit  of  anger 
because  it  failed  to  satisfy  a  temporal  want. 
Why  then  did  Christ  curse  the  fig  tree? 

It  was  the  nature  of  that  species  of  fig  to 
put  forth  first  its  hlossoms,  then  the  fruit 
appeared  and  lastly  the  leaves.  Therefore 
on  a  fig  tree  that  was  in  a  normal  condi- 
tion you  had  a  right  to  look  for  fruit  when 
there  was  an  abundance  of  leaves.  And 
so  Christ  was  disappointed  in  two  ways: 
First,  he  expected  to  find  fruit;  second,  he 
wanted  fruit,  not  to  satisfy  hunger,  but  be- 
cause fruit  meant  seed,  which  meant  that 
this  tree  was  able  and  willing  to  repro- 
duce its  kind.  With  no  fruit  it  meant  the 
dying  out  of  this  particular  species  of  fig. 
Therefore  the  Savior  cursed  it  so  that  it 
was  withered  up  root  and  branch. 

The  following  day  he  led  his  disciples 
by  the  same  route  and  when  they  saw  the 
tree  withered  up  root  and  branch  they 
were  amazed.  While  they  were  in  this 
receptivejmood  he  spoke  just  four  words, 
"Have  faith  in  God."  What  lesson  would 
the  Great  Teacher  impress?  Simply  this: 
If  you  have  faith  in  me  you  will  bear  fruit. 
If  you  do  not  you  are  not  my  disciples  and 
your  end  is  death.  If  the  fig  tree  bore  no 
fruit  it  would  fail  to  perpetuate  its  species. 
If  the  disciples  whom  he  had  chosen  for 
the  nuclejs  of  his  church  bore  no  fruit 
they  would  fail  to  perpetuate  his  church 
and  his  whole  life  would  be  a  failure  and 
the  world  would  be  lost. 

Trees  do  not  blossom  and  put  forth 
leaves  for  show.  Nor  do  they  produce 
fruit  primarily  to  satisfy  hunger.  The 
fruit  covers  the  seed  and  is  produced  for 
the  purpose  of  protecting  that  seed  and 
fertilizing  the  ground  into  which  it  falls — 
all  for  the  sake  of  perpetuating  its  kind. 
We  are  not  saved  for  our  own  comfort  and 
enjoyment,  but  that  we  may  save  others. 
Saving  others  is  bearing  fruit  and  perpetu- 
ating the  church.  Had  the  first  disciples 
failed  to  make  disciples  of  others  the  early 
church  would  have  died  in  its  cradle. 

May  we  not  take  warning  here  and  learn 
our  lesson?     But  few  of  us  can  preach  the 


The  axe  is  laid  at  the  root  of  the  tree 


word  from  the  pulpit  for  the  increase  of 
the  kingdom,  but  we  can  give  our  money 
to  the  missionary  societies  on  their  ap- 
pointed days  for  collection  and  thus  help 
to  sound  out  the  word.  The  work  of  all 
our  missionary  funds  is  important.  No 
one  is  secondary.  Hereafter  let  us  resolve 
to  give  to  each  on  its  appointed  day,  and 
begin  to  carry  out  this  resolve  on  the  first 
Sunday  of  September  when  the  annual  of- 
fering is  being  made  for  our  Church  Ex- 
tension fund,  which  has  already  shown  by 
its  fruits  that  it  has  a  right  to  live  and  be 
liberally  supported  in  its  particular  way  of 
helping  to  increase  the  number  of  the 
saved. 


The  Truckee  Carson  Project. 

By  J.  H.  McCollough. 

This  is  what  the  irrigation  enterprise  in 
Nevada  is  called.  The  water  has  already 
been  turned  into  the  first  canal  and  its 
tributaries,  covering  about  30,000  acres.  I 
want  to  say  a  word  to  the  young  men, 
readers  of  the  Christian-Evangelist, 
concerning  the  chance  to  make  a  home 
and  do  good. 

I  was  called  some  months  since,  to  take 
the  oversight  of  the  mission  church  in 
Reno,  Nevada.  I  was  there  two  months, 
and  during  that  time  found  time  to  make 
inquiry  and  learn  something  of  this  great 
work.  The  United  States  government  pro- 
poses to  utilize  the  waters  of  three  rivers, 
flowing  from  the  Sierra  Nevada  range 
east — the  Truckee,  the  Carson  and  the 
Walker  rivers.  One  day  I  stood  on  the 
bridge  in  Reno,  and  looked  at  the  waters 
of  Truckee  flowing  beneath.  The  stream 
was  about  100  feet  wide  and  five  feet  deep 
at  that  time,  and  flowing  so  rapidly  that, 
it  is  said,  very  few  men  who  have  ever 
fallen  intt)  it  got  out  alive.  Citizens  told 
me  the  river  was  often  ten  feet  deep.  So 
you  see  what  a  large  volume  of  water 
flows,  and  you  can  imagine  what  a  tract 
of  land  it  would  irrigate.  The  Carson 
river,  about  twenty-five  miles  south,  is 
about  two-thirds  as  large,  and  the  Walker, 


about  thirty  miles  south  of  the  Carson,  not 
as  large.  The  project  contemplates  utiliz- 
ing the  waters  of  all  three  rivers.  The 
plan  is  to  turn  the  wa'er  of  the  Truckee 
from  a  point  about  thirty  miles  below  and 
east  of  Reno,  into  a  canal  leading  into  a 
reservoir  some  forty  or  fifty  miles  southeast 
of  the  dam.  Between  the  dam  and  reser- 
voir lateral  canals  and  ditches  will  irrigate 
about  30.000  acres.  This  is  the  part  al- 
ready done,  and  the  water  is  flowing.  Be- 
low the  reservoir  will  be  canals  and  ditches 
irrigating  a  large  body  of  land.  As  soon  as 
this  is  cone,  a  dam  will  be  made  across  the 
Carson,  and  its  waters  turned  northeast 
through  a  canal  emptying  into  the  same 
great  reservoir.  Between  the  Carson  dam 
and  the  reservior,  some  20,000  or  more 
acresjwill  be  brought  under  ditches.  This 
is  said  to  be  very  fine  land,  and  will 
have  the  advantage  of  being  nearer  the 
fast  growing  mining  cities  of  Tonapah  and 
Goldfield.  After  this  is  done,  which  will 
not  be  for  several  years  yet,  a  dam  will  be 
made  on  the  Walker  and  its  waters  diverted 
south  over  a  fine  body  of  land. 

Now,  I  want  to  say  to  the  young  men, 
here  is  an  opportunity  to  get  a  home  in  a 
rapidly  growing  community,  where,  in  a 
few  years,  you  will  haye  a  fine  living  on  a 
farm  of  rich  land  and  with  a  never  failing 
supply  of  water  for  irrigation.  Here,  in 
California,  we  have  demonstrated  the 
utility  of  plenty  of  water.  In  southern 
California  they  count  land  worth  $5.00, 
and  water  to  irrigate  it  worth  $95.00  per 
acre.  Under  these  ditches  in  Nevada  you 
can  homestead  40,  80  or  120  acre  farms.  It 
will  cost  you  nothing — only  a  little  land- 
office  fee,  say  $15.00  or  $20.00— but  you 
must  live  on  it.  You  will  be  required  to 
pay  for  water  $2.60  per  acre  for  ten  years. 
After  ten  years,  water  will  be  free.  You 
will  then  own  your  farm,  or  ranch,  as  we 
call  it  out  here,  and  a  perpetual  water 
right  in  which  all  the  canals  and  lateral 
ditches  will  be  kept  in  order  by  the  United 
States  government. 

The  land  is  first-class  grain  land.  They 
raise  the  best  potatoes  I  ever  ate,  and  a 
large  yield.  Alfalfa  grows  well.  Some 
kinds  of  fruit,  apples,  pears  and  plums, 
are  said  to  do  well.  The  great  mining  in- 
terests, now  very  large  and  all  the  time 
extending,  will  create  a  market  at  fine 
prices  for  many  years  to  come.  I  should 
like  to  see  our  young  people  go  in  there 
and  make  homes  near  enough  one  another 
to  establish  three  churches  to  begin  with. 
One  on  the  canal  extending  from  the  dam 
on  the  Truckee  to  the  Grand  reservoir. 
One  on  the  canal  extending  from  the  dam 
on  the  Carson  to  the  reservoir;  and  one 
below  the  reservoir  in  the  fine  tract  in 
Churchill  county.  Suppose  three  young 
brethren  would  agree  to  co-operate— one 
aspire  to  become  elder  of  a  church,  the 
other  two  to  be  deacons,  and  ?ettle  in 
there  and  start  a  church.  The  word  of 
God  says,  "If  any  man  desires  to  be  a 
bishop  he  desires  a  good  work."  It  is 
right  to  aspire  and  lay  yourself  out  to  do  a 
good  work.  Of  course  you  would  be  ex- 
pected to  marry  some  of  those  good  Mis- 
souri or  Illinois  girls,  but  the  girls  will  be 
willing,  as  I  see  it.  Some  nice  young  man 
gets  it  in  his  head  to  come  and  get  a  home 
under  these  fine  ditches,  on  the  Nevada 
sage  brush  land,  and  asks  you  to  come 
along,  you  just  say  "Yes!"  It's  just  the 
thing  to  do. 

It  rarely  rains  in  that  country,  and  it 
does  not  take  much  money  to  put  up  the 
building  needed  to  care  for  horses  and 
other  stock.  You  would  need  two  horses 
and  farming  implements,  one  or  two  cows, 
some  pigs  and  chickens. 

A  young  man  can  get  plenty  of  work  for 
his  spare  time  for  himself  and  team  at 
good  figures,  working  for  Uncle  Sam  on 
ditches.  Come,  as  they  used  to  say  in 
Posey  county,  Ind.,  on  the  first  load  of  poles. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  17,  1905 


— D.  N\  Wetzel  has  resigned  at  Balti- 
more, Md. 

—August  17— the  opening  day  of  the 
:  convention  at  San  Francisco. 

— Albyn  Esson,  of  Portland,  Oregon,  has 
been  called  to  the  pastorate  at  Silverton, 
Oregon. 

— C.  R.  L.  Vawter,  of  Indianapolis,  is  in 
a  tent  meeting  at  Williamsport,  Pa.,  a  city 
000  people. 

—  Remember  the  motto  for  Church  Ex- 
tension—"A  half  million  for  the  fund  by 
the  close  of  1905." 

—  L.  A.  Retcher  has  resigned  the  work 
at  Orange.  Texas,  to  accept  the  pastorate 
at  Alexandria,  La. 

—The  congregation  at  Roff,  Ind.,   has 
just  completed   a    new    building    costing 
500.     E.  S.  Allhands  is  pastor. 
—Those  desiring  the   services  of    Chas. 
E.  McViy,   singing  evangelist,    may    ad- 
dress him  at  his  home,  Benkelman,  Neb. 

—Richard  S.  Martin,  evangelist,  assisted 
by  Miss  Edna  Faye  Martin,  singer,  has 
begun  a  meeting  with  the  church  at  LeRoy, 
Kansas. 

— W.  J.  Lhamon,  of  the  Bible  college,  at 
Columbia,  Mo.,  led  the  church  at  Prince- 
ton, Mo.,  a  series  of  Bible  studies  during 
the  past  week. 

— T.  J.  Legg  will  dedicate  the  beautiful 
new  church  at  Plymouth,  Ind.,  September 
3.  The  dedication  will  be  followed  by  a 
protracted  meeting. 

—The  church  at  Caldwell,  Kan.,  is  en- 
gaged in  improvements  on  their  building 
preparatory  to  a  meeting  in  October  with 
Brother  Donaldson. 

— W.  J.  Dodge  delivered  two  discourses 
in  the  church  at  Burgin,  Ky.,  and  secured 
about  $25  in  cash  and  pledges  for  the 
work  at  Jackson,  Ky. 

—Rochester  Irwin  preached  his  farewell 
sermon  at  Forrest,  111.,  Aug.  6,  and  began 
work  with  the  First  church  at  Rochester, 
Minn.,  one  week  later. 

—The  obituary  notice  which  appeared  in 
the  Christian-Evangelist  of  Aug.  3 
should  have  read  Raymond  Victor  Smith 
instead  of  Richmond  Victor  Smith. 

—The  church  at  Davis,  I.  T.,  is  in  need 
of  a  good  pastor,  and  prepared  to  employ 
him  for  full  time.  Applicants  should  ad- 
dress A.  C.  Parker,  Graham,  Texas. 

—We  are  just  receiving  from  the  bindery 
Bro.  E.  L.  Powell's  new  book,  entitled 
"The  Victory  of  Faith"  containing  20  ad- 
dresses and  sermons.  Price  $1.00  postpaid. 
—The  Church  Extension  fund  is  loaned 
at  a  low  rate  to  help  weak  churches  build 
their  first  church  home.  It  is  a  matter  of 
both  benevolence  and  business  enterprise. 
— M.  Lee  Sorey,  of  the  Highland  park 
church,  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  filled  the  pulpit 
of  the  Central  church,  July  30,  and  Aug. 
14,  in  the  absence  of  the  pastor,  Dr.  H.  O. 
Breeden. 

—J.  F.  Oathout  is  preaching  for  the 
church  at  Marion,  Iowa,  during  the  vaca- 
tion season.  He  returns  to  his  studies  at 
Drake  university  with  the  opening  of  the 
fall  term. 

—The  boys'  and  girls'  rally  day 
exercises  for  this  year  have  been  prepared 
by  J.  W.  Carpenter,  of  Virginia,  111.,  and 
the  title  of  the  exeroises  is  "Seed-time  and 
Harvest." 

— S.  J.  Carter,  formerly  pastor  at  Olio, 
la.,  will  take  special  work  in  history  and 


literature  at  the  University  of  Chicago  this 
fall  in  preparation  for  the  teaching  of 
these  branches. 

— R.  F.  Thrapp,  pastor  at  Jacksonville, 
111.,  writes  that  the  work  of  Guy  B.  Wil- 
liamson as  musical  director  and  assistant 
pastor  is  proving  of  great  assistance  to  the 
work  in  that  city. 

—Our  offerings  on  September  3  to  the 
Church  Extension  fund  will  be  somthing 
of  an  index  to  our  business  sagacity  as  a 
people.  There  is  no  work  among  us  that 
pays  better  returns. 

— T.  E.  Bauer  is  getting  hold  of  the 
work  at  Battle  Creek  in  a  good  strong  way. 
It  is  expected  that  this  work  will  grow  rap- 
idly under  his  leadership.  This  is  one  of 
the  missions  of  our  Home  Society. 

—J.  A.  Holton  has  closed  his  work  at 
Hattiesburg,  Miss.,  and  accepted  a  call  to 
the  pastorate  of  the  St.  Matthews  and 
South  Louisville  congregations,  Louisville, 
Ky.     His  address  will  be  St.  Matthews. 

—The  Christian-Evangelist  Special 
left  St.  Louis  on  the  evening  of  August  9, 
with  five  sleeping-cars  and  over  200  pas- 
sengers. Many  more  will  join  the  excur- 
sion between  here  and  San  Francisco. 

— W.  T.  Groom  has  resigned  the  pastor- 
ate of  the  Christian  church  at  Bellefon- 
taine,  O.,  and  accepted  a  call  from  the 
church  at  Butte,  Mont.  He  will  preach  his 
farewell  sermon  on  Lord's  day,  Aug.  13. 

—Those  who  have  not  read  Bro.  J.  H. 
Garrison's  book  on  the  Holy  Spirit  are 
missing  the  author's  best  and  most  helpful 
work.  Send  $1.00  to  this  company  for  a 
copy  of  this  much-talked-of  publication. 

—This  is  our  Church  Extension  number. 
Let  us  not  overlook  the  importance  of 
strengthening  the  home  ties  in  the  church 
work.  No  congregation  can  be  considered 
permanent  until  it  is  provided  with  a  home. 
—The  few  brethren  at  Elmwood,  Cal., 
have  engaged  W.  J.  Hastie,  of  Albia,  la., 
to  hold  a  meeting  after  the  adjournment  of 
the  national  convention.  It  is  hoped  that 
a  church  may  be  established  at  that  point. 
— In  the  absence  of  J.  T.  Boone,  pastor 
at  Jacksonville,  Fla.,  who  is  attending  the 
national  convention,  the  pulpit  is  supplied 
by  one  of  the  elders  of  the  church,  Rufus 
A.  Russell,  managing  editor  of  the  Daily 
Metropolis. 

—The  tent  meeting  at  Pekin,  111.,  con- 
ducted by  J.  A.  Barnett,  assisted  by  C.  A. 
Altheide,  singing  evangelist,  is  growing  in 
interest.  The  meeting  began  Aug  6.  There 
had  been  one  confession  up  to  the  evening 
of  Aug.  11. 

— Among  the  multitude  of  things  to  be 
remembered,  do  not  forget  that  Sunday, 
Sept.  3,  is  Church  Extension  day.  An  in- 
increased  offering  for  this  important  work 
should  be  the  response  to  the  call  of  the 
secretary. 

—Eighty-one  church  buildings  have  been 
erected  in  Oklahoma  during  the  past  two 
years.  This  is  as  many  as  were  erected 
during  the  preceding  fourteen  years.  J.  M. 
Monroe  is  corresponding  secretary  of  the 
work  in  Oklahoma. 

—The  annual  basket  meeting  of  the 
church  in  Mercer  county,  Mo.,  will  be  held 
at  Princeton,  Mo.,  Lord's  day,  August  13. 
Dean  W.  J.  Lhamon,  of  Columbia,  and 
Professor  Wakefield,  of  Hiram,  Ohio,  will 
be  the  speakers  of  the  day. 

—A  card  has  been  received  announcing 
the  marriage  of  Miss  Daisy  Taylor,  of 
Connersville,  Ind.,  to  J.  Murray  Taylor, 
pastor  of  one  of  our  churches  in  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  The  marriage  occurred  on 
Tuesday,  Aug.  8,  and  the  couple  will  be  at 


home  after  Sept.  1  at  475  F  St.,  Washing- 
ton. 

— The  annual  convention  of  the  Illinois 
Christian  Missionary  Society  will  beheld  at 
Decatur  4-7,  in  the  Central  Christian 
church,  of  which  F.  W.  Burnham  is  pastor. 
We  hope  to  find  space  for  the  program  in 
another  portion  of  this  issue. 

—On  Sunday,  Aug.  6,  the  Central  Chris- 
tian church,  Springfield,  Mo.,  was  treated 
to  the  pleasant  sight  of  the  burning  of  a 
$2,800  mortgage— the  only  debt  which 
rested  on  the  congregation.  D.  W.  Moore 
and  his  co-workers  are  to  be  congratulated. 
—Will  H.  Betts,  who  has  ministered  to 
the  church  at  Allegan,  Mich.,  since  Jan- 
uary 24,  1904,  has  resigned  the  work 
there  in  order  to  enter  Drake  university  at 
the  opening  of  the  fall  session.  There  have 
been  sixteen  additions  under  his  ministry. 
— H.  M.  Barnett  has  resigned  the  work 
at  Wellington,  Kan.,  and  accepted  the  pas- 
torate of  the  Forrest  avenue  church  in  Kan- 
sas City,  Mo.,  to  begin  the  first  Lord's  day 
in  September.  The  Wellington  church  is 
in  need  of  a  good  man  to  take  up  the 
work. 

—The  Christian- Evangelist  for  the 
next  few  weeks  will  contain  much  interest- 
ing news  from  San  Francisco.  If  this  item 
comes  to  the  attention  of  one  who  is  not  a 
subscriber,  it  is  to  be  considered  as  an  in- 
vitation to  subscribe.  Price,  $1.50  for  a 
whole  year. 

— S.  B.  Moore,  pastor  of  the  Hammett 
Place  Christian  church,  St.  Louis,  is  spend- 
ing his  vacation  in  Connecticut  and  occu- 
pied the  pulpit  of  the  Christian  church  in 
Danbury  on  the  morning  of  Aug.  6,  and  of 
the  Methodist  church  at  Bethel  on  the 
evening  of  the  same  day. 

— Give  your  money  for  church  building 
purposes  at  mission  points  to  our  Church 
Extension  fund.  The  board  has  loaned 
nearly  $900,000  in  seventeen  years,  and  lost 
in  bad  debts  only  $563.  They  have  time 
and  opportunity  to  carefully  investigate 
each  case;  you  have  not. 

— The  Central  Christian  church  of  Colum- 
bus, Ohio,  under  the  leadership  of  W.  S. 
Priest,  sold  its  church  property,  which  is 
located  in  the  business  section  of  the  city, 
for  $31,000.  This  means  a  new  church  lo- 
cated in  a  more  quiet  section  of  the  city, 
and  yet  to  be  kept  central. 

— The  church  house  at  Sterling,  111.,  is 
being  renovated  and  repaired  preparatory 
to  a  Bible  institute  which  is  to  be  con- 
ducted in  it  by  Knox  P.  Taylor,  begin- 
ning Sept.  10.  The  Christian  Endeavor 
Society  recently  gave  a  patriotic  cantata, 
the  net  proceeds  of  which  were  $50. 

— Permission  has  been  asked  to  translate 
into  French  and  to  publish  in  France, 
Brother  Wharton's  tract  on  "The  Chris- 
tian Use  of  the  Tithe  System,"  and  of 
course  it  has  been  granted.  Thus  this 
tract  of  our  devoted  missionary  is  having 
a  wide  influence  both  at  home  and  abroad. 
— J.  L.  Thompson,  minister  of  the  F  rst 
church,  Peru,  Ind.,  announces  that  that 
congregation  will  celebrate  its  twelfth  an- 


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niversary  Oct.  1,  2.  All  ministers  who  have 
served  that  congregation  are  invited  to  be 
present.  Charles  M.  Fillmore,  the  first 
minister,  will  prepare  a  special  musical 
program  for  the  occasion. 

—  Geo.  W.  Wise,  pastor  of  the  church  at 
Monroe,  La.,  has  been  granted  a  leave  of 
absence  and  is  spending  the  time  thus 
granted  at  Mountain  City,  Tenn.  Tbe 
work  at  Monroe  is  being  looked  after 
meantime  by  John  A.  Stevens.  Brother 
Wise  has  been  chosen  as  the  living  link  mis- 
sionary of  the  Compton  Heights  church  of 
St.  Louis. 

— Bro.  Francis  M.  Green,  well  known 
throughout  the  brotherhood,  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Mrs.  Sybil  G.  Wright  at 
Akron,  Ohio,  during  the  week  ending 
Aug.  5.  (Our  correspondent  failed  to 
state  tbe  day.)  The  ceremony  wa?  per- 
formed by  G.  W.  Moore,  pastor  of  the 
East  Akron  church. 

— The  St.  Francois  county  co-operation 
of  Christian  churches  will  hold  its  annual 
convention  atLibertyville,  Mo.,  September 
14-16.  An  excellent  program  has  been 
prepared,  to  which  we  would  be  glad  to 
give  publication  if  space  permitted.  We 
are  fully  justified  in  saying,  however,  that 
it  is  an    excellent  one. 

—Lee  Furgeson  closes  his  four  years' 
ministry  at  Bedford,  la.,  September  1. 
The  mortgage  and  other  indebtedness  of 
the  church  have  been  paid  off,  and  many 
improvements  made.  A  parsonage  has 
been  built,  the  missionary  offerings  tripled 
and  two  hundred  additions  have  been 
made  to  the  membership. 

— Hundreds  of  Sunday-schools  and 
churches  throughout  the  brotherhood  are 
taking  up  a  systematic  course  of  Bible 
study,  using  the  "Normal  Instructor," 
prepared  by  W.  W.  Dowling,  and  pub- 
lished by  this  company,  as  a  text  book. 
This  course  is  published  in  seven  parts. 
Price  15  each  or  $1  for  the  set  of  seven. 

— The  drawings  which  we  are  using  to 
illustrate  this  Church  Extension  number 
of  the  Christian-Evangelist  were  de- 
signed and  executed  by  F.  J.  Mason, 
superintendent  of  the  Sunday-school  of  the 
Central  Christian  church  at  Detroit,  Mich. 
Brother  Mason  is  president  of  a  line  of 
lake  and  river  steamers,  with  headquarters 
in  that  city. 

—The  Salt  Lake  City  brethren  are  plan- 
ning to  have  a  great  rally  meeting  with 
the  delegates  going  on  the  Christian  church 
special,  including  our  national  secretaries, 
at  Salt  Lake  City,  Wednesday,  Aug.  16. 
After  the  rally  held  in  the  church,  there 
will  be  an  excursion  to  Saltair,  the  great 
bathing  beach  of  Salt  Lake  City,  with 
visits  to  the  places  of  interest  about  the 
city. 

— E  E.  Davidson,  evangelist,  writes  to 
us  from  Uniontown,  Ark.,  telling  us  of  the 
great  progress  made  in  the  methods  and 
work  of  the  church  there  since  the  intro- 
duction of  the  Christian-Evangelist  and 
other  church  papers,  in  their  midst.  He 
says  very  truly  that  "literature  tells."  A 
church  can  hardly  be  expected  to  progress 
without  the  aid  of  literature  published  for 
that  purpose. 

— J.  C.  Ogden  and  wife  spent  Lord's 
day,  August  6,  in  St.  Louis,  and  Brother 
Ogden  occupied  the  pulpit  of  the  Hammett 
Place  church  at  the  evening  services. 
Brother  and  Sister  Ogden  are  on  their  way 
as  missionaries  of  the  Foreign  Christian 
Missionary  Society  to  Thibet.  They  will 
spend  Lord's  day,  August  13,  with  the  First 
church,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  take  in  the 
national    convention,    and    sail  from    San 


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Francisco  on  the  S.  S.  China,  September  6, 
with  some  ten  other  missionaries  of  the 
Foreign  Society. 

— The  annual  report  of  the  church  at 
Independence,  Mo  ,  for  the  year  ending 
August  1,  s^iows  amount  expended  for  all 
purposes,  $4,500;  for  missions,  $1,700; 
number  of  additions  at  regular  services, 
63.  This  church  supports  its  own  mission- 
aries on  both  the  home  and  foreign  fields. 
L.  J.  Marshall,  the  pastor,  is  spending  a 
month's  vacation  at  tbe  Lakes,  and  will 
return  to  his  work  Sept.  1. 

— Churches  which  really  desire  music  of 
the  very  highest  order,  cannot  afford  to 
overlook  the  new  hymnal  published  by 
this  company,  "Gloria  in  Excelsis."  It  is 
thoroughly  first-class  in  every  particular, 
and  it  is  only  stating  the  matter  mildly  to 
say  that  it  has  never  had  a  companion  of 
the  same  class  among  our  people.  Send 
us  a  postal  card  if  you  are  interested,  and 
we  will  give  you  particulars. 

— G.  D.  Edwards  has  accepted  a  call  to 
tbe  church  at  Honolulu,  Hawaii.  Our 
Home  Board  has  decided  to  help  them  in 
their  work.  That  will  be  the  western-most 
mission  of  the  A.  C.  M.  S.  Pictou,  Nova 
Scotia,  is  the  most  eastern,  Porto  Rico  the 
most  southern,  and  Montreal  and  Winnipeg 
the  most  northern.  You  see  what  a  large 
territory  is  covered  by  our  Home  Board. 

— E.  F.  Spencer,  the  son  of  I.  J.  Spen- 
cer, of  Lexington,  Ky.,  has  become  minister 
of  the  Calhoun  street  church,  Baltimore, 
Md.  Brother  Ainslee  and  a  large  part  of 
the  congregation  have  inaugurated  a  new 
organization,  but  a  large  number  remained 
at  the  old  church.  They  have  attempted 
to  build  a  new  temple  at  Calhoun  street 
under  the  leadership  of  Brother  Spencer 
and  the  Board  of  Home  Missions. 

— J.  Carroll  Stark,  pastor  of  the  church 
at  Tullahoma,  Tenn.,  reports  the  work 
progressing  along  improved  modern  lines. 
They  are  realizing  their  duty  toward  mis- 
sions, making  offerings  for  the  support  of 
such  work,  and  are  employing  musical  in- 
struments to  aid  them  in  praising  the 
Lord.  This  may  seem  very  ordinary  to 
the  brethren  in  some  localities,  but  it  is  an 
advanced  step  for  the  Tullahoma  church. 
— Sister  Louise  B.  Cole,  of  Michigan,  has 
just  made  her  third  annuity  gift  of  $500  to 
our  National  Benevolent  Association.  By 
reason  of  heavy  appropriations  made  for  en- 
larging the  old  people's  home  at  Jackson- 
ville, 111.,  and  providing  for  a  new  orphan- 
age at  St.  Louis  that  the  present  one  may 
be  converted  into  a  free  hospital,  this  gift  is 
especially  appreciated.  Geo.  L.  Snively, 
903  Aubert  avenue,  St.  Louis,  will  cheer- 
fully give  information  to  all  inquirers  con- 
cerning the  annuity  method  and  the 
ministries  of  the  association. 

— A.  O.  Walker,  minister  of  the  Christian 
church  at  Loveland,  Col.,  writes  to  us 
that  an  earnest  effort  is  being  made  to 
provide  the  necessary  cottages  for  the  ac- 
commodation of  the  children  being  cared 
for  by  the  Colorado  Christian  Home,  a 
branch  of  the  Benevolent  Association 
work.  About  $4,000  are  needed,  of 
which  one-half  is  now  in  sight.  Those 
benevolently  disposed  may  address  con- 
tributions  to    Mrs.    M.   B.  Warren,  Love- 


land,  Col.,  or  to  Mrs.  J.  K.  Hansbrough, 
903  Aubert  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

—A  reader  of  tbe  Chkis-jian-Eya.vgel- 
rsi  writes:  "Ajday  or  so  ago  I  listened  to 
the  story  of  Napoleon's  retreat  from  Mos- 
cow, told  by  a}  man  who  had  it  from  the 
lips  of  one  of  .Napoleon's  soldiers— one  of 
the  300,000^who  went  to  Russia  and  also 
one  of  the  22,000  who  came  back."  This 
shows  how  closely  we  are  connected, 
after  all,  with  historic  events  that  seem 
to  us  to  be  in  the  distant  past. 

—  S.  P.  Gross,  who  has  for  several 
months  been  preaching  for  the  churches 
at  Knob*  Lick  and  Mountain  Oak  school, 
Mo.,  was  regularly  ordained  to  the  work  of 
the  ministry  on  the  evening  of  Wednesday, 
Aug.  2.  The  sermon  was  by  J.  W.  Bolton, 
and  the  ordination  service  was  conducted 
by  J.  T.  H.  Stewart.  Brother  Gross  closed 
the  meeting  with  appropriate  remarks 
concerning  his  purpose  for  the  future. 

—  The  receipts  of  the  Foreign  Society  for 
the  first  ten  months  of  the  missionary  year 
amount  to  $207,800,  a  gain  over  the  cor- 
responding ten  months  last  year  of  nearly 
$38,000.  The  receipts  during  August  and 
September  must  amount  to  $42,200  to  in- 
sure the  $250,000.  It  now  seems  altogether 
probable  this  amount  will  be  reached,  but 
we  must  not  permit  over-confidence  to 
compass  our  defeat  when  we  are  so  near 
victory. 

— Guy[Hoover  closed  his  two  years'  min- 
istry with  the  First  Christian  church  of 
Chicago  on  the  last  Lord's  day  in  July. 
During  that  period,  in  addition  to  main- 
taining the  expenses  of  the  congregation, 
$1,000  was  given  to  missions  and  benevo- 
lences, a  fund  $945  was  accumulated  for  a 
church  lot,  and  a  net  gain  of  115  made  in 
the  membership.  Brother  Hoover  is  now 
taking  post-graduate  work  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Chicago. 

—A  State  Christian  Citizenship  Assem- 
bly will  be  held  at  Winona  Lake,  Ind.,  on 
Friday  and  Saturday,  August  18  and  19, 
immediately  preceding  the  opening  of  the 
great  Bible  conference  which  is  held  an- 
nually at  that  place.  The  assembly  is 
called  by  the  National  Reform  Association. 
Dr.  Sylvester  F.  Scovel,  of  Wooster  uni- 
versity, president  of  the  association,  will 
speak  at  the  first  session  on  "The  Moral 
Accountability  of  Nations." 

—  A  new  telephone  device  invented  by 
J.  R.  Klippelt,  of  Warrington,  W.  Va., 
was  installed  in  the  new  Christian  church 
in  that  city.  By  means  of  this  device  the 
sermons  of  Clarence  Mitchell,  the  pastor, 
were  heard  as  far  away  as  Wheeling  and 
Pittsburg.  Brother  Mitchell  and  his  con- 
gregation are  delighted  with  the  arrange- 
ment, and  believe  that  many  who  cannot 
go  to  the  church  house  may  be  thus 
reached  by  the  preaching  of  the  gospel. 
Brother  Mitchell  asks  us  to  announce  that 
he  will  continue  in  the  evangelistic  work 
and  can  be  addressed  either  at  Warrington, 
W.  Va.,  or  Lima,  O. 

— W.  H.  Rogers  writes  to  us  concerning 
the  work  at  Swampscott,  Mass.,  which 
so  many  of  the  brethren  have  had  the 
privilege  of  assisting  during  the  present 
year.  He  states  that,  while  a  great  load 
has    been  lifted   by  means  of  the  financial 


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August  17,  1905 


aid  already  given,  necessary  repairs  must 
still  render  the  load  somewhat  heavy,  and 
that  if  any  of  the  brethren  are  disposed  to 
contribute  farther  the  aid  will  be  thank- 
fully received.  He  writes  hopefully  of  the 
work  and  states  that  there  is  every  pros- 
pect of  its  becoming  self-sustaining  and  a 
power  for  good  throughout  the  eastern 
country.  Those  who  know  Brother  Rogers 
will  have  no  difficulty  in  reading  between 
the  lines  the  situation  as  it  is.  The  work 
is  worthy  of  all  aid  that  can  be  given  It. 

— A  gathering  of  the  heads  of  the  various 
departments  of  the  Christian  Publishing 
Co.  at  luncheon  in  the  dining-room  of  the 
building  on  Tuesday,  Aug.  7.  was  arranged 
by  the  young  ladies  of  the  office  force.  It 
was  planned  as  a  surprise  to  Bro.  J.  H. 
Garrison,  a  reminder  of  his  birthday,  and 
as  an  opportunity  to  wish  the  members  of 
the  company  who  were  to  attend  the  San 
Francisco  convention  a  safe  and  pleasant 
journey.  A  bountiful  supply  of  good 
things  for  the  physical  man  loaded  the  ta- 
ble, and  good  fellowship  enlivened  the 
entire  company.  Sister  Garrison  sat  with 
her  husband  at  the  head  of  the  table  and 
relieved  the  masculine  monotony  of  the 
circle.  A  statement  that  the  luncheon  was 
in  honor  of  Brother  Garrison's  birthday 
brought  from  him  the  correction  that  it 
wa?  a  postponed  birthday.  Every  one  pres- 
ent immediately  manifested  an  intense  in- 
terest in  having  him  explain  how  to  post- 
pone birthdays,  but  up  to  present  writing 
he  has  not  revealed  the  secret. 


Have  you  seen  our  "Attendance  and  Of- 
fering Card,"  by  which  the  children  are 
induced  to  come  on  time,  and  to  make 
their  offerings  for  the  Master?  They  are 
1  cent  each  and  will  triple  the  offerings  in 
any  school.     Samples  sent. 

The  Campaign  for  Two  Thousand 
Contributors. 

This  is  the  report  of  promised  contribu- 
ting churches  up  to  Aug.  9,  the  total  num- 
ber being  1,249.  Let  the  orders  continue 
to  come  in.  Missouri  leads  this  week  with 
155  promises,  Illinois  is  second,  and  Ohio 

third. 

Promises  to  Promises  to 

States.  take  offering.      States,     take  offering. 

Alabama 10    Missouri 155 

Arkansas 11    Montana 8 

Arizona Nebraska 64 

California 60    New  Jersey 1 

Colorado 12    New  Mexico 2 

Connecticut 1     New  York 23 

Dist.  Columbia        5    North  Carolina...     5 

Florida 4     North  Dakota 

Georgia 10    Ohio 118 

Idaho 4    Oklahoma 16 

Illinois 133    Ontario 1 

Indiana 84    Oregon 25 

Indian  Territory..     8    Pennsylvania 38 

Iowa 77    South  Carolina...     4 

Kansas 83    South  Dakota....     5 

Kentucky 63    Tennessee 22 

Louisiana 10    Texas 63 

Maine Utah 

Manitoba 2    Vermont 1 

Maryland 3    Virginia 14 

Massachusetts 6    Washington 26 

Michigan 36    West  Virginia....  12 

Minnesota 10    Wisconsin 6 

Mississippi 6     Wyoming 2 

All  promises  should  be  sent  to 

G.  W.  Mcckley,  Cor.  Sec. 

600  Water  Works  Bldg.,  Kansas  City,  Me. 

&  $ 

For  Convenience 

always  have  a  supply  of  Borden's  Eagle 
Brand  Condensed  Milk  on  hand.  Suitable 
for  all  household  purposes.  For  puddings, 
cake  and  all  kinds  of  desserts.  Send  for 
Recipe  Book,  108  Hudson  Street,  New  York. 


Pacific  Gleanings. 

The  old  Oregon  country  is  coming  to  the 
front  not  in  material  prosperity  alone,  for 
the  moral  and  spiritual  forces  are  spring- 
ing to  the  front  with  vigorous  tread. 

In  the  state  of  Washington  there  is  a 
good  anti-gambling  law.  In  Seattle,  Ta- 
coma  and  lately  in  Walla  Walla,  the  gam- 
bler with  his  paraphernalia  Is  turning  to 
other  fields.  Here  in  Portland,  Judge  Fra- 
zier  has  rendered  a  decision  shutting  out 
pool- selling  at  the  racetrack  and  last 
week  the  races  were  declared  off. 

Dr.  C.  M.  Sheldon,  of  Topeka,  Kansas, 
was  engaged  by  the  Fair  commissioners  to 
preach  at  the  Auditorium  Sunday,  Aug.  6, 
at  3  p.  m.  On  his  arrival  in  the  city,  he 
learned  that  "The  Trail"  was  to  be  opened 
on  Sundays  contrary  to  expressed  agree- 
ment. He  therefore  promptly  declined  to 
fill  his  place.  At  the  First  Congregational 
church  on  Sunday  evening,  the  following 
resolution  was  passed  by  a  rising  vote: 

"Resolved,  that  we  the  audience  of 
2,000  people  at  the  First  Congregational 
church,  Portland,  Oregon,  Sunday  evening, 
August  6,  heartily  express  to  the  Rev.  CM. 
Sheldon  our  grateful  appreciation  of  his 
prompt  decision  in  declining  to  speak  in 
the  auditorium  of  the  Lewis  and  Clark 
Exposition,  whereby  he  would  have  been 
made  a  party  to  a  flagrant  violation  of  the 
Lord's  day,  and  contrary  to  an  expressed 
agreement,  whatever  the  pretext,  upon  the 
part  of  the  board  of  managers  of  said  ex- 
position " 

Recently  in  Portland  was  convened  the 
congress  of  charities  and  corrections.  It 
was  a  notable  gathering.  Some  250  came 
from  east  of  the  Rocky  mountains;  among 
them  I  was  pleased  to  note  our  own  busy 
and  wide-awake  (to  all  good  works)  Bro. 
W.  H.  McClain,  of  St    Louis. 

The  church  of  Christ  is  buckling  on  the 
armor,  with  the  slogan  of  victory,  "I  am 
not  ashamed  of  the  gospel  of  Christ." 
However  slow  she  may  be  to  enter  into  all 
the  various  and  diversified  avenues  of  use- 
ful endeavor,  as  indicated  by  these  numer- 
ous congresses,  sure  it  is  that  this  plain, 
old  story  is  the  very  heart  of  reform.  Its 
plea  is  not  unheeded  in  this  busy  west,  as 
note  the  many  meetings  held  in  the  last 
twelve  months. 

At  Turner  were  reported  for  the  year  in 
Oregon  more  than  900  baptisms;  in  Whitman 
county  co-operation  more  than  five  hun- 
dred additions,  with  several  new  churches 
established,  and  to  crown  all  with  brilliant 
hope  for  the  future,  the  churches  of  Day- 
ton, Washington,  and  Athena,  Oregon,  in 
addition  to  supporting  pastors,  are  sending 
out  evangelists  in  their  respective  fields, 
pledging  to  stand  by  them  for  the  year. 

Some  changes  are  being  announced  in 
ministerial  forces.  Albyn  Esson  goes  to 
Silverton  from  Rodney  avenue  church, 
Portland.  W.  A.  Moore  has  taken  up  the 
work  at  the  First  church,  Tacoma.  B.  H. 
Lingenfelter,  from  First  in  Seattle,  settles 
with  Fremont  church,  one  of  Seattle's 
suburbs. 

At  the  First  church  in  Portland,  Pastor 
Muckley  grows  steadily  in  favor  and 
power,  and  additions  are  noted  almost 
every  Lord's  day.  Visitors  to  the  Exposi- 
tion drop  in  to  swell  the  audiences  and 
leave  good  cheer  in  their  Christlike  greet- 
ings. 

From  China,  A.  E.  Corey,  and  from 
Iadia,  the  Gordons  came  to  recount  their 
wonderful  experiences  and  to  tell  of  the 
success  of  the  missionary  enterprises  in 
which  they  are  engaged.  A  new  reality 
seems  dawning  upon  the  church  of  the 
west,  standing  as  it  were  at  the  very  gate- 


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way  of  this  vast  mission  field  for  America. 

Then  in  anticipation  looms  up  the  con- 
vention at  San  Francisco.  Already  the 
"thrill  of  joy"  is  rising.  Many  will,  for 
the  first  time,  "feel  what  it  is  to  be  there." 
Among  those  who  must  await  the  postlude, 
and  hear  only  reports  from  the  workers, 
will  be  many  in  Portland  and  other  cities 
of  the  northwest  to  greet  the  co- laborers 
on  their  return  by  the  northern  route. 

To  all  such  is  extended  a  hearty  hand- 
shake and  a  "God  bless  you." 

Bruce  Wolverton. 

Portland,  Oregon. 

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year  of  nine  months  at  "Iowa  Christian 
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THE   CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


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The  Shorter  Catechism  on  Church 
Extension. 

Question.  What  is  the  Church  Extension 
fund?  Answer.  It  is  a  fund  organized  for 
the  purpose  of  aiding  in  building  houses  of 
worship. 

(J.  Where  is  the  office?  A.  In  Kansas 
City. 

Q.  Where  and  when  was  the  fund  organ- 
ized? A.  In  Cincinnati,  at  the  general  con- 
vention of  1883. 

Q.  Why  was  the  fund  organized?  A.  Be- 
cause of  a  need  in  our  home  mission  field, 
and  to  stop  indiscriminate  appeals,  and  to 
help  by  loan  instead  of  sinking  money  in 
gifts. 

Q.  How  many  organizations  have  the 
Disciples  of  Christ?  A.  About  11,000. 

Q.  How  many  of  these  have  church 
buildings?  A.  About  9,800  own  their  own 
buildings  in  which  they  worship. 

Q.  Then  we  have  about  1,200  unshel- 
tered organizations?  A.  That  is  the  fact; 
650  would  build  at  once  if  we  could  prom- 
ise aid  from  this  fund. 

Q.  Does  Church  Extension  pay?  A.  Yes. 
By  the  encouragement  of  a  loan  to  a  mis- 
sion in  a  new  town,  it  secures  lots  when 
cheap,  which  become  very  valuable  in  af- 
ter years,  and  the  churches  helped  by  this 
fund  generally  raise  three  and  four  dollars 
for  every  dollar  loaned  and  they  also  be- 
come missionary. 

Q.  When  was  the  present  board  elected? 
A.  During  the  general  convention  of  1888, 
held  at  Springfield,  111.,  which  was  the 
real  beginning  of  this  board's  work. 

Q.  Is  the  treasurer  under  bond?  A.  Yes. 
A  bond  of  $20,000. 

Q.  How  much  money  has  the  fund 
loaned  out?  A.  About  $900,000. 

Q.  How  many  churches  have  been 
helped?  A.  907. 

O.  How  many  are  waiting  to  be  aided? 
A.~650. 

Q.  On  what  conditions  can  one  of  our 
churches  receive  aid?  A.  (a)  That  the 
building  is  actually  needed,  (b)  That 
they  have  done  all  they  could  toward  first 
buying  the  lot  and  commencing  the  build- 
ing, (c)  That  the  loan  asked  pays  every 
debt,  (d)  That  they  give  first  mortgage 
security,  {e)  That  they  insure  the  house 
for  full  length  of  loan. 

Q.  What  interest  is  charged?  A.  Four 
per  cent. 

Q.  Why  charge  interest?  A.  It  stimu- 
lates the  congregation  to  return  the  loan, 
and  pays  the  current  expenses  of  handling 
the  money  and  disseminating  information. 

Q.  Then  this  is  a  perpetual  fund,  is  it? 
A.  It  is,  and  will  go  on  continually  build- 
ing houses  when  we  are  gone  from  earth. 

Q.  Why  not  give  the  churches  the 
money?  A.  Because  a  loan  at  four  per 
cent,  to  be  paid  back  in  four  or  five  years, 
answers  the  same  purpose  as  a  gift,  and 
the  money  is  saved  to  help  another  con- 
gregation every  four  or  five  years. 

Q.  Are  the  churches  returning  the  mon- 
ey? A.  They  are.  Over  $455,000  has  been 
returned.  They  pay  back  loans  much 
easier  than  they  pay  hall  rent  at  the  rate  of 
$150  or  $200  a  year. 

Q.  How  much  has  been  paid  back  this 
year?  A.  $71,557.29  in  loans  and  interest. 

Q.  If  mission  churches  do  so  heroically 
in  returning  money  borrowed,  ought  not 
older  churches,  who  have  their  houses, 
gladly  raise  large  offerings  this  coming 
September?  A.  Yes.  And  each  one  who 
reads  this  should  help  in  his  church  col- 
lection by  his  own  contribution  to  swell  this 
fund. 


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OUR  ANNUITY  PLAN  IN  CHURCH  EXTENSION. 

The  Annuity  Plan  of  the  Church  Extension  work  is  getting  popular  the  more  it  is 
understood.  The  board  can  pay  six  per  cent  on  annuities  at  the  age  of  fifty  years  or 
more,  and  find  prompt  investment  at  the  same  rate  of  interest,  helping  build  churches 
that  would  never  be  erected  except  by  this  aid.  Churches  that  we  cannot  help  with 
four  per  cent  money  from  the  general  fund,  are  glad  to  get  annuity  money  at  six  per 
cent,  and  be  in  the  hands  of  the  brotherhood  by  aid  of  funds  controlled  by  this  board. 
People  intending  to  leave  money  to  this  fund  at  their  death,  will  find  it  to  their  advan- 
tage to  give  to  the  Church  Extension  Fund  upon  the  annuity  plan.  We  receive  gifts 
of  $100  or  more,  at  any  time,  and  pay  annuities  semi-annually,  until  the  death  of  the 
donor,  according  to  the  following  rates:  During  the  last  year  annuities  have  been  of- 
fered us  from  persons  under  fifty  years,  and  after  a  careful  study  of  the  annuity  tables 
of  conservative  insurance  companies,  your  board  has  fixed  the  following  rates:  If,  when 
the  money  is  given,  the  annuitant  is  between  the  ages  of  twenty-one  and  thirty-nine 
inclusive,  a  bond  will  be  issued  paying  four  per  cent  during  the  natural  life  of  the 
annuitant;  between  the  ages  of  forty  and  forty-nine,  inclusive,  the  rate  will  be  five  per 
cent  during  the  natural  life  of  the  annuitant;  at  the  age  of  fifty  years  or  more,  the  rate 
will  be  six  per  cent.  The  income  to  the  annuitant  is  regular;  no  time  or  money  is  lost 
by  reinvestment;  there  are  no  taxes  to  pay;  the  money  is  building  churches  while 
earning  a  good  income  for  the  annuitant,  and  at  death  the  money  is  where  the  donor 
wants  it  to  be,  without  any  content  of  will.  Up  to  July  15,  1905,  there  have  been  141 
gifts  on  the  annuity  plan  amounting  to  over  $115,000  from  115  people. 

RESOLUTION   AUTHORIZING   THE   BOARD    OF   CHURCH   EXTENSION   TO    RECEIVE    ANNUITY 

MONEY. 

The  national  convention  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  in  1890,  made  the  following  recom- 
mendation to  the  Board  of  Church  Extension:  "We  request  the  board  to  consider  and 
adopt,  if  practical,  the  annuity  feature  in  raising  funds  for  Church  Extension,  believing 
it  will  prove,  as  in  the  case  of  other  churches,  a  successful  method  of  raising  money  for 
the  fund.     For  further  information  address,  G.  W.  Muckley,  Cor.  Sec. 

600  Water  Works  Bldg.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 


Q.  How  many  churches  have  been  helped 
this  year?  A    86. 

Q.  How  many  since  1888,  which  dates 
the  real  beginning  of  the  work?  A.  907. 

Q.  Is  money  ever  loaned  to  pay  old 
debts?  A.  In  no  case,  except  to  save  a 
church  building  from  being  sold  for  debt. 

Q.  Why  are  mortgages  being  foreclosed 
on  so  many  of  our  mission  churches  that 
have  borrowed  elsewhere?  A.  Because  they 
borrowed  money  at  exorbitant  rates  and 
on  short  time,  vainly  hoping  to  pay  out  to 
secular  loan  funds. 

Q.  What  rates  are  charged  out  west? 
A.  All  the  way  from  eight  per  cent  to  24 
per  cent  a  year. 

Q.  Is  it  not  inviting  disaster  for  our  mis- 
sion churches  to  borrow  at  such  rates?  A. 
It  is,  as  as  all  other  religious  bodies  found 
out  long  before  we  did. 

Q.  How.  much   money   is   needed   each 


year  to  meet  the  demands?  A.  Not  less 
than  $250,000. 

Q.  Can  any  preacher  or  congregation  do 
the  best  work  without  a  house  of  worship? 
A.  Many  churches  die  for  want  of  these 
buildings. 

Q.  How  many  congregations  took  the 
collection  last  year?  A.  1,269.  A  gain  of 
114  over  the  previous  year. 

Q.  How  much  was  raised  last  year,  and 
how  many  churches  were  helped?  A.  $146,- 
377.93  including  returns  on  loans  and  in- 
terest; SO  buildings  were  completed  and 
128  others  started. 

O.  What  ought  we  to  raise  this  fall?  A. 
Not  U  ss  than  $50,000  to  pay  obligations 
which  must  be  met  soon,  and  to  reach  the 
half  million. 

O.  Where  do  you  send  money  and  how? 
A.~To  G.  W.  Muckley,  Cor.  Sec,  600 
Water  Works  Building,  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
by  draft,  postal  note,  money  order,  regis- 
tered letter  or  check. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  17,  190S 


They  Speak  of  Church  Extension  from  Experience. 

Here  is  an  array  of  testimonials  that  speak  eloquently  for  the  work  of  Church  Extension  for  the 
past  year.  The  Board  of  Church  Extension  has  eighty  such  testimonials  from  the  churches  that  have 
been  recently  helped.  It  should  be  remembered  that  these  churches  raised  from  two-thirds  to  three- 
fourths  of  the  money  on  the  ground,  and  paid  over  in  cash  all  they  raised  before  the  board  sent  their 
monev.  Thev  did  all  they  could  to  first  help  themselves,  and  the  Church  Extension  loan  paid  the 
last  debt  incurred  by  building.  Last  year  the  churches  aided  by  the  board  put  into  their  property 
over  $255,000.  while  the  board  loaned  to  these  eighty  churches  $84,875.     Read  for  yourself. 


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Dalhart,  Texas. 

Aided  by  5500  Loan  from  Louisville,  Ky.  , 
First  Church  Fund. 
The  Christian  church  of  Dalhart,  Texas, 
was  made  possible  by  Church  Extension  , 

otherwise  we 
could  have  had  no 
church.  Now  we 
have  a  nice  little 
building,  3  2x46 
feet,  well  fur- 
nished. The  lot  is 
valued  at  $200,  the 
house  and  furni- 
Mt  ture  cost  us  about 
$2,300.  Our 
growth  in  mem- 
bership is  gradu- 
al. Our  Sunday- 
school  is  growing. 
We  have  a  membership  of  40.  Our  Sun- 
day-school numbers  about  the  same.  We 
are  proud  of  our  church.  We  are  heart 
and  soul  for  Church  Extension. 

Robert  Lilley. 


Riggers,  Arkansas. 

Aided  by  Loan  of  $300  from  Gen.   F.  M. 
Drake  Fund. 

If  it  had  not  been  for  the  loan  we  would 
have  lost  our  building.  I  think  the  Board 
of  Church  Exten- 
sion is  a  grand 
thing,  something 
that  the  Christian 
people  should  be 
proud  of.  Just 
think  how  many 
morechurch  build- 
ings can  be  erect- 
ed and  souls  brought  to  Christ  by  the  aid 
of  Church  Extension.  Our  lot  is  valued  at 
$250;  our  building  is  valued  at  $800.  We 
have  30  members.  Our  Sunday-school  is 
growing  fast;  we  have  42  pupils.  We  have 
been  growing  and  havingsome  good  meet- 
ings ever  since  we  secured  our  loan.  I  can 
not  speak  too  highly  of  the  loan.  We  are 
living  in  a  new  town,  surrounded  by  a  rich 
farming  country.  Tnis  is  the  only  church 
building  in  town.  R.  L.  Sh.wer. 

Lexington,  OK. a. 

Aided  by  Loan  of  $500  from  F.  H.  Main 
Fund. 

Lexington    is   a  thriving  town    of  1,500 
people,  with  good  prospects  of  growth.     It 

is  located  on  the 
Canadian  River  in 
the  western  part 
of  Cleveland  coun- 
ty.  On  July  6, 
1003,  the  church 
asked  for  a  loan 
of  $500,  which  was 
granted  on  Dec.  1. 
This  at  once  put 
life  into  the  church 
and  made  our  beautiful  $1,500  church 
home  possible.  The  loan  enabled  us  to 
meet  our  bills  promptly  and  we  thus  kept 
our  credit  and  retained    the   good  will   of 


the  community.  We  know,  personally,  the 
value  of  Church  Extension.  Oklahoma 
could  do  little  church  work  without  the 
aid  of  this  fund.  Rates  of  interest  are 
high  and  money  can  scarcely  be  borrowed 
from  secular  loan  companies.  If  the 
brotherhood  only  knew  what  good  work 
the  Church  Extension  Board  can  do, 
money  would  flow  freely  into  its  treasury. 
God  speed  Church  Extension.  It  has  made 
us  friends.  Lexington  has  been  the  Athens 
of  those  who  do  not  believe  in  missionary 
work.  Our  membership  is  65  and  our 
Sunday-school  40. 

Greenville,  Miss. 

Aided  by    Loan    of  $2,500    from    General 
Fund. 

The  loan  has  been  of  value  to  us  in  the 
following  respects:  First.  It  enabled  us  to 
build  a  respectable 
house  of  worship, 
which  otherwise 
we  could  not  have 
done.  Second.  It 
made  it  possible  to 
establish  a  self- 
sustaining  congre- 
gation. Third.  It 
permits  us  to  ag- 
gressively preach 
the  gospel. 

Results:  First.  We  have  gained  the  ear 
and  confidence  of  the  city.  Second.  We 
have,  during  the  last  year,  increased  our 
congregation  twenty  per  cent. 

Christian  Church,  Rocky  Ford,  Col. 

Aided  by  Loan    of  $1,000  from  Dr.  J.  W. 
Gill  Loan  Fund. 

The  First  Christian  church  was  organ- 
ized  in    July,    1901,    by    H.  T.  Morrison, 

who  preached  for 
the  church  each 
alternate  Lord's 
day  until  the  last 
of  August,  1902, 
at  which  time  the 
writer  was  called 
to  the  pastorate 
for  full  time. 
Brother  Morrison 
did  a  splendid 
work,  gathering  together  about  100  mem- 
bers. The  church  purchased  a  lot  during 
Brother  Morrison's  stay  worth  $500.  Last 
fall  a  building  was  erected  and  furnished 
at  a  cost  of  about  $6,000,  $1,000  of  which 
we  found  it  necessary  to  borrow  from  the 
Board  of  Church  Extension  and  which 
was  kindly  and  promptly  loaned  to  us. 
Since  entering  the  new  church  we  have  re- 
ceived into  the  membership  71  persons, 
mostly  by  confession  and  baptism.  Aver- 
age attendance  in  Bible-school,  121;  collec- 
tion, $3.66;  our  present  membership  en- 
rolled is  206;  in  Christian  Endeavor,  40. 
Much  credit  is  due  E.  C.  Shelton,  J.  W. 
Scogin,  Sol.  T.  Wolfe  and  Alfred  Cleaves 
for  the  progress  of  the  work  here.  The 
church  was  opened  for  service  Oct.  18, 
1903,  Wm.  Bayard  Craig,  of  Denver, 
preaching   at    the    morning    and   evening 


services  when  $1,477  was  pledged.  We 
will  build  a  Sunday-school  room  later  at  a 
cost  of  $2,000.  The  loan  made  us  by 
Church  Extension  was  a  great  help  and 
inspiration,  and  we  are  very  thankful  for 
it.  Millard  Nelson,  pastor. 


Mountain  Grove,  Mo. 


Aided 


F.  M. 


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IBfe  igflwiP'J 

K^^fc^^^«^^__Ji 

by  Loan  of  $375  from  Gen. 
Drake  Fund. 
One  year  ago  we  were  without  a  home 
of  our  own,  but  by  the  help  of  our  citizens 
and    a    generous 

loan  of  $375  made  i -""r^ 

us  by  the  Church 
Extension  Board, 
we  were  able  to 
build  a  house  well 
worth  $2,000;  with- 
out the  loan  we 
could  not  have 
completed  the 
building,  which  is 
the  best  in  Moun- 
tain Grove,  well 
seated  and  lighted  by  electric  lights. 

W.  S.  Candler,  clerk. 

Eddyville,  Neb. 

Aided  by  Loan  of  $300  from  General  Fund. 
We  had  done  all  we  could,  and  the  three- 
hundred-dollar  loan    has  been    of    untold 

help  to  the  church, 
as  it  has  placed  us 
where  we  are  safe 
and  can  make  our 
payments.  We 
trust  the  loan  will 
be  the  means  of 
bringing  many 
into  the  fold  of 
Christ  and  a  bless- 
ing to  yon  and  our 
community. 
J.  H.  Wiley, 
elder. 


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Palo  Alto,  Cal. 

Aided  by  Loan  of  $1,350  from  T.  W.  Phillips 
Fund. 
Palo   Alto   is   the   town   of    the    Leland 
Stanford,    Jr.,    University.     A   few    years 
ago,  Brother  Mc- 
Hatton,      state 
evangelist,    came 
to  the  town  as  a 
result    of  the   ef- 
forts   of    Brother 
and  Sister  A.  W. 
Mills,  and  after  a 
short  meeting  or- 
ganized a  church. 
For  several  years 

the  little  organization  held  meetings  wher- 
ever it  could — in  a  hall,  when  it  was  not 
being  used  for  dances;  in  a  tent,  when  the 
weather  would  permit — one  place  and  an- 
other, until  it  became  absolutely  necessary 
to  build.  The  membership  was  few  in 
numbers  and  poor.  A  substantial  brick 
building  was  erected,  but  it  was  impossible 
to  raise  enough  money  to  pay  for  it.  The 
Extension  Board  was  appealed  to.     It  re- 


August  17,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


1067 


sponded,  and  we  now  have  property  easily 
worth  $5,000.  It  is  the  only  church  of  our 
plea  between  San  Francisco  and  Santa 
Clara,  a  distance  of  forty  eight  miles, 
through  a  densely  populated  valley.  We 
are  located  at  one  of  the  greatest  universi- 
ties in  the  world.  The  future  holds  won- 
derful possibilities  for  our  work  at  this 
place.  Property  is  advancing  rapidly  in 
value.  Over  $300,000  have  been  expended 
in  cottages  in  this  town  in  the  last  seven 
months,  and  the  work  is  increasing;  the 
Catholic  people  are  building  a  $100,000 
addition  to  their  seminary;  at  Stanford 
University  a  $30,000  gateway  is  under  erec- 
tion, a  $250,000  gymnasium  is  nearing 
completion,  while  the  foundation  is  being 
laid  for  a  $500,000  library  building.  This 
city  gives  promise  of  being  one  of  the 
largest  between  San  Francisco  and  San 
Jose.  This  church  will  be  a  lasting  monu- 
ment to  the  wisdom  of  the  Extension 
Board.  Chas.  L.  Beal,  pastor. 

E.ast  Church  of  Christ,  Toledo,  O. 
Aided  by  Loan  of  $1,000  from 
General  Fund. 
The  East  church  of  Christ,  Toledo,  O.,  oc- 
cupies one  of  the  most  strategic  points  of  the 
great  state  of  Ohio. 
The  city  of  Toledo 
is  growing  at  a  re- 
markable rate.  We 
are  located  here  in 
the    center    of   a 
growing  popula- 
tion of  30,000  peo- 
ple.     There    is    a 
noticeable  scarcity 
of  churches,  so  the 
coast    is    free    for 
us.     When     the 

church  first  received  a  loan  from  your 
board,  about  two  and  a  half  years  ago,  its 
membership  did  not  exceed  35.  Now  we 
have  an  enrollment  of  140  in  the  church, 
190  in  the  Sunday-school,  60  in  the  Senior 
Christian  Endeavor  and  30  in  the  Junior 
Christian  Endeavor.  Our  lot  is  worth 
$700  and  our  house  $2,000.  We  are  in  line. 
not  only  with  the  organized  work  of  our 
own  city,  but  also  are  keeping  in  close 
touch  with  the  co-operative  work  of  our 
brotherhood.  We  certainly  appreciate  the 
loan  from  the  Church  Extension  Board. 
We  have  the  feeling  that  we  are  in  the 
hands  of  friends.  The  low  rate  of  interest 
which  we  have  to  pay  enables  us  to  reduce 
the  principal  far  more  rapidly  than  other- 
wise would  be  possible  for  us.  Our  future 
is  bright  with  promise.  We  expect  to  have 
500  members  in  five  years. 

W.  D.  McNaull. 

Sheridan,  Wyoming,  Church  of  Christ. 

Aided    by   Loan    of   $1,000  from    General 
Fund. 
The  church  of  Christ  in   Sheridan,  Wy- 
oming, was  organized   February  15,  1903, 

at  the  close  of  a 
successful  meeting 
held  by  W.H.Har- 
ris, of  Princeton, 
Idaho,  and  con- 
sisted of  105  mem- 
bers. The  new  or- 
ganization  held 
regular  meetings 
—I  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
hall.  J.  T.  Webb, 
called  to  minister  to  the  congregation  for 
three  months,  rendered  efficient  service  in 
pushing  forward  the  building  that  was  be- 
gun immediately  after  his  arrival,  laboring 
with  his'  hands  through  the  week  and 
preaching  on  the  Lord's  day.  His  services 
ended    in    the   middle   of  August  and  the 


church  was  without  pastoral  care  till  the 
middle  of  October,  when  F.  E.  Blanch- 
ard  arrived  with  his  family  to  take 
charge  of  the  work.  The  next  day  after 
his  arrival,  Brother  Harris  came  from 
Princeton,  Idaho,  to  assist  in  the  dedica- 
tion of  the  church  building,  which  the  con- 
gregation, in  the  absence  of  pastoral  care, 
had  carried  forward  to  completion.  It  was 
found  that  it  would  be  necessary  to  raise 
more  than  $3,000  to  clear  the  house  of  all 
indebtedness,  and  a  loan  of  $1,000  was  se- 
cured ,  without  which  failure  must  inevitably 
have  been  the  result  and  the  doors  closed. 
Now  we  are  able  to  report  24  additions 
since  dedication,  an  active  Christian  En- 
deavor society,  the  largest  Bible-school  in 
the  city  with  an  average  attendance  of  180, 
an  aid  society  doing  efficient  work,  and  a 
modern  church  building,  seated  with  cir- 
cular pews,  lighted  by  electricity,  heated 
by  furnace  and  worth  more  than  $5,000. 
The  congregation  is  in  perfect  harmony 
and  will  meet  the  missionary  apportion- 
ment of  every  board.  Back  of  all  was  the 
timely  assistance  rendered  by  the  Church 
Extension  Society. 

®         @ 

A  Word  from  the  Secretary  of  Church 

Extension. 

The  Board  of  Church  Extension  faced  a 
serious  condition  at  its  August  meeting 
and  will  not  be  able  to  make  any  more 
promises  of  loans  until  after  the  September 
offering.  As  our  annual  offering  for 
Church  Extension  is  approaching, it  is  well 
for  the  board  to  state  the  condition  of  its 
treasury  and  the  present  demands  upon 
our  Church  Extension  fund. 

A  GREAT  WORK    DONE  ALREADY. 

The  board  has  closed  eighty-six  loans 
from  October  1,  1904,  to  July  31,1905, 
aggregating  $118,000;  $40,000  has  been 
paid  out  in  closing  loans  during  June  and 
July.  On  the  first  of  August  there  was  a 
cash  balance  on  hand  of  a  little  over 
$30, 000, which  will  be  paid  out  on  loans  that 
will  close  now  in  a  few  weeks.  The  board 
has  granted  loans  aggregating  $100,000, 
which  means  that  we  have  $70,000  of  obli- 
gations above  what  we  have  money  to  pay 
for.  These  loans  will  close  this  fall  for 
the  winter  work,  and  if  the  board  is  to 
meet  its  obligations  there  must  be  a  liberal 
response  to  our  annual  call  for  money  in 
September.  We  calculate  that  there  will 
be  loans  paid  back  to  meet  part  of  this  de- 
mand. The  largest  part  must  come  from 
the  annual  offering  and  from  individual 
gifts.  We  are  confidently  counting  upon 
responses  from  2,000  churches  this  year. 
This  board  has  a  right  to  expect  that  the 
churches  will  stand  at  its  back.  The  an- 
nual offering,  coming  last  in  the  year, 
has  never  been  "a  square  deal."  Other 
offerings  have  been  allowed  to  crowd  it 
out  and  our  preachers  and  churches  should 
now  see  that  the  Church  Extension  offering 
receives  the  attention  that  the  work  of  this 
board  merits. 

APPEALS  THICK  AND  FAST. 

At  ,our  last  two  board  meetings  there 
were  forty  appeals  for  aid.  We  can  see 
the  great  demands  which  this  board  must 
try  to  compass.  Through  our  district, 
state  and  national  boards  these  churches 
have  been  called  into  existence.  To  let 
them  die  would  be  a  calamity  and  a  shame, 
if  not  a  sin,  to  a  great  brotherhood,  They 
are  our  children.  We  should  not  let  them 
die  for  lack  of  buildings. 

THAT  HALF  MILLION. 

This  is  the  year  we  are  to  complete 
our  first  half  million  for  Church  Extension.  | 


Shall  we  fail?  We  cannot  afford  to  fail. 
We  will  noi  fajl.  Yet,  to  succeed 
means  a  mighty  effort,  because  last  year 
the  churches  sent  only  the  small  sum  of 
$23,423.97,  and  only  1,269  contributed.  It 
ought  to  be  that  we  shall  get  at  least 
$40,000  in  our  offerings  thi*  fall.  This  is 
a  small  sum  for  a  great  people  to  raise. 

HIE  CAMPAIGN  WOK  2,000. 

We  face  another  fact.  It  is  that  only  a 
few  over  1,200  churches  have  thus  far 
promised  to  take  the  September  offering. 
It  is  true  that  more  will  promise  and  many 
will  fall  in  line  that  do  not  promise.  Let 
the  churches  rally  to  this  campain. 

THE   Al'i'OR'IIONMi.Ni  . 

The  apportionment  letters  are  going 
out.  The  churches  should  take  pride  in 
reaching  and  going  far  beyond  the  ap- 
portionment. The  apportionment  is  only 
a  suggestion,  but  it  should  be  followed  be- 
cause it  is  never  burdensome.  It  is  only  a 
statement  of  what  this  board  can  and  will 
do  if  you  will  do  your  part. 

A  FINAL  WORD. 

The  state  secretaries  have  sent  word  to 
our  board  that  we  have  1,200  homeless 
churches,  657  of  which  would  build  at 
once  if  our  board  could  promise  aid.  This 
fact  of  itself  should  bring  response  from 
all  churches.  And  now,  may  the  grace  of 
God  abound  among  us  in  good  works,  is 
our  prayer.  G.  W.  Muckley, 

Cor.  Sec,  in  behalf  of  the  Board. 


BETTER  THAN  SPANKING. 

Spanking  does  not  cure  children  of  bed  wet- 
ting. If  it  did  there  would  be  few  children 
that  would  do  it.  There  is  a  constitutional 
cause  for  this.  Mrs.  M.  Summers,  Box  183, 
Notre  Dame,  Ind.,  will  send  her  home  treat- 
ment to  any  mother.  She  asks  no  money. 
Write  to  her  to-day  if  your  children  trouble 
you  in  this  way.  Don't  blame  the  child.  The 
chances  are  it  can't  help  it. 


DRURY   COLLEGE, 

Springfield,   Mo. 
J.  EDWARD  KIRBYE,  D.  D.,  President. 

Fall   term  begins  September  14th  1905. 

Healthiest  site  in  the  Middle  West.  Xo 
asthma,  no  malaria,  no  typhoid.  Twenty-two 
instructors.  Four  hundred  students.  Ten 
buildings.  Fine  Science  Laboratories  and 
Museums.  Conservatory  of  Music  and  Art. 
Athletics  and  Physical  Culture  training. 
Good  homes  for  students.  Excellent  moral 
and  Christian  atmosphere  without  sectarian 
bias.     For  catalogue   or  futher  information, 

Address,  W.  D.  CALLANB,  Sec'y. 


The  College  ol  the  Bible 

Lexington,  Ky. 


Thorough  historical  and  exegetical  courses 
in  the  whole  Bible,  together  with  the  usual  clas- 
sical and  scientific  courses  in  Kentucky  Univer- 
sity. 

Scholarships  to  supplement  the  resources  of 
indigent  students  who  prove  themselves  worthy 
of  help.  

Both  Men  and  Women  Received. 

Rates  of  Tuition  and  Boarding  Inexpensire. 

■  Next  Session  Begins  September  11. 

For  other  information  address, 

J.  W.  McGARVEY,  Pres. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  17,  1905 


NEWS    FROM    MANY   FIELDS 


July  Report  of  KentucKy  Mission  WorK. 

Edgar  C.  Riley  was  at  Belleview,  Boone 
county,  one-fourth  time,  one  officer  ap- 
pointed, $11  for  self.  Work  in  good  condi- 
tion. 

Jas.  C.  Ogden  makes  his  last  report  of 
Cannel  City  and  Chestnut  Grove  before 
starting  on  his  long  journey  to  Thibet.  He 
had  four  additions  and  $13.90  for  missions. 
Building  at  Cannel  City  is  begun. 

H.  C.  Runyan  continues  to  prosper  in  his 
work.  He  preached  ten  sermons  and 
aided  three;  $100  paid  on  Church  Exten- 
sion debt.  He  secured  200  subscribers  for 
one  of  our  papers  and  with  his  wife  goes 
to  the  San    Francisco   convention    during 

August. 

J.  K.  Osborne  was  at  work  14  days,  12 
sermons,  one  added.  A  partial  paralytic 
stroke  has  prevented  him  from  work  all 
the  month.  He  is  a  good  man  and  we 
hope  for  his  early  recovery. 

D.  C.  McCallum  was  at  Irvine  half  time. 
Work  on  house  nearly  all  completed. 
Meeting  to  be  held  soon,  assisted  by  J.  H. 
Stambaugh. 

Earl  B.  Barr  was  at  work  21  days  at 
Bromley.  A  meeting  was  held  and  Henry 
Robb  aided.  Ten  additions  and  much 
good  accomplished.  The  work  is  in  best 
condition  during  his  connection  with  that 
field. 

W.  J.  Dodge  reports  26  days  in  interest 
cf  Jackson,  Breathitt  county.  Much  of 
this  time  was  spent  soliciting  money  for 
building;  $189.50  was  raised  in  cash  and 
pledges. 

In  Lee  and  Owsley  counties  Z.  Ball  was 
at  work  22  days;  added  eight,  six  places 
visited,  $17  for  self.  Work  in  good  condi- 
tion in  his  field. 

L.  B.  Haskin  was  at  Erlanger  all  the 
month.  Meeting  to  be  held  in  October. 
Howard  T.  Cree  preached  for  them  one 
Sunday.     He  was  much  enjoyed. 

W.  L.  Lacy  reports  full  time,  26  ser- 
mons, 11  aded,  $9  for  self  and  $5  for  local 
work. 

H.  L.  Morgan  was  at  work  13  days  in 
Clay  and  Laurel  counties:  16  sermons,  11 
added  by  confession  and  baptism.  $3.50 
for  self. 

C.  A.  Van  Winkle  was  at  work  all  the 
month  in  Jackson  county;  27  sermons, 
one  added  by  baptism.  He  says:  "We 
are  yet  in  a  meeting  at  Middlefork,  Jack- 
son county.  The  condition  of  the  church 
spiritually  accounts,  I  think,  for  the  few- 
ness of  confessions.  The  moonshiners 
have  terrorized  the  p'ace  for  years.  Moral 
suasion  has  been  tried  until  it  ceases  to  be 
a  virtue.  We  shall  now  try  the  efficacy  of 
the  law." 

S.  J.  Short  was  at  work  in  Big  Sandy 
Valley  26  days,  19  sermons,  18  added,  $7.25 
for  self.     Work  in  good  condition. 

C.  M.  Summers  has  been  at  work  all  the 
month  in  Johnson,  Magoffin  and  Carter 
counties,  22  sermons,  12  added,  four  officers 
appointed,  23  visits,  one  prayer-meeting 
started. 

Wren  J.  Grinstead  began  work  at  Jellico, 
Tenn.,  the  first  of  July.  The  Tennessee 
and  Kentucky  boards  aid  in  the  support  of 
the  work  in  this  border  town.  He  has 
preached  eight  sermons  and  added  four; 
$25.50  for  self— $317  for  local  work.  He 
thinks  the  outlook  for  the  cause  full  of 
promise.  The  great  need  is  a  house  of 
worship,  and  he  hopes  to  be  able  to  visit 


some  of  our  churches  in  Kentucky  in  the 
effort  to  raise  money  for  a  building.  The 
Jellico  Disciples  are  worthy  of  all  help  that 
maybe  given.  The  amount  given  by  them 
for  their  own  work  will  put  to  shame  many 
of  our  older  and  stronger  organizations. 

H.  W.  Elliott  was  at  work  all  the  month 
in  the  interest  of  Kentucky  missions.  He 
collected  for  the  work  $641.37;  $252  50  of 
this  belongs  to  permanent  fund  and  is  not 
to  be  used  for  current  expenses.  We  are 
rapidly  approaching  the  annual  conven- 
tion. Many  good  churches  are  not  yet 
represented  on  our  books.  On  many  of 
these  we  are  confidently  relying  for  help 
at  an  early  date.  We  are  still  hoping  that 
other  friends  will  be  "one  of  50"  to  give 
$10  to  our  emergency  fund.  The  time  is 
short.  What  is  done  must  be  done  quickly. 
September  27  and  the  Maysville  conven- 
tion will  soon  be  past  history.  Give  us  a 
helping  hand  now— for  now  is  our  day  of 
need. 

JULY   RECEIPTS. 

Alton,  by  W.  D.  Gaines,  $7  08;  Antiocb, 
Fayette  county,  by  George  Clayton.  $28; 
Berea,  Madison  county,  by  J.  M.  Early, 
$21.42;  Bethany,  Owen  county,  by  J.  W. 
Bridges,  $4.77;  Bald  Hill,  Nicholas  county, 
by  Jas.  C.  Ogden,  $14  70;  Bethlehem,  Clark 
county,  by  Don  J.  Prewitt,  $33  50;  Camp- 
bellsville,  Taylor  county,  by  William  Stan- 
ley, $15;  Clausville,  by  A.  J.  Mize,  $4.36; 
Newby,  Madison  county,  by  same,  $5  64; 
Ghent,  by  R.  O.  Williams,  $45;  Ladies'  Aid 
Society,  Ghent,  by  same,  $5;  Hilltop,  by 
J.  J.  Dodge,  $4  80;  Pleasant  Hill,  Oldham 
county,  by  P.  D.  McCallum,  $5;  South 
Fork,  by  E.  C.  Riley,  $5;  Tilton,  by  R.  D. 
Sousley,  $17;  Union,  Larue  county,  by 
P.  C.  Nicholas,  Sr.,  $11.75;  Wilmore,  by 
Frank  Grow,  $10.55;  Ladies'  Missionary  So- 
ciety, Union,  Larue  county,  by  Miss  Nan- 
nie Hubbard,  $2  50;  Ludlow,  on  debt— 
$252  50;  Ludlow,  on  interest,  $102;  Kents- 
town  S.  S.,  by  Ora  Duncan.  $7.30;  Miss 
Sallie  V.  Ashbrook,  One  of  Fifty,  $10;  In- 
terest from  Investment,  $24.00;  W.  J.  Rice, 
Olive  Hill,  $5.     Total   $641.87. 

Sulphur,  Ky.       H.  W.  Elliott,  Sec'y. 

@         $ 

Cincinnati  Notes. 

A.  McLean,  Chas.  M.  Fillmore,  Howard 
Cramblet  and  W.  J.  Wright,  of  Cincinnati, 
attended  the  School  of  Evangelism  at  Beth- 
any assembly  recently. 

A.  C.  Gray  and  wife,  H.  C.  Runyan  and 
wife,  Geo.  A.  Miller,  and  Miss  Ida  Hanna 
will  be  among  the  leaders  of  the  Cincinnati 
work  10  attend  the  national  convention. 

The  plans  for  our  fall  campaign  are  near- 
ing  completion,  Bro.  Jas.  Small  will  as- 
sist in  a  union  meeting  at  North  Side, 
where  the  Methodists,  Presbyterians  and 
Baptists  will  co-operate  with  our  people. 
They  begin  by  special  arrangement  on 
Oct.  1.  Bro.  Harry  D.  Smith  will  assist 
Brother  Armistead  at  Norwood.  Brother 
Thompson,  of  Peru,  Ind.,  will  be  with 
Brother  Fillmore  at  Carthage;  Bro.  J.  C. 
Burkhardt  will  be  at  Lockland  with  Brother 
Loucks;  Brother  Hill  will  go  it  alone  at 
the  Central;  Bro.  J.  H.  Gilliland  will  be 
with  his  old  friend  at  First  church,  Coving- 
ton; Brother  Miller  is  ready  for  the  best 
meeting  in  a  twelve  years'  ministry;  Bro. 
E.  W.  Elliott  and  Brother  Garrison  make 
a  team  fit  for  Newport.  Other  churches 
may  have  made  selections. 

Herbert  L.  Willett  will  address  the  fall 


rally  of  the  churches  Sept.  15  at  Newport" 
Oct.  6  there  will  be  a  reception  given  by 
the  churches  to  the  evangelists  in  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  building,  if  present  plans  are 
carried  out.  These  meetings  will  be  fully 
reported  in  the  Christian  Evangelist. 
Howard  Cramblet. 


Texas  Notes. 

The  evangelistic  season  is  fairly  upon 
us  now  and  Texas  is  alive  with  meetings 
which  are  being  held  by  our  own  evangel- 
ists and  others  from  outside  the  state  as 
well  as  many  of  our  pas'ors.  Scoville, 
Northcutt,  Bowen  and  others  from  afar, 
Sanders,  Marshall,  Haddock  and  all  our 
entire  state  force  are  busily  at  work. 

The  San  Marcos  River  camp  meeting 
that  has  just  come  to  a  close,  which 
was  conducted  by  B.  B  Sanders  and  J.  B. 
Bowen,  is  the  most  complete  effort  of  its 
kind  with  which  we  are  acquainted.  A 
huge  permanent  tabernacle,  electric  lights, 
waterworks,  markets,  restaurants,  barber 
shops,  free  mail  delivery,  and  in  fact 
every  convenience  that  can  be  found  in  a 
well  equipped  city  are  in  operation  there, 
though  this  place  is  12  miles  from  any 
town.  Thousands  of  people  have  camped 
there  and  heard  the  gospel  from  the  lips 
of  these  famous  evangelists. 

The  rains  seem  to  have  ceaced  for  a 
time  and  crops  are  beginning  to  respond 
to  the  active  labor  of  the  farmers  and 
prospects  are  getting  brighter  with  the 
process  of  the  suns. 

T.  B.  Larrimore  has  been  holding  a  few 
meetings  in  the  state. 

Our  schools  are  preparing  for  the  largest 
enrollment  of  their  history  this  fall  and 
the  number  of  boys  who  are  to  prepare  for 
the  ministry  will  exceed  that  of  any  pre- 
vious year. 

We  had  a  glorious  day  here  in  Hender- 
son county  yesterday.  We  had  a  county 
rally  at  one  of  our  country  churches  and 
raised  enough  money  to  keep  a  county 
evangelist  in  the  field. 

The  Palestine  church  announces  that  the 
architect  is  now  at  work  on  the  plans  for 
their  $20,000  church  which  they  will  erect 
in  the  near  future.         W.  O.  Stephens. 


C.  W.  B.  M.  in  Missouri. 

Now  is  the  season  of  the  county  conven- 
tion and  our  co-managers  are  urged  to  see 
that  our  work  has  a  place  on  the  program 
of  each  one,  Our  brethren  are  usually 
glad  to  give  us  time,  if  our  women  will 
only  use  it  to  advantage.  If  any  one  knows 
of  county  conventions  that  are  to  take 
place  soon,  on  which  you  are  not  sure  as  to 
C.  W.  B.  M.  having  a  place,  please  write 
to  the  secretary  and  if  possible  we  will 
have  a  representative  there.  Mrs.  J.  L. 
Moore  will  be  glad  to  attend  as  many  as 
she  can,  and  teach  with  her  lantern,  of  the 
work  we  represent.  Only  let  us  hear  from 
you. 

All  auxiliaries  are  urged  to  collect  closely 
for  the  report  of  the  next  quarter,  the  first 


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CURES  WHERE  ALL  FLSE  FAkS. 

Best  Cough  Syrup   Tastes  Good.  Use 
In  time.    Sold  by  druggists. 


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of  Missouri  state  year,  will  be  the  report 
which  will  give  figures  for  the  national  re- 
port. Therefore,  if  any  auxiliary  fails  to 
send  its  report  on  time,  the  state  will  be 
short,  just  as  many  members  and  Tidings 
as  it  has.  Blanks  will  reach  each  auxiliary. 
Let  us  all  be  faitaful  in  these  small  things 
which  are  so  important  to  the  full  rounding 
up  of  the  whole. 

The  new  Honor  Roll  has  been  sent  to 
each  president,  and  the  auxiliaries  should 
have  had  it  in  the  August  meeting.  I  will 
repeat  the  requirements,  that  all  may  know 
them. 

1.  Auxiliaries  must  average  at  least  ten 
cents  a  month  per  member  to  national 
fund  and  five  cents  a  month  per  member 
to  state  fund. 

2.  Auxiliaries  must  observe  C.  W.  B.  M. 
day. 

3.  Auxiliaries  must  report  each  quarter 
to  state  secretary. 

4.  Auxiliaries  must  reach  their  appor- 
tionment of  special  money. 

In  order  to  stimulate  auxliaries  that  are 
always  faithful,  we  have  inaugurated  a 
"Certificate  Roll."  To  be  on  this  roll, 
auxiliaries  must  be  on  Honor  Roll,  and  in 
addition,  reach  their  apportionment  of 
members  and  Tidings. 

The  apportionments  will  be  sent  to  each 
auxiliary  early  in  September.  We  are  tell- 
ing you  of  these  rolls  now,  that  you  may 
have  them  in  your  minds  from  the  very 
beginning  of  the  year  and  lose  no  time  in 
making  your  calculations  to  win  a  place  on 
them. 

The  "Certificate  Roll, "as  its  name  indi- 
cates, entitles  auxiliaries  that  win  to  a  cer- 
tificate suitable  for  a  small  frame. 

May  God  help  each  one  of  us  to  do  as 
well  as  we  know  this  year. 

Mrs.  L.  G.  Bantz. 


Ohio  Letter. 

One  of  Ohio's  "boy  preachers"  has 
taken  unto  himself  a  wife.  The  said 
preacher's  name  is  Frank  M.  Green.  The 
happy  bride  was  Mrs.  Sybil  Wright,  of 
Akron.  The  daily  press  says  the  age  of 
each  was  68  years.  Their  future  home  will 
be  in  Akron.  The  Ohio  Letter  man  wishes 
to  extend  most  hearty  congratulations  and 
best  wishes  for  a  long  and  happy  life. 

Youngstown  is  to  have  two  new 
preachers.  The  Third  church  has  F.  D. 
Draper,  formerly  of  Lakewood,  who  is  al- 
ready at  his  post  of  duty.  September  1, 
J.  R.  Ewers,  who  was  at  Bowling  Green, 
but  for  two  years  has  been  at  Chicago 
university,  will  become  pastor  of  the  First 
church.  These  two  men,  with  W.  S. 
Goode  at  the  Central,  will  make  things  go 
at  Youngstown. 

It  is  to  be  deeply  regretted  that  J.  A. 
Jackson  failed  in  health  and  had  to  give 
up  the  work  at  Shelby.  He  has  gone  to 
northern  Michigan  to  recuperate. 

F.  A.  Bright,  evangelist  for  western 
Pennsylvania,  has  been  spending  his  vaca- 
tion in  Ohio,  filling  the  pulpit  two  days  at 
Warren  and  visiting  at  North  Bristol  and 
Painesville.  He  escaped  preaching  at 
Painesville  by  hiding  behind  a  lady's  big 
hat,  and  thus  secreting  himself  till  this 
scribe  had  finished  his  sermon.  What  a 
nuisance  big  hats  are  anyway! 

Three  cheers  for  Tom  Johnson,  the  "best 
mayor  of  the  best  governed  city  in  the 
country,"  according  to  Lincoln  Steffens! 
Glenville  became  a  part  of  Cleveland 
July  24.  The  great  race  tracks,  the  finest 
in  the  country,  are  in  what  was  Glenville. 
August  1-3  was  the  great  track  meet.  It 
was  "up  to"  Mayor  Johnson  to  wink  at  or 


enforce  the  state  law  against  gambling  at 
horse  races.  Mayor  Johnson  said  em- 
phatically, "There  shall  be  no  gambling 
while  I  am  mayor  of  Cleveland."  As  a 
result  the  races  were  declared  off  entirely 
and  all  horses  sent  to  Buffalo.  But  what 
a  comment  on  the  business  all  this  is!  Let 
every  good  citizen  of  Ohio  drop  a  card  of 
thanks  to  Mayor  Tom. 

Ira  H.  Durfee,  who  is  gaining  a  splendid 
reputation  as  an  evangelist,  will  move  to 
Hiram  in  order  that  his  daughter  may  at- 
tend college.  He  has  several  meetings 
booked  for  early  fall  and  winter. 

Good  preachers  seem  to  be  scarce  this 
summer.  Colliuwood,  Shelby,  Walnut 
Hills,  Cincinnati,  Lakewood,  Massillon, 
Steubenville,  Fourth  avenue,  Columbus, 
Hubbard  and  Wooster  are  known  to  this 
scribe  to  be  seeking  men. 

By  the  way,  much  has  been  said  in  our 
best  paper,  the  Christian-Evangelist, 
lately  about  men  for  the  ministry.  The  dis- 
cussion by  Dean  Lhamon  and  Dr.  Davis 
has  been  read  with  deep  interest  by  this 
scribe. 

In  all,  the  emphasis  has  been  laid  on  the 
poor  financial  compensation.  But  is  there 
not  great  danger  that  we  put  entirely  too 
much  emphasis  on  this  phase  of  the  ques- 
tion? Can't  we  have  a  symposium  or  tract 
from  several  of  our  best  preachers  on 
motives  for  entering  the  ministry  and  em- 
phasis laid  oh  some  of  the  compensations 
of  the  minister's  life  other  than  financial? 
There  are  many  of  us  who  have  to  squeeze 
the  dollars  mighty  hard  to  meet  all  de- 
mands on  us,  that  find  a  wealth  of  com- 
pensations in  the  ministry  that  defy  all 
computation  in  dollars  and  cents.  Can't 
we  have  these  things  talked  about  a  little 
and  held  up  before  our  young  men?  Now 
that  the  question  is  up  let  us  discuss  it  fully. 

May  the  dear  Lord  keep  all  the  brethren 
as  they  go  to  and  from  the  great  conven- 
tion in  California,  and  may  his  smile  be  on 
the  convention.  May  all  be  harmony,  may 
the  fellowship  be  sweet,  may  the  Christ  be 
exalted  and  his  kingdom  greatly  strength- 
ened and  extended  by  this  gathering. 

Painesville,  Ohio.  C.  A.  Frekr. 

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Piedmont,  Va.,  Assembly. 

The  eighth  annual  session  of  the  Pied- 
mont assembly  convened  at  Gordonsville, 
Va.,  July  28  to  August  6.  This  is  the  an- 
nual convention  of  the  Piedmont  district, 
representing  some  forty  churches.  The 
program,  under  the  direction  of  C.  R. 
Sine,  of  Charlottesville,  was  an  unusually 
strong  one,  embracing  such  names  as  C.A. 
Young,  of  Chicago,  B.  P.  Smith,  of  At- 
lanta, B.  A.  Abbott,  of  Baltimore,  R.  M. 
Hopkins,  of  Louisville,  J.  J.  Haley,  of 
Richmond,  Va.,  W.  G.  Johnston,  of  Roan- 
oke, F.  A.  Hodge  and  Pres.  J.  Hopwood, 
of  Lynchburg  J.  D.  Homaker,  of  Stras- 
burg,  J.  W.  West,  of  the  Virginia  Anti- 
Saloon  League,  Hon.  Wm.  Hodges  Mann, 
candidate  for  governor  of  Virginia,  J.  A. 
Hopkins,  of  Waynesboro,  Pa.,  O.  G. 
White,  of  Baltimore,  James  S.  Thomas, 
state  Sunday-school  superintendent  of  Vir- 
ginia, besides  a  number  of  local  speakers, 
both  men  and  women. 

The  program  was  arranged  in  the  assembly 
fashion,  one  day  being  given  to  church 
problems,  C.  W.  B.  M.,  missions,  district 
work,  temperance,  Sunday-school.  C.  A. 
Young  gave  a  Bible  study  each  morning 
on  the  prophecies  of  Isaiah  and  the  epistle 
to  the  Romans.  J.J.  Haley  preached  the 
Sunday  morning  sermons  to  vast  au- 
diences, the  last  Sunday  there  being  three 
thousand  present.  R.  M.  Hopkins  con- 
ducted the  Sunday-school  sessions  and 
led  the  music  for  the  entire  assembly. 
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Sunday-School. 

August  27.  190S. 


JEREMIAH  IN  THE  DUNGEON. 
— Jer.  38:1  13. 

Memory  verses,  8  10. 

Golden  Text.— Blessed  are  they  which 
are  persecuted  for  righteousness'  sake,  for 
theirs  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven.— Matt. 
5:10. 

The  incident  which  forms  the  theme  of 
the  present  lesson  is  taken  from  a  part  of 
the  book  of  Jeremiah;  which  belongs  to 
the  third  group  (see  division  as  given  in 
the  article  on  last  week's  lesson)  .that  is, 
the  section  having  to  do  with  the  reign  of 
Zedekiah.  Josiah,  the  good  king,  who 
had  carried  on  the  reformation  of  ritual 
and  morals  along  the  lines  laid  down  in 
the  book  of  Deuteronomy,  was  succeeded 
upon  the  throne  by  his  three  sons  in  turn. 
Jehoahaz,  who  came  to  the  throne  when  his 
father  was  defeated  and  killed  in  battle 
against  Xeeho,  of  Egypt,  reigned  only 
three  months  before  the  king  of  Egypt 
deposed  him  and  carried  him  away  as  a 
prisoner  to  Egypt.  The  Pharoah  then 
put  Jehoiakim,  another  son  of  Josiah, 
npon  the  throne.  Of  his  own  character 
and  career,  we  were  speaking  in  the  last 
lesson.  The  defeat  of  the  Egyptian  ex- 
pedition by  Babylon,  left  this  newly  risen 
empire  free  to  turn  upon  Judea.  Jehoiakim 
lived  in  fear  of  Babylon,  but  lived  badly 
and  suffered  the  panic-stricken  people  to 
turn  back  to  their  corrupt  heathen 
practices,  and  at  last  Nebuchadrezzar, 
king  of  Babylon,  carried  him  into  cap- 
tivity at  Babylon  (2  Chron.  36:5,6).  With 
him  were  taken  many  of  the  best  peo- 
ple of  Judah,  so  that  the  real  captivity 
of  the  nation  may  be  said  to  have  begun  at 
this  time,  596  B.  C.  But  the  dynasty, 
though  humbled,  was  not  destroyed.  The 
son  of  Jehoiakim  was  made  king  and  took 
the  name  Jehoiakin.  His  reign  lasted  only 
three  months,  when  he  also  was  sent  in 
captivity  to  Babylon.  Judah  was  by  this 
time,  as  will  readily  be  understood,  com- 
pletely in  the  power  of  Babylonia.  Whether 
or  not  Jerusalem  should  be  spared  and  the 
zation  permitted  to  continue  its  existence 
even  nominally  was  purely  a  question  of 
colonial  policy  to  be  determined  at  Baby- 
lon. But  the  king  of  Babylonia  gave 
Judah  another  king,  Zedekiah,  who  was 
either  a  younger  son  of  Josiah  (Jer.  37:1) 
or  a  brother  of  Jehoiakin,  and  therefore  a 
grandson  of  Josiah  (2  Chron.  36:10). 

Jeremiah,  prophesying  during  the  reign 
of  Zedekiah,  urged  the  policy  of  peaceful 
submission  to  the  king  of  Babylon.  There 
were  rash  and  hot-headed  patriots  who 
had  been  unable  to  learn  prudence  from 
the  fates  of  Josiah,  Jehoahaz,  Jehoiakim 
and  Jehoiakin,  all  of  whom  witbin  about 
twelve  years  had  fallen  victim  to  their  am- 
bition to  fight  against  the  greater  powers. 
These  advisers  often  took  on  the  manner 
and  garb  of  prophets  and  declared  in 
Jehovah's  name  that  he  would  give 
victory  if  the  nation  would  revolt  against 
its  masters.  But  Jeremiah,  as  Isaiah  had 
done,  stood  for  peaceful  submission.  It 
was  not  cowardice,  but  a  philosophy  of 
history  which  saw  in  the  conquering  power 
of  Nineveh,  and  then  of  Babylon,  God's  in- 
struments for  inflicting  upon  his  chosen 
people  the  just  punishment  for  their  un- 
faithfulness. Naturally  Jeremiah  was  ac- 
cused of  being  a  traitor,  because  he 
prophesied  evil  things  and  advised  sur- 
render.    The    king   was    weak.     He    was 


not  without  some  faith  in  Jehovah  and  in 
Jeremiah  as  a  true  prophet,  but  he  was 
overborne  by  evil  counsellors  whom  he  was 
powerless  to  resist.  At  their  insistence  he 
delivered  the  prophet  to  be  put  to  death. 
Afterward  he  was  delivered,  by  the  king's 
help,  and  was  kept  in  hiding  until  the 
final  destruction  of  the  city. 


Midweek  Prayer-Meeting. 

By  W.  F.  Richardson. 
August  23,  190S. 


THE  MEANING  OF  THE  LORD'S  DAY.— 
Rev.  M0;  Acts  20:7;  2  Cor.  3. 

■Origin  of  the  Lord's  Day.  It  is  unfortu- 
nate that  the  Cnristian  world  has  fallen 
into  the  habit  of  calling  the  first  day  of  the 
week  the  Sabbath.  This  custom  began 
with  Puritanism  in  England,  when  the 
common  desecration  of  the  Lord's  day  led 
the  pious  to  seek  its  protection  by  apply- 
ing to  it  the  Old  Testament  sanctions  cf 
the  Sabbath.  From  the  beginning  it  was 
not  so.  Immediately  after  the  resurrection 
of  Jesus  Christ,  the  first  day  of  the  week 
began  to  be  kept  as  a  sacred  day  by  the 
church.  While  it  remained  a  Jewish 
church,  the  Sabbath  was  also  observed  on 
Saturday,  but  as  a  Jewish,  not  a  Christian 
institution.  When  the  church  became 
Gentile  in  its  membership,  the  Sabbath 
disappeared,  and  only  the  Lord's  day 
remained  as  its  weekly  holyday.  Being 
based  not  on  a  command,  like  the  Sabbath, 
but  on  the  sublime  fact  of  the  resurrection 
of  Christ,  the  references  to  it  in  the  New 
Testament  scriptures  are,  of  course,  only 
in  the  nature  of  historical  and  incidental 
mention.  Such  are  found  in  Acts  20:7;  1 
Cor.  16:2;  Rev.  1:10. 

Meaning  of  the  Lord's  Day.  1.  It  wit- 
nesses to  the  fact  of  Christ's  resurrection 
from  the  dead.  No  other  reason  could 
possibly  be  assigned  for  its  choice  by  the 
early  believers  in  him.  It  is  a  living  mon- 
ument, erected  within  the  bosom  of  the 
church,  to  him  who  lived,  and  was  dead, 
and  who  liveth  forevermore.  (Rev.  1:17, 
18.)  2.  It  testifies  to  his  divine  character 
and  work.  He  was  "declared  to  be  the 
Son  of  God  with  power,  by  his  resurrec- 
tion from  the  dead"  (Rom.  1:4).  He  be- 
comes to  us  the  deliverer  from  death. 
"Because  I  live,  ye  shall  live  also,"  he 
says.  He  "brought  life  and  immortality 
to  light  through  the  gospel."  When  he 
rose  from  the  dead  he  "became  the  first 
fruits  of  them  that  slept."  (John  14:19; 
2  Tim.  1:8-10;  1  Cor.  15:20.) 

Privileges  of  the  Lord's  Day .  1.  Rest  from 
the  toil  and  burden  of  the  week's  employ- 
ment. This  privilege  is  more  and  more 
being  withheld  from  the  world's  workers, 
by  that  greed  which  ministers  to  the 
material  profit  and  pleasure  of  man.  Sun- 
day laws  are  deserving  of  more  rigid 
enforcement,  not  for  the  purpose  of  com- 
pelling anybody  to  worship  God,  which 
nobody  desires  to  do,  or  could  if  they 
wished,  but  to  allow  of  this  weekly  day  of 
rest  for  all  who  labor.  2.  It  affords  op- 
portunity to  cultivate  the  spiritual  nature, 
by  giving  a  season  for  Bible  study  and 
communion  with  God  in  prayer  and  medi- 
tation, and  by  attending  the  public  assem- 
bly of  the  saints,  where  the  ordinances  of 
the  church  may  edify  and  and  instruct. 
(Heb.  10:24,25.)  3.  Its  sweetest  privilege, 
to  the  earnest  believer,  is  that  of  com- 
muning with  the  Master  and  his  brethren 
in  the  Lord's  supper,  wherein  are  set 
forth  the  great  facts  of  his  redemption,  his 
participation  in  the  life  of  Christ,  and  his 


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By  II.  A.  Denton. 

Aug.  27,  1905. 


MISSION  WORK  AMONG  WOMEN. 
—Acts  16:13-18;  Titus  2:3-5. 

For  the  Leader. 

Mission  work  among  women  is  a  topic 
that  calls  to  mind  the  fact  that  in  matters 
of  rel  gion  the  women  have  been  the  strong- 
hold of  its  existence.  Whether  true  or 
false  be  the  religion,  she  has  held  to  it 
with  all  her  nature,  giving  the  adoration  of 
her  heart  and  the  last  drop  of  blood  if  nec- 
essary. If  the  religion  to  which  she  has 
given  the  best  of  her  life  be  false,  the  more 
is  the  pity,  that  sbe  should  render  such  de- 
votion in  vain.  No  one  has  a  word  of 
blame  for  her  in  her  devotion  to  the  gods 
of  paganism.  It  is  only  pity  and  a  desire 
to  show  her  the  religion  that  ennobles 
woman;  the  religion  alone  of  all  the  beliefs 
of  man  that  frees  woman  from  slavery  and 
gives  her  a  place  among  her  brothers.  Let 
us  note  to-night  some  of  the  things  she 
suffers  in  pagan  lands;  some  of  the  good 
works  that  have  been  wrought  in  these 
lands  in  her  behalf;  and  some  of  the  things 
she  has  been  able  to  do  for  her  Master 
since  she  has  found  him  in  the  gospels. 
For  the  Members. 

1.  Let  us  think  of  what  paganism  does 
for  young  womanhood.  There  are  many 
thousands  of  young  women  in  pagan  lands 
who  have  not  so  much  hope  of  ever  being 
anything  on  their  own  account,  in  their  own 
names,  as  the  beasts  of  the  field.  They  are 
yet  in  their  teens — many  of  them  twelve 
and  thirteen,  some  older,  some  younger, 
and  yet  they  are  widows.  The  blame  of 
the  husband's  death  is  upon  them.  They 
are  the  prey  of  a  mother-in-law's  tyranny. 
Doomed  to  a  slavery  worse  than  the  negro 
in  the  United  States  in  antebellum  days  ever 
knew,  they  toil  on  without  light  or  hope 
unless  the  missionary  of  the  cross  comes 
near  them. 

2.  Let  us  think  of  what  paganism  has 
done  for  all  women.  The  place  woman 
occupies  in  the  pagan  world  is  vastly  dif- 
ferent from  what  she  occupies  in  the  Chris- 
tian world.  She  is  the  equal  of  man  in 
this  and  other  Christian  lands.  This  in  a 
religious  sense  at  least.  And  the  political 
senses  in  which  she  has  an  inferior  place 
are  relics  of  a  pagan  spirit,  not  a  Christian. 
In  pagan  countries  she  is  not  thought  of  as 
of  moral  worth;  she  is  not  thought  of  as  a 
person  among  persons  in  the  world;  she 
has  no  entity  of  her  own;  all  she  is,  is  in  the 
right  of  her  husband.  She  is  a  convenience 
more  than  anything  else.  She  is  so  treated. 
Shut  up  in  harems;  suspected  and  veiled; 
or  used  as  associates  of  the  sensual  and 
sinful.  To  be  loved  and  respected  is  for- 
eign to  the  thought  man  has  of  his  wife  in 
most  pagan  lands. 

3.  How  different  when  we  come  to  con- 
sider the  Christian  religion!  Mary  and 
others  appear  in  leading  places  with  the 
apostles.  A  woman  carries  the  first  news 
of  a  risen  Lord  to  men.  The  exalted  He- 
brew ideal  of  woman  was  intensified  by 
Christ.  No  difference  is  put  between  them 
in  their  approach  to  God.  They  are  serv- 
ants in  the  church.  With  their  husbands 
they  expound  the  gospel  more  fully  to  even 
those  who  preach,  as  in  the  case  of  Pris- 
cilla.  They  are  last  at  the  cross  and  first 
at  the  grave.  A  woman  had  faith  enough 
to  send  for  him  when  her  brother  died, 
and  at  this  meeting  the  most  abiding  mon- 
ument of  the  divinity  of  Jesus  was  erected. 
It  was  a  woman  who  had  the  love  to  break 


the  costly  box  of  ointment  and  perfume  the 
room  in  which  Jesus  sat.  Everywhere  the 
Master  and  those  who  went  out  under  his 
commission  made  no  difference  such  as 
paganism  does  between  her  and  her  brother. 
And  in  all  lands  she  has  met  this  recogni- 
tion of  merit  with  the  truest  love,  and  the 
most  abiding  faith,  and  the  undying  devo- 
tion of  womanhood.  She  is  the  hope  of 
her  fallen  sisters  now  and  ever  in  all  mis- 
sion lands. 

Quiet  Hour  Thoughts. 

Am  I  a  young  woman,  and  have  I  never 
yet  allied  myself  with  a  young  woman's 
missionary  society? 


DAILY    READINGS. 


M. 
T. 
W. 
T. 


F. 

S. 


Making  good  wives.  Prov.  31:10-12. 
The  ideal  housewife.  Prov.  31:13  27. 
TheChristianmother.  Prov. 31-28  31. 
A  woman's  need  of  Christ. 

John  4:16-26. 
A  converted  woman. 

John  4:28,  29,  39  42. 
A  woman's  devotion.  John  20:11-18. 
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Acts  16:13  18;  Titus  2:3  5.    (Home  and  for- 
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Evangelistic 


Wi  invite  ministtrs  and  tthtrs  tt  send  re- 
ptrts  tf  mutiny,  addititns  and  tther  nevis  if 
the  churches  ftr  publicatitn  in  this  depart- 
mint.  It  is  (specially  requested  that  addititns 
be  reptnsd  as  "by  ctn/essitn  and  baptism"  tr 
"h  letter." 

ARKANSAS. 

Uniontown,  Aug.  4.— We  have  iust  closed 
a  great  meeting.  Bro.  E.  E.  Davidson,  of 
Kansas  City,  did  the  preaching.  There 
were  6S  additions— 4S  baptisms,  two  by 
statement,  2  restored,  and  16  from  the 
sects.— Comstock  Brothers. 
ILLINOIS. 

Chicago,  Aug.  7.— Eight  additions  at 
the  Ashland  church  yesterday,  six  by  bap- 
tism.—J.  F.  F. 

Saybrook,  Aug.  3.— Two  baptisms  since 
last  report.— Jas.  N.  Thomas. 

Plymouth,  Aug.  1.— Eight  additions 
since  coming  here  July  16.— Jas.  E.  Steb - 

bins. 

Ramsey—  Tbe  tabernacle  meeting  here 
conducted  by  E.  L.  Frazier,  assisted  by 
Sister  Myrtle  Park,  closed  August  9.  Ten 
were  baptized.  Twenty-five  names  were 
added  to  the  church  roll.  The  church  was 
set  in  order,  and  they  want  a  preacher  to 
locate.  It  is  a  good  field  for  a  hard 
worker.  Brother  Frazier's  next  post  office 
is  Mays,  Ind. 

Forrest,  Aug.  6.— Preached  our  farewell 
here  this  morning.  Two  additions.  These 
make  32  additions  since  May  15.— Roches- 
ter Irwin. 

INDIAN  TERRITORY. 

Roff.—  We  have  just  closed  a  very  suc- 
cessful month's  meeting  here,  with 
Bro.  W.  P.  Crouch,  of  Bristol,  Tenn., 
preaching.  It  resulted  in  61  additions  to 
the  church— 36  from  the  world,  11  by  rela- 
tion, six  from  the  Methodists,  five  from 
the  Baptists  and  three  from  the  Presby- 
terians. There  were  44  baptisms.  Of  the 
61  additions  27  were  men  and  boys.— E.  S. 

Allhands.  • 

IOWA. 

Braddyville,  Aug.  6. — Five  additions 
yesterday  at  regular  services.  One  from 
the  denominations  and  four  by  confession 
and  baptism.  We  begin  our  meeting  Aug. 
27  with  E.  W.  Bowers  and  Professor  Butler 
as  evangelist  and  singer.— Lois  M.  Law- 
rence, clerk. 

Ames,  Aug.  11. — Two  added  to  the 
church  since  last  report. — F.  D.  Ferrall, 
pastor. 

KANSAS. 

Caldwell,  Aug.  10.— One  baptized  after 
prayer-meeting  last  night. — Lee  H.  Bar- 
.vtm. 

Wellington,  Aug.  8 — Three  added  yes- 
terday by  obedience  and  one  by  letter. — 
H.  M.  Barnett. 

KENTUCKY. 

Louisville.— Four  more  additions  at  the 
Parkland  church  Sunday,  August  6— two 
by  letter  and  two  by  baptism.  One  more  at 
Boston,  in  a  meeting  with  Bro.  J.  S. 
Shouse. — G.  W.  Nutter. 

Tilton,  Aug.  3. — A  short  meeting  con- 
ducted by  H.  C.  Patterson,  of  Indianapo- 
lis, Ind.,  has  just  closed  with  23  additions 
—18  by  confession,  four  by  statement,  one 
reclaimed.— A.  B.  Robertson,  pastor. 
MARYLAND. 

Clayton,  July  31.— Rev.  J.  Murray  Tay- 
lor, of  Washington,  D.  C,  assisted  byRev. 
J.  R.  Gaff,  recently  closed  a  two  weeks' 
meeting  at  the  Jerusalem  Christian  church . 


Nine  persons  made  the  good  confession. — 
A.  V.  O. 

Jerusalem,  Aug.  7.— Two  additions  last 
Lord's  day.— A.  V.  O. 

MISSOURI. 

Gallatin,  Aug.  6.— One  addition  by  state- 
ment at  morning  service.  Work  is  pros- 
pering.— C.  W.  Comstock. 

Clinton,  Aug.  6.— Brooks  Brothers  just 
closed  a  meeting  that  resulted  in  33  addi- 
tions. One  confession  yesterday.— G.  W. 
Terrell. 

Willmathsville,  Aug.  8.— Began  a  meet- 
ing yesterday.  Good  audiences.  Pros- 
pects good  for  a  successful  meeting.  Ex- 
pect to  organize  a  church  soon.— W.  T. 
Clarkson,  evangelist. 

Fayette,  Aug.  8. — Twenty-four  addi- 
tions last  Lord's  day,  making  94  since  the 
great  tent  meeting  by  Messrs.  Brown  and 
Curry  closed.  Baptized  67  Sunday  even- 
ing. Since  coming  here  last  August  145 
have  been  added  to  the  church.— R.  B. 
Helser. 

NEW  MEXICO. 

Roswell,  Aug.  7. — We  had  four  additions 
yesterday,  and  two  last  Lord's  day.  The 
church  is  united  and  at  work.— C.  C. 
Hill. 

OHIO. 

Athens,  Aug.  7. — Seven  additions  in  the 
last  two  Sundays.  Work  of  enlarging  the 
church  building  begun. — T.  L.  Lowe. 

Dayton,  Aug.  7.— Two  baptisms  yester- 
day. All  departments  of  work  in  good 
shape.  Prospects  good.  —  Henry  F. 
TCet  toft  * 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Ellwood  City,  Aug.  8.— Three  additions 
last  Lord's  day.  We  have  started  an  open 
air  meeting  on  the  main  thoroughfare,  and 
it  is  doing  well.— Ferd  F.  Schultz,  min- 
ister. 

TEXAS. 

San  Angelo. — The  meeting  conducted  by 
R.  S.  Martin  at  San  Angelo  benefited  every 
religious  body.  The  immediate  results  are — 


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What  Does  Christian  Science  Say? 

St.  Louis,  Mo.,  August  7. 
The  Editor,  Christian-Evangelist:  — 
In  the  Christian- Evangelist  of  June  22, 
there  appeared  an  article,  reproduced  from 
the  New  York  Observer,  by  the  Rev.  H.  D  . 
Jenkins,  of  Chicago,  entitled  "What  a 
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"  'Now,'  said  Dr.  Jenkins,  'let  us  look 
at  the  matter  squarely.  Does  God  love?' 
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is  the  fundamental  article  of  our  creed.' 
'Very  good,'  said  I,  'that  is  Christian. 
Now  let  us  take  one  step  more.  Is  God  a 
person?'  'By  no  means,'  came  the  instant 
rejoinder."  Arguing  from  this  answer, 
Dr.  Jenkins  argues  that  the  Christian 
Science  belief  is  pagan. 

The  impression  which  I  wish  to  correct, 
and  which  I  am  sure  you  will  be  willing  to 
help  me  correct,  is  that  Christian  Science 
teaches  that  God  is  not  a  person.  In  the 
Christian  Science  textbook,  Science  and 
Health  with  Key  to  the  Scriptures,  by  Mary 
Baker  G.  Eddy,  the  statement  is  frequently 
and  plainly  made  that  God  is  infinite  per- 
son. The  reply  of  the  lady  in  question 
would,  therefore,  indicate  that  she  was  not 
sufficiently  versed  in  Christian  Science  to 
discuss  it,  especially  with  so  able  a  cler- 
gyman as  Dr.  Jenkins.  Christian  Science 
recognizes  God  as  infinite  person  and  man 
as  his  image  and  likeness. 

If  you  can  find  space  for  this  brief  com- 
munication I  shall  be  greatly  obliged,  and 
I  am  sure  that  you  are  iust  as  anxious  that  j 
your  readers  should  know  the  truth  about 
the  Christian  Science  belief  as  I  am. 

James  A.  Logwood. 

Publication  Committee  for  the  State  of 
Missouri. 

[We  regret  that  our  correspondent  does 
not  quote  the  exact  words  of  Mrs.  Eddy 
on  this  important  point.  We  are  sure  we 
have  seen  real  or  alleged  quotations  from 
her  writings,  which  seemed  to  teach  to  the 
contrary  of  what  is  here  stated,  but  we  do 
not  have  her  book  at  hand.  The  Chris- 
tian Evangelist  has  no  desire  to  mis- 
represent Christian  Science,  and  will  wel- 
come a  clear  statement  from  some  author- 
itative source  on  this  point.— Editor.] 


A  Few  Words  More. 

Brother  Garrison  says  I  totally  misrepre- 
sent him  when  I  say  that  he  puts  the  ob- 
servance of  the  Lord's  supper  upon  the 
ground  of  feeling.  Not  for  any  considera- 
tion would  I  misrepresent  him.  Did  I  do 
so?  Here  are  his  words  in  his  issue  of 
July  13:  "There  is  no  prohibition  of 
weekly  observance  for  those  ivho  feel  it  to  be 
a  duty,  while  there  is  no  demand  for  a 
weekly  observance  on  the  part  of  those  nxiho 
do  not  yet  feel  it  to  be  a  duty." 

The  italics  are  mine.  Now  if  this  does 
not  put  the  observance  of  the  Lord's  sup- 
per upon  the  ground  of  feeling  I  confess  I 
do  not  understand  simple  language.  All  I 
had  to  guide  me  were  his  own  words. 

Brother  Garrison  asks,  "Is  the  'Union 
church  in  Christ'  less  biblical,  for  instance, 
than  'Union  avenue  Christian  church,'  in 
St.  Louis?" 

In  raising  this  question  he  certainly  m  is- 


represents  me.  In  this  discussion  we  have 
not  had  the  location  and  name  of  church 
houses— mere  expedients — in  mind  at  all, 
but  the  organization  of  a  new  religious 
body,  in  Monroe,  Wisconsin,  upon  a  set  of 
human  resolutions,  and  called  the  "Union 
church  in  Christ."  Tnis  is  a  very  different 
thing  from  naming  a  church  house  and  its 
location.  Of  course  the  Editor  did  not  in- 
tend to  misrepresent  me.     Simpson  Ei  y. 

Joplin,  Mo. 

[1.  Brother  Ely  knows,  when  his  at- 
tention is  directed  to  the  matter,  that  to 
say  of  a  certain  act  that  we  "feel  it  to  be 
a  duty,"  is  the  exact  equivalent  of  saying 
that  we  have  conscientious  convictions  on 
the  subject.  There  is  no  other  course  for 
an  honest  man  to  pursue  than  to  do  what 
he  feels  to  be  his  duty,  for  this  can  mean 
nothing  less  than  doing  what  he  believes 
to  be  his  duty.  This  is  something  very 
different  from  mere  good  feeling,  or  pleas- 
ant sensations,  which  Brother  Ely  seems 
to  have  in  mind  as  our  meaning.  The 
word  "duty"  escaped  his  attention. 

2.  Our  point  as  relates  to  the  name 
was  that  the  use  of  a  term  to  indicate  the 
fact  of  two  churches  having  united,  is  no 
more  a  departure  from  "scriptural  termi- 
nology" than  the  use  of  a  word  to  indicate 
location.  They  are  terms  used  in  the 
interest  of  clearness.  The  "Union  avenue 
Christian  church"  is  not  the  name  of  "the 
church  house,"  but  of  the  congregation 
worshiping  there.  It  is  thereby  distin- 
guished from  other  Christian  churches. 
There  was  no  "new  religious  body"  or- 
ganized in  Monroe,  Wisconsin.  Tnat  is  a 
misconception  of  Brother  Ely.  Nor  did 
the  two  congregations  unite  "upon  a  set 
of  human  resolutions,"  but  upon  Jesus 
Christ  as  set  forth  in  the  New  Testament. 
Would  we  not  repudiate  the  idea  that  the 
churches  of  this  reformation  were  built 
upon  the  "Declaration  and  Address"  of, 
Thomas  Campbell?  Let  us  be  fair  to 
others  as  we  would  have  them  be  to  us. — 
Editor.] 

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Dtrid   0.  Smart,    President    Board    of 
Church  Extension. 

On  our  cover  page  is  a  good  likeness  of 
D.  O.  Smart,  president  of  the  Board  of 
Church  Extension  since  its  organization, 
in  1SSS,  and  re-elected  for  the  seventeenth 
year.  We  give  this  cut  of  our  president 
because  we  believe  the  people  want  to  see 
and  know  the  men  who  are  in  the  respon- 
sible positions  at  the  head  of  our  great 
onary  societies. 

Brother  Smart's  parents  were  of  Virginia 
stock,  and  before  moving  to  Missouri  in 
;,  lived  in  Kentucky.  D.  O.  Smart  was 
born  February  15,  1S43,  in  Independence, 
ten  miles  from  Kansas  City.  He  married 
Alice  M.  Walrond  in  1S66  and  moved  to 
Kansas  City,  where  he  has  lived  since  that 
time. 

Mr.  Smart  has  led  a  busy  life  and  has 
occupied  many  responsible  positions.  As 
a  business  man,  his  judgment  has  been  in 
great  demand.  As  a  counselor  in  affairs 
of  the  church,  his  presence  and  appro- 
priate words  have  always  been  conspic- 
uous. He  has  been  an  elder  for  ten  years 
in  the  Sixth  and  Prospect  church,  now 
independence  boulevard,  of  which  Geo.  H. 
Combs  is  pastor.  Before  the  Sixth  and 
Prospect  church  was  organized,  he  was 
first  deacon,  then  elder,  in  the  First 
church. 

As  a  business  man  we  find  him,  first,  as 
senior  member  of  the  banking  firm  of 
D.  O.  Smart  ft  Co.,  then  in  cattle  ranch- 
ing in  Colorado  and  Montana,  and  at 
present  engaged  in  the  management  of  his 
real  estate  interests  in  Kansas  City. 

Mr.  Smart  was  a  student  at  Bethany  col- 
lege. Interested  in  education,  he  is  also 
president  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the 
L.ible  College  of  Missouri,  located  in 
Columbia.  He  was  in  the  legislature  of 
Missouri  from  1892  to  1894.  Mr.  Smart 
sees  through  a  proposition  with  almost 
unerring  judgment,  and  is  wise  in  balanc- 
ing the  opinions  of  men,  and  therefore  his 
words  carry  great  weight  in  the  councils 
of  the  Board  of  Church  Extension. 

Mr.  Smart  has  been  a  most  liberal  con- 
tributor to  all  our  missionary  societies 
through  the  local  church.  He  has  given 
large  sums  to  the  establishment  of  the 
fifteen  churches  in  Kansas  City,  and  has 
donated  several  thousand  dollars  to  the 
Bible  College  of  Missouri,  at  Columbia, 
and  in  former  days  to  Bethany  college. 


"The  Victory  of  Faith." 

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Natural  Man  and  the  Spiritual  Man;  A 
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or  Faith  Triumphant;  Easter  Hopes;  Mis- 
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We  Call  Dead  Alive;  Was  the  Ideal  of 
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Our  Home  Missions  and  the  Yellow 
Fever. 

Our  home  missions  is  facing  a  very  seri- 
ous situation  in  the  yellow  fever.  So  many 
of  our  home  missionaries  are  in  the  south 
that  if  the  fever  should  become  general  or 
epidemic,  the  Home  Society  will  be  com- 
pelled to  move  the  missionaries  and  their 
families  away  from  that  district. 

Bro.  Marcellus  Ely  has  already  gone  to 
Missouri;  our  Home  Board  has  made  ar- 
rangements to  transfer  Brother  Crystal 
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Tampa,  has  gone  north  on  a  vacation, 
and  it  is  expected  that  Bro.  Claude  Hill,  of 
Mobile,  will  go  north  shortly.  Other  mis- 
sionaries, including  Bro.  Jno.  A.  Stevens, 
evangelist  of  Louisiana,  will  be  urged  to 
come  northward. 

If  there  are  any  churches  that  desire  the 
services  of  these  men,  while  they  are 
driven  away  from  their  southern  fields,  for 
missionary  work,  and  will  write  to  Bro. 
B.  L.  Smith,  our  corresponding  secretary, 
it  is  thought  that  arrangements  can  be 
quickly  made. 

Gloria  in  Excelsis. 

This  is  a  splendid  book.  It  is  such  a  re- 
lief to  turn  from  the  trashy,  cheap  books, 
so  prevalent  in  many  of  our  churches,  to  a 
book  whose  very  appearance  lends  dignity 
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have  surely  done  a  most  valuable  service 
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Family  Circle 


Midsummer  Song. 

Dawnings  of  amber  and  amethyst  eves; 
Soft    in    the    south    wind    the  laughter  of 

leaves; 
Breath    of   the   poppy   and    death    of   the 

rose- 
Midsummer  comes  and  midsummer  goes! 

Dapple  on  cheek  of  the  apple  and  plum; 
Honey  bees  droning  a  die-away  hum; 
Swales  in  a  shimmer  and  dales  in  a  doze- 
Midsummer  comes  and  midsummer  goes! 

Darting  of  dragon  fly,  flutter  of  moth; 
Barley  in  windrow  and  wheat  in  the  swath; 
Hush   song  and  thrush  song — the  mother 

bird  knows — 
Midsummer  comes  and  midsummer  goes. 

Moonlight  and  noonlight  all  glamour  and 

gleam; 
Hillside  and  rillside  a  thrall  to  the  dream; 
Capture  the  rapture  before  the  day's  close — 
Midsummer  comes  and  midsummer  goes. 

— Clinton  Scollard. 


The  Charm  of  Weather. 

By  James  Buckham. 

In  that  most  fascinating  of  all  forms  of 
literature,  printed  or  unprinted— the  pri- 
vate journal — the  privileged  reader  will  find 
no  subject  more  faithfully  considered  than 
the  weather.  One  encounters  it  upon  al- 
most every  page.  To  the  recorder  its 
charm  becomes  a  gentle  tyranny,  to  which 
he  yields  with  habitual  delight.  If  it  has 
rained  or  snowed,  if  the  wind  has  blown  or 
the  sun  shone,  the  journalist  has  been  so 
impressed  by  the  fact  that  he  cannot  suf- 
fer it  to  be  forgotten.  It  has  had  a  real 
significance  for  him.  It  has  been  woven 
into  the  texture  of  his  thoughts  and  feel- 
ings. He  knows  that  something  vital 
would  be,  omitted  from  the  record  of  the 
day  if  the  weather  were  not  mentioned. 

Nor  is  this  prevalence  of  the  weather  in 
the  private  journal — as  has  sometimes 
been  cynically  suggested — any  evidence  of 
poverty  of  material  on  the  part  of  the  re- 
corder. It  is  not  so  frequently  mentioned 
because  the  recorder  has  little  or  nothing 
else  to  write  about.  The  charm  of  weather 
to  any  really  sensitive  and  observant  per- 
son— one  who  has  enough  of  the  analytical 
and  emotive  in  his  nature  to  care  to  keep  a 
record  of  his  own  life  and  of  other  human 
lives  closely  associated  with  his — is  a  legiti- 
mate and  vital  charm.  The  day's  atmos- 
pheric conditions  are  really  responsible 
for  a  large  part  of  the  day's  feeling.  To 
leave  the  weather  out  of  such  an  intimate 
and  minute  record  of  individual  experi- 
ence as  a  daily  journal,  would  be  to  ignore 
one  of  the  most  subtle  influences  that 
make  everyday  life  what  it  is. 

Consider  how  much  it  really  means  to 
the  keeper  of  a  private  journal,  whether  a 
day  has  been  sunny  or  cloudy,  calm  or 
boisterous,  gentle  and  gracious,  or  raw 
and  buffeting.  If  he  has  a  susceptible 
spirit — as  is  most  likely  the  case  with  one 
who  daily  studies  himself  and  the  things 
that  impress  and  influence  him — the  re- 
corder is  conscious  of  having  been  subtly 
affected  by  the  color  of  the  sky,  the  tem- 
perature of  the  outdoor  air,  the  voices  or 
hushes  of  the  wind,  and  all  the  sights  and 
sounds  and  odors  of  nature  that  depend 
upon  atmospheric  conditions.  These  con- 
ditions have,  very  likely,  roused  and  sus- 
tained the  greater  part  of  his  vagrant  feel- 
ings  during    the   day.     Unless    there   has 


been  some  strong  and  emphatic  human 
motive  governing  his  emotions,  It  is  nature 
which  has  determined  the  character  of  his 
day's  moods.  These  have  been  subject 
to  the  character  of  the  weather — have 
varied,  probably,  with  atmospheric 
changes  and  caprices,  have  been  alter- 
nately lightened  and  shadowed  like  the 
landscape  under  a  fitful  sky.  All  this  is 
something  that  ought  to  go  into  a  faithful 
record  of  a  day's  life.  It  is  something  that 
was  felt  to  be  essential  at  the  time.  It 
may  explain  something  that  has  entered 
into  the  permanent  texture  of  the  soul.  It 
may  recall  in  after  day  a  mood,  an  atmos- 
phere, a  glimpse  of  truth,  that  was  felt  to 
be  rare  and  precious  at  the  time. 

This  charm  of  weather  is  really  a  most 
vital  thing  to  all  of  us,  whether  we  are 
keepers  of  more  or  less  elaborate  reflective 
journals,  or  only  ordinary  "a  line  a  day" 
diarists,  or  perhaps  no  recorders  at  all  of 
the  passage  of  time.  Let  any  one  of  us 
honestly  and  thoughtfully  estimate  for 
himself  the  part  which  the  weather  plays 
in  his  «njoyment  and  appreciation  of  life, 
and  the  psychological  value  and  signifi- 
cance of  changing  skies  and  varying  at- 
mospheric conditions  will  surely  impress 
him.  What  would  be  our  mental  condition 
if  it  were  not  for  the  charm  of  weather — 
that  is  to  say,-  the  relief  and  delight  and 
stimulus  that  we  derive  from  frequent  at- 
mospheric changes?  As  in  some  measure 
a  reply  to  this  question,  it  is  instructive  to 
note  the  confessed  stagnation  of  spirits 
suffered  by  those  who  dwell  for  any  length 
of  time  in  climates  of  such  long  continued 
sameness  as  prevail  in  many  sections  of 
the  Pacific  slope  of  North  America.  The 
real  charm  of  weather  consists  not  in  single 
and  maintained  aspects  of  mildness  or 
fairness,  but  in  variations,  contrasts,  sur- 
prises, that  keep  one's  attention  on  the 
qui  vive,  and  stimulate  the  spirit  by  a 
rapid  play  of  responsive  feeling.  To  go 
out  in  the  morning,  as  so  many  of  us  do  in 
these  North  Atlantic  states,  with  compact 
batteries  of  weather  protectors  about  our 
persons,  not  knowing  what  will  be  re- 
quired before  night,  has  a  pleasant  spice 
of  adventure  about  it  that  far  more  than 
compensates  for  the  trouble  and  incon- 
venience of  the  extra  burden.  Think  of 
the  deadly  monotony  of  having  to  use  an 
umbrella  and  mackintosh,  as  they  do  in 
some  parts  of  the  west,  every  day  for  four 


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know  that  there  is  hardly  a  ghost  of  a 
chance  of  your  new  straw  hat  being 
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ing  to  the  healthy  mind  and  body;  and 
the  privilege  of  encountering  them  all  in 
succession  is  their  chief  est  charm.  No 
species  of  meteorological  surprise  is  too 
disagreeable  in  itself  to  be  less  than  de- 
lightful to  the  real  lover  of  nature,  who, 
like  other  lovers,  believes  that  the  whims 
and  caprices  of  his  mistress  constitute  her 
most  piquant  attraction.  Never  so  lovely 
is  she  as  when  she  change*  from  mood  to 
mood,  now  smiling  and  now  pouting,  now 
clinging  and  caressing,  and  anon  teasing 
and  flouting  and  battling.  Nature's  human 
vagaries  are  the  source  of  her  subtlest 
charm.  It  is  when  she  is  most  like  us  that 
we  love  her  best. 

Variety  is  the  spice  of  weather  as  it  is  the 
spice  of  life.  If  we  turn  to  nature  for 
stimulus  and  refreshment,  as  so  many  of 
us  are  doing  in  these  days  of  mental  and 
spiritual  overstrain,  where  shall  we  find 
our  all-mother  more  accessible  or  more 
gracious  than  in  those  alternations  of 
weather  that  appeal  alike  to  the  dweller  in 
city  and  country? — The  Interior. 


Is  Death  Worth  Dying? 

A  society  for  the  prevention  of  suicide 
might  be  constructed  on  the  principle  sug- 
gested by  the  action  of  a  St.  Louis  resident 
who,  seeing  an  aged  man  wading  into  the 
river  for  the  purpose  of  destroying  himself, 
called  out  to  him  peremptorily  to  "come 
back  and  don't  be  foolish."  When  the  res- 
cuer landed  the  intending  suicide,  he  poured 
philosophy  and  consolation  into  the  old 
man's  ears  until  he  changed  his  whole 
point  of  view,  and  came  to  the  determina- 
tion to  live.  Suicides  in  intention  probably 
need,  more  than  anything  else,  a  good 
talking  to  of  a  sympathetic  and  uplifting 
nature,  and  sometimes  some  material  help. 
There  are  societies  for  everything  else,  why 
not  a  society  for  the  prevention  of  suicide? 
The  melancholy  need  a  jolt,  something 
new  to  think  about  and  to  be  interested  in. 
It  should  be  the  business  of  the  society  we 
speak  of  to  provide  this,  to  give  its  pro- 
teges a  mental  shake-up.  Why  should  any 
one  in  good  health  wish  to  die,  when  there 
are  so  many  other  places  to  go  than  across 
the  Jordan,  and  something  interesting 
happening  every  day?  The  love  sickness 
that  leads  to  suicidal  madness  is  the  most 
baseless  of  all.  Is  it  possible  that  in  a 
population  of  something  like  two  billions 
on  the  earth,  there  is  only  one  "affinity"? 
Being  deprived  of  that,  must  the  senti- 
mental sufferer,  his  or  her  quietus  make? 
Time  heals  all  wounds.  It  even  softens 
the  memory  of  those  horrible,  mortifying 
blunders  we  all  make  from  time  to  time. 
Who  knows  but  an  old  love  affair  may  be 
so  mellowed  by  the  years  that  rejoicing 
that  it  didn't  go  any  farther,  may  come  to 
those  who  contemplated  pistol  or  poison? 
Those  "terrifies"  may  become  even  a 
subject  for  laughter  later  on.  Men  mostly 
commit  suicide  through  loss  of  money,  wo- 
men for  love,  says  a  philosopher.  The 
possession  of  either  makes  life  pleasanter, 
but  there  is  plenty  of  both  in  the  world. 
There  shall  still  be  cakes  and  ale.  No 
need  to  hasten  to  that  bourne  from  which 
no  traveler  returns,  for  all  are  sure  to 
reach  it  soon  or  late.  It  will  elude  no  one. 
— Globe-Democrat. 

We  have  the  Revised  New  Testament  in 
limp  cloth,  7  cents,  in  full  silk  cloth,  15 
cents,  in  primer  type,  35  cents,  but  it  is  not 
the  American. 


How  Religion  Came  to  Buffalo  Hump 

All  through  the  winter  of  1901  a  strag- 
gling procession  of  fortune  seekers  made 
its  way  through  the  rough  mountains  of 
central  Idaho,  bound  for  Buffalo  Hump. 
The  cold  was  intense,  the  traveling  diffi- 
cult, the  suffering  great.  Everything  was 
expensive;  shovels  sold  for  twelve  dollars, 
chickens  for  five,  and  wages  were  as  high 
as  fifteen  dollars  a  day.  Horse  feed  was  a 
dollar  a  meal  and  whiskey  fifty  cents  a 
drink.  A  teamster  who  owned  a  horse 
that  could  wear  snowshoes  made  $1,500  in 
four  months  by  hiring  him  out. 

A  young  Episcopal  clergyman  thought 
the  Buffalo  Hump  mines  a  good  place  for 
missionary  work.  There  was  no  such 
thing  in  camp  as  Sunday.  The  miners 
were  too  busy  for  that,  and  gambling  and 
drinking  were  the  only  forms  of  recreation. 
There  was,  therefore,  great  excitement 
over  the  expected  arrival  of  a  "tenderfoot 
sky  pilot";  some  were  opposed,  some  were 
pleased,  and  all  were  excited,  for  anything 
"new"  was  a  relief  to  Buffalo  Hump. 
For  the  first  time  religion  became  a  topic 
of  conversation. 

When  within  sixty  miles  of  the  mines  he 
was  accosted  by  a  well-wisher.  He  told 
him  that  the  snow  was  too  deep  to  ride 
further,  and  the  well-wisher  consented  to 
buy  his  horse  for  five  dollars  simply  as  a 
favor.  He  impressed  upon  the  young 
preacher  the  importance  of  having  a  full 
knapsack,  and  advised  him  not  to  eat  un- 
til he  had  gone  far  on  his  journey.  Thank- 
ing him  for  his  kind  advice,  the  missionary 
courageously  set  out  to  tramp  through 
sixty  miles  of  snow,  with  only  a  blazed 
trail  to  guide  him.  By  ten  o'clock  he  was 
tired  and  hungry,  by  three  o'clock  he  was 
famished  and  exhausted,  and  by  six  he 
dropped  in  his  tracks.  With  eager  fingers 
he  untied  the  knapsack  to  find  in  it — a 
rock!  The  good  Samaritan  had  relieved 
him  of  his  lunch,  and  he  had  "packed"  a 
useless,  heavy  burden  for  all  those  dreary 
miles! 

But  he  had  come  to  preach  and  not  to 
cry,  and   his   great  good  nature,  his  ear- 


nestness and  his  "gameness"  deeply  im- 
pressed the  mining  camp,  and  a  wonderful 
change  began  to  take  place.  Sunday  la- 
bor was  abandoned,  and  services  were 
held  every  morning.  Everything  was  a 
success  but  the  singing,  and  that  was  a 
dead  failure.  "If  we  only  had  an  organ," 
was  the  cry.  The  "sky  pilot"  said  that 
they  should  have  one.  Returning  through 
the  silent  woods  to  Lewiston,  he  purchased 
an  organ  and  brought  it  into  camp  on 
horseback.  That  was  a  day  of  great  re- 
joicing in  Buffalo  Hump.  The  only  man 
who  could  play  became  so  elated  that  he 
drank  too  much  whiskey,  and  the  service 
was  postponed  until  evening,  when  it 
proved  a  great  success.  Men  who  had 
not  been  to  church  for  twenty  years  came 
to  that  first  service.  A  furious  dog  fight 
took  place  outside  the  log  chapel  during 
the  sermon,  but  not  a  man  left  his  seat. 
Christianity  had  come  to  stay  at  Buffalo 
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A  Hint  for.  Parsons. 

A  Springfield  clergyman  is  telling  a  story 
of  his  last  vacation,  which  is  probably  bet- 
ter appreciated  by  his  fellows  who  have 
served  the  Lord  in  the  villages  than  by 
those  members  of  the  profession  who  have 
ministered  only  to  city  charges. 

"I  took  over  a  pulpit  in  a  little  country 
town  about  twenty  miles  from  here,"  he 
says,  "conducted  the  services  to  an  end, 
then  waited  for  the  usual  invitation  to 
dinner.  Because  of  some  reason  it  did  not 
come.  I  was  hungry  as  a  bear,  so  finally 
in  desperation  I  approached  a  prosperous- 
looking  farmer  whom  I  had  met  before  the 
services,  and  said,  'Brother,  won'tj  you 
come  home  with  me  for  dinner?' 

"  'Gladly,  parson,'  he  answered;  'where 
do  you  live?' 

"  'About  twenty  miles  from  here,'  I 
answered,  as  airily  as  possible. 

"For  one  moment  he  looked  Jdumb- 
founded;  then  he  saw  the  fun  of  the  situa- 
tion, and  his  hard  old  face  broke  into  a 
thosand  wrinkles  as  he  grasped  my  hand, 
and  said,  'Parson,  let's  go  over  to  my 
house  for  dinner.  It's  a  heap  nearer^than 
your'n.'  " 


Facts  About  the  Country  of  Lewis  and 
ClarK. 

The  old  "Oregon  country"  includes 
Washington,  Oregon,  Idaho  and  a  small 
portion  of  Montana  and  Wyoming. 

The  state  of  Washington  alone  is  larger 
than  the  New  England  states,  together 
with  the  state  of  Delaware  and  the  District 
of  Columbia. 

Oregon  is  larger  than  New  York,  Penn- 
sylvania and  New  Jersey  together. 

The  "Oregon  country"  is  equal  in  ex- 
tent to  the  thirteen  original  states  of  the 
union,  which  now  support  a  population  of 
more  than  30.000,000  inhabitants. 

The  New  England  states,  together  with 
Ncsw  York,  Pennsylvania,  New  Jersey  and 
Delaware,  had  a  population  of  21,231,450 
in  1900,  while  Washington  and  Oregon  to- 
gether had  but  931,639. 

The  combined  area  of  England,  Scot- 
land, Ireland,  Wales,  Denmark,  Holland 
and  Belgium  is  4,000  square  miles  less 
than  the  area  of  Washington  and  Oregon, 
and  these  countries  have  a  population  of 
more  than  50,000,000. 

France  and  Germany  have  each  an  area 
just  about  two-thirds  as  great  as  the  old 
"Oregon  country,"  and  they  support  pop- 
ulations of  40,000,000  and  50,000,000  re- 
spectively.— From  the  August  World's  Work. 


Secrecy  in  the  Express  Business. 

Sixty  six  years  ago,  and  but  a  few  years 
after  railways  had  demonstrated  their  prac- 
ticability, William  Harnden  met  what 
seemed  to  him  to  be  a  real  economic  need 
by  offering  to  carry  valuable  packages 
from  Niw  York  to  Boston,  and  for  a  con- 
sideration assume  responsibility  for  loss. 
Harnden's  valise,  carried  by  steamboat 
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service  which  has  advanced  hand  in  hand 
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necessarily  closely  associated.  Recognition 
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immediate.  Companies  were  organized 
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country  as  their  special  fields  of  activity, 
until  now  an  express  service  is  found  wher- 
ever transportation  facilities  exist,  whether 
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A  Week  with   the   Woodneys. 

THE   FIFTH    DAY    (CONTINUED)  . 

If  Arthur  Lowell  had  seen  the  Woodneys 
set  forth  for  the  grand  dinner  to  be  given 
at  G.  C.  D.  Woodney's,  he  would  hardly 
have  recognized  Mace.  A  girl  hard  at 
work  upon  a  white  batiste,  presents  a  very 
different  view  from  the  same  girl  in  the 
same  batiste.  Mace's  shoes  were  not 
those  which  showed  the  place  where  a  hole 
was  coming,  and  which  were  wrinkled 
with  age  like  her  grandmother.  They 
were  smooth  and  shining.  Her  hat  was  a 
simple  one,  white  like  her  dress.  The  silk 
sash  was  white,  too,  and  as  she  walked 
along  beside  old  Mrs.  Woodney,  she  looked 
refreshingly  cool  in  the  glare  of  the  August 
sun;  for  though  it  was  nearly  sis  o'clock, 
the  sun  was  still  above  the  apple  trees  in 
the  Enderthorpe  yard.  Bob  Enderthorpe 
had  strolled  down  to  his  front  gate,  but 
if  he  had  entertained  the  mad  thought  of 
saying,  "Good-evening,"  when  the  little 
party  should  pass,  he  realized  at  the  first 
glimpse  of  Mace  that  on  a  state  occasion 
such  as  this  his  awkwardness,  his  red 
hair  and  his  freckles  would  be  out  of 
place.  He  hastily  made  for  the  house,  as 
if  he  had  just  thought  of  something  to  do. 
Mr.  Woodney,  with  his  hand  on  Mrs. 
Woodney's  arm,  went  in  advance.  As 
they  were  far  enough  ahead  of  Mace  and 
her  grandmother  to  be  safe,  Mr.  Woodney 
whispered,  "My  dear,  how  does  Mace 
look?" 

His  wife  whispered  emphatically,  "Fine 
enough  for  any  company!"  Mr.  Woodney 
chuckled. 

"Oh,  father!"  called  Mace  reproachfully, 
"Yon  and  mother  are  having  secrets." 
She  had  forgotten  all  about  being  tired. 
Her  spirits  were  high,  and  her  body  and 
limbs  were  as  strong  and  full  of  life  as  if 
she  had  been  tucked  up  in  cotton,  all  day. 
That's  what  it  means  to  be  young.  Marcia 
Winterfield  was  standing  at  her  father's 
gate.  Mace  was  glad,  because  she  wanted 
Marcia  to  know  of  the  dinner. 

"Awfully  sorry  I  wasn't  at  home  when 
you  called,  said  Marcia  as  they  paused  to 
speak.  Mace  knew  she  had  been  at  home, 
but  Marcia  looked  so  sweet  and  pretty  and 
innocent,  Truth  blushed  with  shame  in  her 
presence,  and  would  fain  have  been  a 
gentle  deceiver.  "We  are  going  to  have 
all  of  you  here  before  school  begins," 
Marcia  continued  warmly.  "When  will  it 
be  convenient  for  us  to  call?" 

"Just  come  at  any  moment!"  cried  Mr. 
Woodney.  Old  Mrs.  Woodney  gave  her 
son  a  glance  which,  luckily,  he  could  not 
see.  Marcia  suddenly  exclaimed,  "Oh! 
Have  any  of  you  seen  our  young  white 
dorking?  It  is  a  perfectly  beautiful  rooster 
and  it  was  given  us  by  a  friend  from  the 
country.     We  haven't  seen  him  all  day," 

The  Woodneys  had  not  seen  the  cock 
described.  After  expressing  regrets,  they 
passed  on  to  G.  C.  D.  Woodney's.  They 
entered  the  yard  of  four  acres,  and  passed 
up  the  granitoid  walk  midway  between 
two  sweeping  driveways  set  with  flowers. 
"Is  anyone  on  the  porch?"  asked  Mr. 
Woodney. 

"Not  a  soul,"  replied  his  wife,  "the 
house  seems  deserted.  Vet  it  is  past  the 
time  set  for  our  coming."  They  reached 
the  splendid  mansion  and  Mace  found  her- 
self upon  the  stone  porch  which  she  had 
admired  from  afar.     Her  mother  rang  the 


bell.  "This  porch  is  magnificent,  father," 
whispered  Mace.  "This  is  a  heavy  stone 
balustrade  all  around,  making  a  perfect 
semicircle.  Vines  hang  all  along  the 
side.  The  porch  is  nearly  as  big  as  our 
entire  house.  Here  are  wicker  settees  and 
cane  chairs." 

"Let  us  sit  in  them,"  said  old  Mrs. 
Woodney,  "for  we've  had  quite  a  walk, 
and  no  one  seems  ready  to  open  the  front 
door." 

They  waited.  "Yes,  mother,"  said  Mr. 
Woodney,  "do  sit  down;  I'm  afraid  you 
will  be  tired  out.  Perhaps  you  had  better 
ring  again,  Geraldine." 

Mrs.  Geraldine  Woodney  rang  again. 
"I  wish  I  had  brought  my  book  along," 
she  remarked,  as  old  Mrs.  Woodney 
seated  herself  stiffly  upon  a  settee.  Mace 
began  to  feel  unpleasantly  excited.  They 
ought  not  to  have  to  wait  at  the  door 
when  they  came  in  response  to  G.  C.  D. 
Woodney's  invitation.  "I  feel  like  going 
back  home!"  she  cried.  Just  then  she 
espied  a  buggy  coming  rapidly  along 
Main  street.  It  stopped  before  the  yard, 
and  the  patent  gate  sprung  open.  The 
buggy  swept  up  one  of  the  front  drives. 
There  was  one  occupant,  a  young  man  of 
nineteen  or  twenty,  tall,  dark,  handsome. 
It  was  Ed  Woodney,  the  son  of  G.  C.  D. 
Woodney.  He  looked  with  surprise  at  the 
little  group  on  the  porch,  then  leaped  to 
the  gravel  path  and  bowed.  The  horse 
was  restive  and  required  all  his  attention. 
"How  do  you  do?"  he  called.  "Is  this 
cousin  Benjamin  Woodney  and  his  family? 
I  am  Ed  Woodney."  At  that  moment, 
a  man  came  running  around  the  house  to 
take  charge  of  the  horse  and  buggy,  and 
Ed  approached  the  porch.  "Very  nice  in 
you  people  to  come  to  see  us,"  he  delared, 
holding  out  his  hand.  "This  is  Cousin 
Geraldine,  I  suppose.  And  is  this  Auntie?" 

"I  am  your  Aunt  Made,"  said  old  Mrs. 
Woodney. 

"Of  course,"  said  Ed,  who  had  forgot- 
ten her  name.  "And  this  is—" 

"Your  Cousin  Mace,"  said  Mrs.  Geral- 
dine Woodney. 

Ed  shook  hands  warmly  with  Mace.  He 
was  very  much  pleased  with  her  appear- 
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He  had  feared  these  poor  relations  might 
be  like  the  Enderthorpes  or  Wrens,  and 
his  relief  was  great  in  finding  that,  so  far 
as  appearance  went,  they  would  "do."  Of 
course,  he  was  yet  to  learn  if  they  con- 
ducted themselves  like  his  associates,  but 
you  can  generally  tell  how  a  woman's 
tongue  fhangs  by  the  hang  of 
her  dress.  Mace  was  dressed  at 
slight  expense,  but  with  no  cost 
to  good  taste.  It  is  true  that  Mrs.  Geral- 
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been  dressed  while  thinking  about  some- 
thing else,  but  her  colors  harmonized.  The 
old  lady  was  stately  and  severe,  and  Mr. 
Woodney,  in  spite  of  blindness,  presented 
a  scholarly,  refined  appearance.  Alto- 
gether, Ed  was  delignted  and  could 
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Woodney's  likings  went  for  nothing.  Mace 
remembered  that  she  had  seen  him  going 
to  the  saloon,  but  in  spite  of  that  recol- 
lection, the  winning  manners  and  hand- 
some face  of  Ed  charmed  her.  She  in- 
voluntarily contrasted  him  with  Bob  End- 
erthorpe  and  they  seemed  almost  of  distinct 
races.  Old  Mrs.  Woodney,  who  disliked 
being  called  "Auntie,"  was  a  little  ruffled 
by  the  other's  breezy  manners.  Mrs. 
Woodney  tried  to  think  which  hero  of  pop- 
ular fiction  he  seemed  most  to  resemble. 
She  hesitated  between  "Steerforth"  of 
David  Copperfield,  and  Bulwer's  "Pel- 
ham."  It  was  Mrs.  Geraldine's  custom 
to  liken  her  acquaintances  to  fictitious 
characters,  and  treat  them  as  the 
characters  in  the  books  liked  to  be  treated. 
In  this  way  she  had  made  a  good  many 
mistakes,  but  thus  far, she  had  not  profited 
by  them,  because  she  never  realized  that 
the  fault  was  her  own.  One's  fault  should 
always  be  brought  home  and  recognized 
and  acknowledged,  for  nobody  else  is  ever 
willing  to  adopt  it. 

"Dj  come  in  the  house,"  said  Ed, 
graciously,  as  he  unfastened  the  door  with 
his  nightlatch. 

"Why,  yes,"  said  old  Mrs.  Woodney, 
"we  were  thinking  about  it." 

They  went  into  the  spacious  hall  and 
saw  Jennie  tripping  down  the  grand  stair- 
case in  a  fluffy  cloud  of  pink  and  white. 
"I  am  so  sorry,"  she  called.  "I  wasn't 
quite  ready,  and  couldn't  come,  and  the 
new  maid  won't  be  here  till  to-morrow. 
Our  cook  won't  attend  the  door,  and  it  is 
so  provoking!  Come  right  in  the  parlor. 
Ed,  we  have  invited  them  all  for  dinner — 
just  think!" 

"I  am  very  glad!"  exclaimed  Ed,  bow- 
ing them  into  the  parlor.  "I  am  just 
back  from  the  country — been  away  three 
days.  I  knew  nothing  of  the  invitation, 
but  it's  jolly  to  have  you  all.  Excuse  me 
while  I  run  up  to  my  room;  I'm  awfully 
frowsy  and  dusty  and  limp,  you  know, 
from  a  h*rd  country  visit." 

Whea  he  was  gone,  Jennie  said,  "Papa 
is  very  busy  about  putting  up  the  crop  of 
hay,  and  he  doesn't  get  in  till  dark,  gen- 
erally. I  don't  know  where  mamma  is, 
but  she  II  be  here  pretty  soon,  I  think. 
She  must  have  taken  her  buggy,  for  it 
isn't  in  the  carriage- house." 

"I  am  afraid,"  said  old  Mrs.  Woodney, 
"that  she  has  invited  us  at  an  inconvenient 
time." 

"Oh,  no,  indeed,"  said  Jennie,  "one 
time  is  just  as  good  as  another."  Jennie 
was  a  girl  with  very  little  conversation, 
and  having  now  expended  all  the  words 
which  the  circumstance  had  suggested,  she 
was  at  very  low  water  indeed.  She  had 
been  taught  to  use  as  many  words  as  pos- 
sible on  the  slightest  occasion,  but  she  was 
unimaginative,  and  the  words  were  likely 
to  be  pretty  much  the  same.  The  Wood- 
neys  tried  to  float  her  out  into  the  main 
stream  of  common  interest,  but  they  could 
not  draw  her  far  from  shore. 

"This  is  a  lovely  view  from  your  win- 
dows," said  Mrs.  Geraldine,  gazing  across 
the  velvety  lawn  toward  the  ruins  of  the 
brick  church,  half  hidden  under  the  wild 
vines. 

"Yes,  indeed,  we  think  it  is,"  said  Jen- 
nie. 

"What  a  splendid  piano!"  said  Mace, 
gazing  with  admiration  at  a  rosewood  up- 
right. 

"I  think  it  is  rather  nice,"  said  Jennie. 

"I  believe  I  hear  a  buggy  coming," 
said  Mr.  Woodney,  hopefully. 

"Yes,  I  rather  think  I  do,  myself,"  said  ' 
Jennie. 

She  smiled  upon  them  with  a  kind  but 


rather  vague  smile.  The  contrast  between 
her  and  Mace  was  striking.  Both  were 
brunettes, but  of  different  types.  Jennie  was 
small  of  feature,  dainty  of  form,  reserved, 
aloof.  Mace  was  built  on  a  more  generous 
pattern.  Her  features  were  larger,  her 
hands  stronger,  her  eyes  full  of  life  and 
energy,  never  showing  the  far-away,  un- 
interested expression  of  the  other's.  In 
brief,  Jennie  appeared  a  girl  without  any 
enthusiasm,  while  Mace  could  become  ex- 
cited perhaps  too  easily. 

"It  is  your  mother!"  exclaimed  Mrs. 
Geraldine,  as  the  buggy  came  in  view. 
"She  is  coming  home!"  A  thrill  of  excite- 
ment ran  through  the  invited  guests. 

"Yes,  it  is  my  mother,"  said  Jennie. 
"She  has  come  home." 

(to  be  continued.) 


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No.  34 


Current*  Events. 


The  Peace 
Conference. 


To  use  the  Irish  style  of  making  a 
statement  concerning;  the  negotiations 
in  progress  at  Ports- 
mouth, N.  H.,  between 
Japan  and  Russia,  the 
known  facts  are  mostly  coniectures. 
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hitch  in  the  proceedings  caused  by  a 
radical  disagreement  over  several  of 
the  articles  proposed  by  Japan.  Those 
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navy  in  the  east  and  the  fate  of  her 
interned  war  vessels  can  doubtless  be 
so  modified  as  to  present  no  perma- 
nent obstacle  to  the  progress  of  peace. 
The  questions  of  the  cession  of  Sag- 
halien  Island  and  the  payment  by 
Russia  of  an  indemnity  covering  the 
expenses  of  Japan  in  prosecuting  the 
war,  are  of  a  much  more  difficult  char- 
acter. President  Roosevelt  has  deemed 
it  necessary  to  intervene  and,  it  is  said, 
has  proposed  arbitration.  It  is  also 
reported  that  his  efforts  to  bring  pres- 
sure to  the  end  that  an  honorable  and 
lasting  peace  may  be  concluded  are 
being  heartily  seconded  by  England, 
Germany  and  France.  War  is  a  costly 
game  and  with  these  four  countries 
urging  peace  neither  Russia  nor  Japan 
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Secretary  Taft  and  his  party,  in- 
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Philippines.  been   received  in   the 


Philippines  with  great 
eclat.  Possibly  to  atone  for  the  ap- 
parent partiality  in  visiting  Japan 
while  the  peace  negotiations  were 
pending,  they  visited  the  Russian 
ships  which  are  interned  in  Manila 
harbor.  A  formal  banquet  given  by 
the  natives  to  the  visiting  party  in 
Manila  gave  Secretary  Taft  an  oppor- 
tunity to  re-state  the  attitude  of  the 
administration  toward  the  Philippines. 
There  was  nothing  particularly  new 
in  it,  but  it  was  clear-cut  and  compre- 
hensible. There  are,  he  says,  three 
opinions  among  Americans  about  the 
American  occupation  of  the  archipel- 
ago: First,  that  it  gives  America  a 
chance  to  grow  great  in  world  politics 
and  commerce  and  is  therefore  a  good 
thing  (true  imperialism);  second,  that 
territorial  expansion  is  criminal  ag- 
gression, that  it  is  contrary  to  our 
constitution  and  unjust  to  the  inhabi- 
tants of  the  islands  to  hold  them,  and 
that  they  should  therefore  be  given 


independence  at  once  (true  anti-im- 
perialism); third,  that  the  control 
of  the  Philippines  for  the  present 
is  a  disagreeable  and  burdensome  task 
which  has  been  laid  upon  America  by 
the  fortunes  of  war,  and  that  the  dis- 
charge of  this  duty  requires  us  to  hold 
and  educate  them  until  they  are  fit  for 
self-government  and  then  to  give  them 
independence  (the  position  of  the  ad- 
ministration). If  no  serious  insurrec- 
tion arises,  says  Mr.  Taft,  a  popular 
assembly  will  be  called  to  meet  in 
April,  1907. 

The  President  made  a  visit  to  Chau- 
tauqua  recently  and,   very   naturally, 

The  President  maf  a  sPeech'  *Je 
at  Chautauqua,  ^Particularly 
n  about  two  things — the 
Monroe  doctrine  and  the  regulation  of 
corporations.  Of  course  one  would 
not  expect  on  such  an  occasion  any 
new  or  startling  declaration  of  policy, 
but  he  gave  some  sound  and  sensible 
talk.  It  is  just  as  well  to  have  occa- 
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dent's mouth,  that  the  Monroe  doc- 
trine will  not,  in  any  case,  mean  terri- 
torial aggression.  Even  in  the  last 
emergency,  says  the  President,  if  some 
of  our  southern  neighbors  should  be- 
come so  turbulent  and  intolerable  that 
interference  were  necessary,  some  way 
would  be  found  to  protect  the  rights 
of  foreigners  and  terminate  the  impos- 
sible condition  without  territorial  ag- 
grandizement at  their  expense.  Such 
assurances,  if  taken  seriously  as  they 
should  be,  will  help  not  only  to  make 
the  Monroe  doctrine  acceptable  to 
South  America,  but  also  to  further  the 
development  of  opinion  by  which  it  is 
becoming,  if  not  a  point  of  interna- 
tional law,  at  least  an  accepted  item 
of  international  tradition.  The  gist 
of  the  remarks  about  the  control  of 
corporations  was  that  regulation  rather 
than  prevention  should  be  the  aim, 
that  additional  legislation  is  necessary, 
and  that  we  should  proceed  conserva- 
tively and  carefully. 


That  Governor  Hanly  is  willing  to 

take   his   own   medicine   and    enforce 

-..      ««„«« tne  law  even  when  it 

The  Governor  ,.  .         .  ,  A     ,  . 

»««»  .u-  t    „,        1S  distasteful  to  him, 
and  the  Law.  . ,     .   , 

is  evident  from  a  re- 
cent decision  by  him  in  a  case  where 
the  governor's  prerogative  is  usually 
considered  quite  ample.  An  appeal 
was  made  to  the  governor  in  behalf  of 
a  convicted  murderer  who  had  been 
sentenced  to  death.  The  governor  is 
opposed     to    capital    punishment    on 


principle,  but  he  has  decided  that  he 
has  no  right  to  prevent  capital  punish- 
ment on  that  account  when  the  law 
provides  for  it.  His  own  statement  of 
the  case  is  interesting. 

Personally,  I  am  opposed  to  capital 
punishment.  I  have  a  profound  convic- 
tion that  the  state  has  no  moral  right  to 
take  the  life  of  a  citizen,  save  in  self-de- 
fense, as  in  the  enforcement  of  the  law, 
the  maintenance  of  peace  and  order,  or  as 
in  case  of  riot,  insurrection  or  rebellion. 

Human  life  is  too  sacred  to  be  other- 
wise taken,  even  by  the  state  itself.  Were 
the  state  to  adopt  that  policy,  it  would  do 
more  to  inculcate  respect  for  human  life 
than  it  can  do  by  any  number  of  execu- 
tions. 

Feeling  as  I  do  upon  this  question,  I 
have  greatly  desired  to  spare  this  man's 
life,  and  have  even  considered  the  adop- 
tion of  a  policy  that  would  preclude  the 
execution  of  any  death  sentence  during 
the  present  administration.  But,  much 
as  I  desire  it,  I  am  unable  to  justify  the 
adoption  of  such  a  policy.  The  law  pro- 
vides for  such  punishment,  in  the  discre- 
tion of  the  jury,  for  the  crime  of  murder. 
When  a  jury,  duly  impaneled,  after  fair 
trial  and  full  consideration,  has  imposed 
the  death  penalty,  I  am  convinced  that 
the  governor  has  no  right  to  adopt  a  pol- 
icy the  effect  of  which  would  be  to  sus- 
pend the  law  in  every  case,  even  though 
he  possess,  technically,  the  power  to  do  so. 

I  stand  for  the  enforcement  of  the  law 
as  it  is  written.  That  seems  to  me  the 
highest  duty  that  is  devolved  upon  me, 
or  that  could  be  devolved  upon  any  one  in 
executive  office.  That  position  I  can  not 
abandon,  however  difficult  it  may  become 
for  me  to  occupy  it.  There  is  no  choice. 
I  must  not  only  eD force  the  law  as  it  is, 
but  I  must  also  obey  it. 


Pay  and 
Efficiency. 


The  statement  has  been  published 
that  Admiral  Togo  receives  a  salary  of 
only  $3,000  a  year, 
while  Rojestvensky 
gets  $55,000.  Proba- 
bly parsimonious  employers  will  think 
they  see  in  this  a  glimmer  of  reason 
for  cutting  salaries,  on  the  hypothesis 
that  efficiency  is  in  inverse  proportion 
to  pay.  We  are  inclined  to  think, 
however,  that  Admiral  Togo  would 
have  done  just  as  well  on  a  salary 
more  nearly  in  accord  with  his  worth, 
and  that  Rojestvensky  would  not  be 
radically  improved  by  cutting  his  pay. 
The  most  that  the  figures  prove — if 
they  prove  even  that — is  that,  given 
the  right  sort  of  man,  he  will  deliver 
the  goods  whether  well  or  ill  paid, 
and  also  that,  given  the  wrong  sort  of 
man,  high  pay  will  not  make  him  bet- 
ter. It  is  one  of  the  besetting  sins  of 
almost  all  of  us  to  think  we  would  be 
ten-thousand-dollar    men    if   only,   by 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  24,  1905 


some  lucky  chance  or  shrewd  maneu- 
ver, we  could  get  ten-thousand-dollar 
jobs.  But  it  does  not  work  that  way. 
It  remains  true  that,  with  ordinary 
mortals,  who  are  neither  saints,  heroes 
nor  rascals,  the  best  results  will  issue 
when  the  man  is  paid  all  that  he  is 
worth  and  no  more. 


Railway 
Statistics. 


The  following  are  some  railway 
statistics  which  will  be  interesting  or 
dull  according  as  one 
has  or  has  not  the 
imagination  to  make 
them  seem  real  and  to  interpret  them 
in  terms  of  the  country's  industrial 
and  commercial  life  as  a  whole.  The 
figures  are  from  the  report  of  the  in- 
terstate commerce  commission  just 
issued  for  1904.  The  number  of  miles 
of  railroad  in  the  United  States  is 
297,073,  owned  by  2,104  corporations. 
(The  report  does  not  exhibit  the  fact 
that  a  majority  of  this  mileage  is  con- 
trolled by  half  a  dozen  men.)  These 
miles  of  railroad  have  an  average 
capitalization  of  $64,265  per  mile,  or  a 
total  of  $13,213,124,679.  It  will  be 
observed  that  the  average  capitaliza- 
tion per  mile  does  not  exceed  the  aver- 
age assessment  per  mile  for  taxation 
in  any  greater  ratio  than  the  ordinary 
citizen's  actual  valuation  of  his  real 
and  personal  property  exceeds  his 
assessment.  The  number  of  employes 
is  1,296,121,  or  6.11  for  every  mile  of 
road.  If  they  were  lined  up  at  equal 
intervals  along  all  the  railroad  tracks 
in  the  country,  there  would  be  a  man 
every  864  feet,  or  within  hailing  dis- 
tance. These  employes  receive  in 
wages  and  salaries  for  the  year  $817,- 
598,810.  Dividends  were  paid  on  only 
57.47  per  cent  of  the  stock  and  the 
average  dividend  on  the  dividend- 
paying  stock  was  6.09  percent.  And 
here  is  the  sad  chapter  of  the  story. 
Casualties:  10,046  killed;  total  killed 
and  injured,  94,201. 


A  Summer  in  the  South. 

The  Current  Events  man  has  wan- 
dered far  from  the  centers  of  the 
world's  life.  It  is  only  by  many  miles 
of  hard  riding  over  the  mountains 
that  he  can  get  the  newspapers, 
already  stale,  and  learn  what  the  peace 
commissioners  were  doing  several 
days  ago  and  who  is  the  latest  candi- 
date for  the  Republican  nomination  in 
1908.  But  the  deprivation  does  not 
seem  grievous.  On  the  foot  hills  of 
the  Sangre  de  Cristo  range  or  on  the 
ranch  in  Tesuque  valley,  under  the 
deep  bright  sky  of  New  Mexico,  where 
our  swarthy  fellow  citizens  of  mingled 
Indian  and  Castilian  breed  are  inno- 
cent of  the  Saxon  tongue  and  shed  all 
perplexities  from  them  with  a  shrug 
and  a  vague  " Qtiien  sabe?" — here  poli- 
tics seems  a  small  matter  and  neither 
the  presidential  succession  nor  the 
progress  of  the  peace  negotiations 
strikes  one  as  a  matter  of  really  first- 
rate  importance.     There  will  be  plenty 


of  time  to  find  out  about  those  things 
to-morrow — matiana. 

Some  time,  probably  at  no  remote 
period,  someone  with  a  genius  for  the 
discovery  of  the  obvious  will  find  out 
that  the  vicinity  of  Santa  Fe,  New 
Mexico,  is  one  of  the  finest  summer  re- 
sorts on  the  continent  and  will  dis- 
seminate that  information  to  those 
who  are  in  search  of  such  places.  At 
the  present  time  one  who  announces 
his  intention  of  going  to  New  Mexico 
for  a  summer  vacation  is  in  danger  of 
having  his  sanity  called  in  question  by 
those  who  don't  know  anything  about 
it,  but  are  sure  that  the  summer 
temperatures  of  New  Mexico  and  Ge- 
henna are  about  the  same.  Of  course 
one  may  temporize  and  equivocate  and 
say  he  is  going  "to  the  mountains"  or 
"to  Colorado  or  somewhere  out  there." 
Such  a  statement  excites  neither  ridi- 
cule nor  argument,  and  under  cover  of 
it  one  might  sneak  over  the  state  line 
into  New  Mexico  with  a  fairly  clear 
conscience  and  an  unsullied  reputa- 
tion. 

But  why  not  face  the  issue  squarely 
and  have  it  out  with  your  ignorant 
friends  who  think  that  the  great  Amer- 
ican desert  reaches  clear  up  to  Col- 
orado and  Texas?  I  am  aware  that 
figures  are  odious,  but  here  are  a  very 
few  which  ought  to  be  interesting. 
The  elevation  of  New  Mexico  above  the 
sea  ranges  from  3,000  feet  in  the  south 
to  8,000  feet  in  the  north,  not  counting 
the  mountain  chains  and  peaks,  which 
rise  to  13,000  feet  or  more.  Santa  Fe 
is  over  7,000  feet  above  the  sea,  or 
nearly  2,000  feet  higher  than  Denver. 
It  is  impossible  to  have  an  oppressive 
degree  of  heat  at  that  altitude.  Even 
the  City  of  Mexico,  at  approximately 
the  same  height  but  1,500  miles  nearer 
the  equator,  has  a  delightful  and  mod- 
erate summer  climate.  At  Santa  Fe 
the  maximum  temperature  last  sum- 
mer— not  the  average  but  the  very 
highest  mark  that  was  reached  on  the 
hottest  day — was  86  degrees.  There 
are  a  good  many  more  interesting  and 
authentic  figures  that  I  could  give,  but 
I  do  not  want  to  obscure  the  main  fact 
by  a  too  detailed  proof  of  it.  The 
point  is  that  the  neighborhood  of  San- 
ta Fe  is  cool  and  comfortable  in  sum- 
mer, with  air  of  crystalline  purity 
that  is  a  joyous  surprise  to  lungs 
clogged  with  coal  smoke,  and  sunshine 
radiant  and  penetrating  but  not  op- 
pressive. I  don't  care  to  go  into  su- 
perlatives, but  this  is  the  exact  fact. 
I  insist  upon  it  in  self  defense  because 
I  don't-care  to  be  set  down  as  foolish 
for  going  south  in  the  summer. 

And  yet,  though  New  Mexico  is  not 
a  section  of  the  great,  low,  hot  Ameri- 
can desert,  most  of  it  could  be  called 
desert  without  injustice,  though  the 
inhabitants  do  not  like  the  term. 
It  suggests  the  irreclaimable,  the 
wholly  uninhabitable,  the  incorrigibly 
arid.  New  Mexico  is  arid  enough,  for 
the  most  part,  but  not  hopelessly  and 
permanently  so.  The  soil  of  much  of 
it  looks  substantially  like  seashore 
sand,    and    one    may     ride    through 


scores  of  miles  of  it  seeing  no  vegeta- 
tion but  sparse  and  scrubby  pinyon 
pine  and  a  few  dry  weeds  which  make 
starvation  pasturage  for  even  a  burro 
or  a  goat.  Only  one-half  of  one  per  cent 
of  the  area  of  New  Mexico  is  in  culti- 
vation, and  as  one  rides  through  it 
even  that  seems  a  generous  estimate, 
so  small  do  the  fields  and  orchards 
look  against  the  vast  background  of 
sandy  valley,  baked  clay  and  gravel 
foothills  and  rugged  mountains. 

But  New  Mexicans  boast  not  of 
what  their  country  is  agriculturally, 
but  of  what  it  may  become.  It  is  all 
a  question  of  moisture.  The  average 
rainfall  for  the  year  at  Santa  Fe, 
which  is  about  the  mean  for 
the  territory,  is  a  fraction  over 
fourteen  inches,  or  about  one  third 
of  the  average  for  the  Mississippi 
valley.  Deep  cultivation  or  "dry 
farming"  may  accomplish  something, 
but  in  general  farming  means  ir- 
rigation, and  that  means  that  the 
farmer  must  get  within  reach  of  one  of 
the  permanent  streams.  As  there  are 
not  a  great  many  of  them,  and  most  of 
them  are  small,  this  at  once  restricts 
the  possibilities  of  farming  by  irriga- 
tion until  reservoirs  are  built  to  take 
care  of  the  precious  water  which  is 
now  wasted  in  the  rainy  season.  But 
there  is  room  for  a  vast  amount  more 
of  irrigation  than  has  yet  been  under- 
taken. Every  valley,  from  the  Rio 
Grande  on  down,  has  miles  of  bottom 
land  now  unutilized  which  could  be 
farmed  to  advantage. 

But  I  am  not  trying  to  write  a  treat- 
ise on  agriculture,  of  which  I  know 
little,  or  to  boom  New  Mexican  farm- 
ing land,  of  which  I  have  none  to  sell. 
I  am  thinking  about  it  as  a  place  of 
resort.  The  valley  of  Tesuque  (three 
syllables,  please),  begins  about  six 
miles  from  Santa  Fe,  and  is  reached 
by  a  road  which  leads  over  the  divide, 
with  wonderful  views  of  yellow  foot- 
hills in  the  foreground  and  blue 
mountains  in  the  background,  and 
does  not  pass  a  human  habitation  or 
a  foot  of  cultivated  land  in  that  dis- 
tance. But  the  valley  itself  is  irri- 
gated and  contains  a  row  of  prosper- 
ous little  fruit  farms  which  the  natives 
dignify  with  the  name  of  ranches. 
Here,  in  an  adobe  house,  is  my  abid- 
ing place.  There  are  Indian  pueblos 
a  few  miles  down  the  valley,  and  I 
may  later  have  something  to  say  of 
these.  There  are  Mexican  families 
here  and  there  on  all  sides.  The  pre- 
vailing speech  is  Spanish,  and  if  one 
addresses  a  question  in  English  to  a 
chance  passer  by  on  the  road,  it  is  ten 
to  one  that  it  will  not  be  understood. 
Within  twenty  or  thirty  miles  there  are 
cliff-dwellings  and  ruined  pueblos  of 
great  archeological  interest,  which  I 
mean  to  explore.  Always  ready  at  my 
call  is  a  sure-footed  mountain  pony, 
Buckskin,  the  first  syllable  of  whose 
name,  I  am  glad  to  state,  gives  no  in- 
dication of  his  disposition.  Peach 
and  apricot  trees,  loaded  with  early 
ripe  fruit,  nod  and  beckon  at  my  very 
window.  And  over  all  and  every- 
where is  air — such  air,  such  sunshine. 
Who  shall  say  that  New  Mexico  is  not 
an  ideal  summer  resort? 


August  24,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


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Fossilization  Means  Death.*' 


In  a  remarkable  speech  delivered  by 
the  President  at  Chautauqua  a  few 
days  ago,  in  discussing  the  Monroe 
doctrine  he  said: 

The  reason  why  it  is  meeting  with  this 
recognition  is  because  we  have  not  allowed 
it  to  become  fossilized,  but  have  adapted 
our  construction  of  it  to  meet  the  growing, 
changing  needs  of  this  hemisphere.  Fos- 
silization, of  course,  means  death,  whether 
to  an  individuals  government  or  a  doctrine. 

In  his  direct,  characteristic  way,  the 
President  has  stated  a  fundamental 
truth,  not  for  the  government  alone 
but  for  the  church  as  well.  Fossiliza- 
tion is  death  everywhere.  It  is  death 
in  the  physical  world  and  death  in  the 
intellectual  and  spiritual  realm.  It 
has  been  and  is  yet  a  strange  conceit 
with  some  that  religion  is  the  one  ex- 
ception to  this  otherwise  universal 
law.  But  it  is  no  exception.  Religion 
has  undergone  changes  in  different 
dispensations  in  order  to  adapt  it  to 
the  changing  needs  of  man.  Other- 
wise it  would  have  been  fossilized  long 
ago. 

What  the  President  means  by  fossil- 
ization of  any  doctrine  is  illustrated 
by  what  he  says  concerning  the  Mon- 
roe doctrine: 

It  is  out  of  the  question  to  claim  a  right 
and  yet  shirk  the  responsibility  for  exer- 
cising that  right.  When  we  announce  a 
policy  such  as  the  Monroe  doctrine  we 
thereby  commit  ourselves  to  accepting  the 
consequences  of  the  policy,  and  these  con- 
sequences from  time  to  time  alter. 

To  have  undertaken  to  champion 
the  Monroe  doctrine  without  adapting 
it  to  the  changed  condition  of  things 
would  have  meant  its  fossilization  and 
death.  If  we  say  to  the  European  na- 
tions, "You  cannot  interfere  with  the 
territorial  integrity  or  the  form  of  gov- 
ernment of  any  of  the  small  republics 
on  the  western  continent,"  we  must 
also  say  to  these  western  republics,  in 
the  light  of  recent  historical  events, 
"Since  we  guarantee  you  against  Eu- 
ropean aggression,  you  must  see  to  it 
that  you  maintain  order  and  stability, 
protecting  life  and  property  of  the 
citizens  of  these  European  govern- 
ments and  meeting  your  just  obliga- 
tions to  them."  This  is  the  new  set- 
ting which  President  Roosevelt  gives 
to  the  Monroe  doctrine,  and  in  doing 
so  he  has  given  it  new  vitality  and 
universal  acceptance.  This  is  what 
we  mean  by  applying  a  true  doctrine 
to  changing  conditions  to  prevent 
its  fossilization.  It  is  easy  to  see 
how  this  is  just  as  true  of  religious 
truths  as  it  is  of  any  other  class  of 
truths. 

Take  for  instance  the  doctrine  of 
Christian  unity  which  our  fathers 
enunciated.  The  sentiments  and  at- 
titude of  the  religious  world  toward 
the  subject  of  union  have  undergone 
great  change.  Now  suppose  we  who 
champion  Christian  union  should  fail 
to  recognize  this  fact,  and  should  fail 
to  adapt  our  preaching  and  practice  to 
this  changed  condition  of  things,  as  a 


few  apparently  would  be  in  favor  of 
doing,  the  doctrine  would  soon  under- 
go fossilization  and  death.  Many  of 
the  religious  bodies  are  zealously  ad- 
vocating closer  union  and  co-operation 
among  Christians.  If  we  should  be  so 
blind  to  this  providential  fact  as  to  re- 
fuse to  recognize  it  and  adapt  our- 
selves to  it  by  entering  into  united 
efforts  with  them  to  further  the  king- 
dom so  far  as  practicable,  our  plea  for 
unity  would  not  only  fossilize  but  be- 
come a  reproach  and  a  by-word. 
Adaptation  of  living  truth  to  existing 
conditions  and  needs  is  a  law  of  life 
in  politics  and  in  religion. 


Bible  Colleges  and  State  Uni- 
versities. 

The  Columbia  (Mo.)  Herald,  of 
which  Mr. Walter  Williams  is  president 
and  editor,  has  published  an  editorial 
under  the  title,  "The  Opportunity  of 
the  Churches,"  which,  coming  from 
such  a  source,  is  worthy  of  the  at- 
tention of  our  brethren  in  Missouri. 
Mr.  Williams  is  not  only  a  prominent 
newspaper  man,  with  a  probable 
political  future,  but  he  is  the  chair- 
man of  the  board  of  curators  of  the 
Missouri  State  University.  What  he 
has  to  say  on  the  subject  of  Bible  col- 
lege work  is  therefore  doubly  interest- 
ing, even  though  there  may  be  in  it 
something  of  the  personal  element  of 
one  who  writes  to  popularize  and 
strengthen  his  university  as  a  factor 
in  the  case. 

We  quote  the  editorial: 

The  Missouri  Bible  college,  founded 
and  supported  by  the  Disciples  of  Christ, 
is  first  to  occupy  a  field  which  should  ap- 
peal to  every  religious  denomination.  This 
college  is  located  in  Columbia  because  of 
the  existence  here  of  the  State  University. 
There  is  of  course  no  connection  between 
Bible  college  and  university.  The  college, 
however,  can  maintain  Bible  chairs  and 
instruction  from  the  standpoint  of  the 
church,  without  the  expense  of  maintain- 
ing the  equipment  and  teaching  staff  of  a 
university.  That  which  the  college  does 
not  supply  can  be  had  at  the  institution 
which  tde  state  supports.  The  Bible  col- 
lege reaches  the  leaders  of  the  future,  the 
young  men  and  young  women  who  are  to 
be  powerful  in  the  Missouri  of  to-morrow. 
In  Columbia  is  the  strategic  point  for  re- 
ligious influence.  The  Disciples  have  been 
first  to  realize  and  occupy  it. 

The  other  churches  of  Missouri  cannot 
afford  to  lag  behind  in  this  good  work. 
The  Presbyterians  have  established  a  Bible 
chair  in  Lawience,  the  seat  of  the  Kansas 
university.  They  could  find  a  more  im- 
portant field  in  Columbia,  tbe  seat  of  the 
University  of  Missouri.  The  Baptists  are 
discussing  the  establishment  of  a  sum- 
mer assembly.  It  could  well  be  maintained 
in  Columbia  in  connection  with  a  perma- 
nent Bible  chair.  The  Methodists  and 
Episcopalians  would  find  it  to  their  ad- 
vantage to  erect  Bible  colleges  or  estab- 
lish professorships  of  Bible  instruction  in 
Columbia. 

No  other  point  in  Missouri  is  so  impor- 
tant for  the  future  of  the  churches  of  the 
state  as  is  Columbia.  For  the  sake  of  the 
churches  of   to-morrow  the  churches  of  to- 


day should  bestir  themselves  to  occupy  the 
field. 

There  is  one  point  Mr.  Williams 
touches  lightly,  but  it  is  one  which 
the  university  must  face  and  settle  in 
favor  of  the  Bible  chairs  or  colleges, 
and  there  is  no  reasonable  ground  for 
opposition.  The  university  must  al- 
low credit  for  certain  work  done  in 
the  Bible  college  classes.  Of  course 
this  work  must  be  up  to  the  uni- 
versity's standard,  but  there  is  no 
valid  reason  why  a  student  attending 
a  good  course  of  lectures  on  Biblical 
history  in  Hebrew  or  some  of  the 
other  subjects  taken  up  in  the 
Bible  colleges  shall  not  receive  credits 
just  the  same  as  if  he  took  the  courses 
in  philosophy  or  French  history  in 
the  university,  provided  the  work  is 
equally  thorough.  It  would  not  in 
any  sense  be  a  question  of  the  state 
teaching  religion.  If  the  University 
of  Missouri  can  be  large-minded 
enough  to  give  this  kind  of  credit  to 
work  done  under  the  shadow  of  its 
own  buildings,  it  will  encourage  the 
denomination  to  send  their  young 
people  to  Columbia  and  it  would  be 
more  fair  to  a  student  who  is  often 
barred  from  taking  courses  he  would 
prefer  to  take  because  there  are  no 
credits  now  given,  and  he  cannot  af- 
ford to  put  in  his  time  on  subjects 
that  do  not  count  for  a  degree.  It  is 
"up  to"  the  University  of  Missouri 
to  do  a  wise  and  just  thing. 


Questions  and  Answers. 

In  a  commentary  known  as  "The  Ex- 
positor's Bible,"  I  find  reference  made  to  a 
work  called  "The  Teaching  of  the  Twelve 
Apostles,"  which  is  produced  as  an  au- 
thority for  pouring  as  baptism.  It  seems 
to  be  quoted  as  of  equal  authority  with  the 
Bible.  Can  you  tell  me  anything  about 
the  work?  Kindly  reply  through  the  query 
column,  and  oblige.  C.  J.  Bulfin. 

Pickering,  Mo. 

The  document  known  as  "The 
Teaching  of  the  Twelve,"  discovered 
in  1873,  belongs  to  the  early  part  of 
the  second  century,  and  lays  no  claim 
to  inspiration.  It  is  generally  re- 
garded by  Scholars  as  genuine,  and 
to  be  a  true  reflection  of  the  teaching 
and  practice  of  the  church  at  the 
period  from  which  it  dates.  As  re- 
gards its  teaching  on  baptism,  it 
clearly  teaches  that'  immersion  was 
the  practice,  except  in  cases  and 
under  conditions  where  that  was  im- 
possible, where  pouring  water  on  the 
head  was  said  to  be  permissible. 


1.  Where  and  at  what  time  were  at- 
tempts made  to  secure  uniformity  among 
us  as  to  the  name  we  should  wear  as  indi- 
viduals or  as  churches? 

2.  What  is  the  origin  of  the  term,  "New 
Light"? 

3.  At  the  union  in  1832  between  the 
Christians  and  the  Disciples  of  Christ  what 
was  the  numerical  strength  of  each  and 
how  many  of  the  former  refused   to  unite? 

Indianapolis,  Ind.        C.  C.  Redgrave. 

1.     At  divers   times,   and  in   divers 


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manners,  but  chiefly  through  news- 
paper contributions  and  discussions, 
has  the  effort  been  made  to  fix  upon  a 
definite  name  for  our  churches,  as 
anj-one  familiar  with  our  history  will 
remember. 

It  seems  to  have  been  used  first 
in  connection  with  the  Free  Baptist 
movement  in  the  east,  and  later  in 
connection  with  the  followers  of  Bar- 
ton W.  Stone,  in  Kentucky.  Because 
these  movements  claimed  to  have  ob- 
tained new  light  from  the  scriptures 
they  were  dubbed  "New  Lights." 

3.  No  very  serious  effort  was 
made  at  statistics,  among  us  until 
1S49,  but  it  has  been  estimated 
that  our  numbers  in  1S32  were  only 
twelve  or  fifteen  thousand,  and  the 
probabilities  are  that  the  members  in 
the  Stone  movement,  known  as 
"Christians"  or  "New  Lights,"  were 
considerably  less  in  number.  We  are 
not  prepared  to  say  how  many  of  the 
latter  refused  to  enter  into  the  union. 
We  think  most  of  those  in  Ken- 
tucky accepted  the  basis  of  union 
at  that  time,  and  others  in  that  state 
and  in  Missouri  later  came  into  the 
reformation. 


Is  there  any  scriptural  authority  for  the 
election  or  appointment  of  deaconesses  in 
the  church  of  Christ?  If  so,  please  cite  scrip- 
ture. If  not,  why  do  some  of  our  churches 
have  deaconesses? 

Please  define  the  duties  of  deaconesses 
and  give  number  in  each  local  congrega- 
tion. 

The  above  at  the  request  of  our  official 
board.  H.  C.  Gillihan,  Clerk. 

There  evidently  existed  in  the 
early  church  a  class  of  women  who 
were  set  apart  to  special  duties  in 
the  church.  In  Romans  16:1,2,  Paul 
commends  "Phoebe,  our  sister,  who 
is  a  servant  [deaconess]  of  the 
church  that  is  at  Cenchreae,  that  ye 
receive  her  in  the  Lord,  worthily  of 
the  saints,  and  that  ye  assist  her  in 
whatever  matter  she  may  have  need  of 
you;  for  she  herself  hath  also  been  a 
helper  of  many,  and  of  mine  own 
self."  The  exhortation  of  Paul  to  his 
"true  yokefellow"  in  the  church  at 
Philippi  to  "  help  these  women  [Eu- 
odia  and  Syntiche]  for  they  labored 
with  me  in  the  gospel,  with  Clement 
also,  and  the  rest  of  my  fellow- 
workers,  whose  names  are  in  the  book 
of  life"  (Phil.  4:2,3),  points  to  the 
same  fact.  In  his  letters  to  Timothy 
and  Titus  directions  are  given  con- 
cerning the  qualifications  of  womeu 
as  well  as  of  men,  and  in  Titus  2:3,4  a 
special  duty  is  laid  upon  "the  aged 
women"  in  reference  to  teaching  the 
younger  women,  which  would  seem  to 
imply  some  special  work  in  the  church. 
But,  after  all,  it  is  not  so  much  a 
specific  command  or  example  concern- 
ing deaconesses  that  has  led  many 
churches  to  appoint  them,  as  the 
manifest  need  for  their  services  in  the 
church.  The  majority  in  nearly  all 
our  churches  are  women.  Why  should 
they  not  have  a  voice  in  the  manage- 


ment of  its  affairs,  and  why  should  not 
the  church  avail  itself  of  the  benefit  of 
their  devotion,  tact  and  ability  to 
serve  its  interests?  We  feel  ourselves 
free  to  appoint  superintendents  and 
Sunday-school  teachers  for  special 
duties  in  the  church,  without  specific 
scriptural  authority;  why  should  we 
hesitate  to  appoint  Christian  women 
of  character  and  ability,  to  serve  the 
church  in  an  official  way?  Their 
services  are  invaluable  in  connection 
with  preparation  for  the  Lord's  sup- 
per, assisting  in  the  baptism  of 
women,  aiding  in  certain  cases  of  dis- 
cipline, teaching,  visiting  and  caring 
for  the  sick,  and  in  giving  their  ad- 
vice in  scores  of  matters  that  come  up 
in  connection  with  the  activities  of  the 
church.  If  "in  Christ  Jesus,  there  is 
neither  male  or  female,"  the  church 
ought  to  avail  itself  of  the  assistance 
of  its  Christian  women  in  its  official 
board,  and  in  whatever  capacity 
woman  may  demonstrate  her  fitness 
to  serve. 

Notes  and  Comments. 

The  organ  in  the  church  controversy 
is  not  the  greatest  "back-number" 
after  all.  The  Lutheran  church  is 
choosing  sides  on  the  question  of  pre- 
destination. 

In  a  recent  sermon  on  "Otherworld- 
liness,"  Ian  Maclaren  said  that  it  is 
"the  unbroken  and  intolerable  same- 
ness of  life  which  takes  the  heart  out 
of  many  people."  And  yet  what  vari- 
ety is  at  our  very  doors  if  we  will  but 
see. 

Do  you  recall, in  some  of  the  personal 
difficulties  of  your  school-boy  days, 
when  both  you  and  the  other  fellow 
really  had  enough  (but  dared  not  say 
so) ,  how  the  interference  of  passers-by 
was  secretly  welcomed,  though  out- 
wardly resented?  "The  boy  is  father 
to  the  man."  Make  the  application 
yourselves  to  the  situation  at  Ports- 
mouth, N.  H. 

A  learned  savant  has  just  solemnly 
announced  in  public  assembly  that 
man's  usefulness  is  about  at  an  end; 
that  woman  will  take  complete  charge 
of  things  and  that  "man,  poor  man," 
will  be  exiled  from  the  industrial  cen- 
ters. This  is  surely  a  discouraging 
outlook  for  humanity  of  the  male  per- 
suasion, but  then  matters  could  be 
worse — let  us  get  our  fishing  tackle  in 
order. 

« 

Just  as  we  men  are  settling  down  to 
the  feeling  that  we  will  soon  be  re- 
lieved of  all  responsibility  by  the 
women,  comes  the  startling  declara- 
tion from  the  president  of  the  Women's 
German- American  Alliance  that  80  per 
cent  of  the  women  of  this  nation  are 
controlled  by  the  preachers.  Will  the 
preachers  now  take  their  ears  from 
the  ground  in  the  direction  of  the 
ladies'  aid  society,  and  assume  com- 
plete direction  of  affairs-  and  will  the 
sisters  of  the  C.  W.  B.  M.  please  be 
meek  and  docile. 


Editor's  Easy  Chair. 

A  convention  on  wheels!  That  is 
what  the  Christian-Evangelist  Spe- 
cial has  been.  In  our  last  we  closed 
as  the  train  was  hurrying  over  the  di- 
vide between  Denver  and  Colorado 
Springs,  where  we  arrived  a  little  af- 
ter the  noon  hour.  Special  trains 
awaited  us  to  carry  the  delegates  to 
Pike's  Peak  and  Cripple  Creek.  The 
larger  part  chose  the  famous  Short 
Line  to  Cripple  Creek — a  ride  of  forty- 
five  miles  through  scenery  which  in 
grandeur  and  sublimity  is  unexcelled, 
in  its  kind,  by  anything  in  the  Alps. 
Several  of  the  party  said  to  us,  "We 
shall  expect  to  see  all  this  described 
in  the  Easy  Chair."  Described!  What 
pen — much  less  an  itinerant  pencil — 
can  describe  such  scenes  as  one 
passes  through  on  this  trip?  There 
is  a  continuous  panorama  of  sky-kiss- 
ing peaks,  deep  mountain  gorges, 
through  which  are  leaping  crystal 
streams,  foaming  and  fretting  their 
way  down  to  the  valleys  where  they  be- 
come less  conspicuous  but  more  use- 
ful: The  train  climbs  round  the  moun- 
tain sides,  through  tunnels,  over  deep 
chasms,  and  at  each  turn  a  new  scene 
of  beauty  or  splendor  is  revealed.  Col- 
orado Springs  now  lies  far  beneath  us 
in  the  valley,  looking  like  a  garden 
plat  in  the  vast  plain.  High  up  yonder 
on  a  towering  crag  there  is  seen,  float- 
ing against  the  blue  sky,  what  seems  a 
small  flag;  It  is  "Old  Glory,"  14x32 
feet,  waving  from  the  summit  of  St. 
Peter's  dome,  round  which  the  train 
winds  in  its  ascent  towards  the  sum- 
mit. At  the  summit  we  had  a  good 
lunch  and  hastened  on  through  be- 
wildering scenes  of  cloud  capped 
mountains,  deep  canons,  granite  ca- 
thedrals and  glimpses  of  far-away 
towns  and  cities  in  the  plain  until  the 
famous  mining  town  of  Cripple  Creek 
lay  spread  out  before  us  at  the  foot  of 
a  mountain,  down  to  which  our  train 
dropped  800  feet  in  four  miles.  Here 
what  fortunes  have  been  made  and 
lost,  and  what  tragedies  are  repre- 
sented by  the  vacant  holes  which  dot 
these  mountain  sides! 


Returning  from  the  expeditions  to 
Cripple  Creek  and  Pike's  Peak  our 
delegates  had  barely  time  for  a  good 
dinner  at  Phelps'  restaurant  before  the 
rally  at  the  Christian  church,  which 
was  a  most  pleasant  affair.  Bro.  C.  S. 
Brooks  presided  and  called  on  a  num- 
ber of  brethren  present  who  responded 
in  brief,  impromptu  speeches,  which 
the  audience  seemed  to  enjoy.  The 
music,  too,  was  a  pleasant  feature  of 
the  occasion.  The  building  is  a  very 
creditable  one,  and  Brother  Brooks  is 
meeting  with  popular  favor  in  his  new 
field.  At  six  thirty  the  next  morning 
our  Special  pulled  out  of  Colorado 
Springs  on  the  Colorado  Midland 
Road,  going  by  the  Garden  of  the 
Gods,    Manitou,   Ute    Pass,    Cascade 


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Canon,  Granite  Canon,  and  on  through 
a  succession  of  scenes  of  marvelous 
beauty  and  grandeur  which  kept  our 
party  in  a  high  state  of  excitement 
and  delight.  We  passed  through  the 
famous  South  Park,  along  by  giant 
mountains,  like  Pike's  Peak,  Massive 
Mountain,  Mount  Nast  and  others,  and 
ran  into  a  snowstorm  at  one  place, 
and  our  delegates  left  the  train  to 
snowball  one  another  at  one  of  the 
stations.  A  two-mile  tunnel  at  the 
summit  brought  us  across  the  con- 
tinental divide  between  the  Atlantic 
and  the  Pacific,  after  which  our  train 
descended  rapidly  on  the  western  slope 
through  scenes  of  indescribable  gran- 
deur. On  the  east  slope  we  saw  the 
source  of  the  Arkansas  river,  and  at  the 
western  mouth  of  the  tunnel  we  saw 
Lake  Ivanhoe,  the  source  of  Frying 
Pan  River,  a  fine  trout  stream.  By  6  p.m. 
we  ran  into  Glenwood  Springs,  where  a 
three  hours'  rest  with  a  hot  bath  and 
dinner  prepared  us  for  the  night's  ride. 


Sunday  morning,  Aug.  13,  at  9:30  our 
Special  rolled  into  the  capital  of  Utah, 
which  is  also  the  capital  of  Mormon- 
dom,  and  was  greeted  by  the  retiring 
pastor,  Bro.  T.  W.  Pinkerton,  who 
escorted  us  to  the  "Wilson,"  where  we 
were  breakfasted.  At  ten  minutes  be- 
fore eleven,  special  cars  were  lined  up 
in  front  of  the  hotel  to  convey  the 
delegates  to  the  Christian  church. 
Everybody  went  and  the  church  was 
packed  full,  many  having  to  stand  in 
the  vestibule  and  in  the  rear  of  the 
church.  There  was  a  fine  song  service 
with  prayer  and  reading  of  the  scrip- 
tures. The  Lord's  supper  was  then 
observed,  the  pastor  being  assisted  by 
two  of  the  visiting  brethren.  It  was  a 
sweetly  solemn  service,  bringing  the 
representatives  of  many  states  into 
sweetest  and  holiest  fellowship  in  re- 
membering Christ.  The  sermon  was 
preached  by  A.  W.  Kokendoffer,  of 
Mexico,  on  "Christ  Our  Only  Hope"— 
a  deeply  spiritual  sermon.  Brother 
Shibley,  of  Arkansas,  described  the 
difference  between  the  service  at  the 
Christian  church  in  the  morning  and 
that  at  the  Mormon  Tabernacle  in  the 
afternoon,  which  most  of  our  delega- 
tion attended,  as  follows:  "The  service 
at  the  Christian  church  had  Christ  and 
personal  allegiance  to  him  as  its  key- 
note from  start  to  finish;  while  that  at 
the  Tabernacle  had  for  its  key-note 
an  institution."  Mr.  Roberts,  whom 
the  women  of  the  United  States  pre- 
vented from  taking  a  seat  in  the  na- 
tional congress,  was  the  preacher  on 
the  occasion,  and  his  sermon  was  the 
specious  pleading  of  a  politician.  Mor- 
monism  is  not  a  past  issue.  Polygamy 
is  not  dead.  The  Mormon  priesthood 
has  its  hand  on  the  politics  of  Utah 
and  has  recently  gained  control  of  the 
state  militia,  and  it  proposes  to  run 
the  state,  and  as  many  other  states 
and  territories  as  possible,  in  the  in- 
terest of  Mormonism — a  purely  earthly 
system  founded  on  lust  and  ambition, 


and  feeding  on  ignorance  and   super- 
stition. 

The  valley  in  which  the  city  of  Salt 
Lake  is  located,  seen  from  the  moun- 
tains which  sentinel  it  round  about, 
is  a  fertile  plain,  and  with  the  aid  of 
irrigation  is  very  productive.  One  can 
but  admire  the  shrewdness  which  led 
Brigham  Young  to  select  this  spot  as 
the  seat  and  center  of  Mormonism. 
And  yet  the  blight  of  this  modern 
plague  rests  upon  this  otherwise 
beautiful  valley  and  city.  Here  is 
located  the  State  University,  and  the 
United  States  maintains  a  military 
post  there  at  Fort  Douglas.  As  one 
looks  down,  as  we  did,  from  the 
heights  of  Fort  Douglas  on  the  city 
of  the  plain  below,  with  its  temple, 
its'  tabernacle,  its  endowment  house, 
and  beyond  the  dead  sea  of  Salt  Lake, 
glistening  in  the  evening  sunlight,  he 
can  but  wonder  what  is  to  be  the 
future  of  a  system  so  foreign  to  our 
American  ideas,  and  what  the  future 
of  a  state  and  city  which  seem  to  be 
so  completely  under  the  influence  of 
this  politico-religious  power.  And  yet 
faith  in  God  and  in  the  omnipotence 
of  truth  will  not  allow  us  to  doubt 
that  Mormonism,  like  every  system 
built  on  falsehood  or  distorted  and 
perverted  truth,  must  pass  away. 
After  a  full  day  of  church-going  and 
sight-seeing  on  the  part  of  our  250 
delegates,  at  nine  o'clock,  when  the 
full  modn  hung  over  the  Wasatch 
mountains,  about  200  of  our  delegates, 
following  the  line  of  our  Special,  left 
the  Mormon  capital  on  the  San  Pedro, 
Los  Angeles  and  Salt  Lake  railway, 
for  Los  Angeles,  780  miles  away. 
After  a  busy  day  for  most  and  of 
quiet  rest  for  some,  we  all  lay  down  to 
pleasant  dreams. 

To-day,  Monday,  Aug.  14,  has  been 
one  of  the  pleasantest  thus  far, 
though  the  Mohave  desert  had  been 
dreaded.  Recent  rains  had  laid  the 
dust,  and  a  pleasant  breeze  relieved 
the  temperature  from  any  oppressive- 
ness. The  desert  has  an  interest  of 
its  own.  Our  good-natured  passen- 
gers enjoyed  it  very  much.  At  a  place 
near  the  line  between  Nevada  and 
California,  there  is  a  broad  plain, 
smooth  and  bare  as  a  carpetless  floor, 
as  if  it  had  been  the  bottom  of  a  lake. 
Here  the  train  paused  several  min- 
utes, and  our  two  hundred  delegates 
were  soon  on  this  natural  athletic 
ground,  running  foot  races,  forming 
whips,  jumping  and  playing  leapfrog, 
like  so  many  boys  and  girls.  The 
Editor  won  in  a  race  or  two,  but  had 
to  decline  numerous  challenges  in 
order  to  hold  the  record.  At  last  all 
joined  hands,  forming  a  wide  circle 
marching  around  and  singing  "Auld 
Lang  Syne,"  and  "Blest  be  the  tie 
that  binds."  It  was  a  most  remark- 
able scene  in  a  still  more  remarkable 
setting.  The  evening  sun  was  just 
descending  behind  the  mountains,  on 
the  west,  while  the  full  moon  in  par- 


tial eclipse  was  just  rising  above  the 
mountains  on  the  east.  A  speech  was 
called  for  from  the  "Easy  Chair," 
while  the  train  still  waited  for  us. 
The  Editor  predicted  that  this  journey 
across  the  continent  in  the  Csi;- 
Evangelist  Special  would  remain  a 
bright  spot  in  their  memory  during 
life,  and  that  they  would  tell  of  it  to 
their  children  and  children's  children. 
He  complimented  the  delegates  on 
their  good  behavior  and  good  humor, 
and  paid  a  special  compliment  to  the 
manager,  G.  A.  Hoffmann,  for  his 
courtesy  and  care,  and  called  for  three 
cheers  for  him,  which  were  given  with 
a  will.  He  then  called  for  three  cheers 
for  the  officers  connected  with  the 
Special,  from  conductor  to  porters, 
which  was  heartily  responded  to.  This 
with  a  previous  episode  earlier  in  the 
day,  when  the  passengers  all  scram- 
bled up  the  side  of  a  historic  mountain 
to  be  photographed  by  our  special 
artist,  made  pleasant  changes  in  the 
routine  of  the  journey. 

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At  five  o'clock  our  Special  reached 
San  Bernardino,  a  thriving  city  of  15,- 
000  population.     Bro.    H.    E.  Wilhite, 
pastor  of  the  church,  soon  met  us,  and 
with  him  came  the  representatives  of 
the  Board  of  Trade,    and  offered  us  a 
free   ride   in   street  cars   through   the 
city,    and   a  free  bath   in   a   splendid 
swimming  pool  formed  from  the  water 
of    their  warm   springs.     Both   these 
offers   were  accepted,    and    a  vote   of 
thanks    extended    to   the   city   for   its 
hospitality.     Brother   Wilhite,   a   Cot- 
ner  boy,  got  hold  of  our  hearts  at  once 
by  the  energetic  way  in  which  he  gave 
himself  to  the  delegates.     That  bath 
and  swim  after  the  long  journey  is  a 
thing  to  be  remembered.     Our  church 
here  numbers  500,  and   is  the  largest 
in  the  city.     It  was  9  o'clock  when  we 
left  there,  and  while  there,  we  had  a 
pressing  invitation  to  go  to  Redlands, 
but  were  compelled  to  deny  ourselves 
this  pleasure.     At   Riverside,  Brother 
Ringo,  our  pastor  there,  had  arranged 
street  cars   and  tallyhos  to  carry  the 
delegates     over    the    city.     But    first 
of  all  we  went  to   the  splendid  new 
Christian  church,  and  after  words  of 
welcome    by    Brother    Ringo,    and    a 
brief  response  by  one  of  our  number, 
we  had  a  glorious  ride  over  that  beau- 
tiful city  of  homes  and  groves.     Bro. 
J.    O.    Cutts,  who  came   there   twelve 
years   ago  to  die,  but   failed,   together 
with  his  wife,  took  the  Editor  and  his 
wife    in    their    private  carriage,    and 
gave  us  a  fine  view  of  the  city  and  its 
adjacent    groves,    showing  wonderful 
improvements    since    our    last    visit, 
seven    years    ago.     We    reached   Los 
Angeles  at  2  p.  m.,  where  our  Special, 
which   had  brought   us    all    the   way 
from    St.    Louis,    ended    its    journey. 
These    events    deserve    much    larger 
mention    than   we   can   possibly   give 
them  in   this    hurried  sketch.     It  was 
a  day  of  great  delight  to  our  delega- 
tion.    What  we   did   and    saw   at   the 
City  of  the  Angels,  and  of  our  further 
journey,  must  be  told  in  later  issues. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  24,  1905 


L.  L.  Carpenter:  A  Record  Holder 


With  the  dedication  of  the  Christian 
church  at  Alexandria,  Ind.,  on  Lord's 
day  last,  L.  L.  Carpenter  has  estab- 
lished a  record  which  we  believe  has 
never  been  achieved  by  any  other 
man.  This  was  the  six  hundred  and 
fiftieth  church  that  Brother  Carpenter 
has  dedicated,  and  that  wonderful  rec- 
ord is  made  the  more  interesting  to 
members  of  the  Christian  church  when 
we  say  that  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
has,  in  the  course  of  his  career,  bap- 
tized over  nine  thousand  people. 

Leewell  L.  Carpenter  was  born  in 
Norton,  Summit  county,  O.,  Dec.  10, 
1832.  He  is  the  seventh  son,  the 
youngest  in  the  family  being  a  girl. 
His  parents,  Richard  and  Sarah  Car- 
penter, were  poor  but  eminently  re- 
spectable people,  so  that  while  reared 
in  poverty  he  had  the  advantage  of 
good  home  influences.  Attending  the 
common  district  school  during  the 
winter  months,  he  worked  from  early 
morning  till  late  at  night  on  the  farm 
in  the  season. 

On  Aug.  14,  1853,  at  regular  service 
on  the  Lord's  day  he  confessed  his 
faith  in  Christ  and  was  baptized  by 
the  beloved  Alman  B.  Green,  whose 
memory  he  still  retains  as  a  most 
precious  heritage.  In  1855  he  entered 
Bethany  college  while  Alexander 
Campbell  was  still  its  honored  pres- 
ident. He  thought  then  and  is  of  the 
same  opinion  yet,  that  Mr.  Campbell 
was  the  greatest  man  that  has  lived 
since  the  death  of  Paul,  the  apostle. 
Among  Brother  Carpenter's  class- 
mates at  Bethany  were  W.  T.  Moore, 
B.  W.  Johnson,  John  A.  Brooks,  Rob- 
ert Moffett,  H.  W.  Everest  and  others 
who  have  been  prominent  in  the  work 
of  the  restoration  movement.  He  be- 
gan preaching  in  Fulton  county,  O., 
in  1857,  and  during  the  first  four  years 
of  his  ministry  baptized  more  than 
one  thousand  converts  in  that  one 
county  and  organized  several  churches 
that  arefto-day  among  the  influential 
ones  of  the  state.  In  1861  he  was 
married  to  Mary  E.  Funk,  who  from 
ever>*  possible  standpoint  has  been  a 
model  wife  for  a  preacher.  To  her  he 
owes  very  much  of  whatever  success 
has  come  to  him  in  his  work  as  a  min- 
ister of  the  gospel.  He  was  the  first 
president  of  the  Ohio  state  Sunday- 
school  association  and  later  of  the  In- 
diana state  Sunday-school  associa- 
tion. He  was  the  first  man  employed 
by  the  Christian  church  to  spend  his 
entire  time  in  conducting  Sunday- 
school  institutes  and  normals,  which 
he  did  for  several  years.  Brother 
Carpenter  helped  organize  the  Foreign 
Christian  Missionary  Society  and  was 
the  first  person  to  become  a  life  mem- 
ber. He  has  a  certificate  of  life  mem- 
bership in  the  American  Christian 
Missionary  Society,  signed  by  Alex- 
ander Campbell,  president,  and  D.  S. 
Burnett,  secretary,  which  he  prizes 
very  highly.     For  years   Brother  Car- 


penter was  the  state  evangelist  of  the 
Indiana  Sunday  school  association 
and  then  of  the  Indiana  state  mis- 
sionary society.  One  peculiar  feature 
of  his  work  was  the  grouping  of  weak 
churches  and  locating  ministers  for 
each  group.  He  was  for  one  year 
president  of  the  American  Christian 
Missionary  Society  and  presided  at 
the  national  convention  at  Cleveland, 

I,.  It.  CARPBNTBB, 
The  Tall  Sycamore  of  the  Wabash. 


"Some  years  ago  they  said  I  would  soon  be  laid 
on  the  shelf,  but  there  is  no  shelf  in  Indiana  long 
enough  to  lay  me  on.  L.  L.  Carpenter." 

O.,  in  1882.  He  has  done  both  pas- 
toral and  evangelistic  work,  and  has 
organized  a  large  number  of  churches. 
He  is  familiarly  known  as  "The  Father 
of  Bethany  Assembly,"  for  he  was  one 


o  f  the  founders  of  that  association,  the 
national  Chautauqua  of  the  Christian 
church.  He  considers  his  work  at 
Bethany  as  among  the  most  important 
and  far  reaching  of  his  life.  He  is 
now,  and  has  been  for  many  years,  its 
president. 

But  it  is  as  a  dedicator  of  churches 
that  L.  L.  Carpenter  stands  out  in  a 
peculiar  way.  He  has  dedicated 
houses  of  worship  in  more  than  half 
of  the  states  and  territories  of  the 
union  and  many  in  the  king's  domin- 
ions. The  one  dedicated  last  Lord's 
day  at  Alexandria  is,  as  we  have  al- 
ready intimated,  the  six  hundred  and 
fiftieth  where  he  has  been  the  chief 
participant  in  the  exercises.  At  these 
dedications  he  has  raised  about  two 
millions  of  dollars  for  the  payment  of 
the  indebtedness  that  was  upon  the 
buildings.  Every  kind  of  a  church  he 
has  thus  helped,  from  the  smallest 
mission  Ihouse  to  magnificent  build- 
ings in  large  cities.  Brother  Carpen- 
ter {declares  that  if  he  can  induce  a 
congregation  to  do  what  he  advises 
them  to  do  on  the  dedication  day  he 
will  guarantee  that  he  will  raise  the 
money  that  may  be  needed  to  clear 
any  obligations. 

Brother  Carpenter  has  a  pleasant 
home  in  Wabash,  Ind.,  where  he  has 
lived  for  the  past  37  years  and  where 
he  says  he  expects  to  live  until  he 
goes  to  heaven.  Seven  children  have 
been  bornjin  his  family,  four  boys  and 
three  girls,  and  all  are  living  except 
the  youngest,  a  baby  girl.  His  six  chil- 
dren are  all  members  of  and  workers 
in  thelChristian  church  and  are  as  de- 
voted to  their  parents  as  it  is  possi- 
ble for  Ichildren  to  be.  Although  72 
years  of  age  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
is  the  picture  of  health  and  is  doing 
as  much  and  as  hard  work  to-day  and 
standing  it  just  as  well  as  at  any  period 
of  his  life.  Although  a  preacher  for 
46  years  he  has  had  but  one  vaca- 
tion, and  he  says  that  was  when  he 
had  typhoid  fever.  He  is  careful 
in  obeying  the  laws  of  nature  and 
health,  and  he  does  not  use  spectacles 
when  reading.  He  is  the  friend  of 
young  people  and  of  young  preachers. 
When  he  is  about  to  get  old  enough  to 
be  out  of  sympathy  with  these,  he  de- 
clares he  wants  to  die  just  the  day  be- 
fore he  gets  to  be  that  old.  His  rea- 
son for  not  being  a  "non-progressive 
old  fogy"  is  that  when  a  boy  he 
learned  the  old  gospel  from  the  New 
Testament,  and  the  preaching  of  such 
men  as  Alexander  Campbell,  Barton 
W.  Stone,  Walter  Scott,  the  Greens, 
Haydens,  and  a  host  of  other  of  the 
"fathers"  had  taught  him  that  in  all 
matters  of  faith  we  must  have  a  "thus 
saith  the  Lord,"  while  in  matters  of 
opinion  we  must  allow  liberty. 

It  will  be  welcome  news  to  a  great 
many  of  the  friends  of  this  veteran  to 
know  that  there  is  a  movement  on 
foot  to  send  him  on  an  extended  trip 


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to  the  Holy  Land  next  year.  The 
amount  of  money  necessary  to  cover 
the  expenses  of  this  trip  is  not  great 
and  we  feel  sure  that  many  of  the 
churches  which  he  has  helped  would 
like  to  have  some  part   in  making   it 


possible  for  a  veteran  who  has  worked 
so  long  and  so  faithfully  to  have  a 
real  rest  and  to  see  with  his  own  eyes 
the  land  of  our  Lord,  whom  he  has 
served  so  well. 


Another  Reason  By  R.  H.  Lampkin 


Great  concern  is  and  should  be  given 
to  the  question  of  the  failing  supply  of 
young  men  for  the  ministry,  and  amid 
the  many  reasons  advanced  as  causes 


H.  A.  WINGARE, 

Pastor  of  the  Christian  Church  at 

Alexandria,  Ind. 

of  this  condition  we  wish  to  enumerate 
a  few. 

The  day  is  drawing  near  when  a 
closer  relationship  shall  be  shown  to 
exist  between  the  spiritual  and  the 
material,  and  when  that  day  comes  the 
need  of  young  men  for  the  ministry 
will  be  supplied.  But  as  long  as  an 
unjust  stewardship  will  withhold  its 
meet  from  the  ministerial  calling,  and 
add  its  other  negation  to  the  call  of 
missionary  efforts,  a  self-respecting, 
God-fearing  set  of  men  will  be  reluc- 
tant to  enter  so  uninviting  a  field  of 
prospect. 

Dr.  Davis'  article  in  the  Christian- 
Evangelist  of  July  27  presses  hard 
against  the  real  issues  involved.  And 
there  is  more  in  this  than  the  mere 
lack  of  permanency  of  home  life  for 
the  minister.  Back  of  it  lies  other 
vital  questions,  questions  which  the 
ministry  as  yet  has  found  no  way  of 
answering.  It  will  not  do  for  the  dis- 
tinction to  be  drawn  between  the  spir- 
itual and  material  for  the  pulpit  and 
not  be  also  applicable  to  the  pew.  But 
how  is  the  ministry  to  "seek  its  own" 
and  yet  withstand  the  criticism  from 
the  membership  who  seek  their  own, 
that  love  is  not  the  motive  that  actu- 
ates them  in  their  labors?  Aside  from 
the  questions  of  shift,  ship,  and  settle, 
again  and  again,  involved  in  the  grow- 
ing itinerant  and  peripatetic  state  of 
the  present  ministry,  and  the  future 
reasonable  certainty  of  being  thrown 
aside  as  useless  when  most  useful,  the 
houghtful  men  of  to-day   are   seeing 


things  that  are  holden  to  the  eyes  of 
a  great  and  prosperous  people. 

The  wise  man  has  said  that  "in  all 
labor  there  is  profit,  but  the  talk  of 
the  lips  tendeth  only  to  penury."  But 
in  presenting  the  present-day  problem 
of  the  church,  which  is  now  coming 
slowly  to  be  realized  is  the  evangeliza- 
tion of  the  world,  the  labor  of  the  min- 
istry seems  to  resolve  itself  into  "the 
talk  of  the  lips"  and  end  in  penurious 
giving. 

The  problem  to  some  of  us  presents 
itself  thus:  Here  it  is  possible  for  a 
man  to  give  himself  to  ministering  to 
a  congregation  of  five  hundred  or  more 
(and  the  average  ability  in  such  cases 
is  not  inconsiderable)  and  while  we 
might  say  nothing  of  what  the  com- 
pensation ought  to  be,  yet  if  he  or  his 
people  have  any  realization  of  the  pur- 
pose of  their  calling,  equipment  and 
ability,  and  still  withhold  the  profits 
belonging  to  such  an  investment  of  in- 
fluence, money,  and  brains,  what  is 
the  undeniable  situation  of  affairs? 

To  make  it  practical,  we  would  say 
that  a  minimum  estimate  of  such  a 
congregation,  usually  involving  a 
standing  investment  of  from  twenty  to 
thirty  thousand  dollars  in  property 
and  equipment, 
should,  aside 
from  the  inter- 
est on  the  in- 
vestment, yield 
at  least  five 
thousand  per 
annum.  This 
would  give  an 
available  and 
reasonable  sal- 
ary of  two  thou- 
sand dollars, an- 
other thousand 
for  the  care  and 
maintenance  of 
the  property, 
and  the  sum  of 
three  thousand 
dollars  for  mis- 
sionary efforts. 
But  in  how 
many  cases  is 
this  true?  And 
this  estimate  is 
not  ideal  at  all, 
and  is  really 
minimum  for 
decency  in  the 
profession  w  e 
make  personal- 
ly, to  say  noth- 
ing of  the  pur- 
pose and  inten- 
t ions  of  h  im 
who  created  us 
anew  in  himself 


for  good  works.  And  what  is  the  man 
is  who  called  to  the  leadership  of  such 
a  host  to  think  when  he  is  allotted  but 
a  thousand,  or  fifteen  hundred  at  most, 
and  yet,  with  all  his  labors  sees  but  a 
net  gain  of  only  from  three  to  eight 
hundred  go  into  the  Lord's  treasury? 
And  if  one  says  this  is  not  the  way  to 
look  at  it,  that  the  spiritual  develop- 
ment of  the  people  is  the  important 
thing,  admit  it;  what  follows?  For 
what  is  spiritual  development?  Where 
is  the  spirituality  of  men  and  women 
who  will  neglect  what  Christ  most 
wants  done,  and  when  they  are  able  to 
do  it?  The  man  who  has  eyes  sees 
these  things,  for  the  Savior  said,  "By 
their  fruits  ye  shall  know  them."  Peo- 
ple are  to  be  judged  as  much  by  what 
they  have  as  by  what  they  give.  It  is 
"according  as  a  man  hath"  that  makes 
his  gift  acceptable,  and  the  church  is 
not  doing  its  duty  here. 

Now  when  a  minister  sees  the  rela- 
tion of  the  spiritual  to  the  material 
and  finds  no  adequacy  from  either  to 
the  amount  of  labor  expended,  can  you 
ask  him  to  invest  his  time  and  talent 
among  five  hundred  people  when  from 
what  is  called  the  secular  in  life  he 
could  do  as  well  or  better  for  himself 
and  family,  and  more  than  equal  the 
results  he  is  enabled  to  call  forth  from 
five  hundred?  Even  the  amount  which 
he  receives  as  salary  is  of  less  service 
to  him  than  from  three  to  five  hundred 
dollars  per  annum  less  would  be  if  he 
were  permanently  settled.  And  if  we 
were  to  make  no  more  than  these  rea- 
sons apparent  the  wonder  should  not 
be  that  there  is  a  falling  off,  but  that 
there  are  as  many  men  who  are  willing 
to  make  the  sacrifice  as  do.  The  prob- 
lem is  upon  us,  and  this  one  of  a  fall- 
ing off  in  available  young  men  is  but 
one  of  the  "signs  of  the  times." 


The  Christian  church  at  Alexandria,  Ind.,  whose  building  was  dedicated  b> 
L.  L.  Carpenter  on  Lord's  day  last,  was  re-organized  in  1878  by  William  McKin- 
zie,  now  of  Marion,  Ind.  He  was  followed  by  Brother  Blackman.  The  member 
ship  being  small  for  two  years  a  hall  was  used  as  a  house  of  worship  and  the  build- 
ing which  was  rededicated  on  Lord's  day  was  built  in  18S0  and  originally  dedicated 
by  Robert  Blount,  son  of  Brazilla  Blount,  of  Indianapolis.  The  first  pastor  was 
Brother  Ackman.  The  preaching  was  only  once  a  month  until  the  membership 
grew  and  Brother  Vincent,  of  Union  City,  became  pastor  for  full  time.  He  won 
many  to  the  faith.  Among  others  who  have  labored  for  the  Alexandria  church  are 
Brothers  Blount,  Perkins,  Courter,  Watts,  More,  Hummel,  Willis  Cunningham, 
A.  B.  Cunningham,  Grant  K.  Lewis  and  J.  S.  Grant.  The  present  pastor  is 
H.  A.  Wingard,  who  took  up  the  work  on  June  25  in  the  Sunday-school  room.  It 
soon  became  too  small  and  a  part  of  the  unfinished  auditorium  in  connection  with 
the  Sunday-school  room  had  to  be  made  use  of.  There  have  been  nineteen  addi- 
tions since  Brother  Wingard  took  charge — eight  by  letter  and  eleven  by  baptism. 
Every  department  of  the  church  has  increased  and  the  present  interest  promises  a 
happy  and  prosperous  condition  of  things  for  the  brethren  at  Alexandria .  The 
architect  of  the  new  building,  of  which  we  present  a  picture  in  this  issue,  is  D.  H. 
Wright. 


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August  24,  1905 


As  Seen  From  the  Dome     By  f.  d.  Power 


While  the  convention  of  our  highly 
favored  brethren  sits  beside  the  Gold- 
en Gate,  we  less  privileged  ones  are 
mingling  our  voices  in  prayer  and 
praise  for  yon  here  on  the  shores  of 
the  stormy  Atlantic.  Bethany  Beach, 
our  summer  resort  on  the  coast  of 
Delaware,  has  been  having  its  fifth 
and  most  successful  season.  Several 
hundred  visitors  representing  Wash- 
ington, Baltimore,  Philadelphia,  De- 
troit, Lexington,  Pittsburg,  Johns- 
town, Wheeling,  Cincinnati,  and  those 
blessed  centers  of  our  intellectual  and 
religious  life,  Bethany  and  Hiram, 
have  been  resting  here  beside  the  sea, 
and  rejoicing  in  the  wholesome  and 
happy  fellowship  for  which  our  place 
is  rapidly  becoming  famous.  Jutaro 
Komura  and  Kogoro  Takahira,  and 
their  associates  in  the  great  inter- 
national chess  game,  Sergius  de  Witte 
and  Roman  Romanovitch  Rosen, 
missed  it  when  they  selected  Ports- 
mouth, N.  H.,  instead  of  Bethany 
Beach  for  their  peace  negotiations.  If 
they  fail  to  make  a  treaty  "in  the 
name  of  Almighty  God"  and  of  the 
Prince  of  Peace,  who  knows  but  this 
will  be  the  cause  of  it! 

There  are  many  improvements  at  the 
beach.  "Saltaire,"  the  beautiful  sum- 
mer home  of  Hon.  W.  H.  Graham, 
"The  Oriole,"  President  Dinker's  new 
cottage,  "Pinerest,"  where  Miss 
Weightman  lives,  moves,  and  has 
her  happy  being,  Mr.  Lewis  Drexler's 
handsome  beach  residence,  and  "We- 
needa  Rest"  are  among  the  new  build- 
ings and  the  pavilion  ornaments  the 
center  of  the  board  walk.  Then  "The 
Dunes"  and  the  "Bethany  House"  are 
new  places  with  something  to  eat. 
The  beach  has  been  full  of  the  hap- 
piest kind  of  souls,  everybody  happy, 
and  no  culicid  dipterous  insects  sing- 
ing their  war  song.  Never  was  the 
ocean  more  majestic,  the  sunrises  and 
sunsets  more  beautiful,  the  meadow 
larks  and  Bethany  frogs  in  better 
voice,  the  rose  mallows  and  Bethany 
pinks  prettier  and  more  plentiful,  the 
trout  and  tints  and  fat  backs  readier 
to  bite,  peaches  and  molons  finer,  the 
bathing  more  refreshing,  or  the  people 
kindlier  and  happier.  It  has  been  a 
great  summer  at  Bethany-beside-the- 
sea. 

The  program  has  been  an  excellent 
one.  The  assembly  is  the  great  fea- 
ture of  the  summer  and  began  Sun- 
day, July  16,  with  sermons  by  T.  E. 
Cramblet,  of  Bethany,  and  his  illus- 
trated lectures  on  the  Holy  Land.  The 
service  rendered  by  President  Cram- 
blet was  of  a  high  order  and  gave 
eminent  satisfaction.  J.  N.  Johnston, 
of  Coshocton,  O.,  was  one  of  the  chief 
helpers  during  the  first  week.  Mrs. 
Princess  Long  came  on  July  21-26  with 
her  splendid  concerts  and  solos.  Her 
evenings  were  largely  attended  and 
she  received  the  unstinted  praise 
which  everywhere  and  always   comes 


to  this  sweet  singer  in  Israel.  Wallace 
Tharp  was  with  us  the  second  week 
and  that  sermon  on  "The  Withered 
Hand,"  and  lecture  on  "Babylon"  will 
long  linger  in  the  memories  of  our  vis- 
itors and  of  the  people  of  the  country- 
side. The  Doctor  is  not  only  a  skillful 
fisher  of  men,  but  knows  how  to  throw 
a  line  in  the  briny  deep  and  play  an 
ocean  trout,  or  write  a  sonnet  with 
equal  dexterity  and  beauty.  C.  W.  B.  M. 
day,  with  Mrs.  J.  E.  France  in  charge, 
was  a  red-letter  day  in  the  history  of 
the  assembly.  A.  E.  Zeigler,  of  Wheel- 
ing, made  his  debut  at  the  beach  as  a 
stereopticon  entertainer,  and  his  pic- 
tures and  descriptions  were  full  of  in- 
terest. Nothing  takes  quite  so  well 
with  our  rural  patronage  and  with  the 
youngsters  as  the  moving  pictures. 
Miss  Florence  Boyd,  reader  and  im- 
personator, was  one  of  our  very  best. 
She  is  an  artist  in  her  specialty  and 
rendered  us  fine  service  in  her  elocu- 
tionary entertainments  with  such  help- 
ers in  vocal  and  instrumental  music  as 
Miss  Armstrong,  of  Philadelphia,  Miss 
Elizabeth  Boyd,  of  Pittsburg,  and  Mrs. 
E.  D.  Bevitt,  of  Cincinnati.  J.  A. 
Hopkins  was  on  hand  to  do  the  work 
of  chorister  and  all-around  helper 
which  he  does  so  well. 

Patriotic  day  was  observed  heartily 
with  W.  H.  Graham  to  tell  us  of  "Our 
Country."  Congressman  Graham  also 
gave  his  strong  lecture  on  "The  Old 
Soldier"  in  which  he  does  such  justice 
to  both  sides  in  the  struggle  of  the 
sixties.  W.  A.  Dinker,  president  of 
the  company,  engineered  the  fireworks 
which  were  the  finest  by  all  odds  ever 
seen  at  the  Beach.  Mr.  Dinker  is 
everybody's  friend  and  only  one  sizes 
up  to  him  in  universal  kindness  and 
helpfulness  and  that  the  genial  Chris- 
tian Irishman  from  County  Derry, 
Uncle  Robert  Latimer,  President  of 
the  Western  Pennsylvania  ■  Christian 
Missionary  Society.  President  C.  C. 
Rowlison  of  Hiram  was  a  new  man 
on  our  platform  and  we  have  not  had 
one  of  greater  force.  The  sermon  on 
"The  Sealed  Book"  and  lectures  on 
"Religion  in  Nature"  and  "Religion 
in  Christianity"  were  among  the  truly 
great  things.  O.  H.  Phillips,  of  Brad- 
dock,  and  W.  R.  Warren,  of  Pittsburg, 
crowned  the  program  for  1905  with 
sermons  and  lectures  of  the  highest 
standard.  These  Pittsburg  preachers 
get  superlative  good  at  the  beach.  Out 
of  the  dust  and  grime  they  come,  and 
lend  themselves  to  the  waves  for  a 
thorough  washing,  and  off  comes  the 
soot  and  the  soil  from  the  bodies  and 
down  come  the  cobwebs  from  the 
brains  and  we  send  them  back  born 
again.  There  were  others  who  greatly 
aided:  W.  F.  Smith,  J.  E.  Stuart  and 
W.  H.  Schell  from  Washington,  H.  F. 
Lutz,  of  Harrisburg,  W.  R.  Walker,  of 
Killbuck,  O.,  J.  A.  Walters,  the  faithful 
and  devoted  pastor  of  the  local  church, 
and  other   brethren   and   friends   who 


gladly  contributed  their  talents  to 
make  the  assembly  meetings  a  genu- 
ine success.  The  religious  services 
were  specially  helpful  and  spiritual. 
Who  will  forget  the  Sunday  sermons 
and  communion  seasons  and  the  ves- 
pers at  the  beach  pavilion!  How  sweet 
and  holy  the  prayers  and  hymns  and 
messages  with  the  accompaniment  of 
the  great  organ  of  the  mighty  deep! 
What  rest  of  soul  as  well  as  body  with 
the  Master  in  the  spots  which  he  loved 
beside  the  sea!  How  reverent  the 
people  are  and  how  the  little  children 
love  to  share  in  the  worship,  and  what 
inspirations  come  with  breath  from  the 
sea  and  the  stars  and  the  Book!  How 
we  feel  here  as  never  before  the  force 
of  the  prayer  we  so  often  sing: 

"Jesus,  Savior,  pilot  me 
Over  life's  tempestuous  sea; 
Unknown  waves  before  me  roll, 
Hiding  rock  and  treach'rous  shoal; 
Chart  and  compass  came  from  thee; 
Jesus,  Savior,  pilot  me. 

"As  a  mother  stills  her  child, 
Thou  canst  hush  the  ocean  wild; 
Boist'rous  waves  obey  thy  will 
When  thou  say'st  to  them  'Be  still!' 
Wondrous  Sov'reign  of  the  sea, 
Jesus,  Savior,  pilot  me. 

"When  at  last  I  near  the  shore, 
And  the  fearful  breakers  roar 
'Twixt  me  and  the  peaceful  rest. 
Then,  while  leaning  on  thy  breast, 
May  I  hear  thee  say  to  me, 
'Fear  not,  I  will  pilot  thee!'  " 

They  that  go  down  to  the  sea  in  ships, 
that  do  business  in  great  waters;  these 
see  the  works  of  the  Lord,  and  his 
wonders  in  the  deep.  For  he  com- 
mandeth,  and  raiseth  the  stormy  wind 
which  lifteth  up  the  waves  thereof. 
They  mount  up  to  the  heaven,  they  go 
down  again  to  the  depths,  their  soul  is 
melted  because  of  trouble.  They  reel 
to  and  fro  and  stagger  like  a  drunken 
man,  and  are  at  their  wits'  end.  Then 
they  cry  unto  the  Lord  in  their  trouble, 
and  he  bringeth  them  out  of  their 
distresses.  He  maketh  the  storm  a 
calm,  so  that  the  waves  thereof  are 
still.  Then  are  they  glad  because  they 
be  quiet;  so  he  bringeth  them  to  their 
desired  haven,  Oh,  that  men  would 
praise  the  Lord  for  his  goodness,  and. 
for  his  wonderful  works  to  the  chil- 
dren of  men! 

John  McDonald  Home,  of  Brocton, 
Mass.,  is  filling  the  pulpit  of  the  Ver- 
mont avenue  church  during  the  month 
of  August  and  doing  it  well.  J.  Mur- 
ray Taylor  was  married,  August  8,  to 
Miss  Daisy  Taylor,  of  Washington,  J.  J. 
Taylor  officiating.  Look  out  for  the 
young  people  in  San  Francisco  and  see 
that  they  have  a  happy  honeymoon. 
E.  B.  Bagby  is  in  the  protracted  meet- 
ing work  in  Tidewater,  Virginia.  Her- 
bert Yeuell  is  now  in  a  great  meeting 
at  Petersburg,  Va.  He  established  a 
church  of  100  members  in  Portsmouth 
by  his  work  there.  His  headquarters 
are  at  the  capital,  which  is  now  the 
center  of  the  universe.  Two  of  our 
Washington  preachers,  Taylor  and 
Jones,  are  in  San  Francisco.  They 
will  worthily  represent  us.  Greetings 
to  the  brethren  from  sea  to  sea. 


August  24,  190S 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


1091 


The  New  Passion  By  m.  a.  Hart 


Whatever  man  puts  himself  to  he 
either  makes  of  it  a  play,  a  profession, 
a  business  or  a  passion.  The  first  is 
childish,  the  second  and  third  unwor- 
thy, if  not  ignoble,  but  the  fourth  is 
sublime,  Christlike,  Godlike.  This 
holds  true  whether  he  gives  himself  to 
the  labor  of  the  farm,  the  workshop, 
the  studio,  or  the  study.  It  is  not  so 
much  what  one  does  but  how  one 
does  it.  The  man  is  the  personal 
equation. 

But  what  has  this  to  do  with  Chris- 
tianity and  the  Christian?  Much  in 
every  way.  There  are  many  plains 
upon  which  we  may  pitch  the  spiritual 
tent.  But  there  is  only  one  high 
enough,  holy  enough.  And  without 
being  either  unjust  or  hypercritical, 
the  few  and  not  the  many  live,  labor, 
and  love  upon  this  high  plateau,  this 
Himalaya  peak  of  Christian  service. 

When    Christianity    is   a   Play,    a  Profes= 
sion  or   a  Business. 

Many  have  not  yet  reached  beyond 
the  play  stage.  The  church  is  only  a 
big  play  house  and  the  church  services 
have  only  a  pleasure  value.  It  is  a 
kind  of  a  spiritual  dilettanteism. 
It  has  no  more  of  the  benevolent,  al- 
truistic spirit  than  that  we  see  in  the 
play  of  children.  If  there  be  any  dif- 
ference it  is  in  degree  and  not  in  kind. 
It  is  a  vision  reaching  not  beyond  the 
pleasurable  preoccupation;  perfectly 
delightful,  but  essentially  selfish.  For 
children  it  is  perfectly  natural  and 
normal  to  make  of  life  a  play,  but  for 
Christians  to  make  the  saving  of  souls 
a  play,  when  it  should  be  a  passion,  is 
not  only  sad  but  shameful. 

It  is  the  voice  of  the  past  and  the 
witness  of  the  present  that  religion 
may  be  considered  merely  a  profession. 
This  is  little  if  any  higher  in  the  scale 
than  the  play  stage.  Perhaps  the 
danger  here  is  greater  to  the  man  in 
the  pulpit  than  the  man  in  the  pew, 
but  yet  it  is  not  limited  solely  to  him. 
Being  compelled  by  the  sheer  force  of 
economic  conditions  and  social  rela- 
tions to  do  something,  he  hits  upon 
the  ministry.  It  is  not  strange  he  be- 
comes simply  a  sounding  brass  and  a 
clanging  cymbal.  But  the  people  are 
soon  able  to  distinguish  between  the 
voice  of  the  prophet  preacher  and  the 
echo  of  the  professional. 

But  surely  it  is  honorable  to  make 
the  saving  of  man  a  business!  Did 
not  the  lad  of  twelve  say,  "I  must  be 
about  my  Father's  business"?  True, 
but  he  did  not  say  his  motive  was  a 
business  motive.  His  words  breathed 
a  passion  high,  holy,  heavenly.  Peru- 
gino  made  of  his  art  a  business,  and 
sold  his  artistic  birthright  for  a  mess 
of  commercial  pottage,  and  as  a  result 
put  mud  in  the  eyes  of  his  madonnas, 
while  Raphael  made  of  his  art  a  pas- 
sion and  put  on  canvas  madonnas 
and  angels  that  breathe,  smile,  speak, 
and  are  the  marvel  and  wonder  of  the 


world.      The   difference    was    not   so 
much  in  the  men  as  in  the  motives. 

When  Christianity  is  &  Passion. 

Students  of  philosophy  know  that 
the  search  for  reality  is  the  modern 
passion  in  the  world  of,  philosophy. 
Perhaps  the  future  will  show  we  arrive 
at  the  highest  reality  through  the  me- 
dium of  personality.  But  reality  is 
not  the  end.  It  is  merely  the  means 
toward  the  end.  A  higher  conception 
is  to  have  a  passion  for  persons,  using 
reality  as  a  great  and  good  help.  We 
do  not  hear  too  little  said  of  our  love 
for  Christ,  but  often  too  little  is  said 
of  our  passion  for  men. 

The  worst  kind  of  heterodoxy  is  that 
which  spends  all  its  time,  expends  all 
its  energy,  and  consumes  all  its  vital- 
ity, saying,  God!  God!  Lord!  Lord!  and 
yet  does  the  will  of  neither.  It  seems 
almost  a  sacrilege  to  hear  some  men 
speak  the  name  of  God  or  Christ.  It 
seems  to  smack  so  much  of  dogmatism 
and  so  little  of  love.  Do  not  misun- 
derstand me.  We  cannot  be  too  loyal 
to  Christ.  We  must  make  him  pre- 
eminent. We  must  place  upon  his 
brow  the  crown  of  immortelles.  We 
must  feel  as  did  the  beloved  Tholuck, 
one  of  Germany's  greatest  teachers, 
who,  when  asked  the  secret  of  his  life, 
exclaimed  with  tears  in  his  heart,  tears 
in  his  voice,  tears  in  his  eyes,  "I  have 
but  one  passion,  and  that  is  Christ!" 
That  Christ  is  supreme  and  pre-emi- 
nent in  the  realm  of  greatness  is  the 
voice  of  history,  the  testimony  of  an- 
gels, the  witness  of  God.  Around  this 
majestic  figure  priest  and  prophet, 
preacher  and  poet,  prince  and  peasant, 
patrician  and  plebeian,  gladly  and 
gracefully  drape  the  seamless  robe  of 
history. 

The  only  way  to  know  for  ourselves 
and  convince  a  critical  world  that  we 
have  this  passion  for  Christ  is  to 
have  a  consuming  love  for  Christ's 
men.  "Until  he  was  forty  years  of 
age  the  princely  and  scholarly  Ruskin 
gave  nearly  all  his  time  to  art;  after  he 
was  forty,  it  was  given  almost  entirely 
to  men."  And  this  is  what  makes 
John  Ruskin  a  name  among  the  im- 
mortals. He  had  passed  from  the  world 
of  art  for  art's  sake  to  the  world  of  art 
for  man's  sake,  for  society's  sake. 
And  this  was  a  wonderful  gain. 

If  it  be  honorable  for  a  German  pro- 
fessor to  give  all  his  days  to  the  study 
of  a  Greek  preposition,  make  it  a  pas- 
sion; if  it  be  honorable  for  a  scientist 
to  give  body  and  soul  to  the  study  of 
an  atom,  which  according  to  Lord  Kel- 
vin, is  only  one  hundred  and  fifty  mil- 
lionths  of  an  inch  in  diameter,  what 
language  is  able  to  tell  the  greatness 
of  Saul  of  Tarsus,  Tholuck,  John  Rus- 
kin, Lord  Shaftesbury,  David  Living- 
stone and  William  Carey,  who  left  all 
to  follow  Jesus  Christ  and  serve  Jesus 
Christ's  men?  What  honor  is  meet  for 
our    own  A.   McLean,   who    lights   a 


thousand  fires  on  the  hilltops  of  China 
and  India,  and  our  own  G.  L.  Wharton 
and  Dr.  Macklin,  who  exclaim,  "And 
by  God's  grace  they  shall  never  be  put 
out"? 

The  slogan  with  which  Luther 
awoke  a  sleeping,  self  satisfied  world 
was  justification  by  faith;  the  mes- 
sage with  which  Calvin  sought  to 
combat  the  papal  bull  of  excommuni- 
cation was  divine  sovereignty;  the  ap- 
peal with  which  Wesley  stirred  the 
English  heart,  the  hammer  with  which 
he  shattered  the  manacles  and  shack- 
les of  a  Christless  formalism  and  a 
heartless  ceremonialism,  was,  strange 
to  say,  the  tear  of  Christianity — the 
religion  of  the  heart;  Christian  union 
was  the  rallying  call  of  the  Campbells, 
Scott  and  Stone  to  unite  the  disorgan- 
ized forces  of  Christendom;  theGod  that 

FALSE  HUNGER 

A    Symptom    of   Stomach    Trouble  Cor- 
rected by  Good  Food. 


There  is,  with  some  forms  of  stom- 
ach disease,  an  abnormal  craving  for 
food  which  is  frequently  mistaken  for 
a  "good  appetite."  A  lady  teacher 
writes  from  Carthage,  Mo.,  to  explain 
how  with  good  food  she  dealt  with  this 
sort  of  hurtful  hunger. 

"I  have  taught  school  for  fifteen 
years,"  she  writes,  "and  up  to  nine 
years  ago  had  good  average  health.  My 
diet  was  always  generous,  comprising 
whatever  I  took  a  fancy  to.  I  ate  freely. 
Nine  years  ago,  however,  my  health 
began  to  fail,  and  continued  to  grow 
worse,  steadily,  in  spite  of  doctor's 
prescriptions,  frequent  changes  of  resi- 
dence and  everything  I  could  do.  Dur- 
ing all  this  time  my  appetite  continued 
good,  only  the  more  I  ate  the  more  I 
wanted  to  eat — I  was  always  hungry. 
The  first  symptoms  of  my  breakdown 
were  a  distressing  nervousness  and  a 
loss  of  flesh.  The  nervousness  grew 
so  bad  that  finally  it  amounted  to  ac- 
tual prostration.  Then  came  stomach 
troubles,  which  were  very  painful, 
constipation  which  brought  on  piles, 
dyspepsia  and  severe  nervous  head- 
aches. The  doctors  seemed  powerless 
to  help  me,  said  I  was  overworked,  and 
at  last  urged  me  to  give  up  teaching, 
if  I  wished  to  save  my  life. 

"But  this  I  could  not  do.  I  kept  on 
at  it  as  well  as  I  could,  each  day  grow- 
ing more  wretched,  my  will  power 
alone  keeping  me  up,  till  at  last  a  good 
angel  suggested  that  I  try  a  diet  of 
Grape-Nuts  food,  and  from  that  day  to 
this  I  have  eaten  it,  finding  it  delicious, 
always  appetizing  and  satisfying.  I 
owe  my  complete  restoration  to  health 
to  Grape-Nuts,  and  my  persistence  in 
using  it.  My  weight  has  returned,  and 
for  more  than  two  years  I  have  been 
free  from  the  nervousness,  constipa- 
tion, piles,  headaches,  and  all  the  ail- 
ments that  used  to  punish  me  so,  and 
have  been  able  to  work  freely  and 
easily."  Name  given  by  Postum  Co., 
Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

There's  a  reason. 


1092 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  24,  190S 


Horace  Bushnell  and  Moody  set  over 
against  JonathanEdwards'  God  of  con- 
suming fire,  was  a  God  of  love.  And 
yet  we  must  look  beneath  the  surface 
if  we  would  find  the  secret  of  their 
power  and  the  inspiration  for  their 
work.  They  had  a  consuming  passion 
for  Christ,  and  for  Christ's  men. 

The  New   Passion    and  the  World's 
Problems. 

The  only  way  to  know  the  value  of 
an  invention  is  to  set  it  in  motion. 
The  only  way  to  know  the  value  of  an 
idea  is  to  put  it  to  work.  Now,  will 
this  new  passion  as  a  working  force 
help  to  solve  some  of  the  world's  great 
problems?  If  not,  it  is  worth  no  more 
than  a  smokeless,  wheelless  engine  in 
the  roundhouse.  I  shall  make  but  two 
applications  of  this  principle.  They 
will  only  be  suggestive;  one  is  finan- 
cial and  material,  the  other  is  religious 
and  spiritual. 

With  our  vast  increase  in  material 
wealth  we  are  in  great  danger  of  los- 
ing our  spiritual  vision,  if  indeed 
some  have  not  already  lost  it.  The 
passion  for  money  and  what  money 
will  buy  is  felt  not  only  by  the  busi- 
ness man  in  the  marts  of  trade,  but 
also  by  the  Christian  in  the  pew  and 
the  preacher  in  the  pulpit.  And  as  a 
result  many  of  our  ablest  teachers  and 
preachers  have  sold  their  divine, kingly 
birthright  for  less  than  Esau's  por- 
tion. Afraid  lest  at  life's  eventide, 
life's  argosy  be  dashed  to  pieces  on 
the  Scylla  of  poverty,  they  set  sail  in 
the  opposite  direction  and  ere  the  sun 
has  reached  the  zenith,  find  their  frail 
bark  a  wreck  on  the  Charybdis  of 
speculation.  And  the  latter  is  more 
to  be  dreaded  than  the  former.  In  one 
money  is  lost,  while  in  the  other  man- 
hood is  a  wreck. 

Our  captains  of  industry  are  not 
making  of  their  work  a  play,  a  pro- 
fession, or  even  a  business.  It  has 
come  to  be  an  all-consuming  passion. 
And  this  is  the  secret  of  their  marvelous 
success.  For  whether  the  thing  be  right 
or  wrong,  legitimate  or  illegitimate, 
whatever  we  make  a  passion  succeeds. 

What  is  the  solution?  It  is  not  by 
the  way  of  complaint,  nor  censure,  nor 
condemnation,  nor  even  the  calling 
down  of  fire  from  heaven.  With  all 
my  soul  I  believe  the  passion  for  men 
is  the  only  real,  permanent  cure  for 
the  unholy  passion  for  money.  We 
need  to  emphasize  the  strategic  value 
of  Chalmers'  thought,  the  expulsive 
power  of  a  great  affection.  We  can 
change  man's  vision  only  by  changing 
his  love.  Then  we  shall  have  fewer 
ships  going  to  Ophir  for  gold  and 
more  argosies  setting  sail  to  Pal- 
estine for  men. 

This  is  where  we  must  save  man 
from  his  money  and  through  his 
mpney  for  his  own  sake.  But  there 
is  another  problem  just  as  vital, 
we  must  save  man  from  his  money 
and  through  his  money  for  his 
brother's  sake,  for  society's  sake. 
There  is  not  a  more  vital  question 
before  us  as  individuals  and  churches 


than  the  proper  spending  of  our 
money.  Man's  affection  determines 
the  place  and  amount  of  his  spend- 
ing. 

And  this  leads  me  to  make  this  state- 
ment: The  passion  for  people  is  the 
only  open  sesame  for  plethoric  purses. 
We  do  not  need  to  speak  less  of  stew- 
ardship, less  of  duty,  which  Robert  E. 
Lee  calls  the  greatest  word.  But  we 
do  need  to  fill  men  with  divine  love, 
the  greatest  spiritual  dynamic  in  earth 
or  heaven,  with  men  or  angels.  Too 
often  we  begin  at  the  wrong  place  to 
solve  problems.  If  we  are  to  have  these 
gold  and  silver  streams  as  tributaries 
of  the  River  of  Life  we  must  not  stop 
man's  work  but  simply  change  the 
current  of  his  affection. 

The  second  problem  is  a  religious 
one.  We  are  spending  much  valuable 
time  discussing  the  relative  merits  of 
the  two  theologies— the  so-called  old 
and  the  so-called  new.  The  odium 
theologicum  with  some  is  the  old,  while 
with  others  it  is  the  new.  Now  how 
are  we  to  produce  harmony  in  the 
midst  of  discord?  It  is  not  so  much 
whether  a  theology  is  old  or  whether 
new,  but,  Is  it  true?  Whether  the  the- 
ology of  the  future  be  old  or  new,  or  a 
combination  of  the  two,  it  will  be  a 
failure  unless  we  care  more  for  truth 
than  for  prejudice,  more  for  man  than 
for  theology.  The  solution  of  this 
problem  is  not  in  discussion,  not  in 
heated  arguments,  not  in  wireless  mes- 
sages and  bulletins  from  Harnack  dr 
Sayce. 

The   Solution. 

Not  until  we  have  a  passion  for  our 
Lord  and  for  our  Lord's  men  will  we 
have  the  proper  and  permanent  solu- 
tion. Then  the  lamb  of  conservatism 
and  the  lion  of  progressivism,  or  the 
lion  of  conservatism  and  the  lamb  of 
progressivism,  will  lie  down  at  night 
together,  sleep  together,  and  arise  on 
the  morrow  with  renewed  strength  and 
lofty  vision,  and  march  forward 
with  the  light,  life,  love  of  a 
Sir  Galahad  to  the  accomplish- 
ment of  the  divine  purpose — disciple 
all  nations  and  save  all  souls.  And 
unless  we  are  willing  to  make  mutual 
concessions  and  walk  together  in 
friendly  fellowship,  perhaps  God  must 
write  over  the  doorway  of  many  a 
church — Ichabod,  thy  glory  has  de- 
parted. 

Too  long  we  have  talked  only  of  the 
passion  of  our  Lord.  It  is  time  we 
speak  of  the  passion  of  the  Lord's 
men,  and  when  we  are  willing  to  find 
our  Olivet,  as  Christ  found  his,  by  the 
way  of  Gethsemane  and  Calvary,  this 
will  be  a  fact,  not  a  fancy.  This  new 
passion  .will  be  the  solution  of  all  prob- 
lems. For  ultra  dogmatism,  for  ultra 
conservatism,  it  is  the  only  solution.  It 
will  make  the  old  theology  properly 
progressive  and  the  new  properly  con- 
servative. 

This  is  a  new  passion,  for  it  makes 
every  day  new,  beautiful,  glorious: 
New  because  it  gives  new  and  true  mo- 
tives for  sacrificing  and  service;  new, 


because  it  inspires  a  new  hope,  gives  a 
new  happiness,  a  new  love,  a  new  life 
for  universal  humanity;  new,  because 
it  will  create  a  new  heaven  and  a  new 
earth,  wherein  dwelleth  righteousness 
—a  new  city  that  hath  no  need  of  sun 
or  moon  to  lighten  it,  for  the  Lord 
God  doth  lighten  it  and  the  lamp 
thereof  is  the  Lamb.  It  will  be  our 
new  gospel  heroic.  For  in  the  language 
of  Victor  Hugo:  "The  heart  becomes 
heroic  through  passion." 

Somebody  has  said  there  are  three 
kinds  of  preachers:  The  preachers  you 
can't  hear,  the  preachers  you  can  hear, 
the  preachers  you  can't  help  but  hear. 
This  new  passion  will  be  the  means  of 
promotion  for  many,  for  it  will  clarify 
the  intellect,  purify  the  heart,  warm 
the  soul,  give  wings  to  the  imagina- 
tion, and  enlarge  the  spiritual  horizon. 
Then  in  the  language  of  Edward  Row- 
land Sill,  we  will  make: 

"This  forenoon  sublime, 
This  afternoon  a  psalm,  this  night  a  prayer, 
And  time  is  conquered,  and  the  crown  is 
won." 

HEART  RIGHT 

When  He  Quit  Coffee. 


Life  Insurance  Companies  will  not 
insure  a  man  suffering  from  heart 
trouble.     The  reason  is  obvious. 

This  is  a  serious  matter  to  the  hus- 
band or  father  who  is  solicitous  for 
the  future  of  his  dear  ones.  Often 
the  heart  trouble  is  caused  by  an  un- 
expected thing  and  can  be  corrected 
if  taken  in  time  and  properly  treated. 
A  man  in  Colorado  writes: 

"I  was  a  great  coffee  drinker  for 
many  years,  and  was  not  aware  of 
the  injurious  effects  of  the  habit  till 
I  became  a  practical  invalid,  suffer- 
ing from  heart  trouble, indigestion  and 
nervousness  to  an  extent  that  made 
me  wretchedly  miserable  myself  and 
a  nuisance  to  those  who  witnessed  my 
sufferings. 

"I  continued  to  drink  Coffee,  how- 
ever, not  suspecting  that  it  was  the 
cause  of  my  ill-health,  till,  on  apply- 
ing for  life  insurance  I  was  rejected 
on  account  of  the  trouble  with  my 
heart.  Then  I  became  alarmed.  I 
found  that  leaving  off  coffee  helped 
me  quickly,  so  I  quit  it  altogether  and 
having  been  attracted  by  the  advertise- 
ments of  Postum  Food  Coffee  I  began 
its  use. 

"The  change  in  my  condition  was 
remarkable,  and  it  was  not  long  till  I 
was  completely  cured.  All  my  ail- 
ments vanished.  My  digestion  was 
completely  restored,  my  nervousness 
disappeared,  and,  most  important  of 
all,  my  heart  steadied  down  and  be- 
came normal,  and  on  a  second  ex- 
amination I  was  accepted  by  the  life 
insurance  Co.  Quitting  Coffee  and 
using  Postum  worked  the  cure." 
Name  given  by  Postum  Co.,  Battle 
Creek,  Mich. 

There's  a  reason,  and  it  is  ex- 
plained in  the  little  book,  "The  Road 
to  Wellville,"  in  each  pkg. 


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Our    Budget, 


—Union  revival  services  in  Ellwood  City, 
Pa.,  will  begin  Aug.  28. 

— O.  W.  Dannold  preached  for  the 
church  at  Burgin,  Ky.,  on  Aug.  14. 

— R.  C.  Harding  will  take  up  the  work 
at  Clay  Center,  Kan.,  as  pastor  October  1. 

—Simpson  Ely  is  to  begin  a  meeting 
with  the  church  atLaddonia,  Mo.,  Dec.  1. 

—  F.  M.  McHale,  of  Hoisington,  preached 
at  the  union  service  in  Great  Bend,  Kan., 
Aug.  13. 

—The  annual  convention  of  the  Chris- 
tian church  of  Oklahoma  will  be  held  at 
Guthrie,  Sept.  11-14. 

— E.  J.  Ganz  filled  the  pulpit  of  the 
Hatnmett  Place  Christian  church,  St. 
Louis,  on  the  evening  of  August  13. 

—J.  M.  Monroe,  of  Oklahoma  City,  will, 
on  successive  Sundays,  dedicate  church 
buildings  at  Macomb,  Hinton,  and  Black- 
burn, O.  T. 

— Churches  desiring  the  services  of 
Rinaldo  E.  Hill  in  meetings  during  this 
fall  and  winter,  will  please  address  him  at 
Claflin,  Kan. 

—P.  P.  Hasselvander  has  taken  charge 
of  the  church  at  Fair  View,  W.  Va.,  to  be- 
gin September  1.  He  will  attend  Bethany 
college  during  the  winter. 

—On  June  28,  Jas.  W.  Hall  and  Miss 
Edna  Smith  were  united  in  marriage  by 
J.  D.  Greer  at  her  father's  beautiful  coun- 
try home  near  Laddonia,  Mo. 

— Chas.  J.  Haviland,  a  member  of  the 
congregation,  preached  for  the  church  at 
Chillicothe,  Mo.,  Aug.  13.  Brother  Havi- 
land is  preparing  for  the  ministry. 

— J.  W.  Coggins  has  organized  a  Chris- 
tian Endeavor  Society  at  Grain  Valley, Mo., 
with  twenty-seven  members.  He  preaches 
for  the  church  every  second  Sunday. 

—Our  readers  will  find  the  want  column 
of  this  paper  to  be  an  excellent  medium 
for  securing  what  they  desire  to  purchase 
or  of  disposing  of  what  they  have  to  sell. 

— Dexter  (Mo.)  Christian  college  has 
employed  Jas.  H.  Brooks  as  financial 
agent  and  general  solicitor.  The  outlook 
of  the  college  seems  particularly  bright  at 
present. 

—J.  C.  Lappin,  of  Canton,  111.,  and 
S.  S.  Lappin,  of  Atlanta,  111.,  are  spend- 
ing part  of  their  vacation  in  Hoisington, 
Kan.  Each  of  them  preached  in  the 
church  there  Aug.  13. 

— Home  department  and  cradle  roll  sup- 
plies, buttons,  cards,  booklets  and  every- 
thing else  that  is  helpful  in  the  Sunday- 
school  can  be  secured  from  the  Christian 
Publishing  Company,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

—The  Norwood  avenue  church,  Toledo, 
Ohio,  will  entertain  the  northwest  Ohio 
ministerial  association  which  meets  Sept. 
11.  W.  H.  Willison  is  president,  and 
W.  K.  Van  Winkle  secretary  of  the  asso- 
ciation. 

— The  church  at  South  Ottumwa,  la.,  is 
in  need  of  a  pastor.  The  town  has  a 
population  of  7,000  and  is  growing.  The 
church  can  pay  a  salary  of  $700  per  year. 
Those  interested  please  address  A.  J. 
Stice,  South  Ottumwa,  la. 

—The  brethren  of  North  Carolina  have 
a  new  church  paper  with  an  old  name, 
The  Watch  Tower.  It  is  published  by 
Henry  T.  King  at  Greenville,  N.  C.  We 
trust  that  the  new  paper  may  be  of  great 
assistance  to  the  cause  in  that  state. 

—Protracted  meetings  can  be  more  suc- 


cessfully carried  on  if  the  matter  of  song 
books  is  given  proper  attention.  The 
Christian  Publishing  Company  has  a  great 
variety  of  song  books  and  will  take  pleas- 
ure in  sending  list  and  prices  upon  receipt 
of  request. 

— Those  tuho  desire  to  receive  the  issues  of  the 
CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST  containing  the 
news  of  the  San  Francisco  convention  should 
subscribe  at  once.  The  list  is  groining  so  rap- 
idly that  we  will  be  unable  to  furnish  back 
numbers.     Mention  this  to  your  neighbors. 


Special  Dispatch 

San  Francisco,  Cal.,  Aug.  20. 
— Our  Special  arrived  on  time 
without  accident. 

Glorious  trip,  splendid  delega- 
tion. 

Great  welcome  meeting  Thurs- 
day evening. 

C.  W.  B.  M.  has  just  closed  an 
enthusiastic  convention. 

Many  pulpits  filled  by  our  min- 
isters on  Sunday.  Great  com- 
munion service  in  the  afternoon 
at  Woodward's  Pavilion. 

City  papers  are  giving  large 
space  to  the  convention. 

Prospects  for  great  convention 
of  both  Foreign  and  Home  Socie- 
ties, many  states  have  large  dele- 
gations and  the  attendance  is 
splendid  for  a  coast  convention. 

Full  reports  later. 

J.  H.  Garrison. 


— R.  W.  Abberley  has  resigned  the  pas- 
torate of  the  Portland  avenue  church, 
Minneapolis,  to  accept  a  call  to  the  Wal- 
nut Hills  church,  Cincinnati.  The  church 
at  the  former  point  profoundly  regrets  his 
decision.  He  will  probably  begin  his  new 
work  Oct.  1. 

— Clark  Braden,  whose  experience  of 
twenty-five  years  in  church  work  is  well 
known  to  the  brotherhood,  desires  to 
"preach  for  and  instruct  a  congregation 
and  to  aid  officials  and  congregations  in 
church  work."  He  may  be  addressed  at 
Ravenna,  Ohio. 

—We  are  indebted  to  Bro.  R.  E.  L. 
Prunty,  of  Brookfield,  Mo.,  for  a  very 
creditable  volume  concerning  that  enter- 
prising town,  entitled  "Brookfield— Past 
and  Present."  The  book  is  bound  in 
paper  and  contains  276  pages  of  reading 
and  illustrations. 

—Please  remember  that  we  are  prepared 
to  fill  all  your  needs,  whatever  they  may 
be,  in  church  and  Sunday-school  supplies 
of  every  description.  Just  let  us  know 
your  wants  and  we  will  show  you  as  great 
variety  and  quote  you  as  low  prices  as  can 
be  obtained  anywhere. 

—The  Christian  Endeavorers  from  the 
First  church  at  Quincy,  111.,  visited  the 
Christian  Endeavor  society  at  Camp  Point, 
111.,  and  entertained  them  with  music  and 
reports  from  the  Baltimore  Christian  En- 
deavor convention.  The  local  societies 
united  for  the  occasion. 

—The  official  board  of  the  Christian 
church,  Farmington,  Mo.,  has  issued  a 
call  to  the  Christian  churches  of  St.  Fran- 
cois county  for  an  all-day  meeting  on  Fri- 
day, September  1,  to  organize  the  county 


for   more  efficient    and   aggressive    work. 
Edward  Owers  is  pastor. 

—The  many  friends  of  Bro.  O.  A.  Bar- 
tholomew of  this  city  will  be  glad  to  know 
that  his  health  has  been  enough  improved 
to  permit  him  to  occupy  the  pulpit  of  the 
Hammett  Place  church,  St.  Louis,  three 
times  during  the  absence  of  the  pastor, 
S.  B.  Moore,  on  his  vacation. 

— H.  J.  Reynolds,  minister,  reports  the 
work  at  Camp  Point,  111.,  as  taking  on 
new  life.  There  was  one  baptism  Aug. 
10.  W.  F.  Shearer  has  been  engaged  for 
a  meeting  to  begin  Jan.  6,  1906.  The 
church  has  decided  to  send  five  delegates 
to  the  state  convention  at  Decatur. 

— R.  S.  Smedley  writes  from  Golty, 
O.  T.,  that  the  new  church  building  which 
was  commenced  there  May  8,  was  dedicated 
on  Lord's  day,  Aug.  13.  The  building  cost 
$1,908.28,  all  of  which  has  been  raised, 
rendering  it  unnecessary  to  make  use  of 
the  $400  loan  offered  by  the  Church  Exten- 
sion board. 

—The  church  at  La  Monte,  Mo.,  I.  H. 
Fuller  pastor,  will  begin  a  meeting  Oct.  1. 
A  good  singer  to  assist  in  the  work  is 
needed.  Brother  Fuller  also  asks  us  to 
say  that  the  church  at  La  Monte,  O.  T., 
is  in  need  of  a  pastor,  and  can  pay  about 
$800  salary.  Write  to  Brother  Fuller  in 
regard  to  either  of  these  matters. 

— C.  C.  Redgrave  writes  us  from  Port 
Arthur,  Ont.,  that  he  has  baptized  Cecil 
Hastings,  a  native  of  Jamaica,  W.  I.,  in 
Lake  Superior.  Brother  Hastings  is  a 
young  man,  a  college  graduate  and  is 
anxious  to  take  a  course  in  one  of  our 
Bible  colleges,  that  he  may  be  prepared  to 
preach  the  gospel  to  his  own  people. 

— T.  R.  Hodkinson,  who  has  been  pre- 
paring a  book  for  publication  and  preach- 
ing at  Sloan,  la.,  will  be  ready  for  full 
work  in  a  larger  field  (settled  or  evangel- 
istic) Oct.  1,  or  earlier  if  desired.  He 
has  had  large  experience  and  requires 
only  a  moderate  salary.  Address  1720  S. 
Seventh  St.,  Des  Moines,  la. 

—Claude  E.  Hill,  pastor  at  Mobile,  Ala., 
writes  that  he  is  recovering  from  his  recent 
illness  and  will  soon  be  ready  for  work. 
He  says  there  is  no  yellow  fever  in  Mobile. 
The  Christian  church  will  dedicate  its  new 
building  there  Oct.  IS.  T.  P.  Shontz, 
chairman  of  the  Panama  Canal  commis- 
sion, contributed  $200  toward  the  new 
building. 

— N.  Ferd  Engle  has  just  closed  his 
year's  work  with  the  church  at  Lincoln, 
Kan.  During  the  year  there  were  nineteen 
baptisms  and  nine  additions  to  the  church 
otherwise.  The  Bible- school  has  reached 
an  enrollment  of  160  and  has  a  cradle  roll 
of  twenty-five  and  home  department  of 
fifteen  members.  The  work  in  all  respects 
seems  prospering. 

— The  Pacific  coast  churches  are  order- 
ing our  new  church  hymnal,  "Gloria  in  Ex- 
celsis,"  in  hundred  lots.  The  coast  breth- 
ren think  they  are  entitled  to  the  very  best; 
and  when  they  buy  the  book  mentioned 
they  are  getting  that  very  thing.  We  have 
it  in  a  variety  of  bindings  and  with  an 
equal  variety  of  prices.  Write  to  the  Chris- 
tian Publishing  Company,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

—No  book  recently  issued  by  the  religious 
press  has  met  with  as  much  interested 
reading  and  discussion  as  "The  Holy  Spir- 
it," by  J.  H.  Garrison.  Every  reader  of 
this  paper  ought  to  have  a  copy.  The 
subject  indicated  by  the  title  of  the  book  is 
treated  in  a  thoughtful,  simple  and  con- 
vincing manner.  The  popular  price  of 
$1.00,  postpaid,  has  been  made  so  as  to 
place  the  book  within  reach  of  all.     The 


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prospects    are   that    a  second  edition  will 
soon  be  necessary. 

— W.  J.  Ltaamon  will  conduct  a  Bible 
institute  at  Aurora,  Mo.,  August  1S-21. 

—The  Hamilton  avenue  Christian  church, 
St.  Louis,  will  lay  the  corner  stone  of 
the  new  edifice  Sunday  afternoon,  August 
27. 

—The  church  building  at  Alexandria, 
Ind.,  was  dedicated  August  20.  Four 
thousand  dollars  were  raised  on  that  day 
and  all  debts  paid. 

— Chas.  B.  New:omer,  who  is  at  present 
in  Europe,  writes  from  Rome  that  he  will 
return  in  September  and  resume  his  work 
in  the  University  of  Michigan. 

— The  church  at  Rensselaer,  Ind.,  is 
making  good  progress  in  the  erection  of 
its  new  building,  which  it  hopes  to  oc- 
cupy in  November  or  December  nest.  The 
sen-ices  of  the  church  are  at  present  be- 
ing held  in  the  court  house. 

—A.  N.  Simpson  will  return  ^to  Drake 
university  with  the  beginning  of  the  fall 
session  and  would  like  to  correspond  with 
some  competent  young  man  to  take  up  the 
work  in  which  he  is  at  present  engaged. 
His  address  is  Box  194,  Toronto^Junction, 
Canada. 

—On  account  of  the  ill  health  of  Mrs. 
Cory,  A.  E.  Cory  has  given*  up  the  work 
in  China  for  the  present.  His  present  ad- 
dress is  Augusta,  111.  Brother  Cory  asks 
our  prayers  that  Mrs.  Cory's  health  may 
soon  improve  so  as  to^enable  them  to  re- 
turn to  their  field  of  labor. 

—We  are  earnestly  striving  to^make  the 
Christian-Evangelist  an  absolute  neces- 
sity to  the  church  as  a  whole  and  "to  the 
individual  families.  Its  list  is;  growing 
rapidly  in  evidence  of  our  success  in  this 
direction.  Will  readers  of  this  item  take  a 
personal  interest  in  the  matter  andjmen- 
tion  the  paper  to  those  in  their  community 
who  are  not  subscribers?  One  dollar  and 
fifty  cents  buys  52  copies. 

—The  eighteenth  annualjconvention  of 
the  Ralls  county  (Mo.)  churches  will  be 
held  at  Center,  September  4-6.  There  are 
16  congregations  in  the  county,  15  of  which 
are  in  the  co-operation.  Caamp  tClark, 
congressman  from  the  district,  will  be  one 
of  the  speakers,  and  will  deliver  his  noted 
lecture,  "Richer  than  Golconda."  The 
work  in  Ralls  county  is  reported  to  be  in  a 
highly  prosperous  condition. 

— We  are  ready  to  fill  orders  for  our  new 
book,  "The  Victory  of  Faith."  ^This  js  a 
handsome  volume  of  268  pages,^  printed 
on  the  best  of  material  and  bound  in  an 
attractive  and  substantial  manner.  It 
contains  twenty  of  the  very  best  sermons 
and  addresses  of  Bro.  E.  L.  Powell,  pas- 
tor of  the  First  Christ'an  church,  Louis- 
ville, Ky.  It  is  worth  twice  theprice'aksed 
for  it.  For  $1  we  will  send^a  copy  of  it 
postpaid. 

— In  response  to  a  considerable  demand 
we  have  now  ready  for  delivery  an  abridged 
edition  of  our  splendid  hymnal,  "Gloria  in 
Excelsis."  The  abridged  edition  is  intended 
for  churches  which  do  not  feel  that  they 
need  or  can  afford  as  large  and  costly  a 
book  as  the  complete  edition.  The  com- 
plete edition  has  612  pages,  the  abridged 
400  pages.  The  prices  on  the  former  are 
$75  and  $90  per  hundred;  on  the  latter  $40, 
$50  and  $65  per  hundred,  according  to 
style  of  binding.  We  will  be  glad  to  tell 
you  more  about  this  excellent  hymnal. 
Write  to  us. 

— R.  H.  Fife,  of  Kansas  City,  with  Ed- 
ward McKinney,  of  Dorsey,  111.,  as  singer 
and  helper,  will  begin  an  eight  weeks' 
campaign    with     the     First    and    Second 


church  of  Little  Rock,  Ark.,  on  Wednes- 
day, Aug.  30.  J.  N.  Jessup  and  David  T. 
Stanley,  the  pastors,  are  planning  for  a 
great  meeting.  Brother  Fife  has  an  open 
date  for  a  three  or  four  weeks'  meeting 
immediately  following  the  Pittsburg  cam- 
paign, which  will  close  the  latter  part  of 
November.  He  is  making  his  dates  for 
1906.  Churches  desiring  his  services  should 
apply  early  for  choice  dates.  His  perma- 
nent address  is  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

—The  Disciples  of  Christ  visiting  at 
Chautauqua,  N.  Y.,  were  treated  to  a  de- 
lightful excursion  on  the  steamer  Mayville, 
August  4.  The  party  was  composed  of 
more  than  50  persons  under  the  direction 
of  Mrs.  J.  C.  B.  Stivers,  of  Cleveland,  O., 
assisted  by  several  other  sisters  and  breth- 
ren. The  occasion  was  so  delightful  that 
it  was  decided  that  an  annual  excursion 
should  hereafter  be  a  permanent  feature. 
Mrs.  Stivers,  and  W.  J.  Ford,  of  Hiram, 
O.,  were  appointed  a  permanent  commit- 
tee. Sister  Stivers  is  one  of  the  Sunday- 
school  teachers  in  the  Chautauqua  assem- 
bly, and  says  that  among  the  periodicals 
found  in  the  school  is  the  best  of  all  young 
people's  papers — Our  Young  Folks. 

— The  report  of  the  Christian  Woman's 
Board  of  Missions  for  the  ten  months  be- 
ginning with  0:t.  1,  1904,  and  ending  July 
31,  1905,  is  at  hand,  and  is  a  model  of 
what  such  a  report  should  be.  We  give 
the  summary  herewith: 

RECEIPTS. 

Bal.  on  hand  Oct.  i,  1904..  $  19,316.10 

Actual  receipts 128,329.06 

General  fund  returned ....  659.70 

Loans  returned 24,658.65 

Total $172,963.51 

DISBURSEMENTS. 

From  general  fund $96,037.28 

From  orphanage  funds   ....       8,742.10 
From  other  funds,  including 

loans .' 45>°58-97 

Total  disbursements  149,838.35 

Bal.  in  bank $23,125.16 

For  work  in  India  30,901.09 

For  work  in  Jamaica 10,206.39 

For  work  in  Mexico 18,068.61 

For  work  in  Porto  Rico 4,921.57 

For  work  in  South  America.  1,383.00 

For  work  in  United  States . .  84,357.69 

Total $149,838.35 

Respectfully  submitted, 

Mary  J.  Judson,  treas. 

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undertaken  large  things,  depending  on  the 
generosity  of  the  brotherhood,  with  a  full 
assurance  that  this  work,  which  is  "pure 
religion  and  undefiled,"  will  not  be  per- 
mitted to  fail. 

— In  a  personal  letter  to  the  Editor  of 
this  paper  a  few  days  since,  Ex.- Governor 
T.  T.  Crittenden,  of  Kansas  City,  referred 
to  some  of  our  great  Missourians  in  a  way 
that  we  think  would  bs  gratifying  to  their 
numerous  friends,  and  we  are  sure  the 
Governor  will  not  censure  us  for  making 
public  this  part  of  his  personal  letter.  He 
writes:  "I  have  known  many  of  the  strong 
and  good  men  of  your  church,  commencing 
with  some  of  the  older  ones  in  Kentucky; 
then  my  old  friend,  Thomas  B.  Haley, 
who  was  residing  at  Lexington,  Mo.,  when 
I  commenced  my  Missouri  life  in  that  place. 
Then  my  old  friend,  George  W.  Longan, 
whose  mind  was  a  laboratory  of  great 
thoughts  beyond  those  of  the  ordinary  class 
of  people;  in  fact  too  deep  to  be  popular  in 
the  pulpit.  Then  that  noblest  of  all  men, 
that  gentlest  of  all  men,  Alexander  Procter, 
who  never  knew  the  depths  of  his  own 
mind,  nor  the  amiable  sweetness  of  his 
own  nature.  These  were"  great  men,  and 
will  ever  stand  out  as  prominent  persons 
in  the  history  of  your  great  church.  My 
old  friend  Haley  will  stand  in  the  foremost 
ranks  as  one  of  the  greatest  theologians  of 
the  west,  with  as  much,  if  not  more,  com- 
mon sense  and  thorough  knowledge  of  the 
common  people  than  any  man  I  ever  knew. 
Before  closing  permit  me  to  recall  one 
other  name,  Henry  Haley,  long  since  gone 
to  his  reward  in  heaven,  who  if  he  had 
lived  would  have  been  one  of  the  brightest 
ornaments,  not  only  of  his  church  but  of 
our  great  state.  I  speak  of  the  above 
named  gentlemen  because  several  of  them 
were  my  intimate  friands,  socially  and  po- 
litically, they  belonging  to  what  we  old 
Presbyterians  would  call  the  new  faith  or 
creed,  and  I  an  old  blue- stocking  Presby- 
terian who  never  changes  believing  that 
'what  is  writ  is  writ.'"  We  thank  Gover- 
nor Crittenden  for  these  generous  words  of 
praise,  which  while  they  are  worthily  be- 
stowed, indicate  something  of  his  breadth 
of  vision  and  sympathy.  To  appreciate 
greatness  in  others  is  itself  a  mark  of 
greatness. 

A  Prosperous  Church. 

In  our  endeavor  for  100  new  subscrip- 
tions to  the  Christian-Evangelist  we 
were  led  to  the  Bluefield  church.  Here  43 
gave  us  their  names.  The  credit  is  due  to 
W.  G.  Walters,  their  capable,  accomplished 
minister,  who  accompanied  me  to  the 
homes  of  his  people,  and  always  spoke  a 
fit  word  in  behalf  of  our  religious  iournals. 
He  was  tireless  in  his  assistance,  and  the 
great  love  of  his  church  expressed  itself  in 
their  cordial  response.  Brother  Walters  is 
editor  of  Our  Work,  the  comeliest  and  most 
helpful  congregational  paper  it  has  been 
our  pleasure  to  read.  Under  his  tuition 
the  culture  of  the  church  conscience  has 
been  enhanced  as  respects  its  attitude  to- 
ward Cnristian  papers.  They  are  giving 
"attention  to  reading"  our  religious  press, 
and  this  is  a  mark  of  spiritual  prosperity. 
The  Bluefield  church  is  one  of  God's  best, 
and  their  pastor  is  leading  them  ever  to 
the  more  abundant  life.  Recently  he  con- 
ducted a  month's  meeting,  without  the 
assistance  of  a  singing  evangelist,  himself 
doing  all  the  preaching,  resulting  in  more 
than  SO  accessions. 

It  was  our  privilege  to  visit  another 
church,  the  second  wealthiest  in  the  state. 
Here,  with  all  kinds  of  persuasion,  we  al- 
lured three  subscriptions— this  in  spite  of 
the  fact  that  there  were  not  ten  families  in 


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the  church  that  received  regularly  any  of 
our  papers. 

Our  hundred  names  is  about  completed. 
We  commend  the  Christian  -Evangelist 
to  all  the  brethren.  Among  periodicals, 
to  us  it  is  the  richest  and  best. 

Tazeivell,  Va.  R.  E.  Elmore. 

&         & 
Help  This  Sister  in  Her  Good  WorK. 

Editor,  Christian-Evangelist:  For 
many  years  I  have  been  a  reader  of  the 
Christian- Enangelist,  and  1  write  to 
ask  if  you  will  kindly  assist  me, 
through  .  your  paper,  to  help  pay 
the  expenses  of  a  young  man  who 
desires  to  preach  the  gospel,  and  has  no 
money  to  go  to  college.  Less  than  two 
years  ago  we  took  this  young  man  into  our 
home  to  work  for  his  board  and  to  go  to 
the  high  school.  In  a  few  days  after  he 
entered  our  home,  I  learned  that ,  he 
neither  attended  Sunday-school  nor  church. 
In  fact,  he  was  an  unbeliever.  I  went  to 
work  to  save  him,  and  after  hard  work 
and  earnest  prayer,  in  six  months  he  ac- 
cepted Christ,  and  since  that  time  has 
been  a  very  consecrated  Christian.  He 
graduated  from  the  high  school  last  June 
at  the  head  of  his  class,  having  worked 
his  way  for  three  years.  He  also  won  the 
gold  medal  in  the  southern  Illinois 
high  school,  contest  for  oratory.  He  de- 
sires to  enter  college  September  1,  and  I 
ask  a  free  will  offering  from  any  who  are 
interested  in  the  Lord's  work,  to  enable 
me  to  send  him,  that  he  may  prepare  for 
the  Christian  ministry.  I  trust  that  you 
will  kindly  ask  your  readers  to  assist  me, 
and  I  shall  ever  be  grateful  both  to  you 
and  them. 

Your  sister  in  Christ, 

Marion,  III.     Mrs.  John  H.  Duncan, 

[Sister  Duncan  is  known  to  the  Editor  of 
this  paper  as  a  consecrated  Christian 
woman.  The  work  she  has  in  hand,  of 
putting  a  most  promising  young  man  in  a 
condition  to  preach  the  gospel,  is  a  noble 
one,  and  one  that  will  appeal  to  many  who 
will  be  glad  in  that  way  to  help  preach 
the  gospel.  Any  contributions  sent  to 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Duncan,  Marion,  111.,  will  be 
sacredly  used  for  the  above  purpose. — 
Editor]  . 

&        ® 
Help  for  Young  Preachers. 

The  readers  of  the  Christian-Evangel- 
ist already  know  that  by  an  agreement 
with  Sister  Claud  L.  Garth,  a  large  portion 
of  her  husband's  bequest  for  the  assistance 
of  indigent  young  preachers  to  obtain  an 
education  is  now  available,  and  that  the 
assistance  is  offered  for  the  coming  session 
of  the  college  of  the  Bible.  The  plan  is 
not  to  support  young  men,  but  to  supple- 
ment their  resources  by  adding  what  they 
cannot  otherwise  obtain.  The  rule  will  be 
to  require  the  student  to  prove  himself 
by  one  year  in  college  at  his  own  charges, 
after  which,  if  his  record  is  satisfactory,  he 
will  be  furnished  all  needed  help  till  he 
graduates  in  the  full  classical  course.  Ex- 
ceptions are  made  for  men  already  well 
proved  and  highly  recommended.  We  in- 
vite correspondence  with  all  young  brethren 
whose  hearts  are  steadfastly  set  on  giv- 
ing their  lives  to  the  work  of  preaching, 
and  who  believe  themselves  possessed  of 
talents  necessary  for  usefulness,  but  who 
are  deficient  in  .means  to  pay  for  an  edu- 
cation. Money  will  be  loaned  without  in- 
terest and  without  pressure  as  to  time  of 
payment.     Address, 

J.  W.  McGarvey,  or 

Lexington,  Ky.        B.  C.  Deweksb. 


Hit  Last  Contribution. 

There  is  probably  no  field  in  the  world 
more  needy  or  more  inviting  than  the  new 
south  land. 

Scattered  all  over  the  southern  states  are 
congregations  numbering  from  a  little 
handful  up  to  good,  strong  churches,  and 
yet  there  are  scores  of  counties  in  which  a 
herald  of  the  old  Jerusalem  gospel  has 
practically  yet  never  set  foot. 

All  the  south,  indeed,  all  the  world,  is  a 
Macedonia.  The  weakness  of  the  cause, 
numerically,  has  proven  its  strength  in  the 
Christian  character  of  its  few  adherents, 
both  male  and  female.  I  mention  an  in 
stance.  When  I  was  statej  evangelist  of 
South  Carolina,  in  1883,  Dr.  John  W.  Ogli- 
vie  was  struggling  out  of  the  darkness  of 
sectarianism  into  the  full  light  of  God's 
grace.  Since  that  time  he  has  become  a 
strong,  intelligent  and  persistent  advocate 
of  the  ancient  faith. 

Recently,  in  our  effort  to  raise  the  bal- 
ance, $3,500,  toward  our  labor  fund,  his 
heart  was  deeply  touched  by  our  appeal, 
as  the  following  letter  from  bim  will  show: 
I  will  be  eighty-four  years  old  in  ten 
days  (July  20)  and  though  it  is  with  diffi- 
culty I  get  up  my  doorsteps  and  can't  walk 
one  hundred  yards  without  resting,  and 
though  possessed  of  but  little  of  this 
world's  pelf— I  am  constrained  by  knowl- 
edge of  your  work  and  personal  acquaint- 
ance and  repute  of  the  poor  young  men 
you  have  sent  into  this  destitute  low  coun- 
try—such as  Albt.  T.  Fitts,  Victor  Bowers 
and  many  others — to  make  you,  at  this 
critical  period  of  my  life,  and  your  institu- 
tion, my  last  Christian  contribution.  I 
enclose  check  for  $10. 

Allendale,  S.  C.         John  W.  Ogilvie. 

Brethren,  this  aged  saint  is  only  a  type 
of  many  who  have  long  waited  for  the 
kingdom  of  God.  We  believe  that  the 
School  of  the  Evangelists  was  raised  up  of 
God  to  meet  this  great  need. 

When  the  fire  swept  away  our  main 
building  Dec.  1,  1904,  it  seemed  that  the 
loss  was  irreparable,  but  now  everything 
points  to  great  enlargement. 

Surely  there  are  many  readers  of  this 
paper  to  whom  Dr.  Ogilvie's  example  will 
be  a  strong  appeal.  We  have  raised  with- 
in $3,500  of  enough  to  complete  the  build- 
ing, and  we  appeal  to  you,  brother,  sister, 
for  something  toward  this  fund. 

Ashley  S.  Johnson. 

Kimberlin  Heights,   Tenn. 


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Promises  to 
tates.      take  offering:. 


The  Campaign  for  Two  Thousand 
Contributors. 

One  thousand  three  hundred  and  four 
churches  have  promised  to  take  the  an- 
nual offering  for  Church  Extension.  We 
are  slowly  climbing  toward  the  2,000. 
We  should  reach  it  by  Sept.  30  Missouri 
is  ahead,  Illinois  second,  and  Ohio  third. 
Remember  this  is  the  only  offering  asked 
from  the  churches  for  the  entire  year. 

Promises  to 
States.  take  offering:. 

Alabama 10     Missouri 162 

Arkansas 11     Montana 8 

Arizona Nebraska 64 

California 60     New  Jersey 1 

Colorado 13     New  Mexico 2 

Connecticut 1     New  York 24 

Dist.  Columbia        5     North  Carolina...     7 

Florida 4    North  Dakota 

Georgia 10     Ohio 132 

Idaho 4     Oklahoma 16 

Illinois 141    Ontario 1 

Indiana 89    Oregon 25 

Indian  Territory..  10    Pennsylvania 38 

Iowa 80    South  Carolina...     4 

Kansas 85    South  Dakota....    5 

Kentucky 63    Tennessee 24 

Louisiana 10    Texas 67 

Maine Utah 

Manitoba 2    Vermont 1 

Maryland ,     3    Virginia 14 

Massachusetts 6    Washington 27 

Michigan 38    West  Virginia....  12 

Minnesota 11     Wisconsin 6 

Mississippi 6     Wyoming 2 

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Monday  Evening,  September  4 — C.  W. 
B.  M.— Address,  H.  G.  Wilkinson,  Porto 
Rico. 

Tuesday  Morning— C.  W.  B.  M.— Young 
People's  Department.  Report  and  award- 
ing of  state  banner,  Miss  Clara  B.  Griffin; 
report  of  treasurer,  Mrs.  S.  J.  Crawford; 
report  of  corresponding  secretary  and 
organizer,  Miss  Lura  V.  Thompson;  future 
work,  led  by  Miss  Olive  Lindsay  Wake- 
field; the  mission  of  the  C.  W.  B.  M., 
O.  W.  Lawrence. 

Tuesday  Afternoon — Roll-call  of  district 
secretaries,  Mrs.  E.  N.  Holmes;  report  of 
National  Convention,  Miss  Lura  V.  Thomp- 
son; addres?,  H.  G.  Wilkinson;  Harvest 
Home,  Mrs.  W.  W.  Wharton. 

Tuesday  Evening— I.  C.  M.  S.— Presi- 
dent's address,  G.  A.  Campbell. 

Wednesday  Morning— C.  W.  B.  M. — 
Workers'  conference,  Lura  V.  Thompson, 
leader;  chairman  nominating  committee, 
Mrs.  Mary  Lloyd;  chairman  future  work 
committee,  Mrs.  Olive  L.  Wakefield;  chair- 
man committee  on  life  memberships  and 
annuities,  Mrs.  Ethel  H.  Johnson. 

Wednesday  Morning— I.  C.  M.  S.— En- 
rollment and  appointment  of  committees. 
Reports:  Corresponding  Secretary,  office 
secretary,  treasurer,  permanent  fund;  the 
place  of  state  missions,  F.  M.  Rogers; 
convention  sermon,  S.  E.  Fisher. 

Wednesday  Afternoon — Practical  Chris- 
tian union,  G.  W.  Buckner;  foreign  mis- 
sions, A.  McLean;  the  Redemption  of 
America,  W.  J.  Wright;  business  session 
of  Education  Association. 

Wednesday  Evening— The  Responsibility 
of  Educational  Institutions  to  the  People, 
Mary  M.  Herrick;  address,  W.  F.  Shaw. 

Thursday  Morning— Business  session. 
Bible- school  work,  Marion  Stevenson;  En- 


deavor session.     Address,  C.  S.  Medbury, 
Des  Moines,  la. 

Thursday  Afternoon — Possibilities  of  the 
Village   Church,  L.   E.    Chase;  Widening 
the  Influence  of  the   Local   Church,  O.  C. 
Bolman;  Ripening    Fields,   G.  H.  Brown; 
Anti-Saloon  League,  W.  H.  Anderson. 

Thursday  Evening — Address,  C.  S. Med- 
bury, Des  Moines,  la. 

S.  S.  Jones,  Danville,  director  of  music. 

E.  A.  Gilliland,  S.  S.  Lappin,  E.  H. 
Burnham,  committee. 

The  passenger  associations  give  a  rate 
of  one  and  one  third  fare  for  the  round 
trip  provided  one  hundred  or  more  certifi- 
cates are  issued  on  tickets  sold.  Ask  your 
agent  for  a  certificate  for  every  ticket  that 
you  buy  and  do  not  take  no  for  answer. 

The  basis  of  entertainment  is  lodging  and 
breakfast  free,  dinner  and  supper  to  be 
secured  in  the  city  and  at  convenient 
places.  Kindly  send  the  list  of  delegates 
from  your  city  to  F.  W.  Burnham,  Deca- 
tur, 111.  J.  Fred  Jones,  Sec'y. 

Bloomington,  III. 

KentucKy  State  Convention. 

The  annual  convention  of  the  Christian 
churches  of  Kentucky  will  be  held  in  Mays- 
ville,  Ky.,  September  25  to  28,  inclusive. 

The  committee  on  homes  earnestly  de- 
sires every  delegate  who  expects  to  attend, 
to  write  at  once  to  the  chairman  of  the 
committee,  that  homes  may  be  provided 
and  the  delegates  notified  of  their  assign- 
ment, by  card.  We  request  that  these 
cards  be  preserved  and  presented  to  the 
committee  of  reception  on  arrival  at  Mays- 
ville,  Ky.  No  arrangements  for  homes 
can  be  promised  after  September  21.  You 
can  help  us  in  this  matter,  if  you  will  by 
being  prompt.  Dr.  P.  G.  Smoot, 

Chairman  of  Committee  on  Homes. 


Kansas  State  Convention. 

The  Western  Passenger  Association  and 
the  Southwestern  have  granted  an  open 
rate  of  one  and  one-third  fare  for  the 
round  trip  from  all  points  in  Kansas,  and 
from  Kansas  City  and  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  to 
Eldorado  and  return.  Excursion  tickets 
to  be  sold  on  Sept.  16-19,  inclusive,  good 
to  return  leaving  Eldorado  until  and  in- 
cluding Sept.  22.  Tickets  limited  for  go- 
ing passage  commencing  date  of  sale  and 
for  continuous  passage  in  each  direction. 

Watch  for  the  program.  F.  G.  Tyrrell, 
of  St.  Louis,  will  open  the  convention  with 
an  address  on  Monday  night,  Sept.  18. 

Send  your  name  to  S.  W.  Brown,  El- 
dorado, Kan.  W.  S.  Lowe. 

Topeka,  Kansas. 

&         ® 
A  Reliable  Heart  Cure. 

Alice  A.  Wetmore,  Box  67,  Norwich,  Conn., 
says  if  any  sufferer  from  Heart  Disease  will 
write  her,  she  will,  without  charge,  direct 
them  to  the  perfect  cure  she  used. 


Ministerial  Exchange. 

Wanted — A  singing  evangelist  for  a  two 
weeks'  meeting  in  a  country  church  begin- 
ning Sept.  5;  also  for  three  or  four  weeks 
beginning  Oct.  17.  State  terms  and  give 
recommendations.  R.  E.  Callithan,  Dear- 
born, Missouri. 

Wanted — A  minister  for  the  church  at 
Fair  Hope,  Ala.,  after  Sept.  1.  Address 
A.  L.  Mershon  in  that  city. 

Ernest  J.  Bradley,  a  graduate  of  Texas 
Christian  university  and  for  three  years 
pastor  at  Smithville,  Tex.,  desires  to 
change  his  field  Oct.  1.  A  location  in  the 
north  or  west  preferred. 

H.  S.  Saxton  and  wife,  Troy,  O.,  will 
be  open  for  engagagements  as  singing 
evangelists  for  the  months  of  October  and 
November. 

R.  H.  Webb,  formerly  pastor  of  theU.B. 
church,  Havana,  Kan.,  has  united  with 
the  Christian  church  at  Tyro,  Kan.,  and 
desires  work  as  pastor  among  our  people. 
For  information  concerning  him  write  to 
J.*R.  Charlton,  Caney,  Kan. 

Daniel  G.  Cole,  4039  Olive  street,  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  desires  preaching  points  with- 
in reach  of  Eureka  college  for  one-half 
time.  He  writes  that  he  has  been  preach- 
ing for  four  years. 

Wm.  H.  Van  Dusen,  with  experience 
as  evangelist  and  pastor,  is  open  for  en- 
gagements in  either  line  and  may  be  ad- 
dressed at  Tallula,  111. 

C.  H.  Hilton,  Box  717,  Ellensburg, 
Wash.,  writes  that  there  is  a  fine  opening 
in  that  city  for  a  homeopathic  physician. 
There  is  no  physician  of  that  school  within 
thirty  miles. 

$         ® 

The  devotional  books, '  'Alone with  God, ' ' 
"Heavenward  Way,"  and  "Half  Hour 
Studies,"  are  always  in  demand  and  always 
acceptable.  In  good  silk  cloth,  75  cents 
each. 

&       $ 
Literature  Tells. 

I  commenced  a  meeting  at  Uniontown, 
Ark.,  July  7,  and  closed  last  night  with 
sixty- six  additions  all  told.  Four  were 
prevented  from  obeying,  leaving  the  actual 
number  sixty-two. 

Quite  a  number  of  fathers  and  mothers, 
and  a  great  company  of  young  men  obeyed 
the  gospel.  Two  years  ago  this  congrega- 
tion read  the  Gospel  Advocate  and  were 
"Anti,"  but  they  then  made  a  change  in 
their  paper,  and  since  then  the  Christian- 
Evangelist  and  Standard  are  taken,  and 
they  have  learned  the  wholesomeness  of 
missions  and  are  supporters  of  the  organ- 
ized work.  They  used  the  organ  during 
this  meeting  for  the  first  time  in  the 
church  services.  It  was  the  property  of 
the  Bible-school.  Brethren,  literature  tells. 
This  is  a  small  country  town  fourteen 
miles  northwest  of  Van  Buren  and  genuine 
Arkansas  hospitality  reigns.  I  greatly  en- 
joyed the  fellowship  of  this  country  people. 
E.  E.  Davidson,  evangelist. 

Kansas  City,  Mo. 


THIRTY-SEVENTH  YEAR. 

HAMILTON    COLLEGE 

FOR    GIRLS    AND    YOUNG    WOMEN. 

Famous  old  school  of  the  Bluegrass  Region.  Located  in  the  "Athens  of  the  South."  Superior  Faculty 
of  twenty-six  Instructors  representing  Harvard,  Yale,  University  of  Michigan,  Wellesley,  University  of 
Cincinnati,  Dartmouth,  and  noted  universities  of  Europe.  Splendid  commodious  buildings,  NEWLY 
FURNISHED,  heated  by  steam.  Laboratories,  good  Library,  Gymnasium,  Tennis  and  Golf,  Schools  of 
MUSIC,  ART  and  ELOCUTION.  Exclusive  patronage.  Home  care.  Certificate  admits  to  Eastern 
Colleges.    For  handsome  Year  Book  and  further  information,  address, 

MRS.  LUELLA  WILCOX  ST.  CLAIR,  President, 

Next  Session  opens  Sept.  II,  1905.  Lexington,  Ky. 


August  24,  1905 


THE   CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


1097 


NEWS    FROM    MANY   FIELDS 


The  St.  Louis  Letter. 

The  St.  Louis  Letter  has  been  taking  a 
vacation;  but  the  good  work  in  St.  Louis 
has  gone  steadily  on.  All  of  our  churches 
have  been  opened  regularly  all  the  sum- 
mer. A  unique  and  interesting  feature  in 
some  of  the  St.  Louis  churches  this  sum- 
mer may  be  suggestive  to  others. 

Several  of  the  pulpits  have  been  accept- 
ably filled  by  the  elders  of  the  congrega- 
tions while  the  pastors  were  taking  their 
vacations.  In  the  Compton  Heights  church, 
Brothers  Allen,  Gibson,  Bonner  and  Hodg- 
don  saw  that  the  pulpit  was  supplied  at 
every  regular  service.  During  Brother 
Allen's  ministry,  two  additions  were  re- 
ceived, one  by  statement,  and  one  by  con- 
fession and  baptism,  Brother  Allen  bap- 
tizing him.  We  learn  that  a  similar  plan 
was  worked  at  the  Hammett  Place  church. 

The  Christian  Endeavor  society  of  Comp- 
ton Heights  rendered  very  efficient  and 
faithful  service  at  the  evening  meetings. 
Our  Endeavorers  have  been  quite  active 
throughout  the  summer,  from  twenty  to 
thirty  of  them  attended  the  Wednesday 
evening  prayer-meeting. 

Sister  O.  C.  Shedd,  known  to  many  of 
the  Christian- Evangelist  readers  as  the 
teacher  of  the  Junior  Bible  class  of  the 
Compton  Heights  church  (a  class  that  en- 
rolls about  ISO  young  ladies  and  gentle- 
men), also  for  her  active  interest  in  the 
Christian  orphans'  home,  this  city,  and 
many  other  benevolent  enterprises,  was 
married  by  the  writer  to  Dr.  Treston  Ayars 
of  this  city,  Aug.  16,  high  noon.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Ayars  will  take  an  extended 
trip  through  the  west  and  as  far  north  as 
Canada.  They  have  the  very  best  wishes 
of  their  many  friends  in  the  Compton 
Heights  church,  and  indeed  throughout 
the  whole  city.  They  will  return  to  St. 
Louis  about  Oct.  1. 

Nearly  all  of  the  St.  Louis  pastors  are 
away  or  have  been  away  for  a  rest  this 
summer.  None  of  them  went  out  of  the 
city  for  vacation  last  year.  Our  preachers' 
meeting  will  be  re-opened  in  September, 
when  all  of  the  preachers  are  expected  to 
be  at  home  ready  for  the  fall  opening  of 
the  work. 
■  A  host  of  the  St.  Louis  workers  have 
gone  to  the  national  convention  which  is 
opened  to-day  (Aug.  17)  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. We  who  are  staying  by  the  stuff 
expect  to  share  with  those  who  have  gone 
into  the  battle  through  their  reports  which 
we  are  anxiously  awaiting. 

F.  N.  Calvin. 
&         @ 
C.  W.  B.  M.  in  Missouri. 

Only  a  few  words  to  call  the  attention  of 
every  auxiliary  member  to  the  condition  of 
our  state  in  regard  to  our  year's  work.  All 
will  remember  that  at  the  national  conven- 
tion in  St.  Louis,  October,  1904,  the  states 
were  apportioned  the  amount  they  were 
asked  to  raise.  Missouri  was  asked  to 
raise  $11,000 — including  all  money  sent  to 
Indianapolis.  Now  at  the  end  of  July  only 
$8,804.53  has  been  sent.  This  means  that 
if  we  want  to  have  old  Missouri  among  the 
states  that  meet  their  apportionments,  we 
must  send  to  Indianapolis  $2,195  47  before 
Sept.  15.  We  can  easily  do  this,  if  all  our 
auxiliaries  and  members  will  pull  together 
and  pull  hard.  Will  you  not  do  it,  my 
sisters?  Will  you  not  lend  your  prayers, 
your  voice  and  your  money,  to  bring  us  to 


the  point  of  having  reached  our  aim,  and 
help  us  to  rejoice  and  cry  hallelujah  to 
him?  I  feel  sure  of  my  sisters'  loyalty  and 
devotion,  and  trust  them  to  meet  all  the 
needs.  All  auxiliaries  not  having  met  their 
apportionments  or  pledges  on  the  special 
work  of  last  year  are  urged  to  send  it  in 
full,  as  soon  as  possible.  All  auxiliaries, 
having  paid  these,  will  you  not  help  us 
by  sending  from  your  abundance,  an  addi- 
tional offering  of  whatever  you  can?  Send 
it  gladly  and  prayerfully.  Remember,  only 
$2,195.47  including  all  funds  except  state. 
Let  us  win  and  come  up  rejoicing. 

Let  us  start  a  dollar  brigade  and  every 
woman  who  can  possibly  spare  it  send  one 
dollar  to  help  on  this  amount.  All  have  a 
part.  Send  smaller  helps,  if  the  dollar  is 
more  than  you  can  spare. 

Mrs.  L.  G.  Bantz. 

$         ® 
Colorado. 

My  oriental  cruise  is  developing  nicely. 
It  promises  to  be  a  great  trip.  F.  D. 
Power  and  wife,  of  Washington,  will  be 
in  the  party.  Chas.  S.  Medbury,  of  Des 
Moines,  Iowa,  has  decided  to  go.  The 
friends  of  L.  L.  Carpenter,  of  Indiana, 
are  arranging  to  send  Brother  Carpenter. 
It  is  probable  that  M.  M.  Davis  and 
wife,  of  Dallas,  Texas,  will  go.  The  com- 
pany will  be  limited  to  20  persons.  Those 
who  want  to  get  into  it  would  better  "step 
lively." 

All  goes  well  with  us.  The  old  $22,000 
debt  on  the  South  Broadway  church  is 
down  to  $2,500.  We  want  to  begin  1906 
without  a  dollar  of  debt.  It  begins  to 
look  as  if  we  will  be  able  to  do  so. 

The  Colorado  assembly  of  the  Christian 
church  is  in  session  at  Gato,  a  place 
thirty-seven  miles  from  Denver,  on  the 
line  of  "the  Moffatt  road."  The  situation 
is  described  as  ideal.  B.  B.  Tyler. 

^&       .  ® 
Young  People's  Missionary  Conference. 

It  was  my  privilege  to  attend  the  fourth 
annual  conference  of  the  young  people's 
missionary  movement  held  at  Silver  Bay, 
Lake  George,  N.  Y.,  July  21-30.  The 
young  people's  missionary  movement  was 
organized  at  Silver  Bay  three  years  ago. 
Its  object  is  to  promote  interest  in  mis- 
sions among  the  young  people.  This  con- 
ference is  the  largest  one  held — over  600 
delegates  being  present.  Sixteen  denomi- 
nations were  represented,  the  largest  de- 
nominational groups  being  the  Methodist 
Episcopal,  Congregational,  Presbyterian, 
Baptist  and  Protestant  Episcopal,  in  the  or- 
der named.  Delegates  came  from  as  far  west 
as  Missouri  and  as  far  .south  as  Maryland. 
There  were  only  nine  delegates  from  the 
Disciples  of  Christ;  six  more  than  last  year. 
Our  people  ought  to  be  more  largely  repre- 
sented. 

This  movement  is  not  an  independent 
one.  That  is,  it  does  not  interfere  with  or 
antagonize  the  boards  of  the  different  de- 
nominations. Instead,  it  co  operates  and 
aids  to  the  full  extent  of  its  ability. 

I  have  not  time  to  give  a  full  account  of 
the  conference,  and  what  I  am  writing  is 
largely  from  memory.  The  first  hour  in 
the  morning  was  devoted  to  the  considera- 
tion of  ways  and  means  for  organizing 
and  developing  mission  study  classes— in 
churches,  in  districts,  in  cities. 

The   second    hour  was   devoted   to   the 


study  of  foreign  and  home  missions.  The 
delegates  were  divided  into  different 
groups,  each  group  being  led  by  a  capable 
leader. 

The  last  hour  was  given  to  popular  sub- 
jects; an  address  usually  being  made  by 
some  noted  leader  in  Christian  work — 
preacher,  missionary,  or  board  secretary. 

The  afternoon  was  devoted  entirely  to 
recreation,  and  in  the  evening  considerable 
time  was  spent  by  the  different  denomina- 
tional groups  discussing  plans  for  the 
development  of  the  missionary  spirit  in 
their  respective  denominations. 

An  interesting  feature  of  the  conference 
was  the  missionary  exhibit,  which  con- 
sisted of  tracts,  pamphlets  and  books 
from  the  different  missionary  boards,  giv- 
ing facts,  figures  and  incidents  concerning 
their  missionary  work  in  home  and  for- 
eign fields.  Our  two  boards  were  repre- 
sented in  this  exhibit. 

The  spirit  of  the  entire  conference  was 
excellent.  What  impressed  me  most  was 
the  deep  consecration  of  the  delegates. 

In  the  four  conferences  held,  over  100 
young  people  have  pledged  themselves  to 
go  to  the  foreign  field,  and  the  remarkable 
thing  about  it  all  is  that  there  has  never 
been  a  direct  appeal  for  volunteers. 

•      G.  A.  Reixl. 
$         -@ 

Illinois  Notes. 

President  R.  E.  Hieronymus  attended 
the  National  Educational  Association  in 
Boston.  Few  men  in  our  country  are  more 
thoroughly  up-to-date  in  educational  mat- 
ters than  he. 

The  little  church  at  Bement  is  moving 
forward  quietly  in  its  work. 

Atwood  has  a  good  little  church  of  one 
hundred  members  and  half  as  many  in 
Sunday-school.  J.  C.  Ashley,  of  Indian- 
apolis, visits  them  twice  a  month. 

Arthur  has  an  excellent  little  church  of 
more  than  usual  enterprise  and  public 
spirit.  It  has  met  some  discouragements, 
and  is  now  without  a  minister,  but  will  not 
stay  so  long. 

In  few  cities  of  our  state  has  the  cause 
prospered  as  at  Danville.  Much  of  this 
has  been  due  to  the  long,  successful  pas- 
torate of  S.  S.  Jones.  Brother  Smart  has 
been  in  the  church  about  one  year,  and 
117  have  been  added  to  the  church. 
Brother  Scott  has  been  in  the  Second 
church  only  a  few  months  and  seems  to 
be  getting  the  work  well  in  hand  and  has 
frequent  additions. 

The  church  at  Cheneyville  supports 
preaching  part  of  the  time,  has  a  good 
Sunday-school  and  is  the  only  church  in 
the  place. 

One  of  the  splendid  old  churches  of 
eastern  Illinois  is  at  Antioch,  some  six 
miles  east  of  Rossville.  It  was  organized 
by  Father  James  Conner  some  forty  years 
ago.  Brother  Martin,  of  Wabash,  Ind., 
preaches  for  the  church  half  the  time. 

At  Rossville  H.  H.  Peters,  who  grad- 
uated at  Eureka  in  June,  is  getting  a  fine 
start  in  the  work.  Twenty- five  have  al- 
ready been   added   to    the   church,   which 


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CURES  WHERE  ALL  ELSE  FAIiS. 
Best  Cough  Syrup   Tastes  Good.  Use 
in  time.    Sold  by  druggists. 


CONSUMPTION      5" 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  24,  1905  "* 


now  numbers  160,  with  a  Sunday-school 
enrollment  of  nearly  as  many.  The  church 
was  organized  by  S.  H.  Creighton  eleven 
years  ago  and  has  an  elegant  $7,000  build- 
ing. This  was  the  home  of  our  excellent 
young  preacher,  Ira  Ingle,  who  left  col- 
lege this  spring  to  take  up  the  work  in 
Milton. 

I  neglected  to  mention  that  200  acres  of 
beautiful  land  given  Eureka  college  by 
Sister  Debora  Bauda  lies  about  seven 
miles  east  of  Rossville  and  one  mile  from 
Antioch  church.  With  proper  improve- 
ments this  could  be  made  one  of  the  best 
farms  in  this  fertile  section  of  our  state.  It 
can  be  bought  for  a  reasonable  price. 

K.  G.  O'Brien,  late  of  Columbus,  Ind., 
has  just  entered  upon  his  work  at  Kan- 
kakee. He  is  a  comparatively  new  man 
among  us,  but  is  entering  iDto  his  Illinois 
field  with  the  spirit  of  a  native. 

At  Donovan  we  have  about  one  hundred 
good  members,  with  a  good  Sunday- 
school  and  other  useful  departments. 
Brother  iHowe,  a  Eureka  student,  is 
preaching  for  them  and  is  much  loved. 

The  churches  at  Martinton,  Iroquois, 
Pittwood  and  Prairie  Dell  have  good 
houses,  but  at  present  no  preaching.  This 
is  a  fertile  field. 

Brother  Baker  is  hard  at  work  at  Mil- 
ford.  He  seems  to  be  loved  by  everybody 
and  is  leading  the  church  into  true  spiritual 
power  and  larger  usefulness. 

Eureka,  J 11.  J.  G.  Waggoner. 

Western  Canada  Missionary  Convention. 

The  fifth  annual  convention  of  the 
western  Canada  Christian  missionary  as- 
sociation met  July  24  and  25  with  the 
church  in  Winnipeg,  one  of  the  missions 
of  the  association. 

Three  years  ago  there  were  only  two 
churches  in  our  territory;  at  Rat  Portage 
(now  called  Kenora)  and  Portage  La 
Prairie.  At  this  convention  eleven  churches 
were  reported.  We  are  now  represented 
by  five  churches  in  every  province  in  the 
Dominion,  including  those  which  have  just 
graduated  from  the  territorial  to  the 
provincial  status. 

Our  association  covers  probably  the 
largest  territory  of  all  of  our  missionary 
organizations  except  those  whose  work  is 
international.  Our  most  easterly  church 
is  in  the  Whitefish  colony,  at  the  western 
end  of  Lake  Superior,  and  our  most 
westerly  at  Vancouver,  B.  C. 

The  secretary's  report  showed  that  dur- 
ing the  year  assistance  had  been  given  to 
the  churches  in  Winnipeg  and  Swan  River, 
both  in  Manitoba. 

During  the  convention  $500  was  pledged 
by  individuals  for  the  year's  work.  It  was 
resolved  to  enter  upon  evangelistic  work 
as  soon  as  a  man  could  be  secured.  If 
possible,  a  church  will  be  planted  in  Re- 
gina,  the  capital  of  the  new  province  of 
Laskatchewan,  and  the  next  convention 
held  there. 

Miss  Mattie  Burgess,  C.  W.  B.  M. 
organizer,  was  present  throughout  the 
convention,  and  on  the  last  evening  de- 
livered an  address  on  the  wort  of  the 
C.  W.  B.  M. 

Officers  elected  for  the  coming  year  are 
as  follows:  President,  Alex  McMilian, 
Winnipeg;  vice-president,  Henry  Ogletree, 
Portage  La  Prairie;  corresponding  secre- 
tary and  treasurer,  J.  A.  L.  Romig,  Por- 
tage La  Prairie;  members  of  the  board, 
Jno.  A.  Vitson,  Portage  La  Prairie  and 
S.  W.  Axtel  and  S.  H.   Shank,  Winnipeg. 

Alex  McMillan. 

Winnipeg,  Manitoba. 


India  Notes. 

I  write  especially  to  apprise  the  readers 
of  the  Christian-Evangelist  of  the  death 
of  one  of  our  workers  in  India,  Miss  Jane 
Adam,  of  Deoghur.  Her  death  took  place 
on  May  24,  in  the  station  where  she  had 
worked  for  perhaps  seventeen  years.  Her 
age  was  about  eighty,  and  she  had  been 
gradually  failing  for  some  years,  so  that 
her  departure  was  no  great  surprise  to 
those  acquainted  with  her. 

Miss  Adam  came  to  India  from  Scot- 
land about  30  years  ago.  She  had  some 
resources  of  her  own,  and  was  assisted  by 
friends  in  Scotland,  her  home.  She  was  a 
woman  of  culture  and  refinement,  versed 
in  music  and  painting,  and  speaking  sev- 
eral of  the  languages  of  Europe. 

For  some  years  she  worked  in  connec- 
tion with  Pastor  Haeggert,  a  well  known 
independent  German  missionary,  who  was 
laboring  among  the  Santals,  a  primitive 
tribe  in  western  Bengal.  Leaving  him,  she 
went  to  Deoghur. 

After  some  years,  Miss  Adam,  like  many 
other  Christians,  became  convinced  of  the 
all-sufficiency  of  the  New  Testament  scrip- 
tures in  matters  pertaining  to  God,  and 
decided  to  unite  with  those  who  call  them- 
selves Christians  only.  Accordingly,  it 
was  decided  that  the  Christian  Woman's 
Board  of  Missions  should  locate  some 
workers  in  the  station  to  work  in  connec- 
tion with  her.  Miss  Graybiel  was  perhaps 
the  first  of  the  missionaries  to  be  associated 
with  her.  Under  Miss  Graybiel,  who  has 
always  been  a  pioneer  missionary  in  some 
station  or  other,  a  bungalow  was  built. 
Then  the  famine  came,  an  orphanage  was 
opened,  and  with  it  a  school.  Miss  Adam 
was  managing  a  small  leper  asylum.  Books 
were  sold.  Meetings  were  held  for  both 
men  and  women;  as  far  as  practicable, 
when  the  hospital  was  opened,  mission 
work  was  carried  on  in  almost  all  its  lines. 
Miss  Adam,  though  affiliated  with  the 
C.  W.  B.  M.  workers,  and  attending  the 
annual  conventions,  nevertheless  kept  up 
a  great  deal  of  independent  work.  The 
people,  though  heathen,  all  speak  kindly 
of  her,  and  she  had  a  great  influence  over 
them. 

By  the  terms  of  her  will,  all  her  immov- 
able property  is  given  to  the  C.  W.  B.  M. 
to  be  used  for  mission  purposes.  It  is 
perhaps  worth  $2,000,  apart  from  the  land, 
the  value  of  which  is  difficult  to  estimate. 
By  a  codicil  to  her  will,  one  house  is  to  be 
reserved  as  a  rest  house  for  Indian  Chris- 
tians who  may  wish  to  go  to  Deoghur  for 
a  vacation,  but  who  cannot  afford  to  rent 
a  house. 

Deoghur  is  a  great  mission  station.  The 
name  means,  "House  of  God."  But  to  the 
Hindu  it  is  rather  "Baidynath,"  the  Lord 
of  Physicians.  The  locality  is  undoubtedly 
a  healthy  one,  but  the  Hindus  all  over  In- 
dia know  of  it  as  a  place  where  miracles  of 
healing  are  performed.  Especially  is  it 
supposed  to  benefit  lepers,  many  of  whom 
flock  there.  In  consequence  of  this,  the 
government  has  opened  a  large  leper  asy- 
lum there  to  accommodate  those  whom  the 
gods  are  unable  to  cure.  There  are  also 
about  a  dozen  lepers  in  the  mission  asylum. 
A  great  "mela,"  or  religious  fair,  is  held 
in  Deoghur  in  the  month  of  February,  and 
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At  present  the*  station  is  manned  (or 
womaned?)  by  four  lady  missionaries.  Miss 
Lackey  has  charge  of  the  orphanage. 
There  are  at  present  about  80  girls  in  the 
institution.  Miss  Maddock  has  charge  of 
the  zenana  work.  This  is  something  that 
meninever  know  much  about.  But  I  do 
know  that  a  number  of  homes,  both  among 
Bengali  and  Hindu  speaking  people,  are 
visited  by  Miss  Maddock  and  her  assist- 
ants, and  "that  the  word  of  God  is  taught 
in  all  of  them,  ft  Dr.  Longdon  has  a  large 
medical  kwork,  it  takes  about  all  of  her 
waking -hours.  Bat  she  does  find  time  to 
speak  many  J  a  !word  to  her  patients  and 
those  whom  she  meets  about  tbe  blessings 
of  the  gospel  of  Christ.  Miss  V^nce,  the 
newest  |. of  \  the :; Deoghur  workers,  began 
with  the !  orphanage  school,  which  one 
would  think  was  a  sufficiently  large  field, 
but  has  since  opened  two  or  three  other 
schools, fand  is  full  of  plans  for  the  future. 
A  capable  and  competent  staff  of  workers? 
It  is  indeed.  But  there  is  one  thing  lack- 
ing:   They  need  a  man. 

Except  for  a  short  time,  when  Bro.  F.  E. 
Stubbin,  of  Australia,  was  in  the  station, 
superintending  the  building  and  preaching 
incidentally,  there  pias  never  been  a  male 
missionary  located  at  Deoghur.  But  this 
is  soon  to  be  remedied.  Bro.  Wilmer 
Munro,  who  came  out  to  India  last  Novem- 
ber, will  go  to  Deoghur  this  fall.  He  will 
find  a  great  field  ready  for  him. 

Theineed  of  a  man  was  what  caused  the 
writer'Silast'^visit  to  the  stations.  When 
Miss  Adam  was  at  the  point  of  death,  the 
ladies  telegraphed  for  some  one  to  come 
and  conductlthe  funeral  ceremonies.  The 
telegram  did  not  arrive  in  time  for  that  but 
we  had  a  memorial  service  on  Sunday. 
Brother  Grainger  had  come  to  Jubbulpore 
for  a  day,  and. yielding  to  my  persuasions, 
which  he  pronounced  irresistible,  he  ac- 
companied me  to  Deoghur.  Brother 
Grainger  conducted  a  Hindi  service  in  the 
morning  and  the  writer  an  English  service 
in  the  afternoon.  Monday  morning  we 
visited  the  lepers  and  spoke  to  them,  and 
saw  tbe  grave  of  Miss  Adam,  and  in  the 
afternoon  spoke  to  a  number  of  people  in 
the  bazar. 

There  have  been  two  baptisms  in  Bilaspur 
lately;  also  five  in  Harda.  Our  Bible  college 
closed  for  the  hot  season  with  18  students. 
Two  of  them  graduated  from  the  school. 
The  work  is  moving  steadily  onward,  and 
we  hope  for  a  glorious  harvest  the  coming 
cold  season.  Geo.  W.  Brown. 

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Things  in  Ohio. 

Ctaas.  Darsie  and  wife,  of  Uhrichsville, 
have  been  spending  a  vacation  in  New 
York  and  Connecticut. 

A.  C.  Gray,  who  has  ministered  for  sev- 
eral years  at  Mt.  Healthy,  has  offered  his 
resignation.  Brother  Gray  is  one  of  our 
solidest  men,  and  will  serve  any  commu- 
nity well. 

A.  M.  Hurd,  of  Cuyahoga  Falls,  has 
been  given  a  call  to  Byesville  and  Har- 
mony churches.  The  state  board  will  help 
Byesville.  The  town  is  growing  rapidly, 
and  new  Disciples  are  constantly  moving 
in. 

The  churches  of  Columbus  are  moving 
along  after  the  usual  fashion.  They  keep 
at  things  down  there,  and  while  there  is  no 
boom,  yet  they  are  constantly  building. 
A  new  mission  has  been  started  among 
the  colored  people  on  Frambes  avenue.  The 
corner  stone  of  the  new  Linden  Heights 
church  was  laid  in  July.  Then  best  of  all 
the  Central  church  has  sold  the  old  prop- 
erty down  town  for  $30,000,  and  will  go 
out  into  the  residence  community  and  build 
a  new  plant. 

Ohio  has  a  new  preacher  from  Kentucky 
and  one  from  Indiana.  J.  J.  Cole  has 
been  called  from  Butler,  Ky.,  to  Millers- 
burg,  and  Grant  A.  Waller,  of  Indiana,  to 
the  new  church  at  Utica.  We  extend  a 
hearty  welcome  to  our  fellowship. 

W.  T.  Groom  has  resigned  at  Bellefon- 
taine,  where  he  has  ministered  for  some 
four  years.  He  has  accepted  a  call  to 
Butte  City,  Montana,  and  has  gone  to  his 
new  field  of  activity.  The  Bellefontaine 
church  now  has  a  splendid  plant,  no  debt, 
and  about  350  members,  and  will  be  a 
good  field  for  some  good  preacher. 

Geo.  F.  Crites  is  spending  his  vacation 
in  holding  a  tent  meeting  at  Lucas,  in 
Richland  county,  where  he  hopes  to  or- 
ganize a  church. 

H.  M.  Garn  will  move  his  furniture  from 
Antioch  to  Lakewood,  and  minister  to  the 
saints  in  that  community.  This  is  the 
home  church  of  Secretary  Bartlett,  and 
Brother  Garn  will  therefore  become  spirit- 
ual adviser  to  the  state  secretary. 

J.  M.  Van  Horn,  of  Worcester,  Mass., 
has  been  spending  his  vacation  on  Ohio 
soil,  and  preached  for  his  old  parishioners 
at  Warren,  where  he  was  given  a  cordial 
welcome. 

L.  J.  McConnell  and  wife,  for  Mrs.  Mc- 
Connell  is  a  preacher  too,  have  been  called 
to  minister  at  Shreve.  They  will  find  a 
good  church  and  people  who  are  ready  to 
work.     May  this  union  last  for  a  decade. 

Have  you  read  J.  H.  Garrison's  book  on 
the  "Holy  Spirit"?  If  not,  put  a  one  dol- 
lar bill  in  an  envelope  and  send  it  to  the 
Christian  Publishing  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
and  you  will  get  a  book  that  every  preacher 
ought  to  read.  We  need  to  re-study  and 
preach  more  on  the  work  of  the  Holy 
Spirit. 

By  the  time  this  letter  is  in  print,  the 
vacation  season  will  have  closed.  It  will 
be  time  to  take  the  Church  Extension  of- 
fering and  get  down  to  business  for  the 
fall  and  winter  campaign.  What  are  you 
going  to  preach  about  this  fall  and  winter? 
Have  you  any  program,  or  are  you  going  on 
the  old  hit-and-miss  method?  This  scribe 
will,  "as  his  custom  is,"  preach  expositor- 
ily  from  two  books  of  the  scripture.  For 
the  morning,  Ephesians  will  be  gone  over 
for  the  second  time,  and  the  sermons  put 
in  permanent  form.  For  the  night,  an 
exposition  of  the  letter  to  the  Hebrews  will 
be  given.  Whatever  you  do,  preach  the 
Word.     There  is  nothing  that  comes  from 


the  public  rostrum  that  people  like  so  well 
as  good,  solid  preaching  of  the  Word  of 
God.  C.  A.  Freer. 

Painesuille,  Ohio. 


News  from  North  Carolina. 

In  order  that  the  brotherhood  may  not 
forget  that  a  few  things  are  going  on  in 
the  Old  North  State,  we  are  pleased  to  send 
a  few  more  items  of  interest. 

Dennis  W.  Davis  is  in  a  splendid  meet- 
ing at  Athens  chapel.  In  six  days  there 
were  thirty  additions.  The  meeting  con- 
tinues. 

W.  O.  Winfield  began  a  meeting  at  Al- 
bemarle church,  August  1.  Prospects  for 
the  meeting  were  very  good. 

The  church  at  Belhaven  has  grown  in 
numbers  and  power  to  such  an  extent  that 
it  has  as'*ed  J.  R.  Tingle,  its  devoted  pas- 
tor, to,  spend  his  entire  time  with  this 
church  instead  of  half  time  as  heretofore. 

John  Thomas  Brown,  one  of  the  young 
preachers  from  Atlantic  Christian  college, 
greatly  stirred  the  Roanoke  union  meeting 
with  one  of  his  splendid  sermons  during  its 
recent  session  at  Pantego. 

J.  Boyd  Jones,  our  hustling  correspond- 
ing secretary,  is  in  the  midst  of  a  rousing 
meeting  at  Wilson's  Mills.  There  are  22 
additions  to  date. 

A.  J.  Manning,  of  Jamesville,  is  the 
evangelistic  manager  of  Roanoke  union 
district  and  is  locating  preachers  for  the 
weaker  groups  of  churches. 

D.  W.  Arnold  has  recently  held  good 
meetings  at  Williamston  and  Jamesville. 

R.  L.  Philpott,  of  Reelsboro,  has  been 
asked  to  take  charge  of  the  work  at  Ply- 
mouth and  Dardens. 

Pres.  J.  J.  Harper  reports  that  prospects 
for  a  large  number  of  students  at  Atlantic 
Christian  college  are  bright.  President 
Harper  and  R.  A.  Smith  have  been  work- 
ing hard  to  increase  interest  in  the  college. 
The  college  offers  free  tuition  to  minis- 
terial students. 

Ntw  churches  are  in  process  of  construc- 
tion at  Columbia  and  Macclesfield.  These, 
with  the  church  at  Rocky  Mount,  are  the 
newly  organized  churches  in  this  conven- 
tion year. 

G.  A.  Moore  and  R.  A.  Smith  preached 
respectively  on  July  23  and  28  at  Scupper- 
n«pg  church. 

"She  union  meeting  at  Pantego  the  fifth 
Saturday  and  Sunday  was  a  splendid  suc- 
cess. 

H.  H.  Moore,  the  energetic  pastor  of 
the  Greenville  church,  began  a  meeting 
with  the  Pantego  church  July  30  at  the 
night  session  with  two  additions. 

About  a  dozen  young  men  are  expected 
to  enter  Atlantic  Christian  college  this  fall 
to  study  for  the  Christian  ministry. 

John  B.  Respass,  now  72  years  of  age,  is 
still  preaching  each  Lord's  day.  His  min- 
istry began  before  the  civil  war  and  has 
been  greatly  blessed.  He  recently  held  a 
good  meeting  for  one  of  his  churches  and 
expects  to  continue  his  good  work.  He  is 
as  vigorous  as  a  man  of  50. 

We  understand  that  Bro.  A.  B.  Cunning- 
nam,  of  Tiffin,  Ohio,  has  been  called  to 
the  pastorate  of  the  church  at  Washing- 
ton, N.  C. 

The  brethren  who  may  think  of  North 
Carolina  as  a  field  of  labor  need  not  fear 
the  heat  nor  the  malaria.  They  can  have 
"bigger  chills"  on  the  banks  of  the  Wa- 
bash, Ohio  or  Mississippi. 

Raymond  A.  Smith, 
State  Evangelist. 
Rocky  Mount,  N.  C. 


A  Trip  in  China. 

I  have  made  a  "Cycle  of  Cathay" — hav- 
ing just  returned  to  Nanking  from  a  two 
weeks'  trip  toward  the  north  of  China. 
Perhaps  you  would  like  to  hear  about  it. 
You  understand,  of  course,  that  next  fall 
the  Cory  and  Layton  families  are  to  go  to 
Bo  Cheo  (or  Po;,  in  the  extreme  north  of 
Anwhei  Province,  to  open  a  new  station 
for  the  F.  C.  M.  S.  This  trip  was  made 
merely  for  the  purpose  of  renting  and  re- 
pairing Chinese  houses  for  our  occupancy 
at  that  time. 

You  will  want  to  know  how  one  travels 
in  the  celestial  country.  We  walked,  tried 
a  bicycle,  rode  in  jinriksbas,  rode  donkeys, 
boarded  a  houseboat— which  was  pushed 
with  poles,  pulled  by  a  rope,  rowed,  sailed 
and  finally  didn't  go  at  all— then  we  tried 
wheelbarrows  and  got  there;  returning, 
three  days  in  a  Ben  Hur  chariot,  drawn  by 
a  tandem  team  of  mules,  brought  us  to 
the  Pekin-Hankow  Ry.;  from  Hankow  I 
came  on  a  German  steamer.  Leaving 
Nanking,  we  first  attended  a  native  con- 
vention at  the  Hot  Sulphur  Springs,  north 
of  the  Yangste;  a  day  farther  is  our  station 
at  Chu  Cheo  with  Messrs.  Hunt  and  Os- 
good; two  days  more  and  we  left  donkeys 
for  a  boat  at  Ling  Hwai  Gwan,  on  the 
Hwai  river,  which  we  ascended  as  far  as 
Hwai  Yuen,  thence  up  the  Go  river  to  Bo 
Cheo.  These  small  rivers  connect  with  the 
Grand  Canal  on  the  east  and  thus  there  is 
a  water  route  from  Shanghai  to  our  new 
station.  Our  goods  will  probably  be  sent 
that  way. 

Such  a  trip  is  most  interesting  and  en 
ables  one  to  see  the  Chinese  as  they  really 
are.  Uppermost  in  one's  memory  is  the 
dirt!  A  Chinese  inn  can  be  appreciated 
by  the  five  senses— thatched  roof,  mud 
walls,  mud  floor,  mud  everywhere.  And 
the  "sights  and  smells  and  sounds"!  Don- 
keys, pigs,  dogs  and  "foreign  devils" 
muchee  samee.  There  are  no  windows  in 
Chinese  houses  so,  fortunately,  there  are 
some  things  one  needn't  see.  On  the  way, 
we  passed  numerous  caravans  from  the 
north.  They  brought  hides  and  tallow, 
oil  and  grain  to  the  southern  markets. 
Some  used  donkeys  and  mules  but  there 
were  scores  of  wheelbarrows  each  with  300 
to  500  pounds  burden  and  rough  roads  and 
mountains  and  unbridged  streams. 

In  the  north  the  land  and  the  people  are 
somewhat  different;  the  country  is  much 
like  Iowa  and  Illinois.  There  they  grow 
wheat  extensively  and  eat  bread;  in  the 
south  it  is  always  rice.  Up  there,  horses, 
mules  and  oxen — not  men— are  the  beasts 
of  burden.  They  use  carts  and  wagons 
and  have  good  roads  and  bridges.  Their 
plows  and  harrows  and  grain  drills  are 
much  like  ours.  But  passing  by  and  see- 
ing the  numerous  altars  to  the  god  of 
agriculture,  one  feels  that  they  "are  alto- 
gether too  superstitious."  That  section 
was  the  seat  of  the  Boxer  uprising  in  1900. 
The  people  now  are  friendly  enough.  Bo 
Cheo  itself  is  no  mean  city,  of  upward  of 
100,000  population  and  the  center  of  that 
great  farming  country.  The  Lord  willing, 
work  will  be  begun  there  this  year  and  that 
will  be  our  future  home. 

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Report  of  American  Christian  Missionary  Society 


The  annual  report  of  the  acting  board 
of  managers  of  the  American  Christian 
Missionary  Society  presented  at  the  San 
Francisco  convention,  was  the  best  in 
years.  The  corresponding  secretary'  thinks 
it  the  best  year  the  society  has  ever  en- 
joyed. Growth  has  been  the  keynote  of 
the  year.  Every  part  of  the  work  has  been 
vibrant  with  the  pulse  of  progress.  The 
missionaries  have  grown  in  numbers  and 
efficiency;  the  missions  have  grown  in 
strength  and  influence,  and  the  results  in 
che  field  have  been  greater  than  in  any 
previous  year. 

It  is  gratifying,  also  to  learn  that  the 
treasury  has  received  more  money  than  in 
the  same  period  of  any  previous  year,  and 
if  the  ratio  continues  for  the  remaining 
months,  this  will  be  the  crowning  year  in 
all  the  history  of  the  work. 

Three  hundred  and  sixty-two  missionaries 
have  been  employed  during  the  year  at  783 
points.  These  men  have  organized  87 
churches,  preached  25.S40  gospel  sermons, 
received  by  confession  and  baptism  5,954, 
and  gathered  otherwise  6,170;  the  total 
number  of  additions  reported  for  the  nine 
months  of  the  year  closing  June  30,  being 
12,124. 

Among  the  examples  of  the  work  of 
home  missions,  the  report  cited  Oklahoma. 
"From  the  very  day  when  the  reservation 
was  opened  to  settlement,  this  fair  terri- 
tory has  been  a  ward  of  the  Home  Society. 
No  money  was  ever  better  spent,  no  field 
has  ever  yielded  such  constant  fruit  of 
weighted  sheaves  so  thickly  strewn  upon  its 
golden  acres  as  this  great  commonwealth 
of  culture,  wealth,  refinement,  and  unceas- 
ing enterprise."  Last  year  the  territorial 
board  agreed  that  if  the  Home  Board 
would  assist  them  for  two  years  more, 
they  would  become  self-supporting,  that 
the  bounty  of  the  board  might  be  turned  to 
other  fields  at  once.  The  report  of  Jas.  M. 
Monroe,  the  corresponding  secretary  for 
Oklahoma,  gave  a  remarkable  array  of 
facts  and  figures.  It  showed  that  we  have 
now  a  membership  in  that  territory  of  22,- 
000  with  376  church  organizations.  Dur- 
ing the  ten  months  from  September  15, 
1904,  to  July  15,  1905,  the  nine  evangelists 
directed  by  the  board  organized  22  church- 
es, superintended  the  erection  of  38  build- 
ings, assisted  86  congregations,  preached 
1,073  sermons  in  1,613  days'  labor,  bap- 
tized 224,  received  otherwise  768.  This  is 
a  splendid  report.  We  have  organizations 
in  all  of  the  26  county  seats  in  Oklahoma, 
and  church  buildings  in  all  but  two  of 
these.  During  the  two  years  that  Jas.  M. 
Monroe  has  been  corresponding  secretary, 
83  church  buildings  have  been  erected  as 
against  73  the  preceding  fourteen  years. 

In  speaking  of  the  work  of  W.  J.  Wright, 
superintendent  of  evangelism,  the  report 
said:  "Brother  Wright  has  shown  him- 
self to  be  especially  adapted  to  this  work. 
With  an  energy  and  zeal  that  knows  no 
rest,  he  gives  himself  wholly  to  it."  At- 
tention was  called  to  the  fact  that  the  de- 
partment of  evangelism  is  a  special  work 
placed  under  the  supervision  of  the  Home 
Board,  and  requires  a  special  fund  from 
the  treasury;  $5,000  is  to  be  appropriated 
year  by  year  from  the  treasury  of  the 
American  Christian  Missionary  Society  for 
this  work. 

Regret  was  expressed  that  larger  appro- 
priations have  not  been  possible  for  the 
fields  in  New  England  and  for  the  cities. 
"All  of  these  places  have  been  helped," 
said  the  report,  "as  we  could,  and  our  help 


has  been  worth  far  more  than  the  measure 
of  the  very  limited  amount  of  money  we 
had  to  expend  in  these  cities.  It  should  be 
ever  borne  in  mind  that  this  work,  by 
reason  of  the  increased  demands  in  mis- 
sion territory  and  the  usual  size  of  the  ap- 
propriations required  for  city  missionary 
purposes,  must  halt  upon  an  altogether 
inadequate  treasury." 

The  list  of  living  link  churches  was  given 
in  full,  and  the  report  spoke  in  the  highest 
terms  of  the  value  of  this  plan  of  support. 
Churches  that  have  adopted  the  plan  are 
enthusiastic  in  their  commendation  of  it, 
and  many  of  the  churches  are  working  to- 
ward the  desired  end.  Three  hundred 
dollars  will  secure  the  support  of  a  mis- 
sionary in  a  given  field  for  one  year.  The 
church  which  adopts  a  given  field  and  a 
particular  missionary,  can  keep  in  per- 
sonal touch  with  the  work  being  done, 
and  so  "concrete"  the  generally  vague 
work  of  home  missions. 

The  field  secretary  reported  his  work  as 
having  been  discharged  under  the  immedi- 
ate direction  of  the  board,  attending  state, 
district,  and  county  conventions,  canvass- 
ing in  preparation  for  the  May  offering, 
and  for  boys'  and  girls'  rally  day,  making 
particular  addresses  on  missionary  occa- 
sions in  various  churches,  and  in  every 
way  trying  to  educate  and  inspire  to  a 
larger  service  for  home  missions.  We 
quote  one  paragraph:  "Convention  pro- 
grams should  not  be  considered  worthy  or 
in  any  sense  adequate,  unless  provision  be 
made  therein  for  an  address  upon  home 
missions.  No  church  should  consider  it- 
self abreast  of  the  times  unless  it  has  an 
address  from  a  personal  representative  of 
the  home  mission  cause  at  least  once  every 
two  years.  The  work  of  the  field  secre- 
tary is  the  work  of  personal  contact.  It 
can  not,  under  the  present  plan,  be  re- 
duced to  reportable  proportions.  Its  pro- 
vince is  educative,  looking  to  the  future; 
its  chief  value  is  inspirational,  seeking  to 
arouse  latent  possibilities;  in  these  ele- 
ments it  has  been  well  worth  its  cost 
hitherto,  but  in  the  years  to  come  will 
be  seen  and  realized  its  true  value  and 
fruitage.  For  in  the  cause  of  missions  as 
in  the  preaching  of  the  gospel,  Paul's 
logic  holds:  'How  shall  they  hear  without 
a  preacher?  And  how  shall  they  preach 
except  they  be  sent?'  " 

Another  gratifying  feature  of  the  report 
is  the  growth  of  interest  suggested  in  the 
matter  of  "individual  support  for  individual 
missionaries."  Thomas  W.  Phillips  has 
for  many  years  had  his  own  representative 
in  the  home  field  in  the  person  of  Wm.  F. 
Cowden,  superintendent  in  the  northwest. 
Recently  John  A.  Joyce  has  been  his 
representative  in  western  Pennsylvania. 
Howard  Rash  was  represented  by  Frank 
L.  Van  Voorhis  at  Weatherford,  Okla., 
for  a  year.  J.  M.  Monroe  and  wife  main- 
tained their  own  representative,  R.  S. 
Smedley,  of  Oklahoma.  Mrs.  Mary  S. 
Holbrook  has  for  several  years  main- 
tained her  own  representative,  but  did 
the  work  through  her  home  church  at 
Onawa,  Iowa. 

The  report  showed  that  the  American 
Home  Missionary,  the  monthly  magazine 
of  the  society,  is  meeting  with  greater 
favor  year  by  year,  and  is  rapidly  increas- 
ing its  subscription  list.  Our  Home  Field, 
the  quarterly  which  is  sold  at  the  low 
price  of  ten  cents  a  year,  is  also  increasing 
in  circulation;  and  ministers  and  friends 
are  urged  to  keep  up  the  good  work  and 


place  the  Home  Field  in  every  family 
represented  in  the  Sunday-school  and 
churches. 

J.  W.  Carpenter,  of  Virginia,  111.,  has 
prepared  for  the  society  an  excellent  exer- 
cise for  boys'  and  girls'  rally  day  for  1905, 
entitled,  "Seed  Time  and  Harvest."  This 
day  is  being  pushed  with  all  energy,  and 
place  is  being  sought  for  it  in  the  program 
of  every  school  of  the  brotherhood.  If  the 
future  church  is  to  be  truly  missionary, 
boys'  and  girls'  rally  day  must  be  made 
the  greatest  day  in  the  year.  As  this  ap- 
peal to  the  young  life  of  the  church 
covers  state  missions  as  well  as  the  nation- 
al field,  it  should  occupy  no  secondary 
place;  $15,000  is  the  mark  set  for  the 
schools  this  year. 

Records  show  that  in  the  last  ten  years 
we  have  gained  fifteen  named  memorial 
funds  of  $5,000  each.  In  the  name  of 
each  of  these  the  board  agrees  to  keep  a 
missionary  preaching  the  gospel  through 
all  the  years.  In  addition  to  this  we  iave 
received  over  $60,000  on  annuity  funds. 

Bequests  have  been  smaller  than  usual 
this  year,  only  $164.34  having  been  re- 
ceived from  this  source. 

Under  the  subject  of  the  "open  doors," 
the  places  pressing  for  immediate  help  are 
Honolulu,  Idaho  and  Montana,  the  work 
among  the  Scandinavians  under  the  super- 
vision of  Julius  Stone,  and  the  work 
among  mountain  whites. 

An  interesting  comparison  was  made  in 
the  report  showing  that  in  1895  our  broth- 
erhood gave  to  home  missions  $21,641.83. 
In  1905,  for  nine  months  only,  the  receipts 
were  $87,384.53.  Twice  within  that  period 
the  receipts  have  passed  the  $100,000  mark: 
Once  in  1899  at  the  jubilee  convention, 
when  special  jubilee  offerings  were  made, 
and  again  in  1903,  when  special  annuity 
gifts  and  bequests  were  received.  The 
total  gift  for  the  last  ten  years  to  the 
treasury  was  $716,514.04. 

During  the  ten  years  past  missionaries 
under  the  Home  Board  have  organized 
800  churches,  baptized  47,611  persons,  re- 
ceived otherwise  39,763,  making  a  total  of 
93,402  additions  to  the  church. 


PIMPLES  AND  BLACKHEADS 

Speedily  Removed  by  Baths  with  Cuticura 
Soap  and  Gentle  Applications 
of  Cnticura. 
Gently  smear    the   face   with    Cuticura 
Ointment,  the  great  skin  cure,  but  do  not 
rub.    Wash  off  the  Ointment  in  five  min- 
utes with   Cuticura   Soap   and  hot  water 
and  bathe  freely  for  some  minutes.  Repeat 
morning  and  evening.    At  other  times  use 
Cuticura  Soap  for  bathing  the  face  as  of- 
ten as  agreeable. 

I 

DRURY   COLLEGE, 

Springfield,  Mo. 
J.  EDWARD  KIRBYE,  D.  D.,  President 

Fall  term  begins  September  14th  1905. 

Healthiest  site  in  the  Middle  West.  No 
asthma,  no  malaria,  no  typhoid.  Twenty-two 
instructors.  Four  hundred  students.  Ten 
buildings.  Fine  Science  Laboratories  and 
Museums.  Conservatory  of  Music  and  Art. 
Athletics  and  Physical  Culture,  training. 
Good  homes  for  students.  Excellent  moral 
and  Christian  atmosphere  without  sectarian 
bias.  For  catalogue  or  futher  information, 
Address,  W.  D.  CALLAND,  Sec'y. 


August  24,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


IIOI 


Dedications  of  Church  Houses 


The  following  accounts  of  dedications  of 
church  houses  have  necessarily  been  much 
abbreviated  from  the  original  reports. 
Events  of  this  kind  are  exceedingly  inter- 
esting and  we  would  like  to  publish  reports 
in  full  but  it  is  absolutely  impossible, 
with  the  space  at  our  command.  We  are 
glad  to  note  the  prosperity  of  the  churches 
in  all  parts  of  the  country. 

KOKOMO,    INDIANA. 

When,  on  the  morning  of  Feb.  27,  1904, 
the  members  of  the  Main  street  Christian 
church,  Kokomo,  Ind.,  gazed  upon  the 
ruins  of  their  former  house  of  worship, 
there  was  discouragement  and  heaviness 
of  heart.  But  this  feeling  was  not  per- 
mitted to  remain.  The  pastor,  J.  H.  Mac- 
Neill,  took  up  the  matter  bravely  and  in- 
spired his  congregation  with  courage.  Im- 
mediate steps  were  taken  to  replace  the 
burned  structure  with  a  much  better  one, 
and  on  Aug.  6  the  city  rejoiced  with  the 
congregation  in  the  dedication  of  its  mag- 
nificent new  house  of  worship.  The  new 
edifice  is  an  ideal  church  home,  both  beau- 
tiful and  substantial.  It  is  built  of  Bed- 
ford stone,  with  a  limestone  foundation. 
The  main  auditorium  includes  the  church 
proper,  the  Sunday-school  room  and  the 
gallery.  The  church  proper  is  separated 
from  the  Sunday-school  room  by  an  arch 
equipped  with  a  door  that  can  be  raised 
and  concealed  in  the  wall  above.  The 
main  auditorium  will  seat  1,300  people, 
while  there  is  a  seating  capacity  for  576  in 
the  church  proper.  The  church  furniture 
and  fittings  are  of  the  very  best  and  the 
building  is  embellished  with  several  me- 
morial windows.  The  congregation,  thus 
housed,  is  prepared  to  eclipse  its  own  good 
record  in  the  matter  of  energetic  work  for 
the  Master. 

LOS  ANGELES,  CAL. 

California  is  noted  for  the  rapidity  and 
greatness  with  which  things  grow  in  her 
wondrous  climate.  The  growth  of  the 
Disciples  of  Christ  is  not  an  exception  in 
this  particular,  for  within  the  last  five 
years  this  religious  body  has  grown  won- 
derfully. One  of  the  most  noted  instances 
of  quick  and  sturdy  growth  is  the  Mag- 
nolia avenue  Christian  church,  which  dedi- 
cated its  beautiful  new  house  of  worship, 
June  25. 

In  January,  1904,  the  First  Christian 
church  planted  a  mission  in  the  southwest 
part  of  the  city,  thinking  that  in  a  few 
years  it  would  grow  into  another  church, 
but  in  three  weeks'  time  it  had  developed 
such  strength  that  the  workers  in  the 
school  thought  that  a  pastor  might  be 
called.  Jesse  P.  McKnight  was  invited  to 
become  pastor,  and  on  the  second  Lord's 
day  in  February  he  formally  instituted  a 
church  with  eighty-seven  members.  Sixty 
of  this  number  came  from  the  First  church. 
Under  Brother  McKnight's  able  direction 
this  work  at  once  bounded  into  popularity 
and  grew  rapidly.  The  members  of  the 
First  church  about  a  year  before  had  pur- 
chased a  lot  for  church  purposes.  This 
was  made  over  to  the  Magnolia  avenue 
church.  They  added  frontage  to  this  lot 
and  began  the  matter  of  a  building.  A 
very  modest  building  was  planned  at  first, 
but  the  rapidly  growing  work  demanded 
enlargement,  and,  as  a  result,  there  has 
been  erected  one  of  the  handsomest  and 
most  complete  churches  in  the  city.  It  is, 
perhaps,   the  best  building,  in   many  re- 


spects, in  our  southern  California  brother- 
hood. 

The  membership  has  grown  from  87  to 
280  members  without  any  protracted  meet- 
ing, and  this  handsome  $20,000  building 
has  been  erected.  The  building  is  English 
gothic  in  style,  65x108  on  its  foundation. 
The  building  is  cement  covered  with  orna- 
mentation of  staff  work.  The  auditorium 
and  Sunday-school  room  are  circular  in 
form,  separated  by  very  high  doors,  which, 
when  dropped,  throw  the  two  rooms  into 
one  immense  room  capable  of  seating  one 
thousand  people.  Wide  galleries  encircle 
both  auditorium  and  Sunday-school  room. 
The  pulpit  and  choir  platform  are  lighted 
with  invisible  incandescent  lights.  Above 
the  platform  and  choir  is  a  very  large  or- 
gan loft,  permitting  the  finishing  of  the 
pipe  organ  with  pipes  for  both  rooms.  The 
Sunday-school  room  is  built  with  all 
modern  conveniences  for  Sunday-school 
work,  with  individual  class  rooms,  primary 
room,  officers'  rooms.  In  the  basement 
there  are  commodious  dining  room,  kitch- 
en, pantry,  furnace  room  and  all  the  nec- 
essary facilities  for  caring  for  the  social 
side  of  the  work  of  the  church. 

Chas.  C.  Chapman,  president  of  the 
southern  California  missionary  society, 
dedicated  the  new  house  to  the  worship  of 
God.  The  whole  service  was  made  one 
sacred  act  of  worship.  Something  over 
$9,000  was  raised  during  the  day.  Bro.  B.  F. 
Coulter  preached  at  the  afternoon  com- 
munion service  and  Bro.  A.  C.  Smither  at 
the  evening  service.      L.  M.  Anderson. 

perry,  MO. 

A  cut  of  the  handsome  new  building  of 
the  Christian  church  at  Perry,  Mo., 
adorns  the  first  page  of  this  issue  of  the 
Christian-Evangelist.  The  structure 
was  dedicated  free  of  debt  on  Lord's  day, 
July  30,  Bro.  F.  M.  Rains  conducting  the 
services. 

The  building  is  one  of  the  very  best  in 
that  entire  section  of  the  state,  and,  in- 
cluding the  lot  on  which  it  stands,  cost 
about  $13,000.  The  last  $3,000  of  this 
amount  was  raised  just  before  the  build- 
ing was  dedicated.  The  new  church 
home  is  74x56  feet,  built  of  pressed  brick 
with  stone  trimmings,  has  all  the  latest  ar- 
rangements for  light  and  heat  and  is  sup- 
plied with  all  the  necessary  rooms  for  the 
work  of  an  up-to-date  congregation.  The 
Perry  Christian  church  is  a  child  of  the 
Lick  Creek  church,  and  was  organized 
March  1,  1891,  by  Henry  F.  Davis  (at  that 
time  state  Sunday-school  evangelist,  now 
manager  of  the  book  department  of 
Christian  Publishing  Co.)  with  a  member- 
ship of  ninety-four.  It  now  has  a  member- 
ship of  300.    J.  M.  Bailey  is  pastor. 

SENDAI,  JAPAN. 

The  Sendai  church  was  dedicated  Sun- 
day, May  21.  At  the  regular  morning 
service  Brother  Hagin,  of  Tokyo,  preached 
a  good  sermon  on  the  "Lord's  Prayer." 
Brethren  Kawamura  and  Hasegawa,  the 
evangelists  from  Akoyu  and  Fukushima, 
presided  at  the  Lord's  table,  the  individual 
communion  service  being  used. 

The  public  dedication  service  was  held 
in  the  afternoon,  the  pastor,  Mr.  Takagi, 
presiding.  The  scripture  was  read  by  Mr. 
Sawaki,  the  young  evangelist  from  Sanu- 
ma,  who  is  a  member  of  the  Sendai  con- 
gregation. A  special  English  song  was 
sung  by  the  young  men  and  women  of  the 


church.  The  sermon  was  preached  by 
Brother  Guy  of  the  Drake  Bible  college  on 
the  subject  "Christianity  as  a  Universal 
Religion."  A  statement  of  the  building 
fund  and  the  purpose  of  the  building  was 
made  by  M.  B.  Madden.  Congratulatory 
addresses  were  made  by  the  mayor  of  Sen- 
dai, Mr.  Hayakawa;  Rev.  A.  K.  Faust,  rep- 
resentative of  the  Sendai  missionaries;  Rev. 
Mr.  Katagiri,  pastor  of  the  Congregational 
church,  representative  of  Sendai  churches, 
and  Rev.  Mr.  Kawamura,  representative  of 
visiting  brethren.  The  audience  numbered 
over  two  hundred. 

The  new  chapel  is  in  a  good  location. 
The  land  is  part  of  the  highest  point  in 
Sendai  at  the  junction  of  three  streets. 
The  capacity  of  the  building  is  a  little 
over  two  hundred  and  the  cost,  including 
land,  was  about  $1,500.  The  member- 
ship is  now  over  one  hundred,  but  twelve 
are  in  Manchuria  at  the  seat  of  war,  five 
are  in  the  barracks,  one  is  preaching  near 
Sendai,  and  many  are  in  school  in  differ- 
ent parts  of  the  Empire. 

M.  B.  Madden. 

SENECA,  MO. 

On  Sunday  afternoon,  June  11,  the 
church  at  Seneca,  Mo.,  dedicated  its  new 
house  of  worship. 

As  a  result  of  a  two  weeks'  meeting  in  the 
summerof  1891,  conducted  by  D.  W.  Moore, 
now  pastor  of  the  South  street  Christian 
church,  Springfield,  Mo.,  a  congregation 
of  30  members  was  organized.  With  no 
house  of  worship  and  with  irregular  preach- 
ing the  congregation  continued  a  rather 
precarious  existence  until  May,  1896,  when, 
as  a  result  of  a  meeting  conducted  by  Mor- 
gan Morgans  and  S.  P.  Hart,  the  member- 
ship was  increased  to  50.  But  in  the  storm 
of  May  30,  1896,  a  large  part  of  the  town  of 
Seneca,  including  the  Methodist  church 
building  (in  which  the  congregation  met) 
was  destroyed.  This  misfortune  greatly 
discouraged  the  Disciples  and  not  until  the 
beginning  of  1903  did  the  church  manifest 
any  life.  In  a  meeting  held  by  Joseph 
Gaylor,  May  21,  1905,  and  a  second  meet- 
ing by  Brother  Gaylor  assisted  by  F.  M. 
O'Neal,  the  membership  was  increased  to 
85.  The  new  house  cost  $3,008,  is  32x48 
feet  in  dimensions,  built  of  brick,  furnished 
with  comfortable  oak  pews,  heated  with  a 
furnace  and  has  a  seating  capacity  of  300. 
T.  A.  Abbott,  secretary  of  the  Missouri 
state  missionary  society,  conducted  the 
dedication  service. 

TOPEKA,  KANSAS. 

Sunday,  Aug.  6,  was  a  big  day  at  the 
Central  Park  Christian  church  at  Topeka 
In  the  morning  the  sermon  was  preached 
by  C.  A.  Poison',  the  new  pastor.  At  the 
close  of  the  service  an  entire  family  of  six 
took  membership  with  the  congregation; 
In  the  afternoon  the  building  was  formally 
dedicated  to  the  Lord,  W.  S.  Lowe  conj 
ducting  the  service.  After  a  sermon  ap- 
propriate to  the  occasion  the  sum  of  $1,500 
was  called  for;  this  was  subsequently 
raised.  This  provides  for  all  indebted- 
ness, save  a  small  loan  from  the  Board  of 
Church  Extension.  The  dedicatory  prayer 
was  offered  by  D.  Y.  Donaldson,  who. 
assisted  by  Singing  Evangelist  Bert  I. 
Bentley,  follows  with  a  series  of  meetings 
to  continue  throughout  the  month  of 
August. 

This  new  house  of  worship  is  one  of  the 
finest  in  the  city  and  is  thoroughly  modern 
and  complete  in  every  respect.  It  will 
seat  about  four  hundred  persons. 

C.  A.  Polson. 


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Auc  st  24 ,  1905 


Midweek  Prayer-Meeting. 

By  W.  F.  Richardson. 
August  30.  190S. 


Sunday-School* 

September  3,  1905. 


THE  HOUSE  OF  GOD.— Psalm  84. 

The  Divine  Presence.  The  omnipresence 
of  God  haa  ever  been  difficult  for  man  to  real- 
ize. Compelled  by  his  habitation  in  a  material 
body  to  occupy  but  one  point  in  space  at  a 
lime,  he  can  scarcely  comprehend  the  laws  of 
pure  spirit  according  to  which  the  living  God 
nay  inhabit  the  universe.  When  this  con- 
tciousness  does  come  to  him.  man  bows  hum- 
bly before  his  Maker  and  feels  his  own  im- 
potence. Such  scriptures  as  Gtn.  28:16,  17; 
Psalm  139.  and  John  4:20-24,  elevate  our 
minds  above  their  material  ideals  of  the  divine 
nature,  and  help  us  to  understand  that  the 
whole  universe  is  but  a  vast  temple  of  Jehovah. 
Vet  so  long  as  man  is  confined  within  the  lim- 
its of  this  material  world,  he  will  feel  the  need 
of  local  sanctuaries,  where  he  may  meet  with 
those  of  like  spiritual  aspirations,  for  worship 
and  communion.  And  thus  the  house  of  God 
becomes  to  him  a  place  sacred  above  all  others. 

1.  Its  Blessed  Privileges:  Communion  with 
God.  Psa.  27:4;  42:1,2;  84:1-4.  The  human 
soul  needs  the  divine  companionship,  and  wor- 
ship is  as  native  thereto  as  are  hunger  and 
thirst  to  the  body.  The  certainty  with  which 
man  calls  upon  the  name  of  God  in  the  hour 
of  sudden  distress  and  terror  proves  that  this  is 
the  normal  refuge  for  him.  Barren  is  the  life 
that  enjoys  no  daily  communion  with  the  heav- 
enly Father.  It  is  like  the  desert  with  its 
waste  of  sand,  glistening  beneath  the  burning 
sun,  but  bringing  forth  no  beauty  or  fragrance, 
producing  neither  flower  nor  fruit.  But  he 
who  enjoys  dai'y  fellowship  with  God  is  like  a 
garden,  planted  with  the  tree  of  righteousness, 
refreshed  by  the  rivers  of  waters,  and  bringing 
forth  its  fruit  in  its  season.  Psalm  1.  The 
meetings  of  the  sanctuary  help  to  cultivate  and 
enlarge  this  communion. 

2.  Its  Blessed  Opportunity:  Ministry  to 
Man.  Psa.  42:4;  122:1-7;  Hebrews  10:19-25. 
"As  iron  sharpeneth  iron,  so  doth  a  man  the 
tountenance  of  his  friend,"  says  the  wise  man. 
There  is  in  the  worship  of  the  congregation 
that  power  of  mutual  faith  and  devotion  that 
intensifies  the  emotions  and  deepens  the  con- 
victions of  the  soul.  As  the  electrician  will 
construct  his  dynamo  by  combining  the  power 
of  many  coils  of  wire,  so  the  gathering  together 
of  a  multitude  of  believers  increases  the  spirit- 
ual power  of  the  separate  units,  amd  makes  the 
whole  more  than  a  mere  sum  of  the  parts.  If 
Disciples  of  Christ  only  realized  the  power  for 
good  that  simple  fidelity  to  the  public  services 
•  f  the  church  would  accomplish  for  themselves 
and  others,  our  houses  of  worship  would  be 
crowded  on  the  Lord's  day,  our  midweek 
prayer-meetings  would  not  be  a  laughingstock 
to  the  world  because  of  the  criminal  indiffer- 
ence with  which  they  are  treated  by  the  church 
members,  and  the  number  of  conversions  would 
be  many  times  multiplied. 

3.  Its  Blessed  Security:  A  Shelter  from 
Temptation  and  Trouble.  Psa.  84:10,  11; 
27:  5,  6.  No  Chrittian  ever  went  from  a  rev- 
erent hour  of  worship  at  the  church  into  an 
evil  way.  Thousands  have  been  seduced  to 
follow  the  wrong  because  neglect  of  the  house 
«f  God  had  weakened  their  will  and  seared 
their  contcience.  We  need  a  revival  of  faith- 
ful church  attendance,  to  that  the  Lord's  day, 
the  Lord's  houce,  the  Lord's  supper  and  the 
Lord's  word  may  have  their  rightful  influence 
upon  our  lives. 

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THE  CAPTIVITY  OF  JUDAH.— 
.Uk       2  Chron.  36:11-21. 

SjJV/1  Memory  verses,  19-21. 
Golden  Text.— Be  sure  your  sin  will  find 
you  out. — Num.  32:23. 

The  failing  of  the  Hebrew  people,  which 
brought  them  to  their  low  estate,  brought  upon 
them  the  displeasure  of  Jehovah  and  finally 
plunged  them  in  the  abyss  of  national  ruin, 
was  a  curious  mixture  of  faith  and  unfaith. 
At  times  their  religious  leaders  must  rebuke 
them  for  their  lack  of  faith  in  the  power  and 
mercy  of  their  God,  and  at  other  times  the 
chief  work  of  the  prophets  was  to  disturb  the 
false  serenity  of  the  people  and  assure  them 
that  their  expectation  of  sudden  and  miracu- 
lous deliverance  was  vain  and  futile. 

There  were  many  occasions  when  the  deliver- 
ance of  the  nation  from  imminent  peril  at  the 
hands  of  its  more  powerful  enemies  gave  as- 
surance of  Jehovah's  special  care  for  Israel  and 
his  transcendent  power.  Through  centuries  of 
history,  this  lesson  was  driven  home  to  the  peo- 
ple until  they  learned  it  well.  They  learned 
it  too  well,  for  in  their  decadent  days,  their 
faith  took  the  form  of  a  superstitious  belief 
that,  in  any  emergency,  God  would  deliver 
them  because  his  own  glory  and  honor  were  so 
bound  up  with  the  fate  of  Israel  that  he  could 
not  afford  to  see  them  too  severely  treated,  no 
matter  how  much  they  might  deserve  it. 

When  it  came  to  the  final  crisis  in  the  reign 
of  Zedekiah,  Jeremiah  saw,  with  the  wisdom 
of  inspiration,  that  it  was  no  longer  possible  to 
hope  for  deliverance  from  the  enemies  which 
were  overwhelming  the  nation.  Such  a  deliv- 
erance would  not  have  been  a  vindication  of 
Jehovah,  but  a  vindication  of  the  wickedness 
and  idolatry  which  had  marked  the  history 
of  the  nation  for  generations.  But  now,  when 
the  case  was  most  desperate,  the  old  pop- 
ular faith  flamed  up,  and  Jeremiah,  whose 
counsel  was  good  sense  as  well  as  good  re 
ligion,  was  despised  as  disloyal  and  even 
as  lacking  in  proper  faith  in  Jehovah's  deliver- 
ing power. 

Read  the  colloquy  between  Jeremiah  and 
the  popular  and  "patriotic"  prophet  Hananiah 
on  this  subject,  when  the  latter  declared  confi- 
dently that  within  two  years  the  power  of 
Babylon  would  be  broken  (Jer.  28). 

But  the  counsels  of  the  anti-prophetic  party 
prevailed.  Zedekiah,  weak  and  flexible,  was 
easily  led  into  doing  the' mock-heroic  thing, 
the  foolish  and  fatally  dangerous  thing,  as 
weak  people  often  are.  He  revolted  against 
Nebuchadrezzar,  contrary  to  his  oath,  and  the 
crash  was  not  long  delayed.  The  king  of 
Babylon  came  upon  Jerusalem  not  simply  to 
conquer  it — he  had  conquered  it  before  and 
found  that  it  would  not  be  quiet  even  under 
oath — but  to  make  his  conquest  permanently 
effective  by  the  most  terrible  measures.  The 
siege  lasted  a  year  and  a  half.  There  were 
horrors  of  famine  and  pestilence  within  the 
.city.  For  some  hint  of  the  awful  conditions, 
which  the  chronicler  does  not  pause  to  describe, 
see  Lamentations  2:19-52. 

The  deportation  of  the  survivors  of  the  siege 
was  in  keeping  with  the  oriental  customs  of 
conquest.  It  was  the  fate  which  the  northern 
kingdom  of  Israel  had  suffered  at  the  hand  of 
Assyria  a  century  and  a  quarter  before.  In- 
deed, the  policy  had  already  been  partially  ap- 
plied to  Judah  in  the  deportation  of  the  suc- 
cessive kiogs  following  Josiah,  each  doubt- 
less accompanied  by  a  more  or  less  numerous 
company  of  his  nobles. 

In  the  destruction  of  the  city  was,  fulfilled 
not  only  the  immediate  prediction  of  Jeremiah 
who  had  been   declaring  that  it  was  useless  to  ' 


resist  the  power  of  Babylonia,  but  the  whole 
course  and  tenor  of  the  prophetic  teaching 
which  had  been  that  God  would  bless  his  peo- 
ple only  so  long  as  they  were  faithful  to  him 
and  that  he  would  overthrow  and  destroy  them 
if  they  persisted  in  their  evil  ways. 


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THE  ABUNDANT   LIFE:  HOW    GET   IT; 

HOW    USE   IT. -John  10:7-10; 

Rom.  5:19-21. 

{Consecration.) 

For  the  Leader. 

We  have  come  to  the  first  meeting  of  the 
month  once  more.  This  means  that  it  is  a 
consecration.  That  should  mean  much  more 
to  us  than  it  ever  has.  One  can  remember 
the  time  when  some  of  our  societies  looked 
upon  the  monthly  consecration  meeting  with  a 
degree  of  suspicion.  It  was  feared  that  this 
might  be  a  type  of  the  old  time  mourner's  bench 
religion.  We  soon  came  to  see  that  it  was 
far  from  this.  However,  none  the  less  earnest 
and  sincere,  but  founded  upon  a  more  intelli- 
gent and,  let  us  say,  gospel  conception  of  the 
service  Jesus  desires  us  to  render  to  him.  But 
the  worst  attitude  of  all  to  the  consecration 
meeting  is  the  one  that  gives  it  neither  the  at- 
tention of  opposition  nor  the  attention  of  adop- 
tion. Indifference  is  the  term  that  expresses 
the  modern  and  dangerous  turn  things  have 
taken  with  too  many  young  people.  Can  we 
not  to-night  awaken  a  desire  for  a  closer  walk 
with  God  in  all  our  hearts?     Let  us  try. 

For  the  Members. 

1.  The  subject  of  consecration  to-night  is 
taken  up  under  the  caption  of  The  Abundant 
Life.  What  life  is  that?  Have  we  ever  stopped 
to  look  into  it  in  this  way?  The  abundant 
life — what  does  that  mean  of  the  other  life? 
May  it  not,  does  it  not,  mean  that  there  is  a 
life  of  skimping,  of  leanness,  of  scarcity,  of 
want?  Yes,  this  is  just  what  it  implies.  Which 
life,  would  you  think,  is  the  abundant  life,  the 
one  we  live  at  a  hit-and-miss  gait,  or  the  one 
we  live  under  the  direction  of  God?  Cer- 
tainly the  one  under  God.  Then  the  abun- 
dant life  is  the  life  God  gives.  Then  the 
abundant  life  is  the  natural  life.  Then  the 
abundant  life  is  the  life  that  is  richest,  cheap- 
est, and  the  one  that  brings  greatest  happiness. 
Let  no  oae  say  any  more  that  it  is  not  natural 
to  us  to  do  the  right . 

2.  How  are  we  to  get  the  abundant  life? 
One  more  correctly  answers  that  it  is  not  a 
thing  to  get,  but  a  thing  to  accept,  to  choose, 
to  do.  The  old  idea  of  getting  religion  was 
all  right  from  its  own  standpoint,  but  it  is 
very  misleading,  to  say  the  least.  It  leads  to 
an  external  conception  of  things  religious.  It 
makes  what  we  get  through  Jesus  something 
from  without.  It  makes  it  an  external  thing. 
Such  is  a  great  mistake.  It  is  from  within. 
Jesus  stirs  up  my  heart  and  makes  me  under 
his  help  do  all  that  is  justly  called  a  part  of  the 
abundant  life.  The  basis  of  all  I  am  here, 
and  all  I  am  to  be  hereafter  is  in  me.  Like 
the  great  feast  of  the  five  thousand,  the  basis  of 
all  the  feast  being  the  few  loaves  and  fishes, 
■o  all  God  is  to  make  of  me,  he  is  to  do  by 
working  upon  me.  I  am  the  raw  material. 
We  get,  or  better,  do,  the  abundant  life  through 
yielding  to  the  direction  of  Cod.  In  other 
words,  we  find  it  in  obedience  to  the  gospel  of 
Jesus  Christ. 

3.  How  are  we  to  use  the  abundant  life? 
Well,  this  is  a  question,  that  probably  should 
never  have  been  asked,  for  the  abundant  life  is 
itself  a  use  of  things  when  we  get  right  down 
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who  have  accepted  Jesus  who  have  not  lived 
up  to  the  full  extent  of  their  obligations  or  op- 
portunities. The  best  of  us  need  to  learn  new 
lessons  of  further  obedience  and  duty  to  God. 
Our  abundant  lives  can  be  intensified  many 
times  over.     The  Christian  life  as   it   is   pre- 


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Evangelistic 


We  invite  minitttri  and  tthers  it  send  rt- 
ptrts  tf  meetings,  addititns  and  tihtr  news  tf 
tkt  churches  ftr  publicatitn  in  this  depart- 
men:.  It  is  especially  requested  that  addititns 
be  reptrted  as  "by  ctnfessitn  and  baptism"  »r 
"h  letter." 

COLORADO. 
Trinidad,    Aug,    15. — Two    confessions 
here,  Aug.  13.     Many  strangers   are  com- 
ing this  way.     The  church  keeps  alert    to 
greet  them.— David  C.  Peters. 

ILLINOIS. 

Waukegan,  Aug  14. — Meeting  here  starts 
out  nicely  with  seven  confessions  to  date. 
Interest  fine.— Wright  Bros. 

Camp  Point,  Aug.  14.— We  had  one  bap- 
tism on  Aug.  10. — H.  J.  Reynolds. 

Hermon,  Aug.  17. — We  closed  a  five 
weeks'  meeting  with  this  church  last  night. 
Fifty-one  additions  as  follows:  25  confes- 
sions, 10  reclaimed,  seven  by  statement, 
six  from  the  Methodists,  two  from  the  Bap- 
tists, and  one  from  the  Congregational 
church;  25  of  these  were  men.  Salary 
raised  for  a  pastor  to  live  in  Hermon,  and 
a  large  V.  P.  S.  C.  E.  organized. — Har- 
old E.  Moxser. 

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Bedford,  Aug.  15. — I  preached  at  Guth- 
rie, Ind.,  on  Sunday.  Three  persons 
made  the  good  confession  and  were  bap- 
tized.— Jno.  Williams. 

Kirklin,  Aug.  11.— Closed  an  18  days' 
meeting  at  this  place  last  night.  There 
were  three  additions  by  confession  and 
baptism,  and  two  by  letter.— A.  W.  Crabb. 

Rensselaer,  Aug.  18. — There  have  been 
two  additions  by  primary  obedience  re- 
cently. 

IOWA. 

Ottumwa,  Aug.  14.— Thirteen  added  to 
the  First  church  yesterday— 10  by  confes- 
sion.— WM.  J.  LOCKHART. 

KANSAS. 

LeRoy,  Aug.  14.— Twenty-five  additions 
during  the  first  week — fourteen  of  them 
confessions. — Richard  S.  Martin. 

Tyro,  Aug.  11.— I  am  assisted  in  this 
meeting  by  F.  A.  Lane,  singing  evangelist. 
Twenty  additions  in  the  first  two  weeks. — 
J.  K.  Charlton. 

Clay  Center,  Aug.  15.— I  preached  at 
Belleville,  Lord's  day,  Aug.  13.  There 
were  three  additions.— Otho  C.  Moorman. 

Frankfort,  Aug.  19.— We  have  no  church 
building  here,  no  organization  and  of 
course  no  Sunday-school.  I  have  been 
here  nine  days,  preaching  in  the  park.  We 
have  had  21  accessions  to  date.— E.  W. 
Brickert. 

KENTUCKY. 

Berea,  Aug.  14. — Eleven  days'  meeting 
conducted  by  P.  F.  King,  of  Millersburg, 
resulted  in  28  additions,  24  by  confession 
and  baptism. 

Lowder,  Aug.  13. — I  have  just  closed  a 
meeting  here  in  the  grove  with  eight  addi- 
tions, six  by  baptism  and  two  from  the 
denominations. 

Newtown,  Aug.  17. — We  have  just  closed 
a  great  meeting  here  with  61  additions— 47 
by  confession  and  14  by  statement  and  let- 
ter. J.  T.  McKissick,  of  Texas,  did  the 
preaching.— C.  W.  F.  Daniels,  minister. 

MISSOURI. 

Higdon,  Aug.  14. — We  had  three  con- 
fessions at  White  Water  yesterday.— J.  B. 
Dodson. 

California,  Aug.  13.—  Jno.  L.  Brandt,  of 


St.  Louis,  closed  a  three  weeks'  meeting 
with  33  additions— 26  by  confession  and 
baptism. — Herbert  J.  Corwine. 

Chillicothe,  Aug.  14.— One  confession 
and  two  by  letter  during  August. — James 
N.  Crutcher. 

Columbia,  Aug.  14. — Have  just  closed  a 
meeting  with  home  forces  at  the  New  Hope 
church,  Howard  county.  There  were  10 
added  by  primary  obedience. — B.  F.  Gos- 

LIN. 

Golden  City,  Aug.  13.— Meeting  with 
Bro.  J.  I.  Orrison,  of  Sedalia,  evangelist, 
just  closed  with  nine  additions — three  by 
baptism,  four  by  letter  and  two  by  state- 
ment. O.  W.  Jones  is  pastor.— Miss  Kate 
DeWeese,  clerk. 

Grain  Valley,  Aug.  14. — Just  closed  a 
meeting  here  with  35  accessions— 25  by  con- 
fession and  baptism,'  nine  by  statement  and 
one  from  the  Baptists. — L.  B.  Coggins. 

Granville,  Aug.  17.— Just  closed  a  17 
days'  meeting  here  where  R.  M.  Dungan 
is  pastor.  There  were  40  baptisms,  seven 
by  statement,  four  restored,  three  from 
the  Methodists,  two  from  the  Adventists, 
and  one  from  the  Presbyterians,  a  total  of 
57  additions. — Claude  F.  Pearce,  evan- 
gelist, Canton,  Mo. 

Libertyville,  Aug.  12.— J.  T.  H.  Stewart, 
of  Washington  C.  H.,  Ohio,  closed  the 
meeting  at  Swinton,  Stoddard  Co.,  with  a 
total  of  67  additions,  as  follows:  47  bap- 
tisms, eight  restored,  eight  from  the  Bap- 
tists and  four  from  the  Methodists.— S.W. 
Robinson. 

Rothville,  Aug.  12. — Meeting  with  M.  M. 
Show,  pastor,  J.  C.  Howell,  evangelist,  and 
Brother  Robinson,  singer,  began  July  22 
and  closed  August  9.  Additions,  20  by 
confession  and  baptism  and  11  by  letter, 
statement  and  from  the  denominations,  a 
total  of  31.— W.  E.  Washburn,  clerk. 

Willmathsville,  Aug.  14.— One  more  ad- 
dition yesterday.  Meeting  continues.— 
W.  T.  Clarkson,  evangelist. 

Moundville,  Aug.  18. — Just  closed  a  ten 
day's  missionary  meeting  at  Totten  school- 
house,  six  miles  from  here,  with  14  confes- 
sions.— Chas.  H.  Swift. 

NEBRASKA. 

North  Bend,  Aug.  7.— Three  baptisms. 
— J.  B.  White. 

OHIO. 

Okeana,  Aug.  12. — Meeting  one  week  old. 
Have  had  13  accessions,  12  of  them  by 
confession  and  baptism.  W.  F.  Shearer, 
of  Angola,  Ind.,  is  doing  the  preaching. — 
J.  A.  Roberts,  minister. 


OKLAHOMA. 

Sapulpa,  Aug.  12.— Our  meeting  here  is 
two  weeks  old  with  13  added  to  date. 
Good  interest. — Oscar  Ingold,  Norman, 
Okla. 

Pond  Creek,  Aug.  18. — Two  added  by 
letter  July  29.  One  baptism  Aug.  13.  Two 
of  our  Church  Extension  notes  have  been 
paid  since  Jan.  1,  leaving  one  only  to  be 
met  later. — B.  D.  Gillispie. 

Yukon,  Aug.  19. — This  meeting  goes 
well;  23  to  date — 16  baptisms  and  a  fine 
and  growing  interest. — D.  D.  Boyle. 

OREGON. 

Silverton,  Aug.  8.— We  are  in  a  very 
difficult  field,  but  have  already  had  23 
confessions.  Will  continue  a  few  days 
more.— Chas.  E.  McVay,  singing  evan- 
gelist. 

PHILIPPINE  ISLANDS. 

Vigan,  Ilocos  Sur,  June  30. — Four  bap- 
tized in  Vigan  the  past  week;  eight  in 
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our  Hillsboro  district  evangelist,  has  just 
closed  a  meeting  at  Juliette  Fowler  Home 
with  35  added.  Ten  of  these  are  our  boys 
and  girls  and  we  are  happy.  We  now  have 
the  nucleus  of  a  church  and  hope  to  build 
up  one  in  the  neighborhood. — A.  J.  Bush, 
superintendent. 

VERMONT. 

West  Rupert,  Aug.  16.— Have  baptized 
five  recently  at  regular  services.— E.  J. 
Butler. 

WISCONSIN. 

Read's  Town,  Aug.  11.— We  are  in  a 
meeting  here  one  week  old,  Fine  interest. 
Four  added  to  date.— W.  B.  Crewdson. 


The  Holy  Spirit. 

I  welcome  the  work  as  a  timely  contri- 
bution and  a  much  needed  resetting 
of  the  views  of  our  brethren  concern- 
ing his  important  doctrine  of  Christian 
faith. 

I  have  so  far  failed  to  discover  any  posi- 
tion out  of  harmony  with  "our"  teaching 
—or  at  least  with  any  conception  of  our 
plea.  On  the  contrary,  there  is  such  a 
strength  of  statement,  and  our  main  posi- 
tions have  been  so  thoroughly  and  clearly 
set  forth,  that  the  work  must  remove  "the 
misconceptions  and  misapprehensions  of 
us,  under  which  ;so  many  of  our  religious 
neighbors  labor. 

It  is  true  that  Brother  Garrison  has  sub- 
jected himself  to  some  verbal  criticism  by 
his  departure  from  our  hackneyed  way  of 
treating  this  subject.  I  am  not  sure  that 
the  first  chapter  on  "The  Tri-Personality" 
is  agreeable  to  our  method  of  statement; 
but  I  am  sure  that  the  position  taken  is  my 
own.  It  seems  to  me  that  he  is  speaking 
to  those  not  of  our  own  household,  and 
meeting  the  charge  of  unitarianism  which 
used  to  be  hurled  against  us,  in  a  lan- 
guage which  they  can  understand — a  way 
of  their  own.  In  speaking  of  our  hack- 
neyed way,  I  do  not  intend  any  reflection 
upon  the  safe  and  sound  rule  of  "speaking 
of  Bible  things  in  Bible  terms."  But  we 
can  speak  in  Bible  terms  in  a  very  unbibli- 
cal  way.  In  the  emphasis  of  one  truth, 
we  may  sometimes  become  culpably  silent 
as  to  other  essential  truths.  It  is  refresh- 
ing, therefore,  to  find  a  treatment  so  true 
and  yet  so  unbiased,  so  free  from  the 
restrictions  we  have  thrown  around  this 
subject.  We  are  far  more  obligated  to 
preach  the  truth  of  the  Holy  Spirit's 
operation  through  the  gospel,  than  the 
converse,  that  this  operation  is  not  by  mag- 
ical means  or  without  means.  The  book 
is  affirmative  throughout,  concerned  in 
exhibiting  the  truth,  and  encouraging  the 
reader  to  the  realization  of  his  personal  re- 
lationship to  the  Holy  Spirit. 

The  arrangement  is  logical,  and  aids  the 
reader  to  a  clear  understanding  of  the 
subject.  I  have  written  against  the  first 
five  chapters  this  order:  I.  The  Holy 
Spirit— Who  is  he?  II.  Where  do  we  learn 
of  him?  III.  How  do  we  become  related 
to  him?  IV.  What  is  that  relationship? 
V.  What  are  the  blessed  consequences? 
In  answering  these  questions  I  not  only 
am  led  to  understand  the  Spirit  better, 
but  myself  as  a  Christian  also.  Then 
there  follows  the  larger  view  of  the  rela- 
tionship of  the  Spirit  to  the  church.  The 
Head,  the  inauguration  of  his  reign,  the 
manifestation,  the  means,  the  purpose,  the 
necessity,  the  assurance — no  simpler  or 
more  logical  arrangement  can  be  desired, 
in  my  judgment.         Roger  L.  Clark. 

May  field,  Ky, 


People's  Forum. 


A  Helpful  Statement. 

The  Editor,  Christian-Evangelist: 
I  want  to  tell  you  that  I  am  greatly 
pleased  with  the  helpful  way  in  which  you 
state  the  relation  of  baptism  to  forgive- 
ness. I  also  want  to  thank  you  for  a  clear 
statement  of  my  own  convictions  on  the 
subject.  I  have  two  extracts  from  the 
Christian-Evangelist  that  express  what 
I  mean.  In  issue  of  June  15,  in  answering 
F.  M.  Cummings'  question,  this  sentence 
occurs:  "This  can  mean  no  less  than  that 
God  has  linked  baptism  along  with  a  pen- 
itent faith  as  a  condition  of  remission  of 
sins,  and  this,  as  we  believe,  in  order  to 
help  men  to  reach  an  assurance  of  such 
forgiveness." 

The  other,  which  I  copied  some  time 
ago,  expresses  the  same  thought.  It  is  this: 
"Baptism  is  not  a  penalty  inflicted  on 
men  for  being  wicked,  but  a  gracious  help 
offered  men  who  are  seeking  God  and  the 
assurance  of  pardon." 

I  fear  the  subject  is  too  rarely  so  pre- 
sented. Might  it  not  be  worth  while  to 
call  special  attention  to  these  two  state- 
ments? L.  E.  Murray. 

Indianapolis ,  Ind. 

[We  know  of  no  better  way  of  calling 
"special  attention  to  these  two  statements" 
than  by  printing  the  foregoing  letter  from 
Brother  Murray.  It  is  the  way  we  have 
conceived  the  relation  of  baptism  to  re- 
mission of  sins  for  many  years,  and  it  re- 
lieves our  position  on  that  subject  from 
any  suspicion  of  sacramentarianism,  and 
brings  it  into  thorough  harmony  with 
God's  gracious  character  and  the  spiritual 
nature  of  Christianity. — Editor.] 

"Cat  Oat  the  TracK  Grower." 

Dr.  Lhamon's  "Pertaining  to  the  Min- 
istry" was  full  of  things  vitally  important 
and  of  vital  interest.  However,  Brother 
Lewellen  suggests  "cut  out  the  truck 
grower"  that  more  young  men  enter  the 
ministry.  I  fail  to  see  the  consistency  of 
the  statement.  How  can  truck  growing 
spiritually  unfit  a  man  for  the  ministry? 
One  and  all  recognize  finance  must  be  a 
consideration  when  considering  the  min- 
istry. Very  many  ministers  are  largely  re- 
sponsible for  their  meager  finance.  They 
are  fearful  that  calloused  palms  would  not 
look  well  in  the  pulpit.  It  is  against  their 
make-up  to  take  an  occasional  sweat 
through  manual  exertion.  After  a  few 
hours  in  their  library  they  prefer  to  stroll 
down  town  rather  than  toward  the  truck 
patch.  An  old  doctor  once  told  me  a  man 
never  needed  rest  so  much  as  change.  I 
have  made  this  a  strict  rule  of  activity.  In- 
stead of  pacing  the  library  floor,  outlining 
a  sermon,  fathoming  a  personality,  medi- 
tating the  needs,  likes  and  dislikes  of  my 
congregation,  I  do  these  while  wielding  the 
hoe  or  driving  the  cultivator.  Is  not  six 
hours  a  day  for  five  days  enough  for  all 
reasonable  sermonizing  and  research? 
Now,  steward,  what  are  you  doing  with 
the  rest  of  your  time?  This  is  pretty  much 
my  modus  operandi,  and  I  have  never  had 
board  nor  layman  say  (or  I  dare  say 
think)  they  were  any  the  worse  for  my  being 
a  trucker.  The  Lord's  work  is  given  pre- 
eminence in  all  things,  yet  my  gardens  re- 
plenish the  table  and  reduce  the  store 
bill.  Again,  on  an  $800  salary,  even 
though  trucking  be  held  in  con- 
tempt,    who     cannot    "lay    up"    $100   a 


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am  alarmed  at  the  scarcity  of  young  men 
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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  24,  1905 


MARRIAGES. 

BLACK—  RANSDEUL— In    Jacksonville,    111.. 

June  -    oi  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and 

I,  of  Jacksonville,  111.,  Samuel  B. 

-     Louis,  officiating. 

CLEAVER—  LEWIS.  —  At    the    home    of    the 

bride"s  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Aaron  D.  Lewis,  of 

Canton,  Mo.,  July  26,  1905,  Prof.  Ben  Hill  Cleaver, 

of  Christian  university  and  Christian  minister,  fo 

5,  Geo.  W.  Buckner,  of  Macomb, 

111. .  officiating. 

VAN  NATTA—  WELCH.  —At  Kansas  City, 
Kan.,  June  21,  1905.  in  the  North  Side  Christian 
church.  Winton  S.  Van  Natta  and  Ethel  M.  Welch, 
both  of  that  city.  C.  P.  Smith  officiating. 

WAHL1N— STOTLER.— At  Kansas  City,  Kan., 

iune  19,  1905,  at  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph 
,    Stot'.er.    Frank  W.    Wahlin   and   Mary   Stotler, 
both  of  that  city,  C.  P.  Smith  officiating. 

WARD  —  SHOAFS  FALL.— July  27,  1905,  in 
PTairie  Citv,  la.,  I.  W.  Ward,  of  Colfax,  la.,  to 
Miss  Ella  Vhoafstall,  of  Prairie  City,  la.,  C.  H. 
Stiawn  officiating. 

OBITUARIES. 

Notice*  of  deaths  (not  more  than  four  lines)  inserted 
tree.  Obituary  memoirs,  one  cent  per  word.  Send  the 
Bcner  with  the  copy. 

ANDREWS. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  E.  Andrews,  of  Kansas  City, 
Mo.,  was  married  June  29  to  Leonard  D.  An- 
drews, of  Leavenworth,  Kan.,  and  she  died  July  3 
from  apoplexy,  after  an  illness  of  only  10  hours, 
while  on  their  trip  to  Excelsior  Springs,  Mo. 

BAILEY. 

L.  Y.  Bailey  was  born  in  Springfield,  Tenn.,  Jan. 
9,  1838.  He  grew  to  manhood  in  southern  Mis- 
souri, attended  college  at  Columbia,  Mo.,  and 
graduated  in  law  at  Cincinnati,  O.  Giving  much  time 
to  teaching  in  his  earlier  and  middle  life,  he  served 
in  the  Union  army  for  three  years  during  the  civil 
war,  making  an  honorable  record  as  a  soldier.  A1-' 
though  brought  up  in  a  Presbyterian  home,  Brother 
Bailey's  own  study  convinced  him  that  the  people 
who  would  be  Christians  only  occupied  the  correct 
position  and  he  became  an  enthusiastic  advocate  of 
the  restoration  movement.  Preferring  the  work  of 
the  ministry,  he  led  many  souls  to  life  through  his 
earnest  preaching  of  the  word.  Brother  Bailey  was 
twice  married  and  was  the  father  of  nine  children, 
6ve  of  whom,  with  Sister  Bailey,  survive  him.  He 
died  in  Portland,  Ore.,  July  10,  1905,  aged  67 
years,  six  months  and  one  day.  The  funeral  serv- 
ice was  conducted  by  the  writer,  assisted  by  J.  F. 
Ghormley.  Thus  ends  a  life  whose  ministerial  la- 
bors will  be  remembered  in  parts  of  Minnesota, 
Kansas  and  Oregon,  and  all  who  knew  him  will 
unite  in  saying  that  a  good  man  has  gone  to  his  re- 
ward. Albyn  Esson. 

Portland,  Oregon. 

BOBBITT. 

P.  A.  Bobbin  was  born  March  28,  1832,  and  mar- 
ried J.  H.  Bobbin.  Aug.  1,  1848.  She  joined  the 
Christian  church  soon  after  and  lived  a  devoted  life 
until  her  death,  at  Sprague,  Mo.,  July  14,  1905. 

BOOKER. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  A.  Booker  died  in  Upper  Alton, 
111.,  on  July  2,  1905,  at  the  age  of  60  years,  eight 
months  and  10  days.  Her  early  life  was  at  Scott- 
ville,  111.,  where  she  married  Dr.  R.  B.  Booker,  who 
with  one  son  survives  her.  Sister  Booker  was  very 
active  in  the  Lord's  work  and  assisted  in  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  cause  at  Carlinville,  and  in  the  re- 
cent effort  to  plant  a  congregation  at  Alton  where 
her  loss  is  sorely  felt.  She  was  a  noble  Christian 
woman  of  spiritual  culture.  Funeral  services  were 
at  the  Alton  home  by  the  writer  and  the  body  was 
interred  at  Jerseyville.         Edward  O.  Sharpe. 

BROWN. 

Frank  Brown,  born  in  Bourbon  county,  Ky., 
Aug.  22, 1835,  died  at  his  home  in  Cherokee,  Kan., 
July  10,  1905,  aged  79  years,  10  months  and  18 
days.  He  was  married  first  to  Elizabeth  Browning 
and  again  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Smither,  of  Rushville, 
111.,  who  survives  him.  Eight  children  were  the 
fruits  of  his  second  marriage,  five  of  whom  are  liv- 
ing. He  early  in  life  accepted  the  Savior  and  was 
faithful  in  the  discharge  of  his  religious  duties.  He 
was  for  many  years  an  official  of  the  Christian 
church.  Consistent  in  all  things  his  was  a  model 
life.  The  funeral  service  was  conducted  at  the 
Christian  church  by  W.  C.  Willey,  assisted  by  Rev. 
W.  T.  Freeland. 

CAMPBELL. 

David  Campbell,  stung  by  bees,  died  in  six 
hours.  Brother  Campbell  was  born  in  Pike  county, 
111.,  Aug.  9,  1844.  When  a  small  child  his  parents 
removed  to  Adams  county  where  they  resided  until 
the  spring  of  1852,  whence  they  removed  across  the 
plains  to  the  Willamette  valley,  arriving  at  Scholls 
in  September  of  the  same  year.  He  has  made 
V  ashington  county  his  home  during  all  these  inter- 


vening years.  On  Dec.  25,  1873,  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Agnes  Flemming,  to  which  union  were  born 
two  children — Sylvia  Estella  and  Pearly  Claude — 
the  latter  having  preceded  the  father  by  some  months 
to  the  spirit  land.  Early  in  life  deceased  became  a 
Christian  at  Farmington,  serving  acceptably  as  elder 
of  that  church  for  a  long  time.  Thenceforward  un- 
til death  he  served  as  trustee  of  the  Hillsboro 
church.  The  funeral  took  place  from  the  Christian 
church.  A.  H.  MULKEY. 

Hillsboro,  Oregon. 

GARVEY. 

Samuel  Garvey  was  born  Aug.  27,  1825,  died  at 
his  home  in  Buffalo,  111.,  July  25,  1905,  aged  79 
years,  10  months  and  2S  days.  Brother  Garvey 
was  born  in  Owen  county,  Ky.,  and  came  with  his 
parents  to  Sangamon  county,  111.,  when  he  was 
about  six  years  old.  His  father  settled  on  a  farm 
near    the    Mechanicsburg    and    Buffalo    assembly 


Samuel  Garvey. 

grounds.  Here  young  Samuel,  together  with  the 
other  children  of  the  family,  grew  to  the  years  of 
manhood  by  sturdy  toil  in  those  pioneer  days  of  Il- 
linois, while  yet  the  Indian  wigwams  were  to  be 
seen  along  the  banks  of  Clear  Creek.  Brother 
Garvey  was  of  Scotch  extraction.  His  grandfather 
Garvey  fought  in  the  revolutionary  war  and  his 
father  in  the  war  of  18 12. 

On  July  31,  1849,  Samuel  Garvey  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Sarah  A.  Gideon.  To  this  union  were 
born  the  following  children:  Mary  A.  (deceased), 
the  wife  of  David  Fletcher,  of  Buffalo,  111.;  Annie 
M.,  the  wife  of  Geo.  Ellington,  of  Buffalo;  Katherine 
J.,  the  wife  of  Jacob  Rogers,  of  Mechanicsburg, 
111.;  Henry  C,  of  Buffalo;  and  Scott,  who  died  in 
1871  at  four  years  of  age.  Besides  these  he  leaves 
the  following  brothers'  and  sisters:  William  Gar- 
vey, Mrs.  Nancy  Hampton  and  Mrs.  Jane  Peden, 
of  Illiopolis,  and  John  Garvey  and  Mrs.  Mary 
Hampton,  of  Mechanicsburg. 

Brother  Garvey  obeyed  the  gospel  at  Mechanics- 
burg in  the  year  1850  under  the  ministry  of  Elder 
Kane.  Together  with  his  wife,  who  entered  into 
life  Aug.  3,  1894,  he  was  for  many  years  connected 
with  the  Mechanicsburg  church,  having  served  as 
one  of  the  elders.  He  was  very  active  in  those 
early  days  in  building  up  the  work  both  at  Mechan- 
icsburg and  Buffalo,  having  baptized  scores  of  men 
and  women  with  his  own  hands.     He  was  chiefly 


instrumental  in  founding  the  church  at  Buffalo  and 
served  as  one  of  its  efficient  elders  to  the  time  of  his 
.death.  It  is  also  due  Brother  Garvey  to  say  that  his 
family  was  reared  in  the  fear  of  God,  all  of  his  chil- 
dren, as  well  as  his  brothers  and  sisters,  being  ac- 
tive and  prominent  members  of  the  Christian 
church. 

He  was  a  diligent  student  of  our  literature,  hav- 
ing been  an  enthusiastic  reader  of  the  CHRIS- 
tian-Evangelist  from  the  time  of  its  first  issue. 
On  the  evening  before  his  departure,  like  the  patri- 
arch Jacob  of  old,  he  gathered  his  children  and 
grandchildren  around  his  bed  and  admonished 
them  to  be  faithful  Christians.  He  was  very  method- 
ical in  all  of  his  plans  and  he  carried  them  out  to 
the  end.  Having  chosen  Eccl.  12,  the  writer  was 
sent  for  soon  after  to  read  and  pray  with  him.  Af- 
ter the  lesson  was  read  and  the  prayer  offered,  he 
turned  to  one  of  his  daughters  and  said,  ''Now,  I 
am  ready  to  go,"  and  immediately  lapsed  into  un- 
consciousness, from  which  he  never  rallied.  Earlier 
in  the  evening  when  one  of  his  townsmen  came  to 
ask  him  how  he  felt,  he  replied, 

"On  Jordan's  stormy  bank  I  stand, 
And  cast  a  wishful  eye 
To  Canaan's  fair  and  happy  land, 
Where  my  possessions  lie." 

The  funeral  service  w.as  attended  by  a  large  con- 
course of  people  from  the  surrounding  country, 
Illiopolis  and  Springfield.  1  he  writer  was  assisted 
by  Elder  Best,  of  the  M.  E.  church  at  Buffalo,  and 
Elders  John  Lemmon  and  Thos.  Underwood,  of 
the  Christian  church  at  Springfield.  Interment  took 
place  in  the  Mechanicsburg  cemetery  on  July  27. 
"Blessed  are  the  dead  that  die  in  the  Lord  from 
henceforth,  yea,  saith  the  Spirit."  And  also  he 
saith,  "Blessed  are  those  servants  whom  the  Lord 
when  he  cometh  shall  find  watching." 

'  L.  A.  Chapman. 

WILSON. 

Mrs.  Lucinda  E.  Wilson  died  at  her  home  in 
Carlinville,  111.,  on  June  19,  1905,  at  the  age  of  55  . 
years  and  22  days.  She  was  married  to  Bro.  John 
Wilson  at  Snaw's  Point  in  Macoupin  county,  111., 
in  1877,  and  they  have  since  lived  there  and  in 
Carlinville.  Three  children  were  given,  two,  a  son 
and  a  daughter,  now  living  with  their  father  and 
mourning  the  loss  of  a  true  Christian  wife  and 
mother.  Sister  Wilson  was  a  charter  member  of 
Carlinville  church  and  always  an  earnest  supporter 
of  the  cause  and  an  inspiration  to  her  pastor.  Fu- 
neral services  -by  the  writer  and  Pastor  Applegate  at 
Carlinville.  Edward  O.  Sharpe. 


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Some  extracts  from  this  book  have  already 
appeared  in  the  pages  of  the  Christian- 
Evangelist.  It  is  one  of  the  most  read- 
able books  on  missionary  life  that  we  have 
come  across,  being  a  narrative  of  a 
journey  from  Shanghai  through  the  cen- 
tral kingdom  of  China  and  Burmah,  under 
the  special  protection  of  the  imperial 
government.  The  author  took  this  long 
trip  across  the  entire  breadth  of  China  in 
order  that  he  might  see  and  report-  on,  in 
an  unbiased  way,  the  work  that  Christian 
missions  are  doing  in  the.  celestial  king- 
dom. It  was  soon  after  the  Boxer  move- 
ment that  he  made  the  journey,  and  he 
had  everywhere  opportunities  that  are  not 
accorded  to  the  usual  traveler.  While  as- 
sisted by  officialdom,  Mr.  Geil  relied  more 
on  his  own  personal  eyes  and  ears  to  make 
himself  acquainted  with  the  situation  in 
the  flowery  kingdom.  His  book  is  the 
animated  record  of  travel  that  is  as  inter- 
esting as  a  novel,  but  it  is  at  the  same  time 
a  fine  defense  of   Christian   mission  work 


by  an  unbiased  observer.  We  wish  we 
had  space  to  quote  many  of  the  good 
things  in  which  the  book  abounds. 

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The  King  and  His  Kingdom.  By  J.  Car- 
roll Stark,  Verbi  Dei  Minister.  Published 
by  the  author,  Hamilton^  111.,  1902. 

This  work  consists  of  528  pages,  and  is 
divided  into  two  parts;  the  first  treating  of 
theology  and  the  last  and  second  of  church 
organization.  Although  published  first 
three  years  ago  this  book  has  just  fallen 
under  our  notice,  the  author  having  kindly 
sent  us  a  copy  with  a  request  that  we  re- 
view the  same.  We  learn  from  the  preface 
that  the  author's  chief  motive  in  writing 
the  book  is  to  give  an  "outline  of  the  scrip- 
tural system  of  church  organization" 
which  the  author  believes  to  be  far  supe- 
rior to  "our  Bethany  Republican  system." 
The  first  part  of  his  work,  however,  as  al- 
ready indicated,  deals  with  theological 
problems  and  undeir  this  head  the  author 
treats  of  the  "Work  of  the  Holy  Spirit." 
On  this  subject  we  regret  to  say  there  is 
much  that  we  cannot  approve  and  much 
that  seems  to  us  a  belittling  of  the  New 
Testament  teaching  on  this  sublime  topic. 
Space  forbids  us  to  give  an  adequate  state- 
ment of  the  author's,  position  but  it  will 
suffice  to  say  that  he  believes  the  personal 
work  of  the  Holy  Spirit  was  fiaished  in  the 
days  of  the  apostles,  and  that  the  word 
which  he  inspired  and  which  was  placed 
on  record  by  the  apostles  is  the  only  Holy 
Spirit  accessible  to  the  people  of  to-day. 
The  radical  misconception  of  the  work,  as 
it  seems  to  us  throughout,  is  an  over-em- 
phasis of  the  intellectual  side  of  Christian- 
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or  the  affections  out  of  which  are  the  issues 
of  life.  "The  Holy  Spirit,"  he  tells  us, 
"in  sanctification  and  justification  must 
act  upon  the  world  to  whom  it  cannot  go 
only  through  the  words  he  speaks,"  page 
174.  "Jesus  is  the  light  of  the  world, 
only  because  of  the  words  he  spoke,"  page 
208.  "As  I  have  shown,  the  Holy  Spirit 
gives  no  light  except  through  the  word," 
page  209.  The  gift  of  the  Holy  Spirit 
promised  in  Acts  2:38  is  not  the  Holy 
Spirit,  but  salvation,  page  213.  These 
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the  Holy  Spirit. 

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Family  Circle 


When  Buckwheat  Bloomed. 

By   Margaret  £..   Sangster. 

A  woman  with  a  worn  face  and  a  look  of 
drooping  weariness  came  to  the  farmhouse 
door  in  the  lingering  summer  dusk.  A 
golden  after-glow  lit  the  sky.  The  lilies  in 
the  round  garden  bed  perfumed  the  air. 
Crickets  chirped.  Now  and  then  a  bird 
slowly  uttered  a  single  note.  From  a  thicket 
near  by  floated  the  plaintive  cry  of  the 
whippoorwill. 

The  woman  shaded  her  eyes  with  her 
hand,  and  gazed  across  the  nearer  mead- 
ows to  a  field  skirting  a  brook,  where  a 
glimmering  of  green  and  white  shone  in 
the  half  light,  almost  as  if  it  were  snow 
under  the  moon.  She  could  just  descry 
two  figures  walking  slowly  beside  the 
brook  beyond  the  buckwheat. 

''Doris  and  John  Holmes!"  she   said  to 
herself.     "Doris  Deane  and  John  Holmes! 
And  the  buckwheat  is  in  bloom!" 
"Mrs.  Deane." 

A  querulous  voice  summoned  the  watch- 
er from  the  door.  With  a  stifled  sigh,  she 
turned,  went  in,  and  made  comfortable  for 
the  night  her  crippled  neighbor,  whom  she 
and  her  husband  had  taken  in,  because  no 
one  else  in  the  township  would  consent  to 
be  bothered  with  a  person  at  once  so  help- 
less and  so  disagreeable. 

"Do  you  know,  Mrs.  Deane,"  said  the 
neighbor,  "that  your  Doris  is  over  by  the 
buckwheat  field,  talking  with  that  miser- 
able, no-account  Johnny  Holmes?  I'msur- 
prised  that  Doris,  with  her  education,  will 
waste  her  time  on  a  trifling  body  like 
John." 

"I  know  all  about  it,  Mrs.  Arch,"  said 
the  mother. 

"Does  Rufus  know  about  it,  too?" 
"Yes." 

"And  you  don't  interfere?" 
"No,     Mrs.     Arch,     we     don't     inter- 
fere.     Doris      is     of     age.       She     must 
choose    for    herself.     We    both   like   John 
Holmes." 

Mrs.  Deane  gently  closed  the  door  of  the 
invalid's  room,  and  went  out  on  her  little 
back  porch.  The  work  of  "the  day  was 
done  at  last.  It  had  been  a  long,  hot  Au- 
gust day,  and  there  was  a  good  deal  to  get 
through  between  five  o'clock  in  the  morn- 
ing and  bed-time.  Rufus  Deane  joined  his 
wife.  He  was  a  short  man,  thick-set,  with 
kindly  eyes  and  a  firm  chin.  His  eyes  were 
blue;  his  wife's,  beautiful  yet,  were  a  soft 
liquid  brown,  the  brown  of  a  pool  that 
slumbers  for  the  most  part,  but  sometimes 
breaks  into  sudden  light.  The  two,  hard- 
working, quiet  people  had  in  common 
many  things:  a  simple  faith  in  God,  and 
answering  loyalty  to  each  other,  an  indif- 
ference to  money,  and  a  great  love  for 
their  daughter  Doris. 

She  was  their  only  surviving  child.  Three 
others,  who  had  died  in  their  infancy,  lay 
in  the  churchyard.  Doris  had  been  the  in- 
heritor of  the  affection  that,  had  the  oth- 
ers lived,  would  have  been  divided  among 
the  four.  Or,  perhaps,  that  is  not  the  best 
way  to  state  it,  since  every  child  brings 
and  keeps  its  own  share  of  love.  But  Doris 
seemed  to  her  parents  to  possess  the  sweet- 
ness of  the  little  ones  they  had  lost,  and 
an  added  exquisite  charm  and  loveliness 
that  were  her  own.  She  was  a  dear 
daughter,  unspoiled  by  their  fondness. 
Love  does  not  spoil.     Ambition  does,  and 


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its  object. 

"Mother!"  said  Rufus  after  a  while. 

"Yes,  father." 

"Our  little  girl  is  a  woman.  She's  a 
woman!  John  and  she  will  be  marrying 
one  of  these  days." 

"Do  you  think,  Rufus,"  Mrs.  Deane 
leaned  forward  and  spoke  with  energy, 
"that  he  is  worthy  of  our  Doris?" 

"I've  never  seen  the  fellow  that  is,  but  I 
know  no  harm  of  John." 

"Well,  but  he's  a  Holmes,  and  you  know 
how  his  father  behaved  to  my  sister  Emily. 
He  courted  her,  as  John  is  courting  Doris, 
in  the  same  season  of  the  year,  Rufus, 
when  the  buckwheat  was  in  flower,  and 
then— then  he  went  to  town  and  forgot  her, 
aud  married  John's  mother.  And  poor 
Emily  died." 

"Aleck  Holmes  was  a  poor  stick — not 
one  to  tie  to.  But  John  may  be  different. 
We  must  not  judge  him  by  his  father.  I 
wouldn't  like  to  thwart  Doris,  would 
you?" 

"No,  I  couldn't.  But  I  certainly  dis- 
trust the  family." 

Silence  fell  between  them.  It  was  broken 
by  Doris,  who  came  running  up  breath- 
less, with  John  close  behind  her. 

The  young  people  were  laughing.  Doris 
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her  mother's  eyes.  But  there  was  a  look 
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clean-limbed  man,  his  face  somewhat  ag- 
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Holmes  away.      Mrs.  Deane  caught  Doris 
in  her  arms. 

"My  child,  are  you  crazy?" 
"Not  I,  dearest.  Never  less  so.  John 
is  to  start  for  South  America  in  two  days. 
He  has  a  railroad  to  cut  through  a  pass  of 
the  Andes.  He  may  be  gone  a  twelve- 
month. We  wish  to  be  married  before  he 
goes.  But  I  will  stay  with  you  till  he  re- 
turns, or  sends  for  me.  At  present  he 
cannot  take  a  wife  into  the  rough  country, 
and  I'd  rather  my  husband  went  into  all 
that  danger  than  my— sweetheart.  If  any- 
thing happened  to  John  I  could  go  to  him, 
you  know." 

"Doris,"  her  father  asked  sternly, 
"whose  plan  is  this?     Yours  or  John's?" 

She  blushed  like  a  rose,  but  met  his  gaze 
without  flinching. 

"It's  both  our  plans,  dear  father.  But 
down  by  the  buckwheat  I  thought  I'd 
rather  stay  here  as  John's  wife  than  as 
the  girl  he  was  engaged  to." 

"If  you  will  consent,  sir,"  put  in  John 
Holmes,  "I  will  step  up  to  the  parsonage 
and  speak  to  Mr.  Ives.  I  shall  have  to 
leave  Doris  very  soon  after  the  wedding, 
but  you'll  take  care  of  her  for  me.  I'll  be 
back  again,  please  God,  in  a  year  of  in 
two  years." 

So  it  was  arranged.  Jonn  was  an  en- 
gineer; his  career  was  marked  out  before 
him,  young  as  he  was,  he  had  already 
achieved  distinction.  To  Mrs.  Deane  the 
hurry  seemed  unusual  and  indiscreet. 
But,  on  the  morrow,  when  the  minister 
pronounced  the  solemn  and  fateful  words 
that  pledged  two  lives  to  enduring  fidelity, 
and  the  village  people  and  neighbors,  has- 
tily summoned,  stood  by  with  sympathy 
and  admiration  blended  in  their  kind, 
faces,  John's  mother  came  to  Mrs.  Deane, 
and  spoke  to  her  gently  apart. 

"My  dear,"  she  said,  "I  am  so  glad. 
Doris  is  the  girl  of  all  the  world  I'd  choose 
for  my  son's  wife.  And  now,  now,  won't 
you  forgive  me  at  last?  I  never  knew 
about  Emily  until  I  was  married.  I've 
always  known  you  blamed  me,  but  in 
deed  and  in  truth  I  did  not  know.  And 
John  Holmes  is  like  Gibraltar.  You  may 
safely  trust  Doris  in  his  care." 

John's  father,  one  of  the  men  who  never 
grow  old,  a  man  with  a  boyishness  that 
would  last  till  old  age,  came  smiling  up. 
As  for  him,  in  twenty- six  years  he  had 
hardly  given  Emily  a  thought.  His  love 
for  her  had  been  a  transient  fancy.  The 
fetters  of  his  brief  betrothal  he  had  snapped 
like  cobwebs.  Emily's  early  death  had 
not  touched  him,  except  to  cause  a  short  re- 
gret. 

He  was  talking  withRufus  Deane.  "Your 
daughter,  sir,  reminds  me  of  your  wife's 
sister,  who  died  of  a  decline  the  summer 
after  we  were  married.  But  she  looks 
stronger.  Emily  had  no  stamina.  She 
was  fragile,  sir,  fragile.  You  know  she 
and  I  were  friends." 

"Aleck,"  his  wife  interrupted  him  sharp- 
ly, "don't  keep  Mr.  Deane  talking.  John 
wants  us  all  to  go  to  town  to-morrow." 

"Is  that  necessary,  Louise?" 

"Well,  maybe  not,  but  I'm  going,  and 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Deaue  and  Doris.  You 
needn't  go  unless  you  like." 

"I'll  just  say  good-by  here,"  replied 
Aleck  Holmes,  who  was  averse  to  need- 
less trouble. 

Doris  saw  John  off  without  a  tear,  though 
the  red  flag  in  her  cheek  showed  that  the 
heart  was  beating  strongly. 

"God  keep  you,  little  wife!"  he  whis- 
pered, as  he  bade  her  good-by. 

Busy  days  came  to  the  farmhouse  after 
John  had  gone.     The  invalid  was,  if  pos- 


sible, more  fretful  and  exacting  than  ever, 
taxing  the  patience  of  every  one;  so  unrea- 
sonable that  only  one  so  invincibly  gentle 
as  Mrs.  Deane  could  have  borne  with  her. 
Doris  had  her  wedding  clothes  to  make, 
and  her  outfit,  though  not  elaborate,  was 
very  dainty.  She  insisted  on  having  a 
good  supply  of  warm  clothing,  for,  "you 
know,  mother,"  she  pleaded,  "any  day 
John  may  send  for  me!" 

Letters  came  at  first  by  every  steamer. 
Then  followed  an  interval  of  silence  and 
waiting.  Of  this  John  had  warned  her. 
The  days  seemed  endless  as  they  crept  at  a 
snail's  pace,  but  she  made  no  sign  of  dis- 
tress. 

"Mother,"  she  said  one  morning,  "hav- 
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America  without  a  tremor.  Her  courage 
was  boundless.  But  indeed  there  was 
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could  sometimes  see  her,  and  constantly 
hear  from  her. 

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my  wife.  Yet  I  feel  as  if  it's  hard  on  the 
old  folk  at  home." 

"They  have  one  another,  John." 

"Yes,  they  have  one  another." 

"And  Mrs.  Arch  has  left  the  farm  and 
gone  to  a  sanitarium,  so  that  mother  will 
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A  Week  with   the   Woodneys. 

THE  FIFTH  DAY— CONTINUED. 

When  Mrs.  G.  C.  D.  Woodney  came  in  to 
her  invited  guests,  she  neemed  to  think  it  a 
natural  thing  that  she  had  not  been  present  on 
their  arrival.  She  explained  in  an  easy  man- 
ner that  some  complication  had  arisen  over  the 
arrangements  about  the  new  maid;  she  was  ex- 
pected to  morrow;  word  had  come  that  she  had 
about  changed  her  mind;  it  had  been  necessary 
for  Mrs.  Woodney  to  drive  out  to  see  her. 
"Of  course,"  said  the  hostess,  "when  it  is  a 
question  of  losing  your  maid,  everything  else 
must  be  put  aside  for  the  time." 

"Yes,  indeed,"  said  old  Mrs.  Woodney,  "I 
know  ju9t  how  you  feel.  You  may  have  rela- 
tions invited  to  supper,  and  they  may  expect  to 
find  you  when  they  come;  but  a  maid  is  a  maid 
for  a'  that!" 

"Now,  aunt  M2cie,"  said  Mrs.  G.  C.  D. 
Woodney,  who  did  not  exactly  approve  of  the 
old  lady's  words,  "you  know  without  a  maid, 
there  can  be  no  suppers  or  anything  else — one 
cannot  live." 

"I  hope,"  said  Mr.  Woedney,  "that  you 
prevailed  on  her  to  come." 

"Oh,  yes,"  said  the  hostess  carelessly,  "I 
raised  her  wages — that  brings  all  of  them  to 
their  senses.  You  know,  Cousin  Benjamin, 
you  can  do  anything  with  plenty  «f  money." 

"I  do  not  know  from  actual  experience," 
rejoined  her  cousin,  "but  I  am  often  surprised 
at  what  we  have  been  able  to  accomplish  with 
out  it." 

"Without  money?"  exclaimed  Jennie  Wood- 
ney, whom  a  shock  of  surprise  had  pushed  out 
into  the  current  of  the  conversation. 

"Yes,"  said  Mr.  Woodney,  turning  his 
bright  face  in  her  direction,    "it's  surprising!" 

"But,"  said  Jennie,  drifting  aimlessly  in 
the  current,  "how  are  you  going  to  do  it  with- 


out money,  you  know?  How  can  you  go  off 
to  college,  or  be — or  be  anybody,  you  know? 
Look  at  the  people  in  the  village  without  it. 
There  are  the  Enderthorpei,  and  Tumblettrii 
— what  are  they?" 

Mrs.  G.  C.  D.  Woodney,  always  charmed 
when  her  daughter  took  part  in  discussions, 
beamed  till  the  very  last  word  had  been  said, 
waited  to  hear  if  any  more  were  eoming,  and 
then  spoke:  "Those  ridiculous  Enderthorpes! 
Now,  Cousin  Benjamin,  let  me  tell  you.  Mrs. 
Enderthorpe  has  been  an  invalid  fifteen  years 
and  unable  to  leave  her  couch  except  when 
crimed.  Yet  what  does  she  do?  She  adopts 
a  crippled  orphan  on  one  crutch;  yet  she  has 
four  children  of  her  own!  Mr.  Enderthorpe  has 
twenty  acres  rented,  and  they  try  to  make  a 
iving  off  of  it  with  small  fruit.  Imagine! 
Twenty  acres!" 

"Why  doesn't  the  man  rent  more  land?" 
demanded  old  Mrs.  Woodney. 

"Too  poor!"  cried  her  niece,  nodding  em- 
phatically. "Actually  teo  poor!  And  yet, 
with  that  orphan!  And  to  hear  Mrs.  Ender- 
thorpe! There  she  lies  on  her  couch  planning 
for  her  boys.  One  is  to  be  a  lawyer — that's 
Bob.  A  boy  abtolutely  without  style.  One  is 
to  be  a  doctor — another  a  civil  engineer.  And 
in  the  meantime  they  are  grubbing  among  their 
raspberry  and  blackberry  bushes.  They  are 
always  discussing  the  future.  Actually,  Mrs, 
Enderthorpe  looks  at  that  red-headed  Bob  of 
hers,  and  sees  him  pleading  great  cases  before 
the  court.  And  they  ail  look  at  each  other  and 
see  each  other  as  each  expects  to  be  ten  years 
from  now.  They  don't  know  they're  poor! 
They  actually  exist  in  the  future  tense." 

"What  a  happy  faculty!"  cried  Mr. 
Woodney,  glowing.  "Those  are  brave  ambi- 
tions that  keep  the  heart  warm." 

"Happy?"  repeated  his  cousin.  "Oh,  I 
suppose  they  are.  But  I  don't  call  that  brave; 
I  call  it  reckless.  To  themselves,  they  seem 
very  fine,  no  doubt,  but  toothers  they  are  just 
the  poor  Enderthorpes." 

"Well,  we  are  the  poor  Woodneys,"  re- 
marked the  other  cheerfully." 

"And  the  happy  Woodneys,  too,"  cried 
Mace,  determined  to  stand  by  her  colors. 
"And  we  have  our  orphan." 

"Your  orphan!"  echoed  Jennie,  amazed. 
"Why,  yes,"    said   Mrs.  Geraldine,  "a  lit- 
tle   musician    came   to   our    house   the    other 
night—" 

"Oh,  yes,  I  know,"  Mrs.G.C.  D.Woodney 
interrupted.  "He  was  here,  but  we  couldn't 
encourage  tramps.  Do  you  meanto  say  you've 
taken  in  that  waif?  How  long  do  you  intend 
to  keep  him?" 

"I  don't  know,"  said  Mr.  Woodney, 
"really,  I  haven't  thought  about  it.  A9  long 
as  he  wants  to  stay,  I  suppose.  He  sleeps  at 
Worth  Acre's." 

"Cousin  Benjamin,"  said  his  rich  cousin 
coldly,  "I  think  you  very  unwise,  in  your  cir- 
cumstances." 

"Lucy,"     enquired    old    Mrs.     Woodney, 
"how  many  orphans  have  you  adopted?" 
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daughter." 

"Well,  Lucy,"  rejoined  her  aunt,  "when 
rich  people  like  you  and  G.  C.  D.  Wood- 
ney can't  help  the  orphans,  the  Enderthorpes 
and  the  poor  Woodneys  must  come  to  the 
rescue." 

"Speaking  of  Worth  Acre,"  said  Mrs. 
G.  C.  D.  Woodney  somewhat  hastily,  "have 
you  heard  his  story,  cousin?  I  mean'  about 
him  and  that  insane  old  man  he  keeps?" 

"Pleate  tell  us,"  cried  Mace,  who  liked  the 
blacksmith  more  from  day  to  day. 

"It  will  show  you  what  I  mean — it  will  il- 
lustrate how  those  who  are  down,  are  kept 
down.  This  old  Mr.  Acre  was  rich,  with  a 
stylish  wife  and  a  son  and  two  daughters,  all 
educated  to  the  most  finished  degree.  Hit 
children  married  and  he  and  his  wife  went  to 
live  with  one  of  the  daughters  in  New  York. 
They  were  great  society  people,  but  unfortu- 
nately the  father,  who  was  many  years  older 
than  his    wife,  began  to  wander  in  his  mind. 

They  sent  him  to  the  other  daughter,  who 
lived  in  Missouri.  She  was  poor,  butshe  kept 
him  till  the  died.  Then  they  sent  him  to  an 
asylum.  Really,  you  know,  he  could  not  be 
kept  in  New  York  or  anywhere  else — you 
can't  blame  his  wife.  She's  only  about  seventy- 
one  now,  while  he  is  ninety-eight.  She's 
still  fond  of  society,  but  ehe  couldn't  go  to  re- 
ceptions and  balls  and  the  like  with  a  King 
Louis  of  France,  you  know.  The  old  man  is 
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pected  his  own.  Well,  when  this  Worth 
Acre  grew  up.  this  son  of  the  poor  daughter, 
without  any  property  of  his  own  worth  men- 
tioning— now  what  do  you  suppose  he  did?" 

"I  suppose,"  said  Mr.  Woodney,  "that  he 
went  to  that  asylum  and  took  him  out  of  it." 

"Why.  yes,"  returned  Mrs.  G.  C.  D. 
Woodney,  "that  is  just  what  he  did.  Im- 
agine! When  his  own'wife,  and  his  own  son 
and  daughter  thought  him  unfit  to  be  at  large, 
although  they  had  plenty  of  property,  if  they 
had  deemed  it'wise  to  keep  him  out  of  the  asy- 
lum, this  poor  lyoung  blacksmith  takes  that 
old  man  home  with  him  and  keeps  him  and  all 
his  crazy  notionsjin  his  very  house!  He  keeps 
him  there  till  he  can  build  this  ridiculous 
horseshoe  house  in  the  village;  then  he  moves 
here,  and  they  tell  me  the  old  man  is  simply 
wild  with|delight  at  being  shut  up  in  his 
royal  prison  where  he  can  barricade  himself 
at  both  ends  from  morning  till  night. 

"Do  his  wife  and  children  ever  come  to  see 
him?"  asked  Mrs.  Geraldine. 

"Of  course'not.  By  the  way,  I  am  expecting 
a  visit  from  the  New  York  daughter  next 
month:  but  be  sure  she  won't  go  near  heriather; 
she'd  be  afraid"of  him!  And  it  would  be  very 
unpleasant,  besides.  I  understand  none  of  the 
family  will  have  a  thing  to  do  with  Worth 
Acre,  for  meddling  in  the  affair." 

"Perhaps,"  suggested  Mr.  Woodney,  "he 
did  not  like  the  idea  of  his  grandfather's  stay- 
ing in  the  asylum." 

"He  was  in  love  with  Lizzie  Day,"  con- 
tinued Mrs.^G.  C.  D.  Woodney,  "and  while 
her  sisters  wouldn't  hear  to  the  marriage  on 
account  of  his  being  a  blacksmith,  still  I  think 
it  could  have  been  arranged  if  it  were  not  for 
this  old  man.  Miss  Polly  and  Miss  Susie 
won't  hear  to|it,  and  of  course  Lizzie  will  do 
nothing  against  their  wishes.  Besides,  I  think 
the  old  mas  proved  a  last  straw  to  her  as  well 
as  to  her  sisters.  You  often  hear  of  American 
ladies  marrying  for  a  title;  but  they  are  not 
seeking  kings  of  France  for  their  fathers-in- 
law." 

"I  think,"  cried  Mace  suddenly,  while  her 
eyes  flashed,  "that  Mr.  Worth  Acre  is  limply 
— grand"' 

Ed  Woodney  re-entered,  and  presently  the 
young  people  were  talking  together  at  one  end 
of  the  room  and  their  elders  at  the  other.  Ed 
Woodney  was  more  and  more  pleased  to  find 
his  relations  such  as  he  need  not  be  ashamed 
of,  and  in  his  relief,  he  was  almost  enthusiastic 
in  his  attentions.  He  beamed  upon  the  old 
lady  in  spite  of  her  sternness,  and  glanced  with 
open  approval  at  Mrs.  Geraldine.  But  he  was 
most  attentive  to  his  cousin  Mace.  Her  vivacity 
and  pretty  ways  charmed  him,  and  drew  forth 
the  best  stores  of  'his  own  entertaining  graces. 
He  soon  learned  that  she  could  play  on  the 
iano,  notlonly^by  note  but  by  ear,  and  imme- 
diately he  proposed  a  musical  club.  To  this 
club  should  belong  the  orphan  Arthur  Lowell, 
in  whom  he  was  greatly  interested,  Worth 
Acre,  Bob  Enderthorpe,  Mace  and  himself. 

"Oh,  yes,  Worth  Acre  can  play,"  he  as- 
sured her;  "he  has  a  horn  and  he'd  rather 
blow  it  than  eat.  Besides,  he's  such  a  jolly 
old  chap,  and  it'will  do  him  so  much  good  to 
be  with  us  young  folks— I  hope  you  won't  ob- 
ject," 

"I  am  so  glad  you  appreciate  him!"  cried 
Mace,  smiling  into  his  eyes  gratefully.  "I 
think  him  a  hero.  But  Arthur  Lowell  will 
have  nothing  to  do  with  any  music  but  the 
strictly  classical." 

"We'll  manage  him,"  said  Ed,  throwing 
back  his  handsome  head.  "I'll  have  him 
•craping  ragtime  before  our  second  meeting! 
Do  you  know  Bob  Enderthorpe?" 

Mace  flushed  slightly  and  laughed.  "Yes—" 
and  she  told  about  throwing  the  chickens  over 
bis  fence.  Ed  laughed  heartily.  Jennie 
smiled  vaguely,  taking  no  part  in  this  conier- 


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sation.  The  eager  enthusiasm  of  her  brother 
and  cousin  bewildered  her.  "Well,  Bob  plays 
the  guitar.  And  I  play  the  mandolin.  It'll 
be  great!  But  Mace,  I  have  to  go  off  to  col* 
lege  in  three  weeks.  I'm  awfully  sorry  since 
you've  moved  here.  The  club  will  have  to 
meet  three  times  a  week  at  least  to  do  any 
good.  What  do  you  say?  And  from  house  ro 
house,  won't  that  be  fun?  Variety,  you  know, 
and  all  that!" 

"I  will  talk  to  mamma  about  it,"  said 
Mace.  "I  should  like  it,  oh,  very  much!  Does 
Marcia  Winterfield  play?" 

"No,  indeed,  she  can't  do  anything;  neither 
can  Sis.  But  we'll  let  them  come  and  look 
on  when  they  want  to. " 

"I  couldn't'go  to  Bob  Enderthorpe's,  you 
know,"  Jennie  objected,  "or  to  the  black- 
smith's." 

"Of  course  you  couldn't,"  her  brother 
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same."  They  discussed  the  club  from  all 
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he  held  himself,  and  the  unmistakable  feeling 
of  comradeship  which  he  showed  for  her  and 
for  her  family. 

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No.  35 


Current*  Events. 


Peace. 


Just  as  we  go  to  press  the  telegraph 
brings  the  news  which  will  be  pleasing 
to  all  Christians,  that 
the  envoys  of  Japan 
and  Russia  have  agreed  upon  terms 
for  bringing  to  a  close  the  barbarous 
war  which  has  been  raging  between 
them.  The  two  obstacles  to  peace,  to 
which  we  referred  in  last  week's  issue, 
were  overcome  by  Japan's  waiving  all 
claim  to  indemnity,  and  offering  to  re- 
turn to  Russia  the  northern  half  of  the 
Island  of  Saghalien,  which  Japan  now 
holds  by  military  occupancy.  Russia 
will  remunerate  Japan  for  the  care 
of  Russian  prisoners,  and  grants 
to  Japan  fishing  rights  on  the  Si- 
berian coast.  In  the  earlier  days  the 
northern  half  of  the  island  was  held 
by  Russia  and  the  southern  half  by 
Japan,  but  the  latter  was  compelled 
to  relinquish  its  holdings  to  the  for- 
mer in  exchange  for  the  Kurile  Islands. 
The  peace  loving  portion  of  the 
world  owes  a  debt  of  gratitude,  for  the 
peace  which  is  near  at  hand,  to  Presi- 
dent Roosevelt  who  intervened  as  only 
he  seems  to  know  how;  and  the  mag- 
nanimity of  Japan  in  yielding  so  much 
that  the  awful  slaughter  might  be  ter- 
minated confirms  the  growing  opinion 
of  her  greatness. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Navy  has  made 
public  the  finding  of  the  court  of  in- 
The Bennington  ?tiiry  which  has  been 
Case  investigating  the 

causes  and  fixing  the 
responsibility  for  the  fatal  boiler  ex- 
plosion on  the  U.  S.  gunboat  Benning- 
ton. The  gist  of  it  is  that  a  fireman 
who  undertook  to  turn  a  valve  for  an- 
other purpose  got  hold  of  the  one 
which  admits  steam  into  the  steam 
gauge  and  closed  it.  The  gauge  then 
showed  no  pressure  and  continued  fir- 
ing to  get  up  steam  resulted  in  the  ex- 
plosion. An  ensign  who  had  oversight 
of  that  department  of  the  boat  at  that 
time  is  also  censured.  That  is  about 
all  there  is  to  it.  There  is  no  evidence 
that  the  boilers  were  weak  or  leaky, 
no  evidence  that  the  boat  was  unsea- 
worthy,  no  evidence  that  discipline  on 
the  ship  had  gone  to  pieces,  no  evi- 
dence that  the  navy  is  rotten  in  admin- 
istration, incompetent  in  personnel, 
decayed  in  equipment.  These  latter 
were  the  conclusions  which  were 
jumped  at  by  the  sensational  press 
and  the  more  hysterical  portions  of  the 


public.  It  is  a  common  occurrence, 
this  hurried  assumption,  when  any  ac- 
cident occurs,  that  the  whole  depart- 
ment is  rotten  to  the  core.  Of  course, 
accidents  ought  not  to  happen.  But 
they  do.  And  when  they  do  the  cause 
is  more  likely  to  be  a  little  careless- 
ness than  a  big  crime  or  a  widespread 
incompetence.  Punish  the  guilty  par- 
ties for  their  carelessness,  but  let  us 
be  careful  about  libeling  the  whole 
navy  when  somebody  turns  the  wrong 
stopcock. 

m 

A  statement  is  being  issued  by  cer- 
tain  labor  unions   in   the  vicinity  of 

_.      _  Pittsburg     that     the 

The  Govern-  &    .  .    . 

.  «.  .        government  is  having 
ment and  Union   &       .   ,.-.     ,.     . 
.    ,  great  difficulty  in  get- 

ting skilled  labor  for 
the  Isthmian  canal  by  the  usual  civil 
service  method,  and  that  since  the  de- 
cision against  recognizing  the  print- 
ers' union  in  the  government  printing 
office,  the  higher  class  of  skilled  union 
laborers  are  unwilling  to  accept  posi- 
tions under  the  government.  We  don't 
know  about  the  alleged  facts  contained 
in  this  circular.  If  they  are  facts, 
they  indicate  a  practical  boycott,  either 
by  general  understanding  or  by  secret 
agreement,  against  the  government — 
not  a  very  patriotic  procedure,  one 
would  say.  The  principle,  however, 
which  President  Roosevelt  announced 
in  the  printing  office  case,  that  union 
men  could  have  no  special  advantage 
and  would  be  under  no  special  disad- 
vantage in  employment  under  the  gov- 
ernment, is  perfectly  clear  cut  and  de- 
fensible. The  government  might  as 
well  declare  that  it  would  have  no 
army  chaplains  except  Catholics  as  to 
agree  to  employ  no  mechanics  except 
union  men.  We  can  afford  to  have  the 
Isthmian  canal  delayed  a  long  time 
better  than  we  can  afford  to  have  the 
federal  government  put  its  official  seal 
upon  the  false  and  unfair  principle  of 
the  closed  shop. 

& 

In  resisting  suits  for  damages  grow- 
ing out  of  the  great  railroad  accident 
near  Pueblo,  Colo., 
about  a  year  ago, the 
attorneys  of  the 
Denver  and  Rio  Grande  R.  R.  file  the 
answer  that  the  washout  which  caused 
the  accident  was  "an  act  of  God"  and 
hence  the  company  can  not  be  held 
responsible  for  its  results.  It  is  of 
course  entirely  common  for  railroad 
and  steamship  lines,  in  limiting  their 
liability,  to  declare  themselves  not 
responsible  for  damages  resulting 
from  "pirates,  the  king's  enemies  [in 


"An  Act 
of  God." 


England]  or  acts  of  God."  The  latter 
phrase,  which  appears  irreverently  to 
put  the  Deity  in  rather  bad  company, 
is  used  to  cover  calamities  so  over- 
whelming or  sudden  as  to  be  quite  in- 
capable of  prevention  by  any  ordinary 
human  skill  or  foresight.  This  may 
be  good  law.  It  certainly  has  a  large 
kernel  of  justice  in  it.  Buf*  it  is  ex- 
ceedingly bad  theology.  What  right 
has  anyone  to  single  out  the  most 
awful  calamities  and  call  these  by 
pre-eminence  "acts  of  God"?  What 
sort  of  an  idea  of  God  does  such  a 
usage  reflect  and  inculcate?  Have  we 
a  God  whose  activities  are  exhausted 
in  violence  and  evil?  More  than  that, 
what  right  has  anyone  to  single  out 
certain  remarkable  and  unforeseen 
events,  good  or  bad,  and  define  these 
as  "acts  of  God"  in  a  special  sense? 
The  usage  reflects  a  thought  of  God 
which  was  native  to  an  age  when  God 
was  conceived  as  expressing  himself 
only  by  an  occasional  irruption  into 
an  otherwise  orderly  and  steady  going 
world.  Do  the  lawyers  who  use  this 
convenient  phrase  really  believe  that 
the  Pueblo  wreck,  for  example,  or  the 
cloudburst  which  caused  it,  was  a 
really  miraculous  interposition  of  an 
evil  providence?  It  is  safe  to  guess 
that  they  do  not.  If  the  term  is  use- 
ful for  them  they  will  doubtless  go  on 
using  it,  whatever  the  theologians 
may  think  about  it,  but  it  mirrors  a 
very  crude  and  medieval,  not  to  say 
pagan,  idea  for  all  of  that. 


Business  and 
Government. 


It  was  suggested  the  other  day  at 
one  of  the  congresses  held  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Portland 
exposition  that  the 
executive  department 
of  the  federal  government  should  in- 
clude a  department  of  mining  with  a 
cabinet  official  at  its  head,  and  that 
the  true  ideal  of  the  government's 
function  in  relation  to  economic  pro- 
cesses would  not  be  reached  until 
there  were  departments  of  agriculture, 
commerce,  mining  and  manufactures. 
The  first  two,  of  course,  already  exist. 
The  argument  for  the  latter  two  is 
based  upon  the  claim  of  their  right  to 
a  position  co-ordinate  with  the  former. 
It  would  seem  at  first  glance  that  the 
newly  organized  department  of  com- 
merce and  industry  covers  a  good  part 
of  the  ground,  or  may  properly  be  de- 
veloped to  do  so,  but  we  are  not  pre- 
pared to  argue  the  question  either 
way.  But  it  is  interesting  to  observe 
how  ready  the  men  of  any  industry- 
are  to  welcome  governmental  recog- 
nition and  assistance.  As  to  govern- 
mental control — that  is  a  different 
matter. 


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August  31,  1905 


The  San  Francisco  Convention. 

It  has  just  adjourned,  and  these 
lines  are  hurriedly  penciled  as  the 
Southern  Pacific  is  hurrying  us  north 
to  Portland.  It  was  a  great  conven- 
tion, surpassing  in  some  respects  any 
previous  convention.  It  has  more 
than  met  the  expectations  of  the  breth- 
ren on  the  coast  and  the  wise  men 
from  the  east.  We  are  leaving  the 
Golden  Gate  with  the  conviction  that 
it  was  a  good  thing  for  us  to  have  had 
the  convention  on  the  coast — good  for 
the  cause  on  the  coast,  and  good  for 
the  brethren  who  crossed  the  conti- 
nent to  attend  it.  Brother  White,  of 
the  West  Side  church,  San  Francisco, 
and  chairman  of  the  general  com- 
mittee of  arrangements,  said  to  us 
near  the  close  of  the  convention, 
"This  convention  has  set  forward  our 
cause  on  the  coast  twenty  five  years." 
If  it  has  done  anything  like  that,  it  was 
well  worth  while. 

At  this  writing  we  have  not  learned 
definitely  the   number  enrolled.     The 
number  of  delegates  coming  from  east 
of    the    Rocky    Mountains    was   esti- 
mated   at   one   thousand.     The  coast 
states    probably   furnished    as    many 
more,  and  these,  with  the  local  attend- 
ance from  the  churches  in  the  city  and 
about   the  bay,   made   large    and   en- 
thusiastic audiences  at   every  session. 
The  temptations  to  see  the   sights  of 
the  city  must  have  been   very  great  to 
those  visiting   the  coast   for   the  first 
time;  but  the  good  attendance  at  all 
the  sessions  showed  that  most  of  the 
people    subordinated    sight-seeing  to 
the  work  of  the  convention.  The  usual 
optimistic  spirit  prevailed.     In  an  ad- 
dress   by     President     Benjamin    |Ide 
Wheeler,    of    the    state   university    at 
Berkeley,  on  the  last  day  of  the  con- 
vention, he  spoke  of  "the  good  cheer" 
which  impressed  him   as   a  character- 
istic of  the  assembly.     And   he  said 
he  did  not  wonder  that  such   a  people, 
with     such     a     past     and     such     a 
present      and      such      an      outlook, 
should  be   of  "good   cheer."     Nor  do 
we.      All     the     reports      of     all    the 
different    organizations    showed    ad- 
vancement.    We  do   not    think   there 
was  a  single  exception   to  this.     The 
Foreign    Society    reported    "the  best 
year"  in  its  history,  and  this  was  cer- 
tainly true  of  the  American  Christian 
Missionary    Society.      It     must    have 
been  a   source   of  real  joy  to  its  cor- 
responding    secretary,     Benj.     Lyon 
Smith,  that    after   ten   years  of  inces- 
sant labor  and  anxiety,  he  has  seen  the 
fruition  of  his  toils  and  cares,  in  that 
home  missions  has  taken   its  rightful 
place    at   the   very   front   of  our   mis- 
sionary interests.     We   have   come  to 
expect  nothing  but  a   steady   advance 
from   our   Christian   Woman's   Board 
of  Missions.     They  had   a   fine    con- 
vention  and   all  departments    of    the 
work  seem  to  be  prospering.  Preachers 
should  help  to  foster  local   auxiliaries 
and  urge  their  female  members  to  en- 
list  in  the  work.     The  young  giant, 
the  Benevolent   Association,  urged  by 


its  enthusiastic  general  secretary,  is 
not  content  to  grozv,  but  it  goes  forward 
by  leaps  and  bounds.  A  home  or 
orphanage  on  the  coast  is  in  the  air 
and  will  no  doubt  soon  be  on  terra 
firma.  Church  Extension  is  on  the 
home  stretch  for  a  half  million  by 
the  close  of  September,  and  has  al- 
ready raised  its  slogan:  "A  million 
dollars  by  the  time  of  our  centennial 
in  1909." 

Two  features  of  the  San  Francisco 
convention  stood  out  with  great  prom- 
inence. One  was  the  attendance  upon 
and  interest  in  the  Bible  studies  and 
devotional  exercises.  We  have  never 
seen  anything  like  it  in  any  previous 
convention.  There  was  an  evident 
hungering  for  further  knowledge  of 
the  scriptures  concerning  the  Holy 
Spirit.  We  know  of  nothing  more  en- 
couraging than  this  in  relation  to  our 
future  outlook.  All  that  is  needed  to 
make  the  plea  for  New  Testament 
Christianity  irresistible  is  to  give  the 
same  place  and  prominence  to  the 
Holy  Spirit,  in  that  plea,  that  it  has  in 
the  New  Testament.  Then  the  gates 
of  hell  cannot  prevail  against  it.  And 
this  is  coming.  The  San  Francisco 
convention  furnished  the  proof  and 
prophecy  of  this.  The  other  feature 
of  the  convention  to  which  we  refer 
was  the  uniformly  high  character  of 
the  addresses.  There  was  no  failure, 
no  mediocrity  even,  but  each  address 
seemed  to  touch  high  water  mark.  It 
was  not  merely  that  they  were  from  a 
literary  and  intellectual  point  of  view 
highly  creditable,  but,  what  is  more 
important,  they  were  marked,  in  an 
unusual  degree,  by  spiritual  insight, 
by  catholicity  of  spirit,  by  sanity  of 
judgment,  and  by  a  clear  apprehen- 
sion of  what  is  most  vital  in  Christian- 
ity, and  of  the  needs  of  the  times.  It 
would  be  a  good  missionary  invest- 
ment to  have  these  addresses  printed 
in  a  volume,  if  we  could  only  have  as- 
surance of  the  wide  reading  of  such  a 
volume.  They  present  every  feature 
of  our  work  in  a  masterly  manner. 

In  one  of  our  national  conventions, 
as  nowhere  else,  one  feels  the  beating 
of  the  great  heart  of  the  brotherhood, 
and  at  no  time  in  the  past  has  its  beat 
been  more  full,  steady,  healthful,  than 
at  the  present  time,  as  evidenced  by 
the  convention  which  has  just  closed. 
There  were  moments  in  the  convention 
when  it  was  lifted  up  under  the  spell 
of  some  eloquent  speaker  to  the  mount 
of  vision  and  of  transfiguration,  when, 
in  the  presence  of  our  great  oppor- 
tunities and  responsibilities,  we. 
seemed  to  live  years  in  minutes.  No 
one  who  has  ever  been  lifted  up  to 
such  a  mountain-top  view  can  ever 
look  at  the  world  as  he  did  before. 
This  is  the  value  of  such  conventions. 

This  brief  survey  of  the  convention 
must  suffice,  for  this  week,  with  such 
other  reports  of  proceedings  as  we 
may  be  able  to  get  to  the  office  in  time. 
In  our  next  issue  we  will  have  fuller 
reports.  We  cannot  close,  however, 
without  expressing  our  appreciation  of 


the  efforts  of  the  San  Francisco  breth- 
ren, especially  of  the  committees,  for 
their  complete  arrangements  for  the 
convention.  They  have  reason  to  con- 
gratulate themselves  on  the  results  of 
their  abundant  labors,  and  the  whole 
brotherhood  is  to  be  congratulated  on 
the  success  of  this  our  first  national 
convention  on  the  Pacific  coast. 

The  Mission  of  the  Church  to 
the  Poor. 

The  preaching  of  the  gospel  to  the 
poor  is  classed  with  the  miracles  of 
the  Christ.  It  is  given  as  the  crown- 
ing proof  of  the  Messiahship  of  Jesus. 
Rome  with  all  her  civilization  knew 
nothing  of  charity.  The  aged,  sick, 
feeble  and  crippled  were  abandoned  to 
starvation  and  death.  In  all  the  length 
and  breadth  of  the  great  Roman  em- 
pire there  was  no  such  thing  as  an 
asylum  or  hospital,  a  retreat  or  home 
for  the  needy.  The  number  of  the 
poor  in  Rome  in  the  time  of  Augustus 
was  half  a  million  out  of  two  millions 
of  inhabitants,  yet  there  was  no  insti- 
tution to  alleviate  their  misery  either 
by  the  state  or  by  private  munificence. 
Crates  showed  his  contempt  for  gold 
by  casting  it  into  the  sea,  but  never 
thought  of  founding  a  charity.  "What's 
the  use,"  said  Plautus,  "of  giving  a 
beggar  anything?  One  loses  what  he 
gives  away  and  only  prolongs  the 
miserable  existence  of  the  receiver." 
Virgil,  gentle  as  he  was,  includes 
among  the  features  of  a  wise  man's 
happiness  his  apathy  toward  the  indi- 
gence of  others. 

What  a  change  when  Christ  comes! 
On  every  page  of  the  gospel  shines 
forth  the  beauty  of  compassion.  All 
the  miracles  of  the  Son  of  God  are  in 
the  way  of  saving  and  not  destroying. 
He  shows  his  power  in.  going  about 
doing  good.  He  gives  sight  to  the 
blind,  hearing  to  the  deaf,  speech  to 
the  dumb,  power  to  walk  to  the  lame, 
strength  to  the  paralyzed,  health  to 
the  sick,  cleansing  to  the  leper,  food 
to  the  hungry,  life  to  the  dead,  com- 
fort to  mourners,  blessing  to  little 
children,  sympathy  to  the  poor.  He 
is  born  of  humble  parentage,  in  an 
obscure  town,  in  a  wretched  stable, 
leads  a  life  of  poverty,  chooses  his 
apostles  from  the  lower  walks  of  life, 
says  of  himself:  "Foxes  have  holes 
and  birds  of  the  air  have  nests,  yet 
the  Son  of  man  hath  not  where  to  lay 
his  head,"  and  declares,  "The  Spirit 
of  God  is  upon  me  because  he  hath 
anointed  me  to  preach  the  gospel  unto 
the  poor." 

The  Christ  proclaims  his  mission  to 
the  poor.  He  announces  the  rights  of 
the  poor.  He  reveals  the  very  heart 
of  God  and  proclaims  the  universal 
philanthropy  which  was  the  test  of  his 
divine  mission.  And  as  the  mission- 
ary spirit,  the  preaching  of  the  gospel 
to  the  poor,  was  an  evidence  of  the 
divine  mission  of  Jesus,  so  it  is  to  be 
the  perpetual  evidence  of  the  true 
church  of  Christ.     Without  this  testi- 


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mony  all  other  evidences  would  avail 
nothing  in  proving  the  divinity  of 
Jesus.  Without  this  testimony  to-day 
in  the  church  all  other  evidences 
would  not  prove  the  identity  with  the 
church  of  Christ.  In  the  early  church 
faith,  hope  and  charity  were  all  equally 
active,  and  idolatry  was  overcome  and 
Christianity  established  throughout 
the  Roman  empire.  In  the  present  era 
of  the  church  let  this  be  true  and  soon 
the  whole  world  would  be  swept  clean 
of  its  idols  and  all  lands  would  ac- 
knowledge our  Lord  as  King. 

"The  poor  have  the  gospel  preached 
to  them."  Impostors  have  aimed  at 
the  rich.  They  wanted  the  princes 
and  the  nobles.  The  swinish  multi- 
tude, the  hoi  polloi,  .the  vulgus,  the 
vermin,  were  beneath  them.  Not  so 
with  the  Christ.  He  begins  at  the 
bottom  of  society  and  arises  to  the 
permeation  of  the  whole  social  struc- 
ture. He  preached  where  the  poor 
could  come  and  hear,  by  the  sea,  on 
the  hillside,  in  the  grassy  vales,  be- 
side the  olive  groves,  by  the  roadway. 
He  had  no  temples  with  rented  pews 
where  the  poor  must  wait  until  the 
pew  renters  were  seated,  or  rest  upon 
back  benches,  or  go  to  some  mean, 
little,  back  alley  chapel  built  specially 
to  take  care  of  those  of  their  quality. 
He  went  to  the  poor,  and  he  preached 
attractively,  simply,  so  that  the 
common  people  heard  gladly  his  mes- 
sage. 

"The  poor  receive  the  gospel"  is  the 
Geneva  version  of  these  words.  "The 
poor  are  evangelized."  What  is  it  to 
gospelize  a  man?  It  is  to  bring  under 
the  power  of  the  gospel,  to  make  like 
the  gospel,  to  turn  to  the  habits  and 
customs  and  life  of  the  gospel.  As 
the  gospel  is  holy,  and  just,  and  true, 
and'loving,  and  kind,  and  honest,  and 
benevolent,  and  gracious, and  uplifting, 
so  to  gospelize  the  poor  is  to  create 
them  over  again,  regulate  them,  make 
them  holy,  and  just,  and  kind,  the 
rogue  honest,  the  liar  truthful,  the  har- 
lot chaste,  the  blasphemer  reverent, 
the  profane  man  serious,  the  covetous 
man  generous,  the  drunken  man  sober, 
the  hater  a  philanthropist,  the  hellish 
man  heavenly.  To  gospelize  a  man  is 
to  save  him  from  his  sins  and  bring 
him  into  a  position  where  he  lives  to 
save  others.  It  is  to  fill  him  with  the 
power  of  the  gospel  and  lead  him 
to  proclaim  the  gospel  to  the  world 
as  the  Dairyman's  Daughter,  or 
the  Shepherd  of  Salisbury  Plain,  the 
Tinker  who  wrote  Pilgrim's  Progress 
or  the  potboy  who  as  George  Whitefield 
moved  the  world  by  his  preaching, 
Judson  among  the  Burmans,  or  Liv- 
ingstone in  Africa,  or  Wharton  in 
India. 

What  a  glorious  work  the  Master 
has  committed  to  the  church  when  he 
bids  us  evangelize  the  poor!  Are  we 
doing  it?  Is  the  divine  claim  of  the 
church  being  established  in  our  day 
by  its  missionary  spirit,  by  the  dis- 
charge of  its  mission  to  the  millions 
and  hundreds  of  millions  who  in  their 


poverty  yet  know  not  Christ?  Have 
we  yet  sent  the  gospel  to  the  destitute 
home  populations,  to  say  nothing  of 
the  vast  outlying  heathen  world?  Had 
Christ  testified  to  his  divine  mission 
with  the  declaration,  "The  rich  have 
the  gospel  preached  unto  them,"  he 
would  have  destroyed  his  career  on 
earth  and  in  human  history.  Yet  is  it 
not  so?  See  the  millions  spent  in 
erecting  magnificent  temples  of  wor- 
ship. See  the  tens  of  millions  ex- 
pended to  maintain  gospel  work  and 
worship  in  Christian  lands  compared 
to  the  mites  given  to  preach  to  the 
multitudes  in  India,  China  and  Africa. 
See  the  scores  of  millions  spent  by 
professed  Christians  in  ministering  to 
the  lusts  of  the  flesh  while  great  num- 
berless multitudes  are  living  and  dy- 
ing without  God  and  without  hope. 
We  spend  upon  ourselves.  We  covet. 
We  heap  our  gold,  our  saint  seducing 
gold,  our  God  denying  gold.  We 
clothe  ourselves  in  purple  and  fine 
linen  while  Lazarus  lies  at  our  door- 
step. We  cry  "Lord,  Lord,"  while  the 
least  of  his  children  appeal  to  us  in 
vain  for  even  a  cup  of  cold  water.  We 
are  not  doing  one  in  a  hundred  his 
duty.  Let  us  plan  great  things  and 
let  us  do  them.  Let  the  poor  have  the 
gospel. 


Current  Religious  Thought. 

In  a  healthy,  vigorous  editorial  on 
the  modern  methods  of  money- getting, 
the  Universalist  Leader  has  this  to 
say: 

Some  sensible  men,  and  manv  foolish, 
sneer  at  ministers  when  in  perhaps  a  very 
imperfect  way  they  go  about  trying  to  stem 
the  tide  of  selfishness  and  greed  which  is 
undermining  many  an  old  coast-line  of 
old-fashioned  honesty.  But  two  things 
are  certain.  Some  one  ought  to  do  some- 
thing, and  not  sit  silent  while  this  game  of 
scheme  and  grab  goes  on.  And  to  date  it 
looks  as  if  ministers  are  about  the  only 
class  who  dare  to  burn  their  fingers,  and 
face  with  their  protest  a  public  opinion 
which  has  had  its  edge  blunted  by  a  mar- 
velous material  prosperity. 


That  our  code  of  laws  is  no  less  per- 
fect than  any  other  part  of  our  human 
affairs  can  confidently  be  asserted. 
But  both  in  theory  and  practice,  es- 
pecially the  latter,  human  laws  are 
lamentably  deficient  when  compared 
with  those  of  Divinity.  This  old 
thought  is  well  stated  in  the  Baptist 
Commonwealth,  as  follows: 

The  fact  is  very  plainly  taught  that  the 
consequences  of  sin  are  inevitable.  Time 
does  not  interfere  with  the  divine  judg- 
ments. There  are  human  debts  that  are 
outlawed  after  a  certain  number  of  years, 
but  the  debts  against  God  are  never  out- 
lawed. There  are  certain  crimes,  the  pen- 
alties of  which  only  extend  over  a  certain 
length  of  time,  but  it  is  not  so  with  the 
penalties  against  sin.  Sin  must  be  pun- 
ished. A  man  can  commit  crime  and 
sometimes  avoid  the  penalty  but  he  has 
only  avoided  the  penalty  imposed  by  the 
state. 


Editor's  Easy  Chair. 

Our  last  record  closed  as  we  were 
coming  into  Los  Angeles.  The  City 
of  Angels  is  too  big  to  deal  with  in  the 
Easy  Chair.  On  the  morning  follow- 
ing our  arrival,  we  took  a  train  for 
San  Pedro  port,  going  by  Long  Beach, 
and  took  a  steamer  for  Catalina  Island. 
Who  has  not  read  of  Avalon  Bay, 
where  the  steamers  land,  of  the  sub- 
marine gardens,  seen  in  glass  bot- 
tomed boats,  and  the  big  game  fish 
that  swim  in  these  waters?  All  our 
party  took  in  the  submarine  gardens, 
with  the  tall  iodine  plants  reaching  to 
the  surface  of  the  ocean  in  a  depth  of 
eighty  feet,  with  its  sea  violets,  its 
rock  moss,  its  gold  fish,  its  silver 
perch,  its  striped  bass,  swimming 
around  in  the  cavernous  depths  of 
the  crystal  sea.  But  only  three  of  our 
party  ventured  out  on  a  fishing  expe- 
dition in  the  hour  and  a  half  that  re^ 
mained  to  us  before  our  steamer  re- 
turned. Brother  Daugherty,  minister 
at  Wabash, Ind.,  andBrother  Moorman, 
minister  at  Danville,  Ind.,  were  two 
of  the  party,  and  of  course  the  Easy 
Chair  Editor  was  the  third.  We 
chartered  "Nick's"  launch,  with  his 
tackle,  and  himself  as  guide,  and  we 
recommend  him.  In  less  than  a  half 
hour  the  Easy  Chair  man  was  wrest- 
ling with  the  gamest  if  not  the  largest 
fish  he  ever  hooked.  It  took  about 
twelve  minutes  to  bring  him  to  the 
gaff,  and  it  was  with  aching  muscles 
and  a  blistered  hand  that  the  trophy 
was  won.  Then  Brother  D.  had  his  in- 
ning and  history  repeated  itself. 
Brother  M.  did  not  have  a  chance  until 
after  these  two  captures,  as  only  two 
are  permitted  to  fish  at  once,  then  the 
time  was  short.  They  were  "yellow 
tails,"  and  tipped  the  beam  at  14# 
and  15  pounds.  The  truth  of  history 
compels  us  to  state  that  Brother  D's 
fish  was  the  heavier.  It  was  an 
hour  of  rare  sport. 


Catalina  is  27  miles  out  in  the  ocean 
and  offers  a  splendid  opportunity  for 
those  desiring  to  make  a  trial  trip  on 
the  Pacific.  It  was  comparatively 
calm,  but  there  was  a  majestic  roll 
about  it  that  some  of  our  party  did 
not  seem  to  appreciate.  Brother  Mc- 
Farland,  the  Fourth  church  pastor  at 
St.  Louis,  for  instance,  turned  away 
from  the  blue  waves,  the  flying  fish 
that  darted  hither  and  thither,  and 
was  found  lying  in  the  cabin  on  his 
back,  with  closed  eyes,  meditating,  no 
doubt,  on  the  ways  of  Neptune,  and  on 
the  sensations  of  those  who  "go  down 
to  the  sea  in  ships."  But  most  of  the 
party  enjoyed  the  ocean  ride  very 
much,  as  they  did  the  beauties  of 
Catalina  Island.  We  returned  to  Los 
Angeles  in  time  for  the  evening  meal, 
and  for  a  sound  night's  rest.  Many  of 
our  party  attended  a  reception  at  the 
Central  Christian  church,  Brother 
Smither,  pastor,  given  to  their  out- 
going living  link  missionaries,  Brother 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  31,  1905 


Ogden  and  wife,  who  go  to  Tibet. 
We  met  many  of  the  brethren,  heard 
some  excellent  speeches  and  mnsic, 
and  shared  in  the  refreshments.  We 
were  pleased  with  the  spirit  of  con- 
secration shown  in  the  talks  of  Brother 
and  Sister  Ogden.  We  regretted  to 
learn  of  the  sndden  illness  which  had 
befallen  Brother  Coulter,  on  the 
previous  Lord's  day  evening,  while 
preaching,  but  he  was  improving 
rapidly  at  the  last  word.  Our  cause 
in  southern  California  and  in  Los 
Angeles  has  made  great  progress 
since  our  last  visit  seven  years  ago. 
To  this  success  our  consecrated  busi- 
ness men  in  southern  California  have 
contributed  much,  and  among  these 
Brothers  Coulter  and  Chapman,  who 
unite  preaching  with  business,  are 
shining  examples. 

0 
On  Thursday  morning  our  Special 
left  by  the  coast  route  for  San  Fran- 
cisco. At  the  hotel  the  evening  before 
the  members  of  our  party  gathered  in 
a  room  and  J.  Murray  Taylor,  speak- 
ing for  us,  presented  to  Bro.  G.  A. 
Hoffmann  a  beautiful  gold  watch  from 
the  members  of  our  Special,  as  a  token 
of  appreciation  of  his  services  in  our 
behalf,  to  which  the  grateful  recipient 
responded  in  a  feeling  speech.  *The 
trip  to  San  Francisco  brought  us  part 
of  the  time  in  sight  of  the  great  Pa- 
cific with  its  long,  rolling  waves,  and 
part  of  the  time  through  the  moun- 
tains, but  in  either  case  the  scenery 
was  grand.  There  were  some  places 
where  we  would  have  been  glad  to  stop 
over  awhile,  as  Santa  Barbara,  Santa 
Cruz,  etc.,  but  time  forbade.  We 
would  already  miss  the  reception  and 
welcome  to  delegates  on  Thursday 
evening,  but  must  be  there  for  the 
convention  proper.  At  11:15  p.  m.  our 
train  pulled  into  the  station  at  San 
Francisco.  "All  was  hurry  and  bustle." 
A  company  of  white  caps  greeted  us 
with  a  song  of  welcome,  and  Brothers 
White,  Ford  and  other  brethren  were 
there  to  direct  us  to  our  hotels.  By 
12  o'clock  most  of  us  had  retired  to 
dream  of  the  long  journey  we  had 
made  together  without  accident  or  un- 
pleasant incident. 

& 

At  the  convention!  Who  can  sum 
up  a  national  convention  in  an  Easy 
Chair  paragraph?  It  is  condensed  his- 
tory. It  is  hope  rising  on  triumphant 
wing  for  a  loftier  flight.  It  is  faith, 
seeing  visions  and  planning  cam- 
paigns. It  is  love,  greeting  old  com- 
rades, cementing  new  friendships, 
forming  higher  resolves,  and  getting  a 
foretaste  of  heaven.  It  is  memory 
opening  her  books  and  showing  us 
half-forgotten  faces  and  chapters  lying 
back  in  the  dim  past,  as  long  sundered 
friends  meet  and  greet  each  other.  It 
is  college  days  lived  over  again  as  the 
gray  headed  boys  and  girls  meet  and 
revive  the  incidents  of  those  distant, 
by  gone  days.  It  is  a  spur  of  the  De- 
lectable Mountains,  from  whose  sum- 
mit we  catch  glimpses  of  the  city  which 


hath  foundations.  It  is  a  river  of 
holy  enthusiasm  in  which  we  bathe 
our  weary  spirits  and  are  refreshed 
for  the  journey.  It  is  a  school  of  the 
Master  in  which  he  gathers  his  disci- 
ples about  him  once  more  to  repeat  to 
them  his  last  great  command,  "Go 
teach  all  nations."  It  is  a  Jerusalem 
in  which  the  disciples  tarry  awhile  for 
a  fresh  enduement  of  power  from  on 
high.  It  is  an  Antioch  from  which 
the  missionaries,  separated  from  their 
fellows  by  the  Holy  Spirit,  are  sent 
forth  to  new  conquests  in  the  mission 
field,  and  to  which,  returning,  they  re- 
port what  the  Lord  has  wrought 
through  them.  It  is  a  Patmos  from 
which  the  beloved  disciples  see,  in 
bold  outline,  the  future  struggles  of 
the  Church  with  her  foes,  and  her  glo- 
rious triumph.  Blessed  fellowship! 
Hallowed  associations!  Our  hearts 
shall  know  nothing  sweeter  or  holier 
until  our  feet  shall  stand  within  thy 
gates,  O  Jerusalem  the  golden,  the  re- 
deemed city  of  God! 

The  convention  is  over.  The  fare- 
wells have  been  spoken.  "God  be 
with  you  till  we  meet  again,"  has  been 
sung,  and  the  delegates  by  various 
trains  are  scattering,  many  of  them 
to  gather  at  Buffalo  next  fall,  and 
some  of  them  to  meet  no  more  on 
earth.  A  large  number  of  the  dele- 
gates making  up  the  Christian- 
Evangelist  Special,  left  in  a  body  last 
night,  together  with  many  other  dele- 
gates, for  Portland  Oregon.  The  fact 
is,  it  is  going  to  be  hard  to  separate 
us.  We  have  learned,  to  love  each 
other  better,  traveling  across  the  des- 
ert, mountain  and  plain  together.  But 
we  are  traveling  in  sections  to-day, 
and  the  Easy  Chair  happens  to  be 
separated  from  most  of  the  party, 
but  we  will  meet  at  Portland.  Last 
night  on  returning  we  were  crossing 
the  broad  Sacramento  river  in  what  is 
said  to  be  one  of  the  largest  ferry- 
boats in  the  world.  But  to- day  we  have 
crossed  that  river  eighteen  times,  and 
in  many  places  one  could  almost  leap 
across  it  as  it  rushes  between  mighty 
boulders.  For  hours  we  have  traveled 
in  sight  of  Mount  Shasta,  whose 
snowy  summit  and  sides  glisten  in 
the  sunlight.  At  Shasta  Springs  the 
water  pours  down  the  mountain  side 
in  beautiful  cascades.  There  the  train 
paused  and  we  all  drank  of  the  famous 
Shasta  water  and  some  of  us  photo- 
graphed the  scenes.  We  have 
been  in  the  mountains  since  early 
morning.  Three  engines  have  hauled 
our  long  train  up  and  down  the  steep 
grades,  throughthe  tunnels  and  across 
the  mountain  ranges.  The  scenery  is 
magnificent.  It  is  750  miles  from  San 
Francisco  to  Portland.  We  have  now 
passed  the  boundary  line,  and  are  in 
Oregon,  with  over  400  miles  yet  before 
reaching  the  confluence  of  the  Colum- 
bia and  Willamette  rivers  at  the  city 
of  Portland. 

& 

In  one   of  the  beautiful  valleys  of 


southern  Oregon,  in  the  foothills  of 
the  Siskiyou  mountains,  is  the  city  of 
Ashland.  We  had  received  a  telegram 
from  Mrs.  P.  Ritner,  formerly  of  St. 
Louis,  asking  the  time  our  train  would 
pass  through  Ashland.  On  arriv- 
ing there  we  found  Mrs.  Ritner  and 
her  daughters  and  son  on  the  plat- 
form, with  a  basket  of  roses  and 
assorted  fruits  that  might  well  win  the 
prize  in  a  horticultural  fair.  Mrs. 
Ritner's  niece  is  our  accomplished 
proof  reader  in  the  Christian  Publish- 
ing Company,  and  in  that  way  we  had 
formed  her  acquaintance  in  St.  Louis. 
It  was  to  extend  this  proof  of  kind- 
ness that  she  had  telegraphed  us.  A 
picturesque  building  by  the  station 
contained  an  exhibit  of  fruits,  vege- 
tables, etc.,  kept  up  by  the  board  of 
trade,  in  which  Miss  Ritner  presides. 
In  addition  to  this  about  fifty  boys 
were  lined  up  in  a  row  on  the  plat- 
form with  baskets  and  sacks  of  fruits 
to  sell.  Such  luscious  plums,  and  as 
large  as  hen's  eggs!  Ashland  wants 
all  the  world  to  know  of  its  wonderful 
fruits,  climate,  scenery,  etc.  Hence 
this  enterprise.  Brother  Mellinger, 
the  preacher  of  the  Christian  church, 
with  his  wife  and  some  of  the  mem- 
bers were  also  down  to  greet  our 
Special.  There  is  a  church  of  150 
members,  a  good  building  with  some 
indebtedness  on  it,  a  population  of 
5,000  and  the  seat  of  the  State  Normal. 
We  are  now  running  down  the  Rogue 
River  Valley  and  the  shades  of  even- 
ing are  falling  upon  stream  and  plain. 
To-morrow  morning  we  shall  be  at 
Portland,  Oregon's  metropolis  and  the 
scene  of  the  Lewis  and  Clark  expo- 
sition, where  we  expect  to  spend  the 
Lord's  day. 

Notes  and  Comments. 

"Keeping  Indians  Sober"  is  the 
heading  of  an  article  in  one  of  our  ex- 
changes, and  touches  on  a  very  inter- 
esting subject.  »  We  mean  to  read  the 
article  as  soon  as  we  find  time.  If  it 
really  offers  a  solution  to  the  puzzle 
we  may  yet  hope  to  see  fair  elections 
in  St.  Louis.  Thanks  to  Governor  Folk 
and  Excise  Commissioner  Mulvihill, 
we  are  managing  to  keep  the  tribes  in 
this  city  comparatively  sober  one  day 
in  the  week. 

Does  not  this,  clipped  from  a  state- 
ment by  Robert  J.  Burdette  which  the 
Journal  and  Messenger  published  in  a 
recent  number,  sound  familiar  to  read- 
ers of  the  Christian- Evangelist?  Yet 
Brother  Burdette  is  a  member  of  the 
Baptist  church. 

Moreover,  I  love  the  beautiful  symbolism 
of  the  ordinance  of  the  Baptist  churches. 
I  love,  a  baptism  that  does  not  have  to  be 
argued,  defended  or  explained,  but  is  it- 
self such  a  living  picture  of  burial  and  res- 
urrection that  even  the  blind  eye  must 
close  itself  if  it  would  not  see.  And  I  love 
the  creed  that  is  written  nowhere  save  in 
the  New  Testament,  which  allows  for 
growth,  and  the  changes  which  must 
come  with  increase  of  light  and  stature, 
without  periodical  revision. 


August  31,  i90S 


THE    CHRlSTlAN-EVANCiEJJS) 


1 1 19 


The  International  Missionary  Convention 


The  C.  W.  B.  H. 

The  sessions  of  the  Christian  Woman's 
Board  of  Missions  opened  the  internation- 
al convention  at  San  Francisco,  as  usual. 
One  of  the  noticeable  features  of  this  ses- 
sion was  the  absence  of  the  president,  Mrs. 
N.  E.  Atkinson,  and  the  corresponding  sec- 
retary, Mrs.  Helen  E.  Moses.  The  vice-pres- 
ident, Mrs.  Anna  R.  Atwater,  presided,  and 
reviewed  the  year's  work  in  a  way  that  left 
nothing  to  be  desired.  She  read  a  message 
from  Mrs.  Atkinson  to  the  convention,  ex- 
pressing her  deep  regret  at  her  inability  to 
be  present  in  person  at  the  gathering.  "No 
great  or  unusual  advancement,"  she  said, 
"has  been  made  during  the  past  ten  months, 
yet  in  all  our  mission  fields  there  has  been 
steady,  gratifying  progress.  While,  as  in 
other  days,  we  must  mourn  with  some  be- 
cause of  failing  health,  disappointed  hopes, 
plans  broken  in  upon  by  misfortune,  while 
there  is  yet  about  us  a  great  host  of  un- 
interested women  and  the  question  of  how 
to  interest  them  is  still  unsolved,  yet,  on 
the  part  of  those  who  have  had  'a  mind 
to  work'  there  hns  been  such  loyalty,  such 
zeal,  such  self-sacrifice,  such  consecration, 
as  has  made  our  hearts  glad.  Some  have 
had  great  trials,  but  have  persevered  and 
are  not  cast  down.  We  thank  God  for 
the  faithful  ones.  And  what  are  the 
gifts  that  have  been  brought  to  the 
King's  service  during  this  portion  of  the 
year?  One  hundred  and  twenty-nine  thou- 
sand dollars  in  money  and  seventeen  mis- 
sionaries, including  two  returning  after 
long  absence  from  the  field.  Eight  of  these 
have  already  gone  to  their  respective  fields, 
the  others  go  soon  after  this  convention. 
Shall  we  place  these  gifts,  the  money  and 
the  lives,  side  by  side?  Our  full  hearts 
answer,  'Not  so.'  These  young  men  and 
women  are  the  alabaster  box  that  is  be- 
yond all  price.  They  are  love's  choicest 
gifts.  We  rejoice  over  the  bringing  in  of 
the  tithes,  in  consecrating  them  with 
thanksgiving  to  his  service,  praying  that 
by  the  'wondrous  alchemy  of  heaven'  they 
may  be  transrriuted  from  perishable  dross 
into  immortal  treasure;  but  we  take  these 
dear  workers  into  our  heart  of  hearts,  giv- 
ing them  warmest  sympathy  and  love,  en- 
circling them  continually  with  prayer.  Two 
of  them  go  to  a  new  field  that  we  have  long 
passed  by — South  America. 

"In  view  of  our  growing  work,  if  I 
could  give  you  a  single  word  that  should 
be  written  all  over  our  plans  it  would  be 
that  old  word,  'Enlargement.'  First,  in 
the  gifts  of  present  givers;  second,  in 
the  number  of  givers  through  increased 
auxiliary  membership;  third,  in  the  num- 
ber of  auxiliaries  in  our  eight  thousand 
unorganized  churches;  fourth,  in  new  in- 
dividual givers  where  organization  is  not 
at  present  possible.  Such  enlargement  is 
the  greatest  need  of  to-day." 

The  report  of  progress  read  by  Miss 
Murphy  showed  in  greater  detail  the 
work  from  October  last  until  August  1, 
1905- 

"Jamaica — Reports  from  the  oldest  mis- 
sion have  been  most  encouraging.  The 
Kingston  church  reports  fifty  additions  since 


October;  Oberlin  reports  severity-two,  Tor- 
rington  twelve,  King's  Gate  eleven.  The 
churches  to  which  Gordon  Hay  ministers 
have  had  sixteen  additions,  while  the  High- 
gate  membership  has  been  doubled.  Chap- 
els have  been  erected  at  Providence,  Salis- 
bury Plains,  Manning's  Hill  and  Carmel. 

"India — The  oldest  station,  Bilaspur,  has 
been  sorely  smitten  by  the  bubonic  plague. 
Miss  Kingsbury  moved  120  orphanage  girls 
to  Pendra  Road,  where  they  were  kept  in 
health  and  happiness.  Miss  Boyd  and 
Miss  Mills  remained  in  or  near  Bilaspur, 
giving  help  and  courage  to  many.  The 
plague  has  now  subsided,  the  girls  are 
home  again.  Mrs.  Lohr  has  returned 
from  her  furlough  in  Germany,  Dr. 
Martha  Smith,  assisted  by  Miss  Caroline 
Pope,  Missouri  state  officei"-,'  offering  to 
India,  will  have  charge  of  the  hospital, 
Mrs.  Lohr  and  Miss  Mills  of  the  schools, 
while  Miss  Boyd  will  have  charge  of  the 
orphanage  during  Miss  Kingsbury's  fur- 
lough. In  Bina  there  have  been  six  con- 
versions, and  inquirers  for  the  way  are 
coming  in  large  numbers.  The  native 
church  has  been  organized  apart  from  the 
English  congregation,  and  a  daily  service 
is  held  on  the  mission  compound  for 
Bible  study  for  the  native  Christians.  Sev- 
eral young  couples  from  our  orphanages 
have  settled  in  Bina,  and  are  a  help  to 
the  cause.  The  school  and  zenana  work 
is  doing  well  under  the  direction  of  Miss 
Gordon.  Mr.  Elsam  visits  Jhansi,  where 
we  have  a  congregation  of  seventeen. 

(Continued  on  page  1123.) 


The  Foreign  Society. 

[In  view  of  the  fact  that  the  regular  re- 
ports from  the  field  could  not  be  obtained 
in  time  for  presentation  to  the  San  Fran- 
cisco convention,  the  following  statement 
was  made  by  President  McLean.] 

Thirty  years  ago  the  Foreign  Christian 
Missionary  Society  was  organized.  At  that 
time  we  did  not  have  in  the  whole  wide 
field,  destitute  of  the  gospel,  a  single  herald 
of  the  cross.  Now  we  are  at  work  on 
four  continents  and  in  thirteen  different 
countries.  We  have  expanded  until  we 
have  become  a  world  power.  The  sun 
never  sets  on  the  work  we  are  doing. 

In  the  current  year  sixteen  new  workers 
have  been  engaged.  Five  of  these  go  to 
India,  four  to  China,  two  to  Tibet,  two  to 
the  Philippines,  one  to  Japan,  one  to  Cuba 
and  one  to  Africa.  Some  of  those  on  the 
field  have  given  up  the  work  and  have 
come  home.  Miss  Mildred  Franklin  re- 
signed on  account  of  poor  health.  E.  E. 
Faris  and  wife,  of  Africa,  retired  from  that 
field.  Miss  Carme  Hostetter  was  married 
and  left  the  service  of  the  society.  Year 
by  year  the  force  is  increased.  New  fields 
are  entered.  The  work  is  pushed  steadily 
forward. 

In  China  the  work  has  been  carried  on 
as  in  other  years.  The  new  Science  hall 
h..s  been  finishfd  and  dedicated.  Two  new 
stations — one  at  Tung  Chow  and  one  at 
Bo  Chow — have  been  opened.  This  means 
that  new  obligations  have  been  incurred, 
and  that  workers  must  be  sent  out  at  the 


earliest  possible  moment.  Prof.  C<  T.  Paul 
and  wiff:,  of  Hiram,  are  on  their  way  to 
Nankin.  They  will  be  associated  with  E 
Meigs  and  C.  S.  Settlemyer  in  the  work 
in  the  college.  Alexander  Paul  and  wife 
go  to  Lu  Cheo  Fu,  where  they  will  be 
associated  with  Dr.  Butchart.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Paul  have  spent  five  years  in  China. 
They  know  the  language  and  the  people. 

In  India  the  plague  has  hindered  the 
work  to  some  extent,  but  the  plague  has 
been  overruled  to  the  furtherance  of  the 
Gospel.  The  medical  missionaries  and 
others  have  done  what  they  could  to  save 
life,  to  alleviate  suffering  and  to  point  all 
with  whom  they  had  to  do  to  Jesus  as 
the  only  Saviour  of  the  sinful.  The  col- 
lege in  Jubbulpore  has  begun  its  work. 
A  number  of  young  men  are  being  trained 
to  serve  as  pastors  and  evangelists  and 
teachers.  A  mission  press  has  been  pur- 
chased. Lathrop  Cooley,  of  Medina,  O., 
has  given  $1,000  for  the  press  and  $4,000 
for  the  college.  A  ten-page  newspaper,  en- 
titled "The  Christian  Helper,"  is  published, 
each  we^k.  This  paper  is  in  Hindi.  Its 
purpose  is  to  inform  the  churches  and  the 
public  and  to  bind  the  Christian  people 
into  closer  fellowship.  D.  O.  Cunningham 
and  H.  C.  Saum  and  their  wives  and  Miss 
Olive  Griffith  are  on  their  way  to  India. 

Encouraging  reports  come  from  Japan. 
The  war  in  the  East  is  helping  the  work. 
The  main  college  building  has  been  com- 
pleted. This  has  been  pronounced  the 
finest  mission  property  in  the  Orient.  The 
Woman's  College  will  open  next  month. 
Two  chapels  have  been  finished  and  ded- 
icated. One  of  these  is  in  Sendai.  The 
other  is  in  Fukushima.  Miss  Lewis  has 
been  appointed,  and  is  on  her  way  to  Japan. 
The  executive  committee  desired  to  greatly 
increase  the  force  in  Japan  this  year,  but 
was  not  able  to  do  so. 

J.  C.  Ogden  and  wife  have  been  ap- 
pointed to  go  to  Tibet.  They  hope  to 
join  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Shelton  and  Dr.  Rijn- 
hart  in  a  few  months.  On  the  border  of 
Tibet  we  have  a  dispensary,  a  hospital, 
a  church  and  a  school.  Every  Lord's 
day  the  death  of  Christ  is  commemorated. 
The  Gospel  is  preached  to  all  who  are 
willing  to   hear  it. 

B.  L.  Kershner  and  wife  go  to  the  Phil- 
ippines. They  will  be  located  in  Manila, 
and  will  have  oversight  of  the  work  in 
that  city.  Three  families  now  in  the  Phil- 
ippines have  been  greatly  cheered  by  the 
results  of  the  past  year's  work.  They  have 
opened  a  new  station  at  Vigan,  and  are 
planning  to  open  another  farther  away. 
They  are  preparing  literature,  healing  the 
sick  and  preaching  the  gospel  far  and 
near. 

Africa  is  calling  for  more  workers. 
Doors  are  opening  on  all  sides.  A.  F. 
Hencey  is  the  only  one  who  has  been  ap- 
pointed for  that  field  in  the  year.  Ten 
evangelists  go  out  into  the  country  round 
about.  The  native  church  supports  them. 
One  member  supports  his  own  represent- 
ative. Dr.  Dye  goes  far  up  the  river  to 
heal  the  sick.  Other  missionaries  and  state 
(Continued  on  page  1123.) 


II20 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  31,  1905 


Ye  Olde  Paul's  Crosse  By  wuiiam  Durban 


Londoners  have  experienced  a  shock 
of  surprise.  One  of  the  most  famous 
of  the  religious  monuments  of  this 
great  city  is  to  be  restored  under  ex- 
ceedingly curious  circumstances.  Re- 
cently a  noted  English  law}Ter  died. 
He  had  left  the  sum  of  5,000  pounds 
($25,000)  for  the  rebuilding  of  St. 
Paul's  Cross, orPaul's  Cross,  as  it  was 
usually  called  for  brevity. 

A  VERY  HIGH  CHURCHMAN. 

Mr.  H.  C.  Richards,  K.  C,  M.  P., 
the  eminent  barrister  in  question, 
was  well  known,  not  only  for  his  ac- 
complishments in  his  profession,  but 
also  as  one  of  the  most  extreme  ritual- 
ists of  the  age.  Now,  when  our  Eng- 
lish lawyers  are  Christian  men,  they 
are  invariably  intensely  in  earnest, 
and  they  are  always  tremendously 
partisan.  There  seems  to  be  some- 
thing about  the  calling  of  an  advocate 
at  law  which  impels  him  to  take  sides 
most  vehemently.  Mr.  Reader  Harris 
is  one  of  the  very  ablest  of  living  law- 
yers. He  was  originally  a  civil  engi- 
neer, and  a  very  clever  one.  In  South 
Africa  he  made  a  fortune  among  the 
mines.  He  is  a  fine  linguist  and  an 
attractive  speaker.  Mr.  Harris  works 
hard  in  his  profession,  but  also  has 
founded  the  Pentecost  League,  which 
is  a  society  with  perfectly  fanatical 
creed  on  the  doctrines  of  perfectionism 
and  higher  life.  I  and  many  others 
esteem  him  highly,  but  cannot  com- 
prehend his  ideas. 

Now,  Mr.  Richards  was  also  a 
sample  of  immense  party  religious 
spirit  in  a  lawyer.  He  was  the  anti- 
thesis of  the  late ,  Lord  Grimthorpe, 
the  famous  lawyer  who  died  a  few 
years  ago  at  a  very  advanced  age,  and 
who  was  one  of  the  most  eminent  re- 
ligious controversialists  of  our  time. 
This  nobleman  took  exactly  the  op- 
posite line  from  Mr  Richards,  for  he 
passionately  fought  the  Ritualist 
party  with  his  pen,  his  tongue  and  his 
purse.  He  had  a  powerful  pen,  a  very 
eloquent  tongue,  and  a  very  heavy 
purse.  But  he  was  the  foremost 
leader  of  the  evangelical  section  of 
the  Anglican  church  for  many  years. 
Here  then  were  two  eminent  English 
barristers-at-law,  both  spiritually- 
minded  and  both  most  estimable  men, 
who  were  at  war  on  their  religious 
views. 

A  STRANGE    BEQUEST. 

I  come  now  to  the  extraordinary  fact 
that  has  surprised  us  in  London.  All 
my  fellow  citizens  who  know  their 
London  are  aware  that  the  wonderful 
historical  cross,  which  stood  for  sev- 
eral centuries  in  the  northeast  corner 
of  St.  Paul's  churchyard,  came  to  be 
regarded  in  the  sixteenth  century  as  a 
kind  of  symbol  of  the  struggle  and 
the  victory  of  the  great  reformation. 
It  was  the  chief  of  all  Protestant  em- 
blems. Therefore,  it  is  considered 
passing   strange    that   Mr.    Richards, 


an  extreme  high  churchman,  should 
thus  have  left  a  large  sum  of  money 
for  the  restoration  of  this  very  repre- 
sentative Protestant  fabric. 

I  am  glad  indeed  that  Paul's  Cross 
is  to  be  reconstructed,  for  some 
of  the  most  romantic  passages  of 
English  history  were  associated  with 
it.  The  only  relic  of  the  old  cross  is 
the  octagonal  slab  at  the  northeastern 
corner  of  the  churchyard,  near  the  be- 
ginning of  Cheapside.  This  spot  is 
familiar  to  American  visitors  to  Lon- 
don, and  these  generally  will  be 
pleased  at  the  prospect  of  the  restora- 
tion. Originally  the  meeting  place 
for  one  of  the  chief  Folkmotes  of  the 
city,  this  famous  pulpit  became  not 
only,  in  Carlye's  phrase,  "a  kind  of 
Times  newspaper  itself,  which,  edited 
partly  by  heaven,  was  a  most  important 
entity,"  but  the  recognized  mouthpiece 
of  the  people  during  the  period  before 
printing,  when  London  really  repre- 
sented England. 

THE  PULPIT  CROSS. 

Paul's  Cross  was  in  reality  a  great 
open-air  pulpit.  Strange  utterances 
were  at  some  periods,  in  old  popish 
days,  delivered  from  it.  But  the  Pope's 
authority  was  solemnly  denied  from  it 
in  1534,  when  Henry  VIII  was  seeking, 
for  his  own  purposes  of  worldly  policy, 
to  establish  the  reformation  in  its  first 
stage.  On  that  occasion  a  miraculous 
"rood"  or  image  from  Kent  was  ex- 
hibited, together  with  machinery  for 
moving  the  lips  and  eyes.  After  the 
exhibition  it  was  smashed  to  pieces. 
The  cross  dates,  however,  from  the 
pre-reformation  days,  when  the  preach- 
ing or  black  friars  went  about  our 
country  delivering  sermons  at  the  pul- 
pit crosses  in  or  near  the  church  yards. 
These  black  friars  understood  the  art 
of  preaching.  Also  in  nearly  every 
old  town  was  an  open-air  pulpit  with  a 
great  cross  over  it,  for  the  purpose  of 
delivering  homilies   and  exhortations 


The  Cricket. 

To  Nature's  patient,  listening  ear 

Arose  the  plaints  of  man; 
Without  a  pause  from  morn  to  night 

His  endless  grumbling  ran. 

The  sun  was  hot,  the  rain  was  wet, 

And  neither  rightly  sent; 
Besides,  each  fellow  thought  himself. 

For  higher  circles  meant. 

Then  grew  his  ceaseless  discontent 
And  swelled  in  volume  strong; 

Quoth  Nature:   "I  will  make  a  life 
Whose  protest  is  a  song." 

'Twas  thus  the  cricket  came  to  be. 

With  all  its  winsome  tricks. 
Sole    creature     on     the     earth  which 
makes 
Sweet  music  when  it  kicks. 

—Globe-Democrat. 


to  the  people.  The  most  famous  of  all 
these  pulpit  crosses  was  this  same 
Paul's  Cross  by  the  great  cathedral  in 
the  heart  of  Old  London.  It  stood 
within  the  shadow  of  the  noble  old 
Gothic  fane  which  was  destroyed  by 
the  Great  Fire  of  London  in  1666,  the 
year  following  the  Great  Plague  which 
devastated  England  and  was  the  last 
of  the  fearful  epidemics  of  the  Middle 
Ages. 

IN    STIRRING   DAYS. 

Paul's  Cross  was  ordered  with  all 
other  crosses  in  London  to  be  de- 
stroyed in  1643.  It  was  an  eight-sided 
wooden  erection,  entered  from  the 
back.  It  was  so  large  a  pulpit  that 
four  persons  could  be  seated  in  it. 
Those  were  strenuous  times,  and 
bishops,  such  as  the  martyrs  Ridley 
and  Latimer,  boldly  declaimed  from 
this  spot  and  spoke  words  of  truth 
which  sometimes  the  sovereign  and 
political  rulers  bi  terly  resented.  Two 
sovereigns  at  least,  Edward  VI  and 
his  half-sister,  Queen  Elizabeth,  fre- 
quently heard  sermons  from  their 
gallery  in  front  of  the  pulpit.  The 
queen  sometimes  interfered  in  the 
preaching  in  a  characteristic  way.  It 
was  on  Ash  Wednesday  in  1565  that 
Dean  Nowell,  thinking  to  please  the 
queen,  touched  on  the  question  of 
images,  and  received  from  his  capri- 
cious sovereign  the  famous  rebuke, 
"Leave  that  alone.  Keep  to  your  text, 
Mr.  Dean."  The  dean,  however,  re- 
gained the  royal  favor  and  was  chosen 
to  give  the  first  public  notice  from 
Paul's  Cross  of  the  defeat  of  the  Span- 
ish Armada,  that  wonderfully  provi- 
dential event  to  which  must  be  as- 
cribed the  salvation  of  Protestantism 
and  of  England. 

It  was  at  Paul's  Cross,  too,  that 
some  years  previously  the  persecuting 
monarch  known  as  "Bloody  Queen 
Mary"  refused  to  hear  good  Bishop 
Ridley.  "Ye  may  preach  if  ye  will, 
but  neither  I  nor  mine  will  listen  to 
you,"  said  she  passionately.  "Mad- 
am," the  bishop  replied,  "I  trust  you 
will  not  refuse  God's  word."  "I  can- 
not tell  what  you  call  God's  word," 
she  angrily  rejoined.  And  Ridley 
soon  was  counted  among  the  martyrs 
at  the  fiery  stake.  To  St.  Paul's  cross 
came  Cardinal  Wolsey  in  1527  to  wit- 
ness the  burning  of  Tyndale's  transla- 
tion of  the  Bible.  The  place  had  a 
political  and  secular  as  well  as  a  reli- 
gious use,  for  it  was  here  that  in  pres- 
ence of  great  crowds  of  people  papal 
bulls  and  edicts  were  read,  heretics 
denounced  and  excommunications  is- 
sued. In  1469,  during  the  reign  of 
Edward  IV,  a  bull  was  read  there  from 
Pope  Paul  IV  against  the  habit  of  the 
people  in  wearing  long  peaks  to  their 
shoes.  The  old  chronicler  gravely  de- 
clares that  some  of  the  people  said 
they  "would  wear  peaks  whether  the 
pone  wille  or  nille." 

London,  England. 


August  31,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


I  121 


The  Demand  of  the  Hour     By  c.  l.  Miner 


The  value  of  united  effort  is  undis- 
puted. Because  of  this  fact,  no  party 
in  the  great  political  contest  of  the 
year  expressed  itself  as  opposed  to 
the  existence  of  the  American  trust. 
Even  the  trust,  with  all  its  injustice, 
is  tolerated  because  of  one  great  fact: 
Its  concentration  of  wealth  and  ability 
economizes  time  and  energy.  The 
mission  of  Bismarck  to  effect  the  unifi 
cation  of  Germany  and  the  work  of 
Lincoln  for  the  union  of  the  states 
have  proved  that  unified  government 
is  essential  to  effective  government. 
The  history  of  nations  renders  a  unani- 
mous verdict  as  to  the  inherent  power 
of  union. 

But  the  proposition,  "In  union  there 
is  strength,"  so  obviously  true  in 
business  and  politics  and  all  progress- 
ive enterprise,  is  ignored  by  the 
modern  church  alone.  The  church 
has  a  worldwide  mission.  Human 
society  must  ever  be  dependent  upon 
it  for  its  progress  and  its  hope.  The 
church  in  its  present  divided  condi- 
tion is  unable  to  fulfill  this  social  mis- 
sion. The  present  social  need,  there- 
fore, is  concentration  of  the  forces  of 
the  church,  that  its  strength  may  be 
adequate  to  the  largeness  of  its  mis- 
sion. We  shall  consider  the  causes 
of  disunion,  and,  in  view  of  the  evils 
of  disunion,  discuss  the  need  of  union; 
we  shall  propose  a  means  of  accom- 
plishing it,  and  speak  of  the  results 
arising  from  a  condition  of  unity.  We 
would  show  that  Christian  union  is 
the  social  demand  of  the  hour. 

The  present  condition  of  the  church 
should  be  studied  in  the  light  of  the 
historical  causes.  This  condition  is 
the  result  of  a  retrogressive  move- 
ment which  started  back  near  the 
very  beginning.  The  evolution  of 
Christiinity  has  been  both  progress- 
ive and  retrogressive.  It  began  in 
Judea  in  a  transcendent  personality. 
Its  believers  undertook  at  once  its 
world  wide  proclamation.  Its  con- 
quests in  the  hearts  of  men  were  bril- 
liant and  rapid.  In  three  hundred 
years  it  had  spread  from  Jerusalem  to 
the  Tiber,  and  had  conquered  the 
Roman  empire.  It  gave  promise  of 
spreading  the  light  of  its  liberty  and 
love  to  those  in  the  bonds  of  igno- 
rance and  heathendom. 

But  mark  the  change.  Selfishness 
and  temporal  ambition  thwart  the 
progress  of  this  great  world  move- 
ment. Within  the  church,  the  humble 
brother  and  servant  of  the  people  de- 
velops into  the  pompous  bishop;  the 
bishop  soo.n  becomes  the  metropoli- 
tan, and  the  metropolitan  the  pope.  A 
spirit  of  dogmatic  intolerance  was  the 
curse  of  the  age,  it  permeated  all 
thought,  it  extended  its  blighting 
influence  to  the  church.  The  church 
became  first  its  victim  and  then  its 
promoter.  The  history  of  the  follow- 
ing period  is  the  saddest  in  all  the  an- 
nals of  mankind.  An  age  of  religious 


speculation  and  intellectual  creed- 
making  was  at  hand.  The  champion 
of  its  dogmatic  formulas  was  en- 
throned at  Rome  to  wield  the  sceptre 
of  the  Caesars.  At  his  behest  truth 
was  stifled,  and  dogma  was  exalted. 
He  who  had  the  courage  of  his  con- 
victions, when  they  differed  from  the 
established  opinons  of  the  church,  in 
this  degenerate  age,  could  pay  the 
price  of  his'  manhood  with  his  life. 
For  their  convic  ions,  Arnold  was 
driven  into  exile,  Huss  was  burned  at 
the  stake.  A  record  of  atrocity  is  the 
record  of  the  apostate  church.  By 
her,  in  the  name  of  religion,  were  per- 
petrated the  most  atrocious  crimes 
against  personal  liberty  and  life.  Ex- 
alting herself  as  an  enemy  of  free  truth 
and  right  of  opinion,  she  has  stained 
the  record  of  the  Middle  Ages  with  the 
blood  of  heroes. 

Amid  such  conditions  the  church 
could  no  longer  remain  a  unit.  The 
voices  of  those  who  had  called  for 
justice  and  purity  in  the  past,  had 
been  stifled,  but  there  was  one  to 
come  whose  rugged  personality  was  to 
defy  the  power  of  Rome.  The  deliverer 
was  Martin  Luther.  Aroused  to  action 
by  the  outrageous  sale  of  indulgences 
he  nails  his  theses  to  the  church 
door  at  Wittenberg.  The  bigoted  dog- 
matism of  the  church  attempts  to 
deny  him  his  right  of  opinion.  He  is 
excommunicated;  he  burns  the  bull 
of  excommunication.  He  is  summoned 
to  appear  before  the  emperor  to  an- 
swer for  his  statements,  and  here  he 
stands  for  the  truth  as  he  sees  it. 
He  vindicates  himself  in  the  public 
mind,  but  is  driven  from  the  church  a 
social  exile.  Those  who  believe  in 
him,  follow;  and  thus,  although  with 
reluctance  on  Luther's  part,  the  first 
step  of  division  is  taken.  It  had 
never  been  the  purpose  of  the  reformer 
to  withdraw  from  the  church  of  Rome, 
rather  would  he  have  worked  a  ref- 
ormation within  the  church;  but  the 
intolerance  of  the  papacy  forced  him 
to  the  separation.  The  seeds  of  a 
mighty  series  of  divisions,  planted 
long  before  the  actual  beginning  of  the 
reformation,  bad  begun  to  spring  into 
life.  Luther  was  but  reaching:  back 
toward  simplicity.  His  remedy  for 
the  conditions  of  the  time  was  bad,  yet 
it  was  the  only  remedy,  and  became  at 
that  time  a  blessing.  Division  was 
inevitable,  or  mankind  must  have  re- 
mained forever  in  serfdom  to  the  papal 
throne.  But  Luther  was  not  infallible. 
When  he  came  out  of  the  parent 
church,  he  brought  with  him  the  dog- 
matic opinion  embodied  in  a  human 
creed,  over  which  coming  generations 
were  to  divide.  In  a  struggle  over  an 
opinion,  Calvinism  had  its  origin,  an  I 
from  it  have  evolved  the  various  forms 
of  Presbyterianism.  Across  the  Eng- 
lish channel  had  grown  up  another 
mighty  protest  to  the  evils  of  the  time, 
but  dogmatism  within  it  made   neces- 


sary the  sects  of  Baptists, Independents 
and  Methodists.  As  time  passed  by 
sect  after  sect  was  added  to  the  grow- 
ing turmoil.  The  causes  of  all  these 
divisions  were  the  same  as  of  the 
first,  dogmatism  and  intolerance. 

The  evils  of  disunion  are  known  too 
well.  In  the  past,  bigotry  has  per- 
mitted the  spirit  of  division  to  find  ex- 
pression in  monstrous  acts  of  violence 
and  frenzy.  See  it  as  it  threatens  the 
life  of  John  Knox;  see  it  as  it  burns 
at  the  stake  Latimer  and  Ridley;  see 
it  as  it  plunges  nations  into  turmoil, 
and  drenches  all  France  in  blood  at 
the  Massacre  of  St.  Bartholomew.  Al- 
though these  times  and  scenes  are 
past  forever,  the  spirit  of  division  is 
prevalent  to-day.  The  ideals  of  our 
age  do  not  permit  it  to  indulge  in 
bloody  deeds  of  violence,  and  it  must 
be  content  with  the  sha  tered  forces 
of  a  once  mighty  movement,  a  move- 
ment which,  but  for  division,  would 
ere  this  have  transformed  the  world. 
Because  of  division,  the  organization 
which  in   its   infancy  conquered    the 

ft  ft 

WRONG  SORT 

Perhaps    Plain    Old    Meat,    Potatoes    and 
Bread  May  be  Against  You  for  a  Time. 


A  change  to  the  right  kind  of  food 
can  lift  one  from  a  sick  bed.  A  lady 
in  Welden,  111.,  says: 

"Last  spring  I  became  bedfast  with 
severe  stomach  trouble  accompanied 
by  sick  headache.  I  got  worse  and 
worse  until  I  became  so  low  I  could 
scarcely  retain  any  food  at  all,  al- 
though I  tried  every  kind  I  had  be- 
come completely  discouraged,  had 
given  up  all  hope  and  thought  I  was 
doomed  to  starve  to  death,  till  one 
day  my  husband  trying  to  find  some- 
thing I  could  retain  brought  home 
some  Grape  Nuts. 

"To  my  surprise  the  food  agreed 
with  me,  digested  perfectly  and  with- 
out distress.  I  began  to  gain  strength 
at  once,  my  flesh  (which  had  been 
flabby)  grew  firmer,  my  health  im- 
proved in  every  way  and  ev*  ry  day, 
and  in  a  very  few  weeks  I  gained  20 
pounds  in  weight.  I  liked  Grape-Nuts 
so  well  that  for  four  months  I  ate  no 
other  food,  and  always  felt  as  well 
satisfied  after  eating  as  if  I  had  sat 
down  to  a  fine  banquet. 

"I  had  no  return  of  the  miserable 
sick  stomach  nor  of  the  headaches,  that 
I  used  to  have  when  I  ate  other  food. 
I  am  now  a  well  woman,  doing  all  my 
own  work  again,  and  feel  that  life  is 
worth  living. 

"Grape  Nuts  food  has  been  a  God- 
send to  my  family;  it  surely  saved  my 
life  and  my  two  little  boys  have  thriven 
on  it  wonderfully."  Name  given  by 
Postum  Co.,  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

There's  a  reason. 

Get  the  little  book,  "The  Road  to 
Wellville,"  in  each  pkg. 


I  122 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  31,  1905 


known  world  in  three  centnries, 
stands  to-day,  and  has  been  standing 
for  ages,  thwarted  in  its  world  mis- 
sion, and  absolutely  unable  to  rise  to 
the  opportunities  of  the  hour. 

In  the  face  of  such  evils,  the  need 
of  union  is  apparent.  In  the  name  of 
an  ignorant  and  needy  humanity;  in 
the  name  of  nations  and  peoples  who 
know  not  the  truth;  in  the  name  of  the 
millions  over  all  the  earth  who  live 
and  die  in  hopeless  drudgery  and  pain, 
without  the  joys  of  home  life,  without 
the  consolations  of  religion,  without 
hope  for  the  future;  in  the  name  of  all 
these  whom  a  united  church  might 
reach,  we  proclaim  the  need  of  union. 
World-wide  are  the  forces  of  ignorance 
and  superstition  arrayed.  From  South 
America  to  "darkest  Africa,"  across 
India  and  Tibet,  in  China,  where 
sleeps  in  lethargy  and  stagnation  one- 
third  of  the  human  race,  the  souls  of 
men  are  calling  for  deliverance.  In 
our  own  land  great  social  problems 
present  themselves  for  solution.  Cap- 
ital and  labor  are  here  arrayed  against 
each  other,  armed  and  ready  for  each 
other's  blood.  Millions  of  dollars 
worth  of  energy  which  might  be  used 
to  build  magnificent  cities  and  pro- 
mote great  industries  is  being  wasted 
annually  in  the  traffic  of  the  American 
saloon.  Before  all  these  problems  and 
these  needs  the  divided  church  stands 
inadequate.  The  needy  millions  of 
the  earth  know  not  the  liberty  of  Chris- 
tian culture,  they  know  not  him  who 
died  for  them;  the  division  of  his  peo- 
ple has  thus  become  the  crowning 
tragedy  of  the  world.  The  church  has, 
if  she  but  knew  it,  the  balm  for  all  our 
social  ills,  the  balm  of  Christian  edu- 
cation and  unselfish  love.  Because  of 
her  weakness  these  great  principles 
are  not  effective  in  their  greatest 
power.'  There  is  but  one  thing  which 
will  enable  the  church  to  make  them 
effective,  and  that  one  thing  is  union. 
The  value  of  union  has  been  demon- 
strated in  business  and  politics  and  in 
every  progressive  enterprise;  it  has 
been  demonstrated  by  the  church  in 
her  early  history;  she  is  blind  to-day 
if  she  cannot  see  its  value. 

While  the  Salvation  Army  follower 
is  charging  the  Episcopalian  with  more 
form  than  spirituality  in  religion,  and 
the  Episcopalian,  in  turn,  is  charging 
the  Salvation  Army  with  lack  of  ritual; 
while  our  English  brethren  are  con- 
tending, one  for  high  church,  and 
one  for  low;  while  Catholicism  would 
place  church  government  at  Rome,  and 
Protestantism  would  place  it  in  coun- 
cils or  in  the  individual  churches; 
while  matters  of  personal  decision  are 
being  publicly  discussed  in  synods 
and  creed  revising  assemblies;  while 
the  people  of  the  churches  everywhere 
are  wasting  their  time  over  matters 
irrelevant  to  the  issue,  I  would  call 
you  to  witness  the  scene  in  the  night- 
time on  the  hillside  in  the  Garden,  the 
kneeling  figure  of  the  Man  of  Galilee 
in  prayer  for  the  unity  of  his  people: 
"I  pray  not  for  these,  my  present  dis- 


ciples, alone,  but  for  them  also  who 
shall  believe  on  me  through  their 
word,  that  they  may  be  one,  that  the 
world  may  believe  that  thou  hast  sent 
me." 

Having  seen  the  causes  and  evils  of 
disunion,  and  the  need  of  union,  we 
ask,  Is  there  a  remedy  which  will  bring 
about  Christian  union?  There  is,  and 
it  is  simple.  What  have  been  the 
causes  of  division?  The  setting  up  of 
individual  opinion  as  the  standard  of 
another's  faith,  and  being  dogmatically 
intolerant  with  him,  when  his  own  con- 
victions ,did  not  correspond  to  this 
opinion,  dogmatism  and  intolerance. 
These  have  been  the  curse  to  the 
church,  the  curse  to  human  progress. 
As  opposed  to  these,  we  plead  that 
there  be  exalted,  in  place  of  dogmatic 
opinion,  the  simple  teachings  of  the 
Irrlperial  Book;  in  the  light  of  its  teach- 
ings, give  to  the  individual  the  inter- 
pretation of  his  duty  to  his  God.  In- 
telligent thought  cannot  be  dominated 
forever  by  man  made   creeds,  by  the 


thunderous  bulls  of  popes,  or  by  the 
edict  of  council  or  synod.  The  teacher 
of  the  future  must  be  ever  tolerant, 
willing  to  think  and  let  others  think; 
he  must  be  broader  than  individual 
opinion,  broader  even  than  the  formu- 
las of  scholars,  broader  than  any  sect 
or  creed  or  nation,  a  citizen  of  the  uni- 
verse, a  student  of  universal  truth. 
The  divisions  of  the  church,  under  the 
leadership  of  such  teachers,  shall  blend 
into  one  great  family  whose  differences 
are  no  more.  Its  oneness,  made  sacred 
by  the  turmoil,  the  blood  and  tears  of 
the  centuries,  will  transcend  the  glory 
of  the  apostolic  church.  In  the  light 
of  the  unfolding  future,  we  shall  see 
the  answer  to  the  Savior's  prayer;  in 
the  might  of  their  concentrated  power, 
his  people  shall  renew  the  world-wide 
proclamation  of  his  truth;  their  con- 
quest in  the  hearts  of  men  shall  con- 
tinue until  the  peoples  of  the  conti- 
nents and  the  islands  of  the  sea  shall 
bring  the  tribute  of  their  love  to  the 
feet  of  the  conquering  King. 
Hiram,  Ohio: 


The  New  Spirit  of  Service  By  wm.  d.  ryan 


"Have  you  any  church  work  on 
hand  that  I  can  do,  this  summer, 
either  in  connection  with  the  old 
church  or  with  the  mission?  I  don't 
mean  for  pay,  of  course;  but  I  expect 
to  be  in  the  city  most  of  the  summer 
and  I  want  to  accomplish  something 
that  will  be  really  worth  while.  Work 
that  will  make  me  roll  up  my  sleeves 
and  get  out  among  the  people  will  suit 
me  better  than  any  other." 

I  have  just  listened  to  these  words 
from  a  young  man  of  my  congregation 
who  called  at  my  study  this  morning. 
He  is  a  junior  at  Yale,  and  is  home  for 
summer  vacation.  He  is  not  a  candi- 
date for  the  ministry  and  does  not  ask 
for  church  work  either  for  pay  or 
"practice."  If  the  criticism  upon  the 
great  universities  be  true,  that  they 
rob  men  of  their  faith,  and  disqualify 
them  for  Christian  service,  I  can  only 
hope  that  more  young  men  of  my  own 
congregation  will  be  "disqualified." 
This  incident,  among  thousands  of 
others,  but  illustrates  what  may  be 
called  "the  new  spirit  of  service."  Re- 
ligion is  not  simply  an  emotion;  it  is 
not  a  bundle  of  doctrines;  it  is  a  life  of 
helpfulness.  Church  work  is  not  rele- 
gated to  one  man  called  a  pastor,  it  is 
a  field  of  '  privilege,  wherein  every 
Christian's  highest  aspiration  must 
find  expression  in  action. 

An  age  when  our  brightest  young 
men  and  women  are  honestly  striving 
to  find  an  opportunity  to  consecrate 
their  talents  to  Christ's  service,  can 
not  be  called  an  age  of  religious 
apathy.  No  age  since  the  apostolic, 
has  been  so  resplendent  with  promise 
for  the  kingdom.  Not,  "What  will  re- 
ligion do  for  me,  and  from  what  ter- 
rors will  it  save  me?"  is  the  question 
of  to-day  and  to-morrow,  but  it  is, 
"Lord,  what  wilt  thou  have  me  to  do?" 

This  spirit  of  service  is  new  only  in 
the  sense  that  it  is  restored.     It  is  in 


reality  the  old  spirit  that  animated 
men  to  whom  Christ  became  more 
than  fishing  nets.  Let  us  with  all  our 
restoring,  be  foremost  in  restoring 
this  spirit  of  service. 
Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

A  SPOON  SHAKER 
Straight  From  Coffeedom. 


Coffee  can  marshal  a  good  squad- 
ron of  enemies  and  some  very  hard 
ones  to  overcome.  A  lady  in  Florida 
writes: 

"I  have  always  been  very  fond  of 
good  coffee,  and  for  years  drank  it  at 
least  three  times  a  day.  At  last,  how- 
ever, I  found  that  it  was  injuring  me. 

"I  became  bilious,  subject  to  fre- 
quent and  violent  headaches,  and  so 
very  nervous,  that  I  could  not 
lift  a  spoon  to  my  mouth  with- 
out spilling  a  part  of  its  con- 
tents; my  heart  got  'rickety'  and 
beat  so  fast  and  so  hard  that  I  could 
scarcely  breathe,  while  my  skin  got 
thick  and  dingy,  with  yellow  blotches 
on  my  face,  caused  by  the  condition 
of  my  liver  and  blood.  I  made  up  my 
mind  that  all  these  afflictions  came 
from  coffee,  and  I  determined  to  ex- 
periment and  see. 

"So  I  quit  and  got  a  package  of 
Postum  which  furnished  my  hot  morn- 
ing beverage,  After  a  little  time  I 
was  rewarded  by  a  complete  restora- 
tion of  my  health  in  every  respect.  I 
do  not  suffer  from  biliousness  any 
more,  my  headaches  have  disap- 
peared, my  nerves  are  as  steady 
as  could  be  desired,  my  heart  beats 
regularly  and  my  complexion  has 
cleared  up  beautifully — the  blotches 
have  been  wiped  out  and  it  is  such  a 
pleasure  to  be  well  again."  Name 
given  by  Postum  Co.,  Battle  Creek, 
Mich. 

There's  a  reason. 


August  31,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


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The  International  Missionary 
Convention. 

The  C.  W.  B.  M. 

(Continued  from  page  1119.) 

"Mexico — The  holiday  week  witnessed 
the  dedication  of  our  new  mission  build- 
ing, the  finest  in  Monterey,  by  President 
W.  E.  Garrison,  of  Butler  college,  Indian- 
apolis, Ind.  It  has  also  seen  our  Monterey 
school  pass  the  500  mark  in  its  enrollment. 
There  have  been  31  additions  to  the  church 
at  Monterey. 

"Porto  Rico — The  girls'  orphanage  has 
had  needed  improvements,  and  Miss  Siler, 
of  Lawrence,  Kan.,  has  been  added  to  the 
force.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Alton  have  been  as- 
signed to  the  boys'  orphanage  and  hope  to 
return  to  that  work.  The  building  plans 
have  been  made." 

The  speakers  were  Miss  Colla  Harrison, 
of  California,  James  G.  Warren,  of  Los  An- 
geles, who  emphasized  the  importance  of 
teaching  the  young  people  the  value  of  mis- 
sionary work,  and  Mrs.  J.  C.  Gerould,  of 
Cleveland,  O.,  who  gave  some  account  of 
the  work  in  India,  which  country  she  re- 
cently visited. 

Saturday  morning's  session  was  largely 
devoted  to  reports.  That  on  evangelistic 
work  in  the  United  States  showed  that  this 
kind  of  work  was  being  carried  on  in  34 
states  and  territories.  The  committee  rec- 
ommended the  thoughtful  care  of  work  al- 
ready established  and  the  extension  of  city 
evangelization  as  rapidly  as  funds  would 
permit,  that  the  best  type  of  preachers  be 
employed,  that  capable  women  be  sought  as 
helpers,  and  that  an  effort  be  made  towards 
securing  and  educating  a  Chinese  ministry. 

The  organization  of  a  Young  People's 
Missionary  Century  Brigade  was  one  of 
the  recommendations  of  the  committee 
Which  considered  that  work.  It  advised 
also  the  circulation  of  literature  and  the 
setting  apart  of  ten  minutes  at  each  month- 
ly meeting  for  the  study  of  methods,  and 
asked  that  the  completion  of  the  boys'  or- 
phanage in  Jamaica  be  the  first  work. 

The  Committee  on  India  recommended 
that  the  requests  for  this  work  be  an- 
swered as  far  as  possible,  that  stations  es- 
tablished should  be  strengthened  and  that 
every  station  should  have  a  physician  as 
soon  as  practicable.  It  announced  that  a 
home  in  Rath  for  outcast  women  would  be 
erected. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Edu- 
cational Work  in  the  United  States  showed 
that  there  was  a  prosperous  growth. 

At  the  last  national  convention  it  was 
decided  to  enter  South  America.  So  to 
Mrs.  Ella  Humbert,  of  Oregon,  was  al- 
lotted the  duty  of  speaking  in  behalf  of 
this  work,  which  she  did  very  effectively. 
It  is  a  land  largely  "without  Christ  other 
than  a  brass  Christ  on  a  bronze  cross." 

When  the  hour  came  for  the  introduc- 
tion of  missionaries,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Louie 
Hugh  were  first  presented,  the  latter  sing- 
ing a  solo.  The  young  Chinaman  told 
about  his  work  in  Portland,  and  made  a 
plea  for  a  mission  in  southern  China. 

W.  J.  Burner,  who,  with  his  wife,  has 
been  selected  to  open  the  work  in  Argen- 
tine,   made   a    hurricane    speech,    picturing 


that  great  country  and  its  need  of  the  sim- 
ple Gospel. 

The  report  of  the  nominating  commit)';': 
was  adopted,  the  old  officers  being  re- 
elected. A  roll-call  of  states  followed,  the 
representatives  of  the  different  states  rising 
as  the  officials  were  presented  on  the  plat- 
form. The  committe  on  watchword  and 
aim  recommended :  Win  one,  aim  for  100,- 
000  members;  bring  one,  aim  for  $200,000; 
save  one,  aim  for  1,000  souls. 

The  report  of  the  committee  on  the  cen- 
tennial recommended  a  rally  cry  of  $100,- 
000  for  one  hundred  years,  which  should 
be  sought  among  women  outside  the  aux- 
iliaries in  offerings  of  one  dollar  or  more. 
This  amount  should  be  apportioned  among 
the  states.  Funds  should  be  used  in  the 
fields  now  occupied,  but  it  was  recommend- 
ed that  one  new  field  should  be  entered — 
southern  China,  to  which  an  appropriation 
of  $20,000  was  advised.  A  double  member- 
ship in  the  auxiliaries  is  also  to  be 
aimed  at. 

After  several  pledges  had  been  made  and 
instructions  given  for  telegrams  to  be  sent 
to  absent  leaders,  Mrs.  A.  C.  Smither  de- 
livered a  strong  address  on  being  "Am- 
bassadors  for  Christ." 

During  the-  past  ten  months  the  total 
receipts  were  $172,963  and  the  disburse- 
ments $149,838.  The  total  number  of  new 
workers  is  seventeen. 

6 
The  Foreign  Society. 

(Continued  from  page  1119.) 
officers  apply  to  him  for  relief.  R.  R.  El- 
dred  is  training  the  young  people  to  make 
and  lay  brick,  to  erect  houses  and  many 
other  things.  The  children  are  taught  in 
the  school  by  Mrs.  Dye. 

In  Scandinavia  long  strides  have  been 
taken  in  advance.  R.  P.  Andersen  is  located 
in  Christiania,  E.  W.  Pease  in  Bergen. 
A  training  school  has,  been  opened  in 
Christiania.  The  work  has  begun  on  a 
small  scale.  The  paper,  entitled  "The 
Old  Paths,"  is  edited  by  R.  P.  Andersen. 

Mark  S.  Peckham  has  been  engaged  to 
work  in  Cuba.  He  will  teach  and  preach. 
Angel  Godinez,  a  Cuban,  will  give  most  of 
his  time  to  the  work.  Preparations  are 
being  made  to  open  schools  in  Havana 
and  in  Matanzas.  The  committee  is  con- 
templating the  purchase  of  suitable  prop- 
erty in  Matanzas. 

In  Hawaii  P.  M.  Snodgrass  and  wife 
have  had  charge  of  the  Cooley  mission.  A 
new  chapel  has  been  built.  The  missionary 
did  most  of  the  carpenter  work  with  his 
own  hands. 

The  executive  committee  has  carried  on 
a  vigorous  campaign  of  education.  "The 
Intelligencer"  and  "The  Voice"  have  been 
published  regularly.  These  have  been  widely 
circulated.  A  copy  of  John  R.  Mott's 
book  entitled,  "The  Pastor  as  a  Missionary 
Leader,"  was  sent  to  each  one  of  our  preach- 
ers. Thousands  of  other  books  were  sold. 
Many  missionary  libraries  were  introduced. 
Missionary  rallies  were  held  in  many  in- 
fluential centers.  The  secretaries  have  vis- 
ietd  churches  and  conventions.  They  have 
tried  to  press  the  claims  of  the  work  home 
to  the  hearts  and  consciences  of  the  people 
everywhere.  Knowledge  of  the  facts  must 
precede  interest  and  action. 


The  greatest  need  of  the  society  if  the 
need  of  suitable  men.  Volunteers  of  the  right 
kind  are  very  scarce.  We  are  taught  to 
pray  the  Lord  of  the  harvest  that  he  would 
send  forth  laborers  into  his  harvest  May 
it  not  be  that  the  lack  of  volunteers  is 
owing  to  the  fact  that  that  prayer  has  not 
been  offered?  Men  are  needed  now  for 
China,  for  India,  for  Japan,  for  Africa. 
The  need  was  never  so  great.  The  har- 
vest was  never  so  ripe.  The  Macedon..oi 
calls  were  never  so  numerous  nor  so  urgent. 

The  friends  of  this  cause  should  remem- 
ber that  nothing  is  so  costly  as  success. 
The  work  that  is  alive  and  growing  makes 
incessant  and  importunate  den.ands.  These 
demands  must  be  met,  or  the  work  will 
suffer.  The  churches  are  growing  in 
wealth  from  year  to  year.  The  average 
offering  in  the  United  States  is  29  cents 
per  annum.  Our  people  do  not  give  that 
much  on  an  average.  It  is  easy  to  see 
that  we  could  easily  double  what  we  are 
doing.  We  should  aim  at  doubling  our 
receipts  and  our  forces  on  the  field  before 
our  centennial  in  1909. 

We  are  pleased  to  report  that  there  is 
a  growing  interest  in  the  cause  of  mis- 
sions. We  are  living  in  the  dawn  of  a 
better  day.  Our  people  should  be  the 
greatest  missionary  people  in  the  world. 
If  every  minister  of  the  Gospel  had  the 
missionary  passion  in  his  own  heart  this 
would  soon  be  the  case.  We  would  make 
our  influence  felt  mightily  in  the  most  re- 
mote corner  of  this  round  globe. 

One  of  the  new  enterprises  engaging  the 
attention  of  the  society  is  the  erection  of 
a  home  for  the  children  of  the  mission- 
aries. The  present  plan  is  to  secure  a 
convenient  building  near  some  one  of  our 
schools,  in  which  the  sons  and  daughters 
of  our  mis.-'onaries  can  be  brought  up  in 
the  nurture  and  admonition  of  the  Lord, 
and  in  which  they  may  be  trained  for  their 
life  work.  Such  a  home  will  enable  the 
parents  to  continue  their  work  on  the  fields 
and  be  free  from  any  mental  distress  as 
to  their  children.  It  may  be  that  some 
one  in  attendance  at  this  convention  will 
give  $23,000  or  $50,000  for  this  purpose. 
No  more  suitable  memorial  could  be  erect- 
ed in  memory  of  some  one  who  has  en- 
tered into  the  life  that  is  life  indeed. 

Our  Lord  used  three  words  that  call 
for  especial  emphasis.  These  are,  "come," 
"abide,"  "go."  He  calls  human  souls  to 
himself.  "Come  unto  Me  all  ye  that  labor 
and  are  heavy  laden,  and  I  will  give  you 
rest."  He  asks  those  who  come  to  abide 
in  him.  As  the  branch  can  not  bear  fruit 
of  itself  except  it  abide  in  the  vine,  no 
more  can  we  except  we  abide  in  Christ. 
To  those  who  come  and  abide  in  him,  he 
says,  "Go  ye  into  all  the  world  and  preach 
the  gospel  to  the  whole  creation."  If  we 
come  to  Christ  and  abide  in  Christ  we 
must  go  at  his  command.  If  we  do  not 
go,  we  shall  not  abide  within  him,  and  our 
coming  shall  prove  to  be  in  vain. 


In  marriage  certificates,  booklets  and 
such  like,  we  are  fully  equipped  and  will 
take  pleasure  in  sending  you  our  circular, 
with  full  list  of  the  stock  on  hand  and 
prices  of  same.  Command  us  in  any  way 
possible. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  31,  1905 


Report   of   the    California    State    Conventions 


Northern. 

The  forty-eighth  annual  convention  of 
the  Christian  churches  of  northern  Cali- 
fornia was  held  in  the  West  Side  Chris- 
tian   church,    San    Francisco,   August  15 

to  IS,  1905. 

The  Sunday-school  session  opened  with 
a  prayer  and  praise  service,  led  by  R.  E. 
Jope,  of  Los  Gatos.  T.  G.  Picton,  of 
Woodland,  president  of  the  Sunday-school 
association,  gave  a  brief  report  of  the  work 
during  the  year.  He  made  a  strong  plea 
for  the  observance  of  boys'  and  girls' 
rally  day  and  of  decision  day.  Many  Sun- 
day-schools have  adopted  Normal  classes, 
and  training  classes,  and  some  have  organ- 
ized their  schools  into  graded  Sunday- 
schools  during  the  past  year.  The  secre- 
tary's report  showed  that  eighteen  schools 
had  observed  boys'  and  girls'  rally  day, 
contributing  $162.80,  as  against  $13  con- 
tributed last  year.  Decision  day  was  also 
observed  in  some  places,  and  as  a 
result,  a  large  number  came  into  the 
church  from  the  Sunday-schools.  The 
suggestion  of  employing  a  Sunday-school 
evangelist  whose  whole  time  should  be 
given  to  the  upbuilding  of  the  Sunday- 
schools  already  in  existence,  and  the 
organization  of  new  ones,  was  so  enthusi- 
astically received  that  $435  was  pledged 
there  and  then  to  the  support  of  this  new 
enterprise.  Valuable  suggestions  for  the 
conducting  of  teachers'  training  classes 
were  made.  It  was  also  suggested  that  if 
the  church  would  assume  the  responsi- 
bility for  Sunday-school  supplies,  and  the 
children  be  taught  that  their  contributions 
for  each  quarter  were  not  for  papers  to  be 
read  and  thrown  aside,  but  for  some  par- 
ticular line  of  mission  or  church  work, 
those  contributions  would  be  largely  in- 
creased . 

W.  H.  Martin,  of  Santa  Barbara,  de- 
livered the  convention  address  Tuesday 
evening. 

Judge  McCoy,  of  Red  Bluff,  was  unani- 
mously elected  chairman  of  the  state  con- 
vention. The  report  of  the  committee  on 
ministerial  standing  was  read  by  Brother 
McCol lough,  of  Warm  Springs.  The  presi- 
dent, D.  A.  Russell,  of  Red  Bluff,  in  his 
address  reported  the  churches  in  a  healthy 
and  growing  condition,  with  signs  of  prog- 
ress everywhere,  and  very  rapid  growth 
in  some  quarters.  The  missionary  pastors 
have  all  done  good  work.  The  recom- 
mendations were: 

1.  That  churches  observe  education 
day  some  time  in  the  month  of  January, 
and  that  on  that  day  young  men  be  urged 
to  devote  themselves  to  the  ministry.  2. 
That  the  co-operative  missionary  work  of 
this  state  be  built  up  and  endowed.  As  a 
working  basis,  the  following  points  were 
suggested:  (a)  Individual  gifts  of  $100  or 
more,  (b)  The  securing  of  money  on  the 
annuity  plan,  (c)  Try  to  induce  people  well 
advanced  in  years  to  will  at  least  a  portion 
of  their  money  to  be  dedicated  for  all  time  to 
the  advancement  of  God's  kingdom  on  the 
earth.  3.  That  the  state  board  be  author- 
ized for  the  coming  year  to  take  up  the 
question  of  securing  more  land  at  Garfield 
park,  Santa  Cruz,  and  of  the  improving 
and  beautifying  of  the  grounds. 

Brother  McAneney  introduced  President 
Bell,  of  Drake  university,  who  briefly  ad- 
dressed the  convention.  The  privileges  of 
the  convention  were  extended  to  all  visit- 
ing brethren  from  different  parts  of  the 
state  and  from  other  states. 

The    Endeavor  session    occupied  all  of 


Wednesday  afternoon.  Excellent  reports 
of  work  accomplished  were  made  by  all 
the  officers  and  district  managers  and  by 
superintendents  of  Quiet  Hour  and  Junior 
work.  The  secretary  reported  that  every 
society  in  northern  California  had  sent  in 
the  statistical  report  asked  for.  There  are 
1,869  active,  482  associate,  and  188  hon- 
orary members.  The  Endeavorers  con- 
tributed $779.56  to  home  missions, 
$439  55  to  foreign  missions,  and  $213.45  to 
benevolences,  making  a  total  of  $1,432.56. 

They  decided  to  make  the  work  of  the 
Berkeley  Bible  seminary  their  special  work 
for  the  year,  to  observe  education  day, and 
to  do  what  they  can  in  urging  young  men 
to  devote  themselves  to  the  ministry.  A 
collection  was  taken  and  enough  money 
collected  to  put  up  a  sign,  Welcome  C.  E,, 
at  the  entrance  to  Woodward's  pavilion, 
where  the  International  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E. 
session  will  be  held.  The  following  offi- 
cers were  elected:  President,  Lee  Tibbals, 
Watsonville;  first  vice-president,  John  Lit- 
tler, San  Jose;  second  vice-president,  Laura 
Hockensmith,  Santa  Rosa;  secretary, 
Annie  G.  Harvey,  Fresno,  and  treasurer, 
Ed  Rose,  San  Jose. 

The  very  encouraging  report  of  the  state 
board  was  read  by  Brother  Jopson.  A 
church  has  been  organized  at  Reno,  and 
now  numbers  40  members.  A  Sunday- 
school  has  also  been  established  there. 
This  is  the  only  Christian  church  in  the 
whole  state  of  Nevada.  Alameda,  Berke- 
ley, Santa  Rosa,  West  Side  and  Fortuna 
churches  were  mentioned  as  having  done 
especially  good  work  along  home  mission- 
ary lines.  There  have  been  200  additions 
by  baptism  and  229  otherwise.  There  is  a 
surplus  of  $75  in  the  treasury. 

The  committee  on  state  work  recom- 
mended the  same  three  points  that  the 
president  did  in  his  address,  and  further, 
that  the  position  of  corresponding  secre- 
tary be  made  as  permanent  as  possible. 
This  report  was  unanimously  adopted. 

At  the  C.  W.  B.  M.  session,  in  the  ab- 
sence of  the  president,  Mrs.  Mary  Hartley, 
the  vice-president,  Mrs.  Murphy,  of  Lodi, 
presided.  The  reports  were  very  encour- 
aging, showing  an  increase  in  members 
and  contributions  and  active  work  along 
all  lines.  Brother  Beal  made  a  report  as 
to  the  condition  of  the  work  at  Palo  Alto, 
one  of  the  churches  being  helped  by  the 
C.  W.  B.  M.  Brother  McHatton  spoke  of 
the  work  at  Reno.  It  was  decided  to  con- 
tinue the  support  to  Brother  Madsen, 
Berkeley,  and  Palo  Alto  during  the  com- 
ing year.  It  was  decided  that  the  Cali- 
fornia C.  W.  B.  M.  recommend  the  national 
board  to  take  up  the  Chinese  work  in  San 
Francisco. 

Greetings  were  brought  to  the  conven- 
tion from  Ohio,  Nebraska,  southern  Cali- 
fornia, Illinois,  Texas  and  Indiana  by  dele- 
gates to  the  international  convention. 

The  officers;  elected  were:  President, 
Mrs.  Murphy,  Lodi;  vice-president,  Mrs. 
A.  D.  Butler,  Napa;  secretary,  Mrs.  A.  M. 
Yarnell,  San  Jose,  and  treasurer,  Mrs.  Dr. 
Rigdon,  San  Francisco. 

Thursday  evening  the  state  convention 
met  in  the  Native  Sons'  hall  for  the  pur- 
pose of  welcoming  the  delegates  to  the  in- 
ternational convention.  Bishop  J.  W.  Ham- 
ilton of  the  Methodist  church,  representing 
the  Protestant  churches  of  San  Francisco, 
made  the  first  address  of  welcome.  Dean 
Van  Kirk,  of  Berkeley  Bible  seminary, 
welcomed  the  visitors  on  behalf  of  the 
California  brethren   and    the    churches  of 


the  bay  cities.  Responses  on  behalf  of  the 
visitors  were  made  by  G.  W.  Muckley, 
G.  L.  Snively,  and  Brother  Crabtree. 

At  the  closing  session  the  report  of  the 
resolution  committee,  recommending, 
among  other  things,  the  improvement  of 
Garfield  park,  the  observance  of  educa- 
tion day,  the  permanency  of  the  position  of 
corresponding  secretary,  and  the  liberal 
support  of  the  state  work,  was  unanimous- 
ly adopted. 

The  report  of  the  park  commissioners 
was  accepted  and  the  thanks  of  the  con- 
vention extended  to  Brother  McGuire  and 
the  rest  of  the  commissioners  for  their  un- 
tiring labors. 

The  excellent  and  very  encouraging  re- 
port of  Brother  McAneney  as  president  of 
the  Bible  semiiary  was  received,  and  a 
rising  vote  of  thanks  extended  to  him  for 
his  tireless  efforts  on  behalf  of  the  Berkeley 
Bible  seminary. 

A  diploma  of  graduation  from  the  Berke- 
ley Bible  seminary  was  presented  to  P.  C. 
McFarlane,  of  Alameda. 


Southern. 

The  seventeenth  annual  meeting  of  the 
churches  of  Christ  in  southern  California 
and  Arizona  was  held  at  Long  Beach, 
August  3-13. 

Marvelous  has  been  the  growth  of  the 
primitive  faith  and  order  in  this  sunny 
summer  land  by  the  sunset  sea.  A.  C. 
Smither  said  that  when  he  came  to  the 
coast  in  1890  there  were  only  three  church 
buildings  in  southern  California,  and  only 
about  six  preachers  making  the  New  Tes- 
tament plea  of  union  and  evangelization 
after  the  manner  of  Peter  and  Paul.  Be- 
hold what  God  hath  wrought. 

This  convention  reported  52  churches 
with  8,000  members,  62  Bible-schools  with 
5,551  scholars  enrolled.  Thirty-five  of  these 
schools  observed  children's  day  for  for- 
eign missions  with  an  offering  of  $1,633, 
and  only  19  observed  rally  day  for  home 
missions  with  an  offering  of  only  $421. 
The  time  is  not  far  distant,  I  am  sure, 
when  all  the  schools  will  observe  both  days 
alike,  and  give  as  much  for  home  missions 
as  for  foreign.     This  is  just  and  right. 

This  year  seven  new  churches  were  or- 
ganized, part  of  them  self-supporting  from 
the  first.  Twenty-six  places  received  mis- 
sionary appropriations.  There  was  a  net 
increase  of  2,000  to  the  churches,  a  gain  of 
33}^  per  cent.  There  were  800  baptisms, 
1,800  added  otherwise,  and  not  a  congre- 
gation without  some  increase.  Five  or  six 
churches  have  over  500  members.  The 
churches  gave  $5,000  for  foreign  missions, 
$1,600  for  home  missions,  $4,500  for  south- 
ern California  and  Arizona  missions,  $1,500 
for  church  extension,  $2,000  for  benevo- 
lences. This  is  a  total  of  about  $15,000  for 
missions,  fully  $200  for  each  member. 

For  local  church  work  $40,000  were  giv- 
en; for  church  buildings,  repairs,  and  debts, 
$50,000,  making  a  total  of  $105,000  for  all 
purposes  from  6,000  or  8,000  believers,  or 
nearly  $15  per  capita.  Where  is  the  state 
that  reaches  this  noble  standard?  The 
value  of  church  property  is  $425,000.  Any 
one  of  half  a  dozen  new  church  houses 
erected  within  the  past  two  years  equals 
in  value  all  the  church  property  in  the  state 
owned  by  the  Disciples  of  Christ  ten  years 
ago. 

Sixty-two  Sunday-schools  were  reported, 
16   having   a   teachers'    meeting,  eight   a 


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home  department,  nine  a  cradle  roll. 
About  one-third  of  the  converts  made  were 
from  the  Sunday-school. 

The  C.  W.  B.  M.  had  the  sessions  of 
Wednesday  and  Thursday.  The  presence 
of  Ernest  Gordon  and  Dr.  Ada  MacNeill 
Gordon,  his  new  wife,  missionaries  soon  to 
return  to  India,  Miss  Case,  of  our  Monterey, 
Mexico,  mission,  Miss  Bertha  C.  Mason,  a 
former  missionary  in  Mexico,  and  now  sec- 
retary of  the  Texas  C.  W.  B.  M.,  with 
Prof.  Hall  L.  Calhoun,  made  a  feast  in- 
deed. 

The  women  elected  Mrs.  Reba  Smith, 
Whittier,  president;  Mrs.  W.  G.  Conley, 
Redlands,  vice-president;  Mrs.  W.  R.  Har- 
per, Los  Angeles,  secretary;  Miss  Anna  W. 
Cason,  Pomona,  superintendent  of  chil- 
dren's work.  These  officers,  with  Mrs. 
Grant  K.  Lewis  and  Mrs.  R.  P.  Shepherd, 
constitute  the  advisory  committee.  More 
than  $700  were  raised  last  year  for  the  sup- 
portof  Mrs.  Bessie  F.  Madsen,  the  living  link 
missionary  of  the  southern  California  aux- 
iliaries; and  more  than  $100  were  raised  for 
the  Mexico  work.  These  same  lines  of 
work,  with  any  others  determined  on  in 
conference  with  national  officers  at  San 
Francisco,  will  be  the  special  work  for 
southern  California  auxiliaries  for  next  year. 
A  special  fund  of  over  $300  was  raised  in 
cash  and  pledges  in  one  session  of  the 
convention  to  supply  a  trained  nurse  to 
assist  Dr.  MacNeill  Gordon  in  the  hospital 
in  India. 

The  report  showed  37  auxiliaries.  Five 
new  ones  were  organized  during  the  year. 
These  auxiliaries  have  974  members,  added 
310  new  names,  take  471  copies  of  the 
Tidings,  gave  $1,067  to  the  general  fund, 
$475  to  the  state  fund,  and  raised  a  total  of 
$2,888.71  for  all  purposes. 

There  are  ten  Junior  societies,  four  In- 
termediate, and  two  mission  bands.  These 
contributed  about  $350  for  missions  from 
545  members. 

Prof.  W.  G.  Conley,  of  Redlands,  R.  P. 
Shepherd,  of  Pomona,  and  Prof.  H.  L. 
Calhoun  gave  Bible  studies.  All  were 
strong  and  helpful.  The  latter  gave  five 
lectures,  and  it  is  not  too  much  to  say,  as 
Pres.  C.  C.  Chapman  did  say,  that  no  one 
of  the  great  men  who  have  appeared  be- 
fore the  southern  California  conventions 
ever  pleased  and  profited  the  people  more. 

George  Ringo  made  a  fine  address  on 
"Pastoral  Relations"  which  provoked  a 
lively  and  useful  discussion,  as  did  also  the 
address  by  the  writer  on  "Christian  Stew- 
ardship." A.  C.  Smither's  sermon  on 
"Forward  a  Little"  was  in  his  best  vein, 
strong,  eloquent,  beautiful,  and   moving. 

The  C.  E.  sessions  of  Saturday  gave  us 
two  fine  speeches  by  Walter  L.  Martin  and 
J.  I.  Meyers,  both  of  Los  Angeles.  The 
evening  sermons  were  by  A.  K.  Wright, 
Monrovia;  H  E  Wilhite,  San  Bernardino; 
J.  W.  Utter,  Covina,  and  Willis  S.  Myers, 
Los  Angeles.  They  were  all  fine  efforts 
and  the  people  felt  proud  of  their  own  lo- 
cal preachers. 

The  addresses  of  Secretary  Grant  K. 
Lewis  on  "The  Redemption  of  the  Great 
Southwest,"  of  President  C.  C.  Chapman, 
on  "The  Outlook,"  and  of  Robert  P. 
Shepherd,  on  "The  Moral  Monarchy  of 
Christ,"  with  Secretary  Lewis'  report,  were 
all  great  efforts,  and  lifted  the  state  mis- 
sions' sessions  to  a  very  high  plane  of 
enthusiasm,  which  culminated  on  Sunday 
in  Brother  Chapman's  noble  appeal  for 
funds  to  carry  on  the  work  this  year. 
Right  nobly  did  the  congregation  respond, 
and  soon  the  tide  of  consecration  rolled  in 
pledges  aggregating  the  magnificent  sum 
of  about  $6,000.    When  did  any  state  con- 


vention, even  in  our  older  and  stronger 
states,  do  so  well? 

No  wonder  that  after  such  a  preparation 
of  the  people,  where  God's  presence  had 
been  so  marked  and  mighty,  Brother  Pow- 
ell, of  Louisville,  Kentucky  outdid  even 
himself.  Great  and  masterful  as  he  al- 
ways is,  it  is  doubtful  if  he  ever  preached 
better  than  this  morning.  In  the  evening 
he  preached  again  on  "The  Dignity  of 
Man."  It  was  a  sermon  to  make  one  thank 
God  he  was  linked  with  the  human  race, 
whose  powers  and  possibilities  he  so  elo- 
quently set  forth. 

"The  Christian  Standard  Special,"  en 
route  to  the  San  Francisco  convention,  ar- 
rived in  southern  California  on  Saturday, 
and  some  hundreds  of  its  brethren  and 
sisters  worshiped  with  us  on  Sunday.  Bro. 
M.  M.  Goode,  of  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  and 
H.   A.    Denton,    of   Maryville,    Mo.,   con- 


ducted the  great  communion  service  in  the 
afternoon. 

At  night  the  "Church  Building  League" 
was  presented  by  Brother  Smither,  and  the 
people  responded  with  pledges  enough  to 
make  about  50  now  who  have  promised  to 
pay  $5  each  for  each  church  building 
erected  in  southern  California  and  Arizona. 
Not  more  than  four  calls  to  be  made  in 
any  one  year.  Announcement  was  made 
of  the  fact  that  $2,000  of  the  $.5,000  fund 
asked  for  to  secure  suitable  churci  lots  in 
strategic  centers,  had  been  pledged,  $1  000 
each  by  C.  C.  Chapman,  and  Brother  Por- 
terfield,  of  Long  Beach. 

Grant  K.  Lewis  announced  that  the  spe- 
cial to  the  national  convention  for  southern 
California  delegates  would  start  from  Los 
Angeles,  Wednesday  morning,  August  16, 
and  that  their  convention  would  continue 
over  the  400  miles  of  travel. 

Pasadena,  Cat.       Sumner  T.  Martto. 


Eastern  Pennsylvania  Convention 


The  seventy-second  annual  convention  of 
the  C.  M.  S.  and  ministerial  association  of 
eastern  Pennsylvania,  together  with  the 
Pennsylvania  C.  W.  B.  M.,  was  held  at 
Sayre,  Pa.,  July  31  to  August  3,  and  with- 
out doubt  it  was  the  best  convention  in  the 
history  of  thel  church  of  Christ  in  that  re- 
gion. Bro.  M.  B.  Wood  and  his  loyal  and 
helpful  congregation  welcomed  and  cared 
for  the  comfort  of  the  delegates,  seventy- 
eight  in  number. 

Promptly  at  [7:30  Monday  evening  the 
president  of  the  C.  M.  S.  called  the  con- 
vention to  order.  Devotional  exercises 
were  led  by  Richard  Bagby,  of  Dunmore. 

H.  G.  Weaver,  of  Reading,  who  was  to 
have  addressed  the  convention  on  "The 
Church,  Its  Elements  of  Strength,"  was 
detained  at  home  |by  a*death.  The  time 
of  E.  Everett  Cowperthwaite  was  therefore 
extended  for  hisf address  on  "The  Elements 
of  Weakness  in'the  Church."  This  ad- 
dress met  the  hearty  approval  of  the  min- 
istry and  was  excellent  throughout. 

Tuesday  morning's  session  was  opened 
with  devotional  services  led  by  Vernon 
Harrington,  followed  by  the  address  of 
H.  F.  Lutz,  of  Harrisburg,  on  "Things 
Which  Make  a  Preacher."  L.  Maxwell,  of 
Williamsport,  who  [ was  to  have  delivered 
an  address  on  "Things  Which  Break  a 
Preacher,"  was  absent.  If  A  general  discus- 
sion of  the  topic  led  by  Frank  Talmage, 
of  Le  Moyne,  was  substituted. 

The  afternoon  session  was  a  fellowship 
session  of  the  three  organizations.  Miss 
Elsie  Taylor,  of  Braddock,  led  the  devo- 
tional exercises.  M.  B.  Wood,  the  minis- 
ter at  Sayre,  made  a  timely  address  of 
welcome,  which  was  responded  to  by  M.  S. 
Blair,  of  Alba,  for  the  delegates.  E.  O. 
Ervin,  of  Loch  Haven,  having  to  return 
home,  his  address  on  "Evangelism"  was 
advanced  to  this  point  on  the  program.  It 
was  a  feast;  one   of   the  best  of  its   kind. 

Tuesday  evening  began  the  work  of  the 
C.  W.  B.  M.  Sayre  auxiliary  led  the  de- 
votional services.  President,  Mrs.  T.  W. 
Phillips,  of  New  Castle,  then  gave  her  ad- 
dress. Sister  Taylor  followed  with  her  re- 
port as  secretary  and  state  organizer.  It 
was  a  report  encouraging  in  every  way  to 
the  work. 

Next  came  W.  R.  Warren,  of  Pittsburg, 
with  an  address  based  upon  the  narratives 
of  two  little  maids,  "One  who  helped,  2 
Kings,  5,"  and  "One  who  was  helped, 
Luke,  8."  Sister  Robertson,  a  sweet  singer 
from  Dunmore,  sang  "I  Know  that  my  Re- 
deemer Liveth." 

On  Wednesday  morning  devotional  ex- 
ercises were  led  by  Mrs.  C.  A.  Brady,  fol- 


lowed by  reports  of  Miss  E  sie  Taylor,  sec- 
retary, and  Mrs.  Kate  E.  Roberts,  of  Car- 
negie, organizer  and  Miss  Elizabeth  Boyd, 
state  superintendent  of  Y.  P.  W.  Miss 
Boyd  being  absent,  her  report  was  read  by 
Miss  Mae  Rickard,  of  Plymouth,  vice- 
president.  These  reports  were  encourag- 
ing. Miss  Taylor's  report  showed  nearly 
four  thousand  dollars  raised  for  the  wo- 
man's work  of  eastern  Pennsylvania  for  the 
past  year. 

The  old  officers  were  retained,  with  the 
one  exception  of  the  vice  president,  to 
which  office  Mrs.  C.  A.  Frick,  of  West- 
more,  was  called.  The  round  table  con- 
ducted   by  Sister  Taylor  came  next. 

At  the  session  of  Wednesday  afternoon, 
the  report  of  Secretary  C.  A.  Brady  was 
filled  with  encouraging  things  and  showed 
that  from  a  debt  of  some  six  hundred  dol- 
lars a  year  or  two  ago,  the  CM.  S.  has 
come  to  a  point  where  it  had  a  balance  in 
the  treasury  at  convention  time. 

President  Bateman  came  next  with  his 
excellent  address,  "Some  Problems  of  the 
Field." 

On  Wednesday  evening  John  Bryan,  cor- 
responding secretary,  of  Mill  Hall,  led  the 
devotional  exercises,  which  were  followed 
by  another  address  by  R.  W.  Warren,  the 
theme  being  "Nigh  unto  Jerusalem." 
H.  F.  Lutz  followed  with  an  address  on 
"The  Home  Missionary,"  a  chart  talk. 

Thursday  morning  after  the  business 
session  and  devotional  service,  led  by  Fos- 
ter Fuller,  of  Williamsport,  addresses  were 
delivered  by  G.  A.  Culley,  of  Philadelphia, 
on  "The  Missionary  Spirit"  and  by  L.  O. 
Krupp ,  of  Plymouth ,  on  "  Church  Finance . " 
Secretary  Stephen  J.  Corey,  of  the  Foreign 
Missionary  Society,  gave  a  splendid  ad- 
dress on  "The  Duty  and  Work  of  the 
Church  in  Relation  to  Foreign  Missions." 

At  the  afternoon  session  the  present  in- 
cumbents as  officers  were  re-elected  for  the 
C.  M.  S.  Then  came  a  very  good  address 
on  "The  Bible-school  as  a  Force  in  the 
Church,"  by  W.  I.  Burrell,  of  Covington. 
Bro.  M.  B.  Wood  and  others  discussed  this 
address  in  a  clear  manner.  "Christian 
Endeavor,  Retrospective  and  Prospective," 
was  nicely  presented  by  R  W.  Clymer,  of 
Scranton.  "The  Organization  of  the 
Church,"  by  Mark  Collins,  of  Troy,  fol- 
lowed and  the  session  closed,  everybody 
adjourning  to  the  basement  of  the  meeting 
house  to  enjoy  the  cream  and  cake  pro- 
vided by  the  good  sisters  of  Sayre. 

At  the  closing  session  on  Thursday  even- 
ing the  devotional  services  were  led  by 
Mark  Collins.  President  L.  G.  Bateman 
was  appointed  delegate  to  the  conference 
between  the  Free  Baptists  and  the  Disciples, 
looking  to  a  union  of  these  bodies,  and 
then  came  the  address  of  Secretary  C.  A. 
Brady ,  "Our  Opportunities  in  Eastern  Penn- 
sylvania." The  convention  will  meet  at 
Wilkesbarre,  Aug.  6,  1906. 


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— Cbas.  Chasteen  is  holding  a  meeting 
with  the  church  at  New  Hope,  Tex. 

— H.  A.  Northcutt  began  a  meeting  with 
the  church  at  Tipton.  Mo..  Aug.  21. 

—The  church  at  Salem,  Ind.,  is  remod- 
eling its  building  at  a  cost  of  $4,000. 

—The  c  tiering  of  the  church  at  Orange, 
Ind.,  for  Church  Extension  is  $27.25. 

—J.  A.  Wharton  will  begin  his  sixth  year 
as  pastor  of  the  church  at  Niagara  Falls, 
X.  V..  Sept.  1. 

—The  new  building  of  the  First  Chris- 
tian church  at  Hinton,  Okla.,  was-  dedicated 
Sunday,  August  27. 

—  H.  H.  Peters  is  assisting  Wm.  Price  in 
a  two  weeks'  meeting  at  Holder,  111., 
which  began  August  28. 

The  fourteenth  annual  convention   of 

the  Christian  church  of  Oklahoma  will  be 
held  at  Guthrie,  Okla.,  September  11-17. 

—The  church  at  Sapulpa,  I.  T.,  is  plan- 
ning for  a  new  church  building.  The  work 
is  growing  rapidly.  Herbert  Moore  is  pas- 
tor. 

— W.  T.  Clarkson,  of  Northside  church, 
Lawrence,  Kan.,  preached  ia  the  First 
M.  E.  church,  Lawrence,  on  Sunday,  Au- 
gust 27. 

—J.  E.  Dinger  is  conducting  a  meeting 
at  Agra,  O.  T.,  and  will  begin  another 
meeting  at  Stroud,  O.  T.,  on  the  second 
Monday  of  September. 

— H.  M.  Barnett  has  resigned  the  work 
at  Wellington,  Kan.,  and  accepted  a  call 
to  the  Forrest  avenue  church  in  Kansas  City, 
where  he  begins  September  3. 

— E.  B.  Redd,  of  St.  Louis,  preached  for 
the  church  at  Jacksonville,  111.,  August  20. 
The  work  of  the  new  building  at  that  place 
is  being  pushed  to  completion. 

—The  church  at  Saybrook,  111.,  Jas.  N. 
Thomas,  pastor, will  begin  protracted  serv- 
ices September  10,  with  the  assistance  of 
J.  E.    Lorton,  of  Mt.  Sterling,  111. 

— H.  H.  Ambrose  has  resigned  after  a 
year's  successful  work  at  Great  Bend, 
Kan.  He  will  enter  the  college  at  Bethany, 
W.  Va.,  and  finish  his  course  there. 

—The  church  at  Bethany,  Mo.,  installed 
its  new  individual  communion  service  on 
Lord's  day,  August  20.  The  outfit  was 
presented  to  the  church  by  the  pastor's 
aid  society. 

—Mary  E.  Tufts,  of  Missouri,  has  just 
given  our  National  Benevolent  Association 
$200  on  the  annuity  plan.  This  is  her 
th'rd  gift,  the  total  amount  given  by  her 
being  $1,000. 

Chas.  E.  McVay,  singing  evangelist,  who 
has  been  singing  continuously  on  the  Pa- 
cific coast  since  May  1,  will  return  east  in 
October  and  assist  I.  H.  Fuller  in  his  meet- 
ing at  La  Monte,  Mo. 

— Virtes  Williams,  minister  of  the  church 
at  Stillwtll,  Okla.,  asks  us  to  correct  the 
statement  that  he  has  closed  his  work  at 
that  church.  He  says  there  has  never  been 
any  reason  for  such  a  report. 

— M.  M.  Nelson  has  just  completed  three 
years  of  service  as  pastor  of  the  church  at 
Rocky  Ford,  Col.  About  200  have  been 
added  to  the  membership  and  all  depart- 
ments of  work  are  in  good  shape. 

— The  National  Benevolent  Association  is 
in  receipt  of  $500  from  L.  Gill,  Santa 
Ana,  Cat.,  completing  the  L.  and  N.  E. 
Gill  Memorial  Named  Fund  of  $2,500. 
Secretary  Geo.  L.  Snively,  903  Aubert 
Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  will   be   pleased    to 


explain   the   memorial  named    fund  to  all 
inquirers. 

— Our  readers  will  do  well  to  scan  the 
advertisements  which  appear  in  this  issue; 
those  of  other  concerns,  as  well  as  our 
own  book  publications.  In  the  latter, 
many  bargains  are  offered  for  the  present 
time  only. 

— T.  Henry  Blenus,  pastor  of  the  Church 
street  Christian  church  at  Jacksonville, 
Fla.,  will  assist  G.  R.  Cleveland,  pastor  of 
the  church  at  Hagan,  Ga.,  in  a  protracted 
meeting  in  the  latter  city,  beginning  Sep- 
tember 1. 

— E.  J.  Wright  writes  that,  owing  to 
financial  depression  in  the  church,  he  will 
return  to  the  evangelistic  field,  beginning 
with  a  meeting  in  Missouri.  Parties  desir- 
ing his  assistance  should  write  to  him  at 
Leavenworth,  Kan. 

— On  the  first  Lord's  day  in  September 
the  church  at  Billings,  Mont.,  expects  to 
dedicate  its  new  house  of  worship.  The 
property  is  valued  at  $5,000.  The  Church 
Extension  Board  has  promised  financial  aid. 
J.  Thos.  Webb  is  minister. 

— The  work  of  the  church  at  Montpelier, 
Ind.,  is  reported  to  be  moving  forward  in 
an  enthusiastic  manner.  Improvements  to 
the  extent  of  $500  are  being  made  in  the 
building.  D.  F.  Harris  took  charge  of  the 
work  as  pastor  two  months  ago. 

— We  call  attention  of  our  readers  to  the 
advertisement  of  Chapman  &  Chapman, 
architects,  in  the  want  column  of  this 
paper.  These  are  brethren  and  those  in 
need  of  the  services  of  architects  would  do 
well  to  correspond  with  them. 

—Christian  university,  at  Canton,  Mo., 
reports  a  very  encouraging  outlook.  This 
year  will  break  the  record  for  ministerial 
students.  Churches  within  100  miles  of 
Canton  who  are  without  pastors  can  be 
supplied  by  writing  to  President  Johann. 

— Owing  to  the  yellow  fever  quarantines 
the  date  of  the  Mississippi  state  conven- 
tion has  been  changed  from  September 
4-7  to  November  6  9.  The  convention 
meets  at  Watervalley.  W.  W.  Phares, 
McComb,  Miss.,  is  corresponding  sec- 
retary. 

— I.  H.  Durfee,  evangelist,  is  assisting 
Medary  Gorsuch,  pastor,  in  a  meeting  with 
the  church  at  East  Granger,  O.  Brother 
Durfee's  next  meeting  will  be  at  Mill 
Creek.  Churches  desiring  his  assistance 
after  that  time  should  address  him  at 
Hiram,  O. 

—Upon  the  arrival  of  the  Christian- 
Evangelist  Special  at  Los  Angeles,  G.  A. 
Hoffmann,  who  managed  the  excursion  so 
admirably,  was  presented  by  the  members 
of  the  excursion  with  a  handsome  watch 
and  chain.  J.  Murray  Taylor  acted  as 
spokesman. 

— Harry  G.  Hill,  of  Indianapolis,  Ind-, 
secretary  of  the  Education  Society,  has 
been  honored  by  a  third  invitation  to  ad- 
dress the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  audience  in  that  city 
within  six  months.  He  also  has  an  invita- 
tion from  the  associations  at  Lafayette,  Ind, 
and  Springfield,  Ohio. 

— The  attractive  new  house  of  worship 
at  Plymouth,  Ind.,  will  be  dedicated  on 
September  10,  instead  of  September  3,  as 
originally  planned.  The  postponement  is 
necessary  in  order  that  State  Evangelist 
T.  J.  Legg,  who  is  now  in  California,  may 
be  present  to  officiate. 

— On  the  evening  of  August  24,  there 
was  a  very  agreeable  surprise  party  at  the 
parsonage  in  Ipava,  111.,  tne  occasion  be- 
ing the  25th  anniversary  of  the  wedding  of 
the  pastor  and  his  wife,  Jesse  T.  and  Bat- 
ty K.  Craig.  The  surprised  couple  were  re- 


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cipients  of  a  handsome  china  set  and  a 
number  of  other  things,  ornamental  and 
useful,  on  the  part  of  the  visitors. 

—The  newly  organized  Bible-school  in 
Livingston  held  its  first  session  last  Lord's 
day;  55,  children  delighted.  Preaching 
services  were  held  on  Wednesday  evening 
of  each  week  and  also  on  each  alternate 
Lord's  day  morning.  Myrtle  B.  Parker, 
of  Staunton,  111.,  is  minister. 

— C.  H.  Strawn,  minister  at  Prairie  City, 
la.,  favored  this  office  with  a  brief  visit  on 
his  return  trip  from  the  parental  home 
near  Mineral  City,  O.  The  occasion  of  his 
visit  to  Ohio  was  a  family  reunion  at  which 
the  father,  aged  84,  and  all  the  children — 
eight  in  number — were  present. 

—The  demand  for  Brother  Garrison's 
new  book,  "The  Holy  Spirit,"  grows  w.th 
each  week  and  a  continual  line  of  orders  is 
being  filled.  In  all  directions  it  is  agreed 
that  the  book  is  stimulating  thought  on 
this  very  important  subject.  One  dollar 
postpaid  is  the  price  of  the  book. 

—J.  W.  Hyatt,  formerly  of  New  Phila- 
delphia, is  located  as  minister  of  the 
church  at  St.  Augustine,  111.,  and  has  pur- 
chased property  as  an  evidence  that  the 
engagement  is  a  permanent  one.  The 
field  is  one  full  of  difficulties,  but  with 
wise  leadership  and  earnest  determination 
the  brethren  hope  to  succeed. 

—The  church  at  Swampscott,  Mass., 
will  celebrate  the  sixtieth  birthday  of  its 
pastor,  W.  H.  Rogers,  on  Lord's  day, 
Sept.  3.  The  subject  of  Brother  Rogers' 
morning  address  will  be,  "Life  in  Christ 
at  Sixty,"  and  in  the  evening,  "Life  in 
Christ  at  Sixteen."  There  will  be  a  special 
birthday  offering  for  the  pastor. 

— Mr.  Elmer  Shepherd,  a  former  employe 
of  the  Christian  Publishing  Company  and 
well  known  in  Christian  church  circles  in 
St.  Louis,  was  married  to  Miss  Letha  Bell, 
August  22,  at  the  home  of  the  bride  in  this 
city.  Bro.  S.  R.  Maxwell,  city  evangelist, 
officiated.  The  young  couple  left  on  the 
following  day  for  a  short  wedding  trip. 

—The  abridged  edition  oEour  new  hym- 
nal,"Gloria  in  Excelsis,"has  been  received 
from    the   bindery  and  is  an   exceedingly 


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Reduced  now  to  25  cents,  Postpaid. 

Every  church  member  ought  to  read  this  book. 

Ministers,  doctors  and  lawyers  give  testimonyre- 

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handsome  volume.  It  contains  64  pages  of 
scripture  readings  and  responses  and  501 
pieces  of  music.  The  total  number  of 
pages  in  the  book  is  400.  In  board  bind- 
ing 100  copies  are  sold  for  $40  and  in  cloth 
binding  for  $50.  Write  to  us  for  prices  in 
smaller  quantities. 

—Harvey  S.  Stoner  has  closed  his  work 
as  pastor  of  the  Second  church,  Johnstown, 
Pa.,  and  will  enter  the  evangelistic  field. 
He  has  served  the  Johnstown  church  since 
its  organization  in  November,  1902,  and 
has  received  into  its  membership  123  per- 
sons. He  will  preach  for  the  church  at 
Massillon,  O.,  until  October  1,  and  after 
that  time  will  be  ready  for  meetings.  His 
address  is  292  Wooster  street,  Massillon,  O. 

—The  church  at  Aurora,  Mo.,  is  very 
much  grieved  because  Daniel  Trundle  and 
his  good  wife  are  compelled  to  make  a 
change  of  location  because  of  Mrs.  Trun- 
dle's health.  She  is  an  invalid  and  the 
physician  has  stated  that  it  would  be  neces- 
sary for  them  to  remove  to  Arizona,  where 
Brother  Trundle  will  take  a  pastora*e. 
Resolutions  of  regret  at  the  necessity  of  the 
severing  of  Brother  Trundle's  pastoral  re- 
lations with  the  church  were  passed  by  the 
board  of  officers  by  unanimous  vote. 

— The  Year  Book  just  issued  shows  that 
N  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Associations  in 
America  have  increased  to  1,826,  with  a 
membership  of  381,982.  They  own  517 
buildings  and  other  property  worth  $32,- 
004,886,  an  increase  of  $2  400,000  during 
the  year,  besides  $2,733,000  pledged  for 
143  new  buildings.  Bible  classes  have  en- 
rolled 71,601  men  and  boys,  and  over  14,- 
000  men  served  on  religious  work  commit- 
tees. The  increased  attendance  at  Bible 
classes  was  35  per  cent  more  than  last 
year. 

—In  the  presence  of  a  large  assemblage, 
the  corner  stone  of  the  new  building  of  the 
Hamilton  avenue  church,  St.  Louis,  was 
laid  with  appropriate  ceremonies,  on  the 
Lord's  day,  August  27.  Members  of  our 
other  congregations  in  the  city  attended, 
and  short  addresses  were  made  by  F.  A. 
Mayhall,  pastor,  and  by  the  visiting  pas- 
tors of  our  own  congregations  and  of 
denominational  congregations  in  the  neigh- 
borhood. The  new  building,  when  com- 
pleted, will  surpass  in  appearance  any  of 
the  present  houses  of  worship  owned  by 
our  people  in  this  city. 

— The  church  at  Laddonia,  Mo.,  has  a 
place  on  the  roll  of  honor  with  both  the 
Foreign  and  Home  Societies  this  year.  They 
raised  almost  three  times  the  apportion- 
ment of  the  Foreign  Society  and  almost 
double  that  of  the  Home  Society.  The 
Christian  Endeavor  Society  is  the  only  one 
in  Audrain  county  which  received  a  cer- 
tificate of  honor  at  the  international  Chris- 
tian Endeavor  convention  at  Baltimore. 
J.  D  Greer  is  minister  at  Laddonia  and 
also  at  Boydsville,  Mo.  The  latter  church 
is  also  on  the  roll  of  honor  of  both  Foreign 
and  Home  Societies  this  year. 

— The  Highlands  Christian  church  of 
Denver,  Col.,  is  erecting  a  building  on  a 
unique  plan— that  is,  the  plans  of  the 
building  itself  are  not  necessarily  unique, 
although  they    are    admirable,    but   it  is 

Stockholders'    Meeting. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  stockholders  of  the  Christian  Publishing  Com- 
pany will  be  held  at  the  company's  office,  2712  Pine 
Street,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  on  Tuesday  Oct.  3,  1905,  at 
10  o'clock  a.  m.,  for  the  election  of  directors,  and 
for  the  transaction  of  such  other  business  as  may 
legally  come  before  said  meeting. 

J.  H.  Garrison,  Pres. 
W.  D.  Cree,  Sec'y- 
Si.  Louis,  Aug.  28,  1905. 


BRJUNEAU,    IDAHO 

No    Place    on    Earth    Like   Bruneau. 

The  only  place  that  I  ever  saw  80  bushels  of  wheat  grow  on  one  acre. 
I  saw  the  "T"  Ranch  of  Bruneun  Valley  produce  12  tons  of  alfalfa  per  acre. 
I  have  s<  en  the  finest  fruits  of  my  Jile  in  Bruneau  Valley. 

I  nevr  saw  any  poor  crops,  or  hliort  crops,  or  poor  stock,  or  cyclones  or  thunder  storms,  or 
zero  weather  in  Bruneau  Valley.  Hakkv  VVatkihb. 

It  is  an  unpolished  diamond. — Victor  Dri-.sj 

The  Bruneau  Valley  is  the  most  productive  spot  of  the  world  In  my  opinion. 

Dr.  J.  K.  Dubois.  Boise,  Idaho. 
I  have  traveled  ovir  many  states  and  have  looked  over  much  land,  and  I   consider  Bruneau 
Valley  as  superior  in  climatic  conditions  and  yield  of  crops  and  fruits  to  all  of  them. 

W.  N'.  N'bwmak. 
A  clinate  which  permits  of  plowing  the  vea^  round  and  harvesting  peaches  in  the  early  part 
of  June  bespeaks  its  own  praise.     It  will  yield  two  or  three  times  greater  than  aay  of  the  central 
or  eastern  states,  and  the  Bruneau  Valley  will  be  the  states'  paradise. 

Ruv.  Euoenk  C(,ose  (Formerly  Pastor  of  Christian  Church,  Ransom,  Kansas). 
I  saw  oats  in  Biuneau  Valley  yield  over  10d  bushels  and  average  i;  alfalfa   7  ft.  5  in.  high; 
onions,  from  the  seed,  3  1-2  inches  in  diameter;  potatoes  as  fine  as  earth  produces;   peaches  that 
would  meli  in  your  mouth;    apples  perfect      I  saw  fish  to  weigh  100  lbs.    I  have  looked  over  Colo- 
rado, Utah,  Oregon  and  Idaho  and  consider  your  land  and  climate  the  most  attractive. 

D.  W.  Kent. 
No  better  land  and  climate  on  ear'h.— Ex-Gov.  Prank  Hunt. 

The  finest  valley  of  the  valleys  of  the  state  of  Idaho.— R.  E.  Knapp. 

About  100,000  acres  of  the  finest  land  on  earth  can  be  taken  under  government  entry,  you  can 
secure  water  rights  from  the  Bruneau  Land  &  Irrigation  Co.  to  cover  the  land. 

No  lottery  chances,  the  opportunity  of  a  lifetime.  Government  land  can  be  entered  after  due 
examination,  and  water  for  t'ae  same  procured  at  a  moderate  cost.  Chas.  E.  Mays. 

On  your  way  to  the  Portland  Fair  stop  off  at  Mountain  Home,  on  the  Oregon  Short  Line,  and 
take  stage  to  Bruneau.  23  miles. 

For  particulars  pddress  Bruneau  Land  ®  Irrigation  Co.,  Colonial  Security  Building.  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  or  327-8  Sonna  Building,  Boise  Idaho. 


being  built  in  sections,  as  the  needs 
demand  and  finances  justify.  This  is  an 
excellent  suggestion  for  other  congrega- 
tions. The  foundation  was  commenced 
two  years  ago  at  West  Thirty-fourth  ave- 
nue and  Bryant  street.  Up  to  the  present 
time  two  sections  have  been  finished  and 
one  wing  now  in  course  of  construc- 
tion will  be  completed  in  a  few  months. 
The  estimated  cost  of  the  entire  building  is 
$25,000. 

—The  little  Flatrock  Christian  church  at 
New  Salem,  Ind.,  will  celebrate  the  seven- 
ty-fifth anniversary  of  its  organization  on 
Lord's  day,  Sept.  10.  Stephen  J.  Corey, 
of  Cincinnati,  D.  M.  Van  Buskirk,  of 
Greensburg,  Ind.,  A.  D.  Houze,  of  Flora, 
Ind.,  and  others  will  occupy  places  on  the 
program.  Miss  Florence  Frazee  and  Mr. 
Pearl  Wamsley  will  furnish  special  singing 
for  the  occasion.  A  basket  dinner  will  be 
served  in  the  church  yard,  and  all  former 
members  of  the  congregation  are  invited  to 
be  present.  This  church  is  next  to  the 
oldest  congregation  of  Disciples  in  the 
state  of  Indiana.  Frank  B.  Thomas  is  the 
present  pastor. 

,  — Wm.  Remfry  Hunt  writes  from  cen- 
tral China:  "All  the  missionaries  are  full  of 
enthusiasm.  The  work  was  never  so 
hard,  so  real,  so  full  of  serious  problems 
and  so  fall  of  hope  as  now.  Horizon  sig- 
nals are  all  about  us.  Heathenism  has 
played  its  last  card  and  lost!  The  outlook 
is  vivid  and  taxes  the  keenest  minds  to 
forecast  the  new  program.  Japan  has  the 
place  and  honor  of  a  great  power  and  the 
future  of  Asia  is  largely  wrapped  up  in 
the  purposes,  plans  and  destiny  of  the 
Land  of  the  Rising  Sun.  We  are  hoping 
Japan  will  announce  herself  a  Christian 
nation,  and  take  the  lead  in  the  regenera- 
tion of  Asia.  Christianity,  with  its  highest, 
best  and  most  tactful  forces,  is  winning 
its  way.  With  the  prayers,  support  and 
practical  sympathies  of  our  great  brother- 
hood back  of  us,  and  all  the  spiritual 
dynamic  of  our  royal  commission,  we  are 
striving  with  faith,  hope  and  love  to  en- 
throne the  Christ  in  the  hearts  of  China's 
millions." 

A  World's  Fair  Church. 

The  pavilion  which  served  as  headquar- 
ters at  the  World's  Fair  for  members  of 
the   Christian   church    has    been   removed 


and  re-erected  at  a  considerable  outlay  at 
Old  Orchard,  a  suburb  of  St.  Louis.  An 
addition  has  been  made  to  the  rear  of  the 
structure  for  baptistry,  robing  roomr plat- 
form, etc.  A  splendid  ba:ement,  cemented 
and  fitted  for  the  needs  of  a  working  con- 
gregation, has  been  constructed  under  the 
entire  building.  Thus  enlarged  and  im- 
proved the  pavilion  furnishes  a  conven- 
ient, commodious  and  attractive  church 
home  for  the  congregation  of  Disciples  at 
Old  Orchard.  The  formal  dedication  will 
occur  on  Sept.  17,  with  T.  A.  Abbott, 
corresponding  secretary  of  the  Missouri 
state  work,  officiating.  Robt.  L.  Wilson, 
well  known  to  the  brotherhood,  has  been 
called  to  minister  to  the  Old  Orchard  con- 
gregation, beginning  Sept.  1. 

&         $ 
Bruneau,  Idaho. 

The  land  in  Bruneau  Valley,  Idaho,  is 
U.  S.  government  land,  and  entry  can  be 
made  under  the  "Desert  Act."  Oae  per- 
son can  take  up  land  under  this  act  in 
amount  not  to  exceed  three  hundred  and 
twenty  acres,  at  a  cost  cf  one  dollar  and 
twenty- five  cents  per  acre.  Of  this  cost, 
twenty-five  cents  is  payable  in  cash  and 
one  dollar  at  the  end  of  four  years.  There 
are  neither  taxes  on  the  land  nor  interest 
on  the  unpaid  purchase  price  during  these 
four  years. 

The  Bruneau  Land  &  Irrigation  Co. 
(see  advertisement  above)  has  no  land  to 
sell,  but  sells  to  settlers  water  rights  in  its 
extensive  irrigation  system.  Harry  S. 
Watkins,  formerly  pastor  of  the  Christian 
church  at  Tacoma,  Wash.,  is  a  large 
stockholder  and  the  prime  mover  in  this 
enterprise,  and  will  be  particularly  pleased 
to  answer  questions  from  readers  of  the 
Christian- Evangelist  concerning  the 
soil,  climate  or  the  manner  and  cost  of  ir- 
rigation. Write  to  him  at  327  Sonna  Bldg., 
Boise,  Idaho,  or  to  Bruneau  Land  &  Ir- 
rigation Co.,  Colonial  Security  Bldg.,  St. 
Louis,  Mo. 

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August  31.  1905 


Tithing  Oar  Income. 

R.  H    Lampkfn,  Wolcott,  lad. 

Dear  Brother:— I  wa  t  to  acknowledge 
the  receipt  of  your  splendid  book  on  "The 
Scriptural  Foundation  for  Christian  Lib- 
erality."* 

I  have  been  waiting  to  get  a  good  ready 
to  answer  your  letter  and  also  to  speak  of 
your  book  intelligently.  Like  much  of 
such  waiting,  1  find  the  time  has  gone  rap- 
idly by,  and  I  am  not  much  nearer  the 
desired  readiness  than  some  months  ago. 

Bat  I  want  to  th  ink  you  for  both  your 
letter  and  your  b  »ofe.  I  have  read  your 
bo  >k  with  great  pleasure  and  profit.  You 
have  given  us  the  best  and  most  thorough 
treatme  it  of  his  whole  subject  that  I  have 
seen.  I  should  have  been  very  thankful  to 
have  had  the  bo<>k  before  I  wrote  what 
little  I  did  for  the  Christian-Evangelist. 
You  go  to  the  root  of  the  whole  matttr  in 
a  very  scriptural  and  sensible  way  that  I 
like.  The  book  ought  to  be  in  the  hands 
of  every  preacher  in  thr  United  States. 

I  think  with  you  that  the  tithing  of  our 
income  is  binding  on  every  person  to  day, 
not  however  by  statutory  enaot  nent  as  in 
the  days  of  Moses  and  the  law,  but  from 
a  higher  reason.  And  I  think  that  you 
show  this  in  a  very  clear  manner.  It  is  a 
moral  obligation  that  holds  sway  in  this 
matter,  than  which  there  is  no  stronger 
law  iu  the  universe. 

I  hope  that  you  will  push  the  sale  of 
your  book  in  every  posiible  way,  not  only 
for  tne  re  son  that  you  have  put  much  into 
it,  bat  most  of  all  because  the  truth  you 
are  teaching  in  this  worfeis  timely.  Push 
the  subject  in  every  way.  Few  people 
realize  h  >w  fir-reaching  this  matter  is.  I 
will  try  and  write  more. 

G.  L   Wharton. 

Christian  Bible  College,  Jubbulpore,  C.  P., 
India. 


*A  cloth  bound  volume  of  139  pages,  published 
and  for  sile  by  Christian  Publishing  Co.,  St.  Louis. 
Price  75  cents  postpaid. 


Changes. 

Beckelhymer,  Isaac,  Brook,    Ind.,    to  Eu- 
reka, 111. 
Betts.  Will  H.,  Allegan,  Mich.,  to  Banner, 

111. 
Clarkson,    W.    T.,    Lawrence,    Kan.,    to 

R.  F.  D.  No.  1,  Brashear,  Mo. 
Clay,   S.   G.,    Lebanon,    to  Nevada,    Mo. 
Cook,  Randolph,   Alton,   I.    T.    to  Tulsa, 

I.  T. 
Evans   J.  J.,  Silem  to  Albany,  Oregon. 
Gray,  A.  C,    Mt     Healthy,   Ohio,   to  1247 

Washtenaw  street,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 
Irelan,  Wm.,   T  peki,  Kan.,  to   Apartado 

236,  M  nterey,  Mtxico. 
McC  innell,  L  J.  Youngstown  toShreve,  O. 
McGarvey,  J.  T.,  Carthage  to  Warrenton, 

Mo. 
McKee,  John,  Be.hany,  W.  Va.,  to  Smith- 
field,  Ohio. 
Marshall,     Frank     H.,     Spencer    Brook, 

Mi   n.,    to    1810   Lyle  avenue,    Waco, 

Tex. 
Olds,    O.   M.,    Bolivar,  Mo.,    to  527  Court 

street,  Puebio,  Col. 
Parker,  A   C,  Graham    to  Ladonia,  Tex. 
Pennock,    O.    M.,    Weiser,   Ida.,    to    1160 

26th  street,  Des  M  ines,  la 
Tyrrell,  F.G..B  ulder,Col.,to358Dearborn 

street,  Chicago    111. 
Vawter,    J.    M.,    Jeffersonville,    Ind.,    to 

Mackinaw,  III. 
Wickizer,  D.  A.,  Bloomfield,  la.,  to  Kirks- 

ville,  Mo. 

A  Fine  Kidney  Cure. 

Mr.  A.  S.  Hitchcock,  East  Hampton,  Conn.,  (the 
Clothier)  says  if  any  sufferer  from  Kidney  and  Bladder 
troubles  will  write  him,  he  will,  without  charge,  direct 
them  to  the  perfect  home  cuie  he  used. 


The  Campaign  for  Two  Thousand 
Contributors. 

We  are  creeping  slowly  toward  the  2,000 
promises.  Some  of  the  most  faithful  have 
not  sent  in  their  promises  who  will  take 
the  off-ring  We  confidently  predict  that 
the  2,000  will  be  reached.  Next  Sunday 
begins  the  offering  for  this  most  vital  work 
in  makl  )g  state  and  national  work  per- 
manent. Let  us  quit  ourselves  like  men. 
Note  the  promises  by  states. 

Promises  to  Promises  to 

States.  take  offering:.      States,     take  offering;. 

Alabama 10    Missouri 162 

Arkansas 11    Montana 9 

Arizona Nebraska 64 

California 64    New  Jersey 1 

Colorado 13    New  Mexico 1 

Connecticut 1     New  York 24 

Dist.  Columbia        5    North  Carolina...     7 

Florida 4    North  Dakota 

Georgia 10    Ohio 142 

Idaho 4    Oklahoma 16 

Illinois 141    Ontario 1 

Indiana 89    Oregon 26 

Indian  Territory..  10    Pennsylvania 40 

Iowa 85    South  Carolina...    4 

Kansas 86    South  Dakota....    5 

Kentucky 64    Tenness- e 25 

Louisiana 10    Texas 69 

Maine Utah 

Manitoba 2    Vermont 1 

Maryland ,     3    Virginia 15 

Massachusetts 6    Washington 28 

Michigan :.  38    West  Virginia....  13 

M  nnesota 11     Wisconsin 6 

Missis  ippi 6    Wyoming 2 

Total  1,335. 

All  promises  should  be  sent  to 

G.  W.  Muckxey,  Cor.  Sec. 
600  Water  Works  Bldg.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 


Ministerial  Exchange. 

Wanted— A  worker  in  the  Christian 
church  to  purchase  a  clean  up-to-date 
drug  stock.  J.  N.  Cole,  pastor  Christian 
church,  Blanchard,  la. 

Churches  in  Indiana,  Illinois,  or  Mis- 
souri needing  a  preacher  and  evangelist 
of  ability,  thirty  one  years  of  age,  and 
with  a  wife  who  is  a  great  help  in  the 
work,  will  do  well  to  address,  Preacher, 
Box  91,  Tallula,  111. 

Miss  M  <yme  Eisenbarger,  gospel  singer, 
has  an  open  date  from  September  10  until 
October  1.  Those  desiring  her  services 
may  address  her  at  Bethany,  Mo. 

Any  church   work,  strong   or   weak,  in 
either  the  s  >uth  or  north,  wishing  a  meet 
ing  this  fall,  is  invited  to  address  Thos.  J. 
Easterwood,  Oenaville,  Tex. 

Wanted — To  serve  a  church  in  Illinois 
or  Indiana  as  min'ster.  Address  Lock 
Box  41,  Neodesha,  Kan. 

E.  W.  Brickert  writes  that  he  can  hold 
one  more  short  meeting,  beginning  Sep- 
tembe  20.  He  has  also  an  open  date  in 
N  vember.  Address  him  at  Frankfort, 
Kan. 

The  church  at  Howard,  Kan.,  is  looking 
for  a  pastor.     Write  to  Dr.  H.  L.  Hays. 

A'ter  a  rest  of  four  months,  from  a  con- 
tinuous pastorate  cf  fifteen  years,  A.  E 
Zeigler  will  be  open  to  calls  for  regular 
work,  or  special  meetings;  also  for  il- 
lustrated lectures.  Address  him  at  Wheel- 
ing, W.  Va. 

Wanted— A  pastor  for  a  live  church  in 
a  small  town  where  there  is  a  chance  to  do 
good  work.  Salary  about  $800  Address, 
Harold  E.  Monser,  Kewanee,  111. 

Singing  Evangelist  John  Joyce,  1295 
N.  Htgh  street,  Columbus,  Ohio,  invites 
correspondence  from  pastors  and  evange- 


lists desiring  a  singer  for  meetings  during 
the  fall  and  winter. 

Pastors  or  evangelists  wishing  my  serv- 
ices can  write  me  at  my  home,  Benkel- 
man,  Nebraska.  Chas.  E.  McVay,  sing- 
ing evangelist. 

August  20  was  the  closing  day  of  my 
pastorate  at  this  place.  Churches  desiring 
an  evangelist  may  address  me  here  until 
October.  J.  W.  Walters,  Webster  City,  la. 

I  have  closed  a  successful  work  of  two 
years  with  the  church  here.  Would  like 
to  correspond  with  churches  desiring  a 
pastor.  Can  give  good  recommendations. 
Geo.  McGee,  Anthony,  Kan. 

Churches  near  Des  Mjines,  Iowa,  desir- 
ing the  services  of  a  competent  student, 
for  full  or  part  time  preacher  may  be  put 
in  correspondence  with  one  by  addressing 
Box  18,  Park  Avenue  Station,  Des  Moines, 
Iowa. 

My  time  is  taken  until  November.  I 
would  like  to  hold  one  meeting  in  No- 
vember and  one  in  December.  I  can  pro- 
vide a  good  singer.  E.  W.  Brickert, 
Frankfort,  Kan. 

Churches  or  evangelists  in  need  of  song 
evargelists  will  do  well  to  wiite  H.  S. 
Saxtcn  anfl  wife  at  on  :e,  in  care  of  E.  E. 
Lowe,  Neodesha,  Kan.  They  are  open  for 
meetings  during  October  and  November. 


Importance  of  St.  Louis. 

Every  day  we  have  some  occasion  to  re- 
mark upon  the  growing  importance  of  St. 
Louis,  whose  equality  with  Chicago  as  a  gate- 
way to  the  West  is  becoming  better  recog- 
nized, as  is  illustrated  by  the  announcement 
of  the  inauguration  of  a  "Limited"  train  for 
Kansas  City. 

This  train  will  provide  every  comfort,  con- 
venience and  luxury  which  the  word 
"Limited"  implies  and  regular  tickets  will  be 
honored  without  "extra"  fare. 

The  Burlington  Management  say  they  are 
confident  the  traveling  public  and  the  com- 
mercial travelers  between  St.  Louis  and  Kan- 
sas City  want  and  will  gladly  use  the  same 
character  of  service  to  Kansas  City  which  in 
the  past  has  been  obtainable  only  to  Chicago. 

This  new  Burlington  Limited  leaves  St. 
Louis  daily  at  9:06  A.  M.  for  Kansas  City 
commencing  August  26th. 


Wheeling 
Through  Europe 


By  W.  E.  GARRISON. 

Great  Britian,  France,  Germany, 

Holland,  Belgium,  Switzerland, 

Austria  and  tta  y, 


As  seen    from  a    Bicycle  along 
roads  unfrequented  by  tourists. 


Written  in  the  Author's  very  best  style,  the 
volume  Is  both  entertaining:  and  Instructive. 


1  here  is  not  a  dull, uninteresting 
chapter   in    the   entire  volume. 


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August  31,  1905 


THE   CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


1 129 


The     Cradle     R.OII*     By  Mrs.  Alice  M.  Duckworth 


Have  you  a  cradle  roll  department  in 
your  Bible-school?  Why  not?  What  is  a 
cradle  roll  department?  It  is  the  first  divi- 
sion or  class  of  the  church  and  Bible-school; 
it  is  composed  of  the  babies  too  young  to 
attend  B  ble-school.  They  may  become 
members  of  the  cradle  roll  at  birth  or  later 
and  continue  until  old  enough  to  be  brought 
to  Bible-school  regularly,  when  they  are 
transferred  to  the  primary  department. 

The  cradle  roll  department  in  its  present 
popular  operation  is  comparatively  new 
to  us,  but  wa  can  trace  its  origin  to  the 
day  when  Hannah  and  Elkanah  took  their 
little  boy,  Samuel,  to  Eli  and  enrolled  him 
as  a  helper  in  the  service  of  the  house  of 
the  Lord.  Later,  perhaps  about  twenty- 
five  years  ago,  the  cradle  roll  as  we  know 
it  was  started  in  the  Bible-school  of  a  wide- 
awake primary  teacher,  who  kept  a  rec  >rd 
of  the  birthdays  of  the  pupils  and  received 
from  them  tneir  birthday  pennies.  Tnis 
plan  she  enlarged  to  include  the  baby 
brother?  and  sisters  of  the  class.  Slowly 
and  gradual  y  the  idea  spread  until  now 
nearly  all  well  organized  Bible-schools  have 
cradle  ro  1  departments. 

The  primary  s  perintendent  should  have 
charge  of  this  depattment.  You  may 
think  they  have  their  hands  full  with  the 
care  of  the  little  ones  in  their  class,  but 
where  can  you  find  any  one  more  conse- 
crated aad  better  suited  to  this  work? 
Tae  superintendent  of  the  cradle  roll  must 
be  able  to  meet  all  kiads  of  mothers,  and 
win  their  respect  ani  love,  and  gain  their 
interest.  It  means  unremitting  watchful- 
ness on  her  part  for  newcomers  in  the  com- 
munity and  for  families  not  members  of 
any  cnurch.  It  means  faithfulness  in  look- 
ing af  er  the  members,  remembering  birth- 
days. It  means  skill  in  originating  plans 
for  the  enlightenment  of  those  mothers  who 
have  never  had  Christian  training,  and  also 
plans  of  helpfulness  for  those  who  are  shut 
in  from  church  on  account  of  family  cares. 
In  order  to  make  this  work  a  success,  it 
should  have  the  hearty  co-operation  of  the 
pastor  of  the  church,  the  superintendent 
of  the  Bible  school,  and  teachers  and 
scholars,  from  the  smallest  to  the  greatest, 
as  well  as  the  membership  of  the  whole 
church. 

The  pastor,  when  calling  in  homes  where 
there  are  babies,  can  secure  their  names 
for  the  cradle  roll,  and  when  convenient, 
include  the  parents  of  the  cradle  roll  mem- 
bers in  his  visiting  list.  The  superintend- 
ent of  the  Bible- school  can  make  an- 
nouncements relating  to  the  cradle  roll  and 
meet  the  parents  wben  they  attend  serv- 
ices. Tne  teachers,  pupils,  and  church 
members  can  help  by  receiving  names  for 
the  roll  and  reporting  new  families  in  the 
neighborhood  and  sickness  among  the 
members  of  the  cradle  roll 

Let  me  name  some  of  the  duties  of  the 
cradle  roll  superintendent.  Sue  is  to  re- 
ceive the  names  of  the  babies,  visit  the 
parents  if  possiole,  if  not,  write  to  them 
asking  them  to  allow  her  to  enroll  the 
baby  as  a  member  of  the  cradle  roll  de 
partment.  A  card  is  to  be  sent  to  the  par- 
ents to  be  filled  in  with  the  baby's  name, 
age  and  address,  signed  by  the  parents, 
and  returned  to  the  superintendent.  As 
soon  a*  this  card  has  been  received,  a  cer- 
tificate of  membership  should  be  sent  to 
the  baby.  The  parents  appreciate  this 
very  much,  some  of   them  in  our   depart- 


*A  paper  read  at  the  Bible-school  session  of  the 
Missouri  state  convention. 


ment  have  the  certificates  framed  and  hung 
over  the  baby's  bed. 

As  soon  as  the  application  card  has  been 
returned  and  the  certificate  sent,  the  baby 
becomes  a  mem  >er  of  the  cradle  roll  de- 
partment and  his  name  goes  on  the  cradle 
roll. 

The  cradle  rolls  can  be  had  in  various 
sizes,  materials  and  prices.  A  very  neat 
one,  all  ready  for  use,  can  be  purchased  of 
the  Christian  Publishing  Co.  for  fifty  cents. 
One  can  be  made  in  the  home.  The  pic- 
tures of  the  babies  are  cut  out  from  maga- 
zines and  pasted  on  the  roll.  It  is  a  good 
plan  to  ask  or  appoint  some  one  in  the  pri- 
mary class  to  adopt  one  of  the  babies,  look 
after  its  interest,  carry  messages  to  and  fr<  m 
the  mother,  keep  the  cradle  roll  superin- 
tendent informed  in  regard  to  the  baby's 
health,  carry  the  birthday  card  to  the  baby, 
and  so  on.  It  is  much  better  to  have  a 
child  adopt  a  baby  that  is  a  relative  or 
neighbor  if  possible. 

If  you  care  for  a  cradle  roll  where  you 
can  use  vour  class  colors,  you  can  make  one 
including  that  feature.  Our  class  colors  are 
red,  white  and  blue  Red  is  the  color  of 
blood.  "The  blood  of  Christ  cleanseth  us 
from  all  sin."  WbJte  is  the  color  of  snow. 
"Now  wash  me,  and  I  shall  be  whiter  than 
snow."  Blue  is  the  color  of  the  sky,  which 
is  as  wide  and  deep  as  God's  love.  "We 
love  him  because  he  first  loved  us." 

When  a  child  is  old  enough  to  attend 
the  Bible-school,  a  gold  star  is  placed  on 
the  roll  opposite  his  name.  If  one  of  the 
dear  little  ones  has  been  called  to  the 
cradle  roll  above,  a  picture  of  an  angel  is 
placed  beside  its  name. 

Here  is  a  cradle  roll  service  that  can  be 
used  very  nicely:  Three  little  girls  come 
forward,  one  tiny  one  standing  between 
two  larger  ones,  and  holding  a  white  cra- 
dle draped  in  whi'e  and  pink. 

The  superintendent  announces  the  name 
of  the  baby,  and  the  girl  on  the  right  says: 

Little  cradle,  do  you  think, 
With  your  pretty  bows  of  pink, 
You  can  faithiul  be  and  true, 
To  this  name  we  trust  with  you? 

She  then  drops  the  baby's  name,  written 

on  a  slip  of  paper,  into  the  cradle: 

As  we  drop  it  softly  there, 
We  will  add  a  loving  prayer, 
That  the  little  baby's  face. 
In  our  school  may  have  a  place. 

Girl  on  left  offers  prayer: 

Heavenly  Father,  hear  our  prayer, 
Keep  w'thin  thy  con=tart  care. 
This  dear  baby  thou  hast  sent, 
To  its  lovi"-  g  pare  ts  lent, 
To  be  taught  and  trained  for  you. 
May  our  school  its  mission  do, 
Love  and  pray  for,  guard  it,  too. 

Then  the  primary  class  sing  a  welcome 
song: 
Again  a  new  baby  we  welcome  to-day, 

Oh,  give  it  a  song  of  cheer; 
Its  little  feet  guide  in  the  heavenward  way, 

Oh,  welcome  the  baby  dear. 

We  greet  you,  dear  baby,  as  one  of  our  band, 

To  learn  of  a  Savior's  love ; 
We  journey  together  and  join  hand  in  hand, 

Till  welcomed  with  joy  above. 

For  the  cradle  roll  then,  a  song  we  sing, 
Let  each  h^art  bring  love  and  cheer; 

All  praise  to  our  Father,  our  Lord  and  our  King, 
While  we  welcome  the  baby  dear. 

The  superintendent  should  have  a  rec- 
ord book  in  which  all  the  babies'  names 
are  kept.  Have  them  enrolled  alphabeti- 
cally so  that  it  takes  but  a  minute  to  find 
any  child's  name.  This  is  a  help  in  re- 
membering birthdays,  for  every  baby 
should  receive  a  birthday  gift   or  picture 


card  with  an  appropriate  verse.  Send  it 
by  mail  addressed  to  the  baby,  with  an  in- 
vitation to  attend  Bible  school  the  next 
Sunday.  Sometimes  the  invitation  is  sent 
to  the  baby,  asking  it  to  bring  its  papa 
and  mamma.  The  idea  of  inviting  the 
baby  by  mail  is  novel  and  pleases  the  par- 
ents, and  they  are  always  glad  t>  attend. 
It  was  told  recently  toat  in  one  primary 
department  there  were  present  to  see  the 
baby  drop  into  the  bank  a  penny  for  its 
first  birthday,  its  mother,  its  grandmother 
and  its  great-grandmother.  Surely  a  little 
child  shall  lead  them.  A  beautiful  cradle 
roll  pin  is  sometimes  given  to  the  baby  on 
its  first  v  sit  to  the  school. 

Once  in  two  or  taree  months  have  a 
cradle  roll  Sunday,  when  all  the  mothers 
and  fathers  are  iDvited  to  bring  the  babies 
to  the  school.  Decorate  the  room  with 
flowers  and  sing  the  dear,  old  songs  of 
days  gone  by,  which  may  awaken  memor- 
ies of  hope  long  dormant  in  some  fati  er's 
or  mother's  heart.  Ma«e  this  a  place 
where  they  can  feel  that  they  can  freely 
come  witn  toe  baoy  and  enjoy  that  which 
will  rest,  refresh  and  uplift  the:r  touls. 

Then  have  mothers'  meetings.  Plan  to 
bring  the  mothers  into  closer  touco  with 
each  other.  Have  a  short  program,  but 
spend  most  of  the  time  in  getting  ac- 
quainted, weighing  the  babies,  and  having 
a  good  time.  Some  light  refreshments 
might  be  served,  if  desired. 

Visit  the  babies  as  often  as  you  can.  Be 
sure  to  visit  tne  sick  baby,  for  the  mother 
needs  your  loving  sympathy  then.  The 
mothers  in  poor  Leighborhoods  are  not  the 
only  ones  who  need  help,  comfort,  advice 
and  sympathy  In  every  way  possible 
prove  yourselt  to  be  the  baby's  and  moth- 
er's best  friend,  in  sickness  or  in  healtn,  in 
life  or  in  death.  The  superintendent  will 
find  she  has  much  work  to  do.  It  is  not 
a  small  undertaking;  but  there  are  few,  if 
any,  plans  of  church  work  which  promise 
so  large  a  fruitage  as  does  this  work.  The 
results  are  beyond  mea  ure.  The  child  is 
gained  and  often  the  mother  and  the 
whole  family  through  their  love  for  the 
child.  The  value  of  this  work  to  the  child 
cannot  be  overestimated.  All  over  the 
land  are  thousands  of  babies,  who,  with- 
out this  cradle  roll  department,  would  be 
allowed  to  grow  up  without  entering  any 
Bible  school  or  rectiviDg  any  religious  in- 
struction or  influence.  The  parents  come 
in  tor  their  sha'e  of  the  blessings  by  your 
letters,  your  visits  and  little  remem- 
brances. Their  hearts  are  touched,  and 
when  that  is  accomplished  you  have  the 
key  to  the  whole  situation.  Oh,  there  are 
so  many  beautiful  ways  in  which  you  can 
help  the  mothers  and  fathers,  and  through 
thera  the  home 

The  primary  class  is  constantly  graduat- 
ing and  sending  on  its  members  to  an- 
other department.  The  cradle  roll  may 
be  callea  its  recruiting  force,  as  it  fur- 
nishes many  new  members.  When  the 
child  is  three  \ears  old,  the  time  has  come 
to  promote  him  irom  the  cradle  roll  to  the 
primary  department.  Much  should  be 
made  of  this  occasion  The  parents  should 
be  invited  to  be  present,  th^  primary  room 
decorated  and  a  welcome  song  sung  by 
the  primary  class  for  the  baby  being  grad- 
uated. 

They  have  traveled  only  such  a  little  way, 
Upon  this  changeful,  mystic  scene  of  life; 

Th^v  know  so  little  of  its  thorn-str  wn  paths, 
It •«  byways,  seeming  fair,  yet  with  evil  rite; 

Such  tender  little  feet,  tint  scarce  hav  •  known, 
As  yet,  the  need  of  sandal  or  of  shoon. 

Small,  hesitating  feet;  how  much  they  need 
Wise  guidance  and  a  p*tient,  watchful  care! 

For  even  for  such  a  guileless  innocence 
The  tempter  waits  with  many  a  p'easing  snare, 

And  those  small  feet  follow  ours  so  trustingly; 
Oh,  Father,  may  our  every  st^p  lead  up  to  thee! 

Oh,  precious  feet!     Wisdom  and  love  divine 
We  surely  need  who  have  them  in  our  care, 

To  temp-r  th^ir  sweet  restlessness,  and  the  needs 
U">on  our  hearts,  in  earnest  pleading,  bear 

To  him  who  too  was  once  a  little  child 
And  whose  grace  alone  can  keep  them  undefined. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  31,  ,1905 


Great    Northwest    Texas   Camp     Meeting 


The  northwest  Texas  camp  meeting 
commenced  on  Wednesday  night,  August 
2,  and  closed  its  last  session  Sunday  night, 
August  13.  Perhaps  there  is  no  other 
place  in  the  United  States  where  just 
such  a  meeting  could  be  held  by  the  Dis- 
ciples of  Christ.  It  certainly  has  some 
characteristics  that  I  have  never  seen  any- 
where else  in  all  my  experience,  and 
which  cannot  be  found  elsewhere,  since 
they  grow  out  of  conditions  and  environ- 
ments nowhere  else  to  be  found. 

The  immediate  background  and  support 
of  the  meeting  consists  of  a  few  scattered 
churches  of  Christ,  twelve  or  fifteen  in 
number,  scattered  throughout  seven  coun- 
ties, consisting  of  Shackelford,  Thr  ck- 
morton,  Youag,  Archer,  Baylor,  Knox 
and  Haskell.  Each  of  these  counties  is 
thirty  miles  sqiare.  and  hence  they  cover 
a  total  area  of  6  300  square  miles.  They 
lie  in  the  form  of  a  rectangle  105  miles  in 
length  by  60  miles  in  breadth . 

The  physical  characteristics  of  this 
coun'ry  make  it  a  delightful  place.  It  is 
largely  rolling  prairie,  bordering  on  the 
Llano  or  St  iked  Plains,  having  an  aver- 
age elevation  of  about  2,000  feet.  The  land 
is  fertile,  affording  abundant  pasture  for 
stock,  and  is  divided  up  into  large  ranches, 
varying  in  size  from  one  or  two  sections,  to 
twenty,  thirty,  and  even  forty  sections. 
Railroads  at  present  are  but  few,  con- 
sequently transportation  must  necessarily 
be  by  private  conveyance.  The  climate  is 
delightful,  the  location  being  sufficiently 
far  south  to  moderate  the  rigors  of  winter 
and  the  region  being  sufficiently  elevated 
to  temper  the  heat  of  summer.  But  it 
must  not  be  supposed  that  the  attendance 
at  this  camp  meeting  is  confined  to  the 
region  described.  People  attend  from 
many  different  parts  of  the  state,  some  of 
them  driving  in  wagons  two  or  three  hun- 
dred miles,  others  traveling  on  the  rail- 
roads to  the  most  convenient  points  and 
then  making  the  balance  of  the  journey 
by  private  conveyance.  It  is  no  uncommon 
thing  for  visitors  from  other  states  to  at- 
tend. 

The  people  as  a  rule  possess  those  pe- 
culiar qualities  that  characterize  a  pioneer 
people.  They  are  enterprising,  intelligent, 
industrious,  honest,  and  strangers  to  the 
shams  and  conventionalities  that  some- 
times mar  the  social  life  in  older  com- 
munities. The  one  characteristic  that  has 
most  influence  upon  this  great  gathering 
is  the  intellectual  and  spiritual  hunger  of 
the  people.  I  have  sometimes  thought 
that  in  older  communities,  where  the  peo- 
ple live  close  together  and  churches  are 
numerous  and  strong,  there  comes  to  be 
often  a  lack  of  appreciation  of  the  great 
privileges  enjoyed.  People  seem  to  become 
over  fed  socially,  intellectually  and  re- 
ligiously. Not  so  in  such  a  gathering  as 
this.  The  intellectual  and  spiritual  appe- 
tite is  so  keen  that  the  preacher's  task  is  a 
peculiarly  enjoyable  one. 

The  material  equipment  consists  of  a 
large  tent,  under  which  several  thousand 
people  may  sit  and  listen  to  the  preaching 
of  the  gospel,  or  receive  instruction  on 
matters  pertaining  to  individual  Christian 
life,  or  collective  church  life.  In  addition 
to  this  there  is  a  commissary  tent,  where 
groceries,  ice,  canned  goods  and  cold 
drinks  are  furnished  to  the  people  at  such 
prices  as  they  would  pay  at  their  own 
homes.  There  is  also  a  restaurant,  where 
meals  are  furnished  at  nominal  cost  to 
those  who  are  not  provided  with  their  own 


cooking  outfit.  The  families  for  the  most 
part  come  in  wagons,  bringing  their  tents 
with  them.  A  desirable  piece  of  ground 
of  fifty  or  one  hundred  acres  is  selected, 
well  provided  with  shade,  over  which  the 
tents  are  pitched  in  the  most  eligible  loca- 
tions and  the  cooking  is  done,  for  the  most 
part,  in  primitive  style  and  therefore  has  a 
quality  that  is  wanting  in  the  product  of 
the  modern  cook,  as  all  pioneers  know. 

I  must  not  fail  in  this  connection  to 
mention  the  barbecue.  A  great  pan  five 
feet  wide  and  eight  feet  long  with  a  tightly 
fitting  cover  is  arranged  over  a  furnace.  In 
this  an  entire  bullock  is  cooked  at  one 
time.  It  is  first  boiled  and  then  browned 
in  pan-roast  fashion  and  served  to  the  peo- 
ple in  such  quantities  as  the  families  de- 
sire, at  very  moderate  cost.  The  aim  in 
all  the  arrangements  is  to  enable  the  peo- 
ple to  live  well  at  the  smallest  possible  cost. 
The  spirit  of  speculation  or  money-mak- 
ing is  absolutely  banished  from  the  camp. 
Does  any  one  ask,  Why  all  this?  I  an- 
swer, The  direct  purpose  is  twofold,  first,  an 
opportunity  is  afforded  people  who  are  not 
Christians  to  hear  the  gospel.  It  is  there- 
fore the  aim  of  the  management  to  secure 
a  strong  evangelist  who  can  preach  the 
gospel  with  clearness  and  convincing 
power,  and  he  faces  an  audience  such  as 
but  few  men  are  permitted  to  preach  to. 

In  the  second  place  it  is  the  purpose  to 
instruct  Christians,  and  all  others  as  well, 
in  the  great  principles  of  Christian  life  and 
duty.  Toe  Bible,  the  church,  the  divinity 
of  our  Lord,  church  work,  missionary 
work,  benevolent  work  and  Christian  edu- 
cation are  all  brought  to  the  attention  of 
the  people.  Incidentally  other  important 
ends  are  served.  The  social  life  of  the 
people  is  cultivated  and  the  keen  social 
hunger  in  a  measure  appeased.  The  in- 
spiration of  a  great  crowd  is  felt  and  peo- 
ple are  made  stronger  and  more  hopeful 
by  touching  elbows  with  others,  and  lastly 
the  tendency  to  provincialism  and  lqcal 
church  selfishness  is  largely  counteracted. 
In  numbers  the  crowd  is  as  large  as  the 
average  speaker  can  effectively  address. 
The  size  of  the  crowd  varies  with  the  char- 
acter of  the  meeting,  ranging  from  a  few 
hundred  up  to  several  thousand.  The  au- 
dience is  in  the  most  emphatic  sense  a  pre- 
pared audience.  The  people  do  not  come 
to  be  amused,  or  merely  entertained,  but 
to  be  instructed.  There  is  an  eagerness 
to  hear  that  makes  the  preacher's  or  teach- 
er's task  peculiarly  delightful.  Oftentimes 
there  are  hundreds  of  young  people  in  the 
audience  and  it  is  a  rare  thing  to  hear  even 
a  whisper.  The  audience  is  also  intelli- 
gent and  intellectually  acute.  Good  solid 
thought  is  not  only  clearly  grasped  but 
greatly  appreciated. 

The  people  of  the  plains  of  Texas  hear 
in  this  great  assembly  far  better  music 
than  is  furnished  in  tbe  metropolitan  opera. 
Imagine  a  chorus  of  two  or  three  hundred 
voices,  clear,  fresh,  strong  and  as  musical 
as  the  voices  of  the  birds,  assisted  by  two 
cabinet  organs  and  several  orchestral  in- 
struments, and  you  have  musical  condi- 
tions of  a  rare  kind,  and  music  is  the  result 
such  as  any  one  might  well  travel  across 
a  continent  to  hear. 

The  evangelistic  preaching  was  done  by 
Bro.  J.  L.  Haddock.  His  preaching  is 
clear,  forcible  and  convincing.  He  is  pre- 
eminently a  man  of  the  people  and,  conse- 
quently, able  to  get  close  to  them,  not  only 
in  his  social  intercourse  with  them,  but  in' 
his  preaching.  Brother  Haddock  might 
be  criticised  by  some  as  being  too  hard  on 
sectarianism  at  times,  but  it  should  be  re- 


membered that  he  has  lived  and  worked 
under  peculiar  conditions.  He  has  been 
out  on  the  picket  line.  He  has  had  to 
meet  bitter  prejudice,  gross  misrepresenta- 
tion and  even  outrageous  slander  and 
falsehood  concerning  the  people  he  repre- 
sents. He  preaches  the  gospel  with  clear- 
ness and  in  love.  The  enthusiasm  of  souls 
burns  in  his  bosom.  He  has  also  been 
most  wonderfully  blessed  in  the  helpmeet 
that  God  has  given  bim.  Sister  Haddock 
has  a  sweet,  spiritual  face,  a  dignified  bear- 
ing and  manner  and  a  cordial, warm-hearted 
disposition  that  endears  her  to  all  with 
whom  she  comes  in  contact.  Brother  Had- 
dock's singer,  Talmage  Stanley,  is  rather 
a  cornet  player.  While  he  sings  occasional 
solos  to  the  edification  of  the  audience,  his 
principal  work  is  to  lead  the  congregation 
with  his  cornet,  which  he  does  in  a  Won- 
derfully sweet  and  masterful  way. 

As  it  was  my  privilege  to  lead  in  the 
Bible  teaching,  I  feel  I  am  not  com- 
petent to  speak  of  the  character  of  the 
same,  even  if  I  were  disposed  to  do  so..  I 
felt,  however,  as  I  stood  before  the  deeply 
earnest,  hungry  audience  that  they  de- 
served the  very  best  that  I  could  give 
them,  and  if  T  failed  to  instruct  them 
properly  I  cannot  lay  the  blame  upon  con- 
ditions. No  teacher  ever  stood  before  a 
more  inspiring  class. 

In  the  morning  at  8  o'clock  some  Chris- 
tian Endeavor  worker  met  with  the  young 
people  for  instruction  and  devotions.  At  9 
it  was  my  privilege  to  give  the  morning 
Bible  lesson.  At  11  o'clock  Brother  Had- 
dock gave  an  evangelistic  sermon.  At  4 
o'clock  I  gave  a  second  Bible  lesson  or 
preached  a  sermon  on  some  phase  of  prac- 
tical Christian  life,  and  at  8  o'clock  in  the 
evening  Brother  Haddock  again  preached 
an  evangelistic  sermon.  All  meetings 
were  preceded  by  inspiring  song  and  devo- 
tional services.  After  the  night  service  the 
ordinance  of  Christian  baptism  was  ad- 
ministered. At  9:30  on  the  Lord's  day  the 
Lord's  day  school  was  held,  the  best  Bible- 
school  workers  being  called  into  service. 

One  of  the  most  surprising  features  of 
the  whole  gathering  was  the  splendid  order 
that  obtained  throughout.  la  the  meetings 
the  order  seemed  to  me  to  be  absolutely 
perfect.  Around  the  tent  there  was  no 
confusion  or  talking.  There  were  no 
amusements  going  on  anywhere  to  take 
the  attention  of  the  people  away.  At 
night,  after  the  services  were  over,  every- 
body dispensed  quietly.  This  excellent  or- 
der is  attributable  largely  to  that  man  of 
masterly  spirit  and  indomitable  energy, 
Bro.  O.  J.  Wood.  He  has  been  one  of  the 
most  prominent  workers  in  this  great  en- 
terprise from  its  beginning,  eight  years  ago. 
The  immediate  visible  results  are  60  ad- 
ditions to  the  church,  but  it  is,  perhaps, 
safe  to  s*y  that  the  greatest  results  cannot 
be  tabulated.  Much  seed  has  been  sown 
which  will  surely  yield  an  abundant  har- 
vest. Eternity  alone  can  measure  the  re- 
sults. 

The  next  meeting  will  be  held  at 
Benjamin,  Texas.  A  site  will  be  selected 
bordering  on  a  residence  section  and  a  pas- 
toral section,  which  is  important.  Pas- 
turage must  be  provided  for  hundreds  of 
horses,  and  if  a  strong  local  population 
can  be  secured  as  a  background  the  re- 
sults must  be  large.  Brother  Haddock 
will  do  the  evangelistic  work  again  next 
year,  if  his  life  is  spared. 

I  count  myself  to  have  been  peculiarly 
fortunate  in  having  been  permitted  to  at- 
tend this  great  meeting  as  one  of  its  speak- 
ers. I  feel  that  I  am  a  larger  man  by  rea- 
son of  this  splendid  fellowship  that  I  have 
enjoyed.  The  spirituality  of  this  meeting 
cannot  fail  to  prove  a  blessed  benediction 
to  all  who  have  attended  it  and  I  feel  that 
the  contact  with  these  splendid  brethren 
will  make  life  larger  and  fuller. 

North  Waco,  Texas.        E.  V.  Zollars. 


August  31,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-1" 


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1 1'  i 


Eastern  Items. 

On  the  eastern  shore  of  Maryland,  there 
are  four  congregations  of  Disciples  of 
Christ.  Bro.  J.  R.  Biggs,  Princess  Anne, 
R.  F.  D.  No.  1,  is  minister  for  three  of 
them  that  are  in  the  country.  At  Perry 
Hawkins  a  woods  meeting  was  held  in 
the  grove  adjoining  the  church,  from 
July  16  to  30.  The  writer  assisted  from 
July  16  to  the  afternoon  of  July  23.  In 
that  time  there  were  eight  confessions. 
D.  A.  Nicoll,  from  Lansdowne,  Md.,  as- 
sisted a  few  days,  beginning  on  July  20. 
After  I  left  there  were  six  added,  making 
fourteen,  and  the  meeting  had  not  closed 
at  the  last  report  I  had.  Brother  Biggs 
was  to  continue  over  July  30.  On  the 
night  of  July  23,  I  preached  at  Snow  Hill, 
the  fourth  congregation  on  the  eastern 
shore.  Bro.  J.  L.  McDonald  resigned  as 
minister  there.  We  need  a  good  man  for 
that  point  and  others  that  might  be 
opened  at  important  towns,  such  as  Salis- 
bury and  Crisfield.  The  latter  is  an  im- 
portant oyster  town,  and  Salisbury  is  at 
the  intersection  of  the  branch  of  the  Pa. 
R.  R.,  running  from  Philadelphia  to  Nor- 
folk and  another  from  Baltimore  to  Ocean 
City,  Maryland's  summer  resort  on  the 
Atlantic.  Salisbury  claims  10,000  people. 

From  Snow  Hill  I  went  to  Bethany 
Beach,  Del.  Our  eastern  assembly  for 
Christians  at  this  point  has  now  about 
thirty  buildings,  including  the  auditorium 
that  will  accommodate  1,000  people.  It 
also  has  a  post  office,  this  season,  and 
Bethany  Beach,  Del.,  appears  on  Uncle 
Sam's  list. 

From  Bethany  Beach  we  took  our 
journey  to  Gordonsville,  Va.,  via  Balti- 
more and  Washington.  The  Piedmont  as- 
sembly was  in  session  at  the  Tabernacle  in 
the  grove  near  town.  It  has  a  j  :easant 
location,  delightful  fellowship,  svreet  music 
and  good  addresses.  J.  J.  Haley,  from 
Richmond,  spoke  on  foreign  missions,  and 
your  correspondent  tried  to  enthuse  the 
brethren  on  home  missions.  Bernard  P. 
Smith,  from  Atlanta,  Ga.,  gave  a  fine  dis- 
course on  Christian  Enthusiasm  and  an- 
other on  Christian  Endeavor.  J.  D.  Hama- 
ker,  of  Strasburg,  gave  an  excellent  ad- 
dress on  the  C.  E.  pledge. 

J.  A.  Hopkins. 


Colorado  Letter. 

The  Disciples  in  Denver  have  had  a 
miniature  nations  1  Christian  missionary 
convention.  Sunday,  August  13,  was  a 
great  day  in  their  experience. 

A  train  loaded  with  delegates  on  their 
way  to  the  San  Francisco  convention  ar- 
rived at  an  early  hour  and  spent  the  day 
in  Denver.  F.  M.  Rains  preached  in  the 
South  Broadway  church  at  11  o'clock. 
Representatives  of  the  Christian  Woman's 
Board  of  Missions  spoke  at  the  same  hour 
in  the  Central  church.  C.  C.  Smith 
preached  in  the  Highlands  church.  C.  W. 
Dick  was  sent  to  the  Berkeley  church  to 
speak  the  word.  H.  C.  Saum  preached  to 
the  East  Side  congregation.  Archibald 
McLean  preached  in  Grace  Methodist 
church. 

In  the  afternoon  a  mass  meeting  was 
held  in  the  Central  church.  Eight  foreign 
missionaries  were  introduced  by  A.  Mc- 
Lean as  only  A.  McLean  introduces  mis- 
sionaries.    The  following   brethren  spoke 


in  this  meeting:  A.  L.  Orcutt,  B.  L. 
Smith,  F.  M.  Rains,  W.  J.  Wright. 
W.  Bayard  Craig,  pastor  of  the  Central 
church,  presided.  Miss  Mattie  Pounds 
and  Mrs.  Atwuter  spoke  for  the  Christian 
Woman's  Board  of  Missions.  All  spoke 
well.  The  speakers  gave  facts  to  the  peo- 
ple. The  facts  kindled  enthusiasm.  This 
meeting  was  thoroughly  missionary. 

The  evening  of  Wednesday,  August  16, 
was  devoted,  in  the  South  Broadway 
church,  to  a  statement  of  "impressions" 
received  from  the  delegates,  visitors  and 
meetings  of  the  previous  Lord's  day.  I.  J. 
Spencer  preached  in  the  South  Broadway 
church  in  the  evening.  A  half  dozen 
brethren  spoke,  at  the  same  time,  in  the 
Central  church. 

Friday  morning,  August  11,  about  300 
persons  on  their  way  to  the  San  Francisco 
convention,  arrived  in  Denver.  J.  H. 
Garrison,  G.  A.  Hoffmann,  Paul  Moore, 
W.  S.  Dickinson,  were  in  this  company. 
Breakfast  was  served  at  7  o'clock  in  the 
morning  by  the  ladies  of  the  Central 
churca,  in  the  dining  room  of  their  splen- 
did building  on  the  corner  of  Sixteenth 
and  Lincoln. 

The  only  regret  that  I  heard  in  connec- 
tion with  this  affair  was  that  the  ladies 
felt  compelled  to  charge  twenty-five  cents 
for  their  dollar  meal.  They  did  not  try  to 
make  money.  They  would  have  been 
more  than  pleased  to  entertain  this  large 
company  free,  but  the  Central  Christian 
church  in  Denver,  like  our  congregations 
generally,  has  not  a  superabundance  of 
wealth. 

After  breakfast  our  guests  rode  about 
the  city.  They  saw  the  finest  town  in  the 
United  States  for  its  age.  Denver  is  not 
yet  fifty  years  old.  This  Friday  morning 
company  remained  with  us  only  for  three 
or  four  hours.  The  time  was  all  too  brief. 
Come  again! 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Colorado 
Christian  missionary  society  was  held  with 
the  Central  church  Friday,  Saturday  and 
Sunday,  August  11,  12  and  13.  This  time 
was  selected  by  the  acting  board  so  as  to 
have  the  pleasure  and  profit  connected 
with  the  passage  through  the  city  of  men 
and  women  on  their  way  to  the  national 
convention  at  the  Golden  Gate.  The  at- 
tendance at  the  state  convention  was  small 
—unusually  small,  but  it  was  a  good  con- 
vention. All  of  our  general  interests  were 
represented  by  sp<  akers  on  the  program. 

No  previous  convention  in  Colorado 
ever  received  sucii  information  and  in- 
spiration as  this  convention.  Missionary 
facts  generate  enthusiasm.  The  conven- 
tion resolved  to  raise  $3,000  next  year  for 
work  in  Colorado.  This  is  a  larger  sum 
than  the  Disciples  have  ever  attempted  to 
raise  in  any  one  year  in  the  state. 

The  number  of  men  and  women  in  this 
commonwealth  who  desire  to  be,  and  to 
be  known  as,  "Disciples  of  Christ,"  or 
"Christians,"  is  5,500.  Colorado  is  a  great 
field  for  "our  people."  The  cultivation  of 
this  territory  will  pay  abundantly.  There 
are  42  congregations  of  the  Christian 
church  in  the  state. 

Last  year  an  "Assembly"  was  held  on 
the  Chautauqua  grounds  at  Boulder.  This 
was  so  successful  that  an  "Assembly"  was 
held  this  year  at  Gato,  a  pkce  37  miles 
from  Denver  on  "the  Moffatt  road." 
Dean  Haggard,  of  Drake  university,  and 


C.  C.  Smith,  of  the  Board  of  Negro  Educa- 
tion and  Evangelization,  attended,  and  by 
their  presence  and  wise  words  added  much 
to  the  pleasure  and  profit  of  the  "Assem- 
bly." Every  word  spoken  in  the  state 
convention  concerning  the  "Asstmbly" 
was  in  its  favor.  The  result  was  a  unani- 
mous determination  to  make  the  holding 
of  an  annual  " Assembly "  &•  Gato  a  part 
of  the  work  of  the  Colorado  Christian  mis- 
sionary society. 

Denver  this  week,  August  13  to  19,  is 
plive  with  "Eagles."  The  annual  conven- 
tion of  the  "Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles"  is 
in  session.  It  is  estimated  that  there  are 
30,000  visitors  in  the  town.  This  order  was 
founded  in  1898.  It  had,  a  year  ago,  165,000 
members.  The  benefits  disbursed  during 
the  last  fiscal  year  amounted  to  $258,689. 
I  would  be  pleased  to  say  some  things  about 
fraternal  orders  and  what  they  are  doing. 
These  things  may  be  said  in  my  next  letter. 
There  is  not  space  in  which  to  say  them 
now.  I  will  not  become  an  Eagle  at  pres- 
ent. What  a  contrast  between  the  charac- 
ter and  conduct  of  the  delegates  to  the 
general  convention  of  the  Christian  church 
and  the  character  and  conduct  of  the  dele- 
gates to  the  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles! 
President  Pelletier  in  his  annual  report 
said:  "More  than  one-half  of  our  aeries 
have  not  complied  with  our  laws  in  the 
matter  of  bonding  their  officers  in  a  fidelity 
or  surety  company,  and  we  have  been  re- 
peatedly confronted  with  absconding  sec- 
retaries and  other  financial  officers."  This 
is  not  the  kind  of  an  institution  of  which  I 
wish  to  be  a  member.  B.  B.  Tyler. 

Denver,  Col. 

C.  W.  B.  H.  in  Missouri. 

The  Pike  county  meeting,  held  at 
Louisiana,  was  not  largely  attended,  but 
what  lacked  in  quantity  was  amply  made 
up  in  quality.  The  faithful  preachers  were 
there.  The  business  men  of  the  county 
were  conspicuous  by  their  absence.  Some 
of  the  women  were  kept  at  their  homes 
by  the  heavy  storms  which  came  just  at  the 
opening  of  the  convention.  Clarksville 
auxiliary  sent  four  representatives,  Bowl- 
ing Green,  seven,  Fraskford,  one,  and 
Paynesville,  one,  the  two  latter  being 
Christian  men. 

We  are  glad  to  report  the  reorganization 
of  the  auxiliary  at  Louisiana  with  seventeen 
members  and  more  to  follow.  The  officers 
are,  Mrs.  Kate  Frier,  Mrs.  May  Ransom, 
Miss  Gertrude  Gourley  and  Mrs.  Elwood. 
We  are  so  glad  that  these  dear  sisters  have 
again  joined  with  the  other  women  who  are 
serving  the  Master  through  C.  W.  B.  M. 
channels. 

The  county  board  recommended  and  it 
decided  by  vote  of  convention  to  ap- 
propriate a  portion  of  the  county  funds  to 
sending  Mrs.  J.  L.  Moore  through  the 
county  to  visit  every  church  and  to  hold 
C.  W.  B.  M.  institutes  with  them.  This, 
we  trust,  will  bring  rich  returns  to  all 
activities  of  the  churches,  as  it  has  in 
other  counties  that  have  shared  with  state 
C.  W.  B.  M.  in  this  kind  of  work. 

Mrs.  L.  G.  Baxtz. 

WITH  IMPURE  DRIXKLXG  WATER 


Use  Horsford's  Acid  Phosphate 

Destroys  the  germs  of  typhoid  and  other  fevers 
Makes  a  refreshing  and  cooling  summer  drink. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  31,  1905 


Lyman  Abbott  in  Colombus,  Obio. 

Lyman  Abbott,  preacher,  editor,  lec- 
turer, has  recently  been  "in  our  midst," 
as  the  country  editor  would  say.  For  six 
nights  the  First  Congregational  church 
(Washington  Gladden's) ,  which  seats  about 
a  thousand,  was  crowded  to  its  utmost 
capacity,  while  many  stood  around  the 
walls  of  the  building.  In  the  afternoons 
at  2:30  conferences  were  held  in  the  lecture 
room,  which  many  of  the  ministers  of 
the  city  attended.  These  were  interesting 
and  helpful  in  that  there  was  oppartunity 
given  to  ask  any  question,  discuss  any 
problem  presented  by  the  address  of  the 
night  before.  Dr.  Abbott  also  answered 
questions  written  on  cards  at  any  of  the 
lectures.  Such  themes  as,  "What  is  Chris- 
tianity?" "What  is  it  to  Follow  Jesus?" 
"Christ,  the  Gift  Giver;"  "What  is  the 
Significance  of  Christ's  Passion  and 
Death?"  "Jesus  Christ  as  the  Revelation 
of  God;"  "The  Perpetual  Presence  of 
Christ  in  the  World"  were  discussed. 

Never  have  I  witnessed  deeper  interest 
in  meetings  of  that  character.  As  early  as 
7  o'clock  the  building  would  be  well  filled 
and  by  the  time  services  began  standing 
room  would  be  at  a  premium.  The  atten- 
tion was  profound.  The  impression  was 
lasting.  No  doubt  hundreds  attended  be- 
cause of  the  fame  of  the  lecturer  and  es- 
pecially because  Mr.  Abbott  is  regarded  as 
most  radical  in  some  of  his  views.  It  is 
not  likely  that  very  many,  other  than 
those  connected  with  some  congregation  of 
believers,  heard  him.  Mr.  Abbott  felt 
that,  for  he  said  in  one  of  his  afternoon 
conferences  that  he  had  hoped  to  reach  a 
large  number  of  noa  professing  Christians. 
The  meeting  was  intended  to  be  a  sort  of 
evangelistic  service. 

One  evening  when  there  seemed  to  be 
the  most  tender  feeling  pervading  the  vast 
throng,  how  I  wished  Dr.  Gladden  had 
given  the  gospel  invitation  and  urged  peo- 
ple to  come  forward,  or  arise  from  their 
seats,  and  confess  Christ  before  men,  in- 
stead of  asking  any  who  wanted  to  com- 
mit their  life  to  Jesus  to  "simply  sign  a 
card  and  leave  it  in  the  pew."  I  am  sat- 
isfied that  if  one  of  our  evangelists  had  had 
control  of  the  meeting  and  had  given  a 
warm  exhortation,  many  would  have  re- 
sponded to  the  invitation  of  the  gospel. 

At  one  of  the  afternoon  conferences  this 
question  was  asked:  "Dr.  Abbott,  are  you 
a  Unitarian?"  "No,  I  am  not,"  said  Dr. 
Abbott.  "I  accept  the  belief  of  all  evan- 
gelical Christians  in  regard  to  Jesus.  I 
believe  that  Jesus  Christ  is  the  Son  of  God 
and  the  Redeemer  of  men."  Then  he 
went  on  to  say  that  many  men  refused  to 
say  many  of  the  unwarranted  things  said 
by  Trinitarians,  particularly  several  years 
ago,  and  that  no  doubt  the  position  of  the 
Unitarians  was  a  protest  against  the  un- 
scriptural  things  said  concerning  Jesus, 
and  that  with  many  of  the  positions  held  by 
them  he  was  more  or  less  in  agreement; 
but  he  affirmed  very  positively  his  belief  in 
the  divinity  of  Christ— the  deity  of  Jesus. 
I  could  not  help  thinking,  as  I  listened  to 
him,  that  for  saying  just  about  what  he 
said  here  in  Columbus  in  1905,  Alexander 
Campbell  was  declared  to  be  a  Unitarian 
sixty  years  ago. 

He  said  he  believed  in  one  God,  but  that 
God  had  manifestated  himself  in  a  variety 
of  ways,  in  nature,  in  providence,  in  the 
word,  in  the  tri-personality  of  Father,  Son 
and  Holy  Spirit — here  he  used  the  identi- 
cal words  of  Isaac  Errett,  in  his  tract  on 
"Our  Position."  Not  only  here,  but  in 
many  of  his  answers  to  questions  he  gave 


utterance  to  things  with  which  I  have  been 
familiar  since  my  childhood.  Another  ex- 
ample: The  question  was  asked,  "What 
is  repentance?"  He  replied,  "Repentance 
primarily  signifies  a  change  of  mind,  fol- 
lowed by  a  change  of  action;  for  example, 
if  one  is  going  in  a  wrong  direction,  and 
will  change  his  mind  and  action  and  turn 
around  and  go  in  a  right  direction,  that 
would  be  repentance."  Then  he  quoted 
Acts  3:19:  "Repent  ye  therefore  and  be 
converted,  that  your  sins  may  be  blotted 
out  when  times  of  refreshing  shall  come 
from  the  presence  of  the  Lord."  I  was 
just  about  to  call  his  attention  to  the  re- 
vised translation  of  that  verse,  when  Dr. 
Gladden  spoke  up  and  said,  "Dr.  Abbott, 
is  it  %be  converted'?"  "Did  I  not  quote  it 
correctly?"  asked  Dr.  Abbott.  "Yes,  ac- 
cording to  King  James,"  replied  Dr.  Glad- 
den; "but  you  know  the  verb,  in  the 
Greek,  is  in  the  middle  voice,  as  is  more 
correctly  translated  in  the  Revised  Version, 
'turn  again.'  "  "Yes,  you  are  right;  that 
is  the  correct  idea;  for  repentance  is  an  act 
of  man,  not  of  God,"  said  Dr.  Abbott. 

I  nudged  a  Congregational  preacher  sit- 
ting next  to  me  and  said,  "Why,  that  is 
rank  Campbellism!"— no,  not  "Camp- 
bellism,"  nor  any  other  "ism,"  it  is  the 
plain  teaching  of  the  word  of  God.  But 
some  folks  have  been  a  long  time  finding 
it  out.  Religious  teachers,  many  of  them, 
have  always  taught  that  it  was  impossible 
for  a  sinner  to  turn  away  from  sin  towards, 
righteousness  until  he  was  mysteriously 
moved  upon  by  some  power;  and  until  he 
saw  some  strange  sight,  or  heard  some 
strange  noise,  which  he  might  take  as  an 
evidence  of  God's  favor,  he  was  perfectly 
helpless  and  could  do  nothing  for  his  own 
salvation.  Well,  the  world  "do"  move, 
and  some  theologians  in  particular. 

Dr.  Abbott's  lecture  on  "Jesus  Christ  as 
the  Revelation  of  God"  was  as  strong  and 
as  scriptural  teaching  on  that  subject  as  any 
I  ever  heard.  The  only  thing  I  heard  him 
say  that  I  could  not  indorse  was  his  state- 
ment regarding  the  powers  given  the  apos- 
tles, in  which  he  took  the  position,  if  I 
heard  him  correctly,  that  if  Christians  now 
had  the  faith  they  ought  to  have,  they, 
too,  could  heal  the  sick,  cast  out  demons 
and  speak  with  tongues.  However,  if  I 
had  had  the  time  to  sit  down  and  ask  him 
just  what  he  meant  by  that,  I  might  have 
gotten  another  impression;  for  a  little  later 
when  someone  asked,  "What  did  Jesus 
mean  when  he  said  to  his  disciples,  'And 
greater  things  than  these  shall  ye  do,  be- 
cause I  go  unto  my  Father'?"  he  replied, 
"Well,  isn't  that  being  verified  now?  Are 
not  more  sick  people  healed  in  our  sani- 
tariums, hospitals,  asylums— all  the  result 
of  Christianity — than  ever  the  apostles 
were  able  to  do?"  I  said,  "But,  Doctor, 
do  you  not  think  that  the  Master  referred 
to  the  spiritual  change  that  was  to  be 
wrought  through  the  labors  of  the  apos- 
tles, rather  than  to  the  curing  of  physical 
diseases?  Is  it  not  a  'greater'  thing  to 
save  a  man  from  sin  and  death  than  to 
cure  him  of  some  bodily  ailment?"  "Yes, 
I  suppose  that  idea  is  in  it,  but  I  think  it 
is  not  all  of  it,"  replied  Dr.  Abbott. 

In  all  of  his  lectures  and  conferences 
there  was  very  little  of  a  controversial 
nature;  but  there  was  much  of  that  deep 
reverence  for  the  word  of  God,  the  exalta- 
tion and  insistence  upon  a  higher  spiritual 
life,  the  necessity  of  committing  all  our 
ways  to  him  who  alone  can  save.  I  am 
sure  the  visit  of  Dr.  Abbott  to  Columbus 
will  do  good.  I  could  but  think  so 
many  times,  as  I  saw  the  great  crowds 
hanging  upon  his  every  word,  that  such 


must  have  been  the  breathless  interest 
with  which  throngs  of  the  most  intellec- 
tual, the  most  pious,  attended  the  lectures 
and  addresses  of  Mr.  Campbell  as  he  made 
his  famous  tours  about  the  country. 

Dr.  Abbott  is  very  frail,  his  voice  not 
strong,  his  gestures  few,  his  language  the 
simplest  and  easily  understood  by  all. 
With  Dr.  Patton,  of  Princeton,  who  re- 
cently gave  a  course  of  lectures  in  the 
Central  Presbyterian  church,  and  Dr.  Ab- 
bott last  week  in  the  First  Congregational 
church,  Columbus  has  certainly  had  the 
opportunity  of  hearing  two  great  men. 
Walter  Scott  Priest. 

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Illinois  Notes. 

At  Galesburg  we  found  N.  G.  Brown  and 
his  amiable  wife  hard  at  work  in  midsum- 
mer developing  young  and  old  in  the  King's 
business.  The  church  has  grown  to  be 
strong  and  quite  an  important  factor  in  the 
city's  life. 

The  valiant  little  church  at  Hermon, 
usually  ministered  to  by  one  of  our  boys 
from  college,  was  in  the  midst  of  a  pro- 
tracted meeting,  with  three  threshing  ma- 
chines at  work, in  the  neighborhood.  Har- 
old E.  Monser,  of  Kewanee,  was  the  evan- 
gelist, heroically  contending  for  the  faith 
and  pleading  with  men  to  turn  unto  the 
Lord  under  very  difficult  circumstances. 
Brother  Monser  is  one  of  our  strongest 
evangelists  and  he  ought  to  be  constantly 
in  the  field  winning  souls  for  Christ. 

The  church  at  Lafayette  is  gfeatly  enjoy- 
ing the  ministry  of  Brother  Sinclair,  a 
splendid  young  man  who  is  taking  post 
graduate  work  in  Eureka  college.  The 
church  was  largely  built  up  by  J.  H.  Quin- 
lan,  now  of  New  Boston.  It  numbers 
about  125  members  with  a  good  Sunday- 
school  an  d  a  live  auxiliary  to  the  C .  W .  B .  M . 

At  Toulon  M.  W.  Nethercutt  is  holding 
the  fort  successfully.  The  church  is  one  of 
the  older  congregations  with  about  100 
members,  and  the  usual  auxiliaries  in  good 
condition.  This  church  has  the  rare  and 
proud  distinction  of  putting  four  men  into 
the  ministry.  L.  E.  Newcomer,  of  Austin, 
preacher  and  physician,  whose  ministerial 
power  ought  to  be  more  fully  employed „ 
F.  S.  Ames,  the  minister  to  Hyde  Park 
church,  Chicago,  grew  to  manhood  in  this 
church;  R.  H.  Newton,  our  efficient  minis- 
ter at  Normal,  is  a  product  of  this  church, 
where  his  people  still  live;  Clyde  L.  Lyon, 
still  in  college,  but  preaching  regularly,, 
was  raised  here. 

St.  Augustine  is  another  church  built  up 
largely  by  students  from  college.  R.  E 
Conklin  is  spending  the  summer  on  the 
Pacific  coast  in  the  interests  of  the  scien- 
tific department  of  the  college.  J.  W, 
Hiatt  is  the  faithful  minister  of  the  church, 
who  saw  that  the  college  secretary  was  well 
treated  and  helped  in  his  effort,  as  a  serv- 
ant of  the  church,  to  build  up  Christian 
education  in  Illinois. 

Kewanee  is  a  new  town  of  probably 
15,000  people  with  large  manufacturing  in- 
terests. It  has  been  about  four  years  since 
the  state  board  of  missions  planted  the 
cause  here.  A.  C.  Roach  was  the  faithful 
servant  on  whose  energy  and  wisdom  much 
has  depended.  H.  E.  Monser  and  his 
faithful  companion  live  here  and  are  push- 
ing the  work  with  most  commend  able  zeal, 
Sister  Monser  fills  the  pulpit  most  accept- 
ably in  the  absence  of  her  husband.  The 
church  numbers  about  267  souls.  The  En- 
deavor Society  is  far  above  the  average. 
There  are  five  Sunday-schools  managed  by 
the  church  which  enroll  about  500  pupils. 
A  good  C.  W.  B.  M.  of  34  members  is  do- 
ing vigorous  work.       J.  G.  Waggoner. 

Eureka,  III. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


1133 


Evangelistic 


We  invite  minister!  and  others  to  send  re- 
ports of  meetings,  additions  and  other  news  of 
the  churches  for  publication  in  this  depart- 
ment. It  is  especially  requested  that  additions 
be  reported  as  "by  confession  and  baptism"  or 
"bf  letter." 

COLORADO. 

Denver,  August  21.— There  were  four 
valuable  additions  to  the  church  yester- 
day.—B.  B.  Tyler. 

FLORIDA. 

Jacksonville,  Aug.  21.— Two  added  to 
the  Church  street  Christian  church  yester- 
day at  our  regular  services.— T.  H. 
Blenus. 

ILLINOIS. 

Kinmundy,  Aug.  21.— We  had  six  addi- 
tions at  the  last  regular  appointment  of 
Bro.  F.  O.  Fannon,  and  one  addition  at 
the  previous  appointment,  making  seven 
additions  in  six  months;  all  confessions. 
There  have  been  thirty  additions  since 
last  December,  when  Brother  Fannon 
took  charge  of  the  work  here  for  half  time. 
— E.  C.  Bargh. 

Rossville,  Aug.  22.— One  addition  here 
last  Lord's  day.— H.  H.  Peters. 

Saybrook,   Aug   22. — One    addition    by 
baptism.— James  M.  Thomas. 
INDIANA. 

Anderson,  Aug.  21  —Meeting  two  weeks 
old  with  nine  confessions;  will  continue  a 
few  days.  One  confession  at  Little  Flat 
Rock  and  one  confession  and  one  baptism 
at  Orange.— Frank  B.  Thomas,  New  Sa- 
lem. 

Montpelier,  Aug.  22.— One  week  ago 
there  were  two  baptisms.— C.  B.  Kyle. 

New  Market,  Aug.  22.— I  am  here  in  a 
glorious  tent  meeting.  Six  came  forward 
last  evening,  five  to  confess  Christ.  This 
makes  14  to  date. — L.  C.  Howe. 

Rochester,  Aug.  23. — There  have  been 
three  additions  to  the  church  recently  by 
confession  and  baptism.— I.  N.  Aldrich. 

INDIAN  TERRITORY. 

Sapulpa,  Aug.  21.— We  closed,  on  last 
Lord's  day,  a  protracted  meeting  at  this 
place,  which  lasted  three  and  one  half 
weeks  with  34  additions.  About  one-half 
of  these  additions  were  by  letter  or  state- 
ment. 

Lindsay,  Aug.  22.— We  closed  a  good 
meeting  last  week  at  Purdy,  with  twenty- 
three  additions  by  confession  and  baptism, 
three  from  the  Baptists  and  eight  by  com- 
mendation, making  thirty- four  additions 
in  the  twelve   days'  meeting.— L.  B.  Gro- 

GAN. 

IOWA. 

Charles  City,  Aug.  21.— One  added  yes- 
terday by  primary  obedience;  a  teacher  in 
our  public  schools.— G.  A.  Hess. 

Webster  City,  Aug.  24.— Two   more  ac- 
cessions—one by  confession  and  one  by  let- 
ter here  last  Lord's  day.— J.  M.  Walters. 
KANSAS. 

Eureka,  Aug.  21. — Three  added  since 
last  report;  two  by  baptism  and  ,one  re- 
claimed.—G.  F.  Bradford. 

Leavenworth,  Aug.  21.— We  had  two  ad- 
ditions yesterday;  a  man  and  wife.  She 
presented  a  letter  and  he  was  baptized. 

Gravity,    Aug.   21.— Meeting   one   week 


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old  with  six  additions;  five  by  statement 
and  one  confession.  D.  C.  Kellems  is  the 
evangelist.— A.  W.  Shai'fer,  singer. 

LeRoy,  Aug.  18.— There  have  been  about 
30  additions  in  the  first  12  days  of  the 
meeting  at  this  place. — Richard  S.  Mar- 
tin, evangelist. 

Frankfort,  Aug.  22. — I  am  preaching  in 
the  park.  There  have  been  41  additions 
in  12  days.  We  effected  a  temporary  or- 
ganization on  Lord's  day,  Aug.  20.  We 
will  build  at  once  and  hope  to  secure 
L.  W.  Myers  to  minister  to  the  new 
church.— E.  W.  Brickert. 

KENTUCKY. 

Boston,  Aug.  22.— On  Sunday  night, 
Aug,  20,  we  closed  a  meeting  with  J.  S. 
Shouse  and  his  church  at  Boston.  Meeting 
continued  two  weeks.  There  were  34  ad- 
ditions; 28  by  conversion,  three  from  the 
denominations  and  three  by  statement.— 
G.  W.  Nutter,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Indian  Creek,  Aug.  22.— R.  M.  Gano,  of 
Dallas,  Texas,  has  just  closed  a  two  weeks' 
meeting  at  Indian  Creek,  Harrison  county, 
with  seven  additions;  four  by  confession, 
two  by  letter  and  one  from  the  Baptists.— 
W.  G.  Walker,  Lexington,  Ky. 

Smithfield,  Aug.  21.— We  closed  a  two 
weeks'  meeting  at  Smithfield  on  August 
19,  with  results  as  follows:  Fourteen  obeyed 
the  gospel  and  five  took  membership. — 
W.  Y.  Allen,  Salem,  Ind. 

MISSOURI. 

St.  Louis,  Aug.  28.— Three  confessions 
at  the  Union  avenue  church,  and  at  Ham- 
mett  Place  church  one  received  from  the 
Baptists. 

Blanchard,  Aug.  21.— One  addition  at 
evening  service. — J.  N.  Cole. 

Crocker,  Aug.  21.— We  began  a  meeting 
here  last  Saturday  evening  and  had  seven 
additions  the  first  day.  J.  R.  Blunt  is 
pastor.— Joseph  Gaylor. 

Fredericktown,  Aug.  21. — We  have  just 
closed  a  short  meeting  with  the  church  in 
this  town,  of  which  Horace  Siberell  is  pas- 
tor. There  were  38  additions;  32  by  con- 
fession and  six  otherwise. — H.  A.  North  - 
cutt. 

Armstrong,  Aug.  21— We  are  now  in  a 
good  meeting  at  Armstrong,  with  eleven 
additions.— Arthur  N.  Lindsey. 

Canton,  Aug.  24. — Three  additions  by 
confession  and  two  by  letter  at  New  Gali- 
lee, Lincoln  county,  in  a  recent  meeting. 
— E.  M.  Carr. 

Kansas  City,  Aug.  24.— We  have  just 
closed  a  meeting  of  two  weeks  at  Fairview 
church,  in  Clinton  county.  There  were 
eight  confessions  and  baptisms.  Splendid 
interest  throughout.  H.  S.  Saxby,  of 
Carney,  did  the  preaching.  We  had  three 
more  confessions  at  West  Line  last  Sun- 
day, and  nine  confessions  and  one  addi- 
tion by  letter  at  other  appointments  since 
last  report. — C.  L.  Fife. 

Shelbyville,  Aug.  24. — We  closed  a  two 
weeks'  meeting  at  the  Liberty  church  in 
Randolph  county,  with  eighteen  additions 
— fourteen  by  confession  and  baptism,  one 
from  the  Methodists,  three  reclaimed  and 
one  by  letter.  All  were  grown  men  and 
women  except  two.  All  departments  of 
the  church  in  flourishing  condition. — C.  E. 
Wagner,  pastor. 

Willmathsville,  Au?.  23.— Thirty-five 
additions  at  this  place.  We  organized  a 
church  here   August   20,  with  thirty-three 


charter  members, as  a  result  of  our  meeting, 
which  still  continues.— W.  T.  Clark 
evangelist. 

NEBRASKA. 
Douglas,  Aug.  23.— There  were  six  ad- 
ditions  last  evening,    making   a    total    of 
eight  to    date.     Meeting  is   getting  under 
headway.— C.  W.  Longman,  pastor. 

NEW  YORK. 

Niagara  Falls,  Aug.  21.  — Four  baptisms 
here  since  my  last  report.— J.  A.  Whar- 
ton. 

OHIO. 

Mt.  Healthy,  Aug.  19.— Two  baptisms  at 
last  week's  prayer  meeting  at  Mt.  Healthy. 
—A.  C.  Gray,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

OKLAHOMA. 

Chandler,  Aug.  21.— Three  additions 
last  Lord's  day  evening. — J.  E.  Dinger. 

Chandler,  Aug.  24.— I  am  preaching  a 
few  days  at  Agra,  Ok  la.  We  had  seven 
additions  last  night  and  the  night  before. 
— J.JE.  Dinger. 

OREGON. 
Silverton,  Aug.  17.— Our  meeting  closed 
with  38  additions.     S.  M.  Martin  was  the 
evangelist.— Chas.     E.    McVay,    singing 
evangelist,  Benkelman,  Neb. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Uniontown,  Aug.  21.— Three  additions 
by  letter  at  regular  services  last  Sunday, 
making  six  additions  by  letter  since  Au- 
gust 1. — J.  Walter  Carpenter. 

TEXAS. 

Sachse,  August  17. — We  closed  a  two 
weeks'  meeting  at  Sachse  last  Monday 
night.  There  were  fifty-seven  additions; 
thirty-seven  from  the  world,  ten  from  the 
denominations  and  ten  reinstated.— Chas. 
Chasteen,  Garland,  Tex. 

Manor,  Aug.  21.— We  began  a  meeting 
with  home  forces  Aug.  13,  and  closed  Aug. 
20,  preaching  at  night  only.  Nine  were 
added  to  the  church;  five  by  baptism  and 
four  by  reinstatement.  The  church  here 
is  in  very  good  working  order. — John  M. 
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Moral  and  Positive  Commands. 

The  Editor,  The  Christian-Evange- 
list: When  God  created  man,  he  placed 
him  in  the  garden  of  Eden  to  dress  it  and 
keep  it.  "And  the  Lord  God  commanded 
the  man,  saying,  of  every  tree  of  the  gar- 
den then  mayest  freely  eat.  But  of  the 
tree  of  the  knowledge  of  good  and  evil, 
thou  shalt  not  eat  of  it,  for  in  the  day 
thou  eatest  thereof  thon  shalt  surely  die." 
That  was  a  positive  law  or  command 
given  to  Adam  to  test  his  loyalty  and 
obedience. 

Laws  are  of  two  kinds,  positive  and 
moral.  A  positive  law  is  right,  because  it 
is  commanded  by  competent  authority.  A 
moral  law  is  commanded  because  it  is 
right.  Obedience  to  a  positive  command 
is  a  better  test  of  loyalty  than  to  a  moral 
command,  became  obedience  to  moral 
law  is,  more  or  less,  innate  in  man. 

The  command  given  to  Adam  in  the 
garden  of  Eden,  "Thou  shalt  not  eat  of  the 
tree  of  the  knowledge  of  good  and  evil," 
and  the  command  given  to  the  penitent  be- 
lievers on  the  day  of  Pentecost,  "Be  bap- 
tired  every  one  of  you,  in  the  name  of 
Jesus  Christ,  for  the  remission  of  sins," 
were  both  positive  commands.  They  were 
right  because  given  by  competent  au- 
thority, and  only  for  that  reas'.  n.  There 
would  have  been  no  barm  in  eating  of  the 
fruit  of  that  tree  if  God  had  not  prohibited 
it,  and  there  would  be  no  merit  in 
beiDg  baptized  if  the  Savior  had  not  com- 
manded it  through  Peter  and  the  other 
apostles. 

The  question  is  often  raised :  When  are 
our  sins  forgiven?  and  also:  How  do  we 
know  when  our  sins  are  forgiven?  The 
scripture  answer  is,  When  we  are  baptized 
for  the  remission  of  sins.  But  my  sec- 
tarian friend  says:  Why,  that  would  be 
water  salvation. 

All  the  Christian  world,  both  Catholic 
and  Protestant,  agree  that  Adam  fell  from 
his  estate  of  innocency,  and  became  a 
sinner  and  rebel  against  God,  when  he 
committed  the  overt  act  of  rebellion  and 
disobedience  by  eating  the  forbidden  fruit. 
Now,  I  submit  that,  if  being  baptized  in 
water  for  the  remission  of  sins,  in  obedience 
to  the  command  of  the  Savior,  is  water 
salvation,  then  the  eating  of  the  forbid- 
den fruit  in  disobedience  to  the  command 
of  God  was  apple  damnation.  If  eating 
the  forbidden  fruit  brought  immediate  con- 
demnation, certainly  the  baptism  for  the 
remission  of  sins  brought  immediate  salva- 
tion. The  apple  was  the  element  in  the 
first  instance  and  the  water  was  the  ele- 
ment in  the  second  instance. 

It  was  not  the  fruit,  nor  anything  con- 
nected with  the  fruit,  that  brought  con- 
demnation to  Adam,  but  his  overt  act  of 
disobedience;  and  it  was  not  the  water, 
nor  anything  connected  with  the  water, 
that  brought  salvation  to  the  penitent  be- 
lievers on  the  day  of  Pentecost,  but  their 
overt  act  of  obedience. 

The  great  lesson  which  the  Christian 
world  should  learn  is  to  render  implicit 
obedience  to  the  commands  of  the  Savior. 
Paul  says:  "He  became  the  euthor  of 
eternal  salvation  unto  all  them  that  obey 
him"  (Hebrews  5:9).  Under  the  old  law, 
we  are  taught  that  "obedience  is  better 
than  sacrifice."  Wm.  F.  Madden. 

Columbus,   Ohio. 

[This    distinction    between    moral    and 


positive  commands  was  much  in  vogue 
among  us  twenty  years  ago,  and  is  still 
held  by  many  as  a  helpful  distinction. 
Many  others,  however,  reject  it  as  putting 
baptism  on  too  low  a  plane,  making  it  an 
arbitrary  command,  instead  of  resting  up- 
on profound  moral  reasons  growing  out  of 
the  nature  of  man  and  the  gospel  facts.  If 
its  symbolic  significance  be  what  we 
have  always  held  it  to  be  and  what  the 
New  Testament  seems  to  clearly  teach,  it 
can  hardly  be  regarded  as  arbitrary,  or  as 
deriviag  its  fitness  wholly  from  Christ's 
command. — Editor.] 


Experience  in  the  Pew. 

The  Editor,  The  Christian-Evange- 
list: About  two  years  ago  I  resigned  a 
pastorate  and  entered  upon  other  busi- 
ness. Since  resigning,  I  have  been  in  the 
pew,  and  have  listened  to  a  number  of 
preachers  of  different  religious  organiza- 
tions. From  that  experience  I  record  a 
few  observations: 

1.  The  pulpit  is  too  often  unnatural, 
even  insincere.  The  man  in  the  pulpit  is 
not  the  same  man  that  he  is  in  private 
conversation.  Almost  any  preacher  helps 
me  when  I  engage  him  in  conversation  on 
themes  connected  with  life  and  religion. 
The  same  man  often  bores  me  when  talk- 
ing from  the  rostrum.  He  doesn't  say 
just  what  he  thinks  and  feels,  and  there- 
fore his  sermons  are  often  to  me  only  so 
much  noise.  Emerson  never  said  a  truer 
thing  than  when  he  wrote:  "If  men 
would  avoid  that  general  language  and 
general  manner  in  which  they  strive  to 
hide  all  that  is  peculiar,  and  would  say 
only  what  is  uppermost  in  their  minds, 
after  their  own  individual  manner— every' 
man  would  be  interesting." 

The  conscience  of  many  a  minister  has 
been  seriously  injured,  and  his  preaching 
made  flat  and  dull,  because  of  the  gradual 
shifting  of  "the  seat  of  authority  in  re- 
ligion." Too  many  have  been  more 
eager  to  show  their  loyalty  to  Confession" 
or  tradition  than  to  present  to  hungry 
men  the  untarnished  vision  of  truth  and 
religion  which  God  has  vouchsafed  to 
their  own  souls. 

2.  The  pew  wants  and  appreciates 
most  what  may  be  called  common  doctrine. 
It  is  common  doctrine  because  it  fits 
human  nature  and  can  be  worn  by  any- 
one. Doctrines  that  are  peculiar  to  any 
one  religious  body  and  that  cannot  be 
preached  to  almost  any  promiscuous  gather- 
ing of  men  and  women,  have  but  little 
preaching  value.  The  preacher  who  ex- 
plores the  regions  of  human  experience 
and  thus  enriches  his  life,  will  have  an  ap- 
preciative audience,  if  he  is  natural  and 
sincere.  But  the  pew  cares  little  for  "un- 
skillful plagiarisms  from  the  common 
stock  of  thought  and  knowledge,"  and 
still  less  for  any  "ism"  however  old  or 
new.     The  Disciples  of   Christ  have  some 


statements  reduced  almost  to  an  "ism," 
namely,  faith,  repentance  and  baptism. 

3.  To  be  of  much  use  a  preacher  must 
have  an  adequate  appreciation  of  human 
nature.  "Man  was  made,"  says  Genesis, 
"in  the  image  of  God,"  and  Jesus  calls 
men  "sons  of  God."  It  was  John  Calvin, 
not  Jesus,  who  elaborated  the  theory  of 
human  depravity.  Probably  no  two  men 
ever  lived  who  differed  more  in  their  view 
of  human  nature  than  did  Jesus  and  John 
Calvin.  How  much  more  is  man  than  a 
sheep,  grass,  birds,  or  lilies?  And  in  his 
walks  and  talks  with  men  Jesus  inspired 
them  to  a  better  life  by  calling  out  the 
good  in  them.  The  problem  of  the 
preacher  is  to  show  men  the  worth  and 
dignity  of  human  life  and  inspire  them  to 
live  to  the  top  of  their  capacity. 

This  is  so,  for  one  reason,  because, 
after  all  is  said  about  the  authority  of  the 
Bible,  men  are  guided  by  conscience,  or 
"Christian  consciousness,"  something  that 
is  very  much  like  the  Quaker  brother's 
"inner  light."  A  scripture  text  can  have 
no  authority   unless   it   is   at  least  partly 

understood. 

To  close  as  I  began,  let  me  repeat  a 
little.  Too  many  preachers  are  saying: 
"The  modern  view  of  things  is  true,  but  it 
won't  do  to  preach  it,"  and  here  is  the 
basis  of  that  insincerity  which  is  the  bane 
of  many  a  pulpit.     Theo.  A.  Johnson. 

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These  chapters  are  really  evangelistic 
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The  Epistle  to  the  Ephesians,  by  Jo- 
seph Parker,  D.  D.  (A.  C.  Armstrong 
&  Son,  N.  Y.  Price  $1.50  net;  272  pages.) 

Dr.  Robertson  Nicoll  has  been  one  of  the 
most  successful  editors  of  religious  publi- 
cations. It  is  not  often  that  any  series 
which  he  starts  ends  in  failure.  The 
book  under  consideration  belongs  to  the 
practical  and  devotional  commentary,  and 
is  the  second  volume  from  the  pen  of  Dr. 
Parker.  His  particular  style  is  almost  too 
well  known  for  us  to  attempt  to  character- 
ize it.  Suffice  it  to  say  that  his  comments 
are  full  of  suggestion,  though  one  might 
often  take  exception  to  particular  points 
of  the  exposition.  There  is  a  general  sum- 
mary of  the  epistle  at  the  beginning  of  the 
book  and  the  comments  follow,  verse  by 
verse.  Here  is  a  specimen  of  Dr.  Parker's 
style  with  particular  application  to  the 
minister:  "If  a  man  shall  be  a  lecturer,  a 
politician,  an  adventurer,  orator  and  a 
preacher,  he  will  be  a  poor  preacher.  You 
cannot  be  all  that  and  a  preacher.  A 
preacher  is  never  thrown  in;  he  is  never 
mixed  up  in  an  indefinite  designation  of 
an  etcetera." 

HlSTORV  OF  PRESBYTERIANISM  ON  PRINCE 

Edward  Island.  By  Rev.  John  Mac- 
Leod. Sermons  by  pioneer  ministers  of 
Prince  Edward  Island  nearly  a  century 
ago.  (Winona  Publishing  Company,  Chi- 
cago.    279  pages.     Price  $1.50  net.) 

From  the  nature  of  things  this  book  must 
appeal  to  a  limited  circle,  but  to  those  in- 
terested it  will  prove  a  valuable  record  of 
achievement.  The  history  of  the  rooting 
and  sturdy  growth  of  a  religion  is  matter  of 
as  much  importance  as  it  is  of  interest. 
The  author  of  this  book  was  peculiarly  en- 
dowed for  his  task  and  he  has  given  a  very 
readable,  and  yet  very  informing,  account 
of  how  Presbyterianism  was  planted  and 
how  it  succeeded  in  Prince  Edward  Island. 


The  Blue  Book  of  Missions  for  1905. 
Edited  by  Otis  Dwight.  LL.D.,  Secre- 
tary of  the  Bureau  of  Missions.  (Funk  & 
Wagnalls  Co.,  New  York,  N.  Y.  $1.00 
net.     200  pages'.) 

The  Blue  Book  published  last  year  was 
hardly  more  than  a  directory  of  American 
missionary  societies.  But  the  demand  for 
it  was  so  widespread,  and  so  many  sug- 
gestions came  in  from  all  over  the  world, 
that  the  committee  of  the  Bureau  of  Mis- 
sions planned  the  present  volume.  It  is  an 
admirable  production,  containing  the  es- 
sence of  the  annual  reports  (for  1904)  of 


one  hundred  or  more  missionary  societies, 
with  statistical  tables  of  the  latest  data  as 
to  population,  area,  religions  and  missions 
(both  Protestant  and  Roman  Catholic)  in 
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world.  It  also  contains  a  large  collection 
of  miscellaneous  information  carefully  in- 
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a  telegram  or  of  going  in  person  to  any 
mission  field.  It  will  give  you  the  names 
of  the  latest  books  on  mission  work.  If 
you  want  to  know  the  value  of  a  coin  of 
measure  mentioned  by  some  missionary- 
consult  the  Blue  Book.  In  fact  it  is  an  ad- 
mirable compendium  of  missionary  infor- 
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Modern  Masters  of  Pulpit  Discourse. 
By  Prof.  William  Cleaver  Wilkinson. 
(Funk  &  Wagnalls  Co.,  New  York, 
N.  Y.,  8  vo.  cloth,  434  pages.  Price,  $1.60 
net.) 

Dr.  Wilkinson    approaches    his    subject 
from  the  standpoint  of  a  poet  and  a  man 
of  literature.     His  chapters  deal  with    18 
prominent  preachers  of  this  country,  Great 
Britain  and  France.    There  will  be  a  gen- 
eral   agreement    with    Professor    Wilkin- 
son that  the  men  he  has  selected  as  mas- 
ters of  pulpit  discourse  deserve  to  be  class- 
ified under  such  a  title.    As  to  the  relative 
order  of  merit  there  would,  of  course,  be  a 
wide  variation    of  opinion,  but    few  will 
take  exception    to    the    first    chapter    in 
the    book    being  given    to    Henry   Ward 
Beecher,  while  no  one   will    question    the 
right  of    Dr.    Talmage,   one    extreme    of 
preacher,  but   just   as   great   in   his   own 
class,  to  come  next  in  order  to  the  other 
great     Brooklyn   preacher.     Dr.    Richard 
Storrs   and  Phillips  Brooks   are  the    third 
and    fourth   preachers    discussed.     Those 
who    are    familiar   with    the    great   Man- 
chester    sermon-builder,    Alexander    Mc- 
Laren, will   hardly   question   his   right  to 
come    to   the  forefront   in    such   a    book. 
John     Henry     Newman,    Chas.    Haddon 
Spurgeon  and  Henry  Parry  Liddon  make 
a  triumvirate  of  great    English   preachers 
that    could    hardly    be    equaled    by     any 
other  three  representing  such  varied  types 
of    thought    and    style.     Then  comes  the 
Frenchman,  Eugene  Bersier.     As  to  those 
who  follow,  with  the  exception  of  one  or 
two,  whose  right  to  a  place  in  this  volume 
would  hardly  be  questioned,  there  might 
be   some   changes.     For   instance,  W.  M. 
Taylor,  John  Hall,  John  Broadus,  would 
not  by  many  critics  be  regarded  as  masters 
of  pulpit    discourse,    although   they   were 
eminently    successful    preachers.     Dwight 
L.  Moody,  of  course,  had  to  be  included, 
and  Dr.  Gunsaulus  is  a   specimen    of   the 
preacher  who  can  put  brains  into  rhetoric 
and  create  a  contagious   enthusiasm,  who 
might  be  included  as  a  type  of  the  twen- 
tieth   century    pulpit    orator.    As   to    Dr. 
Wilkinson's  criticisms  and  opinions,  these 
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and  judicial.     The  book  will  be  very  help- 


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THE   CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  31,  1905 


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Br  W.  F.  Richardson. 
6ept.  6.  190S. 


THE  BULWARK  OF  ZION. -Psalm  48. 

7ion  a  Type  of  the  Church.  The  ancient 
city  of  Jerusal  m  was  built,  for  the  most 
part,  on  the  mount  called  Zion,  which  was 
known  in  Israel's  history  as  the  City 
of  David.  The  name  Zion  came  to  be 
used  as  synonymous  with  Jeru-alem,  and 
is  so  used  in  <  ur  lesson.  Wnen  Christianity 
su  planted  Judaism,  sprijging  out  of  its 
very  bosom  as  it  did,  it  was  but  naturil 
that  the  older  religion  should  furnish 
abundant  types  for  the  new.  Hence 
Jerusalem  became  a  type  of  the  churci  of 
Christ,  aoH  is  so  used  in  Heb  12:22-24; 
Gal.  4:24  26  Let  us  apply  the  beautiful 
language  of  >ur  psalm  to  the  church  of  our 
Lord  J-sus  Christ. 

///  Beauty.  "Beautiful  for  situation,  the 
joy  of  the  whole  earth,  i<  mount  Zion,  on 
the  sides  of  the  north,  the  city  of  the  great 
K  ng"  (verse  2)  The  beauty  of  Jerusalem 
is  even  now  extolled  by  travelers,  as  it  is 
first  seen  from  the  summit  of  the  sur- 
rounding hills;  although  a  nearer  view  re- 
veals the  squalor  and  filth  that  character- 
ize all  Moslem  cities  in  our  day.  In  the 
times  of  I  rael's  glorv,  the  city  was  far 
more  attractive  to  the  vision;  and  when 
David  and  Solomon  had  raised  up  their 
splendid  palaces  and  the  magnificent 
temple  with  its  walls,  it  must  have  been 
exceedingly  impressive  to  the  behold  r, 
e%'en  where  the  spirit  of  worship  did  not 
prevail.  W>  en  to  is  naive  glory  was 
added  the  consciousness  that  it  was  the 
earthly  dwelling  place  of  God,  the  heart 
c  >uld  but  thrill  at  the  sight  of  it.  Aid  is 
not  the  church  of  our  Lord,  which  he  has 
purchased  with  his  own  previous  blood, 
ani  cleansed  by  his  Holy  Sp'r  t,  worthy 
of  the  admiration  and  homage  of  our 
hearts?  As  the  body  of  Cnrist,  however 
unworthy,  c  in  it  lack  wholly  the  beauty 
of  its  living  head?  Read  Eph.  1:22,23; 
3:10.11;  5:25-27;  1  Tim  3:14,15;  Rev. 
19:6  9  When  we  are  tempted  to  scorn  or 
revile  the  church,  let  us  forbear,  re- 
membering that,  wi  h  a'l  its  faults,  the 
church  is  tne  most  beauiifulof  al  the  insti- 
tutions that  exist  among  men  for  their 
mutual  profit  aod  joy. 

Its  Security  "Walk  abrut  Zion,  and  go 
round  about  her;  tell  the  towers  hereof. 
Mark  ye  well  her  bulwarks  consider  her 
palaces."  In  the  day  of  Israel's  fidelity 
to  Jehovah,  all  the  viol -rce  of  enemies 
could  not  shake  the  confidence  of  the  peo- 
ple. God  was  round  ahout  r  is  peopl  as 
a  wall  for  defence  So  is  the  church  "f  the 
living  God  a  secure  refuge  for  every  one 
that  trusteth  in  him.  F  unded  on  the 
Rock  of  Ages,  the  i'Dmorial  Son  of  God, 
it  cannot  be  shaken.  Even  hell  itself 
seeks  in  vain  t  •  disturb  the  peace  of  those 
sheltered  within  these  walls.  R-sadlsa  28:16; 
Matt.  16:16-18;  1  Cor  3:10,11  Those  who 
abide  under  tne  shadow  of  the  Al  nighty 
need  fear  no  evil,  though  they  be  called 
ev^n  to  walk  through  the  vlley  of  the 
shadow  of  death  (Psa.  91:1  2;  23:4)  What 
peace  would  vi  it  the  restles-*  hearts  of  a 
troubled  worl  ',  if  they  would  but  make 
God  their  refuge,  their  very  present  help 
in  time  of  trouble! 

///  Happiness  "Let  mount  Zion  re- 
joice, let  the  danghtersof  Judah  be  vlad." 
The  cnurch  is  a  place  for  unfailing  joy. 
Jesus  bids  us  throw  away  all  worry,  and 
find    in   him   the    abiding  peace   and  joy 


which  the  world  can  neither  give  nor  take 
away.  "Rejoice  in  the  Lord,"  is  the  key- 
note of  one  of  Paul's  noblest  epistles  (Phil. 
2:1,2,17,18;  3:1;  4:4  7).  He  who  will  have 
fellowship  with  Jesus  in  service,  will  share 
in  the  happiness  that  flows  from  com- 
munion with  God  (John  15:7-11;  16:20  24). 
Beside  this  true  joy  the  pleasure  of  the 
world  loses  all  its  fascination. 


Christian  Endeavor. 

By  H.  A.  Denton. 

Sept   10    1905. 


WHAT   IS    PRACTICAL  CHRISTIANITY? 
—James  2:14-26. 

For  the  Leader. 

Do  we  mean  by  such  a  subject  as  this, 
What  is  practical  Christianity?  that  there 
is  such  a  thing  as  a  Christianity  that  is  not 
practical?  Or  do  we  mean  that  there  is 
such  a  thiog  as  not  practicing  what  we 
theoretically  hold  as  a  matter  of  belief?  Or 
do  we  mean  that  there  is  a  practical  side  to 
Christianity,  as  when  we  consider  it  as  a 
service,  or  as  a  duty  performed;  and  a  the- 
oretical side,  as  when  we  consider  it  as  a 
system  of  truth?  In  a  sense  one  must  an- 
swer in  the  affirmative  all  these  questions. 
Not  that  there  is  a  Christianity  that  can 
not  be  practiced,  but  there  are  some  per- 
sons that  do  not  practice  it  though  they 
hold  it  as  a  matter  of  belief. 

It  was  the  danger  of  holding  a  theory 
and  neglecting  the  doing  that  James  sought 
to  correct  in  his  epistle.  He  does  not  set 
one  over  against  another — faith  and  works 
— but  he  does  argue  the  necessity  of  works 
with  those  who  were  neglecting  the  same. 
Let  us  be  careful  lest  we,  while  not  prob- 
ably holding  any  theory  like  those  persons 
evi  ently  held,  fall  into  the  same  fault — 
neglecting  to  do  the  things  we  believe. 

For  the  Members. 

1.  What  is  the  end  of  a  promise?  Is  it 
not  the  fulfilling  of  the  same?  Is  it  a  mat- 
ter of  any  importance  that  we  promise 
the  Lord  anything  without  doing  it, 
without  keeping  the  promise  in  a  faith- 
ful effort  to  keep  it?  Surely  it  is  not. 
God  is  full  of  promises,  as  the  prophet 
would  say  He  wants  the  belief,  the  foun- 
dation, the  pledge,  but  all  this  that  he  may 
receive  the  fulfillment  There  are  those 
who  talk  loudly  of  the  love  of  the  Lord,  yet 
they  have  not  been  found  upon  the  side  of 
the  Lord  when  it  came  to  the  matter  of 
putting  into  practice  the  talk.  God  is  not 
pleased  with  this  kind  of  a  Christian  life. 

2.  The  world  is  in  need  of  sympathy. 
How  sweet  is  the  word  kindly  spoken  to 
the  sad  one!  There  can  be  nothing  wrong 
with  sympathy.  It  is  a  thing  to  be  dili- 
gently cultivated.  We  must  wish  all  men 
well.  It  is  the  nature  of  love  so  eloquently 
discussed  by  Paul— this  feeling,  sentiment, 
this  attitude  of  the  soul  toward  all  men. 
But  this  is  one  thing,  and  the  sympathy 
that  is  empty,  the  sympathy  that  ends 
in    expression,    is   another    thing.    There 


is  all  the  difference  in  the  world  be- 
tween the  sympathy  of  a  person  who  is  a 
doer  of  a  sympathetic  deed,  and  one  who 
ends  the  matter  in  empty  words.  James 
says  we  cannot  discharge  our  benevolent 
(  uties  in  words.  We  cannot  feed  the  hun- 
gry on  words.  Sentences,  though  never  so 
beautiful,  add  no  warmth  to  the  cold, 
shivering  form  that  stands  at  my  door  ask- 
ing shelter  for  the  night.  Do  your  sym- 
pathy! 

3.  What  is  practical  Christianity?  It  is 
the  practice  of  the  teachings  of  Jesus  the 
Founder  of  Christianity  Why,  we  find 
persons  to-day— and  more  than  we  should 
like  to  admit— who  doubt  if  the  Golden 
Rule  is  practicable.  What  is  that  but  a 
statement  that  the  teaching  of  Jesus 
cannot  be  practiced?  It  is  that,  pure  and 
simple.  What  shall  we  say  of  a  boasted 
loyalty  to  Jesus  that  denies  that  his  teach- 
ing can  be  put  into  practice?  Is  it  not  a 
heresy  worse  than  these  for  which  men 
have  been  put  to  death?  Yes.  Some  of 
this  same  class  would  load  the  heresy 
hunter  s  gun  and  go  for  big  game  in 
the  places  where  men  called  in  question 
the  fact  of  Jesus'  divide  claims,  but  they 
ground  teir  arms  and  utter  the  worst 
heresy  that  ever  polluted  the  human  heart 
— doubt  ng  the  ability  of  men  to  practice 
Jesus'  teaching  and  the  practicability  of 
that  for  which  Jesus  gave  his  life.  In  the 
25th  of  Ma'thew  Jesus  gives  a  vivid  de- 
scription of  the  j  >dgment.  In  this  he 
bases  all  hope  upon  our  part  upon  the 
practical  features  of  our  religion.  This  is 
the  test.     How  is  it  with  us  to  night? 

Quiet  Hour  Thought. 

Am  I  communing  daily  with  Christ  that 
I  may  have  strength  to  do  his  will? 

•  DAILY  READINGS. 

M.  Faith  and  patience.  Rom.  5:1  5. 

T.  Hearirig  and  doing.  Jas    e:19-21, 

W.  Bridling  the  tongue.  Ps.  31:1-4. 

T.  G  dly  wisdom  Jas.  3:14-18. 

F.  Business  honesty.  J,*s.  5:1  9. 

S.  Care  of  the  sick.  Jas.  5:13  15. 

S.  Topic— What  is  practical 

Christianity?  Jas.  2:14  26. 

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TflE  LIFE-GIVING  STREAM.- 
EzeK.  47:1-12. 

Memory  verses,  3-5. 

Golden  Text.  — Whosoever  will,  let  him 
take  of  the  water  of  life.— Rev.  22:19. 

Among  the  prophets  whom  we  know  by 
name  and  personality,  Ezekiel  was  the 
greatest  prophet  of  the  Exile.  He  was 
born  in  Jerusalem,  was  a  young  man 
when  Jeremiah  was  at  the  zenith  of  his 
career.  While  Jeremiah  remained  in  Jeru- 
salem until  its  final  destruction,  which 
closed  the  reign  of  Zedekiah  (586  B  C  ), 
Ezekiel  was  carried  into  captivity  with  the 
first  party  of  exiles  eleven  years  before 
when  Jekoaikim  was  deposed  and  deported 
together  with  a  company  of  the  principal 
citizens  (597  B.  C).  Ezekiel  thus  ob- 
served from  a  distance  the  events  of  the 
final  years  at  Jerusalem.  His  call  as  a 
prophet  occurred  six  years  before  the  de- 
struction of  Jerusalem  and  most  of  his 
prophecies  are  carefully  dated. 

The  prophecies  of  Ezekiel  which  are 
gathered  in  our  book  of  Ezekiel  fall  into 
three  groups,  as  follows: 

(1)  Chapters  1  to  24,  written  before  the 
fall  of  Jerusalem.  Tnis  part  rehearses  the 
sins  of  tine  nation,  vindicates  the  justice  of 
Jehovah  in  bringing  it  to  punishment,  and 
declares  that  the  hope  of  a  speedy  deliver- 
ance is  vain.  With  regard  to  this  last  ele- 
ment, Ezekiel  in  Babylon  and  Jeremiah  in 
Jerusalem  were  simultaneously  combating 
the  blind  and  groundless  optimism  of  the 
false  prophets  who  predicted  that  Babylon 
would  very  soon  fall. 

(2)  Chapters  25  to  32,  written  about  the 
time  of  the  destruction  of  Jerusalem,  but 
before  the  news  of  that  event  had  been  re- 
ceived by  the  earlier  exiles.  This  section 
is  devoted  to  condemnations  of  the  various 
enemies  of  Judah,  including  Ammon, 
Moab,  Tyre,  Philistiaand  especially  Egypt, 
for  all  or  whom  dire  calamities  are  pre- 
dicted in  payment  for  their  sins.  By  con- 
trast, there  are  some  stray  beams  of  hope 
for  a  restoration  of  Judah. 

(3)  Chapters  33  to  48,  written  (or  de- 
livered) after  the  fall  of  Jerusalem.  These 
cover  a  period  of  sixteen  years  (586-570 
B.  C).  This  last  section  divides  itself  in- 
to two  parts:  (a)  Chapters  33  to  39  deal 
with  conditions  among  the  exiles  in  Baby- 
lonia and  give  us  most  of  our  information 
about  their  religious  status;  (b)  Chapters 
40-48  contain  the  prophet's  vision  of  the 
city  of  God,  that  is,  a  symbolical  presenta- 
tion of  his  outlook  for  the  restoration  of 
the  nation  to  its  true  dignity  and  destiny. 

Ezekiel  had  striking  characteristics  as  a 
prophet.  He  introduced  and  popularized 
the  use  of  elaborate  apocalyptic  imagery, 
such  as  the  symbolism  of  beasts  and  ideal 
cities.  He  had  an  intense  realization  of 
the  dignity  and  majesty  of  Jehovah— his 
"holiness"  in  the  Hebrew  sense.  The 
opening  vision  (chapters  1  and  2)  shows 
this.  With  this  went  a  deep  sense  of  the 
imperfection  and  unworthiness  of  man. 
He  introduces  the  phrase,  "son  of  man," 
and  applies  it  to  himself  as  a  term  of  hu- 
mility, by  way  of  contrast  with  divine 
things. 

He  laid  a  new  emphasis  upon  the  re- 
sponsibility of  the  individual.  National 
solidarity  had  overshadowed  individual  ob- 
ligation with  the  earlier  Hebrews.  Men 
were  punished  for  the  sins  of  their  fathers. 
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dealt  out  to  men  in  groups — the  family, 
the  city,  the  nation.  Contrast  the  words  of 
the  Decalogue,  "I  the  Lord  thy  God  am  a 
jealous  God,  visiting  the  iniquity  of  the 
fathers  upon  the  children  unto  the  third 
and  fourth  generation  of  them  that  hate 
me"  (Exod.  20:5),  illustrated  and  en- 
forced by  the  familiar  cases  of  punishment 
en  masse  in  the  early  days,  with  these 
words  from  Ezekiel:  "The  soul  that  sin- 
neth,  it  shall  die.  The  son  shall  not  bear 
the  iniquity  of  the  father,  neither  shall  the 
father  bear  the  iniquity  of  the  son.  The 
righteousness  of  the  righteous  shall  be  up 
on  him  and  the  wickedness  of  the  wicked 
shall  be  upon  him"  (Ezek.  18:20). 

He  emphasized  the  redemptive  purpose 
of  God's  punishments.  "As  I  live,  saith 
Jehovah,  I  have  no  pleasure  in  the  death 
of  the  wicked,  but  that  the  wicked  turn 
from  his  way  and  live"  (Ezek.  33:11). 
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M0), 

This  spirit  of  hopefulness,  an  undevel- 
oped form  of  the  Messianic  hope,  found  its 
fullest  expression  in  the  vision  of  the  ideal 
city  (chapters  40  to  48)  in  which  God 
would  even  yet,  notwithstanding  the  fall 
of  Jerusalem  and  the  ruin  of  the  temple, 
cause  his  people  to  dwell  in  peace  and 
glory.  Ezekiel's  priestly  predilections  are 
shown  in  his  elaborate  description  of  the 
ritual  and  the  paraphernalia  of  worship 
and  the  duties  of  priests  and  Levites  in  this 
new  Jerusalem. 

The  river  flowing  out  from  the  city  in  a 
deepening  current  (the  feature  chosen  as 
the  topic  for  this  lesson)  indicates  that  the 
beneficent  influences  of  this  new  regime 
are  not  to  be  limited  to  the  city.  Ezekiel 
was  a  thorough  Jew  and  he  planned  the 
city  of  God  as  the  dwelling  place  for  the 
chosen  people,  but  he  saw  also  that  the 
blessings  which  would  issue  from  the  con- 
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August  31,  1905 


OBITUARIES. 

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CI.IPFELL. 

While  visiting  relatives  at  Lansing,  Mich.,  June 
30,  1005,  H.  F.  Cliptell,  a  most  consecrated  man, 
from  the  very  midst  of  boyhood  associations,  took 
his  final  departure.  Owing  to  failing  health  he, 
with  his  devoted  wife,  gave  up  his  heme  and  bade 
0'1'i.  May  ^o,  to  sorrowing  friends  at  Redwood 
Falls,  Minn.,  expecting,  after  visiting  lriends  in  the 
to  settle  down  with  their  children  in  Minneap- 
olis. Brother  C  lipfell  was  a  pioneer  Disciple  of 
Minnesota.  He  knew  from  experience  what  faith, 
devotion  and  sacrifice  meant,  and  but  for  his  moral 
heroism  the  Redwood  Falls  church  would  have 
been  lost  to  the  cause  of  primitive  Christianity.  For 
his  Christian  character  and  devotion  he  was  deeply 
loved  and  sincerely  respected,  and  his  wife,  daugh- 
ter and  son,  all  sharing  the  father's  faith  and  devo- 
tion, have  a  host  of  lriends  who  sympathize  with 
them  in  their  grief.  Brother  Clipfell  was  retiring  to 
spend  his  waning  days  with  his  children  and  in  a 
closer  fellowship  with  God's  people.  But  now  he 
is  called  up  higher  to  rest  from  his  labors  and  to  fel- 
lowship "the  general  assembly  and  church  of  the 
first  born  who  are  in  heaven."  E.  A.  ORR. 

,  Minn. 

EDWARDS. 

Caleb  Edwards  died  very  suddenly  in  Quincy, 
m..  July  6.  Brother  Edwards  was  very  dear  to  me 
and  to  my  father's  family.  He  was  for  16  years  pastor 
of  my  home  church  in  the  little  t  nvn  of  Payson,  111., 
a  remarkab'e  record  lor  one  of  our  smaller 
churches.  He  baptized  me  with  his  own  hands 
and  ordained  me  to  the  ministry.  He  was  one  of 
the  first  to  encourage  me  in  entering  the  ministry. 
He  accompanied  me  when  I  preached  my  first  ser- 
mon, driving  me  out  to  the  little  countiy  church  in 
his  own  buggy.  I  will  never  forget  the  glow  of 
kindliness  and  appreciation  on  his  good  face  while. 
he  listened  to  th->t  sermon.  During  the  16  years  of 
his  ministry  in  Payson  he  was  often  in  our  home. 
Other  lives  have  been  cast  in  larger  and  more  con- 
spicuous places  than  was  his,  but  none  have  been 
more  nobly  lived.  I  have  seen  Brother  Edwards 
tinder  the  severest  trials,  in  sorrow  and  in  stress  of 
church  work,  and  never  did  I  hf  ar  him  complain  or 
resent  his  lot  His  soul  was  bigger  than  any  cir- 
cumstance that  could  confront  it. 

Rock  Island,  III.  O.  W.  Lawrence. 

JEXKS. 

At  her  home  in  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  July  16, 
Mrs.  Adelaide  Gail  Jenks  was  released  from  suffer- 
ing by 

"God's  angel  of  perfect  love, 
The  angel  men  call  Death." 

She  must  have  "found  his  lace  fair"  as  he  un- 
fettered the  spirit  from  the  frail,  sensitive  body  and 
opened  to  her  vision  the  "glory  of  God."  A  disci- 
ple of  the  Lord  since  girlhood,  she  has  devoted  her 
energies  to  the  success  of  the  cause  in  the  homeland, 
and  for  the  extension  of  the  kingdom  abroad,  giv- 
ing generousiy  to  their  support.  A  lover  of  litera- 
ture, gifted  in  verse,  her  sweet  poems  have  loDg 
been  read  in  various  periodicals.  Whether  in 
green  or  desert  lands  her  pathway  led,  1o  her 
trustful  spirit  the  Master  ever  whispered,  "It  is  I." 
During  long  weeks  of  suffering  she  was  sustained 
by  night  and  by  day  by  the  tender  and  faithful  min- 
istrations of  her  two  sons  until  the  end.  The  burial 
was  at  lovely  Lakewood. 

"Her  feet  have  touched  the  hills  of  God, 
Heaven's  morning  air  flows  sweet  upon  her  brow, 
She  sees  the  King  in  all  his  beauty  now, 
And  walks  his  courts  with  full  salvation  shod." 


C.  L.  R. 


KELLOGG. 


Nancy  Bum  was  born  in  Clark  county,  Ind. 
Feb.  19,  1819,  and  died  at  Lodi,  Cal.,  Aug.  8,  1905. 
She  united  with  the  Christian  church  when  she 
was  15  years  old,  and  livpd  faithful  to  her  vow  till 
tac  end,  a  term  of  71  years  and  five  months.  I 
icow  of  no  longer  term  of  service  by  anyone  in  the 
chnri.  h  of  the  restoration.  When  about  30  years 
old  Lhe  was  married  to  Alonzo  Kellopg,  a  widower 
will  3  family  of  children  whom  she  helped  to  rear. 
To  this  marriage  were  born  four  children,  three 
boys  and  one  girl.  The  girl,  who  is  now  Mrs.  S.  S. 
Murphy,  was  born  after  her  father's  death.  Mother 
Kellogg  was  a  coostant  student  of  the  Bible,  retain- 
ing her  mental  vigor  to  the  last.  She  read  our  reli- 
gious literature  and  kept  well  posted  in  all  our 
church  work.  She  had  a  very  tenacious  memory 
and  knew  the  Bible  almost  from  cover  to  cover. 
E.  J.  Kellogg,  of  Craig,  Mo.,  O.  P.  Kellogg, of  De- 
catur, 111.,  and  Mrs.  S.  S.  Murphy,  of  Lodi,  Cal., 
are  the  three  children  who  survive  her.  The  oldest 
son,  John,  died  three  years  ago.  Mrs.  Kellogg 
and  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Murphy,  were  never  sepa- 
rated till  death  took  the  mother.  She  leaves  ten 
grandchildren  and  three  great-grandchildren.  The 
hineral    service   was    conducted    at   our  home    in 


Lodi,  Cal.,  by  J.  P.  Datgiiz.  The  body  was  taken 
to  Woodland,  Cal.,  and  laid  beside  that  of  her  son. 
' '  Blessed  are  they  who  die  in  the  Lord  from  hence- 
forth ;  yea,  saith  the  Sj.  irit .  that  they  may  rest  from 
their  labors,  and  their  works  do  follow  them." 

s.  s.  Murphy. 
Mcdowell. 

Mary  A.  Fisher,  born  in  Indiana,  July  25,  1829, 
died  at  her  home  near  Bladensburg,  la. ,  July  3,  1905, 
aged  76  years.  She  was  married  to  John  H.  Mc- 
Dowell in  1851,  who  preceded  her  in  death  one 
year.  Ten  children  were  born  to  this  union.  She 
united  with  the  Christian  church  in  early  life  and 
was  faithful.  She  was  a  true  wife  and  a  loving 
mother.  The  funeral  service  was  conducted  at  the 
residence  by  the  writer.  E.  A.  Hastings. 

Floris,  lu 

PORTER. 

Mrs.  Minerva  Porter,  mother  of  R.  H.  Manning, 
was  born  in  Miller  county,  Mo.,  Jan.  5,  1844,  and 
died  in  Lenora,  O.  T. ,  July  26,  1905.  She  had 
been  a  consecrated  Christian  for  forty  years,  and 
gave  much  of  her  means  to  Christian  work.  The 
funeral  services  were  conducted  by  the  writer  in  the 
Christian  church,  Lenora.  E.  B.  HUFF. 

Selling;,  0.  T. 

POWELL. 

William  L.  Powell  was  born  in  Montgomery 
county,  Ind.,  Feb.  25,  1837,  and  died  suddenly  of 
apoplexy  July  11,  1905,  in  Gallatin,  Mo.  He  was 
left  an  orphan  at  the  at  e  of  nine  and  the  support 
and  care  of  his  mother  was  thus  early  placed  upon 
his  shoulders.  In  1857  he  came  to  Daviess  cout  ty, 
Mo.,  and  since  has  resided  there.  In  1858  he 
united  with  the  Old  Union  Christian  church  near 
Gallatin.  On  April  1,  i860,  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage to  Miss  Mary  Miller.  To  this  union  five 
daughters  and  two  sons  were  born,  three  daughters 
and  one  son  still  surviving,  who,  with  the  beloved 
wife,  mourn  his  departure.  On  Feb'.  5,  1862, 
Brother  Powell  enlis'ed  in  Company  A  of  the  First 
Regiment  of  Missouri  State  Militia  and  served 
three  years,  after  which  he  returned  to  his  larm, 
where  he  resided,  with  the  exception  of  the  past  two 
years,  during  which  time  he  and  his  family  have 
lived  in  Gallatin,  where  they  are  honored,  esteemed 
and  loved.  Funeral  servi  es  were  conducted  by  his 
pastor  from  the  church  in  Gallatin.  One  of  the 
saints  of  God  has  entered  home. 

C.  W.  COMSTOCK, 

WHITTLESEY. 

Leona  May  Whittlesey  was  left,  by  some  un- 
natural mother,  upon  a  doorstep,  one  night  in  June, 
in  Colorado  Springs.  The  event  became  widely 
known,  and  had  large  space  in  the  city  dailies.  The 
authorities  were  unable  to  find  the  mother,  and 
were  about  to  send  the  wee  thing  to  a  foundling 
hospital  in  Denver.  It  weighed  only  three  pounds. 
My  daughter,  Mrs.  Mary  Whittlesey,  requested  the 
privilege  of  adopting  it,  and  it  was  granted  her.. 
There  was  not  much  hope  of  raising  it,  but  it  was 
given  a  good  home  and  tenderest  care.  On  Friday, 
July  28,  its  spirit  took  its  flight  from  earth.  The 
funeral  service  was  conducted  by  Crayton  Brooks. 


Doubtless  he  who  notes  the  sparrow's  fall  received 
the  little  one  into  his  bosom.    "        SIMPSON  Ely. 
Joplin,  Mo. 

WOOD. 

Laura  Helen  Wood,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Benj.  F.  Smith,  was  born  in  Fayette  county,  Ky., 
Nov.  4,  1843.  She  died  at  her  home  near  Holden, 
Mo.,  June  24,  1905.  She  was  one  of  three  children, 
the  others  being  Mrs.  Geo.  S.  Anderson,  of  Texas, 
and  Prof.  A.  F.  Smith,  of  Kansas  City.  Married 
to  Maj.  Wm.  L.  Wood  in  1871,  who  died  four 
years  ago,  she  leaves  three  children — two  sons  and 
a  daughter.  Sister  Wood  became  a  Christian  when 
16  years  of  age  and  was  a  faithful  men  ber  of  the 
church  at  Holden  at  the  time  of  her  death.  She 
was  a  woman  of  strong  character,  much  loved 
by  those  who  knew  her  best.  The  funeral  services 
were  conducted  by  the  writer.      J.  W.  BotTLTON. 

Holden,  Mo. 

WOODS. 

Our  beloved  daughter,  Mrs.  Zella  Woods,  died 
at  Bolivar,  Tenn.,  June  30,  1905.  We  patiently 
await  the  time  when  we  shall  meet  s  gain  in  that 
home  above.  She  leaves  a  husband  and  two  small 
children.  T.  F.  WEAVER. 

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Family  Circle 


The  Reconciliation. 

Farmer  Wiggs  and  Farmer  Watkins  had  a 

falling  out. 
At  the  start  they  weren't  quite  certain  what 

'twas  all  about- 
Just  some  little  huff  regarding  a  division 

fence, 
But  the  tiff,  by  careful  nursing,  grew  to  be 

intense. 

Years    rolled    on,    but    neither    neighbor 

sought  to  cure  the  strife; 
Seemed  as  if  they  were  determined  to  be 

foes  for  life. 
Folks  declared  'twas  wrong  for  neighbors 

to  be  quarreling  thus, 
So  they  tried,  but  all  for  nothing,  to  allay 

the  fuss. 

So  it  went  till  Farmer  Watkins  fell  so  ill 

one  day 
He  was   sure  his  time  was  nearing  to  be 

called  away; 
Presently  it   dawned  upon    him  he  could 

never  go 
Leaving  here  on  earth  behind  him  such  a 

bitter  foe. 

Then  it  was  that   Farmer  Watkins  called 

his  neighbor  in, 
And  remarked,  "It  don't  seem  likely  I'll 

git  up  ag'in, 
So  I  wanted  to  forgive  ye  all  ye've  done  to 

me, 
An'  if  I  have  hurt  your  feelin's,  cross  it 

off,"  said  he. 

Tearful      Neighbor     Wiggs     commended 

Neighbor  Watkins'  plans, 
Then  was  their   new    bond  of   friendship 

sealed  by  shaking  hands. 
"But,"  said  Neighbor  Watkins,  "  'lowin' 

I  git  up  once  more, 
Then  the  old  fight's  on,  remember,  same 

as  heretofore!" 

— Woman's  Home  Companion. 


Reuben  on  Labor. 

Labor  is  God's  way  of  introducing  peo- 
ple to  each  other.  If  you  don't  labor  you 
can't  love.    Vtrily  I  say  unto  you, 

Unless  you  open  the  pores  of  the  skin 
The  Kingdom  of  Heaven  can't  come  in. 

Sympathy  comes  in  as  the  sweat  goes  out. 
What  makes  Tolstoy  love  the  peasants  of 
his  land?  Because  he  goes  bare-foot  and 
plows  corn  in  his  shirt-tail.  He  bears  their 
burdens,  and  knows  whereof  he  speaks. 
Gladstone  chopped  in  the  woods  with  his 
axe  until  the  sweat  poured  forth  and  then 
sat  down  on  a  stump  and  thought  out  good 
laws  for  the  people. 

Blessed  is  the  man  who  has  discovered 
the  value  of  daily  toil  with  the  hands;  not 
all  day,  but  just  enough  to  see  what  a 
whole  day,  a  week,  a  year,  would  be.  St. 
Paul  labored  by  day  and  preached  by 
night.  The  wise  men  fed  sheep  in  the  old 
days  as  well  as  last  year.  Then  if  work  is 
no  disgrace  why  put  the  young  men  to 
breaking  their  necks  over  each  other  to  get 
away  from  it?  Yes,  I  would  tell  the  rrfa- 
jority  of  graduates  to  get  a  team  of  mules 
and  run  a  farm  wagon,  for  the  professions 
are  running  over. 

If   you   must   preach,    preach;    if    you 
must  be  a  lawyer,  hang  out  your  shingle; 
if  you  must   practice   medicine,  get   your 
pills;    but    don't    run     yourself    tnrough 
school    to    find    a    short    cut    to    a    soft 


snap.  Get  an  education  in  school  if  you 
can,  out  of  it  if  you  can't,  and  use  it  for 
your  enjoyment,  and  for  making  your  par- 
ticular little  locality  a  better  place  to  live 
in.  And  whenever  you  get  too  big  for 
your  community,  move  out  or  build  an  ad- 
dition to  the  town. 

I  preach  the  doctrine  then  of  every  man 
being  a  gentleman  and  a  scholar,  and  let 
the  matter  of  employment  be  a  side  issue, 
a  way  to  make  meat  and  bread  for  him  and 
his.  There  are  then  no  high  jobs  and  no 
low  jobs;  we  join  hands  and  promenade 
all.  Then  if  any  man  knows  anything  let 
him  tell  it,  and  if  any  man  would  be  great 
let  him  serve,  and  the  fellow  that  serves 
the  most  is  the  greatest  man,  and  him  we 
will  make  our  preacher,  our  prophet. 


Guy  Thornton's  Ragtime. 

By  Elizabeth  Price. 

Up  to  a  certain  point  in  his  motherless  child- 
hood, Guy  had  developed  so  gently  and  girl- 
ishly that  the  aunties  who  had  him  in  charge 
were  entirely  satisfied.  He  never  omitted  the 
small  courtesies  of  speech  and  manner 
which  Aunt  Henrietta  painstakingly  taught 
him.  He  never  wore  his  cap  across  the  thresh- 
old of  a  room  or  forgot  to  use  the  door- mat 
conscientiously.  Soiled  hands  or  a  grimy 
pocket-handkerchief  would  have  shocked  him, 
while  slang  and  lurid  figures  of  speech  were  in 
his  estimation  only  the  slightest  remove  from 
profanity. 

Aunt  Leonora  had  charge  of  his  studies,  and 
took  great  pride  in  his  steady,  if  leisurely, 
progress  through  the  school-books  out  of 
which  she  had  gotten  her  own  education.  But 
his  music!  Oh,  that  was  a  theme  that  never 
failed  to  arouse  gentle  Aunt  Leonora  to  en- 
thusiasm. "His  talent  is  remarkable!"  she 
would  exclaim.  "His  long,  slender  fingers 
are  those  of  an  artist,  and  his  technique  is  al- 
ready better  than  mine.  I  assure  you,  Sister 
Henrietta,  we  may  expect  great  things  of  Guy." 

They  had  finished  McGuffey's  Fifth  Reader, 
when  Guy's  father,  descending  upon  them  for 
his  annual  visit  from  his  distant  city,  suddenly 
became  aware  that  the  slender  youth 
with  the  ladylike  manners  was  no  longer  a 
baby.  The  knowledge  came  to  him  with 
something  of  a  shock  and  it  was  wich  newly 
opened  eyes  that  he  surveyed  his  only  son. 

"Not  a  prank  all  day — not  a  halloo!  Even 
his  music  sounds  like  a  girl  baby's."  T  won't 
do." 

That  was  the  beginning,  and  the  end  saw 
him  settled  in  a  certain  well-known  boys' 
school,  a  gymnasium-suit  in  his  closet,  boxing- 
gloves  behind  the  door,  Indian  clubs  over  the 
mantel,  and  dumb-Dells  on  the  hearth.   "Make 


Thi  Kol*  Plakt. 


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AND 

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Fever  and  Asthma,  by  HI  malya  after  IS  year;-' nofft-tlM. 
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a  man  of  him — a  good  one  and  pure,  but  a 
man.  And,  by  the  way,  professor,  he  might 
drop  the  music  altogether  for  the  present." 
That  was  Dr.  Thornton's  instruction. 

The  aunties  wept  at  thought  of  the  contami- 
nating influences  about  their  darling.  Guy 
himself  eyed  his  new  quarters  askance  til! 
something  within  him  suddenly  awoke,  a  new 
life  stirred  into  action,  and  his  education  had 
begun. 

The  Christmas  holidays  were  spent  with 
father  at  his  hotel,  see  ng  the  eights  and  hear- 
ing the  sounds  of  a  great,  bewildering  city. 
The  summer  vacation  was  passed  in  traveling 
from  point  to  point  of  interest  with  a  trusty 
tutor  and  several  fellow-students. 

So  the  time  passed  until  Guy  had  been  away 
from  home  almost  two  years  before  he  arranged 
to  revisit  the  old  horn;. 

The  blissfully  expectant  aunties  were  met 
with  a  greeting  so  vigorous  it  almost  took 
them  off  their  feet.  "Hello  there!  How  are 
you!  No  end  glad  to  see  you!"  That  was 
what  he  said,  then  he  tilted  his  hat  sideways 
and  removed  a  cinder  from  his  eye  with  a 
much  crumpled  handkerchief. 

Miss  Henrietta  looked  bewilderedly  at  Mist 
Leonora,  then  appealingly  back  at  the  big, 
broad,  brown  youth  with  clo3ely  cropped  hair, 
a  square,  somewhat  belligerent  jaw  and  an  un- 
mistakable swagger. 

Once  in  the  carriage,  Guy    slapped  the  staid 


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THE   CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


August  31,  1905 


coachman  on  the  back,  and  reserred  to  the 
dignified  horses  as  the  "same  old  cows," 
startled  the  ladies  out  of  their  wits  by  a  series 
•  f  salutatory  greetings  as  old  friends  bowed 
from  the  pavement;  and  last,  but  not  least, 
informed  them,  after  a  survey  of  the  vehicle 
they  occupied,  that  "the  hearse  looked  a  trifle 
antiquated." 

It  was  dreadful — there  was  no  denying  that. 
But  the  gentle  souls  were  loyal  as  well  as 
proper,  and,  once  they  recovered  their  equili- 
brium, began  making  excuses  and  planning 
their  work  of  reform.  "Only  a  month,  sister. 
We  must  be  very  firm,"  declared  Miss  Hen- 
rietta. 

"And  very  kind,"  added  Miss  Leonora. 
"I'll  review  his  music  after  tea.  I  am  anx- 
ious to  see  what  progress  he  has  made." 

Just  then  the  lad  came  swinging  in  with  an 
armful  of  music,  which  he  deposited  with  a 
bang  on  the  piano.     "Your  studies,  dear?" 

"No,  indeed,  I  don't  use  studies.  They're 
all  bosh  for  boys.  The  governor  says  so. 
These  are  my  songs  and  things  I  play  just  for 
fun.  Dandies,  too;  regular  rippers,  some  of 
'em.  Just  listen  to  this."  And  the  stately 
parlor  with  its  inlaid  furniture,  its  antique 
brocades,  its  prim  and  ancient  pictures,  lent 
deafening  and  unwilling  reverberations  to  the 
strains  of  a  popular  ragtime  selection,  while  the 
aunts  held  their  breath  with  anxiety  for  the 
safety  of  their  piano. 

"Isn't  that  a  rattler?  I've  got  dozens  of 
'em,"  and  the  boy  ran  his  fingers  over  the 
pile  with  pride. 

"We  think  it  would  be  better  for  you  to  do 
some  regular  practicing  while  you  are  here, 
dear,"  suggested  Aunt  Leonora,  trying  to 
speak  with  the  recommended  firmness. 

"And  review  your  studies.  It  is  so  wise  to 
have  regular  habits,  Guy,"  added  Aunt  Hen- 
rietta, hoping  the  was  sufficiently  kind. 

"Oh,  this  is  a  vacation,  and  it's  hard 
enough  on  a  fellow  to  have  to  dig  after  school 
begins.  Father  said  I  needn't,  and  he's  the 
majority,  you  know.  As  for  music,  I  don't 
care  for  the  kind  I  used  to  study.  I'd  give 
more  for  a  good  ragtime  than  a  bushel  of 
Mendelssohn  and  all  the  rest  of  'em.  Oh, 
yes,  I've  heard  plenty  of  music.  The  governor 
don't  care  a  rap  for  classical  things,  and  he's 
up  to  date." 

"What  governor  do  you  refer  to,  Guy?  We 
don't  understand." 

"Why,  father,  of  course." 

The  shocked  silence  was  broken  by  a  burst 
of  ragtime  melody  that  tinkled  the  chandelier 
prisms  and  drove  the  sisters  for  refuge  to  their 
sitting-room. 

"He  doesn't  seem  quite  at  tractable  as  he 
used,  Leonora,"  quavered  Miss  Henrietta, 
lying  down  on  a  friendly  couch.  "But  Anna- 
bel is  coming  next  week.  She  is  accustomed 
to  boys;  suppose  we  permit  the  dear  child  to 
take  a  rest  from  duties  until  we  get  the  bene- 
fit of  her  advice." 

"Perhaps  we'd  better  We  wouldn't  want 
to  be  hard  on  Guy — his  first  visit  for  so  long." 

One  week  later  Mrs.  Ryder  arrived  from 
her  dis'ant  California  home.  She  was  much 
younger  than  her  sisters,  and  had  been  their 
pet  and  pride  in  the  years  of  her  happy 
childhood.  She  had  married  before  Guy's 
advent,  and  her  duties  as  home-maker  for  a 
stirring  family  of  her  own  had  prevented  her 
taking  ihe  long  journey  east  earlier.  So  she 
and  Guy  met  for  the  first  time  on  the  day  of 
her  arrival.  There  had  been  leisure  before, 
however,  for  the  sisters' recital  of  their  anxieties 
and  perplexities  concerning  their  wayward 
nephew,  who  had  gone  fishing  for  the  day. 
A  desire  to  do  him  full  justice,  the  true  and 
unwavering  affection  they  felt  for  the  child  of 
their  love  and  care,  mingled  with  the  neces- 
sity for  making  a  clean  breast  of  affairs,  so 
Annabel  would  know    how  to   advise,  made  a 


DEAR  MADAM: 


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Words  of  Wisdom  to  Sufferers  from  & 
Lady  of  Notre  Dame,  Indiana. 

I  send  free  of  charge  to  every  sufferer  this  great 
Woman  Remedy,  witli  full  instructions,  descrip- 
tion of  my  past  sufferings  and  how  I  permanently 
cured  myself. 

You  Can  Cure  Yourself  at   Home  Without  the 

Aid  of  a  Physician. 

It  costs  nothing  to  try  this  remedy  once,  and  if 
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Tell  other  sufferers  of  it;  that  is  all  I  ask.  It  cures 
everybody,  your.g  or  old. 

If  you  feel  bearing  down  pains  as  from  approach 
ing  danger,  pain  in  the  back  and  bowels,  creeping 
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rather  bewildering  tale.  But  Mrs.  Annabel 
had  not  been  a  mother  of  boys  for  naught,  and 
she  listened  to  the  pathetic  story  with  wise 
little  nods  and  intelligent  comments  that 
gave  immediate  comfort. 

"He  is  really  rough,  Annabel;  almost  vul- 
gar, it  seems  to  me,  though  I  so  do  hate  to  say 
it,  and  wouldn't  except  among  ourselves.  And 
be  used  to  be  such  a  gentleman." 

"And  slang— oh,  my  dear,  that  is  beyond 
description — almost  profane.  Of  course,  I 
know  he  wouldn't  talk  so  if  he  realized  how 
wrong  it  is.  But  his  father  doesn't  seem  to 
hold  quite  our  views." 

"I  could  bear  the  rest  better,  if  hi9  music 
hadn't  gone  to  ruin.  He  used  to  love  it  so. 
Why  he  read  lives  of  Beethoven  and  Handel 
before  he  had  left  our  care,  besides  many 
sketches  of  other  great  composers.  As  for 
practicing — when  I  think  of  his  scales  in  all 
the  positions,  and  arpeggios  and  five-finger 
exercises,  and  how  he  used  to  practice  them  by 
the  hour;  and  now  hear  that  dreadful  noise  he 
calls  'ragtime,'  I  am  ready  to  despair.  Even 
his  beautiful  hands  have  changed.  They  look 
like  a  prize-fighter's  now,  or,  as  I  should  sup- 
pose a  prize-fighter's  would  look." 

"I'm  afraid,  Annabel,  if  one  can  consider 
such  a  possibility  of  darling  Lillie's  child,  that 
if  Guy  keeps  on — much  as  I  love  him — 
I'm  afraid  he  will  make  a  bad  man."  At  this 
climax  Miss  Henrietta  disappeared  behind  her 
handkerchief. 

Mrs.  Annabel  straightened  up.  "Never!" 
she  declared  briskly.  "Never!  You  two  kept 
him  too  much  compressed,  and  the  inevitable 
has  happened.  Since  the  chance  for  expansion 
came,  he  has  gone  to  the  other  extreme,  and 
demands  more  space  than  he  can  occupy. 
Leave  him  to  me  a  while,  will  you?" 

"Willingly.  Though  I'm  afraid  you  will 
be  disappointed,  for  we've  tried  hard  to  inter- 
est him  in  higher  things.  Henrittta  read 
several  of  Poe's  poems  to  him,  and  did  them 
beautifully,  but  he  said  they  were  'all  rot.' 
Then  I  played  Handel's  'Largo'  and  Schu- 
mann's 'Traumerei'  with  all  the  expression  I 
am  capable  of,  and  he  actually  looked  bored." 

"He  was  bored,  Leonora.  Healthy,  rol 
licking  boys  don't  need  Largos  and  Ravens, 
Even  ragtime  music  has  its  place  as  a  factor  in 
the  education  of  same  boys.  My  rxperi<nce 
has  been  that  the  most  effective  way  to  disgust 
a  person  with  undesirable  things,  is,  not  to 
force  them  out  of  their  grasp,  but  to  substi- 
tute something  they  will  like  better." 


"You  may  be  right,  Annabel.  At  all 
events  we  are  not  prepared  to  contradict  you." 

Presently  Guy  came  in,  tousled,  torn  and 
disheveled,  too  much  elated  over  the  string  of 
trout  that  accompanied  him  into  the  sitting 
room  to  care  for  his  appearance.  The  old 
ladies  protested  wildly  and  kept  their  distance 
from  the  wriggling  mass  as  they  introduced 
their  nephew  to  his  unknown  aunt.  The  look 
of  half  disgusted  disappointment  on  the  lad's 
face  cleared  away  as  Aunt  Annabel  gave  him  a 
hearty  kiss  and  admired  his  catch  to  his  heart's 
content. 

It  was  two  hours  later  when  a  dreadful  din 
began  in  the  parlor.  Annabel  had  disappeared, 
and  the  aunties  set  out  to  see  if  Guy  had  cor- 
nered her  in  the  parlor  to  hear  his  voice.  What 
was  their  dismay  at  beholding  their  sister  at 
the  piano  playing  "Whistling  Rufus"  with 
might  and  main,  while  the  lad  sang  at  the  top 
of  his  voice. 

"Glory  Day— that's  all  right,  all  right!" 
declared  Guy  as  the  song  ended.  "I  haven't 
got  the  kinks  out  of  my  windpipe  before  since 
I  came.     'Fraid  of  the  aunties,  you  know." 

"Did  you  ever!"  gasped  Mi«s  Henrietta. 

"I  never  did!"  said  Miss  Leonora.  And 
they  told  the  truth. 

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Guy's  muiic.  He  and  Aunt  Annabel  became 
chumi  at  once,  and  between  them  they  kept  the 
old  piano  tinkling  or  banging  from  morning 
till  night.  Guy  reveled  in  his  favorite  selec- 
tions while  the  aunts  wondered  if  it  were 
Annabel  who  had  gone  demented  or  only  them- 
selves. 

But  Mrs.  Ryder  had  not  lost  sight  of  her 
purpose  even  while  she  kept  silence  concerning 
it.  She  was  fairly  setting  before  her  mother- 
less nephew,  one  phase  of  a  subject  and  wait- 
ing for  the  time  to  come  when  she  hoped  to  in- 
troduce him  to  the  other  phase,  the  "something 
he  would  like  better." 

One  morning  after  looking  over  her  mail,  she 
announced  that  her  tickets  had  come  for  the 
symphony  concert  in  the  city  that  evening.  "I 
shall  depend  or  you  for  escort,  Guy;  your  aunts 
are  not  feeling  equal  to  the  trip," 

"Classical  stuff,  I  suppose?"  asked  Guy 
discontentedly. 

"Assuredly  yes,"  was  the  cheerful  reply. 
"And  it  will  be  exquisitely  rendered.  This 
orchestra  has  a  national  reputation,  and  I've 
been  anxious  to  hear  it  for  a  long  time." 

The  boy  said  no  more.  He  could  do  no  less 
than  accompany  Aunt  Annabel,  who  had  been 
so  lovely  to  him.  "But  if  there's  anything  I 
despise  it's  that  sort  of  racket,"  he  grumbled 
to  himself,  wrestling  with  his  tie  as  he  made 
ready  for  the  down  train. 

If  Mrs.  Ryder  guessed  his  mental  disturb- 
ance, she  gave  no  sign,  but  was  unusually 
bright  and  interesting,  chatting  serenely  until 
the  hall  was  reached  and  the  conductor  gave 
the  opening  signal.  Guy  seitled  back  to  en- 
dure what  he  couldn't  cure.  After  all  it  was 
interesting  to  see  the  symmetry  of  motion 
among  the  players  even  if  one  didn't  care  for 
what  they  played.  How  gracefully  and  in 
what  perfect  rhythm  the  bows  moved  across  the 
many  violins — what  a  master  that  leader  must 
be  to  hold  the  whole  orchestra  like  a  single  in- 
strument in  his  frail  hands!  They  were  play- 
ing an  Allegro  from  a  Beethoven  Symphony, 
and  before  he  knew  it  Guy  was  listening  to 
the  melodious  strains.  Aunt  Annabel  watched 
him  slyly — saw  the  interest  kindled  in  the  alert 
black  eyes  as  the  boy  leaned  forward  3nd  placed 
his  elbows  on  the  balustrade.  During  the 
fourth  selection  from  the  symphony  he  turned 
with  a  quick  motion. 

"That  isn't  half  bad,  is  it,  aunt?" 
"I  like  it  very  much,  Guy." 
"It's  a  shsme  the  old  codger  had  to  be  deaf, 
wasn't  it?" 

"It  was  a  sad  tragedy  for  Beethoven,  Guy." 


The  beautiful  numbers  followed  in  quick 
succession,  and  in  one  listener  at  least  the  in- 
terest steadily  increased.  It  was  late  in  the 
evening  when  Brahms'  immortal  waltzes  were 
played,  perhaps  the  most  exquisite  movements 
that  ever  emamted  from  a  master  brain.  Rip- 
pling, dimpling,  glancing  fongs  of^birds,  mu- 
sic of  laughing  streams — what  did  they  not 
suggest?  Aunt  Annabel  forgot  to  watch  he 
boy  as  the  charm  of  the  music  bewitched  her 
Did  ever  mortal  ear  hear  sounds  as  sweet  be- 
fore? She  felt  a  pang  at  the  close — a  sense  of 
loss.  Then  she  remembered  Guy.  The  audi- 
ence was  applaudiog  madly,  but  the  silent  fig- 
ure at  her  side  turned  tear-brimmed  eyes  to 
hers  and  said,  "Oh,  I  say,  Aunt  Annabel,  I 
didn't  know  there  was  music  in  the  world  like 
that." 

She  had  her  chance  on  the  way  home,  and 
she  used  it  to  the  lasting  good  of  the  boy. 

"That  is  the  refinement  of  music,  my  lad," 
she  told  him.  "There  aie  many  grades,  but 
only  the  best  is  worth  one's  real  endeavor." 

"I  thought  classical  music  was  all  bosh," 
confessed  Guy.  "I've  never  heard  much  only 
Aunt  Leonora's,  and  hers  didn't  sound  like 
that." 

Aunt  Annabel  smiled  in  the  darkness  at  the 
remembrance  of  her  sweet  old  sister's  faint  and 
timid  sonatas.  But  she  only  said,  "I  am  glad 
you  see  for  yourself  what  music  may  become. 
The  same  is  true  of  all  other  good  things:  Of 
language,  which  may  be  pure  and  ennobling 
or  merely  a  medium  for  the  expression  of  coarse 
thoughts;  of  personal  appearance,  of  intellect- 
ual attainments;  of  all  the  elements  that  make 
up  our  lives.  It  is  for  us  to  decide  which  grade 
we  will  choose  as  our  goal.  We  may  live 
ragtime  lives,  think  ragtime  thoughts,  use 
ragtime  speech,  play  ragtime  music.  Or  we 
may  mold  ourselves  into  lives  of  perfection  as 
far  removed  from  ragtime  as  are  Brahms 
waltzes." 

' '  I  guess  that's  what  Aunt  Leonora  and  Aunt 
Henrietta  have  tried  to  teach  me,  only  I  was 
too  stupid  to  understand,"  said  a  quiet  voice 
at  her  side.  "All  the  fellows  called  me  prim 
and  old-fashioned  when  I  started  to  school, 
and  made  fun  of  me  for  being  so.  Then  I 
tried  to  forget  all  I'd  learned  and  be  as  dif- 
ferent as  I  could,  for  I  thought  maybe  because 
they  were  only  women  they  didn't  know 
much." 

"But  you  see  they  do,  my  dear.  They  live 
that  Beethoven  Andante  every  day.  Every 
sweet,  soft  strain  reminds  me  of  them." 


"And  I'm  living  Whistling  Rufus.'  I'm 
glad  I  found  it  out  in  time." 

Next  day  another  pile  of  music  joined  the 
one  on  the  piano.  Aunt  Annabel  brought  it 
down,  making  no  comment,  but  Guy  pounced 
upon  it  at  once,  and  was  toon  twanging  away 
at  one  of  his  old  studies,  while  Aunt  Leonora 
listened  with  tears  of  joy  in  her  faded  eyes. 
"It's  not  much,  but  it's  good  metal  what  there 
is  of  it,"  was  the  boy's  comment  as  he  finished. 
Then  he  turned  impetuously  to  the  two  long- 
suffering  but  still  adoring  aunties  on  the  divan. 

"I  say,  I  haven't  lived  up  to  all  you  used  to 
teach  me,  but  I  haven't  forgotten  it.  I'm  go- 
ing to  try  to  be  a  man  yet  that  you  won't  be 
ashamed  of."  Then  he  kissed  them  both 
tempestuously  and  ran  away  while  they  wept 
blissfully  on  each  other's  shoulders,  and  Aunt 
Annabel  hummed  softly  but  happily  a  frag- 
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fVith  the  Children 

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Lullaby. 

By  Walter  de  la  Mare. 

Shut  now  those  summer- haunted  eyes; 
'Tis  but  the  lonely  owl  that  cries, 

Tu-whit,  tu-whoo! 
And,  O,  its  burden  is,  Come  soon, 
Sleep,  to  the  drowsy  little  one! 

Stir    not     thy    hands!     The     wind     that 

goes 
To  breathe  the  sweetness  of  the  rose, 

Sighs  softly  through; 
And  O,  its  whisper  is,  Come  soon, 
Sleep,  to  the  drowsy  little  one! 

Fold  thy  bright  lips!    The  voice  that  wails 
Is  the  far-echoing  nightingale's, 

Lone  to  the  moon; 
And  all  her  music  is,  Come  soon, 
Sleep,  to  the  drowsy  little  one! 

— Pall   Mall  Magazine. 


The  Advance  Society. 

Well,  young  friends,  it's  pretty  warm- 
just  the  time  of  the  year  when  most  people 
want  to  do  only  what  they  have  to. 
And  yet  in  spite  of  the  thermometer,  our 
faithful  members  of  the  Av.  S.  have  been 
working  right  along  at  history,  poetry, 
quotations  and  Bible.  It  is  a  little  thing 
to  read  five  pages  of  history  on  some  pleas- 
ant day  when  you  don't  feel  like  doing 
anything  else.  But  when  you  take  pains 
not  to  let  a  week  slip  by  without  reading 
five  pages,  it  becomes  a  healthful,  helpful 
habit  that  tends  to  make  you  more  of  a 
man  or  a  woman,  according,  of  course,  to 
circumstances.  And  a  week  slips  by  pret- 
ty fast  after  all.  If  you  are  not  careful, 
many  weeks  will  glide  away  without  leav- 
ing you  any  brighter  or  better.  And  if 
they  do,  what's  the  use  of  you?  The 
world  is  improving  all  the  time,  and  if  you 
aren't  improving,  it's  no  place  for  you. 
Look  at  this  new  Honor  List,  and  take  cour- 
age and  resolution  from  the  example  of 
these  people  who  are  determined  to  im- 
prove themselves.  Nannie  D.  Chambers, 
Richwood,  K>\  (25th  quarter.  My  mother 
is  visiting  her  right  at  this  time  and  I  am 
keeping  house;  wouldn't  you  like  to  see 
me  cook?  I'd  like  to  see  you  eat  it,  when 
it's  cooked.  Why  not  come  around?  I 
can  give  you  cornbread  and  eggs,  and  you 
can  buy  your  own  milk.  By  day  a  gaunt 
shadow  prowls  around  the  premises;  it 
used  to  be  Felix  before  he  began  subsist- 
ing on  my  viands,  but  he's  nardly  enough 
of  anything  now  to  be  called  a  cat.  Oh, 
yes,  and  I  must  tell  you  about  our  orphan 
Charlie— but  I'd  better  go  on  with  this 
Honor  List  and  get  it  done  first  and  then  do 
something  else.)  Beulah  Shortridge,  Glen- 
wood,  Ind.,  6'h  (Her  report  is  of  14  leaves, 
fastened  together  with  the  Av.  S.  colors,  old 
gold  and  blue,  a  really  pretty  combination. 
By  the  way  some  one  asks  if  one  must 
copy  quotations  in  the  reports.  It  isn't  re- 
quired—but really,  I  must  get  on  with  this 
list);  Flossie  Davis,  Des  Moines,  la.  (4th— 
her  quotations  are  all  fine,  as  this  one 
from  Beecher,  "The  man  who  has  lived 
for  himself  has  the  privilege  of  being  his 
own  mourner,"  and  this  from  Herbert, 
"He  who  cannot  forgive  others,  breaks  the 
bridge  over  which  he  must  pass  himself"); 
Edna  Bear,  Iberia,  Mo.  (7th  and  8th; 
Edna  did  not  send  in  her  7th  on  time, 
owing  to  the  illness  and  death  of  her  mother; 


she  has  the  sympathy  of  the  Av.  S.);  Mary 
Lindale,  Glenwood,  Ind.;  Mary  Rice,  Har- 
risonville,  Mo.  (6th);  Mrs.  F.  A.  Potts, 
Chattanooga,  Tenn.  (17th— and  a  dollar 
for  our  missionary  and  orphan);  Lillie 
Fisher,  Dunlap,  Mo.;  Mabel  G.  Damerell, 
Walnut,  Kan.  (10th);  Sadie  Pugsley, 
Woodbine,  la.  (Her  report  is  neatly  type- 
written); Mrs.  W.  A.  Mason,  Nevada,  Mo. 
(7th — with  her  usual  mite  for  Drusie); 
Wilhelmina  Mosby,  Denver,  Col.  (I  would 
like  to  know  if  Wilhelmina  received  the 
Av.  S.  pin  I  ordered  her.  Some  one  asks 
me  to  describe  the  same.  It  is  a  small 
gold  pin  shaped  as  an  open  book,  with 
"Av"  on  one  open  page,  and  "S"  on  the 
other — an  attractive"  little  ornament) ;  Grace 
Everest,  Oklahoma  City  (2nd— her  report 
is  shaped  like  a  little  book,  the  pages 
sewed  together). 

Dunlap,  Mo.:  "My  name  is  Lillie  Fisher. 
I  am  10  years  old.  My  school  teacher  be- 
gan keeping  the  Av.  S.  rules  with  me,  but 
the  fifth  week  she  went  visiting  and  forgot 
her  Bible  verse,  but  I  didn't  forget  mine. 
I  live  on  a  farm  10  miles  east  of  Trenton, 
where  my  father  lived  when  he  was  a  little 
boy.  My  mother  has  taken  the  Christian- 
Evangelist  25  years.  My  aunt  Lizzie  Wal- 
lace, Cameron,  111.,  wanted  me  a  long  time 
to  join  the  Av.  S.,  so'she  could  see  my  let- 
ters in  the  paper.  Her  birthday  and  mine 
are  in  February."  (I  wouldn't  have  a 
birthday  in  any  other  month.)  "I  have  two 
cats,  Topsy  and  Bluebird."  (1  have  a  cat, 
his  name  is  Felix.  He  is  not  very  kind  to 
birds,  so  you  had  better  keep  Bluebird  at 
home.)  "I  send  50  cents  for  Drusie,  our 
missionary,  and  orphan  Charlie.  My  two 
uncles  each  gave  me  a  quarter,  and  I  send 
them  too,  to  do  as  you  think  best."  (Well, 
we  have  a  street  fair  beginning  here  to  day, 
and  I  expect  those  two  qaarters  would  get 
me  into  two  of  the  shows.  However,  I'll 
put  them  in  with  your  other  money.) 

Mrs.  Helen  M.  Bunker,  Exline,  la.: 
"When  the  Av.  S.  first  adopted  'Little 
Joe,'  our  own  two  orphan  children  sent 
you  something  for  him.  A  few  weeks  ago 
the  letter  that  Ella  wrote  you  was  printed. 
It  had  been  so  long  since  they  sent  the 
money,  we  thought  it  might  not  have 
reached  you,  but  as  it  did,  we  send  again. 
Ella  is  not  with  us  now,  but  Everett  sends 
50  cents  for  Charlie;  he  earned  it  raking 
hay  for  a  neighbor.     I  send  50   cents   for 


Drusie.  Everett  is  Charlie's  age.  May 
God's  blessing  rest  on  those  who  labor  for 
love  of  Him."  (That's  a  very  short  letter, 
but  you  can't  think  how  much  good  it  has 
done  me.  A  good  many  letters,  some 
written  as  long  ago  as  last  Cfcristmas,  are 
still  unprinted.  It's  because  our  space  is 
so  limited.  As  soon  as  "The  Woodneys"  is 
finished  we'll  have  more  room.  Don't 
you  wish  the  story  would  end  to-morrow? 
Now  just  think  of  this  little  boy,  himself 
an  orphan,  raking  hay  to  make  enough 
money  to  send  to  help  support  another  or- 
phan! I  like  to  think  of  the  boys  and 
girls  who  deny  themselves  to  help  our  or- 
phan and  missionary.)  Mary  A.  Rice:  "I 
send  in  my  sixth  report.  I  am  glad  Charlie 
is  having  a  nice  visit  in  the  country.  I 
picked  up  some  apples  for  Drusie  and 
Charlie;  I  hope  they  will  enjoy  them;  di- 
vide it  half  and  half."  (This  is  a  delicate 
way  of  saying  that  she  sends  a  dollar  of 
her  own  earnings.)  Mrs.  Ireland,  Kirks- 
ville,  Mo.:  "I  see  from  the  Christian- 
Evangelist  that  Charlie  is  to  spend  this 
month  with  you.  I  send  a  couple  of  night- 
shirts, too  large  for  my  own  boy.  I  trust 
he  is  having  a  good  time  romping  with 
your  old-gold  pet,  Felix,  even  if  the  fur 
does  fly."  (The  shirts  came,  and  were  in 
excellent  condition.  Charlie  hasn't  come, 
yet.  After  Mrs.  Ryman  kept  him  for  a 
month  on  her  farm,  her  father-in-law  took 
him  to  Grayson,  and  he  has  been  visiting 
friends  of  the  family.  I  have  talked  to 
him  several  times  over  the  telephone,  for 
Grayson  is  not  far  away,  and  once  he 
drove  into  Plattsburg  to  call  on  me.  He 
found  my  father  and  mother  at  home,  but 
I  was  out  on  another  farm.  You  ask  what 
I  was  doing  there.  Well,  swimmifg  and 
eating  ice  cream  and  apples,  and  playing 
on  the  piano,  and  we  killed  a  great  big 
rattlesnake  which  bit  the  dog  and  his  head 
swelled  all  up  till  you  ought  to  have  seen 
him.     But    Charlie — speaking   of   our   or- 


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phan— telephoned  that  he  is  coming  in 
this  week  to  be  with  me  during  our  street 
fair,  so  the  night-shirts  are  lying  out  on 
his  bed  for  him,  and  Felix  is  trying  to 
hold  in  his  hair  till  Charlie  gets  here.  I'm 
afraid  Charlie  will  not  be  so  plump  after 


dining  at  my  board.  Some  of  ycu  do  not 
know  that  I  am  without  a  lady.  Not  long 
ago  one  of  you  sent  a  check  for  the  orphan 
payable  to  "Mrs.  J.  B.  Ellis."  I  had  the 
creepy  feeling  of  endorsing  that  check 
with  my  wife's  name  before  I  got  a  wife. 


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Fearis,  Ky.,  sends  a  dollar  for  Drtsgie.) 
Clara  E.  Sandbury,  Red  Wing,  Minn.: 
"My  little  boy  Karl  tends  50  cents  to  be 
used  for  Charlie  and  my  niece  Edna  sends 
50    cents  for    Drusie."     (Did  I  put  Edna 


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THE  THREE  CORDS  OF  LOVE. 


THERE  are  three  kinds  of  love— perhaps,  rather,  I  should  say, 
three  instruments  on  which  love  plays.  It  may  manifest 
itself  through  the  heart,  through  the  soul,  or  through  the 
mind.  My  love  for  you  may  be  either  practical,  admiring,  or 
communing.  The  love  of  the  heart  is  practical;  it  ministers  in 
common  things.  The  love  of  the  soul  is  admiration;  it  looks 
upon  a  far-off  glory  and  longs  to  be  near  it.  The  love  of  the 
mind  is  communion;  it  has  touched  a  point  of  equality  with  its 
object;  it  can  listen  and  respond.  A  mother's  love  for  her  child 
is  that  of  the  heart;  it  is  helpful.  A  poet's  love  for  nature  is  that 
of  the  soul;  it  is  wondering,  admiring.  A  friend's  love  for  a 
friend  is  that  of  the  mind;  it  is  intellectual  sympathy — communion. 
I  think  our  love  for  God  plays  successively  each  of  these  tunes. 
We  begin  with  the  heart;  we  say,  "Our  Father";  we  try  to  work 
for  our  Father.  By  and  by  the  vision  of  wonder  breaks  upon  us — 
the  love  of  the  soul;  we  bow  with  admiration  before  mysteries  of 
the  universe.  At  last  comes  the  glad  morning — the  love  of  the 
mind;  we  begin  to  know  God— to  commune  with  Him,  to  speak 
with  Him  face  to  face  as  a  man  speaketh  with  his  friend;  that  is 
the  manhood  of  our  love. 

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terms  of  peace  was  as  surprising  to 
themselves  as  to  the  rest  of  the  world. 
M.  Witte  frankly  admits  that  he  was 
"amazed"  at  the  Japanese  acceptance 
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ate over  Korea,  the  surrender  of  the 
southern  Manchurian  railroad — these 
were .  all  points  about  which  there 
could  be  little  doubt.  The  peaceful 
progress  of  the  negotiations  while 
these  topics  were  under  discussion 
blindedfno  one  to  the  danger  of  a  rup- 
ture'Jwhen  the  more  important  topics 
should  [come  up  for  consideration. 
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thelcession  of  Sakhalin  Island  to  Ja- 
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ships  internedfin  neutral  harbors,  and 
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force  in  the  far  east.  The  two  groups 
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representatives  to  grant.  There  is 
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joying our  hospitality,  and  strongly 
urged  both  governments  to  moderate 
their  demands  and  compromise.  The 
appeal  was  successful.  It  did  not 
materially  alter  Russia's  attitude,  but 
Japan  was  convinced  of  the  wisdom  of 
making  all  the  concessions,  if  neces- 
sary, to  secure  peace.  And  so  she 
did.  The  interned  ships  were  given 
back.  The  limitation  of  Russian  naval 


power  was  given  up.  The  northern 
part  of  Sakhalin  was  conceded,  retain- 
ing only  the  southern  part,  which  was 
formerly  Japanese  territory.  The  de- 
mand for  indemnity  was  entirely  aban- 
doned. This  was  the  hardest  conces- 
sion of  all.  The  demand  had  been 
veiled  under  polite  phrases,  such  as 
reimbursement  for  the  cost  of  the  war 
and  ransom  for  the  return  of  Sakhalin. 
The  final  agreement  entirely  aban- 
dons the  principle  of  indemnity,  un- 
der whatever  name,  and  provides  only 
that  Japan  shall  be  reimbursed  for  the 
cost  of  caring  for  Russian  prisoners. 


A  Japanese 
Victory. 


The  peace  terms  are  a  victory  for 
the  Japanese.  When  the  strain  was 
over,  M.  Witte,  ac- 
cording to  the  pub- 
lished reports,  burst 
into  a  rather  ecstatic  eulogy  of  him- 
self and  his  achievement  in  getting 
such  unexpectedly  good  terms.  Un- 
questionably he  got  all  that  was  to 
be  had  and  much  more  than  his 
government  was  entitled  to  by  all 
those  precedents  by  which  our  ideas 
of  justice  and  fairness  in  such  matters 
are  controlled.  This  may  be  good 
diplomacy,  or  again  it  may  not.  In 
any  case  it  was  a  victory  of  stubborn- 
ness rather  than  of  subtlety.  The 
Russians  were  unable  to  convince 
even  themselves  of  the  justice  of  their 
contention;  much  less  could  they  con- 
vince the  world  or  the  Japanese.  It 
was  not  a  question  of  convincing  any- 
body, but  of  stubbornly  and  recklessly 
refusing  to  settle  upon  any  other 
terms  than  those  which  they  had  pro- 
posed. It  can  scarcely  be  supposed 
that  the  Russians  expected  Japan  to 
be  forced  by  physical  or  financial 
necessity  to  accept  her  terms,  but  it  is 
conceivable  that  Witte  and  the  Czar 
shrewdly  guessed  that  Japan  would 
be  more  susceptible  to  the  pressure  of 
world-wide  public  opinion  than  they 
were,  and  would  therefore  prefer  to 
make  a  disadvantageous  peace  rather 
than  bear  even  half  of  the  odium  of 
going  on  with  the  war  because  of  dis- 
agreement about  indemnity.  In  real- 
ity, that  was  just  what  happened. 
Russia  was  willing  to  sacrifice  either 
her  soldiers  or  her  reputation  to 
save  her  roubles  and  that  something 
called  honor  which  sometimes,  in 
the  case  of  governments,  consists  in 
refusing  to  pay  one's  debts.  Japan, 
although  successful  in  the  war  up  to 
date,  was  sincerely  anxious  for  peace, 
both  to  prevent  further  loss  of  life  and 
money  and  to  conform  to  the  univer- 
sal sentiment  of  humanity  in  favor  of 


peace.  So  everything  was  sacrificed 
and  peace  was  made.  It  was  good 
diplomacy  for,  while  the  war  has  given 
Japan  a  high  standing  among  the 
fighting  powers,  her  generous  conces- 
sions for  the  sake  of  peace  will  give 
her  a  new  status  among  the  civilized 
powers.  This  in'  itself  is  worth  more 
to  a  rising  young  nation  than  a  cash 
indemnity.  It  was  good  business, 
too,  for  to  carry  the  war  on  to  the 
point  where  Japan  could  compel  the 
payment  of  an  indemnity  would  have 
cost  more  than  the  indemnity  would 
amount  to. 

President     Roosevelt     has     gained 

more  glory  than  anyone  else  from  the 

_.  _  ..  „,  successful  issue  of 
The  President  s  thg  peacg  conference> 

Triumph.  and  fae  deserves  it    It 

was  a  hazardous  thing  for  the  head  of 
a  government  under  whose  auspices  a 
peace  conference  is  being  held  to 
undertake  to  influence  the  negotia- 
tions. Such  an  effort  could  result 
successfully  only  when  backed  by  the 
utmost  moral  earnestness  and  sin- 
cerity, with  no  trace  of  selfish,  motive, 
and  made  in  the  most  skillful  and 
diplomatic  way.  Both  of  these  condi- 
tions were  met  and  the  President  voiced 
effectively  the  peace  sentiment  of  the 
civilized  world.  It  was  a  piece  of  that 
extraordinary  and  exceptional  diplo- 
macy which  transcends  diplomacy. 
The  professional  diplomat  is  seldom 
capable  of  it.  It  is  being  rumored 
that  the  Nobel  prize  forthis  yearforthe 
promotion  of  peace  may  be  awarded 
to  the  President.  It  would  be  rather 
absurd  for  any  one  else  to  receive  it. 
The  prize,  it  will  be  remembered,  is 
one  of  five  established  by  the  will  of 
the  late  Alfred  Nobel,  the  inventor  of 
dynamite.  The  prizes  amount  to 
$40,000  each  and  are  awarded  each 
year  to  the  five  persons  who,  in  the 
judgment  of  the  committee,  have  made 
the  most  valuable  contribution  during 
the  year  to  the  sciences  of  chemistry, 
physics,  and  physiology,  to  pure 
literature  and  to  the  advancement  of 
peace. 

How  John  Hay  would  have  rejoiced 
in  the  part  our  government  has  played 
in  making  peace  and  securing  the 
open  door  in  the  far  east! 

It  looks  like  there  may  be  some  ex- 
citing times  in  South  Carolina.  "Take 
South  Carolina  out  of 
the  liquor  business," 
is  a  cry  that  has  been 
raised,  and  former  U.  S.  Senator  John 
McLaurin,  who  hasbeen  urged  torun  for 


An  Old 
Question. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


September  7,  1905. 


governor  on  an  anti-dispensary  plat- 
form, wants  to  "take  men  out  of  a 
partnership  with  the  devil  in  a  liquor 
traffic  that  is  sending  souls  of  men  to 
hell  and  with  its  corrupting  influences 
tainting  the  very  fountain  of  good 
government."  Mr.  Tillman,  who  is 
the  author  of  the  dispensary  law,  is  a 
bitter  enemy  of  Mr.  McLaurin,  and 
with  these  two  leaders  in  opposition 
the  fight  will  be  a  hot  one.  Mr.  Mc- 
Laurin is  a  member  of  the  Cotton 
Growers'  Association  and  represents 
the  newer  commercial  ideas  of  the 
awakened  south,  while  Mr.  Tillman's 
ideas  and  actions  are  familiar  to 
most  of  our  readers.  It  is  not  at  all 
surprising  to  us  that  charges  of  fraud, 
graft  and  corruption  are  being  made 
in  connection  with  the  operation  of 
the  state  liquor  business. 


Specials  for 

DrunKards. 


There  are  some  people  who  always 
have  to  resort  to  that  old  saying  that 
you  cannot  make  peo- 
ple sober  by  act  of 
Parliament  whenever 
legislation  of  a  restrictive  kind  is  sug- 
gested. But  the  truth,  in  the  old  say- 
ing is  of  a  very  minimum  quantity, 
while  the  mere  suggestion  of  penalties 
has  often  a  deterrent  effect.  This  is 
well  exemplified  in  a  peculiar  arrange- 
ment which  some  of  the  railroad  com- 
panies of  England  recently  announced. 
Anticipating  the  usual  contingent  of 
drunken  passengers  on  the  evening  of 
the  bank  holiday,  they  arranged  that 
to  save  annoyance  of  the  sober  passen- 
gers and  ladies  all  inebriates  should 
be  put  into  a  special  compartment  by 
themselves.  The  consequence  was  that 
no  drunkards  offered  themselves  as 
passengers,  the  new  regulation  appar- 
ently having  shamed  them  into  so- 
briety or  kept  them  away. 


President  Roosevelt  has  for  some 
time  been  the  most  noted  preacher  in 

Mr.  Bryan  as  a  this  land«  .For  while 
Preacher  not  occuPying  a  regu- 

lar pulpit  he  has  been 

delivering  some  first-class  sermons  in 
different  speeches  that  he  has  made. 
Mr.  Bryan,  another  political  leader, 
has,  on  many  an  occasion,  also  taken 
the  part  of  a  lay  preacher.  But  re- 
cently he  has  come  out  more  pro- 
nouncedly than  ever  before,  according 
to  one  of  the  editors  of  the  "Interior," 
who  heard  Mr.  Bryan's  new  address, 
"The  Prince  of  Peace,"  given  at  the 
Bible  conference  at  Winona.  It  must 
be  a  very  fine  deliverance.  It  would 
get  him  a  call  instanter,  says  our  con- 
temporary, if  he  presented  it  as  a  can- 
didate before  a  pastorless  congrega- 
tion, and  the  argument  and  manner  of 
delivery  is  described  as  follows: 

Mr.  Bryan  was  not  simply  religious  in 
his  line  of  discussion  and  appeal;  he  was 
evangelical;  even  more,  he  was  spiritual. 
His  main  purpose  was  to  show  that  the 
reception  of  Christ  into  the  human  life 
brings  peace  to  the  hearts  of  men  when  no 
earthly    successes     satisfy,    and    that   the 


spirit  of  Christ  in  society  increases  peace 
continually  in  the  personal  relations  of 
humanity.  Incidental  to  this,  he  made  a 
manly,  straightforward  defense  of  the 
reality  of  miracles,  the  divinity  of  Christ, 
the  reasonableness  of  atonement  and  the 
assurance  of  immortality.  His  arguments 
were  not  such  as  would  satisfy  a  professor 
of  apologetics,  but  they  were  made  up  of  a 
practical,  common-sense  logic  that  would 
strike  square  in  the  center  of  a  plain  man's 
difficulties.  His  eulogies  of  faith  and  self- 
sacrifice,  and  his  plea  to  young  men  and 
young  women  to  trust  themselves  fully  to 
the  friendship  of  Jesus  Christ,  were  in  the 
best  manner  of  Mr.  Bryan's  superb 
oratory,  touched  and  reinforced  by  burn- 
ing feeling.  In  bis  introduction  Mr.  Bryan 
declared  that  he  had  no  apology  to  make 
for  turning  from  politics  to  religion  as  a 
theme  of  public  speech,  because  matters  of 
government  touch  only  a  small  segment  of 
our  lives,  but  religion  covers  the  whole 
circle.  "And  besides,"  he  said  with  a 
smile,  "I  hate  monopoly  so  much  that  I 
don't  want  even  the  preachers  to  have  a 
monopoly  of  talking  religion." 


An  American 
Colony. 


As  a  nation  we  have  not  yet  gained 
any  such  reputation  as  colonizers  as 
belongs  to  our  Eng- 
lish forefathers,  but 
the  reasons  for  this 
are  easily  explicable.  All  our  energies 
have  been  bent  to  the  developing  of 
our  own  great  country.  Yet  there 
have  been  some  Americans  who  have 
gone  into  far  lands  with  the  settlement 
idea  as  their  plan.  Among  these  was 
a  band  of  enthusiasts,  who,  some 
twenty- five  years  ago,  set  out  to  estab- 
lish a  new  order  of  life  at  Jerusalem. 
They  seemed  to  be  inspired  by  a  de- 
sire to  be  amid  the  scenes  of  our 
Lord's  earthly  mission  when  he  ap- 
peared the  second  time  in  glory.  This 
colony  still  exists  in  a  kind  of  com- 
munistic way.  They  have  no  acknowl- 
edged head  and  no  separate  property, 
but  live  in  comfort  in  buildings  of 
their  own,  just  outside  the  Damascus 
gate.  They  are  self-supporting,  deal- 
ing much  with  tourists,  and  carry  on 
schools  that  are  popular  with  the 
well-to-do  classes.  They  number 
some  150  people  and,  while  not  en- 
gaged actively  in  missionary  work, 
they  have  won  the  affections  of  the 
poor,  and  their  irreproachable  and  in- 
dustrious lives  count  not  a  little  in 
commending  Christianity  to  their 
Moslem  neighbors. 

It  may  possibly  be  a  trifle  prema- 
ture to  chronicle  "the  passing  of  Ad- 
dicks,"  as  some  of  the 
papers  are  doing,  for 
Mr.  Ad  dicks  is  a 
shrewd  and  shifty  citizen  with  a  feline 
facility  for  lighting  on  his  feet.  But 
at  present  it  does  appear  probable 
that  his  political  race  is  run.  Reports 
from  Delaware  indicate  not  only  that 
Addicks  has  lost  most  of  his  money 
(though  not  necessarily  all  of  it  by  a 
good  deal)  but  that  his  staunchest 
friends  have  fallen  from  him,  con- 
vinced that  his  senatorial  ambition  is 
hopeless.    The  Addicks  episode  forms 


AddicKs 
Gone? 


the  most  remarkable  chapter  in  the 
history  of  senatorial  elections.  It  has 
been  virtually  a  sixteen-year  deadlock. 
In  1889,  having  then  recently  moved 
into  the  state  for  that  purpose,  he 
launched  his  candidacy  for  the  United 
States  Senate  and  went  into  the 
market  for  negotiable  statesmen  in  the 
Deleware  legislature.  Having  had 
previous  business  relations  with  this 
legislature  in  franchise  matters  he 
knew  the  scale  of  prices  and  antici- 
pated neither  difficulty  nor  unreason- 
able expense  in  acquiring  a  majority 
of  votes  on  a  joint  ballot  at  the  next 
senatorial  election.  But  many  unfore- 
seen obstacles  presented  themselves. 
Some  couldn't  be  bought  and  others 
wouldn't  stay  bought.  The  whole 
protracted  incident  has  been  an  awfnl 
example  of  venal  politics,  but  it  has 
its  encouraging  features.  That  a  man 
with  all  Addicks'  money  should  be  un- 
able to  buy  a  seat  in  the  Senate  in  six- 
teen years  of  constant  effort  is  not 
altogether  to  the  discredit  of  Dela- 
ware. 


An  Epic  of 
Graft. 


The  following  verses,  contributed 
anonymously  to  a  daily  paper,  may 
lack  something  of 
Homeric  grandeur 
and  Horatian  e  1  e  - 
gance,  but  they  are  worth  printing 
again  as  a  comment  on  some  events 
which  are  always  current: 

I  wonder  if  the  grievance  of  a  humble  pri- 
vate resident 

Could  reach  the  sympathetic  ear  of  our 
impulsive  President? 

I'd  like  to  make  a  strong  protest  against 
the  baneful  crime 

That  seems  to  have  resisted  well  the  gnaw- 
ing tooth  of  time, 

Of  paying  to  our  congressmen  ten  times 
more  than  they  need 

For  traveling  expenses  (sic)  and  also  for 
their  feed 

While  on  the  way  to  Washington,  poor, 
over-burdened  men, 

And  back  to  their  long-suffering  constitu- 
ents again. 

It's  20  cents  a  mile  each  way,  and  was  ad- 
justed so 

A  long  and  tedious  century  and  sixteen 
years  ago 

When  they  must  go  on  horseback  or  by 
stage  or  eke  on  foot, 

And  even  then  one-half  of  it  was  pure  and 
simple  loot. 

Iadeed,  the  times  we've  fallen  on  are  sad 
in  the  extreme 

When  bribes  and  graft  and  looting  are  of 
daily  news  the  theme; 

When  trusts  and  corporations  and  com- 
bines and  such  devices 

Conspire  to  put  the  wages  down  and  put 
up  all  the  prices; 

When  prodigal  extravagance  is  fostered  in 
high  places, 

Despite  the  curbing  influence  of  all  the 
Christian  graces; 

When  $500  inkstands  for  some  unknown 
reason  must 

Be  actually  furnished  to  our  servants  in 
high  trust, 

And  when  nothing's  too  expensive  our  of- 
ficial needs  to  fill, 

Providing  always,  mark  you,  that  the 
country  pays  the  bill. 


September  7,  1905. 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


1 149 


The  Divine  Labor  Organization. 

"Labor  Day"  brings  us  again  to 
consider  some  of  the  most  important 
interests  of  the  race.  "Lazarus  is  very 
uneasy  and  he  is  becoming  perilously 
impatient,"  says  a  recent  writer.  It 
is  a  fact  that  Lazarus  and  Dives  are 
still  found  and  one  is  clothed  in  pur- 
ple and  fine  linen  and  the  other  gets 
the  crumbs,  but  we  dare  say  Lazarus 
is  an  actor  in  this  drama  as  well  as 
Dives,  and  that  in  real  life  neither  is 
an  essential  figure. 

Perhaps  the  kindest  law  of  heaven 
is  that  which  was  proclaimed  in  the 
beginning  to  Adam,  that  in  the  sweat 
of  his  brow  man  should  earn  his  bread. 
Hewers  of  wood  and  drawers  of  water, 
men  bending  under  burdens  and  car- 
rying yokes,  people  that  dig  and 
weave  and  plant  and  build,  workers 
in  wood  and  marble  and  iron,  by  whom 
all  food,  clothing,  habitation,  furni- 
ture, and  means  of  delight  are  pro- 
duced for  themselves  and  for  others; 
men  whose  deeds  are  good  though 
their  words  be  few,  whose  lives  are 
serviceable  be  they  never  so  short,  and 
worthy  of  honor  be  they  never  so  hum- 
ble, as  well  as  men  who  paint,  or 
preach,  or  legislate,  or  teach,  or  gov- 
ern, or  write  books,  or  exercise  the 
healing  art — all  laborers  are  worthy 
of  happiness  and  of  hire,  and  no  true 
workman  will  say  the  law  of  heaven  is 
an  unkind  one  or  that  he  ever  found  it 
an  unrewarded  obedience  if  rendered 
faithfully  to  the  command,  "Whatso- 
ever thy  hand  findeth  to  do,  do  it  with 
thy  might." 

But  myriads  upon  myriads  of  hu- 
man creatures  have  obeyed  this  law, 
have  put  every  nerve  of  their  being 
into  its  toil,  have  devoted  every  hour 
and  exhausted  every  faculty  and  alas, 
what  failures!  Why  is  it  that  with  all 
our  cultivating  and  weaving  and  build- 
ing there  are  hungry  and  unclothed 
and  homeless  ones?  Why  is  it  that  with 
all  our  legislating  and  philosophizing 
and  organizing,  combining  and  asso- 
ciating, Dives  is  here  and  Lazarus  is 
here?  The  divine  labor  organization 
has  been  ignored.  Poverty  is  not  a 
necessary  evil.  Dives  and  Lazarus 
are  not  essential  characters  in  human 
life.  The  true  scripture  prayer  touch- 
ing these  conditions,  "Give  me  neither 
poverty  nor  riches,"  is  one  that  may 
be  answered  for  the  whole  human 
race,  and  all  the  troublous  questions 
and  problems  which  vex  and  threaten 
society,  Christianity  can  settle  by  the 
simplest  laws.  You  may  try  every 
principle  of  political  economy  so  far 
discovered.  You  may  have  every 
typical  Dives  quit  giving  crumbs,  sur- 
render his  purple  and  fine  linen  and 
distribute  all  his  goods  to  keep  the 
poor.  You  may  by  the  most  powerful 
combinations  of  government  answer 
the  cry  of  Lazarus:  "Give  me  for  my 
body's  sake  and  for  my  soul's  sake 
and  for  your  soul's  sake— give  me 
what  God  has  provided  for  me.  Give 
me  a  living  share  of  the  necessities 
and  comforts  of  life!"  You  may  do  all 


this,  and  it  will  be  only  a  little  while 
before  Lazarus  will  be  very  weary 
again  and  become  perilously  impa- 
tient. 

There  is  but  one  real,  permanent, 
universal  remedy.  It  is  in  the  gospel. 
The  golden  precept,  "Whatsoever  ye 
would  that  men  should  do  unto  you, 
do  ye  even  so  unto  them,"  is  the 
touchstone  of  the  labor  question,  and 
for  the  illustration  and  enforcement  of 
this  principle  the  highest  of  all  labor 
organizations — the  divine  labor  organ- 
ization— was  instituted.  "We  are  la- 
borers together  with  God."  God  is  a 
worker  and  we  work  with  him.  In  our 
common  partnership  are  divine  part- 
ners and  human — all  men  who  are  true 
workmen  working  together  with  God. 
A  society  founded  by  God  must  be 
perfect.  An  association  of  divine  and 
human  partners,  in  a  blessed  fellow- 
ship under  the  perfect  principles  of 
God's  law,  regulating  all  the  relations 
of  men  toward  each  other  and  bring- 
ing them  into  perfect  sympathy  and 
harmony  and  co-operation,  labor- shar- 
ing and  profit  sharing,  rendering  all 
conflict  impossible,  abolishing  Dives 
and  abolishing  Lazarus  as  well,  and 
making  men  one  universal  brother- 
hood, under  the  loving  Fatherhood  of 
God — such  an  organization  is  the 
church  of  Christ. 

But  has  the  church  attained|this  con- 
dition? Where  is  it  true  to  its  leader's 
example  and  teaching?  In  the  begin- 
ning it  was  so.  Read  Acts,  second 
chapter.  The  church  was  a  community 
for  the  time  being  where  none  could 
suffer  want.  The  partnership  worked 
for  the  glory  of  God  and  the  highest 
spiritual  and  temporal  welfare  of  the 
whole  body  and  of  every  individual 
member  of  the  body,  and  labored  to 
extend  the  beneficent  principles  of  the 
religion  of  Jesus  into  all  lands?[and 
homes  andhearts.  Was  not  this  a  perfect 
organization,  the  principles  perfect, the 
combination  perfect?  Wherever  it  pre- 
vailed did  not  peace  and  prosperity 
and  happiness,  as  far  as  is  possible 
under  earthly  conditions,  prevail?|And 
to-day,  if  man  would  co-operate  with 
heaven  and  with  his  fellow  in  harmony 
with  this  law  of  heaven,  who  can  deny 
that  all  differences  between  man  and 
man  would  end,  wars  would  cease,  in- 
justice and  wrong  perish  to  the  ends 
of  the  earth  and  "All  men's  good 
would  be  each  man's  aim;  and  univer- 
sal peace  lie  like  a  line  of  light  across 
the  land,  and  like  a  lane  of  beams 
athwart  the  sea  through  all  the  com- 
pass of  the  future  years"? 

What  is  the  cause  of  your  strikes 
and  the  sacrifice  of  millions  by  the 
cessation  of  business?  Is  it  not  the 
failure  of  men  to  apply  the  law  of  God 
in  their  relations  one  to  another? 
What  is  the  cause  of  drunkenness,  and 
the  ignorance,  poverty,  misery,  and 
crime  which  follow  the  terrible  curse 
of  intemperance?  Is  it  not  in  the  sin- 
ful indulgence  of  appetite,  the  dread- 
ful wrong  which  the  man  who  drinks 
does  himself,  and  the  tempting  to  evil 


which  the  man  commits  who  puts  the 
bottle  to  his  neighbor's  lips?  In  other 
words  the  unrighteous  violation  of  the 
law  of  this  great  fellowship?  What  is 
the  cause  of  poverty,  which  is  an  un- 
necessary evil,  the  failure  of  the  world 
to  feed  itself  and  clothe  itself  and 
shelter  itself?  Is  it  not  idleness  or  in- 
temperance or  extravagance  or  irre- 
ligion  in  some  form,  either  on  the  part 
of  him  who  suffers,  or  somebody  else 
who  fails  to  fulfil  his  duty  according 
to  the  law  of  Christ?  And  would  not 
the  remedy  of  the  gospel  effect  a  per- 
manent reformation? 

All  the  epidemics  that  break  out 
every  little  while  between  capital  and 
labor,  the  quarreling  between  the 
tree  and  its  fruit,  for  capital  is  in 
every  case  the  fruit  of  labor,  would 
find  ready  solution  by  bringing  both 
master  and  workmen  under  the  gospel 
of  Christ.  The  teachings  of  infidelity 
will  not  do  it,  nor  political  economy, 
nor  organizations  and  trades  unions, 
nor  strikes  and  boycotts.  We  must 
rise  to  a  higher  estimate  of  man  than 
any  of  these  remedies  involve.  The 
whole  difficulty  lies  in  a  low  value 
placed  on  man. 

"There  was  an  ape  in  the  days  that  were 

earlier, 
Centuries  passed  and    his   hair   became 

curlier; 
Centuries  more  gave  a  thumb  to  his  wrist — 
Then  he  was  a  maa  and  a  Positivist." 

That  is  the  man  of  science.  Politi- 
cal economy  deals  with  him  as  repre- 
senting so  much  work  and  so  much 
capital.  Trades  unions  estimate  him 
as  a  fellow  in  certain  common 
labors  and  interests.  Let  him  be 
regarded  as  a  partner  in  a  divine 
organization,  where  the  employer 
sees  Christ  in  his  workmen,  and 
the  workman  sees  a  brother  in  his 
employer;  and  as  Boaz  said  to  his 
reapers  the  employer  shall  say:  "The 
Lord  be  with  you,"  and  the  workmen 
shall  answer:  "The  Lord  bless  thee." 
Christ  is  not  only  the  reconciler  be- 
tween God  and  man  but  between  man 
and  man  as  well. 

Dr.  R.  F.  Horton,  one  of  the  leaders 
of  English  Congregationalism,  thinks 
that  if  Columbus  discovered  the  Amer- 
ican continent,  John  Calvin  created 
the  American  nation.  According  to 
Dr.  Horton  there  are  four  architectonic 
names  of  western  civilization:  Caesar, 
Augustine,  Pope  Gregory  VII  and 
John  Calvin,  who  liberated  the  idea  of 
the  church  from  Caesardom.  Dr.  Hor- 
ton says  truly  that  the  worst  side  of 
Calvin  seems  to  have  made  the  strong- 
est impression.  The  man  whose  his- 
torical knowledge  is  slight  stumbles 
at  the  theology  which  claims  Calvin 
as  its  father  and  knows  nothing  of  the 
great  genius  that  made  nations.  But 
if  Calvin  should  have  much  credit  for 
our  nationality,  the  time  will  come 
when  another  man,  who  revolted 
from  his  early  Presbyterian  training, 
will  stand  out  as  another  architectonic 
character  —  Alexander  Campbell  —  a 
unifier  of  American  religious  life. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN -EVANGELIST 


September  7,  1905. 


Questions  and  Answers. 

Q.  Is  it  permissible  in  church  trials  in 
the  Christian  church,  to  allow  witnesses 
outside  of  the  church  to  testify  as  to  the 
innocence  or  guilt  of  a  member  against 
whom  charges  have  been  preferred,  when 
such  charges  can  only  be  substantiated  by 
witnesses  outside  the  church  ? — X. 

A.  If  the  purpose  of  the  trial  be  to  ascer- 
tain truth  (as  we  suppose  it  is),  then  it 
would  be  permissible  to  receive  the  testi- 
mony of  the  witnesses  referred  to,  if  they 
be  of  such  character  as  to  give  value  to 
their  testimony. 


Q.  1.  What  relation  does  a  minister  sus- 
tain to  the  official  board  of  the  congregation 
he  serves? 

2.  Is  he  a  member  of  the  official  board 
with  privileges  equal  or  superior  to  the 
members  of  such  board  elected  by  the 
congregation  ? 

3.  Is  it  the  general  practice  and  is  it 
scriptural  for  official  boards  of  congrega- 
tions numbering  two  hundred  to  four  hun- 
dred members,  to  meet  for  transaction  of 
general  business  of  the  church  as  one 
body  comprising  elders,  deacons  and  dea- 
conesses, or  two  distinct  bodies  or  boards, 
one  of  elders  and  one  of  deacons  and  dea- 
conesses ? — Inquirer. 

A.  1.  The  minister  ought  to  sustain  the 
same  relative  position  to  the  congregation 
that  a  business  manager  or  superintendent 
of  an  enterprise  sustains  toward  that  enter- 
prise. He  ought  to  have  the  direction  of 
the  work,  subject  to  the  advice  of  his 
board  of  officers. 

2.  A  settled  minister  becomes  a  member 
of  the  congregation,  and  ought,  by  virtue 
of  his  office,  to  be  a  member  of  the  board 
of  officers,  with  the  same  rights  and  priv- 
ileges accorded  to  other  members.  Being 
called  to  the  work  by  the  congregation, 
he  derives  his  authority  from  the  same 
source  as  other  members. 

3.  The  brethren  do  not  all  agree  on  this 
question,  but  it  seems  to  us  that  when  the 
general  work  and  interests  of  the  church 
are  to  be  considered,  all  officers  ought  to 
meet  as  one  body.  In  the  apostolic  times 
there  was  evidently  a  division  of  the  detail 
work,  and  when  this  is  to  be  considered 
it  might  be  sufficient  for  that  portion  of  the 
officers  having  direct  charge  of  that  kind  of 
work  to  meet  for  its  consideration,  as  di- 
visions or  committees  of  the  general  body. 
In  general,  we  believe  there  should  be  but 
one  body  directing  the  affairs  of  the  church, 
because  temporal  and  spiritual  affairs  are 
and  ought  to  be  closely  blended. 


Notes  and  Comments. 

"The  Advance"  very  truly  remarks  that 
when  it  comes  to  Christ's  view  of  gifts  to 
good  causes  he  made  more  of  the  widow's 
mites  than  of  the  millions  of  rich  men. 

« 

The  Secretary  of  the  Navy  says  that  "the 
trouble  with  public  affairs  is  simply  dishon- 
esty." But  William  Allen  White  has  been 
compelled  to  admit  that  Governor  Folk's 
Sunday  "lid"  is  iron-clad,  bessemer-steel, 
copper-riveted.  Let  the  people  choose  hon- 
est rien,  and  then  help  them  to  remain 
honest  by  backing  them  up  when  they  do 
their  duty. 

9 

The  croaker  who  is   unable  to  see  that 


the  world  does  move  will  soon  be 
out  of  a  job,  since  the  Catholic  Tem- 
perance Union  has  grown  large  enough 
at  Wilkesbarre,  Pa.,  to  call  out  a  parade 
of  ten  thousand  uniformed  Catholic  ab- 
stainers. This  growth  of  the  right  sort 
among  Catholics  we  hail  with  delight. 


Dr.  Alexander  McLaren,  one  of  the  great- 
est of  preachers,  in  his  presidential  address 
to  the  Pan-Baptist  Congress,  developed  his 
thought  from  the  two  phrases,  "In  the  name 
of  Christ,"  "By  the  nower  of  Christ"— the 
relation  of  the  living  Christ;  the  relation 
of  the  indwelling  Christ.  All,  he  declared, 
would  be  wrong,  however  orthodox,  earnest, 
eloquent,  learned,  up-to-date,  wise  in  meth- 
ods our  churches  are,  if  these  things  fail. 

"We  are  coming  to  a  time,"  he  declared, 
"when  in  the  evolution  of  Christian  doc- 
trine and  in  reference  to  the  experience  of 
the  Christian  life,  there  will  be  far  more 
prominence  given  to  the  indwelling  Spirit 
of  life  and  holiness  and  power  than  ever 
there  has  been.  If  once  we  have  learned 
where  our  strength  is  we  shall  never  be 
so  foolish  as  to  go  forth  in  our  own 
strength.  How  long  would  it  take  to  pick 
the  ore  out  of  the  matrix  with  hammer 
and  chisel?  But  pitch  it  into  the  blast 
furnace,  and  by  night  you  will  be  able  to 
draw  out  the  pure  stream,  molten,  radiant, 
flashing." 


Real  prayer  meetings — that  is  the  crying 
need  of  the  hour,  thinks  G.  Campbell  Mor- 
gan. In  many  ways  this  English  preacher 
moves  very  close  to  the  lines  of  the  Disci- 
ples of  Christ.  In  an  interview  at  North- 
field  he  has  just  given  utterance  to  the  fol- 
lowing : 

"I  think  the  first  thing  for  the  church  to 
do  is  to  restore  its  forces  to  their  true 
function,  to  get  rid  of  wasting  its  energy 
on  things  which  do  not  constitute  its  mis- 
sion. I  feel  that  tremendously.  The  real 
life  of  the  church  has  been  sapped  by  fun- 
gus growths  of  all  sorts  of  things  that  don't 
belong  to  the  church.  The  first  thing  for 
her  to  do  is  to  realize  that  her  work  in  the 
world  is  the  Lord's  work,  which  was  seek- 
ing and  saving  the  lost.  Not  merely  the 
seeking  of  them,  but  the  saving  of  them, 
the  teaching  and  training  of  them  in  the  spir- 
itual life.  What  the  world  wants  is  saints 
who  are  living  as  saints,  and  the  church 
has  got  to  clean  up  its  own  borders ;  then 
she  must  get  into  line  with  a  minister  who 
will  lead  her  in  evangelistic  work  for  God. 

"It  is  not  altogether  the  fault  of  the  min- 
istry that  our  churches  have  no  accessions. 
The  church  is  not  only  a  conservative  club, 
but  it  is  an  aeerressive  force.  I  feel  every- 
body ought  to  be  doing  something,  finding 
their  own  sphere  and  filling  it." 


It  is  not  often  that  the  subject  of  prayer 
comes  up  in  scientific  meetings,  but  some- 
thing of  a  sensation  has  just  been  created 
by  the  remarks  of  Dr.  Theodore  Hyslop,  a 
brain  specialist,  in  the  meeting  of  the  Brit- 
ish Medical  Association.  Discussing  causes 
of  insanity,  Dr.  Hyslop  combated  the  idea 
that  religious  emotion  leads  to  mental 
troubles  or  aggravates  them.  Frequently  we 
read  in  the  newspapers  of  people  whose 
vagaries  are  attributed  to  religious  belief. 
Quite  the  contrary,  according  to  Dr.  Hys- 


lop. "As  an  alienist,"  he  said,  "and  one 
who  knows  the  sufferings  of  the  human 
mind,  I  would  state  that  of  all  the  hygienic 
measures  to  counteract  disturbed  sleep,  de- 
pression of  spirits  and  the  miserable  se- 
quels of  a  distressed  mind,  I  would  un- 
doubtedly give  the  first  place  to  the  simple 
habit  of  prayer.  Let  there  be  a  habit 
of  nightly  communion,  not  as  a  mendicant, 
nor  repeater  of  words  more  adapted  to  the 
tongue  of  a  sage,  but  as  a  humble  individ- 
ual who  submerges  or  asserts  his  individ- 
uality as  an  integral  part  of  a  greater  whole. 
Such  a  habit  does  more  to  clean  the  spirit 
and  strengthen  the  soul  to  overcome  mere 
incidental  emotionalism  than  any  other 
therapeutic  agent  known  to  me." 

Governor  Mickey,  of  Nebraska,  has  is- 
sued a  declaration  that  men  who  use  in- 
toxicating drinks  or  profane  language  are 
not  fit  to  serve  the  state.  Let  Ohio  now 
elect  Mr.  Pattison,  for  we  believe  it  needs 
him,  though  he  may  be  a  Democrat,  just 
as  we  believed  Mr.  Roosevelt  was  needed 
in  the  Presidency,  and  Mr.  Folk  as  gov- 
ernor of  Missouri.  We  want  men  who  are 
fit  to  serve  the  state  and  who  will  consider 
the  best  interests  of  the  masses  of  the 
people. 

A  great  deal  has  been  said  privately  and 
in  the  public  prints  lately  upon  the  sub- 
ject of  the  Sunday  "lid,"  the  reference,  for 
the  most  part,  being  to  the  closing  of  sa- 
loons on  Sunday.  But  the  Sunday  question 
is  a  much  broader  one  than  a  question  of 
drinking.  In  England  there  is  noticed  the 
same  growing  slackness  as  to  the  righteous 
observance  of  the  Lord's  day  as  here,  and 
church  dignitaries  have  begun  to  speak  out. 

In  our  land  the  Roman  Catholic  bishop 
of  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  has  just  been  taking 
his  parishioners  to  task  and  announced 
that  he  would  withhold  the  honors  of 
Christian  burial  from  such  as  should  die 
as  the  results  of  accidents  incurred  while 
violating  the  Lord's  day.     He  says : 

"Many  who  call  themselves  Christians, 
and  some  who  call  themselves  Catholics, 
start  out  on  Saturday  nights  and  Sunday 
mornings  to  spend  the  Sunday  at  some 
pleasure  resort,  places  of  very  questionable 
amusements,  such  as  dancing,  midways, 
and  drinking  places.  All  these  forget  the 
observance  of  the  third  commandment, 
"Keep  holy  the  Sabbath  day."  _  While  the 
Sabbath  is  made  for  man,  man  is  made  for 
God.  Hence  the  first  duty  on  the  Sabbath 
is  to  give  glory  to  God  according  to  pre- 
scribed forms  of  divine  service,  then  sanc- 
tified rest  and  innocent  recreation." 

An  endorsement  of  this  deliverance  was 
received  from  Hon.  Andrew  D.  White, 
fomer  president  of  Cornell  University,  and 
ambassador  to  Germany.     Dr.  White  says: 

"Although  I  was  brought  up  under  Pu- 
ritan ideas  as  regards  Sunday,  and  they  have 
had  considerable  effect  upon  me,  they  have 
been  so  far  modified  by  observation  and 
reflection,  that  I  am  quite  willing  that  the 
afternoon  of  Sunday,  after  the  earlier  re- 
ligious services  are  over,  shall  be  given  to 
reasonable  rest  and  recreation,  beyond,  in- 
deed, what  I  formerly  thought  wise.  But 
the  extremes  to  which  our  communities 
have  gone  of  late  in  appointing  every  sort 
of  game  and  amusement  through  the  morn- 
ing hours,  and  of  making  Sunday  resorts 
less  and  less  decent,  are  such  as  to  create 
just  alarm  among  all  thinking  citizens." 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


1151 


Editor's  Easy  Chair. 

Our  Christian-Evangelist  party 
arrived  at  Portland  in  sections,  but  we 
soon  got  together  at  one  or  two  of  the 
hotels.  Of  course  the  Lewis  and  Clark 
Exposition  was  one  of  the  chief  attrac- 
tions at  Portland,  but  it  is  by  no 
means  the  only  one.  The  exposition 
looks  small  to  anyone  who  saw  the 
Louisiana  Purchase  Exposition  at  St. 
Louis,  but  the  grounds  are  beautifully 
laid  out  and  the  buildings  and  exhibits 
are  well  worth  seeing.  We  were  spe- 
cially interested  in  the  agricultural 
and  forestry  exhibits.  It  was  a  sur- 
prise to  learn  that  one-sixth  of  all  the 
standing  timber  in  the  United  States 
is  in  Oregon.  The  fruit  and  vegetable 
exhibits  were  something  wonderful  to 
easterners.  Altogether  it  is  a  worthy 
celebration  of  a  great  achievement  in 
our  national  development.  Being  a 
sort  of  vest-pocket  edition  of  the 
World's  Fair  at  St.  Louis,  it  is  easier  to 
see  and  is  reported  to  be  paying  its 
way.  Thousands  of  people  are  mak- 
ing it  the  occasion  of  visiting  the 
coast,  and  most  of  these  visitors  take 
in  the  whole  coast  from  Los  Angeles 
to  Seattle.  Our  convention  and  others 
helped  to  swell  this  western  current  of 
travel,  which  will  no  doubt  inure  to 
the  benefit  of  the  coast  states.  Port- 
land itself  is  an  interesting  object  to 
the  visitor  from  the  east.  A  ride, on 
the  electric  car  over  Portland  Heights 
gives  one  a  fine  view  of  the  city,  which 
lies  spread  out  in  the  valley  below 
through  which  the  Willamette  river 
flows,  dividing  the  city  in  twain  and 
forming  a  junction  with  the  Columbia, 
twelve  miles  below  the  city,  and  con- 
stituting a  highway  for  the  ships  that 
pass  up  its  majestic  current  into  the 
gates  of  the  city. 

Arriving  in  Portland  Friday  morn- 
ing, the  first  day  was  devoted  to  see- 
ing the  exposition,  and  on  Saturday 
most  of  our  party  took  a  trip  up  the 
Columbia  river,  in  a  steamer,  as  far 
as  the  Cascades,  going  through  the 
locks,  and  return.  It  was  a  delight- 
ful excursion,  up  a  noble,  historic 
stream,  and  amid  scenery  as  fine  as 
that  along  the  Rhine.  The  majestic 
mountain  peaks,  the  deep,  dark  can- 
ons, the  waterfalls,  rushing  down 
the  mountain  sides,  and  the  rapids  in 
the  river,  formed  a  panorama  of  un- 
ceasing interest.  The  process  of 
passing  through  the  locks  was  a  new 
one  to  most  of  us,  and  was  watched 
with  interest.  As  our  steamer  was 
lifted  to  higher  levels,  or  gently 
lowered  to  lower  levels,  in  order  to 
pass  up  and  down  through  these 
locks,  the  thought  was  probably  sug- 
gested to  others  than  the  "Easy 
Chair,"  that  the  secret  of  overcoming 
obstacles  in  our  way  through  life,  is 
to  be  lifted  or  lowered,  as  the  case 
may  be,  by  a  power  not  ourselves,  but 
of  whose  use  we  may  avail  ourselves, 
if  we  will.  This  excursion  was  the 
last  the  "Easy  Chair"  was  permitted 
to  enjoy  with   the    members    of    our 


party.  Returning  to  Portland  in  the 
evening,  most  of  those  of  the  Chris- 
tian-Evangesist  Special  who  had 
hung  together  till  now,  went  on  at 
night  to  Seattle,  and  thence  by  the 
N.  P.  Railway  and  Burlington  to  their 
eastern  homes.  Others  left  by  the 
Oregon  Short  Line  &  U.  P.;  but  we 
tarried  in  Portland  over  Lord's  day, 
preaching  in  the  morning  for  Bro. 
E.  S.  Muckley,  at  the  First  Christian 
church,  to  what  seemed  an  adjourned 
meeting  of  the  great  convention. 
There  were  perhaps  a  dozen  preachers 
in  the  great  audience.  In  the  afternoon 
there  was  a  large  "echo"  meeting 
addressed  by  many  visiting  ministers 
and  some  of  the  local  pastors,  and 
participated  in  by  all  our  churches  in 
the  city.  There  was  but  one  senti- 
ment: The  San  Francisco  Conven- 
tion was  great,  and  well  worth  while. 

Our  next  stop  was  at  Tacoma  on  the 
Sound.  Besides  visiting  relatives  here, 
a  subordinate  object  was  to  capture  a 
large  silver  salmon  in  the  Sound.  With 
the  aid  of  our  nephew,  William  Harvey 
Darland,  who  is  an  expert  at  such 
matters,  and  who  furnished  the  tackle 
and  rowed  the  boat  for  us,  this  ambi- 
tion was  realized.  About  sundown, 
as  we  were  rounding  Point  Defiance, 
we  felt  the  tug  which  we  knew  meant 
business  for  the  next  few  minutes. 
After  a  gallant  fight  the  splendid  fish 
was  brought  alongside  the  boat,  and 
on  feeling  the  point  of  the  gaff  he 
made  such  resistance  that  the  dis- 
placement of  the  salt  water  wet  his 
captor  thoroughly.  But  what  mat- 
tered that,  when  the  great,  silver- 
sided  salmon  lay  in  the  boat — our  first 
trophy  of  that  species!  In  the  absence 
of  scales  we  estimated  him  at  eight  or 
ten  pounds,  and  a  silver  beauty  he 
was.  And  some  of  the  steaks  from 
him  made  good  eating  the  next  morn- 
ing. We  failed  to  meet  Bro.  W.  A. 
Moore,  the  new  pastor  here,  from  Mis- 
souri, but  heard  good  report  of  his 
work.  Brother  Cowden's  home  is 
here,  also,  but  he  and  wife  were  in 
Alaska,  visiting  their  sons.  Here  we 
met  John  and  Jesse  Turner,  with  their 
wives,  besides  Mrs.  Darland  and  fam- 
ily, all  formerly  of  southwestern  Mis- 
souri. The  city  is  beautiful  for  situa- 
tion, sitting  on  the  terraced  hills 
overlooking  the  Sound,  it  is  just  now 
experiencing  a  period  of  growth,  and 
development.  The  ride  on  the  little 
steamer  up  the  Sound  to  Seattle  is  a 
delightful  experience.  On  the  boat 
we  encountered  two  delayed  members 
of  our  party — J.  Murray  Taylor  and 
wife,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  who  were 
making  their  way  east  by  easy  stages. 

As  we  neared  the  landing  at  Seattle 
we  took  a  snapshot  of  the  New  York 
of  the  Pacific  as  it  lay  spread  out  over 
the  hills  and  in  the  valleys,  smiling  in 
the  light  of  the  afternoon  sun  as  if 
half  conscious  of  its  great  destiny. 
There  were  two  familiar  faces  at  the 
landing  to  greet  us — H.  O.  Shuey,  the 


banker,  and  his  brother,  T.  J.  Shuey, 
evangelist  and  pastor,  located  at 
Abingdon,  111.,  who  has  been  visiting 
his  brother  and  preaching  some  in 
Seattle.  The  Editor's  youngest  brother 
and  several  of  his  sons  reside  here, 
and  with  them  our  brief  stay  was 
spent.  We  had  a  call  one  evening 
from  Bro.  B.  H.  Lingenfelter  and  wife 
who  are  now  charged  with  the  care  of 
the  mission  church  in  Fremont,  a  part 
of  the  city  of  Seattle.  For  many  years 
pastor  of  the  First  church,  Brother 
Lingenfelter  is  specially  qualified  to 
work  in  this  growing  city.  There  is  a 
new  mission  at  Green  Lake  also,  which 
it  is  believed  can  be  built  into  a 
church.  Bro.  L.  A.  Chapman  has 
been  called  to  the  pastorate  of  the 
First  church  and  begins  his  work  with 
the  first  Lord's  day  in  September. 
The  city  has  made  rapid  growth  since 
our  visit  here  three  years  ago.  In  its 
location  and  its  surroundings  Nature 
has  decreed  that  Seattle  is  to  be  one 
of  the  great  cities  of  the  continent, 
stretching  toward  Tacoma  on  the 
south  and  Bellingham  on  the  north, 
and  vying  with  San  Francisco  as  a 
port  of  entry  for  the  commerce  of  the 
Pacific.  This  makes  it  a  most  stra- 
tegic point  for  vigorous  home  mission 
work. 

Leaving  our  friends  at  Seattle — the 
city  of  lakes  and  hills — on  Thursday 
at  4  p.  m.,  with  Mount  Rainier  lifting  its 
shining  head  in  the  south,  we  were 
soon  crossing  the  Cascade  Range,  and 
plunging  through  the  two  mile  tunnel 
at  the  summit.  Morning  found  us  at 
Spokane,  a  beautiful  city  of  apparent- 
ly 75,000  population.  We  greatly  de- 
sired to  see  the  Aliens  and  other 
friends  here,  but  engagements  ahead 
forbade  our  stopping.  On  through 
Idaho,  with  its  mountain  peaks,  quiet 
valleys,  clear  mountain  streams  and 
crystal  lakes  into  Montana  our  train 
sped  on,  and  is  speeding  still,  toward 
Billings,  where  we  are  scheduled  to 
spend  the  Lord's  day  in  a  church  dedi- 
cation service.  Others  on  our  car  are 
bound  for  the  Yellowstone  Park,  a 
visit  to  which  we  would  much  enjoy, 
but  that  pleasure  must  be  postponed 
until  some  future  trip.  After  the 
dedication  at  Billings  we  have  planned 
for  a  shortstop  at  Sheridan,  Wyoming, 
and  thence  by  way  of  Omaha,  Lincoln 
and  Chicago  to  Pentwater,  Mich., 
where  we  hope  to  spend  a  few  quiet 
days  before  returning  to  St.  Louis. 
What  an  empire  is  this  state  of  Mon- 
tana we  are  now  passing  through! 
Brother  Cowden  tells  of  a  minister  in 
the  east  writing  for  work  in  Montana, 
in  order  that  he  might  "sniff  the 
breezes  of  the  Pacific" — a  feat,  Brother 
C.  remarked,  that  would  have  re- 
quired a  nose  1,200  miles  long!  So 
little  do  the  people  east  appreciate  the 
distances  across  these  imperial  states. 
But  here  we  close  to  send  these  para- 
graphs forward,  for  they  must  travel 
on  Sunday  to  reach  St.  Louis  in  time 
for  next  week's  issue. 


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September  7,  1905. 


The  Purpose  of  God   as  Revealed  m  the  New  Testament 


The  New  Testament  answers  its  high- 
est intention  only  as  it  is  approached  with 
sincere  desire  to  discover  the  purpose  of 
God  in  human  life,  and  the  laws  which 
make  that  purpose  possible  of  realization. 
The  truth  the  New  Testament  reveals  is  the 
purpose  of  God  for  man.  Plans  for  others 
are  impracticable  of  fulfillment  unless  re- 
vealed to  them.  This  is  both  the  philoso- 
phy and  the  apologetic  of  revelation.  That 
God's  purpose  may  be  known  by  every 
man.  and  is  herein  fully  revealed,  is  the 
distinct  claim  of  the  book. 

No  one  can  read  the  record  of  Jesus' 
ministry  without  perceiving  clearly  his  idea 
for  the  world.  It  is  summed  up  in  that 
phrase  which  occurs  more  than  one  hun- 
dred times  in  the  synoptics,  "the  kingdom 
of  heaven."  or  "the  kingdom  of  God." 

The  phrase  has  different  meanings,  as  it 
is  used  for  a  present  and  a  future  state, 
and  describes  both  an  inward  and  an  out- 
ward condition.  But  Jesus  viewed  the 
world  from  above.  He  saw  in  it  the  move- 
ment of  the  life  of  God  on  the  souls  of 
men.  Wherever  this  Spirit  of  God  finds 
welcome  in  a  human  life,  there  the  king- 
dom of  God  has  come. 

In  the  purpose  of  God  the  kingdom  is 
already  existent,  and  when  his  will  is 
done  on  earth,  then  his  kingdom,  which 
is  now  spiritual  and  interior,  will  be  as 
visible  and  as  controlling  as  it  is  in  heaven, 
visible  and  as  controlling  as  it  is  in  heaven. 
Christ's  command  to  his  disciples  to  go 
and  disciple  all  nations,  and  his  .eclara- 
tion  that  his  gospel  should  be  preached 
evenwhere,  involves  the  thought  of  a  uni- 
versal kingdom. 

In  the  Acts  of  Apostles  we  have  the  pur- 
pose of  God  not  only  succinctly  stated, 
but  -  hat  I  believe  to  be  more  significant 
still  as  to  the  knowledge  of  that  purpose, 
the  movements  it  makes,  and  the  stages 
and  direction  of  its  acceptance. 

The  day  of  pentecost  was  the  opening 
door  to  a  world-wide  extension  of  the 
kingdom  of  God.  The  presence  of  the 
''foreigners  from  every  nation"  was  the 
pledge  of  its  complete  sometime  do- 
minion. In  his  address  to  the  Jews  in  An- 
tioch  of  Pisidia  Paul  claimed  to  be  work- 
ing under  the  commission  of  God.  James, 
in  the  conference  at  Jerusalem,  interpreted 
the  wonderful  progress  of  the  Gospel's  ac- 
ceptance as  in  accord  with  the  predicted 
purpose  of  God. 

While  Paul  was  circumscribed  in  his  ac- 
tivities a;  the  end  of  his  career,  he  saw  no 
limit  to  the  world  plan  of  God,  and  with 
confident  asurance  begotten  of  many  tri- 
umphs, he  closes  the  record  of  the  apos- 
tolic age,  "Be  it  known  unto  you,  that  this 
salvation  of  God  is  sent  unto  the  heathen, 
and  they  will  hear  it." 

The  apostolic  period,  detailed  in  the  Acts, 
is  not  only  a  part  of  the  history  of  the 
communication  of  truth  by  God;  it  is  both 
a  history  and  a  prophecy  of  the  apprehen- 
sion of  the  truth  by  man.  If  the  Lord 
himself  sensibly  interfere  to  send  Peter  to 
Csesarea,  and  to  call  Paul  to  bear  his  name 


By  E.  W.  ALLEN 

among   heathen   and   kings,   then   not   only 
those   steps,   but   the   results   of   them,   are 
visibly  included  in  the  purpose  of  God  and 
marked    with    the    seal    of    heaven.     The ! 
church     rightly     interpreted     these     events 


•An  address,  condensed,  delivered  before  the 
Foreign  Christian  Missionary  Society  at  the  San 
Francisco  Convention. 


B.  W.  Allen,  Ft.  Wayne,  Ind. 

and  glorified  God,  saying,  "Then  to  the 
heathen  also  hath  God  granted  repentance 
unto  life."  They  interperted  them  as  God's 
dealings  with  them  to  "open  the_door  of 
faith  unto  the  heathen."  Through  all  the 
narratives  of  these  stirring  times  the  his- 
torian makes  his  way  straight  in  one  di- 
rection, as  a  man  guided  by  that  instinct 
of  selection  which  belongs  to  the  ruling 
presence  of  a  definite  purpose.  By  an  unde- 
viating  course  we  follow  the  development 
of  the  purpose  of  God  in  its  relations,  first 
to  the  Jewish  system  out  of  which  it 
emerges,  and  then  to  the  great  world  to 
which  it  opens  itself.  The  Lord  by 
special  intervention  raises  up  the  persons, 
guides  the  events,  and  certifies  the  issues 
with  his  own  signature  and  seal.  But 
when  the  greatest  step  of  all  is  to  be  taken 
in  the  onward  course  of  God's  purpose  how 
striking  is  the  authentication !  Paul's  con- 
version, training,  commission,  direction, 
the  Son  of  God  undertakes  himself.  This 
evangel  of  God  through  Paul  receives  a 
development  so  extensive  and  so  distinct 
that  it  seemed  almost  another  gospel  to 
many  who  witnessed  it. 

In  the  Acts  of  Apostles  we  have  the 
destiny  of  this  purpose  implied ;  in  the 
epistles  its  doctrinal  acceptance.  Great 
principles  are  wrought  out  and  settled  in 
men's  minds  by  consultation,  reasoning, 
controversy ;  by  events  which  compel  their 
more  distinct  assertion,  and  by  action  of 
opposing  principles  firmly  resisted.  So 
this  purpose  of  God  fought  its  way  through 
narrow  provincialism  and  race  prejudice 
and  religious  bigotry  and  human  selfish- 
ness to   fullness  of  expression. 

The  parables  and  sayings  of  Christ  il- 
lustrate the  kingdom  of  God  as  having  its 


own  life  and  end,  its  own  history  and  des- 
tiny. In  the  Acts  of  Apostles  its  vis- 
ible shape  appears.  Its  realization  of  the 
purpose  of  God  is  the  thought  which  runs 
through  the  epistles. 

"And  I,  John,  saw  the  holy  city,  new 
Jerusalem."  In  the  appearance  of  the  city 
the  revealed  course  of  redemption  culmi- 
nates and  the  ultimate  purpose  of  God  is 
fitly  disclosed.  The  kingdoms  of  this  world 
have  become  the  kingdom  of  our  Lord  and 
his  Christ. 

The  world-wide  purpose  of  God  finds  ex- 
pression in  Christ.  This  promise  of  uni- 
versalism is  without  parallel  in  history. 
The  most  conservative  interpretation  of  the 
great  commission  of  Christ  is  in  effect  this — 
"The  world  is  mine,  and  this  Gospel,  for 
which  I  am  crucified,  is  the  means  by  which 
men  and  nations  shall  be  brought  into  sub- 
jection to  the  universal  kingdom  of  truth 
and  righteousness  of  which  I  am  the  di- 
vine, foreordained  and  eternally  predesti- 
nated King." 

So  declared  Peter,  and  thus  agrees  the 
testimony  of  Paul  and  John,  the  latter  com- 
pleting the  canon  and  giving  the  epitome  of 
apostolic  teaching  in  these  words :  "We 
have  beheld  and  bare  witness  that  the 
Father  hath  sent  the  Son  to  be  the  Saviour 
of  the  world." 

This  redemption  is  real,  and  it  has  in 
the  life  of  humanity  its  realization.  He 
redeemed  the  world  by  becoming  himself 
the  perfect  Redeemer,  attaining  and  ful- 
filling the  perfect  righteousness.  He  re- 
deemed the  world  by  becoming  one  with 
humanitv  in  the  life  of  the  world. 

Here  is  the  summary  of  the  New  Tes- 
tament teaching:  "Of  him  [God]  are  ye  in 
Christ  Jesus."  We  have  condemned  the 
doctrine  of  universalism  for  the  future, 
without  anxious  thought  for  the  New  Tes- 
tament universalism  of  to-day.  Evolution 
as  a  philosophy  may  not  be  tenable  in  ac- 
counting for  creation,  but  the  evolution  of 
man  and  not  indviduals  is  the  divne  pur- 
pose and  program.  The  doctrine  of  the 
New  Testament  is  not  so  much  eschatolog- 
ical  as  evangelical.  The  close  of  each  gos- 
pel confirms  this.  The  reproof  of  the 
angel  at  the  ascension  should  be  felt  by 
every  generation  since — "Why  stand  ye 
looking  un  into  heaven?"  God  is  not  the 
God  of  the  dead,  but  of  the  living.  The 
universal  organization  of  the  human  race 
on  earth  into  one  social,  spiritual  king- 
dom in  Christ,  has  been  the  grand,  far-off 
event  toward  which  the  whole  creation  and 
the  whole  process  of  history  moves. 

It  is  God's  purpose  that  men  should  be 
partners  with  him  in  the  salvation  of  the 
world.  Every  man  who  receives  Christ 
becomes  a  trustee  for  other  men  to  give 
Christ  to  them.  I  think  many  of  us  feel 
that  the  piety  of  our  day  enclosed  itself 
too  much  within  the  limits  of  individual 
life.  That  I  should  be  pardoned,  saved, 
sanctified,  are  worthy  desires  for  me.  But 
I  am  a  member  of  the  kingdom  of  God,  a 
citizen  of  the  city  of  God.  There  ought 
surely  to  be  a  consciousness  within  me 
corresponding  to  that  position.  There 
ought  to  be  affections  which  will  associate 
me    in    spirit    with   that   larger   history   in 


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which  my  own  is  included,  and  which  will 
make  me  strive  that  the  kingdom  of  Christ 
should  come,  and  the  city  of  God  be  mani- 
fested. 

"We  are  the  means  to  some  majestic  end, 
Through    us   must   come    the    universal 
good, 
In  us  the  forces  of  the  Maker  blend, 
Upon    us    depends    the    larger    brother- 
hood ; 
With    us   mankind   must   journey   to    the 
heights.  , 

Let  us  go  forth  and  set  the  world  to 
rights." 

Think  you  God's  purpose  shall  fail  of 
accomplishment?  Look  at  the  capital  he 
has  invested  in  it,  I  reply.  He  has 
planned  it  and  invested  in  it  all  of  his  love 
and  grace.  Choosing  nations  and  individ- 
uals, in  the  end  he  spared  not  his  own  Son. 
He  sent  forth  the  Holy  Spirit  to  be  the 
guiding  and  anointing  power  in  carrying 
it  to  fulfillment.  He  has  at  length  em- 
ployed his  church  to  crown  it  with  success. 

The  living  God  is  ordering  his  world, 
and  in  this  attempt  to  evangelize  the 
world,  we  are  not  setting  out  on  any  mad 
human  enterprise,  but  we  are  simply  "feed- 


ing our  life  into  the  great  sweep  of  the  or- 
derly purpose  of  God."  When  the  people 
of  a  nation  come  to  regard  the  elements 
of  wealth,  literature,  art,  or  even  religion, 
as  ends  to  be  enjoyed,  rather  than  as 
means  to  make  man,  they  have  missed  the 
purpose  of  God.  When  a  church  accepts 
a  laissez-faire  philosophy  of  existence,  and 
with  self-complacency  asserts  that  it  ac- 
cepts no  responsibility  for  the  condition  of 
its  neighborhood  or  the  world,  it  has 
missed  the  purpose  of  God.  That  was  the 
difference  between  the  church  of  Antioch 
and  the  church  of  Laodicea.  That  is  the 
difference  between  the  man  who  lives  for 
his  God  and  his  race,  and  the  man  who 
pours  himself  out  upon  his  own  ease  and 
pleasure. 

This  world  is  to  be  saved.  This  is  God's 
purpose.  This  purpose  is  revealed  in 
Christ.     This  world  must  be  saved  by  us. 

Christianity  is  the  resplendent  history  of 
a  suffering,  crucified  and  risen  Christ;  of 
patient  love  victorious  over  passionate  in- 
iquity; a  glowing  enthusiasm,  kindled  and 
fed  by  that  victorious  love.  Wherever  this 
purpose  of  God  is  proclaimed  as  a  fact  to 

* 


be  realized,  it  awakens  responses  from 
human  hearts.  Christ  still  draws  all  men 
unto  him  wherever  he  is  lifted  up.  The 
people  who  really  believe  that  the  world 
Deliverer  has  come  into  the  world,  that  be 
has  attested  his  love  by  dying,  that  he  has 
demonstrated  his  power  by  rising  from  the 
dead,  that  he  imparts  his  life  to  his  disci- 
ples, that  strong  in  his  strength  they  are 
able  to  vanquish  sorrow,  to  flood  the  sul- 
len tomb  with  celestial  light,  to  break  the 
chains  of  every  form  of  slavery  and  set 
all  oppressed  free,  to  illuminate  the  dark 
places  of  the  earth  and  give  education  to 
the  ignorant,  to  stem  and  turn  back  cor- 
ruption from  government,  deceit  from  so- 
ciety, selfishness  from  commerce,  to  beat 
the  swords  into  plow  shares  and  the  spears 
into  pruning  hooks,  and  that  the  evidence 
of  this  power  and  the  guarantee  of  this 
hope  are  in  a  risen  and  victorious  Lord, 
whose  resurrection  and  living  presence  are 
attested  by  nearly  19  centuries  of  history — 
the  people  and  the  ministry  that  believe 
these  facts  and  possess  this  enthusiasm,  and 
go  forth  in  this  spirit,  and  preach  this 
Gospel  of  all  conquering  faith  and  hope 
and  love,  are  invincible. 


MiSSing      LinkS         By    Walter   S.   Goodc 


Science  has  long  sought  the  "missing 
link."  It  remained  for  this  age  of  dis- 
covery to  reveal  it.  In  John  5  we  have  its 
picture  sketched.  A  multitude  of  sick, 
blind,  lame  and  withered,  all  waiting,  wait- 
ing with  anxious,  hoping,  fearing  hearts 
for  the  coming  of  the  angel  and  the  healing 
they  so  need. 

Here  lies  a  helpless  one,  a  living  death. 
For  thirty  and  eight  years  has  he  borne 
his  infirmity.  He  longs  with  an  unutterable 
longing  to  be  whole,  to  walk,  to  leap,  to 
live,  but  always  disappointment  is  his  lot. 
Suddenly  there  bends  over  him  a  face  full 
of  a  great  compassion,  and  a  voice,  gentle 
and  tender  as  a  mother's,  speaks, 
"Wouldst  thou  be  made  whole?"  Back 
comes  the  answer,  bitter,  hopeless  words 
from  a  bitter,  hopeless  heart,  "Lord,  there 
is  no  man  to  bear  me  to  the  pool  of  heal- 
ing— no  man,  Lord,  no  man."  This  is  the 
missing  link. 

Over  a  world  of  men 'helpless  in  sin,  that 
face  of  compassion  is  bending  to-day. 
"Wouldst  thou  be  made  whole?"  Back 
comes  the  answer  from  out  their  helpless 
night,  "Lord,  there  is  no  man  to  bring  us 
the  healing  that  can  make  us  whole." 

That  church,  so  called  a  church  of 
Christ,  that  man  or  woman,  so  called  a 
follower  of  Christ,  who  neither  goes  nor 
gives  to  bear  Christ's  healing  word  to  men, 
is  a  missing  link — a  missing  link  in  the 
golden  chain  of  sacrificial  love  the  Master 
welds  to  bind  the  world  to  God. 

Long  ago  it  was  a  custom  in  the 
churches  when  the  communion  emblems 
had  been  passed,  for  one  to  stand  and  ask, 
"Has  any  one  been  missed?"  And  then  if 
hand  were  raised,  or  voice  cried  out,  "I 
have  been  missed,"  with  quick  and  eager 
steps,  as  to  one  in  dire  need,  the  bread  and 
wine  were  borne. 

To-day   if   our   Lord   were   to   ask   that 


question  of  earth's  millions,  how  many 
would  cry  out,  "We  have  been  missed"? 
From  the  green  isles  of  the  sea  voices 
in  volumes  like  the  ocean's  roar  would  cry, 
"We  have  been  missed."    From  the  jungles 


*  An  address,  slightly  abbreviated,  delivered  be- 
fore the  Foreign  Christian  Missionary  Society  at 
San  Francisco. 


"W.  S.  Goode,  Yotingstown,  Ohio. 

of  Africa,  her  dark  skinned  sons  and 
daughters,  a  babel  of  tongues,  voices  in- 
numerable cry,  "We  have  been  missed." 
From  India's  parched  plains,  from  Ganges' 
fertile  valley  they  wail,  "We  have  been 
missed."  From  Tibet's  high  walled  fast- 
nesses, from  China's  teeming  fields,  from 
Yangtse  and  Hoangho  one-third  of  all  the 
race  cries  out,  "We  have  been  missed." 

As  infants  crying  in  the  night, 
As  infants  crying  for  the  light, 
And  with  no  language  but  a  cry. 

And  why  have  these  been  missed?  Be- 
cause of  missing  links ;  because  of  lack 
of  loyalty  to   Christ;    because   of  lack   of 


love  for  God  and  men  and  "Life  is  just  our 
chance  o'  learning  love." 

Heaven's  resounding  anthem  is,  "Christ 
for  the  world";  earth's  answering  echo 
when  in  tune  must  be,  "The  world  for 
Christ." 

Three  essential  factors  are  to  be  con- 
sidered in  making  the  world  Christ's :  The 
message,  messengers,  money. 

The  message  is  God's  part.  At  infinite 
cost  he  hath  prepared  it  for  us  and  com- 
mitted it  to  us.  The  messengers  and  money 
are  our  part  and  we  "are  slow  and  late." 
"Christ  alone  can  save  the  world."  To 
doubt  would  be  disloyalty.  "But  Christ 
can  not  save  the  world  alone."  To  ac- 
knowledge this  is  to  face  our  task.  Truly 
spake  the  old  violin  maker,  "God  can  not 
make  Antonio's  violins  without  Antonio." 

Since  Christ  gave  his  last  command  en 
Olivet,  sixty  generations  have  lived,  sinned, 
suffered  and  died.  Sixty  generations — be- 
tween twenty  and  thirty  thousand  millions 
of  souls — and  but  a  small  percentage  knew 
of  him.  Well  may  the  church  echo  Cecil 
Rhodes'  sad  cry,  "So  much  to  do,  so  little 
done." 

But  you  may  say,  "Is  not  the  church  of 
to-day  doing  a  great  work?"  Assuredly — 
but  nothing  like  great  enough.  Last  year  she 
gave  to  foreign  missions  $19,000,000, 
maintaining  17,227  missionaries.  Yet  not 
one-third  of  the  church  membership  is 
praying  or  paying  for  missions.  A  pos- 
tage stamp  a  week  from  every  church  mem- 
ber in  the  United  States  alone  would  yield 
$20,000,000  a  year.  If  one-fourth  of  the 
Protestants  of  Europe  and  America  gave 
one  cent  a  day  the  result  would  be 
$100,000,000  a  year.  Surely  this  is  no 
time  for  boasting. 

In  1890  the  property  of  the  Protestant 
church  members  in  the  United  States  was 
estimated  at  $13,000,000,000.  Of  that  the 
church  gave  1-32  of  1  per  cent,  or  $1  out  of 
$3,289,  for  foreign  work. 
In   1808,  Robert  E.   Speer  estimated  the 


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property  of  Protestant?  in  America  at 
$20,000,000,000.  and  that  1-50  of  what  the 
church  was  adding  every  year,  with  what 
already  being  given,  would  be  suffi- 
cient to  speedily  evangelize  the  world.  To- 
day 1-100  part  of  the  annual  income  of 
the  professed  followers  of  Christ  in  Prof- 
it lands  would  yield  $200,000,000. 

A  quarter  of  a  century  ago  Dr.  Strong 
wrote:  "There  is  money  enough  in  the 
hands  of  church  members  to  sow  even- 
acre  of  the  earth  with  the  seed  of  truth." 
God  has  intrusted  to  his  children  power 
enough  to  give  the  Gospel  to  every  crea- 
ture, but  it  is  being  misapplied.  Indeed, 
the  world  would  have  been  evangelized 
long  ago  if  churches  had  perceived  the  re- 
lation of  money  to  the  kingdom,  and  had 
accepted  their  stewardship."  These  words 
are  even  more  terribly  true  to-day. 

much  for  the  Christian  world  at 
large.  Now,  what  of  our  own  brother- 
hood? We  claim  to  have  the  earmarks 
of  apostolicity.  Every  one  of  our  1,250,000 
members  is  old  enough  to  know  and  to 
choose.  This  year  our  cry  was  "A  quarter 
of  a  million  dollars  for  foreign  missions." 
A  million  and  a  quarter  Disciples — a  quar- 
ter of  a  million  dollars.  That  is  20  cents 
apiece.  We  reached  it.  We  thank  God, 
and  take  courage.  How  ought  we  to  feel 
about  it?  Back  in  Ohio,  when  a  man  feels 
low  down,  trifling  and  mean,  he  says  he 
feels  like  thirty  cents.  Perhaps  eye  hath 
not  seen,  nor  ear  hath  not  heard  just  how 
a  man  feels  when  he  feels  like  twenty 
cents.  But  I  prophesy  the  day  will  come 
when  we  shall  all  feel  like  bright,  new  dol- 
lars, and  then  "In  God  we  trust"  shall  be 
written  large  on  our  expanding  missionary 
effort. 

A  few  years  ago  one  Episcopalian  church 
in  New  York  City  gave  $280,000  for  mis- 
sions— $100,000  more  than  our  whole  broth- 
erhood gave  that  year,  and  $30,000  more 
than   we  have  given   this. 

Xot  long  ago  Old  South  Congrega- 
tional Church,  of  Boston,  took  an  offering 
for  foreign  missions  of  over  $9,000.  That 
year  that  one  congregation  gave  more  than 
all  our  churches,  as  churches,  in  the  whole 
state  of  Ohio,  more  than  all  in  Kentucky, 
twice  as  much  as  those  in  Missouri,  three 
times  as  much  as  those  in  Iowa. 

Brethren,  if  we  can't  have  both,  I'd 
rather  see  a  man  right  on  missions  than 
on  "faith,  repentance  and  baptism."  If 
that  be  heresy,  make  the  most  of  it.  But 
I  have  read  that  you,  brethren  of  California, 
are  not  afraid  of  a  little  heresy;  that  you 
are  oh  heresy  as  Mrs.  Partington  was  on 
total  hereditary  depravity — "It's  a  good 
doctrine  if  it's  well  lived  up  to." 

John  Randolph  used  to  say  he  let  no 
man  abuse  Virginia  but  himself.  Just  so 
do  I  feel  about  our  brotherhood.  We're 
not  yet  an  apostolic  church,  for  apostolic 
means  missionary.  Last  year  it  took 
nearly  three  thousand  of  us  to  send  out 
and  maintain  one  missionary.  That's 
not  apostolic.  And  when  the  money 
is  raised  and  ready  it  takes  long  search  to 
find  in  all  our  hosts  one  ready  to  go.  That's 
not  apostolic. 

The  Moravians  send  out  and  support  one 
missionary  to  every  fifty-eight  church  mem- 
bers.   At  that  rate  we  should  have  working 


abroad  21.534  missionaries,  instead  of  the 
43S  in  our  last  report.  The  Moravians 
are  more  apostolic  than  we.  Their  every 
member  expects  to  go  or  send. 

Think  of  our  hundreds  of  churches  that 
help  not !  Think  of  the  tens  of  thousands 
of  our  people  who  ignore  the  Lord's  last 
command,  having  no  part  nor  lot  in  this 
divinest  work  of  all.  Should  not  these  be 
a  burden  on  mind  and  heart,  a  petition  in 
our  daily  prayer? 

If  Christ  were  to  appear  among  our 
churches,  he  would  approve  the  plea  we 
make.  He  would  say  "Well  done"  to  much 
of  our  teaching  of  the  Word.  And  as  he 
witnessed  our  gathering  together  on  his 
day  to  break  the  loaf,  and  in  our  simple 
worship  saw  men  planted  in  the  likeness 
of  his  death,  perhaps  with  joy  he  would 
say :  "  'T  is  like  those  early  days  so  long 
ago."  But  when  his  glance  took  in  our 
strength  and  wealth,  his  word  to  us  would 
be :  "One  thing  thou  lackest.  Go,  sell, 
give.  These  hungry,  feed  them  with  the 
bread  of  life;  these  blind,  open  their  eyes; 
these  naked,  clothe  them  with  robes  of 
righteousness ;  these  sick  and  in  prison, 
O,  church  of  mine,  visit  them  with  the 
mesage  of  liberty  and  life !  So  shall  ye 
be  my  disciples,  for  if  ye  do  it  to  the  least 
of  these,  my  brethren,  ye  do  it  unto  me." 

To  save  the  world,  present  efforts  are 
inadequate  and  unworthy.  Eight  hundred 
million  souls,  your  brothers  and  your  sis- 
ters, sit  in  darkness.  They  sin  without 
Christ  to  forgive.  They  sorrow  without 
Christ  to  soothe.  They  die  without  Christ 
to  save.    They  die  one  every  second,  sixty- 


The  Prayer  of  Faith. 

To  him  who  rules  o'er  Israel, 
We  lift  our  hearts  in  prayer. 
Trusting  his  sacred  promises, 
We  cast  on  him  our  care. 
We  pray  in  faith,  and,  asking,  yearn 
Our  heart's  desire  to  see. 
Yet  faith  means  more,  in  scope  and  pow'r, 
Than  mere  expectancy. 
God  does  not  answer  every  prayer, 
Yet  not  a  prayer  is  vain, 
And  faith's  petitions  can  not  fail, 
Nor  e'er  unmarked  remain. 
We  come  to  God  in  loving  trust  ■ 
That  disappointment  braves — 
Not  with  a  faith  that  thinks  to  get 
Each  boon  it  asks  and  craves; 
But  with  a  faith  unswerving,  firm, 
Which  knows  that  God  above 
Heeds  each  request,  knows  ev'ry  need, 
And  meets  them  all  with  love. 
For  he  who  never  falls  asleep 
Hears  every  lisping  cry. 
He  sympathizes  with  our  griefs; 
His  love  is  &uer  nigh. 
Faith  knows  that  he  is  kind  and  just, 
That  what  he  wills  is  best. 
It  lifts  its  prayers,  content  to  ask, 
And  let  God  do   the  rest. 

— Laurene  Highfield. 


six  every  minute,  4,000  every  hour,  95,890 
every  day. 

Next  there  is  need  of  more  abundant 
giving  to  save  the  church  from  bitter 
years  of  wandering  and  shame,  from  judg- 
ment at  the  hands  of  Christ  her  head.  This 
is  her  time  of  testing.  Her  supreme  mis- 
sion is  to  save  the  world.  The  world  is 
open  to  her  message.  Her  equipment  is 
complete.  She  lacks  not  one  thing  but  the 
spirit  of  willingness. 

As  if  in  answer  to  that  question  Bishop 
Thoburn  says  God  in  this  day  would  sweep 
away  his  church  from  earth  if  she  were 
to  falter  and  fail  in  the  missionary  enter- 
prise. She  dare  not  falter.  She  must  not 
fail! 

The  bride  of  Christ  can  not  be  untrue 
to  him.  The  eves  of  heaven  and  earth  are 
fixed  upon  her.  The  conflict  between  Chris- 
tianity and  world-wide  heathenism  is  on. 
Conscious  of  her  high  calling,  she  blanches 
not,  but  flies  her  battle  signal — "The  des- 
tiny of  earth's  millions  depends  upon  this 
action.  Let  every  man  do  his  utmost !"  In 
answer  there  must  be  such  a  pouring  out  of 
men  and  money  as  that  the  world  shall 
wonder  and  adore. 

Finally,  there  is  need  of  more  abundant 
giving.  Surely  in  this  world  of  men  we 
are  saved  only  as  we  help  save  some  one 
else.  If,  in  this  hour  of  crisis  for  the 
church — if,  in  this  hour  of  danger  for  the 
world,  our  ears  hear  not,  our  hearts  feel 
not,  our  hands  help  not — then  we  are  lost. 

There  is  no  place  in  the  house  of  many 
mansions  for  missing  links.  All  there  are 
Living  Links — those  who  in  this  world  have 
stretched  forth  hands  to  save. 

NO  DIFFERENCE 

Old  People  Just  as  Happy  as  Young. 


Age  cannot  wither  nor  custom  stale  the 
infinite  variety  of  life. 

When  the  right  food  makes  one  new 
each  day  there  seems  as  much  simple  hap- 
piness when  one  is  old  as  when  young,  but 
bounding  health  is  the  requisite  and  right 
food  produces  that. 

A  happy  woman  of  77  tells  her  experi- 
ence: 

"For  three  years,"  she  says,  "I  was 
greatly  troubled  with  a  nervous  affection 
of  the  stomach,  which  at  last  brought  me 
to  such  a  condition  that  I  could  neither 
eat  nor  sleep  with  any  sort  of  comfort.  I 
grew  very  despondent  and  felt  that  my 
hold  on  life  was  very  uncertain.  It  was 
difficult  for  me  to  find  food  that  I  could 
digest.  My  doctor  kept  me  on  a  diet  of 
rice  for  a  long  time,  but  it  did  not  seem 
to  give  me  any  strength. 

"I  am  glad  that  at  last  I  decided  to  try 
Grape-Nuts  food,  for  it  has  done  a  won- 
derful work  for  me.  Before  I  had  used 
up  the  first  package  I  began  to  take  a  new 
interest  in  life,  and  I  rapidly  increased  in 
health  and  strength.  My  stomach  has  re- 
gained its  normal  tone,  and  in  the  two 
years  that  Grape-Nuts  has  been  my  only 
food,  I  have  not  had  a  sick  day.  I  am  77 
years  old  and  Grape-Nuts  has  restored  to 
me  the  pleasure  of  living.  I  am  sorry  I 
did  not  begin  sooner  to  use  it.  I  cannot 
praise  k  too  highly."  Name  given  by  Pos- 
tum  Co.,  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

There's  a  reason. 

A  10  days'  trial  is  sufficient. 


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As  Seen  From  the  Dome     By  f.  d.  Power 


This  will  have  a  taste  of  the  sea.  The 
breath  of  the  ocean's  brine  is  good  for  a 
man.  Here  in  little  Delaware  the  joys  of 
the  great  deep  are  realized  to  the  utter- 
most. The  red  men  long  ago  loved  this 
region.  The  Delawares,  that  noble  branch 
of  the  great  Algonquin  family,  called  by 
Fennimore  Cooper  the  "Lenno-Lenape," 
had  their  haunts  along  this  coast.  How 
do  we  know?  Their  footprints  are  still 
here.  The  Delaware  river  itself  was  the 
Maker iskitou,  formed  by  the  Oquago  and 
the  Popactou,  and  we  still  have  the  re- 
mains of  their  language  in  the  Choptauk 
and  Nanticoke,  in  Pokomoke  and  Chin- 
coteaque  and  Appoquinnimink.  Then 
came  along  the  Swedes  and  the  Finns  in 
1637  and  made  New  Sweden,  and  then  the 
English,  who  conquer  or  absorb  everything, 
and  we  have  "Penn's  Lower  Counties," 
New  Castle,  Sussex,  and  Kent,  divided 
into  "hundreds,"  and  governed  by  Penn 
till  1703,,  when  they  seceded,  and  in  1776 
declared  themselves  free  and  independent 
and  took  the  motto,  "Liberty  and  Independ- 
ence." One  word  was  not  sufficient.  It 
was  like  the  sign  in  the  Washington  street 
cars,  declaring:  "It  is  not  lawful  to  ex- 
pectorate or  spit  on  any  street  car."  So 
this  little  commonwealth,  which  has  only 
2,120  square  miles  and  about  300,000  souls, 
and  pays  its  governor  only  $1,333  salary, 
claims  both  liberty  and  independence.  And 
it  puts  on  all  the  necessary  airs.  When  we 
opened  our  auditorium  at  the  beach  we 
invited  the  governor  to  make  an  address, 
and  he  wrote  under  the  great  seal  of  the 
state  with  its  ship  and  its  shield,  on  which 
are  the  cow,  the  sheaf  and  the  ear  of  corn, 
held  up  between  the  farmer  with  his  hoe 
and  the  revolutionary  soldier  with  his 
gun :  "Owing  to  our  throat  trouble  it  is 
impossible  for  us  to  make  promises  for 
outdoor  addresses  unless  they  are  to  be 
very  short.  We  hope  to  get  through  an- 
other winter  in  good  shape,  and  that  our 
throat  may  then  be  strong  enough  to  ac- 
commodate the  wishes  of  our  many 
friends."  This,  ■  however,  is  not  quite  as 
rich  a  use  of  the  editorial  "We"  as  I  noted 
in  one  of  our  religious  papers.  The  editor 
wrote:  "We  took  dinner  at  a  restaurant, 
but  came  around  to  the  Planters'  Hotel  to 
pick  our  teeth  and  answer  our  correspond- 
ence. More  people  do  this  than  you  think, 
but  won't  acknowledge  it."  "Now  is  the 
time  to  subscribe." 

Here  is  the  sand.  This  tiny  common- 
wealth has  grains  enough  and  to  spare 
and  it  is  white  and  clean  and  beautiful. 
Great  dunes,  graceful  and  picturesque,  line 
the  shore,  running  back  sometimes  a  hun- 
dred yards  or  more,  and  between  them 
waves  and  eddies  and  tons  of  soft  and 
snowy  sand.  "First  in  a  child's  outfit," 
somebody  says,  "should  be  a  sand  heap. 
Almost  the  first  thing  that  human  beings 
want  to  do  after  they  learn  to  eat  is  to 
dig.  A  cart  load  of  sand  is  one  of  the 
cheapest  and  most  satisfying  playthings 
in  the  world.  It  is  worth  a  houseful  of 
dolls  and  painted  monkeys  on  .sticks. 
Watch  Johnny  and  Nellie  at  their  work 
and  you  will  wish  most  hearily  that  you 


could  find  the  same  novelty  and  enthusiasm 
in  your  employments.     That  sand  pile  is  a 
very  cosmos.    Mountains  are  buildcd  from 
it   with  the  use  of  tin  shovels  and  beach 
pails;    there  are  caves  in  the  cool  depths 
near   the   foot   of   those   Himalayas — caves 
big  enough  for  the  cat  to  turn  round  in; 
Johnny  makes  a  fort  on  his  side,  and  Nelly 
makes    a    garden   on   hers.      Johnny's    fort 
mounts     murderous    clothespins     and     the 
garden   has   trees    and    fountains   made   of 
burned  matches,  wisps  of  paper,  and  broom 
straws,  while  china  dolls  walk  abroad  there 
to  take  the  air.     'What  trifling!'   did  you 
say?    Not  so.    This  is  one  of  the  most  seri- 
ous affairs  in  life.     Don't  you  see  in  this 
play   the   little   ones   are   learning?"     Yes, 
as    England's    .battles    are    fought    out    at 
Eton,  who  shall  say  that  temples  and  state 
houses    are   not   planned   and   problems   of 
society  and  government  and  war  and  edu- 
cation solved,  and  masterpieces  in  art  and 
in    poetry    outlined    in    these    sand    heaps? 
Jimmie    had    heard    a    great    deal    of    the 
Prince  of  Wales,  and  though  his  ideas  on 
the  subject  were  somewhat  vague,  he  was 
greatly  interested.  Visiting  for  the  first  time 
the   seashore,  "he  walked   along  the  beach, 
examined    i      closely    and    then    turned    to 
his  nurse  with  the  question:   "Where  are 
they?"  "What?"  asked  his  wondering  com- 
panion.     "The    prints    of   whales,"    replied 
Johnny.     A  paradise  for  the  little  ones  is 
at    Bethany,    if    they    love    the    sand,    and 
grown   oeople   will    find    it   a   joy   forever. 
Yesterday  I  walked  seven  miles  along  the 
sea   front   over   its    soft,   tempting   reaches, 
and  stretched  myself  on  the  top  of  one  of 
the  dunes  amid  the  sea  grass,  and  watched 
the  clouds  and  listened  to  the  boom  of  the 
surges,  and  thought  I  got  a  glimpse  of  the 
city  that  hath   foundations   and  heard  the 
near  by  harping  of  the  harpers  with  their 
harps ;   and  as  I  sauntered  homeward  and 
inscribed  on  the  beach  a  record  of  my  ad- 
ventures    there     came    to     memory    those 
lines  of    Hannah  Gould : 

Alone  I  walked  the  ocean  strand ; 
A  pearly  shell  was  in  my  hand ; 
I  stopped  and  wrote  upon  the  sand 

My  name — the  year — the  day. 
As  onward  from  the  spot  I  passed, 
One  lingering  look  behind  I  cast; 
A  wave  came  rolling  high  and  fast, 

And  washed  my  lines  away. 

And  so,  methought,  'twill  shortly  be 
With  every  mark  on  earth  from  me : 
A  wave  of  dark  oblivion's  sea 

Will  sweep  across  the  place 
Where  I  have  trod  the  sandy  shore 
Of  time,  and  been,  to  be  no  more, 
Of  me — my  day — the  name  I  bore, 

To  leave  nor  track  nor  trace. 

And  yet,  with  him  who  counts  the  sands, 
And  holds  the  waters  in  his  hands, 
I  know  a  lasting  record  stands, 

Inscribed  against  my  name, 
Of  all  this  mortal  part  has  wrought; 
Of  all  this  thinking  soul  has  thought, 
And  from  these  fleeting  moments  caught 

For  glory  or  for  shame. 

The  shells  are  also  a  never-ending 
pleasure  to  the  beacher.  Here  they  are, 
thousands  of  them,  scattered  along  the 
sand,  and  every  wind  brings  new  ones  to 
light,  and  every  wav^  tosses  up  strange 
and  beautiful  forms  from  the  great  depths ; 


and  how  pure  and  white  and  perfect  they 
are,  and  what  a  'hey  tell  of  the  in- 

teresting creatures  that  made  them  and 
dwelt  in  them,  and  what  a  song  they  still 
sing  of  the  murmuring,  sobbing,  ever- 
sounding  sea!  The  pearly  hall  of  the 
Nautilus  is  more  beautiful  than  any  pal- 
ace. Pearls  which  are  the  effects  of  dis- 
ease in  certain  mollusks  are  among  the 
costliest  ornaments  of  the  wealthy.  The 
golden  Cyprea  was  once  the  badge  of 
royalty  in  Hawaii.  A  single  Carinaria  has 
sold  for  $500.  The  giant  clam,  Linnaeus 
tells  us,  sometimes  reaches  498  pounds  in 
weight.  "Out  with  your  shells"  is  equiva- 
lent to  out  with  your  money  where  they 
use  the  Cyprea  moneta,  the  cowries  in 
Southern  Asia  and  on  the  coast  of  Guinea 
and  in  parts  of  our  own  insular  posses- 
sions. Ostracism  in  Athens  meant  banish- 
ment by  popular  vote  of  a  citizen  danger- 
ous to  the  state.  Six  thousand  votes  ban- 
ished for  ten  years.  These  were  written  on 
the  ostracon  or  oyster  shell,  and  dropped  in 
an  urn.  There  was  no  trial,  nor  opportu- 
nity 'of  defense.  Aristides  the  Just  was 
so  ostracized.  Conchology  is  one  of  our 
pursuits  on  the  beach.  We  study  the  Word 
and  the  works  of  God. 

OUST  THE  DEMON 

A   Tussle   with    Coffee. 


There  is  something  fairly  demoniacal 
in  the  way  coffee  sometimes  wreaks  its 
fiendish  malice  on  those  who  use  it. 

A  lady  writing  from  Calif,  says : — 

"My  husband  and  I,  both  lovers  of  cof- 
fee, suffered  for  some  time  from  a  very 
annoying  form  of  nervousness,  accompa- 
nied by  most  frightful  headaches.  In  my 
own  case  there  was  eventually  developed 
some  sort  of  affection  of  the  nerves  lead- 
ing from  the  spine  to  the  head. 

"I  was  unable  to  hold  my  head  up 
straight,  the  tension  of  the  nerves  drew  it 
to  one  side,  causing  me  the  most  intense 
pain.  We  got  no  relief  from  medicine,  and 
were  puzzled  as  to  what  caused  the 
trouble,  till  a  friend  suggested  that  possi- 
bly the  coffee  we  drank  had  something  to 
do  with  it,  and  advised  that  we  quit  it  and 
try  Postum  Coffee. 

"We  followed  his  advice,  and  from  the 
day  .iat  we  began  to  use  Postum  we  both 
began  to  improve,  and  in  a  very  short  time 
both  of  us  were  entirely  relieved.  The 
nerves  became  steady  once  more,  the  head- 
aches ceased,  the  muscles  in  the  back  of 
my  neck  relaxed,  my  head  straightened  up 
and  the  dreadful  pain  that  had  so  pun- 
ished me  while  I  used  the  old  kind  of  cof- 
fee vanished. 

"We  have  never  resumed  the  use  of  the 
old  coffee,  but  relish  our  Postum  even- 
day  as  well  as  we  did  the  former  bever- 
age. And  we  are  delighted  to  find  that 
we  can  give  it  f  ely  to  our  children  also, 
something  we  never  d-red  to  do  with  the 
old  kind  of  coffee."  Name  given  by  Pos- 
tum Co.,  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

Postum  Coffee  contains  absolutely  no 
drugs  of  any  kind,  but  relieves  the  coffee 
drinker  froi-  the  old  drug  poison. 

There's  a  reason. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


September  7,  1905. 


What  I  Know  About  Church  Discipline 


I  have  had  to  help  put  through  sev- 
eral difficult  cases  of  church  discipline, 
and.  like  everyone  else  that  has  had 
such  an  experience,  I  think  I  know  a 
great  deal  about  it — until  the  next 
case.  But  the  next  case  is  always  dif- 
ferent. While  I  am  in  this  pleasing 
state  of  happiness  is  a  good  time  to 
write  an  article  on  the  matter;  and 
everyone  will  read  the  article,  because 
everyone  is  interested  in  the  subject, 
and  no  one  hitherto,  while  possessing 
the  cocksure  confidence  I  now  enjoy, 
has  thought  to  write  about  it. 

One  thing  I  know— just  now— is  that 
it  is  better,  when  church  discipline  is 
plainly  appropriate,  not  to  postpone  it. 
Weeds  are  most  easily  uprooted  when 
they  are  little.  Stains  are  most  read- 
ily washed  out  when  they  are  fresh. 

To  be  sure,  there  is  the  parable  of 
the  tares,  and  the  injunction  to  "let 
both  grow  together  till  the  harvest." 
But  if  we  apply  that  injunction  to 
church  discipline,  the  parable  would 
forbid  it  altogether.  It  is  rather  a 
picture  of  God's  world,  in  which  for 
the  present  the  evil  and  the  good  dwell 
together;  but  there  will  come  a  time  of 
separation.  As  to  the  church,  how- 
ever, Ananias  and  Sapphira  were 
weeded  out  of  it  summarily  enough, 
while  Paul  did  not  hesitate  to  give  in- 
structions for  excommunication  from 
the  brotherhood  at  Corinth.  The 
bride  of  Christ  must  be  kept  pure. 
The  body  of  Christ  must  be  kept 
strong. 

Another  thing  I  know,  and  that  is 
the  wisdom  of  the  scriptural  injunc- 
tion that  two  of  the  brethren  should 
wait  upon  the  culprit,  and  talk  the 
matter  over.  When  confronted  with 
such  a  task,  we  all  walk  crab.  Dis- 
cussing a  man's  imperfections  behind 
his  back  is  exhilarating,  like  punch- 
ing a  striking  bag;  but  telling  a  man 
his  faults  to  his  face — from  this  our 
delicacy  shrinks. 

Nevertheless,  it  is  the  manly  way. 
Even  the  person  "under  discipline" 
must  acknowledge  this,  however  mad 
he  gets.  "These  are  fair-minded 
men,"  he  says  when  he  cools  off. 
"They  do  not  condemn  me  on  hearsay. 
They  investigate.  They  give  me  a 
chance  to  defend  myself."  If  you 
can't  get  two  men  to  talk  over  the 
charges  with  the  accused,  the  church 
needs  training  more  than  the  accused 
needs  discipline. 

A  third  thing  I  know  is  that  church 
discipline  is  not  like  a  process  of  law. 
It  is  not  necessary  to  go  into  court  to 
establish  every  point.  What  is  essen- 
tial is  that  the  church  should  be  con- 
vinced of  the  necessity  and  Christian 
wisdom  of  the  course  that  is  adopted. 

We  must  be  guarded,  of  course. 
We  must  bring  no  charges  in  public 
that  we  cannot  prove;  but  legal  proof 
is  not  required  if  the  church  is  con- 
vinced. In  the  most  serious  case  I 
have  known,  the  testimony  of  a  physi- 


By  Amos  R.  Wells 

cian  and  of  a  lawyer  were  conclusive, 
so  far  as  the  committee  was  con- 
cerned; but  neither  could  be  made 
public,  and  no  court  would  compel  the 
physician  or  the  lawyer  to  testify. 
The  committee  in  charge  proceeded 
therefore  on  subordinate  grounds,  be- 
ing sure  that  even  there  the  necessity 
of  expulsion  could  be  made  clear  to 
the  church. 

It  is  like  a  club,  whose  members  ab- 
solutely determine  who  shall  remain 
in  the  association,  and  no  member  has 
grounds  for  legal  complaint  if  he  is 
expelled,  provided  it  is  done  quietly. 
All  that  is  absolutely  necessary  is  for 
a  church  .to  be  satisfied  that  the  con- 
tinuance of  a  person  as  a  member  is 
harmful  to  the  cause  of  Christ. 

In  the  fourth  place,  I  know  that  in- 
quiries precedent  to  church  discipline 
should  be  kept  secret  just  as  far  as 
possible.  This  is  in  the  interest  of 
the  accused,  the  church,  and  the  com- 
munity. No  rascal  but  can  form  a 
party  for  his  defence  as  soon  as  he  be- 
comes a  defendant.  Let  the  most 
brutal  murderer  get  into  a  cell,  and  he 
is  showered  with  flowers  and  tears  by 
maudlin  sympathizers.  Gossip  is  as 
harmful  to  an  investigation  of  this 
kind  as  the  footprints  of  a  market- 
place are  to  a  fox-hunt.  It  is  well  for 
the  church  officers,  at  the  outset  of  a 
case  of  discipline,  to  enter  into  a  cov- 
enant of  strict  secrecy,  excluding  even 
their  wives.  Let  them  not  even  dis- 
cuss the  matter  among  themselves 
outside  the  committee  sessions,  as  on 
the  street  or  in  the  cars.  I  have  known 
such  an  investigation  to  be  carried 
on  patiently  for  months  by  ten  persons, 
men  and  women,  yet  so  secretly  that 
the  church  and  town  waxed  hotly  in- 
dignant, and  thought  it  "high  time  the 
church  did  something  about  it!"  When 
the  committee  were  prepared  to  move, 
they  found  the  public  quite  unami- 
mously  with  them. 

And  that  leads  me  to  name  a  fifth 
principle  I  have  discovered,  namely, 
that  it  is  far  better  for  a  church  in 
such  matters  to  incur  a  reputation 
for  weakness  than  for  harshness. 
The  former  will  be  corrected  by  time, 
but  not  the  latter.  Men  pardon  what 
seems  undue  forbearance  far  more 
readily  than  apparent  severity.  We 
must  ever  place  love  foremost.  We 
must  show  the  public,  as  well  as  the 
culprit,  that  we  care  more  to  purify 
the  sinner  than  the  church. 

Therefore  I  have  learned  (my  sixth 
discovery)  that  the  committee  in 
charge  should  examine  only  what  wit- 
nesses are  needed,  and  these  as  briefly 
as  possible.  Outsiders — that  is,  those 
not  members  of  the  church — should 
not  be  brought  in  at  all  if  it  can  be 
helped.  Consider  just  what  fact  is  to 
be  established,  and  if  a  single  testi- 


mony establishes  the  fact,  hear  no 
more,  though  fifty  are  ready  to  testify. 
Minimize  the  scandal.  Every  case  of 
discipline  is  a  peril  to  a  church.  There 
is  away  of  fighting  fire  that  spreads  it. 

But  the  witnesses  must  be  frank, 
though  few.  Their  testimony  must 
be  distinct,  and  well  understood.  If 
the  committee  possesses  a  shorthand 
writer,  his  services  will  be  most  val- 
uable in  preserving  the  exact  words  of 
the  witnesses.  If  you  are  without 
such  an  aid,  let  the  most  careful  writer 
of  the  committee  set  down,  as  the 
witness  speaks,  the  points  of  his  testi- 
mony, and  before  he  goes  read  them 
over  to  him  for  his  confirmation.  The 
records  will  be  most  useful  for  refer- 
ence as  the  case  proceeds.  Of  course, 
all  true  Christians,  in  their  goodness 
of  heart,  will  be  reluctant  to  testify 
against  another.  There  is  need  of 
real  self-sacrifice  and  heroism  on  the 
part  of  everyone  connected  with  a 
matter  of  church  discipline,  witnesses, 
prosecutors,  judges,  and  all.  It  is 
easier  to  face  a  cannon  than  an  angry 
tongue,  especially  if  it  is  a  woman's; 
and  church  trials  at  the  best  arouse 
much  bitterness.  It  is  thankless  work, 
and  everyone — that  is  not  impelled  by 
spite  or  censoriousness  or  pride — 
shrinks  from  it.  Upon  all  concerned 
the  very  highest  motives  must  be 
brought  to  bear,  for  no  others  are  ade- 
quate— the  desire  to  please  our  Master, 
to  rescue  an  erring  brother,  and  up- 
hold the  honor  of  Christ's  Church. 

Sometimes  the  visit  of  the  two  dele- 
gates, and  their  frank  and  loving  talk, 
is  all  that  is  needed;  the  man  confess- 
es, promises  amendment,  and  may  be 
given,  without  further  ado,  his  chance 
to  prove  himself  sincere  in  his  repent- 
ance. But  if  it  is  a  serious  matter, 
you  will  probably  need  to  go  farther 
than  this,  and  very  likely  the  next  step 
will  be  to  bring  the  culprit  and  the 
church  officers  or  committee  face  to 
face.  You  may  be  sure  that  this  will 
do  no  good,  that  he  will  merely  deny 
everything,  brazen  it  out,  bluster,  and 
threaten  the  committee  with  the  dire 
terrors  of  the  law.  Nevertheless,  do 
it.  Give  the  man  every  chance.  Make 
it  plain  to  him  that  you  are  eager  for 
him  to  clear  himself,  if  he  can;  that 
you  are  really  on  his  side.  Be  firm, 
pay  no  heed  to  his  brag  or  threats, 
show  him  that  the  church  is  not  to  be 
bullied;  but  at  the  same  time  make  it 
plain — so  plain  that  he  cannot  deny  it 
or  forget  it — that  you  are  his  friends. 

It  may  be  that,  even  at  this  stage, 
you  can  wisely  put  the  man  under 
probation;  you  may  say  to  him,  if,  for 
example,  he  is  accused  of  dishonesty 
and  trickiness  in  trade,  "We  will  not 
go  further  in  our  investigations  or 
deliberations  unless  you  want  us  to; 
we  will  hold  the  matter  in  abeyance; 
we  will  wait  and  see  if  further  com- 
plaints come;  we  will  give  you  a 
chance    to    commend    yourself  to  all 


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men  by  the  transparent  truthfulness 
and  solid  uprightness  of  your  con- 
duct." And  then,  if  he  accepts  this 
proposal,  the  committee  should  make 
full  use  of  this  opportunity  to  help  the 
man.  They  should  use  it  definitely, 
systematically  and  hopefully.  The 
strongest  church  members  should  be 
set  to  aiding  him  in  his  endeav- 
ors toward  a  better  life.  No  serv- 
ice .  is  more  pleasing  to  him  who 
came  to  earth  on  precisely  such  an 
errand. 

But  if  all  the  conferences  are  fruit- 
less, and  if  it  comes  clearly  to  the  sad 
necessity  for  expulsion,  then  the  sad 
alternative  must  be  accepted  with  de- 
cisive firmness.  It  will  be  a  decided 
advantage  if  those  in  charge  of  the 
case  can  act  as  a  unit;  but  if  some 
good  cantankerous  Christian  chance 
to  be  a  church  officer,  he  will  probably 
break  up  all  prospect  of  unanimity. 
Never  mind;  move  serenely  along  the 
broad  highway  of  majority  votes,  and 
let  him  splutter.  Nothing  was  ever 
accomplished  by  long  waiting  for 
unanimity. 

Nevertheless,  the  prosecutors  must 
have  a  clear  understanding  among 
themselves.  They  must  be  agreed, 
or  at  least  a  strong  majority,  on  the 
course  to  be  followed,  every  precise 
step  of  it.  Each  stage  of  their  deal- 
ings with  the  culprit  must  have  its 
written  record — a  copy  of  the  letter 
sent  him  by  the  original  two  delegates 
askingj&for  an  interview,  if  one  was 
sent;  a  copy  of  the  letter  sent  him  by  the 
committee,  requesting  his  appearance 
before  them;  his  replies  to  these  let- 
ters, and  all  other  necessary  docu- 
ments, but  none  that  are  not  neces- 
sary. 

InEpresenting  the  case  to  the  church 
the  least  said,  the  better,  provided 
enough  is  said  to  carry  conviction. 
A  full  account  must  be  given  of  the 
steps  taken  in  dealing  with  the 
wrongdoer  and  of  the  results  reached, 
but  few  details  of  crime  or  sin,  of 
testimony  and  inquisition.  The  body 
of  men  that  has  pursued  the  inquiry 
should  be  so  weighty  that  its  judgment 
will  be  accepted  almost  on  the  mere 
statement  of  it.  Large  reliance  should 
be  placed  on  the  common  knowledge 
of  the  character  of  the  offender.  Do 
not  yield  to  the  idle  curiosity  of  those 
that  are  eager  to  unfold  the  entire 
shameful  story. 

The  process  of  excommunication 
differs  widely.  There  is  no  need  to 
discuss  here  such  points  of  procedure. 
But  the  sinner  should  be  put  out  of 
the  church  in  order  that  some  time, 
and  as  soon  as  possible,  he  may  be 
got  in  again.  Ours  must  be  a  double 
watchcry  in  every  church  trial:  Excom- 
munication, in  order  to  purification 
and  reformation— purification  of  the 
church,  reformation  of  the  sinner. 
Here  also  the  famous  case  in  Corinth 
is  a  model  for  us:  "Sufficient  to 
such  a  one  is  this  punishment.*  *  *  Ye 
should  forgive  him  and  comfort  him, 
confirm  your  love  toward  him." 


God's  people,  like  God,  must  be  re- 
deemer more  gladly  than  judge.  There 
is  no  triumph  like  restoration.  "There 
shall  be  joy  in  heaven  over  one  sin- 
ner  that   repenteth,    more   than    over 


ninety   and    nine   righteous    persons, 
which     need     no     repentance."     And 
that   is   the   principal   thing    I    know 
about  church  discipline. 
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The  National  Convention    C.  £.  Session 


The  Christian  Endeavor  session  of  the 
International  Convention  of  the  Christian 
churches,  as  well  as  the  great  communion 
service,  was  held  in  Woodward's  pavilion, 
which  is  best  known  as  the  scene  of  many 
prize-fights.  R.  H.  Waggener  referred  to 
this  when  he  rose  to  make  some  presiden- 
tial remarks,  and  said  that  he  was  "stand- 
ing for  the  first  time  in  his  life  in  the  ring," 
and  it  was  a  rather  insecure  footing,  for  he 
stood  on  a  chair.  The  building  is  a  large 
wooden  structure,  of  rough  finish,  hexago- 
nal in  shape,  and  with  two  galleries  run- 
ning around  it.  An  elevated  platform,  erect- 
ed in  its  center,  was  on  this  occasion  filled 
with  singers  and  the  speakers  of  the  even- 
ing. E.  L.  Powell,  president  of  the  con- 
vention, was  in  the  chair,  but  his  duties 
were  more  centered  in  trying  to  keep  him- 
self warm  than  in  flights  of  oratory.  We 
had  o  en  warned  to  bring  winter  underwear 
and  light  wraps,  and  the  weather  in  'Frisco 
during  the  convention  justified  the  advice. 
On  the  night  of  the  Endeavor  session  there 
was  more  discomfort  than  at  any  session. 

R.  H.  Waggener,  the  national  superin- 
tendent of  the  Christian  Endeavor  Societies 
of  the  Disciples  of  Christ,  had  no  regular 
report  to  present,  but  made  a  general  state- 
ment which  showed  that  in  our  churches 
today  we  have  about  7,000  societies,  and 
it  is  now  a  question  whether  we  stand  first 
in  rank  with  the  denominations  or  "first- 
and-a-half,"  whereas,  nine  years  ago  we 
were  seventh  on  the  list.  Within  the  ten 
months  just  passed  our  young  people  have 
contributed  more  than  in  any  preceding 
twelve  months.  In  five  states  we  have  made 
a  forty  per  cent  gain  where  we  started  --* 
for  the  ten  per  cent  increase,  and  one  state — 
California — gave  a  report  from  every 
county.  The  greatest  increase  reported 
was  from  some  parts  of  Nebraska,  where 
as  high  as  a  400  per  cent  increase  was  men- 
tioned. 

After  a  prayer  by  W.  E.  Crabtree,  of  San 
Diego,  Cal.,  C.  M.  Chilton,  pastor  of  the 
First  church  at  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  a  man 
— to  quote  the  chairman — "whose  voice 
sounds  like  heart-throbs,"  gave  a  fine  ad- 
dress upon  "a  plain  subject  and  one  that 
demanded  plain  m  tter-of-fact  treatment" 
— the  Endeavor  Society  and  the  pastor. 
Brother  Chilton  viewed  the  subject 
from  the  standpoint  of  the  duty  of 
the  pastor  to  the  Endeavor  Society  rather 
than  from  the  reverse  view  point.  The  age, 
he  contended,  is  not  favorable  to  the  reli- 
gious life,  the  attention  of  men  being  cen- 
tered on  the  things  of  this  world  by  the 
very  conditions  in  which  we  live.  It  is  in 
the  very  atmosphere  of  the  world  that 
a  young  man  succeeds  as  he  makes  money, 
and  a  young  woman  succeeds  as  she  mar- 
ries a  man  who  makes  money.  The  min- 
istry must  linger  long  in  prayer  and  drink 
deep  of  the  spirit  of  Jesus  Christ  to  escape 
the  world's  spirit.  The  church  is  divided  and 
appears  everywhere  in  weakness.   Then,  too. 


the  strain  upon  the  faith  of  men  is  great 
in  this  age  by  reason  of  a  train  of  new 
thought.  The  problem  has  grown  upon  the 
church,  and  with  it  the  importance  of  the 
period  of  youth.  Christian  Endeavor  has 
come  to  help  solve  the  problem.  The 
speaker  went  on  to  examine  the  constitu- 
tion of  the  Christian  Endeavor  Society, 
which  he  regarded  as  one  of  the  ablest  doc- 
uments of  the  nineteenth  century.  What 
the  Christian  Endeavor  Society  needs  to- 
day, he  said,  is  to  return  to  its  original  ob- 
jects, and  he  discussed  some  of  these,  show- 
ing how  intimately  the  pastor  is  associated 
with  the  workings  of  the  society  under  the 
constitution.  Its  officers,  its  membership, 
its  business,  must  have  the  pastor's  ap- 
proval, and  he  ought  to  be  an  active  mem- 
ber of  it.  His  duty  is  to  broaden  its  work. 
The  chief  danger,  as  Brother  Chilton  sees 
it,  is  that  of  formalism.  What  is  needed 
is  that  opportunity  should  be  given  for  the 
whole  round  nature  of  young  people  to  be 
exercised.  A  social  atmosphere  in  the 
church  must  be  created.  Then,  instead  of 
being  at  its  end,  the  Christian  Endeavor 
movement  will  be  but  at  its  beginning. 

J.  H.  O.  Smith  followed  with  an  address 
on  "Christian  Endeavor — a  Battle,  not  a 
Dream."  That  we  are  not  children  at  play, 
but  soldiers  on  the  march,  with  a  fight  to 
a  finish  before  us,  was  the  substance  of  his 
speech,  which  was  of  the  highly  florid 
type  of  oratory  full  of  historic  allusion, 
poetic  quotation  and  the  weaving  of  sen- 
tence upon  sentence  of  descriptive  phras- 
ing together. 

Current  Religious  Thought. 

The  Cumberland  Presbyterian  pub- 
lishes an  article  on  the  subject  of  the 
reunion  of  that  body  with  the  mother 
church.  The  reasoning  contained  in 
the  brief  extract  which  we  append  is 
of  the  kind  that  will  eventually  lead 
the  followers  of  Christ  to  abandon  all 
sectarian  names  and  wear  his  only, 
because  of  the  greater  good  that  can 
thereby  be  done.  Read  these  lines 
and  make  the  proper  exchange  |of 
terms: 

How  I  love  the  word  ''Cumberland"! 
Wbat  heroes  and  heroines  have  fought 
and  suffered  and  died  under  her  banner! 
What  baptisms  of  fire  burned  upon  the 
altars  of  their  hearts!  "Cumberland!" 
Shall  I  give  thee  up?  But  I  do  not  give  it 
up.  The  jevision  perpetuates  its  identity 
n  doctrine  and  polity.  Says  '  Cumber- 
and":  "I  am  neither  dead  nor  lost.  I  am 
the  immortal  but  concealed  leaven  in  the 
reunited  church.  Presbyterianism  is  above 
and  greater  than  I.  I  have  increased 
your  ability  tj  build  where  you  could  not 
build,  to  go  where  you  could  not  go,  to 
give  church  homes  to  thousands  of  my 
scattered  and  homeless  children  in  many 
a  sunny  south  town." 

Anti-union  brother,  "Cumberland"  loves 
you;  but  she  loves  the  church  better.  In 
the  reunited  church  our  force  will  exceed 
the  force  of  numbers,  and  sweep  in  one 
grand  evangelic  il  wave  over  this  fair  land 
of  ours.  "Come  thou  with  us,  and  we 
will  do  thee  good;  for  the  Lord  hath 
spoken  good  concerning  Israel." 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


September  7,  1905. 


After    the    Convention 


A  journey  and  an  experience,  such  as 
we  of  the  Christian-Evangelist  Special 
and  other  good  brethren  passed  through 
during  our  trip  to  the  great  convention  at 
San  Francisco,  leads  us  to  think  the 
brethren  have  not  all  forgotten  the 
apostolic  injunction,  "Let  brotherly  love 
continue."  The  brethren  who  met  us  at 
San  Bernardino  and  Riverside  and  wel- 
comed us,  the  old  friendships  renewed  at 
the  convention  and  new  ones  made,  were 
helpful  experiences  on  life's  journey. 

When  we  started  on  our  journey  home- 
ward, at  Portland  and  some  of  the  rest  of 
the  great  northwest,  it  seemed  like  a 
family  reunion  to  meet  so  many  who  had 
journeyed  with  us  on  our  train  again. 

At  Portland  we  saw  E.  S.  Muckley,  a 
college  mate  at  old  Bethany,  who  had  re- 
turned from  the  convention  for  the  Lord's 
day.  But  we  could  not  tarry  here,  for  after 
we  had  seen  the  Lewis  and  Clark  Exposi- 
tion and  some  of  the  city,  we  were  due  at 
Seattle  to  worship  with  the  brethren  there 
on  the  Lord's  day.  We  reached  there  in 
good  time  to  breakfast  and  attend  the 
worship.  Three  of  our  brethren,  Abbott, 
Boone  and  Crawford,  made  short  ad- 
dresses, and  Brother  Earl  presided  at  the 
Lord's  supper.  After  the  service  the 
brethren  showed  us  their  city,  and  in  go- 
ing from  one  section  to  the  other  we  had  a 
delightful  ride  on  Lake  Washington. 

Next  morning  found  us  at  Spokane 
(the  last  syllable  must  be  pronounced  with 
the  short  sound  of  a),  and  a  hungry  party 
we  were,  ushered  to  the  church  by  breth- 
ren and  treated  to  a  royal  Missouri  break- 
fast, as  the  large  number  of  Missourians 
in  our  party  would  claim,  for  among  other 
good  things  were  hot  biscuit,  and  the 
sister  who  made  them  was  from  Missouri. 
But  the  Virginians  with  us  were  proud 
that  she  could  trace  her  ancestry  back  to 
the  Old  Dominion,  and  felt  they  had  a 
claim  to  some  of  the  honor  for  her  skill. 
Happy  after-breakfast  speeches  were  made 
and  we  went  sightseeing  on  special  electric 
cars;  all  this  and  the  breakfast  free.  At 
night  we  assembled  in  the  large  audi- 
torium of  the  church,  which  will  seat 
about  1,600  people,  and  had  a  service, 
giving  the  brethren  some  of  the  enthusiasm 
of  the  convention.  We  were  sorry  not  to 
have  Bro.  B.  E.  Utz,  their  minister, 
present,  he  having  been  called  away. 

As  our  genial  manager,  Brother  Hoff- 
mann, had  been  minister  of  the  congrega- 
tion at  Helena,  the  capital  of  Montana,  25 
years  ago,  we  stopped  next  day  at  this 
point.  Some  of  us  climbed  to  the  top  of 
Mt.  Helena,  and  had  a  view  of  a  beauti- 
ful landscape  of  mountain  ranges,  on 
one  hand,  while  in  another  direction  we 
could  see  Helena  nestling  among  the  hills, 
and  in  still  another,  a  valley  with  some  fields 
of  green  along  what  seemed  to  be  a 
stream  of  water. 

When  we  returned  to  our  berths  at 
night,  on  our  sleeper,  some  of  us  found 
that  we  must  forsake  the  fellowship  of  the 
party  and  hurry  on,  as  our  course  lay  via 
St.  Paul,  and  their  party  was  bound  for 
St.  Louis. 

At  St.  Paul  we  saw  the  beautiful  capital 
building  of  marble,  a  magnificent  struc- 
ture, costing  $4,000,000.  Leaving  at  8:40 
p.  at.,  we  sped  on  to  Chicago.  Here  our 
immediate  party  was  narrowed  down  to 
three,  Claude  C.  Jones,  who  was  on  his 
way  to  preach  at  the  34th  Street  Church, 
Washington,   D.  C,  on  Lord's  day,  Miss 


Effie  Long,  of  the  Downsville  church, 
Maryland,  who  hoped  to  reach  home 
Saturday  night  and  begin  teaching  on 
Monday,  and  the  writer,  due  to  preach  at 
Winston-Salem,  N.  C,  on  Lord's  day. 
At  Chicago  we  said  good-bye  to  Bro.  F.  T. 
Bullard  and  Mrs.  Bullard,  bound  for 
Lynchburg,  Va.,  and  Miss  Mary  I.  Orvis, 
of  Richmond,  and  Miss  Anne  M.  White,  of 
Bowling  Green,  Va.  These  seven  having 
enjoyed  a  special  companionship  for  more 
than  three  weeks,  it  was  with  regret  that 
we  separated. 

The  reader  can  imagine,  or  find  in  our 
papers,  accounts  of  other  special  excur- 
sions, which,  no  doubt,  had  as  blessed  a 
fellowship  as  ours. 

And  now  I  must  write  of  the  convention. 
There  was  fellowship  there.  Individual 
greetings,  fellowship  of  colleges  in  their 
banquets,  ours  of  Bethany  in  the  Puritan 
Restaurant,  was  a  thing  of  joy.  Fellow- 
ship in  convention  assembled,  services  of 
devotion,  Bible  readings  led  by  J.  H. 
Garrison,  on  "The  Holy  Spirit,"  fellow- 
ship of  applause  over  good  reports,  and 
fellowship  in  the  largely  attended  com- 
munion service  on  the  Lord's  day,  and  in 
giving  at  that  service  an  offering  for  the 


old  and  disabled  ministers  and  their  wives. 
What  a  blessed  fellowship  is  this!  They 
have  preached  the  gospel,  they  should  live 
of  the  gospel.  Then  there  was  the  larger 
fellowship  in  preaching  and  worshiping 
in  the  many  churches  of  the  city  and  the 
cordial  welcome  extended  by  their  minis- 
ters to  our  visiting  brethren. 

All  the  sessions  of  the  convention  were 
held  in  the  First  Congregational  church, 
Bro.  J.  H.  Garrison  preaching  in  this 
church  on  Lord's  day  morning  a  strong 
sermon  on  "Watchman,  what  of  the 
night?"  The  closing  part  was  a  strong 
plea,  familiar  to  Disciples,  so  plainly  and 
pleasantly  put  as  to  breathe  charity  for  all. 
The  reports  showed  progress  and  gains  on 
almost  all  lines.  The  speakers  were 
mostly  young  men,  some  of  them  new 
on  convention  programs,  but  some  of  the 
addresses  made  one  feel  that  these  alone 
paid  us  for  the  trip  across  the  continent. 
The  speeches  whose  impressions  stick  in 
the  memory  were  by  F.  M.  Dowling, 
E.  L.  Powell,  R.  P.  Shepherd,  J.  M.  Rudy 
and  W.  A.  Moore.  There  were  others  that 
were  also  good,  but  we  think  the  keynote 
of  the  convention  is  summed  up  in  the 
title  of  F.  M.  Dowlihg's  address,  "A 
United  Church  and  an  Evangelized 
World."  Shall  we  do  our  part  at  home  to 
bring  it  in  God's  Time? 

Winston,  N.  C.  J.  A.  Hopkins. 


Among   the   Pueblo  Indians 


In  the  vicinity  of  Santa  Fe— that  is, 
within  twenty-five  or  thirty  miles — are  to 
be  found  some  of  the  best  specimens  of  two 
of  the  most  interesting  types  of  Indians 
and  Indian  residences.  They  are  the  pre- 
historic cave  dwellings  or  cliff- dwellings 
and  the  modern  Pueblos. 

The  Pueblo  Indians  of  to-day  are  the 
most  decent,  industrious  and  amiable  ab- 
origines with  whom  it  has  been  my  pleas- 
ure to  associate.  They  are  not  lazy 
nor  dirty  nor  mean  to  their  wives  nor  in- 
hospitable to  strangers.  They  do  not 
"stalk  haughtily"  nor  say  "Ugh!"  like  the 
Indian  of  fiction  and  fancy.  They  do  not 
talk  about  "fire-water,"  nor  drink  it  in 
great  quantities.  They  do  not  say  "heap 
big  Injun,"  nor  use  jargon-English  of  that 
type,  but  speak  fairly  pure  Spanish  and 
sometimes  good,  though  limited,  English. 
They  are  good  and  industrious  farmers, 
their  reservations  including  some  of  the 
best  irrigated  land  in  the  territory.  They 
wear  blue-jeans  oftener  than  blankets  and 
feathers.  They  receive  no  supplies  or 
rations  from  the  government.  They  go  to 
church  on  Sundays.  The  saying  that  "the 
only  good  Indian  is  a  dead  Indian,"  re- 
ceives no  credence  among  those  who  know 
the  Pueblos.  I  myself  am  personally  ac- 
quainted with  some  whom  I  would  trust — 
with  reasonable  care,  of  course — even  in  a 
horse  deal. 

And  yet,  with  all  this  array  of  common- 
place virtues,  they  are  the  most  picturesque 
and  interesting  of  all  Indians.  It  should  be 
said  that,  though  they  are  often  spoken  of  as 
the  Pueblo  Indians,  they  do  not  constitute 
a  single  tribe.  As  shown  by  their  original 
languages,  there  are  three  distinct  stocks 
of  Indians  who  inhabit  pueblos.  Those 
about  Santa  Fe  are  of  a  single  stock,  but 
the  separate  villages  have  only  friendly  re- 
lations with  each  other  and  no  inclusive 
tribal  organization. 

Three  miles  down  the  valley  from  the 
ranch  where  I  have  been  staying,  is  the 
Pueblo  of  Tesuque,  which  is  a  fairly  good 
type  of  the   Indian  pueblo.     It   is,    in  the 


main,  a  quadrangle  of  adobe  construction, 
part  one  story  high,  part  two  stories.  The 
court  thus  enclosed  by  an  almost  solid  wall 
of  buildings,  is  perhaps  seventy-five  yards 
square.  It  is  the  common  front  and  back 
yard  for  the  whole  village.  The  first  story 
is  two  rooms  deep.  The  second  story  is 
generally  only  one  room  ,deep,  and  is  set 
back  so  that,  viewed  from  the  court,  there 
is  a  terrace  reached  by  ladders  forming  a 
sort  of  porch  for  the  second  story,  while 
externally  the  pueblo  presents  a  blank 
and  windowless  wall  two  stories  high.  In 
turbulent  days  this  would  be  an  advantage 
for  purposes  of  defense.  There  are  many 
dome- shaped' adobe  ovens  in  the  court,  on 
the  terrace  and  even  on  top  of  the  second 
story,  the  latter  adding  a  good  feature  to 
the  sky-line.  Some  of  the  chimneys  are 
built  of  the  large  red  and  brown  earthen 
jars  which  the  women  manufacture  both 
for  their  own  domestic  use  and  for  sale.  A 
pile  of  these  jars  (with  the  bottonrknocked 
out,  of  course,  to  permit  m? passage  of 
smoke),  plastered  together  with  adobe 
mud,  makes  as  gay  a  chimney  as  one 
could  desire. 

The  houses  are  usually  clean  inside, 
with  adobe  floors  as  hard  as  cement  and 
the  walls  are  often  decorated  with  a  dado 
or  wainscot  of  bright  kalsomine.  Seldom 
does  a  room  contain  less  than  half  a  dozen 
cheap  religious  prints — saints,  madonnas 
and  the  like. 

The  average  Indian  is  in  all  things  very 
religious.  When  properly  aroused,  he 
makes  the  best  religious  fanatic  in  the 
world.  It  may  not  be  generally  known 
that  there  is  to  this  day  a  secret  order  of 
Flagellants  among  them  who  inflict 
tortures  upon  themselvas  and  each  other 
during  Lent,  and  that  almost  every  year, 
in  some  hidden  place  in  the  mountains, 
there  is  a  passion  play  so  terribly  real  that 
it  culminates  in  the  actual  crucifixion  of  a 
voluntary  victim.  Of  course,  only  a  few 
reach  this  murderous  and  suicidal  climax 
of  fanaticism,  but  most  of  them  are  so  relig- 
ious that  they  perform  the  rites  both  of  the 


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Catholic  church  and  of  their  ancient  pagan 
faith  with  no  sense  of  conflict  or  incon- 
gruity. 

The  pueblo  of  Tesuque  has  a  little  adobe 
Catholic  church  on  one  side  of  its  quad- 
rangle, but  it  lacks,  so  far  as  I  observed, 
one  important  feature  of  a  complete  and 
perfect  pueblo.  It  has  no  estufa.  To  find 
one  we  must  go  a  little  further  down  the 
valley. 

Early  one  morning  I  saddled  my  pony, 
Buckskin — and  let  me  say  at  once  that 
there  was  no  sinister  significance  in  the 
first  half  of  his  name.  He  had  all  the  passive 
Christian  virtues,  but  few  of  the  active 
ones,  and  his  vices  were  all  of  a  negative 
order.  Once  under  the  stimulus  of  compe- 
tition with  a  horse  really  better  than  him- 
self, he  delighted  me  by  actually  running 
away;  but  in  general  he  was  just  a  patient, 
sure-footed  mountain  pony,  who  could 
climb  like  a  goat,  but  wouldn't  doit  unless 
he  had  to. 

One  morning  Buckskin  and  I  went 
twelve  miles  down  the  valley  and  through 
the  foothills  to  the  pueblo  of  Nambe.  Part 
of  the  way  was  through  what  I  would  call 
the  bad  lands,  if  it  were  not  for  hurting  the 
feelings  of  my  New  Mexican  friends,  who 
cannot  believe  that  there  are  any  bad 
lands  in  New  Mexico.  It  was  perfectly 
and  absolutely  arid.  The  red-yellow  soil, 
a  mixture  of  sand,  gravel  and  clay,  was 
tossed  into  low,  steep  ridges  and  peaks, 
cleft  into  sharp  narrow  valleys,  or.  gulleys 
and  scarred  with  ten  thousand  wrinkles  as 
the  ground,  unprotected  by  vegetation, 
had  been  cut  by  fierce  and  infrequent 
autumn  rains  and  baked  hard  by  the  al- 
most constant  sun.  It  was  the  very  pic- 
ture of  desolation.  A  little  water  properly 
supplied,  would  make  it  all  available  for 
peach  orchards  or  wheat  fields  or  market 
garden,  but  the  water  isn't  there. 

At  last,  passing  the  crest  of  a  high 
ridge,  I  looked  down  into  the  green  val- 
ley of  Nambe,  and  it  was  good  to  look 
upon.  The  pueblo  was  almost  deserted. 
The  men  had  all  taken  a  holiday  to  attend 
a  festa  at  a  neighboring  pueblo.  The  vil- 
lage is  a  quadrangle  with  a  short  row  of 
houses  down  the  center,  but  only  one  story 
high.  On  one  side  was  the  church,  very 
curious  and  delapidated,  and  in  one 
corner,  the  ©stufa.  -  The  estufa  is  a  cir- 
cular building  of  a  single  room,  about  half 
subterranean.  The  only  entrance  is  by  a 
ladder  through  a  hole  in  the  roof.  In- 
deed this  was  the  original  mode  of  en- 
trance to  all  pueblo  dwellings.  The  estufa 
is  properly  the  temple  of  the  old  pagan  In- 
dian rites.  When  the  ceremonial  dances  are 
held,  the  dancers  dress  (or  undress)  in  the 
estufa  and  the  procession  issues  from  it.  It 
is  the  headquarters  of  the  pagan  priests — 
for  there  are  priests  in  every  pueblo  who 
have  received  no  unction  from  the  church. 
In  it  are  kept  the  sacred  corn-meal, which  is 
used  for  various  ceremonial  purposes,  and 
other  paraphernalia  for  the  tribal  rites.  At 
ordinary  times  it  is  used  as  a  sort  of  club- 
room  by  the  men  of  the  pueblo— a  place 
for  lounging  and  smoking  in  leisure  hours 
or  for  conference  upon  matters  of  com- 
mon interest.  la  fact,  the  estufa  is  the 
center  of  the  strong  community  feeling 
which  distinguishes  the  Pueblo  Indians. 
The  intrusion  of  a  stranger  into  it  is  keenly 
resented.  You  may  go  into  a  dwelling 
without  offense,  but  not  into  an  estufa. 
That  is  the  surest  and  quickest  way  to 
start  trouble  in  the  most  peaceable  pueblo. 

As  Nambe  was  almost  deserted  that  day, 
I  took  the  risk  of  looking  into  the  estufa 
without  actually  going  in.  It  was  bare  and 
immaculately  clean,  with  walls  tinted  pink 


half-wayup,a  curiouslybuilt  fireplacein  the  estufa  of  the  usual  sort,  but  these  have  a 

center  (the  entrance  hole  oq  the  roof  serv-  room   in  some   bouse    which   they  use  for 

ing    also  as  a  smoke-nole)  and   niches  in  that  same  purpose.  The  institution  always 

the  wall  for  the  reception  of  sacred  meal,  exists.     It  is   the    most    important    thing 

etc.  in  the  pueblo  and  it  is  essentially  pasjan. 

A    few   pueblos,  like  Tesuque,  have   no  w.  E.  G. 

Ministerial  Supply  and  Statistics 

By  H.  D.  WILLIAMS 

The    discussion    now   under  way  in  the  gets  abroad  in  the  church.     Very  soon  the 
Christian- Evangelist  assumes  that  there  explanation  of  departure  from   the  pater- 
is  a  shortage,  and,  so  far,  has  been  search-  nal  calling  gets  out  also,  and  other  young 
ing   for  the  cause.     Below  are  two  tables  men,  thinking  of  the  ministry,  are  turned 
of  statistics  recently  compiled,  which  may  aside  to  business  by  the  example  and  ex- 
throw  some  light  on  the  qucstioD.     They  planation  of  the  pastor's  son. 
are  not  the  most  accurate  since  they  are  These  things  are  submitted    simply  by 
drawn  from  only  a  limited  number  of  in-  way  of  suggestion.    I  think  there  are  three 
stances,  but  they  have  been  gathered  with  great  causes  for  the  shortage  in  ministerial 
care   and   cannot  be   far   out  of  the  way.  supply,  and  about  these  I  shall  write  an- 
These  figures  have  reference  to  the  sons  cf  other  time, 
ministers    and    the   ministry.    It  must   be  'Q         %£ 
conceded     that      every    calling     depends  n    ...         n                   _ 
chiefly,  for  its  future  manning,  upon  the  Robbing  Peter  tO  Pay  Paul. 
sons    of    its    present    manhood— that    the  By  H.  C.  Patterson. 
chief  factor  in  supplying  any   calling  with  Wlth  the  growing  custom  to  allow  pas- 
men,    is  the    families    already    dependent  tors  a  vacation  from  their  arduous  labors 
on  that   calling.-    This   fact  is  recognized  2rows  the  demand  for  men  to  fill  the  pul- 
and  emphasized  in  sociology.     In  view  of  Pik  in  their  absence.     Usually  the  churches 
this  the  following  table  is  significant:  are   behind   with   the  pastor's  salary  and 
.    .     '      ■  they  embrace  this  opportunity  to  catchup. 

Farmers  springing- from  farmers  families ,           90  percent.  T„    __j„_    »„    j„     *i_-      n.                        .    .          .     . 

Lawyers  springing  from  lawyers' families,           41        "  in    order    to    do     this    they   must   take   their 

^SSffiS5SfeS'  5      «  r^ular  offerings  and  hold  the  same  against 

Ministers  springing  from  ministers' families,      8      "  the   return    of   the   refreshed     pastor.     In 

From  this  table  we  are  driven  to  one  of  most   inst.an«*    some    poor,     unemployed 

two  conclusions-either  the  ministry  is  in-  Prfacber  ?  called  upon  to  supply  the  pul- 

creasing  in  numbers  at  a  greater  rate  than  ?*{.:**"*  he  doe*  cbef  u>ly  and  returns 

any  of  the  other  four  callings  represented,  *  hls  fa«"ly  without  a  dollar  to  buy  their 

or  ministers'  sons  are  failing  to  follow  the  dmnfr  •      ?he     churcb      members    shake 

calling  of  their  fathers  as  often  as  in  the  ^ands   and    con2ratuIate    eacb    other    on 

other   four  callings.     But  it  is  a  fact  long  *eir  getting  good  sermons,  and  that  with- 

admitted,     widely    discussed    and    loudly  out  having  to  pay  anything, 

lamented  that  the  ministry  is  not  increas-  .   At  the  °n?  ?'the  yea5  the  official  board 

ing  at  its  proper  rate.     Therefore,  we  are  1S  ^S^ated  upon  their  splendid  finan- 

driven    to     the    second    conclusion,    that  tiering  ability,  while  the  bills  for  coal,  flour 

ministers'  sons,   for  the  most  part,  are  re-  and    groceries   pour   in  upon    the   supply 

fusing   to  shoulder   the   burdens .  of   their  feacher'  and  the  ch^ch,  learning  of  his 

fathers '  financial  embarrassment,  attribute  this  to 

Some  questions  will  arise  as  one  ponders  e*travagance  and  say,  ''If  he  could  have 

the  above  table  our  official  board  to  look  after  his  business 

"  Have  ministers  less  influence  than  other  **  would   prosper.'      I   have   little   confi- 

men  in  shaping  the  course  of  their  sons?  deQCefin  th*  Christian  honor  of  a  church 

Are   ministers'    sons    especially    wayward  °r  past°r  w,ho  W1"  Pe™st  in  robbi°g  Peter 

and    selfish?     Do    ministers    advise    their  to  PaY  Paul  or  the  church  in  robbing  both 

sons  to  avoid  the  ministry?     Is  the  outlook  Z      u  a^  Paul-     If  a  man  acts  as  suPPly 

upon   their  ministerial    life,    gained  from  he.  sb°uld  share  e(Ju*"y  with    the   Pastor 

the  ministerial  home,  enough  to  deter  the  who  has  mt°°e ?  enou^h  to  admit  of  ^  tak- 

son  from  entering  upon  it?  mg  a  m°nth  s  ?utm2  or  g°iDS  °*  a  jaunt 

„  4  .         .          .*  *  io         •*           •      -r  across  the  continent.     These  preachers  are 

But  here  is  another  table  quite  as  sigmf-  at  home  to  act  as  supplies  si£ply  because 

icant:             .  they  are  unable  to  bear  the  expense  of  an 

Farmers' sons  becoming  farmers 68percent.  m-trincr        T  cinrt*i-»1ir   Vi/->r^  ♦■«    „„„    „       %. 

Lawyers'  sons  becoming  lawyers 53     "  outing,     t  sincerely  hope  to  see  a  change 

Physicians' sons  becoming  physicians 42     "  in    this   practice    of    injustice.     Preachers 

Bankers' sons  becoming  bankers 35      "  „„„„ 1 _i_    „,j  \  .,     . 

Ministers' sons  becoming  ministers n     "  everywhere     should    enter    their     protest 

This  table  also  indicates  that  ministers'  aga^st  th,is  wronS  and  ***  *Pon  their 

sons  are   turning   to   some   other    line  of  brotbers  being  paid,  and  if  the  church  will 

service.     There  has  been  a  good  deal  of  n0t  do  "i  do  *  ^selves  or  stay  at  their 

i.  ,1     v.     *  i.u    1               ~i~       t  posts  of  duty  to  which  the  Lord  has  called 

talk  about  the  large  number  of  young  men  f^                  J                                u  UrtS'  l-*lieu 

quitting  the  farm  because  of  its  drudgery.  r    ,'.        t  ,.     r    . 

2.,.     , &      .                .    .    ,                    ,             I  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

This  has  been  pointed  out  as  a  danger  to  r 

our  agricultural  interests  and  a  detriment  9        w 

to   the  whole  people.     But,  behold,    only  Victory  at  Hillsboro,  Illinois. 

32  per  cent  of  farmers'  sons  are  deserting  in  September,  1904,  the  writer,  as  evangel- 

the   farm  while  89  per  cent  of  ministers'  ist  of  the  fifth  Illinois  missionary  district,  visited 

sons    are    deserting    the  ministry.     If   the  Hillsboro.     About  twenty  Disciples  were  found 

farming  interest  is  in  danger,   what  of  the  who  seemed  anxious  to  work.     Lawrence  and 

ministry?  Some  have  said  that  the  preach-  Edward  Wright,  of  Iowa,  were  secured  as  evan- 

ers  must  preach  young  men  into  the  minis-  gellsts-     ,A    n*w    congregation    was    organ- 

•nrMi  i.i-   •               t.          i.          n.            -i  izee,    and   regular   services   will    be    held    in 

try.     Will  their  preachments  on  that  point  ,.     ',,.,.  u„*     »:n               "         ,                , 

,y                     .     *V   _    ..    .                        y  the    court  house  till    property  can    be  secured, 

do    any   good   when    their    own    sons  are  Th,  „.:tmr  „„j„  ,uf  A-     /•        t    L     ... 

.         *            .,            .    .  .      ,     xtt,          .,  A  ne  writer,  under  the  direction  of    the  district 

turning    from    the    ministry?     When    the  board,  will    preach  half  the  time  for   this  new 

pastor's  son  is  ready  for  college,  his  failure  church.                           Edwarb  O.  Sharpe. 

to  enter   for  ministerial  preparation   soon  Carlinville ,  ///. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


September  7,  1905. 


Our    Budget 


)ur  Convention  Number  will  appear 
next  week.  Those  wishing  extra  copies 
should  order  at  once. 

— What  new  plans  of  work  are  you  going 
to  carry  out  this  fall  ? 

— Now  that  the  convention  is  over,  there 
will  be  nothing  to  interfere  for  more  than 
.  w  days  with  the  church  life  and  work 
for  the  winter.  District  and  state  conven- 
tions should  be  attended,  but  these  do  not 
take  up  so  much  time  or  energy  as  a  na- 
tional convention,  to  which  many  have  to 
travel  great  distances.  It  required  of  the 
writer  three  weeks  from  his  office  and  a 
lot  of  overtime  work  in  order  that  he  might 
be  present  at  the  gathering  in  San  Fran- 
cisco. 

— Our  readers  have  been  enjoying  the 
"Editor's  Easy  Chair"  account  of  the  con- 
vention and  the  incidents  of  the  journey 
thereto.  The  editor  is  still  in  the  west,  but 
he  is  booked  to  start  from  the  hills  of 
Wyoming  for  Chicago,  en  route  to  Gar- 
rison Park.  Pentwater,  about  the  time  these 
lines  appear  in  print. 

— The  assistant  editor  returned  to  his 
desk  last  week  by  the  short  route,  having 
seen,  with  envious  eyes,  his  chief  start  after 
that  salmon.  It  was  a  working  journey 
home,  but  the  fellowship  of  F.  M.  Rains, 
S.  H.  Bartlett  and  others  was  a  delightful 
relief  to  some  of  the  grind  that  falls  to  the 
lot  of  the  newspaper  man. 

— Will  you  co-operate  with  us  in  extend- 
ing the  circulation  of  The  Christian- 
Evangelist?  We  have  added  thousands  of 
readers  during  the  past  year,  but  there  are 
several  hundred  thousand  members  of  our 
churches  who  never  read  a  religious  paper. 
We  do  not  know  that  neighbor  of  yours 
who  is  so  ill-informed  about  what  the  broth- 
erhood is  doing  and  who  could  be  so  much 
more  useful  if  he  were  thus  interested.  But 
you  do. 

— This  telegram  reaches  us  as  we  make 
ready  for  press : 

"Yates  Center,  Kan. — Three  thousand 
at  services  yesterday  at  Leroy,  Kan. ;  eighty 
added,  principally  by  baptism;  Martin  fam- 
ily meetings." 

— D.  D.  Burt,  of  Niles,  O.,  is  enjoying 
his  vacation  in  Michigan. 

— J.  C.  Mason  has  been  touring  among 
the  West  Texas  churches. 

— The  Oklahoma  convention  will  be  held 
at   Guthrie,   September   11-14. 

— Do  not  forget  the  Kentucky  state  meet- 
ing, September  25-28,  at  Maysville. 

— J.  A.  Lytle,  of  Urbana,  111.,  has  some 
dates  not  taken  for  this  fall  and  winter. 

— W.  A.  Fite  has  just  preached  for  the 
East  Dallas  church,  where  he  was  formerly 
pastor. 

— Rudolph  Kiecke  has  closed  his  pas- 
torate at  Yale,  Mich.,  where  he  has  done 
a  fine  work. 

— C.  L.  Walker  is  to  give  up  the  v.-^rk 
at  Mt.  Auburn,  la.,  and  enter  the  evan- 
gelistic field. 

— The  church  at  Arkansas  City,  Kan., 
will  need  a  pastor  December  1.     Address, 

D.  G.  Lewis. 

— O.  W.  Darnold,  of  Shelby  county,  Ky., 
has  accepted  a  call  for  half-time  at  Burgin, 
the  same  state. 

— Owing  to  a  canceled  engagement,  Chas. 

E.  McVay,  of  Benkelman,  Neb.,  can  assist 
in  a  November  meeting. 

— D.  W.  Martin,  who  has  been  a  faithful 


friend  to  the  National  Benevolent  Associa- 
tion, has  just  given  it  $2,000  on  the  annuity 
plan. 

— R.  H.  Tanksley  is  still  a  cripple  as  the 
result  of  a  broken  leg  and  a  badly  sprained 
ankle,  received  in  a  fall  on  the  Fourth  of 
July. 

— The  Central  Christian  Church,  of  Cincin- 
nati, has  begun  the  publication  of  a  little 
weekly  devoted  to  the  interests  of  the  local 
church. 

— A  male  singer  is  wanted  for  an  evan- 
gelistic meeting,  to  begin  October  1.  Terms 
and  references  should  be  sent  to  J.  E.  Din- 
ger, Chandler,  O.  T. 

— Homer  T.  Wilson  has  resigned  at  San 
Antonio,  and  will  give  his  time  to  evan- 
gelistic work.  His  address  will  be  San  An- 
tonio, Texas,  for  a  time. 

— President  and  Mrs.  B.  A.  Jenkins  are 
expected  home  from  Europe  at  an  early 
date.  The  exact  date  was  not  announced, 
on  account  of  the  sickness  of  Brother  Jen- 
kins  while   at   Berlin. 

— Owing  to  the  condition  of  Bethany 
Church,  Evansville,  Ind.,  Allen  P.  Shaw 
has  decided  to  accept  a  call  to  Fairfield,  111. 
H.  F.  Drash,  of  Bloomfield,  Ind.,  will  take 
the  Bethany  work. 

■ — A.  L.  Zink,  of  Carroll,  la.,  has  been 
called  to  Tecumseh,  Neb.  This  is  the 
third  time  he  has  been  called  to  take  this 
church,  and  he  has  finally  decided  to  take 
up  the  work  there  again. 

— Benj.  L.  Mitchell,  who  arrived  from  Liv- 
erpool, England,  on  July  1,  to  take  up  the 
work  of  the  First  church,  Joliet,  111.,  re- 
ports three  additions  last  Lord's  day  and 
the  audience  increasing  at  each  service. 

— R.  Bruce  Brown  is  at  his  home,  Yale, 
Mich.,  for  a  short  time.  He  will  preach 
for  the  church  there  until  a  regular  pastor 
is  located,  when  he  will  return  to  northern 
Michigan  to  pursue  his  missionary  work  in 
that  new  field. 

— The  new  church  at  Canton,  O.,  is  to 
be  dedicated  September  10  by  Z.  T.  Sweeney, 
and  a  meeting  will  begin  October  1,  with  the 
pastor,  P.  H.  Welshimer,  doing  the  preach- 
ing, and  P.  W.  Kendall,  of  Columbus,  Ind., 
in  charge  of  the  music. 

— Ira  W.  Kimberling  desires  to  quit  the 
regular  pastorate  and  hold  meetings  for  weak 
churches.  This  is  in  accordance  with  the 
request  of  his  recently  deceased  wife.  Those 
wishing  to  make  use  of  his  services  may 
address  Lock  box  141,  Neodesha,  Kan. 

— R.  B.  Havener  has  closed  a  ten  days' 
meeting  at  Post  Oak,  Mo.,  which  will  re- 
sult in  another  building  being  erected.  This 
will  make  four  new  houses  on  the  Rock 
Island  Railroad,  and  five  new  congrega- 
tions that  Brother  Havener  hasinaugurated. 

— J.  Lord,  of  the  "Christian  Standard," 
worshipped  with  the  South  Broadway 
Church,  Denver,  Col.,  Lord's  day  morning, 
August  27,  while  G.  W.  Muckley  addressed 
the  congregation  on  the  work  of  the  Board 
of  Church  Extension  on  the  evening  of  the 
same  day. 

— B.  Q.  Denham  has  resigned  his  pas- 
torate in  New  York,  and  will  have  some 
time  to  devote  his  energies  to  lecture  work 
and  a  business  enterprise.  Brother  Denham 
has  a  very  warm  following,  and  the  church 
will  give  him  a  reception  in  the  course  of 
a  few  days. 

— Naotaro  Otsuka,  who  is  a  graduate  of 
Bethany  College,  has  just  received  his  bach- 
elor of  divinity  degree  from  the  University 
of  Chicago,  where  he  has  been  studying  for 
some  time.  His  thesis  subject  was,  "A 
Sketch  of  Religious  Progress  in  Japan." 

— I.  J.  Spencer,  in  writing  of  his  trip  to 


the  convention,  says  he  remained  nearly  two 
hours  in  Salt  Lake — "hours  that  passed 
as  quickly  as  the  play  hours  at  school  when 
I  was  a  boy  of  ten."  The  assistant  editor 
seconds  this  judgment,  having  spent  just 
about  the  same  time  in  that  briny  water. 

—Elizabeth  Flower  Willis,  reader  and  im- 
personator of  national  fame,  has  recently 
purchased  all  the  rights  and  appurtenances 
of  the  Samuel  R.  Kelley  School  of  Oratory, 
of  Boston,  and  it  will  hereafter  be  consol- 
idated with  her  own  school  at  Worcester, 
Mass. 

— jas.  W.  Zachary,  of  Lexington,  Ky., 
held  a  meeting  at  Sterling,  O.  T.,  recently, 
which  resulted  in  twenty-five  baptisms  and 
the  laying  of  plans  to  build  a  house  of 
worship.  Brother  Zachary  is  now  touring 
the  coast,  but  would  like  to  locate  perma- 
nently, as  he  is  tired  of  the  roaming  life 
of  an  evangelist. 

— We  regret  to  record  the  death  of  Rev. 
H.  P.  Hamilton,  who  has  for  twenty-six 
years  been  the  agent  of  the  American  Bible 
Society  in  the  republic  of  Mexico.  During 
the  quarter  of  a  century  there  have  been 
circulated  through  his  agency  among  the 
people  of  Mexico  more  than  500,000  copies 
of  the  Bible,  New  Testament  and  portions 
of  the  Scriptures. 

— We  regret  to  record  the  death  of  Mrs. 
Arminda  Hughes,  wife  of  D.  E.  Hughes, 
pastor  of  the  Christian  church  at  Mon- 
mouth, 111.  Her  last  sickness  was  of  short 
duration,  though  it  had  been  brought  on 
by  a  gradual  failing  during  the  past  few 
years.  She  was  a  faithful  pastor's  wife, 
and  was  loved  in  the  homes  of  all  who  came 
in  contact  with  her. 

— F.  B.  Sapp  reports  that  there  is  some 
money  and  material  in  hand  to  build  a 
church  at  Gladesville,  W.  Va.,  in  which  he 
feels  a  special  interest  by  reason  of  early 
memories.  Brother  Sapp  has  just  returned 
from  his  vacation  to  Greenfield,  Ind.  While 
at  Gladesville,  on  his  vacation,  he  preached 
three  times — once  at  the  Baptist  Association 
— and  baptized  two  young  ladies. 

— The  college  work  at  Jubbulpore,  India, 
opened  July  13  with  eighteen  students  in 
attendance — the  same  as  last  year.  The 
building  is  not  yet  up,  but  Brother  Whar- 
ton believes  it  will  come  in  due  time.  The 
printing  press  is  doing  well  also,  and  the 
missionaries  are  greatly  cheered  with  the 
reports  that  come  from  America  and  are 
delighted  to  think  they  are  to  have  more 
helpers  on  the  field  soon. 

— The  number  of  additions  in  a  revival 
meeting  just  held  at  the  Christian  church, 
California,  Mo.,  by  John  L.  Brandt,  was 
thirty-three.  At  the  close  of  the  services 
resolutions  were  offered  expressing  confi- 
dence in  the  pastor,  Herbert  J.  Corwine, 
and  extending  him  a  call  for  another  year 
beginning  March  1.  Brother  Brandt  gave 
one  of  his  popular  lectures  at  the  con- 
clusion of  the  regular  evangelistic  sd  /ices. 

— We  have  received  copies  of  the  plans 
of  the  proposed  new  church  building  at 
Huntington,  Ind.,  where  Cephas  Shelburne 
ministers.  The  old  accommodation  has 
long  been  insufficient,  for  it  would  hold  at 
most  about  four  hundred  people,  while  the 
membership  of  the  church  is  now  six  hun- 


A    Christian 

-OR- 

Church  Member- Which? 

Thousands  of  copies  have  been  sold  at  50c  each 

Reduced  now  to  25  cents,  Postpaid. 

Every  church  member  ought  to  read  this  book. 
Ministers,  doctors  and  lawyers  grive  testimony  re- 
garding its  great  value.    Get  a  copy  at  once. 
Br.     JNO.     G.      M.      LUTTENBERGER, 
5104  norgan  St.,  St.  Louis. 


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dred,  with  a  large  number  of  regular  at- 
tendants. The  new  auditorium  is  to  seat 
seven  hundred  people,  while  the  capacity 
can  be  enlarged  to  1,300  by  throwing  the 
entire  floor  into  one  area. 

—Dexter  Christian  College  opened  its 
fall  session  with  an  increased  attendance 
over  the  same  period  last  year.  President 
Buxton  was  in  attendance,  for  which  he 
left  the  side  of  his  dying  wife  in  Colorado 
Springs,  where  he  had  been  for  a  month. 
Although  one  thousand  miles  from  the  col- 
lege, he  did  not  allow  it  to  suffer,  and 
wrote  over  three  hundred  personal  letters 
and  sent  twenty  telegrams  in  its  interest 
in  this  time.  We  are  informed  that  every 
student  who  has  thus  far  enrolled  had  been 
arranged  for  by  President  Buxton  person- 
ally or  by  letter. 

—According  to  the  Cblumbia  Herald,  Dr. 
W.  T.  Moore  occupied  the  pulpit  of  C.  H. 
Winders  on  a  recent  Lord's  day,  which 
happened  to  be  Dr.  Moore's  seventy-third 
anniversary.  The  subject  of  his  remarks 
was,  "How  Christianity  appears  to  one  at 
the  age  of  sixteen  years,  and  to  one  at  the 
age  of  seventy-three."  Brother  Winders 
has  been  in  attendance  at  the  San  Francisco 
convention,  having  taken  a  party  of  friends 
from  Columbia  and  neighborhood. 

—According  to  the  "Daily  Times,"  New 
Philadelphia,  O.,  Brother  and  Sister  J.  W. 
Harrison  and  their  gospel  wagon  have  re- 
turned to  that  city  after  an  absence  of  a 
few  days  over  one  year.  The  newspaper 
says:  "It  is  the  same  old  wagon,  battered 
but  little  more  than  the  last  time  it  was 
here ;  the  same  old  gray  horse,  still  as  fat 
and  well  kept  as  ever,  and  the  same  little 
jovial  man  and  woman,  who,  during  their 
short  stay  in  our  city,  made  many  friends 
who  will  extend  to  them  a  hearty  wel- 
come." Brother  and  Sister  Harrison  are 
now  on  their  way  to  the  western  coast,  and 
will  preach  and  distribute  literature  at 
every  opportunity  on  their  long  journey. 

— A  personal  letter  to  the  editor  of  this 
paper  from  Brother  G.  L.  Wharton  comes 
to  hand  in  his  absence,  and  the  assistant 
editor  takes  it  upon  himself  to  make  the 
following  quotation:  "When  at  Landour  a 
short  time  ago,  I  was  asked  to  speak  upon 
the  subject  of  'Tithing.'  I  distributed  my 
tract  to  a  few.  The  superintendent  of  the 
North  India  Tract  Society,  Dr.  L.  Lucas, 
has  asked  me  to  put  the  tract  into  Hindi 
for  circulation  among  the  Christians  in 
India ;  others  wanted  me  to  translate  it 
into  Urdoo.  Dr.  Lucas,  in  reporting  the 
Christian  Endeavor  conference  in  his  paper, 
'The  Hindoostan  Journal/  said:  'The  ad- 
dress of  Rev.  G.  L  Wharton  on  "Tithing" 
was  one  which  it  would  pay  the  C.  E. 
Societies  to  repeat  all  over  India.'  Dr. 
Lucas  is  one  of  the  best  theologians  and 
scholars  among  the  Presbyterians  in  India. 
This  is  only  by  way  of  letting  you  know 
that  your  labor  is  not  limited  to  the  United 
States,  great  as  it  is.  Some  day  you  will 
know  how  world-wide  is  your  influence 
for  the  extending  and  the  building  up  of 
the  kingdom." 

Southwest  Iowa  District  Convention. 

The  Southwest  Iowa  District  Convention 
will  be  held  at  Corning,  la.,  September 
12-14.  The  church  at  Corning  sends  a  hearty 
welcome  and  invitation  to  all  the  churches 
in  the  district  to  send  delegates.  Lodging 
and  breakfast  will  be  furnished  in  the  homes, 
and  the  ladies  will  serve  meals  during  the 
day  near  the  church,  at  the  usual  price.  We 
should  like  very  much  if  word  of  your 
coming  might  be  sent  in  advance. 

W.  E.  Pitcher. 


An  Important  Statement. 

During  the  month  of  August  the  Foreign 
Society  received  $12,683,  a  gain  over  the 
corresponding  month,   19x14,  of  $1,906. 

The  total  receipts  for  the  year— that  is,  up 
to  September  1 — amount  to  $220,484,  a  gain 
over  the  corresponding  eleven  months  of 
last  year,  of  $39,723-  Tms  is  the  greatest 
gain  ever  made  for  the  corresponding  time. 

We  must  receive  $29,516  during  Septem- 
ber if  we  reach  the  $250,000.  The  tardy 
churches  and  Sunday  schools  and  other 
friends  of  the  work  should  make  a  care- 
ful note  of  this.  And  let  it  be  remembered, 
the  books  close  September  30.  Any  money 
received  after  that  can  not  be  credited  on 
this  year's  receipts.  Let  the  gifts  be  sent 
promptly  to  F.  M.  Rains,  Corresponding 
Secretary,  Cincinnati,  O. 

<®         ® 

A  New  Named  Fund  for  Church 

Extension. 

At  the  close  of  the  Church  Extension' 
session  of  the  national  convention  at  San 
Francisco,  Tuesday  night,  August  22,  C.  C. 
Chapman,  of  Fullerton,  Cal.,  gave  a  $5,000 
named  loan  fund  to  Church  Extension,  and 
paid  his  first  $500.  The  fund  will  be  known 
as  "The  Lizzie  Pearson  Chapman  Memorial 
Loan  Fund,"  in  memory  of  Brother  Chap- 
man's deceased  wife.  The  announcement  of 
this  magnificent  gift  created  great  enthu- 
siasm. Mr.  Chapman  is  president  of  the 
Southern  California  Christian  Missionary 
Society,  and  was  elected  first  vice-president 
of  our  national  convention,  which  is  to 
meet  in  Buffalo  in  October,  1906. 

This  is  the  fourteenth  named  fund  in 
our  Church  Extension  work.  This  is  a  fine 
start  for  our  annual  offering. 

There  are  scores  of  wealthy  people  and 
churches  among  our  ranks  able  to  give 
named  funds.  A  named  fund  is  $5,000  or 
more,  of  which  a  separate  account  is  kept 
and  a  report  made  each  year  to  the  donor. 
The  interest  is  kept  in  the  fund,  and  prac- 
tically compounds  itself  in  semi-annual  pay- 
ments. The  fund  is  named  after  the  donor, 
or  some  one  he  may  designate. 

The  Drake  fund  has  built  fifty-three 
churches,  and  done  the  work  of  $20,365.66 
since  its  establishment  in  February,  1889, 
though  our  lamented  Brother  Drake  gave 
but  $1,000  to  start  the  fund  in  1889,  and 
paid  the  remainder  through  a  series  of  nine 
years. 

The  Bethany  Beach  Institution. 

Our  seaside  resort,  Bethany  Beach,  Sussex 
county,  Delaware,  has  just  closed  its  fourth 
and  most  successful  season.  It  has  never 
been  so  largely  patronized,  nor  proven 
more  conclusively  the  need  of  such  a  sum- 
mer resting  place  for  our  people.  Its  ben- 
efits have  been  enjoyed  by  representatives 
of  the  Disciples  of  Christ  from  Cincinnati, 
Lexington,  Detroit,  Washington,  Baltimore, 
Pittsburg,  Philadelphia,  Johnstown,  Wheel- 
ing, Bethany,  Hiram,  and  many  other  places, 
who  have  found  its  invigorating  breezes 
and  its  inspiring  felowship  all  that  could 
be  desired. 

The  program  of  the  assembly  of  1905 — 
July  16  to  August  18 — has  never  before  been 
equaled  by  us.  The  founders  of  Bethany 
Beach  had  a  great  purpose  which  has  been 
steadfastly  adhered  to,  namely,  to  promote 
the  plea  of  the  Disciples  of  Christ  in  the 
east  and  to  provide  for  its  friends  and  pa- 
trons such  physical,  intellectual,  social  and 
spiritual  advantages  during  the  vacation 
season  as  will  make  it  an  attractive  resort 
for  all  good  people.  It  does  not,  for  a  mo- 
ment,   undertake  to   rival   such   resorts   as 


Atlantic  City.  Its  aims  are  educational 
and  religious.  It  would  be  a  haven  of  rest 
for  quiet  people.  It  claim-  to  pre-.ent  a  safe 
and  rational  way  of  spending  the  heated 
term.  It  offers  wholesome  recreation, 
one  is  in  this  enterprise  for  the  purpose 
of  making  money.  It  is  not  in  any  sense 
a  real  estate  scheme,  of  which  the  company 
is  the  promoter.  i;.   D.  Power, 

President  of  Bethany  Beach  Assembly. 

W.     A.    DlNKEB, 

President  of  the  Bethany  Beach  Improve- 
ment Co. 

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Missouri  Seventh  District    Convention. 

The   Seventh    (or   Clinton )    District 
met    at    Nevada,    Mo.,    October    3-5.      All 
churches  in  the  district  are  asked  to  elect 
delegates.     A  good  program  is  being  pre- 
pared H.  James  Crockett,  Pres. 

The  Holy  Spirit. 

Dear  Brother  Garrison:  I  have  just 
been  reading  your  work  on  the  Holy 
Spirit.  No  other  discussion  of  the  subject 
within  such  compass  pleases  me  so  well. 
You  have  set  a  good  example  for  this  kind 
of  writing,  giving  simple  and  sane  expres- 
sion to  what  is  evidently  well  matured 
thought. 

A  good  writer  has  somewhere  said  that 
the  Holy  Spirit  may  practically  be  regarded 
as  God  in  contact  with  the  human  soul. 
He  may  reach  us  through  his  word,  or 
through  the  lives  of  men  in  whom  he  has 
come  to  dwell.  It  would  be  hard  to  put 
limits  as  to  ways  in  which  he  might  make 
his  Spirit  to  bear  on  ours.  It  is  easy  to 
feel  that  if  we  were  spiritually  sensitive 
and  well  attuned  to  heavenly  things,  we 
might  feel  distinctly  the  sweet  influences 
of  the  divine  life.  Poets  are  constantly 
teaching  us  that  there  is  a  soul  in  things; 
that  Nature  speaks  a  varied  language,  a 
language  which  varies  according  to  our 
moods  and  spirit  conditions.  And  there 
is  truth  in  all  this. 

Two  men  behold  the  same  landscape, 
and  yet  it  is  not  alike  to  them;  one  sees 
far  more  than  the  other.  It  answers 
nothing  to  say  that  the  differences  are  sub- 
jective, i.  e.,  differences  in  the  two  behold- 
ers, for  as  a  fact,  they  really  behold  differ- 
ent things.  I  think  it  true  that  no  one 
comes  at  all  to  know  nature  until  he  sees 
beneath  the  surface,  that  is,  until  he  sees 
the  unseen  and  the  unseeable. 

Yet  it  should  never  be  forgotten  that  at 
first  we  are  dependent  on  the  external  and 
visible;  that  it  is  through  the  seen  that  we 
are  led  to  the  unseen;  and  while  he  who 
sees  most,  finds  the  richer  life,  the  man  of 
lesser  vision  is  not  goinsr  wrong  if  he  sees 
honest. 

Pardon  this.  I  started  simply  to  thank 
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We  have  a  glorious  country,  and  one  can 
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coming proud  to  call  it  his  own. 
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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


September  7,  1905. 


— The  Columbus  (O.)  Dispatch  contains  a 
picture  and  notice  of  W.  S.  Priest,  pastor  of 
the  Central  church  of  Christ  in  that  city,  on 
the  occasion  of  the  celebration  of  the  twenty- 
fifth  anniversary  of  his  work  in  the  ministry. 
The  report  says  that  "in  the  twenty  rive  years 
be  has  preached  3,044  sermons,  received  1,748 
persons  into  the  church,  married  321  couples, 
and  conducted  3S0  funeral  sermons."  In  a 
personal    letter   to    the   Editor,    Brother  Priest 

"Rejoice  with  me!  Last  week  we  sold  our 
chuich  property  for  $31,000— $500  per  front 
foot— which  I  think  a  good  price,  and  we  will 
at  once  go  ahead  with  the  erection    of    a   $50,- 

000  plant,  a  representative  building  of  our 
plea  in  this  great  capital  of  the  great  common- 
wealth of  Ohio.  A  fitting  close  of  last  Lord's 
day  services,  my  twenty-fifth  anniversary,  was 
the  ratification  by  the  congregation  of  the 
action  of  the  trustees,  recommending  the  sale 
of  the  property.  So,  we  hope,  within  a  year, 
to  be  housed  in  a  modern  building  that  will 
be  adequate  to  our  work.     Thus,   sooner   than 

1  could  have  reasonably  expected,  the  purpose 
that  very  largely  animated  me  and  decided  me 
to  accept  this  work,  is  likely  to  be  realized. 
1880—1905!  Between  these  dates  is  repre- 
sented a  quarter  of  a  century  of  labor  in  the 
ministry  of  the  Word!  How  gracious  the 
Lord  hath  been  to  me!  How  kind  and  con- 
siderate the  churches  which  I  have  served!  I 
am  sure  I  have  not  deserved  all  the  blessings 
that  have  been  mine.  How  slow  of  heart  we 
are  to  understand  that  the  dear  Father  wants 
to  be  good  to  us!  We  had  a  great  day.  I 
gave  a  little  talk  on  'Twenty-five  Years  in  the 
Ministry,'  in  which  I  tried  to  show  something 
of  the  joys  of  preaching  the  unsearchable 
riches  of  Christ — in  seeing  men  and  women 
turn  to  the  Lord;  in  building  up  the  saints  in 
their  holy  faith;  in  being  in  the  front  rank  of 
those  who  are  pleading  for  civic  righteousness 
and  moral  cleannes-.  Oh,  what  a  glorious 
thing  it  is  to  preach  Christ  and  him  crucified! 
Had  I  a  thousand  periods  of  twenty- five  years 
each  to  live,  I  would  wish  to  give  them  all  to 
this  highest  of  all  callings.  My  brethren  sur- 
prised me  by  having  the  superintendent  of  our 
Bible-school  walk  towards  the  pulpit,  just  as  I 
began  to  read  my  text,  and,  in  a  neat  little 
spsech,  hand  me  twenty-five  silver  dollars! 
You  see,  it  was  my  silver  jubilee." 

Let  pessimistic  croakers  about  the  ministry, 
notice  the  joy  and  inspiration  of  this  faithful 
minister  of  Christ.  Young  men  thinking 
about  the  ministerial  calling,  might  well  make 
a  note  of  this. 


Liverpool,  England. 

The  church  in  Liverpool  was  organized  by 
W.  T.  Moore  soon  after  he  began  his  work  in 
England,  and  it  was  for  this  church  that 
M.  D.  Todd  gave  his  life.  Three  of  my 
happiest  years  were  spent  as  minister  there, 
and  I  know  of  no  better  and,  according  to  its 
numbers,  more  efficient  church.  It  has  sent 
out  as  preachers  such  men  as  James  and 
Matthew  Small,  R.  W.  Abberley  and  W.  R. 
McCrea. 

That  church  is  now  struggling  to  free  itself 
of  a  burden  of  debt,  that  it  may  be  unhindered 
in  its  work  for  the  Lord.  Bro.  Philip  Pratly, 
the  treasurer,  has  made  an  appeal  to  our  gen- 
eral brotherhood  for  help.  I  know  Brother 
Pratly.  He  is  one  of  God's  noblemen,  and 
every  dollar  sent  to  him  will  be  sacredly  used 
for  the  Lord,  and  there  are  few,  if  any,  places 
where  money  will  do  more  good.  Brethren, 
do  not  turn  a^eaf^  ear_to_this_appeaK__If_you 
could  only  know  the  situation  as  one  knows  it 
who  has  been  over  the  ground,  this  sacrificing 
and  deserving  people  would  be  at  once 
relieved.  Every  dollar  you  send  to  Philip 
Pratly,  67  Gsrnioyle  Road,    Liverpool,    Eng- 


land, will  bear  interest  for  you  in  the  bank  of 
heaven.  A.  Martin. 

Davenport,  loixa, 

«  • 

A  Comparison  That  Tells. 

We  have  recently  received  a  number  of  in- 
quiries about  the  progress  we  are  making  with 
the  new  church  at  Hot  Springs.  We  are  at 
work  doing  all  we  can,  though  our  progress  is 
unsatisfactory.  We  have  not  received  the  aid 
we  have  expected  from  the  outside.  We  were 
so  crippled  by  the  fire  that  it  has  been  hard 
for  us  to  keep  up  the  work.  There  is  one 
point  though,  in  this  work,  of  public  interest; 
it  reveals  the  need  of  missionary  education. 

Here  is  an  illustration  which  makes  it  clear 
that  we  are  weak  in  this  particular:  When 
the  great  fire  on  Feb.  25  swept  away  more 
than  one  hundred  business  and  six  hundred  resi- 
dences, an  appeal  went  out  from  three  different 
churches,  including  the  Christian  church, 
Cumberland  Presbyterian  and  the  M.  E. 
church,  south.  The  results  stand  thus:  Cen- 
tral Methodist  church  has  received  aid  to  the 
amount  of  $13,650,  Cumberland  Presbyterian 
to  the  amount  of  $7,000,  $4,000  being  sent  in 
as  a  result  of  sending  out  one  circular  letter. 
We  made  about  the  same  effort  they  made, 
and,  as  a  result,  we  received  $80.  "He  who 
runs  may  read."  T.  N.  Kincaid. 


Old-Fashioned  Philosophy. 

Scorn  not  the  homely  virtues.  We  are 
prone 

To  search  through  all  the  world  for  some- 
thing new; 

And  yet  sometimes  old-fashioned  things 
are  best — 

Old-fashioned  work,  old-fashioned  recti- 
tude, 

Old-fashioned  honor  and  old-fashioned 
prayer, 

Old-fashioned  patience  that  can  bide  its 
time, 

Old-fashioned  fireside,  sacred  from  the 
world, 

Old-fashioned  satisfaction  with  enough, 

Old-fashioned  candor  and  simplicity, 

Old-fashioned  folks  that  practice  what 
they  preach.        — J.  A.  Edgarton. 

Reading'  at  Mealtime. 

The  morning  newspaper,  delivered  at 
the  door,  or  coming  in  the  early  mail,  of- 
fers strong  temptation  to  the  man  of 
the  household  to  spread  it  before  him 
as  he  sits  at  the  breakfast  table  and 
to  become  absorbed  in  its  contents.  It 
has  become  the  American  fashion  at  hotels 
to  glance  at  the  paper  while  watting  for 
orders  to  be  filled  by  the  waiter.  It  is  also 
considered  excusable  at  the  home  table  for 
a  man  to  look  into  his  paper  for  important 
news  which  he  speaks  of  or  reads  for  the 
interest  of  others  at  the  table.  But  news- 
paper reading  at  the  table  should  have  its 
limits  or  it  may  became  if  a  vice.  A  man 
may  allow  himself  to  neglect  and  delay  his 
breakfast  and  to  becom»  so  selfishly  ab- 
sorbed as  to  leave  his  wife  to  her  own 
thoughts,  and  he  may  form  the  habit  of 
hastily  reading  without  proper  attention 
or  remembrance.  A  very  brief  glance  a 
the  headlines  should  be  sufficient  at  the 
breakfast  table,  and  then  he  [should  be 
a  sociable  member  of  the  family  group, 
and  make  the  time  pleasant  for  others. 
If  he  perches  his  paper  on  the  table,  now 
looking,  now  eating,  he  is  making  a  hog 
of  himself,  and  if  his  wife  has  a  tongue 
with  a  point  he  deserves  all  he  gets.  —  The 
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College  and  Church. 

The  Christian  temple  is  the  most  recently 
built  church  of  the  Disciples  in  this  city,  and 
only  the  chapel  of  it  is  completed.  This,  how- 
ever, including  the  lot,  has  cost  close  on  to  $23,- 
000.  It  was  opened  in  January,  and  since 
then  there  have  been  eighty  odd  additions  to 
the  membership.  This  congregation  has  a 
history  of  about  sixteen  years.  It  started  as  a 
fully  established  church,  and  in  their  second 
year  they  built  the  Calhoun  street  church 
building,  in  which  they  worshiped  until 
last  January,  and  which  is  now  being  con- 
ducted as  one  of  our  branches.  Bro.  H.  G. 
Spencer,  son  of  Bro.  I.  J.  Spencer,  is  pastor. 
Five  years  ago  they  built  their  first  mission 
chapel,  which  is  near  the  Twenty -fifth  street 
church,  and  the  next  year  they  built  another 
mission  chapel,  now  known  as  the  Randall 
street  church.  This  church  now  is  without  a 
pastor.  It  pays  $750  a  year,  and  Bro.  H.  D. 
Mentzel,  117  Hopkins  place,  Baltimore,  Md., 
may  be  written  to  regarding  it. 

But  regarding  the  temple,  among  the  very 
first  features  of  its  work  is  its  seminary,  which 
is  a  three  years'  course  in  the  study  of  the 
scriptures.  The  freshman  year  includes  a 
study  in  the  Old  Testament,  the  junior  year  is 
a  study  in  the  New  Testament,  and  the  senior 
year  includes  a  brief  study  in  a  general  review 
of  the  entire  Bible,  six  weeks  each  in  church 
history,  Christian  evidences  and  Christian 
missions.  There  are  regular  written  examina- 
tions, and  the  students  do  much  practica 
work  outside.  We  have  recently  closed  our 
first  commencement  exercises.  Edward  B. 
Bagby,  of  Washington,  preached  the  bacca- 
laureate sermon.  The  class  day  exercises 
consisted  of  two  essays,  "What  is  it  to  be  a 
Christian?"  by  Miss  Bernice  Pratt;  and  "How 
do  we  know  that  the  Bible  is  true?"  by  Miss 
Annette  Saumernig.  These  papers  would  do 
credit  to  graduates  from  any  theological  insti- 
tution. The  day  following  was  our  graduating 
exercises.  The  young  ladies  already  named, 
received  diplomas,  and  the  address  was  made 
by  Dr.  Duncan  M.  Buchanan,  pastor  of  La- 
fayette square  Presbyterian  church.  Our 
students  wear  mortar  board  caps,  and  have 
their  colors — red,  white  and  orange— and  from 
September  to  June  things  are  alive  with  Bible 
study.  In  the  students'  society,  they  have 
their  recitations,  essays,  addresses  and  debates 
just  as  you  see  in  any  ordinary  college,  except 


everything  bean  on  the  Bible  or  Christian 
work.  Members  from  other  churches  have 
attended  our  classes,  and  next  September  we 
are  expecting  a  large  number  of  students  to 
matriculate.  The  course  is  not  easy.  Like  all 
good  things,  it  means  work,  but  the  work  is 
so  pleasant  that  it  becomes  a  joy.  We  try  to 
make  it  applied  Christianity,  and  count  that  a 
student  is  not  proficient  except  he  practices 
what  he  has  learned.  After  all,  is  it  not  as 
much  the  business  of  the  church  to  teach  as  it 
is  to  preach?  This  work  aims  to  be  a  small 
contribution  to  that  end.  Peter  Ainslie. 
"Baltimore,  Md. 

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September  7,  1903. 


KentucKy  State  Conventions. 

ig    is    the    program    for    the 
ate   convention?   to  be   held   at 
September  35-28: 
oday  Afternoon— Workers'  conference. 
oday  Evening— Joint  session  :  Welcome, 
R    E     Moss,   Mavsville:    responses.  R.   M, 
lens,  Maysliek.  W.  J.  Thomas.  Shelby- 
vilU       i       ting,   Maysville   Auxiliary.   Mrs. 
R.    E     Markham:     response.    Mrs.    Austin 
Fin:  a   m;   The  Egyptian  Princess, 

-       had  compassion  on   the  child."   Miss 
ins,  Paris:  The  Shunamite  Woman. 
"I  dwell  among  my  own  people."  Mis?  Nell 
Elliott.   Sulphur:    Esther.  "I   had  held  my 
Mrs.  E.  W.  McDiarmid.  Morehead. 
Tuesday     Morning— Christian     Woman's 
Board  of" Missions:    Bible  study.  Miss  Sue 
Sublette.    Winchester;    president's    address, 
Ida  W.  Harrison;  reports;  "The  Chief 
of   the   Junior    Society."    Miss    Mary 
Finch.    Maysliek;    "The    Neglected    Conti- 
nent." H.  J.  Qerthick;   appointment  of  com- 
mittee- 
Tuesday    Afternoon — Reports. 
Tuesday  Evening— Adress.  Mrs.  Anna  R. 
4       iter.    Indianapolis :     address,    "India," 
Mrs.  Julia  Gerould.  Cleveland.  O. 

KENTUCKY   CHRISTIAN    MISSIONARY   CON- 
VENTION. 

S  ptember  27— Home  Mission  study,  W. 
T.  Wright.  Cincinnati,  O. ;  president's  ad- 
dress. H.  C.  Garrison.  Danville;  report  of 
state  board  and  treasurer,  H.  W.  Elliott; 
appointment  of  committees  ;  address,  "Ken- 
tucky's demands  upon  us,"  Hugh  McLellan, 
Richmond:  introduction  of  state  workers; 
"Fruits  that  Increase  to  Your  Account," 
sermon  by  C.  R.  Hudson,  Frankfort. 

Afternoon— Address,  "Foreign  Missions," 
F.  M.  Rains.  Cincinnati,  O. ;  report,  Anti- 
saloon  League  Committee ;  reports  of  com- 
mittees. 

Evening— "The  Old  Guard,"  H.  D.  C. 
MacLachlin.  Shelbyville ;  sermon  by  E.  L. 
Powell.  Louisville ;  report  of  Committee  on 
Obituarie-. 

SUNDAY-SCHOOL   CONVENTION. 

.itember  28— "The  Teacher's  Prepara- 
tion of  the  Lesson,"  Geo.  A.  Miller;  pres- 
ident- annual  address,  E.  S.  Jouett ;  reports 
and  appointment  of  commitees ;  "The  Pro- 
gram of  Our  State  Sunday-school  Work," 
Roger  T.  Nooe;  "Some  Problems  of  the 
bunday-school  superintendent,"  T.  J.  Legg. 
Afternoon — "One  Way  to  Gather  Statis- 
tics." B.  W.  Trimble;  business  session,  re- 
port- of  committees;  "A  Pastor's  Oppor- 
tunity. C.  J.  Armstrong;  "The  Individ- 
uality of  the  Child,"  Geo.  L.  Sehon  ;  "The 
E--entiai  Element-  of  a  Sunday-school," 
W.  J.  Hudspeth;  "Some  Snap-shots  from 
our  Mountain  Sunday-schools,"  Miss  Ruby 
Huffman:  "What  Manner  of  Child  Shall 
this  be?"  J.  W.  Graham;  "The  Church  as 
Teacher."  Herbert  L.  Willett. 


Kentucky  Convention  Pointers. 

Tune — September  25  to  September  28. 

Place — Maysville  is  easy  of  access  by 
b  the  L.  &  N.  and  C.  &  O.  railroads. 

Entertaiment — The  Maysville  people  ex- 
pect to  entertain  in  their  homes  all  who 
send  their  names  prior  to  September  21. 
Dr.  P.  G.  Smoot,  Maysville,  Ky.,  should 
be  notified  at  once. 

Railroad  Rates — All  roads  have  given  us 
a  fare  of  one  and  one-third  plus  twenty-five 


cents,  on  the  certificate  plan.  You  must  get 
certificate  on  purchase  of  your  ticket  from 
starting  point  certifying  that  you  have  paid 
full  fare,  and  this,  properly  signed  at  Mays- 
ville, will  entitle  you  to  return  at  one-third 
fare  plus  twenty-five  cents.  You  can  not 
get  any  reduction  in  return  fare  without 
this  certificate.  If  the  agent  tells  you  that 
he  has  no  instructions,  insist  that  he  give 
you  the  certificate.  He  has  no  right  to  re- 
fuse you  at  any  time  such  a  certificate.  If 
you  can  not  buy  a  through  ticket,  because 
you  travel  over  one  or  more  lines,  get  a 
certificate  each  time,  and  we  can  manage 
to  get  you  back  as  per  agreement.  Abso- 
lutely, no  certificate,  no  reduction.  This 
rate  applies  only  to  points  from  which  the 
fare  going  is  seventy-five  cents  or  more. 

Our  Finances— There  are  still  strong 
churches  on  our  list  delinquent.  I  am  sure 
that  many  of  these  will  not  be  so  when 
the  annual  report  is  read  September  27. 
If  your  contribution  is  to  be  in  the  list  of 
published  receipts  presented  to  the  Maysville 
convention,  it  must  reach  me  by  September 
20.  Money  reaching  me  later  than  that,  and 
prior  to  September  26,  will  be  read  in  a 
supplemental  report  on  September  27. 

One  of  Fifty — This  good  work  is  not 
completed  as  yet.  We  lack  a  considerable 
number  of  reaching  the  goal.  Will  you 
not  be  one  of  fifty  to  give  $10? 

Sulphur,  Ky.  H.  W.  Elliott,  Sec. 

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Tidewater,  Va.,  Convention. 

The  Tidewater  meeting  has  just  ended, 
and  though  the  attendance  was  small,  ow- 
ing to  the  excited  condition  of  the  state 
in  politics,  there  was  a  great  deal  of  work 
accomplished  and  the  plans  for  the  future 
were  extensive,  and  the  year  upon  which 
we  have  just  entered  is  expected  to  be  one 
of  the  best  in  the  history  of  the  district. 

The  C.  W.  B.  M.  had  the  field  on  the 
first  day.  Some  admirable  reports  and  ad- 
dresses were  given.  The  meeting  was  held 
with  the  Olive  Branch  church  at  Toano, 
Va.  Seventeen  churches  and  schools  were 
represented.  From  the  report  in  the  regu- 
lar convention  the  district  was  shown  to 
be  in  a  better  condition  than  a  year  ago,  hav- 
ing added  $1,066  to  the  educational  fund. 
During  the  past  year  the  board  aided  J.  T. 
Hoskins  in  his  school  work  at  Lexington, 
Ky.  The  coming  year  the  fund  will  be  able 
to  aid  more  young  men  to  secure  an  edu- 
cation for  the  purpose  of  entering  the  min- 
istry. 

The  convention  listened  to  E.  A.  Cole, 
of  Washington,  Pa.,  in  presenting  the  cause 
of  foreign  missions. 

The  report  of  the  churches  was  read, 
showing  a  net  increase  of  189  members 
during  the  year. 

W.  C.  Wade  made  application  for  the 
admittance  of  the  Portsmouth  Christian 
church,  a  newly  organized  body  of  eighty 
members;  also  two  other  churches  from 
Princess  Anne  county,  all  of  which  were 
admitted.  A.  J.  Renforth  presented  the 
needs  for  the  educational  fund,  and  took 
up  a  collection  of  $246.25,  to  be  paid  during 
this  year.  This  fund  has  assets  amounting 
to  $4,612.54.  The  membership  of  the  dis- 
trict at  the  close  of  this  year  is  5,437,  show- 
ing a  total  collection   for  all  purposes  of 

$.33,525.i9- 

The  closing  event  of  the  day  was  the  ad- 
dress of  Milo  Atkinson,  of  Newport  News. 

The   next   convention   will   be   held   with 


Smyrna   church,   on   August  7-9,    1906. 

Nominations  for  board  for  next  year 
were  made  as  follows :  P.  A.  Cave,  presi- 
dent; J.  L.  Hill,  treasurer;  G.  S.  Crenshaw, 
secretary;  G.  A.  Watson,  superintendent 
of  schools :  A.  J.  Renforth,  superintendent 
of  Christian  Endeavor ;  T.  T.  T.  Hundley, 
B.  H.  Melton. 

The  Christian  Endeavor  reports  showed 
fifteen  societies  in  active  work  and  a  mem- 
bership of  465.  During  the  coming  year 
an  extra  effort  will  be  made  to  establish  a 
society  in  each  church  in  the  district. 

H.  C.  Combs  represented  Virginia  state 
work,  and  in  a  talk  of  thirty  minutes  im- 
presseu  his  hearers  with  the  excellent  work 
being  done  by  this  board. 

Owing  to  the  absence  of  S.  G.  Sutton, 
superintendent  of  Sunday-schools,  G.  A. 
Watson  was  appointed  to  conduct  this 
work.  E.  W.  Thornton  was  appointed  to 
represent  the  work,  but  being  unavoidably 
detained  at  home,  E.  A.  Cole  represented 
this  work. 


Wisconsin  Conventions. 

The  following  is  the  program  for  the  con- 
ventions of  the  Wisconsin  Christian  Mis- 
sionary Association  and  the  Christian  Wo- 
man's Board  of  Missions  to  be  held  at 
Grand  Rapids,  September  19-22: 

Tuesday  Evening,  September  19 — Address 
by  Mrs.  Laura  De  Lany  Garst,  of  Des 
Moines,    la. 

Wednesday — Bible  study  in  missions ; 
formal  pening  of  convention  by  President 
J.  C.  Thurman,  Green  Bay;  appointment  of 
committees ;  report  of  state  board  meetings ; 
report  of  missionary  pastors :  discussion  of 
reports  bv  the  convention;  address  by  Mrs. 
Garst,  "The  Queenly  Woman." 

Afternoon — C.  W.  B.  M.  session:  Ap- 
pointment of  committees ;  reports  of  secre- 
tary, treasurer,  auxiliaries,  secretary  of 
young  people's  departments,  orphanage 
work;  discussion  of  auxiliary  reports,  led 
by  H.  F.  Barstow;  address  by  Mrs.  Anna 
R.   Atwater. 

Evening — Praise  service  and  Bible  study 
in  missions ;  sermon  bv  Charles  A.  Young, 
of  Chicago. 

Thursday — Bible-class  recitation,  C.  A. 
Young ;  reports  of  committees ;  report  of 
corresponding  secretary  and  treasurer ;  "Our 
Present  Methods  of  Mission  Work  in  Wis- 
consin— Their  Strength  and  Weakness," 
C.  M.  Kreidler,  Milwaukee;  discussion  of 
same,  led  by  M.  L.  Cottrell,  Hickory ;  "The 
Importance  of  Church  Extension  to  Wis- 
consin Churches," .  G.  W.  Muckley,  Kansas 
City;  "Our  Literature,"  J.  H.  Garrison, 
editor  of  The  Christian-Evangelist,  St. 
Louis,  Mo. 

Afternoon— C.  W.  B.  M.  session:  Re- 
ports of  committees  and  election  of  officers ; 
"The  Importance  of  General  Home  Mis- 
sions to  Wisconsin  Missions,"  B.  L.  Smith, 
Cincinnati ;  "The  Anti-saloon  League  and 
Missions,"  J.  H.  Berkey,  Monroe;  memo- 
rial service,  J.  H.  Garrison  and  Milton 
Wells. 

Eveninar — Praise  service;  "Something  def- 
inite for  the  Endeavor  Societies  to  do  for 


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Missions,"  P.  A.  Sherman,  Rib  Lake;    ser- 
mon by  J.  H.  Garrison. 

Friday— Reports  of  committees;  "What 
Should  Wisconsin  do  for  Foreign  Mis- 
sions?" Stephen  J.  Corey,  Cincinnati;  "The 
needs  of  Southwest  Wisconsin,"  Willard 
McCarthy,  Richland  Center;  "Our  Benev- 
olences," George  L.  Snively,  St.  Louis. 

Afternoon — Bible-school  session,  Mrs. 
Goodnight,  chairman  ;  "The  Relation  of  the 
Bible-school  to  the  Church,"  Mrs.  Good- 
night; "The  Bible-school,  God's  Kinder- 
garten," Geo.  F.  Chandler;  "The  Relation 
of  the  Bible-school  to  Mission  Work,"  A.  M. 
Laird;  "The  Model  Bible-school,"  T.  H. 
Goodnight  and  others. 

Evening— Address,  "The  Value  qf  Sys- 
tematic Bible  Study" ;  report  of  Committee 
on  Resolutions. 

Send  your  name  right  away  to  C.  H. 
De  Voe,  who  will  plan  your  free  enter- 
tainment. 

Any  correspondence  regarding  programs 
should  be  addressed  to  H.  F.  Barstow, 
Ladysmith. 

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C.  W.  B.  H.  in  Missouri. 

The  convention  of  Scotland  county  was 
held  at  Azen,  August  26  and  27,  and  was 
a  most  enjoyable  one.  The  attendance  was 
good,  especially  on  Sunday,  when  the  men, 
in  some  cases,  had  to  take  the  outside  of 
the  building  in  order  that  the  sisters  might 
have  seats.  This,  considering  the  member- 
ship of  twenty-five,  and  a  building  surpass- 
ing many  of  the  city  houses,  would  indicate 
that  the  cause  in  Scotland  county  is  in  good 
condition. 

M.  J.  Nicoson  presided,  in  the  absence 
of  the  president,  J.  M.  Jayne,  of  Memphis. 
There  are  thirteen  church  organizations  in 
the  county,  most  of  which  have  one-half 
time  or  one-fourth  time  preaching.  Only 
one,  Memphis,  has  full  time.  The  county 
is  well  organized  and  in  fine  working  or- 
der. No  family  is  more  than  five  miles 
from  a  church,  and  some  buildings  are  but 
two  miles  apart.  This  splendid  distribu- 
tion of  buildings  is  largely  due  to  the  ef- 
forts of  Judge  J.  M.  Jayne,  of  Memphis, 
who  has  had  the  county  development  on 
his  mind  for  years.  The  one  auxiliary  at 
Memphis  had  a  good  report  from  its  repre- 
sentative, Miss  S.  Johnson,  and  a  few  words 
of  testimony  as  to  the  joy  of  the  service 
from  Sister  Nicoson.  We  fully  expect, 
before  many  months,  to  have  organizations 
at  Azen  and  Granger. 

A  great  privilege  was  enjoyed  by  the  sec- 
retary, that  of  a  visit  with  the  auxiliary  at 
Canton,  which  was  long  looked  forward 
to  with  hope,  and  was  fully  realized.  The 
president,  Mrs.  J.  F.  Graves,  was  absent 
from  the  city,  but  other  faithful  officers  and 
members  managed  meetings  so  that  a  most 
delightful  time  was  experienced. 

Also,  another  treat  while  there  was  much 
appreciated — that  of  visiting  the  grounds 
and  buildings  of  Christian  University, 
through  the  kindness  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Graves. 

How  happy  and  gratified  the  friends  of 
this  university  must  feel,  now,  after  the 
days  of  such  earnest  struggle,  to  see  this 
monument  to  their  faith  and  love  before 
their  eyes,  and  set  upon  a  hill  where  it 
can  not  be  hid. 

Word  comes  from  Mrs.  Q.  T.  Hall,  man- 
ager of  the  first  district,  of  the  organiza- 
tion of  a  new  auxiliary  at  Old  Union,  Mon- 
roe County,  of  eleven  members.  This  gives 
Missouri  the  two  hundred  auxiliaries  asked 
for,  including  circles.  Now,  let  us  strive 
for  two  hundred  auxiliaries,  not  including 
circles,  before  September  15.     We  can  do 


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The    Oklahoma   State    Convention, 
September  11-14, 

A  full  program  of  practical  themes  has 
been  prepared  by  the  C.  W.  B.  M.,  the 
C.  E.,  and  the  church  forces  of  our  Zion 
of  Oklahoma,  for  the  state  convention, 
which  is  to  meet  at  Guthrie,  Sept.  11-14. 
Oklahoma  will  show  the  marvelous  record 
of  growth  of  our  cause  for  the  early  days 
of  the  century.  This  has  been  a  year  of 
church  building.  Scarcely  a  Lord's  day 
goes  by  but  a  new  building  is  dedicated 
for  the  worship  of  God,  according  to  the 
simple  Bible  plan.  Some  of  the  churches, 
like  Guthrie  and  El  Reno,  although  but 
a  little  beyond  a  decade  in  age,  are  now 
on  the  living  link  list  for  home  missions. 
Other  churches,  like  Oklahoma  City  and 
Enid,  are  soon  to  clear  themselves  of 
debts  incurred  in  erecting  modern  build- 
ings that  would  grace  any  city  of  the 
middle  west  or  older  east.  Bro.  J.  M. 
Monroe  is  the  efficient  corresponding 
secretary.  A  number  of  consecrated  men 
and  a  few  ministers  constitute  the  terri- 
torial board.  The  Christian  Clarion  is  the 
official  organ  of  the  territorial  work,  which 
is  just  in  its  beginning,  being  ably  edited 
by  C.  W.  Gould,  of  El  Reno.  Great 
numbers  are  moving  into  the  territory  and 
buying  homes.  The  time  seems  to  be  at 
hand  to  be  earnestly  about  the  Lord's 
business,  and  in  a  few  more  years  Okla- 
homa will  be  one  of  the  strongholds  of  the 
restoration  movement.  Every  church 
should  send  up  a  large  delegation.  The 
minister  and  some  member  of  the  official 
board  at  least  should  attend.  We  are  as- 
sured that  the  good  sisters  of  the  C.  W. 
B.  M.  and  the  young  people  of  the  C.  E. 
are  to  have  a  large  attendance. 

El  %.eno.  O.  C.  Smith. 

®         $ 

The    Negro  Missionary  Convention  at 

Hannibal,  Missouri. 

The  convention  of  the  Negro  Christian 
Missionary  Society  of  Missouri  recently 
closed  its  thirty-first  annual  session  at 
Hannibal. 

The  meeting  was  the  greatest  ever  held 
among  us.  The  crowds  of  delegates  and 
visitors  thronged  the  church  on  the  first 
day  of  the  convention. 

The  report  of  the  president,  J.  B.  Par- 
son, covering  a  period  of  five  years,  shows 
a  steady  growth  in  all  departments  of  our 
work.  Churches,  Sunday-schools  and 
members  have  almost  been  doubled.  Thir- 
ty-one churches  are  reported. 

The  district  convention  organized  last 
year  at  Fulton  proved  to  be  a  success. 
This  year  the  convention  recommended 
that  a  Sunday-school  superintendent  be 
appointed  in  each  of  the  districts.  The 
districts  raised  $75  during  the  year.  Three 
Sunday-schools   were   organized   and  one 


church  was  built  at  Jefferson  City.  While 
this  report  is  being  written  Bro.  W.  J.  Ber- 
ry and  Bro.  Moser  Powell  are  laying  the 
foundation  for  a  church  house  in  Lexing- 
ton. 

Mrs.  J.  L.  Moore  gave  a  stereopticon 
lecture  concerning  the  work  of  the  C.  W. 
B.  M.,  and  at  its  close  an  offering  of  $6.02 
was  made  to  the  mission  in  Mexico.  I  am 
anxious  to  know  if  this  is  not  the  first  of- 
fering from  a  colored  C.  W.  B.  M.  to  any 
foreign  mission  station. 

Many  excellent  papers,  which  space  will 
not  permit  to  be  mentioned  in  this  brief  ac- 
count, were  read  before  the  convention. 

Next  year  the  convention  will  be  held  at 
Madison,  on  Tuesday  preceding  the  fourth 
Sunday  in  August.  S.  W.  Scott. 

3245  Roanoke  St.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 


Indian  Territory. 

Our  midsummer  campaign  has  been  a 
great  success.  Following  is  a  brief  report 
of  some  of  our  August  meetings:  L.  B. 
Grogan,  Purdy,  34  additions;  A.  C. 
Parker,  Davis,  45  added  at  last  report; 
Couch-Allhands  meeting  at  Roff,  closed 
with  61  additions;  Frank  Brain,  Thurs- 
ton, 20  added;  A.  J.  Williams,  Kiowa,  six 
added  first  week  and  meeting  continued; 
S.  R.  Hawkins,  Eylor,  one  week,  church 
dedicated,  eight  added — making  a  total  of 
125  baptisms,  49  otherwise,  one  church 
dedicated  and  one  organized.  I  am  be- 
ginning a  meeting  at  Duncan. 

S.  R.  Hawkins,  Cor.  Sec. 


The  Martin  Meeting. 

A  successful  series  of  evangelistic  meet- 
ings by  Bro.  S.  M.  Martin,  of  Seattle,  has 
just  closed.  Bro.  Charles  E.  McVay,  oi 
Nebraska,  had  charge  of  the  music 
Thirty-eight  were  added  to  the  church  and 
a  great  deal  of  interest  aroused.  This 
town  has  been  a  free  thought  center  for 
many  years.  A  liberal  university  flourished 
for  a  time  but  was  abandoned  a  few  years 
ago.  This  meeting  has  sowed  a  great  deal 
of  good  seed  that  will  surely  grow.  Brother 
Albyn  Esson  who  has  been  the  minister 
of  the  Rodney  avenue  church  in  Portland 
the  past  four  years,  has  been  called  to  the 
work  here.  E.  E.  Washburn'. 

Silverton,  Oregon. 


ELIZABETH    FLOWER.    WILLIS 

School     of    Oratory    and    Dramatic    Art 

33  Bayton  St.,  Worcester,  Mass. 

Send  for  Free  Catalogue,  terms,  etc.  Entertainments 
furnished  for  churches,  clubs,  etc. 

Stockholders'    Meeting. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  stockholders  of  the  Christian  Publishing  Com- 
pany will  be  held  at  the  company's  office,  2712  Pine 
Street.  St.  Louis.  Mo.,  on  Tuesday  Oct.  3,  1905,  at 
10  o'clock  a.  m.,  for  the  election  of  directors,  and 
for  the  transaction  of  such  other  business  as  may 
legally  come  before  said  meeting. 

J.  H.  Garrisox,  Pres. 

W.  D.  Creb,  Sec'y. 
St.  Louis.  Aug.  ?8,  1905. 


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September  7,  1905. 


We  invite  ministers  and  others        send 

rfs   of    meetings,    additions   and    other 

s   of   the   churches   for   publication    in 

irtment.    It  is  especially  requested 

that  additions  be  reported  as      y  confession 

and  baptism"  or  "by  let:. 

fTelemun.] 

Oakland.  Cal.,  Sept.  3.— Sixty- seven 
added  in  Scoville-Smith  meeting  in  seven 
days:  24  to-day;  crowds  turned  away.— 
T.  A.  Boybr,  pastor. 

ARKANSAS. 

Fayetteville,  Aug.  29.— There  were  three 
additions  to  the  First  church  last  Sunday 
—one  by  letter  and  two  conversions.— 
X    M.  Ragland. 

De  Queen,  Aug.  2S.— I  baptized  two  the 
third  Lord's  day  four  miles  from  here,  and 
!ast  Lord's  day  received  five  here— one  by 
statement  and  four  by  confession  and  bap- 
tism.—W.  O.  Breedex. 

Jonesbnrg,  Aug.  31.— Elder  E.  C.  Brown- 
ing, state  evangelist  of  Arkansas,  and  the 
writer  conducted  a  meeting  at  Mangrum, 
commencing  on  Saturday  night  before  the 
second  Lord's  day  in  August,  and  lasting 
ten  days,  with  32  additions— 22  baptized, 
four  restored  and  four  from  other  churches. 

— WM.   G.   If.   WlLKERSON. 

Evadale.— Just  closed  a  ten  days'  meet- 
ing. There  were  a  few  brethren  scattered 
about  this  place  without  any  church  organ- 
ization. We  had  unfavorable  circum- 
stances surrounding  us.  A  Methodist 
meeting  about  three  and  one-half  miles 
had  been  running  one  week;  a  Baptist 
meeting  on  the  other  side  and  any  amount 
of  prejudice  scattered  about  the  neighbor- 
hood. One  man  positively  refused  to  allow 
his  wife  to  be  baptized  after  she  had  con- 
fessed her  Lord.  The  meeting  resulted  in 
six  confessions,  three  from  the  Baptists, 
one  from  the  Methodists  and  four  re- 
claimed. We  found  quite  a  number  of  the 
faithful  and  organized  a  church  of  Christ 
with  32  charter  members.— Elder  J.  A. 
Allen. 

CALIFORNIA. 

Oakland,  Aug.  27.— Scoville  and  Smith 
are  here.  Twenty-two  added  to-day,  third 
day  of  meeting.  They  have  reached  over 
fourteen  hundred  in  first  seven  months 
this  year.— T.  A.  Boyer. 

COLORADO. 
Trinidad,  Aug.  25.— One  baptism  at 
Raton,  New  Mexico,  Thursday,  August 
24.  The  church  is  doing  nicely,  but  has 
not  yet  secured  a  minister.— David  C. 
Peters,  minister,  Trinidad,  Col. 

ILLINOIS. 

Waukegan,  Aug.  24.— To  date  there 
have  been  sixteen  confessions  and  one  re- 
stored. One  young  lady  about  thirty  years 
of  age,  both  deaf  and  dumb,  made  the 
good  confession  and  was  buried  with  her 
Lord  in  baptism  last  night.  Her  confession 
was  taken  in  writing.  It  was  a  very  im- 
pressive scene.  From  here  we  go  to  Mis- 
souri.—Lawrence  and  Edward  Wright, 
evangelists. 

Detroit,  Aug.  28. — The  Asbell  meeting 
closed  August  27.  O.  P.  Shrout,  of  Pal- 
myra, Mo.,  did  the  preaching.  Thirty- 
five  confessed  Christ.  The  meeting  was 
dismissed  and  thirteen  young  men  came 
forward  and  asked  an  opportunity  to  con- 
fess Christ.  Brother  Shrout  held  us  the  best 
meeting  in  the  history  of  the  church.  The 
building  has  been    remodeled   and  depart- 


ments are  progressing  nicely.— John 
Meyer  Asbell,  pastor. 

Mo weaqua.— Evangelist  H.  A.  Davis 
has  begun  a  meeting.  Seven  added  so  far. 
Interest  and  audience  good. 

Normal,  Aug.  31.— We  have  recently 
organized  a  local  chapter  of  the  Business 
Men's  Association,  and  a  Young  Ladies' 
Missionary  Circle,  which  promise  added 
power  to  the  church.  We  are  preparing 
for  a  meeting  in  November,  with  John 
W.  Marshall  as  evangelist.  Ten  added  to 
the  church  during  July  and  August.  The 
Normal  school  opens  September  11. 
Ministers  knowing  of  young  people  com- 
ing from  their  community  will  do  well  to 
write  to  us.  Robt.  H.  Newton. 

INDIANA. 

Indianapolis,  Sept.  1.— One  confession 
at  Hillside  church  last  Lord's  day.  Seven 
since  last  report.  Work  grows.— O.  E. 
Tomes. 

Center,  Aug.  28.— Six  added  by  bap- 
tism the  first  week.— E.  L.  Frazier. 

New  Albany,  Aug.  30.— A  thirteen  days' 
meeting  with  the  Chapel  Hill  congrega- 
tion resulted  in  twelve  accessions— eight 
by  conversion,  four  by  statement.  Eighteen 
months  ago  I  held  my  first  meeting  with 
this  church,  which  resulted  in  twenty-four 
additions  in  ten  days.  Arthur  G.  Day, 
of  the  College  of  the  Bible,  Lexington, 
Ky.,  is  their  hard  working  minister.— 
B.  F.  Cato. 

Rochester. — I  recently  helped  Brother 
Givler,  pastor  at  the  Second  church,  Terre 
Haute,  for  a  few  days  in  a  tent  meet- 
ing. I  go  to  Grand  Rapids,  Wis.,  August 
31,  to  preach  for  the  newly  organized 
church  at  that  place  and  help  them  make 
ready  for  the  state  convention,  to  be  held 
there  September  19  to  22.  I  will  be  joined 
there  by  my  singer  and  helper,  Brother 
H.  K.  Shields,  who  is  now  assisting  E.  B. 
Barnes  in  a  meeting  at  Fredericktown, 
Ohio.— C.  H.  DeVoe. 

INDIAN  TERRITORY. 
Broken  Arrow,  Aug.  28.— Three  -■?''  d 
to  the  membership  here  the  last  two  Sun- 
days, and  one  at  Okemah  the  previous 
Sunday.  I  have  never  seen  new  work 
start  off  better  than  the  Broken  Arrow 
church.  As  another  step  forward  we  hope 
to  have  the  Christian-Evangelist  list 
soon  enlarged  here. — A.  M.  Harral. 

IOWA. 
Des  Moines,  Aug.  30.— Triumphant  sum- 
mer services.  Great  congregations.  Twelve 
confessions  and  26  letters  received  during 
July  and  August. 

KANSAS. 

Topeka,  Aug.  28.— Aug.  20  Evangelists 
D.  Y.  Donaldson  and  Bert.  I.  Bentley 
closed  a  short  meeting  at  Center  Park 
church  with  three  additions  and  the  church 
much  edified.  Two  confessions  at  regular 
services  last  night.— C.  A.  Polson,  pastor. 

Humboldt,  Aug  29.— R.  H.  Tanksley  is 
conducting  a  tabernacle  meeting,  assisted 
by  J.  J.  Setliff,  of  Ottawa,  and  V.  E.  Ride- 
nour,  of  Topeka.  Two  confessions  and  one 
by  letter. 

KENTUCKY. 

Poplar  Plains,  Aug.  29. — Our  meeting  at 
Hilltop  Christian  church  closed  Sunday 
night,  after  ten  days,  with  three  confes- 
sions and  baptisms.  The  field  had  been 
thoroughly  worked  of  late.  This  commu- 
nity, much  to  its  credit,  is  largely  church 
holding  and  church  going.  The  meeting 
was  mutually  helpful  and  enjoyable. 
Jos.  R.  Jones  is  their  able  minister. — 
Thos,  B.  Howe. 

Owingsvllle.— I  spent  the  week  of  Aug. 


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by  muscular  and  in- 
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those  who  have  it 
know,  for  oyer  three 
years,  and  tried 
almost  everything. 
Finally  I  found  a 
remedy  that  cured 
me  completely  and  it 
has  not  returned.  I  have  given  it  to  a  number 
who  were  terribly  afflicted,  and  it  effected  a 
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8-13  in  Washington,  D.  C,  whither  I  went 
to  perform  a  marriage  ceremony  for  my 
brother,  J.  Murray  Taylor,  and  filled  his 
pulpit  Aug.  13.  I  began  here  Aug.  20  and 
have  had  19  accessions  the  first  week;  will 
continue  another  week.  Robt.  M.  Camp- 
bell is  the  beloved  minister  here.— J.  J. 
Taylor,  evangelist. 

LOUISIANA. 

Cheneyville,  Aug.  28.— The  church  gave 

us  a  unanimous  call  to  remain  with  them 

another   year.     Sixteen    additions    during 

our  two  weeks'  meeting.— L.  C.  Wilson. 

MISSOURI. 

Canton,  Sept.  1.— A  two  weeks'  revival 
service,  closing  Aug.  24,  resulted  in  nine 
additions  to  the  congregation— eight  by 
confession  and  baptism  and  one  from  the 
Baptists. 

Warrensburg,  Aug.  31.— I  just  closed  a 
meeting  at  Kingsville,  where  my  broth- 
er Phil  is  pastor,  with  five  additions — 
three  by  obedience,  two  by  statement. 
Since  last  report  there  have  been  nine  addi- 
tions at  Rich  Hill,  four  by  obedience  and 
one  from  the  Baptists;  at  Lone  Jack  four, 
two  by  obedience. — King  Stark. 

Memphis,  Aug.  30.— -Two  added  to  the 
church  here  last  prayer-meeting  night— one 
by  obedience  and  one  by  letter.  J.  J. 
Taylor,  a  singer,  is  to  assist  us  in  a  meet- 
ing in  October.  The  Scotland  county 
meeting  was  held  at  the  Azen  church  Aug. 
25  to  27.  It  was  a  splendid  meeting;  sev- 
eral hundred  in  attendance  the  last  day. 
The  speakers  were  M.  J.  Nicoson,  R.  G. 
Sears,  C.  A.  Hicks,  Paul  Wright  and  Mrs. 
S.  G.  Bantz.  Next  meeting  to  be  held  at 
Arbela.— M.  J.  Nicoson. 

Prairie  Hill.— Have  just  closed  a  meet- 
ing  of   two    weeks   here.     J.  C.  Creel,  of 

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Plattsburg,  did  most  of  the  preaching. 
There  were  17  additions  to  the  congrega- 
tion—eleven were  baptized,  four  by  com- 
mendation and  two  restored. — W.  G.  Sur- 

BER. 

Lathrop,  Aug.  28. — I  closed  a  meeting 
at  Bethel,  six  miles  east  of  this  place,  on 
Sunday  night.  Enos  Oatman,  the  beloved 
and  efficient  pastor,  had  the  meeting  well 
under  way  when  the  writer  was  called  to 
assist  him.  Visible  results  were— 12  bap- 
tisms, six  by  letter  and  one  reclaimed. — 
J.  G.  Creason. 

Higginsville,  Mo.,  Aug.  28.  —  I  just 
closed  a  12  days'  meeting  with  the  Mace- 
donia church  in  Audrain  county  with  20 
additions— 17  by  confession,  two  restored 
and  one  by  letter.  This  is  a  strong  country 
church.  M.  M.  Shaw  has  been  preaching 
for  them  one  Sunday  in  the  month  for  four 
years.  They  will  have  preaching  half  time 
next  year.— J.  H.  Coil. 

Cairo,  Aug.  29.— I  closed  a  few  days' 
meeting  at  Salem,  near  Moberly,  with  two 
confessions  and  church  strengthened.  In 
a  good  meeting  here.  There  have  been  five 
baptisms  to  date.  This  is  my  fifth  meeting 
here  and  my  sixth  year  as  pastor.  Bro. 
Willoughby  Brundege,  of  Sturgeon,  is  the 
singing  evangelist.— S.  J.  Copher. 

Kansas  City,  Aug.  28.— Six  more  addi- 
tions at  Louisburg  Sunday— three  by  letter 
and  three  from  the  Baptists.  The  church 
tendered  me  a  reception  there  Friday 
night.  We  have  a  successful  work  and  a 
bright  outlook.— C.  L.Fife. 

Willmathsville,  Aug.  28.— Meeting  closed 
here  last  night  resulting  in  36  added  and  a 
church  organized.  One  came  to  us  from 
the  M.  E.  church  at  the  close.  The  day 
after  the  meeting  closed  one  came  from  the 
M.  E.'s,  who  will  be  received  into  church 
next  Lord's  day.  The  church  has  asked 
me  to  take  up  the  work  regularly;  I  have 
it  under  consideration.— W.  T.  Clarkson, 
evangelist. 

Freeman,  Aug.  28.— Twelve  to  date  in 
this  meeting.  A.  O.  Jshmael  is  pastor, 
and  these  good  results  are  due  to  his  de- 
voted service.  The  meeting  is  in  the  sec- 
ond week.  Our  Yukon  meeting  closed  with 

27  added.  The  church  is  greatly  strength- 
ened and  will  succeed. — D.  D.  Boyle, 
evangelist. 

Ethel,  Aug.  28.— I  just  closed  a  meeting 
with  33  additions— 28  by  confession  and 
baptism,  three  reclaimed  and  two  by  letter. 
— J.  M.  Ramsey. 

Monett,  Aug.  31.— Our  meeting  with 
Brother  Harlow  in  command  closed  Lord's 
day  evening  with  50  additions— 32  by 
confession  and  baptism,  five  by  letter,  11 
by  statement  and  two  from  the  denomina- 
tions. There  was  much  opposition. — 
Robert  Simons,  pastor. 

Bethany,  Aug.  22.— One  baptism  last 
Lord's  day.— C.  Orahood. 

Boydsville,  Aug.  22.— Two  by  letter  re- 
cently.—J.  D.  Greer. 

Canton,  Aug.  31.— A  two  weeks'  meet- 
ing at  Greensburg,  with  home  forces,  gave 

28  added,  18  baptisms,  nine  by  statement 
and  one  from  the  M.  E.'s.— Claude  F. 
Pearce,  pastor. 

Plattsburg,  Sept.  1.— A  meeting  of  18 
days  at  Highland,  Livingston  county,  re- 
sulted in  IS  additions— 13  confessions  and 
two  reclaimed. — R.  A.  Thompson. 

NEW  YORK. 

Buffalo,  Aug.  21.— A  young  man  re- 
sponded to  the  gospel  invitation  last  even- 
ing, and  a  man  and  his  wife  were  baptized 
two  weeks  before.  Four  others  also  bap- 
tized not  previously  reported. — B.  H.  Hay- 
den. 

Buffalo,   Aug.    28.— One    added    to   our 


numbers  yesterday.  August  audiences  as 
good  as  during  the  winter  season.  Plan- 
ning for  a  special  effort  in  Sunday-school 
work.  Mrs.  Nettie  McCorkle,  our  assistant 
pastor,  is  proving  to  be  valuable  help  in 
this  great  field.— B.  S.  Ferrall. 

NEW  MEXICO. 

Roswell,  Aug.  28.— Two  additions  here 
yesterday,  and  one  baptized  who  had  pre- 
viously made  the  good  confession.  During 
our  vacation  in  the  mountains  100  miles 
west  of  here,  I  preached  twice;  and  as  a  re- 
sult baptized  three  Presbyterians  who  were 
members  of  our  camping  party.— C.  C. 
Hill. 

OHIO. 

Belief ontaine,  Aug.  28.— One  confession 
at  the  Belief  ontaine,  Ohio,  church  yester- 
day morning. — W.  H.  Hedges. 

Dayton,  Aug.  28.— Three  added  yester- 
day at  Central  Church— one  by  confession , 
two  by  letter;  twenty-three  since  last  re- 
port.—I.  J.  Cahill. 

Sharon  Center,  Aug.  28. — I.  H.  Durfee 
is  with  us  at  East  Granger  in  a  splendid 
meeting,  a  week  old,  with  three  confes- 
sions. One  added  at  Ghent  by  statement. 
— Medary  Gorsuch. 

Miami;  Aug.  Z8— The  meeting  at  Mace- 
donia church,  which  began  August  6, 
closed  on  August  25— twenty  days — with 
forty-three  accessions  to  the  church— 
thirty-two  by  confession  and  baptism,  one 
restored  and  ten  by  letter  or  statement. 
W.  F.  Shearer,  of  Angola,  Ind.,  did  the 
preaching.  The  whole  community  was 
greatly  stirred,  and  the  church  greatly  re- 
vived and  strengthened.  An  Endeavor 
Society  will  be  organized  at  once.— J.  A. 
Roberts. 

Millwood,  Aug.  28.— Evangelist  E.  B. 
Barnes,  Noblesville,  Ind.,  closed  a  four 
weeks'  tent  meeeting  at  Palmyra,  August 
27,  with  thirty  accessions — mostly  bap- 
tisms. He  leaves  church  and  pastor 
thinking  more  of  one  another  than  when 
he  found  them.  The  music  was  under  the 
direction  of  H.  H.  Saunders  and  H.  K. 
Shields,  whose  work  was  good. — A.  E. 
Meek,  pastor. 

OKLAHOMA. 

Payson,  Aug.  30.— A.  B.  Carpenter,  of 
Apache,  has  held  a  two  weeks'  meeting 
and  had  25  additions — 17  by  confession 
and  baptism  and  eight  by  statement.  The 
meeting  will  close  to-night.  Brother  Car- 
penter will  go  to  Frederick. — J.  G.  Cans-' 
ler,  pastor. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Uniontown,  Aug.  31.— Three  baptisms 
last  week.  Our  Bible-school  completes  its 
grading  next  Sunday.  The  prospect  for 
better  results  is  good.  We  shall  have  the 
primary,  junior,  intermediate,  senior, 
young  men's  and  young  women's  and  as- 
sembly departments,  besides  the  cradle 
roll  and  home  class. — J.  Walter  Carpen- 
ter. 

Canonsburg,  Aug.  28.— Closed  a  three 
weeks'  tent  meeting  here  last  night.  It 
has  been  a  time  of  seed  sowing.  Seven 
were  added.  R.  G.  White  has  charge  of 
this  work.  Sister  Metta  Cooper,  of  Wheel- 
ing, W.  Va.,  assisted  as  leader  of  song.— 
F.  A.  Bright,  evangelist. 

Avis,  Aug.  31. — Tent  meeting  growing 
in  interest  and  enthusiasm;  13  added  this 
week,  and  week  but  half  gone.  Meeting 
but  16  days  old.— C.  R.  L.  Vawter. 

TENNESSEE.      . 

Shelbyville,  Aug.  25. — Closed  a  ten 
days'  meeting  at  Sylvan  Mills  last  night. 
There  were   forty  added   during    the  ten 


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here  next  Sunday. — E.  E.  Violett. 

TEXAS. 
Milano,  Aug.  29. — Report  of  meetings 
for  July  and  August:  Summit,  five  by  re- 
lation; Sand  Grove,  14  added — five  restored, 
three  by  statement,  six  by  baptism;  at 
Bryan  Station  four  by  baptism. — J.  N, 
Gibson. 

VIRGINIA. 

Petersburg,  Aug.  25. — Great  crowds  at- 
tending the  tabernacle  meetings  here. 
Brother  Herbert  Yeuell  has  aroused  the 
people  as  they  have  never  been  aroused 
before.  During  the  last  three  nights  twenty- 
six  have  confessed  Christ.  About  800  peo- 
ple heard  Brother  Yeuell's  lecture  last 
night  on  "Ben  Hur." — Chas.  B.  Rich- 
ards, pastor. 

WEST  VIRGINIA. 

Parkersburg,  Sept.  1.— Two  added— 
one  from  the  Baptists  and  one  by  letter. 
Herbert  Yeuell  will  begin  a  meeting  for  us 
in  November,  from  which  we  are  hoping 
for  large  results.  I  hope  to  help  Brother 
Helm,  of  Hillsboro,  O.,  in  a  meeting  in 
October. — G.  J.  Assiter. 


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By  W.  F.   Richardson. 
Sept.  13.  190S. 


A  MOTHER'S  FAITH.    Matt.  15:21-28. 

A  Milker's  llsitn.  Mark,  ia  narrating 
this  same  incident,  tells  us  that  Jesus 
sought  to  keep  his  presence  in  the  borders 
of  Tyre  and  Sidon  a  secret,  but  that  "He 
could  not  be  bidden."  It  has  ever  been 
so.  Jesus  cannot  be  hidden  when  he  en- 
ters fcny  community,  or  home,  or  heart. 
The  "Rose  of  Sharon"  cannot  bloom  and 
not  shed  its  fragrance  abroad.  But  it  was 
a  mother's  eye  that  first  discovered  him, 
or  at  least  first  sought  a  blessing  at  his 
hands.  No  vision  is  so  keen  as  a  mother's, 
and  none  can  reach  so  far.  She  sees  in 
the  child  possibilities  that  exceed  the  wild- 
est dieams  of  others  for  him.  She  too, 
sees  in  the  affliction  or  sin  of  her  child  the 
presence  and  influence  of  evil  agencies, 
and  would  1  xcuse  his  wrongdoing  or  min- 
imize his  fault. 

A  Mother's  Prayer.  "Have  mercy  on 
me,  thou  son  of  David."  "Lord,  help  me." 
Thus  d  es  the  mother  ever  identify  her 
child  with  herself.  The  boon  she  asks  is  for 
her  own  heait,  though  the  deed  of  healing 
must  be  performed  upon  her  child.  And 
why  net?  Has  she  not  borne  the  child  in 
her  own  body,  nurtured  it  with  her  own 
blood?  Is  it  n>  t  in  truth  a  part  of  her 
very  self?  None  but  a  mother  can  under- 
stand fully  what  this  means.  What  is  so 
sacred  as  a  mother's  prayer?  How  it  fol- 
lows afrer  the  wanderer,  encouraging  in 
time  of  trouble,  rebuking  in  time  of  sin, 
cheering  in  the  hour  of  repentance.  Many 
a  soul  that  otherwise  would  have  been 
wrecked  upon  the  rocks  of  temptation  has 
found  an  anchor  at  the  critical  hour  in 
the  knowledge  that  mother  was  praying  in 
bis  behalf. 

A  Mtther's  Faith.  This  incident  stands 
alone  in  the  life  of  Jesus  as  a  seeming  re- 
pulse to  the  crv  for  mercy.  His  language 
is  almost  cruel,  as  he  reminds  this  Gentile 
mother  that  she  and  her  people  are  but 
dogs  in  the  estimation  of  the  Jew,  and 
that  his  missit  n  is  rather  to  the  chosen 
people  of  Jehovah.  But  the  tender  pity  of 
his  face  must  have  robbed  his  words  of 
their  keenest  sting,  or  the  poor  creature 
could  not  have  made  the  bold  appeal  that 
she  might,  like  the  dogs  under  the  table, 
be  given  at  least  the  crumbs,  when  the 
children  have  been  fed.  A  mother  cannot 
be  easily  discouraged  in  a  mat'er  that  in 
volves  the  life  of  her  child.  Pharaoh  may 
command  the  slaying  of  every  baby  boy  in 
Israel,  and  threaten  direst  penalty  for  dis- 
obedience, but  the  sweet  face  of  Moses  bids 
his  mother  aad  father  to  risk  their  live-;  to 
save  his  life  (Heb.  11:23).  The  godly 
mother  looks  upon  the  life  of  her  child  as 
a  gift  from  God,  and  she  refuses  no  return 
that  may  be  asked  for  this  gracious  gift. 
Like  the  mother  of  Samuel,  she  is  ready 
to  dedicate  her  child  to  the  Lord. 

A  Mother's  Reward.  "Be  it  unto  thee, 
even  as  thou  wilt  "  Such  is  the  answer 
to  believing  prayer.  The  daughter  of  the 
Canaanitish  woman  is  healed.  Hannah's 
son  becomes  the  Lord's  prophet  and  the 
righteous  j  idgt  in  Israel,  because  he  early 
learns  from  the  example  of  his  mother's 
faith  to  reply  to  the  call  of  Jehovah, 
"Speak,  Lord,  for  thy  servant  heareth" 
(1  Sam.  1:11,  27  28;  3:1-14,  19-21).  Oh,  for 
more  mothers  whose  prayers  for  their  chil- 
dren shall  ascend  to  the  Lord  like  sweet 
incense,  while  they  linger  in  the  memory  as 


the  echo  of  God 's  voice,  calling  the  footsteps 
back  from  the  winding  paths  of  sin  into 
the  narrow  path  of  righteousness.  Great 
is  the  reward  of  such  a  mother,  in  the  lives 
of  her  children. 


Christian  Endeavor. 

By  H    A.  Denton. 
Sept.  17,  1905. 


THE  GREAT  SURRENDER. - 
Acts  9:1-22;  Rom.  6:16-23. 

For  the  Leader. 

We  are  now  in  the  period  of  revivals  in 
the  churches.  The  vacation  period  is  past. 
Home  from  the  mountains;  the  seaside 
ltft  for  another  year's  work;  the  summer 
school,  or  whatever  work  we  took  through 
the  summer  months,  left  behind;  we  now 
come  to  settle  down  to  an  even  stretch  of 
life  for  a  Dumber  of  months.  Shall  these 
months  be  the  best  ones  we  have  ever  put 
in?  If  you  are  a  Christian,  how  can  this 
be  so  unless  you  do  more  than  ever  in  the 
past  for  the  cause  of  the  Master?  If  you 
are  not  a  Christian,  how  can  the  best 
thing,  the  best  deed,  of  your  life  be  post- 
poned beyond  this  season?  More  work 
must  characterize  the  Christian.  A  fuller 
obedience  must  characterize  those  who 
have  not  yet  committed  themselves  to  the 
Way.  May  this  meeting  be  one  in  which 
we  will  dispense  with  readings  as  nearly 
as  possible,  or  if  we  use  them,  follow  the 
reading  with  a  few  words  of  comment. 
Let  us  speak  out  to  one  another  from  the 
heart. 

For  the  Members. 

1.  What  do  we  mean  by  the  great  sur- 
render? There  are  many  surrenders  one 
might  make  in  this  life.  Ooe  might  sub- 
mit to  some  ruling  of  his  friend  that  would 
call  upon  him  for  considerable  sacrifice; 
one  might  surrender  some  bad  habit;  one 
might  give  up  some  pleasure  in  order  that 
he  might  be  in  a  better  position  to  help 
someone;  one  might  make  a  surrender  in 
almost  an  infinite  number  of  ways,  but 
what  do  we  call  the  greatest  surrender  one 
can  make?  The  surrender  of  oneself  to 
Jesus  Why  do  we  call  this  the  great  sur- 
render? I  think  we  thus  style  it  because 
it  embraces  all  one's  powers.  The  true  sur- 
render of  the  soul  to  Jesus  is  unconditional. 
There  can  be  none  greater  in  this  respect. 

2.  It  is  the  great  surrender  because  of 
what  it  meaos  to  the  one  who  surrenders. 
The  future  is  full  of  promise  to  the  hum- 
blest of  God's  children  who  has  made  this 
surrender.  In  a  physical  way,  he  has 
much  to  gain  Those  habits  that  have 
weakened  his  body  can  now  be  broken, 
yes,  have  been  broken  in  the  step  to  Jesus. 
Those  vices  that  have  weakened  both  body 
and  mind  are  past.  The  new  life  will  heal 
the  wounds.  In  a  financial  way,  how 
much  will  he  now  have  that  was  once 
spent  upon  that  which  was  not  bread,  and 
for  that  which  satisfieth  not.  Sin  is  the 
most  expensive   thing  in    the   world.     A 


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young  man  became  a  Christian  and  mar- 
ried. What  he  saved  in  the  way  of  money 
once  spent  for  tobacco,  treats,  and  the 
little  things  that  the  fast  crowd  look  upon 
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3.  In  our  lesson  to-night  we  have  the  case 
of  Paul.  Someone  say  ,  "It  is  no  trouble 
for  the  boys  and  girls  to  become  Chris- 
tians, but  for  me  it  would  mean  so  much." 
Well,  consider  how  much  it  meant  to  Saul 
to  make  the  surrender  you  are  called  upon 
to  make.  He  was  a  grown  man.  He  held 
official  position  as  a  Jew.  All  bis  educa- 
tion and  training  had  been  for  the  line  he 
was  following  when  he  was  halted  and 
a^ked  to  surrender.  When  you  think  of 
surrendering,  do  you  think  of  what  those 
who  have  been  your  associates  in  sin  would 
say?  What  do  you  think  Saul  thought  the 
Jews  would  say?  We  know  what  they 
must  have  said,  but  Saul  did  not  care  for 
this  more  than  he  did  for  the  things  his 
Lord  would  say  and  think.  He  counted 
all  the  past  loss,  if  it  must  be  so,  in  order 
that  he  might  obtain  the  future  riches.  In 
doing  this  Saul  made  a  choice  that  did 
not  lose  him  any  good  thing  in  the  run  of 
his  whole  life.  He  got  in  another  kind  far 
more  than  he  gave  up.  But  this  did  not 
appear  so  to  him  at  the  time  of  the  surren- 
der. He  only  knew  then  that  he  was 
injuring  and  grieving  the  Lord.  He  sur- 
rendered as  one  who  had  been  doing  wrong, 
as  one  who  had  been  in  a  rebellion  against 
the  highest  power.  As  we  to-day  look 
upon  Paul's  life  we  can  see  that  he  is 
known,  and  that  his  influence  is  felt  to  a 
far  greater  extent  than  it  would  ever  have 
been  had  he  continued  in  the  eld  way.  It 
would  have  been  a  losing  battle  as  the 
years  went  on. 

Quiet  Hour  Thought. 

Am  I  giving  all  my  powers  to  him  to 
whom  I  surrendered? 

DAILY   READINGS. 

M.     The  surrender  of  self  will 

Luke  22:39-42. 
T.     Of  self  dependence.  Prov   3:1-7. 

W.     Of  vengeance.  Rom.  12:16-20. 

T.     Of  ambition.  Gal   1:10-17. 

F.  The  great  refusal.  Ms-tt.  19:16-22. 
S.  The  great  example.  1  Peter  3:17-22. 
S.     Topic — The  great  surrender. 

Acts  9:1-22;  Rom.  6:16-23. 


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DANIEL  IN  BABYLON. -Dan  1:8-20. 

(Temperance  Lesson.) 
Memory  verses,  16,17. 

Golden  Text.— Daniel  purposed  in  his 
heart  that  he  would  not  defile  himself. — 
Dan.  1:8. 

Daniel  was  one  of  the  favorite  heroes  of 
the  Jews  of  post-exilic  times.  As  a  young 
man  of  their  own  stock  who  had  won  re- 
nown and  acquitted  himself  creditably  in 
the  most  important  circles  in  the  court  of 
the  conqueror,  his  personality  became  the 
point  about  which  there  was  a  natural  ac- 
cretion of  stories  and  hero  tales.  So,  just 
as  later  times  embellished  the  biography 
of  Solomon  with  many  fantastic  and  leg- 
endary incidents  illustrating  his  wisdom 
and  his  magical  control  over  men  and  na- 
ture, so  there  was  an  accumulation  of 
episodes  of  which  Daniel  was  the  hero, 
illustrating  his  virtue  and  sagacity.  Two 
apocryphal  narratives  are  found  in  close 
connection  with  our  book  of  Daniel.  One 
of  them,  "Bel  and  the  Dragon,"  tells  how 
Daniel  killed  a  terrible  monster  and  deliv- 
ered the  people  from  the  fear  of  it  (rather 
a  Greek  motive,  it  seems,)  while  the  other, 
"The  Story  of  Susanna,"  relates  how 
Daniel  as  a  just  and  shrewd  judge  saved 
an  innocent  woman  from  undeserved  pun- 
ishment. 

Daniel  was  carried  into  Babylon  about 
20  years  before  the  fall  of  Jerusalem  and 
perhaps  ten  years  before  the  transportation 
of  the  first  large  body  of  exiles  with  the 
captive  king  Jehoiakim.  Those  who  were 
taken  at  this  time  were  youths  of  high 
rank  and  pleasing  person,  and  the  pur- 
pose was  partly  to  hold  them  as  hostages 
for  the  good  behavior  of  Judah  in  relation 
to  Babylon  and  partly  to  teach  them  the 
customs  and  language  of  Babylon  so  that 
they  might  return  and  spread  these  among 
their  own  people,  to  the  end  that  the  sub- 
ject peoples  might  be  amalgamated  into 
one  thoroughly  Babylonian  empire.  The 
young  men  were  to  be  made  the  instru- 
ments for  winning  their  own  people  away 
from  their  peculiar  practices.  Such  a  task, 
in  the  case  of  the  chosen  people  of  God, 
would  have  a  distinctly  an ti- religious  sig- 
nificance. The  conduct  of  these  youths 
and  the  degree  to  which  they  allowed 
themselves  to  be  conformed  to  the  pattern 
of  the  heathen  gentleman,  as  conceived  at 
the  court  of  Babylon,  had  a  bearing  far 
wider  than  their  own  individual  fortunes 
and  characters. 

The  temptation  which  was  presented  to 
Daniel  came  in  a  peculiarly  subtle  form. 
It  was  not  a  violent  attack  upon  his  faith . 
It  was  no  threat  of  persecution,  such  as 
might  rouse  the  latent  heroism  even  of  a 
dullard.  It  was  temptation  presented  un- 
der the  guise  of  hospitality  and  solicitude 
for  his  own  welfare.  Eating  the  king's 
meat  does  not  seem  a  great  offense.  The 
worst  that  we  can  make  of  it  is  that  it  in- 
volved a  possible  eating  of  meats  forbidden 
as  unclean  by  the  Jewish  law,  or  of  meats 
that  had  been  strangled,  or  of  meats  that 
had  been  killed  in  sacrifice  to  some  idol. 
But  what  the  act  stood  for  was  a  matter  of 
greater  significance.  It  was  a  part  of  a 
regime  which  was  intended  to  win  Daniel 
and  his  associates  away  from  their  own 
people  and  make  good  Babylonians  out  of 
them. 

In  considering  this  incident  as  the  text 
for  a  temperance  lesson,  it  will  be  well  to 


point  out  the  fact  that  some  things  whcih  i 
are  not  wrong  "in  themselves,"  as  we  say, 
may  have    relations     and   entanglements 
which  make   them    dangerous  and  worth 
keeping  away  from. 

There  is  no  evidence  that,  as  a  matter  of 
history,  the  scheme  of  instilling  Babylonian 
ideas  and  customs  into  the  Jews  through 
the  agency  of  young  men  trained  in  Baby- 
lon, produced  the  desired  effect.  Of 
course,  the  transportation  of  the  mass  of 
the  people  a  few  years  later  rendered  the 
continuance  of  the  first  plan  unnecessary, 
but  even  when  the  whole  nation  was  in  cap- 
tivity in  the  very  midst  of  its  heathen  con- 
querors, it  resisted  contamination  surpris- 
ingly well.  The  example  of  such  men  as 
Daniel  doubtless  had  much  to  do  with  it. 

It  is  not  necessary,  in  considering  this 
lesson,  to  take  up  at  any  length  the  ques- 
tion as  to  the  date  of  the  book  of  Daniel. 
On  its  face,  it  purports  to  have  been  writ- 
ten during  the  early  part  of  the  captivity. 
A  large  part  of  the  book  is  made  up  of 
prophecies  of  events  which  transpired  be- 
tween that  time  and  the  middle  of  he  sec- 
ond century  B.C.  The  prophecies  of  the 
events  later  than  this  are  vague  and  gen- 
eral. For  this  and  other  reasons  it  is  held 
by  many  that  the  book  is  a  product  of  the 
Maccabeau  age,  written  probably  between 
167  and  165  B.  C,  when  the  Syrian  rulers 
of  Palestine  were  subjecting  the  Jews  to 
every  indignity,  defiling  the  temple  and  at- 
tempting to  paganize  the  rising  generation. 
In  this  case  the  example  of  Daniel,  who 
resisted  the  temptations  of  the  court  of 
Babylon,  would  be  particularly  pertinent 
and  timely.  Assigning  the  late  date  to  the 
book  also  involved  considering  the  pro 
phetic  passages  of  the  book  as  history  in 
the  guise  of  prophecy  rather  than  as  genu- 
ine prophecy. 


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in  a  little  child  the  angel  in  embryo,  even 
the  whole  of  God's  universe  in  epitome.  It 
is  a  delightful  book  of  pictures  for  children 
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lege education  and  of  the  discipline  of  a 
city  pastorate.  Hence  there  is  more  than 
usual  of  the  literary  finish  to  his  sermons 
even  when  they  have  as  their  object  and 
particular  aim  the  winning  of  souls.  This 
book  is  made  up  of  nine  chapters  that  are 
really  sermons.  They  are  practical  and 
contain  some  admirable  advice,  while  they 
do  not  lack  in  interest.  Mr.  Morgan  has 
the  happy  faculty  of  saying  things  point- 
edly. 

The  Church  of  Christ.     By  a  Layman. 
Funk  &  Wagnalls  Co.     New  York  and 
London.  1905.  12  mo.  Cloth.  336  pages. 
51.00  net.) 

The  first  impression  one  feels  in  reading 
this  volume  is  the  wish  that  more  laymen 
would  write  religious  books!  This  unknown 
author  gets  right  at  what  he  wants  to  say, 
and  says  it.  He  is  evidently  an  independ- 
ent thinker  and  his  views  of  the  church 
of  Christ  run  directly  across  theological 
and  ecclesiastical  lots  without  so  much  as 
saying,  "By  your  leave."  He  seems  to 
have  the  old-fashioned  idea  that  what 
Christ  and  the  apostles  say,  on  the  subjects 
he  treats,  is  an  end  of  controversy.  Who- 
ever the  author  may  be,  it  is  manifest  that 
he  is  a  student  of  the  Bible  and  especially 
of  the  New  Testament,  and  that  his  ideas 
are  derived  from  that  book  rather  than 
from  any  theological  treatises  he  may  have 
read.  The  revolutionary  character  of  his 
teaching  may  be  inferred  from  the  fact  that 
he  marks  with  clearness  the  dispensational 
lines,  locates  the  beginning  of  the  church 
on  Pentecost,  ascertains  what  he  calls  "the 
Law  of  Pardon"  from  an  inductive  exam- 
ination of  all  the  cases  of  pardon  recorded 
in  the  New  Testament,  advocates  the  res- 
toration of  the  ordinances  to  their  original 
place,  and  would  displace  our  present 
multiform  ecclesiastical  systems  with  the 
simple  Congregationalism  of  the  New  Tes- 
tament. There  is  not  a  line  or  a  sentence 
that  indicates  the  author's  ecclesiastical 
connection,  except  as  it  may  be  inferred 
from  his  fidelity  to  the  New  Testament. 
The  closing  chapters  deal  with  Christian 
unity,  which  he  telieves  is  imperative  in 
order  to  the  conversion  of  the  world,  con- 
demns denorrinationalism  as  contrary  to 
the  spirit  and  teaching  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment, and  the  volume  ends  with  a  splendid 
eulogy  on  Christ,  entitled  "The  Unique- 
ness of  Jesus,"  in  which  the  Author  of 
Christianity  is  contrasted  with  other  reli- 
gious    teachers.       The   author   not    only 


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positions  mainly  in  scriptural  language, 
and  thus  makes  it  very  awkward  for  any 
religious  gladiator  to  antagonize  his  posi- 
tions. We  note  a  few  sentences  here  and 
there  concerning  the  place  of  prayer  and 
the  work  of  the  Holy  Spirit  which  we 
would  question  or  modify,  but  on  the 
whole  the  work  is  a  most  valuable  one  and 
ought  to  have  a  wide  circulation. 


Our  Life  After  Death,  or  The  Teach- 
ing of  the  Bible  Concerning  The 
Unseen  World.  By  Rev.  Arthur  Cham- 
bers, Associate  of  Kings  College,  Lon- 
don, Vicar  of  Brockenhurst,  Hampshire, 
England.  (Philadelphia,  Geo.  W.  Jacobs 
and  Co.,  Publishers.     Price  $1.25.) 

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appeals  strongly  to  a  large  class  of  read- 
ers. To  know  something  definite  con- 
cerning the  life  unseen  whither  we  are  go- 
ing is  certainly  a  natural  as  it  is  a  most 
laudable  desire.  The  theme  offers  a  wide 
field  for  the  speculative  mind,  but  after  all, 
we  are  shut  up,  as  to  actual  knowledge,  to 
what  is  revealed  in  the  New  Testament. 

In  the  emphasis  which  this  work  gives 
to  the  intermediate  state  or  the  time  inter- 
vening between  death  and  the  future  resur- 
rection, our  author  goes  back  rather  to  a 
phase  of  thought  that  has  been  passed  by 
by  most  thinkers  on  this  subject.  This  he 
does,  however,  in  order  to  make  room  for 
certain  views  which  he  afterwards  elabo- 
rates, ultimating  in  universal  salvation. 
There  is  much  in  the  book,  however,  to 
strengthen  faith  and  quicken  our  hope 
apart  from  its  ultimute  conclusion  concern- 
ing the  salvation  of  the  entire  race.  Such 
conclusions  as  that  "there  will  be  no  break 
in  the  continuity  of  our  existence  in  pass- 
ing from  the  earth  life  to  the  Hades  life," 
and  that  in  Hades  or  the  unseen  world  "we 
shall  recognize  and  be  remembered  in  the 
relationship  with  those  whom  we  have  pre- 
viously known  in  the  earth  life,"  and  that 
"there  are  different  spheres  of  experience 
in  the  Hades  life,"  and  that  "the  work  of 
perfecting  and  developing  will  go  on  in  the 
Hades  life,"  seem  to  be  entirely  warranted 
by  scripture  and  by  reason.  His  fifth  de- 
duction— "that  there  is  a  preaching  of 
Christ's  gospel  in  the  intermediate  life 
which  warrants  us  in  believing  that  the 
work  of  saving  mankind  is  extended  be- 


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yond  the  grave,"  is  one  that  antagonizes 
the  generally  accepted  or  orthodox  view  on 
this  subject.  However,  that  Christ  preached 
to  the  spirits  in  prison  after  his  death  is  a 
clear  affirmation  of  the  apostle  Peter,  how- 
ever much  the  passage  may  have  been  tor- 
tured to  yield  another  conclusion.  Our 
author,  however,  seems  to  base  a  larger  con- 
clusion on  this  fact  than  would  seem  to  be 
warranted.  If  it  be  a  fact  that  those  hav- 
ing had  no  opportunity  to  learn  of  Christ  or 
of  his  redemption  in  this  life  have  such  op- 
portunity offered  them  after  death,  it  does 
not  follow,  if  there  is  any  sort  of  analogy 
between  human  nature  before  and  after 
death,  that  all  will  accept  Christ  who  hear 
of  him,  and  any  dogmatic  conclusion  to 
that  effect  seems  to  us  unauthorized  by  the 
scriptures  and  contrary  to  what  we  know 
of  human  nature.  No  doubt  theologians 
have  built  arguments  upon  certain  Greek 
words  to  show  the  everlastingness  of  pun- 
ishment which  cannot  endure  the  test  of 
sound  criticism,  and  our  author  shows  this 
in  his  dealing  with  the  word  atonies  and  its 
cognates;  but  the  supremacy  of  the  hu- 
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Family  Circle 


Labor  Is  Prayer. 

What  should  I  ask  of  God? 

To  come?     He  is  here. 

He  is  here  and  now  in  me.    It  is  him  that 

I  feel. 
I,  feeling,  am  that  much  God. 
To  give?  He  has  given,  is  giving,  gives. 
The  flow  and  the  pulse  of  things, 
Each  step  and  quiver  of  life  is  full  of  God. 
Should  an  egg  pray  to  be  given?    Nay  to 

be  hatched. 
And  will  hatch,  pray  or  not,  if  alive. 
If  it  were  ready,  willing,  only  the  shell  not 

broken 
It  had  better  peck  than  be  praying. 
What  should  I  ask  of  God? 
God,  who  pushes  and  pushes 
With  the  tides  of  the  whole  creation. 
He  might  ask  me  for  something — 
Namely,  to  get  a  move  on — 
To  let  him  through  and  not  hinder! 
God  is  not  slow  or  deficient. 
He  does  not  need  a  reminder. 
He  is  strictly  attending  to  business. 
Still,  things  don't  work  as  they  ought  to — 
Something  does  ail  the  procession — 
It  wavers,  sticks  and  drops  backward. 
Well,  what  ails  the  procession? 
Some  men  stopping  and  waiting, 
Some  men  wriggling  backwards, 
And  praying — or  urging  to  praying — 
That  God  will  move  the  procession ! 
Would  you  be  wound  up  like  a  puppet? 
Marionettes  of  high  heaven? 
Or  like  a  recalcitrant  baby, 
Dragged  by  the  arms — heels  rebellious ! 
Pray  to  yourself — that  you  travel ! 
Or — without  praying — just  travel! 
— Charlotte  Perkins  Gilman,  in  Out  West. 


A  Helpful  Experience. 

By  Rev.  Frank  E.  Sleeper. 

James  Gordon  felt  called  of  God  to 
preach.  He  had  a  fine  physique,  was  social, 
brilliant  and  popular.  He  was  just  com- 
pleting his  college  course  and  must  soon 
choose  his  life  work. 

His  pastor,  with  whom  he  was  very  inti- 
mate, and  to  whom  he  had  told  his  feelings, 
said  to  him,  "I  want  you  to  deliver  the 
sermon  for  me  next  Sunday  evening.  And 
in  all  probability  the  church  will  vote  you  a 
license  to  preach." 

James  entered  the  pulpit  that  Sunday 
evening  with  fear  and  trembling.  It  was 
announced  in  the  weekly  paper  and  in  the 
church  bulletin  that  he  would  preach.  The 
news  had  gone  like  wildfire  all  through 
the  large  village  where  he  was  born,  had 
grown  up  to  manhood  and  had  prepared 
for  college  at  the  academy,  and  the  church 
was  thronged. 

It  was  a  curiosity  crowd.  Not  for  many 
years  had  any  young  man  from  that 
community  gone  forth  as  a  preacher  of 
the  gospel.  It  was  a  novel  and  exciting 
experience  to  hear  one  whom  they  had 
known  from  infancy  deliver  a  message 
from  God.  Yet  a  great  host  of  true  friends 
was  eager  to  encourage  James  in  the  suc- 
cess they  felt  sure  would  be  his. 

How  the  good  old  pastor,  before  the 
sermon,  prayed  for  him  that  all  embar- 
rassment might  be  removed,  that  he  might 
be  filled  with  heaven's  inspiration  and 
that  he  should  know  that  he  was  chosen 
as  an  ambassador  for  Jesus  Christ. 

"Well,"  thought  James  during  the  im- 
pressive prayer,  "I  am  now  face  to  face 
with  my  opportunity.  I  shall  succeed  or 
fail.  I  have  my  fully  written  manuscript 
with  me,  I  ought  to  do  well."    He  did  not 


know  that  the  Lord  had  an  all  important 
life  lesson   to  teach   ln'm  that  evening. 

The  text  was  announced  and  James  be- 
gan his  sermon.  There  was  breathless 
stillness  through  all  the  large  audience. 
He  had  prepared  his  discourse  with  the 
greatest  care  that  there  should  be  no 
weakness  in  it.  Its  every  truth  was  made 
clear  and  burned  to  the  deepest  in  his 
spiritual  nature. 

But  what  was  the  trouble  with  the  writ- 
ten page  before  him?  The  lights  were 
all  right,  shining  brightly;  but  the  lines 
he  wanted  did  not  meet  his  eye.  Page  af- 
ter page  it  was  the  same.  The  discourse 
was  delivered  purely  from  memory. 

It  was  a  time  of  awful  suffering  for 
the  young  and  inexperienced  beginner. 
James  thought  "If  this  is  preaching  I  sure- 
ly am  not  called  to  preach.  Am  I  talking 
sense  or  nonsense?"  Yet  the  impressive 
stillness  continued.  The  congregation  was 
listening  spellbound.  They  were  delight- 
fully surprised  with  such  precious,  thrilling 
truth  phrased  in  glowing  sentences  with 
chaste  rhetoric. 

James  did  not  know  himself  that  even- 
ing. It  was  inward  despair  but  outward 
victory.  He  felt  humiliated  in  the  dust,  but 
his  friends  were  rejoicing  in  his  great  suc- 
cess. The  last  hymn  was  sung.  The  pas- 
tor had  pronounced  the  benediction.  The 
audience  was  slowly  going  out  of  the 
church.  But  expressions  were  heard  on 
every  hand,  "Wasn't  that  fine?'  "How 
magnetic  he  is  in  the  pulpit!"  "What  an 
eloquent  and  convincing  preacher  he  will 
become !" 

James  hurried  to  the  vestry  sad  and 
sore  at  heart.  He  felt  unwilling  to  face 
anyone.  He  was  tasting  the  dregs  of  bit- 
terness. The  good  pastor  who  knew  him 
so  well  followed  him. 

"What  ails  you,  James?"  he  inquired. 
"One  would  think  by  your  countenance 
that  you  were  just  at  a  funeral  instead  of 
preaching  a  most  inspiring  sermon." 

"Oh,  pastor,  I  made  a  perfect  botch  of 
that  discourse!" 

"You  did  not." 

"I  lost  my  place  in  mv  manuscript  more 
than  forty  times." 

"Then  I  advise  you  to  lose  your  place 
forty  times  every  sermon." 

"What  do  you  mean,  pastor?  I  do  not 
understand  you.  This  evening  has  been  a 
time  of  the  most  awful  suffering  to  me.  I 
feel  like  hiding  my  head  where  no  one  will 
ever  see  me." 

"James,"  the  pastor  said  with  great  em- 
phasis, "you  are  entirely  wrong  feeling  that 
way.  You  had  read  that  discourse  to  me,  I 
knew  what  was  coming;  but  what  sur- 
prised and  delighted  me  was  your  great 
freedom  from  the  manuscript.  Your  eyes 
seemed  on  the  people  all  of  the  time.  This 
added  very  much  to  the  effectiveness  of 
your  sermon.  James,  you  are  to  thank 
God  that  in  his  great  love  he  has  bestowed 


HIMALYA 

(THE  KOLA  COMPOUND, 

The  African  KOLJ  P/.a.-t  Is  .'  J'osltire 

Cure  i;r  HAY-KEVKR  and  1  iu 

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HAY:FEVER 

ASTHMA  can  be  CURED. 

1r.  Vi.  H.  Kellej,  217  4*th  St.,  New port  New»,  Va.,  writes 
Jan.  23d,  was  &  helplems  Invalid  and  wa*  cured  of  Hay- 
Kever  and  Asthma  by  Himalya,  af'.<-r  16  yearn' nuift 
Ira.  J.  JO.  .Norrijke,  of  Hill  City,  Kami.,  wriu*  Jan.  ? 
had  Hay-F<sv«:r  and  AMhma  for  ten  y  <;an>  andcouMget 
no  relief  until  cured  >>y  Hlraalya.  Mr.  D.  L.  CU.»»*,  taa 
Morria  St.,  Philadelphia,  writes.  Jan.  l«th,  Uoey,r>  did 
me  noKood,  but  Himalya  cured  me.  Hr.  n.  v.  Caapfcell, 
Sanbornvllie,  N.  H.,a!no  wrltea  r'eb.  6th,  that  Himalya 
cured  his  son.  Her.  Frederick  F.  W>»lt,  the  noted  Evan- 
gellst,  ot  Abilene,  Texas,  writes  April  Kith.  I5i0&,  I  never 
lose  an  opportunity  to  recommend  Himalya,  as  it  cured 
me  of  Hay- Fever  and  Anthma,  and  have  never  had  any 
return  of  the  disease. 

Hundreds  of  others  send  similar  testimony 
proving  Himalya  a  truly  wonderful  remedy.  As 
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for  the  disease.  Hay-rever  sufferers  should  not 
fail  to  take  advantage  of  this  opportunity  to 
secure  a  remedy  which  will  positively  cure  them. 
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on  you  the  large  gift  of  a  wonderful  mem- 
ory." 

As  James  bade  the  pastor  "Good-night," 
thanking  him  for  his  kind  words,  and  was 
passing  out  of  the  vestry  door,  he  found 
at  the  outer  door  some  young  friends  wait- 
ing to  see  him.  "We  could  not  go," 
they  said,  "without  telling  you  how  we  en- 
joyed your  sermon  and  how  deeply  it 
moved  us.  It  was  a  feast  to  our  souls. 
And,  oh,  James,  what  a  splendid  memory 
you  have  to  give  that  fine  discourse  with- 
out reading  your  manuscript!  We  thought 
for  quite  a  while  that  you  had  no  notes 
until  we  saw  you  move  some  of  the  leaves. 
May  God  bless  you  in  all  your  future  life 
work."  "And  with  a  hearty  handshake 
they  left  him. 

The  young  preacher  was  in  a  strait  be- 
twixt two.  He  had  been  overwhelmed 
with  sadness  and  discouragement.  But  the 
kind  words  of  pastor  and  true  friends  were 
like  sunshine.  He  could  not  disbelieve 
them.  They  were  too  honest  to  deceive 
him  and  too  capable  to  be  mistaken. 

As  he  walked  to  his  home  he  found  a 
great  question  in  his  mind,  "Do  I  know 
myself  as  well  as  others  know  me?  Have 
I  any  right  to  be  so  cast  down  when  true 


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September  7.  1905. 


friends  utter  such  words  of  encourag 
ment:  Shall  I  not  trust  both  my  friends 
and  God?" 
After  he  had  retired  to  bed  that  eventful 
Sunday  night  thought  was  busy.  He  could 
not  sleep  and  did  not  want  to  sleep.  He 
began  in  the  darkness  going  over  his  dis- 
course. All  of  the  sentences  of  that  ser- 
mon in  their  exact  order  came  to  him  like 
so  many  glad  angels. 

As  he  was  conscious  of  this  fact  he  said 
in  his  hear:.  "Oh,  God.  I  thank  thee:  I 
will  make  memory  a  part  of  my  pulpit 
power  consecrating  it  unto  Jesus  Christ. 

The  next  few  days  as  he  met  his  friends 
honest  compliments  were  showered  upon 
him.  He  had  every  reason  to  be  grateful. 
He  said.  "Out  of  the  bitter  has  come  the 
sweet :  out  of  the  darkness  has  come  the 
snushine.  I  was  utterly  cast  down  but 
God  dfted  me  up." 

Duiing  James  Gordon's  course  in  the 
theological  seminary  he  made  a  specialty 
of  training  his  memory.  He  became  a 
living  incarnation  of  the  books  he  stud- 
ied and  could  give  at  any  moment  ex- 
pression to  the  great  thoughts  he  mas- 
tered. The  other  stude  ts  envied  him. 
He  said.  "Love  memory  as  I  do.  Disci- 
pline and  trust  memory  as  I  do  and  you 
will  find  it  the  best  servant  you  ever  had." 

Since  his  ordination  James  has  been 
pastor  of  two  large  churches.  He  carefully 
writes  at  least  one  discourse  every  week. 
He  never  carries  his  manuscript  to  the  pul- 
pit. As  he  stands  before  his  audience 
every  great  truth  comes  to  his  mind  with 
infallible  assurance. 

The  people  have  said  over  and  over, 
"What  beautiful,  spiritual,  living  sermons 
you  give  us  !  How  can  you  think  so  finely 
on  your  feet  when  talking?"'  In  reply  he 
has  told  many  times  his  experience  that 
strange  evening,  how  it  led  him  out  into 
one  of  the  best  acquirements  of  his  life. 

He  soon  learned  to  repudiate  the  strictly 
memoriter  method  finding  that  it  was  far 
better  to  hold  clearly  in  his  mind  the 
thoughts  rather  than  the  words  of  his 
sermon.  This  afforded  him  wonderful 
spontaneity  of  manner  with  precision  of 
language.  He  was  not  a  slave  to  the  writ- 
ten sentences  but  was  entirely  the  master 
of  his  theme  as  he  stood  before  his  audi- 
ence. 

If  more  pastors  would  make  memory 
their  fully  obedient  servant  it  were  far 
better.  The  theological  seminaries  at  the 
present  are  sending  out  preachers  who  do 
not  speak  from  the  manuscript  in  the  pul- 
pit. They  write  with  greatest  care.  They 
absorb  and  master  the  clear  thought,  and 
as  the  minister  in  the  sacred  desk  is  face 
to  face  with  his  congregation  his  soul  is 
all  on  fire  with  heavenly  inspiration.  Such 
preaching  is  ideal.  He  is  not  a  slave  to 
the  written  page.— The   Watchman. 


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The  task  to  which  we  devote  our- 
selves may  overwhelm  us  by  its  very 
growth,  and  the  man  may  be  swallowed  up 
in  his  own  success.  The  real  failures  in 
the  industrial  world  are  seldom  recorded 
in  Bradstreet;  they  are  the  cases  of  men 
whose  revenues  are  advancing  while  their 
souls  are  shriveling;  the  men  who  are  mak- 
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health  of  body,  and  love  of  home;  the  men 
who  are  driven  through  anxious  days  and 
sleepless  nights  by  the  interests  and  anx- 
ieties of  their  own  creation.  The  restless 
Viking  blood  is  in  our  veins,  our  climate 
acts  like  whip  and  spur,  and  "keep  mov- 
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of  the  modern  city.  Is  the  college  man  to 
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whirling  crowd,  or  is  he  to  take  his  place 
in  the  procession  with  the  quietness  and 
self-control  of  one  who  marches  to  a  far- 
off  goal,  keping  time  to  a  celestial  music? 
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world  are  those  who  will  not  be  hurried. 
The  most  enduring  results  come  not  from 
nervous,  frantic  effort,  but  from  calmness 
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orbit,  seems  to  be  decidedly  the  larger  and 
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tions of  the  earth  within  the  shadow-track, 
and  as  a  partial  eclipse  along  a  broad  strip 
on  either  side  of  this. 

The  shadow  thrown  on  a  blank  wall  by 
any  globular  body  held  between  a  lighted 
lamp  and  the  wall  is  a  simple  and  homely 
illustration  of  an  eclipse.  The  shadow  will 
be  seen  to  be  much  darker  in  the  middle 
than  at  the  edges,  and  the  former  is  known 
scientifically  as  the  umbra,  while  the  lesser 
haze  is  termed  the  penumbra.  If  the  ob- 
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eye  views  the  globular  body  from  the  cen- 
ter of  the  umbra,  the  lamp  is  seen  to  be 
entirely  hidden,  but  when  viewed  from  the 
penumbra,  part  of  the  lamp  is  visible. 
Such  is  precisely  what  happens  in  a  solar 
eclipse.  For  two  or  three  minutes  the 
moon  completely  hides  the  sun,  and  the 
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"Unsung  Heriosm." 

To  smile  when  the  heart  is  breaking, 

Concealing  inward  pain, 
To  plow  in  the  thorny  pathways, 

Through  sun  and  mist  and  rain. 

To  lighten  a  comrade's  burden 
By  whispering  words  of  cheer, 

Dispersing  the  clouds  of  sorrow 
That  heaven  may  appear. 

To  learn  to  be  self-denying, 

Unwilling  to  repine, 
The  soul  ever  upward  striving 

To  win  the  peace  divine. 

These  noble  earthly  struggles 

With  glory  shall  adorn 
Their  heroes — bequeathing  memories 

To  races  vet  unborn. 


Be  Can  Save  His  Buttons. 

A  Pittsburg  paper  says :  Nearly  500  per- 
sons, besides  the  regular  congregation, 
heard  yesterday  morning's  sermon  preached 
by  Rev.  Dr.  S.  Edward  Young  in  the  Sec- 
ond Presbyterian  Church,  Pittsburg,  by 
means  of  the  junophone  just  placed  there- 
in and"  connected  with  the  telephone  serv- 
ice of  Greater  Pittsburg  and  the  surround- 
ing territory. 

"Gee!  That's  great!"  said  a  small  boy 
whose  mother  has  had  much  trouble  in 
getting  him  to  church,  after  listening  to 
an  anthem  by  the  choir.  "I  wouldn't 
mind  going  to  church  if  I  could  go  over 
the  telephone.  And,  say,  ma,  they  can't 
pass  the  plate   over   the   wire,   can   they?" 


Johnny's  Composition  on  Tobacco. 

Tobacco  grows  something  like  a  cab- 
bage, but  I  never  saw  none  cooked.  I  have 
heard  men  say  that  cigars  that  was  given 
them  on  election  day  for  nothing  was 
mostly  cabbage  leaves.  Tobacco  stores  are 
mostly  kept  by  wooden  Injuns,  who  stand 
at  the  door  and  offer  them  a  bunch  of  ci- 
gars, which  is  glued  into  the  Injun's 
hand  and  is  made  of  wood  also.  I  tried  to 
smoke  a  cigar  once,  and  I  felt  like  Epsom 
salts.  Tobacco  was  invented  by  a  man 
named  Walter  Raleigh.  When  the  people 
first  saw  him  smoking  they  thought  he  was 
a  -steamboat  and  was  frightened.  My  sis- 
ter Nancy  is  a  girl.  I  don't  know  whether 
she  likes  tobacco  or  not.  There  is  a 
young  man  named  Leroy  who  comes  to 
sei  her.  He  was  standing  on  the  steps  one 
night  and  he  did  not  know  as  she  would 
like  it,  and  she  said,  "I  think  the  perfume 
is  agreeable."  But  when  my  big  brother 
Tom  lighted  his  pipe  Nancy  said,  "Go  out 
of  this  house,  you  horrid  creature,  the 
smell  of  the  tobacco  makes  me  sick." 


About  Taxing  Bachelors. 

The  mere  statement  that  there  are 
1,638,321  more  men  in  the  United  States 
than  women  seems  to  be  excuse  enough 
for  the  bachelor;  and  yet  some  of  the 
states  have  already  introduced  legislative 
bills  taxing  or  fining  bachelors  for  their 
"obstinacy,"  and  others  are  threatening- 
similar  action.  Very  well,  then,  the  bach- 
elors may  say,  if  you  will  have  us  married 
provide  the  brides.  Where,  may  we  ask, 
are  1,638,321  brides  to  be  found?  Must 
you  go  across  seas  for  them  and  pick 
them  from  the  blue-eyed  and  golden- 
haired  German  girls  or  the  dark-orbed, 
raven-tressed  girls  of  Italy?  And  perhaps 
they  won't  come.  They  prefer  their  own 
countrymen  for.  husbands;  and  they  don't 
want   to  come  to   America,   anyway.     The 


taxation  of  bachelorhood  into  matrimony 
may  disorder  our  whole  social  system.  If 
all  the  men  and  women  in  the  country  are 
paired  off  by  law,  there  will  still  be 
1,638,321  odd  men  who  can't  be  paired. 
Some  of  them  may  get  angry  about  it. 
If  the  state  governments  are  going  to  run 
a  marriage  bureau  all  voters  will  demand 
their  rights.  Why  should  one  man  be  mar- 
ried and  not  another?  Why  should  the 
state  foster  happy  wedded  bliss  for  one  cit- 
izen and  pay  no  attention  to  another? 
There  would  be  a  revolution.  Let  the 
states  go  pretty  slow  aboout  taxing  bach- 
elors. The  bachelors  can't  help  it.  The 
statistics  prove   it. — Globe-Democrat. 

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Modern  Definitions. 

Forgiveness — The  noblest  of  all   virtues. 

Fool — One  who  is  and  does  not  know 
it. 

Wise  Man — One  who  is  and  does  not 
show  it. 

Jealousy — The  homage  paid  by  failure 
to  success. 

Money — The  wise  man's  convenience, 
the  fool's  necessity. 

Success — To  be  perfectly  satisfied  with 
one's  achievements. 

Charity — That  which  should  appear 
cold  to  the  giver  and  not  to  the  receiver. 

Conversation — The  idle  man's  business 
and  the  business  man's  recreation. 

Ambition — Never  to  be  satisfied  with 
one's    achievements. — Chicago    Journal. 

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Two  Reasons. 

An  old  Irishman  is  very  fond  of  ex- 
pressing his  views  on  things  in  general, 
and  if  he  fails  to  get  a  listener,  he  will 
talk  to  himself. 

A  man  who  was  much  annoyed  at  his 
mutterings  one  day  said : 

"Say,  does  it  ever  occur  to  you  that  your 
constant  talk  and  muttering  to  yourself 
are  a  great  annoyance  to  people  who  hap- 
pen to  be  about?  Why  do  you  talk  so  much 
to  yourself?" 

"Shure,  sir,  I  have  two  raysons  for 
that." 

"What  are  they?" 

"Wan  of  thim,"  replied  the  Irishman, 
"is  that  I  loike  to  talk  ter  a  sinsible  man, 
an'  the  other  is  that  I  loike  to  hear  a  sin- 
sible man  talk." 

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September  7,  1905. 


Quid  Pro  Quo. 

Rear- Admiral  5  on  sat  one 

evening  at  a  dinner-party  beside  the  Bishop 
of  Durham,  a  clergyman  noted  for  his  wit. 
Near  the  bishop  there  was  a  millionaire 
manofactnrer.  a  stout  man.  with  a  loud. 
coarse  laugh,  who  cracked,  every  little 
while,  a  stupid  joke.  One  of  these  was 
leveled  at  the  brilliant  Bishop  of  Durham, 
whom  he  did  not  know  from  Adam.  It 
was  enough  for  him  that  the  bishop's  garb 
was  clerical.  Here  was  a  parson;  here, 
therefore,  a  chance  to  poke  a  little  fun  at 
the  parson's  trade. 

"I  have  three  sons."  he  began  in  a  loud 
tone,  nudging  his  neighbor  and  winking 
toward  the  bishop,  '"three  tine  lads.  They 
are  in  trade.  I  have  always  said  that  if  I 
ever  had  a  stupid  son  I'd  make  a  parson 
of  him." 

The  millionaire  roared  out  his  discord- 
ant laugh,  and  the  Bishop  of  Durham 
said  to  him,  with  a  quiet  smile,  "Your 
father    thought    differently    from   you,  eh?" 

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It  is  refreshing  to  find  something  in 
these  days  that  does  not  bear  a  price  tag. 
It  is  the  fashion  of  our  materialistic  times 
to  put  it  upon  everything.  "It  costs  so 
much  to  live,"  is  the  universal  complaint 
of  men  and  women  who  are  spending  all 
the  money  they  can  by  any  means  make — 
and  spending,  too,  powers  far  more  pre- 
cious than  money — for  the  mere  outward 
accessories  of  modern  existence  while 
misssing,    too    often,    the    realities    of   life. 

For  that  is  the  sad  part  of  the  situation. 
It  is  forever  "Pay!  Pay!  Pay!"  and  yet 
get  nothing  that  is  worth  while.  Contrast 
the  prophet's  terms  of  entrance  into  the 
best  society — the  society  of  the  true,  the 
pure  and  the  noble — with  the  cost  of  in- 
dulgence in  the  fads  and  fancies  of  the 
"smart"  set  These  are  very  modern 
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not  bread,  and  your  labor  for  that 
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Bedtime. 

Last  year  my  bedtime  was  at  eight, 

And  every  single  night 
I  used  to  wish  the  clock  would  wait, 

Or  else  stay  out  of  sight. 
It  always  seemed  to  me 
The  next  half  hour'd  be 

The  nicest  time  of  all  the  day 
If  mother  would  agree. 
But  she  always  shook  her  head. 
And  she  sort  of  jumped,  and  said: 

"Why,  it's  late— after  eight— 
And  it's  time  you  were  in  bed !" 

That  clock  would  always  do  its  best 

To  sit  all  quiet  there, 
Until  I  was  my  comfyest 

In  some  big  easy  chair. 
Then  its  striking  would  begin, 
And  I'd  tell  my  motherkin 

How  I'd  just  begun  z.  chapter,  and 
It  was  so  int'restin' — 
And  the  end  was  just  ahead — 
But  she  usually  said : 

"No,   it's   late— after   eight— 
And  it's  time  to  go  to  bed!" 

And  now  my  bedtime  is  ha'-past, 

But  yet  that  old  clock  does 
The  same  mean  tricks— it's  just  as  fast, 

Or  faster  than  it  was. 
Last  night  it  seemed  to  me 
The  next  half-hour'd  be 

The  nicest  time  of  all  the  day 
If  mother  would  agree. 
But  she  smiled  and  shook  her  head, 
And  kissed  me  while  she  said : 

"Why,  it's  late— ha'-past  eight — 
And  it's  time  you  went  to  bed!" 

— Harper's  Magazine. 


A  Week  with   the   Woodneys. 

THE    FIFTH    DAY     (CONTINUED  ) 

At    dinner    Mace    sat   between    Ed    and 
Jennie.      The   young   man   did   his    utmost 
to  make  her  enjoy  the  meal  and  only  half 
his  efforts  would  have  insured  success.  In 
the  warmth  of  his   friendliness,   Mace  ex- 
panded like  a  bud   exposed  to  the  balmy 
airs  of  June.     Not  since  she  had  come  to 
the   village    had    she    been    so    bright,    so 
happy,  so  attractive.     Her  mother  seemed 
to  increase  an  inch  or  so  in  stature  when 
regarding   her.      Mrs.    G.    C.    D.    Woodney 
was   just  as   proud,   though   in   a   different 
way,  of  Jennie.     It  is  true  Jennie     scarce- 
ly  spoke   a   word,    and    those    she   uttered 
might  just  as  well  have  been  left  unsaid; 
it  is  true,  she  could  not  play,  or  paint,  or 
.draw,   or  embroider,   or   to   speak   largely, 
'do   anything  but    spell    her   name    with    a 
"y."     But  she  was  pretty  and  dainty,  and 
her  clothes  were  expensive  and  in  the  very 
best   taste   and    in    the   latest    style    which 
had   come   from   Kansas   City.     The  meal 
was  in  full  progress  when   Mr.   G.   C.   D. 
Woodney  entered  hastily.  He  shook  hands 
all  around  and  took  his  place  at  the  foot 
of  the  table.     He  was  a  large,  heavy  set 
man  with  a  red  face,  a  double  chin,  a  flat 
head  and  shrewd  eyes.     He  said  how  glad 
he   was   to  meet   his    relations   once   more, 
regretted  that  he  had  been  too  busy  to  drop 
around  to  see  them,  and  asked  to  be  ex- 
cused for  not  coming  to  the  house  sooner. 
"I  never  have  a  minute  I  can  call  my  own, 
and  that   is   a   fact,"   he   said.     "The   farm 
is  so  large  and  I  am  running  so  many  in- 
terests on  it  at  once,  especially  at  this  sea- 
son, that  I  go  without  my  breakfast  nearly 
every  day.     We  are  up  here  at  the  dawn, 
and  as  soon   as   I   dress  I   go  out  on  the 
place.     The  family  sees  nothing  of  me  till 


dinner  time,  and  then  my  lunch  is  generally 
brouprht  to  me.  Cattle  and  sheep  and  hogs 
and  horses  and  the  crops,  and  a  very  ex- 
tensive orchard,  and  bees  and  fencing  and 
draining  —  busy  life,  cousin  Benjamin, 
busy  life!"  As  soon  as  he  ceased  speaking 
Mr.  G.  C.  D.  Woodney  dropped  his  head 
close  to  his  plate  and  began  to  eat  with 
marvelous  expedition. 

"Cousin  George,  you  will  break  yourself 
down,"  remonstrated  Mr.  Woodney  ear- 
nestly. "A  man  can't  stand  such  a  strain 
as  that,  year  after  year.  It  is  fifteen  years 
since  I  last  saw  you,  but  I  remember  you 
were  even  then  going  half  the  time  with- 
out your  breakfast  and  coming  in  at 
night  after  the  birds  had  gone  to  their 
nests." 

During  this  speech  Mr.  G.  C.  D.  Wood- 
ney had  disposed  of  a  good  part  .of  the 
contents  of  his  plate.  He  now  disposed 
of  a  cup  of  coffee,  apparently  in  one  gulp, 
passed  it  up  to  be  refilled,  and  said:  "I 
know   it,  cousin  Benjamin,  and   I'm  going 

to  rest  in  a_few_  years. Everything  is  get- 

ting  in  shape  now  for  a  rest.  But  you  see 
the  result  of  my  digging  and  toiling — a 
thousand  acres  of  my  own,  well  stocked. 
While  other  men  were  taking  their  ease, 
I  have  been  building  up  a  fortune  for  my 
family.  There  may  be  a  way  to  make 
money  on  the  flat  of  your  back,  but  I 
haven't  found  out  how  to  do  it."  Having 
thus  spoken,  he  bent  to  his  plate  again, 
helped  himself  to  more  cymlings  without 
loooking  at  the  dish,  and  swallowed  the 
rest  of  his  ham.  Mr.  Woodney,  fearing 
he  would  be  done  and  gone  before  he 
could  broach  a  subject  dear  to  his  heart, 
began  rather  hastily. 

"But,  cousin  George,  some  things  are  not 
to  be  obtained  by  digging  and  .toiling.  Are 
you  sure  you  are  enjoying  the  best  of  life? 
I  am  greatly  grieved  to  find  no  church  in 
the  village.  I  have  set  myself  the  joyous 
task  of  rebuilding  the  one  that  was 
burned." 

G.  C.  D.  Woodney  raised  his  head, 
while  his  fork  was  poised  for  immediate 
use.  "If  you  call  that  a  joyous  task, 
cousin  Benjamin,  how  would  you  like  to 
come  out  here  and  grub  some  of  my  weeds 
for  relaxation?"  He  chuckled  in  a  smoth- 
ered fashion  and  fell  hastily  to  work 
again. 

"The  church  will  never  be  rebuilt," 
spoke  up  Mrs.  G.  C.  D.  Woodney.    "There 


is  too  much  dissension.  I  would  not 
bother  about  it.  We  are  doing  very  nicely 
without  it.  People  were  always  wrangling 
when  they  had  it." 

"I  shall  work  to  rebuild  it,"  cried  Mr. 
Woodney  stoutly,  "and  I  have  already  be- 
gun taking  subscriptions." 

"If  you  put  up  the  kind  of  church  I  be- 
long to,"  said  &  C.  D.  Woodney,  "I'm 
your  man.  But  a  union  affair  I  won't 
stand.  I'll  not  help  support  a  church 
where  other  denominations  are  teaching 
their  false  doctrines.  I'd  consider  it 
wicked." 

"This  is  my  plan,"  said  Mr.  Woodney; 
"a  church  where  the  scripture  will  be  read, 
and  prayers  be  offered,  and  sermons 
preached  without  attacks  on  any  denomina- 
tion. The  word  of  God  will  be  our  stand- 
ard, and  each  preacher  will  expound  his 
text  to  the  best  of  his  ability  and  love.  He 
will  explain  the  Bible  as  he  understands 
it,  but  just  as  if  he  did  not  know  there 
were  any  denominations  in  the  world.  He 
will  not  have  the  idea  of  fighting  other 
Christians,  or  hammering  down  false  doc- 
trines, or  upholding  a  peculiar  tenet  of 
some  creed.  He'll  just  preach  religion." 
"That  won't  suit  me,"  said  Mr.  G.  C.  D. 
Woodney.  "I  want  my  doctrines  preached 
and  wrong  doctrines  riddled  with  bullets. 
I  like  for  a  preacher  to  be  somewhat  of 
an  Indian.  I  want  fight  in  him;  fight  and 
craft.  I  don't  believe  you'll  get  your 
church  built;  I  like  pure,  straight,  strong 
religion;  I've  no  use  for  a  kind  of  reli- 
gious Kentucky  burgoo." 

"But  would  you  rather  have  no  church 
at  all?" 

"Tr  t's  just  what  I'd  rather.  Yes,  sir! 
They  were  always  worrying  me  like  a  dog 
does  a  rat  about  expenses,  when  the 
church  was  on  its  legs.  Looked  like 
it  had  to  be  nursed  continually  to  keep  it 
out  of  debt.  Now  you  all  will  please  ex- 
cuse me,  for  I  must  run  back  to  the  hay- 
field." 

"There  is  ice  cream,  George,"  suggested 
his  wife. 

"Ice  cream!"  retorted  G.  C.  D.  Wood- 
ney, contemptuously.  "It  would  be  dear 
ice  cream  to  me  to  sit  here  eating  it,  and 
those  harvest  hands  slacking  in  their  work 
and  telling  anecdotes  in  a  thousand  words 
before  coming  to  the  point — so  small  it 
gets  lost  in  the  rubbish.  Good-by,  all  of 
you,  and  come  again  whenever  you  can. 
Glad  to  have  you  here  at  any  time."     Mr. 


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G    C    D   VWoJney  hurried  from  the  fa 

n  Benjamin."  said  Mrs.  G.  C.  D. 
Woodney.  "ha>  anybody  promised  you 
any  money  on  the  rebuilding  of  the 
church?" 

i  ha\  cd  into  the  enterprise." 

Ill     Woodney.  "but   I  am  great'o 
courasred.     Yes,  we  have  a  hundred  dollars 
promised  by   Mrs.   Knderthorpc." 

\.  v.  hear  that!"  exclaimed  Mrs.  G.  C. 
D.  Woodney.  reddening  with  displeasure. 
"*Th  no  right  to  give  away 

a  hundred  dollars.  They  have  no  right  to 
be  keeping  that  orphan  on  her  one  crutch. 
They  are  as  poor  as  church  mice!  Posi- 
tively, it  is  a  crtMM  in  them.  They  owe  it 
society  to  -ave  something  to  keep  them 
off  of  the  county  in  their  old  age." 

<>d   says   he   never   saw    the   children 
the  righteous  begging  bread."  remarked 
old  Mrs.  Woodney. 

"Those    Enderthorpes    have   only   twenty 
<  in  the  world,  and  it's  rented !"  cried 
the  other.     "You  oughtn't  to  let  them  give 
that  hundred  dollars." 

"It  is  their  privilege."  said  Mr.  Wood- 
ney. 

"Then  we'll  give  a  hundred  dollars, 
too!"  cried  Mrs.  G.  C.  D.  Woodney,  her 
eyes  snapping.  "If  the  Enderthorpes  can 
give  a  hundred  dollars  we'd  be  ashamed 
not  to  give  something." 

"Then  I  have  three  hundred  dollars,  for 
Mr.  Winterneld  promised  to  give  as  much 
as  cousin  George." 

did  he!  I  understand  Mr.  Winter- 
field — lie  knew  George  wouldn't  give  a 
cent."  said  Mrs.  G.  C.  D.  Woodney,  "mi- 
les* I  made  him.  But  I'll  make  him.  The 
Enderthorpes.  indeed !  Put  us  down  for 
one  hundred  dollars.  And  considering 
George's  religious  views  and  the  expense 
we  are  at  every  day  with  this  farm,  I  think 
that  generous,  don't  you?" 

"No."  said  Mr.  Woodney  mildly,  "I  do 
not." 

"At  any  rate,  it  is  not  foolish — not  reck- 
less— not  criminal  like  Mrs.  Enderthorpe's 
giving!' 

"Certainly  it  is  not.  cousin  Lucy,"  re- 
sponded the  other,  pleased  to  be  able  to 
agree  with  her.  When  supper  was  over, 
Mace  was  asked  to  play  on  the  new  piano. 
Ed  got  his  mandolin  to  play  with  her,  but 
in  the  middle  of  the  first  piece  one  of  his 
strings  broke. 

I'll  run  over  to  the  store  and  buy  an- 
other." he  said.  "It  will  take  but  a  min- 
ute. Come  on,  Mace,  don't  you  want  the 
walk?     Jennie,  get  your  hat." 

"Ok.  no,"  said  Jennie,  looking  down  the 
road  from  her  window.  "It's  too  much 
trouble." 

"They  won't  sell  anything  after  six 
o'clock.'  Mace  suggested. 

"Nonsense!"  returned  Mrs.  G.  C.  D. 
Woodney.  'Just  double  your  offer  and 
you  can  buy  out  that  store.  Money'll  do 
it!  Are  you  going,  Mace?  Jennie,  you'd 
better  go.  too." 

"Oh,  no.  ma."  returned  Jennie,  nestling 
back  in  her  chair.  "I'd  get  my  white  shoes 
dusty  crossing  the  road,  and  besides,  I 
don't  like  to  go  to  the  store.  I  don't  like 
those  Wrens.     Mace  can  go." 

"We'll  just  get  a  mandolin  string,"  said 
Ed.  "and  be  right  back." 

SO  pleasant,"  said  Mace  following 
him  to  the  porch.  "I  won't  want  my  hat." 

"Of  course  not.  Come  on.  Mace,  you're 
jolly!"  He  gave  her  a  nod  of  approval  and 
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family  came  out  on  the  porch  to  see  them 
off.  with  the  exception  of  Jennie,  who 
watched  from  her  window.  "Let's  run !" 
said  Ed.  suddenly. 


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"Let's !"  retorted  Mace,  her  cheeks  rosy, 
her  eyes  laughing.  He  caught  her  hand 
and  they  sped  down  the  walk  with  in- 
creasing swiftness.  They  reached  the  gate 
panting  and  laughing.  Mace  caught  the 
gate  and  hung  upon  it  limply,  Ed  danced 
before  her  with  a  strenuous  but  futile  at- 
tempt to  maintain  a  solemn  countenance. 
His  efforts  at  solemnity  increased  her  mer- 
riment. "Are  you  rested?"  he  asked,  sud- 
denly pausing.  "Come  on,  then.  Down 
past  the  Winterfields — no,  don't  let's  go 
by  there,  Marcia  and  her  sisters  will  ex- 
pect me  to  stop  and  talk.  Let's  sneak 
across  the  road  to  the  old  church  lot." 

"Marcia  Winterfield's  sisters  are  in  the 
yard  watching  us,"  whispered  Mace. 

"Don't  look  their  way.  They  are  awfully 
tiresome.  When  they  begin  to  talk,  they 
just  bubble  along  without  ever  running  dry, 
and  you  can't  cork  'em  up,  it  wouldn't  be 
polite,  you  know.  Here's  the  school  house. 
By  the  way,  pa  is  the  president  of  the 
school  board.  He  got  a  telegram  to-day 
saying  the  new  teacher  won't  be  here  for 
three  weeks.  Some  kind  of  contagious 
disease.  Isn't  that  splendid?  You  won't 
have  to  go  to  school  till  I  start  off  to  col- 
lege.   We'll  see  worlds  of  each  other!" 

"But  I  expected  to  start  to  school  in  a 
week!"  cried  Mace. 

"Oh,  come,  now !  Wouldn't  you  rather 
be  with  me?"  He  looked  at  her  with 
laughing  eyes,  but  Mace  grew  suddenly 
grave.  "Cousin  Ed,"  she  replied,  "you  seem 
so  nice  and  good  and  kind — " 

"I'm  just  that  nice,"  he  declared. 

"Are  you?  I  can't  help  wondering  if 
you  really  are.  Let  me  tell  you  what  I  am 
always  thinking  about.  Will  you  be  of- 
fended?" 

"I'll  not  be  offended  at  you,  Mace,  what- 
ever you  say.' 

"Won't  you?  Thank  you.  I  am  always 
thinking  about  the  evening  I  saw  you  go 
to  the  saloon." 

"Oh— bother!"  cried  Ed  ruefully.  "Did 
you  see  me,  sure  enough?  ■  Now,  that's  my 
luck!" 

Mace  smiled  in  spite  of  herself,  but  she 
was  very  much  in  earnest.  "It  isn't  be- 
cause I  saw  you  that  I  am  troubled,"  she 
returned. 

"Well,  that's  what  troubles  me,"  re- 
torted Ed.  This  time  she  didn't  smile,  and 
the  young  man,  observing  it,  continued, 
"Look  here,  Mace,  you  don't  look  at  sa- 
loons as  we  folks  do,  so  I  hardly  like  to 


tell  you  why  I  went  there  that  day.  You 
won't  like  it.  But  after  all,  there  was  not 
the  least  harm  in  the  world.  If  you  could 
only  understand  it,  you'd  see  it  was  all 
right." 

"I  am  glad  to  hear  you  say  so,"  said 
Mace,  very  much  relieved.  "I  was  afraid 
you  went  there  to — " 

"Just  to  get  a  drink,"  Ed  assured  her. 
"That  was  all." 

"Oh,  cousin  Ed.  That  was  what  I 
thought !" 

"But  it  was  beer,  Mace,  nothing  but 
beer.  You  see  we  fellows  at  the  university 
sort  of  fall  into  the  habit  of  a  glass  of 
beer  to  be  sociable,  and  when  I  come  down 
to  this  hole  of  a  village — well,  I  keep  it  up 
—because  I'm  lonesome.  Beer  is  just  as 
good  when  you're  lonesome  as  when  you're 
with  friends." 

"I  have  something  to  say  to  you,"  said 
Mace,  looking  up  into  his  face  with  her  di- 
rect gaze,  and  her  full,  sweet  mouth  set 
with  firm  purpose,  "before  we  go  back  to 
your  mother's." 

"Well,  don't  say  it  now,"  urged  Ed.  "I 
see  it's  unpleasant  to  you,  so  don't  let's 
spoil  our  walk  till  we  are  nearly  at  the  end 
of  it."  Mace  did  not  reply  and  they  walked 
on  in  silence. 

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Vol.  XLII. 


September  14,  1905 


No.  37 


CONTENTS. 


Current    Events    1178 

Editorial — 

Some    Things    Emphasized    at    San 
Francisco    1 180 

Some  of  the  Acts  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco   Convention    1 181 

Easy   Chair    1 182 

As  Seen  from  the  Dome.    F.  D.  Power.  .1183 

The   Second  Chapter  of  Church  His- 
tory.    R.  H.  Crossfield 1184 

A    United     Church    and    a     Believing 
World.     F.  M.  Dowling 1186 

The  Americanism   of  the   Disciples   of 
Christ.    E.   L.   Powell 1188 

Convention  Notes  and  Sayings 1192 

Our    Budget    1 193 

The  Convention — The  Home  Society.  1 196 

The  Session  of  the  Foreign  Society.  1198 

The    Affiliated    Interests 1199 

Report  of  the  Statistical1  Secretary.  .1200 

Report  of  the  Committee  on  Confer- 
ence with  the  Free  Baptists 1201 

Report    of    Standing    Committee    on 
Evangelism     1202 

Evangelistic     1203 

Midweek    Prayer-  Meeting 1204 

Sunday-School    1204 

Christian    Endeavor 1205 

Family  Circle 1207 

With   the    Children 1210 


Current  Events. 


The  Riots  in 
ToKio. 


It  is  a  pity  that  the  Japanese  at 
home  can  not  conduct  themselves  as 
admirably  as  their  fel- 
low-countrymen in  the 
field  and  the  council 
chamber  have  done.  The  riots  which 
broke  out  in  Tokio  on  the  announce- 
ment of  the  terms  of  peace,  have  con- 
tinued for  more  than  a  week,  with 
serious  loss  of  life.  The  Japanese 
proletariat  is  convinced  that  their 
government  was  entitled  to  indemnity 
(and  so  it  was)  and  to  territorial  con- 
cessions. It  is  drunk  with  pride  over 
Japan's  sudden  entrance  into  the  ranks 
of  the  first-class  military  powers,  and 
it  exhibits  its  pride  and  patriotism 
now  by  demonstrations  which  suggest 
that  Japan  is  not  so  civilized  as  we 
thought  she  was.  But  let  us  be 
charitable.  There  have  been  riots 
even   in  this  country.     So  there  have 


been  in  Great  Britain.  It  is  a  matter 
of  credit  that  the  people  take  a  deep 
interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  govern- 
ment and  would  rather  shed  more 
blood  and  pay  more  taxes  than  make 
what  they  consider  an  unfavorable  and 
unfair  peace.  We  think  they  are  mis- 
taken in  their  estimate  of  the  terms 
agreed  upon,  but  their  position  is  far 
more  defensible  than  that  of  the  Czar 
during  the  negotiations.  He  was  de- 
termined to  sacrifice  thousands  of 
other  lives  (not  his  own)  and  millions 
of  money  (to  be  paidiby  others)  rather 
than  make  too  dear  a  peace,  while  they 
are  willing  to  pay  the  price  of  con- 
tinued war  rather  than  accept  humili- 
ating terms. 


The  Bishop's 
Saloon. 


The  Subway  Tavern,  in  New  York, 
has  gone  out  of  business.  The  effort 
to  establish  a  moral, 
and  even  religious, 
drinking-place,  where 
pure  and  sanctified  liquor  could  be  ob- 
tained at  all  legal  hours,  succeeded 
only  in  arousing  comment  and  drawing 
sight-seers.  Bishop  ^Potter,  who  had 
large  faith  in  the  scheme  of  uplifting 
the  workingman  by  ^furnishing  him 
stimulants  and  good  company,  opened 
the  place  with  prayer.  Curiosity- seek- 
ers came  to  see  the  strange  sight  of  a 
saloon  with  texts  and  moral  injunc- 
tions on  the  walls.  But  the  bibulous, 
whose  dimes  should  have  paid  the  ex- 
penses and  also  a  reasonable  profit  to 
the  stockholders,  failed  to  invest.  In 
general,  we  surmise,  a  man  who  wants 
a  drink  doesn't  care  to  become  a  par- 
ticipant in  a  sociological  experiment 
or  the  object  of  too  much  interested 
observation.  There  was  too  much 
self-consciousness,  as  well  as  too  much 
formal  respectability,  about  the  place. 
The  bishop  spoiled  it.  So  the  Subway 
Tavern  goes  into  bankruptcy  after 
losing  $17,000  in  one  year  and  in  its 
place  there  will  be  a  real  saloon — with- 
out family  worship  or  texts.  The 
Tavern  probably  did  not  hurt  the 
bishop  much,  for  his  immediate  con- 
stituency is  not  extremely  punctilious 
about  such  matters.  But  the  bishop's 
backing  was  death  on  the  Tavern. 
The  boozing  public  prefers  to  take  its 
liquor  without  benefit  of  clergy. 

One  of  the  richest  men  in  Mexico, 
probably  by  far  the  richest,  is  Pedro 
Alvarado.  Not  long 
ago  he  was  earning 
fifty  cents  a  day  as  a  mine  laborer. 
Then  he  made  a  rich  strike  on  his  own 


account  and  recently  he  has  made  an- 
other. He  has  millions  of  money,  and 
he  does  not  know  what  to  do  with  it. 
He  has  twice  offered  to  pay  off  the 
national  debt  of  Mexico,  but  the 
government  does  not  consider  it  in 
keeping  with  its  dignity  to  allow  this, 
though  it  seems  to  us  it  would  be  an 
excellent  thing  both  for  the  govern- 
ment and  for  Alvarado.  He  seems  to 
have  some  conscience  about  the  mat- 
ter, for  he  argues  that  since  his  wealth 
came  out  of  the  earth  by  no  commen- 
surate effort  on  his  part,  the  country  is 
really  entitled  to  a  share  of  it.  Aside 
from  this,  he  seems  to  have  no  idea  of 
what  can  be  done  with  money.  Think 
of  it,  ye  who  would  wish  for  a  million 
if  you  could  have  one  wish  come  true! 
Money  means  power,  as  office  or  po- 
sition means  power.  But  suppose  a 
man  with  the  training  and  capacity  of 
a  private  soldier  is  given  the  authority 
of  a  general.  How  pitiable  is  the 
spectacle! 


Federal 
Divorce  Law. 


Alvarado. 


That  the  divorce  problem  is  one  of 
the  most  vexing  questions  of  modern 
civilization,  and  es- 
pecially of  American 
civilization,  is  one  of 
the  truisms  of  the  reformer.  It  is  not 
merely  that  divorces  are  numerous,  or 
that  in  some  states  the  grounds  upon 
which  divorce  may  be  obtained  are  too 
liberally  defined — though  both  of  these 
are  true.  It  is  the  lack  of  uniformity 
among  the  several  states  that  makes 
trouble.  There  is  not  only  diversity 
in  the  causes  for  whichTdivorce  may  be 
granted  but,  even  more  confusing, 
differences  of  legal£process.  For  ex- 
ample, while  most  states  require  per- 
sonal service  upon  the  defendant, 
some  states  do  not  require  this.  The 
possibility  of  covering  the  field  of  mar- 
riage and  divorce  by  federal  legisla- 
tion has  often  engaged  the  attention 
of  jurists.  It  would  undoubtedly  be 
the  ideal  method  of  establishing  uni- 
formity and  it  is  the  only  method 
unless  the  several  states  will,  by 
agreement,  enact  identical  laws  on  the 
subject — as  they  never  will.  The 
jurists  say  generally  that  federal 
legislation  is  impossible.  The  con- 
stitution leaves  the  matter  with  the  in- 
dividual states.  One  hates  to  question 
the  wisdom  of  the  fathers,  but  there 
are  some  matters  in  which  we  believe 
they  would  havd  given  the  federal 
government  more  poa-er  if  the}*  had 
framed  the  constitution  with  a  full 
conception  of  the  complexity  of 
twentieth  century  problems. 


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Some    Things    Emphasized    at    San    Francisco 


Our  annual  convention  on  the  coast 
-  passed  into  history,  and  its  plans 
and  policies  will  affect,  in  some  meas- 
ure, the  future  of  the  cause  it  repre- 
sents. Each  national  convention  not 
only  registers  the  progress  that  has 
been  made,  but  indicates  also  the  lines 
of  future  development.  This  is  true, 
not  only,  nor  chiefly,  as  relates  to 
plans  of  work,  but  as  to  lines  of 
thought  and  of  spiritual  growth, 
which  are  vastly  more  fundamental 
than  the  particular  methods  of  reli- 
gious activity  which  may  be  adopted. 
This  is  all  the  more  effectually  done 
because  it  is  unprecedented  and  un- 
conscious. Xo  one  thinks  of  setting 
any  standard  of  thought  or  of  life  for 
others,  but  discusses  the  theme  as- 
signed to  him  in  the  light  of  his 
own  best  thought  and  experience  in 
coming  to  a  knowledge  of  God's  will ; 
but  the  sum  total  of  the  truths  empha- 
sized in  the  addresses  and  sermons 
of  any  given  convention,  together 
with  reports  of  past  and  future  work, 
is  the  best  possible  index  of  what  we 
really  are  and  of  what  we  are  to  be 
in  the  future.  Of  the  truths  empha- 
sized at  San  Francisco  we  mention 
only  a  few. 

1.  The  Lordship  of  Jesus.  This 
is,  of  course,  an  old  truth,  and  one 
that  has  received  emphasis  among 
us  from  the  beginning,  but  it  is  sus- 
ceptible of  new  applications  contin- 
ually. The  tendency  at  San  Fran- 
cisco was  to  bring  this  truth  to  bear 
on  the  things  of  daily  life,  in  affairs 
called  secular,  in  the  political,  social 
and  industrial  life  of  the  nation,  in 
the  work  of  missions,  in  the  use  of 
wealth,  and  on  the  whole  spirit  and 
temper  of  the  church  as  relates  to  its 
life  and  work.  This  creed  of  the 
church,  it  was  shown,  calls  for  daily 
and  hourly  corroboration  in  our  con- 
duct, in  our  choices  and  in  our  atti- 
tude to  all  the  moral  and  religious 
questions  of  the  times. 

2.  Christian  Liberty.  Many  of  the 
addresses  sounded  this  note  of  liberty 
clear  and  distinct.  It  was  the  atmos- 
phere in  which  our  religious  move- 
ment had  its  origin,  and  it  is  the  only 
atmosphere  in  which  it  can  live  and 
accomplish  its  mission.  While  there 
must  be  no  swerving  from  steadfast 
loyalty  to  Christ's  teaching  and  au- 
thority, we  must,  on  the  other  hand, 
permit  no  man  to  bind  us  where 
Christ  has  left  us  free.  This  gives  free 
scope  for  that  progress  in  thought, 
in  methods  of  work  and  in  adjust- 
ment to  new  issues  as  they  arise, 
which  is  essential  to  the  progressive 
development  of  any   religious  move- 


ment. Not  only  must  we  remain  free 
from  the  man-made  creeds  of  the 
past,  but  free  from  the  bondage  of 
our  own  traditions,  and  from  the 
opinions  and  dogmatic  utterances  of 
those  who  would  impose  their  author- 
ity upon  us  by  an  implied,  if  not  ex- 
pressed, claim  of  infallibility. 

3.  Christian  Unity.  This  is  no 
new  note,  but  never  in  any  of  our 
conventions  did  it  receive  any  more 
splendid  emphasis  than  at  San  Fran- 
cisco. The  special  phases  of  the  ques- 
tion that  received  new  emphasis  were : 
1.  That  Christian  union  is  the  child 
of  liberty  and  loyalty,  joined  in  holiest 
wedlock ;  2.  That  Christian  union 
is  a  means,  not  an  end,  and  that  the 
end  to  which  it  looks  is  the  conver- 
sion of  the  world,  it  is  primarily, 
therefore,     a     missionary      problem ; 

3.  That  the  best  thought  in  Chris- 
tendom today,  and  particularly  as 
represented  in  the  foreign  field,  is 
with  us  as  to  the  advisability  and  ne- 
cessity of  Christian  unity  in  order  to 
the    Christianization    of    the    world; 

4.  That  we  cannot  be  loyal  to  our 
great  mission,  as  advocates  of  Chris- 
tian unity,  without  co-operating,  as 
far  as  possible,  with  all  religious  peo- 
ple in  all  movements  which  look  to 
the  conversion  of  men  or  to  the  moral 
betterment  of  mankind. 

4.  Enlargement.  No  one  note  was 
oftener  struck  than  that  we  are  only 
in  the  beginning  of  things  as  respects 
our  missionary,  educational  and  be- 
nevolent work.  The  sense  of  our  re- 
sponsibility to  God  in  view  of  the 
truth  with  which  he  has  entrusted  us 
is  only  beginning  to  dawn  upon  the 
minds  of  the  great  majority  of  the 
churches.  We  must  enlarge  our  gifts, 
our  conception  of  our  duty  and  of  our 
obligations  to  the  world,  our  sacri- 
fices, and  our  personal  labors.  The 
idea  of  doubling  our  membership  and 
our  offerings  before  the  coming  cen- 
tennial of  our  movement  in  1909,  was 
kept  before  the  convention. 

5.  Deepening  the  Spiritual  Life. 
In  a  former  article  we  referred  to  the 
fact  of  the  unusual  interest  in  the  de- 
votional Bible  studies  at  the  beginning 
of  the  sessions  of  the  convention.  This 
indication  of  a  hunger  and  thirst  after 
spiritual  things  found  abundant  cor- 
roboration in  the  spiritual  tone  of  the 
addresses.  No  utterance  of  the  con- 
vention, perhaps,  met  with  more  gen- 
eral or  hearty  approval  than  the  state- 
ment, in  one  of  the  Sunday  morning 
sermons,  that  no  greater  calamity 
could  befall  our  cause  than  that  we 
should  so  present  the  gospel  of  Christ 
as  to  be  regarded  as  the  champions 


of  the  external  in  religion,  at  the  ex- 
pense of  its  spiritual  character.  To 
make  the  external  the  vehicle  and  ex- 
pression of  the  internal  or  spiritual, 
and  not  a  substitute  for  it,  was  com- 
mended as  the  true  method  of  pre- 
senting Christ's  gospel,  and  the  only 
way,  it  was  urged,  to  maintain  and 
perpetuate  the  ordinances  of  Chris- 
tianity was  to  fill  them  with  the  spir- 
itual content  which  they  originally 
possessed,  and  which  alone  can  give 
them  value  and  significance. 

6.  A  Wise  Distribution  of  Em- 
phasis. Such  a  false  conception  of 
our  position  as  above  mentioned  is 
possible  only  when  there  has  been  un- 
wise and  disproportionate  emphasis. 
What  seems  to  us  a  striking  feature 
of  the  addresses  and  sermons  at  San 
Francisco  was  proportionate  empha- 
sis. No  one  phase  of  Christianity  was 
so  accentuated  as  to  eclipse  another. 
One  extreme  often  begets  another, 
and  an  over-emphasis  of  the  external 
in  Christianity  has  not  seldom  resulted 
in  an  under-estimate  and  neglect  of 
the  internal.  It  seems  to  us  we  have 
had  this  action  and  reaction,  and  that 
the  pendulum  has  at  last  swung  to 
the  center  on  this  subject.  Both  the 
inward  and  the  outward  have  their 
legitimate  place  in  Christianity,  but 
we  should  never  forget  that  the  in- 
ward is  the  antecedent  and  the  out- 
ward the  consequent.  This  truth,  it 
seems  to  us,  had  recognition  in  the 
San  Francisco  convention. 

7.  Unity  of  Our  Work.  More  than 
in  former  conventions  as  it  seemed  to 
us,  there  was  a  disposition  to  give 
proper  emphasis  to  every  department 
of  our  work.  No  speaker's  zeal  for 
the  particular  interest  he  represented 
was  allowed  to  blind  him  to  the  fact 
that  there  were  other  interests  deserv- 
ing the  consideration  and  support  of 
the  brotherhood.  Every  worthy  inter- 
est among  us  had  a  hearing,  and  a 
sympathetic  hearing.  Lopsidedness  is 
no  longer  a  characteristic  of  our  mis- 
sionary conventions.  We  are  learning 
that  our  work  is  one,  and  that  the  dif- 
ferent organizations  represent  differ- 
ent phases  of  this  one  common  work. 
The  more  this  truth  is  realized,  the 
more  impossible  will  it  be  to  produce 
any  friction  between  these  different 
organizations. 

On  the  whole,  therefore,  the  recent 
convention  was,  in  our  judgment,  one 
of  the  best  balanced  conventions  we 
have  ever  held,  being  marked  by  a 
wise  and  proportionate  emphasis  and 
a  breadth  of  vision  that  sees  all  sides 
of  the  questions  at  issue.  On  this  ac- 
count it  is  a  prophecy  of  a  steady  and 
healthful  growth  in  the  future. 


September  14,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


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Some  of  the  Acts  of  the  San  Francisco  Convention 


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We  have  reported  what  seemed  to 
us  some  of  the  leading  ideas  empha- 
sized at  San  Francisco.  Now  we  call 
attention  to  some  of  the  actions  of  the 
convention,  and  other  measures  will 
receive  attention  later. 

Some  of  the  most  important  meas- 
ures relating  to  our  mission  work  are 
now  discussed  in  the  annual  board 
meetings  held  just  preceding  the  con- 
vention. In  the  meeting  of  the  For- 
eign Board,  this  year,  the  two  most 
important  measures  adopted  were: 
The  appointment  of  a  committee  to 
consider  the  question  of  the  salaries 
of  our  missionaries  during  their  fur- 
loughs in  this  country,  and  to  report 
on  the  same  one  year  hence ;  this  com- 
mittee has  an  important  task  assigned 
to  it  and  will,  no  doubt,  give  the  sub- 
ject careful  attention.  The  other  ac- 
tion was  the  adoption  of  a  resolution 
instructing  the  executive  committee  to 
take  steps  at  once  looking  to  the  es- 
tablishment of  a  home  for  the  chil- 
dren of  our  foreign  missionaries, 
probably  in  connection  with  one  of 
our  colleges,  where  they  could  be 
cared  for  and  receive  their  education 
while  their  parents  are  prosecuting 
their  work  in  foreign  lands.  In  a 
verbal  report  to  the  board  President 

I  McLean  mentioned  this  enterprise  as 
one  deserving  attention,  and  subse- 
quently included  it  in  his  annual  re- 
port to  the  convention.  This  action 
had  been  urged  in  The  Christian- 
Evangelist  as  demanded  imperative- 
ly in  the  present  stage  of  our  mission 
work.  It  will  be  a  source  of  gratifica- 
tion to  our  missionaries  to  learn  that 
such  action  has  been  taken,  and  that 
their  brethren  at  home  have  at  heart 
their  welfare  and  the  welfare  of  their 
children. 

The  appointment  of  Stephen  J. 
Corey  as  an  additional  secretary,  by 
the  executive  committee,  was  not  only 
approved,  but  the  committee  was  in- 
structed to  add  other  men  to  the  force 
as  the  work  demanded,  assigning 
them  special  districts.  This  means 
that  neither  the  executive  committee 
nor  the  brethren  have  any  idea  that 
we  have  reached  the  limit  of  our  abil- 
ity in  world-wide  evangelization.  The 
presence  of  so  many  missionaries  in 
the  convention,  some  returning  on 
furlough  and  still  more  going  out, 
added  interest  to  the  proceedings. 
Their  introduction  to  the  convention 
and  their  short  addresses  created 
great  enthusiasm.  A  more  modest, 
capable,  and  consecrated  band  of  mis- 
sionaries it  would  be  impossible  to 
find  among  any  people.  We  were  all 
proud  of  them,  and  felt  that  thev  were 


worthy  representatives  of  a  great 
cause  and  of  a  great  brotherhood  in 
the  foreign  field.  Our  foreign  work 
was  never  in  so  healthy  and  vigorous 
a  condition  and  never  had  so  deep  a 
hold  on  the  hearts  of  the  brotherhood. 
Its  officials  have  the  confidence  and 
love  of  the  brethren. 

The  General  Board  of  the  Ameri- 
can Christian  Missionary  Society 
heard  with  no  little  pleasure  the  grati- 
fying reports  from  all  departments  of 
its  work,  and  discussed,  at  some 
length,  a  motion  to  appoint  a  commit- 
tee to  consider  the  advisability  of 
consolidating  the  work  of  ministerial 
relief  with  that  of  the  National  Be- 
nevolent Association,  but  the  motion 
was  voted  down.  The  objection  that 
seemed  to  have  most  weight  was  that 
there  is  a  fundamental  distinction  be- 
tween the  work  of  the  two  boards,  one 
being  a  work  of  charity,  the  other  a 
matter  of  justice,  the  discharge  of  a 
debt  due  to  the  old  preachers.  The 
Christian-Evangelist  does  not  be- 
lieve this  distinction  will  hold  good. 
Paul  felt  himself  debtor  to  Greeks  and 
barbarians,  simply  because  he  had 
intrusted  to  him  that  which  they 
needed.  When  we  come  to  a  worthier 
conception  of  charity  we  shall  see  that 
it,  too,  is  but  discharging  a  debt  of 
obligation  to  those  in  need  of  what 
has  been  committed  to  us,  and  that 
we  can  not  justly  withhold  help  from 
the  fatherless  and  the  widow  who  are 
in  need.  However,  the  combining  of 
the  Board  of  Ministerial  Relief  with 
the  Benevolent  Association  need  not 
interfere  with  such  distinction.  But 
the  time  has  not  arrived,  in  the  judg- 
ment of  the  officers  and  Board  of 
Ministerial  Relief,  for  such  unifica- 
tion, and  several  able  and  good  breth- 
ren sympathized  with  that  view.  If 
it  be  the  proper  thing  to  do,  it  will 
be  done  later.  No  one  seemed  to 
doubt  that  the  funds  for  the  old 
preachers  would  be  greatly  increased 
by  the  union,  and  that  seemed  to 
some  of  us  the  very  end  in  view. 

The  matter  of  consolidating  the  of- 
fering for  the  American  Christian 
Missionary  Society  with  that  for  state 
missions,  thereby  eliminating  one 
"day,"  was  discussed  by  the  secre- 
taries in  a  meeting  of  their  own,  and 
was  decided  by  them  to  be  inadvis- 
able at  present.  The  question  was  not 
brought  before  the  general  board,  nor 
before  the  convention,  although  this 
action  had  been  advised  by  two  of  our 
state  conventions  at  least.  A  little 
discussion  of  this  question  in  our  re- 
ligious papers  might  serve  to  clarify 
the  atmosphere.     The  matter  of  uni- 


fication and  simplification  of  our  mis- 
sionary machinery  has  not  yet  been 
carried  to  its  limits,  in  the  interest  of 
economony  of  administration  and 
greater  efficiency. 

The  centennial  committee  recom- 
mended, and  the  convention  approved, 
the  employment  of  a  first-class  man 
to  devote  himself  wholly  to  stimulat- 
ing liberality  toward  all  our  general 
interests — missionary,  educational  and 
benevolent — and  to  solicit  special  be- 
quests and  contributions  as  centennial 
offerings,  between  now  and  our  cen- 
tennial in  1909.  It  was  also  recom- 
mended that  the  National  Business 
Men's  Association  make  it  its  spe- 
cial task  to  provide  for  the  salary  of 
such  man.  The  Editor  was  not  pres- 
ent at  the  closing  session  of  the  con- 
vention when  the  business  men  had 
their  session  and  can  not  report  their 
action  in  relation  to  this  recommenda- 
tion, but  we  are  sure  they  will  at  least 
heartily  co-operate  in  this  matter.  In 
this  way  only,  it  was  felt,  can  we 
realize  our  aim  to  double  our  offer- 
ings by  the  time  of  our  centennial. 

The  love  for  "things  as  they  were 
at  the  start,"  and  the  fear  of  any 
change,  especially  by  some  officials, 
was  illustrated  in  the  discussion  of  a 
motion  to  change  the  time  of  holding 
our  national  conventions  from  Octo- 
ber to  a  season  of  the  year  that  would 
accommodate  a  much  larger  number 
of  the  brethren.  This  matter  had  been 
discussed  in  The  Christian-Evan- 
gelist during  the  past  year,  and  in- 
formally in  groups  of  brethren  here 
and  there,  and  especially  on  the  way 
to  San  Francisco,  and  the  almost 
unanimous  sentiment  was  in  favor  of 
changing  the  time  to  the  vacation 
season,  either  at  its  close,  the  first 
week  in  September,  or  at  its  begin- 
ning, the  last  week  in  June.  But  the 
motion  to  change  the  date  to  the  first 
Tuesday  in  September  for  the  Buffalo 
convention  was  voted  down,  on  the 
appeal  of  the  officials  that  it  was  too 
sudden,  that  it  would  disturb  the  mis- 
sionary year,  that  it  would  kill  the 
September  offering  for  Church  Ex- 
tension, etc.  But  on  motion  a  com- 
mittee was  appointed  to  consider  and 
report  upon  a  constitutional  change 
of  time  at  Buffalo  next  year.  And  so 
we  meet  at  Buffalo  next  year,  and  our 
college  men  and  business  men  and 
many  pastors  will  have  to  do  the  best 
they  can  until  we  have  time  to  "con- 
sider" the  question. 

We  may  move  slowly,  but  we  gen- 
erally move  in  the  right  direction 
when  we  do  make  up  our  minds  to 
change.  We  will,  sooner  or  later, 
move  right  on  all  these  questions,  for 
there  is  a  momentum  to  our  move- 
ment that  will  carry  it  forward  to 
larger  and  better  things. 


Il82 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


September  14,  1905 


Editor's  Easy  Chair. 

When  the  "Easy  Chair"  closed  its  last 
installment  we  were  riving-  through 
the  great  state  of  Montana,  threading 

ts  valleys,  with  mountains  on  either 
When  we  reached  Livingston. 
where  the  road  branches  off  to  Yel- 
lowstone Park,  it  was  a  great  tempta- 
tion to  go  with  the  party  who  were 
bound  thither,  as  we  had  never  seen 
that  most  attractive  piece  of  natural 
scenery  which  the  national  govern- 
ment has  taken  under  its  care.  But 
duties  ahead  deprived  us  of  that  pleas- 
ure. The  Yellowstone  Valley,  through 
which  courses  the  Yellowstone  river, 
we  followed  from 
Livingston  to  Bil 
lings,  a  distance 
of  1 15  miles.  It 
is  a  beautiful  val- 
ley, irrigated  from 
the  Yellowstone, 
and  seems  very 
productive.  We 
were  surprised  to 
see  the  people  har- 
vesting in  Sep- 
tember, while  sev- 
eral fields  of  rip- 
ening grain  were 
still  standing. 
Nothing  is  raised 
here  without  irri- 
gation. That  part 
of  the  country 
without  water  is 
barren  and  deso- 
late :  but  under 
the  magic  influ- 
ence of  the  irriga- 
ting ditch  it  be- 
comes like  a  beautiful  garden.  What 
water  is  to  this  country,  the  water  of 
life  is  to  the  parched  and  thirsty 
world — the  river  of  God,  the  streams 
whereof  make  glad  the  waste  places 
of  humanitv. 


We  reached  Billings  at  12 :30,  Satur- 
day, about  four  hours  behind  schedule 
time,  where  we  had  agreed  to  dedi- 
cate their  new  building  on  the  Lord's 
day  following.  Bro.  W.  W.  Clarke 
met  us  and  took  us  to  a  good  hotel, 
where  we  were  entertained.  This 
church  was  organized  in  April,  1904, 
by  Brother  Rozelle,  state  evangelist, 
Brother  Clarke,  who  had  just  arrived 
a  few  months  before  from  Seattle, 
taking  the  initiative  in  gathering  a 
iew  members  together.  They  organ- 
ized with  32  members.  In  September 
following  they  secured  Bro.  J.  T. 
Webb,  the  present  pastor,  who,  in  the 
year  of  his  pastorate,  has  doubled 
their  membership  and  built  them  a 
new  and  comfortable  house  of  wor- 


ship. The  building  and  lot  have  cost 
them  $4,500.  Of  this  amount  the 
Church  Extension  Board  has  granted 
a  loan  of  $2,500,  and  by  doing  so  has 
made  possible  this  undertaking.  As 
the  property  is  on  one  of  the  principal 
streets  of  this  growing  city,  near  its 
business  center,  it  is  bound  to  become 
very  valuable.  The  other  $2,000  was 
provided  for  by  pledges  made  before 
and  at  the  dedication.  Brother  Webb, 
having  been  a  carpenter  before  he  was 
a  preacher,  has  not  only  been  overseer 
of  the  building,  but  has  worked  with 
his  own  hands.  He  has  rendered  the 
church  substantial  service,  but  feels 
that  the  altitude  there  is  too  high  for 


MOUTH   OF  BIG  GOOSE  CANON. 


his  health,  and  that  he  will  have  to 
change  his  field  on  that  account. 


There  was,  in  addition  to  the  fore- 
noon and  evening  service,  at  which  we 
preached,  raising  the  money  in  the 
forenoon  and  dedicating  the  church 
in  the  evening,  an  afternoon  service, 
at  which  the  Lord's  supper  was 
observed  and  brief  addresses  were 
made  by  local  pastors  of  other 
churches,  conveying  their  congratu- 
lations and  good  wishes.  The  spir- 
it of  brotherhood  in  these  speeches 
was  very  admirable,  and  it  was  evident 
that  Brother  Webb  and  the  young 
church  had  won  the  respect  of  the 
community.  To  these  speeches  Broth- 
er Webb  appropriately  responded  in 
behalf  of  the  church.  It  was  a  good 
piece  of  missionary  work  to  plant  this 
church  in  a  thriving  city  like  Billings. 
It  has  good  material  in  it  already, 
which  assures  its  permanence.  Bil- 
lings has  a  population  of  over  8,000, 
and  is  growing  steadily.  It  is  the 
largest   primary    wool    center   in   the 


world,  it  is  claimed,  and  its  bank  de- 
posits excel  those  of  any  other  town 
in  the  United  States  of  10,000  popu- 
lation and  under.  It  is  located  at  the 
junction  of  the  Burlington  and  North 
Pacific,  is  watered  by  the  Yellow- 
stone river,  and  is  the  center  of  a  fine 
stock  and  farming  country.  A  great 
irrigating  ditch,  with  which  Brother 
Clarke  is  connected,  is  bringing  about 
30,000  acres  of  land  in  the  valley  into 
cultivation.  P.  B.  Moss,  a  Missou- 
rian  from  Paris,  and  a  liberal  contrib- 
utor to  our  church  fund,  is  president 
of  the  First  National  Bank,  the  chief 
bank  of  the  city,  and  a  strong  believer 
in  the  future  of  Billings.    The  church 

there,  we  believe, 
has  a  fine  field 
and  a  promising 
future.  We  shall 
not  forget  its 
kindness  to  us. 

@ 

At  this  writing 
the  "Easy  Chair" 
is  located  for  two 
days  in  one  of 
the  green  valleys 
of  Wyoming, 
known  as  the  "Big 
Goose  Valley," 
about  five  miles 
from  Sheriden, 
which  is  a  thriv- 
ing little  city  of 
5,000  on  the  Bur- 
lington Route,  143 
miles  east  of  Bil- 
lings. We  are  at 
the  home  of  Geo. 
W.  Garrett,  broth- 
er of  the  Editor's 
wife,  who  located  in  this  valley 
three  years  ago.  Big  Goose  creek, 
a  mountain  stream,  runs  through  his 
place,  and  waters  all  the  fertile  val- 
ley. The  mountains  lift  their  snow- 
clad  sides  and  summits  close  by  on 
the  west,  but  summer  dwells  in  the 
valley  below — at  this  season.  Peace 
seems  to  rest  on  the  valley  and 
foothills,  and  it  does'  seem  that 
one  could  live  here,  nearer  to  the 
heart  of  Nature,  and  to  the  heart 
of  Nature's  Author,  than  in  the 
turmoil  of  the  city.  Here  the  "Easy 
Chair"  and  his  wife  are  resting  for 
two  or  three  days,  when  our  journey 
will  be  resumed.  We  find  Missourians 
here,  as  everywhere  in  the  West.  One 
would  think  the  grand  old  state  would 
be  depopulated  by  the  number  of 
people  it  has  supplied  to  build  up 
these  great  commonwealths  of  the 
West.  But  it,  too,  is  growing  in 
population,  and  has  a  warm  place 
in  the  hearts  of  its  children  who 
have  come  west  to  seek  their 
fortunes. 


September  14,  1005 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


1183 


As  Seen  From   the  Dome    By  f.  d.  Power 


Simon  Peter,  on  a  visit  to  Joppa, 
sojourned  at  the  seashore.  He  was 
taking  a  brief  breathing  spell  before 
resuming  his  missionary  travels.  "For 
he  lodgeth  with  one  Simon  a  tanner, 
whose  house  is  by  the  seaside."  What 
did  he  find  to  do  at  the  seashore? 
Nothing  is  said  about  bathing,  or 
boating,  or  fishing;  but  Peter  was 
human,  exceptionally  human,  and  no 
doubt  enjoyed  recreation ;  and  Peter 
was  a  fisherman,  and  would  delight 
in  trying  his  hand  at  a  line  or  a  net, 
or  in  launching  a  boat  in  the  sea  as 
he  had  so  often  done  in  the  lake  from 
his  boyhood.  Relaxation,  recreation 
was  necessary  to  Peter.  It  was  not 
unholy.  It  did  him  good.  It  pre- 
pared him  for  more  effective  service. 
The  sea,  the  symbol  of  restlessness, 
is  to  most  people  a  source  of  com- 
plete rest.  It  affords  serene  and  quiet 
repose,  opportunities  for  calmest  and 
closest  communion  with  self  and  with 
God.  And  Peter  has  a  vision  here, 
the  greatest  of  his  visions,  a  vision 
which  changes  the  whole  aspect  of 
primitive  Christianity  when,  as  he 
looks  toward  the  sea,  a  voice  comes 
saying:  "Rise,  Peter,  slay  and  eat!" 
The  whole  Christian  world  today 
needs  this  seaside  vision,  which  comes 
with  rest  by  the  sea  and  the  thought 
of  the  regions  beyond  the  hazy  hori- 
zon and  the  breaking  billows  and  the 
wide,  trackless  waste  of  waters. 

Weneeda  Rest  is  a  very  simple 
lodging  place,  somewhat  after  the  or- 
der of  Plain  Dealing,  the  President's 
cottage  at  Piedmont,  Va.,  a  story 
and  a  half,  with  six  rooms,  unplas- 
tered  and  unceiled,  and  just  a  hun- 
dred feet  from  the  surf.  The  sea 
rolls  in  and  breaks  near  the  door,  and 
breathes  through  every  opening  and 
sings  its  lullabies  in  our  ears  all 
through  the  day  and  night,  and  brings 
health  and  contentment  and  food  and 
comfort  and  cleansing  and  well-nigh 
every  good  thing.  The  President  ate 
his  first  meal  in  the  old  Virginia  cot- 
tage, cooked  by  his  wife  on  an  oil 
stove,  and  so  did  we.  There  was  more 
real  satisfaction  in  that  outing,  I  am 
sure,  than  in  Sagamore  Hill,  wres- 
tling with  the  Mikado  and  the  Czar; 
or  in  the  three-million-dollar  White 
House,  which  costs  fifty  thousand  a 
year  to  keep  it  up,  where  it  takes 
twenty-five  thousand  to  buy  a  new  set 
of  china,  and  required  five  hundred 
and  fifty  thousand  to  construct  those 
wing-like  terraces  which  remind  us 
of  car-sheds. 

I  took  a  week  off  from  the  Beach 
to  run  out  to  Zionville,  Indiana,  and 
address  a  little  Chautauqua.  It  is 
in  the  midst  of  a  prosperous  rural 
community  near  Indianapolis.  For 
twelve  years  it  has  been  running,  and 


is  a  great  resort  for  the  country  peo- 
ple. Wonderful  is  it  what  the  summer 
assembly  and  rural  free  delivery  and 
interurban  lines  are  doing  to  make  life 
more  interesting  and  varied  for  the 
farmer  and  his  family.  Here  I  met 
with  Uncle  Si,  and  Steve,  and  Aunt 
Maria,  and  Bill  Hayrick  and  his  best 
girl,  and  a  host  of  little  Ben  Harri- 
sons, Lew  Wallaces  and  Whitcomb 
Rileys.  How  much  less  veneer  on 
these  country  folks  than  on  city  peo- 
ple !  One  typical  Hoosier,  of  the  lank, 
lean,  long-drawn-out  kind  that  remind 
one  of  an  extension  fire  ladder,  said, 
after  the  three  long  services,  with  the 
thermometer  at  95  degrees:  "You 
stood  it  purty  well  for  a  man  of  your 
years."  "How  old  do  you  think  he 
is?"  asked  some  one.  "Wall,  I  reck- 
on he  is  a  leetle  over  seventy,"  said 
the  Hoosier.  I  stopped  with  that  ster- 
ling good  man,  J.  A.  Hussey.  A  se- 
vere thunder-storm  came  up  and  burst 
with  all  its  fury  on  the  town  while  at 
supper.  There  was  a  terrific  crash, 
and  we  rushed  to  the  front  windows 
and  looked  out  to  see  a  splendid  sugar, 
tree,  across  the  street  from  the  door, 
split  all  to  pieces  by  the  electric  fluid, 
torn  and  humiliated  and  utterly  laid 
low.  We  resumed  our  places  at  the 
evening  meal,  and  in  an  instant  an- 
other sharper  and  more  startling  de- 
tonation, as  if  Oyama  or  Togo  had 
let  loose  all  his  guns  in  one  tremen- 
dous explosion,  and  the  lightning  bolt 
struck  the  corner  of  the  roof  and  then 
the  wall  of  the  room  where  we  were 
sitting,  sent  shingles  and  boards  fly- 
ing in  the  air,  filled  the  room  with 
light  and  a  crash  of  timbers  and  glass 
and  odors  of  brimstone,  and  we  were 
on  our  feet  in  a  moment.  It  seemed 
almost  a  miracle  that  we  escaped. 
Who,  after  all,  knows  anything  of 
this  mighty  agency  which  drives  our 
,  street-cars  and  sends  our  messages 
and  illumines  our  streets?  One  thing 
the  ancients  knew  four  hundred  years 
before  Christ — how  to  protect  their 
houses  from  its  bolts,  and  in  1753,  in 
his  "Poor  Richard's  Almanac,"  Ben 
Franklin  tells  how  to  do  it,  and  in  his 
honor  the  French  struck  the  medal 
with  the  words.  "Eripuit  Coelo  ful- 
men,"  but  we  think  we  have  learned 
better,  and  the  lightning  rod  man  is 
a  thing  of  the  past.  Put  up  your 
lightning  rod  and  trust  in  Providence. 

The  assembly  at  the  beach  is  over, 
and  we  have  a  chance  to  study  the  na- 
tives and  watch  the  sea  and  enjoy  the 
birds  and  fish,  the  beach  blossoms  and 
the  tides,  the  gorgeous  sunsets  and 
the  magnificent  storms,  and  the  soci- 
ety of  the  beach  family.  It  is  won- 
derful to  see  the  interest  of  visitors 
who  never  before  viewed  the  ocean. 
Tom  Reed  used  to  tell  of  a  young 
countryman  who  was  advised  to  take 
sea  baths,  and  went  to  the  beach  of 
a  little  fishing  village.  Spying  a 
grizzled   old   fisherman   mending   his 


nets  beneath  a  sign  informing  the 
public  that  he  had  boats  and  tackle  to 
let  and  bait  for  sale,  he  accosted  the 
veteran  and  asked  if  the  water  were 
for  sale,  also.  On  receiving  an  af- 
firmative answer  the  countryman 
bought  a  couple  of  buckets,  and,  hav- 
ing paid  the  price  asked,  filled  them 
and  returned  to  his  room  to  carry  out 
the  doctor's  instructions.  On  the  fol- 
lowing morning,  going  to  the  beach 
when  the  tide  was  out,  and  contem- 
plating the  broad,  receding  beaches 
for  some  minutes,  he  approached  the 
fisherman  and  remarked :  "My !  but 
you  must  have  done  some  business 
last  night!"  So,  the  old  lady,  who 
had  never  in  all  her  life  had  quite 
enough  of  anything,  when  she  first 
caught  sight  of  the  ocean,  pathetically 
exclaimed:  "Thank  the  Lord!  Here 
is  something  there  is  plenty  of !"  We 
have  it — enough  to  supply  all  the  un- 
washed in  the  ranks  of  the  brother- 
hood— "much  water,"  "a  certain  wa- 
ter," no  uncertain  water,  but  a  great 
pond  stretching  all  the  way  over  to 
Lisbon  in  Portugal,  which  is  just  op- 
posite to  our  resort.  We  see  the  ships 
and  the  great  liners  going  in  at  the 
capes,  or  sailing  away  on  their  long 
voyages.  We  watch  the  sails  drop  out 
of  sight  over  the  rounding  sea,  a 
gleam  of  white,  a  far-flashed  farewell. 
Yet  the  helmsman  at  the  wheel,  the 
passengers  on  the  decks,  see  only  the 
broad,  level  waters  stretching  before 
their  gliding  keel,  and  mark  not  the 
horizon  line.  So  men  vanish,  as  the 
distant  ship,  as  the  summer  passes, 
peacefully  on  level  seas,  and  mark  not 
the  unknown  bound.  "We  call  it  death 
— to  them  it  is  life  beyond."  We  turn 
our  faces  homeward  and  think  of  the 
song  the  children  used  to  sing: 

Out  on  an  ocean  all  boundless  we  ride, 
We're      homeward      bound,      homeward 
bound ; 
Toss'd  on  the  waves  of  a  rough,   restless 
tide, 
We're      homeward      bound,      homeward 
bound. 
Far  from   the  safe,  quiet  harbor  we   rode, 
Seeking  our   Father's   celestial  abode, 
Promise  of  which  on  us  each  he  bestowed; 
We're      homeward      bound,      homeward 
bound. 

Wildly  the  storm  sweeps  us  on  as  it  roars, 

roars, 
We're      homeward      bound,      homeward 

bound ; 
Look!     yonder     lie   the    bright,     heavenly 

shores, 
We're      homeward      bound,      homeward 

bound. 
Steady,  Oh,  pilot !  stand  firm  at  the  wheel, 
Steady!    we    soon    shall    out- weather    the 

gale, 
Oh,   how  we  fly  'neath   the   loud-creaking 

sail ; 
We're      homeward      bound,      homeward 

bound. 

Into  the  harbor  of  heav'n  now  we  glide, 

We're  home  at  last,  home  at  last; 
Softly  we  drift  on  its  bright  silver  tide, 

We're  home  at  last,  home  at  last 
Glory  to  God !  all  our  dangers  are  o'er, 
We  stand  secure  on  the  glorified  shore, 
Glory  to  God!  we  will  shout  evermore, 
We're  home  at  last,  home  at  last 


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THE    CHRISTIAN  EVANGELIST 


September  14.  1905 


The  Second  Chapter  of  Church  History* 


The  book  of  Acts  is  a  record  of 
three  distinct  epochs  at  the  beginning 

the  Christian  religion.  The  first  of 
>  do  with  the  inauguration 
of  a  new  institution  known  as  the 
church  on  the  day  of  Pentecost,  and 
Deration  in  the  city  of  Jerusalem  ; 
the  second,  the  evangelization  of  the 
home  field,  covering  the  territory  in 
which  Jesus  preached :  and  the  third. 
the  extension  of  the  kingdom  into  the 
remoter  Gentile  world. 

A-  a  people,  we  have  very  properly 
emphasized  the  first  of  these  eras,  and 
have  found  the  former  chapters  of 
Acts  a  tine  arsenal  from  which  to  pro- 
cure the  equipment  necessary  to  de- 
feat the  enemies  of  a  pure  Gospel. 
This  accent  placed  on  the  beginning 
of  the  church  has  saved  the  disciples 
of  Christ  from  many  unscriptural 
teachings  and  practices,  and  has  giv- 
en us  the  strong  calcium  light  of  truth 
while  others  see  as  yet  through  a 
glass  darkly.  The  study  of  this  be- 
ginning era  has  yielded  many  valuable 
results,  among  which  are  the  follow- 
ing: A  scriptural,  and  therefore  in- 
fallible, answer  to  the  question,  What 
must  I  do  to  be  saved  ?  The  elimina- 
tion of  infant  baptism  and  church 
membership;  the  fact  that  the  Holy 
Spirit  does  not  operate  directly  on  the 
heart  of  the  sinner  in  conversion,  but 
that  the  Gospel  is  God's  power  unto 
salvation ;  that  "Chrstian  experience" 
has  no  place  among  the  prerequisites 
of  church  membership ;  the  catholicity 
of  the  creed  of  the  church,  and  the 
organic  union  of  the  children  of  God. 
The  success  of  this  movement  for  the 
restoration  of  the  primitive  Gospel 
has  been  largely  due  to  our  insistence 
on  a  return  to  the  faith  and  practice 
of  Jerusalem,  the  mother  of  us  all. 

The  third  epoch  in  church  history 
has  to  do  with  its  foreign  activities. 
Saul  of  Tarsus,  a  bright  and  shining 
light,  now  fills  the  religious  heavens. 
He  enters  the  field  of  conquest  for 
Christ  and  demonstrates  what  a  single 
man  can  accomplish  when  led  by 
God's  spirit  and  wholly  consecrated 
to  his  service. 

But  in  making  the  transition  from 
the  Jewish  church  at  Jerusalem  to  the 
world  work  of  the  disciples,  we  are 
prone  to  neglect  a  most  important 
epoch— the  establishing  of  a  working 
basis  in  the  home  land. 

The  Dispersion.  In  those  days  of 
great  prosperity  in  the  Holy  City 
"there  arose  a  great  persecution 
against  the  church  at  Jerusalem ;  and 
they     were     all      scattered     abroad 

*An    address,     slightly  abbreviated,  before    the 
American   Christian     Missionary  Society    at   San 
Francisco. 


By  R.  H.  Crossfield 


maria,  and  unto  the  uttermost  parts 
of  the  earth." 

Philip   hastens    down    to    Samaria. 


throughout  the  region  of  Judea  and     Only   a   little   while   ago  the   inhabi- 


Samaria,  except  the  apostles 

On  the  death  of  Stephen,  there  was 
a  still  greater  outbreak  of  fanaticism 
against  the  church.  As  Jesus  had  said 
on  one  occasion,  "When  they  perse- 
cute you  in  one  city,  flee  to  the  next," 
the  disciples  summarily  leave  Jerusa- 
*em.      This  was  indeed  the   "passion 


tants  of  one  of  the  Samaritan  villages 
would  not  receive  the  Savior,  and  in 
retaliation  James  and  John  inquired, 
"Lord,  wilt  thou  that  we  bid  fire  come 
down  from  heaven  and  consume 
them  ?"  Philip,  who  was  the  compan- 
ion of  Stephen  in  the  work  of  the 
Gospel,  even  went  to  the  capital  city 


— X j        —   •    ™-         "    »-"».        »-^        WAV.        ^u^/iiui        L1LV 

period  of  the  church,"  the  "Holy  In-     0f  the  country  and  "proclaimed  unto 


quisition"  of  Judaism. 

They    Preach    the    Gospel    in    the 
Home  Field.    Now  comes  a  statement 


R.  H.  Crossfield,  Owensboro,  Ky. 

that  we  will  be  slow  to  believe  with- 
out due  reflection.  However,  it  must 
be  remembered  that  these  refugees 
were  men,  large  hearted  and  manly; 
men  who  would  join  "the  chorus 
and  prolong  the  psalm  of  labor  and 
of  love."  They  would  have  immedi- 
ately put  the  cynicism  of  Diogenes 
to  blush,  and  ended  his  search  for  a 
man. 

What  did  they  do?  Nothing  more 
than  duty  required,  and  yet  that 
which  has  echoed  their  praises  down 
the  corridors  of  time.  I  would  that 
I  might  write  this  sentence  in  letters 
of  glorious  light  across  the  sky  of 
American     Christian :      "And 


them  the  Christ,"  with  the  result  that 
"multitudes  gave  heed  with  one  ac- 
cord to  the  things  that  were  spoken 
by  Philip  ....  and  there  was  much 
joy  in  that  city."  The  kingdom  of 
God  was  indeed  to  them  "righteous- 
ness and  peace  and  joy  in  the  Holy 
Spirit."  And  as  at  Jerusalem  a  great 
company  of  priests  became  obedient 
to  the  faith,  Simon  the  sorcerer,  a 
noted  sinner,  was  brought  to  the 
Lord. 

This  preacher  now  starts  toward 
the  south  in  the  direction  of  Egypt. 
"Ethiopia  stretches  out  her  hands  to 
God,"  and  the  secretary  of  the  treas- 
ury of  Queen  Candace  is  gloriously 
saved,  insomuch  that  he  goes  on  his 
way  rejoicing  and  doubtless  becomes 
a  missionary  among  his  own  African 
people. 

At  Azotus,  Philip  resumes  the  work 
and  "preaches  the  Gospel  to  all  the 
cities,  till  he  came  to  Caesarea." 

But  the  Gospel  must  be  preached 
from  Dan  to  Beersheba;  the  entire 
home  field  must  be  evangelized.  Lay- 
men from  Jerusalem  essay  to  pro- 
claim it — men  who  did  not  so  much  as 
hold  an  office  in  the  church,  "except 
that  they  belonged  to  the  universal 
priesthood  of  believers."  An  unknown 
disciple  converts  Ananias  of  Damas- 
cus, and  the  latter  forthwith  begins 
the  evangelization  of  the  oldest  city 
of  the  world.  Whatever  may  have 
been  his  victories  for  Christ  in  Da- 
mascus, these  pale  before  the  conver- 
sion of  Saul  of  Tarsus,  the  blas- 
phemer, the  persecutor,  the  injurious. 
These  lay  preachers  went  "as  far  as 
Phenicia  and  Syria,"  covering  the 
entire    territory    the    Lord    had    pre- 


every 

they  that  were  scattered  abroad  went     pared.  The  storms  of  persecution  only 

everywhere    preaching    the    Word." 


While  Jesus  had  said  formerly  to  the 
twelve,  "Go  not  into  any  way  of  the 
Gentiles,  and  enter  not  into  any  city 
of  the  Samaritans,"  these  disciples 
went  throughout  the  whole  land 
preaching  the  Word  because  the  Mas- 
ter had  left  as  his  dying  message,  "Ye 
shall  be  witnesses  of  me  both  in  Jeru- 
salem, and  in  Judea,  and  in  all  Sa- 


served  to  fan  the  flames  of  their  zeal 
and  activity.  They  were  compelled  to 
desert  their  home,  but  not  their  duty. 

Peter  preaches  at  Lydda,  Joppa, 
and  Caesarea.  In  Joppa,  "many  be- 
lieved," and  "all  that  dwelt  in  Lydda 
and  Sharon  turned  to  the  Lord." 
Barnabas  of  Cyprus,  John  Mark,  Si- 
las, and  Cornelius  were  converted. 
"The  word  of  God  grew  and  multi- 


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plied."  To  every  disciple  the  Gospel 
was  good  news — too  good  to  keep — 
and  they  "could  not  but  speak  the 
things  which  they  saw  and  heard." 
As  Andrew  and  Philip  when  they 
found  the  Lord  ran  to  a  brother  and 
a  friend,  saying,  "We  have  found  the 
Messiah  .  .  .  Jesus  of  Nazareth,"  so 
these  disciples,  even  when  retreating 
from  Jerusalem  under  the  fire  of  per- 
secution, were  constrained  to  preach 
Christ  to  all. 

1.  Their  Motive.  Do  you  ask 
for  a  motive  great  enough  to  lead 
to  such  wonderful  activity?  I  give 
you  their  answer  in  the  words  of 
Paul,  "The  love  of  Christ  constrain- 
eth  us."  Of  all  the  motives  that  have 
dominated  the  actions  of  men,  "the 
greatest  of  these  is  love."  Every 
great  effort  for  Christ  in  all  ages  has 
been  a  triumph  of  love.  So  great  was 
this  affection  for  him  that  they 
wanted  to  "win  for  the  lamb  that  was 
slain  the  reward  of  his  suffering." 
Like  Zinzendorf,  they  had  but  one  pas- 
sion, that  was  Christ. 

Much  has  been  said  in  these  sordid 
days  about  lack  of  men  for  the  min- 
istry. The  falling  off  in  the  number 
of  young  men  who  enter  theological 
schools  has  been  acounted  for  largely 
by  the  fact  that  more  money  can  be 
made  in  business  or  at  some  other 
profession.  Is  it  the  love  of  money 
and  what  money  means  that  has 
wrought  this  change  ?  God  forbid !  It 
has  been  my  observation  that  the  man 
that  enters  the  ministry  of  the  Gos- 
pel primarily  for  the  loaves  and  fishes 
is  an  egregious  failure  as  a  soul  win- 
ner. On  the  other  hand,  have  we  for- 
gotten to  pray,  "Give  us  this  day  our 
daily  bread"?  Is  the  righteous  to  be 
forsaken  and  his  seed  to  be  found 
begging  bread?  Let  the  preacher  first 
of  all  be  righteous,  and  that  means 
provident  of  material  things  as  well 
as  possessed  of  the  other  virtues,  and 
God's  word  for  his  support.  The  love 
of  Christ  should  be  the  determining 
factor  in  the  choice  of  a  profession 
rather  than  the  love  of  money. 

Of  course,  the  love  of  Christ  in- 
volves obedience  to  Christ.  If  we  love 
him,  we  will  keep  his  commandments. 
Like  the  Crusaders,  to  know  that 
"God  wills  it"  is  enough.  When  Peter 
was  challenged  to  justify  his  preach- 
ing to  Cornelius,  a  Gentile,  he  an- 
swered, "He  charged  us  to  preach  un- 
to the  people.'"  Others  said,  "We  are 
witnesses  of  these  things,"  and  can 
not  be  disobedient  to  the  heavenly  vi- 
sion. Like  Judson,  the  "last  command" 
came  to  them  direct  from  heaven. 
Like  Grace  Darling,  they  belonged  to 
the  rare  sect  of  the  good  Samaritan, 
and  wanted  to  do  good  unto  all 
men. 


2.  The  Significance  of  Their 
Home  Missionary  Efforts.  These  men 
were  wise  above  their  generation. 
Every  movement  was  sanctioned  or 
directed  of  heaven. 

(a)  They  built  on  the  foundation 
that  Jesus  had  laid  by  teaching  and 
miracle.  It  was  the  ambition  of  Paul 
to  preach  where  Christ  had  not  been 
named,  but  to  have  undertaken  this 
before  the  home  field  was  evangelized 
would  have  been  to  invite  compara- 
tive failure.  Nowhere  in  the  world 
could  the  same  results  and  prestige 
have  been  achieved  as  in  Palestine. 
The  soil  was  already  prepared  and 
awaited  their  sowing  and  reaping. 

(b)  Their  efforts  were  among  their 
own  people,  men  and  women  of  like 
passions.  No  foreign  language,  cus- 
toms, and  peculiarities  to  master. 
Each  sower  knew  well  the  soil. 

(c)  Their  efforts  in  the  home  field 
furnished  a  base  of  operation  and 
supply  for  world-wide  evangelism. 
As  the  Japanese  victories  in  the  pres- 
ent war  have -been  largely  due  to  the 
state  of  preparedness  at  home,  so  the 
great  work  among  the  Gentiles  was 
made  possible  by  and  depended  on  the 
church  in  Palestine. 

(d)  These  missionaries  furnished 
the  men  for  the  foreign  field.  Paul, 
Silas,  Barnabas,  Mark,  and  others, 
were  con  verts  of  these  faithful  mis- 
sionaries. 

Our  Duty  to  the  Home  Field.  What 
shall  I  say  of  our  Judea,  Samaria,  and 
Galilee,  the  home  field,  America?  As 
in  the  evolution  of  the  early  church 
Palestine  lay  between  Jerusalem  and 
the  Gentile  world,  so  today  between 
the  local  congregation  and  the  "na- 
tions of  the  night"  is  America.  I  de- 
sire to  emphasize  the  need  of  the  Gos- 
pel here  at  home,  the  doors  wide  open 
for  its  reception,  and  the  part  that  we 
as  a  nation  must  play  in  the  ultimate 
salvation  of  the  world. 

Only  to  lift  your  eyes  is  to  witness 
need.  No  country  is  so  rapidly  becom- 
ing a  nation  of  cities  as  America,  and 
the  city  has  ever  stood  in  direst  need 
of  Christ.  As  the  early  church  sought 
out  first  the  centers  of  population  for 
their  labors,  why  should  not  we  fol- 
low their  wisdom  and  achieve  their 
success?  After  their  flight  from  Je- 
rusalem, they  went  first  to  Samaria, 
Damascus,  Joppa,  and  Cjesarea.  Why 
should  we  not  first  of  all  evangelize 
New  York,  Boston,  Philadelphia,  St. 
Louis,  Chicago,  New  Orleans  and 
San  Francisco? 

How  important  to  the  cause  of 
Christ  are  these  cities  It  is  true  that 
in  the  past  the  rural  districts  have 
furnished  our  preachers  and  presi- 
dents, but  this  will  not  be  the  case  in 
the  future.  The  Arcadian  simplicity 
of  our  country  life  is  rapidly  giving 
way  before  the  complexity  of  our 
modern  civilization,  and  the  cities 
are    growing    as    never    before.      An 


observant  Japanese  has  recently  said 
that  nothing  remained  of  hia  country 

as  it  was  thirty  years  ago  "except 
the  natural  scenery."  In  many  par- 
ticulars, but  especially  in  reference 
to  our  population,  this  statement  will 
apply  equally  well  to  America.  The 
very  best  blood  of  our  rural  communi- 
ties has  been  pouring  into  the  cities 
at  a  fearful  rate.  In  a  single  decade 
Chicago  doubled  her  population,  while 
during  the  same  period  forty  per  cent 
of  the  country  districts  lost  in  popula- 
tion. 

Again,  emigration  is  coming  our 
way  at  the  rate  of  over  one  million 
a  year,  and  it  is  most  significant  that 
ninety  per  cent  of  these  immigrants 
settle  in  our  cities.  While  thousands 
are  begging  bread  in  these  cities,  our 
harvests  are  going  to  waste  in  the  mid- 
dle west  for  want  of  labor. 

It  has  been  said  that  "God  made 
the  country,  but  Cain  made  the  city," 
and  the  statement  contains  a  norm  of 
truth.  While  our  cities  contain  only 
one-third  of  the  population,  they  fur- 
nish two-thirds  of  the  crime.  The 
saloon,  the  gambling  hell,  the  haunt 
of  the  scarlet  woman  are  nearly  all  in 
the  city ;  and  closely  related  to  these 
is  the  venal  politician  and  the  party 
boss.  Is  it  not  time  for  men  in  Israel 
to  arise?  If  we  would  save  America 
our  cities  must  be  saved.  If  the  gos- 
pel is  the  cure  for  impending  perils, 
as  we  believe  it  is,  why  not  give  to 
these  cosmopolitan  cities  the  good 
news  ? 

The  coolie  at  our  doors  should  en- 
gage our  prayers  and  means  and  ef- 
forts as  well  as  the  "heathen  Chinee" 
in  the  "Celestial  Empire."  The  Black 
Belt  of  our  own  fair  southland  should 
weigh  as  heavily  on  our  hearts  and 
conscience  as  the  Bushman  of  Africa 
and  the  Igorrote  of  Samar.  The  time 
for  sentiment  in  missionary  work  has 
passed.  The  question  is  not,  Where 
will  I  get  the  most  good  out  of  my 
going  or  giving?  but,  Where  will 
my  means  and  service  do  the  most 
good?  Let  us  not  ueglect  the  for- 
eign field;  rather,  enlarge  our  ef- 
forts for  the  millions  beyond  the  sea. 
But  let  us  greatly  multiply  our  en- 
deavors to  save  America.  What  we 
are  now  doing  is  but  a  bagatelle  of 
the  requisitions  that  duty  makes  upon 
us.  Send  one  hundred  men  at  once 
to  New  York,  half  as  many  to  San 
Francisco  and  to  the  scores  of  other 
great  cities  of  the  land,  and  then  shall 
the  Master  begin  to  see  the  travail  of 
his  soul  and  be  satisfied. 

Finally,  would  you  girdle  the  globe 
with  the  message  of  God's  salvation? 
Convert  the  Sauls,  the  Silases,  the 
Barnabases,  the  Marks  here  at  home. 
Who  of  all  the  religious  bodies  can 
accomplish  this  as  can  the  Disciples 
of  Christ?  We  have  the  same  gospel 
that  the  dispersion  preached,  and  its 
power  has  greatly  increased  with  the 
roll  of  the  centuries.  The  hour  of 
opportunity  has  already  struck  in  the 
belfry  of  time.     Men  of  Israel,  help! 


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A  United  Church  and  a  Believing  World"  F.  M.  **** 


"Neither  for  these  only  do  I  pray, 
but  for  them  also  that  believe  on  me 
through  their  word  :  that  they  may  all 
be  one.  even  as  thou,  Father,  art  in 
me.  and  I  in  thee,  that  they  may  also 
be  in  us  :  that  the  world  may  believe 
that  thou  didst  send  me." 

It  is  now  generally  known  among 
the  well  informed  that  the  special  plea 
of  the  people  who  desire  to  be  known 
simply   as  Christians  or  Disciples  of 
Christ  is  for  the  union  of  all  believers 
on  the  basis  and  in  the  spirit  of  the 
New  Testament  church.    Our  fathers 
sounded  out  this  plea  and  to  it  de- 
roted    their    lives,    their    fortunes, 
and  their  sacred  all.  We,  their  chil- 
dren, have  seen  the  dawning  of  the 
day  whose  full  noon  will  bring  the 
answer  to  our  Lord's  prayer,  that 
all   who  believe   on  him  might  be 
one.     We  have  lived  to  hear   the 
apologies  for  divisions  in  the  family 
of  God  grow  fainter  and  fainter  and 
in  multitudes  of  instances  die  away, 
and  to  hear  sectarianism  and  even 
denominationalism  arraigned  in  un- 
expected  quarters   in   language   as 
bold  and  uncompromising  and  with- 
ering  and    trenchant    as   was    em- 
ployed   by    any    of    the    "fathers." 
We  have  heard  multitudes  of  God's 
children   expressing   themselves   as 
weary  of  the  weakness  and  isola- 
tion and  sinfulness  of  sectarian  di- 
visions and  hungry  for  fellowship 
and  union  in  Christ;  and  we  have 
seen  springing  up  here,  there,  and 
yonder,  movements  looking  toward 
the  reunion  of  Christendom. 
^  Brethren,  if  today  the  believers  in 
Christ   everywhere   should   put   aside 
their  human  names,  and  creeds,  and 
practices,    and    come    and    stand    to- 
gether not  only  in  an  outward,  visible 
union,  but  in  a  deep,  spiritual,  scrip- 
tural  union,  would  you  be  ready  to 
sing  your  hallelujahs  and  doxologies 
and   declare  that  the  desire  of  your 
hearts  had  been  accomplished?    Take 
time  to  answer.     Ts  Christian  union 
the    consummation    devoutly    to    be 
wished?     ts  Christian  union  the  one 
far  off,  or  near,  divine  event  toward 
which  the  whole  creation  moves?     Is 
Christian  union  the  end  in  view,  or  a 
means  to  the  end  ?    Is  Christian  union 
the  goal  toward  which  we  have  been 
pressing,   or   incident,   necessary   and 
glorious,  on  the  way? 

I  fear  we  forget  a  part,  and  the 
main  part,  of  our  Saviour's  prayer, 
"that  the  world  may  believe."  That 
was  the  great,  crushing  burden  on  the 
heart  of  our  Lord;     the  union  of  all 


who  should  believe  on  him  a  means 
to  that  end.  How  it  lifts  the  subject 
of  Christian  union  into  dignity  and 
importance  to  realize  that  there  is  a 
vital  connection  between  the  unity  of 
Christians  and  the  faith  of  the  world ! 

Divisions  in  the  church  of  God  are 
being  recognized  today  by  men  at  the 
front  of  the  missionary  movement  as 
mighty  hindrances  to  the  Christian 
conquest  of  the  world. 

Before  the  Fifth  Conference  of  the 
Foreign  Missionary  Boards  of  the 
United  States  and  Canada  S.  L.  Bald- 
win, D.D.,  uttered  these  strong  words : 


•An  address  delivered  at  the  Internationa]  Con- 
vention at  San  Francisco. 


P  M.  Dowling,  Pasadena,  Cal. 

"It  is  very  apparent  that  the  time  has 
come  when  it  ought  to  be  possible  for 
the  missionary  authorities  of  different 
denominations  of  the  Christian  church 
to  come  together  with  reference  to 
the  speedy  occupancy  of  the  whole 
field,  and  so  to  plan  in  regard  to  it 
as  not  to  waste  the  Lord's  money  or 
distribute  the  workers  in  the  Lord's 
vineyard  in  such  a  way  as  to  hinder 
rather  than  promote  the  great  object 
we  have  in  view. 

"Now,  of  course,  this  implies  that 
we  are  more  anxious  that  the  people 
of  China  shall  become  Christians  than 
we  are  that  they  shall  become  Pres- 
byterians, or  Baptists,  or  Episcopa- 
lians, or  Methodists.  This  may  be 
shocking  to  some  of  our  brethren  who 
are  great  sticklers  for  denominational 
peculiarities ;  but,  really,  when  we  find 
ourselves  a  mere  handful  confronting 
four  hundred  millions  of  people,  it 
does  seem  that  we  ought  to  be  able  to 
sink  denominational  ambitions  suffi- 
ciently to  seek  only  for  that  which  will 
most  speedily  give  the  Gospel  of 
Christ  to  the  millions  who  are  in  need 
of  it." 


At  the  Ecumenical  Missionary  Con- 
ference Ex-President  Harrison,  as 
temporary  chairman,  said:  "Not  the 
least  beneficent  aspect  and  influence 
of  this  great  gathering  will  be  found 
in  the  Christian  union  that  it  evi- 
dences. The  value  of  this  is  great  at 
home,  but  tenfold  greater  in  the  mis- 
sion field,  where  ecclesiastical  divis- 
ions suggest  diverse  prophets." 

One  of  the  speakers  at  the  confer- 
ence, J.  T.  Gracey,  D.  D.,  spoke  these 
mighty    words:    "What    tasks    there 
are  for  united  Christendom!  It  is  not 
a    Methodist    problem,    and    not    an 
Episcopalian  problem ;    not  a  Bap- 
tist problem ;  not  a  British  problem ; 
not  an  American  problem.     It  is  a 
problem  for  solid  Christendom." 

The  strongest  words  uttered  on 
the  subject  were  spoken  by  A.  J.  F. 
Berends,  of  the  Central  Congrega- 
tional  Church   of  Brooklyn.     This 
speech   has   been   called  his   swan 
song.     "The  time  has  come  when 
Christian  comity  fails  to  meet  the 
urgent  demand.    We  must  come  to 
terms  among  ourselves.    History  is 
rapidly  laughing  our  comities  and 
compromises  out  of  court.    Hardly 
had    Porto    Rico    come   under   the 
American   flag  when  there   was  a 
rush  of  the  denominations  for  the 
occupancy  of  the  little  island,  and 
we  began  to  parcel  out  the  territory. 
That  was  comity.     Shame  on  us,  I 
say!     What    an    object    lesson    it 
would  have  been,  if  we  had  had  co- 
operation  as   our   watchword,   and 
had  left  our  denominational  banners 
behind    us.      I    like    not    the    word 
comity.      It    is    veneered    selfishness. 
You    can    not    enforce    it.      It    will 
collapse  under  pressure,  and  it  can 
not    collapse    too    soon,     for    it    is 
wrong   in   principle   and   unworkable 
in    practice.       Fusion    is    what    we 
need.     Co-operation  is  what  we  must 
have.     I  believe  that  our  present  day 
methods  are  utterly  inadequate,  and 
I  can  not  evade  the  conviction  that 
foreign   missions   carry   in   them  the 
swift  doom  of  our  petty  sectarian  di- 
visions.    I  do  not  know  how  this  co- 
operation is  coming,  but  it  must  and 
will.  Let  it  come,  whoever  is  crowded 
to   the   wall !      Our    rituals   and   our 
creeds  must  not  stand  in  the  way  of 
the  massing  of  Christian  forces  for 
the  world's  redemption." 

D.  D.  Gregory,  D.  D.,  LL.D.,  has 
been  writing  some  vigorous  articles 
for  the  "Homiletic  Review"  on  "The 
Forward  Movement."  In  a  trenchant 
article  on  "Why  Are  We  Accomplish- 
ing So  Little?"  he  gave  this  as  a  part 
of  his  answer:  "The  work  waits  for 
the  spirit  of  union  to  rouse  all  of  the 


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churches  and  bring  them  into  line, 
under  the  leadership  of  the  Spirit  of 
God,  in  one  common  plan  that  shall 
take  in,  all  the  Christians  and  all  the 
world,  *and  men  who  feel  that  there 
is  death  in  the  waiting,  cry  out,  'How 
long,  oh  Lord !'  " 

Such  testimony  becomes  more  clear 
and  strong  and  abundant  when  the 
mission  fields  have  been  visited  and 
the  situation  studied  at  first  hand. 
(  Mr.  John  R.  Mott,  in  his  "The 
Evangelization  of  the  World  in  this 
Generation,"  says :  "The  want  of  unity 
among  the  different  branches  of 
the  church  at  home,  as  a  result  of  de- 
nominational pride,  jealousy  and  mis- 
understanding, is  a  serious  hindrance 
to  the  work  on  the  mission  field."  In 
his  later  book,  "The  Pastor  and  Mis- 
sions," he  puts  in  italics  as  a  division 
of  a  chapter  these  words:  "The 
marked  movement  in  the  direction  of 
unity  and  co-operation  among  the 
Christian  forces  on  the  mission  fields 
has  prepared  the  way  for  a  trium- 
phant advance."  He  adds  this  com- 
ment: "It  is  of  large  importance  that 
the  native  Christians  on  each  field  be 
united,  as  far  as  possible,  those  of  the 
same  denominational  family  joining 
their  forces,  and  even  those  of  differ- 
ent denominations,  so  far  as  is  prac- 
ticable, uniting  in  one  great  church, 
adapted  to  the  conditions  obtaining 
on  that  field,  thus  avoiding  on  the 
mission  field  all  accidental  and  unnec- 
essary or  unessential  differences 
which  bulk  so  largely  in  the  sectarian- 
ism of  western  lands." 

Francis  E.  Clark,  after  his  tour  in 
the  interest  of  world-wide  Endeavor, 
wrote  this:  "The  most  pitiable  sight 
which  I  saw  in  foreign  lands  was  that 
of  churches  which  had  been  gathered 
out  of  heathenism  or  Mohammedism 
rent  in  twain  by  the  sectarian  jealous- 
ies which  had  been  introduced  from 
a  so-called  Christian  land.  To  see, 
as  is  occasionally  seen,  a  Christian 
missionary,  or  teacher,  trying  to  build 
up  a  church,  not  from  the  foundation, 
not  out  of  the  ruins  of  heathenism, 
but  by  building  on  another  man's 
foundation,  and  tearing  away  the  con- 
verts from  the  truth  around  which 
their  minds  have  freely  begun  to 
twine,  in  order  that  some  sect  or 
ism  may  be  built  up — this,  indeed,  is 
disheartening." 

Dr.  John  Henry  Barrows  lectured 
on  the  foundations  of  Christianity  in 
many  of  the  intellectual  centers  of  the 
non-Christian  world.  At  the  Ecu- 
menical Conference  he  spoke  on  "The 
Iniquities  of  Christendom  as  Hin- 
drances to  the  Christian  Conquest  of 
the  World."  He  classed  the  divisions 
of  Christendom  as  among  these  iniq- 
uities and  as  explaining  in  part  why 


Christianity  was  compelled  to  apolo- 
gize for  Christendom. 

A  few  years  ago  we  sent  President 
A.  McLean,  our  apostle  of  Foreign 
Missions,  on  a  circuit  of  the  globe 
to  study  the  conditions  and  needs  of 
the  heathen  world  and  to  report  the 
triumphs  of  the  Gospel  in  the  regions 
beyond.  From  Japan  he  sent  us  this 
message:  "The  Disciples  of  Christ 
stand  for  precisely  the  same  thing  in 
Japan  as  they  do  at  home,  namely, 
the  union  of  all  believers  to  the  end 
that  the  world  may  be  evangelized.  It 
is  true  that  most  Protestant  mission- 
aries co-operate.  Still  there  are  dif- 
ferences in  faith  and  practice  that 
cannot  be  hid.  If  all  who  call  upon 
the  name  of  the  Lord  could  unite, 
the  chief  hindrance  to  the  spread  of 
the  Gospel  would  be  taken  away." 

Soon  after  our  war  with  Spain  the 
Government  sent  a  Commission  to  the 
Philippine  Islands'  Presidency  of  Mr. 
Schureman.  Mr.  Schureman  took  a 
deep  interest  in  the  religious  condition 
of  the  inhabitants  of  the  islands,  and 
as  a  statesman  having  at  heart  the 
highest  interests  of  the  people  so  late- 
ly gathered  beneath  the  folds  of  our 
flag,  recommended  the  sending  of  mis- 
sionaries in  large  numbers  to  the  is- 
lands, and  suggested  that  the  various 
denominations  contemplating  the  con- 
version of  the  Filipinos  first  agree 
among  themselves. 

Naturally  and  significantly  the 
strongest  arraignment  of  our  divi- 
sions as  a  block  before  the  car  of 
Christian  conquest  has  been  made  by 
the  missionaries  themselves. 

Dr.  George  E.  Post,  Presbyterian 
missionary  in  Syria,  addressed  this 
language  to  the  churches  of  America: 
"There  comes  an  emissary  from  the 
Christian  church  in  America  and  tells 
him  (the  heathen  convert),  'Sir,  you 
have  joined  the  Church  of  Christ,  as 
you  think,  but  that  is  not  the  Church 
of  Christ.  Come  to  me  and  I  will  in- 
troduce you  into  the  Church  of  Christ.' 
This  is  something  inflicted  on  us  by 
your  divisions  here.  We  stand  on  the 
picket  line.  We  stand  at  the  front. 
We  stand  at  the  post  of  danger.  We 
are  lifting  up  the  banner  of  the  cross 
in  the  face  of  the  uncivilized  and  un- 
believing world,  and  when  we  have 
succeeded  in  convincing  them  that 
Christ  is  the  Savior,  then  there  come 
emissaries  from  you  who  tell  them 
that  it  is  all  wrong  and  that  they  must 
begin  all  over  again." 

Before  the  Fifth  Conference  of  the 
Foreign  Missionary  Boards  of  the 
United  States  and  Canada  Dr.  Farns- 
worth  said:  "With  us  in  Turkey  that 
there  should  be  different  sorts  of 
Protestant  Christians  is  a  shock  to 
our  people.     They   say,   'What  does 


this  mean?  You  come  together  and 
then  we  will  talk  about  it.  You  come 
to  us  to  preach  to  us  evangelical 
Christianity,  and  here  are  two  or  three 
three  kinds  of  you.  What  does  this 
mean?'  And  they  can  not  understand 
it,  certainly  in  Turkey,  and  we  have 
had  trouble.  We  go  to  preach  Christ 
crucified.  Is  Christ  divided?  I  would 
say,  hold  out  a  danger  signal.  We 
want  to  do  it  for  the  sake  of  the  con- 
version of  the  world  to  Christ." 

At  the  World's  Parliament  of  Re- 
ligions George  T.  Caudlin,  of  China, 
an  English  Methodist,  exclaimed: 
"These  two  things  must  go  together 
— the  union  of  Christians  and  the  con- 
version of  the  world." 

The  obstacles  to  Christian  work  in 
China  caused  by  the  presence  of  so 
many  denominations  have  so  im- 
pressed themselves  upon  the  mission- 
aries that  forty-eight  representatives 
of  nearly  all  the  boards  working  there 
have  lately  issued  a  notable  document 
aiming  to  counteract  the  deadly  effect 
of  their  divisions. 

(to  be  continued  next  week.) 

STRONGER  THAN  HEAT 

A  Judge's  Opinion  of  Grape-Nuts. 


A  gentleman  who  has  acquired  a 
judicial  turn  of  mind  from  experience 
on  the  bench  out  in  the  Sunflower 
State,  writes  a  carefully  considered 
opinion  as  to  the  value  of  Grape-Nuts 
as  food.    He  says: 

"For  the  past  5  years  Grape-Nuts 
has  been  a  prominent  feature  in  our 
bill  of  fare. 

"The  crisp  food  with  the  delicious, 
nutty  flavor  has  become  an  indispen- 
sable necessity  in  my  family's  every- 
day life. 

"It  has  proved  to  be  most  healthful 
and  beneficial,  and  has  enabled  us  to 
practically  abolish  pastry  and  pies 
from  our  table,  for  the  children  prefer 
Grape-Nuts  and  do  not  crave 'rich  and 
unwholesome  food. 

"Grape-Nuts  keeps  us  all  in  perfect 
physical  condition — as  a  preventive 
of  disease  it  is  beyond  value.  I  have 
been  particularly  impressed  by  the 
beneficial  effects  of  Grape-Nuts  when 
used  by  ladies  who  are  troubled  with 
face  blemishes,  skin  eruptions,  etc.  It 
clears  the  complexion  wonderfully. 

"As  to  its  nutritive  qualities,  my 
experience  is  that  one  small  dish  of 
Grape-Nuts  is  superior  to  a  pound  of 
meat  for  breakfast,  which  is  an  im- 
portant consideration  for  anyone.  It 
satisfies  the  appetite  and  strengthens 
the  power  of  resisting  fatigue,  while 
its  use  involves  none  of  the  disagree- 
able consequences  that  sometimes  fol- 
low a  meat  breakfast."  Name  given 
by  Postum  Co.,  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

There's  a  reason. 


ii  8 


THE    CHRIS  HAN-EVANGELIST 


September  P4,  1905 


The   Americanism   of  the   Disciples  of  Christ 


I  deem  it  a  very  high  honor  to 
represent,  at  this  time,  the  American 
Christian  Missionary  Society.  Born 
in  the  early  days  of  this  great  religious 
movement — the  oldest  organization 
among  us — it  can  properly  claim  a 
peculiar  dignity  and  position.  It  is 
modestly  proud  of  its  history,  but  its 
gaze  is  toward  the  future.  It  does 
not  dweil  in  the  land  of  memories — 
thrilling  and  splendid  though  they 
be — but.  occupying  its  position  in  the 
front  of  our  "far-flung  battle  line," 
it  sounds  the  clarion  call  of  every  pro- 
g  ssivc  enterprise:  "Let  us  go  up 
and  possess  the  land/'  I  shall  not 
speak  of  its  achievements  or  its  pres- 
ent prosperity,  but  would  rather  call 
your  attention  to  its  name,  as  indi- 
cating its  aims  and  the  character  of 
its  work.  It  is  American.  It  is  Chris- 
tian. It  is  missionary.  My  subject, 
therefore,  may  be  appropriately  styied, 
"The  Americanism  of  the  Plan  and 
Position  of  the  Disciples  of  Christ." 

1.  Let  us  think  for  a  moment  of  what 
is  essential  Americanism.  What  do 
we  stand  for  among  the  nations  of 
the  earth?  Growing  out  of  and  in- 
volved in  the  inherent  rights  of 
man  concerning  which  the  Declara- 
tion speaks  are  the  principles  which 
are  elemental  in  Americanism,  viz. : 
Liberty,  authority,  democracy  and 
union.  These  constitute  the  gospel 
of  Americanism,  and  these  are  the 
principles  for  which  the  people  known 
as  the  Disciples  of  Christ,  or  Chris- 
tians, stand  in  the  religious  world. 
Our  movement,  in  its  comprehensive- 
ness, harmonizes  with  the  sweep  and 
majesty  of  this  great  continent.  We 
stand  for  liberty — that  liberty  which 
is  the  very  life  of  Protestantism,  and 
without  which  Protestantism  has  no 
excuse  for  being.  The  movement  rep- 
resented here  tonight  had  its  birth  in 
the  reaffirmation  of  Protestantism — 
the  right  of  the  soul  to  seek  truth  for 
itself:  the  invitation  of  the  open  Bible 
to  whomsoever  might  read  its  pages; 
the  sacred  duty  and  privilege  of  the 
individual  to  study  the  great  revela- 
tion for  himself,  and  to  act  under  a 
solemn  sense  of  individual  responsi- 
bility. When  Thomas  Campbell  pro- 
mulgated his  now  famous  Declaration 
and  Address,  a  new  Declaration  of  In- 
dependence was  affirmed.  It  was  high 
time,  for  the  religious  world  at  that 
moment  was  under  an  ecclesiastical 
and  theological  tyranny  which  was  as 
marked  as  that  which  in  our  political 
world  called  forth  the  war  of  the  Rev- 
olution.    The  war  of  the  Revolution 


By  £.  L.  Powell 

represents  Protestantism  in  political 
life;  the  reformation  of  the  sixteenth 
century  represents  the  resistance  of 
the  soul  to  arbitrary  ecclesiastical  au- 
thority; the  movement  of  the  Disci- 
ples of  Christ  represents  that  Protes- 
tantism which  means  resistance  in  re- 
ligious affairs  to  all  authority  which 


authority  of  proven  primacy,  the  au- 
thority which  the  soul  of  man  can 
not  do  other  than  approve,  however 
much  the  obedience  may  be  refused. 
vVe  stand  for  liberty  safeguarded  by 
law,  and  that  law  the  living  will  of 
the  living,  present  Christ. 

3.  We  stand  for  democracy  as  op- 
posed to  special  privileges  and  hon- 
ors in  the  kingdom  of  Christ.  We 
hold  that  all  are  kings  and  priests 
unto  God.  Alexander  Campbell  an- 
tagonized clerical  arrogance  and  pre- 
sumption on  the  ground  of  Paul  the 
Apostle:  "Who  is  Paul,  or  who  is 
Apollos,  but  ministers  by  whom  you 
have  believed?"  The  only  pre-emi- 
nence is  that  of  character  and  service 
and  the  intellectual  ability  which  com- 
bines them.  "All  things  are  yours." 
There  is  no  room  among  us  for  popes 


LUCKY  MISTAKE 

Grocer  Seat  PKg.  of  Postum  and  Opened 
the  Eyes  of  the  Family. 


*  An  outline  of  the  President's  address. 


E.    L.    POWELL. 

does  not  find  its  source  and  utterance 
in  the  character  and  will  of  Jesus 
Christ.  We  stand  for  the  liberty  of 
the  New  Testament — that  liberty 
which  consists  in  the  removal  of  all 
arbitrary  restraints  upon  the  soul's 
privileges  and  rights  and  the  recog- 
nition of  that  authority  alone  whose 
commands  mean  the  setting  of  the 
soul  free  to  realize  its  life — in  a  word, 
liberty  through  casting  off  entangling 
alliances  and  liberty  through  obedience 
to  the  divine  will  as  expressed  in 
Jesus  Christ. 

2.  But  the  movement  is  no  derelict, 
out  on  the  open  sea  with  no  directing 
will  to  guide  and  govern.  We  stand 
for  liberty  within  the  limitations  im- 
posed by  the  authority  of  Jesus  Christ : 

No  other  Lord  but  thee  we'll  know, 
No  other  name  but  thine  confess. 
We  require  no  other  faith  than  faith 
in  Christ.  We  ask  subscription  to  no 
other  creed  than  that  creed  which 
was  incarnate  in  the  divine  life.  No 
ordinances  have  any  meaning  apart 
from  his  authority — no  terms  of  fel- 
lowship not  of  his  appointment.  The 
church  ceases  to  speak  with  author- 
ity when  the  voice  of  Christ  does  not 
issue  the  commands.  We  plead,  there- 
fore, for  liberty  through  law.  We  are 
free,  and  yet  subject;  we  find  our  lib- 
erty in  obedience  to  him  who  knows 
the  soul.  It  is  not  within  the  province 
of  this  address  to  discuss  the  grounds 
of  this  authority — the  authority  of 
knowledge,  the  authority  of  character, 
the   authority   of   suffering   love,   the 


A  lady  writes  from  Brookline, 
Mass. : 

"A  package  of  Postum  Coffee  was 
sent  me,  one  day  by  mistake. 

"I  notified  the  grocer,  but  finding 
that  there  was  no  coffee  (the  old 
kind)  for  breakfast  next  morning, 
I  prepared  some  Postum,  following 
the  directions  very  carefully. 

"It  was  an  immediate  success  in  my 
family,  and  from  that  day  we  have 
used  it  constantly,  parents  and  chil- 
dren too — for  my  three  rosy  young- 
sters are  allowed  to  drink  it  freely  at 
breakfast  and  luncheon.  They  think 
it  delicious,  and  I  would  have  a  mu- 
tiny on  my  hands  should  I  omit  the 
beloved  beverage.  My  husband  used 
to  have  a  very  delicate  stomach  while 
we  were  using  coffee  but  to  our  sur- 
prise his  stomach  has  grown  strong 
and  entirely  well  since  we  quit  coffee 
and  have  been  on  Postum. 

"Noting  the  good  effects  in  my 
family,  I  wrote  to  my  sister,  who  was 
a  coffee  toper,  and  after  much  persua- 
sion got  her  to  try  Postum.  She  was 
prejudiced,  against  it  at  first,  but 
when  she  presently  found  that  all  the 
ailments  that  coffee  gave  her,  left  and 
she  got  well  quickly  she  became  and 
remains  a  thorough  and  enthusiastic 
Postum  convert.  Her  nerves,  which 
had  become  shattered  by  the  use  of 
coffee,  have  grown  healthy  again,  and 
today  she  is  a  new  woman,  thanks  to 
Postum."  Name  given  by  Postum 
Co.,  Battle  Creek,  Mich.,  and  the 
"cause  why"  will  be  found  in  the 
great  little  book,  "The  Road  to  Well- 
ville,"  which  comes  in  each  pkg. 


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or  prelates  or  priests — for  superior 
or  inferior  clerical  judicatories — 
for  lordships,  little  or  great.  We  are 
a  republic,  subject  to  an  invisible 
Monarch. 

4.  We  stand  for  Christian  union. 
When  this  movement  came  into  exist- 
ence there  was  silence  on  this  great 
question.  The  church  was  satisfied 
with  denominationalism.  We  are  pio- 
neers in  this  cause.  It  was  the  vision 
of  a  united  church  that  smote  upon 
the  hearts  of  our  fathers — union 
based  upon  the  authority  of  Christ 
and  his  apostles,  union  demanding 
for  its  realization  that  which  is  es- 
sential Christianity  in  doctrine  and 
structure  by  simple  faith  in  Jesus 
Christ  and  obedience  to  the  simple  or- 
dinances of  his  appointment — the 
union,  in  a  word,  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment church,  with  its  simplicity  and 
dignity.  And  this  is  what  we  are 
pleading  for  today.  Now  a  thousand 
voices  are  proclaiming  its  desirability. 
The  signs  of  the  times  are  propitious. 
This  is  the  age  when  emphasis  is 
placed  on  love,  rather  than  dogma  or 
organization,  and  love  is  the  precur- 
sor of  union. 

Our  ideals  grow  out  of  our  prin- 
ciples. The  ideal  church  exemplifies 
these  principles.  We  find  such  a 
church  on  the  pages  of  the  New  Tes- 
tament. Our  ideal  in  doctrine,  or- 
ganization and  aim  is  found  in  the 
first  Christian  century,  for  this  ideal, 
as  we  believe,  was  heaven-born.  The 
life  of  the  church  is  the  development 
under  present  conditions  and  inspira- 
tions of  the  old  program.  If  Christ 
is  the  goal  of  humanity,  then  the  past 
for  us  holds  all  that  the  future  shall 
yield  in  moral  and  spiritual  advance- 
ment. What,  then,  is  the  ideal  church, 
as  based  on  the  principles  enunciated  ? 

1.  It  is  a  church  in  which  Chris- 
tian character  is  the  end  and  aim  of 
all  requirements,  observances,  ordi- 
nances and  service.  All  these  cease. 
Character  alone  abides.  No  magic  in 
the  Bible  or  the  church  or  the  ordi- 
nances. Their  value  is  but  as  the 
scaffolding  for  the  building.  A 
church,  therefore,  with  the  right  em- 
phasis. 

2.  A  church  in  which  conscious 
loyalty  to  Jesus  Christ  and  obedience 
to  his  authority  shall  be  the  only  test 
of  fellowship.  Orthodoxy  a  thing  of 
the  heart  and  life,  rather  than  the 
acceptance  of  propositional  state- 
ments. 

3.  A  church  in  which  simplicity 
shall  forever  divorce  essential  Chris- 
tianity from  a  complicated  theology, 
thereby  making  accessible  to  all  men 
the  gospel  which  was  given  for  all 
men. 

4.  A  church  that  shall  be  Protes- 


tant in  its  defense  of  Christian  liberty, 
but  equally  insistent  that  the  liberty 
shall  be  Christian.  Christian  liberty — 
its  certificate  is  loyalty  to  Christ.  Be 
loyal  to  Christ — then  think  as  you 
please. 

5.  A  church  that  shall  be  mission- 
ary from  center  to  circumference — 
having  as  its  motto:  "Not  to  be  min- 
istered unto,  but  to  minister." 

6.  A  united  church — its  captain, 
Jesus  Christ;  its  lawgiver,  Jesus 
Christ ;  its  exemplar,  Jesus  Christ ; 
united  on  him  and  in  him.  Once 
again,  we  plead  for  a  Christ-enam- 
ored church. 


Our  Illustrations. 

Some  Convention  Snap    Shots. 

In  this  number  will  be  found 
grouped  together  a  great  many  snap 
shots  made  by  the  assistant  editor  at 
the  San  Francisco  convention  and 
during  the  travels  of  The  Christian- 
Evangelist  Special.  The  front  page 
group  represents  people  at  the  conven- 
tion; they  are  as  follows:  1.  The  widow 
and  granddaughter  of  Dr.  Hobson  and 
H.  A.  Denton.  2.  Two  Joplin  pastors 
—J.  W.  Baker  and  W.  F.  Turner.  3. 
R.  S.  Robertson,  Dean  Hiram  Van 
Kirk,  R.  H.  Shepherd  and  C.  E. 
Moore.  4.  J.  A.  Lord.  5.  A  promi- 
nent evangelist,  J.  V.  Updike,  and  a 
rear  view  of  the  editor  of  "The  Chris- 
tian Standard."  6.  John  Shackleford, 
J.  J.  Morgan  and  A.  C.  McKeever.  7. 
Secretary  Benjamin  L.  Smith  greeting 
a  friend.  8.  Three  from  Missouri — 
Secretary  George  L.  Snively,  Paul 
Moore  and  T.  A.  Abbott.  9.  Pres.  A. 
McLean  hurrying  to  make  a  speech. 
10.  C.  W.  B.  M.  session  in  Pilgrim 
Church.  11.  Foreign  Society,  Presi- 
dent McLean  standing  behind  Miss 
Mary  Rioch  and  the  white  vested  sec- 
retary an  interested  listener.  12. 
"What  are  we  stopping  here  for?" — 
Secretary  F.  M.  Rains.  13.  A  newly 
wedded  pair — Dr.  and  Mrs.  Gordon, 
of  India.  14.  T.  J.  Legg  talking  to 
J.  H.  O.  Smith,  and  J.  H.  Allen  talk- 
ing to  Paul  Moore.  15.  W.  W.  White, 
James  Small  and  R.  H.  Waggener  in 
foreground.  E.  R.  Ford,  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  Grant  Lewis,  state  secre- 
tary of  southern  California,  behind 
R.  H.  Waggener.  16.  H.  S.  Earl,  the 
man  of  the  silk  hat.  17.  Mrs.  H.  At- 
water  and  other  C.  W.  B.  M.  workers. 
18.  The  only  man  from  Canada — 
J.  A.  L.  Romig.  19.  State  Secretary 
F.  E.  Billington  and  wife,  of  Oregon, 
and  J.  H.  Hazell,  of  California. 

The  two  groups  of  photos  illustrat- 
ing the  trip  of  The  Christian-Evan- 
gelist Special  consist  of  "life"  pic- 
tures and  nature  views.  Those  in  the 
first  group  are:  1.  Joining  the  "Spe- 
cial" at  Kansas  Citv.  2.  "All  aboard." 
3.  The  Editor  taking  a  picture.  4. 
The  totem  poles  at  the  Portland  Expo- 
sition. 5.  "Auld  Lang  Syne"  on  the 
dried-up  sea  in  the  Nevada  desert.     6. 


Bathing  at  Catalina.  7.  Viewing 
Cripple  Creek.  8.  A  group  of  preach- 
ers "di  V."  ').  Wharf  at  Cata- 
lina. 10.  Big  fish— one  weighing  300 
pounds  was  longer  than  a  member  of 
our  party  standing  beside  if.  11.  A 
Mormon's  house  at  Salt  Lake  with  six 
apartments    adjoining  for   his   wives. 

12.  In  the  lock  on  the  Columbia  river. 

13.  Our  first  Indian  and  papoose.  14. 
Trolleying  in  Salt  Lake  City.  1.5. 
Hanging  out  the  standard— T.  A. 
Abbo't,  the  Editor  fin  shirt  sleeves; 
and  G.  A.  Hoffmann.  10.  Returning 
from  a  trolley  ride  at  San  Bernardino. 
17.  Our  fishermen — J.  H.  Garrison  and 
E.  F.  Daugherty,  Wabash,  Ind.  18. 
A  tallyho  at  Denver.  19.  A  glass  bot- 
tomed boat  at  Catalina.  20.  Leaving 
San  Pedro.  21.  Approaching  Avalon. 
22.  Mrs.  G.  A.  Hoffmann  has  a  good 
laugh.  23.  Divers  at  Avalon.  24.  A 
drive  through  Salt  Lake  City.  25. 
The  Editor  and  his  wife  see  Riverside. 
26  and  27.  In  Chinatowr,  San  Fran- 
cisco. 28.  A  merry  party  in  the  Salt 
Lake.  29.  "Who  are  they?"  30.  The 
big  woman  on  the  Trail.  31  and  32. 
Fruit  venders.     33.  At  Saltaire. 

The  second  group  pictures:  1.  Over 
the  Shasta  route.  2.  Plain  and  moun- 
tain in  Nevada.  3.  The  heart  of  the 
Rockies.  4.  Up  Mt.  Lowe.  5.  A  Los 
Angeles  home.  6.  A  salmon  wheel  on 
the  Columbia.  7.  The  Divide — the 
Pacific  end,  showing  snow-sheds,  of 
the  two-mile  tunnel.  8.  The  Palisades 
of  the  Columbia.  9.  The  Temple  and 
statue  of  Brigham  Young,  Salt  Lake 
City.  10.  In  northern  California.  11. 
Mt.  Shasta.  12.  St.  Peter's  Dome  and 
the  "Short  Line"  Road.  13.  A  salmon 
cannery.  14.  Avalon  Bay.  15.  At 
Santa  Monica.  16.  Market' street,  San 
Francisco.  17  and  18.  On  the  Colum- 
bia. 19.  Magnolia  avenue,  Riverside. 
20.  At  the  Portland  Fair.  21.  The 
rapids  of  the  Columbia.  22.  Seals  at 
Catalina.  23.  The  Antler's  Hotel  and 
Pike's  Peak.  24.  In  Red  Reck  Canon. 
25  and  26.  At  the  Portland  Fair.  27. 
Shasta  waterfall. 

Under  "Our  Budget"  will  be  found 
a  statement  about  obtaining  these 
photographs. 


Texas  Christian  University. 

The  educational  institution  of  the  Disciples  of 
Christ  for  the  great  southwest  located  at  Waco,  the 
central  city  of  Texas  and  the  Athens  of  the  south. 
Value  of  school  property  5200.000.00.  Enrollment 
last  session  470.  Number  of  teachers  employed  in 
the  various  schools  twenty-five-  The  University 
embraces  the  following  schools  and  Colleges: 
1.  Add-Ran  College  of  Arts  and  Sciences.  II.  Col- 
lege of  the  Bible.  III.  Normal  College.  IV.  Col- 
lege of  Business.  V.  College  of  Music.  VI. 
School  of  Oratory.  VII.  School  of  Art.  VIII. 
Preparatory  School.  Strong  courses  in  Biblical 
languages,  English,  Modern  languages,  mathema- 
tics, sciences,  history  and  the  classics.  The  equip- 
ment consists  of  a  good  Library  which  is  being 
enlarged  every  year:  four  laboratories,  chemical, 
physical,  biological  and  psychological;  a  good 
supply  of  maps,  globes,  charts;  an  ample  number 
of  recitation  rooms.  The  musical  department  is 
equipped  with  21  pianos,  two  of  them  being  concert 
grand  and  one  parlor  grand.  A  new  pipe  organ 
has  recently  been  installed.  We  have  on  our 
music  faculty  persons  that  have  enjoyed  the 
best  European  training.  Our  teachers  have  all 
of  them  specialized  for  their  work  by  post-grad- 
uate courses.  Our  Art  teacher  was  trained  in  one 
of  the  best  German  schools. 

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advantages  offered.  Send  for  catalog  to  E.  V. 
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Convention    Notes    and    Sayings 


T'r.  .  a'.ion  was  admirably  located 

in  the  central  part  of  the  city,  convenient 
to  hotels,  restauran  !s,  <:eet  cars,  etc.,  and 
the  Firs  -egational  Church  made  an 

ideal  audience  room  for  all  the  sessions  of 
the  convention.  The  Native  Sons'  Hall 
ed  admirably  the  purpose  of  a  head- 
quarters of  the  convention.  It  would  have 
been  better,  perhaps,  to  have  used  these 
two  audience  :00ms  for  the  communion 
tead  of  Woodward's  Pavilion, 
but  that  could  not  have  been  known  so 
well  beforehand. 


Referring  to  the  communion  service,  it  is 
due  to  say  that  Chairman  W.  M.  White,  of 
the  West  Side  Church,  presided  with  quiet 
dignity,  and  managed  everything  in  an 
orderly  manner.  The  address  of  T.  W. 
Pinkerton  was  admirable,  both  in  matter 
and  manner,  and  the  music,  led  by  Brother 
Nesbit,  was  tender  and  appropriate.  Only 
the  ill-adaptation  of  the  place  itself  to  this 
sort  of  service  marred  the  effect  of  this  oc- 
casion, and  this  was  overcome  as  far  as 
possible  by  good  management. 


The  San  Francisco  papers  were  very 
liberal  in  the  space  given  to  the  conven- 
tion, both  in  pictures  and  reports  of  the 
proceedings.  If  tbe  people  of  that  city 
and  of  the  state  do  not  know  more  about 
the  Disciples  of  Christ  than  ever  before, 
tbe  newspapers  are  not  to  blame  for  it. 
The  Sunday  edition  contained  articles  by 
different  brethren,  setting  forth  some  of 
the  things  for  which  we  stand,  and  the 
history  of  our  cause  in  California,  etc. 
Western  papers  can  usually  be  relied  upon 
to  recognize  the  presence  of  a  religious 
convention  and  pay  it  proper  respect. 
What  the  Associated  Press  dispatches  have 
done  for  the  convention  we  have  not  yet 
fully  learned,  but  so  far  as  we  have,  the 
news  service  seems  to  h^ve  failed. 

The  Editor  of  The  Christian-Evangel- 
ist arrived  in  San  Francisco  in  time  to 
attend  the  closing  session  cf  the  Northern 
California  State  Convention,  in  session  at 
the  West  Side  Church,  and  he  was  almost 
embarrassed  by  the  hearty  reception  ac- 
corded him  by  the  California  brethren, 
when  called  upon  to  make  a  brief  speech. 
The  Golden  State  is  not  one  whit  be- 
hind any  of  our  states  in  the  number  of 
able  leaders  in  proportion  to  its  member- 
ship. The  report  of  the  Berkeley  Bible 
Seminary,  by  President  McAneney  and 
Dean  Van  Kirk,  was  most  cheering,  and 
the  brethren  were  unanimous  and  enthusi- 
astic in  its  support.  That  institution  is 
doing  much  for  our  cause  in  California. 


The  convention  had  many  climaxes  of 
enthusiasm.  In  an  "Echo"  meeting  at 
Portland,  C.  M.  Chilton,  cf  St.  Joseph, 
Mo.,  said  the  climax  of  the  convention 
came  on  Monday  night  at  the  close  of 
F.  M.  bowling's  great  address  on  "A 
United  Church  and  an  Evangelized 
World."  We  tnink  many  would  agree 
with  this  judgment.  The  aole,  scholarly 
address  by  Piofessor  <  alhoun,  of  the  Bible 
College,  Lexington,  v  ,  on  "Missions  the 
Supreme  Apologet.  '  had  laid  the 
foundation  for  a  new  a.z<\  higher  apprecia- 
tion of  missions.  Then  came  Dowling 
with  his  soul  aflame  with  an  union 

as  the  condition  of  successful,  world-wide 
missions.  He  lifted  the  great  audience  to 
heights  of  holy  enthusiasm,  as  he  massed 
the  facts   and  arguments,   and   the   testi- 


monies of  missionaries  on  the  field  and 
leading  thinkers,  showing  our  denomina- 
tional divisions  to  be  a  supreme  hindrance 
to  the  work  of  missions.  When  he 
closed  his  address  with  [the  ,'iragic  recita- 
tion of  ' '  Men  of  thought  and  men  of  action , 
clear  the  way!"  the  audience  broke  forth 
into  spontaneous  and  long-continued  ap- 
plause, showing  that  the  speaker  had 
touched  the  center  of  a  great  plea,  in  the 
judgment  of  his  auditors,  and  tapped  the 
deepest  reservoir  of  their  enthusiasm.  The 
speaker  has  not  been  well  for  a  year,  but 
he  summoned  all  his  energy  and  vital 
force  for  the  occasion  and  threw  himself 
with  abandon  into  his  great  theme.  Those 
who  heard  him  and  all  who  know  him  will 
pray  for  his  complete  restoration  to  health 
and  strength. 


No  set  of  men  appeared  to  better  advan- 
tage and  spoke  more  to  the  point  than  the 
devoted  band  of  home  missionaries  intro- 
duced to  the  convention  by  Secretary  B.  L. 
Smith.  If  the  whole  brotherhood  could 
have  seen  them  and  heard  their  earnest 
pleas  for  tbe  fields  they  represented  it 
would  certainly  greatly  increase  their 
liberality  toward  home  missions.  We  are 
sure  that  those  of  us  who  were  privileged 
to  see  and  hear  them,  could  but  have 
prayed,  "God  bless  our  faithful  home 
missionaries  who  are  holding  up  the  ban- 
ner of  New  Testament  Christianity  in 
destitute  fields,  and  who  often  endure  an 
opprobrium  that  many  of  us  do  not  under- 
stand!" 


E.  L.  Powell  made  a  good  presiding 
officer,  and  his  address  on  Tuesday  even- 
ing was  another  climax,  following  a  strong 
address  by  R.  P.  Shepherd  on  Church  Ex- 
tension. Covering  a  part  of  the  same 
ground  that  Brother  Dowling  had  covered, 
Brother  Powell  eulogized,  in  glowing 
terms,  his  brother's  address,  and  in  his 
own  masterly  way  emphasized  the  three 
words,  American,  Christian,  and  Missionary, 
in  the  title  of  the  society  he  represented, 
as  equally  characteristic  of  the  religious 
movement  with  which  the  society  is  iden- 
tified. The  address  elicited  frequent  and 
hearty  applause  and  stood  out  prominently 
in  a  convention  of  great  addresses. 


W.  J.  Wright's  report  on  the  Bureau  of 
Evangelism  showed  him  to  be  a  man  of 
wise  discrimination  and  well  fitted  for  the 
position  he  occupies,  as  superintendent  of 
evangelism,  and  J.  M.  Rudy's  address, 
following,  on  "Ideals  in  Evangelism," 
was  unique,  able,  marvelous  in  its  insight, 
its  power  of  characterization,  and  in  the 
speaker's  gift  of  rapid  utterance  of  things 
worth  saying.  The  evangelists  would  not 
all  agree  with  some  things  he  said  about 
methods,  but  in  the  main  bis  address  was 
heartily  received.  We  are  ahead  in  evan- 
gelism, but  we  are  not  beyond  improve- 
ment. 


Tbe  splendid  report  of  the  acting  board 
of  managers  of  the  A.  M.  C.  S.  presented 
through  its  untiring  secretary,  B.  L.  Smith, 
with  the  forceful  presentation  of  the  report 
of  Church  Extension  by  its  indefatigable 
secretary,  G.  W.  Muckley,  with  the  clear, 
able  address  of  R.  H.  Crossfield  on  "The 
Second  Chapter  of  Church  History," 
which  was  the  evangelization  of  Palestine, 
made  a  splendid  session  for  Home  Mis- 
sions, and  helped  to  bring  that  interest  still 
further  to  the  front. 


Dean  Van  Kirk,  of  Berkeley  Bible  Sem- 
inary, was  not  much  in  evidence  at  the 
front,  but  behind  the  scenes,  in  his  quiet 
way,  he  was  oiling  the  machinery  and 
helping  in  every  way  to  make  things  run 
smoothly.  He  presided  at  the  First  Con- 
gregational Church  Lord's  day  morning 
and  evening  in  the  absence  of  its  pastor, 
Dr.  Adams,  introducing  the  speakers  and 
in  behalf  of  the  church  welcoming  them, 
while  in  behalf  of  the  convention  he 
thanked  the  church  for  its  Christian  hos- 
pitality. The  Editor  of  this  paper  spoke  at 
the  morning  service  and  C.  McPherson,  of 
Ttxas,  in  the  evening.  The  great  audi- 
torium of  this  historic  church  was  filled  at 
both  services,  as  it  was  indeed  at  every 
session  of  the  convention. 


It  would  be  interesting  if  the  enrollment 
committee  at  San  Francisco  could  furnish 
us  the  number  enrolled  from  the  different 
states,  to  show  which  was  the  banner 
state  in  its  attendance  east  of  the  moun- 
tains. We  hope  they  will  do  this  yet.  It 
would  serve  to  show  how  general  is  the 
attendance  at  our  national  convention, 
and  measure,  to  some  extent,  the  degree  of 
missionary  interest  in  the  several  states.  Of 
course  the  location  of  the  convention  this 
year  was  a  severe  test  of  our  missionary 
zeal,  but  on  that  account,  perhaps,  all  the 
truer  test.  No  one  now  doubts  the  wis- 
dom of  carrying  our  convention  to  the 
coast. 


Two  of  the  youngest  men  on  the  pro- 
gram were  E.  W.  Allen,  of  Fort  Wayne, 
Ind.,  and  W.  S.  Goode,  of  Youngstown, 
O.,  and  their  addresses  were  marked  by  a 
maturity  of  thought  and  literary  finish 
which  made  us  thank  God  for  the  trained 
young  men  that  are  taking  up  the  work 
that  some  of  us  must  soon  be  laying  down. 


The  committee  on  union  with  the  Free 
Baptists  made  report  of  progress  and 
asked  for  reconstruction  of  the  committee 
with  a  view  of  locating  its  members  nearer 
together  so  that  they  could  hold  meetings 
without  too  great  expense.  This  report 
was  adopted  and  the  committee  so  located. 
The  report  held  out  no  prospect  of  imme- 
diate union.  This  is  not  to  be  expected. 
The  educational  process  must  have  some 
time  to  do  its  work.  While  same  of  the 
leaders  are  ready  for  action  now,  the  Free 
Baptists  of  New  England  are  more  con- 
servative and  less  inclined  to  any  practical 
unification.  Time  and  the  divine  leading 
will  do  the  work. 


Much  praise  is  due  to  the  California 
brethren  in  general,  and  to  tbe  San  Fran- 
cisco churches  and  those  about  the  bay  in 
particular,  for  the  labor  they  bestowed  on 
the  convention  and  for  the  admirable  ar- 
rangements made  for  the  convenience  and 
comfort  of  delegates.  The  Editor  regrets 
that  he  was  deprived  of  the  pleasure  of 
attending  the  reception  on  Thursday  even- 
ing on  account  of  arrival  of  train  too  late, 
and  of  attending  the  closing  session  on 
Wednesday  night  following  on  account  of 
departure  of  the  Special  too  early.  Asevere 
cold  prevented  attendance  at  the  Christian 
Endeavor  session  Saturday  evening.  With 
these  exceptions  we  "took  in"  the  con- 
vention pretty  thoroughly. 


The  "affiliated    interests"    had   a  good 
heariag   Thursday,    though    some  of   the 
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Our    Budget 


—This  is  our  Convention  Number. 

— We  believe  it  will  be  found  to  contain 
more  about  our  Inter-national  Convention 
than  any  number  that  has  ever  been  issued 
by  any  of  our  publishing  houses. 

—Of  course,  in  giving  so  much  space  to 
the  convention  we  have  had  to  curtail  or 
hold  over  many  articles  and  news  items, 
but  we  hope  next  week  to  get  back  to  our 
usual  variety,  and  as  we  thus  start  in  for 
another  year's  campaign  we  invite  the  co- 
operation of  every  reader  to  make  The 
Christian- Evangelist  more  helpful  and 
more  interesting  than  ever. 

— We  have  spared  no  expense  to  endeav- 
or to  give  our  readers  who  were  not  able 
to  travel  on  our  "Christian- Evangelist 
Special"  an  idea  of  some  of  the  things 
which  we  saw  and  did.  In  the  "Easy 
Chair"  the  Editor  has  described  some  of 
the  incidents  of  the  journey,  and  in  this 
issue  will  be  found  a  large  number  of  pic- 
tures made  from  photographs  taken  by  the 
assistant  editor. 

—In  another  column  is  some  descriptive 
matter  pertaining  to  these  photographs.  A 
great  many  of  those  who  enjoyed  the  con- 
vention trip  have  asked  whether  they 
could  get  copies  of  the  photographs  taken 
by  Mr.  Moore.  We  may  say  that  he 
has  arranged  with  a  professional  photog- 
rapher to  make  copies  of  these  for  any 
who  may  desire  them,  on  the  following 
terms:  The  large  pictures  of  the  "Chris- 
tian-Evangelist Special"  group  and  the 
communion  service  will  cost  30  cents  each. 
The  small  pictures  which  are  of  the  4  inches 
by  5  inches  size  in  the  photograph,  will  cost 
10  cents  each.  In  order  to  save  Mr. 
Moore  undue  trouble,  tbose,  ordering 
should  please  send  the  money  with  their 
order  and  enough  stamps  to  cover  postage, 
and  clearly  indicate  what  pictures  they  de- 
sire, if  they  have  any  individual  prefer- 
ences, or  state  what  portion  of  the  trip 
they  would  rather  their  pictures  should 
represent.  Farther,  they  should  indicate 
whether  they  want  their  pictures  mounted 
on  cardboard  or  whether  they  intend 
them  to  be  placed  in  albums.  If  no  pref- 
erences are  expressed  Mr.  Moore  will 
make  a  selection.  Those  wishing  the  pic- 
tures should  send  in  their  orders  just  as 
soon  as  possible,  as  it  will  take  a  little 
time  to  have  the  pictures  made. 

—Simpson  Ely  is  beginning  a  meeting 
at  Minden  Mines,  Mo. 

—Baxter  Waters  has  taken  up  the  pas- 
torate at  Duluth,  Minn. 

— John  Munro  is  now  permanently  lo- 
cated at  Grand  Valley,  Ont. 

—Marshall  G.  Long  has  resigned  after 
three  successful  years'  work  at  Markle, 
Ind. 

— Thomas  Martin  has  resigned  at  Sandy 
Lake,  Pa.,  and  will  take  the  evangelistic 
field  after  Nov.  12. 

— Levi  Marshall  and  daughter,  of  Hanni- 
bal, Mo.,  have  just  returned  from  a  two 
months'  visit  in  Europe. 

— D.  W.  Connor,  of  Savannah,  Mo.,  has 
accepted  a  call  to  the  pastorate  of  the 
Christian  church  at  Edinburg,  111. 

"The  Original" 

Borden's  Eagle  Brand  Condensed  Milk 
and  the  Civil  War  Veteran  are  old 
friends."  The  Eagle  Brand  is  still  the 
standard.  It  is  sold  by  all  first-class 
grocers.     Avoid  unknown  brands. 


— L.  C.  Wilson,  Cheneyville,  La.,  has 
so  far  recovered  from  a  two  months'  sick- 
ness that  he  Is  able  to  be  in  the  pulpit 
again. 

— The  church  at  Carthage.  Mo.,  has 
called  Brother  Sims,  of  Indiana,  to  suc- 
ceed J.  T.  McGarvey,  who  weDt  to  War- 
rensburg,  Mo. 

— The  brethren  at  Webb  City,  Mo.,  have 
called  W.  E.  Reavis,  late  of  tlie  Broad- 
way Church,  Pueblo,  Col.  He  btgnu  work 
September  1. 

— J.  W.  Famuliner,  who  rtcently  resigned 
at  Bentonville,  Ark.,  where  ar>  $8,000  build- 
ing is  being  finished,  preached  at  Neoi-ho, 
Mo.,  September  3,  where  a  similar  house 
will  soon  be  erected. 

— W.  F.  Turner,  of  the  First  Church, 
Joplin,  Mo.,  who  was  called  home  from 
the  national  convention  by  the  illness  of 
his  little  son  with  typhoid  fever,  reports 
the  son  as  convalescent. 

— The  brethren  at  Gallatia,  Mo.,  have 
had  a  bonfire  and  burned  a  note  of  $725 
which  has  been  with  them  for  six  years. 
C.  W.  Comstock,  tbeir  pastor,  reports  one 
addition  by  reinstatement. 

— Brother  McLean  announced  at  the  San 
Francisco    convention    that    the    Foreign , 
Society  will  issue  Mrs.  Rijnhart's  book  for 
50  cents— the  cost  of  production— in  order 
that  it  may  have  a  wide  reading. 

— The  offering  for  the  Ministerial  Relief 
Fund  at  the  communion  service  in  Cali- 
fornia amounted  to  $378.45.  This  was 
small  compared  with  last  year,  but  satis- 
factory, all  things  being  considered. 

— We  have  received  a  communication 
from  the  officers  of  our  church  at  Rolla, 
Mo.,  reflecting  upon  the  character  of  Troy 
O.  Barrett,  who  represents  himself  to  be  a 
Christian  minister,  and  who,  it  is  stated, 
still  holds  ordination  papers. 

— T.  J.  O'Conner  has  finally  accepted  a 
call  to  Eldora.Ia.,  which  he  first  refused 
to  consider,  owing  to  his  contract  with  the 
New  Sharon  church.  The  brethren  at  the 
latter  point  finally  agreed  to  let  him  go 
and  his  call  to  Eldora  is  for  two  years. 

— Edward  O.  Tilburn  closed  his  work 
at  Warsaw,  Ind.,  September  10,  having 
accepted  a  call  to  Mishawaka,  which  of- 
fers a  larger  field.  A  successor  has  not 
been  chosen.  Letters  should  be  addressed 
to  Geo.  W.  Dresser,  Warsaw,  Ind. 

— The  work  on  the  new  church  building 
and  parsonage  at  Woodbine,  la.,  is  pro- 
gressing. The  old  church  has  been  sold 
and  the  members  are  now  meeting  in  a 
tent.  There  have  recently  been  six  ad- 
ditions.    B.  F.  Hall  is  pastor. 

— H.  S.  Saxton  and  wife  have  charge  of 
the  music  in  the  meeting  just  begun  at 
Neodesha,  Kan.,  where  E.  E.  Lowe  is  do- 
ing the  preachin?.  Those  desiring  their 
services  during  October  and  November 
can  write  them  there  until  October  1. 

— F.  L.  Van  Voorhis,  who  was  appointed 
general  superintendent  of  Christian  En- 
deavor at  the  last  Indian  Territorial  Con- 
vention, urges  every  church  to  follow  the 
recommendation  of  the  committee  on 
future  work  to  organize  a  young  people' s 
society  at  once. 

— James  M.  Miller,  of  the  Bible  College, 
Lexington,  Ky.,  who  will  graduate  next 
June,  supplied  the  pulpit  of  the  First 
Church,  Joplin,  Mo.,  during  August  to  the 
entire  satisfaction  of  the  church.  There 
were  a  number  of  additions  to  the  church 
during  the  month. 

— The  church  at  Tacoma,  Wash.,  through 
its  pastor,  W.  A.  Moore,  extends  a  most 
cordial  invitation  to  all  Disciples  to  attend 


A  Christian 

-OR- 

Church  Member—Which? 

1  liOusau'Ji  n\  coi»ie«  have  h>een  told  al  50c.  e> 

Reduced  now  to  25  cents,  Postrald. 

Every  dnficfl  j-<ht   t/,    n 

Minister;,  doctortand  bwyeraghre  testim'/n>  • 
Ifarding  it*  great  value. 
Dr.     JKO.      O.      M.      WTTEIfBERGER, 
5104  Morgan  St.,  St.  LouU. 


the  Western  Washington  Christian  con- 
vention, which  is  to  meet  in  Tacoma, 
Oct.  25,  26.  "Our  homes  will  be  open," 
writes  Brother  Moore. 

—On  Oct.  1  a  beautiful  neweburch  build- 
ing will  be  dedicated  at  Scottsburg,  Ind., 
with  F.  M.  Rains  in  charge  of  the  services. 
The  public  is  and  all  ministers  who 
formerly  served  the  church  are  especially 
invited  to  be  present.  M.  H.  Jacks  is  the 
minister,  and  Dr.  G.  F.  Cline,  president  of 
the  official  board. 

—While  J.  W.  Baker,  minister  at  South 
Joplin,  Mo.,  was  on  a  vacation  in  the  west, 
M.  R.  Ely,  of  New  Orleans,  very  accepta- 
bly filled  the  pulpit.  At  the  same  time  he 
conducted  meetings  through  the  week  at 
Jackson  s.hoolhouse,  five  miles  south, 
with  about  tfcenty  added  up  to  September 
5,  and  the  meeting  continuing. 

— A  telegram  from  Oakland,  Cat.,  an- 
nounces that  $13,600  have  been  raised 
for  a  new  church,  and  that  24  were  added 
that  day  to  the  membership,  the  total  ad- 
ditions for  fourteen  days  of  the  Scoville 
meeting  being  117.  T.  A.  Boyer  is  the 
pastor.  Brother  Scoville  was  to  preach 
one  more  evening  and  then  go  to  Kansas 
City. 

—The  First  Church,  Mansfield,  Ohio, 
has  been  newly  decorated,  carpeted  and 
lighted.  A  men's  club-room  has  been 
built  and  the  magnificent  plant  will  be  re- 
opened on  September  24.  The  cost  has 
been  provided  for.  Bruce  Brown  writes 
that  it  is  the  best  church  he  has  ever 
served. 

— W.  A.  Fite  is  now  supplying  for  the 
church  at  Windsor,  Mo.,  until  they  can 
call  a  preacher.  This  is  the  home  of 
Brother  Fife's  boyhood  and  where  he  was 
ordained  to  the  ministry.  It  will  be  re- 
membered that  Brother  Fite  resigned  at 
Amarillo,  Tex.,  just  before  his  wife's 
death.  He  expects  to  locate  in  Missouri 
again. 

—The  laying  of  the  corner  stone  of  the 
new  Christian  church  at  Liberty,  Mo., 
where  R.  G.  Frank  is  minister,  took  place 
on  Sep:.  7.  W.  F.  Richardson,  J.  H. 
Hardin,  A.  B.  Jones,  Rev.  R.  E.  Dicker- 
son,  pastor  of  the  Liberty  Pastors'  Alli- 
ance, and  E.  F.  Allen,  a  prominent 
Mason  of  Kansas  City,  were  on  the  pro- 
gram. 

— The  new  building  at  Murray,  Ky.,  is 
nearly  completed,  and  Z.  T.  Sweeney  has 
been  engaged  to  dedicate  it  October  8. 
The  auditorium  will  seat  about  275  people 
and  the  Sunday-school  room  175.  The 
building  is  of  pressed  brick  and  stone, 
with  two  towers,  and  the  cost  will  be 
about  $30,000.  The  basement,  when 
finished,  will  contain  kitchen,  lecture  room, 
etc.  A  handsome  organ  has  been  pur- 
chased. Naturally  the  brethren  are  rejoic- 
ing in  this  success  and  looking  forward 
hopefully  to  the  future.  G.  H.  Cashel 
Stoney  is  the  minister. 

For  Feeble   Children 


HORSFOKD'S   ACID  PHOSPHATE 

A    pleasant-tasting,    effective    tonic    for    siekly, 
fretty  or  feeble  children  with  weak  digestion. 


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September  14,  1905 


— Samner  T.  Martin  writes  that  the 
church  at  Pasadena,  Cal.,  had  the  privi- 
lege of  hearing  George  B.  Ranshaw,  Miss 
Mattie  Pounds,  Miss  Mary  Kingsbury  and 
T.  W.  Pinkerton  just  after  the  convention. 
and  were  both  delighted  and  inspired  by 
:  speeches. 

— The  outlook  for  the  work  at  Norwood, 
O.,  where  Joseph  Armistead  is  now  minis- 
ter, is  very  bright.  This  congregation 
will  join  the  big  campaign  planned  for 
Cincinnati  next  month.  H.  P.  Smith  will 
conduct  their  meeting.  This  church  con- 
tributed over  $100  this  summer  to  assist 
a  weak  church.  Their  Extension  offering 
was  £ 

—Next  Lord's  day  the  building  which 
our  brethren  erected  to  represent  the 
Disciples  of  Christ  at  the  World's  Fair  will 
again  be  dedicated,  this  time  as  a  perma- 
nent church  building  at  Old  Orchard, 
St.  Louis.  Some  changes  have  been 
made,  but  the  former  design  has  been 
kept  in  view.  R.  L.  Wilson,  late  of 
Chicago,  has  taken  up  the  work  as  pastor. 

— A  telegram  from  H.  G.  Angle,  Union- 
port,  O.,  announces  that  the  anniversary 
week  of  this  congregation  has  developed 
into  a  revival  in  which  there  have  been  34 
additions  to  date  and  the  community 
stirred  as  never  before.  Clarence  Mitchell 
is  the  evangelist.  He  just  closed  the  seventy- 
fifth  anniversary  week  at  Hopedale,  where 
there  were  several  baptisms. 

— G.  H.  Cashel  Stoney,  has  returned  to 
his  work  at  Murray,  Ky.,  after  an  absence 
of  three  months,  during  which  he  studied 
in  Boston  and  attended  the  lectures  of  the 
Summer  School  of  Theology  at  Harvard 
University.  He  had  the  pleaiure  of  meet- 
ing several  old  friends  and  many  new  ones, 
and  enjoyed  the  delightful  fellowship  of  a 
number  of  the  churches  in  Massachusetts. 

— C.  H.  DeVoe  is  at  Grand  Rapids, 
Wis.,    for  a   few   days   preaching  for  the 


THE   GREAT   COMMUNION    SERVICE  in  Woodward 


newly  organized  church  and  helping  them 
to  make  ready  for  the  state  convention, 
which  meets  there  September  19-22.  Al- 
though this  church  is  only  four  months 
old,  it  has  undertaken  to  entertain  the 
convention.  It  has  extended  a  unanimous 
call  to  Brother  Dean,  of  Colfax,  111.,  to 
become  its  first  pastor. 

— O.  L.   Hull,  who  will  finish  his  studies 


at  Hiram  this  next  year,  has  been  laboring 
faithfully  for  the  church  at  Chesterland 
and  Fowler's  Mills,  O.,  for  the  last  few 
months  until  they  could  secure  a  resident 
pastor.  Brother  Hull  is  highly  commended 
by  the  official  board  of  the  first  church 
mentioned,  which  has  called  A.  M. 
Jenkins,  of  Holmesville,  O.,  to  take  up  the 
regular  pastorate  October  1. 


•  WITH  THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELI  ST   SPECIAL"— This  photograph  was  taken  at  a  point  in  the  Nevada  desert  where  the  Indi 
rocks.    Not  all  of  our  party  left  the  train,   but  most  of  them  are  represented  in  the  photo,   the  most  notable  absentee  being  the  Editor 

his   associate,   for   something  he  had   forgotten. 


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Francisco.     There  were  some  six  thousand  persons  present. 


— A  promising    meeting    has   begun  at 

Little  Rock,   Ark.,  where  J.  N.  Jessup  is 

pastor.  Twelve  additions  are  reported  and 

there  is   growing  interest.    R.  H.  Fife,  of 

Kansas  City,  is  doing  the  preaching,  and 

Edward  McKinney,  of  Illinois,  conducting 

the   music.    A  newspaper  report  indicates 

that  Evangelist  Fife  is  preaching  the  right 

kind  of  sermons,  and  that  the  ly 

re  is  bard 


1  number  of  pictures  and  hieroglyphics  on  the 
in-EvangeusTj  who  slipped  back,   unknown  to 


standing  room  in  the  church  building. 

—A.  F.  Hensey  sails  in  a  few  days  for 
Bolengi,  Africa.  He  goes  as  a  missionary 
of  the  Foreign  Society.  He  will  spend  some 
two  weeks  in  England  on  the  way.  Mr. 
Hensey  is  a  graduate  of  Kentucky  Uni- 
versity. 

—Miss  Mary  Rioch ,  one  of  the  mission aries 
of  the  Foreign  Society,  to  Tokio,  Japan,  is 
now  enjoying  a 'much-needed  vacation 
with  her  friends  in  Canada.  Her  enthusi- 
asm over  her  work  in  the  Sunrise  Kingdom 
is  boundless. 

—Mark  Peckham,  of  Hiram,  Ohio,  has 
just  gone  to  Havana,  Cuba,  in  the  service 
of  the  Foreign  Society.  His  special  work  is 
that  of  teaching,  but  he  will  do  general 
missionary  work  as  opportunity  presents 
itself.  He  is  supported  by  the  students  of 
Hiram  College. 

— The  Foreign  Society  has  received  $5,- 
000  from  R.  A.  Long  for  the  Female  Chris- 
tian College,  Tokio,  Japan.  The  receipts  of 
the  Foreign  Society  for  the  first  six  days  of 
September  amounted  to  $6,205.  The 
amount  now  needed  to  reach  $250,000  by 
September  30  is  $23,309.  It  would  be  a 
real  misfortune  to  fail  now  when  victory  is 
so  near. 

— B.  B.  Tyler  has  just  completed  forty- 
four  years  of  uninterrupted  service  in  the 
ministry,  he  having  been  ordained  at 
Eureka,  111.,  Sept.  4,  1861.  He  asserts 
that  he  was  never  happier  than  he  is  in  the 
South  Broadway  Church,  Denver,  which, 
according  to  reports  in  the  little  church 
paper,  seems  to  have  been  well  educated 
in  the  matter  of  giving,  for  we  note  that 
the  total  amount  deposited  on  the  plates 
during  July  and  August  averaged  $111.13 
per  Sunday. 

$         $ 

BIBLE  COLLEGE  AT  HOME. 

If  you  can  not  go  to  college,  the  college 
can  go  to  you.  Let  us  send  you  our  new  il- 
lustrated catalogue.  Write  Chas.  J.  B.'rton, 
Pres.  Christian  College,  Oskaloosa,  Iowa. 


—The  dedication  of  the  new  ch-rcb  at 
Kansas  City,  of  which  Brother  George  H. 
Combs  is  pastor,  is  announced  for  Sep- 
tember 17.  The  offering  on  this  occasion 
will  be  for  missions,  as  the  ch  re:  "owes 
the  world  nothing  save  service,"  says  its 
pastor.  Z.  T.  Sweeney  is  engaged  to 
preach  the  dedicatory  sermon,  and  in  the 
evening  a  series  of  evangelistic  services 
ander  the  leadership  of  ScoviHe  and  Smith 
will  be  begun. 

— H.  R.  Ford  writes  that  the  work  of  the 
East  Dallas  church  is  rapidly  growing. 
"The  inspiration  from  the  Scoville  hmith 
meeting  remains  and  within  a  few  months 
we  expect  to  begin  the  erection  of  a  very 
handsome  church  edifice.  Since  the  clcse 
of  the  meeting,  Aug.  6,  13  have  been 
added.  During  my  vacation  the  church 
called  me  for  another  year,  beginning 
Jan.  1,  at  a  handsome  increase  in  salary. 
We  constantly  keep  before  the  church 
'the  tithing  system,'  and  that  accounts 
much  for  the  large  giving  of  this  people." 

Convention  Notes  and  Sayings. 

(continued  from  page  1192. ) 

appointed  speakers  were  absent.  We  hope 
to  be  able  elsewhere,  or  later,  to  make 
fuller  reports  of  the  action  of  some  of  these 
important  interests.  The  Eenevolent 
Association  had  a  fine  hearing  and  awak- 
ened a  deep  interest.  Its  allied  interest, 
the  Ministerial  Relief,  had  its  innings  at  a 
previous  session  in  which  the  report  of 
Brother  Orcutt  was  followed  by  a  very  able 
address  by  I.  J.  Spencer.  The  address  by 
Brother  Mohorter  on  the  work  of  the 
Benevolent  Association  on  the  last  night  of 
the  convention  is  said  to  have  been  a 
strong  plea.  The  Business  Men's  Associa- 
tion was  represented  by  its  president,  J.  H. 
Allen,  of  St.  Louis,  whose  sentiments  con- 
cerning the  responsibility  of  men  of  affairs 
toward  the  interests  of  the  kingdom  of 
God  were  heartily  applauded.  The  meet- 
ing at  night  is  reported  elsewhere. 

"If  all  Christians  were  Christians,"  ac- 
cording to  the  suggestive  address  of 
Brother  G.  L.  Bush,  of  Texas,  what  could 
we  not  accomplish  along  all  the  lines  of 
our  activity?  But  we  are  becoming  mtre 
Christian,  and  that  is  our  hope.  We  go  to 
Buffalo  next  October,  and  S.  M.  Cooper 
is  the  president-elect,  an  honor  worthily 
bestowed. 


"The  Christian  who  makes  his  life  con- 
form to  the  purpose  of  God  is  antedating 
heaven  and  reaches  the  heights  at  once 
the  broadest,  freest,  happiest."— E.  W. 
Allen. 

"Bacchus  is  a  great  god  in  our  age." 
— C.  M.  Chilton. 

"I  have  grown  up  in  the  church  was 
reared  by  a  Christian  mother,  and  it  is 
my  conviction  to-day  that  the  church  is 
not  equal  to  meeting  the  issues  of  the 
hour.  There  was  in  Jesus  and  the  apostles 
a  power  that  is  not  in  the  modern  church. 
We  are  willing  to  give  ourselves  to  Christ 
up  to  a  certain  limit,  but  few  men  are 
willing  to  abandon  themselves  to  Jesus 
Christ."— C.  M.  Chilton. 

"Shall  America  go  out  on  missions  of 
mercy  or  only  on  mercenary  missions?"— 
J.  H.  O.  Smith. 

"We  look  in  the  mirror  and  brush  our 
hair  and  hug  ouselves  when  we  give  a  lit- 
tle to  missions." — F.  M.  Rains. 

"You  know,  brethren,  where  anything 
in  very  small,  we  say  it  looks  like  thirty 
cents.'  Our  missionary  offerings  average 
twenty-nine  cents."— A.  McLean. 


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THE       CONVENTION      The   Home  Society 


The  sessions  of  the  American  Christian 
Missionary  Society  were  preceded  by  three 
Bible  studies  on  "the  Holy  Spirit,"  led  by 
J.  H.  Garrison. 

After  the  opening  study  S.  M.  Martin, 
on  behalf  of  the  ladies  of  the  Pasadena 
Christian  church,  presented  the  president 
of  the  Society  with  a  gavel,  after  which 
G.  W.  Muckley  presented  the  report  of  the 
Church  Extension  Society.  Tnis,  as  he 
pointed  out,  is  not  a  complete  report,  but 
it  was  full  of  hope.  While  the  receipts  for 
the  ten  months  were  short  by  $4,555  com- 
pared with  the  same  period  last  year,  yet 
there  was  assured  a  further  amount  of 
$10,000  which  will  more  than  make  up  this 
deficiency.  The  secretary  further  an- 
nounced that  he  had  received  a  telegram 
from  the  Church  Extension  office  announc- 
ing that  nearly  1,400  contributing  church- 
es were  then  on  the  list.  He  pointed  out 
that  a  large  number  of  the  best  preachers 
had  not  seemed  to  think  it  necessary  to  an- 
nounce that  their  churches  would  take  the 
offering,  so  that  Brother  Muckley  felt  cer  - 
tain  that  the  number  of  churches  that 
would  take  the  offering  would  very  closely 
approach  the  aimed  at  two  thousand.  The 
total  receipts  of  the  society  had  been  this 
year  $96,061,  including  returned  loans  and 
in  all  work  they  had  lost  only  $563.  The 
secretary  asked  whether  the  time  had  not 
come  for  a  "square  deal"  and  pleaded  that 
churches  that  took  the  other  church  offer- 
ings should  give  the  Church  Extension 
work  a  place.  In  conclusion  he  jubilantly 
hinted  that  there  were  some  "big  things" 
to  be  made  known  later.  "We've  got 
things  coming  you  don't  know  of  now,' ' 
he  said. 

Benjamin  L.  Smith  following  present- 
ed very  briefly  a  resume  of  the  American 
Christian  Missionary  Society's  report. 
This  has  already  appeared  in  the  columns 
of  The  Christian-Evangelist,  and  shows 
that  this  past  year  has  been  the  best  in  the 
history  of  the  society.  The  secretary 
pleaded  that  the  offering  for  home  missions 
should  not  be  smothered  by  the  other  offer- 
ings because  it  was  sandwiched  in  between 
them.  In  conclusion  he  announced  that 
he  had  completed  ten  years  of  service  and 
in  that  period  $715,000  had  been  raised, 
799  churches  organized,  47,611  converts 
baptized,  while  to-day  there  are  in  its  per- 
manent funds  $137,000.  He  intimated  in 
conclusion  that  there  were  good  prospects 
of  some  reasonably  large  gifts  in  the  near 
future  for  the  cause  of  home  missions. 

After  the  reports  had  been  referred  to 
the  proper  committees,  and  a  song,  R.  H. 
Crossfield,  of  Owensboro,  Ky.,  made  a 
fine  address  on  ..he  th^me,  "The  Second 
Chapter  of  Church  History."  Brother 
Crossfield  has  a  good  presence  and  pulpit 
style.  His  speech  was  listened  to  with 
greatest  interest,  for  its  theme  was  close 
to  the  hearts  and  consciences  of  his  audi- 
tors, independent  of  the  effective  way  in 
which  it  was  presented.  He  accented  the 
need  of  the  gospel  in  the  home  land.  His 
query  why  this  convention  should  not  send 
one  hundred  missionaries  to  evangelize 
New  York  was  received  with  applause. 
The  question  now  is,  Where  will  service 
and  means  accomplish  the  greatest  results 
for  Christ? 

The  introduction  of  home  missionaries 
was  the  next  item  on  the  program,  and 
it  was  a  very  attractive  one  to  the  large 
audience.    Speeches  were  limited,  and  Broth- 


er Handsaker.  working  in  East  Oregon,  was 
the  first  man  called  on.  He  said  he  felt 
like  a  converted  heathen  when  he  found 
himself  a  missionary  to  his  native  state, 
and  then  he  told  us  how  vast  that  state 
was  and  how  few  churches  making  our 
plea  there  are  in  it.  In  the  southern  part 
of  the  state  there  is  a  vast  tract  of  terri- 
tory where  we  have  no  church  at  all,  while 
in  the  northeastern  section  there  are  but 
a  few  small  congregations. 

Charles  E.  Smith,  of  Charleston,  S.  C, 
said  that  the  nearest  church  building  for 
primitive  Christianity  to  his  location  was 
fifty  miles  distant.  L.  E  Scott,  formerly 
of  St.  Paul,  but  now  on  the  sunny  slope 
of  San  Francisco,  and  H.  J.  Loken,  of 
Richmond,  across  the  bay,  followed.  At 
the  latter  location,  which  is  rapidly  be- 
coming an  oil  and  railway  center,  we 
have  the  only  church,  which  was  started 
two  years  ago  with  twelve  people,  and 
which  has  been  enlarged  twice.  The  only 
way  now  for  growth,  said  its  pastor,  is 
by  removing  the  paper  from  the  walls. 

Grant  K.  Lewis  made  a  rousing  speech 
in  the  interests  of  Southern  California, 
where  there  has  been  a  twenty  per  cent 
increase  in  the  churches  and  twenty-five 
per  cent  increase  in  the  membership  during 
the  past  year.  J.  A.  L.  Romig,  the  only 
man  from  Canada  in  attendance  at  the 
convention,  emphasized  the  vastness  of  the 
territory  to  which  he  was  sent  three  years 
ago.  Four  other  congregations  have  been 
established  from  his  congregation.  P.  C. 
MacFarlane,  from  the  Patmos  of  the  new 
Mediterranean,  told  the  origin  of  the  church 
at  Alameda.  It  was  started  by  women  and 
had  "no  elders  or  deacons."  During  the 
past  year  he  had  been  down  into  the  bap- 
tistry forty-seven  times,  and  believed  that 
at  no  distant  date  he'  will  be  able  to  report 
that  he  has  been  down./  470  times.  T.  W. 
Pinkerton  spoke  of  the  loneliness  of  being 
500  miles  from  any  other  preacher,  and 
pictured  a  Jerusalem  we  may  have  in 
Utah.  He  started  in  to  tell  us  about  two 
things  that,  as  a  brotherhood,  we  ought 
to  do  to  make  any  headway  in  the  Mor- 
mon state ;  but  he  only  had  time  to  dwell 
on  the  importance  of  schools  when  he  was 
cut  short  by  the  chairman's  bell.  Inci- 
dentally, he  mentioned  that  the  Presby- 
terians are  putting  $40,000  a  year  into 
schools  in  Utah.  Brother  Kirchstein,  of 
Nebraska,  showed  what  wonderful  oppor- 
tunities we  have  in  that  state,  where  is 
the  smallest  percentage  of  illiteracy  and 
waste  land,  and  whose  representation  at 
the  convention  was  very  large.  R.  N. 
Davis,  of  Santa  Cruz,  spoke  beautifully 
of  the  work  there.  O.  P.  McGaughey,  of 
Washington,  pictured  the  wonderful 
growth  and  opportunities  in  that  north- 
west state.  E.  W.  Darst,  of  Berkeley, 
spoke  of  the  plans  that  were  being  formu- 
lated for  increasing  the  work  in  that  beau- 
tiful suburb. 

B.  L.  Smith  appealed  for  double  the 
amount  of  means,  and  the  report  of. the 
statistical  secretary  followed.  This  report 
will  be  found  in  another  column.  Then 
came  the  report  of  the  union  with  the  Free 
Baptists,  which  was  read  by  S.  H.  Bartlett 
and  referred  to  a  special  committee  with 
the  suggestion  that  it  should  be  made  a 
standing  committee. 

The  report  of  Clinton  Lockhart,  H.  L. 
Calhoun,  J.  H.Allen,  W.  G.  Conley  and 
S.  H.  Bartlett,  the  committee  to  which 
was  referred  the  report  of  the  Committee  on 


Conference  with  the  Free  Baptists,  recom- 
mended that  the  Committee  of  Twelve  be 
known  as  the  Committee  on  Union  with  the 
Free  Baptists  and  that  it  be  a  standing 
committee  empowered  also  to  confer  con- 
cerning union  with  like  committees  of 
other  religious  bodies,  and  further,  that 
this  committee  be  empowered  to  raise 
funds  for  its  expenses  by  private  solicita- 
tion and  to  adopt  its  own  by-laws  and 
rules  of  order,  to  fill  vacancies  that  may 
occur,  and  invite  to  its  assistance  such 
other  persons  as  it  may  deem  wise.  The 
committee  is  to  report  annually  to  the 
national  convention  and  be  always  subject 
to  its  direction.  The  committee  is  to  be 
named  annually  by  the  regular  nominating 
committee  of  the  American  Christian  Mis- 
sionary Society  and  that  appointed  at  this 
convention  was  constituted  of  the  following: 
E.  B.  Wakefield  and  B.  S.  Dean,  of 
Hiram,  O.;  Robert  Moffett,  W.  rf.  Ryan 
andS.  H.  Bartlett,  of  Cleveland,  O.;  C.  A. 
Freer,  of  Painesville,  O.;  George  Darsie, 
of  Akron,  O.;  J.  G.  Slayter,  of  Pittsburg, 
Pa  ;  T.  W.  Phillips,  of  Newcastle,  Pa.; 
C.  J.  Tannar,  of  Detroit,  Mich.;  J.  M. 
Van  Horn,  of  Worcester,  Mass.,  and 
M.  E.  Harlan,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  The 
committee  making  these  recommendations 
expressed  their  confident  belief  that  there 
is  no  insurmountable  obstacle  to  our  union 
with  Free  Baptists  and  that  such  union 
ought  to  be  consummated  as  speedily 
as  circumstances  will  permit,  and  they 
therefore  recommended  that  the  com- 
mittee should  use  every  means  to  its  ac- 
complishment. 

i  The  afternoon  session  was  opened  with 
a  continuation  of  the  Bible  study  by 
J.  H.  Garrison,  after  which  came  an  "Hour 
of  Evangelism,"  with  the  report  of  W.  J. 
Wright,  the  superintendent.  Following  this 
was  a  fine  address  by  J.  M.  Rudy,  of  Se- 
dalia,  Mo.,  on  "Ideals  in  Evangelism."  The 
length  of  Brother  Rudy's  paper  necessita- 
ted his  reading  it  with  great  rapidity,  but 
the  matter  was  so  excellent  and  thought- 
provoking  that  he  was  followed  with  the 
greatest  interest,  and  from  time  to  time 
interrupted  by  both  laughter  and  applause. 
We  hope  to  present  the  address  in  fuller 
form  in  a  later  issue  of  The  Christian- 
Evangelist. 

Reports  of  committees  then  followed,  all 
of  them  being  adopted.  F.  M.  Dowlingr 
of  the  Nominating  Committee,  presented 
the  following  names  as  officers : 

President,  S.  M.  Cooper,  Cincinnati ;  vice- 
presidents,  C.  C.  Chapman,  California,. 
E.  C.  Sanderson,  Oregon,  A.  B.  Kellogg, 
Kentucky;  recording  secretaries,  W.  W. 
Sniff,  Indiana ;  C.  J.  Armstrong,  Ken- 
tucky; S.  M.  Bernard,  Colorado;  corre- 
sponding secretary,  B.  L.  Smith,  Ohio; 
treasurer,  C.  J.  Neare,  Ohio;  auditor,  L.  C. 
Fillmore,  Ohio;  acting  board,  S.  M.  Coop- 
er, C.  J.  Neare,  B.  L.  Smith,  A.  M.  Har- 
vout,  W.  F.  Smith,  J.  H.  Filmore,  H.  C. 
Dalton,  H.  T.  Loomis,  P.  Y.  Pendleton, 
B. '  Sebastian,  L.  C.  Fillmore  and  B.  W. 
Wasson. 

R.  H.  Waggener  was  re-elected  super- 
intendent of  Christian  Endeavor,  and  the 
officers  of  other  boards  were  re-elected. 

The  Committee  on  Recommendations 
called  on  the  preachers  and  ministers  to 
increase  their  efforts  to  impress  the  broth- 
erhood with  Home  Missions  as  the  only 
basis  on  which  the  work  can  be  effectively 
carried  forward.  They  called  on  the  Na- 
tional   Benevolent    Association   not    to    in- 


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elude  the  churches  in  its  appeal  for  funds 
on  Easter  Sunday,  emphasized  rally  day 
being  more  observed,  and  called  upon  all 
the  churches  to  take  an  offering  for  Church 
Extension  in  September.  Of  course,  it  ex- 
pressed appreciation  of  the  work  of  the 
secretaries  and  field  men.  E.  W.  Elliott, 
of  Kentucky,  presented  the  report  on  the 
place  of  meeting,  which  was  Buffalo,  N.  Y., 
October,   1906. 

The  Joint  Committee  on  Resolutions, 
through  R.  H.  Crossfield,  made  the  usual 
expression  of  thanks  to  all  who  had  made 
the  convention  so  successful,  and  sent 
greetings  to  some  of  the  leaders  who  were 
absent,  and  asked  that  the  watchword 
should  be,  "A  Forward  Movement." 

The  standing  committee  on  the  centen- 
nial made  its  fourth  annual  report  through 
J.  H.  Garrison.  It  spoke  of  the  encour- 
aging progress  and  increased  liberality, 
and  the  spiritual  growth  among  our  people. 
It  recommended  the  appointment  of  a  capa- 
ble man  who  will  devote  'himself  to  secure 
a  centennial  fund,  and  further  recommended 
that  the  National  Business  Men's  Associa- 
tion should  assume,  for  the  present,  the 
special  responsibility  of  providing  the  sup- 
port of  such  a  man.  It  also  recommended 
that  a  special  committee  of  seven,  to  be 
located  in  or  near  Pittsburg,  should  be  ap- 
pointed to  co-operate  with  the  standing 
committee,  which  shall  have  the  right  to 
add  any  one. 

The  only  difference  of  opinion  manifested 
in  the  public  sessions  of  the  convention 
was  when  J.  H.  Garrison  brought  up  the 
matter  of  changing  the  time  of  the  con- 
vention. He  suggested  that  it  might  be 
wise  to  go  to  Buffalo  next  year  during  the 
first  week  of  September.  Some  of  the 
secretaries  seemed  to  be  alarmed  at  such 
a  suggestion.  Brother  Muckley  took  the 
position  that  it  would  kill  the  Church  Ex- 
tension offering.  Miss  Mattie  Pounds 
thought  such  a  movement  would  work  in- 
jury to  the  C.  W.  B.  M.  President  McLean 
doubted  the  advisability  of  discussing  such 
a  change  out  on  the  Pacific  coast.  F.  M. 
Rains  brought  up  the  practical  objection 
that,  according  to  his  understanding,  the 
buildings  had  already  been  engaged  for 
the  Buffalo  convention  for  the  month  of 
October,  and  it  might  not  be  possible,  even 
if  it  were  desirable,  to  make  any  change. 
T.  J.  Legg,  as  a  state  worker,  believed 
in  the  change  and  accepted  the  suggestion 
of  A.  C.  Smither,  who  was  in  the  chair, 
that  the  change  should  be  made  if  it  were 
possible  to  ee.t  the  halls  in  September.  J.  A. 
Hopkins  believed  in  an  earlier  date.  J.  H. 
Garrison  said  he  had  made  the  motion  to 
test  the  matter,  and  that  he  would  now 
move  that  a  committee  of  five  be  appointed 
to  take  the  subject  under  advisement  and 
report  at  the  next  convention.  This  mo- 
tion prevailed. 

The  Christian  Endeavor  Committee's 
report  commended  the  work  of  the  officers, 
and  expressed  satisfaction  with  the  re- 
markable growth,  recommended  that  $300 
and  expenses  be  allowed  the  national  su- 
perintendent, and  desired  the  various 
boards  to  designate  the  several  boards  to 
which  the  Christian  Endeavorers  should 
contribute,  and  asked  that  special  attention 
should  be  given  to  the  development  of 
proper  material  for  the  pulpit  and  mission 
field.  They  also  asked  that  our  young  peo- 
ple should  take  no  second  place  in  the  in- 
crease and  betterment  campaign. 

The  rest  of  the  session  was  taken  up 
in  five-minute  talks  on  missions  by  Chas. 
R.  Scoville,  S.  M.  Hunt,  J.  B.  Boen,  J.  \. 
XJpdike   and   J.   PL   Garrison.  "  These   were 


enthusiastic,  and  were  received  very  favor- 
ably by  the  audience.  Brother  Hunt  called 
attention  to  the  fact  that  we  had  no  church 
in  New  Hampshire,  and  this  was  the  only 
state  in  which  such  a  condition  exists. 
J.  H.  Garrison  proposed  to  guarantee  the 
support  of  an  evangelist  who  should  go 
to  plant  a  Christian  church  in  New  Hamp- 
shire. It  was  announced  that  W.  L. 
Gaines,  of  Long  Beach,  Cal.,  will  support 
a  preacher.  At  the  suggestion  of  J.  B. 
Boen,  a  resolution  calling  upon  the  Sen- 
ate and  House  of  Representatives  to  sup- 
prcss  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  in 
Oklahoma  for  twenty  years,  upon  its  en- 
trance to  statehood,  was  passed. 

The  two  addresses  of  the  evening  were 
fine  deliverances.  That  of  E.  L.  Powell, 
the  president  of  the  year,  is  given  in  out- 
line- on  another  page.  It  was  delivered 
with  all  the  fire  and  abandon  of  a  southern 
orator  and  made  a  great  impression,  not 
only  upon  the  delegates,  but  upon  those 
who  are  not  familiar  with  our  plea. 
Brother  Shepherd's  address  on  Church  Ex- 
tension was  also  a  strong  speech,  put  forth 
in  language  that  pleased. 

The  continuation  of  the  Home  Society's 
session  was  held  on  Wednesday,  J.  H. 
Garrison  again  leading  the  Bible  study  on 
"The  Holy  Spirit." 

The  first  address  was  by  George  L.  Bush, 
of  McKinney,  Tex.,  on  the  subject,  "If 
all  Christians  were  Christians."  We  hope 
to  give  a  fuller  report  of  this  in  a  subse- 
quent issue  of  The  Christian-Evangeust. 

The  report  of  the  Board  of  Ministerial 
Relief  showed  that  a  little  over  $2,000  in 
excess  of  <;he  amount  of  the  ten  corre- 
sponding months  of  last  year  had  been  re- 
ceived up  to  date.  But  as  only  263 
churches  had  contributed  this  year,  it 
would  seem  that,  as  a  brotherhood,  we 
have  failed  to  realize  the  importance  of 
helping  those  who  have  become  worn  out 
in  their  labors  for  the  gospel. 

I.  J.  Spencer,  of  Lexington,  Ky.,  was 
the  speaker  on  behalf  of  the  subject,  and 
made  a  strong  plea  for  ministerial  sup- 
port, as  well  as  ministerial  relief.  "What 
God  hath  ordained,"  was  the  title  of  his 
speech.  We  hope  to  give  it  in  fuller  detail 
as  we  have  space. 

Dr.  B.  G.  Long,  was  introduced,  repre- 
senting Buffalo;  he  told  the  convention 
what  our  churches  in  that  city  are  plan- 
ning to  do  in  regard  to  the  holding  of 
the  next  convention.  They  have  the 
finest  hall  in  the  United  States,  with  a 
seating  capacity  of  5,000;  and  another 
banquet  hall  is  near  by. 

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September  14.  1905 


The  Session  of  the  Foreign  Society 


.-     opening    session    of    the    Foreign 
:*..ssionary    Society     began     on 
lay  morning  in  the  Pilgrim  Congrega- 
■1  Church  with  devotions  led  by  Harry 
-  mitfa .  of  Kentucky.  There  followed  a  re- 
ef progress,  presented  by  Pres.  A.  Mc- 
Lean, which  has  already  appeared  in  The 
Christian- Evangelist.      The     platform 
was  noted  for  its  absentees,  only  two  mem- 
bers o:  the  board— S.  M.  Cooper  and  W.  S. 
Dickinson— supporting    the  president  and 
senior  secretary.     The  following  commit- 
tees were  announced: 

ssionary  Intelligencer— W.  E.  Crab- 
tree,  of  California;  F.  F.  Bullard,  of  Vir- 
ginia, E.  S.  Muckley.  of  Ohio;  M.  A.  Hart, 
of  Missouri,  and  L.  O.  Knipp,  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. 

Committee  on  Africa— T.  J.  Legg,  of 
Indiana:  L.J.  Marshall,  of  Missouri;  C. 
Mci'herson.  of  Texas;  S.  M.  Bernard,  of 
Colorado.  George  C.  Ritchey,  of  Oregon, 
and  P.  J.  Rice,  of  Indiana. 

Committee  on  Nominations— W.  F.  Tur- 
ner, of  Missouri,  W.  P.  Aylesworth,  of 
Michigan:  J.  P.  McKnight,  of  California; 
George  P.  Townsend,  of  New  York;  A.  L. 
Chapman  of  Washington,  and  T.  P.  Ul- 
lom,  of  Michigan. 

As  the  record  was  for  only  ten  months  of 
the  year  and  the  reports  from  the  field  had 
not  been  received,  the  statement  presented 
at  this  convention  was  necessarily  of  a 
general  character,  but  it  was  one  picturing 
victory  for  the  society,  and  the  most  nota- 
ble year  in  its  history.  There  has  been  the 
largest  number  of  contributing  churches, 
Sunday-schools  and  Christian  Endeavor 
Societies  and  also  the  largest  number  of  in- 
dividual gifts.  There  has  been  an  unpre- 
cedented increase  in  the  amounts  given, 
as  also  in  the  percentage  of  increase. 
Sixteen  new  missionaries  have  been  ap- 
pointed and  all  are  to  sail  during  the 
month  of  September.  New  stations  have 
been  opened  at  Bo  Cheo  and  Tung  Chow, 
China. 

F.  M.  Rains  in  his  characteristic  way 
presented  a  few  figures  which  show  that 
$1,000  in  excess  of  the  $15,000  necessary  to 
secure  R.  A.  Long's  gift  of  $5,000  for  the 
college  at  Tokio  had  been  raised  The 
genera!  gain  has  been  the  largest  in  the 
history  of  the  society  from    every  source. 


The  total  amount  received  in  the  ten 
months  was  $207, S00,  but  the  $250,000 
aimed  at  will  be  raised.  Brother  Rains 
believed  that  the  churches,  as  churches, 
will  give  $100,000  this  year  and  that  the 
Sunday-schools  will  total  over  $60,000  be- 
fore the  year  shall  be  closed.  He  empha- 
sized especially  the  gain — 26  new  ones— in 
living  link  churches.  There  are  now  71  of 
these  and  the  secretary  expressed  the  wish 
that  there  should  be  100  at  the  end  of  the 
society's  year.  It  was  noted  that  two  Cali- 
fornia churches  have  become  living  links. 
Brother  Rains  felt  that  we  must  secure 
$50,000  for  missionary  homes  and  con- 
cluded by  quoting  the  testimony  of  some 
prominent  demominational  leaders  as  to 
the  growth  and  forcefulness  of  the  mission- 
ary work  of  the  Disciples  of  Christ.  The 
report  was  adopted. 

E.  W.  Allen,  of  Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  then 
delivered  a  very  fine  address  on  the  pur- 
pose of  God  as  revealed  in  the  New  Testa- 
ment, a  pretty  full  report  of  which  ap- 
peared in  last  week's  Christian-Evan- 
gelist. The  central  idea  of  the  discourse 
was  that  it  was  God's  purpose  that  his 
kingdom  shall  be  established  on  earth  in 
every  human  heart,  and  that  this  is  ad- 
vanced by  every  heart  made  to  conform  to 
the  divine  will.  There  followed  what  is 
always  the  most  interesting  hours  of  a 
convention.  A  number  of  the  missionaries 
who  have  been  on  furlough  or  who  are 
going  for  the  first  time  to  the  foreign  field 
were  presented,  several  of  them  making 
brief  addresses.  Among  them  were  Bruce 
L.  Kirschner  and  his  wife,  who  go  to  the 
Philippines;  J.  C.  Ogden  and  wife,  of  Ken- 
tucky, who  go  to  TibetrH.  C.  Saum  and 
wife,  of  Ohio,  who  go  to  India  (a  pleasing 
little  incident  occurred  when  their  four- 
year-old  boy,  in  response  to  the  calls  of  the 
congregation  was  lifted  in  his  father's 
arms):  D.  O.  Cunningham  and  wife,  of 
Ohio,  who  also  go  to  India;  Miss  Griffith, 
of  Nebraska,  and  Miss  Stella  Lewis,  of 
Kentucky,  who  go  to  India  and  Japan. 
Among  the  returned  missionaries  were 
Miss  Oldham,  of  Kentucky,  and  Miss 
May  Rioch,  of  Canada,  from  Japan. 

The  principal  business  event  was  the 
change  in  the  Constitution,  recommended 
at  the  board  meeting.  This  was  presented 


by  George  Miller,  and  adopted.  It  altered 
Article  4  of  the  Constitution  by  adding 
three  members  to  the  board,  so  that  this 
now  consists  of  one  president,  seven  vice- 
presidents,  one  recorder,  two  secretaries 
and  a  treasurer.  Another  change  was  in 
Article  10,  where  the  phrase,  "The  general 
Missionary  Convention,"  was  made  to 
read ,  ' '  The  American  Missionary  Society. ' ' 
As  indicated  in  our  editorial,  it  was  voted 
by  the  executive  committee  that  an  ad- 
ditional secretary  should  be  employed; 
that  the  question  of  the  salaries  of  mis- 
sionaries while  at  home  on  furlough  be  re- 
ferred to  a  committee  to  report  one  year 
hence,  and  that  steps  be  taken  to  estab- 
lish a  home  near  one  of  our  educational 
institutes  for  the  children  of  missionaries. 

In  the  afternoon  the  president  of  the  so- 
ciety called  on  some  of  the  audience  for 
their  impressions  of  the  morning  session. 
Brother  McLean  gave  a  short  talk  explain- 
ing some  of  the  charts  that  hung  around 
the  building  and  showing  the  value  of  these 
to  the  churches  in  inspiring  missionary 
enthusiasm. 

W.  F.  Turner  then  presented  the  re- 
port of  the  committee  on  nominations, 
which  was  adopted.  This  recommended 
the  re-election  of  the  present  officers  of  the 
society,  with  the  addition  of  Stephen  J. 
Corey  as'  an  additional  secretary,  and 
W.  P.  Rogers,  of  Cincinnati,  and  A.  B. 
Philputt,  of  Indianapolis,  as  additional 
vice-presidents.  There  was  a  lengthy  re- 
port prepared  by  P.  J.  Rice  and  read  by 
T.  J.  Legg,  on  the  subject  of  our  work  in 
Africa  where  there  are  ninety-five  millions 
of  pagans  and  seventy-seven  millions  of 
Mohammedans.  The  report  gave  a  bird's- 
eye  view  of  our  missionaryjstation  and  its 
methods  of  work.  There  has  been  a 
steady  advance,  the  buildings  have  been 
repaired  and  new  ones'erected,  and  an  in- 
creased interest  is  reported.  The  needs  of 
the  field  require  at  least  one  man  to  be 
sent  out  to  open  a  new  f  station,  and  if  pos- 
sible an  unmarried  lady  to  assist  in  the 
station  already  established. 

W.  E.  Crabtree  read  a  report  on  the 
"Missionary  Intelligencer,"  which  com- 
mended a  wider  ci'rculation[of£that  period- 
ical. "Preparation  for  the  Marcn  Of- 
fering," a   symposium,  proved   to  be  one 


New  Missionaries  of  the  Foreign  Society  Who  Went  to  Their.  Respective  Fields  in  September. 


Mi-     Or.r.  e   I 
hth.  of  Pawner 
I      Neb., 
who  jfoei   to  I 


Ml  .  and  Mh-.   H.  C.   Saum,  of  Prai- 
rie iJepot    <").,  who  go  to  India. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alex.  Paul,  of  Hiram, 
O.,  who  go  to  China. 


W . 

Le  .'.        of  Stanford, 

;Ky.,  *ho  goes  to 

Japan. 


MK.andMc-.  J.  C.  0<.l>en,  of  Car- 
lisle, Ky.,  who  (jo  to  Tibet. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  D,  O.  Cunningham, 
of  Findlay,  O.,  who  go  to  India. 


Hv«li2k*V- 


Mk,  and  Mrs. Bruce  L.    Kirschner. 

of  Martinsburg,  W.  Va.,  whogo 

to  the  Philippine  Islands. 


Mark  Peckham, 

of  Hiram,  O.,  who 

goes  to  Cuba. 


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Prof.  C.  T.  Paul  and  wife,  of  Hiram, 
0.,  who  go  to  China. 


Master    Justus 
Paul. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


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of  the  most  attractive  features  of  the 
Foreign  Society.  It  embraced  thirteen 
three-minute  speeches.  F.  M.  Rains,  who 
conducted  the  symposium,  called  these 
speakers  "rapid  firing  guns,"  and  so  they 
were.  Not  one  of  the  speeches  was  tame, 
but  all  bristled  with  inspiring  facts  and 
most  favorable  suggestions.  The  topics 
were  as  follows:  Advertising  the  Offering, 
by  A.  C.  Smither;  Making  An- 
nouncements, by  R.  P.  Shep- 
herd; Preparing  the  Official  Board, 
by  I.  J.  Spencer;  The  Preacher's  Prepara- 
tion, by  J.  H.  Mohorter;  Reading  Mis- 
sionary Books,  by  W.  G.  Conley;  Mis- 
sionary Sermons,  by  Geo.  C.  Ritchey; 
Using  the  "Missionary  Voice,"  by  W.  A. 
Moore;  An  Offering  from  Every  Member, 
by  G.  A.  Miller;  Pastoral  Letters,  by  J.  P. 
McKnight;  Use  of  the  March  Offering  En- 
velope, by  M.  D.  Clubb;  Preparing  for  a 
Great  Day,  by  R.  L.  Cartwright;  Prayer 
in  the  Preparation,  by  W.  E.  Crabtree; 
Going  Beyond  the  Apportionment,  by 
C.  W.  Dick.  These  speeches  will  all  be 
published  in  a  booklet  by  the  Foreign  So- 
ciety and  sent  to  the  churches  in  due  season. 
"The  Need  of  More  Giving"  was  the 
title  on  the  program  of  the  address  to 
the  convention  which  was  given  by  W.  S. 
Goode,  of  Youngstown,  Ohio.  This  ad- 
dress appeared  in  last  week's  Christian- 
Evangelist  under  that  more  striking 
title  of  "Missing  Links."  It  was  received 
with  great  favor. 


While  both  the  morning  and  afternoon 
sessions  of  the  convention  were  very  well 
attended,  the  evening  session  was  an  over- 
flow meeting,  every  part  of  the  large 
church  being  crowded.  H.  L.  Calhoun, 
of  the  Bible  College,  Lexington,  Ky.,  was 
the  first  speaker,  his  subject  being  "Mis- 
sions the  Supreme  Apologetic."  It  was 
a  fine,  polished  presentation  of  the  theme 
and  appealed  to  the  intellectual  side  of  a 
big  audience.  The  best  argument  for  the 
members  of  the  Christian  religion  is  Chris- 
tianity itself  and  it  is  in  missions  that  we 
find  a  supreme  apologetic  of  Christianity, 
said  Brother  Calhoun.  Apologetic  is  that 
devision  of  systematic  theology  whose  aim 
is  to  prove  the  divine  origin  and  character 
of  Christianity  as  the  one  religion  for  the 
human  race.  "Actions  speak  louder  than 
words,"  "A  tree  may  be  known  by  its 
fruits."  The  best  way  to  prove  to  a 
thirsty  man  that  pure  water  will  quench 
his  thirst  is  to  get  him  to  drink  the  water. 

The  work  of  missions  is  the  clearest  and 
strongest  manifestation  of  *a.  life  of  Chris- 
tianity. It  is  for  this  reason  that  we  are 
justified  in  saying  that  missions  constitute 
the  supreme  apologetic,  for  the  work  of 
missions  shows  the  superiority  of  Chris- 
tianity as  it  is  shown  nowhere  else.  It  is  by 
our  practice  rather  than  by  our  preach- 
ing that  we  shall  some  day  see  our  religion 
triumphant.  What  India  and  China  and 
other  heathen  lands  need  most  of  all  to 
win  them  to  Christ  is   not  so  much  verbal 


argument  as  the  spirit  and  character  of 
Christ  manifested  in  the  lives  and  char- 
acter of  those  who  are  his  representatives. 
It  was  not  verbal  argument,  but  the  medical 
missionary  touching  with  bis  merciful 
hands  the  needs  of  men,  that  won  the 
way  for  Christianity  in  Siam,  Korea  and 
f  ash  mere.  When  toe  church  at  home 
shall  be  filled  with  the  Holy  Spirit  and 
power,  then  may  missionaries,  full  of  the 
Holy  Spirit  and  power,  be  found,  for  a 
church  cannot  give  what  she  does 
not  possess.  And  spiritual  agents  for 
spiritual  work  is  an  absolute  requirement 
in  order  to  succeed.  Let  U3  embody  in 
life  what  we  have  for  so  long  sung  in 
words,  "I  love  thy  kingdom,  Lord,"  etc., 
for  then,  and  not  until  then,  shall  we  see 
the  cause  of  Christ  triumphant.  We  shall 
hope  to  present  Brother  Calhoun's  ad- 
dress in  fuller  form  in  a  future  issue  of 
The  Christian- Evangems'j  . 

The  closing  address  of  the  Foreign  So- 
ciety's session  in  the  opinion  of  many  was 
the  most  striking  address  delivered  during 
the  convention.  It  was  keyed  to  the  pitch 
which  inspires  any  assembly  of  Disciples 
of  Christ,  for  its  theme,  "A  L'nited 
Church  and  an  Evangelized  World,"  has, 
in  effect,  been  the  war  tocsin  of  all  our 
aggressive  work.  It  was  a  fine  presenta- 
tion of  the  historic  position  of  our  brother- 
hood on  the  subject  of  Christian  union. 
We  print  on  another  page  a  portion  of  this 
address  and  hope  to  conclude  it  in  our 
next  issue. 


THE    AFFILIATED    INTERESTS 


Two,  among  many,  delightfully  mem- 
orable features  of  this  assembly  were: 
First,  The  people  came  with  a  convention 
conscience— in  justice  to  all  our  many 
enterprises,  they  remained  till  the  pro- 
nouncement of  the  final  benediction;  sec- 
ond, the  continuously  rising  tide  of  interest 
and  enthusiasm  from  the  beginning  till  far 
into  the  night  of  the  last  day,  when  Presi- 
dent Powell  in  dramatic  language  de- 
clared the  sessions  ended. 

Vice-president  A.  C.  Smither  presided 
during  the  afternoon  of  the  last  day.  W.  K. 
Berry,  of  the  "Pacific  Christian,"  con- 
ducted most  helpful  devotions.  Secretary 
Geo.  L.  Snively  had  charge  of  the  National 
Benevolent  Association  hour.  Mrs.  J.  K. 
Hansbrough,  who  has  been  identified  with 
this  movement  from  its  beginning,  read 
the  report  of  receipts  and  disbursements 
and  of  the  status  of  its  eight  homes  and 
hospital  for  the  months  ending  August  1. 
This  showed  $60,000  in  money  and  $8,000 
in  realty  had  been  given  for  this  sacred 
purpose  during  that  period.  A  general  ex- 
pression of  opinion  concerning  this  ministry 
was  then  called  for  and  the  effect  was 
magical  from  the  moment  Peter  Colvin, 
of  Santa  Rosa,  Cal.,  uttered  the  first  word 
of  appreciation  till  the  next  order  of  busi- 
ness was  called.  Chas.  Reign  Scoville 
never  spoke  more  eloquently.  Miss  Mollie 
Hughes,  of  Independence,  Mo.,  and  other 
sisters,  Brothers  Wilhite,  Jopson,  Patterson 
and  many  others,  so  spoke  as  to  enkindle 
unbounded  enthusiasm,  and  when  A.  C. 
McKeever,  of  Fresno,  Cal.,  announced 
himself  as  a  convert  to  this  cause, 
promising  to  take  up  the  next  Easter  offer- 
ing for  its  benefit,  and  asked  all  others  who 
would  help  make  it  the  largest  in  its  his- 
tory, to  rise,  the  great  audience  arose  as  one 
person. 

It  was  moved  and  carried  that  the  chair 
appoint  a  committee  to  arrange  with  the 
association  for  the  establishment  oi  a  home 
in  California. 


T.  J.  Legg,  of  Indiana,  had  charge  of 
the  National  Christian  Bible-school  Asso- 
ciation's session. 

After  presenting  interesting  reports  and 
a  resolution  providing  for  the  re-election 
of  the  existing  board  of  officers,  including 
W.  H.  McClain,  of  St.  Louis,  for  president, 
he  introduced  Secretary  W.  A.  Moore,  who 
delivered  one  of  the  most  effective  ad- 
dresses of  the  convention  on  "The  Rights 
of  the  Child."  Surely  all  who  heard  it 
will  attach  greater  consequence  hereafter 
to  our  Bible-schools  and  labor  more  zeal- 
ously to  improve  their  opportunities  for 
the  redemption  of  the  race.  It  is  gratify- 
ing to  know  Brother  Moore  will  continue 
his  present  relations  with  this  great  cause. 

James  H.  Allen,  president  of  the  Business 
Men's  Association  of  the  Christian  Church, 
made  a  stirring  appeal  to  men  to  identify 
themselves  more  helpfully  with  the  prog- 
ress of  the  kingdom  of  heaven.  He 
called  attention  to  the  pathetic  condition  of 
the  "neglected  rich."  He  urged  preachers 
to  greater  efforts  to  enlist  business  men  in 
church  work  and  to  institute  local  auxilia- 
ries to  the  national  association.  Brother 
Allen's  remarks  were  received  wilh  a 
hearty  and  continuous  applause  prophetic 
of  the  early  magnification  of  his  most  im- 
portant mission. 

Great  credit  for  the  success  of  these 
meetings  is  due  to  the  tact  and  felicitous 
expressions  of  acting  President  Smither. 

An  important  meeting  of  the  members 
of  the  Business  Men's  Association  was  held 
prior  to  the  public  meeting.  The  Presi- 
dent, J.  H.  Allen,  read  part  of  a  report 
which  had  been  prepared  by  W.  D.  Pitt- 
man,  the  corresponding  secretary,  and  ex- 
plained the  reasons  for  Brother  Pittman's 
tendering  his  resignation  of  that  position. 
The  work  has  been  carried  on  chiefly  by 
correspondence.  Brother  Pittman  not  find- 
ing it  possible  to  do  as  he  had  hoped,  and 
get  around  among  the  churches  in  person. 
[But    the    correspondence    method    has    not 


been  a  success,  for  only  about  9^4  per  cent 
of  the  ministers  written  to  have  made  any 
attempt  to  reply;  so  that  any  failure  in 
the  matter  of  aggressive  work  must,  in 
considerable  measure,  be  put  upon  the  min- 
isters of  the  brotherhood.  An  interesting 
discussion  followed,  in  which  it  was  the 
unanimous  consensus  of  opinion  that  there 
should  be  no  going  back.  E.  W.  Darst 
voiced  the  sentiments  when  he  said  that 
it  was  a  new  work,  and  the  preachers  had 
to  be  educated  as  well  as  the  business  men. 
J.  H.  Allen  stated  that  other  denomina- 
tions were  taken  with  the  idea.  J.  H. 
Garrison  thought  we  ought  to  complete  the 
organization,  and  that  there  could  be  a 
combination  of  the  work  by  making  the 
man  who  is  to  undertake  the  special  cen- 
tennial work  the  secretary  of  the  Business 
Men's  Association.  George  Ringo,  of  Riv- 
erside, Cal.,  who  believed  his  church  had 
the  only  chapter  on  the  coast,  thought  the 
association  was  one  of  the  best  things  sug- 
gested for  some  time,  and  he  had  found  it 
of  great  advantage  in  the  work  of  his 
church.  C.  H.  Winders  believed  that  there 
was  no  way  to  reach  men  so  effectually  as 
through  this  men's  organization.  C,  A- 
Young  believed  that  the  leaven  is  working, 
and  he  expressed  the  hope  that  a  note  be 
struck  at  the  convention  to  encourage  A 
large  number  of  business  men  to  be  pres- 
ent at  Buffalo.  Geo.  Muckley  believed  that 
we  were  on  the  eve  of  one  of  the  most 
tremendous  works  ever  done,  and  that  we 
(  must  not  get  impatient;  and  he  thought 
:  the  association  must  employ  the  very  best 
man  possible — a  man  of  driving  force. 
W.  S.'  Dickinson  moved  the  re-election  of 
officers,  and  that  the  matter  of  a  secretary 
be  left  to  the  Executive  Committee.  This 
was  carried.  Geo.  Snively  said  that  the 
secretary  must  be  a  man  who  had  money, 
hope  and  ability.  C.  C.  Chapman  said  there 
must  be  "drive*'  from  the  very  start;  he 
believed  the  societies  would  be  doing  wise- 
ly to  put  in  the  money  necessary  to  employ 


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THE    CHRISTIAN  EVANGELIST 


September  14,  1905 


a  fi:  man,  and  he  made  a  motion 

that  a  request  should  be  made  to  the  four 
-  to  make  a  contribution  to  start 
the  work  of  the  Business  Men's  Associa- 
tion, which  motion  was  adopted.  Paul 
Moore  moved  that  the  by-laws  be  so  amend- 
ed as  to  allow  the  Executive  Committee 
to  elect  from  one  to  five  vice-presidents 
and  from  one  to  twenty-five  directors  in 
each   St..  they   can   find   suitable   men 

to  take  hold  and  push  this  work,  and  that 
those  attending  the  regular  meetings  should 
'.itute  a  quorum.  This  was  approved. 
The  whole  spirit  of  this  meeting  and  of 
those  held  at  the  public  sessions  was  that 
the  work  should  be  pushed  as  vigorously 
as  possible.  It  was  thought  to  be  in  no 
sense  in  conflict  with  any  of  the  organiza- 
tions now  operating  in  the  churches,  and 
that  it  would  ultimately  have  a  greater  ef- 
fect for  the  good  of  the  church  and  the 
cause  than  the  auxiliaries  of  the  C.  W.  B.  M. 
One  of  the  most  interesting  moments  of 
the  convention  was  when  Benjamin  Ide 
Wheeler,  President  cf  the  University  of 
California,  was  introduced  by  Dean  Van 
Kirk  and  made  a  most  happy  address  of 
welcome  and  congratulation.  He'said  he 
felt  very  much  at  home  among  us  at  once. 
He  had  been  present  at  [some  oC'our  little 
chapels  and  met  the  men  who  are  doing 
the  work.  He  had  wondered  at  our  energy, 
which  possibly  was  due  to  the  fact. that  we 
had  unleaded  many  cf^the  things  that  had 
in  the  past  weighted  down  other  organiza- 
tions. He  congratulated  us  because  we 
had  not  spent  our  time  in  worrying  about 


differences  cf  opinion,  but  had  put  our 
energies  into  the  things  that  are  all  im- 
portant, and  that  meant  the  saving  of 
human  society.  Things,  he  said,  that 
divide  are,  when  viewed  in  the  perspective 
of  the  great  whole,  very  small  things. 
After  a  fine  tribute  to  the  Bible  and  an  em- 
phasis on  the  necessity  of  experience, he  con- 
gratulated the  Disciples  of  Christ  on  their 
adaptability  to  human  needs  and  on  their 
good  cheer.  He  declared  that  the  purpose 
of  the  university  was  to  make  men  rich  in 
fruit  for  God  and  humanity,  and  that  no 
church  has  been  a  source  of  greater 
strength  and  help  to  the  university  over 
which  he  presided  than  the  Christian 
Church.  It  is  needless  to  say  that  the  in- 
troduction of  Dr.  Wheeler  was  one  of  the 
most  pleasing  incidents  of  the  convention. 

President  E.  L.  Powell  presided  over  the 
closing  sessions.  The  large  auditorium 
and  galleries  were  again  packed  with  eager 
listeners.  C.  C.  Chapman,  president  of 
the  Southern  California  Board  of  Missions, 
edified  all  through  the  devotional  period. 
"Nearer,  My  God,  to  Thee,"  and  "Lead, 
Kindly  Light,"  by  a  male  quartette,  were 
most  inspirational. 

President  Powell  most  happily  presented 
J.  H.  Mohorter,  cf  Pueblo,  as  the  special 
advocate  cf  the  National  Benevolent  Asso- 
ciation. The  address  was  entitled,  "Chris- 
tian Benevolence— First  in  the  Heart  of 
God,  First  in  the  Heart  of  Man."  It  was 
one  of  the  masterpieces  of  a  convention 
distinguished  for  the  learning  and  elo- 
quence of  its  speeches.     We  commend  to 


all  its  pert  sal  in  an  early  issue  of  this 
paper.  The  association  is  to  be  congratu- 
lated on  such  advocacy. 

J.  H.  Allen,  again,  in  a  telling  speech 
presented  to  the  consideration  of  the  audi- 
ence the  subject  of  the  organization  of  our 
business  men  for  church  set  vice.  His  re- 
marks were  ably  supplemented  by  C.  C. 
Chapman,  F.  M.  Dowling,  L.  H.  Porter- 
field,  of  California,  S.  M.  Hunt,  of  Massa- 
chusetts, and  other  prominent  brethren, 
representing  the  farm,  store,  bank,  bar 
and  bench.  It  was  the  unanimous  senti- 
ment that  this  board  should  secure  a  gen- 
eral secretary,  perfect  its  organization, 
and  vigorously  endeavor  to  enlist  every 
brother  in  the  church  in  the  Lord's  work. 

The  closing  exercises  were  indescribably 
tender  and  beautiful.  One  octogenarian 
testified  to  residence  in  California  as  the 
only  "Christian  only"  in  the  state  acd  was 
inexpressibly  happy  to  be  but  one  now  of 
more  than  20,000  brethren.  The  venerable 
Brother  Durham  was  once  the  only  located 
Christian  minister  on  the  coast.  He  felt 
now  as  did  ancient  Simeon  when  he  beheld 
the  Lord.  John  Shackleford's  words  were 
a  benediction.  Space  forbids  quotations 
from  the  sweet  farewells  by  Brothers 
Smither,  Ford,  White,  McKeever  and 
others  and  the  closing  sentences  by  Brother 
Powell,  to  whom  was  presented  the  gavel, 
as  he  thanked  our  hosts  for  their  countless 
courtesies  and  invoked  divine  blessing  on 
all  the  work  done  by  the  convention  and 
all  the  hopes  it  had  inspired.  "God  be 
with  you  till  we  meet  again." 


Report   of   the   Statistical   Secretary 


Bro.  G.  A.  Hoffmann  pointed  out  that 
the  work  of  the  Disciples  of  Christ 
and  the  growth  of  the  churches  continue 
with  unabated  interest  The  fields  in  which 
our  growth  seems  to  be  most  clearly 
marked  are  Oklahoma,  Indian  Territory, 
Louisiana,  California,  Oregon,  Washing- 
ton, Idaho  and  Pennsylvania.  The  gain  in 
these  states  seems  to  be  from  four  to 
ten  per  cent  per  annum.  There  are  sin- 
gle congregations  and  districts  of  churches 
in  other  states  where  the  gains  are  fully  as 
good,  but  taken  as  states  the  reports  from 
these  are  most  encouraging.  In  some 
eastern  states  every  church  is  expected 
to  have  a  minister  giving  his  time  and  at- 
tention to  pastoral  work.  In  some  western 
and  southern  states  where  once  a  month 
preaching  largely  prevails,  from  ten  to  fifty 
per  cent  only  have  adequate  pastoral  care 
and  training.  As  many  of  these  members 
from  country  churches  move  to  our  cities, 
and  as  they  are  untrained  in  church  life 
and  undeveloped  in  spirituality,  thousands 
are  annually  lost  to  our  cause.  Were  it 
not  for  this  great  leakage  as  well  as  other 
shrinkages  in  our  membership,  our  gains 
would  astound  the  world.  We  1iave  the 
greatest  recruiting  officers  among  men. 
Many  thousands  are  continually  converted 
from  sin  to  the  army  of  our  Lord.  But 
the  number  of  officers  who  are  to  drill  this 
immense  and  growing  army  of  new  re- 
cruits is  insufficient  to  prepare  them  for 
battle.  Ana  yet  it  must  not  be  forgotten 
that  while  the  membership  in  the  churches 
of  Christ  gained  90  per  cent  since  1890, 
the  students  in  our  colleges  studying  for 
the  Christian  ministry  have  gained  117 
per  cent.  While  among  some  of  the  de- 
nominations there  is  great  drouth  of 
young  men  entering  the  Christian  ministry, 
the  Disciples  of  Christ  have  this  remark- 
able   gain.     In  order    to  show    these    and 


other  gains  we  present  to  you  the  follow- 
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These  figures  on  the  gains  of  ministe- 
rial students  in  our  colleges  should  be  ap- 
proached with  the  following  considerations: 
First.  The  number  of  ministers  who  la- 
bored acceptably  for  churches  fifteen  years 
ago  without  college  preparation  was  much 
larger  than  now.  Second.  The  time  spent 
in  school  in  the  preparation  for  the  Chris- 
tian ministry  is  at  'least  twenty  per  cent 
longer  now  than  fifteen  years  ago.  Third. 
The  growth  and  demands  of  our  churches 
are  localizing  the  labors  of  hundreds  of  our 
ministers    and    making   of   them    scriptural 


shepherds  of  a  single  congregation  where 
formerly  they  were  the  great  preachers  of 
a  district  or  state.  These  and  other  reasons 
might  be  given  to  indicate  that  if  our 
growth  in  the  ministry  were  even  fifty  per 
cent  larger  than  it  is  at  present,  there 
would  be  no  difficulty  in  readily  adjusting 
and  utilizing  such  a  gain.  Such  an  in- 
crease in  our  ministry  would  double  our 
net  gains  in  membership;  it  would  deepen 
the  spirituality  of  our  people  and  even 
more  rapidly  increase  our  offerings  for 
missions. 

This  report  does  not  endeavor  to  present 
the  annual  statistics.  In  matters  of  edu- 
cation we  have  made  the  most  rapid  prog- 
ress in  our  history.  The  attendance  of 
students  has  been  larger,  the  buildings 
constructed  more  numerous  and  costly,  and 
the  amounts  added  to  our  endowment  funds 
more  benevolent  than  that  of  any  previous 
year.  Our  missionary  offerings  thus  far 
also  show  more  than  the  normal  average 
gains.  A  single  congregation  gives  more 
for  missions  now  annually  than  the  whole 
brotherhood  gave  in  the  year  1872  to  our 
only  National  Society. 

This  report  called  attention  to  the  fact 
that  we  are  not  utilizing  the  personal  in 
missions  as  we  should.  Hence  the  great 
need  of  city,  county  and  district  missions, 
where  you  can  put  men's  lives  at  work  as 
well  as  their  rnoney.  The  southern  and 
western  fields  are  only  a  blessing  if  you 
will  follow  your  brethren  with  the  home 
missionary  to  plant  churches  at  their  doors. 
The  home  missionary  board  should  have 
the  means  to  support  the  greatest  preach- 
ers and  best  organizers  in  the  American 
cities.  '■ 

9        ® 
A  Fine  Kidney  Cure. 

Mr.  A.  S.  Hitchcock,  East  Hampton,  Conn.,  (the 
Clothier)  says  if  any  sufferer  from  Kidney  and  Bladder 
troubles  will  write  him,  he  will,  without  charge,  direct 
them  to  the  perfect  home  cute  he  used. 


September  14,  ^905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


1201 


Report  of  the  Committee  oa  Conference  With  th  5  Fre;  Baptists 


To  the  American  Christian  Missionary  So- 
ciety, in  convention  assembled,  San 
Francisco,  Cal.: 

Dear  Brethren:  We  refer  you  to  the  last 
annual  minutes  for  particulars  concerning 
the  formation  of  a  Committee  of  Twelve 
from  this  body,  to  consult  with  a  similar 
Committee  of  Twelve,  selected  by  the 
general  conference  of  the  Free  Baptists, 
"on  all  questions  relating  to  the  union  of 
the  two  bodies."  The  persons  appointed 
to  serve  on  these  two  committees  are  there 
given.  The  Free  Baptist  committee  is  "a 
standing  committee  on  conference  with 
other  Christian  people,  to  meet  similar 
committees  which  may  be  appointed  by 
other  bodies,  and  consult  respecting  doc- 
trinal and  other  grounds  of  union,  and 
report  to  the  next  session  of  the  general  con- 
ference." Note  that  the  Disciples'  commit- 
tee is  limited  to  consultation  with  Free  Bap- 
tists; but  the  Free  Baptist  committee  may 
hold  consultations  with  any  Christian  people 
desiring  conferences  on  union.  The  Bap- 
tists and  Congregationalists  have  invited 
these  conferences  and  appointed  commit- 
tees accordingly.  The  Free  Baptists,  in 
their  general  conference  last  September, 
declared  their  readiness  "to  form  such 
alliances  with  other  Christian  bodies  as 
may  promise  larger  results  in  advancing 
the  Lord's  kingdom."  They  "regard 
loyalty  to  Christ  and  the  Bible,  and  the  in- 
dependence of  the  local  church,  as  the  basis 
on  which  closer  relationship  may  be  ob- 
tained." They  do  not  favor  a  union 
which  will  not  "conserve  all  moral  and 
legal  obligations  of  the  church  as  a  cor- 
poration and  safeguard  all  vested  rights;" 
nor  do  they  regard  any  movements  desir- 
able that  do  not  promote  the  union  of  the 
whole  denomination  as  a  body;"  and 
therefore,  "commend  the  brethren  to  re- 
fer all  proposals  and  plans  of  union  to  the 
general  conference,  the  denominational 
head,  that  action,  when  taken,  may  be  the 
action  of  the  whole  and  not  of  a  part." 
It  will  be  seen  that  nothing  fiaal  can  be 
undertaken  by  the  Free  Baptists  until  their 
committee  shall  have  reported  to  the  next 
session  of  the  general  conference  in  1907; 
and  that  many  complicated  matters  must 
be  considered  before  they  will  be  ready  to 
report.  Moreover,  the  union  must  be  "the 
union  of  the  whole  denomination  as  a 
body."  Even  one  local  church,  adhering 
to  the  denominational  doctrine,  name  and 
polity,  would  be  able  to  hold  denomina- 
tional property,  and  would  succeed  to  all 
vested  rights.  This  is  not  a  problem  of 
easy  solution . 

It  will  be  recalled  that  the  Free  Baptists 
and  Disciples  have  had  this  subject  under 
discussion  before.  At  the  annual  conven- 
tion of  this  society  in  October,  1888,  W.  L. 
Hayden,  chairman  of  a  similar  committee, 
reported  the  result  of  a  joint  meeting  held 
at  Worcester,  Mass.,  in  September,  1888, 
as  follows: 

"It  was  unanimously  agreed  that  the 
last  commission  of  Christ,  interpreted  by 
the  teachings  and  acts  recorded  in  the 
New  Testament,  is  the  true  basis  of 
the  union  or  consolidation  of  Christian 
bodies." 

It  was  further  agreed  that  a  union  of  Free 
Baptists  and  Disciples  on  this  basis  in- 
volves: 

"1.  The  adoption  of  a  name  that 
honors  Christ  as  the  sole  Head  and  author- 
ity of  his  church.     .     .     . 

"2.  The  creed  basis  that  'Jesus  is  the 
Christ,  the  Son  of  the  living  God.'     .     .     . 


'3.  Conformity  o£  the  worship  to  the 
model  of  the  New  Testament  church; 
weekly  communion,  practiced  by  the  Dis- 
ciples, may  be  adopted  by  the  several  con- 
gregations of  Free  Baptists  as  they  shall 
see  that  apostolic  teaching  and  practice 
require  it. 

"4.  The  recognition  of  the  independ- 
ence of  the  congregation  in  local  affairs 
and  methods  of  Christian  work;  and  the 
duty  of  Christians  and  congregations  to 
associate  for  mutual  counsel  and  help  in 
all  general  interests,  and  to  co-operate  for 
the  advancement  of  the  cause  of  Christ." 

They  further  recommended  an  immedi- 
ate co-operative  union  as  follows: 

"1.  By  mutual  recognition  of  the  ap- 
proved ministers,  and  the  congregational 
acts  of  both  bodies. 

"2.  By  free  exchange  of  pulpits  and 
pastors. 

"3.  By  uniting  in  evangelistic  services, 
and  other  Christian  work. 

"4.  By  uniting  in  one  congregation 
where  financial  and  numerical  strength 
does  not  warrant  two  congregations." 

This  agreement  was  signed  by  all  five  of 
the  members  of  the  Disciples'  committee, 
and  by  the  chairman  of  the  Free  Baptist 
committee,  who  alone  was  present. 
Doctor  Ball  signed  it  later.  Oir  conven- 
tion of  that  year  passed  resolutions 
"heartily  approving  of  this  action,"  and 
recommending  "that  the  different  congre- 
gations do  all  in  their  power  to  accom- 
plish the  proposed  union  along  the  lines 
indicated  by  the  conference  committee." 
It  does  not  appear  that  this  joint  report 
was  ever  presented  for  consideration  to  the 
general  conference  of  the  Free  Baptists. 

Your  committee  met  in  Cleveland,  Feb. 
21,  1905,  and  organized  by  electing  E.  B. 
Wakefield,  chairman,  and  R.  Moffett,  sec- 
retary. We  also  appointed  S.  H.  Bartlett 
as  assistant  secretary,  with  the  privileges 
of  a  member  of  the  committee.  W.  F. 
Cowden,  of  Washington,  sent  his  resigna- 
tion, with  request  that  T.  W.  Phillips,  of 
Pennsylvania,  be  elected  in  his  place,  which 
was  done,  and  W.  F.  Cowden  retained  as 
advisory  member.  E.  B.  Wakefield, 
R.  Moffstt,  L.  L.  Carpenter,  J.  S.  Gray, 
T.  W.  Phillips  and  L.  M.  Sniff  were 
appointed  an  executive  committee,  three 
to  constitute  a  quorum.  The  secretary 
was  authorized  to  open  correspondence 
with  the  Free  Baptist  committee  and 
ascertain:  (1)  Whether  the  committee 
would  give  their  sanction  to  an  immediate 
co-operative  union,  as  suggested  by  the 
report  of  joint  committee  of  1888,  without 
waiting  for  the  action  of  general  confer- 
ence. (We  believe  that  co-operative  union 
is  the  only  practicable  union  for  many 
years.) 

(2)  Whether  they  desired  a  joint  meet- 
ing any  time  during  this  year,  and  if  so, 
when  and  where? 

To  these  inquiries  no  response  has  been 
received. 

Late  in  May  we  were  informed  that  the 
Free  Baptist  committee  would  be  in  session 
at  Ocean  Park,  Me.,  July  14,  and  that  the 
Disciples'  committee,  or  any  part  of  it, 
would  be  received  for  a  short  conference. 
Accordingly  we  sent  J.  M.  Van  Horn,  of 
Worcester,  Mass.,  and  S.  H.  Bartlett,  of 
Cleveland.  They  report  that  they  were 
cordially  received  and  accorded  the  priv- 
ilege of  addressing  the  committee  along 
lines  that  would  advance  the  cause  of 
union  between  the  two  bodies.     They  left 


the  meeting  with  assurance  that  the  com- 
mittee would  report  after  the  meeting  had 
adjourned.  No  report  has  been  received 
from  the  secretary,  bat  we  learn  from  the 
Morning  Star  that  in  view  of  the  fact  that 
the  Baptists  and  Congregationalists,  at 
well  as  Disciple3,  had  requested  confer- 
ences on  union,  "the  Free  Baptist  com- 
mittee decided  to  hold  a  meeting  to  meet 
representatives  of  these  bodies  at  some 
mutually  convenient  time  and  place,  possi- 
bly in  connection  with  the  National 
Church  Federation  convention  to  be  held 
in  New  York  city  next  November."  There 
will  therefore  be  nothing  for  this  com- 
mittee to  do  until  the  Free  Baptist  com- 
mittee shall  have  notified  us  of  the  time 
and  place  of  their  next  meeting. 

It  is  well  known  that  the  Disciples  have 
been  pleading  for  nearly  one  hundred 
years,  for  the  union  of  all  Christian  people 
by  a  return  to  the  doctrine  and  practice  of 
the  church  of  Christ  as  found  in  the  New 
Testament.  We  have  believed  that  a 
return  to  the  church  of  the  first  century  is 
the  way  to  the  union  for  which  Christ 
prayed.  The  keynote  of  this  plea  was 
given,  and  expressed  by  Thomas  Campbell 
in  1809:  "That  we  may  come  fairly  and 
firmly  to  original  ground,  upon  clear  and 
certain  premises,  and  take  up  things  just 
as  the  apostles  left  them,  that  thus  dis- 
entangled from  the  accruing  embarrass- 
ments of  intervening  ages,  we  may  stand, 
with  evidence,  upon  the  same  ground  on 
which  the  church  stood  at  the  beginning." 

The  Disciples  believe  that  they  stand  on 
this  ground,  and  will  not  consent  to  union 
upon  any  other.  And  it  is  because  the 
Free  Baptists  are  reported  as  standing 
substantially  on  the  same  ground,  that  we 
have  hope  that  these  conferences  and  dis- 
cussions will  make  this  fact  clear  to  both 
bodies,  and  show  that  union  is  already  an 
accomplished  fact.  Between  the  Disciples 
and  the  Pedobaptist  bodies  there  is  too 
little  in  common  to  encourage  the  same 
hope  for  a  speedy  union. 

It  will  take  time.  It  may  take  muck 
time,  but  all  the  signs  of  the  times  point 
clearly  to  a  coming  union,  and  we  trust  it 
will  be  the  union  for  which  Jesus  prayed. 
His  people  are  praying  for  it,  and  growing 
into  it,  and  the  more  so  as  they  come  to 
recognize  that  they  are  "workers  to- 
gether with  God." 

We  submit  herewith  a  special  report  by 
the  secretary  to  which  we  call  the  attention 
of  the  committee  to  which  the  report  may 
be  referred.  •       R.  Moffett,  Secretary. 
E.  B.  Wakhfield,  Chairman. 

P.  S.  The  supplemental  report  deals 
with  the  business  interests  of  the  com- 
mittee, and  recommends  that  some  pro- 
vision be  made  to  meet  necessary  inciden- 
tal and  traveling  expenses.  Also  that  the 
committee  be  reconstructed  "with  a  view 
to  locating  the  members  near  some  cen- 
tral point,  and  comparatively  near  places 
where  regular  meetings  and  joint  meetings 
may  be  held." 

A  Modern  Plea 

for  Ancient  Truth 

By  J.  H.  GARRISON 

An  epitome  of  the  plea  for  a  restoration  of  primiur* 
Christianity  in  doctrine  and  in  life. 

94  Pa»e«— Bound  in  Pretty  Oxford  Gtir- 

Trice,  35  Cents,  Postpaid. 

CHRISTIAN  PUBLISHING  CO.    St  Lonla,  lb, 


1202 


SEPTEMBER    14,    1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 

Report,  of  the  Standing  Committee  on  Evangelism. 


The  work  of  this  committee  has  been 
the  not  easy  task  of  putting  into  practice 
an  untested  theory,  the  giving  of  form 
and  activity  to  an  idea,  the  clothing  of 
dry  bones  with  flesh,  and  the  breathing 
of  the  breath  of  life  into  a  new  body. 

The  superintendent  did  not  assume  the 
duties  of  office  until  November.  1004;  hence 
the  reports  for  but  nine  months  of  the  first 
year's  endeavor  to  organize  our  evangel- 
ism. 

Our  first  aim  has  been  to  awaken  a 
deeper,  more  widespread,  more  practical 
and  abiding  interest  in  evangelism:  to 
make  soul-winning  the  passion  of  every 
preacher  and  Disciple,  and  so  to  direct 
this  passion  as  to  save  the  waste,  both  of 
effort  and  result,  in  former  years.  This 
we    have   sought    to    do    in    various    ways. 

In  order  to  get  our  work  fully  before 
the  preachers  and  churches  we  prepared 
a  special  evangelistic  number  of  the 
•American  Home  Missionary,"  which  was 
wholly  given  to  the  work  of  this  commit- 
tee :  we  sent  out  circular  letters  and  fold- 
ers, concerning  our  aims  and  methods,  to 
all  our  preachers  and  many  others.  We 
have  set  forth  in  these  our  own  views  of 
an  organized  evangelism;  we  have  sought 
to  obtain  from  all  the  brethren,  through 
these  mediums,  suggestion,  advice  and 
friendly  criticism,  and  have  conscientious- 
ly sought  to  make  our  organization  an 
agency  to  help  every  preacher,  increase 
his  efficiency  as  a  soul-winner,  and  save 
his  ministry  from  ruts,  dry  rot  and  for- 
malism, changing  in  many  cases  the  pul- 
pit from  a  lecture  platform  into  a  life- 
saving  station.  We  have  tried  to  increase 
the  preacher's  power  and  efficiency,  mul- 
tiply his  workers  by  enlisting  his  entire 
membership  in  the  work  of  soul-winning, 
and  thus  extend  more  rapidly  the  borders 
of  the  kingdom  of  God. 

A  department  of  evangelism  has  been 
conducted  regularly  in  the  "American 
Home  Missionary-" 

We  are  slowly  and  laboriously  organiz- 
ing an  evangelistic  bureau  or  an  intel- 
ligence bureau  concerning  evangelists  and 
singers.  Many  churches  desire  the  serv- 
ices of  these  workers,  but  do  not  know 
how  to  go  about  securing  them.  They 
are  unacquainted  with  the  persons  who  do 
evangelistic  preaching  and  singing.  We 
are  slowly  making  up  lists  of  evangelists 
and  singers,  and  pastors  who  can  hold  an 
occasional  meeting;  we  are  seeking  to  ob- 
tain such  accurate  information  regarding 
these  persons  as  to  enable  us  wisely  to 
assist  the  congregations  in  selecting  work- 
ers from  these  available  sources.  We  are 
aiming  to  get  the  workers  into  those  par- 
ticular fields  for  which  they  are  best 
adapted,  and  are  advising  them  against 
going  to  the  places  where,  in  our  judg- 
ment, they  may  not  reasonably  hope  to 
succeed.  Our  excessive  Congregationalism 
results  in  a  great  waste  of  energy.  Num- 
bers are  seeking  the  evangelist,  and  evan- 
gelists fields  of  labor,  but  they  miss  each 
other,  and  the  would-be  workers  are  too 
oft  idle.  In  seeking  to  remedy  this  defect, 
we  have  brought  together  about  no  evan- 
gelists and  congregations,  and  have  like- 
wise secured  an  occasional  singer  for  a 
church  desiring  one. 

We  have  encouraged  our  brethren  in 
cities  where  we  have  two  or  more  congre- 
gations to  conduct  simultaneous  cam- 
paigns, with  a  view  to  impressing  these 
cities  much  more  deeply  than  is  possible 
when  revivals  are  held  separately. 


Kansas  City,  Cincinnati  and  Pittsburg 
are  among  the  cities  planning  for  simul- 
taneous campaigns  in  the  early  autumn.  It 
is  thought  that  the  campaign  in  and  about 
the  last-named  city  will  result  in  50  of  our 
congregations  beginning  meetings  on  Oc- 
tober 29.  A  fund  of  some  $12,000  is  be- 
ing raised  in  advance  to  guarantee  the  ex- 
penses of  the  campaign.  Never  in  our  his- 
tory have  the  daily  papers  shown  such 
eager  desire  to  get  the  news  concerning 
our  movements  as  concerning  this  evangel- 
istic campaign. 

In  Marion,  Ind.,  in  Jul}',  was  held  a 
simultaneous  campaign,  which  is  unique 
in  our  history.  Some  of  its  fruits  were 
about  150-  conversions,  one  new  congrega- 
tion organized  in  a  good  part  of  the  city, 
good  will  and  co-operation  brought  about 
between  our  two  old  congregations,  which 
had  not  been  working  harmoniously. 

We  have  conducted  two  schools  of  evan- 
gelism— one  in  Chautauqua,  N.  Y.,  and  the 
other  in  Bethany  Park,  Ind.  Those  who 
attended  received  instruction  and  inspira- 
tion which  delighted  them  and  equipped 
them  far  better  for  the  work  of  soul-win- 
ning. We  expect  to  have  at  least  a  half- 
dozen  schools  next  summer. 

Rallies  and  conferences  on  evangelism 
are  being  arranged  for  a  number  of  our 
cities  and  strategic  points  for  next  autumn 
and  winter.  We  are  planning  to  visit  all 
our  colleges  and  address  the  students  who 
are  preparing  for  the  ministry,  with  a  view 
to  giving  the  evangelistic  spirit  to  all  their 
work,  making  them  from  the  beginning  of 
their  career  successful  soul-winners.  We 
hope  to  point  out  to  them  the  best  methods 
of  procedure,  and  so  interest  them  as  to 
make  them  avoid  many  mistakes  and  in- 
crease their  power  and  the  fruitfulness  of 
their  work. 

Your  superintendent  was  permitted  to 
work  in  two  great  union  revivals  during 
the  winter.  He  fully  believes  that  these 
meetings  are  the  key  which  will  admit 
both  him  and  many  of  our  preachers  to 
the  ranks  of  union  evangelists.  We  urge 
our  brethren  to  turn  toward  this  kind  of 
evangelism,  and  to  prepare  themselves 
rightly  to  do  it.  We  further  urge  them 
everywhere  not  only,  to  enter  into  the 
union  campaigns,  but  to  stand  lovingly  and 
firmly  for  a  full  and  fair  representation  on 
the  preaching  forces  in  all  campaigns  of 
which  they  are  a  part 

With  a  view  to  building  up  self-sup- 
porting churches  by  a  single  great  evangel- 
istic effort  instead  of  by  the  longer  pro- 
cess of  pastoral  care,  we  have  tried  a  few 
meetings.  The  results  thus  far  justify  the 
conclusion  that,  while  this  may  occasion- 
ally be  possible  in  villages  and  towns  in 
the  south  and  west,  it  is  not  possible,  un- 
less very  rarely,  in  large  cities  in  any 
part  of  our  country.  The  expense  of  such 
campaigns  in  cities  apparently  is  out  of 
proportion  to  the  results  gained.  As  an 
occasional  method  it  might  be  wise,  but  in 
the  light  of  our  present  experience  it  is 
the  exception  and  not  the  rule. 

Hundreds  of  churches,  many  preachers 
and  some  evangelists  have  written  us  ask- 
ing for  instruction  as  to  conducting  suc- 
cessful meetings.  As  far  as  possible  we 
have  furnished  the  desired  information.  In 
order  the  better  to  answer  such  calls,  we 
are  writing  and  publishing  articles  and 
tracts  on  various  phases  of  evangelism.  We 
are  compiling  a  general  literature  of  evan- 
gelism, and  have  taken  some  steps  toward 
creating  such  a  literature  of  our  own.    We 


hope  ere  long  to  publish  a  book  on  evan- 
gelism and  a  book  on  methods. 

We  are  encouraging  all  pastors  to  be 
evangelists,  not  only  in  the  service  of  their 
own  congregation,  where  every  sermon 
aims  at  turning  people  to  our  Lord,  but 
likewise  are  seeking  to  have  them  released 
from  their  congregations  once  or  twice 
during  the  year  to  hold  evangelistic  meet- 
ings for  other  churches.  We  are  persuad- 
ing an  occasional  man  of  education,  ripe 
Christian  culture  and  marked  ability  as  an 
evangelist,  to  resign  his  pastorate  and  do 
evangelistic  work. 

We  are  arousing  an  evangelistic  senti- 
ment in  our  Sunday  schools.  We  have 
made  some  small  progress  toward  making 
the  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor  more 
largely  an  evangelistic  force. 

Your  committee  has  a  vision  of  a  great 
work.  It  is  a  rule  that  the  hosts  of  the 
Lord  can  be  but  slowly  impressed  with  the 
idea  of  a  new  service  such  as  we  have  in 
mind.  We  are  earnestly  attempting  great 
things  for  God,  and  through  the  responses 
of  the  brethren,  whether  immediate  or  long 
deferred,  hope  for  great  things  from  God. 

Wm.  J.  Wright,  Supt.  of  Evangelism. 
H.    O.    Breeden,    Chairman. 

H.  O.  B-eeden,  Des  Moines,  la.;  C.  M. 
Chilton,  St.  Joseph.  Mo. ;  I.  N.  McCash,  Des 
Moines,  la. ;  Chas.  S.  Medbury,  Des  Moines, 
la. ;  J.  B.  Burton,  Des  Moines,  la. ;  Ed. 
A.  Nye,  Des  Moines,  la. ;  D.  F.  Givens, 
Des  Moines,  la. ;  C.  S.  Payne,  Omaha, 
Neb. ;  F.  J.   Stinson,  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa. 

&        ♦ 

REPORT  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  CHURCH 
EXTENSION. 


The  receipts  from  the  corresponding  sec- 
retary, for  the  ten  months,  are  $24,504.12, 
which  is  a  falling  off  of  $4,555-93,  compared 
with  the  same  months  last  year,  due  to  a 
falling  behind  in  annuity  receipts.  This 
falling  off  in  annuities  will  be  more  than 
made  up  by  annuity  gifts  of  $10,000  that 
are  promised  for  August  and  September. 

At  the  board  meeting  on  Aug.  1  the 
funds  were  so  low  that  the  board  will  not 
be  j  ustified  in  making  any  more  promises  of 
loans  until  after  the  September  offering. 
The  board  has  granted  $100,000  more  than 
we  have  money  on  hand  to  pay,  and  this 
does  not  include  loans  promised-  last  year 
which  are  not  yet  closed.  It  is'noped  that 
the  brotherhood  will  realize  the  necessity  of 
making  a  great  effort  to  supply  this  de- 
ficiency during  the  annual  offering,  so  that, 
with  returns  on  loans  and  individual  con- 
tributions, the  board  may  be  able  to  meet 
its  obligations.  Unless  the  September  of- 
fering is  more  liberal  than  usual  it  will  be 
many  months  before  the  board  can  grant 
any  more  loans.  During  the  last  two 
months  the  board  paid  out  on  loans  over 
$40,000.  Over  forty  churches  applied  for 
loans  during  June  and  July. 

The  total  new  receipts  were  $38,125.49, 
while  the  entire  receipts,  including  returns 
on  loans,  were  $96,061.51.  The  amount  in 
permanent  fund,  July  31,  1905,  was  $457,- 
332.17- 

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We  invite  ministers  and  others  to  send 
reports  of  meetings,  additions  and  other 
news  of  the  churches  for  publication  in 
this  department.  It  is  especially  requested 
that  additions  be  reported  as  "by  confession 
and  baptism"  or  "by  letter." 

ILLINOIS. 

Pekin,  Sept.  4  —We  closed  our  tent 
meeting  last  night,  with  fourteen  added; 
thirteen  by  baptism,  one  by  statement. 
Chas.  H.  Altheide,  of  Bloomfield,  la., 
singing  evangelist,  was  our  leader  of  song 
and  soloist.  The  music  was  led  by  a 
large  chorus.  The  meeting  was  success- 
ful in  every  respect  and  we  feel  that  we 
have  won  a  victory  for  the  Lord  and  the 
primitive  gospel.  The  tent  was  pitched  a 
half  block  ,  from  the  court  house  square. 
We  competed  with  band  concerts,  boat  ex- 
cursions, street  fakirs  and  numerous  other 
attractions,  and  our  pulpit  was  within 
twenty  feet  of  the  rear  door  of  a  saloon  and 
billiard  hall  which  was  in  full  blast  every 
night,  but  we  drew  good  audiences  and 
preached  them  the  simple  gospel  and 
were  rewarded  by  seeing  souls  born  into 
the  kingdom.— J.  A.  Barnett. 

Saybrook,  Sept.  3— There  was  one  confes- 
sion yesterday .  We  observed  Church  Ex- 
tension day  and  raised  more  than  $17. — 
James  N.  Thomas. 

INDIANA. 

Fowler,  Sept.  9. — I  begin  here  to-mor- 
row, Sept.  10,  with  the  pastor,  S.  F. 
Rogers,  Will  assist  him  also  at  Boswell  at 
the  close  of  this  meeting.— Vitallis  E. 
Ridenour,  singer. 

Indianapolis,  Sept.  9.— Closed  a  19  days' 
meeting  at  Bluff  Creek  with  27  added — 
seven  by  letter,  one  from  United  Brethren, 
one  reclaimed  and  18  made  the  confession . 
Fourteen  men  came  by  primary  obedience . 
— Clay  Trusty. 

Mooresville,  Sept.  5.— The  Clark  family 
closed  a  meeting  of  twenty-one  days,  with 
sixteen  additions  to  the  church.  Brother 
Clark  saw  that  the  elders  and  deacons 
were  selected  and  left  the  church  in  fine 
condition.— E .  B.  S. 

IOWA. 

Kalona,  Sept.  4. — I  am  in  a  meet- 
ing for  the  Frank  Pierce  church, 
a  country  point,  and  the  prospects 
are  good.  Sister  Van  Kirk,  the  pastor's 
wife,  is  the  leader  of  song.  I  have  one 
or  two  open  dates  for  those  desiring  an 
evangelist.  My  temporary  address  is  Ka- 
lona, la.,  permanent  address,  Villlsca,  la. 
— S.  M.  Perkins. 

KANSAS. 

LeRoy,  Aug.  30.— Martin  family  is 
having  a  great  meeting,  with  51  addi- 
tions to  date. 

KENTUCKY. 

Latonia,  Sept  4— One  addition  at  La- 
tonia  yesterday. — H.  C.  Runyan. 

Latonia,  Sept.  4.— Seven  persons  made 
the  good  confession  at  Bank  Lick  church 
on  Sept.  3.— P.  H.  Duncan. 

Bedford,  Sept.  9.— G.  W.  Nutter,  of  the 
Parkland  Church,  Louisville,  is  in  a  meet- 
ing here.  Three  confessions  the  second 
night  of  the  meeting.  Prof.  H.  F.  Cappa 
is  in  charge  of  the  singing. 

MASSACHUETTS. 

Everett,  Sept.  4.— During  the  month  of 
August,  we  had   seven  additions— four  by 


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letter  and   baptism,  three  by  confession. — 
A.  T.  June. 

MISSOURI. 

Columbia,  Sept.  4.— We  closed  a  two 
weeks'  meeting  with  home  forces  at  Mt. 
Pleasant  church,  in  Howard  county,  Sep- 
tember 1.  This  church  has  not  done  any 
good  for  several  years.  But  God  blessed 
our  labors.  The  visible  results  were  twenty- 
three  added.  The  meeting  closed  full  of 
interest  and  large  audiences.  There  were 
four  added  to  the  church  at  New  Hope,  at 
the  regular  morning  service  last  Lord's 
day.— B.  F.  Goslin,  pastor. 

Richland.— We  closed  a  two  weeks' 
meeting  at  Crocker.  Joseph .  Gaylor  be- 
gan with  me  on  the  third  Sunday,  but  we 
both  had  to  leave  for  regular  work  on  the 
fourth  Sunday.  Brother  Gaylor  was  not 
well,  and  did  not  come  back.  I  continued 
the  meeting.  We  closed  with  sixteen  ac- 
cessions—nine confessions, three  reclaimed, 
one  by  letter,  two  from  M.  E.  and  one  from 
the  Baptists.  A  prayer-meeting  will  be 
started  there  this  week.  Sister  Watkins' 
Junior  band  is  doing  nicely.  The 
work  at  Dixon  is  doing  nicely. 
They  raised  more  than  their  apportion- 
ment for  Church  Extension,  also  paid 
their  county  pledge  of  $5.—  J.  R.  Blunt, 
pastor. 

St.  Louis,  Sept.  4.— One  confession  and 
baptism  at  Bonne  Terre,  on  last  Lord's 
day. — J.  G.  M.  Luttenberger. 

Aullville,  Sept.  5. — Meeting  here  four 
days  old,  with  four  accessions.— L.  B. 
Coggins. 

Fayette,  Sept.  6. — Had  a  good  meet- 
ing, with  forty-five  additions.— W.  H. 
Dollard. 

Brunswick,  Sept.  4.— One  baptism 
yesterday.  Revival  begins  September 
17  and  closes  October  8.  We  will 
teach  the  gospel,  and  Frank  M. 
O'Neal,  Springfield,  Mo.,  will  be  leader  of 
song. — E.  H.  Williamson. 

Belton,  Sept.  4.— Four  added  by  confes- 
sion and  baptism.  C.  E.  reorganized.  We 
begin  meeting  here  October  1  with  home 
forces. — W.  H.  Scrivner. 

Kansas  City,  Sept.  5.— One  more  bap- 
tism at  my  regular  appointment  at  Fair- 
view.  Our  work  is  much  stronger  there. 
— C.  L.  Fife. 

Canton,  Sept.  5.— Our  meeting  at  La 
Grange  closed  recently  with  fourteen 
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after  September  15.— R.  M.  Dungan. 

Tipton,  Sept.  5. — Six  young  men  made  the 
good  confession  in  our  meeting  here  last 
night.— H.  A.  Northcutt,  evangelist, 
J.  H.  Crouch,  pastor. 

Republic,  Sept.  4.— We  began  a  meeting 
yesterday.  We  look  for  a  good  meeting. 
— The  Wright  Brothers,  general  evan- 
gelists. 

Armstrong,  Sept.  5.— Elder  E.  M.  Rich- 
mond and  myself  have  just  closed  a  fine 
meeting  here  with  45  additions. — Arthur 
N.  Lindsay. 

Tipton,  Sept.  7.— Our  meeting  has  been 
in  progress  a  little  over  two  weeks,  30 
additions  to  date;  20  of  them  are  young 
men.— H.  A.  Northcutt,  evangelist; 
J.  H.  Crouch,  pastor. 

Minden  Mines,  Sept.  9  —There  were 
eight  additions  here  yesterday — 33  to  date. 
Meeting  is  two  weeks  old.  Three  of  the 
four  public  school,  teachers  are  now  mem- 
bers of  the  church  here.  We  hope  for 
more  additions. — Simpson  Ely. 

St.  Louis,  Sept.  9. — Closed  a  fine  meet- 
ing last  night  with  42  additions,  and  $9.69 
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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


September  14,  1905 


Midweek  Prayer-Meeting. 

By  W.  F.  Richardson. 
Sept.  20.  190S. 


UNION  OF  CHRISTIANS  IN  LOCAL  AND 

GENERAL  WORK.— John  17:20,21; 

1  Cor.  3:1-9. 

Union  the  Supremt  Desire  of  our  Lord. 
Under  the  very  shadow  of  the  cross  our 
Savior  pours  out  his  heart  in  pleading  for 
the  union  of  all  who  shall  believe  on  him 
through  the  testimony  of  his  apostles. 
This  includes  all  Christian  believers,  for 
only  through  the  apostles'  testimony  have 
they  come  to  faith  in  the  Son  of  God.  If, 
therefore,  we  regard  the  earnest  longings 
of  our  Redeemer,  we  will  be  united  in  faith, 
in  love  and  in  service.  The  Disciples  of 
Christ  may  rest  assured  that  in  pleading 
for  the  unity  of  Christians  they  are  in 
perfect  harmony  with  the  divine  will. 

Union  the  Natural  Condition  of  the  Church. 
The  church  is  called  the  body  of  Christ, 
the  house  of  God,  the  bride  of  the  Lamb, 
the  temple  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  (Eph.  1:22, 
23;  1  Cor.  12:12,  13;  1  Tim.  3:15;  2  Cor. 
11:2;  Rev.  19:6-10;  21:9-11;  1  Cor.  3:16,  17; 
Epb.  2:19-22.)  All  these  figures  of  speech 
involve  the  unity  of  the  church,  and  show 
the  fatal  effects  of  division  to  be  destruc- 
tive cf  the  divine  purpose.  In  seeking  to 
restore  primitive  Christianity,  therefore, 
we  are  endeavoring  simply  to  return  to  the 
normal  state  of  the  early  church. 

This  Union  Must  Characterize  the  Local 
Church.  The  local  church  is  the  repre- 
sentative, in  its  community,  cf  the  whole 
body  of  Christ.  When  there  is  strife  and 
division  in  the  local  congregation,  the 
cause  of  the  Master  suffers  shame  before 
the  whole  world.  And  those  responsibie 
for  this  strife  are  accounted  carnal,  wicked, 
unchristian.  (See  1  Cor.  3:1-4;  1:10-15.)  It 
is  one  of  the  sad  ironies  of  our  history  as  a 
people  that  some  of  the  loudest  talkers  for 
Christian  union  have  been  the  worst  sin- 
ners in  the  matter  of  disunion.  Over  ques- 
tions of  expediency  in  work  and  worship 
have  risen  wrangling  and  bitterness  that 
grieved  the  heart  of  God,  and  alienated 
the  hearts  cf  brethren.  Preachers  have 
headed  parties  in  the  congregation,  each 
claiming  to  be  "the  Church,"  and  have 
scandalized  the  cause  of  the  Lord  in  the 
community.  Such  sins  ought  to  be  re- 
pented of,  and  such  unholy  strife  put  away 
from  the  body  of  Christ.  Some  sin  against 
the  unity  of  the  church  by  being  indiffer- 
ent to  its  needs,  and  taking  no  part  in  its 
work  or  its  financial  support.  Union  in 
the  local  congregation  demands  that  every 
member  shall  do  his  own  duty  in  all  the 
affairs  pertaining  to  that  local  body  of 
Christians.  Such  union  would  make  every 
church  among  us  prosper  and  grow. 

This  Union  Must  Characterize  Our  Gen- 
eral Work.  There  are  some  duties  belong- 
ing to  the  church  of  Christ  which  cannot 
be  fully  discharged  by  the  local  congrega- 
tions, independently  of  one  another.  The 
evangelization  of  destitute  parts  of  our 
country;  the  building  of  houses  of  worship 
for  new  and  weak  congregations;  the 
proper  care  of  aged  and  destitute 
preachers  and  widows  and  homeless  little 
children;  the  preaching  cf  the  gospel  of 
Christ  to  the  heathen  nations  afar  off; 
these  are  obligations  that  can  only  be  dis- 
charged by  the  co-operation  cf  all  our 
membership.  This  necessity  is  the  reason 
for  the  existence  of  our  various  missionary 
and  benevolent  societies.  Through  these 
all  cur  churches  may  share  in  the  great 


work  of  making  Christianity  the  very  life 
of  all  men,  in  all  nations.  To  refuse  to 
co-operate  in  these  holy  enterprises  because 
of  indifference,  is  to  sin  against  the  world's 
needs,  and  the  Savior's  express  commands. 
To  refuse  from  "conscientious  objections" 
to  organized  methods  of  doing  the  work, 
is  to  sin  against  reason,  which  can  find  no 
other  way  to  accomplish  any  of  the  larger 
tasks  in  behalf  of  humanity,  in  business, 
education  or  religion.  The  fact  that  those 
who  fail  to  unite  in  our  co-operative  work 
do  little  or  nothing  for  the  salvation  of  the 
world  at  large  is  sufficient  proof  that  their 
theory  is  unwise  and  their  course  doomed 
to  failure.  The  union  for  which  our  dear 
Lord  prayed  will  not  be  fully  realized  un- 
til all  believers  wear  his  name,  and  seek 
his  will  alone;  until  the  members  of  every 
local  congregation  live  and  work  together 
in  beautiful  harmony,  and  all  these  con- 
gregations bear  their  share  in  the  larger 
enterprises  through  which  the  world  is  to 
be  brought  to  Christ. 


Sunday-School. 

September  24,  1905. 


THIRD  QUARTERLY  REVIEW. 

Golden  Text. — The  Lord  is  thy  keeper. 
—Psalm  121:5.     . 

The  lessons  of  the  past  quarter  cover  a 
period  of  about  125  years,  including  some- 
thing over  a  century  preceding  the  final 
conquest  of  Jerusalem  by  Babylonia  and  a 
few  years  of  the  captivity. 

Beginning  with  Sennacherib's  invasion 
of  Judah,  in  701  B.  C,  we  find  Isaiah 
the  dominant  personality  of  the  kingdom 
and  Hezekiah  the  reigning  king,  by  turns 
weak  and  reckless,  self-willed  and  devout. 
Under  Isaiah's  influence,  Hezekiah  brought 
about  a  religious  reformation.  From  the 
time  of  the  separation  of  the  kingdoms 
(937  B.  C.)  Judah  enjoyed  periodical  ref- 
ormations, which  usually  took  the  form  of 
a  more  or  less  emphatic  protest  against 
worship  at  high  places  and  the  use  of  pa- 
gan and  immoral  rites  in  the  service  of  Je- 
hovah. Asa  and  Joash  had  been  among 
the  reformers.  .  Hezekiah's  reform  was 
much  more  sweeping — evidently  too  sweep- 
ing to  be  popular,  for  it  was  followed  by  a 
reaction  under  Manasseh.  It  was  during 
Hezekiah's  reign  that  Sennacherib  led  his 
expedition  against  his  rebellious  vassals  in 
the  west.  The  time  was  not  ripe  for  Ju- 
dah's  fall  and  the  Lord  prepared  destruc- 
tion for  Sennacherib's  host  (Lesson  I). 

Hezekiah's  career  was  in  danger  of  be- 
ing cut  off  by  sickness  and  he  prayed  for 
deliverance.  It  was  especially  necessary, 
in  that  crisis  of  the  nation's  affairs,  that  he 
who  controlled  the  policy  of  the  govern- 
ment should  be  wholly  convinced  of  Jeho- 
vah's protecting  care.  The  constant  temp- 
tation was  to  seek  safety  for  the  country 
by  military  measures  or  by  foreign  alli- 
ances. The  message  of  the  prophets  was 
that  the  only  safety  lay  in  trust  in  God. 
Hezekiah's  remarkable  cure,  through  the 
agency  of  Isaiah,  must  have  been  intended 
to  impress  this  upon  him  (Lesson  II). 

The  sufferings  of  the  chosen  people  at 
the  hands  of  their  corquerors  were  intend- 
ed to  be  remedial  rather  than  punitive. 
They  had  sinned  and  they  must  be  pun- 
ished, but  the  prophet  always  spoke  a  note 
of  hope.  He  told  of  salvation  through  suf- 
fering, of  perfection  through  punishment, 
of  redemption  through  sacrifice.  So  the 
sublime  messages  of  the  latter  part  of 
Isaiah  (Lessons  III  and  IV),  whether  com- 
posed before  or  during  the  captivity,  must 


be  conceived  as  bearing  an  intelligible  re- 
lation to  the  needs  of  the  time  in  which 
they  were  spoken,  while  in  the  light  of 
Go  d's  larger  redemptive  plan  for  the  race, 
as  disclosed  in  the  revelation  through 
Jesus,  their  meaning  becomes  vastly  richer 
and  more  spiritual. 

Manasseh,  who  succeeded  Hezekiah,  lent 
h  imself  to  a  reactionary  movement  which 
u  ndid  the  reforming  work  of  his  predeces- 
sor and  reduced  Judah  almost  to  the  level 
of  a  heathen  nation.  The  danger  of  cor- 
ruption through  the  absorption  of  pagan 
rites  from  the  neighboring  races  around 
and  even  within  Palestine,  was  now  aug- 
mented by  the  danger  of  corruption 
through  the  overwhelming  influence  of 
Assyria,  whose  increasing  political  ascend- 
ency of  necessity  gave  new  prestige  to  her 
civilization  and  her  paganism.  Manasseh 
fell  into  this  current  of  corruption.  The 
record  mentions  briefly  that  he  was  carried 
captive  to  Babylon  and  after  his  return 
turned  from  his  evil  ways.  But  his  repu- 
tation was  already  fixed  by  his  former 
wickedness  and  the  book  of  Kings  men- 
t  ions  neither  his  captivity  nor  his  repent- 
ance (Lesson  V). 

With  Jcsiah  the  pendulum  swung  back 
to  the  side  of  reform,  the  influerce  of  the 
prophets  revived,  and  the  law  in  regard  to 
the  centralization  of  worship  (whether 
newly  codified  or  only  newly  discovered) 
was  for  the  first  time  firmly  enforced  and 
established.  It  was  probably  the  reforma- 
tion under  Josiah  more  than  anything  else 
that  prepared  the  nation  to  retain  some 
degree  of  faithfulness  and  purity  under 
the  hard  trial  of  captivity  (Lessons  VI 
and  VII). 

The  death  of  Josiah,  in  a  vain  and  un- 
nessary  attempt  to  resist  an  Egyptian  ex- 
pedition, ushered  in  a  brief  period  of 
Egyptian  domination  over  Judah's  affairs. 
Jehoiakim  was  an  appointee  of  Pharaoh. 
Jerem  iah  the  prophet  is  now  the  great  fig- 
ure in  the  nation's  religious  life.  The  fate 
of  the  nation  was  already  sealed.  The 
crash  could  not  be  prevented.  It  could 
only  be  predicted  and  interpreted.  This 
Jeremiah  did.  As  a  prophet  of  evil,  he 
was  accused  of  disloyalty.  When  it  became 
unsafe  to  preach,  he  wrote.  The  king 
showed  his  contempt  by  destroying  the 
manuscript.  Later  the  prophet's  life  was 
in  jeopardy,  but  the  then  king,  Zedekiah, 
protected  him  while  keeping  him  in  prison 
(Lessons  VIII  and  IX). 

T  he  fall  of  Jerusalem  before  the  power 
of  Babylonia  in  588  B.  C.  was  but  the  cul- 
min  ation  of  a  long  period  of  practical  vas- 
salage in  which  the  independence  and  dig- 
nity of  the  nation  had  been  wholly  lost  and 
its  fate  had  been  a  mere  matter  of  admin- 
istrative detail  for  an  oriental  monarch  to 
decide.  It  was  more  than  conquest.  It 
was  intended  to  be  national  annihilation 
by  the  transportation  of  the  people  and 
their  amalgamation  with  other  races.  It 
had  worked  out  so  when  Assyria  had  car- 
ried away  the  people  of  the  northern  king- 
dom after  the  fall  of  Samaria  in  721  B.  C. 
But  the  result  was  somewhat  different  in 
the  case  of  Judah.  God's  plan  included  a 
restoration  through  which  all  the  nations 
of  the  earth  were  to  be  blessed  (Lessons  X 
and  XI). 

The  captivity  developed  heroes  of  faith 
whose  exploits  strengthened  the  courage 
and  hope  of  the  captives  and  in  similar 
crises  in  the  later  history  of  the  nation, 
furnished  inspiration  and  encouragement. 
Daniel  was  one  of  these  favorite  heroes, 
whose  upright  example  duricg  the  early 
days  of  the  captivity  was  scarcely  more 
potent  than  his  increasing  fame  in  Macca- 
bean  times  when  the  nation  was  confronted 
by  similar  perils  (Lesson  XII). 


September  14,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGEUhT 


1205 


Christian  Endeavor. 

By  H.  A.  Denton. 

Sept.  24,  1905. 


OUR  HOME  MISSIONARY  WORK 
Matt.  9:35-38;  10:1-15. 

For  the  Leader. 

Our  Home  Missionary  work.  If  any  peo- 
ple in  the  land  are  loyal  to  the  fellowship 
aad  work  of  which  they  are  a  part,  that 
people  must  be  the  Disciples  of  Christ. 
Our  home  missionary  work  means  the 
work  we  are  doing  for  home  missions. 

Home  missions  are  first  in  order.  Jerusa- 
lem was  the  starting  place  of  the  gospel 
work.  Judea  and  Samaria  was  the  first 
extension  of  that  work.  Antioch  and  the 
ends  of  the  earth  came  next. 

Antioch  and  the  ends  of  the  earth  were 
not  possible  until  Jerusalem  and  Judea  and 
Samaria  were  taken  as  a  base  of  opera- 
tions. To  hold  to  either  home  or  foreign 
missions,  the  one  as  a  preference  over  the 
other,  is  to  miss  the  point  altogether. 

We  do  one  that  the  other  may  be  pos- 
sible. The  one  for  the  sake  of  the  other, 
and  both  for  our  sake  and  the  will  of  the 
Lord. 

It  will  help  us  to  look  up  and  give  the 
meeting  some  of  the  definite  things  we 
are  doing  in  the  home  field. 

For  the  Members. 

1.  Helping  the  cities.  The  work  of  our 
home  board  that  commends  itself  to  us  is 
the  help  to  the  cities.  Missions  in  the  neg- 
lected parts  of  the  great  cities  are  of  the 
first  importance.  Some  one  has  said  that 
we  must  either  save  the  cities  or  be  saved 
from  them.  We  have  missions  in  the  cities 
of  Halifax,  N.  S.,  Montreal,  Can.,  Winni- 
peg, Man.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Syracuse, 
N.  Y.,  East  Orange,  N.  J.,  Charleston, 
S.  C,  Tampa,  Fla.,  Mobile,  Ala.,  Atlanta, 
Ga.,  El  Paso,  Tex.,  Galveston,  Tex.,  Al- 
buquerque, N.  M.,  Salt  Lake  City,  and 
many  other  cities.  What  these  churches 
will  be  able  to  do  when  they  become 
themselves  the  foster  parents  of  missions 
no  one  can  estimate.  It  will  bs  no  mean 
work. 

2.  Helping  the  state  boards.  Oar  gen- 
eral home  mission  board  helps  many  state 
boards  of  missions.  Where  the  combined 
efforts  of  the  churches  of  a  state  are  not 
enough  to  keep  a  strong  man  in  the  field 
to  lead  the  work,  or  where  help  is  needed 
for  other  purposes,  an  appropriation  is 
made.  Tnis  brings  the  touch  down  to 
the  nearest  point  to  home.  It  allies  all  our 
home  missionary  interests  more  closely. 
The  following  state  boards  have  been 
helped:  Alabama,  Arkansas,  California, 
both  North  and  South,  Florida,  Georgia, 
Indian  Territory,  Kansas,  Louisiana, 
Maryland,  Michigan,  Minnesota,  Missis- 
sippi, Nebraska,  New  England,  New 
York,  North  Carolina,  Oklahoma,  On- 
tario, Oregon,  Pennsylvania,  both  east 
and  west,  South  Carolina,  South  Dakota, 
Texas,  Virginia,  Washington,  West  Vir- 
ginia, Wisconsin. 

3.  Porto  Rico  is  one  of  the  new  fields  of 
our  home  missionary  effort.  We  were 
obliged  to  follow  the  flag  into  this  new  ter- 
ritory. Here  is  a  condition  most  trying. 
The  health  conditions  are  a  dreadful  trial 
for  the  American  missionary.  In  fact  the 
condition  in  this  respect  of  the  natives  is 
anything  bat  desirable.  The  listlessness 
and  languor  of  the  natives,  owing  to  a 
malady  peculiar  to  that  region,  make  life 
a  long  drag  and  a  tiresome  task  to  many. 
Then  the   religious   preparation    has  been 


bad.  It  is  a  Catholic  country.  Not  of  the 
American  type,  but  a  Spanish  Catholic 
country.  Superstition  still  holds  sway 
here.  The  priest  and  the  bishop  rule. 
They  have  not  passed  the  age  of  charms 
and  relics.  Bits  of  paper  blessed  by  the 
bishop  are  sold  and  guaranteed  to  keep 
the  devil  within  a  certain  distance  of  the 
holder;  that  is,  he  cannot  come  nearer 
than  a  certain  distance  of  the  one  who 
has  said  piece  of  paper.  It  is  a  harder 
field  than  India  or  China. 

4.  Our  home  mission  work  is  also 
among  three  foreign  peoples  wi.hin  our 
borders.  The  German  work,  the  Scandi- 
navian work,  the  Mexican  work.  H;re  is 
a  work  with  the  Mexicans  that  is  not  lack- 
ing in  the  picturesque,  if  any  one  has 
been  given  to  the  view  that  home  missions 
are  not  interesting,  that  they  are  dry  and 
monotonous.  Brother  Taylor  who  was 
our  missionary  to  Porto  Rico— and  many 
heard  him  at  O  naha— has  gone  into  the 
work  with  the  Spanish  and  the  Mex'can 
people  of  the  southwest.  A  missionary  is 
supported  among  the  Germans  of  Cleve- 
land, Ohio.  Wm.  Kraft  is  the  missionary. 
Oar  home  board  also  supports  J  alius 
Stone  among  the  Scandinavians  of  the 
middle  northwest.  Oar  work  has  just  be- 
gun among  these  foreign  people.  It 
is  a  great  field.  Tnere  is  room  enough 
here  for  a  whole  b  )ard  to  give  its  energies 
and  plans  to  carry  forward.  Oaly  money 
is  lacking.  Men  could  be  found.  The 
plea  is  rich  and  powerful  unto  the  sav- 
ing of  these  people. 

Gluiet  Hour  Thought. 

Do  I  make  an    effort   to  inform  myself 
upon  what  we  as  a  people  are  doing? 

DAILY   RBADINGS. 

M.     Home    missions    at   heart. 

Rom.  9:1  7. 
T.     Working  for  them.  2  Cor.  6:1-12. 

W.     Giving  for  them.  2  Cor.  8:1  6. 

T.     Village  endeavors.  Mark  6;l-6. 

F.     Neighborhood  missions.  Mark  5:15-20. 
S.     For  our  country.  Mttt.  4:23  25. 

S.     Topic— The    home    mission  work  of 
our  denomination. 

Matt.  9:35-38;10:l  15. 


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Evangelistic. 

{Ctntinutd  frtm  page  120S.) 

for  Church  Extension,  eight  added  recent- 
ly at  Red  Top  church;  also  five  at  Antioch 
church.— W.  H.  Kern. 

Bolivar,  Sept.  6.— I  ass  sted  C,  W.  West, 
of  Knobnoster,  in  an  18  days'  meeting  at 
Mount  Zion  church  near  Dunceberg,  Pettis 
county,  resulting  in  27  additions  to  the 
church — 24  by  confession  and  baptism  and 
three  from  the  Baptists;  26  of  the  additions 
came  the  last  week.  Brother  West  is  their 
faithful  pastor  and  the  people  love  him  for 
his  works'  sake. — J.  H.  JONBS. 

Springfield,  Sept.  8.— I  am  in  a  meeting 
here  with  our  church  on  the  corner  of 
Broad  and  Division  streets.  Miss  Anna 
Gray  is  the  singer  and  soloist.  Prospects 
fine.  Please  announce  to  the  churches 
needing  able,  consecrated  ministers  and 
evangelists  to  write  me  at  once.  I  also 
can  receive  invitations  for  one  meeting  in 
October. — James  Sharratt,  general  evan- 
gelist, Room  4,  Y.  M    C.  A.  Building. 

NEBRASKA. 

Douglas,  Sept.  4.— At  the  meeting  with 
Austin  and  McVey,  last  night,  the  seating 
capacity  was  inadequate.  Twenty-three 
to  date.  Eighteen  baptisms.  The  interest 
and  other  things  point  to  a  lasting  good  to 
the  cause  of  Christ  here.— C.  W.  Long- 
man. 

NEW  JERSEY. 

Plainfield,  Sept.  4.— Closed  meeting  at 
Brookston,  Ind.,  July  27.  Organized  church 
of  twenty.  Three  confessions.  Raised 
money  to  buy  lot.  Hope  to  build  next 
year— Phil.  A.  Parsons,  pastor. 

OKLAHOMA. 
Chandler,    Sept.     4.— Two    more    bap- 
tisms at  our   last   evening   service. — J.  E. 
Dinger,  minister. 

PHILIPPINE  ISLANDS. 

Vigan,  Ilocos  Sur,  July  17. — Five  young 
men  were  baptized  last  week  at  Magsing- 
gal,  inaugurating  the  church  there.  The 
Bible  College  at  Yigan  has  six  resident 
students.— Hermon  P.  Williams. 

TENNESSEE. 

Bristol,  Sept.  5.— The  campaign  under 
the  Yirginia  state  board,  lasting  eleven 
weeks,  six  at  Portsmouth,  five  at  Peters- 
burg, closed  last  week,  and  I  am  now 
with  Wm.  Burleigh,  at  Bristol,  Va.-Tenn., 
for  September.  We  organized  at  Ports- 
mouth,with  seventy-six,  after  which  twenty- 
four  more  were  added,  making  one  hun- 
dred in  all.  Bro.  W.  C.  Wade,  the  sup- 
ply pastor,  and  several  others  write  en- 
thusiastically of  the  young  church.  A 
party  came  over  on  special  excursion  from 
Portsmouth  to  Petersburg.  H.  C.  Combs, 
secretary  state  board,  was  with  me  nearly 
all  the  meeting.  He  is  a  big,  broad, 
brotherly  man,  a  fine  preacher  withal,  a 
born  secretary  and  man  of  affairs.  The 
Portsmouth  meeting  went  far  beyond  our 
most  sanguine  expectations.  The  Peters- 
burg meeting  was  held  in  a  large  taber- 
nacle, a  mile  from  the  church.  The  main 
effort  was  to  encourage  a  feeble,  dis- 
couraged band  and  solve  several  delicate 
problems.  It  was  to  be  the  last  effort  to 
save  the  cause  there.  For  three  weeks 
only  two  or  three  additions,  although 
crowds  were  great;  then  confessions  be- 
gan in  earnest;  one  night  twelve,  another 
twenty-four,  until  seventy-two  stood  out 
for  Christ;  seventy  being  adults.  Brother 
Richards  continues  the  good  work. — Her- 
bert Yeuell. 

TEXAS. 

Garland,    Sept.    6.— Closed    meeting    at 


Tripp  last  Thursday  night.  We  had  no 
organization  there.  I  left  a  congregation 
of  21  members;  two  from  the  world  and 
one  from  the  Baptists,  a  young  man  study- 
ing for  the  ministry.  They  will  have 
preaching  once  a  month.  Meeting  at  New 
Hope  resulted  in  eight  additions. — Chas. 
Chasteen. 

Austin,  Sept.  1.— We  have  had  during 
the  warm  summer  months  29  additions  to 
the  church,  of  whom  14  were  by  confession 
and  baptism.  The  work  has  kept  up  well 
during  the  hottest  summer  we  have  ever 
had.— J.  W.  Lowber. 

VIRGINIA. 

Newport  News,  Sept.  2. — Just  closed  a 
short  meeting  at  Lebanon  church,  Lee 
Hall,  with  sixteen  additions;  eight  by 
baptism  and  eight  by  letter  or  statement. 
W.  F.  Tray  is  the  regular  minister  at 
Lebanon.  Two  additions  here  at  Thirtieth 
Street  Church  at  regular  services 
since  last  report. — Milo  Atkinson. 

Bristol,  Sept.  9. — Evangelist  Yeuell  began 
a  four  weeks'  campaign  here  Sept.  3. 
There  were  five  added  the  first  day,  and 
the  attendance  and  interest  is  great  on  the 
start.  A  Chautauqua  in  full  blast  with 
celebrated  speakers  day  and  night  does 
not  detract  from  the  interest  of  the  meet- 
ings.— William  Burleigh. 

WEST  VIRGINIA. 

Beckley. — Beckley  is  a  growing  town  of 
1,500  people.  Three  years  ago  the  Chris- 
tians built  a  house  and  organized  a  con- 
gregation of  twenty-four  members.  The 
congregation  had  grown  to  about  130  mem- 
bers, when  Bro.  W.  S.  Buchanan,  of 
Marion,  Ind.,  reached  us  about  three 
weeks  ago,  and  began  what  has  proved  to 
be  the  greatest  meeting  in  the  history  of 
Beckley.  Every  member  was  put  to  work. 
There  were  102  additions— six  confessions, 
thirteen  reclaimed,  seventeen  by  state- 
ment, seven  from  the  Baptists,  two  from 
the  Methodists,  one  from  the  Holiness 
church,  one  from  the  Lutheran  church. 
God  was  extolled.— G.  W.  Pyles,  pastor, 
G.  W.  Ogden,  minister. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


1207 


Family  Circle 


The  Enjoyment  of  Home. 

By  Grace  F&rrington  Gray. 

There  are  many  Marthas  in  the  world. 
Our  modern  men  and  women  are,  in  the 
vast  majority  of  cases,  "cumbered  with 
much  serving."  Many-sided  civilization 
makes  infinite  demands  upon  the  individ- 
ual. There  are  so  many  things  to  be  done, 
and  so  short  a  time  in  which  to  do  them, 
that  we  are  unconsciously  drawn  into 
the  rapids  of  manifold  routine  duties.  We 
are  whirled  from  one  interest  to  another, 
each  more  pressing  than  the  last,  until  life 
is  swallowed  up  in  waves  of  haste  and  ex- 
citement. 

We  have  "no  time" — no  time  for  our- 
selves, no  time  for  our  friends,  no  time 
for  our  books,  no  time  to  enjoy,  no  time 
to  live.  So  inured  have  we  become  to  this 
unnatural  life  that  we  dream  of  nothing 
better.  We  prefer  to  drift  with  the  current. 
It  requires  a  man  of  strong  purpose  and 
strong  character  to  stem  the  tide  and  strike 
out  for  himself. 

At  the  utmost  we  can  not,  in  this  day 
and  age  of  the  world,  experience  all  sides 
of  life.  We  must  choose.  He  who  would 
accomplish  worthy  things,  he  who  would 
live  a  happy  and  successful  life,  must  select 
his  part  and,  shutting  out  all  antagonistic 
interests,  cling  only  to  his  ideal.  Few 
there  are  who  are  able  to  do  this.  The  mass 
of  society  ebbs  and  flows  with  the  sea  of 
humanity. 

Scheming  for  our  remote  welfare,  we 
forget  our  immediate  happiness.  Absorbed 
in  a  multiplicity  of  formal  duties,  we 
trample  over  the  very  things  we  seek — the 
moments  of  leisure,  the  days  of  peace,  the 
refinements  of  life,  the  acts  of  love,  which 
constitute  the  happiness  of  which  we 
dream,  and  which  we  vainly  hope  to  attain 
through  those  remote  ends  of  fame,  for- 
tune, and  position,  to  which  we  consecrate 
our  best  efforts. 

As  one  who  walks  through  the  sweet 
sunrise  mist  of  a  spring  morning,  intent 
upon  the  dusty  highway,  and  senseless  of 
the  greenness  of  the  fields,  the  fragrance 
of  the  apple  blossoms,  and  the  chirps  of 
the  birds,  so  man  walks  through  the  good 
things  of  life,  intent  upon  the  mere  me- 
chanical feat  of  getting  over  the  ground, 
and  senseless  of  the  higher  things,  the  dear- 
er things,  of  enjoyment,  culture  and  love. 

The  devoted  mother  is  a  typical  Martha, 
"careful  and  troubled  about  many  things." 
Thinking  only  of  the  interests  of  her  fam- 
ily, she,  nevertheless,  sacrifices  the  good 
times  of  the  home,  which  are  their  richest 
inheritance,  for  a  myriad  of  household  du- 
ties. Some  of  these  duties  make  for  hap- 
piness, but  many  of  them  are  immaterial — 
mere  pride,  or  affectation,  or  indulgence  in 
some  pet  occupation.  Meantime  the  family 
starves  for  "the  good  part"  in  the  face  of 
abundance.  They  are  scattered.  Only  the 
insatiate  monster  of  household  machinery 
remains. 

The  father,  zealous  for  prosperity  and 
advancement,  sells  his  birthright  for  a  mess 
of  pottage,  and  finds  when  his  life  is  lived 
that  the  silent  papers  in  his  desk  or  the 
clattering  mills  on  the  river  are  but  small 
interest  upon  the  investment  of  mind  and 
heart  and  soul.  They  but  mock  that  hap- 
piness which  is  now  as  far  past  as  it  once 
seemed  in  the  future. 

What  men -need  for  happiness  is  not  more 


opportunities,  but  more  ability  to  enjoy. 
They  need  that  broad-minded  judgment 
which  puts  all  things  in  their  proper  rela- 
tion and  discriminates,  moment  by  mo- 
ment, between  the  immaterial  and  the  im- 
portant. They  need  the  perception  and  the 
force  of  character  to  seize  hold  upon  "the 
good  part,  which  shall  not  be  taken  away." 

Work  has  necessarily  a  large  place  in  the 
practical  world.  It  is  the  great  benefactor 
of  mankind.  But  it  should  be  the  servant 
and  not  the  master.  When  men  yield  them- 
selves wholly  to  the  treadmill  of  the  com- 
monplace and  the  utilitarian,  they  become 
mere  machines.  They  should  remember 
that  there  are  things  which  are  not  meas- 
ured in  the  coin  of  the  realm.  And  in  the 
end  these  are.  the  things  which  count. 
There  are  bonds  that  are  better  than  gov- 
ernment bonds.  Daily  peace,  serenity  and 
pleasure  are  more  to  be  desired  than  a 
hypothetical  happiness  in  some  more  pros- 
perous future. 

Choose,  then,  "the  good  part,  which  shall 
not  be  taken  away." — From  "Dreams  and 
Ideals." 


The    Spirit    of  the    Northwest,    Where 

Hen  Laugh  Equally  at  Success 

and  Failure. 

Joseph  Blethen  tells  in  the  August 
"World's  Work"  "What  the  Northwest 
Is."  His  conception  of  it  may  be  briefly 
told  in  this  quotation : 

There  has  been  a  similar  transition  in 
character  from  westerner  *to  American.  The 
horseback  era  followed  the  navigation  of 
the  streams,  and  then  the  railroad  came  to 
hang  the  great  spaces  of  the  west  with 
cities  like  long  circuits  of  electric  lights 
waving  along  a  boulevard.  ,  With  the  rail- 
road the  westerner  passed  away,  leaving 
the  American  citizen  proud  of  his  section. 
With  the  railroad  came  the  period  of  town 
building  and  town  booming,  wherein  the 
men  from  the  east,  traveling  westward  in 
a  Pullman,  endeavored  to  make  fortunes 
overnight  in  real  estate  gambling.  It  took 
the  collapse  of  the  boom  and  the  awful 
years  that  made  Kansas  bleed  and  populism 
prosper  to  teach  them  that  they  had  found 
a  new  empire.  In  these  men  are  now 
blended  the  traits  of  the  cowboy  and  of 
the  real  estate  man,  of  the  vigilante  and 
the  student  of  law;  but  added  to  all  these 
is  the  conservatism  of  the  capitalist  and 
the  responsibilities  of  success.  They 
"plunge"  less  now,  since  they  have  more 
to  risk;  they  fight  harder  now,  since  they 
have  more  to  protect.  But  they  are  the 
same  adaptable,  energetic,  optimistic  spir- 
its who  pushed  the  pioneer  ahead  and 
created  for  themselves  great  wealth  where 
only  opportunity  awaited  their  coming. 
They  are  still  pushing.  These  are  the  men 


who    have    made    that    thr  the 

nation  which  lies  west  oi  Chi  -. 
that  the  cliff-dwell'  Manhattan 

n  richer  by  selling  them  :; 
from  -ted  bridges  to  magazines,  from  life 
insurance    to    Massachusef        tau     In 
Their  one  care  is  a  constant  watch  for  op- 
portunity and   their   rule   of  honor  is   re- 
spect  for  every  other  man's   nght  to 
They  laugh  when  they  win, 
in  a  successful  country  need  1  ;iken 

too  seriously.     They  laugh 
fail,  because  failure  amid  so  tnanj     >\ 
tunities  is  ludicrous.     They  are  crude  and 
they   meet   their   social    problems, in   their 
wives'  names.     Their  optimism   is  the  op- 
timism of  plenty;    their  conceit  gr  >* 
of  their  achievements.     The   New   Yorker 
scornfully  says:    "Why  should 


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I  have  everything  that  is  worth  seeing  right 
here  in  New  York."  To  this  the  American 
replies  :  ""Yes,  everything  except  the  United 
States  of  Amer 

"You  think  you  are  the  whole  nation." 
says  the  New  Yorker. 

"Xo."  says  the  American.  "I'm  only  a 
part  owner.  But  I  know  my  country  and 
my  partners.     You  don't." 

9       O 
Church  Manners  and  Courtesies. 

For  the  last  month  and  more  we  have 
taken  part  in  a  little  drama  which  has 
been  enacted  in  almost  every  church — and 
over  and  over  again — a  little  scene  which 
might  well  be  called  the  first  act  of  "the 
cold  polite." 

We  came  back  from  our  summer's  rest 
by  the  shore  or  among  the  hills,  having 
in  the  long  months  of  our  absence  seen 
none  of  the  familiar  faces  which  greet  us 
each  Sunday  in  our  own  place  of  worship. 

In  the  country — if  we  were  not  too  near 
the  city — we  had.  mayhap,  met  much  cour- 
tesy and  friendliness  in  the  church  we  at- 
tended. After  each  service  the  pastor  made 
a  special  effort  to  greet  us — the  "leading 
members"  held  out  welcoming  hands  and 
in  true  country  fashion  inquired  as  to  our 
health,  our  pleasure  and  our  comfort — even 
going  to  the  length  of  asking  our  opinion 
of  the  sermon. 

It  was  all  so  pleasant  and  cordial  and 
seemed  a  part  of  the  breeze,  the  trees,  the 
simple  life  and  the  unconventionally  of 
the  season  and  the  place. 

When  we  reached  home  in  the  autumn 
and  went  back  to  our  own  church,  and 
into  our  accustomed  pew  we  brought  with 
us  some  of  the  genial  glow  we  had  found 
elsewhere. 

But  alas!  Few  are  the  city  churches 
where  the  glow  can  linger  and  illumine 
the  winter  days.  Unless  the  position  and 
prominence  of  the  church-goer  is  such  as 
to  make  him  a  marked  personality  he  re- 
ceives scant  attention  from  any  one  not 
known  to  him  in  circles  outside  the  church. 
In  some  cases  this  is  carried  so  far  that 
the  men  and  women  accustomed  to  sit  in 
plain  sight  of  each  other  for  years  do  not, 
after  the  summer  separation,  acknowledge 
each  other's  presence  by  so  much  as  a 
bow — much  less  by  any  cordial  handshake 
and  inquiry  as  to  what  the  months  of  ab- 
sence have  wrought. 

This  is  true  of  many  Protestant  churches, 
at  least,  and  particularly  so  of  those  which 
draw  their  congregations  from  a  rich  and 
fashionable  neighborhood. 

There  seems  to  be  some  secret  dread 
lest  a  church  acquaintance  should  wicked- 
ly aspire  to  become  a  social  comrade  as 
well,  and  unless  one  is  sure  of  the  stand- 
ing and  claims  of  such  an  acquaintance 
we  act  as  if  no  greater  misfortune  could 
befall  us,  and  we  present  to  all  who  have 
not  been  introduced  a  stern  front  which 
seems  to  say,  "Speak  to  me  at  your  peril !" 
— or,  at  the  best,  we  pass  the  aspiring  one 
with  a  gaze  of  complete  indifference. 

Now  we  know  that  in  every  organization 
there  must  be  people  of  widely  differing 
positions — that  there  must  be  social  gulfs 
which  it  would  be  most  unwise  to  attempt 
to  bridge,  even  if  the  attempt  be  made  in 
the  ordinary  way  in  which  we  meet  those 
lower  in  the  social  scale  than  ourselves. 

So  this  is  not  a  plea  for  the  social  unity 
of  any  body  of  workers  or  worshipers,  but 
it  is  a  plea  for  the  abolishing  for  one  day 
of  all  class  distinctions  between  people  en- 
gaged in  the  worship  of  Go<L  If  our  wor- 
ship has  been  done  in  the  true  spirit  it  has 
brought  to  us  the  remembrance  of  a  com- 


individuai  Communion  Service 

Made  of  several   materials   and  in  manv  designs   Including  self-collecting  tray 
Sond  for  full  particular j    nd  catalogue  No.  87.    Give  the  number  of  communicants. 
The  Lord's  Supper  takes  on  a  new  dignity  and  beauty  by  the  use  of  the  individual  Cup." — J.  K.  Wilson,  D.D. 
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nion  brotherhood,  which  is  one  of  the 
closest  ties  humanity  knows — and  in  the 
light  of  this  memory  the  richest,  the  most 
gifted,  of  mankind  could  not  pass  quickly 
by,  indifferent  to  the  little  courtesies  due 
from  him  to  those  around  him. 

It  is  not  necessary  to  seek  out  the  lowly 
washerwoman  to  dazzle  her  with  our  gra- 
cious condescension;  the  greeting  to  her 
is  well  in  its  place,  and  we  must  admit 
that  it  is  usually  given  with  tact  and  cor- 
diality; it  is  the  quiet  little  body  in  the 
next  pew — quite  as  much  of  a  lady  as  you 
are — who  slips  in  and  out  of  her  place  just 
as  she  has  done  every  Sunday  for  six  years 
quite  unnoticed,  who  needs  and  would  ap- 
preciate your  cordia.1  smile  and  kindly 
greeting.  She  would  resent  your  conde- 
scension, and  there  is  no  question  of  that, 
but  what  is  courteous  would  meet  with  a 
quick  return  from  her. 

Or,  it  may  be  that  close  to  your  place 
sits  a  young  woman  who  has  almost 
grown  up  under  your  eyes — you  know  each 
other  perfectly  well  by  sight,  if  not  by 
name,  why  should  you  wait  to  know  more 
before  offering  each  other  the  common- 
place courtesy  of  a  cordial  handshake  or 
an  inquiry  which  betokens  the  sense  of  the 
other's   existence  ? 

Our  city  is  too  big  and  its  population 
too  varied  to  make  it  possible  that  a 
church  friendship  should  often  be  much 
closer.  Yet  even  the  danger  of  a  possible 
effort  of  the  other  side  to  make  it  so 
should  not  be  sufficient  reason  for  our  for- 
getting that  in  this  particular  house  and 
in  this,  service  we  are  all  equal,  and  that 
here  no  failure  in  politeness  and  friendli- 
ness can  be  excused,  especially  to  stran- 
gers. We  would  not  fail  in  the  ordinary 
walks  of  life.  Given  the  usual  amount  of 
gentle  breeding,  we  endure  heroically  the 
boredom  of  tedious  people  and  the  society 
of  those  we  consider  our  inferiors ;  yet 
week  after  week  we  carefully  avert  our 
eyes  from  the  "unintroduced"  in  the  next 
pews,  and  walk  down  the  aisles  shoulder 
to  shoulder  with  them,  but  quite  blind 
to  their  presence. 

The  smile  and  bow  of  casual   acquaint- 


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Setting  Sail. 

Tomorrow  I  have  wastes  of  sea  to  ride, 
Long  wastes,  beneath  the  blue  and  bound- 
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And  wild  the  wind,  and  white  the  break- 
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September  14,  1905 


With  the  Children 

By  J.    IrnliirMii    I11U. 


A  Week  with   the   Woodneys. 

DE  FIFrH  EVENING  ] 
As  they  parsed  the  blacksmith  shop  they 
observed  that  the  great  double-doors  were 
i  A  broken  wagon-wheel  leaned 
agaiusr  one  of  them.  "That's  the  hrst  thing 
to  be  done  in  the  morning."  said  Ed  Wood- 
ney.  nodding  toward  the  wheel.  "W  orth 
Acre's  a  great  old  chap.  I  tell  you.  it  tests 
a  man's  religion  to  do  a  good  act  when 
nobody  expects  it.  and  half  the  town  thinks 
less  of  him  after  his  doing  it." 

"I  shall  always  think  more  of  him  for 
taking  his  poor  old  grandfather  out  of  the 
asylum.'  said  Mace.  "I'd  think  anybody 
would !" 

"That  ol  i  grandfather  is  pretty  expen- 
sive." returned  Ed.  "Worth  might  have 
several  thousand  more  dollars  if  he'd  left 
him  alone,  besides  expecting  to  inherit  a 
good  slice  of  property.  The  whole  family 
has  cut  him  off  their  correspondence  list 
since  he  interfered.  They  say.  what  right 
had  he  to  meddle  when  old  Mr.  Acre's  own 
wife  and  children  are  alive  and  flourish- 
ing ?  And  of  course  if  he  had  more  money 
and  more  expectations,  people  would  think 
more  of  him." 

"Would  they?"  returned  Mace.  "Do 
you  think  people  really  think  more  of  a 
person  because  he  has  property,  or  isn't 
it  that  they  just  think  more  of  the  prop- 
erty? If  I  owned  a  hundred  dollars,  would 
you   like  me  any  better?" 

"But.  say!"  returned  Ed,  'you  have  got 
that  much,  you  know,  haven't  you,  now?" 
"Certainly  not!"  laughed  Mace,  amused 
by  his  rueful  astonishment.  "I  couldn't  af- 
ford to  own  a  hundred  dollars  in  the  pres- 
ent financial  state  of  the  family." 

"Oh.  mercy!'"  cried  Ed.  "Would  you 
mind  telling  me?" 

"Of  course  not.  I  own  an  organ  that 
Mr.  Tumbleton  ruined  in  moving,  and  some 
clothes,  and  books,  and  three  dollars  and 
twenty-five  cents,  and  a  street  car  ticket, 
but  it  isn't  any  use  unless  I  go  to  Jeffer- 
son City.' 

Ed  laughed  and  declared,  "I  don't  be- 
lieve I'd  like  you  any  better,  Mace,  if  you 
owned  that  street-car  track !  I'll  admit  I 
never  met  a  girl  like  you  before,  so  open 
and  frank  and  ready  to  do  things,  you  un- 
derstand. I  believe  one  reason  the  world 
i;  inclined  to  look  down  on  poor  people  is 
that  the  poor  people  are  themselves  so  des- 
perately ashamed  of  being  poor,  and  in- 
stead of  enjoying  themselves  in  their  sur- 
roundings are  straining  every  nerve  to  ap- 
pear like  rich  people." 

"That 's  it!"  cried  Mace.  "The  very  term 
r  per-on'  is  insulting  to  most  poor  peo- 
ple. It's  not  so  with  us.  We're  poor  and 
we  kno.  it,  and  we  don't  care  anything 
about  it — a:  least  father  and  mother  don't. 
Sometimes  grandmother  and  I  pull  a  little 
hard.'  she  confessed.  They  had  reached 
the  store  No  one  was  to  be  seen,  but  from 
the  open  upstairs  window  issued  three  or 
four  mingled  voices,  apparently  rehearsing 
the  word-  of  a  quartette  without  the  music. 
Ed  knocked  on  the  store  door.  Maria 
Tucker,  the  "mutual"  child  of  thirteen, 
came  down  the  outside  stairs  and  invited 
them  up  "It  isn't  worth  while.''  said  Ed. 
"I  ve  broken  my  mandolin  string  and  I 
came  to  buy  another." 

"We  don't  sell  anything  after  six 
o'clock,"    said  Maria  Tucker. 

-.  have  the  string."  said  Ed. 


"We  have  invited  company.  I'll  pay  just 
any  price  you  want.  Name  it,  Maria 
Tucker,  and  don't  be  afraid  of  big  figures. 
Surely  you  won't  spoil  our  concert !"  Be- 
fore Ed  had  finished  his  persuasive  en- 
treaties. Helen  (,Mr.  Wren's  daughter")  and 
Puss  (Mrs.  Wren's  daughter),  each  of  six- 
teen, joined  the  group. 

"But  you  don't  understand,  Mr.  Ed." 
interposed  Puss.  "It  isn't  that  we  wouldn't 
accommodate  you  if  we  could.  But  we 
haven't  any  strings  to  sell,  because  we  are 
not  keeping  a  store." 

"It's  true  the  store's  here,  right  in 
front  of  you,"  Helen  explained,  "but  we 
have  nothing  to  do  with  it.  We  don't 
mention  it  after  six  o'clock." 

"We  can't  sell  anything."  Maria  Tucker 
corroborated,  because  we're  not  in  the 
selling  business."  These  remarks  were  not 
spoken  one  after  another  as  set  up  here  in 
type,  but  all  together.  A  few  words  from 
each  contributor  could  be  gleaned  from  the 
general  clamor,  enough  to  convince  Ed 
that  the  future  was  doubtful,  to  say  the 
least.  At  this  time,  old  Mrs.  Wren  caught 
sight  of  them  from  the  upstairs  window 
and  began  calling  to  them  to  come  up. 
"Come  on !"  said  Ed  to  Mace.  "Let's  go 
up :  I  must  have  that  mandolin  string." 
They  filed  up  the  outside  stairs :  Ed,  Mace, 
Helen.  Puss,  Maria  Tucker.  At  the  head 
of  the  steep  stair-case  was  a  little  square 
platform,  but  as  it  wasn't  large  enough  to 
accommodate  so  many  at  once.  Ed  and 
Mace  went  into  the  hall  and  followed  the 
old  lady's  voice,  which  had  never  ceased 
for  a  moment.  It  lured  them  into  the  front 
room,  where  Mrs.  Wren  lay  in  bed,  and 
Mr.  Wren  sat  reading  a  newspaper  which 
had  come  on  the  daily  hack.  Peter,  the 
"mutual"  son  of  twelve,  was  seated  in  a 
corner,  talking  to  no  one  in  particular, 
while  old  Mrs.  Wren,  leaning  upon  the  open 
window-sill,  turned  her  head  from  one 
to  the  other  in  addressing  her  remarks, 
which  bore  upon  the  past  when  she  used  to 
live  in  Lexington,  Kentucky. 

"You  are  not  well !"  cried  Mace,  going 
to  the  bedside,  while  Ed  explained  his 
errand  to  Mr.  Wren. 

"Yes,  I  am  quite  well,"  said  Mrs.  Wren 
dolefully.  "But  I  had  a  dreadful  spell  early 
this  morning;  it  is  needless  to  say  of  what 
nature,  since  I  recovered  in  a  few  hours. 
But  I  had  the  worst  luck!  While  I  was  in 
the  severest  throes  of  my  malady — to  be 
neighborly  with  you,  I  will  say  it  was  cramp 
colic — Miss  Susie  Day  and  Mrs.  Winter- 
field  both  came  to  visit  me,  not  together, 
but  in  close  succession.  I  was  so  intensely 
engaged,  so  vitally  absorbed,  that  it  was 
quite  impossible  to  see  them.  Now,  the  last 
time  Mrs.  Winterfield  was  here,  I  was  too 
ill  to  have  company.  So,  although  I  am 
quite  well,  I  dare  not  go  out  of  the  house,  or 
even  be  seen  at  the  window,  for  fear  they 
will  be  mortally  offended.  It  would  be  use- 
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and  well  as  an  ox  at  this  moment,  but  that 
some  ten  hours  ago  my  stomach — " 

"Ma,"  interposed  Annie,  who,  in  a  sense, 
was  the  mentor  of  the  family,  seldom 
speaking  herself,  and  keeping  an  eye  upon 
all  the  others,  "I  would  not  speak  about 
stomachs  to  Miss  Woodney." 

"Quite  right,  Annie,"  said  Mrs.  Wren 
cheerfully.  "Well,  Miss  Mace,  you  see 
how  it  is.  I'd  dearlv  love  to  be  sitting  out 
on  our  front  porch,  but  it's  out  of  the  ques- 
tion ;  and  all  the  family  are  keeping  me 
company,  except  Reginald.  He's  in  the 
country." 

"Never  mind  about  Reginald,"  said 
Annie. 

"Quite  right,  Annie,"  rettirned  Mrs. 
Wren.  "I  am  always  wandering,  Miss 
Mace,  and  it's  well  I  have  Annie  to  bring 
me  to  the  right  path  again."  Mrs.  Wren 
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then  whispered,  "That  child  is  the  smartest 
member  of  the  family,  but  she  simply  won'? 
talk!  But  if  you  ever  find  her  out,  you'll 
see  how  deep  she  really  is !" 

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tale  about  the  great  funeral  of  Henry  Clay, 
while  Peter  had  been  asking  old  Mrs. 
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rules  was  sneakin°-  into  the  back  window 
and  getting  nabbed  for  a  burglar.  It  was 
on  Mace's  account,  too — wasn't  it,  Mace?" 

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wilderment  from  Mrs.  Wren  to  old  Mrs. 
Wren,  and  then  to  Peter  and  then  to  the 
big  merchant. 

"What  is  it,  Air.  Wren?"  shouted  his 
\vi  f  e. 

"My  dear,"  answered  the  little  fat  gentle- 
man, hollowing  his  hands  about  his  mouth 
and  trumpeting  back  like  a  ship  signalling 
in  a  fog,  "Ed  Woodney  has  come  to — to 
get — to  see  if  he  could  obtain — or — or  pro- 
cure a  mandolin-string.  They  have  com- 
pany at  his  house  and — and  he  broke  his — " 
"The  largest  crowd  you  ever  could  imag- 
ine, Mace,"  called  old  Mrs.  Wren,  her  shrill 
voice  gaining  the  mastery.  "I  was  in  my 
carriage,  and  the  Clays — " 

Mrs.  Wren  beckoned  to  Ed,  and  said, 
"You  know,  of  course,  that  we  don't  sell 
merchandise.  We  are  retired.  But  Reginald 
has  some  strings.  I  will  go  hunt  them  for 
you."  She  threw  back  the  cover  and  re- 
vealed the  fact  that  she  was  fully  dressed. 
"Mr.  Wren,"  she  called,  "pin  that  red  shawl 
across  the  window  while  I  pass  and  repass 
so  Miss  Susie  Day  can't  see  me  from  her 
house." 

"Where  is  that  there  shawl?"  shouted 
Mr.  Wren. 

"Pa,"  Annie  reproved,  "that  there  is 
not  correct.  You  should  say  that  shawl, 
and  not  that  there  shawl." 

"Well,  if  anybody  has  saw  it,"  cried  the 
other  desnerately,  "quit  talking  long  enough 
to  say  so ;  and  if  I  can  make  myself  heard 
by  saying  that  there  shawl,  let  them  be 
correct  what  has  a  clear  deck  to  hisself!" 

Annie  was  alarmed  to  find  that  in  his 
excitement  all  her  father's  grammar 
threatened  to  fall  to  the  ground.  She  has- 
tily sought  the  shawl  and  pinned  it  across 
the  telltale  window.  Then  Mrs.  Wren 
sneaked  like  a  criminal  from  her  bed  and 
went  after  the  strings.  "I  am  lending  you 
these,"  she  explained  on  her  return.  "They 
are  Reginald's  private  property  and  do  not 
belong  to  any  stock-in-trade.  You  will  re- 
ceive them  as  a  friend  of  the  family.  Now 
take  down  the  shawl,  and  pull  this  bed  a 
little  more  east,  so  I  can  be  seen  propped 
on  my  pillows  from  the  second  story  win- 
dow of  the  Days."  Ed  accepted  the  strings 
with  graceful  courtesy,  and  he  and  Mace 
departed,  their  ears  humming. 

"Come    across    the    street,"    said    Ed,    "I 


want  a  look  at  your  place.     Really,  I  feel  a 
wonderful    interest    in    this    cottage    since 

you've  moved  there." 

"\\.  can't  get  up  on  the  sidewalk  from 
the  road,"  said  Mace.  "We'll  have  to  go 
up  as  far  as  Horseshoe  House.  Isn't  that 
romantic,  to  have  a  sidewalk  like  a  sus- 
pension bridge?" 

"It's  fine!"  said  Ed.  "But  do  you  k? 
I    never   imagined    anything   in   this   village 
was  romantic." 

"Oh,  there  are  many  things !" 

"Then  will  you  come  and  show  them  to 
me?"  asked  Ed. 

"That  depends  on  you,"  said  Mace  grave- 
ly. They  were  standing  in  the  road,  under 
the  sidewalk. 

"Oh,  I  forgot  you  had  a  sermon  laid  up 
for  me!"  exclaimed  Ed.  "Please  put  it  off 
a  little  longer.  Look,  Mace,  somebody  has 
been  digging  under  your  sidewalk-bridge ! 
Perhaps  it  was  Tumbleton's  big  St.  Ber- 
nard. Oh,  vou  ought  to  see  his  dog, 
Pup!" 

"I've  seen  him,"  exclaimed  Mace  prompt- 
ly. The  young  man  had  picked  up  a  stick 
and  was  idly  prodding  at  the  loose  earth. 
"They  tell  me,"  he  said,  "that  dogs  bury 
their  bones — instinctive  misers,  dogs  are. 
Wonder  what  Pup  has  here?" 

"Feathers !"  exclaimed   Mace  suddenly. 

Ed  dug.  "A  chicken !"  he  cried.  "Look. 
Why,  this  is  a  fine,  young  rooster !" 

"It  must  be  the  Winterfields'  dorking !" 
Mace  said,  bewildered. 

"And  buried  under  your  sidewalk,"  said 
Ed  with  a  tragic  air,  holding  his  stick 
above  his  head  and  pointing  at  the  un- 
was  scratching  in  your  grass  early  this 
mean?  What  had  that  rooster  done  to 
you?" 

Mace  laughed.  Then  she  grew  serious. 
"It's  very  strange,"  she  murmured.  "One 
was  scratching  in  your  grass  early  this 
morning.     Maybe  it  was  this  one !" 

"Let  us  hope  so,"  said  Ed,  "and  that 
retribution  came  swift  and  sure.  I'll  bury 
the  vandal— no,  let's  tie  it  to  this  stick  and 
carry  it  to  the  Winterfields' .  It's  on 
the  way  home,  and  if  anybody  is  looking 
it  will  attract  attention  and  make  village 
news." 

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'IN  FAITH,  UNITY:  IN  OPINION  AND  METHODS.  LIBERTY;  IN  ALL  THINGS,  CHARITY; 


Vol.  XLII. 


September  21,   1905 


No.  38 


Current  Events. 


The  Need  of 
Manhood. 


The  "Chicago  Journal,"  a  strong 
Republican  paper,  has  enough  of  the 
true  spirit  of  manhood 
in  its  management  to 
stand  for  what  is 
right  and  good  rather  than  for  its  own 
political  party  when  this  is  corrupt. 
For  instance,  it  argues  that  while  we 
loudly  bemoan  Russia's  need  of  man- 
hood, America's  own  need  of  manhood 
cries  out  from  every  page  of  every 
newspaper  every  day.  "Philadelphia," 
it  says,  "needs  manhood  to  support 
and  carry  through  the  fight  begun 
against  exposed  political  chicanery 
and  crime;  Missouri  needs  manhood 
to  sustain  Folk  in  his  efforts  to  rescue 
the  state  from  its  long  tolerated  defi- 
ance of  law,  and  Wisconsin  and  Kan- 
sas need  manhood  in  their  contest  with 
entrenched  monopoly.  Ohio  needs 
manhood  to  dethrone  political  boss- 
ism  that,  like  a  gigantic  spider,  has 
entrapped  the  state  government  in  its 
web."  When  a  political  paper  can 
thus  commend  the  work  of  a  Demo- 
cratic governor  in  one  state  and  throw 
the  weight  of  its  influence  into  de- 
throning Ohio  bossism,  which  is  allied 
with  the  paper's  own  political  party,  it 
shows  that  there  has  been  a  great 
awakening.  Every  editorial  writer  feels 
free  to  castigate  poor  Russia  in  its  be- 
nighted condition,  but  altogether  too 
many  newspaper  writers  can  find  little 
in  their  political  party  that  seems  to 
them  to  need  the  whip. 

The  state  of  Ohio  has  for  many  years 
been    strongly   Republican   and   it    is 

The  Government  poSf ible,  thfat  at  ^e 
of  Ohio  n  election      the 

party  in  power  may 
still  hold  the  reins  of  government,  but 
this  will  not  be  without  a  strong  effort 
on  the  part  of  the  good  people  of  that 
state  to  overthrow  the  ring-rule  that 
now  controls  the  state  which  has 
prided  itself  upon  supplying  so  many 
of  our  presidents.  The  coming  elec- 
tion is  one  of  more  than  ordinary  in- 
terest for,  like  the  recent  election  in 
Missouri,  the  question  at  issue  is  not 
so  much  a  political  one  as  a  moral  one. 
Those  who  are  familiar  with  the  situa- 
tion in  Ohio  know  that  the  liquor  in- 
terest of  the  state  is  doing  all  in  its 
power  to  reelect  Governor  Herrick. 
That  gentleman  is,  no  doubt,  in  many 
respects  a  very  admirable  man,  and 
his    attitude  toward  the  gambling  in- 


terests has  been  on  the  side  of  moral- 
ity. But  he  has  fallen  short  in  other 
respects,  and  we  believe  that  the 
reasons  which  have  prompted  a  great 
many  of  the  best  men  in  the  state  to 
withdraw  their  allegiance  from  him 
are  good  ones  why  he  should  not  be 
elected  when  so  admirable  a  candidate 
as  Mr.  Pattison,  who  stands  four- 
square for  the  advancement  of  every 
moral  question,  is  presented  in  oppo- 
sition. 


A  Russian 
Concession. 


Moved  by  an  entirely  natural  and 
commendable  gratitude  to  the  United 
States  for  its  part  in 
bringing  the  war  to 
a  close,  Russia  has 
yielded  a  point  that  has  been  in  dis- 
pute between  the  two  countries  for 
several  years.  The  announcement  was 
made  by  M.  Witte  at  the  farewell  con- 
ference between  President  Roosevelt 
and  the  Russian  envoys.  The  Czar 
has  ordered  a  reduction  of  the  tariff 
upon  certain  important  classes  of 
American  manufactured  goods  by  the 
removal  of  a  discriminating  and  retal- 
iatory charge  which  had  been  made 
against  products  from  this  country. 
The  trouble  arose  out  of  a  dispute  over 
the  sugar  bounty.  Our  present  tariff 
law  authorizes  the  collection  of  a  dif- 
ferential upon  imported  sugar  which 
has  received  a  bounty  in  the,  country 
of  its  manufacture.  Russia  does  not 
pay  a  cash  bounty  on  exported  sugar, 
but  it  imposes  an  internal  revenue  tax 
upon  sugar  manufactured  in  the  coun- 
try, and  refunds  or  remits  the  tax  upon 
sugar  that  is  exported.  Oar  govern- 
ment held  that  this  was  equivalent  to 
paying  a  bounty,  and  collected  the 
additional  duty.  Russia  resented  this, 
and  by  way  of  retaliation  imposed  a 
higher  rate  on  certain  classes  of  Amer- 
ican goods  than  upon  similar  goods 
from  other  countries.  There  was  a 
chance  for  a  tariff  war,  but  it  never 
came  to  that,  though  there  were  fric- 
tion and  mutual  accusations  of  failure 
to  comply  with  the  terms  of  the  "most 
favored  nation"  agreement.  Russia 
now  yields  the  point  so  far  as  to  can- 
cel her  retaliatory  tariff  and  admit  all 
American  goods  on  as  favorable  terms 
as  those  from  any  other  country. 


The  "tainted  money"  question  will 
not  down.  During  the  past  week 
there  have  been  two 
or  three  interesting 
contributions  to  the 
discussion.  First  came  the  publica- 
tion of  Dr.  Washington  Gladden's  re- 


A  Revised 
Opinion. 


vised  opinion  on  the  subject— or  per- 
haps it  was  a  revised  statement  rather 
than  a  revised  opinion.  The  gist  of 
this  is  that  an  institution  may  proper- 
ly receive  funds  from  any  source,  even 
from  an  oil  magnate,  without  investi- 
gating the  moral  status  of  the  con- 
tributed dollars,  but  that  gifts  ought 
not  to  be  solicited  from  parties  who 
may  reasonably  be  suspected  of  hav- 
ing acquired  their  money  in  objection- 
able ways.  The  distinction  here  is 
between  accepting  voluntary  gifts  and 
asking  for  them.  It  is  worth  making. 
Some  objectionable  elements  are  elim- 
inated if  the  representatives  of  char- 
itable, missionary  and  educational 
institutions  do  not  put  themselves  in 
the  position  of  suppliants  before  the 
possessors  of  ill-gotten  gain.  Even  a 
trust  magnate  must  do  something  with 
his  money,  and  Dr.  Gladden  admits 
that  it  may  be  allowable  for  him  to 
offer  it,  modestly  and  voluntarily,  to  a 
good  cause.  The  distinction,  however, 
weakens  the  force  of  some  of  the  argu- 
ments which  have  been  used.  For  ex- 
ample, it  breaks  up  the  parallel  be- 
tween receiving  "tainted  money"  of 
the  sort  that  has  been  under  discus- 
sion and  receiving  stolen  goods  from 
a  common  thief.  A  church  would 
scarcely  like  to  receive  a  gift  of  stolen 
goods  from  a  burglar,  even  if  he 
brought  it  to  the  altar  voluntarily. 
Perhaps  we  shall  have  to  admit,  after 
all,  that  there  is  some  sort  of  moral 
distinction  to  be  made  between  the 
house-breaker  and  the  monopolist. 


The  Care  of 
Public  Money. 


It  is  announced  that  the  state  audi- 
tor of  Indiana  has  been  found  to 
be  a  defaulter  to  the 
amount  of  about 
$145,000.  This,  in  a 
commonwealth  which  is  virtuous  even 
to  the-  extent  of  an  absolute  anti- 
cigarette  law,  and  which  has  a  gover- 
nor who  is  one  of  the  three  great 
gubernatorial  reformers,  is  certainly 
startling.  The  discovery  was  made 
by  the  diligence  and  zeal  of  the  gov- 
ernor. The  facts  in  the  case  are, 
that  the  auditor,  whose  duty  it  is  to 
keep  certain  moneys  belonging  to  the 
state  and  to  make  periodical  settle- 
ments and  reports,  has  invested  the 
amount  mentioned  in  certain  securi- 
ties which  appear  to  be  of  the  most 
obviously  insecure  and  speculative 
sort.  The  law  requires  that  the  audi- 
tor shall  be  required  to  account  for 
the  public  moneys  received  by  him. 
and  also  for  the  interest  accruing  on 
the   same  while  they  are  deposited  in 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


SEPTEMBER   21,    1905 


bank.  The  supreme  court  has  de- 
cided, however,  that  public  officers 
who  are  charged  with  the  custody  of 
public  money  cannot  be  required  to 
account  for  interest  on  it  during  the 
time  it  is  in  their  possession.  From 
this  decision  has  grown  the  custom, 
on  the  part  of  such  officers,  of  invest- 
ing such  public  money  for  their  own 
benefit.  This  would  be  a  wholly 
vicious  and  indefensible  system  even 
if  there  were  some  provision  for 
guaranteeing  that  the  funds  would  be 
conservatively  invested  as  trust  funds 
should  be.  But  more  than  once 
officials  have  succumbed  to  the  obvious 
temptation  to  invest  in  speculative 
enterprises  in  the  hope  of  large  and 
quick  returns.  Judging  from  the 
amount  of  mining  stock  purchased  by 
the  late  auditor  and  held  by  him  as 
security  for  state  funds,  it  is  evident 
that  he  had  fallen  into  this  habit  in  its 
worst  form.  Ha  has  become  a  de- 
faulter by  accident  and  bad  judgment 
rather  than  by  intention.  He  deserves 
his  punishment,  but  the  chief  fault  is 
with  a  system  which  furnishes  an 
open  door  and  a  standing  invitation  to 
such  aberrations.  It  is  palpably 
absurd  to  tolerate  for  a  moment  an 
arrangement  under  which  public 
officers  are  allowed  to  invest  public 
moneys  for  their  own  benefit  and  at 
their  own  discretion. 


A  Naval 
Disaster. 


The  accidental  explosion  of  Admiral 
Togo's  flagship,  Mikasa,  resulting  in 
the  total  destruction 
of  the  vessel  and  the 
loss  of  599  lives,  adds 
one  more  to  the  long  list  of  costly 
naval  accidents  in  time  of  peace.  A 
complete  list  of  even  the  serious  ac- 
cidents which  have  occurred  on  battle- 
ships in  times  of  peace  during  the  last 
ten  years  would  be  appalling.  One 
recalls  at  once  a  few  of  our  own  mis- 
fortunes. There  was  the  destruction 
of  the  Maine,  which  marked  the  be- 
ginning of  our  war  with  Spain,  as  this 
marks  the  end  of  Japan's  war  with 
Russia.  There  was  the  explosion  in 
the  turret  of  the  Missouri  not  a  great 
many  months  ago;  still  more  recently, 
and  still  under  inquiry,  the  explosion 
of  the  Bennington's  boilers.  Probably 
few  of  us  realizs  what  constant  peril 
lurks  in  the  mechanism  of  a  modern 
battleship.  The  greatly  increased 
size  and  power  of  her  guns  and  the 
explosiveness  of  their  projectiles,  and 
the  heavy  demands  made  upon  the 
boilers  to  secure  the  necessary  speed, 
both  augment  the  risk.  It  seems  to  be 
a  law  of  nature  that  destructive  de- 
vices shall  be  dangerous  to  those  who 
use  them.  The  man  who  uses  a  steel 
trap  has  to  take  the  chance  of  getting 
his  own  foot  caught  in  it.  The  man 
who  has  a  gun  has  something  with 
which  he  may  kill  or  which  may  kill 
him,  depending  on  the  care  and  skill 
with  which  it  is  handled.  Dynamite 
is  more  dangerous  than  powder.  In- 
creased peril  to  the  user  is  the  price 


of  every  increase  in  the  efficiency  of  a 
destructive  agent.  So  it  is  with 
battleships.  It  does  not  mean  that  We 
must  accept  these  awful  accidents  as  a 
matter  of  course,  or  that  we  must  go 
back  to  bows  and  arrows  because  big 
guns  are  sometimes  destructive  at  the 
breach  as  well  as  at  the  muzzle.  But 
it  does  mean  that  we  must  have  ever- 
increasing  skill  and  care.  And  per- 
haps it  should  serve  to  remind  us, 
even  in  time  of  peace,  that  war  is  es- 
sentially a  bloody  and  fatal  business. 


The  armistice  between  Russia  and 

Japan   has   been   signed.      By  it  the 

_.      .  represent  atives  of 

The  Armistice  .    .v  iU 

.  .      .  both    powers    in    the 

Mgned.  field    agreed    that   Qn 

and  after  Sept.  16,  all  hostile  and 
inimical  acts  should  cease.  A  neutral 
zone  four  kilometers  wide  was  estab- 
lished between  the  armies.  Thus  the 
peace  which  was  negotiated  at  Ports- 
mouth becomes  a  reality  on  the  field. 
The  conditions  of  the  armistice,  which 
were  discussed  at  great  length  and 
with  much  care  by  both  parties,  will 
govern  the  relations  between  the 
armies  during  the  period  pending  the 
formal  ratification  of  the  treaty  of 
peace.  The  army  takes  nothing  for 
granted.  While  the  general  public 
has  already  counted  peace  as  an  as- 
sured reality,  speaks  of  the  war  in  the 
past  tense  and  is  rapidly  forgetting  all 
about  it,  the  armies  remain  just  where 
they  were,  prepared  for  the  improb- 
able exigency  of  a  resumption  of  hos- 
tilities in  case  either  government 
should  fail  to  ratify  the  treaty.  But 
for  practical  purposes  we  may  still 
feel  safe  in  saying  that  the  war  is  over. 


The  legislative  investigation  com- 
mittee which  is  probing  into  the 
records  and  methods 
of  the  great  insurance 
companies  in  New 
York,  is  unearthing  some  interesting 
and  not  altogether  reassuring  facts. 
It  is  becoming  pretty  evident  that  we 
might  as  well  have  saved  some  of  the 
indignation  which  we  were  so  recently 
lavishing  upon  the  Equitable  and  its 
managers  so  that  there  might  have 
been  a  more  just  distribution  of  it 
among  those  who  are  equally  entitled 
to  it.  The  search-light  happened  to 
fall  upon  the  Equitable  first,  but  it  is 
doubtful  whether  any  just  charge  has 
been  brought  against  the  Equitable 
which  could  not  be  made  with  equal 
propriety  against  the  other  companies 
of  the  first  class.  The  righteous  wrath 
and  indignation  of  the  American  peo- 
ple are  always  short-winded,  and  it  is 
not  likely  that  any  revelations  that 
may  be  made  will  create  much  of  a 
sensation  now,  but  it  is  just  as  well  to 
know  what  has  been  going  on.  For 
one  thing,  it  seems  that  they  have  not 
been  above  resorting  to  the  boldest 
fictions  to  make  their  books  give  a 
false  impression  of  their  dealings. 
For    example,    when    it    was    advan- 


Insurance 
Revelations. 


tageous  to  make  it  appear  that  certain 
stocks  or  bonds  were  not  owned  by 
the  companies,  they  could  be  sold  to 
some  office  boy  or  clerk  (drawing  a 
salary  of  perhaps  ten  dollars  a  week), 
and  his  note  for  several  million  dollars 
accepted.  The  transaction  would  not 
be  so  risky  as  it  might  seem,  for  the 
company  would  merely  keep  the  bonds 
in  its  safe  as  collateral  for  the  notes 
instead  of  keeping  it  upon  the  books 
as  an  asset  of  the  company.  The  pur- 
pose of  this  shrewd  device,  which 
honorable  business  men  of  national 
reputation  have  been  using,  is  to 
make  what  is  appear  as  if  it  were  not. 
There  are  several  names  for  this  kind 
of  an  act,  and  some  of  them  are  very 
harsh.  The  dealings  of  the  insurance 
companies  with  their  allied  trust  com- 
panies and  with  syndicates  of  bankers 
and  prominent  financiers,  are  still 
undergoing  investigation.  It  has 
already  been  shown  that  the  New  York 
Life  would  apparently  rather  receive 
2  per  cent  interest  from  a  favored  trust 
company  than  4  per  cent  in  the  gen- 
eral money  market,  the  security  be- 
ing equally  good,  and  that  it  has  been 
a  practi'-e  to  go  into  stock  and  bond 
deals  with  friendly  bankers  and  bro- 
kers on  terms  tinder  which  the  insur- 
ance company  furnished  all  of  the 
capital  and  received  half  of  the  profits. 
None  of  these  things  can  shake  the 
faith  of  the  thoughtful  man  in  the 
fundamental  principles  of  well  regu- 
lated life  insurance.  But  more  and 
more  it  is  borne  in  upon  his  mind  that, 
in  so  far  as  the  protection  feature  and 
the  investment  feature  can  be  sepa- 
rated, he  would  like  to  buy  protection 
at  the  cheapest  rate  from  a  good  in- 
surance company  and  make  his  invest- 
ments through  some  other  channel 
where  he  can  receive  a  little  larger 
proportion  of  what  his  money  earns. 


The  American  Board  of  Commis- 
sioners for  Foreign  Missions  has  been 
in  session  at  Seattle, 
and  Dr.  Gladden,  as 
was  expected,  made  a 
strong  speech  in  support  of  a  resolu- 
tion against  soliciting  tainted  money. 
Dr.  Gladden  supported  his  resolution 
with  an  address  which  was  as  earnest 
and  eloquent  as  any  of  his  former  de- 
liverances on  the  subject,  and  consid- 
erably more  convincing  by  reason  of 
the  limitation  of  his  thesis.  Especially 
did  he  condemn  the  stand  of  those  who 
would  make  the  decision  of  a  moral 
question  depend  upon  our  need  of  the 
money.  A  similar  disposition  to  avoid 
a  definite  commitment  was  exhibited 
at  a  meeting  of  a  Methodist  conference 
in  Indiana.  A  church  in  Whiting,  Ind., 
had  decided  to  ask  Mr.  Rockefeller  to 
aid  in  the  erection  of  a  building,  the 
town  being  virtually  owned  by  the 
Standard  Oil  Company.  A  resolution 
approving  the  appeal  was  voted  down, 
the  chief  reason  for  the  action  appar- 
ently being  a  desire  to  avoid  going  on 
record  on  either  side  of  the  question. 


Dr.  Gladden 
at  Seattle. 


September  21,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


1217 


How  the   Holy  Spirit  Reaches 
Unbelievers. 

There  is  evidence  that  the  wild 
theories  which  once  prevailed  in  evan- 
gelical Protestant  bodies  concerning 
the  method  of  the  Holy  Spirit  in  con- 
victing men  of  sin  are  no  longer  en- 
dorsed by  thoughtful  leaders  in  these 
churches,  and  that  new  light  is  break- 
ing forth  from  the  Word  of  God.  The 
view  once  so  popular  among  revival- 
ists practically  dispensed  with  the 
Gospel  as  the  power  of  God  unto  sal- 
vation, and  taught  the  direct  conver- 
sion of  men  by  the  Holy  Spirit  with- 
out the  intervention  of  the  truth.  The 
correction  of  this  error  is  likely  to 
lead  to  a  widespread  interest  in  evan- 
gelistic work  throughout  the  world, 
and  is  indeed  now  having  that  result. 

In  an  article  in  the  "Missionary 
Review  of  the  World,"  by  the  editor- 
in-chief,  Dr.  Arthur  C.  Pierson,  on 
"God's  Chosen  Vessels,"  he  is  led  to 
say: 

It  is  possible  that  there  Is  a  common  mis- 
apprehension as  to  the  chosen  modes  and 
methods  of  the  Spirit's  highest  activity  in 
the  believer  and  the  church,  and  through 
believers  upon  a  dying  world.  If  this  is 
true,  then  by  correcting  and  removing 
wrong  conceptions  we  may  open  the  way 
for  intelligent  and  efficient  co-operation 
with  the  Spirit  in  the  work  of  conversion. 
All  missions,  at  home  and  abroad,  may  be 
awaiting  such  new  impulse  and  impetus  to 
assure  their  highest  results.  More  than  this, 
a  new  era  of  power  and  progress  may  be 
even  now  dawning,  and  we  need  to  be  on 
the  alert  to  catch  God's  signals  and  follow 
them. 

The  example  of  the  Welsh  revival 
is  cited,  in  which,  as  soon  as  any 
church  put  itself  right  with  God  and 
with  men,  it  became  a  vessel  of  God 
to  bring  salvation  to  the  unsaved.  The 
Lord  wants  human  instrumentalities 
with  which  to  carry  on  his  divine 
work,  but  these  human  instrumentali- 
ties must  be  meet  for  the  Master's 
use.  Otherwise  he  need  not  have 
called  Paul  or  any  other  "chosen  ves- 
sel" into  his  service.  Again  we  quote 
Dr.  Pierson: 

It  was  some  such  course  of  study  as  this 
that  led  the  late  Dr.  A.  J.  Gordon  to  the 
conviction  that,  during  this  present  dis- 
pensation, the  Spirit's  method  is  to  teach 
the  unsaved,  not  by  directly  working  on 
their  hearts,  but  always  through  the  be- 
liever as  his  chosen  vessel — the  medium  of 
communication. 

It  was  a  fresh  and  original  study  of 
the  New  Testament  that  led  the  lead- 
ers in  this  Reformation  to  see  that 
truth  nearly  a  century  ago.  Not  only 
did  they  see  it  and  proclaim  it  as 
God's  method  of  reaching  and  con- 
verting men,  but  for  doing  so  they 
were  misunderstood  and  misrepre- 
sented, being  charged  with  denying 
the  very  existence  and  work  of  the 
Holy  Spirit. 

If  there  came  to  be,  through  the 


correction  of  this  error,  a  lack  of 
proper  emphasis  of  the  work  of  the 
Holy  Spirit  in  the  believer  to  prepare 
him  to  be  a  medium  of  communicat- 
ing divine  truth  to  the  world,  on  the 
part  of  many  among  us,  there  is  not 
wanting  abundant  evidence  that  this 
fault  is  now  being  corrected,  and  the 
position  which  has  always  been  held 
in  theory  is  now  coming  to  be  a 
vital  experience  and  an  essential  con- 
dition of  all  successful  evangelization. 
Now  that  our  religious  neighbors 
are  coming  to  see  that  the  Spirit's 
convicting  power  is  mediated  by  the 
truth  in  men  who  believe  it  and  live 
it,  and  proclaim  it,  and  the  Disciples 
of  Christ,  who  have  always  held  to 
this  truth,  are  realizing  as  never  be- 
fore that  this  preparation  for  the 
mediumship  of  God's  power  unto  sal- 
vation is  the  personal  work  of  the 
Holy  Spirit,  who  was  promised  to  the 
disciples  for  this  very  purpose,  are 
we  not  coming  into  an  understanding 
of  the  truth  that  will  make  possible 
such  a  wave  of  evangelistic  power  as 
the  world  has  not  known  since  the 
apostolic  age?  God  grant  that  it  may 
be  so,  and  that  we  who  plead  for  New 
Testament  Christianity  may  seek  that 
fullness  of  the  Spirit  which  alone  can 
enable  us  to  exemplify,  both  in  our 
lives  and  in  our  achievements,  the  su- 
preme excellency  and  unconquerable 
power  of  that  faith  and  zeal  which 
characterized  the  apostolic  age.  The 
world  is  convinced  of  the  correctness 
of  the  theory,  but  it  awaits  a  practical 
demonstration  of  the  beneficent  power 
which  transformed  the  early  disciples 
from  timid,  hesitating,  worldly-mind- 
ed followers  of  Jesus  into  the  spiritual 
giants  they  became,  and  brought  the 
proud  Roman  emperor  to  bow  at  the 
foot  of  the  cross  for  pardon  and 
peace.  We  have  an  omnipotent  Gos- 
pel when  preached  by  Spirit-filled 
men.  It  is  an  impotent  Gospel  in 
the  hands  of  a  worldly-minded,  mam- 
mon-loving, self-seeking  ministry. 


A  Message  from  the  Pew  to 
the  Pulpit. 

In  a  series  of  articles  in  the  "Satur- 
day Evening  Post,"  by  Senator  Al- 
bert J.  Beveridge,  on  "The  Young 
Man  and  the  World,"  he  devotes  one  to 
"The  Young  Man  and  the  Pulpit," 
which  contains  some  good  advice.  It 
is  well  for  ministers,  and  especially 
for  i  those  beginning  their  work,  to 
know  how  the  mass  of  men  who  oc- 
cupy the  pew  regard  their  calling. 
Senator  Beveridge  gives  the  preacher 
of  Christ's  Gospel  the  very  highest 
place,  but  he  wants  him  to  be  a 
preacher  of  the  Word,  and  not  a  mere 


lecturer    or    entertainer.      Hear    the 
senator  on  this  point. 

First,  then,  young  man  aspiring  to  the 
pulpit,  the  world  expects  you  to  be  above 
all  other  things  a  minister  of  the  Gospel. 
It  does  not  expect  you  to  be  primarily  a 
brilliant  man,  or  a  learned  man,  or  witty 
or  eloquent,  or  any  other  thing  that  would 
put  your  name  on  the  tongues  of  men.  The 
world  will  be  glad  if  you  are  all  of  these, 
of  course ;  but  it  wants  you  to  be  a  preacher 
of  the  Word  before  anything  else.  It  ex- 
pects that  all  your  talents  will  be  conse- 
crated to  your  sacred  calling. 

It  expects  you  to  speak  to  the  heart,  as 
well  as  to  the  understanding,  of  men  and 
women,  of  the  high  things  of  faith,  of  the 
deep  things  of  life  and  death.  The  great 
world  of  worn  and  weary  humanity  wants 
from  the  pulpit  that  word  of  helpfulness 
and  power  and  peace  which  is  spoken  only 
by  him  who  has  utterly  forgotten  all  things 
except  his  holy  mission.  Therefore,  merge 
all  of  your  striking  qualities  into  the  divine 
purpose  of  which  you  are  the  agent  Lose 
consciousness  of  yourself  in  the  burning 
consciousness  of  your   cause. 

He  tells  of  a  friend  of  his  who,  on 
returning  from  church,  said:  "I  am 
tired  and  disappointed.  I  went  to 
hear  a  sermon  and  listened  to  a  lec- 
ture. I  went  to  worship  and  I  was 
merely  entertained.  The  preacher 
was  a  brilliant  man,  and  his  address 
was  an  intellectual  treat,  but  I  did  not 
go  to  church  to  hear  a  professional 
lecturer.  When  I  want  to  be  merely 
entertained  I  will  go  to  the  theatre." 
This  objection,  too,  is  most  apt  to 
come  from  intellectual  people,  who 
feel  the  need  of  a  spiritual  tonic  and 
sro  to  church  for  that.  It  is  a  hint 
well  worth  heeding  by  preachers, 
whether  young  or  old.  In  this  age  of 
intense  living,  when  the  material 
things  of  life  are  pressed  so  contin- 
ually on  the  minds  of  men,  they  go  to 
church  that  they  may  see,  through  a 
rift  in  the  cloud,  a  glimpse,  at  least, 
of  the  infinite  blue  of  heaven,  a  vision 
of  spiritual  realities.  It  is  to  wrong 
one's  hearers,  if  the  man  of  God  fails 
to  lift  the  veil  that  hides  from  men's 
views  the  higher  things  of  life;  he 
can  do  this  only  as  he  preaches  the 
Gospel  of  Christ.  Only  this  Gospel 
can  set  men  in  right  relations  to  God 
and  to  each  other,  and  enable  them  to 
look  at  this  world  in  the  clear  light 
that  shines  out  of  the  world  to  come. 

Another  wise  suggestion  to  the 
young  man  in  the  pulpit  is  to  preach 
what  he  believes.  "The  world  is  hun- 
gry for  faith."  It  wants  to  hear  a 
man  who  will  help  them  to  believe. 
"More  men  and  women  today  would 
rather  believe  in  the  few  fundamentals 
of  the  Christian  religion  than  have 
any  other  gift  that  lavish  fortune 
could  bestow  upon  them."  This  is  not 
the  ordinary  impression  concerning 
men  of  the  world,  but  we  doubt  not 
the  senator  is  right.  Men  want  to  be- 
lieve in  a  hereafter,  whether  or  not 


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Skptember  21,  1905 


they  are  willing:  to  conform  their  lives 
to  the  standard  of  living  which  such 
a  faith  imposes.  They  need  to  be 
shown  that  the  way  to  live  hereafter 
is  to  live  HOW  the  higher,  the  real  life. 
In  a  word.  Senator  Beveridge  says 
in  effect  to  the  young:  preacher, 
"Stick  close  to  your  business,  and  be 
sure  you  believe  what  you  preach." 

ft         ft 
Notes  and  Comments. 

September  30  is  a  very  important 
day  for  our  church  this  j'ear,  for  then 
will  be  ended  the  records  of  the  fiscal 
year  and  the  books  closed.  Every  in- 
terest we  have  sends  out  an  exigent 
cry.  We  are  so  near  the  mark  set  by 
some  of  the  societies  that  it  would  be 
a  great  pity  if,  for  any  reason,  the 
goals  aimed  at  should  fail  to  be 
reached.  Our  Church  Extension  Board, 
to  which  we  must  give  precedence, 
seeing  that  September  is  the  special 
month  for  the  collections  in  its  be- 
half, is  facing  a  crisis.  During  the 
past  two  months  it  has  granted  no  new 
applications  for  aid.  "Can  we  pay  the 
loans  promised?"  is  the  question  be- 
fore the  board.  Applications  con- 
tinue to  come,  asking  to  be  filed  for 
future  granting.  As  it  looks  now  the 
board  will  be  compelled  to  use  all  of 
the  September  offering  to  pay  loans 
already  granted,  but  no  new  grants 
can  be  made  for  months  to  come  un- 
less the  churches  come  bravely  and 
quickly  to  the  help  of  the  Church  Ex-  . 
tension  Society.  By  reason  of  rains, 
no  doubt,  the  secretary's  report  on  an- 
other page  shows  no  gains.  There 
remains  yet  one  Sunday  in  September 
and  every  church  should  see  to  it  that 
it  has  part  in  the  offering  to  house  the 
many  homeless  churches  that  are  cry- 
ing for  just  a  little  help  to  enable 
them  to  help  themselves.  There  are 
hundreds  of  churches  who  could  build 
at  once  and  do  a  good  work  if  our 
Church  Extension  treasury  could  grant 
them  a  small  loan. 

ft 

Then  the  American  Christian  Mis- 
sionary Society  needs  only  $8,000  to 
complete  the  offering  for  this  year  of 
$100,000.  There  are  men  among  us 
who  could  easily  give  $5,000  to  this 
work  and  be  the  richer  for  it;  hundreds 
could  give  $1,000.  We  only  wish  they 
could  see  the  great  wide-stretching, 
ever  multiplying  fields  of  wailing  op- 
portunity. How  can  the  people  hear, 
without  a  preacher?  Is  not  $100,000  a 
very  small  sum  for  our  brotherhood  of 
a  million  and  a  quarter  people  to 
raise  for  mission  work  in  the  home 
land?  There  remain  but  seven  more 
days  from  this  date  to  raise  the  needed 
$8,000. 

We  started  in  to  raise  the  sum  of 
$250,000  for  foreign  missions.  Up  to 
September  16  nearly  $237,000  had  been 
secured  so  that  only  $13,000  are 
needed,  and  about  $8,000  of  this  are 
reasonably     secured,     according      to 


Brother  Rains,  leaving  $5,000  to  come 
from  some  unknown  source  within  the 
next  week.  Surely  this  money  will 
not  be  lacking.  With  victory  in  sight, 
there  must  not  be  failure  now.  ^ 

ft 

We  are  interested  in  a  correspond- 
ence started  by  John  S.  McConnell, 
representing  the  Methodist  Board  of 
Church  Extension,  and  the  secretary 
of  our  own  Extension  Board.  Dr. 
McConnell  had  been  perusing  "Busi- 
ness in  Christianity"  which  he  found 
full  of  interesting  facts,  but  for  his 
personal  information  asked  some  ques- 
tions about  our  Church  Extension 
work.  He  evidently,  from  the  nature 
of  these  questions,  believes  that  our 
methods  are  superior  to  some  of  those 
employed  by  his  own  church.  Among 
other  things,  he  says:  "I  was  much 
interested  in  the  rather  unique  way 
you  have  of  reporting  what  each  state 
has  given  and  what  Church  Extension 
has  done  within  the  bounds  of  that 
state.  Your  Board  is  certainly  doing 
a  good  work,  and  you  are  to  be  con- 
gratulated." Brother  Muckley  had  a 
conference  with  the  secretary  of  the 
Methodist  Board  of  Church  Extension 
last  November,  a  year  ago,  and  was 
informed  on  that  occasion  that  the 
Methodists  have  over  $400,000  in 
outstanding  loans  that  they  never  ex- 
pect to  collect.  As  contrasted  with 
this,  note  that  our  own  Church  Exten- 
sion Board  has  lost  only  $563  in  the 
course  of  its  work. 


The  treaty  of  peace  signed  at  Ports^ 
mouth,  N.  H.,  between  the  envoys  of 
Russia  and  Japan  is  a  victory  at  which 
the  whole  world  should  rejoice.  It 
honors  both  nations  and  it  honors  our 
Christian  civilization.  The  part  our 
own  nation  has  taken  in  bringing 
about  this  peace  is  highly  creditable  to 
us,  and  especially  to  the  president 
whose  courage  and  tact  in  this  deli- 
cate business  has  given  him  first  place 
among  the  world's  diplomats  and 
peacemakers. 

ft 

We  have  said  it  is  creditable  to  both 
nations.  It  is  creditable  to  Russia, 
because  out  of  a  very  discouraging 
situation  her  envoys  have  won  an  hon- 
orable peace,  better  than  the  world 
dared  hope  they  could  win.  It  is  par- 
ticularly honorable  to  Japan,  because 
she  moderated  her  demands  in  re- 
sponse to  the  world's  desire  for  peace 
and  in  harmony  with  her  own  desire 
for  peace.  In  doing  so,  she  has  shown 
herself  to  be  as  magnanimous  in  vic- 
tory as  she  was  brave  in  war.  What 
most  Americans,  and  perhaps  most 
people  of  other  nations,  feared  about 
Japan,  was  that  she  would  "lose  her 
head,"  as  the  saying  goes,  and  carry  a 
chip  on  her  shoulder  ready  to  fight  all 
creation.  But  instead  of  that  she  has 
abandoned  demands  which  the  civ- 
ilized world  did  not,  under  the  circum- 
stances, deem  extravagant,  for  the 
sake  of  peace.     This    fact   ought   to 


give  her,  and  will  give  her,  in  the  eyes 
of  the  nations,  greater  prestige  than 
any  single  victory  of  the  war. 

ft 

The  rioting  which  is  reported  as  go- 
ing on  in  Tokio  must  not  be  supposed 
to  represent  the  sober,  second  thought 
of  the  nation;  it  is  a  temporary  expres- 
sion of  disappointment  on  the  part  of 
the  populace  whose  expectations  had 
been  raised  too  high,  and  who  have 
not  had  time  to  weigh  calmly  the  ad- 
vantage to  Japan  of  her  magnanimous 
terms  of  peace.  She  was  in  a  condi- 
tion to  be  generous  and  has  shown 
herself  great  enough  to  bear  with 
moderation  the  victories  she  has  won 
on  land  and  sea. 

ft 

The  result  of  the  war  means,  not 
only  an  "open  door"  for  commerce  in 
Manchuria  and  China,  but  an  "open 
door"  for  the  gospel  as  well.  It  means 
the  advancement  of  Japan  to  the  rank 
of  a  first  class  nation,  and  the  awaken- 
ing and  development  of  China  to  a 
great  future.  It  means  the  moderation 
of  Russia's  ambition  in  the  east  and 
more  attention  to  her  domestic  affairs, 
with  a  freer  and  stronger  government. 
All  this  is  in  the  interest  of  human 
progress. 

ft 

Judging  by  the  reports  in  our  con- 
temporaries, some  of  the  scribes  sup- 
posed to  be  representing  these,  spent 
more  of  their  time  in  sight-seeing 
or  chatting  with  the  brethren 
than  in  attendance  upon  the 
San  Francisco  convention.  The 
Christian  Evangelist  is  the  only 
paper  that  has  given  anything  like  an 
adequate  account  of  the  proceedings, 
and  a  good  portion  of  what  has  ap- 
peared in  two  papers,  rather  noted  for 
their  critical  spirit,  has  been  in  the 
nature  of  criticism  rather  than  in-  ' 
formation.  In  one  of  them  appears 
nearly  a  whole  page  which  must  give 
anyone  who  reads  it  the  impres- 
sion that  the  writer  is  a  born 
"kicker."  He  seems  to  be  angry  be- 
cause he  had  to  pay  his  own  board 
bill  at  the  convention.  Then  he 
thinks  the  churches  in  the  west  ac- 
commodate themselves  to  please  the 
whims  of  sectarian  worshipers; 
following  which  he  spends  nearly 
two  columns  in  belaboring  the 
convention  and  its  managers  be- 
cause he  was  not  allowed  to  make  a 
prohibition  speech.  Sane  criticism 
has  its  place,  but  some  editors  seem 
to  prefer  to  deal  out  criticism  rather 
than  news.  The  Christian-Evangel- 
ist has  sought  to  give  its  readers  the 
news  about  the  convention,  and  it  has 
done  this  very  fully,  and  in  its  editorial 
columns  it  has  attempted  to  point  out 
the  significance  of  some  of  the  things 
said  and  done  at  the  convention. 
There  may  be  occasion  to  criticise 
some  things.  We  take  it  that  the 
members  of  our  churches  are  in  the 
first  place  more  interested  in  what  is 
helpful  and  inspiring  than  in  any 
efforts  we  may  make  to  change  for 
the  better  things  that  are  not  especial- 
ly vital. 


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Editor's  Easy  Chair. 

We  were  tarrying  in  Big  Goose 
Valley,  five  miles  southwest  of  Sheri- 
dan, Wyoming,  when  the  Easy  Chair 
closed  its  last  record.  We  tarried  yet 
another  day  after  that  narration  and 
made  a  trip  twelve  miles  distant  to  Big 
Goose  Canon — we  four,  the  Easy 
Chair  and  wife  and  Brother  George 
W.  Garrett  and  wife.  The  mouth  of 
this  canon  is  known  as  "Absaraka 
Park,"  and  this  name  is  printed  above 
the  narrow  rocky  defile  that  consti- 
tutes the  entrance  to  the  canon.  The 
road  thither  up  the  valley  is  a  gentle 
incline,  through  green  fields  of  alfalfa 
and  golden  fields  of  shocked  wheat, 
with  the  irrigating  ditches  marking 
the  hillsides  and  threading  the  fields, 
until  farms  and  orchards  and  homes 
give  place  to  the  grandeurs  and  sub- 
limities of  nature.  The  granite  walls 
of  Big  Goose  Canon  may  not  be  quite 
so  high  as  those  of  Cheyenne  Canon, 
but  any  lack  in  this  respect  is  over- 
come by  the  smooth  granite  boulders, 
varying  in  size  from  a  cannon  ball  to 
a  small  dwelling  house,  through  which 
and  over  which  and  under  which  roars 
and  rushes  and  flashes  and  splashes 
Big  Goose  Creek,  as  crystal  a  stream 
as  was  ever  brewed  in  the  mountains, 
and  performing  in  its  downward 
plunge  toward  the  valley  all  the  gyra- 
tions ascribed  to  the  Falls  of  Lodore, 
in  Southey's  classic  poem.  A  photo- 
graph of  it  appeared  in  last  week's 
issue  of  The  Christian-Evangelist. 
What  a  home  for  the  mountain  trout 
in  this  cold,  clear,  dashing  stream,  with 
its  rapids,  darting  between  huge  gran- 
ite boulders,  like  "shafts  of  polished 
velocity,"  as  Ruskin  says  of  the  rapids 
above  the  Rhine  Falls !  And  the  trout 
are  thei  e,  too,  but  wary,  bait-wise,  and 
up  to  all  the  tricks  of  the  professional 
angler.  But  it  was  a  part  of  our  busi- 
ness up  there  to  test  their  sagacity, 
and  sample  them  as  food.  We  cap- 
tured a  few,  not  many,  but  enough  to 
gratify  our  ambition,  if  not  to  satisfy 
our  appetite.  The  actual  catching  of 
the  trout  soon  becomes,  to  a  lover  of 
nature,  a  secondary  consideration  in 
such  surroundings. 

Of  course,  the  women  had  prepared 
a  lunch  for  the  noon  hour.  It  seems 
almost  a  profanation  to  call  a  meal 
consisting  of  fried  grouse — which  we 
had  shot  the  day  before — fish,  pies, 
cakes,  jams,  etc.,  a  lunch !  And  then 
the  table  and  dining  room  were  such 
as  kings  and  queens  seldom,  if  ever, 
enjoyed.  A  huge  granite  boulder,  large 
enough  to  build  a  house  on,  located  in 
the  middle  of  the  stream,  which  at  that 
time  flowed  under  it,  was  the  table. 
The  canon  itself,  with  its  towering 
walls  of  polished  granite,  roofed  with 


the  blue  sky,  was  the  dining  room. 
Music'  was  furnished  by  an  orchestra 
of  a  thousand  pieces,  blending  into  a 
sound  as  of  many  waters.  A  deep 
pool  of  snow-water  was  our  finger 
bowl.  The  All-gracious  Father,  whose 
hand  reared  these  majestic  walls, 
and  furnished  these  bounties,  was  our 
host.  If  one  wishes  to  know  how 
many  muscles  he  has,  and  where  lo- 
cated, a  few  hours  of  trout  fishing 
along  this  boulder-filled  stream  will 
give  him  the  desired  information.  Of 
course,  one  is  expected  to  slide  from 
one  of  these  slippery  boulders  once  or 
twice  during  the  day,  and  take  a  cold 
foot  and  leg  bath  with  his  shoes  and 
stockings  on;  but  a  little  thing  like 
that  will  not  disturb  a  genuine  disciple 
of  Izaak  Walton.  After  three  hours 
of,  this  sort  of  experience  the  Editor 
felt  the  need  of  his  "Easy  Chair,"  but 
the  best  substitute  for  it  was  that  same 
table  transformed  into  a  bed,  with  the 
aid  of  some  wraps,  on  which  he  rested 
his  weary  limbs  as  if  it  had  been  a  bed 
of  down,  while  gazing  upward  at  the 
fleecy  clouds  crossing  the  patch  of  blue 
sky  like  sails  on  a  distant  sea. 

& 

On  the  morrow,  after  a  drive  over 
Sheridan  Heights,  looking  down  upon 
the  aspiring  young  city  spread  along 
the  valley,  and  through  some  of  the 
principal  streets,  with  their  solid  busi- 
ness buildings  and  tasty  residences,  we 
bade  our  kinspeople  good-bye,  arjd 
took  the  east-bound  train  for  Chi- 
cago. A  sleeping  car  berth  for  this 
particular  train  to  be  taken  at  this 
particular  town  had  been  engaged 
five  days  before  at  Billings.  On  in- 
quiring for  it  the  conductor  informed 
us  that  nothing  was  reserved,  and  that 
he  could  give  us  neither  a  lower  nor 
an  upper  berth.  We  asked  to  see  his 
diagram,  and  showed  him  our  name 
recorded  on  it  and  a  line  drawn  across 
it,  and  demanded  to  know  by  whose 
authority  the  erasing  was  done.  He 
laid  it  on  the  conductor  who  preceded 
him,  who  was  new  to  the  business  and 
had  gotten  "rattled" — another  case  of 
"the  wicked  partner" !  Telling  him 
we  intended  to  find  out  who  erased 
our  name,  and  why,  if  it  took  the 
balance  of  the  fall,  we  sought  where 
to  lay  our  heads  in  the  tourists'  sleep- 
er, and  finally  secured  two  upper 
berths.  We  soon  found  that  several 
others  had  been  similarly  disappointed. 
Of  course,  there  is  unusual  travel  west 
this  fall,  and  the  demand  for  sleeping 
car  berths  is  great,  and  some  allow- 
ance must  be  made  for  that ;  but  that 
fact  is  no  justification  for  duplicity, 
reselling  of  berths  and  failure  to  ob- 
serve contracts.  The  journey  east- 
ward was  rapid  and  pleasant,  except 
Nebraska  struck  us  hard  again  with 


an  attack  of  hay  fever,  as  we  cro 
its  fertile  plains.  On  the  train  we  got 
acquainted  with  Broth 
ShcrHan,  coming  east;  and  Brother 
McCoy,  of  Allerton,  Ja..  returning 
home  from  the  coast,  who  gave  us  a 
first-hand  account  of  the  Iowa  state 
convention,  "the  best  in  the  history  of 
the  state,"  and  the  glowing  prospects 
of  Drake  University.  How  refreshing 
to  meet  with  a  business  man  who 
knows  something  about,  and  is  deeply 
interested  in,  something  besides  his 
own  business !  Lincoln,  Omaha,  Chi- 
cago were  passed  as  so  many  commas, 
for  we  were  hastening  on  to  Pent- 
water  for  a  period. 

At  10  o'clock  Saturday  night  two 
travel-worn,  dusty  pilgrims  landed  at 
Pentwater,  passed  along  the  winding 
walk  that  leads  across  the  narrow  pen- 
insula to  Lake  Michigan,  and  then 
south  along  the  banistered  sidewalk 
to  "The  Pioneer"  cottage.  The  half- 
full  moon  was  shedding  a  soft  light 
over  wood  and  lake,  and  the  latter 
was  sleeping  so  quietly  that  not  even 
its  breathing  reached  our  ears.  In  a 
few  moments  we  were  sleeping,  also. 
And  here  we  are  resting  a  while,  after 
our  long  journey  of  between  six  thou- 
sand and  seven  thousand  miles.  It 
was  just  a  month  from  the  morning 
we  left  St.  Louis  to  the  evening  we 
landed  in  Pentwater.  It  has  been  a 
month  of  rich  and  varied  experiences, 
well  worth  the  time,  expense,  weari- 
ness and  whatever  discomforts  were 
incident  to  the  journey.  That  no  ac- 
cident occurred  to  mar  the  happiness 
of  the  expedition  west  and  return,  so 
far  as  we  have  heard,  is  cause  for 
thanksgiving  to  Him  who  neither 
slumbers  nor  sleeps.  The  men  and 
women  who  made  up  the  company  of 
"The  Christian-Ev^ngeeist  Spe- 
cial" were  a  part  of  the  salt  of  the  earth 
and  the  light  of  the  world.  Their  fel- 
lowship was  delightful,  and  the  mem- 
ory of  our  happy  association  together 
during  the  long  journey  across  moun- 
tains, plains  and  deserts  will  linger 
with  us  after  many  of  the  humdrum 
experiences  of  life  have  been  forgot- 
ten. .  .  .  It  is  delightfully  quiet 
and  restful  here  at  Garrison  Park. 
Only  one  cottage  besides  our  own  is 
occupied  on  the  Lake  Michigan  side, 
and  that  will  be  vacant  in  a  day  or  two, 
leaving  us  the  sole  occupants.  But 
we  still  have  the  music  and  majesty 
of  the  lake,  the  society  of  the  woods, 
and  the  visits  of  golden  and  crim- 
son sunsets.  We  are  not  lonesome. 
There  is  a  note  of  melancholy  in  the 
autumnal  anthem  the  lake  is  singing 
today,  which  means  separation  soon — 
too  soon — from  these  loved  scenes 
and  associations. 

Garrison  Park,  Pen::  ch. 


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September  21,  1905 


A  United  Church  and  a  Believing  World0  F.  M.  Doling 


(Continued  from  last  week.) 

A    Reunited    Christendom   the    Prepara 
tlon  for  &  Christianized  World. 

And  now.  my  brethren,  before  God 
I  charge  you  to  hear  the  conclusion 
to  which  we  are  driven  by  the  prem- 
ises involved  in  the  statements  that 
have  been  made:  We,  as  a  people 
devoted  to  the  reuniting  of  the  dis- 
membered body  of  Christ  to  the  end 
that  the  world  may  believe,  ought  to 
be  the  foremost  foreign  missionary 
people  of  Christendom.  For,  hear  me, 
present  indications  and  accomplished 
facts  compel  the  belief  that  the  prob- 
lem of  Christian  union  is  to  be  solved 
chiefly  on  the  foreign  field. 

Dr.  Barton,  one  of  the  secretaries 
of  the  American  board,  made  an  ex- 
tended tour  of  the  mission  field,  and 
when  he  returned  home,  said:  "The 
missionaries  are  in  advance  of  the 
home  churches  in  fraternal  co-opera- 
tion for  the  promotion  of  the  kingdom 
of  Jesus  Christ  in  the  world  in  ways 
that  are  Christian  before  they  are  de- 
nominational. I  assume  no  unusual 
prophetic  vision  when  I  make  bold  to 
declare  that  this  position  of  leadership 
will  be  maintained  in  the  foreign 
work  until  the  churches  in  the  United 
States  are  compelled  to  fall  into  line." 

At  a  conference  of  the  Foreign 
Missionary  Boards  of  the  United 
States  and  Canada,  Robert  E.  Speer, 
a  secretary  of  the  Presbyterian  board, 
said:  "I  know  the  views  that  many 
hold,  that  the  denominational  lines  are 
providential  gifts  to  the  children  of 
men.  Some  missionaries  hold  that 
they  are  sent  out  for  the  propagation 
of  denominational  differences.  I  have 
heard  missionaries  antagonize  the 
matter  of  self-support  because,  they 
said:  'If  we  press  this  matter  the 
Christians  now  organized  under  many 
different  names  will  get  together  all 

LN  ONE  BIG  CHURCH  UNDER  ONE  NAME 

and  we  won't  have  them  any  longer 
under  our  doctrinal  control.'  I  think 
they  would,  and  I  think  that  one  name 
is  above  the  other  names." 

Mr.  Mott  notes  the  tendency  in  the 
mission  field  toward  an  organic  union 
of  the  various  branches  of  each  de- 
nominational family,  and  then  re- 
marks: "This  plan  is  the  first  stage 
in  the  union  of  the  Christian  forces." 
His  second  stage  is  not  quite  what  he 
leads  us  to  anticipate,  and  yet  it  is 
almost  that,  for  he  says :  "The  senti- 
ment in  favor  of  this  movement  to- 
ward a  closer  union  is  far  stronger 
on  the  mission  fields  than  at  home. 
Even  greater  progress  in  this  direc- 
tion  would  have  been   made  on   the 

•An  address  delivered  at  the  International  Con- 
vention at  San  Francisco. 


mission  fields  had  not  the  missionaries 
been  hindered  in  their  plans  either  by 
denominational  ambitions  or  by  the1 
lack  of  vision  of  the  home  churches. 
Without  doubt  the  church  in  non- 
Christian  lands  has  important  lessons 
to  teach  the  church  in  Christian  coun- 
tries. Face  to  face  with  the  vast  and 
powerfully  entrenched  forces  of 
heathenism,  with  its  ignorance,  super- 
stition, and  sin,  they  clearly  see 
that  nothing  short  of  a  union 
in  spirit,  plan  and  effort  on  the 
part  of  all  true  disciples  of 
Jesus  Christ  will  prevail.  In  the  pres- 
ence of  a  world  that  is  unbelieving  to 
an  extent  and  to  a  depth  which  those 
living  in  Christian  lands  can  not  fully 
realize,  they  long  to  be  in  a  position 
to  present  that  mightiest  apologetic — 
the  one  for  which  Christ  prayed — 
that  the  world  may  believe  in  the  di- 
vine mission  of  their  Lord."  A  little 
while  ago  I  quoted  the  saying  of  Dr. 
Behrends :  "I  can  not  evade  the  con- 
viction that  foreign  missions  carry  in 
them  the 

SWIFT    DOOM    OF    OUR    PETTY 

sectarian  divisions."  In  the  same  ad- 
dress follow  these  burning  words : 
"They  [the  foreign  missionaries] 
have  fought  their  way  through  to  a 
simpler  theology  than  have  we.  They 
have  ceased  to  tithe  mint,  anise,  and 
cummin.  They  have  learned  that 
Japan  and  China  will  never  utter  the 
shibboleths  of  our  schools.  They  have 
concentrated  upon  fundamentals. 
They  listen  with  silence  and  wonder- 
ing eyes  to  many  of  our  disputations. 
They  know  what  kind  of  gospel  the 
great  world  needs,  and  I  have  some- 
times thought  it  might  be  well  if  they 
should  draw  up  a  creed  binding  upon 
us  who  stay  at  home.  At  all  events 
the  simplicity  which  experience  has 
forced  upon  them  must  master  us. 
Nor  is  it  difficult  to  state  what  that 
ultimate  simplicity  of  doctrinal  con- 
viction must  be.  It  must  be  the  prim- 
itive simplicity.  There  can  be  no 
other.  We  must  come  back  to  the 
New  Testament.  Our  religion  must 
centralize  in  personal  devotion  to  the 
personal  Christ.  He  is  our  Master; 
he  alone.  We  shall  never  conquer 
each  other.  But  I  hope  that  we  are  all 
willing  that  Christ  shall  conquer  us 
all." 

PRESIDENT  M'LEAN  WROTE  THIS 

back  to  us  as  a  part  of  his  message 
from  Japan :  "The  Japanese  want  the 
very  thing  for  which  we  plead.  They 
want  the  Christianity  of  Christ,  and 
not  the  creeds,  or  dogmas,  or  theolo- 
gies, or  customs  of  men.  One  of  the 
ablest  men  of  Japan  says  that  there 


are  hardly  any  of  his  countrymen  who 
are  loyal  to  the  creeds  and  dogmas 
which  constitute  the  foundations  of 
the  several  denominations.  Common 
believers,  he  adds,  have  been  ignorant 
from  the  beginning  of  sects  and  de- 
nominations :  but  never  before  have 
these  been  so  coldly  disregarded  by 
the  ministers  and  officers  in  the 
churches  as  now.  One  prevailing  cur- 
rent throughout  all  denominations  is 
church  union,  and  this  current  is 
growing  stronger,  and  higher,  and 
swifter. 

LEADING   MEN    IN    THE    CHURCHES 

pay  most  diligent  attention  to  the 
practical  question  of  church  union, 
and  utterly  none  to  the  preservation 
of  the  denominations.  All  are  wait- 
ing anxiously  for  the  time  and  the 
man  to  take  the  final  step  toward 
a  glorious  reformation  in  Japan.  The 
Japanese  desire  and  pray  for  what 
we  desire  and  pray  for,  that  there  may 
be  one  flock,  one  shepherd.  Now  is 
the  time  for  us  to  publish  far  and 
wide  the  truth  which  we  hold,  and 
thereby  help  the  Japanese  to  realize 
that  which  they  so  devoutly  wish." 

One  of  the  greatest  and  most  per- 
plexing questions  that  came  before 
the  last  general  conference  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  pertained 
to  the  sending  of  a  missionary  bishop 
to  Japan.  The  committee  on  the 
Episcopacy  recommended  the  ap- 
pointment of  such  a  bishop.  The  op- 
position to  the  report,  representing 
some  of  the  most  prominent  men  in 
the  conference,  urged  with  tremen- 
dous earnestness  and  power  that  such 
a  step  would  hinder  the  proposed 
union  of  the  seven  branches  of  Meth- 
odism in  Japan.  I  was  waiting  in 
prayerful  expectancy  for  some  one 
to  get 

A   LARGER   VISION    OF   UNION 

than  merely  the  union  of  Methodism 
in  Japan.  That  vision  came  to  Emory 
Smith,  of  Des  Moines.  He  said: 
"Mr.  Chairman,  it  is  not  my  desire 
to  make  a  lengthy  speech.  My  aim 
is,  rather,  to  repeat  what  one  of  our 
brightest  and  best  Japanese  ministers 
told  me  in  a  conversation  recently. 
Rev.  Takesha  Uki,  a  graduate  of 
Simpson  college,  Iowa,  and  now  pas- 
tor of  our  principal  church  in  Tokio, 
told  me  and  told  others  but  a  few 
weeks  ago  that  they  do  not  wish  to 
have  a  missionary  bishop  in  Japan, 
for  the  reason  that  it  would  be  against 
a  prospective  union  of  the  Christian 
churches  now  being  very  hopefully 
in  contemplation  in  that  Empire.  I 
know  that,  as  a  Methodist,  I  might 
oppose  that,  but  as  we  are  all  Chris- 


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tians  first,  and  Methodists  secondly, 
I  presume  that  we  will  all  agree  that 
anything  that  tends  to  Christian  union 
on  a  pure  basis,  into  which  Meth- 
odism can  enter,  of  genuine  Chris- 
tianity, is  to  be  preferred  even  to  the 
predominance  of  our  own  denomi- 
nation." 

A  conference  of  the  Protestant  mis- 
sionaries of  Japan  was  held  in  1900 
in  Tokio.  This  proclamation  was 
issued:  "This  conference  of  mission- 
aries proclaims  its  firm  belief  that  all 
those  who  are  one  with  Christ  by 
faith  are  one  body ;  and  it  calls 
upon  all  those  who  love  the  Lord 
Jesus  and  his  church  in  sincerity  and 
truth  to  pray  and  to  labor  for  the 
full  realization  of  such  a  corporate 
oneness  as  the  Master  himself  prayed 
for  on  that  night  in  which  he  was  be- 
trayed." 

WE   DO   NOT   NEED   TO    TALK   SIMPLY 

about  prospective  union  in  Japan,  for 
behold,  actual  beginnings  have  been 
made!  Congregations  of  different 
denominations  have  united,  calling 
the  resultant  body  "The  Japanese 
Church  of  Christ." 

At  the  Ecumenical  Conference 
G.  W.  Knox,  D.  D.,  of  Union  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  said:  "Missionaries 
in  Japan  of  different  denominational 
names  have  proved  that  union  can 
be  effected.  Four  Presbyterian  bodies 
with  two  Reformed  bodies  united  in 
organic  union.  It  is  possible  to  unite 
those  that  stand  so  near  together  on 
the  foreign  field,  if  the  church  at 
home  will  only  say,  Amen!  Then 
beyond  that  it  is  possible  to  unite 
every  .branch  of  the  Christian  Church 
in  a  great  federal  union.  Comity  is 
too  weak,  far  too  weak ;  we  must 
have  more  than  that.  Our  faith  is 
too  weak  for  the  unity  of  the  Christ; 
too  weak  for  the  organic  union  which 
will  come  when  the  Christian's  prayer 
is  answered."  The  situation  in  other 
fields  is  similar  to  that  in  Japan. 

Dr.  Farnsworth,  of  Turkey,  says 
that  Methodists  have  said  to  him, 
"We  don't  come  here  to  preach  Meth- 
odism, we  come  here  to  preach 
Christ."  He  tells  of  the  "good  Father 
Dwight"  who  was  under  the  Presby- 
terian banner  when  the  Presbyterians 
and  Congregationalists  were  work- 
ing together.  Some  of  the  friends 
in  the  homeland  feared  that  the  de- 
nominational fences  were  being  neg- 
lected, and  sent  out  a  circular  to  stir 
up  the  Presbyterians  to  look  after 
their  denominational  interests.  Dr. 
Dwight  wrote  back:     "I  really  don't 

KNOW   WHETHER   I  AM  A  PRESBYTERIAN 

or  not.  I  wish  you  would  ask  my 
brethren  with  whom  I  have  been  at 
work  these  forty  years." 

John    G.    Paton,   the   veteran   mis- 


sionary to  the  New  Hebrides,  said  at 
the  Ecumenical  Conference :  "Though 
our  mission  is  supported  by  Presby- 
terian churches,  our  converts  do  not 
know  that  there  are  Presbyterians  in 
the  world." 

Now,  brethren,  supported  by  this 
array  of  testimony  and  this  presenta- 
tion of  facts,  let  me  reaffirm  that  the 
problem  of  Christian  union  is  to  be 
solved  chiefly  in  the  foreign  field,  and 
let  me  reiterate  with  tenfold,  and 
more,  emphasis,  that  the  first  conclu- 
sion to  be  drawn  from  the  premises 
by  the  Disciples  of  Christ  is  that  we 
ought  to  be  the  foremost  foreign  mis- 
sionary people  of  Christendom. 

I  prepared  myself  to  answer  with 
statistics  the  question  of  our  real  in- 
terest in  the  union  of  Christians  as 
shown  by  our  contributions  to  the 
work  on  the  foreign  field  where  the 
problem  is  chiefly  to  be  solved.  But 
figures  do  not  always  tell  the  truth. 
They  would  not  in  this  instance — cer- 
tainly not  the  whole  truth.  All  things 
considered,  our  history  in  this  matter 
has  been  natural  and  logical.  Pro- 
fessor Guyot,  of  Princeton,  says  that 
progress  in  the  world  is  like  the  de- 
velopment of  plant  life.  It  has  three 
periods  of  growth :  The  first  growth 
is  in  the  soil — growth  by  the  root — 
and  is  very  slow.  The  second  is  more 
accelerated — growth  by  the  stem.  The 
third  is  the  most  rapid  of  all — growth 
by  the  blossom  and  fruit.  Our  mis- 
sionary development  is  passing  out  of 
the  period  of  slow  growth  by  the  root. 
We  are  entering  the  period  of  more 
accelerated  growth  by  the  stem ;  and 
may  God,  by  favoring  breezes,  and 
dews,  and  sunshine,  and  showers,  has- 
ten the  period  of  rapid  growth  by 
flower  and  fruit. 

I  lately  read  this  incident  of  travel. 
On  June  23,  1861,  Sir  Samuel  Baker 
and  his  party  were  sleeping  in  the 
dry  bed  of  the  Atbara,  a  tributary  of 
the  Nile.  They  had  traveled  all  day 
in  the  dry  river  bed.  On  this  night 
they  were  aroused  by  the  terrified 
cry  of  native  attendants, 

"THE   RIVER!      THE   RIVER!" 

As  they  cried,  they  rushed  for 
the  dry  and  sandy  shore.  The  mighty 
river ,  which  had  been  gathering  its 
waters  from  the  melting  snows  of 
the  mountains  of  Abyssinia  rushed 
by,  a  torrent  fifteen  hundred  feet  wide 
and  twenty  feet  deep,  rolling  on  to 
satisfy  the  thirst  of  innumerable  palm 
trees  and  transform  the  barren  fields 
of  Egypt  into  a  garden  of  beauty  and 
plenty.  Brethren,  the  waters  of  our 
interest  and  enthusiasm  in  the  divine 
enterprise  of  the  evangelization  of  the 
world  by  the  reunited  church  have 
been  gathering  on  the  hills  of  God, 
and,  although  we  may  still  be  camping 


in  the  dry  river  bed  of  indifference 
and  inactivity,  with  my  ear  toward  the 
mountain  I  catch  the  sound  of  distant 
thunder,  and  raise  the  shout,  The 
river !  the  river !  This  is  the  river,  the 
streams  whereof  make  glad  the  city 
of  God. 

And,  now,  my  friends,  I  want  you  to 
ascend  with  me  for  the  mountain  top 
vision.  Christian  union  is  coming! 
The  evangelization  of  the  world  is 
coming!  There  is  a  connection  be- 
tween these  coming  events.  Chris- 
tian union  is  coming! 

Dr.  Behrends  is  right:  "We  are 
nearer  each  other  than  our  fathers 
were,  and  our  children  will  keep  up 
the  converging  march."  The  skir- 
mishing that  precedes  the  decisive 
battle  has  begun. 

SECTARIANISM  IS  IN  ITS  LAST  DITCH. 

While  some  things  can  be  done  by 
the  multitudes  of  Christian  union 
recruits  pouring  in  from  all  quar- 
ters which,  we  admit,  can  not  be 
done  by  us,  nevertheless  there  can  be 
no  question  that  there  is  a  place  in 
the  forefront  of  the  battle  for  "the 
old  guard."  As  for  myself,  I  want  to 
be  in  the  final  charge,  and  on  the  hill- 
top, when  the  signal  gun  is  fired  and 
the  last  saber  thrust  is  sent  home,  and 
see  the  white  flag  of  surrender  run 
up  to  signal  to  the  world  that  secta- 
rianism and  disunion  in  the  family  of 
God  are  dead  forever;  and,  if  it  be 
not  too  optimistic  even  for  the 
dreams  of  faith,  I  want  a  place  in  the 
United  Army  of  the  Kingdom  when 
heathenism  and  unbelief  take  their 
last  stand,  and  who  would  not  want 
to  see  the  day  when  no  banner  but  the 
flag  of  faith  floats  in  the  skies  of 
God! 

The  evangelization  of  the  world  is 
coming!  The  word  of  the  Lord  has 
spoken  it — and  it  can  not  fail. 

The  night  is  far  spent  and  the  day 
is  at  hand.  The  mountain  peaks  are 
pink  with  promise.  There  are  no  more 
hermit  nations.  The  last  door  has 
been  opened  and  we  have  our  mis- 
sionaries standing  there  on  the  "roof 
of  the  world."  The  loneliest  and  most 
isolated  of  the  isles  of  the  sea  now 
belongs  to  the  Society  Group.  If 
Africa  is  not  the  only  dark  conti- 
nent, Japan  is  not  the  only  sunrise 
empire : 

"Out  of  the  shadows  of  night 
The  world  rolls  into  light; 
It  is  daybreak  evermore." 

Dr.  Marsh  makes  a  world-wide  tour 
of  investigation  and  finds  abundant 
material  for  his  book,  "Morning  Light 
in  Many  Lands."  Harlan  P.  Beach 
studies  the  situation  in  China  and 
writes  his  book,  "Dawn  on  the  Hills 
of  T'ang."  John  H.  DeForest  makes  a 
like  study  of  Japan,  and  writes  his 
(Contin?/ed  on  page  1224.) 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


'TEMBER  21,   1905 


After  a  Great  Congress    By  waiiam  Durban 


The  first  Pan-Baptist  Congress  has 
come  and  gone.     In  many  respects  it 

ched  the  ardent  expectations  of  its 
promoters.  I  had  the  pleasure  of 
••assisting."  in  the  French  sense  of 
the  word,  at  some  of  the  functions 
bv  being  present.  One  of  the  most 
enjoyable  sessions  was  a  meeting  "al 
fresco"  at  Stockwell  Orphanage.  On 
the  great,  verdant,  sweeping  lawns, 
fringed  by  brilliant  Rower-beds,  some 
hundreds  of  the  delegates  gathered 
in  an  informal  assembly.  In  the  bright 
summer  weather  a  large  English  gar- 
den is  a  lovely  sight.  Fresh-looking 
bovs  and  girls,  the  orphans  so  sedu- 
lously  eared  for,  fluttered  about  with 
refreshments.  Others  of  the  chil- 
dren sang  like  birds  on  their  raised 
platform  under  noble  trees.  Ameri- 
cans, Germans,  Canadians,  black 
preachers,  Hindus,  South  Africans, 
Italians,  and  of  course  many  English 
delegates  mingled  in  long  conversa- 
tions. I  met  old  fellow  students  from 
far-off  lands.  Having  been  myself  a 
Baptist  minister  for  many  years,  and 
being  still  a  Baptist  in  the  sense  in 
which  all  genuine  Disciples  of  Christ 
are  such.  I  felt  myself  in  congenial 
company.  But  I  was,  nevertheless,  a 
phenomenal  personality,  for  I  could 
find  no  other  representative  of  the 
Disciples  of  Christ.  Now,  as  my  be- 
loved old  Baptist  friend,  Rev.  Vernon 
Charlesworth,  master  of  Stockwell 
Orphanage,   had   warmly   invited   me 

attend"  this  social  gathering  as  his 
guest.  I  accepted  the  invitation. 

TOO    MUCH   LONDON. 

For  the  4,000  delegates  from  all 
parts  of  the  world  there  was  one  stu- 
pendous difficulty.  The  majority  had 
never  visited  England  before.  And 
of  course  they  ardently  desired  to 
make  acquaintance  with  the  monster 
modern  Babylon,  which  sprawls  for 
thirty  miles  along  both  sides  of  the 
Thames,  and  runs  back  for  many 
miles  north  of  the  river,  and  many 
miles  also  from  the  south  bank.  Ac- 
cordingly these  eager  visitors  were 
constrained  to  miss  some  of  the  many 
meetings  that  made  up  the  crowded 
program.  They  had  to  solve  the 
problem  of  surveying  the  wonders  of 
the  world's  biggest  city  and  also  of 
appearing  at  the  various  sessions  of 
the  congress.  I  am  afraid  that  the 
appalling  dimensions  of  this  metropo- 
lis not  only  overwhelmed  many  of  the 
sight-seers,  but  eclipsed  the  meetings. 
At  any  rate,  some  of  the  assemblies 
were  much  smaller  than  they  ought 
to  be.    The  reason  is  obvious  enough. 


The  fascinations  of  London  were  too 
much  ! 

THE   GRAND    OLD   MAN. 

Dr.  Alexander  McLaren  was  con- 
sidered by  the  congregation  at  Man- 
chester, to  which  he  used  for  many 
years  to  minister,  to  be  the  greatest  of 
living  preachers.  But  I  have  known 
several  of  these  greatest  living 
preachers,  all  living  at  the  same  time. 
I  have  been  emphatically  assured  by 
admirers  of  Spurgeon,  Parker,  Mc- 
Laren, Liddon,  Beecher,  Talmage, 
that  each  of  these  was  the  incompa- 
rable pulpiteer  of  the  time,  while  all 
of  them  were  still  alive.  Only  Alex- 
ander McLaren  survives.  He  is  still 
a  wonderful  speaker,  but  he  wisely 
retired  when  his  strength  began  to 
ebb.  He  was  naturally  the  hero  of 
the  congress.  Every  time  he  appeared 
or  spoke  he  received  a  splendid  ova- 
tion. One  thing  is  certain  concerning 
him.  His  great  influence  is  all  on  the 
right  side.  He  has  never  been  known 
as  either  narrow  or  broad.  McLaren's 
long  ministry  among  the  Baptists  cor- 
responded in  quality  with  the  far 
briefer  service  of  Frederick  ■  William 
Robertson,  of  Brighton,  in  the  An- 
glican Church.  It  has  never  been 
concerned  with  mere  criticism,  with 
questions  of  doctrinal  controversy, 
with  social  problems,  or  with  political 
entanglements.  All  his  sermons  have 
been  eagle-winged,  soaring  in  the 
firmament  of  Christological  truth  far 
above  sectarian  squabbles,  even  the 
squabbles  of  his  own  sect.  Indeed, 
Dr.  McLaren  is  the  prince  of  purely 
expository  preachers ;  but  his  strength 
has  also  lain  in  the  charm  of  his 
style.  Every  sermon  is  a  prose  poem 
as  well  as  a  learned,  yet  simple  and 
popular  exposition. 

SPURGEON!         CLARtJM      ET      VENERABILE 

NOMEN. 

Perhaps  Dr.  McLaren  was  at  his 
best  on  the  most  pathetic  occasion  of 
the  congress — the  dedication  of  the 
statue  to  C.  H.  Spurgeon.  I  have 
in  years  gone  by  often  seen  Spurgeon 
and  McLaren  together.  The  former 
was  considerably  younger  than  the 
latter,  and  should  in  the  natural  course 
of  things  not  have  been  the  first  to 
depar.t  from  earthly  scenes.  I  recollect 
hearing  two  racy  speeches  from 
Spurgeon  and  McLaren  at  a  Baptist 
dinner.  No  two  men  could  have  been 
more  unlike  in  their  personal  charac- 
teristics. They  diverged  in  almost 
every  respect.  But  they  loved  and 
admired  each  other  immensely  and 
each  took  every  opportunity  of  pay- 
ing fraternal  tributes  to  the  other.  But 
McLaren  is  a  born   patrician,   while 


Spurgeon  delighted  to  pose  as  a 
plebeian.  Each  was  a  supreme  leader 
in  his  own  sphere.  McLaren's  ser- 
mons have  been  textual,  and  exegeti- 
cal,  and  expository.  Spurgeon's  were 
doctrinal,  hortatory,  and  evangelistic. 
McLaren  has  always  aimed  at  the 
conscience,  through  the  intellect ; 
Spurgeon  used  to  storm  the  con- 
science right  away,  and  illumine  the 
intellect  afterwards,  though  usualb. 
only  by  doctrinal  disquisitions.  Know- 
ing  both    these    men    so    well,    these 

0  ® 

"THERE'S  A  REASON" 

That's  All   Right,  But  What  Is  It. 


A  lady  teacher  in  South  Dakota 
says : 

"I  was  compelled  to  give  up  teach- 
ing for  nearly  4  years  because  of  what 
the  physicians  called  'nervous  dyspep- 
sia.' Nor  was  I  of  any  use  in  the 
household  economy.  I  was  in  many 
respects  a  wreck. 

"I  had  numerous  physicians,  one 
after  another,  and  took  many  different 
kinds  of  medicine,  but  they  did  me  no 
good. 

"Finally,  5  years  ago,  I  began  to  use 
Grape-Nuts  food.  I  grew  stronger  in 
a  very  short  time  on  the  new  diet,  and 
was  soon  able  to  resume  and  am  still 
teaching.  I  no  longer  use  drugs  of 
any  kind,  my  dyspepsia  has  disap- 
peared and  I  am  a  hearty  woman — 
thanks  to  Grape-Nuts."  Name  given 
by  Postum  Co.,  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 
There's  a  reason.  Brain  wosk  and 
worry  take  strength  from  the  stomach 
and  bowels.  They  become  too  weak 
to  handle  the  fried  meat,  eggs,  bacon, 
coffee  and  white  bread,  so,  partly 
digested  they  decay  and  cause  all  sorts 
of  trouble  which  will  become  chronic 
if  continued.  Then  the  nerves  and 
brain  grow  weary  for  they  are  de- 
prived of  the  rebuilding  elements  the 
food  must  furnish  to  replace  the  soft 
gray  filling  of  nerve  centres  and  brain 
which  is  partly  used  up  each  day. 

Now  comes  the  mission  of  Grape- 
Nuts  to  supply  the  "Reason."  Made 
in  a  peculiar  and  scientific  way  of  the 
selected  parts  of  Wheat  and  Barley 
this  famous  food  contains  natural 
phosphate  of  potash  with  albumen 
which  combines  with  water  in  the 
body  and  makes  that  gray  matter 
quickly  and  surely.  Then  when  nerves 
and  brain  feel  the  power  of  new  made 
and  properly  made  cells,  the  strength 
returns  to  stomach  as  well  as  other 
parts.  "There's  a  reason."  Anyone 
can  prove  it. 

See  the  little  book  "The  Road  to. 
WeUville"  in  each  pkg. 


September  2r,  1905 


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memories    and    reflections    naturally 
coursed  through  my  mind.     Dr.  Mc- 
Laren's eulogy  of  his  old  friend  will  t 
never  be  forgotten. 

NOTABLE   MEN. 

As  the  largest  contingent  of  dele- 
gates from  outside  Britain  was  from 
America,  so  the  most  noted  of  the 
delegates  were  from  that  country. 
Naturally  the  greatest  personal  at- 
traction was  Dr.  Prestridge,  the  real 
originator  of  the  congress,  who  ap- 
propriately presided  at  some  of  the 
most  important  sessions.  His  noble 
features  and  splendid  voice,  with  his 
admirable   management  of   his   great 


audience,  won  for  him  profound  ad- 
miration. Dr.  Burdette — that  genius 
known  in  his  own  country  as  "Bob 
Burdette" — the  famous  refined  humor- 
ist, was  another  very  interesting  fig- 
ure. But  I  have  not  space  to  dwell 
on  the  various  personalities  who  cre- 
ated special  interest.  Bright  women 
did  their  part.  Colored  delegates  were 
in  striking  evidence.  A  conspicuous 
visitor  was  a  young  Siamese  Christian. 

RUSSIA  AND  JAPAN  EMBRACING. 

The  most  sensational  incident  of 
the  whole  congress  was  undoubtedly 
the  episode  which  took  place  in  a 
session  of  delegates  from  the  near  and 


far  east.     A  Russian  and  a  Japa:. 
embraced  each  other  in  public.     I  af- 
lerwards,    in   an    interview    with    the 
Russian  in  Question,  Baron  Uixkiull, 

listened  to  his  joyous  reflections  on 
the  opportunity  of  showing  how  the 
Gospel  brings  peace.  Those  two  Bap- 
tists greeted  each  other  as  Christian 
brothers,  even  though  their  I 
countries  are  at  war.  Baron  Uixkiull 
is  a  wealthy  Russian  nobleman,  who 
became  a  Baptist  some  years  ago  and 
has  built  three  churches  on  his  estates 
in  Esthonia. 


London,  England. 


Thof  Sit  As  Seen  From  the 


Dome 


By 
F.  D.  POWER 


Living  is  a  fine  art.  A  man's  life 
is  measured,  not  by  the  years  he  has 
lived,  but  by  the  way  he  has  lived 
them.  When  we  consider  life  simply 
on  the  score  of  years,  how  enormous- 
ly it  is  exceeded  in  the  vegetable 
world!  According  to  Humboldt, 
among  the  trees  the  ivy  lives  450 
years,  the  chestnut  600,  the  olive  700, 
the  cedar  800,  the  oak  1,500,  the  yew 
2,800,  and  the  banyan  5,700.  An  ele- 
phant will  live  to  be  a  thousand  years 
of  age.  Thomas  Parr,  the  oldest  man 
of  modern  times,  whose  tomb  one  may 
see  in  Westminster  Abbey,  at  120 
married  his  second  wife,  at  130 
worked  on  the  farm,  and  at  152  died, 
but  not  of  old  age.  A  poor  farm  serv- 
ant, he  was  summoned  to  court  by 
the  king,  and  the  change  to  too  liberal 
a  diet  killed  him,  as  it  has  killed  many 
a  good  man  before  him,  and  since. 
Life  consists  not  in  years.  "He  lives 
most  who  thinks  most,  feels  the  no- 
blest, acts  the  best." 

A  wise  word  is  that  scripture: 
"What  man  desireth  life  and  loveth 
many  days  that  he  may  see  good? 
Keep  thy  tongue  from  evil  and  thy 
lips  from  speaking  guile.  Depart  from 
evil  and  do  good.  Seek  peace  and 
pursue  it."  Here  we  are  taught  not 
only  the  art  of  living,  but  the  elixir 
of  life.  David  knew  all  about  the 
secret  which  Brown-Sequard  and  the 
old  alchemists  before  him  sought  so 
diligently  to  discover.  Ponce  de  Leon, 
who  so  long  and  so  earnestly  hunted 
among  the  Bahamas  for  the  verifica- 
tion of  the  old  tradition  of  the  foun- 
tain of  perpetual  youth,  need  only 
have  turned  to  the  thirty- fourth  psalm, 
or  Peter's  first  epistle.  To  him  who 
would  live  long  and  live  happily  and 
prosperously  there  is  an  unfailing  pre- 
scription in  the  Word  of  God.  We 
love  life.  We  ought  to  love  it.  We 
desire  to  live  as  long  as  God  ordains 
it.  We  can  never  lift  our  hands  to 
take  life,  or  profane  it,  or  waste  it, 
so  long  as  the  fear  of  God  is  before 
us.     We  wish   for  good   days  while 


we  do  live,  and  where  shall  the  secret 
of  long  life  and  good  days  be  found 
except  with  Him  who  gives  life  and 
prolongs  it,  and  rewards  the  virtue 
of  high  and  holy  living? 

What,  then,  is  the  fine'  art  of  Ur- 
ine? The  first  condition  is  that  a 
man  "refrain  his  tongue  from  evil." 
Evil  speaking,  lying  and  slandering 
must  be  put  away.  All  excess  of  pas- 
sion tends  to  the  shortening  of  life, 
and  nothing  preys  on  the  constitution 
more  than  disorderly  passions;  and 
of  the  passions  that  destroy  peace, 
what  is  more  hurtful  than  malice? 
He  is  a  foolish  man  who  sets  fire  to 
his  own  house.  What  of  him  who 
sets  his  heart  on  fire  and  burns  himself 
up  with  anger,  revenge,  malevolence? 
This  is  misery.  This  is  the  mind  of 
Satan.  To  cherish  it  is  to  be  an  enemy 
of  all  peace,  at  outs  with  God,  angels 
and  men;  hateful  and  hating  and  ut- 
terly unhappy.  Evil  speaking  devas- 
tates life.  Clear  and  round  dealing  is 
the  best  system  of  hygiene.  Falsity 
and  perfidy,  envy  and  ill-will,  malig- 
nant and  malicious  feelings  demoralize 
and  abbreviate  life,  while  truth  and 
fair  dealing,  justice  and  nobleness, 
kindness,  forbearance  and  patience 
sweeten,  beautify  and  lengthen  it. 
Hatred  is  hell ;   love  is  heaven. 

Then  the  lips  must  "speak  no  guile." 
Men  have  little  joy  in  living  who  live 
double,  whose  hearts  and  lips  deal 
out  poison,  who  are  full  of  flatteries 
and  deceits  and  dissimulations  and 
treacheries.  The  fine  art  of  living 
is  found  in  living  honestly  and  truth- 
fully. Winding  and  crooked  courses 
are  the  goings  of  the  serpent.  False 
dealing  makes  misery.  Speaking  guile 
shortens  and  embitters  life.  The 
whole  existence  is  tainted,  made 
wretched,  abbreviated,  when  the  soul 
is  treacherous  toward  men.  Those 
who  deal  in  craft  and  duplicity  have 
not  learned  the  secret  of  long  life,  or 
the  first  rudiments  of  the  art  of  living. 
Honor,  integrity,  high-mindedness, 
honesty,   candor   and  truth   are   paid 


in  God's  own  coin.  A  clear  conscience, 
a   pure    mind,    rectitude   within    and 

HONEST  PHYSICIAN 

WorRs  with  Himself  First. 


It  is  a  mistake  to  assume  that  physi- 
cians are  always  skeptical  as  to  the 
curative  properties  of  anything  else 
than  drugs. 

Indeed,  the  best  doctors  are  those 
who  seek  to  heal  with  as  little  use  of 
drugs  as  possible  and  by  the  use  of 
correct  food  and  drink.  A  physician 
writes  from  Calif,  to  tell  how  he  made 
a  well  man  of  himself  with  Nature's 
remedy : 

"Before  I  came  from  Europe,  where 
I  was  born,"  he  says,  "it  was  my  cus- 
tom to  take  coffee  writh  milk  (cafe  au 
lait)  with  my  morning  meal,  a  small 
cup  (cafe  noir)  after  my  dinner  and 
two  or  three  additional  small  cups  at 
my  club  during  the  evening. 

"In  time  nervous  symptoms  devel- 
oped, with  pains  in  the  cardiac  region, 
and  accompanied  by  great  depression 
of  spirits,  despondency — in  brief,  'the 
blues !'  I  at  first  tried  medicines,  but 
got  no  relief  and  at  last  realized  that 
all  my  troubles  were  caused  by  coffee. 
I  thereupon  quit  its  use  forthwith, 
substituting    English    Breakfast    Tea. 

"The  tea  seemed  to  help  me  at  first, 
but  in  time  the  old  distressing  symp- 
toms returned,  and  I  quit  it  also,  and 
tried  to  use  milk  for  my  table  bever- 
age. This  I  was  compelled,  however, 
to  abandon  speedily  for  while  it  re- 
lieved the  '  nervousness  somewhat,  it 
brought  on  constipation.  Then  by  a 
happy  inspiration  I  was  led  to  try  the 
Postum  Food  Coffee.  This  was  some 
months  ago  and  I  still  use  it.  I  am  no 
longer  nervous,  nor  do  I  suffer  from 
the  pains  about  the  heart,  while  my 
'blues'  have  left  me  and  life  is  bright 
to  me  once  more.  I  know  that  leaving 
off  coffee  and  using  Postum  healed 
me,  and  I  make  it  a  rule  to  advise  my 
patients  to  use  it."  Xame  given  by 
Postum  Co.,  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

There's  a  reason. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


September  21,  1905 


without — these   are   the   fountains   of 
joy  and  eternal  youth. 

Another  element  is.  "Eschew  evil," 
or.  as  the  Greek  expresses  it.  "Keep 
going  away  from  evil."  We  tempt 
the  devil  when  we  expose  ourselves 
to  all  the  allurements  of  sin.  Oh,  I 
have  no  fear;  a  glass  is  no  peril  to 
me.  A  small  sum  from  my  employer 
will  not  be  missed.  Just  this  one  lark. 
this  good  time,  this  indulgence  will 
not  hurt  me!  But  evil  begins  by 
taking  hold  of  us  by  little  degrees. 
"Eschew  evil.*'  Be  shy  of  it,  shun  it, 
flee  from  it.  keep  yourself  clear  of  it 
if  you  would  have  long  life  and  see 
good  days. 

And  the  best  way  to  escape  is,  "Do 
good."  A  man  must  walk  in  the  way 
of  righteousness.  Negative  goodness 
is  not  enough.  Active,  practical,  per- 
sonal, unwearied  continuance  in  well 
doing  is  a  condition  of  long  life  and 
good"  days.  He  that  does  good  to  an- 
other does  good  to  himself,  will  be 
protected  from  doing  evil.  He  that 
does  all  the  good  he  can,  in  all  the 
ways  he  can.  to  all  the  people  he  can, 
at  all  the  times  he  can,  as  long  as 
ever  he  can — in  whatever  other  arts 
he  may  be  lacking,  has  learned  the 
art  of  living.  The  luxury  of  doing 
good  is  the  greatest  of  all  luxuries; 
and  when  once  people  get  a  thorough 
taste  of  it  they  will  never  give  it  up. 
That  life  is  long,  blessed  and  well- 
lived  which  has  a  great  purpose ;  and 
there  can  be  no  higher  end  than  to 
go  about  doing  good.  It  is  the  best 
life  ever  lived  among  men. 

Finally,  this  art  demands  that  we 
"seek  peace  and  pursue  it."  To  seek 
peace  when  it  is  lost,  restore  it  when 
broken,  pursue  it  when  it  seems  flying 
away,  is  an  essential  part  of  all  true 
living.  "Blessed  are  the  peacemakers" 
is  a  beatitude  which  has  recently 
crowned  this  nation.  Peace  makes 
good  days,  and  length  of  days.  Peace 
with  God,  with  your  own  soul,  with 
your  household,  your  neighbors,  with 
all  men,  with  your  own  heart,  throws 
a  perpetual  glory  over  human  life. 
The  prescription  for  a  long  and  happy 
life,  then,  is  a  very  simple  one.  The 
art  of  living  is  a  fine  art  very  easily 
learned. 

<§•        $ 
A  United  Church  and  a  Believ- 
ing World. 

{Co?Ui?iued  from  page  1221.)  CZZ) 
"Sunrise  in  the  Sunrise  Kingdom." 
James  W.  Jack  masters  the  facts  and 
figures  relating  to  the  evangelization 
of  an  important  part  of  Africa  and 
we  have  his  "Daybreak  in  Living- 
stonia."  James  Stewart  sweeps  over 
the  whole  field  and  we  have  his 
"Dawn  in  the  Dark  Continent."  John 
R.  Mott  seems  to  have  left  unnoticed 


no  factor  in  the  missionary  problem. 
He  sets  the  forces  and  resources  of 
Christendom  over  against  the  stupen- 
dous task  and  challenges  the  church 
to  "the  evangelization  of  the  world 
in  this  generation." 

Time  and  again  this  convention 
should  break  out  in  thanksgiving — 

"For  the  city  God  is  rearing, 
For  the  new  earth  now  appearing, 
For  the  heavens  above  us  clearing, 
And  the  song  of  victory." 

Brethren,  it  is  coming!  The  union 
of  Christians  is  coming;  the  evangel- 
ization of  the  world  is  coming! 

"Men  of  thought,  be  up  and  stirring, 
Night    and    day; 
Sow  the  seed — withdraw  the  curtain — 
Clear  the  way ! 


Men  of  action,  aid  and  cheer  them 

As   you   may ! 
There's  a  fount  about  to  stream, 
There's  a  light  about  to  beam, 
There's  a  warmth  about  to  glow, 
There's  a  flower  about  to  blow, 
There's  a  midnight  blackness  changing 

Into    grey — 
Men  of  thought  and  men  of  action, 

Clear  the  way! 
Once  the  welcome  light  has  broken 

Who   shall    say 
What  the  ununagined  glories 

Of   the   day? 
What  the  evil  that  shall  perish 

In  its  way? 
Aid  the  dawning  tongue  and  pen ; 
Aid  it,  hopes  of  honest  men ; 
Aid  it,  paper — aid  it,  type — 
Aid  it,  for  the  hour  is  ripe, 
And  our  earnest  must  not  slacken 

Into    play — 
Men  of  thought  and  men  of  action, 

Clear  the  way!" 


Will  the  Japanese  Become  a  Christian 
Nation?        & 


By   William   Elliott   Griffis,  D.  D„ 

Author  of  "The  Mikado's  Empire,"  E,tc. 


Discerning  between  the  simple  religion 
of  Jesus  and  what  state  churches  and 
popular  tradition  associate  with  it,  we  are 
not  at  all  concerned  with  the  question, 
"Will  the  Japanese  'adopt'  Christianity?" 
The  very  worst  thing  that  could  happen  to 
genuine  religion  would  be  for  the  emperor 
and  his  ministers  to  proclaim  "Christian- 
ity" as  the  state  religion.  Ever  since 
Pilate  and  Caiaphas  planted  the  cross  to 
kill  a  truth  speaker,  the  world  has  had 
enough  of  that  kind  of  business.  Today  in 
Russia,  we  have  awful  examples  both  of 
what  a  political  religion  is,  and  of  the 
crimes  of  which  a  ruling  class  in  a  united 
state  and  church  are  capable.  The  union  of 
church  and  state  is  a  satanic  device  for 
shifting  responsibility.  When  the  state 
sheds  blood  in  persecution  and  war,  mag- 
istrates lay  responsibility  on  "the  church." 
The  church  as  torturer  and  hangman  points 
to  "the  state"  as  giving  the  order.  It  is  a 
perpetual  case  of  guilty  Adam  charging 
upon  the  helpmeet  his  own  crime.  One 
of  the  great,  deep,  underlying  causes  of  the 
Russo-Japanese  strife  is  the  preaching  of 
a  crusade  against  the  Japanese  "pagans," 
and  the  procurator's  hounding  on  the  czar 
to  "do  God's  will"  in  murderous  war. 

No,  except  to  learn  the  difference  be- 
tween the  divine  simplicity  of  Jesus  and 
later  corruptions  of  the  faith,  we  hope  the 
Japanese 

WILL  NOT  "ADOPT"  CHRISTIANITY. 

Nevertheless  we  trust  they  will  receive  and 
adapt  the  truth  in  Christ,  which  must 
needs  come  to  them  in  this  twentieth  cen- 
tury through  accidental  channels.  Then, 
further,  may  they  become  adepts  in  pure 
religion  and   undefiled. 

This  order  of  first  adopting,  then 
adapting,  and  finally  becoming  adepts  is  the 
order  (not  only  in  voweling  and  allitera- 
tion, but)  of  that  New  Testament  arrange- 
ment of  apostolic  letters  which  tells  of  the 
growth  of  primitive  Christian  life  among 
the  "Romans,"  "Galatians"  and  "Ephe- 
sians."  The  order  is  first  that  of  right 
doctrine  and  practical  morals  developing 
under  the  divine  Spirit,  not  as  a  strange 
thing,  but  out  of  the  national  history,  as 
seen  in  Paul's  letter  to  the  Romans ;  then 
of  revolt  against  tradition  and  freedom  in 
the  liberty  wherewith  Christ  makes  free ; 
and  finally  growth  in  knowledge  of  our 
Savior  and  in  Christian  graces  of  fruitful 
character.     Happily,  this  has  been,  and  is, 


the   order   of   development   in   the   nascent 
Christian  nation  of  Japan. 

An  "adept"  is  one  proficient  with  natural 
as  well  as  acquired  aptitude.  When  first 
coined,  the  word  described  a  persevering 
student  who  had  won  "the  great  secret" 
(of  the  transformation  of  metals  into  gold 
and  of  the  elixir  of  life,  or  the  philosopher's 
stone).  Is  not  the  promise  of  the  risen 
Christ  for  the  Japanese  also — "I  will  give 
him  a  white  stone,  and  upon  the  stone  a 
new  name  written  which  no  one  knoweth 
but  he  that  received  it"?  In  that  promise 
is  written  the  right  philosophy  of  the  future 
religion  of  Japan. 

TRUE   CHRISTIANITY  IS  FIRST 
of  all   a  personal   matter  between   the  be- 
liever and  his  Savior. 

In  becoming  Christians  the  Japanese 
will  do  what  every  Christian  nation  and 
civilization  has  already  done.  They  will 
hear  the  message  of  Jesus,  heed  it,  read  it 
for  themselves,  and  think  it  out.  Then, 
expressing  it  in  the  forms  of  thought  and 
life  best  suited  to  their  inheritance  and  en- 
vironment, their  task  and  their  calling 
will  be  to  make  it  the  vital  and  purifying 
spring  of  their  civilization.  Japanese 
'"Christianity"  will  not  be  of  the  Greek, 
Roman,  German,  British  or  American  type, 
nor  of  the  Russo-Greek,  Roman  Catholic, 
or  state  church  Protestant  order.  It  will 
grow  by  the  divine  fructification  out  of 
their  national  history  and  development. 
"To  every  seed  a  body  of  its  own."  Let 
us  see  what  this  means. 

We  declare  that  the  Japanese  will  be 
Christians,  yet  not  after  our  sort.  We 
ourselves,  inheritors  of  the  Graeco-Roman 
culture,  with  an  open  Bible  before  and  the 
Reformation  behind  us,  are  not  Christians 
like  the  Russians,  or  southern  Europeans. 
Holding  with  them  much  of  the  same  his- 
toric heritage,  we  reject  much  of  what  they 
hold.  So,  also,  the  Japanese  will  follow 
us  indeed,  but  only  as  we  follow  Christ. 

It  is  a  commonplace,  both  of  Christian 
eloquence  and  of  church  history  and  pro- 
paedeutics (or  the  preparation  of  the  an- 
cient world  for  Christianity)  to  show  what 
God  had  done  not  only  through  Hebraism, 
but  through  Greek  language  and  culture, 
and  Roman  law  and  government,  for  the 
reception  and  spread  of  the  Gospel.  It 
would  be  absurd  then  to  neglect  the 
(divine)  preparation  for  the  Gospel  in 
Japan  through  the  ages  of  culture,  ethics, 
philosophy,  and  art  in  the  Chinese  world 


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THE    CHRJSTIAN-KVANCiKUST 


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during  centuries  when  our  fathers,  clothed 
in  wolf  and  bear  skins,  were  eating  acorns 
in  the  forests.  God  has  many  ways  of  lift- 
ing up  a  race  from  savagery  into  civiliza- 
tion and  Gospel  light. 

Critically  perusing  Japanese  history,  we 
behold  these  islanders,  once  the  lowest  of 
savages,  gradually  trained  in  manners,  mor- 
als and  deliverance  from  selfishness. 
We  note  an  ever-deepening  hunger  for  the 
infinite,  and  a  desire  to  know  God,  even 
as  the  wrestling  Jacob ,  the  storm-con- 
fronted Elijah,  the  inquiring  Job  and  the 
smitten  Saul  of  Tarsus,  desired  to  know 
him. 

THE  HISTORY  OF  THE  JAPANESE  SPIRIT 
is  that  of  inquiry,  of  progress,  of  humility 
before,  the  Eternal,  of  self-conquest,  of  de- 
sire for  the  best.  Now,  in  this  twentieth 
century,  having  adopted,  adapted,  and  be- 
coming adept  in  the  very  best  of  things  me- 
chanical, which  the  Occident  could  offer, 
can  the  Japanese  in  spiritual  things  be 
satisfied  with  anything  less  than  Christ  in 
truth?  To  answer  that  question  in  the 
affirmative  would  be  to  ignore  their  long 
and  glorious  story. 

We  must  agree  with  Dr.  W.  G.  Aston, 
the  consummate  scholar  in  Japanese  liter- 
ature, that  "the  previous  religious  history 
has  prepared  Japan  for  the  acceptance  of  a 
higher  form  of  faith.  ...  But  none  of 
the  three  [Shinto,  Buddhism,  Confucian- 
ism] sufficed  by  itself  to  meet  the  heart, 
soul  and  mind  want  of  the  Japanese 
nation.  .  .  .  They  have  already  ac- 
cepted European  philosophy  and  science. 
It  is  simply  inconceivable  that  the  Chris- 
tian religion  should  not  follow." 

At  the  dawn  of  history  we  see  the  con- 
querors blending  with  the  conquered,  all 
holding  one  simple  rudimentary  form  of 
theology;  for  this  is  exactly  what  Shinto 
means.  Just  as  theos  originally  meant  what 
a  "heathen"  means  by  the  word  "god,"  but 
being  infused  with  truth  theos  became  in 
European  language  the  highest  word  for 
Jehovah  in  the  Old,  and  God  in  the  New 
Testament,  so  Admiral  Togo's  Ten-yu 
(Grace  of  Heaven)  will  become  "Abba 
Father." 

Shinto  taught  reverence  for  the  Divine 
Powers  which  created  and  govern  the  uni- 
verse and  man.  Despise  it  we  may,  even 
laugh  at  it,  with  contempt  that  we  may 
imagine  to  be  Christian,  but  the  student 
of  religions,  and  especially  that  in  the  Old 
Testament,  will  see  how  the  Divine  Father 
trains  his  children.  He  is  patient  because 
he  is  eternal.  Not  in  a  day,  but  through 
the  ages,  he  leads  men  up  from  merely 
animal  life  into  thought,  devotion  and 
communion  with  him — as  they  are  able 
to  bear  it.  Shinto  today,  though  next  to 
nothing  as  a  formal,  visible  system,  is,  on 
its  nobler  side,  as  influential  on  the  daily 
life  of  the  Japanese  as  is  the  atmosphere 
upon  our  own  feelings  and  health.  Though 
seemingly  invisible,  it  contains  within  itself 
the  principle  of  all  things. 

WE  CAN  NOT  AFFORD  TO  DESTROY 

Shinto,  but  Christ's  gospel  will  fulfill  it. 

Buddhism,  coming  to  a  land  and  people 
living  in  barbaric  simplicity,  possessing 
only  rudimentary  virtues,  without  codes 
of  ethics,  formal  ritual  or  high  ideals  of 
holiness  or  humanity,  did  a  wonderful 
work.  With  writings  and  symbols,  patient 
teaching  and  many  a  rare  instance  of  self- 
sacrifice  and  beautiful  example,  its  mis- 
sionaries opened  roads,  drained  swamps, 
healed  disease  and  developed  food  supplies, 
thus  doing  something  besides  preaching. 
After  a  thousand  years  of  work,  Buddhism 
has  taught  the  Japanese  gentleness,  kind- 


11  ess  and  detachment  from  worldly  things, 
while  rich  in  comfort  and  consolation  for 
the  people.  Nevertheless,  like  Shinto,  be- 
sides many  a  shadow  and  defect,  it  could 
not  satisfy  the  intellect  of  the  nation's 
most  earnest  thinkers.  Though  the  people's 
friend,    scholars   disdained   it. 

Confucianism  came  in  to  furnish  ideals 
for  the  state,  for  society,  and  for  the  in- 
dividual, inculcating  a  high  code  of  morals, 
providing  also  what  every  orderly  thinker 
must  have,  a  comparatively  rational  sys- 
tem of  philosophy.  It  trained  the  Japanese 
gentlemen. 

In  this  article  we  are  not  pointing  out 
all  the  dark  shadows  in  Japan's  ethnic 
faith,  nor  the  abominable  results  which 
follow,  when  any  one  or  all  of  these  sys- 
tems are  made  substitutes  for  the  whole 
truth.  No  more  than  the  pretexts  and  ex- 
cuses of  the  covetous  business  man  or  the 
secret  fraternity  devotee  among  us,  may 
the  Japanese  excuse  himself  from  personal 
religion  or  holy  living,  because  he  is  Shin- 
toist,  Buddhist,  or  Confucian,  or  from  the 
logical  alternative  of  seeking  the  highest 
truth.  Today  in  Japan,  as  in  other  lands, 
men  hide  "behind  the  trees  of  the  garden," 
or  stop  their  ears,  or  retreat  to  caves  of 
philosophy  and  science  so-called,  so  as  not 
to  hear  the  voice  of  God  and  conscience, 
but  there  as  here  this  is  vanity.  Yet  stead- 
ily and  surely  the  Japanese  seekers  after 
God  discern  that  in  Jesus  Christ  are  hid  all 
the  treasures  of  wisdom  and  knowledge. 

Christianity,  without  destroying,  is  ful- 
filling in  a  higher  school  of  truth  the  pre- 
paratory training  given  lower  down  during 
the  ages.  Even  before  foreign  missionaries 
came  to  Japan,  Bible  Christianity  had  a 
subterranean  history  and  some  martyrs. 
Now  there  are  many  more  than  a  hundred 
thousand  Christians  enrolled  in  the 
churches.  The  signs  of  promise,  forecast- 
ing the  ultimate  triumph  of  Christ  in  Ja- 
pan, are  visible  on  all  sides. 

THE     CASTING     OFF     OF     EUROPEAN-MADE 
CREEDS, 

or  rather  the  desire  for  a  simpler  Christian- 
ity, instead  of  being  a  dangerous,  is  a  good, 
sign.  The  strenuous  effort  for  self-support 
and  independence  of  foreign  boards  or  cor- 
porations augurs  well  for  the  future.  Al- 
ready Buddhism  is  heavily  discounted  be- 
cause the  priests  raised  the  cry  for  war 
against  Russia,  because,  said  they,  "The 
Russians  are  Christians  and  the  Japanese 
are  Buddhists" — which  the  government  and 
intelligent  classes  denounced  and  silenced. 
The  Mikado  has  already  decorated  three 
American  missionaries,  Verbeck,  Hepburn 
and  Harris ;  given  $5,000  out  of  his  own 
purse  to  Y.  M.  C.  A.  work  in  Manchuria 
and  as  much  more  to  Christian  orphan- 
ages ;  sent  Dr.  DeForest  as  his  guest  and 
at  the  imperial  expense  to  visit  the  camps 
of  his  soldiers,  and  thus  clearly  recognized 
the  good  done  to  his  people  by  Christians. 
It  takes  a  long  time  for  "the  heathen"  to 
understand  either  metaphysical  and  secta- 
rian "Christianity,"  or  the  sort  which 
drunken  sailors  or  ungodly  men  and  women 
from  "Christian"  countries  bring  to  Japan. 
Yet  while  the  Japanese  are  puzzled  at  thorn 
grapes  or  thistle  figs,  they  know  the  fruits 
of  the  genuine  Christ  life  at  once. 

"What  hath  God  wrought!"  When  I 
first  stepped  upon  Japanese  soil  I  saw  the 
name  of  Yasu  (Jesus)  outlawed  in  the  gov- 
ernment edicts,  and  found  that  it  was 
popularly  synonymous  with  demons  and 
sorcery.  There  was  no  Christian  church, 
and  but  half  a  dozen  hidden  Bible  Chris- 
tians.    Some  Roman  Catholics,  in  the  red 


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clothes  of  the  criminal,  roped  together, 
were  being  led  as  banished  prisoners  to 
mountain  crater-prisons.  Today  freedom 
of  conscience  is  the  law ;  missionaries' 
lives  are  in  no  danger;  the  churches  are 
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rollment steadily  approaching  200,000, 
there  are  as  many  more  who  are  influenced 
by  Christian  ideas  and  customs.  The  whole 
trend  of  the  national  literature,  thought 
and  life  is  towards  that  "one  flock,  one 
Shepherd,"  by  which  Jesus  described  him- 
self and  his  people. 

Yes,  the  Japanese  will  become  a  Chris- 
tian nation.  I  read  in  the  Bible  (Isaiah 
9:7,  last  clause)  in  their  own  tongue  the 
promise,  "Bangun  no  Iehoba  no  nesshin 
kore  wo  nashi  tamobeshi." 


A  Notre  Dame  Lady's  Appeal. 

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some  of  this  simple  preparation  for  the 
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ments, Falling  of  the  Womb,  Scanty  or 
Painful  Periods,  Tumors  or  Growths,  Hot 
Flashes,  Desire  to  Cry>  Creeping  feeling  up 
the  Spine,  Pain  in  the  Back  and  all  Female 
Troubles,  to  all  sending  address.  To 
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September  21,  1905 


The   Illinois    Christian    Missionary    Convention 


Decatur  is  a  fiae  convention  city.  No 
place  in  Illinois  is  quite  so  accessible  to  the 
large  body  of  our  people.  To  see  and 
enjoy  a  series  of  services  in  the  magnif- 
icent new  chorch  is  worth  something  of  a 
trip.  The  hospitality  and  generous  treat- 
ment by  the  Disciples  in  Decatur  is  ex- 
celled by  no  people.  F.  W.  Burnham,  the 
pastor,  and  his  talented  wife  are  royal 
entertainers.  He  is  a  general  in  the  man- 
agement of  a  great  convention.  Grati- 
tude is  due  and  was  well  expressed  for  the 
generous  treatment  which  we  all  received. 
Under  such  circumstances  it  was  easy  to 
have  a  great  convention,  which  we  did. 
The  large  auditorium  was  constantly 
crowded  and  other  available  space  oc- 
cupied. The  many  apartments  in  the 
church  gave  ample  opportunities  for  the 
good  work  of  committees,  for  social  pur- 
poses and  for  the  representatives  of  our 
publication  houses.  The  splendid  pro- 
gram had  been  carefully  prepared  and  was 
carried  out  with  few  exceptions. 

CHRISTIAN  WOMAN'S  BOARD     OF    MISSIONS. 

We  always  expect  good  things  from  our 
sisters  and  they  never  disappoint  us. 

The  president,  Miss  Aunie  E.  Davidson, 
who  was  still  in  California,  was  greatly 
missed.  But  Miss  Lura  V.  Thompson, 
the  state  secretary  and  organizer,  is  equal 
to  any  emergency  and  had  a  general  super- 
vision of  all  the  work. 

The  opening  address  byH.  G.  William- 
son, the  missionary  to  Porto  Rico, 
was  thoroughly  enjjyed,  as  was  his 
second  address  the  following  day,  on  that 
beautiful  but  strange  land.  He  presents 
it  as  an  open  field,  with  opportunities  far 
more  than  we  can  occupy.  Indeed  I  think 
I  never  attended  a  convention  in  which 
throughout,  was  so  manifested  the  wonder- 
ful possibilities  open  to  us.  Oh,  for  the 
men  and  money  to  extend  the  kingdom  of 
God  to  the  ends  of  the  earth! 

Mrs.  Geo.  Agnew,  of  Chicago,  presided 
over  the  morning  session  on  Tuesday, 
and  Mrs.  G.  W.  Backner,  of  Macomb,  in 
the  afternoon. 

The  Young  People's  Work,  under  the 
efficient  management  of  Miss  Irene 
Ridgely,  of  Eureka,  has  steadily  grown 
and  prospered.  Bat  she  has  just  resigned 
this  service  to  become  Mrs.  B.  H.  Sealock 
and  to  preside  over  the  parsonage  at  Polo. 

Miss  Clara  D.  Griffin,  of  Carthage,  who 
succeeds  her  as  superintendent  of  Young 
People's  Work,  read  the  report  and  awarded 
the  banner  to  the  Junior  Society  at  Rock 
Island,  which  had  raised  for  missions 
$2.61  per  member,  with  Jacksonville  a 
close  second.  The  summary  of  the  report 
showed  107  mission  bands  and  Juniors, 
with  2,801  members;  "Junior  Builders" 
taken,  070;  amount  contributed  to  the 
C.  W.  B.  M.,  $892.70.  The  great  needs  in 
this  department  are  efficient  local  superin- 
tendents, and  closer  insight  and  interest 
by  the  auxiliaries. 

The  report  of  the  organizer, Miss  Thomp- 
son, who  succeeded  Miss  Annie  M.  Hale, 
when  the  latter  resigned  to  become  Mrs. 
C.  E.  Evans,  was  an  excellent  paper, 
The  summary  shows  that  in  the  eight  dis- 
tricts, there  are  177  auxiliaries  with  3,996 
members,  who  contributed  for  state  de- 
velopment $1,719  03  and  to  the  general 
treasury,  $10,470.58,  making  the  past  the 
banner  year  for  the  C.  W.  B.  M.  The 
church  at  Paris  has  the  largest  number  of 
members— 135— who  take  110  copies  of  the 


Tidings.  Twenty-six  auxiliaries  were  on  the 
roll  of  honor  and  forty-four  missed  it  by  one 
point.  The  fourth  district  has  the  largest 
number  of  members— 798— with  the  fifth  a 
close  second  with  788.  The  second  dis- 
trict has  the  largest  number  of  auxiliaries 
in  proportion  to  the  number  of  churches. 
For  the  most  part  the  district  secretaries 
remain  the  same  as  last  year.  Miss  Annie 
E.  Davidson  is  still  to  be  president  and  the 
other  state  officers  were  re-elected.  Mrs. 
Crawford  gave  a  fine  summary  of  the 
state  funds,  showing  a  good  balance  on 
hand.  The  ladies  publish  a  quarterly  that 
is  very  helpful  in  their  work.  Their  motto 
for  the  year  is,  "Workers  together  with 
God."  They  propose  to  push  the  building 
institutes,  to  increase  the  special  offerings 
to  $3,600,  or  if  possible,  to  average  one 
dollar  per  member,  encourage  the  forming 
of  local  unions,  the  printing  of  auxiliary 
programs,  more  careful  reporting  and 
special  effort  to  increase  the  number  of 
auxiliaries  in  the  state.  The  work  of  C.C. 
Smith  in  the  state  was  spoken  of  in 
highest  praise. 

THE  ILLINOIS  STATE  MISSIONARY   SOCIETY. 

Tuesday  evening  Bro.  George  A.  Camp- 
bell, of  Chicago,  president  of  the  society, 
delivered  the  annual  address.  It  was  a 
strong  appeal  to  loyalty  to  Christ  as  Lord 
of  all.  It  was  a  great  address,  putting  the 
keynote  of  the  convention  at  exactly  the 
right  pitch. 

S.  S.  Jones,  of  Danville,  had  charge  of 
the  music,  aided  by  Guy  B.  Williamson,  a 
splendid  choir  and  the  fine  new  pipe- 
organ.  This  part  of  the  service  was  a 
great  factor  in  the  success  and  pleasure  of 
the  convention. 

After  the  appointment  of  committees, 
C.  A.  Burton  delivered  an  eloquent  ad- 
dress on,  -"The  Place  of  State  Missions." 
The  convention  sermon,  supposed  to  be 
the  great  sermon  of  the  convention,  was 
delivered  by  S.  E.  Fisher, Champaign.  His 
theme  was,  "Primacy  in  the  Kingdom." 
He  reasoned  that  primacy  consists,  1.  In 
the  apprehension  of  the  truth,  the  Christ, 
the  gospel.  2.  In  being  possessed  of  a 
great  spirit,  possessing  a  great  spirit.  3. 
In  being  of  service.  It  was  a  great  theme, 
handled  in  a  masterful  way,  and  was 
thoroughly  enjoyed  by  all. 

The  business  sessions  had  much  to  do 
with  figures  which  stood  for  a  hard  but 
perhaps  the  most  successful  year's  work 
in  the  history  of  the  society.  After  all  the 
tabulating  possible,  the  greater  part  re- 
mains untold.  The  secretary,  J.  Fred 
Jones,  read  the  report  of  the  board,  giving 
in  detail  the  various  items  too  numerous 
to  repeat  here.  It  is  very  difficult  to  get 
at  the  facts,  as  only  246  churches  out  of 
810  reported  at  all.  These  showed  a  total 
membership  of  43,340,  with  4,412  additions 
during  the  year.  It  is  supposed  that  dur- 
ing the  year  there  were  in  all  the  churches 
at  least  7,456  additions  and  a  total  net 
gain  of  4,603.  The  society  aided  seventy 
churches,  organized  ten  churches  and  re- 
organized eight.  vSixty-two  men  were  em- 
ployed by  the  board,  who  labored  1,644 
days.  The  94  cie  y  raised  in  all  ways 
$11,336.44.  There  are  three  living  link 
churches  paying  $200  each,  Bloomington, 
Second  church,  Central  at  Peoria,  Central 
at  Decatur.  Our  total  membership  in  the 
state  seems  to  be  about  91,509.  There 
has  been  about  $100,000  spent  erecting  and 
repairing  buildings.  Thirty- nine  parson- 
ages have  been  built  at  a  cost  of  $73,150. 


Through  the  generous  will  of  Mr. 
Thomas  E.  Bondurant,  of  De  Land,  the 
society  expects  to  receive  about  $75,000,  to 
be  added  to  its  permanent  fund,  which 
now  amounts,  according  to  the  report  of 
P.  Whitmer,  of  Bloomington,  to  $24,134.42. 
Suitable  resolutions  concerning  Mr.  Bon- 
durant's  liberal  offering  were  passed. 

The  report  of  the  treasurer,  J.  P.  Darst, 
of  Peoria,  accorded  with  the  secretary's 
report  with  the  addition  of  the  report  on 
the  students'  aid  fund.  There  had  been 
loaned  to  students  in  Eureka  college  $465 
from  this  fund,  which  has  blessed  so 
many  young  men  in  their  struggle  for  an 
education.  Any  young  man  properly  en- 
dorsed and  with  proper  security,  preparing 
for  the  ministry,  can  borrow  of  this   fund. 

There  was  an  attendance  from  outside 
of  Decatur  of  about  400,  one  huadred 
and  seventeen  of  whom  were  preachers. 

G.  W.  Buckner,  of  Macomb,  gave  a  fine 
address  on  "Practical  Christian  Union." 
He  is  an  able  speaker  and  gave  a  great 
summary  of  opportunities  to  manifest  the 
union  spirit,  as  well  as  encouraging  signs 
of  the  growth  of  union  sentiment.  He 
also  pointed  out  misconceptions  and  false 
views  concerning  the  ultimate  union  of 
God's  people. 

A.  McLean,  of  Cincinnati,  gave  a  de- 
lightful address  on  "The  Grace  of  Giv- 
ing." He  is  always  heard  gladly  and  with 
profit. 

The  next  convention  goes  to  Paris  the 
first  week  in  September,  1906. 

F.  W.  Burnham  was  chosen  president; 
Finis  Idleman,  vice-president;  M.  L.  Pon- 
tius and  J.  P.  Givins,  recording  secretaries. 
Brief  changes  were  made  in  the  constitu- 
tion to  make  it  articulate  better  with  the 
law  and  particular  conditions. 

The  obituary  committee  bad  an  unusu- 
ally long  list  of  the  departed.  This  is  the 
touching  part  of  our  great  conversions. 
Blessed  is  the  memory  of  the  iaithful  de- 
parted. 

THE     ILLINOIS      CHRISTIAN     EDUCATIONAL 
ASSOCIATION. 

Mrs.  S.  J.  Crawford,  of  Eureka,  presi- 
dent of  the  association,  presided  over  the 
business  session.  She  introduced  the  ses- 
sion with  a  brief  history  and  purpose  of 
the  association.  It  has  been  organized 
about  eight  years  and  has  brought  into 
the  college  treasury  some  $15,000.  The 
constitution  states  the  purpose  to  be  to 
"secure  the  co-operation  of  the  Disciples 
of  Christ  in  Illinois  in  the  enlargement  and 
maintenance  of  Eureka  college,  by  dis- 
seminating a  knowledge  of  its  work  and 
needs  throughout  the  state,  by  increasing 
the  attendance  and  by  providing  financial 
support."  The  payment  of  one  dollar  an- 
nually constitutes  a  regular  member. 
Twenty-five  dollars  makes  a  life  member- 
ship. The  latter  has  been  recently  begun 
and  but  23  are  life  members,  while  in  the 
regular  membership  there  are  2,000. 

The  treasurer,  Miss  Clara  L.  Davidson, 
was  absent  in  California,  but  her  report 
for  11  months,  read  by  the  secretary, 
showed  that  from  membership  dues  she 
had  received  $1,474;  life  memberships, 
$105;  Coleman  fund,  $825,  Calendar  im- 
provement fund,  $5,126.07;  Education  day, 
$304.46;  otherwise,  $227.28;  Total  $8,086.81. 
It  is  expected  that  a  complete  report  for 
the  year  will  be  printed  soon  and,  with  the 
auditor's  report,  will  be  sent  to  any  desiring 
a  copy. 

Field    Secretary   J.  G.  Waggoner   made 


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his  report,  showing  that  he  had  visited  154 
churches,  delivered  71  addresses,  secured 
171  new  names  to  the  I.  C.  E.  A.,  received 
in  cash  and  pledges  $7,484.40.  The  beau- 
tiful souvenir  calendar  had  been  well  ap- 
preciated and  widely  purchased.  A  part 
of  the  edition  is  yet  on  hand.  High  ap- 
preciation of  the  donors  was  expressed  and 
gratitude  to  our  good  Fattier  for  his  care. 
The  efforts  to  have  "Education  day"  ob- 
served resulted  in  about  .50  churches 
* observing  the  day,  as  many  sermons  de- 
livered and  $304  46  in  cash  received.  It  Is 
hoped  that  a  larger  effort  and  more  general 
observance  will  characterizs  the  third 
Lord's  day  next  January.  The  secretary 
pleads  for  a  closer  fellowship  and  more  co- 
operation in  building  up  Eureka  College 
until  it  shall  stand  well  in  the  front  rank 
of  the  great  educational  institutions 
of  the  west;  that  there  be  a  closer  con- 
nection between  the  college  and  the  people 
thrjugh  literature  supplied  by  the  college 
and  information  supplied  by  'the  people. 
Aid  for  the  college  may  be  given  by  be- 
coming either  a  life  or  regular  member  of 
the  Educational  Association,  by  paying  to 
it  cash,  or  making  a  pledge,  an  annuity, 
or  by  leaving  a  beqaest  in  the  will.  The 
college  will  always  be  glad  to  get  the  names 
of  young  people  going  to  college,  or  to 
have  its  friends  speak  a  word  of  encour- 
agement to  attend  Eureka  College.  Our 
great  need  of  more  preachers  behooves  us 
to  use  every  available  means  to  enlarge  the 
college  and  its  influence  until  this  supply 
is  fully  met. 

Finis  Idleman  spoke  briefly  of  the  loyalty 
of  the  ministry  to  this  institution  that  has 
done  such  a  great  service  for  the  churches 
and  which  is  largely  to  furnish  our  suc- 
cessors and  the  men  that  are  to  carry  the 
gospel  to  the  ends  of  the  earth.  Mrs. 
G.  W.  Buckner,  of  Macomb,  spoke  briefly 
of  what  the  women  can  do.  These  talks 
were  brief,  to  the  point,  aad  highly  en- 
joyed. The  evening  session  was  presided 
over  by  Pres.  R.  E.  Hieronymus.  Mrs. 
Crawford  gave  the  first  address,  which  was 
full  of  great  truths  and  inspiration  for  still 
larger  achievements.  The  address  will 
probably  be  published,  the  subject  being 
the  "Purpose  o£  the  Christian  College  to 
Develop  the  Moral  and  Spiritual  Nature 
and  Powers  as  well  as  the  Intellect." 

W.  F.  Shaw,  of  Charleston,  gave  the 
final  address  of  the  evening  on  some  of  the 
"Problems"  that  confront  us  in  our  work 
of  training  our  young  people  for  larger 
service  in  the  kingdom  of  God.  It  was 
a  very  strong  address  dealing  with  radi- 
cally important  questions. 

Mrs.  Crawford  was  re-elected  president 
of  the  association;  Mrs.  H.  N.  Herrlck,  of 
Chicago,  and  Mrs.  Ida  M.  Darst,  of  Peoria, 
vice  presidents;  Mrs.  R.  E.  Conklin,  cor- 
responding secretary;  Mrs.  J.  A.  McGuire, 
recording  secretary;  Miss  Clara  L.  David- 
son, treasurer,  and  Prof.  Silas  Jones, 
auditor.  The  association  covets  a  gener- 
ous co-operation  that  this  year  may  be  its 
greatest . 

Old  students  of  Eureka  college,  with  their 
friends,  about  75  in  number,  enjoyed  a 
splendid  banquet  at  the  St.  Nicholas  Hotel 
Wednesday  evening.  We  all  regretted 
that  the  tima  was  too  short  for  speech- 
making.  But  the  occasion  was  much  en- 
joyed. 

Marion  Stevenson  has  been  selected  by 
the  state  board  of  missions  as  Sunday 
school  evangelist.  He  is  eminently  fitted 
by  scholarship,  nature  and  ability  for  such 
an  important  field.  He  gave  a  masterly 
address  on  the  mission  of  the  Sunday 
school.     The    trustees   have   arranged  for 


him    to    deiiver    a   course    of    lectures   in 
Eureka  College  during  the  winter.     Tr. 
will    be    of    great    value    to    all    students 
who    expert   to    be    teachers    in    Sunday 
schools,  preachers,  or  missionaries. 

W.  H.  Harding,  Blue  Mound,  gave  a 
helpful  address  on  "The  Possibilities  of  the 
Village  Church."  O.  C.  Bolman,  Maon 
City,  discussed,  in  a  very  thoughtful  ad- 
dress, "The  Widening  Influence  of  the 
Local  Church."  G.  H.  Brown,  L*x<ngfon, 
spoke  eloquently  of  the  "Ripening  Fields  " 
The  need  of  laborers  was  ever>  w  >  re  ap- 
parent. 

Mr.  W.  If.  Anderson,  of  Anti-Saloon 
League  fame,  gave  a  telling  address  on 
the  liquor  traffic  and  its  ways,  especially 
in  its  management  of  legislation.  But  he 
gave  many  examples  of  the  growth  of 
temperance  sentiment  and  progress  in 
legal  enactments. 

The  Christian  Endeavor  Society,  repre- 
senting the  state  organization,  hel  a  short 
session.  Its  support  has  been  given  to  the 
mission  at  Savanna,  and  doubtless  it  will 
continue  its  service  in  that  direction.  It 
expressed  a  desire  for  closer  relationship 
with  the  state  board  and  a  purpose  to 
crowd  the  work  with  more  vigor.  The 
new  officers  elected  for  the  year  are, 
Guy  B.  Williamson,  Jacksonville,  superin- 
tendent; F.  A.  Sword,  Walnut,  assistant 
superintendent;.  R.  H.  Newton,  Normal, 
secretary  and  treasurer;  Miss  Griffin, 
Carthage,  superintendent  Juniors;  H.  H. 
Peters,  Rossville,  superintendent  good 
citizenship. 

Finally,  but  not  least  of  interest,  was  the 
presence  of  Bro.  Vernon  Stauffer,  of 
Angola,  Ind.  He  gave  two  great  addresses. 
The  last  was  on  "The  Ideals  of  the  Chris- 
tian Pulpit."  This  he  discussed  in  three 
sections: 

I.  The  Preacher  and  Pastor  in  one 
light.  1.  The  over-sermouizer;  2.  The 
excessive  pastor.  The  best  can  only  ob- 
tain by  the  proper  proportion  of  these. 

II.  Self-effacement.  1.  Mannerism;  2. 
Sensationalism.  Both  unworthy  and 
permanent  injury  to  the  cause. 

III.  Consciousness  of  the  Worth  of 
Souls. 

.  This  sermon  formed  a  fitting  climax  to 
a  great  convention,  with  a  crowded  house 
at  the  last  session.  I  think  we  all  went 
away  after  the  "God  be  with  you  till  we 
meet  again,"  each  determined  to  do  a 
better  and  a  more  unselfish  service  for  the 
Master  than  he  had  ever  done  before. 
Eureka,  III.  J.  G.  Waggoner. 

#         & 

A  Last  Appeal. 

The  American  Christian  Missionary  So- 
ciety mikes  this  last  appeal  to  a  generous 
and  loyal  brotherhood.  We  are  within 
$8,000  of  the  $100,000  mark.  The  year 
closing  has  excelled  all  other  records  in 
work  accomplished  in  the  field  and  in  the 
office. 

Vast  plans  necessitated  by  pressing  con- 
ditions demand  a  vaster  income.  The  time 
is  passed  when  we  can  think  of  doing  any- 
thing more  than  an  elemental  work  upon 
an  income  of  less  than  $100,000.  To-day 
we  face  this  dilemma:  We  must  retire  from 
fields  entered  in  a  small  way,  confess  de- 
feat in  strategic  points  seized,  permit  other 
religious  bodies  to  pre-empt  territory  and 
seize  what  we  have  built;  or  we  must  place 
in  the  hands  of  our  acting  board  a  fund 
adequate  to  the  maintenance  of  our  present 
lines,  and  sufficient  for  the  conduct  of  an 
aggressive  campaign.  The  latter  policy  is 
the  only  winning  one.  To-day  we  need 
$100,000.     We    ask  our  loyal  brotherhood 


to  heed  an  appeal  for  this  amount.  A 
close  intimacy  with  the  field,  covering  a 
period  of  ten  year;,  forces  upon  us  the 
necessity  of  laying  the  burden  of  Home 
Missions  upon  the  hearts  of  th'  broker- 
hood.  We  appeal  to  the  generous  givers. 
We  appeal  to  those  who  have  not  yet 
known  the  joy  of  sacrificial  giving.  We 
appeal  to  preachers,  to  church  officers, 
to  churches,  to  Sunday  schools,  to  all, 
everywhere,  who  love  the  Lord  Jesus  and 
his  glorious  gospel,  to  come  up  to  the  help 
of  the  Lord— to  the  help  of  the  Lord  against 
the  mighty.  Sand  in  an  offering  before 
S  jptembsr  30,  that  we  may  sweep  victori- 
ous'y  over  the  line,  set  a  new  mark  for  our 
forward  going,  and  enter  with  thanksgiv- 
ing upon  a  new  era  of  home  missionary 
victories.  .Shall  our  appeal  be  in  vaio? 
Faithfully  your  servant, 
Benj.  L.  Smtth,  C  jr.  S:c'y. 
Y.  M.  C.  A.Bldg.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

The  Church  Extension  Plea. 

There  remains  yet  one  Sunday  in  Sep- 
tember that  our  stronger  churches  should 
use  to  good  advantage  in  raising  large  of- 
ferings for  Church  Extension.  Most  of 
the  money  must  come  from  our  older  or 
stronger  churches.  This  does  not  mean 
that  the  smaller  churches  shall  not  help. 
All  the  churches  should  have  part  in  this 
work  of  housing  our  worthy  homeless 
brethren.  Ltst  year  at  least  2,000  churches 
had  no  fellowship  in  this  good  work  and 
all  of  the  2,000  believe  in  missionary  work. 
Why  this  neglect  of  so  important  a  work? 
for  it  is  simply  a  neglect.  The  work  is 
so  necessary  and  tae  plan  so  excellent  that 
no  worthy  soul  can  refuse  it  aid  except  for 
the  reason  that  lack  of  knowledge  creates 
a  lack  of  interest  and  therefore  the  offer- 
ing in  September,  appointed  by  the  broth- 
erhood, goes  by  default. 

Let  us  make  a  record  this  fall.  Remit 
promptly  to  G.  W.  Muckley,  Kansas  City, 
Mo. 

The    Benevolent    Association    Gets 
$2,700. 

I  am  happy  to  report  that  since  oxa  last 
communication  we  have  issued  annuity 
bond  No.  99  to  Bro.  L.  Gill,  of  California, 
for  $500;  bond  No.  100  to  Mary  Tufts,  of 
Missouri,  for  $200;  bond  No.  101  to  Dr.  D. 
M.  Martin,  of  Missouri,  for  $2,000,  and 
bond  No.  102  to  Mrs.  Mary  P.  Fuller,  of 
California,  for  $500.  These  annuity  bonds 
are-  constantly  and  rapidly  growing  in 
popular  favor  with  our  people  because 
they  are  most  excellent  investments  and 
at  the  sane  time  most  approved  ways  of 
helping  the  advancement  of  the  kingdom 
of  the  Lord  and  his  work.  We  will  greatly 
appreciate  having  you  investigate  this 
system  and  commend  it  to  your  friend,  if 
it  meets  with  your  approval. 

Geo.  L.  Snivel  y,  Gen.  Sec. 

St.  Louis. 

0  © 

Nearly  $250,000! 

The  receipts  of  the  Foreign  Christian 
Missionary  Society  from  October  1  1904, 
to  September  16,  1905,  amount  to  $236,- 
952.76  This  is  $13,047.24  short  of  the 
$250,000,  with  only  two  weeks  to  go  on. 
Let  the  friends  bestir  themselves  at  once. 
No  failure  now.  Victorv  in  sight!  Offer- 
ings must  reach  the  office  of  the  Foreign 
Society  not  later  than  five  o'clock,  Sep- 
tember 30,  to  be  credited  on  this  year's 
receipts. 

A.  McLean,    President. 

F.  M.  Rains.  I  s„cretarie<; 

Stephen  J.  Corey,  S  b~creLanes- 


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September  21,  1905 


Our    Budget 


—One  long  null  and  a  pull  all  together, 
and  our  Missionary  Societies  will  raise  the 
needed  money. 

—The  "Christian  Church  Pavilion."  which 
our  brotherhood  erected  at  the  World's 
Fair,  has  been  removed  and  re-erected,  and 
was  to  have  been  dedicated  on  Lord's  day, 
September  17.  as  the  church  home  of  the 
tiles  at  Old  Orchard,  St.  Louis.  But 
rains  interfered,  and  the  interesting  event 
was  postponed. 

—Baxter  Waters  begins  his  work  at  Du- 
luth  October  8. 

— There  will  soon  be  a  new  church  at 
Norcatur,  Kan. 

—Harry  Minnick  has  begun  his  work  at 
Van  Wert,  O 

—A  new  church  has  just  been  dedicated 
at  Blackburn.  Okla. 

—An  addition  is  being  made  to  our 
church  at  Cortland,  111. 

— Orilas  G.  White  will  supply  at  Hunting- 
ton, W.  Ya.,  until  January  1. 

— C.  D.  Purlee  has  successfully  begun  his 
work  at  Siloam  Springs,  Ark. 

—A.  L.  Chapman  has  taken  up  the  work 
at  the  First  Church,  Seattle,  Wash. 

—The  ministers  of  Davenport,  la.,  have 
elected  A.  Martin  as  their  president. 

—J.  M.  Booce  will  preach  for  churches 
in  the  neighborhood  of  Pittsfield,  111. 

—A.  T.  Lane  will  take  charge  of  the 
work  at  Thorntown,  Ind.,  October  I. 

—John  Williams  has  become  pastor  of 
the  church  at  Collingwood,  Ont,  Canada. 

— D.  W.  Arnold  has  j  ust  held  a  very  suc- 
cessful meeting  at  Tranter's  Creek,  Tenn. 

— O.  P.  Spiegel  is  to  work  with  the 
church  at  Savannah,  Ga.,  during  October. 

—Brethren  at  Egypt,  Ga.,  had  an  acre  of 
land  donated  as  a  site  for  a  new  building. 

— E.  S.  Bledsoe  leaves  Winnsboro  and 
Sulphur  Springs,  Tex.,  to  preach  at  Italy, 
Texas. 

— George  Darsie  has  begun  his  work  at 
Akron,  O.,  under  the  most  favorable  con- 
ditions. 

—A  building  at  Plymouth,  Ind.,  where 
X.  H.  Shepherd  is  minister,  has  just  been 
dedicated. 

—Newell  L.  Simms,  of  Danville,  Ind., 
will  begin  his  work  at  Carthage,  Mo.,  on 
October  1. 

— The  board  of  trustees  of  the  church  at 
Hoisington,  Kansas,  have  decided  to  build 
a  parsonage. 

— B.  L.  Wray,  late  of  Lanark,  111.,  is 
now  in  charge  of  the  wurk  at  Budd  Park, 
Kansas  City. 

— W.  H.  Book  has  taken  up  the  work  of 
the  pastorate  at  the  Tabernacle  Church, 
Martinsville,  Va. 

— There  is  to  be  a  protracted  meeting  at 
Naylor,  Mo.,  and  a  church  rally  is  planned 
to  precede  it  on  October  19,  20. 

— Pastors  of  Chicago  and  vicinity  are  to 
hold  a  union  meeting  on  September  25,  in 
the  interest  of  the  Anti-saloon  League, 

— The  church  at  Macon,  Mo.,  will  not 
let  H.  R.  Trickett  resign,  but  have  given 
him  a  vacation  until  the  first  of  January. 

— "The  Christian-Evangelist  grows 
better  all  the  time.  I  am  delighted  with 
it."  Morgan  Morgans. 

~ — T.  L.  Noblett  has  taken  up  his  work 
in  connection  with  the  Southwestern  State 
Normal  School  at  Weatherford,  Okla.,  and 


in  the  absence  of  the  pastor  of  our  church, 
E.  R.  Clarkson,  he  occupied  the  pulpit  the 
last  two  Lord's  days. 

—The  Fifth  District  (Ohio)  Missionary 
Convention  will  be  held  on  September  25,  26 
at  Blanchester,  where  we  have  a  new 
church. 

— Charles  Forster  has  resigned  at  West 
Pawlet,  Vermont,  to  attend  Union  Theolog- 
ical Seminar}',  having  received  a  Merit 
Scholarship  there. 

— Sarah  Johnson,  one  of  the  charter  mem- 
bers at  New  Holland,  O.,  and  a  faithful 
mother  in  Israel,  recently  passed  away,  in 
her  eighty-first  year. 

— H.  M.  Barnett  has  begun  his  work  with 
the  Forrest  Avenue  Church,  Kansas  City, 
Mo.,  and  had  a  fine  audience  and  three  ad- 
ditions at  the  first  service, 

— Cephas  Shelburne  has  begun  his  fourth 
year  with  the  church  at  Huntington,  Ind., 
of  whose  rapid  progress  we  have  more  than 
once  recently  made  mention. 

—The  church  at  North  Fairfield,  O.,  of 
which  Hugh  Wayt  is  minister,  has  in- 
creased its  offerings  for  missions  until  it 
averages  nearly  $5  per  member. 

— There  is  a  Chinese  school  in  the  Jack- 
son Boulevard  Church,  Chicago,  and  a 
Christian  Endeavor  Society  has  been  or- 
ganized, all  members  taking  part. 

— October  2-5  is  the  date  for  the  Ten- 
nessee Christian  Missionary  Convention  at 
Harriman.  Charles  E.  Colston  is  the  chair- 
man of  the  Entertainment  Committee. 

— George  A.  Campbell  has  resigned  at 
Austin,  Chicago,  to  accept  a  call  to  the 
church  at  North  Tonawanda,  N.  Y.,  but  an 
effort  is  being  made  to  keep  him  in  Chicago. 
— The  First  Church  at  Tonawanda, 
N.  Y,  has  just  put  out  a  little  leaflet, 
under  the  good  title  of  "Progress,"  in 
which  is  found  the  local  news  of  the  church 
work. 

■—"The  Bible  and  the  University"  was 
the  subject  of  an  address  given  by  J.  W. 
Lowber  at  the  Central  Christian  Church, 
Austin,  Tex.,  on  the  occasion  of  the  open- 
ing of  the  State  University. 

— Dr.  W.  T.  Moore  is  to  give  his  four 
lectures,  which  constitute  a  fresh  state- 
ment of  the  plea  of  the  Disciples,  before 
the  Kansas  State  Convention,  which  meets 
at  Eldora,  September  18-21. 

— Prof.  Herbert  Martin,  who  took  the 
Ph.  D.  degree  this  spring  at  Yale,  is  visit- 
ing his  relatives  in  Boston.  He  is  to  lec- 
ture in  the  training  schools  in  New  York 
City  during  the  coming  school  year. 

— T.  E.  Winter,  who  recently  resigned  at 
Greenwich,  O,  in  order  to  take  a  course 
of  study  at  the  Berkeley  Bible  Seminary, 
has  accepted  a  call  to  serve  the  churches  at 
Irvington  and  Warm  Springs  while  study- 
ing in  the  seminary. 

— Albyn  Esson,  after  four  years  with  the 
Rodney  Avenue  Church,  at  Portland,  Ore., 
goes  to  Silver' on,  where  a  new  building  is 
contemplated.  "I  consider  The  Christian- 
Evangeust  a  very  excellent  paper,"  he 
writes. 

—A.  E.  Dubber  has  left  Ft.  Collins,  Col, 
and  begun  work  for  the  Tabernacle  Church, 
Ft.  Worth,  Tex.,"  with  the  understanding 
that  the  call  is  for  a  period  of  many  years. 
There  was  one  confession  on  the  first  day 
of   his   ministry. 

— T.  J.  Head,  lately  one  of  the  state 
evangelists  of  Missouri,  has  been  visiting 
his  old  home  and  his  parents,  who  have 
both  passed  their  seventieth  year.  Brother 
Head  held  a  meeting  at  Alpha,  Ky.,  where 
over  thirty- four   years   ago,   he   took   upon 


himself  the  name  of  Christian,  under  the 
preaching  of  Elder  F.  C.  Shearer.  He  will 
attend  the  Kentucky  state  meeting  at  Mays- 
ville. 

— A  farewell  service  to  J.  L.  Garvin,  who 
has  gone  to  New  York  for  further  study, 
was  held  at  Youngstown,  O,  September  10, 
and  a  welcome  tendered  to  J.  R.  Ewers,  of 
Chicago,  who  takes  up  the  work.  Both 
ministers  preached  sermons  on  this  occa- 
sion. 

— H.  F.  Burns  and  wife  have  been  most 
heartily  received  by  the  church  at  Peoria, 
111.  On  the  occasion  of  the  welcome  the 
mortgage  for  the  last  indebtedness  on  the 
church  was  burned.  C.  H.  Marsh,  who  has 
been  associate  pastor,  has  gone  to  Cali- 
fornia. 

— The  work  at  Evansville,  Ind.,  where 
H.  W.  Laye  is  minister,  seems  to  be  in 
a  flourishing  condition,  judging  by  the  re- 
port that  the  audiences  are  large  on  all 
occasions.  There  are  $1,800  in  bank  for  an 
addition  to  the  church,  which  will  be  built 
this  fall. 

—Prof.  G.  P.  Coler,  of  our  Bible  Chair  ' 
at  Ann  Arbor,  finds  himself  unable  to  take 
up  the  work  this  fall,  and  has  started  for 
Colorado,  where  he  will  spend  three  months 
in  trying  to  regain  his  health.  William 
M.  Forrest  will  take  charge  of  Professor 
Coler's  work  in  the  meantime. 

— J.  Murray  Taylor  has  resigned  at  H 
Street,  Washington,  D.  C,  and  is  open  to 
engage  in  evangelistic  work.  His  time  for 
November  is  already  bespoken,  but  he  can 
engage  in  meetings  during  October  and 
December.  His  address  is  475  F  Street 
S.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

—"I  am  one  of  those  unfortunate  per- 
sons who  could  not  attend  the  San  Francis- 
co Convention,  but  next  to  the  joy  of  mak- 
ing the  trip  itself  is  the  pleasure  of  reading 
the  description  in  the  'Editor's  Easy  Chair,' 
which  I  have  been,  with  increasing  rapture." 
Indianapolis,  Ind.  Austin  Hunter. 

— W.  W.  Wharton  has  resigned  his  pas- 
torate at  Winchester,  111.,  to  take  effect 
November  1.  He  will  hold  some  meetings 
before  locating  again,  and  has  December 
open  for  engagements.  The  Winchester 
church  is  in  fine  condition,  and  its  mem- 
bership has  increased  until  it  now  numbers 
five  hundred. 

— The  next  banquet  of  the  Chicago  Dis- 
ciples' Social  Union  will  be  held  in  the 
dining  hall  of  the  university  the  first  week 
in  October.  It  will  take  the  form  of  a 
special  college  gathering,  the  presidents  and 
representatives  of  several  of  these  haying 
been  invited  to  be  present. 

— Dr.  Willett  has  just  begun  as  regular 
supply  of  the  First  Christian  Church,  Chi- 
cago. R.  F.  Handley,  of  Aurora,  has  been 
engaged  as  one  of  the  ministers,  and  an 
effort  will  be  made  to  secure  a  suitable  lot 
and  erect  a  church  building. 

■ — We  are  glad  to  learn  from  D.  B.  Titus, 
pastor  at  Lexington,  Neb.,  that  twenty 
members  of  his  church  have  just  adopted 
the  tithe  system.  They  represent  twelve 
families,  including  one  elder  and  five  dea- 
cons. Joel  Brown,  of  Des  Moines,  will  hold 
a  meeting  for  this  church  in  November. 

— It  was  a  recommendation  of  the  Kansas 
City  Convention  that  we  earnestly  strive  to 
complete  $500,000  for  the  Church  Extension 
Fund  by  the  close  of  1005.  We  are  $42,000 
short  of  that  amount,  and  we  trust  every 
church  will  make  earnest  efforts  to  do  its 
part  during  this  month  toward  completing 
the  half  million. 

— The  students  attending  the  University 
of  Michigan  during  the  current  year  will 


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be  gladly  welcomed  at  the  Bible  Chair 
building,  444  South  State  Street,  or  at  the 
Christian  Church,  on  South  University  Av- 
enue. The  latter  will  be  open  every  night 
during  the  first  week  of  college  for  social 
intercourse  and  to  welcome  new  students. 

— The  new  Park  Street  Church,  Kalama- 
zoo, Mich.,  has  just  been  dedicated  by  L.  L. 
Carpenter.  It  has  a  seating  capacity  of 
430.  The  cost  was  about  $11,000,  and 
towards  the  $7,600  still  unpaid  $4,700  were 
raised  by  pledges  on  the  occasion  of  the 
dedication.  H.  H.  Halley,  the  present  min- 
ister, has  been  with  the  congregation  about 
six  years. 

— J.  S.  Hughes  writes:  "I  have  just  read 
with  great  pleasure  the  Editor's  reply  to 
Brother  Braden's  questions  in  The  Chris- 
Tian-Evangelist  of  August  io.  I  am  com- 
pelled to  say  how  delighted  I  am  with  the 
calm,  clear  statement.  I  fully  approve  his 
words,  and  thank  him  for  doing  so  good  a 
service  to  the  brotherhood.  I  have  been 
standing  there  for  many  years,  or  trying 
to,  and  my  study  of  John's  Revelation  and 
Gospel  completed  and  confirmed  me." 

— The  National  Benevolent  Association 
has  just  decided  to  make  Baldwin,  Ga.,  the 
focus  of  its  work  in  the  southeast.  There 
are  calls  for  homes  at  other  places,  but  this 
benevolent  work,  like  all  our  other  inter- 
ests, can  only  be  prosecuted  as  means  will 
permit.  We  have  every  reason  to  believe 
that  the  work  at  Baldwin  will  be  blessed 
of  God  and  be  a  credit  to  the  association. 

— In  another  column  we  print  a  compar- 
ative statement  of  the  Church  Extension 
receipts  for  the  first  thirteen  days  of  Sep- 
tember, as  compared  with  the  same  period 
last  year,  and  we  regret  to  note  that  there 
is  a  slight  falling  off.  This  will  not  do ! 
No  loans  have  been  granted  by  the  Church 
Extension  Board  for  two  months,  because 
of  the  lack  of  funds.  The  preachers  and  the 
churches  must  see  to  it  that  this  work  shall 
not  be  hindered. 

— An  enthusiastic  reader  writes :  "As  I 
read  The  Christian-Evangelist  each  week 
I  feel  like  asking,  why  should  any  of  our 
people  be  content  with  some  of  the  papers 
they  are  reading,  when  they  can  have  such 
a  splendid  paper?"  We  must  confess  that 
we  have  often  felt  the  same  way,  but  have 
been  too  modest  to  sav  it.  There  is  no 
accounting  for  tastes,  but  the  kind  of  re- 
ligious journal  one  likes  is  a  very  true  meas- 
ure of  what  manner  of  man  he  is. 

— E.  B.  Barnes  has  resigned  at  Nobles- 
ville,  Ind.,  and  will  enter  the  evangelistic 
field.  During  his  stay  at  Noblesville,  of 
almost  four  years,  missionary  offerings  have 
been  doubled,  and  since  January  of  the  pres- 
ent year  there  have  been  more  than  sixty 
additions  to  the  church  and  seventy-five 
added  in  meetings  held  by  Brother  Barnes 
elsewhere.  He  invites  correspondence  with 
churches  wanting  meetings,  and  may  be 
addressed  Box  611,  Noblesville,  Ind. 

— N.  S.  Haynes  has  made  a  practice  of 
preaching  one  Lord's  day  every  year  at  the 
Englewood  church,  Chicago,  since  his  min- 
istry there  closed.  C.  G.  Kindred,  the  present 
minister  of  the  church,  suggested  that  this 
year  Brother  Haynes'  visit  be  marked  by  a 
memento  of  some  kind,  seeing  that  the 
church  had  acquired  a  handsome  new  home. 
W.  P.  Keeler  writes  that  this  suggestion 
took  the  form  of  a  gift  of  a  handsome  edi- 
tion of  the  American  Bfej/ised  Bible. 


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— F.  M.  Rains,  secretary  of  the  Foreign 
Missionary  Society,  writes:  "This  week's 
Ciiristian-Evangeli-ST  is  simply  splendid, 
and  has  a  great  amount  of  convention  news. 
I  think  it  is  the  best  number  of  The 
Christian-Evangelist  I  have  ever  seen. 
You  have  certainly  put  a  lot-  of  hard  and 
effective  work  on  this  number,  and  I  con- 
gratulate you." 

— Richard  B.  Moore  and  wife  passed 
through  St.  Louis  last  week  on  their  way 
to  Indianapolis.  Professor  Moore,  who  is  a 
son  of  Dr.  W.  T.  Moore  and  a  brother 
of  the  assistant  editor,  has  for  the  past 
six  years  been  a  member  of  the  faculty 
of  the  University  of  Missouri,  from  which 
he  resigned  to  take  the  chair  of  chemistry 
at  Butler  College.  Mr.  Moore  has  had 
the  very  best  European  and  American  train- 
ing, having  been  a  student  under  Professor 
Ramsay,  among  other  teachers. 

— Herbert  Yeuell  is  doing  fine  work  in 
the  evangelistic  field.  He  has  gathered 
crowds  at  the  meeting  in  Bristol,  Va., 
though  such  attractions  as  Sam  Jones,  Rich- 
ard Hobson  and  others  were  engaged  in  a 
Chautauqua  at  the  same  time.  C.  B.  Rich- 
ards, pastor  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  writing  in 
high  praise  of  Brother  Yeuell's  recent  meet- 
ing there,  says  there  were  eleven  additions 
on  the  Lord's  day,  large  audiences  and  all 
expenses  of  the  large  tabernacle  paid,  with 
something  over.  He  will  now  continue  as 
pastor. 

— W.  E.  M.  Hackleman  conducted  the 
music  in  eight  meetings  since  the  St.  Louis 
convention,  in  which  there  were  over  six 
hundred  accessions — four  of  which  were 
in  his  home  state,  Muncie,  Lafayette,  Evans- 
ville  and  Terre  Haute;  two  in  Ohio,  Belle- 
fontaine  and  Central,  Columbus ;  one  in 
Tennessee,  Clarksville ;  and  one  in  Missis- 
sippi, Aberdeen.  He  conducted  the  music 
at  Bethany  Park  and  has  been  engaged  for 
the  position  for  next  year.  He  will  assist 
J.  L.  HiH  at  Central,  Cincinnati,  O.,  and 
James  Small,  at  Broadway,  Lexington,  Ky., 
in  October  and  November,  respectively. 

— Louis  S.  Cupp  has  accepted  a  call  to 
the  Hyde  Park  Church,  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
to  succeed  R.  H.  Fife.  It  will  be  remem- 
bered that  a  handsome  new  stone  church 
was  recently  completed  at  Hyde  Park. 
Brother  Cupp  has  been  with  the  Platte  City 
church  almost  four  years,  during  which 
time  it  has  had  nearly  two  hundred  ad- 
ditions. He  will  enter  upon  his  new  work 
early  in  October.  He  leaves  his  present 
charge  with  many  sincere  regrets,  for  they 
have  stood  by  him  loyally  and  generously. 

— We  have  received  the  following  items 
about  the  Church  Extension  offering :  New 
Salem,  Ind.,  Frank  A.  Thomas,  pastor, 
raised  $90,  as  against  $93.25  last  year ;  Hig- 
ginsville,  Mo.,  J.  H.  Coil,  pastor,  raised  $29 
for  an  apportionment  of  $20;  Winchester, 
Ky.,  Cecil  J.  Armstrong,  pastor,  raised  $200, 
or  $50  more  than  last  year.  This  church 
has  contributed  $1,450  to  missions  this  year, 
or  $200  in  advance  of  its  offering  for  the 
same  period  last  year.  The  church  at 
Bloomfield,  W.  Va.,  raised  over  $40 ;  W.  G. 
Walters  is  minister. 

— Announcement  is  made  of  a  Conference 
on  Religious  Education  to  be  held  at 
the  University  of  Illinois,  at  Urbana,  on 
October  19.  There  will  be  two  sessions, 
and  the  theme  is  religious  education  in  state 
universities.  The  first  topic  suggested  for 
discussion  is  one  in  which  we,  as  a  people 
who  have  started  Bible  chairs  at  univer- 
sities, are  vitally  interested.  It  is :  "With- 
in the  limks  set  by  our  separation  of  church 
and  state,  what  religious  education  may  be 
undertaken  by  state  universities?"    A  num- 


ber of  other  topics  which  hinge  on  this  first 
one  are  also  suggested  We  trust  that  the 
conference  may  be  largely  attended  and  that 
tome  pronounced  stand  may  be  taken  in 
favor  of  the  recognition  by  universities  of 
work  done  in  Biblical  and  religious  sub- 
jects. 

— D.  A.  Wickizer  is  riow  located  in  his 
new  field  of  labor  at  Kirksville,  Mo.,  a 
town  where  constant  improvements  are  be- 
ing made.  He  writes  that  our  brethren 
there  talk  of  the  students  and  their  re- 
sponsibility to  them  as  if  the  church  existed 
for  the  sole  sake  of  the  students,  which  is 
certainly  a  very  commendable  interest 
Brother  Wickizer  would  be  glad  to  hear 
from  parents  or  friends  who  know  of  stu- 
dents who  ought  to  be  identified  with  the 
work  of  the  Christian  church.  He  will  be 
glad  to  take  such  interest  in  them  as  he  can. 
He  may  be  addressed  at  711  East  Harrison 
Street. 

— There  will  be  a  new  building  at  Iron- 
ton,  O.,  where  there  is  a  faithful  little  band 
of  brethren.  The  old  building  and  lot, 
which  are  in  the  business  part  of  the  city, 
were  sold  and  a  fine  new  lot  purchased,  on 
which  a  modern  brick  structure,  trimmed 
in  rock-faced  brick  and  terra  cotta,  will  be 
erected.  Walter  S.  Willis,  the  minister, 
writes  us  that  only  those  who  know  this 
field  can  understand  the  faith  and  deter- 
mination manifested  by  these  brethren  in 
undertaking  such  a  building,  and  they  crave 
the  pravers  and  sympathy  of  all  for  their 
success. 

— "Years  ago,  when  Hollywood,  now  a 
beautiful  suburb  of  Los  Angeles,  was  a 
quiet  country  neighborhood,  our  zealous 
brother,  B.  F.  Coulter,"  writes  John  C.  Hay, 
minister  of  our  church  at  Hollywood, 
"preached  a  series  of  sermons  in  a  school- 
house  and  organized  a  band  of  Disciples. 
M.  L.  Yeager  served  as  pastor  free  of  charge 
for  a  long  time,  and  T.  D.  Garvin  held 
special  meetings."  Brother  Hay  was  called 
two  years  ago,  and  the  house  was  removed 
to  another  site  and  a  parsonage  built.  The 
membership,  we  are  glad  to  know,  is  stead- 
ily growing,  the  church  out  of  debt  and 
all  the  work  prospering. 

— The  San  Jose  "Daily  Mercury"  prints 
a  picture  and  a  lengthy  sketch  of  J.  V. 
Coombs,  who  has  just  begun  work  with 
our  church  in  that  beautiful  little  Cali- 
fornia city,  from  which  we  learn  that  Broth- 
er Coombs  has  crossed  our  continent  four 
times,  having  lectured  in  every  state  and 
territory  in  the  union  and  spoken  to  about 
twenty-five  hundred  different  audiences.  He 
is  best  known,  however,  as  an  evangelist 
rather  than  as  a  lecturer.  He  has  a  large 
congregation  and  a  good  spirit  among  the 
people  where  he  has  begun  work,  and, 
speaking  of  his  new  charge,  he  says :  "I 
expect  to  see  the  house  crowded  and  the 
cause  grow  strong  in  this  city." 
— P.H.Jameson  sends  us  a  little  pam/ let 
which  was  evidently  intended  to  be  circulat- 
ed at  the  Bethany  Assembly.  It  has  refer- 
ence to  the  work  of  Butler  College.  We 
regret  that  we  have  not  space  at  this  time 
to  publish  the  pamphlet,  which  gives  a 
brief  account  of  the  fine  work  accomplished 


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September  21,  1905 


by  Butler  College,  and  explains  the  n< 

its  friends  and  the  brethren  of  In- 
diana to  make  an  earnest  effort  to  put 
it  on  a  sound  financial  basis.  This  col- 
lege has  turned  out  some  of  our  foremost 
men.  and  h3>  at  present  a  faculty  second 
to  none,  in  point  of  ability,  of  any  of  our 
colleges.  Owing  to  certain  policies  of  the 
past,  the  funds  of  the  college  are  con- 
siderably diminished.  Better  endowment 
is  absolutely  necessary.  Joseph  I.  Irwin 
has  offered  $100,000  if  $150,000  more  can 
be  raised.  Such  an  endowment  will  place 
the  college  upon  a  firm  basis  for  the  pres- 
ent and  "near  future.  If  this  endowment 
can  not  be  raised,  the  college,  with  the 
present  resources,  according  to  Brother 
Jameson,  can  not  survive  more  than  two 
years,  which  would  be  a  disgrace  to  our 
brotherhood.  The  institution  has  been  made 
to  depend  upon  our  church  for  its  chief 
support.  The  amount  needed  seems  to  us 
very  small,  in  view  of  the  strength  of  our 
cause  in  Indiana  and  the  wealth  in  our 
brotherhood  there.  The  institution  is  an 
institution  for  the  whole  of  the  state,  and 
it  is  not  fair  to  look  to  Marion  County 
alone  for  its  support.  Brother  Jameson  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church  for 
more  than  sixty  years,  and,  besides  former 
interests,  has  now  pledged  $2,500  toward 
this  needed  endowment  of  Butler.  That 
shows  how  much  he  believes  in  this  move- 
ment. 

«      9 

Indiana  S.  S.  Convention. 

The  Indiana  Christian  Sunday-school 
Association  will  hold  their  Annual  State 
Sunday-school  Institute  at  Greenfield, 
October  17,  18,  19.  A  splendid  program 
has  been  prepared,  and  the  church  at 
Greenfield  extends  a  hearty  welcome  to  all 
who  will  attend.  The  sessions  will  be  de- 
voted to  Sunday-school  work  and  methods. 
Begin  at  once  to  make  your  arrangements 
to  be  present.  E.  B.  Scofield,  Pres. 
$  $ 
New   Missionaries  for  China. 

At  the  regular  meetin?  of  the  executive 
committee  of  the  Foreign  Society,  Sep- 
tember 8,  Dr.  Paul  Wakefield  and,  wife  of 
Springfield,  111.,  were  appointed  mis- 
sionaries to  China,  to  go  out  in  September, 
1906.  Dr.  Wakefield  is  a  son  of  Prof. 
E.  B.  Wakefield,  of  Hiram  College.  Mrs. 
Wakefield  is  a  daughter  of  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Lindsey,  of  Springfield,  111.,  well  known 
to  a  wide  circle  of  church  workers  in  that 
and  other  states.  It  has  been  the  pur- 
pose for  many  years  of  these  young  people 
to  devote  their  lives  to  the  work  in  the 
regions  beyond. 

Indiana's  Educational  Society. 

At  a  recent  meeting  at  Bethany  Park, 
representatives  of  Butler  College,  in  con- 
junction with  the  State  Ministerial  As- 
sociation, organized  an  Indiana  Christian 
Educational  Society,  for  the  purpose  of 
unifying  th2  educational  sentiment  in  the 
state  in  favor  of  Butler  College.  William 
J.  Russell,  pastor  of  the  First  Christian 
church  at  Frankfort,  lad.,  was  made 
president,  and  T.  W.  Grafton,  pastor  of 
the  Christian  church  at  Anderson,  was 
made  vice-president.  A  secretary  will  be 
announced  later,  and  work  for  the  insti- 
tution will  be  commenced  at  once. 
(ft  ® 
A  Reliable  Heart  Cure. 

Alice  A.  Wetmore,  Box  67,  Norwich,  Conn., 
lays  if  any  sufferer  from  Heart  Disease  will 
write  her,  she  will,  without  charge,  direct 
them  to  the  perfect  cure  she  used. 


St.  Francois  County  Co-operation. 

la  response  to  a  call  from  the  Christian 
church  at  FaradDgton,  Mo.,  five  congre- 
gations sent  delegates  to  meet  with  them  to 
organize  a  Christian  Church  Co-operation 
for  St.  Francois  County.  The  object  of 
this  organization  is  to  carry  on  more  ag- 
gressive and  thorough  work  and  assist  all 
congregations  of  the  Christian  church  to 
regular  preaching  and  pastoral  care.  The 
following  officers  were  elected:  George 
B.  Gale,  president,  Judge  G.  O.  Nations, 
vice-president,  J.  E.  Cover,  treasurer,  and 
Edward  Owers,  secretary.  The  three 
meetings  held  duriug  the  day  were  very 
inspiring  and  helpful.  Under  this  organiza- 
tion the  work  in  the  county  has  taken  on 
new  life  and  vigor. 


Changes. 

Aber,  Clinton— Bicknell,  Ind.,  to  1824 
Holly  St.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Blanchard,  F.  E. — Sheridan,  Wyo.,  to 
Audubon,  la. 

Barnett,  E.  J.— Jonesboro,  Ark.,  to  367  N. 
Limestone  St.,  Lexington,  Ky. 

Bledsoe,  E.  S. — Winnsboro,  to  Italy,  Tex. 

Buxton,.  Dr.  Albert — Dexter,  to  Canton, 
Mo. 

Bennett,  J. — Macatawa  Park,  Mich.,  to 
Leroy,  111. 

Bowers,  E.  W.— Jefferson,  to  992  W.  25th 
St.,  Des  Moines,  la. 

Booce,  J.  M.— Mozier,  to  Pittsfield,  111. 

Boren,  Francis  E. — San  Francisco,  to  Sara- 
toga, Cal. 

Book,  W.  H.— Martinsville,  Va.,  to  Colum- 
bus, Ind. 

Burns,  H,  F.— Chicago,  to  316  Barker  Ave., 
Peoria,  111. 

Challenner,  James  A. — Italy,  to  621  Wash- 
ington Ave.,  Dallas,  Tex. 

Chapman,  A.  L.— 469  Arcade  Bldg.,  to  1517 
Boyleton  Ave.,  Seattle,  Wash. 

Campbell.  R.  S— Carterville,  Mo.,  to  Hol- 
denville,  I.  T. 

Crutcher,  John  J.  C. — Muskogee,  I.  T.,  to 
General  Delivery,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Clarkson,  W.  T.— Brashear,  Mo.,  to  1247 
Kentucky  St.,  Lawrence,  Kan. 

Dubber,  A.  E.— Ft.  Collins,  Col.,  to  Chris- 
tian Tabernacle,  Ft.  Worth,  Tex. 

Dungan,  R.  M. — Canton,  Mo.,  to  Webster 
City,  la. 

Darsie,  George— Massillon,  to  373  East 
Buchtel  Ave.,  Akron,  O. 

Draper,  F.  D. — Lakewood,  to  157  Bressett 
St.,  Youngstown,  O. 

Dungan,  D.  R.— Canton,  Mo.,  to  1212  28th 
St.,  Des  Moines,  la. 

■Esson,  Albyn — Portland  to  Silverton.  Ore. 

Hanna,  D.  E.— Gordonsville,  to  Louisa, 
Va. 

Hedges,  W.  H.— Covington,  Ind.,  to  412 
E.  Columbus  Ave.,  Bdlefontaine,  O. 

Hopkins,  J.  A. — Waynesboro,  Pa  ,  to 
Winston,  N.  C. 

Holmes,  J.  P.— Melissa,  to  Celina,  Tex. 

Jewett,  Frank  L.— Horton,  Kan.,  to  2009 
University  Ave.,  Austin,  Tex. 

Jones,  A.  B. — Macatawa,  Mich.,  to  Lib- 
erty, Mo. 

Lappin,  S.  S. — Atlanta,  to  Stanford,  111. 

Larimore,  J.  W. — Loami,  to  818  Enos  Ave., 
Springfield,  111. 

Livengood,  Owen — Lin  wood,  Cincinnati, 
to  138  W.  Norwich  Ave.,  Columbus,  O. 

Morgan.  P.  Brett,  M.  D. — San  Francisco, 
to  1905  Havneon  St.,  S.  Berkeley,  Cal. 

Morro,  W.  C—  21  Mellin  St.,  to  196  Ham- 
mond St.,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Morgans,  Morgan — Lanagan,  Mo.,  to  In- 
dianapolis, Okla. 

McLeod,  James  — Glencairn,  to  Walkerton, 
Ont. 

Munro,  John — Belwood,  to  Grand  Valley, 
Ont. 


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McQuary,  A.  L  —Aurora,  to  Monett,  Mi. 
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Minnick,    Harry— Lu bee,    Me.,  to    215    N. 

Washington  St.,  Van  Wert,  O. 
Patterson,     D.     H.— Auburn,    N.    Y.,    to 

Orange,  lad. 
Parsons,  P.  A.— 322  Madison,  to  116  Ca  n 

tral  Ave.,  Plainfield,  N.  J. 
Pinkerton,  T.  W.— Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 

to  Kenton,  O. 

Riall,  A.  O  — Augusta,  to  Lufkin,  Angelina 
County,  Tex 

Smith,  R.  A.— Rocky  Mount,  to  Atlantic 
Christian  College,  Wilson,  N.  C. 

Shaw,  Allen  T.— Evansville,  Ind.,  to  Fair- 
field, 111. 

Thompson,  William  C— Haskell,  I.  T.,  to 
1203  E.  11th  St.,  Kansas  Cr      Mo. 

Trainum,  W.  H.— Chicago,  to  2022  Sher- 
man Ave  ,  Evanston,  111. 

Veatch,  A.  D  —Chicago,  111.,  to  1433  25th 
St.,  Des  Moines,  la. 

Wood,  Morton  H.—  Waverly,  to  St.  John, 
Wash. 

White,  Orilas  G.— Hebron,  O  ,  to  Hun- 
tington, W.  Va. 

Williams,  John — Chicago,  111.,  to  Colling- 
wood,  Ontario,  Can. 

Yeuell,  Herbert— Petersburg,  Va.,  to  1336 
Harvard  St.  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Zeigler,  A.  E.— Ocean  View,  Del.,  to 
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Ohio. 

What  satisfaction  in  knowing  that  what 
you  write  is  read!  It  may  be  positively 
affirmed  that  the  Ohio  letter  is  read.  The 
proo!  is  at  hand,  in  black  and  white. 
Some  weeks  ago  as  an  item  of  nevus  sev- 
eral churches  were  named  in  Ohio  as  being 
without  pastors.  Before  that  letter  had 
been  seen  in  print  by  the  writer  of  it,  let- 
ters began  to  pour  in  asking  about  those 
churches.  For  a  week  they  continued  to 
come.  From  north,  south,  east  and  west, 
yea  beyond  the  borders  of  the  United 
States,  they  came.  This  shows  three 
things:  First,  The  Christian- Evangel- 
ist is  widely  read  by  our  best  preachers. 
Second,  these  good  preachers  read  the 
Ohio  letter.  Third,  a  host  of  good  preach- 
ers would  like  an  Ohio  pulpit. 

Ohio  can  furnish  the  latest  sensation  to 
that  part  of  our  press  that  delights  to  hit 
Catholicism.  One  of  our  best  known 
preachers  was  married  Wednesday,  Sep- 
tember 13,  by  a  priest.  Isn't  that  enough 
for  a  long  editorial  or  a  hair  pulling  ser- 
mon? The  preacher  in  question  was  our 
State  Sunday-school  man,  C.  A.  Kleeber- 
ger.  He  was  married  in  Columbus,  O., 
on  the  above  named  date  to  Mrs.  Steven- 
son. But  the  now  Mrs.  Kleeberger  hap- 
pens to  be  a  sister  of  Walter  Scott  Priest, 
pastor  of  the  Central  church  in  Columbus. 
It  was  W.  S.  Priest  who  performed  the 
ceremony.  The  Ohio  letter  man  is  spirit- 
ual adviser  of  C.  A.  Kleeberger,  he  being 
a  member  of  the  Painesville  church.  Most 
hearty  congratulations  are  here  extended. 
The  bride  and  groom  will  spend  a  week  of 
the  honeymoon  in  Painesville,  and  then 
take  up  their  abode  in  Columbus. 

M.  J.  Grable  has  accepted  a  call  to 
Steubenville.  He  has  been  at  Dunham 
Avenue,  Cleveland,  about  ten  years.  It  will 
be  hard  to  sever  the  ties  at  Dunham  Avenue. 
Cleveland  loses  the  best  preacher  among 
the  Disciples  who  were  first  called  Chris- 
tians at  Antioch.  In  fact  it  may  be 
doubted  if  there  is  any  better  year-in-and- 
year-out  preacher  in  the  whole  city  of 
Cleveland.  Steubenville  is  to  be  most 
heartily  congratulated. 

Walter  Mansell  will  go  to  Fourth  Avenue 
in  Columbus.  He  has  been  for  some  six 
or  eight  years  at  Salem.  He  surely  steps 
into  the  opportunity  of  a  life.  May  his 
ministry  be  long  and  signally  blessed  at 
Fourth  Avenue. 

A.  C.  Gray  went  from  Mt.  Healthy  to 
Ann  Arbor,  Mich.  We  are  sorry  he  left 
Ohio,  but  Michigan  has  gained  a  strong 
man  who  will  do  them  all  good.  H.  C. 
Runyan,  of  Latonia,  Ky.,  has  succeeded 
Brother  Gray  at  Mt.  Healthy. 

Ira  H.  Durfee  is  holding  his  second 
meeting  at  Mill  Creek  in  Union  county.  A 
year  ago  he  had  a  fine  meeting  in  this  old 
historic  church  with  over  40  additions. 
A.  Skidmore  has  paved  the  way  for  an- 
other good  meeting.  T.  E.  Winter  has 
left  Greenwich  for  the  Pacific  coast.  He 
was  very  highly  esteemed  by  the  whole 
community,  and  they  pleaded  to  have  him 
remain.  But  he  has  gone  that  he  may 
take  some  work  in  the  school  at  Berkeley. 
A  very  impressive  installation  service  was 
held  at  Painesville  on  Wednesday  night, 
Sept.  6,  when  C.  A.  Freer  was  formally 
installed  as  minister  of  the  church.  J.  E. 
Lynn,  of  Warren,  preached  a  very  appro- 
priate and  helpful  sermon.    Robert  Moffett 


gave  the  charge  to  the  preacher  as  only  he 
could  do  such  a  thing.  S.  H.  Bartlett 
gave  the  charge  to  the  church,  which  was 
of  a  very  practical  nature.  J.  C.  B.  Sti- 
vers, A.  J.  Sever  and  George  A.  Lord  also 
had  parts  in  the  program.  Would  not  such 
services  help  to  impress  the  dignity  of  a 
union  of  preacher  and  people  if  more 
universally  observed? 

Those  of  us  who  stayed  at  home  rejoice 
in  the  good  things  read  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco convention.  We  are  all,  from  this 
region,  going  to  Buffalo  next  year.  "Put 
me  off  at  Buffalo"  will  again  be  the  cry. 

A  good  osteopathic  practitioner  who  is  a 
Disciple  of  Christ  can  be  put  in  touch  with 
a  fine  opening  by  addressing  the  under- 
signed. 

The  Ohio  campaign  is  getting  pretty 
hot  just  now.  The  flocking  to  Mr.  Pat- 
tison  becomes  more  and  more  uni- 
versal and  bold,  while  the  machine  be- 
comes more  desperate  to  find  something 
with  which  to  stem  the  tide  and  defend 
Mr.  Herrick.  The  Republicans  of  any 
moral  standing  who  are  going  to  support 
Herrick  are  so  ashamed  of  it  that  they  say 
nothing  while  every  day  adds  some  prom- 
inent and  lifelong  Republican  who  comes 
out  boldly  for  Mr.  Pattlson.  The  speak- 
ing campaign  will  begin  next  week  and 
then  there  will  be  more  fun  and  more  ex- 
citement.    Keep  your  eye  on  Ohio. 

A  note  was  made  in  the  last  letter  of  the 
coming  of  R.  W.  Abberley  to  Walnut 
Hills,  Cincinnati,  but  for  some  reason  it 
did  not  get  into  print.  Here  is  a  hearty 
welcome,  friend  Richard,  and  may  you  live 
and  die  in  Ohio.  C.  A.  Freer. 

Painesville,  O. 


Oregon. 

Our  slogan— "Turner,  1906,  with  1,500 
souls  for  Christ  and  every  obligation  fully 
met." 

Do  you  ask  how?  Here  is  the  answer  in 
a  few  words:  1.  One  conversion  for  every 
six  Disciples  and  an  average  of  50  cents 
from  every  Disciple  in  the  state.  2.  Make 
this  work  a  personal  matter  and  join  in 
heartily  for  the  sake  of  Christ,  his  church 
and  lost  souls.  3.  See  to  it  that  your  con- 
gregation stands  first  in  the  average  gifts 
of  its  membership  for  state  work  on  No- 
vember 5. 

The  outlook  for  the  work  is  good  and 
the  way  is  now  clear,  as  the  churches  have 
already  sent  in  their  offering  for  Church 
Extension.  Then  with  the  benediction  of 
our  great  international  convention  resting 
upon  us,  let  us  for  the  next  three  months, 
give  ourselves  heart  and  hand  and  pocket- 
book  to  "Oregon  for  Christ." 

I  have  just  completed  a  visit  with  the 
churches  along  the  Southern  Pacific  in 
southern  Oregon,  and  am  much  pleased 
with  the  condition  of  the  work  there. 
Brother  Bower  is  just  beginning  his  work 
with  the  church  in  Grant's  Pass.  The 
members  are  very  hopeful  and  happy  in 
having  such  helpers  as  Brother  and  Sister 
Bower.  The  Medford  church  is  "looking 
for  a  man."  This  is  a  promising  field 
for  one  who  is  willing  to  work  for  Christ 
and  lost  souls.  Central  Point  will  likely 
co-operate  with  Medford.  The  churches 
in  Roseburg  and  Ashland  are  doing  noble 
work  under  the  leadership  of  Brothers 
Ritchey  and  Mellinger.     Drain  and  Myrtle 


Creek  are  being  supplied  from  the  Eugene 
Divinity  School  by  Brothers  Horn  and 
Ware.  These  places  are  doing  good  work. 
They  will  all  send  an  offering  for  our  state 
work. 

The  five  counties  of  southwestern  Oregon 
are  to  hold  a  joint  convention  October  3 
and  4.  This  is  a  wise  move  for  our  work 
in  that  section. 

Now,  to  those  churches  wanting  meet- 
ings and  not  able  to  pay  from  $50  to  $100 
per  week  for  evangelistic  service,  I  take 
pleasure  in  announcing  that  any  one  of 
the  following  named  "pastor  evangelists" 
may  be  had  for  one  meeting,  viz.:  J.  S. 
McCallum,  J.  F.  Ghormley,  Geo.  C. 
Ritchey,  C.  F.  Swander,  Albyn  Esson, 
J.  W.  Jenkins,  E.  S.  Muckley,  J.  J.  Evans, 
Clark  Bower  and  perhaps  others:  These 
men  are  willing  to  leave  their  work  in 
order  to  help  our  weaker  churches  and  the 
O.  C.  M.  C.  Write  to  them  for  terms  and 
let  me  know  that  you  are  planning  to  use 
one  of  them  for  a  meeting.  By  this  plan 
you  are  both  helping  yourselves  and  the 
fields  more  needy  than  your  own,  since  a 
part  and  in  most  cases  all  of  the  proceeds 
of  these  meetings  will  be  put  into  the  Ore- 
gon missionary  work.  Here  is  an  oppor- 
tunity. Can  not  several  of  our  small  or 
even  larger  churches  make  use  of  it? 

The  next  three  weeks  will  be  spent  with 
the  churches  in  northwestern  Oregon  and 
the  next  three  with  those  of  the  northeast- 
ern part.  So  far  as  possible,  it  is  the  plan 
of  the  acting  board  of  the  O.  C.  M.  C.  to 
have  the  corresponding  secretary  to  visit 
every  congregation  in  Oregon  between 
now  and  our  Turner  convention.  This  I 
shall  be  glad  to  do,  the  Lord  willing. 

F.   E.  BlLLINGTON, 

Cor.  Sec.  O.  C.  M.  C. 
Cottage  Grove,  Oregon. 

Church  Extension  Receipts. 

The  following  is  a  comparative  state- 
ment of  Church  Extension  receipts  for  the 
first  13  days  of  September,  1904,  and  1905: 

1904                 1905  LOSS 

From  churches,          §1,474.48  $1,371.06  $103.42 

From  individuals,            233.08          115.50  117.58 

From  annuities,              300.00          500.00  200.00 


Totals,      .     .     .     $2,007.56     $1,987.56 

Loss $21.00 

*  Means  gain. 

Contributing  churches,  1904,    .     .     150 
"  "  1905,     .     .     160 

Gain 10 

The  Church  Extension  receipts  for  the 
first  13  days  of  September  as  compared 
with  last  year  show  a  falling  behind  of  $21. 
There  was  a  gain  of  10  in  the  number  of 
contributing  churches  but  a  loss  of  $103.42 
from  churches  and  $117.58  from  individ- 
uals. There  was  a  gain  of  $200  on  annui- 
ties. Reports  from  many  parts  of  the 
country  show  that  there  were  heavy  raias 
on  the  first  two  Sundays. 

The  Board  of  Church  Extension  hopes 
that  the  churches  will  not  allow  the  bad 
weather  early  in  the  month  to  impair  what 
must  be  the  best  September  offering  in 
our  history  if  we  are  to  reach  the  half 
million. 

No  loans  have  been  granted  at  our  last 
two  meetings,  because  of  lack  of  funds  and 
none  will  be  granted  for  some  time  to 
come  unless  the  offerings  are  very  liberal, 

All  remittances  should  be  sent  to  G.  W. 
Muckley,  Cor.  Sec,  600  Water  Works 
Building,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


September  21,  1905 


People's  Forum. 


Editor  Christian-Evangelist:— I  have 
never  presumed  to  write  a  line  for  publica- 
tion in  any  of  our  religious  journals, 
though  I  have  labored  in  the  cause  since 
1901.  But  I  can't  resist  an  impulse  to  say 
at  least  one  amen.  Brother  Garrison,  in 
"The  Easy  Chair,"  says:  "As  one  looks 
down,  as  we  did,  from  tne  heights  of  Fort 
Douglas  on  the  city  of  the  plain"— Salt 
bake  City— "with  its  temple,  its  taberna- 
cle, its  endowment  house,  and  beyond  the 
dead  sea  of  Salt  Lake,  glistening  in  the 
evening  sunlight,  he  can  but  wonder  what 
is  to  be  the  future  of  a  system  so 
foreign  to  our  American  ideas,  and 
what  the  future  of  a  state  and  city 
which  seein  I  1  be  so  completely  under  the 
inflence  of  this  politico-religious  power. 
Aud  yet"— these  words  ought  to  be  printed 
in  capitals — "faith  in  God  and  in  the  om- 
nipotence of  truth  will  not  allow  us  to 
doubt  that  Mormonisra,  like  every  system 
built  on  falsehood  or  distorted  and  per- 
verted truth,  must  pass  away." 

The  faith  of  ihis,  the  optimism  that 
will  not  allow  us  to  doubt  God  or  the 
omnipotenc?  of  his  truth,  is  akin  to  that 
of  John  in  Rev.  11:15:  "And  the  seventh 
angel  sounded;  and  there  were  great  voices 
in  heaven  saying,  The  kingdoms  of  this 
world  are  become  the  kingdoms  of  our 
Lord  and  of  his  Christ;  and  he  shall  reign 
forever  and  ever."  Brother  Garrison's  is 
one  great  voice,  the  reports  of  small  and 
great  revivals  are  the  sounds  of  another 
multitude  of  voices,  the  unspoken  faith 
and  prayers  of  thousands  of  others  are  yet 
more  voices;  yea  verily  "there  were  great 
voices  saying,  The  kingdoms  shall  be- 
come the  kingdoms  of  our  Lord  and  his 
Christ;  and  he  shall  reign  for  ever  and 
ever."  And  the  inspiration  of  it  all  is, 
that  faith  that  will  not  allow  us  to  doubt 
God,  or  the  omnipotence  of  his  truth. 
Keep  this  faith  alive.  Keep  alive  faith  in 
the  omnipotence  of  truth  and  God,  and 
verily  visions  shall  give  place  to  reality 
and  the  "King  of  Glory"  shall  come  in 
to  reign  for  ever  and  ever.  "Amen,  even 
so,  come,  Lord  Jesus."      H.  S.  Moblby. 

Prairie  Grove,  Ark. 


Ministerial  Exchange. 

•  Wanted — A  foreman  for  printing  office 
on  country  paper  in  a  town  of  500.  Chris- 
tian preferred.  Address  S.  B.  Ross, 
Elliott,  la. 

I  should  like  to  correspond  with  churches 
wanting  meetings  after  November  or  early 
in  the  new  year. — E.  B.  Barnes,  Nobles- 
ville,  Ind. 

Wanted — A  singer  who  has  a  stereopticon 
outfit.  Desired  for  a  meeting  during  the 
month  of  October.  Address  C.  E.  Dun- 
kleberger,  Flat  River,  Mo. 

Claris  Yeuell  closes  his  engagement  at 
Amboy,  Minn.,  shortly  and  can  be  had  for 
another  field.     Salary  $800  to  $1,000. 

J.  D.  Lawrence,  Lahoma,  Okla.,  wishes 
to  hold  a  meeting  for  a  country  church  in 
Missouri  with  view  of  locating. 

A  church  wanting  the  services  of  a  mid- 
dle-aged married  minister,  who  has  made 
.a  personal  tour  of  Bible  lands,  may  address 
N.  B.  M.,  P.  O.  Box  131,  Tallula,  111. 

A  brother  who  is  a  barber  can  buy  a 
first  class  shop  at  Smithville,  Tex.  Town 
of  3,000.  For  particulars  write  E.  J.  Brad- 
ley. 

Wanted — A  first  class  choir  leader  and 
soloist  to  help  in  a  meeting  to  begin  about 
October  22.  Address  A.  B.  Elliott,  Vin- 
ton, la. 

Wanted — A  Christian  physician  to  take 
up  a  good  practice  at  Cleo,  Okla.,  at  once, 
C.  J.  Chastain. 

Owing  to  the  death  of  one  of  the  doctors 
in  West  Pawlet,  Vermont,  there  is  a  splen- 
did opening  for  a  Christian  doctor,  prefer- 
ably a  Disciple.  West  Pawlet  is  a  beauti- 
ful New  England  village,  population  about 
a  thousand,  and  the  center  of  a  prosperous 
farming  community.  Chas.  Forster  would 
be  pleased  to  correspond  with  any  doctor 
with  a  view  to  locating  here.  He  would 
also  like  to  hear  from  some  one  with  regard 
to  taking  up  the  ministry  of  our  West 
Pawlet  church;  one  who  could  locate 
here  about  November.  The  church  is 
small,  but  in  splendid  condition.  There 
is  a  parsonage  next  to  the  church.  The 
salary  is  not  large,  and  a  man  with  much 
of  a  family  could  not  manage  here. 

The  church  at  Lawrence,  Ksn.,  is  with- 
out a  pastor.  Address  W.  H.  Smith,  442 
Lake  Street. 


Pastors  or  evangelists  desiring  a  soloist 
or  chorus  leader  may  address  Mrs.  Minnie 
Duck,  Salem,  Ohio. 

Wanted— A  singer  for  a  meeting  begin- 
ning Oct.  5,  at  Linneus,  Mo.  Address 
J.  J.  Limerick,  Carrollton,  Mo. 

Convention  Notes  and  Sayings. 

"  'America  for  Americans'  must  be 
changed  to  'America  for  the  world.'  "  — 
J.  H.  O.  Smith. 

"Chistian  Science  will  fail.  When  the 
anesthetic  has  relieved  the  victim  the 
awakening  will  be  followed  by  nausea." — 
J.  H.  O.  Smith. 

"The  attack  upon  the  pocket  book  must 
be  as  vigorous  as  the  assault  upon  Port 
Arthur."— J.  H.  O.  Smith. 

"I  want  to  quote  one  passage  of  scrip- 
turej  'The  glory  of  a  woman  is  her  hair.' 
If  anyone  has  not  combed  her  hair  this 
morning  she  need  not  exhibit  it,"  when 
hinting  to  the  ladies  to  remove  their  hats, 
—A.  McLean. 

"I  wonder  which  is  the  greatest  hetero- 
doxy— baptism  or  missions.  I  don't 
know,  do  you?"  So  said  F.  M.  Rains  in 
one  of  his  talks,  and  he  told  of  a  church 
that  gave  $8  for  missions  for  every  dollar 
it  spent  on  itself,  and  "it  wasn't  baptized, 
either." 

"We  need  more  power  in  the  power- 
house. We  old  fellows  are  pretty  nearly 
worn  out.  Brother  Corey  is  not  an  as- 
sociate secretary,  nor  an  assistant  secre- 
tary— he's  a  secretary."— F.  M.  Rains. 

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REPORT    TO    THE    PEOPLE 


"How  are  you  coming  on,"  a  prominent 
man  enquires  about  the  -movement  for 
Industrial    Peace. 

It's  not  exactly  an  easy  job  to  stop 
strikes,  insure  steady  work  in  the  factories 
or  prevent  interference  with  electric  and 
railway  transportation,  but  a  practical 
working  plan  has  been  discovered  and  is 
now  being  applied  in  town  after  town. 

Yes  it  works,  and  works  in  a  sturdy, 
dependable  and  result-producing  way. 

The  actual  operation  is  worth  more 
than  a  hay  wagon  full  of  theories.  Step 
by  step  the  conditions  were  met  and  the 
problems  solved.  The  labor  unions  as- 
sumed the  form  of  trusts  for  the  sale  of 
labor.  They  seek  better  conditions  for 
workmen  but  are  generally  managed  by 
men  for  personal  money-getting  and  these 
men  hold  their  power  by  forcing  up  wages 
as  high  as  the  public  will  stand.  That  in 
a  way  is  right  'enough,  but  the  methods 
are  oppressive. 

They  use  persuasion,  threats,  intimida- 
tion, assaults,  violence  and  various  means 
to  force  workmen  to  join  the  trust,  for 
large  membership  means  power  and  large 
incomes  to  the  manipulators.  Then  when 
these  trusts  became  powerful  enough  the 
common  people  were  treated  to  a  most 
extraordinary  display  of  oppression  and 
tyranny. 

Industries  have  been  stopped,  causing 
loss  of  literally  hundreds  of  millions  of 
dollars  to  owners,  workpeople  and  the 
community.  Property  has  been  burned, 
blown  up  and  wrecked  in  other  ways. 
Tens  of  thousands  of  American  citizens 
have  been  assaulted  and  hundreds  have 
been  murdered  by  these  labor  trusts  in 
their  bloodthirsty  efforts  to  force  all  the 
rest  of  humanity  to  implicitly  obey  their 
"orders." 

These  outrages  have  been  from  10 
to  100  times  the  volume  of  the  overt  acts 
toward  the  Negro,  that  brought  on  the 
Civil  war.  We  spent  money  enough  to 
almost  bankrupt  the  nation  and  the  precious 
lives  of  fathers,  brothers,  sons  and  hus- 
bands enough  to  people  it  in  that  struggle 
to  avenge  the  wrongs  and  insure  the  lib- 
erty of  the  black  man.  But  the  white  slave 
of  the  labor  trust — what  about  him?  What 
about  the  losses,  abuse,  tyranny,  assaults 
and  murders?  What  about  the  thousands 
of  decent  white  men  and  women,  tied  hand 
and  foot,  unable  to  work,  move  or  act,  ex- 
cept by  contribution  to  and  with  consent 
of  the  trust?  Human  liberty  and  consti- 
tutional rights  of  an  American  citizen  are 
denied  them.  It  got  so  bad  people  were 
afraid  to  openly  protest  against  the  tyran- 
nies becuse  of  the  "black  hand"  style  of 
far-reaching  acts  that  made  life  a  misery 
or  wiped  out  the  individual  altogether. 

Then  it  dawned  on  some  of  us  that  the 
people — the  780  out  of  every  800 — were 
not  members  of  the  labor  trust  but  really 
had  to  bear  the  oppression  of  the  minor- 
itv  and  be  ruled  by  them.  There  are  only 
about  20  union  members  in  every  800 
citizens.  But  the  compact  organization 
of  the  few  made  it  possible  for  the  labor 
trust,  in  many  cases,  to  force  their  tyranny 
on  the  unorganized  majority.  The  next 
natural  thought  was  organise  the  people 
for  their  own  protection. 

That  was  an  inspired  thought. 

So  to  put  it  into  practical  operation  a 
big  convention  in  Chicago  two  years  ago 


formed  the  Citizens  Industrial  Associa- 
tion of  America.  It  progressed  slowly 
for,  however  badly  hurl,  people  do  not 
quickly  understand  practical  reforms.  But 
one  after  another  towns  organized  associa- 
tions for  protection  and  found  they  got 
it.  In  July,  this  year,  the  National  Asso- 
ciation headquarters  was  moved  to  New 
York  and  the  work  has  been  growing 
rapidly.  Many  more  organizers  are  needed 
that  the  operations  be  rapidly  extended. 
But  any  town  or  city  can  set  up  a  good 
practical  Association  by  some  one  man  who 
has  the  interest  of  his  town  at  heart,  call- 
ing a  few  property  owners  together.  Elect 
temporary  officers,  send  to  the  National  As- 
sociation for  constitution,  by-laws  and  de- 
tailed instructions,  then  have  a  larger  meet- 
ing and  permanently  organize.  Select  a 
good  working  official  who  can  interest 
others  and  build  up  the  Association.  The 
cost  is  practically  nothing  if  the  active  man 
will  give  his  time,  although  it  has  been 
found  best  to  pay  a  salaried  man  who  will 
do  things.  Every  merchant  becomes  inter- 
ested because  he  prospers  best  when  the 
factories  are  going.  Every  clerk,  doctor, 
lawyer,  manufacturer,  teamster  and  inde- 
pendent .workman  likewise.  Even  the 
thrifty,  law-abiding  union  men  will  help  in 
enforcing  industrial  peace  and  maintaining 
the  law  if  they  can  be  assured  freedom 
from  union  punisment,  and  the  Citizens 
Association  can  in  a  practical  way  insure 
that.     How  do  we  prevent  strikes? 

Each  local  Citizens  Association  is  thor- 
oughly in  earnest  in  demanding  that  no 
strikes  occur,  but  all  differences  be  placed 
before  the  local  "Industrial  Jury,"  made 
up  of  equal  numbers  of  workmen  and  em- 
ployers. The  findings  are  made  public  and 
thus  the  voice  of  the  people  is  expressed, 
carrying  with  it  public  opinion,  that  great- 
est of  all  powers  in  this  country. 

Does  it  work? 

You  should  see  the  results.  Do  the 
working  people  want  steady  work  and 
steady  wages?  Do  the  merchants,  clerks, 
lawyers  and  teamsters  as  well  as  other 
citizens?  Do  the  manufacturers  appreciate 
steady  peace?  Do  the  railroad  owners  care 
to  have  each  town  on  the  line  humming 
along  day  by  day  and  the  railroad  employ- 
ees living  in  satisfied  peace?  Is  it  worth 
while  for  people  in  a  community  to  enjoy 
a  steady  flow  of  prosperity  in  place  of  the 
badly  broken  condition  of  industrial  war- 
fare now  and  then  fixed  on  many  com- 
munities? To  produce  effective  work  the 
National  Association  must  have  financial 
means  to  carry  the  clerical  force  and  em- 
ploy a  small  army  of  competent  organizers 
in  the  field.  Some  prominent  men,  keen 
to  detect  the  practical  workings,  have  con- 
tributed liberally.  Manufacturers  can  af- 
ford to  contribute  from  $100.00  to  $10,- 
000.00  each.  "A  strike  is  as  bad  as  a  fire," 
and  this  is  simply  a  very  easy  and  certain 
form  of  strike  insurance.  Merchants  can  well 
afford  to  expend  $5.00  to  $25.00  a  year  to- 
wards the  work.  Philanthropic  people  with 
a  motive  for  helping  their  fellows  can  in- 
vest their  "public  good"  funds  in  no  more 
practical  way  and  the  working  man  and 
common  citizen  of  small  means  who  feels 
a  desire  to  do  his  little  share  towards  a 
great  national  movement  for  industrial 
peace,  can  send  $1.00,  fifty  cents  of  which 
makes  him  a  member  at  large  of  the 
National  Citizens  Industrial  Association 
and  the  other  fifty  cents  pays  for  the 
"Square  Deal,"  the  monthly  magazine  de- 


voi"l  to  the  work.  The  Square  Deal 
in  plain  words  what  a  square  deal  is 
and  applies  that  principle  to  everything  it 
prints.  Each  month  the  current  questions 
of  the  day  are  treated  and  commented  on, 
analyzed  and  clarifWl  so  that  the  "Common 
Man"  may  get  facts!  facts!!  facts!!! 

The  rank  mental  poison  spread  air/. 
workmen  and  the  public  generally  by  the 
yellow  journal  and  the  violent  labor  papers, 
seems  to  rot  the  mind  of  the  steady  reader 
until  it  has  about  as  much  capacity  to  think 
sanely  as  a  worn  out  rubber  shoe.  Anarchy 
and  lawbreakng  is  being  taught  by  these 
riot  breeding  papers  to  such  an  extent  that 
any  thoughtful  man  would  be  startled  to 
know  the  facts.  The  condition  of  unrest, 
is  cultivated  by  the  yellow  and  labor 
papers,  constantly  teaching  the  wage  earn- 
er to  hate  every  man  who  owns  a  house  or 
has  saved  a  dollar.  The  outbursts  of  riot- 
ing and  violent  talk  against  police  pro- 
tection, the  civil  courts  and  all  officers  and 
laws  that  exist  for  the  protection  of  the 
common  people,  shows  plainly  the  tendency 
towards  Socialism  and  Anarchy  which  will 
grow  like  weeds  in  an  uncared-for  garden- 
Men  who  have  regard  for  the  sacred  mantle 
of  liberty  fought  for,  won,  and  handed 
down  to  us,  are  patriots  enough  to  stand 
together  and  save  this  fair  America  from 
the  chaos  hinted  at  by  the  lawbreakers. 
But  they  can  not  give  force  to  their  views 
acting  as  individuals.  Organization  must 
meet  present  organization  with  superior 
force.  When  the  citizens  are  organized  they 
do  the  work  and  insure  industrial  peace. 
It  is  the  business  of  the  National  Citizens 
Association  to  organize' local  Associations 
in  every  community.  Experience  has 
taught  the  way  and  the  results  show  how 
practical  the  methods  are.  Are  you  a 
patriot?  Do  you  believe  in  steady  indus- 
try? Do  you  want  the  common  people  to 
have  the  organization  and  power  to  rule, 
notwithstanding  the  "orders"  and  manipu- 
lations of  the  labor  trust  or  any  other 
trust?  Do  you  believe  in  maintaining  the 
law  and  insuring  industrial  peace?  If  so, 
be  you  merchant,  workman,  clerk,  lawyer, 
teamster  or  railroad  president,  join  the 
Citizens  Industrial  Association.  It  costs 
you  fifty  cents  to  be  a  member  at  large 
and  fifty  cents  for  the  monthly  publication 
the  "Square  Deal,"  which  keeps  you  alive 
as  to  facts.  Send  $1.00  bill  in  envelope, 
it's  safe,  almost  without  fail.  If  you  have 
any  doubt  send  money  order.  Do  your 
little  share  and  if  your  further  interests  are 
worth  insuring,  send  in  addition  a  proper- 
ly computed  sum  for  the  work.  If  you  are 
big  enough  mentally  to  build  a  big  busi- 
ness, you  have  mental  calibre  sufficient  to 
tell  you  what  to  do. 

Will  the  money  be  honestly  handled? 
The  Association  put  the  writer  at  the 
wheel  to  steer  the  ship  and  I  am  "most 
always  around"  and  do  not  hesitate  to  give 
my  personal  guarantee,  that  when  the 
finance  committee  make  the  semi-annual 
inspection,  we  will,  like  Uncle  Abe  Lincoln 
when  he  kept  post-office  up  at  Salem,  have 
properly  receipted  bills  and  the  balance  of 
the  money  to  a  cent,  "in  the  sock."  I  re- 
ceive no  salary  or  other  compensation  and 
expect  none.  Now.  then,  the  practical 
working  machinery  for  industrial  peace  is 
placed  before  you.  Some  good  men  are 
furnishing  fuel  to  run  it  moderately.  By 
liberal  support  it  can  be  made  a  national 
power  for  general  peace. 

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iVe  imvitt  ministers  and  others  to  send 
reports  of  meetings,  additions  and  other 
news  of  the  churches  for  publication  in 
this  department.  It  is  especially  requested 
that  additions  be  reported  as  "by  confession 
and  baptism"  or  "by  letter." 

tTelegram.] 

Little  Rock,  Ark.,  Sept.  17.— Great  Interest 
in  Fife-McKinney   meeting;  seventy-one  in 
nineteen    days;  twenty-one  to-day. — J.   N. 
JSSSQP. 
Telegram.] 

Unionport,  O.,  Sept.  18.— Our  meeting 
with  Clarence  Mitchell  and  Hume  Sisters 
continues.  Sixty  to  date— fifty  baptisms. 
Many  men  and  heads  of  families.  This 
chnrch  has  been  without  a  preacher  for 
nearly  two  years. — Peter  Hubler,  Elder. 
ARKANSAS. 

Amity,  Aug.  28.— A  meeting  of  sixteen 
days  closed  last  night  atBethsaida;  twenty- 
nine  additions — twenty-four  by  confession 
and  baptism  and  five  restored.— C.  A. 
Allhands,  minister. 

ARIZONA. 

BIsbee,  Sept.  11.— Four  additions  the 
last  three  Lord's  days.  September  3  was 
my  initial  Sunday.  The  Sunday-school  has 
grown  fifty  per  cent  within  two  weeks  and 
work  looks  hopeful.— Daniel  Trundle. 

CALIFORNIA. 

Eureka,  Sept.  8.— One  addition  last 
Lord's  day  by  confession.  He  was  one  of 
Roosevelt's  rough  riders.  The  great  con- 
vention has  proven  a  great  help  to  us.— 
I.  H.  Teel. 

Pasadena,  Sept.  4.— Yesterday  we  had 
five  added;  two  confessions.— Sumner  T. 
Martin. 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA. 

Washington,  Sept.  11.— Present  at 
preachers'  meeting  to-day:  F.  D.  Power, 
E.  B.  Bagby,  J.  Murray  Taylor,  J.  E. 
Stuart,  W.  T.  Laprade,  Walter  F.  Smith, 
R.  R.  Heicke,  and  the  writer.  Additions 
reported:  Ninth  Street  (E.  B.  Bagby),  six 
by  letter;  Fifteenth  Street  (J.  E.  Stuart), 
two  by  baptism  and  one  by  letter;  Whitney 
Avenue  (Walter  F.  Smith),  three  by  state- 
ment and  one  from  denomination.  Total, 
13—11  by  letter  or  statement  and  two  by 
baptism.  E.  B.  Bagby  reports  also  about 
25  additions,  almost  all  by  confession,  in  a 
meeting  he  held  a  few  weeks  ago.  J.  Mur- 
ray Taylor  and  writer,  who  had  attended 
the  San  Francisco  convention,  each  gave  a 
report  of  that  gathering.— Claude  C. 
Jones,  secretary. 

FLORIDA. 

St.  Cloud,  Sept.  12.— S'x  confessions  at 

regular  service  last  night. — J.  T.  Reaves, 

pastor. 

ILLINOIS. 

Moweaqua,  Sept.  4.— Evangelists  H.  A. 
Davis  and  C.  H.  Hoggatt  were  with  us 
three  weeks  in  what  has  proven  to  be  one 
of  the  bes1.  meetings  ever  held  by  the 
church  in  this  community.  The  audiences 
were  large  and  M  several  of  the  services 
hundreds  were  turned  away.  There  were 
42  added,  almost  all  by  primary  obedience. 
A  number  came  from  the  religious  bodies. 
The  general  effect  of  the  meeting  upon  the 
church  is  of  the  best.— A.  R.  Spicer, 
pastor. 

Joliet.— Two  additions   at    First    Chris 
tian  church  by  letter  since   last   report.— 
3en   N.  Mitchell. 

Concord,  Sept.  12.— Recently  visited  the 


following  places  in  our  N.  B.  A.  work: 
Macomb— Church  in  fine  growing  shape. 
Lomax— Brother  Arthur,  one  of  our  most 
capable  men,  will  soon  outgrow  this  field. 
Dallas  City — Work  here  prospers, of  course, 
for  McKim  takes  the  lead.  Roseville 
treated  us  royally,  giving  two  services  into 
our  charge.  People  just  awakening  to 
importance  of  our  work. — Guy  L.  Zerbv. 

West  Salem,  Sept.  12. — After  closing  our 
meeting  at  Marion,  on  Monday  night,  I 
preached  Lord's  day  and  had  six  more  ad- 
ditions— one  from  the  New  Lights  and  five 
confe5sions,  which  increases  report  to  forty 
confessions  and  six  otherwise. — G.  W. 
Tate. 

INDIANA. 

Connersville,  Sept.  11. — We  have  just 
closed  a  two  weeks'  meeting  at  Owingsville, 
Ky.,  which  resulted  in  38  additions— 28  by 
baptism,  nine  by  statement  and  one  re- 
claimed. The  saloons  were  voted  out  of 
the  town  and  county.  Robt.  M.  Campbell, 
a  grandson  of  Alexander  Campbell,  is  the 
popular  minister  of  this  congregation. — 
J.  J.  Taylor,  evangelist. 

Peru,  Sept.  13. — There  were  four  bap- 
tisms at  the  close  of  the  evening  services. — 
J.  L.  Thompson. 

Fillmore,  Sept.  11. — Murray  and  St. 
John  closed  a  two  weeks'  meeting;  twenty- 
four  additions,  all  baptisms.— Le  Roy  St. 
John,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

IOWA. 

Braddyville,  Sept.  11— Meeting  fifteen 
days  old.  Fifteen  accessions;  eleven  confes- 
sions. G.  A.  Butler,  Mound  City,  Mo., 
singer,  D.  W.  L.  Dunlavey,  pastor. — 
E.  W.  Bowers. 

Eldon,  Sept.  11.— Our  meeting  at  Eldon 
closed  September  11  with  thirty-two  ad- 
ditions— twenty-two  by  obedience  and 
nine  by  statement,  one  reclaimed  and  the 
church  strengthened.  Lee  Baron  did  the 
preaching. — S.  K.  Coats,  pastor. 
KANSAS. 

Frankfort,  Sept.  12. — Have  closed  a  fine 
meeting.  We  had  neither  house  nor  or- 
ganization. I  preached  in  the  park.  A 
reunion  stopped  us  for  three  days,  then 
the  rain  hindered  for  a  week,  but  we  have 
an  organization  now  of  54  members  who 
engaged  L.  W.  Myers  as  minister.  We 
raised  $1,300  in  ten  minutes  the  last  night 
toward  a  house.  Have  bought  a  fine  lot. 
We  rejoice.— E.  W.  Brickert,  evangelist. 

LeRoy,  Sept.  7.— The  "Martin  family" 
meeting  closed  September  3,  with  eighty 
additions.  Thirty-six  young  men  made 
the  good  confession.— D.  MacFarlane, 
minister. 

Hoisington,  Sept.  14. — One  by  letter  and 
three  by  baptism. — F.  M.  McHale. 

KENTUCKY. 
Kirksville,  Sept.  11 — We  have  just  closed 


a  two  weeks'  meeting,  with  forty- two  ad- 
ditions—twenty-seven by  confession  and 
fifteen  by  statement  and  letter.  Hugh 
McLellan,  of  Richmond,  assisted  in  the 
meeting. — W.  B.  Blakemore. 

Stanford,  Sept.  13  — We  closed  a  very 
good  meeting  of  eighteen  days'  duration, 
in  which  eighteen  were  added  by  confes- 
sion and  baptism  and  three  by  letter. 
Leonard  Daugherty  was  our  song  leader. 
The  writer  has  now  been  here  a  little  more 
than  eight  months  and  the  work  moves  on 
encouragingly.  I  am  in  a  meeting  this 
week  at  Goshen  church.— L.  M.  Omer. 

Alpha,  Sept.  14. — I  have  just  closed  a 
few  days'  meeting  at  the  "Morrison  Chap- 
el" in  Wayne  county,  with  three  additions 
by  primary  obedience  and  the  church 
greatly  revived. — T.  J.  Head. 

MARYLAND. 

Baltimore,  Sept.  4.— We  recently  held  a 
meeting  at  Piedmont  church  for  which 
Jas.  W.  Goss  ministered,  his  old  home  be- 
i  ng  in  that  neighborhood.  The  church  has 
not  had  a  regular  pastor  for  a  long  time 
and    the  people  had  become  cold  and  in- 

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different.  There  was  a  change  on  the 
part  of  the  membership  and  seven  acces- 
sions— six  by  confession  and  one  reclaimed. 
We  trust  they  will  have  a  regular  pastor 
soon.  Also  visited  two  of  our  small 
churches  in  Albemarle,  W.  Va.,  "Oak 
Grove"  and  "Laurel  Hill."— W.  Gale 
Spencer,  pastor  Calhoun  St.  Church. 

MISSOURI. 

Eldon,  Sept.  11. — Two  baptized  at 
Olean.  Elder  Burks,  of  Eugene,  begins  a 
meeting  this,  Monday  evening,  with  the 
brethren  of  Barnett,  from  which  we  expect 
good  results.— S.  J.  Vance. 

Concord,  Sept.  5.— Our  meeting  is  two 
weeks  old;  thirteen  additions  to  date. 
E.  J.  Wright,  of  Leavenworth,  Kan.,  is 
preaching. — J.  W.  Davis,  pastor. 

Farmington,  S5pt.  2.— Two,  a  business 
man  and  wife,  from  the  Baptists.— Ed- 
ward Owers. 

Denver,  Sept.  13 — One  addition  last 
night. — Thomas    H.    Popplewell. 

Warrensburg,  Sept.  11.— One  confes- 
sion at  Rich  Hill  last  night.— King  Stark. 

Higdon,  Sept.  11 — Thres  additions  at 
White  Water  yesterday— one  from  the 
M.  E.'s  and  two  confessions.— I.  B.  Dod- 
son. 

St.  Louis,  Sept.  4  —Two  additions  yes- 
terday at  Red  Top  church.— W.  H.  Kern. 

Freeman,  Sept  10.— Our  three  weeks' 
meeting  is  just  closing.  Twenty-five  added. 
This  is  my  second  meeting  at  this  place  in 
the  last  eleven  months.  A.  O.  Ishmael  is 
the  pastor.  Greenwood,  Mo.,  is  the  next 
point.  Leslie  Lucas  is  the  minister. — 
D.  D.  Boyle. 

Minden  Mines,  Sspt.  15.— I  close  meet- 
ing tonight.  Fifty-six  additions  to  date. 
About  fifty  conversions.  My  son's  meet- 
ing near  Joplin  with  about  thirty  added. — 
Simpson  Ely. 

Laddonia,  Sept.  IS.— A  short  meeting  at 
New  Bloomfiild  gave  us  two  con- 
versions, and,  while  we  have  had  many 
times  that  number  in  other  meetings,  we 
consider  it  one  of  our  best  meetings  for  the 
benefit  of  the  church.  We  had  no  outside 
help. — J.  D.  Greer. 

Ash  Grove,  Sept.  13.— Fourteen  ad- 
ditions to  our  congregation — twelve  by 
confession  and  baptism— since  Wm,  Mundy 
began  here  July  1,  at  regular  services. — 
J.  W.  S. 

Dearborn,  Sept.  11.— I  am  in  my  third 
year  at  this  place,  also  third  year  at  Bethel, 
second  year  at  Wallace  and  first  year  at 
DeKalb.  During  my  ministry  there  have 
been  86  added  to  these  churches.  We  have 
observed  missions  and  sent  our  offerings. 
We  are  having  additions  at  regular  meet- 
ings and  are  planning  for  a  protracted 
series.  We  begin  a  meeting  at  DeKalb, 
October  17,  and  at  Bethel,  November  6. 
Dearborn  and  Wallace  liave  not  set  the 
time  yet. — R.  E.  Callithan. 

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Douglas,  Sept.  11— Thirty  three  addi- 
tions to  date,  with  twenty-six  confessions. 
Austin  and  McVay  are  the  evangelists. — 
C.  W.  Longman. 

NEW  MEXICO . 

Roswell,  Sept.  11  — Three  were  added  to 
the  church  yesterday — one  by  letter,  one 
from  the  Baptists  and  one  by  "baptism; 
also  a  young  man  baptized  who  made  the 
confession  last  Sunday.  We  have  additions 
at  nearly  every  service.— C.  C.  Hill. 

OKLAHOMA. 

Seiling. — I  began  my  work  here  in  May 
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Creek  congregation  and  we  have  73  mem- 
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— J.  M.  Plummer,  minister. 

OHIO. 

Cincinnati,  Sept.  11.— There  have  been 
seven  additions  by  letter  to  the  Norwood 
church  on  the  last  two  Sundays;  one  by 
baptism  last  Wednesday  evening.— 
Joseph  Armistead,  minister. 

Sharon  Center,  Sept.  11.— There  were 
two  added  at  Ghent  by  statement  yester- 
day. I.  H.  Darfee,  of  Hiram,  just 
closed  a  short  meeting  with  us  at  East 
Granger,  with  thirteen  confessions  and 
baptisms. — Medary  Gorsuch. 

Ironton. — We  have  had  four  additions 
since  our  last  report— one  by  letter,  one  by 
baptism,  and  two  from  the  Baptists.— 
Walter  S.  Willis. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Sandy  Lake,  Sept.  11 — Since  my  last  re- 
port I  have  baptized  three  at  Milled geville, 
two  at  Sandy  Lake.— Thomas  Martin. 

PHILIPPINE  ISLANDS. 

Vigan,  July  25. — This  last  week  one  was 
baptized  at  Suyu— an  old  man  of  74  years. 
— Hermon  P.  Williams. 

Vigan,  Ilokos  Sur,  Aug.  10.— Two  were 
baptized  the  last  week  at  Sinait  and  nine 
at  Kibugaw. — Hermon  P.  Williams 

TENNESSEE. 

Bristol, Sept. 11. — Four  added  to  the  Cen- 
tral church  yesterday  at  our  regular  serv- 
ices—one confession,  one  from  Baptises 
and  two  by  letter— W.  P.  Crouch, 

WEST  VIRGINIA. 

Wheeling.— Island  church,  one  confes- 
sion and  baptism  since  last  report. — Mrs. 
B.  M.  Rice. 

Bluefield,  Sept.  4.— There  are  many  in- 
dications of  progress  in  the  work.  I  am 
preaching  a  series  of  sermons  on  "The 
Holy  Spirit,"  and  in  the  evenings  a  series 
from  the  book  of  Isaiah.  The  congrega- 
tions have  been  large  and  the  interest 
good.  We  expect  to  beafin  a  meeting  with 
home  forces  October  15.  Our  annual  re- 
port shows:  Sermons,  115;  additions,  81; 
the  church  gave  for  foreign  missions,  $215; 
home  missions,  $203;  our  building.  $300; 
other  purposes,  $1,700.— W.  G.  Walters, 
minister. 

New  Car  Line  to  Southern  California. 

Pullman  tourist  sleeping  cars  through  to 
Los  Angeles  without  change  daily  from  Chi- 
cago, beginning  September  '15,  via  the  Chica- 
go, Union  Pacific  and  Northwestern  Line 
and  the  newly  opened  Salt  Lake  Route.  Great 
reduction  in  time  schedules  via  this  route. 
Colonist  one  way  tickets  on  sale  daily  from 
Chicago,  beginning  September  15,  only 
$33.00  to  Los  Angeles.  Correspondingly 
'low  rates  from  other  points.  Double  berth 
in  tourist  sleeping  cars  $7.00.  For  ticket, 
sleeping  car  reservations  and  full  particu- 
lars, apply  to  your  nearest  ticket  agent,  or 
to  S.  A.  Hutchison,  Manager,  212  Clark  St., 
Chicago. 


Dr.  Moore  on  "The  Holy  Spirit." 

To  do  this  book  ju-tice  would  require 
more  space  than  I  can  cimmand  at  this 
time.  The  whole  subject  involved  in  the 
title  page  would  req  lire  a  very  careful 
treatment.  In  order  to  meet  all  the  condi- 
tions of  the  case  a  very  large  volume  would 
be  necessary.  Bat  Dr.  Garrison  has  not 
attempted  much  more  than  a  discussion  of 
the  practical  phases  of  his  subject,  such 
as  'The  Functioa  of  the  Spirit  in  Conver- 
sion," "Relation  of  the  H  >ly  Spirit  to 
Christians,"  "Symbols  and  Mitaphors  of 
the  Holy  Spirit,"  "Spiritual  G.fts," 
"Christian  Union  and  the  Holy  Spirit," 
etc.  It  is  a  pleasure  to  follow  the  author 
through  these  important  themes.  He  has 
for  the  most  part  treated  them  with  clear 
insight  and  a  reverent  spirit.  He  has 
evidently  had  in  view  the  upbuilding  of 
Christians  in  faith,  hope  and  love.  The 
book  must  therefore  be  regarded  from  the 
point  of  view  of  the  author.  He  has  not 
attempted  t  >  deal  with  some  important 
matters  cannected  with  the  Holy  Spine's 
office  and  work.  Candor  compels  me  to 
say  that  I  cannot  quite  agree  with  every 
position  taken  in  the  book,  but  the  rever- 
ent and  sweet  spirit  compels  me  to  silence, 
even  where  I  might  desire  t)  speak.  How- 
ever, it  is  possible  that  the  desire  for  brev- 
ity has  sometimes  left  the  treatment  some- 
what obscure  where  a  fuller  statement  of 
the  case  might  modify  what  seems  to  be 
the  author's  views. 

However,  the  book  is  so  helpful  in  stim- 
ulating the  spiritual  growth  that  I  prefer 
not  to  unfavorably  criticise  it  in  any  re- 
spect. I:  is  a  book  of  tae  kind  of  which, 
we  cannot  have  too  manv  in  our  li'eratuie. 
Irs  emphasis  on  t'>e  spiritual  side  of  re- 
demption is  p-ecUely  what  is  needed 
among  our  people.  W.  T.  Moore. 

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September  21,  1905 


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By  W.  F.  Richardson. 
Sept.  27,  1905. 


CHRISTIAN  BAPTISM.     Rom.  6. 

Baptism  into  Christ.  Verse  3.  Baptism 
is  the  initiatory  ordinance  of  Christianity. 
It  rests  upon  the  authority  of  Jesus  Christ. 
is  to  be  administered  in  his  name,  and 
brings  us  into  new  and  vital  relations  with 
him  (,  Matt  a8 :  iS- 20 ;  Acts  10 :4s ;  Gal.  3  .27). 
How  sacred  then  ought  this  ordinance  to 
be,  in  the  estimation  of  all  who  believe  in 
Jesus  Christ !  And  with  what  solemn  pur- 
pose ought  it  to  be  received  by  the  con- 
vert! Is  it  not  possible  that  the  thou- 
sands of  sinful  and  indifferent  church 
members  who  are  such  a  heavy  burden 
upon  our  congregations,  and  the  other 
thousands  who  wickedly  hold  aloof  from 
all  fellowship  with  their  brethren  in  the 
communities  where  they  are  living,  never 
realized  the  meaning  of  their  baptism  at 
all.  and  should  not  have  made  a  Christian 
profession,  which  they  have  so  long  dis- 
honored ? 

Baptism  represents  our  death  to  sin. 
Verses  1-4.  The  one  who  is  "in  Christ" 
can  not  consistently  live  as  do  those  who 
are  out  of  Christ.  To  continue  the  daily 
practice  of  sin,  when  one  has  professed  to 
become  a  follower  of  the  Sinless  One,  is 
grossly  inconsistent.  Our  very  baptism, 
being  a  visible  burial  and  resurrection, 
gives  the  lie  to  our  unworthy  lives.  It  is 
to  be  regretted  that  so  large  a  portion  of 
the  Church  of  Christ  has  changed  this  or- 
dinance until  it  no  longer  signifies  what 
the  divine  will  intended  in  its  institution. 
The  baptism  of  unconscious  babes  can  not 
truly  represent  the  spiritual  union  with 
Christ  that  the  ordinance  was  intended  to 
set  forth,  and  the  sprinkling  of  a  few 
drops  of  water  upon  the  head  can  not  be 
called,  by  any  stretch  of  imagination,  a 
burial  and  resurrection.  Hence  the  justi- 
fication of  the  persistent  testimony  of  Bap- 
tists and  Disciples  to  the  immersion  of  be- 
lievers as  the  only  possible  way  of  comply- 
ing with  the  Savior's  command. 

Christian  baptism  must  be  followed  by 
a  Christian  life.  Verses  4-6.  As  sin  before 
reigned  in  our  mortal  bodies,  so  Christ  is 
now  to  be  king  over  all  our  conduct.  The 
members  of  our  bodies  are  to  serve  the 
ends  of  holiness,  for  in  our  baptism  we 
were,  as  it  were,  raised  from  the  dead, 
and  the  old  life  has  forever  been  aban- 
doned. Verses  10-13.  To  willingly  walk 
in  the  way  of  evil  after  we  have  been  bap- 
tized is  to  betray  the  insincerity  of  our 
profession,  and  put  to  shame  the  name  of 
our  Lord.  Verses  19-21.  It  will  not  suf- 
fice to  say,  "Lord,  Lord !"  and  do  not  the 
things  he  says.  Not  that  baptism  so  com- 
pletely transforms  the  character  as  to  make 
sin  impossible,  even  to  the  most  sincere 
believer.  There  yet  remains  for  the  true 
follower  of  the  Master  the  throne  of  grace, 
which  he  needs  to  seek  daily  in  humble 
repentance  and  confession.  See  1  John 
1:6-10.  But  his  life  is  a  daily  growth  in 
grace  and  truth,  and  while  he  may  not 
reach  sinless  perfection  in  this  world,  he 
is  ever  approaching  nearer  to  it.  Baptism 
marks  a  real  and  permanent  change  in 
him. 

Thus  followed,  Christian  baptism  is  a 
pledge  of  eternal  life.  Verses  22,  23.  As 
our  baptism  sets  forth  our  own  death  to 
sin  and  revival  to  a  new  life  of  righteous- 
ness, so  also  it  represents  the  death  of  our 
Saviour  for  us,   and  his  burial  and  resur- 


rection on  our  behalf.  It  becomes  a  sym- 
bol of  our  supreme  hope  that  because  he 
lives,  we  shall  live  also.  And,  as  we  are 
but  once  baptized,  it  suggests,  likewise, 
that  the  death  and  resurrection  of  our  Lord 
delivered  us  once  for  all  from  the  power 
of  sin  and  death,  and  gave  us  the  firm  as- 
surance of  the  life  that  never  ends. 


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THE  JOTS  OF   CHURCH   MEMBERSHIP. 
—1  Thess.  5:5-15;  LuKe  12:8. 

For  the  Leader. 

There  is  a  tendency  in  these  last  times 
that  gives  a  large  place  to  individuality. 
The  individual  is  exalted.  He  feels  that 
he,  of  himself,  is  sufficient  for  {he  struggles 
of  life.  The  old  idea  of  learning  how  to 
be  ruled  as  well  as  to  rule  is  not  at  a 
premium.  The  modern  idea  is  to  rule. 
Now,  along  with  this  comes  a  disregard 
for  outside  help,  and,  when  we  get  the  re- 
sult in  a  religious  sense,  it  means  a  disre- 
gard for  church  membership.  It  is  not 
thought  of  as  a  necessary  thing  to  these 
individualists.  It  may  rob  the  individual 
of  some  rights.  It  may  reflect  upon  the 
dignity  of  self  to  divide  the  rule  with  other 
selves.  Then,  the  need  of  the  help  of  the 
church  is  not  felt.  It  is  looked  upon  as  an 
extra  thing.  Again,  some  regard  it  as  a 
relic  of  the  past.  They  connect  it  with  the 
age  of  superstition  and  illiteracy.  They 
think  of  it  as  no  longer  justified  in  view 
of  enlightened  conditions.  The  doctrine 
of  individualism  is,  like  any  other  good 
doctrine,  all  right  until  it  is  carried  too 
far.  And  when  it  begins  to  militate 
against  the  church  it  is  being  carried  too 
far,  and  is  becoming  a  delusion  and  a 
snare. 
For  the  Members. 

1.  The  church  is  ordained  of  God. 
Hence  it  must  be  for  a  purpose.  We  can 
justify  all  the  things  of  nature  if  we  have 
the  ability.  There  is  a  philosophy  of  all 
things.  We  may  not  be  able  to  expound  it, 
but  it  is  there  nevertheless.  We  may  say, 
without  hesitation,  when  we  consider 
a  fact,  There  is  a  reason  for  this.  So  in 
things  religious.  There  is  a  reason, 
though  we  may  not  always  know  it. 
Nor  is  it  necessary  for  us  to  know  the 
philosophy  in  order  to  profit  by  it. 
One  of  the  great  facts  is  the  church 
organized  in  the  providence  of  God.  With- 
out an  investigation  we  may  be  sure  it 
exists  for  the  good  of  man,  and  hence 
its  joy. 

2.  The  church  furnishes  something  for 
one  to  do.  This  is  one  reason  it  brings 
with  it  joy.  We  are  happiest  when  giving 
vent  to  pent-up  energy.  We  were 
made  for  service.  The  church  exists  as  a 
means  to  service.  Happiness  is  a  thing 
that  can  not  be  found  if  sought  directly, 
but  if  one  goes  on  according  teethe  Master's 
direction  living  for  the  good  of  others,  serv- 
ing his  day,  he  finds  the  greatest"  j  by.  The 
church  affords  opportunity  for  this  kind 
of  service.  Church  membership  brings  joy 
because  it  provides  for  service.  It  is' a  life 
based  upon  the  nature  of  man.  Man  is 
not  an  exception  to  the  rule  of  ceaseless 
activity  in  nature.  That  which  provides 
for  a  normal  control  of  his  energy  makes 
him  happy.  Herein  is  the  philosophy  of 
church  membership. 

3.  There  is  another  way  in  which  church 
membership  brings  joy:  It  restricts  us. 
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that  would  be  hurtful.  It  is  of  the  nature 
of  a  conscience.  It  is  like  a  governor  on 
a  piece  of  machinery.  It  is  like  a  mother's 
hand  guiding  from  behind  the  little  feet 
across  the  rude  bridge  of  life,  or  along  the 
highway  being  trod  by  untried  feet  and  un- 
steady limbs.  We  fail  to  appreciate  the 
principle  of  restriction  in  nature,  and 
especially  in  society,  as  much  as  we  do  the 
principle  of  liberty.  Yet  without  the  one 
the  other  would  be  the  ruin  of  a  well  or- 
dered world.  One  is  just  as  necessary  as 
the  other.  The  banks  of  the  river  are  re- 
striction. The  onward  rush  of  the  waters 
is  liberty.  There  is  no  conflict  here. 
The  two  are  parts  of  the  same  plan.  So 
in  church  membership:  There  is  a  restric- 
tion that  makes  possible  the  beauties  of  the 
Christian  life,  the  ideal  life.  The  one  who 
fights  church  membership  on  the  ground 
that  it  restricts  his  life  is  fighting  the  only 
possibility  of  his  rise  to  the  level  of  the 
highest  and  best  and  happiest  life. 

Quiet  Hour   Thought. 

Am  I  able  to  properly  balance  the  liberty 
of  the  individual  and  the  restriction  of  the 
church  so  as  to  produce  the  true  joy  of  the 

Christian    life? 

DAILY    READINGS. 

M. — Joys  cf  fellowship.  i  John  1 11-4. 

T. — Service  and  chastening.  Heb.  12:1-11. 
W. — Joy  of  responsibility.  Acts  6:1-7. 

T. — Joy  of  worship.  Ps.    122:1-9. 

F—  "Joy  in  the  Holy  Ghost" 

1  Thess.  1  :i-io. 
S. — Joy  in  Christ.  John  14:27-31. 

S. — Topic — The   joys    of    church    member- 
ship.       1  Thess.  5:5-15;  Luke  12:8. 


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DANIEL  AND  BELSHAZZAR 
Dan.  5:17-30. 

Memory  Verses,  29,  30. 

Golden  Text. — The  face  of  the  Lord  is 
against  them  that  do  evil. — Psa.  34:16. 

The  period  of  the  captivity  was  drawing 
toward  its  close.  The  great  Babylonian 
king,  Nebuchadrezzar,  after  a  reign  of 
forty-three  years,  had  been  succeeded  by 
Evil-Merodach,  whose  reign  was  short  and 
probably  weak.  It  was  he  who  softened  the 
rigors  of  the  captivity,  at  least  so  far  as  the 
royal  prisoner  was  concerned,  by  releasing 
Jehoiakim  from  prison  and  giving  him  an 
allowance.  He  in  turn  was  succeeded  by  a 
usurper,  Nergalsharuzur  (or  Neriglissar). 
His  was  a  short  and  turbulent  reign,  his 
infant  son's  was  shorter  still,  and  then 
Nabonidus  was  put  upon  the  throne.  Pre- 
ferring to  devote  his  time  to  religious  ex- 
ercises and  antiquarian  research,  he  left  the 
reins  of  government  in  the  hands  of  his 
son,  Belshazzar. 

The  power  of  the  new  empire  of  Persia 
was  rapidly  rising  and  there  was  need  of 
wise  and  energetic  measures  for  defense. 
Instead  of  that,  while  Nabonidus  wandered 
about  his  country  searching  for  ancient  gods 
whose  cults  he  could  revive  and  whose 
temples  he  could  rebuild,  his  son  gave  him- 
self over  apparently  to  feasting  and  carous- 
ing. It  was  on  such  an  occasion  that  the 
handwriting  is  said  to  have  appeared  upon 
the  wall,  and  for  its  interpretation  Daniel 
was  summoned. 


Daniel  appears  in  the  light  of  a  raan 
possessed  of  occult  knowledge.  The  queen 
classes  him  as  the  best  of  all  the  soothsay- 
ers, magicians  and  astrologers.  Daniel 
made  no  effort  to  play  the  part  of  a  skill- 
ful magician,  but  delivered  the  Lord's  mes- 
sage of  warning  with  force  and  dignity. 

The  details  of  the  story  need  not  be 
dwelt  upon  at  length.  Its  historicity  is  not 
perfectly  clear  to  all  minds,  but  its  kernel  is 
obvious.  It  is  the  warning  that  comes  to 
the  man  or  the  nation  which,  in  the  pride 
of  its  strength,  presumes  to  neglect  the  law 
of  God  and  turn  from  his  will.  The  warn- 
ing had  come  first  to  Nebuchadrezzar  and 
he  had  been  humbled  and  then  restored. 
But  the  lesson  was  not  learned.  Nothing 
less  than  the  destruction  of  the  empire 
would  suffice. 

The  instrument  was  ready.  The  rising 
power  of  Cyrus,  king  of  Persia,  was  soon 
to  overthrow  Babylon  and  bring  the  resto- 
ration of  Judah  from  captivity. 

Nowhere  in  the  Old  Testament  is  there 
a  series  of  stories  illustrating  more  beauti- 
fully the  strength  of  purity  and  the  weakness 
of  wickedness  than  these  stories  of  Daniel. 
These  are  hero  tales  of  moral  victory.  We 
are  not  told  that  Daniel  was  a  man  of 
physical  prowess.  He  did  no  deeds  of  physi- 
cal strength  and  courage,  such  as  all  peoples 
love  to  associate  with  their  heroes.  Yet  he 
became  pre-eminently  the  favorite  hero  of 
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heroically  the  perils  of  their  own  time. 
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bride,  in  Gibsonburg,  Ohio.  August  16, 1905,  Royal 
M.  Garn,  ol  Cleveland,  Okl.i. ,  and  Pearl  Cunning- 
ham. W.  N.  Arnold  officiating. 

KLEEBERGER— STEVENSON.— At  Colum- 
bus. Ohio,  on  September  13,  1005,  Chailes  Albert 
Kleeberger  and  Elizabeth  Priest  Stevenson,  Walter 
Scott  Priest  officiating.  fa,-  ■  imK»  ipfr»- (fc"'  K-^-  ■■ 

PONG— MARSHAT  L»— At  the  residence  of 

Samuel  Buford,  Fredericktown,  Mo.,  Monday, 
September  11,  1905.  Dr.  Sylvester  C.  Nifong,  of  St. 
Louis,  and  Mrs.  Maude  B.  Marshall,  of  Newpon, 
Ark.,  Horace  Siberell  officiating.  The  groom  is 
the  son  cf  Dr.  William  Nifong  of  the  Union  Ave- 
nue Church,  St.  Louis.  ^-^     n^**-     »■     &**  v  1 

TAYLOR— TAYLOR.— Afthe  residence~of "the 
bride's  mother,  Mrs.  Mary.  M.  C.  Taylor,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. ,  J.  Murray  Taylor  to  Miss  Daisy 
Taylor.  J.  J.  Taylor,  Connersville,  Ind. ,  brother  of 
the  groom,  officiating. 

YARAH— MYERS.— At  Galatia,  Kan.,  Septem- 
ber 6,  1905,  James  W.  Varah  and  Abbie  Myers, 
F.  M.  McHale  officiating.  A  feature  of  the  occa- 
sion was  a  song  by  Allen,  Albert  and  Alfred  Myers, 
little  triplet  brothers  of  the  bride. 


OBITUARIES. 

Notices  of  deaths  (not  more  than  four  lines)  inserted 
free.  Obituary  memoirs,  one  cent  per  word.  Send  the 
money  with  the  copy. 

ADAMS. 
Gavin  R.  Adams  was  born  December  4,  1840, 
and  died  at  Taylorville,  111.,  August  18,  1905,  the 
funeral  being  at  the  Christian  church,  conducted  by 
W.  W.  Weeden,  of  Marion,  111.  Brother  Adams 
was  one  of  our  deacons  and  was  a  cu  tured  Chris- 
tian gentleman.  He  leaves  a  wife,  one  daughter, 
five  brothers  and  two  sitters.  L.  Moore. 

BRITTEN. 

J.  A.  Britten,  of  Elvins,  Mo.,  departed  this 'life 
August  3,  1905.  He  was  an  exemplary  young  man, 
possessed  with  an  excellent  Christian  character,  and 
up  to  the  day  of  his  death  a  faithful  member  of  the 
church  at  Elvins.  About  two  years  ago  he  met 
with  a  serious  accirtent  while  working  in  the  mine. 
Despite  all  his  suffering  he  patiently  and  uncom- 
plainingly endured  his  affliction  during  his  eighteen 
months'  stay  in  the  hospital.  Having  a  desire  to 
see  his  home  once  more,  he  left  tor  Syenite,  when 
his  condition  became  wcrse,  and  he  died.  Brother 
Britten  was  born  April  28,  1877.  He  united  with 
the  Christian  Church  in  the  early  days  of  his  boy- 
hood. He  will  be  grealy  missed,  especially  by  his 
beloved  aunt,  Sister  Flora  O'Bannon. 

J.  G.  M.  LUTTENBERGER. 

COVERT. 
John   King,   only  child  of  Dr.   and  Mrs.    J.  K. 
Covert,  died  at  Neodesha,  Kan.,  August  2,  1905. 

MOYER. 
Sol  Moyer  died  at  his  home  in  Barry,  111.,  August 
15,  at  the  age  of  sixty-five  years,  five  months  and 
twenty  two  days.  He  leaves  a  wife,  five  sons  and 
four  daughters.  He  became  a  Christian  November 
1894,  at  Eldora,  111.,  and  has  lived  a  faithful  Chris- 
tian life.  The  funeral  was  conducted  by  J.  D. 
Dabney,  of  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

RICHARDS. 

On  Wednesday  afternoon,  July  19,  1905,  Samuel 
Richards  suddenly  expired  at  his  home  in  Newton, 
Iowa,  where  he  had  resided  since  July,  1869.  Soon 
after  the  noonday  me- 1  he  walked  out  of  doors  and 
around  the  house.  He  returned  immediately  and 
lay  down  upon  the  couch,  where  his  daughter  found 
him  dead  a  few  moments  later.  He  passed  away 
without  a  struggle ;  his  heart  simply  stopped  beat- 
ing, and  he  was  at  re  t.  A  few  years  ago  he  made 
arrangements  with  the  writer  to  preach  his  funeral 
sermon  when  the  time  came;  but  this  was  impossi- 
ble because  of  my  absence  in  Colorado.  Just  as 
dear  to  his  heart  for  such  a  service  as  this  was  Dr. 
I.  X  McCash,  who  was  called  for  the  service  on 
Saturday  afternoon  of  July  22.  His  interest  was  so 
great  in  all  temperance  work  that  the  call  of  Brother 
McCash  was  even  more  fitting  than  the  older  ar- 
rangement. 

Brother  kichards  v. as  born  August  20,  18 r8,  in 
Stark  County,  Obio.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he 
was  almost  eigl  ty-seven  years  old.  In  spite  of  the 
train  of  sad  misfortunes  that  followed  him,  he  was 
very  optimistic   and    happy   in   his    temperament. 


Shortly  after  coming  to  Newtcnhe  lost  a  part  of  his 
tight  hand  in  a  planing  mill  which  he  had  recently 
built;  in  iS;5  his  good  wife  bade  adieu  to  this 
.  about  ten  years  ago  the  two  sons  who  were 
taking  the  business  responsibilities  from  off  his 
shoulders,  died,  leaving  him  with  his  daughter 
Mary  to  look  after  the  business  of  a  prosperous 
flouring  mill.  Of  his  six  children  but  two  are  still 
living.  His  son,  William  E.,  is  living  in  Toledo, 
Ohio,  where  he  is  in  charge  of  the  engineering  de- 
paitment  of  the  Toledo  Railway  &  Light  Company. 
Two  years  ago,  while  on  a  visit  in  Toll  do,  he  su- 
perintended the  construction  of  two  houses  about  a 
half  mile  distant  from  the  home  of  his  son,  and  in 
the  enthusiasm  of  building  these  places,  one  of 
which  was  to  be  a  present  to  this  son,,  he  walked  to 
and  fro  rather  than  ride  upon  the  street-car,  and  so 
overtaxed  his  strength  that  one  toot  was  attacked 
by  an  incurable  trouble,  which  resulted  in  an  am- 
putation of  the  right  limb  on  September  4,  1904, 
Wifh  a  determination  and  heroism  characteristic  of 
the  man,  he  had  recently  secured  a  cork  foot,  and 
was  once  more  making  his  way  about  the  house  and 
striving  to  regain  strength  sufficient  to  go  down 
town. 

In  a  sketch  written  by  himself  he  states  that  at  the 
age  of  eighteen  he  left  the  farm  without  money  and 
without  education,  to  make  his  way  in  the  world. 
In  spite  of  his  lack  of  training  in  the  schools,  he 
became  one  of  the  best  informed  men  of  his  gener- 
ation. He  was  a  great  reader  of  books,  magazines, 
religious  and  other  papers.  These  sources  served 
him  (in  place  of  schools  and  colleges.  It  is  not 
strange,  therefore,  that  he  was  very  much  interested 
in  reading  matter  for  young  people,  and  that  he  was 
one  of  the  prime  movers  when  the  public  library 
w-as  established  in  Newton.  Towards  this  com- 
mendable enterprise  he  donated  #2,oco.  The  writer 
had  a  good  deal  of  correspondence  with  him,  and 
assisted  in  selecting  three  distinct  groups  of  books 
which  he  was  anxious  for  his  townsmen  to  read. 
In  the  Richards  Collection  a  visitor  to-day  would 
find  the  strongest  volumes  on  Christian  evidences; 
another  group  presenting  the  plea  of  the  Disciples, 
and  another  composed  of  the  best  works  upon  alco- 
hol and  temperance.  He  not  only  placed  these 
books  in  the  library,  but  was  constantly  busy  calling 
attention  to  this  section  of  the  library  and  getting 
the  books  into  circulation.  The  enthusiasm  of  his 
later  years  was  thus  uiilized. 

His  benevolence  also  showed  itself  in  the  line  of 
church  building.  In  his  autobiographical  sketch  I 
find  that  he  was  baptized  in  1856  by  P.  K.  Dible, 
and  that  he  was  one  of  twenty-eight  persons  at  that 
time  oiganized  into  a  congregation.  For  five  years 
he  was  one  of  the  elders  of  this  little  band,  and  did 
all  in  his  power  to  increase  its  strength  and  useful- 
ness. We  next  find  him  in  the  oil  fields  of  Virginia, 
where  there  was  no  church  or  Sunday-school.  Un- 
der his  leadership  a  Sunday-school  was  organized, 
a  house  was  built  to  sheltt  r  it,  and  a  strong  church 
was  the  outcome  of  these  efforts.  In  1869,  when 
he  came  to  Newton,  one  of  the  great  needs  sorely 
felt  was  that  of  a  new  church  house.  He  was  one 
of  the  most  enthusiastic  in  this  enterprise.  He  was 
among  the  most  liberal  givers,  if  not  the  most  lib- 
eral, and  handled  all  the  funds  which  went  into  the 
building.  Only  a  few  years  ago,  while  on  a  visit  in 
California,  he  found  a  struggling  bind  striving  to 
build  a  house.  His  money  and  his  enthusiasm  in 
this  case  also  proved  the  turning  point  upon  which 
success  hinged.  His  spirit  was  as  commendable  as 
that  of  the  synagogue  builder  mentioned  in  the 
Gospel  of  Luke. 

He  was  very  much  interested  in  colleges  of  the 


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Bible  and  in  the  young  men  who  were  preparing 
themselves  in  these  schools  for  the  ministry.  Dur- 
ing my  long  connection  with  Oskaloosa  College  in 
various  capacities  I  visited  him  frequently  in  the  in- 
terests of  the  school,  and  very  rarely  came  away 
without  help.  Later,  in  my  connection  with  Drake 
University,  he  r'eceived  me  cordially  and  liber- 
ally. Of  course  such  a  man  would  be  interested  in 
helping  the  poor  and  needy.  One  of  his  town 
papers  speaks  as  follows :  ''In  all  his  relations  of 
life  he  was  a  man  who  endeared  himself  to  those 
who  knew  him  best.  His  charities  were  many,  but 
known  to  few.  The  number  of  sacks  of  flour  re- 
ceived by  the  poor  of  the  city  at  his  hands,  often 
secretly  left,  was  many.  As  a  father  he  was  kind 
and  considerate;  as  a  neighbor,  ever  ready  to  lend 
a  helping  hand  in  time  of  need;  as  a  friend,  tried, 
true  and  reliable;  as  a  citizen,  active  and  progress- 
ive." Another  of  the  papers  speaks  as  follows: 
"His  great,  tender  heart  was  always  ready  to  re- 
spond to  any  worthy  cause  needing  his  financial 
assistance,  or  to  the  unfortunate  in  generously  sup- 
plying their  wants. "  This  is  but  a  poor  and  frag- 
mentary record  of  a  full  half  century  of  Christian 
life  and  service. 

I  knew  him  long  and  well,  and  I  thank  God  for 
the  confidence  and  love  which  he  bestowed  upon 
me.  The  ties  which  bound  us  together  were  like 
those  which  bind  father  and  son.  Out  of  the  depths 
of  my  heart  I  shall  always  think  of  him  in  these 
lines ; 

"Life's  race  well  run, 
Life's  work  well  done, 
Life's  crown  well  won." 
•    For  his  son  and  daughter  and  for  his  friends  and 
neighbors  who  knew  and  loved  him,  I  would  utter 
the  God-given  benediction :  'JJK* 

"The  Lord  bless  thee,  and  keep  thee — 

The  Lord  make  his  face  to  shine  upon  thee,  and  be 

gracious  unto  thee ; 
The  Lord  lift  up  his   countenance  upon  thee,  and 
give  thee  peace." 

Alfred  M.  Haggard. 
Drake  University. 


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Family  Circle 


"The  Voices  of  God." 

BY    WILEIAM    THOMAS    I.APRADE. 

In  the  wide  expanse  of  sea, 
Father,  thou  dost  speak  to  me, 
And  I  hear  thy  voice  again 
In  the  patter  of  the  rain. 
Birds  and  insects  when  they  sing 
Say  thou  art  in  everything. 

I  can  learn  thy  boundless  love 
'Neath  the  shadow  of  a  grove; 
I  can  feel  thy  matchless  power 
In  the  awful  midnight  hour, 
See  the  glory  of  thine  eyes 
When  I  watch  the  sun  arise. 

By  a  tender  blossom  rare 
I  am  taught  thy  loving  care. 
All  the  universe  will  say, 
If  I  turn  whatever  way: 
"Let  whatever  will  befall, 
Father,  thou  art  all  in  all." 
Washington,  D.  C. 


A  Man's  Son— A  Story  of 
Fatherhood. 


'Love 


hopeth  all  things. 


Paul. 


BY    MARJ0EIE    SUTHERLAND. 

The  surgeon  stood  by  the  window  and 
looked  out  into  the  clear  sky.  His  hands 
were  thrust  into  his  trousers  pockets  and 
his  gray  hair  stood  up  obstinately  over 
his  massive  head.  He  looked  at  the  stars 
and  then  off  at  the  lights  in  the  distance, 
and  shrugged  his  shoulders  frequently. 

People  always  noticed  the  surgeon's 
shoulders ;  they  were  peculiar,  quite  un- 
like other  shoulders,  but  those  who  knew 
him  never  attempted  to  explain  why — 
one  might  as  well  have  tried  to  explain 
why  the  man  himself  was  different.  He 
seemed  to  be  restless,  and  his  eyes  wan- 
dered from  the  sky  to  the  distant  glare  of 
the  town  and  then  to  the  little  bronze 
clock  on  the  mantel. 

The  man's  eyes  were  wonderfully  dark, 
and  keen  in  their  scrutiny  of  things.  His 
chin  was  almost  brutal  in  its  strength,  not 
quite — yet  almost;  there  was  something 
about  the  eyes  that  saved  it,  and  one  was 
always  disappointed  until  the  compensa- 
tion was  discovered;  and  then,  one  knew 
why  he  was  superior  to  other  men.  It  was 
a  grave  face,  and  one  that  people  feared, 
trusted  and  hated  and,  in  the  end,  wor- 
shiped. 

An  electric  lamp  with  a  green  shade 
stood  on  a  little  round  table  near  the  door. 
A  pencil  and  a  card  were  there  also,  and 
beside  them  a  tiny  glass  of  white  violets. 
At  the  foot  of  the  bed — it  was  a  single 
brass  bed — stood  a  larger  table  with  a  white 
covering,  and  upon  it  in  careful  order  were 
laid  the  delicate,  shining  pieces  of  steel 
that  had  lately  left  the  hands  of  the  master. 

In  a  chair  not  far  from  the  surgeon  sat 
another  man.  His  shoulders  were  stooped 
and  his  hair  looked  very  white  and  there 
were  many  lines  in  his  face.  It  seemed 
to  grow  older  as  he  waited  there.  He 
leaned  his  head  upon  his  hands  and  gazed 
first  at  the  surgeon  and  then  at  the  bed, 
and  then  at  the  clock ;  but  always  his  eyes 
returned  to  the  gigantic  figure  standing 
indifferently  there  by  the  window. 

Once  a  woman  clad  in  white  came  into 
the  room,  and  deftly  placed  the  polished 
instruments  in  a  black  case,  and  wrote 
something  down  on  the  card.  The  little 
clock  had  a  surprisingly  loud  tick,  and 
finally   the   surgeon   turned    as    if   irritated 


and  motioned  to  the  woman  and  she  took 
it  away.  Then  he  walked  across  the  room 
several  times.  The  other  man  looked  up, 
startled  at  the  noise,  but  the  surgeon  paid 
no  attention  to  him,  and  even  raised  a  win- 
dow with  not  a  little  disturbance.  He  came 
nearer  the  bed,  and  looked  intently  at  the 
figure  there.  He  leaned  over,  and  drew 
back  the  eyelids  with  his  fingers.  The 
man  in  the  chair  groaned,  and  squirmed 
in  an  agony  of  fear  and  begged  him  "to 
be  more  careful."  The  surgeon  smiled 
pityingly  and  told  him  that  he  was  just 
like  a  woman,  but  the  next  time  he  rolled 
them  back  very  gently  and  moved  the  head 
a  trifle  to  one  side.  There  were  white 
bandages  about  the  head,  and  in  one  place 
a  lock  of  silky  black  hair  had  escaped  and 
lay  there  over  the  forehead.  The  face  was 
flushed,  and  the  side  that  was  turned  to- 
ward the  man  was  almost  beautiful  in  its 
outline,  at  least  that  was  what  he  thought, 
for  it  was  his  son. 

The  surgeon  stood  for  some  time  near 
the  bed,  then  he  drew  a  chair  near  the 
father's  and  sat  down.  Once  the  nurse 
came  in,  and  smoothed  out  the  counter- 
pane, and  looked  at  the  card,  but  the  sur- 
geon told  her  that  they  did  not  want  her 
and  she  vanished  noiselessly. 

"Doctor,"  the  father  began  in  a  low 
voice,  "you .  will  tell  me  just  how  things 
are?"  The  other  did  not  answer  imme- 
diately. 

"I  cannot  tell — exactly.  Not  for  a  while 
yet.  It  all  looks  very  favorable  now,  but 
sometimes    things    turn    up    unexpectedly." 

"You  have  had  just  such  cases  before?" 
asked  the  father  innocently.  The  surgeon 
sighed.  "Yes,  I  have  had  them.  Street 
accidents,  mostly.  People  lose  their  heads 
so  often,  no  wonder  they  get  them  broken." 

"If  there  should  vbe  any  change  either 
way,  you  will  tell  me,  Doctor?" 

"Yes."  The  surgeon  looked  at  the  man 
closely,  trying  to  fathom  the  wonderful 
thing  that  was  ever  a  puzzle  to  him. 

"Why  do  you  look  at  me  so  hard?"  ques- 
tioned the  man. 

"Oh !  I  don't  know.  I  was  j  ust  wonder- 
ing why  you  stayed  here.  There  is  no 
use  in  it,  you  know,  and  you  look  as  if 
you  needed  a  little  sleep.  Let  me  see,  when 
were  you  asleep  last?" 

"I  don't  remember,"  replied  the  father, 
his     lips     twitching,     "yesterday,     perhaps. 


HIMALYA 

(THE  KOLA  COMPOUND) 

The  African  Koi.a  P/.a.-t  la  .••'&.' j.-'-'a  Positive 
Cure  for  ilAY-KKVKK  and  A -IMA.  hint*  1U 
recent  discovery  this  remarkable  r>otanioal| 
duct  ha*  come  into  universal  um:  in  I 
of  Europe  and  America  an  an  unfailing 
proving  that 

HAY-FEVER 

—AND— 

ASTHMA  can  be  CURED. 

Mr.  W.1L  Keller,  317  4»th  St.,  Newport  .Vew«,  Ve_,  wrltra 
Jan.  23d,  was  a  helplewi  invalid  and  wan  cured  of  Hay- 
Keverand  Asthmaby  Hlrnalya, after  14 yearn'  h  utter  In*. 
■r*.  i.  £.  Bordyke,  of  Hill  City,  Kan*.,  writes  Jan.Mfc, 
had  Hay-Fever  and  AKthma  for  ten  yearn  and  could  get 
no  relief  until  cared  by  Hlrnalya.  Mr.  It.  L.  Clowa.  im 
Morria  St.,  Philadelphia,  write*.  Jan.  l*th,  Doctor*  414 
me  no  (rood,  bat  Hlrnalya  cured  me.  Mr.  VI.  r.  ti»afcell, 
Sanborn  vllle,  N.  H.,  al»o  write*  Feb.  eth,  that  Hirnaly* 
cared  till  Bon.  Her.  Frederick  V.  VT»»u,  the  noted  Evan- 
gelist, of  Abilene,  Texan,  writes  Anril  lith,  1*06, 1  merrr 
lose  an  opportunity  to  recommend  Hlrnalya.  a* it  earad 
me  of  Hay-Fever  and  Asthma,  and  have  never  had  any 
return  of  the  disease. 

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I  can  not  remember  anything  that  has  hap- 
pened since  he  was  hurt.  I  left  my  busi- 
nes  to  the  four  winds  of  heaven.  I  do  not 
care  anything  about  it,"  he  added  reck- 
lessly. 

"But  you  ought  to  take  some  rest,"  con- 
tinued the  surgeon  absently. 

"I  cannot,"  was  the  reply. 

"Why?" 

"Oh !  I  do  not  knOw  why,  only  I  cannot 
rest  until  I  know  about  him." 

"Tell  me  if  there  are  not  pains  like  knife 
thrusts  going  up  and  down  your  back  and 
neck?"   demanded  the  surgeon. 

"Yes— that  is — there  were — I  can  not 
feel  them  now." 

"He  would  never  know  whether  you  re- 
mained or  not  and  we  could  take  care  of 
him." 

"Oh,  yes,"  returned  the  father  exasper- 
ated, "but  think ;  suppose  it  were  your  boy. 
Could  you  rest?" 

"I  can  not  tell,"  the  other  replied,  "I 
think  that  I  could.  I  would  be  idiotic  if 
I  did  not." 

"You  would  have  waited  if  it  had  been 


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your  son.  The  waning  and  the  fatigue  are 
nothing  compared  with  the  knowing  how 
things  will  turn  out.  I  am  sorry.  Doctor, 
you  have  missed  a  good  deal." 

"Perhaps  my  hair  would  have  been  as 
white  and  my  face  as  seamed  as  yours  if 
my  child  had  lived."  said  the  surgeon 
abruptly. 

"Do  not  say  that.  Doctor.  He  is  just  a 
boy.  and  he  never  knew  a  mother,  and 
I  have  tried  to  be  both,  and  I  am  afraid 
that  I  have  made  many  blunders." 

The  bent  shoulders  shook  with  sobs, 
but  the  surgeon  said  something  very  em- 
phatically under  his  breath,  and  walked 
toward  the  bed,  and  placed  his  face  close 
to  the  one  on  the  pillow ;  he  listened  a 
moment,  then  went  to  the  table  and  turned 
the  light  so  that  it  shone  on  the  face,  and 
returned  to  his  seat.  The  fathers  head 
was  bowed.     He  had  not  seen. 

After  a  moment  the  surgeon  began, 
"That  was  a  beastly  bad  mix-up  that  the 
boy,  got  into.  How  did  it  happen,  any- 
way?" 

The  father  looked  up  at  him.  "No  one 
seems  to  know,  exactly.  He  had  been  up 
to  the  country  club  all  day,  and  they  had 
started  home  in  the  evening.  The  night 
was  beautiful,  and  the  horses  were  fresh, 
and — perhaps — perhaps — he  was  not  quite 
himself — he  was  just  twenty  last  week, 
and  those  with  him  were  much  older." 

"But  you  were  a  man  at  twenty,"  inter- 
rupted the  Doctor.  "Yes,"  was  the  reply, 
"but  he  seems  very  different,  so  young, 
you  know.  From  what  I  can  learn,  one  of 
the  men  wagered  him  that  he  would  beat 
him  into  town,  and  that  was  the  way  it 
went.  He  had  the  best  horse  in  the  crowd, 
and  he  always  loved  a  race." 

"I  have  heard  that  he  was  a  good  pa- 
tron," the  surgeon  remarked  bluntly.  "Did 
the  horse  die?"' 

"Yes,  that  is — I  had  them  shoot  it,  it  was 
hurt  so  badly." 

"It  must  have  been  a  valuable  beast." 

"Yes — rather — I  refused  a  small  fortune 
for  it  last  week.  It  was  his  horse,  and  he 
did  not  want  it  sold." 

"It  is  a  pity  to  lose  such  a  beautiful 
animal,"  continued  the  surgeon.  "You 
will  look  some  time  before  you  will  find 
its  equal."     The   father  looked  bewildered. 

"I  had  not  thought  of  that,"  he  said  at 
last,  "I  am  afraid  that  he  will  be  disap- 
pointed when  he  knows  about  the  horse. 
My,  but  they  did  look  beautiful  together! 
He  rode  perfectly." 

"Yes,"  answered  the  surgeon,  "two  of 
my  assistants  have  work  tomorrow  at  the 
hospital  on  people  that  he  ran  into.  One 
of  them  is  a  child,  the  other  is  an  old 
man."  The  father  winced,  but  offered  no 
reply. 

"I  dropped  in  to  see  them  before  I  came 
up  here.  The  older  one  will  be  lame  the 
rest  of  his  days ;  it  remains  to  be  seen 
what  they  can  do  for  the  child." 

The  father  took  a  note-book  from  his 
pocket  and  opened  it.  "If  you  will  just 
give  me  the  name  of  the  hospital  and  the 
doctors,"  he  said. 

The  surgeon  smiled  bitterly  as  he  gave 
them.     "I   imagine  that   it  was   rather  an 

tensive   race,"   he   commented. 

The  father  flushed,  his  shoulders  straight- 
ened. "He  was  nothing  but  a  boy,"  he  re- 
plied doggedly.  "If  any  were  at  fault,  they 
were  the  men  with  him.  I  have  been 
anxious  about  him;  he  was  rather  fond 
:A  pleasure,  but  he  was  nothing  but  a  boy." 

The  form  on  the  bed  stirred  and  a  low 
groan  escaped  the  lips.  The  father  started 
up,  alarmed,  but  the  other  man  did  not  so 


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much  as  turn  his  head.  At  last  he  rose 
and    walked   toward   the   window. 

"Why,  I  have  been  here  two  good  hours," 
he  murmured  as  if  to  himself.  "I'll  be  go- 
ing out  as  a  night  nurse  yet.  I  don't  sup- 
pose that  any  of  the  youngsters  could  come 
up    to    this." 

"I  know,  Doctor,  that  you  do  not  usu- 
ally work  and  watch  as  you  have  done  to- 
night, but  at  such  a  time  a  man  wants  the 
hand  of  a  master.  I  knew,  I  was  quite 
sure,  that  you  would  come,  although  a  good 
many  said  that  you  would  not.  I  knew 
that  you  would  not  refuse  when  the  life  of 
a  man's  son  hung  in  the  balance." 

"I  am  due  in  a  few  hours  to  perform  a 
mighty  ticklish  bit  of  work  at  Montreal  be- 
fore a  lot  of  men,  scientific  men  mostly." 

"Is  tomorrow  the  day?"  asked  the  father, 
awed. 

"That's  what  they  say,"  returned  the  sur- 
geon, glancing  at  a  newspaper  on  the  floor. 
"I  notice  that  they  have  it  all  pictured 
out  there.  They  certainjy  have  a  marvelous 
imagination." 

"And  tomorrow  is  the  day  at  Montreal?" 
asked  the  father  still  bewildered. 

"Yes." 

"And  I  thought,"  the  old  man  added 
apologetically,  "I  thought  that  you  did  not 
understand  about  the  boy."  The  doctor 
looked  puzzled.  "I  thought  that  you  had 
forgotten    what  a    son    could    mean    to    a 


man,"    he    explained. 

There  was  a  moan  from  the  bed.  The 
surgeon  came  nearer  and  searched  the 
drawn,  white  face  of  the  father.  "Tell  me," 
he  demanded  abruptly,  "tell  me  if  you 
are  not  sorry  that  he  did  not  die  twenty 
years  ago,  when  mine  did?  Tell  me  if  you 
are  not  sorry  for  the  pain  and  travail  and 
the  death  that  he  has  caused?" 

The  other  man  stared.  "Sorryf"  he 
asked  hoarsely;  "why,  I  would  bear  it  all 
a  hundred  times  if  I  knew  that  he  would 
rise  as  sane  and  well  and  beautiful  as  he 
was  twenty-four  hours  ago." 

"A  hundred  times?"  repeated  the  sur- 
geon   absently. 

"A  thousand  times,  if  necessary!"  the 
other  replied,  biting  his  lips. 

"Good  Lord,  but  a  man  can  be  a  fool!" 
muttered  the  surgeon,  turning  away.  Then 
he  bent  over  the  bed  and  listened  as  be- 
fore. The  father  sat  quite  still.  His  head 
dropped  upon  his  arm,  and  in  a  moment 
he  was  sleeping  heavily.  The  surgeon 
walked  away  from  the  bed,  but  he  did  not 
take  his  eyes  for  one  instant  from  the  ban- 
daged head.  The  eyelids  of  the  son 
trembled,  then  opened  wide,  to  behold  first 
the  bent  form  in  the  chair ;  and  only  a  sur- 
geon's eyes  could  have  seen  that  the  lashes 
were  quite  wet.  He  had  heard ;  and  as 
the  surgeon  neared  the  doorway,  there  was 
upon  his  face  the  indescribable  smile  of  a 
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Three  Hen  Who  Said,  "I  Will !" 

BY  JOHN  T.  PARIS. 

There  is  a  tonic  for  young  men  and 
women  who  are  hungering  for  an  ed- 
ucation, but  are  discouraged  by  difficulties, 
in  the  little  volume  recently  published,  en- 
titled, "Tuskegee  and  Its  People,"  edited 
by  Booker  T.  Washington. 

A  man  who  is  now  principal  of  a  large 
school  in  Mississippi  tells  of  such  poverty 
in  his  boyhood  home  that  one  roasted  po- 
tato was  frequently  his  only  noon-day 
lunch  at  school — when  he  was  able  to  get 
to  school.  At  other  times  he  had  to  con- 
tent himself  with  a  few  persimmons  or 
nuts  gathered  in  the  forest.  Many  a  day 
he  was  entirely  without  food. 

He  could  bear  the  hunger  for  food,  but 
the  hunger  for  an  education  was  not  to 
be  borne.  Having  heard  of  Tuskegee  and 
the  opportunities  offered  there,  he  worked 
for  six  months  and  thus  secured  eight  dol- 
lars and  an  outfit  of  clothing — including 
his  first  underclothes,  starched  shirts  and 
collars.  Vowing  that  he  would  educate 
himself  or  die  in  the  attempt  he  found 
his  way  to  the  college  town.  For  one  year 
he  worked  every  day  and  studied  in  the 
night  school.  His  work  was  driving  a 
mule  team.  As  he  drove  he  studied  his 
books. 

At  the  end  of  the  first  year  he  had  saved 
one  hundred  dollars — enough  to  permit  his 
entrance  to  the  day  school.  But  just  then 
he  fell  ill- — and  his  savings  were  exhaust- 
ed before  he  was  well  again.  Nothing 
daunted,  he  set  to  work  once  more,  and 
continued  his  studies  at  night.  Again  he 
was  ready  to  enter  the  day  school,  when 
his  father  died  and  it  became  necessary 
for  him  to  return  home  in  order  to  care 
for  his  mother  and  other  members  of  the 
family.  His  only  inheritance  was  a  large 
debt.  In  three  years  this  was  paid,  and 
the  way  was  open  to  return  to  school.  For 
a  year  all  went  well.  Then  a  younger 
brother  came,  who  needed  help.  A  little 
later  a  sister  entered.  Practically  her  en- 
tire support  devolved  upon  him.  Discour- 
aged, he  thought  of  giving  up  under  his 
heavy  burden.  But  he  gritted  his  teeth 
and  made  ends  meet  by  startling  economies. 
Once  he  was  compelled  to  glue  patches  on 
trousers   which   were  so  worn  that  thread 


would   not   hold.     He   persisted,   however, 
and  won  his  diploma. 

A  seventeen-year-old  boy,  while  waiting 
to  weigh  his  load  of  cotton  on  the  public 
scales,  heard  Tuskegee  mentioned.  That 
moment  be  determined  to  enter  school. 
At  night,  when  he  told  of  his  purpose  at 
home,  he  was  informed  that,  owing  to  crop 
failures,  his  father  was  $500  in  debt.  There- 
upon he  proposed  to  take  charge  of  the 
farm  for  one  year  and  pay  off  the  debt  if 
he  could  go  to  school  as  a  reward.  The 
proposition  was  accepted  and  the  debt  was 
paid.  Then,  by  making  baskets,  he  laid  by 
$16  for  expenses.  Thirteen  months  from 
the  date  of  the  overheard  conversation  at 
the  cotton  scales  he  was  enrolled  a  student. 

In  November,  1900,  three  men  sailed 
from  New  York  for  Africa  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  German  government.  They  are 
now  at  work  developing  a  cotton  plant 
which  will  thrive  under  African  conditions 
of  soil  and  climate.  One  of  the  three  men, 
as  a  boy,  had  longed  for  an  education. 
When  he  was  eighteen  he  had  made  little 
progress.  Then  he  resolved  to  push  his 
way  to  college  in  spite  of  all  hindrances. 
The  first  year's  work,  instead  of  providing 
funds,  left  him  in  debt.  A  second  year  he 
chopped  wood  and  saved  $50.  Half  of 
this  he  sent  home.  With  the  rest  he  bought 
clothing  and  books,  and  entered  Tuskegee. 
His  life  there  was  a  continual  struggle  with 
poverty.  In  his  senior  year  he  was  a  con- 
testant for  an  oratory  prize  of  $25.  As 
he  stood  on  the  platform,  delivering  his 
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he  wore  were  without  feet  and  that  his 
shoes  had  just  been  mended  with  thread 
blackened  with  soot.  He  won  the  prize  and 
bought  new  socks  and  shoes. 

One  of  these  men,  through  all  the  years 
of  his  course,  urged  himself  on  by  the 
thought :  "If  somebody  else  can,  I  can !" 
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With  the  Children 

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A  Week  with   the   Woodneys. 

THE    FIFTH    NIGHT. 

When  Worth  Acre  put  away  in  his  desk 
the  picture  of  "Clarabella  St.  Clair,"  he 
blew  out  the  lamp,  for  it  was  still  light 
outdoors.  Arthur  Lowell  watched  the 
large,  honest  face,  the  massive  form,  the 
free  and  easy  movements  of  the  strong 
limbs.  He  felt  that  in  narrating  the  story 
of  "Clarabella  St.  Clair,"  the  blacksmith 
had  been  revealing  some  of  those  hidden 
recesses  of  the  heart  to  which  the  broad 
glare  of  publicity  is  never  admitted.  Ar- 
thur, too,  had  his  trouble,  and  the  other's 
confidence  and  friendship  urged  him  to 
speak  out  "Mr.  Acre,"  he  said  abruptly, 
"I'm  in  trouble." 

"Surety,"  said  Worth,  nodding;  "who 
isn't:"'  This  seemed  unanswerable,  and 
Arthur  was  checked.  He  did  not  want  to 
tell  his  secret,  but  finding  that  he  was 
sinking  back  into  his  hiding  place,  he  ex- 
claimed desperately,  "I've  done  wrong,  Mr. 
Acre,  and  I  want  your  advice !" 

Worth  perceived  that  the  little  musician 
was  greatly  agitated,  and  that  he  spoke 
with  an  effort ;  that  his  face  was  crim- 
soned with  shame,  and  that  his  eyes 
sought  the  floor.  He  endeavored  to  re- 
assure his  guest.  "All  right,  my  boy,  let's 
fix  it    id.    What  is  it?" 

"This  morning  when  I  left  here  to  go  to 
Mr.  Woodney's  for  breakfast,"  began  Ar- 
thur in  a  stammering  voice,  "nobody  was 
up." 

"That  was  certainly  wrong,"  responded 
the  other  cheerily,  "but  no  fault  of  yours. 
Did  you  get  them  up?" 

"Mr.  Acre,  I  saw  an  old  rooster  scratch- 
ing up  the  grass  we  had  set  out  yesterday — 
so  much  trouble,  you  know — and  time — 
and  everybody  so  kind,  helping  us  and  ad- 
vising us  how  to  do  it." 

"But  why  did  they  advise  you  to  scratch 
it  up?"  demanded  Worth,  astonished.  "I 
should  think  it  would  be  the  last  thing 
you'd  want  to  do." 

"Oh,  no,  sir,  it  was  the  rooster  that 
scratched  it  up." 
"What  rooster?"  inquired  Worth. 
"When  I  went  there  this  morning,  I 
found  a  rooster  right  in  the  middle  of  the 
grass,  scratching  as  hard  as  he  could.  I 
don't  know  what  rooster,  but  it  was  a  big 
white  one.  I  grabbed  up  a  clod  and  threw 
at  him." 

"To  be  sure,"  said  the  blacksmith,  nod- 
ding approval.  "A  rooster  naturally  sug- 
gests a  clod." 

"I  hit  him,  Mr.  Acre,  although  I  never 
do  hit  what  I  throw  at,  and  the  clod 
seemed  soft  and  crumbly,  too.  Anyway,  it 
knocked  him  over,  and  I  ran  up,  and  he 
was  dead."     ' 

"You'd  better  not  have  thrown  at  him, 
after  all,"  remarked  Worth  thoughtfully. 

"I  wish  I  hadn't !"  cried  Arthur,  clasp- 
ing his  hands. 

"A  blow  is  like  an  unkind  word,"  the 
other  moralized ;  "you  never  can  know 
how  bad  it'll  hurt.  Still,  almost  anybody 
would  have  thrown  at  the  rooster." 

"Would  you  have  thrown  at  it,  Mr. 
Acre?" 

"I  think  I  should  merely  have  shooed 
at  him,"  replied  the  blacksmith,  "but  I'm 
not  sure  what  I'd  have  done  in  the  moment 
of  temptation."    He  chuckled. 


"Then  when  I  saw  he  was  dead,"  con- 
tinued Arthur,  "I  thought  he'd  better  be 
buried — it  wouldn't  do  to  leave  him  lying 
in  the  yard.  So  I  went  to  Miss  Polly 
Day's  to  borrow  their  spade.  I  knocked, 
but  they  couldn't  hear  me,  they  were  so 
busy.  Anyway,  I  saw  their  spade  in  the 
yard,  and  I  got  it  and  buried  the  rooster 
under  the  sidewalk,  where  it  wouldn't  be 
in  the  way.  Then  I  took  back  the  spade, 
but  still  they  didn't  see  me,  and  the  Wood- 
neys  didn't  look  out  the  window." 

"Well,  my  lad,  I  don't  see  anything 
wrong  in  all  this.  You  should  have  put  a 
wisp  of  that  grass  over  the  poor  fellow's 
grave  to  indicate  how  he  came  by  his 
glorious  death.  After  all  we  mustn't  blame 
him.  You  know,  as  a  ruTe,  soldiers  don't 
gain  glory  by  fighting  on  their  own  prem- 
ises, but  in  scratching  up  the  grass  in  other 
people's  yards,  so  to  speak." 

"When  I  went,  at  last,  to  the  house," 
continued  Arthur,  who  was  very  solemn 
in  spite  of  the  other's  good  humor,  "I 
didn't  tell  them  anything  about  it." 

"Oh !"  said  Worth  Acre,  his  smile  van- 
ishing. 

"So  nobody  knows  but  you  and  me," 
added  Arthur. 

"Didn't  they  notice  the  grass?"  asked 
Worth. 

"Yes,  and  I  told  them  I  saw  a  rooster 
scratching  in  it,  and  I  was  just  going  to 
say  that  I  had  killed  it.  But  somehow,  I 
didn't.  I  don't  know  why.  And  old  Mrs. 
Woodney  said  she  wished  I'd  knocked  it 
over.  But  I  didn't  say  anything,  and  after 
letting  that  chance  slip,  there  wasn't  any 
way  to  tell  about  it." 

"You  should  have  made  a  way,"  returned 
Worth. 

"I  know  it;  and  I've  been  miserable  ever 
since — every  single  minute !  I  was  never 
so  unhappy  before.  I  feel  like  I  can't 
stand  it  any  longer  and — and  I  want  to  go 
right  this  'minute  and  do  something  to 
make  it  all  right.  I'd  work  as  hard  as 
ever  I  could  to  pay  for  that  rooster,  if  I 
only  knew  who  owned  it." 

"You'll  find  out  soon  enough  who  owns 
it,  I  dare  say,"  remarked  Worth  dryly. 
"Well,  in  the  morning  we'll  talk  about 
it." 

"I  don't  want  to  wait  till  morning," 
pleaded  Arthur.  "I  couldn't  sleep  a  min- 
ute. Oh,  Mr.  Acre,  I  just  can't  stand  it 
any  longer!" 

"And  what  do  you  want  to  do,  Arthur?" 

"I'll  go  to  Mr.  Woodney's  and  tell  them, 
and  then  maybe  they  can  find  out  whose 
rooster  it  is.     It  isn't  dark  yet  and — and — I 


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but  I'll  wait  at  the  house." 

"I  thought  you  wanted  my  advice,"  ob- 
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"Now,  see  here,  my  lad,  the  wrong  in 
the  whole  thing  was  hiding  what  you 
had  done.  That  made  your  deed  a  crime. 
If  people  weren't  always  hiding  up  their 
actions,  the  world  wouldn't  be  so  full  of 
pit-falls.  Now  the  rooster's  dead,  and  de- 
serves to  be,  and  its  owner  can't  object, 
seeing  how  it  came  by  its  fate.  When  you 
confess  that  you  killed  him  you'll  simply 
be  making  public  an  act  which  in  itself 
was  not  criminal.  And  as  you  are  now 
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no  punishment  to  you  to  make  a  clean 
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consent,  I'll  devise  your  punishment." 

"Yes,"  said  Arthur  abjectly,  "I  know  I 
deserve  punishment,  and  that  the  Wood- 
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briskly  along  the  sidewalk  and  tin-  youth 
followed,  much  depressed.  They  passed 
the  cottage  of  the  Misses  Day,  and  as  they 
came  to  the  corner  of  the  Woodney  yard, 
the  blacksmith  suddenly  stopped  and  be- 
gan to  laugh.  Arthur,  startled  by  a  sound 
so  foreign  to  his  own  feelings,  raised  his 
head  and  discovered  two  forms  halfway 
past  the  Knderthorpe  premises.  They  were 
Mace  Woodney  and  a  tall,  handsome 
young  man  of  nineteen  or  twenty.  Mace 
was  so  fine  in  her  pretty  batiste  and  white 
hat,  and  looked  so  unaccountably  grown 
up,  that  Arthur  scarcely  knew  her;  the 
young  man  was  a  stranger  to  him.  But 
he  knew  the  white  cock  which  swung  from 
the  end  of  a  long  stick  hanging  over  the 
young  man's  shoulder.  Mace  was  walking 
well  in  advance,  laughingly  remonstrating, 
while  the  young  man  was  humming  a  dirge 
through  his  nose. 

"Here!"  called  Worth  Acre.  "You  bring 
back  that  rooster  this  minute!  We  need 
him!" 

"Who  killed  cock  robin?"  demanded  Ed 
Woodney  with  pretended   fierceness,  as   he 
carried  back  the  corpse. 
"I  did,"  said  Arthur. 
"But  it  was  with  a  clod,"   Worth  Acre 
added. 

"I  crave  an  introduction,"  said  Ed 
Woodney. 

"Cousin  Ed,"  interposed  Mace,  "this  is 
Arthur  Lowell,  our  musician.  He  is 
staying  with  us.  It's  a  partnership  affair 
with  Mr.  Acre,"  and  she  smiled  at  Worth. 
"I  am  glad  to  meet  you  now"  said  Ed, 
gravely  shaking  the  other's  hand,  "before 
the  Winterfields  find  you  !" 

"If  the  Winterfields  make  trouble,"  said 
Worth,  "we'll  sue  them  for  the  grass  that 
was  scratched  up."  Then,  before  Arthur 
could  say  a  word,  the  blacksmith  told  all 
about  the  morning's  tragedy.  "But  why 
didn't  yon  tell  us?"  asked  Mace  in  sur- 
prise. Her  nature  was  so  open,  she  could 
not  understand  his  concealment. 

"Never  mind  that,"  interposed  Worth, 
"he  knows  it  was  wrong,  and  he  has  agreed 
to  be  punished  for  it.  I'm  glad  you  two 
are  here  to  witness  his  punishment,  be- 
cause it  will  be  all  the  harder  for  him,  and 
he'll  feel  the  better  for  it.  Now,  Ed,  just 
lay  the  rooster  on  the  sidewalk,  and,  Arthur, 
run  get  your  fiddle  from  Mr.  Woodney's 
barn,  and  bring  it  here."  Arthur,  consid- 
erably mystified  as  to  how  he  could  be 
punished  through  the  medium  of  his  be- 
loved violin,  hurried  to  fetch  it.  Ed  de- 
posited the  stick  with  its  lugubrious  bur- 
den upon  the  walk,  then  turned  to  Mace. 
"Seats  for  the  ladies !"  he  exclaimed,  pat- 
ting the  broad,  flat  plank  that  surmounted 
the  Enderthorpe  fence. 

"I  don't  think  I  can  get  up  there,"  said 
Mace. 

"Oh,  yes  you  can,"  said  Ed,  dusting  the 
plank  daintily  with  his  handkerchief. 
"Now,  stand  with  your  back  to  the  fence, 
and  jump  up  when  I  count  three.  Put  your 
hands  on  mine  and  I'll  see  that  you  light." 
He  counted  three  and  Mace  "lit."  Then 
Ed  climbed  up  beside  her,  drew  his  knees 
up  in  order  to  brace  his  feet  on  a  lower 
plank,  and  waited  for  Arthur. 

"Don't  be  hard  on  him,  Mr.  Acre,"  said 
-Mace.  .  "He's  dreadfully  sensitive — you 
can't  know  how  sensitive  he  is.  But  I'll 
never  think  quite  the  same  of  him'  any 
more,  after  his  secret !" 

"Don't  say  that!"  urged  Worth  Acre. 
"You  know  you're  not  perfect,  Mace." 

"I   would   never  have   done   that!"   cried 

Mace  scornfully.     "Why,  he  acted  as  if  he 

thought    he    was    a    robber.      If    he'd    told 

at     it,     nobody     would     have     thought 


anything  of  it.     I  can't  bear  that  kind  of  a 
on  !" 

"Oh,  come,  cousin,"  said  Ed,  "you  don't 
want  a  fellow  to  do  all  his  meanness  out 
ill  the  open,  you  know;  it  would  be  a  bad 
example   for  other  peoplf." 

"They  mustn't  do  meanness,  then!"  re- 
turned Mace.  Arthur  came  with  his  violin. 
"Now,  my  lad,"  said  Worth  Acre,  "stand 
at  his  head,  and  I'll  stand  at  his  tail.  Give 
us  'Yankee  Doodle'  good  and  plenty." 

Arthur  paled  and  reddened.  "Mr.  Acre, 
I  never  play  those  tunes — don't  you  re- 
member?" 

"I  won't  ask  you  to  play  them  any  often- 
er  than  you  kill  roosters,"  responded 
Worth,    inflexibly. 

"Oh!"  said  Arthur.  "I  understand.  But 
really  I  don't  know  'Yankee  Doodle.'  I 
wish  I  did."  ' 

"I'll  show  you,"  cried  Worth,  putting  his 
horn  to  his  lips.  "Now  listen.  Ta-ta-ta-ta, 
that's  the  beginning.  You  repeat  your 
first  note,  then  blow  one  higher  and  then 
come  one  still  better.  Now,  my  lad,  be  a 
good  American  and  give  us  'Yankee 
Doodle.' " 

Arthur  stared  helplessly  at  his  violin. 

"Give  me  that  thing !"  cried  Worth,  "and 
I'll  show  you  what  I  mean." 

"Mr.  Acre,"  called  Ed,  "did  you  ever 
play  on  a  violin  before?" 

"Never  did,"  said  Worth,  tucking  his 
horn  under  his  arm,  "but  the  principle  of 
music  is  the  same  on  any  instrument." 

"But  why  punish  Mace  and  me?"  remon- 
strated Ed.  "  We  haven't  been  killing 
chickens.  Have  him  play  something  he 
knows  already." 

"Well,  my  lad,"  said  Worth,  handing 
back  the  violin  which  he  had  been  thump- 
ing aimlessly,  "do  you  know  something 
you  think  I'd  like,  and  that  you  naturally 
despise  •  to  play?  Now  I'll  trust  your 
honor  that  it's  something  you  despise — 
something  it  will  punish  you  to  play." 

"Mr.  Acre,"  said  Ed,"  "if  you  join  in 
with  your  horn,  it's  bound  to  punish  him." 

"I  mean  to  join  in,"  returned  Worth  with 
dignity.  "Now,  Arthur,  I  trust  to  your 
honor." 

Mace  sniffed.  It  was  far  from  her  inten- 
tion that  Arthur  should  observe  her,  but 
he  did,  and  his  cheeks  burned.  "His 
honor  !"  thought  Mace  contemptuously.  Ar- 
thur thought  to  himself,  "She  will  never 
respect  me!"     He  drooped  his  head.     "Mr. 


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breath,  as  if  it  sickened  him,  "  'The  Devil's 
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head.  "I  don't  know  it.  I  suppose  mother 
wouldn't  let  it  be  played  on  the  place  when 
she  was  alive,  and  I've  been  a  church-goer 
ever  since.  Well,  I'll  join  in  with  you. 
Pshaw!  I  can  do  just  as  well  whether  I've 
heard  a  tune  or  not.  Now,  my  lad !  Here 
we  go.     One — two — three!" 

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Vol.  XLII. 


September  28,   1905 


No.  39 


Current  Events. 


The  more  the  Japanese  think  about 
the  peace  terms,  the  more  they  dis- 
lapanese  approve  of  them.  The 

Protests  riots  in  Tokio  durin& 

the     week     following 

the  announcement  of  the  terms  showed 
the  intensity  of  popular  feeling  but  ex- 
hibited no  intelligent  grasp  of  the 
situation.  More  recently  the  protest 
has  taken  a  more  reasonable  and  less 
violent  form.  Petitions  have  begun  to 
pour  in  urging  the  Mikado  to  reject 
the  treaty.  The  direct  appeal  to  the 
throne  is  practiced  by  the  Japanese 
only  in  matters  which  are  conceived  to 
be  of  the  utmost  urgency  and  many  of 
the  petitions  represent  the  sentiments 
of  the  more  thoughtful  class.  One  o^ 
them  came  from  a  group  of  professors 
in  the  University  of  Tokio.  We  still 
believe  that  the  treaty  will  without 
doubt  be  ratified  by  both  parties  and 
that  Japan  will  gain  vastly  more  by 
accepting  it  than  she  possibly  could 
by  standing  out  for  more  favorable 
terms.  But  if  the  Mikado's  fore- 
most advisers,  who  sanctioned  the 
terms  of  the  peace  as  negotiated, 
appreciated  the  humanitarian  argu- 
ment in  favor  of  peace  and  weighed 
also  the  value  of  the  reputation 
for  magnanimity  which  Japan 
would  gain  in  the  eyes  of  the  world,  it 
is  scarcely  to  be  expected  that  the 
general  public,  or  even  all  of  the  uni- 
versity professors,  would  place  the 
same  valuation  upon  these  intangible 
advantages.  The  man  in  the  street — 
whether  it  is  a  street  in  Tokio  or  a 
street  in  New  York — wants  to  enjoy 
the  spoils  when  his  side  wins.  He 
wants  to  see  his  enemy  humiliated  as 
well  as  defeated.  This  is  not  an  ad- 
mirable trait,  but  it  is  practically  uni- 
versal in  unregenerate  humanity.  We 
would  all  like  to  have  an  opportunity 
to  reason  with  the  Japanese  and  show 
them  how  much  better  it  will  be  for 
tbem  to  accept  the  treaty  than  to  hold 
out  for  better  terms.  Most  likely  we 
could  not  convince  a  single  one  of 
them  who  was  not  already  convinced, 
but  in  the  nature  of  the  case  we  are 
in  a  position  to  estimate  the  matter 
more  intelligently  than  they  can.  A 
recently  published  report  indicates 
that  Vladivostok,  instead  of  being  the 
strongest  Russian  position  in  the  east, 
was  probably  the  weakest.  The  pub- 
lication purports  to  give  the  sub- 
stance  of    the    report    of    a    Russian 


general  who  was  sent  to  inspect 
the  fortress  at  Vladivostok  and 
who  declared  that  he  found  an 
amazing  lack  of  discipline,  in- 
somuch that  the  equipment,  which  in 
itself  was  excellent,  would  have  been 
practically  useless  in  resisting  an 
attack.  This  report,  indicating  what 
might  have  happened  if  the  contest 
had  been  prolonged  a  little  longer, 
will  not  make  the  Japanese  feel  any 
happier  in  the  acceptance  of  the  terms 
of  peace. 


Peaceable 
Separation. 


Sweden  and  Norway  have  peaceably 
agreed  to  a  division  of  the  dual  king- 
dom. For  several 
weeks  the  delegates 
appointed  to  represent 
the  two  countries  have  been  in  session 
at  Karlstad,  Sweden,  discussing  the 
terms  upon  which  a  dissolution  could 
be  effected.  The  attitude  which  the 
Norwegian  Storthing  had  assumed 
made  it  certain  that  nothing  short  of 
complete  separation  would  be  accepted 
by  Norway.  It  was  only  a  question  of 
conditions.  The  Swedish  ministry  had 
shown  a  willingness  to  grant  separa- 
tion if  proper  terms  could  be  agreed 
upon,  but  the  terms  which  were  at  first 
suggested  were  not  acceptable  to  the 
more  radical  of  the  Norwegian  separa- 
tists. The  delegates  who  were  ap- 
pointed to  confer  and  draft  a  protocol 
covering  the  ground  of  the  conditions 
of  separation  represented,  on  the 
Swedish  side,  the  dominant  element 
in  the  government,  but  on  the  Nor- 
wegian side  the  more  moderate  ele- 
ment. It  is  practically  certain,  there- 
fore, that  the  protocol  will  be  accepta- 
ble to  Sweden,  but  it  is  entirely  con- 
ceivable that  the  Norwegian  represen- 
tatives may  not  be  able  to  command  a 
majority  in  support  of  the  terms  which 
they  have  accepted.  The  chief  points 
to  be  determined  were  the  fortification 
of  the  frontier,  the  control  of  commerce 
and  waterways  between  the  two  coun- 
tries, and  the  concessions  to  be  made 
to  the  nomadic  Lapps  who  migrate  at 
certain  seasons  from  one  country  to 
the  other.  The  terms  of  the  protocol 
have  not  yet  been  given  out  but  will 
be  published  this  week.  The  republi- 
can party  in  Norway,  after  a  little  show 
of  strength,  has  virtually  collapsed, 
partly  as  the  result  of  pressure  from 
without  and  partly  from  sheer  lack  of 
vitality  within.  The  government  will 
continue  to  be  a  monarchy  and  it  is 
now  in  the  market  for  a  good  service- 
able king  of  amiable   disposition   and 


Resistance  in 
Finland. 


fair  executive  ability,  good  family  con- 
nections but  not  too  closely  allied 
with  any  of  the  great  groups  of  mon- 
archs  among  whom  rivalries  exist. 
The  Bernadottes  have  been  thoroughly 
canvassed  but  it  is  believed  that  King 
Oscar  will  not  allow  any  member  of 
his  family  to  accept  the  throne  of  a 
country  which  has  virtually  dethroned 
him  — at  least  not  without  more  urging 
than  he  is  likely  to  get.  Prince  Charles 
of  Denmark  and  Prince  George  of 
Greece  (who  is  also  a  Dane  by  descent) 
are  the  most  prominent  candidates. 


Finland,  with  all  the  oppression  to 
which  she  has  been  subjected,  has 
remained  remarkably 
peaceful,  but  there  is 
evidence  that  the 
party  which  favors  resistance  to  the 
tyrannies  of  Russia  is  gaining  strength 
and  confidence.  Two  weeks  ago  a 
great  assembly  which  was  convened  in 
Helsingfors  to  consider  and  advocate 
the  establishment  of  a  constitution  for 
Finland — or  the  re-establishment  of 
the  old  one — was  dispersed  by  the  Rus- 
sian authorities.  The  mention  of  a 
constitution  in  Finland  is  always  em- 
barrassing to  the  Russian  officials,  for 
Finland  has  a  very  excellent  written 
constitution  which  every  Russian  czar 
for  the  past  century  has  sworn  to  sup- 
port and  which  every  one  of  them,  in- 
cluding Nicholas  II.,  has  grossly  vio- 
lated. With  the  dispersion  of  this 
congress  of  constitutionalists  went  a 
general  order  for  the  strict  enforce- 
ment of  the  regulations  of  1900 
against  the  unauthorized  meetings. 
Measures  are  being  taken,  however, 
by  the  constitutionalists  to  hold  a 
series  of  meetings  in  all  parts  of  the 
country  in  defiance  of  this  order.  It 
remains  to  be  seen  what  will  bappen. 
The  discovery  of  the  secret  importa- 
tion of  large  quantities  of  arms  into 
Finland  a  few  months  ago  has  put  the 
imperial  authorities  on  their  guard 
against  an  uprising.  The  thing  most 
to  be  feared  is  that  a  comparatively 
small  group  of  violent  enthusiasts 
will,  by  some  outbreak,  give  the  Rus- 
sian government  a  plavisible  excuse 
for  taking  the  final  measures  for 
crushing  cut  the  life  of  Finland.  It  is 
impossible  to  believe  that  there  is  any 
considerable  number  of  active  revolu- 
tionists of  the  violent  type  in  Finland, 
but  a  few  may  make  a  disturbance  out 
of  all  proportion  to  their  mirnbers  and 
furnish  an  excuse  for  the  most  ex- 
treme measures. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


September  28,  1905 


The  Cuban 
Election. 


The    preliminary    election    for    the 
choice  of  officials  for  the  general  elec- 
tion in  the  fall  in  Cnba 
gave    occasion    for 
some  rather  startling 
disturbances.     The  first  clash  came  at 
Cienfnegos.     It    was     noised    abroad 
that  the  Liberal  party  was  preparing  a 
dynamite  plot  and  the  police  made  an 
effort  to  search  the  apartments   of   a 
prominent  member  of  the  Cuban  con- 
gress.    The  Liberals   resisted  the  po- 
lice, who  were  considered  as  the  repre- 
sentatives of  their  political  opponents, 
the    Moderate   or   government    party. 
In   the   melee   which    ensued    several 
persons  were  killed,  including  the  con- 
gressman   and    the    chief    of    police. 
Subsequent    search    of    the   premises 
showed  that  the  rumor  regarding  con- 
cealed   arms    and   dynamite  was  well 
founded.     Bombs    were   found   in   the 
Liberal    headquarters   in   other  towns 
also.     The  election  occurred  on  Satur- 
day  and   passed   off  without    serious 
disturbance.     It  resulted  in  a  victory 
for  the  government.     The  election  had 
a  special  interest  for  Americans,  since 
the  Piatt  Amendment  was  directly  in- 
volved in  it.     The  Liberals  were  mak- 
ing the  repeal  cf  the  provisions  of  this 
amendment  a  part  of  their  program. 
It   was    inevitable   that   there   should 
be   a   party  of    hotheads.     Cuba    has 
still  a  £Ood  many  things  to  learn  about 
government.     She  has  no  heritage  of 
Anglo  Saxon  traditions  of  justice  and 
self  government.       Consequently,     in 
times  of  sudden   stress   her  electoral 
machinery  is  apt  to  fail  of  its  purpose, 
and   things    go    very    much    as    they 
sometimes  do  in  Colorado  and  Phila- 
delphia    and    St.    Louis,    and     other 
places   which    are   imperfectly   demo- 
cratic in  their  mode  of  government. 
It    is    truly    unfortunate     that    Cuba 
should  so  far  forget  her  high  ideals  as 
to    mix   violence   with    her    elections. 
But  there  is  no  reason  why  we  should 
become  discouraged  with  our  protege. 
There  are  some  things  which  even  we 
have   not   yet  learned   about    govern- 
ment.    They   are  doing  very  well  and 
will   succeed  in  making  a  free  govern- 
ment   in    spite    of    their  foolish    pa- 
triots. 

& 

John  A.    McCall,    president   of   the 
New  York    Life    Insurance  Company, 

Campaign  on  the  witness  stand 

Contributions.  in  the  legislative  in- 
surance  investigation, 
made  some  interesting  statements 
about  the  matter  of  campaign  contri- 
butions. Most  notable  was  his  asser- 
tion that  friends  of  Judge  Parker  be- 
sieged the  company  and  himself  with 
requests  for  contributions  to  the 
Democratic  campaign  fund  in  1904, 
and  that  Judge  Parker,  when  chair- 
man of  the  state  Democratic  committee 
several  years  ago,  was  a  zealous  solic- 
itor of  money  from  all  sources.  "If 
he  would  show  up  his  books,"  said 
Mr.  McCall,  "it  would  give  you  a  fit. 
He  never  rejected  a  dollar  in  the 
world."  This  statement  by  itself  is  not 


so  startling,  but  it  gathers  a  certain 
melancholy  interest  when  compared 
with  the  position  assumed  by  Judge 
Parker  in  his  eleventh  hour  attack  on 
President  Roosevelt  in  the  matter  of 
campaign  funds.  There  is,  of  course, 
the  possibility  that  Mr.  McCall's  state- 
ment may  not  be  an  undistorted  re- 
flection of  the  facts.  Mr.  Taggart, 
chairman  of  the  Democratic  national 
committee,  asserts  that  this  is  the 
case  so  far  as  the  campaign  of  1904 
was  Concerned.  He  leaves  Judge  Par- 
ker to  defend  himself  with  regard  to 
earlier  state  campaigns,  but  the  judge 
has  not  yet  spoken  on  this  point, 
though  he  confirms  Mr.  Taggart's  de- 
nial regarding  the  campaign  of  1904. 
Mr.  McCall  realizes  and  admits  that  the 
managers  of  an  insurance  company  lay 
themselves  open  to  criticism  in  making 
a  contribution  to  a  political  campaign 
fund,  and  that  as  a  rule  it  should  not 
be  done.  In  this  case  he  justifies  the 
New  York  Life's  contribution  to  the 
Republican  treasury  on  the  ground 
that  it  was  for  the  defense  of  the  gold 
standard,  the  maintenance  of  which 
he  deemed  essential  to  the  protection 
of  the  interests  of  the  policy  holders. 

It  is  perhaps  not  surprising  that  a 

graft-scandal   has    come    to    light   in 

...  connection    with    the 

_    p,.  South    Carolina    dis- 

Troubles.  .  . 

pensary     system      of 

controlling  the  liquor  business.  Com- 
mon observation  has  taught  us  the  in- 
timate connection  which  commonly 
exists  between  the  whisky  trade  and 
disreputable  politics.  For  fourteen 
years  South  Carolina  has  enjoyed  the 
benefits  and  suffered  the  evils  of  the 
so-called  dispensary  system,  under 
which  saloons  under  private  owner- 
ship are  abolished  and  liquor  is  sold 
by  salaried  government  agents.  The 
alleged  advantages  of  the  plan  are 
that  it  assures  the  sale  of  purer  liquor 
than  that  ordinarily  obtainable;  that 
it  places  the  sale  in  the  hands  of  sales- 
men whose  emolument  is  definitely 
fixed,  and  who  have  therefore  nothing 
to  gain  by  encouraging  the  sale  of 
their  wares;  that  it  obviates  the  treat- 
ing evil  by  forbidding  drinking  on  the 
premises;  that  it  takes  the  saloon  out 
of  politics,  and  that  the  profits  go  to 
the  school  fund.  The  validity  of  these 
claims  has  been  much  discussed.  Some 
excellent  temperance  people  believe  in 
the  plan;  more  do  not.  A  newspaper 
discussion  of  the  merits  of  the  system 
has  recently  been  carried  on  in  the 
"Charleston  News  and  Courier"  by 
Senator  Tillman,  its  chief  supporter  in 
the  state,  and  George  B.  Cromer,  a  Pro- 
hibitionist. But  the  present  point  is 
that  it  has  come  to  light  that  the  ad 
ministration  of  the  plan  has  been  so 
crooked  as — well,  as  one  would  expect 
it  to  be.  If  the  system  prevents  the 
dispenser  from  getting  a  profit  from 
his  sales  other  than  his  fixed  salary,  it 
does  not  so  affect  the  manufacturer 
and  the  wholesaler.  They,  as  before, 
live  by  doing  business,  and  the  more 


business  they  do  the  better  they  can 
live.  In  a  large  number  of  cases  it 
has  become  evident  that  dispensary 
agents  were  receiving  bonuses  and 
bribes  from  the  large  dealers  in  return 
for  favors  in  the  choice  of  goods  and 
in  pushing  the  sales.  More  than  that, 
the  appointing  power  has  been  cor- 
rupted and  positions  on  the  dispensary 
force  have  been  bought  and  sold  for 
good  round  sums — a  fact  which  also 
goes  to  show  that  the  places  probably 
had  a  pecuniary  value  not  represented 
by  the  salaries  attached  to  them.  We 
all  know  how  hard  it  is  to  keep  graft 
out  of  politics.  We  have  good  reason 
to  believe  that  the  temptations  to  graft 
increase  with  the  increasing  volume  of 
financial  and  business  operations 
which  are  performed  under  political 
control.  When  the  business  happens 
to  be  the  liquor  business,  for  which 
all  forms  of  corruption  seem  to  have  a 
natural  affinity,  how  could  we  expect 
that  graft  would  be  absent? 


Too  Much 
Publicity. 


It  is  not  a  matter  about  which  one 
cares  to  be  unpleasantly  critical,  but 
we  wish  that  Miss 
Roosevelt  would  go 
home  and  devote  her 
time,  during  the  remainder  of  her 
father's  administration,  to  keeping  out 
of  the  public  eye.  It  is,  to  be  sure,  a 
somewhat  rare  good  fortune  for  the 
White  House  to  have  a  debutante,  and 
it  is  a  still  more  rare  good  fortune  for 
a  debutante  to  have  a  White  House  as 
a  point  of  departure  and  return.  But 
it  is  better  that  some  of  the  opportu- 
nities afforded  by  this  happy  combina- 
tion should  be  missed  than  that  the 
public  should  be  wearied.  It  is  not 
her  fault.  So  far  as  we  know,  she  has 
conducted  herself  with  propriety,  de 
corum  and  grace  on  alt  occasions. 
But  the  occasions  are  tpo  many  and 
too  public.  We  do  not  begrudge  her 
the  good  time  she  has  had  on  the 
present  tour  of  the  far  east,  nor  the 
hundred  thousand  dollars  worth  of 
presents  which  she  is  said  (probably 
in  gross  exaggeration)  to  have  re- 
ceived from  the  Empress  of  China,  the 
Emperor  of  Korea,  the  Mikado,  and 
other  oriental  potentates.  But  we  do 
not  like  the  "American  princess"  idea, 
which  her  presence  in  that  region  at 
this  particular  time  inevitably  sug- 
gests. It  might  have  been  foreseen 
that  a  nation  which  ascribes  the  credit 
for  a  naval  victory  to  the  distin- 
guished virtues  of  the  Mikado's  ances- 
tors, would  have  strong  enough  ideas 
about  heredity  to  receive  the  Presi- 
dent's daughter  as  at  least  a  semi- 
official representative  of  our  govern- 
ment. It  looks  just  a  trifle  like  an 
effort  to  coin  the  President's  vast  and 
deserved  popularity,  which  he  has  won 
by  his  official  handling  of  the  prob- 
lems of  the  orient,  into  a  peity  and 
personal  advantage  for  a  member  of 
the  family.  This  may  not  be  chival- 
rous. Indeed,  we  are  pretty  sure  it  is 
not.  But  it  has  been  on  our  mind  for 
some  time  to  say  it,  and  now  we  have 
said  it. 


September  28,  1 905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


124.9 


Another  Irrepressible  Conflict. 

The  fight  that  is  now  on  between 
civic  righteousness  and  public  plun- 
der, between  honesty  and  law-enforce- 
ment, on  the  one  hand,  and  private 
and  public  graft  on  the  other,  is  as  ir- 
repressible as  that  between  freedom 
and  slavery.  If  it  were  true  that  the 
union  could  not  exist  "half  slave  and 
half  free,"  no  less  is  it  true  that  the 
nation  and  our  republican  form  of  gov- 
ernment can  not  exist  while  its  laws 
are  enacted  and  enforced,  and  its  pol- 
icies shaped,  to  any  considerable  ex- 
tent, by  men  of  corrupt  minds  and  dis- 
honest practices.  The  antagonism  is 
between  fundamental  principles,  and 
must  go  on  until  the  right  is  trium- 
phant. 

The  revelations  which  have  been 
made  concerning  the  methods  of  cer- 
tain colossal  trusts  that  are  fattening 
and  growing  to  enormous  dimensions 
at  the  expense  of  the  people  whom 
they  systematically  rob  to  fill  their 
own  coffers,  have  discouraged  some 
good  men,  but  the  very  fact  that  these 
corrupt  practices  are  being  uncovered 
to  the  public  gaze  as  never  before  in 
our  history  is  the  surest  evidence  of  a 
rising  moral  sentiment  that  will  sweep 
them  out  of  existence.  The  very  first 
step  in  the  correction  of  public  abuses 
is  to  let  in  the  light,  and  this  is  being 
done  now  in  a  way  that  sends  terror 
to  the  hearts  of  the  guilty  and  gives 
hope  to  honest  men.  The  people  know 
more  about  Standard  Oil  methods, 
about  the  Beef  Trust,  the  management 
of  our  great  insurance  companies  and 
frenzied  finance  in  general  than  ever 
before,  and  this  knowledge,  rest  as- 
sured, is  the  very  club  with  which 
these  abuses  must  be  corrected. 

Look  at  the  disclosures  of  the  meth- 
ods of  the  great  Life  Insurance  Com- 
panies which  have  been  posing  as  con- 
servators of  the  people's  welfare !  The 
money  paid  in  by  innocent  and  un- 
suspecting policy  holders  has  been 
used  to  pay  enormous  salaries,  to  spec- 
ulate in  stocks,  etc.,  and  has  gone  to 
the  enrichment  of  the  few,  with  little 
or  no  regard  to  the  sacred  obligations 
they  have  assumed  toward  the  public. 

We  have  all  felt  that  insurance  in 
the  Old  Line  companies  was  costing 
too  much,  but  who  of  us  had  any  con- 
ception of  the  enormous  sums  paid  out 
to  men  who  had  no  legal  right  to  the 
salaries  they  received,  and  how  the  ac- 
cumulated millions  were  being  used 
for  the  enrichment  of  a  coterie  of  men 
at  the  expense  oi  those  insured ? 

Think  you  this  war  is  going  to  end 
with  these  revelations  and  a  great  deal 
of  talk  ?  Impossible !  The  people  are 
aroused.  Their  eyes  have  been  opened 
at  last.  They  are  waking  as  from 
a  troubled  sleep.     At  the  head  of  the 


nation  is  a  fearless  executive  who  has 
no  ambition  but  to  serve  the  Ameri- 
can. Many  law-makers  and  law-en- 
forcers from  governors  down  to  cir- 
cuit attorneys  have  caught  his  spirit, 
and  the  battle  must  go  on  to  the  finish. 
Everywhere,  among  the  nations,  there 
is  need  for  the  militant  spirit  against 
iniquity.  It  is  no  time  to  cry,  "Peace! 
peace!"  while  the  nations  are  being 
undermined  with  corruption.  It  is  an 
irrepressible  conflict.  With  Markham 
we  say : 

Let  trifling  pipe  be  mute, 

Fling  by  the  languid  lute. 

Take  down  the  trumpet 

And  confront  the  hour 

And  speak  to  toilworn  nations 

From  a  tower. 

Take  down  the  horn 

Wherein  the  thunders  sleep, 

Blow  battles  into  men, 

Call  down  the  fire, 

The   daring — the   long  purpose,   the   desire. 

Descend  with  faith  into  the  human  deep. 

The  Wisconsin  Convention. 

The  brethren  in  Wisconsin  have 
just  concluded  the  thirty-third  an- 
nual convention  of  their  state  mis- 
sionary society.  It  was  held  in  the 
beautiful  little  city  of  Grand  Rapids, 
on  the  Wisconsin  River,  over  two 
hundred  miles  north  of  Chicago.  The 
Editor  of  The  Christian-Evangelist 
had  the  privilege  this  year,  at  the  re- 
request  of  the  State  Board,  of  meeting 
with  them  and  participating  in  their 
proceedings.  The  corresponding  sec- 
retary, H.  F.  Barstow,  has  promised 
to  give  our  readers  a  fuller  report  of 
the  proceedings  than  we  are  able  to 
do;  but  we  record  here  a  few  facts 
and  impressions,  as  this  was  our  first 
visit  to  a  convention  of  Wisconsin 
brethren. 

The  first  interesting  fact  is  that  the 
church  at  Grand  Rapids,  which  enter- 
tained the  convention,  has  been  in  ex- 
istence only  since  last  May.  Brother 
Eggert  and  wife,  moving  there  from 
Illinois,  some  time  before  that,  and 
finding  no  church  of  their  choice, 
immediately  set  about  the  work  of  hav- 
ing one.  In  a  little  while,  Bro.  C.  H. 
De  Voe,  evangelist,  assisted  by  H.  K. 
Shields,  singer,  was  engaged  to  hold 
a  meeting,  which  resulted  in  the  or- 
ganization of  a  church  of  over  sixty 
members,  in  May  last.  Everyone 
speaks  in  high  terms  of  the  work  of 
Brother  De  Voe  as  preacher,  and 
Brother  Shields  as  singer.  This  good 
work,  it  should  be  said,  was  accom- 
plished under  the  auspices  of  the  State 
Missionary  Society,  assisted  by  the 
American  Christian  Missionary  Soci- 
ety and  the  Christian  Woman's  Board 
of  Missions.  The  church  has  been 
greatly  strengthened  by  the  removal 
there,  from  Richland  Center,  of 
Brother   and   Sister   Pease,   in  whose 


hospitable  home,  by  the  way,  the 
Editor  was  entertained  while  in  the 
city.  The  church  has  material  in  it 
that  justifies  the  belief  that  it  is  to  be- 
come one  of  our  strong  churches  in 
that  state.  As  Grand  Rapids  is  a  rail- 
road center,  a  manufacturing  city  with 
magnificent  water  power,  and  has  a 
population  of  6,500,  it  was  a  fine  piece 
of  missionary  work  to  plant  the  church 
there. 

There  were  only  forty  or  fifty  dele- 
gates enrolled,  outside  of  the  city,  but 
we  are  not  yet  strong  in  that  state. 
The  corresponding  secretary's  report 
showed  that  they  had  only  1404  mem- 
bers   in    the    state    at    the    beginning 
of  last  year,  but  this  number  has  been 
increased  to  over  1,700  during  the  year 
just  closing.     One  of  the  most  inter- 
esting things  in  Secretary  Barstow's 
report  was  the  remarkable  movement 
among  the  Scandinavians  of  the  state 
toward  New  Testament  Christianity. 
Many  of  the  Norwegians  in  the  state, 
as  a  result  of  their  own  study  of  the 
Bible,    are   breaking   away    from    the 
Lutheran  Church,  and  have  asked  for 
baptism,  and  a  simpler  form  of  Chris- 
tianity.    Brother   Stone   and  Brother 
Anderson,  Norwegian  brethren,  have 
been  doing  some  work  among  these 
people,   and   Brother    Stone   has   had 
printed  some  tracts,  in  their  language, 
setting  forth  the  nature  of  our  move- 
ment, and  is  circulating  them  among 
the    Scandinavian   population   of   the 
state.     This  movement  needs  intelli- 
gent guidance,   and  the   State  Board 
needs  greater  assistance  from  the  out- 
side to  manage  this  work  successfully. 
We  should  say  Wisconsin  offers,  just 
now,  a  most  promising  field  for  ag- 
gressive mission  work,  and  we  hope 
our  national  boards  will  note  this  fact. 
The  convention  was  presided  over  by 
Bro.  J.  C.  Thurman,  a  railroad  man 
of  Green  Bay,  who,  with  his  wife  and 
daughters,  is  deeply  interested  in  the 
work.     From  outside  the  state,  there 
were  present,  also,  George  A.  Camp- 
bell,   of    Chicago,    representing    the 
"Christian  Century" ;  Sister  Garst,  of 
Des  Moines,  representing  the  Educa- 
tional Society  of  Iowa ;  Sister  Atwater, 
of     Indianapolis,      representing     the 
C.  W.  B.  M.,  and  H.  U.  Dale,  repre- 
senting  the   Benevolent   Association. 
These  all  rendered  valuable  service  to 
the  convention.     The  Editor  of  The 
Christian-Evangeeist  preached  two 
sermons,  one  on  foreign  missions,  at 
the  request  of  President  McLean,  and 
the  other  of  a  more  general  character. 
The  local  church  and  community  fur- 
nished good  audiences,  and  the  Meth- 
odist   and    Congregational    churches 
were  generously  given  to  the  use  of 
the  convention.     All   departments  of 
the  state  work  were  well   presented, 


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THE    CHRIS  riAMKV  AN  C.KIJST 


September  28,  1905 


as  C.  W.  B.  M..  Christian  Endeavor 
and  Sunday  school.  We  wore  delighted 
with  the  spirit  and  consecration  of 
Brother  Barstow,  the  corresponding 
retary,  and  oi  all  the  ministers 
whom  we  met  at  the  convention.  Din- 
ner and  breakfast  were  served  in  the 
G.  A.  R.  Hall,  without  money  and 
without  price,  and  lodging  and  break- 
fast on  the  same  terms.  Bro.  C.  W. 
Dean,  of  Colfax.  111.,  is  to  be  the  pas- 
tor of  the  young  church  at  Grand 
Rapids,  and  he  was  present,  assisting 
in  the  convention,  and  was  to  make 
the  closing  address.  He  will  begin  his 
work  in  October,  and  the  church  is 
fortunate,  we  think,  in  securinsr  him. 
It  was  our  first  extensive  ride  throuefh 
the  state,  and  we  do  not  wonder  that 
man}-  people  make  it  their  summer  re- 
sort. It  abounds  in  beautiful  lakes 
and  fine  scenery.  It  ought  to  abound 
in  simple  Xew  Testament  Christianity. 
@        &    ' 

Notes  and  Comments 

We  are  getting  a  little  bit  tired  of 
hearing  about  boy  preachers.  YVe  be- 
lieve that  a  great  deal  of  good  was 
accomplished  in  what  is  known  as  the 
Welsh  revival,  but  we  doubt  the  wis- 
dom of  putting  up  a  child  of  seven 
years  to  preach  and  another  of  five 
to  tell  why  he  is  a  Christian. 

@ 

Shall  Boss  Cox  become  Senator 
Cox?  If  Ohio  elects  its  Republican 
ticket,  that  is  what  the  state  may  have 
to  face. 

The  editor  of  a  great  metropolitan 
paper  in  the  east,  referring  to  the 
present  political  issue  in  Ohio,  says: 
"Any  party  that  arrays  itself  against 
the  churches  in  these  days  will  find 
itself  in  danger.  It  is  better  that  the 
lesson  be  taught  in  1905  than  three 
vears  hence." 

A 

Every  daily  paper  of  any  promi- 
nence in  this  country  ought  to  have 
on  its  staff  a  religious  editor — a  man 
of  wide  knowledge  and  broad  charity. 
Our  newspaper  men  excel  all  others 
in  their  alertness,  but  the  newspapers 
of  America  are  very  deficient  in  spe- 
cialists. Here,  for  instance,  is  a  pa- 
per talking  about  the  new  Methodist 
hymnal,  and  it  tells  us  that  John  Wes- 
ley wrote  most  of  the  hymns,  with 
Isaac  Watts  a  close  second.  Charles 
Wesley  is  not  even  mentioned.  Such 
is  fame.  The  average  city  editor 
seems  to  think  that  his  most 
inexperienced  ten-dollar-a-week  re- 
porter, fresh  from  a  high  scliool,  can 
handle  the  religious  news,  whereas 
there  is  no  department  on  a  daily 
paper  that  requires  a  wider  general 
knowledge  and  a  saner  judgment  than 


does  that  department  which  attempts 
to  cover  religious  thought  and  ac- 
tivitv. 

The  "Cincinnati  Enquirer"  is,  of 
course,  one  of  the  most  sensational  of 
sensational  papers,  and  has  long  been 
regarded  as  sacrilegious  in  its  head- 
lines. We  regret  to  say  it  has  some 
editor  or  writer  on  its  staff  that  the 
good  people  of  Cincinnati  would  be 
almost  justified  in  taking  out  and  put- 
ting into  a  duck  pond.  In  a  special 
plea  for  the  canteen,  and  for  drinking 
customs,  it  defends  appetites  which, 
it  says,  "have  prevailed  since  Noah 
took  whiskey  into  the  ark."  A  duck 
pond  is  almost  too  good  for  a  writer 
or  an  editor  who  can  print  such 
stuff ! 

In  this  very  connection  we  quote 
Au  Wing,  a  Chinaman,  who,  on  being 
asked  his  opinion  of  the  situation  in 
the  far  east  recently,  said:  "Russian 
officer  and  soldier— too  canteen — velly 
much  canteen.  Japanese  captain  and 
men — no  canteen  about  he — just  like 
'Melican  soldier."  We  see  that  Gen- 
eral Grant  is  making  a  plea  for  the 
restoration  of  the  canteen,  and  to  him, 
and  all  others  who  believe  that  the 
United  States  government  should  pun- 
ish a  man  for  permitting  an  Indian 
to  get  liquor,  and  then  provide  means 
for  its  soldiers  to  get  the  same  intox- 
icating stuff  and  make  it  respectable 
for  them  to  do  it,  we  commend  an  ed- 
itorial in  the  Toronto  "Globe,"  en- 
titled, "A  Temperance  Lecture."  We 
can  not  quote  the  whole  of  this  lead- 
ing article,  but  we  make  an  extract : 

The  result  of  the  battle  in  the  Korean 
Straits  is  in  reality  the  triumph  of  sober 
Japan  over  whiskey-soaked  Russia.  The 
lesson  of  the  war  is  not  for  Russia  alone. 
It  is  for  every  nation  and  for  every  individ- 
ual who  seeks  stability  and  advancement. 
Great  Britain's  greatest  danger  today  is 
the  intemperance  of  the  people.  'Intem- 
perance and  progress  do  not  go  together. 
They  are,  as  Sir  Frederick  Treves  said  the 
other  day,  hopelessly  antagonistic.  This 
eminent  authority  made  the  statement  that 
alcoholic  drink,  even  in  small  quantities,ab- 
sorbs  human  energy  and  minimizes  the  ef- 
fort of  the  individual.  Russia  has  learned 
this  truth,  but  at  a  terrible  cost.  Let  Great 
Britain  profit  from  that  lesson  before  it 
is  too  late." 

The  great  railroads  of  our  country, 
while  they  have  done  many  things 
that  may  be  disapproved  of  in  the 
course  of  their  history,  are  yet  light- 
bearers  as  well.  Their  strong  stand 
for  temperance  is  well  known.  Now 
we  see  it  stated  that  the  Pennsylvania 
Railroad  officials  have  decided  to  stop 
the  sale  on  their  trains  of  novels 
which  incite  boys  and  youths  to  deeds 
of  violence.  The  next  thing  to  pre- 
venting the  publication  of  vile  litera- 
ture is  the  prevention  of  its  circula- 
tion. 


Current  Religious  Thought. 

An  illustration  of  the  terror  under 
which  Protestant  Christians  have 
lived  in  Russia  was  given  by  Baron 
Uiskiull,  of  Russia,  at  the  Baptist 
World's  Congress  in  session  in  Lon- 
don, says  the  "Northwestern  Chris- 
tian Advocate."  "A  sister  came  to 
me,"  said  the  baron,  "and  asked  to  be 
received  into  the  Baptist  community, 
as  she  wished  to  quit  the  Greek  Or- 
thodox Church.  Now,  until  last  East- 
er it  was  a  crime  to  quit  the  orthodox 
fold.  The  person  doing  so  was  liable 
to  imprisonment  or  exile,  and  the  same 
punishment  would  fall  on  us  if  we 
baptized  her.  I  decided  to  take  the 
risk  of  baptizing  her,  but  some  of 
our  brethren  said,  'No,  baron,  it  is 
too  dangerous ;  leave  the  matter  to 
us,  we  will  make  it!'  So  they  asked 
the  lady  to  walk  in  the  evening  by 
the  seashore,  and  there  would  meet 
her  a  brother.  To  him  she  was  to 
say,  'Are  you  Philippus?'  He  would 
answer,  'Yes,'  and  by  that  she  would 
learn  that  he  was  authorized  to  per- 
form the  rite  of  baptism.  But  she 
would  never  know  who  baptized  her, 
and  if  the  police  asked  questions  she 
could  truthfully  say,  T  heard  no  name 
but  that  of  Philippus.' '  Happily  for 
the  peace  of  dissenters  and  for  the 
honor  of  Russia  a  more  tolerant  spirit 
now  prevails.  Russians  may  identify 
themselves  with  any  church  they 
choose. 

A  curious  illustration  of  endeavor- 
ing to  make  a  superstition  seem  rea- 
sonable and  to  draw  a  parallel  where 
no  parallel  exists,  says  the  "Western 
Christian  Advocate,"  was  exhibited 
by  one  of  our  Catholic  exchanges 
lately.  It  speaks  of  the  honor  re- 
cently shown  to  the  remains  of  John 
Paul  Jones,  and  would  have  us  believe 
that  the  Catholics  hold  their  saints  in 
a  regard  similar  to  that  entertained 
by  patriotic  Americans  for  the  brave 
sea  captain.  This  illustration  follows 
a  bit  of  news  concerning  "the  greatest 
and  most  authentic  relic,"  as  it  is 
called,  of  the  church — the  true  cross — 
the  largest  portion  of  which  is  pre- 
served, so  it  is  said,  in  the  Church  of 
the  Holy  Cross,  at  Rome.  Each  bishop 
has  a  portion  of  the  true  cross  in  his 
pectoral  cross,  and  so  scarce  has  this 
relic  become  that  the  late  pope,  in  his 
letter  to  the  church,  asks  them  to  will 
their  pectoral  crosses  to  their  succes- 
sors. We  shall  doubtless  be  put  down 
as  an  unholy  skeptic,  a  base  unbe- 
liever, for  admitting  that  we  do  not 
conceive  that  one  splinter  of  the  true 
cross  is  now  in  existence  in  the  world. 
And  as  for  relics,  they  lend  themselves 
too  much  to  a  superstitious  venera- 
tion, whatever'  their  apologists  may 
s^ay  in  their  defense. 


September  28,  1905 


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12  i 


Editor's  Easy  Chair 

Pentwater  Musings. 

These  are  quiet,  restful  days  here 
by  the  lakeside.  All  the  other  cottagers 
have  folded  their  tents  like  the  Arabs 
and  silently  stolen  away.  We  are, 
for  the  time,  monarchs  of  all  we  sur- 
vey. Are  we  lonely?  Not  a  bit  of  it! 
Why  should  one,  especially  two,  have 
to  be  in  a  crowd  to  keep  from  feeling 
lonesome?  It  was  an  Irishman,  of 
course,  who  said  he  "loiked  to  be 
alone,  especially  when  his  swateheart 
was  with  him" !  We  are  quite  of  the 
Irishman's  way  of  feeling.  Coming 
from  the  crowds  of  the  convention, 
the  crowds  on  the  trains,  crowds  at 
the  hotels,  crowds  everywhere  for  a 
month,  to  the  quiet  of  these  hills, 
clothed  with  hemlocks  and  pines,  and 
to  the  music  of  old  Lake  Michigan's 
waves,  to  dwell  alone  on  this  peace- 
ful shore  for  a  brief  period,  was  the 
very  medicine  our  weary  bodies  and 
spirits  needed.  Nor  are  we  deprived 
of  the  enjoyment  of  social  life  be- 
cause the  other  cottagers  have  all 
gone.  We  had  a  picnic  the  other  day 
— just  we  two !  We  had  never  allowed 
a  summer  to  pass  without  a  picnic  in 
the  woods,  and  we  determined  that 
this  should  be  no  exception.  Filling 
a  basket  with  the  best  things  the  mar- 
ket afforded  we  repaired  to  one  of 
the  hill-tops  of  Garrison  Park,  over- 
looking the  lake,  and  kindled  a  fire, 
made  our  coffee,  spread  our  table,  ate 
a  bountiful  repast,  told  stories,  sang 
snatches  of  old  songs,  including, 
"When  You  and  I  were  Young,  Mag- 
gie," and  so  held  the  first  picnic  in 
Garrison  Park !    Lonesome  ?    Not  we ! 

® 
It  was  the  gifted  Byron  who  loved 
nature  in  addition  to  some  things  he 
ought  not  to  have  loved,  who  wrote : 

"There  is  a  pleasure  in  the  pathless  woods, 

There  is  music  on  the  lonely  shore; 
There  is  society  where  none  intrudes, 
By  the  deep  sea,  its  music  and  its  roar." 

Besides    that    sort    of    "society"    and 

"music,"  which  we  enjoy  here,  there 

is   a   society   of   birds   and   squirrels, 

which    seem    strangely    familiar    and 

y)r&yx%!&y)%&y)£& 


Ji  Morning  Prayer 

BY  THOMAS  CURTIS  CLARK. 

Father,  hear  us  as  we  pray: 
Grant  thy  blessing  through  this  day ; 
Keep  us  in  the  path  of  right 
By  thine  own  unfailing  light; 
May  our  zvork  be  unto  thee, 
For  thou  dost  our  labors  see; 
When  the  evening  shadows  fall, 
Grant  us  rest,  thou  Lord  of  all. 


unafraid.  How  can  we  shoot  the  play- 
ful squirrels  that  chatter  about  our 
cottage  as  if  we  were  on  the  best  of 
terms?  It  would  be  like  killing  on< 
neighbors!  As  long  as  they  trust  us 
we  will  trust  them,  and  even  share 
our  food  with  them.  We  would  like 
to  make  a  compact  with  all  who  are 
to  build  cottages  in  these  beautiful 
grounds  in  the  future  not  to  disturb 
the  squirrels  that  inhabit  these  trees. 
They  will  do  us  no  harm,  but  will  be 
an  element  of  attraction.  Besides  the 
little  red  squirrel  that  makes  its  home 
in  the  ground,  there  is  the  large  fox 
squirrel  and  the  grey  squirrel  which 
make  their  home  in  these  woods. 
Huckleberries  still  abound  on  these 
hills.  We  gathered  a  "mess"  in  a 
little  while  the  other  day.  Wild  grapes 
are  now  ripening.  Perhaps  we  will 
have  a  wild  grape  pie,  of  boyhood 
fame,  before  we  leave.  Do  you  re- 
member those  wild  grape  pies  and 
dumplings  your  mother  used  to  make  ? 
Of  course  you  do ! 

On  examination  we  find  evidence, 
backed  up  by  a  frank  confession,  that 
our  little  cottage — -"The  Pioneer" — 
though  we  left  it  securely  locked,  as 
we  supposed,  was  inhabited  during 
our  absence  in  the  west,  the  parties 
conveniently  departing  before  our  re- 
turn. It  apears  that  two  distinguished 
ladies— one  from  Missouri  and  the 
other  from  Kentucky — tarrying  for 
the  month  of  August  on  this  far 
shore,  wandered  one  day  into  that 
earthly  paradise  known  as  "Garrison 
Park"  and  destined  to  become 
famous  as  an  ideal  summer  re- 
sort. There  they  found  an  un- 
inhabited cottage,  humble,  but  com- 
fortably furnished,  with  shade  trees 
in  front  and  the  great  lake  stretching 
out  before  it.  They  straightway  be- 
gan to  reason  within  themselves,  say- 
ing, "Why  should  this  cozy  cottage 
remain  unoccupied  while  its  former 
occupants  are  absent,  and  we  two 
lonely  women  have  nowhere  to  lay 
our  heads,  except  in  a  club  house? 
Go  to,  now ;  we  will  go  in  and  make 
ourselves  at  home,  and  trust  our 
friendship  with  the  owners  to  make 
it  all  right!"  And  they  entered  in 
and  abode  there  until  the  end  of  their 
vacation,  leaving  it,  however,  in  a  con- 
dition so  nearly  like  that  in  which 
they  found  it,  as  to  create  no  suspi- 
cion of  its  occupancy.  Knowing,  how- 
ever, that  the  facts  would  ultimately 
come  out,  one  of  the  two  wrote  a  full 
confession  that  they,  like  the  hermit 
crab  which,  finding  a  shell  unoccu- 
pied, walks  in  and  takes  possession, 
had  appropriated  our  vacant  cottage 
during  our  absence.  Of  course  they 
were     forgiven,     especially     as     they 


found  a  letter  inviting  thi 
tion!     One  of  them,  howc.  amc 

90   enamored   of   the   place   that   she 
nailed   her  card   on  a  tree    on   th< 
south   of   us,   claiming  option   of   the 
same,  and  the  inscription  on  the  card 
reads,  "Dr.  and   Mrs.  W.  T.   Moor'. 
Columbia,  Mo.";  and  her  accomplice 
was  Mrs.  Luella  W.  St.  Clair,  of  I 
ington,   Ky. — the  presidents,  respec- 
tively,  of   Christian   College,   Colum- 
bia, Mo.,  and   Hamilton   Female  I 
lege,  Lexington,  Ky.     "The  Pioneer'' 
feels  itself  honored  in  having  sheltered 
two  such  noble  women,  and  especially 
in  that  it  is  to  have  the  Moores  for  its 
next-door  neighbors. 

The  grocers  of  Pentwater  decline 
to  deliver  their  goods  to  our  cottage. 
•  but  we  find  it  no  hardship,  in  rowing 
over  after  the  mail,  to  bring  back  such 
provision  as  meets  our  simple  wants, 
for  we  are  riving  the  simple  life.  But 
do  not  imagine  we  are  fasting.  We 
are  living  well.  The  cost  of  a  simple 
meal,  we  estimated  the  other  day  by 
the  Pullman  dining  car  scale  of  prices, 
with  which  we  are  most  familiar, 
would  have  been  $1.80,  but  it  actually 
cost  us  less  than  25  cents !  But  Nature, 
more  generous  than  the  grocers,  con- 
tinues to  make  the  same  daily  exhibits 
of  her  wonderful  combinations  of 
clouds  and  sun  and  lake.  Indeed,  we 
had  the  richest  exhibition  of  colors 
on  the  lake  today  that  we  remember 
ever  having  seen.  A  shower  was  ap- 
proaching over  the  lake  and  the  sun 
was  only  showing  his  face  occasion- 
ally, when  the  whole  vast  extent  of  the 
lake  took  on  the  deepest  shades  of 
green  and  blue  and  orange,  like  a  huge 
rainbow,  or  a  vast  ribbon  of  many  col- 
ors. It  was  a  great  exhibition  and  that 
without  any  extra  charge.  The  town 
of  Pentwater  is  pricking  up  its  ears, 
as  if  it  heard  something  coming.  Its 
great  unfinished  hotel,  which  has  been 
voted  to  Prof.  Washington  Sherman, 
of  Greenville,  111.,  is  being  repaired 
and  begins  to  look  like  business.  A 
large  new  dock  is  going  in  on  its  front. 
Better  boat  facilities  ai;e  being  planned 
for.     "Now  is  the  time  to  subscribe." 

Jhn  Evening  Prayer 

BY  THOMAS  CURTIS  CLARK. 

Father,  on  thy  name  we  call. 
As  the  evening  shadows  fall; 
Bless  the  labors  of  the  day : 
All  before  thy  feet  we  lay. 
Guard  us  through  the  dark  of  nigiit; 
Put  all  enemies  to  fliglit: 
Call  us  by  the  morning  ray 
To  our  tosh — this,  Lord,  we  p 


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Church 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 

As  Seen  From  the  Dome 


September  28,  1905 

By 
F.  D.  Power 


The    vision    goes   back   over    three 
decades    of    history.      A    significant 

period  necessarily  that  is  in  this  age, 
either  in  the  life  of  a  man.  or  of  a 
church.  Our  thirtieth  anniversary  has 
passed  and  we  turn  backward,  and 
as  we  pitch  our  tent  at  the  thirtieth 
milestone,  raise  our  Ebenezer,  and  so 
link  present  deliverance  with  all  the 
past,  and  testify  again  to  the  enduring 
faithfulness  and  goodness  of  a  cove- 
nant-keeping God.  Past  mercies  call 
for  present  thanksgiving.  Our  English 
word  thankful  is  akin  to  the  Anglo- 
Saxon  "thinkful,"  for  to  be  thankful 
is  to  be  thoughtful  of  benefits  re- 
ceived. The  feast  of  weeks,  of  Taber- 
nacles, Jacob's  pillar,  Joshua's  twelve 
stones,  like  the  stone  raised  by  Samuel, 
the  Lord's  day,  the  Lord's  supper,  and 
the  Lord's  baptism  all  Have  this  me- 
morial meaning.  In  no  respect  do  men 
feel  this  impulse  of  praise  so  mightily 
as  when  they  contemplate  their  obli- 
gations for  the  Gospel  of  Christ,  the 
church  of  Christ,  the  ordinances  of 
Christ,  the  fellowship  of  the  people 
of  Christ,  and  the  rewards  of  the  king- 
dom of  Christ.  How  can  any  man 
turn  away  from  the  fellowship  of  a 
true  church  of  Christ  to  the  fads  and 
cults  and  false  faiths  of  men,  or  the 
barren  places,  the  desert  and  wilder- 
ness of  the  world ! 

And  how  high  and  holy  the  history 
of  a  church,  dealing  with  deeper, 
mightier,  vaster  concerns  than  pertain 
to  one  age  or  generation,  or  to  one 
planet,  but  touching  in  its  last  range 
all  ages  and  all  worlds.  Chronicles  like 
this  can  never  be  complete  here,  the 
scribe  who  keeps  the  record  and  the 
angel  who  posts  the  book  of  remem- 
brance together  must  make  up  the  his- 
tory. In  1844  a  few  brethren  holding 
the  principles  advocated  by  the  Camp- 
bells met  in  Washington  at  the  home 
of  Dr.  G.  T.  Barclay.  In  1850  Alex- 
ander Campbell  preached  before  both 
houses  of  congress  and  again  in  '56, 
and  that  year- there  is  a  formal  state- 
ment of  a  church  with  34  members. 
Some  great  souls  were  connected  with 
it  in  this  early  period,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
R.  G.  Campbell,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George 
E.  Tingle.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  Haz- 
ard, Mr.  and  Mrs.  Benjamin  Summy, 
and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jeremiah  S.  Black. 
There  is  something  pathetic  about 
the  peregrinations  of  these  good  peo- 
ple. If  the  church  at  war  with  evil  is 
the  church  militant,  and  the  church 
at  rest  and  crowned,  the  church  trium- 
phant, this  is  the  church  itinerant. 
First  it  is  the  church  in  Dr.  Barclay's 
house,  then  in  Mr.  Campbell's  house, 
then  in  the  medical  college,  then  in 


Temperance  Hall,  then  in  the  Cor-  odists.  This  was  occupied  in  '69, 
coran  Library,  now  in  the  City  Hall  Isaac  Everett  preaching  the  dedica- 
and  now  in  Matzerott  Hall,  today  in  tory  sermon,  and  the  same  year  O.  A. 
old  Trinity,  and  tomorrow  in  Shiloh  Bartholomew  became  pastor  and  con- 
meeting  house,   again  at   Mr.  Camp-     tinned  for  three  years. 

September  4,  1875,  the  present  pas- 
torate began.  The  history  may  be  di- 
vided into  three  decades,  the  most  im- 
portant event  in  the  first  being  the 
erection  of  our  new  house  of  worship ; 
in  the  second,  the  establishment  of  the 
Ninth  Street  Church,  and  in  the  third 
the  expansion  and  enlargement  in  the 
matter  of  missions.  I  found  a  little 
frame  chapel  and  150  souls.  The  site 
seemed  almost  in  the  suburbs.  Iowa 
Circle  was  a  common.  No  one  thought 
it  quite  respectable  to  live  beyond  P 
street.  I  picked  blackberries  where  I 
now  live.  We  had  128,000  people  in 
the  District  of  Columbia,  rotten  wood 
pavements  and  mud,  bobtail  cars  and 
seven-cent  fares.  It  was  in  Grant's 
second  administration. 

The  first  year  we  organized  a  mis- 
sion on  the  Bladensburg  road,  near  the 
site  of  our  present  Thirty-fourth 
bell's  house,  and  then  again  at  the  City  Street  Church.  We  organized  in  1878 
Hall,  till  they  finally  pitched  their  tent  an  auxiliary  to  the  C.  W.  B.  M.,  which 
on  M  street  in  '69 ;  but  even  here  has  given  its  thousands  and  organized 
they  do  not  find  rest ;  soon  the  little  a  score  of  others.  We  organized  in 
church  is  on  wheels  journeying  to  1880  the  Christian  Missionary  Society 
Vermont  avenue  in  1871.  They  are  of  Maryland,  Delaware  and  District 
pilgrims  and  sojourners.  They  lit-  of  Columbia,  which  has  been  instru- 
erally  go  into  all  the  city  and  preach  mental  in  gathering  in  many  hundreds 
the  Gospel  to  every  creature.  of  souls  and  building  up  churches  in 

From   '63  to   '69  they  met  in  the     all  our  territory.    We  organized  later 


F.    D.    POWER. 


City  Hall.  Lincoln's  friend,  Ward 
Lamon,  United  States  marshal  of  the 
District  of  Columbia,  and  Mrs.  Lamon 


the  Bethany  Beach  institution,  which 
promises  to  be  the  seaside  summer 
resort  for  all  our  people.    In  1880  the 


attended  these  services,  and  through     movement  took  shape  for  the  building 
Mr.  Damon  they  secured  the  use  of     of  the  present  house  of  worship.    Mr. 


the  hall.  Little  was  done  during 
the  stormy  period  of  the  war,  but 
the  little  band  was  greatly  strength- 
ened by  the  coming  of  General 
Garfield,  who,  on  entering  con- 
gress, identified  himself  with  them, 
shared  their  poverty  and  ob-  r  •  - 
scurity,  their  interests  and  la- 
bors, and  often  spoke  in  their 
meetings.  In  the  midst  of 
pressing,  onerous  and  con- 
stant labors  he  always  re- 
membered his  Lord  in  the 
simple  supper  and  sought  to 
spread  his  Gospel,  and  men 
might  say  of  him  as  he  said 
of  Thomas,  "His  character 
was  as  grand  and  simple  as 
a  colossal  pillar  of  chiseled 
granite."  In  '68  Henry  T. 
Anderson  became  pastor  of 
the  little  flock,  and  the  move- 
ment took  form  which  led  to 
the  purchase  of  the  little 
frame  chapel  from  the  Meth- 


Garfield  was  elected,  but  before  that 
the  pastor  had  appeared  before  the 
G.  C.  M.  C.  at  Louisville  and  urged  the 
work.  Then  came  the  election  and  as- 
sassination, and  all  the  sad  experiences 
of  that  single  summer  in  the  history 


.,:>  '^0  ":■',  r'™?^ 


The  Old  Chapel  where  Garfield  and  Black 
worshiped,  and  where  F.  D  Power  min- 
istered during  his  first  seven  years  in 
Washington. 


September  28,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


1253 


of  the  republic.  President  Garfield 
loved  the  church.  He  wrote  me,  as 
far  back  as  '76,  when  his  youngest 
child  died: 

1227  I  St.,  Oct.  25,  1876. 
Dear  Brother  Power:  Our  precious 
little  boy  died  at  9:30  this  morning.  We 
take  him  to  Ohio  for  burial,  starting  by  the 
7:40  train  this  evening.  We  shall  be  glad 
to  have  you  come  and  hold  a  brief  service 
of  reading  and  prayer  at  6  o'clock.  Please 
ask  a  few  of  our  brethren  and  sisters  to 
come  with  you.  In  the  hope  of  the  Gospel 
so  precious  in  this  affliction,  I  am, 
Very  truly  yours, 

J.  A.  Gareieu>. 

Again,  when  during  the  campaign 
I  expressed  the  sympathy  of  the 
church  with  him,  he  answered  me: 
"I  am  glad  to  know  our  brethren  are 
feeling  so  kindly  toward  me,  and  es- 
pecially to  know  that  they  are  not 
moved  by  the  assaults  that  are  being 
made  upon  me." 

Again,  when  I  wrote,  asking  any 
suggestions  in  regard  to  the  new  house 
of  worship,  he  replied:  "I  am  glad 
to  hear  the  work'  is  to  be  undertaken, 
and  beg  leave  to  offer  but  one  sug- 
gestion, and  that  is,  that  our  brethren 
do  not  undertake  to  build  too  large  a 
house.  Let  us  keep  within  our  means, 
and  also  avoid  anything  like  ostenta- 
tion, either  in  size  or  decoration.  Let 
it  be  a  neat,  modest  church  of  under- 
size,  rather  than  oversize." 

Again,  when  a  noted  political 
preacher  wished  to  occupy  the  pul- 
pit, and  I  asked  his  advice  about 
inviting  him,  he  said  to  me:  "We 
don't  want  any  political  preaching 
in  our  little  church.  I  am  not 
there  as  President.  I  am  there 
simply  as  a  Disciple  of  Christ." 
And  in  the  hour  of  pain,  knowing  of 
our  constant  prayer  in  his  behalf,  he 
was  heard  to  say:  "The  dear  little 
church  on  Vermont  avenue ;  they  have 
been  carrying  me  as  a  great  burden; 
when  I  get  up  they  shall  not  regret 
it!"  September  19  ended  the  nation's 
long  vigil,  and  we  held  that  service 
in  the  dome  of  the  Capitol — the  most 
impressive,  I  dare  say,  in  the  history 
of  the  country,  with  one  living  Presi- 
dent, two  ex-Presidents  and  two  ex- 
Vice-Presidents,  Supreme  Court  and 
diplomats,  Senate  and  House,  army 
and  navy — a  great  host;  and  six  of 
his  brethren  bore  his  body  away  from 
the  scene  of  his  toils  and  triumphs. 
January  20,  1884,  we  dedicated  the 
new  church,  President  Arthur  and  his 
cabinet  and  many  prominent  men  of 
the  nation  being  present.  That  ends 
the  first  decade.  In  1890  we  projected 
the  Ninth  Street  Church.  A  mission 
had  been  opened  where  the  National 
Library  now  stands,  and  then  con- 
ducted in  Odd  Fellows'  Hall  S.  E.; 
and  then  the  chapel  buiit  at  Ninth  and 


D  streets  N.  E.,  and  we  have  a  church  Power,  has.  at  our  request,  written 
there  of  1,140,  with  a  Sunday  school  about  his  thirtieth  anniversary  at  the 
of  800,  the  second  largest  in  the  city.  Vermont  Avenue  Christian  Church, 
Then  comes  last  the  decade  of  en-  is  an  opportune  time  to  present  his 
largement  and  expansion.  Thirty  photograph  and  pictures  of  the  first 
years  ago  the  little  chapel  and  150  church  where  he  ministered  at  Wash- 
souls;  in  1905,  8  churches,  2,500  mem-  ington  and  the  present  home  of  his 
bers  and  $150,000  worth  of  church  ministry.  One  of  the  Washington 
property.  To  the  Vermont  Avenue  papers  describes  him  as  "erect  as  a 
Church  1,522  souls  have  been  added:  young  soldier,  bright  of  eye  and 
five  preachers  of  the  gospel  have  gone  ruddy  of  face,  and  with  a  head  of  sil- 
from  us,  9,000  religious  services  have  ver  hair  that,  so  far  from  giving  him 
been  held,  the  pastor  has  preached  the  appearance  of  an  aged  man, 
5,000  sermons  and  made  50,000  calls,  heightens  the  youthful  impression 
and  $225,000  has  been  contributed  to  which  his  activity  and  vigor  give." 
the  Lord's  work  by  people  in  very  "My  wife  says  I  should  quit  keep- 
plain    circumstances.      So    much    for     ing     anniversaries,"      says      Brother 

Power.  "It  may  be 
so.  She  feels  it 
perhaps  more  than 
I  do,  as  a  little  boy 
at  the  beach  this 
summer  handed 
me  two  peaches 
and  said,  'Take  one 
to  your  mudder.' 
It  does  no  good  to 
battle  against  the 
evidence.  Anniver- 
saries come,  wheth- 
er we  keep  them  or 
not.  Standing  this 
summer  in  a  group 
of  curious  Hoo- 
siers,  after  having 
preached  three  ser- 
mons with  the  ther- 
mometer at  95,  a 
typical  specimen  of 
Hoosierdom  of  the 
lank,  lean,  long- 
drawn-out  variety 
that  reminded  one 
of  an  extension  fire 
ladder,  remarked : 
'You  stood  up  un- 
der it  purty  well 
today  for  one  of 
your  age.'  'How 
old  do  you  take  me 
to  be?'  asked  one 
of  the  number. 
'Wall,'  said  the 
Hoosier,  eyeing  me 

figures ;    but  there  are  greater  things     from  top  to  bottom,  'he  is  just  a  lee- 
than   figures.       Ebenezer :    "Hitherto     tie  over  seventy' !" 


VERMONT  AVENUE  CHURCH,  WASHINGTON,  D.  C 


the  Lord  hath  helped  us."  We  may 
trust  him  for  the  untried  future.  Let 
us  go  on  to  perfection.  Let  us  take 
others  with  us. 

A    if*    &    s£ 
FREDERICK  D.  POWER. 

Many    of    the    readers    of    The 
Christian-Evangelist    who    enjoy 


Brother  Power  is  a  Virginian,  born 
in  185 1,  within  a  few  miles  of  his- 
toric Yorktown.  He  was  the  second 
son  of  the  nine  children  of  Dr.  Robert 
Henry  Power,  a  well-known  physi- 
cian, who  served  in  both  houses  of  the 
state  legislature.  His  mother,  from 
whom  he  received  his  early  education, 
was  a  teacher  and  a  woman  of  ex- 
the  writings  of  F.  D.  Power  under  ceptional  culture  and  beautiful  char- 
"As  Seen  From  the  Dome"  will  acter.  His  home,  at  the  age  of  ten 
doubtless  be  glad  to  know  more  of  years,  when  the  civil  war  broke  out, 
the  personality  of  the  man,  and  we  was  in  the  track  of  the  armies.  As 
think    this    occasion,    when    Brother  (continued  on  page  1255.) 


i*S* 


FHb:    CHRISTIAN-EVANGE]  1ST 


September  28,  1905 


The    Transformation    of  Wealth 

A    Study    of  the    Business    of   Church   Extension 


Tremendous  strides  are  being-  made 
today  toward  practical  agreement  in 
the  essentials  of  Christian  faith.  The 
next  step  will  be  to  convert  the  church 
to  the  essentials  of  Christian  practice. 
The  supreme  problem  of  Christian 
missions  is  to  put  that  "go"  back  into 
the  hearts  of  believers,  to  restore 
the  sense  of  personal  responsibility 
and  personal  obligation  to  the  place 
where  Christ  left  it. 

Being  living  epistles  of  Christ  to 
men.  we  are  under  obligation  to  ex- 
pend upon  ourselves  whatever  money 
is  needful  to  make  us  and  keep  us 
at  our  highest  effectiveness  as  mes- 
sage-bearers, and  not  one  dollar  more. 
Above  this  sum  whatever  remains  is 
my  stewardship  for  God.  And  I  am 
shut  up  by  creational  necessity,  in 
handling  this  stewardship,  to  this  al- 
ternative. I  may  choose  in  love  to 
invest  his  money  for  him,  or,  being 
full  of  fear  and  not  of  faith,  I  may  hide 
it  in  a  napkin  and  cover  it  with — 
dirt. 

Had  Jesus  ignored  this  subject  in 
his  teachings  we  might  be  free  to  deal 
with  it  according  to  private  and  in- 
dividual judgment.  But  it  so  happens 
that  by  far  the  larger  portion  of  his 
recorded  utterances  deal  directly  with 
this  matter  of  stewardship,  with  the 
privileges  and  obligations  of  citizen- 
ship in  the  heavenly  kingdom  he  was 
about  to  set  up  upon  the  earth.  When 
Christian  people  have  finished  discuss- 
ing dogmas  and  polities,  rites  and  cer- 
emonies, we  shall  have  time  and  in- 
clination, perhaps,  to  give  attention  to 
Jesus'  teaching  concerning  money  in- 
vestments. 

lie  tells  us  to  take  our  money  and 
gi  1  and  buy  friends  with  it.  But 
friendship,  you  say,  is  not  a  marketable 
commodity.  Well,  then,  go  not  into 
the  market  place  to  find  it,  scan  not 
the  last  quotations  of  the  produce  ex- 
change to  find  the  latest  price  of  it. 
Stand  not  upon  the  streets  and  cry 
aloud  for  men  to  come  and  give  you 
friendship  in  exchange  for  your  cash. 
( Mter  to  no  man  your  dollar  for  a  dol- 
lar's worth  of  friendship.  Men  may 
take  your  dollars,  if  you  like,  but  they 
will  give  you  back — scorn,  contempt 
and  emptiness. 

Nay,  rather  than  that  hollow  mock- 
ery, hear  Christ.  Emblazon  this  truth 
in  your  heart.  Write  it  above  the  com- 
monplace transactions  of  daily  inter- 
course. Publish  it  to  earth's  remotest 
ends.     Bury   it   in   the   heart   of   the 

*A  portion  of  an  address  at  the  National  Con- 
vent'on. 


By  Robert  Perry  Shepherd 

church.  Make  it  the  chief  trumpet 
tone  in  every  missionary  appeal  and 
response.  For  this  truth  is  embedded 
deep  in  the  constitution  of  man  and 
realized  perfectly  in  the  perfect  man. 

He  may  be  my  friend  who  helps  me. 
He  is  my  friend  who  helps  me  to  help 
myself.  He  is  most  my  friend  zuho 
helps  me  to  be  helpful  to  others,  who 
makes  me  a  living  exponent  of  the 
Gospel  of  mutual  self-help,  ivho  shows 
me  how  to  bear  joyously  my  07. <n  bur- 
dens that  I  may  the  more  suiely  bear 
others'  burdens,  and  so  fulfill  the  law 
of  Christ. 

Friends  are  not  to  be  bought  by  the 
law  of  barter  and  sale.  Cold  cash  con- 
tains no  equivalent  for  a  warm  heart. 
But  when  money  becomes  an  embodi- 
ment of  life,  of  energy,  of  loving  hope 
and  sympathetic  cheer,  it  may  be 
transported  where  friends  cry  out  in 
helplessness  for  help,  it  may  be  prayer- 
fully expended  there,  its  energies 
unloosed,  its  highest  function  dis- 
charged, its  transformation  become  an 
accomplished  fact,  the  wealth  of  earth 
transmuted  into  the  unfading  riches 
of  eternity. 

For  the  giving  of  such  money  is.  the 
proffer  of  friendship.  The  acceptance 
of  it  is  friendship's  glad  response.  ■ 
And  though  the  friends  thus  won  and 
bound  together  in  indissoluble  ties  may 
not  see  each  other  face  to  face  on 
earth,  the  joy  of  precious  fellowship 
in  the  realms  now  invisible  shall  be 
the  more  surpassing  by  reason  of 
mutual  conquests  made  in  the  here  and 
now  but  disclosed  and  comprehended 
only  over  there. 

In  the  light  of  this  brief  statement 
of  an  alchemy  divine,  we  ought  to  be 
in  better  mood  to  weigh  the  spiritual 
significance  of  missionary  work  and 
to  give  a  needed  emphasis  to  a  few 
plain  facts. 

Some  of  us  are  preachers.  We  give 
all  our  time  to  the  Gospel  ministry. 
We  preach  the  glad  tidings  to  the  un- 
saved that  they  may  believe  into 
Christ.  We  aim  to  teach  the  Lord's 
disciples  to  observe  all  things  whatso- 
ever he  commanded,  to  instruct  them 
in  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus.  If  we 
shun  to  declare  to  Christians  the  whole 
counsel  of  God  we  be  false  leaders. 
If  we  claim  the  privileges  of  the  pub- 
lic ministry  we  must  meet  its  obliga- 
tions faithfully  lest  as  blind  leaders  of 
the  blind  we  land  both  in  the  ditch. 

Concerning  missions  in  general,  we 


preachers  owe  to  them  for  whom  and 
unto  whom  we  minister  to  tell  them 
with  simple  earnestiess  that  our  mis- 
sionary offerings  are  our  "go,"  and 
that  this  "go'"  may  be  as  precise  a 
measure  of  the  obedient  mind  as  is  the 
quantity  of  water  used  in  the  act  of 
baptism.  We  must  say  to  them  in 
language  unmistakable  that  if  we  will 
be  jealous  for  the  integrity  of  the 
Great  Commission  we  must  be  con- 
sistently jealous ;  that  it  not  infre- 
quently happens  that  those  who  are 
most  delinquent  in  some  command 
which  they  do  not  like  are  most  in- 
flexible and  harshly  critical  concerning 
any  apparent  laxity  in  some  command 
which  they  happen  to  like;  that  it 
is  as  disastrous  for  them  who  live 
within  glass  walls  to  hurl  missiles  from 
within  as  it  is  for  stones  to  fall  upon 
them  from  without ;  that  our  average 
last  year  of  64  cents  per  member  for 
all  missions,  the  work  for  which  Jesus 
Christ  gave  his  life  on  the  tree  of 
human  shame,  does  not  commend  us 
as  expert  exponents  of  the  mind  of 
Christ. 

Concerning  our  missionary  socie- 
ties we  must  tell  them  whom  we  bring 
into  Christ  that  these  are  but  the  chan- 
nels we  have  devised  through  which 
to  pour  the  friendship  fund  of  our 
combined  energies.  We  tell  these  men, 
whom  we  appoint  to  be  our  eyes  and 
our  ears,  our  feet  and  our  hands,  to 
search  the  wilderness  and  city  slums, 
the  moral  deserts  and  waste  places  of 
this  our  land  and  of  all  lands,  to  find 
for  us  where  weakness  lifts  its  plain- 
tive wail,  where  misery  sits  in  mourn- 
ing, and  soul  anguish  beats  against 
the  barriers  of  helplessness. 

While  they  prosecute  this  search 
we  who  earn  money  will  embody  our 
energies,  to  the  best  of  our  ability,  in 
the  money  we  acquire.  We  will  use 
whatever  we  need  for  our  sustenance. 
We  will  use  what  we  need  in  local 
helpfulness.  And  when  they  come 
back  to  us  and  tell  us  where  we  can 
advantageously  make  to  ourselvs 
friends  by  means  of  our  money,  there 
will  be  no  pleading  and  begging  and 
pumpihg  and  agonizing  needed  to  get 
the  use  of  our  money,  for  it  is  already 
consecrated  cash.  We  shall  be  eager 
to  "go,"  to  release  once  again  our  en- 
ergies, to  uplift  the  fallen  and  the 
faint,  to  put  a  new  song  in  their 
mouth,  and  to  bid  them  hasten  while 
they  have  yet  an  open  door  to  make 
to  them  and  us  yet  more  friends  who 
shall  receive  us  into  the  timeless 
abodes. 

We  must  show  the  church  that  no 


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one  of  our  missionary  agencies  is  of 
transcendent  importance.  All  of  them 
are  important.  The  success  of  any  one 
of  them  depends  upon  the  success  of 
all  the  others.  They  are  mutually  nec- 
essary and  interdependent. 

To  evangelize  the  home  land  and  all 
lands  ;  to  educate  the  white  and  black 
and  all  between,  both  here  and  on  alien 
shores ;  to  heal  the  sick  and  cure  the 
blind ;  to  father  the  orphan  and  the 
lone ;  '  to  minister  with  solicitous  grat- 
itude to  the  needs  of  them  whose  la- 
bors for  others  left  no  room  for  self- 
sought  comfort ;  to  exalt  and  main- 
tain Christian  culture  and  discipline, 
all  this  is  the  faith  of  Jesus  Christ,  the 
faith  that  works  by  love. 

It  is  in  such  a  setting  of  first  prin- 
ciples and  of  missionary  fundamentals 
that  we  wish  to  show  cause  why  the 
business  of  Church  Extension  is 
worthy  of  wider  recognition  and  of 
more  generous  support. 

We  are  the  home-maker  of  the 
brotherhood  of  Disciples  of  Christ. 
Our  business  is  to  supplement  the  ef- 
forts of  small  groups  of  our  brothers 
and  sisters  who  are  trying  to  build  a 
church  home  for  themselves. 

Were  we  unsocial  nomads  domestic 
ties  would  not  engage  us  and  we 
would  need  no  church  home.  Settled 
society  and  the  social  instinct  make 
both  the  family  dwelling  and  the 
church  home  a  necessity.  Common 
enjoyment  of  the  simple  privileges  of 
divine  appointment,  the  need  of 
mutual  comfort  and  provocation  to 
love  and  good  works,  and  the  inspira- 
tion of  faithful  hearts,  should  cause 
the  church  home  to  be  ever. beautiful, 
chaste  and  clean,  in  structure,  in  main- 
tenance, and  in  its  setting. 

Settled  society  properly  withholds 
confidence  from  that  which  seems 
transient  and  ephemeral,  while  the  ap- 
pearance of  permanence  begets  assur- 
ance. Shabby  and  dismal  exteriors 
speak  of  hopelessness  within.  The 
appearance  of  unsuccess  invites  ob- 
livion. Men  seek  success  and  will  in- 
vestigate that  which  seems  to  be  in  the 
enjoyment  of  it. 

A  man  may  exist  without  a  home. 
He  may  find  provender  here  and 
there,  and  sleep  in  unsought  places. 
He  may  wear  his  rags  with  cheerful 
unconcern  and  make  his  abode  the 
boundless  out-of-doors.  But  his  man- 
hood can  never  thus  be  full.  He  is 
dead,  while  yet  he  lives,  to  all  the  life 
which  home  and  social  ties  beget. 
Homelessness  and  fruitlessness  are  in- 
separable companions. 

A  church  can  exist  without  a  re- 
spectable church  home,  a  building 
made  progressively  sacred  by  precious 
memories  accumulating  there.  A 
church  can  sleep  in  tents  and  halls  and 


doleful  shacks.  But  the  sense  of  son- 
ship  and  of  brotherhood  can  never 
thus  be  full.  A  homeless  church  is 
foredoomed  to  a  losing  struggle  for 
existence. 

But  whisper  to  that  church  the  hope 
of  fixedness,  of  permanence,  of  home. 
Despondent  fears  flee  speedily,  leth- 
argy is  swallowed  up  in  awakened 
energy.  The  hope  of  wider  useful- 
ness imparts  new  breath  of  life.  The 
little  group  quickens  to  the  sense  of 
brotherhood,  the  energies  of  the  mass 
thrill  the  part,  the  church  responds 
to  the  call  for  effectiveness,  and  trium- 
phant conquest  is  won  from  the  maw 
of  defeat. 

This  is  no  figment  of  poetic  fancy. 
The  history  of  our  Church  Extension 
work  is  a  veritable  drama  of  such 
spiritual  quickening.  During  the  sev- 
enteen years  that  this  friendship  trust 
fund  of  the  brotherhood  has  been 
going  out  from  Kansas  City,  the  ideal 
has  become  a  reality  at  least  900 
times.  Having  helped  these  churches 
to  acquire  their  homes  of  worship 
and  work,  390  times  the  money  has 
come  back  in  full  to  be  sent  out  to  buy 
more  friendships  in  the  Lord.  In  430 
instances  the  loans  have  been  paid 
back  in  part  and  what  has  been  re- 
turned has  been  quickly  sent  forth  on 
the  same  beneficent  ministry. 

A  total  fund  of  over  $460,000  is 
now  singing  its  happy  way  for  us,  a 
rondeau  of  helpful  fellowship.  This 
money  has  called  into  the  Lord's  work 
at  least  $1,380,000  additional,  which 
might  otherwise  have  been  withheld 
from  this  glorious  use. 

We  have  been  able  to  give  help  to 
less  than  half  of  the  calls  set  before 
us.  There  are  even  now  600  oppor- 
tunities awaiting  your  response. 
From  the  wakening  south  and  the 
envigored  north,  from  populous  east 
and  peopling  west,  from  every  hand 
the  cry  of  homelessness  is  seeking  to 
rouse  them  who  abide  at  home,  the 
unhelped  are  seeking  help  to  become 
more  helpful. 

This  is  the  one  discordant  note  in 
what  ought  to  be  a  perfect  harmony  of 
acclaim.  So  slow  is  our  great  brother- 
hood to  strike  hands  heartily  with 
these  weaker  places.  Tardily  and  with 
evident  reluctance  to  these  funds 
come  to  strengthen  feeble  knees  and 
lift  up  the  hands  that  hang  down. 

Out  of  11,260  congregations  which 
we  number  only  1,269  nad  a  part  last 
year  in  this  work  of  home-making. 
Out  of  $770,000  given  for  missions 
last  year  by  1,234,000  Disciples  of 
Christ  less  than  $69,000  was  set  apart 
to  help  the  homeless  to  acquire  homes. 
We  could  profitably  use  at  this  mo- 
ment a  fund  of  ten  million.  With  such 
a  sum  to  strengthen  this  right  hand  of 


our  fellowship  we  could  help  to  build 
one  church  home  every  working 
of  the  year  mul- 

titudes of  hungry  saints,  help  to  win 
other  multitudes  to  the  Lord's  cause, 
Stop  many  channels  of  appalling  U 
and  give  new  impetus  and   fervor  to 
all  our  missions. 

In    our    care    of    all    investments 
made   through    us    we   must    observe 
with    scrupulous    exactness   the   p 
prieties    of    business    procedure, 
must  comply  with  the  property   ':■ 
of  the  different  states.    We  must  im- 
pose restrictions  on  those  to  whom  we 
loan  these  friendship  funds.  And 
although  we  insist  on  all  the  essentials 
of    kindred    commercial    transactions, 
the  churches  are  made  to  feel  that  the 
source  of  their  help  is  not  a  board  but 
a  brotherhood,  that  their  need  is  sup- 
plied not  by  a  soulless  and  unfeeling 
money  lender,  but  by  brethren  whose 
interests  and  theirs  are  identical,  by 
friends  whose  hearts  are  moved  with 
compassion    to    make    their    arms    of 
strength    the    encircling    help    of    a 
brother's  weakness. 

Frederick  D.  Power. 

(continued  from  page  1253. J 

a  youth  he  spent  the  winters  in  Rich- 
mond, as  a  page  of  the  state  senate; 
and  when  fifteen  years  of  age  he 
obeyed  the  gospel  under  the  preach- 
ing of  A.  B.  Walthall.  In  September 
of  1868  he  entered  Bethany  College, 
to  prepare  for  the  ministry,  spending 
three  years  there,  and  during  vaca- 
tions preaching  in  eastern  Virginia, 
and  for  several  months  in  1870  serv- 
ing the  church  at  Washington,  Pa., 
while  still  a  student.  Graduating  in 
1 871;  he  was  ordained  at  the  Tide- 
water Convention,  and  took  charge 
of  Smyrna  Church,  King  and  Queen 
county;  Jerusalem,  King  William 
county,  and  Olive  Branch,  James  City 
county.  These  congregations  were  far 
apart,  and  the  young  theologue  had 
to  do  a  good  deal  of  horseback  riding ; 
but  he  regarded  the  two  years  spent 
with  these  country  churches  as  of  the 
greatest  value  to  him.  In  1874  he  ac- 
cepted a  call  to  the  church  at  Char- 
lottesville, Ya.,  for  the  purpose  of 
taking  lectures  at  the  university ;  but 
one  Lord's  day  in  each  month  was 
given  to  Gilboa.  He  married  Miss 
Emily  Alsop,  of  Fredericksburg,  and 
was  soon  called  to  Bethanv  College 
as  adjunct  professor  of  ancient  lan- 
guages. For  his  duties  as  pastor, he 
received  $500  a  year.  In  1875  ne 
was  called  to  Washington,  but  first 
declined  the  invitation.  It  was  after 
a  personal  visit  by  one  of  the  elders 
of  the  church  that  he  was  induced 
to  visit  the  brethren  in  the  Capitol 
City,  and  the  result  was  an  engage- 
ment upon  which  he  entered  in  Sep- 
tember. 


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FHE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


September  28,  1905 


An    Interior    Unbelief     By  wauam  Durban 


Here,  in  great,  teeming,  booming 
London,  big  questions  have  their  ori- 
gin. And  on  these  questions  contro- 
versies hum  and  buzz  incessantly.  One 
difficulty  about  these  constant  discus- 
sions is  that  they  overlap.  For  in- 
stance, the  higher  critical  problem  is 
now  complicated  by  another.  The 
Anglican  dignitaries,  who  have  leisure 
for  study  in  their  deaneries  and  resi- 
dentiary canonries.  have  been  of  late 
plunging  with  extraordinary  ardour 
into  the  question  whether  they  have 
any  right  at  all  to  criticise  the  Bible. 
Now.  a  storm  has  broken  out  both  at 
Westminster  and  St.  Paul's,  because 
this  question  again  is  being  entangled 
with  a  tiiird  puzzle,  in  which  some  of 
the  same  clergymen  are  involved. 
Canon  Hensley  Henson,  of  Westmin- 
ster, is  at  this  moment  fighting  vigor- 
ously on  two  issues  at  once.  This  is 
not  a  little  bewildering  to  interested 
lookers-on.  I  will  explain ;  for  the  sub- 
jects are  of  supreme  importance  to 
Christians  in  all  lands. 

THE   RIGHT  TO  CRITICISE. 

Some  organs  of  the  daily  press  are 
bristling  with  letters  from  indignant 
Christian  people,  who  declaim  at  the 
doubts  cast  by  Canon  Hensley  Hen- 
son,  the  dean  of  Ripon,  and  other 
noted  clergymen,  on  the  supernatural 
elements  in  the  Bible.  These  famous 
men  are  doubtless  misunderstood. 
They  are  excellent  Christian  men,  are 
fine  scholars,  are  eminently  devout, 
and  are  esteemed  for  the  beauty  of 
their  lives  and  the  charitable  spirit 
they  show.  Canon  Henson  has  done 
all  in  his  power  to  display  a  sentiment 
of  brotherhood  toward  Nonconform- 
ists. And  Dean  Fremantle  is  person- 
ally beloved  by  all  who  know  him.  I 
have  the  honor  of  his  friendship.  But 
these  famous  preachers  and  writers 
and  some  others  like  them  are  fearless 
in  their  expression  of  individual  opin- 
ion. They  therefore  have  given  some 
staggering  shocks,  not  only  to  narrow- 
minded  or  poorly-informed  good  peo- 
ple, but  also  to  some  of  the  evangeli- 
cals who  are  as  scholarly  and  intelli- 
gent as  themselves.  For  we  must  take 
care  to  note  that,  in  these  days  of  en- 
ergetic thinking,  effusive  speaking 
and  trenchant  writing,  the  best  repre- 
sentatives of  all  parties  are  coming  in- 
to collision  simply  through  intense 
anxiety  for  the  truth.  I  have  equal 
esteem  and  respect  for  Canon  Hensley 
Henson,  with  whose  critical  position 
I  can  not  manage  to  agree ;  for  Dean 
Fremantle,  whose  liberalism  I  endorse 
to  a  greater  extent,  though  not  en- 
tirely;   for  Prebendary  Webb-Peploe, 


of  St.  Paul's,  whose  sturdy  Protestant- 
ism claims  my  unreserved  admiration ; 
and  for  Canon  Scott  Holland,  whose 
High  Church  ceremonialism  repels 
me.  I  have  been  able  to  grasp  the  fact 
that  each  of  these  leaders  is  fighting 
for  what  seems  to  him  to  be  a  noble 
ideal  and  that  he  is  willingly  incur- 
ring obloquy  and  reproach  for  its 
sake.  Each  is  contending  for  his  own 
individual  right  to  criticise  everything 
that  is  amenable  to  the  operation  of 
human  reason,  and  which  appeals  to 
the  conscience,  including  the  Bible. 
But  we  are  listening  to  a  clamoring 
multitude  who  pour  letters  into  the 
press  contending,  on  the  contrary,  that 
the  clergy  have  "no  right  to  criticise 
the  Bible."  Every  day  the  thought 
occurs  to  me  that  the  Bible  must  be  a 
very  poor  production  if  it  will  not 
bear  criticism  just  as  Homer,  Virgil, 
Horace  and  Shakespeare  have  to  en- 
dure it.  While  I  think  the  destructives 
have  destroyed  themselves  as  we  have 
quietly — many  of  us — looked  on  and 
waited,  and  while  I  consider  that  the 
extreme  critics  have  committed  criti- 
cal suicide — for  this  is  confessed  in 
Germany  itself — I  am  at  the  same 
time  thankful  for  the  process  of  criti- 
cism. Whatever  we  have  had  to  give 
up  is  much  more  than  compensated  for 
by  the  everlasting  confirmation  of  the 
validity  of  the  Pentateuch  and  the  his- 
torical books  of  the  Old  Testament. 

SHOULD  POLITICS    BE  TOUCHED  BY 
CHRISTIAN  CHURCHES? 

While  the  questions  pertaining  to 
the  mere  fact  of  criticism  are  still  be- 
ing vehemently  controverted,  Sir  Rob- 
ert Anderson,  Bishop  Welldon,  and 
others,  hotly  accusing  the  critics  of 
profaning  Moses  and  massacring 
Abraham,  the  whole  subject  of  super- 
naturalism  is  being  debated  over 
again.  It  is  singular  to  see  whole  col- 
umns daily  occupied  in  morning  pa- 
pers by  animated  and  elaborate  letters 
on  the  miraculous.  This  shows  how 
religious  thought  is  coming  to  the 
front.  It  can  give  no  pleasure  to  the 
infidel.  Editors  must  be  conscious  that 
the  public  mind  has  now  come  to  feel 
an  absorbing  interest  in  spiritual 
things.  Is  not  this  a  marvelous  sign 
of  the  day  ?  I  do  not  feel  specially  con- 
cerned by  the  talk  about  indifference, 
for  the  real  indications  are  all  the 
other  way. 

And  now,  in  the  third  place,  while 
the  air  resounds  with  the  echoes  of 
the  dual  debate  on  criticism  and  mir- 
acles, the  two  topics,  separate  in 
themselves,  being  mingled  together, 
there  comes  in  a  third  reverberation 


of  opinion.  I  have  sometimes  listened 
to  an  organ  or  an  orchestra  perform- 
ing a  massive  piece  of  music.  During 
some  mazy  passages  the  original  and 
initial  "thema"  seemed  to  be  lost,  but 
suddenly  it  began  to  sound  forth  down 
in  the  bass  and  then  crept  up  into  the 
tenor,  then  mounted  to  the  alto,  and 
finally  soared  triumphantly  to  the  so- 
prano. So  the  thematic  strain  was 
victorious  and  one's  soul  exulted  in 
the  majesty  of  the  ascending  subject 
of  the  composer's  mind.  So  it  is  with 
truth.  Here  we  have  been  listening 
to  the  confused  jargon  of  theological 
debate,  with  Darwinism,  Spencerism, 
Weismannism,  Haeckelism  and  Well- 
hausenism  all  jumbled.  But  all  at 
once  we  hear  quietly  sounding  forth 
the  low  murmur  of  the  protest  of 
scholars  like  Sayce,   Pinches,  Budge, 


GET  POWER 
The  Supply  Comes  From  Food. 


If  we  get  power  from  food,  why 
not  strive  to  get  all  the  power  we  can. 
That  is  only  possible  by  use  of  skilfully 
selected  food  that  exactly  fits  the  re- 
quirements of  the  body. 

Poor  fuel  makes  a  poor  fire  and  a 
poor  fire  is  not  a  good  steam  producer. 

"From  not  knowing  how  to  select 
the  right  food  to  fit  my  needs,  I  suf- 
fered grievously  for  a  long  time  from 
stomach  troubles,"  writes  a  lady  from 
a  little  town  in  Missouri. 

"It  seemed  as  if  I  would  never  be 
able  to  find  out  the  sort  of  food  that 
was  best  for  me.  Hardly  anything  that 
I  could  eat  would  stay  on  my  stomach. 
Every  attempt  gave  me  heart-burn  and 
filled  my  stomach  with  gas.  I  got  thin- 
ner and  thinner  until  I  literally  be- 
came a  living  skeleton  and  in  time  was 
compelled  to  keep  to  my  bed. 

"A  few  months  ago  I  was  persuaded 
to  try  Grape-Nuts  food,  and  it  had 
such  good  effect  from  the  very  be- 
ginning that  I  have  kept  up  its 
use  ever  since.  I  was  surprised 
at  the  ease  with  which  I  di- 
gested it.  It  proved  to  be  just 
what  I  needed.  All  my  unpleasant 
symptoms,  the  heart-burn,  the  inflated 
feeling  which  gave  me  so  much  pain 
disappeared.  My  weight  gradually  in- 
creased from  98  to  116  lbs,  my  figure 
rounded  out,  my  strength  came  back, 
and  I  am  now  able  to  do  my  house- 
work and  enjoy  it.  The  Grape-Nuts 
food  did  it."  Name  given  by  Postum 
Co.,  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

A  ten  days  trial  will  show  anyone 
some  facts  about  food. 

"There's  a  reason." 


September  28,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIS1 


1257 


Petrie — all  masters  of  Orientalism 
and  explorers  in  the  dust  where 
sphinxes  have  sat  and  the  old  palaces 
of  Assyrian,  Babylonian,  Egyptian, 
Persian,  and  Hittite  kings  have  been 
buried.  '  And  that  protest  is  prevail- 
ing. It  is  swelling  into  loud  echoes. 
And  the  vindication  of  the  prophets 
and  the  chroniclers  is,  I  should  say, 
complete  after  the  marvelous  discov- 
eries of  Bethel  temples  at  Sinai  last 
winter  by  Flinders  Petrie. 

But,  while  all  these  wondrous  ming- 
lings  and  comminglings  of  clashing 
records  and  discussions  press  on  our 
minds,  up  comes  the  new  quarrel 
among  the  London  divines  and  their 
friends,  as  to  whether  the  Christian 
churches  have  any  right  to  interfere 
in  the  realm  of  the  political.  It  may 
be  said  that  this  is  a  very  old  ques- 
tion. But  it  has  never  been  settled. 
Once  more  it  is  the  famous  Westmin- 
ster Canon,  the  irrepressible  Dr.  Hen- 
son,  who  has  burst  into  the  arena  with 
a  combative  proposition.  He  has 
sounded  the  signal  for  a  tornado.  He 
vehemently  attacked  Mr.  Silvester 
Home,  pastor  of  Whitefield's  taber- 
nacle, because  at  the  Sunday  afternoon 
meeting  of  men  a  member  of  Parlia- 
ment, a  Radical,  had  been  invited  to 
speak  and  chose  as  his  topic  "How 
We  Won  East  Finsbury."  Canon  Scott 
Holland  rushed  into  print  promptly 
to  defend  Mr.  Home  and  his  Free 
Church,  though  the  Canon  is  a  high 
dignitary  of  St.  Paul's,  for  he  is  the 
leader  of  the  curious  wing  of  the  High 
Church  Christian  Socialists.  This 
in  itself  serves  to  show  how  the  lines 
are  crossing,  how  we  are  all  getting 
mixed  up  in  an  "olla  podrida"  of  sen- 
timent and  opinion,  but  at  the  same 
time  how  very  much  more  alive  and 
alert  is  religious  thought  than  in 
the  days  of  our  fathers,  who  thought 
that  sound  doctrine  was  everything, 
but  never  could  define  which  doc- 
trines were  sound  and  which  were 
unsound.  The  fact  is  that  the  Chris- 
tian churches  must  take  more  note  of 
politics  than  they  have  ever  yet  done 
if  society  is  to  be  saved.  The  political 
parson  is  a  blunderer,  but  so  is  the 
parson  who  declines  to  inculcate  the 
necessity  of  political  righteousness. 
Applied  Christianity  is  one  of  the 
prime  essentials  of  the  hour.  If  all 
the  Plymouth  brethren  and  other 
sects  which  proclaim  that  Christians 
should  abstain  from  exercising  the 
practical  privileges  and  responsibili- 
ties of  the  citizen  and  member  of 
society  were  caught  up  to  heaven  to- 
morrow, the  world  would  be  absolute- 
ly ignorant  that  they  had  been  among 
us.  It  cannot  be  the  will  of  Christ 
that  Christians  should  be  thus  ig- 
nored, for  he  and  his  disciples  turned 


the  world  upside  down.  But  such 
Christians  as  I  have  named  would 
allow  the  devil  very  soon  to  turn  it 
downside   up   again. 

The  Moral  Content  of  Baptism. 

By  Rochester  Irwin. 

Has  baptism  a  moral  content?  No, 
not  when  the  external  act  alone  is 
considered;  for  judged  by  the  popu- 
lar standard  of  morality,  a  person  is 
neither  better  nor  worse  after  baptism 
than  he  was  before.  He  has  done 
nothing  which,  in  and  of  itself,  could 
make  the  world  happier  or  better.  He 
has,  perhaps,  become  more  potentially 
moral  because  of  the  influence  of  the 
act  upon  him,  objectifying,  as  it  does, 
the  fundamental  facts  of  the  Gospel ; 
so,  probably,  have  some  who  have  wit- 
nessed the  ceremony.  But,  as  an  act 
simply,  it  has  no  more  moral  content 
than  the  eating  of  the  forbidden  fruit 
by  the  first  pair  of  human  beings. 

Had  God  said  in  Eden:  "Thou 
shalt  not  kill,"  or  had  Peter  said  on 
Pentecost:  "Repent  and  give  alms," 
no  person  could  fail  to  see  the  pro- 
priety and  Tightness  of  obeying  the 
command.  But  what  wrong  could 
there  be  in  eating  of  a  tree  that  was 
"good  for  food,  a  delight  to  the  eyes, 
and  to  be  desired  to  make  one  wise"? 
or  what  good  could  accrue  from  being 
submerged  and  withdrawn  from 
water?  The  moral  content  here  is 
not  so  evident ;  I  maintain,  however, 
that  it  is  of  a  higher  degree  than  in 
the  supposed  cases.  To  illustrate  my 
argument : 

A  certain  king  desiring  to  employ 
a  servant  who  would  implicitly  obey 
him,  regardless  of  the  seeming  use- 
lessness  and  absurdity  of  the  task,  set 
two  of  the  many  applicants  for  posi- 
tions in  his  service  to  filling  a  large 
basket  with  water  which  they  were 
required  to  draw  with  buckets  from 
a  well.  Of  course  the  water  ran  out 
of  the  basket  as  quickly  as  it  was 
poured  in,  leaving  the  task  after  an 
hour's  labor  apparently  no  nearer 
completion  than  at  first.  This  was 
too  much  for  one  of  the  men,  and  he 
gave  up  the  job,  declaring  that  he 
would  serve  no  man,  be  he  king  or 
what  not,  who  would  request  him  to 
do  such  unreasonable  things.  The 
other,  however,  persevered  until  all 
the  water  was  drawn  from  the  well. 
As  he  poured  the  last  bucket  of  muddy 
water  into  the  basket,  he  noticed  some- 
thing bright  and  sparkling  fall  in  with 
the  sediment  from  the  bottom  of  the 
well.  Behold,  it  was  a  diamond  ring! 
He  quickly  ran  with  it  to  the  king, 
who  was  much  pleased  to  recover  his 
ring,  but  more  pleased  to  have  dis- 
covered such  a  willing  and  obedient 
servant,  to  whom  he  at  once  gave  an 
important  position  in  his  service. 

And  so,  when  the  rite  of  baptism 
is  faithfully  observed  by  those  who 
thus  express  an  internal  state  of  will- 


ingness to  dispose  themselves  in  trust 
and  unquestioning  obedience  to  the 
commands  of  the  "King  of  kin^s,"  it 
becomes  an  exceedingly  moral  act. 
What,  after  all,  determines  what  is 
moral  and  what  is  not?  Is  it  not  a 
judgment  based  on  a  generally  ac- 
cepted standard  which,  in  its  last 
analysis,  ends  in  a  dogmatism?  And 
who  could  better  dogmatize  than  he 
who  could  with  perfect  propriety 
speak  as  "One  having  authorit 

Haptism  may  be  classed  with  the  ul- 
timate tests  of  morality ;  by  which  I 
mean  those  acts  of  surrender  and  loy- 
alty which  prove  an  unfaltering  trust 
which  is  the  legitimate  product  of  a 
living  faith.  In  a  world  where  noth- 
ing can  certainly  be  known  to  be  good, 
true  or  enduring,  except  as  judged 
by  an  infallible  standard,  and  since 
no  standard  has  ever  transcended  the 
revelation  of  truth  made  evident  in 
Jesus  Christ,  it  behooves  him  who 
would  be  regarded  as  moral  in  the 
eyes  of  the  "Most  High"  to  trust  and 
obey  as  a  little  child  the  dictates  of 
him  who  was  "The  Way,  the  Truth, 
and  the  Life." 

"I  would  rather  walk  in  the  dark  with  God 
Than  by  myself  in  the  light." 
Rochester,  Minn. 

AT  THE  PARSONAGE 
Coffee  Runs  Riot  No  Longer. 


"Wife  and  I  had  a  serious  time  of  it 
while  we  were  coffee  drinkers. 

"She  had  gastritis,  headaches,  belch- 
ing and  would  have  periods  of  sickness 
while  I  secured  a  daily  headache  that 
became  chronic. 

"We  naturally  sought  relief  by 
drugs  and  without  avail,  for  it  is  now- 
plain  enough  that  no  drug  will  cure  the 
diseases  another  drug,  coffee  sets  up. 
particularly,  so  long  as  the  drug  which 
causes  the  trouble  is  continued. 

"Finally  we  thought  we  would  try 
leaving  off  coffee  and  using  Postum.  I 
noticed  that  my  headaches  disap- 
peared like  magic  and  my  old  'trem- 
bly' nervousness  left.  One  day  wife 
said,  'Do  you  know  my  gastritis  has 
gone  ?' 

"One  can  hardly  realize  what  Pos- 
tum has  done  for  us. 

"Then  we  began  to  talk  to  others. 
Wife's  father  and  mother  were  both 
coffee  drinkers  and  sufferers.  Their 
headaches  left  entirely,  a  short  time 
after  they  changed  the  old  coffee  for 
Postum.  I  began  to  enquire  among 
my  parishioners  and  found  to  my  as- 
tonishment that  numbers  of  them  use 
Postum  in  place  of  coffee.  Many  of 
the  ministers  who  have  visited  our 
parsonage  have  become  enthusiastic 
champions  of  Postum."  Name  given 
by  Postum  Co..  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

There's  a  Reason. 

Read  the  little  book,  "The  Road  to 
Wellville"  in  each  pkg. 


1253 


I  HE   CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


September  28,  1905 


Our   Budget. 


1    has 


,ned    at    Oxford. 


— L    P. 

.na. 

— Loren  Howe  moves   from  Pierson,  la., 
CaL 

— O.  M.  Thomason  has  entered  upon  the 
ate  at  Davis,  I.  T. 

—A  church  will  be  dedicated  at  Athens, 
\V.  y  in  October. 

S.    F.    Rogers    is   now    in    a   fine   new 
pars       -  iswell,  Ind. 

— H.  M.  Polsgrove.  of  Metropolis,  111., 
has  rk  at  Jennings.  I. a. 

—J.  M.  Rudy's  preaching  in  the  meeting 
at  Alameda.  CaL,  was  greatly  enjoyed. 

—Herbert     Ycuel:  to     the     Third 

Church.  Brooklyn,  X.  Y..  in  November. 

—J.  \Y.  F.ratcher.  of  Waldron,  Ark.,  has 
vered  from  a  two  months'  sickness. 

— Junius  Wilkins  has  resigned  at  Mena, 
Ark.,  but  a  successor  has  already  been 
found. 

—J.    \Y.   Walters,   of   Webster   City,   la., 
.  extended  a  call  by  the  church  at 
Pern. 

— C.  M.  Kreidler.  of  Milwaukee,  goes 
to  the  Twenty-fifth  Street  Church,  Balti- 
more. Md. 

— A.  M.  Harvuot  and  wife  have  just  cel- 
ebrated the  twentieth  anniversary  of  their 
mama- 

— After  nine  years  of  service,  G.  M.  An- 
derson has  resigned  at  the  Fourth  Church, 
Indianapolis. 

— L.  C.  Wilson,  of  Louisiana,  has  been 
seriously  sick,  but  is  able  to  be  in  the 
pulpit  again. 

— Our  church  at  Springfield,  Mass.,  ex- 
pects to  cancel  the  mortgage  on  its  lot  by 
October  I. 

— The  Hookerton  District  Convention,  of 
North  Carolina,  will  be  held  at  Grifton, 
October  4.  5. 

— The  pastorate  at  Altoona,  la.,  will  be 
open  early  in  October,  Chas.  Coakwell  hav- 
ing resigned. 

— C.  R.  Moore  writes  that  there  is  bright 
prospect  for  a  self-supporting  congregation 
in  Arlington.  Cal. 

— S.  R .  Drake  has  closed  his  work  at 
Columbus  Junction,  la.,  and  would  like  to 
locate  elsewhere. 

— The  Western  Pennsylvania  Convention 
meet-  at  Knoxville  Christian  Church,  Pitts- 
burg, September  26-28. 

— The  West  Virginia  State  Convention 
is  to  be  held  October  4-8  at  Bluefield,  where 
W.  G.  Walters  is  pastor. 

— George  W.  Brown  will  enter  upon  the 
pastorate  of  the  First  Chiistian  Church, 
Charleston,  111.,  October  1. 

— The  church  at  Vermillion,  Kan.,  has 
a  parsonage  into  which  T.  H.  Schuyler  and 
family  have  just  moved. 

— A.  J.  Saunders,  who  has  been  preach- 
ing for  =ome  years  in  Australia,  has  just 
entered  Texas  Christian    University. 

— J.  M.  Elam,  who  has  accepted  a  call 
to  Carthage,  III.,  is  to  hold  a  meeting  at 
Frankford,   Mo.,  beginning  October  1. 

—The  brethren  at  Beaver  Falls,  Pa.,  are 
looking  forward  to  having  their  mortgage 
and  all  expenses  to  date  paid  on  October  1. 

— Nearly  thirty  of  the  new  students  at 
Texas  Christian  University  took  member- 
ship with  the  University  Church  at  Waco. 

— A.  O.  Swartwood,  who  has  been  at 
Miller,  S.   D.,  for  the  past  two  years,  has 


been  called  by  the  church  for  an  indefinite 
time. 

— Plans  are  under  way  for  a  new  build- 
ing for  the  Boyle  Heights  Church,  Los  An- 
geles, where  Walter  L.  Martin  is  the  min- 
ister. 

— The  Sunday  school  offering  for  home 
missions  is  next  in  order.  The  Lord's  day 
before  Thanksgiving  is  the  time  for  this 
offering. 

— Z.  T.  Sweeney  is'  to  dedicate  the  new 
church  at  Murray,  Ky.,  October  8.  He  has 
just  dedicated  a  handsome  new  building  at 
Canton,  O. 

— The  Martin  Family,  evangelists,  have 
been  busy  all  summer.  They  have  preached 
to  great  crowds,  and  have  added  hundreds 
to  the  churches. 

—A.  T.  Campbell  has  left  Toronto,  Can., 
and  will  locate  in  the  United  States.  The 
Monroe  Street  Church,  at  Chicago,  has  ex- 
tended him  a  call. 

— Our  preacher  at  Salina,  Kan.,  who  is 
also  the  mayor  of  the  city,  is  building  his 
own  house,  working  at  the  carpenter's  trade 
during  his  vacation. 

— The  new  property  of  our  North  Side 
Christian  Church.  Chicago,  was  dedicated 
on  Lord's  day.  There  was  a  special  union 
service  in  the  afternoon. 

— Two  young  men  from  our  Japanese 
mission  at  Los  Angeles  have  gone  to  Lex- 
ington, Ky.,  to  prepare  themselves  for  the 
ministry  in  their  own  country. 

— J.  S.  Bonham  is  already  at  work  in  his 
new  field  at  Findlay,  O.  The  Nineteenth 
District  Convention  will  be  held  with  the 
First  Church,  October  23,  24. 

— A  beautiful  new  church  at  Lucas,  Tex., 
has  just  been  dedicated  by  A.  J.  Bush 
and  R.  C.  Horn.  A  meeting  is  being  con- 
tinued by  Brother  Bush. 

— One  of  the  Des  Moines  papers  recently 
gave  a  whole  page  write-up  of  Drake  Uni- 
versity. Progress  is  being  made  with  the 
Bible  building  at  Drake. 

— The  Northeast  Georgia  District  Con- 
vention meets  at  Loganville,  October  9, 
and  the  Griffin  District  Convention  at  Ring- 
gold, Catoosa  county,  October  18,  19. 

— The  Fourth  District  Convention  of 
Ohio  will  be  held  at  Coshocton,  October 
9  and  10.  Entertainment  will  be  furnished 
free.     A  good  program  has  been  arranged. 

— A  number  of  Catholics  were  among 
those  who  attended  the  course  of  lectures 
just  delivered  at  Alma,  Tex.,  by  H.  E. 
Luck,  on  "The  Founding  of  Christianity." 

— Harry  G.  Hill,  secretary  of  the  Nation- 
al Education  Society,  has  decided  to 
spend  a  month  or  two  on  the  firing  line. 
This  notice  ought  to  bring  him  many  calls. 

— E.  M.  Pardee  and  wife,  who  are  now 
in  this  country,  will  not  return  to  Porto 
Rico,  on  account  of  the  climate.  Brother 
Pardee  expects  to  locate  with  some  Iowa 
church. 

— The  Second  Church,  Johnstown,  Pa., 
has  not  yet  called  a  pastor.  The  members 
of  the  First  Church  are  hopeful  that  their 
new  building  will  be  under  roof  by  No- 
vember 15. 

— Thomas  Martin  has  given  notice  to  the 
church  at  Sandy  Lake,  Pa.,  that  he  will 
not  be  open  for  engagement  next  year,  as 
he  expects  to  spend  the  winter  in  evangel- 
istic work. 

— Robert  E.  Moss,  of  Maysvillc,  Ky,  has 
received  a  call  from  the  church  at  Franklin, 
Ind.,  which  has  a  membership  of  over  nine 
hundred  and  a  $35,000  building,  erected  a 
few  years  aj^o. 

— T.  J.  Golightly  has,  at  his  request,  been 
released  from  the  church  at  Lebanon,  Ky., 


to  attend  Yale  Divinity  School,  where  he 
has  been  granted  a  scholarship  and  ad- 
vanced standing. 

— Stephen  J.  Corey  is  on  an  extended 
trip,  attending  conventions  and  addressing 
churches  in  the  interest  of  world-wide  mis- 
sions in  Oklahoma,  Indian  Territory,  Kan- 
sas and  Missouri. 

— Our  people  at  Des  Moines  are  bestir- 
ring themselves  to  prevent  the  establish- 
ment of  a  brewery  in  that  city.  I.  N. 
McCash  had  an  article  published  on  this 
subject  in  a  recent  issue  of  the  Des  Moines 
"Daily  News." 

— A.  H.  Darnell,  of  Cisco,  Tex.,  has  ac- 
cepted the  work  of  district  evangelist  for 
the  new  district  formed  of  East  Blanco, 
Stephens,  Shackelford,  Callahan,  Erath  and 
Hood  counties,  Texas. 

— J.  L.  Thompson,  of  Peru,  Ind.,  has  de- 
cided to  accept  a  call  extended  to  him  by 
'  the  Temple   Church,   Decatur,   111.,   and  he 
will   begin   his   new   work  at   the   close   of 
the  Cincinnati  meeting. 

— Ward  Russell  reports  that  the  church 
building  begun  last  fall  at  Florence,  Col., 
will  be  completed  at  no  distant  day.  Broth- 
er Russell  has  just  returned  from  a  two 
months'  trip  in   Europe. 

— J.  D.  Forsyth  has  received  a  call  from 
the  church  at  Peru,  Neb.,  and  begins  Oc- 
tober 1.  The  State  Normal  is  located  at 
this  place,  and  the  change  leaves  a  va- 
cancy in  the  pastorate  at  Fredonia,  Kan. 

— D.  A.  Russell's  severing  his  connection 
with  the  church  at  Red  Bluff,  Cal.,  to  be- 
come the  corresponding  secretary  of  the 
state  board,  has  led  up  to  some  very  compli- 
mentary resolutions  about  himself  and  wife. 

— P.  C.  MacFarlane,  who  was  very  much 
troubled  with  rheumatism  during  the  con- 
vention, has  left  Alameda  to  find  relief  in 
some  hot  springs.  His  pulpit  is  being  sup- 
plied by  Professor  Elston  and  Dean  Van 
Kirk. 

— There  is  to  be  a  new  church  building 
at  Oakland,  Cal.,  where  Brother  Scoville's 
meeting  resulted  in  118  additions.  On  the 
following  Lord's  day  after  the  close  of  the 
meeting  $14,000  were  pledged  for  a  new 
church. 

— F.  E.  Billington,  the  new  corresponding 
secretary  for  Oregon,  has  entered  upon  his 
work  with  a  great  deal  of  energy,  and  if 
the  brethren  will  rally  around  him  our 
cause  in  that  fine  state  will  be  greatly 
advanced. 

— O.  G.  Hertzog,  of  Hiram,  O.,  has  been 
engaged  by  the  Foreign  Society  to  solicit 
special  funds  to  aid  our  educational  insti- 
tutions in  foreign  lands.  He  will  begin  his 
new  duties  some  time  betwen  this  and 
January. 

— W.  H.  Fields  and  wife  have  just  been 
given  a  farewell  reception  by  the  church  at 
Beaver,  Pa.,  where  they  have  labored  faith- 
fully since  January,  1901.  They  leave  to 
take  up  the  work  for  the  First  Christian 
Church  of  Wheeling,  W.  Va. 

— The  New  England  convention  will  be 
held  at  Roxbury,  Mass.,  September  28  to 
October  1,  and  a  good  program  has  been 
prepared.  Any  of  our  brethren  in  the 
neighborhood  of  Boston  should  make  a 
point  of  going  out  to  the  St.  James  Street 
Church  and  encouraging  those  who  are 
holding  up  our  standard  in  the  east. 

{§^         @ 
BIBLE  COLLEGE  AT  HOME. 

If  you  can  not  go  to  college,  the  college 
can  go  to  you.  Let  us  send  you  our  new 
illustrated  catalogue.  Write  Chas.  J.  Burton, 
President  Christian  College,  Oskaloosa,  la. 


September  28,  iyos 


THE    CHRISTIAN-KVANdKLlST 


1259 


— Charles  T.  Paul  was  to  sail  from 
Genoa,  en  route  to  China,  via  the  North 
German  Lloyd  steamer  on  September  13. 
Brother  Paul  preached  for  our  church  in 
Liverpool  when  passing  through  that  city. 

— Bruce  Brown  advertises  a  series  of  ser- 
mons, and  among  them  we  note  two  con- 
trasting religion  as  exemplified  by  Messrs. 
Rockefeller  and  Morgan,  and  as  exem- 
plified by  Messrs.  Bryan  and  Roosevelt. 

— Percy  G.  Cross  has  resigned  at  Pine 
Bluff,  Ark.,  the  malarial  climate  of  that 
neighborhood  not  suiting  his  wife.  Over 
one  hundred  additions  have  been  made  to 
the  church  since  Brother  Cross  took  charge, 
in  June,  1904. 

— Ellsworth  Farris,  who  was  lately  one 
of  our  missionaries  on  the  Congo,  has  pre- 
pared two  lectures  about  that  country  and 
his  journey  there.  These  are  illustrated  by 
stereopticon  slides.  Brother  Farris  is  now 
associated  with  his  father  on  the  "Christian 
Courier,"  Dallas,  Tex. 

— Charles  G.  Stout,  state  evangelist  of 
Iowa,  who  is  in  the  midst  of  a  meeting  at 
Lohrville,  says  that  the  brethren  there  are 
talking  of  building,  and  the  ladies  have  a 
lot  paid  for  and  pledges  to  the  amount  of 
over  $1,300,  which  makes  a  good  start  for 
a  building  fund.  * 

— There  is  a  movement  on  foot  to  erect 
a  building  for  our  church  at  Bridgeport, 
Conn.,  where  the  need  for  a  building  is 
very  great.  The  brethren  are  now  meeting 
in  an  unused  school  house,  permission  for 
the  use  of  which  was  granted  by  the  board 
of  education. 

— We  published  in  a  recent  issue  some- 
thing about  the  unique  work  of  the  Chris- 
tian Temple  at  Baltimore,  of  which  Peter 
Ainslee  has  charge.  In  a  late  issue  of  the 
'"Baltimore  News"  there  is  more  than  half 
a  column  about  this  Bible  school,  which 
welcomes  all  denominations. 

— One-half  of  the  receipts  from  Boys' 
and  Girls'  Rally  Day  is  returned  to  the 
state  contributing  for  state  work.  This 
keeps  state  and  national  home  missions  in 
the  hearts  of  the  Sunday  school  children, 
and  binds  them  into  common  interest. 

— E.  W.  Darst  reports  that  the  simul- 
taneous revival  is  taking  deep  root  about 
San  Francisco  Bay.  One  new  church  will 
be  organized  as  a  result  of  the  campaign, 
which  the  Bureau  of  Evangelism  is  sup- 
porting. 

— Hugh  T.  Morrison  has  reached  the  end 
of  his  ten-thousand-mile  journey,  and  may 
be  addressed  at  85  Abel  Smith  street,  Wel- 
lington, New  Zealand.  We  hope  to  find 
space  for  a  letter  from  Brother  Morrison  at 
an  early  date. 

— Harold  E.  Monser  has  decided  that 
he  can  do  more  good  in  the  evangelistic 
field,  and  is  already  at  work  at  Heyworth, 
111.  He  will  move  to  Champaign,  111.,  in 
October.  He  reports  that  correspondence 
is  going  on  with  a  man  for  Kewanee. 

— The  South  District  Convention  of  Mis- 
souri will  meet  at  Nevada,  October  3-5. 
H.  James  Crockett  reports  that  all  things 
are  ready  and  a  great  meeting  is  expected. 
The  Nevada  church  will  entertain  all  vis- 
itors free,  and  churches  should  send  dele- 
gates. 

— We  have  received  a  copy  of  the  res- 
olutions of  appreciation  passed  by  our 
church  at  Ames,  la.,  in  respect  to  their 
pastor,  F.  D.  Ferrall,  who  has  accepted  the 
work  at  Bloomfield,  la.  The  resolutions 
speak  highly  of  Brother  and  Sister  Ferrall, 
both  as  workers  and  as  exemplars  of  the 
Christian  life. 

— The    Southeast    Minnesota    Convention 


will  be  held  at  Rochester,  October  12-14. 
The  prominent  subject  to  be  discussed  is 
the  question  of  evangelism,  and  at  least 
nine  addresses  are  to  be  given  on  different 
phases  of  revival  work.  This  gathering 
ought  to  be  productive  of  a  great  deal  of 
good  to  the  work  In    Minnesota. 

— We  clip  the  following  fro:n  the  "Chris- 
tian Courier"  :  "The  editor  of  the  "Courier,' 
brown  as  a  berry,  returned  Tuesday  morn- 
ing from  California,  lie  looks  ten  years 
younger,  says  he  feels  rejuvenated,  and 
that  he  had  a  glorious  time;  but  that 
grand  old  Texas  looks  'mighty  good'  after 
all  those  rocks  and  canons. " 

— "Our  work  for  the  Master  prospers  in 
every  way;  our  membership  is  united  and 
enthusiastic."  So  writes  E.  Richard  Ed- 
wards, of  the  First  Christian  Church,  Bed- 
ford, Ind.,  which,  by  the  way,  is  now  in 
possession  of  a  handsome  pipe  organ,  the 
gift  of  the  ladies,  which  was  used  for  the 
first  time  on  September  1. 

— There  have  been  145  additions  to  the 
church  at  Shelbyville,  Ind.,  since  H.  O. 
Pritchard  entered  upon  the  pastorate,  Jan- 
uary, 1904,  and  the  number  added  during 
the  present  year  is  61.  Every  department 
of  the  church  is  in  good  conditon.  H.  H. 
Harmon  takes  charge  during  Brother 
Pritchard's  eight  months'  leave  of  absence 
for  study  at  Yale. 

— The  Northwestern  Iowa  District  Con- 
vention is  being  held  this  week  at  Sac 
City.  Next  week  the  Northeast  will  be 
held  at  Waterloo;  the  following  week  the 
Central  at  DeSoto,  and  the  week  after  that 
the  Southeast  at  Bloomfield.  These  con- 
ventions begin  on  the  Tuesday  night  and 
close  on  the  Thursday  night,  each  week. 

— William  Baier,  of  Marcus,  la.,  has 
just  welcomed  to  his  fellowship  E.  N. 
Spofford,  of  Champlain,  Minn.,  who  was 
formerly  a  professor  in  Parker  College, 
and  for  the  past  eight  years  has  been  pas- 
tor of  the  Baptist  church  at  Champlain. 
"He  comes,"  says  Brother  Baier,  "with  a 
clean   record  and  is  a  strong  man." 

— We  have  heard  of  one  church  which 
believes  that  there  should  be  a  Christian 
paper  in  every  home  providing  a  fund  for 
this  purpose  by  taking  a  certain  portion 
from  the  offering  each  Lord's  day  morning, 
and  charging  it  to  the  literature  fund, 
which  is  then  used  to  cover  the  cost  of 
subscriptions  for  a  religious  newspaper  to 
go  to  every  home. 

— The  corner  stone  of  the  new  Central 
Church  of  Christ,  at  Streator,  111.,  was  laid 
last  Lord's  day.  James  H.  Gilliland,  of 
Bloomington,  delivered  the  address.  The 
building  is  to  be  of  brick  and  stone,  and 
will  cost  about  $13,000.  We  congratulate 
the  pastor,  Chas.  Hougham,  and  congre- 
gation on  the  prospects  of  dedicating  by 
January. 

— W.  W.  Wharton  and  O.  C.  Bolman 
were  at  Hillsboro  and  Pana,  111.,  Septem- 
ber 11  and  12,  encouraging  the  churches 
at  those  places,  where  the  churches  have 
been  recently  organized  by  the  Fifth  Dis- 
trict Board,  of  which  they  are  the  officers. 
They  report  excellent  progress,  and  believe 
we  will  soon  have  strong  congregations  at 
both  places. 

— "Our  plea  is  fast  getting  a  grip  in  this 
country,  and  the  outlook  for  the  new 
year  is  very  bright,  indeed."  So  writes 
F.  Hooker  Groom,  of  Weleetka,  I.  T.,  where 
we  have  the  strongest  church  in  the  town. 
Brother  Groom  says  that  there  are  an 
unusually  large  number  of  home-seekers 
coming  to  that  part  of  the  country,  and 
he  believes  that  our  brethren  should  visit 
his    town    before    locating.       He    will    be 


WE  CAN  SHOW  YOU 

How  to  do  the  Lord's  work 

1 

while  having  your  savings 
in  an  absolutely  safe  in- 
vestment, upon  which  there 
will  be  no  taxes  to  pay,  no 
change  0!  securities,  no 
personal  oversight  re- 
quired, no  cost  of  mortgage 
records  or  foreclosures, 
and  upon  which  you  will 
nt  t  a  larger  rate  of  inter- 
est than  in  any  other  in= 
vestment.  If  you  are  a 
Christian  and  want  your 
money  to  work  for  Christ 
while  at  the  same  time  it 
supports  you,  write,  men- 
tioning this  paper,  to 
BENJAMIN  L.  SMITH, 

Corresponding  Sec'jr  American 
Christian  Missionary   Society, 

CINCINNATI,  OHIO. 


very  glad  to  correspond  with  any  who  may 
desire  information. 

— The  church  at  Dexter,  Mo.,  has  given 
R.  H.  Lampkin,  of  Wolcott,  Ind.,  a  unan- 
imous call  and  raised  $150  more  for  his 
salary  than  the  church  has  ever  paid  before. 
In  order  to  accommodate  the  growing  needs 
of  the  work,  it  was  voted  last  Lord's  day 
to  build  a  $1,000  annex  to  the  church. 
R.  Clyde  Tucker,  the  church  clerk,  reports 
that  the  prospects  for  the  future  are  very 
bright. 

— J.  J.  Taylor,  who  has  been  holding  a 
meeting  in  Owingsville.  Ky..  writes  of  one 
effect  this  had  on  the  liquor  interests.  A 
town  election  was  held  the  day  before  the 
meeting  closed,  and  just  as  the  polls  opened 
a  great  choir  assembled  on  the  church 
steps,  opposite  one  of  the  voting  booths, 
and  began  to  sing,  "Stand  up,  stand  up  for 
Jesus !"  The  effect  was  marvelous,  and 
the  saloons  were  voted  out  of  the  town  and 
county. 

— We  are  glad  to  note  the  following  in 
the  "Bulletin"  of  the  Christian  church  at 
Peoria,  111. :  "We  have  as  our  guest  today- 
Carey  E.  Morgan,  father  of  our  Bro.  Walter 
Morgan,  and  pastor  of  our  church  in  Paris. 
Ky.  He  is  returning  from  a  trip  on  the 
upper  great  lakes,  and  is  being  entertained 
at  the  home  of  his  boyhood  friend,  A.  J. 
Elliott.  We  are  glad  to  welcome  him." 
This  indicates  that  Brother  Morgan  is 
much  better,  after  some  recent  trials  of 
the  operating  table. 

— F.  L.  Van  Voorhis  reports  that  the 
building  enterprise  at  Okmulgee,  I.  T.,  is 
on  the  way  to  success — that  bids  will  soon 


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be  advertised  for,  and  one  of  the  best 
houses  in  the  territory  will  be  erected.  He 
recently  preached  at  Cheeotah,  where  he 
found  a  splendid  little  band  of  Christians. 
At  the  opening  of  the  new  town  of  Hoff- 
man our  people  got  the  promise  of  a 
building  site  for  a  church,  and  a  meeting 
will  be  held  a  little  later  with  the  purpose 
of  establishing  a  permanent  work. 

— The  gift  of  $500,  received  from  the 
Independence  Avenue  Christian  Church,  be- 
ing part  of  the  thsnk-offering  made  by  that 
people  at  the  time  of  the  dedication  of  their 
new  building,  comes  at  a  particularly  op- 
portune time  to  our  National  Benevolent 
viation.  seeing  that  heavy  appropria- 
tions have  been  made  for  the  establish- 
ment of  a  new  orphanage  in  St.  Louis,  in 
addition  to  the  Old  People's  Home  at  Jack- 
sonville. 111.,  and  the  establishment  of  a 
new  orphanage  at  Baldwin,  Ga. 

— Up  to  September  iS  not  a  single  mem- 
ber of  either  of  our  churches  in  New  Orleans 
had  had  the  fever.  The  Sunday  morning  serv- 
ices and  the  prayer  meetings  are  well  at- 
tended. Marcellus  Ely,  the  pastor  of  one 
of  the  churches,  has  had  his  vacation  period 
lengthened  by  reason  of  the  disease,  and  he 
is  evangelizing  in  Missouri.  A  church  was 
organized  in  a  country  district,  five  miles 
from  Joplin,  with  thirty-two  members,  and 
it  will  not  be  long,  doubtless,  until  the 
brethren  will  have  a  house  of  their  own. 

— The  eleventh  anniversary  of  S .  S. 
Jones  as  pastor  of  the  Third  Church  at 
Danville,  111.,  has  just  been  celebrated,  and 
from  a  report  published  in  the  "Daily 
Democrat"  of  that  city  we  note  that  there 
have  been  1,643  additions  to  the  church 
during  his  pastorate,  885  of  whom  were 
from  the  world.  Brother  Jones  was  for- 
merly pastor  of  the  First  Church,  and 
for  a  few  months  supply  pastor  for  the 
Second  Church,  finally  organizing  the  con- 
gregation that  has  erected  the  handsome 
edifice  in  the  north  end  of  the  city. 

— M.  D.  Clubb  writes  in  the  "Pacific 
Christian"  very  enthusiastically  of  the  visit 
of  E.  L.  Powell  to  the  church  at  Watson- 
ville,  Cal.  Among  other  results  of  that 
visit  was  the  raising  of  $1,500  in  a  few 
moments,  after  an  address  by  Brother  Pow- 
ell at  the  opera  house  on  behalf  of  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  Before  he  left  the  city  the 
board  of  directors  of  the  association  pre- 
sented Brother  Powell  with  a  solid  gold 
watch  fob  as  a  slight  token  of  apprecia- 
tion of  his  service  in  behalf  of  the  associ- 
ation. 

— A.  C.  Smither  reports  the  sailing  on 
the  steamship  China  of  eleven  of  our  mis- 
sionaries for  various  stations  in  the  foreign 
field.  "As  the  steamer  out  out  to  sea  the 
party  was  gathered  on  the  deck,  one  of 
them  holding  up  Old  Glory,  while  back 
from  over  the  water  came  those  matchless 
words,  'My  country,  'tis  of  thee,  sweet 
land  of  liberty.' "  Brother  Smither  goes  on 
to  say  that  "no  tears  were  shed,  no  hearts 
were  bowed  with  grief;  all  was  laughter 
and  enthusiasm.  Such  is  the  spirit  of  our 
religion." 

—Christian  churches  in  Cincinnati  and 
neighborhood  are  to  begin  a  simultaneous 
evangelistic  campaign  on  October  8.  A 
corps  of  strong  representative  men  will  do 
the  preaching.  Any  reader  of  The  Chris- 
tian-Evangelist who  knows  members  of 
the  Christian  Church  in  Cincinnati  who 
have  not  identified  themselves  with  any  of 
our  churches  there  will  do  a  good  thing  if 
they  will  send  the  names  and  addresses  of 
such  people  to  W.  J.  Wright,  superintendent 
of  evangelism,  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Building,  Cin- 
cinnati,  O.     A   card   written   to   the  indi- 


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vidual,  urging  attendance  at  the  revival 
services,  may  stir  in  the  hearts  of  these 
lax  brethren  fires  that  are  smoldering. 

—The  Home  Board  is  just  now  calling 
attention  to  Boys'  and  Girls'  Rally  Day,  the 
day  on  which  the  schools  are  asked  to  make 
their  offering  for  home  missions.  A  charm- 
ing exercise  has  been  prepared  for  the  help 
of  such  schools  as  take  pride  in  making 
their  day  of  offering  a  day  of  festal  priv- 
ilege. We  are  anxious  that  all  schools 
should  be  enrolled  in  this  class  of  doers, 
for  certainly  no  field  appeals  more  directly 
or  more  strongly  to  the  enthusiastic  mis- 
sionary heart  than  the  field  of  our  own 
country.  We  should,  by  all  means,  have 
five  thousand  schools  observing  the  day 
this  year. 

— The  good  work  goes  steadily  forward 
at  the  University  Church,  Des  Moines. 
Brother  Medbury  took  but  two  weeks'  va- 
cation, even  depriving  himself  of  the  pleas- 
ure of  attending  the  national  convention. 
Audiences  were  uniformly  large  during  the 
heated  term,  and  not  a  service  was  missed. 
Considerably  over  three  hundred  have  been 
added  since  January  i,  and  in  full  view  of 
its  uniform  growth  and  progress  it  is  safe 
to  say  that  this  great  church  was  never 
before  so  thoroughly  animated  with  a  spirit 
of  devotion  to  the  wonderful  work  to 
which  the  Lord  has  called  it,  in  a  position 
of  such  commanding  influence. 

— J.  P.  Allison's  resignation  at  Bellaire, 
O.,  has  been  accepted,  though  with  regret. 
He  leaves  about  November  l,  having  been 
with  the  Bellaire  church  since  January, 
1905.  He  has  done  a  good  work,  and 
Brother  C.  M.  Rodefer,  a  member  of  the 
board  of  deacons,  believes  that  the  harvest 
to  be  gathered  by  his  successor  will  be  a 
plenteous  one.  Letters  addressed  to  the 
church  clerk  will  reach  the  committee  on 
pulpit  supply.  Brother  Rodefer  writes: 
"In  the  change  that  Brother  Allison  '  is 
about  to  make  he  will  be  benefited  in  many 
ways,  and  not  the  least  to  be  considered 
among  the  inducements  was  a  marked 
increase  in  salary.  Thus  we  like  to  see 
our  young  men  in  the  ministry  grow  and 
be  sought  after.  As  he  enters  his  new 
field    in    Cleveland,    he    goes    followed   by 


our  prayers  and  hopes  for  every  possible 
success.  That  the  Dunham  Avenue  Church 
has  a  good  man  we  know,  and  our  hopes 
are  that  together  they  may  do  much  for  the 
Master's  work." 

— At  the  farewell  reception  given  to 
Brother  B.  Q.  Denham  and  wife,  by  the 
members  of  the  Fifty-sixth  Street  Church, 
New  York,  there  was  a  representative  gath- 
ering. After  an  hour  of  social  intercourse 
a  program  was  rendered,  and  in  the  course 
of  it  some  resolutions  eulogistic  of  Brother 
Denham's  work,  and  expressing  the  regret 
of  the  congregation  at  the  severance  of 
their  relationship  with  him  and  his  wife, 
were  passed.  Under  his  ministrations  the 
membership  has  increased  and  the  auxil- 
iaries have  received  a  new  impulse.  At  a 
church  meeting  held  in  the  latter  part  of 
June  he  was  requested,  unanimously,  to 
withdraw  his  resignation,  which  he  had  ten- 
dered some  time  before;  but  business  en- 
terprises into  which  he  had  entered  would 
not  permit  him  to  do  this.  Mr.  Denham, 
in  response  to  the  resolutions  and  the  speech- 
es supporting  them,  referred  to  his  six  years' 
work  and  the  difficulty  confronting  a  min- 
ister in  New  York  City,  where  a  high  de- 
gree of  pulpit  ability  is  required,  and  at  the 
same  time  the  people  expect  a  great  deal 
of  church  visiting.  At  the  close  of  the  re- 
ception Elder  Robert  Christie  presented  to 
Brother  Denham  a  very  handsome  silver 
loving-cup  on  behalf  of  the  church.  Brother 
Denham  goes  to  Florida  to  engage  in  orange 
culture. 

—A  year  ago  there  was  a  debt  of  $2,000 
on  the  Christian  church  at  Greencastle,  Ind. 
C.  W.  Cauble,  the  energetic  pastor,  has 
seen  not  only  the  necessity  of  clearing  off 
this  debt,  but  of  putting  some  improve- 
ments on  the  church  building.  It  is  pleas- 
ant for  us  to  note  that  not  only  has  the 
debt  been  wiped  out,  but  $1,600  has  been 
spent  on  the  church,  and  it  has  just  been  re- 
opened, free  of  all  incumbrance.  The  in- 
terior of  the  building  has  been  somewhat 
remodeled,  and  it  is  in  better  shape  every 
way  for  an  aggressive  work,  which  we 
are  sure  Brother  Cauble  will  conduct.  Hav- 
ing been  one  of  "The  Christian-Evan- 
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A  Poem  in  Stone 


The  Finest  Church 
in  the  Brotherhood 


The  dream  of  our  paster  has  been  real- 
ized at  last  in  what  might  ve.y  appropri- 
ately  be  called  "a  poem  in  stone" — the 
Independence  Boulevard  Christian  Church 


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GEORGE  H.  COMBS. 

building,  Kansas  City,  Mo.  No  attempt 
can  be  made  here  to  relate  what  victories 
have  entered  into  this  greatest  one  of  the 
west  in  the  shape  of  a  congregation  of 
Christians  and  their  church  building.  It 
would  take  a  philosophical  Christian  his- 
torian to  perfect  such  a  statement.  The 
sage  of  Concord,  Mass.,  once  said,  "All 
foregone  days  of  virtue  work  their  health 
into  this  day."  There  was  an  old  Latin 
motto  which  is  certainly  true:  "One  day  is 
pushed  forward  by  another,"  and  Col- 
eridge, said,  "In  to-day  already  walks  to- 
morrow." We  may  well  remark,  therefore, 
that  in  our  dedication  day  all  the  past 
history  of  the  Christian  Church  of  Kansas 
City  and  of  Missouri  was  walking.  In  re- 
cording hurch  progress  we  must  not  only 
take  into  accour  t  the  machinery  now  at 
work  but  we  must  remember  that  the 
spirit  of  all  past  progress  is  gathered  up 
within  it  and  is  potent  upon  it.  Christian 
forces,  like  those  of  nature,  work  cumula- 
tively. 

The  list  of  names  that  ought  to  be  men- 
tioned in  connection  with  such  a  work  as 
that  culminating  in  the  present  plant  on 
Independence  Boulevard  would  be  too 
long  to  print  in  the  pages  of  any  newspa- 
per. Some  require  special  mention,  as 
will  be  accorded  by  all  fair-minded  people. 
Years  ago,  when  T.  P.  Haley  came  to 
Kansas  City,  he  found  a  growing  city  and 
like  a  wise  man  he  planned  for  the  future. 
To  him  should  be  accorded  the  credit  of 
creating  the  spirit  which  to-day  prevails 
in  our  Kansas  City  churches — that  of 
unitedly  going  into  new  parts  of  the  city 
to  establish  churches.  As  soon  as  the 
First  church  grew  to  fair  proportions  an- 
other was  started  on  the  West  Side.  This 
one  co-operated  with  the  First  in  organizing 
a  third,  now  Forrest  Avenue,  on  the  South 
Side.  Tnese  three  started  the  Sixth  and 
Prospect  on  the  East  Side,  now  Independ- 
ence Boulevard  Church.  This  spirit  of 
unity  and  co-operation  has  continued  until 
now  we  have  thirteen  well-housed  and  well- 
equipped  congregations  in  Kansas  Cily, 
practically  out  of  debt  for  their  buildings, 
all   self-supporting  and   paying  ministers 


for  full  time,  with  a  resident  membership 
of  over  five  thousand  and  a  mission  at  Mt. 
Washington  which  will  be  housed  this  year. 
No  new  work  is  projected,  no  house  built 
except  by  the  advice  of  the  Joint  Board, 
composed  of  all  the  boards  of  the  different 
cnurches.  When  a  work  is  organized  it  is 
pushed  vigorously  until  the  congregation 
is  housed  and  provided  with  a  preacher. 
There  is  no  thought  of  making  one  work 
greater  than  the  other,  or  at  the  expense 
of  the  other.  If  one  church  is  better 
housed  than  another  it  is  because  it  has 
grown  up  within  a  richer  neighborhood 
and  has  had  superior  advantages  of 
growth.  Thus,  waea  the  mission  child 
has  been  well  started,  to  a  very  great  ex- 
tent it  works  out  its  own  salvation. 

Here  should  be  mentioned  some  names  of 
devoted  business  men  and  women  who  were 
blessed  with  talent  and  good  fortune  in 
making  money,  Who  gave  it  gladly  and 
liberally  to  the  starting  and  equipping  of 
these  missions,  now  our  thirteen  strong 
churches.  Others  gave  as  ttiey  were  able, 
and  their  names  are  recorded  in  the 
Lamb's  Book  of  Life,  though  we  cannot 
mention  them  here.  Let  us  mention  those 
who  were  always  first  with  large  amounts 
to  start  the  work  and  keep  it  going:  E.  P. 
Graves,  David  O.  Smart,  Langston  Bicon, 
Dr.  I.  M.  Ridge,  R.  L.  Yeager,  J.  B.  At- 
kins, James  Hurt,  E.  L.  La  Force,  Mrs. 
E  P.  Graves,  Mrs.  Sarah  H.  Jenkins  and 
Mrs.  Mary  J.  Atkins.  These  people  had 
the  money  and  gave  it.  Without  it  the 
present  victories  would  not  have  been 
possible. 

The  Independence  Boulevard  Christian 
Church  was  born  in  1888  in  a  hall  on  Inde- 
pendence Boulevard  as  a  mission  Sunday- 
school  to  take  care  of  the  growing  East  Side. 
The  church  was  organized  the  following  year 
and  the  Sixth  and  Prospect  building  was 
erected  and  dedicated  that  year.  This 
building  was  made  possible  by  a  gift  of 
D.  O.  Smart,  which  amounted   to   nearly 


ten  thousand  dollars  by  the  time  the  final 
indebtedness  was  paid.  The  church  out- 
grew this  building,  necessitating  the  erec- 
tion of  the  present  church  home,  dedi- 
cated to  the  gl  <ry  of  G^d  nnd  tie  salvation 
of  man  on  September  17.  In  this  b 
history  the  purpose  is  to  show  how  many 
factors    have    entered      in'o     the    pre  Mtf 


R.  A.  LONG. 

achievement.  Had  it  not  been  for  the 
princely  gift  of  D  O.  Smart,  which  made 
the  Sixth  and  Prospect  building  possible 
at  the  rght  moment,  giving  our  congre- 
gation recognition  and  standing  at  a  criti- 
cal time,  the  Independence  Bjul-vard 
Church  would  never  have  risen  to  grace 
our  ci'y  as  a  pr  >minent  landmark  in  our 
Christian  developm  nt.  To  have  a  great 
purpose  is  to  be  balf  on  the  way.     To  give 


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September  28,  1905 


money  for  this  purpose  and  then  take  God 
into  company  is  to  go  the  whole  stage. 
This  Brother  Smart  did  at  the  crucial 
period  and  saved  the  Sixth  and  Prospect 
work  for  a  great  future. 

John  A.  Brooks  figured  prominently  at 
this  time,  as  the  pastor  from  18SS  to  1892 
•nclusive.  His  was  an  eloquent  and  per- 
suasive gospel  and  many  were  added  to 
the  church.  His  reputation  as  a  public 
man  on  account  of  his  work  in  the  Pro- 
hibition party  and  as  its  presidential  can- 
didate brought  the  church  at  once  into 
prominence  and  people  moving  into  Kan- 
sas City  sought  out  this  man  and  came 
into  active  membership.  His  pastorate 
was  a  great  success  until  his  resignation  at 
the  close  of  1892. 

The  writer  well  remembers  the  first 
Lord's  day  morning  of  January,  1893.  A 
slender,  modest,  graceful  young  man  from 
Shelbyville,  Ky.,  was  in  the  pulpit,  having 
been  called  to  the  leadership  of  the  church 
by  the  congregation  at  Sixth  and  Prospect, 
without  having  been  seen  or  heard  by 
them.  Men  in  whom  we  had  confidence 
had  recommended  George  H.  Combs,  and 
he  was  called  to  a  great  work.  The  sermon 
that  morning  was  eloquent,  with  an  ap- 
peal for  men  and  women  to  love  Christ 
and  to  consecrate  themselves,  body  and 
soul,  to  him.  This  has  been  the  keynote 
of  his  preaching  all  these  years,  and  his 
life  its  illustration.  As  a  congregation  we 
have  followed  the  leadership  of  this  con- 
secrated, powerful  man  at  too  long  a 
distance  and  very  stumblingly.  But 
Brother  Combs  never  failed  to  rally  us 
from  time  to  time  until  on  Sunday, 
September  17\  -we  stood  on  the  heights  all 
day  in  contemplation  and  in  thankfulness 
for  what,  under  God,  we  had  been  per- 
mitted to  do. 

In  1891,  R.  A.  Long  came  from  Colum- 
bus, Kan.,  to  Kansas  City.  He  had  been 
in  the  lumber  business  there,  but  the  field 
was  too  limited.  From  the  first  he  suc- 
ceeded, until  now  he  is  manager  and 
principal  owner  of  the  Long- Bell  Lumber 
Company,  perhaps  the  strongest  in  the 
West.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Christian 
church  at  Columbus,  Kan.,  and  when  he 
came  to  Kansas  City  he  did  not  forget  his 
duty.  His  mother  was  anxious  to  have 
him  enter  the  ministry.  In  this  he  disap- 
pointed her,  but  by  his  giving,  and 
through  his  godly  life,  he  has  done  more 
good  than  had  he  entered  the  regular 
ministry.  His  gift  of  $70,000  made  the 
building  of  the  Independence  Boulevard 
Church  possible.  It  is  beautiful  to  note 
that  in  all  of  Brother  Long's  giving  he  has 
been  seconded  by  his  wife.  I  verily  be- 
lieve that  Brother  Long  has  succeeded 
because  he  has  combined  with  his  business 
ability  a  Christian  method  in  dealing  with 
his  employes.  He  meets  with  bis  men  at 
least  once  a  year,  and  if  PreMdeot  Roose- 
velt preaches  to  our  nation  in  his  prayer- 
meeting  talks,  R.  A.  Long  preacher  to  all 
employers  and  to  all  lumber  men  the  gospel 
of  Christian  treatment  of  employes.  As  a 
result  all  of  his  men  believe  in  Mr.  Long 
and  work  for  his  interests  as  for  their  own, 
because  he  has  proven  to  them  in  practical 
helpfulness  that  their  interests  are  one.  I 
personally  know  that  through  two  years  of 
hard  times  he  kept  up  the  salaries  of  his 
men  at  a  loss  to  himself  of  thousands  of 
dollars.  When  I  asked  him  how  he  could 
do  this  he  replied,  "They  cannot  stand 
reductions  in  salary.  If  I  take  proper  care 
of  my  men  now,  God  will  help  me  to  make 
it  again  in  future  years."  That  was  in 
1893.  Since  that  time  he  has  made  money, 
and    is  to-day   the  most  princely  giver  in 


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our  brotherhood.  Every  appeal  is  given 
the  most  careful  notice  and  if  be  is  able 
and  thinks  it  worthy  the  gift  receives  at- 
tention. He  is  an  example  not  only  in 
what  he  gives,  but  in  the  way  he  does  it. 
Suoh  men  are  the  hope  and  strength  of  a 
brotherhood.  Let  us  pray  for  more  such 
business  men. 

The  Independence  Boulevard  Christian 
Church  building  is  by  far  the  handsomest 
and  most  complete  bouse  of  worship  in 
Kansas  City  or  in  the  west.  The  location 
is  ideal,  being  on  the  southwest  corner  of 
Independence  and  Gladstone  Boulevards. 
The  view  from  the  front  portico  looks 
directly  north  on  Gladstone  Boulevard. 
People  cannot  see  Kansas  City  without 
seeing  this  building.  The  church  is  de- 
signed in  as  nearly  a  pure  Grecian  Ionic 
style  as  is  compatible  with  the  requirements 
of  a  modern  and  useful  church  building. 
The  exterior  is  of  Pbceinx  stone  for  the 
lower  story  up  to  the  main  water  table  and 
blue  Bedford  stone  for  the  balance  of  the 
work.  Leading  up  from  Independence 
Avenue  are  eleven  steps  to  the  porch.  The 
plan  of  the  auditorium  starts  with  a  Greek 
cross  having  shallow  arms,  the  intersec- 
tions of  which  are  surmounted  by  a  low 
dome  penetrated  to  the  sky  and  furnishing 
light  through  a  shallow  inner  dome  direct- 
ly over  the  main  auditorium.  It  is  further 
lighted  by  windows  from  three  arms  of  the 
cross.  The  treatment  of  the  interior  is 
white.  The  pews  and  woodwork  are  in 
mahogany  and  the  gallery  is  seated  with 
opera  chairs.  The  carpets  are  green  Wil- 
ton. The  Sunday-school  room  is  divided 
into  twenty-three  separate  class  rooms, 
partitioned  by  sliding  doors,  making  it 
possible  to  throw  the  entire  floor  into  one 
room.  Other  rooms;,  with  study,  parlor, 
primary  rooms,  cloak  rooms,  etc.,  make 
everything  complete. 

The  dedicatory  sermon  was  preached  by 
Z.  T.  Sweeney  from  the  text,  "I  am  not 
ashamed  of  the  gospel  of  Christ,  for  it  is 
the  power  of  God,"  etc.  The  sermon  was 
uplifting  and  inspiring.  He  divided  his  ser- 
mon into  three  parts:  1.  Power  for  civi- 
lization; 2.  For  unitization;  3.  For  moral- 
ization.  At  the  close  $6,330  weie  raised  for 
missions,  R  A.  Long  and  David  O.  Smart 
each  giving  $2,500,  seconded  by  their 
wives.  Three  thousand  dollars  of  this  goes 
to  city  missions.  $1,000  to  the  National  Be- 
nevolent Association.  The  church  was  com 
pletely  paid  for  before  dedication  and  cost, 
furnishings  included,  $124,000.  Of  this 
amount,  R.  A.  Long  gave  $70,000.  The 
afternoon  services'  were  participated  in  by 
representative  ministers  from  other  reli- 
gious bodies  and  from  our  own  churches 
and  judging  by  tbeir  speeches  Christian 
union  seemed  near  at  hand.  Realizing 
that  a  great  work  must  be  done  by  our 
church  of  1,500  members  a  prctracted 
meeting  began  Sunday  night  under  the 
leadership  of  Chas.  Reign  Scoville  and 
De  Loss  Smith.  Great  interest  has  been 
manifested  in  the  erection  of  this  building 
by  letters  and  telegrams  to  our  pastor 
from  all  over  the  land.  Our  membership 
is,  therefore,  made  to  feel  that  the  eyes  of 
a  great  brotherhood  are.  upon  us  and  that 
you  consider  this  work  ydur  work  as  well. 
Brethren,  pray  for  us  that  we  may  be  kept 
in  the  faith  and  love  of  him  who  loved  us 
and   gave   himself   for   us.     Pray   for  our 


evangelists.       Great    crowds    are    coming 

every  night  and  already  people  are  turning 

to  the  Lord.  G.  W.  Muckley. 

§&         $ 

Ministerial  Exchange. 

The  Christian  church  atNewkirk,  Obla., 
wants  a  pastor  to  take  charge  at  once. 
Address  H.  Garside,  Newkirk,  Okla. 

Guy  L.  Zerby,  359  S.  Acadtmy,  Gales- 
burg,  111.,  writes  that  he  can  put  a  f>w 
churches  desiring  meetings  in  touch  with 
an  evangelist  of  experience. 

G.  L.  Brokaw,  Des  Moines,  la.,  holds 
himself  ready  to  accept  calls  in  other  states 
in  his  work  as  evangelist.  It  is  wise,  he 
says,  to  plan  ahead  for  meetings. 

W.  H.  Kern,  518  N.  Garrison,  St.  Louis, 
can  hold  one  meeting  ou'side  his  regular 
work  from  the  middle  to  the  last  of 
October. 

N.  A.  Stull,  Highland,  Kan.,  wants  a 
November  meeting  in  western  Missouri. 
He  raises  his  own  money. 

J.  P.  Adcock,  Pilot  Point,  Tex.,  would 
like  to  correspond  with  churches  within 
100  miles  of  Ft.  ScoU.  Kan.,  that  will  need 
a  preacher  during  1906. 

F.  M.  O'Neal  and  wife,  singing  evan- 
gelists, desire  engagements  during  Novem- 
ber and  December.  Address  842  W. 
Florida  St.,  Springfield,  Mo. 

Harry  Shields,  Rochester,  Ind.,  is  a 
good  singer  and  leader.  He  is  available 
for  work  as  singing  evangelist. 

Miss  Lulu  M.  Rapp,  Kendall,  Mich., 
wishes  to  work  as  assistant  pastor. 

G.  W.  Thompson,  pastor  in  Kirksville, 
Mo.,  is  free  to  hold  two  or  three  meetings 
between  now  and  Christmas.  He  is  a  good 
man.  He  will  accept  the  free-will  offerings 
as  compensation. 

Leonard  V.  Barbre,  Terre  Haute,  Ind., 
can  hold  meetings  during  the  autumn  and 
winter.  He  has  succeeded  as  a  soul  win- 
ner.    Try  him. 

Arthur  L.  Haley,  Butler,  Ind.,  is  highly 
commended  as  a  singing  evangelist.  He 
is  said  to  be  a  success  both  as  leader  and 
soloist.  He  is  called  a  good  personal 
worker.  Such  men  should  be  kept  busy. 

The  church  at  Westplains,  Mo.,  wants  a 
man  for  a  meeting  in  the  near  future.  A 
pure  and  consecrated  man  is  desired. 

J.  J.  Taylor,  Lexington,  Ky. ,  who  is 
highly  commended  by  R.  M.  Campbell, 
Owingsville,  Ky.,  where  he  has  just  closed 
a  meeting  with  thirty-eight  additions,  is  to 
help  in  the  simultaneous  campaign  in  Cin- 
cinnati and  Pittsburg.  He  ought  to  be 
kept  busy. 

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Cancer  of  the  Face  Yields  to  the  Com- 
bination Oil  Cure— After  the 
X-Ray  Failed. 

Cambridge  City,  Ind..  Aug.  8,  '05. 

This  is  to  certify  that  in  May  last  I  applied  to 
Dr.  D.  M.  Bye  Company  of  Indianapolis,  for  treat- 
ment of  a  sore  on  my  face,  which  he  pronounced  a 
cancer,  and  treated  It  as  such.  After  using  his 
remedies  one  month,  was  entirely  relieved  and  am 
now  sound  and  well.  Other  physicians  had  treated 
it,  including  the  use  of  the  X-ray,  without  success. 

My  relief  prompts  me  to  say  to  those  having  the 
first  appearance  of  cancer,  to  apply  to  that  noted 
physician.  ISAAC  L.  WH1TELY. 

We  cure  all  forms  of  cancer  and  tumor  with 
soothing,  balmy  oils.  Most  cases  treated  at  home. 
Doctors,  lawyers  and  ministers  endorse  it.  Write 
for  free  books  on  cancer  to  the  Home  Office.  Ad- 
dress DR.  D.  M.  BYE  CO.,  Drawer  105,  Dept.  411, 
Indianapolis,  Ind. 


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NEWS    FROM    MANY    FIELDS 


Missouri  State  Mission  Notes. 

Back  again  after  an  absence  of  over  three 
weeks  in  the  trip  to  the  national  conven- 
tion, the  secretary  wishes  to  express  pub- 
licly his  gratitude  to  F.  E.  Udell,  who  made 
it  possible  for  him  to  take  this  great  trip. 
It  has  been  my  desire  ever  since  we  began 
to  talk  about  the  convention  going  to 
'Frisco,  but  I  had  given  it  up,  when  Brother 
Udell's  generosity  gave  me  the  chance. 
May  God  bless  him.  I  was  born  almost 
within  hearing  of  the  "boom"  of  the  waves 
as  the  stormy  Atlantic  beat  its  waters  on 
the  shore,  but  it  was  not  till  Wednesday, 
Aug.  16,  'at  Sunset  Beach,  a  short  distance 
from  Los  Angeles,  that  I  saw  the  peaceful 
Pacific  spread  out  before  me  and  took  a 
voyage  on'its  bosom,  and  the  delightful  ex- 
perience I  shall  never  forget. 

My  hand  can  hardly  be  restrained  as  I 
think  of  all  that  we  saw  and  experienced 
on  the  journey,  and  the  delights  of  that 
great  convention.  I  want  to  tell  about  it, 
but  I  must  content  myself  with  some  ob- 
servations that  have  to  do  with  our  work. 
Never  did  I  realize  the  importance  of  our 
own  state  in  its  relation  to  our  great  coun- 
try when  viewed  from  the  standpoint  of  the 
cause  we  plead,  as  I  do  now. 

1.  The  country  to  be  possessed  is  beyond 
description  great.  We  started  on  the  morn- 
ing of  Aug.  10,  and  with  some  pauses  we 
were  traveling  for  eight  days,  to  be  exact, 
about  five  days'  travel  as  fast  as  steam  could 
pull  us  before  we  reached  San  Francisco, 
and  the  return  trip  was  just  as  long,  yet 
in  much  of  that  country  we  are  an  unknown 
people.  We  have  more  people  in  either 
Boone,  Callaway  £>r  Monroe  counties  than 
we  have  in  the  entire  state  of  Montana, 
which  is  nearly  twice  as  large  as  the  state 
of  Missouri.  What  a  vast  territory  in 
which  to  plant  churches  of  the  primitive  or- 
der that  shall  plead  for  the  unity  of  God! 
And  in  this  great  task  Missouri  is  destined 
to  play  the  leading  part. 

2.  She  has  already  done  this.  There  is 
not  a  church  in  all  that  great  western  land 
that  has  not  in  its  membership  more  or 
less  Missourians.  The  first  church  we  found 
after  entering  California  was  San  Ber- 
nardino, and  Brother  Wilhite,  the  pastor, 
told  me  that  150  of  his  members  (nearly 
one-half)  came  from  Missouri  and  had 
learned  the  "perfect  way"  in  our  Missouri 
churches.  We  visited  a  good  many  churches 
going  and  coming,  and  at  every  place  the 
former  Missourians  nocked  around  us  and 
gave  us  hearty  welcome. 

3.  Missouri  has  largely  shaped  the  char- 
acter of  our  movement  in  all  this  mighty 
western  land.  In  many  of  the  churches  the 
leading  men,  elders,  deacons,  Sunday  school 
officers  and  teachers,  are  those  who  received 
their  training  in  Missouri  churches  and 
Sunday  schools.  Not  only  so,  but  the  min- 
istry of  that  country  is  composed  in  large 
part  of  those  who,  in  days  gone  by,  had 
their  names  in  the  list  of  Missouri  min- 
isters. I  am  not  wishing  to  exalt  Missouri 
above  her  dues;  I  am  just  simply  setting 
down  facts  as  they  came  to  me,  and  day 
by  day  I  was  impressed  more  and  more 
with  the  importance,  for  all  that  country, 
of  keeping  our  forces  in  our  great  state  as 
mighty  as  possible. 

The  spirit  of  conquest  ought  to  enthuse 
our  people  as  never  before.  The  strategic 
point  for  all  this  western  empire  is  the 
state  of  Missouri ;    from  her  churches  and 


her  ministry  in  the  days  to  come,  as  in  days 
agone,  must  go  the  forces  that  shall  win  this 
great  land  for  our  Lord  and  King.  What 
a  privilege  to  be  a  sharer  in  this  great 
work !  How  foolish  to  neglect  a  place  of 
such  strategic  importance!  Not  to  any  of 
us  who  crossed  the  plains  and  saw  the 
large  possibilities  that  lie  before  us  will  our 
work  in  Missouri  ever  seem  again  a  trivial 
thing. 

As  for  your  secretary,  he  has  come  back 
with  greater  desire,  larger  determination  to 
exalt  the  work  to  which  you  have  called 
him ;  he  has  a  broader  vision  of  the  sig- 
nificance of  state  missions  than  ever  before. 
To  save  Missouri  for  herself  alone  would 
be  a  grand  achievement,  but  to  save  Mis- 


souri for  the  sake  of  this  mighty  empire  in 
the  west,  for  the  great  multitudes  east,  that 
yet  know  not  the  sweetness  of  this  simple 
Gospel  plea,  for  the  country  far  up  in  the 
northland  and  for  the  "sweet  sunny  south," 
where  the  mocking  birds  sing  and  the  mag- 
nolias bloom,  yea,  to  save  Missouri  for  the 
sake  of  this  wide,  wide  world,  this  were 
an  achievement  worthy  of  the  greatest 
people  and  the  greatest  leaders  this  world 
has  ever  seen. 

Will  you  rally  to  such  a  call?  This  year 
should  be  and  must  be  the  very  greatest  in 
Missouri  missions.  The  day  for  the  offering 
is  near — Lord's  day,  Nov.  5.  Don't  forget 
it.     Get  ready  now. 

T.  A.  Abbott,  Cor.  Sec. 

311  Century  Building,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 


The    Oklahoma    Convention 


The     fourteenth     annual     convention     of 
the  brotherhood  of  Oklahoma  was  held  at 
Guthrie  on  September  11-14.     The  program 
provided  for  a  discussion  of  all  the  varied 
interests  of  the  work  from  the  much  neg- 
lected prayer  meeting  in  the  local   church 
to    the    world-wide    evangelism    as    repre- 
sented   by   the    Foreign    Society.      The   at- 
tendance was  up  to  the  average,  there  be- 
ing  115   registered  delegates.     The  attend- 
ance of  the  Guthrie  brethren  was  good,  so 
that,  notwithstanding  the  fact  that  this  was 
a   territorial   convention,   the   audience  was 
large    and    inspiring    at    all    times.     To    a 
"tenderfoot,"  this  first  convention  was  full 
of  special  interest.     It  was  a  series  of  sur- 
prises.   Here  where  the  virgin  soil  had  been 
broken  only  fifteen  years  ago  came  delegates 
representing  still  newer  territory,  and  back 
of  all  these  stood  a  brotherhood  of  22,000, 
with  325   congregrations,  and   160  of  these 
housed    in    church    homes,    and    with   new 
buildings  going  up  at  the  rate  of  a  new 
house    every    eight    days    during    the    past 
two  years    Then  the  personnel  of  the  con- 
vention was  striking.    There  were  such  old 
veterans  of  the  service,  men  of  strength  in 
other  states  in  days  past,  as  W.  T.  Maupin, 
J.  C.  Powell,  and  Dr.  H.  R.  Walling,  who 
are  still  active  in  this  land  of  breeze  and 
sunshine.      Several    of   the   leading   pulpits 
were    represented   by  new    men    who    had 
come  into  the  territory  since  the  last  con- 
vention, such    as    S.    B.    Moore,    of    Okla- 
homa City,  J.  M.  Rhodes,  of  Perry,  K.  C. 
Ventress,  of  Guthrie,  and  O.  L.  Smith,  of 
El  Reno.     Brother  Moore  had  come  from 
Atlanta,  Ga.,  while  the  latter  two  had  come 
from    Illinois.     Then    came    the    men    of 
action,  the  pioneer  souls  who  are  blazing  the 
ways,  where  highways  are  hardly  yet  run. 
There  was  R.  S.  Smedley,  the  original,  the 
unique,    the    rugged    church    builder    and 
Gospel  treasurer,  the  Elder  John  Smith  of 
these  modern  times.     It  is  the  privilege  of 
a    lifetime   to    see   the   man    and    hear   his 
story  of  pioneer  service  and  doctrinal  con- 
flict.   There  was  J.  W.  Cameron,  a  bronzed 
veteran,  who  looked  like  a  young  man.    He 
was  a  man  of  nerve  and  energy.    His  story 
of  raising  dead  congregations  sounded  like 
a  lesson  from  the  Gospel  of  John. 

And  C.  M.  Barnes,  vigorous,  active  and 
resourceful,  just  from  the  new  southwest, 
where  the  scattered  Disciples  were  being 
gathered"in  as  the  fowl  gathers  her  brood. 
His  story  of  hopes  wrecked  by  cyclones,  and 
the  reorganization  that  was  soon  effected 
sent  a  thrill  of  hope  for  the  reality  of 
modern  heroism.     And  then  came  Geo.  F. 


Thomas,  the  Saint  John  of  the  pioneer 
evangelists,  plain,  unassuming,  spiritual. 
Yet  his  speech  brought  forth  applause  as 
he  told  the  story  of  his  great  work.  As  he 
arose  to  speak  we  listened  to  hear  what  the 
bronzed  man  from  the  skirmish  line  would 
say;  when  he  closed  we  were  in  tears  of 
joy  because  we  had  heard  a  great  message 
from  a  man  of  God. 

And  what  reports !  Smedley  had  built 
eleven  houses,  and  traveled  thousands  of 
miles.  Cameron  had  preached  212  sermons, 
traveled  .3,370  miles,  built  eight  church 
houses  and  added  213  to  the  church.  Barnes, 
in  seven  and  one-half  months,  had  traveled 
3,500  miles,  organized  five  congregations, 
built  two  houses  and  received  127  acces- 
sions. Thomas  had  since  March  preached 
190  sermons,  bought  two  church  build- 
ings and  built  another,  received  225  souls 
into  the  kingdom  of  grace.  Brother  Timble, 
another  living  link  evangelist,  did  not  at- 
tend, because  he  was  in  a  meeting  with  38 
accessions  and  the  interest  still  rising.  And 
much  else  had  been  accomplished  by  these 
evangelists  that  could  not  be  recorded  in 
reports. 

W.  A.  Humphrey,  of  Guthrie  and  Hon. 
Dick  T.  Morgan,  of  Woodward,  one  from 
business  life  and  the  other  from  a  federal 
position,  presided  over  the  sessions  with  the 
exception  of  the  C.  W.  B.  M.,  over  which 
Mrs.  W.  W.  Storm,  of  Oklahoma  City,  pre- 
sided, and  the  Christian  Endeavor  session, 
which  was  directed  by  Miss  Mary  F.  Law- 
son,  of  El  Reno. 

Brother  Morgan  delivered  a  strong  ad- 
dress, which  was  the  fourteenth  time  he 
had  presided  over  an  Oklahoma  convention. 
His  services  have  been  legion,  and  the 
brethren  would  not  release  him  from  further 
service. 

J.  M.  Monroe,  with  the  treasurer,  C.  M. 
Jackman,  reported  five  living  link  evangel- 
ists provided  for,  all  bills  met  and  a  bal- 
ance in  the  treasury.  This  reflects  great 
credit  on  J.  M.  Monroe.  He  was  also  re- 
called to  serve  on  in  the  position  of  cor- 
responding secretary.  Mrs.  Storm  and  Mrs. 
M.  A.  Lacy  were  re-elected  to  lead  the 
C.  W.  B.  M.  forces. 

Geo.  L.  Snively  delivered  two  evening 
addresses ;  one  instead  of  G.  W.  Muckley 
on  his  own  work,  and  the  second  in  place 
of  C.  C.  Smith,  who  failed  to  attend.  H.  F. 
Davis,  of  Missouri,  was  so  popular  as  a 
book  agent  as  to  be  pressed  into  service  in 
the  absence  of  B.  L.  Smith.  Brother  Davis 
brought  such  a  strong  message  on  the  work 
of  the   Holy   Spirit   in   our   work   that   we 


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ced  at  the  tact  that  he  had  come  among 
He  also  did  valuable  service  in  the 
Bible  school  session. 

But  none  were  more  highly  appreciated 
than  Stephen  J.  Corey  in  his  message  con- 
cerning the  heart  of  the  New  Testament. 
The  committees  were  all  at  wttic  and 
brought  in  thoroughly  prepared  reports. 
The  Ways  and  Means  Committee  reported 
on  tour  questions.  The  policy  of  the  past 
endorsed,  which  provided  for  five 
living  link  evangelists  and  the  correspond- 
ing -alary.  The  living  link  men 
were  provided  tor  by  Guthrie  and  El  Reno 
churches.  Brother  and  Sister  J.  M.  Mon- 
roe, and  the  C.  W.  R  ML,  which  provided 
wo.  The  A.  C  M.  S.  also  appropriated 
$600  to  apply  on  the  corresponding  secre- 
tary's salary.  The  evangelists  have  been  or- 
ganizing and  building  in  the  new  parts, 
while  the  corresponding  secretary  has  been 
dedii  ig  churches.  The  second  item  asked 
that  all  workers  should  seek  to  locate  pas- 
as  much  as  possible.  The  third  called 
for  the  inauguration  of  an  Oklahoma  day 
on  the  first  Lord's  day  in  November,  while 
the  fourth  enphasized  the  territorial  paper, 
anon." 

A  policy  of  creating  standing  committees 
was  inaugurated.    They  are  as  follows : 

Sunday  School.— Dick  T.  Morgan,  of 
Woodward;  H.  L.  Hutchison,  of  Perry; 
and  \V.  A.  Humphrey,  of  Guthrie. 

Christian  Endeavor. — Miss  Mary  F.  Law- 
son  and  J.  C.  Hubbard,  of  El  Reno,  and 
Miss  Van  Yorhies.  of  Oklahoma  City. 

Education. — K.  C.  Ventress;  of  Guthrie; 
Dick  T.  Morgan,  J.  M.  Monroe  and  C.  H. 
Everest,  of  Oklahoma  City. 

By-laws.— O.  L.  Smith,  K.  C.  Ventress 
and  Dick  T.  Morgan. 

Home  Missions. — K.  C.  Ventress,  chair- 
man. 

Foreign  Missions. — O.  L.  Smith,  chair- 
man. 

Church  Extension. — J.  M.  Rhodes,  of 
Perry :  Virtes  Williams,  of  Stillwater,  and 
W.  D.  Woods,  of  Edmond. 

Christian  Benevolence. — Isom  Roberts,  of 
Blackwell ;  Scott  Anderson,  of  Enid ;  and 
R.  H.  Love,  Ponca  City. 

The  new  board  consists  of  Dick  T. 
Morgan.  K.  C.  Ventress,  W.  A.  Humphrey, 
Dr.  Bacon,  of  Pawnee,  C.  H.  Everest,  S.  B. 
Moore  and  C.  A.  Halsel,  of  Oklahoma  City, 
Isom  Roberts,  of  Blackwell,  Virtes  Wil- 
liams and  L.  C.  Dillen,  of  Stillwater,  C.  M. 
Jackman  and  O.  L.  Smith,  of  El  Reno. 

Oklahoma  is  still  a  ripe  field  for  great 
work.  No  man  could  possibly  do  more 
good  than  to  invest  $300  and  secure  a  liv- 
ing link  evangelist.  No  church  could  do 
more  with  S300  than  to  do  the  same.  When 
such  new  churches  as  E!  Reno  and  Guthrie 
enter  the  list,  there  is  a  demonstration  of 
the  Macedonian  call  and  the  great  possibili- 
ties that  lie  in  the  answer  to  this  cry.  Now 
is  the  strategic  time.  The  past  shows  what 
can  be  done,  the  present  shows  its  needs. 
May  the  All-Wise  Father  raise  up  liberal 
men  and  missionary  churches  who  will  come 
to  our  aid  in  this  matter.  Please  remem- 
ber that  every  church  in  Oklahoma  that  has 
grown  strong  enough  has  become  a  living 
link  church  to  carry  forward  this  great 
work. 

Our  Governor  Ferguson  came  out  square- 
ly for  prohibition  in  the  new  state.  The 
times  are  propitious.  May  God  grant  us 
wisdom  and  enthusiasm.  May  we  come 
into  the  union  temperate.  And  Christian 
assistance  now  will  greatly  help  to  deter- 
mine the  future.  O.  L.  Smith. 

9        • 

A  Fine  Kidney  Cure. 

Mr.  A.  S.  Hitchcock,  East  Hampton,  Coon.,  (the 
Clothier)  say*  if  any  sufferer  from  Kidney  and  Bladder 
troubles  will  write  him,  he  will,  without  charge,  direct 
them  to  the  perfect  home  cure  he  used. 


Oklahoma. 

I  closed  my  first  year's  work  here  with 
the  month  of  August.  During  that  time 
there  were  130  additions  to  the  church,  and 
improvement  along  all  other  lines.  The  re- 
vival has  kept  up  throughout  the  entire 
vear.  I  have  never  been  in  a  field  where 
1  enjoyed  the  work  more  than  I  do  here; 
the  people  are  wide-awake  and  aggressive, 
and  notwithstanding  the  fact  they  are  here 
from  all  sections  and  here  to  make  money, 
they  are  about  as  considerate  and  liberal 
of  time  and  means  as  in  the  older  sec- 
tions. We  are  hoping  to  make  next  year 
far  more  successful  even  than  the  one  that 
lias  just  closed. 

I  recently  spent  a  few  days  in  a  meeting 
with  J.  C.  Mullins  at  Mangum.  We  had 
only  gotten  the  meeting  fairly  started  when 
the  writer  was  compelled  to  leave.  There 
were  three  additions.  A  tent  was  used  and 
some  nights  we  had  a  very  large  hearing. 
Brother  Mullins  continued  the  meeting  and 
will  report  later. 

I  am  now  at  Guthrie  attending  our  annual 
territorial  missionary  convention.  A  full 
report  will  be  furnished  by  another.  The 
outlook  is  bright.  This  new  country  is 
rapidly  forging  to  the  front. 

Sherman  B.  Moore. 

Oklahoma  City,  Okla. 

Hendricks  County  to  be  a  Living 
Link. 

The  Hendricks  County,  Indiana,  Convem- 
tion,  held  at  Lizton,  was  strong  throughout 
the  entire  session,  but  culminated  in  the 
great  meeting  on  Sunday.  People  drove 
in  from  all  over  the  county  and  filled  the 
commodious  church  building  Brethren 
drew  wagons  to  the  windows  with  plat- 
forms constructed  on  them  filled  with 
chairs.  The  yard  was  filled  and  an  over- 
flow meeting  was  held  in  the  Methodist 
church.  The  writer  spoke  morning  and 
evening  on  world-wide  missions.  In  the 
afternoon  the  great  communion  was  held. 
At  this  time  it  was  decided  for  Hendricks 
county  to  plan  to  become  a  living  link  on 
the  foreign  field  for  the  coming  year.  Bro. 
W.  H.  Alford,  pastor  at  Lizton,  will  direct 
this  enterprise.  We  have  fourteen  churches 
in  Hendricks  county  and  they  will,  no 
doubt,  support  a  representative  on  the  for- 
eign field  without  any  difficulty.  Johnson 
county  just  became  a  living  link  this  year, 
raising  the  required  amount,  and  will  sup- 
port Miss  Kate  Johnson,  Tokyo. 

Stephen  J.  Corey. 

C.  W.  B.  M.  in  Missouri. 

The  Ralls  county  convention  was  held  at 
Center  and,  in  spite  of  the  rains,  was 
largely  attended,  and  deep  interest  in  the 
future  of  the  work  in  Ralls  was  manifested. 
The  county  president,  Mr.  B.  H  Cleaver, 
was  i'  -elected  to  the  presidency  for  the 
new  year,  as  his  work  has  been  most  satis- 
factory during  the  past. 

As  to  the  C  W.  B.  M.  part,  it  was  repre- 
sented by  a  talk  by  the  secretary.  The 
manager,  Sister  Christian,  of  New  London, 
was  denied  the  pleasure  of  being  present 
or  preparing  the  program,  on  account  of 
severe  sickness.  As  she  desired  very  ear- 
nestly to  be  released  from  the  work  of 
maoager  because  of  frail  health,  Mrs.  W. 
R.  Netherland,  of  Center,  was  appointed 
to  fill  that  place.  We  bespeak  for  her  the 
loving  co-operation  of  every  auxiliary  and 
church  in  the  county.  We  fully  expect 
the  sisters  at  Center  to  organize  them- 
selves. 

Kaboka  was  the  very  first  auxiliary  to 
return  its  September  report.  Belton  is 
second   and    Higbee  third.     They   are  all 


NEW  UNDERWEAR  IDEA. 


People    May    Now   Wear   Dollar   Garments 
for  Fifty  Cents. 

The  readiness  of  the  people  of  the  United  States 
to  welcome  a  new  idea  has  found  fresh  illustration 
in  the  reception  accorded  the  new  style  of  under- 
wear which  is  having  such  an  unusual  sale.  It  is 
called  Yellastic  Utica  Ribbed  Fleece  Underwear. 

This  underwear  has  the  peculiatity  that  its  name 
implies,  combining  an  elastic  rib  on  one  side  with 
a  soft  fleece  on  the  other.  The  fleece  absorbs  the 
heat,  while  the  rib,  yielding  to  every  moticn,  allows 
it  to  escape  slowly,  thus  affording  protection  against 
chills  and  colds. 

Men  who  appreciate  the  comfort  and  advantages 
of  snug,  close-fitting  underwear,  prefer  the  Yellastic 
Utica  Ribbed  Fleece  to  any  other  make.  Prices 
are  as  follows  :     Men's  and  women's  garments  50c 

each;  children's  sizes 
in  union  suits  at  50c 
or  in  two  piece  suits  at 
25c  a  garment. 

The  trade  mark, 
Vellastic  Utica  Ribbed 
Fleeee,  is  sewed  on 
every  garment.  If 
your  dealer  does  not 
have  it  write  us,  giving 
us  his  name.  Booklet 
and   sample  of   fabric 


Made  under  Fabric 
Pat603164Apr.26"99 


free.     Utica  Knitting  Company,  Utica,  N.  Y. 

good  and  full  and  are  much  appreciated. 

Have  you  heard  the  new  rally  cry  and 
aim,  as  chosen  at  San  Francisco?  No? 
Here  it  is:  "Win  one,  100,000  women; 
bring  one,  $200  000;  save  one,  100,000 
souls."  Suggestions:  Special  gifts  from 
many,  large  gifts  from  some,  "Tidings"  in 
every  home. 

Missouri  sent  a  larger  delegation  to  the 
national  convention  than  any  state  east  of 
the  rockies.  Therefore  Missouri  ought  to 
have  the  largest  amount  of,  1.  Instruc- 
tion; 2.  Enthusiasm.  3.  Inspiration. 
Result  ought  to  be  the  largest  growth  of 
any  state  east  of  the  Rockies.  If  we  went 
in  the  right  spirit  and  for  the  right  pur- 
pose, the  results  are  sure  to  come. 

Our  Mattie  Burgess  goes  to  India  in 
October.  Her  support  is  the  charge,  and 
should  be  the  joy,  of  the  Missouri  auxil- 
iaries. Is  there  not  one  pocket  book, 
whose  contents  are  consecrated  to  him 
sufficiently  to  pay  her  passage  to  her  field 
of  labor?  Write  at  once  if  one  such  is  in 
Missouri.  Mrs.  G.  L.  Bantz. 

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The  book  also  has  six  full  page,  fine, 
half-tone  illustrations  showing  the  Park 
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etc.,  found  in  the  Park,  with  a  brief  de- 
scription of  this  most  wonderful  region, 
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September  28,  1905 


THE    CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


265 


Kansas    State   Missionary   Convention 


The  state  convention  of  the  Kansas 
Christian  churches  has  met,  transacted  its 
business,  heard  some  thrilling  addresses, 
and  adjourned.  The  dates  were  Sept.  18 
21.  The  Eldorado  church  royally  enter- 
tained these  saints.  The  work  of  the  past 
year  shows  increased  interests  and  gains 
in  all  departments.  The  work  done  has 
the  appearance  of  permanency,  and  the 
coming  years  will  doubtless  be  fruitful 
ones.  The  attendance  was  good;  the 
weather  ideal.  The  usual  number  of 
"ready  with  a  speech"  preachers  was  in 
evidence,  and  the  speeches  were  to  the 
point  and  helpful.  Oaly  one  speaker  was, 
during  the  entire  sessions,  called  to  a 
point  of  order.  This  shows  the  care  that 
all  speakers  used  to  "stay  with  the  text." 
The  various  organized  missionary  boards 
were  ably  represented:  The  Foreign  by 
Corey,  the  Home  by  Wright,  Church  Ex- 
tension by  Muckley.  By  the  presence  and 
addresses  of  these  men,  the  convention 
was  gladdened,  and  our  storehouses  of 
missionary  zeal  greatly  enriched. 

W.  S.  Lowe,  state  superintendent  of 
Kan?as  missions,  never  looked  happier. 
He  claims  to  be  proud  of  his  army  of 
young,  clean-shaven  preachers— a  few 
wear  mustache— of  this  great  sunflower 
state.  He  reported  378  churches,  with  a 
membership  of  a  few  over  45,000.  Twenty- 
eight  workers  have  been  in  the  field  more 
or  less  of  the  time  during  the  year.  They 
have  raised  $4,008.50  where  meetings  have 
been  held  and  addresses  have  been  made. 
The  churches  as  churches  gave  $5,831.19 
to  state  missions,  making  a  total  of  $9,- 
839.66.  Over  1,600  addresses  and  sermons 
were  reported  by  these  workers,  and  3,470 
days  work  done.  Forty  three  meetings 
were  held,  and  five  new  churches  organ- 
ized. Four  Sunday  schools  were  organ- 
ized and  ten  new  C.  W.  B.  M.  auxiliaries. 
Four  new  church  houses  were  dedicated 
by  these  workers.  There  were  621  bap- 
tisms, 554  additions  otherwise,  a  total  of 
1,175.  The  superintendent  sent  out  2,050 
personal  letters,  1,045  postal  cards,  and 
2,740  circular  letters. 

The  Christian  Woman's  Board  of  Mis- 
sions has  105  auxiliaries.  This  body  itself 
has  organized  and  reorganized  15  during 
the  year.  For  want  of  leaders  a  few  dis- 
banded. The  membership  is  1,602.  The 
state  sscretary  reported  370  new  members, 
but  the  unfortunate  disbanding  of  a  few 
auxiliaries  leaves  the  total  membership 
aboutthesame.  There  are  953  "Tidings" 
taken.  This  is  a  gain  of  262  over  the  pre- 
vious year.  These  good  women  raised 
$3,624  65.  The  st  *te  work  received  $804  05, 
which  is  $309.43  more  than  last  year;  the 
Lawrence  Bible  Chair  and  the  Mexico 
mission  work,  $958.79.  The  attendance 
upon  Bible  Chair  lectures,  under  the  effi- 
cient leadership  of  Brother  and  Sister 
W.  C.  Payne,  has  grown  from  four  five 
years  ago  to  over  80  the  year  just  closed. 
In  every  way  this  work  has  been  profoundly 
satisfactory.  The  general  fund  received 
its  apportionment  of  $1,675.91,  and 
other  worthy  causes  were  helped.  The 
C.  W.  B.  M.  day  was  observed  by  58 
auxiliaries,  with  an  offering  of  $386.90. 
The  secretary  sent  out  1,194  persoaal  let- 
ters, 600  circular  letters,  175  copies  of  the 
"Tidings,"  191  "Junior  Builders,"  and 
8,084  leaflets.  Verily,  the  good  work  all 
this  has  accomplished  and  will  accomplish 
is  beyond  computation. 

The  Christian  Endeavor  Society  has  ,174 
organized   bodies,  3,892   active  members, 


891  associate  members,  which  is  a  gain  of 
1,152  in  these  12  months.  The  church  re- 
ceived into  its  fellowship  373  Endeavorers, 
by  confession  and  baptism.  This  happy 
band  of  younsj  people  pa  d  $2,lfi2.75  for 
local  work,  $149.04  for  state  work,  $804.80 
for  foreign  missions,  and  $744.48  for  home 
missions.  This  is  a  gain  of  $1,521.55 
over  last  year.  Surely  the  Christian  En- 
deavor Society  of  the  Christian  Church 
of  Kansas  is  not  a  "disappearing  brother- 
hood." 

The  Juniors  repo't  112  societies;  4,042 
members.  Over  1,400  boys  help  to  make 
up  this  encouraging  number.  Over  300  of 
these  Juniors  have  come  in'o  the  church. 
Their  offerings  were  $531.80.  The  future 
church  is  certainly  being  well  prepared  for 
its  willing  responsibilities;  and,  with  such 
continued  activities,  we  will,  in  another 
decade,  be  ten  years  ahead  of  ourselves  in 
preparation,  compared  with  the  twenty 
years  or  more  just  past. 

The  spirit  of  the  meeting  throughout 
was  uplifting  and  stimulating.  The  songs 
sung  were  of  a  spiritual  character,  and  the 
singing  was  full  of  life  and  understanding. 
Dr.  W.  T.  Moore,  of  Columbia,  Mo.,  who 
lectured  several  times  on  the  plea  and  pur- 
pose and  teaching  of  the  Christian  church, 
made  the  oldtime  gospel  ring  out]  like  it 
did  three-quarters  of  a  century  ago.  His 
critical  examination  of  several  disputed 
Greek  words  was  telling  and  conclusive. 
From  60  to  75  minutes  at  each  address  he 
held  us  spell-bound  by  his  clear  and  lucid 
Biblical  expressions,  and  exhaustive 
declarations  of  Scriptural  teaching.  Bet- 
ter than  ever  before,  if  possible,  are  we 
satisfied  that  the  church  is  just  the  church, 
and  all  the  followers  of  Christ  just  Chris- 
tians, free  from  unscriptural  adjectives 
and  devices  of  a1  human  kind.  Brother 
Moore  was  the  only  minister  in  the  con- 
vention wearing  full  beard,  and  that,  wav- 
ing admirably,  with  a  silvery  tinge,  his  tall 
personality,  striking  appearance  and  saint- 
ly bearing,  made  us  feel  as  if  we  were 
close  up  by  the  side  of  the  great  legislator 
and  lawgiver  of  the  wilderness.  I  think  I 
voice  the  sentiment  of  the  convention  when 
I  add  that  his  presence  and  lectures  were  a 
benediction  to  this  growing  state. 

Miss  Bertha  Mason,  of  Dallas,  Tex.,  ap- 
peared in  the  convention  in  behalf  of 
Mexico.  She  charmed  the  waiting  audi- 
ence. She  greatly  astonished  all  of  us  by 
unconsciously  teaching  us  how  little  we 
know  about  the  ignorance  and  depravity 
of  the  races  so  hard  by  our  door,  and  the 
wonderful  possibilities  of  the  Mexicans  and 
their  country.  Her  womanly  attractive- 
ness as  a  public  speaker  arrested  the  atten- 
tion of  the  audience  from  the  beginning. 
Her  first  words  counted,  the  middle  words 
counted,  the  last  words  counted.  She  was 
alive  with  love  for  her  work,  the  needs  of 
the  situation,  and  this  made  her  eyes 
sparkle  with  brightness  and  her  words 
worth  one  hundred  per  cent  on  the  dollar. 
If  Kansas  fails  to  do  more  than  ever  now 
for  Mexico,  it  will  be  a  deliberate  failure- 
one  simply  from  choice,  and  not  for  want 
of  information. 

The  addresses  were  all  of  a  high  order. 
Time  and  care  had  been  devoted  to  their 
preparation.  The  prayers  were  fervent 
and  spiritual.  They  were  not  of  the  noisy 
kind,  but  modest,  choice  in  language  and 
solemn.  The  complexion  of  the  attendants 
seemed  to  indicate  religious  determination, 
and  the  workers  returned  to  their  homes 
more  firmly  fixed  in  their  plans   for  en- 


WINTER  CLOTHING  OFFER. 

FREE  8  AMPLE  and  TRIAL 
PROPOSITION. 

If  y,'i  •"<,'.  *-»T7 

or  medium  weight  all  wool  Suit.  Over- 
coat or  Ulster,  tben  DON  T  BUY  ELSE- 
WHERE at  any  pi 

Htah'-es,  iintllyou  cut  thin  a/J  vertl<y:menl 
out  and  mail  It  to  us.  V'/'l  wi  !  tl.en  re- 
eelve  by  return  mall  free,  postpaid,  tho 
Grandest  Clothin(  Offer  tier  heard  of. 
Ion  will  (ret  FREE  a  t/ljr  book  01 
NUDplei  FREE    an  tx- 

tra  quality   doth    tape  'J**^ 

'■,),  FREE  ■  book  of  l-atest  Fash- 
Ion-,  description*  and  illustration*  of  ail 
kinds  of  clothing  for  men.  We  vriu  ex- 
plain why  we  can  sell  at  prices  to  mock) 
lower  tban  were  ever  t.*eforc  known,  a 
mere  fraction  of  what  otherr  'barge. 
We  will  explain  our  simple  rules  so  yoc 
can  take  your  own  measure  an'l  how  we 
guarantee  a  perfect  "t.  Vou  will  get 
our  Free  Trial  Offer,  our  Pay  After  Re- 
ceived Proposition.  With  the  free  out- 
fit goes  a  hpeelal  Sample  o/'ler  blank  for 
WM  ^^  ordering,  return  snyriop— ,  etc. 
Uy  ^Sk     You  esn  get  a  whole  Suit,   a     extra  pair 

^  ^»   of  Pants  an'l  an  Overcoat  un'ler  our  offer 

for  about  ONE-HALF  what  some  Chleago  tailors  would 
charge  Cor  one  single  pair  of  pants.  The  offer  you  will 
get  win  antonlHh  and  please  yon.  Prices  on  the  beet 
clothes  made  reduced  to  next  to  nothing  compared  with 
wnat  you  have  been  paying.  DON'T  BUY  CLOTHES  tin- 
tl/  you  cut  this  ad.  out  and  send  to  us.  and  see  what  yon 
get  by  return  mall,  FREE.   POSTPAID.        Addreic. 

SEARS,  ROEBUCK  &  CO.,  CHICAGO. 


largement  than  ever  before.  Toe  coTimit- 
tee  on  future  worn  recomaiende J  the  ex- 
tending and  expanding  of  the  circle  of 
power  and  influence,  by  raising  the  state 
missionary  apportionment  and  employing 
additional  evangelists  on  guaranteed 
salaries;  and  it  was  ratified  by  the  conven- 
tion enthusiastically.  A  man  will  be 
placed  in  the  field  to  give  his  entire  time 
to  the  Sunday-schools;  others  will  devote 
their  time  to  weak  churches  and  protracted 
meetings. 

The  whole  amount  of  money  raised 
and  expended  by  all  departments— Sun- 
day-school money  not  mentioned— was 
$15,428.96,  but  some  of  this  amount  went 
into  other  fields,  so  that  less  than  $14,000 
went  to  this  state  itself,  including  a 
healthy  offering  to  the  Lawrence  Bible 
Chair.  This  is  good,  but  to  determine 
and  contract  for  greater  things  still,  is 
vitalizingly  commendable;  and  we  con- 
fidently expect  to  realize  the  enlargement 
anticipated. 

W.  S.  Lowe,  the  superintendent  of  State 
Missions,  and  A.  Rosalae  Pendleton,  cor- 
responding secretary  and  treasurer,  have 
faithfully  performed  their  duties,  and 
much  credit  belongs  to  them  f  jr  the  suc- 
cess attained  and  the  present  vitality  of 
the  local  churches.  The  Kansas  Christian 
churches  feel  that  they  were  never  in  a 
more  healthy  condition,  and  this  is  a  suf- 
ficient reason  for  purposing  larger  work. 
Pastorates  are  longer,  the  class  of  preach- 
ers consecrated,  ideals  in  church  buildings 
and  grounds  have  moved  up  a  degree  or 
two,  and  general  equipments  have  been 
modernized  until  the  Lord  expects  more 
of  us,  and  we  owe  him  more.  The  state 
has  been  wonderfully  blessed  agri- 
culturally Bursting  corn  bins  with  wheat 
unstorable,  fa.:  c-ttle  »nd  horses,  with 
hay  piled  nign  and  fruit  of  every  kind  and 
character.  We  justly  owe  him  more.  Un- 
grateful would  be  the  people  who  could 
now  be  satisfied  with  past  successes  for 
this  new  missionary  year.  We  must  busy 
ourselves  for  larger  service.  The  primary 
steps  have  been  taken,  as  all  work  for  the 
year  has  been  carefully  outlined  by  the 
convention.  The  local  congregations  will, 
as  we  believe,  agree  to  all  the  recom- 
mendations, and  with  missionary  board, 
preachers  and  people  all  working  har- 
moniously, we  shall  be  abundantly  able  to 
conquer. 

The  convention  adjourned  to  meet 
again  the  third  week  in  September,  1906. 
at  Parsons.  Albert  Nichols. 

Winfield. 


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THE   CHRISTXAN-EVANGELIi  I 


September  28,  1905 


Our  Budget. 

(Continued  frvm  page 
etx:  W    company,    he   was   enabled 

to  became  acquainted  with  "What  the  Chris- 
tian Church  is  Doing  on  the  Pacific  Slope," 
and  his  first  talk  to  his  congregation  on  re- 
turning from  the  convention  concerned  it- 
self with  this  theme.  He  impressed  on  his 
own  congregation,  according  to  the  local 
paper's  report,  that  with  a  building  all 
newly  painted  and  fixed  comfortably,  they 
:Id  not  fold  their  arms  and  rest  in 
but  that  there  was  a  great  work  for 
them  in  the  future;  and  the  fact  that  they 
had  accomplished  so  much  in  the  past  must 
be  an  incentive  for  them  to  work  harder. 
In  the  evening  Brother  Cauble  gave  a  talk 
on  his  journey  to  and  from  San  Francisco, 
and  we  do  not  doubt  for  one  moment  that 
it  was  interesting  to  every  hearer. 

&         ® 
A  Greeting. 

To  niE  Brethren  Scattered  Abroad, 
Greeting:  The  brethren  of  Port  Arthur 
and  Ft.  William,  Ont.,  about  twenty  in 
number,  have  banded  together  and  are 
breaking  bread  from  house  to  house  and 
making  the  Lord's  day  offering.  It  would 
be  a  source  of  strength  and  encourage- 
ment if  brethren  passing  through  would 
arrange  to  stop  over  and  visit  and  worship 
with  ns.  Inquire  of  A.  W.  Almas  (auction- 
eer .  Witer  St.,  Albert  Barnett,  Park  St., 
or  A.  O.  Pasley,  Prospect  Ave.  and  Ven 
Norman  St.,  Port  Arthur,  Ontario. 

To  the  Bible  Schools  of  Missouri. 

The  state  Bible  school  board  of  Mis- 
souri takes  pleasure  in  announcing  that  at 
last  it  has  secured  a  successor  to  W.  A. 
Moore  in  the  person  of  J.  H.  Hardin,  so 
well  and  so  favorably  known  to  our 
brotherhood.  Brother  Hardin  will  begin 
preparation  for  this  work  at  once  and 
enter  fully  as  soon  as  a  successor  can  be 
secured  for  the  Richmond  pulpit.  Brother 
Hardia  will  inaugurate  that  phase  of  in- 
stitute work  so  vigorously  advocated  at  the 
Marshall  convention.  A  new  era  of  Bible 
school  work  is  upon  us.  Let  the  workers 
rally  to  his  call. 

In  behalf  of  the  board, 

A.  W.  Kokendoffer,  president. 

To  the  Brethren  in  Missouri: 
The  Bible  school  Board  has  elected  me 
secretary  and  superintendent.  I  have  ac- 
cepted the  position,  and  have  already  taken 
up  such  features  of  the  work  as  can  be  done 
from  my  desk  while  closing  up  my  pas- 
torate here.  By  the  middle  of  November  I 
will  be  able  to  take  hold  of  all  the  duties  of 
the  office. 

To  enter  again  into  the  duties  of  a  de- 
partment of  service  in  which  in  the  strenu- 
ous years  gone  by  I  realized  rrany  of  the 
richest  experiences  of  a  somewhat  active 
ministry,  brings  to  my  beart  a  flood  of 
memories  and  fills  my  soul  with  strange 
feelings.  Gcd  grant  that  the  years  of  toil 
devoedto  other  departments  since  I  tried  to 
lead  this  one  before,  may  have  added  that 
discretion  necessary  to  enable  me  to 
worthily  follow  in  the  footsteps  of  the 
noble  men  who  have  brought  this  cause 
forward  to  its  present  splendid  proportions. 

It  is  unfortunate  that  so  much  of  the 
year  has  passed  with  no  one  in  charge  of 
this  work.  This  makes  it  all  the  more  im- 
portant that  we  get  to  work  at  once  to 
bring  everything  into  shape.  I  seek  the 
prompt  and  hearty  co-operation  of  our  peo- 
ple throughout  the  state. 

The  first  quarter  of  all  the  pledges 
made  at  the  convention  at  Marshall  has 
become  due.  If  your  school  has  not  sent 
this  money,  let  it  be  forwarded  to  me  at 
once. 

I  am  specia'ly  anxious  to    hear  from  all 


who  want  to  arrange  for  Bible  school  in- 
stitutes. The  policy  outlined  by  the 
Marshall  convention  will  be  followed.  In- 
formation in  detail  will  be  sent  to  all  inter- 
ested who  will  let  me  know. 

Let  me  hear  anything  that  will  help  me 
to  do  what  I  have  been  appointed  to  do. 

Address  me  till  further  notice  at  Rich- 
mond, Mo.  J.  H.  Hardin. 

The    New    Philanthropic    Enterprise— 
The  South  Remembered. 

For  the  past  four  years  our  National  Be- 
nevolent Association  has  received  urgent 
appeals  for  the  establishment  of  a  home 
under  its  auspices  somewhere  in  the  great 
southeast.  Application  was  made  by  the 
Georgia  State  Board  of  Missions  for  the 
institution  of  this  proposed  home  in  that 
state.  After  much  correspondence  with 
ministers  and  other  influential  brothers 
and  sisters,  and  conference  between  com- 
mittees and  the  State  Board  of  Missions, 
Baldwin  was  selected  as  the  site  of  the  new 
enterprise,  and  on  Sept.  IS,  the  National 
Board,  by  unanimous  vote,  decided  to 
make  that  the  next  center  for  the  radia- 
tion of  Christian  philanthropy.  A  forty 
acre  tract  of  land  with  some  buildings  has 
been  given  for  this  purpose.  The  build- 
ings, however,  are  inadequate.  Corre- 
spondence with  reference  to  memorial 
buildings,  halls,  rooms,  windows,  etc., 
may  be  directed  either  to  the  undersigned 
or  to  Wm.  B.  Shaw,  Baldwin,  Ga.  No- 
where do  we  find  brighter  trophies  of  re- 
deeming love  than  in  the  lives  of  these 
American  boys  and  girls  to  whom  the 
hand  of  the  church  is  extended  down  into 
their  environment  of  squalor  and  igno- 
rance to  lift  them  up. 

Geo.  L.  Snively. 


Program  of  the  Virginia  State 
Convention. 

At  the  ministerial  period  on  Monday 
night,  Oct.  2,  there  will  be  the  president's 
address  and  one  on  "The  Ideal  Minister," 
by  Milo  Atkinson.  On  Tuesday  morning, 
"Preaching,  Expository  or  Topical — 
Which?"  by  E.  B.  Kemm;  Discussion; 
"A  Minister's  Vision,"  B.  H.  Melton; 
Discussion;  "The  Pulpit  and  Civic  Right- 
eousness," D.  S.  Henkel;  Discussion; 
Business  Session;  Adjournment.  The 
C.  W.  B.  M.  period  will  be  Tuesday. 

The  state  mission  period  will  be  on 
Wednesday  and  Thursday,  when  business 
will  be  transacted,  and  among  the  topics 
for  discussion  will  be:  Our  Weak  Churches; 
What  Shall  We  Do?  A  Missionary  Con- 
science; New  Testament  Evangelism;  The 
Training  of  the  Ministry;  Purpose  of  the 
Sunday  school,  etc.  Among  the  speak- 
ers will  be  Robt.  Elmore,  A.  J.  Renforth, 
J.  J.  Haley,  S.  J.  Corey,  Josephus  Hop- 
wood,  F.  F.  Bullard,  etc.  Cephas  Shel- 
burne  is  to  give  an  address  on  "The  Vir- 
ginia State  Work  as  an  Indianan  Sees  It." 


Changes. 

Amunson,  M.  M. — Wabash,  to  5363  Uni- 
versity Ave.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Berry,  J.  F.— Pomono,  to  Dexter,  Mo. 

Conner,  D.  W.— Savannah,  Mo.,  to  Edin- 
burg,  111. 

Ferrall,  F.  D.— Ames,  to  Bloomfield,  la. 

Martin,  Walter  L.— 137  N.  State  St..  to 
420  S.  St.  Louis  St.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Quisenberry,  J.  F.— Corsicana,  to  Lock- 
hart,  Texas. 

Shaw.  Will  F.— Charleston,  to  354  Racine 
Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Tilburn,  Edward  O.— Warsaw,  to  716  W. 
Second  St.,  Mishawaka,  Ind. 


Church  Extension  Receipts. 

The  following  is  a  comparative  state- 
ment of  Church  Extension  receipts  for  week 
ending  September,  20,  1904,  and  1905: 

1905  LOSS 

#101.75      #      2-75 

73S-oo 

100.00 

1,299.75    I.5S7.67 


From  individuals, 
From  annuities, 
From  bequests, 
From  churches, 


1904 

#104.50 
735-00 
100.00 

2,857.42 


Totals,      .     .     .     #3,796.92     #1,401.50  #2,395.42 
Contributing  churches,  1904,    .     .     177 
"  "  1905,    .     .     112 


65  less. 

The  Board  is  sorry  to  be  compelled  to 
report  a  loss,  or  a  falling  behind  from  all 
sources  of  receipts  and  the  number  of  con- 
tributing churches.  The  total  falling  be- 
hind in  receipts  as  compared  with  last  year 
is  $2,395.42.  The  falling  behind  in  the 
number  of  contributing  churches  is  65. 
The  Board  is  unwilling  to  believe  that  the 
great  brotherhood  has  lost  its  interest  in  the 
work  of  Church  Extension.  In  most  parts 
of  the  country  there  have  been  three 
stormy  Sundays,  and  only  small  offerings 
have  been  sent  thus  far.  The  churches 
that  always  send  the  largest  offerings  have 
not  yet  been  heard  from.  We  believe  that  the 
falling  off  in  the  number  of  contributing 
churches  is  due  to  the  fact  that  churches 
are  holding  back  their  offerings  until  they 
can  bring  them  up  to  creditable  amounts. 
This  is  the  only  generous  and  hopeful 
way  to  look  at  the  matter.  Nearly  1,400 
churches  promised  to  take  the  collection, 
and  thus  far  only  272  have  sent  in  offerings, 
and  a  great  many  of  these  are  from 
churches  that  did  not  promise. 

According  to  reports  thus  far  from 
the  churches,  their  part  toward  reaching 
the  half  million  mark  will  fall  far  short. 
The  Board  believes  that  the  last  week  of 
September  and  the  first  week  of  October 
will  show  great  gains.  We  believe  that 
the  churches  will  not  allow  this  work  to 
suffer.  Remit  promptly  to  G.  W.  Muckley, 
Corresponding  Secretary,  600  Water  Works 
Bldg.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

&         @ 

Convention  of  the  Christian  Missionary 

Society  of  Md.,  Del.,  and  D.  C. 

The  annual  convention  of  the  above  dis- 
trict will  be  held  with  the  church  at 
Hagerstown,  Maryland,  October  3-7.  The 
first  service  will  be  held  at  7:30  p.  m.,  on 
Tuesday,  October  3.  A  good  program 
is  being  arranged.  Local  and  national 
speakers  and  an  echo  from  San  Francisco 
will  be  important  features.  A  cordial 
welcome  will  be  given  by  the  Hagerstown 
church  and  its  worthy  minister,  H.  C. 
Kendrick.  All  our  congregations  in  the 
district  are  urged  to  send  up  their  dele- 
gates. 

As  I  have  accepted  the  work  at  Winston- 
Salem,  N.  C,  my  work  as  corresponding 
secretary  will  close  with  the  convention  at 
Hagerstown.  Thanking  the  churciies  and 
preachers  cordially  for  their  sympathy  and 
support,  I  trust  they  will  all  give  their 
heartiest  co- operation  to  my  successor. 

Winston-Salem.  J.  A.  Hopkins. 

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New  Car  Line  to  Southern  California. 

Pullman  tourist  sleeping  cars  through  to 
Los  Angeles  without  change  daily  from  Chi- 
cago, beginning  September  15,  via  the  Chica- 
go, Union  Pacific  and  Northwestern  Line 
and  the  newly  opened  Salt  Lake  Route.  Great 
reduction  in  time  schedules  via  this  route. 
Colonist  one  way  tickets  on  sale  daily  from 
Chicago,  beginning  September  15,  only 
$33.00  to  Los  Angeles.  Correspondingly 
low  rates  from  other  points.  Double  berth 
in  tourist  sleeping  cars  $7.00.  For  ticket, 
sleeping  car  reservations  and  full  particu- 
lars, apply  to  your  nearest  ticket  agent,  or 
to  S.  A.  Hutchison,  Manager,  212  Clark  St., 
Chicago. 


September  28,  1905 


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126  7 


Evangelistic 


iVe  invite  ministers  and  others  to  send 
reports  of  meetings,  additions  and  other 
news  of  the  churches  for  publication  in 
this  department.  It  is  especially  requested 
that  additions  be  reported  as  "by  confession 
and  baptism"  or  "by  letter." 

[Telegram.] 

Kansas  City,  Mo.,  Sept.  24. — Forty-four 
added  here  this  week;  28  to-day;  1,606  so 
far  this  year.  All  money  raised  for  this 
beautiful  buil  ling  before  dedication.  Six 
thousand  three  hundred  dollars  raised  for 
missions  this  year.  My  second  meeting  with 
Dr.  Combs.— Chas.  Reign  Scoville. 

ARKANSAS. 
Garfield,  Sept.  18  — I  am  in  a  very  good 
meeting  one  week  old  with  ten  additions  to 
date;  eight  confessions,  two  otherwise.  We 
just  closed  a  seven  days'  meeting  at  Oak 
Grove  school-house,  with  ten  additions  to 
the  Rogers  church.  Twenty- seven  have 
been  added  to  the  church  at  Rogers  since 
we  came  here  in  April.— M.  L.  Anthony, 
evangelist. 

CALIFORNIA. 

Pasadena,  Sept.  18  —Four  added  yes- 
terday; ten  the  last  three  Sundays.  Rally 
Sunday,  October  29;  over  $75  for  Church 
Extension  yesterday. — Sumner  T.  Martin. 

COLORADO. 

Florence,  Sept.  15.— Two  additions  to 
the  church  Lord's  day  evening.  The 
brethren  have  carried  on  the  services  dur- 
ing the  summer  while  the  writer  was  in 
Europe  and  the  attendance  has  been  good. 
— Ward  Russell. 

Denver.— Six  additions  in  the  Berkeley 
church  the  last  three  Sundays.  Have  been 
called  for  another  year.  Church  is  pros- 
perous.— Flournoy  Payne. 

FLORIDA. 

Jacksonville,  Sept.  18. — Two  others  unit- 
ed with  the  Church  Street  Christian  Church 
last  night  by  letter. — T.  Henry  Blentjs. 

Jacksonville,  Sept.  13. — The  writer 
closed  a  two  weeks'  meeting  last  night 
with  the  church  at  Hagan,  Ga.,  with  seven 
additions  by  confession  and  baptism  and 
one  by  relation.  G.  R.  Cleveland  is  the 
pastor. — T.  Henry  Blenus. 

Lakeside  Mission,  Kissimmee,  Sept.  18. 
— Five  confessions  and  one  from  Baptists 
yesterday— "first  fruits"  of  my  work  here. 
— D.  M.  Breaker,  evangelist. 

ILLINOIS. 

Thomson,  Sept.  22  — O.e  by  confession 
and  baptism  last  Sunday.— Cecil  C.  Car- 
penter . 

Le  Roy,  Sept.  18.— Three  added  yester- 
day, house  crowded.  We  go  from  here  to 
Lake  Fork,  with  Bro.  John  Williams. — 
J.  Bennett,  evangelist. 

Fairfield,  Sept.  19.— One  confession 
Sunday  evening  at  regular  service.  Large 
audiences  and  fine  interest  with  outlook 
most  encouraging.  —  Allen  T.  Shaw, 
pastor. 

Augusta,  Sept.  21.— Last  Sunday  church 
here  gave  me  a  call  to  continue  with  them 
another  year  as  pastor.  The  work  is  pros- 
perous.—N.  E.  Cory. 

Ludlow,  Sept.  18.— Clark  Braden  visited 
us  and  lectured  for  the  church  last  week. 
We  began  our  revival  meeting  Sept.  17, 
with  Bro.  E.  E.  Nelms  as  singer.  His 
work  promises  to  be  a  great  help  to  us. — 
Lew  D.  Hill  and  wife. 

INDIANA. 
Terre  Haute,  Sept.  18.— There    was  one 


addition  to  the  College  Avenue  Church  yes- 
terday from  the  U.  B.  church,  also  one  con- 
fession recently,  not  reported.— Leonard 
V.  Barbre. 

IOWA. 

Lake  City,  Sept.  15.— Hamilton-Lan- 
drum  meeting  closed  Sunday  evening  with 
30  added  to  the  church.  Among  the  num- 
ber were  two  men  over  80  years  old  and 
three  docto-s.  During  the  last  20  months 
there  have  been  180  added  to  this  church. 
— C.  L.  Organ,  paster. 

Minburn,  Sept.  18.— Geo.  H.  Maxwell 
closed  a  three  weeks'  meeting  Sept.  10. 
Ten  were  added  to  the  membership,  seven 
confessions,  one  by  letter,  one  Baptist  and 
one  Methodist.  A  Christian  Endeavor  So- 
ciety and  a  Normal  Bible  Class  were  organ- 
ized and  new  interest  awakened  in  all  lines. 
There  was  one  more  confession  Sept.  17. 

Des  Moines,  Sept.  18.— There  were  nine 
accessions  Sept.  17;  three  confessions,  two 
from  the  Baptists  and  one  from  the 
Methodists  at  the  University  church.— 
S.  C.  Slayton. 

KANSAS. 

Pleasanton,  Sept.  18  — One  confession  at 
Moundville  recently.— J.  D.  Pontius. 

Dresden,  Sept.  20.— Two  more  confes- 
sions last  night;  two  before,  and  three  by 
statement.  Continue  indefinitely.  Have 
raised  salary  for  half  time,  and  John  Wint- 
jen  will  take  the  work.— N.  A.  Sttjll, 
evangelist. 

Wichita,  Sept.  23.— Bro.  C.  A.  Cole  and 
I  have  just  closed  a  good  meeting  at 
Wallace,  Ind.,  with  18  accessions.  Our 
next  meeting  begins  at  Sedan,  Sunday, 
Sept.  24.  Cnurches  desiring  our  services 
write  us  at  1315  S.  Emporia  Ave.,  Wichita, 
Kan.— W.  T.  McLain. 

KENTUCKY. 

Bradford.— Wyatt  Montgomery  is  doiDg 
the  preaching  in  a  meeting  with  the 
church  here,  where  his  uncle,  J.  O.  Mont- 
gomery, is  minister. 

Stanford,  Sept.  20.— I  assisted  J.  G. 
Livingston  in  a  meeting  last  week  at 
Goshen,  which  resulted  in  thirteen  confes- 
sions and  baptisms  and  three  added  other- 
wise. Work  here  moves  on  nicely. — L.  M. 
Omer, 

Bedford. — Meeting  closed  here  Sunday 
night  with  twenty  additions.  F.  H.  Cappa 
led  the  singing.  I  begin  my  own  meeting  at 
the  Parkland  church,  Louisville,  Sept.  24. 
F.  H. Cappa  will  lead  the  singing  We  ex- 
pect a  great  meeting. — G.  W.  Nutter. 

Lexington,  Sept.  15  — Mt.  Carmel  closed 
an  eighteen  days'  meeting  last  night.  Forty- 
seven  additions— thirty-two  confessi  ms  and 
baptisms,  nine  by  statement,  two  from  Bap- 
tists, t>wo  reclaimed,  one  by  letter,  one  im- 
mersed Methodist.  Four  of  those  baptized 
were  Presbyterians.     This  makes  two  hun- 


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dred  and  forty-four  additions  during  a  min- 
istry of  less  than  four  rears.  W.  D.  Head- 
rick,  of  Indianapolis,  lad.,  was  evatgelist; 
Allie  Rector,  of  Lexington,  Ky.,  was  singer. 
The  church  is  in  the  best  shape  for  years. 
— W.  G.  Walker,  minister. 

MISSOURI. 

Platte  City,  Sept.  18.— There  were  two 
confessions  at  the  regular  services  yester- 
day, and  one  by  letter  last  Sunday.— 
Louis  S.  Cupp. 

Farmington.Sept.  20.— Three  additions, 
two  by  confess;on  from  t^e  Bible  school, 
one  by  letter.  — Edward  Owers 

Bogard,  Sept.  19.— fust  closed  a  two 
weeks'  meeting  at  Mt.  Carmel  with  home 
forces.  Thirteen  added— three  by  confes- 
sion and  baptism,  three  by  tetter,  five  by 
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DANIEL  IN  THE  LIONS"  DEN.— 
Dan.  6:10-23. 

Memory  Verses.  2I-«3- 
Golden   Text.— The   angel   of  the   Lord 
encampeth  round  about  them  that  fear  him, 
and  delivereth  them. — Ps.  34:7. 

The  transition  from  the  period  of  Baby- 
Ionian  supremacy  in  the  east  to  the  period 
of  Persian  rule  is  referred  to  in  the  verses 
preceding  those  oi  the  lesson  (Dan.  5:31 
and  6:1).  The  historical  records  of  this 
event  are  not  in  harmony.  The  Greek  his- 
torians. Herodotus  and  Xenophon,  differ 
from  each  other  and  from  the  cuneiform 
inscriptions  (.which  might  naturally  be  sup- 
posed to  be  the  most  trustworthy  source  of 
information"),  and  Daniel  is  at  variance  with 
iree.  Secular  history  knows  a  Darius 
who  followed  Cyrus  and  besieged  Babylon 
to  subdue  a  revolt,  but  no  Median  Darius 
as  the  predecessor  of  Cyrus.  The  most 
nearly  contemporary  evidence  indicates  that 
Cyrus  got  possession  of  Babylon  without 
violence,  and  made  it  the  seat  of  a  new  gov- 
ernment, and  that  Darius  later  found  it 
necessary'  to  conquer  his  capital. 

The  incident  recorded  in  this  lesson  has 
its  value  as  a  story  illustrating  the  power 
of  faith,  the  beauty  of  fidelity  to  one's  re- 
ligious training  and  convictions,  and  the 
protecting  care  of  God.  A  people  who  took 
delight  in  the  story  of  a  hero  who  was 
neither  ashamed  nor  afraid  to  pray,  could 
not  be  without  a  strong  element  of  spirit- 
uality. A  nation  which  believed  that  God 
saved,  even  from  hungry  lions,  those  who 
faithfully  called  upon  him,  could  not  fail  to 
have  a  tremendous  power  of  resistance 
against  the  attempts  to  destroy  its  religion. 
So  the  story  of  Daniel  became  to  the  later 
Jews,  as  it  has  since  been  to  many  Chris- 
tians, a  source  of  strength  and  encourage- 
ment. 

It  is  important  that  every  Christian  should 
learn  to  find  the  true  values  in  those  portions 
of  scripture  which,  like  the  book  of  Daniel, 
have  been  and  are  subjected  to  searching 
criticism.  The  elements  of  permanent 
;h  in  the  book  are  those  which  no  crit- 
icism can  touch,  for  they  do  not  depend 
upon  historical  accuracy,  but  upon  the  force- 
ful presentation  of  certain  large  and  abiding 
religious  truths.  The  words  of  Farrar,  a 
conservative  and  evangelical  scholar,  sug- 
gest the  true  distinction.     He  says : 

"Though  I  am  compelled  to  regard  the 
book  of  Daniel  as  a  work  which,  in  its 
present  form,  first  saw  the  light  in  the 
days  of  Antiochus  Epiphanes,  and  though 
I  believe  that  its  six  magnificent  opening 
chapters  were  never  meant  to  be  regarded 
in  any  other  light  than  moral  and  religious 
Haggadoth,  yet  no  words  of  mine  can  exag- 
gerate the  value  which  I  attach  to  this  part 
of  our  canonical  scripture.  The  book  has 
exercised  a  powerful  influence  over  Chris- 
tian conduct  and  Christian  thought.  Its 
right  to  a  place  in  the  canon  is  undisputed 
and  indisputable,  and  there  is  scarcely  a 
single  book  of  the  Old  Testament  which 
can  be  more  richly  profitable  for  teaching, 
for  reproof,  for  correction,  for  instruction 
in  righteousness,  that  the  man  of  God  may 
be  complete,  completely  furnished  to  every 
good  work.  Such  religious  lessons  are  not 
in  the  slightest  degree  impaired  by  those 
results  of  archeological  discovery  and  crit- 
icism which  are  almost  universally  accepted 
by  the  scholars  of  the  continent  and  many 
of  our  chief  English  critics." 

Before    leaving    the   book    of   Daniel,    it 


should  be  noticed  that  it  falls  into  two  main 
divisions :  First,  stories  of  the  life  of  Dan- 
iel, chapters  1-6;  Second,  the  apocalyptic 
visions  which  are  represented  as  having  ap- 
peared to  Daniel,  chapters  7-12.  The  latter 
section  not  only  narrates,  darkly  but  in 
some  detail,  the  fortunes  of  Judah  until  the 
Maccabean  age,  but  reflects  the  best  and  live- 
liest Messianic  expectation  of  later  Juda- 
ism. 


THE   VALUE   OF   CHARCOAL. 


Midweek  Prayer  Meeting. 

By  W.  F.    Richardson. 
Oct.  4,  1905. 


EVILS  AND  CURE  OF  COVETOUSNESS.— 
Luke  12:13-21;   1  Tim.  6:17-19. 

Covetousncss  is  ivicked.  "Thou  shalt  not 
covet"  is  the  tenth  comandment  of  the 
Decalogue.  With  idolatry,  murder,  profan- 
ity and  lust,  it  is  given  evil  prominence  as 
one  of  the  fundamental  sins  to  which  man 
is  prone.  Indeed  it  is  called  idolatry,  as  be- 
ing such  a  love  for  riches,  and  such  con- 
fidence in  their  power  to  bless,  as  to  even 
dethrone  God  from  his  rightful  place  in  our 
lives.  To  "have  their  hope  set  on  the  un- 
certainty of  riches,"  instead  of  "on  God, 
who  giveth  us  richly  all  things  to  enjoy," 
is  practical  idolatry.  (See  Col.  3:5;  1  Tim. 
6:17.)  "How  hardly  shall  they  that  trust  in 
riches  enter  into  the  kingdom  of  God,"  says 
our  Master,  when  the  rich  young  ruler 
turned  away  from  him  rather  than  give  up 
his  wealth.  Surely,  any  passion  that  makes 
the  grace  of  God  ineffectual  in  reaching 
our  hearts  is  wicked,  and  ought  to  be  aban- 
doned, if  we  hope  for  the  divine  favor. 

Covetousness  is  cruel.  Nothing  in  all 
literature  is  more  tragic  than  the  story  of 
Ahab  and  Naboth,  as  given  us  in  1  Kings 
21  :i-2Q.  The  refusal  of  Naboth  to  sell  the 
inheritance  of  his  fathers,  due  to  his  rever- 
ence for  the  law  of  God  and  the  honor  of 
his  house,  brings  upon  him  the  wrath  of 
the  covetous  Ahab  and  the  bloody  Jezebel. 
His  virtue  is  assailed,  his  good  name 
blighted  by  false  and  bribed  testimony,  and 
his  life  taken  from  him,  all  that  a  few 
acres  of  ground  may  be  added  to  the  pleas- 
ant vineyard  of  the  king.  The  greed  for 
riches  is  merciless,  and  stops  not  for  the 
integrity  of  man,  the  virtue  of  woman  or 
the  innocence  of  childhood.  The  mills  of 
commerce  grind  day  and  night,  and  little 
thought  is  given  to  the  human  lives  and 
hearts  that  are  ground  up  therein,  if  the 
dividends  are  regularly  paid,  and  the  stock 
kept  at  par.  "They  that  will  be  rich  fall 
into  temptation  and  a  snare,  and  into  many 
foolish  and  hurtful  lusts  that  drown  men 
in  destruction  and  perdition"  (1  Tim.  6:9, 
10).  "The  love  of  money  is  a  root  of  all 
kinds  of  evil,"  and  of  none  more  surely 
than  of  cruelty.  The  mercenary  have  little 
mercy. 

Covetousness  is  foolish.  The  uncertain- 
ty of  earthly  riches  has  passed  into  a  prov- 
erb. To  the  man  who  seeks  to  satisfy  him- 
self with  abundance  of  material  things  the 
Lord  says,  "Thou  fool,  this  night  thy  soul 
shall  be  required  of  thee :  then  whose  shall 
those  things  be  which  thou  hast  provided?" 
Nor  can  riches  bring  happiness  even  for 
the  short  time  in  which  they  may  be  en- 
joyed in  this  life.  Dives  could  not  have 
been  a  truly  happy  man  while  he  reveled 
in  his  riches,  and  suffered  poor  Lazarus 
to  die  from  hunger  at  his  gate.  Haman 
could  not  recount  to  his  family  the  honors 
and  riches  which  his  king  had  heaped  up- 
on him  but  he  was  compelled  to  add,  "Yet 
all  this  availeth  me  nothing,  so  long  as  I 
see  Mordecai  the  Jew  sitting  at  the  king's 


Few  People  Know  How  Useful  it  is  in  Pre- 
serving Health  and  Beauty. 

Nearly  everybody  knows  that  charcoal 
is  the  safest  and  most  efficient  disinfectant 
and  purifier  in  nature,  but  few  realize  its 
value  when  taken  into  the  human  system 
for  the  same  cleansing  purpose. 

Charcoal  is  a  remedy  that  the  more  you 
take  of  it  the  better;  it  is  not  a  drug  at  all, 
but  simply  absorbs  the  gases  and  impuri- 
ties always  present  in  the  stomach  and  in- 
testines and  carries  them  out  of  the  system. 

Charcoal  sweetens  the  breath  after  smok- 
ing, drinking  or  after  eating  onions  and 
other  odorous  vegetables. 

Charcoal  effectually  clears  and  improves 
the  complexion,  it  whitens  the  teeth  and 
further  acts  as  a  natural  and  eminently 
safe  cathartic. 

It  absorbs  the  injurious  gases  which  col- 
lect in  the  stomach  and  bowels ;  it  disin- 
fects the  mouth  and  throat  from  the 
poison  of  catarrh. 

All  druggists  sell  charcoal  in  one  form 
or  another,  but  probably  the  best  charcoal 
and  the  most  for  the  money  is  in  Stuart's 
Charcoal  Lozenges ;  they  are  composed  of 
the  finest  powdered  Willow  charcoal,  and 
other  harmless  antiseptics  in  tablet  form 
or  rather  in  the  form  of  large,  pleasant  tast- 
ing lozenges,  the  charcoal  being  mixed  with 
honey. 

The  daily  use  of  these  lozenges  will  soon 
tell  in  a  much  improved  condition  of  the 
general  health,  better  complexion,  sweeter 
breath  and  purer  blood,  and  the  beauty  of 
it  is,  that  no  possible  harm  can  result  from 
their  continued  use,  but  on  the  contrary, 
great  benefit. 

A  Buffalo  physician  in  speaking  of  the 
benefits  of  charcoal  says :  "I  advise  Stuart's 
Charcoal  Lozenges  to  all  patients  suffering 
from  gas  in  stomach  and  bowels,  and 
to  clear  the  complexion  and  purify  the 
breath,  mouth  and  throat;  I  also  believe 
the  liver  is  greatly  benefited  by  the  daily 
use  of  them ;  they  cost  but  twenty-five  cents 
a  box  at  drug  stores,  and  although  in  some 
sense  a  patent  preparation,  yet  I  believe  I 
get  more  and  better  charcoal  in  Stuart's 
Charcoal  Lozenges  than  in  any  of  the  ordi- 
nary charcoal  tablets." 

gate"  (Esther  5:13).  And  when  one  takes 
into  account  the  eternal  years  of  God,  and 
the  rewards  of  them  that  trust  in  him,  how 
empty  are  all  the  hopes  that  center  about 
mere  temporal  riches ! 

The  cure  for  covetousness.  "Take  heed!" 
says  Jesus.  This  is  the  cure  for  this  sin. 
Think  of  what  worldly  wealth  is  unable  to 
do  for  you,  and  you  can  not  deliberately 
set  your  heart  upon  it.  Consider  the  mercy 
and  abundant  love  of  God,  and  what  bless- 
ing it  can  bring  to  the  believing  Christian, 
in  time  and  eternity,  and  what  holy  serv- 
ice can  be  rendered  by  your  possessions  to 
his  needy  children,  and  you  will  conclude 
that  the  noblest  use  of  riches  is  to  spend 
them  in  making  human  lives  better,  and 
human  hearts  happier.  Thus  will  you  lay 
up  in  store  for  yourself  a  good  foundation 
against  the  time  to  come,  and  at  last  enjoy 
the  life  that  is  life  indeed. 


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Christian  Endeavor. 

By  H.  A.   Denton. 
Oct    8,  1905. 


THE  CHRISTIAN'S  TRIALS  AND 
TRIUMPHS.— Jas.  1:1-8. 

For  the  Leader. 

We  come  tonight  to  study  a  subject  that 
will  find  a  point  of  interest  in  every  ex- 
perience represented  here.  The  topic,  "The 
Christian's  Trials  and  Triumphs,"  is,  how- 
ever, not  the  lesson  of  a  pessimist.  Trials 
are  his,  to  be  sure,  but  triumphs  are  his  also. 
He  does  not  rebel  at  the  thought  of  suffer- 
ing. This  he  endures.  Patiently  he  plods 
on  in  the  even  tenor  of  his  way.  Why  this  ? 
He  expects  to  triumph  some  time.  At 
what  time?  He  does  not  know.  God 
knows,  and  he  is  willing  to  trust  him.  The 
long,  weary  days  are  passed  over  in  a  loyalty 
that  saves  him  from  rebellion  and  fault- 
finding. So  he  goes  on.  His  trials  mul- 
tiply. The  world  looks  on  and  wonders. 
How  strange  it  has  never  occurred  to 
this  servant  to  complain !  Why,  instead  of 
this,  he  talks  of  coming  victory.  He  sees 
from  afar  the  stream  on  whose  waters  shall 
come  his  deliverance  rise  from  under  the 
altar.  Yes,  all  this  is  possible  to  the  Chris- 
tian. His  trials  must  give  place  to  tri- 
umphs. It  is  not  so  with  him  who  is  not  a 
Christian.  He  may  triumph ;  he  may  fail. 
But  the  man  whose  trust  is  in  God  can  not 
fail. 

For  the  Members. 

1.  The  Christian's  trials  are  many.  One 
of  them  is  temptation.  Not  in  one  form, 
but  in  many.  Here  is  the  temptation  to 
grow  indifferent  and  neglectful  of  Christian 
duties.  Here  is  the  daily  reading  of  the 
Word  of  God.  I  keep  it  up  for  a  time.  Then 
occasionally  I  let  it  pass  because  of  some 
hindrance.  Then  the  times  when  I  neglect 
it  grow  more  frequent.  I  have  a  plausible 
excuse.  But  I  do  not  seem  satisfied  with 
it,  for  I  repeat  it  to  myself  over  and  over. 
Then  I  find  myself  making  little  arguments 
against  pledging  myself  to  a  formal  doing 
of  anything.  Then  I  find  a  dislike  of  daily 
Bible  reading.  It  becomes  a  trial  to  keep 
it  up.    What  shall  I  do  ? 

2.  My  difficulty  in  keeping  up  my  Bible 
reading  is  similiar  to  those  when  I  come 
to  any  of  my  other  duties.  It  is  the  same 
way  with  them  all.  My  only  help  is  in 
forcing  myself  up  to  the  strictest  discipline 
in  these  matters.  I  must  demand  of  my- 
self that  these  things  be  done  regular- 
ly. I  must  look  upon  the  demand  as  imper- 
ative. If  this  course  is  pursued  for  a  time, 
we  will  find  the  work  easier.  We  will  find 
it  a  means  of  joy  to  us.  We  begin  to 
bring  to  it  a  skill  that  is  a  delight.  The 
displeasure  now  comes  from  neglect  rather 
than  performance.  We  at  last  have  con- 
quered. Have  you  not  found  this  to  be 
your  experience  when  you  have  clung  ob- 
stinately to  your  purposes  in  the  Chris- 
tian life?  Many  have.  Well,  what  is  this 
but  triumph?  It  is  nothing  else.  And  let 
no  one  say  that  the  Lord  was  not  in  it.  He 
was.  It  was  he  that  enabled  you  to  hold 
yourself  up  to  the  discipline.  It  was  he  who 
made  the  order  in  which  this  is  a  law  of 
your  nature.  Yes,  yes ;  it  is  God  in  it  all  at 
all  times  and  everywhere. 

3.  Then  there  are  the  trials  of  the  young 
Christian.  He  has,  it  may  be,  little  money. 
His  education  has  been  neglected.  He 
must  start  out  late  to  get  his  preparation 
for  his  life's  work.  His  living  must  be  scant. 
The  wits  will  be  put  to  a  severe  test  to  find 


out  how  one  is  to  get  on  at  all.  There  will 
be  times  when  it  seems  that  the  battle  is  so 
severe  the  victory  is  not  worth  the  struggle. 
This  is  the  tempter.  Beware!  Then  co 
an  acquaintance  into  your  life.  You  get 
glimpses  of  a  gay  world  on  the  border  land 
of  your  world.  Out  here  the  indigent  get 
some  relief  from  being  destitute.  Virtue  is 
drawn  upon  just  a  little  for  the  comforts  of 
life.  Why  not  you  have  a  little  better  time? 
Why  not  you  have  some  money  for  bills? 
Why  not  you  have  a  little  better  wearing 
apparel  ?  Others  have  and  are  not,  you  say, 
found  out.  What  is  this?  Beware!  This 
is  the  tempter.  By  this  plausibility  he  is 
gaining  many  for  his  satanic  majesty. 

4.  What  is  the  refuge  of  those  who  are 
thus  weighed  down  by  trials?  Jesus.  There 
is  no  other  way.  The  church.  There  is  no 
other  organization  so  helpful.  It  is  an  asso- 
ciation of  those  who  fight  in  a  common 
cause.  It  is  a  household  where  every  mem- 
ber is  set  for  the  good  name  of  the  other. 
The  Endeavor  Society.  It  is  the  place  for 
you  when  tempted.  It  is  your  shelter  when 
the  storm  comes  upon  you.  It  is  the  place 
where  your  friends  are  who  will  help  you 
when  trials  are  upon  you.  When  you  are 
tempted  those  of  your  Endeavor  fellowship 
will  stand  around  you  as  a  defense.  Wait 
upon  the  Lord  often  in  these  ministries  of 
his  and  renew  your  strength.  He  has  pro- 
vided them  for  your  protection.  If  you  will 
not  absent  yourself  from  them  you  will  not 
get  into  so  much  trouble.  You  can  avoid 
much  of  your  trouble  and  many  of  your 
trials  by  staying  by  your  Savior,  your 
church,  your  society.  Bad  demons — those 
set  for  the  worst  work  upon  Christians 
—sometimes  linger  near  the  fellowships 
of  the  kingdom  of  God,  looking  for  vic- 
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rained  nearly  every  day. — C.  C.  Taylor. 

Lathrop,  Sept.  IS  —Closed  a  ten  days' 
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Friday  night,  Sept.  15;  six  confessions, 
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school.— J.  G.  Creason. 

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having  baptized  19  and  received  five  others 
by  statement,  at  a  point  in  the  country 
Eve  miles  from  here.  A  church  was  or- 
ganized.— Ma.rceli.us  R.  Ely. 

Grant  City,  Sept.  23.— Two  made  the 
good  start  at  prayer- meeting  this  week, 
one  baptized  immediately.  Evangelist 
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ing here  to-morrow.  I  will  act  as  singing 
evangelist  for  him.— W.  L  Harris,  pastor. 

Joplin,  Sept.  22.— The  recent  meeting  at 
Minden  Mines  resulted  in  raising  sufficient 
money  to  pay  a  preacher  for  all  his  time. 
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mont.  Over  20  accessions  to  date.  The 
meeting  continues  a  few  days  longer. — 
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Hiram,  Sept.  19.— Evangelist  H.  F. 
Mac  Lane  recently  held  a  three  weeks' 
meeting  for  the  Garrettsville  church.  Im- 
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by  statement.— George  L.  Cook,  minis- 
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evangelist  and  Miss  Etizabeth  McKibben, 
of  Lima,  as  singer.  Twelve  were  added 
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baptisms  last  night.  This  makes  62  addi- 
tions in  eleven  months.— John  Mullen, 
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weeks'  meeting,  which  resulted  in  24  addi- 
tions—by  confession,  19;  by  letter,  three; 
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student  and  will  still  continue  to  preach 
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His  Story  and  Hers. 

BY  GERTRUDE  L.  FICKWORTH. 

"Well,  haven't  you  got  nothing  to  say?" 
It  was  my  mother's  voice  which  fell 
harshly  on  my  ears  as  we  sat  in  our  little 
farm-kitchen  that  sweet  summer  night.  I 
knew  that  she  had  every  right  to  resent  my 
slience ;  and  yet  I  declare  I  had  never  felt 
so  tongue-tied  in  all  my  life. 

"It's  a  great  surprise,"  I  said  slowly,  at 
length.  "I  never  expected  that  you  would 
marry  again." 

"Expected  it?  Of  course  you  didn't!" 
cried  my  mother,  with  a  scornful  laugh. 
"You've  never  expected  anything,  nor  had 
eyes  for  what  other  folks  see  plain  enough. 
It's  certain  that  you  have  never  been  in 
love,  David,  though  I  will  say  that  at  one 
time  I  thought  as  you  and  Mary — " 

"I  must  ask  you  to  keep  Mary's  name 
out  of  our  conversation,  mother,"  I  inter- 
rupted, and  I  know  that  something  in  my 
voice  caused  her  to  look  at  me  suddenly. 
At  any  other  time  my  sense  of  humor 
would  have  been  tickled  at  the  idea  of  love 
having  aught  to  do  with  the  proposed  al- 
liance between  my  mother  and  old  John 
Davies.  But  now,  at  the  mention  of  that 
dear  name,  my  face  grew  dark  with  pain, 
and  of  a  sudden  I  realized  all  that  my 
mother's  announcement  meant  for  me.  The 
atmosphere  of  the  kitchen  felt  stifling,  and 
I  rose  up  and  went  and  stood  by  the  open 
door.  The  cool  breath  of  evening  touched 
my  cheek.  In  the  west  the  sky  was  aflame 
with  the  crimson  of  the  dying  sun.  Pres- 
ently, through  the  tumult  of  my  thoughts, 
I  heard  my  mother's  voice. 

"I  hope  you'll  manage  all  right  with- 
out me,  David,"  she  was  saying;  "it  will 
be  a  change  for  you." 

"When  is  it  to  take  place?"  I  asked, 
turning  around. 

"This  day  month." 

I  gazed  at  my  mother  in  bewilderment. 
Already  I  coud  see  the  kitchen  without  her 
familiar  presence.  Then  I  thought  of  my 
father,  and,  strange  to  say,  my  heart  soft- 
ened. He  had  loved  her — once.  I  went  to 
her  and  kissed  her. 

"I  hope  you  will  be  happy,  mother,"  I 
said  gently;  and  then,  before  she  could 
utter  a  word,  I  passed  quickly  out  into  the 
sweet  dusk  of  the  summer  night. 

The  flame  in  the  west  was  dying  down, 
and  overhead  the  first  pale  stars  were 
gleaming  in  the  fading  sky.  Obeying  a 
deep-rooted  instinct  of  my  nature,  I  went 
swiftly  up  the  slope  behind  our  farm.  In 
trouble  the  hills  drew  me  irresistibly.  I 
could  breathe  better  beneath  God's  blue; 
I  could  see  with  clearer  vision  in  his  kindly 
dark. 

Much  of  my  past  life  rose  up  before 
me  as  I  hurried  on  through  the  swift- 
coming  night.  For  the  bitterness  of  the 
present  hour  was  so  strangely  interwoven 
with  the  story  of  all  that  lay  behind. 

I  thought  of  that  red-letter  day  long  ago 
when  the  school  master  had  climbed  up  to 
our  farm.  I  thought  of  all  the  bright 
hopes  which  had  filled  the  brief  years  of 
my  youth.  I  thought  of  that  strange  and 
sudden  home-coming,  and  of  my  promise 
to  my  dying  father.  I  lived  over  again  the 
days  when  I  had  lost  the  first  courage 
which  comes  with  sacrifice,  and  the  glow 
of  a  high  resolve  had  passed  away. 

In  spite  of  hard  experiences,  I  had  always 


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clung  to  my  belief  in  a  God  who  loved  and 
cared  and  who  acted  with  a  wisdom  un- 
comprehended "  by  our  foolishness.  But 
that  night  as  I  lay  on  the  grass  under  the 
cold  eyes  of  the  stars,  it  seemed  to  me  that 
such  faith  was  vain.  No  unseen  Pilot  stood 
at  the  helm  of  my  life's  «f  rail  bark;  it  was 
the  plaything  of  the  winds  and  waves  of 
chance.  As  I  write  these  words  shame 
comes  upon  me.  God  knows  how  bitterly 
I  have  repented  of  that  dark  hour  of  un- 
belief. With  the  psalmist  of  old  I  can  de- 
clare that  his  goodness  and  mercy  have  fol- 
lowed me  all  the  days  of  my  life.  But  let 
me  tell  my  story  clearly  and  calmly. 

It  seems  to  me  that  even  my  own  poor  pen 
must  grow  skillful  when  it  writes  Mary's 
name.  Ever  since  the  day  when  she  came 
up  to  help  my  mother  with  the  hay-making 
I  loved  her.  The  wild  roses  were  in  bloom 
upon  the  hedges,  and  I  remember  thinking 
that  she  was  like  a  rose  herself — a  rose  so 
sweet  and  fragrant  that  she  could  turn  a 
man's  life  into  a  garden.  And  from  that 
time  for  many  months  the  thought  of  her 
filled  even  my  darkened  days  with  sunshine 
— yea,  though  it  led  to  my  bitter  undoing, 
and  I  knew  that  never  again  could  I  look 
into  her  sweet  eyes  without  a  feeling  of 
unutterable  shame.  For  who  was  I  to 
dream  of  love?  How  could  I  ask  Mary, 
or  any  other  woman,  to  share  such  a  life 
as  mine,  to  share  such  a  home  as  my 
mother's  presence  made  inevitable?  And 
when  I  asked  myself  these  questions,  I 
knew  that  all  my  dreaming  was  over. 

I  think  that  here,  for  clearness'  sake,  I 
ought  to  explain  that  after  my  father's 
death  his  affairs  had  been  found  to  be  so 
involved  that  part  of  our  little  farm  prop- 
erty had  to  be  sold.  Thus  the  burden  of 
poverty  lay  heavily  upon  my  shoulders, 
and  from  morning  till  night  I  was  forced 
to  toil  for  the  scant  necessities  of  life.  As 
regards  my  mother,  I  have  no  wish  to 
speak  a  harsh  word.  I  stand  in  too  much 
need  of  the  cloak  of  charity  for  m}r  own 
failings  to  fall  into  that  error.  But .  this 
I  will  say:  that  our  kitchen  was  no  place 
for  a  tired  man  to  come  home  to  of  an 
evening,  and  that  my  mother's  strange  tem- 
perament was  not  the  least  of  the  trials 
which  it  had  pleased  God  to  send  me. 

And  so  these  were  the  reasons  why  I  had 
been  so  soon  able  to  reassure  my  old  school- 


fellow, when,  but  a  week  before  I  heard 
of  my  mother's  approaching  marriage,  he 
came  to  tell  me  of  his  love  for  Mary,  and 
bluntly  to  demand  my  intentions.  To  this 
day  I  can  see  the  look  of  relief  on  his  face 
as  I  gave  him  my  promise  that  he  should 
have  nothing  to  fear  from  me.  And  then 
because  our  hearts  were  knit  by  common 
memories,  and  because  I  felt  such  sudden 
craving  for  sympathy,  I  had  shown  him 
how  my  life  was  set  about  with  barriers. 
After  that  I  had  tried  to  think  of  him  as 
Mary's  future  husband,  for  report  said  that 
she  was  inclined  to  look  with  favor  upon  a 
suitor  so  desirable.  Then,  without  warn- 
ing, the  fetters  fell  from  my  life,  and  I 
knew  that  I  was  a  free  man  at  last  But 
freedom  had  come  too  late. 

And  so  this  was  the  knowledge  which 
was  filling  my  heart  with  such  bitter  pain 
as  I  sat  on  the  hillside  in  the  star-lit  silence 
of  that  summer  night. 

David  has  insisted  upon  my  telling  the  , 
second  part  of  this  story.  I  have  told  him 
that  I  have  no  skill  for  such  a  task,  and 
that  it  would  be  far  better  for  him  to  finish 
it  himself.  But,  as  I  once  promised  to 
obey  him,  I  have  got  into  the  habit  of  do- 
ing what  he  bids  me — at  least,  I  generally 
do.  There,  I  have  made  an  absurd  mis- 
take at  the  very  beginning,  which  proves 
my  point  and  would  convince  anyone  ex- 
cept a  man.  For  now  I  have  let  out  our 
secret,  and  no  one  will  care  to  read  to  the 
end.  But,  as  David  is  waiting,  I  suppose 
I  must  proceed. 

Of  course,  I  knew  quite  well  that  he 
loved  me — yes,  even  at  the  hay-making 
that  golden  afternoon.  And  I?  Oh,  well, 
there  can  be  no  harm  in  confessing  now 
that  I  had  never  known  before  what  easy 
work  hay-making  could  be— at  least,  in 
David's  field.  And  for  months  after  that 
I    went   about   with   such    gladness    in   my 


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heart  that  I  used  to  wonder  that  no  one 
heard  its  singing.  The  following  winter 
my  two  elder  sisters  were  gayer  than 
ever.  They  were  the  handsomest  girls 
in  all  the  count ry-side,  and  SO  it  was  only 
natural  that  they  should  have  their  ad- 
mirers and  be  invited  here  and  there. 
while  I  minded  the  house  and  made  things 
comfortable  for  my  father  when  he  came 
home  to  his  tea.  But  I  don't  remember 
finding  it  dull.  David  sometimes  dropped 
in  to  supper.  I  fancy  my  father  liked  to 
hear  him  talk.  for.  as  everyone  knows, 
nature  never  intended  David  for  a  farm- 
er, and  he  would  have  been  a  school-master 
if  his  father  had  lived.  A  great  deal  of 
the  dairy  work  fell  upon  me  that  winter. 
But  I  don't  remember  grumbling  or  finding- 
it  heavy.    David  sometimes  lent  me  a  hand. 

It  was  in  the  spring  time,  when  the 
cuckoo  was  calling  in  the  little  wood  be- 
hind our  farm,  that  the  song  in  my  heart 
broke  off.  Of  course,  my  sisters  knew 
what  had  happened,  for  there  are  certain 
things  which  women  have  no  need  to  be 
told.  My  father  said  nothing,  only  I  no- 
ticed that  his  manner  towards  me  grew 
more  gentle  as  the  days  passed  and  David 
never  came.  Once  or  twice  I  saw  him — 
David.  I  mean — as  we  came  out  of  church, 
and  anyone  could  see  that  he  shunned  me. 
But  why?  That  was  the  question  I  kept 
asking  myself,  and  it  was  never  answered 
until  one  day  in  June  the  chance  remark  of 
a  rejected  suitor  let  in  the  daylight.  Fool- 
ish fellow !  I  was  too  miserable  even  to 
feel  surprised.  Marry  you,  after  David 
and  I  had  worked  in  the  hayfield  together? 
But  I  felt  grateful  to  you  all  the  same,  for 
though  you  spoke  in  anger,  and  you  had 
no  right  to  mention  David's  name  to  me 
at  all,  yet  unwittingly  you  explained  the 
slience  of  those  long  weeks.  So  David 
was  poor  and  proud,  and  his  mother  shut 
out  any  other  woman  from  entering  his 
life.  Then  the  very  next  morning  we 
heard  that  old  John  Davies  was  about  to 
take  unto  himself  a  wife,  and  that  his 
choice  had  fallen  upon  David's  mother. 
And  that  day  I  stopped  to  listen  to  the 
larks  singing  high  up  over  the  daisied 
fields. 

But  still  David  never  came.  Every  morn- 
ing I  said,  "He  will  come  today," 
and  every  night  I  said,  "He  will  come  to- 


morrow." I  grew  to  feel  as  if  I  had  been 
waiting  for  something  all  my  life.  At  last 
I  could  bear  it  no  longer,  and  so,  about  a 
week  after  David's  mother  was  married,  it 
came  suddenly  into  my  head  that — 

(At  this  point  I  would  fain  lay  down 
my  pen,  for  I  have  come  to  the  hardest 
part  of  my  story.  But  it  seems  to  me  that 
I  am  only  concerned  with  David's  opin- 
ion, and  that  it  were  foolish  to  care  over- 
much for  the  praise  or  blame  of  any  other. 
Nor  do  I  intend  to  give  any  explanation 
save  this:  that  I  knew  he  loved  me,  and 
that  only  a  miserable  mistake  could  be 
keeping  us  apart.) 

When  I  had  tidied  up  the  kitchen  the 
next  afternoon,  I  slipped  from  the  house 
and  went  up  the  footpath  to  David's  farm. 
I  found  him  at  work  in  the  three-cornered 
field.  He  came  quickly  towards  me,  the 
sunlight  on  his  face,  a  look  in  his  eyes 
half  of  wonder  and  yet  wholly  glad.  There 
was  no  need  of  formal  greeting  between 
him  and  me.  We  had  been  parted  too  long 
for  that,  and,  besides,  I  had  done  with 
formalities  when  I  left  home.  So  all  that 
David  did  was  to  take  both  my  hands  in 
his,  while  he  said,  simply,  "How  good  of 
you  to  come  all  the  way  up  here !" 

I  could  answer  him  nothing,  for  the 
change  in  his  face  startled  me,  and  I  for- 
got the  words  I  had  been  minded  to  speak. 
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age ebbed  away.  I  drew  my  hands  from 
his,  and  thus  for  a  space  there  was  silence. 
And  over  our  heads  stretched  the  blue  of 
God's  sky,  and  all  around  us  the  ripening 
corn  whispered  at  the  touch  of  his  breeze. 

"I  shall  never  forget  that  you  thought 
of  me  in  your  happiness,"  said  David,  at 
last. 

I  turned  quickly  and  faced  him. 

"What  do  you  mean?"  I  asked.  "What 
happiness  have  I?" 

"I  thought  that — that  you  were — " 

"Then  you  thought  altogether  wrong,"  I 
interrupted,  for  suddenly  I  understood. 

Faintly  across  the  hill  came  the  sweet 
tinkle  of  sheep  bells.  Not  far  away  a  bird 
sang  softly. 

"Mary!"  cried  David,  '"Mary!" 

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Anything  bat  the  Scrap-Heap. 

The  Rev.  Howard  W.  Pope  tells  the 
story  of  a  Christian  blacksmith  who  had 
had  a  great  deal  of  affliction,  and  was  chal- 
lenged by  an  unbeliever  to  account  for  it. 

This  was  his  explanation :  "I  don't  know 
that  I  can  account  for  these  things  to  your 
satisfaction,  but  I  think  I  can  to  my  own. 
You  know  that  I  am  a  blacksmith. 
I  often  take  a  piece  of  iron,  and  put  it  into 
the  fire,  and  bring  it  to  a  white  heat.  Then 
I  put  it  on  the  anvil,  and  strike  it  once  or 
twice  to  see  if  it  will  take  a  temper.  If  I 
think  it  will,  I  plunge  it  into  the  water,  and 
suddenly  change  the  temperature.  Then 
I  put  it  into  the  fire  again,  and  again  I 
plunge  it  into  the  water  This  I  repeat 
several  times  Then  I  put  it  on  the 
anvil,  and  hammer  it,  and  bend  it,  and 
rasp  it  and  file  it,  and  it  makes  some  use- 
ful article  which  I  put  into  a  carriage, 
where  it  will  do  good  service  for  twenty- 
five  years. 

"If,  however,  when  I  first  strike  it  on 
the  anvil,  I  think  it  will  not  take  a  tem- 
per, I  throw  it  into  the  scrap-heap,  and 
sell  it  at  a  halfpenny  a  pound. 

"Now,  I  believe  that  my  Heavenly  Father 
has  been  testing  me  to  see  if  I  will  take  a 
temper.  He  has  put  me  into  the  fire,  and 
into  the  water.  I  have  tried  to  bear  it 
just  as  patiently  as  I  could,  and  my  daily 
prayer  has  been,  'Lord,  put  me  into  the  fire 
if  you  will ;  put  me  into  the  water  if  you 
think  I  need  it;  do  anything  you  please, 
Lord;  only,  for  Christ's  sake,  don't  throw 
me  into  the  scrap-heap.'  " 

Ten-Cent  Nusic  Lessons  in  New  YorK. 

A  unique  institution  occupies  seven  good- 
sized  rooms  in  Clinton  Hall,  down  in  the 
very  heart  of  the  Jewish  settlement.  It  was 
founded  several  months  ago  by  Mrs.  Clara 
von  Ende  Liebman,  and  has  so  far  been 
maintained  out  of  her  private  income.  The 
object  of  the  school  is  to  give  to  the  chil- 
dren of  the  working  people  opportunities 
for  studying  music.  Mrs.  Liebman,  who 
believes  implicitly  in  the  ennobling  influence 
of  music,  says:  "Many  who  have  heard  of 
the  school  and  its  project  deem  it  superfluous 
and  a  luxury  to  teach  children  of  the  very 
poor  the  art  of  music,  but  I  do  not  agree 
with  them.  Anything  that  can  render  an- 
other pleasure  is  not  superfluous.  I  have  al- 
ways considered  music,  as  did  my  father, 
the  most  uplifting  influence  that  can  be 
brought  to  bear  upon  human  nature.  Un- 
like most  schools,  we  do  not  turn  away 
applicants  who  have  apparently  no  talent. 
The  very  desire  which  prompts  them  to 
save  their  pennies  in  order  to  take  a  les- 
son, and  the  time  which  they  devote  to 
practice  day  after  day,  is  in  itself  a  sermon 
and  worthy  of  appreciation,  whether  they 
ever  develop  a  marked  aptitude  or  not. 
Most  of  the  children  are,  however,  much 
above  the  average  in  both  natural  talent 
and  their  untiring  devotion  to  practice !" 

A  convincing  proof  of  the  East  Side's  ap- 
preciation of  the  ten-cent  lessons  is  the 
sacrifice  necessary  in  the  homes  of  the  chil- 
dren in  order  to  eke  out  the  weekly  ten 
cents,  for  the  conservatory  reaches  out  to 
the  very  poorest  class  of  people,  and  it  is 
only  by  dint  of  much  scrimping  and  sav- 
ing that  the  sum  which  seems  so  little,  but 
which  will  really  buy  so  much  in  the  .quar- 
ter, can  be  spared.  Little  tikes  with  toes 
out  at  shoes  and  their  little  home-made 
knickerbockers  obviously  cut  down  from 
dad's  or  brother's,  come  in  and  proudly 
hand  in  their  dimes  as  they  explain  whether 
it  is  a  violin  or  piano  lesson  that  they  de- 
sire.— Harriet  Quimby,  in  Leslie's  Weekly. 


A  Fair  Deal. 

A  southern  congressman  tells  a  story  of 
an  old  negro  in  Alabama  who,  in  his  bar- 
gaining, is  always  afraid  that  he  may  get 
"the  worst  of  it."  On  one  occasioin,  it  ap- 
pears, this  aged  darky  went  after  a  calf 
that  he  had  pastured  all  summer,  and  asked 
what  he  owed  for  the  pasturing. 

"I  have  a  bill  of  $10  against  you,"  said 
the  farmer  who  had  undertaken  the  care  of 
the  animal,  "but,  if  you  are  willing,  I'll  take 
the  calf  and  call  it  settled." 

"No,  sah  !"  promptly  exclaimed  the  negro, 
I'll  do  nothing  like  dat.  But,"he  added, 
after  a  pause,  "I'l  tell  you  what  I  will  do 
— you  keep  the  calf  two  weeks  longer  and 
you  can  have  it." — Harper's  Weekly. 

The  Note  and  the  Beam. 

The  pastor  of  a  large  city  church  was 
detained  one  morning  by  a  lady  in  his  con- 
gregation. "I  want  to  tell  you,"  she  said, 
"that  I  can  not  come  here  any  more." 

"But  why  not?"  was  asked  in  surprise. 

She  tried  to  speak  quietly,  but  she  could 
not  keep  the  bitterness  out  of  eyes  and  voice. 
"I  have  been  coming  here  three  years,"  she 
answered  slowly,  "and  in  all  the  three 
years  not  once  has"  anyone  said  a  pleasant 
word  to  me,  before  or  after  service;  and 
I  can  not  stand  it  any  longer ;  I  am  go- 
ing to  some  other  church, 

"I  am  sorry,"  the  minister  answered, 
gravely.  "It  should  not  have  been  so.  I 
do  not  wonder  that  you  feel  hurt,  especi- 
ally as  you  yourself  must  have  spoken  kind 
words  to  many  in  these  three  years." 

The  lady  looked  at  him  in  bewilderment. 
"I,"  she  exclaimed,  "I  never  spoke  to  any- 
body— it  wasn't  my  place  to.  I  never 
thought  of  such  a  thing!" 

It  was  the  old  story  of  the  mote  and  the 
beam.  Through  the  three  years  of  deep- 
ening bitterness  against  her  fellow  wor- 
shipers she  had  not  once  brought  her  own 
soul  to  judgment;  instead,  she  had  lav- 
ished upon  it  a  weak  self-pity,  and  gone 
her  unhappy  way  through  the  world  of 
loneliness  which  she  had  created  herself. 
It  might  all  have  been  very  different  if 
only,  seeking  the  lesson  close  folded  in  her 
pain,  she  set  herself  to  keep  others  from 
such  sorrowful  experience.  For  one  who 
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with  Felix.  1  said  to  him.  "Do  you  realize 
that  you  are  known  from  one  end  of  the 
country  to  the  other :'  that  I  have  received 
letters  about  you  from  England,  from  Ja- 
pan, from  Canada,  from  China?"  Felix 
purred.  I  said.  "Brother  Pinkerton  tells 
me  that  when  he  went  to  the  San  Francisco 
convention,  people  had  heard  of  you  that 
had  never  heard  tell  of  him."  Felix  waved 
his  tail.  "You  are  just  an  ordinary'  cat — a 
stray."  I  continued,  "and  yet  you  have 
had  greatness  thrust  upon  you!"  (I  was 
born  great.1)  "You  are  famous,  sir.  Al- 
most every  state  in  the  union  has  heard  of 
you."  "All  this  is  of  no  interest  to  me,"  re- 
marked Felix!  "1  think  I  see  a  mouse  out 
yonder  in  the  long  grass."  He  jumped 
over  the  banisters  and  began  to  hunt  I 
was  telling  someone  about  our  missionary 
in  China.  "The  Advance  Society  tries  to 
send  her  five  dollars  every'  month,"  I  ex- 
plained. "We  can't  go  to  China  to  tell  the 
story'  of  our  faith,  but  we  feel,  in  sending 
our  dimes  and  quarters  and  dollars,  that  we 
are  sending  someone  to  preach  for  us  (and 
when  we  send  a  dollar  we  feel  that  we  are 
sending  a  special  train  with  a  sleeper)." 
He  answered — this  wasn't  Felix,  but  a 
two-legged  cat — that  he  wasn't  much  in- 
terested in  foreigners,  he  had  all  he  could 
do  to  attend  to  matters  nearer  home.  By 
the  way.  I  sent  Drusie  another  five  dollars 
last  week.  If  you  will  lend  a  hand,  we  can 
do  the  same  before  another  month  passes. 

Well,  our  orphan  Charlie  has  paid  me  his 
annual  visit.  You  will  remember  the  Ad- 
vance Society  bought  his  ticket  from  St. 
Louis  to  Mrs.  Ryman's,  where  he  stayed  a 
month ;  then  Mrs.  Ryman's  father-in-law 
kept  him.  with  other  friends,  at  or  about 
Grayson  till  the  last  part  of  his  two  months' 
visit,  when  he  came  on  to  Plattsburg.  He 
had  a  fine  time  at  Mr.  Robert  Marshall's, 
for  they  have  a  son  there,  Terrell,  who  is 
just  Charlie's  age,  and  a  dog,  too — I 
don't  know  how  old  the  dog  is.  Charlie 
came  here  the  day  before  a  big  circus 
came  to  town,  if  you  will  excuse  me  for 
mentioning  such  a  thing  in  a  religious  pa- 
p-r,  and  Terrell  came  the  day  of  the  circus 
— I  wonder  how  he  happened  in  on  that 
day?  As  I  told  you,  my  mother  was  vis- 
iting in  Kentucky,  and  as  we  have  no  maids 
or  butlers  or  coachmen,  all  the  work  fell 
unon  the  old  family  servant  and  the  gar- 
dener. The  old  family  servant  is  not  an  ex- 
pert with  the  frying-pan,  as  he  has  spent  most 
of  his  time  in  writing  books  and  young 
people's  pages  for  weekly  magazines,  and 
the  steak  that  he  cooked  was  refused  by  or- 
phan Charlie,  as  being  something  beyond 
his  experience.  The  steak  was  not  so  cu- 
rious as  the  gravy,  however.  It  was  dap- 
pled-colored, with  little  hills  rising  above 
the  levels.  We  were  far  more  successful 
with  the  chickens,  which  a  kinswoman  sent 
us  already  fried,  and  the  watermelon  left 
nothing  to  be  desired,  except  a  worthy 
successor.  The  gardener  kept  the  board 
stocked  with  tomatoes,  upon  which  the 
orphan  mainly  subsisted,  till  we  thought 
it  best  to  let  him  go  back  to  Terrell  Mar- 
shall for  a  few  days  to  recuperate.  Then 
he  came  back  here,  and  left  from  here  for 
St.  Louis.  The  last  dinner  was  the  supreme 
effort  of  the  old  family  servant  and  his 
father,    the   gardener.      There    were   boiled 


potatoes,    boiled    corn,   boiled    butterbeans, 
boiled   coffee,   boiled   ham,    with   the   inev- 
itable  tomatoes   and   baker's   bread.      Even 
the  orphan  said  it  was  a  fine  dinner.    There 
was  so  much  he  couldn't  get  to  the  catsup. 
While  Charlie  was  here,  Mrs.  Nan   Porter 
and  Mrs.  T.  H.  Capp  invited  us  to  dinner, 
not  on  the  same  day,  either,  and  we  were 
given  a  boat  ride  by  two  young  men.  Will 
and   Henry   Perkins.     These  brothers   own 
a  skiff  on  a  creek  that  runs  through  their 
pasture.     We  took  a  long  ride,  and  every- 
body tried  his  hands  at  the  oars.     It  was 
a  beautiful  day.  and  the  sun  cast  romantic 
shadows    on    the    placid    water,    and    there 
was  a  big  watermelon,  and  five  muskmel- 
ons   waiting    for   us    on   the   bank,  and   so 
many  cows  standing  in  the  stream  that  we 
could  have  done  the  milking  as  we  rowed 
along.     The  current  was  not  deep  enough 
to  excite  our  alarm,  or,  if  we  did  get  fright- 
ened, all  we  had  to  do  was  to  look  at  the 
cows'  legs  to  relieve  our  minds.    When  the 
meals   were   over   and   the   kitchen   cleaned 
up,  the  old   family  servant  was  metamor- 
phosed into  a  gentleman  of  the  house.     He 
and  Charlie  then  played  duets;  Charlie  on 
the  piano,  and  the  gentleman  on  the  piano 
by  his  side,  or  on  the  violin  or  the  flageo- 
let.    Charlie's   favorite   was,   "Meet   Me   at 
St.  Louis,  Louis"    (pronounced  "Louie"  in 
both  places),  as  it  no  doubt  reminded  him 
of  home.     The  other's  favorite  was,  "I'm 
Wearing  My   Heart  Away   for  You,"  not 
because   any  of  his   heart  has   worn  away 
for  anybody  yet,  or  because  he  knows  any- 
body  who   might   act   as   a   grindstone    on 
that   sensitive   organ,   but  because   he   first 
heard  the  song  at  the  street  carnival  under 
a  close,  black  tent,  sung  to  moving  pictures 
which  were  so  much  prettier  than  the  lady 
who  sang  the  song,  that  he  felt  sorry  for 
her  and  wondered  if  anybody  wodld   ever 
throw  confetti  at  her  as  she  passed  down 
the  street.    We  had  the  high  dive,  too,  and 
it  was  free,  but  that  has  nothing  to  do  with 
this    story.      One    afternoon    some    of    the 
girls  came  in  to  sing  for  Charlie — and  for 
themselves,    too,    for    they    enjoy    it,    and 
there  was  candy.     And  we  had  "Wearing 
My  Heart  Away  for  You"  as  a  duet,  and 
then   as   a   sort   of  instrumental   hash,   and 
then  we  warmed  it  over  on  the  piano  and 
fiddle,  till  Charlie  said  he  thought  we  were 
wearing   the    song   away.     He   says   things 
like  that  every  once  in  a  while.     I  found 
him  much  improved  since  his  visit  last  year. 
He  is  a  good  boy,  and  bright,  and  has  manly 
qualities.      He    went    home    the    Saturday 
evening  before  his  school-opening.     I  went 
to    the    station    with    him,   of   course,    and 
after  he  had  hunted  in  the  weeds   for  his 
lost  pocketbook,  which  held  over  two  dol- 
lars  when  he   lost  it,  and   after  he  hadn't 
found  it,  the  train  for  St.  Louis  came  roll- 
ing in,  and  it  was  "Good-by!" — and  a  cloud 
of  dust,  and  Charlie  goes  back  to  the  or- 
phan   home    and    I    to    my    bright,    happy 
home — how    different!      Now,    as    I    came 
away    from    the    station,    I    was    thinking 
how    the    Advance    Society    had    been    the 


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Since  its  recent  dis- 
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Europe  and   America  as  an   unfailing    specific. 

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Jan.  23d,  was  a  helpless  invalid  and  was  cured  of  Hay 
Fever  and  Asthma,  by  Hiraaly*  after  16  years' suffering. 
Mrs.  J.  K.  NordyUe,  of  HillCity,  Kans.,  writes  Jan.  85th, 
had  Hay-Fever  and  Asthma  for  ten  years  and  could  get 
no  relief  until  cured  by  Himalya.  Br.  D.  L.  Cloeeen,  126 
Morris  St.,  Philadelphia,  writeB  Jan.  16th,  Doctors  did  me 
no  good  but  Himalya  cured  me.  Hr.  W.  F.  Campbell, 
Sanbornvllle,  N.  M.,  also  writes  Feb.  6th,  that  Himalya 
cured  his  son.  Rot.  Frederick  F.  Wjatt,  the  noted  Evan- 
gelist of  Abilene,  Texas,  writes  April  15th,  1805, 1  never 
lose  an  opportunity  to  recommend  Himalya  as  it  cured 
me  of  Hay-fever  and  Asthma  and  have  never  had  any 
return  o£  the  disease. 

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for  the  disease,  Hay-fever  sufferers  should  not 
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means  of  our  orphan  enjoying  two  whole 
months  away  from  the  hot,  crowded  city, 
and  how  I  had  been  the  means  of  interest- 
ing the  Advance  Society  in  our  orphan 
and  missionary.  And  I  got  to  wondering 
if  anybody  in  Plattsburg,  that  night,  was 
happier  than  I.  I  heard  shouts  of  laughter 
from  young  people,  and  the  neighborly 
voices  of  the  old,  but  they  were  not  so  happy, 
for  my  happiness  was  too  deep  for  a  voice. 
Two  solid  months  of  enjoyment  in  country 
fields  and  village  homes — two  months  out 
of  the  heart  of  St.  Louis — that  is  what  I 
had  given,  thanks  to  '.he  Advance  Society! 
Near  the  station  I  saw  the  most  wonderful 
tent,  fitted  up  like  a  canvas  palace  with 
rooms  and  porches,  and  outside  were  cov- 
ered wagons.  Some  gypsies  were  cooking 
supper  under  the  open  sky,  and  other 
gypsies  were  lounging  at  the  tent-doors, 
ragged  and  blissful.  But  I  looked  at  them 
and  thought,  "No,  not  even  you  are  so 
happy  as  I !"  And  I  am  sure  you  who 
helped  to  give  Charlie  his  vacation,  either 
by  sending  your  mite,  or  by  opening  your 
doors  to  him,  share  this  happiness ;  and  it 
is  all  the  reward  you  could  desire.  Since 
our  orphan  went  back,  he  has  written :  "I 
am  now  in  school ;  it  began  Tuesday.  Our 
new  matron  is  pretty  good.  Miss  Tena 
Williamson"  (the  former  matron)  "made 
a  visit  here  last  night.  It  has  been  rain- 
ing down  here  this  morning.  The  ticket 
from  Cameron  Junction  cost  $7.45."  (The 
Av.  S.  pays  this.)  "I  guess  your  mother  has 
returned  by  this  time.  I  am  well  and  hope 
you  all  are  the  same.  Call  up  Terrell  (by 
telephone)  and  tell  him  I  said  hello."  (This 
message  has  been  faithfully  delivered.)  "I 
guess  I  had  better  write  to  Mrs.  Ryman. 


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September  28,  1905 


THE    CHKIS7  1AN  EVANGELIS1 


1275 


Tell  all  hello.     Good-by.     Charlie" 

This  is  from  our  missionary,  Drusie, 
who,  I  find  from  the  "Missionary  Tid- 
ings," is  a  fail h  ful  member  of  the  C.  W. 
B.  M. :  "The  five  dollars  was  received. 
How  good  of  the  Lord  to  send  the  drafts 
so  regularly!  Praise  Iris  name.  Really, 
are  you  not  a  preacher,  Mr.  Ellis?  I  was 
under  the  impression  that  you  were  a  min- 
ister or  had  been  once  upon  a  time.  Like 
you,  I  do  not  like  'Rev.'  before  a  man's 
name.  I  like  'Brother'  or  'Pastor,'  though 
I  have  heard  some  among  the  Disciples 
maks  objection  to  the  wofd  Pastor."  (So 
have  I ;  I  know  preachers  who  would  ap- 
parently as  soon  be  called  rascal  as  pastor. 
Perhaps  were  I  a  preacher,  I  could  under- 
stand the  objection,  but  I  can't  see  it  now, 
though  that  will  sound  like  heresy  to  some 
who  read  these  words.  Perhaps  they  will 
not  even  get  printed,  they  must  sound  so 
dreadful  to  some  ears.  But  the  word  pas- 
tor merely  means  a  feeder,  it  doesn't  mean 
anything  bad.  If  a  preacher  isn't  a  feeder, 
or  shepherd,  he  ought  to  be.  Sometimes 
it's  mighty  dry  feed,  but  I've  found  that 
you  can  live  on  pretty  poor  stuff,  for  awhile 
— can't  you,  Charlie?  No,  I  never  was  a 
preacher.  Drusie  continues)  :  "Dear  mem- 
bers of  the  Av.  S.,  the  drafts  come  so  reg- 
ularly, I  can  feel  it  in  my  bones  when  it  is 
time  for  another  without  looking  up  the 
calendar.  It  is  wonderful  to  me  that  you 
should  do  so  much  for  one  whom  you  have 
never  seen.  The  dear  Lord  himself  speaks 
in  your  hearts.  It  has  been  so  since  I 
started  to  China,  dependent  upon  Jesus  alone 
for  support."  (The  reader  will  remember  that 
while  Drusie  belongs  to  the  C.  W.  B.  M., 
she  is  not  sent  to  the  South  Chih-li 
Mission  by  them  or  by  any  board,  but  de- 
pends for  support  upon  voluntary  offer- 
ings.) "The  Christian-Evangelist  is  a 
regular  and  welcome  visitor.  I  enjoy  the 
Av.  S.  page  very  much,  indeed,  also 
'The  Woodneys.'  My  grateful  thanks 
to  those  who  send  the  paper.  I  am 
surprised  at  how  many  have  contributed  to 
the  money  sent  me.  I  send  letters  to  all 
whose  addresses  I  know."  (The  addresses 
you  ask  are :  Carl  and  Clarence  Per  Lee, 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich. ;  Simpson  Ely,  Joplin, 
Mo.,  and  Geo.  W.  Dawson,  Kansas  City, 
Mo.)  "I  wonder  if  you  realize  what  five  dol- 
lars means  toward  the  mission  cause.  For 
local  need  we  use  Chinese  'cash.'  One  thou- 
sand 'cash,'  strung  together,  is  worth  about 
thirty  American  cents.  Many  a  man  sup- 
ports his  family  on  two  hundred  cash  a 
day,  the  usual  working  man's  wages,  or 
about  six  cents.  They  have  almost  no  fur- 
niture, only  a  bed  built  in  one  corner,  and 
a  little  brick  oven  for'  cooking.  Some  can 
not  even  afford  straw  mats  for  the  floor, 
the  Chinese  sit  on  the  floor,  you  know.  The 
higher  officials,  however,  have  a  table,  and 
two  chairs  for  callers.  Well,  a  genuine 
revival  has  broken  out  among  us  mission- 
aries, who  need  times  of  refreshment  as  well 
as  other  people.  The  bookkeeper  and  sec- 
retary started  to  talk  about  Jesus,  and 
somehow  we  forgot  all  our  work  and  our 
souls  were  just  flooded  with  joy.  That 
night  at  prayer  meeting,  I  never  was  in  such 
freedom  in  my  life,  yet  there  was  a  spirit 
of  reverence  and  quietness.  There  was  no 
human  leader.  Our  director  was  away. 
Anyone  just  started  a  song,  or  prayed,  or 
testified.  One  realized  that  God  was 
present,  hearing  every  word.  It  was  a 
quarter  to  eleven  before  we  knew  it." 
(Reader,  just  fancy  its  being  a  quarter  to 
eleven  at  an  American  prayer  meeting  be- 
fore we  know  it !  Why,  it's  as  much  as  a 
preacher's  life  is  worth  to  run  it  up  to  nine 


o'clock.)  "I  want  to  tell  you  about  a  man 
name3  Chao  Lien  Using,  who  has  been  con- 
verted only  six  months.  He  is  like  a  little 
child  in  faith,  believing  God  will  do  every- 
thing that  is  said  in  his  word.  And  God 
is  using  him  wonderfully.  He  is  convinced 
that  all  things  are  possible  to  those  who 
believe.  He  is  a  very  ordinary  man,  but 
when  his  face  is  shining  with  the  glory  of 
God,  one  thinks  not  of  Chao  Lien,  but  of 
Jesu3.     Pray  for  us,  dear  ones." 

I  am  sorry  I  have  not  space  this  week 
to  print  many  interesting  letters,  which  go 
over  till  another  time.  The  following,  how- 
ever, is  too  intensely  interesting  and  impor- 
tant to  be  overlooked:  Mrs.  J.  H.  Hall, 
Cantrall,  111. :  "Will  you  please  explain 
what  it  was  Mr.  G.  C.  D.  Woodney  ate, 
when  he  helped  himself  to  more  cymlings 
as  recorded  in  the  enjoyable  serial?"  Cym- 
lings, generally  pronounced  "sim-lin's,"  are 
a  species  of  squash  that  are  mighty  good 
but  not  very  filling.  When  cooked  they 
make  a  mushy,  soft  dish,  of  a  bright  yel- 
low and  pasty  description.  Cymlings  are 
fine  when  you  have  a  whole  lot  of  other 
things    on    the   table.    You    cook   'em    with 


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Cymlings  when  warmed  ovr  are  never 
what  they  once  were.  A.  dollar  came  from 
Lathrop  for  Drusie;  and  when  Terrell 
Marshall  came  over  the  day  of  the  circus, 
he  gave  me  a  quarter  for  our  orphan. 
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October  5,   1905 


No.  40 


Current  Events. 


The  President's 
Vacation. 


On  the  last  day  of  September  Presi- 
dent Roosevelt  ended  his  "vacation" 
at  Oyster  Bay  and 
returned  to  Washing- 
ton. We  speak  of  it 
as  a  vacation  because  the  papers  have 
been  calling  it  that.  But  it  has  been 
far  from  vacant  of  public  duties. 
During  this  so-called  vaca- 
tion the  President  has  kept 
in  touch  with  political  de- 
velopments at  home,  has 
been  in  daily  consultation 
with  Congressmen,  Sena- 
t  o  r  s  and  departmental 
heads,  has  been  working 
out  his  plans  for  tariff 
revision  and  railway  rate 
regulation,  has  worked 
over  in  some  detail  the 
Panama  Canal  affair  in 
consultation  with  the  com- 
mission, has  doubtless 
written  most  of  the  mes- 
sage which  he  will  present 
to  Congress  when  it  as- 
sembles, and  has  made  the 
most  daring  and  successful 
intervention  in  old-world 
international  affairs  that 
has  ever  been  attempted  by 
an  American  President.  It 
is  perhaps  not  easy  for  any 
of  us  to  appreciate  the  out- 
go of  work  and  study  which 
was  required  by  the  Presi- 
dent's part  in  the  Russo- 
Japanese  negotiations.  The 
words  that  he  spoke  were 
not  so  many,  and  they  were 
relatively  simple.  But  only 
those  of  us  who  have  been 
presidents  of  the  United 
States  can  understand  fully 
the  burden  that  must  be 
borne  by  a  man  who  isdeter- 
miningto  do  an  unconven- 
tional thing  which,  if  suc- 
cessful, will  accomplish  a  vast  and 
beneficent  result,  while  failure  in  it 
will  bring  himself  and  his  government 
into  contempt  before  the  world.  Being 
the  world's  greatest  peace-maker  is 
only  by  a  hair's-breadth  removed  from 
being  the  world's  greatest  meddler.  To 
choose  and  carry  out  a  course  of  action 
in  such  a  case — even  if  it  required  no 
act  beyond  the  speaking  of  one  word — 
is  a  task  to  make  a  man's  hair  turn  gray 
in  a  night.  The  President  has  handled 
it  as  part  of  his  summer  vacation.    He 


is  back  in  Washington  now,  rested 
and  refreshed,  and  ready  for  work. 
« 
There  is  every  reason  to  anticipate 
that  the  President's  winter  will  be  as 
full  of  weighty  busi- 
ness as  his  summer 
has  been,  though 
doubtless  it  will  contain  no  single 
item  of  such  magnificent  scope  as  the 
Russo-Japanese  peace  negotiations. 
The  largest  enterprises  which  he  will 


The  Winter's 
WorK. 


J.  H.  GARRISON,  EDITOR-IN-CHIEF. 

have  on  his  hands  will  be  the  securing 
of  legislation  for  the  federal  control  of 
railroad  rates  and  the  revision  of  the 
tariff  schedule.  On  both  of  these 
points  the  party  is, divided,  and  the 
President  is  in  the  minority,  so  far  as 
the  political  leaders  are  concerned. 
The  professional  politician,  whether 
Republican  or  Democrat,  knoweth  his 
master's  crib  too  well  to  favor  rail- 
road rate  regulation.  The  machine 
will  be  against  it.  But  the  Presi- 
dent's  popularity  is  so  extraordinary 


that  scarcely  anyone  in  public  life, 
especially  in  his  own  party,  will  dare 
to  oppose  him  openly.  We  are  there- 
fore likely  to  see  some  unusually 
subtle  politics,  when  the  congressional 
leaders  set  out  to  thwart  his  plans 
without  incurring  the  odium  of  openly 
opposing  him.  It  is  quite  in  keeping 
with  the  historical  precedents  that, 
during  a  President's  second  term, 
there  should  be  a  weakening  of  party 
discipline  and  a  lack  of  cordiality  be- 
tween the  administration 
and  the  chief  engineers  of 
the  party  machine.  A 
president  who  is  not  eligi- 
ble to  reelection  is  less 
amenable  to  the  influence 
of  the  party  leaders  than 
one  who  hopes  for  another 
term  and  must  keep  the 
machine  well  oiled  in  order 
to  get  it.  So  far,  the 
present  situation  is  not  at 
all  exceptional.  But  it  is 
unusual  for  the  executive 
in  such  a  case  to  be  so 
amazingly  popular  with  the 
rank  and  file  of  both  parties 
and  with  the  people  of  no 
party  and  with  the  world  in 
general  that  those  who  are 
opposed  to  his  policies 
scarcely  dare  to  proceed  ex- 
cept by  subterfuge  and  in- 
direction. And  yet,  with 
all  of  Mr.  Roosevelt's  popu- 
larity, he  will  not  have  his 
way  about  rate  regulation 
and  tariff  revision  without 
a  prolonged  and  severe 
struggle.  Against  him 
there  will  be  the  weight  of 
thirteen  billion  '  dollars  of 
capital,  representing  210,- 
000  miles  of  railroad. 
Against  him  will  be  the 
old  states  rights  fear^  of 
federal  control  of  anything. 
And  we  all  know  well 
enough  the  variety,  magni- 
tude and  multiplicity  of  in- 
fluences which  rise  up  in  opposition 
when  a  reform  of  the  tariff  is  sug- 
gested. Yes,  it  will  be  hard  winter- 
in  Washington. 

a 

Mr.    Dennison,   the    American   who 
served  as  Japan's  legal  adviser  in  her 
recent      negotiations, 
Japan  s  hag  ma(je  a  SOmewhat 

Bargain.  surprising"^ and    very 

informing  statement  of  the  cash  value 
of  the  concessions  which  Russia  made 
in  the  treaty  which  is  now  awaiting 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


October  5.  1905 


The  Cost  of 
Insurance. 


ratification.  Upon  his  showing,  Ja- 
pan du;  all  succeed  in  collect- 
ing a  very  substantial  indemnity  in  a 
veiled  form.  The  portion  of  the  Man- 
chnrian  railway  which  Russia  ceded 
to  Japan  is  worth  $150,000,000,  accord- 
ing to  his  estimate,  and  the  coal 
mines  of  Pashan  and  Yen-tan  are 
valued  at  not  less  than  $25,000,000, 
The  risbing  privileges  along  the  coast 
of  Siberia  will  be  worth  $10,000,000  a 
: .  which,  capitalized  at  5  per  cent, 
would  amount  to  a  lump  sum  of 
-  ,000.000.  The  southern  part  of  the 
island  of  Sakhalin,  which  is  returned 
to  Japan,  is  rich  in  coal  and  iron 
mine>  which  are  worth  uncounted  mil- 
lions. These  valuations  are  amply 
confirmed  by  the  most  trustworthy 
authorities.  When  the  Japanese  peo- 
ple have  allowed  their  heat  to  subside, 
they  will  perhaps  begin  to  realize 
more  perfectly  than  we  can  expect 
them  to  at  present,  that  it  was  a  great 
deal  better  business  to  accept  these 
concessions  and  make  peace  than  to 
expend  another  billion  dollars,  not  to 
mention  lives,  in  trying  to  force  Rus- 
sia to  pay  an  indemnity  of  six  hundred 
million. 

6 

Professor  Giddings  of  Columpia 
University,  perhaps  the  most  eminent 
sociologist  in  the 
country,  has  made  a 
contribution  to  the 
many-sided  discussion  of  the  insurance 
question  which  is  now  before  the  pub- 
lic. Aside  from  the  general  fact  that 
the  financial  operations  of  the  great  in- 
surance companies  are  too  vast  in 
magnitude  and  toj  secret  in  method 
for  any  small  group  of  man  to  handle 
with  safety  to  the  investor,  he  gives  as 
the  great  source  of  all  the  trouble  that 
the  premiums  are  too  high.  We  pay 
for  our  insurance  and  we  pay  a  great 
deal  more  which  goes  into  the  expenses 
of  extravagant  management  and  into 
heaped-up  surplus  funds.  Professor 
Giddings,  in  speaking  of  the  cost  of 
insurance,  says:  "Roughly  speaking, 
the  payment  of  $200  a  year  in  premiums 
to  an  insurance  company  by  a  man  40 
years  of  age  and  in  good  health,  buys 
an  insurance  of  the  face  value  of 
$5,000.  An  examination  of  the  finances 
of  the  great  New  York  companies  as 
made  public  in  the  recent  disclosures, 
and  a  comparison  of  them  with  the 
finances  of  the  life  insurance  systems 
of  a  country  like  New  Zealand,  where 
the  business  is  honestly  managed  by 
the  state,  indicates  that  a  premium  of 
$200  ought  to  secure  an  insurance  of 
between  $10,000  and  $1.5,000."  Some 
of  the  insurance  people  have  under- 
taken to  answer  this  statement  from 
Professor  Giddings.  They  do  so  by 
saying  "it  can't  be  done."  The  an- 
swer does  not  seem  wholly  convincing 
in  face  of  the  fact  that  it  has  been 
and  is  being  done.  Until  the  present 
time,  most  of  the  wise  advice  on  the 
subject  of  insurance  has  been  to  the 
effect  that  one  should  avoid  cheap  in- 
surance and  invest  in  a  company  whose 


premiums  are  large  enough  to  provide 
for  an  ample  surplus.  And  it  is  wise 
advice.  Xo  sensible  man  expects  to 
buy  gold  dollars  for  40  cents  apiece, 
and  cheap  insurance  at  any  price  is  as 
bad  a  bargain  as  cheap  eggs.  But  that 
is  not  saying  that  we  should  pay  two 
dollars  apiece  for  gold  dollars.  And 
that  is  about  what  some  of  us  have 
been  doing  in  the  matter  of  insurance. 
There  is  no  fault  to  be  found  with  the 
goods,  but  the  price  is  too  high.  A 
poor  article  (shaky  insurance,  for  ex- 
ample,) may  be  dear  at  any  price,  as 
we  are  fond  of  saying;  but  it  does 
not  follow  that  a  good  article  is  cheap 
at  any  price. 

The   making  of  Honiton  lace,  says 

an  English  paragraph,  will  soon  be  as 

.  .  much    a   lost    art    as 

Lace  and  ..        ,     4,  .        , 

.  .  the     feather  work     of 

Learning  ..      .    .  . 

the  Aztecs,  because  a 

recent  order  of  the  local  school  board, 
in  the  town  which  gives  its  name  to 
the  lace,  compels  the  children  to  at- 
tend school  so  that  they  have  no  time 
to  learn  to  make  lace.  We  do  not  pro- 
fess to  know  much  about  the  peculiar 
merits  and  beauties  of  genuine  Honi- 
ton lace — no  mere  man  would  be  ex- 
pected to — but  if  this  statement  cor- 
rectly presents  the  alternative,  we 
view  with  entire  composure  the  ex- 
tinction of  the  industry.  No  sort  of 
lace  can  be  quite  precious  enough  to 
compensate  lor  the  cramped  and 
starved  lives  of  its  makers,  if  that  is  a 
necessary  condition  of  its  making.  If 
it  comes  to  a  choice  between  wearing 
lace  and  keeping  the  children  in 
school,  we  will  go  without  Honiton 
while  the  world  stands  and  make  no 
complaint. 

9 

We  grow  easily  indignant  over  the 
adulteration  of  food  with  poisonous 
and  deleterious  sub- 
stances, but  I  by  far 
the  greater  amount  of 
food  adulteration  is  harmless  except 
in  that  it  deprives  the  customer  of 
what  he  thinks  he  is  paying  for.  This 
sort  of  adulteration  we  can  contem- 
plate without  panic  or  hysteria,  but  in 
v;ew  of  the  magnitude  of  the  total 
values  involved  we  ought  not  to  con- 
template it  without  solicitude  and  even 
indignation.  When  we  buy  cotton  seed 
oil  under  the  name  of  olive  oil  and  at 
the  price  of  the  latter,  we  are  not  poi- 
soned but  we  are  robbed.  So  when 
we  buy  fruit  jellies  which  are  purely 
chemical  products,  or  any  one  of  a 
hundred  other  things  which  are  sold 
under  the  name  of  higher  priced  arti- 
cles. The  state  chemist  of  Indiana, 
who  has  charge  of  a  laboratory  of  hy- 
giene for  the  detection  of  adulteration 
in  foods  sold  within  that  state,  has 
been  making  some  interesting  esti- 
mates of  the  magnitude  of  this  swin- 
dle.    He  says: 

On  the  very  reasonable  basis  of  twen- 
ty-five cents  as  the  cost  of  one  day's  food 
per  capita,  I  believe  it  is  safe  to  say  that 
in  the  immediate  past  the  state  of  Indiana 
has  lost  $3,000,000  annually  in  consequence 


Food 
Adulteration. 


Mr.  Cleveland 
and  Women. 


of  unrestricted  food  adulteration.  This  is 
\  ery  easy  to  figure  out.  Taking  an  esti- 
mated population  of  2,500,000  for  the  state, 
and  reckoning  the  daily  per  capita  cost 
for  food  to  be  twenty-five  cents,  the  amount 
spent  for  food  in  one  year  by  the  citizens 
of  the  state  will  be  about  $227,000,000.  Of 
this  amount  one-fourth  was  liable  to  adul- 
teration, and  estimating  conservatively,  five 
per  cent  was  adulterated.  The  five  per  cent 
of  the  total  cost  of  food  amounts  to  more 
than  $11,000,000.  Certainly  as  much  as 
$3,000,000  would  be  a  very  moderate  esti- 
mate for  the  loss  to  consumers  in  this  state 
through  adulteration. 

These  figures  represent  only  one 
state.  Probably  one  hundred  million 
dollars  a  year  for  the  whole  country 
would  be  a  conservative  estimate. 
What  we  are  going  to  do  about  it  is 
another  question.  One  thing  we  can 
do  is  to  establish  a  food  laboratory  in 
every  state  and  punish  the  manufac- 
turers and  purveyors  of  all  adulter 
ated  foods. 

« 

Not  content  with  the  share  of 
troubles  to  which  he  has  fallen  heir  by 
his  new  connection 
with  the  Equitable, 
Mr.  Cleveland  has 
had  the  temerity  to  write  an  article 
against  woman  suffrage  and  to  have  it 
published  in  the  Ladies'  Home  Jour- 
nal. While  he  is  so  near  the  subject, 
he  takes  occasion  to  defend  or  ex- 
plain his  former  statements  about 
women's  clubs.  We  have  no  disposi- 
tion to  take  the  affirmative  in  a  de- 
bate on  woman  suffrage — or  equal 
suffrage,  as  its  advocates  correctly 
prefer  to  call  it — but  Mr.  Cleveland's 
arguments  do  not  seem  wholly  con- 
vincing. His  fundamental  statement 
is  that  the  result  to  be  feared  is  not 
danger  to  the  republic,  but  danger  to 
the  women,  if  political  rights  are  ex- 
tended to  both  sexes.  But  when  he 
begins  to  base  his  argument  upon  the 
results  of  equal  suffrage  in  the  four 
states  which  have  adopted  it,  he 
alleges  no  deterioration  of  the  quality 
of  womanhood  in  those  states  but 
calls  attention  to  the  election  of 
Roberts  to  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives and  Smoot  to  the  Senate,  both 
from  Utah,  where  women  are  allowed 
to  vote.  This  is  scarcely  fair,  unless 
he  is  merely  trying  to  prove  that  uni- 
versal suffrage  is  not  an  immediate 
and  absolute  cure-all  for  every  politi- 
cal evil — and  that  is  a  proposition 
which  no  one  really  cares  to  deny. 
The  truth  is  that  the  trial  has  not  yet 
been  made  on  a  sufficiently  large  scale 
or  in  sufficiently  normal  communities 
— for  Utah,  Idaho,  Colorado  and 
Wyoming  are  not  in  all  respects  typi- 
cal American  commonwealths — to 
afford  any  safe  and  satisfactory  basis 
for  an  argument  from  experience. 
And  perhaps,  after  all,  the  eloquent 
ladies  who  claim  for  their  sex  the 
privileges  and  burdens  of  citizenship, 
have  as  good  a  right  to  fall  back  upon 
the  doctrine  of  abstract  human  rights 
as  had  our  political  fathers  who  framed 
the  Declaration  of  Independence  upon 
a  basis  of  philosophy  rather  than  of 
history. 


October  5,  1<PS- 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVAXGELE/I  . 


1281 


The  Evolution   of  a  Religious  Journal 


THREE  things  are  essential  to  the 
growth  or  evolution  of  a  great 
religious  journal  that  is  to 
have  a  permanent  place  in  the 
religious  life  of  a  people.  It  must  have 
a  message  to  convey,  which  the  people 
need  to  hear;  room  in  which  to  take 
root  and  grow,  and  ability  to  adapt 
itself  to  the  changing  needs  of  the 
times  without  being  false  to  its  es- 
sential principles.  Lacking  in  either 
one  of  these  essential  conditions  a  re- 
ligious journal  is  doomed  either  to 
an  early  death  or  a  lingering  invalid- 
ism, which  is  worse. 

THE  MESSAGE, 

The  only  religious  message  worth 
while,  in  this  day  and  age  of  the 
world,  is  the  message  which  Jesus 
Christ  brought  to  the  world  nineteen 
centuries  ago.  The  purer  the  form 
in  which  this  message  can  be  con- 
veyed to  men,  the  nearer  it  approach- 
es that  of  the  Master,  both  in  matter 
and  spirit,  the  more  vital  it  will  be, 
and  the  more  valuable  will  the  reli- 
gious paper  be  that  bears  it  to  a  needy 
world.  If  there  is  anything  in  the 
world  which  it  is  infinitely  impor- 
tant for  men  to  hear  and  heed  it  is 
the  message  which  God  has  sent  to 
the  world  in  Christ.  It  is  the  mes- 
sage of  God's  fatherhood,  of  his  heart 
of  infinite  love,  yearning  to  save  men 
from  the  awful  consequences  of  sin, 
and  to  bring  them  into  fellowship  and 
oneness  with  himself,  and  with  each 
other.  The  incarnation,  the  cross,  the 
resurrection,  the  ascension,  the  de- 
scent of  the  Holy  Spirit,  the  preach- 
ing of  the  gospel,  the  organization  of 
the  Church,  all  have  their  reason  and 
explanation  in  this  gracious  and  eter- 
nal purpose  of  God.  This  is  and  ever 
must  be  the  substance  of  the  message 
of  every  religious  journal  that  is  to 
root  itself  in  the  favor  of  God  and 
the  confidence  of  men. 

THE  ROOM. 

A  religious  journal  must  also  have 
room  in  which  to  grow.  An  oak  tree 
can  not  be  produced  in  a  pot  of  soil. 
By  room  we  do  not  refer,  primarily, 
to  territorial  extent,  though  that  per- 
haps enters  into  the  problem.  There 
must  be  a  place,  a  field,  a  need,  for 
a  religious  journal,  or  there  is  no 
promise  of  permanency  for  it.  There 
may  be  any  amount  of  capital  behind 
it,  but  unless  it  fills  a  real  need  and 
ministers  to  the  religious  necessities 
of  men  better  than  they  would  other- 
wise be  served,  its  tenure  of  life  is 
uncertain,  its  mission  brief.  A  re- 
ligious journal,  like  an  individual, 
has,   or   acquires,   an  individuality  of 


its  own,  a  character,  a  spirit,  an  in- 
fluence, which  decides  the  field  it  is 
to  occupy.  If  it  be  limited  in  its 
range  of  vision,  in  its  sympathies,  in 
its  conception  of  Christianity,  its 
constituency  must  also  be  limited  in 
the  same  way.  If  it  make  its  ap- 
peal to  the  prejudices,  the  sectarian- 
ism and  ignorance  of  its  readers,  it 
will  draw  about  it  that  kind  of  a 
constituency,  and  it  is  generally  a 
waning  constituency.  On  the  other 
hand,  the  paper  that  is  able  to  take 
a  broad  view  of  the  world's  needs, 
that  has  a  conception  of  the  gospel 
which  makes  its  plea  catholic  in  tone 
and  spirit,  appeals  to  a  wider  con- 
stituency, and  draws  about  it  read- 
ers who  are  like-minded.  In  this 
way  a  religious  paper  determines 
whether  its  field  is  to  be  a  wide  or 
a  narrow  one.  But  sometimes  reli- 
gious journals  attempt  to  broaden 
their  fields  by  lowering  their  ideals, 
sacrificing  their  message  for  a 
larger  constituency.  This  they  may 
succeed  in  doing  for  awhile,  but  it 
is  the  beginning  of  the  end,  without 
a    change   of   policy. 

POWER  OF  ADAPTATION. 

The  third  essential  of  success  is 
the  ability  of  a  religious  journal  to 
perceive  the  needs  of  the  times  and 
adapt  its  divine  message  to  these 
needs.  Legalism  in  the  editorial 
chair  makes  this  adaptation  impos- 
sible, for  legalism  sacrifices  the 
spirit  to  the  letter.  It  has  lost  the 
spirit  of  freedom  in  which  all  great 
religious  movements  have  their  ori- 
gin, and  is  unable  to  adapt  its  teach- 
ing to  the  changed  conditions  and 
circumstances  into  which  the  on- 
ward sweep  of  events  is  continually 
bringing  us.  A  false  liberalism  can 
not  do  it,  because  it  does  not  dis- 
criminate between  the  human  and 
the  divine,  and  often  yields  the 
latter,  in  its  mistaken  efforts  to  ac- 
commodate itself  to  superficial  or 
imaginary  needs.  The  religious  jour- 
nal that  has  a  firm  grip  on  the  Gos- 
pel of  Jesus  Christ,  and  knows  how  to 
adapt  it  to  the  needs  of  men  without 
sacrificing  any  essential  principle  or 
divine  command,  has  a  grip  on  the 
future,  and  is  likely  to  remain  an 
abiding  factor  in  the  religious  life  of 
the  world.  Such  a  religious  paper 
may  have  a  feeble  beginning,  may 
have,  and  often  does  have,  for  a  time, 
a  severe  conflict  with  poverty  and  with 
unworthy  prejudices.  But  if  it  remain 
steadfastly  loyal  to  its  high  ideals, 
sooner  or  later  it  gains  the  confidence 
of  good  men,  and  a  growing  constit- 


uency that  will  appreciate  its  aims  and 
ion,    and    will    help    it   to    realize 
those  ideals  in  some  good  degr< 

OTHER   DEPARTMENTS. 

In  this  article  we  have  spoken   of 
the  evolution  of  a  religious  journal, 
and  Tin-;  Christian-Evangelist  is, 
indeed,  the  root  and  stem  from  which 
have  grown  all  other  departments  of 
our  publishing  business  ;  but,  tin 
by  purely  commercial  standards,  Tuf. 
Christian-Evangelist  is  perhaps  the 
least  of  the  three  great  branch'--   of 
our  publishing  enterprise.     The  other 
two  departments  are  that  of  our  Sun- 
day school  publications  and  our  book 
publishing  business.  These  have  grown 
up  in  the  order  named.    The  Sunday 
school  supply  department,  under  the 
editorial  management  of  our  veteran 
Sunday  school  editor,  W.  W.  Dowling, 
has  grown  from  a  small  beginning  to 
our  present  complete  series  of  Sunday 
school  publications  adapted  to  the  va- 
rious needs  of  that  important  depart- 
ment of  church  work.   For  many  years 
this  series  has  held  a  leading  and  com- 
manding place  in  the  Sunday  school 
world.  The  book  business,  which  from 
the  beginning  was  a  part  of  our  plan, 
was  not  developed  for  several  years, 
but  has  grown  steadily  until  it  is  not 
extravagant  to  say  that  the  literature 
of  the  Disciples  of  Christ,  with  few 
exceptions,  is  embraced  in  the  books 
which  the  Christian  Publishing  Com- 
pany owns  and  controls.     Each  year 
witnesses  an  output  of  new  books  from 
our  presses  which  are  intended  to  be 
adapted    to    present    conditions    and 
needs.     This  feature  of  our  work  is 
continually  growing,  and  promises  to 
become  the  chief  business  of  the  com- 
pany.    In  every  department  our  aim 
is  to  produce  the  very  best  that  we  are 
capable   of  producing,   believing  that 
the    Cause   and   the   constituency    we 
serve  are  entitled  to  the  best. 

THEN  AND  NOW. 

The  Christian-Evangelist  of  to- 
day, in  its  size,  form,  matter,  and  cir- 
culation, together  with  its  material 
equipment,  is  a  very  different  paper 
from  what  it  was  forty  years  ago,  and 
yet  the  same  spirit  that  breathed  in 
its  pages  then,  breatiies  in  them  today. 
Continuity  of  aim  and  oneness  of  spirit 
have  been  a  marked  feature  of  the 
paper  throughout  its  history.  The 
humble  sheet,  printed  on  a  hand-press, 
and  carried  to  the  post  office  in  a 
basket  forty  years  ago,  was  the  pro- 
genitor of  The  Christian-Evangel- 
ist that  now  is,  with  its  corps  of  con- 
tributors and  correspondents  all  over 
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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


October  5,  1905 


Editor's  Easy  Chair 

Pentwater  Musings. 

This  is  our  last  Lord's  day  at  Pent- 
water  for  the  season.  It  is  a  typical 
autumn  day.  A  stiff  breeze  blowing 
out  of  the  northwest  is  sending-  in  a 
succession  of  breakers  on  the  beach, 
and  far  out  to  the  distant  sky-line  the 
whitecaps  are  running  like  flocks  of 
gamboling  sheep  on  a  green  meadow. 
The  old  lake  is  lifting  up  its  voice  in 
one  of  its  loudest  anthems,  while  the 
swaying  and  singing  pines  join  in 
the  autumnal  melody.  The  squirrels 
have  been  chattering  about  it  in  the 
treetops — the    same    little    neighbors 


ling  behind  the  hills,  unconscious  of 
the  billows  that  were  sweeping  over 
the  bosom  of  its  larger  sister.  In  the 
absence  of  the  Methodist  pastor,  who 
had  gone  to  Conference,  and  at  his  re- 
quest and  that  of  his  offcers,  the  "Easy 
Chair"  Editor  occupied  the  pulpit  this 
morning,  preaching  to  a  goodly  num- 
ber of  the  village  folk,  though  many 
of  the  business  men  of  the  town  were, 
as  usual,  conspicuously  absent.  Pent- 
water  needs  one  more  church,  and  that 
of  the  best  type  which  the  Disciples  of 
Christ  establish.  Such  a  church,  with 
one  of  our  live  preachers,  would  put 
new  life  into  every  church  in  town, 
reach  a  class  of  people  that  is  stand- 


Garrison  Park,  for  there  is  a  prophecy 
of  winter  in  the  sharp  autumn  breeze, 
and  yet  the  Park  has  lost  none  of  its 
vernal  beauty.  We  shall  carry  with 
us  bright  memories  of  the  place  as 
we  see  it  today,  and  will  be  glad  to 
turn  our  feet  this  way  again  when 
"the  good  old  summertime"  shall  come 
again. 

A  half-day  was  spent  at  Macatawa 
Park,  as  we  passed  by  to  close  up  dear 
old  "Edgewood-on-the-Lake."  There 
are  few  fairer  places  anywhere  along 
this  shore,  if  any,  than  Macatawa 
Park;  but  Lake  Michigan  seems  to 
have  a  grudge  against  the  place,  and 
it  is  thundering  at  her  shore  with  a 


whose  feet  were  pattering  on  the  roof 
of  the  cottage  when  we  waked  this 
morning — and  the  caw  of  the  crow  as 
he  passes  by,  on  slow-flapping  wings, 
lets  us  know  that  he,  too,  has  an  al- 
manac of  his  own  and  knows  that 
autumn  is  here.  Nothing  else  disturbs 
the  quietness  of  these  still  woods, 
through  which  the  chequered  sun- 
beams are  falling  from  a  cloudless 
sky.  Here  and  there  a  maple  has 
blushed  to  crimson  or  gold,  but  other- 
wise the  leaves  are  as  green  as  they 
were  in  June.  One  can  not  look  upon 
the  beauty  of  this  scene  as  it  presents 
itself  today,  along  this  wooded  lake 
shore,  without  seeing  down  the  future 
when  these  hills  and  ravines  will  be 
dotted  with  neat  summer  cottages  ded- 
icated to  rest  and  recreation,  to  com- 
munion with  nature  and  nature's 
God.  This  is  one  of  the  decrees  en- 
tered in  the  book  of  fate  when  this 
great  lake  was  scooped  out  and  these 
hills  were  reared  and  clothed  with 
forests. 


When  the  sound  of  the  village 
church  bell  in  the  distance  reached 
our  ears,  we  walked  down  to  Pent- 
water  lake,  where  we  keep  our  boat, 
and  rowed  across  the  little  lake,  nest- 


The  Office  of  the  Editor-in-Chief. 

ing  aloof  from  Christianity,  and 
elevate  the  religious  life  of  the  whole 
community.  We  must  have  it.  Brethren 
of  the  State  Board  of  Michigan,  help 
us — help  the  nucleus  already  on  the 
ground — and  what  ought  to  be  will  be. 
Pentwater  may  easily  become  a  radi- 
ating center  for  New  Testament  Chris- 
tianity in  Northern  Michigan,  and 
plans  should  be  laid  to  that  end. 


This  is  Monday,  and  to-day  we  are 
to  close  up  "The  Pioneer"  until  next 
summer.  Sitting  now  by  the  bay  win- 
dow that  overlooks  the  lake,  we  are 
looking  out  between  words  at  the  tu- 
multuous waves  which  are  still  sweep- 
ing in  from  the  north ;  but  in  an  hour 
the  shutters  will  go  up,  and  we  will 
go  out  and  hence.  Very  different  will 
be  the  sights  and  sounds  that  will  greet 
our  eyes  and  ears  before  this  reaches 
our  readers.  Instead  of  the  far  stretch- 
ing lake  with  its  heaving  billows  will 
be  the  city  with  its  busy  streets;  the 
music  of  the  resounding  waves  will  be 
exchanged  for  the  roar  of  traffic,  and 
life  will  take  on  a  little  tenser  tone. 
And  yet  this  will  have  been  a  busy 
vacation,  filled  with  multitudinous 
duties  and  experiences,  leaving  little 
room  for  increased  strenuosity.  It  is 
a  good  day  to  take  our  departure  from 


whole  park  of  her  artillery.  Men  were 
at  work,  however,  building  out  hori- 
zontal walls  from  the  shore,  which  it 
is  believed  will  stop  the  ravages  of  the 
lake  and  build  up  once  more  the  old- 
time  beach.  The  Park  has  had  one 
of  the  most  prosperous  seasons  in  its 
history,  and  a  new  association  of  the 
cottagers  has  been  formed  and  in- 
corporated which,  they  think,  will  re- 
move some  of  the  annoyances  to  which 
they  have  hitherto  been  subjected.  We 
trust  this  may  prove  to  be  so.  Few 
of  the  cottagers  were  still  remaining 
there.  The  Harmons  and  Sister  Ro- 
gers and  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Holland, 
were  there,  and  these  contributed  to 
the  pleasure  of  our  brief  stay.  It  was 
not  without  some  tender  memories  of 
the  past  that  we  noticed  on  the  shut- 
ters and  windows  and  doors,  as  we 
were  closing  up  the  cottage,  the  in- 
itials of  the  different  members  of  our 
now  scattered  household,  placed  there 
to  identify  the  shutters  with  their  re- 
spective rooms,  in  years  gone  by.  A 
lady  reader  in  the  Old  World  ex- 
presses her  regret  at  seeing  Edgewood- 
on-the-Lake  advertised  for  sale,  and 
does  not  like  the  thought  of  its  falling 
into  "alien"  hands  who  will  know 
nothing  and  care  nothing  for  the  his- 
tory and  traditions  which  our  readers 
associate  with  it.  It  is  not  too  late 
yet  for  some  one  familiar  with  its 
past  to  own  it  and  control  its  future. 


October  5,  1905. 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


1283 


The   Evolution  of   a    Religious 
Journal. 

(Continued  from  page  128 1.) 
the  world,  its  staff  of  editors,  and  re- 
porters, its  stenographers,  machines, 
printing  presses,  its  great  publishing 
plant,  and  its  rapidly-increasing  cir- 
culation, some  account  of  which  is 
presented  to  our  readers  this  week.  It 
is  enough  that  God  alone  knows  the 
mental  toil,  the  sacrifices,  the  anxie- 
ties, the  increasing  labors,  not  of  one 
man  alone,  but  of  many,  that  have 
entered  into  this  evolution  of  a  reli- 
gious journal  from  a  feeble  beginning 
to  its  present  condition.  The  chief 
consolation  that  comes  to  us  today,  is 
not  the  material  success  that  has  re- 
sulted from  these  years  of  toil,  but 
that  whatever  success  has  been  gained, 
has  been  won  by  steadfast  adherence 
to  honest  convictions  of  truth,  through 
evil  report  as  well  as  through  good 
report,  and  that  it  is  given  to  us,  ere 
these  labors  close,  to  see  the  faces  of 
the  brotherhood  turning  toward  those 
ideals  which  have  been  the  inspiration 
of  our  lifelong  struggles  and  toils. 

Notes  and  Comments. 

It  is  a  happy  coincidence  that  in  this 
special  number  of  The;  Christian- 
Evangelist  intended  to  celebrate  our 
removal  into  our  new  building  and  our 
entrance  upon  a  larger  era  of  useful- 
ness to  the  cause  we  are  seeking  to 
serve,  we  are  permitted  to  announce 
the  completion  of  the  raising  of  a 
quarter  of  a  million   dollars   for  the 


Christian  -  Evangelist  has  done 
what  it  could  in  its  line  to  bring 
about  this  result,  we  call  upon  our 
readers  to  rejoice  with  us  and  with 
the  officers  of  the  society  in  the  com- 
pletion of  this  undertaking.  Not  that 
it  is  a  finality,  but  it  is  a  way-mark 
showing  progress,  and  a  prophecy  of 
larger  things  yet  to  be.  It  remains 
now  for  the  society  to  write  on  its 
banner,  .$300,000  for  the  coming  year, 
and  plan  to  raise  it. 

Since  the  foregoing  was  written  the 
announcement  entitled  "Victory !" 
from  Corresponding  Secretary  F.  M. 
Rains,  which  will  be  found  elsewhere, 
has  been  received.  Be  sure  to  read  it 
and  catch  some  of  the  enthusiasm  that 
flashes  out  from  every  sentence  like 
sparks  from  an  electric  battery.  The 
secretary  evidently  has  his  head  in  the 
clouds  where  the  lightning  is,  and  is 
closing  the  circuit  between  the  divine 
enthusiasm  of  Christ  and  a  half-sleep- 
ing church.  Of  course  we  endorse 
the  new  watchword — $300,000  be- 
tween now  and  Buffalo.  You  see  we 
had  suggested  it  before  we  knew  the 
Executive  Committee  had  decided  up- 
on it.  See  Secretary  Muckley's  dis- 
patch. It  is  great  news  we  are  pub- 
lishing this  week  in  the  largest  edition 
of  The  Christian-Evangelist  ever 
published. 


Current  Religious  Thought. 

Rev.  Otis  G.  Dale  contributes  an 
article  to  "The  Interior"  on  "The 
Function    of    the    Religious     News- 


service. It  is  therefore  indispensable  to 
the  progreM  and  highest  success  of  every 
Christian.  In  its  secular  news  columns  is 
found  the  news  of  the  world — all  that  is 
really  worth  while — reviewed  from  the 
Christian  standpoint.  Here  is  very  valuable 
service  rendered  those  who  have  neither 
time  nor  leisure  to  boil  down  the  great 
mass  of  the  world's  happenings  and  readjust 
the  residuum  to  the  Christian's  viewpoint 
The  editorial  page  furnishes  the  cream  of 
current  thought  on  matters  of  religious  dis- 
cussion, theological  and  practical.  And 
contributed  articles  from  the  pens  of  recog- 
nized leaders  in  Christian  thought  and  ac- 
tivity, touch  the  vital  points  of  Christian 
life  and  service,  and  serve  as  instruction 
and  inspiration.  They  give  the  Christian 
what  every  physician,  lawyer  and  trades- 
man wants  to  know — what  the  leaders  in 
his  lines  are  thinking  and  doing. 

0 
Referring  to  the  complaint  some- 
times made  by  unthinking  people  that 
the  religious  paper  is  too  expensive, 
Dr.  Dale  mentions  a  few  facts  which 
are  often  overlooked : 

It  is  sometimes  said  that  the  religious 
papers  are  too  expensive:  "They  should 
be  as  cheap  as  the  popular  magazines." 
Such  a  complaint  comes  of  forgetting  that 
the  religious  newspaper  is  a  special  journal, 
necessarily  limited  in  circulation  because 
appealing  to  a  class,  not  to  all  people.  The 
religious  newspaper,  compared  as  it  should 
be  with  other  special  organs,  is  not  expen- 
sive. "The  Medical  News"  (Philadelphia) 
costs  $4.00  per  year;  "The  Legal  Journal" 
(Pittsburg)  $4.00;  "The  American  Banker" 
(New  York)  $4.00;  The  "Engineering 
News"  (New  York)  $5.00;  "The  Grocers' 
Criterion"  (Chicago)  $2.00;  "The  Financier" 
(New  York),  which  every  banker  regards 
indispensable  to  his  business,  costs  $10.00; 
"The  Educational  Review"  (New  York), 
published  ten  months  of  the  year,  costs 
$3.00;      "Shooting     and     Fishing"     (New 


past  missionary  year  for  foreign  mis- 
sions. The  Christian-Evangelist 
has  just  received  a  telephonic  mes- 
sage from  Secretary  Stephen  J.  Corey 
stating  that  he  had  received  a  dispatch 
from  F.  M.  Rains,  stating  that  the 
$250,000  had  been  raised  and  the 
money  was  still  coming  in.     As  The 


The  Assistant  Editor's  Office. 

paper,"  which  contains  truths  which 
religious  people  need  to  ponder.  He 
says: 

This  is  precisely  the  function  of  the  re- 
ligious newspaper;  it  is  the  special  journal 
of  the  fine  art  of  Christian  living.  It  is 
Christian  thinking  and  Christian  practice 
brought  up  to  date;  a  record  of  expert 
opinions   on  matters   of  Christian   life   and 


York),  a  sportsman's  magazine,  costs  $4.00. 
All  periodicals  of  this  class  that  are  well 
edited  range  in  price  from  $2.00  to  $10.00. 
The  real  value  of  the  religious  newspa- 
per is  still  unappreciated  by  a  large  num- 
ber of  Christian  people.  In  new  of  the 
considerations  above,  it  makes  its  own  ap- 
peal to  every  Christian  household  not  as 
a  luxury,  but  as  a  necessity  for  the  broad- 
est culture  of  Christian  character  and  the 
highest  efficiency  in  Christian  service. 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


October  5,  1905 


What  ^t8  Distinctive  Features  Si  Plea? 


Tin?  question  has  been  asked  and 
answered    again    and    again. 
S  me    of    the    answers    have 
been  oi  great   value,   but   not 
very  many  of  them,  in  my  judgment. 
ha\  I  d  that  which  is  most 

plea  which  the  Dis- 
-  have  made  and  are  still  making. 
What    1    say   may   not   be   satisfactory 
dl.  but  I  think  it  is  possible  to  sum 
up  the  main   features  of  our  conten- 
tion in  three  things  : 

1.  The  liberty  of  every  man  to  de- 
cide for  himself  what  shall  be  his  re- 
ligious position,  or  what 
he  shall  believe  and  teach. 

_\  The  great  simplicity 
.ir  plea  in  its  element- 
ary principles,  and  in  our 
method    oi    presenting   it 

the  world. 

Its  practical  adapta- 

.  to  the  real  wants  of 

the    individual    man    and 

the    social    conditions    of 

the  age. 

In  my  judgment,  the 
first  of  these  has  not  re- 
ceived the  attention  to 
which  it  is  entitled  by 
those  who  have  discussed 
the  character  of  our  plea. 
In  their  discussions  they 
have  often  insisted  upon 
certain  facts  and  princi- 
ples which  are  very  im- 
portant in  themselves ;  but 
these  must  always  be  sub- 
ordinated to  the  question 
if  individual  liberty  which 
lies  back  of  them.  Our 
whole  contention  against 
human  creeds  is  virtually 
a  protest  against  interfer- 
ence with  individual  lib- 
erty ;  but  it  sometimes 
happens  that  while  pro- 
testing against  these 
creeds  some  have  made 
other  creeds  tests  of  fel- 
lowship   which    are    just 

yrannical,  and  just  as  unworthy  of 
a  great  plea,  as  those  embodied  in  the 
human  symbols  which  have  been 
evolved  out  of  historical  Christianity. 

Speaking  broadly,  the  Disciples  of 
Christ  have  always  claimed  the  rights 
of  individual  conscience,  but  doubtless 
they  have  not  always  been  entirely 
true  to  this  claim.  Indeed,  they  have 
-ometimes  pressed  their  own  convic- 
tions so  decidedly  upon  the  world  as 
to   practically   ignore   the  convictions 

others  who  differ  with  them.  It  is 
a  noble  thing  to  feel  that  we  are  right 
in  our  religious  position,  but  it  is  a 


By  W.  T.  Moore 

charitable  thing  to  recognize  the  fact 
that  others  with  whom  we  differ  may 
just  as  sincerely  as  we  do  feel  that 
they  are  right. 

It  was  precisely  at  this  point  where 
the  Campbells  broke  with  the  reli- 
gious world  in  their  day.  In  studying 
the  Scriptures  they  came  to  certain 
conclusions,  and  when  they  began  to 
proclaim  these  conclusions  to  the 
world  their  religious  neighbors  began 


to  stigmatize  them  as  heretics,  and 
doubtless  would  have  carried  their  op- 
position to  extreme  measures,  if  the 
days  of  the  fagot  and  stake  had  not 
gone  out  of  fashion. 

Xow  an  important  question  sug- 
gests itself  at  this  point.  Is  it  not 
possible  that  our  religious  movement 
may  some  day  become  distinguished 
for  the  very  same  kind  of  bigotry  as 
that  against  which  it  was  a  solemn 
and  earnest  protest  when  it  was  first 
started  ?  The  tendency  of  all  religious 
movements  is  to  reproduce  in  them- 
selves the  very  things  against  which 


they  protested  in  the  beginning,  and 
out  of  which  protests  these  movements 
had  their  origin. 

At  this  point  we  must  constantly  be 
on  our  guard.  The  liberty  we  claim 
for  ourselves  we  must  freely  grant 
to  others.  We  are  ardent  advocates 
of  Christian  union,  but  a  union  which 
does  not  take  into  account  the  sacred- 
ness  of  conscience  and  the  liberty  of 
individual  action  would  be  worth 
little  or  nothing  even  if  such  a  union 
could  be  formed.  At  any  rate  it 
seems  to  me  that  we  have  reached  a 
period  in  our  development 
when  it  is  important  for 
us  to  hark  back  to  first 
principles.  I  notice  a 
few  earnest  brethren  are 
making  this  call,  while 
at  the  same  time  they 
seem  to  be  utterly  igno- 
rant of  what  these  first 
principles  are.  They  seem 
to  think  the  very  first 
principle  is  to  adopt  their 
exact  point' of  view  and 
echo  precisely  what  they 
believe  and  teach.  In 
short,  they  claim  a  whole 
world  of  liberty  for  them- 
selves, but  they  seem  un- 
willing to  grant  any  lib- 
erty at  all  to  other  peo- 
ple. They  set  up  a  dis- 
tinct standard,  and  then 
require  every  man  to 
adopt  this  as  his  rule  of 
faith  and  practice,  while 
all  who  do  not  strictly 
pronounce  their  shibbo- 
leths are  practically  ostra- 
cized, or  in  some  way  dis- 
counted, as  members  of 
our  reformatory  move- 
ment. 

Now  if  these  ardent  de- 
fenders of  the  faith  could 
come  to  understand  that 
their  procedure  is  pre- 
cisely the  very  thing 
against  which  the  Campbellian  move- 
ment made  its  most  emphatic  pro- 
test, they  would  perhaps  modify 
to  some  extent,  at  least,  the  dog- 
matic spirit  which  they  show  towards 
their  brethren  who  do  not  exact- 
lv  agree  with  them  in  all  their  conten- 
tions. I  do  not  hestitate  to  say  that 
without  the  liberty,  to  which  I  am 
calling  attention,  the  Disciple  move- 
ment may  become  as  sectarian  as  any 
of  the  other  religious  movements  that 
have  a  place  in  the  history  of  the 
Church.  But  if  we  will  all  recognize 
the  liberty  for  which  I  am  contending, 


OCTOBICK   5,    I9O5. 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


it  is  possible  to  make  our  movement 
not  only  comprehensive  enough  to  em- 
brace all  who  love  and  serve  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  but  also  make  it  possi- 
ble to  bring  about  such  a  union  of  all 
these  as  would  assure  the  conversion 
of  the  world  within  the  near  future. 

The  simplicity  of  our  plea  is  also  a 
notable  feature  of  it.  From  the  view- 
point of  the  liberty  to  which  I  have 
called  attention  everything  is  simplic- 
ity itself.  We  have  only  to  open  our 
Bibles  and  examine  for  ourselves,  not 
only  as  to  what  the  faith  is,  but  also 
whether  we  are  in  it  or  not.  We  at 
once  avoid  fruitless  discussions  about 
doctrines  and  philosophies,  so  far  as 
fellowship  is  concerned.  We  may  dis- 
cuss any  of  these  if  we  choose  to  do 
so ;  but  we  must  not  make  our  con- 
clusions tests  of  fraternity.  We  must 
believe  the  simple  facts  of  the  Gospel, 
obey  the  simple  commands  of  the  Gos- 
pel, and  then  enjoy  the  simple  prom- 
ises of  the  Gospel.  We  must  make 
our  conditions  of  fellowship  precisely 
equal  to  the  conditions  necessary  to 
the  Christian  life  and  character.  We 
dare  not  go  any  further  than  this ;  and 
while  we  confine  ourselves  to  this 
limitation,  our  plea  is  so  simple  that 
it  seems  to  me  it  ought  to  commend 
itself  at  once  to. every  one  who  is  a 
loyal  follower  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ. 

In  the  third  place,  from  the  liberty 
standpoint,  our  plea  adapts  itself  to 
the  present  conditions  of  the  age  in 
which  we  live.  No  one  will  deny  that 
the  old  despotisms  are  rapidly  crumb- 
ling to  dust.  Nothing  is  more  distinct- 
ly apparent  in  the  political  horizon  to- 
day than  the  fact  that  all  forms  of 
government  which  do  not  recognize 
individual  rights  are  either  tumbling 
down,  or  else  are  decidedly  shaky  on 
their  foundations.  It  is  also  true  that 
religious  ecclesiasticisms  are  rapidly 
losing  their  power.  Even  the  influence 
of  the  Vatican  is  nearly  everywhere 
becoming  less  and  less  a  power  in 
modern  society.  All  social  conditions 
are  crying  out  for  liberty  of  con- 
science and  the  right  of  individual  in- 
terpretation. 

In  the  light  of  these  facts  we  must 
not  emasculate  our  plea  of  the  very 
element  which  makes  it  fit  for  the 
present  condition  of  the  world.  If  we 
hold  it  to  its  original  purpose,  it  will, 
in  my  judgment,  finally  conquer  the 
world,  but  if  we  surrender  it  to  the 
spirit  of  dogmatism  and  despotism, 
which  is  always  clamoring  to  take  pos- 
session of  every  movement  in  the  best 
interests  of  mankind,  then  we  may  un- 
derstand once  for  all  that  our  mission 
will  be  practically  ended  and  another 
will  have  to  be  started  before  the  final 


triumphs  of  Christianity  in  the  world 
can  be  truthfully  proclaimed.     Let  us 

then  write  the  word  liberty  over  every 
sen  11011,  every  essay,  every  editorial, 
every  church,  every  Sunday  school, 
every  college,  etc.,  which  stands  for 


the  plea  which  the  Disciples  of  Christ 
arc  making,  and  let  those  who  can  not 
do  this  to  disturb  the  glor: 

atmosphere  of  freedom  which  the  plea 
of  the  Disciples  invites  us  to  breathe. 
Columbia,  Mo. 


As  Seen  From  the  Dome 

By  F.  D.  Power 


If  living  be  a  fine  art,  dying  is  none 
the  less  so.  "Death,"  says  Ruskin,  "is 
the  only  time  when  one  can  be  nobly 
thoughtless."  It  is  surely  the  time  to 
be  honest,  to  come  to  our  real  selves. 
"Today  kings,  tomorrow  beggars," 
said  Hazlitt  of  actors,  "it  is  only  when 
they  are  themselves  that  they  are 
nothing."  Today  kings,  tomorrow 
beggars  ;  it  is  only  when  they  are  noth- 
ing that  they  are  themselves,  might 
be  said  of  actors  on  a  wider  stage. 
"Thank  God,  this  is  real !"  exclaimed 
some  one  when  brought  face  to  face 
with  death.  More  unreality  goes  to 
make  up  life  than  we  would  willing- 
ly confess.  Men  and  women  go 
through  it  in  a  pose,  a  variety  of 
poses,  assumed  as  kings,  beggars,  jest- 
ers, stoics,  playing  a  part ;  and  we 
might  properly  ask  of  many,  "What 
character  have  you  selected?"  Un- 
doctored  human  nature  is  a  scarce  ar- 
ticle. 

If  there  is  ever  a  time  when  the 
mask  is  thrown  off  it  is  when  death 
comes.  Few  attitudinize  on  their 
death  beds.  The  hypocrite  then  un- 
covers. There  is  no  thought  of  the 
judgment  of  the  spectators.  Excep- 
tions there  may  be,  but  even  recorded 
instances  of  men  who  die  to  the  audi- 
ence have  a  later  story  of  their  genu- 
ine spirit.  Mirabeau's  talk  is  that  of 
the  orator :  'T  shall  die  today.  When 
one  has  reached  that  point  there  only 
remains  one  thing  to  be  done :  to  per- 
fume oneself,  to  crown  oneself  with 
flowers,  to  surround  oneself  with  mu- 
sic, in  order  to  enter  more  pleasantly 
upon  that  sleep  from  which  one  awak- 
ens no  more."  Music,  perfume, 
flowers — a  triumphal  procession  to  the 
grave.  This  is  the  natural  language 
of  the  orator  addressed  to  the  unseen 
audience.  But  presently  we  hear  of 
no  music,  no  perfume,  no  flowers,  and 
in  the  extremity  of  mortal  agony  the 
man  replaces  the  actor  as  he  breaks 
into  reproaches  against  his  physician. 
Pope  gives  us  a  picture  of  Sir  God- 
frey Kneller's  death  bed,  lying  down 
contemplating  the  plan  he  had  made 
for  his  monument,  saying  he  would 
not  like  to  lie  among  the  rascals  at 
Westminster,  and  asking  him  to  write 
his  epitaph.  He  describes  to  Pope  his 
dream:    "'I  dreamed  I  was  dead.     Be- 


fore me   I   saw   a  door  and  a  great 
number  of  people  about  it.    As  I  drew 
near  I  could  distinguish  Peter  by  his 
keys,  with  some  other  apostles.    They 
were  admitting  people.     As  the  first 
after  my  coming  applied   for  admit- 
tance Peter  asked  his  name  and  re- 
ligion.     'I    am    a    Roman    Catholic,' 
said  the  spirit.     'Go  in  then,  and  sit 
down  in  the  seats  on  the  right  hand.' 
The   next    was   a    Presbyterian.      He 
was  admitted,  and  offered  a  seat  on 
the  other  side.     My  turn  came  next, 
{Continued  on  page  1288.) 
<&         * 
SHOUTED  UP 
In  England  They  Politely  Refer  to  the 
Stomach  as  "Little  Mary.'' 


Little  Mary.— "I  say  up  there,  won't 
you  please  quit  sending  down  such  a 
variety  of  unnatural  things  to  me. 

"Here  this  morning  first  came  down 
some  sticky,  pasty  material,  ah 
starchy  and  only  partly  cooked.  It 
was  wheat  or  oats  and  was  decorated 
with  milk  and  sugar. 

"Between  the  unchewed  mouthfuls 
came  gulps  of  coffee,  finally  a  good 
big  drenching  of  it.  Then  some  bread 
and  a  lot  of  grease,  perhaps  it  was 
butter,  then  some  tried  eggs  and  fried 
meat  and  more  coffee,  and  some  fried 
cakes  and  syrup.  You  load  things  on 
me  as  if  I  could  stand  everything. 

"I  try  faithfully,  but  there's  no  use. 
I  can  digest  part  of  it  and  the  balance 
sours  and  I  simply  have  to  push  it 
along  to  the  liver.  He  says  he's  badly 
overworked  now  and  gets  so  weak  he 
almost  collapses,  so  he  sends  the  sour 
mass  on  down  into  the  intestines  to 
raise  gas  and  trouble  of  all  kinds.  We 
can't  help  it,  and  you  must  either  select 
your  food  with  better  reason  or  stand 
more  and  more  trouble  down  here. 
Suppose  you  try  us  on  some  cooked 
or  rawr  fruit,  a  little  Grape-Xuts  and 
cream,  2  soft-boiled  (not  fried "i  eggs, 
some  well-browned  toast  and  a  cup  of 
Postum.  Liver  and  I  will  guarantee 
to  make  you  feel  the  keen  joy  of  a 
hearty  and  well  man  if  you  will  send 
those  things  down  to  us.  There's  a 
reason,  but  never  mind  that,  try  it  first 
and  when  you  find  we  know  what  we 
are  talking;  about,  vou  may  be  readv 
to  hear  the  reason." 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


October  5,  1905 


The  Editor  of  the  Sunday  School  Department. 


The  New  Home  of  the 

Christian  Publishing  Company 


How  a  Religious  Newspaper 
is  Made. 


The  Christian  Publishing  Company 
now  occupies  what  is  perhaps  the 
best  building  in  the  West  that  is 
used  exclusively  for  the  production 
of  religious  literature.  Fronting  on  Pine 
Street,  on  the  lots  numbered  27 10-2712- 
2714,  it  stands  out  as  the  distinctive 
feature  of  the  immediate  neighborhood. 
The  building  extends  to  the  alley  in  the 
rear,  the  area  of  the  ground  it  covers  being 
75x131  feet.  Entering  the  front  door,  the 
general  business  offices  are  found  on  the 
left-hand  side,  while  on  the  right  is  the  book 
room.  To  these  departments  is  allotted 
the  same  amount  of  space — 31x50  feet.  Sep- 
arating the  two  rooms  is  the  front  hall  and 
stairway,  leading  to  the  second  and  third 
floors.  Under  the  stairway  is  a  large  safe 
vault,  and  in  its  rear  are  lavatory  and  ele- 
vator. Under  this  front  part  of  the  build- 
ing— 75x50  feet — are  the  furnace  room,  and 
a  great  fire-proof  vault,  wherein  are  depos- 
ited seventy-five  tons  of  book  plates. 
The  rear  portion  of  the  ground-floor  of 


the  building  is  devoted  to  the  press  and  mail- 
ing rooms.  Here  are  seven  large  presses, 
folder,  cutters,  etc.  The  power  used  is  elec- 
tric, each  machine  being  supplied  with  its 
own  motor,  and  all  kept  constantly  at  work. 
The  mailing  room  is  contiguous,  so  that 
no  time  is  lost  in  scattering  the  papers  to  all 
parts  of  the  country  as  they  come  from  the 
presses.  From  ten  to  fifteen  large  wagon- 
loads  of  mail  are  sent  out  weekly  from  this 
room. 

On  the  second  floor,  in  the  front  part  of 
the  building,  are  the  editorial  and  circulation 
offices.  There  are  five  front  rooms,  and  in 
these  may  be  found  the  home  force  of  our 
periodicals,  some  twelve  in  number.  Two 
large  rooms  on  either  side  of  the  halls  and 
the  stairways  are  used  for  purposes  of 
stock,  reference  library,  and  among  other 
things,  an  editorial  lunch-room.  Just  back 
of,  and  communicating  with,  the  offices 
wherein  the  editors  do  their  work,  is  the 
great  composing  room,  64x80 — one  of  the 
finest  rooms  for  this  purpose  in  any  state — 
supplied  with  type  of  all  kinds,  and  that 
wonderful  machine  which  puts  words  into 
lead,  called  the  linotype.  The  third  floor 
is  devoted  to  the  advertising  department, 
a  large  room  for  the  use  of  the  city  min- 


isters who  gather  at  the  headquarters  of 
the  Christian  Publishing  Company  nearly 
every  Monday  for  their  conferences,  and 
large  store  rooms  where  the  book  stock  is 
kept.  When  we  recently  moved  from  the 
old  building,  on  Locust  Street,  we  brought 
with  us  164  wagonloads  of  books,  and  as 
we  had  very  materially  reduced  the  stock, 
in  view  of  removal,  and  have  made  many 
reprints  and  additions  since  then,  this  will 
give  our  readers  a  little  idea  of  what  is 
contained  within  the  walls  of  our  present 
building.  The  whole  building  is  lighted 
by  electricity.  It  is  tastefully  decorated,  the 
woodwork  being  brown  and  the  walls 
stained  white.  The  building  itself  is  of 
brick,  and  is  substantially  constructed.  It 
is  filled  with  workers  who  are  kept  busy 
earning  their  bread  by  "the  sweat  of  their 
brow."  It  is  dedicated  to  an  appreciative 
brotherhood  for  the  purpose  of  filling  the 
homes  of  our  land  and  the  hearts  of  the 
Christian  people  with  a  literature  that 
purifies  and  elevates,  that  helps  us  to  be 
better  citizens,  and  brings  us  closer  to  God. 
That  the  Christian  Publishing  Company 
may  never  falter  from  this  purpose,  and  that 
our  great  brotherhood  may  help  us  to  be 
true  always  to  this  aim,  is  the  wish  of  every 
employe.  G.  A.  H. 

HOW   WE     MAKE  THE  CHKISTIAN- 
EVANGELIST. 

The  present  number  of  The  Christian- 
Evangelist  may  be  called  a  "special"  issue, 
in  that  it  has  "features"  that  do  not  appear 


The  Associate  Editor  of  "Our  Young  Folks"  and  other   Sunday  School  Periodicals. 


October  5,  1905. 


THE  CIIRISTIAX-EVANGKUST. 


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The  Office  of  the  Head  of  the  Subscription  Department. 


in  every  number,  yet  the  same  routine  is 
very  largely  followed  week  after  we^k  in 
getting  out  the  paper.  It  may  be  of  interest 
to  a  great  many  readers  who  have  never 
been  inside  a  newspaper  office  if  we,  seeing 
that  we  are  this  week  presenting  to  them 
some  illustrations  of  our  new  home,  give 
them  some  little  idea  of  how  a  weekly  paper 
is  produced. 

To  some  extent,  all  newspaper  editors 
work  alike.  But  the  conditions  of  work  on 
a  weekly,  of  course,  are  in  many  ways  dif- 
ferent from  those  on  daily  newspapers. 
Necessarily  the  staff  of  the  latter  must  in- 
clude a  larger  number  of  workers,  for  they 
have  to  handle  much  more  matter,  and 
handle  it  much  more  quickly.  The  work, 
therefore,  must  be  more  subdivided  and 
every  .department  have  its  recognized  head. 
For  instance,  a  daily  newspaper  has  what 
is  called  its  editor,  who  is  very  frequently 
one  of  its  proprietors,  if  not  the  only  one. 
With  this  man,  in  the  final  analysis,  rest 
all  the  decisions  of  policy  or  judgment. 
Then  there  is  the  managing-editor,  who  is 
responsible  for  the  general  make-up  of  the 
paper.  Under  him  are  the  heads  of  depart- 
ments who  are  respectively  responsible 
for  the  assistants  who  aid  them  in 
their  work.  The  telegraph  editor  handles 
the  news  that  may  come  in  from  all 
outside  districts,  but  the  city  editor  has 
control  of  the  local  staff  of  reporters 
and  must  see  that  his  paper  gets  all  the 
news  of  his  city.  Editorial  writers,  sporting 
editors,    Sunday  editors,   and   others,   have 


their  special  field  of  work.  But  with  a 
weekly  newspaper  the  conditions  are  dif- 
ferent. Many  of  them  have  but  one  editor, 
and  what  are  known  as  corresponding  ed- 
itors, who  send  in  contributions  either  reg- 
ularly or  as  they  may  feel  disposed.  On 
the  better  class  of  weeklies,  however,  there 
is  usually  an  assistant  to  the  chief  editor. 
That  is  the  way  with  The  Christian- 
Evangelist.  Each  has,  in  a  measure,  his 
distinctive  work,  and  yet  much  of  their 
work  overlaps,  and  they  are  in  constant 
consultation  both  in  their  plans  and  in  their 
writing. 

It  was  in  the  latter  part  of  last  year  that 
the  editors  first  conceived  the  idea  of  publish- 
ing a  Christian-Evangelist  special  issue. 
The  delay  in  the  completion  of  their  new 
building  prevented  their  bringing  the  issue 
out  when  they  had  first  arranged  for  it,  and 
the  further  delay  in  getting  some  of  the  new 
machinery  has  postponed  the  number  until 
this  week.  Every  issue  of  the  paper  is  care- 
fully planned.  As  we  published,  some 
eighteen  months  ago,  a  number  commem- 
orating the  fortieth  anniversary  of  The 
Christian-Evangelist,  and  there  was  in- 
cluded in  that  number  the  congratulations 
and  the  eulogies  from  a  large  number  of  the 
leading  men  of  our  brotherhood  and  of  the 
denominations  we  did  not  seek  to  let  it  be 
known  that  we  intended  to  issue  this  par- 
ticular number,  illustrating  our  building; 
otherwise  we  would  doubtless  have  had 
many  kind  words  in  view  of  this  partic- 
ular issue. 


No  sooner  is  a  proof  copy  of  one  week's 
Christian-Evangelist  out  of  the  hands 
of  the  editors  and  the  great  press  thunder- 
ing as  it  prints  paper  after  paper  than  the 
thought  of  the  editors  is  directed  towards 
what  will  appear  in  the  next  week's  issue. 
From  their  repositories  are  brought  forth 
articles  that  may  have  been  written  two 
years  ago,  or  some  that  may  have  been 
received  in  the  mails  that  morning.  Here 
is  one  place  where  editorial  judgment  comes 
in.  Everything  must  be  weighed  accord- 
ing to  the  value  of  the  treatment  of  the  par- 
ticular subject;  whether  it  is  opportune, 
and  how  much  space  can  be  allotted  in  view 
of  the  amount  of  and  the  importance  of  the 
news  that  must  be  considered.  Very  care- 
ful attention  is  given  to  the  question  as  to 
whether  any  of  the  articles  that  may  ke 
selected  can  be  abbreviated  or  condensed. 
Nearly  all  the  articles  that  are  received 
from  general  writers  are  written  at  too  great 
length.  Then  the  matter  of  illustrations 
is  taken  up.  Photographs  are  sought  out 
weeks  in  advance  of  the  time  when  they 
are  to  be  used  in  the  paper.  On  what  pages 
they  will  go,  and  the  size  they  are  to  be 
made,  is  carefully  thought  out  and  they  are 
turned  over  to  the  photo-engravers.  The 
space  in  the  paper  is  finally  allotted  to  each 
department  and  article,  and  after  the  work 
of  editing  is  completed  the  copy  is  taken 
to  the  foreman  of  the  composing  room, 
who  arranges  it  for  the  operator  of  the  type- 
setting machine. 

(Continued  on  page  1289.) 


The  "Advertising  Man's"  Office. 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


October  5,  1905 


As  Seen  From  the  Dome. 

and  as  I  approached.  Peter  asked  very 
civilly  my  name.  I  said  it  was  Knell- 
I  had  no  more  said  this  than 
Luke,  who  stood  near,  turned  and  said 
with  a  great  deal  of  earnestness: 
"What,  the  famous  Sir  Godfrey  Knell- 

of  England?'  'The  same  Sir,  at 
your  service."  On  this  St.  Luke  em- 
braced me  and  made  me  a  great  many 
compliments  on  the  art  we  both  of  us 
followed   in   this   world,   and   entered 

ar  into  the  subject  he  seemed  al- 
most to  have  forgot  the  business  for 
which  I  came  thither.  Recollecting 
himself  at  last,  however,  he  said:  T 
beg  your  pardon.  Sir  Godfrey,  I  was 
taken  up  with  the  pleasure  of  con- 
ng  with  you.  But  pray,  sir.  what 
religion  may  you  be  of?'  'Why  truly, 

said  I.  '1  am  of  no  religion.'  'Oh, 

you  will  be  so  good  then  as  to  go 
in  and  take  a  seat  where  you  please.'  ' 
But  that  was  two  days  before  the  vain 
old  man  was  called  to  answer,  and 
when  the  last  hour  came  there  was  no 
humor,   no   trifling,   no   assurance   or 

peace. 

.Men  who  have  lived  carelessly  and 
selfishly  have  gone  away  with  deep 
remorse  and  distress  of  soul.  "Thou 
hast  conquered,  O  Galilean!"  was  the 
yielding  outcry  of  Julian  the  Apostate. 
■"When  I  lived  I  provided  for  every- 
thing but  death ;  now  I  must  die  I 
am  unprovided  to  die,"  exclaimed  sor- 
rowfully Caesar  Borgia,  the  Italian 
prelate  and  soldier,  at  the  close  of  his 
earthly  career.  "I  am  taking  a  fear- 
ful leap  in  the  dark !"  was  the  last  de- 
spairing exclamation  of  Hobbes,  the 
infidel.  Dying  after  expending  all  his 
energies  to  overthrow  the  Christian 
religion.  Voltaire  would  frequently 
Christ!"  "O  Jesus  Christ!" 
He  complained  that  he  was  abandoned 
by  God  and  man.  All  the  torments 
of  the  furies  were  upon  him;  all  the 
ravings  of  Orestes  as  nothing  to  those 
of  the  apostle  of  unbelief.  His  physi- 
cian withdrew  in  terror  and  his  nurse 
ever  after  refused  to  wait  upon  the 
sick  for  fear  of  witnessing  another 
such  scene  as  the  death  of  Voltaire. 
"Behold  eighty-three  years  passed 
away !"  exclaimed  Tallcvrand.  "What 
cares,  what  agitation,  what  anxieties, 
what  ill  will,  what  sad  complications! 
And  all  without  results!"  "The  present 
a  fleeting  moment,"  said  Gibbon, 
"the  past  is  no  more,  the  prospects 
for  the  future  dark  and  doubtful." 
"I  am  haunted  by  remorse,"  said  the 
Duke  of  Buckingham,  a  professed 
atheist,  "despised  by  my  acquaintance, 
forsaken  by  my  God."  Who  will  for- 
get the  swan  song  of  Byron  written 
Jan.  22,  1824.  his  last  birthday,  the 
thirtv-sixth  ? 


".My  days  are  in  the  yellow  leaf, 

The  flowers  and  fruits  of  life  are  gone; 
The  worm,  the  canker,  and  the  grief 
Are  mine  alone." 

How  sad  beside  the  swan  song  of  the 
Christian  poet! 

"Twilight  and  evening  bell, 
And  after  that  the  dark. 
And  may  there  be  no  sadness  of  farewell 

When   1  embark : 
For  though  from  out  our  bourne  of  time 
and  place 
The  flood  may  bear  me  far, 
I  hope  to  see  my  Pilot  face  to  face 
When  I  have  crossed  the  bar." 

We  see  the  true  art  of  dying  in  the 
passing  of  the  just.  Since  the  days  of 
Christ,  Christians,  when  dying,  have 
exulted  in  the  presence  and  smile  of 
God.  The  faith  cherished  in  life 
proves  a  stay  in  death.  Religion  fails 
not  iti  the  hour  when  most  needed. 
No  Christian  in  all  the  long  history 
of  Christianity  has  ever  retracted  on 
his  death  bed.  The  terror  and  despair 
of  unbelief  are  matters  of  common 
observation.  Hope,  assurance,  joyous 
rapture  have  been  manifested  by 
thousands  sustained  by  religion.  "Lord 
Jesus,  receive  my  spirit!"  cries 
Stephen.  "This  soul  in  flames  I  offer 
now  to  thee !"  exclaimed  Jerome  of 
Prague.  "Be  of  good  cheer,  Brother 
Ridley,"  cries  Latimer,  "for  we  shall 
this  day  light  such  a  candle  in  England 
as  will,  I  trust,  by  God's  grace,  never 
be  put  out."  "Be  of  good  comfort, 
brother,  for  we  shall  have  a  happy 
supper  with  the  Lord  this  night!"  is 
John  Bradford's  word  of  victory. 
"Thou  hast  redeemed  me,  O  Lord  God 
of  truth!"  says  Martin  Luther.  "I 
will  die  steadfast  clinging  to  Christ 
and  to  the  doctrine  I  have  so  constant- 
ly preached."  "I  am  weary.  I  will 
now  go  to  sleep.  Good-night,"  said 
Neander.  "Best  of  all  God  is  with 
us,"  exclaimed  Wesley.  "To  you  that 
fear  my  name  shall  the  Sun  of  Right- 
eousness arise  with  healing  in  his 
wings,"  exclaims  Campbell. 

Here  is  the  great  city  of  Rome. 
Along  the  crowded  way  passes  a  lit- 
tle shrunken  Jew,  a  tent  maker,  born 
in  Tarsus.  Look  at  him  as  he  moves 
through  the  streets  of  the  eternal  city. 
With  firm  tread  he  goes  to  his  execu- 
tion. Armed  soldiers  tread  heavily 
beside  him.  Yet  his  thought  is  not 
upon  the  stately  temples  that  rise  on 
every  hand,  not  upon  the  trial  of  his 
present  position,  nor  upon  the  pain 
of  the  last  struggle.  Take  your  stand 
by  his  side  and  hear  him.  He  is  talk- 
ing of  the  glory  beyond.  Listen.  "To 
be  absent  from  the  body  is  to  be  pres- 
ent with  the  Lord.  I  am  willing  rather 
to  travel  out  of  the  body  that  I  may 
dwell  with  the  Lord."  "For  me  to 
live  is  Christ,  to  die  is  gain."  "I  have 
fought  a  good  fight,  I  have  finished 
my    course,    I    have    kept   the    faith ; 


dienceforth  there  is  laid  up  for  me  a 
crown  of  righteousness,  which  the 
Lord,  the  righteous  judge,  shall  give 
me  at  that  day."  "I  shall  see  my  Mas- 
ter tonight.  I  shall  be  with  Stephen 
and  the  rest.  I  shall  behold  the  King 
in  his  beauty.  This  is  my  crowning 
day!"  The  scene  of  the  execution  is 
reached.  With  joyful  countenance 
Paul  stands  and  awaits  the  blow.  The 
word  of  command  is  given.  With 
sharp,  heavy  sword  the  Roman  sol- 
dier smites  off  the  head  of  the  great 
apostle  to  the  Gentiles  and  sets  his 
spirit  free.  Now  if  our  eyes  could 
look  as  Elisha's  we  should  see  him 
leap  into  a  chariot  of  flame  and  fly 
through  limitless  space.  Look  beyond. 
See  him  mount  higher  and  higher.  Be- 
hold him  move  up,  up,  forever  up- 
ward. See  him  enter  the  city  celestial 
and  hear  the  word  of  his  Master, 
"Well  done !"  The  art  of  dying  is  an 
easy  one  if  the  life  be  worthy. 

®        @ 

FOUND  RIGHT  PATH 

After  a  False  Start. 


"In  1890  I  began  to  drink  coffee. 

"At  that  time  I  was  healthy  and  en- 
joyed life.  At  first  I  noticed  no  bad 
effects  from  the  indulgence  but  in 
course  of  time  found  that  various 
troubles  were  coming  upon  me. 

"Palpitation  of  the  heart  took  unto 
itself  sick  and  nervous  headaches,  kid- 
ney troubles  followed  and  eventually 
my  stomach  became  so  deranged  that 
even  a  light  meal  caused  me  serious 
distress. 

"Our  physician's  prescriptions 
failed  to  help  me- and  then  I  dosed 
myself  with  patent  medicines  till  I 
was  thoroughly  disgusted  and  hope- 
less. 

"Finally  I  began  to  suspect  that  cof- 
fee was  the  cause  of  my  troubles.  I 
experimented  by  leaving  it  off,  except 
for  one  small  cup  at  breakfast.  This 
helped  some  but  did  not  altogether 
relieve  my  distress.  It  satisfied  me, 
however,  that  I  was  on  the  right  track. 

"So  I  gave  up  the  old  kind  of  cof- 
fee altogether  and  began  to  use  Pos- 
tum  Food  Coffee.  In  10  days  I  found 
myself  greatly  improved,  my  nerves 
steady,  my  head  clear,  my  kidneys 
working  better  and  better,  my  heart's 
action  rapidly  improving,  my  appetite 
improved  and  the  ability  to  eat  a 
hearty  meal  without  subsequent  suf- 
fering restored  to  me.  And  this  con- 
dition remains. 

"Leaving  off  coffee  and  using  Pos- 
tum  did  this,  with  no  help  from  drugs, 
as  I  abandoned  the  use  of  medicines 
when  I  began  to  use  the  food  coffee." 
Name  given  by  Postum  Co.,  Battle 
Creek,  Mich. 

There's  a  reason. 

Read  the  little  book  "The  Road  to 
Wellville,"  in  each  pkg. 


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The  New  Home  of  the  Christian 
Publishing  Company. 

(Continued  from  page  1^7.) 

HOW  COPY  IS   TREATED. 

A  great  many  readers  seem  to  think  that 
the  editor  of  The  Christian-Evangelist 
personally  looks  after  every  detail  of  the 
business.  Whether  they  order  a  lesson  leaf, 
a  hundred  song  books,  or  make  an  inquiry, 
or  want  to  secure  a  pastor,  or  order  their 
paper  stopped,  or  send  in  communications 
about  a  hundred  and  one  other  matters, 
they  address  it  to  the  editor.  Now,  as  the 
editor  is  absent  from  his  office  for  many 
weeks  in  the  year,  necessarily  he  could  not 
attend  to  all  these  detailed  inquiries  and 
communications.  Even  were  he  at  his  desk 
every  day  in  the  year  he  could  not  do  this, 
for  it  would  take  up  the  whole  of  his  time 
and  that  of  a  corps  of  assistants.  When  the 
mail  arrives  it  is  carefully  sorted  and  goes 
to  the  different  departments  that  make  up 
the  Christian  Publishing  Company.  All 
matter  pertaining  to  the  editorial  work  goes 
to  the  editorial  rooms,  and  even  a  great 
deal  of  this  does  not  see  the  eye  of  the 
editor-in-chief  until  it  is  in  type.  He  has 
plenty  to  do  without  laboring  over  so  many 
of  the  small  matters  of  detail. 

To  watch  the  currents  of  religious  thought, 
not  only  in  our  own  movement,  but  among 
the  great  religious  bodies  of  the  world,  to 
note  the  attitude  of  the  world's  thinkers 
in  every  department  of  thought  toward 
Christianity,  to  study  the  inner  tendencies 
among  ourselves  and  others,  and  give  the 
keynote  to  the  brotherhood  in  editorial 
leaders,  and  to  call  for  special  articles  on 
special  topics  as  they  may  be  needed,  and, 
in  a  word,  to  decide  the  policy  of  the 
paper  on  all  the  current  problems  of  the 
times — that  is  the  work  of  the  editor-in- 
chief,  and  that  is  enough  to  tax  the 
strength  and  wisdom  of  any  man,  and  to 
send  him  to  the  source  of  all  wisdom  for 
guidance. 

The  articles  and  news  are  carefully  sorted 
out  and  put  into  drawers  or  pigeon-holes, 
according  to  subjects,  such  as  Budget  mat- 
ter, Evangelistic,  obituaries,  literary  reviews, 
Forum,  etc.  Each  mail  adds  to  the  matter  to 
be  handled.  When  the  editors  get  to  work 
they  take  up  department  by  department.  The 
"Family  Circle"  and  the  contributed  ar- 
ticles are  generally  the  first  to  be  prepared 
for  the  press.  Then  follows  the  mass  of 
news  matter,  many  of  the  items  of  which 
would  not  be  recognized  by  the  senders, 
were  not  their  names  attached,  so  great  has 
been  the  change  made  by  the  editorial  re- 
vision. A  news  item  that  occupies  a  page 
of  ordinary  writing  paper  may  be  condensed 
into  fourteen  or  fifteen  words,  for  a  great 
many  writers  tell  the  editors  things  that 
would  be  of  no  interest  whatever  to  the 
readers  of  The  Christian-Evangelist. 
Needless  words  are  cut  out ;  whole  sen- 
tences are  deleted  that  bear  only  in  a  remote 
way  or  are  of  interest  to  but  a  few  people. 
The  aim  of  the  editor  is  to  present  the  news 
in  as  short  a  compass  as  possible.  For 
instance,  we  give  here  a  specimen  of  an 
evangelistic  news  item  as  it  is  received  and 
as  it  appears  in  the  paper : 

"Grand  River.  O.,  Sept.  26,  1905. 
"Editors,   The   Christian-Evangelist, 

"St.  Louis,  Mo. 
"Dear  Brethren : 

"We  have  just  closed  what  was  from  all 
points  considered  the  greatest  meeting  ever 
.held  in  this  place.  We  began  three  weeks 
ago  Sunday,  and  there  were  ten  added  the 
first  week.  At  the  end  of  the  second  week 
the  enthusiasm  had  greatly  increased  and 
the    number    of    converts    was    correspond- 


ingly great.  In  the  end  there  was  an  in- 
crease of  over  iifly  per  cent  in  the  mcrnh'-r- 
.|]]|j.  Most  of  the  converts  were  substan- 
tial people,  and  will  greatly  add  to  the  force 
of  .,ui  br<  tin'  11  m  'I"'  growing  town.  I 
1  stood  be-fore  audiences  of  finer  peo- 
ple Hid  seldom  before  larger  assemblies,  and 
never  before  more  intelligent  ones.  The 
officers  are  wide-awake,  earnest  men,  well 
posted  in  regard  to  their  duty.  A  number 
of  consecrated  women  contributed  largely 
to  the  success.  The  weather  and  roads 
were  very  much  against  us,  but  people  came 
whenever  they  could,  over  muddy  roads 
and  long  distances,  to  hear  the  good  news. 
Brother  Marker,  the  pastor,  is  an  earnest, 
faithful,  efficient  preacher,  and  after  this 
period  of  labor  with  him,  I  can  say  he  is  a 
true  yokefellow.  The  singing  was  in  the 
charge  of  Brother  Smalley,  whose  fine  solos 
contributed  very  helpfully  to  the  success 
of  the  meeting.  There  were  two  additions 
from  the  Baptists  and  three  from  the  Meth- 
odists. We  believe  that  many  more  will 
come  out  for  Christ. 

"Your  Brother, 

"Neal  R.  Ford." 

The  space  that  such  a  communication 
takes  when  put  into  type  can  be  seen  by  the 
reader,  and  if  the  news  were  permitted  to 
go  in  thus,  as  written,  The  Christian- 
Evangelist  would  have  to  be  enlarged  very 
many  times  or  nothing  else  could  appear  in 
the  paper  except  such  communications.  The 
assistant  editor,  or  his  assistant,  takes  these 
news  items  and  carefully  scans  them.  When 
he  has  done  his  work  the  above  item  ap- 
pears something  like  the  following : 

"Grand  River,  O.,  Sept.  26. — In  a  three 
weeks'  meeting  just  closed  the  membership 
was  increased  fifty  per  cent.  Two  came 
from  the  Baptists  and  three  from  the  Meth- 
odists. The  weather  was  unfavorable. 
Fred  M.  Harker  is  the  pastor  and  James 
Smalley  was  the  singer. — Neal  R.  Ford." 

SOME  "NEWS"   THAT  IS  NOT  NEWS. 

By  such  condensation  we  are  able  to  hear 
from  many  parts  of  the  country  about  the 
work  being  accomplished.  In  treating  a 
paragraph  of  this  kind  the  editors  go  on 
the  assumption  that  ali  know  that  it  is  the 
year  1905,  so  that  it  is  not  necessary  to  state 
it  fifty  times  on  the  same  page  of  the  paper, 
nor  is  it  necessary  to  talk  about  the  weather 
conditions  at  any  length.  Furthermore,  it 
may  be  assumed  that  the-  pastor  at  the 
church  is  a  really  good  fellow,  and  that  the 
singer  is  competent.  The  readers  of  The 
Christian-Evangelist  are  not  particularly 
interested  in  what  one  evangelist,  traveling 
over  the  country,  thinks  about  the  fifteen 
or  fifty  preachers  with  whom  he  may  be 
associated,  nor  what  these  same  preachers 
may  think  of  the  evangelist.  Neither  the 
preacher  nor  the  evangelist  will  wish  to 
say  in  print  anything  disparaging  one  of  the 
other,  and  it  is  taken  for  granted  that  they 
are  all  trying  to  do  good  work.  By  acting  up- 
on such  an  assumption  the  editors  can  give  a 
great  deal  of  news  and  facts  in  the  space 
that  the  writers  would  like  to  be  filled  with 
what,  to  very  many  people  at  any  rate, 
might  appear  to  be  drawn-out  praise,  even 
though  it  be  deserved  and  sincere.  The 
editors  have  to  consider  always  a  hundred 
thousand  readers  instead  of  one  writer,  and 
in  order  to  get  variety  and  a  wide  range  of 
news  they  must  use  the  blue  pencil  very 
freely.  Hardly  anything  is  published  in 
The  Christian-Evangelist  as  it  is  re- 
ceived from  the  writer. 

Then  a  great  deal  of  thought  is  used  in 
securing  news.  Matters  of  special  impor- 
tance are  provided  for  sometimes  weeks 
and  months  ahead.  The  assistant  editor 
is  watchful  of  what  is  going  to  happen  as 
well  as  of  what  has  happened.  A  big  meet- 
ing is  to  be  held  some  place;  special  pho- 
tographs are  ordered  and  a  writer  secured 


to  send  in  a  reliable  report  promptly.  It  may 
be  nothing  more  than  an   item   that   would 
take  two  lines,  but  the  telephone  or  the 
egraph  is  put  to  use  to  secure  the  informa- 
tion promptly.     It  is  thus  that  The  Chi 

f.iST  has  been  able  to  pas 
other    religions    nev.  in    the    u;. 

dateness  of  its  news.  It  is  securing  a  special 
staff  of  contributors  or  correspondents  who 
write  for  no  other  paper,  in  order  that  what 
appears  in  its  columns  shall  not  be  dupli- 
cated elsewhere.  The  editors  believe  thai 
a  religious  newspaper  in  i's  sphere  should 
not  be  one  whit  behind  the  daily  papers  in 
the  alertness  of  its  reportoria! 
ents,  and  that  its  important  contrib 
articles  should  be  of  the  very  best.  Th<  y 
do  not  publish  an  article  simply  because  it 
will  please  the  writer  or  his  friends.  Is 
there  in  the  article  a  message  for  the  broth- 
erhood at  large? 

DOES  IT  GIVE  INFORMATION 
that  has  not  been  published  before?  Do 
convey  any  idea  that  is  worthy  of  consid- 
eration? Does  it  give  a  new  setting  to  an 
old  theme?  These  are  the  considera' 
that  weigh  ;  not  the  possibility  of  securing  a 
few  additional  subscribers  by  giving  pleas- 
ure to  some  individual.  Xo  doubt  the 
editors  frequently  err  in  judgment  and 
something  that  might  be  helpful  or  stir  up 
a  hornet's  nest  is  returned  to  the  write 
goes  into  the  waste-paper  basket  instead  of 
into  the  columns  of  the  paper,  but  editor? 
are  human  and  they  can  act  only  according 
to  their  best  judgment.  Besides,  it  would 
be  quite  impossible  to  print  one-fiftieth  part 
of  what  is  received  in  the  average  newspa- 
per office.  The  very  limits  in  the  size  of  the 
paper  necessarily  make  a  selection  of  the 
matter  compulsory.  We  can  squeeze  only 
so  many  words  into  a  column  of  lead  type, 
and  you  can  put  only  ninety-six  columns 
into  thirty-two  pages.  A  certain  amount 
of  space  must  be  given  to  advertisements, 
for  without  these  the  average  newspaper 
could  not  be  published.  It  costs  the  C 
tian  Publishing  Company  very  considerably 
more  to  make  your  copy  of  The  Chris- 
tian-Evangelist than  the  $1.50  you  pay  for 
its  fifty-two  weekly  visits.  Indeed,  even 
with  the  revenue  derived  from  advertise- 
ments it  costs  us  more  to  make  the  paper 
than  we  get  for  it,  and  were  it  not  for  the 
general  business  and  the  fact  that  the  paper 
is  a  medium  for  pushing  the  book  business 
of  the  company  we  could  not  possibly  pub- 
lish the  paper  at  a  subscription  price  of  less 
than  $2.50  or  $3.00.  which  is  the  price 
charged  by  nearly  all  the  religious  papers 
circulated  by  the  Methodists.  Presbyterians, 
Congregationalists,  etc. 

PUTTING  THE  COPY  INTO  TYPE. 
When  the  editor  has  decided  into  what 
particular  part  of  the  paper  any  article  is 
to  go  he  indicates  by  writing  the  same  on 
the  top  corner  of  the  first  sheet  of  paper, 
specifying  the  size  of  type  and  the  kind  of 
headline.  This  copy  is  put  into  a  copy 
basket  and  when  the  compositors  are  ready 
for  it  the  foreman  distributes  it  and  it  is 
set  by  machine  or  by  hand  labor,  as  re- 
quired. With  the  great  development  of  the 
speed  of  newspaper  presses  came  the  de- 
mand for  a  quicker  method  of  se: 
type,  and  in  nearly  all  large  offices  the  lino- 
type is  now  installed,  for  it  can  do  the 
work  of  about  six  hand  compositors  in  the 
same  time.  It  is  a  wonderful  machine. 
Operated  by  a  keyboard  somewhat  similar 
to  that  of  a  typewriter,  this  machine  am- 
bles matrices  into  "lines  of  type."  spaces 
the  lines,  carries  all  matrices  to  the  cast- 
ing mechanism,  molten  type  metal  is  forced 
into  the  mold,  the  line  is  trimmed  to  the 
proper  height  and  thickness  and  discharged 
into  a   galley  or  stick.     While  one  line  is 


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being  cast  another  is  being  set  by  the  oper- 
ator and  the  matrices  of  a  third  line  are 
distributed  automatically  into  the  maga- 
zine of  the  machine.  The  old  way  was  for 
the  compositor  to  stand  before  his  case  and 
to  pick  up  from  a  number  of  little  com- 
partments the  individual  letters  that  go  to 
make  up  words ;  but  now,  except  in  the 
matter  of  fancy  types  and  for  the  setting- 
up  of  advertisements,  machines  are  very 
largely  used. 

As  fast  as  a  galley  is  completed  proofs 
are  taken  and  these  go,  one  to  the  editor's 
room  and  one  to  the  proof-reader's  room. 
The  editors  seldom  read  the  proofs  until 
they  have  been  "revised"  by  the  proof- 
reader, which  means  that  the  proof-reader 
has  carefully  read  them,  the  copy-reader 
reading  aloud  from  the  copy  to  the  proof- 
reader, who  scans  the  proof  with  watch- 
ful eye  for  errors,  marks  all  defects,  and 
returns  the  proof  to  the  operator  of  the 
machine,  who  sets  again  every  line  in  which 
an  error  has  been  found.  For  instance,  if 
a  comma  has  been  left  out  or  an  "a"  been 
made  instead  of  an  "e,"  the  whole  line  has 
to  be  re-set.  The  corrected  lines  are  then 
inserted  in  place  of  those  wherein  were  the 
errors. 

When  a  good  deal  of  the  matter  is  in 
type  the  "make-up"  of  the  paper  is  decided 
upon ;  that  is,  the  question  of  fining  the 
different  articles  into  the  pages  is  consid- 
ered. The  Christian-Evangelist  is  so 
printed  that  all  its  pages  go  to  press  at 
once,  but  there  are  sixteen  pages  that  are 


called  "outside"  and  sixteen  that  are  known 
as  "inside"  pages,  and  it  is  only  on  the 
outside  pages  that  illustrations  can  be 
presented  with  any  degree  of  success ;  hence, 
if  there  are  to  be  pictures  in  the  paper,  as 
there  are  quite  a  number  in  the  present 
issue,  we  have  to  carefully  scheme  not  only 
how  they  will  show  up  best  from  the  artistic 
standpoint,  but  where  they  will  print  best, 
and  how  we  can  use  them  without  sacrific- 
ing the  news  features.  Perhaps  an  article 
does  not  quite  fit  a  page ;  then  the  editor 
must  hunt  up  a  poem  or  a  short  article  or 
write  something  himself  to  fill  out  the  space. 
Sometimes  the  article  is  just  a  few  inches 
too  long  .for  the  page.  Then  it  has  to  be 
reduced,  and  this  reduction  after  reduc- 
tion is  frequently  a  very  teasing  undertaking. 
As  fast  as  pages  are  "made  up"  they  are 
so  arranged  that  the  large  single  sheet 
which  bears  their  impress  can  be  folded 
into  a  paper  with  pages  running  consecu- 
tively from  one  to  thirty-two.  It  is  a  busy 
time  when  we  are  about  to  "go  to  press." 
The  "forms"  have  been  kept  open  for  the 
latest  news  and  the  editor  is  scanning  the 
telegrams  while  the  press  men  are  waiting 
to  "make  ready."  When  the  editor  gives 
the  final  word  to  "let-her-go"  the  pages  are 
locked  up  in  their  chases  or  iron  frames, 
quickly  hauled  to  the  elevator,  and  sent 
down  to  the  press  room,  where  the  large 
presses  are  waiting  to  begin  their  rever- 
berations. Thousands  of  sheets  of  paper 
are  fed  automatically  into  a  press  at  the 
rate  of  about  thirteen  or  fourteen  hundred 


an  hour,  and  come  out  printed  on  both 
sides,  ready  for  the  folding  machine,  which 
quickly  changes  them  from  the  single  sheet 
into  a  paper  of  thirty-two  pages.  Where  a 
cover  is  added,  as  this  week,  this  is  printed 
on  a  separate  press  and  inserted  in  an- 
other part  of  the  folding  machine,  and  is 
pasted,  and  the  paper  comes  out  complete 
with  thirty-six  pages.  It  is  then  delivered 
to  the  cutting  machine,  where  the  side,  the 
top,  and  the  bottom  are  trimmed,  leaving 
the  paper  ready  for  reading,  with  all  its 
pages  cut. 

The  dissemination  of  the  paper  is  an- 
other story.  Week  by  week  the  subscrip- 
tion list  grows.  A  few  readers  drop  out, 
either  because  of  death,  supposed  inability 
to  pay  for  the  paper,  or  for  some  other  cause, 
but  the  proportion  of  new  subscribers  is  so 
very  large  in  excess  of  those  giving  up  the 
paper  that  we  merely  mention  them;  still 
there  are  names  that  have  to  be  taken  from 
the  list,  while  new  ones  are  being  added 
at  the  rate  of  several  hundred  each  week. 
These  names  are  printed  on  a  long  list 
This  list  is  arranged  by  states  and  the  post 
offices  in  the  states  are  arranged  alphabeti- 
cally. The  mailers,  as  they  receive  the 
paper  from  the  folder,  quickly  wrap  it  and 
with  a  little  machine  paste  on  the  address 
to  which  the  paper  is  to  go.  As  fast  as 
the  papers  are  addressed  they  are  put  into 
large  mail  bags  and  transferred  to  the 
post  office,  where  they  are  scattered  to  every 
state  in  the  Union  and  to  many  countries 
abroad.  P.  M. 


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The  Composing  Room. 


A  Linotype  and  Operator. 


'Making — Up." 


A  Corner  of  the  Mailing  Room. 


Proof -Reading. 


The  Press  Room. 


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Our   Budget. 


—The  ChmSTIAK-EvanGEUST  throws  open 
the  doors  of  its  new  home  this  week,  and 
r>  to  come  in  and  see  for 
thei 

Tins  "housewarming"  has  boon  a  little 

but    public    interests    had    to    be 

and  we  could  not  get  around 

-     uer. 

_\  .u  are   in   town,  come  and   see 

and  inspect  the  various 

d>j-  •  business. 

—THE  CHMSTIAK-ETANCBUST  reaches  out 
a  helping  hand  to  Cincinnati  this  week,  in 
stic  campaign.     We  like  to  help 
alon-  1  work. 

\V.  Gorrell  has  resigned  at  Lisbon, 

— C.  W.  Yard  has  closed  his  ministry  at 
Thi  Can. 

—Edwin    Kieter    will    begin    his   ministry 
at  Renick,  Mo. 

—The  work  at  Douglas.  Ariz.,  is  now  in 
chai  S.  W.  Jackson. 

— K.   A.   Williams  has  entered   upon  the 
work  at  Tishomingo,  I.  T. 

— T.    J.    Linkous    has    entered    upon    the 
Statham,  Ga. 

—Claris  Yeuell  is  located  at  the  Randall 
Church.  Baltimore. 

—Wilmington.  O.,  will  have  a  new  par- 
sonage within  the  next  year. 

—J.   M.  Crutcher,  of  Chillicothe,  expects 
to  begin  another  meeting  soon. 

— E.   S.   Lewis  will  take  up  the  work  at 
.nee.  Ind..  next  Lord"s  day. 

— A.  K.  Adcock  will  enter  upon  the  pas- 
torate at  Tiffin.  O..  November  i. 

— T.  D.  Vosbnrg,  of  Brewerton,  N.  Y., 
has  entered  upon  the  work  at  Tully. 

—A.    T.    Campbell    has    accepted    a    cail 
the  Monroe  Street  Church,  Chicago. 

—Harold    Bell    Wright    began    his    pas- 
.te  at  Lebanon.   Mo.,  last  Lord's  day. 

— At  the  dedication  of  the  North  Side 
Church,   Chicago,   there    was   pledged   over 

_   oo. 

— C.  W.  Deane.  Colfax,  111.,  goes  to 
Grand    Rapids,    Wis.,    to    begin    his    work 

■   7- 
— C.    H.   Caton   has  located   at   Blandins- 
ville.    111.,    and   has    taken    work    with    the 
church  there. 

rs  are  engaged  in  a 
mc  '  '>ia.  the  educational  cen- 

ter •  >uri. 

—  succeeding   at   Nar- 
where    he    has    recently    taken 

ch  rk. 

H.  WiLli  of  Galva,  Kan.,  has 
left  the  United  Brethren  Church  to  enter 
the  Christian  Church. 

—  Etta  Rannels,  of  Wilmington, 
0  .  Mary  Lyons  in  dis- 
trict run vint  ion   work. 

— .--  >f    new    life    greatly    encourage 

..linn.,  where 
E.  A.  Orr  minis). 

—  H.  M.  Garn.  of  :'.<■.  Antioch,  O.,  is 
moving  to  Cleveland,  where  he  will  have 
char;:"  of  a  suburban  church. 

— The  new  building  of  the  young  church 
at  Blanche"  r,  <)..  u  a  very  creditable  ed- 
ifice, and  the  outlook  is  hopeful. 

— An  Arkansas  brother  has  just  added 
$200  to  his  annuity  account  with  our 
tonal   Benevolent  Association. 

— Our  church  at  Cambridge  City,  Ind., 
has  suspended  preaching  service  and   Sun- 


THE  CIIRISTIAX-EYAXGELIST. 

day  school  pending  the  renovation  of  their 
building. 

— A.  W.  Gehres.  of  Veedersburg.  Ind., 
has  closed  his  work,  and  after  holding  sev- 
eral meetings  will  be  ready  to  locate. 

— Geo.  H.  Brown,  for  two  years  pastor 
at  Lexington,  111.,  has  just  taken  up  the 
work  at  the  First  Church.  Charleston,  111. 
— Our  church  at  Uniontown,  Pa.,  con- 
tributed over  $ioo  to  the  relief  fund  for 
the  powder  mill  sufferers  from  the  recent 
explosion. 

— The  brethren  at  Hammond,  Ind., 
where  C.  J.  Sharp  ministers,  after  a  meet- 
ing in  a  large  tent,  raised  $2,450  for  a  new 
church  lot. 

— C.  H.  De  Yoc,  evangelist,  has  begun  a 
meeting  at  Wilkesharre,  Pa.  Harry  K. 
Shield^,  his  helper,  is  singing  this  week 
at  Saunemin,  111. 

— The  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  organi- 
zation of  the  church  in  Quincy,  111.,  where 
Walter  M.  Jordan  ministers,  was  cele- 
brated on  Lord's  day. 

—The  church   at  Long  Beach,   Cal.,   will 
'  get  A.  W.  Thornton,  of  Waynesboro,  Pa., 
as   its   pastor   and   F.   A.    Bright   will   take 
charge  at  the  latter  place. 

— "The  Christian  News''  reprints,  in  its 
entirety,  the  article  by  Dr.  E.  T.  Davis,  en- 
titled. "Why  No  Young  Men  for  the  Min- 
istry," which  We  recently  published. 

— A.  I.  Zeller  and  family  have  returned 
from  a  trip  through  Kansas  and  Oklahoma, 
in  the  course  of  which  Brother  Zeller  of- 
ficiated at  the  wedding  of  his  brother 
Charles. 

— E.  A.  Cary  has  accepted  an  indefinite 
call  from  his  church  at  LeRoy,  111.  A 
well-filled  purse  has  been  presented  to  him 
as  a  further  token  of  the  appreciation  of 
the  congregation. 

— They  do  have  some  good  times  in  the 
east.  Here  is  a  report  about  72  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Danbury  church  and  their 
friends  enjoying  a  corn  roast  on  the  top 
of  Thomas  Mountain. 

— George  L.  Snively,  while  passing  from 
one  convention  to  another  in  the  east, 
stopped  over  two  Lord's  days  with  the 
Fifty-sixth  Street  Church,  New  York,  be- 
ing a  guest  of  Elder  Robert  Christie. 

■ — The  corner  stone  of  the  new  building 
at  Maysville,  Ind.,  was  laid  Sept.  23,  the 
addresses  being  delivered  by  Grant  K.  Speer, 
of  Hicksville,  B.  L.  Allen,  of  Indianapolis, 
Ind.,  and  L.  L.  Carpenter,  of  Wabash. 

— The  enrollment  of  our  mission  school  at 
Monterey,  Mexico,  is  now  367.  Of  this 
number  66  are  in  the  American  department. 
Miss  Clara  Case  has  returned  to  Monterey 
from  her  visit  to  the  San  Francisco  con- 
vention. 

■ — A  rally  of  all  the  churches  at  Prince- 
ton, 111.,  was  recently  addressed  in  the 
M.  E.  church  by  Bro.  Philip  Evans,  our 
preacher  in  that  town,  on  the  subject, 
"The  Influence  of  the  Sunday  School  on 
National    Character." 

— The  following  officers  were  elected  at 
the  Convention  of  the  Third  District,  Indi- 
ana: President,  Earl  Wilfley;  secretary, 
W.  II.  Newlin;  Christian  Endeavor  super- 
intendent, S.  D.  Watts;  Sunday  school  su- 
perintendent, S.  G.  Smith. 

— Clyde  Sharp  writes  from  Erie,  Kan., 
that  he  organized  a  mission  church  of 
'  n  members  at  Oak  Grove  school 
house.  The  hope  is  that  a  strong  church 
may  be  built  there,  and  a  Mormon  organi- 
zation thus  forestalled. 

—It  was  decided  at  the  district  conven- 
tion at  Sac  City,  Ta.,  to  put  Scandinavian 
preachers  into  trie  field  at  once,  and  money 


October  5,  1905 

was  raised  for  this  purpose.  Scandinavian 
preachers  who  now  occupy  fields  will  please 
report  to  E.  F.  Christian  or  Le  Grand  Pace 
at  Sioux  Rapids,  la.,  or  Onawa. 

— J.  Will  Walters  recently  declined  a 
unanimous  call  from  the  church  at  Perry, 
la.,  desiring  to  continue  in  evangelistic 
work.  He  begins  a  meeting  with  Hugh 
Lomax  at  Highland,  Kan.,  October  8. 

■ — E.  E.  Violett  reports  in  our  news  col- 
umns a  rather  unusual  case  of  a  family's 
conversion  to  the  primitive  plea.  A  new 
building  is  to  be  erected  at  Shelbyville, 
Tenn.,  to  meet  the  growing  demands  of 
our  church. 

— L.  L.  Carpenter  has  engagements  to 
dedicate  at  West  Frankfort,  111.,  Kansas 
City,  Kan.,  Athens,  W.  Va.,  Dowagiac, 
Mich.,  North  Platte,  Neb.,  Clarendon,  Ark., 
and  Oaktown,  Ind.  He  is  retained  for 
other  dedications,  the  time  of  which  has 
not  yet  been  fixed. 

— J.  D.  Pontius,  of  Pleasanton,  Kan.,  re- 
ports that  together  with  the  elders  of  the 
church  at  Avoca  he  has  ordained  unto  the 
ministry  W.  F.  Funderburk,  of  that  con- 
gregation, who  was  reported  to  be  a  young- 
man  of  far  more  than  ordinary  merit,  self- 
made  and  of  the  most  loyal  type. 

— W.  M.  Taylor,  with  his  wife,  called 
at  our  office  last  week,  on  their  way  to  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah,  where  Brother  Taylor  be- 
comes successor  to  T.  W.  Pinkerton. 
Brother  Taylor's  experience  in  Porto  Rico 
and  other  difficult  fields  will  fit  him  for 
service  in  the  capital  of  Mormonism. 

— Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  E.  Gordon,  who  have 
been  taking  a  vacation  in  America,  and 
incidentally  got  married,  will  return  to 
Mahoba,  India,  leaving  New  York  October 
7  on  the  Columbia  of  the  Anchor  Line.  We 
published  a  photograph  of  the  happy  couple 
on  the  front  page  of  our  Convention  Num- 
ber. 

— The  following  leaders  of  our  univer- 
sity work  will  be  speakers  at  the  Chicago 
Social  Union  banquet,  October  5 :  H.  L. 
Willett,  W.  D.  McClintock,  Hill  M.  Bell, 
R.  E.  Hieronymus  and  C.  C.  Rowlison. 
There  will  be  a  tour  of  the  university,  start- 
ing from  our  Hyde  Park  Church  at  four 
o'clock. 

— F.  S.  Whitslar,  of  Youngstown,  O.,  has 
been  called  "the  marrying  parson."  He  has 
been  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church  for 
seventy  years,  being  now  eighty-one  years 
old,  and  was  ordained  to  the  ministry  fiijty- 
two  years  ago.  Since  last  new  year's  day 
he  has  married  376  couples,  which'  is,  we 
imagine,  a  record. 

— Franklin,  Ind.,  with  the  churches  of 
Johnson  county,  has  joined  the  list  X>i  liv- 
ing links.  Harry  G.  Hill,  W.  G  Smith 
and  F.  M.  Rains  addressed  the  annual  meet- 
ing held  in  the  fair  grounds,  which  was  at- 
tended by  over  a  thousand  people.  There 
are  sixteen  churches  in  the  county  and 
about  2,500  members. 

— -A  telegram  received  as  we  are  pre- 
paring for  press  announces  that  the  dedi- 
cation of  the  church  at  Scottsburg,  Ind., 
was  a  great  success.  M.  H.  Jacks  is  the 
pastor,  and  F.  M.  Rains  was  the  master  of 
ceremonies  on  this  occasion.  The  cost  of 
the  church  is  about  $7,000,  and  $3,5°0  were 
raised  at  the  dedication. 

— On  returning  home  from  Michigan  last 
week  the  Editor  and  his  wife  enjoyed  a 
brief  visit  at  the  office  of  "The  Christian 
Century,"  and  spent  a  pleasant  evening 
with  the  family  of  Brother  Tyrrell,  now  lo- 
cated in  the  south  part  of  the  city.  Brother 
Tyrrell  was  absent,  holding  a  meeting  in 
Illinois,  but  his  charming  family  gave  us 
a   hearty   welcome.     We  reached   St.   Louis 


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on  September  29,  and  are  in  the  harness,  as 
usual. 

—"One  of  the  most  hopeful  signs  of  a 
suitable  outcome  of  present  problems  is 
the  negro's  readiness  to  do  his  part,"  says 
"The  Gospel  Plea,"  a  religious  newspaper 
representing  our  colored  people  in  the 
south  ;  and  it  shows  in  what  a  commenda- 
ble manner  the  negroes  have  been  conduct- 
ing themselves  during  the  yellow  fever 
scare. 

—"The  New  England  Messenger"  re- 
ports that  S.  B.  Moore,  pastor  of  the  Ham- 
mett  Place  Church,  St.  Louis,  occupied  the 
pulpit  at  Danbury,  Conn.,  one  Lord's  day 
during  his  holiday.  "Brother  Moore  has 
been  gone  from  Danbury  about  fifteen 
years,"  says  the  writer,  "but  he  has  evi- 
dently lost  none  of  his  old-time  vigor  or 
earnestness." 

— A  lady,  in  describing  a  preacher  in  a 
personal  letter  to  the  Editor,  says :  "The 
preacher  is  a  man  who  never  knows  peo- 
ple, never  takes  any  interest  in  strangers, 
and  is  wholly  uninspiring  in  his  pulpit  ef- 
forts." We  are  not  surprised  that  she  adds 
that  "the  church  is  on  the  'anti'  order." 
Of  course,  this  does  not  hit  any  preacher 
who  reads  The  Christian-Evangelist. 

— F.  D.  Ferrall  has  closed  his  work  at 
A*mes,  la.,  and  taken  charge  at  Bloomfield. 
During  his  four  years  at  Ames  210  were 
added  to  the  church,  104  being  baptisms. 
The  missionary  offerings  aggregated  over 
$1,500,  and  for  all  purposes  $7,894  were 
raised.  The  church  is  out  of  debt,  and  is 
ready  to  continue  her  policy  of  aggressive 
work.  The  congregation  presented  Brother 
Ferrall,  as  a  token  of  love,  a  fine  sideboard. 

— The  fifteenth  anniversary  of  the  pastor- 
ate of  M.  M.  Davis  at  the  Central  Christian 
Church,  Dallas,  Texas,  was  observed  last 
Lord's  day,  when  the  work  of  the  past  was 
reviewed  and  a  prospective  look  into  the 
future  taken.  We  received  an  invitation  to 
the  annual  reception  in  the  church  parlors, 
and  regretted  that  it  is  still  impossible  to 
traverse  great  distances  as  speedily  as  our 
thoughts  and  our  good  wishes  can  wing 
their  way. 

—A  correspondent  who  has  the  reputation 
of  being  rather  a  caustic  critic  and  who 
often  touches  a  sore  spot,  says :  "I  wish 
our  preachers  would  all  quit  their  profes- 
sional grunts  and  attitudinizing  and  all  other 
kinds  of  appeals  to  the  groundlings  and  try 
to  create  and  raise  noble  aspirations  in  the 
hearts  of  their  hearers."  Preachers  who 
have  the  holy  "grunts,"  and  are  in  the  habit 
of  appealing  to  "the  groundlings,"  should 
consider  themselves  rebuked,  and  act  ac- 
cordingly. 

— J.  P.  Lichtenberger,  pastor  of  the 
Lenox  Avenue  Union  Church,  New  York 
City,  was  recently  elected  president  of  the 
Disciples'  Union  and  vice-president  of  the 
New  York  City  Endeavor  Union.  R.  E. 
Carpenter  reports  that  the  work  of  this 
church  starts  out  this  fall  with  the  bright- 
est prospects  in  its  history.  Plans  are  be- 
ing made  for  the  greatest  campaign  ever 
undertaken  by  the  Disciples  in  the  metrop- 
olis. Charles  Reign  Scoville  will  lead  the 
meeting  in  February. 

— Philip  Evans,  minister  of  our  church  at 
Princeton,  111.,  writes  that  the  church  there 
has  just  taken  an  action  that  is  causing 
much  comment.  The  saloon  administra- 
tion had  a  new  sidewalk  laid  in  front  of 
the  church,  the  law  requiring  that  the  mem- 
bership should  pay  two-thirds  of  the  ex- 
pense, and  the  city  one-third.  After  a  ser- 
mon by  the  pastor  the  congregation  voted 
to  pay  the  entire  cost.  One  man  who  is 
not  a  member  "'wanted   a  little  interest  in 


that  temperanci  'liurch  and  clean  walk." 
More  than  enough  money  was  subscribed 
for  the  purpose,  and  Brother  Evans  says 
the  action  has  pul  the  church  in  such  a 
light  as  will  result  in  great  good. 

— The  dedication  of  the  new  church  build- 
ing at  Mobile,  Ala.,  has  been  fixed  for  Xov. 
19.  An  invitation  is  cordially  extended  to 
all  brethren  to  be  present.  Claude  !•'..  Hill, 
the  pastor,  has  just  mafic  a  visit  to  Citron- 
elle,  a  thriving  little  city  thirty-three  miles 
north  of  Mobile.  We  have  no  church  build- 
ing here,  but  Brother  Hill  preached  al  tin- 
Baptist  church,  and  there  were  ten  addi- 
tions. Until  a  church  organization  can  be 
effected  these  members  will  unite  with  the 
congregation  in  Mobile. 

— "You  will  doubtless  remember  me  as  a 
member  of  the  California  party  in  'The 
Christian-Evangelist  Special,'  "  writes  one 
in  subscribing  for  the  paper.  This  formula 
is  likely  to  become  familiar  in  the  future. 
It  will  be  a  sufficient  introduction  for  any 
one  to  be  able  to  say,  "I  was  one  of  your 
'Christian-Evangelist  Special'  party  on 
that  celebrated  trip  to  California."  The 
"Special"  to  California  is  in  the  past,  but 
you  can  join  The  Christian-Evangelist 
family  at  any  time  and  remain  a  member 
during  good  behavior ! 

— Butler  College,  Indianapolis,  began  its 
fifty-first  annual. session  on  Tuesday,  Sep- 
tember 26.  The  registration  is  twenty  per 
cent  greater  than  for  the  fall  term  of  last 
year,  and  fifty  per  cent  greater  than  for 
the  same  term  two  years  ago.  Prepara- 
tions are  being  made  for  the  celebration  of 
the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  beginning  of 
the  first  session  on  November  I,  and  Pres- 
ident Garrison  expects  at  that  time  to  an- 
nounce substantial  progress  toward  the 
completion  of  the  $250,000  fund  which  is 
being  raised  to  add  to  the  endowment. 

— J.  H.  Gilliland,  of  Bloomington,  111., 
writes  that  Dr.  O.  L.  Lyon,  formerly  a 
Methodist  minister,  united  with  the  Second 
Christian  Church  at  that  place  last  Lord's 
day.  He  adds :  "Brother  Lyon  is  well 
educated,  has  taught  for  several  years  in 
normal  schools  and  colleges,  was  for  three 
or  four  years  professor  in  the  Wesleyan 
here.  He  has  had  five  years  of  experi- 
ence as  pastor,  with  fine  results.  He 
preached  for  us  last  Sunday  evening  to  a 
large  audience.  The  sermon  was  very  ac- 
ceptable indeed  and  presented  in  fine 
spirit."  We  hope  to  be  able  to  present  a 
synopsis  of  his  sermon,  at  least,  in  our  next 
issue,  perhaps  with  a  picture  of  Brother 
Lyon. 

— It  would  require  a  special  force  of 
stenographers  to  reply  personally  to  all  the 
letters  of  congratulation  which  have 
reached  us  concerning  our  Convention 
Number.  We  are  sure  our  friends  will  not 
expect  this,  but  will  accept  instead  this 
general  acknowledgment  of  our  thanks  for 
their  kind  and  appreciative  words.  In 
giving  the  time,  labor  and  expense  nec- 
essary to  the  preparation  of  such  a  num- 
ber we  were  acting  under  a  sense  of 
obligation  to  the  brotherhood,  which  has  a 
right  to  expect  from  its  religious  journals 
a  fair  and  adequate  report  of  its  great 
gatherings.  Nevertheless  we  feel  gratified 
that  our  efforts  in  this  direction  are  appre- 
ciated by  the  public  which  we  are  seeking 
to  serve. 

— A  brother  who  travels  about  among 
the  churches  a  good  deal  writes  as  follows : 
"One  great  lack  among  our  churches  is 
that  so  few  of  the  brethren  take  and  read 
our  religious  papers.  Not  half  of  the  elders 
and  deacons  of  our  churches  read  our  pa- 
pers.     As   a   result  they .  are  indifferent  to 


WE  CAN  SHOW  YOU 

How  to  do  the  Lord's  work 
while  having  your  savings 
in  an  absolutely  safe  in- 
vestment, upon  which  there 
will  be  no  taxes  to  pay,  no 
change  of  securities,  no 
personal  oversight  re» 
quired,  no  cost  of  mortgage 
records  or  foreclosures, 
and  upon  which  you  will 
net  a  larger  rate  of  inter* 
est  than  in  any  other  in= 
vestment.  If  you  are  a 
Christian  and  want  your 
money  to  work  for  Christ 
while  at  the  same  time  it 
supports  you,  write,  men= 
tioning  this  paper,  to 

BENJAMIN  L.  SMITH, 

Corresponding  Sec'y  American 
Christian   Missionary   Society, 

CINCINNATI,  OHIO. 


the  missionary  enterprises  and  often  oppose 
the  raising  and  sending  out  by  their  con- 
gregations of  any  money.  We  need  a  great 
campaign  to  put  our  papers  in  the  homes 
of  our  people."  The  strangest  thing  about 
this  whole  business  is  that  many  preachers 
are  indifferent  about  whether  their  con- 
gregations are  reading  our  best  religious 
journals  or  not.  There  is  no  doubt  that 
our  brother  has  stated  a  great  and  vital 
need.     How  shall  it  be  met? 

—"The  King's  Message,"  the  monthly 
organ  of  the  Central  Christian  Church  at 
Spokane,  Wash.,  contains  the  following  in 
its  last  issue :  "The  Central  has  been  for- 
tunate in  having  many  eastern  brethren 
worship  with  it  this  summer.  The  greatest 
day  since  our  dedication  was  when  The 
Christian-Evangelist  company  breakfast- 
ed with  us,  and  then  in  the  evening  feasted 
us  with  songs  and  words  of  good  cheer 
and  news  from  the  convention.  And,  after 
all  this  spontaneous  giving,  persisted  in 
leaving  a  generous  purse  for  the  Aid  So- 
ciety as  a  special  expression  of  gratitude 
for  the  hot  biscuits  and  honey."  In  the 
same  issue  we  note  a  very  admirable  let- 
ter from  B.  E.  Ltz,  the  pastor,  to  his 
people.  From  this  it  appears  that  the  church 
was  never  in  so  hopeful  a  condition  as 
just  now.  Though  other  churches  have 
seen  fit  to  close  their  doors  during  the 
summer  months,  the  Central  forged  ahead, 
having  many  additions  and  all  the  depart- 
ments keeping  at  work.  Brother  Utz 
sounds  a  bugle  call  for  even,'  member  to 
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October  5,  1905 


A  Great  Evangelistic  Campaign  in  Cincinnati  and  Vicinity 


One  prominent  feature  of  the  work  of 
our  Standing  Committee  on  Evangelism  is 
the  simultaneous  revival.  It  will  be  re- 
called that  Chicago  and  Cleveland  were 
among  the  cities  testing  this  form  of  cam- 
paign last  winter.  Many  other  cities  are 
planning  such  campaigns  for  the  approach- 
ing winter  or  spring.  The  one  nearest  at 
hand  is  the  one  in  Cincinnati,  which  is  to 
begin  October  S.  and  continue  at  least 
three  weeks.  One  congregation  is  about 
to  dedicate  a  new  nouse.  but  cannot  be 
ready  for  the  meeting,  two  others  are  with- 
out pastors.  Aside  from  these  three,  all 
the  congregations  in  and  about  the  city 
will  join  heartily  in  the  campaign ;  there  be- 
ing some  eighteen  which  have  secured  their 
evangelists  and  singers,  and  laid  all  their 
plans  for  the  meeting. 

A  portion  of  the  plan  of  the  campaign 
i?  as  follows:  First,  a  contribution  from 
each  church,  in  order  to  create  a  general 
fund  for  defraying  preliminary  expenses. 
Another  fund,  contributed  by  the  self-sup- 
porting congregations,  paying  a  stated 
amount  per  week  for  not  less  than  three 
weeks,  in  order  to  help  the  missions  and 
weaker  churches  to  secure  the  best  men 
for  their  meetings.  The  down  town  meet- 
ings and  rallies  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Build- 
ing or  other  central  place  or  places  for 
reports,  conference,  instruction  and  in- 
spiration. Central  mass  meetings  to  be 
held  on  Sunday  afternoons  at  such  places 
as  are  easy  of  access  for  the  entire  com- 
munity. 

The  Committee  on  Advertising  is  doing 
its  work  in  a  systematic  and  thorough  man- 
ner. Uniform  advertising  is  the  rule,  so 
that  the  same  kind  of  display  cards  and 
others  will  be  seen  in  every  part  of  the 
great  community  of  which  Cincinnati  is  the 
heart.  The  committee  on  publicity  has  the 
assurance  that  our  daily  papers  will  give 
to  the  movement  all  the  space  daily  which 


the  interest  of  the  campaign  warrants.  The 
disposition  seems  to  promise  liberal  adver- 
tising through  this  medium  for  our  entire 
campaign. 

Some  of  the  things   for   which   we  hope 


W.  J.  WRIGHT, 

National  Superintendent  of  Evangelism,  un- 
der whose  direction  the  campaign  is 
being  conducted. 

as  fruits  of  this  meeting  are :  First,  genuine 
revivals  in  all  the  congregations  which  are 
taking  an  active  part  in  the  campaign.  We 
expect  the  membership  to  be  aroused  to 
greater  activity  and  moved  to  more  prayer 
and  piety  in  their  daily  lives.  We  expect 
that  hundreds,  or  possibly,  even  thousands, 
of  persons  may  be  led  to  place  their  faith 
in  Jesus  as  the  Son  of  God ;  we  hope  that 
larger  numbers  of  Disciples  who  are  not 
identified  with  our  congregations  will  be 
led  to  deposit  their  letters  or  otherwise  take 
membership  with  the  churches  during  this 
campaign.  We  hope  to  call  the  attention 
of  thousands  of  persons  to  the  simplicity, 
scripturalness   and   catholicity  of   the   plea 


which  we  are  making  for  the  unity  of  dl 
Christians  and  the  restoration  of  the  apos- 
tolic Church.  We  hope  to  bring  about 
such  unity  and  co-operat-on  of  our  forces 
in  and  about  this  city  as  we  never  before 
have  had,  and  we  Nhope  that  the  result  of 
this  meeting  will  be  such  as  will  greatly 
increase  the  faith  of  all  our  preachers  and 
congregations  in  this  city,  so  that  in  the 
future  much  greater  campaigns  than  this 
may  be  planned  and  successfully  con- 
ducted. We  fully  expect  within  a  year  or 
two,  and  as  a  direct  result  of  this  cam- 
paign, to  organize  for  this  same  section 
a  campaign  which  will  bring  fifty  of  our 
strongest  men  here  at  one  time,  which  will 
embrace  such  outdoor  preaching  as  street 
and  park  services,  services  in  places  of 
public  concourse  and  public  utility,  as  the 
fire  and  police  stations,  and  great  meetings 
in  Music  Hall,  where  were  held  the  sessions 
of  our  jubilee  conventions,  and  which  will 
bring  together  in  a  single  meeting  from 
5,000  to  8,000  persons. 

This  campaign  is  a  great  stride  forward 
in  our  local  history,  and,  indeed,  is  the 
greatest  campaign  of  its  kind  thus  far  in 
our  history  as  a  people,  though  the  ap- 
proaching campaign  in  Western  Pennsyl- 
vania is  one  of  greater  proportions  and 
promises  greater  things  than  this.  We 
crave  the  prayers  and  suggestions  of  the 
brethren  throughout  the  land  for  the  suc- 
cessful conduct  of  this  campaign.  The 
work  is  yours  quite  as  much  as  ours,  and, 
indeed,  it  is  not  ours,  save  as  in  his  ma- 
jestic grace.  He  delegates  it  to  us  as  his 
servants,  and  when  the  success  comes  which 
we  are  certain  must  follow  our  careful  and 
prayerful  efforts,  we  will  all  join  in  say- 
ing, "And  thine  be  the  kingdom,  and  the 
power,  and  the  glory,  forever,  Amen." 

W.  J.  Wright, 
Superintendent  of  Evangelism. 

Y.  M.  C.  A.  Building,  Cincinnati,  O. 


The     Churches     and     Men     Engaged     in    the    Campaign 


Cincinnati,  O.,  where  the  first  great  cam- 
paign of  the  fall  season  under  the  direction 
of  our  National  Evangelistic  Bureau  is  to 
begin   next   Lord's    day,    has    long   been   a 
center  for  the  religious  work  of  the  Disci- 
ples of  Christ.    Our  first  church  in  the  city 
was    the    old    house    on    Sycamore    street, 
where  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  people 
who  had  organized  and  adopted  the  New 
Testament  as  their  only  rule  of  faith  and 
practice  entered  their  new  building  in  1829. 
James  Challen  was  the  first  minister,  and 
•continued  for  many  years,  alternating  with 
D.    S.   Burnett  and  Walter  Scott.     In  the 
winter   of    1839- 1840   a    series   of   meetings 
was  held,  which  increased  the  membership 
by  240.     In  1849  the  church  moved  to  the 
corner  of  Eighth  and  Walnut  streets,  and 
the  membership  numbered  368.     Here  was 
really  the  origin  of  our  organized  work.     The 
first    convention    of   the    Christian    Church 
was  held  in  this  old  building  in   1849,  and 
it   was   in   this   city  that   three  of  our   or- 
ganizations originated — the  Foreign   Chris- 
tian Missionary  Society,  the  Christian  Wo- 
man's  Board  of  Missions  and  the  Church 
Extension  Society.    It  is  here,  too,  that  the 
work    of    the    Foreign    Board,    the    Home 
Board   and   our  new   evangelistic   work  is 
centralized,  their  offices  being  located  in  the 
city.     Naturally,  with  such  conditions,  and 
the  fact  that  Isaac  Errett  here  did  his  great 
work  on  "The  Christian  Standard,"  some  of 
our  strongest  men  were  found  here.    Follow- 


ing D.  S.  Burnett  came  C.  L.  Loos,  Thomas 
Munnell,  S.  E.  Shepherd,  Robert  Graham 
and  John  Shackleford,  who  was  followed 
by  W.  T.  Moore,  under  whose  ministra- 
tions this  congregation  moved  from  Eighth 
and  Walnut  to  the  Central  Christian 
Church,  opposite  the  City  Hall.  This  was 
the  finest  church  building  in  the  brother- 
hood when  it  was  dedicated,  and  is  today 
one  of  our  best  buildings,  though  now  a 
down-town  church.  The  building  cost  $147,- 
000.  Other  pastors  of  the  Central  were 
George  Flower,  David  Walk,  E.  T.  Will- 
iams, J.  Z.  Tyler,  J.  A.  Lord  and  A.  M. 
Harvuot,  who  has  recently  been  succeed- 
ed by  J.  L.  Hill,  who  seems  to  be  giv- 
ing great  satisfaction.  The  church  has,  for 
most  of  its  history,  been  a  very  strong  one, 
and  most  of  the  churches  in  and  around  the 
city  are  off-shoots  from  it.  Its  mem- 
bers have  always  been  among  the  strong 
supporters  of  our  missionary  work,  and  A. 
McLean,  president  of  our  Foreign  Society, 
and  W.  S.  Dickinson,  for  many  years  its 
treasurer,  are  elders  in  the  Central  today. 
The  present  pastor,  John  L.  Hill,  was  born 
in  Gallatin,  Tex.,  in  1872.  Graduating  from 
Cumberland  University  with  the  degree  of 
B.  D.,  he  was  ordained  to  the  ministry  in 
the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church,  and 
served  as  pastor  for  his  denomination  in 
Princeton,  Ky.  But  in  1898  he  left  de- 
nominationalism  and  became  a  minister  of 
the  Christian  Church  at  Madisonville,  Ky., 


subsequently  going  to  Union  City,  Ind.,  and 
entering  upon  the  work  at  Cincinnati  in 
the  spring  of  this  year.  South  Kentucky 
College  has  conferred  upon  him  the  A.  B. 
degree. 

The  Richmond  Street  Church  is  an  off- 
shoot from  the  old  church  on  Sycamore 
street.  In  1842  a  colony  of  71  of  its  mem- 
bers were  worshipping  for  the  time  in  a 
hall  of  the  engine  house,  afterwards  se- 
curing a  frame  building,  which  they  used 
as  a  place  of  worship  for  ten  years  and 
then  occupied  a  large  brick  house  on  Sixth 
street.  This  building  was  sold  in  1874,  and 
the  one  where  they  now  meet,  on  Richmond 
and  Cutter  streets,  was  occupied,  A.  I. 
Hobbs  being  at  that  time  the  minister.  This 
church,  too,  has  had  a  succession  of  men 
well  known  to  the  brotherhood  at  large  as 
its  leaders.  The  names  of  Pinkerton,  Bur- 
nett, Sweeney,  Bartholomew,  Radford,  De- 
weese  and  others  are  widely  known.  How- 
ard Cramblet  is  the  present  efficient  min- 
ister. 

One  of  the  oldest — and  likewise  an  off- 
shoot of  the  Sycamore  Street  Church — is 
what  is  known  as  the  Fourth  Church,  whose 
building  was  erected  in  1843  and,  with  im- 
provements, is  still  occupied.  This  field 
is  a  difficult  one,  and  in  recent  years  it  has 
been  served  by  young  men. 

The  church  at  Carthage  was  organized 
by  Walter  Scott  in  1839,  and  is  one  of  the 
historic  churches  of  the  reformation,  hav- 


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served  as  pastor  by  such  pioneers 
6  H.  Jamieson.  L.  L.  Pinkerton,  Dr. 
hardson,  W.  M.  Pinkerton,  James  Chal- 
and   others   of  that   day.     There   were 
men   among   our   early   leaders 
who  have  not  preached  one  or  more  times 
the    old    church.      The    present    pastor. 
Charles  M.  Fillmore,  is  in  his  seventh  year 
with  this  congregation,  which,  though  num- 
bering only  about  two  hundred,  is  steadily 
j,  and  is  composed  of  faithful  work- 
There  was  a  net  gain  of  39  last  year 
this  year  has  seen  30  accessions  so  far. 
At   Norwood,   a   rapidly  growing  suburb 
Cincinnati,   we  have  a  church  that  was 
established  as  a  mission   under  the  super- 
•    n  of  the  Central  some  seven  years  ago. 
Steady  growth  has  increased  the  membership 
175,  and  no  doubt  there  is  a  very  prosper- 
9   future  for  it.     Among  its  members  are 
F.  M.  Rains.  Stephen  J.  Corey  and  J.  H. 
Fillmore,      Joseph    Armistead.    its    present 
".-inister.  is  a  graduate  of  the  College  of  the 
Bible   and  of  the  University  of  Kentucky, 
:ng   received  the   A.   M.   degree.     Prior 
coming  to  Norwood,  in  January  of  this 
year,    he    was    minister    of   the    Woodland 
Street  Church,  in  Nashville.  Tenn. 
The   church  at   Lockland   was   organized 
eh  years  ago  by  Evangelist  Allen  Wilson. 
VV.    G.    Loucks   has   been   its   minister    for 
more  than  four  years.     It  has  been  a  dim- 
field  from  the  start,  but  under  his  lead- 
ership   has    been    steadily    growing.      It    is 
-till  a  mission  point  of  the  state,  and  meets 
in  a  plain  but  comfortable  tabernacle.    They 
.  soon,  however,  to  purchase  a  lot  upon 
:h    to    erect    a   permanent   building,    in 
ich  to  do  more  efficient  work.    Although 
progress  has  been  slow,  the  outlook  for 
future  is  bright  and  both  minister  and 
people  are  hopeful. 

The   Central,   too,   is   the   mother   of   the 
Walnut  Hills  Church,  which  was  organized 
:■?&)..   when   S.   M.   Jefferson  was  called 
minister.      Tannar,    Ranshaw,    Fannon, 
Dutcher    were    among   its   ministers,    while 
R.  W.  Abberley  has  just  entered  upon  the 
■rate.    S.  M.  Cooper,  B.  L.  Smith,  C.  C. 
Smith  are  well-known  men  in  its  member- 
The  value  of  the  church  property  is 
^-V.ooo. 
The  youngest  of  our  churches  in  Cincin- 
is  in  the  new  suburb  of  Evanston,  ly- 
ing between   Walnut   Hills   and   Norwood, 
'luilding  being  a  mile  and  a  half  from 
churches   in  these   suburbs.     The   first 
meeting  of  the  Disciples  in  this  place  was 
in  March  of  this  year.     There  were  a  few 
ings  in  private  homes,  then  in  a  tent, 
and    in    April    a    lot    was    purchased    at    a 
cost  of  $2,200,  while  in   May  a  tabernacle 
••  as  built  and  paid  for.     In  June  a  meet- 
ing  was   held  by   I.    H.   Durfee,   of   Mays- 
vtlle.      Then    A.    M.    Harvuot,    who    had 
recently  resigned  from  the  Central  Church, 
was    elected    pastor,    and    a    Bible    school 
was    organized.        Brother    Harvuot    is    a 
graduate    of     Bethany     College,     and     has 
been    in    the    ministry    since    1882,    having 
A  churches  at  Clarence,  N.   Y. ;     Mil- 
•jrg,  O. ;    Emporia,  Kan.;    Greensburg 
and    Washington,    Pa.,    and    Central,    Cin- 
cinnati.    He  entered  a  business  life  in  April 
of  this   year,  but  is   also  devoting  himself 
he  work  at  Evanston. 
In  addition  to  these  churches  on  the  Ohio 
side   of  the  river  there        the   North   Side 
Church,  where  Justin  N.  Green,  one  of  our 
most  faithful  ministers,  works,  and  the  First 
Church,  a:  North  Fairmount,  organized  in 
1901  and  mini-ff-rcd  to  for  a  long  time  by 
T.   A.   Lord,  and  now  under  the  guidance 
of    Arthur    Sebastian;       the    Madisonville 
Church,   whose  building  was   completed   in 
and  dedicated  by  Isaac  Errett,  where 


M.  11.  Salver  has  charge;  and  the  colored 
church  at  Locklan<f,  where  W.  H.  Dickerson 
is  pastor. 

On  the  Kentucky  side  of  the  river  we 
have  a  number  of  churches  that  will  take 
part  in  this  campaign  of  Greater  Cincin- 
nati. The  First  Church,  Covington,  is  the 
oldest,  having  been  organized  in  1S37.  The 
members  met  in  a'  one-story  frame  building, 
their  first  pastor  being  James  G.  Arnold, 
who  helped  the  church  very  materially  in 
a  financial  way.  In  1867  a  church  building- 
was  dedicated  by  W.  T.  Moore  and  Isaac 
Errett,  but  this  was  destroyed  by  fire  and 
the  present  building,  erected  at  a  cost  of 
about  $34,000.  was  dedicated  in  1894.  It  is 
the  largest  of  our  churches  on  the  south 
side  of  the  river,  the  membership  now  being 
about  six  hundred,  with  the  building  en- 
larged and  paid  for,  while  a  handsome  new 
organ  has  just  been  installed.  Among  its 
ministers  have  been  P.  B.  Wiles,  John  J. 
Rogers,  O.  A.  Bartholomew,  J.  B.  Briney. 
Its  present  pastor,  George  A.  Miller,  has 
served  it  for  nearly  twelve  years.  His  work 
has  been  evangelistic  as  well  as  pastoral, 
and  he  has  held  six  protracted  meetings  for 
the  church,  doing  all  the  preaching  himself. 
There  has  been  but  one  change  of  pastors 
in  twenty-one  years,  "and  the  present  super- 
intendent of  the  Sunday  school  has  held  his 
position  continuously  for  thirty  years.  This 
Sunday  school  is  the  largest  in  the  city.  . 

The  Fourth  Street  Christian  Church,  Cov- 
ington, dates  its  history  from  1875.  Among 
its  members  are  descendants  Of  B.  W. 
Stone  and  Samuel  Rogers.  Among  its  min- 
isters have  been  S.  M.  Jefferson,  Elisha 
Pinkerton,  J.  J.  Morgan  and  George  Darsie, 
Jr.  It  has  a  property  valued  at  $10,000  and 
seats  400  people.  It  is  in  line  with'  all  mis- 
sionary enterprises;  and  S.  G.  Boyd,  one  of 
its  elders,  has,  we  believe,  never  failed  in 
attendance  upon  our  national  conventions. 

Across  the  Licking  River  is  Newport, 
where  the  first'  organized  work  among  the 
Disciples  of  Christ  was  begun  in  1871.    The 


MINISTERS    AND    CHURCHES    OF    CIN- 
CINNATI AND  NEIGHBORHOOD. 

.  1 — C.  L.  Garrison,  Newport,  Ky, :  2—' 
W.  F.  Smith,  Bellevue-Daytori,  Ky,  ,3— 
Justin  N.  Green,  North  Side,  Cincinnati. 
4 — Charles  M.  Fillmore,  Carthage,  O.  5 — 
George  L.  Miller,  First  Church,  Coving- 
ton, Ky.  6 — Howard  Cramblet,  Rich- 
mond Street,  Cincinnati.  7 — R.  W.  Abber- 
ley, Walnut  Hills,  Cincinnati.  8— J.  L.  Hill, 
Central  Church,  Cincinnati.  9 — J.  W.  Hagin, 
Fourth  Street,  Covington,  Ky.  10— J.  D. 
Armistead,  Norwood,  O.  11 — A.  M.  Har- 
vuot, Evanston,  Cincinnati.  12 — Central 
Church,  Cincinnati.  13 — Carthage  Church. 
14 — Richmond  Street  Church.  15 — Arthur 
Sebastian,  N.  Fairmount,  O.  23 — Walnut 
Hills  Church.  27 — The  N.  Fairmount 
Church. 

We  did  not  receive  photographs  of  the 
following  pastors  in  time  to  include  them 
in  the  group :  H.  C  Runyan,  J.  W.  Moody, 
W.  H.  Salyer,  W.  G.  Loucks  and  W.  H. 
Dickerson. 

Some  Evangelists  Engaged. 

jo— E.  W.  Uliott,  Eminence,  Ky.  17— 
S.  D.  Dutcher,  Omaha,  Neb.  18— Milo 
Atkinson.,  Newport  News,  Va.  19 — E.  R. 
Edwards,  Bedford,  Ind.  20 — Claude  E. 
Hill,  Mobile,  Ala.  21 — James  Small,  Co- 
lumbus, Ind.  22— Charles  Sebastian.  24 — 
J.  L.  Thompson,  late  of  Peru,  Ind.,  now  of 
Decatur,  111.  25— W.  H.  Pinkerton,  Pa- 
ducah,  Ky.  26 — Harry  D.  Smith,  Hopkins- 
ville,  Ky. 

Other  evangelists  engaged  not  included 
in  our  group  pictures  are:  J.  H.  Gilliland, 
Bloomington,  111.,  Edgar  Riley,  Kentucky, 
J.  J.  Taylor,  Connersvjlle,  Ind.,  H.  C. 
Bowen,  Cincinnati,  O., '  W.  M.  Gard,  El- 
i,  Ind. 


,•  resent  congregation  (incorporated  ten 
years  ago  under  the  name  of  the  Central 
Christian  Church)  was  started  as  an  off- 
shoot of  the  First  Church.  It  was  organ- 
ized with  77  members.  Its  handsome  and 
commodious  building,  located  at  the  cor- 
ner of  Sixth  and  Monroe  streets,  was  ded- 
icated in  October,  1897.  In  November,  1903, 
a  union  was  effected  between  the  First 
Church  and  the  Central,  the  First  Church 
disposing  of  its  property  on  Fifth  street 
and  turning  the  proceeds  over  to  the  united 
congregation.  During  the  same  month 
Charles  Lloyd  Garrison  was  called  to  serve 
the  church.  The  union  of  the  Disciples  in 
Newport  has  proved  to  be  a  signal  success. 
The  membership  has  steadily  increased  until 
it  is  now  375. 

There  are  two  features  of  the  Newport 
work  which  may  be  worthy  of  brief  men- 
tion. The  indebtedness  of  the  church  is 
cared  for  by  a  serial  bond  issue,  copied 
after  the  model  of  municipality  bonds,  $500 
worth  being  retired  annually.  The  other 
feature  is  a  fraternal  organization  among 
the  men  of  the  church.  The  organization 
is  known  as  the  Benevolent  Order  of  Royal 
Pilgrims.  One  of  its  purposes  is  mutual 
aid  in  the  way  of  sick  benefits  and  indem- 
nity at  death;  anothgr  object" is  sociability 
and 'Christian  fellowship.  The  organization 
is  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  state. 
It  confers  three  degrees  and  shows  the  can- 
didate an  interesting  time.  This  fraternal 
society  serves  as  a  new  point  of  contact 
between  the  church  and  "the  world." 

The  towns  of  Bellevue  and  Dayton,  Ky., 
are  separated  by  a  line  down  the  middle 
of  a  street,  and  nothing  more.  Together 
the  two  towns  have  a  white  population 
of  16,000,  and  our  membership  is  drawn 
from  both  places,  though  the  church  build- 
ing is  in  Bellevue.  The  organization  was 
effected  in  1889,  and  F.  M.  Rains  dedicated 
in  1891.  W.  F.  Smith,  who  is  the  present 
preacher,  is  a  Kentuckian  reared  at  Frank- 
fort and  educated  for  the  ministry  at  Lex- 
ington, and  all  departments  under  him  are 
in  good  working  order. 

H.  C.  Runyan  is  the  preacher  for  our 
church  at  Latonia,  which  was  organized  in 
1898.  Brother  Rui^an  is  an  energetic  pas- 
tor, and  has  recently  declined  a  call  to 
another  church  in  order  to  develop  the 
field  he  is  now  in. 

At  Ludlow  we  have  a  building  completed 
in  1896  at  a  cost  of  about  $7,000.  The 
growth  in  membership  has  been  rapid,-  and 
under  J.  W.  Moody  we  may  expect  it  to 
go  forward  to  greater  things. 

Among  the  evangelists  are  James  Small, 
who  will  help  the  North  Side  congregation, 
of  which  Justin  Green  is  pastor.  This  will 
be  a  union  meeting,  the  Presbyterian,  Meth- 
odist and  Baptist  churches  all  uniting  under 
the  leadership  of  James  Small.  W.  H. 
Pinkerton  and  W.  E.  Hackleman  will  hold 
forth  at  the  old  historic  Central  Church ; 
Milo  Atkinson  will  be  the  evangelist  at  the 
Richmond  Street  Church;  H.  D.  Smith,  of 
Hopkinsville,  Ky.,  assists  the  congregation 
at  Norwood ;  J.  L.  Thompson,  Peru,  Ind., 
leads  the  forces  at  Carthage ;  W.  M.  Gard, 
Elwood,  Ind.,  will  marshal  the  forces  at 
Lockland ;  H.  C.  Bowen  will  be  the  evan- 
gelist at  Madisonville. 

Across  the  river  some  of  the  evangelists 
are:  J.  H.  Gilliland  at  the  Fifth  Street 
Church,  Covington,  and  S.  D.  Dutcher  at 
the  Fourth  Street  Christian  Church  ;  Ernest 
Elliott,  of  Eminence,  Ky.,  assists  the  Cen- 
tral Churchy  Newport,  and  E.  R.  Edwards, 
of  Bedford,  Ind.,  is  the  leader  at  the  Belle- 
vue-Dayton  church,  of  which  W.  F.  Smith 
is  pastor;  J.  J.  Taylor,  of  Lexington,  Ky., 
is  the  evangelist,  and  his  wife  the  singer, 
at  the  Ludlow  church. 

This  is  a  list  of  strong  preachers,  many 
of  them  with  splendid  records  in  evangel- 
istic work,  though  it  will  be  noted  that 
there  is  but  one  professional  evangelist  in 
the  whole  number. 


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NEWS    FROM    MANY   FIELDS 


Illinois. 

A  quarter  of  a  century  ago  a  little  band 
of  Disciples  was  organized  at  Bethany, 
Moultrie  county.  It  has  grown  to  a  mem- 
bership of  225  with  a  good  Sunday  school, 
two  Endeavor  Societies  and  an  active 
C.  W.  B.  M.  Bro.  S.  E.  Sines,  a  splendid 
young  preacfcer,  is  caring  for  the  flock. 
He  began  a  year  and  a  half  ago  preaching 
half  time  for  the  congregation,  but  is  now 
employed  all  the  time  and  the  church  seems 
to  raise  the  money  easier  for  all  the  time 
than  for  half  time.  Few  of  the  churches 
know  their  strength  until  some  wise,  godly 
leider  guides  them  into  the  larger  fields  of 
usefulness.  Bethany  has  almost  made  a 
new  house  out  of  the  old  one  at  an  ex- 
pense of  about  $3,500,  and  expects  to  re- 
dedicate  before  these  lines  are  printed. 
The  money  is  nearly  all  provided  for.  Un- 
less we  miss  our  guess,  this  church  will 
take  its  place  among  the  leading  churches 
with  public  spirit  and  consecration  for  all 
the  great  enterprises  for  world-wide  evan- 
gelism. Much  of  the  church's  spirit  and 
prosperity  is  due  to  the  godly  life  and 
ministry  of  Bro.  W.  S.  Harmon  who  en- 
tered into  his  rest  last  fall.  His  memory 
is  precious  in  this  community  aad  his 
works  live  after  him. 

At  Dal-on  City  we  found  the  little  church 
of  43  members,  a  Sunday  school  of  50  and 
an  Endeavor  Society  of  26.  Our  esteemed 
Bro.  Geo.  T.  Smith  and  his  efficient  wife, 
bath  preachers,  moved  into  the  community 
sis  months  ago.  The  work  has  taken  on 
new  life;  material  as  well  as  spiritual  im- 
provements are  manifest.  This  is  a  great 
field  and  we  look  for  the  church  to  grow  in 
numbers,  grace  and  power. 

The  church  at  Allenville  has  just  closed 
a  short  meeting  with  several  additions. 
It  has  a  good,  comfortable  house,  an  in- 
telligent membership  and  a  large  field  of 
usefulness. 

While  here  your  scribe  took  occasion  to 
visit  the  final  resting  place  of  his  father 
and  mother,  near  the  roadside  that  skirts 
the  timber  of  the  old  Kaskaskia,  between 
Mattoon  and  Sullivan.  How  the  memory 
stirs  with  incidents  of  struggle,  triumph 
and  grace,  when  he  feels  so  near  those 
most  interested  were  they  but  cognizant  of 
passing  events!  The  unbidden  tear  must 
fall  and  the  heart's  full  prayer  seems  a 
little  nearer  the  throne  when  even  mother's 
sleeping  dust  is  near.  How  to  be  envied 
is  the  child  woo  can  remember  the  pres- 
sure of  the  fond  parental  hand,  or  who  in 
love  is  permitted  to  cheer  the  heart  and 
guide  the  unsteady  steps  of  father  and 
mother  down  through  the  second  child- 
hood! The  first  thought  that  pressed  it- 
self upon  me  on  that  sacred  spot  was  how 
I  would  like  to  tell  mother  how  good  the 
Lord  and  his  people  have  been  to  him 
since  she  left  her  only  child,  a  year  old, 
and  father,  who  left  a  year  later,  in  what 
we  call  "this  cold  world."  It  is  only  cold 
t  >  him  who  knows  nothing  but  trust  in 
worldliness.  Not  a  night  has  been  with- 
out its  shelter  and  not  a  day  without  its 
food.  What  did  the  good  Book  mean 
when  it  said,  "When  my  father  and  moth- 
er forsake  me,  the  Lord  will  take  me  up"? 
Have  I  not  seen  this  pledge  fulfilled 
through  all  these  years?  With  not  a  day 
without  opportunity  for  toil  and  service 
and  not  a  night  without  opportunity  for 
rest.     Sickness   and    care    and    trial    have 


come,  but  with  each  the  greater  grace 
from  him  who  knows  how  to  temper  the 
wind  to  the  shorn  lamb.  There  is  no  god 
like  unto  our  God,  to  whom  be  praise  and 
honor  forever  more.  What  can  we  do  to 
fill  the  world  with  this  like  precious  faith 
in  him  who  hears  the  raven's  cry  and 
sees  the  sparrow's  fall? 

"What  shall  I  render  to  ray  God 
For  all  his  gifts  to  me?" 

Eureka.  J.  G.  Waggoner. 

Missouri  State  Mission  Notes. 

Joseph  Gaylor  is  making  a  determined 
effort  to  put  Pierce  City  again  on  its  feet. 
For  some  reason  this  has  been  a  hard 
place  in  which  to  build  up  a  self-sustaining 
church,  but  we  are  in  hopes  that  this  effort 
will  mean  just  that. 

H.  G.  Bennett,  our  missionary  pastor  at 
Jefferson  City,  has  been  assisting  W.  A. 
Thomas  in  a  meeting  at  Burlington  Junc- 
tion. 

Ralls,  Polk,  Dallas,  Hickory,  Sullivan 
and  Putnam  counties  have  all  had  their 
conventions  since  our  last  notes,  and  they 
have  been  good  ones;  in  fact  our  conven- 
tions this  season  have  been  more  than 
average  in  enthusiasm  and  really  good  con- 
vention work. 

These  lines  are  written  at  La  Belle,  as  I 
wait  for  the  train  to  take  me  to  the  Lewis 
county  convention  at  Lewiston.  C.  L. 
Harbord,  our  county  secretary,  has  worked 
very  hard  to  make  this  convention  a  suc- 
cess, and  we  are  expecting  one  of  the 
best.  From  here  we  go  to  New  Hampton 
to  the  Harrison  county  meeting. 

G.  P.  Furnish  is  preaching  for  La  Belle, 
Knox  City  and  Sweet  Oak  and  all  are  de- 
lighted with  his  loving,  consecrated  work. 
He  is  preparing  for  a  meeting  at  La  Belle 
to  begin  the  third  Lord's  day  in  October. 

Brother  Furnish  arranged  for  the  secre- 
tary to  visit  all  of  his  churches  in  the  in- 
terest of  state  missions  and  we  enjoyed 
his  fellowship  very  much  indeed.  Lord's 
day  afternoon  and  night  were  spent  in  the 
home  of  Bro.  George  Washburn  and  wife, 
who  were  our  companions  on  a  recent  trip 
to  California;  and  we  had  a  happy  time. 

Audrain  county  convention  meets  this 
week  at  Macedonia  church,  but  it  is  im- 
possible for  the  secretary  to  be  in  three 
places  at  once;  he  is  willing  to  try  two 
places,  but  that's  the  limit.  We  hope 
they  will  have  a  great  convention. 

Our  permanent  fund  is  growing,  slow- 
ly; it  ought  to  go  by  leaps  and  bounds. 
We  must  raise  that  $10,000  by  July  1, 
1906.  It  will  be  our  shame  if  it  does  not 
come.  Ab<  ut  20  churches  at  Marshall 
pledged  $100  each.  There  are  at  least  30 
more  that  can  do  it  and  be  the  richer  for 
it.  Then  there  are  hot  less  than  100  men 
who  ought  to  place  that  much  on  interest 
for  the  work  in  Missouri.  Can  you  do  bet- 
ter with  your  monev  than  this?  Each  $100 
will  bear  annually  $6  interest,  this  will  win 
three  souls  for  the  Lord,  and  will  go  on 
year  by  year  when  the  donor  has  passed  to 
his  reward  and  thus  through  all  time  will 
he  have  entered  into  partnership  with  God 
to  save  his  fellowmen  for  the  life  eternal. 
Can  you  put  $100  to  a  better  use?  How 
many  churches  and  individuals  will  vol- 
unteer to  do  this  much? 

Kansas  City.  T.  A.  Abbott. 


North  Carolina. 

The  fellowship  was  so  pleasant  and  the 
sights  to  be  seen  so  many,  on  the  trip  with 
"The  Chrjstian-Evangelist  Special"  to 
San  Francisco,  that  your  correspondent 
just  got  to  Winston-Salem,  N.  C,  on  Sept. 
2,  in  time  to  preach  the  following  day. 
After  a  week  spent  here  in  getting  ac- 
quainted, I  made  a  trip  to  Waynesboro, 
Pa.,  for  my  books  and  trunks,  and  told  the 
brethren  about  the  great  convention.  The 
church  has  not  yet  secured  my  successor, 
but  has  been  pushing  forward  the  improve- 
ments on  the  building,  and  are  preparing 
to  reopen  it  the  second  Lord's  day  in  Oc- 
tober if  their  seats  arrive  on  time.  On  my 
way  I  stopped  a  night  with  F.  F.  Bullard, 
in  Lynchburg,  Va.  The  Christian  College 
at  that  place  opened  its  third  year  on  Sep- 
tember 13.     The  prospects  were  good. 

Besides  the  Christian  College  at  Wilson, 
N.  O,  there  is  the  Holman  University  at 
Black  Mountain,  which  opened  its  second 
year  September  25.  J.  C.  Coggins  is  the 
president.  It  was  incorporated  last  March 
by  special  act  of  the  legislature,  giving  it 
the  regular  powers  of  a  university. 

Sister  Sarah  A.  Holman,  who  recently 
donated  her  elegant  home,  that  cost  $25,000, 
to  our  Church  Extension  Board,  not  long 
ago  donated  240  acres  of  land  to  aid 
in  the  establishment  of  a  school  in  the 
mountains.  Hence  the  name.  It  is  the 
aim  of  the  faculty  "to  make  it  possible  for 
every  ambitions  boy  and  girl  in  this  part  of 
the  country  to  get  an  education."  It  is 
but  a  few  minutes  from  the  ci'y  of  Ashe- 
ville  and  Biltmore,  the  Vanderbilt  resi- 
dence. Students  can  secure  a  free  schol- 
arship, worth  $40,  by  securing  at  least  five 
students  to  come  and  spend  a  year  in  the 
institution. 

I  found  at  Winston-Salem  a  congrega- 
tion of  about  80  members.  They  had  been 
two  and  a  half  months  without  preaching. 
I  regret  to  learn  of  the  serious  illness  of 
the  wife  of  my  predecessor,  J.  R.  Glenn. 
I  have  preached  three  Lord's  days.  There 
seem  some  signs  of  encouragement. 

We  have  arranged  to  have  Herbert 
Yeuell,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  to  preach  in 
a  meeting  beginning  the  last  week  in  No- 
vember aod  first  of  December.  Brethren, 
pray  for  us. 

A.  B.  Cunningham,  of  Tiffin,  O.,  is  now 
in  his  new  field  at  Washington,  N.  C.  We 
wish  him  success  in  his  work. 

Kind  regards  for  the  large  family  of 
the  "Special"  with  whom  we  jiurneved, 
and  appreciation  of  the  '  Co:  vention  Num- 
ber," whose  pictures  recall  pleasant  me  n- 
ories.  J.  A.  Hopkixs. 

Winston-Salem,  X.  C. 

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A  Notre  Dame  Lady's  Appeal. 

I  will  send  free,  with  full  instructions, 
some  of  this  simple  preparation  for  the 
cure  of  Leucorrhcea,  U/lceration,  Displace- 
ments, Falling  of  the  Womb.  Scanty  or 
Painful  Periods,  Tumors  or  Growths,  Hot 
Flashes,  Desire  to  Cry,  Creeping  feeling  up 
the  Spine,  Pain  in  the  Back  and  all  Female 
Troubles,  to  all  sending  address.  To 
mothers  of  suffering  daughters  I  will  ex- 
plain a  Successful  Home  Treatment.  If 
you  decide  to  continue  it  will  only  cost 
about  12  cents  a  week  to  guarantee  a  cure. 
Tell  other  sufferers  of  it,  that  is  all  I  ask. 
If  you  are  interested  write  now  and  tell 
your  suffering  friends  of  ir.  Address  Mrs. 
M.  Summers,  Box  183,  Notre  Dame,  Ind. 


1298 

Ohio. 

Collinwood  has  succeeded,  after  three  or 
four  attempts,  in  calling  a  pastor.  M.  L. 
Bucklev,  of  Harrison,  is  the  man,  and  the 
church' is  to  be  heartily  congratulated  on 
the  choice  made. 

Bellefontaine  has  cast  her  line  over  in 
the  Hoosier  pond  and  caught  a  preacher 
in  the  person  of  Roy  Brown,  of  Conners- 
ville.  He  will  find  the  church  at  Belle- 
fontaine ready  to  work,  and  the  town  a 
very  pleasant  one  in  which  to  live.  He 
will  be  cordially  welcomed  into  the  Ohio 
fellowship. 

J.  P.  Allison  will  come  from  Bellaire  to 
Dunham  Avenue,  Cleveland,  to  succeed 
M.  J.  Grable.  Brother  Allison  could  not  cope 
with  the  river  climate,  and  hence  this  early 
change  from  Bellaire.  It  would  seem  that 
no  man  would  fit  in  Brother  Grable's  shoes 
better  than  J.  P.  Allison. 

The  Wabash  Avenue  Church,  Akron,  of 
which  A.  F.  Stahl  is  bishop,  has  made  an 
heroic  effort  and  paid  off  all  indebtedness. 
The  "fire"  was  held  Sunday  night,  Sept. 
10.  The  mortgage  called  for  $1,300,  and 
the  church  paid  it.  A  meeting  is  now  in 
progress  with  Miss  Ida  Mae  Hanna,  of 
Cincinnati,  as  soloist. 

J.  W.  Kerns  has  been  called  to  Massillon 
from  Monongahela  City,  Pa.  He  will  suc- 
ceed George  Darsle.  We  welcome  "Judge" 
back  to  Ohio.  His  last  Ohio  pastorate  was 
at  Steubenville. 

The  Warren  church  has  voted  to  build 
a  house  on  the  west  side  of  the  city  for  a 
new  congregation.  They  will  put  about 
$7,500  into  a  building. 

Now  that  all  the  churches  have  taken 
the  Church  Extension  offering,  let  them  all 
get  ready  for  the  greatest  offering  for  Ohio 
missions  that  we  have  ever  had.  Novem- 
ber 5  is  the  day  for  said  offering.  Make 
a  big  offering  for  Ohio  missions  November 
5  and  a  big  majority  for  Pattison  for 
governor  November  7.         C.  A.  Freer. 

Painesville,  O. 

Wisconsin  Convention. 

The  annual  conventions  of  the  Wiscon- 
sin Christian  Missionary  Association  and 
the  Christian  Woman's  Board  of  Missions 
were  held  with  the  new  church  in  Grand 
Rapids.  The  church  is  but  five  months 
old,  but  it  did  exceedingly  well,  and  all 
went  away  happy  and  better. 

The  sessions  were  held  in  the  M.  E. 
church,  the  brethren  having  turned  the 
G.  A.  R.  hall,  where  they  hold  their  meet- 
ings, into  a  diniDg  room  where  dinner  and 
supper  were  served,  so  that  no  one  need  to 
go  away  during  the  day. 

The  reports  revealed  the  fact  that  we  had 
grown  during  the  year  from  1,432  to  1,787, 
an  increase  of  24  per  cent;  that  we  had 
contributed  about  $1  per  member  to  mis 
sions,  had  added  four  new  churchts,  ihat 
the  Scandinavian  work  had  doubled,  and 
that  most  of  the  churches  had  grown  and 
were  prosperous. 

Our  speakers  from  outside  were:  J.  H. 
Garrison,  of  St.  Louis;  Mrs.  Anna  R.  At- 
water,  of  Indianapolis;  Mrs.  Laura  De- 
Lany  Garst,  of  Des  Moines;  H.  U.  Dale  of 
Des  Moines,  and  Claris  Yeuell,  on  his  way 
to  Baltimore.  The  addresses  were  out-and- 
out  missionary,  and  were  intended  to  spur 
us  to  greater  activity  and  inspire  us  to  bet- 
ter living. 

C.  H.  DeVoe,  who  organized  the  church 
last  spring,  was  with  it  before  and  during 
convention  to  keep  things  in  order,  and 
H.  K.  Shields,  his  singer,  also  came  and 
took  charge  of  singing.  C.  W.  Dean,  of 
Colfax,    111.,    who   begins   ministering   for 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 

this  congregation  October  1,  was  present 
and  preached  the  last  sermon.  The 
C.  W.  B.  M.  workers  were  led  by  Miss  IdaC. 
Towne,  of  Waupun,  and  the  Bible-school 
forces  were  marshaled  by  Mrs.  T.  H. 
Goodnight,  of  Readstown,  and  the 
W.  C.  M.  A.  was  presided  over  by  J.  C. 
Thurman,  of  Green  Bay. 

The  Lord  seemed  to  favor  us  in  every 
way,  so  we  had  a  delightful  and  helpful 
convention.  H.  F.  Barstow. 

Ladysmith,  Wis. 

Our  Budget. 

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take  some  part,  and  he  says:  "Talent  has 
been  generously  distributed.  While  all 
departments  are  doing  well,  there  is  enough 
inactive  talent  to  take  up  the  entire  church 
work,  if  those  who  are  now  active  for  any 
reason  stop  their  efforts.  My  appeal  is  for 
the  use  of  this  unused  talent." 

— E.  Jay  Teagarden,  who  has  served  the 
Danbury  Church  of  Christ  as  pastor  for 
sixteen  years,  presented  his  resignation  to 
the  church  at  the  close  of  the  morning 
service  on  September  24.  In  his  letter  of 
resignation  to  the  church  he  recalls  the 
following  interesting  historical  fact:  "The 
history  of  the  Church  of  Christ  in  Dan- 
bury  is  of  peculiar  interest  in  that  it  is 
one  of  a  group  of  three  Christian  churches 
that  existed  in  America  in  1817.  One  of  the 
marvels  of  the  religious  world  is  the  fact 
that  these  three  churches  have,  in  less  than 
a  century,  been  multiplied,  until  today  they 
number  10,985,  having  a  united  member- 
ship of  1,233,000  souls."  The  letter  is  full 
of  that  tenderness  which  a  true  pastor 
feels  for  the  church  to  which  he  has 
ministered  for  so  many  years.  There 
are  many  paragraphs  in  the  letter 
we  should  like  to  quote  but  our  space 
will  not  permit.  Suffice  it  to  say 
that  the  spirit  it  breathes  is  a  suf- 
ficient explanation  of  the  success  that 
has  attended  his  labors  during  his  long 
pastorate.  After  a  little  rest,  Brother  Tea- 
garden  will  take  up  his  work  again  in 
another  field  of  labor,  and  very  fortunate, 
indeed,  will  be  the  church  that  can  secure 
the  services  of  one  who  has  held  so  long 
and  successful  a  pastorate  as  that 
which  he  is  now  closing.  As  he  went  to 
Danbury  from  the  Divinity  School  of  Yale, 
he  is  now  at  a  period  of  life  when  he  is 
able  to  render  the  best  service  to  any 
church  with  which  he  may  decide  to  lo- 
cate. His  resignation  is  to  take  effect 
three  months  from  the  date  of  its  accept- 
ance by  the  church. 


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or  can  go.  They  reinforce  the  teachings 
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The  Christian-Evangelist  has  been 
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seiiil-nniiually.  It  is  better  than  a 
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Nothing  could  help  the  cause  of  missions 
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papers.  A.  McLean. 

Cincinnati. 


The  Christian-Evangeust  has,  from  the 
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the  American  Christian  Missionary  Society 
has  had.  Every  year  the  columns  have  been 
placed  at  our  disposal  for  the  presentation 
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Some  months  ago  we  asked  our  friends 
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Christian-Evangeust.  At  the  close  of 
the  business  year  on  Sept.  30,  10,167  had 
been  received.  Words  cannot  express  our 
appreciation  and  gratitude  to  all  who  have 
had  a  part  in  this  gain  in  the  readers  of  this 
paper.  If  we  count  five  readers  for  each 
new  subscriber  this  means  50,835  new  read- 
ers in  the  great  Christian-Evangeust 
circle.  Our  friends  have  been  a  help  to 
us  in  this  splendid  increase.  We  are 
greatly  encouraged,  and  we  are  ready  to 
undertake  greater  things  still.  Why  not? 
The  Lord  has  been  good  to  us  and  why 
should  we  not  do  great  things  for  the  Mas- 
ter? Is  it  asking  too  much  if  we  make 
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P.SO'S  CURE   FOR     M 


CURES  WHERE  ALL  ELSE  FAkS. 
I  Best  Cough  Syrup   Tastes  Good.  Use 
in  time.    8old  by  druggists. 


CONSUMPTION      5" 


October  5,  1905. 


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ers?  We  have  many  thousands  of  enthu- 
siastic, faithful  readers  who  will  agree  with 
us  and  say  that  this  paper  is  worthy  of  this 
larger  circulation.  Then  will  you  aid  us 
in  securing  this  larger  audience  of  readers? 
Here  is  a  missionary  work  in  the  church 
in  which  all  our  readers  can  engage.  It 
is  right  at  your  own  door,  and  will  not 
only  bring  good  literature  to  20,000  new 
homes,  but  will  increase  the  church  attend- 
ance from  these  homes,  enlarge  the  offer- 
ings for  church  expenses,  add  thousands 
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Our  brotherhood  has  never  before  been  so 
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Iowa  Southeast  Convention. 

The  pastor  and  brethren  at  Bloomfield 
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Evangelistic 


iVe  invite  ministers  and  others  to  send 
reports  of  meetings,  additions  and  other 
news  of  the  churches  for  publication  in 
this  department.  It  is  especially  requested 
that  additions  be  reported  as  "by  confession 
and  baptism"  or  "by  letter." 

ARKANSAS. 

Little  Rock. — The  meeting  under  Broth- 
ers Fife,  Jessup,  McKinney  and  Stanly  has 
given  102  additions  to  the  church  in  less 
than  four  weeks.  The  meeting  will  be 
transferred  to  a  large  hall  at  a  mission 
point  in  northwestern  part  of  city  on  Wed- 
nesday night,  Sept.  27,  for  a  foar  weeks' 
campaign. 

Ozark,  Sept.  18. — We  started  here  about 
eight  years  ago  in  a  schoolhouse,  have  had 
preaching  about  once  a  month,  arid  have 
held  Lord's  day  services  every  Sunday 
with  the  exception  of  a  few  very  stormy 
days.  We  have  a  good  Sunday-school. 
We  also  have  a  house  of  our  own.  We 
succeeded  in  getting  E.  C.  Browning,  our 
state  evangelist,  to  hold  us  a  week's  meet- 
ing which  resulted  in  13  confessions,  and 
we  feel  much  good  has  been  done  and  more 
to  follow. — Wm.  H.  Saunders,  clerk. 

CHINA. 

Shanghai,  Aug.  29. — Six  more  baptisms; 
others  to  follow.— W.  P.  Bentley. 

COLORADO. 

Loveland,  Sept.  25. — One  confession  and 
one  from  the  Congregational* sts  yesterday; 
27  at  regular  services  during  the  summer. 
Our  work  is  prospering  and  outlook  bright. 
—A.  O    Walker,  pastor. 

Boulder. — Fifteen  additions  at  regular 
services,  Sept.  24.— S.  M.  Bernard,  min- 
ister. 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA. 

Washington,  Sept.  25.— Present  at  min- 
isters' meeting  to-day:  Pres.  J.  E.  Stuart, 
F.  D.  Power,  E  B.  Bagby,  W.  T.  Laprade, 
Walter  F.  Smith  and  the  writer.  Total 
additions  reported,  fourteen — thirteen  by 
letter  aod  one  by  confession  and  baptism  . 
J.  E.  Smart's  report  for  eight  months  at 
15th  Street  Church  shows  sixty  six  addi- 
tions.— Claude  C. Jones 

FLORIDA. 

Ashton,  Sept.  25. — One  received  from  the 
Baptists.— D.  M    Breaker. 

ILLINOIS. 

Mechanicsburg,  Sept.  27.^-Two  by  letter. 
— L.  L.  Chapman. 

Taylorville,  Sept.  28.— During  the  month 
I  have  baptized  36  people,  and  some  have 
been  reclaimed,  and  some  received  by  let- 
ter, making  over  40.  Begin  revival  Octo- 
ber 1  with  W.  F.  Shearer  and  Altheide.— 
Z.  Moore. 

LeRoy,  Sept.  27.— Evangelist  J.  Bennett 
has  closed  a  two  weeks'  meeting.  Ten 
additions,  all  adults,  and  one  a  lady  75 
years  old.  The  church  has  received  en- 
couragement and  a  spiritual  uplift. — E.  A. 
Cary,  pastor. 

Farmer  City,  Sept.  26. — I  preached  at 
Marshall,  Okla.  Had  one  confession. — 
A.  Immanuel  Zeller. 

Mason  City.— Two  baptisms— two  sisters 
led  to  Christ  by  a  sister. — O.  C.  Bohman. 

Raymond,  Sept.  28. — A  good  meeting  at 
Pleasant  Hill  church  in  Montgomery  coun- 
ty. Two  by  obedience,  but  the  fruitage  is 
not  all  in  numbers.  A  new  order  of  things, 
we   hope,    will    follow.     The  young   folks 


have  organized  and  we  shall  endeavor  not 
to  omit  the  "assembling  ourselves  to- 
gether." J.  A.  Clemens,  of  Decatur, 
helped  us  much.— James  M.  Driskkll, 
Jerome  McElfresh,  deacons. 

Jacksonville,  Sept.  27.— Ten  additions, 
eight  wiih  letters  and  two  baptized. — Gi;v 
B.  Williamson,  assistant  pastor. 

Carbondale,  Sept.  25  —One  added  yes- 
terday, an  intelligent  Chinaman.  We  now 
have  two,  both  trained  by  Brother  and  Sis- 
ter Brandt.— A.  M.  Growden. 

INDIANA. 

Markle,  Sept.  25.— One  confession  — 
M.  G.  Long. 

Hammoad,  Sept.  25. — Four  additions  at 
Hammond. — C.  J.  Sharp, 

Cambridge  City,  Sept.  28  —Elder  Mc- 
Cormick,  of  Milton,  has  just  closed  a 
good  meeting  at  the  Hussey  schoolhouse. 
Five  additions.  Four  baptisms.  A  Sunday- 
school  was  organized  with  thirty  five 
charter  members.  Brother  McCormick  also 
preaches  at  Bentonville,  where  a  success- 
ful meeting  of  two  weeks  added  nine  to  the 
little  congregation.  A  C.  W.  B.  M.  auxil- 
iary was  organizsd.  He  will  begin  a  meet- 
ing with  home  forces  at  Milton,  October  1. 
— C.  C.  Redgrave. 

IOWA. 

Fairfield,  Sept.  25  — One  added  by  let- 
ter. We  begin  a  meeting  Nov.  1,  with 
Hamilton  and  Eiston,  evangelists. — H.  C. 
Littleton. 

Marcus. — The  work  is  the  most  hopeful 
it  has  been  for  years.  Taere  were  three 
baptisms  recently.  All  missionary  offer- 
ings have  largely  increased  over  former 
years. — William  Baier,  minister. 

Des  Moines,  Sept.  25.— Nineteen  days  at 
Bayard;  43  additions — 29  confessions,  six 
from  the  denominations,  and  eight  by 
statement.  F.  W.  Mutchler  is  the  pastor. 
— W.  S.  Johnson,  evangelist. 

Des  Moines,  Sept.  26. — The  meeting  at 
Braddyville  closed  with  44  additions,  38 
confessions.  G.  A.  Butler,  Mound  City, 
Mo.,  conducted  the  music.  We  were  with 
the  church  29  days. — E.  W.  Bowers. 

KANSAS. 

Hoisington,  Sept.  25.— Two  were  baptized 
yesterday. — F.  M.  McHale. 

Canton,  Sept.  25.— I  baptized  5  of  my 
kinsfolk  while  on  a  trip  to  eastern  Ohio,  to 
attend  a  family  reunijn.  These  and  a  few 
others  are  intending  to  place  their  mem- 
bership with  the  Christian  church  in  New 
Philadelphia.— J.  W.  Strawn. 

KENTUCKY. 

Artemus,  Ky.,  Sept.  25.— We  dedicated 
the  new  and  elegant  church  here  a  short 
time  ago.  We  are  in  a  revival  now.  The 
most  substantial  people  are  making  the 
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to  take  confessions  the  last  two  Sundays. 
Three  young  people  were  baptized  last 
evening.  The  long  absence  of  a  pastor 
and  many  removals  so  discouraged  the 
church  that  they  were  not  reaching  the 
outsiders.  These  are  the  first  conver- 
sions for  more  than  a  year. — E.  A.  Orr, 
pastor. 

MISSISSIPPI. 

Meridian,  Sept.  27.— Two  weeks'  meet- 
ing at  Houston.  Two  additions  from 
the  Baptists.  We  organized  with  24  mem- 
bers, and  will  soon  have  a  house  of  wor- 
ship. The  work  has  been  hindered  some- 
what by  the  yellow  fever  scare.  The  board 
of  health  had  the  curfew  law  passed  by  the 
council,  thus  prohibiting  any  evening  serv- 
ices, and  for  several  weeks  we  have  had 
no  Sunday-school  on  account  of  diphtheria 
epidemic.  We  are  planning  for  larger 
work.— W.  M.  Baker. 

MISSOURI. 

Brunswick,  Sept.  29.— Three  confessions 
at  Orrick  and  one  baptism  at  Miami  since 
last  report.— E.  G.  Merrill. 

Barnard,  Sept.  21. — A  three  weeks'  meet- 
ing at  Bolckow,  in  which  M.  F.  Redlien,  of 
Kansas  City,  did  the  preaching,  closed  with 
eighteen  baptisms  and  four  by  letter.  The 
church  is  much  strengthened  and  en- 
couraged. Brother  Redlien  has  re-enterd 
the  evangelistic  field  and  may  be  addressed 
at  Barnard  in  care  of  the  writer,  or  Excelsior 
Springs,  Mo.,  care  of  Jesse  Gresham. — 
J.  F.  Bickel. 

Lakenan,  Sept.  26.— R.  B.  Havener, 
State  Bible-school  evangelist,  just  closed  a 
three  and  a  half  weeks'  meeting  with  us,  re- 
sulting in  eleven  additions— seven  baptisms 
and  four  by  statement;  he  also  baptized 
another  who  preferred  to  remain  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Church  South.  Our  com- 
munity is  largely  Catholic,  and  our 
Methodist  brethren  have  a  good  hold,  leav- 
ing small  territory  to  work  on.— W.  S.  Orr, 
clerk. 

Minden  Mines.— In  Simpson  Ely's  meet- 
ing there  were  47  confessions  of  new  con- 
verts, one  from  Methodists  (over  50  years 
in  that  body),  one  Catholic,  three  from 
Baptists,  one  from  Congregationalists, 
three  by  letter.  Chas.  T.  Swift,  our  regu- 
lar pastor,  has  been  employed  full  time.— 
S.  E.  Dickinson,  clerk. 

Republic,  Sept.  27.— Fourteen  to  date. — 
Lawrence  Wright. 

Brunswick,  Sept.  29.— We  began  a  meet- 
ing September  16  with  Frank  M.  O'Neal, 
of  Springfield,  as  leader  of  song.  There 
have  been  10  confessions  and  five  by  state 
ment.  Sister  O'Neal  is  also  assisting  in 
the  song  service.— F.  H.  Williamson, 
pastor. 

Gallatin,  Sept.  26.— I  just  closed  a  nine- 
teen days'  meeting  at  Jameson  with  8 
added— 2  by  statement,  2  reclaimed  who 
had  been  Baptists,  and  four  by  confession 
and  baptism.  Only  5  days  of  good  weather. 
Brother  Omer  begins  a  meeting  for  us 
Nov.  5. — C.  W.  Comstock. 

Kahoka,  Sept.  25. — Two  additions  yes- 
terday by  confession  and  baptism.— J.  C. 
Bennett,  pastor. 

Kansas  City,  Sept.  25. — Four  additions 
yesterday  at  my  regular  appointment  at 
Louisburg— 1  from  the  Methodists  and  3 
confessions  and  baptisms.  In  the  last  three 
months  we  have  had  additions  to  the 
church  every  Sunday.  Our  work  is  going 
well.— C.  L.  Fife. 

Mountain  Grove,  Sept.  24. — A  splendid 
meeting  at  Mt.  View.     I  found  the  church 


badly  discouraged.  We  succeeded  in  get- 
ting all  united,  appointed  officers  and  trus- 
tees, set  the  church  in  order,  raised  money 
to  employ  minister  one-fourth  time.  The 
future  is  bright.  I  will  minister  to  them 
the  coming  year.  Twelve  valuable  addi- 
tions during  the  meeting. — E.  W.  Yocum. 

Belle,  Sept.  25.— Meeting  7  days  old;  18 
additions  to  date,  with  growing  interest. — 
E.  M.  Romine. 

New  Hampton,  Sept.  25.— At  the  close 
of  the  meeting  last  night  2  made  the 
confession.— J.  T.  Alsup. 

Kansas  City,  Sept.  25.— Ivanhoe  Park 
church,  2  confessions  and  baptisms  and 
two  added  by  letter.  This  makes  29  dur- 
ing the  first  seven  months'  service  with 
this  congregation,  all  at  regular  services. 
The  revival  of  the  Independence  Boulevard 
Church  led  by  Scoville  and  Smith  is  awak- 
ening a  splendid  interest  and  we  believe  it 
will  be  an  excellent  preparation  for  the 
simultaneous  effort  of  the  other  churches 
of  greater  Kansas  City.  Expect  to  begin 
October  22  Roy  O.  Youtz  is  to  assist  our 
congregation  in  singing  during  these 
meetings. — Lewis  P.  Kopp. 

NEBRASKA. 

Omaha,  Sept.  26.— Ten  additions  to  the 
First  Church. 

OHIO. 

Athens,  Sept.  25. — Four  confessions. 
We  closed  the  S.  S.  year  yesterday  with  an 
enrollment  of  528.— T.  L.  Lowe. 

TENNESSEE. 

Shelby  ville,  Sept.  28  — Our  meeting  closed 
this  week.  H.  H.  Saunders  led  the  sing- 
ing. There  were  77  additions — all  adults 
but  three  or  four.  There  have  been  114 
added  since  I  came  here.  Perhaps  nowhere 
in  all  America  is  the  tide  of  prejudice  so 
high  as  in  this  part  of  the  country.  But 
many  were  baptized  from  the  denomina- 
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daughters  out  of  doors  for  obeying  the 
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Church  of  Christ.  Last  night  I  baptized 
her  last  daughter,  so  five  in  one  family  all 
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TEXAS. 

Lampasas,  Sept.  22.— We  have  just  closed 
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The  Hymn  Book  and  Religious  Culture 

By  CHARLES  M.  Stuart,  D.  D.,  Litt.  D. 


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that  the  hymn  book  has  no  particular  or  in- 
dependent function  in  church  life;  that,  at 
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appointed  hour  which  an  order-loving  prov- 
idence has  set  apart  for  the  sermon;  or,  at 
its  highest,  to  create  a  temper  and  atmos- 
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the  best  advantage.  One  has  only  to  con- 
sult the  musical  program  of  the  average 
service  in  non-liturgical  churches  to  realize 
the  widespread  indifference  to,  perhaps  ig- 
norance of,  church  song  as  an  aid  to  devo- 
tion. A  morning  service  opened  with  an 
anthem-setting  of  an  evening  hymn;  and 
a  sermon  on  the  doom  of  the  wicked,  fol- 
lowed by  a  congregational  rendering  of  "By 
Cool  Siloam's  Shady  Rill"!  Robert  Louis 
Stevenson  was  moved  to  wonder  by  hear- 
ing the  burly  priests  of  Noyon  troll  out  the 
"Miserere"  like  a  tavern  catch;  but  a  min- 
ister, one  of  the  most  accomplished  in  his 
denomination,  after  a  searching  and  sol- 
emnizing sermon  on  the  sinfulness  of  sin, 
actually  called  on  his  congregation  to  "sing 
heartily  and  with  the  spirit,"  Ringwoldt's 
tremendous  judgment  hymn,  with  the 
lines — 

"But  sinners,  filled  with  guilty  fears 
Behold  his  wrath  prevailing ; 
For  they  shall  rise  and  find  their  tears 

And  sighs  are  unavailing; 
The  day  of  grace  is  past  and  gone, 
Trembling  they  stand  before  the  throne 
All  unprepared  to  meet  him." 

Dr.  Lyman  Beecher  is  said  to  have  found 
the  hymn  book  serviceable  in  distracting  the 
attention  of  the  congregation  while  he  put 
the  finishing  touches  to  his  sermon ;  and 
even  Mr.  Moody  turned  it  to  account  for 
keeping  the  people  good-natured  while  the 
air  was  being  changed,  the  windows  opened, 
the  doors  shut,  or  a  collection  taken.  The 
Methodist  church  provides  singing  at  the 
close  of  the  pastoral  prayer,  for  the  people 
who  come  late  to  church.  Whether  this  is  de- 
signed as  a  sign  of  welcome,  a  token  of  for- 
giveness, or  a  diversion  of  attention  from 
the  fact  of  their  late  coming,  is  not  alto- 
gether clear. 

As  an  offset  to  this  rather  unworthy  at- 
titude toward  the  church's  manual  of  praise, 
it  may  be  well  to  look  at  the  place  which 
the  service  of  song  has  made  for  itself  in 
the  church's  order  of  worship.  It  has  al- 
ways had  a  place;  and  that  not  from  apos- 
tolical direction  or  from  papal  or  synodical 
decree,  but  from  the  nature  and  necessity 
of  the  worshiper.  The  essence  of  worship 
is  a  deliberate  uplifting  thought  about  God. 
The  psychology  of  the  psalmist  is  inev- 
itable and  indisputable.  In  immediate 
juxtaposition  to  the  thought  of  the  glorious 
honor  of  God's  majesty  and  of  his  won- 
drous works,  of  his  being  nigh  unto  all 
them  that  call  upon  him  to  hear  their  cry 
and  save  them,  he  places  the  worshiper's 
outburst  of  praise — "I  will  extol  thee,  my 
God,  O  King;  I  will  bless  thy  name  for- 
ever and  forever!  Every  day  will  I  bless 
thee;  my  mouth  shall  speak  the  praise  of 
the  Lord;  I  shall  abundantly  utter  the 
memory  of  thy  great  goodness  and  sing  of 
thy  righteousness."  Such  a  thought  of  God 
touches  the  springs  of  faith  and  hope  and 
love.  And  faith  sings ;  hope  sings ;  love 
sings.  Song  is  the  characteristic  expression 
of  their  life.  Atheism  never  sings;  unbe- 
lief has  no  hymnody;    even  a  moribund  re- 


ligion is  always  mute.  But  let  the  Spirit 
of  God  play  upon  the  spirit  of  man,  and 
song  is  born.  That  impact  of  spirit  upon 
spirit  draws  from  a  man's  lips,  as  morn 
from  Memnon,  rivers  of  melodies.  A  re- 
cent writer  on  the  revival  in  Wales  dis- 
cusses the  music  as  a  unique  feature.  But 
when  was  there  ever  a  revival  of  religion 
that  was  not  accompanied  by  a  great  out- 
burst of  song?  Under  the  impulse  of  strong 
religious  emotion  a  man  can  not  be  re- 
strained. He  will  either  find  an  instrument 
of  praise  or  he  will  make  one.  And  it  is 
better,  on  the  whole,  that  the  average  man 
should  find  a  hymn  than  make  one.  The  im- 
pulse to  poetic  expression  is  not  always  the 
sufficient  guarantee  of  one's  call  to  express 
oneself  poetically. 

Now,  the  existence  of  song  as  a  constant 
factor  in  the  order  of  worship  is  a  warrant 
for  serious  consideration  of  the  hymn 
book.  If  this  element  in  our  service  of 
praise  were  arbitrary;  if  it  existed  only 
for  convenience'  sake;  if  it  could  disap- 
pear like,  let  us  say,  the  incontinent  church 
notices,  with  a  measurable  sense  of  gain  to 
the  service  as  a  whole,  it  might  be  taken  dif- 
ferently. Its  constancy  hints  at  something 
more  significant  than  the  mere  enrichment 
of  a  form  of  service.  It  indicates  that  there 
is  in  such  an  element  a  mystical,  a  magical 
power  to  open  the  heart  to  the  entrance  of 
divine  truth  where  it  is  intelligently  and 
wisely  directed,  For  "What's  poetry?"  as 
Mr.  Browning  says,  except  a  power  that 
makes,  and,  speaking  to  one  sense,  inspires 
the  rest,  pressing  them  all  into  its  service.  It 
is  in  the  power  of  song  to  quicken  every 
approach  of  the  soul  by  which  God  can 
come  into  it — awe,  adoration,  aspiration, 
tenderness,  faith  and  love.  The  minister 
who  is  ignorant  of  this  power  of  song,  or 
indifferent  to  it,  is  simply  abridging  the  in- 
fluence of  his  ministry  and  depriving  him- 
self of  what  might  well  be  an  invaluable 
auxiliary. 

Moreover,  it  is  instructive  to  consider  the 
hymn  book  as  an  agent  in  the  dissemination 
of  doctrine.  In  the  apostolic  church  one 
meets  with  the  recognition  of  its  value  in 
this  regard  by  the  apostle  Paul,  who  ex- 
horts his  Colossian  disciples  to  edification 
in  the  word  of  Christ  through  the  use  of 
psalms  and  hymns  and  spiritual  songs.  La- 
ter, its  use  in  controversy  is  hinted  at  in 
Pliny's  letter  to  Trojan,  where  he  refers  to 
the  Christians  as  singing  hymns  to  Christ 
as  God.  The  story  of  the  Gnostic  contro- 
versy with  Bardesanes  and  Harmonius  on 
the  one  side,  and  Syrian  Ephrem  on  the 
other,  was  virtually  a  battle  of  the  hymn 
books.  In  the  Arian  campaign  of  the  fourth 
century  Chrysostom  at  Constantinople  and 
Ambrose  at  Milan  were  the  conspicuous 
figures,  and  the  people  were  indoctrinated 
even  more  by  song  than  by  sermon.  During 
the  Dark  Ages,  when  Christian  doctrine  was 
almost  wholly  obscured  under  the  gloom 
of  very  unchristian  life,  it  was  not  by 
preaching  that  any  remembrance  of  the 
truth  was  kept  alive,  but  by  the  creeds  and 
anthems  of  the  church  in  the  ritual  of  the 
mass.  Still  later,  in  the  awakening  under 
Luther,  it  was  not  Luther's  sermons,  but 
Luther's  hymns,  which  alarmed  the  Church 
of  Rome  when  it  discovered,  to  its  dismay, 
that  "the  whole  people  was  singing  itself 
into  the  Lutheran  doctrine."  There  is,  in- 
deed, no  lovelier  picture  in  that  tempestuous 
and  terror-ridden  epoch  than  that  of  the 
great  body  of  the  people,  in  the  midst  of 


the  storm,  sturdily  and  heartily  making  the 
.ii''t  and  lanes,  the  high  roads  and  the 
open  fields,  echo  to  the  ringing  stanzas  of 
salvation  by  faith  in  Jesus  Ch: 

These  scctc  repeated  in  the  English 

revival  under  the  Wesleys.  Making  every 
allowance  for  the  eloquence  of  its  matchless 
preachers,  it  remains  true  that  the  hymns 
of  Methodism  had  an  even  wider  hearing 
and  a  more  general  acceptance.  It  should 
be  remembered  that  two  classes  of  people 
were  almost  impenetrable  to  Methodist 
preaching — the  very  wise,  who  differed  from 
Mr.  Wesley,  and  the  very  poor,  who  were 
too  ignorant  to  understand  him.  But  both 
the  contentious  wise  and  the  nonunder- 
standing  poor  were  amenable  to  Methodist 
song. 

Look  at  the  picture !  A  bare  room  in  the 
squalid  house  of  a  dismal  street  in  an  Eng- 
lish mining  town.  A  flickering  candle  light- 
ing up  the  smooched  faces  of  rough  col- 
liers, and  not  at  all  softening  the  hard  vis- 
ages and  tasteless  attire  of  the  women. 
Surely  a  company  auguring  ill  for  poetic 
temper  or  devotional  response.  The  itin- 
erant preacher,  like  his  Master,  having  no 
beauty  that  people  should  desire  him,  but 
quietly  impressive,  under  the  conscious  dig- 
nity of  the  message  which  he  brought  from 
that  same  Master.  The  hymn  is  announced ; 
it  is  read  slowly ;  it  is  read  line  by  line. 
The  people  have  no  books ;  it  is  even  doubt- 
ful whether  any  can  read.  The  meaning  of 
the  hymn  is  explained.  It  tells  of  Jesus, 
lover  of  their  souls  and  of  all  souls;  of 
Jesus,  a  haven  from  the  storms  of  life  and 
a  refuge  for  the  helpless  and  the  defense- 
less ;  of  Jesus,  the  source  of  blessing  and 
power,  able  to  raise  the  fallen,  to  cheer  the 
faint,  to  heal  the  sick,  to  lead  the  blind ;  of 
Jesus,  last  and  best  of  all,  the  fountain  of 
grace  and  truth,  able  to  forgive  sin,  and  to 
make  and  keep  men  pure  and  to  be  in  man 
the  spring  of  eternal  life. 

Look  again  at  this  company.  As  the 
swelling  tide  of  music  rises  the  faces  of  the 
worshipers  become  transfigured.  "The 
meaning  of  song  goes  deep,"  says  Mr.  Car- 
lyle.  In  these  unsophisticated  natures  the 
hymn  has  gone  to  the  roots  of  their  be- 
ing. The  trembling  voice,  the  gleaming 
face,  the  eye  over-brimming  with  tears — all 
tell  that,  for  those  people,  the  impact  of  the 
divine  life  is  thrilling  them,  and  to  each 
one  Jesus  is  in  very  deed  and  truth,  Friend, 
Lover  and  Savior.  The  preaching  of  Wes- 
ley and  Whitefield  has  passed  away;  great 
and  glorious  was  the  harvest  of  their  work ; 
but  to  this  day  the  hymns  of  Charles  Wes- 
ley are  still  "taming  the  roughness  of  unlet- 
tered minds,  renovating  wornout  spirits, 
bringing  hearts  benumbed  by  sordid  cares 
and  worldly  prospects  into  that  bright  at- 
mosphere in  which  his  own  spirit  dwelt, 
and  winning  everywhere  a  listening  ear  for 
the  higher  harmonies  of  heaven." — Epzi'orth 
Herald. 


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October  5,  1905 


Christian 

Endeavor. 

By  H.  A 

1.   Denton. 

Oct.  1 

5,  1905. 

BETTER  WORK  OUR  SOCIETY  SHOULD 
DO— Heb.  6:7-12:   13:20.  21. 

For  the  Leader. 

1  am  sure  it  should  be  the  desire  of 
every  one  in  the  meeting  tonight  that  we 
enter  upon  a  better  work.  Not  only  should 
we  enter  a  season  of  better  work,  in  the 
sense  of  doing  more  as  a  society,  but  we 
should  cultivate  the  effort  to  do  more  thor- 
oughly what  we  undertake.  Two  things 
are  an  abomination  to  the  Lord:  one  is 
doing  only  half  work  and  the  other  is  half 
doing  our  work.  Are  we  given  in  this 
society  to  doing  less  than  our  share? 
Let  us  bestir  ourselves  and  do  all  our 
share.  We  will  be  happier  for  so  doing. 
And  how  much  happier  will  many  others 
be  who  are  to  share  in  the  results  of  our 
full  capacity  work !  Then  we  should  give 
attention  to  doing  our  work  well.  I  once 
knew  a  farmer  who  never  did  anything 
well.  If  it  were  plowiDg,  his  was  too 
shallow;  if  it  were  cutting  weeds,  his  were 
about  half  cut;  if  it  were  harvesting,  he 
would  always  waste  a  good  share.  His 
halfway  spirit  was  upon  all  about  him,  for 
his  hands  seemed  to  know  what  was  ex- 
pect* d,  or  to  breathe  in  the  same  lifeless 
way  of  the  farmer,  for  they  did  their  work 
m  keeping  with  the  rule  that  prevailed  on 
this  farm.  This  man  lived  a  hand-to- 
mouth  life  for  a  generation.  His  farm 
went  to  the  bad  and  his  buildings  tumbled 
dowD.  What  did  he  need  to  avoid  this 
unhappy  condition?  Simply  to  do  better 
work. 

For  the  Members 

1.  Our  presiden's  should  do  better  work. 
They  are  in  the  lead.  We  all  look  to 
them  to  lead  out.  In  but  few  places  would 
the  young  people  fail  to  follow.  But  we 
can  do  but  little  where  the  president  di- 
vides his  time  and  bis  heart  between  the 
world  and  the  society,  making  the  society 
secondary.     A   good    president   will    give 


most  of  his  time  to  planning  for  the  so- 
ciety. By  this  is  not  meant  that  he  will 
take  his  time  from  his  secular  employ- 
ment, but  that  it  will  ever  be  upon  his 
mind.  He  will  be  thinking,  planning, 
praying  for  tbe  good  of  the  society  that 
has  honored  him  with  the  place  of  leader- 
ship. 

2.  Our  secretaries  should  do  better  work. 
They  are  apt  to  let  so  much  that  falls  to 
the  secretary  as  his  regular  work  go  by 
default.  Sometimes  a  spiritual  listless- 
ness  takes  hold  upon  them.  Why,  in 
some  societies  the  secretary  will  begin  af- 
ter the  third  or  fourth  business  meeting  to 
neglect  the  minutes.  He  will  begin  his 
neglect  by  scratching  them  upon  a  blank 
sheet  of  paper.  Then  two  or  three  of 
these  back  minutes  will  accumulate  before 
the  secretary  writes  them  in  the  record 
book.  The  hurried  writing  gets  cold,  and, 
at  the  next  meeting,  there  will  be  difficulty 
in  finding  out  just  what  was  done.  Now 
the  harm  of  this  is  not  alone  in  the  fact 
that  the  record  of  what  happened  is  not 
kept,  and  that  the  society  is  without  the 
benefit  of  this  help,  but  in  the  fact  of  the 
spiritual  Indifference  that  caused  such 
neglect.  The  neglect  is  a  symptom  of  an 
alarming  condition. 

3.  Our  committees  should  do  better 
work.  I  wonder  how  many  committees 
fulfill  the  requirement  of  having  a  written 
report.  No  doubt  many  of  them  do.  Here 
comes  the  night  of  the  business  meeting.  I 
think  of  it  with  a  jump,  for  I  well  remem- 
ber that  my  report  is  not  written  Come 
to  think  about  it,  I  believe  there  is  nothing 
to  write.  May  not  this  very  fact  be  at  the 
very  bottom  of  my  neglect  in  the  clerical 
part  of  my  duty?  Would  I  not  be  ready 
enough  to  write  if  I  had  something  to 
write?  So  we  see  that  not  only  better 
work,  but  the  question  of  work  at  all 
comes  into  the  count  at  once.  Why  can 
not  members  of  committees  resolve  to 
remedy  this  fault?  It  lies  with  them  to 
change  this  troublesome  thing  into  a  pleas- 
ant performance  of  duty  and  a  general  re- 
joicing over  what  has  been  done.  Are 
there  not  some  who  will  resolve  to  make 
the  effort?    But  right  here  we  must  come 


back  to  the  president;  he  can  help  much 
by  holding  everybody  up  to  good  work. 
He  should  require  it  of  every  committee 
chairman  to  make  a  faithful  report  and 
hand  it  to  him  before  the  time  of  meeting 
so  it  can  be  in  tbe  hands  of  the  secretary 
for  reading  at  the  proper  time. 

4.  Now  let  us  as  individual  members 
look  this  question  in  the  face.  Why  should 
we  be  able  to  get  our  consent  to  drag 
along  with  our  individual  work  in  this 
way?  We  should  be  ashamed  to  do  this. 
Yes,  we  should  be  afraid  to  do  so.  One 
or  two  faithful  ones  in  a  society — well,  a 
half  dozen,  anyway— will  be  able  to  band 
themselves  together  and  make  a  good, 
live  society  in  any  town  in  the  country. 
They  can  even  do  so  in  any  country  place 
where  the  roads  are  at  all  passable  in  win- 
ter. If  you  will  prepare  talks,  ask  others 
to  take  part,  keep  the  society  near  your 
hearts,  pray  and  work,  after  awhile  others 
will  come  and  stand  with  you.  It  may  be 
slow,  but  it  will  be  sure  to  win  in  time. 
Try  it.  Do  not  allow  the  drag  to  be  put 
upon  your  devotion.  Force  yourself,  if 
need  be,  for  a  time  to  go  ahead.  Always 
have  that  part  prepared.  Never  fail  to  re- 
spond in  a  meeting  to  help  the  leader  on 
with  the  meeting.  After  a  time  you  will 
find  the  spell  broken.  In  the  strength  of 
the  Lord  we  will  be  able  to  go  forward 
with  abundance  of  spiritual  energy. 

Quiet  Hour  Thought. 

Have  I  ever  fervently  prayed  to  God  to 
give  me  the  spiritual  industry  that  will 
send  me  early  and  with  great  cheerfulness 
to  all  the  work  I  may  have  to  do  in  his 
kingdom? 

DAILY    READINGS. 

M.  Getting  more  wisdom.        Prov.  2:1-9. 

T.  Holding  on  longer.            Luke  8:6-13. 

W.  Obeying  better.                   Rev.  3:7  13. 

T.  More  zeal.                          John  2:13  17. 

F.  Stronger  faith.               1  John  5:13-16. 

S.  More  unselfishness.            Acts  9:36  39. 

S.  Topic— Better  work  our  societv  should 
do                       Heb.  6:7  12;  13:20,21. 

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Oct.  11,  1905. 


THE  GOSPEL  A  MESSAGE  OF  LIFE.— 
Acts  5:20. 

Life  the  Supreme  Possession  of  Man. 
Whether  the  words  of  the  ancient  adver- 
sary of  Job,  "All  that  a  man  hath  will  he 
give  for  his  life,"  be  true  or  false,  none  will 
dispute  the  exceeding  value  placed  upon  life 
by  the  human  race.  To  prolong  it  the 
miser  would  give  up  his  gold,  the  warrior 
lay  down  his  sword,  the  epicure  curb  his 
appetite.  To  maintain  and  enrich  his  physi- 
cal life  man  explores  the  earth,  develops 
its  ample  resources,  and  exercises  his  in- 
genuity in  invention  of  means  for  multi- 
plying his  native  powers  of  getting  and 
making.  His  intellectual  life  makes  still 
more  urgent  demands  upon  him,  and  for 
truth's  sake  he  will  endure  any  hardship, 
make  any  sacrifice,  that  may  lie  in  the  way 
of  reaching  his  end.  The  higher  life  of  the 
soul  calls  him  to  yet  larger  effort  and  sur- 
render, until  martyrdom  becomes  the  nor- 
mal method  of  answering  the  prohibition 
of  the  service  of  God  by  the  Christian.  Yes, 
for  life,  in  all  its  higher  meanings  and  uses, 
the  true  man  would  give  all  that  he  hath. 

The  Gospel  Enlarges  Our  Conception  of 
Life.  The  believer  in  Jesus  Christ  knows 
more  of  the  length  and  breadth  and  height 
of  life  than  can  others.  Jesus  came  to  give 
us  life  "more  abundantly"  (See  John  10:10). 
The  Gospel  sanctifies  and  exercises  the 
whole  nature  of  man — body,  soul  and  spirit. 
(See  1  Thess.  5:23.)  When  the  apostles 
preached  to  men  "all  the  words  of  this 
life,"  they  were  opening  to  them  the  door 
of  opportunity  such  as  never  was  theirs 
before.  Nowhere  but  in  Christian  lands 
is  human  life  capable  of  reaching  its  highest 
estate.  Christendom  and  true  civilization 
have  the  same  boundaries.  Other  religions 
develop  one  or  another  side  of  human  na- 
ture ;  Christianity  produces  symmetry  and 
therefore  beauty  and  strength.  Buddhism 
has  an  affinity  for  the  Mongol,  Brahman- 
ism  for  the  Hindu,  but  Christianity  ad- 
justs itself  to  the  nature  and  needs  of  every 
race,  and  is  at  home  in  every  clime. 

The  Gospel  Makes  All  of  Life  Sacred. 
It  brings  the  pardon  of  sin,  and  the  sanc- 
tifying power  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  thus 
redeeming  our  life  from  its  degradation 
(Mark  16:15,  16;  Matt.  28:18-20;  Acts  2: 
37-41).  Henceforth,  the  intelligent  believer 
knows  that  he  is  consecrated  to  the  new 
life  in  Christ,  and  he  will  not  devote  his 
powers  to  the  service  of  sin,  as  he  did  be- 
fore. The  lesson  of  two  weeks  ago,  in  the 
6th  chapter  of  Romans,  is  worth  review- 
ing as  a  sufficient  proof  of  this  fact.  Even 
the  body  of  the  Christian  becomes  the  tem- 
ple of  the  Holy  Spirit,  while  his  mind, 
heart,  soul  and  spirit  are  intended  to  be 
the  very  Shekinah  of  the  Most  High 
(1  Cor.  3:16,  17;  6:19,  20).  For  the  Chris- 
tian to  live  among  men  is  for  them  to  en- 
joy the  presence  of  Christ  himself,  for  it  is 
the  mission  of  the  believer  to  reproduce  the 
life  of  his  Lord  (Gal.  2:20;  Phil.  1:19-21). 

The  Gospel  Brings  Us  Eternal  Life.  "He 
that  believeth  in  me,  though  he  were  dead, 
yet  shall  he  live;  and  he  that  liveth  and 
believeth  in  me  shall  never  die,"  said  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ  to  his  disciples.     "This 


is  the  witness,  that  God  hath  given  unto 
us  eternal  life,  and  this  life  is  in  his  Son," 
says  the  beloved  disciple  (John  11:25,  26; 
I  John  5:11,  12).  vSo  may  we  turn  away 
from  all  other  teachers,  whatever  their  pr< 
tensions  or  promises,  and  say  with  Peter, 
"Lord,  to  whom  shall  we  go?  Thou  hast 
the  words  of  eternal  life!"  In  this  life  let 
us  ever  rejoice  and   trust. 


Sunday-School. 

Oct.  15,  1905. 


RETURNING  FROM  CAPTIVITY. 
—Ezra  1:1-11. 

Memory  Verses,  5,  6. 

Golden  Text. — The  Lord  hath  done  great 
things  for  us,  whereof  we  are  glad. — 
Psa.  126:3. 

The  captivity  marked  the  great  turning 
point  in  the  history  of  the  Hebrew  people. 
Never  in  history  did  a  people  emerge  from 
a  severer  test  or  a  heavier  punishment  with 
their  lesson  more  completely  learned.  It 
had  taken  all  the  centuries  from  the  be- 
ginnings of  their  national  life  until  now  to 
teach  them  to  be  monotheists.  Theirs  was 
no  special  "genius  for  monotheism."  Their 
tendency,  from  the  days  of  Moses  to  the 
time  of  the  captivity,  was  always  in  the 
direction  of  idolatry.  It  required  not  only 
the  giving  of  the  Law,  but  the  discipline  of 
bitter  experience,  the  teaching  that  came 
through  special  blessings  as  well  as  special 
punishments,  the  preaching  and  pleading 
and  denunciation  of  the  prophets,  and 
finally  the  destruction  of  the  holy  city  and 
two  generations  of  captivity  in  a  strange 
land — all  this  ■  to  teach  the  Hebrew  people 
to  shun  idolatry,  to  worship  none  but 
Jehovah,  and  to  keep  his  worship  free  from 
the  corruptions  of  pagan  ceremonies. 

That  lesson  was  now  learned.  The  cap- 
tivity had  done  its  work.  But  it  had  given 
opportunity  for  the  development  of  a  new 
tendency  which  had  its  dangers.  With  the 
destruction  of  the  temple,  the  reverence 
for  the  Law  increased.  Judaism  tended 
to  become  a  book-religion.  It  lost  the  feel- 
ing of  the  presence  of  God,  and  missed  the 
true  prophetic  emphasis  upon  right  living 
as  the  first  requirement  for  pleasing  God. 
It  began  to  make  the  service  of  God,  first 
and  last,  a  matter  of  exegesis  and  literal 
obedience.  To  interpret  with  absolute  pre- 
cision and  the  utmost  subtlety  the  very 
words  of  the  law,  and  to  fulfill  them  liter- 
ally—this was  the  new  ideal  of  religion. 
The  order  of  scribes  arose,  whose  duty 
was  to  interpret  and  apply  the  law.  They 
developed  a  system  of  casuistry  which  took 
the  place  of  conscience  and  reduced  re- 
ligion to  the  plane  of  barren  technicalities. 
Out  of  this  arose  Pharisaism,  and  what 
this  led  to  we  all  know. 

The  captivity,  then,  may  be  taken  as 
marking  the  point  where  the  temptation 
to  idolatry  ceased  and  the  temptation  to 
barren  and  pettifogging  legalism  began. 
Idolatry  was  burned  out  of  them  by  a  fiery 
trial.  There  came,  in  a  gentler  and  more 
gracious  way,  the  opportunity  to  turn  from 
legalism  to  life,  but  the  race  as  a  whole 
rejected  the  Lord  who  would  have  led  it 
aright,  and  lost  its  opportunity. 

The  restoration  of  Judah  from  captivity 
came  at  the  hand  of  Cyrus.     Cyrus  was  the 


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who  were  terribly  afflicted,  awl  it  effected  a 

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first  of  a  new  line  of  conquerors  and  rulers. 
Scarcely  had  the  Babylonian  empire  firm- 
ly established  itself  upon  the  ruins  of  the 
Assyrian  and  become  the  overwhelmingly 
dominant  power  in  the  East,  when  there 
arose  one  Cyrus,  first  as  "king  of  Ansan," 
who  conquered  Elam,  and  made  himself 
ruler  of  Media  and  king  of  Persia.  Babylon 
formed  an  alliance  with  Egypt  to  resist  the 
new  conqueror.  But  in  vain.  The  Babylon- 
ian empire  burst  like  a  bubble.  Babylon 
was  captured  without  a  blow,  and  Cyrus, 
in  538  B.  C,  made  it  his  capital. 

Perhaps  he  had  seen  some  evidence  of 
the  power  of  Jehovah ;  or  perhaps,  after 
the  manner  of  orientals,  he  wished  to  please 
all  the  gods  on  the  chance  of  finding  a 
powerful  friend  among  them.  Perhaps, 
too,  he  wished  to  strengthen  his  empire 
by  gratifying  all  dissatisfied  elements,  of 
which  the  captive  Jews  in  Babylon  were 
certainly  one.  At  any  rate,  he  sent  them 
back  to  'their  own  land  and  generously  re- 
stored the  temple  treasure  which  had  been 
looted  by  Nebuchadrezzar. 


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Does  Mrs.   Eddy   Believe  in  a  Personal 
God? 

In  her  book,  "Science  and  Health," 
Vol.  I.,  p.  39,  we  find  the  following  state- 
ment: "The  time  has  come  for  a  belief 
in  the  person  of  God  to  give  place  in  the 
better  understanding  of  the  Science  of  the 
Divine  Principle,  named  God.  Hitherto 
theology  has  interpreted  God  as  a  personal 
Savior,  instead  of  a  Saving  Principle." 
On  page  25  of  the  same  book  she  says: 
"For  a  personal  deity  to  be  omnipresent 
he  must  possess  a  body  encompassing  uni- 
versal space,  and  we  can  not  conceive  of 
such  a  personality." 

Scarcely  an  attack  of  any  character  can 
be  made  against  Christian  Science  but 
what  some  of  its  adherents  are  ready  to 
claim  that  Mrs.  Eddy  teaches  otherwise  in 
her  book.  James  A.  Logwood  denies  that 
Mrs.  Eddy  teaches  that  there  is  no  such 
thing  as  a  personal  God.  It  will  be  diffi- 
cult for  him  to  explain  any  such  state- 
ments as  the  above. 

We  do  not  claim  that  it  would  be  diffi- 
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away  at  Troy,  Mo.  Born  in  Franklin  county,  Mo., 
Nov.  8,  1832,  he  united  with  the  Christian  Church 
in  1852,  and  began  preaching  in  1853.  For  fifty- 
two  years  he  was  a  devoted  and  efficient  minister  of 
the  gospel,  turning  many  to  Christ.  His  life  was 
prudent  and  Christlike.  He  was  "a  ripe  sheaf," 
ready  for  the  Master's  use.  By  his  request  the 
writer  conducted  his  funeral  at  the  Christian  church. 
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California,  and  four  grandchildren. 

E.  J.  Lampton. 

CLAYTON. 

Mrs.  Alta  Place  Clayton,  daughter  of  Robert 
Tlace,  died  June  22,  1905,  aged  20  years,  after  a 
long  illness,  lull  of  proofs  of  her  triumphant  faith. 
She  was  educated  at  Bethany,  W.  Va. ,  and  Oxford, 
Ohio.  She  had  a  wide  circle  of  acquaintances  and 
was  active  in  Christian  work.       Clyde  Darsik. 

Bowling  Green,  O. 

MORGANS. 

On  the  fifth  of  August  my  father,  Ephraim  Mor- 
gans, passed  away.  He  died  in  the  triumphs  of 
the  Christian  faith.  On  the  7th  he  was  laid  to  rest 
beside  my  mother,  who  preceded  him  to  the  better 
land  six  years  ago.  He  died  at  Marionville,  but 
was  buried  at  Bethpage.  He  was  82  years,  5 
months  and  10  days  old.  He  became  a  Christfan 
nearly  40  years  ago.  Father  and  mother  celebrated 
their  golden  wedding  three  years  belore  death  sep- 
arated them.  #Four  sons  and  three  daughters 
mourn.  Morgan  Morgans. 

Lanagan,  Mo. 

WASSON. 

One  of  those  pure  spirits  which  God  sometimes 
lends  to  earth  to  show  the  quality  of  heaven  has 
just  returned  to  its  legitimate  sphere.  In  the  twi- 
light of  September  6,  our  greatly  beloved  sister, 
Susan  E.  Wasson,  was  summoned  to  "go  up  high- 
er." She  was  a  lifelong  Christian,  possessed  of 
those  beautiful  and  striking  characteristics  which 
are  the  sure  result  of  habitual  contact  with  the 
Master,  and  which  made  her  companionship  heav- 
enly and  her  influence  irresistible.  She  had  not  an 
enemy ;  one  might  as  well  have  thought  to  quarrel 
with  the  sunshine  as  with  her.  God  gave  her  long 
life,  as  if  loth  to  withdraw  her  from  the  world,  to 
which  her  presence  was  a  benediction  and  her  de- 
vout example  was  both  incentive  and  blessing.  At 
the  ripe  age  of  81,  having  suffered  long  and  in- 
tensely, but  with  martyr-like  patience,  she  "fell 
on  sleep"  and  awoke  to  look  into  the  face  of  Jesus. 
Her  life  was  all  consecration  and  her  memory  will 
be  a  perpetual  fragrance.    Anson  G.  Chester. 

WILLIAMSON. 

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27,  1830,  and  died  August  14,  1905.  For  fifty-seven 
years  she  lived  on  the  farm  where  she  died.  For 
sixty  years  she  was  a  member  of  the  church,  most 
of  which  time  she  was  connected  with  the  Christian 
church  at    Massillon,  O.    The  undersigned,  who 


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and  purity,  her  devotion,,  kindness   and- liberality. 
One  daughter,  Mrs.  Sarah  Baughman,  survives  her. 
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Too  Late. 

By  Janet  Young. 

It  was  Monday  morning,  and  the  Rev. 
Charles  Davidson  was  in  his  study,  loung- 
ing comfortably  before  an  open  fire,  but 
there  was  a  slight  frown  on  his  face,  and, 
tossing  a  letter  upon  the  table,  he  said,  a 
little  impatiently:  "That  is  the  twentieth 
letter  I  have  received  in  a  fortnight.  They 
are  from  preachers  who  wish  me  to  assist 
them  to  locate." 

"Not  a  very  pleasant  state  of  affairs," 
said  the  Parishioner,  who  had  come  in  for 
a  few  minutes'  chat. 

"No,  indeed;  I  can't  settle  twenty  men. 
The  churches  are  independent,  and  they 
wish  to  do  their  own  choosing.  I  believe  we 
shall  yet  be  compelled  to  form  some  system 
for  locating  men.  This  church  and  preacher 
hunting  question  is  becoming  serious.  Now, 
in  this  instance,"  and  Mr.  Davidson  held 
up  a  letter,  "I  may  be  able  to  do  some- 
thing. This  letter  is  from  James  Warner; 
you  know  him,  don't  you?" 

"Oh,  yes." 

"Well,  he  is  a  friend  of  mine — a  good 
man  and  still  in  his  prime.  He  desires  me 
to  send  his  name  to  N ,  and  as  I  hap- 
pen to  have  a  friend  or  two  there  I  may 
be  able  to  work  him  in." 

"He  doesn't  hold  long  pastorates,"  said 
the  Parishioner. 

"No;  he  has  been  singularly  unfortunate 
in  the  choice  of  fields,  though  I  suppose 
they  were  not  of  his  own  choosing." 

"I  understand  there  was  some  misunder- 
standing at  R 

"Yes,"  Mr.  Davidson  replied ;  "but  War- 
ner  was   not   at    fault   there.      You    know, 

R is  a  rough  place,  and  there  are  some 

tough  citizens  in  the  church.  Warner  is 
clean-cut,  and  thoroughly  abhors  hypoc- 
risy. Then  he  is  a  bit  of  an  enthusiast, 
and  is  not  politic  enough." 

"Were  he  not  so  good  a  man  he  might 
be  more  successful,"  said  the  Parishioner, 
dryly. 

"I  should  not  like  to  admit  that,"  said 
the  Rev.  Charles  Davidson. 

At  that  moment  the  telephone  bell  rang 
and  the  Parishioner  took  his  leave.  The 
message  ran :  "Mrs.  Grover  is  very  ill ;  can 
you  come  at  once?"  The  letters  were 
thrust v into   a   drawer.  % 

"I  can  not  write  that  letter  today,"  said 
Mr.  Davidson.  "I  will  have  more  time 
tomorow." 

The  morrow  came  and  went,  and  many 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 

another  followed,  and  still  the  letter  was 
unwritten.  One  frosty  morning  in  late 
September  the  Parishioner  again  dropped 
in. 

"I  saw  Warner  yesterday,"  he  said,  by 
way  of  opening  the  conversation.  "He 
looked  as  though  he  had  had  a  spell  of 
sickness.  He  said  his  wife  had  been  ill  and 
his  little  daughter  is  now  seriously  sick." 

"His  child  sick!"  exclaimed  Mr.  David- 
son. "She  is  the  light  of  his  life.  He 
didn't  try  N ,  it  seems." 

"Why,  no;    he  said  he  had  not  received 

a  line  from  N ,  and,  in  fact,  had  had 

no  opportunity  to  candidate  save  at  S- 


Mr.  Davidson  jumped  to  his  feet.  "Is  it 
possible,"  he  exclaimed,  "that  I  failed  to 
write  that  letter !  How  could  I  have  for- 
gotten it!" 

Seizing  pen  and  paper  he  wrote  the  let- 
ter and,  running  downstairs,  dropped  it  into 
the  box. 

"Perhaps  it  is  not  too  late  yet,"  he  said, 
on  re-entering  the  room.     "The  church  at 

N is  at  low  ebb  just  now.     Perhaps 

they  need  a  man  like  Wa     er." 

Sf>  !fC  3fs  iff  «fE  3p 

Daisy  Warner  tossed  restlessly  on  her 
pillows.  Mrs.  Warner  tenderly  pushed  back 
the   straggling   curls. 

"Do  you  feel  better,  dear?"  she  asked. 

"I  don't  feel  very  well,  mamma,"  the 
child  answered,  "but  maybe  I'll  be  better 
tomorrow.     Where's  papa?" 

"I  hear  him  on  the  porch." 

"It  seems,"  said  Daisy,  a  little  fretfully, 
"that  papa  walks  the  porch  all  the  time. 
Why  does  he,  mamma?" 

Mrs.  Warner  did  not  answer,  but  she 
listened  with  fainting  heart  to  the  foot- 
steps outside. 

James  Warner  was  in  a  state  bordering 
on  insanity.  He  had  not  read  a  page  for 
weeks — he  could  not.  There  was  room  in 
his  mind  for  but  one  thought — what  could 
he  do?  How  should  he  make  a  living  for 
his  wife  and  child?  He  had  written  to 
church  after  church,  but  all  to  no  pur- 
pose. He  had  said  in  the  early  spring,  "I 
shall  be  settled  before  midsummer" ;  but 
midsummer  had  come  and  gone,  and  no 
church  had  yet  appeared  upon  his  horizon. 
He  had  turned  to  the  business  world,  look- 
ing up  insurance  companies  and  agencies 
of  all  sorts.  And  at  last,  in  desperation, 
he  had  applied  for  work  as  clerk  at  several 
stores  in  the  neighboring  city,  but  he  had 
returned  home  miserably  disappointed. 

"The  business  world  does  not  believe  in 
a  preacher,"  he  had  said  to  Elizabeth. 

Just  why  he  had  not  received  an  oppor- 
tunity to  candidate  in  some  of  the  many 
churches  that  were  contemplating  changes 
in  pastors  he  could  not  quite  understand. 
He  was  little  known,  however;  and, 
though  an  able  man,  he  was  not  what 
might  be  called  a  popular  preacher.  Today 
winter  stared  him  in  the  face,  and  the  little 
sum  of  money  he  had  saved  from  his 
former  pastorate  was  almost  gone.  How 
carefully  he  and  Elizabeth  had  hoarded 
their  little  store,  even  counting  the  pennies ! 
Since  March  of  that  year  they  had  had 
but  the  barest  necessities  of  life. 

Even  Daisy  had  been  deprived  of  the 
little  delicacies  she  liked,  and  really  needed. 
The  child,  always  delicate,  had  contracted 
a  cold  in  the  late  winter,  which  had  left 
her  with  an  annoying  cough.  The  doctor 
recommended  a  change  of  air,  but  lack  of 
means  forbade  this.  Through  the  long 
summer  the  parents  had  waited  with  sink- 
ing hearts,  yet  always  hoping  that  she 
might  be  placed  in  a  warm  climate  before 
the   coming   of   winter.      But    autumn   had 


I307 

What  Sulphur  Does 

For  the  Human   Body  in  Health  and 
Disease. 

The  mention  of  sulphur  will  recall  to 
many  of  us  the  early  days  when  our  moth- 
ers and  grandmothers  gave  us  our  daily 
dose  of  sulphur  and  molasses  every  spring 
and  fall. 

It  was  the  universal  spring  and  fall 
"blood  purifier,"  tonic  and  cure-all,  and 
mind  you,  this  old-fashioned  remedy  was 
not  without  merit. 

The  idea  was  good,  but  the  remedy  was 
crude  and  unpalatable,  and  a  large  quantity 
had  to  be  taken  to  get  any  effect. 

Nowadays  we  get  all  the  beneficial  effects 
of  sulphur  in  a  palatable,  concentrated 
form,  so  that  a  single  grain  is  far  more  ef- 
fective than  a  tablespoonful  of  the  crude 
sulphur. 

In  recent  years,  research  and  experiment 
have  proven  that  the  best  sulphur  for  me- 
dicinal use  is  that  obtained  from  Calcium 
(Calcium  Sulphide)  and  sold  in  drug  stores 
under  the  name  of  Stuart's  Calcium  Wa- 
fers. They  are  small  chocolate  coated  pellets 
and  contain  the  active  medicinal  principle 
of  sulphur  in  a  highly  concentrated,  ef- 
fective form. 

Few  people  are  aware  of  the  value  of 
this  form  of  sulphur  in  restoring  and  main- 
taining bodily  vigor  and  health:  sulphur 
acts  directly  on  the  liver,  and  excretory 
organs  and  purifies  and  enriches  the  blood 
by  the  prompt  elimination  of  waste  ma- 
terial. 

Our  grandmothers  knew  this  when  they 
dosed  us  with  sulphur  and  molasses  every 
spring  and  fall,  but  the  crudity  and  impurity 
of  ordinary  flowers  of  sulphur  were  often 
worse  than  the  disease,  and  can  not  com- 
pare with  the  modern  concentrated  prepara- 
tions of  sulphur,  of  which  Stuart's  Calcium 
Wafers  is  undoubtedly  the  best  and  most 
widely  used. 

They  are  the  natural  antidote  for  liver 
and  kidney  troubles  and  cure  constipation 
and  purify  the  blood  in  a  way  that  often 
surprises  patient  and  physician  alike. 

Dr.  R.  M.  Wilkins  while  experimenting 
with  sulphur  remedies  soon  found  that  the 
sulphur  from  Calcium  was  superior  to  any 
other  form.  He  says:  "For  liver,  kidney 
and  blood  troubles,  especially  when  result- 
ing from  constipation  or  malaria,  I  have 
been  surprised  at  the  results  obtained  from 
Stuart's  Calcium  Wafers.  In  patients  suf- 
fering from  boils  and  pimples  and  even 
deep-seated  carbuncles,  I  have  repeatedly 
seen  them  dry  up  and  disappear  in  four 
or  five  days,  leaving  the  skin  clear  and 
smooth.  Although  Stuart's  Calcium  Wafers 
is  a  proprietary  article,  and  sold  by  drug- 
gists, and  for  that  reason  tabooed  by  many 
physicians,  yet  I  know  of  nothing  so  safe 
and  reliable  for  constipation,  liver  and  kid- 
ney troubles  and  especially  in  all  forms  of 
skin  disease  as  this  remedy." 

At  any  rate  people  who  are  tired  of  pills, 
cathartics  and  so-called  blood  "purifiers," 
will  find  in  Stuart's  Calcium  Wafers  a  far 
safer,  more  palatable  and  effective  prepara- 
tion. 

!■■    H     J.    IIIM^M  WH— ■■        I         I         UNI        ■  ■  ■  ■    I    I    ■■    II  '~ 

come,  and  they  still  waited.  Owing  to  the 
cool  weather  she  was  again  stricken  with  a 
heavy  cold. 

James  Warner  could  hear  her  litle  hack- 
ing cough  as  he  strode  back  and  forth 
across  the  small  veranda.  His  face  had 
a  hopeless  look  this  morning,  but  a  cynical 
smile  crept  over  the  fine,  sensitive  mouth. 
Should  he  go  on  a  farm?     Could  he  husk 


[JOB 

corn   and    f  ■  -    plow?     He   stepped 

Je. 

called   a    swreel    voice.     "Papa, 
I  want  you  to  come  and  sit  by  me." 

"I  want  :  -  to  the  post  office  now. 
darling.  When  I  come  back  I  will  sit 
by  you  a  long  time." 

"I  shall  be  better  in  a  few  days,  papa, 
and  then  you  must  take  me  to  the  woods ; 
the  tries  are  so  beautiful  now.     Will  you. 

"Yes,  darling."  he  replied,  smiling;  but 
before  reaching  the  door  the  smile  died  out 
of  his  face. 

Many  a  morning  James  Warner  had 
walked  tremblingly  into  the  post  office,  and 
w  ith  beating  heart  had  approached  the  box ; 
but  this  morning  he  approached  carelessly 
and  indifferently :  he  had  almost  lost  hope. 
A  letter'  Warner  picked  it  up  eagerly 
and.  hurrying  outside,  read  its  contents.     It 

was  an  invitation  from  the  church  at  N 

to  occupy  its  pulpit  next  Lord's  day,  with 
the  view  of  becoming  its  pastor.  That  was 
all;  but  it  put  new  life  into  the  heart  of 
James  Warner.  Daisy  heard  a  springing 
step  outside. 

"Did  you  get  a  letter,  papa?"  she  called. 

"Yes.  dear."     Then  turning  to  his  wife: 

"The  church   at   X has   invited   me   to 

preach  for  them  Sunday.  They  desire  a 
man  to  take  charge  of  the  work  im- 
mediately. But  how  can  I  go,  Eliabeth, 
leaving  you  here  alone  with  Daisy,  and  she 
so  ill?" 

"Oh,  papa,  I'll  be  well  when  you  come 
back.    I'm  better  now." 

"You  must  go,  James,"  added  Elizabeth. 

Daisy  was  not  so  well  the  next  morn- 
ing, and  it  was  with  some  misgivings  that 
Mr.  Warner  took  his  leave.  "If  she  should 
grow  worse.  Elizabeth,  let  me  know  im- 
mediately," he  said. 

The  church  at  N received  him  warm- 
ly. The  auditorium  was  full  in  the  morn- 
ing, but  overflowing  at  night,  and  the  peo- 
ple grasped  his  hand  with  a  hearty  good 
will  as  he  walked  down  the  aisle  at  the 
close  of  the  evening  service.  But  as  he 
drew  near  the  door  a  telegram  was  thrust 
into  his  hand;  it  ran:  "Daisy  worse;  come 
immediately." 

Oh,  that  long,  lon^  night !  Would  it 
never  end  !    Would  he  never  reach  home  ! 

"God  in  heaven,"  he  moaned,  again  and 
again,  "take  all ;  do  with  me  as  thou 
wilt,  but  spare  my  child,  my  little  daughter, 
my  first  born." 

He  thought  his  heart  would  stop  beating 
as  he  neared  the  house  that  held  all  of  this 
world  for  him.  In  a  moment  more  he 
knew  the  worst.  Standing  in  the  doorway 
he  caught  sight  of  Daisy,  lying  white  and 
still.  The  doctor  was  bending  over  her. 
Elizabeth,  with  bowed  head,  was  kneeling 
by  the  bedside.  The  doctor  turned  and 
grasped  his  hand. 

"Can  you  bear  it,  Warner?"        , 

He  could  not  answer,  but  sank  down  by 
his  wife.  The  doctor  looked  at  his  watch. 
"She  has  but  an  hour  to  live,"  he  said. 

Presently  the  child  stirred,  looked  about 
the  room,  letting  her  eyes  fall  upon  her 
father. 

"Papa,"  she  said,  gladly,  "did  you  get 
the  place?" 

"Yes,  darling." 

"I'm  so  glad,"  was  the  reply.  "I've  been 
very  sick,  papa,  but  I'm  better  now." 

A  little  later  she  asked,  feebly :  "Is  it 
a  pretty  place,  papa?" 

"Oh,  yes,  dear." 

"Tell  me  about  it." 

"Its    streets    are    wonderfully   beautiful," 


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he  said,  with  a  sob,  "and  there  is  a  river 
clear  as  crystal." 

"And  we  shall  have  all  we  want  there, 
papa?" 

'"Oh,  my  poor  child !"  moaned  the  father. 

"Kiss  me,  papa." 

She  spoke  no  more.  The  hour  passed 
quickly,  far  too  quickly,  and  with  it  passed 
the  soul  of  Daisy  Warner,  a  smile  on  her 
lips  and  the  light  of  heaven  in  her  face. 

A  week  after  the  funeral  James 
Warner   received   an   urgent  call    from  the 

church  at  N .     He  accepted,  and  a  few 

weeks  later  the  stricken  husband  and  wife 
took  up  the  work.  The  people  were  doubt- 
ful— had  they  made  a  mistake  ?  James  War- 
ner never  'faltered.    The  work  went  steadily 

on  until  the  church  in  N became  one 

of  the  best  churches  in  the  state,  and  a 
number  of  church  committees  were  looking 
toward  its  popular  pastor.  Yet  three  years 
after  the  beginning  of  Warner's  pastorate 
Elizabeth  found  him,  one  autumn  day,  sit- 
ting with  bowed  head.  Raising  his  sad 
face  he  said,  wearily: 

"It  was  too  late,  Elizabeth,  and  it  is  still 
too  late." 

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With  feelings  of  unmixed  joy  we  chron- 
icle the  fact  that  a  distinguished  French 
physician  has  gone  against  his  colleagues 
and  actually  stood  up  for  kissing.  Far  from 
being  harmful,  it  is  wholesome.  The  mis- 
tletoe should  be  encouraged  by  enlight- 
ened practitioners  all  the  year  around. 
Kisses  may  carry  microbes,  of  course.  So 
much  the  better,  says  this  amiable  authority. 
The  interchange  of  certain  bacilli  is  a  laud- 
able and  healthy  practice.  In  kissing  it  is 
not  so  much  the  bad  microbes  as  the  benef- 
icent ones  that  are  exchanged.  These  good 
bacteria,  as  is  well  known,  are  not  only 
favorable,  but  essential  to  digestion.  If  we 
were  to  sterilize  our  inner  man,  completely 
killing  the  white  with  the  black  sheep 
among  our  colonies  of  bacilli,  we  should 
instantly  die.  Now,  by  exchanging  friend- 
ly microbes,  we  stimulate  them.  Kiss- 
ing, therefore,  is  a  natural  therapeutic 
custom,  the  jolly  physician  concludes,  and 
who  knows  but  what  some  day  the  kissing 
cure  will  be  ordered  for  dyspepsia  by  up- 
to-date  physicians? 

HE  RANKED  WITH  THE  BISHOP. 

Bishop  Vincent  was  praising  at  Chau- 
tauqua the  Chautauquan  architecture. 

"Beautiful  buildings,"  he  said,  "are  a 
perennial  delight,  and  the  architects  who 
give  us  them  should  be  more  highly  hon- 
ored and  rewarded  than  they  are. 

"Whenever  I  look  at  our  superb  build- 
ings here,  I  think  of  what  their  architect 
once  said  to  me. 

"He  said  that  a  bishop  employed  one  of 
his  brothers  in  the  designing  and  erection 
of  a  fine  house.  When  the  house  was  com- 
pleted the  bishop  was  well  pleased  with  it, 
but  when  the  architect's  bill  was  presented 


to  him  he  was  not  so  well  pleased. 

"  'My  good  brother  architect,'  he  said, 
'don't  you  think  that  your  charges  are  too 
high  ?  The  yearly  salaries  of  many  of  my 
curates  do  not  equal  the  amount  of  this 
bill  of  yours.' 

"'Very  likely  not,'  the  architect  replied; 
'but  I  am  a  bishop  among  architects.'  " 

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NOT  THE  SINGER,  BUT  THE  SONG. 

Thirty  men,  red-eyed  and  disheveled, 
lined  up  before  a  judge  of  the  San  Fran- 
cisco police  court.  It  was  the  regular 
morning  company  of  "drunks  and  disor- 
derlies." Some  were  old  and  hardened, 
others  hung  their  heads  in  shame.  Just 
as  the  momentary  disorder  attending  the 
bringing  of  the  prisoners  quieted  down  a 
strange  thing  happened.  A  strong,  clear 
voice  from  below  began  singing : 
"Last  night  I  lay  a-sleeping, 
There  came  a  dream  so  fair." 

Last  night?  It  had  been  for  them  all 
a  nightmare  or  a-  drunken  stupor.  The 
song  was  such  a  contrast  to  the  horrible 
fact  that  no  one  could  fail  of  the  sudden 
shock  at  the  song  suggested. 

"I  stood  in  old  Jerusalem, 
Beside  the  Temple  there." 
The  song  went  on.  The  judge  had  paused. 
He  made  a  quiet  inquiry.  A  former  mem- 
ber of  a  famous  opera  company,  known  all 
over  the  country,  was  awaiting  trial  for 
forgery.  It  was  he  who  was  singing  in 
his  cell. 

Meantime,  the  song  went  on,  and  every 
man  in  the  line  showed  emotion.  One  or 
two  dropped  on  their  knees.  One  boy  at 
the  end  of  the  line,  after  a  desperate  ef- 
fort at  self-control,  leaned  against  the  wall, 
buried  his  face  in  his  folded  arms  and 
sobbed,  "Oh,  mother,  mother!" 

The  sobs  cut  the  very  hearts  of  the  men 
who  heard,  and  the  song,  still  welling  its 
way   through    the    court-room,    blended    in 


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the  hush.     At  length  one  man  protested: 

"Judge,"  said  he,  "have  we  got  to  submit 
to   this?     We're  here  to  take  our  punish- 
ment, but  this—       He,  too,  began  to  sob. 
It    was    impossible    to    proceed    with    the 
business  of  the  court,   yet  the  judge  gave 
no  order  to  stop  the  song.     The  police  ser- 
geant, after  a  surprised  effort  to  keep  the 
men  in  line,  stepped  back  and  waited  with 
the  rest.    The  song  moved  on  to  its  climax : 
"Jerusalem,  Jerusalem  !     Sing,  for  the  night 
is  o'er ! 
Hosanna  in  the  highest !  hosanna  for  ever- 
more!" 

In  an  ecstasy  of  melody,  the  last  words 
rang  out,  and  then  there  was  silence. 

The  judge  looked  into  the  faces  of  the 
men  before  him.  There  was  not  one  who 
was  not  touched  by  the  song;  not  one  in 
whom  some  better  impulse  was  not  stirred. 
He  did  not  call  the  cases  singly — a  kind 
word  of  advice,  and  then  dismissed  them 
all.  Not  one  was  fined  or  sentenced  to  the 
workhouse  that  morning.  The  song  had 
done  more  good  than  punishment  could 
have  accomplished. 

MILES  OF  WORDS. 

In  the  October  World's  Work  an  article 
on  "Writing  for  a  Living"  contains  many 
anecdotes  of  the  career  of  a  writer  for  rev- 
enue only.     Mr.  Gilson  Willets  says : 

"In  the  life  of  the  special  correspondent 
of  the  weekly  or  the  monthly  come  what 
may  be  called  'emergency  calls,'  compara- 
ble to  the  'hurry  calls'  of  the  physician. 
The  evening  President  McKinley  was  shot 


an  editor  telephoned  me  to  have  the  frhole 
story  in  the  office  by  seven  the  following 
morning.  In  that:  all-night  of  telephoning 
for  facts  and  of  banging  the  typewriter  I 
made  $75.  Again,  President  Schurman,  of 
Cornell  University,  could  be  interviewed 
only  on  the  train  from  New  York  to  Ithuca. 
On  my  arrival  in  Ithaca  an  editor  tele- 
graphed me  to  hasten  to  Kansas  to  'cover' 
the  publication  of  the  Rev.  Charles  M. 
Sheldon's  'As  Christ  Would'  edition  of  the 
Topcka  Daily  Capital.  That  assignment 
kept  me  in  Kansas  three  weeks,  although 
I  had  left  New  York  to  be  gone  only  one 
night.  On  another  occasion,  as  I  stepped 
ashore  after  four  days  spent  on  a  rocking 
pilot-boat  off  Sandy  Hook  to  write  of 
'Pilots  Courageous,'  a  boy  handed  me  a 
note  from  an  editor  asking  me  to  hasten 
by  the  train  to  the  coal-mining  region  of 
Pennsylvania,  where  a  great  strike  was 
agitating  the  country.  On  the  train  to 
Scranton  I  had  to  write  the  pilot  story,  in 
order  to  be  free  to  gather  the  facts  for 
the  story  of  'The  Coal  Dust  Twins,  Messrs. 
Striker  and  Scab.' 

"An  editor  telephoned  me  on  Thursday : 
'Can  you  sail  with  me  Saturday  for  Eu- 
rope ?'  'Yes !'  'Then  meet  me  on  the  ship, 
for  I  have  no  time  to  see  you  before  sail- 
ing.' As  the  ship  steamed  down  New  York 
Bay,  I  asked:"  'Why  are  we  going  to  Eu- 
rope?' 'I  want  you,'  was  the  answer,  'to 
get  the  facts  in  Berlin,  Paris,  London  and 
St.  Petersburg,  and  write  a  series  of  ar- 
ticles on  'The  American  Commercial  In- 
vasion of  Europe.' 

"That    year    I    crossed    the    Atlantic    six 


times,  making  three  round  trips;  for,  be- 
sides  the  trip  to  get  material  for  the  'Com- 
ial  Invasion'  articles,  I  made  separate 
trips  through  the  poorest  counties 
Erin's  Isle,  mostly  in  carts,  to  write  The 
Depopulation  ot  Ireland';  and  through  the 
slumberland  of  Alfonso  XIII.,  to  write 
'Americans  Now  Welcome  in  Spain.' " 


HIS  RELIGION. 

Not  long  ago  a  certain  clergyman  from 
the  West  was  called  to  a  church  in  Jet 
City.  Soon  after  his  arrival  the  divine's 
wife  made  the  usual  visits  to  the  members 
of  the  parish.  One  of  these,  a  plum1 
wife,  was  asked  by  the  good  lady  whether 
the  family  were  regular  church-goers, 
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tendants at  divine  service  quite  regularly, 
her  husband  was  not. 

"Dear  me,"  said  the  minister's  wife, 
"that's  too  bad  !  Does  your  husband  never 
go  to  church?" 

"Well,  I  wouldn't  say  that  he  never  went," 
was  the  reply.  "Occasionally  Will  goes 
to  the  Unitarian,  now  and  then  to  the  Meth- 
odist, and  I  have  known  him  to  attend 
the  Catholic  Church." 

A  look  of  perplexity  came  to  the  face 
of  the  visitor.  "Perhaps  your  husband  is 
an  agnostic,"  suggested  she. 

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"he's  a  plumber.  When  there  is  nothing 
for  him  to  do  at  one  church,  there  is  very 
likely  something  for  him  at  one  of  the 
others." — Harper's    Weekly. 


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October  5,  1905 


With  the  Children 

By  J.   Br«*fe«*rl4g«   III). 


TAKING  PUSSY'S  PHOTOGEAPH. 


My  kiny  purred  as  if  she'd  pose, 
And  so  I  dressed  her  in  doll's  clo'es, 

And  put  her  in  my  old  high-chair. 
S   0  looked  so  sweet,  a-sittin'  there, 

And  stretchin'  out  her  tiny  claws. 
And  clappin'  of  her  little  paws. 

And  act  in"  nervous,  just  like  folks. 
While  I  made  reassurin'  jokes. 

i  just  was  goin'  to  press  the  bail. 
When — pussy  wasn't  there  at  all. 

And  hours  later,  in  the  coal, 
I  found  her  watchin'  a  rat-hole. 

Her  pleasant  expression  was  all  gone, 
Likewise  the  dress  that  she'd  had  on. 


A  Week   with   the   Woodneys. 

FIFTH    NIGHT    (COXTIXUED) . 

The  scene  on  the  sidewalk  before  the  En- 
derthorpes'  was  one  of  mingled  humor  and 
pathos — one  might  almost  say,  tragedy. 
There  lay  the  white  cock,  his  spurs  forever 
at  rest,  his  days  of  grass-scratching  never 
to  return.  At  his  head  stood  the  little  mu- 
sician in  his  faded  blue  shirt,  his  patched 
trowsers,  his  well-worn  hat,  playing  '"The 
Devil's  Dream"  on  his  violin.  Facing  him 
was  the  muscular  blacksmith,  his  head 
tilted  back,  his  horn  upon  his  lips,  as  if  it 
contained  some  delicious  nectar  which  its 
owner  was  quaffing.  On  the  fence  sat  Mace 
and  Ed  as  spectators.  Across  the  street 
were  the  blacksmith-shop,  the  store  and  the 
school-house,  all  deserted.  The  little  mu- 
sician had  seldom  before  been  so  humiliated 
and  so  miserable.  It  seemed  to  him  he  was 
desecrating  his  violin  by  playing  that  lively 
little  air  which  he  had  learned,  to  his  regret, 
at  some  county  fair.  As  he  drew  his  bow 
back  and  forth,  his  face  drooped  till  the 
frayed  hat-brim  hid  it  from  sight.  There 
seemed  to  hover  before  him,  like  a  spirit 
of  the  dying  twilight,  the  beautiful  lady  who 
had  been  kind  to  him  when  he  most  needed 
kindness.  He  seemed  to  hear  the  voice  of 
Anna  Zuccarini  bidding  him  be  true  to  his 
art,  for  his  sake  and  for  hers.  He  had 
promised  never  to  play  anything  unworthy 
of  their  friendship,  but  this  hateful  tune, 
running  under  his  bow,  was  unworthy. 
How  he  despised  it,  and  how  he  despised 
himself!  It  seemed  to  him  he  could  never 
regain  his  self-respect,  and  look  upon  him- 
self as  one  of  the  world's  future  composers 
of  splendid  music.  How  could  he  hope  to 
produce  anthems  for  cathedrals,  and  cho- 
ruses, for  convention  halls — he  who  stood 
beside  the  dead  cock  playing  a  contra 
dance  in  the  open  air,  like  a  beggar,  indeed! 
He  knew,  too,  that  Mace  Woodney  was 
looking  on  with  a  sarcastic  gleam  in  her 
great  eyes — Mace  Woodney  who,  until  this 
night,  had  seemed  so  mild,  so  gentle,  so  un- 
important. It  was  not  for  one  like  Arthur 
Lowell  to  analyze  the  change  of  feeling  in 
his  breast.  Was  it  because  her  new  clothes 
and  her  party  manner  had  transformed  her 
into  some  graceful  fairy  of  his  imaginative 
fancy,  or  was  it  because  she  scorned  him 
for  his  secret  of  the  morning?  No  matter 
why  the  charge,  he  now  longed  passionate- 
ly for  her  good  will,  for  her  approbation, 
and  bitterly  he  felt  that  this  was  forfeited. 


He  felt,  too,  that  it  was  not  to  be  regained. 
What  could  he  do  to  show  her  he  was  not 
the  coward  and  unworthy  guest  she  sup- 
posed ?  These  are  not  the  days  when  knights 
go  forth  to  show  their  prowess  with  sword 
and  spear.  These  are  the  days  when  one 
proves  himself  by  years  of  patient  waiting 
and  of  steady  toil.  An  act  may  destroy  our 
career;  but  what  act  can  build  it  up? 
Thus  as  he  played  that  sprightly  tune, 
which  repeats  its  measures  with  such  impu- 
dent insistence,  his  heart  was  swelling  with 
anguish — that  anguish  which  youth  feels 
more  keenly  than  maturity,  because  it  is 
given  it  to  feel  all  emotions  supremely. 

Mace  watched  the  slender  form  in  its 
ragged  attire  as  the  head  hung  over  the 
violin,  and  her  lip  curled.  It  is  so  easy 
to  despise  a  sinner  when  he  is  poorly 
dressed !  She  thought,  of  course,  that  her 
just  scorn  for  Arthur  arose  from  his  hid- 
ing the  evidences  of  his  deed,  and  keeping 
what  he  had  done  hidden  in  his  breast  like 
a  guilty  crime.  All  the  same,  had  he  been 
better  dressed,  and  tall  and  handsome,  like 
her  cousin  Ed,  for  instance,  would  she 
have  felt  such  contempt? 

Worth  Acre  in  the  meantime,  his  eyes 
penetrating  the  darkening  blue  of  the 
heavens  and  his  horn  poised  like  a  drink- 
ing-cup,  was  blowing  manfully.  He  was  un- 
acquainted with  "The  Devil's  Dream,"  but 
the  swing  of  the  tune  is  infectious.  He 
caught  the  swing,  but  neither  the  air  nor 
the  key  in  which  it  was  being  played.  The 
key,  however,  was  never  material  to  Worth. 
He  could  play  only  in  three  flats,  and  if 
the  melody  were  in  any  other  key,  so  much 
the  worse  for  it.  Being  blessed  by  an  ear 
absolutely  deaf  to  harmony,  the  blacksmith 
blew  with  a  will,  and  with  great  content. 
He  soon  learned  from  the  swing  of  the  tune 
where  the  measures  were  repeated.  He  felt 
his  way  through  the  mazes  with  cautious 
"toot!"  "toot!"  till  he  came  to  those  pas- 
sages; then,  rejoicing  in  being  on  well- 
known  ground,  he  executed  the  scale  in 
three  flats  with  amazing  rapidity,  giving  the 
effect  of  a  discharge  of  an  entire  package 
of  fire-crackers.  After  this  execution,  he 
would  pause,  red  in  the  face,  but  proud  of 
his  accomplishment,  and  listen  for  farther 
direction.  Out  of  the  storm  of  his  cascade 
of  notes,  the  thin,  fine  tones  of  the  violin 
would  emerge  like  a  mouse  squeaking  in  its  , 
escape  from  the  claws  of  a  cat. 

Ed  Woodney,  his  knees  drawn  up  under 
his  chin,  watched  this  scene  with  a  keen 
eye,  and,  after  a  while,  slowly  descended 
from  the  fence.  "Yes,"  said  Mace,  "we'd 
better  go  back,  for  we  told  them  we  would 
come  as  soon  as  we  got  the  mandolin- 
string." 

But  Ed  did  not  answer  her.  He  walked 
up  behind  the  despairing  little  musician, 
and  laid  i-is  hand  on  the  hand  that  clutched 
the  bow.  The  violin  was  poised  without 
sound.  Ed  put  his  arm  about  Arthur's 
neck.  "That's  enough,  old  chap,"  he  said 
gently;  "Worth  doesn't  understand — that's 
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This  unexpected  interruption  and  the 
soothing  kindness  of  the  voice  was  more 
than  Arthur  could  stand.  The  tears  came 
to  his  eyes  and  he  turned  away  his  head. 
"I  know  he  doesn't,"  he  murmured. 

The  blacksmith,  still  staring  into  the  sky, 
and  poising  his  horn,  waited  in  vain  for 
leading.  He  looked  down  and  examined 
Arthur  attentively. 

"Come  on  home  with  me,  Arthur,"  said 
Ed,  still  keeping  his  arm  about  him,  "I'd 
like  for  ma  and  Jennie  to  hear  you  play 
some  real  music.    Won't  you  come?" 

"Oh,  I  couldn't!"  said  Arthur,  almost 
overpowered  by  the  discovery  that  this 
splendid  young  man  was  the  brother  of  the 
beautiful  Jennie.  "No,  I  couldn't!  Look  at 
my  clothes — oh,  but  it  is  good  of  you  to  ask 
me !"  He  looked  up  and  a  smile  trans- 
formed the  delicate,  pale  face. 

"You  must  come  soon,  anyway,"  said 
Ed,  giving  him  a  hearty  pat  on  the  shoul- 
der and  releasing  him.  "You  have  stood 
your  punishment  like  a  soldier,  and  none  of 
us  realized  how  great  a  punishment  it  was. 
We  don't  understand  these  things  very 
well— do  we,  Worth?" 

"I  think  maybe  I  have  been  into  deeper 
water  than  I  intended,"  said  the  black- 
smith, tucking  his  cornet  under  his  arm; 
"but  it  seems  to  me  no  lesson  is  too  hard 
that  teaches  us  to  be  frank  and  open.  The 
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Mace  and  Ed  left  them.  As  they  walked 
along,  Mace  was  discontented  both  with 
herself  and  with  Ed.  Somehow  he  had 
set  med  to  put  her  in  the  wrong,  where  she 
had  felt  herself  securely  established  upon  a 
just  scat  of  indignation.  "I  think  you  en- 
couraged him!"  she  said  suddenly.  "Mr. 
Acre  was  right;  if  there  is  anything  that 
ought  to  be  punished,  it's  doing  a  thing  in 
the  dark  and  denying  it  by  your  silence." 

"Couldn't  you  see  his  heart  was  break- 
ing?" returned  Ed. 

She  did  not  answer.  They  had  almost 
reached  G.  C.  D.  Woodney's  when  she  said, 
"There  is  something  I  must  say  to  you, 
cousin  Ed." 

"By  all  means,"  he  answered.  "Have  you 
something  to  confess?  I  promise  not  to  be 
so  hard  on  you  as  Worth  was  on  poor  Ar- 
thur." 

She  pretended  not  to  hear  him.  "You 
want  me  to  go  into  a  music-club  with  you, 
and  meet  two  or  three  times  a  week,  from 
house  to  house?" 

"Yes — won't  it.  be  great !  There  are  three 
weeks  before  I  have  to  go  to  Columbia,  and 
three  until  your  school  opens — we  can  have 
fine  fun,  you  know  !" 

"Yes,  we  could,"  said  Mace  seriously. 
"But,  cousin  Ed,  I  can  not  go  into  anything 
with  a  person  who  drinks." 

"Well,"  said  Ed,  "I  guess  Bob  Ender- 
thorpe  doesn't  drink,  and  I  know  Worth 
doesn't.  We'll  find  out  about  Arthur;  and 
you  and  I  complete  the  list.  We  are  inno- 
cent, I'm  sure !" 

"No,  we're  not.  I  mean  you  are  not.  You 
confessed  to  me  that  you  went  to  the  saloon 
to  drink;    and  I  saw  you  go  there." 

"Oh,  come,  cousin  Mace  r  I  said  I  went 
there  simply  for  a  glass  of  beer.  Beer  isn't 
drinking.  Why,  beer  is  healthful !  It 
makes  people  fat.     Beer  isn't  any  harm." 

"But  I  can't  belong  to  the  club,  cousin 
Ed,  if  you  do  that." 

Ed  frowned  with  annoyance.  "This  is 
so  notionate!"  he  exclaimed.  "Mace,  you're 
not  going  to  try  to  regulate  my  diet,  I  hope ! 
I  like  you  ever  so  much,  you  know,  but 
you  mustn't  tell  me  everything  I'm  to  do." 

"You  will,  of  course,  do  as  you  choose," 
said  Mace  coldly.  They  walked  on,  then  Ed 
said  irritably,  "Mace,  you  have  no  right  to 
interfere !" 

"The  only  right  I  claim,"  said  Mace,  "is 
to  regulate  my  own  conduct.  And  my  con- 
duct will  be  to  keep  out  of  the  music-club 
unless  you  promise  me  to  quit  drinking." 

"Don't  say  'drinking'  in  that  cold- 
blooded, statistical  manner.  It's  only  beer, 
Mace." 

"Only  beer — for  how  long?'  returned 
Mace.  "You  know  what  it  leads  to.  I  don't 
want  to  discuss  that."  They  entered  the 
wide  yard  and  slowly  walked  up  the  grani- 
toid way.  Her  face  was  hard  and  set,  and 
as  Ed  watched  it,  his  heart  swelled  rebel- 
liously.  It  seemed  to  him  that  she  was  un- 
necessarily severe  and  too  self-righteous. 
She  was  showing  the  same  cruelty  toward 
him  that  she  had  shown  toward  Arthur 
Lowell.  He  suddenly  exclaimed,  "Mace,  I 
don't  believe  you  care  whether  I  promise 
or  not !" 

"Oh,  cousin  Ed !"  cried  Mace,  turning 
toward  him,  her  face  suffused  with  color 
which  the  lamps  from  the  hall  revealed,  her 
deep  eyes  eloquent  with  reproach,  "how  can 
you  say  that?  I  was  just  trying  to  keep 
from  bothering  you  by  showing  how  much 
I  do  care!" 

Ed  felt  a  sudden  elation.  "You'll  never 
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What  We  Stand  For. 

For  the  Christ  of  Galilee, 
For  the  truth  which  makes  men  free, 
For  the  bond  of  unity 
Which  makes  God's  children  one. 

For  the  love  which  shines  in  deeds, 
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Current   Events 1315 

Editorial — 

A  New  Era  of  Giving 1317 

Is  It  Idolatry? 1317 

Present  Work  of  the  Holy  Spirit 1317 

Haze  We  Changed? ' 1318 

Notes  and  Comments 1318 

Easy  Chair 1319 

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Some  Reasons  for  the  Change  of 
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Lyon   I320 

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"IN  FAITH,  UNITY;  IN  OPINION  AND  METHODS.  LI BERTT  IN  ALL  THINGS,  CHARITY: 


Vol.  XLII. 


October  12,   1905 


No.  41 


Current  Events. 


How  Not  to 
Do  It. 


An  admirable  exhibition  of  how  not 
to  do  it,  is  being  made  by  the  Repub- 
lican party  organiza- 
tion in  preparation  for 
the  approaching  mu- 
nicipal election  in  Indianapolis.  The 
party  has,  in  the  first  place,  nomi- 
nated for  mayor  a  discredited  politician 
whose  record  during  his  former  admin- 
istration should  be  a  complete  dis- 
qualification for  further  office.  The 
campaign  is  an  effort  to  perfect  a  cor- 
rupt political  machine  to  be  employed 
in  other  interests  than  those  of  the 
public.  Its  strongest  feature  is  its 
appeal  to  the  viciou-5  and  irresponsible 
classes.  The  attempt  to  organize  the 
colored  voters  by  clubs  and  members, 
so  that  the  committee  can  keep  tab  on 
every  voter,  has  been  pushed  to  the 
point  where  the  decent  colored  men 
are  in  revolt  against  it.  The  colored 
element  is  large  in  Indianapolis,  and 
it  includes  a  good  many  men  who  have 
acumen  enough  to  see  that  the  race 
can  never  get  or  deserve  full  political 
rights  so  long  as  its  vote  can  be 
swung  here  and  there  by  a  corrupt 
politician  of  the  right  party  and  de- 
livered by  wholesale  at  the  party  call. 
A  large  independent  negro  vote  would 
help  the  race  immensely  on  the  road 
to  that  political  equality  which  it  has 
as  yet  only  theoretically  achieved. 
And  to  see  an  attempt  in  broad  day- 
light to  march  negro  voters  to  the 
polls  as  a  chain  gang  is  marched  in 
lock-step  to  the  rock  pile,  is  enough  to 
give  great  encouragement  to  the  inde- 
pendent vote. 

A  beautiful  opportunity  came  to  the 
recent  diocesan  convention  of  the 
Serving  God         Episcopal  Church    in 

and  Mammon.      N™  Y°rk  t0  P„Ut  *" 
self     on     record,     in 

wholly  unobjectionable  terms,  in  favor 
of  honesty  in  business,  but  it  de- 
clined to  do  so.  We  have  not  an  in- 
stant's doubt  but  that  the  gentlemen 
who  composed  the  convention  are  in- 
dividually in  favor  of  honesty,  but  as 
a  convention  they  did  not  like  to  say 
so.  The  following  resolutions  were 
presented,  which  are  so  admirable  in 
style  (they  read  almost  like  a  section 
of  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer),  so 
temperate  in  substance  and  so  free 
from  offensive  personalities,  that  we 
give  them  in  full: 

Whereas,  The  members  of  this  conven- 
tion   are    aware    of    the    many    difficulties 


and  temptations  which  surround  a  busi- 
ness man's  career  and  are  sympathetical- 
ly mindful  of  the  apostle's  affectionate  and 
solemn  warning  against  the  haste  to  be 
rich,  which  often  leads  men  into  a  snare 
and  drowns  souls  in  perdition ; 

Resolved,  That  the  convention  can  not 
afford  to  pass  unnoticed  the  revelations 
being  made  in  the  daily  newspapers,  be- 
neath its  eyes,  of  the  tampering  with  trust 
funds  by  men  in  high  positions  of  privilege 
and  confidence  in  the  business  world,  con- 
stituting a  most  discouraging  evidence  of 
moral  laxity  and  bad  example  among  those 
from  whom  the  church  and  nation  have  a 
right  to  expect  better  things ; 

Resolved,  That  this  convention  proclaim 
anew  that  word  of  God  which  says :  "It 
is  required  of  a  steward  that  he  be  found 
faithful" ; 

Resolved,  That  no  talent  for  high  finance, 
no  useful  service  to  the  community,  no 
benefaction  to  the  church  or  to  objects  of 
philanthropy,  can  excuse  or  atone  for  de- 
reliction in  trust,  contempt  for  the  rights 
of  others,  or  disregard  of  the  rules  of  com- 
mon honesty; 

Resolved,  That  commerce  languishes  in 
the  degree  and  dies  to  the  extent  that  men 
can  not  trust  one  another,  and  that  this 
convention  commends  to  the  members  of 
this  church  and  their  associates  the  exer- 
cise of  that  exact  and  scrupulous  fidelity 
in  business  which  is  not  only  the  foundation 
of  prosperity  in  every  community,  but  also 
a  requirement  for  the  favor  and  benedic- 
tion of  Almighty  God,  and  which  will  be 
vindicated  and  rewarded  surely  in  the  due 
operation  of  his  natural  and  visible  laws. 

The  resolution,  having  been 
squelched  by  Bishop  Potter,  who  was 
presiding,  was  lost  for  want  of  a 
seconder. 

The  German- American  National  Al- 
liance is  always  strong  on  the  subject 

Protest  Against   T°f  '>rsona!  liber<T-" 

Prohibition.  In  the  sess'on  wh}ch 

is  now  meeting  it  has 

passed  resolutions  denouncing  all 
"prohibitive  and  repressive  temper- 
ance legislation,"  and  going  over  the 
old  arguments  as  to  the  impossibility 
of  enforcing  such  laws,  the  demoral- 
ization resulting  from  the  existence  of 
unenforced  laws,  and  the  increase  in 
the  use  of  distilled  liquors.  The  posi- 
tive program  of  the  Alliance  was  ex- 
pressed in  the  following  resolution: 

We  certainly  abhpr  drunkenness  and  we 
are  quite  willing  to  lend  a  helping  hand 
toward  its  prevention,  but  consider  the 
efficacy  of  legislation  to  that  end  very  lim- 
ited. Progressing  civilization  and  ameliora- 
tion of  economic  conditions  are  the  better 
means.     We  recommend,  however  : 

1.  The  enactment  and  strict  enforce- 
ment of  a  national  pure  food  law  as  far  as 
lies  within  the  scope  of  national  legislation. 

2.  Discrimination    between    distilled    liq- 


uors and  fermented  beverages  in  license, 
excise  and  other  fiscal  laws,  in  favor  of  the 
latter,  so  that  through  their  cheapness  and 
popularity  they  will  be  more  generally  used 
in  place  of  the  others. 

3.  Reasonable  regulation  of  the  traffic  in 
a  manner  which  recognizes  the  social  value 
of  the  saloon,  and  the  effects  of  light 
drinks  on  sociality,  and  respects  the  views 
of  the  different  parts  of  the  people  equally. 

4.  Strict  and  invariable  enforcement  of 
such  regulations. 

A  resolution  was  also  passed  favor- 
ing the  re-establishing  of  the  army 
canteen,  asserting  that  the  doing  away 
of  the  canteen,  which  was  under 
official  control  and  conducted  in  an 
orderly  manner,  had  greatly  increased 
the  number  of  desertions  and  had 
proved  to  have  a  demoralizing  effect 
upon  the  soldiers. 


Some 
Comments. 


With  respect  to  the  foregoing,  it  is 
perhaps  pertinent  to  observe: 

1.  That  the  same 
argument  which  is 
applied  against  pro- 
hibition, that  it  cannot  be  enforced, 
may  be  applied  against  pure  food 
laws.  Such  laws  exist  in  many  states. 
Enforcement  of  them  is  notoriously 
feeble  and  ineffective.  If  this  con- 
dition could  be  remedied  by  making 
the  pure  food  laws  national  in  scope 
and  putting  the  federal  government 
back  of  them,  as  the  resolution  of  the 
Alliance  implies,  might  not  a  prohib- 
itory law  be  better  enforced  if  given 
national  scope   and    federal   backing? 

2.  If  discrimination  between  al- 
coholic and  nonalcoholic  drinks  in 
license  and  excise  laws,  in  favor  of 
the  latter,  does  not  greatly  increase 
the  consumption  of  the  latter  at  the 
expense  of  the  former,  it  does  not 
seem  quite  certain  that  a  recognition 
of  the  discrimination  between  dis- 
tilled and  fermented  beverages  in 
favor  of  tha  latter  would  solva  the 
whole  problem  of  getting  people  to 
quit  drinking  whisky. 

3.  The  "social  value  of  the  saloon" 
lies  not  in  the  drinks  which  it  dis- 
penses. It  has  a  social  value,  no 
doubt,  but  it  is  the  most  expensive 
club  any  man  ca-i  join.  If  regulation 
must  be  based  on  a  recognition  of  the 
"social  value"  of  the  saloon,  it  must 
also  be  based  on  recognition  of  the 
social  burden  of  crime,  vice  and  pau- 
perism which  the  saloon  imposes 
upon  the  community. 

■4.  If  our  friends  of  the  Alliance 
have  any  new  plans  for  securing  strict 
enforcement  of  laws,  they  should 
bring  them  forward  so  that  they  can 
be  applied  to  the   present  laws.     Oth- 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


October  12,  1905 


erwise  the  appeal,  in  this  connection, 
for  the  enforcement  of  law,  looks  like 
an  appeal  for  the  relaxation  of  laws  to 
the  point  where  they  will  enforce 
themselves  rather  than  for  an  in- 
creased efficiency  in  our  judicial  and 
administrative  systems  to  the  end  that 
laws  which  ought  to  be  enforced  shall 
be  enforced. 


The  Trials  of  an 
Emperor. 


The  love  and  respect  for  an  old  man 
is  what  is  keeping  Austria  and  Hun- 
gary from  coming  to 
blows.  The  situation 
is  strained  in  the  ex- 
treme and  it  is  only  the  emperor's  per- 
sonal prestige  that  keeps  the  Dual 
Monarchy  intact.  It  really  looks  as  if 
even  his  personal  popularity  may  not 
avail  unless  there  be  some  conces- 
sions to  the  rightful  demands  of  the 
Magyars.  The  natural  unrest  arising 
out  of  the  relationships  between  two 
distinct  races  is  increased  by  the 
spreading  ideas  of  Socialism  which  are 
in  the  direction  of  universal  suffrage 
and  of  course  opposed  to  all  the  ideas 
of  the  "divine  right  of  kings"  which 
have  hitherto  prevailed.  Everyone 
must  feel  a  deep  sympathy  with  the 
old  emperor  whose  life  has  proven  so 
tragic  on  its  personal  side,  and  whose 
problems  do  not  lessen  with  his  in- 
creasing years. 


Another  Peace 
Congress. 


Nearly  all  the  powers  have  accepted 
tentatively  the  invitations  to  attend 
the  second  Peace 
Conference,  but  a  dis- 
patch fromThe  Hague 
states  that  the  arrangements  can 
hardly  be  completed  before  the  end  of 
next  year.  How  much  easier  is  it  for 
the  nations  to  delay  in  arranging  for 
amity  than  in  mobilizing  their  fighting 
forces! 


The  New  York  Diocesan  Convention 
listened     to     addresses     by    Bishops 

Churchmen  and  Potter.  and  Greer  °n 
Social  Problems  tw°  ^Pottant  sub- 
jects,  but  it  cannot  be 
said  that  the  bishops  answered  the 
problems  that  were  raised.  Bishop 
Potter's  theme  was  the  observance  of 
Sunday  in  rightful  ways  under  modern 
conditions.  Bishop  Potter's  laxity 
with  regard  to  problems  of  drinking 
does  not  give  us  much  encouragement 
to  believe  that  he  can  successfully 
throw  any  helpful  light  on  the  Sunday 
problem,  and  he  did  not  do  so,  so  far 
as  we  have  seen  him  reported.  Bishop 
Greer  discussed  the  inadequacy  of  the 
public  school  system,  with  its  secular 
spirit,  to  give  adequate  training  in 
ethics  for  present  social  needs,  as  re- 
cent revelations  in  the  business  world 
prove.  The  American  bishops  seem 
to  pattern  themselves  very  closely  in 
many  ways  after  their  English  breth- 
ren, who  have  made,  within  the  last 
few  years,  desperate  efforts  to  gain 
control  of  a  large  part  of  the  educa- 
tional system  of  England.     One  of  the 


most  bitter  fights,  out  of  which  has 
come  what  is  known  as  the  "passive 
resistance,"  and  which  has  led  many 
Nonconformists  to  go  to  prison,  and 
to  the  sale  of  their  effects  at  public 
auction  for  conscience  sake,  has'  been 
induced  by  the  effort  of  the  English 
churchmen  to  force  a  national  finan- 
cial support  for  their  denominational 
schools.  The  episcopate  in  this  coun- 
try can  have  no  possible  hope  of  bring- 
ing into  effect  such  a  condition  here, 
but  Bishop  Greer's  idea  that  for  so- 
ciety's salvation  the  Church  must 
again  resume  the  task  of  supplement- 
ing the  day  schools'  secularism  with 
positive  religious  instruction,  verges 
close  on  the  Roman  Catholic  posi- 
tion. 


The  Cost  of 
Insurance. 


An  elaborate  article  on  insurance 
rates,  by  Prof.  A.  H.  Willett,  in  the 
current  "Political 
Science  Quarterly," 
will  be  read  with 
mingled  pleasure  and  pain  by  every 
one  who,  like  the  writer,  has  a 
premium  about  due  to  one  of  the  old 
companies.  The  author  of  this  article 
makes  no  general  denunciation,  but 
conducts  a  careful  argument  to  deter- 
mine the  cost  of  insurance.  He  con- 
cludes that,  on  the  present  mortality 
tables,  and  under  the  present  methods 
of  management,  the  premiums  in  most 
of  the  old-line  companies  could  be  re- 
duced twenty  or  twenty-five  per  cent 
without  endangering  the  stability  of 
the  companies.  "But,"  he  adds,  "to 
bring  insurance  rates  down  .to  the 
present  cost-level  is  only  half  enough. 
The  cost  itself  ought  to  be  lowered. 
It  is  demonstrable  that  some  of  the 
practices  of  insurance  companies  tend 
to  increase  their  mortality  loss,  that  a 
higher  net  rate  of  interest  could  be 
secured  on  their  investments,  and  that 
the  cost  of  administration  is  often  ex- 
travagantly high.  Improvement  in 
any  of  these  particulars  would  mate- 
rially lower  the  cost  of  insurance,  and 
make  possible  a  further  reduction  in 
premium  rates,  resulting  in  a  wider 
utilization  of  the  benefits  of  insurance 
by  people  of  small  or  moderate  in- 
come." 


General  Booth  is  one  of  the  wonders 
of  this  age.  His  welcome  to  London 
last  month  was  one  of 
the  most  remarkable 
tributes  which  that 
city  has  ever  rendered  to  a  human. 
The  king  himself  took  notice  of  the 
event,  and  ten  thousand  people  gave  a 
great  demonstration  in  Albert  Hall. 
It  is  indeed  a  different  day  from  that 
on  which  William  Booth  started  out 
with  his  blood  red  banner  and  his 
tambourine  lasses  to  turn  the  religious 
world  upside  down.  While  he  has  not 
converted  everyone  to  his  kind  of  a  cam- 
paign he  has  won  his  way  from  con- 
tempt, and  ridicule,  and  active  oppo- 
sition to  be  recognized  as  one  of  hu- 
manity's benefactors.     General  Booth 


A  RemarKable 
Man. 


is  now  76  years  old  and  is  one  of  the 
most  active  men  of  the  day.  Through 
storm  and  sunshine,  with  only  six 
really  fine  days,  he  has  just  made  a 
tour  of  2,250  miles  in  a  motor  car, 
delivering  95  addresses  of  one  hour 
and  twenty  minutes  each,  besides 
many  wayside  speeches,  and  coming 
into  the  view  of  over  four  million  peo- 
ple. Of  course,  there  are  some  things 
about  General  Booth  and  his  work 
that  we  do  not  like.  For  instance,  his 
riding  into  the  Albert  Hall  standing  in 
his  motor  car  and  waving  his  hat  in 
response  to  the  uproarious  enthusiasm 
of  welcome,  is  purely  spectacular.  And 
his  disregard  of  some  features  of  the 
gospel  message  is  perhaps  no  more 
striking  than  the  negligence  on  the 
part  of  many  Christian  people  who 
decry  the  particular  methods  of  the 
Salvation  Army.  General  Booth  and 
his  work  have  their  weak  sides,  but  as 
a  humanitarian  he  has  done  a  great 
work  and  set  an  example  to  the  more 
respectable  element  in  the  churches 
who  believe  that  religion  consists  in 
attending  to  certain  forms  and  cere- 
monials, and  leave  out  the  heart  of  the 
gospel.  Religion  that  is  merely  re- 
spectable will  never  win  this  world. 
If  the  Salvation  Army  had  done  noth- 
ing else  than  emphasize  this  fact,  it 
would  have  justified  its  existence. 


A  writer  in  "The  World's  Work"  dis- 
putes the  common  assertion  that 
there  are  considerable 
numbers  of  unem- 
ployed men  who  are 
willing  and  able  to  work.  The  last 
census  says  that  6,500,000  persons 
who  have,  or  have  had,  renumerative 
occupations  were  unemployed  during 
part  or  all  of  the  year  1900.  This,  on 
the  surface,  looks  bad.  But  those  six 
and  a  half  millions  include  several 
classes  of  people  who  are  not  looking 
for  work.  They  include  the  unem- 
ployed rich,  the  workers  whose  occu- 
pations by  their  nature  do  not  con- 
tinue through  the  year,  the  superan- 
nuated, those  who  are  going  to  school 
for  part  of  the  year,  and  tramps  who 
do  not  want  work.  The  writer  of  the 
article  narrates  several  experiments 
which  have  convinced  him  that,  at 
least  in  prosperous  times  like  these, 
the  "army  of  the  unemployed  consists 
almost  entirely  of  those  who  devote 
their  best  efforts  to  avoiding  labor." 
But  after  all  that  does  not  solve  the 
whole  problem.  A  real  social  and 
economic  problem  is  presented  by  the 
existence  of  a  considerable  group  of 
men  who  are  not  willing  to  work.  It 
is  also  a  moral  question.  The  society 
which  produces  these  shirkers  and 
deserters  has  some  measure  of  respon- 
sibility for  them.  The  social  and 
economic  order  ought  to  furnish  work 
for  every  man  who  wants  it.  Ought  it 
not  also  to  furnish  every  man  with 
the  stimulus  and  inspiration  which 
will  make  him  want  to  do  his  share  in 
the  world? 


The  WorK  and 
the  WorKers. 


October  12,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


1317 


A  New  Era  of  Giving. 

The  announcement  which  will  be 
found  elsewhere,  by  G.  W.  Muckley, 
corresponding  secretary,  of  the 
princely  gift  to  Church  Extension  by 
Dr.  Wm.  G.  Logan  and  wife,  of  Kan- 
sas City,  will  send  a  thrill  of  joy  to  the 
hearts  of  brethren  everywhere.  It 
is  not  simply  the  fact  of  the  gift  it- 
self, though  that  means  much  to  our 
homeless  churches,  but  it  is  rather  as 
a  symptom  and  sign  of  the  times  that 
we  hail  it  with  joy. 

This  is  the  largest  gift  ever  made 
to  any  of  our  missionary  organiza- 
tions. It  would  have  been  absolutely 
impossible  a  few  years  ago.  We  have 
been  gradually  approaching  a  condi- 
tion that  makes  large  gifts  possible. 
We  have  only  in  recent  years  fur- 
nished channels  large  enough  and 
strong  enough  to  convey  the  out- 
flowing streams  of  generosity  to 
a  needy  world.  We  have  now  made 
it  possible  and  safe  for  men  of  means 
to  give  large  gifts  for  missions,  for 
education,  and  for  benevolence.  This 
is  a  fact  which  needs  to  be  more  wide- 
ly known  and  commented  upon  by 
both  press  and  pulpit,  for  we  take  it 
that  many  among  us  are  suffering 
spiritual  impoverishment  because  they 
have  not  given  of  their  abundance  on 
a  scale  commensurate  with  their  abil- 
ity and  responsibility. 

One  great  gift  inspires  many  others. 
It  is  especially  significant  that  this 
large  gift  to  Church  Extension  should 
be  made  by  a  citizen  of  Kansas  City, 
where  the  Board  of  Church  Exten- 
sion is  located,  and  by  one  who  has 
intimate  knowledge  of  the  character 
of  the  men  who  constitute  the  Board 
and  of  their  business  methods.  This 
fact  is  bound  to  inspire  confidence  in 
other  capitalists  who  may  wish  to 
make  a  large  investment  of  their 
means  where  it  will  be  a  source  of  per- 
petual benefit  to  mankind. 

Moreover,  a  generous  gift  like  this 
enlarges  the  ideas  and  stimulates  the 
liberality  of  others.  We  give  too  spar- 
ingly, forgetting  that  he  who  sows 
sparingly  shall  reap  sparingly,  and 
that  it  is  he  who  sows  bountifully  that 
shall  reap  bountifully.  The  example 
of  Dr.  Logan  and  his  good  wife  ought 
to  be  contagious.  We  believe  it  will 
be. 

The  same  motives  which  prompted 
this  gift  are  at  work  in  the  hearts  and 
minds  of  others,  and  we  are  inclined 
to  regard  this  as  the  dawning  of  a 
new  era  of  large  giving  for  the  ex- 
tension of  the  kingdom  of  God  among 
us.  The  solemn  truth  is  that  there 
must  be  a  much  larger  number  of 
such  gifts  than  heretofore  or  we  shall 
stand  condemned  in  the  eyes  of  the 
world,  to  say  nothing  of  the  eyes  of 


God.  We  must  give  to  save  the  world, 
and  we  must  give  to  save  ourselves 
from  the  curse  and  condemnation  of 
covetousness. 

Never  did  any  cause  offer  better  op- 
portunities and  make  greater  demands 
for  liberal  gifts  than  does  our  reform- 
atory movement  today.  Its  colleges, 
its  missionary  organizations  and  its 
benevolences  are  all  in  a  condition  to 
use  wisely  and  safely  and  to  the  glory 
of  God,  large  sums  of  money  which 
may  be  committed  to  them,  and  we 
can  not  accomplish  the  great  purpose 
of  our  being  in  the  world  as  a  religious 
movement  without  a  larger  liberality 
and  a  consecration  of  a  much  larger 
part  of  our  means  to  the  work  which 
God  has  given  us  to  do. 

In  view  of  all  these  considerations, 
therefore,  we  believe  there  is  evidence 
of  our  having  entered  upon  a  new  era 
of  giving. 

Is  It  Idolatry? 

W.  H.  Hanna,  of  Laoag,  Ilocos  Nor- 
te, Luzon,  P.  I.,  referring  to  a  state- 
ment in  a  sermon  by  Dr.  Lyman  Ab- 
bott, in  which  he  characterized  his 
boyhood  conception  of  God,  to  whom 
he  gave  "a  benign,  fatherly  counte- 
nance, long-bearded  and  white  hair, 
and  a  body  covered  with  flowing 
robes,"  as  "idolatry,"  says:  "In  the 
early  years  of  my  ministry  a  brother 
preacher  told  me  he  had  such  an 
image  of  God  in  his  mind  when  he 
prayed.  I  have  been  not  only  curious, 
but  anxious,  to  know  whether  the 
above  is  idolatry,  and  I  should  like 
to  have  your  opinion  thereupon.  I 
have  wondered  whether  a  profitable 
symposium  could  not  be  conducted 
upon  the  subject,  'The  God  to  whom 
I  Pray,'  giving  special  attention  to 
the  matter  of  embodying  the  Heavenly 
Father,  and  the  altered  conceptions 
of  God  which  study,  reflection  and 
experience  have  brought." 

Our  brother  has  suggested  a  very 
interesting  subject  for  thought.  Per- 
haps many  of  us  have  not  stopped  to 
formulate,  in  words  at  least,  our  idea 
of  the  God  whom  we  worship.  As  to 
the  crude  idea  which  Dr.  Abbott  says 
he  once  entertained  of  God  and  which 
many  children,  no  doubt,  and  perhaps 
some  older  people,  have  formed  of  the 
Infinite  One,  we  would  not  call  it 
idolatry.  It  is  only  an  imperfect  and 
very  inadequate  conception  of  God ; 
but  if  this  be  idolatry  then  who  of 
us  can  be  sure  that  he  is  not  an  idol- 
ater, for  all  our  ideas  of  God  must 
fall  short  of  the  sublime  reality?  But 
it  is  not  the  mental  image  that  is  wor- 
shipped, but  the  Infinite  Being  whom 
our  finite  minds  can  not  fully  com- 
prehend. There  should  be,  however, 
a  distinct  effort  on  the  part  of  Chris- 


tians to  spiritualize  their  conception 
of  God.  Perhaps  it  would  be  more 
strictly  correct  to  say  that  we  ought 
to  Christianise  our  thought  of  the 
Heavenly  Father.  There  have  been 
many  un-Christian  ideas  of  God. 
which  the  church  has  outgrown.  Jesus 
Christ  is  the  only  embodiment  of  the 
Heavenly  Father,  and  all  our  knowl- 
edge of  him  is  derived  from  our  study 
of  Jesus.  He  is  the  revelation  of  God, 
and  in  him  we  have  the  only  true  and 
worthy  conception  of  the  divine  being. 
We  fear  this  fact  is  not  sufficiently 
understood  or  remembered.  For  this 
purpose  Christ  came  into  the  world. 
"No  man,"  said  he,  "knoweth  the 
Father  but  the  Son  and  he  to  whom 
the  Son  shall  reveal  him."  Why,  then, 
should  we  look  in  any  other  direction 
for  our  conception  of  the  Father  than 
to  him  who  said,  "He  that  hath  seen 
me  hath  seen  the  Father"?  "The 
Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,"  that 
is,  the  Father  revealed  by  Jesus  Christ, 
alone  satisfies  the  deepest  needs  and 
the  profoundest  longings  of  the  human 
heart.  "In  Christ  God  is  good,  holy, 
rich  in  all  moral  excellencies,  free  and 
fatherly  in  heart,  abounding  in  love 
and  helpfulness,  and  worthy  forever 
to  be  loved,  adored  and  trusted  by  all 
that  he  has  made."  Here  the  heart 
can  rest,  here  it  finds  its  peace  and  its 
perennial  hope. 

There  can  be  no  higher  quest  than 
the  knowledge  of  God  as  revealed  in 
Christ  Jesus  our  Lord.  We  do  well 
to  direct  our  highest  thought  and  our 
heart's  purest  affections  toward  this 
goal  of  all  knowledge.  "And  this  is 
life  eternal,  to  know  God  and  Jesus 
Christ  whom  thou  hast  sent."  To 
lead  the  trusting,  seeking  soul  to  a 
higher  and  deeper  knowledge  of 
Christ,  who  is  the  revelation  of  God, 
is  the  sublime  mission  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  in  the  Church. 

Present  Work  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 

What  truth  has  the  Spirit,  since  the  apos- 
tolic age,  added  to  the  truth  contained  in 
the  New  Testament?  We  challenge  the 
world  to  the  task  of  pointing  out  a  solitary 
religious  truth  or  principle  bearing  the  im- 
print of  the  Holy  Spirit,  that  is  not  con- 
tained in  the  Scriptures. — 7.  B.  Briney  in 
"Christian  Weekly." 

Our  venerable  brodier,  we  fear,  is 
chasing  a  phantom.  He  is  challenging 
the  world  to  do  something  which  the 
work  he  is  reviewing  does  not  teach  or 
affirm  has  ever  been  done.  The  trou- 
ble with  our  brother  seems  to  be  his 
inability  to  conceive  of  any  work  of 
the  Holy  Spirit  in  the  present  age  ex- 
cept that  of  adding  something  new  to 
the  Holy  Scriptures.  If  he  could  once 
get  the  idea  that  it  is  not  truth  in 
the  New  Testament,  or  in  any  book, 
that   is   going   to   save   anybody,    but 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


October  12,  1905 


truth  in  the  human  mind  and  heart. 
he  might  see  a  work  for  the  Holy 
Spirit  to  accomplish  in  this  age. 
Would  he  "challenge  die  world  to 
the  task  of  pointing  out  a  solitary  re- 
g  ms  truth  or  principle  bearing  die 
imprint  of  the  Holy  Spirit"  in  die 
minds  and  hearts  of  people  today  that 
was  not  always,  since  the  apostolic 
.   in  the  minds  and  hearts  of  the 

D 

people  ?  Certainly  not !  The  end  of 
revelation  is  not  reached  until  the 
truth  revealed  has  found  its  place 
within  the  hearts  of  men.  It  is  as 
much  the  office  of  the  Holy  Spirit  to 
bring  this  truth  to  bear  upon  the  hearts 
and  lives  of  men  as  it  was  to  inspire 
holy  men  of  old  "to  write  the  books 
of  the  OKI  and  New  Testaments.  When 
this  truth  is  once  clearly  grasped  men 
will  have  no  difficulty  in  recognizing 
the  need  of  the  perpetuity  of  the  Spir- 
it's presence  and  work  in  the  church 
and  in  individual  believers. 


Have  We  Changed? 

The  following  letter  will  serve  as 
an  introduction  to  what  we  desire  to 
^ay  in  answer  to  the  above  question  : 

During  a  recent  conversation  with  an 
aged  member  of  the  Baptist  Church  I  made 
the  statement  that  I  believed  that  the  name 
"'Baptist."  and  their  position  on  the  com- 
munion were  the  only  vital  points  of  dif- 
ference between  the  Baptist  and  the  Chris- 
tian Churches.  I  tried  to  show  him  that 
in  most  essential  matters  these  two  religious 
bodies  occupy  substantially  the  same  posi- 
tion. 

The  older  brother  responded  by  this  ques- 
tion. "Is  it  not  true  that  the  Christian 
Church  is  changing  so  that  it  is  getting 
nearer  the  Baptist  Church  than  it  was  some 
years  ago?" 

It  does  not  make  any  difference  what  I 
answered  this  brother,  but  I  have  been  won- 
dering since  what  I  ought  to  have  answered 
in  order  to  have  been  perfectly  truthful. 
What  ought  one  to  say  when  asked  such  a 
question?  Perhaps  a  brief  reply  in  The 
Christian-Evangelist  might  be  helpful  to 
others  as  well  as  to  myself. 

Des  Moines,  Iozva.       O.   M.   Pennock. 

We  ought  to  be  the  last  people  in 
the  world  to  put  in  a  claim  that  we 
have  not  changed,  or  to  entertain  the 
idea  that  we  ought  not  to  change. 
Growth  involves  continuous  changes. 
The  corn  in  the  plant  is  very  different 
from  the  full-grown  corn  in  the  ear, 
and  there  are  many  different  stages 
between  the  young  plant  and  the  full- 
grown  corn.  And  yet  the  germ  of  the 
full-grown  ear  is  in  the  young  plant, 
and  needs  only  the  proper  conditions 
to  develop  into  maturity.  The  life  is 
the  same,  whether  in  germinating 
plant  or  matured  fruit,  but  the  life 
reaches  its  maturity  through  the  proc- 
ess of  changes. 

Most  certainly  we  have  changed  in 
this  sense.  We  have  certainly  grown 
in  numbers ;  in  a  clearer  apprehension 


of  our  work  in  the  world;  in  the 
knowledge  of  what  is  involved  in  the 
very  nature  and  meaning  of  our  Ref- 
ormation :  in  organization  for  accom- 
plishing these  ends,  and  in  the  art 
of  co-operation  and  of  adjustment  to 
our  environment.  All  this  involves  a 
change  of  emphasis,  a  change  of  di- 
rection in  our  activities,  more  complex 
organization  for  the  accomplishment 
of  a  greater  variety  of  work,  and  that 
inevitable  change  of  temper  and  spirit 
which  would  be  brought  about  by 
these  new  duties  and  obligations,  and 
by  increased  age  and  experience  as  a 
religious  movement. 

As  the  human  body  is  continually 
changing,  and  yet  is  the  same  body, 
subject  to  the  same  laws  of  physical 
development,  so  a  religious  movement 
that  has  life  and  a  mission  in  the  world 
must  necessarily  change,  but  it  remains 
the  same  body  or  movement,  under  the 
operation  of  the  same  laws  of  spirit- 
ual development.  Our  aim — the  union 
of  the  people  of  God,  and  our  method 
— the  restoration  of  New  Testament 
Christianity  as  the  way  to  that  end, 
and  our  basis  of  faith — the  Christhood 
and  divinity  of  Jesus  of  Nazareth, 
remain  the  same.  There  has  been  and 
can  be  no  departure  from  these  fun- 
damental principles,  though  there  has 
been  and  must  continue  to  be  a  clearer 
apprehension  of  these  principles  and 
a  better  adjustment  of  our  individual 
and  church  life  to  their  requirements. 

As  to  the  inquiry  of  our  Baptist 
brother  about  our  "getting  nearer  the 
Baptist  Church"  than  we  formerly 
were,  we  should  say  it  is  evident  that 
Baptists  and  Disciples  of  Christ  are 
much  nearer  together  than  they  for- 
merly were,  but  this  approximation  to 
each  other  is  the  result  of  the  approx- 
imation of  each  to  the  New  Testament 
ideal  of  the  church  and  to  the  mind 
of  Christ.  There  are  some,  no  doubt, 
in  each  body  who  have  made  little 
or  no  progress  toward  the  divine 
ideals,  and  such  remain  as  far  apart 
now  as  they  ever  were.  It  is  only  as 
all  Christians  approach  nearer  Christ 
and  nearer  to  his  conception  of  the 
church,  that  they  approach  nearer  to 
each  other.  We  have  now  gotten  far 
enough  along,  many  of  us,  to  co-op- 
erate together  in  many  ways  for  com- 
mon ends,  and  if  this  progress  Christ- 
ward  continues  it  is  only  a  question 
of  time  when  our  Lord's  prayer  for 
the  perfect  unity  of  his  disciples  will 
be  fulfilled.  Let  us  do  what  in  us 
lies  to  hasten  that  day. 


Every  person  has  two  educations — 
one  which  he  receives  from  others, 
and  one,  more  important,  which  he 
gives  himself. — Gibbon. 


Notes  and  Comments. 

In  connection  with  the  gift  of  Dr. 
Logan,  announced  elsewhere  and  com- 
mented on  in  our  editorial,  "A  New 
Era  of  Giving,"  it  is  interesting  to 
notice  the  gift  of  one  of  our  preachers, 
David  R.  Pickens,  of  Tyler,  Texas, 
whose  recent  gift  of  $10,000,  supple- 
menting a  previous  one  of  the  same 
amount,  makes  $20,000  from  this 
preacher — a  gift  as  remarkable,  in  its 
way,  as  that  of  Dr.  Logan  and  wife. 
It  only  corroborates  our  prophecy  that 
we  are  in  the  dawn  of  an  era  of  en- 
larged liberality  which  is  to  be  marked 
by  large  gifts  to  our  various  enter- 
prises. 


The  Religious  Conference  to  be  held 
at  Urbana,  111.,  on  October  19,  in  con- 
nection with  the  installation  of  Dr. 
Edniond  J.  James  as  president  of  the 
institution,  on  "The  Religious  and 
Moral  Education  in  State  Universi- 
ties," will  discuss  some  topics  of  vital 
importance,  and  ought  to  prove  very 
profitable.  Prof.  Shailer  Matthews, 
of  the  University  of  Chicago,  will  pre- 
side, and  among  the  speakers  will  be 
Professor  Kelsey,  of  the  University  of 
Michigan;  President  King,  of  Ober- 
lin  College ;  President  Bryan,  of  In- 
diana University ;  Rev.  Jenkin  Lloyd 
Jones  and  other  men  of  note.  We 
shall  watch  the  result  of  this  confer- 
ence with  interest,  and  shall  give  our 
readers  a  report  of  at  least  its  lead- 
ing ideas  and  conclusions. 


Edgar  D.  Jones,  one  of  our  Cleve- 
land pastors,  after  complimenting  The 
Christian  -  Evangelist  for  issuing 
"the  brightest  and  best  convention 
number  ever  issued  by  any  of  our  re- 
gious  papers,"  adds  the  following 
fact  which  is  not  so  gratifying :  "Dur- 
ing the  progress  of  the  convention  I 
searched  our  Cleveland  papers  daily 
for  some  report  of  the  hosts  at  San 
Francisco,  but  if  a  single  item  ap- 
peared I  failed  to  find  it.  I  was  disap- 
pointed in  this,  since  the  Methodists 
a  year  ago  at  Los  Angeles  were  ac- 
corded surprisingly  full  press  dis- 
patches." Perhaps  one  explanation  of 
this  fact  is  that  we  do  not  elect  bishops, 
try  heretics,  or  modify  creeds  at  our 
national  conventions,  nor  do  other 
things  that  appeal  to  the  sensational- 
ism of  the  daily  press,  but  the  matter 
is  well  worth  a  little  careful  looking 
into  to  see  whether  or  not  proper  pains 
are  taken  and  plans  made  for  convey- 
ing the  news  of  such  conventions  to 
the  daily  press  of  the  country.  Perhaps 
there  is  an  art  here  that  we  have  not 
mastered. 


I  h   rOBER    12,    KJ05 


THE  CflRISTIAX-EVAXGELI 


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Editor's  Easy  Chair. 

The  Easy  Chair  can  do  nothing  less 
than  lift  its  hat  and  make  a  profound 
bow  of  acknowledgment  to  its  wide 
circle  of  readers  for  the  numerous  ex- 
pressions of  satisfaction  and  pleasure 
which  they  have  derived  from  its  pe- 
rusal during  the  past  summer.  It  ap- 
preciates this  appreciation  more  than 
it  dares  to  tell.  Moreover,  it  is  not 
less  surprised  than  gratified  at  this 
universal  expression  of  sentiment  con- 
cerning its  easy,  offhand,  unmethod- 
ical descriptions,  reflections,  homilies, 
and  musings.  Thousands  of  our  read- 
ers have  followed  us  during  the  sum- 
mer, traveling  with  us  in  imagination 
out  to  the  Pacific  Coast,  across  the 
plains  and  deserts  and  mountain 
ranges  ;  have  shared  with  us  our  ex- 
hilaration and  joy  on  the  bosom  of 
the  mighty  Pacific ;  have  entered  into 
the  spirit  and  enthusiasm  of  our 
National  Convention  at  San  Fran- 
cisco, admired  with  us  the  sublime 
mountain  scenery  along  the  way 
through  the  Sierras  and  the  Rocky 
Mountains,  and  have  returned  with 
ns  to  the  cool  and  quiet  retreat  by  the 
lakeside  at  Pentwater,  and  have  even 
rested  with  us  there  as  we  walked 
through  the  still  woods  and  along  the 
resounding  shore  at  Garrison  Park. 
If  in  that  way  we  have  helped  our 
readers  to  enjoy  the  summer's  vaca- 
tion, as  they  say,  one  of  the  objects  of 
the  Easy  Chair,  at  least,  has  been  ac- 
complished. 


St.  Louis  has  one  visitor  that  al- 
ways brings  with  her  royal  gifts.  It 
is  the  month  of  October !  And  not 
only  to  St.  Louis,  but  to  all  the  region 
roundabout  October  comes  bringing 
clear  skies,  bright  sunshine,  cool, 
bracing  atmosphere  and  a  whole  lap- 
full  of  summer  products.  The  tardy 
vacationists  who  have  lingered  north 
for  the  autumn  frosts  come  trooping 
home  in  the  early  days  of  October,  and 
life — commercial,  social,  intellectual 
and  religious — takes  on  a  more  in- 
tense form.  Indeed,  so  many  are  the 
charms  of  the  queenly  month  of  Octo- 
ber that  those  who  have  been  away  are 
almost  persuaded  on  their  return  that 
St.  Louis,  after  all,  has  the  ideal  cli- 
mate! With  all  her  other  accomplish- 
ments, October  is  a  rare  artist.  Al- 
ready she  has  begun  her  work  of  dec- 
orating, and  the  trees  and  grasses  and 
meadows  are  taking  on  their  autumnal 
tints  from  her  magic  brush.  The 
proud  maple  and  the  humble  sumach 
are  now  flaming  on  the  hillside  and 
by  the  roadway,  and  later  on  the  lord- 
ly oak  and  his  congemers  of  the  forest 
will  don  their  robes  of  various  hues, 
so  as  to  keep  in  fashion.     Welcome, 


bright,  cheery  (  )<  tober,  whose  mingled 
frosts  and  sunshine  add  new  tou< 
of  beauty  and  grace  even  to  the  emer- 
ald robes  of  summer! 


Speaking  of  October,  it  is  also  a 
revealing  month  in  many  ways,  and 
this  gives  to  it  a  soberer  aspect.  It 
not  only  tells  what  the  summer  has 
wrought  in  field  and  forest,  in  orchard 
and  garden,  but  it  is  the  beginning  of 
a  new  fiscal  year  with  our  missionary 
organizations  and  with  many  of  our 
business  firms.  In  our  religious  work 
October  brings  the  final  summing  up 
of  figures  which  tells  of  success  or 
failure  in  our  plans  and  efforts  to  ex- 
tend the  kingdom  of  God.  Our  col- 
umns have  already  told  the  glad  news 
of  success  attending  all  our  mission- 
ary organizations  the  past  year ;  some 
have  attained  the  goal  for  which  they 
were  struggling  and  all  have  made  a 
long  stride  forward.  This  is  certainly 
gratifying  to  all  who  have  shared  in 
the  fellowship  of  giving  to  these  vari- 
ous organizations.  It  ought  to  be  far 
otherwise  to  those  who  have  stood 
aloof  from  the  strenuous  labors  and 
anxieties  of  their  brothers  and  sisters. 
Today  brings  us  the  final  figures 
showing  the  result  of  our  company's 
business  for  the  past  year  and  we,  too, 
like  our  missionary  organizations,  with 
whose  life  and  progress  we  are  so 
thoroughly  identified,  can  report  sub- 
stantial progress,  as  the  year's  busi- 
ness has  gone  considerably  beyond 
anything  in  the  previous  history  of 
the  company.  Our  readers,  we  are 
sure,  will  rejoice  with  us,  believing 
that  our  success  means  the  larger  suc- 
cess of  the  kingdom  of  God.  When 
that  ceases  to  be  true,  may  the  good 
Lord  smite,  with  the  mildew  of  his 
displeasure,  the  whole  establishment ! 

8 

We  are  entering  upon  a  series  of 
simultaneous  evangelistic  campaigns 
in  a  number  of  our  larger  cities.  This 
is  well.  The  cities  are  the  strong- 
holds of  Satan,  and  they  must  be  made 
the  strongholds  of  righteousness.  This 
will  require  a  united  and  simultaneous 
movement  on  the  part  of  our  churches. 
In  many  cases  it  will  require  the 
united  efforts  of  all  evangelical  Chris- 
tians, regardless  of  our  denomination- 
al divisions.  The  practicability  of 
such  union  evangelistic  meetings  has 
now  been  demonstrated.  The  time  is 
now  here  when  our  evangelists  can 
take  the  lead  in  these  union  meetings, 
as  they  have  done  recently,  with  splen- 
did results.  That  is  what  we  have 
been  urging  for  many  years,  as  the 
logical  result  of  our  position  as  ad- 
vocates of  Christian  union.  Every 
union  campaign  against  sin  and  un- 
belief is  a  convincing  object-lesson  of 
the  value  of  union,  =md  the  folly  of 
divisions    that    divide    the    people    of 


God.  Si  to  irnltari'  an- 

gelistic  (  ampaigrfs,  and  may  the  union 
of   the  churches   in   the  ntM  be 

perfected  by  their  union  with  Christ 
in  a  holy  alliance  against  all  the  for 
of  evil ! 

To  ride  through  Missouri  on  the 
rear  end  of  an  observation  car  on  a 
glorious  autumn  day  is  to  \xi  im- 
pressed anew  with  the  scenic  attract- 
iveness, material  resources,  incn 
of  population,  material  development, 
and  the  imperial  domain  of  the  state. 
The  Editor  had  been  called  to  Kai. 
City  to  assist  Bro.  T.  P.  Haley  in  the 
formal  opening  of  the  completed  bs 
ment  of  the  new  South  Side  Church 
on  Linwood  Boulevard  and  Forrest 
Avenue.  It  is  always  a  delight  to  in 
to  visit  the  brethren  in  Kansas  City. 
The  religious  atmosphere  among  the 
churches  called  Christian  in  that  city 
is  charged  with  a  good  deal  of  electri- 
cal force.  They  are  an  aggressive  lot 
of  people,  and  they  have  learned  the 
blessed  art  of  pulling  together.  The 
occasion  of  last  Lord's  day  was  unusu- 
ally interesting.  The  young  church 
for  which  the  veteran  pastor,  T.  P. 
Haley,  has  been  preaching  for  some 
time,  had  the  courage  and  faith  to  un- 
dertake a  great  enterprise — the  build- 
ing of  a  splendid  church  edifice  in  one 
of  the  finest  residence  sections  of  the 
city.  They  have  roofed  over  the  base- 
ment and  finished  it  up  in  most  elegant 
style  for  an  auditorium  and  will  use 
it  for  all  the  purposes  of  the  church 
until  the  structure  is  completed.  It 
will  be  a  fine  stone  building  in  modern 
style  of  architecture,  costing  from 
$50,000  to  $75,000.  A  great  and 
happy  congregation  gathered  last 
Lord's  day  morning.  In  the  after- 
noon at  three  o'clock  there  was  a 
meeting  of  representatives  of  all  the 
churches,  and  the  pastors  of  the  sev- 
eral churches  occupied  places  on  the 
platform.  An  appeal  for  funds  to  as- 
sist the  brethren  in  paying  their  indebt- 
edness resulted  in  pledges  for  over 
$5,100,  which  was  regarded  as  very 
liberal  in  view  of  the  amount  which 
had  already  been  given  by  the  church. 
This  congregation  has  a  great  fu- 
ture. In  the  evening  we  attended 
service  at  the  Boulevard  Christian 
Church  of  which  Brother  Combs  is 
pastor,  where  Bro.  Charles  Reign  Sco- 
ville  is  now  conducting  a  great  meet- 
ing, assisted  by  De  Loss  Smith  as  sing- 
er. We  have  no  space  to  speak  of  the 
beautiful  building,  the  great  audience, 
the  inspiring  music,  and  the  stirring 
sermon,  resulting  in  fifteen  additions 
that  evening,  making,  with  twelve  in 
the  morning,  twenty-seven  for  the  day, 
or  nearly  150  during  the  meeting.  On 
Monday  morning  we  attended  and 
brieflv  addressed  the  ministers'  meet- 
ing. In  the  evening  we  attended  and 
addressed  the  local  Christian  Endeav- 
or Union  of  the  city,  leaving  on  the 
10:45  train.  It  was  a  very  busy,  but 
delightful,  visit  in  the  rapidly  grow- 
ing city  at  the  mouth  of  the  Kaw. 


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October  12,  1905 


Some  Reasons  for  the  Change  of  My 


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for    V  teacher  in   the   H'esleyan   University  and  more  lately  was  pastor  of  the  Laurel  Meth-  4   Peter  tells  how  he 
odist   Episcopal   Church   in   Springfield.     Mr.   Lyon   formally  on   this  occasion 
nounced  the  fact  of  his  change  of  church  allegiance  from  Methodism  to   the  Chris- 
tian Church. 


Were  I  to  take  a 
text,  it  should  be 
John  17.  for 
main  plea  is 
Christian  union.  I 
have  nothing  in  my 
heart  this  evening 
but  love   for   every 

man  and  woman  of  God.  yes  for  all 
my  fellowmen.  I  want  to  speak  the 
truth  in  love  as  God  has  given  it  to 
all  mankind.  To  be  a  Christian  is  to  be 
a  world  citizen  like  the  Christ  who  is 
our  example :  to  be  a  world  citizen 
like  the  great  apostle  Paul,  who  had 
a  universal  sweep  of  thought  and  love 
which  knew  no  difference  of  faith. 

\\  hat  I  have  to  say  this  evening  is 
hardly  a  sermon.  It  is  perhaps  ex- 
pected of  me  that  I  give  at  least  a 
reason  or  two  why  I  change.  I  have 
but  one  motive  for  changing,  and  that 
is,  as  the  Father  knows,  my  honest 
conviction  as  to  the  plain  and  simple 
teachings  of  the  scripture,  especially 
those  of  the  New  Testament.  Much 
prayer,  long  and  earnest  study  of 
God's  word  have  so  deepened  my  con- 
victions that  I  can  resist  them  no  long- 
er. I  have  counted  the  cost,  the  loss 
of  friends,  suspicion.  There  is  now 
not  one  thing  in  sight.  It  is  going 
from  certainty  as  to  position  into  un- 
certainty. It  is  passing  from  the 
greater  in  one  way  to  the  less.  But 
all  these  things  I  count  as  nothing  if 
only  I  can  be  truer  to  Christ's  teach- 
ings and  win  more  souls  for  his  kins-- 
dom. 

QUESTION  OF  BAPTISM. 

Some  of  my  friends  know  I  have 
been  slipping  for  years,  fighting  my 
way  by  inches,  so  to  speak,  for  it  is  a 
difficult  thing  to  give  up  old  and  cher- 
ished ideas — ideas  around  which  the 
poetry  of  your  early  life  lingers.     If 


vas     baptized     by 

1  making       baptism 

h  3  analogous    to    the 

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the  earth.  (1  Peter  3:21.)  Paul  makes 
it  emphatic  in  Eph.  4:5  that  there  is 
but  one  baptism ;  "one  Lord,  one  faith 
and  one  baptism." 

FORM  IS  IMPORTANT. 

Then,  again,  of  what  is  baptism  a 
picture?  Of  the  death,  burial  and 
resurrection  of  Jesus  Christ.  In 
other  words,  it  is  the  Gospel  appeal- 
ing to  the  eye.  The  form  of  it  then 
does  matter.  No  other  form  will  do 
this  at  all.  In  no  other  form  are  there 
a  burial  and  a  resurrection.  We  re- 
peat it,  then,  the  form  does  matter. 
Man  has  as  much  right  to  change  the 
form  of  the  Lord's  supper  as  he  has 
to  change  the  form  of  baptism.  One 
is  just  as  sacred  as  the  other.  It  is 
just  as  bad  to  jest  about  the  one  as 
the  other.  Christ  was  brought  up 
under  a  multitude  of  institutions,  but 
in  instituting  Christianity  he  left  us 
only  two  sacred  ordinances.  He 
showed  us  by  his  own  example  just 
how    he    wanted    them    carried    out. 


of  18.  But  now  as  an  ordained  min- 
ister I  found  liberty  of  thought  in 
conflict  with  authority  of  opinion.  I 
must  carry  out  the  decrees  of  the 
governing  power.  But  God's  voice 
rang  in  my  ears,  Rom.  14:23,  "What- 
soever is  not  of  faith  is  sin."  Accord- 
ing to  this  it  would  be  a  sin  for  me 
to  do  certain  things  required  of  me     How  can  a  man  dare  to  change  one 


of  Christ's  ordinances?  We  can  not 
be  reminded  too  often  of  Christ's  great 
sacrificial  love.  Our  only  reminders 
are:  1.  The  Gospel  preached  to  the 
ear.  2.  The  Gospel  preached  to  the 
eye  by  immersion.  3.  The  Sabbath 
day    changed   to   the   Lord's   day   by 


in  which  I  had  no  faith,  for  I  could 
not  see  that  God  sanctioned  them  in 
his  word.  I  could  rot  get  away  from 
that  voice.  I  went  to  the  old  book  as 
never  before.  In  fact,  I  have  prac- 
tically been  a  man  of  one  book  this 
year.    I  could  not  find  within  the  lids 

of  scripture  where  pure  water  was  Christ  and  the  Holy  Spirit.  4.  The 
sprinkled  on  any  one  for  baptismal  Lord's  supper.  Christ  knew  that  we 
purposes.  I  found  in  John  3 :5  where  would  need  all  these,  or  he  would  not 
Christ  tells  how  he  was  baptized.  In  have  instituted  them, 
explaining  to  Nicodemus  what  he  The  form  of  baptism  is  largely  a 
whatTmeans  ^  meant  by  "being  born  again,"  he  said,     philological  question.    All  of  our  stan- 

"Except  a  man  be  born  of  water  and  dard  Greek  lexicons  and  best  Greek 
of  the  spirit  he  can  not  enter  the  king-  professors  translate  baptizo  "to  dip, 
dom  of  God."  Could  language  be  to  plunge."  It  is  not  a  question  of 
plainer?  He  says,  too,  "I  am  the  interpretation,  but  of  truthful  trans- 
way."     Then  the  devoted  follower  of     lation.    Even  Wesley,  Luther  and  Cal- 

\u  a  TwyJ  I    StCP  °Ut         f     Christ  wil1  sure]y  go  hi*  way.     Paul     vin  all  acknowledged  that  this  is  the 

J   had  fulfilled  my -obligations  to  the     te]ls  us  in  three  p]aces  how  he  was     meaning  of  the  term.  But  John  Calvin 

i!!l  „!LaPPOinted'     baPtized-     Rom.   6:4,   Rom.  6:5   and     said  the  church,  i.  e.,  man  had  a  right 

Col.  2:12.  He  says  twice  that  he  was  to  change  the  form.  But  God  says 
buried  with  his  Lord  in  baptism  and  no,  and  then  speaks  of  the  penalties 
the  third  time  that  he  was  planted  for  adding  to  or  taking  from  what  is 
with  him.  Now,  what  are  the  only 
possible  ideas  back  of  "born,"  "bur- 
ied" and  "planted"?  Do  you  think 
children     can     err     after    they    have 


But  that  which  precipitated  my  ac- 
tion was  finding  myself  decidedly  out 
of  harmony  with  the  teachings  of  my 
Thus  it  was  only  fair  and 


NOT  A  SUDDEN  MOVE 

On  the  question  of  baptism  I  stood 
this  year  face  to  face  with  the  author- 
ity of  God  or  man.  Tt  had  never  be- 
fore so  vividly  presented  itself,  for 
this  was  the  first  time  I  had  the  right 
to  perform  the  act.     Hitherto  I  had 


enjoyed  the  liberty  of  thought,  which  learned  the  simple  meaning  of  these 

you  know  is  in  harmony  with  liberty  words?    It  seems  that  the  Holy  Spirit 

to    differ.       Being    dissatisfied    with  is  anxious  to  have  us  understand  by 

sprinkling  in  my  youth,  I  was  buried  his    repetition   and    using   such    plain 

with  my  Lord  in  baptism  at  the  age  terms.      Of    course,    we   believe   that 


written  in  this  book.  Christ  was 
right,  the  Holy  Spirit  was  right,  but 
John  Calvin  was  wrong. 

THE  MAIN  REASON. 

What  could  I  do  with  such  an  ar- 
ray of  authority  before  me?  I  said, 
"Father,  I  will  go  thy  way,  let  come 
what  may." 

I    mention    one   more   deciding   in- 


October  12,  1905 


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ReliglOUS  Affiliations  ^  By  Rev.  O.  L.Lyon 


fluence.  That  which  has  had  more  to 
do  with  my  decision  than  anything 
else  is  the  plea  for  Christian  union. 
From  almost  every  denomination  there 
comes  up  a  cry  pointing  in  this  di- 
rection ;  especially  does  it  come  from 
far-off  mission  fields;  but  the  Disci- 
ples of  Christ  are  the  only  body  of 
Christians  who  have  this  plea  as  their 
conscious  purpose.  A  divided  church 
is,  to  a  large  extent,  helpless  before 
united  evil.  What  can  division  do 
with  union?  The  sacred  body  of 
Christ,  of  his  church,  is  dismembered, 
contrary  to  the  divine  commandment. 
The  Holy  Spirit  must  preside  over 
the  rent  members  of  the  body  of 
Christ.  No  wonder  so  many  voices 
from  every  quarter  of  the  civilized 
world  are  pleading  for  some  sort  of 
union.  These  voices  come  from  the 
pulpit,  the  press  and  the  public  plat- 
form. 

[The  speaker  here  cited  the  words 
of  the  noted  Congregationalist  minis- 
ter, Dr.  John  Hunter,  of  Glasgow, 
Scotland,  who  has  just  written  an 
epoch-making  book  entitled,  "The 
Coming  Church,  a  Plea  for  a  Church 
Simply  Christian" ;  and  of  Dr.  S. 
Parks  Cadman,  of  Brooklyn,  who  has 
been  one  of  America's  greatest  Meth- 
odists.] 

CHRIST'S  WORDS  ON  UNITY. 

But  far  above  all  the  appeals  that 
come  to  my  ears  and  that  which  stirs 
my  whole  being  to  its  depths,  are  the 
tender,  pleading  words  of  the  blessed 
Christ   just   a  little   while   before  he 
went  down  into  the  midnight  darkness 
of   Gethsemane  and  Mount   Calvary. 
It  was  on  the  eve  of  his  betrayal.  Lis- 
ten to  his  precious  words  (John  17 :20- 
22)  :    "Father,   I   pray   not   for  these 
alone,  but  for  all  them  that  believe  on 
me  through  their  word,  even  as  thou, 
Father,  art  in  me  and  I  in  thee,  that 
they  also  may  be  one  in  us ;  that  the 
world    may    believe    that    thou    didst 
send  me.     And  the  glory  thou  grant- 
est  me  I  have  given  them,  that  they 
may  be  one  even  as  we  are  one."    Six 
times  in  this,  the  second  most  touching 
prayer  ever  prayed,  the  loving  Savior 
pleads  for  oneness  of  all  of  his  follow- 
ers.    No  doubt,  he  could  look  down 
the  centuries  and  see  their  destructive 
divisions.    Twice  he  gives  as  a  reason 
for  unity  "that  the  world  might  be- 
lieve that  thou  hast  sent  me."    What 
does  this  mean?    Could  it  mean  any- 
thing else  than  that  a  divided  church 
is  a  blow  at  the  divinity  of  Christ?    It 
is  not  so  intended,  but  the  fact  never- 
theless remains  the  same.     Is  it  not 
evident    from   Jesus'    words    that   he 
did  not  expect  the  world  to  believe  in 


his  divinity  unless  his  followers  should 
remain  united?  Nor  did  he  expect  the 
world  to  believe  in  the  Father's  love 
for  them  unless  his  disciples  loved 
one  another.  When  we  consider  that 
the  most  destructive  attack  on  reli- 
gion today  is  the  subtle  doubt  of 
Christ's  divinity,  this  question  be- 
comes a  serious  one. 

IS  IT  POSSIBLES 

Some  one  may  say  that  such  an 
ideal  is  not  possible.  Then,  was  Christ 
a  dreamer?  He  prayed  that  his  fol- 
lowers might  be  one  as  he  and  his 
Father  were  one.  Christ  surely  would 
not  mock  us.  The  church  was  one  for 
some  time  after  Christ's  advent.  It 
will  be  so  again.  God  will  answer  his 
Son's  prayer.  "Nothing  is  impossible 
with  God."  The  sublime  faith  of  the 
Disciples  of  Christ  during  the  past 
century  will  "one  day  pass  into  sight. 

The  Holy  Spirit  is  in  perfect  ac- 
cord with  Christ  on  this  point  when 
he  speaks  through  Paul  in  1  Cor.  1 : 
10,  "Now  I  beseech  you,  brethren, 
through  the  name  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  that  ye  all  speak  the  same 
thing,  and  that  there  be  no  divisions 
among  you ;  but  that  ye  be  perfected 
together  in  the  same  mind  and  in  the 
same  judgment."  Surely  the  Holy 
Spirit  is  not  mocking  us  here  with  an 
unattainable  ideal.  There  can  be  unity 
in  essentials  but  liberty  in  nonessen- 
tials. Christ  put  very  few  things  in- 
to his  law  of  pardon  and  develop- 
ment. What  would  Paul  say  today  if 
he  should  visit  the  United  States  and 
find  one  hundred  and  fifty-three  or 
more  violations  of  his  divine  com- 
mand ?  What  sort  of  a  sermon  would 
he  preach  were  he  here  in  this  pulpit? 
Friends,  can  we  pray  for  union  and 
yet  be  a  party?  This  is  the  question 
that  has  so  stared  me  in  the  face. 

THE  DAY  IS  COMING. 

But  just  now  there  is  a  somewhat 
hopeful  outlook  for  a  solution  of  this 
vexing  question.  The  differences 
among  the  churches  are  coming  to 
be  looked  upon  as  largely  historical 
and  not  so  real  and  important.  The 
problems  that  produced  the  great 
rents  of  former  times  are  becoming 
extinct.  To  a  considerable  extent  a 
common  spirit  of  worship  and  work 
pervades  most  denominations.  We 
are  coming  in  a  degree  to  see  how 
much  alike  we  are  and  that  denomina- 
tional lines  are  no  longer  needed.  Es- 
pecially is  this  true  on  the  mission 
fields.  There  it  is  compulsory.  The 
tendencies  now  in  the  world's  indus- 
trial and  political  activity  are  toward 
union.  And  of  course  unity  is  the 
great  organizing  principle  of  all  intel- 


lectual activity.  The  spiritual  is  to 
be  brought  up  abreast.  A  multitude 
of  voices  are  asking  how,  how,  how 
bring  about  this  union  and  progress 
which  will  give  the  world  a  more  full- 
orbed  Christian  character,  one  per- 
haps richer  in  types  of  doctrines  and 
Christian  qualities?  It  is  clearly  seen 
that  the  denominations  need  one  an- 
other, need  the  strength  of  each  assim- 
ilated into  a  common  whole. 

In  what  way  can  this  goal  be  ac- 
complished? It  appears  to  me  that  the 
only  feasible  plan  of  union  is  for  all 
the  churches  to  answer  in  the  plead- 
ings of  the  Holy  Spirit  when  he 
speaks  through  Paul  that  we  "all 
must  speak  the  same  thing."  Of 
course  this  can  only  be  as  creeds  are 
laid  aside  and  the  Bible  universally 
adopted  as  our  only  rule  and  guide 
of  faith,  especially  that  dispensation 
under  which  we  as  Christians  are  now 
living.  It  is  hardly  thinkable  that  the 
creed  of  any  denomination  would  ever 
be  universally  adopted,  but  the 
precious  words  of  our  Father  should 
appeal  to  every  one  as  sufficient.  I 
believe  in  improvement,  but  I  do  not 
believe  in  an  improved  Gospel.  God 
who  created  such  a  perfect  system  of 
mathematics,  of  which  man  has  found 
out  a  few  things,  who  made  such  a 
wonderful  system  of  science  and  phil- 
osophy, surely,  surely  has  not  given 
us  a  bunglesome  system  of  revela- 
tion. No,  in  one  thousand  six  hun- 
dred years  he  constructed  a  temple 
of  truth  and  beauty,  this  old  book, 
which  has  been  the  admired  of  the 
ages  and  which  is  so  far  above  all 
-creeds  that  there  is  no  comparison. 
Majestically  he  has  moved  from  types 
to  anti-types,  from  facts  to  prin- 
ciples, and  then  from  principles  to 
their  application  until  we  have  the 
greatest  gift  of  heaven  to  man,  with 
one  exception,  and  that  is  Christ. 

THE  CHANGE  OF  CREEDS. 

The  old  book  never  changes,  but 
creeds  crack  to  pieces  by  the  onward 
march  of  thought.  The  old  book  with 
its  divine  spark  seems  to  have  an  ex- 
pansive power  with  the  onward  march 
of  the  centuries.  It  just  fits  the 
human  mind  in  its  development.  God 
made  man  and  knew  just  what  would 
fit  him.  It  harmonizes  with  the  bed- 
rock of  principles  of  science.  Even  ev- 
olution in  so  far  as  it  is  an  unfoldment 
of  the  principle  of  divine  immanence 
is  not  out  of  harmony  with  God's 
sacred  word.  Does  such  a  work  where 
one  spoke  as  never  man  spake,  where 
the  Holy  Spirit  reveals  so  plainly  the 
plan  of  salvation  and  God's  method 
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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


October  12,  1905 


Our  Own  English  Convention  By  William  Durban 


\  >w  for  over  twenty  years  it  has 
my  privilege  to  attend  the  annual 
con;'  of  the  Christian  Associa- 

tion of  Great  Britain.    Is  it  not  some- 
thing-  for   which   any   man   might  be 
mndly  grateful  that  nothing  ever 
prevented  attendance  at  these  joyous 

-ions?  The  Semi-Jubilee  of  this 
Christian    Asociation    has    just    been 

brated  by  the  gathering  of  dele- 
gates of  our  churches  of  Christ  in  the 

■.tiful  town  of  Cheltenham.  It  is 
now  a  quarter  of  a  century  since  a  lit- 

company  of  preachers  and  mem- 
bers of  a  few  infant  churches  took  a 
trip  to  a  little  place  called  Helsby, 
amongst  the  hills  and  woods  of  Ches- 
hire.  These  founders  of  the  new  work 
hailed  chiefly  from  Chester,  Liver- 
pool. WIgan  and  Southport.  On  a 
beautiful  summer  afternoon  in  a  love- 
ly  spot  the  Christian  Association  was 
inaugurated.  It  began  in  sunshine 
under  the  canopy  of  heaven,  and  it 
has  been  visited  ever  since  by  abun- 
dant sunshine  of  heavenly  favor.  Of 
course  twenty-five  years  have  wit- 
nessed many  changes,  many  develop- 
ments, many  losses,  many  gains. 

THE    G.TTEEN  OF  THE  COTSWOLDS. 

Most  of  the  churches  of  this  asso- 
ciation are  located  in  beautiful  places. 
Southport,  Southampton,  Chester, 
Margate.  Cheltenham,  Gloucester,  In- 
gleton,  are  charming  towns,  reckoned 
amongst  the  most  attractive  in  Eng- 
land. Cheltenham  is  lapped  in  the 
fair  scenes  of  the  Cotswolds  Hills.  It 
is  a  great  sanitarium,  a  favorite  resi- 
dential neighborhood  for  retired  mili- 
tary, naval  and  official  families,  and 
is  also  the  seat  of  splendid  academical 
institutions.  Its  parks,  public  gar- 
dens, mineral  waters,  and  exquisitely 
verdant  surrounding  highlands  com- 
bine to  make  it  a  fashionable  resort. 
Here  is  the  church  of  Christ  which 
was  founded  by  H.  S.  Earl.  -Now 
H.  S.  Earl  was  one  of  the  little  Hels- 
b.  pioneer  band  who  cradled  the 
Christian  Association  at  the  ecclesi- 
astical picnic  already  referred  to. 
Brethren  \Y.  T.  Moore,  J.  M.  Van 
Horne,  J.  i  I.  Garrison,  and  others,  will 
vividly  recollect  when  that  event  hap- 
ed,  even  though  it  was  twenty-five 
years  ago,  for  they  are  still  alive  and 
well,  as  is  Brother  Earl,  though  some 
have  passed  higher. 

A  MONUMENT  TO  H.  S.   EARL. 

"Talmam  qui  meruit  ferat!"  That 
is  a  fine  old  classic  motto.  Let  it  ap- 
ply here.  I  am  now  preaching  occa- 
sionally at  Southampton,  where  the 
pulpit  is  for  the  time  vacant  through 
the    transfer    of   L.    W.    Morgan    to 


Hornsey.  "Well,  it  must  not  be  for- 
gotten that  H.  S.  Earl  started  the 
movement  at  Southampton.  His  ef- 
forts resulted  in  the  formation  of  one 
of  our  most  powerful  churches.  Af- 
ter a  few  years  there  he  pioneered  at 
Cheltenham,  preaching  to  large  au- 
diences in  the  Corn  Exchange.  He 
was  very  popular  in  that  town.  The 
church  now  has  a  building  of  its  own, 
and  this  is  the  scene  of  the  faithful 
ministry  of  Brother  Versey,  who  was 
a  young  student  in  Dr.  W.  T.  Moore's 
missionry  training  class ;  went  to  Ja- 
maica and  labored  for  a  time  amongst 
the  colored  churches  in  that  island; 
and  since  returning  to  England  has 
ministered  with  steadfastness  and  suc- 
cess at  Lancaster  till  he  was  requested 
to  go  to  Cheltenham,  where  he  suc- 
ceeded T.  H.  Bates. 

THE  CONFERENCE  PERSONNEL. 

I   always   attend  these  conventions 
with  mingled  feelings.     Joy  predom- 
inates, but  there  is  a  note  of  sadness 
too.     Always  some  faces  are  missing, 
not  because  of  mere  absenteeism  from 
ordinary  causes,  but  also  because  dear 
familiar  friends  are  gone  off  to  other 
lands,  while  others  have  departed  this 
life.     On  this  occasion  we  had  to  re- 
gret   the    departure    for    America   of 
those  esteemed  workers  whom  I  men- 
tioned in  my  recent  letters.    The  gaps 
are  severely  felt.  We  were  cheered  by 
the    presence    of    some    beloved    mis- 
sionaries   in   transitu.      Miss   Craven, 
though    not    belonging    to  our     par- 
ticular    society,     but    to     the     Lon- 
don    Missionary     Society,     delighted 
the    assembly    with    an    address    on 
the     wonderful     island     she     knows 
so    well.    Bro.    C.    E.    Randall    was 
with    us    from    Jamaica.      I    enjoyed 
some  long  talks  with  him,  which  made 
me  more  restless  than  ever  to  see  the 
Caribbean  Paradise.     Intense  interest 
was  created  by  the  address  delivered 
by  Bro.  Alexander  Paul,   formerly  a 
Hiram   student,   who  has  been   some 
years  in  China,  and  is  on  the  point  of 
sailing  for  his  far-off  field  again.     It 
is  disappointing  that  Professor  Paul, 
who  has  been   conducting   at   Hiram 
College   the   largest   missionary   class 
of  students  in  the  world,  was  to  arrive 
at  Liverpool  on  his  way  to  China  just 
a  few  days  too  late  for  the  conference. 
I  hope  to  see  him  as  he  passes  through 
London.     I  wish  that  all  our  mission- 
aries   who    come    through    England 
would  arrange  to  see  me.     I  am.  an 
enthusiastic     friend    of    missionaries. 
(Let  it  be  noted  that  these  two  Apos- 
tles Paul  are  not  related  to  each  other 
by  any  family  connection.)     We  also 
had  with  us  one  whose  name    I    spe- 


cially wish  to  mention,  as  he  purposes 
passing  on  to  America,  and  will  be 
heard  of  amongst  the  American 
churches.  Lawson  Campbell  is  just 
now  in  England.  He  is  one  of  our 
young  Australian  preachers,  wishing 
to  see  both  Britain  and  America.  He 
is  highly  commended  by  Brethren 
Gore,  Ewers,  and  others,  for  the  use- 
ful evangelistic  work  he  has  accom- 
plished at  the  gold,  fields  of  Kalgoor- 
lie  and  Coolgardie.  His  conversation, 
as  well  as  his  public  talk,  made  an  ex- 
cellent impression. 

CONFERENCE  PROCEEDINGS. 

The  president,  E.  H.  Spring,  chose 
as  his  subject,  "The  True  Revival." 
The  address  was  a  somewhat  comba- 
tive one,  dealing  powerfully  with  the 
ecclesiastical  demerits  of  the  various 
popular  sectarian  organizations.  We 
are  accustomed  to  the  full,  flood 
"springtide"  of  protest,  argument  and 
denunciation  of  error,  as  well  as  to  a 
trumpetblast  proclamation  of  genuine 
Gospel  truth  whenever  Brother  Spring 
speaks.  He  is  a  splendid  pulpit 
polemic,  and  is  regarded  with  univer- 
sal esteem  for  his  utter  fearlessness. 
I  noted  that  his  masterly  address  did 
not  gain  in  the  hands  of  the  reporters 
of  the  local  press,  for  they  took  care 
to  put  in  the  thorns  without  the  roses. 
Reported  in  that  style  a  masterly  ora- 
tion becomes  quite  a  different  thing. 
My  own  part  at  this  conference  was 
small.  I  gave  an  address  on  the 
Simple  Life,  showing  that  it  is  not  the 
life  of  simpletons,  and  that  simplicity 
and  earnestness  go  together  in  genu- 
ine Christianity.  A  notable  feature  in 
the  conference  was  a  long  and  able 
paper  on  "The  Modern  Religious 
Movement  in  France,"  by  Mile. 
Schweighauser,  our  accomplished  Al- 
satian Sister.  The  new  president  is 
Mark  Wayne  Williams,  the  minister 
at  West  London  Tabernacle,  who  is 
becoming  a  power  among  us. 

A  SILVER  WEDDING. 

A  most  pleasing  episode  occurred. 
It  fell  to  my  lot  to  be  asked  by  the 
ladies  of  the  C.  W.  B.  M.  to  present 
publicly  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joe  Coop, 
of  Southport,  a  silver  kettle  thus  in- 
scribed :  "Presented  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Joe  Coop  on  the  occasion  of  their  sil- 
ver wedding,  Aug.  25,  1905,  by  friends 
assembled  at  the  Semi-Jubilee  Confer- 
ence of  the  Christian  Association 
held  in  Cheltenham,  as  a  loving  token 
of  appreciation  of  their  constant  devo- 
tion to  the  interests  of  the  churches  of 
Christ."  Never  was  a  token  of  Chris- 
tian love  more  profoundly  deserved. 

London,  England. 


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The  Preacher  and 
Church  Management 


As  Seen  From  the  Dome 


by 
F.  D.  POWER 


1  low  to  manage  a  colt,  how  to  man- 
age a  husband  or'  wife,  how  to  man- 
age a  church,  arc  questions  for  which 
no  definite  rule  can  be  given.  The 
business  side  of  the  kjngdom  can 
,not  be  ignored.  Our  Lord's  first  re- 
corded words  we  have  in  his  answer 
to  Mary,  "Wist  ye  not  that  I  must  be 
about  my  Father's  business?"  ..Every- 
thing pertaining  to  the  Father's  house 
was  his  concern.  Paul's  declaration 
that  beside  those  things  that  are  with- 
out,, "that  which  cometh  upon  me 
daily,  the  care  of  all  the  churches," 
evidently  refers  to  the  ceaseless  serv- 
ice of  the  true  minister  of  Christ  in  all 
temporal  as  well  as  spiritual  interests 
of  the  kingdom,  "After  ten  years 
out  of  the  ■  seminary,  what  is  your 
greatest  need?"  is  a  question  some 
time  ago  put  to  twenty-five  ministers. 
Eight  answered,  a  better  knowledge 
of  the  English  Bible ;  eleven,  deeper 
personal  experience  of  God ;  but  thir- 
teen replied^  more  practical  ability  in 
preaching,  and  pastoral  work.  All 
agreed  in  desiring  more  spiritual  gifts 
and  more  practical  ability,  and  the 
inference  would  be  that  the  theological 
seminaries  and  Bible  colleges  do  not 
equip  students  in  these  two  respects 
for  the  work  demanded  of  ministers  of 
the  gospel. 

The  preacher  must  be  a  practical 
man — a  man  of  affairs.  He  is  not  "a 
business  man,"  in  the  ordinary  sense. 
His  name  to  a  mining,  oil. or  lumber 
scheme  as  a  promoter  is  and  ought  to 
be  evidence  'enough  that  one  is  not 
safe  in  putting  his  money  in  such 
.stocks.  He  is  not  the  man  to  follow 
in  conducting  coffee  plantations  in 
South  America,  or  silver  mines  in  the 
planet  Mars.  His  line  is  always  a  safe 
one,  and  when  he  sticks  strictly  to 
business — his  business — -you  may  have 
confidence  in  the  outcome  and  are  both 
safe  and  sane  in  making  the  largest 
possible  investment  in  his  enterprise. 
The  successful  preacher  is  a  manager, 
and  should  be  trained  in  the  skill  of 
management. 

First  of  all,  a  church  should  be  or- 
ganized. We  are  workers  together. 
Politics  are  organized,  business  is  or- 
ganized, labor  is  organized,  religion 
must  be  organized.  The  church  of 
Christ  is  the  highest,  most  perfect 
form  of  organization.  The  individual 
congregation  must  be  organized.  The 
Sunday  school,  the  young  people,  the 
charities,  the  music,  the  wprship,  the 
,  devotional-  meetings,  the  missionary 
activities,  the  social  life,  the  reforma- 
tory work,  the  personal  service,  must 
be  organized,  and  men  and  women 
and  children  must  be  trained  to  de- 


velop the  vastly  increased  power  which 
is  found  in  singing  and  praying,  study- 
ing, worshipping,  giving  and  evangel- 
izing together.  The  pastor  is  the  or- 
dained leader.  He  must  organize, 
manage,  direct.  Like  a  great  manu- 
facturing establishment,  like  a  great 
department  store,  the  various  lines  of 
service  must  be  fixed  and  those  that 
serve  appointed  to  the  several  places, 
taught,  trained,  set  to  their  tasks, 
.stirred,  made  responsible,  called  into 
■  co-operation.  All  the  members  of  the 
church  are  in  a  sense  deacons — minis- 
ters in  the  service  of  God.  Primarily 
this  was  the  office  of  those  who  looked 
after  the  secular  affairs  of  the  church, 
•received  and  disbursed  moneys,  kept 
the  church's  accounts,  dispensed  its 
bounty  to  the  poor,  and  provided  ev- 
erything necessary  to  its  temporal 
good.  The  bishop  or  elder  was  sup- 
posed to  care  for  the  souls,  the  dea- 
cons for  the  bodies,  of  the  Lord's  peo- 
ple; but  even  with  this  distinction 
the  preacher  must  of  necessity  be  the 
chief  deacon,  the  cardinal  deacon,  the 
minister. 

In  the  exerise  of  this  function  the 
preacher  is  not  to  lord  it  over  God's 
heritage,  nor  is  he  to  bear  more  than 
his  part  of  the  responsibilities  and  la- 
bors of  the  church.  Management  sig- 
nifies administration,  superintendence. 

,  It  is  the  use  0/  manus,  the  hand,  in 
the  original  meaning,  as  in  the  man- 
agement   of    a    house,    or    the    man- 

-  agement  of  an  engine.  The  great  work 
of  the  ministry  is  to  train  and  develop 
the  church  so  as  to  make  it  an  organ- 
ized force  in  advancing  the  reign  of 
Jesus  Christ  among  men.  ,  It  will  not 
do  for  the  pastor  to  say. he  has  no  gift 
for  organization.  He  must  have  it.  He 
is  in  line  of  succession  to  men  who 
were  instructed  and  trained  to  fish 
with  nets  and  to  arrange  companies 
of  thousands  into  orderly  groups  and 
feed  them.  He  is  not  to  construct  a 
machine  after  his  own  designs  and  run 
it  with  his  own  motive  power,  develop- 
ing on  his  own  part  self-will  and  self- 
sufheiency,  and  on  the  part  of  the  peo- 
ple criticism,  idleness  and  irresponsi- 

•  bleness,  but  is  to  lead,  and  preacher 

.  and  people  must  be  in  co-operation. 

First,  then,  he  must  know  the  field 
and  the  forces.  We  would  have  fewer 
failures  in  the  ministry  if  the  preacher 
would  study  folks  more  and  books  less. 
The  greatest  of  preachers  and  shep- 
herds said  of  himself  :  "He  calleth  his 
sheep  by  name  and  leadeth  them 
forth."  Every  man,  woman  and  child 
the1  pastor  should  not  only  know  by 
name,  but,  knowing  their  gifts,  their 
needs,    their    adaptations,    he    should 


place  them,  use  them,  lead  them  forth 
in  the  fields  of  service  and  pastures 

of  plenty  that  are  suited  to  them. 
The-  preacher  who  prays  and  plan-, 
will    never    lack    for    pe  n^: 

"Here  am  J  ;  send  me."  I  said  to  Rus- 
sell Conwell,  after  listening  to  hi-, 
story  in  the  Temple  :  "1  low  <\<>  you  do 
it?  What  is  the  secret?"  lie  said: 
"I  don't  know."  So  far  ?;-  the  human 
side    goes,    one    word    expr  it — 

management.  Neither  Oberliffl  nor 
Felix  Xeff  is  credited  with  a  great  ser- 
mon, yet  such  a  man  lives  in  the  hearts 
of  the  people  and  does  more  for  their 
spiritual  welfare  than  men  of  the  most 
splendid  taients  and  commanding  elo- 
quence. Know  the  people.  Christ  we 
preach,  warning  every  man  and  teach- 
ing every  man  in  all  wisdom ;  that 
.we  may  present  every  man  perfect  in 
.  Christ  Jesus. 

Secondly,   study  details.     "Watch 
thou  in  all  things ;  do  the  work  of  an 

.evangelist,"  is  a  good  bit  of  counsel. 
"Make  .full  proof  of  thy  ministry. " 
There  are  "diversities  of  gifts,"  and 
there  are  "differences  of  administra- 
tion." The  preacher  must  be  in  close 
touch  with  all  the  departments  of  the 
church  work,  and  his  influence  must 
be  felt  for  good  in  all  the  ordering  of 
his  religious  household,  as  that  of  a 
father  in  his  family.  I  know  preach- 
ers who  never  attend  the  meetings  of 
their  church  boards,  who  are  not  seen 
in  the  executive  committee  of  the  Sun- 
day school,  who  do  not  think  it  nec- 
essary to  be  with  their  young  people 
in  their  committee  work,  who  never 
look  in  upon  the  choir  or  the  sessions 
of  the  women,  who  imagine  they  have 
nothing  to  do,  with  heating  and  ven- 
tilation, or  the  larger  problems  of 
parish  ways  and  means,  who  leave  the 
missionary  matters  and  benevolences 
to  others,,  and  ignore  all  "temporali- 
ties" and  housekeeping  arrangements 
as  foreign  to  their  functions,  and 
rather  glory  in  the  allegation — "the 
preacher  knows  nothing  about  busi- 
ness." The  fact  is  the  whole  organi- 
zation, spiritual  and  secular,  is  under 
his  oversight  and  he  should  familiarize 
himself  with  all  the  details  of  church 
management.  One. of  our  Washing- 
ton churches  had  a  most  outrageous 

.  misappropriation  of  funds.  Thousands 
of  dollars  were  squandered  through  a 
trusted   treasurer.      The   custom   was 

.  for  the  sexton  to  toss  the  offerings 
into  a  bag,  and  hand  them  to  this  in- 
dividual and  the  custom  of  the  trusted 
individual .  was  to  blow  them  out  at 
the  races.  ..They  put  him  in  the  pen- 
itentiary. When  one  of  their  leading 
men  told  me  the  story  I  asked  :    "How 


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manv  of  you  do  you  think  should  have 
been  locked  up  with  him?"  The  pas- 
tor of  that  church  soon  had  to  seek 
another  held  of  labor. 

Finally,  manage  without  the  ap- 
pearance of  management.  The 
preacher  is  in  no  sense  a  boss,  a  dicta- 
tor. Because  he  is  supposed  to  be 
wise  and  just,  true  to  the  teaching  and 
spirit  of  Christ,  and  loyal  and  devoted 
to  the  interests  of  the  church,  the  peo- 
ple give  heed  to  his  counsels  and  fall 
in  with  his  plans.  It  will  not  require 
many  months,  or  even  days,  of  serv- 
ice on  the  part  of  a  pastor  to  convince 
his  people  that  he  is  unselfishly  seek- 
ing their  highest  good ;  and  when 
once  satisfied  on  this  score  they  will 
believe  in  and  listen  to  him.  The 
sheep  know  the  voice  of  the  true  shep- 
herd and  they  follow  him,  "when 
he  putteth  forth  his  own  sheep  he 
goeth  before  them."  Watching,  feed- 
ing, guarding,  teaching,  knowing  their 
number,  names,  nature,  weakness, 
wants  and  dangers,  and  dying  if  need 


be  for  them,  the  sheep  implicitly  trust 
his  leadership.  Let  the  preacher  ever 
remember  he  is  the  servant  of  the  peo- 
ple. "Who  then  is  Paul  and  who  is 
Apollos  but  ministers  by  whom  ye  be- 
lieved?" The  province  of  government 
is  to  subserve  the  wishes  and  interests 
of  the  people.  The  best  government 
is  that  which  takes  in  the  consent  of 
the  greatest  number  of  the  governed. 
The  common  mind  is  the  material  of 
the  commonwealth  and  the  masses  are 
the  majesties.  Solon  among  the  Greek 
sages  was  of  opinion  that  truest  gov- 
ernment -was  that  in  which  the  collect- 
ive body  of  the  citizens  have  a  part, 
and  Lincoln  talked  of  government  of 
the  people,  by  the  people  and  for  the 
people.     This  is  instructive — 

"So  work  the  honey  bees, 
Creatures,  that  by  a  rule  in  nature  teach 
The  art  of  order  to  a  peopled  kingdom. 
They  have  a  king,  and  officers  of  sorts, 
Where    some   like   magistrates   correct    at 

home; 
Others,     like     merchants,     venture     trade 

abroad ; 
Others,  like  soldiers,  armed  in  their  stings, 
Make  boot  upon  the  summer's  velvet  buds, 
Which    pillage    they    with    merry    march 

bring  home 


To  the  tent  royal  of  their  emperor, 

Who,  buried  in  his  tent,  surveys 

The    singing    mason    building    roofs     of 

*,,      g.ol.d ;  . 

The  civd  citizens  kneading  up  the  honey; 

The  poor  mechanic  porters   crowding  in 

Their  heavy  burthens  at  his  narrow  gate; 

The  sad  eyed  justice  with  his  surly  hum, 

Delivering  o'er  to  executors  pale 

The  lazy  yawning  drone."    ' ; 

Church  government  embodies  the 
same  idea  that  nature  teaches,  the  idea 
for  which  Tell  and  Hampden  and 
Washington  fought,  the  idea  of  a  so- 
ciety under  the  law  of  Christ  the  head 
and  with  the  larger  liberty  of  the  Gos- 
pel of  Christ.  "We  are  one  body  in 
Christ  and  every  one  members  one  of 
another."  The  preacher  after  all  is 
simply  a  member  of  the  body,  charged 
with  certain  functions,  as  the  eye  or 
the  foot  or  the  hand,  and  in  harmony 
with  the  laws  that  govern  the  body 
and  in  accord  with  all  the  members  of 
the  body  he  is  to  fulfill  his  office.  Let 
him  learn  to  manage  himself  and  the 
duties  of  his  high  calling,  and  he  will 
have  no  difficulty  in  church  manage- 
ment. 


Universal  Mistakes  in  Exegesis  By  i.  b.  Gmbbs 


There  are  some  passages  and  ex- 
pressions of  scripture  that  are  misun- 
derstood and  misapplied  universally 
almost,  if  not  altogether.  We  instance 
here  2  Cor.  5  7,  and  may  call  atten- 
iton  to  others  hereafter. 

In  the  verse  referred  to  occurs  the 
statement,  "We  walk  by  faith,  not  by 
sight."  This  is  constantly  quoted  as 
teaching  the  contrast  between  the 
principle  that  regulates  the  course  of 
the  Christian,  and  that  which  regu- 
lates the  course  of  the  unconverted. 
It  is  represented  as  setting  forth  walk- 
ing by  faith  as  a  higher  principle,  in 
contrast  with  walking  by  sense,  or  the 
sight  of  temporal  things. 

I  have  in  mind  a  good  sermon  by 
an  able  preacher,  which  is  based  upon 
this  understanding  of  the  statement 
in  hand. 

The  only  trouble  about  the  sermon 
is  that  it  does  not  fit  the  text.  The 
sermon  would  have  admirably  har- 
monized with  a  verse  a  little  further 
back.  "We  look  not  at  the  things 
which  are  seen,  but  at  the  things 
which  are  not  seen;  for  the  things 
which  are  seen  are  temporal,  but  the 
things  which  are  not  seen  are  eternal" 
(2  Cor.  4:18).  Now,  as  by  faith  we 
look  at  the  unseen,  according  to  Heb. 
II  :i,  it  is  clear  that  faith  is  implied  in 
the  passage  just  quoted  as  a  higher 
principle  standing  in  contrast  with  the 
sight  of  things  temporal  as  a  lower 
principle.  But  this  is  not  the  contrast 
in  the  statement,  "We  walk  by  faith, 
not  by  sight." 

Here,   unquestionably,   faith   is   the 


lower,  and  sight  the  higher,  principle, 
according  to  the  context.  It  is  not  the 
sight  of  the  temporal  or  worldly  that 
is  here  referred  to,  but  the  sight  of 
the  glorious  and  the  heavenly.  Note 
the  verse  that  immediately  precedes, 
and  the  one  that  immediately  follows, 
and  see  how  they  both  stand  connected 
with  the  statement  in  hand. 

The  passage  reads,  "Therefore  we 
are  always  of  good  courage,  know- 
ing that  whilst  we  are  at  home  in  the 
body,  we  are  absent  from  the  Lord 
(for  we  walk  by  faith,  not  by  sight)  — 
we  are  of  good  courage,  I  say,  and 
are  willing  rather,  to  be  absent  from 
the  body  and  at  home  with  the  Lord." 
Clearly  the  meaning  is  that  whilst  we 
are  at  home  in  the  body,  and  absent 
from  the  Lord,  we  are  simply  walk- 
ing by  faith  in  him,  and  not  by  the 
sight  of  him  and  of  the  glory  of  his 
presence. 

With  Paul,  we  would  rather  be  at 
home  with  the  Lord,  and  walking  by 
the  glorious  sight  of  his  person  and 
majesty,  than  simply  to  be  walking 
by  faith  in  him  while  sojourning  here 
in  the  body  in  our  absence  from  him. 
According  to  the  contrast,  then,  in 
this  passage,  sight  is  the  higher,  and 
faith  the  lower,  of  the  two  principles 
contrasted. 

Chair  of  Exegesis,  College  of  the 
Bible. 

"If  chosen  men  had  never  been  alone 
In  deep  mid-silence  open-doored  to 

God 
No  greatness  ever  had  been  dreamed 

or  done." 


Will  petitions  that  do  not  move  the 
heart  of  the  suppliant  move  the  heart 
of    Omnipotence  ? — Thompson. 

Friendship  improves  happiness  and 
abates  misery,  by  the  doubling  of  our 
joys  and  the  dividing  of  our  griefs. — 
Cicero. 

&        & 
"GOLD  GOLD" 

"Good,"  He  Says,  "But  Comfort  Better." 


"Food  that  fits  is  better  than  a  gold 
mine,"  says  a  grateful  man. 

"Before  I  commenced  to  use  Grape- 
Nuts  food  no  man  on  earth  ever  had 
a  worse  infliction  from  catarrh  of  the 
stomach  than  I  had  for  years. 

"I  could  eat  nothing  but  the  very 
lightest  food  and  even  that  gave  me 
great  distress. 

"I  went  through  the  catalogue  of 
prepared  foods  but  found  them  all 
(except  Grape-Nuts)  more  or  less  in- 
digestible, generating  gas  in  the  stom- 
ach, (which  in  turn  produced  head- 
ache and  various  other  pains  and 
aches)  and  otherwise  unavailable  for 
my  use. 

"Grape-Nuts  food  I  have  found 
easily  digested  '  and  assimilated,  and 
it  has  renewed  my  health  and  vigor 
and  made  me  a  well  man  again.  The 
catarrh  of  the  stomach  has  disappeared 
entirely  with  all,  its  attendant  ills, 
thanks  to  Grape-Nuts,  which  now  is 
my  almost  sole  food.;  I  want  no 
other."  Name  given  by  Postum  Co,, 
Battle  Creek,  Mich.  ; 

Ten  days'  trial  tells  the  story. 

There's  a  reason. 


October  12,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


1325 


Some  Reasons  for  the  Change. 

(continued  from  page  1321.) 

of  development,  does  such  a  work 
divinely  gotten  up  need  one  hundred 
and  fifty-three  or  more  systematiza- 
tions  of  it  ?  Do  these  creeds  make  it 
plainer  or  do  they  confuse  us?  God 
wanted  his  people  to  understand  him. 
Hence  he  talked  very  simply  to  them, 
using  the  plainest  language  and  fig- 
ures. We  get  into  the  woods  by  going 
into  theology.  No  creed  short  of  this 
one  given  by  God  himself  can  be 
authoritative  and  binding  on  men.  Of 
course  Christ  is  the  creed  of  the 
church,  but  the  Bible  is  the  best  ex- 
pression of  him.  To  a  divine  com- 
mand men  will  submit,  but  not  to  a 
changing  opinion  about  a  divine  com- 
mand. 

CHURCHES  MUST  ACT. 

Let  the  churches  but  submit  to  the 
authority  and  spirit  of  Christ,  and 
union  will  soon  be  a  reality.  Let 
Christ's  way  be  the  only  way,  and  not 
be  seeking  after  a  more  convenient 
way.  If  we  have  the  spirit  of  Christ 
we  have  his  mind,  we  do  things  his 
way,  obey  his  commands  his  way, 
and  have  his  love  for  one  another 
as  he  has  loved  us.  Think  you  not 
that  this  would  bring  about  union? 
Such  a  spirit  would  inculcate  a  spirit 
of  prayer,  a  spirit  of  freedom,  yes, 
even  a  spirit  of  sacrifice.  The  law  of 
sacrifice  is  the  law  of  self-realization. 
Do  you  see  Christ  there  in  Geth- 
semane  sweating,  as  it  were,  great 
drops  of  blood?  Do  you  see  him  on 
the  road  to  Calvary  carrying  that 
great  heavy  cross?  Look  at  him  on 
the  cross  sacrificing  even  his  life. 
Friends,  when  we  have  such  a  spirit, 
unity  will  not  be  wanting.  Paul  gave 
up  his  doctrines,  his  position,  his  all, 
for  Christ  and  preached  unity,  as  did 
Christ  all  his  life.  Father,  we  will  all 
do  so  when  we  get  as  much  in  earnest 
as  Paul  was  and  love  our  fellow  man 
as  Paul  did. 

What  little  I  may  know,  what 
meager  powers  of  speech  and  energy 
I  may  have,  I  want  ever  to  use  for 
God's  glory,  for  the  furtherance  of 
this  great  plea  and  for  helping  my  fel- 
low man  into  the  light  of  the  Gospel. 


As  Becometh  Christians. 

Br    Hugh    Wayt. 

As  a  religious  people  we  claim  to 
accept  the  holy  scriptures  without  any 
additions,  subtractions  or  modifica- 
tions. Is  it  really  true?  There  is 
progress  in  the  revelation  of  the  per- 
fect plan  of  salvation.  Moses  was  the 
mediator  of  a  good  covenant.  Christ 
is  the  mediator  of  a  better  covenant 
(Heb.  8:6).    Under  the  Mosaic  code, 


the  people  were  required  to  give  one- 
tenth.  If  it  required  one-tenth  to  be 
a  Jew,  and  revelation  is  progressive, 
does  it  not  require  more  than  one- 
tenth  to  be  a  Christian  ?  Can  any  peo- 
ple claim  to  be  orthodox  who  give 
less?  The  poor  widow  cast  in  all  the 
living  she  had.  If  it  had  been  wrong 
Jesus  would  not  have  commended  her. 
Out  of  our  abundance  we  cast  into 
the  treasury  of  the  Lord,  but  do  we 
give  as  becometh  Christians? 
North  Fairfield,  Ohio. 


Current  Religious  Thought. 

Referring  to  the  subway  tavern 
of  Bishop  Potter,  the  Cedar  Rapids 
(Iowa)  "Republican"  says: 

A  prayer  and  a  benediction  and  the 
singing  of  the  doxology  do  not  change  the 
nature  of  the  ingredient  which  biteth  like 
a  serpent  and  stingeth  like  an  adder.  A 
prayer  will  not  take  the  delirium  tremens 
out  of  the  'steenth  bottle  of  whiskey.  It 
will  not  take  the  bloat,  the  puffiness  and 
the  coarseness  out  of  kegs  of  beer.  No  one 
but  Bishop  Potter- was  so  deceived.  Every 
one  else  seems  to  have  known  better  than 
he.  He  has  now  learned  what  the  rest  of 
the  people  knew  all  the  time,  that  a  saloon 
is  a  saloon  whether  it  is  in  the  gilded  sub- 
way of  New  York  or  the  Bowery.  The 
devil  is  right  there  on  hand,  and  there  is 
no  use  in  trying  to  substitute  Christ  in  his 
place.  Not  even  a  bishop  with  his  conse- 
cration can  do  that. 

Is  this  Christianity?  is  the  question 
implied  in  the  following  editorial  in 

1  1      •  TTl  1      1      »» 


1111JJ11\.U      HI        Lll\~        J.W11W  vv  11. 

"The  Columbia  Herald. 

Two  preachers  called  on  "The  Herald" 
one  day  last  week.  This  is  not  unusual,  for 
preachers  often  do  that.  But  the  little  in- 
cident following  this  call  was  unusual.  One 
of  them  asked  for  a  copy  of  an  exchange, 
and  while  it  was  being  looked  up  for  him, 
he  attached  two  stickers  containing  Bible 
texts  to  the  front  of  a  large  and  very  ex- 
pensive map  of  Boone  County. 

The  stickers  were  very  nice,  but  if  they 
had  not  been  discovered  and  removed  be- 
fore the  gum  dried,  the  map  would  have 
been  ruined.  If  the  course  of  Christianity 
is  to  be  helped  by  such  methods,  why  not 
carry  it  a  step  further?  Let  the  sticker- 
preacher  make  a  sandwich  man  of  himself 
and  parade  the  streets  with  appropriate 
texts  decorating  his  shirt  front. 


Rev.  Dr.  John  E.  White,  D.  D.,  has 
been  made  a  "bigger  Baptist"  by  at- 
tending the  Baptist  World  Congress 
in  London.  He  explains  it  thus  in 
"The  Baptist  Argus" : 

The  little  Baptist  carries  a  little  yardstick. 
I  used  to  have  one.  I  went  up  to  John 
Bunyan  and  measured  him  and  said,  "A 
splendid  hero,  but  a  poor  Baptist."  I  went 
up  to  Chas.  'H.  Spurgeon  and  took  his  meas- 
ure and  said,  "A  great  preacher,  but  a  poor 
Baptist." 

I  blacklisted  the  whole  tribe  of  English 
Baptists  and  put  them  out.  That  was  the 
way  I  expressed  my  own  simon  pure  or- 
thodoxy.   It  is  the  heroism  of  the  little  Bap- 


tist to  straighten  up  his  brethren  by  knock- 
ing them  out.  He  preaches  obedience  to 
Christ  with  his  fists  or  with  his  yardstick. 
Now  if  I  am  a  bigger  Baptist  I  will  not  do 
that  way  any  more 

@ 

One  of  the  addresses  at  the  Baptist 
World  Congress  was  on  John  Bun- 
yan, as  the  "Baptist  faith  incarnate," 
by  Dr.  John  Clifford.  The  following 
paragraph  sets  forth  the  essential 
points  of  faith  thus  incarnated: 

Although  we  Baptists  do  not  agree  with 
all  that  Bunyan  taught,  we  stand  firmly 
by  these  essentials:  (1)  The  primary  place 
he  assigns  to  personal  and  individual  ex- 
perience of  God,  of  his  grace,  of  his  love 
and  power  in  all  things  appertaining  to 
the  religious  life;  (2)  the  necessity  for  a 
"regenerate"  church  membership,  or  what 
Bunyan  calls  "a  converted  state,"  of  a  se- 
rious quest  for  the  deepest  and  highest 
things  of  the  soul  and  of  God;  (3 J  and 
the  out-and-out  repudiation  of  all  cere- 
monialism as  religion,  or  as  having  any  vital 
connection  with  religion.  We  refuse  to 
yield  an  inch  to  the  authority  of  the  priest, 
the  tyranny  of  a  hierarchy  and  the  substi- 
tution of  symbols  and  ritual  for  faith  and 
love,  for  doing  justly,  loving  mercy  and 
walking  humbly  with  God.  Here  on  this 
green  we  declare  our  faith,  renew  our  cov- 
enant and  offer  ourselves  anew  to  our  re- 
deeming Lord. 


FITS  MANY 
To  Leave  Off  Coffee  and  Use  Postum. 


Postum  Coffee  shows  its  great 
nourishing  power  in  many  ways. 

"I  was  nursing  my  baby  six  months 
ago,"  writes  a  young  matron,  "and 
I  found  that  tea  and  coffee  did  not 
agree  with  me.  I  grew  nervous  and 
weak,  my  appetite  was  not  good,  and 
besides,  baby  was  cross  and  fretful. 
He  didn't  seem  to  get  proper  nour- 
ishment from  my  milk,  and  friends 
said :  'You  must  wean  him,  he  is 
starving.' 

"I  gave  up  tea  and  coffee  and  tried 
cocoa,  chocolate  and  milk  instead, 
but  still  baby  didn't  seem  to  thrive.  At 
last,  on  the  advice  of  a  friend,  I  began 
to  use  Postum  Coffee,  and  I  can  truly 
say  that  the  effect  was  wonderful! 
Both  baby  and  I  began  to  improve  in 
appetite,  spirits  and  flesh  immediately. 
In  three  months  my  boy  weighed  20 
pounds  and  he  is  as  good  a  baby  as 
a  mother  could  wish  to  have.  My 
drinking  Postum  did  it. 

"I  cannot  recommend  Postum  Food 
Coffee  too  highly  to  nursing  mothers. 
It  is  better  in  flavor  than  the  other 
coffee  and  is  far  superior  in  nutritive 
qualities,  supplying  just  what  the  child 
must  have,  as  no  other  food  can  do." 
Name  given  by  Postum  Co.,  Battle 
Creek,  Mich. 

There's  a  reason — explained  in  the 
quaint  little  book,  "The  Road  to  Well- 
ville,"  in  each  pkg. 


1 326 


Our   Budget. 


—We    have    just    received    the    following 
gram  from  Benj.  L.  Smith:  "Add  $1,000 
r  last  year's  receipts."     This  will  give 
joy   to  the  brotherhood   all    over  the 
It  means  that  the  American  Chns- 
iS      '..;;>     Society    has     more    than 
reached  the  $100,000  mark.     The  actual  fig- 
ures are  <100.3j3.03.     The  Foreign  Society 
received    $255,923;    the.    Board    pi    Church 
Bxtensii  55,  and  we  report  this  week 

the  Christian   Woman's  receipts,  which   are 
When  the  state  missions  and  the 
•<    and    the    gifts    for   education 
and  benevolence  are  reported  we  shall  have 
had  rh<  ar  in  our  history   from 

the  standpoint  of  gifts. 

Saratoga,    Cal..    has    called    Frank    E. 
Borcn. 

A  now    church  will  soon  be  completed 

at  Era.    Tex. 

—J.  W.  Towry  has  removed  to  his  new 
field  at  Goodland.  Kan. 

Geo.  A.  Campbell  will  remain  with  the 

Austin  Church,  Chicago. 

—The  church  at  Lyons,  O..  is  now  min- 
istered unto  by  Nicholas  Zulch. 

— W.  II.  Fields  has  taken  charge  of  the 
First  Church  at  Wheeling.  W.  Va. 

— C.  O.  Burton  will  relinquish  his  pas- 
torate at  Roachdale,  Ind.,  in  December. 

—Joel  Brown  is  in  a  promising  meeting 
with  L.  H.  Humphreys  at  Longmont,  Col. 

— R.  A.  Omer  has  begun  a  meeting  for 
E.  T.  McFarland.  of  the  Fourth  Church, 
St.  Louis. 

—Clarence  E.  Wagner  has  accepted  a 
call  to  remain  with  the  church  at  Shelby- 
ville.  Mo.,  a  third  year. 

—Clark  Braden  will  begin  a  series  of 
lectures  on  Mormonism  at  our  church  in 
Seiling.  Okla.,  Oct.   13. 

—The  brethren  at  Mexico,  Mo.,  hope  to 
dedicate  their  new  $30,000  house  of  wor- 
ship early  in  December. 

—The  new  building  of  the  Whitney  Ave- 
nue Church,  Kimmel  Hall,  Wash.,  is  to  be 
completed  at  an  early  date. 

—The  work  at  Prescott,  la.,  will  now  be 
in  charge  of  E.  E.  Mack,  who  has  for  two 
years  bem  at  Algonac,  Mich. 

— Prof.  Clinton  Lockhart  will  soon  issue 
from  the  pres=  a  new  book,  ''The  Messianic 
Message  of  the  Old:  Testament." 

— Our  church  at  Connersville,  Ind.,  will 
be  dedicated  next  Lord's  day.  It  is  one 
of  the  best  church  edifices  in  the  state. 

—J.  K.  Hester,  who  found  the  altitude 
at  Cripple  Creek  too  high  for  his  family, 
has  -    revive   x'ac    work   at    Sterling, 

Col.,  where  a  good  lot  has  been  purchased. 

— A  debt  of  over  $1,100  at  Athens,  Tex., 
has  just  been  liquidated,  and  W.  O.  Ste- 
phen^ reports  that  the  congregation  is 
happy. 

— Frank  Shane  of  Camargo,  111.,  has 
closed  his  work  and  is  now  in  the  field  for 
evangelistic  work.  lie  should  be  addressed 
at  Mason,  111. 

— At  the  late  district  convention  held 
with  the  church  at  Bearden,  Term.,  I.  A. 
Myhr.  state  secretary,  made  an  encouraging 
report  of  progress. 

— Dexter  Christian  College  can  provide 
work  in  the  buildings  for  several  young 
men  who  will  in  this  way  pay  their  tuition 
•whih-  attending  college. 
-  — AV.  E.  R-ambo  and  wife  will  not  return 
to  India,  having  tendered  their  resignations. 
They    have   placed    their   two    oldest    boys, 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 

Philip  and  Victor,  at  the  American  Univer- 
sity.   Harriman,   Tenn. 

— Clarence  Mitchell  writes  that  the  new 
church  at  Mannington,  W.  Va.,  will  be 
dedicated  October  15,  by  President  Cram- 
blet.  of  Bethany. 

— In  another  column  we  publish  a  notice 
of  the  meeting  held  by  S.  J.  Vance,  of  El- 
don.  Mo.,  who  has  done  a  good  work  for 
the  congregation  at  Eugene.  Under  the 
wise  counsel  of  their  pastor,  Brother  Burks, 
and  an  efficient  officiary,  a  house  of  worship 
must    now    be    undertaken,    as    there    is    no 


church  building  of  any  sort  in  the  town 
and  no  congregation  of  any  consequence 
except  our  own.  Brother  Vance,  we  un- 
derstand, is  going  to  give  some  time  to 
evangelizing  this  fall. 

— George  A.  Farley  reports  that  the  breth- 
ren at  Muskogee,  I.  T.,  hope  to  begin  build- 
ing in  the  near  future.  There  are  frequent 
additions    to    the    membership. 

— The  dedication  of  the  new  church  at 
Bethany,  111.,  will  take  place  on  Lord's  day 
next,  when  J.  Fred  Jones,  the  state  evan- 
gelist, will  have  charge  of  the  services. 

— Washington  Christian  College  is  en- 
joying its  best  session.  An  able  class  of  stu- 
dents is  gathered  there  for  college  work 
and  the  benefits  of  the  national  capital. 

— R.  W.  Clymer  has  resigned  at  the  First 
Church,  Scranton,  Pa.,  where  he  has  served 
for  several  years,  during  which  period  the 
missionary  offerings  have  been  multiplied 
tenfold. 

— The  Indiana  Christian  Sunday  School 
Association,  which  will  be  held  at  Green- 
field. October  17-19,  will  carry  out  an  ad- 
mirable program.  The  Editor  is  hoping 
to  be  present. 

— J.  T.  HL  Stewart  was  badly  hurt  the 
Other  day  by  a  runaway  horse,  and  the 
meeting  in  which  he  was  engaged  at  De 
Soto,  Mo.,  was  prematurely  closed  at  the 
end  of  two   weeks. 

— W.  W.  Burks  was  presented  with  A 
handsome  gold  watch  by  his  church  at 
Mason  City,  and  Sister  Burks,  was  also 
remembered  prior  to  their  departure  for 
their  new  field  at   Nevada,   Mo. 

— J.  E.  DeGafferelley,  the  efficient  min- 
ister at  Sandoval,  111.,  and  Miss  Martha 
Ruddick,  a  worker  in  our  church  there, 
were  married  on  September  28,  J.  F.  Ros- 
borough,  of  Centralia,  officiating. 

— Wre  have  received  copies  of  testi- 
monials about  the  excellent  character  and 
the  work -of  H.  A.  Davis,  who  has  just 
resigned  front  the  pastorate  at  Sullivan, 
111.,  after  two  and  a  half  years  of  service. 

— W.  F.  Flower  is  doing  pioneer  work  in 
Indian  Territory  where  in  many  towns  one 
of  our  preachers  has  never  been  heard. 
He  goes  to  a  new  town  and  preaches  until 
he  organizes  a  congregation  and  then  builds 


October  12,  1905 

'  them  n  house.  T.  W.  Cottingham  says  he 
would  be  a  splendid  evangelist  for  some  liv- 
ing link  church  or  individual. 

— Our  church  at  Grant  City,  raised  $1,200 
on  local  debts  last  Lord's  day.  The  breth- 
ren are  going  to  clear  off  all  incumbrances 
and  have  a  clear  field  to  aid  all  mission- 
ary enterprises.    W.  L.  Harris  is  the  pastor. 

—"The    West    Virginia    Christian"    has 
passed   into  the  control  of  Brethren  B.   E. » 
Haynes  and  Orilas  G.  White.     The  former ; 
is   engaged    in   the    real   estate   business   at 
Parkersburg,    W.    Va.,    and    the    latter    is 
pastor  of  our  church  at  Huntington,  W.  Va. , 

■ — The  convention  of  Christian,  Macoupin 
and  Montgomery  counties  will  be  held  at 
Litchfield.  111..  October  30,  31,  and  an  ex- 
cellent program  has  been  arranged  for  it. 
The  church  at  Litchfield  will  entertain.; 
M.  S,  Johnson  is  chairman  of  the  com-; 
mittee. 

— W.  H.  Hedges,  who  has  been  supplying 
at  Bellefontaine,  O.,  since  W.  T.  Groom 
left,  will  begin  his  work  with  the  Linden- 
wall  Church,  at  Hamilton,  O.,  next  Lord's 
day,  and  on  the  same  date  LeRoy  Brown, 
of  Connersville,  Ind.,  will  take  up  the  work 
at   Bellefontaine. 

— We  regret  to  learn  that  R.  S.  Smedley, 
after  five  years  of  field  work  in  western 
Oklahoma,  has  resigned.  Brother  Smedley 
.  has  done  such  efficient  work  and  has  served 
our  cause  so  nobly  in  this  teritory  that 
it  will  be  very  difficult  to  find  a  man  to 
take  his  place.  He  would  like  to  preach 
one-quarter  or  ope-half  time  for  churches 
within  one  hundred  miles  of  Geary,  on  the 
main  line  of  the  Choctaw,  Northern,  or 
Rock  Island  Railroad.  Address  him  at 
Geary. 

—"I  want  to  congratulate  you  on  the 
Convention  Number  of  The  Christian- 
Evangelist.  I  dare  say  no  paper  ever  is- 
sued such  a  full  and  complete  report  of  any 
of  our  conventions  in  the  past.  Our  entire 
brotherhood  owe  you  a  rising  vote  of 
thanks.  Walter  M.  White." 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

A   rising  vote   is   what   The  Christian- 

.  Evangelist  likes.     The  brethren  will  now 

please  rise,  and  while  on  their  feet  advance 

on    the    enemy — "the    world,    the    flesh    and 

the  devil."  Forward,  march! 

— A  note  from  S.  M.  Conner,  Burling- 
ton, Ind.,  says:  "My  wife  went  home  Sun- 
day, October  1.  She  had  been  an  invalid 
for  years  and  a  great  sufferer  most  of  that 
time."  Gone  home!  That  is  the  beautiful, 
scriptural  way  of  thinking  and  speaking 
of  death.  Our  invalid  sister  has  gone 
home  to  be  free  from  pain  and  affliction 
forever.  Our  sympathies  are  extended  to 
our  bereaved  brother  in  his  loneliness,  and 
our  congratulations  to  her  who  has  passed 
through  death  into  the  larger  and  the  more 
glorious  life. 

— The  Missouri  Ministerial  Education  So- 
ciety is  now  the  successor  to  The  Students' 
Aid  Fund.  It  has  been  incorporated,  and  its 
acting  officers  are :  President,  J.  B.  Jones, 
secretary,  W.  J.  Lhamon,  and  treasurer, 
•  A.  W.  Kokendoffer.  The  officer's  are  solic- 
itous for  the  payment  of  pledges  made  at 
Columbia  two  years  ago,  and  for  new  con- 
tributions looking  toward  the  enlargement 
of  the  cause  of  aiding  worthy  young  men 
toward  a  ministerial  education.  Let  the 
prayerful  brotherhood  rally  to  this  work. 

— In  a  personal  letter  from  W.  J.  Lhamon, 
dean  of  the  Missouri  Bible  College  at  Co- 
lumbia, he  says:.  "Our  work  opens  very 
well.  We  are  going  to  have  a  number  of 
good  classes.  I  had  250  last  Sunday  morn- 
ing. About  forty  in  the  Normal  Academy 
have  signed  up  for  work.  Between  twenty 
and  thirty  are  coming  for  Evidences,  nearly 


October  12,  1905 

|as  many(-for  Literature  of  the   Bible.     I'ro 
fessor  Sharpe  has  some  good  classes  in  his 
j  dcpartinenl.     We  have  some  excellent   nun 
isterial  students,  and  the  future  looks  bright. 
j  You  will  be  pleased  to  know  the  committee 
df    deans    of    the    university    has    reported 
favorably   in   reference   to  the  granting  of 
j  certain  credits.     They  appointed  a  commit- 
tee  of  two   to   draft    the   matter    for   final 
presentation  to  the  Board  of  Curators.    We 
I  have  every  hope  of  the  concession.     Final 
favorable   action    will    immensely   help    our 
work.     Our  building  is  nearly  full,  and  we 
have  a  fine  lot  of  boys  in  it." 

— Audrain  county,  Mo.,  reports  one  of 
the  best  county  meetings  in  the  twenty-five 
years'  history  of  its  organization.  It  was 
held  at  the  Macedonia  Church.  One  hun- 
dred and  ninety  dollars  were  raised  in  cash 
and  pledges  to  help  the  weaker  churches. 
The  preacher  helpers  were :  R.  D.  Chinn, 
W.  H.  Hook,  W.  H.  Kern,  J.  M.  Blalock, 
J.  D.  Greer,  E.  M.  Smith,  W.  B.  Taylor, 
J.  H.  Wright,  A.  W.  Kokendoffer  and 
L.  H.  Harbord.  Thirteen  churches  of  the 
county  were  represented,  and  most  of  these 
pledged  to  take  the  offering  for  state  work. 

— Our  congregation  at  Peru,  Ind.,  cele- 
brated its  twelfth  anniversary  on  October  1. 
While  it  was  a  day  of  rejoicing  there  was 
also  an  element  of  sorrow  in  it,  inasmuch 
as  it  was  the  occasion  of  the  farewell  ser- 
mon of  the  pastor,  J.  L.  Thompson,  and  in 
the  afternoon  the  funeral  of  the  youngest 
daughter  of  "Grandma"  Wilkinson.  Charles 
M.  Fillmore,  who  organized  the  church, 
preached  in  the  morning.  During  Brother 
Thompson's  twenty  months'  pastorate  there 
were  98  baptisms  and  36  other  additions. 
At  this  anniversary  occasion  there  were  six 
additions. 

— J.  W.  Harrison  and  wife  are  making 
good  progress  in  their  journey  across  the 
continent,  and  at  last  reports  were  on  their 
way  to  Springfield,  O.  They  had  a  delight- 
ful time  at  Columbus,  where  on  the  morn- 
ing of  their  departure  they  were  surprised 
by  finding  a  number  of  parcels  containing 
necessities  and  luxuries,  placed  there  by  the 
church  janitor  and  provided  by  the  mem- 
bers of  Bro.  W.  S.  Priest's  church.  It 
is  the  purpose  of  the  aged  couple  to  pass 
through  St.  Louis,  and  we  may  be  able  to 
give  our  readers  a  further  account  of  the 
trip  when  we  have  seen  and  talked  with 
these  Christian  travelers. 

— A  definite  move  has  been  made  toward 
the  erection  of  a  new  building  for  our 
congregation  at  Danville,  Ky.  The  ques- 
tion has  been  thoroughly  discussed,  and 
the  board  decided  to  leave  the  matter  en- 
tirely in  the  hands  of  the  congregation. 
When  the  pastor,  H.  C.  Garrison,  made  this 
announcement  a  committee  was  appointed 
to  see  what  funds  can  be  raised  by  volun- 
tary subscription.  It  is  thought  that  about 
$40,000  will  be  required,  and  possibly  some 
Missouri  admirers  and  others  may  wish  to 
have  some  little  interest  in  what  would 
greatly  help  Brother  Garrison  in  his  ad- 
mirable work  at  Danville. 

—J.  E.  Lynn,  of  Warren,  O.,  writes : 
"Spent  Sunday,  October  1,  with  the  church 
at  Mansfield,  O.,  where  ten  years  ago  I 
began  my  ministry,  during  which  their 
church  building  was  erected  and  where 
Brother  Brown  is  now  the  successful  pas- 
tor. The  occasion  was  the  reopening  of 
the  church  after  extensive  repairs.  Every- 
thing looked  as  fresh  and  new  as  on  the  day 
of  dedication  and  the  hearts  of  the  peo- 
ple were  full  of  joy.  Brother  Brown  is  the 
right  man  in  the  right  place.  His  first  year's 
work  with  this  church  has  been  richly 
blessed.  Beginning  with  a  great  meeting 
the  enthusiasm  has  been  carried  into  every 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 

department   oi  the   church,   which   has  ac- 

!  cordingly  gone  forward  with  great  energy. 
It  is  a  pleasure  to  spend  a  Sunday  with 
such  a  church  and  such  a  pastor." 

—The  Central  Christian  Church  at  Dal- 
las, Tex.,  celebrated  on  October  1  the  fif- 
teenth aniversary  of  the  pastorate  of  M.  M. 
Davis.  "The  Dallas  News"  of  October  2 
contains  the  anniversary  sermon  preached 
by  Brother  Davis  on  the  occasion.  It  1  a 
Splendid  sermon,  too,  and  shows  that  the 
veteran  pastor -has  lost  none  of  his  ability 
as  a  sermonizer.  We  congratulate  hira  and 
his  church  on  this  long  and  success f  J  , 
torate,  during  which  the  elegant  ch 
bidding,  costing  over  $65,000,  has  been 
erected  and  paid  for,  and  the  pastor  preached 
2,082  sermons  and  had  from  all  sources 
2,918  additions ;  the  total  amount  of  money 
contributed  during  the  period  is  $185,024.8.. 
There  were  208  additions  during  the  year 
which  has  just  closed.  This  is  a  record  of 
which  any  church  and  pastor  may  well  feel 
proud. 

— We  call  to  the  attention  of  the  brethren 
in  the  neighborhood  of  St.  Louis  the  re- 
dedication  of  our  World's  Fair  pavilion 
which  has  been  removed  to  Old  Orchard 
and  re-erected  there  to  serve  the  purpose  of 
a  permanent  church.  We  believe  the  brethren 
all  over  the  country  will  be  interested  in 
this  occasion,  as  the  building  may  be  termed 
historical.  The  dedication  will  be  on  Lord's 
day,  October  15,  at  3  o'clock.  T.  A.  Ab- 
bott will  officiate,  assisted  by  the  newly 
called  minister,  R.  L.  Wilson,  and  many  of 
our  brethren  from  St.  Louis.  The  Old 
Orchard  congregation  will  provide  luncheon 
free  of  charge  for  all  who  will  come.  Con- 
gregations are  urged  thus  to  come  in  a 
body  direct  from  their  morning  worship. 
Take  the  Meramec  Highland  car,  alighting 
at  Oakwood  station,  Old  Orchard,  and  walk 
three  short  blocks  east. 

— From  "The  Bisbee  Daily  Miner"  we 
learn  that  our  congregation  in  that  Arizona 
town  is  growing  numerically  and  spiritually, 
though  it  is  in  a  homeless  condition  and 
worshipping  in  the  public  library  building. 
We  make  the  following  quotation :  "The 
new  pastor,  Daniel  Trundle,  has  been  at 
the  helm  about  a  month,  and  is  very  much 
pleased  at  the  outlook.  The  Christian  En- 
deavor is  a  wide-awake,  enthusiastic  body 
of  young  people,  and  is  becoming  quite  pop- 
ular. But  the  feature  of  activity  of  this 
little  congregation  most  deserving  of  praise 
is  the  way  in  which  it  conducts  its  Sunday 
school.  The  little  ones  are  kept  interested 
and  at  work  with  considerable  energy. 
Many  people  will  be  surprised  to  learn  that 
Bisbee  has  the  distinction  of  having  the 
largest  Sunday  school  in  Arizona,  this 
school  being  entitled  to  the  banner.  Since 
the  arrival  of  the  new  pastor  there  has 
been  a  large  percentage  of  gain  in  its  ranks." 

— By  consulting  the  report  on  another 
page  of  the  Church  Extension  Society's  re- 
ceipts for  the  month  of  September  it  will 
be  noticed  that  churches,  as  churches,  have 
sent  during  the  last  month  $4,000  less  this 
year  than  last  September,  and  that  there  are 
196  fewer  churches  contributing.  This  fall- 
ing behind  is  due  to  three  stormy  Sundays, 
no  doubt,  and  the  lateness  of  the  return  of 
many  of  the  brethren  from  the  National 
Convention.  More  than  1,400  promised  to 
take  the  offering  and  thus  far  only  60S  have 
fulfilled  the  promise,  so  that  there  are  more 


1327 

WE  CAN  SHOW  YOU 

How  to  do  the  Lord's  work 
while  having  your  savings 
in  an  absolutely  safe  in- 
vestment, upon  which  there 
will  be  no  taxes  to  pay,  no 
change  of  securities,  no 
personal  oversight  re- 
quired, no  cost  of  mortgage 
records  or  foreclosures, 
and  upon  which  you  will 
ntt  a  larger  rate  of  inter- 
est than  in  any  other  in- 
vestment. If  you  are  a 
Christian  and  want  your 
money  to  work  for  Christ 
while  at  the  same  time  it 
supports  you,  write,  men- 
tioning this  paper,  to 

BENJAMIN  L.  SMITH, 

Corresponding  Secy  American 
Christian   Missionary   Society, 

CINCINNATI,  OHIO. 


than  half  this  number  still  to  hear  from. 
The  demands  upon  the  fund  are  great. 
Over  500  congregations  are  ready  to  build 
and  do  their  utmost  to  help  themselves 
when  the  board  can  aid  them.  The  lack 
of  the  necessary  funds  has  compelled  the 
board  to  cease  granting  loans,  and  they 
cannot  go  ahead  until  more  money  is  in 
hand.  Those  who  delay,  therefore,  send- 
ing in  their  offering  are  delaying  aggressive 
church  building  in  districts  greatly  in  need 
of  church  homes. 

#      @ 
Opening  of  Christian   College. 

The  fifty-fifth  opening  of  Christian  Col- 
lege took  place  on  Thursday  morning  of 
last  week.  There  was  a  large  audience 
present,  and  the  exercises  were  of  an  inter- 
esting character.  Several  members  of  the 
new  faculty  took  part,  and  all  these  more 
than  met  the  expectation  of  the  audience. 

Apart  from  the  music  and  elocution  pro- 
gram, the  exercises  consisted  of  short  ad- 
dresses by  W.  S.  St.  Clair,  Prof.  C.  M. 
Sharpe.  C.  H.  Winders  and  the  President, 
Mrs.  W.  T.  Moore.  Mrs.  Moore  empha- 
sized the  importance  of  trying  to  make  the 
coming  year  beautiful,  and  she  said  in  order 
to  do  this  we  must  have  a  beautiful  ideal. 
This  ideal  should  be  the  Christ.    To  imitate 


Individual  Communion  Service 

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Send  for  full  particular*    nd  catalogue  Ko.  27.    Give  the  number  of  communicants. 
'The  Lord's  Supper  takes  on  a  new  dignity  and  beauty  by  the  use  of  the  individual  Cup."— J.  K.  Wilson,  D.D. 
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October  12,  1905 


DO   GOOD 

With  your  money  And  enjoy  an  income 
from  it  while  yon  live  hy  giving  to  the 

Foreign  Christian  Missionary  Society 
on  the  ANNVITY  PLAX.  The  Income 
i»  large,  uninterrupted,  and  certain 
for  life.  Interest  is  paid  according 
to  age  of  donor.  There  is  no  expense 
for  repairs  or  taxes.  A  bond  is  given 
to  insure  prompt  payment  of  interest, 
semi-annually.  It  is  better  than  a 
government  bond.  Over  two  hundred 
gifts  bave  been  made,  amounting  to 
about  $250,000.  This  plan  is  especially 
adapted  to  those  fifty  years  of  age,  or 
older.  Full  particulars  given  upon  re- 
quest. Let  us  send  you  our  illustrated 
booklet,  free  of  charge. 
F.   M.   RAIXS,  Cor.   Sec,   Cincinnati,   O. 


him  in  all  things  will  surely  bring  a  beau- 
tiful year. 

The  college  starts  off  with  all  the  rooms 
full,  and  with  a  faculty  unequaled  in 
strength  and  efficiency  by  any  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  institution. — Columbia  (Mo.) 
Herald. 

A  $10,000  Gift  to  Church  Extension. 

D.  R  Pickens  and  wife,  of  Tyler,  Texas, 
last  week  gave  another  $10,000  to  the 
Board  of  Church  Extension  on  the  annu- 
ity plan.  Tnis  makes  $20,000  given  to 
Church  Extension  by  Brother  and  Sister 
Pickens  they  having  given  $10,000  a  few 
years  ago.  At  their  death  this  $20,000  will 
be  known  as  the  David  R.  and  Melissa 
Pickens  Memorial  Loan  Fund.  According 
to  the  Church  Extension  plan,  by  which 
money  constantly  repeats  itself  in  arith- 
metical and  geometrical  progression,  this 
$20,000  fund  will  build  forty  churches 
every  five  years.  This  gift  should  be  an 
inspiration  to  others.  Mr.  Pickens  and  wife 
were  both  barn  in  Kentucky,  and  their 
ministry  of  twenty-five  years  in  Georgia 
and  Texas  in  pioneer  days  and  later  proved 
to  them  the  immense  disadvantage  of 
having  no  Church  Extension  fund  to  back 
up  their  evangelistic  work  and  the  advan- 
tages of  such  a  fund  now  to  our  newly 
organized  missions.  Mr.  Pickens  was  also 
impressed  with  the  fact  that  when  a  church 
is  helped  by  a  loan  from  our  Church  Ex- 
tension fund  it  is  not  beggared  or  humili- 
ated, but  can  ask  for  and  receive  the  help 
in  a  manly  and  businesslike  way  because 
it  proposes  to  give  good  security  and  pay 
it  back  again.  It  is  thus  taught  self- 
dependence. 

The  businesslike  way  in  which  the  money 
is  handled,  the  prompt  return  of  the 
money  by  the  missions  borrowing  it,  so 
that  it  may  go  out  again  on  its  good  mis- 
sion, and  the  slight  loss  of  but  $563  in 
handliog  $914,000  ia  loans  to  these  mission 
churches,  caused  Brother  Pickens  to  con- 
sider his  $20,000  an  absolutely  safe  invest- 
ment. 

$175,409  FOR  THE  C.  W.  B.  M. 

The  total  receipts  of  the  Christian  Wo- 
man's Board  of  Missions  for  the  missionary 
year  ending  September  30,  1905,  were  $204,- 
797.15.  The  actual  receipts  were  $175,- 
408.98.  The  amount  paid  into  the  general 
fund  was  $136,844.93,  a  gain  of  $24,962.37 
over  any  year  in  the  history  of  the  organi- 
zation. For  1905-6  the  aim  will  be  $200,- 
000  in  actual  receipts. 

During  the  missionary  year  just  closed 
this  organization  sent  three  missionaries  to 
Jamaica,  five  to  India,  four  to  Mexico, 
three  to   Porto  Rico,  and  three  to   South 


America,  a  total  of  twenty  missionaries,  be- 
sides the  new  workers  employed  in  the  home 
field.  This  is  the  largest  number  of  work- 
ers that  has  yet  been  sent  to  the  field  by 
any  of  our  missionary  organizations  in  one 
year. 


The  Foreign  Society's  Financial  Exhibit 
for  the  Year. 

Comparing  the  receipts  for  Foreign  Mis- 
sions for  the  yeir  ending  September  30, 
1905,  with  the  year  closing  September  30, 
1904,  shows  the  following: 

1904  1905        GAIN 

Contributing  churches,         2,915  2,834  Loss  81 

•'        Sunday-schools,  3,532  3.552             20 

"         C.  E.  Societies,      681  800            119 

"     Individual  offerings,  943  1,561            618 


Amount  contributed  1904, 
Amount  contributed  1905, 


Gain, 


-  -    -    $211,318.60 

-  -     -       255,922.51 

$44,603  91 

Comparing   the   receipts   from  different 
sources  shows  the  following: 

I904  1905  GAIN 

Churches,      -      $89,545.01  $95,500.84     $5,955  83 

Sunday-schools,     56,832.47  61,817.60      4,985.13 

C.  E.  Societies,         9,368.24  10,873.08  •    1,504.84 

From  individuals  16,154  28  38,387.54     22,233.26 

Miscellaneous,        13,443.39  19,018.32       5674-93 

Annuities,     -    -      24,886.62  25,225.50          33888 

Bequests,       .     -       1,088.59  5>°99-63       4,011.04 

Gain   in   regular  receipts,  $40,253.99;    gain    in 
annuities,  $338.88;  gain  in  bequests,  $4,011.04. 


Church  Extension  Receipts. 

Comparative    statement    of    receipts    for 
September,  1905 : 

Contributing  churches,  1904       .     .         804 
Contiibuting  churches,  1905      .     .     .     608 


Loss    .     .    . 
From  individuals, 


1904 

i9°S 


Gain  over  last  year,     .     . 
Amount  contributed,     1934 
1905 


Loss, 


196 
$1,825.91 
1 1,046.94 

$9,110.93 

$14,054.30 

9,979.02 

$4,075.32 


It  will  be  noticed  that  we  have  lost  196 
contributing  churches  and  $4,075.32  from  the 
churches  as  compared  with  last  year,  but 
we  have  gained  $9,110.93  from  individuals, 
not  including  the  W.  G.  Logan  gift  of 
$50,000,  estimated  conservatively.  When 
the  property  is  sold  we  will  add  whatever 
amount  it  brings  beyond  $50,000. 

Sixty  thousand*  dollars  of  our  September 
receipts  is  in  improved  real  estate  and  good 
securities,  which  cannot  be  used  for  build- 
ing churches  until  the  property  is  sold.  In 
the  meantime  the  board  is  greatly  in  need 
of  cash.  No  loans  have  been  granted  for 
three  months  and  none  are  likely  to  be 
granted  for  the  next  three  months,  because 
of  lack  of  funds.  The  churches,  as 
churches,  have  sent  $5,000  less  than  last 
year,  due  to  the  first  three  Sundays  of 
September  being  stormy  and  the  preachers 
not  returning  from  the  convention  at  San 
Francisco  in  time  to  take  the  offering  in 
September.  The  board  believes  that  this 
deficit  will  be  made  up  in  October.  The 
preachers  will  not  allow  this  collection  to 
go  by  default.  Over  1,400  churches  have 
promised  to  take  the  offering,  and  thus  far 
only  608  have  responded  with  offerings. 
Every  Sunday  in  October  should  be  used 
until  the  churches  have  done  their  duty 
for  Church  Extension.  There  are  over 
500  churches  ready  to  do  their  utmost  to 
build  as  soon  as  our  board  can  help  them. 
This  should  be  sufficient  inspiration  for  the 
churches  and  all  the  friends  of  Church 
Extension  to  send  liberal  gifts.  Remit  to 
G.  W.  Muckley,  Cor.  Sec,  600  Water  Works 
Bldg.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 


VELLASTIC  UNDERWEAR. 

A   New    Kind   of  Undergarment   that    is    Fast 
Coming  into  Universal  Use. 

In  the  stores  this  winter  may  be  seen  the  new 
style  of  underwear  made  by  the  Utica  Knitting 
Company,  and  known  as  Vtllastic  Utica  Ribbed 
Fleece  Underwear. 

By  reason  of  its  low  price — fifty  cents  a  gar- 
ment— and  its  superior  quality,  this  line  of  under- 
wear is  coming  into  great  demand. 

Its  elasticity,  which  results  from  its  rib  feiture, 
combined  with  its  warm  fleece,  makes  Vellastic 
Utica  Ribbed  Fleece  especially  desirable  for  per- 
sons whose  work  involves  much  bodily  movement 
or  exposure  to  the  weather. 

Vellastic  Utica  Ribbed  Fleece  Unde  wear  always 
retains  its  shape  and  elasticity  in  washing,  and  the 
fleece  its  downy  softness. 

Men's  garments  are  a  revelation  of  comfort  to 
men  who  wear  them  for  the  first  time. 

Men's  and  women's  garments  at  50c  each; 
«    |«  m  ^  children's     sizes      in 


Made  under  Fabric 
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union  tuits,  50c,  in 
two  piece  suits,  25c 
the  garment. 

The  trademark, 
Vellastic  Utica  Rib- 
bed Fleece,  is  sewed 
on  every  garment.  If 
your  dealer  does  not 
have  them,  write  us, 
giving  his  name. 
Booklet  and  sample  of 


fabric  free.    Utica  Knitting  Company,  Utica,  N.  Y 

Interchurch  Conference  on  Federation. 

The  Interchurch  Conference  on  Federa- 
tion, consisting  of  about  five  hundred  rep- 
resentatives from  twenty  eight  Christian 
churches  in  the  U.  S.  A.,  will  mjet  in  Car- 
negie Hall,  7th  avenue  and  57th  street,  New 
York,  N.  Y..  Wednesday,  November  IS, 
to  Tuesday,  November  21,  1905. 

The  representatives  are  requested  to 
present  themselves  at  Carnegie  Hall  on  the 
morning  and  afternoon  of  Wednesday, 
November  15,  where  the  chairman,  secre- 
tary and  other  members  of  the  committee 
of  arrangements  will  receive  them  and  fur- 
nish them  with  credentials  and  other  docu- 
ments. 

The  railroad  arrangements  for  the  con- 
ference are  in  charge  of  the  chairman,  who 
can  be  addressed  at  the  Witherspoon 
Building,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  room  515. 
The  secretary  can  be  addressed  at  the 
office  of  the  executive  committee,  90  Bible 
House,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

For  the  Executive  Committee, 

Wm.  H.  Roberts,  Chairman. 
E.  B.  Sanford,  Secretary. 


Rally  Day. 

J.  W.  Carpenter,  of  Virginia,  111., 
has  prepared  a  bright  new  exercise  for  the 
use  of  the  schools  observing  this  great  day 
this  year.  Its  title  is  "Seed  Time  and 
Hat  vest."  Write  for  sample  copy  at  once. 
Pat  your  school  in  line  with  the  best.  Help 
forge  Home  Missions  to  the  front.  We 
ought  to  have  $15,000  from  the  Bible 
schools  this  year. 

Benjamin  L.  Smith,  Cor.  Sec, 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  Bldg.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 


ECZEMA  FOR  EIGHT  YEARS 

Felt  as  if  Burning  Up  from  Itching 

and  Fain.     Speedily  Cured 

By  Cuticura. 

"Cuticura  cured  me  of  a  terrible  eczema 
from  which  I  had  suffered  agony  and  pain 
for  eight  years,  being  unable  to  obtain  any 
help  from  the  best  professional  treatment. 
My  scalp  and  face  were  covered  with  sores, 
and  I  felt  as  if  burning  up  from  the  itch- 
ing and  pain.  Cuticura  gave  me  relief  the 
very  first  day,  and  made  a  complete  cure 
in  a  short  time.  My  head  and  face  are  now 
clear  and  well."  (Signed)  Miss  Mary  M. 
Fay,  75  West  Main  St.,  Westboro,  Mass. 


October  12,  1905 


THE  CIIKISTIAN-EVAiV.Klj 


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Our  Greatest  Gift  to  a  Missionary  Society 

Dr.  Wm.  G.  Logan  and  Wife  Give  $70,00  for  Church  Extension 


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HIS     RBRSONS     FOR     7V^KKIISG     THE     CiFT. 

"First — /  believe  the  Church  Extension  plan  is  the  best  conceivable  for  aiding  our  missions  to  build.  A  loan  at  a  low 
rate  and  on  long  time  does  not  beggar  a  church. 

"Second — /  have  been  studying  the  management,  and  find  that  the  plan  works  beyond  what  we  had  any  right  to  expect  when 
it  was  organized  seventeen  years  ago.  The  fact  that  the  Board  has  handled  over  $900,000  in  loans  to  927  mission  churches  scat- 
tered over  the  United  States,  with  a  loss  of  but  a  little  over  $500,  is  wonderful. 

"Third — /  have  known  the  men  for  years  who  are  managing  this  fund,  and  consider  them  eminently  capable  and  worthy 
of  confidence  and  help." — W.  G.  Logan. 


Dr.  Wm.  G.  Logan  and 
wife,  of  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
have  deeded  to  David  O. 
Smart,  Langston  Bacon  and 
Fletcher  Cowherd,  members 
of  the  Board,  in  trust  for 
the  Church  Extension  fund, 
improved  real  estate  in 
Kansas  City,  Mo.,  which 
he  values  at  $70,000  (sev- 
enty thousand  dollars).  The 
property  consists  of  three 
flat  buildings,  having  ac- 
commodations for  eighteen 
families.  The  gross  income 
from  the  rents  is  $7,500  per 
annum.  The  Board  pays  an 
annuity  of  $4,000  a  year  to 
Dr.  Logan  and  his  heirs. 
The  buildings  are  first  class, 
strictly  modern  and  well 
located  at  the  corner  of 
Sixteenth  and  Wyandotte  streets,  on  the 
west  side,  in  a  good  residence  neighbor- 
hood. The  building  with  columns  is  just 
finished,  at  a  cost  of  $26,000.  The  lot  on 
which  the  three  buildings  stand  fronts 
235  feet  on  Wyandotte  and  140  feet  on 
Sixteenth  street.  This  gift  to  Church  Ex- 
tension is  the  largest  ever  made  to  one  of 
our  missionary  societies.  Brother  and  Sister 
Logan  have  given  half  they  own  to  aiding 
our  homeless  churches.  This  property  will 
be  sold  as  soon  as  possible  because  it  is  the 
desire  of  Dr.  Logan  that  the  money  shall 
go  to  work  building  churches;  however;,  it 
will  not  be  sold  at  a  sacrifice,  for  it  is  a 
fine  investment  for  some  one,  being  close 
enough  to  the  business  section  of  the  city 
to  rent  well,  and  yet  not  so  close  as  to  be 
unhomelike.  The  circum- 
stances of  the  gift  ought 
to  appeal  to  wealthy  breth- 
ren seeking  a  good  invest- 
ment with  a  profitable  and 
sure  income,  to  buy,  so  that 
the  Board  may  get  the 
cash  with  which  to  build 
churches. 

This  fund  will  be  known 
as  the  "Dr.  William  G.  Lo- 
gan Trust  Fund,"  for  the 
purpose  of  aiding  in  the 
erection  of  church  buildings 
by  making  loans  therefrom 
under  the  control  and  di- 
rection of  the  Board  of 
Church  Extension  of  the 
American  Christian  Mis- 
sionary Society. 

Dr.    W.    G.    Logan    was 


DR.  WM.   G.  LOGAN. 


MILDRED  T.  LOGAN. 


FRONT  VIEW  OF  THE  THIRD  FLAT  SHOWN 
IN  THE  DISTANCE  IN  THE  OTHER  PICTURE. 


THIS  PHOTOGRAPH  SHOWS  THE  THREE    FLATS  CONSTITUTING   THE  GIFT. 


born  in  Lincoln  county, 
Kentucky,  November  24, 
1831.  He  will,  therefore, 
be  74  years  old  next  No- 
vember. Mrs.  Logan  was 
born  in  Kentucky,  and  her 
friends  will  remember  her 
as  Miss  Mildred  Arnold,  of 
Jessamine  county.  The  two 
were  married  in  1853.  Dr. 
Logan  was  a  graduate  in 
1852  of  the  Kentucky  School 
of  Medicine  of  Louisville, 
which  is  now  the  medical 
department  of  Kentucky 
University.  He  came  to 
Plattsburg,  Mo.,  in  1852, 
and  to  Kansas  City  in 
1882.  He  has  been  a  very 
successful  practitioner,  and 
has  been  a  careful  and  eco- 
nomical liver.  Dr.  Logan 
and  wife  are  members  of  the  First  Church 
of  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Dr.  Logan  has  been  a  regular  contributor 
to  Church  Extension  for  years.  In  send- 
ing personal  gifts,  he  accompanied  them 
with  a  kind  and  encouraging  word.  He 
received  literature  from  the  office  from 
time  to  time,  and  studied  the  annual  reports 
of  the  Board  for  years.  The  reasons  he  gave 
to  the  corresponding  secretary  when  he  an- 
nounced his  intention  to  create  the  Logan 
Fund  are  interesting. 

I  feel  like  saying  here  that  the  fact  of 
this  large  gift  being  made  by  a  man  in 
Kansas  City,  who  has  given  careful  study 
to  the  work  of  Church  Extension,  who  hns 
known  the  members  of  our  Board  for  years, 
and  has  himself  been  a  successful  investor, 
■  is  significant,  and  is  a 
deserved  compliment  to  the 
men  whom  the  brethren 
have  elected  to  manage  this 
sacred  trust  for  the  Dis- 
ciples of  Christ,  and  for  the 
use  of  our  worthy  missions 
that  are  struggling  to  build. 
It  ought  to  be  as  easy 
for  our  missionary  societies 
to  get  large  gifts  as  it  is 
to  get  small  ones,  provided 
only  that  our  boards  will 
do  great  things.  Let  other 
great  gifts  follow  to  help 
realize  the  new  watchword 
of  the  Board  of  Extension 
— "A  Million  by  the  close 
of   1909." 

G.  W.   MVCKLEY. 

Cor.  Sec 


133° 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


October  12,  1005 


NEWS    FROM    MANY    FIELDS 


Eighth  Indiana  District  Convention. 

The  Eighth  Missionary  District  of  In- 
diana held  a  very  interesting  convention  at 
Greencastle  on  Sept.  27,  2S.  The  district 
comprises  six  counties  in  the  central  part 
of  the  state  and  has  about  seventy  five  con- 
gregations of  Disciples. 

C.  W.  Cauble.  minister  at  Greencastle, 
had  everything  in  readiness  to  give  the 
many  delegates  who  attended  a  royal  wel- 
come. Everything  possible  was  done  to 
make  our  stay  with  them  a  pleasant  one. 

The  program  was  well  carried  out,  the 
various  departments  of  the  church  being 
well  represented. 

The  evening  addresses  were  given  by 
J.  O.  Rose,  state  corresponding  secretary, 
and  E.  E.  Moorman,  minister  of  the  Dan- 
ville church.  Both  speakers  emphasized 
the  importance  of  state  missionary  worku 

Others  who  delivered  addresses  were 
T.  A.  Hall,  H.  G.  Murphy,  I.  N.  Grisso, 
L.  V.  Barbre,  E.  L.  Day,  J.  M.  Weddle, 
Mrs.  S.  K.  Jones  and  Miss  Mattie  Pounds. 

E.  L.  Day,  of  Brazil,  was  chosen  presi- 
dent, and  L.  V.  Barbre,  secretary,  of  the 
district.  The  next  convention  will  be  held 
at  Clinton.         C.  O.  Burton,  secretary. 

e     e 

A  Voice  from  the  South. 

I  held  a  three  weeks'  meeting  in  Athens, 
Ala.,  with  Thos.  Lenox,  minister,  who, 
with  his  good  wife,  is  held  in  highest  es- 
teem by  the  church  and  people  generally. 
There  were  large  audiences  and  eight  ad- 
ditions to  the  membership,  four  of  them  by 
baptism.  The  state  convention  meets  at 
Athens  in  November. 

Another  three  weeks'  meeting  at  College 
Park,  Atlanta,  Ga.,  with  W.  A.  Chastain, 
minister,  was  my  second  meeting  with  this 
man  of  God.  There  were  seven  additions 
to  their  fellowship,  three  being  by  baptism. 
Several  visiting  ministers  were  present  at 
one  or  more  of  the  services,  and  assisted 
in  song  and  prayer  and  exhortation; 
among  them  were:  J.  H.  Wood,  of  Augusta; 
J.  F.  Lambert,  of  College  Park;  H.  C. 
Dodson  and  brother,  of  Red  Oak;  H.  K. 
Pendleton,  A.  E.  Seddon,  G.  H.  Hinnant, 
A.  F.  Lee,  G.  W.  Mullins,  of  Atlanta; 
Bernard  P.  Smith  and  F.  L.  Adams,  of 
West  End.  Georgia  is  a  ripe  field  for  real 
mission  work. 

September  7,  I  began  a  ten  days'  meet- 
ing in  beautiful  and  classic  Talladega, 
Ala.  This  meeting  was  crowded  in  before 
a  union  meeting,  because  it  was  my  only 
time  there.  We  had  very  large  audiences 
and  eight  additions  to  the  membership; 
five  by  baptism.  I  believe  many  friends 
were  made  for  the  cause.  Our  church  is 
less  than  one  year  old  there.  S.  P.  Spiegel 
sang  three  nights  during  the  meeting. 
Mrs.  Spiegel  played  the  piano.  Brother 
Cuthrell  begins  his  ministry  with  Talla- 
dega and  Oxford  October  1.  They  have 
a  bright  future. 

The  Convention  Number  of  The  Chris- 
tian-Evangelist was  great.  I  almost  sat 
in  the  convention  hall  while  reading  it, 
having  been  deprived  of  the  happy  priv- 
ilege of  attending  the  convention. 

I  am  now  in  a  month's  meeting  in 
Savannah,  Ga.,  with  Bro.  A.  R.  Miller. 
Having  heard  much  of  his  deep  piety  and 
of  the  consecration  of  that  church  I  antici- 
pate a  great  meeting. 

November  4,  I  am  to  begin  a  fifty  days' 


meeting  in  Pensacola,  Fla.,  if  the  yellow 
fever  does  not  prevent.  So  far  the  yellow 
fever  has  not  interfered  a  particle  with  my 
appointments  this  summer,  and  I  have 
made  a  very  good  record.  I  fear  for  Pen- 
sacola. They  have  the  most  malignant 
type  of  fever  on  the  coast.  At  this  time 
they  have  made  a  record  of  25  per  cent 
fatalities.  We  have  but  few  brethren 
there.  They  were  so  hopeful  for  a  great 
meeting.  This  is  a  sore  trial  to  them,  but 
I  pray  that  their  faith  fail  not,  and  that 
they  may  be  spared  to  see  the  victory  of 
faith.  For  if  we  must  postpone  our  meet- 
ing I  am  going  to  them  as  soon  as  I  can. 

On  account  of  a  previous  engagement  I 
was  denied  the  privilege  of  taking  part  in 
the  great  simultaneous  meetings  planned 
for  Kansas  City,  Cincinnati,  and  Pittsburg. 
I  was  invited  to  assist  in  the  three  cities. 
But  the  work  to  be  done  in  the  sou'h— and 
the  workers  so  few!  O.  P.  Spiegel. 

BinHingham,  Ala. 

Missouri. 

Are  you  getting  ready  for  the  state  day? 
Remember  it  is  Lord's  day,  November  5, 
1905.  You  ought,  brother,  minister,  to 
send  in  the  order  for  your  supplies  at  the 
earliest  date.  We  are  out  of  collection  en- 
velopes, but  have  placed  the  order,  and  if 
you  will  invest  a  penny  in  a  postal  card 
and  send  it  to  311  Century  Building,  Kan- 
sas City,  Mo.,  and  tell  us  how  many  pas- 
toral letters  you  want,  and  how  many  col- 
lection envelopes,  the  pastoral  letters  will 
be  sent  at  once  and  the  envelopes  at  the 
earliest  moment.  A  special  edition  of  the 
October  number. of  "The  Missouri  Chris- 
tian Message"  is  being  gotten  out,  and 
also  of  the  November  issue.  If  you  will 
say  in  your  postal,  which  I  pray  you  send 
at  once,  how  many  of  these  you  will  dis- 
tribute they  will  be  sent  to  .you.  We  want 
to  help  you  make  this  the  greatest  offering 
your  church  has  ever  made  for  state  mis- 
sions. 

Ten  thousand  dollars  ought  to  be  the 
very  least  we  would  be  at  all  satisfied  with. 
When  Admiral  Togo  went  into  the  fight  in 
the  Sea  of  Japan,  he  signaled  from  the 
masthead,  "Japan  expects  everyone  to  do 
his  utmost."  This  is  all  we  ask  of  you, 
preachers  and  churches  in  Missouri;  but 
this  much  we  do  ask.  It  is  unfair,  unjust 
and  un-Christian  to  demand  of  the  Slate 
Board  the  doing  of  certain  work  and  then, 
by  indifference  or  sheer  neglect,  fail  to 
furnish  the  means.  T.  A,  Abbott. 

Kansas  City.  Mo. 

Nebraslia. 

The  state  evangelist,  R.  F.  Whiston,  is 
now  at  the  little  town  of  Vesta,  where  we 
have  a  small  body  of  people,  but  have  had 
no  organization.  A  house  not  used  for 
several  years  is  standing  about  eight  miles 
in  the  country,  and  it  may  be  we  can  move 
it  into  the  town.  An  organization  will  be 
effected. 

R.  D.  McCance,  recently  of  South  Da- 
kota, now  a  resident  of  Cozad,  Neb.,  is  in 
a  meeting  for  the  State  and  District  Boards 
at  Magnet.  S.  A.  Kopp  is  the  regular 
preacher  and  this  is  a  mission  point  of  tbe 
State  Board.  This  is  the  first  meeting 
since  the  organization,  about  three  years 
ago. 

F.  L.  Pettit  and  T.  A.  Lindenmeyer  will 


exchange  meetings,  the  Auburn  meeting 
being  first  and  commencing  October  9. 
Brother  Pettit  bad  eight  additions  at  reg- 
ul  ir  services  at  Auburn  during  September, 

five  by  baptism. D.  A.  Youzy,  of  Platts- 

mouth,  and  E  G.  Hamilton,  of  Uaadilla, 
exchange  meetings  in  their  respective 
fields.     Youizy  be^an  at  Unadilla  Oct.  5. 

Good  word  is  received    from    outside 

sources  of  the  work  at  Louisville,  now 
being  cared  for  half  time  by  A.  L.  Ogden. 

Samuel  Gregg  will  be  available  for  a 

couple  of  meetings.     His   address  is  Min- 

den,  where  he  is  the  regular  preacher. 

Melvin  Patman  is  in  a  meeting  at  Green-, 
wood.     W.  B.  Harter  is  the  preacher  there. 
F.  E.  James  is  in  a  meeting  at  Ches- 
ter.  De    Forest     Austin's     meeting    at 

Douglas  closed  with  44  addition?.  Brother 
Sabin,  of  that  place,  has  purchased  a  Dew 
tent  and  will  furnish  it  to  Brother  Austin  for 
tent  meetings.  The  p'an  now  is  for  Austin 
and  McVey  to  hold  one  meeting  in  north- 
ern Kansas  and  one  in  southern  Nebraska, 
and  gradually  work  southwest  to  southern 
California  for  the  winter,  then  back  to 
western  Nebraska  in  the  spring  and  sum- 
mer. This  team  ought  to  add  one  thous- 
and souls  to  the  churches  in  this  way. 

Thos.  Maxwell  has  left  Ulysses  and  began 
work  at  York.  Brother  Maxwell  is  highly 
beloved  in  Ulysses.  Naturally  they  did  not 
enj  )y  his  leaving  them.  The  church  and 
friends  tendered  him  and  his  wife  a  recep- 
tion and  added  a  nice  token  of  regard. 
Brother  Maxwell  is  the  reeording  secretary 

of  the  N.  C.  M.  S. N.  T.  Harmon  has 

resigned  at  David  City,  and,  if  reports  are 
to  be  credited,  will  evangelize  this  winter. 
It  is  proper  in  this  connection  to  say  that 
the  Brother  Harman,  of  Broken  Bow,  who 
was  reported  by  the  newspapers  as  having 
organized  another  denomination,  is  not 
related  to  the  three  Harmon  brothers  so 
well  known  in  Nebraska.  It  will  be  re- 
membered by  readers  of  this  letter  that 
L.  F,  Harman  came  to  us  last  winter  from 
the  M.  E.  Church,  and  was  commended  to 
the  pulpit  supply  committee  by  some  of 
our  own  brethren  who  knew  him.  He  it  is 
who  located  at  Broken  Bow.  He  denies 
that  the  new  movement  is  a  new  church. 
He  is  not  now  preaching  for  our  church 
at  Broken  Bow.  Of  the  merits  or  demerits 
of  his  movement  we  do  not  wish  to  speak 
here,  but  merely  to  satisfy  some  questions 
that  have  come  up  as  to  who  it  was  that 
was  meant  in  the  dispatches. 

The  time  of  year  for  getting  together 
the  apportionments  for  toe  state  work  is 
fast  approaching.  Lord's  day,  November 
5,  is  Nebraska  day.  The  increasing  de- 
mands upon  the  state  make  it  imperative 
that  we  should  give  increasingly,  and  the 
large  returns  for  labor,  business  and  farm- 
ing make  it  possible  for  us  to  give  abun- 
dantly. Larger  apportionments,  increased 
individual  giving,  and  perhaps  a  living 
link  church  or  individual,  are  the  immedi- 
ate necessities.  We  will  soon  send  out  the 
appeal  to  the  churches.  We  earnestly  hope 
that  the  churches  will  make  this  interest 
the  first  interest  during  October  and  No- 
vember.    Envelopes  and   other    literature 


PISO'S  CURE   FOR 


CURES  WHERE  ALL  ELSE  EAUS. 

I  Best  Cough  Syrup   Tastes  Good,  use 
In  time.    Sold  by  druggists. 


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-will  be  provided  for  the  offering  and  for  its 
preparation. 

The  slate  minutes  are  soon  to  be  off  the 
•  press.      It  is  hoped  that  they  will  be  satis- 
factory in   point    of  make-up  as   well   As   in 
the  information  they  offer. 

Burton   II.  Whiston  has  resigned  at  Ben- 
nett, to  lake  effect   soon,  and  is  just  ijow  ill 

a    meeting    al    Rising    C'ily.- -L.    C.  .  Swan 

will    spend    his    vacation    in    northwest    Ne- 
braska.  That   Cotner   University    should 

open  with  a  considerable  increase  in  en- 
rollment was  to  be  expected.  The  future 
of  this  school  looks  bright.  Its  clean  record 
and  conservative1  stand  for  plain  ',  Bible 
Christianity,  as  well  as  for  a  high  standard 
of  excellence  in  its  curriculum,  has  won  for 
it  many  friends.  We  are  going  to  get  at  it 
soon  and  make  Cotner  , the  best  jschool 
among  us.  ''Why  not?  The  rails  arc  be- 
ing laid  on  the  Interurban.    'Don't  shout ! 

.   W.  A.  Baldwin. 


Illinois. 

About  thirty  smiles  south  of  Springfield 
are  three  churches!  in  the  fertile  prairie: 
Atwater,  Waggoner,  and-  McVey.  These 
are  all  ministered  fo-  by  W.  H.  Applegate, 
who  lives  in  the  snug  parsonage  of  the  first 
place.  This  whole  region  is  practically 
under'  our  care.,  Did  it  ever  impress  you 
that,  when  a  whole  section  of  country  is  de- 
pending upon  us  for  instruction  in  divine 
things,  a  very  grave  responsibility  is  laid 
upon  us,  and  one  for  which  we  must  an- 
swer unto  the  great  Shepherd?  It  was  here 
that  Mother  Davis  .lived  who  left  the  college 
$2,cco,"  many  years*' ago.  "Though  she  has 
gone,  her  money  lives  in  a  thousand  young 
people  for  whom  it  helped  to  provide  a 
Christian  colleg"e  and  in  the  work  of  more 
than  a  hundred  ministers  now  in  the  pulpits 
of  America  and  in  foreign  fields.  Who  can 
estimate  the  accumulated  interest  on  such 
a  sum,  in  the  hands  of  him  who  multiplies 
still  the  loaves  and  fishes,  with  which  to  feed 
a  starving  world,  until  the  judgment  day? 
Oh,  that  we  were  more  willing  to  invest  in 
the  world's  higher  life,  In  providing  and 
training  men  to  go  with  his  message  Kto  the 
ends  of  the  earth ! 

Litchfield,  a  city  of  7,000  souls,  has  a 
good  church  of  225  members,  with  a  Sun- 
day-school of  175,  a  Christian  Endeavor  of 
57,  and  a  C.  W.  B.  M.  of  22..  M.  S.  John- 
.  son  is  the  faithful,  energetic  minister,. under 
whose  teaching  49  have  been  added  to  the 
church  in  the  year  and  a  quarter  of  his 
ministry.  The  commodious  house  was 
erected  four  years  ago,  under  the  ministry 
of  C.  D.  Purlee,  now  in  Kansas. 

The  church  at  Long  Point  occupies  a 
beautiful  new  house  of  worship.  Its  hun- 
dred members  include  an  unusual  number 
of  young  families  who  can  be  a.  great 
power  in  the  Master's  service.  F.  W.  Sut- 
ton, since  his  graduation  in  June,  has  lived 
with  them.  He  has  succeeded  in  raising 
nearly  all  of  the  $600  indebtedness  remain- 
ing- on  -the  church  property  and  already 
they  are  planning  a  day  of  rejoicing.  This 
is  an  excellent  field,  and  a  church  of  great 
,-trength  and  spiritual  ,  power  can  grow 
up  here  with  proper  co-operation  and 
'  training.' 

C.  L.  Stauft'fr  preaches  half  .time  in 
Dana,  where,  in  the  midst  of  worldly  in- 
fluences a  devoted  band  is  ;  struggling  to 
give  the  community  the  light  of  the;  gospel 
of  Christ.  Although  their  preachei;  is  in 
college,  ne  is  rendering  them  very  valuable 
service  ajad  is  much,  loved  and.  esteemed  by 
the  church.  '    ~-*J1  •  j 

At  Roanoke  a  winning  conflict  is  waging, 
with   Brother  M'cBean,  a  senior  in  Eureka 


college;  leading  the  victors.  Few  churches 
have  had  a  harder  struggle  or  have  more 
iistently  pressed  forward,  with  difficul- 
ties without  and  within.  The  Lord  it 
with  his  people  and  he  will  crown  the 
faithful. 

College  opens  with  a  most  excellent 
class  of  student?;  Canada,  England,  Japan 
and  Australia  are  represented,  besides 
many  states  and  the  District  of  Columbia. 
I, id.i's  Wood,  our  delightful  home  for  our 
young  ladies,  has  never  been  so  well  filled 
since  its  reconstruction  some  fen  years  ago. 
A' good  room  in  liurgess  Nail  has  been 
apart  especially  for  the  young  ladies  for 
sttidy,  rest  and  comfort.  Our  faculty  has 
been  strengthened  in  various  ways  and 
forms  a  corps  of  teachers  of  which  any  col- 
lege might  justly  feel  proud.  A  good  many 
improvements  are  being  made.  Our  trus- 
tees are  determined,  by  the  support  of  the 
people,  to  enlarge  the  influence  and  oppor- 
tunities of  our  already  well  equipped  college 
to  afford  the  very  best  for  our  young  people. 

Eureka,  III.  J.  G.  Waggoner. 


The  Great  Awakening  at   Oakland, 
California. 

The  cause  of  New  Testament  Christian- 
ity has  just  received  a  great  .'uplift  in  the 
city  of  Oakland  through  the  evangelistic 
campaign  of  Charles  Reign  Scoville.  The 
meeting  was  extensively  advertised  and 
great  audiences  assembled.  There  were  145 
additions,  some  from  other  churches  but 
many  from  the  world.  One  young  Catholic 
lady  remarked,  "I  never  had  a  chance  to 
hear  the  Gospel  before,"  when  she  made 
her ,  confession.  There  are  many  striking 
instances  of  the  power  of  the  pure  Gos- 
pel. One  man  whose  wife  wanted  him  to 
unite  with  the  Norwegian  Lutheran  Church 
said  he  would  do  no  other  than  be  im- 
mersed after  hearing  Brother  Scoville.  A 
family  of  five  with  membership  in  three 
different  churches  all  came  together  on  the 
one  faith,  one  Lord,  one  baptism,  on  the 
last  night  of  the  meeting. 

Among  the  confessions  and  baptisms  were 
those  of  the  renowned  Oliphant  Sisters, 
singtrig  evanglists,  who  have  held  meet- 
ings all  around  the  world.  They  were  mem- 
bers of  one  of  the  denominations,  and 
while  spending  a,  ^short  time  at  their  home 
here,  assisted  in  the  music  at  the  meetings, 
rendering  duets  occasionally  in  their  usual 
impressive  manner.  Being  present,  of 
course,  they  heard  "New  Testament" 
preaching,  and  became  much  interested, 
especially  in  the  subject  of  baptism.  See- 
ing the  beauty  of  "our  plea,"  and  recog- 
nizing its  power,  they  yielded  to  the  gos- 
pel with  no  attempt  to  "argue  it  away." 
On  the  Friday  night  following  the  close  of 
the  meetings  a  reception  to  new  members 
was  held,  at  which  time  our  beloved  pastor, 
Bro.  Thomas  A.  Boyer,  publicly  received 
the  Oliphant  Sisters  into  .the  membership 
of  the  church.  They  will  retain  their  mem- 
bership in  the  First  Christian  Church  of 
Oakland,  and  continue  their  evangelistic 
work  far  and  near.  It  is  the  intention  to 
soon  have  a  public  ordination  of  these  good 
women,  setting  them  apart  to  the  ministry 
of  the  Church  of  Christ.  And  it  may  be 
that  a  series  of  meetings  of  a  week  or  so 
may  be  conducted  by  them  jn  the  Oak- 
land church.  They  are  ready  at  any  op- 
portunity to  tell  why  they  took  the  step 
of  changing  their  church  relationship. 

The   raising  of  the  money  for  -a  lot  for 
a  new   church  seemed  a  very  easy  matter.  I 


Quickly    Cured 

Suffering   for   Years,  and    Bed -Ridden,  a 

Contractor    of    Marion,    Indiana,  U 

Cured  by  tbe  Pyramid  Remedy. 


Trial  Pack  /fe  Mailed  Free  to  All  Who  Send 
Name  and  Address. 

"1    was  troubled   with   piles   for  several 

years  before  I  would  let  it  be  known.     But 
at  last  they  became  re  that  I  could 

not    walk    and    1    had    to    ;ake   my   bed.      I 
tried    everything  and  .anything   the  do' 
prescribed,  and  took  their  treatmei 
long  time.      But   nothing  ever  did  me  any 
good.      I    had    seen    your    ad.    in    different 
newspapers,  so  I  got  a  50*cent  box  and  be- 
gan using  them.     From  the  very  fir 
quick  relief  and  by  the  time  I  wis  starting 
on    my   third   box    I    saw    I    was   cured.      I 
have   not    been    troubled    with    them    since. 
Now  you  can   use  this   as   you   please,  be- 
cause it  is  genuine.     Yours,  T.  A.  Sutton, 
Stone     and     Cement     Contractor,     Marion, 
Ind." 

Instant  relief  can  be  gotten  by  using  the 
marvelous  Pyramid  Pile  Cure.  It  imme- 
diately reduces  all  congestion  and  swelling, 
heals  all  sores,  ulcers  and  irritated  parts. 

The  moment  you  start  to  use  it  your  suf- 
fering ends  and  the  cure  of  your  dread 
disease  is  in  sight. 

The  Pyramid  Pile  Cure  renders  a  sur- 
gical operation  foolhardy.  Don't  hack  to 
pieces  those  tender  muscles  which  must  be 
intact  if  a  satisfactory  cure  is  to  be  ob- 
tained. 

The  Pyramid  rile  Cure  is  put  up  in  the 
form  of  "easy-to-use,"  especially  made, 
suppositories.  They  are  soothing,  pain- 
less, instant  and  certain. 

A.  trial  treatment  will  be  sent  you  at 
once  by  mail,  in  plain,  sealed  wraooer.  with- 
out a  cent  of  expense  to  you,  if  you  send 
your  name  and  address  to  Pyramid  Drug 
Co.,  5321  Pyramid  Building,  Marshall, 
Mich. 

After  you  receive  the  sample,  you  can 
get  a  regular-size  package  of  Pyramid  Pile 
Cure  at  your  druggist's  for  50  cents,  or  if 
he  hasn't  it,  send  us  the  money  and  we  will 
send  it  to  you. 


The  church  and  pastor  worked  heartily  in 
co-operation  with  the  evangelist.  The  soil 
had  been  faithfully  prepared  by.  Thomas  A. 
Boyer,  who  has  the  love  and  good  will  of 
not  only  the  membership,  but  the  entire 
community  as  well.  L.  H.   Browx. 

C*      ® 

BETTER  THAN  SPANKING. 

Spanking  does  not  cure  children  of  bed 
wetting.  If  it  did  there  would  be  few  chil- 
dren that  would  do  it.  There  is  a  consti- 
tional  cause  for  this.  Mrs.  M.  Summers, 
Box  183,  Notre  Dame.  Ind..  will  send  her 
home  treatment  to  any  mother.  She  asks 
no  money.  Write  her  today  if  your  chil- 
dren trouble  you  in  this  way.  Don't  blame 
the  child.  The  chances  are  it  can't  help 
it. 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


October  12,  1905 


C.  W.  B.  M.  in  Missouri. 

We  are  so  glad  to  hear  from  our  county 
manager  of  Ralls,  that  she  has  begun  her 
work,  by  reorganizing  the  auxiliary  at  Cen- 
ter, with  the  following  as  officers :  Mrs. 
V.  A.  MeManis.  Mrs.  Ed.  Keithly,  Mrs. 
\Y.  R.  Netherland  and  Mrs.  Sears.  There 
are  six  members  and  four  "Tidings,''  but 
more  are  to  be  added. 

The  St.  Louis  Union  held  its  September 
meeting  with  the  Second  Church  and  it 
would  take  the  whole  page  of  The  Chris- 
tian-Evangelist to  tell  one-half  the  good 
things  there.  First,  to  be  regretted  was 
the  absence  of  the  district  manager,  our 
faithful  Sister  B.  F.t  Davis.  The  secretary 
filled  the  vacancy  as  best  she  could.  The 
reports  for  the  year  show  advance  in  most 
lines.  Most  of  the  auxiliaries  reached  their 
apportionments,  but  only  three  gained  a 
place  on  the  district  roll  of  honor.  The 
motto  and  rally  cry  adopted  were  as  fol- 
lows :  "Keep  close  to  God,  "  and  "Faithful, 
forceful,  fruitful." 

One  pleasure  was  the  presence  of  Miss 
Caroline  Pope,  who  is  on  her  way  to  India. 
She  ought  to  be  an  inspiration  to  every 
woman  in  our  city  to  greater  and  more  con- 
secrated service  through  all  the  years.  We 
send  her  with  our  best  love  and  earnest 
prayers.  St.  Louis  has  also  been  blessed 
with  a  short  visit  from  Mattie  Burgess, 
who  tarried  a  day  or  so,  on  her  way  to  In- 
dia.    She  has  our  prayers  and  our  hearts. 

Apportionments  will  reach  the  auxiliaries 
before  this  letter.  They  are  calculated  to 
be  in  time  for  action  at  the  October  meet- 
ing. If  any  auxiliary  feels  that  it  has  been 
apportioned  too  high  let  us  hear  at  once. 
If  we  have  not  asked  you  for  enough  we 
will  gladly  raise  the  figure.  First  Church, 
St.  Joseph,  reports  117  members  and  90 
"Tidings."  Mrs.  L.  G.  Bantz. 

@      @ 

PROGRAM  OF  STATE  INSTITUTE 
Of  the  Indiana  Sunday  School  Association, 
Greenfield,  Ind.,  Oct.  17-19. 

On  the  evening  of  the  first  day  there 
will  be  an  address  by  W.  H.  Kellogg.  The 
next  day  some  of  the  topics  will  be :  "The 
Present  and  Future  of  the  Sunday  School" ; 
"The  Organized  School";  "The  School 
in  the  Home";  "What  About  the 
Men?"  Among  the  speakers  will  be: 
Austin  Hunter,  T.  J.  Legg,  Charles  E. 
Underwood  and  F.  P.  Smith.  On  the  last 
day  there  will  be  conferences  and  addresses 
in  which  A.  L.  Orcutt,  F.  B.  Sapp,  J.  H. 
Garrison,  Mrs.  J.  A.  Clark,  Miss  Bealah 
Buchanan,  Mrs.  Joseph  L.  Stacey  and  oth- 
ers will  participate.  Devotional  Bible  studies 
will  be  conducted  by  G.  M.  Anderson  and 
A.  B.  Philputt. 

The  Greenfield  church  will  give  lodging 
and  breakfast  to  all  attending  the  institute. 
Please  notify  the  secretary  of  your  coming. 
E.  B.  Scofield,  Pres. 
O.  E.  Tomes,  Sec'y. 

1804  Ingrain  St.,  Indianapolis 

@      @ 

Western  Washington  Convention. 

Our  initial  Western  Washington  Con- 
vention will  meet  in  Tacoma,  October  25, 
26.  A  fine  program  is  assured  and  plans 
will  be  laid  for  aggressive  work.  The  needs 
are  great.  Come  and  share  in  the  joy  of 
service.  The  Tacoma  brethren  propose  to 
entertain  you  free  except  for  lunch.  Send 
me  a  card  saying  how  many  will  come  from 
your  place.  The  church  is  at  13th  and 
E  streets.  From  the  depot  take  any  car 
going  north,  ask  for  a  transfer  to  the  cable 
car.  From  the  docks  take  any  car  going 
south  and  transfer  to  the  cable.  Come. 
W.  A.  Moore,  Sec.  for  the  Committee. 

Tacoma,  Wash. 

The  Nuraery's  Friend 

is  Borden's  Eagle  Brand  Condensed  Milk. 
Scientifically  prepared  as  an  infant  food  it 
is  the  nearest  approach  to  Mother's  Milk. 
Send  for  Baby's  Diary,  a  valuable  booklet 
for  Mothers,  108  Hudson  Street,  New  York. 


Texas  Christian  University. 

Texas  Christian  University  opened  its 
annual  session  September  4  with  a  sub- 
stantial increase  in  enrollment.  The  com- 
ing year  promises  to  be  the  best.  Improve- 
ments of  various  kinds  were  made  during 
the  summer.  The  towers  and  other  exter- 
nal changes  on  the  main  building  were 
completed,  laboratories  received  additional 
equipment,  and  the  space  devoted  to  some 
of  the  growing  departments  was  enlarged. 
Several  new  pianos  have  been  purchased, 
and  the  new  pipe  organ,  secured  just  at  the 
close  of  last  session,  is  now  ready  for  use. 

Profr'Haraldt  Techan,  of  San  Francisco/ 
after  spending  14  years  in  Germany  as  a 
student  of  music,  now  holds  the  position 
of  director  of  the  College  of  Music.  Pro- 
fessors Elliott  and  Home  are  new  instruct- 
ors in  the  Normal  and  Preparatory  Depart- 
ments. 

College  spirit  is  manifesting  itself  in 
the  renewed  activity  among  the  various 
literary  societies,  and  in  the  enthusiastic 
efforts  on  the  athletic  field.  The  Christian 
organizations — Sunday  school,  Y.  M.  C.  A., 
Y.  W.  C.  A.,  Mission  Board,  etc.,  are  plan- 
ning for  a  vigorous  campaign.  E.  C.  Boyn- 
ton,  by  the  unanimous  vote  of  the  congrega- 
tion, will  continue  as  pastor  of  the  Uni- 
versity Church.  John  S.  Sweeney  is  sched- 
uled to  lead  the  forces  in  a  meeting  next 
November. 

A  number  of  brethren  have  purchased 
lots  and  houses  near  the  university  recently, 
and  others  are  planning  to  do  so  soon. 
North  Waco  is  now  a  part  of  the  city  of 
Waco.  The  post  office  is  North  Waco 
Station.  Our  city  has  recently  secured  a 
new  trunk  line  railroad.  This  and  other 
acquisitions  promise  rapid  growth  for 
Waco. 

Panhandle  Christian  College,  at  Here- 
ford, which  is  a  part  of  Texas  Christian 
University,  opened  under  favorable  cir- 
cumstances. 

The  brethren  will  also  be  pleased  to 
know  that  Carlton  College,  the  splendid 
institution  at  Bonham,  is  now  an  assured 
part  of  Texas  Christian  University.  The 
funds  necessary  to  effect  this  arrangement 
have  been  secured,  and  the  transfer  of  the 
property  will  be  made  at  once.  Thus  Texas 
Christian  University  is  lengthening  her 
cords  and  strengthening  her  stakes. 

Waco,  Texas.        Frank  H.  Marshall,. 


CHANGES. 

Ainsworth,   R.    M.,    Alexandria,    S.    D.,   to 

Lakeville,   N.   Y. 
Agee,    Ivan   W.,    Williamsville   to   Atlanta, 

111. 
Baber,    P.     M.,    Bond,    Mo.,    to    Bethany, 

W.  Va. 
Coler,    G.    P.,    Ann    Arbor,    Mich.,   to    Del 

Norte,  Colo. 
Cartwright,   R.   L.,   Silverton,   Ore.,  to  Lo- 

rin,   Calif. 
Dowling,  F.  M.,  Glendora,  to  Covina,  Calif. 
Ewers,  John  R.,  Chicago,   111.,  to  Youngs- 
town,  O. 
Earl,  H.  E.,  Macatawa,  Mich.,  to  5687  Uni- 
versity Ave.,   Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Finley,   L.   W.,   Caldwell,  to  Whigville,   O. 
Forrest,  W.  M.,  Mt.  Sterling,  Ky.,  to  Ann 

Arbor,   Mich. 
Givens,  J.   B.,  Epling,  to  Pembroke,  Va. 
Golightly,    T.    J.,    Lebanon,    Ky.,    to    Box 

630,   Yale   Sta.,  New   Haven,  Conn. 
Jackson,  G.  D.,  Eustis,  to  DeLand,  Fla. 
Lobdell,  G.  L-,  Dallas,  to  Eugene,  Ore. 
Larimore,    J.    W.,    Springfield,    to    502    W. 

2nd  St.,  Pana,  111. 
Monser,  Harold  E ,.  Kewanee,  to  306  Whea- 

ton  Ave.,  Champaign,  111. 
Martin,    Richard     S.,    LaHarpe,    Kas.,    to 

Poseyville,   Ind. 
Mills,    R.    W.,    Lind,    Wash.,    to    Genesee, 

Idaho. 


McReynolds,     Paul,     Berkeley,     Calif,     to 

R.  F.  D.  3,  Asheville,  N.  C. 
Morris,  J.  M.,  South  Haven,  Kas.,  to  Per- 
kins, Okla. 
Nance,    Thos.    H.,    Snyder,    to    Plainview, 

Texas. 
Pickett,  C.  E.,  Shepherd,  to  444  S.  State  St., 

Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 
Richardson,  T.  F.,  Newport,  Ark.,  to  Nin- 

nekah.,  I.  T.   (after  Oct.  15). 
Sawin,  Chas.  B.,  Bondurant,  la.,  to  Smith, 

S.  D. 
Taylor,  W.  M.,  San  Antonio,  Tex.,  to  Salt 
;      Lake,  Utah. 
Wright,  S.  F,  Burrton,  Kas.,  to  Loveland, 

Col. 
Waters,  Baxter,  Hiawatha,  Kas.,  to  Duluth, 

Minn. 
Young,  John,  Reno,  Nev.,  to  Lodi,  Calif. 


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HYMN   REGISTER 

can  be  used  for  the  Bible-school, 
Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  or  church  service. 

THREE  IN  ONE 

It  has  spacing  and  cards  for  the 
Bible  school  enrollment,  attendance  and 
offering,  this  Sunday,  last  Sunday, 
and  the  Sunday  one  year  ago. 

FOR  CHURCH  SERVICE 

The  Bible-school  cards  are  removed 
and  the  heading  "Hymns"  placed  in 
the  register,   under  which  are  placed 
cards  giving  the  numbers  of  the  hymns 
for  the  service. 
A  look  at  the  register  will  tell 
anyone  just  where  to  find  the  hymn 
that  is  being  sung. 

SIZE  OF£REGISTER 

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Evangelistic 


We  invite  ministers  and  others  to  send 
reports  of  meetings,  additions  and  other 
news  of  the  churches  for  publication  in 
this  department.  It  is  especially  requested 
that  additions  be  reported  as  "by  confession 
and  baptism"  or  "by  letter." 

[Telegram.] 

Colombia,  Mo.,  Oct.  9.— Our  meeting 
with  C.  H.  Winders  eight  days  old;  104  ad- 
dditions,  19  yesterday.— BrooKS  Brothers. 

[Telegram.] 

Kansas  City  Mo.,  Oct.  8.— Scoville  and 
Smith  are  here;  23  Friday  night;  30  to- 
day; 148  in  18  days.— George  Hamilton 
Combs.   . 

[Telegram.] 

Cincinnati,  Ohio,  Oct.  8  —Nineteen 
churches  in  Cincinnati  start  the  campaign 
with  enthusiasm.  Additions  everywhere. 
The  new  church  in  Evanston,  Claude  Hill, 
evangelist,  leads  the  list  with  14  additions. 
— A.  M.  Harvuot. 

[Telegram.] 

Canton,  Ohio,  Oct.  8  — Meeting  seven 
days  old;  155  added;  41  today  at  two 
services.  No  invitation  at  Bible  school. 
All  available  standing-room'  ace  u  pied 
every  night.  Nine  hundred  and  forty-one 
in  the  Bible  school.  Baptism  preached  in 
many  churches  to-night. — Welshimer 
and  Kendalls. 

ARKANSAS. 

Little  Rock,  Oct.  3. — One  hundred  and 
twenty- one  additions  the  first  five  weeks. 
Interest  good.     Go  next  to  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
— R.  H.  Fife,  Edward  McKinney. 
CHINA. 

Shanghai,  Sept.  7.— Oar  work  is  doing 
well — 12  baptisms  si  ace  our  return  in  the 
winter. — W.  P.  Bentley. 
ILLINOIS. 

Heyworth,  Oct.  7. — Oar  meeting  with 
Harold  E.  Monser  four  weeks  old;  23  ad- 
ditions, crowded  house  and  increasing  in- 
terest.— J.  P.  GrvENS,  pastor. 

Quincy,  Sept.  29. —The  First  Church  has 
had  twelve  additions  at  regular  services  in 
September.  The  Bible  school  attendance 
last  Lord's  day  was  the  largest  in  its  his- 
tory.—Walter  M.  Jordan. 

Lincoln,  Oct.  5.— Closed  a  meeting  of 
19  days  at  Cooksville.  Nice  additions 
by  confession  and  baptism,  and  five  other- 
wise. S.  Elwood  Fisher,  of  Fisher,  did 
the  preaching.— T.  T.  Holton. 

Sterling,  Oct.  6.—  Just  closed  a  Bible 
institute  of  two  weeks  by  Bro.  K.  P.  Taylor. 
Very  good  results.  A  man  about  50  made 
confession  and  was  baptized  last  night.— 
Jas.  W.  Johnson. 

Princeton,  Oct.  3. — One  addition.  Audi- 
ences increasing,  especially  so  since  the 
church  declared  against  receiving  money 
from  the  saloons  through  the  city  adminis- 
tration for  building  sidewalks  on  church 
property.— Philip  Evans,  minister. 

Siybrook,  Oct    2.— Oar  revival  service, 

An  Only  Daughter 
Cured  of  Consumption. 

"When  death  was  hourly  expected,  all  remedies 
having  failed,  and  Dr.  H.  James  was  experimenting 
With  the  the  many  herbs  of  Calcutta,  he  accidently 
made  a  preparation  which  cured  his  only  child  of 
Consumption.  His  child  is  now  in  this  country  ,and 
enjoying  the  best  of  health.  He  has  proved  to  the 
world  that  Consumption  can  be  positively  and  per- 
manently cured.  The  Doctor  now  gives  this  recipe 
free,  only  asking  two  2-cen  t  stamps  topay  expenses. 
This  herb  also  cures  Night  Sweats,  Nausea  at  the 
Stomach,  and  will  break  up  a  fresh  cold  in  twenty- 
four  hours.  Address  CRADDOCK  &>  CO.,  1032 
Race  St. ,  Philadelphia,  naming  this  paper. 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


in  wheh  we  were  assisted  by  Brother  Lor 
ton,  of  Mt.  Sterling,  closed  after  three 
weeks'  duration.  There  were  four  con- 
fessions and  three  added  by  former  rela- 
tion. The  church  is  lifted  up  spiritually. 
—James  N.  Thomas. 

Grayville,  Oct.  3.— I  am  assisting  Bro. 
E.  A.  Johnson  in  a  little  meeting.  Pour- 
teen  adults  added  to  date — nearly  all  con- 
fessions; one  old  man  73  years  of  age 
and  two  bright  young  men  who  will  enter 
college  to  prepare  for  the  ministry.  We 
continue  another  week,  then  to  Olney, 
to  help  Charles  Coleman  in  a  four  weeks' 
siege.  I  then  return  to  Carmi,  where  our 
fine  stone  church  building  will  be  nearing 
•completion.— Frank  Thompson. 

INDIANA. 

Huntington. — Two  additions  from  the 
Catholics  on  October  1,  making  about  300 
added  during  the  year. — Cephas  Shel- 
burne. 

Fowler,   Sept.   30  —Seven   additions  to 
date.      Will    begin   at   Boswell,    Oct.    8 
V.    E.  Ridenour  singer.— S.  F.  Rogers, 
pastor. 

Flora,  Oct.  2. — One  addition  from  the 
Presbyterian  church.  We  begin  a  meeting 
Oct.  15,  with  T.  J.  Legg,  evangelist.— 
A.  B.  Houze. 

Kirklin,  Oct.  2  —Three  were  added  at 
regular  service  yesterday — two  by  con- 
fession and  baptism,  and  one  by  letter.— 
A.  W.  Crabb,  minister. 

Pleasant  Grove,  Sept.  29  —An  eleven 
days'  meeting;  one  added  by  confession 
and  baptism.  The. cause  is  weak,  but  the 
membership  is  striving  for  greater  things. 
—A.  W.  Crabb,  minister. 

INDIAN  TERRITORY. 

Nowata,  Oct.  7. — Had  a  good  meeting 
of  ten  days  with  Bro.  W.  F.  Flower;  28 
additions  to  the  congregation;  17  were 
baptized.— T.  W.  Cottingham. 

Lindsay. — Preached  five  evenings  at 
Pleasant  Grove.  Six  added — three  by  bap- 
tism, three  by  commendation.  We  set  in 
order  the  congregation  at  Paul's  Valley 
and  had  two  confessions.  Our  work  here 
in  the  last  three  preaching  days  (I  preach 
here  twice  a  month)  has  resulted  in  14 
additions,  exclusive  of  the  six  above  men- 
tioned. On  the  third  Lord's  day  I 
preached  at  Erin  Springs  and  continued  a 
few  evenings,  with  one  addition  from  the 
Baptists  and  one  by  commendation.— 
L.  B.  Grog  an. 

IOWA. 

New  Liberty,  Oct.  4  —Our  meeting  starts 
off  very  well,  five  confessions  to  date. — 
H.  A.  Northcutt,  evangelist,  F.  W.  Col- 
lins, pastor. 

Allerton,  Oct.  3.— On  Sept.  24  there 
were  four  additions;  one  from  the  Baptists, 
one  by  statement  and  two  by  confession. — 
R.  H. Ingram 

Henderson,  Oct.  3.— A  four  weeks' 
meeting  here  with  B.  E.  Youtz,  evangelist, 
of  Des  Moines,  resulted  in  two  additions, 
one  by  baptism  and  one  by  statement,  and 
the  church  greatly  strengthened  spiritual- 
ly.—Roy  H.  Polly,  minister. 

Mystic,  Oct.  2. — One  confession  at  regu- 
lar service.  Our  work  here  grows  in  all 
departments.  Expect  to  begin  a  meeting 
Nov.  12,  and  will  want  a  good  singer  to 
help  me. — C.  E.  Chambers. 

Elliott,  Oct.  4.— Four  weeks'  meeting, 
with  jQ0l;-Bco^n  as  the  evangelist,  closed 
last  night  with  52  additions— 37  by  bap- 
tism, seven  came  from  the  Baptists,  eight 
were  members  in  other  places.  We  had 
constant  and  willing  help  from  the  other 
churches.    The   town  paper  was  of  great 


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A  new  Cure  for 

Rheamatism 

of  which  any  suffer- 
ing reader  can 
have 

A  Box  Free! 


On  the  theory  "that  seeing  is  believing,"  John 
A.  Smith,  of  Milwaukee  wants  every  one  to  try  his 
remedy  for  the  cure  of  rheumatism  at  his  expense. 
For  that  reason  he  proposes  to  distribute  25,000  free 
boxes  among  all  persons  sending  bim  their  address. 
Mr.  Smith  had  suffered  all  the  agony  and  torture 
from  rheumatism,  tried  all  the  remedies  known  and 
yet  utterly  failed  to  find  relief. 

At  times  he  was  so  helpless  that  he  had  to  take 
morphine  and  after  considerable  doctoring  he  gave 
up  in  despair.  He  began  studying  into  the  causes 
of  rheumatism  and  after  much  experimenting,  finally 
hit  upon  a  combination  of  drugs  which  completely 
cured  him.  The  result  was  so  beneficial  to  his  entire 
system  that  he  called  his  new  found  remedy  '■Gloria 
Tonic."  Those  of  his  friends,  relatives  and  neigh- 
bors suffering  from  rheumatism  were  next  cured  and 
Mr.  Smith  concluded  to  offer  his  remedy  to  the 
world.  But  he  found  the  task  a  difficult  one  as  near- 
ly everybody  had  tried  a  hundred  or  more  remedies 
and  they  couldn't  be  made  to  believe  that  there  was 
such  a  thing  as  a  cure  for  rheumatism.  But  an  old 
gentleman  from  Seguin,  Texas,  wrote  him  saying  if 
Mr.  Smith  would  send  him  a  sample  he  would  try  it, 
but  as  he  had  suffered  forty-one  years  and  wasted  a 
fortune  with  doctors  and  advertised  remedies,  he 
wouldn't  buy  anything  more,  until  he  knew  it  was 
worth  something.  The  sample  was  sent,  he  pur 
chased  more  and  the  result  was  astonishing.  He 
was  completely  cured.  This  gave  Mr.  Smith  a  new 
idea  and  ever  since  that  time  he  has  been  sending 
out  free  sample  boxes  to  all  who  apply.  In  Prosser, 
Neb.,  it  cured  a  lady  of  67  who  had  suffered  52  years. 
In  Fountain  City,  Wis.,  it  cured  Hon.  Jacob  Sexauer, 
a  gentleman  of  70,  who  suffered  for  33  years  and 
whom  seven  doctors  had  called  incurable.  In 
Perrysburg,  Ohio,  it  cured  a  gentleman  70  years  old. 
In  Marion,  Ohio,  it  cured  Mrs.  Mina  Schott  after 
suffering  13  years,  she  then  cured  an  old  lady  82 
years  old.  In  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  it  cured  Mr.  F.  Faerber 
of  the  Concordia  Publ.  House.  In  Philadelphia.  Pa., 
4521  N.  19th  St.,  it  cured  Mrs.  R.  E.  Thomas,  after 
suffering  from  swollen  joints  and  violent  Sciatic 
pains;  she  now  enjovs  excellent  health.  In  Benning- 
ton, Vt.,  it  cured  an  old  man  whom  the  best  physi- 
cians of  Worms  and  Frankfurth,  Germany,  called  in- 
curable. This  old  gentleman  had  walked  for  20 
years  on  crutches,  both  legs  having  been  lame.  He 
can  now  walk  like  a  young  man.  Even  prominent 
physicians  had  to  admit  that  "Gloria  Tonic"  is  a 
positive  success,  among  them  Dr.  Quintero  of  the 
University  of  Venezuela,  to  whom  it  was  recom- 
mended by  the  United  States  Consul.  In  thousands 
of  other  instances  the  result  has  been  the  same.  It 
cured  many  cases  which  defied  Hospitals,  Drugs, 
Electricity  and  Medical  Skill,  among  them  persons 
over  70  years  old.  "Gloria  Tonic"  is  put  up  in  tablet 
form  and  contains  neither  alcohol  nor  acids. 

Mr.  Smith  will  send  a  trial  box  also  his  illustrated 
book  on  rheumatism,  absolutely  free  of  charge  to 
any  reader  of  The  Christian-Evangelist,  for  he  is 
anxious  that  everybody  should  profit  bv  his  good 
fortune.     Mr.  Smith's  address  in  full  is: 

JOHN  A.  SMITH, 
2505  Gloria  Bldg.  Milwaukee,  Wis. 


help  to  us  in  many  ways.— Sam.  B.  Ross. 
KANSAS. 

Buffalo,  Oct.  3  —Closed  a  meeting  at 
Coyville  with  2S  additions— 17  by  confes- 
sion and  baptism.;— Gilbert  Park. 

Galena,  Oct.  6.— We  began  a  meeting 
with  F.  L.  Moore,  minister  of  the  First 
Christian  Church,  Galena,  Oct.  2.— J.  P. 
Hankr,  evangelist. 

La  Harpe,  Oct.  4 — A  three  weeks' meet- 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


October  12,  1905 


rag,  with  the  "Martin  family"  as  evan- 
gelists, resul'ei  in*5S  additions — 35  con- 
fessions and  23  by  letter  and  statement.— 
U.  G   Miller,  pastor. 

B?att:e,  Sept.  29 — Eighteen  additions — 
two  Uaited  Brethren,  tnree  Baptists,  one 
Lmherau,  one  Free  Methodist,  sis  bap 
ttsrns  aid  two  reclaimed  and  the  rest  by 
tetter  and  statement.  Meeting  ran  23  days; 
14  days  of  rain  and  floods.  Mayettay  Kan., 
sest  address'.—  Atwood  and  Gardner. 

As^erville,  Oct.  2  —1  preached  at  Fair- 
view  churcb,  ten  miles  northwest  of  here, 
yesterday;  my  first  services  there;  three 
contessi jns*'aad  bapt;sms.(  I  preichhere 
next  Lord's  day  and  $>o  to  Fairview  again 
in  two  weeks.— G.  P.  Clark,  pastor. 

Chtcne,    Oct.  3. — Me  ting  eight  days' 
eld,  12  additions  to  da  e,  four  the  S  inday 
before  begnning,  making  16  all  told.    Oar 
pastor,  G.'W.  Kitchin,  is  doing  the  preach- 
ing and   the   churci  is  helping. — Jno.  W. 
Marti s,  Jr.  .    .... 

KENTUCKY. 

May,  Lick.— Closed  with  32  added— 26 
by  baptism.  Fourteen  here  in  three  days — 
11  by  confession. — James  Small. 

Arteraus.  O  ;t.  2  — Taere  were  16  more 
people  who  joined  our  church  in  the  serv- 
ice last  night.  This  exactly  doubles  our 
membership  to  date.  Have  never  had  such 
a  meeting  in  the  new  church.  Tom  Myers 
told  "the  old  stor>r." — Ben  Herndon 

Poplar  Piains  Oct.  3  —Recently  closed  a 
short  meeting  with  the  Peasant  Valley 
chnrca  with  three  additions;  have  also 
lately  held  a  two  weeks'  meeting  at  Mt. 
Carmel  and  baptizsd  eight  and  received 
another  by  statement.  Bro.  Geo.  D. 
W/at:  is  *trv'mg  ;his  chorea  very  accepta- 
bly.—T.  B.  Howe. 

MICHIGAN. 
Paw  Paw,  Oct.  4. — There  have  been  sev- 
en baptisms  in  the  ptsttwo  weeks  at  regu- 
lar services. — C.  M.  Keene. 

MISSOURI. 

Bolivar,  Oct.  4  — A  sxteen  days'  meeting 
at  Brownington;  eight  additions  Four 
here  by  letter  since  last  report.  Begin  a 
meeting  Oct.  15.  I  would  like  to  employ  a 
leader  of  song. — J.  H    Jones. 

Saelbyv'.lle,  Oct.  2  -One  addition  by 
statement.— Clarence  E.  Wagner. 

De  Soto.— Oar  meeting  with  J.  T.  H. 
Stewa-t  was  prematurely  closed  on  account 
of  Brother  Stewart's  being  hurt  by  a  run- 
away hor:e.  There  were  four  additions — 
three  by  letter  and  statement  and  one 
from    the  Baptists. — J.  W.  Bolton. 

Wheatland,  Oct.  2  —Meeting  be?un  Sept. 
29  will  continue  indefinitely.  Expect  J  H. 
Jones,  cf  B.livar,  here  to  as=ist.  J.  D. 
Babb,  of  BuBfilo,  closed  a  two  weeks' 
meeting  last  night  at  Weaubleau  where  I 
am  pistor  with  19  add-.d  — t  vo  fron  th« 
Baptists,  two  from  the  New  Lights,  and  10 
or  more  bipisns;  otners  by  letter  and 
s  atement.  Dallas,  P Ak  and  Hickory 
counties  held  good  conventions  last  month. 
j.  D  Babb  is  our  evangelist,  and  wants 
jome  one  to  take  his  place  the  first  of  De- 
cember.—S.  E.  HeNdrickson. 

Windsor,  Oct.  3.— Oae  confession. — 
W.  A.  Fite 

Lemonville,  Oct.  2.— At  Leraonville, 
where  I  preach  on  Sunday  afternoon  twice 
&  month,  we  began  a  meeting  one  week  ago. 
Five  to  date — three  confesuons,  two  from 
M    E's.  More  to  cone  — J    B.  Lockhart. 

Kansas  Ci!y,  Oc:  2  — Three  'additions  at 
the  Forrest  avenue  caurch  n6t  previously 
reported — one  by  obedience  and  two  by 
tetter.  Our  churches,  begin  a  series- of 
meetings  Oct  22.— H^M.  Barnbtt. 

Albany,  Oct.  2.— Meeting  opened  yester-' 


day.  J  P.  Garmong,  of  Des  Moines,  is 
our  singing  evangelist.  Six  additions  in 
the  last  month.  — C.  T.  Mattox. 

Hume,  Oct.  1.— I  closed  a  meeting  at 
Foster,  one  of  my' regular  appointments 
16  baptized,  three  reclaimed  and  three  by 
letter.  I  am  now  in  a  meeting  at  Sprague. 
—J.  W.  Rogers.  *     ' 

La  Monte. —Meting  one  week  old.  Two 
confessions.  C  E\  McVay  leads  Our  song. 
— I.  H.  Fuller. 

Richland,  Oct.  2.— Yes'erday  vvasagreat. 
day  at  Dxon,  wih  five  accessions  to  the 
church,  two  confessions,  one  by  relation, 
and  a  Free  Baptist  preacher  and  his  wife. 
The  cnurch  at  Dixon  is  doingni  ely.  The 
Pulaski  county  convention  will  be  held  at 
Crocker  this  ^ear,  Nov.  17  19.— J  R. 
Blunt,  pastor. 

Ash  Grove,  Sept.  25. — I  began  here  July 
1,  for  full  time.  We  have  had  20  additions 
to  trie  church,  all  adults— 12  by  confession, 
three  from  the  M.  E's.,  five  by  letter, 
twelve  were  men.  All  departments'  of 
church  work  are  in  best  condition.-  Wil- 
liam Mondy. 

Middletown,  Sept  30.— J.  J  Lockhart,  the 
pastor,  held  a  meeting  resulting  in  18  addi- 
tions— 15  by  confession  and  baptism.  The 
singing,  which  was  a  vjry  prominent 
feature  of  the  meeting,  was  in  my  charge. 
— W.  E.  Chamberlain. 

Eugene,  Oct.  6.— S.  J.  Vance,  of  Eldon, 
has  just  closed  a  16  days'  meeting 
with  us  in  which  tbe-e  were  55  additions 
by  bapti;m  and  otherwise.  The  meeting 
was  a  blessing  to  the  community  and  a 
great  spiritual  uplift  to  the  church.  A 
faction  here  has  ere  ited  division  four 
times  in  the  neighborhood  cf  Eugene  and 
once  at  Eugene,  but  now  we  have  an  or- 
gan:zation  .  of  83  members  as  a  nucleus 
around  which  we  hope  soon  to  build  up  a 
strong  an/t  united  congregation  in  Eugene. 
Brother  Vance  had  to  leave  the  meeting 
for  his  Sunday  work  at  Eldon,  but  re- 
turned, and  the  result  was  as.  announced. 
He  is  a  workman  of  marked  ability,  drew 
large  audieoces,  and  had  the  closest  atten- 
tion. His  wife  adds  to  his  efficiency  by 
her  gentle  Christian  spirit. — S.  O.  Burks, 
pastor. 

Tipton,  Oct.  1.— A  four  weeks'  meeting, 
held  by  Evangelist  H.  A.  Northcutt,  closed 
Sept.  17,  with  54  additions;  38  bv confes- 
sion. Dine  by  1*  trer,  three  from  the  Baptists, 
two  from  the  Methodists,  one  from  the  Pres- 
byterians and  onere:!aimed.|Twenty-three 
of  these  were  young  men.  We  organized 
a  C.  E.  Society.  Each  department  of  the 
church  has  beeu  greatly  strengthened.  We 
expect  to  have  Brother  Nonhcutt  hold  us 
another  meeting  in  1906. — F.  W.  Patter- 
son, church  clerk. 

NEBRASKA. 

Douglas,  Sept.  27.  — The  Austin-McVey 
meetiDg  just  closed.  Resulted  in  44  addi- 
tions.— C.  W.  Longman. 

OHIO. 

Hiram,  Sept.  30.— A.  A.  Doak,  pastor  at 
Kent,  closed  a  three  weeks'  meeting  at 
Mantua  Center,  Sept.  3.  There  were  14 
confessions  and  one  by  statement.— C. 
Clayton  Cunningham,  minister. 

OKLAHOMA.  , 

Grand,  Sept.  "27.— Six  confersions  and 
one  reclaimed  from  the  Baptists.— R.  L. 
Alcom. 

Chandler,  Oct.  2. — The  first  annual  con- 
vention of  the  Disciples  of  Christ  cf  Lin- 
coln county,  was  held  here  Sept.  29  to  Oc/. 
1.  By  the  help  of  Brother  Monroe  we  or- 
ganized tbeJcotfnty  and  decided  to  employ 
a   living  ;rrnk  evangelist    for"  our   county, 


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Uniontown,  Sept.  29.— Five  addiiiors  to 
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two  from  another  c->uimuni<>n  and  one  a 
resident  Disciple.— J  Walter  Carpen- 
ter. 

Banksville,  Sept.  29. — A  four  weeds' 
meeting  was  held  in  a  tent  on  the  new  lots 
in  Lonergon  Place;  26  added,  17  by  bap- 
tism, nise  by  sta'e"ment.  Caiforni  k  is  oar 
next  meeting. — F.  A.  Bright,  evangelist. 

Wilkes Tarre,  Oct.  5.  —  Began  here  last 
night.  Meeting  start  d  a  week  a<o  by 
the  pastor,  Bro.  E.  E.  Cowper.hwaite.— 
C.E.  De  Voe,  evangelist. 

SOUTH  AUSTRALIA. 

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sustained.  ..There  are  seven  congregations 
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district,  with  a  total  membership  of  about 
500 — many  of  wtoom  are  leidiug  citizens. 
Next  September  I  , begin  at  M -try borough, 
Victoria. — Robert  John  Clow,  minister. 
TENNESSEE. 

Bearden,  Sept.  30.— Two  baptisms  last 
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with  us. — J.  C.  McReynolds. 

TEXAS. 
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People's  Forum. 


It's  "Orthodox." 

I  have  just  read  your  recent  work  on 
"The  Holy  Spirit."  My  orthodoxy  has 
never  been  called  in  question  and  I  pro- 
nounce it  orthodox  through  and  through. 
From  this  decision  there  is  no  appeal! 
Only  the  heresy  hunter  can  find  anything 
to  criticise.  I  was  not  in  the  least  sur- 
prised to  see  the  reverent  spirit  in  which  it 
is  written,  nor  the  way  in  which  it  walks 
in  the  old  paths  made  plain  by  holy 
men  of  old  who  spake  as  they  were  moved 
by  the  Holy  Spirit.         G.  W.  Terrell. 

Clint 'on,  Mo. 


McKinley  on  Duty  and  Destiny. 

Editor,  The  Christian-Evangelist:  — 
Just  a  wor  J  to  you  to  let  you  know  that  there 
are  many  persons  who  read  your  paper 
whose  prayers  are  offered  that  you  may 
long  remain  with  us  at  your  post  of  duty. 
To  quote  from  the  lamented  President 
McKinley: 

"Duty  determines  destiny.  Destiny 
which  results  from  duty  performed,  may 
bring  anxieties  and  perils,  but  never  fail- 
ure or  dishonor.  Pursuing  duty  may  not 
always  lead  to  smooth  paths.  Another 
course  may  look  easier  and  more  attractive, 
but  pursuing  duty,  for  duty's  sake,  is 
always  sure  and  safe  and  honorable.  It  is 
not  within  the  power  of  man  to  foretell  the 
future  and  to  solve  unerringly  its  mighty 
problems.  Almighty  God  has  his  plans 
and  methods  for  human  progress,  and  not 
infrequently  they  are  shrouded  for  the 
time  being  in  impenetrable  mystery. 
Looking  backward  we  can  see  how  the 
hand  of  destiny  builded  for  us  and  assigned 
to  us  tasks  whose  full  meaning  wa5  not 
apprehended  even  by  the  wisest  statesmen 
of  their  times."  M.  M.  Gladson. 

Louisville,  III. 


Rooted  and  Grounded. 

I  have  read  with  peculiar  pleasure  your 
highly  interesting  account  of  the  San 
Francisco  convention  and  the  journey  to 
and  from  that  city.  I  am  one  of  the  "stay- 
aways" — not  from  choice  but  necessity. 
There  is  only  one  thing  on  earth  that 
could  afford  me  more  satisfaction,  and  that 
would  be  a  vi  it  to  the  Holy  Land — the 
home  of  my  forefathers,  the  Jews,  and 
rendered  forever  sacred  by  the  presence 
and  labors  of  the  dear  Jesus  and  his  im- 
mediate followers.  The  convention  is  over 
and  I  have  missed  the  fraternal  greetings 
of  the  grand  men  and  noble  women  who 
are  pushing  forward  the  Master's  cause.  I 
want  them  to  know  that  I  am  in  full  sym- 
pathy with  the  work,  and  that  my  prayer 
for  their  success  is  unceasing.  I  am  pro- 
foundly impressed  with  the  wonderful  re- 
sults a:complUhed,  and  the  still  grander 
successes  that  are  sure  to  come.  The  one 
great  desire  of  my  life,  to  visit  Palestine, 
has  never  been  within  reach,  and  I  cannot 
now  hope  for  its  realizition.  Thank  God, 
there  is  one  place  I  can  go,  and  one  meet- 
ing I  can  attend!  In  the  New  Jerusalem 
I  shall  "see  the  King  in  his  beauty,"  and 
there  I  will  clasp  hands  with  all,  whether 
Jew  or  Gentile,  who  have  faithfully  fol- 
io wed  the  precious  Savior. 

As  the  years  go  by  I  am  more  and  more 
"rooted  aid  grounded  in  the  truth."  It 
cost  me  a  good  deal  to  be  simply  a  Chris- 


tian; but  the  sacrifice  was  willingly  made, 
and  I  have  never  seen  a  reason  to  regret  it. 
The  Bible  makes  me  what  I  am,  and  I 
could  never  be  anything  else.  If  it  were 
possible  for  the  r.rotr.erhoodto  turn  against 
me  and  persecute  me,  I  would  just  have  to 
stand  and  take  it;  for  no  other  church  con- 
nection to  me  is  possible  after  having 
learned  this  way. 

I  am  accounted  "too  old"  to  be  of  much 
use;  but  as  a  volunteer  evangelist  I  can  do 
something  for  the  cause  I  love  better  than 
life.  My  work  at  present  is  among  a  peo- 
ple who  need  to  be  carefully  instructed; 
hence  large  visible  results  are  not  to  be  ex- 
pected. To  make  the  best  of  the  situation 
in  which  I  am  placed  an<l  do  all  the  good 
possible  is  my  aim.         D.  M.  Breaker. 


OBITUARIES. 

Notices  of  deaths  (not  more  than  four  lines)  inserted 
free.  Obituary  memoirs,  one  cent  per  word.  Send  the 
money  with  the  copy. 

COLLIER. 

W.  S.  Collier  died  at  his  home,  Watseka,  111., 
Sept.  19,  at  the  age  of  69  years,  five  months  and 
lour  days.  He  leaves  a  wife,  four  sons  and  four 
daughters.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  sixties  aad  a 
Christian  longer. 

KIRK. 

Margaret  Isabel  Kirk  was  laid  away  in  the  beau- 
tiful Oak  Hill  cemetery,  Taylorville,  111.,  Aug.  26. 
She  was  one  of  the  sweetest  Christian  women  it 
has  ever  been  my  privilege  to  know.  The  pastor 
was  assisted  by  R;v.  George  Lockhart,  of  the 
Presbyterian  church.  Z.  Moore. 

MAYNARD. 

John  H  Maynard  passed  peacefully  away  at 
Sparta,  Mich.,  on  May  15.  He  was  born  in  Seneca 
county,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  29,  1830.  He  married  Mi;s 
Mary  A.  Williams  in  1849.  Three  children  were 
born  to  them,  all  of  whom  were  with  him  at  the 
last,  a  son,  R.  A.  Maynard,  of  Denver,  Col.,  and 
two  daughters,  Mrs.  N.  H.  Hinkson,  of  Grand 
Rapids,  and  Mrs.  A.  N.  Welch,  of  Clinton.  He 
became  a  Christian  and  united  wiih  the  Free  Bap- 
tist Church  in  1862.  In  1863  he  was  ordained  and 
until  the  time  of  his  death  he  labored  faithfully  in 
that  denomination  as  a  minister  of  the  Gospel  of 
Christ.  Until  1875  he  was  located  at  Macon, 
Mich.  In  February,  1875,  he  became  pastor  of  the 
Sparta  church,  which  at  that  time  consisted  of  only 
about  twenty  members,  a  mere  handful  of  workers. 
At  the  present  time  there  is  a  membership  of  over 
one  hundred  and  sixty  and  the  church  stands 
among  the  first  of  the  denomination  in  the  stale, 
made  so  principally  throjgh  the  unceasing  efforts, 
for  over  "thirty  years,  of  John  H.  Maynard.  For 
several  years  he  was  secretary  of  the  state  associa- 
tion of  Free  Baptists  and  at  the  time  of  It's  d  ath 
was  a  member  of  committee  on  ministry.  At 
their  last  general  conference  he  was  one  of  the 
main  movers  toward  the  union  of  the  Free  Baptists 
and  the  Church  of  Christ.  He  worked  untiringly 
in  the  cause  of  temperance,  giving  liberally  in  both 
time  and  money  for  the  overthrow  of  the  liquor 
traffic.  Because  of  his  wonderful  influence  f  >r 
good  upon  all  those  with  whom  he  came  in  con- 
tact, he  will  be  remembered  as  the  "Grand  Old 
Man"  of  Sparta.  He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  three 
children,  and  a  number  of  grandchildren  and  great 
grandchilir  n.  Roy  H.  Holmes. 

REESE. 

Elder  John  H.  Reese  was  bi.n  in  Glen,  Mont- 
gomery county,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  9,  1829,  and  passed  to 
rest  Aug.  19,  1905,  aged  76  years,  seven  months  and 
10  days.  In  1850  he  moved  to  Michigan,  where  be 
resided,  excepting  four  years,  18681871,  which 
were  spent  at  Bethany  College,  West  Virginia  For 
twenty-five  years  he  followed  teaching,  preaching 
and  farming  in  Cass  and  Berrien  counties,  after 
which  he  went  to  Bangor.  He  organized  the 
church  of  Christ  in  Bangor  and  was  its  pastor  for 
twenty- five  years,  and  those  who  have  been  with 
him  in  church  fellowship  all  ihese  years  know  of 
the  kindly,  loving  spirit  manifested  at  all  times.  Un- 
der his  labors  the  church  prospered.  Here  he  re 
tired  from  pastoral  duties,  but  not  from  preaching, 
because  he  loved  the  Gospel,  and  continued  to 
preach  the  message  of  love  when  opportunity  af- 
forded, until  laid  aside  by  paralysis  abcut  eight 
months  ago.     The  night  prior  to  his  stroke  which 


A    Noted    Minister    and    Doctor  of 

Atlanta.    Ga  ,    Has     Hit 

on    a    New  Idea. 


Those  who  have  long  doubted  whether 
there  r<-;d)y  is  ;i  permanent  cure  for  ca- 
tarrh will  be  glad  to  learn  that  a  south- 
ern physician,  \)r.  J.  .  of  At- 
lanta, Ga.,  ha-,  d  cd  a  method  w:: 
by  catarrh  can  he  cured  to  the  very  last 
symptom  without  regard  to  climate  or  con- 
dition. So  that  there  may  he  no  misgiv- 
ings about  it,  he  will  send  a  free  sample  to 
any  man  or  woman  without  expecting  pay- 
ment. The  regular  price  of  the  remedy  is 
$i.oo  for  a  box  containing  one  month's 
treatment. 

The  Doctor's  remedy  is  radically  different 
from  all  others,  and  the  results  he  has 
achieved  seem  to  mark  a  new  era  in  the 
scientific  cure  of  catarrh,  foul  breath,  hawk- 
ing and  spitting,  stopped-up  feeling  in 
nose  and  throat,  coughing  spells,  difficult 
breathing,  catarrhal  deafness,  asthma,  bron- 
chitis and  the  many  other  symptoms  of  a 
bad  case  of  catarrh. 

If  you  wish  to  see  for  yourseii  wTisft 
this  remarkable  remedy  will  do,  send  your 
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disabled  him,  he  was  at  his  post  of  duly,  leading 
the  prayer  meeting  service  ij  the  church.  He  had 
a  strong  mind  and  was  a  close  observer  and  a. 
critical  student  of  the  Bible.  He  has  left  to  per- 
petuate his  memory  "The  Chart  of  Universal 
Church  History,"  upon  which  he  spjnt  consider- 
able time  and  study,  also  his  beautiful  painting  en- 
titled, ''Solomon's  Temple,"  which  he  accom- 
plished at  the  age  of  71  years.  It  took  him  seven 
months  to  place  the  latter  on  canvas  and  it  may  be 
said  to  be  a  masterpiece.  His  earnest.  Christian 
life  was  a  source  of  inspiration  to  all  who  sat  under 
his  ministry.  He  appeared  to  rally  considerably 
from  the  first  stroke  of  paralysis,  but  was  rather 
suddenly  prostrated  again  by  another  attack,  which 
in  about  five  days  terminated  fatally.  He  leaves  te 
grieve  for  his  departure  a  loving  companion,  one 
son,  Boyd  E  Reese,  of  Missouri,  four  tisters  and 
three  brothers,  besides  numerous  relatives  and 
friends.  At  the  funeral  services  T.  W.  Bellinghara 
officiated,  assisted  by  Elders  L.  J.  Branch,  A.  J. 
Morris  and  Gardner,  of  Laco  a, 

WORSDELL. 

William  Worsdell  was  born  in  Cincinnati,  O.. 
Dec.  21,  1849,  and  died  in  Vermont,  111.,  June  18, 
19C5,  aged  55  years,  five  months  and  29  days,  the 
cause  of  his  death  being  tvphc-malaria  lever.  He 
came  to  Vermon:  in  1866  and  united  with  the 
Christian  chnrch  at  the  age  of  18  years,  under 
Brother  Royal.  In  1881  he  married  Elizabeth  A. 
Riggs  and  to  this  union  were  born  four  children, 
Rebecca,  Ralph.  Lillian  and  Hazel,  all  of  whom, 
except  Lillian,  who  died  in  infancy,  are  living.  Be- 
sides his  wife  and  three  children  Mr.  WorsdeH 
leaves  to  mourn  his  loss  his  brother,  John  J.  Wors- 
dell leaves  to  mourn  his  1  ss  his  brother,  John  f. 
Worsdell,  of  Vermont,  Mrs.  Charlotte  Andrews 
and  Mrs.  Gesrge  Swaitz,  both  of  Monmouth,  111. 
Early  in  life  he  took  up  school  teaching  as  a  voca- 
tion and  la  er  on  was  connected  with  several  prom- 
inent business  colleges.  About  twelve  ye  rs  ago  he 
devoted  his  life  to  the  cause  of  the  Master  and  it 
was  his  express  wish  that  h=  might  die  in  the  work. 
His  wish  Wtis  granted.  At  the  tinu  he  was  stricken 
with  his  final  illness  he  was  pastor  ot  the  Christian 
churches  in  Cherokee  and  Byron,  Okla.  His  life 
was  o  ie  of  faithful  service  for  tie  Master  and  for 
his  fellow  men,  and  the  example  of  patient  and 
self-sacrificing  Christ'an  service  which  he  leaves  be- 
hind him  is  a  fitting  tribute  to  his  memory. 


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REBUILDING  THE   TEMPLE. — 
Ezra  3:10-4:5. 

Memory  Verses,  3:10,  11. 

Golpen   Text.— The  temple   of   God   is 
holy,  which  temple  ye  are. — 1  Cor.  3:17. 

Cyrus,  king  of  Persia,  not  only  permitted 
the  Jewish  exiles  to  return  to  their  own 
country,  but  he  encouraged  the  restoration 
of  their  religious  observances.  The  prophets 
of  the  exile  had  represented  Cyrus,  whose 
appearance  put  an  end  to  the  rule  of  the 
Babylonian  oppressors,  as  the  special  in- 
strument of  God  for  the  restoration  of  Ju- 
dah.  He  is  mentioned  by  name  as  "my 
shepherd"  (Is.  44:28)  and  Jehovah's  "an- 
ointed" (Is.  45:1).  The  references  to 
him  and  to  the  use  which  the  Lord  in- 
tended to  make  of  him  (for  example,  Isaiah 
45 :4.  5)  are  entirely  consistent  with  the 
fact  that  Cyrus,  while  favoring  the 
Jews,  remained  a  worshiper  of  the  deities 
of  the  polytheistic  cult  of  his  own  country. 

The  first  party  cf  Jews  returned  from 
Babylon  in  536  B.  C.  It  was  a  small  com- 
pany in  comparison  with  the  magnitude  of 
their  task — only  forty-two  thousand  to  oc- 
cupy the  land  and  restore  it.  They  brought 
with  them  the  temple  vessels  which  Cyrus 
sent,  but  probably  little  wealth  that  would 
be  available  for  general  uses.  The  inven- 
tory of  live  stock  (Ezra  2:66,  67)  is  cer- 
tainly not  impressive.  It  was  a  weak  peo- 
ple going  back  to  a  land  of  ruined  cities, 
abandoned  farms  and  a  temple  utterly  de- 
stroyed. Their  first  care  was,  of  necessity, 
to  make  for  themselves  habitable  homes  in 
their  respective  towns.  Then  the  altar  was 
set  up  and  the  feast  of  tabernacles  was  ob- 
served. Then  they  made  an  offering.  Then 
they  began  to  rebuild  the  temple. 

The  order  of  these  events  is  significant. 
The  people  did  not  wait  for  the  completion 
of  the  temple  before  beginning  worship. 
They  began  with  what  they  had.  In  the 
very  midst  of  the  ruins  an  altar  could  be 
set  up  and  God  could  be  worshiped.  Begin- 
ning with  the  worship  of  prayer  and  praise 
they  went  on  to  the  worship  of  giving  and 
made  a  free-will  offering  to  Jehovah.  In 
other  words,  they  started  a  building-fund. 
And  then  they  began  to  build.  The  order 
may  be  commended  to  the  favorable  consid- 
eration of  communities  which  contemplate 
starting  a  church.  Not  a  building  first, 
and  then  religion  as  a  consequence  of  the 
building.  But  religion  first;  then  generos- 
ity as  a  result  and  expression  of  it;  then 
*he  house  as  a  manifestation  of  religion  and 
an  effective  instrument  for  its  maintenance 
and   propagation. 

The  foundation  of  the  temple — or,  as 
we  would  say,  the  corner  stone — was  laid 
with  due  solemnities  and  celebrations. 
There  was  rejoicing  that  the  house  of  God 
was  again  to  stand  in  the  holy  city,  but 
mingled  with  the  general  joy  were  the  la- 
ments of  the  older  men  who  remembered 
the  greater  glory  of  the  former  temple. 

Opposition  to  the  enterprise  came  from 
jealous  neighbors,  the  gentile  peoples  who 
had  come  in  to  fill  up  the  vacancy  which 
the  exile  had  made  and  the  degenerate  and 
mongrel  Jews  who  had  been  left  when 
the  others  were  taken  to  Babylon.  First 
there  was  an  offer  of  assistance,  in  which 
was  doubtless  veiled  a  plot  to  frustrate 
the  whole  plan.  Failing  in  that,  since 
Zerubbabel  and  his  counselors  refused  to 
accept  help  from  the  ungodly  (the  "tainted 
money"    principle,    perhaps),    they    sent   to 


the  king  of  Persia  false  representations 
that  the  Jews  were  rebuilding  with  a  view 
to  revolt.  Cyrus  was  no  longer  on  the 
throne,  and  his  successor  listened  to  the 
story,  found  by  looking  up  the  chronicles 
that  Jerusalem  had  a  record  for  revolt, 
and  ordered  the  work  to  be  stopped.  The 
work  was  stopped  "until  the  second  year 
of  the  reign  of  King  Darius"  (Ezra.  4:24) 
when,  under  the  stimulus  of  the  prophets 
Haggai  and  Zechariah  and  with  the  royal 
permission,  the  building  was  completed. 


Midweek  Prayer  Meeting. 

By  W.  F.   Richardson. 

Oct.  18,  1905. 


THE  SAVI0RH00D  OF  CHRISTIANS.— 
James  5:19,  20. 

Christ  Uses  His  Disciples  in  Saving 
Men.  We  are  workers  together  with  God 
in  the  redemption  of  the  world.  The  fol- 
lowers of  our  Lord  are  commanded  to  go 
into  all  the  world,  and  preach  the  Gospel 
to  the  whole  creation.  It  has  pleased  God 
by  the  foolishness  of  preaching  to  save 
them  that  believe.  The  church  is  the  body 
of  Christ,  and  is  to  do  his  work  among 
and  for  men.  The  living  voice  must  be 
heard,  and  the  living  example  looked  up- 
on, before  the  hearts  of  men  can  be  won  to 
our  Savior.  Says  Dr.  Pierson :  "The  Gos- 
pel needs  a  voice ;  a  book  will  not  do.  Be- 
hind the  Bible  must  be  a  believer,  behind 
the  Gospel  a  gospeler,  or  herald.  God 
wants  witnesses  who  speak  what  they  know. 
....  As  water  can  be  conveyed  only  in 
vessels  or  channels,  the  believer  must  be- 
come the  means  of  communication,  im- 
pression and  salvation."  If  Christ  indeed 
dwells  in  us,  then  he  can  manifest  his  pres- 
ence through  us  unto  the  world.  If  our 
friends  and  associates  are  ignorant  of  our 
Christian  faith  and  hope,  it  is  to  be  feared 
that  we  have  little  of  either.  For  faith  and 
hope  are  by  nature  contagious,  and  will 
communicate  themselves  readily  at  every 
opportunity. 

In  Saving  Men,  we  are  Saving  our  Breth- 
ren. The  ministry  of  Christ  is  to  "bring 
many  sons  unto  glory."  See  Heb.  2:10. 
The  prodigal  is  still  the  Father's  child,  way- 
ward and  wicked,  lost  through  sin,  but 
ever  a  child,  for  whom  the  Father's  heart 
yearns,  and  for  whose  salvation  the  Elder 
Brother  was  willing  to  offer  up  his  life.  In 
helping  to  save  men,  then,  we  are  but  en- 
larging the  circle  around  the  Father's  fire- 
side, and  reviving  unto  life  those  who  had 
died  to  their  native  heritage,  and  finding 
those  who  had  become  lost  to  the  fold  in 
which  they  had  been  cherished  and  nour- 
ished as  tender  lambs. 

We  thus  Save  Precious  Souls  from  Death. 
What  would  we  not  do  to  save  from  death 
the  bodies  of  those  whom  we  love?  How 
abhorrent  to  our  affections  is  the  silence 
and  stillness  that  comes  over  our  loved 
ones  when  the  hand  of  death  is  laid  upon 
their  brows !  And  how  we  dread  the  swift 
corruption  that  compels  us  to  hide  away  in 
the  grave  the  form  that  but  yesterday 
moved  among  us  with  such  grace  and 
beauty !  Death  is  indeed  an  enemy  whom 
we  both  fear  and  hate.  But  what  must  be 
the  death  of  the  soul,  in  the  eye  of  him  to 
whom  spiritual  things  are  as  manifest  as 
are  physical  to  us.  The  silence  and  still- 
ness of  spiritual  death,  which  hears  not 
the  voice  of  God,  and  answers  not  the  lov- 
ing call  of  the  Lord  of  life,  are  a  thousand 
times  sadder  than,  the  failure  of  our  physi- 
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Christian  Endeavor. 

By  H.  A.  Denton. 

Oct.  22,  1905. 


THE  SONGS  THAT  HAVE  HELPED. 
—Eph.  5:12-20;  Col.  3:15-17. 

For  the  Leader. 

If  all  things  else  connected  with  the  de- 
votions of  the  church  were  blotted  out,  our 
hymns  would  hold  what  was  in  most  that 
was  lost.  If  all  history,  and  even  the  Scrip- 
tures, should  be  destroyed,  and  we  should 
take  the  hymns  of  the  Christian  centuries, 
and,  while  our  memories  were  fresh,  try  to 
restore  the  loss  from  the  hymns,  do  you 
not  think  we  would  find  most  of  it  there? 
Indeed  we  wo  aid.  What  would  the  church 
service  be  without  the  hymns?  What 
would  the  hours  of  grief  be  without  the 
sweet  song  to  cheer  us?  What  would  the 
oppressed  do  with  no  freedom  to  sing  out 
the  grief  of  their  souls?  Prayer  and  song, 
how  the  two  furnish  us  unto  strength  and 
joy!  In  this  practical  age,  when  all  the 
poetry  has  about  gone  out  of  our  souls,  we 
need  to  turn  to  the  subject  of  hymns,  the 
department  of  sacred  poetry,  and  build 
again  in  our  hearts  the  thrones  of  devotion 
and  the  altars  upoi  which  the  fires  of 
hymnology  flame  out.  In  our  meeting 
this  evening  let  us  realize  all  the  lesson 
committee  had  in  mind  for  us  when  this 
topic  was  selected  for  our  consideration . 

For  the  Members . 

1.  We  must  not  let  hymn  singing  with 
us  sink  to  the  level  of  a  mere  performance . 
Singing  is  just  as  real  as  speaking.  We 
must  feel  this.  Why  should  it  not  be  so? 
We  have  come  to  a  pass  difficult  for  us, 
but  it  is  not  impassable,  or  it  would  not 
be  styled  a  pass:  To  get  over  the  habit  of 
thinking  we  should  mean  what  we  say  in 
our  talks,  and,  yet,  pay  no  attention  to 
the  meaning  of  our  words  when  we  sing . 
This  is  a  real  difficulty.  The  sooner  we 
begin  to  agitate  the  matter  the  better  it 
will  be  for  us.  We  must  get  over  the  pass. 
And  the  best  way  is  to  begin  to  think 
when  we  sing:  "Now,  I  mean  this,  every 
word  of  it,  and  I  am  saying  what  I  mean 
as  much  as  if  I  were  speaking." 

2.  If  we  are  to  make  our  speech  in 
hymns  to  be  real,  we  must  give  attention 
to  utterance.  Have  you  ever  had  one  sing 
in  your  Endeavor  meeting  who  was  not 
understood?  The  words  were  not  enun- 
ciated so  any  unfamiliar  with  the  piece 
could  understand.  Those  who  listen  un- 
der such  circumstances  can  get  little  good; 
and  those  who  sing  have  yet  to  show  that 
they  get  any  more  out  of  it  than  a  mere 
tonal  exercise.  When  we  take  away  utter- 
ance from  the  hymns  and  still  argue  for 
the  devotion  in  them  by  claiming  that 
musical  tones  are  parts  of  a  universal  lan- 
guage, and  that  there  is  worship  in  the 
piece  whether  the  words  are  understood  or 
not,  let  us  turn  to  prayer,  which  is  only 
another  form  of  devotion,  and  see  if  there 
is  much  devotion  to  us  in  the  mumblings 
and  ravings  of  some  one  who  is  muttering 
in  signs  and  syllables  of  an  unknown  jar- 
gon. Our  words  must  be  distinctly 
uttered. 

3.  In  order  to  get  the  most  out  of  re- 
ligious music,  we  must  come  to  the  under- 
standing of  the  fact  that  it  is  a  field  of 
music  of  itself.  Schools  of  music  should 
give  preparation  to  their  pupils  with  this 
in  view.  It  is  one  thing  to  siog  at  society 
functions,  and  it  is  another  thing  to  sing 
at  midweek  prayer  meeting.  It  is  one 
thing  to  sing  in  operi,  and  it  is  another 


thing  to  sing  in  a  revival  chorus.  It  is  one 
ihing  to  be  an  opera  soloist,  and  it  is  an- 
other thing  to  be  a  sacred  soloist.  "Well," 
says  some  one,  "I  thought  every  one 
knew  that."  To  be  sure,  most  people  are 
supposed  to  know  it,  but  just  about  one  in 
a  thousand  of  our  cultivate  dslngers  acts  as 
though  he  knew  it  when  he  goes  out  into 
the  world  to  sing.  It  is  the  fruitful  cause 
of  much  of  the  fun-poking  at  singers  of 
cultivated  voice.  If  a  voice  is  natural, 
and  if  it  has  been  naturally  developed,  it  is 
not  going  to  grate  upon  nature.  When 
the  rude  son  of  nature  sits  on  a  back  seat 
and  comes  as  near  to  an  explosion  as  pos- 
sible without  exploding  over  your  effort  to 
sing,  you  may  be  doing  the  stunt  accord- 
ing to  approved  methods,  but  you  may  be 
sure  your  methods  have  been  wrongly 
named. 

4.  This  was  not  intended  for  a  lecture 
on  music,  for  the  writer  makes  no  claims 
to  the  ability  to  do  such  a  thing,  but  he 
feels  like  a  common  person,  such  as  make 
up  the  rank  and  file  of  most  of  our  socie- 
ties, and  he  feels  that  he  can  testify  to 
whether  certain  ways  of  singing,  as  well  as 
certain  hymns,  have  helped  him.  For 
this  reason  he  has  let  the  discussion  drift 
into  a  consideration  of  methods  more  than 
hymns,  hoping  to  be  thus  able  to  do  more 
good  by  such  a  course.  It  is  to  be  hoped 
that  music  committees  will  give  attention 
to  this.  And  let  leaders  pay  attention  to 
the  preparation  of  the  lesson.  Especially 
let  them  see  that  the  musical  part  is  as 
much  real  as  the  other  parts.  For  this 
particular  meeting  let  there  be  the  best  of 
preparation.  The  favorite  hymns  of  those 
present  might  be  called  for,  and  four  or 
five  old  hymns  might  be  taken  as  a  basis 
for  a  devotional  meeting  of  unusual  inter- 
est. Take  the  hymns  in  the  daily  read- 
ings, and  a  sketch  of  each  one  of  these 
hymns,  if  at  all  possible;  mingle  descrip- 
tion with  execution  and  interpretation 
until  the  interest  is  at  a  white  heat.  This 
can  be  done.  It  will  make  a  meeting  that 
your  members  will  not  soon  forget.  Then 
have  a  section  of  the  meeting  devoted  to 
hymn  experiences,  in  which  persons  may 
rise  and,  in  a  word  or  so,  tell  what  hymns 
have  helped  them  and  why  and  where. 

Quiet  Hour  Thought. 

Am  I  trying  to  make  music  a  ministering 
spirit  to  the  sorrowing  and  sinful  into 
whose  lives  I  have  chanced  to  be  thrown? 

DAILY    READINGS. 

M.     "Rock  of  Ages."  Psa.  61:1  8. 

T.     "Refuge."  Psa.  55:1-8. 

W.     "Abide  with  Me."  Luke 24:28-35. 

T.     "The  Lord  is  My  Shepherd." 

Psa.  23:1-6. 
F.     "Just  as  I  Am."  John  1:35-39. 

S.     "Nearer,  My  God,  to  Thee." 

Gen.  28:10  22. 
S.     Topic  —  Sacred     songs     that      have 

helped.     Eph.  5:15-20;  Col.  3:15  17. 

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The  Northerner. 

By  Harry  Clarke  Hubler. 

The  college  campus  was  very  quiet  It 
was  almost  midnight.  With  the  exception 
of  a  small  coterie  over  in  front  of  Old 
East,  the  other  students  had  retired  to 
their  rooms,  and  I  was  hastening  to  follow 
their  example  when  the  old  gentleman  ac- 
costed me  from  the  chapel  steps. 

"Young  man.  what  is  the  name  of  yonder 
building?" 
"Bosler  Hall."  I  replied. 
"And  that  one  over  there?" 
-Denny  Hall." 

"Changed,  much   changed,"   he  muttered. 
** You're  a  stranger?"  I  asked. 
"Well,    yes,     I'm    a     stranger,"     he    an- 
swered, half  to  himself.    And  then  he  added 
absently.  "It  was  before  the  war." 

"I  don't  think  I  understand.  Were  you 
a  student  here?" 

"A  student,  but  not  a  graduate,"  he  re- 
plied sadly.  "I  left  college  in  my  junior 
year,  not  to  return  until  today." 

"The  college  wasn't  so  large  then — before 
the  war."  I  ventured. 

"No,  not  quite  so  large,  perhaps,  but  our 
love  for  the  old  place  was  just  as  great. 
And  those  days,  they  were  far  different  from 
the  present  ones.  This  was  common  ground 
for  North  and  South.  Here  met  the  sons 
of  Puritan  and  Cavalier.  And  just  before 
the  tempest  broke,  the  issues  of  the  day  be- 
came the  all-absorbing  topics.  At  club  and 
boarding  house — everywhere,  we  diseussed 
states'  rights  and  slavery  with  a  warmth 
that  more  than  once  caused  us  to  come  to 
blows." 

For  a  little  while  we  both  were  silent, 
listening  to  an  old  college  melody  that  the 
boys  were  singing. 

"I'll  tell  you  a  story  of  those  days,  if  you 
choose  to  hear,"  said  he,  when  the  last  notes 
had  died  away.  Then  without  awaiting  my 
reply,  he  motioned  me  to  a  seat  beside  him 
on  the  moonlit  steps. 

"In  the  year  i860,"  he  said,  "the  two  lit- 
erary societies  had  their  respective  halls  on 
the  third  floor  of  Old  West.  I  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Belles  Lettres — at  one  time  president. 
We  debated  the  questions  of  the  day  much 
as  I  suppose  you  do  now.  But  sometimes 
the  discussion  warmed  until  hot  words 
passed,  and  the  feeling  thus  aroused  did  not 
die  with  sunset. 

"One  morning  the  news  reached  us  that 
Lincoln  had  been  nominated  for  the  presi- 
dency. It  happened  that  the  society  met 
that  afternoon.  The  question  for  debate  was 
whether  a  state  had  the  right  to  secede  from 
the  Union.  A  young  Virginian  argued  the 
affirmative,  and .  by  some  mischance,  the 
negative  was  upheld  by  a  Northerner.  The 
news  of  the  morning  had  caused  bitter  feel- 
ing, and  brought  forth  bitter  remarks  from 
the  Southern  students.  This  bitterness  was 
carried  into  the  debating  hall  and  soon 
crept  into  the  discussion. 

"  T  deny  the  right  of  any  man  or  set  of 
men  to  say  that  a  state  shall  not  secede,' 
declared  the  Virginian.  'And  he  who  asserts 
that  the  general  government  has  the  right 
to  prevent  secession  is  a  tyrant.' 

'  'That   is  a  lie,'   burst   from  the   North- 
erner. 

"The  young  Virginian  turned  toward  his 
opponent,  who  had  risen  to  his  feet,  and  half 
raised  the  book  which  was  in  his  hand,  as 
though  to  hurl  it.     For  a  half-minute  each 


met  the  other's  eye  unflinchingly — then  the 
meeting  was  adjourned. 

"That  was  the  last  time  that  either  man 
stood  in  that  hall.  When,  white  and  silent, 
they  passed  over  the  worn  sill  that  bright 
May  afternoon,  they  passed  out  forever. 

"That  night,  on  the  stroke  of  twrelve,  two 
s indents  stood  beside  a  boulder  at  the  north- 
westerly corner  of  Stony  Lot  A  moment 
later  two  more  appeared,  carrying  a  small 
ease.  The  moon  was  very  bright,  much  as 
it  is  tonight,  and  a  faint  breeze  was  blowing 
from  the  west.  Few  words  were  spoken. 
Silently  they  paced  off  ten  paces.  The  men 
tok  their  positions— the  Southerner  toward 
the  west,  the  Northerner  nearer  town.  A 
night  bird  was  flying  hither  and  thither 
overhead,  and  over  in  the  distant  wood  a 
whip-poor-will  was  calling.  The  swish  of 
the  wings  and  the  mournful  call  intensified 
the  awful  stillness  of  the  night. 
"  'Are  you  ready?' 

"The  arm  of  the  second  was  slowly 
raised — 'Fire !' 

"Two  shots  rang  out. 
"Erect   and  immovable  one  figure  stood, 
with  the  smoking  pistol  in  his  hand,  his  face 
doubly  white  in  the  pale  light  of  the  moon. 
"The    other    sank    slowly    down    uncon- 
scious, the  blood  streaming  from  his  head. 
'  'Take  care  of  him,'  directed  the  South- 
erner briefly,   pointing   toward   the   lifeless 
form  of  his  adversary. 
"Then  he  disappeared. 
"Slowly  and  laboriously  the  two  seconds 
bore  the  wounded  man  back  to  his  room. 

"On  the  fifth  day  after,  the  president  of 
the  college  heard  a  light  tap  on  his  office 
door. 

"  'Come  in,'  he  said. 

"The  door  opened,  and  he  saw  a  girl  of 
eighteen  standing  on  the  threshold,  slender 
and  tall,  with  eyes  of  liquid  brown.  Her 
cheeks  were  red  and  her  delicate  features 
beautifully  molded.  From  under  her  hat 
crept  masses  of  dark,  unruly  hair. 

''Are  you  the  president?'  she  asked, 
timidly. 

"  'I  am,'  replied  he.  'Won't  you  be 
seated?' 

"Shoving  aside  his  papers,  he  turned  to- 
ward her  expectantly. 

'  T  have  come  to  see  my  brother  Robert,' 
she  explained.  'Father  is  dead  and — buried. 
Robert  doesn't  know  it.  I  sent  him  tele- 
grams, but  I'm  sure  he  didn't  get  them,  be- 
cause he  didn't  come.  Can — can  you  tell 
me  where   I'll   find  Robert?' 

"The  president  saw  tears  in  the  brown 
eyes. 

"  'There,  there— don't  cry,'  he  said.  'We'll 
find  Robert.  There  has  been  a  mistake 
somewhere.     That's  all.' 

'''  'I — I  was  afraid  something  had  hap- 
pened,' she  answered,  smiling  through  her 
tears.  'You  are  so  kind.  I'm  sure  now 
that  everything  is  all  right.' 

'Yes,  we'll  find  him,'  assured  the  kindly 
man,  smiling  back  at  her.  'But  I  don't 
think  you  told  me  your  name.' 

"  'Oh,    didn't    I  ?'  she-  said,   as    the   color 
surged     over    her    cheeks     and     forehead. 
"Please     pardon     my     forgetfulness.      My 
name  is   Margaret  Forrester.' 

"The  president  paled  a  little  and  a  pained 
look  appeared  on  his  face.  His  voice  was 
very  low  when  he  spoke. 

"  'Your  brother's  name  was — ' 
'"Robert  Forrester.' 

"The  pfesident  turned  away  and  was  si- 
lent. Over  on  the  campus  some  of  the  tu- 
dents  were  playing  ball,  and  their  shouts 
and  cheers  floated  in  through  the  open  win- 
dow. 

"The  girl  listened,  trying  to  detect  her 
brother's  voice. 


THE  ROOT   OF  THE  MATTER 


He    Cared    Himself    of     Serious     Stomach 

Troubles,  by  Getting:  Down  to  Fitst 

Principles. 

A  man  of  large  affairs  in  one  of  our 
prominent  eastern  cities  by  too  close  atten- 
tion to  business,  too  little  exercise  and  too 
many  club  dinners,  finally  began  to  pay 
nature's  tax,  levied  in  the  form  of  chronic 
stomach  trouble;  the  failure  of  his  digestion 
brought  about  a  nervous  irritability  making 
it  impossible  to  apply  himself  to  his  daily 
business  and  finally  deranging  the  kidneys 
and  heart. 

In  his  own  words  he  says :  "I  consulted 
one  physician  after  another  and  each  one 
seemed  to  understand  my  case,  but  all  the 
same  they  each  failed  to  bring  about  the 
return  of  my  former  digestion,  appetite 
and  vigor.  For  two  years  I  went  from 
pillar  to  post,  from  one  sanitarium  to  an- 
other. I  gave  up  smoking,  I  quit  coffee  and 
even  renounced  my  daily  glass  or  two  of 
beer,  without  any  marked  improvement. 

"Friends  had  often  advised  me  to  try  a 
well  known  proprietary  medicine,  Stuart's 
Dyspepsia  Tablets,  and  I  had  often  perused 
the  newspaper  advertisements  of  the  rem- 
edy but  never  took  any  stock  in  advertised 
medicines  nor  could  believe  a  fifty-cent 
patent  medicine   would  touch  my  case. 

"To  make  a  long  story  short  I  finally 
bought  a  couple  of  packages  at  the  nearest 
drug  store  and  took  two  or  three  tablets 
after  each  meal  and  occasionally  a  tablet 
between  meals,  when  I  felt  any  feeling  of 
nausea  or  discomfort. 

"I  was  surprised  at  the  end  of  the  first 
week  to  note  a  marked  improvement  in 
my  appetite  and  general  health  and  before* 
the  two  packages  were  gone  I  was  certain 
that  Stuart's  Dyspepsia  Tablets  was  going 
to  cure  completely  and  they  did  not  disap- 
point me.  I  can  eat  and  sleep  and  enjoy 
my  coffee  and  cigar  and  no  one  would  sup- 
pose I  had  ever  known  the  horrors  of 
dyspepsia. 

"Out  of  friendly  curiosity  I  wrote  to  the 
proprietors  of  the  remedy  asking  for  in- 
formation as  to  what  the  tablets  contained 
and  they  replied  that  the  principal  ingredi- 
ents were  aseptic  pepsin  (government  test) 
malt  diastase  and  other  natural  digestives, 
which  digest  food  regardless  of  the  condi- 
tion of  the  stomach." 

The  root  of  the  matter  is  this,  the  diges- 
tive elements  contained  in  Stuart's  Dyspep- 
sia Tablets  will  digest  the  food,  give  the 
overworked  stomach  a  chance  to  recuper- 
ate and  the  nerves  and  whole  system  to 
receive  the  nourishment  which  can  only 
come  from  food.  Stimulants  and  nerve 
tonics  never  give  real  strength,  they  give 
fictitious  strength,  invariably  followed  by 
reaction.  Every  drop  of  blood,  every  nerve 
and  tissue  is  manufactured  from  our  daily 
food,  and  if  you  can  insure  its  prompt  action 
and  complete  digestion  by  the  regular  use 
of  so  good  and  wholesome  a  remedy  as 
Stuart's  Dyspepsia  Tablets,  you  will  have 
no  need  of  nerve  tonics  and  sanitariums. 

Athough  Stuart's  Dyspepsia  Tablets  have 
been  in  the  market  only  a  few  years,  prob- 
ably every  druggist  in  the  United  States, 
Canada  and  Great  Britain  now  sells  them 
and  considers  them  the  most  popular  and 
successful  of  any  preparation  for  stomach 
trouble. 

'  'Possibly,  possibly  you  were  right,  my 
child,'  said  the  president  finally,  in  a  low, 
unsteady  voice.  And  as  he  turned  toward 
her,  she  saw  his  eyes  were  moist. 

"  'Is  he  dead  ?'  asked  she,  pale  as  death. 

"  'No,  he's  not  dead.' 


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"  'Oh,  some  thing  has  happened,'  she  cried. 
'Tell    me,   sir;    please   tell   me   what   it   is.' 

"The  president  thought  a  moment. 

"  'There  was  some  trouble  between  him 
and  another  student,'  he  replied  slowly, 
'and  he  lias  gone  away.' 

"'Why  did  he  go?'  she  asked.  'Robert 
was  not  one  to  be  afraid.    Why  did  he  go?' 

"The  president  saw  that  she  could  not 
be  denied. 

'  'It  was  a  duel,'  he  explained. 

"  'And  he  is  wounded  ?' 

"  'No,  not  he.' 

'"He   wounded,   he— he   killed '     Her 

beautiful    eyes    were    wide    open,    her    face 
bloodless  and  tearless. 

"  'The  young  man  lives,  as  yet,'  the  good 
man  hastened  to  say.  And  then  he  added 
fervently.  'We  all  hope  and  pray  that  he 
will  recover.' 

"The  minutes  dragged  slowly  by,  and 
the  birds  sang  just  outside  the  window,  and 
the  happy  voices  of  some  children  playing 
on  the  lawn  drifted  in  with  the  western 
breeze.  The  president  knew  how  deeply  the 
young  heart  must  be  hurt  by  this  new  sor- 
row, and  his  whole  soul  went  out  in  sym- 
pathy. But  he  said  nothing.  He,  too,  had 
suffered,  and  knew  from  experience  there 
is  no  sympathy  like  silent  sympathy. 

''Where  is  the  man?'  she  asked  pres- 
ently. 

"  'He  is  here.' 

"Tn  this  house?' 

'  'That  he  might  not  be  disturbed,  I  had 
him  brought  here.' 

"  T  must  see  him.' 

'  'He  is  very  ill,  my  girl,  very  ill.  They 
allow  no  one,  not  even  me,  to  enter  the 
room.' 

'  'But  I  must  see  him-  Please  take  me 
to  him,'  she  pleaded  with  her  eyes  suffused 
with  tears.     'Oh,  I  must  see  him.' 

'  'Why  do  you  wish  to  see  him,  my  child  ?' 
asked  the  president.  'You  can  do  him  no 
good.' 

'  'Please,  please  take  me  to  him,'  was  her 
reply.  T  must  tell  him  that  Rob  is  sorry 
— for  I  know  he  is,  and — ' 

"  'But  he  is  unconscious,'  the  president 
objected.  'He  could  not  hear  your  voice. 
He  is  very  near  the  crossing.' 

'  'Oh,  he  mustn't  die !'  cried  the  girl  as 
though  her  heart  were  breaking.  'He  must 
live,  get  well  again !  Why,  if  he  died  my 
brother  would  be  stained  with  blood.  My 
brother  would  be  a — a — but  he  shall  not 
die !  I'll  nurse  him  back  to  life  and  health 
again.  I'll  stay  by  his  bedside  night  and 
day  that  he  may  live.  I'll  do  it  for  Rob's 
sake.' 

"The  president  dashed  a  tear  away,  then 
rose,  and  taking  her  hand  in  his,  led  her  up 
to  the  sick  chamber.  The  white-capped 
nurse  signaled  silence,  then  led  them  to  the 
bed  where  the  student  lay.  The  poor,  wan 
face  was  white  as  the  coverlet.  He  looked 
as  though  death  had  already  claimed  him. 
Around  his  head  was  bound  a  wide  white 
bandage.     He  did  not  move. 

"The  girl  stepped  softly  to  the  bedside, 
and  there  knelt  down.  Only  the  great 
Father  knows  how  fervent  was  the  prayer 
that  came  from  that  poor  troubled  heart ; 
how  agonizingly  she  pleaded  that  that  life 
might  yet  be  spared.  'Oh,  God,'  she  said, 
'he  must  not  die,  he  must  not  die !' 

"When  she  arose  she  was  alone  with  him 
for  whose  life  she  had  just  been  pleading. 
The  white  face  on  the  pillow  turned  un- 
easily as  she  looked  down  upon  it,  and  the 
eyelids  slowly  opened. 

'  'Bob,  old  boy,'  the  pale  lips  murmured, 
'I'm  sorry.' 

'  'And  Bob  is  sorry,  too,'  she  whispered, 
kneeling  beside  him. 


"'lie  is?'   was  the  faint  response. 

"'Oh,  yes,   he's   very  sorry.' 

"Then  it's  all  right— all  right.'  And  he 
relapsed  into  silence  again. 

"Margaret  heard  ■<  -light  rustic  behind 
her.  It  was  the  nurse,  who  moistened  the 
bandage  and  drew  up  th<  coverlet,  then, 
putting  her  arm  around  the  slender  waist, 
she  drew  the  weeping  girl  away. 

"For  long  weeks  Rob's  sister  watched 
beside  the  wounded  man,  while  the  death 
angel  hovered  close  overhead.  Then,  by 
almost  imperceptible  degrees,  strength  came 
back  again,  and  health  with  it.  One  day  the 
surgeons  pronounced  the  patient  out  of 
danger. 

"That  evening,  as  the  Northerner  lay 
looking  out  toward  the  west,  where  the 
clouds  were  assuming  the  gorgeous  tints 
of  sunset,  his  young  nurse  came  softly  into 
the  room  and  sat  beside  the  bed.  The  red, 
horizontal  rays  of  the  declining  sun  seemed 
to  surround  her  head  with  a  halo.  He 
thought  he  had  never  seen  her  look  more 
beautiful. 

"  'I  am  going  away  tomorrow,'  she  said, 
after  a  little  while. 

"He  gave  a  start  of  surprise.  Somehow 
it  had  never  occurred  to  him  that  some  time 
she  would  leave  him. 

"'Are  you  joking?'  he  asked. 

"  'No,  I'm  in  earnest,'  answered  she. 
'You  are  out  of  danger,  the  doctors  say,  and 
I  must  go  back  to  Virginia.' 

"  'But  the  doctors  are  wrong  sometimes,' 
he  objected. 

"  Tn  this  case  I  think  they  are  right,'  she 
smilingly   responded. 

"  'Why  must  you  go  ?  Why  can't  you 
stay  and  see  me  through?' 

"  'I  must  go  back.  I  must  find  Robert 
and  tell  him  that — that  you're  not  dead.' 

"  'You  don't  know  where  he  is.' 

"  'I'll  find  him,'  she  replied. 

"They  looked  out  toward  the  west  for 
several  minutes   without  speaking. 

"  'Margaret,  I  wish  you  would  always 
stay.' 

"She  shook  her  head. 

"  'But  you  saved  my  life.  I  need  you,' 
he  insisted. 

''  T   can   not   stay,'   she   answered   in   a 
low,  firm  voice. 

"'Can't  you  love  me?'  he  questioned. 

"  'It  would  bring  only  pain  and  sorrow 
to  love  one  who  was  my  brother's  enemy,' 
replied  she. 

"  'I'm    not    his    enemy,'    he    cried.      'I'm 


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sorry  from  the  bottom  of  my  heart  that 
trouble  ever  arose  between  us.  But  it  had 
its  blessing,  too,'  he  added  quickly,  'because 
it  brought  you  to  me.' 

"  'But  he's  your  enemy,  perhaps,  for  he 
doesn't  easily  forget." 

"  'If  he  knew  that  I  regretted  what  was 
said  and  done,  I'm  sure  that  we'd  be 
friends  again.' 

"  'Perhaps — I  pray  you  would,'  she  added 
earnestly. 

"  'Come,  Margaret,'  he  pleaded,  'tell  me 
that  some  day  you'll  stay  with  me  always/ 

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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


October  12,  1905 


quarrel  is  no  more,"  she  said,   come  to  Vir- 
ginia.' 

"The  next  day  she  was  gone. 

"Thereafter  he  received  a  letter  at  in- 
frequent intervals  telling  him  something  of 
her  life  on  the  old  plantaion,  but  nothing 
beyond  what  friend  would  write  to  friend, 
and  never  a  word  about  her  brother.  He 
understood  that  she  hadn't  found  him. 

"Finally  the  dark  war  clouds  that  had 
lowered  over  the  land  so  long  burst  in  all 
their  fury,  and  Virginia  became  a  bloody 
battleground.  The  Northerner  no  longer 
heard  from  Margaret,  and  when  the  tide 
of  battle  rolled  across  her  state  he  trembled 
for  her  safety. 

"He  was  in  Virginia,  but  he  was  there  a 
soldier.  Once  or  twice  he  thought  the 
march  would  bring  them  near  enough  to 
the  Forrester  home  for  him  to  satisfy  him- 
self that  she  was  safe.  But  the  direction 
always  changed,  and  he  continued  to  march 
and  fight,  ignorant  of  how  she  fared. 

"Then  came  Gettysburg.  The  Northern- 
er was  there.  He  saw  the  brave  sons  of 
the  North  and  the  South  meet  in  the 
bloodiest  struggle  of  the  war.  He  was  at 
the  "Bloody  Angle'  when  Pickett's  men 
marched  forth  to  almost  certain  death.  He 
saw  the  charging  columns  torn  into  frag- 
ments by  shot  and  shell,  yet  they  pressed 
on.  As  they  drew  near  the  Union  line 
their  colors  fell.  A  brave  Southern  officer 
snatched  them  up  and  advanced  them  be- 
fore his  troops,  cheering  them  on.  Their 
ranks  were  shattered  and  broken,  yet  they 
pushed  forward  after  their  flag.  They  had 
almost  reached  their  goal  when  suddenly 
the  officer  was  seen  to  fall.  He  was  des- 
perately wounded,  but  he  still  held  the  col- 
ors up  defiantly  from  where  he  lay,  until 
his  weakening  hands  refused  to  hold  them 
longer,  then  they  drooped  and  fell  beside 
him. 

"The  Northerner  sprang  over  the  stone 
wall  to  seize  the  fallen  flag.  Just  as  he  had 
laid  his  hand  on  the  staff,  he  looked  at  the 
upturned  face  and  staggered  back,  trem- 
bling in  every  limb.  It  was  Robert  For- 
rester. In  an  instant  he  was  on  his  knees 
beside  him. 

'  'Bob — look — do  you  know  me,  Bob  ?' 
cried  he. 

"The   dark   eyes   slowly   opened.. 

''Do  you  know  me,  Bob?'  pleaded  the 
Northerner. 

:  'Yes,  I  know  you,  Jack,'  was  the  faint 
response.  'It's  no  use — no  use,'  he  added, 
as  he  saw  his  old  classmate  trying  to 
stanch  the  flow  of  blood.  'I'm  done  for, 
lad.^ 

'  'I'll  go  for  a  surgeon,'  said  the  North- 
erner, springing  to  his   feet. 

1  'No,  no,  don't  leave  me,'  said  the 
wounded  man,  faintly.     'It's  no  use.' 

"He  closed  his  eyes  a  moment  as  Jack 
moistened  his  lips  and  bathed  his  head 
from  his  canteen. 

"  'Jack.' 

Yes,  Bob.' 
:  'You'll  have  to  put  your  ear  down  close, 
for  my  voice  is  getting  weak.' 

'  'I  can  hear  you,  old  boy,'  said  the 
Northerner,  bending  close  over  him, 

'  'I  thought  I'd  killed  you.  Can  you  hear 
me?' 

'Yes.'      The     Northerner's     voice     was 
choked. 

'  'I'm  so  glad  I  didn't — so  glad!'  he  mur- 
mured. 'I'm  sorry  that  anything  came  be- 
tween us.    Forgive  me — Jack !' 

"The  Northerner  was  sobbing  aloud. 

'  'I've — a  sister.  Tell  her — I  thought — I 
was  a— murderer.  That's — why— I  didn't — 
come  home.' 

"Over  toward  Round  Top  a  regiment  was 
cheering. 


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"  'The  —  charge  —  failed.        We  —  part- 
friends.     Don't — forget — to ' 


"Jack  put  his  ear  close  down,  but  heard 
only  one  word,  'Margaret !' 

"One  day,  just  after  Appomattox,  the 
Northerner  stood  in  the  Forrester  draw- 
ing-room, awaiting  some  one.  He  was  in 
his  uniform.  His  face  was  serious,  yet  not 
altogether  sad,  for  there  was  gladness 
mingled  with  his  sorrow.  Presently  he 
heard  a  rustle,  and  Margaret  stood  in  the 
doorway. 

"She  recoiled  a  step  in  surprise. 

"'Is  it  Jack?'  she  asked. 
1  'The  very  same,'  he  replied,  coming  up 
and  taking  her  hands  in  his. 

:'  'And — and  is  the  quarrel  ended  ?' 

"  'It  is,   Margaret' 
"And  you  saw  Rob?'  she  inquired,  with 


a  sudden  yearning  earnestness  that  startled 
the  Northerner. 

"  'Yes,  I  saw  him,'  replied  Jack. 

'"Is  he  coming  home?' 

"  'I'm  afraid  not,  Margaret,'  said  he. 

"And  then  she  saw  the  moisture  in  his 
eyes  and  understood. 

"  'Tell  me  all  about  it,'  she  whispered 
brokenly. 

***** 

"Two  days  later  they  were  walking  un- 
der the  shadow  of  the  maples.  The  next 
day  he  was  to  return  North. 

"  'I've  come  to  Virginia,'  said  he,  after 
a  long  silence. 

"  'Do  you  like  it  here  ?'  she  questioned. 

"  'Next  to  the  time  of  my  long  illness  at 
the  college,  five  years  ago,  these  last  three 
days  have  been  the  happiest  of  my  life.' 

"Tm  glad  you  like  Virginia,'  she  said. 


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"  'There's  something  I'd  like  much  bet- 
ter even  than  coming  to  Virginia.' 

"'Something  you'd  like  better?'  she  in- 
quired wonderingly. 

"  'Yes — to  take  you  North  with  me,'  he 
said. 

"'But  why  should  I  go  North?' 

"  'Why,  surely  you  have  not  forgotten 
that  I  love  you  !'  exclaimed  the  Northerner. 

"  'You  said  so  once,  but  it  was  possible 
that  you  had  changed,'  was  her  response. 

"He  caught  her  in  his  arms. 

"'And  now  you  will  go?' 

"  'I'll  go,'  she  said." 

The  tale  was  done.  Long  since  the  boys 
over  in  front  of  Old  East  had  sung  their 
good-night  song  and  gone  to  their  rooms. 
From  a  distant  tower  boomed  the  stroke 
of  one.  We  both  sat  silent  for  a  little  time, 
then  the  old  man  rose  to  go. 

"I'm  very  glad  that  we  have  met,"  said  I, 
extending  my  hand.  "I  wish  that  I  could 
meet  Margaret  and  the  Northerner." 

His  hand  closed  firmly  over  mine. 

"Margaret  is  up  there,"  he  said,  simply, 
pointing  toward  the  starry  heavens.  And 
then  he  added  in  a  low  voice,  "I  am  the 
Northerner." — Epworth  Herald. 


AN  UMBRELLA  INTERVIEW. 

In  an  article  on  "Writing  for  a  Living," 
in  The  World's  Work  for  October,  Gilson 
Willets  tells  the  following  anecdote  of  a 
memorable  interview  with  Russell  Sage : 

In  that  early  morning  of  my  writing  life, 
and  in  the  evening  of  my  day,  I  interviewed 
Russell  Sage.  The  editor  who  gave  me  the 
assignment  had  said :  "Persistence  and 
impudence  will  do  it."  I  rang  the  bell  at 
No.  506  Fifth  Avenue.  Mrs.  Sage  opened 
the  door,  and  behind  her  I  saw  the  gaunt 
form  of  Mr.  Sage.  "Well,  well,  what  is 
it?"  he  asked,  rubbing  his  hands  as  if  they 
were  chilly.  I  told  him  what  I  wanted, 
and  he  replied :  "You  must-  excuse  me." 
Putting"  on  his  weather-beaten  derby,  he 
added :     "I  am  going  out." 

I  told  him  I  would  go  out  with  him.  He 
smiled  as  he  buttoned  up  his  faded  overcoat 
and  stepped  out.  It  was  raining.  I  asked 
him  to  take  my  umbrella,  for  it  was  larger 
than  his,  and  as  we  turned  into  Forty- 
second  Street  we  exchanged  umbrellas.  He 
was  going,  he  said,  "just  down  the  street," 
to  Dr.  Paxton's  Presbyterian  Church,  to 
prayer  meeting.  At  the  church  door  he 
said  :     "Good-evening  !  We  part  here." 

But  I,  too,  went  in  to  prayer  meeting. 
When  Mr.  Sage  bowed  his  head  so  did  I. 
The  meeting  over,  I  rejoined  him  at  the 
church  door.  I  had  prayed  in  that  meeting, 
and  now  my  prayers  were  answered.  For, 
as  we  walked  back  through  the  rain  to  his 
house,  Russell  Sage  answered  my  questions 
"for  publication."  We  both  forgot  the  ex- 
change of  umbrellas,  and  the  skeleton  of 
his  umbrella  is  still  in  my  attic. 


A  WASTED  LIFE. 

In  his  fifteenth  anniversary  sermon  at 
Dallas,  Texas.  October  1,  Bro.  M.  M.  Davis, 
pastor,  told  the  following  suggestive  inci- 
dent : 

In  i860  a  gentleman  from  New  York 
traveling  through  the  south  met  a  girl  of 
great  wealth  and  beauty  and  married  her. 
The  girl  was  good,  and  her  tender  heart 
was  always  in  sympathy  with  the  suffering, 
and  her  pure  young  life  was  wholly  given 
to  the  Christ  and  his  church.  But  in  New 
York  her  wealth  and  beauty  drove  her  into 
the  mad  whirl  of  fashionable  life.  Her  home 


was  a  palace;  her  equipage  was  one  of 
the  most  attractive  in  the  park,  and  her 
beauty,  her  charms  and  her  dresses  were 
described  in  the  society  journals,  and  she 
became  drunk  with  admiration.  She  dressed 
and  danced,  and  hurried  from  ball  to  re- 
ception, and  from  opera  to  dinner.  When 
tired  of  the  pleasures  this  side  the  sea  she 
went  to  London  and  Paris.  Neither  she 
nor  her  husband  had  any  other  idea  of  life 
than  that  of  enjoyment. 

About  twenty  years  later,  when  return- 
ing from  California,  she  was  in  a  railroad 
wreck  and  received  a  fatal  injury.  She  was 
carried  into  the  little  village  station  and 
the  doctor  was  called.  She  was  suffering 
no  pain,  and  her  only  consciousness  of  in- 
jury was  her  inability  to  move.  She  said 
to  the  doctor  in  imperial  tones :  "I  must 
go  home  to  New  York."  "It  is  impossible," 
replied  the  doctor.  "You  can  live  only  an 
hour,  and  if  you  are  moved  you  will  die 
sooner."  She  was  lying  on  the  floor.  The 
brakemen  had  made  a  pillow  for  her  with 
their  coats.  She  looked  about  the  dingy 
room,  with  its  rude  walls  and  tobacco 
stained  stove.  Then  turning  to  the  doctor 
she*  said,  "I  have  but  an  hour,  you  tell 
me?"  "Not  more  than  that,"  he  replied. 
"And  this  is  all  that  is  left  me  of  the 
world,"  she  continued.  She  then  threw 
her  arms  over  her  face  and  was  quiet  for  a 
time.  Then  she  turned  to  the  doctor  in  a 
frenzy  and  said,  "To  think  of  all  I  might 
have  done  with  my  money  and  my  time ! 
God  wanted  me  to  help  the  poor  and  the 
sick;  it's  too  late  now.  I've  only  an  hour 
Why,  doctor,  I  did  nothing — nothing  but 
lead  the  fashion !  Great  God !  Now  I've 
only  an  hour !" 


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A  VN  eek  With  the  Woodneys. 

FIFTH    WIGHT    ( CONCLUDED). 

G.  C  D.  Woodney's  was  brilliantly  il- 
luminated when  Mace  and  Ed  came  back 
with  the  mandolin-string.  A  great  chande- 
lier in  the  front  hall  was  doing  all  it  could 
to  make  you  forget  the  absence  of  electric 
lights  in  the  village.  Mrs.  G.  C.  D.  Wood- 
ney.  looking  from  the  parlor  window  and 
seeing  the  young  people  rush  up  the  porch 
steps,  turned  to  her  guests  and  said,  "My 
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is  just   like  all  the  Dobneys." 

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by  this  remark,  and  answered,  *'I  think  him 
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'"Who — my  son  Ed?"  cried  Mrs.  G.  C. 
D.  W'oodnev,  who  in  her  maidenhood  had 
been  a  Dobney.  "No.  indeed!  He  has  not 
a  single  characteristic  of  the  Woodney  fam- 
ily. 1  have  often  pointed  it  out  to  George. 
I  say  to  George,  'Our  Ed  is  nothing  like 
the  Woodneys.  Strange  that  he  didn't  take 
after  them  in  some  respect !'  And  it  is 
curious.     Oh.  no,  Ed  is  a  Dobney." 

"Well,  he  has  the  name — that's  some- 
thing!" rejoined  the  old  lady,  as  Ed  and 
Mace  sought  the  piano,  where  the  mando- 
lin  was  awaiting  its  string. 

"Do  you  know,"  said  Mrs.  G.  C.  D. 
Woodney.  "that  my  husband — your  nephew 
George — seems  absolutely  devoid  of  what  I 
may  call  family  allegiance.  Perhaps  it  is 
because  all  his  life  he  has  been  thrown 
with  the  Dobneys.  I  can't  get  him  inter- 
ested in  the  Woodneys.  Sometimes  a 
Woodney  passes  through  the  village — gen- 
erally a  drummer,  or  a  seed-man  or  the 
like — and  I  say,  'George,  you'd  better  hunt 
up  that  Woodney  and  c<ee  if  he's  any  kin.' 
'Oh.  I  haven't  time !'  George  says." 

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speak,  and  her  mother  suddenly  hushed 
and  looked  about  for  silence.  Then  Jennie : 
"The  Dobneys  are  awfully  nice  people  in 
this  county.  They  own  more  land  than 
anybody." 

"Yes,"  resumed  her  mother,  after  wait- 
ing to  be  sure  that  the  spring  had  ceased 
flowing,  "the  Dobneys  are  very  influential." 

"Jennie,"  said  old  Mrs.  Woodney,  "you 
should  be  proud  of  your  Woodney  kin, 
for  the  Woodneys  are  very  fine  people. 
They  may  not  own  much  land,  but  Jerry 
Woodney  was  a  representative  from  Vir- 
ginia, Thomas  Woodney  ran  for  senator 
in  this  state,  and  Humboldt  Woodney  wrote 
an  'Early  History  of  Kentucky.' " 

"The  Dobneys,"  said  Mrs.  G.  C.  D. 
Woodney,  "have  always  been  very  rich  peo- 
ple." She  said  no  more;  she  was  content 
to  let  it  go  at  that. 

"I  do  not  care  for  books,"  said  Jennie, 
thus  disposing  of  Humboldt  Woodney  with 
a  breath.  "It  always  seemed  to  me  so — I 
don't  know  how  to  express  it — like  waiting 
on  people,  to  be  an  author.  It's  a  kind  of 
a  servant,  you  know." 

"Yes,"  said  Mrs.  Geraldine,  smiling, 
"like  a  servant  hunting  a  job  whom  no- 
body will  hire.  Now  /  am  going  to  begin 
a  book  pretty  soon.  I  have  been  waiting 
for  a  central  idea;  as  soon  as  I  find  it,  I'll 
commence." 

Mace  and  Ed  began  to  play  a  duet.  Mrs. 
G.  C.  D.  Woodney  and  Jennie  listened  with 
rapt  attention  to  Ed's  performance,  while 
Mrs.  Geraldine  Woodney,  her  husband  and 
old   Mrs.    Woodney   gave   undivided   atten- 


tion to  Mace's  accompaniment;  nobody 
spoke  a  word  until  those  places  wore 
reached  where  one  performer  rests.  During 
these  brief  passages,  the  near  relations  of 
the  one  not  playing,  indulged  in  small-talk 
until  that  one  came  to  the  end  of  the  rest. 
The  music  was  simple  and  popular,  and 
it  was  not  difficult  for  Mace  to  follow  the 
air  by  ear.  Ed  was  pleased  with  her  man- 
ner of  falling  in  with  his  mandolin,  and 
when  the  evening  came  to  a  close,  these 
young  people  were  delighted  with  each 
other.  When  the  family  went  home,  Ed 
accompanied  them  to  their  gate,  chatting 
gaily,  and  causing  his  companions  to  laugh 
in  a  free-hearted  way.  They  had  wanted 
Jennie  to  come  with  them  also,  but  Jennie 
never  liked  to  do  anything,  so  she  had 
stayed  at  home. 

"Good-night,  Ed,"  said  old  Mrs.  Wood- 
ney as  they  parted;  "you  may  take  my 
word  for  it,  you  are  a  perfect  Woodney !" 

"Remember,  Mace,"  said  Ed,  after  bow- 
ing gallantly  to  his  great-aunt,  "the  music 
club  is  to  be  organized  at  my  house,  next 
Tuesday  night." 

"How  could  I  forget  it?"  cried  Mace. 
Ed  walked  briskly  home,  humming  the 
last  air  he  and   Mace  had  played  together. 

"By  the  way,"  said  Mr.  Woodney,  sud- 
denly, "I  wonder  why  Bob  Enderthorpe 
hasn't  come  to  read  law  to  me?  He  seemed 
delighted  when  I  proposed  it." 

Mace  wondered  how  anybody  could  think 
of  law  or  of  Bob  Enderthorpe.  Her  mind 
was  still  in  a  blaze  of  lights,  fine  carpets 
and  pictures,  statues,  costly  furniture — in 
short,  illuminated  with  the  rich  furnishings 
of  G.  C.  D.  Woodney's  house.  The  merry, 
eloquent  voice  of  Ed  sounded  in  her  ears. 
Ah — a  life  like  that — music,  beauty,  luxury 
— that  was  what  she  wanted ! 

"Well,"  said  Mrs.  Geraldine  Woodney, 
"we've"  had  a  pleasant  evening,  but  it's  nice 
to  get  back  home  again."  They  passed 
through  the  bald  yard  with  its  ridiculous 
patch  of  hard-gotten  grass.  Mace  looked 
at  the  green  cottage,  the  small  window- 
panes,  the  door  opening  flat  upon  the  naked 
ground.     She  said  nothing. 

"Yes,"  said  old  Mrs.  Woodney,  "my 
nephew  has  a  fine  farm,  but  the  house  has 
too  much  Dobney  about  it.  He  must  be 
half  Dobney  himself,  for  he  couldn't  get 
back  to  bid  us  farewell." 

'Mother,"  said  Mace,  suddenly,  "let's  go 
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room." 

Mrs.  Geraldine  laughed,  but  Mr.  Wood- 
ney became  grave.  "My  dear,"  he  said, 
"let  us  never  leave  home,  if  we  return  to 
it  discontented.  Can  we  begrudge  .  anyone 
their  riches  when  we  have  such  a  wealth 
of  love?" 

"I  don't  begrudge  them  anything,"  said 
Mace;  "it  was  just  a  feeling — I  don't  know 
why  it  came.  But  I  don't  want  to  see  that 
pump,  father." 

"Come  around  the  house,  then,"  said  Mrs. 
Geraldine,  leading  the  way. 

"As  for  me,"  said  old  Mrs.  Woodney, 
stopping  at  the  front  door,  "I  dislike  the 
pump  as  much  as  any  one ;  but  I'm  too  old 
to  risk  breaking  my  neck  over  that  new 
porch  with  its  pit  before  the  door." 

Mace  and  her  parents  went  around  the 
house.  Suddenly  Mrs.  Geraldine  cried  out, 
"Look!  look!" 

"What  is  it?"  demanded  Mr.  Woodney, 
alarmed. 

"What  can  it  mean?"  cried  Mace  in  de- 
spair, as  she  stared  at  the  front  porch. 

"Mother!"   cried   Mrs.    Geraldine   Wood- 
ney. "Bring  a  lamp,  quick !" 
.  .  "Geraldine — "      pleaded      Mr.     Woodney, 
"Mace — what  has  happened?" 

"We  are  undone !"  cried  Mrs.  Geraldine, 
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''What  can  we  do?"  exclaimed  Mac°. 
"Where  can  we  put  anybody"?" 

Mr.  Woodney  vrrtmg  his  hands  in  de- 
spair. 

"Benjamin,"  said  his  wife,  observing  him, 
"In  re  is  a  large  trunk  standing  on  our  front 
porch.  A  trunk!  Well,  the  house  won't 
hqld  any  more  people.  I'll  just  run  off." 
nldJMrs.  Woodney  now  opened  the  parlor 
door  and  held  up  a  lamp,  whose  beams  re- 
vealed a  tall  leather  trunk.  "What  does 
this  mean?"  she  cried,  starting  back,  as  if 
gazing  upon  some  hobgoblin. 

"Mrs.  Woodney,"  called  a  voice  from  the 
side  fence.  It  was  Miss  Polly  Day. 
"D  Tumbleton  drove  that  trunk  up  to  your 
back  door  soon  after  you  went  out  to  sup- 
per. He  wanted  to  get  into  the  house,  but 
I  told  him  it  would  be  safe  on  the  porch. 
He  said  he  had  already  been  paid  for 
bringing  it." 

"Whose  trunk  is  it?"  demanded  Mrs. 
Woodney. 

"I  don't  know,"  said  Miss  Polly.  "Aren't 
you  looking  for  company?" 

"We  are  not.  I  wonder  where  that 
D  Tumbleton  is?" 

"He  went  back  into  the  country  where 
his  father  is  building  a  barn.  Pie  said  there 
was  no  mistake,  that  the  trunk  was  sent  to 
you  from  the  station."  When  Miss  Polly 
had  gone  back  into  the  house,  the  family 
gathered  about  the  trunk.  It  told  them 
nothing. 

"Without  doubt,"  said  old  Mrs.  Woodney, 
suddenly,  "cousin  Sarah  Tom  Woodney  is 
coming  to  visit  us.  You  know  the  joy  of 
her  life  is  to  surprise  people.  And  a  more 
dissatisfied  guest,  mortal  never  had.  Noth- 
ing suits  her,  and  she  works  the  people  she 
stays  with,  till  they  are  skin  and  bones." 

"I  don't  believe  it  is  cousin  Sarah  Tom's 
trunk,"  said  Mrs.  Geraldine.  "I  was  read- 
ing a  story  this  very  day  where  a  trunk  was 
sent  just  like  this,  and  it  had  dynamite  in 
it,  and  when  they  moved  the  trunk — " 

"How  can  we  get  it  into  the  house?"  said 
her  husband.  "We'll  have  to  bridge  over 
that  hole  in  the  porch-floor." 

"It  will  never  come  into  my  house,"  cried 
Mrs.  Geraldine,  "unless  it  passes  over  my — " 

"It  must  be  meant  for  the  other  Wood- 
neys,"  said  Mace.  "You  know  Mr.  Worth 
Acre's  grandfather's  daughter — " 

"Mace,  you  are  too  complicated,"  re- 
turned her  mother.  "Anyway  this  gives 
me  my  central  idea  for  my  novel,  and  if  I 
make  a  hit,  you'll  bless  the  day  this  trunk 
•came !" 

"Can  we  go  to  bed,"  said  old  Mrs.  Wood- 
ney, "leaving  this  thing  standing  out  here 
in  the  dark  at  our  very  door,  not  knowing 
what  is  in  it?  Sometimes  people  are  cut  up 
and  put  in  trunks !  Dreadful  things  have 
happened  with  trunks.  Can  we  leave  this 
one  here  and  go  to  bed?" 

"I  can,"  said  Mrs.  Geraldine,  "but  if  any- 
body wants  to  sit  up  with  it,  they're  wel- 
come. Remember,  Luther  will  be  here  all 
day  tomorrow,  and  we  must  be  rested  to 
give  him  our  whole  attention." 

Mace  clapped  her  hands.  "Oh !  I  had 
forgotten  brother's  Sunday  visit !"  she  cried. 
"It  seems  a  year  since  I  saw  him.  I  wonder 
if  this  could  be  his  trunk?" 

"He  never  had  a  trunk  in  his  life,"  re- 
turned her  mother,  "but  if  he  had,  he 
wouldn't  bring  it  to  spend  Sunday,  when 
he  just  rides  over  from  the  Mancey's  farm." 

"Maybe  David  Woodney  has  died  at  last, 
and  left  us  something,"  suggested  old  Mrs. 
Woodney.  "You  know  how  much  he 
thought  of  us,  and  how  old  he  is." 

"But  he  didn't  have  anything  to  leave," 
her  son  objected. 


"ij'   tui;'lii  have  had  a  trunk,"  said   Mace. 
They   went  to  bed  with  the  mystery  un- 

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Vol.  XLII. 


October  19,   1905 


No   42 


Current  Events. 


Some  New 
Immortals. 


The  second  quinquennial  election  of 
candidates  for  the  Hall  of  Fame  in 
New  York  University, 
resulted  in  the  choice 
of  three  women  and 
five  men,  as3  follows:  Maria  Mitchell, 
scientist;  Mary  Lyon,  founder  of 
Mount  Holyoke  College;  Emma  Wil- 
lard,  pioneer  in  the  education  of 
women;  Louis  Agassiz,  Alexander 
Hamilton,  John  Paul  Jones,  John 
Quincy  Adams  and  James  Madison. 


The  Gang  and 
tie  Party. 


The     representatives    of    the   ring, 
which  is    now  making  the  fight  of  its 
life  to  regain  the  cor- 
rupt   control    of    the 
municipal    machinery 
of  Philadelphia,  have  been  most  anx- 
ious to  [enlist  the  services  of  eminent 
Republicans    in   the   campaign.     The 
only   plea   which   the   ring  can  make 
.  with  any  semblance  of  plausibility  to 
a  decent  man  is  that  it  stands  for  the 
Grand   Old  (Party,  and  that  defeat  in 
the   election  would  be   a  triumph  for 
the  enemy  and  would  have  significance 
for  nationaljpolitics.  This  ought  not  to 
be  plausible,  but  to  many  people  it  is. 
It  is  encouraging  to  observe  that  some 
of  the    Republicans   of  national  emi- 
nence who  had  expected  to  take  part 
in   the  campaign   have    recalled  their 
engagements  andjothers  have  refused 
to  make]engagements  in  Pennsylvania. 
Senator  Foraker  has  cancelled  an  ap- 
pointment,fat  the  same  time  giving  a 
clear  statement  of  his  reasons  for  do- 
ing  so.     He   is   convinced   that  if  he 
should   go  [jthere   "it  would  be  inter- 
preted asllihaving   direct  reference  to 
your   local  troubles   and    differences, 
with  which  Jl  cannot    with  propriety 
have  anything  to  do,  instead  of  national 
politics,  about  which  and  in  behalf  of 
your    stateikticket    I    was    invited  to 
speak."     So   it  would.     That  is  why 
they  wanted  him.     It  is  also  why  they 
wanted     Secretary>  Shaw,     Secretary 
Taft   or    any  "  other  member    of    the 
cabinet.     But     the     word     has     been 
passed  around  among  these  adminis- 
tration leaders  that  the  cloak  of  their 
influence    and  respectability  is  not  to 
be  thrown  about  the  disreputable  gang 
which    masquerades   under   the  name 
"Republican"  in  Philadelphia.     They 
are  ready  enough  to  support  the  party, 
but  they  do  not  care   to  support  the 
gang.     When  the  leaders  feel  that  way 
about  it — the  men  who  are  fully  and 


The  Banhers' 
Convention. 


publicly  committed  to  their  partisan 
position — it  is  time  for  the  intelligent 
voter  to  write  out  and  sign  for  himself 
a  declaration  of  independence  from 
the  spell  of  party  loyalty  in  campaigns 
where ',  nothing  is  involved  but  local 
issues':  and  questions  not  of  politics 
but  of  public  and  private  morals. 


The  American  Bankers'  Association 
was  in  session  at  Washington,  D.  O, 
last  week.  The  con- 
vention received  some 
wise  advice  from  Sec- 
retary Shaw  who  advised  the  bankers 
not  to  be  anxious  about  large  dividends 
as  a  bank  less  than  any  other  commer- 
cial institution,  could  afford  to  sacri- 
fice absolute  security  for  an  increase 
of  its  gains.  Such  advice  rightly 
directed  before  the  Chadwick  episode 
might  have  saved  trouble.  The  con- 
vention discussed  many  important 
matters  of  financial  policy.  There  was 
no  proposal  of  any  general  change  in 
the  present  currency  and  banking  sys- 
tem, but  it  was  suggested  that  the 
substitution  of  a  permanent  nonparti- 
san commission  for  the  single  office 
of  comptroller  of  the  currency  would 
obviate  the  danger  of  political  abu-e 
of  the  functions  which  that  official  now 
discharges  and  would  be  more  likely 
to  insure  a  wise  and  uniform  dealing 
with  the  banks.  The  resolution  in 
favor  of  a  ship-subsidy  was  somewhat 
outside  of  the  technical  limits  of  the 
convention's  territor)*.  The  Ameri- 
can Bankers'  Association  is  an  asso- 
ciation of  estimable,  substantial  and 
judicious  gentlemen,  but  even  their 
volunteered  endorsement  does  not 
win  us  to  the  idea  of  ship  subsidy. 


Insurance 
Items. 


Mr.  Charles  E.  Hughes,  attorney  for 
the  insurance  investigation  committee, 
whose  thorough  and 
fearless  work  in  that 
capacity  has  earned 
universal  praise,  has  been  offered  the 
nomination  for  mayor  of  New  York  by 
unanimous  vote  of  the  New  York  City 
Republican  convention.  He  declines 
the  nomination  on  the  ground  that  his 
most  pressing  duty  is  the  continua- 
tion of  the  insurance  investigation 
unembarrassed  by  political  complica- 
tions. 

The  Missouri  State  Superintendent 
of  Insurance  has  demanded  of  Presi- 
dent John  A.  McCall,  of  the  New  York 
Life,  that  the  $148,702.50  contributed 
by  the  company  to  the  campaign 
funds,  be  repaid  to  the  treasury  of  the 
company.      If  this    is    not   done,    he 


threatens  to  revoke  the  campaign's 
license  to  do  business  in  the  state. 
He  also  states  that  the  license  will  be 
revoked  unless  the  directors  elect  a 
new  president,  vice-president  and 
financial  committee  as  soon  as  pos- 
sible. 

The  Mutual  Life  has  also  been  con- 
tributing to  campaign  funds,  the  dis- 
bursements being  charged  to  "legal 
expense."  It  has  apparently  been 
customary  for  the  companies  to  make, 
under  this  head,  large  disbursements 
for  which  no  account  was  ever  ren- 
dered and  no  vouchers  received. 


It  was  recently  announced  that,  on 
his    fall    tour   through    the    southern 
states,    the   President 


The  President 
and  Railroads. 


would  personally  pay 
for  the  special  irain 
which  he  is  to  use,  in  spite  of  the  long- 
established  precedent  which  permits 
the  chief  executive  to  accept  such  serv- 
ices gratuitously  from. a  railway  com- 
pany. This  seemed  very  appropriate, 
especially  on  the  eve  of  a  session  of 
congress  in  which  the  railroad  interests 
are  pretty  sure  to  be  arrayed  against 
the  administration  on  the  most  impor- 
tant measure  under  consideration. 
But  now  comes  a  disquieting  story, 
published  first  in  the  "Railroad  Ga- 
zette," and  reprinted  far  and  wide, 
professing  to  give  an  exact  description 
of  one  recent  instance  in  which  the 
President  traveled  free.  The  Presi- 
dent's representative,  it  is  said,  in- 
formed the  railway  president  of  the 
proposed  trip,  gave  specifications  as 
to  date,  route  and  stops,  requested  a 
special  train  including  a  certain  par- 
ticular private  car  for  the  President's 
use  and  certain  special  supplies  for 
the  commissary  department.  In  send- 
ing back  the  detailed  plan  and  time- 
table for  the  trip  the  railroad  official 
stated  that  a  "nominal  charge"  of 
$50  a  day  would  be  made  for  the  use 
of  the  train,  fully  manned,  equipped 
and  provisioned.  To  this  the  Presi- 
dent's representative  is  said  to  have 
objected  that  the  government  would 
not,  and  the  President  could  not,  pay 
for  special  trains.  And  in  the  end, 
the  train  was  furnished  free.  We  hes- 
itate to  believe  this  until  it  is  proved, 
but  we  have  not  observed  any  denial 
of  it.  Something  like  it  must  have 
occurred  on  those  many  occasions 
when  Presidents  have  made  free  use 
of  special  trains,  but  we  have  been 
cherishing  the  hope  that  the  overtures 
were  made  by  the  railroads;  or  that 
there  was  needed  only  a  hint  that  the 
President  wished  to  travel,  the  ques- 


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October  19,  1905 


tion  of  compensation  being  delicately 
ignored  by  both  sides;  or  at  the  very 
least,  that  the  President,  or  his  agent, 
was  not  brought  to  the  point  of  pro- 
testing against  payment  after  order- 
ing the  goods.  Fifty  dollars  a  day  is 
a  remarkably  cheap  rate  for  a  special 
train.  It  is  only  one-third  of  the 
President's  salary  per  diem  and, 
though  the  salary  is  really  too  small, 
we  think  he  might  have  afforded  it. 
The  root  of  the  whole  trouble  is  that, 
as  things  are  now.  the  President  is  ex- 
pected to  do  an  amount  and  a  kind  of 
traveling  which  he  cannot  pay  for  out 
of  his  salary.  (Of  course  fifty  dollars 
a  day  would  not  really  pay  for  a  spe- 
cial car,  not  to  mention  a  train.)  It  is 
part  of  the  President's  dutj-  to  travel, 
and  to  travel  in  some  dignity  and 
state,  and  the  government  ought  to 
pay  for  it  at  the  regular  tariff  rate,  as 
any  corporation  pays  the  necessary 
traveling  expenses  of  its  representa- 
tives. 

@ 
It  is  in  the  air  that  an  effort  will  be 
made   in   the  approaching  session   of 

_.      _  congress  to  repeal  the 

The  Canteen  .?  ,  , 

n         w  anti  canteen    law  and 

Once  More.  ..  .   , 

secure  the  re-estab- 
lishment of  the  post-exchange  where 
the  men  may  secure  beer  and  light 
wines.  The  anti-canteen  measure 
never  had  a  great  many  friends  in  the 
army  and  its  passage  was  secured 
only  by  the  vigorous  effort  of  religious, 
temperance  and  reform  organizations. 
It  is  doubtful  whether  it  has  secured 
many  new  supporters,  or  has  even 
held  all  of  its  old  ones,  since  it  went 
into  effect.  The  reports  which  one 
sees  in  print  indicate  that  the  aboli- 
tion of  the  canteen  has  effected  an  in- 
crease in  drunkenness,  disease,  dis- 
order and  all  other  evils  which  follow 
from  dissipation.  The  explanation 
given  is  that,  when  the  post  exchanges, 
where  men  drank  mild  beverages  un- 
der some  supervision,  were  closed, 
there  were  opened  in  the  vicinity  of 
the  army  posts  low  resorts  where  the 
men  drank  worse  and  stronger  bever- 
ages without  supervision  and  in  bad 
company.  The  reports  may  not  be 
wholly  true.  At  least  they  needTcon- 
firmation.  If  the  statistics  prove  the 
reports  of  increased  drunkenness,  etc., 
to  be  true,  it  does  not  at  once  follow 
that  this  is  a  necessary  result  of  abol- 
ishing the  canteen.  It  may  perhaps 
be  due  to  needless  and  culpable  laxity 
in  enforcing  the  regulations.  Or  it 
may  be  due — as  it  certainly  is,  in  part 
— to  failure  to  make  any  adequate  pro- 
vision for  club-rooms  and  post-ex- 
changes on  a  temperance  basis  to  take 
the  place  which  the  canteens  undoubt- 
edly filled  in  the  social  life  of  the 
army-posts.  We  would  find  it  very 
difficult  to  believe  that  General  Wade, 
Gen.  Fred  Grant  and  the  other  emi- 
nent army  men,  not  to  mention  civil- 
ians, who  wish  the  canteen  restored, 
are  moved  by  the  desire  to  secure 
more  drinking  by  the  soldiers.  It  is 
equally   impossible  to  ignore  the  fact 


that  the  liquor-dealers,  who  are  habit- 
ually opposed  to  every  effort  for  the 
promotion  of  temperance,  are  all  in 
favor  of  having  the  canteen  restored. 
It  is  not  a  question  to  be  decided  on 
a  purely  theoretical  basis.  What  we 
want  is  the  policy  which  will  produce 
the  best  results.  But  it  requires  some 
breadth  of  vision  and  depth  of  insight 
for  an  adequate  measurement  of  re- 
sults. Meanwhile,  we  are,  as  we  have 
been,  against  the  licensed  saloon 
either  in  the  army  or  out  of  it. 

a 

As  the  New  York  insurance  investi- 
gation proceeds,  one  begins  to  observe 

-,  .  .  that  the   point  which 

Campaign  ^  f.  . 

-        ..     ..  Judge  Parker  made  in 

Contributions.      .,    f  .T       ..     . 

his  famous  New  York 

speech,  a  short  time  before  the  elec- 
tion last  fall,  was  not  wholly  without 
foundation.  He  was,  of  course,  ap- 
proaching the  subject  from  the  other 
point  of  view  and  showing  the  demor- 
alization of  politics  resulting  from 
large  contributions  to  campaign  funds 
by  corporations.  Just  now,  when  we 
discover  that  the  New  York  Life  con- 
tributed $50,000  to  the  Republican 
fund,  we  are  thinking  more  about  the 
waste  of  the  policy-holders'  money 
than  about  the  corruption  of  politics. 
Both  sides  of  the  matter  deserve  con- 
sideration. The  appalling  thing  about 
it,  from  the  policy-holders'  stand- 
point, is  that  the  managers  of  the 
great  insurance  companies  seem  to 
have  lost  all  sense  of  obligation  in  the 
control  of  trust-funds.  The  funds  of 
an  insurance  company  are  trust  funds 
as  truly  as  is  the  endowment  of  a  col- 
lege. The  directors  and  officers  of  an 
insurance  company  are  bound  by 
honor  to  serve  the  interests  of  those 
for  whom  the  funds  are  held  in  trust, 
as  completely  as  the  trustees  of  a  col- 
lege are  bound  by  honor  to  let  no  con- 
sideration of  personal  advantage  in- 
fluence their  handling  of  college  funds. 
It  is  true,  as  a  recent  essayist  said, 
that  the  typical  and  characteristic 
sins  of  our  time  are  not  the  crimes  of 
violence  and  passion  but  result  from 
unfaithfulness  in  those  fiduciary  re- 
lations the  complexity  of  which  our 
modern  civilization  has  so  vastly  in- 
creased. 

There  would  be   no   such  thing  as 

tuberculosis  to  day  if  all  the  "cures" 

n     -,  announced   had    been 

On  Con-  _T  .  , 

cures.     Yet    we   have 
sumption.  . 

gone    a   long   way   in 

stopping  the  ravages  of  what  is  one  of 
the  most  widespread  scourges,  and  it 
is  interesting  to  note  that  it  is  along 
the  lines  of  natural  treatment  rather 
than  medicinal  that  the  advance  has 
been  made.  Among  the  things  strong- 
ly brought  out  at  the  international 
tuberculosis  congress,  just  held  in 
Paris,  was  a  denial  that  consumption 
is  hereditary.  Great  interest  was 
manifested  in  suggestions  made  for 
the  protection  of  school  children,  and 
it  was  proposed  to  institute  books  of 
record  showing  the  state  of  health  of 


the  children  in  order  eventually  to 
separate  the  pupils  into  categories  by 
dividing  the  affected  from  the  healthy. 
The  delegates  discussed  the  varied 
forms  and  chemical  aspects  of  con- 
sumption. It  was  admitted  that  a 
specific  curative  medicine  had  not 
been  discovered,  but  the  palliative 
qualities  of  certain  remedies  were 
recognized. 

* 
Mr.  Goldwin  Smith's  views  are  not 
always  optimistic  and  frequently  prej- 

Two  Votes  for      ud*ced'  ,but     he    haS 

the  Married  J?St   ™ade   a  su^es" 

M  tion  which  we  approve 

and  which  we  believe 
would  do  very  much  towards  prevent- 
ing rash  movements  in  the  direction  of 
forcing  strikes.  Mr.  Smith,  in  address- 
ing the  Convention  of  the  Canadian 
Trades  and  labor  Union,  said  that  we 
cannot  dispense  with  capital  and  its 
guidance.  Arbitration  by  law  he  thinks 
has  been  found  to  fail.  Capital  can 
not  be  compelled  to  pay  wages  it  can 
not  afford  to  pay  and  men  can  not  be 
expected  to  take  lower  wages  than  they 
can  obtain  elsewhere.  Two  recommen- 
dations he  made:  First,  that  the  votes 
for  strikes  should  be  taken  by  ballot, 
and  second,  that  every  married  man 
should  have  two  votes.  Both  these 
suggestions  are  reasonable.  Where 
the  ballot  is  cast  intimidation  loses 
its  force,  and  a  married  man  has 
very  much  more  at  issue  as  a  result 
of  the  strike  than  the  single  man 
who  has  but  himself  to  think 
about.  It  is  the  wives  and  children 
who  are  the  greatest  sufferers  from 
strikes,  and  it  is  the  married  man  who 
finds  it  most  difficult  to  obtain  profit- 
able employment,  for,  necessarily,  he 
cannot  go  far  afield  in  search  of  this 
as  the  unmarried  man  can. 


Keep  Them 
Running'! 


"We  have  them  on  the  run  and  we 
must  keep  them  running."  Such  is  a 
sentence  in  an  edito- 
rial in  the  "Philadel- 
phia Press"  and  it  is  a 
result  of  a  canvass  made  by  that  news- 
paper in  view  of  the  coming  election 
in  that  city.  That  canvass  indicates 
that  the  general  trend  of  public  opinion 
is  strongly  in  favor  of  Mayor  Weaver 
and  the  city  party.  The  machine 
claims  only  a  six  thousand  majority. 
Six  thousand  in  a  city  of  more  than 
one  hundred  thousand  Republican 
majority!  This  will  indicate  certainly 
a  Waterloo  for  the  machine,  and  yet  it 
is  wise  counsel  that  the  newspaper 
offers  when  it  calls  on  the  citizens  to 
keep  the  ring  of  plunderers  "running." 
We  can  only  be  sure  of  the  effects  of 
the  uprising  of  the  people  when  the 
ballots  are  cast  and  the  men  of  hon- 
esty and  good  repute  go  out  at  the 
head.  Systematic  organization  is 
needed.  The  citizens  of  Philadelphia 
have  the  opportunity  to  show  what 
they  stand  for  and  we  trust  that  the 
trickery  and  knavery  which  they  have 
tolerated  so  long  will  at  last  be  thor- 
oughly routed- 


OCTOBER   19,   1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


1349 


A  Notable  Gathering. 

One  of  the  most  significant  and  im- 
portant gatherings  of  Christian  peo- 
ple ever  held  in  the  history  of  the 
world  will  convene  in  Carnegie  Hall, 
New  York,  on  Wednesday  evening, 
November  15,  and  continue  to  Tues- 
day evening,  November  21,  next.  It 
is  an  Inter-Church  Conference  on  Fed- 
eration. In  other  words,  it  is  an  as- 
sembly of  men  representing  Protest- 
ant Christendom  to  grapple  with  the 
problem  of  Christian  unity  and  co-op- 
eration. It  is  estimated  that  not  less 
than  seventeen  millions  of  Protestant 
Christians  will  be  represented  in  this 
great  gathering,  including  every  evan- 
gelical body  in  Christendom. 

Dr.  J.  Cleveland  Cady,  president  of 
the  National  Federation  of  Churches 
and  Christian  Workers,  will  occupy 
the  chair  at  the  opening  session,  and 
after  devotional  exercises  there  will 
be  the  reading  of  a  letter  of  greeting 
from  the  President  of  the  United 
States,  followed  by  addresses  of  wel- 
come from  his  honor,  George  B.  Mc- 
Clelland, mayor  of  the  city  of  New 
York,  and  other  distinguished  speak- 
ers. The  Thursday  forenoon  session 
will  be  presided  over  by  the  Rev. 
Washington  Gladden,  D.  D.,  at  which 
there  will  be  made  the  report  of  the 
executive  committee ;  a  paper  on 
"The  General  Movement  of  the 
Christian  Churches  Towards  Closer 
Fellowship,"  by  the  Rev.  Wm.  Hayes 
Ward,  D.  D.;  another  on  "The  Pre- 
paratory Work  of  Recent  Years  in 
Advancing  This  Movement  in  the 
United  States,"  by  the  Rev.  E.  B. 
Sanford,  D.  D.,  secretary  of  the  exec- 
utive committee  and  general  secretary 
of  the  National  Federation  of 
Churches  and  Christian  Workers. 
"The  Open  Door  of  the  Christian 
Churches"  will  be  discussed  by  the 
Rt.  Rev.  Wm.  Neilson  McVickars, 
S.  T.  D.,  bishop  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Diocese  of  Rhode  Island.  This 
will  be  followed  by  three  ten-minute 
addresses. 

We  cannot  give  the  space  to  all  the 
topics,  subtopics,  and  speakers  of  the 
following  sessions :  On  Thursday  af- 
ternoon the  general  topic  for  discus- 
sion will  be,  "A  United  Church  and 
Religious  Education."  presided  over 
by  the  Editor  of  The  Christian- 
Evangelist,  in  which  a  number  of 
distinguished  speakers  will  discuss 
the  various  phases  of  this  general  sub- 
ject. Thursday  evening  the  topic  will 
be  "A  United  Church  and  the  Social 
Order,"  presided  over  by  the  Rev.  Jas. 
D.  Moffat,  D.  D.,  and  the  topic  is  to 
be  discussed  by  a  number  of  distin- 
guished men  in  civil  and  religious  life. 
On  Friday  morning  Rev.  Edw.  G.  An- 
drews, D.  D.,  presiding,  the  topic  will 


be  "A  United  Church  and  Home  and 
Foreign  Missions."  There  are  six 
short  addresses  on  this  subject,  fol- 
lowed by  discussion.  Friday  after- 
noon Rev.  David  S.  Bauslin,  D.  D.,  in 
the  chair,  the  topic  will  be  "Present 
Practical  Workings  of  Federation," 
discussed  by  a  number  of  able  speak- 
ers. Friday  evening  Hon.  Henry 
Kirke  Porter  will  preside,  and  the  gen- 
eral topic  is  "A  United  Church  and 
the  Fellowship  of  Faith."  On  Satur- 
day morning  Rt.  Rev.  Ozi  William 
Whittaker,  D.  D.,  bishop  of  the  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  Church,  will  preside 
and  the  topic  will  be  "The  Essential 
Unity  of  the  Churches,"  which  will  be 
discussed  in  fifteen-minute  addresses 
by  a  number  of  strong  men.  On 
Lord's  day,  November  19,  it  is  re- 
quested that  the  general  topics  in  the 
pulpits  be  on  the  subject  of  Christian 
Union.  There  will  be  an  interdenom- 
inational gathering  of  young  people  at 
three  o'clock  in  the  afternoon.  On 
Monday  forenoon,  Rev.  A.  W.  Wilson, 
D.  D.,  presiding,  the  topic  will  be, 
"What  Practical  Results  May  be  Ex- 
pected from  this  Conference?"  This 
question  will  be  answered  in  several 
fifteen-minute  addresses.  In  the  af- 
ternoon the  topic  will  be,  "A  United 
Church  and  Evangelization,"  which  is 
discussed  by  five  prominent  speakers, 
followed  by  voluntary  discussion.  On 
Monday  evening  the  session  is  to  be 
presided  over  by  his  excellency,  Frank 
W.  Higgins,  governor  of  the  state  of 
New  York.  The  general  topic  will 
be,  "A  United  Church  and  National 
Life,"  and  such  men  as  the  Hon. 
Peter  S.  Grosscup,  the  Hon.  Albert 
J.  Beveridge  and  the  Hon.  David  J. 
Brewer,  of  the  Supreme  Court,  will 
speak.  Tuesday  morning  the  topic 
will  be,  "A  United  Church  and  Chris- 
tian Progress,"  and  on  Tuesday  after- 
noon the  theme  will  be  "The  Kingdom 
of  God  the  Transcendent  Aim  of  a 
United  Church,"  at  which  time  ad- 
dresses will  be  given  on  the  "Ideal 
State,"  the  "Ideal  Church"  and  the 
"Ideal  Society."  The  conference 
closes  on  Tuesday  evening,  November 
21,  with  a  reception  to  the  delegates 
to  the  conference  at  the  Waldorf-As- 
toria by  the  denominational  social  un- 
ions and  church  clubs  of  the  city. 

When  we  have  mentioned  these  top- 
ics and  indicated  some  of  the  speak- 
ers it  would  seem  superfluous  to  urge 
the  importance  of  such  a  meeting,  and 
our  duty,  as  advocates  of  Christian 
unity,  to  be  present  in  great  numbers 
to  show  the  reality  of  our  desire  for 
the  oneness  of  believers.  Among 
those  on  the  program  we  notice  the 
names  of  B.  B.  Tvler,  F.  D.  Power 
and  Prof.  H.  L.  Willett.  It  is  safe 
to  say,  in  advance,  that  many  state- 
ments will  be  made  in  the  conference 


that  will  not  meet  with  our  approval, 
but  it  is  quite  certain  also  that  vastly 
more  will  be  said  exactly  in  line  with 
what  we  have  been  saying  so  long, 
and  with  so  much  emphasis.  After 
all,  the  most  important  consid- 
eration, and  the  most  cheering 
fact,  is  that  behind  this  notable 
gathering  of  distinguished  men  from 
all  Protestant  Churches  of  Ameri- 
ca is  the  deep  and  abiding  con- 
viction that  our  denominational  bar- 
riers must  not  be  permitted  longer  to 
hinder  the  advancement  of  the  king- 
dom of  God,  and  that  Christian  people 
must  co-operate  as  Christians  in  spite 
of  their  differences,  if  we  are  to  de- 
serve the  blessing  of  the  great  Head 
of  the  Church  and  accomplish  our  mis- 
sion in  the  world.  Xo  doubt  our  con- 
ception of  unity  is  a  little  more  radical 
and  goes  down  deeper  to  the  heart  of 
the  difficulty  than  that  of  many  oth- 
ers who  will  be  in  that  conference,  but 
we  have  no  right  to  assume  that  we 
are  more  honest  or  sincere  than  oth- 
ers, nor  can  we  doubt  that  the  Lord 
himself,  by  his  gracious  Spirit,  will 
guide  such  a  conference  so  as  to  pro- 
mote the  unity  of  his  Church  and  the 
advancement  of  his  kingdom. 

@     @ 

President  McGarvey  on  the  Holy 
Spirit. 

In  his  department  of  biblical  criti- 
cism in  the  "Christian  Standard" 
President  McGarvey,  of  the  Bible  Col- 
lege of  Kentucky  University,  contin- 
ues his  criticisms  of  the  recent  work 
by  the  Editor  of  this  paper  on  "The 
Holy  Spirit."  He  begins  a  two  col- 
umn article,  entitled,  "Garrison  on 
the  Holy  Spirit,"  by  saying,  "I  don't 
wish  to  appear  as  hunting  for  faults 
in  Brother  Garrison's  book,  but  its 
teaching  is  in  so  many  particulars  an- 
tagonistic to  my  convictions  and  to 
the  settled  convictions  and  teaching 
among  the  brethren,  that  self-defense 
prompts  me  to  say  much  more  about  it 
than  I  have  thus  far  said."  The  state- 
ment reveals  the  consciousness  on  the 
part  of  our  brother  that  his  criticisms 
do  have  the  appearance  of  one  "hunt- 
ing for  faults"  in  the  work  he  is  criti- 
cising, and  many  have  so  expressed 
themselves  to  us  concerning  them. 
We  do  not  believe,  however,  that  this 
is  the  spirit  in  which  Brother  McGar- 
vey is  writing.  We  believe  he  states 
above  the  real  truth  as  to  his  motive 
in  writing.  We  are  more  convinced 
than  ever,  however,  that  Brother  Mc- 
Garvev  has  neglected  the  studv  of  this 
great  subject.  It  is  impossible  to  ac- 
count for  some  of  the  remarkable 
statements  in  this  article  on  any  other 
hypothesis. 

We  are  not  at  all  concerned  to  de- 
fend the  book  that  is  under  criticism, 


.*.- 


THE  CHRISTIAX-EYAKGELIST. 


October  19,  1905 


for  it  is  defending:  itself  remarkably 
well,  but  we  are  deeply  concerned  tbat 
the  view  of  the  Holy  Spirit  which 
Brother  McGarvey  presents  in  this 
article  shall  not  prevail  among  the 
brethren,  and  we  know,  as  a  matter  of 
fact,  that  »*  is  not  shared  by  the  great 
majority  u£  the  leading  men  of  the 
brotherhood.  The  truth  is.  if  anyone 
had  charged  Brother  McGarvey  in  our 
hearing  with  holding  the  views  ex- 
pressed in  his  last  criticism  of  the  book 
in  question,  we  should  have  defended 
him  against  the  charge ! 

In  the  first  place,  the  author  of  the 
book  is  charged  with  "gross  misrep- 
resentation" in  saying  that  some  su- 
perficial thinkers  among  us  had  nar- 
rowed our  position  on  the  subject  of 
the  operation  of  the  Holy  Spirit  by 
affirming  "that  the  Spirit  of  God  oper- 
ates only  through  the  written  words 
oi  the  Bible."  Referring  to  this  state- 
ment, he  says:  "In  all  my  reading 
and  in  all  my  hearing  of  public  dis- 
courses. I  have  never  met  with  this 
affirmation,  and  I  have  never  heard 
of  its  being  made.  I  think  I  can  safe- 
ly challenge  Brother  Garrison  to  pro- 
duce it  from  any  written  document 
that  has  appeared  from  the  pen  of 
any  of  our  brethren."  This  is  a  most 
astonishing  statement,  coming  from 
one  who  is  supposed  to  be  familiar 
with  the  teaching  of  our  brethren  on 
this  subject.  The  chief  criticism  that 
has  been  made  against  the  work  re- 
ferred to  has  been  from  men  who 
hold  that  very  view.  It  is  only  a  few 
weeks  since  we  published  certain  ques- 
tions and  statements  from  Bro.  Clark 
Braden  in  which,  in  stating  his  own 
position,  he  said:  "Spirit  alone  in  in- 
spiration and  revelation.  Word  alone 
in  the  work  that  religion  now  does  for 
man."  He  also  asks :  "How  can  a  su- 
perhuman Spirit  comfort  a  human 
spirit,  strengthen  a  human  spirit,  help 
a  human  spirit,  aid  a  human  spirit  to 
understand  the  scriptures  or  any  idea, 
do  any  rational  moral  work  for  a 
human  spirit,  that  the  ideas  of  the 
scriptures  do  not  do  for  it,  except  by 
revealing  additional  ideas  or  making 
a  better  expression  of  the  ideas  of  the 
scriptures?"  Nor  is  Brother  Braden 
alone  in  holding  this  view.  We  think 
it  is  substantially  the  view  held  by 
Brother  Briney,  and  these  men  have 
no  doubt  a  considerable  following. 
We  are  perfectly  willing  to  leave  our 
readers  to  decide  whether  this  state- 
ment, therefore,  is  a  "gross  misrepre- 
sentation" or  not. 

But  the  most  astonishing  statement 
in  Brother  McGarvey's  criticism  is 
the  following: 

There  is  scarcely  any  negative  position 
more  solidly  established  among  those  who 
have  been  our  teachers,  than  that  Chris- 
tians ought  not  *x»  pray  for  the  Holy  Spirit. 


To  do  so  is  to  doubt  the  divine  assurance 
that  he  who  believes  and  is  baptized  shall 
receive  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  that  he  shall 
abide  with  him.  But  in  the  book  before 
us  the  reverse  of  this  is  taught,  and  those 
who  accept  its  teachings  must  feel  as  the 
author  does,  that  we  have  all  been  neglect- 
ing a  most  important  duty  and  privilege  in 
not  praying  the  Father  to  give  us  his  Holy 
Spirit  :  or  perhaps  he  would  have  us  pray 
the  Spirit  to  come  to  us,  and  thus  do  an- 
other unscriptural  thing  by  offering  prayer 
to  the  Holy  Spirit.     I   quote : 

"'The  Holy  Spirit,  like  every  other  good 
gift,  is  to  be  asked  for.  Not  only  must  we 
put  away  from  our  hearts  and  our  lives  all 
known  sin :  we  should  ask  our  heavenly 
Father  to  give  us  his  Holy  Spirit  that  he 
may  complete  in  us  the  work  which  has 
been  begun,  even  our  transformation  into 
the  image  of  Christ."     (Pp.  79,  80.) 

True,  the  Lord  assures  us  that  the  Father 
will  give  the  Holy  Spirit  to  them  who  ask 
him  ;  but  this  does  not  mean  that  he  will 
give  it  to  those  who  already  have  it,  and 
who,  by  asking  for  it,  imply  that  they  have 
it  not.  When  Jesus  made  this  promise 
the  conditions  on  which  the  Holy  Spirit 
was  to  be  received,  apart  from  asking  for 
it,  had  not  been  revealed ;  and  when  they 
were  revealed,  it  was  still  the  privilege  of 
the  believer  to  ask  for  it  iti  the  act  of 
complying  with  those  conditions ;  but  after 
it  was  received,  further  asking  would  have 
implied  doubt  or  denial  of  the  fact.  It 
would  have  implied  unbelief  of  the  Lord's 
promise.  Consequently,  we  find  no  instance 
in  the  New  Testament  of  a  Christian  pray- 
ing for  the  Spirit,  or  teaching  others  to  do 
so.  In  this  teaching  Brother  Garrison  has 
gone  beyond  the  Scriptures  on  the  subject, 
and  has  fallen  back  into  the  old  habit  of 
sectarian  teachers  whom  it  has  been  our 
task  to  correct. 

It  is  fair  to  suppose  that  this  is 
the  kind  of  teaching  Brother  Mc- 
Garvey gives  to  the  young  men  whom 
he  is  preparing  for  the  ministry.  In 
this  statement  he  not  only  expresses 
his  own  personal  opinion,  but  claims 
to  represent  the  brotherhood  of  be- 
lievers with  which  he  is  connected. 
In  behalf  of  that  brotherhood  and  of 
the  holy  cause  for  which  it  stands, 
we  repudiate,  most  emphatically,  this 
statement,  and  do  not  hesitate  for  a 
moment  to  characterize  it  as  a  mis- 
representation of  the  position  of  the 
leading  men  of  the  brotherhood,  from 
Alexander  Campbell  down  to  the  pres- 
ent time.  We  have  not  seen  a  state- 
ment in  any  of  our  religious  journals 
calculated  to  do  our  cause  more  harm 
than  this  denial,  by  one  holding  the 
prominent  position  of  President  Mc- 
Garvey, of  the  right  and  duty  of 
Christians  to  pray  for  the  Holy  Spirit. 
No  one  thing,  perhaps,  has  done  more 
to  prejudice  our  religious  movement 
in  the  eyes  of  the  religious  world 
than  the  misconception  which  they 
have  had  of  our  attitude  toward  the 
Holy  Spirit,  and  such  statements  as 
the  above  are  partly  responsible  for 
this  misconception.  The  position  of 
Brother  McGarvey,  that  because  God 
has  promised  the  Holy  Spirit  to  the 
obedient  believer,  therefore  he.  is  not 
to  pray  for  it,  would,  of  course,  do 


away  with  all  prayer.  He  has  prom- 
ised us  "daily  bread";  we  should  not 
therefore  pray  for  it.  He  has  prom- 
ised us  remission  of  sins ;  we  should 
not  therefore  pray  for  it.  He  has 
promised  to  strengthen  us  and  com- 
fort us  in  our  troubles  and  sorrows ; 
therefore  we  ought  not  to  pray  for 
strength  and  comfort  in  time  of  trou- 
ble. We  once  heard  a  noted  spiritual- 
istic debater  affirm  that  he  could  prove 
that  all  prayer  was  not  only  useless, 
but  was  distrust  in  God's  wisdom  and 
goodness,  "for,"  said  he,  "God  knows 
what  we  need  without  our  telling  him 
and  he  has  promised  to  give  us  what 
is  good  for  us,  and  why  should  we 
trouble  him  with  our  prayers?"  This 
seems  to  be  the  logic  of  Brother  Mc- 
Garvey. • 

Brother  McGarvey  says,  in  the  quo- 
tation above  given :  "Consequently, 
we  find  no  instance  in  the  New  Testa- 
ment of  a  Christian  praying  for  the 
Spirit,  or  teaching  others  to  do  so." 
.Let  us  see.  Does  the  statement  of 
Jesus  that  his  heavenly  Father  would 
"give  the  Holy  Spirit  to  them  that 
ask  him,"  encourage  his  disciples  to 
pray  for  the  Holy  Spirit?  Did  the 
fact  that  Jesus  himself  received  the 
Holy  Spirit  at  his  baptism  lead  us  to 
accept  and  pray  for  the  Holy  Spirit? 
Does  the  fact  that  the  one  hundred 
and  twenty  disciples  were  in  prayer 
meeting  at  Jerusalem  when  they  re- 
ceived the  Holy  Spirit  encourage  us 
to  pray  for  the  same?  Do  Paul's 
statements  that  the  Holy  Spirit  helps 
us  in  our  prayers  (Rom.  8:26),  and 
that  "the  love  of  God  hath  been  shed 
abroad  in  our  hearts  through  the  Holy 
Spirit  which  was  given  unto  us"  (Rom. 
5  :5),  or  his  exhortation  to  the  Ephes- 
ians  that  they  be  "filled  with  the 
Spirit"  (Eph.  5:18),  or  his  prayer 
for  the  Ephesian  brethren,  "that  they 
might  be  strengthened  with  power 
through  his  Spirit  in  the  inward  man," 
teach  us  to  pray  for  the  Spirit?  But 
why  quote  further,  when  the  whole 
New  Testament  abounds  in  teaching 
calculated  to  make  the  Christian 
breathe  his  deepest,  sincerest,  and 
most  earnest  prayer  for  the  Holy 
Spirit?      * 

We  profoundly  regret  that  Presi- 
dent McGarvey  holds  such  a  view  of 
the  Holy  Spirit,  and  should  see  proper 
to  publish  it  in  the  columns  of  a 
widely  circulated  religious  journal,  not 
as  his  own  view  alone,  but  as  the 
well-established  and  settled  view  of 
his  brethren.  So  far  as  we  know 
there  is  not  another  public  man  among 
us,  who  would  be  classed  among  our 
representative  men,  who  would  en- 
dorse the  statement  of  Brother  Mc- 
Garvey. If  we  are  wrong  in  this,  we 
are  ready  to  be  corrected.  We  feel 
that  the  well-being  of  the  cause  we 
plead  in  the  future  and  its  success  as 
a  movement  for  restoring  New  Tes- 
tament Christianity,  requires  an  utter 
rejection  of  all  such  legalistic  views 
of  the  Holy  Spirit. 


October  19,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


i35i 


The  Evangelistic    Campaign   in 
Kansas  City. 

The  article  by  W.  F.  Richardson, 
which  we  publish  elsewhere,  gives  a 
very  clear  and  succinct  history  of  our 
cause  in  Kansas  City  and  of  the 
churches  co-operating  in  this  cam- 
paign. We  have  been  unable  to  pre- 
sent the  pictures  of  all  the  ministers 
participating  in  one  group,  as  some  of 
them  are  from  cuts  already  in  our  pos- 
session. 

Our  brethren  in  Kansas  City  possess 
elements  of  power  which  are  not  pos- 
sessed by  the  brotherhood  in  all  our 
cities.  They  have,  perhaps,  the  larg- 
est per  cent  of  membership  to  the  pop- 
ulation of  any  city  of  similar  size  in 
the  country.  They  have  a  large 
amount  of  wealth  within  such  mem- 
bership. They  have  several  preach- 
ers of  national  reputation  and  of 
great  influence.  They  have  a  num- 
ber of  enterprising  business  men  who 
are  leading  the  brotherhood  in  gener- 
ous gifts  to  our  various  enterprises. 
They  were  early  on  the  ground,  have 
kept  pace  with  the  growth  of  the  city, 
have  been  wise  enough  to  act  unitedly, 
to  occupy  strategic  points,  and  the 
city  is  surrounded,  especially  on  the 
Missouri  side,  by  a  large  number  of 
our  churches  which  are  continually 
contributing  to  the  strength  of  our 
cause  in  the  city.  As  we  said  to  the 
preachers  in  their  ministerial  meeting 
on  our  recent  visit,  we  are  looking  to 
Kansas  City  to  give  us  a  satisfactory 
solution  of  the  problem  of  the  down- 
town church.  Like  all  our  great  cities 
where  we  are  strong,  Kansas  City  has 
that  problem  before  it.  We  must 
solve  it  before  we  can  make  the  cities 
what  they  ought  to  be. 

We  trust  the  campaign  upon  which 
they  are  now  entering  will  result  in 
greatly  increasing  the  numerical  and 
spiritual  strength  of  the  churches,  and 
in  more  clearly  pointing  out  the  lines 
of  progress  for  the  future. 

Questions  and  Answers. 

Will  you  please  tell  us  through  The 
Christian-Evangelist  what  is  the  custom 
of  our  brethren  in  regard  to  persons  who 
come  to  us  from  the  Mormons?  I  have  al- 
ways understood  it  to  be  the  opinion  of 
the  brotherhood  that  the  main  point  in 
baptism  was  the  obedience  of  the  candidate, 
rather  than  ministerial  qualifications  of 
the  administrator.  This,  of  course,  in  re- 
gard to  baptisms  performed  among  the 
sects.  But  how  about  the  Mormons?  I 
have  lately  taken  in  two  Mormons  and  pro- 
ceeded just  as  I  would  have  done  if  they 
had  come  from  the  world.    Was  that  right? 

D.   M.  Breaker. 

Brother  Breaker  is  right  in  his  un- 
derstanding of  the  general  practice  of 
the  brotherhood,  and  the  reason  un- 
derlying this  practice.  The  question 
of  course  in  every  case  is,  Has  the  ap- 


plicant for  membership  been  baptized? 
The  essential  elements  in  baptism  we 
understand  to  be  the  burial  in  water, 
and  the  raising  up  therefrom,  of  a 
penitent  believer  in  Jesus  Christ  who, 
in  that  act,  has  purposely  submitted 
himself  to  the  authority  of  Christ  and 
has  taken,  him  to  be  Savior  and  Lord. 
And  this,  regardless  of  the  character 
or  office  of  the  person  who  acted  as 
baptist.  As  to  the  candidate  for  mem- 
bership coming  from  the  Mormons, 
we  should  make  no  exception  to  this 
rule  provided  the  person  so  applying 
believed  he  had  obeyed  Christ  in  the 
act  of  baptism.  If  he  should  have 
doubts  on  this  subject  or  be  troubled 
in  his  mind  we  should  baptize  him  on 
his  confession  of  faith  in  Jesus  Christ. 
As  to  the  "custom"  of  the  churches 
on  this  matter,  we  can  not  say. 

A  member  of  the  Methodist  Church  tells 
me  that  an  elder  or  deacon  in  the  Christian 
Church  has  no  right  to  pass  the  emblems 
in  the  communion  service  to  the  members 
because  they  have  not  been  ordained.  Is 
this  correct?  A.  E.  Payne. 

CrossvilLe,    Teimi, 

This  statement  of  the  Methodist 
brother  involves  two  assumptions. 
Why  does  he  say  that  the  elders  and 
deacons  in  our  churches  have  not  been 
ordained?  Again,  where  is  the  proof 
that  ordination  is  an  essential  condi- 
tion for  passing  the  emblems?  Any 
brother  or  sister  may  be  asked  by  the 
church  to  assist  in  the  observance  of 
the  Lord's  supper  by  the  passing  of  the 
emblems.  There  is  no  New  Testament 
rule  upon  the  subject,  and  where 
Christ  does  not  bind  us  we  are  free 
to  make  such  rules  and  regulations  as 
conform  to  good  order  and  propriety. 

Do  our  national  conventions  meet  for  the 
purpose  of  sending  out  preachers,  like  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Conference?  I  did 
not  think  so,  but  some  here  think  they  do. 
Please  answer  and  oblige.  A  Reader. 

Knoxville,  la. 

No,  this  is  no  part  of  the  purpose 
of  our  national  conventions.  They 
have  nothing  whatever  to  do  with  the 
preachers  of  the  local  churches  and 
only  indirectly,  through  the  mission 
boards,  with  the  appointment  of  mis- 
sionaries. Their  object  is  to  hear  re- 
ports from  the  boards  and  missiona- 
ries, to  devise  ways  and  means  of 
spreading  the  Gospel  at  home  and 
abroad,  and  to  promote  increased  en- 
thusiasm in  that  work.  The  mission- 
ary boards,  appointed  by  these  con- 
ventions, select  and  send  out  the  mis- 
sionaries to  their  fields  of  labor,  but 
they  have  nothing  to  do  with  churches 
that  select  and  support  their  own  min- 
isters. 

Does  the  phrase,  ''many  mansions,"  mean 
that  there  are  different  degrees  of  glory  in 


en,  as  there  are  different  degrees  of  wis- 

and  holinc-ss  among  th'  .:'  earth? 

fly,   Ohio.  Maky   E.    iinADeir.Lv. 

We   do   not   think   the   pa  re- 

ferred to  tea'  h'-.  that  there  are  differ- 
ent degrees  of  glory  in  heaven,  but  we 
believe  that  other  scriptures  do  teach 
it,  and  that  reason  teaches  the  same 
tiling.  The  future  life  of  the  re- 
deemed is  not  to  be  a  dead  monotony 
or  sameness.  Paul  will  still  be  Paul, 
and  Peter  will  still  be  Peter,  and  so  of 
every  individual  Christian  who  shall 
be  so  bapp)  as  to  attain  unto  the  res- 
urrection of  the  just.  The  greater  our 
Christian  attainments  here  in  this  life 
the  greater  they  must  be  upon  our 
entrance  into  the  life  unseen,  and, 
while  there  will  no  doubt  be  progress 
there,  there  is  no  reason  for  believing 
that  all  will  make  exactly  the  same  de- 
gree of  progress.  One  of  the  charms 
of  heaven  must  be  the  preservation  of 
our  own  individuality  and  personality. 

®    0 

Notes  and  Comments. 

The  old  apathetic  cry  that  nothing 
can  be  done  to  purify  politics  or  clean 
out  vice  is  losing  its  force  when  there 
are  so  many  examples  of  strong  men 
carrying  out  a  policy  of  reform.  One 
of  the  latest  is  that  of  John  M.  Col- 
lins, the  new  chief  of  police  at  Chi- 
cago. He  has  entered  upon  his  work 
with  the  following  statement:  "I  am 
going  to  clean  every  gambler  and 
hold-up  man  out  of  this  town!'-  Mr. 
Collins  has  the  reputation  of  being 
both  honest  and  fearless,  and  he  has 
already  made  a  good  beginning.  If 
he  is  not  interfered  with  he  can  make 
even  Chicago  a  different  city. 

In  our  last  issue  we  had  an  editorial 
on  Senator  Beveridge's  words  to  a 
young  preacher.  Mr.  David  Graham 
Phillips,  who  was  a  fellow-student  of 
Mr.  Beveridge  in  their  younger  days, 
gives  an  interesting  sidelight  on  the 
senator's  character  and  career.  Young 
Beveridge  was  a  farmhand  in  his 
youth,  and  later  worked  in  logging 
camps.  Mr.  Phillips  says  that,  as  a 
student,  he  saw  him  many  a  morning, 
long  before  sunrise,  start  across  the 
snow  into  the  woods  to  practice  his 
voice,  and  he  would  return  in  time 
to  study  Shakespeare  or  the  great  ora- 
tions for  an  hour  before  breakfast. 
The  voting  minister  may  well  give 
heed  to  the  wise  counsel  of  a  man  who 
has  developed  himself  by  such  hard, 
masterful  work. 

The  daily  press  is  now  getting  in  its 
work  concerning  what  they  call  a 
"War  to  the  Death" — "A  Religious 
War" — raging  in  and  around  the  city 
of  New  York.    What  is  it  all  about? 


1352 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


October  19,  1905 


As  stated  in  the  headlines  of  the  dailies 
it  is  that  Edward  Everett  Hale  and 
some  other  distinguished  Unitarians 
have  been  excluded  from  the  forth- 
coming Inter-Church  Conference.  If 
they  are  "excluded"  it  is  because  they 
can  not  accept  the  call  which  is  made 
for  representatives  of  such  religious 
bodies  as  "unquestionably  accept 
Jesus  Christ  as  the  head  of  the 
Church."  If  the  gentlemen  mentioned 
are  excluded  by  that  limitation,  they 
ought  not  to  complain.  If  it  were  a 
meeting  for  purely  social  and  moral 
ends  these  gentlemen  and  many  others 
might  well  be  invited.  But  it  was 
thought  important,  by  a  large  number 
of  religious  leaders,  to  hold  a  confer- 
ence of  those  who  "unquestionably  ac- 
cept the  Lordship  of  Jesus  Christ  to 
consult  together  how  they  may  best 
further  the  interests  of  his  kingdom 
by  closer  co-operation.  It  is  manifest 
that  those  who  do  thus  accept  Christ, 
have  questions  in  common  to  consider, 
which  would  not  vitally  concern  those 
who  do  not  so  accept  him. 


At  a  remarkable  meeting  of  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  railroad  men  of  the  coun- 
try held  in  Detroit,  a  few  days  ago, 
one  of  the  speakers  was  Surgeon-Gen- 
eral Suzuki,  of  the  Imperial  Japanese 
Navy,  who  said  among  other  interest- 
ing things,  "I  was  christened  twenty 
years  ago,  but  I  confess  that  I  am  not 
a  good  Christian.  What  I  wish  you 
would  do  is  to  send  us  good  men,  able 
to  convert  our  hearts  to  the  real  mean- 
ing of  Christianity."  And  that  is  the 
need  of  Americans  no  less  than  of  Ja- 
panese. Until  men's  hearts  are  con- 
verted to  the  "real  meaning  of  Chris- 
tianity" Christ's  purpose  can  not  be 
realized  in  the  world. 


One  has  but  to  look  around  and  ob- 
serve the  use  that  professed  Christians 
are  making  of  their  wealth,  of  their 
time,  and  of  their  talents,  to  feel  as- 
sured that  many  have  not  yet  been 
converted,  in  their  hearts  at  least,  to 
the  "real  meaning  of  Christianity." 
Christianity  means  the  crucifixion  of 
the  lusts  of  the  flesh,  and  all  selfish 
aims  and  ambitions,  and  the  devo- 
tion of  our  lives  to  the  welfare  of 
others,  developing  thereby  those 
graces  of  character  which  make  us 
Christlike.  Is  this  characteristic  of 
the  great  body  of  members  in  all  the 
religious  bodies?  The  Japanese  doc- 
tor has  rightly  diagnosed  the  situa- 
tion. Our  hearts  need  converting  to 
the  real  meaning  of  Christianity.  If 
our  revivals  mean  that,  may  God  mul- 
tiply them  and  enlarge  the  scope  of 
their  influence! 


Editor's  Easy  Chair. 

It  is  hard  to  remain  easy,  even  in 
an  Editor's  Easy  Chair,  at  a  time  like 
this  when  so  much  is  going  on  in  the 
world.  What  an  age  it  is  in  which  we 
live !  Events  of  worldwide  significance 
are  of  almost  daily  occurrence.  The 
battle  against  corporate  greed,  munic- 
ipal corruption  and  gross  commer- 
cialism in  its  various  phases  goes 
bravely  on,  but  many  there  be  who 
doubt  if  any  permanent  good  will  come 
out  of  the  conflict.  These,  of  course, 
do  not  recognize  the  hand  of  God  in 
the  events  of  our  day,  or  recognize  the 
rising  tide  of  moral  sentiment  which 
is  in  revolt  against  political  and  indus- 
trial abuses  and  the  tyranny  of  monop- 
oly. The  people  have  found  out  some 
things  about  "high  finance"  and  po- 
litical corruption,  which  they  did  not 
know  before,  and  the  war  will  go  on 
until  these  abuse*  are  corrected.  Once 
the  light  has  been  thrown  upon  the 
dark  and  devious  ways  of  trust  mo- 
nopoly and  political  bossism,  the  hon- 
est people  of  the  country  will  refuse 
to  meekly  submit  any  longer  to  such 
methods,  either  in  politics  or  business. 
Light  is  the  inveterate  foe  of  all  that 
brood  of  evil  things  which  hatch  and 
grow  alone  in  the  dark.  The  light  of 
publicity  and  the  heat  of  moral  indig- 
nation can  alone  destroy  the  germs  of 
political  and  commercial  dishonesty. 

Another  thing  the  people  have 
found  out  which  is  of  immense  ad- 
vantage to  the  cause  of  moral  reform, 
and  that  is  the  essential  weakness  and 
vulnerability  of  all  wicked  and  un- 
scrupulous combinations  of  men  or  of 
capital,  conspiring  against  the  public 
welfare.  It  has  been  demonstrated  in 
several  notable  instances  that  one 
brave  man  with  moral  courage  and 
robust  conscience  can  put  to  flight,  and 
fill  with  holy  terror,  a  whole  gang  of 
public  plunderers  who  felt  themselves 
to  be  masters  of  the  situation.  We 
were  warned  long  ago  that  the  devil 
is  a  coward.  An  inspired  apostle  tells 
us  to  "resist  the  devil  and  he  will 
flee  from  you."  The  trouble  has  been 
we  have  been  letting  his  satanic  ma- 
jesty have  his  own  way  too  much  in 
the  commercial  and  political  life  of  the 
nation.  Many  Christians  whose  faith 
is  weak,  have  reached  the  conclusion 
that  nothing  can  be  done,  and  hence 
it  is  useless  to  attempt  any  opposition 
to  customs,  institutions,  and  conspir- 
acies which  threaten  the  very  life  of 
the  nation.  This  is  practical  atheism. 
If  Christian  people  would  only  believe 
in  God,  in  the  omnipotence  of  truth 
and  right,  and  rise  in  a  united  revolt 
against  every  evil  that  menaces  the 
public  welfare  and  imperils  our  civili- 
zation, they  would  witness  a  series  of 


moral  victories  that  would  astonish 
the  world.  This  united  action  of  Chris- 
tian people  against  the  evils  which 
confront  us  in  the  supreme  demand 
of  the  hour. 

This  is  the  meaning  of  that  great 
gathering  which  convenes  in  New 
York  next  month  of  which  we  speak 
more  extendedly  elsewhere.  The  draw- 
ing together  of  the  forces  of  right- 
eousness for  the  purpose  of  joining 
issue  with  the  forces  of  evil  is  one  of 
the  most  encouraging  signs  of  the 
times.  Those  who  give  their  influence 
to  separating  and  alienating  the 
friends  of  Jesus  Christ,  are  playing 
into  the  hands  of  Satan  and  working 
arm  in  arm  with  his  emissaries. 
United,  the  church  conquers ;  divided, 
the  powers  of  darkness  will  remain 
impregnable  in  the  life  of  the  nation. 
As,  during  the  time  of  war,  the  mass- 
ing of  troops  is  a  sign  that  a  battle  is 
imminent,  so  the  gathering  closer  to- 
gether of  the  followers  of  Jesus  Christ 
who  acknowledge  him  as  Lord  is  the 
sign  of  a  great  forward  movement  of 
the  army  of  God  against  the  allied 
forces  of  evil  which  are  strongly  en- 
trenched in  our  civilization.  If,  in- 
deed, the  time  has  come  when  those 
who  acknowledge  a  common  Lord 
think  less  of  their  little  differences 
than  of  the  duty  of  the  church  to 
make  a  united  effort  to  extend  the 
kingdom  of  God  on  earth,  then,  in- 
deed, Jesus  Christ  can  use  us  in  over- 
throwing the  forces  of  evil  and  bring- 
ing in  a  new  era  of  righteousness. 

In  addition  to  this  wider  co-opera- 
tive movement  of  the  great  evangel- 
ical bodies  of  Christendom,  there  re- 
mains much  that  can  be  done  by  each 
religious  body  co-operating  among 
its  own  members  to  extend  the  reign 
of  Christ  on  earth.  While  there  are  cer- 
tain kinds  of  evangelistic  work  that 
can  best  be  accomplished  by  the  co- 
operation of  the  various  religious 
bodies,  there  is  much  more  that  can 
be  done  and  must  be  done  by  local 
congregations,  and  by  the  co-opera- 
tion of  congregations  of  the  same  re- 
ligious body.  We  are  glad  to  note  the 
fact  that  this  work  of  evangelism  is 
receiving  increased  emphasis  in  nearly 
all  the  Protestant  bodies,  and  in  none 
more  so  than  among  our  own 
churches.  The  organization  of  our  Bu- 
reau of  Evangelization  to  lead  in  this 
great  work  is  but  one  of  the  expres- 
sions of  this  increasing  interest  in  the 
work  of  winning  men  to  Christ.  The 
simultaneous  efforts  of  our  churches 
in  various  cities  is  an  indication  of 
the  deepening  conviction  that  unity 
and  co-operation  are  essential  to  the 
best  results  in  this  field.  This  co- 
operative work  among  our  own 
churches  is  the  best  possible  prepara- 
tion, too,  for  that  wider  co-operation 
with  other  followers  of  Christ  which 
is  essential  to  the  overthrow  of  Satan's 
kingdom  and  the  universal  reign  of 
Christ. 


October  19,  1905 

The  Preacher  and 
Church  Management 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


As  Seen  From  the  Dome 


1353 

By 
F.  D.  POWER 


The  annual  convention  of  the  Chris- 
tian Missionary  Society  of  Maryland, 
Delaware  and  the  District  of  Columbia 
was  held  in  Hagerstown,  Md.,  Octo- 
ber 3-6.  It  was  our  twenty-seventh 
meeting.  It  was  in  all  respects  our 
best.  It  was  a  sample  of  paradise.  Of 
a  colored  brother  who  died  eating 
watermelons,  another  one  exclaimed : 
"My,  my !  And  some  folks  thinks  you 
don't  reach  heaven  'twel  you  gits  dar !" 
Our  Maryland  convention  was  a  bit 
of  heaven. 

Hagerstown  is  an  ideal  place  for 
such  a  holy  convention.  The  church 
is  an  ideal  congregation.  The  gracious 
season  was  an  ideal  one.  How  perfect 
the  October  days !  How  invigorating 
the  air!  How  glorious  the  mountains! 
How  attractive  the  fields !  Hager, 
whoever  he  was,  knew  a  charming  lo- 
cation when  he  found  this  and  started 
his  little  metropolis.  Today  it  has  18,- 
000  people  and  is  one  of  the  busiest 
and  most  beautiful  little  cities  in  the 
republic.  It  is  a  fair  pearl  set  in  a 
cluster  of  emeralds.  It  is  seventy-five 
miles  from  Washington  and  eighty 
from  Baltimore.  It  has  Gettysburg 
on  one  side,  thirty-two  miles  away, 
and  Antietam  on  the  other,  a  distance 
of  twelve  miles.  It  has  many  mills 
and  shops  and  factories,  and  as  splen- 
did an  agricultural  region  stretching 
away  on  every  hand  as  can  be  found 
on  the  face  of  the  planet.  Here  is  the 
fairest  portion  of  our  Terra  Mariae. 
Here  are  the  Monocacy  and  the  An- 
tietam and  the  Potomac,  and  here  are 
the  Trenton  limestones,  the  calcareous 
strata  of  rocks  which  give  such  fer- 
tility to  the  soil  and  beauty  to  the  scen- 
ery. 

We  went  up,  a  hundred  and  fifty  of 
us,  from  the  thirty-five  churches  of 
our  missionary  fellowship,  and  we  had 
our  mountain  top  privileges.  We 
found  a  royal  welcome.  The  first 
evening  set  the  pace.  There  was  an 
enthusiastic  sermon  from  an  enthusi- 
astic little  man  on  "Enthusiasm."  J.  E. 
Stuart  preached  the  introductory  dis- 
course, and  he  is  a  fine  illustration 
of  his  theme.  George  L.  Snively  fol- 
lowed with  his  "Helping  Hand."  Any 
one  who  has  listened  to  the  secretary 
of  the  Benevolent  Association  knows 
how  it  is ;  what  an  impulse  comes  over 
you  to  corral  the  universe  and  turn  it 
over  to  this  sweet  ministry.  We  are 
doing  something.  Individual  churches 
are  full  of  kindness  often  to  the  poor. 
The  earlier  generation  of  Disciples 
were  even  more  ready  to  care  for  the 
aged  and  helpless  than  to  support  the 
ministry.  But  we  need  this  special 
line    of  service   that    the    association 


urges  upon  the  brotherhood.  A  work- 
er in  the  Census  said  to  me  some  time 
ago:  "How  is  it  our  Church  has  but 
two  homes?  I  see  hundreds  credited 
to  the  Catholics  and  scores  to  the  oth- 
er Protestant  bodies,  and  only  two 
have  I  found  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Disciples  of  Christ." 

Our  first  day  was  Preachers'  Day. 
"The  Preacher  and  His  Devotions," 
W.  S.  Hoye ;  "The  Preacher  and  the 
Sunday  School,"  W.  F.  Smith;  "The 
Preacher  and  His  Library,"  B.  A.  Ab- 
bott; "The  Preacher  and  Christian 
Endeavor,"  J.  T.  Righter;  "The 
Preacher  and  Citizenship,"  Claris 
Yeuell ;  "The  Preacher  and  the  Peo- 
ple," E.  B.  Bagby;  "Books  I  Have 
Read  this  Year,"  Peter  Ainslie,  a 
Symposium ;  "A  Psalm  Study,"  Prof. 
F.  D.  Kershner,  were  some  of  the 
themes.  They  were  good  discussions. 
The  people  often  say,  "Preachers'  Day 
is  the  best."  The  Maryland  fellowship 
in  this  respect  is  up  to  date.  The  story 
is  told  of  a  western  preacher  that  he 
entered  an  editorial  sanctum  in  Denver 
and  said  gravely :  "Sir,  I  intend  next 
Sunday  to  preach  a  sermon  upon  foot- 
ball, and  it  has  occurred  to  me  that 
an  enterprising  paper  like  yours  would 
be  pleased  to  have  my  manuscript.  I 
have  no  doubt  that  any  number  of 
your  readers  would  be  glad  to  read  it, 
and—"  "All  right,  all  right!"  inter- 
rupted the  busy  editor,  "but  you'll 
have  to  hustle  it  along.  Get  it  in  ear- 
ly— early,  mind !  Our  sporting  page 
is  the  first  to  close."  Such  hustling 
of  the  clergy  would  never  be  neces- 
sary with  these  Maryland  preachers 
of  ours.  They  get  there  on  time  and 
"with  both  feet."  The  president's  ad- 
dress was  a  feature  of  the  first  day. 
H.  C.  Kendrick  was  at  his  best.  He 
made  a  stirring  plea  for  the  enlarge- 
ment of  our  work.  We  *  want  no 
"tainted  preachers,"  but  we  will  take 
"tainted  money"  and  "we  will  baptize 
it — baptize  it  for  the  remission  of 
sins."  B.  A.  Abbott  preached  an  able 
sermon  on  Acts  14:27. 

The  reports  of  the  churches  were 
full  of  encouragement.  The  total 
sum  of  $63,716.99  was  raised  during 
the  year ;  the  total  membership  5,685 ; 
additions  during  the  year  720 ;  amount 
raised  for  all  missions  $6,917.22.  The 
Sunday  schools  have  3,816  members, 
raised  $4,059  and  report  230  conver- 
sions. This  is  the  work  of  thirty-five 
churches,  many  of  which  are  small 
missions,  and  this  is  our  twenty-eighth 
annual  meeting,  the  first  having  been 
called  in  1878,  when  there  were  ten 
churches,  with  a  membership  of  1,635, 
paying  for  all  purposes  $6,245.  In  that 
first  little  meeting,  called  by  the  Ver- 
mont Avenue  Church,  there  were 
eighteen  delegates  and  they  raised  one 


hundred  and  fifty  dollars  for  the  mis- 
sionary work  the  first  year. 

Peter  Ainslie  made  an  interesting 
talk  on  "The  Institutional  Church." 
J.  A.  Hopkins  delighted  us  with  a  pa- 
per on  Church  Music,  Claude  C.  Jones 
took  us  in  happy  fashion  to  the  San 
Francisco  convention.  The  C.  W.B.M. 
period  was  one  of  the  most  inspir- 
ing. Mrs.  Kendrick  presided.  The 
exercise  by  the  Juniors,  written  and 
conducted  by  Mrs.  Fahrney,  and  the 
addresses  of  Miss  Mattie  Burgess  and 
Miss  Effie  Long  were  the  features. 
The  women  have  616  members  and 
raised  $942.39  for  missions.  B.  L. 
Smith  opened  our  eyes  and  stirred  our 
hearts  with  his  address  on  "The  Ris- 
ing or  the  Setting  Sun."  The  secre- 
tary of  the  A.  C.  M.  S.  deserves  the 
everlasting  gratitude  of  his  brethren 
for  the  impulse  he  has  given  to  our 
home  work.  Here  he  secured  $1,000 
on  the  annuity  plan  from  our  beloved 
brother,  William  Newcomer,  which 
carried  the  society  over  the  $100,000 
mark. 

The  Sunday  school  season  was  one 
of  the  best.  Miss  Lena  Summy  dis- 
cussed Primary  Work  and  H.  H. 
Moninger  gave  with  the  blackboard 
an  illustrative  exposition  of  the  grad- 
ed school  of  great  interest  to  our  Sun- 
day school  workers  and  of  great  prac- 
tical value. 

One  of  our  greatest  losses  is  the 
removal  from  our  district  of  J.  A. 
Hopkins.  His  report  showed  300  ad- 
ditions by  our  evangelists  at  the  sev- 
eral missions  during  the  missionary 
year.  W.  S.  Hoye,  who  served  twelve 
years  as  corresponding  secretary,  was 
chosen  in  his  place,  and  Peter  Ainslie 
was  made  president.  J.  G.  Thomson 
was  continued  as  recording  secretary 
and  J.  Irwin  Bitner  as  treasurer.  H.  S. 
Welch  and  C.  M.  Kriedler  were 
added  to  the  board.  J.  A.  Scott  was 
made  superintendent  of  Sunday 
schools.  The  Educational  Board  re- 
ported eighteen  young  men  aided  in 
preparing  for  the  University,  among 
them  two  missionaries,  C.  B.  Titus 
and  G.  W.  Brown,  and  such  preach- 
ers as  G.  B.  Townsend,  C.  M.  Kried- 
ler and  D.  Hayes  Miller.  Four  were 
kept  in  college  last  year.  The  fund  is 
to  date  $2,862.  Greetings  were  sent 
to  the  Virginia  and  West  Virginia 
conventions.  The  next  convention 
will  go  to  Vienna,  Va.  B.  A.  Abbott 
and  E.  J.  Curry  addressed  the  Chris- 
tian Endeavor  session,  which  happily 
closed  our  "Veribest." 

B.  L.  Smith  remained  over  and  ded- 
icated the  church  at  Waynesboro  Sun- 
day, October  8,  raising  the  balance  of 
the  indebtedness.  $723.  Miss  Burgess 
came  to  the  capital  and  spoke  in  four 
of  our  churches  with  great  acceptance. 
J.  E.  Gorsuch,  of  Tennessee,  is  in  a 
meeting  with  J.  E.  Stuart.  Eight 
added  to  the  Vermont  Avenue  Church 
the  past  two  Sundays. 


1354 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


Solo  Singing    By  Charles  Louis  Loos 


That  the  singing:  of  solos  is  not  out 
of  harmony  with  the  spirit  and  habits 
of  the  Christian  religion  need  not  for 
a  moment  be  questioned.  For  one  per- 
son to  sing  before  a  religious  audience 
is  as  congruous  to  its  worship  as  that 
one  man  should  address  to  it  an  ex- 
hortation. Singing  and  exhortation 
have  both,  each  in  its  own  way.  the 
same  object — edification. 

What  kind  of  solo  singing  is  fitting 
in  worship  and  therefore  to  be  encour- 
aged, is  a  proper  question  for  consid- 
eration. The  answer  is  simple  and 
ran  be  promptly  given  :  It  is  that  which 
tends  to  edification.  All  other  kinds  of 
singing,  whether  congregational,  cho- 
ral or  in  the  form  of  a  solo,  is  alto- 
gether incongruous  in  religious  serv- 
ice and  should  receive  no  encourage- 
ment whatever.  A  mere  musical  per- 
formance to  show  artistic  accomplish- 
ment, however  excellent,  is  entirely  out 
of  place  in  the  sacredness  and  solem- 
nity of  worship.  Singers  have  no 
more  right  to  use  the  opportunity  of 
a  religious  assembly  to  gratify  them- 
selves by  the  display  of  their  skill  than 
the  preacher  has  in  his  office.  The  pul- 
pit does  not  belong  to  the  preacher, 
but  to  the  church ;  he  cannot  use  it 
"to  please  himself,"  that  would  be  a 
grievous  abuse  of  a  sacred  privilege. 
The  office  of  the  preacher  in  the 
pulpit  is  to  instruct,  to  edify — to 
preach  the  word.  The  ministry  of  the 
singer  is  also  a  sacred  one,  strictly 
limited  to  the  high  object  of  aiding  in 
building  up  the  saints.  Its  aim  is  the 
furtherance  and  enjoyment  of  the 
church  in  a  holy  life.  So  it  was  in 
ancient  Israel,  and  so  it  is  in  the  Chris- 
tian Church. 

The  solo  singer,  standing  alone  be- 
fore the  audience  and  drawing  its  at- 
tention to  himself,  can  be  and  ought  to 
be  like  the  preacher  an  effectual  agen- 
cy for  the  edification  of  the  church. 
He  will  only  be  so  if  he  is  himself  an 
exemplary,  devout  Christian ;  if  the 
song  is  what  it  ought  to  be;  if  the 
words  come  to  the  hearers  distinctly 
and  forcibly  so  as  deeply  to  impress 
their  minds,  and  are  borne  to  their 
ears  on  a  tide  of  melody  that  wiil  fill 
their  hearts  with  delight;  for  this  is 
the  object  of  music. 

Let  it  be  well  understood:  The  true 
office  of  music  in  song  is  not  to  ob- 
scure or  drown  the  words  by  the 
strains  of  the  voice,  or  the  instrument; 
but,  as  in  the  chorus  of  the  Greek 
tragedy,  to  bring  them  to  our  ears,  in 
the  full  dignity  and  power  of  their 
meaning,  on  the  waves  of  sweet  mel- 
ody which  endue  them  with  an  addi- 
tional charm. 

Let  us  never  forget  this:  That  the 


words — the  thoughts,  the  sentiments — 
are  the  matter  of  chief  importance  in 
the  song,  and  that  the  music  is  subor- 
dinate, the  servant  of  the  words,  to 
clothe  them  with  the  power  that  beau- 
tiful melody  lends  to  them.  The  ad- 
mirable and  cultured  Greek  mind 
could  never  allow  that  the  majesty  of 
the  language  should  be  injured  or  lost 
through  the  music,  as  is  the  case  when 
the  stormy  billows  of  musical  sound 
overwhelm  the  words  of  the  song; 
which  so  often  happens  when  the  rat- 
tling or  thunderous  tones  of  the  organ, 
or  even  at  times  the  loud  shriekings 
of  the  voices  of  the  singers,  kill  the 
noble  hymn  or  psalm.    . 

The  solo  singer — if  he  is  worthy  to 
be  heard  at  all — in  order  that  he  may 
truly  minister  to  the  edification  and 
spiritual  delight  of  the  audience,  if 
instrumental  music  is  used  at  all, 
should  always  be  accompanied  only  by 
subdued  music ;  if  his  voice  is  of  a 
high  order  and  well  trained,  no  instru- 
ment is  needed  to  give  it  effect. 

Let  me  say  this  with  emphasis: 
Solo  singing  should  never  be  intro- 
duced in  the  worship  of  the  church 
merely  as  a  habit,  as  is  now  so  gener- 
ally becoming  the  fashion,  to  the  dam- 
age of  the  other  parts  of  the  public 
service  of  the  church — the  congrega- 
tional singing  and  the  preaching.  An 
inferior  solo  performance  is  a  very 
poor  thing  in  public  worship.  We  can 
endure  imperfection  better  in  congre- 
gational singing  than  in  a  solo. 

I  repeat  it :  The  object  of  singing  in 
religious  worship  is  not  musical  en- 
tertainment, delightful  as  that  is,  but, 
as  is  so  often  in  wortdrously  grand 
words  declared  in  the  Psalms,  the  lift- 
ing up  of  the  souls  of  God's  people  in 
sacred,  devout,  joyful  reverence  to  the 
contemplation  with  mind  and  heart 
of  the  attributes  and  the  glorious 
works  of  Jehovah  on  the  earth  and  in 
heaven ;  above  all  as  these  are  seen  in 
the  redemption  of  men  through  Jesus 
Christ ;  in  the  glories  of  the  kingdom 
of  God  in  time  and  in  the  eternal 
world  hereafter. 

0 

It  gives  me  sincere  pleasure  to  refer, 
in  this  connection,  to  Mrs.  Princess 
Long  as  an  exemplary  solo  singer  in 
religious  assemblies.  She  has  now 
been  heard  for  years  in  our  churches 
and  before  our  large  conventions,  and 
always  with  the  general,  I  may  say  in 
truth  with  the  universal,  approbation 
of  her  audiences. 

Mrs.  Long's  singing  has  these  high 
merits :  Her  songs  are  well  chosen. 
They  are  always  appropriate  to  the 
occasion.  The  songs  are  not  sung 
for  their  own  sake,  but  for  the  sake 
of  the  occasions  that  call  them  forth. 
This  is  a  real  merit,  and  reveals  sound 
judgment  of  head  and  heart  on  the 
part  of  the  singer. 

Then,  her  solos  are,  as  they  ought 


October  19,  1905 

to  be,  truly  devotional ;  they  breathe 
the  spirit  of  genuine  piety.  And  this 
spirit  is  revealed  not  only  in  the  songs 
themselves,  but  also  in  the  manner  in 
which  they  are  sung.  As  in  an  ad- 
dress, a  sermon,  much  is  gained  by  the 
temper  of  mind,  of  heart  and  tone  in 
which  a  song  comes  to  our  ears,  and 
I  may  say  even  to  our  eyes,  in  the  ap- 
pearance of  the  singer.  She  is  in  no 
wise  negligent  in  preparing  for  her 
noble  and  delicate  office  as  a  singer 
before  God's  people. 

One  of  the  principal  excellencies  of 
Mrs.  Long's  singing  is  found  in  this, 
that  the  song  itself — I  mean  the  words 
— is  always  heard,  clear,  distinct, 
borne  along  on  the  waves  of  the  mel- 
ody, but  above  these  as  first  and  chief. 
Her  voice  does  not  overreach  and  ob- 
scure the  song  with  its  tones,  with  its 
music.  Mrs.  Long  does  not  shriek; 
she  sings. 

Hers  is  a  noble  evangelical  minis- 
try that  is  a  strong  support  to  the 
ministry  of  the  Word  in  the  pulpit. 

I  hope  that  the  sphere  of  the  good 
work  which  Mrs.  Long  has  so  provi- 
dentially chosen  for  herself  may  be 
constantly  enlarged. 

This  is  an  unsolicited  tribute  of 
appreciation  of  a  noble  Christian 
woman,  for  what  I  believe  to  be  a 
ministry  of  great  value  to  the  Church. 


A  LADY   LECTURER 
Feeds  Nerves  and  Brains  Scientifically. 

A  lady  lecturer  writes  from  Phila- 
delphia concerning  the  use  of  right 
food  and  how  she  is  enabled  to  with- 
stand the  strain  and  wear  and  tear  of 
her  arduous  occupation.    She  says : 

"Through  improper  food,  imper- 
fectly digested,  my  health  was  com- 
pletely wrecked  and  I  attribute  my  re- 
covery entirely  to  the  regular  use  of 
Grape-Nuts  food.  It  has,  I  assure 
you,  proved  an  inestimable  boon  to 
me. 

'Almost  immediately  after  begin- 
ning its  use,  I  found  a  gratifying 
change  in  my  condition.  The  terrible 
weakness  that  formerly  prostrated  me 
after  a  few  hours  of  work,  was  per- 
ceptibly lessened  by  a  few  days  use 
of  Grape-Nuts  and  is  now  only  a  mem- 
ory— it   never   returns. 

"Ten  days  after  beginning  it  I  ex- 
perienced a  wonderful  increase  in 
mental  vigor  and  physical  energy,  and 
continued  use  has  entirely  freed  me 
from  the  miserable  insomnia  and  nerv- 
ousness from  which  I  used  to  suffer 
so  much. 

"I  find  Grape-Nuts  very  palatable 
and  would  not  be  without  the  crisp, 
delicious  food  for  even  a  day  on  any 
consideration.  Indeed,  I  always  carry 
it  with  me  on  my  lecture  tours." 

There's  a  reason. 

Read  the  little  book,  "The  Road  to 
Wcllville,"  in  each  pkg. 


October  19,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


1355 


The  Preacher  and  His  Early  Dead-Line  Problem 


The  following  is  a  fair  statement 
of  the  prevalent  feeling  regarding  the 
preacher's    early    dead-line : 

"His  period  of  usefulness  and  fair 
remuneration  is  limited  to  twenty 
years.  Men  in  law  and  medicine  are 
at  their  prime  at  fifty,  and  age  adds  to 
their  value.  Not  all  men  have  sufficient 
faith  for  sacrifice  of  this  kind." 

The  man  who  penned  this  has,  I 
imagine,  been  active  in  the  ministry 
for  thirty  years  or  more,  and  is,  and 
promises  for  years  to  be,  the  greatest 
pulpit  power  in  his  town. 

Is  not  this  early  dead-line  for  the 
most  part  a  bug-bear?  A  list  of  the 
aged  men  among  us  who  are  still 
preaching  vigorously  and  with  great 
acceptance  would  surprise  and  reassure 
our  younger  men  and  our  devout  boys. 
Though  my  acquaintance  is  limited  I 
can  think  of  many  gray-haired  men 
among  us  whose  service  has  been  life- 
long and  who  are  holding  their  places 
as  effectually  as  gray-haired  bankers 
and  doctors  and  lawyers  and  mer- 
chants. Furthermore,  I  do  not  for  a 
moment  imagine  my  experience  to  be 
exceptional  when  I  say  that  many  of 
the  best  sermons  I  have  ever  heard 
have  been  from  men  in  their  fifties  and 
sixties  and  seventies. 

This  must  be  taken  into  the  account : 
Preachers  are,  as  a  class,  the  longest 
lived  of  professional  men.  This  is  due 
to  their  moral  and  intellectual  and 
spiritual  ways  of  living.  It  is  there- 
fore a  glory  to  them  that  more  of 
them,  proportionately,  than  of  other 
classes,  should  linger  with  us  beyond 
the  years  of  highest  usefulness. 

And  this  also  should  be  considered : 
Preachers,  by  virtue  of  their  public 
position,  are  more  conspicuous  than 
men  in  many  another  calling.  When 
they  do  go  onto  the  shelf  their  retire- 
ment is  the  more  noteworthy  because 
of  its  publicity.  This  causes  the  min- 
isterial dead-line  to  appear  relatively 
more  dreadful  than  it  really  is. 

Again :  There  is  an  occasional  in- 
considerate and  sentimental  exagger- 
ation of  the  matter.  Recently  in  one 
of  our  conventions  the  statement  was 
publicly  made  that  a  certain  preacher 
was  rejected  by  a  congregation  be- 
cause he  had  reached  the  old  age  of 
forty;  and  another  was  rejected  be- 
cause he  was  thirty-five !  Such  state- 
ments are  ridiculous.  If  they  could  be 
shown  to  be  true  their  logical  conclu- 
sion would  be  Oslerism  rather  than 
ministerial  relief.  A  man  can  be  re- 
jected at  thirty-five  or  forty  only  os- 
tensibly because  of  his  age.  The  real 
cause  is  something  else. 

That  some  men  in  the  ministry 
reach  an  early  dead-line  is  not  to  be  de- 


By  W.  J.  Lhamon 

nied.  But  that  the  causes  are  inherent 
in  the  calling  may  be  denied.  They 
are  rather  personal  and  incidental. 
Many  a  man  enters  the  ministry  with 
limited  special  preparation,  or  none  at 
all.  It  is  almost  inevitable  that  such 
men  shall  run  a  short  race.  On  the 
contrary,  doctors  and  lawyers  make 
thorough  preparation  for  their  pro- 
fessional careers. 

Again :  Some  preachers  allow  their 
energies  and  interests  to  be  divided. 
One  of  the  best  pulpit  and  platform 
men  I  ever  knew  spent  five  or  six  days 
each  week  on  his  farm.  He  was  nom- 
inally the  pastor  of  a  strong  church. 
He  continued  to  occupy  (scarcely  to 
fill)  his  pulpit  and  to  draw  his  salary 
till  the  church  could  stand  it  no  longer 
and  called  for  his  resignation.  Natur- 
ally they  wanted  a  younger  man.  The 
older  one  had  made  a  sinecure  of  their 
souls  in  favor  of  his  pigs  and  potatoes. 
That  man  is  now  practically  a  dead- 
line preacher,  I  should  say,  at  sixty 
or  sixty-five,  but  he  is  a  live-line  stock 
breeder.  He  made  his  choice.  His 
brethren  mournfully  accepted  it. 

Again :  There  is  perhaps  no  other 
calling  that  offers  equal  opportunities 
for  a  life  of  respectable  laziness.  Sad- 
ly enough  there  are  preachers  who, 
early  in  life,  discover  that  they  can 
easily  fill  up  an  hour  or  two  on  Sun- 
days with  some  sort  of  passable  talk ; 
who  thereupon  cease  to  study ;  who 
loaf  and  gossip  and  hunt  and  fish 
away  six-sevenths  of  their  time ;  who 
read  little  or  nothing  beyond  the  carnal 
dailies  and  Sunday  daubs ;  who  search 
the  Bible  only  for  new  text-pegs  to 
hang  their  old  sermons  on ;  who  never 
whet  their  wits  on  a  serious  book,  or 
kindle  their  devotion  by  the  prayerful 
study  of  an  ancient  apostolic  or  mod- 
ern missionary  pentecost.  Such  men 
literally  rust  themselves  into  an  early 
dead-line.  There  is  nothing  like  hard 
work,  determined  effort,  constant  and 
profound  study,  for  the  preservation 
of  high  vitalit}r  and  youthful  vigor. 
Too  often  the  early  dead-line  is  simply 
the  sluggard's  little  race  quickly  run. 

Again:  It  should  not  be  forgotten 
that  many  men  enter  the  race  course 
in  eA-ery  department  of  it  with  feeble 
capacity  and  limited  vitality.  They 
run  well  for  a  few  years  only.  Waste 
and  repair  are  not  properly  balanced 
in  them.  Some  are  old  men  at  forty, 
others  are  boys  at  sixty.  Why  should 
the  ministry  as  a  calling  be  blamed  for 
those  who  by  nature  age  prematurely  ? 

Again :  It  has  been  fairly  shown  by 
careful  scientific  processes  that  nico- 
tinized  nerves  and  brain  cells  can  not 


hold  up  so  long  and  work  so  well  as 
nerves  and  cells  that  are  purely  nour- 
ished and  perfectly  normal.  The  to- 
bacco habit  is  an  enemy  to  a  youthful 
and  useful  old  age. 

I  dare  to  venture  upon  the  following 
conclusion  :  Given — by  nature,  vitality 
and  good  health  ;  by  grace  and  deter- 
mination, freedom  from  narcotics, lazi- 
ness and  side-issues ;  by  Providence,  a 
good  education ;  by  habit  and  inclina- 
tion, hard  work;  by  the  Holy  Spirit, 
unction  —  given  all  this,  and  the 
preacher  stands  a  better  chance  than 
other  professional  men  of  pushing  his 
live-line  up  till  his  "aching  eighties" 
lay  him — not  sadly  on  the  shelf — but 
sweetly  under  the  sod. 


All  hearts  grow  warmer  in  the  pres- 
ence 
Of  one  who,  seeking  not  his  own, 
Gives  freely,  for  the  love  of  giving, 
Nor  reaps  for  self  the  harvest  sown. 

— J  V  hit  tier. 

A  HILL  TALE 
A  Blunt  old  Colorado  Miner  on  Postum. 


A  clergyman  may  be  eloquent,  may 
use  the  choicest  language,  dressing 
his  earnest  desire  to  help  his  fellow- 
man  in  the  most  elevated,  chaste  and 
beautiful  language,  and  yet  not  touch 
the  hearts  of  his  hearers.  Another 
man,  having  little  education  and  no 
grace  of  speech  whatsoever,  may  tell 
his  message  in  the  common,  everyday 
vernacular  he  is  used  to,  and  the 
simple  faith  that  glows  within  him 
carries  quick  conviction  with  it.  Such 
a  man  writes  from  the  towering  peaks 
of  Colorado,  preaching  of  Postum : 

"I  had  drank  coffee  all  my  life  until 
it  about  killed  me,  when  I  concluded 
to  try  Postum,  and  in  a  short  time  I 
got  relief  for  the  terrible  misery  I  suf- 
fered from  coffee. 

"When  I  drank  coffee  I  bloated  up 
so  that  I  could  not  breathe  at  times ; 
my  nerves  were  so  shaky  that  I  could 
not  hold  myself  still. 

"But  thanks  to  Postum  I  am  all  well 
now  and  can  say  that  I  hope  to  re- 
main so. 

"I  was  very  much  disgusted  with  it 
the  first  time  I  tried  it,  but  had  it 
made  stronger  and  boiled  longer  till 
it  tasted  as  good  as  good  coffee." 

No  amount  of  rhetorical  frills  and 
literary  polish  could  add  to  the  con- 
vincing power  of  the  old  miner's  testi- 
mony. Name  given  by  the  Postum 
Co.,  Battle  Creek.   Mich. 

There's  a  reason. 

Look  in  each  package  for  the  fa- 
mous little  book,  "The  Road  to  Well- 
ville." 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


October  19,  1905 


The  Evangelistic  Campaign  in  Greater  Kansas  City 


In  harmony  with  the  spirit  of  evangelism 
so  prevalent  among  the  Disciples  of  Christ, 
the  Christian  churches  of  the  twin  Kansas 
Cities  on  either  side  of  the  Missouri-Kansas 
line  have  planned  for  simultaneous  revival 
meetings,  to  begin  October  22.  Fifteen 
congregations  will  then  be  working  and 
praying  together  for  the  salvation  of  souls ; 
and  in  even-  part  of  the  two  cities  the 
sound  of  the  gospel  will  be  heard  from 
night  to  night,  for  several  weeks.  One  of 
our  most  active  congregations,  the  Central, 
of  Kansas  City.  Kansas,  will  be  unable  to 
join  us  in  this  crusade,  as  they  are  building 
a  new  house  of  worship,  and  will  not  have 
it  far  enough  along  to  occupy,  while  they 
cannot  use  the  hall  where  they  now  meet 
except  on  Sunday.  But  they  will  be  ready 
to  follow  us  a  little  later,  and  the  spirit 
of  our  united  evangelism  will  not  be  lost 
in  their  meeting.  The  Independence  Boul- 
evard Church,  which  was  dedicated  on 
September  17,  has  been  in  a  successful  meet- 


0.   N.  ROTH, 
Argentine,  Kan. 

ing  since  that  date,  which  will  doubtless 
continue  till  after  the  others  begin,  so  we 
count  them  as  belonging  to  our  simulta- 
eous  movement. 

The  plan  of  our  meeting  is  more  simple 
than  in  some  other  places  where  like  re- 
vivals are  being  held.  While  we  have  a 
central  committee,  which  has  served  the 
churches  in  securing  evangelists  and  sing- 
ers, and  will  do  something  in  the  way  of 
joint  advertising,  yet  each  church  and  pas- 
tor has  been  left  in  complete  control  and 
direction  of  their  own  meeting,  and  each 
pays  its  own  expenses,  save  in  the  case 
of  our  colored  brethren,  where  some  aid 
is  rendered.  We  will  endeavor  to  use  the 
same  methods,  for  the  most  part,  in  ad- 
vertising the  various  meetings,  and  will 
have  a  union  meeting,  for  prayer,  confer- 
ence and  reports,  every  Monday  morning, 
at  the  First  Church. 

Together  with  the  effort  to  bring  sinners 
to  Christ,  we  shall  use  all  proper  means 
to  seek  out  and  persuade  to  unite  with  our 
various  congregations,  the  many  Disciples 
of  our  Lord  who  are  now  living  in  our  city 
without  enjoying  the  fellowship  of  his  peo- 
ple. From  a  canvass  made  by  our  churches 
a  few  years  ago,  we  believe  the  unaffiliated 
Disciples  in  this  city  to  number  not  less 
than  2,500.  If  these  can  be  induced  to  take 
tbeir  place  with  the  people  of  God,  it  will 
make  the  meetings  memorable  in  the  his- 
tory of  our  cause  here.  We  expect  to  reach 
many  who  have  never  heard  our  simple 
plea  for  New  Testament  Christianity,  and 
who  need  but  to  see  its  scripturalness  and 


By  W.  F.  Richardson 

beauty  to  be  won  to  its  acceptance.  We 
ask  the  prayers  of  the  children  of  God 
everywhere,  that  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ 
may  be  exalted,  and  his  kingdom  greatly 
extended,  by  our  united  labors. 

THE  CHURCHES  AND  MEN  ENGAGED  IN 
THE  CAMPAIGN. 

Kansas  City  stands  at  the  open  door  of 
the  great  west,  and  there  are  men  yet  liv- 


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GEORGE  H.   COMBS. 

ing  who  saw  its  beginnings,  as  a  rude 
frontier  hamlet,  at  the  eastern  end  of  the 
old  Santa  Fe  Trail.  From  this  point  the 
emigrant  trains  started  across  the  Great 
Desert,  bound  for  California,  or  bearing 
on  their  "prairie  schooners"  the  significant 
legend,  "Pike's  Peak  or  Bust !"  It  is  said 
by  the  older  settlers  that  many  of  these 
primitive  vehicles  returned,  after  a  year  or 
two,  bearing  on  their  torn  and  dirty  canvas 


L.  P.  KOPP. 

sides  a  most  impressive  but  profane  state- 
ment of  the  "busted"  outcome  of  their  pil- 
grimage. Three  hundred  thousand  human 
souls  now  find  a  dwelling  place  at  the 
mouth  of  the  Kaw,  or  Kansas,  River,  and 
a  network  of  railroads  leads  out  to  everv 


point  of  the  compass.  Our  city  is  widely 
known  as  one  of  the  most  enterprising  and 
rapidly  growing  of  American  cities.  Lying 
almost  at  the  meeting  point  of  the  four  great 
states  of  Missouri,  Iowa,  Nebraska  and 
Kansas,  the  effect  of  aggressive  work  for 
Christ  in  this  city  is  certain  to  tell  upon 
the  smaller  communities  of  these  common- 
wealths. 

The  first  Christian  church  in  Kansas  City 
was  organized  about  the  year  1855,  by  Elder 
Francis  R.  Palmer,  then  a  resident  of  In- 
dependence, Mo.  Its  first  meetings  were 
in  a  log  school  house,  from  which  the  meet- 
ings were  moved  to  the  city  hall,  when  that 
structure  was  built,  and  here  the  church 
worshiped  for  several  years.  In  1859  the 
first  house  of  worship  was  erected  at  the 
corner  of  12th  and  Main,  Bro.  T  P.  Haley, 
then  a  young  preacher  of  unusual  promise 
and  power,  preaching  the  dedicatory  ser- 
mon, and  following  with  a  "protracted" 
meeting,  as  our  people  were  wont  then  to 
call  them.  His  brother,  Henry  H.  Haley, 
became  its  pastor,  and  served  the  church 
faithfully  until  the  spring  of  1862,  when  he 


R.  0.  YOUTZ. 

was  compelled  to  abandon  the  field  on  ac- 
count of  the  border  disturbances  of  the 
civil  war.  He  returned  in  1866,  and  re- 
mained until  the  fall  of  1870,  greatly 
strengthening  the  church  by  his  able  min- 
istry and  godly  life.  During  the  war  the 
church  was  ministered  to  irregularly  by 
various  visiting  preachers,  mostly  chaplains 
in  the  army.  Later  pastors  were:  J.  W. 
Mountjoy,  G.  W.  Longan,  Alexander  Proc- 
ter and  J.  Z.  Taylor.  In  the  fall  of  1881, 
T.  P.  Haley  was  called  to  the  pastorate, 
and  for  thirteen  years  led  the  church  in  a 
most  aggressive  and  successful  work.  The 
present  house  of  worship  was  built  early 
in  his  ministry,  and  missions  began  to  be 
established  in  divers  parts  of  the  city,  which 
have  grown  into  strong  churches.  He  re- 
signed in  the  summer  of  1894,  and  was 
succeeded  by  the  present  pastor,  W.  F. 
Richardson.  During  the  present  pastorate 
the  house  of  worship  has  been  remodeled, 
and  the  growth  of  the  congregation,  while 
not  so  rapid  as  in  former  years,  steadily 
maintained.  The  church  is  now  surrounded 
by  business,  and  has  become  a  "down- 
town" church,  whose  work  must  be  largely 
done  among  the  transient  classes.  During 
the  last  ten  years  it  has  dismissed  hundreds 
of  members  to  the  new  churches  that  have 
been  established  in  the  residence  parts  of 
the  city.  Brother  Hugh  McLellan,  of  Rich- 
mond, Ky.,  evangelist,  and  L.  G.  Sprague, 
of  California,  Mo.,  will  assist  in  the  meet- 
ings with  this  church. 

The  largest  congregation  in  the  city  is 
the  Independence  Boulevard,  formerly  Sixth 
and  Prospect,  of  which  Bro.  G.  H.  Combs 


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HMD     S-OWE     HELPE-RS     IN     SIMULTHNEOUS     CHMPHIGN. 
I.  T.    P.    Haley;    2.  W.    F.    Richardson;    3.  J-    J-    Morgan;   4.  W    R    M  ■   Barnett ;   5-  L.   S.  Cupp:  6    \.   L.   Lindsey :    7- 
A   C   Finch;  8.  S.  W   Scott;  9.  P.  L.  Bowen;  10.  Geo.  L.  Peters,  Mound  City    Mo  ;  11.  B.  L.  Wray;  12.  S.  W .  Na>  ,  13.  L.  G. 
Sprague,  California,  Mo.;  14.  W.  0.  Thomas;    15.  Independence    Boulevard    Church;  16.  First  Church. 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


October  19.  1905 


is  pastor.  They  have  a  membership  of  over 
1.500.  and  have  just  dedicated  their  new 
se  of  worship,  at  a  cost  of  $125,000.  Not 
a  cent  of  debt  rests  on  the  building,  and 
on  dedication  day  six  thousand  dolllars  was 
d  for  missions.  Bros.  R.  A.  Long  and 
D.  O.  S  -    names  are  known  every- 

where for  their  zeal  and  generosity,  have 
been  from  the  beginning  leaders  in  the  work 
of  this  church,  which  started  as  a  mission 
from  the  First.  It  has  had  but  two  pastors, 
the  lamented  and  honored  John  A.  Brooks, 
and  the  present  beloved  minister,  who  has 
been  thirteen  years  with  them.  Scoville  and 
Smith  are  now  in  a  meeting  with  this 
church,  and  already  nearly  two  hundred 
have  been  added  to  their  membership. 

The  first  mission  to  be  established  in 
Kansas  City  was  that  which  has  grown  into 
the  West  Side  Church,  at  20th  and  Penn. 
While  this  has  never  attained  to  very  great 
strength,  owing  to  the  nature  of  the  field 
about  it.  yet  the  work  done  has  been  one  of 
the  most  faithful  in  our  city.  The  Sunday 
school  has  always  been  flourishing,  and 
thousands  of  lives  have  been  blessed  through 
the  work  of  the  faithful  band  there.  Strug- 
gling with  adversity  and  debt,  the  church 
never  faltered  in  its  endeavors,  and  they 
are  now  enjoying  their  reward.  With  debts 
all  paid,  and  a  good  preacher  leading  them 
forward,  they  are  hopeful  and  happy. 
Among  their  pastors  the  better  known  have 
been  'E.  S.  Muckley,  E.  W.  Thornton, 
B.  M.  Easter,  and  the  present  pastor,  W.  O. 
Thomas.  Brother  Easter  died  suddenly  in 
the  very  midst  of  his  successful  work  with 
this  church,  in  April,  1903,  on  the  very  eve 
of  the  jubilee  service  appointed  to  cele- 
brate the  payment  of  their  church  debt, 
which  he  had  done  so  much  to  secure. 
Brother  Thomas  will  probably  do  his  own 
preaching  in  their  meeting. 

The  Forrest  Avenue  Church  is  best  known 
in  connection  with  the  long  pastorate  of 
A.  W.  Kakendoffer,  who  labored  success- 
fully with  that  people  for  ten  years,  leav- 
ing them  for  his  present  pastorate  in  Mex- 
ico, Mo.  J.  H.  Hughes  was  the  first  min- 
ister, and  following  Brother  Kokendoffer 
have  been  J.  P.  Pinkerton,  Harold  Bell 
Wright,  and  the  present  pastor,  H.  M.  Bar- 
rett, who  has  just  come  from  a  fruitful 
ministry  in  Wellington,  Kan.,  to  lead  this 
people  forward  to  greater  victories.  Brother 
Barnett  is  a  graduate  of  Eureka  College 
in  the  class  of  1896,  and  has  held  pastorates 
in  Sheldon  and  Rantoul,  111.,  before  go- 
ing to  Kansas.  He  will  do  his  own  preach- 
ing in  the  meeting,  and  has  a  fine  chorus 
choir  to  assist.  This  church  is  situated 
very  much  as  is  the  First  Church,  and  is 
doing  a  good  work  for  a  multitude  of  young 
people  in  the  boarding  houses  around  it. 

The  South  Side  Church,  formerly  known 
as  Springfield  Avenue,  was  next  in  order 
of  time  to  Forrest  Avenue,  and  sprang, 
like  the  others,  from  a  mission  Sunday 
school.  Under  the  pastorate  of  H.  S.  Gil- 
liam a  house  of  worship  was  built  at  Thirty- 
first  and  Charlotte.  W.  R.  Jinnett  succeeded 
him,  and  served  a  year  or  two,  when  the 
church  was  without  a  pastor  for  a  time. 
Bro.  T.  P.  Haley,  who  had  been  resting 
from  active  work  for  several  years, 
was  induced  to  become  their  pastor 
and  under  his  ministry  the  church  has 
greatly  prospered,  having  now  three  or 
four  hundred  members,  and  having  on 
October  8  entered  into  the  handsome  base- 
ment of  their  new  church  building  on  Lin- 
wood  boulevard.  When  completed,  this  will 
be  one  of  the  best  churches  in  our  city,  and 
the  field  in  which  its  work  lies  is  second 
to  none  in  importance  and  possibilities.. 
Brother  Haley  preaches  with  all  his  wonted 


force  and  eloquence,  and  holds  a  place  of 
peculiar  regard  in  the  hearts  of  all  our  peo- 
ple here. 

The  South  Prospect  Church,  of  which 
J.  J.  Morgan  is  pastor,  has  enjoyed  the  la- 
bors of  a  number  of  brilliant  young  men, 
among  whom  we  recall  the  names  of  Chas. 
A.  Young.  F.  N.  Calvin,  Eugene  Brooks, 
A.  B.  Phillips,  W.  S.  Priest  and  E.  W. 
Thornton.  Perhaps  we  ought  to  class 
Bros.  O.  P.  Shrout  and  Morgan  with  the 
young  men,  likewise,  for  they  show  no  sign 
of  age  except  as  maturity  of  thought  and 
ripeness  of  judgment  may  be  supposed  to 
argue  additional  years.  Under  all  these  men 
the  church  prospered,  and  it  is  now  one  of 
the  prominent  centers  of  our  work  in  this 
city.  Brother  Morgan  came  to  them  from 
Woodland,  Cal.,  a  few  years  ago,  among 
his  preceding  pastorates  being  Warrensburg, 
Mo.,  and  Covington,  Ky.  He  is  a  very  fine 
sermonizer,  a  faithful  and  wise  pastor,  and 
much  loved  by  his  people.  Bro.  Arthur  N. 
Lindsay,  of  New  Franklin,  Mo.,  will  help 
Brother  Morgan  in  his  meeting. 

The  Hyde  Park  Church  is  lineal  suc- 
cessor to  the  old  Westport  Church,  which 
antedates  even  the  First  Church  of  this 
ctiy.  Originally  it  was  practically  a  coun- 
try church,  its  membership  being  chiefly 
farmers  living  around  about  the  then  vil- 
lage of  Westport.  A  small  brick  building 
was  early  erected,  which  was  occupied  by 
the  church  until  the  completion  of  its  pres- 
ent elegant  structure,  which  has  become  so 
well  known  by  reason  of  the  labors  of  Bro. 
R.  H.  Fife  in  its  construction.  Meanwhile 
Westport  had  been  incorporated  into  Kan- 
sas City,  and  the  name  of  the  congrega- 
tion changed  to  correspond  with  the  beau- 
tiful district  of  our  city  in  which  it  is  situ- 
ated. Many  ministers  have  given  faithful 
service  in  this  place,  but  the  real  progress 
began  when  R.  H.  Fife  came  from  West- 
port  three  or  four  years  ago.  Under  his 
vigorous  leadership,  a  handsome  new 
church  was  erected  and  the  membership 
largely  increased.  He  resigned  the  work 
there  to  take  up  evangelistic  work,  in  which 
he  is  becoming  widely  and  favorably  known. 
Bro.  L.  S.  Cupp,  for  four  years  past  pastor 
at  Platte  City,  has  just  entered  on  his  la- 
bors with  his  church,  and  will  start  off  by 
holding  his  own  meeting,  in  which  he  will 
have  the  hearty  co-operation  of  his  people. 

About  eight  years  ago  Bro.  F.  L.  Bowen 
was  called  to  the  work  of  city  missionary, 
under  the  direction  of  our  joint  board.  He 
and  his  consecrated  wife  have  done  a  won- 
derful work  during  these  years,  but  have 
wrought  beyond  their  strength,  and  are  both 
suffering  the  penalty  in  their  impaired 
health,  which  is  a  great  grief  to  all  the  Dis- 
ciples in  Kansas  City.  We  are  praying  and 
hoping  that  their  recovery  may  be  speedy 
and  complete.  As  the  direct  result  of  their 
labors,  we  have  now  three  more  good 
churches  in  our  city.  The  Jackson  Avenue 
Church,  which  Brother  Bowen  is  now  serv- 
ing as  pastor,  has  had  a  phenomenal  growth 
and  numbers  four  hundred  members,  with 
a  fine,  church  building,  and  every  depart- 
ment of  work  in  splendid  condition.  Bro. 
George  L.  Peters,  of  Mound  City,  Mo.,  will 
aid  Brother  Bowen  in  their  revival. 

Ivanhoe  Church  grew  under  the  care  of 
Brother  Bowen  until  it  demanded  the  la- 
bors of  a  pastor  for  all  his  time.  Bro.  Fred 
Nichols  ministered  to  them  until  he  re- 
turned to  Eureka  College  to  complete  his 
course,  when  Bro.  L.  P.  Kopp  was  called 
from  Danville,  111.,  and  is  giving  them 
faithful  and  atile  service.  The  church  is 
growing,  and  is  destined  to  become  much 
Stronger,  with  the  rapid  growth  of  that 
quarter  of  the  city.  Brother  Kopp  will 
preach  in  his  own  meeting,  but  will  have 
the  assistance  of  Bro.  Roy  Youtz,  of-Des 
Moines,  la.,  as  a  gospel  singer. 

Budd  Park  Church  had  a  similar  history 
to  the  Ivanhoe  and  Jackson  Avenue 
Churches.  Its  growth  soon  demanded 
more  time  than  could  be  given  to  it  by 
the  divided  labors  of  our  city  missionary, 


and  Bro.  E.  H.  Williamson,  of  Butler,  Mo., 
became  its  pastor.  A  true  man  of  God,  he 
gave  it  a  year  or  more  of  diligent  service, 
when  he  resigned  to  accept  a  call  to  Bruns- 
wick, Mo.,  and  Bro.  B.  L.  Wray  came  from 
a  successful  pastorate  at  Lanark,  III,  to 
succeed  him.  The  outlook  is  bright,  and 
the  church  hopeful.  Brother  Wray  will 
hold  his  own  meeting.  J 

By  the  zeal  and  consecration  of  a  young 
woman.  Miss  Lowe,  now  Mrs.  T.  A.  Ab- 
bott, a  mission  Sunday  school  was  main- 
tained for  some  time  in  Sheffield,  a  manu- 
facturing suburb  of  the  city,  which  finally 
grew  into  a  church.  A  good  house  of  wor- 
ship has  been  erected  and  paid  for,  and  Bro. 
Arthur  Stout  has  been  serving  them  as 
pastor  for  several  months.  He  is  to  ue  as- 
sisted in  the  meeting  by.  Bro.  H.  G.  Bennett, 
of  Jefferson  City,  and  it  is  believed  that  the 
church  will  be  greatly  built  up  thereby. 

In  Kansas  City,  Kan.,  four  churches  will 
co-operate  in  these  meetings.  We  have  al- 
ready referred  to  the  Central  Church,  of 
which  Bro.  S.  W.  Nay  is  pastor,  and  stated 
the  reason  for  their  postponement  of  the 
special  evangelistic  effort.  This  church  has 
had  a  checkered  career,  the  unfortunate 
parts  of  which  have  been  due  to  unworthy 
preachers.  At  one  time  they  owned  a  good 
house  of  worship,  but  lost  it  a  few  years 
ago.  They  are  now  erecting  a  good  build- 
ing, in  a  choice  locality,  and  are  full  of 
hope  and  courage,  under  the  splendid  lead- 
ership of  Brother  Nay,  who  came  from  a 
very  successful  work  at  Leavenworth,  Kan. 
Among  the  good  and  true  men  who  have 
ministered  to  them  in  the  past  we  recall 
the  names  of  J.  M.  Kersey,  B.  Q.  Denham, 
R.  H.  Fife,  W.  O.  Thomas. 

The  First  Church  of  Kansas  City,  Kan., 
usually  known  as  Armourdale,  grew  out  of 
a  mission  Sunday  school  started  years  ago 
under  the  leadership  of  Bro.  T.  S.  Ridge,  a 
young  business  man  of  the  First  Church  in 
this  city.  A  house  of  worship  was  erected, 
a  pastor  engaged,  and  the  work  steadily 
grew,  until  the  awful  flood  of  1903,  when 
the  building  was  badly  damaged,  and  the 
congregation  scattered,  by  the  destruction 
of  their  homes.  The  house  was  put  in  or- 
der by  the  brethren  of  our  churches  here, 
and  they  have  slowly  recovered  from  that 
calamity,  until  the  church  is  now  begin- 
ning to  resume  its  former  strength.  Bro. 
A.  C.  Finch  is  the  present  pastor,  and  has 
done  a  most  excellent  work  with  this  faith- 
ful people.  He  will  hold  his  own  meeting, 
unless  he  can  secure  the  aid  of  a  brother 
with  whom  he  is  now  corresponding. 

Argentine,  Kan.,  is  a  thriving  suburb  of 
this  city,  which,  however,  has  received  a 
severe  blow  by  the  removal  from  it  of  the 
extensive  smelting  plant  which  furnished  so 
many  men  employment.  But  its  railroad 
interests  ensure  its  continued  growth.  Bro. 
O.  N.  Roth,  a  graduate  of  Kentucky  Uni- 
versity and  Bible  College  in  the  class  of 
1904,  is  doing  a  good  work  as  pastor.  He 
will  conduct  his  own  meeting.  They  have 
a  good  church  building,  favorably  located. 

We  understand  that  the  North  Side 
Church,  of  Kansas  City,  Kan.,  of  which  Bro. 
C.  P.  Smith  is  pastor,  expects  to  hold  re- 
vival services  during  November,  with  Bro. 
L.  L.  Carpenter  as  the  preacher,  which  en- 
sures a  fine  meeting.  Brother  Carpenter 
dedicated  their  new  basement  on  October  8, 
and  the  buiding,  when  completed,  will  be 
handsome  and  commodious. 

One  of  our  colored  churches,  that  at 
Twenty-first  and  Summitt,  of  which  Bro. 
S.  W.  Scott  is  pastor,  joins  in  the  simul- 
taneous meetings.  Brother  Scott  will  be 
assisted  by  one  of  his  brethren  from  Kan- 
sas City,  Kan.,  Brother  Scott  is  doing  an 
excellent  work  among  his  people  here,  and 
his  church  is  slowly  but  steadily  growing. 

All  our  churches  in  Kansas  City  are  com- 
fortably housed,  or  are  just  completing 
their  buildings.  Nearly  all  are  out  of  debt, 
and  the  buildings  erected  are  usually  the 
result  of  co-operation  between  our  various 
congregations,  through  the  agency  of  our 
joint  board.  We  are  hoping  and  praying 
for  a  great  ingathering  during  the  coming 
revival. 


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Our   Budget. 


Special  telegram  to  the  Christian-Evangelist. 

— Conneksville,  Ind.,  October  16. — Dedi- 
cated new  church  yesterday;  cost  $40,000; 
all  the  debt,  $16,000,  raised;  great  rejoicing. 
F.  M.  Rains  gave  the  address. 

Jas.  C.  Burkhardt,  Pastor. 

Special  telegram  to  the  Christian-Evangelist. 

— Mannington,  W.  Va.,  October  16. — 
Dedicated  new  church  yesterday;  $14,000 
building  cleared  of  debt  in  thirty  minutes; 
President  Cramblet  dedicated  church  and 
parsonage  with  lot  worth  $18,000;  all  ac- 
quired in  two  years. 

Clarence  Mitchell. 

— C.  J.  Kindred's  work  at  Englewood, 
Chicago,  continues  to  prosper. 

— J.  W.  Loudermilk  is  in  a  meeting  at 
Excelsior,  Ark.,  with  six  additions  at  last 
report. 

— T.  L.  Read  has  succeeded  R.  L.  Wilson, 
now  of  Old  Orchard,  St.  Louis,  at  South 
Chicago. 

— Thomas  Wallace,  minister  at  Mt.  Ayr, 
la.,  reports  $50  offering  for  missions  re- 
cently and  the  work  moving  on  success- 
fully. 

—At  Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  where  H.  H. 
Halley  is  the  faithful  pastor,  a  fifteen 
thousand  dollar  property  has  just  been  dedi- 
cated. 

—The  church  at  Bethany,  111.,  S.  E.  Sines, 
minister,  was  rededicated  October  15, 
J.  Fred  Jones,  of  Bloomington,  having 
charge  of  the  services. 

— Notwithstanding  W.  H.  Trainum  is 
giving  much  time  to  his  studies  at  North- 
western University,  the  church  at  Waukegan 
is  gaining  under  his  ministry. 

— J.  Frank  Green  has  had  his  salary  in- 
creased by  an  appreciative  congregation 
at  Mt.  Pleasant,  Mich.,  where  a  fine  "union 
meeting"  has  just  been  held. 

— Dr.  Macklin  has  made  use  of  every  op- 
portunity, while  in  this  country,  to  perfect 
his  surgical  knowledge.  He  has  just  been 
attending  the  clinics   at   Chicago  hospitals. 

— Thomas  Martin,  Sandy  Lake,  Pa.,  is 
in  a  short  meeting  at  Shamburg,  and  will 
be  ready  about  November  12  to  hold  meet- 
ings wherever  needed.  Address  ■  him  as 
above. 

— Miss  Pearl  Denham,  for  some  time 
C.  R.  Scoville's  assistant  at  the  Metropolitan 
Church,  Chicago,  is  now  BrO.  H.  O.  Breed- 
en's  assistant  at  the  Central  Church,  Des 
moines. 

— The  Foreign  Society  is  taking  steps  to 
greatly  enlarge  the  work  in  Norway.  More 
attention  will  be  given  to  the  education  of 
evangelists.  The  preaching  force  will  be 
doubled. 

— C.  H.  DeVoe  is  in  a  meeting  at  Wilkes- 
barre,  Pa.,  assisting  the  pastor,  E.  E.  Cow- 
perthwaite,  whom  he  mentions  as  "a  splen- 
did yoke-fellow."  There  have  been  five 
additions  to  date. 

— Last  week  the  Foreign  Society  re- 
ceived a  direct  personal  gift  of  $2,500.  This 
is  a  good  start  on  the  new  missionary  year. 
Enough  of  these  will  ensure  $300,000  by 
September  30,  1906. 

— All  over  the  country,  and  especially  in 
the  cities,  the  churches  are  girding  them- 
selves for  a  forward  movement.  This  is 
as  it  should  be,  and  we  anticipate  the  lar- 
gest and  most  cheering  results. 

— Bruce  Brown,  of  Mansfield,  O.,  and 
R.  Bruce  Brown,  of  Yale,  Mich.,  are  differ- 
ent persons  and  no  relation.    Bruce  Brown, 


of  Mansfield,  O.,  is  not  soliciting  mon<  y 
outside  of  his  own  congregation  for  any 
purpose  whatever. 

— The  Board  of  Church  Extension  has 
just  issued  annuity  bonds  Nos.  145  and  146 
for  $1,000  and  $100,  respectively.  Others 
should  be  sending  annuity  money  to  help 
reach  the  million  dollars  which  we  want  to 
get  by  our  centennial  in  1900. 

— Laura  B.  Van  Deusen  began  work  with 
the  church  at  West  Point,  111.,  September 
25.  She  reports  that  the  parsonage  has  been 
visited  by  a  large  company  of  brethren  and 
sisters  who  left  it  well  stocked  with  eata- 
bles.    The  outlook  is  encouraging. 

— Our  new  church  building  at  Sherman, 
Tex.,  will  be  formally  opened  October  22. 
M.  M.  Davis,  of  Dallas,  will  deliver  the  ser- 
mon and  Leonard  Dougherty,  of  Louisville. 
Ky.,  will  have  charge  of  the  music.  The 
cost  of  the  building  will  be  about  $18,000. 

—The  Christian-Evangelist  gives  its 
readers  this  week  some  account  of  the 
simultaneous  evangelistic  campaign  in 
greater  Kansas  City,  with  illustrations  of 
preachers  and  churches,  and  our  hearty 
wishes  for  the  success  of  their  united  ef- 
forts. 

—The  church  at  Milwaukee,  which  C.  M. 
Kreidler  has  left  to  take  charge  of  the  work 
at  Twenty-fifth  Street,  Baltimore,  has  a 
membership  of  about  400.  There  were  85 
additions  during  the  past  year.  In  Brother 
Kreidler's  five  years'  ministry  400  were 
added. 

— W.  M.  Taylor  reports  that  he  and  his 
wife  have  arrived  safely  at  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah,  and  are  gaining  an  insight  into  the 
work  in  that  city.  The  brethren  throughout 
the  country  will  be  interested  to  learn  of 
the  success  of  his  work  in  the  capital  of 
Mormonism. 

— W.  T.  Clarkson,  formerly  pastor  of  the 
Northside  Church,  Lawrence,  Kan.,  has  en- 
tered the  Kansas  State  University  and  will 
get  his  degree  next  June,  after  which  he  ex- 
pects to  enter  one  of  the  larger  eastern 
universities  for  advanced  work,  leading  to 
the  degree  of  Ph.  D. 

— The  work  on  the  new  church  building 
at  Blue  Mound,  111.,  is  progressing  nicely. 
When  finished  the  building  will  be  one  of 
the  best  in  Central  Illinois.  The  parsonage 
has  also  been  enlarged  and  repainted  at  a 
cost  of  about  $500,  and  the  minister,  W.  H. 
Harding,  has  moved  into  it. 

—The  name  of  W.  G.  Surber,  of  Mober- 
ly,  Mo.,  was  somehow  omitted  from  the  re- 
port of  the  splendid  Audrain  county  meet- 
ing given  in  the  last  issue  of  The  Budget. 
His  sermon  on  "Christianity  an  Absolute 
Necessity"  was  ably  presented  and  contrib- 
uted to  the  success  of  the  meeting. 

— One  thing,  however,  we  beg  our  breth- 
ren everywhere  to  remember,  and  that  is 
that  Christianity  no  more  needs  spreading 
abroad,  over  a  wider  field,  than  it  needs 
deepening  in  the  faith,  convictions,  and  lives 
of  those  who  profess  it.  Let  the  deepening 
and  the  widening  go  on  together. 

— A  Christian  church  of  fifteen  members 
was  organized  in  Miami,  Fla.,  on  October 
8.  A.  M.  Chisholm,  state  evangelist,  re- 
ports that  everything  indicates  that  a  strong 
church  will  be' built  up  before  long  in  that 
part  of  the  state.  Miami  is  a  growing  city, 
at  the  southern  terminus  of  the  East  Coast 
railway. 

— J.  B.  Hundley  resigned  his  work  at 
Bloomfield,  Ky.,  Sept.  1.  He  visited  his  home 
in  Virginia,  and  conducted  a  protracted 
meeting  at  Calhoun  Street  Church,  Balti- 
more, Md.,  which  closed  Oct.  1.  He  returned 
to  Kentucky  via  Norfolk,  Va.,  where  he 
spent  two  days  in  the  state  convention.  He 


will   engage   in   work   at   Canon   City, 
where  he  begins  a  meeting  Oct.  15. 

— F.  T.  Porter,  secretary  of  the  Four- 
teenth District  of  Indiana,  reports  a 
vent  ion  of  the  churches  in  that  district 
with  the  Central  Church,  New  Albany,  Oc- 
tober 4  and  5,  with  a  strong  program  and 
good  result!.  The  district  is  moving  for- 
ward with  better  organization  toward  larger 
results. 

— Our  assistant  editor  left  the  city  on 
October  10  for  a  little  fishing  and  hunting 
trip  in  Minnesota,  where  he  was  joined  by 
his  father,  W.  T.  Moore,  who  has  not  yet 
lost  his  sporting  blood.  Muskallonge,  deer, 
and  smaller  game  are  hereby  warned  to  be 
on  their  guard !  We  wish  them  a  delight- 
ful vacation. 

— L.  L.  Carpenter  recently  dedicated  a 
new  and  beautiful  house  of  worship  for  the 
Disciples  of  Christ  at  Kalamazoo,  Mich., 
where  H.  H.  Halley  is  the  hard-working  and 
successful  pastor.  Brother  Carpenter  re- 
ports the  day  as  one  of  great  rejoicing,  and 
predicts  that  a  strong  church  will  be  built 
up  in  that  growing  city. 

— Every  Sunday  school  can  use  the  splen- 
did map  offered  by  the  Home  Missionary 
Society  free  of  cost  to  those  pledging  to 
observe  Boys'  and  Girls'  Rally  Day  for 
America  for  five  successive  years.  Send 
in  your  order  without  delay  to  Benj.  L. 
Smith,  corresponding  secretary,  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
building,    Cincinnati,    O. 

— The  program  of  the  State  Institute  of 
the  Indiana  Christian  Sunday  School  Asso- 
ciation to  be  held  at  Greenfield,  this  week, 
October  17-19,  should  have  been  printed  last 
week,  but  was  overlooked.  A  good  program 
has  been  arranged  and  a  splendid  conven- 
tion is  anticipated.  The  Editor  of  this 
paper  hopes  to  be  present. 

— James  Egbert  reports  that  the  brethren 
at  St.  Thomas,  Ont.,  are  giving  in  the  good 
old  apostolic  way,  and  that  in  consequence 
a  new  church  edifice  will  be  built  early  in 
the  spring.  The  college  has  just  opened 
with  a  fine  body  of  students.  He  says  also 
that  some  of  the  best  members  are  getting 
in  line  with  the  work  of  subscribing  to  The 
Christian-Evangelist. 

— Mrs.  Laura  B.  Thompson  and  little 
daughter,  Eleanor,  of  Denver,  wife  and 
child  of  Leonard  G.  Thompson,  correspond- 
ing secretary  of  Colorado,  were  among  the 
passengers  on  the  ill-fated  steamship  "St, 
Paul."  which  was  wrecked  near  Point  Gor- 
da,  Cal.,  on  the  night  of  October  4.  All 
the  passengers  and  crew  were  saved,  but  the 
ship  and  cargo  were  lost. 

— Dr.  Paul  Wakefield  and  wife,  of  Spring- 
field, 111.,  who  were  recently  appointed  mis- 
sionaries to  China  by  the  Foreign  Society 
to  go  out  September,  1906,  have  changed 
their  plans  and  will  depart  at  once.  They 
will  sail  on  the  good  ship  Siberia,  November 
4,  from  San  Francisco.  They  will  be  ac- 
companied by  Dr.  W.  E.  Macklin  and  fam- 
ily, who  are  returning  to  Nankin,  China. 

— R.  H.  Fife  reports  good  attendance  and 
interest  in  his  meeting  at  Little  Rock.  Ark. 
The  "Arkansas  Democrat."  of  that  city,  in 
an  editorial,  speaks  of  "at  least  two  religious 
meeting's"  going  on  in  that  city  at  which 
there  is  a  "large  attendance,"  and  says  that 
great  good  is  being  accomplished  by  them. 
One  of  these  is  a  union  meeting,  and  the 
other  is  that  conducted  by  Brother  Fife. 

— At  the  Disciples'  social  union  banquet 
in  Chicago,  college  presidents  were  the 
special  guests.  Professor  McClintock  ex- 
pressed the  hope  that  ere  long  there  would 
be  opposite  the  university  buildings  another 
noble  building  with  its  spires  to  the  sky 
to    express    the    interest    Disciples   have   in 


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"the  special  training  of  those  who  need 
the  most  training  in  all  the  world — the 
modern  ministers." 

— The  following  telegram  brings  good 
news  from  Canton,  Ohio:  "Twenty-three 
added  to-day.  making  230  in  thirteen  days. 
The  end  is  not  yet." — Welsheimer  and 
Kendall." 

— The  dedication  of  the  new  church 
building  at  Mexico.  Mo.,  has  been  fixed 
for  December  10.  F.  M.  Rains  and  J.  H. 
Garrison  are  to  assist  the  pastor,  A.  W. 
Kokendoffer.  in  the  service. 

— Homer  T.  Wilson  has  given  up  the  pas- 
torate of  the  church  in  San  Antonio,  Tex., 
and  is  now  in  the  evangelistic  field.  He  is 
at  present  in  a  good  meeting  at  Enid,  Okla. 
He  is  engaged  to  begin  a  meeting,  to  con- 
tinue two  weeks,  in  the  South  Broadway 
Church.  Denver,  Lord's  day  morning,  Oc- 
tober 29. 

— Win.  T.  Lockhart  has  resigned  his  work 
at  Ottumwa.  la.,  where  he  has  greatly  en- 
deared himself  to  the  people  and  where  his 
success  in  the  church  has  been  marked,  for 
the  purpose  of  engaging  in  evangelistic 
work  as  that  to  which  he  believes  God  has 
called  him.  He  goes  first  to  Connellsville, 
Pa.,  to  assist  in  the  "Century  Simultaneous 
Revival."  His  permanent  address  is  1508 
23rd  street,  Des  Moines,  la. 

— C.  R.  L.  Vawter,  of  Indianapolis,  Ind., 
has  just  closed  some  tent  meetings  in  Penn- 
sylvania. Besides  giving  part  of  his  time 
this  year  to  the  Meridian  Street  Church 
(Olive  Branch)  of  Indianapolis,  Brother 
Vawter  has  held  several  good  meetings,  re- 
ceiving 232  members  into  the  congregations 
in  his  evangelistic  work.  He  has  decided 
to  give  full  time  either  to  evangelizing  or 
to  some  church  strong  enough  to  employ 
him   for   full   time. 

— We  are  not  surprised  at  the  orders  for 
extra  copies  of  The  Christian-Evangelist 
of  last  week  containing  the  excellent  ser- 
mon of  Bro.  O.  L.  Lyon,  Bloomington,  111., 
giving  reasons  for  the  change  in  his  reli- 
gious affiliations.  The  sermon  was  not 
only  true  in  sentiment,  or  teaching,  but  its 
spirit  is  admirable.  Bro.  J.  H.  Gilliland 
speaks  in  high  terms  of  praise  of  Brother 
Lyon.  He  should  be  given  work  at  once 
with  one  of  our  churches. 

— The  editor  of  The  Christian-Evan- 
gelist united  in  marriage,  October  12,  at 
the  home  of  the  bride's  parents,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  E.  J.  Jeffress,  Edwardsville,  111.  Miss 
Mary  C.  Jeffress  and  Mr.  Solomon  Hinck- 
ley Mudge.  A  large  company  of  friends 
was  present.  Decorations  were  beautiful. 
Refreshments  were  served  to  the  guests. 
It  was  a  delightful  occasion.  The  newly 
wedded  pair  will  be  "at  home"  in  St.  Louis, 
5450  Vernon  avenue,  after  November  15. 

— The  Alabama  convention  will  be  held 
at  Athens,  November  13-16,  and  all  parties 
expecting  to  attend  should  send  their  names 
to  Thomas  Lenox.  An  excellent  program 
has  been  arranged,  among  those  taking  part 
being  Brethren  McLean  and  Smith,  of  the 
National  Societies,  J.  M.  Mason,  E.  C. 
Henderson,  A.  R.  Moore,  L.  O.  Herrold, 
and  R.  Lin  Cave,  while  some  of  the  topics 
to  be  considered  are  extremely  practical 
and  helpful.  We  trust  that  this  convention 
may  do  a  great  deal  to  advance  our  work 
in  Alabama. 

— Our  church  at  Johnson  City,  Tenn., 
having  been  burned  last  May,  a  new  site 
was  purchased,  which  Adam  B.  Crouch  re- 
ports is  acknowledged  as  the  best  in  the 
city  for  a  church.  The  building  now  be- 
ing erected  will  have  a  seating  capacity  of 
about  eight  hundred,  will  be  of  stone  and 
white  granite  brick,  and  in  every  sense  up- 


to-date.  The  cost  will  reach  about  $20,000, 
thus  making  it  one  of  the  best  church 
buildings  in  the  state.  It  is  hoped  it  will 
be  ready  for  dedication  by  November  1. 
J.  Lem  Keevil  is  the  honored  minister. 

— The  Missouri  Ministerial  Education  So- 
ciety, provided  for  in  one  of  our  Missouri 
state  conventions,  has  been  duly  incorpo- 
rated under  the  laws  of  Missouri.  For  the 
present  year  J.  B.  Jones,  of  Fulton,  Mo., 
has  been  elected  president ;  A.  W.  Koken- 
doffer. of  Mexico,  treasurer,  and  W.  J. 
Lhamon.  of  Columbia,  secretary.  Those 
who  have  made  pledges  to  this  Ministerial 
Education  Society  should  remit  same  as 
above  indicated. 

— The  following  card  does  not  bring  un- 
expected news,  but  we  are  sure  it  will  evoke 
profound  sympathy  for  our  beloved  brother 
in  his  bereavement :  "Tuesday  morning, 
October  10,  the  anniversary  week  of  our 
first  acquaintance,  of  our  marriage,  of  the 
birth  of  our  first-born,  my  wife,  Maude, 
fell  asleep,  with  a  hand  in  her  mother's  and 
mine,  leaving  tender  messages,  the  happiest 
I  ever  knew  her.  I  knew  how  hard  it  is 
sometimes  to  live,  but  did  not  dream  it  is' 
so  easy  and  pleasant  to  die. 
Canton,  Mo.  "Albert  B.uxton." 

— T,  N.  Kincaid,  Hot  Springs,  Ark.,  is 
again  visiting  some  of  the  churches  in  the 
interest  of  the  church  building  enterprise  at 
Hot  Springs.  He  finds  it  difficult,  he  says, 
to  make  the  brethren  abroad  understand  the 
vaule  to  our  cause  of  a  strong  church  and 
a  good  church  building  at  that  great  health 
resort,  where  people  are  coming  from  all 
parts  of  the  world.  We  hope  the  churches 
will  give  him  a  hearing,  as  we  have  been  on 
the  ground  and  can  testify  to  the  great 
need  of  a  good  church  building,  wisely  lo- 
cated, at  that  strategic  place. 

— "The  seven  hundred  Bible  schools  in 
Illinois  should  observe  November  26  unan- 
imously and  enthusiastically  for  at  least 
two  reasons :  1.  The  boys  and  girls  should 
be  in  touch  with  our  great  Home  Mission 
work  as  liberally,  at  least,  as  with  the  For- 
eign Mission  work.  2.  One-half  the  pro- 
ceeds of  the  offering  in  Illinois  is  given  to 
the  Illinois  Bible  school  work.  Send  im- 
mediately to  B.  L.  Smith,  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
building,  Cincinnati,  O,  for  supplies  for  the 
day.  Let  every  school  join  the  movement," 
writes  Marion  Stevenson,  state  superintend- 
ent Illinois  Bible  schools. 

— The  Lansdowne  Christian  Church,  of 
East  St.  Louis,  111.,  was  organized  early  in 
the  year  by  members  of  the  First  Church 
who  had  moved  out  into  the  pleasant  su- 
burb of  Lansdowne.  There  are  now 
about  thirty  members.  On  October  1  the 
congregation  was  introduced  to  the  wife 
of  their  pastor,  C.  O.  Reynard,  whom  he 
had  been  expecting  from  Ohio  for  several 
weeks.  They  have  just  purchased  a  splen- 
did lot  in  a  desirable  location  for  $500, 
which  has  been  paid  in  full,  and  are  now 
excavating  for  a  foundation  room,  seating 
300  people,  which  they  hope  to  occupy  in  a 
few  weeks. 

— The  best  way  to  interest  your  Bible 
school  in  Home  Missions  is  to  give  them  a 
part  in  the  observance  of  Boys'  and  Girls' 
Rally  Day.  The  best  help  to  the  observance 
of  the  day  is  the  exercise  prepared  by  J.  W. 
Carpenter,  of  Virginia,  111.,  for  the  Amer- 
ican Christian  Missionary  Society.  Copies 
of  this  exercise  may  be  obtained  upon  ap- 
plication to  Benj.  L.  Smith,  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
building,  Cincinnati,  O.  Our  schools  are 
observing  this  day  more  and  more.  It  is  a 
great  educative  factor  in  the  future  growth 
of  all  our  missionary  work,  for  Home  Mis- 
sions lie  at  the  base  of  all  missionary  en- 
terprises.    One-half   the    receipts    are   sent 


WE  CAN  SHOW  YOU 

How  to  do  the  Lord's  work 
while  having  your  savings 
in  an  absolutely  safe  in- 
vestment, upon  which  there 
will  be  no  taxes  to  pay,  no 
change  of  securities,  no 
personal  oversight  re- 
quired, no  cost  of  mortgage 
records  or  foreclosures, 
and  upon  which  you  will 
net  a  larger  rate  of  inter- 
est than  in  any  other  in- 
vestment. If  you  are  a 
Christian  and  want  your 
money  to  work  for  Christ 
while  at  the  same  time  it 
supports  you,  write,  men- 
tioning this  paper,  to 

BENJAMIN  L.  SMITH, 

Corresponding  Sec'y  American 
Christian  Missionary  Society, 

CINCINNATI,  OHIO. 


directly  to  the  state  boards  for  the  prosecu- 
tion of  home  missionary  work  in  the  state 
contributing.  For  this  reason  it  should  be 
the  aim  of  every  Sunday  school  in  every 
state  to  send  in  the  largest  offering  possible, 
in  November. 

— Eliza  F.  Risk,  who  has  formerly  given 
money  to  the  National  Benevolent  Associa- 
tion on  the  annuity  plan,  has  just  added 
$500  to  her  former  benefaction.  All  the  an- 
nuitants are  greatly  pleased  with  this  ar- 
rangement. The  association  can  use  many 
thousands  of  dollars  additional  annuity 
money  in  the  construction  of  the  new  or- 
phanage in  St.  Louis  and  the  enlargement 
of  the  Homes  in  Baldwin,  Ga.,  and  Jack- 
sonville, 111.  Address  Geo.  L.  Snively,  903 
Aubert  avenue,  St.  Louis,  for  information 
concerning  the  ministries  of  this  associa- 
tion and  the  annuity  plan  of  helping  it. 

— W.  S.  St.  Clair,  of  Columbia,  Mo.,  had 
an  unusual  experience  and  a  close  call  re- 
cently. He  and  his  wife_  were  returning 
from  the  country,  where  they  had  been  at- 
tending church,  and  were  both  drenched 
by  a  hard  rain  and  electric  storm  on  their 
way  home.  On  entering  the  house  Brother 
St.  Clair  preceded  his  wife  into  a  room, 
took  hold  of  the  drop  electric  light  globe 
with  his  left  hand  and  the  button  with  his 
right  hand,  when  he  found  himself  com- 
pletely under  the  control  of  the  current. 
Being  unable  to  release  himself,  he  screamed 
with  pain,  reeling  about  the  room  and  was 
gradually  becoming  unconscious  when  his 
wife,  taking  in  the  situation,  caught  him  in 


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her  left  arm  and  with  her  right  hand  struck 
his  arms  so  as  to  force  his  hands  loose 
from  the  globe,  which  broke  the  current. 
He  reports  himself  as  all  right  once  more. 

—Will  F.  Shaw  writes  that  the  North- 
side  (Chicago)  brethren  extend  thanks  to 
all  who  assisted  them  in  their  church-warm- 
ing on  September  17.  Englewood,  Jackson 
Boulevard,  First  Church,  Douglas  Park, 
Humboldt  Park,  Austin  and  Hyde  Park 
gave  pledges  of  from  $5  to  $75  each.  Bro. 
C.  G.  Kindred  called  for  $2,000  for  a  year's 
payment  on  Church  Extension  loan  and  re- 
pairs, and  pledges  amounting  to  $2,037  were 
given  in  response.  The  church  has  still  a 
considerable  burden  to  carry,  and  has 
raised  about  $4,000  for  all  purposes  in  about 
two  months'  time  in  cash  and  pledges.  The 
Sunday  school  and  church  membership  is 
increasing. 

— B.  H.  Cleaver,  Canton,  Mo.,  secretary 
of  the  Board  of  Co-operation  of  the  Ralls 
county  (Mo.)  churches  of  Christ,  corrects 
a  mistake  recently  made  in  The  Christian- 
Evangelist  to  the  effect  that  he  was 
"re-elected  president"  of  the  county  board 
of  Ralls  county.  He  says:  "I  have  never 
held  the  office.  Dr.  W.  T.  Waters,  of  New 
London,  a  successful  physician,  is  president; 
F.  S.  Alexander,  county  recorder,  is  treas- 
urer. I  am  the  secretary.  He  reports  the 
number  of  churches  co-operating  as  sixteen ; 
value  of  property,  $38,600;  money  expended, 
$5,486.79;  with  a  net  increase  in  the  mem- 
bership of  the  churches  of  139.  The  above 
is  a  good  showing  and  illustrates  what 
counties  can  do  when  their  churches  work 
together. 

— We  have  had  a  very  delightful  visit  of 
several  days  in  St.  Louis,  from  Bro.  J.  S. 
Sweeney,  of  Paris,  Ky.,  who  has  been  stop- 
ping with  a  daughter  of  his  living  here.  He 
preached  for  the  First  Church  on  Lord's 
day  and  spoke  to  the  ministers'  meeting  in 
the  office  of  The  Christian-Evangeeist 
on  Monday  morning.  Our  stenographer  re- 
ported his  talk,  and  we  intended  it  for  this 
week's  issue,  but  it  has  been  crowded  out 
till  next  week.  Brother  Sweeney  went  from 
here  to  Camden  Point,  Mo.,  and  from 
there  he  goes  south,  preaching  a  series  of 
sermons  on  first  principles,  than  whom  no 
man  among  us  can  do  it  better.  For  about 
four  years  he  was  unable  to  preach  after  his 
long  pastorate  at  Paris,  but  he  is  at  it  now 
and  proposes  to  die  in  the  harness. 

— The  Independence  Boulevard  Christian 
Church  established  a  Named  Loan  Fund 
in  our  Church  Extension  work  on  the  first 
Sunday  in  October;  a  named  loan  fund 
amounts  to  $5,000.  This  fund  was  started 
by  R.  A.  Long  agreeing  to  give  $2,500  pro- 
vided the  church  would  raise  the  other 
amount.  This  is  the  fourteenth  named 
fund  established  in  our  Church  Extension 
work.  An  individual  establishes  a  named 
fund  by  giving  $500  each  year,  and  a  church 
by  giving  $300  a  year,  until  the  $5,000  is 
completed.  In  each  case  a  separate  ac- 
count is  kept  and  the  interest  is  retained 
in  the  fund.  The  General  Drake  fund,  es- 
tablished in  February,  1889,  has  built  fifty- 
eight  churches,  and  done  the  work  of  over 
$22,000.  The  Independence  Boulevard 
Christian  Church  has  paid  in  $500,  and  ex- 
pects to  pay  out  the  fund  very  rapidly. 

— There  is  no  happier  occasion  in  the 
year's  life  of  any  Bible  school  than  the  ob- 
servance of  Children's  Day  for  Home  Mis- 
sions, and  the  widely  increasing  observance 
of  that  day  among  our  people  is  one  of  the 
encouraging  signs  of  the  present  hour. 
With  the  younger  generation  fixing  their 
attention  intelligently  and  with  youthful 
enthusiasm  upon  the  problems  at  our  very 


door,  there  need  be  little  fear  for  the  mis- 
sionary habit  of  the  Church  in  the  days  to 
come.  At  this  season  of  the  year  there  is 
always  bustle  at  the  rooms  of  the  Ameri- 
can Christian  Missionary  Society,  oc- 
casioned by  the  rush  of  orders  for  supplies 
for  Boys'  and  Girls'  Rally  Day.  Though 
the  day  comes  late  in  the  season  this  year — 
November  26 — the  hurry  orders  have  al- 
ready increased  the  force  and  activity  of 
the  home  office.  We  hope  the  schools'  en- 
listed will  surpass  all  records  this  year. 

— T.  A.  Reynolds  closed  his  pastor- 
ate with  the  Jackson  Street  Christian 
Church,  Muncie,  Indiana,  October  1,  and 
the  "Morning  Star"  of  that  city  re- 
ports a  resume  of  the  work  accom- 
plished by  the  church  during  his  four 
years'  pastorate,  together  with  a  synopsis 
of  his  sermon,  which  we  regret  our  space 
prevents  us  from  printing  in  full.  The  fol- 
lowing extract,  however,  will  be  of  interest 
to  our  readers :  "When  I  came  to  you,  you 
were  paying  interest  on  $13,000  indebted- 
ness ;  your  house  of  worship  was  badly 
in  need  of  decoration;  and  you  had  even 
felt  the  necessity  of  reducing  your  pastor's 
salary.  During  these  four  years  you  have 
decorated  your  house  of  worship ;  installed 
a  steam-heating  plant ;  put  in  a  beautiful 
pipe  organ,  made  other  similar  improve- 
ments in  the.  basement,  the  Sunday  school 
room,  on  the  doors,  and  have  very  largely 
reduced  the  debt  against  the  church.  Al- 
together you  have  paid  out  on  indebtedness 
and  improvements  the  splendid  sum  of  over 
$14,000.  During  this  time  your  missionary 
offerings  have  grown  from  year  to  year. 
This  last  year  every  offering  has  been  a 
splendid  advance  on  all  previous  offerings 
for  missions  in  the  history  of  the  church. 
Also  your  church  expenses  have  been  met 
promptly,  as  they  could  be.  During  these 
four  years  nearly  three  hundred  people  have 
been  added  to  your  membership,  and  nearly 
all  of  them  at  the  regularly  weekly  services. 
That  your  usefulness  and  power  may  grow 
with  the  months  and  years,  and  that  your 
joy  may  increase,  is  the  earnest  prayer  of 
your  retiring  pastor." 

— The  South  Broadway  Christian  Church 
of  Denver,  Col.,  is  moving  on  triumphantly 
toward  its  long  desired  consummation — the 
burning  of  the  mortgage  on  its  church,  De- 
cember 3,  1905.  Bro.  A.  L.  Pierce,  who 
seems  to  have  charge  of  the  arrangements, 
has  issued  a  letter  on  a  red-letter  letter- 
head addressed  to  the  members,  inviting 
them  to  "attend  2.  bonfire  to  be  held  at  the 
South  Broadway  Christian  Church  on  the 
evening  of  Sunday,  December  3,  1905.  Ten 
thousand  dollars  worth  of  fuel  will  be  con- 
sumed. We  have  it  all  but  $1,999.  We  will 
get  that  before  the  match  is  touched.  How 
much  can  you  furnish?"  Of  course  they 
will  get  it !  That  kind  of  faith  that  works 
by  love  and  is  mixed  with  shrewd  common 
sense  hardly  ever  fails.  The  debt  used  to 
be  $22,000;  it  is  now  whittled  down  to 
the  above  figure,  and  it  will  go  before  the 
present  year  dies !  B.  B.  Tyler,  the  veteran 
young  pastor,  has  stood  by  his  post  all 
summer,  not  having  missed  a  meeting  since 
January  1 — not  only  filling  his  pulpit  but 
giving  his  exposition  of  the  Sunday  school 
lesson  to  a  large  audience  of  teachers  rep- 
resenting the  whole  city.  There  are  con- 
tinual additions.  In  a  personal  letter  under 
date  of  October  10  he  writes  to  the  Edi- 
tor :  "I  am  closing  the  best  year's  work  of 
my  life.  During  the  year  about  two  hun- 
dred people  have  been  received  into  the 
church.  I  will  begin  my  sixth  year  October 
22.  Homer  T.  Wilson  will  begin  a  meeting 
with  us  October  29  and  be  with  us  until 
November   12."     He   is   preparing,   as   our 


DO   GOOD 

With  your  money  and  enjoy  an   Income 
from  It   while  you  live  by  KivlnK   '"   the 

Foreign  Christian  Missionary  Society 

on  the  \\\{  I'll  IM.\V.  The  Income 
la  large,  uninterrupted,  and  i-ertnla 
for  life.  Interest  Im  paid  .-hi  ordlnic 
to  axe  of  donor.  There  in  no  expenae 
for  repair*  or  taii-n.  \  bond  In  n'ven 
to  Inaare  prompt  payment  of  Intereat, 
aeml-annuully.  It  Im  better  than  a 
government  bond.  Omt  twa  hundred 
KlftH  have  been  made,  amounting  to 
about  9250,000.  TIiIm  plan  In  eapeelally 
adapted  to  those  fifty  yearn  of  nt;e,  or 
older.  Fall  particular*  glw  upon  re- 
i|in-si.  Let  um  aend  you  our  UluMtrated 
booklet,  free  of  fharge. 
F.  M.  RAIXS,   t  or.   See.,   Cincinnati,   O. 

readers  know,  for  another  Bible  students' 
oriental   cruise  next   spring. 

— The  Inter-Church  Conference  on  Feder- 
ation, which  is  to  be  held  in  New  York  from 
November  15  to  21  inclusive,  will  have  on 
its  program  the  names  of  leading  clergymen 
and  laymen  of  practically  every  Protestant 
religious  body  in  this  country.  So  notable 
a  gathering  has  never  before  been  held  in 
this  country,  perhaps  not  in  any  other,  and 
these  men  will  discuss  the  great  religious 
and  social  questions  which  affect  all 
churches  and  are  of  deepest  interest  to  all 
Christians.  But  a  very  small  number  of 
the  great  body  of  church-goers  will  be  able 
to  attend  the  conference  in  New  York,  and 
the  announcement  is  therefore  important 
that  the  complete  proceedings,  with  the  text 
of  the  addresses,  will  be  published  as  soon 
as  possible  after  the  close  of  the  meeting.  It 
is  to  be  an  octavo  volume  of  about  eight 
hundred  pages,  and  it  is  the  purpose  of  the 
Committee  on  Publication  .to  provide  a 
book  that  in  appearance,  typography,  illus- 
trations, binding  and  all  details  of  book- 
making,  will  reflect  credit  upon  the  confer- 
ence and  be  an  appropriate  medium  for  the 
carrying  of  the  message  of  the  gathering 
to  the  Christian  homes  of  the  country.  The 
book  will  cost  two  dollars  per  volume  to 
produce,  and  the  committee  is  now  receiv- 
ing advance  subscriptions  at  that  rate.  As 
the  size  of  the  edition  will  be  limited  to  the 
number  of  copies  certain  to  be  placed,  those 
who  wish  copies  of  this  permanent  record 
of  what  is  likely  to  rank  as  the  most  im- 
portant religious  gathering  ever  held  in 
America,  should  communicate  at  once  with 
the  chairman  of  the  committee,  Mr.  Wil- 
liam T.  Demarest,  at  the  conference  head- 
quarters, 90  Bible  House,  New  York  City. 

—The  World's  Fair  Pavilion  of  the 
Christian  Church,  which  was  donated  by 
our  City  Mission  Board  to  Old  Orchard, 
a  beautiful  suburb  on  our  southwest  bor- 
der, has  been  remodeled  and  fitted  up  for 
a  church  and  was  dedicated  on  last  Lord's 
day  afternoon,  T.  A.  Abbott,  correspond- 
ing secretary  of  Missouri,  officiating.  We 
present  on  our  first  page  a  cut  of  the 
building  as  it  now  appears.  The  interior 
appears  much  as  it  did  on  the  World's  Fair 
Grounds,  with  the  partitions  all  taken  out, 
of  course,  except  there  has  been  an  exten- 
sion at  the  rear  end,  ten  feet,  in  rear  of  what 
is_now  the  pulpit,  for  baptistery  and  robing 
room.  There  is  a  basement  under  the  whole 
building,  whieh  is  an  important  addition 
to  the  usefulness  of  the  building  for  church 
purposes.  There  was  a  good  audience  and 
Brother  Abbott  preached  a  strong  sermon, 
following  it  with  an  appeal  which  resulted 
in  raising  over  $1,500  towards  paying  for 
the  expense  of  removing,  re-erecting  and 
remodeling  the  building.     The  brethren  at 


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Old  Orchard  gave  very  liberally,  and  were 
assisted  some  by  outside  friends.  They 
have  an  historic  building,  however,  and  one 
that  will  answer  their  purposes  for  many 
years  to  come.  The  brethren  throughout 
the  country  who  contributed  toward  the 
erection  of  this  building  on  the  World's 
Fair  Grounds — one  of  the  best  missionary 
investments  we  have  ever  made — will  be 
glad  to  know  that  it  is  to  be  preserved  for 
religious  purposes  and  remain  a  perpetual 
memento  of  our  missionary  work  in  con- 
nection with  the  great  Louisiana  Purchase 
Exposition.  Representatives  from  various 
churches  in  the  city  were  present  and  the 
choir  of  the  Hammett  Place  Church  ren- 
dered a  beautiful  anthem  as  a  part  of  the 
program.  The  Old  Orchard  Church  served 
a  free  lunch  in  the  basement  to  a  large 
company  of  people  who  went  directly  from 
the  churches  in  the  city  to  the  afternoon 
service. 

Seventeenth  Annual  Report  of  the 
Board  of  Church  Extension. 

The  Board  of  Church  Extension  of 
the  American  Christian  Missionary  Society 
presents  herewith  an  extract  of  its  seven- 
teenth annual  report,  ending  September  30, 

I905- 

Receipts  through  corresponding  secretary — 

Churches I18.514.46 

Annuities 21,715.00 

Individuals.  Sunday-schools, 

Y.  P.  S.  C.  E. 4,306.73 

Bequests 1,98488 

Business  in   Christianity 133-75 

Total  cash  receipts $46,654.82 

In  addition  to  theabove.Dr.  William 
G.  Logan,  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  has 
deeded  to  David  O.  Smart,  Langston 
Bacon  and  Fletcher  Cowherd,  members 
of  the  board,  in  trust  for  the  Church 
Extension  Fund,  and  to  secure  the 
annuity  to  himself,  improved  real  estate 
in  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  conservatively  es- 
timated at $50,000.00 

Total  cash  and  property  secured  by  cor- 
responding secretary  for  the  year $96,654.82 

Receipts  through  treasurer — 
Interest  and  rentals  received 

by    treasurer ....$17,708.87 

Principal  returned  on  loans 

by    treasurer 66,683  °S 

Miscellaneous  by  treasurer . .  36.65 

Total  collected  by  treasurer $84,428.57 

Grand  total  received  from  Oct. 
1,  1904,  to  Sept.  30,  1905 $181,083.39 

Fund  statement  to  Sept.  30,  1905 — 
Amount   returned    on   loans    since  the 

beginning $369,868.69 

Interest  paid  since  the  beginning 107,792.82 

Total  interest  rec'd  and  loans  returned  .  .$477,661.51 
Amount  in  extension  fund  including  W. 
G.  Logan  fund $529,184.35 

Churches  aided  since  the  beginning 927 

Churches  that  have  paid  their  loans  in  full  411 

Loans  outstanding 516 

LOANS  FOR  THE  YEAR. 

The  board  has  paid  or  closed  105  loans, 
aggregating  $135,900,  and  promised  89  oth- 
ers, aggregating  $109,000.  Our  cash  balance 
will  soon  be  used  up  in  closing  these  loans, 
as  buildings  are  now  being  rapidly  com- 
pleted for  the  winter's  work. 

During  the  year  58  churches  paid  their 
loans  in  full,  making  411  churches  that  have 
paid  their  loans  in  full  to  the  board  since 
the  beginning  of  this  work.  This  is  a  most 
commendable  record.  The  total  amount 
which    these    mission    churches    have    paid 

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back  to  the  board  on  loans  and  in  interest 
is  $477,061.51.  This  proves  beyond  a 
doubt  that  the  Church  Extension  plan 
works,  and  that  the  mission  churches 
which  have  been  helped  appreciate  this  fund, 
and  ^e  returning  the  money  which  the 
brotherhood  has  loaned  them  for  church 
building  purposes.  This  should  be  inspira- 
tion enough  for  any  individual  or  church 
to  send  liberal  offerings  to  this  fund. 

OUR  ANNUAL  OFFERING. 

During  the  year  the  churches,  as  churches, 
have  sent  $4,909.51  less  than  last  year.  There 
are  about  200  less  contributing  churches. 
This  falling  off  is  undoubtedly  due  to  the 
first  three  Sundays  of  September  being 
stormy.  The  churches  had  no  time  to  com- 
plete their  offerings  before  our  books  closed. 
We  confidently  expect  the  churches  to  make 
up  this  deficit  during  October  and  Novem- 
ber. Seven  hundred  churches  that  promised 
to  take  the  offering  have  not  yet  been  heard 
from.  Many  preachers  did  not  return  from 
the  national  convention  in  time  to  take  the 
offering.  These  will  be  heard  from  in 
October.  All  October  receipts  will  be  pub- 
lished with  our  annual  report. 

In  behalf  of  the  board, 

G.  W.  MucklEy,  Cor.  Sec. 
David  O.  Smart,  Pres. 


Report  on  Statistics. 

ADDENDA. 

At  the  close  of  the  year  on  September 
30  the  reports  received  indicated  that  our 
statistics  would  stand  as  follows : 

Churches 11,110 

Communicants .   1,238,515 

Bible  schools  8,761 

Enrolled  in  Bible  schools 850,500 

Ministers 6,675 

Gain  in  membership  is  fully. .      30,000 

This  is  not  shown  in  the  above  table  as 
large  reductions  were  made  in  several  states 
where  statistics  had  not  been  carefully 
gathered. 

The  following  table  shows  a  gain  in  the 
general  receipts  of  $414,760.  The  most  im- 
portant is  that  of  missions. 

Missionary  receipts — 
Foreign  Christian  Missionary 

Society $    255,923 

Christian  Woman's  Board  of 

Missions 175,409 

American  Christian  Mission- 
ary Society 100,323 

Board  of  Church  Extension  96,655 
State  and  district  missions . . .  216,217 
Miscellaneous  missions 30,000        $874,527 

Education  and  benevolence — 

Buildings  and  endowments  o* 
schools $    390,000 

National  Benevolent  Associ- 
ation            79.732 

Ministerial    relief.      . .  8,291 

Kentucky   Widows'  and  Or- 
phans' Home..- 8,000        $486,023 

Local  church  work — 

Ministerial    support $4,375,000 

Incidental  church  expenses   .    1,094.000 

Church   building} 728,000 

Church  and  Bible  school  lit- 
erature      350,000    $6,547,000 


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These  reports  indicate  great  activity  in 
some  respects  and  average  growth  in  all  re- 
spects. The  watchword,  "A  Million  Dollars 
for  Missions  by  1909,"  can  easily  be  realized. 
It  will  require  a  gain  of  only  about  four 
per  cent  per  annum  to  reach  this,  while  we 
gained  thirteen  per  cent  this  last  year.  It 
would  require  but  little  more  gain  during 
the  new  year  than  during  the  year  just 
closed  to  reach  the  $1,000,000  mark  by  Sep- 
tember 30,  1906.  By  a  little  effort  all 
around,  this  can  be  done.  The  churches  of 
Chrsit  are  rapidly  becoming  what  they 
should  be — the  greatest  missionary  force  on 
earth  !  G.  A.  Hoffmann, 

Statistical  Secretary. 


A  Free  Gift  to  Our  Readers. 

As  editor  and  publisher  of  "The  New 
Christian  Quarterly."  the  undersigned  had 
left  over  about  one  hundred  volumes  each 
of  the  years  1895-1896  of  that  periodical. 
As  they  are  my  personal  property  I  have 
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reader  of  The  Christian-Evangelist  on 
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We  have  been  glancing  through  these 
volumes  and  have  been  impressed  with  the 
value  of  the  articles  contained  in  them  and 
feel  a  strong  desire  that  they  should  be  in 
the  hands  of  readers  who  would  appreciate 
them  and  be  benefited  by  them.  Here  are 
a  few  of  the  leading  articles  and  writers 
in  Volume  IV,  of  the  year  1895 : 

''World-Wide  Missions  as  a  Motive  to 
Christian  Union,"  by  the  Editor;  "The 
Opportunity  of  the  Church  of  Today,"  by 
George  H.  Combs ;  "Our  Religious  Journals 
and  World-Wide  Missions,"  F.  D.  Power; 
"Christian  Education,"  H.  W.  Everest; 
"The  Snatching  Away  of  Paul,"  J.  S.  La- 
mar ;  "The  Work  of  the  Holy  Spirit,"  B.  F. 
Manire;  "Inspiration,"  J.  J.  Haley;  "Some 
Lost  Arts  of  the  Church  and  How  They 
are  Being  Regained,"  F.  D.  Power ;  "Origin 
of  the  Distinctive  Dogmas  of  the  Latin 
Church,"  B.  A.  Hinsdale ;  "A  Great  States- 
man on  Christianity,"  W.  Durban;  "Ag- 
nosticism and  Teaching,"  H.  W.  Everest  ; 
"Liberty  and  Its  Limitations,"  W.  T. 
Moore ;  "The  Transient  and  Permanent  El- 
ements of  the  Campbell  Reformation,"  by 
the  Editor;  "The  Relation  of  the  Ministry 
to  Moral  and  Social  Reforms,"  A  Sympo- 
sium; "The  Moral  and  Religious  Training 
of  Children,"  B.  A.  Hinsdale;  "The  Ques- 
tion of  Name,"  Edward  Scribner  Ames ; 
"The  Relation  of  Higher  Criticism  to  the 
Study  of  the  Bible,"  Herbert  L.  Willett; 
"Our  Relation  to  Other  Religious  Bodies," 
W.  H.  Martin ;  "The  Religious  Renaissance 
in  the  East,"  Wm.  Remfry  Hunt;  "The 
Institutional  Church,"  B.  A.  Jenkins. 

The  following  are  some  of  the  leading 
articles  and  writers  in  Vol.  V,  1896 :  "Alex- 
ander Campbell,"  R.  T.  Matthews ;  "A  Plea 
for  Enlarged  Ministerial  Education," 
Charles  Louis  Loos ;  "The  Protestant  Prin- 
ciple Applied  in  the  Current  Reforma-' 
tion,"  J.  C.  Hay ;  "Zwingli  and  Alexan- 
der Campbell,"  J.  J.  Haley;  "Some  Reasons 
for  Restudying  the  Beginnings  of  the  Pres- 
ent Reformation,"  Herbert  L.  Willett; 
"Religious  Authority,"  Tauler;  "Matthew 
5:1-16:  A  Study,"  George  Plattenburg; 
"The  Life  and  Work  of  Barton  W.  Stone," 
B.  B.  Tyler ;  "John  Locke  and  Alexander 
Campbell,"  Edward  Scribner  Ames ;  "The 
Church     Ancient     and     Modern,"     A.     M. 


FOR  ALL  DEPARTHENTS   OF   CHURCH    WORK 
THE  NEW  EDITION  OF 

Cburcb  Ib^mns 

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Chamberlain;  "The  Historical  Method," 
B  A.  Hinsdale;  "Isaac  Errett :  The  Man 
and  His  Work,"  W.  T.  Moore;  "The  Mes- 
sianic Kingdom  of  the  Last  Two  Centuries 
B.  C. :  Its  Characteristics,"  B.  A.  Jenkins; 
"Alexander  Campbell's  Influence  upon  the 
Thought  of  the  Age,"  J.  S.  Lamar;  "The 
Mosiac  Authorship  of  the  Pentateuch," 
J.  W.  McGarvey;  "The  Old  Testament 
Theophanics,"  James  M.  Campbell;  "The 
Signs  of  the  Times  in  Social  Reform," 
W.  W.  Sniff;  "China  and  the  Chinese,"  A. 
McLean. 

These  are  some  of  the  leading  articles 
which,  together  with  the  literary  notices, 
home  and  foreign,  editorial  and  homiletic 
notes,  make  volumes  of  rare  value  and  of 
no  little  historical  interest,  as  many  of  the 
writers  have  already  passed  on  to  the  life 
unseen. 

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THE  CINCINNATI  CAMPAIGN. 

The  brethren  everywhere  are  interested  in 
these  simultanious  evangelistic  campaigns. 
Our  reporter  from  Cincinnati  sends  us  the 
following  cheering  messages  from  the  com- 
bined efforts   in  that  city : 

Cincinnati,  October  8.— Campaign  opened 
today.  Interest  everywhere  intense.  Mass 
meeting  filled  Central  Church  this  after- 
noon. Thirty-five  additions  reported  from 
six  churches. — Howard  CramblETT,  Secre- 
tary. 

Cincinnati,  O.,  October  14.— The  first 
week  of  the  campaign  closes  with  forty- 
seven  confessions  and  fifty  letters  or  state- 
ments. Large  audiences  and  growing  in- 
terest everywhere.  The  evangelists  are  do- 
ing excellent  work. — Howard  CrambeET, 
Secretary. 

Ministerial  Exchange. 

Charles  E.  McVay,  song  evangelist,  will 
assist  A.  B.  Elliott  in  a  meeting  at  Vinton, 
la.,   hi   December. 

The  church  at  Peru,  Ind.,  needs  an  active 
minister  to  take  up  the  work.  Address, 
Leolin  Moon,  clerk. 

I  am  open  for  engagements  beginning 
January  1.  Address  Charles  E.  McVay, 
song  evangelist,  Benkelman,  Neb. 

Wanted — An  educated  young  minister  for 
a  good  church  in  Oklahoma.  Must  be  a 
married  man.  Salary  $800  per  year.  Ad- 
dress, J.  E-  Dinger,  Chandler,  Okla. 

W.  W.  Witmer,  of  Hartford  City,  Ind., 
expects  to  close  his  work  there  soon  and  so- 
licits correspondence  with  churches  wish- 
ing a  pastor.  Address  him -at  Hartford 
City. 

Churches  or  .evangelists  desiring  the  serv- 
ices of  a  song  evangelist  for  meeting  after 
November  19  can  secure  H.  S.  Saxton  and 
wife,  either  doubly  or  singly,  by  writing 
them  at  Troy,  O. 

Churches  in  the  vicinity  of  Pittsfield, 
III.,  may  address  J.  M.  Bovee  of  that  place 
for  meetings  or  Lord's  day  services. 

Have  open  date  after  November  1. 

Republic,  Mo.  Lawrence  Wright. 

Churches   and  pastors   wishing  my  serv- 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 

ices  in  revival  meetings  during  the  year 
1906  are  requested  to  write  me  at  my  per- 
manent address,  3740  Wyandotte  street, 
Kansas  City,  Mo.,  for  dates. 

R.  H.  Fife. 

Churches  desiring  a  young  man  for  meet- 
ings who  has  been  a  success  both  as  pastor 
and  evangelist  may  address  J.Will  Walters, 
Webster  City,  la. 

W.  M.  Mundell,  of  Ottawa,  Kan.,  can 
hold  meetings  for  churches  in  Kansas  or 
Missouri.  He  leads  his  own  singing.  Uses 
a  fine  stcrcopticon.  Write  him  for  terms  and 
dates. 

I  am  again  in  the  evangelistic  field  and 
open  for  engagements  as  singing  evangelist. 
Address,  409  E.  Broadway,  Louisville;  Ky. 

F.  H.  Cappa. 

Wanted — Evangelist  to  hold  a  two  or 
three  weeks'  meeting  beginning  about  Octo- 
ber 15  or  22;  with  or  without  singer.  Ad- 
dress, I.  Jeff  Buster,  Clerk,  Marceline,  Mo. 

The  church  of  Christ  in  Jonesboro,  Ark., 
is  in  need  of  a  pastor.  We  have  a  good 
town,  a  new  church  building,  and  a  work- 
ing congregation.  We  desire  a  man  of  ex- 
perience and  energy.        H.  A.  Stroud. 

Church  Clerk. 

A.  S.  Morrison  can  be  had  for  evangel- 
istic services  in  central  or  southern  Illi- 
nois or  western  Indiana.  Address  him  at 
Marion,   111. 

C.  P.  Evans  has  closed  all  regular  en- 
gagements for  preaching  and  is  ready  to 
do  evangelistic  work  through  the  fall  and 
winter.  He  will  give  special  attention  to 
weak  churches  and  destitute  places  that 
are  unable  to  pay  large  sums  for  ministerial 
labor.     Address  him  at  Arapahoe,  Neb. 

The  Christian  church  at  West  Frankfort, 
111.,  is  seeking  a  pastor. 

Mrs.  W.  O.  Goodeoe. 

The  Eighth  (Illinois)  Missionary  Dis- 
trict is  in  need  of  an  evangelist.  We  want 
a  good,  strong  man  of  good  business  sense, 
and  capable  of  holding  meetings  in  any 
of  our  churches.  Correspondence  with 
such  a  man  or  men  is  solicited. 

'  Du  Quoin,  III.    R.  H.  Robertson,  Sec. 

,  Wanted — Anything  from  handkerchiefs 
to  quilts  for  a  sale  toward  paying  off  our 
debt.  To  save  our  splendid  property  the 
whole  brotherhood  must  be  enlisted.  We 
are  poor,  but  workers  and  deserving.  Who 
will  be  first?  Who  will  be  next?  Address, 
"Christian  Tabernacle,"  Randall  street,  Bal- 
timore, Md.,  Claris  Yeuell. 

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[From  "The  Louisville  Courier-Journal  "] 
"THE  VICTORY  OF  FAITH," 

DR.  POWELL'S  NOTABLE  BOOK. 

In  an  eminent  degree  the  author  of 
these  eloquent  sermons  and  addresses  pos- 
sesses the  ability  of  awakening  in  his  read- 
ers a  desire  to  lead  the  spiritual  life.  The 
power  to  apprehend  the  unseen,  he  says,  is 
inherent,  and  he  proceeds  to  expound  the 
faith  which  is  God's  gift,  and  able  to  per- 
form mighty  works. 

Every  page  breathes  spirituality.  The 
senses  are  pressed  into  the  background 
and  the  reader  is  moved  to  escape  the 
slavery  of  sin  and  lead  the  higher  life  of 
the  soul.  Life  is  materialistic,  it  is 
bounded  by  time.  The  real  world  is  the  in- 
visible world  and  faith  is  its  gateway.  The 
preacher  lauds  the  beauty  of  holiness,  he 
leads  step  by  step  from  doubt  to  faith,  from 
faith  to  immortality.     He  says : 

"Right  living  sharpens  the  soul's  vision. 
One  may  so  brutalize  his  nature  as  to  be 
unable  to  see  spiritual  things  at  all." 

Not  that  he  condemns  simple,  intellectual 
belief  in  the  Gospels,  but  it  is  the  faith  of 
the  heart  that  brings  eternal  happiness. 

One  of  his  finest  chapters  is  called  "A 
Soul  Battle."  From  man's  dual  nature  of 
spirit  and  sense  comes  the  clash.  A  man 
asks  what  is  the  use  of  being  good,  but 
this  honest  doubt  is  not  sinful.  There  is 
hope  for  the  doubter,  but  he  must  fight 
his  own  battles,  must  solve  his  own  prob- 
lems.    It  is  not  good  to  express  disbelief. 


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can  be  used  for  the  Bible-school, 
Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  or  church  service. 

THREE  IN  ONE 

It  has  spacing  and  cards  for  the 
Bible  school  enrollment,  attendance  and 
offering,  this  Sunday,  last  Sunday, 
and  the  Sunday  one  year  ago. 

FOR  CHURCH  SERVICE 

The  Bible- school  cards  are  removed 
and  the  heading  "Hymns"  placed  in 
the  register,   under  which  are  placed 
cards  giving  the  numbers  of  the  hymns 
for  the  service. 
A  look  at  the  register  will  tell 
anyone  just  where  to  find  the  hymn 
that  is  being  sung. 

SIZE  OF  REGISTER 

Is  20  inches  wide  and  30  inches  high.  It 
is  substantially  made  of  polished  wood, 
and  is  practically  good  for  a  lifetime. 

Price  $3.00,  Not  Prepaid. 


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A  man  must  not  disturb  belief  in  another 
unless  he  has  something  better  to  offer. 
But  he  draws  a  sharp  line  between  doubt 
and  infidelity.  The  infidel  asserts,  "There 
is  no  God."  The  doubter  asks,  "Is  there 
a  God?"  The  first  assertion  is  the  result 
of  a  hardened  mental  condition ;  the  sec- 
ond is  often  the  precursor  of  faith. 

The  book  is  truly  inspiring.  The  ser- 
mon called  "Easter  Hopes"  is  a  veritable 
paean,  a  triumphant  song  of  the  resur- 
rection that  lifts  man  above  earthly  things. 
Dr.  Powell  possesses  that  gift  of  sympathy 
that  can  see  beneath  the  surface.  He  un- 
derstands human  weakness  so  well  that 
he  lends  the  strength  of  his  own  en- 
lightened mind  to  overcome  it.  His  words 
beget  the  purpose  and  desire  for  right  liv- 
ing. "A  man  that  does  not  believe  in  God 
does  not  believe  in  morality."  And  he 
shows  morality  as  being  that  belief  in  God 
that  can  enable  even  the  weakest  man  to 
attain  the  Christlike  character. 

He  does  not  believe  in  a  material  hell. 
"Dante  is  sublime  poetry,  but  miserable 
psychology."  Incapacity  for  repentance  is 
hell.  And  then  by  contrast  he  discourses 
on  heaven.  Is  there  a  heaven?  Heaven  is 
cause  and  effect.  "As  a  man  soweth  that 
shall  he  also  reap,"  is  his  theme.  And  so 
this  true,  earnest  disciple  raises  another 
altar  and  burns  heavenly  incense. 

The  Victory  of  Faith  and  Other  Ser- 
mons. By  E.  L.  Powell.  Published  by  the 
Christian  Publishing  Company,  St.  Louis. 
$1  postpaid. 


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October  19,  1905 


NEWS    FROM    MANY   FIELDS 


Northeast  Iowa  Convention. 

The  Northeast  Iowa  District  Convention, 
held  at  Waterloo.  la.,  had  a  larger  attend- 
ance than  in  several  years.  The  reports 
were  good,  showing  70S  additions,  and  as 
several  churches  failed  to  report,  there  is  a 
possible  gain  of  at  least  Soo  members.  As 
removals  might  be  estiiuated  at  300,there  is 
a  net  gain  of  about  500  members  to  the  57 
congregations.  Foreclosure  proceedings  on 
the  mortgages  on  two  buildings  were  re- 
ported ;  one  of  them  will  probably  be  saved. 
One  other  congregation  will  undoubtedly 
be  organized  before  Januarv  1  at  Cedar 
Falls. 

The  heroism  of  the  Waterloo  congrega- 
tion was  manifest  on  all  sides,  and  the  noble 
effort  upon  their  part  is  commendable.  It 
is  their  hope  to  build  at  least  a  $20,000 
church  during  the  coming  year  on  the  best 
location  in  West  Waterloo,  their  property 
being  situated  on  the  corner  opposite  the 
Carnegie  Library. 

The  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  are  as 
follows :  President,  Noah  Garwick,  Wa- 
terloo; vice-president,  G.  A.  Hess,  Charles 
City;  secretary  and  treasurer,  G.  B.  Van 
Arsdall,  Cedar  Rapids.  G.  A.  Hess. 


Mississippi. 

Did  you  ever  have  the  exquisite  joy  oi 
preaching  to  a  great  crowd  of  negroes? 
Last  Sunday  afternoon  I  went,  by  invita- 
tion, to  a  negro  Baptist  church  in  our 
city  and  preached  to  a  large  and  enthusi- 
astic audience.  I  began  by  saying  my 
remarks  might  seem  to  them  what  a  bitter 
medicine  does  to  a  child,  but  I  would  press 
it  to  their  lips  in  the  same  love  and  faith- 
fulness that  would  move  a  mother  with  her 
sick  offspring. 

Cries  came  from  all  over  the  house,  "Pour 
your  medicine  out ;  we  are  here  to  swallow." 
For  thirty  minutes  I  talked  as  frankly  to 
them  of  their  failings,  needs  and  remedies 
as  if  I  had  been  talking  "behind  their  backs." 
You  cannot  imagine  the  effect.  Men,  women 
and  preachers  (half  the  men  are  always 
preachers)  leaned  forward  as  if  to  catch 
every  word.  Every  one  cried  his  or  her  ap- 
proval or  endorsement  aloud.  After  I  had 
"pasted"  them  with  a  "hot  shot"  several 
voices  would  cry,  "We  are  here  yet!"  and 
such  expressions  as  "Listen !"  "Hear  the 
man !"  "Now  he's  preachin' !"  etc.,  were  al- 
most constant. 

Those  people  had  begun  their  services  in 
the  morning.  I  reached  them  at  3:30  and 
the  minister  was  still  preaching.  They  had 
had  no  food  or  water  all  this  time,  but 
willingly  sat  down  again  and  heard  me  till 
after  four,  then  dismissed  for  a  baptismal 
service  and  a  little  food,  and  went  at  it  again 
at  dark  to  continue  until  midnight.  What 
other  people  would  have  listened  to  me 
after  their  long  fast  and  service?  I  would 
like  to  tell  some  of  the  things  to  which 
they  listened  and  gave  their  hearty  "amens," 
but  The  Christian-Evangelist  is  always 
supplied  with  such  an  abundance  of  good 
things  that  I  can  not  hope  for  the  space. 
The  preacher  at  least  was  made  a  better 
man  by  this  service  with  the  people  among 
whom  he  was  reared.  May  an  all  wise  God 
guide  these  simple  children  and  lead  them 
into  better  things. 

Mississippi  has  suffered  much  this  season 
from  quarantines.  The  fever  has  not  hurt  us 
much,    in    fact    we    have    been    unusually 


healthy,  but  quarantines  have  almost  par- 
alyzed evangelistic  work.  • 

It  will  soon  be  time  for  boys'  and  girls' 
rally  day  for  home  missions.  It  is  time 
now  to  prepare  for  it.  Send  at  once  to 
Benj.  L.  Smith  for  a  supply  of  programs 
and  get  up  the  exercise.  Your  Sunday 
school  workers  and  churches  owe  it  to 
your  children  to  give  them  this  joy;  you 
owe,  it  to  home  missions  to  observe  this 
day.  Do  you  need  another  incentive?  Here 
it  is :  Fifty  per  cent  of  all  rally  day  of- 
ferings is  returned  to  the  mission  board 
in  the  state  from  whence  it  came.  Mis- 
sissippi churches,  remember  this. 

Ho,  for  Water  Valley,  November  6-9! 
Yes,  this  will  be  our  very  best  state  con- 
vention. W.  W.  Phares,  Cor.  Sec. 


Northern  California. 

Some  one  has  said  the  great  San  Fran- 
cisco convention  is  now  a  matter  of  history. 
This  is  not  quite  true.  It  is  rather  a  matter 
of  life.  It  still  lives  in  the  minds  and  hearts 
of  the  people  of  this  state.  The  truth  is 
it  can  never  become  wholly  a  matter  of  his- 
tory. It  brought  to  us  an  inspiration  des- 
tined to  play  a  noble  part  in  all  our  future 
labors.  It  set  before  us  a  lofty  ideal,  and 
inspired  within  us  a  faith  that  is  imper- 
ishable. Herein  is  our  compensation.  The 
songs  ceased,  the  benediction  was  pro- 
nounced and  the  throngs  departed;  but  the 
spirit  of  that  great  assembly,  with  its  large 
faith,  its  magnificent  courage  and  its  en- 
during hope,  remains  with  us,  an  inspiration 
and  a  prophecy. 

The  Scoville  meeting  in  Oakland,  which 
closed  a  few  days  ago,  resulted  in  148  ad- 
ditions. The  sum  of  $14,000  was  raised 
toward  the  erection  of  a  suitable  home  for 
this  growing  church.  T.  A.  Boyer  is  pastor, 
and  as  a  preacher  ranks  with  the  best  in 
the  city.  During  the  meeting  the  Oliphant 
Sisters,  well-known  evangelists  on  the  Pa- 
cific Coast,  united  with  the  church.  Hence- 
forth their  talents  will  be  consecrated  to 
the  restoration  of  God's  kingdom  to  the 
earth. 

The  writer  has  just  returned  from  a  trip 
among  the  churches  along  the  California 
Northwestern  Railway.  He  was  gratified 
to  find,  particularly  in  the  larger  cities, 
that  our  churches  are  decidedly  in  the  lead 
in  all  religious  efforts.  Peter  Colvin  at 
Santa  Rosa,  G.  W.  Brewster  at  Healdsburg, 
and  Otha  Wilkison  at  Ukiah,  are  bringing 
things  to  pass.  Splendid  work  is  also  being 
done  in  some  of  the  smaller  churches. 

The  Church  of  Christ  in  California  is 
looking  up,  not  because  it  is  on  its  back 
and  can  not  look  elsewhere,  but  because  it 
is  made  up  of  some  of  God's  choicest  peo- 
ple, and  has  back  of  it  a  strong,  clean  min- 
istry. True,  the  streams  of  immigration 
that  pour  over  the  Rockies  into  this  state 
occasionally  bring  us  some  "driftwood." 
But  this  soon  finds  its  way  to  the  bank  or 
rubbish-heap,  where  it  is  generally  allowed 
to  remain  in  "innocuous  desuetude." 

Our  working  force  at  present  is  inad- 
quate.  We  need  about  ten  strong  men  for 
as  many  pastorless  churches.  Four  of  these 
churches  can  pay  from  $1,000  to  $1,200  per 
year.  The  others  can  pay  from  $400  to  $800 
per  year.  The  writer  will  be  glad  to  cor- 
respond with  good,  clean  men  in  other 
parts  of  the  country  who  would  like  to 
come  to  California.  Enclose  stamp  and  a 
letter  of  recommendation  from  the  corres- 


ponding secretary  of  the  state  in  which  you 
live.  Only  men  who  have  been  successful 
can  hope  to  be  considered.  But  before  you 
write  read  the  following  from  a  letter  re- 
cently received,  that  you  may  know  what 
the  average  church  on  this  coast  is  looking 
for: 

"We  want  an  educated  man,  not  too  old. 
He  must  be  a  good  preacher,  good  voice, 
delivery,  appearance,  etc.  He  must  be  a 
good  organizer  and  financier.  We  want  him 
to  be  a  good  pastor,  one  who  will  call  on 
everybody.  His  wife  must  be  a  good  sing- 
er, able  to  manage  the  choir  and  lead  the 
Sunday  school." 

"How  much  can  you  pay?"  was  asked. 

"Well,  if  he  draws  big  crowds  and  is 
good  at  raising  money  we  can  pay  $600  a 
year." 

Smile  if  you  will,  but  it  is  plain  that 
our  churches  know  a  good  thing  when  they 
see  it.  D.  A.  RussELL,  Cor.  Sec. 

Mountain  View,  Cal. 

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Hiram  College. 

Hiram  College  opened  its  fall  term  Sep- 
tember 26,  with  a  good  attendance.  Many 
new  faces  appear  in  the  faculty  as  well 
as  among  the  students.  President  C.  C. 
Rowlison,  though  elected  last  year,  really 
begins  his  administration  of  actual  college 
life  this  fall.  Charles  E.  Corey,  who  re- 
cently received  the  degree  of  Ph.  D.  from  1 
Yale,  is  instructor  in  philosophy.  Henry 
H.  Lane,  of  the  University  of  Chicago,  has 
the  newly  established  chair  of  biology. 
Miss  Alice  Persons  succeeds  Prof.  C.  T. 
Paul  in  the  chair  of  Modern  Languages. 
Francis  J.  Sadlieris  at  the  head  of  the 
department  of  music,  assisted  by  Nelson 
A.  Sprackling  and  Miss  Luse.  Fred  C. 
Brown  has  supervision  of  the  gymnasium 
and  athletics.  Mrs.  Walker  has  oversight 
of  the  halls  and  Miss  Chattie  Hobson  is 
teacher  of  oratory.  J.  O.  Newcomb  is  sec- 
retary to  the  president  and  treasurer  of 
the  college.  We  are  anticipating  a  great 
increase  in  college  enthusiasm  and  prosper- 
ity from  this  large  inflow  of  new  life  into 
our  faculty,  the  greatest  in  fact  for  years. 

At  the  opening  chapel  service  F.  A.  Cot- 
ton, state  superintendent  of  public  instruc- 
tion of  Indiana,  delivered  an  inspiring  ad- 
dress on  "Complete  Education."  Prof.  E.  B. 
Wakefield,  who  has  so  ably  officiated  as 
acting  president  for  the  past  two  years, 
resumes  his  work  in  the  biblical  department. 

E.  E.  S  NODDY. 
®      @ 
MRS.  STEESE'S  BABY 
Cured      of      Terrible      Eczema      by      Cuticura 

and  Skin  Made  Clear  as  New-Born  Babe's. 

"My  little  daughter  was  covered  with 
sores  and  her  face  was  terribly  disfigured. 
I  called  in  three  doctors,  but  she  grew 
worse.  Neighbors  advised  Cuticura,  and 
before  I  had  used  half  of  the  cake  of  soap 
and  box  of  ointment  the  sores  had  all 
healed,  and  my  little  one's  skin  was  as  clear 
as  a  new-born  babe's.  I  would  not  be 
without  Cuticura  again  if  it  cost  five  dol- 
lars, instead  of  75  cents,  which  is  all  it  cost 
us  to  cure  our  baby." — Mrs.  G.  J.  Steese, 
701  Coburn  Street,  Akron,  O. 


We  manufacture 
CHURCH  and  SCHOOL 

Furniture.  Assembly  and 
Opera  Chairs,  Office  and  Id- 1 
brary  Furniture. 
I.K.U.  sitrroBO lire, to.,  cki««o,  m. ' 


OCTOBER   19,   1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


13^5 


Iowa  Notes. 

Lohrville,  la.,  is  a  place  of  600  to  800 
people,  in  one  of  the  richest  agricultural  sec- 
tions of  Iowa,  and  has  recently  become 
much  more  important  by  the  crossing  of 
three  important  lines  of  railroad.  For  a 
number  of  years  several  of  the  best  women 
in  the  town  and  vicinity  have  worked  zeal- 
ously in  an  aid  society  and,  without  a  single 
man  directly  interested,  had  secured  a 
church  lot.  After  long  urging,  the  state 
board  sent  C.  G.  Stout  to  their  help.  A 
tent  was  pitched  on  their  lot  and  at  the 
close  of  eight  weeks,  during  which  there 
were  61  baptisms,  a  church  was  organized 
with  83  members,  including  several  of  the 
most  substantial  business  men.  A  very 
promising  Sunday  school  was  started  and 
all  other  auxiliaries  of  a  live  missionary 
church,  and  a  pastor  will  soon  be  provided. 
With  no  special  effort  $i,8oo  is  already 
provided  for  a  building  fund. 

An  open  air  service  was  held  after  the 
tent  had  been  folded,  at  which  there  were 
eight  confessions,  and  four  more  at  the 
water's  edge  at  the  baptismal  service  at  a 
late  hour  at  night.  In  connection  with 
this,  ground  was  broken  for  the  church 
building,  after  the  fashion  of  the  Drake 
Bible  building  at  the  state  convention,  by 
means  of  a  plow  and  rope,  drawn  by  the 
happy  people.  The  spirit  in  which  all  this 
was  done  is  shown  by  the  following  letter, 
which  we  are  authorized  to  print,  handed 
to  Brother  Stout,  very  unexpectedly,  at  his 
departure,  by  the  M.  E.  preacher,  several 
of  whose  flock  had  been  baptized  in  the 
meeting. 

Lohrville,  Ia.,  Sept.  25,  1905. 

To  All  Whom  It  May  Concern:— The 
Rev.  Chas.  G.  Stout,  evangelist,  has  just 
closed  an  eight  weeks'  meeting  at  this  place 
with  great  success. 

I  most  gladly  give  this  unsolicited  testi- 
monial to  the  fact  that  his  work  has  been 
brotherly  and  fair  and  that  his  spirit  has 
been  that  of  a  true  servant  of  God. 

A  man  of  strong  personality  and  posi- 
tive ideas,  he  is  generous  to  those  who 
differ  from  him.  I  esteem  him  a  grother 
beloved  in  the  Lord.  I  am  respectfully, 

Allen  Bishop. 

It  would  be  an  infinite  gain  to  our  cause 
if  all  our  evangelists  could  learn  to  do 
their  work  thus,  in  the  spirit  of  the  Master. 

J.  M.  Hoffman,  state  C.  W.  B.  M.  evan- 
gelist, visited  Rinard,  a  new  railroad  sta- 
tion six  miles  east  of  Lohrville,  where  we 
have  had  a  few  people  at  a  country  school 
house,  and  raised  all  the  money  necessary 
to  build  a  house,  which  is  well  under  way; 
when  it  is  completed  he  will  hold  a  meet- 
ing in  it.  Brother  Hoffman  held  a  short 
meeting  at  the  Ninth  and  Shaw  Mission, 
Des  Moines,  with  nine  additions,  and  is 
now  in  a  promising  meeting  at  Grant  Park. 

Joel  Brown,  who  is  combining  evangelis- 
tic work  with  his  efforts  for  Drake  Univer- 
sity, has  just  closed  a  meeting  with  65  ad- 
ditions at  Oakland,  Ia. 

The  corner  stone  of  the  Drake  Bible  build- 
ing was  laid  with  appropriate  ceremonies 
and  a  large  attendance,  September  28.  It 
is  to  be  a  fine  building  and  the  walls  of 
the  second  story  are  now  rising.  President 
Bell  reports  that  Drake  University  is 
maintaining  its  regular  habit  of  breaking 
all  previous  records  and  that  the  present  en- 
rollment indicates  an  attendance  of  1,700 
to  1,800  for  the  year,  which  will  be  a  good 
increase. 

There  are  have  been  66  additions  to  the 
University  Church  the  last  three  Lord's 
days  at  regular  services ;  the  greater  part 
of  these  was  the  usual  influx  of  students 
with  letters,  but  among  them  were  persons 
from  the  Baptist,  Methodist,  Lutheran, 
Congregational  and  Episcopal  churches,  one 


of   whom    is   a   promising   young  preacher, 
and  seven  from  the  world. 

This  church  begins  a  meeting  October  15, 
led  by  Brother  Medbury  and  his  accom- 
plished assistant,  Miss  Pauline  Wambaugh. 

S.  C.  Slayton. 
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St.  Joseph  Notes. 

Last  Lord's  day  was  an  eventful  day  with 
us  in  this  city.  We  dedicated  our  new 
Woodson  chapel  in  the  north  end.  It  is  a 
substantial  brick  building,  handsomely  fur- 
nished, situated  in  the  center  of  a  large  and 
important  section  of  the  city.  The  proper- 
ty to  date  has  cost  about  $6,500.  There 
was  a  debt  of  $2,700,  which  we  asked  the 
people  to  pay,  and  they  responded  with  a 
subscription  of  $4,200.  They  have  about 
75  members.  For  fifteen  years  the  work 
has  been  in  charge  of  W.  E.  Woodson, 
cashier  of  the  St.  Joseph  Gas  Co.  We  are 
following  the  dedication  with  a  protracted 
meeting.  The  outlook  for  the  congrega- 
tion is  very  promising.  They  will  be  want- 
ing a  pastor  soon. 

Lord's  day  morning,  October  8,  our 
heroic  Mitchell  Park  Church  burned 
a  note  for  $400,  making  in  all  $900 
they  have  paid  upon  their  church 
debt  this  year,  leaving  a  balance  of 
$1,500  yet  due.  They  have  about  225  mem- 
bers, having  added  28  this  year.  Besides 
keeping  up  their  regular  expenses  and  mak- 
ing the  above  payments  they  have  raised  $73 
for  missions.  Under  the  able  administra- 
tion of  their  pastor,  C.  A.  Lowe,  they  seem 
to  be  entering  upon  a  new  era  of  activity. 

We  now  have  in  St.  Joseph  six  congre- 
gations, with  five  buildings  and  five  set- 
tled pastors,  and  a  total  of  about  1,800  mem- 
bers. C.  M.  Chilton. 

St.  Joseph,  Mo. 

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Texas. 

Texas  notes  are  written  from  the  great 
northwest.  Here  in  the  Panhandle  of  Texas 
is  an  area  as  big  as  Illinois  that  has  been 
called  the  plains  and  given  up  to  the  ranch- 
men until  now  it  is  on  the  market  and  is 
selling  rapidly  at  from  $5  to  $15  per  acre. 
Northern  people  are  the  chief  buyers. 
Among  the  number  are  to  be  found  Disci- 
ples. For  information  of  those  who  would 
come  west  and  grow  up  with  the  coun- 
try, I  would  call  attention  to  Hereford, 
where  we  have  a  good  church  to  which 
Bro.  Jesse  B.  Haston  has  been  called  to 
minister.  Brother  Haston  is  a  well  known 
and  beloved  minister.  Here  also  is  located 
the  Panhandle  Christian  College,  presided 
over  by  Charles  Quincy  Barton,  a  young 
man  who  has  proved  his  ability  as  an  educa- 
tor. This  school  has  just  had  a  fine  opening 
and  bids  fair  to  be  one  of  our  best  col- 
leges. The  climate  is  delightful ;  the  alti- 
tude 3,600  feet.  Here  where  yesterday  only 
the  ranchman — few  and  far  between — with 
his  herds  was  to  be  found,  today  we  have 
thrifty,  growing  towns,  good  schools,  good 
society.  What  an  opportunity  for  home 
mission  work! 

I  am  spending  some  weeks  in  this  vast 
country,  grouping  weak  churches  and  mis- 
sion points,  and  arranging  for  the  location 
of  regular  ministers  with  such  groups.  This 
is  my  third  west  Texas  tour  this  summer  and 
fall.  As  a  result  no  less  than  nine  new  preach- 
ers will  live  and  labor  in  west  Texas.  No 
less  than  forty  new  points  will  be  supplied 
with  regular  preaching.  About  ten  of  the 
forty  places  have  church  houses.  We  must 
build  in  Texas  no  less  than  100  houses  in 
the  next  year  to  supply  the  pressing  de- 
mand. A  church  which  can  pay  a  minis- 
ter for  half  or  one-fourth  of  his  time  is 


THE    VALUE    OF    CHAECOAL. 


Few  People  Know  How  Useful  it  i»  in  Pre- 
serving  Health   and   Beauty. 

Nearly  everybody  knows  that  charcoal 
is  the  safest  and  most  efficient  disinfectant 
and  purifier  in  nature,  but  few  realize  its 
value  when  taken  into  the  human  system 
for  the  same  cleansing  purpose. 

Charcoal  is  a  remedy  that  the  more  you 
take  of  it  the  better;  it  is  not  a  drug  at  all, 
but  simply  absorbs  the  gases  and  impuri- 
ties always  present  in  the  stomach  and  in- 
testines and  carries  them  out  of  the  system. 

Charcoal  sweetens  the  breath  after  smok- 
ing, drinking  or  after  eating  onions  and 
other  odorous  vegetables. 

Charcoal  effectually  clears  and  improves 
the  complexion,  it  whitens  the  teeth  and 
further  acts  as  a  natural  and  eminently 
safe  cathartic. 

It  absorbs  the  injurious  gases  which  col- 
lect in  the  stomach  and  bowels ;  it  disin- 
fects the  mouth  and  throat  from  the 
poison  of  catarrh. 

All  druggists  sell  charcoal  in  one  form 
or  another,  but  probably  the  best  charcoal 
and  the  most  for  the  money  is  in  Stuart's 
Charcoal  Lozenges ;  they  are  composed  of 
the  finest  powdered  Willow  charcoal,  and 
other  harmless  antiseptics  in  tablet  form 
or  rather  in  the  form  of  large,  pleasant  tast- 
ing lozenges,  the  charcoal  being  mixed  with 
honey. 

The  daily  use  of  these  lozenges  will  soon 
tell  in  a  much  improved  condition  of  the 
general  health,  better  complexion,  sweeter 
breath  and  purer  blood,  and  the  beauty  of 
it  is,  that  no  possible  harm  can  result  from 
their  continued  use,  but  on  the  contrary, 
great  benefit. 

A  Buffalo  physician  in  speaking  of  the 
benefits  of  charcoal  says :  "I  advise  Stuart's 
Charcoal  Lozenges  to  all  patients  suffering 
from  gas  in  stomach  and  bowels,  and 
to  clear  the  complexion  and  purify  the 
breath,  mouth  and  throat;  I  also  believe 
the  liver  is  greatly  benefited  by  the  daily 
use  of  them;  they  cost  but  twenty-five  cents 
a  box  at  drug  stores,  and  although  in  some 
sense  a  patent  preparation,  yet  I  believe  I 
get  more  and  better  charcoal  in  Stuart's 
Charcoal  Lozenges  than  in  any  of  the  ordi- 
nary charcoal  tablets." 

selected,  the  preacher  locates  with  that 
church  and  under  the  direction  of  its 
leading  members  labors  at  mission  points 
nearby.  We  have  executive  committees 
chosen  by  the  brethren  in  each  district  and 
take  pledges  in  all  the  district  for  the  sup- 
port of  these  missions.  This  brings  the  work 
close  to  the  people  and  the  opposition  to 
our  mission  work  is  yielding.  No  less  than 
ten  preachers  who  two  years  ago  were  op* 
posed  to  our  organizations — or  thought 
they  were — are  now  laboring  under  the 
direction  of  our  organized  work.  We  need 
now  men  who  can  work  for  $50  or  $60 
per  month  at  four  to  eight  points  to  the 
man.  Only  true  and  faithful  men  can  suc- 
ceed here.  We  have  a  people  here  of  high 
grade  in  intelligence,  integrity  and  rugged 
common  sense. 

We  are  to  hold  the  Panhandle  Christian 
Convention  at  Amarillo.  October  13-15. 
Amerillo  is  the  queen  city  of  northwest 
Texas  and  has  a  wide-awake  church  of 
Christ.  W.  H.  Bagby  has  been  called  to 
the  work  there  but  has  not  yet  accepted. 

Texas  Christian  University.  Carlton  Col- 
lege, Add-Ran-Jarvis  College.  Carr-Bur- 
dette  and  Panhandle  Christian — all  Chris- 
tian Church  schools — have  opened  very 
auspiciously.  We  a^re  looking  forward  to 
November  5.  expecting  it  to  be  the  great- 
est day  for  Texas  missions  ever  known. 

J.  C.  Mason. 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


October  19,  1905 


The    New    England    Convention 


The  fortieth  annual  convention  of  the 
Disciples  in  New  England  was  held  in  Bos- 
ton. September  aB  bo  October  1. 

The  convention  opened  with  an  able  ser- 
mon by  M.  L.  Streator  on  ■"What  Think  Ye 
of  Christ;  Whose  Son  is  He?" 

A.  L.  Ward,  pastor  at  Boston,  welcomed 
the  delegates  at  the  Friday  morning  session, 
and  E.  Jaj  Teagardeo  responded  felicitously 
on  behalf  of  the  convention.  The  president, 
S.  M.  Hunt,  whom  we  love  to  call  our 
"Bishop."  briefly  reviewed  the  progress  of 
our  work.  The  debts  of  the  churches  at 
Springfield.  Swampscott  and  Brockton  had 
been  paid.  Bro.  H.  H.  Gushing  had  been 
erdained  as  a  minister  and  located  in  a 
new  work  at  South  Framingham.  an  im- 
portant railroad  center.  The  corresponding 
secretary,  C*  A.  Reinl,  reported  that  there 
are  21  churches  of  our  faith  in  New  Eng- 
land, with  J.S05  members,  275  additions  dur- 
ing the  year,  177  by  baptism  and  98  by 
letter.  These  churches  contributed  $1,352.48 
for  missions  during  the  year.  .  He  urged 
more  sacrifice,  and  constant  prayer;  longer 
pastorates,  and  concentration  in  the  cities. 

F.  J.  M.  Appleman,  of  Lubec,  Maine, 
spoke  on  •"The  Fundamental  Principle  of 
the  Disciples  of  Christ,"  which  he  declared 
to  be  loyalty  to  Christ  and  obedience  to 
him.  As  to  union,  we  seek  a  union,  of 
Christians,  not  of  sects.  The  condition  of 
such  union  is  a  return  to  apostolic  practice 
and  teaching,  and  especially  to  living  the 
Christ  life. 

An  earnest  "Plea  for  a  Fuller  Realization 
of  New  Testament  Christianity"  was  pre- 
sented by  A.  T.  June,  of  Everett,  Mass. 
G.  L.  Snively  spoke  of  the  work  of  the 
Benevolent  Association,  and  his  eloquent 
presentation  of  this  splendid  work  created 
a  deep  impression  on  our  minds  and  hearts. 

B.  L.  Smith  spoke  of  the  work  of  the 
American  Board,  and  gave  assurance  that 
larger  work  would  be  undertaken  in  the 
great  mission  field  of  New  England. 

At  the  C.  W.  B.  M.  session  encouraging 
Teports  of  the  progress  of  the  work  were 
given.  Mrs.  At  water,  of  Indianapolis,  gave 
an  inspiring  address  on  the  work  of  the 
Christian  women. 

Friday  evening  Brother  Streator  reported 
that  the  church  in  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  had 
purchased  a  lot  in  a  favorable  location 
and  expected  soon  to  begin  to  build  a  house 
of  worship. 

E.  Jay  Teagarden,  pastor  at  Danbury, 
Conn.,  -poke  on  "The  Distinctive  Charac- 
ter of  Mission  Work  in  New  England." 
Our  fielrl  is  one  of  concentrated  population. 
We  have  88  cities  of  over  TO.ooo  inhabitants 
each,  in  only  ten  of  which  are  we  working. 
We  have  one- fourteenth  of  the  population 
of  America,  but  have  been  receiving  only 
about  one-hundredth  of  the  money  expended 
by  the  Home  Mission  Board.  This  is  the 
day  of  declining  faith  and  of  the  rise  of 
strange  cults.  Ours  is  the  plea,  if  properly 
presented,  to  revive  the  old  time  faith  and 
devotion. 

J.  M.  Van  Horn,  pastor  at  Worcester, 
told  of  "The  Disciples  of  Christ  and  Kin- 
dred Movements  in  New  England." 
Christian  union  is  a  familiar  theme  in  the 
pulpits  of  many  other  faiths  besides  ours. 
We   are   in   accord    with   the   spirit   of   the 

times. 

A.  McLean,  of  the  Foreign  Society,  spoke 
briefly  of  the  work  so  dear  to  his  heart 
in  his  own  impressive  way. 

The  Saturday  morning  session  was  de- 
voted to  the  business  of  the  convention. 

A.  L.  D.  Buxton,  of  the  Worcester 
church,  was  elected  president;  your  scribe 


was  made  corresponding  secretary.  Follow- 
ing the  business.  Brother  Smith  spoke  of 
the  work  of  the  Church  Extension  Board 
and  the  A.  C.  M.  S. 

The  session  Saturday  afternoon  opened 
with  a  praise  service,  and  a  book  study  of 
Galatians  by  E.  J.  Butler,  pastor  at  West 
Rupert.  Yt.  The  C.  E.  work  in  New  Eng- 
land was  presented  by  the  superintendent, 
H.  A.  Ling,  of  Everett,  Mass.  Our  societies 
have  a  membership  of  645,  a  gain  of  46. 
They  raised  $117  for  missions  and  $729.40 
for  local  work.  There  are  12  Senior  socie- 
ties, 7  Junior  and  one  Intermeliate.  A.  M. 
Parker,  field  secretary  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Christian  Endeavor  Union,  spoke  en- 
couragingly of  the  work  of  the  young 
people. 

In  the  Sunday  school  session,  Mrs.  Lewis, 
of  Everett,  told  of  the  work  of  the  "Home 
Department" ;  J.  A.  Serena,  of  Harvard 
University,  spoke  on  "Teacher  Training," 
and  H.  H.  dishing  on  the  "Evangelistic 
Work  of  the  Teacher."  An  open  parlia- 
ment on  Sunday  school  work  was  led  by 
W.  W.  Stevens,  of  Danbury,  and  the  ses- 
sion closed  with  an  eloquent  and  inspiring 
address  by  Rev.  Maurice  Levy,  of  Medford, 
on  "The  Bible  and  the  Scholar."  W.  H. 
Rogers  gave'  a  book  study  on  Romans  Sat- 
urday evening,  followed-  by  able  addresses 
on  "New  Testament  Evangelism."  J.  Mc-D. 
Home,  of  Brockton,  told  of  "The  Mes- 
sage," and  W.  C.  Morro,  of  Haverhill,  of 
"The  Method  and  Victory."  This  being  his 
seventy-first  birthday,  the  president,  Brother 
Hunt,  celebrated  it  by  raising  pledges  to 
make  up  the  deficit  in  the  treasury,  raising 
as  usual  much  more  than  the  amount 
needed. 

Lord's  day  was  the  great  day  of  the  con- 
vention. First  a  session  was  held,  in  which 
verbal  reports  of  the  churches  were  heard. 
They  were  of  a  very  encouraging  nature. 

Brother  Reinl,  the  retiring  crresponding 
secretary,  preached  in  the  morning,  B.  L. 
Smith  in  the  afternoon,  and  A.  McLean  in 
the  evening.  Following  the  sermon  of 
Brother  Smith,  a  deeply  devotional  com- 
munion service  was  held,  Brothers  Tea- 
garden  and  Hunt  presiding.  A  splendid 
Christian  Endeavor  service  was  held  in  the 
evening,  led  by  Brother  Ling. 

The  convention  was  entirely  harmonious, 
enthusiastic  and  replete  with  able  and  in- 
spiring addresses.  Brother  Thomas,  of  the 
Boston  church,  had  charge  of  the  music, 
which  contributed  much  to  the  devotion  of 
the  services.  The  attendance  was  larger 
than  usual.  The  presence  of  the  able  lead- 
ers of  our  national  missionary  and  other 
organizations,  added  greatly  to  the  success 
of  the  convention.  The  program  was  un- 
usually well  arranged,  and  the  addresses 
pertinent  to  our  work  and  its  needs. 

The  New  England  brethren  are  earnestly 
at  work,  and  steadily  increasing  their  in- 
fluence. It  is  a  great  mission  field,  in  one 
of  the  greatest  centers  of  religious  influence 

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is  the  discoverer  of  a  successful  remedy 
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Evangelistic 


iVe  invite  ministers  and  others  to  send 
reports  of  meetings,  additions  and  other 
news  of  the  churches  for  publication  in 
this  department.  It  is  especially  requested 
that  additions  be  reported  as  "by  confession 
and  baptism"  or  "by  letter." 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA. 

Washington,  Oct.  10.— Present  at  min- 
isters' meeting:  Pres.  J.  E.  Stuart, 
W.  T.  Laprade,  Daniel  E.  Motley,  Walter 
F.  Smith,  E.  B.  Bagby,  F.  D.  Power, 
J.  E.  Gorsuch,  of  Memphis,  Tenn.,  and 
the  writer.  Reports:  Vermont  Avenue, 
F.  D.  Power,  seven — six  by  letter  and  one 
by  conversion;  Whitney  Avenue,  Walter 
F.  Smith,  one  by  letter.  Miss  Mattie  Bur- 
gess has  been  visiting  our  churches  and 
arousing  us  on  missions.  W.  T.  Laprade 
has  accepted  a  call  to  Antioch  church, 
Vienna,  Va.— Claude C.  Jones,  secretary. 

ILLINOIS. 

Carbondale,  Oct.  9. — One  confession  yes- 
terday.—A.  M.  Growdkn. 

Princeton,  Oct.  9.— There  were  two 
added  yesterday. — Philip  Evans. 

Toluca,  Oct.  9.— One  confession  and 
baptism  yesterday. — S.  P.  Telford. 

Heyworth,  Oct.  11. — The  Monser  meeting 
continues;  52  additions  to  date. — J.  P. 
Givens  . 

Sterling,  Oct.  9.— Three  additions  yes- 
terday; two  by  letter.— James  W.  John- 
son. 

Taylorville,  Oct.  9. — Meeting  one  week 
old,  with  seven  additions;  four  by  bap- 
tism, two  from  churches  of  God  and  one 
reclaimed.  Shearer  and  Altheide  are  the 
evangelists.— Z.  Moore. 

Ludlow,  Oct.  9  —Our  meeting  is  pro- 
gressing nicely,  eleven  additions.  Bro. 
E.  E.'Nelms,  of  Edinburg,  has  charge  of 
the  music— Lew  D.  Hill,  pastor. 

Fisher,  Oct.  9.— Ten  additions  since  last 
report;  six  by  confession,  one  from  Bap- 
tists, one  from  U.  B's,  one  by  letter  and 
one  reclaimed.— S.  Elwood  Fisher. 

De  Land,  Oct.  9.— Our  three  weeks' 
meeting  closed  last  night  with  11  additions; 
eight  by  baptism,  one  by  letter,  one  from 
the  Baptists  and  one  reclaimed. — D.  C. 
Cox,  clerk. 

La  Harpe,  Oct.  9.— Four  additions  yes- 
terday— two  by  confession,  one  by  state- 
ment and  one  from  the  M.  E's. 
I.  E.  Honeywell,  of  Chicago,  closed  a 
union  tent  meeting  Sspt.-17,  resulting 
in  62  addicions  to  our  membership;  56  be- 
ing by  primary  obedience.  I  followed  the 
union  meeting  with  a  week's  meeting,  re- 
sulting in  11  confessions.  There  have 
been  102  additions  in  eight  months. — 
L.  G.  Huff,  minister. 

Rantoul,  Oct.  12. — My  meeting  with 
Wm.  Burleigh  at  Bristol,  Va.,  closed  with 
125  additions.  I  began  here  Oct.  1;  75  ad- 
ditions to  date.  I  start  with  Wm.  G. 
Oram  in  a  month's  campaign  at  the  Third 
Church,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  22,  after 
which  I  am  to  hold  my  second  meeting  at 
Parkersburg,  W.  Va.  Correspondents  will 
please  address  me,  Washington,  D.  C, 
General  Delivery. — Herbert  Yeuell. 

INDIANA. 

Indianapolis,  Oct.  9.— Yesterday  at  Spar- 
tanburg one  was  added  from  M.  E's. — 
Willis  M.  Cunningham. 

Indianapol's,  Oct.  9. — I  preached  yester- 
day for  the  Third  Christian  Church.   There 


were  four  additions — two  confessions,  one 
by  statement  and  one  by  letter.  Brother 
Chas.  B.  Newnan,  the  minister,  is  in  a 
meeting  in  Louisville.— J.  Murray  Tay- 
lor. 

Ambia.— Evangelist  S.  G.Smith,  of  La- 
dago,  closed  a  three  weeks'  meeting  Oct.  5, 
with  19  additions;  ten  by  letter  and  state- 
ment and  nine  by  obedience— Warner 
King,  pastor. 

Fort  Wayne,  Oct.  11  —Our  meeting  at 
Shelbyvitle,  Tenn.,  closed  with  71  added; 
six  by  letter  and  statement.  E'jal  E.  Vio- 
lett,  pastor,  did  the  preaching.  The  breth- 
ren hope  to  erect  a  new  building  soon. 
Our  meeting  at  Fort  Wayne  is  a  week  old, 
with  four  added.  M.  F.  Rickoff  is  doing 
the  preaching.  My  next  meeting  is  at 
Lebanon,  Ind.;  at  Albion,  111.,  for  Decem- 
ber.—H.  H.  Saunders. 

Boswell,    Oct.    13  — I    began    here    last 
Sunday   with   the   pastor,    S.    F.  Rogers. 
My  next  meeting  will  be  with  F.  C.  Over 
baugh,  the  pastor,  at  Mount  Auburn,  111. 
— V.  E.  Ridenour. 

INDIAN  TERRITORY. 

Sapulpa,  Oct.  10.— I  have  begun  work 
with  this  congregation  half  time,  and  con- 
tinue at  Broken  Arrow  half  time.  Two 
additions  here — one  by  baptism  and  one  by 
letter.  Seven  at  Broken  Arrow  in  two 
Sundays — five  by  letter  and  two  by  bap- 
tism.— A.  M.  Harral. 
IOWA. 

Blockton,  Oct.  10. — Our  meeting  closed 
Oct.  8,  with  46  additions — 31  confessions, 
six  by  letter,  nine  from  the  denominations. 
Brother  Ralph  Boileau,  of  Red  Oak,  con- 
ducted   our    music— W.     A.     Shullen- 

BERGER . 

Boone,  Oct.  2. — I  have  just  closed  a  three 
weeks'  meeting  at  Meadow  Grove  Church, 
in  which  there  were  43  additions;  29  by 
confession.  This  country  church  is  great- 
ly strengthened.  Mrs.  Ely  rendered  val- 
uable assistance  in  leading  the  singing. — 
Edward  L.  Ely. 

Tingley,  Oct.  13— Our  revival  closed 
Oct.  8,  with  16  additions— 14  being  by  con- 
fession. Brother  Hendrickson,  of  Shenan- 
doah, was  the  evangelist  and  Lucile  May 
Parks,  of  Coffeyville,  Kan  ,  was  the  singer. 
Two  were  added  by  confession  at  Shenan- 
doah while  we  were  preaching  in  Brother 
Hendrickson's  stead.— Frank  Oviatt. 

KANSAS. 

Topeka,  Oct.  10. — Eleven  additions  to 
the  Central  Park  Christian  Church  dur- 
ing September,  making  22  additions  in  two 
months. — Carl  A.  Palson,  pastor. 

Neodesba.— Our  meeting  closed  Oct  5, 
with  37  accessions — 26  by  baptism,  five  by 
letter,  six  by  statement.  Bro.  E.  E.  Lowe 
was  the  evangelist  and  H.  S.  Saxton  and 
wife,  of  Troy,  O.,  had  charge  of  the  sing- 
ing.— H.  F.  Leavitt. 

Manhattan,  Oct.  9. — We  began  a  meeting 
yesterday.  My  brother,  Edward  Wright, 
who  has  been  singing  for  me  since  June, 
1894,  will  take  up  pastoral  work  again  at  the 
close  of  this  meeting.  I  have  not  yet 
arranged  for  a  singer.  Our  dates  close 
with  this  meeting.  I  would  like  to  ar- 
range dates  for  six  or  eight  months  ahead, 
beginning  with  close  of  this  meeting. 
Write  me  here. — Lawrence  Wright. 

Burlington,  Oct.  13.— Our  meeting  at 
Pleasant  Hill  is  two  weeks  old;  eight  con- 
fessions, one  by  letter;  fine  interest; 
meeting  will  continue.  Bro.  A.  B.  Moore 
Is  the  mi aister. —Victor  L.  Goodrich. 
KENTUCKY. 
Louisville.— We  closed  our  meeting  at 
the  Parkland  Church,  Oct.  8;  20  additions. 
Prof.    F.   H.   Cappa,  cf  this  city,  led  the 


-unking.  The  preaching  was  done  by  the 
pastor,  who  has  been  voted  a  complimen- 
tary increase  in  <;alary  for  the  year  1906. 
There  have  been  75  additions  since  Feb.  1. 
I  have  had  76  additions  elsewhere  in  meet- 
ings this  year.— G.  W.  Nctter. 

North  Pleasureville,  Oct.  13.— I  am  ia 
a  good  meeting  with  George  C.  Waggoner. 
We  have  very  large  audiences,  intense  in- 
terest, and  seven  added  to  date— four  con- 
fessions, one  reclaimed  and  two  by  com- 
mendation. Meeting  continues.— Simpso* 
Ely. 

MARYLAND. 

Baltimore,  Oct.  10  —I  took  charge  of 
the  work  at  the  Calnoun  S  reet  Chur  h  last 
Sunday,  and  baptized  two  young  ladiet 
who  had  previously  made  the  good  con- 
fession in  Brother  Hunley's  meeting.— 
A    F    R 

MISSOURI. 

Moberly,  Oc».  9  —There  were   15  addi- 

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GODS      GOODNESS      AND      LIFE'S      IN- 
EQUALITIES.—Psalms  37:34-37; 
73:1-28;   Matt.  20:13-16. 

God's  goodness  is  not  restricted  to  the 
righteous.  The  pagan  idea  of  God  was 
that  of  both  beneficent  and  malevolent 
powers,  who  were  as  ready  to  hate  as  to 
love,  and  whose  wrath  must  be  propitiated 
by  the  sacrifice  of  innocent  victims.  Even 
Judaism  came  to  hold  a  similar  conception 
of  Jehovah :  and  it  was  one  of  the  missions 
of  the  prophets  to  correct  this  error,  and 
show  that  Jehovah  was  a  God  of  unfail- 
ing love,  whose  mercy  endureth  forever. 
Jesus  assures  us  that  the  heavenly  Father 
makes  his  sun  to  rise  on  the  evil  and  the 
good,  and  sends  his  rain  on  the  j  ust  and  the 
unjust  (Matt.  5:43-48).  Paul  tells  us  that 
God  has  never  left  himself  without  wit- 
ness of  his  goodness,  in  the  equal  favor 
shown  in  natural  blessings  to  the  race 
t^Aets  14:14-17).  But  it  is  in  the  Gospel 
that  the  divine  goodness  is  most  conspicu- 
ous, for  there  the  very  sin  of  man  becomes 
a  plea  of  irresistible  power  with  God  (John 
3:16,  17;  Rom.  5:6-10;  Luke  19:10;  15:7). 

The  good  ought  not  to  envy,  but  rejoice 
in  this  fact.  There  is  no  more  unlovely 
character  in  literature  than  the  elder  son, 
in  the  parable  of  the  prodigal,  who  be- 
grudged the  welcome  extended  to  his 
younger  brother.  In  his  jealousy  he  forgot 
to  rejoice  that  the  lost  was  found,  the  dead 
restored  to  life.  And  if  we  can  rejoice 
over  the  mercy  of  God  after  it  has  attained 
its  purpose  in  the  salvation  of  the  sinner, 
why  can  we  not  equally  rejoice  while  that 
same  mercy  is  seeking  to  move  the  hard 
and  stubborn  heart  to  repentance?  Do  we 
not-  read  that  "the  goodness  of  God  lead- 
eth  thee  to  repentance"    (Rom.  2:4)? 

The  prosperity  of  the  wicked  is  brief. 
It  is  like  the  grass  and  the  green  herb,  or 
at  best  like  the  green  tree,  whose  season 
is  short,  and  end  certain  (Psa.  37:1,  2,  35, 
36).  Asaph  tells  us  that  he  could  not  un- 
derstand the  prosperity  of  the  wicked,  or 
reconcile  it  with  the  idea  of  the  divine  jus- 
tice, until  he  "went  into  the  sanctuary  of 
God,  and  considered  their  latter  end."  Then 
he  knew  how  slippery  was  their  path,  and 
how  sudden  would  be  their  destruction, 
and  his  soul  pitied  them,  rather  than  en- 
vied (Psalm  73:12-21).  When  we  think 
of  the  utter  disappointment  to  which  all 
the  lovers  of  sin  are  doomed,  it  ought  to  fill 
our  souls  with  measureless  compassion,  and 
fill  us  with  the  zeal  of  Christ  for  their 
rescue  from  eternal  shame  and  death. 

The  reward  of  the  righteous  is  certain 
and  abundant.  "Trust  in  Jehovah  and  do 
good:  dwell  in  the  land  and  feed  on  his 
faithfulness,"  is  the  way  in  which  David 
points  us  to  the  pathway  of  peace.  Happi- 
ness and  permanent  prosperity  are  found 
alone  in  the  way  of  faith  and  obedience. 
Delight  in  Jehovah,  committal  of  one's  way 
to  him,  resting  upon  him,  avoiding  evil  and 
pursuing  good— these  are  steps  toward 
peace  and  joy  that  never  fail  to  bring  their 
reward.  Make  a  careful  study  of  the  two 
Psalms  of  our  lesson,  and  they  will  afford 
ample  material  for  a  spiritual  and  help- 
ful meeting.  Every  verse  in  them  is  full 
of  sweet  comfort  or  wise  counsel,  and  in 
keeping  of  their  precepts  there  is  great  re- 
ward. Thus  may  we  have  such  experience 
of  the  divine  goodness  as  to  justify  our 
confident  echo  of  the  words  of  Asaph, 
"Thou  wilt  guide  me  with  thy  counsel,  and 
afterward  receive  me  to  glory*'  (Psalm  73: 
24). 


POWER  THROUGH  GOD'S    SPIRIT.— 
Zech.  4:1-10. 

Memory  Verses,  8-10. 

Golden    Text. — Not    by    might,  nor   by 

power,  but  by  my  spirit,  saith  the  Lord. — ■ 
Zech.  4:6. 

Prophets  of  the  Restoration. 

For  sixteen  years  after  the  return  of  the 
first  band  of  exiles  from  Babylon,  the  temple 
remained  in  ruins.  The  first  burst  of  zeal 
for  its  reconstruction  soon  gave  way,  in  the 
face  of  opposition  from  their  neighbors  and 
from  the  Persian  government,  to  an  appar- 
ently contented  acquiescence  in  this  state  of 
affairs.  It  was  doubtless  a  time  of  hard 
work  and  little  surplus  for  a  people  who 
were  trying  to  rebuild  their  broken  fortunes, 
but  gradually  prosperity  returned.  Harvests 
were  good,  men  began  to  build  good  houses 
for  themselves  (Haggai  1:4)  and  the  pos- 
sessions which  they  gained  only  whetted 
their  appetites  for  the  getting  of  more 
(Haggai  1:6).  At  this  time  there  arose  two 
prophets  to  insist  upon  the  immediate  re- 
building of  the  temple  as  the  first  duty  of 
the  nation.  They  were  Haggai  and  Zecha- 
riah.  In  the  second  year  of  the  reign  of 
Darius  (that  is  520  B.  C.)  they  began  their 
agitation  (Ezra  4:24;  5:1;  Haggai  1:1; 
Zech.  1:1),  and  in  the  sixth  year  of  Darius 
the  temple  was  completed  (Ezra  6:14,  15). 

Haggai's  Argument. 

The  addresses  of  Haggai  are,  for  the 
most  part,  plain  and  practical  appeals  to  the 
people  to  rebuild  the  temple.  The  various 
arguments  are  recited.  The  people  are  now 
well  able  to  afford  it.  Their  prosperity  is, 
in  fact,  being  hindered  by  the  divine  dis- 
pleasure because  the  temple  is  not  built. 
There  is  no  need  for  discouragement  be- 
cause the  new  temple  is  less  splendid  than 
the  old,  for  the  Gentiles  shall  contribute 
of  their  wealth  (which  really  belongs  to 
Jehovah)  to  its  adornment  and  it  shall  sur- 
pass the  former  temple.  The  whole  nation 
is  ceremonially  unclean  until  the  temple  is 
restored.  Finally  Zerubbabel,  the  governor, 
is  assured  that,  if  he  carries  out  this  work, 
the  Lord  will  greatly  honor  him  in  the  day 
when  the  nations  are  being  destroyed. 

A  Prophet  oe  Hope. 

Haggai's  contemporary  and  ally  in  the  ef- 
fort to  get  the  temple  built,  was  Zechariah. 
He  cast  his  argument  into  the  form  of  a 
series  of  visions  in  which  are  portrayed  the 
glory  that  awaits  the  rebuilt  city  with  its 
restored  temple.  If  previous  prophets  have 
dealt  largely  with  messages  of  warning  and 
denunciation,  Zechariah  speaks  words  of  en- 
couragement. There  is  a  new  and  better 
time  at  hand.  The  restoration  of  the  city 
shall  be  accompanied  by  a  general  revival 
of  the  national  life,  a  spiritual  awakening, 
the  triumph  of  justice,  the  receipt  of 
strength  through  God's  Spirit,  the  removal 
of  sin,  and  the  coming  of  a  glorious  Mes- 
sianic regime.  All  of  which  meant,  first  of 
all,  that  a  nation  with  such  a  God  and  such 
a  future  ought  to  rebuild  the  temple  at 
once. 

Zechariah's  Visions. 

The  visions  were  eight  in  number : 

(1)  The  messsenger  and  horses  of  Je- 
hovah (1:7-17),  by  whom  it  is  reported  that 
the  nations  are  still  spiritually  dead.  No 
other  is  found  which  can  represent  him, 
so  Judah  shall  be  restored  and  Jerusalem 
rebuilt. 

(2)  The  four  horns  (1:18-21),  represent- 


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ing  the  world  powers  which  have  afflicted 
Judah,  are  broken. 

(3)  The  man  with  the  measuring  line 
(2:1-13),  who  found  the  new  Jerusalem  to 
be  immeasurable,  without  walls  on  account 
of  its  vastness  of  size  and  population. 

(4)  Joshua,  the  high  priest  (3:1-10), 
opposed  by  Satan  before  the  judgment 
throne,  but  purified  and  justified  for  the 
nation. 

(5)  The  golden  candlestick  (4:1-14), 
fed  by  two  olive  trees,  typifying  the  living 
fountains  of  divine  grace  by  which  the 
nation  is  to  be  supplied  and  nourished. 

(6)  The  flying  roll  (5:1-4),  bearing 
curses  which  shall  come  with  certainty 
upon  those  who  deserve  them — an  assur- 
ance of  the  execution  of  justice  in  the  new 
regime. 

(7)  The  woman  in  the  ephah  (5:5-11), 
a  personification  of  wickedness  shut  up  and 
taken  out  of  the  land. 

(8)  The  four  chariots'  (6:1-8),  going  out 
to  the  four  quarters  as  the  ministers  of 
God's  judgment  upon  the  nations,  to  pun- 
ish the  enemies  of  Judah. 

Power  through  the  Spirit  of  God. 

The  lesson  is  on  the  fifth  vision.  Its  mes- 
sage was  addressed  primarily  to  Zerubbabel, 
the  governor  of  Jerusalem,  who  was  relied 
upon  to  lead  in  the  work  of  temple-building. 
The  strength  of  the  just  cause,  the  power 
of  the  man  who  works  with  God,  the  folly 
of  depending  upon  mere  human  strength 
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the  quiet,  spiritual  power  which  we  may 
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THE  FOREIGN  MISSION  WORK  OF  OUR 
CHURCH.— Daniel  2:31-45. 

For  the  Leader. 

We  are  blessed  with  another  missionary 
subject  this  evening.  Let  it  be  our  trust 
that  each  one  has  made  some  preparation 
for  the  meeting.  If  there  are  those  here 
who  have  not  prepared  upon  the  subject 
matter  of  the  topic  for  tonight,  let  them 
know  they  can  have  the  preparation  of  an 
interested  mind,  a  heart  full  of  love  and 
desire  to  get  some  good  out  of  the  meet- 
ing. This  is  a  preparation  all  should  have 
for  the  meeting.  We  can  be  well  prepared 
in  head,  and  if  we  are  not  prepared  in 
heart,  which  is  to  say,  if  we  are  not  inter- 
ested and  in  earnest,  we  will  profit  but  lit- 
tle by  the  meeting. 

There  is  a  fund  of  missionary  informa- 
tion that  one  can  not  well  afford  to  be 
without.  Why  should  it  not  be  considered 
a  part  of  one's  education  to  know  these 
most  important  things  ?  It  should.  Then 
it  is  a  part  of  one's  joy  in  the  Christian 
service  to  know  where  the  missionaries  of 
his  church  labor,  how  they  fare,  what  they 
do,  what  they  have  for  food,  what  their 
work  is,  how  the  people  where  they  labor 
receive  them,  is  there  hope  of  speedy  re- 
turns on  a  large  scale  in  this  field  or  that, 
and  so  on  through  a  long  list  of  things  a 
hungry  mind  will  crave  to  know. 

For    the   Members. 

1.  A  Suggestive  Program. 

(1)  Three  missionary  hymns,  one  of 
them  sung  as  a  solo. 

(2)  Mission  verses  from  the  Bible  by 
members  of  the  society. 

(3)  Sentence  prayers  for  missions  and 
the  missionaries. 

(4)  Where  our  missionaries  are  located. 
A  map  exercise,  showing  from  a  home- 
made map,  by  means  of  stars  stuck  in  the 
places,  where  our  missionaries  are  located. 

(5)  A  short  paper  on  the  beginnings  of 
our  foreign  mission  work. 

(6)  Select  a  bright  Endeavorer  to  repre- 
sent each  of  the  following  mission  fields : 
India,  China,  Japan,  the  Philippines,  Cuba, 
and  Scandinavia,  and  let  each  one  give  the 
important  features  of  the  work  in  a  three 
minute  talk. 

(7)  Have  some  one  make  a  talk  of  five 
minutes  on  the  great  missionaries  of  our 
Church,  illustrating  with  pictures  cut  from 
magazines  and  papers.  Leave  the  pictures 
for  inspection  after  the  meeting  or,  better, 
paste  them  on  a  large  piece  of  cardboard 
and  put  up  in  the  Endeavor  room.  Put 
name  and  place  of  labor  under  each  one. 

(8)  Have  some  one  name  the  mission- 
ary boards  of  our  church  and  give  the 
headquarters  of  each  and  when  the  special 
offering  for  each  board  should  be  taken  in 
the  churches  and  the  societies. 

(9)  Have  some  one  give  the  titles,  places 
of  publication  and  importance  of  the  mis- 
sionary periodicals  we  put  out. 

(10)  Talk  on  the  special  foreign  mis- 
sionary work  of  the  Endeavorers  of  our 
Church,  supporting  the  boys  in  the  orphan- 
age at  Damoh,  India.  (See  page  286  of 
the  September  number  of  the  "Missionary 
Intelligencer.") 

(11)  A  letter  from  some  mission  field, 
personal,  or  from  some  one  of  our  papers, 
or,  if  not  this,  where  you  can,  a  talk  from 
some    returned    missionary. 


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(12)  Many  prayers  for  the  missionaries, 
calling  them  by  name. 

(13)  Offering. 

(14)  Benediction. 

2.  Some  Suggestions : 

(1)  This  program  will  require  some 
searching  for  material.  There  is  not  room 
in  this  column  to  give  same.  Put  your 
literature  committee  to  work.  Go  to  your 
pastor  for  his  help  in  these  matters.  It  will 
take  a  little  work,  but  you  will  soon  get 
all  the  material  you  want.-  Put  your  mem- 
bers upon  their  pride,  and  let  each  one  try 
to  make  his  part  the  best  of  all. 

(2)  This  program  may  be  used  to  profit 
in  the  regular  Endeavor  meeting.  It  will 
make  a  better  and  more  general  impression 
in  most  places  to  put  it  in  the  place  of  the 
night  sermon.  See  the  preacher  about  this. 
He  will  be  glad  to  help  you.  Advertise 
the  meeting.  Have  a  large  audience  out 
to  hear  the  program.  Something  like  this 
will  do  more  to  generate  missionary  zeal 
than  all  the  work  you  can  do  in  a  sort  of 
general  way  in  six  months.  It  will  be  a 
rally  in  your  society.  It  will  cause  the  peo- 
ple to  say,  "Well,  these  young  people  are 
doing  something.  I  believe  I  would  like 
to    have   part    with    them    in    their   work." 


And  they  will.     Give  this  meeting  a  faith- 
ful and  prayerful  trial,  and  see  how  great 
will  be  the  blessing  to  your  society. 
Quiet  Hour  Thought. 

Have  I  ever  taken  a  personal  interest  in 
any  missionary  and  prayed  earnestly  for 
the  success  of  that  missionary? 

DAILY   READINGS. 

M. — No   impossibilities.         Mark    10:23-27. 
T. — The  world  our  field.  Isa.  43:1-7. 

W.— "The  eyes  of  the  Lord." 

2  Chron.   16:7-9. 
T. — Our    brethren.  Josh.    1 :  12-18. 

F. — A  pressing  work.  Neh.  6:1-9. 

S. — The  secret  of  fruits.  John  12:23-26. 

S — Topic — The    foreign    mission    work    of 
our  Church.  Dan.  2:31-45. 

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October  19,  1905 


Evangelistic. 

(continued  from  page  1367  ) 

tlons     yesterday— ten     baptisms.— W.    B. 
Taylor. 

Windsor,  Oct.  9.— There  were  five  addi- 
tions yesterday,  all  by  confession.  Bap- 
tised two  to-day  for  membership  at  Eldo- 
rado.—W.  A.  Fite. 

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Louisburg  at  my  regular  appointment  Sun- 
day. Our  work  there  is  in  better  shape  than 
it  has  been  for  some  years.— C.  L.  Fife. 

Higginsville,  Oct.  11. — Two  baptized  last 
Wednesday  night.— J.  H.  Coil. 

Dexter,  Oct.  11. — Seven  additions  by 
letter,  and  one  by  baptism  since  Sept.  10. 
The  field  is  very  promising.— R.  H.  Lamp- 
kin,  minister. 

Laddonia,  Oct.  12.— I  preached  five  days 
last  week  at  Boydsville,  with  seven  addi- 
tions by  baptism  and  one  reclaimed. — 
J.  D.  Greer. 

Greenwood,  Oct.  9.— Great  interest,  good 
music,  led  by  John  Cox  of  Kansas.  Twen- 
ty-one to  date.  I  go  next  to  HarrisoEville. 
D.  D.  Boyle,  evangelist. — Leslie  Lucas, 
pastor. 

Greenfield,  Oct.  9. — We  clrsed  a  meeting 
at  Greenfield  last  night.  One  from  the 
M.  E's,  five  by  statement  and  letter,  one 
by  obedience.  I  begin  a  meeting  at  Wil- 
low Springs,  Oct.  17,  with  Brother  Yocum. 
— Sam  I.  Smith. 

Belle,  Oct.  2  — We  closed  a  two  weeks' 
meeting  last  night,  with  27  additions — 22 
by  confession  and   five  reclaimed.— E.  M. 

ROMINE. 

Lathrop,  Oct.  9.— In  the  midst  of  a  meet- 
ing with  home  forces.  Meeting  one  week 
old,  11  confessions. — J.  G.  Creason. 

Brunswick,  Oct.  9. — Meeting  great  suc- 
cess. Fifty-two  added  to  our  membership 
and  one  to  the  Presbyterians.  Seven  united 
by  letter  and  statement,  two  from  the 
Presbyterians,  two  Baptists,  two  Metho- 
dists, 39  baptisms.  Frank  M.  O'Neal  was 
the  leader  of  song. — E.  H.  Williamson. 

Unionville,  Oct.  11.— Closed  a  12  days' 
meeting  at  Lemen,  with  17  additions — 11 
by  confession,  three  from  the  M.  E's,  and 
three  by  commendation.  A  Lord's  day 
school  was  organized  and  the  church  fully 
organized  for  work. — J.  E.  Lockhart. 

New  London,  Oct.  10.— Our  meeting  is 
nine  days  old,  with  37  additions — 30  by 
confession,  six  by  letter,  one  reclaimed.  I 
am  holding  my  own  meeting. — E.  M.  Rich- 
mond. 

New  Franklin,  Oct.  9. — We  closed  our 
meeting  last  night;  forty- eight  additions. 
The  preachicg  was  done  by  the  pastor, 
Arthur  N.  Lindsey.— T.  V.  Settle. 

Liberty,  Oct,  9.— The  Baptist,  Presby- 
terian, Methodist  and  Christian  churches 
have  begun  a  month's  meeting,  every  pas- 
tor doing  his  own  preaching.  We  have 
two  afternoon  union  prayer  meetings  each 
week.  Le  Roy  St.  John  is  in  charge  of  the 
music.  There  have  been  nine  additions.— 
Robt.  G.  Frank. 

Kirksville,  Oct.  13.— We  had  a  short  meet- 
ing at  Novelty,  which  resulted  in  nine  ad- 
ditions. Elder  I.  N.  Jett,  of  Queen  City, 
did  the  preaching.  — J    L.  Hollowell. 

Trenton,  Oct.  13. — Our  meeting  has  been 
in  progreis  13  days,  with  48  additions. 
W.  E.  Harlow  and  son  are  the  evangelists. 
We  expect  to  continue  two  weeks  longer. 
— S.  J.  White,  minister. 

Aullville.  Oct.  12  — We  closed  our  meet- 
ing Oct.  4,  with  13  accessions — nine  by 
confession,  three  by  letttr  and  state- 
ment, and  one  from  the  Baptists.  A 
Y.  P.  S,  C.  E.  of  sixteen  members  was  or- 


ganized. The  congregation  has  taken  on 
new  life  and  has  raised  salary  for  a  min- 
ister for  one-half  time.  The  prospects  for 
the  church  are  encouraging.  We  begin  a 
series  of  meetings  at  Buckner,  Oct.  16. — 
L.  B.  Coggins. 

Hale,  Oct,  14.— In  a  12  days'  meeting 
with  home  forces  there  have  been  16  addi- 
tions. Great  interest.  Will  continue  a 
few  days. — C.  C.  Taylor. 

Mexico,  Oct.  15.— Two  added  yesterday 
—14  since  vacation,  not  reported.  E.  J. 
Fenstermacher,  of  Kentucky,  joins  us  in  a 
meeting,  Oct.  30  — A.  W.  Kokendoffer. 

NEBRASKA. 
Greenwood,   Oct.   13.— Evangelists  Pat- 
man  and  Egbert  closed  a  23  days'  meeting 
with  21  baptisms  and  three  by  statement. 

— W.  B.  Harteb,  minister.     _.;  &a  AJ,  j 

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Roswell,  Oct.  9. — We  had  a  splendid  day 
yesterday.  There  were  ten  additions- 
eight  by  letter  and  two  by  confession  and 
baptism. — C.  C.  Hill. 

Raton,  Oct.  7.— I  organ'zed  a  church 
July  20,  with  25  members.  Began  my 
evangelistic  campaign  here  Oct.  1,  meet- 
ing in  a  bowling  alley.  Additions  almost 
every  night.  Will  continue  four  or  five 
weeks  longer.  Will  want  a  good  man  to 
take  the  work  at  the  close  of  the  meeting. 
Raton  is  a  beautiful  city  of  five  thousand, 
and  is  growing  rapidly.  Altitude  6,600 
feet.  For  particulars  address  J.  T.  Stiv- 
ers, evangelist. — A.  R.  Givens,  singer. 
OHIO. 

Athens,  Oct.  9.  — One  confession  and  one 
by  letter  yesterday.— T.  L.  Lowe. 

Steubenville,  Oct.  9.— Six  added  yester- 
day;  1  046  attended  the  Sunday-school 
rally.  This  is  ore  of  the  very  best 
churches. — M.  J.  Grable. 

Belle  Center,  Oct.  9.— Our  meeting  is  a 
success;  48  additions.  H.  F.  MacLane  is 
the  evangelist. — H.  E.  Bechler,  minister. 

OKLAHOMA. 
Oklahoma  City,    Oct.  9.— Six  additions 

yesterday. — Sherman  B.  Moore. 

ONTARIO. 

St.  Thomas. — Six  added  by  letter  and 
four  by  baptism  since  last  report.— James 
Egbert,  pastor. 

OREGON. 

Ashland,  Oct.  2. — We  began  our  third 
year  here  yesterday,  with  one  by  statement 
and  one  confession.  During  our  two  years 
there  have  been  95  additions.  S.  M.  Mar- 
tin will  be  with  us  in  a  two  months'  cam- 
paign next  fall.— W.  L.  Mellinger. 

TEXAS. 
Haskell,  Oct.  9.— J.  L.  Haddock  is  with 
us.     Revival  starts  eff  well.     One  addition 
by  primary  obedience.— J.  H.  Shepard. 

VERMONT. 
West  Rupert,  Oct.  9  —Thirteen  baptisms 
since  last  ieport. — E.  J.  Butler. 


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A  Visit  to  the  Anci 


As  I  have  been  saying,  there  are  several 
interesting  and  typical  Indian  pueblos  in 
the  vicinity  of  Santa  Fe.  But  the  Pueblos 
of  today  are  only  the  modern  representa- 
tives of  a  race  of  Indians  who  have  left 
most  curious  and  notable  remains  in  this 
region — namely,  the  cliff-dwellers  and  cave- 
dwellers.  Notice  that  I  say  modern  repre- 
sentatives, rather  than  descendants,  for  I 
do  not  wish  to  get  entangled  in  the  great 
riddle  at  the  very  outset  of  these  brief  ob- 
servations. Whether  the  cliff-dwellers 
were  killed  off  or  simply  moved  into  the 
valleys  as  conditions  changed ;  whether  the 
Pueblo  Indians  are  descended  from  the  cliff- 
dwellers  or  from  some  other  and  unknown 
race — these  are  questions  worth  discussing. 
But  let  us  describe  first  and  speculate  af- 
terward. 

To  find  cliff-dwellings,  one  must  go  a 
little  farther  from  Santa  Fe,  and  Espanola 
is  perhaps  the  best  center  for  an  easy  ama- 
teur expedition.  It  is  in  the  Rio  Grande 
valley  thirty  miles  north  of  Santa  Fe  on 
the  narrow  gauge  section  of  the  Denver 
and  Rio  Grande  R.  R.  The  town  is 
a  mere  dot  in  the  desert,  but  it  has  hotels, 
saloons  (four),  stores  and  the  other  more 
indispensable  appurtenances  of  urban  life, 
for  it  is  the  distributing  center  for  a  score 
of  towns  from  the  railroad  and  does  a  vol- 
ume of  business  quite  out  of  proportion  to 
its  size. 

The  cliff  of  Puye  (pronounced  poo-yea) 
is  perhaps  the  best  known  and  the  most 
visited  of  all  the  groups  of  cave-dwellings, 
and  even  it  is  far  from  being  over-run  by 
tourists.  It  is  reached  by  a  rough  twelve- 
mile  drive  from  Espanola.  For  the  first 
six  miles  the  road  runs  up  Santa  Clara 
Canyon,  most  of  the  way  in  the  bed  of  the 
stream.  Then  it  turns  south  and  climbs  by 
leaps  and  bounds  to  the  top  of  a  broad, 
rolling  mesa,  or  plateau,  a  thousand  feet 
above  the  valley.  It  is  the  rule  here  that 
rainfall  increases  with  altitude,  so  it  should 
not  be  surprising  to  come  up  out  of  a  sandy 
and  arid  valley  to  a  green  and  grassy  mesa 
which  furnishes  fine  pasturage  for  droves 
of  unbroken  horses,  wild  as  mountain  goats. 
These  ponies,  without  spot  or  blemish  ex- 
cept a  brand  on  the  flank,  can  be  bought 
for  five  to  seven  dollars  a  head.  The  pro- 
cess of  breaking  to  saddle  adds  ten  or  fifteen 
dollars  to  their  value.  Considering  the  high 
cost  of  physicians'  and  trained  nurses'  serv- 
ices, it  is  a  good  deal  cheaper  to  spend  this 
extra  ten  or  fifteen  dollars  on  a  horse  al- 
ready broken  than  to  buy  a  five  dollar  pony 
and  break  it  yourself. 

Five  miles  over  this  rolling  table-land 
brings  one  to  the  foot  of  a  cliff  which 
rises  abruptly  from  it  and  forms  one  side 
of  what  might  be  considered  an  island  of 
solid  rock  standing  up  out  of  the  green  sea 
of  the  plateau  with  shores  so  precipitous 
that  only  at  one  or  two  places  can  access 
to  the  top  be  gained.  The  cliff  is  from 
thirty  to  sixty  feet  high,  with  a  sloping 
talus  of  rock  fragments  at  its  foot.  The 
stone  is  a  soft  volcanic  tufa  which  erodes 
easily  under  stress  of  wind  and  weather 
and  in  which  one  can  almost  excavate  with 
one's  finger-nails.  A  good  stone  ax  would 
have  gone  into  it  as  a  pick  goes  into  clay. 

Here,  then,  were  the  homes  of  the  an- 
cients. A  thousand  years  ago,  or  two  thou- 
sand, or  perhaps  not  much  more  than  five 
hundred — nobody  knows  a  great  deal  about 


it — sonic  bright  Indian  discovered  that,  with 
this  soft  cliff  at  hand,  it  was  easier  to  dig 
a  good  rain-proof  stone  house  than  to 
build  even  a  poor  leaky  one  of  any  other 
material.  The  whole  tribe  had  already 
found  that  it  was  safer  to  live  on  the 
heights  than  in  the  valley.  So  he  started, 
very  likely,  where  the  wind  had  already 
bored  out  a  little  hole  in  the  face  of  the 
cliff — indeed,  this  wind-worn  hole  probably 
gave  him  the  first  hint  for  his  new  archi- 
tecture— and  with  his  flint  hatchet  he  en- 
larged the  hole,  levelling  the  floor  so  that 
he  could  lie  down  comfortably  and  round- 
ing the  roof  so  that  it  would  be  less  likely 
to  fall  in.  But  he  always  left  the  entrance 
to  his  cave  very  low  and  narrow  (usually 
about  three  feet  high  and  half  as  wide), 
so  that  an  enemy  attempting  to  force  an 
entrance  would  put  himself  in  a  good  posi- 
tion to  get  his  skull  crushed  by  a  blow  from 
the  basalt  hammer  which  lay  convenient 
to  its  owner's  hand.  I  found  the  basalt 
hammer  just  where  he  dropped  it  last  by 
the  fire-place,  so  I  am  sure  that  is  what 
he  used. 

The  others  would  not  be  slow  to  see  the 
advantages  enjoyed  by  this  discoverer  with 
his  rock-hewn  house.  So  they,  too,  aban- 
doned whatever  sort  of  houses  they  had — 
no  one  knows  what  sort  they  were,  but 
doubtless  some  primitive  shack — and  in  the 
course  of  time  the  whole  face  of  the  cliff 
was  honey-combed  with  cave-dwellings,  as 
we  see  it  today.  In  the  course  of  time,  too, 
they  learned  several  tricks  for  making  these 
houses  very  comfortable.  Most  important 
was  the  art  of  building  a  fire-place  and 
making  a  smoke-hole  over  it  opening  out 
through  the  face  of  the  cliff.  That  the 
draft  was  generally  not  perfect  is  shown 
by  the  fact  that  the  entire  ceiling  and  the 
upper  part  of  the  walls  are  in  almost  every 
case  completely  blackened  by  smoke.  But 
the  hole  which  I  have  called  a  smoke-hole 
was  evidently  meant  for  that  purpose  and 
not  for  observation  or  warfare,  for  as  of- 
ten as  not  it  is  directly  over  the  fire-place, 
and  even  when  it  is  over  the  door  the  angle 
is  usually  such  that  nothing  can  be  seen 
through  it  except  blue  sky. 

Sometimes,  though  not  often,  two  ad- 
jacent rooms,  each  having  its  separate  en- 
trance, have  a  door  between  them.  Oc- 
casionally a  second  room  has  been  hollowed 
out  behind  the  first  and  is  reached  by  so 
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and  wriggle  through  the  choking  dust  of 
centuries  to  get  into  it,  and  when  it  is 
reached  it  is  so  small  that  one  can  neither 
stand  up  or  lie  down  at  full  length.  Even 
the  front  rooms  are  small  enough.  Seven 
feet  square  by  five  and  a  half  feet  high 
would  be  a  fair  average.  The  largest  I 
have  ever  found  was  nine  by  nine  and  a 
half  and  seven  feet  six  inches  high,  and 
it  was  connected  with  two  others,  making 
a  suite  of  three  rooms,  two  of  which  had 
outside  doors  reached  by  stairs  hewn  in 
the  cliff,  while  the  middle  room  had  a  win- 
dow. But  that  was  not  at  Puye  cliff.  Most 
of  the  rooms  are  small  and  so  low  that, 
even  after  clearing  out  the  accumulated 
dust  and  stone  debris,  I  could  not  stand 
upright  in  them.  To  gain  a  little  more 
room  with  the  minimum  of  excavation,  the 
original  inhabitants  cut  niches  in  the  walls 
here  and  there  to  serve  as  closets.  The 
lower  half  of  the  wall  was  usually  plastered 
with  adobe,  and  in  rare  cases  there  are  re- 
mains of  rude  paintings  on  this. 

But  even  cave-dwellers  were  not  satisfied 
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caves.  The  only  remaining  evidences  of 
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were  made  to  hold  the  ends  of  the  rafters, 
and  a  faint  trace  of  masonry  where  the 
walls  used  to  be. 

Such  are  the  cave-dwellings.  As  to  the 
people  who  built  and  inhabited  them,  a 
Mexican  will  only  shrug  and  say,  "Quit* 
sabe?"  And  that  is^as  good  an  answer  as 
any,  for  no  one  knows.  We  know  only  a 
few  things  about  them.  We  know  that 
they  were   farmers,  because  we  find  with- 


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ered  ears  of  corn  in  their  caves,  and  be- 
sides, primitive  peoples  who  have  fixed 
abodes  are  pretty  sure  to  be  tillers  of  the 
soil.  We  know  that  they  made  very  excel- 
lent pottery,  tor  much  of  it  has  been  dug 
up.  I  have  found  some  of  excellent  quality 
and  tasteful  decoration,  and  have  even  dug 
up  a  few  fragments  showing  a  glaze,  though 
some  of  the  authorities  assort  that  they  did 
not  know  the  art  of  glazing  pottery.  We 
argue  that  they  were  a  comparatively  peace- 
able people,  and  that  they  took  refuge  in  the 
cliffs  partly  to  escape  the  attacks  of  their 
more  warlike  contemporaries.  But  whence 
they  came,  whither  they  went  and  how  they 
fared  in  the  fight  with  their  fiercer  neigh- 
bors-, are  questions  for  the  archaeologists 
to  wrangle  over — and  they  do. 

There  are  two  other  kinds  of  ancient  In- 
dian houses  which  must  be  classed  with 
these  cave-dwellings  that  I  have  been  de- 
scribing. Most  nearly  allied  to  them  are 
the  cliff-dwellings  which  have  been  built  in 
shallow  caves  formed  by  the  erosion  of  a 
soft  horizontal  stratum  of  rock  between  two 
harder  strata  in  the  face  of  a  cliff.  By  way 
of  distinction,  these  are  sometimes  called 
cliff-dwellings,  while  the  name' cave-dwell- 
ings is  restricted  to  the  sort  of  which  I  have 
been  speaking.  But  in  reality,  both  are 
cave-dwellings  and  both  are  cliff- 
dwellings,  for  in  one  case  the  cave-rooms 
are  dug  in  the  face  of  the  cliff,  while  in  the 
other  houses  are  built  in  caves  formed  by 
over-hanging  cliffs.  The  two  sorts  are 
rarely  found  in  the  same  region.  In  the 
vicinity  of  Santa  Fe  one  must  confine  his 
researches  to  cave-dwellings,  in  the  nar- 
rower sense.  Cliff-dwellings  of  the  other 
kind  are  found  in  southwestern  Colorado, 
northwestern  New  Mexico,  in  the  vicinity 
of  Flagstaff,  Arizona,  and  in  the  states  of 
Chihuahua  and  Sonora,  Mexico.  In  addi- 
tion to  these  two  sorts  of  caves  and  cliff- 
dwellings,  there  are  found  ruined  pueblos 
evidently  of  great  antiquity.  Of  these  I 
shall  have  more  to  say,  for  I  devoted  a 
week  to  exploring  some  of  them  which  had 
not  before  been  imestigated.  They  are 
nearly  always  on  the  high  places,  often  at 
the  top  of  a  cliff  in  which  cave-dwellings 
are  found.  This  is  the  case  at  the  Puye 
cliff,  where  the  ruins  indicate  a  stone-built 
village — in  reality,  a  single  quadrangular 
house — of  about  six  hundred  rooms,  not 
more  than  a  score  of  which  have  ever  been 
excavated. 

Now,  as  to  theories  and  guesses.  In  the 
matter  of  dates,  the  archaeologists  have 
grown  conservative.  They  used  to  ascribe 
to  these  remains  an  age  of  from  fifteen  hun- 
dred to  four  thousand  years.  The  chief 
motive  for  this  was  apparently  a  certain 
pleasurable  sensation  of  paradox  in  claim- 
ing that  this  newest  continent  had  remains 
of  a  civilization  almost  as  old  as  Egypt. 
But  this  theory,  though  attractive,  was 
groundle—.  While  the  whole  affair  is  largely 
guess-work,  the  most  plausible  guess  is  that 
the  latest  of  these  edifices  were  abandoned 
by  their  inhabitants  not  a  vast  while  before 
the  Spaniards  appeared  in  the  southwest — 
say  five  hundred  years  ago,  or  possibly  a 
thousand  at  most. 

But  the  great  guessing-contest  begins 
when  we  undertake  to  solve  the  ethnological 
problems  presented  by  the  cliff-dwellers. 
Who  were  they?  Whence  came  they? 
Whither  went  they?  It  has  long  been  the 
custom  to  think  of  them  as  a  mysterious 
race  which  has  long  since  disappeared,  or 
perhaps  two  or  three  different  races  all  now 
extinct.  Those  who  hold  to  this  opinion 
often  make  the  cliff-dwellers  and  the  cave- 
dwellers  distinct  people,  who  may  have  been 


either  contemporaneous  or  successive.     The 
ruined    pueblos   may    represent   still    a   dif- 
ferent   race,   which   may   have  been  earlier 
or  later  than  either  of  the  others  or  con- 
temporary with  one  or  both  of  them.  There 
is   room   for  a   great  deal  of  very  pleasing 
mystery  on  this  view,  but  the  trouble  about 
all   the   theories   of   this   type   is   two-fold: 
First,  they  leave  unexplained  the  total  dis- 
appearance of  one,  two  or  three  large  tribes 
or  even  races,  or  account  for  their  extinc- 
tion   by   the    unsupported    hypothesis    of   a 
terrific  conflict   in   which  they  were  finally 
exterminated  by  other  tribes  who  had  less 
skill  as  builders  and  more  as  fighters.     Sec- 
ond, they  make  no  account  of  the  evidences 
of    similarity    between    these    ancients    and 
the   modern    Pueblo   Indians.      So   there   is 
a   second   general   theory,    which   seems    to 
me    more    tenable.     It    is    that    the    cave- 
dwellers,  cliff-dwellers  and  ancient  pueblo- 
dwellers    were    all    essentially    one    people. 
Being    a    relatively    peaceful    people,    with 
some  simple  industries  which  would  be  dis- 
turbed by  war  and   which   required  settled 
abodes,    they    exercised    their    ingenuity   to 
build    houses    which    would    also    be    forts. 
Where  the  cliffs   were   of  soft  stone,  they 
dug   caves   in   them.      In   other   formations 
where  the  wearing  away  of  soft  strata  left 
overhanging  roofs  of  rock,  they  built  stone 
houses    in    these    natural    caves.     Finding 
built    houses    more    comfortable    than    dug 
houses,  the  people  who  lived  in  cliffs  per- 
mitting only  the  dug  sort,  later  began  to 
build    houses    on    top    of   the   cliffs    where 
they  were  open  to  the  weather,  but  still  pro- 
tected against  their  enemies.     Under  these 
varying  conditions  they  flourished,  making 
the   pottery    which    we    still    find    in    their 
houses,  tilling  their  fields   to   raise  a  little 
corn,  carrying  their  water  up  from  the  val- 
leys below  by  trails  which  one  can  still  find 
sometimes    worn    deep    in    the    solid    rock. 
There  were  fights,  too,  but  the  enemy  found 
their   cliff-castles    too    strong   to   be   taken 
with   flint,  arrows   and   stone   axes,   so   the 
wandering    warlike     tribes    passed    on    to 
other  regions.     Then,  the  danger  past,  the 
cliff-dwellers  moved  down  into  the  valleys, 
where  they  could  get  water  without  climb- 
ing   down    one    or    two    thousand    feet    of 
mountain  side,  and  built  other  pueblos  of 
similar  plan  to  those  which  some  of  them 
had   been   living   in   upon   the   mesa.     And 
their    descendants    are    there    to    this    day, 


An  Only  Daughter 
Cured  of  Consumption. 

"When  death  was  hourly  expected,  all  remedies 
having  failed,  and  Dr.  H.  James  was  experimenting 
■with  the  the  many  herbs  of  Calcutta,  he  accidently 
made  a  preparation  which  cured  his  only  childof 
Consumption.  His  child  is  now  in  this  country  ,and 
enjoying  the  best  of  health.  He  has  proved  to  the 
world  that  Consumption  can  be  positively  and  per- 
manently cured.  The  Doctor  now  gives  this  recipe 
free,  only  asking  two  2-cen  tstamps  to  pay  expenses. 
This  herb  also  cures  Night  Sweats,  Nausea  at  the 
Stomach,  and  will  break  up  a  fresh  cold  in  twenty- 
four  hours.  Address  CKADDOCK  &  CO.,  1033 
Race  St.,  Philadelphia,  naming  this  paper. 


building,  farming  and  making  pottery  in 
the  same  way — the  modern  Pueblo  Indians 
among  whom  I  have  been  living  for  these 
few  weeks.. 

But  this,  as  I  said,  is  only  a  theory.  One 
man's  guess  is  as  good  as  another's,  and 
there  are  seldom  two  alike,  but  this  is  my 
guess.  If  all  young  men  of  highly  specu- 
lative temper  would  shun  theology  and 
devote  themselves  to  developing  theories 
about  the  cliff-dwellers,  they  would  find 
ample  scope  for  their  genius,  and  it  would 
save  a  world  of  trouble  for  other  people. 

But  no  theory  of  origins  can  take  from 
the  builders  of  these  strange  castles  the 
honor  of  being  among  the  earliest  dwellers 
on  American  soil,  the  first  families  of  the 
land,  and  only  the  most  heedless  traveler 
could  be  unmoved  by  the  remaining  tokens 
of  their  fierce  struggle  for  life.  To  get 
away  from  the  enemy,  to  make  a  little 
maize  grow,  where  the  heavens  were  nig- 
gardly of  rain,  to  get  a  little  water  every 
day  and  keep  a  little  over,  for  fear  that  to- 
morrow the  enemy  might  lie  in  ambush  at 
the  spring,  far  down  the  mountain — these 
were  the  serious  problems  of  life.  Perhaps 
they  had  not  much  time  to  enjoy  the  beau- 
ties  of  nature. 

The  long  shadows  fell  across  the  mesa 
and  the  blue  tints  of  early  twilight  cooled 
the  warm  yellow  of  the  cliff  before  I  could 
think  of  leaving  it.  Coming  out  through 
the  low  door  of  a  cave-room  in  the  shaded 
eastern  side  of  the  cliff,  I  straightened  my- 
self and  looked  up  and  across  and  beyond 
to  the  east.  In  the  foreground  was  the  cool 
green  mesa,  with  its  pasture  and  pines,  upon 
which  the  sun  had  already  set.  In  the  back- 
ground the  massive  and  lofty  Sangre  de 
Cristo  range  was  all  crimson  and  gold  in 
the  full  light  of  the  fast  setting  sun.    There 


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was  no  middle  distance  to  the  picture,  and 
the  mountains  rose  up  so  weirdly  from  the 
invisible  valley  and  shone  back  upon  the 
shadowed  world  with  such  unspeakable 
wealth  of  blazing  color  that  they  seemed 
rather  of  the  sky  than  of  the  earth.  The 
tawny  barren  foothills  gleamed  like  fields 
of  ripe  wheat.  The  green  mountains  were 
turned  to  amethyst  and  opal.  The  bare 
crest  of  the  ridge  above  timber  line,  and 
fifty  miles  away,  flashed  rainbow  tints.  But 
the  sun  was  setting  even  on  the  mountain 
tops.  The  brighter  lights  faded  and  left 
only  those  spirit-hues,  those  red-blues  which 
we  call  lilac,  lavender  and  violet,  with  here 
and  there  a  deep  rich  splash  of  true  royal 
purple.  The  shadow-blue  crept  up  the  foot- 
hill-s,  over  the  mountains,  up  to  the  very 
summits,  and  the  heart  of  the  great  desert 
which  had  throbbed  in  this  wild  brief  ec- 
stasy of  color,  grew  quiet  with  the  dark. 
And  then,  as  if  born  out  of  the  last  low 
cloud  that  caught  the  final  glow  in  the  east, 
came  up  the  full  moon. 

All  this,  as  I  stood  at  the  door  of  the 
cave,  where  men  with  flint  arrows  and  stone 
hammers  had  gone  in  and  out  and  lived. 
Had  they  ever  seen  it?  Doubtless  there 
have  been  ten  thousand  such  sunsets  here — 
though  I  never  saw  one  such  elsewhere — 
but  did  they  ever  see  them?  Here  again  is 
mystery.  W.  E.  G. 

CHINESE  ETIQUETTE. 

It  is  difficult  to  show  how  minute  and ' 
all-embracing  the  rules  of  conduct  are. 
For  example,  there  is  the  well-known  story 
of  the  American  who  was  employed  in  the 
University  in  Japan,  in  the  old  days  when 
Chinese  etiquette  was  still  maintained  in 
that  empire.  After  a  time  he  was  visited 
by  a  solemn  delegation  of  the  authorities, 
who,  after  much  circumlocution,  asked  him 
what  they  had  done  to  injure  his  feelings. 
He  replied  that  they  had  done  nothing,  but 
they  took  his  reply  only  as  polite  evasion, 
and  insisted.  As  really  his  feelings  had  not 
been  hurt  by  anything,  he  was  in  perplexity 
and  began  at  last  to  ask  them  what  he  had 
done  to  indicate  his  annoyance,  whereupon 
it  came  out  that  he  had  appeared  (being 
really  a  man  somewhat  absent-minded  and 
indifferent  to  his  dress)  several  times  in 
recitation  room  with  his  shoe  strings  un- 
fastened, and  the  authorities  had  supposed 
this  a  quiet  way  of  indicating  that  his  feel- 
ings were  injured.  Or  to  take  another  in- 
stance. An  American  long  years  since  went 
to  China  as  a  missionary.  He  took  up  his 
residence  with  a  group  of  students,  and 
learned  at  once  the  language  and  native 
customs.  Many  years  after  he  rendered 
the  Chinese  government  signal  service  and 
was  made  a  mandarin.  When  I  knew  him 
he  lived  in  Japan,  and  he  told  me  that  in 
long  residence  in  China  he  had  met  only 
courtesy,  because  versed  in  their  ways  he 
rendered  courtesy  where  courtesy  is  due. 
When  a  new  Chinese  minister  came  to 
Tokyo  the  American  would  call  upon  him. 
At  the  outer  gate  he  sent  in  his  ordinary 
American  visiting  card.  The  response  came 
back,  "His  Excellency  is  not  at  home." 
So  the  American  advanced  to  the  inner 
gate  and  presented  an  elaborate  visiting 
card  in  Chinese,  and  again  the  response 
came,  "Not  at  home."  Then  he  advanced 
to  the  door  of  the  residence  and  presented 
his  great  official  visiting  card  inscribed 
with  all  his  titles,  and  the  minister  was 
found  at  home  and  prepared  to  do  him  all 
honor.  To  have  presented  his  official  card 
in  the  first  instance  would  have  been  pre- 
sumptuous. He  must  appear  in  a  private 
and  modest  capacity,  but  for  the  minister  to 


have  received  him  in  such  form  would  fa 
been    to   do   him  a  discourtesy.     The  suc- 
cessive  r<  tpon  '  3   were  really  in  the  nature 
of  a  command  to  come   up  higher  and  be 
received  in  a  style  befitting  my  friend's  rank 
and   distinguished   services.     Naturally  few  1 
foreigners   have   the   time,   the   patience,   or 
the   adaptability    to    learn    so    elaborate   a 
code,   and   one   so  adapted   to   all   the  con-   ■ 
tingencies   of  a   strange   life.      Etiquette   in  | 
China  is  little  less  elaborate  and  perplexing  [ 
than  is  religious  rite  in  India.     In  both  we  '< 
have  illustrations  of  the  methods  in  which  : 
men   bind   themselves   with    artificial   codes  I 
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traditions.     However,  there   comes   a  time  j 
when  even  such  a  code  becomes  a  second 
nature,  and  its  lack  is  felt  as  if  something  i 
essential     were    missing. — George     William 
Knox,  in  "The  Chautauqua."..    .. 


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A  Week  With  the  Woodneys. 

THE   SIXTH    MORNING. 

The  first  thought  of  the  Woodneys  on 
awakening  the  next  morning  was  that  it 
was  their  first  Sunday  in  the  village,  and 
mat  it  was  the  day  of  Luther's  promised 
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farmhand  to  the  Manceys.  It  had  been 
even  longer  since  Mace  had  seen  him,  for 
she  had  been  on  a  visit  to  her  grand- 
mother's second  cousin.  David,  when  her 
brother  Luther  had  left  in  haste  to  se- 
cure the  position  offered  him  on  the  Man- 
cey  farm.  The  second  thought  of  the 
Woodneys  as  they  still  lay  in  bed  hesi- 
tating about  getting  up,  concerned  the 
strange  and  mysterious  trunk  on  the  front 
porch  at  the  back  of  the  house.  This 
trunk  occupied  their  thoughts  a  good  deal 
during  the  morning,  and  indeed  during 
many  days ;  for  there  it  stood  unclaimed 
and  unknown  for  weeks.  It  formed  as  it 
were  a  background  to  their  emotions  and 
acts.  For  awhile,  it  remained  on  the  porch, 
then  it  was  accommodated  in  the  parlor, 
where  it  was  very  much  in  the  way.  Fi- 
nally, it  was  carried  to  the  barn.  "You  may 
say  what  you  will,"  remarked  Mr.  Wood- 
ney, when  it  had  come  to  this  last  rest- 
ing place,  "it's  much  easier  and  cheaper  to 
keep  it  than  a  horse." 

"I  don't  know  as  to  the  ease,"  returned 
his  wife;  "if  we  had  a  horse  I  think  I 
could  make  shift  not  to  get  kicked;  but 
the  broken  iron  band  on  that  trunk  has 
torn  a  rent  in  every  dress  in  our  family." 

On  the  first  Sunday  morning,  Arthur 
Lowell  came  to  breakfast.  He  explained 
that  henceforth  he  was  not  only  to  sleep 
but  to  eat  at  Worth  Acre's,  and  he  had 
come  this  time  only  for  fear  they  might 
be  waiting  for  him.  He  began  an  account 
of  the  white  cock,  but  Mr.  Woodney  inter- 
rupted   him. 

"We  know  all  about  it,  Arthur,"  he  said 
kindly.  "And  I'll  speak  to  the  Winter- 
fields.  It  is  the  same  to  us  as  if  it  had 
never  occurred." 

Arthur  glanced  furtively  at  Mace  and 
read  in  her  face  that  it  was  not  the  same 
to  her.  There  came  to  him  again  the  wild 
desire  to  go  forth  and  kill  a  dragon  or 
something,  to  show  her  he  was  a  hero. 
But  alas,  it  seemed  that  there  was  nothing 
he  could  kill  but  other  people's  cocks ! 
Should  he  struggle  to  regain  her  good 
will,  or  give  up  the  attempt,  and  turn  his 
interests  to  Worth  Acre  and  the  king  of 
France?  At  one  time,  he  told  himself  it 
was  no  use  to  combat  Mace's  dis- 
like ;  but  the  very  look  of  aloofness  and 
disapproval  on  her  face  spurred  him  to 
fresh  resolve.  "I  will  make  her  like  me, 
and  respect  me!"  he  thought,  scarcely  tast- 
ing the  breakfast.  "I  will  show  all  this 
family  that  what  I  did  without  thinking, 
was  not  a  true  test  of  the  kind  of  person 
I  am,  and  mean  to  be."  How  was  he  to 
show  them?  That,  the  future  must  reveal. 
In  the  meantime,  he  sat  grave,  even  som- 
bre, his  thin,  delicate  face  half  appealing, 
half  defiant,  his  fragile  form  drawn  to  its 
utmost  height.  Mr.  Woodney  said,  "But 
you  must  keep  your  practice-room  in  our 
barn,  at  least  till  cold  weather.  And  this 
afternoon  I  want  you,  Arthur.  I  have  busi- 
ness on  hand — Sunday  business.  Will  you 
come  here  at  about  four  o'clock?"    Arthur 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 

promised  eagerly.  What  would  he  not  have 
done  for  his  blind  friend?  When  breakfast 
was  over,  he  went  to  the  barn  and  climbed 
to  the  loft,  where  his  little  room  had  been 
arranged.  How  happy  they  had  been  that 
day!  Here  were  the  table  and  shelf  and 
hay,  just  as  he  and  Mace  had  arranged. 
There  on  the  wall  hung  the  violin.  He  took 
it  down  and  began  to  play  softly.  He  did 
not  play  long.  He  was  overwhelmed  by 
the  consciousness  of  his  loneliness ;  no 
mother  or  father;  no  kindred;  a  home,  for 
which  he  was  grateful,  but  no  one  in  that 
house  who  understood  his  aims  and  de- 
sires ;  no  friend  of  his  own  age ;  no  gentle 
companion,  like  Mace,  for  instance,  to  an- 
swer his  look  and  brighten  his  days.  The 
little  musician  laid  aside  his  violin,  and 
throwing  himself  upon  the  hay,  buried  his 
face  on  his  ragged  arm  and  wept.  The 
pigeons  cooed  upon  the  roof,  and  the  pat- 
ter of  their  little  feet  sounded  upon  the 
shingles.  A  broad  sunbeam  fell  through  a 
crevice  in  the  gable.  The  hay  stirred 
stealthily  and  a  mouse  peeped  over  a  dusty 
beam  at  the  motionless  figure.  He  lay 
there  a  long  time  before  he  heard  himself 
called.  "Arthur!"  came  the  voice  of  Mrs. 
Geraldine  Woodney.  "Have  you  seen  any- 
thing of  Mr.  Woodney's  gold  watch?" 

The  lad  started  up  in  terror.  "They  will 
accuse  me  of  stealing  it !"  was  his  first 
thought.  He  stumbled  to  the  head  of  the 
ladder.  "I  don't  know  anything  about  it !" 
he  cried  wildly.  "Indeed  I  don't,  Mr. 
Woodney,"  he  added,  seeing  Mr.  Woodney 
standing  by  his  wife's  side. 

"I  wound  it  up  just  before  I  went  to 
bed,"  said  Mr.  Woodney  in  a  troubled 
voice. 

"Arthur,"  said  Mrs.  Geraldine  seriously, 
"are  you  very,  very  sure  you  know  noth- 
ing about  it?  Mace  says  you  were  in  the 
front  room  after  breakfast,  and  we  thought 
you  might  have  seen  it  somewhere.  Try  to 
think,  Arthur.  Do  not  be  so  excited,  but 
try  to  remember.  Where  did  you  see  it? 
Don't  you  think  you  can  find   it   for  us?" 

"Oh,  Mrs.  Woodney,"  exclaimed  Arthur 
desperately,  "I  know  what  Mace  thinks, 
but  I  can't  help  it!  I  haven't  seen  the 
watch ;  I  don't  remember  ever  having  seen 
it!  Yes,  I  stopped  in  the  parlor  to  tie  my 
shoe  before  I  came  here  to  the  barn,  and 
nobody  was  in  there." 

"We  know  you  were  there  alone,"  said 
Mace,  joining  her  parents.  Her  face  was 
white  and  accusing.  "Papa,  maybe  Arthur 
would  come  to  the  house  and  help  hunt  for 
it." 

"I  didn't  take  that  watch!"  cried  Arthur 
fiercely.  "I  don't  want  to  hunt  for  it,  be- 
cause if  I  found  it,  you'd  think  I  knew  all 
the  time  where  it  was." 

"I  always  slept  with  it  under  my  pillow," 
said  Mr.  Woodney,  "and  since  I  know  I 
wound  it  up  last  night  I  must  have  had  it 
on  this  morning.  Yes,  I  remember  laying 
it  down  somewhere  when  I  changed  my 
vest  for  Luther's  visit,  and  I  think  it  was 
fn  the  parlor." 

"He  thinks  it  was  in  the  parlor,"  said 
Mrs.  Geraldine.  Arthur  climbed  down  the 
ladder,  and  Mace  and  her  mother  noticed 
his  troubled,  tear-stained  face.  It  looked 
to  them  like  the  picture  of  guilt.  "Search 
my  clothes!"  he  cried,  wildly.  "Look  in 
my  pockets !" 

Old  Mrs.  Woodney's  voice  called  from 
the  house,  "Here  comes  Luther!  Here 
comes  Luther!" 

"Let  us  say  nothing  about  the  watch 
while  Luther  is  here,"  said  Mrs.  Geraldine; 
"it  will  spoil  his  visit,  and  we  can  investi- 
gate the  affair  just  as  well  tomorrow.  I 
imagine    the    watch    won't    get    very    far 


October  19,  Xgoj  j 

away.  No,  Arthur,  we  do  not  care  to  search 
you.  But  if  you  find  that  watch,  we  will 
all  rejoice.  You  could  not  please  us  better 
than  by  finding  it!" 

"After  all."  said  Mr.  Woodney,  turning 
toward  the  house,  "the  watch  hasn't  kept 
good  time  for  three  years.  Let  us  hasten 
to  greet  our  boy.  We  will  not  let  this  spoil 
our  day." 

"I  should  think  not !"  cried  Mrs.  Geral- 
dine. "There  isn't  a  day  on  the  calendar 
that  wouldn't  be  spoiled  for  us  if  we'd  let 
it,  for  as  sure  as  the  sun  rises,  something 
is  bound  to  happen.  And  I'm  not  going  to- 
have  my  son's  visit  spoiled  for  all  the  gold 
watches  that  ever  ticked."  They  hurried 
around  the  cottage,  and  found  that  their 
son  had  already  checked  his  horse  beside 
the  high  front  sidewalk.  Luther  Woodney 
was  a  young  man  of  about  twenty,  strong 
and  broad-shouldered,  more  like  Worth' 
Acre  in  his  size  and  development  than  like 
the  elegant  Ed  Woodney.  His  head  was- 
large,  his  features  well-formed,  and  his- 
eyes  bright  and  honest,  and  full  of  kind- 
ness. He  was  not  a  handsome  young  man, 
but  pleasing  In  his  expression,  and  winning 
in  his  gentleness.  He  was  one  of  those 
souls  who  stand  up  sturdily  for  everything 
good  except  for  his  own  rights,  and,  in  con- 
sequence, one  of  those  of  whom  the  world 
is  always  taking  advantage.  He  was  dressed 
in  a  cheap  suit  which,  however,  was  so 
much  better  than  his  workclothes  that  he 
considered  it  almost  fine.  His  horse  was 
long,  ungainly,  every  rib  showing,  and  every 
leg  knotted.  It  limped  with  one  front  leg 
and  one  hind  leg,  thus  imparting  a  complex 
motion  to  the  rider  which  it  was  hard  to- 
meet  with  ease.  Even  now  that  the  jour- 
ney's end  was  reached,  the  horse  continued 
to  rock  back  and  forth  in  lifting  up  alter- 
nate sore  legs. 

"What  a  wretched  horse!"  cried  Mace 
after  Luther  had  kissed  all  the  family. 

"Yes,  poor  old  boy!"  said  Luther,  "he's- 
hurt  in  front  and  behind,  and  he  can't  de- 
cide which  eases  him  the  most  to  hold  up.. 
Why !  what  nice  grass  you  have  here !" 

"We  went  to  a  great  deal  of  trouble  to- 
procure  it,"  said  the  father,  proudly  lead- 
ing the  way  to  the  house. 

"Mother,  you're  looking  so  well,"  said 
Luther,  ignoring  the  nakedness  of  the  un- 
sodded  earth.  "Mace,  you  are  prettier  than 
ever.,  I  wish  the  Manceys  could  see  you. 
They'd  never  think,  to  look  at  me,  that  I 
could  get  up  such  a  sister !  Grandmother, 
your  back  is  stiffer  than  any  back  on  that 
farm !  How  do  you  like  the  house  ?  I 
think  it's  fine." 

"We  wish  it  wasn't  green,"  said  Mace,, 
who  walked  with  an  arm  about  her  brother. 

"Well,  yes,"  said  Luther;  "but  green  al- 
ways seems  fresh,  you  know.  It  was  the 
only  house  I  could  get  for  you,  all  the 
others  were  occupied.  Why !  have  you» 
made  the  front  room  the  kitchen?" 

"Ah,  ha!"  cried  his  mother  triumphantly.. 
"I  thought  if  I  set  those  crocks  along  the 
wall  and  hung  the  waterbucket  at  the  door, 
that  people  could  tell  it  was  the  kitchen !" 

"Certainly,"  said  Luther,  puzzled,  "no- 
body would  take  it  for  anything  else." 

"Good!"  cried  Mr.  Woodney.  "Now 
come  around  the  house  to  the  back  door."' 

"A  porch!"  Luther  exclaimed.  "What 
a  beauty!  And  entirely  finished  except  the 
floor!     Whose  trunk?" 

"We  think  maybe  it  is  cousin  Sarah  Tom' 


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October  19,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


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Woodney's,   coming   lo   visit    us,"   said    his 
mother. 

Luther  whistled,  then  said,  "Well,  she 
always  goes  away  afterward,  that's  one 
thing." 

"As  for  me,"  interposed  old  Mrs.  Wood- 
ney,  "I  believe  David  has  died  and  left  us 
something.  You  know  he  loved  us  more 
than  his  closer  kin,  and  he  was  certainly 
old  enough." 

"Grandmother,"  said  Luther,  "cousin 
David  isn't  dead  yet.  I  saw  a  line  about 
him  in  the  paper  out  at  the  Manceys.  He 
is  still  living,  Cousin  David  is." 

"If  nobody  comes  to  claim  the  trunk," 
said  Mace,  "we  can  open  it  and  find  out 
better." 

"Such  awful  things  have  happened  with 
trunks,"  murmured  Mrs.  Geraldine.  "Ev- 
ery time  I  come  near  this  one,  I  am  in 
mortal  terror  lest  it  should  begin  to — be- 
gin to  smell,  you  know." 

"Oh,  mother!"  cried  Mace.  Old  Mrs. 
Woodney  gingerly  approached  the  trunk 
and  sniffed  the  air. 

"How  do  you  like  the  Manceys,  Luther?" 
inquired  his  father. 

"Well,"  said  his  son,  slowly,  "I  think 
they  mean  well.  Yes,  sir;  I  think  they  do." 
"I  think  they  might  have  lent  you  a 
better  horse,"  cried  Mace,  her  eyes  flashing. 
"Oh,  that  isn't  their  horse,"  returned  Lu- 
ther. "The  Manceys  wouldn't  let  me  have 
any  of  their  horses  to  ride." 

"And  why  not,  pray?"  exclaimed  Mrs. 
Geraldine. 

"Well,  I  don't  know,"  said  Luther 
mildly,  "it's  not  their  way,  you  know.  Now 
that  horse  out  there,  it's  mine." 
"Yours !"  cried  all  in  amazment. 
"I  thought  you'd  say  that,"  remarked 
Luther  in  gentle  triumph.  "Yes,  sir,  mine! 
As  the  Mancey  farm  is  six  miles  from  here, 
1^  set  out  pretty  early  to  walk  it,  and  when 
I'd  come  half  way  I  met  some  gypsy  camp- 
ers, leading  this  old  folorn  hope  and  beat- 
ing it  with  clubs  to  make  it  go  faster.  I 
felt  so  sorry  for  the  poor  beast— you  can 
see  yourself  how  lean  and  sore  it  is—" 

"Yes,"  interposed  his  grandmother,  "we 
can,  indeed." 

"So  I  bought  it,"  said  Luther.  "They 
only  wanted  five  dollars  for  it,  and  as  that 
was  all  I  had,  we  were  very  well  satisfied 
on  both  sides.  I  was  bringing  the  money 
to  make  you  a  little  present,  but  the  horse 
will  be  worth  much  more  when  he  picks 
up." 

"There  are  four  things  he  can  hardly 
pick  up  at  present,"  remarked  old  Mrs. 
Woodney,  "and  I  mean  his  feet,  if  any- 
body wants  to  know." 

"This  was  very  kind  of  you,  my  son " 
cried  Mr.  Woodney,  whose  blindness  was 
a  boon  to  him  at  this  moment.  "We  will 
set  up  a  little  cart,  and  Mace  and  I  will 
travel  the  country  for  our  health  and  pleas- 
ure and  in  re-establishing  the  church." 

"What  is  its  name?"  inquired  Mrs.  Ger- 
aldine, gazing  across  the  yard  at  the  horse 
which  was  still  lifting  alternately  its  sore 
fore  leg  and  its  sore  hind  leg. 

"It  has  no  name,"  said  Luther.  "I  in- 
quired, but  none  of  the  gypsies  knew  of 
any. 

"I  think  a  good  name  for  him  would  be 
Dancer,"  said  Mrs.  Geraldine. 
a  "Oh,  no,  mamma,"  Mace  remonstrated 
that  sounds  too  gay  for  him.  I'd  like 
Rienzi;  you  know  he  was  the  last  of  the 
Romans." 

"I  was  thinking,"  said  Luther,  "that 
Bonaparte  would  be  first  rate,  if  we  just 
called  him  by  the  first  syllable  for  short." 

"My  son,"  said  his  mother  reproachfully, 
"I  thought  you  too  kind-hearted  to  get  upon 
such  a  poor  old  creature." 


"I  didn't  get  on  him  till  I  reached  the 
village,"  returned  Luther.  "He  and  I 
walked  ;  but  I  was  afraid  folks  would  think 
it  strange  that  the  Manceys  hadn't  lent  me 
a  horse,  and  besides  I  wanted  to  ride  up 
to  your  gate  in  style." 

"You  came  in  style,"  remarked  old  Mrs. 
Woodney,  "but  it  was  the  style  of  my  child- 
hood. 1  Iowever,  they  say  old  fashions  are 
coming  back." 

"But  Luther,  didn't  you  think  it  strange 
that  the  Manceys  wouldn't  lend  you  a 
horse?"  cried  Mace. 

"Oh,  no;  I  didn't  think  much  about  it," 
returned  Luther  cheerfully;  "it  was  such 
a  little-  thing  compared  to  many  of  their 
ways,  you  know." 
"Have  they  such  strange  ways?" 
"Well,  of  course,  everybody  is  entitled 
to  his  own  ways,"  rejoined  Luther  eva- 
sively; "that's  about  all  I  have,  myself. 
But  all  of  the  Manceys  ask  of  me  is  to 
work  every  instant  as  hard  as  I  can,  and 
rest  as  little  as  possible,  and  wait  for  my 
wages.  They  keep  a  very  bountiful  table, 
and  I  hear  they  always  have  pie." 

"Don't  you  eat  at  the  first  table?"  de- 
manded  Mace. 

"Oh,  yes,  but  I  hardly  ever  stay  to  the 
end  of  the  meal,  we're  so  busy,  vou  know. 
Mr.  Mancey  is  always  afraid  it  is  going 
to  rain,  and '  you  can't  do  much  if  it  is 
raining.  And  you  never  know  but  what 
it  will  rain,  no  matter  how  little  like  it  the 
sky  seems.  You  can't  count  on  the  sky. 
There  are  other  things  to  consider.  Besides, 
Mr.  Mancey  never  asks  me  to  work  any 
longer  than  he  works  himself,  so  I'm  sure 
it's  fair  all  around.  People  say  nobody  in 
the  country  works  as  hard  as  Mr.  M.incey 
except  our  cousin  G.  C.  D.  Woodney.  But 
I  think  I  complete  the  triumvirate." 

"At  any  rate,  he  ought  to  pay  you 
promptly,"  said  his  mother. 

"Oh,  we  oughtn't  to  say  that,  mother," 
Luther  returned.  "Mr.  Mancey  never  has 
any   money." 

"He  isn't  poor,  is  he?" 
"Poor?"  cried  Luther  laughing;  "he's 
one  of  the  richest  men  in  the  county.  His 
wife  is  one  of  the  rich  Dobneys — Cousin 
G.  C.  D.  Woodney  married  one  of  the  Dob- 
neys. Poor?  I  should  think  not!  For 
all  that,  he  never  has  any  money.  It's  all 
in  land  and  cattle,  you  know.  He  and  I 
drove  over  to  Gosneyville  one  day,  and  he 
had  to  borrow  a  dime  from  me  to  get  his 
tobacco.  That's  the  way  it  is.  He  couldn't 
sell  an  acre  or  trade  a  steer,  every  time  he 
wanted  a  little  change ;  so  he  waits ;  and  I 
have  to  wait,  too." 

"But  he  can  afford  to  wait,  my  son." 
"Well,  as  he  is  always  reminding  me," 
remarked  Luther,  "whenever  I'm  not  suited, 
there  are  fifty  men  ready  for  my  job!  Now 
I'd  like  to  take  that  horse  to  the  barn  and 
dress  his   wounds  and  feed  him." 

"I  don't  believe  he  will  be  able  to  carry 
you  back,"  remarked  Mr.  Woodney,  as  all 
went  around  to  the  front  gate. 

"Of  course  not;  I'm  going  to  leave  him 
here;  father,  this  is  your  horse,"  said 
Luther  with  a  little  touch  of  natural  pride. 
"I  accept  it  gratefully!"  cried  Mr.  Wood- 
ney. "There  is  an  old  currycomb  in  the 
barn." 

"You'd  better  not  curry  him  for  awhile," 
said  Luther,  "I  think  he's  too  tender." 

"I  am  afraid  we'll  have  to  call  in  Arthur 
Lowell  to  'tend  to  him,"  said  old  Mrs. 
Woodney. 
"Who  is  Arthur  Lowell?"  Luther  asked. 
"He  is  the  boy  who  buries  our  dead  ani- 
mals," returned  his  grandmother.  Mace 
suddenly  remembered  the  gold  watch  and 
her  face  clouded.    Luther  laughed.     "Never 


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mind,  grandmother,  you'll  soon  see  Bona- 
parte kicking  up  his  legs  and  neighing  to 
get  at  that  grass !  Won't  they,  poor  old 
Bony?" 

Bonaparte,  his  long,  thin  neck  stretched 
to  its  utmost,  his  big  head  drooping,  his 
under  lip  hanging  down,  his  ears  flattened, 
drew  up  his  fore  leg,  then  his  hind  leg,  and 
closed  his  narrow  eyes.  "Poor  old  fellow," 
said  Luther,  "I  hate  to  make  you  walk  any 
more.  Father,  do  you  think  we  could  put 
him  to  bed?  There's  hay  in  the  loft,  isn't 
there?" 

"Plenty  of  hay !"  cried  Mr.  Woodney, 
cheerfully.  "Come,  let  us  wait  on  our  Bona- 
parte." 

"Come  on,  Bonaparte,"  called  old  Mrs. 
Woodney;  "and  how  did  you  leave  them 
at   Waterloo?" 

"I'm  going  to  put  this  horse  in  my 
book,"  Mrs.  Geraldine  declared.  "Some 
faithful  old  family  horse,  you  know,  that 
the  family  cruelly  sold  in  its  old  age,  and 
that  was  taken  care  of  by  kind  strangers, 
and  nourished  in  its  last  days  by  their  un- 
selfish devotion." 

"Mother,  haven't  you  begun  that  book, 
yet?"  inquired  Luther,  as  he  urged  the  dis- 
spirited  animal  around  toward  the  back 
gate.  There  was  an  alley  between  the 
Woodneys'  and  the  Miss  Days',  and  they 
slowly  defiled  along  its  rugged  course. 

"Yes,  I  started  it  this  morning,"  re- 
sponded his  mother.  "I  will  read  you  what 
I  have  written  just  as  soon  as  Bony  is 
put  to  bed." 

"Geraldine,"  said  Mr.  Woodney,  "why 
not  bring  your  manuscript  out  to  the  barn? 
It  will  cheer  us  in  our  labors." 

"And  get  both  done  at  the  same  time," 
suggested  her  mother-in-law.  Mrs.  Wood- 
ney liked  this  idea,  and  hastened  back  to 
the  house  for  her  manuscript  On  the 
walk,  she  encountered  Mr.  Worth  Acre. 

"Everybody  leaving  the  place?"  inquired 
the  blacksmith.  "I  was  coming  to  make 
a  Sunday  call." 

"Just  go  around  to  the  barn,"  said  Mrs. 
Geraldine  cheerfully,  "we  are  putting  Bona- 
parte to  bed."  The  blacksmith  glanced 
down  the  alley,  and  his  shrewd  eye  took 
in  the  procession  which,  with  old  Bony  at 
its  head,  had  a  funeral  aspect.  Old  Mrs. 
Woodney,  who  was  bringing  up  the  rear, 
her  black  lace  cap  quivering  with  her  lit- 
tle stately  steps,  perceived  the  blacksmith, 
and  waved  her  hand.  "Come,"  she  called, 
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Hie  Christian-Evangelist 


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What  We  Stand  For. 

For  the  Christ  of  Galilee, 

For  ihe  truth  which  makes  men  free, 

For  the  bond  of  unity 

Which  makes  God's  children  one. 

For  the  love  which  shines  in  deeds, 
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Current  Events  1379 

Editorial — 

Centennial   Aims   and   Plans 1381 

Harnack  on  Baptism 1381 

State  Mission  Day 1382 

"That  They  All  May  Be  One" 1382 

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Over-Systematized  Religion.    William 
Durban    1385 

Growth  in  the  Knowledge  of  Christ. 
J.  M.  Philputt 1386 

Reminiscences    of    a    Debater.     John 
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Our  Budget  1388 

The  Call  of  the  States   1391 

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Christian  Endeavor  1400 

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^ol  XLII. 


October  20,  1905 


No   43 


The     president      is     having     a     sort     of 

riumphal     procession    through    the    south. 

Wherever    he    has    gone 
rhe  President  s    he    hag  been  greeted  by 

louthern  Trap.  multitudes  of  enthusias- 
ic  people.  The  civil  authorities  in  the  va- 
ious  cities  and  states  he  has  visited  have 
xtended  to  him  a  genuinely  cordial  wel- 
ome.  He  has  discussed  great  national  is- 
ues  in  the  various  cities  with  a  frankness 
,nd  fearlessness  characteristic  of  the  man. 
sTo  incident  of  his  tour  has  touched  the 
iiiblic  heart  more  than  his  visit  to  the  old 
tome  of  his  grandparents,  on  his  mother's 
ide,  in  Rosvvell,  Ga.  His  speech  on  that 
iccasion  was  a  model  of  good  taste  and 
howed  a.  deep  and  genuine  love  for  the 
outhern  people.  His  claim  of  a  share  in 
he  honor  of  such  men  as  General  Lee  and 
>tonewall  Jackson  was  Websterian  in  the 
ireadth  of  its  patriotic  sentiment  and  can 
lot  fail  to  bind  in  closer  bonds  of  unity  the 
wo  sections  of  our  common  country.  This, 
ndeed,  is  the  great  end  accomplished  by 
hese  presidential  tours,  serving,  as  they  do, 
0  cement  the  bonds  of  unity  between  the 
[ifferent  sections  of  the  nation.  No  pre- 
■ious  president  of  the  United  States,  per- 
laps,  has  visited  so  many  of  the  states  of 
he  union  as  President  Roosevelt, (  and  cer- 
ainly  no  one  has  received  a  more  cordial 
nd  enthusiastic  welcome  from  all  classes 
if  people,  regardless  of  party,  sect,'  or  na- 
ionality. 


Those  who  had  come  to  the  conclusion 

hat  the   President  had  retreated   from  his 

,  ..        .  „  former     utterances    con- 

tailroad  Rate  ...  , 

cerning  the  necessity    of 

railroad  rate  regulation 
tave  found  out  by  his  recent  address  at 
taleigh,  N.  C,  that  they  were  mistaken, 
le  reiterates  his  views  on  that  subject  with 
ncreased  emphasis,  and  he  defines  a  little 
lore  definitely,  perhaps,  his  idea  of  how 
hat  regulation  is  to  be  effected.  "What 
ve  need,"  he  says,  "is  to  have  some  admin- 
strative  body  with  ample  power  to  forbid 
ombination  that  is  hurtful  to  the  public, 
nd  to  prevent  favoritism  to  one  individual 
.t  the  expense  of  another.  We  want  an 
dministrative  body  with  power  to  secure 
air  and  just  treatment  among  all  shippers 
vho  use  the  railroads — and  all  shippers  have 
he  right  to  use  them."  He  further  pointed 
pit  the  impossibility  of  the  department 
»f  justice  doing  this  administrative  work, 
>ut  says  this  department  must  stand  behind 
he  administrative  body  to  pass  on  the  legal- 
ty  of  its  proceedings  when  they  are  called 
n  question.  The  President  does  not  favor 
my  war  upon  the  railroads,  but  he  does 
>elieve  in  such  legislation  as  will  compel 
hem  to  give  a  "square  deal"  to  small  ship- 
»ers  and  large  shippers  alike.     It  is  difficult 


to  see  why  the  railroads  themselves  can  ob- 
ject to  a  law  of  this  kind,  which  simply 
means  justice  to  all  parties  concerned. 


The  recent  shortage  in  the  accounts  of  the 

cashier  of  the  St.  Louis  post  office,  the  fail- 

_       .  ure   of   a  bank   in   Alle- 

Official 

Crookedness. 


gheny  through  the  loan- 
ing of  funds,  as  it  would 
seem,  to  Republican  officials  in  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  addition  to  all  the  previous  revela- 
tions that  have  been  made  by  the  investiga- 
tions now  in  progress,  show  that  there  is 
a  vast  amount  of  official  crookedness  which 
needs  straightening  out  in  this  country.  It 
is  reassuring,  in  view  of  these  facts,  to 
quote  here  the  latest  words  of  the  president 
on  this  subject,  uttered  in  his  speech  at  Mo- 
bile, Ala.  Responding  to  the  addresses  of 
welcome  which  had  been  made,  the  presi- 
dent said :  "Now,  of  all  things  said  about 
me  today  in  the  more  than  kind,  in  the 
over-kind,  allusion  to  me,  perhaps,  I  am  es- 
pecially pleased  by  what  Colonel  Russell 
said  as  to  my  attitude  toward  crooked  pub- 
lic officials.  I  will  take  advice  about  ap- 
pointing men ;  if  I  find  they  are  crooked,  I 
do  not  take  any  advice  at  all  about  remov- 
ing them.  We  have  Scriptural  authority 
for  saying  that  offenses  must  come,  and  the 
good  book  says  woe  to  them  through  whom 
they  come.  I  can  not  guarantee,  and  no  hu- 
man being  can,  that  there  will  not  be  an  oc- 
casional man  of  an  improper  kind  appoint- 
ed, or  an  occasion  well-meaning  man,  who, 
after  being  appointed,  goes  wrong.  But  I 
can  say  that  every  effort  within  the  power 
of  the  government  will  be  made  to  hunt 
such  a  man  out  of  the  public  service  and  to 
punish  him  to  the  fullest  extent  of  the  law." 

* 

It  is  not  often  that  one  of  our  eastern 
cities  sends  to  Missouri  for  a  speaker  to 
help  them  in  a  campaign 
for  civic  righteousness. 
The  city  of  Philadelphia, 
however,  or  that  part  of  the  city  represented 
by  the  reform  party,  extended  to  Governor 
Folk,  of  Missouri,  an  invitation  to  visit  that 
city  and  address  the  people  on  the  subject 
of  municipal  reform.  Governor  Folk  re- 
ceived an  ovation  from  the  people  of  Phil- 
adelphia, who  have  just  been  undergoing 
one  of  the  most  remarkable  political  revo- 
lutions in  the  history  of  this  country.  He 
spoke  twice  while  there,  and  his  addresses 
were  received  with  enthusiasm  by  the  peo- 
ple of  that  city.  Governor  Folk  has  justly 
earned  the  reputation  of  being  a  champion 
of  civic  righteousness  and  Missourians  are 
glad  to  know  that  he  is  recognized  as  such 
by  the  people  of  the  entire  country,  regard- 
less of  party.  His  enforcement  of  law  in 
the  cities  of  Missouri  has  made  him  some 


Governor  FolK 
in  the  East. 


enemies  among  that  clement  of  the  popula- 
tion which  places  its  business  interests 
above  law  enforcement,  but  the  great  mass 
of  the  people  arc  with  him  in  his  efforts  to 
enforce  law  and  to  punish  all  classes  of 
law  breakers. 


A  Civil  Service 
Order. 


President  Roosevelt  has  issued  an  order 
which  has  the  appearance,  superficially,  of 
opening  the  way  to 
abuses  in  the  service.  It 
is  an  order  permitting, 
in  some  cases,  the  removal  of  employes  in 
the  classified  service  without  specified  and 
proved  charges  against  them.  The  order 
reads :  "When  the  president  or  head  of  an 
executive  department  is  satisfied  that  an 
officer  or  employe  in  the  classified  service 
is  inefficient  or  incapable,  and  that  the  pub- 
lic service  will  be  materially  improved  by 
his  removal,  such  removal  will  be  made 
without  a  hearing ;  but  the  cause  for  re- 
moval shall  be  stated  in  writing  and  filed. 
When  misconduct  is  committed  in  the  view 
and  presence  of  the  president  or  head  of  an 
executive  department,  removal  may  be  made 
summarily  and  without  notice."  Experience 
has  constantly  demonstrated  the  wisdom  of 
the  "merit  system"  and  of  the  policy  of  re- 
moving positions  in  the  civil  service  from 
the  realm  of  arbitrary  appointment.  But  it 
can  not  be  claimed  that  the  whole  problem 
is  solved  by  making  appointments  depend 
solely  upon  examination  and  removals  upon 
proved  charges.  One  defect  which  has  of- 
ten been  pointed  out  is  that  there  is  no 
provision  for  retiring  incumbents  whose  ad- 
vancing age  brings  diminishing  efficiency. 
Another  is  that  many  careless  and  incompe- 
tent employes  are  sheltered  under  the  provi- 
sion that  dismissal  must  be  based  on 
charges  formally  preferred  and  proved,  just 
as  many  known  criminals  are  sheltered  un- 
der the  provision  that  no  man  may  be  pun- 
ished, though  his  crime  may  be  a  matter 
of  common  knowledge,  until  his  guilt  shall 
be  technically  and  formally  proved.  In  the 
latter  case,  the  difficulty  is  inevitable,  for 
every  man  has  a  right  to  be  treated  as  in- 
nocent until  proved  guilty.  But  the  enjoy- 
ment of  public  office  is  not  a  "natural  right" 
of  man.  It  may  be  better  for  a  hundred 
guilty  men  to  escape  than  for  one  innocent 
man  to  be  punished,  as  the  common  saying 
has  it;  but  it  is  not  better  for  the  public 
service  to  be  sacrificed  by  the  retention  of 
a  hundred  incompetents  than  for  one  good 
man  to  lose  his  place.  Under  any  system 
there  is  always  a  chance  that  good  men  will 
be  undeservedly  removed.  The  president's 
new  order  will  undoubtedly  increase  this 
chance.  But  much  more  will  it  decrease 
the  chance  that  incompetent  men  will  es- 
cape removal.  We  ought  to  be  able  to  as- 
sume that  the  president  and  the  heads  of 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


October  26,  1905 


cotive  departments  will  not.  under  cover 
of  this  order,  be  influenced  by  political  or 
personal  motives  in  making  removals.  The 
temptation  in  that  direction  will  be  min- 
imized if  it  is  required  that  the  new  ap- 
pointee must  in  every  case  be  the  highest 
name  on  the  eligible  list 

$ 

The  complete   separation  between   Swed- 
en   and    Norway    by    treaty   is   one   of   the 

_  , ,  most     notable      modern 

Peaceaale  .         ,       ,  . 

„.       .  triumphs    of   arbitration. 

Dissolution.  T        ■       ,        .  .    ..  £    1 

In  spite  of  much  hot  feel- 
ing on  both  sides  and  many  threats  of  vio- 
lence, when  the  time  for  action  came  both 
parties   to    the    dispute    carried    themselves 
with   most   admirable   moderation   and    re- 
straint.    The  terms  of  the  treaty  of  disso- 
lution, which  were  lately  made  public,  con- 
tain specifications  as  to  the  destruction  of 
some  of  the  fortifications  on  the  boundary 
and  the  limitation  of  the  garrisons  at  oth- 
ers,   the   treatment   of   the   nomadic   Lapps 
and    other    items    which    were    anticipated. 
But  the  notable  thing  is  the  provision  that 
any  future  dispute,  arising  from  interpreta- 
tion of  the  treaty  or  otherwise,  which  does 
not  involve  the  honor,  integrity  or  vital  in- 
terests  of  either   nation,   shall   be   referred 
to  the   Hague  arbitration  tribunal   for  set- 
tlement.    Not  only  so,  but  the  two  govern- 
ments agree  to  let  the  Hague  tribunal  de- 
cide  whether   any   given   controversy   does 
involve  the  honor  or  vital  interests  of  eith- 
er country.     In  other  words,  under  the  new 
treaty   war   between    Norway   and    Sweden 
is  impossible  unless  there  arises  some  dis- 
pute   involving   matters    so    vitally    related 
to  the  honor  of  one  country  or  the  other 
that  the  arbitration  tribunal  itself  declares 
it  to  be  at  present  not  a  suitable  subject  for 
arbitration.     The  world  is  greatly  indebted 
to  these  two  nations  of  the  north  for  this 
conspicuous  exhibition  of  the  truly  modern 
and  Christian  way  of  dealing  with  a  diffi- 
cult  international  problem.     The  indebted- 
ness   will    extend    still    farther   if    Norway 
will    seize   this   opportunity   to   establish   a 
republic.     These  modern  Norsemen  are  of 
one  blood  with  those  branches  of  the  An- 
glo-Saxon race  who  led  the  world  in  work- 
ing out  the  problems  of  popular  self-gov- 
ernment.     The   cause   of   liberty    in    Great 
Britain  and  American  has  had  for  its  foun- 
dation, in  large  part,  the  spirit  of  the  old 
Norsemen.     There  is   every   reason   to  be- 
lieve that  Norway  is  proper  ground  for  the 
establishment  of  a  republic.     Of  course  it 
is  not   likely  that  this  step   will  be  taken. 
The    conservative    influences    of   the    other 
European  governments  will  be  too  strong. 
But  it  will  be  a  great  opportunity  lost. 

It  is  a  matter  of  common  observation  and 
frequent  lament  that  the  sons  of  farmers 
do  not  stick  to  the  farm. 
Perhaps  it  is  more  in 
keeping  with  our  Amer- 
ican social  ideals  that  the  son  should  not 
be  held  too  closely  to  the  father's  footsteps, 
but,  with  the  world  before  him,  should  be 
allowed  to  choose  the  work  which  he  finds 
most  congenial.  But,  however  that  may  be, 
there  is  no  doubt  but  that  a  great  many 
of  the  countrv  boys  who  go  to  the  city 
would  be  better  off  if  they  stayed  on  the 


The  Boys  and 
the  Farm. 


farm.     Mr.  L.  H.  Bailey,  who,  as  professor 
of  agriculture  in  Cornell,  editor  of  "Coun- 
try Life  in  America"  and  author  of  several 
books    on    farming,    may    be    expected    to 
know    something   about   the   matter,   places 
the    blame    less    on    the   boy    than    on    the 
tanner.     The  farmer's  boy,  he  says  in  sub- 
stance, takes  advantage  of  the  schools,  per- 
haps of  the  college,  and  becomes  an  edu- 
cated young  man  imbued  with  the  spirit  of 
progress.     He  has  no   special  objection  to 
farming  as  an  occupation,  but  he  does  not 
relish    the    sort    of   farming  which  means 
more    routine    and    intellectual    stagnation. 
"It  has  never  occurred  to  father  and  moth- 
er,   remaining    at     home     with     the     daily 
round,"  says   Professor  Bailey,   "that  John 
would  have  a  new  outlook  when  he  came 
home.     He  had  been  remaking,  with  a  lar- 
ger  horizon,     quickened    ambition,     higher 
ideals.      The   old   place   may   not   be   of   a 
kind  to  satisfy  him.     He  has  outgrown  it. 
The  buildings  are  shabby;  the  grounds  are 
bare ;   the  fences  are  down ;  the  yards  are 
foul  with  weeds  and  litter;  the  cattle  stand 
in  the  mud ;  the  land  is  hard  run ;  the  roads 
are  poor;  the  inside  of  the  house  is  austere 
and  comfortless.     If  the  young  man  has  a 
somewhat   free  hand  to  correct  and   reno- 
vate,  he   may  be   content    to    remain    and 
work  out  the  problem.     But  often  the  par- 
ents resent  innovations  and  frequently  the 
case  is   hopeless."     Of  course,  this   unflat- 
tering  description   can   not  be   taken   as   a 
picture  of  the  average   farm,   nor  this   ac- 
cusation    of     unprogressiveness       brought 
against  the  better  class  of  farmers.    In  gen- 
eral, as  we  all  know,  they  are  quick  to  ac- 
cept improvements  and  they  know  how  to 
conduct  their  business  profitably  and  prop- 
erly quite  as  well  as  the  average  city  man 
knows  how  to  conduct  his.     Nevertheless, 
we    give    Professor    Bailey's    comment    for 
what  it  may  be  worth. 


Mr.  Thomas  A.  Edison,  whose  example  as 

an  enthusiastic  hard  worker  has  been  only 

„,     ,   „  less    valuable    than    his 

WorK  More;  .  .,    ..         .  ... 

contributions   to   applied 

science,  has  made  a  state- 
ment telling  us  how  to  be  healthy  and  hap- 
pl  and  wise.  We  should  eat  less,  sleep  less 
and  work  more.  He  says :  "Men  eat  and 
sleep  themselves  stupid.  Sometimes  they 
eat  and  sleep  themselves  into  the  grave. 
They  talk  about  working  too  hard.  That 
is  absolute  nonsense.  Generally  speaking, 
a  man  can  not  work  too  hard.  Work  does 
him  good."  Mr.  Edison  says  that  in  his 
own  practice  he  has  found  that  twelve 
ounces  of  food  a  day  is  sufficient  and  keeps 
him  in  better  physical  condition  than  a 
larger  quantity.  Of  course,  Mr.  Edison  is 
an  exceptional  man.  No  man  can  invent 
phonographs,  incandescent  lights  and  all 
the  other  things  he  has  invented,  and  then 
set  himself  up  as  an  average  man.  Perhaps 
it  is  part  of  Mr.  Edison's  exceptional  en- 
dowment to  be  able  to  get  along  with  less 
food  and  sleep  and  more  work  than  other 
people.  Or,  again,  perhaps  it  is  his  ex- 
ceptional sagacity  which  has  led  him  to 
discover  that  any  one  may  do  the  same.  At 
any  rate,  we  are  convinced  that  the  talk 
about  overwork  is,  for  the  most  part,  one 
of  the  great  American  humbugs.     We  dis- 


sipate our  energies,  foolishly  and  immoral- 
ly, and  excuse  ourselves  by  talking  about 
"overwork"  and  the  "tremendous  pace  of 
our  American  commercial  and  industrial 
life." 

Thomas   Dixon,   preacher,   lecturer,   nov- 
elist   and   playwright,    is    reported    by    the 

daily  press  to  have  had 

A  Preacher- 

.""  a    narrow    escape    in    a 

Playwright.  southern     city     recently. 

His  play,  "The  Clansman,"  which  is  a  dram- 
atization of  his  novel  of  the  same  name,  had 
been  performed  at  Columbia,  S.  C,  and 
after  the  play  a  mob  tried  to  get  at  him 
to  express  graphically  its  disapproval  of 
the  piece.  We  are  glad  that  Mr.  Dixon 
escaped  violence.  We  are  not  even  sure 
that  his  peril  has  not  been  a  good  deal  ex- 
aggerated in  the  dispatches.  But  if  the 
published  story  is  not  true,  it  ought  to  be. 
The  book  is  vulgar,  gross,  unhistorical  and 
generally  unjustifiable.  As  a  play,  it  would 
certainly  be  worse.  The  purpose  of  it  (aside 
from  the  great  purpose  of  making  money 
for  the  author)  is  to  defend  the  southern 
people,  who  do  not  need  defense,  and  to 
arraign  the  process  of  reconstruction,  which 
scarcely  needs  arraignment.  It  is  a  pleas- 
ure to  see  that  the  southern  people  are  dis- 
gusted with  Mr.  Dixon's  kind  of  defense. 


One   can   scarcely   overlook   the   intimate 

relation  between  journalism  and  the  wave 

of    reform — or    at    least 
Journalism 

and  Reform. 


of  publicity  and  the  de- 
mand for  reform — which 
is  sweeping  the  country.  Some  of  the  pub- 
lications have  rendered  a  great  service  to 
the  cause  of  reform,  and  it  is  not  to  be  de- 
nied that  the  cause  of  reform  has  simul- 
taneously rendered  a  great  service  to  the 
periodicals.  A  series  of  good,  exciting  re- 
form articles,  revealing  the  iniquity  of  sun- 
dry persons  and  institutions  which  had 
hitherto  been  deemed  respectable,  is  a  great 
help  to  the  subscription  department,  and 
that,  in  turn,  helps  the  advertising  depart- 
ment. We  mean  to  cast  no  cynical  doubt 
upon  the  earnest  purpose  of  the  several 
editors.  But  the  other  aspect  of  the  mat- 
ter, while  of  course  entirely  incidental,  is 
quite  real.  "The  Critic"  for  October  has 
the  following  happy  verses  wnder  the  sad 
title,  "The  Editor's  Lament": 

Alone,  alone,  all,  all  alone, 

Alone  on  a  pitchy  sea, 
'Mid  scuttled  graft  and  sinking  craft, 

Bvt  not  a  raft  for  me. 

No  new  trust  looms  for  me  to  hit 

That  has  not  been  exposed; 
No  state  corruption  hides  unwrit, 

No  grafter  undisclosed. 

Tom  Lawson's  drum  to  kingdom  come 
Has  smashed  the  great  oil  can. 

Russell  lays  bare  the  beef  roast  rare 
And  carves  the  butcher  man. 

The  Baptist  John  is  Tarbell's  right 

(Herself  monopolist!), 
And  every  naughty  town  in  sight 

To  Steffens'  mill  is  grist. 

Now  "Collier's"  Hapgood  draws  his  pen; 

With  style  aflame  and  pure 
He  cries  the  ill  of  dopes  that  kill 

And  advertise  to  cure. 

And  I,  a  sore  competitor, 

Am  driven  to  the  wall. 
I  can  not  find  a  sin  to  score — 

Our  rivals  have  them  all. 

I  pray  tomorrow's  sun  may  see 

A  brand-new  scandal  burst. 
That  for  reform  my  pen  may  warm 

And   stab   the  monster  first — 

That  our  subscription  may  ascend 

A  million  every  day. 
I  long  my  country's  wrongs  to  mend 

And  make  my  paper  pay. 


October  26,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


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Centennial  Aims  and  Plans. 

Some  time  before  our  national  convention 
in  Minneapolis,  in  1901,  we  called  attention 
in  The  Christian-Evangewst  to  the  ap- 
proaching centennial  of  the  inauguration  of 
our  religious  movement  and  suggested  the 
propriety  and  value  of  a  suitable  celebra- 
tion of  that  event.  The  matter  was  taken 
up  by  our  enterprising  corresponding  secre- 
tary of  the  American  Christian  Missionary 
Society,  Benj.  L,.  Smith,  and  incorporated 
as  a  recommendation  in  the  annual  report 
of  the  board  to  that  convention.  "  The  re- 
port was  unanimously  adopted  and  a  com- 
mittee, for  which  it  provided,  was  appoint- 
ed to  consider  and  report  to  the  next  an- 
nual convention,  to  be  held  at  Omaha,  as 
to  the  advisability  of  such  celebration  and 
the  form  it  should  take. 

The    committee    made    its    report    to    the 
convention  at  Omaha  in  1902 ;  it  was  unan- 
imously  adopted,    and    the   committee    was 
made   a   standing  committee,   with   instruc- 
tions to  report  annually  to  the  conventions 
the  progress  of  plans  proposed  to  suitably 
commemorate  the  completion  of  a  century 
of  history.    This  report  was  printed  in  tract 
form  by  the  American  Christian  Missionary 
Society,   the   Foreign   Christian   Missionary 
Society  and  the  Christian  Woman's  board 
of   Missions,   and   copies   of   the   same   can 
no  doubt  be  secured  on  application  to  either 
one  of  these  boards.     Attention  is  hereby 
called  to  the  special  features  of  the  proposed 
celebration    as    embodied    in    that    report, 
viz. :     To    increase    the    endowments    and 
equipments  of  our  institutions  of  learning; 
to  make  an  effort  to  raise  our  missionary 
offerings — home   and    foreign — to   one   mil- 
lion dollars  annually  by  1909,  and  to  swell 
the  combined    contributions    for    religious, 
benevolent  and  educational  purposes,  local 
and  general,  to  ten  million  dollars  by  that 
time;  that  our  benevolent  work  should  be 
widened  in  the  range  of  its  beneficent  ac- 
tivities, and  deepened  in  the  hearts  of  the 
brotherhood;    that    churches    contemplating 
building  new  houses  of  worship  should  se- 
cure special  centennial  offerings  to  this  end, 
enabling    them    to    erect    buildings    which 
shall   be   worthy   monuments   of   the   event 
which  they  commemorate,  and  that  church 
debts,  as  far  as  possible,  be  liquidated;  that 
we  inaugurate  and  carry  forward  a  deeper 
and  wider  evangelism,  both  for  the  conver- 
sion of  sinners   and   the   deepening  of   the 
spiritual  life  of  our  churches;  that  our  re- 
ligious journals  be  more  largely  patronized 
in  order  that  the  brotherhood  may  thus  be 
brought   in   closer  touch   with   all   our  ad- 
vance movements ;  that  at  the  national  con- 
vention next  preceding  that  of  the  centen- 
nial   year    a    committee    of    representative 
brethren  be  appointed  to  prepare  and  pub- 
lish in  connection  with  the  proceedings  of 
our  centennial  convention  a  memorial  to  the 
Christian  world,  urging  the  importance  of 
Christian  unity  in  order  to  the  world's  evan- 
gelization and  the  extirpation  of  those  evils 
which  curse  our  Christian  civilization ;  and, 
finally,    recommending    that    our    ministers 
and  public  teachers  and  our  religious  papers 
call  our  people  to  a  truer  exemplification  of 
our   high    claims    as    restorers    of   a   purer 
Christianity. 
During  the  three  years  past  the  commit- 


tee has  been  able  to  report  substantial  and 

encouraging  progress  along  all  these  lines. 
Our  colleges  have  received,  in  the  way  of 
increased  endowment  and  for  buildings 
since  then,  about  $900,000;  our  missionary 
offerings — foreign,  home  and  state — have  in- 
creased from  $624,753  in  1902,  to  $875,527 
in  1905,  making  a  gain  of  $250,774.  We  be- 
lieve it  safe  to  ray  that  the  circulation  of 
our  religious  journals  has  increased  on  an 
average  of  not  less  than  35  per  cent.  Many 
splendid  church  buildings  have  been  erected 
and  an  indebtedness  of  hundreds  of  thou- 
sands of  dollars  on  church  property  has  been 
paid.  The  evangelistic  zeal  among  us  has 
been  intensified,  a  bureau  of  evangelism  or- 
ganized, and  large  numbers  of  souls  have 
been  brought  into  the  kingdom  of  God,  and 
last,  but  not  least,  we  believe  there  has  been 
a  corresponding  deepening  of  the  spiritual 
life  of  our  members. 

In  the  committee's  report  at  San  Fran- 
cisco it  was  recommended  that  a  local  com- 
mittee of  seven  members  be  appointed  in 
and  around  Pittsburg  to  co-operate  with 
the  centennial  committee  in  carrying  out 
its  plans.  It  was  also  recommended  that 
an  agent  be  put  into  the  field  to  devote  his 
whole  time  for  the  next  .four  years  to  the 
work  of  stimulating  liberality  among  the 
churches  for  all  our  general  enterprises  and 
to  secure  bequests  and  special  donations  for 
the  benefit  of  the  same.  It  was  recommend- 
ed, further,  that  the  business  men  of  our 
churches,  through  our  Business  Men's  As- 
sociation, provide  the  funds  for  this  cen- 
tennial propaganda.  Since  the  San  Fran- 
cisco convention  these  two  committees  have 
been  in  correspondence  and  are  planning  for 
a  joint  meeting  at  Pittsburg  at  an  early 
day.  The  executive  committee  of  the  Busi- 
ness Men's  Association  has  been  in  consul- 
tation, and  plans  are  being  matured  for  an 
aggressive  forward  movement,  which  will 
be  published  to  the  brotherhood  very  soon. 
The  centennial  committee  is  looking  to  the 
business  men  of  the  brotherhood — the  men 
of  affairs  and  public  spirit,  who  love 
our  cause  and  believe  that  we  have  a  great 
mission  in  the  world — to  stand  behind  this 
centennial  movement  in  a  solid  phalanx  and 
see  that  it  is  carried  forward  to  a  triumph- 
ant conclusion.  The  ministers  will,  of 
course,  co-operate  in  every  possible  way  in 
carrying  out  these  centennial  plans  and 
aims,  but  without  the  hearty  co-operation 
of  the  business  men  of  our  churches  we 
shall  certainly  fail  of  any  worthy  achieve- 
ment to  mark  the  completion  of  a  century 
of  wonderful  history. 

We  have  but  four  years  more  in  which 
to  carry  out  our  plans  and  realize  our  aims. 
These  years  should  be  crowded  with  earnest 
activity,  sanctified  and  guided  by  earnest 
prayer  and  made  strenuous  with  wise  plan- 
ning and  heroic  efforts  to  achieve  results 
worthy  of  the  cause  we  plead  and  worthy 
of  him  whom  we  call  our  Lord  and  Master. 
The  ministers  in  all  our  churches  should  lay 
this  great  enterprise  before  their  members 
and  seek  to  enlist  them  in  all  possible  ways 
in  making  a  memorable  celebration  of  the 
historic  event  which  it  is  designed  to  com- 
memorate. In  a  short  time  the  committee 
will  make  a  more  definite  announcement  of 
plans,  and  then  action,  prompt  and  vigorous, 
will  be  in  order. 


Harnack  on  Baptism. 

Historical  criticism  is  doing  much   for  a 
better  tmd     Ending  of  the  Bible.     It  did 

not  n  quire  the  aid  of  the  modern  historian 
to  make  three  facts  perfectly  plain  with  re- 
pi  <  t  10  baptism.  P'irst,  that  baptism  in 
the  primitive  Church  wis  an  immersion; 
second,  that  it  was  administered  to  penitent 
believers  only;  third,  that  it  was  every- 
where recognized  for  the  remission  of  past 
sins.  Nevertheless,  such  testimony  as 
Professor  Harnack  gives  in  his  "Expansion 
of  Christianity"  shows  conclusively  that  the 
candid  modern  historian  is  compelled  U# 
agree  with  ancient  ecclesiastical  writers. 
Professor  Harnack  does  not  hesitate  to  de- 
clare  that  the  universal  practice  o*  the  an- 
cient Church  was  immersion,  and  that  in- 
fant baptism  came  out  of  a  misconception  of 
what  baptism  is  for,  on  account  of  its  as- 
sociation with  remission  of  sins.  He  de- 
clares that  Paul,  "like  his  fellows,  recog- 
nized it  to  be  simply  indispensable,"  and 
that  in  the  primitive  days  of  the  Church 
"baptism  was  essentially  the  act  by  which 
past  sins  were  entirely  canceled." 

Now  this  design  of  baptism  was  perverted 
to  an  improper  use  by  associating  baptism 
with  mystery.  This  was  easily  done.  It 
was  only  a  step  back  to  the  paganism  of 
the  patristic  Church  period.  This  paganism 
had  its  government  and  life  in  mysteries, 
and  it  was  precisely  at  this  point  where  in- 
fant baptism  originated  and  found  its  main 
support.  Baptismal  regeneration  in  the 
mysterious  sense  furnished  the  starting 
point  for  infant  baptism,  and  is  undoubt- 
edly fundamental  as  regards  that  practice. 
This  much  Professor  Harnack  distinctly 
and  emphatically  affirms ;  and  in  so  doing 
he  only  reaffirms  what  Neander  and  other 
church  historians  have  declared  in  equally 
emphatic  language.  But  it  is  well  to  have 
such  a  scholar  as  Hamack  go  over  the 
whole  ground  and  re-examine  the  case  in 
the  light  of  modern  criticism,  and  this  he 
has   done   in   a  masterly  manner. 

But  what  are  we  to  think  of  scholars 
who  still  practice  infant  sprinkling  in  fbe 
light  of  all  the  facts  of  the  case?  Undoubt- 
edly we  must  think  charitably  of  them,  not- 
withstanding the  conclusive  facts  which  are 
against  them.  Have  those  who  see  the 
unscripturalness  of  infant  baptism  and  how 
it  originated  ever  taken  into  account  the 
persistency  of  established  institutions?  ft  is 
easy  enough  to  say  that  infant  baptism  was 
not  practiced  by  the  apostles,  and  had  ks 
origin  in  a  mysterious  conception  of  bap- 
tism with  respect  to  the  remission  of  sins, 
but  it  is  another  thing  altogether  to  discon- 
tinue a  practice  which  has  become  the 
warp  and  woof  of  the  Christian  develop- 
ment of  many  hundreds  of  years.  It  is 
probable  that  those  who  accept  only  believ- 
er's baptism  have  little  or  no  conception  of 
the  difficulties  in  the  way  of  pedobaptists 
reconstructing  both  their  theology  and  life 
on  a  matter  involving  nearly  all  the  tradi- 
tions of  the  fathers.  Truly  may  it  be  said 
that  an  error  which  has  the  support  of  ages 
can  not  be  eradicated  at  once  by  simply 
stating  the  truth  in  the  case. 

Nevertheless,  the  truth  mentioned  above 
ought  to  be  stated  and  ought  to  rest  heavily 
on  the  consciences  of  our  Pedobaptist 
brethren  who,  no  less  than  we,  desire  to 
honor  Christ  in  his  appointments. 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST; 


October  26,  1905 


State  Mission  Day. 

W«  I  deal  of  space  this 

week  to  the  interest  of  state  missions.  We 
do  so  believing  that  their  success  is  funda- 
mental to  1  s  o>s  in  all  our  national 
enterprises.  It  this  be  a  fact— and  whoever 
stops  to  think  about  it  will  see  that  it  is  a 
fact — no  other  reason  need  be  stated  why 
all  our  churches  that  believe  in  world-wide 
missions,  in  the  evangelization  of  our  own 
country,  in  the  building  up  of  our  educa- 
tional and  benevolent  institutions,  and  in 
making  our  power  felt  as  a  religious  factor 
in  the  life  of  the  nation  and  of  the  world, 
should  see  to  it  that  the  first  Lord's  day  in 
November  be  observed,  conscientiously  and 
generously,  as  the  day  for  an  offering  .for 
>ns. 

Read  the  messages  from  our  various  state 
secretaries  and  see  the  virgin  soil  waiting 
for  the  seed  oi  the  sower  and  the  ripening 
fields  ready  for  the  sickle  of  the  reaper. 
One  who  wishes  a  comprehensive  view  of 
the  great  field  should  read  all  these  articles. 
Whether  one  studies  the  condition  and  needs 
of  the  states  in  the  far  north,  or  those  in  the 
great  west,  or  those  of  the  teeming  popula- 
tions of  the  east,  or  of  the  sunnier  lands  of 
the  south,  he  can  not  fail  to  be  impressed 
with  the  imperative  demand  for  both  men 
and  mean-  to  push  forward  the  interests  of 
the  Master's  kingdom.  How  many  and  how 
urgent  are  the  Macedonian  calls  that  reach 
our  ears ! 

It  argues  no  lack  of  interest  in  the  gen- 
eral field,  at  home  or  abroad,  for  a  church 
to  feel  and  to  manifest  a  special  interest  in 
the  needs  of  its  own  state.  Indeed,  the 
churches  can  best  serve  the  wider  interests 
of  the  kingdom  by  faithful  devotion  to  the 
welfare  of  the  cause  in  their  several  states. 
If  one's  heart  does  not  respond  to  the  needs 
which  he  sees  near  home,  it  is  not  apt  to 
make  a  very  generous  response  to  the  needs 
of  fields  further  away. 

If  we  have  heretofore  neglected  the  cause 
of  state  missions  it  is  high  time  now  that 
we  give  special  emphasis  to  their  value  and 
importance  to  our  whole  work.  We  sin- 
cerely trust  that  the  forthcoming  offering 
in  November,  in  the  several  states,  will  give 
unmistakable  evidence  of  the  growing  in- 
terest and  liberality  in  behalf  of  state  mis- 
sions. 

There  should  be  a  generous  rivalry  among 
the  several  states  as  to  which  can  outstrip 
the  other  in  its  zeal  for  state  missions.  This 
rival ry  can  not,  of  course,  relate  to  the 
amount  of  money  contributed,  absolutely, 
the  states  are  not  equal  in  their  ability; 
but  it  may  relate  to  the  amount  contributed 
per  capita,  and  to  the  relative  number  of 
churches  contributing.  We  should  feel  in- 
clined to  offer  a  special  prize  of  honor  to 
any  state  that  could  report  all  its  churches 
in  line,  and  contributing  to  the  work  of  mis- 
sions. This  work  of  enlisting  noncontribu- 
ting  churches  in  the  ranks  of  the  churches 
which  do,  conscientiously  and  regularly, 
make  offerings  to  the  mission  work,  is  one 
of  the  most  important  task:-  that  each  state 
board  has  to  accomplish.  It  is  more  and 
more  coming  to  he  understood  that  only 
those  churches  that  contribute  to  missions 
are  living  churches.  There  can  be  no 
truer  test  of  life  in  a  church  than  its  will- 


ingness to  join  with  sister  churches  in  ex- 
tending to  others  the  spiritual  blessings 
which  have  come  to  it. 


"That  They  AH  May  be  One."* 

Such  is  the  title  of  a  remarkable  book 
which  has  just  come  from  the  press.  It  is 
from  the  pen  of  that  keen,  incisive,  catholic- 
spirited  writer  so  widely  known  in  Chris- 
tian Endeavor  circles — Amos  R.  Wells. 
It  is  a  strong  and  vigorous  plea  for  Christian 
union,  and  one  that  is  sure  to  attract  atten- 
tion. It  is  likely  to  be  characterized  as 
Utopian  and  impractical  by  many  denomina- 
tional champions  just  as  the  plea  for  Chris- 
tian union  has  always  been  regarded  by 
ardent  sectaries.  That  is  a  question,  how- 
ever, that  does  not  especially  concern  one 
whose  supreme  aim  is  to  know  and  do  the 
will  of  his  Master.  With  such  an  one  the 
question  is  not,  Is  it  practical  ?  but,  Is  it 
the  will  of  Jesus  Christ?  If  that  question 
be  settled  in  the  affirmative  we  may  safely 
advocate  it,  and  leave  the  question  of  prac- 
ticability to  him  whose  will  we  are  seeking 
to  carry  out.  Naturally  enough,  the  author 
of  this  book  deals  with  the  practical  side 
of  the  question,  that  is.  the  evils  resulting 
from  our  divisions  and  the  benefits  that 
would  result  from  union  and  co-operation. 
No  one,  so  far  as  we  know,  has  stated  this 
phase  of  the  subject  more  strongly  and  con- 
vincingly than  it  is  stated  in  this  work.  The 
answers  to  some  of  the  threadbare  excuses 
for  our  divisions  are  so  complete  that  we 
do  not  see  how  they  can  ever  be  presented 
again  from  the  platform  before  an  intel- 
ligent audience.  In  that  field,  our  author 
Has  made  a  most  valuable  contribution  to 
the  subject  of  Christian  union. 

As  to  the  basis  of  union,  our  author 
does  not  pretend  to  state  it.  He  does 
not  claim  to  know  exactly  what  it  is. 
But  of  one  thing  he  is  profoundly  con- 
vinced :  Most  of  the  things  which  divide 
us  are  insignificant  and  petty  when  com- 
pared with  the  things  which  are  held  in 
common,  and  with  the  motives  for  a  com- 
pleter unity.  He  does  not  hold  to  the  theory 
of  a  spiritual  and  invisible  union  that  .no- 
body can  see  or  know  anything  about,  but 
favors  a  real,  organic  union,  such  as  will 
place  the  united  forces  of  the  Church  uni- 
versal at  the  disposal  of  Christ  to  be  used 
by  him  in  carrying  out  his  great  purpose 
in  the  world.  Sometimes,  it  is  true,  one 
gets  the  impression  that  the  author's  ideal 
would  be  satisfied  if  the  denominations 
would  learn  to  love  each  other  and  help 
each  other  in  their  denominational  under- 
takings, and  quit  envying  and  fighting  each 
other.  For  instance,  he  pictures  the  follow- 
ing future  millennium  among  the  denom- 
inations : 

"Nevertheless,  mad  or  not,  I  believe  that 
some  glad  day,  when  the  Baptist  Foreign 
Missionary  Society  faces  a  deficit,  the  Meth- 
odists will  take  special  collections  -in  all 
their  churches  to  make  that  deficit  good. 
When  the  Presbyterians  hear  of  a  Meth- 
odist home  mission  school  out  in  Idaho 
that  is  likely  to  be  abandoned  for  lack  of 
funds,  they  will  make  an  appropriation  for 
it.     When  the  Episcopalians  learn  that  the 


*By  Amos   R.  Wells,   Funk   &   Wagnalls,  pub- 
lishers, New  York.     Price,  75  cents,  net. 


denominational  newspaper  of  the  Quakers 
i<  inadequately  supported,  they  will  get  up 
clubs  for  it.  When  the  Baptists  see  that 
a  Congregational  college  needs  an  endow- 
ment, they  will  furnish  it.  When  statistics 
show  a  falling  off  in  additions  to  Presby- 
terian churches,  the  Disciples  will  institute 
a  canvass  on  their  behalf." 

But  is  it  not  likely  that  before  such  a 
period  of  reciprocity  dawns  we  shall  have 
learned  a  more  excellent  way,  and  shall 
be  working  together  as  members  of  the 
same  body,  and  followers  of  the  same  Lord? 
This  our  author  himself  seems  to  believe. 
Christian  comity  is  better  than  warfare  be- 
tween Christians,  but  it  does  not  meet  the 
New  Testament  idea  of  unity.  The  Father 
and  the  Son  are  "one"  in  a  vastly  deeper 
and  higher  sense  than  that  of  comity.  The 
author  believes  that  we  ought  to  meet  to- 
gether and  discuss  our  differences  in  the 
spirit  of  truth-seeking,  and  in  that  we  are 
sure  he  is  right,  for,  after  all,  there  can 
be  no  real  unity  until  we  come  to  see  some 
things  alike.  There  are  a  great  many  things 
concerning  which  we  may  differ,  and  still 
be  one  in  the  New  Testament  sense,  but  we 
should  sit  at  the  feet  of  Christ  and  learn  of 
him  and  of  each  other,  until  we  can  all  say 
with  Paul :  "There  is  one  body,  one  Spirit, 
one  hope  of  our  calling,  one  Lord,  one 
faith,  one  baptism,  one  God  and  Father  of 
all."  He  does  not  say,  let  it  be  noticed, 
"There  is  one  opinion,  one  method  of  church 
organization,  one  way  of  doing  mission 
work,  and  one  method  of  worshiping  the 
true  God."  The  unity  of  the  New  Testament 
is  entirely  consistent  with  all  necessary  va- 
riety of  individual  temperament,  taste,  etc. 

There  is,  then,  common  ground  in  the 
New  Testament,  on  which  all  Christians 
can  be  one.  It  was  the  earnest  effort  of  the 
leaders  in  our  own  religious  movement  in 
the  beginning,  and  is  yet,  to  occupy  this 
common  ground,  and  not  to  ask  others  to 
unite  with  us,  but  to  come  to  that  common, 
catholic  basis  of  the  New  Testament.  And 
we  have  believed  and  contended  that  the 
only  way  to  a  realization  of  Christ's  prayer 
for  unity  is  to  come  to  Christ's  basis  of 
unity.  We  may  be  mistaken,  in  some  re- 
spects, as  to  what  that  basis,  of  unity  is, 
but  we  stand  now,  as  always,  ready  to  be 
corrected,  and  eager  to  know  just  what  the 
Lord  would  have  us  do  in  order  to  be  one. 
We  feel  that  we  can  pledge  our  whole 
brotherhood  to  this  program  of  unity. 

We  desire  most  heartily  to  thank  the  tal- 
ented author  of  this  book  for  his  important 
contribution  to  the  vital  subject  of  Christian 
unity.  When  all  Christians  come  to  his 
spirit,  and  his  desire  to  see  the  fulfillment 
of  our  Lord's  prayer,  the  way  to  union  will 
not  be  hard  to  find.  It  is  a  beautifully 
printed  volume  of  209  pages,  every  page  of 
which  bristles  with  cogent  arguments  for 
the  unity  of  the  people  of  God.  It  is  cer- 
tain, we  predict,  to  have  a  large  reading 
among  the  Disciples  of  Christ,  whose  special 
plea  is  for  tne  union  of  Christians.  In  the 
main,  they  will  give  the  book  hearty  en- 
dorsement and  will  be  profited  by  it.  We 
could  wish  that  it  might  have  a  wide  read- 
ing throughout  the  Christian  world  as  a 
means  of  hastening  the  sublime  consumma- 
tion for  which  our  divine  Lord  prayed,  and 
for  which  many  earnest  souls  are  praying 
today. 


OCTOIIRR  26,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVA&GELIST. 


i3«3 


Editor's  Easy  Chair. 

The  Easy  Chair  has  had  an  unusually 
hard  and  toilsome  week,  and,  like  all  the 
rest  of  the  toiling  world  it  is  glad  that 
Saturday  evening  is  here.  It  means  a  ces- 
sation of  the  daily  grind.  It  means  more 
of  the  home  atmosphere  and  less  of  the 
office  and  shop.  It  means,  to  the  Editor, 
the  shutting  off  of  the  shafts  of  criticism 
and  the  perplexities  which  come  through 
his  daily  mail,  for  at  least  one  day.  It  means 
a  little  time  for  quiet  thought  and  reflection, 
and  a  glimpse  through  the  rifted  clouds 
into  the  infinite  and  eternal.  Yes,  we  join 
with  all  the  grimy  sons  of  toil  throughout 
the  world  in  welcoming  the  day  of  rest. 
Let  us  shut  out  the  world,  with  its  noise, 
and  bluster,  and  hurry,  and  secularism,  and 
seek  to  bathe  our  spirits  in  the  atmosphere 
of  heaven.  So  shall  we  be  girded  with  high 
moral  purposes  and  inspired  by  lofty  ideals 
to  resume  the  toils  of  another  week.  In- 
finite wisdom  and  infinite  goodness  alike 
shine  forth  in  the  weekly  rest-day.  Who- 
ever or  whatever  perverts  this  day  from  its 
divine  meaning  and  intention  is,  wittingly 
or  unwittingly,  a  foe  to  man  for  whom  it 
was  made.  The  Lord's  day  is  one  of  the 
three  great  monumental  institutions  which 
have  come  down  to  us  from  the  early  days 
of  Christianity.  The  other  two  are  the 
Lord's  supper  and  Christian  baptism.  Each 
of  these  institutions  testifies  of  Christ — his 
death,  his  burial,  and  his  resurrection  from 
the  dead.    And  Christ  is  man's  best  Friend. 


October,  after  a  little  flurry  of  stormy 
weather  that  doesn't  belong  to  it  properly, 
has  resumed  its  normal  course.  Today  is 
one  of  those  ideal  autumn  days  which 
makes  a  lover  of  nature  long  to  take  to  the 
woods.  The  falling  leaves,  the  carpeted 
earth,  the  bare  limbs  of  the  trees  standing 
out  against  the  blue  sky,  the  songless  birds 
yet  remaining,  flitting  silently  from  tree  to 
tree,  an  occasional  provident  squirrel  gath- 
ering in  his  winter  store — all  this  forms  a 
picture  which  artists  can  imitate,  but  can 
not  equal.  Some  of  the  trees  have  parted 
with  their  leaves  almost  entirely,  while  oth- 
ers hold  on  to  them.  "It  is  so  with  the  trees, 
even  those  of  the  same  species,  which  stand 
in  our  lawn  at  Rose  Hill.  We  were  ques- 
tioned about  the  cause  of  that  this  morn- 
ing by  the  angel  of  our  household.  We  re- 
plied :  "That,  my  dear,  is  because  some 
trees  hold  their  leaves  with  greater  tenac- 
ity than  others" !  What  could  be  more 
lucid  and  self-evident  than  that?  We  might 
have  said :  "Some  trees  are  more  gener- 
ous than  others,  willing  to  surrender 
their  summer  foliage  to  carpet  the  earth 
and  to  enrich  the  soil,  while  a  few  stingy 
old  oaks  hold  on  to  their  leaves  until  they 
are  compelled  to  give  them  up  by  the  rising 
sap  of  spring,  just  as  certain  covetous 
people  hold  on  to  their  riches  until  com- 
pelled to  part  with  them,  while  others  give 
freely  and  readily  to  make  the  world  bet- 
ter." But  that  would  have  been  more  fig- 
urative and  less  scientific. 

"The  day  is  past  and  gone."  This  was 
the  first  line  of  an  old  hymn  which  we  often 
heard  sung  in  boyhood,  at  the  evening  wor- 


ship, liy  quavering  voices  which  1 
long  since  joined  the  choir  invisible.  And 
so  (his  bright  autumn  Lord's  day,  with  its 
meetings,  songs,  sermons  and  prayers,  is 
"past  and  gone."  How  bright  the  stars 
shine  out  tonight  from  the  clear,  October 
sky,  as  if  they  were  angel  eyes  looking 
down  with  delight  upon  a  worshiping 
world!  Il  has  been  a  day  of  high  priv- 
ileges in  the  house  of  God.  We  sat  to- 
gether in  heavenly  places  in  Christ  Jesus. 
The  great  congregation  sang  old  "Corona- 
tion" as  if  the  people  really  wanted  to  place 
the  crown  of  universal  dominion  on  the 
brow  of  Him  who  wore  the  crown  of  thorns 
"for  us  men  and  our  salvation."  How  ten- 
derly the  shepherd  of  the  flock  presented 
its  manifold  needs  to  the  great  Bishop  and 
Shepherd  of  our  souls  in  his  prayer,  and 
how  Wisely  he  led  it  in  his  sermon  into  the 
green  pastures  of  living  truth !  Then  came 
the  memorial  supper,  which  the  first  Chris- 
tians called  "the  eucharist,"  because  of  the 
thanksgivings  associated  with  it.  It  is  here 
the  worship  seems  to  reach  its  proper  cli- 
max, and  all  hearts  are  fused  into  a  blessed 
unity  before  the  vision  of  the  uplifted 
Christ.  ,And  when  the  benediction  is  pro- 
nounced and  the  people  scatter  to  their 
homes,  they  must  carry  with  them  holy 
impressions,  higher  resolves  and  a  firmer 
grasp  of  things  spiritual.  Multiply  such  a 
scene  by  ten  thousand  and  thousands  of 
thousands  and  we  may  form  some  faint 
conception  of  what  the  Lord's  day  means 
for  the  spiritual  uplifting  of  the  race. 

"The  kingdom  of  God  cometh  not  with 
observation."  Did  the  people  of  Christ's 
time  think  the  kingdom  of  God  was  going 
to  come  with  a  roll  of  drums,  a  blare  of 
trumpets,  and  the  shouts  of  the  multitude? 
This  seems  probable.  Other  kingdoms  had 
come  that  way,  and  why  not  this  promised 
kingdom  of  the  Messiah?  But  Jesus  told 
his  disciples  it  would  not  come  in  that  way, 
and  history  tells  us  that  it  did  not  come, 
and  does  not  come  today,  in  that  way.  As 
the  leaven  works  in  the  meal,  as  the  prin- 
ciple of  life  works  in  the  vegetable  world, 
with  quiet  and  unseen  forces,  so  comes  the 
kingdom  of  God.  This  was  the  lesson 
which  God  taught  Elijah  at  Horeb.  Jehovah 
was  not  in  the  strong  wind  that  rent  the 
mountains,  nor  in  the  earthquake,  nor  yet 
in  the  fire,  but  "in  the  still  small  voice." 
There  is  danger  of  our  becoming  infatuated 
with  the  clatter  of  ecclestiastical  machinery, 
and  identifying  the  noise  of  outward  forces 
with  the  real  power  of  God.  It  is  as  true 
now  as  it  was  in  the  days  of  Zerubbabel 
that  it  is  "not  by  might,  nor  by  power,  but 
by  my  Spirit,  saith  the  Lord,"  that  the 
Lord's  work  is  to  be  carried  forward.  But 
this  does  not  mean  idleness  or  passivity  on 
our  part.  We  are  to  be  active  and  zealous 
in  planning  and  executing  measures  for  the 
advancement  of  God's  kingdom  in  the 
world,  but  we  are  not  to  identify  this  out- 
ward activity  with  the  movements  of  the 
Spirit,  without  which  our  activities  are 
"as  sounding  brass  and  a  clanging  cymbal." 
The  recognition  of  this  fact  will  keep  us 
humble  in  the  sight  of  God,  and  will  pre- 
vent that  spirit  of  pride  or  of  boasting 
which,  in  religious  work  especially,  must 
be  most  displeasing  to  God.     It  will  drive 


also,  that  we  may  keep  in 
toUch  with  the  source  of  ail  pC 

It  may  be  doubted  if  any  of  us  have 
learned  the  value  of  silence  in  God's  pres- 
ence. Even  in  our  very  prayers  we  are  so 
clamorous  with  our  petition*  that  we  sel- 
dom pause  to  rccei'.  message  to  us. 
speaks  to  us  in  our  silences,  when  our 
souls  are  attuned  to  the  infinite  and  when 
we  are  waiting  to  hear  his  voice.  Some- 
times we  seem  to  even  begrudge  the  mo- 
ments of  reverential  silence  during  the  com- 
munion, when  every  soul  should  be  on  its 
knees  before  God.  On  every  weekly  bulle- 
tin or  program  of  church  services  there 
should  be  printed  the  passage,  "The  Lord 
is  in  his  holy  temple;  let  all  the  earth  keep 
silent  before  him."  The  recognition  of  the 
presence  of  God  is  essential  to  all  true  wor- 
ship and  to  all  successful  work  in  the  king- 
dom of  God.  To  omit  the  divine  factor 
in  our  lives  and  in  our  religious  work  is 
fatal  to  reverence,  to  spiritual  development, 
and  to  permanent  results.  This  factor  duly 
recognized  and  our  own  obligations  fully 
performed,  we  may  safely  anticipate  the 
largest  and  most  enduring  results  in  our 
Christian  work. 

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Notes  and  Comments. 

Another  great  gift.  This  time  it  is  for 
the  Benevolent  Association.  See  Brother 
Snively's  notice  elsewhere.  Ten  thousand 
dollars  to  care  for  home1ess,  orphan  chil- 
dren. Surely  God's  Spirit  is  moving  upon' 
the  hearts  of  the  people.  As  we  said  re- 
cently, it  is  a  new  era  of  giving  upon  which 
we  are  entering.  Brethren  are  beginning  to 
give  "as  the  Lord  has  prospered  them." 
That  means  that  we  shall  have  a  large  num- 
ber of  princely  gifts  for  our  great  benevo- 
lent, educational  and  missionary  interests. 
Benevolence,  the  youngest  of  our  national 
enterprises,  is  coming  to  the  front  by  leaps 
and  bounds.  But  as  the  board  of  benevo- 
lence is  continually  planning  larger  things, 
there  is  no  fear  that  the  money  will  come 
faster  than  it  can  be  used  wisely  in  this 
Christlike  work.    Who  will  be  the  next? 

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In  the  opinion  of  some  people  the  major- 
ity of  men  of  science  are  not  of  the  Chris- 
tian faith.  It  is  perhaps  newspaper  sensa- 
tionalism that  is  responsible  for  this  opin- 
ion,   which    we    believe    to   be    ill-founded. 

Rev.  W.  L.  Watkinson,  in  a  notable  ad- 
dress upon  present-day  condition*  favorable 
to  gospel  preaching,  called  attention  to  the 
fact  that  the  last  five  presidents  of  the  Brit- 
ish Association  for  the  Advancement  of 
Science  were  all  Christian  men.  This  kind 
of  light  on  the  question  is  not  always  seen 
in  the  newspapers. 

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A  prominent  London  Jewish  writer  and 
scholar,  Mr.  C.  J.  Montefiore,  has  just  given 
a  very  remarkable  testimony  to  the  value 
of  Christianity.  He  contrasts  the  Talmud- 
ic  principle  of  strict  justice,  "an  eye  for 
an  eye  and  a  tooth  for  a  tooth,"  with  that 
benevolence  of  the  gospel  expressed  in  "for- 
give your  enemies."  It  is,  he  says,  "one  dis- 
tinctive glory  of  Christianity,  the  yearning 
to  redeem ;  and  a  second,  that  it  will  not 
believe  any  soul  incapable  of  salvation." 
This  Jewish  writer  sets  down  Jesus'  de- 
nunciation of  cold  formalism  and  his  ap- 
proval of  the  publican's  humble  confession 
of  unwortliiness  as  "new  and  permanent 
contributions  to  morality  and  religion." 


IJ&4 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


October  26,  1005 


As  Seen  From  the  Dome     By  f.  d.  Power 


The  homiletical  value  of  the  Old  Testa- 
ment seems  self-evident  The  preacher 
is  to  declare  the  whole  counsel  of  God.  The 
coniraand.  "Search  the  Scriptures,"  refers 
to  the  Old  Testament.  We  read :  "The  Lord 
spake  unto  Moses  and  Aaron,"  and  Peter 
declares:  "Prophecy  came  not  in  old  time 
by  the  will  of  man,  but  holy  men  of  God 
spake  as  they  were  moved  by  the  Holy  Spir- 
it.'' "The  Scriptures,"  'the  Holy  Scrip- 
tures," "the  Oracles  of  God"  are  names  ap- 
plied to  these  writings  and  our  Lord  con- 
stantly in  his  preaching  quotes  or  refers 
to  them  and  bases  their  truth  upon  the 
authority  of  God.  The  apostles,  also,  follow 
their  Master's  example,  and  declare,  "God 
spake,"  the  "Holy  Spirit  saith,"  "God  who 
at  sundry  times  and  in  divers  portions 
spake,"  and  proceed  to  apply  these  things. 
Is  it  not  a  point  forever  settled  with  us 
that  what  Christ  says  is  truth  must  be 
truth?  That  what  the  apostles  declare  un- 
der the  Spirit's  guidance  is  authoritative 
must  be  authoritative? 

How  shall  we  use  the  Old  Testament? 
As  a  volume  of  history.  We  begin  with 
the  beginning.  What  a  wonder  that  a  Ut- 
ile child  can  open  this  book  and  read  how 
the  Creator  of  the  heavens  and  of  the  earth 
did  his  work  thousands  upon  thousands  of 
years  ago,  read  it  in  such  simple  terms  that 
though  a  child,  he  can  understand  it— 
though  a  philosopher,  he  could  never  ex- 
haust its  meaning !  What  an  unspeakable 
marvel  is  a  volume  which  has  held  a 
thousand  nations  spellbound  for  thrice  a 
thousand  years !  What  a  miracle  are  these 
words,  written  for  thousands  of  years,  often 
kjr  illiterate  men,  upon  whose  principles 
states  have  been  founded,  from  whose  in- 
spiration greatest  hymns  and  prayers  and 
poems  and  painting  and  sculpture  and  mu- 
sk have  come;  whose  translations  have 
fixed  the  languages  of  nations,  which  have 
made  the  ignorant  peasant  and  the  negro 
slave  familiar  with  matters  which  the 
greatest  philosophers  never  knew,  and 
taught  men  the  history  of  Babylon,  Nine- 
veh, Jerusalem,  and  the  first  things  in  the 
kingdom  of  nature,  of  sin,  of  thr  world, 
and  of  grace  far  better  than  they  knew 
the  beginnings  of  their  own  nation  or  even 
of  their  own  lives !  No  history  so  thrill- 
ing, no  "record  the  world  holds  so  ancient, 
no  chronicles  like  these  of  the  old  Hebrews. 
How  vast  the  scope  of  the  preacher  here! 
Of  what  untold  value  the  biographical  ma- 
terial !  Dr.  Lord  has  no  such  Beacon  Lights  ; 
Plutarch  no  such  characters.  Here  is  his- 
tory :  its  chronicle,  narrative,  and  philoso- 
phy. 

Then  as  a  system  of  law  the  preacher 
should  use  the  Old  Testament  Some  think 
the  higher  critics  have  not  left  enough  of 
this  part  of  the  Bible  to  supply  materials 
tor  Christian  preaching.  I  am  sure  the 
book  will  survive  all  its  critics  whether 
higher  or  lower.  In  our  emphasis  upon  the 
New  Testament  as  the  constitution  of  the 
Church  I  have  felt  there  was  danger  of  de- 
preciating the  Old.  In  the  very  broad  and 
charitable  proclamation  of  the  love  of  God 
which   belongs   to   this   age,   I   have   feared 


sufficient  prominence  was  not  given  to  the 
law  of  God.  We  are  not  under  Moses  but 
under  Christ  and  we  are  not  to  make 
a  law  book  out  of  the  Gospel,  but  forever 
and  ever  is  it  true  thai  "the  fear  of  the  Lord 
is  the  beginning  of  wisdom  and  a  good  un- 
derstanding have  all  they  that  keep  his 
commandments." 

What  a  fine  subject  for  a  series  of  ser- 
mons on  practical  up-to-date  Christian 
living  for  example  the  Ten  Command- 
ments! Take  them  this  way:  1.  Whom  to 
worship — the  living  God  versus  the  gods 
of  today.  Our  American  gods.  Our  duty 
to  the  heathen.  2.  How  to  worship — 
ritualism  and  image  worship — spiritual  wor- 
ship— the  restoration  of  New  Testament 
worship.  3.  Profanity  and  perjury — the  idle 
word — the  decay  oi  reverence.  4.  The  Sab- 
bath— the  seventh  day  or  the  first — Sunday 
traveling  and  trading — Sunday  newspapers 
and  excursions — a  holy  day  or  a  holiday. 
5.  Young  America  and  his  parents — what 
has  become  of  parental  authority — perils  of 
the  home.  6.  Murder  and  suicide — lynch- 
ing and  lawlessness — death  in  the  heart — 
the  murder  of  the  soul.  7.  Personal  purity 
— marriage  and  divorce — social  sin — the 
chambers  of  death — without  holiness  what? 
8.  Stealing  and  graft.  The  duty  of  restitu- 
tion— robbing  God.  9.  Lying — lies  black 
and  white — gossip  and  scandal  mongering 
— the  Father  of  lies — living  the  truth. 
10.  Covetousness  which  is  idolatry — "fren- 
zied finance" — the  respectable  vice — the 
greedy  man's  epitaph — materialism. 

As  a  revelation  of  doctrine  also  the  Old 
Testament  has  its  place.  Take  the  great 
prophets — the  twelve  minor  prophets — all 
messages  from  God.  Has  the  world  ever 
known  such  venerable  and  wise  teachers  as 
these  Hebrew  seers  ?  They  had  special  com- 
munication with  Jehovah.  They  were 
minsters  of  the  promised  King.  They  up- 
held religion  and  piety  in  most  trying  times 
and  at  greatest  peril.  They  left  to  all  ages 
visions  of  the  Holy  One,  characters  con- 
secrated by  holiness,  and  a  literature  sub- 
lime and  beautiful.  For  more  than  a 
thousand  years  they  taught  in  their  wonder- 
ful way,  were  the  oracles  of  God,  harbingers 
and  types  of  the  greater  Prophet  foretold 
as  the  ultimate  Teacher  of  mankind.  Where 
is  the  man  who  can  claim  the  glory  of 
educated  mind  who  has  never  sat  down  to 
commune  with  Isaiah,  Jeremiah,  Ezekiel, 
Daniel?  Where  is  the  preacher  who  can 
preach  Christ  without  Old  Testament 
types,  promises,  prophecies  concerning  the 
Christ?  Take  the  lesson  of  the  sacrifices, 
the  mediation  of  the  priesthood,  the  pass- 
over,  Melchizedek,  the  prevision  of  Mes- 
siah's birth  and  birth  place,  teaching  and 
passion,  the  center  of  the  battle  ground  of 
Old  Testament  Christology,  Isaiah  53.  What 
did  Philip  do  with  the  eunuch  when  he 
found  him  reading  Isaiah?  He  opened  his 
mouth  and  preached  unto  him  Jesus. 

Then  as  a  manual  of  worship  the  Old 
Testament  is  the  preacher's  treasure  house. 
One  of  the  preacher's  most  important 
functions  is  "to  lead  in  prayer,"  that  is,  to 
lead  the  assembly  of  God's  people  at  the 
mercy  seat.  He  is  to  voice  their  adora- 
tion, thanksgiving,  confession,  entreaty.  He 
is  their  representative,  agent,  organ,  proxy, 


spokesman.  The  people  must  feel  it  is 
their  prayer,  that  while  in  preaching  the 
preacher  is  the  minister  of  God  to  the  peo- 
ple, in  prayer  he  is  the  minister  of  the 
people  to  God.  Speaking  to  men  for  God 
or  speaking  to  God  for  men — which  is  the 
greater?  Yet  how  little  thought  do  we 
take  of  our  public  prayers?  Whole  volumes 
on  sermonizing — the  responsibility  of  the 
deliverance  of  the  message  to  men — hardly 
a  volume  in  any  preacher's  library  on  the 
responsibility  of  public  prayer — the  deliv- 
erance of  the  preacher's  message  to  God! 
Too  often  we  speak  carelessly  of  "the  pre- 
liminary exercises,"  and  conduct  them  with 
little  reverence  as  a  disorderly  meaningless 
perfunctory  performance,  while  the  Scripture 
lesson  in  which  God  speaks  is  a  thousand 
times  more  important  than  anything  which 
we  can  speak;  and  the  pulpit  prayer  in 
which  we  address  the  Lord  God  of  Hosts 
is  a  thousand  times  more  vital  than  any 
preachment  we  may  make  to  the  people. 
Yet  your  preacher  prepares  laboriously  his 
message  for  the  ears  of  the  people  and 
makes  an  extemporaneous  effusion  answer 
for  the  ear  of  God ! 

Let  the  preacher  turn  here  to  Old  Testa- 
ment models;  let  him  study  the  prayers  of 
Abraham,  Eleazar,  Jacob,  Moses,  David, 
Solomon,  Elijah,  Hezekiah;  let  him  above 
all  saturate  mind  and  heart  with  the 
Psalms ;  and  we  shall  be  saved  irom  much 
of  the  paganism  of  the  pulpit  seen  in  long 
prayers  and  vain  repetitions  and  abomina- 
ble profanations.  "God  is  in  heaven,  and 
thou  upon  earth;  therefore  let  thy  words 
be  few." 

THE   SECRET   OF  YOUTH. 


De  Soto  looked  for  the  secret  of  youth 
in  a  spring  of  gushing,  life-giving  waters, 
which  he  was  sure  he  would  find  in  the 
New  World.  Alchemists  and  sages  (thou- 
sands of  them),  have  spent  their  lives  in 
quest  for  it,  but  it  is  only  found  by  those 
happy  people  who  can  digest  and  assimi- 
late the  right  food  which  keeps  the  physical 
body  perfect  that  peace  and  comfort  are  the 
sure  results. 

A  remarkable  man  of  94  says :  "For  many 
long  years  I  suffered  more  or  less  with 
chronic  costiveness  and  painful  indigestion. 
This  condition  made  life  a  great  burden  to 
me,  as  you  may  well  imagine. 

"Two  years  ago  I  began  to  use  Grape- 
Nuts  as  food,  and  am  thankful  that  I  did. 
It  has  been  a  blessing  to  me  in  every  way. 
I  first  noticed  that  it  had  restored  my  diges- 
tion. This  was  a  great  gain  but  was  noth- 
ing to  compare  in  importance  with  the  fact 
that  in  a  short  time  my  bowels  were  re- 
stored to  free  and  normal  action. 

"The  cure  seemed  to  be  complete;  for 
two  years  I  have  had  none  of  the  old 
trouble.  I  use  the  GrapoNuts  food  every 
morning  for  breakfast  and  frequently  eat 
nothing  else.  The  use  has  made  me  com- 
fortable and  happy,  and  although  I  will  be 
94  years  old  next  'fall,  I  have  become 
strong  and  supple  again,  erect  in  figure 
and  can  walk  with  any  body  and  enjoy  it." 
Name  .given  by  Postum  Co.,  Battle  Creek, 
Mich.     "There's  a  reason." 

Read  the  little  book,  "The  Road  to  Well- 
villo,''  in  every  pkg. 


October  26,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


1385 


Over-Systematized  Religion  By  waiiam  Durban 


What  I  have  long  expected  has  begun. 
The  Committee  of  the  Sunday  School  Inter- 
national Lessons  have  for  years  had  their 
way,  and  nobody  has  ventured  to  criticise 
their  methods.  At  last  loud  murmurings 
are  heard  from  very  authoritative  quarters. 
Professor  Peake,  the  most  learned  living 
theologian  connected  with  the  primitive 
Methodist  denomination,  has  recently  been 
writing  for  the  "Primitive  Methodist  Lead- 
er" a  series  of  articles  on  "Sunday  School  Re- 
form." Now,  of  these  articles  I  might  scarce- 
ly have  taken  notice  in  writing  for  Amer- 
ican readers,  simply  because  American  Sun- 
day schools  are  the  finest  in  the  world,  ex- 
cepting those  in  Wales,  where  practically 
the  whole  population,  including  old  men  and 
women,  may  be  found  in  the  Sunday  schools 
throughout  the  dear  little  principality.  But 
the  Sunday  schools  of  England,  while  very 
numerous  and  very  largely  attended,  sadly 
need  to  be  conducted  in  a,  more  progressive 
spirit.  Above  all,  they  need  more  attention 
and  more  generous  help  from  the  churches, 
such  as  I  know  from  observation  that  they 
receive  in  the  United  States.  I  am  not  at 
all  proud  of  the  average  British  Sunday 
school.  It  is  a  poor  little  extra  institution, 
compelled  to  make  shift  and  to  apologize 
for  its  existence.  But  when  we  come  to 
consider  the  International  Lesson  system 
we  soon  begin  to  feel  that  there  is  some- 
thing lacking  which  affects  America  as  well 
as  England. 

PROFESSOR  PEAKE'S  CRITICISM. 

Professor  Peake,  in  his  latest  article, 
handles  the  committee  having  charge  of  the 
selection  of  the  International  Lessons  some- 
what severely  in  his  review  of  the  chapters, 
or  portions  of  chapters,  given  for  study 
during  the  last  five  years.  He  condones 
the  omission  of  any  selection  from  the 
book  of  Job  on  the  ground  that  "it  does 
not  lend  itself  to  the  kind  of  treatment 
favored  by  the  committee."  But  he  ex- 
presses surprise  that  only  once  in  two  years 
is  the  book  of  Proverbs  drawn  upon.  This 
he  considers  "a  neglect  that  is  somewhat 
surprising  in  the  training  of  young  people." 
More  surprising  still  is  the  fact  that  during 
six  years  only  three  selections  are  made 
from  the  book  of  Psalms.  "What  are  we 
to  think  of  a  system,"  asks  the  Professor, 
"which  can  make  no  more  of  the  Psalms 
than  select  three  of  them  and  select  these 
as  a  mere  appendix  to  the  history  of  David?" 

The  same  merciless  criticism  is  applied 
to  the  selection  from  the  New  Testament. 
"The  Epistles  are  almost  entirely  excluded. 
The  chronological  order  is  entirely  ignored. 
In  the  first  two  quarters  of  1903  we  have 
the  story  of  the  Acts,  from  the  experiences 
of  Paul  and  Silas  at  Philippi.  This  par- 
ticular incident  is  followed  by  an  extract 
from  the  Epistle  to  the  Philippians,  one 
of  Paul's  latest  Epistles.  Then  we  are 
brought  to  Thessalonica  and  Berea,  and  this 
lesson  is  followed  by  an  extract  from 
1  Thessalonians,  which  is  one  of  Paul's 
earliest  Epistles." 

STRANGE  OMISSIONS. 

"The  chronological  order  of  the  letters 
is  again  deserted  in  order  to  secure  an  ex- 


tract from  Romans,  though  strangely  enough 
the  passage  chosen  is  14:7-14.  Romans 
8:1-14,  which  comes  on  a  little  later,  seemed 
to  be  a  Whitsuntide  leson,  and  one  is  glad 
to  get  it  on  these  terms ;  but  of  all  the  great 
doctrinal  discussions  of  Romans,  apart  from 
these  fourteen  verses,  there  is  not  a 
word."  The  Professor  reconciles  himself  to 
the  omission  of  any  lesson  from  the  Pas- 
toral Epistles,  but  says :  "Even  on  the  com- 
mittee's own  principles  I  cannot  understand 
why  some  of  the  autobiographical  matter 
in  Galatians,  or  the  catalog  of  labors  and 
sufferings  in  2  Corinthians  should  be 
omitted.  No  number  of  lessons  from  the 
Acts  can  possibly  give  the  same  intimate 
and  vivid  impression  of  Paul  as  we  get 
from  these  passages  in  his  own  Epistles." 
The  Professor's  summing  up  of  this  part 
of  his  criticism  is  that,  "Even  if  the  method 
were  right,  the  execution  is  vicious,  the 
omissions  are  glaring  and  inexcusable,  and 
the  habit  of  dropping  a  subject  when  it  is 
half  through,  whether  there  is  a  natural 
break  or  not,  to  resume  it  again  six  months 
later,  is  educationally  disastrous."  In  suc- 
ceeding articles  Professor  Peake  will  devote 
himself  to  an  examination  of  the  filling  in 
of  this  general  plan  of  selection  which  al- 
ready he  has  found  to  be  so  faulty. 

CHRISTIANITY  IN  A  MOLD. 

Christianity  was  never  meant  to  be  cast 
in  any  mold.  No  committee  can  ever  fully 
succeed  in  the  attempt  to  crystallize  Sun- 
day school  teaching.  But  the  plan  of  sug- 
gesting subjects  and  of  indicating  a  method 
of  consecutive  teaching  is  in  itself  calculated 
to  be  of  much  value.  Only,  it  is  singular 
that  a  committee  of  learned  men  should 
slip  into  a  rut  and  feel  satisfied  to  keep  to 
it.  The  whole  system  is  far  too  elementary. 
The  plan  seems  to  be  to  avoid  all  but  the 
simpler  portions  of  the  Bible,  adopting  the* 
historical  sections  almost  exclusively.  But, 
after  all,  is  not  sectarian  Christianity  get- 
ting itself  into  terrible  trouble  on  the  same 
plan  of  casting  everything  in  prescribed 
molds?  Near  me  lives  a  bright  young 
Wesleyan  minister  who  is  likely  to  be  a  star 
in  his  denomination.  But  he  has  confided 
to  me  his  restless  dissatisfaction  with  things 
as  they  are  in  Methodism.  He  considers 
the  system  despotic.  I  know  several  Metho- 
dists of  great  ability  who  have  vaulted 
over  into  the  Congregational  ministry  be- 
cause of  the  fancied  freedom  they  would 
enjoy.  But  in  England,  at  any  rate  in  the 
inner  circles  of  Congregationalism,  the  dis- 
satisfaction in  many  minds  is  very  great 
because  of  the  growth  of  a  central  official- 
ism which  tends  to  stifle  freedom.  And 
amongst  the  Baptists  the  tendency  to  cen- 
tral bureaucracy  is  causing  much  revulsion 
of  feeling.  The  Anglican  Church  is  one 
vast  system  of  ministerial  bondage,  and  the 
bishops  are  now  aspiring  to  become  real 
autocrats,  so  much  so  that  very  angry  let- 
ters are  appearing  from  impatient  and 
alarmed  Episcopalians.  I  mention  these 
things  because  we  seem  to  be  drifting  into 
an  age  not  only  of  federations,  which  might 
be  capable  of  splendid  achievements  in  the 
accomplishment   of   unity,   but   because   my 


fear  is  very  great  that  such  federations 
arc  not  going  after  a!)  to  be  used  so  much 
to  promote  the  desired  Christian  fraternity 
as  to  create  more  molds  for  the  practice 
of  formalism.  The  temptation  to  grasp 
at  power,  to  use  any  and  every  possible 
instrument  for  usurping  authority,  is  al- 
ways very  dangerous.  Trust  deeds  pre- 
scribing doctrine  are  proving  a  terrible 
snare,  as  Scotland  has  been  showing  all 
the  world.  But  the  most  surprising  phe- 
nomenon is  that  common  sense  seems  to 
be  little  used,  as  Professor  Peake  so  power- 
fully points  out,  when  good  men  undertake 
to  create  fresh  molds  into  which  they  ask 
people  collectively  to  run  their  brains. 

THE  YOUNG  LIONS  OF  HIGH  CHURCH. 

I  must  point  to  another  phenomenon. 
We  are  listening  to  a  set  of  roaring  young 
lions  whom  Canon  Scott  Holland,  of  St 
Paul's  Cathedral,  has  gathered  about  him 
as  contributors  to  his  monthly  magazine, 
the  "Commonwealth."  These  young  fel- 
lows are  university  men  of  fine  standing 
and  they  are  very  High  Churchmen.  But 
they  are  seeking  to  push  a  new  propaganda, 
that  of  High  Church  Socialism.  They 
dream  that  thus  they  will  catch  the  work- 
ing men — which  is  certainly  a  mere  dream 
and  nothing  more.  But  there  is  this  to 
their  credit,  that  they  are  bitterly  dis- 
satisfied   with    things    as    they    are    in    the 

@     & 

WORK   A  PLEASURE 

It  Is  One  of  the  Real  Joys  Given  Us. 


"Postum  Food  Coffee  has  done,  more 
for  me  in  two  years,"  writes  a  Wisconsin 
young  lady  student,  "than  all  the  medi- 
cines and  treatments  I  had  employed  to 
overcome  the  effects  of  the  coffee  poison- 
ing that  was  killing  me  by  degrees. 

"I  had  all  the  familiar  symptoms  and 
suffered  all  the  well-known  tortures.  My 
stomach  was  wrecked  and  I  could  not 
eat,  my  head  ached  almost  continually,  I 
became  the  nervous  victim  of  insomnia, 
and  the  capacity  for  study  deserted  me. 
Of  course  this  came  on  gradually,  and 
without  suspicion,  for  a  long  time,  as  to  the 
cause. 

"Two  years  ago  a  friend  enthusiastically 
urged  me  to  quit  using  the  old  kind  of  cof- 
fee and  to  drink  Postum  Food  Coffee.  I 
have  never  regretted  acting  upon  the  ad- 
vice. As  soon  as  the  coffee  poison  was  elim- 
inated, the  strengthening  and  nourish- 
ing properties  of  Postum  began  to  build 
me  up. 

"Each  day  I  gained  a  little,  the  color 
crept  back  to  my  cheeks,  my  limbs  rounded 
out  with  new  flesh,  my  complexion  grew 
fair  and  clear  again,  my  digestion  improved, 
and  now  I  can  eat  anything  at  any  time, 
the  nervous  insomnia  has  left  me  and  I 
sleep  soundly  at  night  and  wake  up  re- 
freshed. I  have  no  more  headaches,  and 
mental  work  has  become  a  pleasure  to 
me."  Name  given  by  Postum  Co.,  Battle 
Creek,  Mich. 

There's  a  reason. 

Read  the  little  book,  "The  Road  to  Wefl- 
ville,"  in  each  pkg. 


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October  26,  1005 


mighty,  majestic,  massive  Church  of  Eng- 
land. It  is  the  very  proud  Church  of  the 
rich,  the  fashionable,  the  arrogant.  The 
poor  have  little  to  do  with  it  excepting  if 
they  get  doles  from  it.  All  its  system  is 
molded  most  rigidly  on  tradition,  prescrip- 


tion and  legend.  The  young  men  of  ability  reversion  to  the  primitive  faith.  So  they 
and  learning  are  growing  daily  more  con-  may  roar  like  Boreas  or  rave  like  Eurocly- 
scious  that  something  is  wrong,  and  they  don  for  this  and  that  to  be  altered.  The 
are  experimenting.  Their  present  fad  is  Church  of  England  is  a  glaring  and  astound- 
to  dally  with  socialism.  They  are  willing  rag  example  of  the  over-systematization  of 
to  try  anything  but   a   simple  and  humble  Christianity. 


Growth  in   the  Knowledge  of  Christ 


Here  are  two  passages  in  striking  con- 
trast. One  shows  Peter  at  the  low  water 
mark  of  his  Christian  experience.  After 
having  been  with  Jesus  for  three  years, 
after  having  made  the  noble  confession  at 
Cesarea  Philippi  that  he  is  the  Son  of  God, 
now.  because  of  the  sneer  of  a  maid,  he  de- 
clares with  an  oath  that  he  knows  not  the 
man.  Over  against  this  put  the  exhortation 
that  came  many  years  later— an  exhortation 
that  gains  emphasis  from  the  fact  that  it 
is"  the  very  last  word  we  have  from  him. 
the  closing  verse  of  his  last  epistle.  Here, 
as  if  giving  us  the  sum  of  his  long  and 
eventful  experience,  he  exhorts  us  to  "grow 
in  grace  and  in  the  knowledge  of  our  Lord 
and  Savior  Jesus  Christ." 

Through  what  struggles  and  strivings, 
what  prayers  and  tears,  what  defeats  and 
victories,  he  had  passed  from  the  one  stage 
to  the  other!  If  it  could  be  unfolded  be- 
fore us  in  one  long  panorama,  if  we  could 
see  all  his  heart  experiences,  we  would  look 
upon  the  path  which  each  one  of  us  must 
tread  in  our  growth  into  the  knowledge  of 
Christ. 

Progress  is  written  upon  all  of  God*s 
works.  We  read  that  the  world  was  made 
in  six  days,  but  there  is  a  sense  in  which 
the  world  is  still  being  made,  for  changes 
are  constantly  taking  place  and  it  is  being 
subdued  and  better  fitted  for  the  habitation 
of  man.  We  are  familiar  with  the  idea  of 
progress  in  the  revelation  which  God  has 
made  of  himself  in  the  Bible.  He  has  had 
to  adapt  this  revelation  to  the  mind  of 
man.  In  the  earliest  records  we  have  the 
kindergarten  period.  Only  the  most  rudi- 
mentary elements  of  knowledge  could  God 
then  give  to  the  race.  Then  came  the  pe- 
riod of  the  law,  when  the  race  was  under 
tutors  and  governors.  This  was  the  period 
of  youth  and  it  was  not  until  the  fulness  of 
time  that  God  could  give  to  the  world  a 
complete  revelation  of  himself  in  the  person 
of  Jesus  Christ,  his  Son.  This  law  of  de- 
velopment is  written  everywhere  in  God's 
universe — it  is  the  sign  of  life — it  is  the 
glory  of  all  existence,  as  Tennyson  sings : 

"Glory  of  warrior,  glory  of  orator,  glory  of 

song, 
Paid,  with  a  voice,  flying  by,  to  be  lost  on 

an  endless  sea; 
Glory'   of  virtue,   to   fight   and   struggle,   to 

right  the  wrong; 
.  but  she  aimed  not  at  glory,  no  lover 

of  glory   she, 
Give   her  the  glory   of  going   on  and   still 
to  be." 

There  are  many  ways  in  which  this 
thought  of  progress  will  apply  to  our  work, 
but  I  want  to  get  deeper  than  all  the  work, 
to  that  which  lies  behind  the  work,  which 
determines  it — the  growth  of  each  individ- 
ual soul  in  the  knowledge  of  Christ.  For 
if  we  can  only  come  to  some  rich  knowledge 
of  Christ,  our  blessed  Lord  and  Master,  we 
shall  find  in  this  increased  knowledge  the 
driving  force  for  better  service. 


Matthew  26: 74  and  2  Peter  3:  18 

By  J.  M.  PhUputt 

All  of  us,  except  the  very  lowest,  are  am- 
bitious along  certain  lines.  Most  of  these 
ambitions  are  praiseworthy ;  at  bottom  they 
are  the  desire  to  come  to  some  richer  man- 
hood, to  some  greater  power,  to  some  wider 
usefulness.  We  pity  the  man  who  has  no 
ambition,  for  we  know  how  low  he  must 
ever  remain  in  the  scale  of  life  because  he 
lacks  the  motive  to  lift  himself  higher. 

Now  that  we  are  ambitious,  why  shall  we 
not  be  ambitious  in  the  highest  sense?  Shall 
we  be  ambitious  for  the  body  only  and  not 
for  the  soul  ?  Ambitious  for  physical  and 
temporal  well-being  and  not  for  the  spirit- 
ual and  eternal?  What  is  the  greatest 
desire  that  can  surge  up  out  of  the  human 
soul?  Saint  Augustine  has  expressed  it  in 
this  way :  "Oh,  God,  thou  hast  made  us  for 
thyself  and  we  are  hot  and  restless  until 
we  rest  in  thee."  One  of  the  great  creeds 
declares  that  the  chief  end  of  man  is  to 
"glorify  God  and  to  enjoy  him  forever." 
Cur  Savior  in  his  great  intercessory  prayer 
expresses  the  thought  still  more  clearly 
when  he  says :  "This  is  life  eternal,  that 
they  may  know  thee,  the  only  true  God, 
and  Jesus  Christ,  whom  thou  hast  sent." 
The  knowledge  of  God,  then,  which  leads 
to  fellowship  with  God,  is  the  highest  de- 
sire of  a  human  spirit,  and  this  knowledge 
comes  to  us  through  our  Lord,  Jesus  Christ. 
Here,  then,  we  are  on  the  same  ground  as 
Peter  would  have  us :  "Grow  in  grace  and 
in  the  knowledge  of  our  Lord  and  Savior, 
Jesus  Christ." 

Three  Greek  wrords  are  used  in  the  New 
Testament  for  knowledge:  1,  "Oida" — this 
is  to  know  a  thing  simply  as  a  fact.  In 
this  way  I  know  that  Cromwell  lived  and 
wrought  in  England  in  the  seventeenth  cen- 
tury. 2.  "Gnosis" — this  is  the  knowledge 
which  comes  from  study  and  reflection,  as  if 
I  were  to  read- of  the  life  and  times  of  Crom- 
well and  become  familiar  with  the  strong 
points  in  his  career.  3.  But  there  is  a 
stronger  Greek  word  for  knowledge : 
"epignosis" — this  is  the  knowledge  of  inti- 
mate, personal  fellowship,  as  a  man  knows 
his  wife,  as  a  mother  knows  her  child.  This 
knowledge  is  perfect  fellowship.  You  do 
not  fear  each  other — "perfect  love  casteth 
out  fear."  You  are  not  afraid  lest  you  will 
offend  each  other  or  be  misunderstood. 
Time  never  hangs  heavy  on  your  hands 
when  you  are  together.  You  do  not  even  have 
to  speak  to  each  other  in  order  to  enjoy  the 
fellowship.  It  is  enough  to  know  that  the 
loved    one     is     near.     This    is    "epignosis." 

Now,  there  are  these  three  stages  in  the 
knowledge  of  Christ:  1.  We  may  know 
him,  as  Paul  says,  "after  the  flesh."  We 
may  know  the  historic  Christ,  the  Christ 
who  lived  and  wro  :lilee  and  suf- 


fered under  Pontius  Pilate.  2.  There  is  the 
fuller  acquaintance  and  deeper  sympathy 
with  Christ.  .We  listen  to  his  marvelous 
words ;  we  follow  him  as  he  went  about  do- 
ing good ;  we  are  touched  with  the  feeling 
of  compassion  which  he  had  upon  the  multi- 
tude ;  we  come  to  have  great  admiration  and 
even  reverence  for  the  Carpenter  of  Nazareth. 
Many  Christian  people  never  get  any  far- 
ther than  this.  Christ  is  to  them,  always, 
a  far-off  figure — one  who  lived  and  wrought 
nineteen  hundred  years  ago.  3.  There  is 
a  knowledge  of  Christ  deeper  than  these 
two,  a  knowledge  which  is  experimental, 
subjective.  This  knowledge  comes  from 
walking  with  Christ  day  by  day;  from  open- 
ing our  hearts  so  that  he  may  abide  within 
us.  The  Holy  Spirit  takes  of  the  things  of 
Christ  and  shows  them  unto'  us  and  he  be- 
comes our  intimate  friend  and  we  can  say, 
with  Paul :  "I  live,  and  yet  not  I,  Christ 
lives  within  me."  This  is  not  historic 
knowledge;  it  is  not  the  knowledge  which 
comes  from  boods.  It  is  the  knowledge 
which  comes  from  intimate,  personal,  con- 
stant fellowship  with  the  living  Christ.  Oh, 
how  wonderful  are  the  revelations  he  makes 
of  himself  to  those  who  thus  walk  with 
him !  This  is  the  blessed  knowledge  which 
Paul  yearns  for  when  he  says :  "I  count 
all  things  but  loss,  for  the  excellency  of  the 
knowledge  of  Christ  Jesus,  my  Lord."  He 
longs  to  know  him  and  the  power  of  his 
resurrection  and  the  fellowship  of  his  suf- 
ferings. This  is  the  knowledge  into  which 
the  apostle  Peter  would  have  us  come.  It 
is  the  knowledge  of  Christ  as  a  real  pres- 
ence, a  constant  inspiration. 

What  is  shutting  you  out  of  this  knowl- 
edge of  Christ?  What  are  you  weighing 
over  against  it?  Stop  for  a  moment  and 
think.  Is  it  the  fear  of  man?  Thou  fool, 
to  let  poor,  frail  man  shut  your  soul  out  of 
the  highest  blessedness !  Is  it  the  love  of 
money?  Are  you  ambitious  to  have  a  mil- 
lion, so  ambitious  that  you  sacrifice  every- 
thing, even  your  conscience  and  your  char- 
acter, in  order  to  obtain  it?  Again  I  say, 
thou  fool,  for  that  is  what  you  will  say  of 
yourself  when  your  eyes  have  been  opened. 
"Naked  we  came  into  the  world  and  naked 
we  go  out  of  it."  A  millionaire  died  the 
other  day  and  they  even  stripped  the  ring 
from  his  finger  before  they  put  him  under 
the  sod.  Do  not  be  deceived,  money  never 
can  make  you  happy.  Listen  to  the  Lord 
of  life :  "Seek  ye  first  the  kingdom  of  God 
and  his  righteousness ;  and  all  these  things 
shall  be  added  unto  you." 

Are  the  lusts  of  the  flesh  shutting  you 
out  of  this  blessedness?  Do  you  allow  this 
filth  to  run  through  your  mind  until  you 
become  a  saturated  solution  of  uncleanli- 
ness?  This  sin  is  all  the  more  dangerous 
because  we  can  entertain  it  and  yet  keep  a 
respectaMe  place  in  society,  but  nothing  is 
more  deadening  to  spiritual  growth  or 
more  dangerous  to  all  that  is  highest  and 


October  26,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGEL! 


best.     "Reckon  yourselves  to  be  dead,   in- 
deed, unto  sin,"  thunders  Paul. 

Is  it  perfunctoriness  in  your  religious  du- 
ties thai  is  shutting  you  out  of  this  intimate 
knowledge  of  Christ?  Are  you  coming  to 
church  always  with  the  thought  of  getting 


good  and  n<  tct  of  doing  good?  Can  any 
elfishness  be  more  refined,  and  yet  mon 
hideous,  than  that  of  the  man  who  is  al- 
ways seeking  to  get  something  and  I* 
passes  on  to  that  high  stage  of  service  where 
he  can  be  used  of  Cod  for  the -salvation  of 
others? 


Let  nothing  come  between  yo-i  and  the 
growth  of  the  soul  into  the  highest  knowl- 
of  Christ,  and  remember  that  this 
knowledge  is  in  Christ  Jesus,  thai  il  co 
only  to  those  who  obey  him.  "Hereby  we 
do  know  that  we  know  him,  when 
his   commandments." 


Reminiscences    of    a    Debater 


[The  following  is  a  report  of  a  talk  given  at  the 
weekly  me<  ting  of  St  Louis  ministers  by  one  who 
was  for  many  years  probably  the  most  nottd  debater 
in  the  ranki  of  the  Christian  ministry.  J 

I  have  been  quite  a  while  in  the  service, 
as  most  of  you  know.  If  I  had  not  had  to 
leave  off  preaching  about  four  or  five  years 
ago  I  would  have  been  a  half  century  in 
the  service.  I  began  to  preach  fifty  years 
ago.  I  remember  very  distinctly  hearing, 
a  year  or  two  before  I  began,  a  distin- 
guished Presbyterian  preacher  make  a  state- 
ment that  there  were  only  about  25,000 
"Campbellites,"  he  called  them — he  wasn't 
very  well  raised — in  the  United  States  at 
the  time  I  first  became  identified  with  the 
Church.  There  were  only  25,000  in  the 
United  States !  I  don't  believe  Brother 
Hoffmann  could  have  made  more  out  of  it 
than  that.  But  he  wasn't  there  then.  I 
began  to  preach  in  Illinois.  I  came  to  Illi- 
nois to  practice  law.  I  was  boarding  with 
the  county  judge  of  Greene  county  over  in 
Illinois  and  he  told  me  one  day  he  was 
going  to  a  meeting  out  in  the  country  on 
Sunday,  and  that  Brother  Somebody  was 
going  to  review  Campbellism.  Said  I, 
"What  is  that?"  He  said,  "I  don't  know." 
I  suppose  I  had  kept  my  light  a  little  under 
a  bushel ;  he  didn't  know  what  I  was.  Said 
he,  "I  would  like  to  have  you  go  out  and 
hear  this  brother  on  Campbellism."  Said 
I,  "I  never  heard  anybody  preach  on  Camp- 
bellism, and  I  will  go."  So  on  Sunday 
morning  the  old  man  rigged  up  and  we 
set  out. 

There  were,    I    think,    about    four    men 
and  five  or  six  women  in  the  neighborhood 
where     this     preaching     was  '  that     were 
"Campbellites,"  and  this  is  what  stirred  this 
Methodist  brother  up.    He  gave  us  a  general 
currying  and  along  toward  the  close  of  his 
speech   I   couid   tell    who   were   "Campbell- 
ites" by  the  way  they  looked,  and  he  made 
a  statement  about  what  Mr.  Campbell  had 
said  about  salvation ;  I  don't  know  what  it 
was,  but  I  could  not  stand  it  any  longer — 
my  mouth  just  went  off.     1   said,  "Where 
do  you  find  that  Mr.  Campbell  made  that 
statement?"      Said   he,   "What   Church    do 
you  belong  to?"     Said  I,  "It  doesn't  make 
any  difference  about  that."   Said  he,  "You 
want  to  break  up  the  meeting."    The  judge 
that  I   boarded  with  said,   "That  is   a   fair 
question.  Where  will  we  find  that  statement 
from  Mr.  Campbell?     We'd  like  to  know." 
He  said  he  had  the  book  with  him  and  af- 
ter dinner  would  give  the  book  and  page. 
After   dinner   came   and   he   went    on,   and 
about  the  close  I  said,  "You  didn't  give  us 
the   book    and    page    where    Mr.    Campbell 
made    that    extraordinary    statement    about 
the  water  of  salvation."     He  said  he  looked 
and  could  not   find   it   and   would   have   to 
have  a   little  more  time.       Said  he,   "You 
don't    look    like   you    believe    what    I    said 


By  John  S.  Sweeney 

about  Mr.  Campbell."  Said  I,  "I  don't  be- 
lieve it;  I  am  certain  he  never  said  it."  He 
finally  gave  out  that  he  would  make  an- 
other speech  on  Campbellism.  After  the 
speech  an  old  fellow  came  around  and  said, 
"You  belong  to  the  Christian  Church."  He 
said,  "There  isn't  a  man  in  the  county  that 
talks  in  public  and  I  am  glad  that  you  are 
here  today." 

Mr.  Campbell  never  said  anything  of 
the  sort.  It  was  a  very  extravagant  mis- 
representation of  him.  That  man  came  on 
to  make  his  speech  and  the  first  thing  I 
knew  they  worked  me  in  for  a  review,  and 

THAT   WAS  MY  CALL. 
That  was  the  beginning  of  my  ministry. 
Somehow  I  never  could  rid  myself  of  the 
notion  entirely  that  I  had  to  be  a  preacher. 
My    mother    had    taught    me    that,    and    I 
thought  I  had  to  be  a  preacher.    I  let  them 
make   the  announcement  that  I   would   re- 
view his  speech,  and  I  reviewed  it  about  as 
a  lawyer  would  review  a  speech,  and  I  told 
what   Mr.   Campbell  had  said.     Well,  from 
that  on,  every  once  in  a  while  I  would  have 
to  "talk  in  meeting."     Sometimes  I  would 
have  to  go  five  or  six  miles  to  where  there 
was  a  Christian  church  and  I  would  have 
to    talk    in    meeting,    and    after   a    while    I 
came    to    Whitehall ;    it    has   grown    to   be 
quite  a  town  and  we  have  a  good  church 
there.     While  I  was  at  Whitehall  there  was 
a  preacher  living  in   St.  Louis  who  was  a 
Cumberland    Presbyterian,   and   he   had   an 
evening    appointment    at    a    school    house 
where  a  few  of  our  people  had  a  meeting 
occasionally.     He  gave  us  a  terrible  scaling 
out  there,  from  all  I  could  learn,  and  I  got 
it    on    good    authority.      The    only    man    I 
ever  challenged  for  a  debate  was  that  man 
who  was  living  here  in   St.   Louis  and   re- 
viewed us  out  there.     I  wrote  him  a  chal- 
lenge   that    I    would    like    to    discuss     that 
Scripture   with   him    in   Whitehall,   and   he 
accepted  it,  and  we  had  a  debate  in  White- 
hall.    There  began  my  career  as  a  debater. 
I  never  sought  and  I  never  challenged  any 
man  for  a  debate  after  that,  but  the  breth- 
ren would  send   for  me  when  they  got  in 
trouble  of  that  kind.     It  was  in  that  debate 
that  a  brother  who  lived  in  Winchester — 
N.  M.  Knapp — came  down  there  and  was  a 
moderator  in  the  debate.     He  said,  "I  am 
older  than  you  are  and  the  thing  to  do  is 
in  some  way  to  knock  this  man  out  right 
at   the   start,"   and   I   had   the   opportunity. 
It    was   over   pretty   soon.     We    were   dis- 
cussing the  action  of  baptism.     He  was  for 
sprinkling,   and   he   made  a   statement  that 
he  never  knew  of  but  one  case  of  immer- 
sion in  the  Scriptures.     He  said  there  was 
one  clear  case,  and  that  was  the  case  of  the 
swine.      He   said   when   the   devil    got   into 


the  swine  they  ran  down  into  the  sea  and 
were  immersed.  I  kind  o'  skirmished 
around  for  a  little  while  before  I  finally 
hit  him.  They  certainly  went  down  into 
the  sea,  I  admitted,  and  I  went  on  to  say 
that  the  word  "drowned"  could  be  other- 
wise translated  and  showed  how  I  could 
work  out  of  that  as  he  did  out  of  passages 
relating  to  immersion.  I  had  read  several 
books  on  the  origin  of  sprinkling,  but  my 
mind  had  never  been  exactly  clear  until 
now,  so  I  just  said  that 

THE  DEVIL  LOST  HIS  BACON 

and  therefore  changed  the  mode  and  "ever 
since    he    has    been    practicing    sprinkling." 
The   man    was   cowed    from   that   on.     He 
fretted  at   the  audience  and   fretted   at  the 
moderators;  he  didn't  do  himself  justice. 
•  I   believe   I'll   tell   a   little   incident  about 
Brother    Burgess.      O.    A.    Burgess    was    a 
strong  man   and  a  brave  sort.     You  don't 
know    what   we   had   to   do   in   those   days. 
We  had  to  debate  to  get  people  to  hear  us. 
There  was  no  other   way  to  do.     We  had 
to  fight.     Old  as  I  am   I   would  do   it  yet 
before  I  would  allow  the  flag  to  trail.    Bur- 
gess would  go  into  a  debate  and  send  for 
me  and  when  I  got  into  a  debate  I  would 
send   for   him   and   we   would   fight   it   out 
together.     Burgess   got   into   one   with  one 
of  those  regular  spiritualists,  Dr.  Burroughs, 
who  was  quite  a  popular  lecturer  in  central 
Illinois  at  that  time.     He  wrote  to  me  and 
I  went.     There  were  four  or  five  old   fel- 
lows, and  about  half  of  them  were  doctors 
that  were   sustaining  this  man  Burroughs. 
They  were  old  reprobates  and  each  one  of 
them,    I    learned,   had   killed   his   man    and 
was  considered  dangerous.     Burroughs  took 
occasion  in  the  debate  to  make  a  very  un- 
necessary and  uncalled-for  sort  of  disparag- 
ing statement  in   regard   to  the  mother  of 
Jesus,  and  it  aroused  Burgess.     There  was 
a   story   afloat,   and   there   was    some   truth 
in  it,  that  there  was  a  society  in  this  place 
and    that    they    got    together    and    had    all 
kinds  of  fun  and  went  in  the  river  bathing 
together,    men    and    women,    and    they    got 
out  some  scandalous  reports  about  it.     Bur- 
gess got  hold  of  it  and  he  rapped  him  all 
along  the   line   in   reply  to  his  disparaging 
statement  about  Mary  and  it  got  them  mad. 
Oh,  they  were  hot !     As  we  went  to  dinner 
— Burgess  and  I  roomed  and  dined  togeth- 
er— we  had  to  cross  a  little  bridge  over  the 
railroad.     At  the  far  end  of  the  bridge   I 
met  a  gentleman  and  he  asked  me  to  step 
aside   with   him.     I   did   so,   and   it  turned 
out  to  be  one  of  those   doctors.     He  said 
that  Mr.  Burgess  had  referred  in  his  clos- 
ing speech  to  an  old  scandal   in   the  com- 
munity and  that  if  he   did  not   retract   or 
apologize    for    that    statement    there    would 
be  trouble.     He  said,   "I   suppose  it  would 
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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


October  26,  1005 


Our   Budget. 


— State  Missions  to  the  front ! 

— The  Christian-Evangelist  offers  a 
helping  hand  to  all  our  state  corresponding 
secretaries. 

— Read  closely  the  repoits  from  the  vari- 
ous states  and  see  how  your  own  state  com- 
pares with  ethers. 

— Write  your  corresponding  secretary  a 
letter,  and  pledge  him  your  help  and  co- 
operation. 

— No  class  of  men  among  us  is  carrying 
heavier  burdens  and  greater  responsibilities 
than  our  state  secretaries,  and  none  is 
more  deserving  of  the  sympathy  and  co- 
operation of  the  brethren. 

— H.  F.  Barstow,  of  Wisconsin,  writes : 
"A  church  house  is  nearly  completed  at  New 
Rome.  Plans  are  laid  for  "•">  a+  ^iV 
Flats.     Readstown  is   wo--'  '  r  nt  A- 

church.     Willard   McCa-  ■  ng  up 

a  co-operation  of  the  che  .ithwest 

Wisconsin." 

— Brother  Kreidler  closes  his  pastorate 
at  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  November  1. 

— C.    W.    Dean,    of   Colfax,   111.,    has    i_ 
moved  tn  Grand  Rapids    Wis.,  and  has  be- 
gun his  work  with  the  young  church  in  that 
city. 

—Percy  G.  Cross,  of  Pine  Bluff,  Ark.,  has 
accepted  a  call  to  the  church  at  Hope,  Ark., 
rnd  was  to  begin  work  there  October  15. 
He  leaves  the  church  at  Pine  Bluff  in  ex- 
cellent condition. 

— J.  W.  Utter  has  accepted  a  call  for  the 
tenth  year  to  the  church  at  Covina,  Cal. 
Long  pastorates  are  on  the  increase. 

— A.  B.  Moore  sends  the  following  an- 
nual report  from  the  church  at  Alliance, 
O. :  "Increase  in  membership,  97 ;  decrease, 
9;  money  raised  for  all  purposes,  $4,525.26; 
missions,  $197.25 ;  church  debt  reduced, 
$1,615."  He  began  his  fourth  year  in  Octo- 
ber. 

— The  island  of  Guam,  an  important  naval 
station  of  the  United  States  in  the  Pacific, 
is  to  have  the  Gospels  and  Acts  in  their  own 
language— the  Chamorro.  The  translation 
will  be  made  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Price,  mission- 
ary of  the  American  Board,  and  will  be 
printed  in  Japan. 
Special   to   The   Christian-Evangelist. 

Canton,  O.,  October  22.— Eighteen  added 
today.  There  have  been  285  in  nineteen 
days.        Meeting      continues. — Welshimer 

AND  KjENliALL. 

Special   to  TnE   Christian-Evangelist. 

Lincoln,  III..  October  22. — Closed  with 
187  additions,  30  at  last  service.  Blessed 
be  the  name  of  the  Lord.  Pittsburg  next — 
Wilson   and  Lintt,   Evangelists. 

—Clark  Braden  has  been  delivering  a 
series  of  lectures  against  Mormonism  in 
the  Christian  churth  at  Selling,  Okla. 

— Don't  forget  to  give  the  exercise  for 
boys'  and  girls'  rally  day — November  26, 
I905- 

— W.  J.  Grinstead,  minister,  conducted 
the  conference  on  evangelism  at  the  Harri- 
man  convention,  in  the  absence  of  J.  Lem 
Keevil. 

— Harold  E.  Monser  and  Charles  E. 
McVay,  singer,  will  conduct  a  revival  meet- 
ing for  the  church  at  Petersburg,  111.,  in 
January. 

— F.  F.  Walters,  of  Grand  Junction,  Col., 
has  accepted  a  call  to  the  church  at  Neosho, 
Mo.,  and  will  enter  upon  his  work  some 
time  in  November. 

— The  church  at  Jellico,  '.^enn.,  has  or- 
ganized a  branch  Sunday  school  at  Tan- 
nery Hollow,  a  mining  camp,  with  an  at- 
tendance of  about   forty-five. 

— O.  F.  Jordan,  pastor  of  the  church  at 
Rockford,  Til.,  having  served  the  people 
continuously  for  five  years,  recently  had  the 
agreeable   experience   of   having  his   salary 


raised.     The  church  is  in  a  prosperous  con- 
dition, now  numbering  176  members. 

— F.  D.  Power,  our  staff  correspondent 
from  the  Dome,  will  celebrate  the  thirtieth 
anniversary  of  his  pastorate  at  the  nation's 
capital,  Friday  evening,  October  27. 

— W.  A.  Chapman  has  resigned  his  work 
at  Rosendale,  Mo.,  after  a  service  of  almost 
fifteen  years  as  pastor,  and  is  ready  to  take 
work  elsewhere  at  the  beginning  of  the 
year. 

— Jacob  Walters  will  enter  upon  his  ninth 
year  as  pastor  of  the  church  at  Ocean  View, 
Del.,  January  1.  He  has  established  a  mis- 
sion at  Dagsboro,  and  will  preach  there  ev- 
ery two  weeks.  , 

— Thomas  Martin  will  begin  a  meeting 
at  Beeler  Station,  W.  Va.,  November  13. 
Those  desiring  him  for  meetings  beyond 
that  date  should  address  him  at  Sandy  Lake, 
Pa.,   for  the  present. 

— E.  M.  Richmond,  who  is  in  the  meeting 
at  New  London,  Mo.,  writes :  "The  Chris- 
tian-Evangelist is  being  more  generally 
.  H  in  this  congregation,  and  is  greatly 
liked  and  appreciated." 

— Last  week  the  Foreign  Society  received 
two  gifts  on  the  annuity  plan,  one  of  $500 
and  one  of  $300.  Besides,  a  friend  at  Me- 
dina, O.,  made  a  direct  gift  of  $200  for  the 
±5iDie  college  at  Jubbulpore,  India. 

— O.  P.  Spiegel,  of  Birmingham,  Ala., 
general  evangelist  of  the  home  board,  will 
assist  E.  A.  Cole,  Washington,  Pa.,  in  the 
Pittsburg  district  simultaneous  revival 
campaign,  which  begins   October  29. 

— Harry  Hazel,  of  Santa  Cruz,  Cal.,  goes 
to  Everett,  Wash.,  to  begin  a  series  of  re- 
vival meetings  October  29  with  the  pastor, 
O.  v '•"  McGaughey.  The  music  will  be 
conducted  by  S.  M.  Doughty,  of  Oregon. 

— The  church  at  Flora,  111.,  has  extended 
a  call  to  Rollin  C.  Ogburn  to  remain  with 
it  another  year.  He  reports  67  additions 
during  the  past  year,  with  a  missionary  of- 
fering nearly  double  that  of  any  previous 
year. 

— G.  B.  Townsend  is  just  closing  his  sixth 
year  with  the  church  at  Troy,  N.  Y.  He 
writes :  "They  have  been  years  of  hard 
work,  but  years  of  sweet  fellowship  with 
some  of  as  noble  people  as  are  to  be  found 
anywhere." 

— Bro.  H.  G.  Hill  was  the  speaker  at  the 
men's  banquet  given  recently  by  T.  W. 
Grafton  to  165  men  of  his  congregation. 
Brother  Hill  spoke  on  the  subject,  "The 
Ordinary  Man."  The  banquet  will  be  fol- 
io .  -ed  by  similar  occasions. 

— Geo.  L.  Snively,  of  St.  Louis,  begins  a 
protracted  meeting  at  Plattsburg,  Mo.,  Oc- 
tober 22.  The  minister,  J.  P.  Pinkerton, 
has  succeeded  in  working  up  a  great  inter- 
est, which  is  spreading  through  the  com- 
munity, promising  great  results. 

— B.  D.  Chesnut,  an  earnest  soloist  and 
leader  of  song,  can  be  secured  for  evan- 
gelistic services  during  the  coming  winter. 
He  is  now  engaged  in  a  revival  with  Chas. 
G.  Stout,  state  evangelist,  at  Knoxville,  la. 
Address  him  at  1325  Washington  street, 
Des  Moines,  Ta. 

— J.  W.  Ellis,  Plattsburg,  Mo.,  has  re- 
ceived a  unanimous  call  from  the  church 
at  Bentonville,  Ark.,  and  has  accepted  the 
work  there,  to  begin  November  I.  The 
church  at  Bentonville  is  completing  a  hand- 
some building  and  is  said  to  be  enthusi- 
astic and  harmonious. 

—"The  Bluffs  Christian,"  the  local  paper 
of  the  Council  Bluffs  (Iowa)  Christian 
Church  (W.  B.  Clemmer,  pastor),  reports 
a  good  year's  work  for  the  church  in  that 
city,  showing  a  net  gain  of  51  and  the  lar- 
gest missionary  offering  for  the  year  in  the 
history  of  the  church. 

-Wm.  G.  McColley,  Pontiac,  111.,  calls 
attention,  as  pastor  of  that  church,  with  a 
view  of  locating  brethren  there,  to  the  fol- 
lowing business  openings:  1.  A  good  week- 
ly newspaper  and  job  office;  2.  A  bakery 
and  confectionery;  3.  Shoe  store;  4.  Cloth- 
ing  and    shoes ;    5.    Restaurant. 


— Claris  Veuell's  work  in  Minnesota  was 
closed  with  the  organization  of  an  Endeavor 
Society.  His  work  in  Maryland  opens  up 
with  one.  In  the  gigantic  task  he  has  un- 
dertaken in  Baltimore  in  practically  raising 
from  the  dead  the  Randall  street  work  he 
will  rely  much  on  the  Endeavorers. 

— Dr.  J.  W.  Ellis  having  been  called  to 
take  charge  of  the  church  at  Bentonville, 
Ark.,  as  announced  elsewhere,  the  family 
will  move  there  the  first  of  November.  The 
friends  of  the  Advance  Society  are  re- 
quested to  address  all  communications  to 
J.  Breckenridge  Ellis,  Bentonville,  Ark. 

— The  Antisaloon  League  of  Illinois  is 
already  actively  at  work,  preparing  for  the 
coming  primaries  and  the  legislative  elec- 
tion. It  proposes  to  follow  up  the  advan- 
tage gained  and  carry  forward  the  option 
bill  to  victory  and  protect  the  men  who  vot- 
ed with  it. 

— D.  H.  Bays,  Woodward,  la.,  is  obliged 
to  change  climate  to  recuperate  his  health. 
A  farewell  reception  was  given  in  honor  of 
Brother  and  Sister  Bays,  at  which  over 
one  hundred  members  and  friends  of  his 
congregation  showed  their  appreciation  of 
his  labor  among  them  by  presenting  him 
with  a  well-filled  purse. 

— The  latest  word  from  the  two  Nimrods 
in  northern  Minnesota  is  that  the  muskal- 
longes  are  suffering  a  severe  mortality  and 
that  quails  are  coming  down.  The  cold 
weather,  however,  will  probably  put  a  stop 
to  this  mortality  among  the  game  of  the 
north,  even  as  it  has  checked  the  ravages 
of  the  yellow  fever  at  the  south. 

— News  has  just  reached  this  office  of  the 
death  of  Sister  Mohorter,  wife  of  Bro. 
J.  H.  Mohorter,  of  Pueblo,  Colorado.  It  will 
be  remembered  that  Brother  Mohorter  was 
compelled  to  remove  from  Boston  on  ac- 
count of  the  condition  of  his  wife's  health, 
as  she  has  been  an  invalid  for  some  time. 
Our  brother  has  our  sincere  sympathy. 

— T.  N.  Kincaid,  Hot  Springs,  Ark.,  re- 
cently returned  from  a  tour  among  some 
of  the  churches  in  the  interest  of  the  new 
church  in  that  city.  He  was  absent  three 
weeks,  visited  sixteen  places,  made  twelve 
addresses  and  received  $400  in  pledges  and 
$83  in  cash  offerings.  Other  churches  have 
promised  offerings  in  behalf  of  this  enter- 
prise. 

— "Seed  Time  and  Harvest,"  the  beauti- 
ful exercise  for  use  in  the  Sunday  schools 
in  celebrating  boys'  and  girls'  rally  day,  is 
voted  the  best  of  all.  We  advise  all  our 
schools  to  try  it.  Boys'  and  girls'  rally  day 
is  not  far  away  now;  November  26  will 
soon  be  here.  We  hope  there  will .  be  a 
more  general  observance  of  the  day  than 
has  ever  been  known. 

— Arthur  Braden,  who  has  ministered  for 
the  last  two  years  at  Deerfield,  O.,  has  re- 
signed to  take  up  the  work  of  the  First 
Church  at  Auburn,  N.  Y.  He  leaves  for 
his  new  field  so  that  he  can  take  charge  of 
the  work  on  November  5.  Deerfield  will 
need  a  new  man  after  November  1.  Ad- 
dress all  communications  to  Alvin  Regal, 
Deerfield,  O. 

— J.  H.  Hardin,  superintendent  of  our 
Missouri  Sunday  school  work,  reports 
that  Horace  Siberell,  of  Fredericktown, 
Mo.,  has  accepted  the  work  of  Bible  school 
evangelist  for  southeast  Missouri,  and  will 
enter  upon  his  work  as  soon  as  he  can 
close  his  pastorate  at  Fredericktown. 
Brother  Siberell  has  experience,  knows  the 
field,  and  will  devote  himself  wholly  to  the 
work. 

—Bro.  B.  B.  Tyler  writes:  "The  audi- 
ences and  contributions  in  the  South 
Broadway  Church,  Denver,  Col.,  are  unprec- 
edented. There  are  seven  preachers  in  this 
congregation,  viz. :  B.  B.  Tyler,  J.  B. 
Johnson,  J.  K.  Hester,  A.  Jay  Garrison,  F.  W  . 
Henry,  Leon  S.  Dudley  and  Leonard  G. 
Thompson."  And  still  the  church  is  in 
peace   and   harmony! 

— We  are  reminded  that  boys'  and  girls' 
rally  day  is  almost  upon  us.    There  is  little 


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time  remaining  for  preparation.  November 
26  is  the  day  for  the  Bible  school  offering 
for  home  missions.  We  ought  to  have  not 
less  than  $15,000  this  year  from  the  chil- 
dren. Every  superintendent  and  every 
teacher  is  interested  in  this  matter.  Let  it 
be  urged  without  delay. 

— W.  J.  Lockhart  has  resigned  the  pas- 
torate at  Ottumwa,  la.,  for  the  purpose  of 
resuming  his  evangelistic  work.  A  petition 
signed  by  250  of  the  working  members  of 
the  church  was  presented  asking  him  to  re- 
consider the  resignation  and  remain  indefi- 
nitely, but  he  felt  himself  called  to  the  other 
line  of  work. 

—The  first  Lord's  day  in  October  was  the 
first  anniversary  of  the  work  of  J.  T.  Haw- 
kins with  the  church  in  South  McAlester. 
The  reports  from  the  different  departments 
show  encouraging  progress.  Financially, 
the  report  showed  that  the  church  had  con- 
tributed $22  per  member.  Brother_  Haw- 
kins hopes  to  accomplish  greater  things  in 
the  year  to  come. 

—Simpson  Ely,  writing  us  from  the  midst 
tiL  a  meeting  at  Minden  Mines,  Mo.,  15 
days  old  with  51  additions,  sends  us  a  copy 
of  a  protest  against  the  Sunday  law  which 
is  being  circulated  by  the  friends  of  the  sa- 
loons and  breweries,  and  suggests  that  the 
"law-abiding  people  of  the  state  ought  to 
enter  upon  a  concerted  action  and  circulate 
a  petition  that  will  serve  as  an  antidote  to 
this  poison." 

— October  22  is  the  day  set  for  the  open- 
ing service  in  the  new  house  of  Central 
Christian  Church,  Sherman,  Tex.  The 
building  costs  $18,000  and  is  spoken  of  as 
one  of  the  most  beautiful  edifices  in  the 
state.    R.  R.  Hamlin,  of  the  First  Christian 

'  urch,  Fort  Worth,  will  deliver  the  open- 
ing sermon  and  Leonard  Dougherty,  of 
Louisville,  Ky.,  will  have  charge  of  the 
music. 

— L.  T.  Van  Cleave,  Atlanta,  Ind.,  will 
preach  at  any  point  in  southern  Florida, 
Texa^  or  California,  during  December, 
January,  February  and  March,  at  the  direc- 
tion of  any  person  or  church  that  will  fur- 
nish him  room  and  board.  His  object  is 
to  escape  the  Hoosier  winter,  owing  to 
rheumatism,  and  aid  some  mission  point. 
Write  him  at  once.  References :  F.  M. 
Rains  and  B.  L.  Smith,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

— And  so  the  $100,000  mark  in  home  mis- 
sions has  been  reached.  See  Bro.  B.  L- 
Smith's  note  elsewhere.  We  can  all  join 
in  his  prayer  that  the  total  may  never  drop 
below  these  figures  again,  but  may  rise 
steadily  to  a  sum  commensurate  with  our 
ability  if  not  with  the  full  needs  of  the 
field.  From  $20,000  to  $100,000  is  a  great 
stride  forward  and  this  splendid  advance 
has  been  made  under  Brother  Smith's  ad- 
ministration. 

— It  ought  to  be  the  aim  of  every  Bible 
school  to  make  boys'  and  girls'  rally  day 
for  home  missions  one  of  the  happiest  and 
best  days  of  the  year.  We  fear  this  day 
has  been  overlooked  in  many  quarters.  We 
are  glad  to  know  from  headquarters  that 
the  promise  is  bright  for  the  very  best  of- 
fering ever  yet  sent  in  from  the  schools. 
.We  hope  the  Bible  school  superintendents 
who  read  The  Christian-Evangeust  will 
be  found  among  the  faithful. 

— "The  Christian,"  the  local  paper  of  the 
church  at  Allegheny  City,  Pa.,  of  which 
Wallace  Tharp  is  pastor,  in  its  October 
number  contains  a  cut  of  the  building, 
pictures  of  the  official  board,  of  the  evan- 
gelist, Charles  Reign  Scoville,  of  the  pas- 
tor, the  choir,  and  a  number  of  other  prom- 
inent workers  in  the  church,  all  of  whom 
are  busy  preparing  for  the  great  simultane- 
ous campaign  in  which  Brother  Scoville  is 
to  be  one  of  the  evangelists. 

— And  now  comes  Judge  Durham,  of  Ir- 
vington,  Cal.,  extending  that  hearty  hand- 
grip of  his  across  the  intervening  space  to 
congratulate  us  on  our  illustrated  Chris- 
tian-Evangelist number,  showing  our  new 
building,  etc.  He  reminds  us  of  what  we 
already  knew,  that  he  has  been  a  reader  of 
the  paper  from  the  days  of  the  old  "Gospel 


Echo"  down  to  the  presenl  lime.     It  ia  the 

old  readers  of  the  paper  that  rejoice  most 
at  its  growth  and  prosperity. 

—An  agent  of  The  Christian-Evan- 
gelist writes :  "The  brethren  would  allow 
no  public  notice  given  of  any  of  our  re- 
ligious papers,  so  little  was  done."  And  yet 
when  these  dear  brethren  have  a  meeting, 
a  funeral,  a  picnic,  a  marriage,  a  dedica- 
tion, or  call  or  dismiss  a  preacher  they 
will  hasten  to  send  a  report  of  it  to  our  re- 
ligious papers  and  would  be  offended  if  the 
report  should  not  appear.  Where  does  the 
reciprocity  come  in,  in  this  sort  of  thing? 

— T.  T.  Roberts,  Morganfield,  Ky.,  speaks 
of  the  meeting  recently  closed  there  by  the 
Brooks  brothers  as  "the  greatest  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  church."  "Not  only,"  he  says, 
"was  the  church  strengthened  in  numbers 
(68  being  added),  but  every  department  of 
the  work  was  made  stronger.  The 
C.  W.  B.  M.  doubled  its  membership,  the 
Sunday  school  increased  and  the  pastor  will 
devote  full  time  next  year,  instead  of  two 
and  a  half  Sundays  per  month."  That  was, 
indeed,  a  profitable  meeting. 

— That  is  a  good  point  which  J.  Breck- 
enridge  Ellis,  the  founder  of  the  Advance 
Society,  makes  in  his  department,  "With 
the  Children,"  this  week,  namely,  that  he 
is  continually  being  addressed  as  a  preacher 
because  he  is  trying  to  do  some  good  in 
the  world !  That  speaks  very  well  for  the 
preachers,  of  course,  but  it  speaks  very 
poorly  for  the  rest  of  the  church.  Every 
one  of  us  ought  to  be  engaged  in  some 
good  work,  and  it  ought  to  be  no  evidence 
that  one  is  a  preacher  because  he  is  trying 
to  benefit  his  fellow  man. 

— The  old  organ  in  Richmond  Avenue 
Church  of  Christ,  Buffalo,  has  been  replaced 
by  one  of  fine  appearance  and  splendid 
power.  Arrangements  are  perfected  for  un- 
ion evangelistic  meetings  throughout  the 
entire  city,  beginning  November  5,  from 
which  great  things  are  expected.  The  city 
is  divided  into  districts  and  the  pastors  of 
the  various  churches  are  working  in  unison. 
Bro.  J.  H.  O.  Smith,  of  Valparaiso,  Ind., 
begins  a  meeting  witb  the  Richmond  Ave- 
nue Church  November  15. — Anson  G. 
Chester. 

— W.  O.  Moore  writes  that  President 
Rowlison,  of  Hiram  College,  has  recently 
visited  Indianapolis  and  while  there  "he  re- 
ceived an  ovation  from  those  of  Indianapo- 
lis who  have  been  students  of  Hiram  Col- 
lege." Over  twenty  were  present  at  the 
banquet  given  in  his  honor  and  others  were 
unavoidably  absent.  There  was  not  only  a 
feast  of  good  material  things,  but  a  "feast 
of  reason  and  a  flow  of  soul."  President 
Rowlison's  speech,  Brother  Moore  reports, 
"was  highly  pleasing  to  the  Hiram  fraterni- 
ty of  Indanapolis,  who,"  he  says,  "having 
been  attendants  at  Hiram  and  having  ac- 
quired its  spirit,  are  in  hearty  accord  with 
President  Rowlison  and  bid  him  Godspeed." 

— The  Foreign  Society  will  make  an  effort 
this  year  to  secure  a  special  fund  of  $50,000 
in  personal  offerings  to  provide  necessary 
buildings  in  our  foreign  mission  fields. 
Ten  homes  are  most  urgently  reeded  for 
the  new  missionaries.  This  will  require 
$.2,000  each,  or  $20,000,  including  the  land. 
Four  hospitals  are  called  for  by  the  mission- 
aries. These  will  cost  about  $2,500  each, 
or  a  total  of  $10,000.  Also  eight  school 
buildings  at  a  cost  of  $1,000  and  twelve 
chapels  at  $1,000  each,  or  $12,000,  making 
a  grand  total  of  $50,000.  This  seems  like 
a  large  undertaking,  but  our  brotherhood 
is  equal  to  it.  Send  gifts  to  F.  M.  Rains, 
secretary,  Box  884,  Cincinnati,  O.  It  may 
be  that  some  friend  would  like  to  provide 
one  of  these  buildings  as  a  memorial.  It 
must  be  remembered  that  a  successful,  work 
costs  money.  As  the  work  grows  larger 
demands  must  be  made  for  it.  We  have 
sent  out  thirty-three  new  missionaries  in 
the  past  two  years  and  the  question  of 
buildings  is  becoming  a  serious  problem. 

—"The  Daily  Arkansas  Democrat,"  of 
Little  Rock,  brings  us  a  report  of  the  sev- 
enth  anniversary  of  the  pastorate  of  Bro. 


WE  CAN  SHOW  YOU 

How  to  do  the  Lord's  work 
while  having  your  savings 
in  an  absolutely  safe  in- 
vestment, upon  which  there 
will  be  no  taxes  to  pay,  no 
change  of  securities,  no 
personal  oversight  re- 
quired, no  cost  0!  mortgage 
records  or  foreclosures, 
and  upon  which  you  will 
net  a  larger  rate  of  inter- 
est than  in  any  other  in- 
vestment, If  you  are  a 
Christian  and  want  your 
money  to  work  for  Christ 
while  at  the  same  time  it 
supports  you,  write,  men- 
tioning this  paper,  to 

BENJAMIN  I,  SMITH, 

Corresponding  Sec'y  American 
Christian  Missionary  Society, 

CINCINNATI,  OHIO, 


J.  N.  Jessup  with  the  First  Christian  Church 
of  that  city.  It  was  a  happy  day  for  the 
church  in  that  city  when  Brother  Jessup 
began  his  pastorate  there.  These  seven 
years  have  been  fruitful  m  splendid  results. 
Following  immediately  after  one  of  those 
stormy  periods  which  the  best  of  churches 
sometimes  pass  through,  his  ministry'  has 
borne  the  blessed  fruits  of  peace  and  unity. 
Here  is  what  he  says  of  his  relation  with 
his  people  during  his  ministry:  "What  of 
these  seven  years?  They  have  been  years 
of  peace  and  harmony.  No  strife,  or  con- 
tention, or  bitterness,  or  jealousy  has  dis- 
turbed the  quiet  and  peaceful  life  of 
the  church.  There  is  an  entire  ab- 
sence of  the  'rule  or  ruin'  spirit,  and 
there  is  a  desire  everywhere  to  fulfill 
the  apostle's  injunction,  'in  honor  prefer- 
ring one  another.'  These  have  been  years  of 
peace  because  thejr  have  been  years  of  posi- 
tive affection.  Love  is  the  greatest  thing 
in  the  world.  A  church's  life  is  measured 
by  it.  Why  should  we  not  speak  of  our 
love  today?  You  have  ioved  me,  I  have 
loved  you,  and  together  we  have  loved  our 
Savior  and  one  another.  'By  this  shall 
all  men  know  that  ye  are  my  disciples,  if 
ye  love  one  another.' '  Referring  to  what 
has  been  already  achieved  in  the  way  of 
additions,  etc.,  he  adds :  "If  this  condition 
of  unity  and  spirit  of  fraternity  continues, 
nothing  can  prevent  the  church  from  going 
on  to  yet  greater  things.  What  triumphs 
lie  before  us  the  future  alone  can  measure, 
but  we  believe  that  the  momentum  already 
acquired  will  make  future  conquests  com- 
paratively easy.  When  another  annual  re- 
port is  made  it  is  our  hope  and  expectation 
that  it  will  contain  an  account  of  the  actual 
progress     and   near   consummation   of   our 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


October  26,  1905 


cherished  building  enterprise."  A  sec- 
ond church  has  been  sent  forth  with  the 
blessings  of  the  mother  church  and  a  great 
revival  is  now  in  progress  under  the  lead- 
ership of  Bra  R.  H.  Fife,  an  account  of 
which  will  be  given  later  on.  Our  hearty 
congratulations  to  both  pastor  and  church. 

@      ® 

A  Princely  Gift. 

Man  may  prayerfully  make  plans,  but 
God  reserves  the  right  of  overruling  them 
for  the  enhancement  of  the  good  they  pur- 

3<    and  his  own  glory. 

Last  July  the  general  secretary  of  the 
National"  Benevolent  Association  started  to 
preach  for  Bra  E.  B.  Ridley's  congrega- 
tion at  Blandinsville.  111.  He  felt  greatly 
defeated  when  floods  prevented  his  going- 
further  than  Keokuk,  la.  But  there  Bro. 
T.  W.  Kilbourne  (one  of  our  "in-as-much" 
preachers')  asked  him  to  speak  to  his  people 
about  the  gospel  of  the  helping  hand. 
Among  the  auditors  on  that  rainy  day  was 
Bro.  J.  H.  Parker.  He  seemed  greatly  in- 
ited,  but  left  immediately  after  the  ben- 
ediction, without  so  much  as  speaking  to 
the  preacher.  Though  he  said  nothing,  he 
was  thinking  much.  He  considered  the  ne- 
cessity of  a  ministry  of  this  character  to 
the  fulfillment  of  our  plea  for  the  restora- 
tion of  apostolic  Christianity;  he  believed 
Christian  benevolence  to  be  the  best  anti- 
dote for  lodgeism,  Christian  Science  and 
other  cults  diverting  men  from  the  Church 
of  Christ ;  he  saw  these  practical  tender 
ministries  would  crimson  what  to  myriads 
seem  colorless  theories  of  religion  with  the 
very  heart's  blood  of  Christ.  He  com- 
municated these  views  to  friends  who  ef- 
fected a  more  personal  meeting  between  the 
representative  of  the  association  and 
Brother  Parker,  with  the  result  that  on  Oc- 
tober 17,  he  gave  $10,000  on  the  annuity 
plan. 

Surely  God  overruled  even  the  floods  to 
sanctify  this  fortune  for  the  relief  of  the 
poor  and  the  extension  of  his  kingdom. 

Brother  Parker  is  not  widely  known 
among  the  brethren ;  he  has  never  attended 
a  national  convention  nor  been  a  church  of- 
fice bearer,  but  he  reads  our  church  papers 
and  studies  his  Bible  and  reflects  much  on 
all  things  pertaining  to  the  kingdom.  His 
belief  is  that  Christian  benevolence  is  the 
most  dynamic  factor  for  overcoming  the 
sentiment  that  Christianity  is  a  mere  theory 
of  righteousness,  but  not  a  practical  solu- 
tion of  this  old  world's  weight  of  woe.  His 
beliefs  are  not  fetiches  for  cherishment 
merely,  but  are  valued  only  for  what  they 
will  do.  His  money  followed  his  belief  and 
his  prayers. 

This  money  will  insure  the  erection  of 
the  new  administration  building  for  the  St. 
Louis  orphanage  early  in  the  spring.  Its 
inspirational  value  will  greatly  assist  in  the 
establishment  of  the  new  homes  in  Georgia 
and  California,  and  the  opening  of  a  new 
hospital  in  Cincinnati  or  some  eastern  city. 
We  pray  the  Father  to  reveal  to  us  more 
men  of  the  spiritual  grace  of  humble  mind- 
noble  souled  J.  H.  Parker. 

Geo.  L.  Snivelv. 

903  Aubert  avenue,  St.  Louis. 

"The    George   Darsie  Memorial  Fund." 

A  Beautiful  Trib-,  te. 
e   church   at    Frankfort,    Ky.,   has    es- 
tablished a  church  extension  memorial  fund 
in  memory  'ge  Darsie,  who  was  their 

pastor  for  more  than  a  score  of  years.  This 
is  most  fitting.  Brother  Darsie  was,  with- 
out doubt,  the  greatest  friend  that  church 
extension  had  among  our  preachers.  His 
church  at  Frankfort  was  the  first  among 
the  churches  to  create  a  named  loan  fund 
in  our  church  extension  work.  He  made 
speech's  for  the  Board  of  Church  Exten- 
sion at  national  and  state  conventions,  in 
local  churches  and  at  our  colleges.  His 
last  convention  speech  was  at  the  Missouri 
state  convention  in  Carrollton,  June,  1904. 
J.  A.  Lord,  editor  of  "The  Christian  Stan- 
dard," and  others  who  attend  our  national 


and  state  conventions,  said  it  was  the  great- 
est speech  they  had  heard  during  the  last 
twenty-five  years  at  any  of  our  conventions. 
The  subject  was  "The  Good  Sense  of 
Church  Extension."  The  address  was 
given  the  middle  of  June,  1904.  One  month 
later,  on  Monday  morning  of  July  17,  he 
died.  His  death  greatly  shocked  our  en- 
tire brotherhood,  and  the  sense  of  loss  was 
universal.  His  voice  had  been  heard  in 
the  noblest  pleas  for  missions  of  every  char- 
acter at  our  national  conventions  for  years 
and  that  voice  was  now  silent.  Silent !  Not 
so.  George  Darsie's  words  shall  live  in  the 
hearts  of  his  brethren.  This  $5,000  me- 
morial fund  will  answer  ''The  Plea  of  the 
Homeless"  and  George  Darsie  will  be  hous- 
ing our  homeless  brethren  everywhere. 

The  Frankfort  church  might  erect  a  mar- 
ble shaft  in  the  historic  cemetery  on  the 
hill  above  their  city  "To  the  Memory  of 
George  Darsie,"  but  in  the  creation  of  "The 
George  Darsie  Memorial  Fund"  in  our 
church  extension  work  they  have  done  a 
nobler  thing  and  one  that  would  please  him 
more  if  he  could  again  speak  to  his  church. 
Every  ten  years  this  fund  will  build  from 
thirty  to  forty  churches — monuments  all  to 


GEORGE  DARSIE. 

the    memory    of    a    man    who    pleaded    for 
larger  things  for  our  homeless  missions. 

It  is  fitting  to  say  here  that  the  "Frank- 
fort, Kentucky,  Church  Fund,"  established 
in  our  extension  work  in  September,  1891, 
has  built  thirty-eight  churches  and  has  done 
the  work  of  over  $17,000.  All  this  in  four- 
teen years.  This  memorial  fund  is  the  sec- 
ond named  fund  created  by  the  Frankfort 
church. 

A  named  fund  in  church  extension 
amounts  to  $5,000  and  is  created  by  an  in- 
dividual agreeing  to  pay  $500  a  year  for  ten 
years  or  a  church  paying  not  less  than  $300 
a  year.  The  Frankfort  church  started  the 
memorial  fund  in  October  with  an  offering 
of  $370.  Their  pastor  is  C.  R.  Hudson,  a 
worthy   successor  of  Brother   Darsie. 

G.  W.  Muckley,  Cor.  Sec. 


Reminiscences  of  a  Debater. 

(Continued  from  page  1387.) 
be  proper  to  approach  him  through  you.  I 
should  like  to  have  you  call  on  him  and 
have  him  make  an  apology  about  certain 
doctors  and  women."  "Well,"  said  I,  "I 
don't  think  he  will  retract.  I  know  him 
pretty  well  and  I  don't  think  he  will  apol- 
ogize." "Well,  you  tell  him  what  I  said." 
"If  it  happens  to  come  up  I  will  tell  him 
then,"  said  1.  "I  supposeyou'rereadyto  fight. 
We  don't  fight,  but  we  have  the  privilege, 
lie  won't  retract.  Dr.  Burroughs  deserved 
it  and  he  got  it  and  I  approve." 

(concluded  NEXT   WEEK.) 

$100,000  for  Home  Missions. 

While  in  the  east  our  good  Brother  Wil- 
liam Newcomer  gave  me  $1,000  for  the 
American  Christian  Missionary  Society 
with  the  statement  that  he  desired  we 
should  receive  the  full  $100,000  for  home 
missions.    By  this  help  the  total  receipts  for 


DO   GOOD 

With  your  money  and  enjoy  un  income 
from  It  Yvhile  you  live  by  giving-  to  the 

Foreign  Christian  Missionary  Society 
on  the  ANNUITY  PLAN.  The  income 
Is  large,  uninterrupted,  and  certain 
for  life.  Interest  is  paid  according 
to  age  of  donor.  There  is  no  expense 
for  repairs  or  taxes.  A  Ixmil  is  gi\eu 
to  insure  prompt  payment  of  interest, 
semi-annually.  It  Is  better  than  a 
government  bond.  Over  two  hundred 
Kifts  have  been  made,  amounting  to 
about  $250,000.  This  plan  is  especially 
adapted  to  those  fifty  years  of  age,  or 
older.  Full  particulars  given  upon  re- 
quest. Let  us  send  you  our  illustrated 
booklet,  free  of  charge. 
F.  M.  RAINS,  Cov.   Sec,   Cincinnati,   O. 


home   missions   last   year   were   $100,323.03. 1 
It  is  my  prayer  that  the  amount  given  fori 
home  missions  may  never  again  go  below  !j 
this  line,  but  rather  we  must  plan  for  larger 
things. 

The  appeals  for  help  are  the  most  earnesW 
and  pathetic  we  have  ever  read,  and  if  our 
brethren   knew   the  great  opportunities  be-1 
fore  us  they  certainly  would  see  to  it  that,;' 
this  work  took  no  second  place. 

To  this  end   I   want   to  commend  to  all! 
Sunday  schools  the  observance  of  boys'  and 
girls'   rally  day  for  home  missions  on   the 
Lord's  day  before  Thanksgiving.     We  have  ■ 
had  prepared  a  delightful  exercise  which  we 
will  gladly  send  to  all  schools  free  of  costB 
Order  at  once. 

Benjamin  L.  Smith,  Cor.   Sec. 

Y.  M.  C.  A.  Bldg.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

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Changes. 

Buckley,      M.      L.  —  Harrison     to     Collin-J 

wood,  O. 
Campbell,    A.    T.— Toronto,    Can.,    to    15271 

West  Adams  street,  Chicago,  111. 
Creason,  B.  F. — Ren  fro  w,  O.  T.,  to  Liberal! 

Mo. 
Coakwell,  C.  A. — Altoona,  to  Perry,  Iowa.1 
Chase,   Mrs.  W.  H.— Wabash  to  621   East! 

12th  street,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Ellis,   J.   W—  Plattsburg,    Mo.,   to   Benton-I 

ville,  Ark. 
Harris,  J.  Morgan — Weatherford,  Okla.,  to:] 

Aberdeen,  W'ash. 
Hazel,   Harry — San   Jose,   Cal.,   to   EverettJ 

Wash. 
Hedges,  W.   H. — Bellefontaine  to  21   Fair-I 

view      avenue,      Lindenwald,      Hamil- 
ton, O. 
Hull,   W.    C— North   Tonawanda,   to    East* 

Chatham,  N.  Y. 
McLeod,    James — Walkerton    to    Glencairn,j 

Ont. 
Lord,    E.    C— Westport,    to    Pictou,    Nova! 

Scotia. 
McGee,  George — Anthony,  Kan.,  to  Savan-J 

nah,  Mo. 
O'Connor,   T.   J. — New   Sharon   to   EldoraJ 

Iowa. 
Reynolds,    S.   R.— Cherokee    to     1436    291™ 

street,  Des   Moines,  Iowa. 
Reiter,    A.    F— Bluffton,    O.,   to   21     South? 

Strieker  street,   Baltimore,   Md. 
Sellards,    D.    F. — Houston,   Tex.,   to   Leon, 

Iowa. 
Simpson,   A.    N. — Toronto   Junction,   Kan., 

to  1329  26th  street,  Des  Moines,  Iowa.' 
White,   j.   J.— Washington,   Pa.,   to   Fuller- 
ton,  Cal. 
Wright,    E.    J. — Leavenworth    to    Le    Roy, 

Kan. 

Ministerial  Exchange. 

Churches  or  evangelists  who  desire  the 
services  of  first-class  song  evangelists  may 
address  H.  S.  Saxton  and  wife  at  Troy, 
Ohio.  They  can  be  secured  any  time  after 
Feb.   4,    1906. 


October  26,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


■  m 


THE  CALL  OF  THE  STATES 


The  State  Mission   Worh  as   Related  to 
the   Foreign  Society. 

BY   A.    M'LEAN. 

The  state  missionary  societies  are  an  in- 
tegral and  indispensable  part  of  our  mis- 
sionary machinery.  They  are  closer  to  the 
churches  than  the  national  societies  can  be. 
Because  of  this,  they  can  do  for  the  churches 
and  for  the  work  as  a  whole  what  the  na- 
tional societies  can  not  do.  The  slate  sec- 
retary and  his  associates  can  visit  most  of 
the  churches  in  the  state  in  the  year.  On 
these  visits  information  is  imparted  and 
objections  answered.  The  claims  of  the 
missionary  enterprise  are  pressed  home  to 
the  hearts  and  consciences  of  the  believers. 
As  a  result,  churches  that  stood  aloof  are 
brought  into  sympahty  and  led  to  co-oper- 
ate. Whatever  helps  one  department  of  the 
work  is  bound  to  help  every  department. 
Let  a  church  begin  to  pray  for  missions  and 
to  give  for  missions  at  home,  and  it  will 
very  soon  be  praying  and  giving  for  mis- 
sions  in   the   regions   beyond. 

In  the  state  and  district  conventions  the 
work  as  a  whole  is  presented  and  empha- 
sized. The  secretaries  realize  that,  while  in 
one  sense  their  field  is  their  state,  in  anoth- 
er very  important  sense  their  field  is  the 
world.  Their  own  work  can  not  be  prose- 
cuted most  effectively  unless  it  has  the 
whole  creation  as  its  background.  The  state 
secretaries  feel  that  no  program  is  sym- 
metrical and  complete  that  does  not  sound 
the  note  of  universality.  It  could  hardly  be 
otherwise,  seeing  that  all  the  great  mission- 
ary texts  have  a  world-wide  significance. 
They  contemplate  nothing  less  than  "the 
earth,"  "the  whole  world,"  "all  nations." 
Christ's  gracious  and  eternal  purpose  em- 
braced the  entire  human  family-  The  state 
secretaries  understand  that  if  they  should 
attempt  to  confine  their  thought  and  sym- 
pathy and  effort  exclusively  to  their  own 
states  they  would  run  directly  counter  to 
the  intention  of  God  and  hinder  and  destroy 
the  very  work  they  are  engaged  to  promote. 
They  can  do  their  own  work'  best  only 
when  they  are  in  fullest  sympathy  with 
Christ's  program  for  humanity,  and  when 
they  do  what  is  in  their  power  that  his 
program  may  be  realized. 

Moreover,  churches  planted  and  assisted 
by  the  state  societies  will  be  missionary 
churches  through  and  through.  It  will  be 
almost  impossible  for  them  to  be  either 
opposed  or  indifferent.  Having  tasted  ,  of 
the  Word  of  God  and  the  power  of  the 
world  to  come,  they  can  but  be  anxious 
that  all  men  elsewhere  should  share  with 
them  in  their  privileges  and  joys.  Such 
churches  know  the  value  of  help  in  time  of 
need,  and  they  will  be  disposed  to  render 
aid  to  the  extent  of  their  ability. 

The  state  societies  have  done  very  much 
for  the  Foreign  Christian  Missionary  So- 
ciety. Without  their  generous  assistance 
the  work  abroad  could  not  have  attained  its 
present  proportions.  The  good  Lord  bless 
every  state  secretary  and  abundantly  pros- 
per the  work  of  the  different  state  societies. 

Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

California.     . 

California  has  a  population  of  1,500,000, 
scattered  over  an  area  equal  in  extent  to 
that  of  New  York,  New  Jersey,  Maine, 
Vermont,  New  Hampshire,  Massachusetts, 
Rhode  Island,  Connecticut  and  Ohio.  Un- 
less all  signs  fail,  here  upon  this  coast  is 
to  be  a  great  empire.  If  the  present  rate 
of  immigration  continues,  our  wisest  men 
are  predicting  that  California  will  have  a 
population  of  ten  millions  in  the  next 
twenty-five  years.  And  who  knows  but 
what  this  will  be  the  terminus  of  our  civ- 
ilization for  the  next  thousand  or  fifteen 
hundred  years.  Yea,  who  knows  but  that 
"course  of  empire"   will  pause  here  in 


this  beautiful  land  to  test  the  efficiency  of 
our  religion  in  the  final  adjustment  of  I 
problems  that  have  hitherto  baffi'-rl  the  race? 

Now  is  the  time  to  plant  the  kingdom 
of  God  in  this  state.  Already  we  have 
ninety  churches,  with  an  aggregate  mem- 
bership of  about  ten  thousand,  lint  there 
are  still  twenty  counties  north  of  T<  hachapi 
without  a  single  church  bearing  the  name  of 
Christ.  These  have  a  population  of  about 
one  hundred  thousand.  First  and  last  we 
are  not  reaching  more  than  one  011:  of 
every  fifteen  of  our  population.  Think  of 
it!  Fourteen  hundred  thousand  peoph  i 
Californa  we  can  not  reach  with  our  pre 
ent  equipment. 

Our  state  board  has  started  out  this  j 
to  raise  five  thousand  dollars.  Our  annual 
offering  comes  on  the  first  Lord's  day  in 
November.  Let  the  song,  "California  for 
Christ,"  ring  as  never  before ;  and  when 
the  time  of  the  offering  comes,  let  every  one 
of  our  ten  thousand  members  come  up 
to  the  help  of  the  Lord  against  the  mighty. 
D.  A.  Russell,  Cor.   Sec. 

Florida. 

In  spite  of  yellow  fever  and  prostrating 
heat,  three  evangelists  have  been  kept  in 
the  field  by  the  state  board,  two  mission 
points  supplied  and  a  number  of  new  con- 
gregations organized.  Now  that  danger 
from  fever  is  about  passed,  and  cooler  days 
have  come,  there  will  be  added  zeal  dis- 
played. 

Pensacola :  There  are  two  congregations 
here.  One  of  them,  the  strong  one,  op- 
poses organized  mission  work.  The  weaker 
one  is  only  waiting  for  yellow  fever  to  get 
out  of  the  way  to  begin  a  campaign  with 
O.  P.  Spiegel  as  evangelist,  through  which 
it  is  hoped  a  permanent  footing  may  be 
gained.  There  are  few  more  important 
fields  in  Florida. 

Miami :  Our  young  Chrysostom,  Andrew 
M.  Chisolm,  has  just  concluded  a  meeting 
in  this  growing  city,  resulting  in  the  organ- 
ization of  a  congregation  that  gives  prom- 
ise of  aggressive  work.  Professors,  doc- 
tors, etc.,  those  trained  to  lead,  are  among 
the  members.  Let  the  tourists  who  flock 
to  Miami  this  winter  identify  themselves 
with  this   congregation. 

Lakeland  :  Under  the  preaching  of  Evan- 
gelist T.  A.  Cox,  a  splendid  nucleus  has 
been  brought  together,  and  a  formal  organ- 
ization will  be  entered  into  some  time  in 
November.  Brother  Cox  and  the  writer 
will  follow  the  organization  with  a  meet- 
ing^ 

Kissimmee :  Pastor  Rayner  has  returned 
from  a  successful  soliciting  tour  in  the 
north  and  east,  and  now  has  the  money 
needed  to  complete  the  Kissimmee  build- 
ing. They  will  dedicate  November  5,  and 
Bro.  B.  Q.  Denham,  now  of  Auburndale, 
will  lead  the  forces  in  a  meeting. 

St.  Petersburg :  Through  the  kindness 
of  a  wealthy  brother  in  Tennessee,  who 
spends  his  winters  in  St.  Petersburg,  they 
will  be  enabled  to  double  the  seating  capac- 
ity of  their  building  at  once.  New  seats 
have  been  ordered  and  Pastor  Montgomery 
enters  upon  the  second  year  of  his  work 
with  sanguine  anticipations. 

Ocala  and  McPherson  :  Evangelist  White 
quits  the  field  to  locate  with  these  congre- 
gations. Both  are  points  of  much  impor- 
tance and  need  the  care  Brother  White  is 
capable  of  giving  them.  He  will  be  suc- 
ceeded as  evangelist  by  Brother  Simpson, 
of  Lexington,  Ky,  who  comes  from  the 
Bible  College  and  is  stronslv  endorsed  by 
J.    vY.   McGirvey. 

Tampa:  A  great  town  and  a  rapidly 
growing  congregation.  The  pastor  is  just 
concluding  his  second  year's  work.  Tour- 
ists need  no  longer  look  for  the  unpainted 
frame  building  in  which  the  congregation 
formerly  met.  but  for  the  handsome  brick 
building  on  Sixth  and  Florida  avenues, 
where    they    will    be    given   just   the    same 


hearty  welcome  formerly  received  in  the 
old  building. 

Jacksonville:  J.  T.  Boone  is  still  at  the 
helm,  ilis  beautiful  stone  building  and  600 
earnest  workers  show  what  can  1  in 

Florida  by  persistent,  prayerful  effort. 

J.  P.  Rowl.  or.  Sec. 

Georgia. 

Georgia  has  2,325,000  inhabitants.  The 
Di  dples  have  not  over  140  organizations 
that  can  be  called  churches,  or  about  one 
church  to  each  county  in  the  state.  We 
have  about  14,000  members,  or  about  one 
to  each  166  of  the  population.  Georgia  has 
60,000  homes  without  a  Bible,  165  towns 
of  from  500  to  15,000  people  where  we  have 
no  church  after  the  New  Testament  pattern. 
More  than  half  of  her  counties  are  as  yet 
unreached  by  our  plea  for  the  restoration 
of  the  primitive  gospel. 

She  is  truly  the  "empire  state  of  the 
south."  Her  material  wealth  is  vast  and 
increasing.  Her  culture  is  a  power.  Her 
spiritual  potentiality  is  almost  unlimited. 
'Her  worldly  enterprise  in  every  way  is  no- 
ticeable. To  lay  these  under  tribute  for  the 
spread  of  the  pure  gospel  is  the  object  of 
organized  mission  work  in  this  state.  To 
this  end  the  Georgia  Missionary  Society,  in- 
corporated under  the  laws  of  the  state,  is 
doing  all  that  it  can  for  the  conversion  of 
her  thousands. 

The  policy  of  our  board  of  missions  has 
been  for  two  years  that  of  strengthening 
the  weak  and  saving  the  dying  churches. 
Of  these  we  have  many.  They  are,  indeed, 
shepherdless  flocks.  Until  they  rally,  ag- 
gressive work  will  be  seriously  hindered. 
We  are  helping  this  year :  Monroe,  How- 
ells,  Tallapoosa,  Green  Valley,  Franklin 
Field,  and  the  middle  Georgia,  south  Geor- 
gia, Savannah,  western,  north  Georgia 
and  Griffin  districts. 

Our  state  evangelist,  W.  J.  Cocke,  has 
been  working  hard  all  the  year.  His  work 
has  been  that  of  educating  and  agitating 
along  missionary  lines ;  raising  money, 
holding  meetings  and  institutes.  Besides, 
we  have  employed  nine  other  men  for  all 
or  part  of  their  time  in  the  various  fields. 
We  hope  to  make  fine  reports  at  our  com- 
ing convention,  Athens,  Ga.,  November  6. 
Prominence  has  been  given  to  all  our  reg- 
ular missionary  days. 

Last  year  we  raised  $3,106.81  and  had 
534  additions.  This  is  most  excellent  in 
this  conservative  field.  Twenty-two  pro- 
tracted meetings  were  held  and  each  addi- 
tion cost  us  $5.82.  We  are  assisting  the 
"Southern  Evangelist"  to  the  extent  of  $300, 
in  order  that  we  may  have  a  state  paper. 

In  addition  to  the  regular  state  society, 
we  have  the  C.  W.  B.  M.  doing  a  splendid 
work  at  several  points  in  the  state.  The 
Georgia  Educational  Society  is  gathering 
mone}r  to  send  young  men  to  college,  pre- 
paring them  for  the  ministry.  We  have 
some  eight  at  Lexington  and  had  twenty- 
seven  at  Kimberlin  Heights  before  the  fire. 
The  W.  S.  G.  M.,  a  state  organization  of 
the  women,  is  also  doing  good  work. 

Our  state  board  has  tak^n  charge  of  and 
turned  over  to  the  National  Benevolent 
Association  the  Baldwin  property  of  sev- 
eral buildings  and  some  fifty  acres  of  land. 
While  we  are  not  doing  all  we  can.  yet 
we  feel  that  we  are  making  some  progress 
and  the  Lord  is  blessing  us. 

Our  board  will  recommend  to  the  state 
convention  the  employment  of  a  regular 
financial  secretary  for  the  coming  year. 
They  will  also  suggest  that  we  take  hold 
of  the  centers  of  population,  I  men 

there,  and  that  we  evangelize  the  rural 
districts  in  the  summer  months.  They  will 
also  recommend  the  selection  of  some  per- 
manent place  for  the  holding  of  our  annual 
conventions  each  year. 

We  are  hoping  great  things  for  Georgia 
and  we  believe  God  will  srive  them. 

W.  J.  Cocke,  Cor.  Sec. 


1392 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


October  26,  1905 


Idaho. 

About  three  months  ago  I  arrived  in  the 
capital  city  of  Idaho — Boise.  Away  back 
in  my  schoolboy  days,  as  in  my  days  of 
pedagogy,  we  pronounced  it  "Boys**,"  but 

out  here,  at  least,  whatever  the  books  and 
pedagogues  may  say,  it  is  universally  pro- 
nounced Boise — hard  ^  and  short  0 — and  the 
term  city  has  fallen  into  "innocuous  desue- 
tude." 

For  years  I  have  longed  to  cross  the 
Rockies'  and  see  what  lay  on  the  other  side. 
"To  ascend  in  graceful  curves"  these  moun- 
tains in  a  cushioned  chair  on  a  palace  sleep- 
er, while  traveling  at  the  rate  of  thirty 
miles  an  hour,  wherein  one  can  hold  in  his 
hand  a  glass  "filled  to  the  brim"  without 
spilling,  may  be  a  trip  devoutly  to  be  de- 
sired. But  to  rock  along  in  a  caboose,  to 
be  jerked  and  thumped  and  bumped, 
slapped  in  the  face  by  window  casings  when 
you  are  very  desirous  to  see  Pike's  Peak, 
or  some  other  peak ;  to  be  suddenly  thrown 
clear  off  the  seat  onto  a  hot  stove,  or  have 
bread,  meat,  potatoes  or  hash  "red  hot"  or 
hot  coffee  thrown  all  over  you — well,  I  be- 
lieve even  old  Job  would  have  lost  his  rep- 
utation for  patience  under  such  circum- 
stances. From  Boise  to  Knox  is  about  iiq 
miles,  and  the  road  is  rough  and  rugged.  On 
this  road,  north  by  a  little  east  from  Boise, 
about  seventy  miles,  is  where  Mr.  Bennett, 
of  W.  J.  Bryan  fame,  was  dashed  to  death 
much  quicker  than  it  takes  to  tell  it.  The 
verv  snag  against  which  he  was  crushed  is 
pointed  out  to  the  passers-by.  It  is  said 
on  reaching  the  top  of  the  mountains  many 
passengers  were  disposed  to  complain  of 
the  awful  roughness  of  the  trip  and  the 
carelessness  of  the  driver.  Mr.  Bennett 
pleasantly  remarked.  "The  trip  is  worth  a 
lifetime."  In  less  than  fifteen  minutes  he 
was  dead.  Well,  "I  have  traveled  about  a 
bit  in  my  time"  and  thought  I  had  seen 
some  rough  country  in  the  east,  north  and 
south,  but  I  now  give  it  up.  It  looks  to  me 
just  like  nature  saved  all  her  rough  rem- 
nants in  -reation  and  "dumped"  them  en 
masse  in  Colorado,  Wyoming  and  Idaho. 
To  describe  these  mountains  and  canyons 
would  tax  the  genius  of  Henry  Watterson 
or  Murat  Halstead.  A  few  miles  out  from 
Boise  the  huge  "pine  forests"  begin  and 
continue  about  three  or  four  hundred 
miles.  The  hills  and  hillsides  are  covered 
thick  with  yellow  hard  pine,  and  the  val- 
leys are  covered  with  what  they  call 
"Black  Jack  pine."  These,  beginning  at 
the  ground,  are  from  about  four  inches  to 
12  inches  think,  and  the  larger  rear  their 
lofty  heads  one  hundred  or  more  feet  in 
the  air,  and  until  near  the  top  they  are 
without  limbs,  save  a  few  dead  ones ;  and 
like  the  Kansas  "big  sunhower,"  they  "nod 
and  bend  in  the  breezes."  To  a  man  who 
sees  only  outward  appearances,  the  people 
who  occupy  these  "rocks  and  hills  and 
brooks  and  vales"  seem  as  rough  and 
rugged  as  the  face  of  the  country  they  oc- 
cupy. In  fact,  many  of  their  habits  are  not 
commendable.  It  seems  likely  that  that 
Chinaman  who  said  or  wrote  (or  the  citi- 
zen who  did  it  for  him),  "Me  chew,  me 
smoke,  me  spit,  me  swear,  just  like  Meli- 
can  man,"  got  his  idea  by  going  over  the 
road  from  Boise  to  "Thunder  Mountain" 
or  Roosevelt,  the  mountain  and  "city  of 
gold."  And  yet  away  down  deep  in  their 
hearts,  in  spite  of  this  rough  exterior,  they 
are  as  sociable,  as  clever,  as  generous  a  set 
as  ever  breathed  the  pure  air  "in  the  land 
of  the  free  and  the  home  of  the  brave." 

Boise  is  a  city  of  some  pretensions,  with 
a  population,  I  should  think,  of  20,000.  It 
has  buildings  that  would  be  creditable  in 
Wichita  or  Oklahoma  City,  if  not  in  Kansas 
City.  It  has  a  hotel  which  must  have  cost 
$200,000  or  more,  and  the  M.  E.  church 
house  is  one  of  the  most  magnificent  build- 
ings of  the  kind  I  have  seen  anywhere.  It 
cost  over  $50,000. 

The  Boiseites  are  now  clearing  the 
ground  for  a  new  state  house,  which  is  to 
be  in  keeping  with  the  environments.  The 
old  building  is  hardly  so  magnificent  as  one 


would  wish  or  expect  to  see  in  such  a  thriv- 
ing city  as  Boise. 

This  is  the  country  of  sheep  raising  and 
mining  especially,  with  little  attention  paid 
to  agriculture,  so  far  as  I  have  seen.  The 
season  is  entirely  too  short  and  cold  for 
corn,  hence  I  have  not  seen  a  sign  of  the 
"golden  ear"  in  the  state.  Nor  have  I  seen 
any  wheat  growing.  Oats  and  grasses  for 
hay  and  pasture  are  the  staple  products. 
As  for  mines  and  miners,  sheep  and  sheep 
men,  "the  woods  are   full  of  them." 

It  is  about  sixty  miles  from  here  to 
Roosevelt  and  during  most  of  the  year 
everything  is  freighted  there  by  pack  horses 
and  mules ;  this  owing  to  the  snow.  It 
frosted  three  times  the  last  week  in  June 
and  several  times  in  July. 

This  is  not  only  a  state  of  magnificent 
mountain  scenery,  but  also  of  magnificent 
rivers  and  small  streams.  I  think  the  rail- 
road follows  Snake  river  about  300  miles 
from  Montpelier  to  near  Boise  and  then 
come  Boise  and  Payette,  and  still  farther 
north  the  Salmon  river.  Knox  (alias 
Transfer)  is  on  or  near  the  head  waters 
of  the  south  fork  of  Salmon.  In  all  these 
and  all  their  tributaries  the  water  is  clear 
as  crystal  and  cold  as  ice.  This  last  state- 
ment is  especially  true  of  the  small  moun- 
tain streams.  Ice  would  add  little,  or  noth- 
ing, to  their  temperature. 

I  have  found  a  good  many  Missouri, 
Kansas  and  Oklahoma  people  out  here  and 
they  all  like  it,  or  else  they  do  a  great  deal 
of  "whistling  to  keep  their  courage  up."  So 
far  as  I  am  concerned  it  will  take  consider- 
able "whistling"  for  a  while  yet,  at  least. 

So  far  as  churches  are  concerned  there 
are  none  between  here  and  Boise,  save  at 
Ola,  sixty  miles  south,  and  at  Thunder  City, 
twenty-five  miles  from  here.  The  M.  E.'s 
have  churches  at  both  places.  But  our  peo- 
ple and  the  Baptists  are  absolutely  un- 
known in  all  these   regions. 

Knox,  Idaho.  H.  W.  Robertson. 

Illinois  Notes. 

At  the  beautiful  little  city  of  Polo,  in 
Northern  Illinois,  the  first  district  estab- 
lished a  church  about  a  year  and  a  half  ago. 
It  numbers  about  sixty  members  of  splendid 
people.  B.  H.  Sealock,  a  graduate  of  Eu- 
reka College,  is  the  devoted  pastor.  F.  G. 
Tyrrell,  of  Chicago,  was  holding  a  meeting. 
He  was  delivering  great  sermons,  but  the 
people  were  not  yielding  to  the  claims  of 
the  gospel.  We  are  occupying  the  Baptist 
church,  a  commodious  building  well  suited 
to  our  wants  for  the  present.  All  special 
days  for  our  great  enterprises  are  faithfully 
observed  and  liberal  offerings  are  made. 
The  various  auxiliaries  are  introduced  as 
rapidly  as  possible,  and  all  seem  happy  in 
the  Lord's  work.  Brother  Sealock  has 
shown  his  wisdom  in  selecting  one  of  Eu- 
reka's noblest  daughters  for  his  wife,  in 
the  person  of  Miss  Irene  Ridgley,  who  has 
served  so  efficiently  as  superintendent  of 
Junior  work  in  our  state.  Her  scholarship, 
experience  and  Christian  spirit  eminently  fit 
her  for  her  new  and  responsible  position. 
The  preacher's  wife  has  much  to  do  in  his 
success  or  failure. 

At  Dixon  we  found  J.  F.  Stone  busy  in 
the  King's  business.  He  is  successfully 
planning  and  carrying  forward  the  finan- 
cial work  of  the  church,  which  is  often  such 
a  difficult  task.  He  expects  to  have  Brother 
Harlow  with  him  in  a  meeting  soon,  which, 
if  we  mistake  not,  will  wake  Dixon  up  to 
the  religious  and  spiritual  possibilities  be- 
fore it.  The  church  is  harmonious  and  con- 
secrated and  has,  we  believe,  a  great  future 
in  that  growing  city. 

After  some  six  months'  residence  in  Ster- 
ling, Bro.  J.  W.  Johnson  is  getting  well  into 
the  work.  This  is  a  splendid  church,  with 
all  departments  in  full  force.  It  is  unusu- 
ally blessed  with  young  people,  several  of 
whom  attend  Eureka  College.  The  church 
has  sent  out  several  preachers,  among  whom 
are  S.  H.  Zendt,  now  minister  at  Oska- 
loosa,  la.,  and  L.  O.  Lehman,  our  preacher 
at  Havana,  111,  both  graduates  of  Eureka 
College.     If  churches  generally  patronized 


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our  own  colleges  they  would  be  stronger, 
and  far  more  men  would  enter  the  Christian 
ministry. 

At  Walnut  F.  A.  Sword  was  in  a  good 
meeting.  J.  W.  Marshall  had  been  helping 
him  some  three  weeks.  After  he  left 
Brother  Sword  was  continuing  night  after 
night,  as  the  people  were  still  making  con- 
fession. About  thirty  had  been  added  to 
the  church.  This  is  a  most  excellent  pub- 
lic-spirited church,  with  a  live,  energetic 
pastor.  Here  W.  F.  Shaw,  now  of  Chicago, 
labored  five  years,  and  J.  R.  Golden,  of  Gib- 
son, two  years,  besides  other  able  men.  The 
church  was  organized  in  1892  and  has  about 
275  members,  with  150  enrolled  in  the  Sun- 
day  school. 

At  New  Bedford,  also  in  Bureau  county, 
Bro.  J.  Fred  Smith  is  about  closing  a  very 
successful  pastorate  of  two  years.  He  left 
Eureka  College  after  graduating  in  1896. 
He  has  held  pastorates  at  Carlock  and  Ar- 
rowsmith.  He  found  a  church  at  New  Bed- 
ford of  sixty-five  members,  and  leaves  160. 
The  church  property  has  been  improved  to 
the  amount  of  about  $4,000,  all  of  which  is 
provided  except  some  $400.  There  is  a  good 
aid  society  of  thirty-five,  Christian  En- 
deavor of  forty,  Junior  of  twenty-five,  and 
Sunday  school  enrolling  130.  This  is  a  fine 
record  and  he  will  not  long  wait  for  a  loca- 
tion. 

At  Yorktown  we  have  an  excellent  country 
church.  It  numbers  eighty-six  substan- 
tial members,  with  a  Sunday  school  enroll- 
ment of  100.  The  C.  W.  B.  M.  is  active 
and  the  Christian  Endeavor  faithful.  Miss 
Myrtle  Verry  is  preaching  for  the  church 
and  leading  it  in  spiritual  work.  This  is 
another  example  of  how  a  church  in  the 
country  can  live  and  do  good  work  for  the 
Master  if  there  be  the  right  spirit  and  pur- 
pose. 

At  Putnam,  D.  J.  Howe,  a  college  student, 
is  preaching  for  the  church  half  time.  He 
is  giving  excellent  satisfaction.  The  day  I 
was  there  he  baptized  a  man  78  years  old. 
He  is  getting  all  departments  of  the  work 
into  good  order.  This  church  is  unconscious 
of  its  great  power.  When  it  gets  hold  of 
the  great  enterprises  of  the  Church  with  a 
consecration  to  our  Lord  and  his  work  ac- 


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cording  to  ability  its  influence  will  be  felt 
far  and  wide  for  good. 

The  faithful  little  church  at  Henry  is  do- 
ing well  under  half  preaching  by  Brother 
Nichols,  an  encrgeic  and  efficient  student  of 
Eureka  College.  It  is  a  difficult  field,  but 
we  have  a  good  house  and  a  number  of 
faithful  families.  Faithfulness  and  sacri- 
fice will  win  here  as  well  as  elsewhere. 

New  students  are  enrolling  still  in  the 
college,  and  classes  are  getting  well  under 
way.  A  fine  lecture  course  is  being  pro- 
vided for  the  fall  and  winter.  Several  work- 
men are  busy  about  the  college  buildings 
making  repairs  and  improvements. 

Prof.  Wm.  L.  Tomlins,  director  of  the 
Tomlins  School  of  Music,  Chicago,  spent  a 
day  in  Eureka  recently,  greatly  to  the  de- 
light of  students  and  citizens.  He  gave  a 
special  lesson  to  the  public  in  the  daytime 
and  lectured  on  "The  Philosophy  of  Music" 
at  night.  It  is  the  purpose  of  the  college  to 
have  frequent  visits  of  eminent  men  to  Eu- 
reka, that  our  young  people  may  know  them 
and  be  profited  by  their  knowledge. 

Eureka,  III.  J.  G.  Waggoner. 

Indiana. 

Out  of  the  970  churches  in  our  state  only 
490  have  given  to  missions  and  480  have 
not  given  to  missions  at  all.  Where  is  the 
effective  missionary  preacher  to  come  from, 
who  will  be  able  to  teach  them,  except  the 
state  society  send  him?  And  how  can  we 
send  men  without  money  to  support  them? 
Where  are  the  offerings  to  come  from  for 
all  the  other  enterprises  of  the  Church,  ex- 
cept they  come  from  these  churches,  plant- 
ed and  made  self-sustaining  by  the  stare 
missionary  society?  Do  we  warn  cO  see 
the  offerings  to  ministerial  relief,  church 
extension,  education,  benevolence,  C.  W. 
B.  M.,  American  missions  and  foreign 
missions  increased?  How  shall  we  ac- 
complish it  better  than  to  make  these 
o-missionary  or  ant  /-missionary  churches— 
490  of  them  in  Indiana — co-operative  in 
world-wide  evangelism. 

Every  state  mission  church,  as  soon  as 
it  becomes  self-supporting,  becomes  a 
world- wide  missionary  church.  Hence  it  is 
potentially  three  churches — one  in  Indiana, 
one  in  America  and  one  in  the  foreign  field. 
This  can  not  be  said  of  other  fields  as  it 
can  be  said  of  our  state  work  in  America. 
No  other  fields  are  so  rich  and  so  ripe. 

We  can  judge  the  tree  by  its  fruits.  Last 
year  for  each  $1.53  expended  from  our  In- 
diana treasury  in  the  work  of  evangelism 
and  sustaining  missionaries,  a  soul  was  won 
to  Christ.  There  were  1,326  added  to  the 
churches  under  the  direction  of  our  state 
workers  last  year  in  Indiana.  When  Ohio 
raises  $18,000,  Kentucky  $24,000,  Illinois 
$11,000  and  Indiana  only  $3,400  for  state 
missions,  do  you  not  see  that  we  are  ask- 
ing our  state  workers  to  "make  bricks 
without  straw,"  and  are  shamefully  and  sin- 
fully neglecting  the  ripest  mission  field  in 
the  world? 

FIELDS,    FACTS    AND    FORCES    IN    INDIANA. 

1.  On  an  average,  four  towns  of  from  300 
to  1,000  inhabitants  in  each  of  the  ninety- 
two  counties,  or  368  towns,  are  without  the 
Church  for  which  we  plead. 

2.  On  an  average,  one  city  of  from  1,000 
to  20,000  inhabitants  in  each  county,  or 
ninety-two  cities,  are  without  a  church  of 
Christ. 

3.  There  are  fourteen  county  seats  with- 
out a  church  of  Christ.  In  all  of  these 
there  are  "scattered"  Disciples  of  Christ 
sending  to  the  state  secretary  Macedonian 
calls. 

4.  In  the  2,500,000  population  in  Indiana 
there  are  132,000  members  in  the  churches 
of  Christ,  or  one-nineteenth  of  the  popula- 
tion is  in  our  membership. 

5.  There  are  now  970  churches  in  the 
state.  Of  these  490  gave  to  missions  some- 
where in  the  world  last  year,  and  480  did 
not  give. 

6.  One  of  the  greatest  works  that  could 
be  done  for  world-wide  missions  in  Indiana 
would  be  to  redeem  these  churches  from  the 
o-missionary   or   the   anti- missionary   spirit 


and  enlist  them  in  co-operative  evangelism. 

7.  Last  year  307  churches  in  Indiana  gave 
to  foreign  missions  $17,571.62,  203  churches 
gave  to  American  missions  $7,977-97  an(l 
only  133  churches  give  $3,445-75  to  Indiana 
missions. 

8.  There  are  now  881  Sunday  schools  in 
Indiana.  Last  year  399  of  these  gave  to 
foreign  missions  $5,477.25,  96  Sunday 
schools  gave  to  American  missions  $991.82, 
and  three  Sunday  schools  gave  to  state 
missions  $15  I 

9.  There  were  475  Senior  and  265  Junior 
Societies  of  Christian  Endeavor,  last  year, 
which  gave  to  foreign  missions  in  Indiana 
$1,037.67,  and  34  societies  gave  to  American 
missions  $203.99,  and  three  societies  gave 
to  Indiana  missions  $23 ! 

If  we  fail  to  cultivate  the  state  fields 
we  will  fail  to  increase  our  seed-wheat  with 
which  to  sow  the  fields  beyond. 

Let  every  church  remember  November 
day  (November  5)  with  the  greatest  offer- 
ing in  our  history,  where  every  dollar  will 
do  the  greatest  possible  good  to  the  great- 
est possible  number. 

J.  O.  Rose,  State  Cor.  Sec. 

Indian  Territory. 

A.  J.  Bush,  for  fifteen  years  state  evan- 
gelist of  Texas,  said  at  our  last  annual 
convention  that  he  had  never  known  more 
work  to  be  accomplished  with  an  equal 
amount  of  money.  The  past  summer  has 
been  the  most  remarkable  in  our  history. 
More  than  one  hundred  have  been  added  by 
baptism  and  more  than  a  hundred  other- 
wise at  mission  points.  Two  churches  have 
been  organized  since  our  convention  and 
several  fields  have  been  supplied  with 
preachers. 

Bro.  T.  F.  Richardson,  of  Hope,  Ark., 
goes  to  the  Duncan-Ninnekah  field;  Bro. 
T.  R.  Campbell  and  wife,  of  Missouri,  have 
already  begun  work  at  Holdenville;  and 
Bro.  K.  A.  Williams,  of  Illinois,  has  begun 
work  at  Tishomingo.  The  Davis  work  was 
revived  during  July  by  a  great  meeting  held 
by  A.  C.  Parker,  resulting  in  seventy  added 
and  Brother  Harris,  of  Texas,  located  at 
that  point. 

Ardmore,  for  several  months  pastorless, 
has  just  extended  a  welcome  to  Bro.  S.  H. 
Holmes  and  family.  Poteau  has  called 
Brother  Mitchell  from  Mississippi,  and  we 
understand  he  has  accepted.  R.  E.  Rosen- 
stein  recently  took  hold  of  the  work  at 
Bartlesville ;  Geo.  H.  Farley  began  to  serve 
the  Muskogee  church  the  first  of  July,  while 
S.  Hawkins,  of  Pryor  Creek,  and  A.  J.  Wil- 
liams, of  Vinita,  have  been  in  their  respec- 
tive fields  only  a  few  months. 

Randolph  Cook  changed  from  Vinita  to 
Tulsa  the  first  of  August,  and  A.  M.  Harrcl 
from  Weleetka  to  Sapulpa,  and  Broken  Ar- 
row a  little  later.  Of  the  above  named 
preachers,  nine  have  been  added  to  our  In- 
dian Territory  forces,  while  we  lost  only 
five  from  the  territory,  thus  making  a  net 
gain  of  four,  or  nearly  fifty  per  cent  above 
our  loss  in  this  matter. 

These  brethren  came  to  us  highly  recom- 
mended and  are  making  fine  impressions 
in  their  respective  fields.  Our  ministry  in 
Indian  Territory  has  increased  a  hundred 
per  cent  in  the  past  eighteen  months,  in 
numbers,  and  probably  three  hundred  per 
cent  in  efficiency. 

Everything  at  this  writing  points  to  this 
as  by  all  means  the  most  successful  year's 
work  we  have  ever  witnessed  in  this  ter- 
ritory. It  is  wonderful  what  God  hath 
wrought  in  this  strange  but  fascinating  land. 
As  I  write  these  lines  here  in  the  capital  of 
the  Seminole  nation,  the  last  national  coun- 
cil is  being  held.  History  is  being  born  ; 
changes  are  taking  place  that  mean  much  to 
this  land ;  the  future  is  full  of  promise. 
S.  R.  Hawkins,  Cor.  Sec. 

Iowa. 

State  missions  should  receive  the  sym- 
pathy and  loyal  support  of  every  minister 
of  the  gospel  and  every  man  and  woman 
interested  in  the  local  or  general  interests 
of  the  church,  for  the  reason  that  state 
missions  touch   our  Christian  activities  as 


HOW  ONE  OF  OUR   READERS 

MADE  $131.40  IN  TWO 

MONTHS. 


Dear  Editor: — I  thought  I  would  write 
and  tell  you  how  I  cleared  for  myself  $131.- 
40  in  two  months.  I  had  such  fine  success 
in  using  Mother's  Non-Alcoholic  Flavor- 
ing Extracts  in  my  cooking  that  all  my 
friends  began  to  inquire  how  it  was  my  cakes 
and  desserts  generally  had  such  a  delicate 
flavor.  Upon  my  telling  them  about  these 
new  extracts,  many  insisted  that  I  should 
get  them  some.  The  superior  results  these 
flavoring  powders  bring  about,  for  they 
come  in  a  powder  form  and  are  therefore 
non-alcoholic,  so  increased  the  demand  for 
the  goods  that  no  other  extracts  are  now 
used  in  this  town.  I  wrote  the  makers, 
A.  Gross  &  Co.,  910  Bailey  Bldg.,  Pittsburg, 
Pa.,  and  they  gave  me  the  exclusive  agency 
for  their  goods  here.  I  wrote  my  sister 
Martha,  who  lives  in  Lakeville,  about  the 
easy  money  I  was  making  and  she  tells  me 
that  since  she  started  introducing  the  pow- 
ders, she  has  made  $10.00  a  week  extra 
right  along  and  it  only  took  about  an  hour 
a  day  to  do  the  work.  I  believe  any  woman 
can  do  as  well  if  she  will  only  try  and  I 
wish  you  would  advise  any  of  your  subscrib- 
ers who  want  to  make  a  little  extra  money 
to  write  Gross  &  Co.  about  their  proposi- 
tion and  learn  how  easy  it  is  to  make  a  few 
extra  dollars  occasionally. 

Yours  very  truly, 

Mary  R. 


does  no  other  division  of  our  co-operative 
church  work.  It  matters  not  how  well  our 
home  land  is  evangelized  there  will  al- 
ways be  a  great  opportunity  and  need  for 
state  missions.  Weak  congregations,  like 
the  poor,  we  will  always  have  with  us  to 
rightfully  claim  our  sympathy  and  our  sup- 
port. State  missions  is  the  strong  arm  of 
our  work  that  supplies  this  need,  without 
which  many  of  our  weak  churches  would 
languish  and  die.  The  ceaseless  changing  of 
people  from  place  to  place,  the  lack  of  com- 
petent leadership  and  the  sharp  competition 
with  the  denominations  make  it  necessary 
to  give  some  kind  of  assistance  to  about 
one-tenth  of  our  congregations  each  year. 
Again,  the  cause  of  New  Testament 
Christianity  has  suffered  at  our  hands  on 
account  of  the  ultra  congregational  spirit 
that  has  characterized  too  many  of  our 
churches.  State  missions  endeavors  to  link 
the  churches  together  in  a  co-operative  ef- 
fort that  will  be  mutually  helpful  to  both 
weak  and  strong. 

Conditions  are  such  that  it  is  almost  out 
of  the  question  to  establish  a  new  congre- 
gation without  the  financial  assistance  and 
prestige  of  state  missions.  When  a  new 
field  is  entered  with  the  assistance  of  state 
missions  it  focalizes  the  power  of  the 
brotherhood  of  the  state  in  such  a  way  as  to 
stimulate  the  brethren  to  their  best  efforts 
and  win  the  confidence  of  the  people. 

State  missions  provides  the  base  of  sup- 
plies for  all  our  missionary,  benevolent  and 
educational  interests.     It  is  our  missionary 


SAMPLES  MAILED  FREE. 

Dr.  Blosser,  the  noted  catarrh  special- 
ist of  Atlanta,  Ga.,  is  the  discoverer  of 
a  wonderful  remedy  for  Catarrh.  Bron- 
chitis, Asthma,  and  Catarrhal  Deafness. 
He  has  decided  to  send  free  a  trial  package 
of  his  remedy  to  any  sufferer  who  will  write 
him. 

This  remedy  is  a  harmless,  pleasant 
vegetable  compound,  which  is  burned  on 
a  plate,  or  smoked  in  a  pipe  or  cigarette. 
It  contains  no  tobacco.  The  medicated 
smoke  vapor  being  inhaled,  reaches  directly 
the  mucous  membranes  lining  the  head, 
nose,  throat  and  lungs,  making  a  radical 
and  permanent  cure. 

If  you  want  to  give  the  remedy  a  free 
trial,  write  a  letter  at  once  to  Dr.  J.  W. 
Blosser,  475  Walton  St.,  Atlanta,  Ga.    , 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


October  26,  1905 


society  that  organizes  the  new  churches,  as- 
sists the  weak  churches  and  endeavors  to 
bring  the  churches  together  in  a  co-operative 
effort  that  will  quicken  every  phase  of 
church  life.  Increase  the  efficiency  of  state 
missions  and  you  open  up  the  fountain 
that  will  give  increased  vitality  to  all  of  our 
great  church  interests.  If  we  fail  to  sup- 
port state  missions  our  foreign  missions. 
American  missions,  C.  W.  B.  M.,  benevo- 
lent and  educational  interests  will  soon 
reach  their  limit.  B.  S.  Denny. 

Kansas. 

Keokuk,  from  whom  the  city  of  Keokuk, 
la.,  takes  its  name,  was  a  famous  Indian 
chieftain.  He  and  his  tribe  were  forced  west- 
ward by  the  irresistible  march  of  the  white 
man,  finally  settling  in  the  limits  of  what 
is  now  Kansas.  Chafing  under  the  en- 
croachments of  the  paleface,  and  nursing 
the  delusion  that  they  were  able  to  regain 
the  territory  lost  beyond  the  Father  of  Wa- 
ters, they  urged  the  old  chief  to  lead  them 
forth  to  battle,  as  in  former  days.  Keokuk, 
who  knew  too  well  the  hopelessness  of 
such  an  excursion,  gave  his  consent  in  the 
following  language:  "You  know,  my 
braves,  it  is  my  duty  to  lead  you  forth  to 
battle  wherever  you  desire  to  go,  and  if  you 
wish  to  cross  the  Father  of  Waters  and 
engage  the  paleface  in  battle  to  regain  the 
land  of  our  fathers,  I  will  lead  you,  but 
before  we  go,  let  us  kill  our  wives  and 
children,  our  fathers  and  mothers,  all  those 
who  are  dependent  upon  us  for  support,  for 
when  we  cross  the  Great  River  we  shall 
never  return." 

The  wise  old  chieftain  knew  the  task  was 
a  hopeless  one.  It  was  never  undertaken. 
Keokuk  died  and  was  buried  in  this  same 
territory,  near  where  the  town  of  Chase 
now  stands.  Afterward  his  bones  were  re- 
moved to  Keokuk,  Iowa,  where  a  marble 
shaft,  standing  on  a  high  bluff  overlooking 
the  "Father  of  Waters,"  marked  their  resting 
place.  As  the  light  fades  out  of  the  west- 
ern sky  after  the  setting  of  the  sun,  so  the 
red  man  is  fading  from  the  land  of  his 
nativity,  for  the  sun  of  his  power  and  glory 
has  gone  down,  to  rise  no  more.  Every- 
where the  sad  lament  is  heard.  Could  the 
waters  speak,  as  they  flow  softly  past  the 
base  of  the  cliff  on  which  repose  the  ashes 
of  Keokuk ;  could  the  hills  of  Missouri 
2nd  the  plains  of  Kansas  be  given  the  power 
of  speech;  could  the  sighing  winds  in  their 
restless  sweep  be  given  a  voice — all  would 
repeat  the  prophetic  words  of  Keokuk,  "We 
shall  never  return." 

But  the  cry  of  defeat  has  been  changed 
to  the  shout  of  victory.  Where  the  red  man 
failed  the  white  man  has  succeeded.  The  red 
man  has  given  place  to  a  race  more  worthy 
— more  worthy  because  of  having  received 
the  things  of  God  and  used  them  aright, 
a  more  intelligent  worship,  and  a  truer  serv- 
ice. The  white  race  is  being  led  forth  to 
engage  in  a  battle — a  battle  where  the 
weapons  are  not  carnal  but  spiritual.  Nev- 
ertheless, the  conflict  is  real.  The  Leader 
in  this  conflict  is  one  who  has  never 
sounded  the  note  of  retreat.  Those  who  fol- 
low him  shall  wear  the  victor's  crown.  The 
power  of  this  Leader  is  realized  by  all 
classes  of  men  as  never  before. 

In  the  Sunflower  state  the  Disciples  of 
Christ  are  pressing  on  to  victory.  The 
army  is  equipped  and  is  being  marshaled 
for  the  campaign  this  fall.  The  captains 
are  drilling  their  companies  for  the  hand- 
to-hand  conflict  which  is  to  begin  on  No- 
vember 5  and  continue  throughout  the 
month,  or  until  the  victory  is  won.  This 
is  to  be  in  the  form  of  a  rally  for  the  pur- 
pose of  rousing  the  membership  of  the 
churches  to  the  support  of  state  missions. 
The  indications  are  that  this  will  be  the 
greatest  year  yet.  and  the  preachers  of  the 
state  are  taking  hold  as  never  before.  The 
rally  cry  is:  "Eight  Thousand  Dollars  and 
Eight  Thousand  Sou;  ■>  this  Missionary 
Year."     As  ste-  I  the   Lord's  bounty 

we  should  ;.  sum 

than  this.  The  supplies  for  Kansas  day, 
such  as  leaflet*.  !  letters  and  collec- 

tion  envelopes,    will    be   furnished    free   by 


addressing  the   state  office.     Our  net   gain 
in  membership  last  year  was  5,000. 

And  now  the  campaign  is  opened.  Let 
it  not  cease  with  the  raising  of  a  few  dollars 
for  state  work.  Let  the  preachers  preach ; 
let  the  singers  sing;  let  the  people  pray;  let 
the  multitudes  rejoice  in  the  mercy  of  God. 
May  we  labor  night  and  day  for  the  saving 
of  the  Sunflower  state.  Let  the  stragglers 
fall  into  line,  let  the  ranks  fill  up,  let  every 
one  gird  himself  for  the  fray,  and  let  the 
entire  army  move  in  a  mighty  phalanx 
upon  the  strongholds  of  sin,  and  never 
cease  until   the   walls   shall    fall   down   flat. 

Topekaj  Kan.  W.  S.  Lowe. 

KentucKy. 

Our  sixty-fifth  annual  convention  at 
Maysville  took  such  action  with  reference  to 
our  future  work  as,  if  carried  out,  will  en- 
able us  to  speak  of  our  state  work  as 
"greater   Kentucky  missions." 

Aside  from  all  the  special  mission  sta.- 
tions,  more  than  twenty  in  number,  and 
our  present  evangelistic  force,  we  are  to 
support  a  strong  evangelist  who  can  be 
used  in  any  field.  We  are  instructed  to 
lend  help  in  sustaining  a  minister  of  the 
Word  at  both  Hazel  Green  and  Morehead, 
the  educational  work  of  our  National 
Christian  Woman's  Board  of  Missions. 
The  entire  contribution  of  the  Louisville 
churches  is  to  be  used  for  the  much-needed 
and  important  work  in  south  Louisville. 
Two  additional  evangelists  are  to  be  em- 
ployed for  mountain  work.  A  strong  and 
tactful  man  is  to  be  employed  to.  solicit 
large  gifts  for  state  work,  to  be  used  as  an 
endowment  fund.  These  plans  for  new 
work  mean  the  expenditure  of  about  as 
much  as  our  churches  have  been  giving  for 
this  work.  This  does  not  make  any  provi- 
sion for  the  important  work  and  useful 
men  already  being  supported.  It  is  evi- 
dent, therefore,  that  the  only  thing  to  be 
done  is  to  raise  about  double  the  amount 
of  money  we  have  been  giving,  for  the  old 
work  demands  about  the  same  expenditure 
as  the  new  that  has  been  outlined.  There 
is  nothing  impossible  about  this.  The  same 
generosity  towards  this  that  we  showed  last 
year  to  the  great  work  of  foreign  missions 
will  accomplish  this.  The  demands  of  our 
field  are  great,  the  doors  of  opportunity  are 
wide  open,  the  cry  for  help  comes  up  from 
almost  every  section  of  our  state  and  we 
must  be  hard  of  heart  indeed  if  we  do  not 
respond  when  our  starving  neighbors  beg 
for  bread,  the  bread  of  life.  We  plead  with 
the  Kentucky  brotherhood  to  make  "greater 
Kentucky  missions"  a  reality  by  coming  up 
mightily  to  its  help  November  5,  1905. 

Sulphur,  Ky.    H.  W.  Elliott,  Cor.  Sec. 

Michigan. 

"The  evangelization  of  Michigan  in  this 
generation"  is  the  motto  I  would  write 
over  the  pulpit  of  every  church  of  Christ 
in  Michigan,  and  upon  the  heart  of  every 
Christian  in  Michigan.  There  are  more 
than  two  and  one-half  millions  of  people 
in  Michigan,  but  only  nine  thousand  that 
are  Christians  only.  There  are  ten  thou- 
sand saloon  keepers  in  Michigan,  but  only 
sixty-five  men  who  are  giving  themselves 
to  preaching  "the  faith  once  for  all  de- 
livered to  the  saints."  Satan  has  his  tem- 
ples in  every  city,  village,  hamlet  and  coun- 
try place,  where  he  does  business  seven 
days  in  the  week,  day  and  night,  their  num- 
ber is  legion,  but  in  all  the  state  of  Michigan 
there  are  but  lit  places  where  the  simple 
and  unadulterated  gospel  of  Christ  is 
preached,  and  in  many  of  these  only  at 
rare  intervals.  There  are  hundreds  of 
cities  and  villages  in  Michigan  where  the 
plea  of  the  Church  of  Christ  has  never 
been  heard  ;  there  arc  millions  of  people  in 
Michigan  who  have  never  heard  a  full 
gospel  preached ;  and  more  than  this, 
)  ill  ion  people  die  in  Michigan  every 
generation  without  hope  in  Christ.  We 
Ive  hundred  more  churches  and 
preachers  than  we  have 
to  reap  the  harvest  in  Michigan  and  save 
it  from  eternal  loss.  Our  forces  are  en- 
tirely inadequate  to  the  demands.     Men  of 


Restores1  Eyesight 


SPECTACLES   ABANDONED 


'Aclina,"    a  Marvelous    Discovery   That 

Cures    Afflictions    of   the    Eye 

Without  Cutting  or  Drugging 


There  is  no  need  for  cutting,  drugging  or 
probing  the  eye  for  any  form  of  disease,  for  a 
new  system  of  treating  afflictions  of  the  eye  has 
been  discovered  whereby  all 
torturous  and  barbarous 
methods  are  eliminated. 
There  is  no  risk  or  ex- 
perimenting, as  thousands 
of  people  have  been  cured  of 
blindness,  failing  eyesight, 
cataracts,  granulated  lids 
and  other  afflictions  of  the 
eye  through  this  grand  dis- 
covery, when  eminent  oculists  termed  the  cases 
incurable.  Below  we  print  extracts  from  testi- 
monials— such   as   are   received   by   us   daily: 

Mr.  A.  O.  T.  Pennington,  special  agent  Mutual 
Benefit  Life  Insurance  Co.,  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
writes:  "Having  used  Actina  for  several  years, 
I  cheerfully  recommend  it  for  the  cure  of  eye, 
ear  and  throat  affections.  It  cured  my  mother  of 
cataracts." 

Susan  Cardwell,  Lincoln,  Kan.,  writes:  "I  am 
73  years  old,  I  was  so  blind  I  could  only  know 
persons  by  their  voices.  After  using  Actina  I 
can  now  thread  a  needle  without  glasses." 

Rev.  W.  C.  Goodwin,  Moline,  Kan.,  writes: 
"My  honest  opinion  of  Actina  is  that  it  is  one  of 
the  most  marvelous  discoveries  of  the  age.  It 
cured  my  eyes,  and  cured  my  wife  of  asthma.'.' 

Hundreds  of  other  testimonials  can  be  sent  on 
application.  "Actina"  is  purely  a  home  treat- 
ment and  self-administered  by  the  patient,  and 
is  sent  on  trial,  postpaid.  If  you  will  send  your 
name  and  address  to  the  New  York  and  London 
Electric  Association,  Dept.  203B,  929  Walnut  St., 
Kansas  City,  Mo.,  you  will  receive  absolutely  free 
a  valuable  book,  Prof.  Wilson's  Treatise  on  the 
Eye  and  on  Disease  in  General. 


'I..H*  ■■     ictdi win,  «,',ur 


Israel,  help.  If  there  is  a  man  that  can  be 
spared  from  any  other  field  come  over  into 
Michigan  and  help  us.  Truly  the  harvest 
is  great  and  the  laborers  are  few. 

We  are  expecting  the  churches  of  Michi- 
gan to  rally  to  this  work  as  they  have  never 
done  before.  The  first  Lord's  day  in  No- 
vember should  be  made  a  high  day  by  our 
Michigan  churches.  No  other  missionary 
day  in  the  whole  year  means  so  much  to 
Michigan  Disciples  as  this  day.  The  great- 
est contribution  that  Michigan  Disciples 
can  make  to  the  salvation  of  the  world  is 
to  save  Michigan — save  Michigan,  not  for 
Michigan's  sake  alone,  but  save  Michigan 
for  the  world's  sake.  Let  every  church  fall 
into  line,  and.  let  every  member  of  every 
church  make  an  offering  for  this  work. 
Then  will  the  deserts  be  made  to  blossom, 
the  dead  will  be  brought  to  life,  the  sick 
will  be  healed,  the  weak  will  be  made  strong 
and  the  command  of  our  Master  to  "preach 
the  gospel  to  every  creature"  will  be  obeyed. 

We  are  working  for  2,000  additions  to 
our  churches  this  year.  We  hope  to  finish 
paying  the  debt  that  has  been  hanging 
about  our  necks  like  a  millstone.  We  hope 
to  have  at  least  fifty  churches  on  the  roll 
of  honor.  A  church  is  placed  on  the  roll 
of  honor  when  it  pays  its  apportionment  in 
full.  We  must  raise  our  standard  of  giv- 
ing for  Michigan  missions.  Last  year  Mich- 
igan Disciples  gave  an  agerage  of  $1.49  for 
all  missions  and  an  average  of  $12.92  for 
all  purposes.  This  is  greater  than  the  aver- 
age of  any  other  state  in  the  union.  But 
last  year  Michigan  Disciples  gave  an  aver- 
age of  but  13  cents  for  Michigan  missions. 
Our  aim  this  year  is  to  make  our  offering 
average  50  cents  per  member  for  Michigan 
missions. 

Do  not  fail  to  take  the  offering  in   No- 


BIBLE  COLLEGE  AT  HOME. 

If  you  can  not  go  to  college,  the  college 
can  go  to  you.  Let  us  send  you  our  new 
illustrated  catalogue.  Write  Chas,  J.  Burton, 
President  Christian  College,  Oskaloosa,  la. 


1  "  L'OBSR  26,  1905 


THE  CliRISTIAN-EVANGELlST. 


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vember.  Nothing  should  be  permitted  to 
crowd  it  out.  1  f  you  have  not  already  or- 
dered your  Michigan  day  supplies  do  so  at 
once.  Remember  that  it  will  require  heroic 
giving  to  save  Michigan.  Remember  how 
much  there  is  at  stake.  And  remember 
how  much  God  has  given  that  we  might 
live.  Do  not  think  that  your  obligations 
to  this  work  can  be  met  without  a  sacrifice. 

C.  M.  Keene. 

Mississippi. 

We  have  in  Mississippi  nearly  2,000,000 
souls,  each  one  known  to  God  and  precious 
in  his  sight.  For  a  score  of  years  our  state 
evangelist  has  had  before  him  the  impossi- 
ble task  of  evangelizing  this  vast  number. 
•Our  churches  are  few  and  weak,  often  over 
100  miles  apart,  in  the  southern  and  west- 
ern part  of  the  state. 

The  Mississippi  Valley  Railroad  traverses 
the  entire  state  from  Tennessee  to  Louisi- 
ana, crossing  the  famous  "Delta,"  and  in  a 
.distance  of  400  miles  there  are  only  two 
churches  with  any  regular  services,  one  hav- 
ing a  minister  for  full  time  and  the  other 
for  one-fourth  time.  What  a  pity  these 
cotton  kings  of  the  Delta  don't  belong  to 
the  King  of  kings,  and  that  their  kingly  es- 
tates are  not  consecrated  to  rebuilding  the 
•shattered  walls  of  his  Jerusalem !  We  could 
take  the  Delta  if  we  had  the  money  and  the 
men. 

Then  there  is  the  Northeastern  Railroad, 
from  New  Orleans  to  Meridian,  over  200 
miles.  Only  one  church  m  all  this  distance 
and  it  has  no  preacher.  The  greatest  pine 
lumber  mills  on  earth  are  in  this  belt.  In 
the  whole  state  we  have  about  twenty 
active  white  preachers.  A  hundred  churches 
exist  only  by  struggle,  and  a  less  liberal 
people  than  we  have- in  Mississippi  would 
hardly  keep  these  churches  living  by  a 
struggle.  I  know  whereof  I  speak. 
Churches  in  the  states  further  north  of  us 
can  learn  much  from  Mississippi  on  the 
-subject  of  giving. 

So  much  for  the  dark  side  of  the  picture. 
Don't  look  at  it  too  long.  The  evangelist 
looked  at  it  till  his  eyes  refused  to  see,  his 
1ieart  ached,  his  body  wasted  and  he  laid 
himself  down  to  die.  God  has  raised  him 
up  and  he  hopes  to  help  change  it  from 
"darkness  unto  light."  Now  for  the  bright 
side :  We  have,  perhaps,  the  grandest  body 
•of  preachers  Mississippi  ever  had — strong, 
able,  self-sacrificing  fellows.  We  have  the 
most  liberal  people  on  earth.  The  people 
"have  a  mind  to  work ;  they  need  leaders. 
The  state  board  will  go  to  Water  Valley 
convention,  November  6,  out  of  debt,  with 
a  few  hundred  in  the  treasury  to  begin  the 
new  year  with,  and  with  a  goodly  number 
of  additions  to  report. 

We  are  planning  for  a  simultaneous  cam- 
paign next  spring  and  confidently  expect  a 
thousand  additions  as  a  result  of  this. 

H.  W.  P hares,  Cor.  Sec. 

McComb,  Miss. 

Missouri. 

i.  To  raise  $10,000  for  the  regular  work 
for  this  year. 

2.  To  raise  $10,000  for  the  permanent 
fund,  thus  making  sure  of  the  $5,000  of- 
fered by  Bro.  R.  A.  Long,  on  the  condition 
that  $15,000  is  raised  by  the  board  for  this 
fund  for  July  1,  1906.  Nearly  $6,000  of  the 
'$15,000  has  been  raised.  A  failure  to  suc- 
ceed in  this  would  be  Missouri's  disgrace. 

3.  To  secure  a  net  increase  of  10,000  ad- 
ditions to  the  churches  in  the  state  from 
June  1,  1905,  to  June  1,  1906.  This  is  a 
glorious  desire.    Help  us  to  realize  it. 

4.  To  continue  the  missionary  pastors  al- 
ready at  work  and  largely  increase  their 
number.  Many  strategic  points  have 
either  no  church  at  all  or  one  so  weak  as  to 
lie  utterly  unworthy  to  stand  for  so  great  a 
people.  St.  Charles  is  a  sample  of  the  one 
and  Cape  Girardeau  of  the  other.  Both 
-places  are  calling  loudly  for  the  help  which 
only  the  state  board  can  give,  and  it  can 
give  it  only  as  its  treasury  is  enlarged. 

5.  The  state  has  been  districted  into  seven 
divisions,  St.  Louis  and  Kansas  City  one 
each,  three  on  the  south  of  the  river  and 


two  on  ill'  north.  The  board  wishes  to 
place  a  first-class  evangelist  in  each  of  these 
districts  outside  the  cities  and  to  co-oper- 
ate with  the  city  mission  boards  of  St. 
Louis  and  Kansas  City  in  the  employment 
of  such  a  man,  or  such  men,  as  their  fields 
require.  Two  of  these  men,  Alfred  Munyon 
in  the  north,  and  Joseph  Gaylor  in  the 
southeast  part  of  the  state,  are  now  at  work; 
but  the  territory  is  utterly  beyond  their 
power  to  cover.  Alfred  Munyon  now  has 
a  list  of  thirty  places  which  are  begging 
and  pleading  for  him  to  come  to  their  as- 
sistance and  Brother  Gaylor  is  alike  over- 
whelmed. 

6.  To  organize  the  counties  and  through 
these  organizations  to  effect  such  a  group- 
ing of  churches  as  shall  bring  all  under  pas- 
toral care  with  the  least  expense  and  travel 
to  the  preacher  in  charge  and  thus  secure  for 
the  churches  that  care  and  oversight  without 
which  they  must  either  perish  or  else  eke 
out  a  miserable  existence  that  will  bring 
shame  to  the  cause  we  love. 

7.  Through  these  county  organizations  to 
do  very  much  evangelistic  work.  Money  is 
now  being  raised  in  the  county  conventions 
by  which  a  man  is  put  in  charge  of  one  or 
two  weak  churches  and  the  rest  of  his  time 
he  gives  to  holding  meetings  where  needed 
and  planting  such  missions  as  in  the  judg- 
ment of  the  county  board  may  seem  wise. 

8.  Hundreds  of  miles  of  new  railroad 
have  been  built  in  the  last  few  years;  new 
towns  are  springing  up,  and  these  must 
have  the  gospel  preached  within  them.  Your 
board  needs  some  pioneers,  minute  men, 
emergency  men.  We  want  to  employ  them 
that  this  much  needed  work  may  be  done. 
A  greatly  increased  offering  will  help  us 
do  this  ;  indifference  on  the  part  of  preach- 
ers or  churches  will  make  it  impossible. 

We  hope  some  day  to  see  the  same  unity 
prevail  in  our  mission  work  in  Missouri  as 
prevails  in  other  states.  Every  mission 
organization  in  the  state,  whether  city,  coun- 
ty or  district,  should  be  an  integral  part  of 
the  state  mission  work.  This  is  true  in  ev- 
ery other  state.  If  this  were  true  Missouri 
would  be  making  such  a  showing  as  would 
make  our  hearts  rejoice. 

We  call  upon  every  congregation  in  the 
state  to  join  with  us  in  this  effort  now  by 
raising  the  largest  offering  for  state  mis- 
sions ever  taken.  We  submit  that  it  is 
unfair,  in  the  highest  degree,  at  the  state 
convention  to  pass  resolutions  demanding 
that  the  work  be  enlarged  and  then  when 
the  means  for  this  enlargement  are  called 
for,  they  are  withheld.  It  is  not  possible 
for  our  state  board  to  make  bricks  without 
straw,  and  it  is  unjust  to  demand  it. 

Does  the  program  laid  down  suit  you? 
Are  you  anxious  to  see  it  carried  out? 
Does  it  rest  upon  your  heart  as  a  heavy 
burden?  Will  you  pray  that  we  may  suc- 
ceed ?  Will  you  co-operate  with  us  in  this 
effort  we  are  making  to  do  a  work  worthy 
of  so  great  a  people  with  so  noble  a  cause 
and  so  glorious  a  leader? 

T.  A.  Abbott,  Cor.  Sec. 

311  Century  Building,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

NehrasKa. 

This  name  once  stood  in  the  minds  of 
people  farther  east  for  hard  times,  bliz- 
zards and  grasshoppers.  Now  it  is  synony- 
mous with  prosperity,  growth  and  progress. 
Cities  have  replaced  the  villages  of  twenty 
years  ago.  Fine  residences  and  large  pub- 
lic building's  are  the  rule  rather  than  the 
exception.  It  is  a  question  whether  the 
churches  are  keeping  abreast  of  the  advance 
in  other  things.  For  the  Disciples  of  Christ 
it  may  be  said  that  we  are  growing  steadily, 
but  at  no  unusual  rate.  We  are  making  up 
for  time  lost  years  ago,  when  our  towns 
were  small  and  young.  Neglect,  then,  has 
cost  and  is  costing  us  thousands  of  dollars. 

We  are  just  now  at  the  door  of  another 
opportunity,  which,  if  lost,  means  more 
work  of  the  same  kind  that  we  are  now 
doing.  In  the  western  part  of  the  state,  in 
Sioux  and  Scotts  Bluff  counties,  a  great  ir- 
rigation system  is  being  worked  out  by  the 
government.  This,  when  in  operation,  will 
make  thousands  of  acres  of  now  unsettled 


Quickly   Cured 

Suffering   for   Years,  and    Bed-Fidden,  a 

Contractor    of    Marion,    Indiana,  is 

Cure<  by  the  Pyramid  FLeme<Jy. 


Trial  Pack^c  Walled  Free  to  All  Who  Send 
Name  and  Address. 

"I  was  troubled  with  piles  for  several 
years  before  {  would  let  it  be  known.  But 
at  last  they  became  re  that  I  could 

not  walk  and  I  had  to  take  my  bed.  I 
tried  everything  and  anything  the  doctors 
prescribed,  and  took  'heir  treatments  for  a 
long  time.  But  nothing  ever  did  me  any 
good.      I    Had  r    ad.    in    different 

newspaper..  ./,  J  got  ;i  50-cent  box  and  be- 
gan using  them.  From  the  very  first  I  got 
quick  relief  and  by  the  time  I  was  starting 
on  my  third  box  I  saw  I  was  cured.  I 
have  not  been  troubled  with  them  since. 
Now  you  can  use  this  as  you  please,  be- 
cause it  is  genuine.  Yours,  T.  A.  Sutton, 
Stone  and  Cement  contractor,  Marion, 
Ind." 

Instant  relief  can  be  gotten  by  using  the 
marvelous  Pyramid  Pile  Cure.  It  imme- 
diately reduces  all  congestion  and  swelling, 
heals  all  sores,  ulcers  and  irritated  parts. 

The  moment  you  start  to  use  it  your  suf- 
fering ends  and  the  cure  of  your  dread 
disease  is  in  sight. 

The  Pyramid  Pile  Cure  renders  a  sur- 
gical operation  foolhardy.  Don't  hack  to 
pieces  those  tender  muscles  which  must  be 
intact  if  a  satisfactory  cure  is  to  be  ob- 
tained. 

The  Pyramid  r/ile  Cure  is  put  up  in  the 
form  of  "'easy-to-use,-'  especially  made, 
suppositories.  They  are  soothing,  pain- 
less, instant  and  certain. 

A  trial  treatment  will  be  sent  you  at 
once  by  mail,  in  plain,  sealed  wraooer,  with- 
out a  cent  of  expense  to  you,  if  you  send 
your  name  and  address  to  Pyramid  Drug 
Co.,  5.121  Pyramid  Building,  Marshall, 
Mich. 

After  you  receive  the  sample,  you  can 
get  a  regular-size  package  of  Pyramid  Pile 
Cure  at  your  druggist's  for  50  cents,  or  if 
he  hasn't  it,  send  us  the  money  and  we  will 
send  it  to  vou. 


country  as  rich  as  any  in  the  state.  The 
inevitable  result  is  that  a  large  number  of 
settlers  are  taking  up  this  land,  and  among 
them  are  known  to  be  many  Disciples  from 
the  eastern  portion  of  Nebraska,  and  doubt- 
less there  will  be  others  from  other  sec- 
tions. We  have  two  small  houses  and  one 
living  congregation  in  that  region.  We 
have  scattered  brethren  there  also.  It  re- 
mains for  us  to  be  with  the  advance  on 
these  new  fields,  so  that  our  work  may  be 
done  at  the  time  of  the  formation  of  the 
life  of  the  community,  rather  than  after  it 
has  been  formed.  We  ought  to  plant  several 
churches  to  take  care  of  our  own  people 
who  are  going  there  this  fall. 

Note  a  few  of  the  open  doors  that  have 
appealed  to  us  for  the  assistance  needed : 
Big  Springs,  on  the  U.  P.  Railroad,  has  a 
number  of  brethren  that  would  be  glad  to 
be  organized.  At  North  Platte  a  struggling 
mission  church  has  about  completed  a  neat 
house.  They  must  have  help  for  a  few 
years  to  sustain  preaching.  This  is  a  town 
of  over  4,000  population.  Attention  has 
been  called  to  Sutton,  a  town  of  1.500  in 
Clay  count}7,  as  a  hopeful  field  for  our  work. 
At  Norfolk,  a  considerable  town  and  junc- 
tion point,  we  have  a  goodly  number  of 
brethren.  We  must  reorganize  there  this 
winter.  An  appeal  comes  from  Pender,  in 
Thurston  county,  a  town  of  1.100  people 
and  a  county  seat.  We  have  a  few  members 
here  waiting  for  the  coming  of  the  evangel- 
ist. We  have  some  staunch  people  at  Genoa, 
and  also  at  Fullerton,  in  Nance  county. 
The  church  at  Tekamah  has  lost  its  build- 
ing and  ceased  to  meet.  We  could  get  the 
house  back  on  easy  terms,  and  the  work 
ought  to  be  redeemed.     The  rapidly  grow- 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


OCTOBER  26,  1905 


ing  suburb  of  Omaha,  Florence,  has  a  house 
and  recently  the  North  Side  Church  of 
Omaha  has  started  a  mission  there.  This 
place  will  need  strengthening  right  away. 
We  could  organize  a  little  congregation  at 
Strang,  where  a  short  meeting  was  held 
last  winter  by  a  near  by  preacher.  There  is 
not  a  living  congregation  in  thirty-four  of 
the  counties  of  the  state.  We  could  or- 
ganize a  score  of  churches  in  six  months 
with  comparative  ease.  We  need  more  men 
to  care  for  them  after  they  are  established. 
-  ate  Evangelist  Whiston  and  wife  just 
closed  a  meeting  at  Vesta  in  the  state  tent. 
An  organization  of  twenty-five  members 
was  effected  of  some  of  the  best  people  in 
die  community.  An  unused  house  in  the 
country  was  donated,  and  $400  raised  to 
move  'it  in  and  repair  it.  This  same  evan- 
gelist labored  last  year  twenty-nine  and  a 
half  weeks;  had  106  additions,  at  a  net  cost 
to  the  society  of  $2.71  each.  Four  other 
evangelists  averaged  $2.85  each  per  addition. 
Nothing  is  shown  by  these  figures  of  the 
help  given  in  other  ways  to  struggling  con- 
gregations.   And  these  places  were  all  weak. 

Note  the  suggestive  figures:  During  the 
last  missionary^  year.  90  churches,  79  Bible 
schools  and  43  Christian  Endeavor  Socie- 
ties gave  to  state  missions ;  22  churches,  with 
40  or  more  members  each,  gave  nothing; 
10  others,  with  100  or  more  members  each, 
gave  nothing.  Not  a  single  congregation 
in  the  state  gave  as  much  as  $100  as  a 
church.  These  figures  are  simply  to  show 
that  we  are  using  only  part  of  our  resources. 
We  are  as  well  off  proportionately  as  other 
religious  bodies.  We  are  able  enough  to 
give"  four  times  as  much  as  we  do  for  work 
in  Nebraska,  and  still  keep  up  all  other 
missions  and  home  work.  We  are  growing, 
but  we  can  grow  faster  if  we  will. 

Our  state  convention  enrolled  2,077  at 
its  last  meeting.  It  has  every  promise  of 
reaching  3.000  next  August.  We  have  en- 
larged the  apportionments  in  view  of 
enlarged  work.  W.  A.  Baldwin. 

/520  S.  iSth  St.,  Lincoln,  Neb. 
North  Carolina. 

October  4  and  5,  the  writer  spent  in  fel- 
lowship with  the  brethren  at  Hagerstown, 
Md..  who  were  assembled  in  the  annual 
convention  of  the  Christian  Missionary  So- 
ciety of  Maryland,  Delaware  and  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia.  For  twelve  years  I  have 
assembled  with  them  in  these  joyous  gath- 
erings, and  for  seven  of  these  years  had  the 
honor  of  serving  them  as  their  correspond- 
ing secretary.  My  predecessor  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  was  W.  S.  Hoye,  of  Beaver 
Creek.  Md.,  who  also  is  my  successor.  Peter 
Ainslie,  of  Baltimore,  is  president  for  the 
year,  and  J.  Irwin  Bitner  continues  the  ca- 
pable and  accommodating  treasurer.  The 
vice-presidents  are:  F.  D.  Power  and 
H.  S.  Welch,  of  Washington,  and  C.  M. 
Kreidler.   of   Baltimore. 

During  the  past  twelve  years  in  this  dis- 
trict twenty  new  missions  have  been  start- 
ed and  twenty-three  houses  of  worship  se- 
cured, nineteen  of  them  new  ones.  The  re- 
ports of  the  missionaries  assisted  by  the 
and  the  A.  C.  M.  S.  and  the 
C.  V  al  one  point  reported  over  300 

add:  A    number   of  the 

missions  were  without  a  regular  minister 
for  part  of  the  year.  Good  men  have  been 
secured  for  a  number  of  these  points. 

The  society  is  doing  a  good  work  in  as- 
sisting young  men  to  the  ministry.  Some 
prominent  men  on  foreign  mission  fields 
and  ministering  to  churches  were  helped 
by  the  educational  committee.  Altogether 
eighteen  young  men  have  been  assisted  and 
four  are  now  in  college. 

The  preachers'  day  program  was  a  good 
one.  Geo.  L.  Snively  represented  the  work 
of    the    National    Benevolent    Association; 

B.  L.  Smith,  home  missions;  S.  J.  Corey, 
foreign  missions;    Jiss  Mattie  Burgess,  the 

C.  W.  B.  M.,  and  H.  E.  Moninger  gave  an 
address  on  the  -ra.ded  Sunday  school.  F.  D. 
Power  spoke  with  his  usual  vigor  on  Chris- 
tion  union.  The  writer  spoke  on  church 
music.  C.  C.  Jones  and  Miss  Effie  Long 
told  in  an  interesting  manner  of  the  great 


individual  Communion  Service 

Made  of  several   materials   and  m  many  designs  including  self-collecting  tray 
Send  for  full  particulars    nd  catalogue  No.  27.    Give  the  number  of  communicants. 
'The  l-ord's  bupper  takes  on  a  new  dignity  and  beauty  by  ttie  use  of  the  individual  Cup." — J.  K.  Wilson,  D.D. 
GEO.  Ii.  SPRINGER,  Manager,  256-258  Washington  St..  Boston.  Mass. 


national  convention  and  the  trip  of  The 
Christian-Evangelist  special.  There  were 
other  good  features,  one  of  the  best  being 
the  prominence  given  to  the  devotional 
services,  which  added  much  to  the  spiritual- 
ity of  the  convention.  Professor  F.  D. 
Kershner,  who  has  taken  the  place  of  his 
brother  at  Martinsburg,  W.  Va.,  becoming 
minister  there,  gave  a  strong  Bible  reading 
at  one  of  the  sessions. 

I  hope  to  attend  the  North  Carolina  state 
convention  at  Lagrange,  beginning  Tues- 
day, October  24.  I  have  received  an  invita- 
tion and  cordial  welcome  to  the  state  from 
J.  Boyd  Jones,  of  Wilson,  the  secretary  for 
North  Carolina.  This  is  much  appreciated 
and  I  hope  soon  to  meet  Brother  Jones  face 
to   face. 

The  district  co-operation  meeting  meets 
with  our  congregation  at  this  place  from 
October  27-29.  We  hope  for  a  good  meet- 
ing. Dr.  B.  T.  Bitting,  of  Spray,  informs 
us  the  program  is  prepared.  Dr.  Bitting,  I 
learn,  has  been  for  five  years  simply  a  Dis- 
ciple. Having  studied  his  Bible  and  seen 
the  simplicity  of  the  gospel,  he  was  about 
to  start  a  congregation  simply  Christian 
when  he  learned  there  was  already  such  a 
people,  and  he  began  to  co-operate  with 
them. 

Our  work  is  opening  up  here.  The 
C.  W.  B.  M.  is  organized,  the  Sunday  school 
class  is  growing  slowly  and  there  is  a  good 
increase  in  the  Sunday  night  audiences. 
We  hope  to  begin  our  meeting  in  November. 

J.  A.  Hopkins. 

Winston-Salem,  N.   C. 

Oregon. 

The  time  for  the  offering  for  state  work 
by  the  churches  is  at  hand.  The  rush  of 
people  into  the  state  brings  increased  re- 
sponsibilities to  the  churches  of  Christ.  The 
present  work  must  be  sustained  and  work 
in  new  fields  undertaken.  The  Disciples 
coming  to  the  state  should  be  gathered  in, 
and  the  new  and  promising  fields  springing 
up  should  have  the  attention  of  our  evan- 
gelist. The  state  board  is  looking  to  the 
November  offering  for  the  means  to  enable 
it  to  carry  on  to  a  successful  issue  the  work 
now  on  hand  and  to  enter  new  fields.  If 
every  preacher  will  co-operate  with  the 
state  board  and  distribute  the  envelopes 
sent  out  by  the  secretary,  preach  a  sermon 
on  state  work  and  take  the  offering  the 
first  Lord's  day  in  November,  we  shall  have 
the  best  offering  in  the  history  of  the  state 
work.  We  will  be  able  to  come  up  to  the 
convention  at  "Turner  in  1906  with  1,500 
souls  saved  and  every  obligation  fully  met." 
Shall  we  do  it?  Remember  the  time,  the 
first  Lord's  day  in  November.  "He  which 
soweth  sparingly  shall  reap  also  sparingly ; 
and  he  which  soweth  bountifully  shall  reap 
also  bountifully.  Every  man  as  he  pur- 
poseth  in  his  heart  so  let  him  give;  not 
-  ••■  •.-'■  i-v  '7  or  (-/  neci  ' :  7  :  for  God  Hve'Vi 
a  "he  1  "c7!  rive-.  \fid  God  is  able  to 
make  ail  graco  abound  toward  you,  that  yc 
always  having  all  sufficiency  in  all  things, 
may  abound  to  every  good  work." 

J.   W.  Jenkins,  State  President. 

Athena,  Ore. 


The  prospects  for  a  large  offering  for 
state  missions  in  November  are  very  bright. 
Of  the  thirty  churches  visited  to  date  I  do 
not  think  one  will  fail  to  be  on  hand  with 
its  gift.  Our  $10  debt  fund  pledge  has  now 
twenty-eight  signatures ;  and  several  new 
life  members  have  been  secured. 

The  work  is  shaping  up  nicely  for  a  suc- 
cessful year.  Several  of  the  churches  have 
their  meetings  already  planned  and  others 
are  arranging  for  the  fall  campaign.  Our 
pastor-evangelists  will  figure  largely  in  our 
evangelistic  work  this  year.  Churches  de- 
siring meetings  by  these  men  should  write 
at  once,  as  they  can  not  be  had  at  just  any 


time,  since  they  have  their  own  fields  to 
tend. 

Four  district  conventions  have  been 
planned  for  this  month.  One  of  these  is 
now  in  session  at  Grant's  Pass.  The  others 
are  to  be  held  at  Pendleton,  Coburg  and 
Brownsville,  respectively.  There  should 
also  be  a  meeting  of  the  churches  of  the 
northwestern  counties  this  fall. 

Above  all,  brethren,  remember  our  motto, 
and  let  us  show  the  Disciples  of  other  states 
what  we  can  do  when  we  have  "a  mind  to 
work"  for  Christ.  "Turner,  1906,  with  1,500 
souls   for  Christ  and  no  debts." 

Let  each  Disciple  do  his  best  on  Novem- 
ber 5.  Let  your  offering  be  "as  the  Lord 
has  prospered"  the  giver.  An  offering  from 
every  church,  a  gift  from  every  member  and 
an  average  of  at  least  50  cents  for  each  Dis- 
ciple in  Oregon.  I  hear  one  great  chorus 
say,  "It  shall  be  so."        F.  E.  Biujngton. 

Cottage  Grove,  Ore. 

Tennessee. 

We  closed  the  sixteenth  annual  state 
convention  of  Tennessee  at  Harriman  on 
October  5.  It  was  the  best  in  the  history 
of  our  work,  as  the  past  year  was  the  most 
fruitful.  Our  permanent  fund,  created  five 
years  ago,  amounts  now  to  $13,500;  $1,800 
has  been  secured  in  the  last  year,  our  first 
bequest,  bringing  to  the  board  $1,400,  was 
paid.  Including  gifts  to  the  permanent  fund, 
our  missionary  offerings  for  Tennessee 
amounted  to  about  $7,500  the  past  year. 
Offerings  to  missions,  outside  the  state, 
last  year  gained  fifty  per  cent  over  1904. 
Our  progress  has  been  equally  great  in  other 
lines.  One  hundred  and  twenty  months' 
work  was  done,  with  about  700  additions  to 
the  churches.  Our  plans  for  the  coming 
year  are  to  hold  at  least  fifty  meetings,  us- 
ing, as  far  as  possible,  the  pastors  of  Ten- 
nessee, and  securing  other  specialists  for 
five  or  ten  of  these  meetings  at  points  where 
we  now  assist  in  sustaining  the  regular 
ministers.  This  is  done  to  bring  these  mis- 
sionary points  into  a  condition  of  self-sup- 
port. We  also  intend  to  organize  congre- 
gations in  several  important  towns  where 
now  we  are  not  represented.  Our  plans 
contemplate  the  expenditure  of  about 
$7,500  for  the  coming  year. 

We  have  rare  opportunities  in  Tennessee, 
as  will  be  seen  when  it  is  understood  that 
only  300,000  of  our  population  can  be 
reached  with  the  gospel  by  our  regular 
ministers.  Thus  1,850,000  remain  to  be 
evangelized  by  missionaries.  Co-operation 
is  the  only  practical  method.  In  thirteen 
counties  of  the  ninety-six  we  are  not  repre- 
sented at  all.  Of  151  incorporated  towns 
and  cities  we  are  represented  in  eighty-five. 
The  -  annual  value  of  the  mineral,  manu- 
factured and  farm  products  of  Tennessee  is 
$565,000,000;  the  value  of  the  taxable  prop- 
erty is  $150,000,000.  These  facts  indicate 
the  natural  resources  of  the  slate  and  will 
inevitably  lead  to  the  incoming  of  a  large 
population  to  which,  as  well  as  to  those  al- 
ready here,  the  gospel  must  be  preached. 
Doing  this  work  adequately  is  the  practical 
problem  before   us. 

Sixteen  years  ago,  when  our  co-operative 
work  was  organized,  five  churches  had  min- 


Now  is  the  Time  to  Visit  Hot  Springs, 

Arkansas,  via  the  Iron  Mountain  Howie. 

The  season  at  the  great  National  Health 
and  Pleasure  Resort  is  in  full  blast.  Cli- 
mate unsurpassed.  Hot  Springs  Special 
leaves  St.  Louis  daily  at  8:20  p.  m.,  mak- 
ing the  run  in  less  than  twelve  hours. 
Three  other  fast  trains  daily.  Handsome 
descriptive  literature  can  be  obtained  free 
by  calling  on,  or  addressing  our  City 
Ticket  Agent,  S.  E.  cor.  6th  &  Olive  Sts., 
St.  Louis. 


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isters  employed  for  their  whole  time;  now 
there  are  about  forty  such  churches  employ- 
ing ministers.  Then  $1,000  was  given  for 
all  missions  annually;  this  year  about  $14,- 
000  was  given  for  all  missions.  Since  the 
inauguration  of  this  work  102  churches 
have  been  organized  and  helped,  eighty  per 
cent  of  which  are  living  and  doing  well. 
About  10,500  additions  have  been  secured 
to  the  churches  and  about  $260,000  secured 
for  religious  work.  We  regard  this  work 
as  eminently  successful.  The  sentiment  in 
its  favor  is  constantly  growing  and  the  out- 
look is  bright  and  hopeful. 

A.   I.   Myhr. 

Texas. 

Texas  missions  means  world-wide  mis- 
sions. We  have  here  the  heathen  at  our 
door.  Germans,  Bohemians,  Italians  are 
to  be  found  in  large  and  growing  numbers 
in  many  places  in  Texas.  At  Lagrange,  a 
prosperous  town  in  south  Texas,  where  we 
once  had  a  good  congregation,  the  Germans 
have  bought  out  the  former  citizens  until 
now  we  have  but  one  family  left  there.  We 
have  a  good  church  building  rented  to  the 
Lutherans  because  w  z  have  so  few  people 
there.  We  need  very  much  a  German  min- 
ister who  is  willing  to  labor  and  sacrifice 
for  the  salvation  of  his  fellows.  (Send  the 
address  of  such  a  one  to  the  undersigned.) 

Our  first  Mexican  mission  was  at  Juarez, 
just  across  the  Rio  Grande  from  El  Paso. 
Bro.  M.  L.  Hoblit  and  Miss  Bertha  C.  Ma- 
son were  our  missionaries.  It  was  proba- 
bly a  wise  thing  to  open  the  mission  after 
one  year's  effort  at  Monterey.  There  is, 
however,  evidence  of  the  good  influence  of 
this  initial  effort  and  over  a  year  ago  J.  M. 
Martinez  was  encouraged  to  take  up  the 
work  in  Juarez  and  El  Paso.  He  has  given 
his  time  and  labor  with  but  little  remuner- 
ation to  this  work  until  those  who  are  on 
the  ground,  men  of  good  judgment,  appeal 
to  our  state  board  for  help  to  put  this  mis- 
sion in  working  shape.  Brother  Martinez 
was  formerly  a  Methodist  minister.  More 
than  two  years  ago  he  learned  the  way  of 
the  Lord  more  perfectly  and  his  devotion 
to  this  mission  under  trying  conditions  has 
amply  proved  him  a  worthy  and  faithful 
man.  Bro.  L.  C.  Brite,  who  lives  at  Marfa, 
■where  Brother  Martinez  formerly  labored, 
and  who  has  known  him  and  his  work,  of- 
fers to  give  one-fourth  of  the  amount  nec- 
essary to  support  this  mission.  To  pay  rent 
for  the  building  and  give  a  very  modest  sup- 
port to  Brother  Martinez  will  require  $1,000 
per  annum.  We  have  appealed  to  our  home 
board  and  also  to  the  C.  W.  B.  M.,  but  both, 
like  the  Texas  board,  have  felt  that  they 
could  not  now  undertake  this  new  work. 
With  the  tried  man  on  the  ground  and  at 
work  endorsed  by  the  elders  of  the  church 
at  El  Paso  and  E.  M.  Waits,  minister,  also 
T.  D.  Secrest,  of  Marfa,  and  with  Brother 
Brite's  offer  of  one-fourth  of  the  necessary 
amount  to  support  the  mission  before  us, 
we  feel  that  we  can  not  close  our  ears  to 
this  appeal.  Hence  we  beg  the  readers  of 
this  paper  to  pray  for  this  mission  that  the 
way  may  be  opened  to  continue  this  good 
and  well-begun  work. 

Here  is  a  Macedonian  cry  at  our  door — 
no  traveling  expenses,  no  waiting  to  learn 
the  language.     My  brethren,  shall  we  turn 


A  Notre  Dame  Lady's  Appeal. 

I  will  send  free,  with  full  instructions, 
some  of  this  simple  preparation  for  the 
cure  of  Leucorrhcea,  Ulceration,  Displace- 
ments, Falling  of  the  Womb,  Scanty  of 
Painful  Periods,  Tumors  or  Growths,  Hot 
Flashes,  Desire  to  Cry,  Creeping  feeling  up 
the  Spine,  Pain  in  the  Back  and  all  Female 
Troubles,  to  all  sending  address.  To 
mothers  of  suffering  daughters  I  will  ex- 
plain a  Successful  Home  Treatment.  If 
you  decide  to  continue  it  will  only  cost 
about  12  cents  a  week  to  guarantee  a  cure. 
Tell  other  sufferers  of  it,  that  is  all  I  ask. 
If  you  are  interested  write  now  and  tell 
your  suffering  friends  of  it.  Address  Mrs. 
M.  Summers,  Box  183,  Notre  Dame,  Ind. 


away  from  this  faithful  man  and  his  family 
and  his  mission? 

The  Texas  board  asks  for  not  less  than 
$5,000  as  a  November  offering.  Wc  must 
have  this  amount  »r  beat  a  retreat.  We  can 
not  afford  to  retreat.  The  Lord  has  mar- 
velously  blessed  our  Texas  work.  The  past 
year  has  given  us  bountiful  crops.  As  we 
have  been  blessed,  let  us  be  a  blessing.  In 
a  ministry  of  more  than  three  score  years 
the  writer  has  never  seen  a  riper,  more  prom- 
ising field  for  the  sowing  of  the  seed  of  the 
kingdom  of  Christ. 

What  shall  our  response  be  to  this  the 
Lord's  leading?  What  cheering  news  from 
the  field,  home  and  foreign?  Texas  Dis- 
ciples must  keep  well  to  the  front.  Prayer- 
fully, loyally,  liberally,  cheerfully,  aye,  vic- 
toriously, let  us  go  forward.  Take  the  of- 
fering promptly  and  remit  to — 

J.  C.  Mason,  Secretary, 

Box  280,  Sta.  A.,  Dallas. 

Virginia. 

Virginia  has  just  closed  a  great  year  in 
her  missionary  work.  The  total  receipts 
for  the  year  were  $7,310.37.  The  total  num- 
ber of  accessions  from  all  sources  was 
1,011.  Six  new  congregations  and  six  new 
Sunday  schools  were  organized,  and  seven 
new  buildings  were  secured  by  our  workers. 
Twenty-two  men  were  employed,  who 
worked  3,696  days,  preached  2,268  sermons 
and  helped  70  places,  not  counting  scat- 
tered missions  where  a  few  sermons  were 
preached.  In-  addition  to  the  above  our 
financial  secretary  visited  150  places. 

Our  special  work  last  year  was  a  great 
meeting  in  Portsmouth,  a  city  of  25,000  peo- 
ple, where  the  plea  of  the  Disciples  had 
never  been  heard.  A  great  tent,  seating 
1,400  people,  was  secured  and  Herbert 
Yeuell  sent  there  as  evangelist.  The  result 
was  that  thousands  heard  the  primitive 
truth  for  the  first  time,  and  the  organiza- 
tion of  a  congregation  with  84  members, 
and  a  good  Sunday  school. 

H.  D.  Coffey '  finished  a  meeting  in  a 
suburb  of  Lynchburg,  organized  a  church 
with  300  members,  erecting  and  paying  for 
a  good  house,  and  calling  a  preacher  for 
all  time.  He  did  the  same  thing  three  times 
besides  this  in  this  year,  but  did  not  in 
any  other  case  secure  so  many  members. 

Our  board  will  make  a  strenuous  effort 
to  continue  at  its  present  mission  points, 
and  its  present  corps  of  efficient  evangelists. 
We  hope  to  employ  one  or  two  more  evan- 
gelists for  general  work,  and  also  some 
evangelists  for  a  few  meetings  in  our  larger 
cities  where  we  are  either  not  represented 
or  are  very  weak.  We  want  very  soon  to  be 
able  to  say  that  every  city  in  Virginia  has 
a  church  of  Christians  only.  That  is  just 
now  our  chiefest  concern.  We  have  also  set 
before  us  the  hope  that  this  good  year  may 
see  every  church  in  the  state  supplied  with 
regular  pastoral  work. 

Our  Virginia  work  has  one  special  feature 
which  might  be  of  value  to  other  states.  It 
is  this :  The  salary  of  the  secretary  is  paid 
by  individual  subscriptions  made  for  this 
purpose  alone.  We  have  tried  the  plan 
five  or  rr:  y: s  rnd  find  thnt  it  works  re- 
markably well.  Our  financial  agent  can 
now  go  to  the  churches  presenting  the 
claim  of  the  work,  and  no  man  can  say,  "He 
is  just  raising  his  own  salary."  This  has 
been  a  decided  gain  in  our  work. 

Our  Virginia  brethren  are  becoming  more 
thoroughly  imbued  with  the  spirit  of  state 
missions  with  each  passing  year.  The  hearts 
of  the  preachers  are  stirred  in  this  matter 
and  on  every  side  the  people  are  saying, 
"Virginia   must  go   forward." 

Virginia  day  will  be  November  5,  and 
some  churches  are  already  planning  to 
make  their  offering  double  the  amount 
asked  for.  Our  new  watchword  suggested 
and  voted  by  the  convention  is :  "Ten  thou- 
sand dollars  for  Virginia  missions  this 
year."  We  confidently  expect  our  greatest 
November  offering  and  our  greatest  year. 
Let  every  Virginia  Disciple  do  his  dutv. 
H.  C.  Combs,  Fin.  Sec.  V.  C.  M.  S. 

Richmond,  Va. 


Washington. 

Here  is  a  state  400  miles  long  and  200 
miles  wide,  with  limith  .,  and  a 

population  of  only  850,000  people  I' 
fields  produce  fifty  bushels  per  acre.  Its 
timber  fields  are  so  vast  that  one  county 
has  timber  enough  contracted  to  run  their 
immense  mills  for  forty  years.  What  do 
these  facts  mean?  Simply  that  thousand*, 
will  flock  to  seize  the  splendid  oppor- 
tunities here  offered,  which  will  neces- 
sitate a  mighty  demand  upon  our  home  mis- 
sionary boards.  The  rapid  growth  of  our 
work  in  Oklahoma  can  be  duplicated  in 
Washington  if  we  are  awake  to  the  demands 
of  the  hour.  This  can  be  done  only  by  every 
follower  of  Christ  helping  in  the  work.  The 
state  boards  can  see,  as  the  local  congrega- 
tion can  not,  the  most  strategeic  points.  I 
say  state  boards  because  it  was  the  concen- 
sus of  opinion  at  our  last  state  meeting 
at  Pullman  that  we  should  divide  the  state 
into  east  and  west  Washington.  The  east 
sulr  '  ...        '-'-ady  organized  as  "The 

■  lie  Christ  *   '  'issionary  Socie- 
»V.   S.  Lemmon,  of  Spokane,  as 
aing  secretary. 

1  he  west  side  brethren  will  meet  in  Seat- 
tle, October  25,  26,  to  perfect  their  organ- 
ization. When  this  is  accomplished  the 
state  organizati  v. in  dissolve  into  the  two, 
as  soon  as  the  legal  phase  of  the  question 
can  be  adjusted. 

Already  plans  are  being  laid  for  advanced 
missionary  work,  and  two  missionaries  are 
to  be  employed  on  the  east  side. 

Three  new  organizations  were  created 
this  year,  and  976  souls  added,  making  our 
number  5,82.+,  c.  one  member  to  every  125 
of  our  population. 

Oh,  the  mighty  work  i^^re  us!  God  give 
us  power  and  give  us  men  ! 

F.  B.  Huffman,  Cor.  Sec. 

Palouse,  Wash. 

Western  Pennsylvania. 

Western  Pennsylvania  is  one  of  the  large 
mission  fields  of  the  United  States.  There 
is  a  population  of  two  million  three  hun- 
dred thousand,  which  is  exceeded  in  num- 
ber by  only  eight  states  of  the  union.  Most 
of  the  Disciples  are  in  the  ten  southern 
counties— over  sixteen  thousand  of  the 
members — and  less  than  one  thousand  in 
the  other  fifteen  counties.  This  being  the 
region  in  which  the  gospel  restoration  was 
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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


October  26,  1905 


Evangelistic 


At   tntite   ministers  and  others  to  send 

'tj    si    meetings,    additions    and    other 

nrtos    of    the    churches   for   publication    in 

tMis  dtpmtwunL     It  is  especially  retfuested 

U*ot  uKiHw  be  reported  as  "by  confession 

;is»%"  or  "by   letter." 

CALIFORNIA. 
Covina,  Oct.  13. — Our  church  was  never  so 
prosperous.     Eight  additions  since  Septem- 
ber 1  ;  0  by  confession  and  baptism — J.  W. 
Utter. 

COLORADO. 
Loveland.   Oct.    16. — Four   additions  yes- 
terdav:    2  on  October  S.— A.  O.  Walker, 
Past  ' 

DELAWARE. 

Ocean  View.  Oct.  15. — I  have  just 
closed  a  two  weeks'  meeting  at  Ocean  View, 
resulting  in  10  additions. — Jacob  Walters. 

IDAHO. 
Payette,  Oct.  8—  The  Lake  City,  Iowa, 
meeting  closed  with  30  added,  C.  L. 
Organ,  minister.  Had  to  reach  beyond  im- 
mediate field,  as  150  had  been  added  in  last 
18  months.  Meeting  here  7  days  old  with 
p8  added.  Frank  McCray  sings. — O.  E. 
Hamilton-,  evangelist. 

ILLINOIS. 
Special   to  The   Christian-Evangelist. 

Lincoln,  Oct.  15. — One  hundred  and  twen- 
ty-three to  date;  Episcopal  rector  spoke  on 
"Holy  Baptism"  one  night.  Answered  next 
night,  "Baptism  and  New  Testament 
Church/'  Great  interest. — Wilson  and^ 
Lixtt. 

Ludlow,  Oct.  14. — Our  meeting  closed 
last  night ;  15  additions — 10  by  confession, 
4  reclaimed,  1  by  statement.  E.  E.  Nelms, 
of  Edinburg.  conducted  the  singing.  We 
can  make  engagements  after  January  1. — 
Lew  D.  Hill  and  Wife. 

Toluca,  Oct.  19. — One  more  addition  last 
Sunday  by  statement. — S.  P.  Telford,  pas- 
tor. 

Joliet,  Oct.  17. — One  confession  at  First 
Church  last  Lord's  day. — Ben  N.  Mitchell. 

Paris. — I  am  holding  a  meeting  at  Bell 
Ridge,  10  miles  from  Paris  ;  62  additions  in 
15  days.  H.  M.  Brooks  is  singer. — Finis 
Idle  man. 

Fairfield,  Oct.  18. — One  addition  last 
Lord's  day — from  the  U.  B.  church.  The 
Christian  Endeavor  Society  is  taking  on 
new  life  and  all  departments  are  forging 
'ahead.  We  are  planning  to  hold  a  revival, 
beginning  November  5. — Allen  T.  Shaw, 
pastor. 

Heyworth. — Our  meeting  closed  Oct.  15, 
with  67  additions;  41  baptisms,  3  from  the 
Presbyterian,  1  each  from  the  Baptist,  the 
M.  E.,  and  the  U.  B.  churches.  The  church 
is  greatly  edified  and  strengthened  by  the 
meeting.  Brother  Monser  was  the  evan- 
gelist. During  the  latter  half  of  the  meet- 
ing we  were  greatly  blessed  in  song  by 
Mrs.  J.  E.  PowHl,  of  Bloomington. — J.  P. 
GivENS,    Pastor. 

INDIANA. 

Columbus.  Oct.  16. — I  began  here  Octo- 
ber 1.  Work  starts  off  well.  Sixteen  have 
been   added. — W.    H.   Book. 

Knightstown,  Oct.  25. — At  Shiloh,  Han- 
cock county,  we  have  just  concluded  a  two 
weeks'  meeting  with  my  father,  James  W. 
Conner,  as  pastor.  There  were  18  additions 
—  \(y  by  baptism  and  2  by  statement. — E. 
S.  Conker. 

Indianapolis,  Oct.  10. — I  closed  a  10  days' 
meeting  at  Plum  Creek,  Rush  county,  with 
22  additions — 17  baptisms,  2  from  Baptists, 
3  by  statement.  Two  baptisms  at  Sandborn 
last  month  not   reported. — L.   E.   Murray. 

INDIAN  TERRITORY. 

Davis.  Oct.  16. — One  confession  last 
night.  The  attendance  is  increasing  every 
tveek. — O.   M.  Thomaso :.. 


IOWA. 

Prairie  City,  Oct.  21. — Eight  added  recent- 
ly— 7  bv  baptism  and  1  bv  statement. — 
C.  H.  Straw  x. 

Ottumwa,  Oct.  18. — Since  last  report 
there  have  been  24  additions  to  the  First 
Church;  18  of  these  came  in  a  short  rally 
held  by  our  retiring  pastor,  Wm.  J.  Lock- 
hart. — C.  S.  Miller. 

KANSAS. 

Clay  Center,  Oct.  15. — Fourteen  addi- 
tions today;  9  by  confession,  5  by  letter  and 
statement. — Otho   Moomaw,   Minister. 

\Yinfield,  Oct.  19. — Our  meeting  has  been 
in  progress  5  days,  with  10- additions.  H.  A. 
Northcutt,  evangelist. — Albert  Nichols, 
pastor. 

Pardee,  Oct.  16.— E.  J.  Wright,  of 
Leavenworth,  closed  a  three  weeks'  meet- 
ing here  last  night,  resulting  in  11  ad- 
ditions— 8  by  confession,  2  by  statement,  1 
restored. — J.  A.   Miller. 

Manhattan,  Oct.  13. — Our  meeting  began 
Oct.  6,  with  the  Wright  brothers  as  evan- 
gelists.— J.  Edward  CrEsmER,  pastor. 

Pardee,  Oct.  9. — I  am  in  a  good  meeting 
with  this  church ;  10  accessions  to  date.  J.  S. 
Spears,  of  Hamlin,  is  the  pastor. — E.  J. 
Wright,  evangelist. 

Galena,  Oct.  16.- — Our  meeting  is  two 
weeks  old,  with  13  additions.  Interest  in- 
creasing.— J.  P.  Haner. 

Lincoln. — I  preached  for  my  brother, 
J.  G.  Engle,  at  Delavan,  October  1 ;  bap- 
tized two  men  at  Lincoln  October  16 ;  be- 
gin a  meeting  at  Dwight  October  18.  Lin- 
coln needs  a  pastor. — N.  Ferd  EnglE. 

Council  Grove,  Oct.  17. — I  am  in  a  big 
tent  meeting.  The  present  pastor,  John 
Wesley,  has  been  here  but  a  short  time  and 
is  not  yet  acquainted  with  the  field  or  the 
people.  Last  night  185  persons  confessed 
Christ.  Brother  Webb  is  the  song  leader. — 
J.  V.  Updike. 

KENTUCKY. 

Latonia,    Oct.    17. — One    added   by    letter 
last   Sunday. — Harlan  Runyan. 
LOUISIANA. 

Lake  Charles,  Oct.  17. — One  addition 
from  the  Congregationalists  on  Oct.  15. 
B.  B.  Sanders  begins  a  meeting  with  us  Oct. 
20. — Roy  Linton  Porter,  Minister. 

MISSOURI. 

Springfield,  Oct.  22.— I  am  in  a  meeting, 
resulting  in  19  additions  in  three  weeks : 
14  by  confession,  3  by  letter  and  2  by  state- 
ment.— D.   W.   Moore. 

New  London,  Oct.  21.— Our  pastor,  E.  M. 
Richmond,  closed  a  two  and  one-half 
weeks'  meeting  last  night  with  57  additions 
— 42  by  confession,  1  from  the  Baptists,  3 
restored  and  11  by  letter.  This  is  the  largest 
meeting  that  has  been  held  in  New  London 
since  1892,  and  in  many  respects  surpasses 
that  one.  The  board  of  officers  extended  a 
call  to  Brother  Richmond  for  half  his  time 
with  an  increase  in  salary  and  two  weeks' 
vacation. — Benton   B.    Megown,  Clerk. 

Butler,  Oct.  18. — We  have  had  10  addi- 
tions within  the  last  month,  9  by  relation 
and  1  baptized.  All  lines  of  work  are  vig- 
orous and  active.  The  future  is  very 
bright.— H.  Jas.  Crockett. 

Windsor. — The  Leonard-Mundell  meeting 
in  progress  at  Cloverdale  is  growing  in  in- 
terest. Brother  Mundell  goes  from  here  to 
Lincoln  to  assist  Brother  Allen. 

Kirksville,  Oct.  16. — Thirty-eight  have 
been  added  the  past  six  Sundays  at  regular 
services.- — D.  A.  Wickizer,  pastor. 

Brunswick,  Oct.  18. — Six  confessions 
since  revival  closed,  October  8,  and  1  by 
statement.  We  are  much  pleased  over  the 
interest  the  young  men  are  taking  in  the 
Master's  work. — E.  H.  Williamson. 

Lebanon,  Oct.  10. — Two  confessions  here 
and  4  at  Hazel  Green  during  the  summer. — 
G.  T.  Smith. 

New  London,  Oct.  13. — Our  meeting  con- 
tinues another  week;  47  additions. — E.  M. 
Richmond. 

Elvins,  Oct.  10. — Having  good  meeting 
here ;  C.  E.  Dunkleborger,  the  pastor,  is  do- 
ing the   preaching.     Sixteen  additions   and 


good  interest.  The  meeting  will  continue 
a  few  days  longer. — John  S.  Zeran. 

Hager's  Grove,  Oct.  15. — I  just  closed  a 
meeting  resulting  in  22  additions;  14  con- 
fessions, 5  by  letter  and  3  reclaimed.  A 
church  was  reorganized  with  85  members 
and  money  raised  for  a  preacher. — R.  B. 
PIavener. 

Weaubleau,  Oct.  16. — I  just  closed  a  two 
weeks'  meeting  at  Wheatland  with  14  addi- 
tions— 10  baptisms,  2  by  statement,  1  re- 
claimed and  1  from  the  Methodists.  J.  D. 
Babb  and  I  will .  begin  a  meeting  October 
23  at  Hermitage.  We  hope  to  make  them 
self-sustaining. — S.  E."  Hendrickson. 

Kansas  City,  Oct.  16. — I  began  work  for 
Hyde  Park  Church  October  8.  There  were 
6  added  by  letter  that  day  and  3  on  October 
15.  We  will  enter  the  simultaneous  cam- 
paign with  the  churches  of  greater  Kansas 
City  October  22,  conducting  our  meeting 
with  home  forces. — Louis  S.  Cupp. 

Flat  River,  Oct.  15. — Our  meeting  at  El- 
vins is  16  days  old,  with  10  confessions  and 
6  from  the  denominations.  J.  S. 
Zeran  and  wife,  of  Farmington,  Mo.,  have 
charge  of  the  singing.  C.  E.  Dunkleberger, 
the  pastor,  is  doing  the  preaching. 

Isadora,  Oct.  16. — I  just  closed  a  two 
weeks'  meeting,  resulting  in  26  additions — 
17  by  confession,  6  by  statement,  2  from 
M,  E.  and  1  from  U.  B.— Challie  E.  Gra- 
ham, Minister. 

Eldon,  Oct.  18. — I  am  assisting  S.  O. 
Burks  in  a  two  weeks'  meeting  with  the 
Pleasant  Mount  church ;  24  additions,  16 
confessions.  Churches  needing  my  services 
either  for  meetings  or  as  regular  minister, 
write  me  at  Eldon,  Mo.,  R.  F.  D.  No.  I.— 
W.  H.  Scott. 

St.  Louis,  Oct.  16. — Seven  additions  to 
the  Liberty  church,  Audrain  county,  Octo- 
ber 15. — W.  H.  Kerns. 

Carrollton,  Oct.  17. — Four  confessions  at 
Cyclone. — J.  J.  Limerick. 

Bowling  Green,  Oct.  12. — In  the  last 
month  I  have  baptized  27  at  Louisiana. 
Twenty-two  made  the  good  confession  last 
Lord's  day;  5  took  membership  by  letter, 
making  in  all  32  additions.  The  "Oliver 
meeting"  closed  there  October  6. — E.  J. 
Lampton. 

Grayson,  Oct.  20. — Earl  M.  Todd,  recent- 
ly pastor  for  West  London  Tabernacle,  Lon- 
don, England,  has  been  here  for  nearly  three 
weeks.  Result  thus  far,  9  confessions. 
Brother  Todd  is  a  son  of  Marion  Todd,  of 
blessed  memory.  After  twelve  years  in  Eng- 
land he  returns  to  labor  for  the  Master  in 
his  native  land.  Brother  Todd  is  able, 
scholarly,  devoted,  consecrated.  He  is  ap- 
proximately an  ideal  man,  preacher  and  pas- 
tor. Brother  Todd  has  won  all  hearts  with- 
out once  resorting  to  the  common  practice 
of  "telling  funny  anecdotes."  His  sister, 
with  a  thoroughly  trained  voice  of  great 
sweetness,  compass  and  power,  has  greatly 
helped  in  the  work.  We  look  for  still 
greater   results. — W.   A.   Oldham. 

Warrensburg,  Oct.  17. — There  have  been  7 
additions  at  Lone  Jack  since  last  report — 5 
by  confession,  2  by  statement.  Also  2  by 
statement  and  1  by  confession  at  Rich  Hill. 
— King  Stark. 

OHIO. 

Hamilton,  Oct.  16. — One  confession  and 
1  addition  by  letter  October  15  at  the 
Lindenwald   church. — W.   H.    Hedges. 

Canton,  Oct.  18. — The  meeting  is  a 
great  success ;  246  additions  in  14  days. — 
J.  D.  Johnson. 

Athens,  Oct.  16. — Three  added  October 
15 — 1  confession  and  2  from  the  Baptists. — 
T.  L.  Lowe. 

Greenville,  Oct.  1. — My  meeting  at 
Herrick,  111.,  resulted  in  19  additions — 10 
by  immersion,  1  from  the  Baptists,  1  re- 
stored and  7  by  statement.  W.  W.  Jacobs, 
the  minister,  was  with  me  three  nights.     I 


500  HOMES   FREE 

and  20  acres  pnnti  land  is  paying  12  per  cent  now,  en- 
Horsed  by  the  best  peop'e,  a  ChrMhn  enterprise,  for  our 
people  Are  y  mi  interested?  A  2r  stamp  will  gret  Book- 
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October  26,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


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began  a  meeting  here  October  15. — R.  W. 
Stancell. 

Columbus,  Oct.  13. — The  work  at  Chi- 
cago avenue  is  progressing  nicely ;  12  ac- 
cessions— 6  by  confession,  1  by  baptism,  3  by 
statement,  2  by  letter.  We  are  planning 
for  larger  things. — D.  Jay  Good. 

OKLAHOMA. 

Moore,  Oct.  18. — I  recently  held  a  ten 
days'  meeting  resulting  in  four  additions, 
making  180  during  the  last  seven  months. — 
C.    P.    Keley. 

Oklahoma  City,  Oct.  16. — Four  additions 
yesterday  and  6  on  October  8. — Sherman 
B.  Moore. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

California,  Oct.  20. — I  closed  a  three 
weeks'  meeting  last  night.  Nine  were  ad- 
ded— 5  by  baptism,  2  by  letter  and  2  by 
statement.  H.  L.  Atkinson  is  the  minister. 
Our  next  meeting  is"  at  Squirrel  Hill,  Pitts- 
burg.— F.  A.  Bright,  Evangelist. 

Daley. — Evangelist  Harvey  S.  Stoner,  of 
Massillon,  O.,  has  just  closed  a  good 
meeting,  resulting  in  6  additions,  5  bap- 
tisms. The  audiences  were  large,  some 
coming  14  miles  over  the  mountains. — 
David  C.  Lambert. 

TEXAS. 

Pioneer  School  House,  Oct.  10. — On.  Sep- 
tember 10  it  was  our  privilege  to  preach 
the  first  sermon  by  a  minister  of  our 
church  at  this  place.  There  were  6  addi- 
tions ;  2  baptized,  3  by  statement,  1  re- 
claimed. On  October  8  I  organized  a  band 
of  10  into  a  mission  church  to  be  under  the 
care  of  the  Jom  church  until  they  are  strong 
enough  to  stand  alone.  I  will  preach  for 
them  once  a  month. — Haroed  Baldwin, 
Woodson,  Tex. 

Jom  Church,  Oct.  10. — We  began  work 
here  September  3  and  I  will  preach  for 
them  once  a  month.  Jom  church  received 
into  fellowship  30  members  from  the  harvest 
reaped  by  our  great  northwest  Texas  camp 
meeting.  —  Haroed  Baldwin,  Woodson, 
Tex. 

Commerce,  Oct.  14.  —  The  Sanders- 
Douthitt  meeting  is  a  great  success ;  67  ad- 
ditions to  date — 27  baptisms.  Steps  were 
taken  October  8  for  the  rebuilding  and  en- 
larging of  our  church  building.  Brothers 
Sanders  and  Douthitt  are  "workmen  that 
need  not  be  ashamed."  They  are  God's  no- 
blemen.— W.  A.  Whej&y,  minister. 

Garland,  Oct.  18. — I  closed  a  two  weeks' 
meeting  at  Alvarado  last  Sunday  night  with 
13  additions.  The  church  wants  a  good  live 
man  for  a  pastor. — Chas.  Chasteen. 

Denison,  Oct.  16. — I  have  been  with  the 
First  Christian  Church  two  months,  during 
which  time  we  have  had  24  additions  to  the 
church  from  all  sources,  and  the  Sunday 
school,  Christian  Endeavor  and  prayer 
meeting  are  well  attended. — Geo.  W.  LEE. 

McKinney,  Oct.  17.— Elder  Jno.  M.  Mc- 
Kinney  and  the  writer  recently  closed  a 
short  meeting  at  our  East  McKinney  mis- 
sion, with  31  additions.  A  church  was  or- 
ganized with  47  members,  and  a  ladies'  aid 
with  26  members.  A  building  will  be  erect- 
ed at  once. — G.   L.  Bush. 

WISCONSIN. 

Ladysmith,  Oct.  16. — One  baptism  yes- 
terday at  Ladysmith ;  2  baptisms  recently 
at  Moro. — H.  F.   Barstow. 


Oil  Cure  for   Career— Epithelioma 
on  Left  Side  of  Nose  Cared. 

Delphos,  Ohio,  June   n,  1905. 
Dr.  D.  M.  Bye  Co.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Gentlemen — The  sore  on  my  wife's  nose  has 
entirely  disappeared,  and  she  is  as  happy  as  a 
lark.  I  can  see  nothing,  but  she  says  there  is 
a  very  small  scar  where  it  was,  but  I  think  that 
will  go  away  in  time.     Yours  respectfully, 

R.  H.  MARTIN,  Lock  Box  13. 

We  cure  all  forms  of  cancer  and  tumor  with 
soothing,  balmy  Oils.  Most  cases  treated  at 
home.  Doctors,  lawyers  and  ministers  endorse 
it.  Write  for*  free  books  on  cancer  to  the  Home 
Office.  Address  DR.  D.  M.  BYE  CO.,  Drawer 
103,  Dept.  411,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 


The  Call  of  the  States. 

(Continued  from  page  1397  ) 

inaugurated,  it  can  be  said  that  mighty 
works  have  been  done.  But  we  believe 
that  the  day  of  larger  things  is  dawning. 
There  is  preparation  for  a  great  gathering 
of  Disciples  from  all  lands  at  the  centennial 
in   Pittsburg  in   1909. 

The  simultaneous  evangelistic  campaign, 
beginning  October  29,  is  a  harbinger. 
The  hearts  of  the  people  are  stirred,  the 
whitened  fields  are  a  Macedonian  call,  and 
they  will  respond  with  a  liberal  offering. 
There  is  much  to  do  in  strengthening  the 
cause  in  the  ten  stronger  counties  and  this 
work  will  be  continued ;  but  an  urgent  ap- 
peal is  being  made  for  more  funds  to  enter 
the  fifteen  counties  where  the  cause  is 
weak  and  start  new  mission  churches  and 
help  support  them,  that  a  solid  front  may 
be  ready  to  welcome  the  great  company  of 
1909.  Every  county  must  be  represented. 
There  are  seven  counties  in  which  there 
has  been  no  work  done  as  yet  towards 
planting  the  cause.  Twelve  county  seats 
are  among  the  unchurched  cities.  There 
are  sixty-five  cities  of  over  three  thousand 
population.  Eighteen  of  these  have  come 
into  existence  since  1880.  Thirty-four  have 
multiplied  in  population  three  times  in  the 
same  period.  There  are  churches  in  only 
twenty-eight,  leaving  thirty-seven  to  be 
entered  by  the  gospel.  In  many  of  these 
there  are  splendid  nuclei  of  Disciples 
waiting  and  ready  to  help  establish  the 
cause.  We  are  trying  to  raise  $5,000  and 
double  the  work  of  last  year.  The  work 
that  has  been  done  is  a  guarantee  of  great- 
er possibilities. 

J.  A.  Joyce,  Cor.  and  Fin.  Sec. 

West  Virginia. 

The  state  offering  should  be  observed  by 
the  churches,  and  sermons  should  be 
preached  indicating  the  needs  of  state  work. 
All  state  corresponding  secretaries  should 
have  "days  of  opportunity"  printed  on  their 
letter  heads,  commencing  with  November  5. 
All  our  churches  need  is  more  education  on 
our  obligations  to  God  and  the  cause  of 
missions.  The  four  great  offerings  ought  to 
be  emphasized  in  all  our  congregations,  that 
is,  state  work,  general  home,  foreign  and 
church  extension.  And  these  days  of  oppor- 
tunity ought  to  be  kept  before  our  people. 

Moundville,  W.  Va.        A.  LinkeETTEr. 

Wisconsin. 

Her  Forces — She  has  1,787  members ;  12 
ministers  preaching  all  the  time ;  7  minis- 
ters preaching  part  of  the  time ;  31 
churches,  some  of  which  are  strong,  and 
some  very  weak. 

What  She  Did  Last  Year — Made  a  new 
increase  of  353  members,  or  24  per  cent; 
added  4  churches  to  the  list;  contributed 
$1,600  to  missions. 

Her  Needs — A  more  rapid  going  on  unto 
perfection ;  every  missionary  day  observed 
by  every  church ;  boys'  and  girls'  rally  day 
observed  by  every  Sunday  school ;  an  aux- 
iliary to  the  C.  W.  B.  M.  in  31  churches; 
a  strenuous  effort  on  the  part  of  every  in- 
dividual Disciple ;  to  have  a  church  wher- 
ever there  is  a  family  of  "scattered  Dis- 
ciples"; $2,500  for  state  missions;  $1,000  be- 
sides for  Scandinavian  missions. 

H.  F.  Barstow,  Cor.  Sec. 

Ladysmith,  Wis. 

Missions  in  the  Provinces. 

The  home  mission  work  in  the  provinces 
of  New  Brunswick  and  Nova  Scotia,  dur- 
ing the  present  year  has  been  progressing 
steadily  and  with  some  encouraging 
features.  The  receipts  per  annum  for  this 
particular  work  amount  in  all  to  less  than 
$800,  nearly  half  of  which  is  expended  in 
annual  grants  to  four  of  our  weak  churches. 
With  the  remaining  portion  an  evangelist 
is  kept  continually  in  the  field  and  other 
special   work  done. 

Since  the  beginning  of  the  current  year 
at  special  meetings  held  by  the  evangelist 
there  have  been  eighty  additions  made  to  the 
churches  and  one  church  that  was  receiving 


aid  from  the  board  has  been  made  self-sus- 
taining.  :icourage  ui 

and  we  are  further  buoyed  up  by  evidence* 
of  a  growing  interest  among  our  brethren 
in  home  missions  and  indications  of  a  great- 
er loyalty  to  the  board  in  its  effc  *rry 
on  the  work.  The  particular  aim  of  the 
board  at  present  is  to  make  our  weak 
churches,  of  which  there  is  a  large  percent- 
age, self-sustaining,  and  the  particular 
church  we  have  in  view  for  the  current  year 
is  the  one  at  Pictou. 

It  is  scarcely  possible  for  any  one  in  the 
progressive  west  to  conceive  of  the  well- 
nigh  impenetrable  wall  of  opposition  to  the 
progress  of  our  work  made  by  a  people  of 
intensely  conservative  minds,  religiously 
saturated  with  ultra  -  dcnominationalism. 
No  speedy  results  can  be  expected,  but  only 
such  progress  as  may  be  made  by  battering 
the  wall  continually  and  breaking  it  down 
crumb  by  crumb.  Under  these  circumstances 
such  results  as  are  named  above,  meager 
though  they  may  appear  by  the  side  of  those 
given  by  some  of  the  state  boards,  give  us 
courage  and  stiffen  us  for  more  strenuous 
work  in  the  future,  for  which  we  have  a 
large  field. 

There  is  only  one  member  of  our  broth- 
erhood in  each  four  hundred  of  the  popula- 
tion in  these  provinces.  We  have  26  churches 
and  only,  at  the  present  time,  nine  preach- 
ers. There  are  a  number  of  openings  for 
godly  preachers  who  may  be  looking  for 
hard  work  and  small  pay,  and  we  can 
promise  them  plenty  of  work  of  a  character 
calculated  to  make  them  mental  and  spirit- 
ual athletes.  L.  A.  Miles,  Secretary-. 


Go 
Southwest 

Now! 


and  see  for  yourself  the  opportunities  tor  making 
ru oner— for  home  building  in  Oklahoma,  Indian 
Territory  and  Texas. 

Prospects  were  never  brighter— the  crops  are 
fine  and  shew  plainly  the  possibilities  of  the  South- 
west for  yon.  Trera  is  an  actual  need  of  more 
hands  to  develop  the  conn'ry.  In  the  Southwest 
are  vast  areas  of  unimproved  land  not  ye"  produc- 
ing the  crops  of  which  it  is  capable.  Practically 
the  same  thing  is  true  of  the  towns.  Few  lines  of 
business  are  adequately  represented.  There  are 
openings  of  all  sorts  for  the  right  men.  Are  you 
one? 

An 
Exceptional  Offer 

To  enable  •  ou  to  see  the  Sou'hwest.  its  advaa 
tages  and  opportunities,  the  M.  K.  &  T.  R'y  will,  on 
October  17?h,  November  7th  ml  21st.  December 
5:h  and  19:h,  se'l  round  trip  tickets  to  all  points 
Southwest  at  less  than  one  tare  rates.  Tickets  per- 
mit of  stop-over  soing  and  returning  and  ara  good 
twenty-one  days  from  date  of  sa  e. 

Write  to-day  for  particulars 
an1  ask  for  our  paper  "The 
Coming  Country  " 

S.  G.  LANGSTON 

General  Immigration  Agent 
ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 


WM 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


October  26,  1905 


Midweek  Prayer  Meeting. 

By  W.  F    Richardson. 
!vr  /.  1905. 


Christian  Endeavor. 

By  H.  A.  Denton. 

November  5,  1903. 


PREMATURE     EFFORTS   AND    LIFE'S 

FAILURES.     Gen.   3:16;   Ex.  2:11- 

15;  Acts  7:25;  Matt.  20:20-28. 

There  is  a  time  for  everything  that  is 
right.  See  Eccl.  3:i-S.  God  is  never  in  a 
hurry,  yet  ever  hastens  toward  the  accom- 
plishment of  his  purposes.  He  who  would 
wai:  for  thousands  of  years,  till  the  fullness 
of  time  was  come,  before  sending  his  Son  to 
save  a  lost  world,  would  have  us  regard 
the  fitness  of  time  for  doing  our  work  in  the 
world  (Gal.  4:4.  5).  Many  of  life's  failures 
have  arisen  from  men's  efforts  to  do  life's 
work  before  they  were  prepared  for  it, 
or  to  accomplish  the  end  cf  life  by  other 
than  the  divinely  appointed  means.  The 
Scriptures  assigned  for  our  lesson  afford 
three  instructive  examples. 

1.  To  know  is  as  essential  to  man's  hap- 
piness as  to  be.  His  first  temptation  came 
to  him  in  the  guise  of  offered  wisdom. 
"You  shall  be  as  gods,  knowing  good  and 
evil,''  said  the  tempter  to  Eve.  She  forgot 
that  the  way  of  true  wisdom  was  already 
opened  to  the  children  of  God,  through  daily 
obedience  to  and  communion  with  him.  It 
was  the  privilege  of  her  consort  and  herself 
to  learn  in  the  quiet  and  holy  school  of 
God's  daily  presence  and  love.  But  she 
coveted  a  short  road  to  wisdom;  to  find 
some  one  act  or  experience  in  which  the 
labor  of  years  might  be  avoided,  and  in- 
finite knowledge  flash  in  one  transcendent 
beam  upon  her  sight.  Her  haste  led  to 
disobedience,  and  her  disobedience  to  ruin ; 
while  the  dark  cloud  of  shame  and  con- 
scious sin  obscured  the  very  light  she  had 
before  enjoyed.  The  failure  of  our  first 
parents  was  due  to  premature  and  self-con- 
ceived attempts  to  reach  what  they  were  not 
content  to  arrive  at  by  the  divinely  ordered 
way. 

2.  Moses  had  been  reared  with  the  pur- 
pose ever  before  him  to  deliver  his  people. 
All  the  circumstances  of  his  infancy  and 
childhood  were  shaped  by  providence  to  this 
end.  He  delayed  the  divine  purpose,  or  at 
least  made  for  himself  the  way  more  dif- 
ficult, by  his  unseemly  haste.  God  did  not 
intend  to  deliver  his  people  by  the  arm  of 
man.  When,  therefore,  Moses  assaulted  the 
Egyptian  and  slew  him,  hoping  that  his  peo- 
ple would  rise  and  fight  for  their  free- 
dom, he  met  with  sorest  disappointment. 
The  chosen  people  were  not  yet  ready  to 
follow  his  leadership ;  and  it  was  not  God's 
intention  to  bring  them  out  through  the 
victories  of  the  battle  field.  His  arm  alone 
was  to  have  the  glory  of  the  deliverance, 
so  that  Egypt  might  know  Jehovah's  su- 
premacy in  earth  and  heaven.  Forty  years 
of  lonely  sojourning  in  the  wilderness  must 
atone  for  the  error  of  Moses,  ere  he  should 
return  to  follow  more  humbly  the  leading 
of  the  divine  hand. 

3.  In  the  last  passage  from  the  gospel  of 
Matthew,  we  have  the  story  of  the  impul- 
sive request  of  James  and  John  for  prefer- 
ment in  the  kingdom  which  they  expected 
Jesus  soon  to  establish  on  the  earth.  They, 
too,  were  unfitted  for  such  exaltation,  and 
only  a  baptism  of  suffering  could  prepare 
their  brows  for  crowns,  and  their  hands 
for  sceptres.  So  bold  to  assert  their  readi- 
ness to  rule  over  their  fellow  men,  they  were 
cowardly  in  the  presence  of  their  first  real 
danger,  and  when  their  Master  was  arrested 
in  Gethsemane,  "they  all  forsook  him  and 
fled."  We  may  well  pray  to  be  delivered 
from  presumption,  and  to  be  given  patience 
to  wait  for  the  divine  indication  of  duty,  ere 
we  hasten  to  choose  for  ourselves  a  way 
that  may  lead  to  shameful  defeat. 

®  @ 
Presh  Milk 
is  always  obtainable.  Borden's  Eagle 
Brand  Condensed  Milk  is  absolutely  pure 
cows'  milk  combined  with  the  finest 
grade  of  granulated  sugar.  For  sale  at 
your  grocers.     Avoid  unknown  brands. 


AM  I  KEEPING  MY  CHRISTIAN  EN- 
DEAVOR COVENANT?    Mai.  2:5,  6; 
Ps.  51:6:  2  Cor.  8:21. 

For  the  Leader. 

We  have  come  to  another  consecration 
meeting.  The  time  was  in  many  socie- 
ties when  this  was  the  one  feature  of  Chris- 
tian Endeavor  that  was  looked  upon  with 
some  fear  and  misgiving.  There  were 
those  who  had  suffered  a  reaction  from  the 
overdone  experience  meetings  where  one  al- 
ways had  the  same  stereotyped  speech  to 
make.  They  had  no  thought  of  going  back 
to  this.  So  they  dropped  the  consecration 
feature  out  of  Christian  Endeavor. 

Now  this  was  a  mistake.  This  feature 
of  Christian  Endeavor  was  not  meant  to  be 
a  repetition  of  the  old  thread-worn  experi- 
ence meeting.  It  was  meant  to  be,  like 
the  features  of  Christian  Endeavor,  a  real, 
live,  earnest  work.  Upon  this  day  we  come 
together  to  renew  our  covenant.  We  do 
this  in  secret.  But  it  is  a  great  help  to  us 
to  do  so  in  public.  It  commits  us.  Then 
it  is  a  help  to  others.  We  help  one  another 
by  thus  telling  out  in  the  meeting  of  the 
desire  to  live  more  fully  up  to  the  good 
way  in  Christ.  Let  us  not  shrink  from  this 
opportunity.  Rich  and  sweet  will  be  our  fel- 
lowship in  this  meeting  if  we  do  all  we 
may  tonight. 
For  the  Members. 

1.  The  covenant  is  at  the  heart  of  the 
good  service  we  give.  This  is  true  in  all 
relations.  Of  little  use  is  the  service  that 
is  no  deeper  than  the  outward  parts.  It 
may  be  argued  that  if  one  keeps  it  up  con- 
tinually it  is  just  as  good  to  the  one  to 
whom  we  render  such  service.  This  I  do 
not  concede.  But  if  I  did,  there  would  be 
the  one  who  renders  the  service.  What 
of  the  effect  it  would  have  upon  him  ?  Would 
it  do  him  just  as  much  good?  Would  he 
get  the  same  enjoyment?  It  would  be 
stretching  the  truth  to  say  he  was  getting 
any  pleasure  out  of  a  service  that  was  not 
from  the  heart.    We  must  be  in  earnest. 

2.  If  I  make  a  covenant  and  do  not 
keep  it,  what  effect  does  it  have  upon  me? 
It  makes  me  unhappy.  No  one  is  truly 
happy  when  he  is  living  the  life  of  broken 
promises.  Then  it  affects  him  in  a  gen- 
eral way.  Not  alone  in  the  one  thing  in 
which  he  broke  faith,  but  in  all  other  mat- 
ters of  honor  or  promise  he  becomes  care- 
less, unreliable,  and  worthless.  This  de- 
moralizing of  the  whole  by  the  lapsing  of 
one  of  the  parts  is  a  law  that  is  true  in 
every  observation.  Some  one  may  think  he 
has  found  an  exception,  but  he  will  find 
the  appearance  of  such  is  due  to  an  ob- 
servation that  has  overlooked  some  of  the 
facts.  If  I  break  my  covenant  in  one  par- 
ticular, I  am  on  the  way  to  the  ruin  of  my 
ability  to  keep  any  part  of  any  covenant. 

3.  There  may  be  some  one  who  will 
think  within  himself  that  he  has  had  more 
peace  since  he  seared  over  his  conscience 
and  quit  trying  to  keep  his  promises  than 
when  he  had  a  keen  conscience  on  the  mat- 
ter. He  may  be  escaping  a  certain  unpleas- 
antness ;  the  hurting  of  a  good  conscience 
that  has  been  outraged.  But  let  him  not 
think  he  is  not  suffering  injury  because 
he  does  not  feel  the  pricking  of  his  con- 
science. He  has  only  suffered  sin  to  destroy 
the  delicate  apparatus  with  which  God  pro- 
vided him  to  detect  self-injury.  If  he  gets 
no  signals  from  within,  he  feels  no  pain. 
This,  however,  does  not  mean  that  injury 
is  not  going  on  all  the  time.  The  absence 
of  pain  does  not  mean  the  absence  of  in- 
jury. In  fact,  the  condition  of  the  seared 
conscience  is  the  most  serious,  and  should 
be  the  most  alarming,  condition  we  can  sus- 
tain. 

4.  This  much  has  been  said  of  covenant 
keeping  in  a  general  way.  How,  now,  should 
we  feel  about  the  keeping  of  our  Endeavor 
covenant?     Will    not   the    same    law   hold 


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good  with  reference  to  this  as  to  all  other 
covenants?  Certainly  it  will!  If  one  is 
not  prepared  to  accept  this,  let  him  put  the 
statement  to  the  test.  Let  him  take  the  case 
of  one  who  begins  to  treat  certain  parts 
of  the  covenant — the  pledge — lightly.  Let 
tis  say  that  he  will  neglect  Bible  read- 
ing. Does  he  not  become  indifferent  in  the 
things  the  Bible  commands?  Does  he  not 
come  to  a  place  where  he  can  say  he  does 
not  care  much  for  what  the  Bth  v  says? 
He  will  care  little  for  its  soc)'  >',  and 
may  it  not  be  said  that  he  c  res  lit- 
tle for  his  Master?  The  fountains  of  his 
ciety,  and  may  it  not  be  said  that  he  cares 
little  for  his  Master?  The  fountains  of  his 
soul  will  dry  up.  He  can  thjnk  of  nothing 
to  say.  If  he  could,  he  would  lack  the  spir- 
ituality to  say  it.  He  can  no  longer  parry 
with  fervor.  He  is  a  dead  member.  After 
a  time  he  begins  to  absent  himself  from  the 
society.  He  soon  quits  coming.  Let  us 
sound  the  trumpet !  Let  us  call  the  faith- 
ful to  the  mount  of  fasting  and  prayer! 
We  must  light  the  old  fires  once  more. 

Quiet  Hour  Thought. 

Do  I  make  the  keeping  of  the  pledge  a 
matter  of  the  deepest  convictions  and  emo- 
tions of  the  heart? 

DAILY  READINGS. 

S. — A  covenant-keeping  God.        Ex.  20:1-7. 

T. — By  a  new  sacrifice.  Ps.  50:1-15. 

W.— Everlasting.  Isa.  61:6-11. 

T. — By  blood.  Mark   14:23-25. 

F. — Transgressed.  Hos.  6  -.4-7. 

S. — A  covenant-keeping  God.      Exo.  20:1-7. 

S. — Topic — Am  I  keeping  my  Christian  En- 
deavor covenant  ?  Mai.  2:5,  6 ;  Ps. 
51:6;  2  Cor.  8:21.  (Consecration 
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ESTHER  PLEADING  FOR  HER  PEOPLE. 
—Esther  4:10-5:3. 

Memory  Verses,  13,  14. 

Golden  Text. — The  Lord  preserveth  all 
them  that  love  him. — Psa.  145  :20. 

The  book  of  Esther  is  one  of  the  least  re- 
ligious books  in  the  Bible.  Indeed,  if  we 
should  find  it  in  a  collection  of  miscellane- 
ous literature  it  would  never  occur  to  us 
that  it  had  any  claim  to  be  considered  a  re- 
ligious book  at  all.  Not  only  is  the  name 
of  God  not  found  in  the  book,  but  it  is  de- 
void of  religious  teaching  and  of  spiritual 
ideas  generally.  The  virtue  which  it  aims 
chiefly  to  inculcate  is  loyalty  to  the  nation 
rather  than  loyalty  to  Jehovah.  As  Daniel 
is  represented  as  one  who  remained  faithful 
to  God  at  peril  of  his  life  in  the  midst  of 
temptations  to  idolatry,  so  Esther  is  de- 
picted as  one  who  was  faithful  to  her  own 
people,  not  ashamed  of  her  race,  and  who 
risked  her  life  in  their  behalf.  The  story 
thus  points  to  a  form  of  national  pride 
which  was  wholly  secular,  so  far  as  this 
statement  of  it  is  concerned,  and  quite  dif- 
ferent in  tone  from  Israel's  earlier  pride  in 
being  the  chosen  people  of  Jehovah. 

The  book  is  probably  of  late  date — one 
of  the  latest  in  the  Bible.  It  is  anonymous, 
and  the  writer  does  not  claim  to  be  con- 
temporary with  the  events  described.  The 
book  was  certainly  one  of  the  last  to  be  re- 
ceived into  the  canon.  Its  claim  to  a  place 
in  the  sacred  collection  was  long  disputed 
by  many  Jews,  and  the  early  Church  was 
not  unanimous  in  accepting  it.  Athanasius, 
for   example,   put   it   in   the   doubtful   list. 


Luther  said  that  he  wished  it  had  never 
been  written.  In  its  retention,  however,  the 
common  wisdom  of  the  Church  has  out- 
weighed the  opinions  of  those  who  were 
against  it.  We  may  well  be  glad  that  it 
has  survived,  for  it  is  a  beautiful  story  and 
illustrates  forcibly  some  important  truths, 
both  of  morals  and  of  manners. 

The  chief  purpose  of  the  book  was,  first, 
to  rouse  the  patriotic  pride  and  loyalty  of 
the  people ;  and  second,  to  recount  the 
origin  of  the  feast  of  Purim.  It  has  been 
much  disputed  whether  the  book  is  history 
or  fiction.  As  history,  it  contains  some  ele- 
ments of  improbability.  The  events,  some 
of  them  of  great  importance,  are  not  re- 
corded or  referred  to  in  any  contemporary 
historical  writing,  Biblical  or  non-Biblical. 
The  king's  first  proclamation  (1:22)  is  ut- 
ter folly;  while  his  second  (3:13)  orders 
a  wholesale  massacre  on  a  ground  too 
trivial  to  have  weight  even  with  an  oriental 
despot.  It  seems  incredible  that  any  ruler 
should  with  equanimity  give  the  land  over 
to  civil  war  issuing  in  the  loss  of  seventy- 
five  thousand  lives  (9:16)  ;  and  equally  in- 
credible that  a  relatively  small  number  of 
Jews  scattered  through  the  empire  should 
have  been  able,  without  special  divine  aid 
(which  is  not  claimed),  to  play  such  havoc 
with  their  overwhelmingly  more  numerous 
opponents.  Moreover,  the  poetic  justice  of 
the  Haman  and  Mordecai  episode  works  out 
in  a  way  almost  too  good  to  be  true,  and 
suggests,  in  the  absence  of  proof  to  the  con- 
trary, creative  literature  rather  than  a  mere 
record  of  events. 

On  the  other  hand,  the  argument  from 
the  silence  of  other  histories  is  not  conclu- 
sive, for  our  knowledge  of  the  times  is  by 
no  means  complete  and  the  Persian  his- 
torians would  have  little  desire  to  record 
an  event  in  which  their  people  figured  so 
ingloriously.     The  king's   first   edict,   issu- 


ing from  a  six  months'  revd  (1:4)  would 
naturally  be  maudlin  folly,  and  the  second 
could  be  explained  by  his  blind  confidence 
in  his  court  favorite.  Moreover,  the  feint 
of  Purim  actually  existed,  and  if  this  nar- 
rative is  unhisforical  the  origin  of  the  feast 
is  wholly  unaccounted  v>r. 

The  great  value  of  the  book — which  is 
not  in  the  least  affected  by  the  question  of 
its  historicity — lies  in  its  illustration  of  cer- 
tain moral  principles :  That  haughtiness  and 
pride  often  prepare  the  way  for  their  own 
destruction;  that  spite  is  suicidal;  that  the 
plotter  of  evil  sets  a  trap  for  his  own  I 
that  faithfulness  to  one's  friends  and  family 
is  always  admirable,  even  when  those  friends 
are  objects  of  general  ridicule  or  hatred — 
these  are  some  of  the  lessons  with  which  the 
names  of  Esther,  Haman  aid  Mordecai  have 
become  permanently  associated. 


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Mound  C.tv.   Mo..  October  12,   1905. 

Pear  Brother  Garrison — I  have  read  with 
interest  and  profit  your  recent  book,  "The 
Holy  Spirit."  It  is  stimulating  and  help- 
ful. I  realize  that  in  a  brief  treatise  it  is 
not  possible  to  give  full  scope  to  all  phases 
of  so  vast  a  subject.  For  this  reason  sev- 
eral questions  have  been  raised  in  my  mind, 
one.  only,  of  which  I  mention,  and  which 
I  wish  might  be  more  fully  set  forth.  On 
pages  157  to  162.  discussing  the  conversion 
of  the  Samaritans,  in  which  you  take  the 
view  that  they  did  not  receive  the  gift  of 
the  Holy  Spirit  which  is  promised  to  all 
Christians,  until  Peter  and  John  laid  their 
hands  on  them,  you  continue,  "It  might  be 
pertinent  to  ask,  however,  why  is  it  today 
that  many  who  believe  and  are  baptized  do 
rot  immediately  receive  the  Holy  Spirit? 
Many  sincere  Christians  testify  that  the 
reception  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  in  such  meas- 
ure as  to  make  them  distinctly  conscious  of 
his  gracious  influence  and  help,  was  an  ex- 
perience subsequent  to  baptism  by  weeks, 
months  and  sometimes  years."  This  view 
raises  at  once  the  question :  If  we  can  not 
extend  to  sinners  the  definite  promise  of 
the  presence  of  the  Holy  Spirit  from  the 
moment  of  their  obedience  in  baptism,  as  a 
helper  in  times  of  temptation,  a  presence  of 
which  they  may  be  conscious,  what  encour- 
agement can  we  give  to  tempest-tossed 
men  who  know  they  are  powerless  to  over- 
come in  their  own  strength?  If,  also,  the 
promised  Spirit  is  withheld  in  some  cases, 
as  in  the  case  of  the  Samaritans,  for  a  time, 
by  what  means  may  men  know  that  he  has 
or  has  not  been  withheld  in  their  cases? 
And  when  and  how  may  they  know  that 
they  have  received  him?  These  are  ques- 
tions which,  it  seems  to  me,  are  raised  by 
the  view  which  you  have  taken,  and  which 
Titally  concern  the  success  of  the  gospel 
which  we  preach  to  lost  men.  I  am  fully 
conscious  of  the  fact  that  many  church 
members  give  very  little  evidence  of  the 
possession  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  even  after 
years  of  service ;  nevertheless,  is  it  not  true 
that  whatever  of  Christian  virtues  they  pos- 
sess is  due  to  the  presence  and  power  of 
the   Spirit  in   their   lives  ? 

May  your  treatise  stimulate   us   all   to  a 
closer  study  of  this  most  vital  subject. 
Sincerely  yours, 

Geo.  L.  Peters. 

[We  welcome  such  truth-seeking  letters 
as  the  foregoing.  The  question  which 
Brother  Peters  raises  is  a  very  natural  and 
proper  one.  In  referring  to  the  statements 
concerning  the  Samaritans  who  did  not  re- 
ceive the  Holy  Spirit  until  the  visit  of  the 
apostles  and  to  our  statement  that  "many 
sincere  Christians  testify  that,  the  recep- 
tion of  the  Holy  Spirit,  in  such  measure  as 
to  make  them  distinctly  conscious  of  his 
gracious  influence  and  help,  was  an  experi- 
ence subsequent  to  baptism  by  weeks, 
months,  and  sometimes  years,"  our  brother 
says :  "This  view  raises  at  once  the  ques- 
tion:  If  we  can  not  extend  to  sinners  the 
definite  promise  of  the  presence  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  from  the  moment  of  their  obedience 
in  baptism  as  a  helper  in  times  of  tempta- 
tion, a  presence  of  which  they  may  be  con- 
scious, what  encouragement  can  we  give  to 
tempest-tossed  men  who  know  they  are 
powerless  to  overcome  in  their  own 
strength  ?" 

This  is  not  a  question  raised,  we  think, 
by  "the  view"  which  we  expressed,  but  by 
the  indisputable  facts  we  stated,  namely: 
The  facts  in  relation  to  the  Samaritans, 
the  disciples  at  Ephesus,  and  many  other 
disciples  in  modern  times  who  testify  as 
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question  we  would  say,  we  may  extend  to 
sinners  the  definite  promise  of  the  gift  of 
the  Holy  Spirit  from  the  moment  of  their 
complete  surrender  to  the  Lord  Jesus.  The 
measure  in  which  they  receive  the  Holy 
Spirit  will  be  determined  by  the  strength 
of  their  faith  and  the  completeness  of  their 
surrender  to  Christ.  We  believe,  as  stated 
in  the  work  to  which  our  brother  refers, 
that  the  Holy  Spirit  is  not  a  fixed  and  un- 
changeable quantity  in  the  lives  of  Chris- 
tians, but  that  it  depends  upon  the  meas- 
ure of  our  faith  and  obedience.  Every  one 
may  feel  assured  that,  to  the  extent  which 
he  yields  himself  to  God,  he  will  receive 
divine  strength  in  overcoming  his  tempta- 
tions and  in  living  a  worthy  life. 

Our  thoughtful  brother  asks  further  that, 
"If,  also,  the  promised  Spirit  is  withheld  in 
some  cases,  as  in  the  case  of  the  Samaritans, 
for  a  time,  by  what  means  may  men  know 
that  he  has  or  has  not  been  withheld  in 
their  cases?  And  when  and  how  may  they 
know  that  they- have  received  him?"  These 
questions,  we  repeat,  are  raised  by  the  New 
Testament  teaching  concerning  the  Holy 
Spirit  and  the  facts  of  human  experience. 
We  believe  also  that  the  New  Testament 
furnishes  the  answer  to  both  questions.  The 
fruit  of  the  Spirit  in  the  hearts  and  lives 
of  believers  is  the  best  evidence  of  the  pos- 
session of  the  Spirit.  We  can  not  have 
"love,  joy,  peace,"  etc.,  in  our  hearts  and 
not  be  distinctly  conscious  of  their  pres- 
ence. Most  of  us  are  conscious  both  of  the 
presence  of  these  fruits  of  the  Spirit  and 
our  need  of  them  in  a  much  larger  meas- 
ure; hence  our  brother  is  correct  in  saying 
that  though  "many  church  members  give 
very  little  evidence  of  the  possession  of  the 
Holy  Spirit,  even  after  >ears  of  service; 
nevertheless,  is  it  not  true  that  whatever  of 
Christian  virtues  they  possess  is  due  to 
the  presence  and  power  of  the  Spirit  in  their 
lives?"  Manifestly,  this  is  true.  No  one 
can  be  a  Christian,  indeed,  without  possess- 
ing, in  some  measure,  the  spirit  of  Christ, 
which  is  the  Holy  Spirit;  but  there  are 
iveak  Christians  and  strong  Christians,  and 
too  many  of  us  belong  to  the  first  class.  It 
is  our  privilege  and  our  duty  to  seek  and 
possess  the  fulness  of  the  Spirit,  that  we 
may  be  "strong  in  the  Lord  and  in  the 
power  of  his  might." — Editor. 

Extravagant  Statements. 

Are  extravagant  statements  necessary  in 
presenting  mighty  themes  such  as  foreign 
missions?  Will  not  such  statements  as  "the 
Moravians  are  more  apostolic  than  we," 
found  in  Walter  S.  Goode's  most  excellent 
article  in  the  September  7  issue  of  The 
Christian-Evangeijst  do  harm?  In  what 
respect  are  the  Moravians  more  apostolic 
than  the  Disciples?  Is  it  in  name?  Is  it 
in  doctrine?  Is  it  in  church  government? 
Is  it  in  soul  winning?     Is  it  in  life?     Is  it 


not  a  fact  that  the  Moravians,  called  also 
the  United  Brethren  (Unitas  Fratrum), 
arose  in  Bohemia  and  Moravia  among  the 
followers  of  John  Huss  about  1400  A.  D., 
and  by  16 17  they  numbered  only  200,000? 
Is  it  not  true  also  that  the  Moravian  emi- 
grants went  to  Georgia  in  1735— at  least  75 
years  prior  to  the  restoration  movement — 
and  that  according  to  statistics  compiled  in 
1902,  the  American  provinces  reported  15,- 
873  communicants  and  a  total  membership 
of  only  23,896?  Whereas  the  Disciples  of 
Christ  have  grown  to  immense  proportions 
— say  one  million — in  less  than  one  hundred 
years.  What  has  caused  this  unprecedented 
growth?  If  we  answer,  "apostolic  teach- 
ing," the  lack  of  it  has  numbered  the  Mo- 
ravians with  the  small  denominations  of  the 
earth.  I  know  what  Brother  Goode  said,  if 
The  Christian-Evangelist  reports  him 
correctly;  but  I  do  not  know  what  he 
meant.  It  is  possible,  however,  that  he 
meant  to  say :  That  the  Moravians  are 
spending  more  money — in  proportion  to 
strength — in  getting  a  Moravian  Christian 
missionary  to  the  foreign  field,  hampered 
by  his  Moravian  doctrines,  than  the  Amer- 
ican Christian  Missionary  Society  in  get- 
ting a  Christian  missionary  to  the  foreign 
field,  helped  by  the  disposition  and  ability  to 
preach  Christ.  If  that  is  what  he  meant  to 
say  he  meant  well. 

f  Herbert  J.  Corwine. 

[That  is  no  doubt  just  what  Brother 
Goode  meant.  He  was  speaking  about  lib- 
erality and  did  not  stop  to  qualify.  Let  us 
not  hesitate  to  give  honor  to  whom  honor 
is  due.  We  ought  to  lose  no  opportunity  to 
approve  others  when  we  can.  It  will  give 
weight  to  our  criticisms  where  we  can't  ap- 
prove.— Editor.] 

Cures  Indigestion 


HORSFORD'S    ACID   PHOSPHATE 

Nature's  remedy  for  obstinate  indigestion,  ner- 
vous dyspepsia,  headache  and  depression. 


An  Only  Daughter 
Cured  of  Consumption. 

"When  death  was  hourly  expected,  all  remedies 
having  failed,  and  Dr.  II.  James  was  experimenting 
with  the  the  many  herbs  of  Calcutta,  he  accidently 
made  a  preparation  which  cured  his  only  child  of 
Consumption.  His  child  is  now  in  this  country , and 
enjoying  the  best  of  health.  He  has  proved  to  the 
world  that  Consumption  can  be  positively  and  per- 
manently cured.  The  Doctor  now  gives  this  recipe 
free,  only  asking  two  2-cen  tstamps  to  pay  expenses. 
This  herb  also  cures  Night  Sweats,  Nausea  at  the 
Stomach,  and  will  break  up  a  fresh  cold  in  twenty- 
four  hours.  Address  CKADDOCK  &  CO.,  1033 
Race  St ,  Philadelphia,  naming  this  paper. 


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1403 


Family  Circle 


Big  Pete  Finds  Himself. 

BY   BIvSS  VAN  BOSKIKK. 

Big  Pete  sat  cross-legged  on  his  blanket 
in  front  of  the  fire,  and  whistled  softly.  His 
hands,  long  and  flexible,  were  still,  locked 
loosely  in  front  of  him ;  and  Binks  nudged 
the  Yankee  furtively.  Those  hands  had 
been  the  subject  of  ridicule  which  the  owner 
took  passively,  and  usually  whittled  straight 
through.  The  quiescence  was  too  much  for 
Binks'  peace  of  mind. 

"Say,  Pete!-  anything  loose?"  he  asked. 
"How's  the  Kid  a-comin'?  Goin'  ter  be 
Santy  Claus  this  yere?  I'll  lay  my  spurs 
to  yore  ole  hat  ye  done  fergit  it  plumb !" 

Big  Pete  flashed  a  tolerant  smile  at  the 
questioner.  It  never  angered  him  to  be 
teased  about  the  "Kid,"  a  waif  that  had 
been  left  at  the  N  Bar  sidetrack,  and  that 
Big  Pete  had  carried  home  on  his  saddle. 
He  had  let  the  child  be  the  pet  of  the 
"bunch"  until  on  one  memorable  day  an 
energetic  little,  missionary  held  a  Sunday 
school  in  the  big  mess  room.  The  Kid  was 
there,  and  the  cowboys,  too,  interestedly 
watching  the  "circus,"  as  one  after  the  other 
the  few  small  folk  were  catechised.  When 
it  came  the  Kid's  turn  the  question  was 
Startling. 

"What  is  Sunday  for,  Tommy?" 

Tommy  looked  puzzled,  then  sorry,  then 
hopeless.  At  last  inspiration  came  into  his 
rotund  face. 

"I'll  tell  yer;  I  know — it's  the  day  when 
the  men  shave  and — and — brand  calves !" 
he  added,  explosively. 

That  was  more  than  Big  Pete  could 
stand.  He  left  suddenly,  and  Binks  found 
him  later  sitting  on  the  gate  of  the  corral, 
whittling   desperately. 

"It  ain't  fair !  It's  a  denied  shame  !  The 
Kid  can't  help  it;  he  ain't  had  no  chance. 
Poor  little  kid!" 

This  was  somewhat  enigmatic  to  Binks, 
who  considered  that  the  Kid  had  been  treat- 
ed like  the  Boss  of  the  Ranch;  but  next 
day,  when  the  missionary  left,  ardent  and 
happy,  he  took  the  reluctant  Kid  with  him, 
and  Big  Pete's  wallet  as  well.  The  boy 
was  to  be  put  in  a  "respectable  family  and 
learned  to  grow  up  like  a  kid  ort  ter." 

Thereafter,  at  various  times,  Big  Pete 
disappeared  for  a  few  days,  and  after  each 
return  would  whittle  furiously  for  a  week, 
until  he  had  settled  into  the  old  monotonous 
routine.  Each  disappearance  was  foretold 
by  two  or  three  nights  of  most  oppressive 
calm,  and  long  hours  of  silent  gazing  into 
the  fire.  Each  period  of  absence  was  be- 
coming longer  and  longer,  and  he  always 
came  back  without  a  cent  left  in  his  long, 
limp  pockets. 

But  now  Big  Pete  picked  up  his  stick  and 
looked  over  at  his  pards  across  the  fire, 
then  waved  his  hands  comprehensively  out 
towards  the  wind  and  the  night. 

"This  yere's  a  cemetery,  ain't  it?  How 
long  since  you  began  to  plant  in  here?" 

"Oh,  'bout  five  year,  more  or  less.  Why? 
'Feared  they'll   walk?" 

"Naw  !"  Pete  responded  curtly.  "Did  ye 
ever  hev  a  sarmon  said  over  'em?" 

Binks   stared. 

"Wal,  that's  a  blamed-fool  question. 
Whar  'ud  we  git  the  white-tie,  do  ye 
reckon  ?" 

"I  dunno,  only "  Big  Pete  cleared  his 

throat  and  spoke  half  apologetically,  "— — 
only  they  ain't  responsible  after  they're 
dead.  An'  mebbe  their  souls  ain't  easy 
now,  goin'  off  without  any — well,  preach- 
ings, like,  or  words,  to  sorter  smooth  the 
way." 

Binks  vainly  tried  to  blow  a  ring  of 
smoke  up  into  the  air  before  he  said: 

"Putty  late  now.  Reckon  they've  gotten 
their  baking  by  this  time." 

But  Big  Pete  was  persistent. 

"I'm  goin'  to  the  ole  sidetrack  in  the 
mornin'  an'  send  a  tellygram  ter  Cheyenne. 


We  might  iusl  as  well  hev  3  bang  up  man, 
seem'  there's  so  many  of  these  yere  depart 
ed  brethren.  We'll  meet  him  with  all  the 
fellers.  You  kin  go  over  to  the  N  Bar  and 
stir  up  the  bunch,  while  I'm  a-gettin'  news 
to  the  preacher." 

Next  day  Binks  galloped  off  to  the  N 
Bar  through  the  early  twilighl,  and  Pete 
set  out  for  the  sidetrack.  The  agent  was 
not  a  tenderfoot,  so  he  sent  the  message 
as  it  was  given  him. 
"To  any  big  preacher  in  Cheyenne: 

"You  are  sent  for  to  come  out  to  the  N 
Bar  to  preach  a  round-up  funeral  sermon. 
Come  as  soon  as  yer  kin.    Pete  Armstrong." 

The  agent  at  Cheyenne  handed  the  trans- 
cribed message  to  his  superior  with  an 
amused  laugh.  The  superior  told  the  mes- 
senger to  take  it  to  "that  tall,  white-haired 
Dr.   Gray." 

Dr.  Gray  read  the  yellow  slip  standing 
bareheaded  in  his  hall  door,  with  a  curious 
girl  looking  over  his  shoulder. 

"Yes,    there's    an    answer.      Plere,"    and 
.he  started  to  write  on  the  back  of  the  tele- 
gram.    Then  he  stopped  and  ran  his  pencil 
through  his  hair. 

"Where  is  this  N   Bar?" 

"Sidetrack  up  the  road  a  piece,"  re- 
sponded the  omniscient  messenger  boy. 

"But  what's  a  'round-up'  funeral  sermon, 
father?     Cows?"  questioned  the  girl. 

"I  don't  know,"  the  doctor  said  slowly. 
"This  looks  interesting.  I'll  go  up  to-mor- 
row," and  he  scribbled  an  answer  to  that 
effect. 

Pete  hung  around  the  box  car  that  served 
for  a  station  until  his  reply  came.  Next 
day,  bringing  two  cayuses  with  him,  he 
was  back  again,  an  hour  too  early  for  the 
train,  lounging  on  the  two  chairs  and  one 
keg  that  served  for  station  furnishings. 
When  the  big  Overland  steamed  in,  with  a 
rumbling  that  shook  the  prairie  and  made 
the  little  ponies  dance  kittenishly,  Big  Pete 
sauntered  up  to  the  platform  to  meet  the 
big  "white-tie."  Instead  of  the  vaguely 
pictured  divine  he  expected,  a  tall  girl  in  a 
dark  suit  stepped  down,  a  girl  with  sweet, 
serious  eyes.  Behind  her  a  white-haired, 
weather-beaten  man,  stalwart  and  rugged, 
whose  face  lightened  as  he  saw  Big  Pete. 

"Is  this  Mr.  Armstrong?"  he  asked.  "My 
daughter,  Mr.  Armstrong.  She  came  with 
me  to  sing.  An  accident  on  the  ranch,  is 
it?  I'm  sorry."  The  voice  was  deep 
and  vibrant,  and  the  cowboy  felt  relieved. 
He  bowed  constrainedly  to  Miss  Gray,  and 
wondered  if  the  knotted  handkerchief  at 
his  throat  struck  her  as  odd,  and  how 
"in  thunder"  he  was  going  to  get  a  girl 
to  the  ranch.  But  Dr.  Gray  was  looking 
at  him,  and  he  said : 

"Noer,  not  egsactly.  It's  this  way; 
I — we — there's  a  lot  of  fellers  hev  died 
out  here,  and  we  'lowed  we'd  better  have 
one  fer  all  on  'em." 

"Oh,  a  stampede?  and  a  number  killed? 
How  awful !"  and  Miss  Gray  shuddered. 

"Why,  no.  They've  been  dead,  an'  they're 
buried.  We  just  wanted  some  words  like, 
ter  seem — more — better  !"  Pete  ended  help- 
lessly. The  girl  was  looking  at  him,  and 
her  father  was  puzzled.  The  cowboy  could 
not  express  himsekf  in  such  amazing  and 
amazed  company. 

He  led  the  way  around  the  box-car  to 
the  ponies.  "Can  you  ride?"  he  asked  of 
the  girl. 

"Yes,  a  horse,"  she  said  slowly,  as  though 
the  cayuse  were  another  species. 

"Wal,  a  cayuse  is  a  horse,"  Pete  said, 
dryly. 

"I— I  know,  but  you'll  have  to  walk ; 
there  are  only  two  horses.  Father,  I'd 
better  stay  here  in  the  depot,  I  think." 
•  But  her  father  was  firm ;  she  could  not 
stay,  although  inwardly  he  much  regretted 
that  he  had  let  her  tease  him  into  consent 
to  her  coming. 

"We'll  take  turns  walking,"  he  said  to 
Pete,  who  shrugged  his  shoulders. 

The  big  mess  room,  where,  it  seemed, 
funeral  ceremoies  as  well  as  Sunday  schools 
were  held,  was  full ;  gaunt,  rough  old- 
timers  ;    tall,    strong   men    in    their   prime ; 


What  Sulphur  Does 

For  the  Himan   Body  in   Health  and 
J>isease. 

The    mention    of   sulphur    will    recall    t/i 
many  of  us  the  early  days  when  our  moth- 
ers  and    grandmot!  e   us   our   daily 
of  sulphur  and  mo  y  spring 

and  fall. 

It  was  the  universal  spring  and  fall 
"blood  purifier,"  tonic  and  cure-all,  and 
mind  you,  this  old-fashioned  remedy  wai 
not  without  merit. 

The  idea  was  good,  but  the  remedy  wat 
crude  and  unpalatable,  and  a  large  quantity 
had  to  be  taken  to  get  any  effect. 

Nowadays  we  get  all  the  beneficial  effects 
of  sulphur  in  a  palatable,  concentrated 
form,  so  that  a  single  grain  is  far  more  ef- 
fective than  a  tablespoonful  of  the  crude 
sulphur. 

In  recent  years,  research  and  experiment 
have  proven  that  the  best  sulphur  for  me- 
dicinal use  is  that  obtained  from  Calcium 
(Calcium  Sulphide)  and  sold  in  drug  stores 
under  the  name  of  Stuart's  Calcium  Wa- 
fers. They  are  small  chocolate  coated  pellets 
and  contain  the  active  medicinal  principle 
of  sulphur  in  a  highly  concentrated,  ef- 
fective form. 

Few  people  are  aware  of  the  value  of 
this  form  of  sulphur  in  restoring  and  main- 
taining bodily  vigor  and  health :  sulphur 
acts  directly  on  the  liver,  and  excretory 
organs  and  purifies  and  enriches  the  blood 
by  the  prompt  elimination  of  waste  ma- 
terial. 

Our  grandmothers  knew  this  when  they 
dosed  us  with  sulphur  and  molasses  every 
spring  and  fall,  but  the  crudity  and  impurity 
of  ordinary  flowers  of  sulphur  were  often 
worse  than  the  disease,  and  can  not  com- 
pare with  the  modern  concentrated  prepara- 
tion., of  sulphur,  of  which  Stuart's  Calcium 
Wafers  is  undoubtedly  the  best  and  most 
widely  used. 

They  are  the  natural  antidote  for  liver 
and  kidney  troubles  and  cure  constipation 
and  purify  the  blood  in  a  way  that  often 
surprises  patient  and  physician  alike. 

Dr.  R.  M.  Wilkins  while  experimenting 
with  sulphur  remedies  soon  found  that  the 
sulphur  from  Calcium  was  superior  to  any 
other  form.  He  says :  "For  liver,  kidney 
and  blood  troubles,  especially  when  result- 
ing from  constipation  or  malaria,  I  have 
been  surprised  at  the  results  obtained  from 
Stuart's  Calcium  Wafers.  In  patients  suf- 
fering from  boils  and  pimples  and  even 
deep-seated  carbuncles.  I  have  repeatedly 
seen  them  dry  up  and  disappear  in  four 
or  five  days,  leaving  the  skin  clear  and 
smooth.  Although  Stuart's  Calcium  Wafers 
is  a  proprietary  article,  and  sold  by  drug- 
gists, and  for  that  reason  tabooed  by  many 
physicians,  yet  I  know  of  nothing  so  safe 
and  reliable  for  constipation,  liver  and  kid- 
ney troubles  and  especially  in  all  forms  of 
skin  disease  as  this  remedy." 

At  any  rate  people  who  are  tired  of  pills, 
cathartics  and  so-called  blood  "purifiers," 
will  find  in  Stuart's  Calcium  Wafers  a  far 
safer,  more  palatable  and  effective  prepara- 
tion. 

slight,  wiry  bronco-busters;  even  a  few  boy- 
ish-looking fellows,  new  to  the  life.  They 
were  exchanging  glances  and  inaudible 
comments  when  the  two  entered,  but  they 
turned  to  listen,  many  contemptuous  at  first, 
all  earnest  and  sober  before  Dr.  Gray  was 
done.  And  Helen  sang  "Face  to  Face," 
and  finally  "Rock  of  Ages,"  with  its  in- 
finite yearning.  A  haggard  fellow,  with  a 
cough,  who  sat  near  the  door,  went  out  on 
noisy  tiptoes.  There  were  no  sidelong 
glances  now.  Each  man  was  thinking  of 
himself,  alone,  for  Dr.  Gray  had  somehow 
forgotten  those  dead,  and  was  speaking  to 
these  living,  men. 

Then  he  prayed,  prayed  to  the  Mighty 
God  of  the  prairies,  who  knew  the  tempta- 
tions  of  men,   their  passions,   their  loneli- 


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October  26,  1905 


nes< :  prayed  that  their  strength  might  be 
manly  strength,  that  their  firm,  hard  muscles 
might  be  worthily  used,  that  their  life  in 
God's  own  wilds  might  be  a  life  unto  him. 
Then  he  spoke  of  their  homes,  of  the 
mother,  the  wife,  the  sweetheart;  and  at 
last  Helen  sang  again,  softly,  all  the  time 
seeing  the  burning  eyes,  the  quivering  nos- 
trils, the  close-pressed  lips  of  the  man  who 
had  met  them  that  day.  When  the  rest 
poured  out.  Big  Pete  stayed,  and  the  girl 
spoke  quietly  to  her  father,  that  the  cowboy 
might  have  opportunity  to  recover  himself. 
If  he  had  had  less  reserve,  he  might  have — 
but  wisely  enough  he  merely  brought  the 
horses. 

It  was  much  colder,  but  the  moon  was 
clear,  and  they  rode  rapidly,  silently,  two 
in  the  trail,  one  beside  it,  until  the  outside 
horse  stumbled  into  a  prairie  dog  hole, 
the  force  of  the  fall  throwing  Dr.  Gray  over 
his  head  onto  the  ground.  Big  Pete 
bit  an  oath  otT  short  between  his  teeth,  and 
was  on  his  knees  by  the  minister  in  a  mo- 
ment. Helen  had  not  even  cried  out,  but 
she  felt  her  heart  stop  beating  until  Pete 
said : 

"Broken  leg;  unconscious.  I'll  gallop 
back  to  the  ranch  for  a  wagon  and  a  doc- 
tor. No  use  goin'  to  the  station.  No  one 
there  but  the  agent.  Are  you  afraid  to 
stay?" 

She  shook  her  head,  and  he  lifted  her 
out  of  the  saddle. 

"Here's  this,"  he  said  briefly,  and  handed 
her  a  revolver  from  his  belt.  "It's  loaded." 
She  feared  it,  but  she  knew  it  was  safer, 
and  she  took  it  without  a  word  and  ran 
to  her  father.  Pete  helped  her  ease  his 
position,  then  was  out  of  sight  in  a  breath. 
It  seemed  ages  before  he  returned.  Dr. 
Gray's  piti.ble  groaning,  the  moving  horses, 
the  queer  night  sounds  of  the  prairie,  the 
white  moonlight,  she  never  forgot.  She 
could  have  screamed,  would  have,  probably, 
but  she  heard  the  wagon  coming.  Even 
then  she  marveled  at  the  speed  Pete  must 
have  made,  though  when  he  asked  her  if 
it  had  seemed  long  she  sighed,  "An  eter- 
nity-." At  the  ranch  there  was  a  surgeon 
waiting  for  them,  and  he  refused  to  let  the 
minster  be  moved  again. 

"You'll  have  to  stay  here.  These  cowboys 
will  do  all  you  ask,  and  I'll  send  my  old 
housekeeper  over,"  he  told  Helen. 

That  night  she  watched  until  Big  Pete 
made  her  let  him  take  her  place,  long  before 
day.  He  somehow  seemed  so  authori- 
tative. And  the  next  afternoon  he  came  to 
her  with  a  plea  to  take  a  little  rest. 

"I  dunno's  I  like  to  ask  yer  to  ride,  seein's 
that's  how  your  father  was  hurt,  but  it 
would  make  yer  feel   fresh  and  rested.     If 

you'd "      And    Helen    went    with    him. 

He  talked  of  the  clouds  with  a  knowledge 
that  was  new  to  the  girl,  though  he  seemed 
to  consider  himself  merely  her  bodyguard. 
After  that  they  went  daily  and  he  brought 
her  the  mail ;  even  fruit  and  magazines, 
though  she  wondered  where  they  came 
from,  how  he  got  them.  Twice  she  left  her 
father  with  the  housekeeper,  and  on  busi- 
ness journeys  for  him  went  to  Cheyenne. 
At  these  times  Pete  went  with  her  to  the 
station,  and  brought  her  home.  They  came 
to  love  the  long  rides  together,  silent,  some 
of  them ;  others  full  of  rambling  talk  about 
prairie  lore  and  prairie  life.  On  the  last 
-ide  before  the  minister  and  Helen  left 
for  home — it  was  only  a  week  before  Christ- 
mas— Big  Pete  told  her  of  the  Kid,  and  of 
all  he  hoped  for  him. 

"I  ain't  much  myself,  but  I  know  what 
good  is.  I — wal — I'm  an  Armstrong,  if  I 
am  a  cowboy.  The  Kid's  to  go  to  school.  I 
wish  he  could  know  you.  He  loves  singing. 
He's  like  me  in  that.  Sometimes  I  wonder 
'bout  his  folks.  Pore  little  chap,  only, 
'tain't  any  worse  not  to  have  folks  than  it 
is — to  leave  'em."  His  voice  was  very  low, 
and  she  pulled  her  pony  nearer  to  hear. 

"Are  you  the "  she  started  to  ask,  but 

he  broke  in  gently,  as  he  always  had,  with: 
"Look  at  that,  now !  Did  you  ever  see 
such  a  flurry  o'  clouds?  Like  the  down  off 
a  goose's  breast,  all  touched  ter  gold."  And 
Helen  was  baffled  again. 


DEAR  MADAM; 


Please  R.ead 
My  Free  Offer 


Words  of  Wisdom  to  Sufferers  from  a 
Lady  of  Notre  Dame,  Indiana. 

1  send  free  of  charge  to  every  sufferer  this  (Tree 
Woman    Remedy,  with  full  instructions,  descrlp 
tion  of  my  past  sufferings  and  how  I  permanent!  * 
cured  myself. 

You   Can   Cure  Yourself   at   Home   Without  tha 

Aid  of  a   Physician, 

It  costs  nothing  to  try  this  remedy  onoe,  and  31 
you  desire  to  continue  Its  use.  it  will  cost  you  only 
twelve  cents  n  week.  It  does  not  interfere  witVi 
your  work  or  occupation.  I  have  nothing  to  sell 
Tell  other  sufferersof  it;  that  is  all  I  ask.  It.  cum 
everybody,  your.g  or  old. 

If  you  feel  bearing  down  pains  as  from  approach 
ing  danger,  pain  in  the  back  and  bowels,  creeping 
feelirgin  "-.ho  spine,  a  desire  to  cry,  hot  flashes  and  faintness,  or  if  you  are  suffering-  from  any 
so-called  feinals  complaint,  then  write  to  Mrs.  M.  Summers,  Notre  Dame,  Ind.,  for  her  fre* 
treatment  and  full  instructions.  Like  myself  thousands  have  been  curec1  by  It,  I  send  It  in 
a  plain  envelope. 

Mothers  and  Daughters  will  learn  of  a  simple  family  remedy,  which  quickly  and  tteoroughl? 
cures  female  complaints  of  every  nature.  It  saves  worry  and  expense  and  the  unpleaftaatae.se  oft 
having  to  reveal  your  condition  to  others     Vigor,  health  and  happiness  result  from  Us  use. 

Wherever  you  live  I  can  refer  you  to  well-known  ladies  in  your  neigaborhood,  who  Huaow  andi 
will  testify  that  this  family  remedy  cures  all  troubles  peculiar  to  their  sex,  strengthens  tine  whole- 
system  aud  makes  healthy  and  strong  women.  Write  to-day, as  thisoffer  may  not  be  Kiade  asaix 

MRS.  H.  SUMHERS.  BOX  153.  NOTRE  DAME,  M„  8.  S.  L 


But  one  point  she  finally  won.  She  was 
going  to  stop  for  the  Kid  and  take  him 
home  with  her  for  Christmas,  and  Big  Pete 
was  to  come  and  play  Santa  Claus  for  the 
boy. 

He  stood  looking  after  the  train  that 
bore  the  old  man  and  his  daughter  away, 
for  a  long  wistful  while,  then  he  loosened 
the  reins  and  went  off  into  the  darkness. 

"A  feller's  that  a  cowboy  ain't  nothin' 
really,  but  she  treats  him  as  though  he 
was  a  man  as  good  as  her.  If — but  Jerry 
did  lie!  If  I'd  go  back  he'd  hev  to  own  up 
—I  can't  do  it!  Oh,  God,  I  want  her— I 
want  to  do  right.     I'll " 

Helen  found  the  Kid  full  of  reminiscences 
of  the  splendid  "unkleman"  who  came  to 
visit  him.  She  probably  led  the  boy  to  tell 
far  more  than  he  naturally  would.  And  all 
day  Christmas  she  watched  for  the  cowboy, 
and  he  came  not.  There  had  been  a  storm, 
and  an  accident.  A  man  had  been  hurt,  was 
dying,  and  as  he  died  he  told  of  a  crime 
committed  when  he  was  little  more  than  a 
boy.  He  had  let  a  cousin  suffer,  one  Arm- 
strong, who  was  now  in  the  west  some- 
where. The  papers,  brutally  frank,  gave  it 
all. 

Helen  was  frantic.  Why  didn't  Big  Pete 
come?  The  boy  had  been  sent  to  bed,  half 
sobbing  for  the  "unkleman"  who  had  not 
brought  him  Santa  Claus.  Helen  told  him 
stories  till  he  went  to  sleep.  Then  she 
slipped  downstairs  to  wait.  The  blizzard 
was  heavier;  the  trains  delayed,  blockaded. 
She  thought  of  all  sorts  of  accident.  A  man 
had  been  hurt,  was  dying,  and  if  her  dream 
could  come  true;  and  she  wondered  if — 
but  the  bell  was  ringing,  and  she  ran  to 
answer  it  herself. 

A  tall,  snow-covered  man,  wearing  a 
sombrero,  stepped  into  the  hall  with  a  new 
self-reliance  in  the  poise  of  his  shoulders, 
which  the  anxious  girl  noticed — but  vague- 
ly. When  Helen  came  out  from  the  em- 
brace of  those  long  arms,  she  laughed 
softly. 

"Now  we  must  tell  the  Kid  there's  an 
Auntie-girl,  too,  besides  his  unkleman !" 
she  whispered. — The  Evening  Post. 


Glimpse  of  a  Curious  Island. 

The  streets  of  Funchal  are  paved  with 
small  cobbles,  worn  slippery  by  the  run- 
ners of  the  sledge,  or  carro,  that  there 
serves  the  purpose  of  a  wagon.  These 
sledges,  drawn  by  oxen  or  mules,  are  very 
unpretentious  indeed,  being  little  more  than 
rough  logs  fastened  together  in  some  me- 
dieval   fashion.     It   is   surprising,   however, 


to  see  the  loads  of  merchandise,  corn  and 
so  forth,  that  can  be  piled  on  these  raft- 
like transport  wagons.  The  carro  we  are 
invited  to  enter  is,  however,  very  different 
Gorgeous  with  crimson  cushions,  gilded 
roof  and  plush  curtains,  it  reminds  one  of 
the  sedan  chair  of  our  great-great-grand- 
mothers, except  that  it  is  open  at  the  sides, 
unless  perchance  a  dark-eyed  senorita 
draws  the  curtains  to  protect  her  from  the 
sun,  or  maybe  from  the  too  ardent  gaze  of 
the  handsome  driver  who  walks  by  the  side. 
Steadily,  and  apparently  with  little  effort, 
the  slow  oxen  pull  us  up  the  narrow,  wind- 
ing streets,  passing  the  cathredal  on  our 
way,  each  turn  opening  fresh  vistas  to  our 
delighted  eyes,  and  we  long  to  stay  and  ex- 
amine more  closely  the  shops  and  the 
streets,  and  more  especially  the  people 
themselves,  in  their  quaint  headdress,  and 
all  wearing  the  soft,  high,  leather  boots 
made  especially  for  walking  on  the  slippery 
cobbles. — Leslie's    Weekly. 

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Pullman  tourist  sleeping  cars  through  to 
Los  Angeles  without  change  daily  from  Chi- 
cago, beginning  September  15,  via  the  Chica- 
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and  the  newly  opened  Salt  Lake  Route.  Great 
reduction  in  time  schedules  via  this  route. 
Colonist  one  way  tickets  on  sale  daily  from 
Chicago,  beginning  September  15,  only 
$33.00  to  Los  Angeles.  Correspondingly 
low  rates  from  other  points.  Double  berth 
in  tourist  sleeping  cars  $7.00.  For  ticket, 
sleeping  car  reservations  and  full  particu- 
lars, apply  to  your  nearest  ticket  agent,  or 
to  S.  A.  Hutchison,  Manager,  212  Clark  St, 
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Dr.  Woolley's 

PAINLESS 


AND 

Whiskey  Cure 


SENT  FREE  toall 
users  of  morphine, 
opium,  laudanum, 
elixir  of  opium, co- 
caine or  whiskey,  a 
large  book  of  par- 
ticulars on  home  or 
sanatorium  treat- 
ment. Address,  Dr. 
B.  M.  WOOLLEY, 

106  N.  Pryor  St. 
.Atlanta,    Georgia. 


October  26,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


1405 


A  Successful  WeeK  in  Japan. 

BY   MAUDE   W.    MADDEN. 

My  Bible  woman,  Miss  Kiyomi  Kawa- 
mura,  left  Sendai  on  the  early  morning 
train  to  join  her  father,  Evangelist  Kawa- 
mura,  on  a  little  tour  during  the  old  style 
new  year's.  This  is  the  most  favorable  time 
for  winter  work  in  the  villages,  because  the 
farmers  are  at  leisure.  The  weather  was 
blizzard  like ;  cold  winds,  with  occasional 
flurries  of  snow,  and  a  sun  scarcely  discern- 
ible through  the  lowering  gray.  Since 
there  seemed  no  prospect  of  a  change  for 
the  better,  some  of  the  girls  said  :  "Kiyomi, 
you'd  better  postpone  your  trip  a  week,  it 
will  be  bitter  cold  in  the  country,"  and  oth- 
ers added :  "Country  beds  are  cold  ;  only 
one  pad  between  you  and  the  floor."  But 
Kiyomi  laughed  and  replied :  "You  can't 
frighten  me ;  it  would  be  a  great  thing, 
now,  wouldn't  it,  to  give  in  to  the  weather? 
As  for  the  beds,  country  people  have  no 
regard  for  time,  so  I  doubt  if  I  shall  need 
any  bed  at  all,  Saponara,"  and  she  was 
gone. 

Just  a  week  later  she  returned  with  this 
report : 

"I  met  my  father  at  Ishikoshi,  the  rail- 
road   terminus    of    our    trip,    about    thirty 
miles  from  Sendai.    We  walked  about  four 
miles  to  our  church  at  Izuno,  stopping  at 
Wahanayagi,  half  way  there,  to  notify  the 
Christians  of  the  meeting.     We  found  thir- 
ty children  and  fifty  adults  waiting  for  us. 
We  had   a  meeting   for  the   children  first; 
then    for   the    older   ones.     These   lingered 
till   near  midnight,   asking  questions   about 
The  Way.      (Izuno  is  just  a  farmers'  vil- 
lage.    Our   church   meets   in   the  home   of 
one  of  them,  who  is  also  a  county  official. 
Ever  since  this  man  became  a  Christian  he 
has    gathered    his    friends    together    in   his 
house  and  taught  them  as  well  as  he  could. 
He  is  now  in  Drake  College  preparing  him- 
self to  better  guide  his  neighbors.     So  these 
'  Christians  now  have  preaching  but  once  a 
month,  when  Mr.  Kawamura  goes  to  them. 
Practically   no    work    for   the    women    has 
been  done  in  this  district,  this  being  Miss 
Kawamura's  second   trip.)    Tuesday  morn- 
ing, early,  returning  to  the  train  we  visited 
the  homes  of  several  Christians  on  the  way. 
Tuesday,   after   dinner,   we   reached    Sanu- 
ma,  where  one  of  the  Drake  College  stu- 
dents is  stationed  temporarily  as  preacher. 
He  had  his  Sunday  school  of  sixty  children 
ready  for  a  meeting.    Later  forty-five  adults 
were   taught  in  the   evening  meeting,  and, 
as  at  Izuno,  it  was  nearly  midnight  before 
the  last  ones,  leaving,  gave  us  freedom  to 
rest.     By  special  request  we  went,  Wednes- 
day morning,  to  a  village  four  miles  from 
here,  to  meet  the  five   resident  Christians. 
They  begged  pitiably'  for  a  preacher.     Per- 
haps the  Sanuma  man  will  find  time  to  in- 
clude it  in  his  work,  once  or  twice  a  month. 
We  visited  other  homes  of  inquirers  both 
here  and  in   Sanuma.     Thursday  we   went 
to  Akozu,  my  home  village,  and,  though  it 
was  night,   dark,  and  I   was   almost  tired 
out  by  a  severe  cold,  my  heart  thrilled  with 
joy   and   gratitude    as    I    passed    our   new, 
neat  little  chapel  on  the  way  home.     It  is 
the  only  church  building  of  our  people  be- 
tween Tokyo  and  Akita,  though  the  one  in 
Sendai   will   soon   be   finished.     We    found 
fifteen  people  in  my  father's  home  awaiting 
our  arrival,  and  though  it  was  about  eleven 
o'clock  at  night,  we  had  a  meeting  for  them. 
Friday  morning  we  spent  in  house  to  house 
work  in  Akozu.     In  the  afternoon,  in  de- 
fiance of  a  splitting  headache,  I  went  with 
my    father   across   the   river,   where   I   had 
taught  school   two  years,   and   visited   four 
homes  to  teach  the  several  women  in  them. 
When   we  returned  to  our  own  home    we 
found    six   of   my   old   pupils,   now   young 
ladies,    waiting   to   be   taught.      They   have 
been  reading  the  Bible,  so  were  ready  with 
hard  places  marked   for  explanation.     Sat- 
urday we  did  more  house  to  house  work. 
In    the    evening    there    was    a    meeting    of 
twenty-two  adults  at  the  church.     Sunday 
morning   thirty   children    came    to    Sunday 
school,   and  nine   grown  people,   all   Chris- 


tians, worshiped  God.  Sunday  evening 
there  were  130  children  at  Sunday  school 
and  sixty  grown  people  attended  the  even- 
ing service,  and  remained  with  eager  ques- 
tions. So,  including  those  who  heard  the 
gospel  in  their  homes,  my  father  and  I 
preached  as  best  we  could  to  over  500 
people.  May  God  bless  the  message  to  their 
salvation.  We  thank  him  for  the  joy  of 
the  trip." 


Telegraph  to  Jesus. 

Several  years  ago  I  was  traveling  on  a 
train  in  the  west.  Among  the  passengers 
in  our  car  was  a  young  mother  traveling 
alone  with  her  first  baby.  There  was  also 
a  fashionably  dressed  lady  with  two  chil- 
dren, the  elder  a  boy  of  about  twelve  years, 
and  the  younger  a  rollicking  little  chap  of 
four.  The  latter  was  so  cute  and  merry 
and  restless  that  he  attracted  universal  at- 
tention. 

At  noon  our  train  stopped  at  a  station 
for  dinner,  and  all  the  passengers  left  the 
car  except  those  of  us  who  had  lunch  with 
us. 

A  few  minutes  later  the  conductor 
came  through  and  ordered  us  to  move  to 
the  car  forward,  as  the  train  was  to  be 
broken  into  sections.  After  some  switch- 
ing about,  our  train  was  made  up,  and  the 
bell  began  to  ring  as  a  signal  to  the  ab- 
sent  passengers. 

All  at  once  we  were  startled  by  a  loud 
scream,  and  turned  to  see  the  young  mother 
rushing  frantically  through  the  car,  fol- 
lowed by  the  conductor  and  brakeman.  She 
had  left  her  sleeping  baby  and  luggage  in 
the  car  we  had  formerly  occupied,  and  had 
foolishly  gone  away  to  dinner  without  ask- 
ing any  one  to  watch  over  the  child.  Con- 
sequently, in  the  hurried  change  of  cars,  it 
had  been  unnoticed,  and  now  the  car  and 
baby  had  gone. 

Our  train  was  held  while  the  trainmen 
and  passengers  hurried  about  searching  for 
the  lost  child.  Several  trains  had  pulled 
out  of  the  station,  and  the  chances  were 
that  the  missing  car  had  been  attached  to 
one  of  them. 

He  was  standing  up  in  one  of  the  fore- 
most seats  of  the  car,  his  cheeks  flushed 
and  his  eyes  shining  with  excitement.  In 
an  interval  of  silence  his  clear  baby  voice 
floated  down  the  car : 

"Why  don't  they  telegraph  to  Jesus? 
That's  what  I'd  do  if  that  baby  was  mine." 

Tears  started  from  my  eyes  at  these 
words  of  childish  wisdom.  His  faith  had 
turned  to  the  sure  source  of  help  and  de- 
liverance; and  I  do  not  doubt  that  many 


HOME  LIFE 

First  the  strenuous  life;  then  the 
simple  life;  and  now,  supreme  ■.'. 
all,  the  home  life. 


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after  reading 
book." 

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chapter." 

Httsfeand,  Wife, 
etna  Home  F^rfc'cLs 

Author  of  "The  Redemption  of  Davit 

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"telegrams"    went    up    at    once    from    that 
crowded  car. 

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October  26, 


With  the  Children 

By  J.  BrecKenridge  Ellis. 


The  Advance  Society. 

Here  is  a  letter  jusl  received,  nddressed, 
'"Preacher  T.  B.  Ellis."  It  seem.-;  that  some 
are  bound  and  determined  for  me  to  be  a 
preacher,  no  matter  what  1  say  about  it. 
It  h  i  me  to  thinking — this  continual 
misunderstanding  about  my  business.  The 
Advance  Society  intends  to  get  its  members 
accustomed  to  reading  good  literature,  in- 
stead of  sentimental  stuff  all  the  time.  Do 
yon  know  that  the  majority  of  grown  peo- 
ple never  read  any  kind  of  a  book  except 
a  novel?  That's  why  the  majority  of 
grown  folk  are  so  little  account.  I  mean, 
of  course,  mentally.  You  can't  be  of  any 
force  in  the  world  if  you  read  only  fiction. 
That's  why  the  Advance  Society  reads  his- 
tory and  poetry  and  the  Bible;  that's  why 
we  memori  d  quotation  each  week. 

We  want  to  be  of  force.  When  the  crowd 
is  counted,  every  one  of  us  wants  to  count 
one.  But  that  isn't  all  we  are  doing.  We 
are  helping  support  an  orphan  in  St.  Louis 
and  a  missionary  in  China.  So  the  Ad- 
vance Society  is  doing  great  good.  And 
because  I  got  it  up  some  think  I  must  be  a 
preacher!  That's  what  I  don't  like.  I 
don't  mean  preachers — I  like  them,  of 
course.  But  I  think  it's  a  pity  that  the 
world  jumps  at  once  to  the  conclusion  that 
anybody  who  is  trying  to  do  good  must 
be  a  preacher !  Are  we  going  to  let  the 
preachers  have  a  monopoly  on  doing  good? 
I'm  not  a  preacher,  and  I  never  was.  Are 
you?  Here's  a  note  from  Flossie  Davis,  Des 
Moines,  la. :  "Inclosed  find  my  fifth  quar- 
terly report  and  50  cents  for  Drusie.  I 
wish  I  could  send  more.  I  think  of  Drusie 
so  often  and  compare  her  with  myself.  I 
guess  she's  just  about  my  age  (she's  twen- 
ty, isn't  she?)  and  my!  how  much  braver 
she  must  be !  I  am  working  hard  for 
'Adnah'  (prize  for  the  best  four  consecu- 
tive reports).  This  is  my  third  successive 
report,  and  it  gets  easier  all  the  time  for 
me  to  remember.'" 

Beulah  Shortridge,  Glenwood,  Ind. :  "I 
inclose  my  seventh  report.  I  have  not 
missed  keeping  the  five  rules  (Read  5  pp. 
history,  thirty  lines  of  poetry  and  memorize 
a  good  quotation  each  week;  Bible  verse 
each  day ;  keep  account  in  a  note  book)  for 
two  years,  and  they  seem  almost  a  part  of 
my  life.  Why  don't  you  take  our  quota- 
tions from  our  reports  and  publish  a  quota- 
tion book  from  standard  authors?"  (If 
you  had  ever  published  a  book  yourself  you 
would  know  why.) 

Mrs.  W.  A.  Mason,  Nevada,  Mo. :  "I 
send  my  eighth  report.  I  never  read  less 
than  a  chapter  of  the  Bible  each  day.  I 
have  belonged  to  the  Av.  S.  two  years  the 
first  of  September.  The  rules  have  become 
a  fixed  habit.  I  enjoy  being  a  member 
very  much"  (yes,  and  we  enjoy  having  you) 
"and  read  our  page  with  interest.  Charlie, 
our  orphan,  seems  to  have  had  a  very  pleas- 
ant vacation,  and  is  now  settled  in  school 
at  St.  Louis.  As  usual,  I  inclose  my  little 
mite  for  our  orphan  and  our  missionary. 
May  God's  richest  blessing  be  with  them, 
is  my  prayer." 

A  Mother,  Cotulla,  Tex.:  "I  inclose  one 
dollar,  and  a  confession.  A  year  ago  last 
spring  while  visiting  home  folks  in  Mis- 
souri our  little  five-year-old  boy  gathered 
a  gallon  of  gooseberries  for  his  grand- 
mother, that  he  might  send  a  dime  to  Char- 
lie. (I  had  told  him  about  little  Joe,  then 
Charlie,  and  how  the  Orphan  Home  takes 
little  boys  and  girls  who  have  no  papas 
and  mammas,  and  cares  for  them.)  He 
was  very  proud  that  he  could  earn  his  own 
money  to  send.  He  often  asks  me  when 
I  am  going  to  send  Charlie  his  dime.  So 
I  will  not  wait  any  longer.  This  shows  the 
shamefulness  of  the  neglect  of  little  things. 
But  here's  that  dime,  with  one  from  his 
brother  and  little  sister,  and  35  cents  each 
from    papa    and    mamma.      The    children's 


dimes  are  for  Charlie,  the  rest  for  Drusie, 
our  missionary.  May  Cod's  blessings  ever 
rest  on  the  good  works  of  the  Av.  S.  and 
:!■;  missionary."  (,1  hope  Charlie  will  study 
harder  and  try  more  to  be  good  and  to 
make  those  around  him  happy,  when  he 
thinks  of  the  little  boy  working  to  earn 
some  money  to  send  him.) 

.Mrs.  F.  M.  Purviane,  Jacksonville,  111.: 
"For  a  number  of  years  I  have  been  inter- 
ested in  the  Av.  S.  It  is  a  fine  thing.  I 
am  particularly  interested  in  the  orphan 
and  missionary.  I  send  50  cents  for  each, 
to  help  along.  May  the  Lord  bless  you 
and  keep  you." 

From  Wellsville,  Mo.,  came,  last  January, 
50  cents  for  Charlie  and  Drusie.  A  Friend, 
Mexico,  Mo.,  writes:  "Inclosed  is  one 
dollar  for  Drusie,  with  prayers  for  her 
continued  health,  happiness  and  usefulness 
in  that  far  awav  land." 

M.  J.  O'Dell,"  Payette,  Idaho  (What  are 
you  doing  'way  up  there?)  :  "I  send  two 
dollars,  one  for  Drusie  Malott,  one  for 
Charlie.  I  wish  Charlie  could  go  with  me 
to  Snake  river  some  morning  and  watch 
the  fishermen  catch  salmon.  Tenth  quar- 
ter finished — hope  to  report   soon." 

Nina  Stevens,  Akita,  Japan :  "Henry  is 
sending  his  report  for  Av.  S.  work.  Our 
friends  tell  us  that  he  reads  much  better 
than  children  of  his  age  who  are  in  the 
Tokyo  school  for  foreign  children.  I  think 
we  owe  much  of  his  success  to  the  habit 
he  has  formed  of  reading  every  day.  He 
is  fond  of  poetry,  and  it  pleases  me  to  hear 
him  say,  'That  reminds  me' — and  then  give 
a  quotation.  He  may  offer  some  objec- 
tion to  other  lessons,  but  he  never  objects 
to  keeping  the  Av.  S.  rules."  Bertha  Bees- 
ley  regretted  very  much  that  she  could 
not  help  entertain  Charlie  last  summer.  Pier 
mother  fell  ill  and  they  could  not  have  vis- 
itors on  that  account. 

Lois  A.  Ely,  Joplin,  Mo.:  "A  yellow 
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be  hard  on  him  to  leave  his  many  friends 
and  his  old  haunts,  but  I  reckon  there  are 
plenty  of  cats  down  in  Arkansaw,  and  if 
there  aren't,  he  may  live  to  get  back  to 
Missouri  some  day.  It  grieves  us  to  make 
him  go  as  a  felon,  confined  in  his  narrow 
cell,  but  you  could  never  get  Felix  into 
Arkansaw  unless  taken  by  force  and  craft. 
I  may  add,  incidentally,  that  I  am  going 
along,  too,  and  all  letters  should,  after  this, 
be  addressed  to  me  at  Bentonville,  Ark. ; 
but  1  knew  you  would  be  more  interested 
to  hear  about  Felix.) 

Nannie  D.  Chambers,  Richwood,  Ky. : 
"If  you  think  I  have  deserted  the  Av.  S. 
you  are  mistaken.  My  twenty-fifth  report, 
lost  in  the  confusion  of  moving,  has  at  last 
been  found,  but  now  the  twenty-sixth  is 
gone.  Did  you  ever  hear  of  such  misfor- 
tunes ?  Marie  says  if  you  had  been  here 
through  all  the  torture  and  agony  of  our 
move,  you  couldn't  have  described  it  better 
than  in  'A  Week  with  the  Woodneys.'  If 
you  had  seen  mamma  and  Marie  sitting  in 
the  cold  kitchen  the  evening  we  had  our  first 
callers,  you  would  have  thought  of  Mrs. 
Woodney's  retreat  to  the  loft — except  for 
the  weather."  (Then,  where  were  you  and 
Jean?)  "I  am  always  sorry  when  the 
Woodneys  have  to  begin  a  new  day,  for 
I  suppose  the  story  will  end  with  the  sev- 
enth day.  I  hope  the  remaining  days  are 
strung  out  as  long  as  possible.  Of  course, 
you  know  I  am  a  teacher  with  a  first-class 
certificate" — her   first   school. 

Mrs.  Bettie  Treadway,  Paynesville,  Mo. : 
"I  send  a  dollar  for  Drusie.  Surely  the 
Lord  is  with  her.  Eternity  alone  will  tell 
the  good  the  Av.  S.  is  doing." 

Lillie  Fisher,  Dunlap,  Mo. :  "I  commenced 
my  second  quarter  June  11  and  did  not 
miss  a  single  rule.  I  told  you  I  had  two 
cats,  Topsy  and  Bluebird,  but  Bluebird  died, 
so  she  is  out  of  Felix's  way."  (No  doubt 
she  is  better  off.)  "I  got  a  good,  long  let- 
ter from  Aunt  Lizzie  Wallace;  she  saw  my 
letter  in  the  paper.  She  sat  right  down  and 
wrote  to  me.  She  was  very  much  pleased." 
(So  was  I.) 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Marstellar,  Albany,  Mo.: 
"We  think  the  Av.  S.  a  good  society;  we 
pray  it  will  prosper  and  grow  from  day 
to  day.  We  feel  that  God  will  bless  so 
good  a  work.  The  orphan  boy,  Charlie, 
has  our  deepest  sympathy;  we  will  now 
send  you  one  dollar  as  a  little  mite  for 
him.  We  were  not  taking  the  paper  when 
the  'Green  Witch'  was  printed."  (This 
money  was  received  a  long  time  ago,  but 
we  could  not  come  to  it  until  to-day.  In 
the  meantime,  however,  it  has  done  its 
good  work,  just  as  all  the  money  which  we 
have  not  yet  found  space  to  acknowledge.) 

Mrs.  J.  R.  Naylor,  Parkville,  Mo.^sends 
a  dollar  for  Drusie,  50  cents  for  Charlie 
and,  which  we  feel  are  very,  important,  her 
best  wishes  and  prayers. 

Bertha  A.  Seelinger,  Butler,  Mo.,  joined 
the  society  last  January.  "It  will  be  a 
pleasure  to  keep  the  rules,"  she  wrote, 
"and  a  privilege  to  help  Charlie  and  Drusie. 
I  am  13.  I  live  on  a  farm  six 
miles  from  town,  but  we  have  R.  F.  D.  and 
a  telephone"  (and,  I  hope,  an  old  gold  cat). 
"I  have  belonged  to  the  church  and  En- 
deavor for  a  year. 

Grace  Everest,  Oklahoma  City:  "I  send 
my  third  report.  I  have  at  last  found  a 
history  that  interests  me." 

Mrs.  F.  A.  Potts,  who  has  helped  with 
our  work,  writes,  in  regard  to  our  orphan : 
"This  is  the  kind  of  work  God  meant  us 
to  do — helping  others,  and  Jesus  said  of 
the  children,  'Of  such  is  the  kingdom  of 
heaven.'  There  may  be  others  like  I  was 
when  you  first  made  the  proposition  to  sup- 
port a  child,  not  able  to  help  then,  but  not 
wanting  to  be  left  out,  who  can  help  now. 
This  is  the  way  to  minister  unto  Christ." 
I  am  glad  to  announce  that  I  am  again 
able  to  send  Drusie  $5,  which  makes  our 
ninth  check  to  her ;  hurrah !  Let's  scrape 
up  enough  to  send  her  $5  again  next  month 
— or  even  more  !  And  don't  forget  Charlie  ; 
we  want  to  roll  up  something  for  the  day 
when  he  will  enter  a  business  school.  And 
remember  that  Felix  now  lives  at  Benton- 


ville, Ark,  and  all  the  family  with  him. 
Write  to  me  there.  This  is  the  last  time 
for  many  a  day  that  I  will  write  a  letter 
to  you  from  Plattsburg,  Mo.  Mollie  Atchi- 
son, of  Gower,  met  me  on  the  street  the 
other  day  and  handed  me  a  quarter  (I 
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vol.  XLII. 


November  2,   1905 


CONTENTS. 

Current  Events   141 1 

Editorial — 

Centennial  Plans  and  Progress 1413 

Evangelism — True   and  False    1413 

The  Disciples  of  Christ  1413 

Notes    and    Comments    1414 

Editor's   Easy    Chair    1415 

Contributed    Articles — 

New    Testament  Evangelism 1416 

Evangelists  and  Evangelism — A  Sym- 
posium     141 7 

As    Seen    from    the     Dome.     F.    D. 

Power    .* 1420 

The  Century  Simultaneous  Campaign. 
C.  L.  Thurgood 1421 

A  Notable    Conference.    W.    I.    Lha- 
mon  1425 

Our  Budget   1427 

News  from  Many  Fields   143 1 

Evangelistic    1434 

Midweek   Prayer-Meeting    1436 

Christian   Endeavor    1436 

Sunday  School    1437 

The   People's   Forum    1438 

Marriages   and   Obituaries    1438 

Family  Circle    1439 

With  the  Children   1441 


Current  Events. 


The  Crisis 
in  Russia. 


Russia  is  in  the  midst  of  a  crisis  which  is 
both  political  and  industrial.  The  rapid 
spread  of  the  strike  has 
apparently  interrupted 
the  Czar's  plan  to  put 
Count  Witte  at  the  head  of  a  new  cabinet 
to  reform  the  government  on  moderately  lib- 
eral principles.  So  serious  has  the  strike 
become  that  railway  service  is  paralyzed, 
the  schools  are  closed,  the  newspapers  have 
suspended  publication,  postal  service  is  dis- 
continued, the  machinery  of  government 
is  at  a  standstill.  It  is  believed  that  the 
Social  Democrats  have  planned  a  universal 
strike  to  enforce  the  demand  for  a  consti- 
tutional government  and  the  right  of  suf- 
frage. At  any  rate,  the  strike  is  directed 
rather  against  the  government  than  against 
the  employers  of  labor,  and  it  is  accompan- 
ied by  the  most  violently  revolutionary 
demonstrations.  Revolutionists  and  terror- 
ists and  all  who  wish  the  overthrow  of  the 
autocracy,  have  taken  advantage  of  the  oc- 
casion to  announce  and  propagate  their 
plans.  The  policy  of  repression,  which 
Russia  so  carefully  enforces  against  all  pro- 
grams of  reform  and  all  utterances  of  dis- 
content, has  utterly  broken  down  through 
the  sheer  inability    of    the    government    to 


Russian  Autoc 
racy  Gone. 


enforce  it  without  a  degree  of  violence 
which  would,  in  the  present  excited  condi- 
tion of  the  people,  provoke  a  reaction  and 
be  utterly  and  instantly  fatal  to  the  autoc- 
racy. So,  for  the  moment,  Russia  is  a  land 
of  free  speech.  In  St.  Petersburg  the  gov- 
ernment has  even  gone  so  far  as  to  give 
official  permission  for  the  use  of  certain 
halls  for  revolutionary  meetings  of  a  char- 
acter which  heretofore  have  never  met  with 
any  treatment   except   absolute   prohibition. 

Since  the  above,  was  written,  the  Czar 
has  surrendered  to  the  demands  of  the  rev- 
olutionists. Russian  au- 
tocracy is  a  thing  of  the 
past.  The  Czar  has  at 
last  decreed  constitutional  liberty  to  the 
people.  And  so  the  last  autocracy  in  the 
civilized  world  yields  to  the  demands  of  free- 
dom. The  decree  grants  to  the  population 
"the  immutable  foundations  of  civic  liber- 
ty, based  on  the  real  inviolability  of  per- 
son, freedom  of  conscience,  speech,  union 
and  association."  The  state  douma,  or  par- 
liament, is  to  be  no  longer  a  dummy-  for 
consultation,  but  is  endowed  with  real  leg- 
islative power,  without  whose  approval  no 
enactment  becomes  legal.  Further  exten- 
sion of  the  suffrage  is  promised.  M.  Witte 
is  the  first  premier  of  the  new  regime.  Oc- 
tober 30  will  be  a  great  day  in  Russian  his- 
tory. It  remains  to  be  seen  how  the  revo- 
lutionists themselves  will  accept  this  re- 
markable concession,  but  it  is  to  be  hoped 
that  they  will  recognize  the  value  of  the 
victory  already  won,  and  will  enter  into 
hearty  sympathy  with  the  Czar  and  his  min- 
istry under  the  new  regime,  in  bringing 
order  and  peace  out  of  chaos  and  strife. 


Taft  as  an 
Independent 


One  of  the  happiest  incidents  of  the  past 
week  in  the  political  world  was  Secretary 
Taft's  speech  at  Akron, 
O.  He  came  to  partici- 
pate in  the  Republican 
campaign  in  Ohio,  and  he  spoke  in  a  some- 
what special  manner,  as  the  representative 
of  the  President.  But  the  interest  and  value 
of  his  remarks  lay  not  in  his  advocacy  of  the 
Republican  state  ticket  in  Ohio,  but  in  his 
attack  on  the  Republican  machine  in  Cin- 
cinnati. Mr.  Taft's  home  is  in  Cincinnati, 
and  he  declared  that  if  he  could  get  home 
to  vote  he  would  vote  against  the  Re- 
publican ticket  in  the  municipal  elec- 
tion. When  a  member  of  the  cabi- 
net representing  the  President,  and  him- 
self a  prominent  candidate  for  the  presi- 
dential nomination  of  his  party,  advocates 
the   principles   of  independence   from   party 


No    44 


The  Machine 
in  Cincinnati 


in  local  elections,  it  seems  that  the  despised 
mugwump  should  lift  up  his  head  and  sing 
for  joy.  But  there  are  also  men  who  do  not 
want  to  be  mugwumps,  who  want  to  be 
regular  and  faithful  members  of  their  party 
organizations,  who  yet  wish  to  feel  free  in 
a  municipal  election  to  act  on  the  theory 
that  the  government  of  a  city  is  a  matter 
of  business  and  not  of  politics.  All  such 
take  great  joy  in  Secretary  Taft's  utterance. 
It  is  of  particular  interest  to  have  such  a 
bold  and  forceful  statement  made  just  be- 
fore a  series  of  municipal  elections  in  which, 
in  at  least  three  conspicuous  instances — 
Philadelphia,  Cincinnati  and  Indianapolis — 
the  Republican  candidates  are  trying  to 
round  up  the  party  voters  under  the  party 
banners  for  the  support  of  programs  of 
graft  and  corruption.  How  much  easier 
municipal  reform  would  be  if  all  good  Re- 
publicans and  good  Democrats  felt  as  free 
to  oppose  the  party's  candidate  for  the 
party's  good  as  does  the  Secretary  of  War ! 

Some  of  Mr.  Taft's  very  words,  in  his 
characterization  of  the  Republican  machine 
in  Cincinnati,  ought  to 
be  quoted.  They  are 
careful  words,  asserting 
nothing  which  can  not  be  proved  and  evi- 
dently asserting  much  less  than  the  speaker 
believes  to  be  true ;  but  they  are  enough  to 
unsettle  any  honest  man's  loyalty  to  his 
party  machine  in  city  elections : 

"The  Hamilton  county  [*.  e.  Cincinnati] 
machine  is  the  result  of  from  fifteen  to  twen- 
ty years'  labor  by  George  B.  Cox,  a  man  of 
great  executive  talent  and  political  sagac- 
ity. Beginning  with  the  politics  of  the  ward 
he  has  created  a  political  organization  in  the 
city  of  Cincinnati  and  the  county  of  Ham- 
ilton, founded  on  the  cohesive  power  of 
the  public  patronage,  which  operates  as 
smoothly  to  control  the  nominations  and 
elections  in  the  city  and  county  as  a  nicely 
adjusted  Corliss  engine. 

"The  whole  government  of  both  county 
and  city  is  absolutely  under  his  control,  and 
every  Republican  political  convention  nomi- 
nates the  men  whom  he  dictates.  The  or- 
ganization is  carried  far  beyond  the  mere 
preparation  for  conventions,  and  embraces 
the  strictest  discipline  among  the  cohorts 
in  bringing  out  a  full  vote  on  each  election 
day. 

"The  government  under  the  machine  is 
constantly  described  as  a  very  corrupt  one. 
Such  a  government  generally  begets  corrup- 
tion. But  if  it  exists  in  Cincinnati  it  seems 
difficult  to  secure  legal  or  practical  proof  of 
it  sufficient  to  convince  the  voter. 

"But  the  power  secured  by  the  boss  and 
his  assistants  under  the  machine  has  un- 
doubtedly inured  to  their  pecuniary  benefit, 
and  it  is  seen  in  the  large  fortunes  which 
they  now  have.  How  their  money  was 
made  has  not  been  disclosed.  The  large 
public  utility  corporations  seem  to  regard 
the  boss  as  a  conserving  influence,  and  are 


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November  2,  1905 


content  to  have  the  control  of  the  machine 
continue  as  it  is.  because  they  regard  them- 
selves as  thus  insured  against  disturbance 
in  their  franchise. 

"The  condition  is  one  of  absolute  help- 
lessness on  the  part  of  any  independent 
Republican  seeking  to  take  part  in  politics 
and  to  act  independently  of  the  machine ;  and 
the  distressing  effect  is  now  seen  upon  all 
the  young  men  ambitious  politically,  as  it 
either  drives  them  out  of  politics  and  de- 
prives the  public  of  their  probably  valuable 
services,  or  if  they  go  into  politics  they 
must  subordinate  themselves  to  the  tyranny 
of  the  b<  5S 

"It  is  a  condition  of  affairs — a  local  des- 
potism— much  to  be  deplored,  and  if  I  had 
thought  that  by  speaking  and  supporting 
Governor  Herrick  tonight  I  should  be  do- 
ing anything  for  the  perpetuation  of  the 
power  of  the  Cox  machine  in  Cincinnati,  or 
if  I  thought  that  Governor  Herrick  had 
entered  into  the  corrupt  bargain  with  Cox, 
as  charged,  I  should  not  be  here." 


The  President's 
Journey. 


It  was  said  that  President  McKinley 
captured  the  hearts  of  the  southern  people 
as  no  President  had  done 
since  the  civil  war;  and 
when,  early  in  his  first 
administration,  President  Roosevelt  enter- 
tained one  negro  at  lunch  and  appointed 
another  to  an  important  post  in  a  southern 
city,  he  was  charged  with  undoing  all  the 
magnificent  work  of  reconciliation  which 
his  predecessor  had  done.  And  yet  the 
President,  on  his  present  trip  through  the 
south,  is  being  received  with  unprecedented 
enthusiasm,  and  not  even  his  visit  to  Tus- 
kegee  served  to  awaken  any  slumbering 
fear  of  social  equality  between  the  races. 
The  day  spent  at  Booker  Washington's 
school  at  Tuskegee  was  a  fit  recognition 
of  the  great  work  of  that  institution.  At 
Mobile  the  President  spoke  of  the  Panama 
Canal  and  the  resultant  need  for  a  strong 
navy.  Visits  were  made  to.  Birmingham 
and  Little  Rock,  and  then  to  New  Orleans, 
where  the  slight  remaining  danger  of  yellow 
fever  was  not  considered  worth  taking  into 
account.  From  that  point  the  return  is  be- 
ing made  by  steamer. 


It  is  getting  more  and  more  obvious  that 
good    political    friends    are    going    to    find 

themselves  on  opposite 
Rate  Regulation,  sides  of  the  fence  when 

the  friends  and  enemies 
of  the  President's  program  of  railroad  rate 
regulation  are  lined  up.  The  administra- 
tion is  in  favor  of  doing  something — as 
radical  as  necessary,  but  at  least  something 
effective — to  remove  from  the  railroads 
their  present  power  of  making  or  ruining 
industries  or  communities  by  the  manipula- 
tion of  transportation  charges.  It  is  not 
so  much  that  the  average  charge  for  freight 
transportation  is  too  high,  but  that  the 
power  to  make  it  high  here  and  low  there, 
high  for  one  competitor  and  low  for  an- 
other, is  virtually  giving  to  the  railroads 
the  power  of  "binding  and  loosing"  in  the 
whole  realm  of  commerce  and  industry. 
The  sentiment  of  the  administration  is  that 
this  ought  to  be  stopped,  and  that  the  low- 
est price  for  which  it  can  be  stopped  is  not 
too  high  a  price  to  pay.    The  President  has 


opponents  within  his  part}- — perhaps  more 
within  it  than  without — who  do  not  deny 
that  there  are  abuses  which  should  be  rem- 
edied, but  are  anxious  that  nothing  radical 
or  "socialistic"  or  "tyrannical"  or  "danger- 
ous to  the  rights  of  capital"  shall  be  done 
to  remedy  them.  They  criticise  the  plan 
of  giving  increased  power  to  the  Interstate 
Commerce  Commision,  but  propose  no  other 
measure  by  which  the  end  sought  can  be 
more  effectively  accomplished.  Mr.  Taft,t  in 
his  Akron  speech,  presented  the  administra- 
tion plan,  and  Senator  Foraker  promptly 
issued  a  reply  to  it.  In  the  two  attitudes 
we  see  at  a  glance  the  two  parties  which 
will  be  developed  within  the  party  as  soon 
as  the  matter  comes  before  Congress.  It 
is,  as  Senator  Foraker  reminds  us,  not  just 
to  assume  that  all  who  oppose  the  Presi- 
dent's plan  are  hostile  to  any  plan  of  rate 
regulation.  Some  of  them  are,  either  on 
principle  or  for  private  interest.  Others 
are  of  the  type  of  men  who  are  tempera- 
mentally disposed  rather  to  anticipate  and 
imagine  the  incidental  dangers  of  any  plan 
than  to  take  effective  measures  to  get  things 
done. 

@ 
The  meeting  of  the  Interstate  Commerce 
Law  Convention  in  Chicago  last  week  is- 
Interstate  Com-  s"e<i  rather  futilely  in  a 
merce  Conven-  split  between  the  faction 
tion.  favoring   the   President's 

plan  of  rate  regulation  and  that  opposing 
it — the  Taft  and  Foraker  parties,  as  above — 
each  section  adopting  resolutions  in  favor 
of  its  own  position.  The  so-called  "reg- 
ulars," who  favored  the  President's  plan, 
got  control  of  the  machinery  of  the  con- 
vention in  advance  and  admitted  only  those 
who  would  subscribe  to  a  document  ap- 
proving of  that  plan  of  dealing  with  the 
railroads.  Credentials  were  ignored,  and 
those  who  refused  to  sign  were  barred  out. 
The  procedure,  judging  from  the  reports, 
was  neither  fair  nor  wise.  We  know  not 
what  ingenious  justification  there  can  be 
for  it  other  than  the  desire  for  unanimity 
of  sentiment  in  the  convention — and  even 
unanimity  can  be  too  dearly  bought.  The 
excluded  delegates,  under  the  leadership  of 
Mr.  D.  M.  Parry,  organized  a  rump  con- 
vention about  as  large  as  that  of  the  reg- 
ulars (about  400  to  450),  and  the  two  con- 
ventions proceeded  with  their  deliberations 
in  their  respective  halls.  The  "regulars" 
adopted  resolutions  stating  their  agreement 
with  the  President's  plan  to  amend  the  in- 
terstate commerce  act  by  increasing  the 
power  of  the  Interstate  Commerce  Commis- 
sion as  "the  only  constitutional  and  effect- 
ive method  for  the  supervision  of  rates, 
classification  and  practices."  The  "antis" 
adopted  resolution  "recognizing  the  existing 
evils  connected  with  the  transportation  in- 
terests of  the  country,"  including  rebates, 
private  car  lines,  etc.,  and  recognizing  also 
"the  great  and  almost  universal  dissatisfac- 
tion with  the  interstate  commerce  laws  as 
now  administered  or  enforced,  urging  upon 
Congress  the  imperative  necessity  for  provid- 
ing the  necessary  machinery  for  relief,"  but 
declaring  that  the  signers  are  "unalterably 
opposed   to  conferring   upon   the   Interstate 


Commerce  Commission,  or  any  other  ap- 
pointed agency,  the  power  to  prescribe  spe- 
cific rates  for  transportation."  The  split  at 
the  very  outset  deprived  both  sections  of 
the  convention  of  all  value  as  deliberative 
assemblies.  There  was  too  much  unanimity, 
so  the  upshot  of  it  was  that  those  who  favor 
the  President's  plan  said  so,  and  those  who 
opposed  it  said  so.  Little  light  was  shed 
upon  the  problem,  except  perhaps  to  show 
how  easily  the  subject  may  cause  divisions. 
The  "regulars"  persistently  called  the  other 
group  the  "railroad  party,"  and  insinuated 
that  their  opposition  was  inspired  by  de- 
votion to  railroads  rather  than  to  public 
interests.  This  insinuation  is  not  altogether 
just.  Those  members  of  the  "anti"  faction 
who  are  moved  by  private  interests  of  any 
sort  are  probably  concerned  more  aboul 
their  own  profits  than  those  of  the  rail- 
roads. The  very  basis  of  the  whole  agita- 
tion is  that  the  railroads  practice  discrim- 
ination among  shippers.  Some  shippers 
generally  large  ones,  have  benefited  by  the 
favoritism.  It  is  natural  that  these  should 
join  forces  with  the  railroads  to  oppose 
any  sort  of  regulation  which  will  imperi! 
their  special  privleges. 

In    the    New    York   municipal    campaigr 

the  interest  centers  rather  in  the  election  o: 

a  district  attorney  than  iE 

Jerome  s  the  contest  for  tiie  may. 

Campaign.  orality.  In  the  latter,  th< 

probability  of  Mayor  McClellan's  re-electior 
is  so  overwhelming  that  the  triangular  cona 
test  with  McClellan  and  Tammany  on  one 
corner,  Mclvins  and  the  Republican  ma- 
chine on  another  and  Hearst  and  his  news- 
papers on  the  third,  is  scarcely  interesting 
But  Mr.  Jerome's  candidacy  for  district 
attorney  is  interesting  to  the  last  degree 
Passed  over  by  both  the  regular  parties,  ir 
spite  of  his  splendidly  effective  service  I 
the  office  (could  there  have  been  collusior 
on  this  point  between  Odcll  and  Murphy?) 
Mr.  Jerome  announced  that  he  would  rur 
as  an  independent  candidate  if  the  neces- 
sary number  of  citizens  would  sign  his  pe- 
tition. Ten  times  the  required  numbei 
signed.  His  name  became  the  rallying 
point  for  the  disaffected  of  both  parties, 
and  for  the  independent  voters.  The  Re- 
publican nominee  for  the  office,  Flammer. 
resigned,  and  Jerome  was  unanimously 
given  the  Republican  nomination.  But  as 
we  go  to  press  comes  the  news  that  the 
board  of  elections  has  divided  on  the  ques- 
tion of  accepting  this  nomination,  and  the 
courts  will  have  to  render  a  verdict.  Still 
he  is  making  his  canvass  as  an  independent 
on  the  principles  of  independency  in  local 
politics,  and  is  hammering  the  machines 
at  every  chance.  There  is  a  rumor  that 
the  other  independent  candidate,  the  one 
on  Hearst's  ticket,  may  also  resign  in 
favor  of  Jerome.  McClellan  has  made  a 
much  better  mayor  than  any  one  expected, 
and  he  really  deserves  the  independent  votes, 
most  of  which  he  will  get,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  those  that  go  to  Hearst.  So,  if  the 
voters  arc  not  afraid  to  split  their  tickets, 
the  winners  ought  to  be  McClellan  (Dcm.) 
and  Jerome  (Rep.  and  Ind.). 


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NOVEMIJKK   2,    1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


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Centennial   Plans  and  Progress. 

Wc  publish  this  week  the  third  Special 
Evangelistic  number  of  The  ChrisTian- 
Evangkust  since  our  Convention  number. 
This  week  the  Pittsburg  Century  Evan- 
gelistic Campaign  occupies  the  center  of 
the  stage.  We  are  indebted  to  Bro.  W.  R. 
Warren  for  able  assistance  in  securing 
matter  for  the  Pittsburg  campaign,  and 
to  Bro.  W.  J.  Wright,  our  Superintendent 
of  Evangelism,  for  other  articles  on  the 
general  subject  of  evangelism.  We  are 
sure  these  special  numbers  will  feed  the 
evangelistic  fires  that  are  now  spreading 
throughout  the  brotherhood.  In  this 
feature  of  our  work  The;  Christian-Evan- 
geust  offers  its  services  to  the  Bureau  of 
Evangelism  to  further  its  plans. 

The  Christian  Standard,  with  charac- 
teristic energy,  is  rallying  the  brethren  to  a 
four  years'  campaign  in  evangelism,  and  has 
outlined  a  strenuous  program  of  opera- 
tions. Many  brethren  are  responding  with 
zeal  to  its  call  and  promise  their  co-opera- 
tion in  making  the  next  quadrennium  tell 
for  our  Centennial  Celebration.  The  only 
word  of  caution  we  would  utter  is,  let  us 
take  a  pace  that  we  can  hold  and  even  in- 
tensify as  the  time  of  our  Centennial  ap- 
proaches, and  even  this  caution  may  not  be 
leeded,  as  men  are  more  prone  to  take  coun- 
sel of  their  prudence  than  of  their  zeal. 
■  The  National  Business  Men's  Associa- 
tion, recognizing  that  evangelism  is  only 
3ne  feature  of  our  Centennial  work,  is 
planning  for  an  aggressive  campaign.  The 
executive  committee  of  the  organization 
lias  accepted  the  recommendation  of  the 
San  Francisco  convention  that  they  supply 
:he  funds  for  pushing  the  Centennial  prop- 
iganda,  and  the  president  of  that  associa- 
tion, Bro.  J.  H.  Allen,  of  this  city,  is  him- 
self personally  pushing  this  work  to  com- 
pletion. Having  led  off  with  a  liberal  con- 
tribution to  the  $5,000  fund,  which  it  is 
thought  will  be  needed  to  support  this 
work  for  the  ensuing  year,  he  is  now  en- 
gaged in  personally  soliciting  donations 
from  other  business  men  for  the  same  pur- 
pose. This  means  that  the  money  will  be 
raised.  Let  every  man  who  feels  an  interest 
n  this  work  write  at  once  to  J.  H.  Allen, 
[04  S.  Main  street,  as  there  is  not  a  day  to 
>e  lost. 

Already  one  of  our  able  men  has  been 
selected  to  take  the  field  as  the  representa- 
tive of  all  our  general  enterprises — educa- 
tional, missionary  and  benevolent — who,  if 
he  shall  consent  to  undertake  the  work, 
will,  we  are  sure,  receive  the  hearty  co-op- 
eration of  the  brotherhood  in  stimulating 
liberality  and  in  securing  large  gifts  for 
every  department  of  our  work.  This  is  the 
main  work  that  lies  before  us.  Eet  us  not 
think  of  a  big  convention  at  Pittsburg  in 
1909  as  constituting  our  Centennial  Cele- 
bration. It  will  consist  rather  in  liberal 
college  endowments,  in  a  million  dollars 
a  year  as  our  missionary  offerings,  in  a 
million  dollars  for  Church  Extension,  in 
a  larger  provision  for  the  needs  of  the 
widow  and  the  orphan  and  our  aged  and 
dependent  ministers.  Along  with  this 
work  there  should  be  and  will  be  systematic 
ind  earnest  efforts  to  evangelize  the  unsaved 
md  especially  to  reach  the  great  neglected 


masses  of  our  population  which  seldom,  if 
ever,  bear  the  gospel,  and  to  deepen  the 
spiritual  life  of  ibe  church 

And  so  the  great  Centennial  tasks  be 
fore  us  arc  taking  definite  form  in  outline, 
and  there  is  work  for  every  church,  every 
preacher,  every  business  and  professional 
man,  and  every  religious  journal  that  is 
willing  to  lend  a  hand  in  making  memora- 
ble these  coming  four  years,  culminating 
in  our  Centennial  Convention  at  Pittsburg 
in  1909. 

Evangelism — True  and  False. 

This  is  the  age  of  machinery.  We  are  sel- 
dom, if  ever,  entirely  free  from  the  rattle 
of  wheels.  Professor  Drummond's  idea 
that  man  is  to  supply  by  invention  what  he 
lost  in  the  selection  of  hands  rather  than 
wings,  is  receiving  a  certain  fulfillment  in 
the  present  reign  of  mechanism.  It  is  not 
strange,  therefore,  that  the  preaching  of  the 
gospel  should  be  influenced  by  the  sur- 
rounding atmosphere  of  the  times.  Nor  is 
it  to  be  regretted  that  wise  methods  should 
be  adopted  in  evangelizing  the  world.  The 
world  has  made  progress  since  the  days  of 
the  apostles,  and  the  methods  which  they 
used  may  not  be  entirely  suitable  to  present 
day  evangelization.  There  is  more  real  ac- 
tivity crowded  into  a  single  day  during  the 
first  decade  of  the  new  century  than  there 
was  in  a  whole  year  of  the  apostolic  period. 
It  is  also  true  that  methods  are  not  nec- 
essarily binding,  even  when  apostolic  ex- 
ample may  be  quoted  in  their  favor.  Meth- 
ods are  ever  changing;  principles  only  are 
eternal.  It  is,  therefore,  not  only  the  privi- 
lege, but  it  is  also  the  duty,  of  the  modern 
evangelist  to  study  carefully  the  environ- 
ment _in  which  he  is  to  work  and  adopt 
such  means  and  methods  as  will  best  ac- 
complish the  end  he  has  in  view. 

Yet  there  is  another  side  to  this  ques- 
tion. There  is  danger  of  carrying  even  or- 
ganization too  far.  No  machinery  should 
be  used  which  simply  begets  machinery. 
When  evangelistic  methods  usurp  principles 
and  machinery  is  put  in  front  of  the  gospel 
the  spirit  of  the  age  has  taken  the  place  of 
the  Spirit  of  Christ,  and  the  result  will  be 
the  production  of  machine-made  converts 
instead  of  real  Christians  of  a  heavenly 
birth.  It  is  very  important  to  study  care- 
fully the  spiritual  side  of  this  evangelistic 
question.  The  gaining  of  converts  should 
be  the  controlling  end  in  view ;  this  gain- 
ing of  converts  is  the  object  of  the  preach- 
ing of  the  gospel — the  very  soul  of  the 
great  commission  which  Jesus  gave  to  his 
apostles.  But  it  must  not  be  forgotten 
that  there  are  converts  and  converts.  Is 
there  not  danger  that  modern  evangelists 
deal  too  much  in  a  kind  of  mathematical 
Christianity?  Are  they  not  likely  to  be  in- 
fluenced too  much  by  numbers  or  quantity 
rather  than  quality?  They  must  "make  a 
record,"  and  in  doing  this  do  they  not  some- 
times approach  perilously  near  the  auc- 
tioneer system?  Earnestness  is  undoubted- 
ly an  essential  condition  to  evangelistic 
success,  as  it-  is  to  all  kinds  of  success,  but 
earnestness  may  manifest  itself  in  very 
questionable  ways.  The  evangelist  may 
translate  his  calling  into  that  of  a  mere 
hypnotist,  and  he  may  use  a  whole  church 


and  community  through  which  tice 

hit  hypnoti*    po 

it  is  of  no  avail  to  say  that  hypnotic  in- 
flueti-  loderd  rvan- 

lt    may  be   '  'it   with- 

out intention;  but  it  is  easy  to  believe  that 
in    some    instances   the   evangeli  prac- 

ticing what  1  an  art.    Wc  do  not 

say  that  even  in  this  case  he  is  guilty  of 
any  moral  wrong.  He  may  (eel  sure  he  is 
using  a  gift   which   he  has  d   to   fit 

him  for  his  work.  All  wc  claim  is  that  if 
he  possesses  this  gift  he  should  use  it  with 
great  caution,  lest  his  converts  should  be 
born  of  the  flesh  rather  than  of  the  Spirit 
It  may  be  impossible  to  eliminate  the  flesh 
entirely  in  anything  we  do  while  we  are 
still  in  the  body.  Paul  had  a  conflict  con- 
tinually, and  1  an  we  expect  to  be  mor< 
empt  than  he  was?  The  record  of  his  life 
ought  to  teach  us  to  seek  the  same  help  he 
did  in  order  to  obtain  deliverance  from  the 
flesh.  Surely  we  ought  not  to  cultivate 
and  strengthen  a  tendency  which  is  certain 
to  get  the  advantage  of  us  if  it  is  allowed 
to  run  riot  at  will.  The  fleshly  side  of 
evangelistic  work  needs  no  emphasis ;  in- 
deed, it  needs  constant  restraint.  But  the 
spiritual  side  is  too  much  neglected  in  mod- 
ern evangelism.  W.  T.  M. 

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"The  Disciples  of  Christ."* 

This  volume  is  one  of  a  series  of  histor- 
ical works  under  the  general  title  of  "The 
Story  of  the  Churches,"  by  the  publishers, 
with  a  view  of  furnishing,  as  they  say,  "a 
uniform  set  of  church  histories,  brief  but 
complete,  and  designed  to  instruct  the  aver- 
age church  member  in  the  origin,  develop- 
ment and  history  of  the  various  denomina- 
tions." This  volume  must  be  judged,  there- 
fore, in  the  light  of  this  general  purpose. 
It  is  not  such  a  history  as  would  be  put 
forth  by  one  of  our  own  publishing  houses 
for  the  instruction  of  our  own  members  and 
for  a  statement  to  the  world  of  the  reasons 
which  have  influenced  the  origin  and  course 
of  our  religious  movement.  Such  a  history 
would  be  written  from  a  somewhat  different 
point  of  view,  and  would  be  more  elaborate 
than  this  one  pretends  to  be. 

The  volume  entitled  as  above  will  fill  a 
useful  purpose,  along  with  the  series  of  sim- 
ilar works,  in  setting  forth,  in  brief  form, 
to  the  general  public  the  purposes  and  prin- 
ciples and  the  chief  facts  in  our  history. 
The  author,  in  a  previous  work  entitled 
"Early  Relation  and  Separation  of  Baptists 
and  Disciples,"  gave  evidence  of  ability  as 
an  accurate  and  unbiased  historian,  bent 
only  on  setting  down  the  facts  of  history 
and  allowing  them,  in  the  main,  to  tell  their 
own  story.  It  is  impossible,  however,  for 
any  writer  to  eliminate  entirely  the  personal 
equation,  and  his  point  of  view  will  inevita- 
bly manifest  itself  in  his  interpretation  of 
the  facts  he  records.  This  volume  furnishes 
no  exception  to  that  general  rule. 

First  of  all.  we  have  a  very  clear  setting 
forth  in  Chapter  I  of  "The  Campbells"  in 
the  old  world.  In  Chapter  II  there  is  a 
very  satisfactory  statement  of  the  "Religious 


*The  Disciples  of  Ori.-t,  bv  ErreftGat^s  Ph.  D.. 
Associate  iT  Church  Hi-torv,  University  of  Ch'cago. 

New  York:  The  Baker  &  Taylor  Co.  Price.  ?i,oo 
n- 1.  Can  be  supplied  by  the  Chrisiian  Pubi  shing 
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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


November  2,  1905 


Conditions  in  Scotland  and  Ireland."  Chap- 
ter 111  gives  a  sketch  of  the  "Christian 
Association  of  Washington."  This,  the  au- 
thor rightly  regards  as  the  real  beginning  of 
the  movement  for  the  restoration  of  prim- 
itive Christianity.  Following  this,  in  Chap- 
ter 1Y.  the  work  deals  with  "Barton  \Y. 
Stone  and  the  Springfield  Presbytery." 
While  the  facts  recorded  in  this  chapter 
antedate  those  of  the  former,  the  author  is 
right,  we  think,  in  saying  that  "the  main 
stream  in  the  historic  development  of  the 
Disciples  of  Christ  took  its  rise  in  the 
Christian  Association  of  Washington,  led 
by  Thomas  Campbell  and  his  son,  Alexan- 
der." The  other  movement  became  tribu- 
tary to  that. 

"The  Union  with  the  Baptists,''  is  treated 
in  Chapter  V  in  about  the  same  maimer  as 
the  author  has  treated  it  in  his  former  work, 
already  referred  to.  We  should  say  it  is  a 
very  satisfactory  presntation  of  the  subject. 
And  this  general  topic,  including  the  causes 
which  led  to  union  with  the  Baptists  and 
the  separation  of  the  reformers  from  the 
Baptists,  is  continued  to  Chapter  IX.  This 
part  of  the  work  contains  a  very  graphic 
description  of  the  leaven  of  the  Reformation 
working  in  and  through  Baptist  churches, 
and  the  ensuing  conflicts.  The  author  does 
not  hesitate  to  set  forth  certain  extreme 
positions  taken  by  some  of  the  reformers, 
and  even  by  Mr.  Campbell  himself,  from 
which  there  was  to  come  later  a  reaction  to 
saner  and  safer  ground.  Looking  back  at 
that  period  of  history  from  this  date,  it  is 
easy  to  see  how,  with  a  little  more  caution 
and  conservatism  on  the  part  of  the  reform- 
ers, and  a  little  more  open-mindedness  and 
forbearance  on  the  part  of  the  Baptists,  the 
union  between  these  two  peoples  might  not 
have  been  severed.  But  it  was  not  to  be  so, 
and,  considering  the  views  and  the  spirit 
which  then  prevailed,  it  was  the  inevitable 
which  happened  when  the  two  peoples  sep- 
arated, each  to  carry  forward,  for  a  time  at 
least,  the  work  to  which  they  believed  God 
had  called  them. 

In  subsequent  chapters  the  work  deals 
with  "The  Union  of  Reformers  as  Disciples 
of  Christ" ;  "The  Early  Growth  and  Organ- 
ization"; "The  Rising  of  Internal  Contro- 
versy," growing  out  of  the  demand  for 
missionary  organizations,  and  then  the  pe- 
riod of  "Missionary  Organizations" ;  then 
"Evangelism,  Journalism,  Education,  and 
Church  Growth."  The  closing  chapter 
(XIVj  deals  with  "Recent  Tendencies  on 
Problems,"  in  which  the  author  walks  on 
ashes  of  controversy  where  the  embers  are 
not  yet  entirely  cool.  It  may  be  doubted 
whether  some  of  the  smaller  and  transient 
controversies  among  us,  mentioned  in  this 
chapter,  are  not  too  much  dignified  by  find- 
ing a  place  in  an  historical  work  like  this. 

We  notice  some  slight  historical  inaccu- 
racies, here  and  there,  in  statements  of  fact, 
and  also  some  interpretations  of  facts 
which  differ  from  our  own.  In  connection 
with  the  organization  of  the  first  church 
when  it  was  necessary  "to  fix  the  terms  of 
Christian  fellowship  for  those  seeking  en- 
trance," the  author  says : 

"Here  emerge  two  principles  which 
Campbell  designed  should  be  co-operative 
and  mutually  corrective,  the  authority  of 
primitive  Christianity,  and  the  obligation  of 


Christian  unity.  The  one  was  means,  the 
other  end.  while  both  were  equally  binding. 
He  did  not  anticipate  that  there  would  be 
conditions  where  the  principles  would  be 
mutually  exclusive,  and  that  a  difference  of 
emphasis  would  make  them  mutually  de- 
structive. Here  lie  the  seeds  of  disagree- 
ment and  controversy  within  the  movement 
itself." 

The  author  is  certainly  right  in  saying 
that  the  Campbells  designed  that  these  two 
principles,  namely.  Christian  unity  and 
New  Testament  Christianity,  should  be  "co- 
operative and  mutually  corrective."  Their 
idea  was  that  Christian  unity  was  to  be  re- 
stored by  a  return  to  the  simple  Christian- 
ity of  the  New  Testament.  How  these  two 
principles  can  be  "mutually  exclusive"  or 
"mutually  destructive"  we  do  not  see.  A 
perversion  of  either  the  one  or  the  other 
might  easily  make  them  such,. but  the  very 
heart  of  our  plea  has  been,  and  is  today, 
that  the  unity  of  the  Church  can  only  be  re- 
stored by  the  restoration  of  its  essential 
constitutional  features,  as  laid  down  in  the 
New  Testament. 

There  are  a  few  other  minor  statements 
to  which  we  might  file  objections,  but,  on 
the  whole,  we  are  free  to  say  that  the  work 
is  a  valuable  one,  evincing  earnest  histori- 
cal research,  and  an  honest  and  sincere  ef- 
fort to  deal  fairly  with  historical  material. 
The  Index  and  the  Bibliography  are  val- 
uable features  of  the  work. 


Notes  and  Comments. 

What  is  the  matter  with  the  east  wind? 
All  nature  seems  to  be  at  enmity  with  this 
wind.  The  fish  will  not  bite,  the  birds  all 
keep  "close"  and  man  himself  goes  about 
shivering  with  only  half  his  usual  energy 
when  an  east  wind  is  blowing.  Bakers  de- 
clare that  it  takes  two  degrees  more  of  heat' 
•to  bake  bread  when  an  east,  wind  is  blow- 
ing than  at  any  other  time.  This  wind  acts 
very  much  upon  man  and  beast  as  a  head 
wind  does  in  the  sailing  of  a  vessel.  It 
takes  but  little  experience  to  make  evident 
the  evil  influence  of  such  a  wind  when 
sailing  on  the  water.  The  earth  is  turn- 
ing constantly  from  west  to  east  in  its  diur- 
nal revolution  and  an  east  wind  is  practi- 
cally a  head  wind,  and  this  may  account  for 
its  disagreeable  effect  upon  man  and  beast. 
But  after  all,  is  not  /this  east  wind  an  im- 
portant factor  in  the  affairs  of  life?  If  our 
light  affliction  works  out  for  us  an  eternal 
weight  of  glory  why  may  not  an  east  wind 
work  out  the  best  results  in  the  develop- 
ment of  physical  life?  Perhaps  it  is  the 
economy  of  nature,  after  all,  to  send  us 
days  sometimes  when  the  fish  will  not  bite 
and  the  birds  do  not  even  sing,  and  when 
the  fishermen,  like  Longfellow's  Arabs, 
may  "fold  their  tents  and  steal  away." 


An  old  question  needs  a  new  treatment. 
Did  Christ  produce  the  church,  or  did  the 
church  produce  Christ?  Suppose  it  were 
possible  to  eliminate  all  the  influence  that 
Christ  has  had  on  the  modern  church, 
could  that  church  then  create  a  Christ  such 
as  we  have  delineated  in  the  New  Testa- 
ment? The  only  way  to  help  the  modern 
infidel    to    answer   that    question    so    as    to 


make  it  possible  for  his  contention  to  stand 
is  to  assume  that  the  modern  church  is 
greatly  inferior  to  the  primitive  church  in 
its  perceptions  of  character.  The  infidel 
must  assume  that  the  primitive  church 
could  have  created  the  Christ,  though  he 
is  compelled  to  admit  the  modern  church 
could  not  do  it.  But  if  we  take  the  New 
Testament  record  as  historically  true,  is 
it  not  a  fact  that  the  primitive  churches 
were,  in  the  very  respects  necessary  to  the 
creation  of  such  a  character  as  Jesus  is  1 
represented  to  be,  greatly  inferior  to  our 
modern  churches?  If  this  be  true,  and  no 
one  who  has  all  the  facts  before  him  can, 
with  reason,  doubt  it,  it  follows  that  Christ 
■  created  the  church,  not  the  church  Christ. 
For  the  modern  church  could  not  create 
him  even  with  all  the  light  we  have  re- 
ceived from  him,  while  the  primitive 
church  had  none  of  this  light,  if  he  did  not 
exist,  and  the  low  standard  of  spiritual  de- 
velqpment  in  that  age  could  not  have  sug- 
gested a  character  in  any  way  approaching 
the  character  of  the  Christ  of  the  New  Tes- 
tament. 


We  can  not  personally  reply  to,  nor 
quote  from,  the  large  number  of  letters  we 
have  received  endorsing  most  heartily  our 
position  on  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  expressing 
delight  in  seeing  this  subject  receiving  re- 
newed emphasis  among  us.  The  Editor  had 
reason  to  believe  before  the  publication  of 
his  recent  work  on  the  Holy  Spirit,  that 
there  was  need  among  us  for  a  fresh  in- 
vestigation of  that  subject,  and  it  was  this 
feeling  that  led  him  to  prepare  the  work, 
but  its  publication  has  brought  to  light  a 
far  greater  need  for  more  Scriptural  light 
on  this  subject  than  we  had  any  knowledge 
of  before,  and  we  are  glad  to  know  that 
its  wide  reading  among  the  brethren  is 
awakening  a  fresh  interest  on  this  vital 
question. 

Anent  the  articles  on  evangelism  and  the 
general  evangelistic  campaign  that  is  now 
on,  we  venture  to  call  attention  to  one 
fact,  namely,  the  discrepancy  between  the 
large  number  of  additions  reported  in  our 
papers  each  year  and  the  net  increase  in 
our  membership  reported  annually  by  our 
statistician.  There  is  a  leakage  here  that 
ought  to  be  stopped.  Pouring  water  in  a 
basket  isn't  a  very  profitable  exercise.  Of 
course,  it  isn't  that  bad,  but  there  is  a  leak 
in  the  ecclesiastical  pail  that  needs  to  be 
stopped.  We  do  not  say  who  is  to  blame 
for  this,  whether  evangelist,  pastor  or  hu- 
man nature,  or  all  of  them.  What  we  are 
concerned  about  is,  that  so  far  as  in  us 
lies,  we  seek  to  stop  that  leakage.  If  it  re- 
quires deeper  probing  into  the  conscience, 
in  conversion,  by  all  means  let  us  have  it. 
It  if  requires  more  careful  pastoral  super- 
vision, let  us  have  that.  If  it  requires  a 
more  religious  atmosphere  in  our  churches 
and  a  better  organization  by  which  every 
member  can  be  assigned  to  some  work,  then 
let  us  have  that.  If  all  three  of  these  things 
are  necessary,  and  they  seem  to  us  to  be  so, 
let  us  have  them  all.  Let  us  stop  that  leak-' 
age! 


November  2,  1905 


THE  CHkJSTIAX-EVANGELIST. 


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Editor's  Easy  Chair. 

There   was    in    the    heart    of   the   apostle 
Paul   a   great,   passionate   longing  to   know 
Christ.      He   had  never  known   him   in   the 
flesh.     It  had  not  been  his  privilege,  as  it 
had    been    that    of    the    other    apostles,    to 
journey  with  the  Master  as  he  "went  about 
doing  good,"  to  share  his  sacred  confidences, 
to  watch  him  in  his  moments  of  trial  and 
anguish,     to     witness    his    crucifixion    and 
burial.      But   he    had    come    to   know    him, 
in   some  measure,   after   the   spirit,   and   he 
longed  to  know  him  more.     Speaking  to  the 
Philippians    in    his    letter    to    thcr?    about 
what   he   had   left  behind   him   in    the    way 
of    fleshly    profitings,    he    exclaims :      "Yea 
verily,  and  I  count  all  things  loss  for  the 
excellency     of    the     knowledge     of    Christ 
Jesus,   my    Lord !"      Further    ct.    he    adds : 
"That    I    may   know   him,    and    the   power 
of  his   resurrection,   and   the   f\1owship   of 
his  sufferings."    As  if  anf.icipat-   g  the  ques- 
tion  from  some  one,   "Why,    t  ml,  do  you 
not   already  know   Chrisi  ?"*   he   says,   "Not 
that  I  have  already  obiained,  or  am  already 
made  perfect."     Paul  was  not  satisfied  with 
his  knowledge  of  Christ  or  with  his  spir- 
itual attainments.     He  had  found  in  Christ, 
what  the  law  could  not  give  him — pardon 
and    peace,    but    still    he    longed    to    know 
Christ    DtUer.      He    wanted    to    know    him 
both  in  the  power  of  his  resurrection  and 
in    the    fellowship    of    his    suffering.      Can 
any  one  know  Christ  truly  until  he  knows 
him   in   these   ways?      Not   only   must   one 
walk  with  the  risen  and  conquering  Christ, 
sharing  in  the  joy  of  his  triumph  and  the 
glorious   anticipation   of  completed   victory, 
but  he  must  needs   walk  with   him  in  the 
valley  of   his   humiliation  and  suffering,  and 
share  with  him  the  burden  of  sorrow  and 
anguish  which  he  bore  for  the  world's  sin' 
and  sorrow.   -Only  thus  can  we  know  Christ 
in  the  fullness  of  his  character  and  power. 

We  have  all  come  in  contact  with  persons 
whom  we  would  like  to  know  better.  We 
have  felt  the  power  of  their  personality  and 
the  outgoing  of  strength  and  confidence 
through  their  lives  and  character,  and  we 
would  fain  come  into  more  intimate  asso- 
ciation with  them,  and  know  them  better. 
After  all,  how  much  there  remains  to  find 
out  about  our  most  intimate  friends ! 
There  is  nothing  that  reveals  character 
and  the  quality  of  one's  personality  more 
surely  than  passing  through  the  ordeal 
of  some  great  trial  or  sorrow.  It  brings  out 
strength  of  character,  or  it  reveals  the  ab- 
sence of  it.  There  are  people  whom  we 
love  better,  and  upon  whose  character  we 
place  a  higher  estimate,  because  of  the  fact 
that  we  have  been  with  them  through  some 
great  trial,  or  temptation,  some  over- 
shadowing sorrow,  and  have  noted  their 
courage  and  unwavering  trust  in  these  dark 
hours.  When  we  can  look  at  this  world 
through  the  eyes  of  Jesus  Christ,  and  feel 
upon  our  hearts  something  of  the  burden 
of  its  sin  and  sorrow  which  he  bore  for  us, 


then  we  shall  know  him  in  "the  fel- 
lowship of  his  sufferings,"  and  love  him 
as  we  have  never  loved  him  before.  No 
man  whose  heart  has  never  ached  with 
sorrow  for  suffering  humanity,  can  know 
Christ,  as  Paul  desired  to  knew  him.  No 
m,  n  who  has  never  struggled  under  some 
heavy  burden  which  he  has  borne  for  Christ 
and  his  cause,  can  enter  fully  into  fellow- 
ship with  the  Christ  who  bore  the  cross 
for  us.  Why,  then,  should  we  complain 
of  hardships,  sacrifices,  and  persecutions 
borne  for  Christ's  sake,  seeing  that  this 
is  the  only  way  by  which  we  can  know 
him?  Why  do  we  shun  the  difficult  tasks, 
the  hard  places,  the  thorny  paths  of  duty, 
and  seek  easy  places,  light  tasks  and 
smoother  paths,  when  the  former  and  not 
the  latter  will  lead  us  to  a  knowledge  of 
Christ?  Is.it  no!  because  of  the  weakness 
of  our  faith,  or  the  lack  of  the  strong  and 
earnest  desire  to  get  closer  to  Christ,  and 
to  know  him  better? 


We  are  quoting  this  example  of  Paul  to 
rebuke  our  self-complacency  and  apparent 
satisfaction  with  our  present  attainments. 
What  a  large  proportion  of  Christians 
there  seems  to  be  who  have  no  idea  of  at- 
taining to  a  better  knowledge  of  Christ 
than  they  have  at  present,  and  who  seem 
to  be  quite  satisfied  with  their  spiritual 
state.  Here  and  there  are  noble  spirits 
struggling  on  up  the  heights,  seeking  a 
clearer  and  broader  view  of  spiritual  things, 
and  hungering  for  a  closer  communion  with 
God.  But  these  seem  to  be  exceptions  to 
the  general  rule.  Most  people  are  seeking 
for  material  things — the  things  which  per- 
ish with  their  using — and  have  no  realiza- 
tion of  their  spiritual  poverty.  .  How  is  this 
to  be  remedied?  How  can  the  church  .con- 
vert the  world  until  itself  becomes  more 
converted?  How  can  we  who  preach  lead 
men  to  Christ  until  we  have  walked  with 
him  in  such  close  companionship  that  we 
have  come  to  know  him  in  the  heights  and 
depths  of  his  sympathy  and  love?  Oh, 
that  we  might  know  Christ,  for  to  know 
him  is  to  know  God !  "And  this  is  life 
eternal,  that  they  should  know  thee,  the 
only  true  God,  and  him  whom  thou  didst 
send,  even  Jesus  Christ."  So  vital  and 
fundamental  is  this  knowledge  of  God,  in 
Christ,  that  the  Holy  Spirit  was  sent  to 
the  church,  after  Christ's  departure,  that 
he  might  show  to  believers  "the  things  of 
Christ"  and  glorify  him.  This  is  the  work 
which  the  Holy  Spirit  will  do  for  us  if 
we  open  our  hearts  to  him,  and  invite  him 
in  and  make  him  our  divine  Guest.  If  we 
are  to  be  a  great  evangelistic  people,  win- 
ning men  by  thousands,  not  to  a  creed,  but 
to  the  personal  Christ,  to  share  in  his  life 
and  to  be  partakers  of  the  divine  nature, 
we  must  drink  more  deeply  of  the  divine 
Spirit  that  our  lives  may  be  flowing  foun- 
tains of  spiritual  blessings  for  the  world. 
What  more  glorious  consummation  could 
we  struggle  for,  by  the  time  of  our  Cen- 
tennial celebration,  than  to  bring  all  our 
churches   and   individual   members   to   long 


for  and  seek  to  be  "filled  with  the  Spirit," 
to  the  end  that  hey  may  know  Christ  and 
enter  into  a  do*  sr  fellowship  with  him  in 
the  great  enterprise  of  converting  the 
world?  The  highest  and  best  of  all  the  en- 
dowments that  we  can  seek  is  the  endow- 
ment of  the  Holy  Spirit,  by  whose  fullness 
of  power  alone  we  can  accomplish  our  great 
mission   in  the  world. 


There  is  a  class  of  Christians,  we  are 
sure,  who  will  ask,  Why  all  this  struggle 
and  sacrifice  and  self-crucifixion  in  order 
to  a  better  knowledge  of  Chrisi?  Are  not 
these  things  too  high  for  us?  Why  not  be 
content  with  the  simple  facts  we  already 
know  instead  of  reaching  out  after  a  knowl- 
edge and  experience  that  are  beyond  us? 
It  ought  to  be  answer  encoigh  to  say  in  re- 
ply to  such  questions,  "This  is  God's  will 
concerning  us,  even  our  sanctification." 
This  is  the  meaning  of  all  the  rich  pro- 
visions of  God's  grace  in  our  behalf,  that 
we  may  be  brought  into  fellowship  with 
himself  and  know  the  joy  that  belongs  only 
to  such  a  life.  There  is  a  quality  of  joy, 
of  happiness,  and  of  peace,  that  can  only 
be  known  to  those  who  open  their  hearts 
for,  and  struggle  toward,  the  higher  things 
of  the  spiritual  life.  A  lady  friend  of  ours 
who  has  been  married  several  years,  in 
writing  to  one  who  is  soon  to  enter  the 
wedded  state,  said  to  her,  "In  a  few  years 
hence  you  will  smile  at  the  thought  which 
you  once  entertained,  that  you  were  happy 
as  you  then  were."  So  might  a  Christian, 
standing  on  the  heights  above  us,  say  to 
those  of  us  who  think  we  have  attained  the 
highest  happiness  possible  to  a  Christian. 
There  are  experiences  of  holy  joy,  of  high 
inspiration,  of  sweetness  of  fellowship,  of 
blessedness  of  hope,  possible  to  us,  which, 
when  we  once  attain,  will  make  us  wonder 
that  we  were  ever  content  to  abide  so  long 
upon  the  lower  levels  of  the  spiritual  life. 
And  every  such  Christian  multiplies  his 
power  and  the  influence  of  his  life  for  good 
by  infinity. 

The  opponents  of  the  Holy  Spirit  as  a 
present  indwelling  helper  and  comforter  in 
the  hearts  of  Christians  have  invented  a 
new  word  to  "darken  counsel."  A  writer 
in  one  of  our  exchanges  steps  into  the  arena 
to  declare  that  "since  Pentecost  and  the 
house  of  Cornelius  no  man  has  received 
the  Holy  Spirit  as  an  entity,  except  by  im- 
position of  apostolic  hands."  Of  course, 
that  word,  "entity"  is  one  about  which 
brethren  can  dispute  until  they  grieve  the 
Holy  Spirit  entirely  away.  No  wonder 
Paul  said  to  Timothy,  "But  foolish  and  ig- 
norant questionings  refuse,  knowing  that 
they  gender  strifes."  Christians  today  may 
pray  for  and  receive  the  Holy  Spirit  to 
strengthen  and  comfort  them,  to  help  their 
infirmities,  to  teach  them  how  to  pray,  and 
to  lead  them  into  an  increasing  knowledge 
of  Christ.  That  is  the  glorious  fact  which 
the  New  Testament  makes  plain  and  about 
which  there  should  be  no  dispute. 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


November  2,  1905 


New  Testament  Evangelism:  Its  Assured  Victory* 


The  assured  victory  of  New  Testament 
evangelism  is  a  theme  not  bom  of  pes- 
simism. The  two  are  as  foreign  to  each 
other  as  light  and  darkness.  I  call  your 
attention  to  the  fact  of  its  victory  being 
assured,  not  a  doubtful  or  uncertain  vic- 
tory. Its  destiny  is  not  left  to  hazardous 
circumstance,  but  is  firmly  entrenched  be- 
hind a  definite  assurance.  It  is  the  martial 
music  that  thrills,  not  the  dirge  that  chills; 
the  signal  to  greater  battles,  not  that  of 
cowardly  retreat.  It  looks  upon  fields  white 
unto  the  harvest,  prays  for  more  laborers, 
all  the  while  gathering  strength  to  thrust 
in  the  sickle  and  reap  for  God. 

GROUNDS  OF  ASSURANCE. 

i.  Promise  and  Prophecy — God's  promise 
to  Abraham  contemplates  the  blessing  of 
all  nations.  He  declared  through  Isaiah 
that  his  word  should  not  return  unto  him 
void,  but  should  accomplish  that  whereunto 
he  had  sent  it.  God  did  not  bring  into  the 
world  a  power  insufficient  to  cope  with  ev- 
ery opposition,  and  gain  a  signal  victory 
in  every  conflict. 

2.  Its  Inherent  Nature — It  is  vital  and 
vitalizing.  It  is  seed  that  will  spring  into 
harvest.  It  is  bread  that  feeds  the  hungry 
and  water  to  relieve  the  thirsty.  It  is  life 
that  begets  life,  and  light  that  lighteth  ev- 
ery man  that  cometh  into  the  world.  It  is 
salt  that  saves,  and  power  that  turns  men 
from  darkness  to  light.  It  is  not  a  cold, 
lifeless  system  committed  to  us  with  which 
to  convert  the  world,  but  a  living,  pulsat- 
ing Christ  whose  words  are  spirit  and  life, 
and  whose  ability  can  meet  the  needs  of  all 
people.  '*I  am  come  that  ye  might  have 
life  and  that  ye  may  have  it  more  abun- 
dantly." 

3.  The  Words  of  Jesus — He  inspired  his 
disciples  with  hope.  "The  harvest  truly 
is  great,  but  the  laborers  are  few."  "Lift 
up  your  eyes  and  look  on  the  fields,  for 
they  are  white  already  to  the  harvest."  He 
thought  of  his  Church  as  successfully  with- 
standing the  gates  of  hell.  Greater  works 
than  his  were  to  be  done  by  his  disciples, 
in  that  they  were  to  carry  to  a  glorious  fin- 
ish the  work  begun  by  him.  He  leaped 
beyond  the  bounds  of  Jewish  exclusiveness 
and  directed  their  thought  to  "other  sheep" 
which  he  should  bring.  The  disciples  were 
to  receive  power  and  be  witnesses  unto  the 
uttermost  parts  of  the  earth.  To  doubt  the 
conquering  power  of  the  gospel  is  to  doubt 
him  who  led  captivity  captive  and  gave 
gifts  unto  men. 

4.  The  Records  of  Victory  as  Found  in 
Acts — Reading  Acts  of  Apostles  is  like  the 
records  of  victories  won  by  a  mighty  army. 
From  Jerusalem  to  Samaria ;  from  the 
prison  to  the  solitary  road  leading  to  Gaza; 
in  Cesarea  and  Antioch;  in  the  dungeon  at 
Philippi  or  on  Mars  Hill ;  at  Ephesus, 
Corinth,   Thessalonica ;     even    unto   Cesar's 

'hold ;  in  all  these  and  more  was  the 
evangel  heard  and  witnesses  made  to  its 
triumphant  power.  Let  us  notice  a  few 
of  them.  "They  that  gladly  received  his 
word  were  baptized,  and  there  were  added 


v\   at  Hopkiosville,   Ky. ,  during  the   Sou(h 
Kenucky  Convention. 


By  Howard  J.  Brazelton 

unto  them  the  same  day  about  three  thou- 
sand souls."  A  few  days  after  and  an- 
other is  recorded  in  the  same  city.  "Many 
which  heard  believed,  and  the  number  of 
men  was  about  five  thousand."  This  in 
the  face  of  the  fact  that  the  apostles  had 
been  seized  and  were  being  imprisoned. 
The  first  case  of  discipline  designed  to 
check  hypocrisy  in  the  Church  caused  the 
people  to  magnify  the  aposties  and  "be- 
lievers were  the  more  added  to  the  Lord, 
multitudes  both  of  men  and  women."  Af- 
ter appointing  the  deacons  and  quieting  the 
murmurings,  "the  word  of  God  increased ; 
and  the  number  of  the  disciples  multiplied 
in  Jerusalem  greatly,  and  a  great  company 
of  the  priests  were  obedient  to  the  faith." 
Preaching  Jesus  to  him  sent  the  Ethiopian 
back  to  the  palace  of  the  queen  a  rejoicing 
Christian.  The  voice  from  heaven  and  the 
preaching  of  Ananias  thwarted  the  evil  pur- 
pose of  Saul  of  Tarsus,  and  sent  him  out 
straightway  preaching  Christ.  When  Paul 
and  Barnabas  had  finished  their  first  evan- 
gelistic tour,  they  returned  to  Antioch  from 
whence  they  had  been  sent.  "And  when 
they  had  come  and  had  gathered  the  church 
together,  they  rehearsed  all  that  God  had 
done  with  them  and  how  he  had  opened 
the  door  of  faith  unto  the  Gentiles."  "The 
hand  of  the  Lord  was  with  them  and  a 
great  number  believed  and  turned  to  the 
Lord."  "At  Thessalonica'  some  of  them  be- 
lieved, and  of  the  Greeks  a  great  multi- 
tude, and  of  the  chief  women  not  a  few." 
At  Ephesus,  "fear  fell  on  them  all,  and  the 
name  of  the  Lord  Jesus  was  magnified,  and 
many  that  believed  came  and  confessed  and 
showed  their  deeds.  Many  of  them  also 
that  used  curious  arts  brought  their  books 
together  and  burned  them  before  all  men." 
Even  Paul's  enemies  were  constrained  to 
say,  "Moreover  ye  see  and  hear  that  not 
alone  in  Ephesus,  but  almost  throughout 
all  Asia,  this  Paul  hath  persuaded  and 
turned  away  much  people."  In  Rome, 
guarded  by  soldiers  while  he  preached  the 
unsearchable  riches  of  Christ,  Paul  could 
write  to  the  Philippians  and  send  greetings 
from  the  saints,  "chiefly  they  that  are  of 
Cesar's  household."  And  what  shall  I  say 
more?  As  well  attempt  to  sweep  back  the 
resistless  tide  of  the  Atlantic  as  to  attempt 
to  arrest  its  progress. 

5.  The  Record  of  the  Current  Restora- 
tion— During  the  period  of  ninety-six  years 
since  the  Declaration  and  Address  by  Thom- 
as Campbell,  and  the  beginning  with  the 
handful  who  formed  the  Christian  Asso- 
ciation at  Brush  Run,  the  people  who 
plead  for  New  Testament  evangelism  have 
grown  to  a  million  and  a  quarter  members, 
an  average  annual  increase  of  over  13,000, 
including  the  years  of  our  obscurity.  We 
have  with  us  men  who  knew  Campbell  and 
Scott  and  who  witnessed  their  toils  and 
triumphs,  for  these  men  were  heroes  who 
counted  not  the  cost.  They  sacrificed,  they 
labored,  and  thousands  were  turned  to  the 
Lord  through  their  preaching,  and  we  have 
entered  into  their  labors. 


H.  O.  Breeden,  of  Des  Moines,  Iowa, 
who  has  passed  through  ten  campaigns  in  a 
single  city,  says :  "I  want  to  go  on  record 
with  this  statement:  The  only  successful 
evangelism  I  know  of  is  New  Testament 
evangelism.  It  wins  quicker  and  larger 
victories  than  all  others  combined."  Chas. 
Reign  Scoville  says :  "Figures  present  the 
facts,  and  in  a  few  of  scores  of  meetings 
ranging  from  200  to  1,114  additions  here 
are  a  dozen  with  an  aggregate  of  4,000." 
Since  this  reply  came,  the  great  meeting  at 
Paris,  111.,  with  nearly  800  added,  has  been 
recorded.  W.  T.  Brooks  writes.  "There 
is  no  more  danger  of  this  doctrine  becom- 
ing obsolete  than  there  is  of  the  multipli- 
cation table  being  discarded.  With  God's 
message  upon  our  lips  and  his  Spirit  in  our 
hearts  we  can  not 'fail." 

Such  meetings  as  Joplin  and  Fulton,  Mo., 
Bedford  and  Huntington,  Ind.,  and  Paris,  111., 
with  their  hundreds  of  conversions,  not  to 
speak  of  those  in  almost  every  state,  ranging 
from  50  to  70,  held  by  splendid  evangelists 
and  faithful  ministers,  arouse  our  enthusi- 
asm and  dispel  every  doubt  as  to  the  gos- 
pel's continued  power.  With  patient  plan- 
ning, persistent  prayer  and  pregnant  preach- 
ing, why  should  we  not  have  z  ooo  conver- 
sions, a  Pentecostal  ingathering,  during  a 
single  meeting  in  a  city  of  a  million  peo- 
ple? 

CHARACTER  OF  OPPOSITION. 

A  victory  is  measured  by  the  strength 
and  character  of  the  foe.  It  'is  no  man  of 
straw  over  which-  the  gospel  has  won  its 
victories,  nor  mere  fleeting  shadows  that 
have  fallen  on  its  path.  Christ  foresaw  dif- 
ficulties and  prepared  the  disciples  for 
them.  '  Said  he,  "They  shall  put  you  out 
of  the  synagogues ;  yea,  the  time  cometh 
when  whosoever  .killeth  you  will  think  he 
doeth  God  a  service." 

The  most  formidable  fee  encountered  in 
the  early  days  of  evangelism  was  the  sec- 
tarian spirit.  At  no  time  has  it  ever  been 
manifested  in  a  more  violent  form  than 
then.  The  intense  prejudice  between  Jew 
and  Samaritan  and  the  still  greater  hatred 
between  Jew  and  Gentile  were  there. 
Strongly  entrenched  behind  years  of  glori- 
ous history;  convinced  that  they  alone 
were  the  people  of  God  and  clinging  tena- 
ciously to  the  law,  as  well  as  to  every  jot 
and  tittle  of  their  traditions,  the  Jews  op- 
posed every  effort  made  to  supplant  the 
law  by  the  gospel.  Prisons,  scourging, 
stoning,  infamous  abuse  and  death  were 
expressions  of  their  hatred,  and  the  popu- 
lace was  stirred  against  the  apostles.  But 
none  of  these  things  moved  the  evangelists 
nor  rendered   less  victorious  their  work. 

The  same  spirit  must  be  met  today, 
though  its  intensity  may  be  less  strong. 
What  preacher  has  proclaimed  the  simple 
teaching  of  the  New  Testament  without 
meeting  in  some  form  this  spirit?  Surely, 
if,  in  the  face  of  those  things,  the  apostles 
could  stand  undaunted  and  accomplish 
their  mission,  we  of  today  should  not  de- 
spair. "If  these  things  be  of  God  ye  can 
not  overthrow  them."  Sectarianism  and 
superstition,  licentiousness  and  ambition  for 
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November  2,  1905 


THE  CI  I k I ST  IAN-EVA NGEL1 


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Evangelists  and  Evangelism — A  Symposium 

W.  J.  Wright,  superintendent  of  evangelism,  sent  out  the  following  question  hundred  brethren.  The  ques- 

tions were  suggested  by  the  criticism  and  inquiries  which  are  so  frequently  heard  concerning  evangelists  and  their  work. 
They  deal  with  the  most  vital  and  fundamental  things,  both  of  the  men,  their  methods  and  their  message.  Some  of  the 
answers  are  given  in  the  hope  that  they  may  prove  useful  in  righting  wrongs  on  the  part  of  p;  nd  people  as  well  as 

evangelists. 


By  Geo.  W.  Knepper. 

1 — When  he  is  a  thorough  Christian  as 
to  life,  and  a  successful  soul- winner  as  to 
work. 

2 — Our  life  work  should  be  along  the 
line  of  least  resistance.  If  a  man  believes 
evangelism  is  his  calling  and  the  results 
confirm  his  belief,  let  that  be  his  work. 

3 — This  undoubtedly  would  be  a  splen- 
did move.  By  all  means  let  him  keep  in 
touch  with  the  home  church,  and  our  bu- 
reau of  evangelism. 

4 — Yes,  as  I  see  it,  there  is.  Each  preach- 
er and  evangelist  must  learn  to  be  "a  man 
in  a  world  of  men." 

5 — Anything  that  detracts  from  Jesus 
and  him  crucified  is  sensational  and  out 
of  place  in  evangelism. 

6 — Sin  and  its  punishment.  The  kindness 
and  justice  of  God.  Jesus  crucified.  The 
resurrection.  Christian  love.  Repentance, 
and  again   I   say,  Repentance. 

Somerset,  Pa. 


By  I.  N.  McCash. 

1 — When  his  scholarship  will  win  and 
hold  respect.  When  he  has  a  clear  under- 
standing of  the  gospel  and  can  express  it 
in  a  convincing  manner.  When  he  can  mix 
with  the  people,  adapt  his  message  to  their 
conditions  and  persuade  them  to  act. 

2 — They  should  be  appointed  by  the 
church,  whether  local  or  in  joint  conven- 
tion. 

4 — Yes.  The  superficial  work  of  some 
evangelists  has  brought  into  disrepute  the 
whole  class.  Raise  the  standard  by  send- 
ing out  only  strong,  clean  men. 

5 — Sane  methods  are  driving  out  the  ob- 
jectionable ones.  "Clap-trap"  is  relating 
horrible  scenes  of  death  chambers,  voting 
of  audiences  on  propositions,  using  mourn- 
ers' bench,  relating  experiences,  thus  de- 
ceiving people  by  making  external  condi- 
tions tests  instead  of  obedience. 

6 — God's  .abounding  love.  Christ's  out- 
reaching  pardoning  service.  Man's  hope- 
lessness without  Christ.  The  simplicity 
and  power  of  the  gospel.  The  personality 
and  presence  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  The  rea- 
sonableness and  certainty  of  rewards  and 
punishments.  The  necessity  of  early  and 
continual  preparation. 

Des  Moines,  Iozva. 


By  M.  L.  Bates. 

1 — When  he  is  converted  and  consecrat- 
ed, and  has  sufficient  knowledge  and  tact 
to  lead  others  to  know  and  follow  Christ. 

2 — No,  with  rare  exceptions.  By  the 
church  or  churches  through  their  appointed 
officers  or  committees,  or  such  other  agen- 
cies as  occasion  may  show  to  be  most  order- 
ly and  wise. 

3— Yes. 

4— Quite  a  prejudice.  The  irresponsible, 
arbitrary,  self-seeking,  too  independent 
evangelists  of  narrow  views  and  training 
and  culture  who  drift  about  because  they 
can  not  long  succeed  in  one  place.  Let  the 
churches  through  authorized  agencies  send 
forth  men  of  character,  wise,  humble,  effi- 
cient, consecrated,  and  hold  them  respon- 
sible. 

5 — These  expressions  set  forth  superfi- 
cial, spectacular,  mechanical  methods  of  ap- 
pealing to  feelings — without  sound  teach- 
ing or  real  awakening  of  the  conscience. 
They  are   of  too   common   use.     They  are 


1 — When  is  a  man  qualified  to  be 
an  evangelist? 

2 — Should  evangelists  be  self-ap- 
pointed? If  not,  by  whom  should 
they  be  appointed  and  sent  forth? 

3 — While  at  work,  should  every 
evangelist  be  continually  responsible 
to  some  congregation  or  body? 
Should  he  report  regularly  to  that 
church  or  body,  both  as  to  labor  and 
conduct? 

4 — Is  there  a  zvidespread  prejudice 
against  evangelists  as  a  class?  If  so, 
how  do  you  account  for  it?  How 
may  it  be  removed? 

5 — We  hear  much  about  "sensation- 
alism," "clap-trap"  and  "hodge-podge" 
methods  of  evangelism.  What  do  you 
understand  by  any  of  these  terms? 
Are  these  methods  in  general  use? 
Wherein  are  they  hurtful? 

6 — What  truths  should  the  evan- 
gelist emphasise? 


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hurtful  because  they  give  base  conceptions 
of  Christianity,  appeal  to  low  motives,  leave 
the  spiritual  nature  unquickened,  disap- 
point those  who  are  moved  or  brought  into 
the  church  by  these  methods.  They  give 
the  people  stones  for  bread,  and  bring 
Christ  and  his  Church  into  ill  repute. 

6 — Glory  of  Jesus'  life  and  teaching — full 
of  grace  and  truth.  The  facts  of  his  cross 
and  resurrection  as  an  expression  of  his 
love  and  power.  The  fact  of  a  living, 
crowned  and  coming  Christ  and  his  conse- 
quent authority.  The  promise  of  forgive- 
ness and  eternal  life.  Man's  weakness  and 
need,  and  his  divine  possibilities.  The  ne- 
cessity of  the  profound  change  of  heart, 
complete  submission.  The  value  and  im- 
portance of  right  forms  as  the  expression 
of  the  soul's  life.  The  oneness  of  all  be- 
lievers in  Jesus  and  the  sin  of  permitting 
anything  to  separate  us. 

E.  Orange,  N.  J. 

By  E.  A.  Ott. 

1 — When  a  man  wins  souls  to  Christ  and 
when  his  life  does  not  contradict  his  preach- 
ing. 

2 — Most  evangelists  are  self  appointed. 
But  the  public  and  the  church  have  a  right 
to  protect  themselves  against  the  self  ap- 
pointed man.  The  individual  has  the  right 
to  take  the  initiative ;  the  public  has  the 
right  to  defend  itself  against  him. 

3 — Evangelists  are  supposed  to  be  sent. 
If  every  evangelist  were  a  field  pastor  or 
worker  for  some  congregation  under  its 
direct  auspices  and  subject  to  its  call,  all 
correspondence  and  all  engagements  being 
made  through  the  board  of  such  church  or 
of  a  state  organization,  better  results  would 
be  secured. 

4 — There  is  a  widespread  prejudice,  and 
deap-seated,  against  them  as  a  class  and 
as  individuals.  I  account  for  it  by  their 
failure  to  preach  a  rational  faith.  Too 
many  appeal  to  the  senses  rather  than  to 
the  sense.  The  prejudice  can  be  overcome 
by  using  men  of  character  and  Christian 
purpose. 

5 — The  sensational  and  pathetic  in  evan- 


gelistic music  and  in  the  Oft 
ing   individuals   to  action.     It   brings  about 
nervous     strain     and    physical  nent 

without   bringing    reli;/;  alts.      These 

methods  wear  out  the  evangelist  and  ' 
forced  to  retire  early  from  his  work.     Any 
method  that  kills  the  worker  is  unhealthful 
for  the  people. 
Chicago,  III. 

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By  F.  D.  Power. 

I — When  he  is  qualified  to  preach 

2 — They  should  be  properly  accredited 
by  the  church  of  which  they  are  members* or 
by  a  number  of  churches. 

3 — Yes,  as  any  other  minister  of  the  gos- 
pel is  responsible.  He  should  be  a  regular 
contributor  to  the  support  of  his  church. 
No  man  who  is  not  a  member  of  a  church 
is  qualified  to  advise  others  to  become 
Christians. 

4 — I  think  not.  Some  have  been  unwise, 
and  perhaps  irregular  and  irresponsible. 
They  have  hurt  the  cause.  They  should  be 
under  the  same  authority  as  other  Chris- 
tians. 

5 — Unusual  and  unscriptural  methods. 
Evangelists  should  be  after  the  order  of 
Matthew  10:16. 

6 — The  grace  of  God.  The  supreme  au- 
thority of  Jesus  Christ,  and  the  peril  of  the 
ungodly.  The  truth  and  simplicity  of  the 
gospel,  the  certainty  of  the  life  to  come. 
The  terms  of  pardon,  higher  Christian  life. 
,   Washington,  D.  C. 

By  M.  E.  Harlan. 

1 — When  a  congregation  believes  him  to 
be  properly  trained  and  scripturally  fitted, 
and  when  he  believes  this  is  his  special 
work. 

2 — By  the  local  church  or  any  regularly 
organized  religious  body  selected  by  a  num- 
ber of  churches. 

3— Yes. 

5 — Sensationalism  is  to  the  church  what 
stimulants  are  to  the  body,  and  leaves  an 
unhealthy  and  abnormal  condition.  Like 
certain  stimulants,  it  is  cumulative  in  its 
evil  effect,  till  desire  to  be  startled  and  en- 
tertained is  substituted  for  desire  for  truth. 

6 — All  truth  should  be  held  sacred  in  or- 
der to  make  any  truth  prized.  Man  is  a 
sinner,  lost ;  Christ  is  the  only  Savior,  and 
by  faith  in  him  and  obedience  to  him  the 
lost  are  saved.  What  follows  this  preach- 
ing will  depend  upon  local  conditions. 

Brooklyn,  X.    Y. 

•5* 

By  J.  W.  McGarvey. 

1 — When  he  can  preach  with  good  effect 
and   conduct   himself  with  propriety. 

2 — They  should  ordinarily  be  called  to 
the  work  by  their  representative  congrega- 
tions. 

3 — The  latter  is  not  indispensable,  the 
former  is. 

4 — I  think  there  is  not.  But  there  is  fear 
as  to  the  consequences  of  great  ingather- 
ings. 

5 — Such  things  are  of  the  devil. 

6 — Those  respecting  sin  and  salvation, 
but  none  other. 

Lexington ,   Kv. 

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By  Albert  Buxton. 

1 — When  he  has  a  call  from  God  that 
satisfies    his    conscience    and    a    recognition 


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from  his  brethren  that  satisfies  the  churches. 

£ — They  should  be  recognized  or  accept- 
ed by  the  community  of  churclus  in  a  given 
region.  The  best  recognition  is  by  some 
missionary  board  that  has  the  co-operation 
of  the  churches   at   large. 

3 — Positively,  yes.  For  his  Christian 
walk  and  general  effectiveness  he  should 
be  responsible  to  his  home  church,  his  evan- 
gelizing board  and  the  church  in  which  he 
is   temporarily  laboring. 

4 — Ves.  The  least  worthy  are  conspicu- 
ously noisy.  Hence  the  world  misjudges  the 
whole  class,  including  the  large  number 
who  are  spiritual,  consecrated  and  Christ- 
like. 

5 — These  methods  consist  of  the  self-con- 
:eit  often  named  "advertising."  Any  effort 
to  get  "joiners"  to  swell  the  number  re- 
ported, rather  than  conversions.  Wind  in 
place  of  message.  The  remedy  is  the  en- 
couragement of  worthy  evangelists  and  dis- 
couragement of  unworthy  ones  in  finding 
locations.  Constant  criticism  of  these 
methods  in  our  journals  even  at  the  ex- 
pense of  being  accused  by  the  guilty  ones 
of  joining  in  "dirty  slams"  at  evangelists. 

6— The  saving  power  of  Christ.  The  uni- 
ty of  Christians,  regardless  of  theological 
speculations.  The  evangelists  should  live 
their  message  by  Christlikeness  and  by 
cherishing  any  Christlikeness  found  in  any 
church,  even  the  mistaken  one.  They  are 
not  sent  forth  to  build  up  a  "we,"  but  to 
save  the  world  from  sin  and  from  a  narrow 
"we-ness,"  whether  in  sectarianism  or 
whether  within  our  own  borders. 

Dexter,  Mo. 

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By  J.  J.  Haley. 

1 — When  he  can  preach  the  gospel  intel- 
ligently and  has  a  passion  for  the  salvation 
of  men. 

2 — I  have  known  good  evangelists  who 
were  self  appointed  and  poor  ones  who 
were  sent  out  by  the  churches. 

4 — Evangelists  as  a  class,  with  many  ex- 
ceptions, are  dogmatic,  narrow-minded,  sec- 
tarian. This  makes  them  offensive  to  edu- 
cated people. 

5 — The  worst  evil  of  current  evangelism 
is  a  passion 'for  "nose  counting"  and  such 
manipulation  as  will  bring  to  pass  the  de- 
sired end. 

6 — After  the  cross,  repentance  and  right- 
eousness. 

Richmond,  Va. 

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By  S.  F.  Fowler. 

1 — He  must  know  the  truth  which  makes 
men  free,  be  able  to  declare  it  forcefully 
and  ever  in  the  spirit  of  Christ.  He  must 
be  a  Spirit-filled  man  having  a  passion  for 
souls. 

2 — We  find  no  Scripture  favoring  self 
appointment.  I  therefore  favor  appoint- 
ment by  the  congregation  with  which  the 
evangelist  holds  membership.  Should  a 
number  of  congregations  unite  in  sending 
out  the  evangelist  their  endorsement  would 
give  added  power  and  confidence. 

3 — I  believe  that  for  his  good  and  the 
encouragement  of  his  home  congregation, 
reports  of  this  kind  would  be  well.  The 
evangelist  is  responsible,  like  any  other 
member,    to   his   home   congregation. 

4 — No.  But  I  have  little  use  for  the  man 
who  is  simply  a  professional  and  whose 
chief  aim  is  to  get  gain.  These  methods 
are  destructive  of  reverence  for  sacred 
things  and   lower  our  high  calling. 

6 — Those  found  in  the  great  commission 
and  preached  by  the  apostles. 

Madisonville,  Ky. 

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By  W.  F.  Richardson. 

1 — When  he  has  prepared  himself  by  a 
godly  life  and  knowledge  of  the  Word  of 
God  to  command  confidence  of  his  brethren 
and  favorable  hearing  from  the  church  and 
world. 

2 — By  the  church  or  churches  that  know 
of  their  character  and  fitness  for  the  work. 


3 — Emphatically,  yes.  Irresponsible  evan- 
gelists are  a  curse  to  the  cause  of  Christ 
and  a  menace  to  the  Church. 

4 — No,  not  as  a  class.  But  rather  against 
one  type  of  evangelist,  who  places  his  fame 
above  the  honor  of  the  gospel  and  the  sal- 
vation of  souls.  The  man  whose  supreme 
object  is  manifestly  to  report  large  numbers 
of  additions  and  whose  methods  are  wholly 
chosen  for  this  one  object.  Most  of  our 
evangelists,  I  believe,  are  not  properly  sub- 
ject to  this  criticism. 

6 — The  sinfulness  and  lost  condition  of 
man.  The  mercy  and  love  of  God.  The 
sufficiency  of  Jesus  Christ  as  a  Savior.  The 
simplicity  and  certainty  of  the  gospel  terms 
of  salvation. 

Kansas  City,  Mo. 


By  A.  B.  Philputt. 

1 — When  he  is  fairly  well  educated,  has 
a  real  Christian  experience  and  is  living- 
daily  in  the  love  of  God.  Is  humble  and 
modest  as  to  himself,  but  bold  as  to  the 
truth.  Knows  the  Scriptures,  loves  his 
fellow  men,  does  not  work  primarily  for 
money  or  reputation,  but  for  Christ. 

2 — They  should  rise  up  and  commend 
themselves  by  their  good  character  and  effi- 
cient work.  If  a  man  has  the  approval  of 
God  and  his  brethren,  he  is  called. 

4 — Upon  the  part  of  many  people,  yes. 
Evangelists  do  so  many  queer  things  that 
jar  on  the  sober,  refined  judgment  of  the 
more  thoughtful. 

5 — Any  method  other  than  a  warm,  ear- 
nest declaration  of  the  truth.  Telling  apoc- 
ryphal stories.  Putting  undue  pressure 
on  the  emotions.  Seeking  to  excite,  aston- 
ish and  shock  the  people. 

6 — He  should  get  at  the  real  thing  Jesus 
taught  and  above  all  should  make  pro- 
fession of  Christianity  synonymous  with 
a  pure,  moral  life. 

Indianapolis,  Ind. 

By  N.  H.  Ragland. 

1 — When  he  is  a  good  man  full  of  the 
Holy  Spirit,  faithful  and  able  to  teach  the 
way  of  salvation,  both  by  example  and  pre- 
cept. 

2 — He  should  always  be  selected  and  or- 
dained by  the  church  of  which  he  is  a 
member. 

4 — Existing  prejudice  is  caused  by  the 
egotism  and  irreverence,  the  belligerent  and 
sectarian   spirit   of  some  evangelists. 

5 — Any  trick,  either  in  matter  or  man- 
ner, to  gain  attendance  or  attention  of  the 
superficial.  This  is  deception  and  foreign 
to  the  gospel. 

6 — The  love  of  God,  the  sacrifice  of 
Christ,  the  work  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  the 
need  of  immediate  and  thorough  repentance 
and  holy  life,  religion  in  the  home,  and 
world-wide  missions. 

Fayetteville,  Ark. 


By  W.  B.  Taylor. 

1 — When  he  realizes  it  is  "Woe  unto  me 
if  I  preach  not  the  gospel."  I  think  no  ed- 
ucational standard  can  be  established.  The 
more  thorough  a  man's  training  is,  the 
more  efficient  his  work,  of  course.  En- 
courage, rather  than  discourage,  every 
Christian  to  bring  men  to  Christ.  Germany 
was  converted  by  the  disciples  going  every- 
where preaching  the  gospel.  When  an  edu- 
cational standard  was  raised  and  the  uni- 
versities made  the  preachers,  then  came  the 
lapse   into   a   lifeless   formalism. 

4 — There  is  much.  It  can  be  removed 
by  finding  out  those  who  build  of  "wood, 
hay  and  stubble,"  and  refusing  them  a  call. 
Tf  they  begin  such  work  let  the  officers  of 
the  church  close  the  meeting. 

5 — I  consider  such  methods  the  advertis- 
ing of  the  evangelist  as  some  great  one, 
rather  than  the  exaltation  of  Christ.  A 
vain  effort  to  please  the  people,  rather  than 
save  them.  The  telling  of  cheap  stories 
and  jests,  instead  of  the  supreme  story  of 


God's  love.  This  lowers  the  conception  of 
Christianity. 

6 — The  sonship  of  Jesus  Christ  and  the 
necessity  of  an  absolute  personal  loyalty  to 
him. 

Bethany,  W.  Va, 

O 
By  E.  R.  Bagby. 

1 — When  he  has  piety,  natural  gifts,  skill 
and  education. 

4 — A  considerable  prejudice  exists.  I 
should  hesitate  to  say  it  is  general  or  wide- 
spread. By  the  acts  of  irresponsible  evan- 
gelists who  are  more  anxious  to  count  con- 
verts than  to  build  the  kingdom  of  God. 

6 — Our  evangelists  in  the  main  present 
the  fundamental  themes.  They  should  lay 
great  emphasis  on  the  cost  and  sacrifice  in- 
volved and  should  appeal  more  to  the  he- 
roic. 

Washington,  D.   C. 

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By  C.  M.  Keene. 

4 — The  methods  of  some  of  our  most 
prominent  evangelists  are  such  as  to  make 
every  work  superficial.  Their  passion  is 
to  count  numbers  rather  than  make  Chris- 
tians. 

5 — Any  method  which  secures  a  commit- 
tal before  a  deep  conviction.  The  deciding 
step  must  be  voluntary  and  the  movement 
must  be  from  within. 

6 — Faith,  conviction,  repentance,  obedi- 
ence, courage,  counting  the  cost  of  both 
obedience  and  disobedience,  the  reward,  the 
opportunity  of  becoming  right  toward  God. 

Pazu  Pazu,  Mich. 


By  J.  P.  Lichtenberger. 

1 — When,  like  Paul,  he  feels,  "Woe  is 
me  if  I  preach  not  the  gospel,"  and  when 
he  has  made  adequate  intellectual  prepara- 
tion. 

4 — No,  there  is  not.  Almost  any  pastor 
would  have  some  evangelist  hold  a  meeting 
for  him  if  he  could.  It  has  been  quite  pop- 
ular of  late  in  conventions  to  say  harsh 
things  against  evangelists,  but  few  pas- 
tors would  refuse  a  great  meeting  if  they 
could  get  it. 

5 — Most  of  these  terms  of  opprobrium 
are  used  sarcastically  by  jealous  pastors. 
Great  pastors  who  have  had  great  meetings 
with  great  evangelists  do  not  characterize 
the  work  of  our  evangelists  in  this  way. 
The  permanent  results  of  great  meetings  do 
not  justify  such  criticism. 

6 — The  truths  of  the  gospel  in  the  most 
tactful,   impressive,    intelligent    way. 

New  York  City. 

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By  W.  S.  Lowe. 

1 — To  secure  the  best  results,  when  he 
is  thoroughly  converted,  on  fire  with  a  love 
for  souls,  well  trained  and  educated  in  a 
good  college   for  his  life's  work. 

2 — Never  self  appointed.  Should  be  ap- 
pointed by  either  the  congregations  where 
he  holds  membership,  or  by  a  district, 
state  or  national  board. 

3 — Yes,  by  all  means.  This  would  pro- 
tect him   and   the  brotherhood   as   well. 

4— Not  a  "widespread"  prejudice,  but  it 
exists  in  some  places.  The  cause,  sensa- 
tional and  superficial  methods,  extreme  de- 
sire for  numbers  rather  than  conversions. 
Can  be  alleviated  by  correcting  the  causes 
stated. 

5 — Any  method  or  manner  of  announcing 
sermon  subjects  and  conducting  the  meet- 
ing that  obscures  the  proper  Scriptural  pur- 
pose of  the  revival  and  that  conduces  to 
the  prowess  and  skill  of  the  evangelist, 
rather  than  to  the  glory  of  God  and  the  edi- 
fication of  the  church.  Not  in  "general 
use,"  I  think. 

6— The  great  eternal  verities:  The  trust- 
worthiness of  the  Bible,  the  goodness,  mer- 
cy, power,  justice  and  wrath  of  God.  The 
divinity  and  sacrifice  of  Jesus  Christ;  ap- 


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ply  Christ's  teachings  to  the  affairs  of  to- 
day. A  living,  loving,  present  Christ,  and 
the  church  as  his  body,  the  Lamb's  wife, 
which  can  not  be  ignored  nor  maligned 
without  reflecting  upon  him  who  is  the  Head 
of  the  Church ;  Christian  unity,  and  all  the 
possible  steps  that  lead  to  it.  The  awful- 
ness  of  sin. 
Topeka,  Kan. 

© 
By  A.  L.  Ward. 

1 — Quite  a  number  of  elements  enter  into 
his  qualification.  He  ought  to  be  a  trained 
man.  He  should  know  men,  and  the  Book. 
Education,  in  itself,  does  not  prepare  a  man 
to  do  the  work  of  an  evangelist.  One  might 
have  the  most  careful  professional  training 
and  not  be  competent  to  do  this  work.  I 
take  it  that  temperament  has  much  to  do 
in  this  preparation.  A  minister  may  be  a 
good  pastor,  but  not  have  the  evangelistic 
temper  sufficiently  to  qualify  him  for  this 
work. 

2 — I  should  say,  no.  We  have  had  enough 
of  this  already,  and  we  have  been  humiliat- 
ed by  the  way  the  work  his  been  done.  The 
church,  as  a  congregation,  has  been  the  one 
to  appoint  evangelists  up  to  the  present. 
But  it  strikes  me  that  the  board  which  has 
this  work  in  hand  has  the  appointing  power, 
as  certainly  as  the  American  Board  selects 
its  missionaries  or  the  Foreign  Board  its 
workers.  This,  I  suspect,  is  revolutionary, 
but  I  am  convinced  that  it  will  follow  in 
the  end. 

3 — Yes.  Sometimes  we  need  to  be  saved. 
Some  one  must  have  the  power  to  do  this. 
Then  if  we  have  workers,  they  should  be 
systematically  directed  to  get  the  best  re- 
sults. At  first  this  will,  with  us,  have  to 
be  put  in  the  form  of  request ;  and  it  may 
even  be  left  at  this  point,  but  if  we  are  to 
make  progress  without  many  hitches  and 
humiliations,  this  or  something  similar 
ought  to  be  considered. 

4— It  is  certain  that  there  is  prejudice 
against  some  evangelists.  I  think  that  the 
evangelist  has  failed  to  get  the  full  sym- 
pathy of  the  pastor.  He  seems  to  forget 
that  there  are  others.  He  forgets  that  the 
field  has  been  worked  before  he  came. 

6 — We  say,  preach  the  gospel.  Emphasizs 
the  fact  of  sin,  that  Jesus  is  the  only  Savior, 
that  men  must  repent  and  turn  to  God  and 
live  right  lives.  There  should  be  a  simple 
statement  of  the  terms  of  pardon.  The  sin 
of  sectarianism  should  be  pointed  out;  the 
necessity  of  the  union  of  Christians  pressed. 
All  of  the  important  teachings  of  the  Dis- 
ciples of  Christ,  but  in  love  and  with  good 
sense. 

I  should  wish  it  understood  that  I  do 
not  consider  the  answers  as  expressing  fully 
my  views  of  the  questions  asked. 

Boston,  Mass. 

By  E.  W.  Allen. 

1.  When  he  has  a  good  understanding 
of  the  Word  of  God,  and  without  mer- 
cenary or  unworthy  motive,  desires  sincerely 
to  save  men  from  sin,  and  appreciates  heart- 
ily the  fact  that  only  personal  loyalty  to 
Christ  can  save. 

2.  They  should  be  ordained  to  the  min- 
istry of  the  Word  by  some  congregation 
who  knows  them  and  with  whom  they  hold 
membership. 

3.  Yes,  and  I  believe  he  should  be  amen- 
able to  the  state  or  national  missionary 
society,  according  to  the  sphere  of  his  work. 

4.  I  can  not  tell  how  widespread  it 
is,  but  there  is  a  growing  prejudice  born  of 
their  political  methods  and  attempts  to  es- 
tablish "records,"  and  arbitrary  manners 
and  commercialism. 

5.  For  instance,  the  use  of  such  sermon 
subjects  as  "A  Dead  Dog,"  the  injection 
in  the  middle  of  the  week  of  a  pay  lecture 
upon  "Love,  Courtship  and  Marriage,"  or 
similar  subject;  selling  tickets  during  the 
closing  days  of  a  meeting  for  a  stereopti- 
con  show.  The  "rounding  up"  of  children 
in  the  Sunday  school.     Emotional  and  fer- 


vid exhortations  continued  frequently  for 
a  half  hour,  wholly  mesmeric.  These 
methods  are  growing  in  use. 

6.  The  nature  and  penalty  of  sin.  The 
need  of  a  Savior.  His  power  to  save.  The 
sovereignty  of  God.  The  basic  truths  of 
religion.  The  Gospel,  a  culture  as  well 
as  a  creed.  The  Spirit  in  the  form.  The 
imperialism  of  Christ  in  all  matters  of  con- 
science and  life.  Christian  unity.  The 
grace  of  liberality.  The  responsibility  of  a 
Christian.  The  mutual  need  of  church  and 
individual. 

Ft.    Wayne,  Ind. 

By  C.  G.  Brelos. 

1 — When  he  has  a  broad,  general  educa- 
tion, and  thorough  knowledge  of  the  Scrip- 
tures. A  Christian  character  and  insatiable 
longing  for  the  salvation  of  men. 

2 — There  are  some  who  are  large  enough 
to  be  self  appointed,  but  the  rank  and  file 
are  not  so. 

4 — The  prejudice  is  due  on  the  one  hand 
to  evangelists  who  are  not  qualified  for  this 
high  office,  and  on  the  other  hand  to 
churches  which  are  looking  for  the  big 
evangelist  and  pervert  his  function. 

5 — Sjrange  and  unbecoming  conduct  in 
the  pulpit.  Sensational  and  questionable 
stories.     Working  on  the  feelings,  etc. 

6 — The  mutual  relation  of  God  and  man. 
The  character  of  God  as  revealed  in  Christ. 
Man's  need  of  salvation.  Beauty  and  pow- 
er of  Christian  character.  The  endless  life. 
The  union  of  all  believers.  The  way  of 
salvation.  Every  believer's  part  in  the  sal- 
vation of  the  race. 

Tarkio,  Mo. 

By  Geo.  A.  Campbell. 

1.  When  he  is  thoroughly  devoted  to 
Christ's  kingdom,  and  when  he  has  the 
qualifications  necessary  to  carry  this  mes- 
sage to  others. 

2.  It  would  be  better  to  have  him  ap- 
pointed by  some  body,  such  as  a  local  con- 
gregation, a  city  or  district  organization, 
or  more  general  board  or  society.  Church 
organization  in  the  New  Testament  was 
flexible.  The  office  seemed  to  be  the  out- 
growth of  a  need.  So  it  should  be  now. 
The  best  organization  is  that  which  does 
the  best  work;  both  anarchy  and  hierarchy 
should  be  avoided. 

3.  Yes,  certainly. 

4.  Hardly,  though  some  prejudice.  The 
reason  is  that  it  is  easy  for  irresponsible 
men  to  get  into  evangelistic  work,  and  these 
bring  somewhat  of  disrepute  to  all.  No 
one  is  more  respected  than  the  true  evan- 
gelist. 

5.  God  is  a  Father.  His  will  should  be  the 
will  of  all  men.  This  will  he  has  revealed. 
Man  is  weak,  wayward,  sinful.  He  needs 
divine  help  to  live  the  good  life.  Christ 
is  such  a  help,  the  Savior  of  men ;  through 
his  teachings,  atonement  and  spiritual  pres- 
ence men  are  illumined,  forgiven,  made 
whole,  brought  to  appreciate  their  son- 
ship  and  live  as  for  eternity. 

Chicago,  III. 

By  Wm.  Bayard  Craig. 

Is  there  a  widespread  prejudice  against 
evangelists;  and  how  can  it  be  removed? 
Yes,  but  not  so  strong  as  it  has  been.  Dr. 
Chapman  and  men  of  that  stamp  have  won 
the  public  favor  again.  Evangelists  have 
used  uncultured,  strained  and  abnormal 
methods  in  the  effort  to  win  attention  and 
win  converts.  This  abuse  has  been  a  cause 
of  grief  to  the  judicious,  and  has  put  clubs 
into  the  hands  of  the  enemy.  Spirituality 
has  been  sacrificed  to  the  sensuous,  gain  in 
spiritual  life  to  gain  in  numbers. 

How  remove  the  prejudice?  The  organ- 
ization of  a  committee  on  evangelism  is  a 
move  in  the  right  direction.  It  will  help 
develop  a  clear-cut  idea  of  what  the  evan- 
gelist should  be  and  what  he  should  not 
be.  The  committee,  backed  by  enlightened 
sentiment,  can  help  repress  wrong  methods 


and  tendencies;  and  by  riving  or  withhold- 
ing indorsement,  can  build  up  a  company  of 
acceptable  evangelists,  men  full  of  the  Holy 
Spirit,  men  with  a  saf<-  r<eord,  men  of 
such  standing  and  repute  that  tney  will  not 
be  tempted  to  resort  to  circus  poster  meth- 
ods in  order  to  gain  a  reputation  or  secure 
business.  The  more  of  iticb  men  the  bet- 
ter. We  need  to  hasten  the  evangelization 
of  the  country. 

I  am  not  opposed  to  vigorous,  captivat- 
ing, attention-compelling  advertising.  The 
right  kind  of  a  man  can  bill  a  town  until 
the  people  can  see  and  talk  of  nothing  else 
but  his  coming,  and  make  it  count  for  the 
building  up  of  Christ's  kingdom.  He  will 
know  how  to  arrest  attention  without  rude- 
ness or  offensive  egotism. 

We  need  a  board  to  help  select,  advise 
and  direct  men,  a  center  to  which  ideas 
and  suggestions  can  flow  and  from  which 
they  may  go  out  to  bless  the  world. 

Denver  Col. 


New  Testament  Evangelism. 

(Continued  from  page   1416J 

glory  were  insufficient  to  overthrow  the 
conquering  evangel.  And  have  we  not  rea- 
son to  believe  that,  while  these  elements 
are  still  prominent  in  human  nature,  God's 
power  in  the  gospel  is  still  invincible? 

REASONS  FOE  VICTORY. 

The  Men  and  the  Message — Those 
who  published  the  glad  tidings  of  peace 
were  "full  of  faith  and  the  Holy  Spirit." 
"The  people  took  knowledge  of  them  that 
they  had  been  with  Jesus."  Their  message 
took  hold  upon  the  people  with  a  firm 
grasp.  With  undaunted  courage  they  pro- 
claimed it  even  when  commanded  to  keep 
silent.  "We  can  not  but  speak  the  things 
which  we  have  seen  and  heard."  When 
further  threatened  they  silenced  their  per- 
secutors with  the  declaration:  "We  ought 
to  obey  God  rather  than  men."  Paul's 
faithful  deliverance  of  his  message  led 
Agrippa  to  say,  "Almost  thou  persuadest 
me,"  and  caused  Felix  to  tremble. 

The  spirit  in  which  their  message  was 
proclaimed  had  much  to  do  with  its  suc- 
cess. "The  love  of  Christ  constraineth  us," 
was  the  motive  power  of  Paul's  evangelism. 
And  in  this  spirit  all  thus  engaged  con- 
quered. 

H.  O.  Breeden  sums  up  the  reason  for 
his  success  in  this  way:  "It  is  simple  and 
apostolic ;  it  appeals  to  the  whole  man,  the 
conscience,  the  heart,  the  will,  and  capti- 
vates all."  Chas.  Reign  Scoville  attributes 
it  to  "preaching  the  Lordship  of  Jesus." 
In  other  words,  "Preach  the  Word." 
Point  men  to  Christ,  and,  like  him,  don't 
spend  all  the  sermon  in  pointing  to  sin. 

W.  T.  Brooks  says:  "Emphasizing  the 
Lordship  of  Jesus  that  men  may  see  the 
need  of  submission  to  his  authority;  pre- 
senting the  message  of  salvation  with  its 
conditions  without  compromise.  Men  are 
not  looking  for  an  easy  way,  but  the  right 
way." 

Brethren,  the  results  of  our  laborers  are 
not  in  doubt ;  they  are  j  ust  as  sure  as  the 
promises  of  God.  The  Gospel  is  just  as 
full  of  power  as  when  first  proclaimed.  It 
meets  the  needs  of  the  soul  now  as  then. 
Men  are  hungering  and  thirsting  for  the 
bread  and  water  of  life  today.  "Lo,  I  am 
with  you  always,  even  unto  the  end  of  the 
world,"  is  a.  promise  to  those  who  will 
teach  all  nations. 

Our  forces  should  be  aroused  by  the 
greatness  of  the  opportunity.  We  should 
go  forward  until  all  places  and  persons 
have  been  touched  by  the  gospel.  It  is 
not  a  time  for  doubt  as  to  results,  but  for 
diligent  seed  sowing.  It  is  not  a  time  for 
discouragement,  but  for  thrusting  in  the 
sickle.  I  call  you  to  the  mountain  heights 
where  we  may  shout,  "Thanks  be  unto  God 
who  giveth  us  the  victory-  through  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ" 

Earlington,  Ky. 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGEUST. 


November  2,  1905 


As  Seen  From  the  Dome     By  f.  d.  Power 


In  the  departure  from  the  ranks  of  our 
ministry  of  John  H.  Reese,  who  was  pro- 
moted to  higher  things  August  19,  the 
Church  in  Michigan  and  throughout  the 
land  has  met  with  serious  loss.  Our  good 
brother  was  one  of  the  sixteen  immortals 
graduated  at  Bethany  in  1871.  He  was  the 
Nestor  of  the  class,  and  I,  the  homunculus, 
the  Kid.  The  boys  knew  him  as  "Pap 
Reese."  He  called  the  roll  in  chapel.  He 
was  a  man  above  reproach.  At  that  time 
he  was  an  excellent  preacher.  Though  for- 
ty vears  of  age,  feeling  his  deficiencies,  he 
determined  to  secure  preparation  for  larger 
usefulness  by  taking  a  college  course,  and 
spent  four  years  under  Pendleton  and  Loos, 
and  the  other  strong  men  who  then  filled 
the  chairs  in  the  famous  seat  of  learning. 
We  all  honored  him  for  this.  His  Chris- 
tian influence  was  felt  among  the  students. 
Faithful  and  diligent  and  always  kind,  he 
won  the  respect  and  affection  of  all  his 
associates.  A  strong,  solid  and  safe  preach- 
er, when  he  entered  Bethany,  he  went 
forth  well  equipped  for  greater  service  and 
was  a  pillar  of  strength  to  our  cause  in 
Michigan.  Born  at  Glen,  in  the  state  of 
New  York,  in  1829,  he  moved  to  the  west 
in  1850.  He  planted  the  church  in  Bangor, 
Mich.,  and  was  its  pastor  twenty-five  years 
and  eminently  successful  in  his  work.  No 
preacher  among  us  was  a  closer  student  of 
the  Bible  and  of  Church  history.  Some 
twenty  years  ago  he  prepared  "The  Chart  of 
Universal  Church  History,"  which  re- 
quired an  immense  amount  of  labor  and 
painstaking  research,  and  at  71  years  of 
age  he  completed  his  "Solomon's  Temple." 
He  preached  up  to  the  last.  About  eight 
months  ago  he  was  stricken  with  paralysis, 
but  was  in  the  pulpit  the  day  before  the  stroke 
which  disabled  him.  The  Master  found 
him  at  the  post  of  duty.  For  forty-six  years 
he  had  proclaimed  the  unsearchable  riches, 
serving  not  only  at  Bangor,  but  Los  An- 
geles, Benton  Harbor,  Lexington,  111.,  the 
Central  Church,  Detroit,  and  other  points. 
Such  a  life  deserves  to  be  held  in  loving 
and  perpetual   remembrance. 

The  oldest  member  of  the  old  class  has 
been  taken.  Others  preceded  him — Merri- 
man  and  Kemp.  These  three  were  our 
elders,  our  three  best  bearded  men — others 
were  struggling  with  incipient  mustaches  or 
sprouting  chin  whiskers.  The  whereabouts 
of  but  eight  of  the  living  members  is 
known  to  me:  G.  J.  Ellis,  of  Athens,  III; 
W.  S.  Errett,  of  Carbondale,  111.; 
George  Curtis,  of  Wellsburg,  W.  Va. ; 
A.  C.  Smith,  of  Atlanta,  Ga. ;  R.  T.  Walker, 
of  Cedar  Keys,  Fla. ;  B.  T.  Blanpied,  of 
Columbus,  O. ;  R.  H.  Marling,  of  Los  An- 
geles, Cal.,  and  the  writer.  We  should 
hold  a  reunion  at  Bethany  in  June,  1906, 
our  thirty-fifth  anniversary.  May  we  all 
be  there.  It  would  be  a  high  privilege, 
after  so  long  a  separation,  to  sit  under  the 
trees  of  the  campus,  roam  the  corridor, 
take  a  dip  in  the  Buffalo,  dine  with  Colonel 
Aleck  and  gather  in  the  old  class  rooms, 
and  recall  the  scenes  of  Auld  Lang  Syne. 
Bethany  boys  never  lose  their  affection  for 
the  kind  mother  that  nourished  them ;  and 


if  in  our  love  for  Alma  Mater  we  should 
come  up  to  her  annual  festivities  in  the 
month  of  roses  we  would  no  doubt  sing  a 
little,  and  pray  a  little,  and  laugh  a  little, 
and  cry  a  little,  and  become  boys  again  for 
a  little  time;  and  go  out  again  to  our  busy 
life  bettered  in  a  great  way  for  this  way- 
side communion  and  revival  of  the  days  of 
'71.     We  all  need  it.     Come. 

We  have  just  dedicated  Kimmel  Hall. 
It  is  a  fine  addition  to  our  Whitney  Avenue 
Church.  October  7,  1877,  I  preached  the 
dedicatory  sermon  in  the  little  chapel.  This 
time,  October  22,  I  preached  from  the  same 
text  at  the  opening  of  the  hall.  President 
Hayes  and  wife  were  at  that  first  dedication 
and  a  number  of  the  leading  pastors  shared 
in  the  service,  only  one  of  whom  is  now 
living.  The  little  church  has  an  interest- 
ing history.  For  twenty-three  years  it  was 
a  union  mission  and  only  held  a  Sunday 
school.  Seeing  the  need  of  work  in  that 
section  of  the  city,  we  determined  to  open 
a  mission  somewhere  at  a  proper  distance 
from  there  so  as  not  to  interfere  with  their 
parish.  The  superintendent  came  to  me 
and  said :  "Suppose  you  take  our  work. 
Our  trustees  represent  four  or  five  differ- 
ent denominations,  each  of  which  has 
sought  to  secure  the  property,  and  we  can 
not  agree  on  any  one  of  them.  Your 
church  has  no  creed  and  you  have  always 
been  our  friend.  We  can  agree  upon  you. 
We  will  turn  the  school  over  to  you,  and  if 
you  will  put  some  needed  repairs  on  the 
chapel  and  put  a  pastor  there,  and  in  a  year 
your  work  promises  permanency,  we  will 
deed  you  the  property."  He  was  a  Pres- 
byterian elder,  and  the  trustee  with  him 
was  an  Episcopal  vestryman.  "Certainly, 
gentlemen,"  I  said,  "we  will  do  it."  It 
was  done.  Ira  J.  Kimmel  was  selected. 
Without  a  moment's  friction  the  change 
was  made,  most  of  the  old  workers  remain- 
ing and  finally  uniting  with  the  church ; 
and  now  there  is  an  excellent  congregation 
with  a  church  membership  of  200.  Kimmel 
had  a  strong  hold  on  the  community,  es- 
pecially the  boys  and  girls.  He  managed 
with  consummate  tact.  In  the  midst  of  his 
usefulness  he  was  stricken  down.  His  am- 
bition was  to  build  a  hall  where  his  boys 
and  girls  could  come  together  for  various 
exercises  and  recreations.  He  would  have 
a  reading  room  and  gymnasium  and  games 
for  his  young  people,  and  a  place  for  con- 
certs and  lectures  and  like  entertainments  to 
get  the  people  off  the  streets  and  from  worse 
resorts.  His  desire  was  not  met  during  his 
lifetime,  but  the  hall  has  been  erected  in 
his  memory.  It  greatly  enlarges  the  facilities 
of  the  church  for  its  work  and  labor  of  love. 
The  cost  was  $7,000.  It  is  so  arranged  that  it 
can  be  used  in  connection  with  the  chapel 
auditorium,  has  a  lower  story  with  all  con- 
veniences for  institutional  work,  seats  about 
400,  is  well  lighted  and  ventilated,  and 
heated  with  steam,  and  is  every  way  at- 
tractive and  well  suited  to  its  purposes. 
Walter  F.  Smith,  our  pastor  there,  is  doing 
good  work,  and  is  ably  seconded  by  our 
ever  faithful  W.  H.  Schell.  Their  prop- 
erty is  now  worth  $15,000. 


Our  other  churches  are  doing  well.  Fif- 
teenth Street  is  in  a  meeting  with  J.  E.  Gor- 
such,  with  seven  added  so  far.  Washing- 
ton likes  the  Memphis  man  and  would  be 
glad  to  keep  him.  Our  taste  of  Stuart  has 
disposed  us  favorably  toward  Tennessee 
preachers.  H  Street  Church  is  having  spe- 
cial services  also,  conducted  by  our  city  pas- 
tors. Ninth  Street  is  ever  growing.  E.  B. 
Bagby  begins  a  meeting  soon  with  W.  E.  M. 
Hackleman  as  leader  of  song.  He  is  first 
booked  for  a^neeting  at  Scranton,  Pa.,  with 
his  brother  Richard.  Vermont  Avenue  is 
as  staid  and  staying  as  ever.  Ten  have 
been  added  to  her  membership  the  past  two 
Lord's  days,  eighteen  so  far  for  October. 
Her  people  remembered  the  pastor  and 
wife  most  graciously  in  commemoration  of 
their  thirty  years  of  service  on  the  evening 
of  October  27.  It  was  a  memorable  even- 
ing for  us.  The  pastor  exchanged  pulpits 
Sunday,  October  29,  with  Peter  Ainslee. 
Vienna,  Va.,  has  employed  W.  T.  Leprade 
as  pastor.  D.  E.  Motley  is  again  with  us,  and 
has  the  largest  attendance  of  any  session 
of  his  school.  There  is  the  sound  of  a  going 
in  the  tops  of  the  mulberry  trees ;  bestir 
thyself. 


There's  little  to  choose  between  Aaron's 
calf  and  the  one  you  worship  in  the  mirror, 
and  that  little  is  in  favor  of  the  ancient 
one. 


When  a  man  affects  to  despise  the  forms 
of  goodness,  it  is  usually  because  he  has  no 
facts  with  which  to  fill  the  forms. 


FOOD  DOES  IT 
Curious  How  Right  Food  Rebuilds  Body. 


The  benefits  of  the  good,  red  blood 
made  by  Grape-Nuts  food  are  described  in 
a  letter  from  Chicago : 

"I  was  for  years  sadly  afflicted  with  hem- 
orrhoids caused  by  constipation,  which  was 
the  result  of  impure  blood  supplied  by  food 
not'a'dapted  to  the  needs  of  the  body  under 
certain  conditions.  My  trouble  extended 
to  rectal  hemorrhoids  which  greatly  reduced 
my  strength.  A  surgical  operation  gave  me 
no  relief  and  I  was  compelled  finally  to  quit 
business. 

"Luckily,  just  when  things  were  looking 
the  blackest,  some  one  recommended  Grape- 
Nuts  food  as  a  desirable  article  of  diet,  and 
I  began  (Dec.  1903)  its  use,  and  in  a  few 
months  brought  my  health  back  to  me. 

"The  action  of  my  bowels  is  free  and 
regular  now,  and  this  has  brought  relief 
from  the  hemorrhoids.  At  the  same  time 
a  neurotic  trouble  which  had  been  growing 
on  me  and  which  the  doctors  could  never 
do  anything  with,  has  also  disappeared. 
All  this  return  to  health  I  am  free  to  say 
I  owe  to  Grape-Nuts  food."  Name  given  by 
Postum  Co.,  Battle  Creek,  Mich.  There's 
. a  reason. 

Read  the  little  book  "The  Road  to  Well- 
ville,"  in  pkgs.' 


November  2,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGEUST. 


1241 


The  Century  Simultaneous  Campaign  By  c.  L.  Thurgood 


Wlicre  Pittsburg  steel  speaks,  cities  flour- 
ish  as  the   rose, 

Where  Pittsburg  steel  is  silent,  there  lies 
the  desert. 

"Pittsburg  is  the  center  of  greatest  popu- 
lation in  the  United  States,  outside  of  New 
York  and  Philadelphia.  Within  a  radius  of 
sixty  miles  around  Pittsburg,  now  being 
linked  up  by  trolley,  reside  1,608,964  people, 
a  greater  population  than  Chicago  in  a 
similar  radius.  The  capital,  surplus  and 
deposits  of  the  banks,  national,  state  and 
savings,    of   Allegheny   county    (oftentimes 


DR.   CADWALLADER  EVANS, 

Chairman  of  Central  Committee. 

called  the  state  of  Allegheny,  whilst  western 
Pennsylvania  is  called  the  empire  of  west 
Pennsylvania)  exceed  the  combined  bank- 
ing capital,  surplus  and  deposits  of  eight 
southern  states.  This  county  produces  47 
per  cent  of  all  the  steel  made  in  the  United 
States,  56  per  cent  of  all  steel  rails  made 
in  the  United  States,  75  per  cent  of  all 
plate  glass,  27  ger  cent  of  all  pig  iron,  40 
per  cent  of  all  window  glass,  50  per  cent  of 
all  table  glassware,  50  per  cent  of  all  har- 
ness leather,  25  per  cent  of  all  bituminous 
coal  mined  in  the  United  States,  33  per  cent 
of  all  paper  sacks,  75  per  cent  of  all 
wrought  iron  and  steel  pipe,  25  per  cent  of 
all  nails  and  spikes.  Has  easily  2,500  mills 
and  manufacturing  establishments,  with  a 
capital  of  over  $200,000,000,  value  of  an- 
nual products  $244,525,875,  paying  out  in 
wages  over  $60,000,000  annually." 

To  carry  the  traffic  coming  into  and  go- 
ing out  of  the  Pittsburg  district  during 
1904  required  2,600,000  cars,  or  about  80,- 
000,000  tons,  harbor  tonnage  10,000,000,  a 
total  of  90,000,000  tons,  by  far  the  largest 
of  any  district  in  the  world. 

Pittsburg  is  the  great  distributing  point 
for  coal  in  the  state,  and  the  total  is  put  at 
30,000,000  net  tons;  something  like  15,500,- 
000  tons  of  this  is  used  locally,  and  the  re- 
mainder goes  to  all  parts  of  the  country  by 
rail  and  water;  to  New  Orleans  for  steam- 
ships going  to  foreign  trade,  to  the  great 
northwest  for  the  railroads  extending  into 
the  Rockies.  As  our  own  brother,  the 
Honorable  W.  H.  Graham,  has  said,  Pitts- 
burg's achievements,  however,  are  not  con- 
fined to  such  productions  as  the  foregoing. 
It  has  the  finest  court  house  (by  Richard- 

,  son)  in  the  United  States,  splendid  busi- 
ness blocks,  miles  of  costly  residences,  and 

■magnificent  public  parks.  Its  educational 
and  art  institutions  take  high  rank.  It  has 
probably  given  more  and  greater  men  to 
scientific  research  .than  any  other  city  of 
its  size  in  the  country.  Its  astronomical 
observatory  is  famous  the  world  over.     Its 


wealth  lias  planted  over  the  world  libraries, 
art  galleries  and  music  halls.  Its  art  ex- 
hibits draw  the  best  critics  of  New  York 
and  Europe  and  attract  some  of  the  finest 
products  of  the  easels  of  the  Old  World. 
Its  new  technical  schools,  it  is  said,  will  be 
the  finest  in  the  world — millions  arc  to  be 


Special   to,  The   Christian-Evangelist. 

Pittsburg,  Monday. — Great  start 
for  simultaneous  campaign.  Four 
thousand  persons  were  in  the  the- 
ater and  church  at  the  mass  meeting 
Sunday  afternoon  and  throngs  were 
turned    away. — W.    J.    Wright. 


♦ 


Special  to  The  Christian-Evangelist. 

Pittsburg,  Monday  Afternoon. — 
The  century  simultaneous  revival 
opens  beyond  our  great  expectations. 
The  churches  are  overflowing;  inter- 
est is  intense.  There  was  a  great 
noon  meeting  today.  Additions  re- 
ported: At  First  Church.  Allegheny, 
seven;  Bellevue,  five;  Beaver  Falls, 
three ;  Connellsville,  thirteen  ;  Home- 
stead, twenty- four;  McKeesrocks, 
one ;  Meadville,  three ;  First,  New 
Castle,  five;  Central,  Pitisbjrg,,  nine; 
East  End,  Pittsburg,  two;  Knoxville, 
five ;  Belmar,  thirteen ;  Turtle  Creek, 
four;  Wilkinsburg,  eight.  Total  con- 
fessions, forty;  letters,  sixty;  four 
Bible  school  rallies;  Charleroi,  252; 
Homestead,  662.  At  the  central 
meeting  yesterday  the  offering  was 
one  hundred  and  seventy-eight  dol- 
lars.— W.  R.  Warren. 


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devoted  to  them.  Its  strategic  position,  its 
boundless  agricultural  and  mineral  treas- 
ures, its  inventive  genius,  grit  and  grace, 
have  combined  to  crown  the  Iron  City  as 
"queen  of  the  greatest  hive  of  human  indus- 
try on  the  face  of  the  earth."  Pittsburg  is 
yet  in  her  swaddling  clothes. 

Dr.   Samuel   B.   McCormick,  of  the  Uni- 


W.  A.   WARREN, 

Editor  of  The  Worker,  Pittsburg,   Pa. 

versity  of  Western  Pennsylvania,  in  an  ad- 
dress the  other  day,  said :  "We  do  not 
hesitate  to  declare  onr  conviction  that  the 
future  of  Pittsburg,  in  the  provision  to  be 


made   for  ' 

in  the  development  of  'he  in«5titutior, 
learning,  will  give  her  fame  in  the  intel- 
lectual, equal  to  that  which  she  worthily 
enjoys  in  the  industrial  and  commercial 
world.  The  problem  is  really  a  very  sim- 
ple one. 

"Given  a  population  in  the  two  cities 
of  practically  half  a  million,  with  several 
hundred  thousand  more  in  the  immediate 
vicinity; 

"Given  an  accumulation  of  v. ralth  in  man- 
olfactory  and  commerce,  in  field  and  bank, 
in  oil  and  gas  and  coal,  and  in  every  form 


R.   S.  LATIMER, 

President     of    the    Western     Pennsylvania 
Christian  Missionary  Society. 

of  business  investment  and  enterprise,  al- 
most beyond  the  possibility  of  computa- 
tion and  altogether  beyond  the  power  of  the 
imagination  to  conceive ; 

"Given,  on  the  part  of  this  vast  popula- 
tion, possessed  of  these  inexhaustible  treas- 
ures, a  type  of  character  which  is  famed 
for  its  sterling  integrity,  its  moral  high  pur- 
pose, its  beneficent  generosity  and  its  aspi- 
ration for  what  is  best  in  the  realm,  both  of 
the  intellect  and  the  soul ; 

"Given  all  these,  and  surely  we  can  predict 
an  educational  future  for  such  a  communi- 
ty, wonderful  in  its  possibilities  and  in  its 
realization. 

"But  it  is  sometimes  declared  that  the  ma- 
terial interests  of  Pittsburg  are  so  varied 
and  so  immense  and  the  demand  made  by 
these  upon  her  energies,  both  physical  and 
mental,  is  so  absorbing  that  it  is  idle  to 
expect  education  to  divert  any  considerable 
part  of  this  energy  to  her  own  interests. 
Then,  let  us  see  if  this  can  not  be  dis- 
proved. 

"The  highest  act  of  the  human  soul,  higher 
than  any  operation  of  mere  intellect  or  feel- 
ing or  will,  because  combining  all  these,  and 
centering  upon  a  perfect  being  in  appre- 
hension, submission,  reverence  and  love,  is 
the  act  of  worship ;  and  the  people  of  Pitts- 
burg have  erected  nearly  four  hundred 
church  edifices,  scores  of  which  are  most 
costly,  in  order  that  they  may  give  expres- 
sion in  worship  to  their  love  and  adoration 
of  Almighty  God.  This  fact  distinguishes 
any  community  as  the  highest." 

On  one  Lord's  day.  last  Easter,  in  one 
of  the  churches  there  was  put  upon  its  of- 
fering plates  something  like  $115,000  to- 
ward that  denomination's  work,  and  in  the 
Sixth  U.  P.  Church  one  Lord's  day.  the  of- 
fering was  $17,000  for  their  work  in  Egypt. 
The  former  one  offering  was  more  than  was 
contributed  b}-  1,250,000  Disciples  towards 
national  home  missions' 

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benevolent  institutions  and  titty  homes  of 
various  sorts,  twenty  hospitals  and  ten  help- 
ing societies,  these  tell  of  the  heart  of  the 
Pittsburg 

In  art.  Carnegie  Institute's  annual  world's 
competition  is  the  cynosure  of  all  Europe,  • 
and  her  medals  the  source  of  keenest   riv- 
alry. 

Is  not  Pittsburg  today  recognized  as  one 
of  the  music  centers  of  the  world,  able  to 
call  the  finest  organist  or  orchestra  director 
in  the  realm  of  the  Muses?  And  what 
shall  I  more  say?  for  the  time  will  fail  me 
if  I  tell  how  poverty  has  made  a  princely 
hand  in  philanthropy  and  that  example  is 
inciting  others  to  see  fresh  fields  and  pas- 
tures new  in  magnificent  beneficences. 

Yes.  says  the  Right  Honorable  John  Mor- 
ley,  Gladstone's  biographer,  "You  talk  of 
Pittsburg.  I  have  heard  it  constantly 
spoken  of  as  a  center  of  materialism.  The 
speeches  we  have  heard  tonight  and  the 
responses  that  you  made  to  those  speeches 
show  that  all  their  aspirations  are  for  the 
highest  things  after  which  a  man  can  as-^ 
pire — all  show  that  though  Pittsburg  may 
be  material,  it  is  ready  for  spiritual  impres-  ; 
sions  of  the  highest  order   (applause)." 

Here  is  the  Jerusalem  of  1909,  the  com- 
ing Antioch  of  a  simultaneous  evangelistic 
campaign,  the  Ephesus  of  wealthy  offer- 
ings, the  Philippi  of  splendid  Lydian  women 
devoted  to  his  cause,  the  Corinth  whose 
lakes  of  the  north  and  whose  mighty  Mis- 
sissippi and  Panama  of  the  south  will  soon 
be  linked,  thus  allowing  the  argosies  of  the 
eastern  and  western  hemisphere  to  load  and 
unload  on  her  wharves,  the  Rome  towards 
which  and  from  which  we  hope  to  see  in 
the  days  to  come  the  missionary  soldiers  of 
the  Cross  go  forth  carrying  the  Balm  of 
Calvary  to  the  millions  at  home  and  abroad. 
Truly,   every   Pittsburger  can  say,  I   am  a 


citizen  of  no  mean  city  for  evangelistic  en- 
terprise. Now  we  are  upon  the  eve  of  the 
greatest  evangelistic  campaign  ever  under- 
taken by  our  brotherhood.  In  the  city  of 
Pittsburg,  on  Monday,  October  12,  1903, 
in  the  Y.  M.  C  A.  rooms  at  the  quarterly 
ministerial  meeting  of  Allegheny  and  Pitts- 
burg, there  was  given  an  echo  of  the  great 
Torrey-Alexander  campaign  in  Melbourne. 
The  rough  estimate  of  the  fruits  of 
those  missions  amounted  to  about  10,- 
000  who  agreed  to  break  with  sin  and  to 
accept  Jesus  Christ  as  the  Savior  and  Lord. 
At  once  a  call  -was  made  upon  the  different 
ministerial  unions  to  furnish  representatives 
for  a  committee  of  deliberation,  which  com- 
mittee sent  their  representatives  back  to  their 
unions  and  their  churches  to  at  once  make 
preparations  for  a  simultaneous  campaign. 
Some  361  congregations  took  part,  al- 
most every  denomination  was  enlisted, 
some  seventeen  evangelistic  centers  ap- 
pointed and  thus  the  work  begun  in  prayer 
went  on  with  increasing  interest  during  the 
^last  two  weeks  of  February,  1903.  The 
newspapers' got  caught  in  the  pervading  re- 
ligious atmosphere  and  contributed  very 
largely  to  the  success  of  the  meetings  by 
their  generous  recognition  of  the  united  ef- 
forts of  all  the  churches,  they  forgot  about 
the  "dollar  space"  in  their  enthusiasm  over 
the  widespread  revival.  The  lessons  learned 
from  this  simultaneous  campaign  were  not 
lost  upon  the  Disciples  of  Christ  in  Pitts- 
burg and  Allegheny.  So  at  the  annual  con- 
vention of  the  Western  Pennsylvania  Mis- 
sionary Society,  Bro.  J.  A.  Jayne  moved 
that  a  committee  be  appointed  that  should 
make  arrangements  for  a  simultaneous 
campaign  among  the  Disciples  in  western 
Pennsylvania.  That  committee  has  been  at 
work  for  over  a  year.  The  committee  has 
since  been  enlarged.     They  were  most  hap- 


py in  securing  Dr.  Cadwallader  Evans  ; 
chairman.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Easi 
End  Church,  known  for  its  royal  gifts  ti 
all  local  and  national  missionary  and  bene\i 
olent  work.  His  position  in  the  city  gavj 
the  work  a  standing  and  a  recognition  thsj 
made  the  work  of  the  committee  a  veri 
great  pleasure  instead  of  a  burden. 

His  associates  on  the  committee  are  W.  R 
Warren,  O.  H.  Philips,  Wallace  Than; 
O.  M.  Waddle,  T.  J.  Allen,  W.  R.  ErretH 
R.  S.  Latimer,  ex  officio,  C.  L.  Thurgoocj 
Hon.  T.  W.  Philips,  of  Newcastle,  an.] 
A.  D.  Monies,  of  Newcastle;  T.  D.  Browi 
New  Brighton ;  Hon.  W.  H.  Grahatr 
John  A.  Jayne,  W.  C.  Farr,  H.  .A.  Sp^mg.' 
ler  and  John  S.  Miller,  Allegheny;  Colone 
S.  H.  Church,  John  G.  Slayter,  W.  A.  Dim 
ker,  J.  C.  Crawford,  G.  P.  Thurber,  Edwin 
Collins  and  A.  B.  Stutz,  Pittsburg;  John  A 
Woods,  Knoxville;  J.  B.  Brooks,  Wilkins! 
burg;  John  F.  McCune,  Braddock;  Jam© 
Darsie,  Homestead ;  R.  W.  Williams 
Battle  Creek ;  Joseph  Shaw,  Duquesne 
Louis  Lautenslager,  McKces  Rocks;  M.  G 
Hibbs,  Crafton ;  Byron  E.  Tombaugh 
Washington ;  Ward  Eicher,  Greensburg 
W.  S.  Schenck,  Connellsville,  and  F.  B 
Granger,  Somerset.  Not  by  might  of  th< 
men  who  have  been  invited  to  co-operat< 
as  evangelists  and  singers,  nor  by  the  pow- 
er of  all  the  machinery  that  has  been  se 
in  motion  by  the  committee  .  and  thi 
churches,  but  by  "My  Spirit,"  saith  th» 
Lord  of  Hosts — the  spirit  of  humility,  thi 
spirit  of  prayer,  the  hunger-spirit  for  los 
souls,  the  culture  spirit  for  folding  the  los 
when  found,  the  spirit  that  will  supply  ui 
with  divine  energy  to  do  God's  evangelisti< 
will  on  earth  as  his  will  is  done  in  heaven 
To  God  be  all  the  glory  in  the  progress  anc 
the  outcome  of  this  greatest  of  all  cam 
paigns  ever  undertaken  by  us. 


Our   Cause   in    Pittsburg   and   Vicinity 


On  another  page  C.  L.  Thurgood  has 
given  some  account  of  the  material  pros- 
perity of  Pittsburg  and  the  origin  of  the 
evangelistic  campaign  which  our  churches 
of  that  city  and  its  vicinity  have  just  in- 
augurated. It  is  fitting  that  this  account 
should  be  supplemented  by  some  statement 
about  our  special  work  in  this  part  of  the 
great  home  field.  For  Pennsylvania  has  a 
peculiar  relationship  to  our  Restoration 
Movement.  Within  her  borders  lived  the 
pioneers  of  the  movement.  To  Washing- 
ton, in  Western  Pennsylvania,  came  Thom- 
as Campbell  in  1808.  When  his  son,  Alex- 
ander, brought  the  rest  of  the  family  there 
in  the  following  year,  father  and  son  set 
themselves  the  task  of  preparing  the  way 
for  the  union  of  the  divided  forces  of  Chris- 
tendom. On  August  17,  1809,  came  the 
formation  of  the  Christian  Association,  and 
following  this  the  "Declaration  and  Ad- 
dress" which  had  such  a  great  influence  in 
launching  the  movement  for  the  restoration 
of  the  primitive  Christianity.  It  was  in  a 
grove  near  Washington  that  Alexander 
Campbell  preached  his  first  sermon  in  1810. 
The  difficulties  of  their  work  may  be  real- 
ized in  some  measure  from  the  fact  that 
though  for  nearly  twenty  years  they  sought 
to  gain  a  hearing  and  favorable  reception 
for  their  plea,  yet  until  1850  not  more  than 
twenty  organizations  had  been  formed  in 
Western  Pennsylvania  and  half  of  these 
were  struggling  country  churches.  And, 
largely  through  a  lack  of  trust  in  co-oper- 
ative movements,  during  the  next  forty 
years  not  twenty  new  churches  were 
formed.  In  1882  the  first  district  was  or- 
ganized and  it  included  five  counties.  Later 
it  was  enlarged  to  include  twenty-five,  and 
in  1888  R.  S.  Latimer  was  elected  president 
of  this  Western  Pennsylvania  Christian 
Missionary  Society,  which  office'  he  has  con- 
tinued to  hold  since.  From  that  date  begat] 
an  era  of  prosperity,  and  between  sixty  and 
seventy  new  church'--  have  been  organized. 


The  policy  has  been  to  work  from  the  great 
center  of  population  outward.  The  rally 
cry  has  been  "A  mission  church  for  each 
church  now  organized." 

Among  the  first  churches  aligning  them- 
selves with  the  Campbells  were  a  Baptist 
Church  of  the  Haldane  school,  in  Pitts- 
burg, in  1810;  an  offshoot  from  this  in  Alle- 
gheny in  1835 ;  Somerset  in  1828 ;  Enon 
Valley  in  1830;  Connellsville  in  1830;  fol- 
lowed a  few  years  later  by  Fayette  City, 
Braddock,   Johnstown   and   others. 

We  regret  that  both  the  limitations  of 
space  and  the  difficulty  of  getting  photo- 
graphs prevent  us  from  picturing  to  the 
readers  of  The  Christian-Evangelist  all 
our  churches  engaged  in  this  present  evan- 
gelistic effort.  One  of  the  oldest  of  the  or- 
ganizations is  the  First  Church,  Washing- 
ton, which  dates  back  to  May,  1831,  when 
in  the  home  of  R.  B.  Chaplin,  Sr.,  five 
brethren  and  three  sisten  formed  an  or- 
ganization for  Christian  work  and  worship. 
On  account  of  the  bitter  opposition  and 
desirous  of  peace,  the  little  band  met  in  a 
log  school  house  on  the  farm  of  Henry 
Vankirk,  four  miles  from.  Washington,  and 
alternating  in  the  homes  of  the  members, 
until  1836  it  moved  into  its  own  substantial 
brick  house  in  what  is  now  known  as  Lab- 
oratory, then  Williamsburg,  still  two  miles 
distant  from   Washington. 

Here  the  church  continued  to  meet  until 
1867,  when  it  leased  a  building,  which  yet" 
stands,  across  the  street  from  its  present 
home.  J.  B.  Crane  was  the  first  settled  pastor, 
in  1867.  T.  A.  Crenshaw  came  in  1869.  F.  D. 
Power,  while  yet  a  student  in  Bethany,  sup- 
plied from  October  to  December,  1870. 
.Succeeding  preachers  were  A.  B.  Challener, 
W.  T.  Goodloe,  L.  S.  Brown,  W.  L.  Hay- 
den,  L.  P.  Streator,  S.  W.  Brown,  R.  G. 
White,  A.  M.  Ifarvuot,  J.  M.  Kersey,  W.  H. 
'Flanna,  and  since  1901,  E.  A.  Cole.  After 
nine  years  of  absence  R.  G.  White  moved 
back  to  Washington  and  is  now  an  efficient 


elder  and  assistant  in  the  church  work  be 
sides  preaching  every  Lord's  day  at  Can 
nonsburg,  where  a  promising  church  of  fift: 
members  is  beginning  its  career.  Join 
Hughes,  the  oldest  living  member,  will  soot 
have  rounded  out  65  years  of  service  as  ; 
member  of  the  First  Church.  Thomas  am 
Alexander  Campbell  often  preached  for  thi 
congregation.  Walter  Scott,  T.  V.  Berry 
J.  T.  Smith,,  Andrew  Burns,  G.  W.  Lucy 
Robert  Milligan,  W.  K.  Pendleton,  Moses  E 
Lard,  O.  A.  Burgess,  Thomas  Munnell 
Isaac  Errett,  Harrison  Jones,  David  Bur 
net,  Charles  Louis  Loos,  JHugh  McDiarmid 
W.  T.  Moore,  Robert  Graham,  Jabez  Hall 
T.  C.  McKeever  and  Sutton  Hayden  wer 
among  the  number  of  those  who  preache< 
for  the  congregation  in  that  early  part  o 
its  history,  beside  those  already  named  a 
its  regular  settled  ministers.  The  churcl 
now  has  a  membership  of  over  650.  It  ha 
supported  W.  P.  Bentley  on  the  foreigi 
field  two  years,  has  organized  and  helpe< 
build  a  house  costing  $8,000  for  the  secon< 
congregation  and  has  had  280  accessions  t< 
its  membership  during  the  present  pastor 
ate.  The  church  is  preparing  for  a  grea 
meeting  under  the  leadership  of  its  pasto 
and  O.   P.   Spiegel. 

Another  of  the  older  churches  is  the  om 
at  Braddock,  dating  back  to  1833.  Thi 
master  spirit  was  then  Isaac  Mills.  Start 
ing  in  his  house,  a  little  band  was  organ 
'ized  which  met  for  a  time  at  Port  Perry 
Later,  through  the  enterprise  of  Mr.  Mills 
a  house  was  built,  on  Frazier  street,  Brad 
dock.  This  being  burned,  another  wai 
erected.  Here  the  congregation  worshipe( 
until  the  present  house  was  built  in  1890 
Like  all  pioneer  churches,  this  one  ha: 
passed  through  many  trying  experiences 
but  today  has  a  substantial  membershi] 
and  valuable  property.  Among  those  wh< 
have  served  as  pastors  were  James  Darsie 
whose  sons  and  grandsons  are  known  al 
oyer  the  brotherhood ;  W.   D.  Lane,  E.  A 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


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Sosworth,  F.  V.  Brown.  The  present  pas- 
:or,  O.  H.  Philips,  has  completed  twelve 
fears  of  service.  In  that  time  almost  three 
lundred  and  fifty  have  been  added  to  the 
jhurch.  The  evangelist  pastor  who  comes 
:o  aid  the  church  in  the  great  simultaneous 
•evival  is  George  Webster  Moore,  Akron, 
Ihio. 

"The  blood  of  the  martyrs  is  the  seed  of 
;he  church."  The  heroic  devotion  of 
Josephine  Merrick,  who  gleaned  the  streets 
ind  alleys  during  the  dinner  hour  from  the 
store  and  after  supper  in  the  evenings,  for 
mildren  who  did  not  attend  Bible  school, 
jore  fruit  in  a  Bible  school  organized  on 
Dctober  15,  1882,  in  the  Fifth  Avenue  Bank 
niilding,  Pittsburg.  In  1885  they  went  to 
:he  Forbes  Street  School  building.  The 
Biurch  was  begun  on  April  17,  1890,  with 
hirty  charter  members,  entering  into  the 
lew  building  on  Pride  and  Colwell  streets. 
Che  Bible  school  was  the  backbone  of  the 
vork.  From  1882  to  1905  the  school  has 
lad  only  two  superintendents,  R.  S.  Latimer 
md  Edward  J.  Chesley,  who  held  it  for 
wo  years.  The  ministers  of  the  church 
lave  been  H.  W.  Talmage,  L.  C.  Cutler, 
Bruce  L.  Kershner  and,  since  December  6, 
1892,  C.  L.  Thurgood. 

The  Heron  Hill  Mission  was  begun  over 
1.  vacant  grocery  store  in  1895,  and  its  mem- 
iers  now  have  their  own  building,  with 
:.  D.  Dabney  as  their  minister,  now  enter- 
ng  upon  his  second  year.  The  "cobble- 
itone"  spiritual  condition  of  the  district, 
vrites  Brother  Thurgood,  has  proved  a  fine 
ield  for  the  development  of  workers  who 
ire  now  a  blessing  to  the_  churches.  Some 
hirteen  or  more  churches  have  "sounded  a 
etreat"  from  this  hill  district  in  the  thir- 
een  years,  but  our  standard  has  braved  the 
tattle  and  the  storms  and  is  still  flying, 
ind  long  may  it  wave. 

The  East  End  Christian  Church,  Pitts- 
lurg,  was  established  in  the  spring  of  1885. 
'ohn  M.  Addy  and  wife,  then  members  of 
he  First  Church  of  Allegheny,  opened  their 
tome,  and  the  first  meetings  were  held  there. 
Che  present  church  building  is  located  at 
he  corner  of  Highland  and  Alder  streets, 
n  the  very  heart  of  the  best  residence  sec- 
ion  of  the  city.  In  the  twenty  years  of  its 
listory  the  congregation  has  greatly  pros- 
•ered  and  is  now  one  of  the  strongest  in 
Western  Pennsylvania.  T.  D.  Butler,  H.  K. 
Dendleton,  T.  E.  Cramblet,  W.  J.  Russell 
nd  J.  G.  Slayter,  the  present  incumbent, 
iave  served  the  congregation  in  the  order 
lamed.  The  present  beautiful  building  was 
xected  during  the  ministry  of  T.  E.  Cram- 
ilet,  now  president  of  Bethany  College. 
ohn  G  Slayter,  who  came  to  the  congre- 
gation in  August  from  the  great  High 
Street  Church  of  Akron,  O.,  will  hold  his 
iwn  meeting,  owing  to  his  newness  on  the 
ield. 

The  Knoxville  Christian  Church  is  locat- 
:d  on  the  south  side  of  Pittsburg  and  was 
irganized  in  1890.  For  several  years  the 
:ongregation  met  in  a  hall,  but  in  1895 
nought  and  remodeled  an  old  church  build- 
ng  on  Jucunda  street,-  where  they  wor- 
hiped  until  last  year,  when  they  entered 
heir  new  building  on  Charles  street  and 
Cnox  avenue.  In  1900  Fred  M.  Gordon, 
graduating  from  Bethany,  took  up  this 
vork  as  his  first  pastorate.  During  this 
ime  the  church  has  tripled  itself  and  all 
he  work  is  in  splendid  condition.  Their 
Jible  school  rally,  held  October  22,  num- 
iered  628. 

The  Belmar  Church  is  the  outgrowth  of  a 
Sible  school  organized  at  Rovan  avenue 
y  President  T.  E.  Cramblet,  of  Bethany 
College,  while  he  was  minister  of  the  East 
ind  Church.  The  regular  ministers  have 
een  R.  J.  Bamber  and  A.  T.  Campbell. 
Ahe  present  minister,  E.  E.  Manley,  began 
is  labors  with  this  congregation  in  June, 
903.  Lots  have  been  purchased  and  a 
uilding  erected  in  which  the  revival  serv- 
es will  be  held  under  the  leadership  of  Al- 


len Wilson,  assisted  by  W.  F.  Limit.  The 
new  building  is  in  the  lidman  plan  and  is 
about  seven  blocks  from  the  Rowan  avenue 
site. 

The  Squirrel  Hill  Christian  Church, 
located  in  the  23rd  ward  of  Pittsburg,  is 
a  modern,  up-to-date,  thriving  church. 
Three  settled  ministers  have  served  since 
its  organization  in  1900 — W.  I).  Arnold, 
now  of  Elmore,  Ohio;  W.  H.  Krskine,  now 
of  Akita,  Japan;  and  the  present  mini 
G.  W.  Watson.  During  his  ministration  ;i 
new  edifice  has  been  erected  at  a  cost  of 
$10,000.  They  will  enter  the  simultaneous 
revival  with  F.  A.  Bright  as  evangelist. 

The  First,  or  Park  Church,  of  New  Cas- 
tle, Pa.,  was  organized  in  1855.  The  pres- 
ent imposing  home  was  provided  through 
the  generosity  of  the  Phillips  Brothers  and 
dedicated  February  14,  1868,  by  Isaac  Er- 
rett.  Since  that  time  its  pastors  have  been  : 
B.  J.  Pinkerton,  W.  F.  Cowden,  Dr.  I.  A. 
Thayer,  Frank  Talmage,  Earle  Wilfley  and 
W.  L-  Fisher.  During  Dr.  Thayer's  pas- 
torate the  Long  Avenue  Mission,  now 
known  as  the  Central  Church,  was  started 
by  W.  H.  Hanna,  Dr.  Thayer's  assistant. 
In  1900  a  mission  was  started  in  Mahoning- 
town,  the  7th  ward,  New  Castle.  Its  house, 
the  Third  Church,  was  dedicated  in  1903, 
the  first  preacher,'  W.  S.  Chisholm,  being 
Brother  Wilfley's  assistant.  Park  Church 
has  also  been  a  fostering  mother  to  the 
Ellwood  City  Church  and  has  now  started 
another  mission  on  the  East  Side  of  New 
Castle.  She  has"  one  thousand  names  upon 
her  roll  and  the  plant  is  valued  at  $150,000. 

The  Central  Christian  Church,  New  Cas- 
tle, Pa.,  is  situated  on  the  corner  of  Long 
avenue  and  Pennsylvania  avenue,  in  the 
very  heart  of  the  industrial  section  of  the  city, 
where  are  located  the  largest  tin  mills  in  the 
world.  Begun  as  a  mission  of  the  First 
Church,  about  eleven  years  ago,  it  grew  so 
rapidly  that  it  soon  became  a  regularly  or- 
ganized congregation,  and  now  numbers  300 
members.  W.  H.  Hanna  was  followed  by 
I.  H.  Durfee,  who  was  succeeded  by  W.  D. 
Trumbull,  during  whose  administration  the 
new  building  was  started.  After  a  year 
and  a  half  he  resigned,  and  the  church  was 
cared  for  temporarily  by  J.  A.  Joyce,  cor- 
responding secretary  Western  Pennsylvania 
Christian  Missionary  Society.  January  8, 
1905,  the  new  house  was  dedicated.  It  is  a 
modern  brick  building,  seating,  with  the  gal- 
leries and  Bible  school  room,  1,000  people. 
In  contains  eighteen  rooms,  including  class 
rooms,  study,  etc.,  besides  kitchen,  dining 
room,  and  a  basement  to  be  fitted  up  with 
gymnasium,  reading  room  and  baths.  On 
the  day  of  dedication  the  present  minister, 
Francis  M.  Biddle,  took  up  the  work,  and 
during  the  past  nine  months  there  have 
been  66  additions  at  the  regular  services. 

Shady  Avenue  Church,  Allegheny,  was 
a  mission  some  twelve  years  ago.  R.  A. 
Cutler  was  the  first  regular  pastor.  Since 
then  they  have  had  as  pastors,  Brothers 
Craig,  Futcher,  Yeuell  and  Bates.  Grant  E. 
Pike  entered  upon  his  ministry  last  May. 
The  Sunday  school  and  Junior  Christian 
Endeavor  are  strong  features  of  the  church, 
the  latter  being  the  strongest  of  any  of 
our  Western   Pennsylvania  churches. 

The  Observatory  Hill  Christian  Church 
of  Allegheny  is  the  outgrowth  of  a  Bible 
school  started  in  1893  in  the  basement  of 
the  residence  of  James  B.  Grier,  of  Alle- 
gheny, by  J.  B.  Grier  and  James  P.  Stewart. 
The  present  church  building  was  dedicated 
October  8,  1902.  The  pastors  have  been 
W.  H.  Bruff,  Bruce  Kershner  and  W.  T. 
Prewett.  John  A.  Jayne  has  been  with  the 
church  eight  full  years.  During  his  pas- 
torate there  have  been  added  278  by  confes- 
sion and  baptism,  and  nearly  one  hundred 
by  statement  and  letter.  Brother  Jayne  is 
a  regular  contributor  to  the  "Pittsburg 
Press,"  furnishing  a  sermon  weekly,  which 
he  illustrates.  His  work  is  now  being  syn- 
dicated in  Chicago  and  will  appear  simul- 


taneously in  many  of  the  leading  Sunday 
paper,  of  the  country.     Thus  he  will  reach 

an  immense  audience. 

The  First  Christian  Church  of  Carnegie, 
Iv,  was  organized  in  1887  with  fourteen 
members.  For  several  month,  hr-'hren 
Latimer,  Stewart,  Green,  Chessley  and 
Philips,  in  turn,  preached  and  ministered  to 
ill,  congregation,  which  met  in  a  hall.  In 
1888  O.  11.  Philips  took  charge,  and  after 
a  few  months  gave  himself  entirely  to  the 
ministry  and  continued  therein  till  1893. 
During  his  ministry  a  church  building  was 
erected.  It  was  destroyed  by  fire  in  1895, 
and  thereafter  services  were  held  in  the 
old  Presbyterian  Church  building  until  the 
present  house  of  worship  was  erected  in 
1806.  Brother  Philips  was  succeeded  by 
W.  H.  Hanna,  who  was  followed  by  M.  E. 
Chatley  and  by  Charles  C.  Cowgil.  In 
May,  1905,  the  present  minister,  \V.  T. 
Barnes,  took  charge.  The  membership  at 
present   is   171. 

The  first  beginnings  towards  materializa- 
tion of  a  second  congregation  of  Disciples 
in  Washington  was  in  the  purchase  of  a  lot 
at  the  corner  of  Allison  and  Chelmsford 
avenues  in  1900,  during  the  pastorate  of 
W.  H.  Hanna.  The  second  step  in  the  crys- 
talization  of  the  work  was  the  organization 
of  an  afternoon  Bible  school  in  a  small 
store  room  of  D.  M.  Frazee,  one  of  the 
brethren.  This  school  enrolled  at  a  few 
session  as  many  as  130.  The  third  step 
wras  a  mass  meeting  held  in  the  First 
Church,  July,  1902,  when  the  day's  pledges 
resulted  in  raising  about  $3,500.  As  soon 
thereafter  as  possible  work  was  begun  on 
the  present  house  of  worship,  which  is  in- 
tended to  serve  only  as  a  chapel  after  the 
main  auditorium  is  built  upon  the  very 
beautiful  corner  lot. 

The  organization  of  the  Second  Church 
was  effected  December  2T,  1903,  with  53 
charter  members.  W.  B.  Reed  was  the  first 
regular  minister.  On  January  1,  1905,  there 
was  a  membership  of  82,  when  Oscar  W. 
Riley,  then  of  California,  Pa.,  received  a  call 
to  serve  the  church. 

Our  church  at  Scottdale,  Pa.,  grew  out  of 
a  Bible  school  organized  in  February,  1806. 
September  24,  1896,  the  church  at  Vanter- 
bilt,  Pa.,  sent  her  pastor,  W.  C.  Wade,  to 
preach  once  a  month,  and  in  November  the 
church  was  organized  with  twelve  members. 
Next  year  Allen  Wilson  and  F.  F.  Bullard 
held  a  meeting  and  the  Western  Pennsyl- 
vania Christian  Missionary  Society  ar- 
ranged with  A.  C.  Philips  to  take  up  the 
work,  which  he  did  in  December,  1897. 
The  following  October  the  church  proper- 
ty, valued  at  $4,000,  was  dedicated  by  T.  E. 
Cramblet.  In  April,  1904,  E.  J.  Barnett,  of 
Jonesboro,  Ark.,  became  the  minister  and 
closed  his  work  just  six  months  later.  On 
April  1,  1905,  M.  C.  Frick,  of  Blanchard, 
Pa.,  was  called  to  take  the  work.  At  this 
time  there  were  forty-four  members,  while 
in  October,  1S95,  there  were  fifty-five  mem- 
bers, and  the  church  is  now  free  from  debt. 

In  November,  1900,  H.  F.  Lutz.  under  the 
direction  of  the  American  Christian  Mis- 
sionary Society,  organized  a  Bible  school  in 
a  hall  on  Penn  and  Wood  streets  in  Wil- 
kinsburg.  A  few  weeks  later,  driven  from 
their  quarters  by  fire,  they  were  able  to  se- 
cure the  basement  of  the  old  Presbytrian 
Church,  but  on  March  24  the  auditorium 
of  the  church  was  also  rented  and  a  five 
weeks'  meeting  held.  Ninety  consecrated 
and  earnest  Christians  formed  a  splendid 
nucleus  around  which  to  build  a  useful 
church,  and  on  the  last  day  of  April.  1901, 
an  organization  was  effected  and  the  his- 
tory of  the  First  Christian  Church  of  Wil- 
kinsburg  began.  Later,  this  little  congre- 
tion,  purchased  the  property  in  which  they 
had  been  meeting  and  partially  remodeled 
it.  In  January,  1002.  Brother  Lutz  was 
called  to  the  citv  evangelistic  work  and 
L.  N.  D.  Wells,  of  New  Cumberland.  W. 
Va.,  was  engaged. 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


November  2,  1905 


The   Simultaneous    Campaign    in    Cincinnati    and    Vicinity 


According  to  the  program  published  in 
a  recent  number  of  The  Christian-Evan- 
gelist, this  campaign  began  October  8.  with 
meetings  in  nineteen  of  the  churches.  They 
were  scattered  over  wide  territory,  the 
furthest  outlying  congregations  being  fully 
twenty  miles  apart. 

It  will  be  difficult  m  any  campaign  to 
bring  together  an  abler  number  of  men  for 
evangelistic  work.  There  was  but  one  of 
the  number  who  gives  all  his  time  to  this 
work.  Bro.  James  Small,  of  Columbus,  Ind. 
His  meeting  with  the  Fergus  Street  Church 
was  made  a  union  meeting  by  the  Baptists, 
Methodists  and  Presbyterians  of  that  part 
of  the  city  joining  in  the  revival,  which, 
for  the  first  two  weeks,  was  held  in  the 
Presbyterian  church.  The  seating  capacity 
of  the  house  was  taxed  from  night  to  night, 
and  the  people  were  highly  pleased  and 
greatly  edified  by  Brother  Small's  preach- 
ing, a  goodly  share  of  which  was  strongly 
doctrinal  in  character. 

The  third  week's  meetings  were  held  ,in 
the  Fergus  Street  Church  of  Christ,  but 
were  identical  in  character  with  those  pre- 
ceding. Brother  Small's  methods  were  just 
those  which  he  has  used  for  eighteen  years 
in  evangelistic  work  in  the  Christian 
churches,  and  the  confession  of  faith  in 
Christ  was  received  in  exactly  the  same 
form  which  is  familiar  to  all. 

This  campaign  has  been  simultaneous 
without  in  any  large  sense  being  union. 
Each  congregation  selected  its  own  evan- 
gelist and  became  responsible  for  his  re- 
muneration and  for  the  conduct  of  its  own 
meeting.  A  very  small  fund  was  raised 
for  preliminary  advertising,-  but  there  was 
no  joining  of  forces,  in  order  that  they 
who  are  strong  should  bear  the  infirmities 
of  the  weak.  The  weak  churches  were  com- 
pelled to  secure  and  pay  their  own  men  or 
do  without. 

There  was  but  one  union  feature  to  the 
whole  campaign,  and  that  was  the  Sunday 
afternoon  mass  meetings  in  the  Central 
Church.  These  meetings  were  well  at- 
tended, there  not  having  been  one  occasion 
in  five  years  which  has  drawn  such  audi- 
ences. Some  of  the  congregations  did  not 
co-operate  heartily  in  this  single  union 
service,  but  had  meetings  of  their  own. 
The  attendance  and  enthusiasm,  however, 
were  such  as  to  show  us  of  what  great 
things  we  are  capable  if  once  we  hold  a 
meeting  which  is  truly  the  union  of  all 
our  forces. 

The  preaching  throughout  the  campaign 
has  been  of  a  very  high  order  and  has  very 
greatly  built  up  the  saints  in  the  various 
congregations.  At  most  of  the  meeting 
places  the  houses  were  either  well  filled  or 
crowded  to  the  doors  from  night  to  night, 
notwithstanding  the  fact  that  we  have  had 
more  rain  in  three  weeks  than  in  the  two  or 
three  months  preceding.  The  chief  disap- 
pointment in  the  campaign  is  the  compara- 
tively small  number  of  additions  to  the 
churches,  there  being  but  about  three  hun- 
dred at  the  time  of  this  writing,  and 
fewer  than  two  hundred  of  these  are 
conversions.  Many  persons  are  inter- 
ested, and  not  a  few  deeply  convicted 
of  sin  and  of  their  need  of  the  Sa- 
vior, but  the  meetings  will  doubtless 
close  and  leave  many  of  them  outside  the 
kingdom. 

This  leads  us  to  mention  another  weak- 
ness in  the  campaign.  That  is,  in  most 
of  the  congregations,  it  was  planned  to 
have  it  continued  for  only  three  weeks. 
This  is  all  too  short  for  a  great  meeting. 
Who  can  recall  a  single  great  meeting,  re- 
sulting in  hundreds  of  conversions,  and  held 
within  the  limit  of  three  weeks?  Our 
great  meetings,  with  single  congregations, 
in  which  as  many  persons  turned  to  the 
Lord  as  have  in  all  these  nineteen  churches, 
invariably  ran  about  double  the  length  of 
time  covered  by  our  campaign.     This  cam- 


By  W.  J.  Wright 

paign  ought  to  have  been  planned  for  and 
to  have  continued  six  weeks. 

Some  of  our  churches  were  not  ready  for 
the  meetings.  They  cheerfully  agreed  to 
go  into  the  campaign,  and  secured  good 
men  to  lead  them ;  they  cheerfully  con- 
tributed all  the  expenses  of  the  cam- 
paign, but  there  was  not  *enough  prayer 
and  preparation  in  the  churches.  They 
expected  great  things  of  the  evangelist 
rather  than  of  God.  They  were  willing  that 
the  evangelist  should  attempt  great  things 
for  God,  but  they  themselves  would  attempt 
nothing  but  the  payment  of  bills  and  the 
drinking  in  of  fine  preaching.  The  world 
will  never  be  converted  to  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  by  what  we  may  term  professional 
preaching ;  the  whole  church  must  be 
aroused  to  her  sense  of  duty  and  opportu- 
nity, and  every  member  must  so  feel  the  sa- 
credness  of  his  obligation  as  to  be  saying 
continually,  "Woe  is  me  if  I  preach  noj 
the  Gospel."  It  should  be  the  aim  of  every 
pxeacher  to  have  each  new  member,  in  his 
church  realize  that  he  has  joined  a  "Win 
One  Society,"  and  that  the  way  to  increase 
the  membership  of  the  body  of  Christ  is 
individual  effort  at  soul  winning,  persisted 
in  throughout  all  the  years. 

We  did  not  plan  for  large  enough  things 
in  this  campaign.  We  have  sown  sparingly 
and  have  reaped  sparingly.  The  campaign 
should  have  been  union,  the  weaker  churches 
being  helped  by  the  stronger.  It  should  have 
included  street  preaching  and  preaching 
in  scores  of  public  places  where  the  people 
are  found,  and  not  merely  the  proclamation 
of  the  Word  in  the  meeting  houses,  which 
are  frequented  only  by  Christian  people. 
It  should  have  embraced  central  meetings 
daily,  so  that  our  forces  would  have  been 
unified.  Many  persons  would  thus  have 
been  given  an  opportunity  of  hearing  the 
Gospel,  who  were  denied  the  privilege  in 
the  separate  night  meetings  in  the  churches. 
We  should  have  had  Music  Hall,  in  which 
were  held  the  sessions  of  the  great  jubilee 
convention,  at  least  for  our  Sunday  after- 
noon mass  meetings,  and  all  our  congrega- 
tions should  have  given  this  great  mass 
meeting  the  right  of  way. 

It  is  easy  to  see  at  the  end  of  the  cam- 
paign where  we  missed  the  way  and  how 
much  better  we  might  have  done.  We  all 
believe  it  will  be  better  done  the  next  time ; 
we  all  thank  God  and  take  courage  because 
the  campaign  hasj  without  question,  been 
of  great  benefit  to  our  forces. 

In  the  first  place,  we  have  agreed  and 
walked  together  for  a  season,  which  is  quite 
a  new  experience  in  our  history  in  this  vi- 
cinity. We  began  to  see  how  good  and  how 
beautiful  it  is  for  brethren  to  walk  together, 
though  this  is  our  first  effort  at  it,  in  spite 
of  our  continuous  preaching  of  unity. 

Further,  the  campaign  has  shown  us  what 
a  power  is  at  our  command  if  we  unite  our 
forces  and  go  into  an  aggressive  work.  The 
latent  possibilities  of  our  people  are  beyond 
computation.  O,  that  these  possibilities 
were  called  into  daily  activity! 

Again,  this  campaign  has  shown  us  our 
real  weakness  in  this  vicinity.  In  consid- 
eration of  our  unusual  opportunities  we 
ought  to  have  at  least  fifty  congregations 
in  this  vicinity,  instead  of  less  than  twenty- 
five  ;  we  ought  to  have  a  score  of  as  great, 
strong  churches  as  may  be  found  anywhere 
in  our  brotherhood.  Instead  of  that,  most 
of  our  churches  are  weak.  This  revelation 
of  our  weakness  ought  to  become  a  means 
of  strength  and  growth  to  us,  by  making 
us  avoid  in  the  future  the  things  which,  in 
the  past,  have  been  our  undoing. 

Still  further,  it  ought  to  make  us  more 
determined  upon  the  evangelization  of  this 
community  than  ever  before.  All  our  congre- 
gations hereabouts  are  warmly  and  strong- 
ly missionary,  but  they  ha^e  too  generally 


considered  missionary  effort  as  being  put 
forth  in  China  and  Africa,  or  at  least  in 
New  England  or  the  great  northwest.  They 
have  not  properly  considered  their  own 
neighborhood  as  a  mission  field  of  practical- 
ly limitless  possibilities  They  have  been  too 
farsighted  in  their  missionary  enterprises, 
and  have  evidently  forgotten  that — 

"We  may  send  out  the  news  of  salvation, 

To  the  nations  in  darkness  and  sin ; 
We  may  go  to  the  uttermost  places 

And  gather  the  straying  ones  in ; 
But  God  is  not  pleased  with  our  labors, 

Though  heavy  the  burdens  we  bore, 
While  the  field  that  awaiteth  the  sickle, 

Lies  neglected  in  front  of  the  door." 
This  campaign  will,  in  all  probability,  re- 
sult in  a  more  effective  city  organization. 
We  have  a  right  to  expect  churches  to  be 
organized  annually  here,  instead  of  once  or 
twice  in  a  decade. 

Finally,  this  campaign  has  been  a  bless- 
ing. It  has  laid  bare  our  weakness  and  the 
reasons  therefor.  It  has  revealed  still  more 
plainly  the  great  door  of  opportunity  open 
before  us.  It  has  demonstrated  to  us  the 
fact  that  we  can  work,  not  only  -simulta- 
neously, but  harmoniously  and  unitedly.  It 
points  to  the  fact  that  we  will  be  able,  and 
perhaps  glad,  to  plan  a  campaign  for  one 
year  or  eighteen  months  hence  never  equaled, 
in  opportunity,  in  extent,  in  thoroughness 
of  preparation  and  in  results,  by  any  planned 
within  our  brotherhood,  or,  perhaps,  bj 
any  other  one.  In  many  and  important  and 
lasting  senses,  our  simultaneous  revival  has 
been  a  great  victory;  and  to  the  Father 
through  Jesus  Christ  the  Son,  be  kingdorr 
and  power  and  glory  now  and  forever 
Amen. 

Y.  M.  C.  A.  Bldg.,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Current  Religious  Thought. 

There  is  nothing  much  more  mysterious 
and  forbidding  in  appearance  than  a  pag< 
of  printed  music  to  a  person  who  knows 
nothing  about  it.  But  to  one  who  hai 
been  a  lifelong  student  of  music,  and  whe 
has  read  and  practiced  it  daily  on  somi 
instrument,  the  page  is  not  only  decipher- 
able, but  is  the  medium  for  musical  though 
and  delight.  So  is  the  Word  of  God.  H( 
who  has  been  again,  and  who  love.1 
daily  to  read  and  to  mediate  upon  anc 
to  practice  the  divine  precepts,  find.' 
upon  its  sacred  pages  a  message  ,tha 
goes  to  his  very  heart  from  the  Heavenb 
Father.  Yet  there  are  those  who,  knowing 
nothing,  experimentally,  about  religious  life 
presume  to  sit  in  judgment  upon  and  t< 
criticise  the  Scriptures.  The  unmusica 
dullard  who  should  think  to  criticisi 
Beethoven  or  Wagner  would  be  laughed  t< 
scorn.  How  much  more  so  the  infide 
who  sneers  at  religion  and  at  the  teach 
ings  of  the  Bible ! — Herald  and  Presbyter.  \ 

Iowa  Notes. 

The  Ringgold  County  Convention  met  ii 
a  three  days'  session  at  Delphos.  There  wa: 
a  large  attendance  and  addresses  were  de 
livered  by  Miss  Annetta  Newcomer,  stat 
secretary,  and  Mrs.  Laura  D.  Garst,  returnei 
missionary  from  Japan.  Twenty  dollar 
was  raised  for  the  new  Bible  college  a 
Des  Moines.  Harry  Bryan,  state  Sunda; 
school  superintendent,  was  present,  and  h 
has  arranged  to  hold  county  institutes  ii 
every  school  in  the  county.  A  special  count; 
manager  was  elected  to  supervise  the  Sun 
day  school,  another  for  the  C.  W.  B.  M. 
and  also  for  the  Junior  Endeavor  and  th 
Senior  Endeavor. 

The  most  of  the  ministers  of  the  count; 
were  present  and  150  delegates  were  in  at 
tendance.  Elder  J.  S.  Coffin  gave  an  excel 
lent  talk  on  our  plea,  and  Elder  Thoma 
Wallace,  of  Mount  Ayr  church,  told  of  th 
dead  cities  of  the  Old  World.  Elder  H.  A 
Sheets  was  re-elected  president,  Thoma 
Wallace,  secretary. 


November  2,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


1427 


A   Notable   Conference     By  w.  j.  Lhamon 


The  installation  of  Dr.  Edmund  Jones 
James  as  president  of  the  University  of  Illi- 
nois, which  took  place  on  October  18,  was 
an  educational  event  of  unusual  signifi- 
cance; first,  by  reason  of  the  aggressively 
Christian  character  and  faith  of  this  young 
and  magnetic  university  president ;  and  sec- 
ondly, by  reason  of  a  number  of  educational 
conferences  held  in  connection  with  the 
event.  These  conferences  were  well  at- 
tended. There  were  present  an  unusual  ar- 
ray of  educational  people,  representing 
many  of  the  greater  and  smaller  institu- 
tions of  the  country. 

What  most  interests  the  writer,  and  I 
dare  say  The  Christian-Evangelist  au- 
dience also,  was  the  conference  on  "Relig- 
ious Education  in  State  Universities  and 
Colleges."  It  was  a  delight  to  see  the  in- 
terest and  enthusiasm  with  which  foremost 
educators  entered  upon  the  discussion  of 
such  themes  as  the  following :  "What  Re- 
ligious Education  May  the  State  University 
Undertake?"  "The  State  Univerr  ries  and 
the  Churches" ;  "Obligations  of  the  Church 
to  Its  Adherents  in  the  State  Universities" ; 
and  "Affiliated  Colleges.'* 

Representatives  of  the  University  of  Illi- 
nois, Ohio  State  University,,  St.  Ignatius 
College,  Indiana  University,  University  of 
Michigan,  Oberlin  College,  Washington  and 
Jefferson  College,  Northwestern  Universi- 
ty, University  of  North  Dakota,  University 
of  Oklahoma,  University  of  Missouri, 
Hiram  College,  Eureka  College,  The  Bible 
College  of  Missouri  and  a  number  of  other 
institutions  were  present. 

This  conference  was  held  in  the  Univer- 
sity Place  Church,  a  beautiful  and  com- 
modious building  in  classic  style,  erected 
by  our  own  brethren  within  the  last  three 
years.  This  building  is  an  instrument  of 
power  and  an  ornament  to  our  cause  in  this 
great  university  center.  The  young  and 
efficient  pastor,  Bro.  S.  E.  Fisher,  is  fully 
alive  to  the  requirements  and  opportunities 
of  his  position,  and  is  longing  for  the  help 
of  a  Bible  chair  or  a  Bible  college,  or  some 
such  instrumentality  by  which  the  growing 
army  of  university  men  and  women,  al- 
ready a  body  of  between  3,000  and  4,000, 
may  be  more  effectively  reached. 

When  I  arrived  Jenkins  Lloyd  Jones,  the 
noted  Chicago  Unitarian,  white  bearded  and 
bristling  and  breezy,  was  in  the  midst  of  a 
free-lance  plea  for  ethical  and  spiritual 
teaching  in  state  universities  along  lines  so 
religiously  broad  as  to  be  wholly  indistinct. 
Mr.  Jones  deprecated  the  idea  of  surround- 
ing our  state  universities  with  little  denom- 
inational theological  schools  engaged  in  mu- 
tual bickerings  and  rivalry.  Of  course,  if 
that  is  to  be  the  character  of  the  affiliated 
Bible  colleges  we  agree  with  him.  But  that 
is  not  what  the  state  universities  are  invit- 
ing. University  men  know  that  there  is 
now  a  scholarly  and  all  but  cosmopolitan 
presentation  of  Biblical  and  Christian  truth, 
and  that  the  foremost  men  in  the  various 
denominations    may   be    trusted    with    it. 


Professor  Francis  W.  Kelsey,  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan,  in  his  address  on  "The 
State  University  and  the  Churches,"  advo- 
cated the  affiliation  of  Bible  colleges  with 
the  state  universities  for  the  religious  effect 
it  would  have  on  university  faculties.  He 
declared  that  such  faculties  are  not  anti- 
Christian  or  even  non-Christian,  but  that 
they  are  made  up  almost  wholly  of  men  who 
have  Christian  faith.  Their  danger  is  that 
by  pre-occupation  and  stress  of  work  they 
-become  religiously  atrophied.  The  pres- 
ence of  Biblical  work  of  an  academic  grade 
side  by  side  with  their  own  would  mate- 
rially obviate  this  danger.  He  also  felt  that 
such  work  would  greatly  help  to  direct 
promising  students  toward  the  ministry.  He 
raised  the  following  incisive  question, 
which  the  churches  may  do  well  to  ponder: 
"Shall  we  fear  to  put  the  theological  facul- 
ty beside  the  university"  ? 

President  Henry  Churchill  King's  ad- 
dress bristled  with  vital  points.  Our  state 
universities  are  full  of  "picked"  young  men 
and  women.  Thousands  of  them  belong  to 
the  churches.  They  need  spiritual  help  and 
guidance.  It  is  the  genius  of  the  university 
to  make  leaders,  and  of  Christianity  to 
touch  a  few  lives  powerfully.  State  and 
civic  and  citizen  conscience  is  tremendously 
needed.  Democracy  depends  on  unselfish 
leadership.  The  civilization  of  the  broth- 
erly man  is  the  only  one  that  can  perma- 
nently exist.  The  brotherly  man  is  the 
Christly  man.  He  advocates  in  university 
centers : 

1.  A    strong    pulpit. 

2.  Real,  rational,  vital  religious  truth. 

3.  The  presentation  of  the  great  figure 
of  Jesus  Christ. 

4.  Well  adapted  courses  of  Bible  study. 

President  Webster  Merrifield,  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  North  Dakota,  in  his  paper  on 
"The  Affiliated  College,"  presented  such  an 
array  of  facts  as  must  have  been  a  revela- 
tion even  to  those  who  felt  themselves  well 
posted  on  the  subject.  Five  denominational 
colleges  are  in  affiliation  or  federation  with 
the  University  of  Toronto  in  Toronto,  Can- 
ada. In  Winnipeg  a  similar  relation  exists 
with  church  schools.  In  Australia  such  re- 
lationship is  the  rule  rather  than  the  excep- 
tion. In  the  United  States  the  idea  is  get- 
ting a  firm  hold,  and  is  represented  by  a 
number  of  Bible  chairs,  Bible  colleges, 
guild  houses  and  student  pastors.  An  affil- 
iation has  been  made  within  the  last  few 
months  between  the  University  of  North 
Dakota  and  a  Methodist  college,  by  which 
credits  are  granted  on  the  part  of  the  uni- 
versity for  prescribed  courses  of  Biblical 
work,  and  also  on  the  part  of  the  college 

.  for  university  courses.  President  Merrifield 
is  an  ardent  advocate  of  this  adjustment  of 
the  church  college  to  the  state  university. 

I  came  away  from  this  conference  filled 
with  hope  and  inspiration.  Our  state  uni- 
versities are  not  Godless,  and  the  men  who 
manage  them  are  not  infidels.  Let  those 
who  think  so  attend  such  gatherings  as  this 


in  Urbana.  In  truth,  university  officials  and 
instructors  an;  more  alive  to  the  situation, 
and  are  more  concerned  for  the  moral  and 
Spiritual  welfare  of  their  thousands  of 
young  men  and  women  than  ho  have 

stood  looking  askance,  and  pointing  the  fin- 
ger, and  crying,  "Godless,  Godless" !  With- 
in the  last  three  weeks  I  have  seen  a  uni- 
versity official  in  private  conversation  grow 
almost  angry  at  this  attitude  of  inconsider- 
ate and  ill-informed  critics.  He  said:  "If 
we  are  Godless,  why  don't  they  come  and 
help  us  to  be  Christian?  We  ought  to  be 
as  worth  saving  as  the  slums !  But  they 
treat  the  slums  with  a  show  of  reason  which 
they  refuse  to  accord  to  us." 

So  far  from  being  Godless,  most  of  our 
state  universities  are  doing  such  religious 
work  as  they  can,  and  inviting  and  foster- 
ing what  they  can  not  do. 

The  University  of  Missouri  has  extended 
an  official  invitation  to  religious  bodies  to 
locate  their  Bible  colleges  or  seminaries  in 
proximity  to  the  campus.  Dean  J.  C.  Jones, 
of  the  academic  department,  now  acting 
president  of  the  university,  has  an  appoint- 
ment to  lay  the  matter  before  the  Presby- 
terian synod  next  week. 

The  University  of  Illinois  by  recen*.  ac- 
tion has  extended  a  similar  invitation. 

The  idea  of  the  affiliated  Bible  college  is 
rapidly  getting  hold  of  educators  and  busi- 
ness men.  The  economy  and  advantages  of 
such  adjustment  are  apparent  and  immense. 
There  will  surely  be  a  great  development 
of  the  plan  in  the  years  just  at  hand. 
Columbia,  Mo. 


FTJNNY 

People  Will  Drink  Coffee  When  It    "Does 
Such  Things." 


"I  began  to  use  Postum  because  the  old 
kind  of  coffee  had  so  poisoned  my  whole 
system  that  I  was  on  the  point  of  breaking 
down,  and  the  doctor  warned  me  that  I 
must  quit  it. 

"My  chief  ailment  was  nervousness  and 
heart  trouble. 

"Any  unexpected  noise  would  cause  me 
the  most  painful  palpitation,  make  me  faint 
and  weak. 

"I  had  heard  of  Postum  and  began  to 
drink  it  when  I  left  off  the  old  coffee.  It 
began  to  help  me  just  as  soon  as  the  old 
effects  of  the  other  kind  of  coffee  passed 
away.  It  did  not  stimulate  me  for  awhile, 
and  tljen  leave  me  weak  and  nervous  as 
coffee  used  to  do.  Instead  of  that  it  built 
up  my  strength  and  supplied  a  constant 
vigor  to  my  system  which  I  can  always 
rely  on.  It  enables  me  to  do  the  biggest 
kind  of  a  day's  work  without  getting  tired. 
All  the  heart  trouble,  etc.,  has  passed  away. 

"I  give  it  freely  to  all  my  children,  from 
the  youngest  to  the  oldest,  and  it  keeps 
them  all  healthy  and  hearty-."  Name  given 
by  Postum  Co.,  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

There's  a  reason. 

Read  the  little  book,  "The  Road  to  Well- 
ville,"  in  pkgs. 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


November  2,  1905 


— Next  Lord's  day  is  State  Mission  Day 
in  all  the  states. 

— Let  it  be  State  Mission  Day  also  in  all 
our  churches. 

— We  are  compelled  to  hold  the  second 
installment  of  J.  S.  Sweeney's  reminiscences 
until  next  week. 

— In  addition  to  the  special  telegrams  on 
page  1241  with  reference  to  the  opening  of 
the  Western  Pennsylvania  Campaign,  our 
readers  will  rejoice  at  this  special  from 
Kansas  City :  Four  hundred  added  in  evan- 
gelistic campaign  in  Greater  Kansas  City 
to  date  (Oct.  30). — Frank  L.  Bowen.,  Sec. 

— A.  L.  West  has  gone  to  Carlinville,  111. 

— S.  L.  Lyon  is  now  located  at  Rushsyl- 
vania,  Ohio. 

— Chas.  A.  Cokewell  has  taken  hold  at 
Perry,  la. 

— Edgar  Price,  of  Beatrice,  Neb.,  will  re- 
turn to  Iowa. 

— The  work  at  Casey,  111.,  under  A.  E. 
Brown,  starts  off  well. 

— A  county  meeting  will  be  held  at 
Crocker,   Mo.,  November   17-19. 

— H.  C.  Parsons  has  gone  to  Rudolph,  la. 

— The  church  at  Mount  Vernon,  111.,  will 
be  re-dedicated  Lord's  day  by  J.  Fred  Jones. 

— W.  A.  Green,  of  Rock  Falls,  111.,  has 
been  called  to  Kewanee. 

— M.  M.  Davis,  of  Dallas,  Tex.,  has  been 
elected  president  of  the  Pastors'  Association 
of  that  city. 

1 — W.  L.  Harris,  pastor  of  the  Grant  City 
(Mo.)  church,  gave  an  address  at  Delphos, 
la.,  at  the  Iowa  district  convention. 

— A  great  evangelistic  campaign  is  being 
planned  for  the  entire  western  reserve  one 
year  from  now. 

— We  are  glad  to  see  that  P.  C.  MacFar- 
lane  is  again  able  to  take  charge  of  his 
work  at  Alameda,  Cal. 

— J.  M.  Monroe  has  just  dedicated  a 
new  church  at  Carney,  Okla.,  and  raised 
the  balance  of  indebtedness. 

— Cleveland  is  well  represented  in  the 
Pittsburg  evangelistic  campaign,  three  of  its 
city  pastors  being  engaged  in  it. 

— November  1  was  the  beginning  of  the 
pastorate  of  J.  P.  Allison  at  the  Dunham 
Avenue   Church,   Cleveland. 

— The  Texas  Christian  lectureship  will  be 
held  at  Denton,  December  11-14,  with  Dean 
Hiram  Van  Kirk  as  the  principal  speaker. 

— J.  Q.  Biggs,  late  of  Sumner,  111.,  is 
now  in  charge  of  the  church  at  Buffalo, 
Mo.,  where  the  work  opens  very  auspi- 
ciously. 

— J.  M.  Monroe  will  dedicate,  on  succes- 
sive Sundays,  churches  at  Tryon,  Daven- 
port, Cushing,  Texola  and  Woodward,  all 
being    in    Oklahoma. 

— Harlan  Runyan  has  just  received  a  call 
for  the  fifth  year  from  his  church  at  La- 
tonia,  Ky.  A  new  furnace  has  just  been 
installed  in  the  building. 

— The  Christian  Ministers'  Association  of 
the  Indian  Territory  will  meet  at  Roff  De- 
cember 5.  All  who  expect  to  attend  should 
write  there  to  E.  S.  Allhands. 

— A.  F.  Henry,  who  has  just  sailed  for 
Africa,  is  the  living  link  of  the  Euclid  Ave- 
nue Church,  Cleveland,  which  is  in  the 
midst  of  building. 

— This  is  the  year  of  simultaneous  evan- 
gelistic campaigns.  We  now  have  a  great 
simultaneous  missionary  offering  for  state 
missions  in  all  the  states. 

— The  brethren  at  Howard,  Kan.,  have 
extended  a  call   to  J.   M.   Plummer  to  be- 


come their  pastor  for  one  year.     He  began 
work  there  November  1. 

— Has  your  school  ordered  its  rally  day 
supplies?  If  not,  send  the  order  at  once 
as  it  will  be  necesary  to  get  to  work  at 
once  if  you  are  to  have  a  good  exercise. 

— W.  T.  Hilton  and  wife  had  the  occa- 
sion of  the  eleventh  anniversary  of  their 
marriage  very  pleasantly  remembered  by 
the  members  of  the  First  Church  at  Atchi- 
son, Kan. 

— We  regret  very  much  to  learn  that 
B.  E.  Utz,  pastor  of  our  church  at  Spokane, 
Wash.,  is  in  the  hospital  with  typhoid  fever. 
Brother  Utz  was  afflicted  a  year  ago  with 
the  same  disease. 

— William  D.  Ryan,  pastor  of  the  Central 
Church,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  recently  lectured 
before  the  ministerial  students  of  Syra- 
cuse University  on  "The  Management  of 
Church  Finances." 

— L.  D.  Andrews,  of  Leavenworth,  Kas., 
who  has  very  distinct  recollections  of  Elder 
John  H.  Reese,  whose  obituary  appeared 
in  our  columns  October  12,  would  like  the 
address  of  his  son,  Boyd  E.  Reese. 

— The  mission  church  in  Paris,  111.,  has 
just  been  dedicated  and  the  debt  of  $1,200 
on  the  building  raised.  Brother  Idleman 
reports  that  there  were  16  additions,  10  of 
them  being  confessions,  on  this  occasion. 

— Remember  boys'  and  girls'  rally  day 
bears  the  same  relation  to  Home  and  State 
Missions  that  children's  day  does  to  Foreign 
Mission.  Can  you  afford  to  neglect  the 
home  missionary  education  of  the  children? 

— G.  P.  Rutledge,  pastor  of  one  of  our 
Philadelphia  churches,  is  taking  an  active 
part  in  the  political  campaign  going  on  in 
Philadelphia,  delivering  addresses  at  vari- 
ous ward  meetings  in  the  interest  of  the 
city  (reform)  party. 

— "The  Gospel  According  to  John — Em- 
phasized Edition,"  is  being  published  by  the 
Bible  Institute  Colportage  Association,  250 
LaSalle  avenue,  Chicago,  for  one  cent  per 
copy,  in  lots  of  one  hundred.  This  is  cer- 
tainly making  the  Word  of  God  cheap 
enough. 

— The  Alabama  Christian  Missionary  Co- 
operation will  hold  its  twentieth  convention 
at  Athens,  November  13-16.  An  admirable 
program  has  been  arranged,  and  those  ex- 
pecting to  attend  should  send  their  names  to 
Mr.  Thos.  Lenox  so  that  accommodation 
may  be  provided. 

—Ernest  C.  Mobley,  Weatherford,  Tex., 
was  married  on  Tuesday,  the  31st  ult,  and 
will  leave  at  once  for  Southampton,  Eng- 
land, where  he  has  been  called  to  become 
pastor  of  the  First  Church.  We  extend  him 
our  double  congratulations. 

— Dr.  W.  E.  Macklin  spoke  twice  on 
Lord's  day,  October  22,  at  Sterling,  Kan. 
He  and  his  family  are  spending  a  few  days 
with  relatives  there  before  going  on  to  the 
coast  to  sail  for  China  November  4.  The 
church  building  at  Sterling  is  being  papered, 
shingled  and  otherwise  repaired. 

— C.  H.  DeVoe,  who  has  just  held  a 
successful  meeting  at  Wilkesbarre,  Pa.,  re- 
ports that  the  congregation  there  is  in  great 
need  of  a  building,  having  to  work  and 
worship  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  lecture  hall. 
Bro.  E.  E.  Cowperthwaite,  the  pastor,  is 
building  up  steadily  a  band  of  earnest  Dis- 
ciples. 

—Our  readers  will  notice  that  we  have 
been  compelled  to  resort  to  smaller  type, 
to  meet  the  demand  upon  our  space, 
and  in  addition  to  that  we  add  four  extra 
pages  this  week,  arid  still  we  are  unable  to 
accommodate  all  who  want  to  be  heard. 
Condensation  is  a  necessity,  in  order  for  all 
to  have  a  hearing. 

— The  Jackson  Street  Christian  Church,  of 
Miincie.  Ind.,  has  extended  a  unanimous 
call  to  W.  H.  Allen,  of  the  Chestnut  Street 


Church,  Lexington,  Ky.,  to  become  its  pas- 
tor, succeeding  T.  A.  Reynolds,  who  has 
resigned.  Brother  Allen  has  accepted  the 
call  and  will  begin  his  work  at  Muncie  De- 
cember 1. 

— We  very  much  regret  to  hear  of  the 
death  of  Captain  W.  A.  Higgins,  a  brother 
of  Sister  Smith,  wife  of  the  corresponding 
secretary  of  the  American  Christian  Mis- 
sionary Society.  He  was  present  at  the 
San  Francisco  convention,  and  we  just 
learn  he  has  suddenly  died  of  heart  failure. 

— This  encouraging  word  comes  to  us  from 
Bro.  J.  C.  Rose,  corresponding  secretary  of 
the  Missionary  Society  of  the  Churches  of 
Christ  in  Indiana:  "You  will  rejoice  to 
know  that  there  is  a  general  awakening  and 
growth  in  the  substantial  elements  of  loyal 
interest,  intelligent  zeal,  and  cash  offerings 
for  our  state  work  in  Indiana." 

—Bro.  W.  W.  Clarke,  Billings,  Mont., 
writes  that  there  is  "an  exceptionally  good 
opening  in  Billings  for  a  man  with  some 
money  to  engage  in  buying  and  selling  all 
kinds  of  farm  produce."  He  says  they 
wish  they  might  locate  there  one  of  our 
own  people.  This  may  meet  the  eye  of  some 
one  who  will  be  interested  in ;  the  proposi- 
tion. 

—We  regret  that  a  number  of  articles  re- 
lating to  state  missions  which  came  in  too 
late  for  use  in  last  week's  paper,  are  crowd- 
ed out  by  the  demands  of  our  special  evan- 
gelistic number.  Enough  has  been  said, 
however,  in  The  Christian-Evangelist  to 
notify  all  the  churches  where  it  circulates 
that  November  5  is  State  Mission  Day,  and 
that  each  church  is  expected  to  "keep  step" 
with  the  others. 

— We  very  much  regret  to  learn  of  the 
death  of  the  wife  of  Bro.  J.  M.  Mohorter, 
of  Pueblo,  Col.  Brother  Mohorter  left  his 
work  in  Boston  some  two  years  ago  with 
the  hope  that  the  Colorado  climate  would 
prolong  the  life  of  Sister  Mohorter,  who 
has  been  a  victim  of  tuberculosis  for  years. 
They  have  made  a  deep  impression  on  the 
thriving  Colorado  city,  and  this  death  has 
aroused  a  sympathy  that  is  far  beyond  the 
bounds   of  the   church   walls. 

— G.  H.  C.  Stoney  writes  us  that  on  Lord's 
day,  October  8,  Z.  T.  Sweeney  dedicated  the 
new  church  building  at  Murray,  Ky.  Very 
large  audiences  were  present,  and  almost 
$4,000  was  raised  in  cash  and  pledges.  The 
dedication  was  a  success  in  every  way. 
Bros.  A.  B.  Reeves,  of  Paris,  Tenn.,  and 
R.  L.  Clark,  of  Mayfield,  attended,  besides 
many  brethren  from  Paris,  Tenn.,  Benton, 
Ky.,  and  other  places,  who  assisted  liberally 
in  the  effort  to  raise  the  debt. 

— A  small  band  of  Disciples  at  Owensville, 
Ind.,  is  building  a  house  of  worship  and 
aims  to  have  it  completed  in  time  for  B.  L. 
Allen  to  begin  a  four  weeks'  meeting  De- 
cember 10.  The  brethren  feel  the  need  of 
the  co-operation  of  others  outside  their 
particular  district,  as  they  are  weak  finan- 
cially. It  is  their  desire  to  dedicate  the 
house  without  any  indebtedness  upon  it. 
Those  inclined  to  help  may  correspond  with 
Luther  W.  Jones,  who  is  the  secretary. 

— We  regret  to  learn  that  W.  P.  Bentley 
has  been  ordered  by  his  physician  to  leave 
China  at  once.  The  worst  of  it  is  that  the 
verdict  says  that  Brother  Bentley  can  not 
return  to  his  missionary  labors.  It  is  a 
case  of  general  break  down,  apparently, 
due  to  climate.  "You  can  imagine  our  feel- 
ings," writes  Brother  Bentley.  He  will  lo- 
cate at  Berkeley,  Cal.,  for  the  winter.  We 
have  some  articles  already  in  hand  from 
Brother  Bentley  which  our  readers  will  en- 
joy. 

— The  Board  of  Church  Extension  has  just 
received  an  annuity  of  $300  from  Mrs. 
Eliza  Fisher  Risk,  of  Canton,  Mo.  This 
is  the  147th  gift  to  our  church  extension 
fund  on  the  annuity  plan.  Many  churches 
in  Oklahoma  would  be  happy  to  get  6  per  . 


November  2,  1905 


THE  CH  RISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


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cent  money  to  help  complete  their  buildings 
which  are  now  being  threatened  for  sale  be- 
cause of  liens.  They  built  expecting  aid  from 
the  church  extension  fund,  which  has  not 
been  able  to  promise  aid  because  of  lack  of 
funds. 

— One  of  our  critics  writes  that  we  have 
a  "Scriptural  warrant"  for  praying,  "Take 
not  thy' Holy  Spirit  from  me"  (Ps.  51:11), 
but  he  thinks  we  have  no  such  "warrant" 
for  asking  Cod  to  give  us  his  Spirit.  Is 
not  that  to  be  bound  with  a  chain  where 
the  Lord  has  left  us  free?  If.  God  will 
pardon  our  sin,  when  we  commit  grievous 
wrongs,  and  grieve  his  Holy  Spirit,  and 
not  take  his  Holy  Spirit  from  us,  "How 
much  more  will  your  heavenly  Father  give 
the  Holy  Spirit  to  them  that  ask  him!" 

—The  Rev.  J.  Edward  Kirbye,  D.  D.,  is 
to ,  be  inaugurated  as  president  of  Drury 
College,  Springfield,  Mo.,  on  Thursday, 
November  9.  We  wish  the  new  president 
of  Drury  abundant  success  as  the  head  of 
Drury  College,  an  institution  that  is  doing 
a  great  work  for  the  southwest.  Though  a 
young  man,  Dr.  Kirbye  has  made  a  remark- 
able record,  and  the  friends  of  the  institu- 
tion are  hopeful  that  the  college  is  to  en- 
ter upon  a  new  era  of  prosperity  under  his 
energetic    administration. 

— H.  A.  DeVoe,  brother  of  the  evangelist, 
is  now  visiting  a  few  of  our  churches  in 
the  States  seeking  to  raise  some  money  to 
help  pay  for  the  church  recently  built  at  Dig- 
by,  Nova  Scotia.  He  has  long  borne  a  heavy 
burden  in  his  efforts  to  establish  the  Cause 
in  that  beautiful  little  city  by  the  sea,  and 
himself  became  personally  responsible  for 
every  dollar  of  the  cost  of  the  lot  and  build- 
ing. The  two  brothers  have  just  had  a 
few  days  together,  after  twelve  years  of 
separation. 

— Bro.  J.  W.  Harrison,  the  gospel-wagon 
preacher,  writes  us  from  a  place  near  Terre 
Haute  and  says  he  will  tarry  in  that  city  a 
few  days,  then  his  itinerary  will  lead  him 
on  toward  St.  Louis.  He  wishes  us  to  state 
that  he  would  like  to  fill  in  the  winter 
months  with  some  church,  or  churches, 
"just  to  supply  our  wants  till  fine  weather 
returns."  Brother  Harrison  will  render 
faithful  and  useful  service  to  any  church, 
or  churches,  for  a  time.  Those  desiring 
to  communicate  with  him  may  address  him 
at  St.  Louis,  care  general  delivery. 

— Since  the  annual  election  recently  held 
by  the  life  members  and  other  electors  in 
the  National  Benevolent  Association,  its 
officers  for  the  ensuing  year  are :  Presi- 
dent, Emily  Ivers  Meier ;  vice-presidents, 
Mesdames  Fannie  Shedd  Ayars,  Dr.  Sophia 
Kern ;  secretary,  Mrs.  F.  M.  Wright ;  cor- 
responding secretary,  Mrs.  J.  K.  Hans- 
brough ;  treasurer,  Lee  W.  Grant ;  general 
secretary,  Geo.  L.  Snively.  The  executive 
board  consists  of  these  and  twenty  others, 
among  whom  are  some  of  the  most  promi- 
nent Disciples  and  successful  financiers  of 
our  brotherhood. 

— We  devote  considerable  space  this  week 
to  the  Century  Simultaneous  Evangelistic 
Campaign  in  Pittsburg  and  Western 
Pennsylvania,  which  is  the  largest 
simultaneous  movement  yet  undertaken 
in  any  of  our  cities.  There  is  much 
matter  herein  that  is  of  special  in- 
terest to  the  general  evangelistic  work  in 
which  all  our  people  will  be -interested,  be- 
cause we  are  all  now  coming  to  be  evan- 
gelists. The  motto  suggested  by  The 
Christian-Evangelist  a  year  ago,  "Each 
One  Win  One/'  has  already  become  the 
watchword  of  many  of  our  churches  and 
should  be  in  all  of  them. 

— C.  A.  Chasteen,  Garland,  Tex.,  on 
"What  Texas  Needs,"  says :  "Texas  needs 
more  preachers.  There  is  no  more  inviting 
field  in  all  America  at  this  time  for  good, 
live  men  that  are  not  hunting  easy  places, 
than  Texas.     Two  years  ago  J.  ;0.   Mason, 


in  a  letter  to  The  Christian- Kvanoeu' r 
said:  'We  need  some  good,  active  men  in 
Texas  that  are  not  hunting  easy  places.'  I 
answered  this  letter  and  he  located  me  in  a 
work  that  has  been  a  bed  of  roses.  If  you 
are  alive  there  is  a  place  for  yon  in  Texas. 
I  have  evangelized  over  three  counties  in 
Texas  this  season  and  can  locate  some  fOOd 
preachers  that  can  give  the  right  sort  of 
references." 

— The  Disciples'  Union  of  Greater  New 
York  and  vicinity  will  tender  a  reception 
to  the  delegates  and  visitors  at  the  Inter- 
church  Conference  on  Federation  at  the 
Lenox  Avenue  Union  Church,  41  West  119th 
street,  on  Tuesday  evening,  November  14,  at 
8:15  o'clock.  The  occasion  is  the  regular 
Novembermeeting  of  the  union,  and  the  topic 
will  be  "The  Disciples  of  Christ  and  Inter- 
church  Federation."  Dr.  Herbert  L.  Willett 
will  be  the  chief  speaker,  and  others  will 
join  in  the  discussion.  It  will  be  a  great 
meeting,  and  it  is  the  desire  of  the  union 
to  entertain  all  the  brethren  who  are  to  be 
in  New  York  at  that  time.  Address  J.  P. 
Lichtenberger,  president,  41  west  1 19th 
street,  New  York. 

— We  have  received  a  work  entitled 
"Brief  Lives  of  the  American  Presidents 
and  Selections  from  Their  Words  of  Wis- 
dom," by  W.  P.  Bentley,  M.  A.,  published 
at  Shanghai,  China,  and  of  course,  in  the 
Chinese  language,  by  the  Society  for  the 
Diffusion  of  Christian  and  General  Knowl- 
edge Among  the  Chinese.  This  comes  to 
us  with  "the  compliments  of  the  author." 
It  contains  pictures  of  the  capitol  at  Wash- 
ington, the  White  House,  and  of  the  Presi- 
dents from  Washington  to  Roosevelt.  We 
have  read  the  pictures,  but  we  have  not  yet 
found  time  to  decipher  the  Chinese  charac- 
ters !  We  have  no  doubt  it  will  awaken 
sentiments  of  patriotism  and  a  love  for 
America  in  the  hearts  of  the  Chinese 
readers. 

— "I  am  sure  you  have  rendered  the 
church  a  real  and  needed  service  in  your 
new  book,  'The  Holy  Spirit.'  Having  read 
A.  J.  Gordon's  'The  Ministry  of  the  Spirit,' 
and  J.  M.  Campbell's  'After  Pentecost — 
What?'  I  was  prepared  for  your  work.  For 
several  years  I  have  been  preaching  a  se- 
ries of  sermons  on  'The  Relation  of  the 
Holy  Spirit  to  the  Christian,'  as  day  ser- 
mons in  meetings.  The  people  are  inter- 
ested in  this  subject  and  sadly  in  need  of 
teaching. "• — G.  L.  Bush,  McKinney,  Tex. 

Of  course  they  are  interested,  and  do  not 
hear  half  as  much  preaching  on  the  Holy 
Spirit  and  prayer  as  they  would  like  to  hear. 
The  writer  once  visiting  a  church  was  re- 
quested to  speak  on  prayer,  and  did  so.  He 
was  told  that  the  request  had  often  been 
made  of  their  regular  preacher,  but  he  had 
never  preached  on  the  subject. 

— Irving  S.  Chenoweth,  assistant  pastor 
of  the  Union  Avenue  Christian  Church,  was 
ordained  to  the  Christian  ministry  on  last 
Lord's  day  at  the  morning  service.  A  strong 
sermon  was  preached  by  the  pastor,  Dr.  J.  M. 
Philputt,  on  "The  Work  of  the  Christian 
Ministry,"  and  the  ordination  seryices  which 
followed  were  conducted  by  J.  H.  Garrison, 
and  participated  in  by  the  elders  of  the 
church  and  a  visiting  elder,  Brother  Dennis, 
from  Brother  Chenoweth's  home  church,  in 
Mechanicsburg,  111.  Brother  Chenoweth  has 
already  gained  a  warm  place  in  the  affec- 
tions of  the  congregation,  and  is  proving 
himself  a  most  useful  helper  to  Brother 
Philputt  in  carying  forward  the  different 
departments  of  the  work  in  so  large  a 
church.  Many  of  the  congregation  had  nev- 
er witnessed  an  ordination  service  before, 
and  were  profoundly  impressed  with  its  sol- 
emnity and  significance. 

—Mrs.  E.  J.  Piatt,  writing  from  the  lit- 
tle isle  of  Vashon,  Wash.,  and  from  her 
home,  "Fern  Acres."  says:'  "Four  years 
ago  we  came  to  Washington  and  settled 
on  Vashon  island.    Our  home  is  on  the  east 


WE  CAN  SHOW  YOU 

How  to  do  the  Lord's  work 
while  having  your  savings 
in  an  absolutely  safe  in- 
vestment, upon  which  there 
will  be  no  taxes  to  pay,  no 
change  of  securities,  no 
personal  oversight  re- 
quired, no  cost  of  mortgage 
records  or  foreclosures, 
and  upon  which  you  will 
net  a  larger  rate  of  inter- 
est than  in  any  other  in- 
vestment. If  you  are  a 
Christian  and  want  your 
money  to  work  for  Christ 
while  at  the  same  time  it 
supports  you,  write,  men- 
tioning this  paper,  to 

BENJAMIN  L.  SMITH, 

Corresponding  Sec'y  American 
Christian   Missionary   Society, 

CINCINNATI,  OHIO. 


side  of  the  island,  on  what  is  called  Beal's 
Point.  It  is  almost  half  way  between 
Seattle  and  Tacoma.  Had  you  looked  to 
the  left  as  you  took  your  ride  on  the  'flyer' 
from  Tacoma  to  Seattle  you  could  almost 
have  seen  our  house."  She  says  there  are 
only  two  families  of  Disciples  on  the  island, 
and  she  is  anxious  to  have  others  locate 
there,  that  they  may  have  the  benefit  of 
church  privileges.  It  is  certainly  an  ideal 
location,  as  we  saw  the  island  from 
our  little  steamer,  and  those  who  would 
like  to  locate  there  may  correspond  with 
our  sister,  as  above,   for  particulars. 

— And  now  Bro.  Grover  Cleveland  has 
begun  to  preach,  and  Brothers  Roosevelt 
and  Bryan  may  look  to  their  laurels.  In 
a  recent  speech  at  Nebraska  City  the  ex- 
president  said :  "We  have  fallen  upon  days 
when  our  people  are  more  than  ever  turn- 
ing away  from  their  old  faith  in  the  sav- 
ing grace  of  character  and  flocking  to  the 
worship  of  money-making  idols.  Daily  and 
hourly,  in  the  light  of  investigation  and  ex- 
posure, characterless  lives  are  seen  in  ap- 
palling numbers,  without  chart  or  compass, 
crowded  upon  the  rocks  and  shoals  of  faith- 
lessness and  breach  of  trust.  How  ill  have 
these  wrecked  lives  exchanged  the  safe 
course  and  the  harbor  of  honor  and  useful- 
ness, which  character  and  rectitude  point 
out,  for  a  wild  and  headlong  rush  over  un- 
known seas,  in  a  consuming  search  for 
pelf." 

— Recently  we  gave  notice  of  the  resig- 
nation of  Bro.  E.  Jay  Teagarden  as  pastor 
of  the  church  at  Danbury.  Conn.,  and  that 
his  purpose  was  to  close  his  labors  there 
soon.    But  now  comes  the  "Danbury  Even- 


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THE  CIIRTSTIAX-EYAXCELIST. 


November  2,  1905 


ing  News"  of  October  J,;,  containing  a  let- 
ter from  Brother  Teagarden  to  his  con- 
gregation which  he  read  from  his  pulpit 
on  the  day  before,  announcing  his  decision, 
at  the  urgent  request  of  his  members,  to 
withdraw  his  resignation  and  remain  with 
them.  In  his  letter  he  says:  "It  would  re- 
quire a  heart  of  stone  to  refuse  to  heed  the 
earnest  appeal  of  this  church  and  this  com- 
munity. But  I  have  been  guided  in  my  de- 
liberations not  alone  by  your  earnest  ap- 
peal, but  by  the  judgment  of  men  whom 
you  and  I  mutually  trust  and  respect."  And 
so  our  brother's  fifteen  years'  pastorate  is 
to  be  continued,  and  we  feel  like  congrat- 
ulating both  the  pastor  and  the  church  on 
their  decision  to  continue  a  relation  which 
has  been  so  blessed  of  God  and  which  has 
resulted  in  such  blessed  fruits.  May  this 
relation  continue  long  and  be  still  more 
abundantly  blessed  is  our  sincere  wish. 

— Prof.  A.  J.  Thomson,  principal  of  the 
Louisville  Christian  Bible  school  for  the  free 
education  of  colored  men  for  the  ministry, 
regardless  of  denominational  connections, 
under  the  management  of  the  Christian  Wo- 
man's Board  of  Missions,  encloses  us  a  let- 
ter which  he  has  recived  from  a  brother  in 
Missouri,  inquiring  for  information  concern- 
ing the  location  of  our  schools  for  colored 
people,  in  which  he  says  it  is  common  to 
find  influential  men  and  women  in  the  broth- 
erhood actively  interested  in  our  general  en- 
terprises "who  know  neither  the  name  nor 
the  place  of  any  school  for  colored  people 
in  the  brotherhood."  He  rightly  thinks  this 
ought  not  to  be  so.  We  are  not  doing  half 
what  we  ought  to  do  in  the  line  of  negro 
education,  but  we  are  doing  something 
and  doing  it  in  the  right  way,  and 
the  brethren  generally  ought  to  know,  if 
they  do  not.  what  is  being  done,  and  where 
it  is  being  done  and  who  are  doing  it.  The 
Christian-Evangelist  will  be  glad  to  fur- 
nish this  information  to  its  readers  if 
Professor  Thompson  or  Bro.  C.  C.  Smith 
will   kindly   furnish   us   the  necessary  data. 

@     @ 
Hurry  Up! 

It  is  manifest  from  correspondence  com- 
ing to  me  that  we  are  to  have  a  great  year 
in  Missouri  Bible  school  work,  notwith- 
standing the  delay  in  securing  a  secretary. 
Requests  for  institutes  are  coming  so  plenti- 
fully that  all  the  time  to  be  devoted  to  this 
feature  this  year  will  soon  be  taken  up. 
Those  wanting  such  work  ought  to  write 
me  at  once.  First  coming  will  be  first 
served  as  far  as  possible.  It  takes  precious 
time  and  costs  money  to  send  out  state- 
ments. Don't  wait  for  them,  but  send  the 
money  you  know  to  be  due.  Arrangements 
are  being  made  to  increase  the  field  force 
as  rapidly  as  money  is  provided  with  which 
to  do  so. 

Address  all  correspondence  to  me  at 
Richmond.   Mo.,  till  further  notice. 

J.    H.   Hardin,   Sec.   and  Treas. 
:'\ 

Little  RocK  ^ArK.)  Meeting. 

Our  eights  weeks'  meeting  in  Little  Rock, 
Ark.,  closed  October  23  with  169  additions 
to  the  church  ;  86  of  these  were  by  confes- 
sion and  baptism  and  83  otherwise.  Twen- 
ty-eight were  from  other  religious  bodies. 
Bro.  Edward  McKinney,  of  Dorsey,  111., 
directed  the  music  to  the  satisfaction  of  all. 
He  is  a  good  man  and  pleasant  to  work 
with. 

The  first  four  weeks  were  spent  with  the 
First  church,  where  J.  N.  Jessup  has  been 
the  beloved  pastor  for  seven  years.  He  is 
a  wise,  good  man,  and  is  one  of  the  leading 
spirits  in  Little  Rock.  There  were  no  ad- 
ditions to  the  First  church. 

The  last  four  weeks  were  spent  with  the 
Second  church,  a  mission  of  the  First 
church,  where  there. were  60  additions.  Dr. 
D.  B.  Stanley  has  been  faithfully  minister- 


ing to  this  new  church  for  several  months, 
and  has  accomplished  great  good.  How- 
ever, his  practice  as  a  physician  makes  it 
necessary  for  him  to  give  up  this  work  as 
soon  as  a  pastor  can  be  selected  to  succeed 
himr  The  last  day  of  the  meeting  a  beauti- 
ful site  was  selected  for  a  new  church 
building,  and  money  raised  to  purchase 
chairs  to  seat  the  large  hall  secured  for  use 
until  a  new  house  of  worship  can  be  erected. 
R.   H.  Fife,  Evangelist. 

C.  W.  B.  M.  Day -December  3. 

Our  woman's  missionary  organization  has 
2,027  auxiliaries  and  mission  circles  and 
1,197  contributing  children's  organizations 
in  the  churches.  Through  these  societies 
and  by  individual  gifts  it  is  supporting  336 
missionaries,  evangelists,  teachers  and  na- 
tive workers  in  the  United  States,  Jamaica, 
India.  Mexico,  Porto  Rico  and  South 
America.  More  than  three  thousand  pupils 
are  in  the  schools  conducted  by  this  organ- 
ization ;  more  than  four  hundred  children 
are  in  its  orphanages,  and  in  the  hospitals 
and  dispensaries  13,125  patients  have  re- 
ceived medical  attention  during  this  year. 
It  has  this  year  sent  twenty  missionaries  to 
foreign  fields,  beside  the  enlargement  made 
in  its  home  forces. 

Through  C.  W.  B.  M.  day  the  churches 
are  asked  to  aid  in  this  good  work  by  tak- 
ing an  offering  for  it. 

Nancy    E.    Atkinson, 
Helen  E.  Moses. 

Inter-Church  Conference  on  Federation. 

The  following  railroad  associations  have 
kindly  granted  concessions  in  rates  of  fare, 
for  all  persons  in  attendance  upon  the  inter- 
church  conference  on  federation,  to  be  held 
in  Carnegie  Hall,  New  York,  November 
15-21,  1905  :  New  England  Passenger  As- 
sociation, Trunk  Line  Association,  Central 
Passenger  Association,  Western  Passenger 
Association,  The  Southeastern  Passenger 
Association,  The  Southwestern  Excursion 
Bureau. 

The  rate  given  for  the  interchurch  con- 
ference is  one  and  one-third  fares  for  the 
round  trip  on  the  certificate  plan,  plus  25 
cents  to  be  paid  at  Carnegie  Hall,  New 
York  city.  Certificates  will  be  issued  for 
going  tickets  November  n  to  17,  inclusive, 
and  will  be  honored  for  return  tickets  up 
to  and  including  November  25. 

For  other  details  address  the  Rev. 
Wm.  H.  Roberts,  D.  D.,  chairman,  Room 
515  Witherspoon  Building;  Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

Church  Extension  Receipts. 

Comparative  statement  for  the  first  fif- 
teen days  of  October,   1905. 

1904  1905  GAIN 

From  churches,         $3.3°7-7i     $3,7  2.76      #446.05 

"     individuals,        1,046.46        156.00  890.46 


Tola'  gain  for   he  fir  (  half  <  f  October     $13  6  05 

There  were  forty  less  churches  contribut- 
ing this  year  than  last  year,  though  there 
was  a  gain  of  $446.95  in  the  amount  con- 
tributed. There  are  yet  more  than  500 
churches  that  promised  to  take  the  offering 
that  have  not  yet  remitted.  Multitudes  of 
churches  are  pleading  for  help.  The  fol- 
lowing letter  for  J.  M.  Monroe,  corre- 
sponding secretary  of  the  Oklahoma  Chris- 
tian Missionary  Society,  is  typical  of  the  let- 
ters the  board  is  getting.  The  stionger 
the  board  is  getting.  The  stronger 
churches  will  surely  not  allow  our  missions 
to  suffer  because  of  failure  to  send  offer- 
ings. The  board  can  not  promise  money  if 
the  churches  will  not  send  it  to  house  our 
homeless  missions : 
"Oklahoma  City,  Ok.,  October  10,  1905. 

"Dear  Brother  Muckley— K  letter  from 
two  of  our  living  link  men  states  that  you 
failed  to  grant  their  applications  at  the 
September   meeting   of   the   board.      These 


DO   GOOD 

With  your  money  and  enjoy  an  income 
front  It  while  you  live  by  giving  to  the 

Foreign  Christian  Missionary  Society 

on  the  ANNUITY  PLAN.  The  income 
is  large,  uninterrupted,  and  certain 
for  life.  Interest  is  paid  according 
to  age  of  donor.  There  Is  no  expense, 
for  repairs  or  taxes.  A  bond  Is  given 
to  insure  prompt  payment  of  Interest,, 
semi-annually.  It  is  better  than  a 
government  bond.  Over  two  hundred 
gifts  have  been  made,  amounting  to 
about  $250,000.  This  plan  is  especially 
adapted,  to  those  fifty  years  of  age,  or 
older.  Full  particulars  given  upon  re- 
quest. Let  us  send  you  our  illustrated 
booklet,  free  of  charge. 
F.  M.  RAINS,  Cor.   Sec,   Cincinnati,   O. 


buildings  were  started  before  they  haa  any 
intimation  that  they  could  not  get  the 
loans,  and  they  promised  the  people  that 
they  could  get  it,  and  so  did  I. 

"Brother  Muckley,  if  we  can  no  longer 
get  loans  for  Oklahoma  it  will  paralyze 
our  work  here.  If  you  can  tide  us  over  for 
another  year,  until  we  get  statehood,  we 
will  have  about  all  of  the  railroad  towns- 
equipped  with  church  buildings,  and  the 
foundation  laid  for  a  great  work  by  our 
people  in  Oklahoma.  Without  this  help  I 
fear  that  we  shall  lose  all  of  our  living  link 
missionaries.  It  is  easy  for  us  to  handle 
these  new  towns  and  build  with  the  assur- 
ance that  we  can  get  your  help.  In  this 
way  we  have  built  forty-two  churches  the 
last  missionary  year,  and  forty  the  year 
before. 

"I  wish  you  would  write  me  stating  for 
us  to  go  ahead  with  this  great  work.  We 
must  make  our  plans  for  building  now  be- 
fore winter  comes  on.  Doubt  for  a  month 
now  will  cost  us  our  fall  campaign,  and 
the  loss  of  a  dozen  churches.  Yours  in  his 
name,  J.  M.  Monroe." 

Remit  to  G.  W.  Muckley,  corresponding 
secretary,  600  Water  Works  Bldg.,  Kansas 
City,  Mo. 

Changes. 

Allen,  E.  L. — Duquesne,  to  southeast  cor- 
ner Seventh  and  Amity  streets,  Home- 
stead, Pa. 

Bates,  Miner  Lee— Westmbre,  Vt.,  to  139 
north  Seventeenth  street,  East  Orange, 
New  "Jersey. 

Bennett,  J. — Lake  Fork,  to  Bement,  111. 

Blanchard,  F.  E. — Audubon,  la.,  to  Smith 
Center,  Kan. 

Bright,  F.  A. — Oberlin,  O.,  to  Waynesburg, 
Pennsylvania. 

Bentley,  W.  P. — Shanghai,  China,  to  gen- 
eral delivery,  Berkeley,  Cal. 

Dean,  Charles  Wm. — Colfax,  111.,  to  Grand 
Rapids,  Wis. 

Ennefer,  S.  A. — Princeton,  Mo.,  to  Pleasan- 
ton,  Kan. 

Holley,  J.  E. — Springfield,  Mo.,  to  Everett, 
Kansas. 

Kreidler,  C.  M. — 433  Grove  street,  to  536 
east  Twenty-third  street,  Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin. 

Plummer,  J.  M. — Seiling,  Okla.,  to  Howard, 
Kansas. 

An  Only  Daughter 
Cured  of  Consumption. 

When  death  was  hourly  expected,  all  remedies 
having  failed,  and  Dr.  11.  Jnmes  was  experimenting 
with  the  the  many  herbs  of  Calcntta,  be  accidently 
made  a  preparation  which  cured  his  only  child  of 
Consumption.  Hischild  is  now  in  this  country , and 
enjoying  the  best  of  health.  He  has  proved  to  the 
world  that  Consumption  can  be  positively  and  per- 
manently cured.  The  Doctor  now  gives  this  recipe 
free,  only  asking  two  2-cen  tstamps  to  pay  expenses. 
This  herb  also  cnres  Ni^ht  Sweats,  Nausea  at  the 
Stomach,  and  will  break  up  a  fresh  cold  in  twenty- 
four  hours.  Address  CKADDOCK  A  CO.,  1088 
Race  St. ,  1'hiladclph  ia,  naming  this  paper. 


November  2,  1905 


THE  CHRISTJAN-EVANGELIST. 


1431 


NEWS    FROM    MANY   FIELDS 


Nebras  Ka. 

The  church  at  Kearney  where  F.  D.  Hob- 
son  ministers  was  gladdened  October  8  by 
the  addition  to  its  membership  of  three  of 
the  professors  of  the  State  Normal  with  their 
families.  Two  others  had  been  baptized  a 
week  previous,  this  making  in  all  sixteen 
helpers  in  the  work.  It  was  a  good  day 
for  this  church,  so  long  struggling  along 
with  almost  insurmountable  difficulties. 
This  church  is  a  mission  point  of  the  state 
board,  and  much  credit  is  due  the  society 
for  helping  it  to  this  stage.  These  men  who 
have  been  added,  and  their  families,  have 
been  most  excellent  workers  in  other  con- 
gregations. 

F.  S.  White  began  a  meeting  at  Liberty 
church,  near  Ansley,  this  week. 

Ten  were  added  to  the  York  church'  on 
Oct.  8;  seven  by  letter  and  three  by  bap- 
tism. Thos.  Maxwell  began  his  pastorate 
there  Sept.  1,  and  the  work  is  growing. 

The  secretary  talked  state  missions  at 
North  Bend  on  Oct.  8.  Bro.  J.  B.  White, 
the  jolly  preacher,  is  laid  up  with  inflam- 
matory rheumatism  in  one  foot  and  hand. 
He  is  improving.  This  church  has  just 
builded  a  commodious  parsonage.  It  is 
well  finished  and  most  conveniently  ar- 
ranged. The  total  cost,  including  extra 
land  and  a  neat  barn,  is  around  $1,500. 
Most  of  this  was  raised  outright,  and  the 
rest  will  be  paid  out  practically  as  rent. 
This  is  a  fine  addition  to  the  working  plant 
there.  The  congregation  and  the  pastor 
and  family  are  joined  together  in  love. 

W.  W.  Divine,  now  in  the  millinery  busi- 
ness at  Greenwood,  supplied  at  David  City 
on  Oct.  8.  W.  P.  Aylsworth  was  there  on 
Oct.  15. 

Samuel  Gregg  has  been  called  back  to 
Iowa  on  account  of  the  serious  illness  of  his 
aged  mother.  The  uncertainty  of  the  case 
has  caused  him  to  relinquish  the  Minden 
work. 

Brother  Edgar  Price  has  resigned  at  Be- 
atrice. He  will  take  work  again  in  Iowa, 
so  it  is  reported.  We  are  most  sorry  to 
lose  Brother  Price.  Nebraska  needs  more 
such,  rather  than  to  lose  those  we  have 
Some  other  impending  changes  are  adding 
to  the  burden  of  the  secretary  at  this  time. 

The  pulpit  supply  committee  kept  its 
preachers'  list  open  until  the  last  minute 
possible  before  the  presses  began  on  it,  but 
even  before  the  ink  is  dry  there  are  changes. 
May  the  Lord  save  us !  We  are  a  swift 
people. 

J.  E.  Wilson  will  close  his  work  at  Indi- 
anola  about  January  1. 

No  late  news  from  the  Whiston  meeting 
at  Vesta.  It  was  to  close  on  Wednesday 
of  this  week.  An  organization  was  ef- 
fected with  some  of  the  best  people  in  the 
community ;  the  Bethel  church  house,  un- 
used for  several  years,  was  donated,  and 
money  raised  to  move  it  and  repair  it,  with 
lo^s  donated,  is  the  immediate  result. 

The  state  evangelist  was  granted  permis- 
sion to  hold  one  or  two  meetings  outside 
of  mission  points.  His  first  one  will  be  at 
Harvard,  beginning  Oct.  15. 

The  meeting  at  Magnet,  under  R.  D.  Mc- 
Cance,  continues.  H.  E.  Motter  has  been 
on  the  field  helping  with  the  music. 

The  National  Board  of  the  C  W.  B.  M. 
has  granted  the  state  of  Nebraska  $300  for 
mission  work  this  year,  beginning  Oct.  1. 
This  grant  comes  at  a  very  opportune  time 
in  view  of  the  increased  demands. 

Someone  asks  about  A.  W.  Henry.  The 
last  we  saw  of  him  he  was  singing  as  loud 
as  he  could  at  the  international  convention. 
He  was  to  hold  a  meeting  at  Sanger,  Cal. 
He  may  have  strayed  down  to  Long  Beach 
and  gone  swimming. 

The  missionary  society  will  mail  to  the 
churches  this  week  posters  to  call  attention 
to  the  offering  for  state  missions  that  is 
due   November   5.     We   ask   the   co-opera- 


tion of  preachers  and  church  officers  to 
have  them  properly  posted.  If  your  church 
does  not  have  them  up,  write  for  others. 
This  secretary  will  supply  you. 

Do  you  know  this  is  to  be  the  greatest 
offering  for  state  missions  we  have  ever 
made?  More  churches,  Bible  schools  and 
C.  E.  Societies  will  take  the  offering  on  the 
day  appointed  than  ever  before.  The 
amounts  pledged  will  be  larger.  The 
prayers  for  the  success  of  state  missions 
will  be  more  earnest.  The  sermons  will  be 
more  searching.  These  things  must  be  so 
because  of  the  great  convention  held  by 
the  Nebraska  Disciples  August  1-6,  1905. 
That  two  thousand  people  could  be  present 
at  that  convention  and  not  carry  away  with 
them  larger  visions  of  the  Lord's  will  in 
this  matter  is  impossible.    Are  you  with  us? 

W.  A.  Baldwin. 


C.  W.  B.  M.  in  Missouri. 

Sisters — I  can  hardly  make  you  under- 
stand how  disappointed  I  am  to  learn  that 
Missouri  failed  to  reach  its  apportionment 
in  money,  of  $11,000,  for  the  missionary 
year  ending  in  September.  We  were  asked 
to  raise  for  all  purposes,  outside  of  state 
development  fund,  $11,000.  We  sent,  be- 
fore September  30,  just  $10,777.99,  making 
our  lack  only  $222.01.  So  near  and  yet  to 
fail !  But,  we  need  not  have  failed  if  the 
auxiliaries  had  been  prompt  in  sending  and 
reporting  their  September  quarter.  Mrs. 
Moses  writes  that  more  than  enough  belated 
money  was  received  after  October  1  to  have 
put  us  over  the  $11,000  mark.  Was  your 
auxiliary  one  of  those  who,  through  lack 
of  promptness,  kept  the .  whole  state  back  ? 
If  so,  will  you  not  make  a  promise  to  your- 
selves now  that  never  again  shall  your  lack 
cause  your  own  state  to  fail  of  its  noble 
aims?  It  is  always  this  way.  The  strong 
suffer  with  the  weak,  the  faithful  with  the 
others.  The  next  message  will  give  auxil- 
iaries who  did  not  fail.  If  yours  is  not 
among  them,  you  can  guess  where  you 
stand,  and  that  yours  had  a  part  in  keeping 
us  from  reaching  the  desire  of  many  earnest 
hearts. 

The  number  of  failures  is  as  follows : 
In  the  first  district,  9 ;  in  the  second,  5 ; 
in  the  third,  2 ;  in  the  fourth,  3 ;  in  the  fifth, 
6;  in  the  sixth,  8;  in  the  seventh,  6;  in  the 
eighth,  4;  in  the  ninth,  3;  in  the  tenth,  0; 
St.  Louis,  0;  Kansas  City,  3.  One  cause 
for  joy  is  that  we  gained  $1,861.90  over  last 
year.  Let  us  thank  God  and  go  on.  I  feel 
that  the  lack  is  largely  caused  by  change 
of  officers,  who  have  not  been  made  to  know 
what  was  expected  of  them.  To  new  offi- 
cers who  do  not  understand :  Please  study 
the  auxiliary  constitution. 

Have  you  heard  that  our  own  Mattie 
Burgess  has  been  adopted  by  the  Downey 
Avenue  (Indianapolis)  Church  as  its  liv- 
ing link?  That  means  that  her  supnort  is 
no  longer  the  privilege  of  Missouri.  Do 
you  start  to  say,  it  is  not  fair  to  take  her 
from  us?  Let  me  tell  you  that  our  national 
board  met  just  this  case  last  year,  when 
Union  Avenue  (St.  Louis)  Church  chose 
Mr.  Burner  for  its  link,  after  Indiana  had 
selected  him  as  a  state  charge.  The  decision 
then  was  that  states  and  districts  must 
give  up  missionaries  to  churches,  auxiliaries 
and  individuals.  Indiana  surrendered  to 
Missouri  then,  and  now  we  must  surrender 
our  own  girl  to  Indiana.  It  is  sad,  and  one 
church  in  our  state  will  recall  the  anxiety 
of  the  secretary  to  have  it  take  her,  just 
because  of  this  very  thing.  Now  that  she 
is  Indiana's  charge,  let  us  be  thankful  that 
one  more  church  has  joined  the  living  link 
band,  and  rejoice  that  a  home  product  was 
its  choice.  Let  us,  as  a  state,  send  our 
prayers  and  our  tender  love  with  "Our  Mat- 
tie,"  as  we  still  are  privileged  to  call  her, 
on  her  way  over  land  and  ocean,  whither 


she  goes  to  take  the  unsearchable  riches  of 
him  whom    ih<    love*  bo  wrell  and  serves  so 

faithfully. 

A  message  frm  Caroline  Pope,  as  she 
sailed,  sent  love  and  said:  "Tell  the  sis- 
ters I  am  sailing  in  fine  spirits."  We  must 
watch  lest  some  other  state  cast-  longing 
eyes  on  this  girl  of  ours.  Let  us  forget  the 
things  that  are  past,  and  push  forward  to- 
ward better  things.  We  do  not  want  to 
discourage  any,  but  if  the  weak  places  are 
not  told  once  in  a  while,  we  shall  not  be 
armed  against  a  repetition  of  our  failures, 
which  we  all  are  anxious  to  avoid. 
St.  Louis,  Mo.         Mrs.  L.  G.  Bantz. 

@     @ 

The  Tennessee  Convention. 

The  Disciples  of  Christ  in  Tennessee  met 
in  annual  convention  at  Harriman  October 
2-5.  This  was  the  sixteenth  successive  an- 
nual gathering  in  such  a  capacity  and 
proved  in  many  respects  the  best  of  all. 

The  convention  was  presided  over  by 
L.  D.  Riddell  with  his  usual  Christian  bear- 
ing, grace  and  dignity.  From  the  opening 
sermon  of  the  meeting  by  R.  Lin  Cave,  to 
the  closing  sermon  by  W.  H.  Sheffer,  there 
was  a  high  and  well  sustained  interest. 
"Victory"  was  breathed  forth  in  every  ser- 
mon, song  and  prayer. 

The  attendance  was  good,  in  considera- 
tion of  the  fact  that  Harriman  is  in  the 
eastern  division  of  the  state,  and  thus  far 
away  from  the  center  of  our  membership. 
The  Harriman  people,  under  the  leadership 
of  John  B.  Dickson,  their  new  minister,  re- 
ceived us  most  cordially  and  spared  not 
time,  money  or  effort  in  making  our  stay 
pleasant. 

The  reports  from  the  field  were  encour- 
aging and  showed  that  much  faithful  work 
has  been  done  for  our  Master.  Indeed,  the 
past  sixteen  years  of  co-operative  mission- 
ary work  have  wrought  great  things  in  the 
"volunteer  state."  They  have  witnessed 
the  establishment  of  many  new  churches  af- 
ter the  primitive  order ;  thousands  of  dollars 
consecrated  to  the  sacred  purpose  of  sav- 
ing men ;  the  gradual  quickening  of  mis- 
sionary conscience  and  enlargement  of  mis- 
sionary sentiment;  the  drawing  together  of 
all  our  churches  into  closer  bonds  of  fellow- 
ship and  service,  and  the  brightening  of  ouf 
hopes  in  and  the  clearing  of  our  visions  to 
the  almost  infinite  possibilities  of  ouf 
Lord's  cause  in  this  great  state. 

Among  the  most  delightful  sessions  of  our 
convention  were  those  in  which  Brethren 
W.  J.  Wright  and  A.  McLean  appeared. 
These  hours  were  indeed  the  very  mountain 
tops  of  transfiguration  to  our  souls.  As 
these  apostles  of  missionary  endeavor  told 
us  of  the  great  needs  of  America  and  the 
world  our  souls  thrilled  with  joy  that  we 
could  have  fellowship  in  a  sen-ice  so  great 
as  to  call  forth  the  interests  of  heaven  and 
involve  th  -  destiny  of  our  race.  These 
brethren,  with  their  soul-stirring  messages 
from  God,  are  always  welcome  visitors  to  a 
Tennessee  convention. 

As  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  A.  A. 
Ferguson  was  elected  president,  A.  I.  Myhr, 
state  evangelist  and  corresponding  secre- 
tary; W.  J.  Shelburne,  Sunday  school  evan- 
gelist and  assistant  corresponding  secretary, 
and  J.  J.  Castleberry,  recording  secretary. 

The  convention  adjourned  Thursday 
night,  October  5,  to  meet  at  Paris  in  Oc- 
tober, 1906.  Our  Tennessee  Disciples  should 
look  forward  to  it  as  the  crowning  conven- 
tion  in   all   our  historv.     The  writer's    ac 


PISO  3   CURE    FOR 


I  CUBES  WHERE  All  ELSE  FAHS, 
Best  Cough  Syrup  Tastes  Good.  Oee 
In  time.    Sold  by  druggists. 


CONSUMPTION 


HZ2 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


November  2,  1905 


quaintance  with  Paris  warrants  him  in  as- 
suring all  that  an  unexcelled  welcome  will 
be  extended  us  by  the  minister  and  the 
church,  as  also  the  citizenship  generally. 

Let  us  go  about  our  ta>k  the  coming  year 
with  earnest  hearts  and  willing  hands,  show- 
ing to  the  world  that  as  our  Lord  has  died 
for  us.  we  can  live  for  him.  Then  we  may 
come  up  to  our  next  convention  with  such 
messages  of  victory  from  our  respective 
fields  as  shall  send  a  thrill  of  joy  and  hope 
around  our  beloved  state. 

Unu  Ten*.      J.  J.  Castleberry. 

$     @ 

Toledo  Jottings. 

The  summer  is  gone,  and  as  the  leaves 
commence  to  fall,  as  life  seems  leaving 
nature,  it  seems  that  new  life  is  coming  in 
the  spiritual  realm.  We  are  planning  a 
.:  campaign  in  this  city,  in  which  all  the 
churches  regardless  of  denomination  will 
join;  it  is  not  to  be  a  meeting,  but  a  cam- 
paign to  last  until  March  1.  We  will  open 
the  campaign  with  a  down-town  noonday 
meeting  daily,  and  with  meetings  in  as 
many  shops  as  we  can  possibly  get  in,  be- 
sides a  great  number  of  cottage  prayer 
meetings,  this  to  last  until  February  1,  at 
which  time  the  groups  of  churches  will  en- 
ter on  a  campaign  of  evening  services  to 
last  four  weeks  or  possibly  more.  Great 
preparations  are  now  being  made ;  last 
Monday  all  the  pastors  met  and  spent  four 
hours  in  prayer ;  it  was  a  delightful  season. 

The  work  among  our  own  churches  is 
on  the  upward  move.  I  think  I  am  safe 
in  saying  that  all  our  churches  are  at  this 
time  in  better  condition  than  possibly  at  any 
other  time  in  their  history. 

South  Church,  Bro.  S.  B.  Norvell,  pas- 
tor, has,  during  the  summer,  painted  its 
building;  this  work  has  had  a  splendid 
year.  During  the  year  Brother  Norvell  re- 
ceived a  call  from  another  church,  ac- 
cepted the  same  and  packed  his  furniture 
to  start,  when  his  congregation  said  to 
him.  This  thing  you  must  not  do.  After 
much  consideration,  with  these  strong  men 
of  determination  staring  him  in  the  face,  he 
consented  to  unpack,  and  remain  for  an- 
other season ;  this  is  one  of  the  best  things 
that  has  happened  to  this  congregation. 
Since  this  the  services  have  been  much 
better :  they  have  determined  to  work  hard- 
er to  show  their  pastor  they  appreciate  his 
labors. 

Norwood  Avenue.  Franklin  Mahoney, 
pastor.  Brother  Mahoney  comes  from  old 
preaching  stock  in  Kentucky,  and  he  is  do- 
ing fine  work  in  this  church.  They  are 
making  history  at  Norwood  Avenue ;  the 
offerings  are  better  than  they  have  been  for 
years,  while  the  Sunday  school  has  had  a 
wonderful  increase.  This  church  has  also 
been  recently  painted. 

East  Side,  W.  D.  Van  Vooris.  Brother 
Van's  work  is  moving  along,  having  a 
steady  growth  all  the  time.  Brother  Van 
was  recently  elected  the  president  of  the 
Christian  Endeavor  for  the  city  and  coun- 
ty; this  is  quite  a  distinction.  We  are  glad 
that  we  have  him  in  this  position ;  it  is 
another  step  forward  in  our  work. 

Central  Church.  This  is  where  your 
humble  servant  holds  forth.  This  is 
the  greatest  church  in  all  the  coun- 
try. If  you  want  to  find  the  great- 
est people  in  the  world,  you  would  do  well 
lo  look  this  way;  this  is  the  way  I  feel 
about  the  matter.  I  closed  my  first  year's 
work  with  this  church  last  Sunday ;  we  set 
a  few  ideals  at  the  beginning  of  the  year.  I 
will  name  a  few:  One  hundred  new  mem- 
bers ;  25  per  cent  increase  in  mission  offer- 
ings ;  $1,000  paid  on  the  debt  of  the  church. 
We  met  and  passed  all  these  conditions, 
add'-d  100  to  membership;  mission  offering 
nearly  50  per  cent  increase,  and  we  paid 
more  than  $1,000  on  the  debt.  We  set  a 
nieher  mark  for  this  year  all  along  the  line. 
We  had  eight  additions  one  week  ago,  this 
being  the  first  Sunday  in  the  new  year,  and 
*ix  additions  last  Sunday,  making  a  total  of 
fourteen  the  first  two  Sundays  of  this -year. 
Possibly  the  greatest  work  of  the  year  has 
been  our  shop  meetings.    I  conduct  two  meet- 


ings weekly  in  the  two  largest  shops  in  the 
city  :  these  meetings  ha\  e  been  a  success  from 
the  beginning.  They  are  now  the  largest 
meetings  in  the  whole  country;  we  have  as 
high  as  800  to  900  present  weekly  at  one  of 
the  shops.  We  look,  plan,  work  and  pray 
for  greater   things.         J.   O.    SheEburne. 


KentucKy  Bible  School  Notes. 

The  Maysville  state  convention,  at  least 
as  far  as  the  Sunday  school  day  is  con- 
cerned, will  be  remembered  as  one  of  the 
best  conventions  ever  held.  It  was  remark- 
able in  its  excellent  reports,  its  inspiring 
sessions  and  its  inauguration  of  new  plans. 
We  call  attention  to  some  of  the  latter. 

1.  The  name  of  our  Sunday  school  or- 
ganization was  changed  to  The  Kentucky 
Christian  Bible  School  Association.  This 
association  will  be  incorporated  in  the  im- 
mediate future. 

2.  The  apportionment  plan  of  raising 
money  from  the  schools  was  continued,  with 
the  suggestion  that  the  apportionments  be 
increased  whenever  practical.  The  letters 
apportioning  the  schools  are  being  sent  out 
at  present  and  we  trust  that  this  suggestion 
from  the  convention  will  meet  with  the 
hearty  approval  of  the  workers. 

3.  In  addition  to  these  offerings  the  ex- 
ecutive committee  was  authorized,  in  view 
of  the  need  for  increased  funds,  to  call  for 
personal  gifts,  both  for  the  general  ex- 
penses and  also  for  a  permanent  fund  with 
which  to  endow  the  association.  We  be- 
lieve this  to  be  a  wise  step  to  take  and  we 
are  hoping  to  secure  some  personal  gifts 
for  both  funds.  There  is  no  doubt  but  that 
the  endowment  of  the  association  will  in- 
crease its  efficiency  and  usefulness.  We 
hope  some  of  our  able  brethren  and  sisters 
will  see  the  wisdom  of  helping  to  perpetuate 
and  solidify  the  work  of  this  state  organi- 
zation. 

4.  "The  Christian  Sunday  school"  of  Law- 
renceburg  will  continue  to  be  the  official  or- 
gan of  the  association,  but  will  appear 
quarterly  instead  of  monthly.  It  will  be 
changed  in  name  and  appearance  somewhat, 
and  we  hope  to  make  it  better  than  ever  be- 
fore. Mr.  J.  M.  B.  Birdwhistell  will  con- 
tinue his  efficient  services  as  editor. 

5.  Institutes  held  in  colleges  and  secular 
schools  were  advised  and  commended. 

6.  Special  emphasis  was  laid  on  the  ne- 
cessity of  developing  the  work  in  southern 
Kentucky,  and  the  evangelist  will  spend 
much  of  his  time  this  year  in  that  section 
of  the  state. 

7.  Perhaps  the  most  important  step  was 
taken  when  the  convention  approved  the 
suggestion  that  an  office  secretary  be  em- 
ployed. The  work  has  demanded  this  step 
if  we  are  in  any  way  to  keep  pace  with  the 
increased  needs  of  the  field.  The  evangelist, 
even  by  constant  travel,  can  not  reach  more 
than  10  per  cent  of  the  schools  during  the 
year,  and  yet  there  is  great  need  of  keeping 
in  close  and  constant  touch  with  every 
school  if  efficient  help  is  to  be  rendered  at 
all.  In  accordance  with  this  action  Miss 
Mattie  Sacrey  has  been  employed  and  is  al- 
ready at  work  upon  the  duties  assigned  her. 
We  have  every  reason  to  believe  that  she 
is  competent  to  do  the  work,  and  we  are 
assured  of  her  consecration  and  interest. 
She  will  give  her  whole  time  to  the  cleri- 
cal duties  of  office  secretary,  at  least  for  the 
present. 

An  office  has  been  established  at  218  Kel- 
lar  building,  corner  of  Fifth  and  Main 
streets.  This  becomes  the  permanent  head- 
quarters for  the  association  and  all  mail 
should  be  sent  here  rather  than  to  413 
Fourth  avenue,  the  old  address.  Visitors 
will  be  welcomed  at  this  office,  and  we  want 
it  to  be  a  means  of  great  assistance  and 
strength  to  the  schools  in  every  way. 

Louisville,  Ky.  Robt.  M.  Hopkins. 

A  Delicious  Drink 


Idaho. 

The  weather  in  Idaho  is  ideal  so  far  as 
sunshine  and  cloudless  skies  are  con- 
cerned. It  is,  however,  just  a  little  dry.' 
Up  in  the  mountains  it  is  quite  cool,  es- 
pecially at  night.  I  descended  from  the 
mountains  nearly  two  weeks  ago,  and 
"came  with  a  straight  course"  to  Boise. 
I  had  not  been  in  a  church  service  for  over 
three  months,  and  was  so  "hungry"  I  could 
"taste  it." 

After  leaving  Thunder  City  there  is 
neither  school  house  nor  church  house,  Sun- 
day school  nor  church.  Judging  from  what 
the  eye  can  see  and  the  ear  hear,  the  deni- 
zens of  the  mountains  keep  no  calendar 
and  have  no  Sunday. 

I  have  often  heard  of  places  where  it  is 
so  healthful  that  the  people  are  compelled 
to  kill  someone  to  start  a  "graveyard."  This 
seems  to  have  been  the  case,  both  at  Roose- 
velt and  at  Knox.  In  both  cases,  however, 
whiskey  was  the  trouble. 

There  are  many  stories  of  mining,  and 
how  it  is  done,  told  the  tenderfoot  during 
a  sojourn  "out  west."  One  or  two  will 
illustrate  the  how  of  the  matter.  There 
was  one  "Jim  Butler"  in  a  little  town  in 
Idaho.  Now  "Jim"  would  not  work,  but 
managed  somehow  to  keep  even  until  he 
finally  married  a  woman  who  would  work 
and  did  work  sufficiently  to  keep  the  "bills 
payable"  at  bay  by  means  of  a  restaurant 
kept  by  her  in  the  little  city.  One  day  an 
Indian  took  Jim  to  a  very  rich  mine  and 
showed  him  wonders.  This  was  exactly 
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had  turned  up"  just  to  his  liking  provided 
somebody  else  would  do  the  work,  and  it 
takes  work  to  dig  gold  "from  the  bowels 
of  the  earth."  Well,  Jim  picked  up  some 
specimens,  brought  ,  them  to  town,  and 
soon  interested  the  school  teacher,  who  was 
also  an  assayist.  "Some  $400  to  the  ton," 
was  the  report.  A  little  syndicate  was 
formed,,  in  which  "Jim"  was  king,  getting 
three-fourths,  while  the  school  teacher,  for 
his  brains,  and  another  man  with  the  pelf, 
got  a  one-eighth  interest  each.  In  a  little 
while  the  mine  sold  for  enough  for  the  king 
to  pocket  a  cold  $100,000.  This  is  called 
luck. 

In  the  other  case  the  gentleman's  name 
was,  or  shall  be,  Dobson.  He  was  for  years 
a  miner,  and  simply  "Old  Dobson."  It  is 
averred  by  good  citizens  that  notwithstand- 
ing old  Dobson  set  his  face  against  all 
rum  kegs,  yet  he  was  often  so  drunk  that 
he  could  not  stand.  On  one  occasion  the 
little  city  insulted  him,  and  he  swore  he 
would  move  it  hence  into  the  valley.  But 
he  had  not  money  enough  to  get  a  "glass 
of  social  irrigation."  Somehow,  and  the 
secret  lies  wrapped  in  mystery,  he  got  a 
mine  open  and  "salted  right  up  to  date," 
and  sold  it  for  $75,000.  He  then  bought 
options  and  in  a  short  time  counted  his 
gold  by  the  millions.  He  was  now  "Colonel 
Dobson,"  and  proceeded  not  only  to  carry 
out  his  threat  against  the  little  village,  but 
swore  vengeance  against  a  city  much  larger 
and  more  pretentious.  About  twenty  miles 
away,  on  the  main  line,  he  sent  railroads 
in  different  directions  to  cut  it  off,  and 
built  Ramah,  so  that  none  might  go  out  or 
come  into  this  city  which  had  provoked 
his  ire.  He  also  built  a  hotel  that  will 
doubtless  serve  the  public  for  generations 
to  come,  though  it  is  said  he  declared  that 
"in  ten  years  it  would  be  a  third-class  ho- 
tel."    In  the  midst  of  his  operations — 

"The  angel   of  death   spread  his   wings  on 
the  blast 
And  breathed  on  the  face  of  this  man  as 
he'  passed.' 
And  now  old  Dobson, 

Turning  pale, 
Yields  to  his  fate, 

So  ends  my  tale." 

But  the  people  are  quite  reticent  in  nam- 
ing the  method  by  which  Colonel  D.  got 
his  millions.  It  has  been  suggested,  how- 
ever, that  it  was  close  akin,  to  "Rockey- 
fellerism,"  whatever  that  is, 
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OUR  ILLUSTRATIONS. 

The  front  page  group  consists  of  some  of 
the  evangelists  and  singers  who  are  taking 
part  in  the  great  Century  Simultaneous 
Campaign  at  Pittsburg  and  neighboring 
cities.  At  the  top,  in  the  center,  is 
George  B.  Ranshaw,  field  secretary  of  the 
American  Christian  Missionary  Society, 
who  will  preach  for  the  church  at  Crafton. 
Below  him  (8)  is  G.  W.  Thompson,  of 
Kirksville,  Mo.,  who  will  be  with  the  Shady 
Avenue  Church,  Allegheny.  Beneath  him 
are  the  Brooks  Brothers,  Ladoga,  Ind., 
who  will  hold  forth  at  the  Central  Church, 
Pittsburg.  At  Brother  Ranshaw's  right 
hand  side,  beginning  at  the  top,  are:  (3) 
R.  H.  Fife,  Kansas  City,  with  the  Knox- 
ville  Church;  (4)  E.  J.  Meacham,  of 
Bloomington,  O.,  with  the  Carnegie  Church; 

(5)  John  E.  Pounds,  of  Cleveland,  O.,  with 
the  Wilkinsburg  Church;  (9)  O.  P.  Spiegel, 
Birmingham,  Ala.,  with  the  First  Church, 
Washington;  (10)  Clarence  Mitchell,  of 
Mannington,  W.  Va.,  with  the  Charleroi 
Church;  (14)  W.  J.  Lockhardt,  of  Ottum- 
wa,  la.,  with  the  Connellsville  Church,  and 
(15)  Allen  Wilson,  of  Indianapolis,  with 
the  Belmar  Church,  Pittsburg.  On  the  left 
of  Brother  Ranshaw,  in  order,  are :  (2) 
Edgar  D.  Jones,  of  Cleveland,  O.  (Bellevue 
Church,  Pa.)  ;  (6)  W.  F.  Shearer,  Angola, 
Ind.  (Homestead,  Pa.)  ;  (7)  Cecil  J.  Arm- 
strong, of  Winchester,  Ky.  (Observatory 
Hill  Church,  Allegheny)  ;  (11)  E.  P.  Wise, 
of  Cleveland,  O.  (Turtle  Creek);  (12) 
C.  S.  Brooks,  of  Colorado  Springs,  Col. 
(Newcastle,  First)  ;  (16)  H.  F.  MacLane, 
of  Hiram,  O.  (Meadville,  Pa.)  ;  (17)  J.  O. 
Shelburne,  of  Toledo,  O.  (McKee's  Rocks. 
Pa.) 

We  regret  that  the  artist  has  made  a  mis- 
take and  inserted  in  the  group  of  Western 
Pennsylvania  ministers  W.  H.  Pinkerton, 
who  is  pastor  at  Paducah,  Ky.,  and  should 
have  been  included  in  the  evangelist  group. 

In  the  center  of  the  group  of  singers  is 
Mrs.  Princess  Long,  and  grouped  about  her 
are  the  quartette  of  Netz  Sisters.  The  oth- 
ers, in  order,  are:  (11)  C.  H.  Altheide, 
(10)    J.    P.    Garmong,    (9)    C.    B.    Dabney, 

(6)  DeLoss  Smith,  (7)  Miss  Ida  Mae  Han- 
na,  (8)  W.  F.  Linnt,  (12)  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Aden  L.  Fillmore. 

Other  evangelists  engaged,  not  included 
in  our  group,  are :  C.  R.  Scoville,  G.  W. 
Moore,  W.  H.  Willison,  R.  H.  Sawtell, 
F.  F.  Schultz,  N.  W.  Philips,  W.  H.  Pinker- 
ton,  E.  Lee  Perry,  Vernon  Stauffer,  F.  A. 
Bright,  M.  C.  Frick,  E.  B.  Barnes,  W.  H. 
Patterson,  G.  A.  Reynolds  and  Campbell 
Jobes. 

MINISTERS    OF    WESTERN    PENNSYLVANIA 
CHURCHES. 

i,  F.  W.  Gordon,  Knoxville;  2,  Grant  E. 
Pike,  Shady  Avenue,  Allegheny;  3,  E.  D. 
Salkeld,  Homestead;  4,  W.  T.  Barnes,  Car- 
negie; 5,  George  D.  Watson.  Squirrel  Hill; 
6,  Francis  M.  Biddle ;  7,  J.  P.  Dabney,  Her- 
ron  Hill,  Pittsburg;  8„  W.  L.  Fisher,  First, 
New  Castle;  9.  M.  C.  Frick,  Scottdale;  10, 

E.    A.    Cole,   Washington;    11,   ;    12, 

J.  G  Slayter,  East  End,  Pittsburg;  13, 
H.  G.  Connelly,  Charleroi ;  14,  Wallace 
Tharp,  First,  Allegheny;  15,  O.  H.  Philips, 
Braddock;  16,  S.  E.  Brewster,  McKees' 
Rocks;  17,  G.  E.  Jones,  Turtle  Creek;  18, 
Oscar  W.  Riley,  Washington,  Second;  19, 
C.  M.  Watson,  Connellsville;  20,  L.  D. 
Wells,  Dilkinsburg;  21,  E.  E.  Manley,  Bel- 
mar,  Pittsburg;  22,  Alfred  W.  Place,  Bell- 
vue;  23,  L.  W.  Knepper,  Somerset;  24, 
C.  L.  Thurgood,  Central,  Pittsburg;  25, 
H.  H.  Clark,  First,  Pittsburg;  26,  W.  D. 
Trumbull,  Meadville  We  have  had  to 
guess  at  placing  several  of  these  photo- 
graphs with  the  right  names,  owing  to  some 
mistakes  being  made  by  the  artist  and 
which  we  had  not  time  to  verify 

SOME      WESTERN     PENNSYLVANIA      CHURCHES. 

1.  East  End,  Pittsburg.  2.  Knox- 
ville,     Pittsburg.     3.  Connellsville,   Pa.     4. 


Homestead,  Pa.  5.  McKees'  Rocks,  Pa. 
6.  Shady  and  Woodland  Avenues,  Alle- 
gheny, Pa.  7.  Central,  Pittsburg.  H.  Cen- 
tral, New  Castle,  Pa.  9.  Scottdale,  Pa.  iu 
Bellevue.  12.  Turtle  Creek,  Pa.  13.  First, 
New  Castle,  Pa.  14.  Pint,  Allegheny,  Pa. 
15.     Charleroi,   Pa.      16.      Uraddock,    Pa. 

Dedication  at  Joliet,  111.  ^AZak 

Lord's  day,  October  8,  the  members  of 
the  First  Christian  church,  Joliet,  111.,  dedi- 
cated the  new  building.  The  church  in  Joliet 
owes  its  origin  to  the  preaching  of  Bro. 
John  Williams,  at  that  time  of  Iowa,  but 
now  of  Callingwood,  Ont.  In  the  summer 
of  1897  Brother  Williams  was  spending  a 
vacation  with  his  brother-in-law,  Geo.  R, 
Smith,  of  Lockport,  a  suburb  of  Joliet. 
Through  the  courtesy  of  the  trustees  of  the 
Congregational  church  of  Lockport  Brother 
Williams  conducted  a  few  services  in  that 
church,  and  as  a  result  nine  persons — four 
men  and  five  women — joined  hands  and 
pledged  themselves  to  the  work  of  estab- 
lishing a  Christian  church. 

On  September  5,  1897,  the  church  was 
organized.  Twenty-two  baptized  believers 
signed  the  charter  of  the  new  church ;  eight 
of  these  are  still  members  of  the  congrega- 
tion. Several  brethren  have  supplied  the 
pulpit  from  time  to  time,  and  the  little  band 
has  had  a  true  friend  in  President  Hie- 
ronymus,  of  Eureka  College,  who  has  not 
only  preached  for  them  on  several  occa- 
sions, but  has  from  time  to  time  sent  some 
of  his  most  talented  students  to  supply  the 
pulpit.  The  pastor  is  Ben  N.  Mitchell,  who, 
returning  to  this  country  June  24  of  this 
year,  after  a  pastorate  of  three  years  at 
Liverpool,  England,  took  charge  of  the 
church  July  1. 

The  building  is  frame,  with  a  covering  of 
concrete,  and  is  exceedingly  neat  and  at- 
tractive. The  total  cost  of  lot  and  building 
is  $7,600.  President  Hieronymus  assisted 
at  the  dedicatory  services,  preaching  a  pow- 
erful sermon  in  the  morning.  Several  pas- 
tors of  the  neighboring  churches  were  pres- 
ent and  gave  words  of  good  cheer. 

The  following  brethren  have  preached  for 
this  congregation  at  different  periods: 
Geo.  T.  Smith,  C.  G.  Brelos.  I.  E.  Spencer 
and  W.  G.  Kitchen.  B.  N.  Mitchell 

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Chas.  H.  Altheide,  singing  evangelist,  has 
an  open  date  for  December.  Address  him 
at  Bloomfield,  Iowa. 

Miss  Mayme  Eisenbarger,  gospel  singer, 
has  open  dates  for  late  winter  and  spring 
work.    Address  her  at  Bethany.  Mo. 


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November  2,  1905 


Evangelistic 


Wt  invite  ministers  and  others  to  send 
!s    of   meetings,    additions  and   other 

:.s  of  the  churches  for  publication  in 
this  department.  It  is  especially  requested 
that  additions  be  reported  as  "by  confession 
and  baptism"  or  "by  letter.'' 

Special   to  The  Christian-Evangelist. 

Canton,  0..  Oct  29. — 344  to  date,-  con- 
tinue.— Welshimer  and  Ken  dale. 

Special   to  The   Christian-Evangelist. 

Plattsburg,  Mo.,  Oct.  29.— -Secretary  Geo. 
L.  Snively  here  in  meeting;  J.  M.  Bailey, 
singer;  great  audience,  great  interest;  fif- 
teen  confessions   today. — J.    P.    Pinkerton. 

Special   to  The   Christian-Evangelist. 

Lacoda,  Ind.,  Oct.  27. — Closed  at  Colum- 
bia, Mo.,  with  217  additions.  We  begin  with 
Thurgood  at  Central  Church,  Pittsburg, 
Sunday. — Brooks   Bros. 

Special   to  The   Christian-Evangelist. 

Winfield,  Kan.,  Oct.  30. — Nineteen  addi- 
tions yesterday;  14  confessions;  59  added  in 
15     days.     H.     A.     Northcutt,     evangelist; 
Bentley,  singer. — Albert  Nichols,  pastor. 
CALIFORNIA. 

Ukiah.  Oct.  24. — Two  baptisms  within 
the  past  month.  Work  moving  well. — Otha 
Wilkison. 

San  Jose,  Oct.  22. — Praise  the  Lord  for 
the  splendid  victory  yesterday.  Seventy- 
three  added  in  the  first  day's  meeting  here. 
Church  at  work  and  city  stirred.  We 
look  for  great  meeting. — Coombs  and 
Honn. 

COLORADO. 

Denver,  Oct.  26. — Five  were  baptized  at 
South  Broadway  Oct.  25 ;  2  others  received 
the  hand  of  fellowship.  Homer  T.  Wilson 
will  begin  a  two  weeks'  meeting  Oct.  29. 
All  going  well  with  us.— B.  B.  Tyler. 

Pueblo,  Oct.  28.— Six  additions  at  the 
Broadway  Church,  by  letter  and  statement. 
L.  G.  "  Thompson,  our  state  secretary, 
preached  at  the  Central  on  Oct.  22. — 
W.  B.  Swearinger. 

CUBA.  ' 

Havana,  Oct.  20. — WTe  have  had  49  ac- 
cessions since  my  last  report;  7  baptisms 
last    evening.— Lowell    C.    McPhErson. 

FLORIDA. 

Kissimmee,    Oct.   24. — One   confession   at 

St.  Cloud  Oct.  15,  and  1  here  Oct.  22.    We 

dedicate  our  new  church  Nov.  5  and  begin 

a  4  weeks'    meeting    at    that    time. — E.  H. 

Rayner. 

IDAHO. 

Payette,  Oct.  23. — Meeting  of  20  nights 
closed  with  51  additions.  Frank  McRae, 
singer. — O.  E.  Hamilton. 

ILLINOIS. 

Rossville,  Oct.  23.— Fourteen  added  in  a 
meeting  with  home  forces.  The  attendance 
was  excellent  and  the  interest  good.  I  re- 
cently held  a  two  weeks'  meeting  with  the 
church  at  Holder,  resulting  in  two  confes- 
sions.—H.   H.   Peters. 

Kewanee,  Oct.  25. — A.  C.  Roach  preached 
Sunday,  after  being  absent  from  the  pulpit 
for  about  one  year.  There  were  two  addi- 
tions. The  church,  after  being  without  a 
pastor  for  several  weeks,  has  called  W.  A. 
Green,  of  Rockfalls,  as  pastor,  to  take 
effect  November  1. — E.  T.  Alcorn,  clerk. 

Lake  Fork,  Oct.  25.— Evangelist  J.  Ben- 
nett was  with  us  in  a  two  weeks'  meeting 
at  Copeland  chuch,  which  was  revived  and 
11  added  to  the  membership.  He  has  been 
with  us  at  Lake  Fork  10  days.  There  have 
been  33  additions ;  27  by  confession,  3  by 
statement  and  3  restored.  This  makes  114 
added  to  the  two  churches  this  year.  The 
meeting  continues.— J.  D.  Williams,  min- 
ister. 

Chicago,  Oct.  22. — E.  L.  Frazier,  of  In- 
dianapolis, closed  a  good  meeting  here  yes- 


terday;  9  accessions — 5  by  baptism   and  4 
by  letter. — Guy  Hoover,  pastor. 

Camp  Point,  Oct.  24. — One  confession 
Oct.  22.  I  am  in  a  meeting  with  the  Wolfe 
Ridge  church.  W.  F.  Shearer  will  begin 
a  meeting  with  the  Camp  Point  church, 
Dec.  31.  We  are  planning  for  large  things. 
— H.  J.  Reynolds. 

Joliet,  Oct.  23.— Three  additions  yester- 
day by  confession  and  baptism,  at  the 
First  Christian  Church. — Ben  N.  Mitchell. 

Mason  City,  Oct.  23. — Rejoice  with  us 
for  Mt.  Pleasant.  Three  weeks  ago  only 
18  members ;  now  25  new  ones,  as  a  result 
of  a  15  days'  meeting ;  20  of  these  by  bap- 
tism. Organized  Christian  Endeavor,  with 
29  members.  Yesterday  was  the  first  day 
of  our  meeting  here.  Four  added — two  by 
letter  and  two  by  baptism.— O.  C.  Bolman. 

Lake  Fork,  Oct.  25. — We  are  in  a  splen- 
did revival  with  J.  D.  Williams.  There 
have  been  37  additions  in  our  work. — Evan- 
gelist J.   Bennett. 

Taylorville,  Oct.  26. — W.  F.  Shearer  and 
C.  H.  Altheide  closed  a  three  and  one-half 
weeks'  meeting  with  us  last  night.  Forty 
took  membership,  all  of  them  grown  peo- 
ple. Seventeen  were  men.  Our  union 
meeting  closed  Sept.  3,  and  we  had  received 
about  40  into  the  church  from  that,  or  we  ■ 
would  have  had  nearly  100  in  the  meeting 
with  Shearer  and  Altheide.  We  are  well 
pleased  with  results. — Zuinglius  Moore. 

Payson,  Oct.  23. — Robert  L.  Layfield  has 
just  closed  a  union  meeting  which  resulted 
in  56  conversions ;  9  will  come  into  the 
Christian  church ;  8  by  baptism  and  1  re- 
claimed.— Walter    Kline. 

Paris,  Oct.  25. — Our  meeting  at  Bell 
Ridge  closed  with  114  additions  in  20  days. 
This  is  a  country  church  10  miles  from 
Paris.  H.  M.  Brooks  is  pastor,  and  con- 
ducted the  singing.  The  church  was  or- 
ganized one  year  ago  and  had  85  members 
when  the  meeting  begun. — Finis  Idleman. 

Toluca,  Oct.  23. — Five  more  added  by 
confession  and  baptism  at  the  regular  serv- 
ices.— S.  P.  Telford,  pastor. 

IOWA. 

Prescott,  Oct.  21. — Three  added  last 
Lord's  day — 2  by  confession  and  1  from 
the  Congregationalists. — E.  E.   Mack. 

Des  Moines,  Oct.  28 — Second  week  of 
meeting  closed  last  night;  59  added  to  date. 
— Chas.  S.  Medbury. 

INDIANA. 

Indianapolis,  Oct.  26. — Just  closed  a  two 
weeks'  meeting  for  the  Christian  church  at 
Stamping  Ground,  Ky.,  resulting  in  42  ac- 
cessions to  the  church — 22  by  confession,  2 
from  another  communion  and  18  by  letter 
or  statement.  Though  Wm.  C.  Crerie  has 
been  with  this  church  only  a  short  while, 
he  is  nevertheless  getting  a  strong  hold, 
not  only  upon  the  membership  but  upon 
the  community.  Dr.  C.  L.  Ford,  who  \  is 
in  his  82d  year,  is  Sunday  school  superin- 
tendent. We  closed  the  meeting  by  giving 
our  lecture,  "The  Book  of  Books,"  to  a 
packed  house.— J.  Murray  Taylor. 

Martinsville,  Oct.  23. — We  closed  a  splen- 
did meeting  with  home  forces  last  night, 
which  resulted  in  31  additions — 20  by  pri- 
mary obedience. — M.  W.  Yocum. 

Lily  Creek,  Oct.  14. — I  closed  a  12  days' 
meeting  last  night,  with  1  added  by  confes- 
sion.— A.   W.   Crabb. 

Jeffersonville,  Oct.  19. — At  my  last  ap- 
pointment at  Hibernia  there  were  2  con- 
fessions. The  church  is  moving  on  har- 
moniously.— F.  E.  Andrews. 

Poseyville. — In  the  "Martin  family"  meet- 
ings now  in  progress  there  have  been 
more  than  30  additions.  E  S.  Lawrence 
is  minister.  During  November  the  "Mar- 
tin family  assist  A.  M.  Growden  at  Car- 
bondale,  111. 

Shoals,  Oct.  22. — Nine  baptisms  in  a  ten 
days'  meeting  at  Antioch.  I  begin  next  at 
Alfordsville—  M.  C.  Hughes. 

Columbus,  Oct.  26. — Since  coming  here 
Oct.  1,  there  have  been  17  added.  Work 
moving  along  nicely.  Have  organized  a  class 
of  70  for  Bible  study.  Have  begun  to  preach 


ASTHMA    CURED 


A   Prominent    Physician   Has   at  Last 
Discovered  a  Certain  Cure. 

The  following  letter  has  been  received  from  Dr. 
Rudolph  Schiffmann,  of  St.  Paul,  the  specialist  in 
diseases  of  the  respiratory  organs,  and  we  trust 
it  will  be  read  carefully  by  every  one  who  suffers 
from  Asthma,  Hay  Fever  or  Bronchitis: 

"To  the  Editor:  Please  announce  in  your  pa- 
per that  by  simply  writing  to  me,  enclosing  a  2- 
cent  stamp,  any  of  your  readers  can  have  a  trial 
package  of  my  Asthma  Cure  free.  I  have  pre- 
pared a  full  supply  of  trial  packages  for  free  dis- 
tribution to  sufferers  from  Asthma,  Hay  Fever  and 
Bronchitis  and  no  one  will  be  disappointed. 

"I  have  perfected  a  remedy  that  is  without  a 
doubt  an  instant  relief  and  a  positive  cure  for 
Asthma,  Hay  Fever  or  Bronchitis.  I  am  fully 
aware  that  there  is  a  great  deal  of  skepticism  re- 
garding the  curability  of  these  diseases,  and  I 
have  concluded  that  the  simplest  way  to  get  my 
remedy  before  the  people  and  let  it  demonstrate 
its  merits  is  to  give  away  free  packages  so  that 
any  one  interested  can  test  its  remedy.  I  know 
what  my  Asthma  Cure  will  do.  I  have  tried  it  in 
thousands  of  cases,  with  gratifying  results.  I  have 
cured  where  all  others  Tiad  failed.  Do  you  won- 
der my  confidence  in  the  remedy  in  un- 
bounded? Do  you  wonder  that  I  am  willing  to 
pay  the  expense  of  a  trial  out  of  my  own  pocket?" 

All  letters  should  be  addressed  as  follows:  Dr. 
R.    Schiffmann,    167   Jackson    St.,   St.    Paul,   Minn. 

Almost  every  druggist  in  the  United  States  has 
Dr.    Schiffmatwi's  Asthma  , Cure   in  .stock. 


to  men  at  noon  hour  at  the  shops.  I 
preach  at  two  of  these  places  once 
per  week.  Begin  a  meeting  with  home 
forces  Sunday. — W.  H.  Book. 

KANSAS. 

Chanute,  Oct.  23. — I  closed  a  four  weeks' 
meeting  last  week;  47  additions;  15  by 
baptism,  37  otherwise.  This  does  not  in- 
clude reclaimed.  We  have  reinstated  114 
old  members  in  the  last  few  months,  mak- 
ing our  membership  now  280. — G.  W. 
Kitchen. 

Chanute,  Oct.  16. — Our  meeting  is  still 
in  progress;  41  additions. — John  W.  Mar- 
tin, Jr. 

Hoisington,  Oct.  23. — Two  added  yes- 
terday, 1  from  the  Christian  Catholic,  1 
restored. — T.    M.   McHalE. 

Moline,  Oct.  23. — I  have  just  closed  a 
three  weeks'  meeting  at  Eik  Falls,  with  14 
additions — 10  baptisms  and  4  from  other 
denominations.  I  will  close  my  work 
at  Moline  soon  and  can  hold  meetings  or 
locate  elsewhere  as  pastor. — W.  L.  En- 
NEEER. 

Geuda  Springs,  Oct.  25. — I  closed  a  two 
weeks'  meeting  at  Timberlake,  O.  T.,  with 
3  additions.  The  weather  was  unfavorable 
during  the  last  week.  We  began  our  work 
at  Geuda  Springs  last  Lord's  day.  We 
begin  meeting  on  Nov.  22;  will  con- 
tinue indefinitely.  The  church  is  a  year 
old.  We  have  a  new  house,  60  consecrated 
members  and  are  planning  and  working  for 
a  great  meeting. — J.  B.  GrEEnwade. 

Norton,  Oct.  24. — Fourteen  added  to  date. 
Will  continue  indefinitely.  Churches  in 
eastern  Kansas  or  western  Missouri  may 
write  me  for  January.  The  pastor,  A.  L. 
Drummond,  is  locating  many  families  in 
this  fertile  region. — N.  A.  Stull,  evan- 
gelist. 

Havensville,  Oct.  24. — Our  meeting  is 
seven  days  old,  with  15  additions.  J.  T. 
Purvis,  of  Holton,  preached  five  evenings 
last  week.  Meetings  will  continue  this 
week.  Accessions  so  far,  with  one  excep- 
tion, are  all  young  girls  and  boys  from  the 
Sunday  school.  H.  R.  Murphy,  the  pas- 
tor, is  popular  with  all  the  people,  and 
the  fruits  of  his  labors  among  the  young 
people  are  now  being  realized.  We  expect 
other  good  results  from  the  meeting. — 
T.  J.  Richardson. 

Coffeyville,  Oct.  28. — Three  additions  in 
the  last  two  weeks,  1  confession  and  2  let- 
ters. We  are  to  begin  a  meeting  in  the  near 
future  with  home  forces. — Ellis  PurlEE. 

Nortonville,  Oct.  27.— Brother  Todd's 
meeting  at  Grayson,  Mo.,  closed  last  night; 
17  confessions,  1  restored — 18  all  told. — 
W.  A.  Oldham. 


November  2,  1005 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


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Norton,  Oct.  27. — Two  more  last  night — 
14  to  date.  A.  L,.  Drummond  is  pastor. 
Oakley  will  likely  be  our  next  meeting. — 
N.  A.  Stull,  evangelist. 

Winfield,  Oct.  25. — In  12  days  27  addi- 
tions, more  than  half  of  them  men.  Nich- 
ols, pastor;  Northcutt,  evangejist;  Bentley, 
singer. 

Council  Grove,  Oct.  28. — I  wrote  that  on 
the  first  Monday  night  of  the  meeting  185 
persons  confessed  that  they  believed  with  all 
their  hearts  that  Jesus  was  the  Christ  the  Son 
of  the  living  God.  They  were  not  all  aliens, 
but  all  kinds  of  people.  We  have  had  a  bad 
time  for  a  tent  meeting  here.  There  have 
been  30  added  to  date.  Snowing  now  very 
hard. — J.  V.  Updike. 

KENTUCKY. 

Latonia,  Oct.  23. — One  added  by  letter 
yesterday. — Harlan  Runyan. 

North  Pleasureville,  Oct.  25. — Our  meet- 
ing closed  yesterday  with  40  additions — 33 
not  hitherto  reported ;  2  reclaimed,  16  by 
commendation,  2  from  denominations  and 
20  conversions.  A  Methodist  preacher  was 
baptized.  Geo.  C.  Waggoner  is  the  preach- 
er. My  next  meeting  is  at  Barry,  Mo.,  be- 
ginning Nov.  5. — Simpson  Ely,  Joplin,  Mo. 

Stanford,  Oct.  27. — A  week's  meeting  at 
Crab  Orchard  resulted  in  2  confessions  and 
baptisms  and  2  other  accessions.  Last  year 
a  cyclone  blew  down  the  Crab  Orchard 
church  and  they  have  not  rebuilt,  but 
we  hope  that  ere  another  year  the  congrega- 
tion will  have  its  own  building. — L.  M. 
OmEr. 

Murray,  Oct.  22. — I  closed  a  successful 
series  of  meetings.  H.  D.  C.  Maclachlan,  of 
Shelbyville,  Ky.,  preached.  There  were  10 
baptisms  and  4  otherwise.  The  church  has 
been  greafly  helped.— G.  H.  C.   Stoney. 

MISSOURI. 

Green  Wood,  Oct.  23. — Our  meeting 
closed  Oct.  14  with  37  additions.  Elder 
D.  D.  Boyle  (evangelist)  did  the  preach- 
ing. The  singing  was  in  charge  of  Profes- 
sor John  Cox,  singing  evangelist  of  Mel- 
vern,  Kan.  Our  congregation  is  now  in 
good  working  condition,  and  aside  from 
the  additions,  much  good  has  been  accom- 
plished.— Leslie   M.   Lucas,  minister. 

Canton,  Oct.  23.— I  just  closed  a  meet- 
ing at  Timewell,  111.,  where  Earl  Purdy  is 
the  efficient  pastor,  with  16  confessions  and 
2  by  letter  the  first  week.  The  incessant 
rain  closed  the  meeting  the  second  week. — 
Claude  F.  Pearce,  evangelist. 

Libertyville. — Edward  Owers,  of  Farm- 
ington,  assisted  by  Brother  and  Sister 
Zeran  as  singers  and  other  home  forces,  is 
holding  a  good  meeting,  in  which  there  have 
been  11  baptisms  and  three  confessions. — 
S.  W.  Robinson. 

Lamar,  Oct.  23.— One  confession  last 
night.— S.  W.  Crutcher. 

Gallatin,  Oct.  23.— Two  additions  yester- 
day—1  by  letter  and  1  from  Cumberland 
Presbyterian  church  of  Lock  Springs.  We 
begin  a  meeting  with  Omer  and  Butler  as 
evangelists  early  in  November;  shall  con- 
tinue at  least  four  weeks.— C.  W.  Com- 
stock. 

Grant  City,  Oct.  23.— Evangelist  E.  B. 
Barnes,  of  Indiana,  closed  a  4  weeks' 
meeting  last  night  with  23  additions.— 
W.  L.  Harris,  pastor. 

Kansas  City,  Oct.  23.— One  confession 
at  Louisburg  yesterday.  We  have  had  about 
20  additions  there  in  the  last  few  Sundays 
in  our  regular  work.— C.  L.  Fife. 

Walker,  Oct.  23.— We  are  in  a  good, 
short  meeting  here.  I  go  to  Pilot  Grove, 
Nov.  1.— Ben  F.  Hill  and  Son,  California, 
Mo. 

_  Purdy,  Oct.  26.— We  closed  a  short  meet- 
ing at  Galena,  Kan.;  19  additions  to  the 
church.  Galena  is  an  awful  wicked  town. — 
J.   P.   Haner. 

Lathrop,  Oct.  27.— In  our  meeting  of 
three  and  a  half  weeks  there  were  27  con- 
fessions and  baptisms;  letter  or  statement, 


4;  from  denominations,  3;  total,  34. — J.  G. 
CrEason. 

Bonne  Terre,  Oct.  23. — One  confession 
and  baptism  yesterday. — J.  G.  M.  Luttkn- 
bercer. 

Brunswick,  Oct.  27. — Two  added  last 
Sunday.  The  church  will  give  a  reception 
to  the  new  members,  70  in  number,  Nov. 
10. — E.  H.  Williamson,  pastor. 

St.  Louis,  Oct.  20. — The  undersigned 
preached  to  the  church  in  Poplar  Bluff,  Mo., 
on  last  Lord's  day.  Three  elders  and  seven 
deacons  were  elected.  Two  men  were  bap- 
tized and  one  lady  was  received  on  com- 
mendation. The  church  is  ready  for  a  new 
pastor. — G.  A.  Hoffman. 

Eldon,  Oct.  25. — Have  had  3  additions  in 
Eldon  since  my  last  report. — S.  J.  Vance. 

Richland,  Oct.  25. — The  Endeavorers  of 
the  Christian  Church  in  Richland  held  a 
union  service  with  the  Epworth  League  of 
the  M.  E.  Church  last  Sunday  night.  There 
was  one  confession  at  the  close  of  the  even- 
ing service.  F.  H.  Wright,  the  grandson 
of  one  of  our  old  time  preachers  of  north 
Missouri,  was  ordained  a  deacon  of  this 
congregation  at  the  morning  service. — J.  R. 
Blunt. 

Braymer,  Oct.  28. — Just  closed  a  protract- 
ed meeting  at  Mt.  Olive,  Harrison  county. 
Scarlet  fever  and  bad  weather  hindered,  but 
there  were  5  addtions — 4  by  confession 
and  baptism,  and  1  reclaimed.  Our  next 
meeting  will  be  at  Braymer,  assisted  by 
M.  D.  Sharpies.— C.  E.  Hunt. 

East  Lynne,  Oct.  28.— Brother  Sterling, 
of  Warrensburg,  has  been  with  us  9  nights 
Six  confession's.  Meeting  continues. — 
L.  M.  Spencer,  clerk. 

Belton,  Oct.  28. — A  meeting  with  home 
forces  Oct.  1-25 ;  16  by  confession  and  bap- 
tism and  5  by  letter  and  statement ;  also  5 
by  baptism  in  September,  making  30  added 
here  since  Sept.   1—  W.  H.   ScrivnER. 

Kansas  City,  Oct.  28. — The  meeting  with 
I.  H.  Fuller  at  La  Monte,  Mo.,  closed  with 
15  additions.  14  being  baptisms.  The  meet- 
ing was  at  its  best  when  it  closed.  I  sing 
at  Burlington,  Kan.,  beginning  Oct.  29. — 
Charles  E.  McVay,  song  evangelist. 
NEBRASKA. 

Chester,  Oct.  26. — A  fruitful  meeting; 
general  good  tone.  Twelve  additions— 8 
baptisms ;  1  each  from  the  Baptists,  Con- 
gregationalists  and  Presbyterians ;  1  re- 
claimed.— D.  G.  Wagner. 

NEW  ZEALAND. 

Auckland,  Oct.  6. — Am  in  a  good  meet- 
ing here  with  Chas.  Watt;  8  confessions. 
Meeting  continues  10  days.  Hold  a  short 
meeting  for  a  mission  here  and  then  go  to 
Sydney  to  hold  a  meeting  for  P.  A.  Dick- 
son at  Temple  Church.  I  received  a  warm 
welcome  here  when  I  cam^. — Jno.  T. 
Brown. 

new  mexico. 

Raton,  Oct.  27. — Revival  continues  with 
great  interest ;  people  turned  away ;  addi- 
tions every  nigrht ;  0  cam^  night  before  last 
and  6  last  night.  At  present  the  member- 
ship is  102.  Twelve  have  come  from  the 
Methodists  and  6  from  the  Baptists  to  take 
their  stand  for  primitive  Christianity.  Will 
continue  several  weeks  longer.  My  next 
meeting:  is  with  Brother  Nelson.  Rocky 
Ford,  Col.,  John  T.  Stivers,  evangelist ;  R.  A. 
Givens,   singer. 

OHIO. 

Hamilton.  Oct.  23. — One  addition  by  let- 
ter at  Lindenwald  church  at  prayer  meet- 
ing; 1  by  letter  yesterday,  2  confessions  and 
2  from  the  Baptists. — W.  H.  Hedges. 

OKLAHOMA. 

Carney,  Oct.  15. — Eight  confessions  at  the 
dedication  services ;  3  from  the  Methodists 
and  2  from  the  Baptists. — J.  M.  Monroe. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Wilkesbarre.  Oct.  24. — A  three  weeks' 
meeting  with  Evangelist  C.  H.  DeVoe  was 
held  in  the  lecture  hall  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. ; 


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Deai  Editor:  J  thought  I  would  write  and  tell 
you  how  I  cleared  for  myself  $131.40  in  two 
months,  I  had  such  fine  success  in  using  Moth- 
er's Non-Alcoholic  Flavoring  Kxtram  in  my 
ing  that  all  my  friends  began  to  inquire  be 
was  my  cakes  and  desserts  generally  had  such  a 
delicate  flavor.  Upon  rny  telling  them  about  these 
new  extracts,  many  insisted  that  I  should  get 
them  some.  The  superior  results  these  flavoring 
powders  bring  about,  for  they  come  in  a  powder 
form  and  are  therefore  non-alcoholic,  so  in- 
creased the  demand  for  the  goods  that  no  otber 
extracts  are  now  used  in  this  town.  J  wrote  the 
makers,  A.  Gross  &  Co.,  910  Bailey  Bldg.,  Pitts- 
burg, Pa.,  and  they  gave  me  the  exclusive  agency 
for  their  goods  here.  I  wrote  my  sister,  Martha, 
who  lives  in  Lakcville,  about  the  easy  money  I 
was  making,  and  she  tells  me  that  since  she  started 
introducing  the  powders  she  has  made  $10.00  a 
week  extra  right  along,  and  it  only  took  about  an 
hour  a  day  to  do  the  work.  I  believe  any  woman 
can  do  as  well  if  she  will  only  try,  and  I  wish 
you  would  advise  any  of  your  subscribers  who 
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&  Co.  about  their  proposition  and  learn  how  easy 
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Yours    very    truly, 

Mary    R. 


unable  to  continue  by  reason  of  date  of 
Teachers'  Institute.  There  were  15  con- 
fessions, 10  of  which  were  baptized;  some 
remain  to  be;  3  by  statement.  We  have 
been  greatly  strengthened.  His  brother, 
H.  A.  DeVoe,  minister  at  Digby,  X.  S., 
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ard. 

TENNESSEE. 

Jellico,  Oct.  24. — One  confession  Oct  22. 
— Wren  J.  Grinstead. 

Shelbyville,  Oct.  27. — Closed  meeting  at 
Flat  Creek  today.  Continued  12  days.  There 
were  21  additions. — E.  E.  VlOLETT. 

WASHINGTON. 

Pullman,  Oct.  19. — Since  June  30  addi- 
tions, not  reported — 2  by  baptism,  1  from 
M.  E.  church  and  others  by  letter. — Ralph 
C.  Sargent. 


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TEMPER    AND    ITS    PROPER    MANAGE- 
MENT.— Ephesians  4:26;  Romans 
12:18-21. 

Temper  may  be  either  good  or  tvU.  The 
word  "temper"  is  from  the  Latin  word 
iemfero.  signifying  "proportion."  "Tem- 
perance" conies  from  the  same  source.  A 
man  with  a  temper  is  but  a  .veil  propor- 
tioned man.  But  he  may  pervert  his  na- 
ture until  it  is  thrown  out  of  proportion, 
when  he  may  be  said  to  possess  an  evil 
temper.  The  frequency  of  this  perversion 
has  caused  the  word  temper  to  become  syn- 
onymous in  common  speech,  with  anger; 
and  it  is  this  use  of  the  word  which  we 
are  to  treat  in  our  subject. 

Anger  may  be  justifiable.  He  who  can 
pass  through  this  world,  with  all  its  mul- 
tiplied cruelties  and  injustices,  and  never 
feel  angry,  proves  his  want  of  true  sensi- 
bility. Even  Jesus  was  moved  to  anger 
sometimes,  in  view  of  human  baseness  and 
hypocrisy.  His  burning,  withering  denun- 
ciation of  the  Scribes  and  Pharisees,  in 
Matthew  23,  shows  the  holy  indignation 
of  incarnate  truth  against  falsity  of  speech 
and  life,  which  sought  to  deceive  God  and 
mislead  man.  The  citizen  who  looks  un- 
moved upon  the  revelations  of  bribery, 
graft  and  fraud  which  are  coming  to  the 
surface  of  our  political  and  commercial  life 
in  America,  and  does  not  find  his  heart 
stirred  with  intense  anger  against  the  rob- 
bers in  high  places  who  have  abused  the 
confidence  of  their  fellow  men  by  using 
their  positions  of  trust  for  private  ends, 
lacks  an  essential  factor  of  good  citizen- 
ship. To  see  age  or  innocent  childhood 
abused  will  bring  the  flush  of  anger  to  any 
manly  cheek.  It  is  right  to  be  angry  at  all 
wrong. 

But  anger  ought  not  to  lead  us  to  sin. 
"Be  ye  angry,  and  sin  not."  We  may  not 
express  our  anger  in  doing  evil  to  others. 
Neither  have  we  the  right  to  curse  the 
wrongdoer.  "Bless,  and  curse  not,"  is  the 
divine  injunction.  Even  our  punishment  of 
the  evil  doer  is  to  be  inflicted  in  love.  Jesus 
did  not  hate  those  whose  wanton  corrup- 
tion and  base  deceit  wrung  from  his  out- 
raged soul  the  great  denunciation.  He 
loved  them ;  and  but  a  few  hours  after  he 
had  poured  out  his  words  of  stern  rebuke, 
he  paused  on  the  brow  of  Olivet  to  weep 
over  these  very  men,  and  to  declare  how 
gladly  he  would  have  sheltered  them  from 
harm,  as  the  hen  shelters  her  chickens 
under  her  wings,  but  they  would  not.  Like 
God,  he  must  hate  the  sin,  but  love  the 
sinner. 

Anger  must  be  controlled  and  directed. 
Self-control,  or  temperance,  is  one  of  the 
fruits  of  the  Holy  Spirit  (Gal.  5:22,  23). 
It  is  one  of  the  essentials  to  character 
(2  Pet.  1:5-7).  It  is  the  prime  evidence 
of  greatness  (Prov.  16:32).  If  we  hate 
the  sin  as  we  ought,  we  will  try  to  the  ut- 
most to  deliver  the  sinner  from  its  power. 
Hence,  we  will,  in  the  language  of  Paul, 
"overcome  evil  with  good."  Thus  did 
our  Savior,  when  he  prayed  for  his  ene- 
mies. "Forgive  them,  Father."  Thus  did 
Stephen,  when  he  cried  out  with  his  last 
breath,  "Lay  not  this  sin  to  their  charge." 
Thus  did  Paul,  when  he  said  of  the  Jews 
that  sought  his  life,  "My  heart's  desire  and 
prayer  to  God  for  Israel  is  that  they  might 
be  saved."  Truly,  love  will  find  a  way  to 
subdue  even  anger  into  a  servant  of  good, 
and  bring  those  elements  of  our  nature  that 
seem  most  uncontrollable  under  the  yoke  of 
the  divine  Master. 

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THE   DANGERS  OF   INDULGENCE.- 
Prov.  23:29-35;  Isa.  5:22-25. 

For  the  Leader. 

The  danger  of  indulgence  is  forshad- 
owed  in  the  very  word  itself-  Indulgence 
carries  with  it  the  thought  of  toleration, 
bearing,  or  permitting,  which  suggests  the 
probability  that  the  lawful  bounds  are  being 
overreached.  Why  is  it  dangerous  to  in- 
dulge an  appetite,  to  permit  a  tendency 
that  is  toward  the  hurtful  to  have  its 
course?  This  is  the  very  thing  we  are  to 
call  upon  you  to  answer  for  us  tonight. 
Let  us  give  the  matter  due  attention. 

Are  we  not  all  inclined  to  indulge  that 
which  tends  to  the  hurtful  as  well  as  that 
which  is  within  itself  not  hurtful?  Is  there 
not  in  our  nature  that  something  that  hates 
to  deprive  an  appetite  of  its  desires?  Do 
we  not  ponder  long  before  we  forbid  that 
which  our  friend  desires?  This  very  part 
of  ourselves  is  within  us  for  a  purpose, 
but  unhappy  are  we  if  we  allow  that  which 
was  meant  to  bless  us  to  turn  upon  us  and 
become  a  curse. 

For  the  Members. 

1  Indulgence  may  be  said  to  be  the v 
thing  that  leads  in  the  way  of  danger.  That 
is  why  it  is  dangerous.  That  is  why  we 
are  talking  of  the  danger  of  indulgence. 
There  is  a  little  practice  we  have.  It  is 
not  hurting  us  the  first  few  times.  It 
is  a  question  if  it  is  an  outright  evil. 
But,  gratified  once,  it  becomes  a  little 
stronger  in  its  demands  upon  us.  '  We 
gratify  it  again,  and  the  next  time  its  de- 
mands are  more  imperative.  We  are 
scarcely  able  to  get  out  of  its  toils  the 
next  time.  At  last  we  are  not  our  own. 
The  finished  work  of  indulgence  is  slavery. 

2.  We  do  well  if  we  look  to  the  end 
of  things.  The  start  is  of  importance,  but 
the  end  must  be  reckoned  with.  It  is  not 
enough  to  know  what  the  first  of  a  thing  is, 
but  we  must  know  its  progress,  its  finish.  If 
we  have  looked  clear  through  anything  in 
this  way,  we  are  prepared  to  see  its  dan- 
gers. It  may  thus  reveal  itself  to  us  as 
a  thing  that  is  dangerous  if  indulged. 
Strong  drink  has  the  effect  of  growing 
upon  one.  There  is  no  slavery  more  absolute 
than  the  slavery  of  strong  drink,  or  the 
slavery  of  some  drug.  Money,  property, 
honor,  all  things  must  go  at  the  demand  of 
this  imperious  ruler. 

3.  Suppose  you  keep  clear  of  the  grosser 
evils,  the  use  of  drugs,  the  use  of  intox- 
icants, the  vice  of  immorality,  and  come  to 
the  little  things  that  mar  many  characters — 
careless  speech,  as  an  example.  We  begin 
by  taking  up  some  strong  exclamations 
to  emphasize  our  statements.  They  are  not 
very  noticeable  at  first.  We  grow  apace 
in  this  use  until  we  have  dropped  our  first 
violation  of  clean  speech.  We  may  not  no- 
tice that  we  have  grown  worse.  Our 
friends  do.  And  more  especially  if  we 
have  been  away  from  them  for  a  time. 
The  young  girl  returns  from  college  the 
first  vacation  with  a  store  of  terms  that 
may  not  be  noticeable  to  her,  but  to  the 
old  mother  they  are  very  noticeable,  and 
they  grieve  her.  Then  let  the  ideals  come 
down,  and  let  the  associations  be  a  little 
coarse  and  indifferent  to  the  finer  sensibili- 
ties. Expressions  that  shock  one  will  fall 
from  the  lips  unnoticed  by  the  speaker.  This 
is  what  indulgence  does. 

4.  Indulgence  brings  up  a  sad  history. 
One's  heart  aches  when  the  very  term  is 
mentioned.  There  are  but  few  in  the  world 
who  ever  intend  to  end  badly,  however 
badly  they  start.  They  go  on  through  the 
progress  of  the  hold  of  indulgence  upon 
themselves,  saying  "Once  more."  Alas 
for  them !  It  is  "once  more,"  "once  more," 
until    there    is    no    more    time.      What    sad 


A  New  Preparation  Which  Everyone  Will 
Need  Sooner  or  Later. 

Almost  everybody's  digestion  is  disor- 
dered more  or  less,  and  the  commonest 
thing  they  do  for  it  is  to  take  some  one 
of  the  many  so-called  blood  purifiers,  which, 
in  many  cases,  are  merely  strong  cathartics. 
Such  things  are  not  needed.  If  the  organs 
are  in  a  clogged  condition,  they  need  only 
a  little  help  and  they  will  right  themselves. 
Cathartics  irritate  the  sensitive  linings  of 
the  stomach  and  bowels  and  often  do  more 
harm  than  good. 

Purging  is  not  what  is  needed.  The 
thing  to  do  is  to  put  the  food  in  condition 
to  be  readily  digested  and  assimilated. 
Stuart's  Dyspepsia  Tablets  do  this  perfectly. 
They  partly  digest  what  is  eaten  and  give 
the  somach  just  the  help  it  needs.  They 
stimulate  the  secretion  and  excretion  of  the 
digestive  fluids  and  relieve  the  congested 
condition  of  the  glands  .  and  membranes. 
They  put  he  whole  digestive  system  in  con- 
dition to  do  its  work.  When  that  is  done 
you  need  take  no  more  tablets,  unless  you 
eat  what  does  not  agree  with  you.  Then  take 
one  or  two  tablets — give  them  needed  help, 
and  you  will  have  no  trouble. 

It's  a  common-sense  medicine  and  a  com- 
mon-sense treatment,  and  it  will  cure  every 
time.  Not  only  cure  the  disease  but  cure 
the  cause.  Goes  about  it  in  a  perfectly  sen- 
sible and  scientific  way. 

We  have  testimonials  enough  to  fill  a 
book,  but  we  don't  publish  many  of  therri. 
However— Mrs.  E.  M.  Faith,  of  Byrd's 
Creek,   Wis.,   says : 

"I  have  taken  all  the  Tablets  I  got  of  you 
and  they  have  done  their  work  well  in  my 
case,  for  I  feel  like  a  different  person  alto- 
gether. I  don't  doubt  if  I  had  not  got  them 
I  should  have  been  at  rest  by  this  time." 

H.  E.  Willard,  Onslow,  la.,  says :  "Mr. 
White,  of  Canton,  was  telling  me  of  your 
Dyspepsia  Tablets  curing  him  of  'Dys- 
pepsia, from  which  he  suffered  for  eight 
years.  As  I  am  a  sufferer  myself  I  wish 
you  to  send  me  a  package  by  return  mail." 

Phil.  Brooks,  Detroit,  Mich.,  says :  "Your 
Dyspepsia  cure  has  worked  wonders  in  my 
case.  I  suffered  for  years  from  dyspepsia, 
but  am  now  entirely  cured  and  enjoy  life 
as  I  never  have  before.  I  gladly  recom- 
mend them." 

It  will  cost  50c  to  find  out  j  test  how  much 
Stuart's  Dyspepsia  Tablets  will  help  you. 
Try  them — that's  the  best  way  to  decide. 


work  of  ruin  goes  on  between  the  girl  of 
careless  habits  and  proprieties  in  her  teens 
and  the  hag,  ruined  forever,  in  the  twen- 
ties? No  tongue  can  tell.  But  we  see 
examples  of  such  wreckage  almost  every 
day.  There  is  a  name  you  never  mention 
in  the  family.  Whose  name  is  it?  Is  it  not 
the  name  of  some  one  who  began  in  the 
little  things  and  went  on  the  way,  led  by 
indulgence?  Yes,  led,  shall  it  be  said,  no 
better,  permitted,  by  the  indulgence  of  a 
mother,  or  a  father,  or  of  friends,  or  older 
associates,  and,  God  knows,  too  often  by  all 
the  above  named.  When  it  is  finished  it  is 
the  ruin  of  one  dear  to  you.  Indulgence 
did  it.  Shall  we  not  call  upon  all  that  is 
within  us  to  put  down  the  spirit  that  puts 
off,  that  procrastinates,  that  indulges,  the 
things  that  will  some  day  be  our  ruin? 

Quiet  Hour  Thought. 

The  Scriptures  tell  us  to  mortify,  that 
is  to  kill,  our  desires  that  lead  to  ruin.  Are 
we  praying  daily  that  we  may  be  able  to 
do  this  ? 

DAILY    READINGS. 

M. — Nabal's  Indulgence.  1  Sam.  25  :36-38. 
T. — Ben-hadad's.  1   Kings  20:12-21. 

W. — Nadab  and  Abihu's.  Lev.   10:1-11. 

T. — Belshazzar's  Dan.  5:1-9. 

F. — Herod's.  Matt.   14:1-12. 

S. — A  Motive  for  Sobriety.  1  Pet.  4:1-4. 
S. — The   Dangers   of   Indulgence.  Prov. 

23  :29-35- 


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Sunday-School. 

November  12    1905. 


EZRA'S  JOURNEY  TO  JERUSALEM. 
-  Ezra  8:21-32. 

Memory  Verses,  21.-23. 

Goldivn  Text. — The  hand  of  our  God  is 
upon  all  them  for  good  that  seek  him. — 
Ezra  8:22. 

vThe  whole  history  of  the  exile,  the  return 
and  the  generations  immediately  following 
the  return,  is  obscure.  It  was  an  age  which 
produced  much  literature,  some  of  which 
throws  light  indirectly  upon  the  conditions 
then  prevailing,  but  its  conscious  efforts  to 
record  contemporary  events  were  scanty. 
The  prophets  of  the  exile  show  us  much  of 
the  spiritual  life  of  the  best  element  of  Ju- 
daism at  that  time,  especially  with  reference 
to  the  growing  Messianic  hope.  The  earlier 
post-exile  prophets,  especially  Haggai  and 
Zechariah,  show  the  apathy  of  those  who 
had  returned  and  the  arguments  by  which 
the  better  religious  leaders  sought  to  rouse 
their  zeal.  The  external  history,  however, 
can  not  be  reconstructed  with  completeness 
and  certainty. 

Between  the  sixth  and  seventh  chapters 
of  the  book  of  Ezra  there  is  an  interval  of 
not  less  than  two  generations.  So  much  is 
concealed  in  the  simple  phrase,  "how  after 
these  things."  Twenty  years  had  elapsed 
between  the  first  return  under  Zerubbabel 
and  the  dedication  •  of  the  temple.  The 
record  now  silently  passes  over  nearly  sixty 
years  more  (from  516  to  458  B.  C.)  and 
takes  up  the  thread  of  the  narrative  with 
Ezra's  expedition  from  Babylon. 

While  we  have  no  details  of  the  history 
of  this  intervening  period,  we  know  a  few 
general  facts.  We  know  that  the  power  of 
Persia,  while  not  broken,  was  waning  .be- 
fore the  rising  military  force  of  Greece,  for 
it' 'was  about  the  middle  of  this  period'  that 
Darius  met  the  Greeks  at  .  Marathon  and 
Xerxes  suffered  his  disastrous  defeats  at 
Salamis  and  Plataea,  as  narrated  by  the 
Greek  historians.  A  failing  empire  makes 
a ,  bad  master,  and  it  is  probable  that ,  the 
province  of  Judea  suffered  from  the  tyran- 
ny of  the  corrupt  Satraps  who  governed  it. 
The  high  priest  apparently  acquired  some 
ascendency  as  the  protector  of  the  people's 
rights  when  there  was  no  one  else  to  pro- 
tect them — very  much  as  the  Bishop  of 
Rome  increased  his  prestige  by  standing  for 
law  and  order  when  the  Roman  empire  was 
falling  and  the  barbarians  rushing  in. 

.'It  is  evident,  too,  that  the  exercise' of  true 
and  pure  religion  in  Judah  lapsed  almost  to 
the  vanishing  point.  Perhaps  there  was  dis- 
appointment because  the  glittering  proph- 
ecies of  a  glorious  vindication  of  Judah  and 
the  entrance  upon  a  Messianic  period  of  great 
prosperity  had  not  been  fulfilled.  The  golden 
age  had  been  promised,  and  it  had  not  come. 
There  was  a  danger  that,  under  the  pres- 
sure from  without- and  with  the,  discourage- 
ment within,  Judah  would  not  be  able  to 
escape  the  fate  which  .the  Persian  policy  of 
deportation  had  been  designed  to  secure — 
that  is,  that  it  would  be  swallowed  up  in  the 
great  complex  of  mingled  races  about  it. 
The  most  ominous  circumstance  was  the 
growing  habit  of  intermarriage  with  the 
surrounding  races. 

In  Babylon,  meanwhile,  there  was  a  strain 
of  purer  religion.  Removed  from  the  ad- 
vantages of  temple  worship  and  from  the 
privilege  of  living  in  the  holy  land  itself, 
pious  Jews  in  Babylon  had  turned  with  in- 
creased reverence  to  the  past,  had  brought 
into  new  prominence  the  laws  and  records 
of  earlier  times,  perhaps  had  edited  and  ar- 
ranged some  of  them.  At  any  rate,  they 
were  prepared  to  bring  to  bear  the  records 
of  the  fathers  upon,  the  current  situation 
with  a  force  which  was  quite  new.    Josiah's 


reform  on  the  basis  of  the  newly  di 

book  of  the  law  (probably  Deuteronony)  is 
the  thing  nearest  akin  lo  it. 

Ezra,  priest  and  scribe  and  practical  ad- 
ministrator, received  permission  from 
Artaxerxes  to  lead  a  company  from  Baby- 
lon to  Jerusalem.  His  avowed  purpose  is 
to  establish  the  ritual  worship  on  the  basis 
of  the  book  of  the  law.  lie  is  also  com- 
missioned to  establish  a  more  perfect  judi- 
cial system  for  the  enforcement  of  law,  and 
the  civil  power  is  enlisted  to  punish  diso- 
bedience to  the  law  of  God  (7:26). 

The  work  which  engrossed  most  of  Ezra's 
attention  was  the  rooting  out  of  the  custom 
of  intermarriage  with  foreigners.  In  this 
he  met  with  substantial  success,  but  the  ex- 
ecution of  the  ritual  reform  which  he  in- 
tended was  apparently  delayed  several  years 
until  the  coming  of  Nehemiah.  It  is  worth 
mentioning,  however,  that  some  scholars,  in 
reconstructing  the  history  of  the  times,  have 
reached  the  opinion  that  the  work  of  Nehe- 
miah, who  rebuilt  the  walls,  preceded  and 
prepared  the  way  for  that  of  Ezra. 

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Unitarianism. 

To  the  Editor  of  The  Christian-Evangelist: 

Your  "Notes  and  Comments"  editorial 
paragraph  on  the  approaching  "Interchurch 
Conference"  in  the  last  issue  of  The  Chris- 
tiax-Evaxcelist  is  an  admirable  sizing  up 
of  the  little  "unpleasantness"  as  to 
Unitarian  affiliation.  According  to  a  re- 
cent Chicago  daily,  Frank  Gunsaulus — in 
coming  to  the  rescue — makes  the  statement 
that  "the  poet.  Whittier.  was  a  Unitarian." 
Is  he  right  in  this  claim  ?  W.  P.  KEELER. 
Chicago,  III. 

[No;  Whittier  was  a  Friend,  or  Quaker, 
and  not  a  Unitarian.  But  we  do  not  see 
that  it  would  affect  the  point  at  issue  if 
Whittier  had  been  a  Unitarian.  There  have 
been  many  pious,  devout  souls  among  the 
Unitarians.  The  question  is :  Would  it  be 
practicable  to  bring  together  in  one  con- 
ference those  who  deny  the  divinity  and 
lordship  of  Jesus  Christ,  and  those  who 
accept  that  truth  as  the  foundation  truth 
of  Christianity,  to  consider  the  practicability 
of  Christian  union  and  co-operation?  In 
all  moral,  social,  and  political  reforms 
there  is  no  reason  why  Unitarians,  Jews, 
Christian  Scientists,  and  Ethical  Cultur- 
ists  should  not  co-operate  with  all  other  good 
citizens,  regardless  of  creed  or  no  creed, 
to  effect  the  desired  reformation ;  but  it 
would  be  wholly  impracticable  to  bring  to- 
gether in  one  conference  this  heterogeneous 
class  of  people  to  consider  the  vital  prob- 
lems connected  with  a  united  Church. — 
Editor.] 

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Poetry  of  Fishing. 

Dear  Brother  Garrison — I  know  you 
are  a  good  one  in  a  bass  stream.  I  have 
witnessed  your  quality  in  pulling  in  these 
game  fish.  But  have  you  ever  landed  a 
muskallonge?  If  you  have  not  you  have 
missed  the  real  poetry  of  fishing.  A  bass 
is  a  game  fish  and  he  fights  vigorously  for 
liberty ;  but  he  comes  at  you  sideways.  The 
muskallonge  makes  no  side  issues.  He 
fights  a  straight  battle.  If  he  comes  to- 
wards the  boat  all  the  more  danger  you  will 
lose  him.  If,  however,  his  movements  are 
from  you,  you  will  experience  the  very 
poetry  of  motion.  Hogarth's  celebrated 
line — the  undulating — is  beautifully  repro- 
duced by  every  movement  of  your  fish.  He 
not  only  "undulates"  but  he  circumnavi- 
gates, and  if  a  big  one,  he  will  take  your 
boat  along  with  him. 

I  have  had  considerable  experience  with 
these  fish  and  I  do  not  hesitate  to  say  that 
there  is  more  poetry  in  landing  one  of  them 
than  all  the  other  fishing  T  have  expe- 
rienced. The  first  day  I  fished  here  I  land- 
ed five  and  hooked  another,  but  lost  him. 

We  are  a  little  too  late  for  good  results 
here,  but  all  in  all  we  have  had  an  outing 
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Your  assistant  editor  is  taking  lessons  from 
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hope  that  in  due  time  he  will  be  able  to 
give  a  good  account  of  himself. 

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a  man  of  my  age  ought  to  be  chloroformed. 
Yours  truly,  W.  T.  Moore. 

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question  of  veracity  between  our  readers 
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Farley  officiating,  Oliver  M.  Campbell,  of  Fort  Smith, 
Ark.,  and  Miss  Lena  M.  Chowning,  of  Muskogee. 

HART-HUTCHISON— At  Gallatin,  Mo.,  Wed- 
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and  Miss  Etta  Hutchison,  of  Gallatin,  James  N. 
Crutcher,  of  Chillicothe,  officiating. 

GILL1LAND— TUTILE.-On  Sept.  20,  1905,  at 
Hamlin,  Kans.,  Charles  A.  Gilliland  and  Miss  Lela 
Maud  Tuttle.  G.  D.  Sellers  who  also  officiated  at  the 
marriage  of  the  bride's  parents  22  years  ago  per- 
formed the  ceremony. 

MADSEN— BARRETT. -At  Vacoville,  Cal.,[Oct.  4 
1905,  Niel  A.  Madsen  and  Miss  Lillian  Barrett, 
J.  E.  Denton  officiating. 

McPHERSON— SMITH— At  the  residence  of  the 
bride's  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leroy  Smith,  Sept. 
17,  1905,  by  J.  W.  Perkins,  Lee  J.  McPherson  and 
Miss  Sarah  Blanche  Smith,  both  of  Dekalb  county, 
Mo. 

MOOG— TEANEY— At  Plattsburg,  Mo.,  Sept.  27, 
1905,  by  J.  W.  Perkins,  John  Moog  and  Miss  Mabel 
H.  Teaney. 

PAYNE— PERRY— At  the  home  of  the  bride, 
715  Sixth  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C,  Julion  R. 
Payne  and  Miss  Jeannette  V.  Perry,  Sept.  20,  1905, 
J.  Murray  Taylor,  officiating. 

REYNARD-CASSIL.-At  the  home  of  F.  A.  Hig- 
gins,  Benton  Harbor,  Mich.,  Sept.  9,  1905,  Charles 
O.  Reynard,  of  Alton,  111.,  and  Miss  Mary  E.  Cassil, 
of  Mount  Vernon,  Ohio.  At  home,  506  Bond  St., 
Alton,  111. 

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COLLINS. 
Miss  Annie  Kennedy  was  born  in  Harrison  county, 
Ky.,  March  4,  1875.  On  Dec.  19, 1894,  she  was  united 
in  marriage  to  John  T.  Collins.  About  one  year  ago 
they  moved  from  Kansas  City  to  Sedalia,  Mo.  She 
died  Tuesday,  Aug.  15,  1905.  In  every  place  where 
duty  called  her  as  a  wife  and  mother  she  was  faithful. 
Her  husband  and  three  children  mourn  her  untimely 
departure.  Richard  Gentry  assisted  the  writer  in 
conducting  the  funeral  at  the  East  Broadway  Chris- 
tian Church.  W.  F.  Hamann, 

EDWARDS. 

At  his  home,  811  North  5th  Street,  Quincy,  111., 
Thomas  H.  Edwards,  on  July  28,  1905,  passed  away. 
He  was  a  Christian  in  the  full  sense  of  the  word. 

McCURDEY. 

Paul  McCurdey  was  born  in  Norfolk,  Sept.  18, 
1880,  died  Sept.  25,  1905.  He  united  with  the  church 
at  the  age  of  14,  under  the  faithful  ministry  of  Brother 
G.  P.  Rutledge,  his  brother-in-law.  Since  that  time 
his  young,  manly,  Christian  life  has  been  an  ack- 
nowledged benediction  wherever  spent.  In  home, 
office,  church  and  social  circle  his  light  has  shone 
with  a  brightness  peculiarly  reflective  of  the  Master's 
life  within  him.  To  his  loving,  bereaved  parents, 
sisters,  brothers,  relatives  and  friends,  we  extend  our 
deepest  sympathy  and  direct  them  to  the  Great 
Comforter.  J.  T.  T.  Hundley. 

Norfolk,  Va. 

PATTERSON. 

B.  A.  Patterson  was  born  Dec.  11,  1869,  near  Farm- 
ington,  Mo.,  and  died  May  1,  1905,  at  Elvins,  Mo. 
For  six  months  he  was  a  patient  sufferer  with  one  of 
the  most  threatening  diseases  that  may  befall  hu- 
manity. This  disease  is  commonly  called  pulmonary 
tuberculosis.  Immediately  after  he  united  with  the 
Christian  Church,  he  did  all  he  could  for  the  cause  of 
Christ,  and  those  who  are  intimately  acquainted  with 
him  have  informed  the  writer  that  he  exercised 
every  influence  for  good  to  make  up  for  the  time 
which  he  lost.  His  death  was  the  saddest  that  has 
occurred  in  the  community.  For  only  a  few  hours 
after  his  death  his  faithful  wife  gave  birth  to  a  child. 
While  Brother  Patterson  was  prepared  to  go,  and 
while  he  made  provision  for  his  wife  and  children, 
yet  it  was  hard  for  him  to  depart,  when  he  was 
needed  so  much.  He  leaves  a  wife  and  five  small 
children  who  have  the  sympathy  of  the  friends  and 
the  entire  community. 

J.  G.  M.  LUTTENBERGER. 


PENNOCK. 
Mrs.  Jane  R,  Pennock  was  born  at  Trenton,  N.  J., 
Feb.  9,  1823,  died  at  Marlboro,  0.,.Sept.  13,  1905. 
Nov.  16,  1844,  she  was  married  to  Henry  W.  Pennock, 
who  died  Aug.  13,  1874.  From  the  age  of  18  she  lived 
all  of  her  life  in  Marlboro.  She  was  a  devoted  mem- 
ber of  the  church  for  more  than  sixty  years.  She 
was  the  mother  of  four  daughters,  all  living,  viz: 
Mrs.  D.  S.  Mugridge  and  Mrs.  Flora  P.  Brook,  of 
Chicago,  111.,  Mrs.  J.  G.  Brooks,  of  Warren,  O.,  and 
Mrs.  W.  W.  Whiteacre,  of  Cleveland,  O.  There  are 
five  living  grand  children  and  two  great  grand  chil- 
dren. She  was  a  patient,  cheerful,  motherly  woman. 
She  Dossessed  the  rich  culture  of  the  heart  which  is 
the  fruitage  of  the  gospel.  E.  P.  Wise. 

PUTERBAUGH. 

Died,  at  his  home  in  Mackinaw,  111.,  Sept.  6,  1905, 
Solomon  Puterbaugh,  aged  82  years,  11  months, 
28  days.  He  was  a  native  of  Miami  county,  O.,  and 
came  to  this  township  with  his  parents  in  1839,  where 
he  resided  until  his  death.  He  was  immersed  by  the 
venerable  pioneer  preacher,  Jas.  A.  Lindsey,  in  1843. 
Married  to  Eliza  Ann  Howell  in  1844,  who  with  two 
sons  and  three  grand  children  and  one  great  grand 
child  survives  him.  One  son  and  one  daughter  hav- 
ing preceded  him.  He  was  an  honored  and  much 
loved  member  of  the  one  congregation  for  more  than 
sixty-two  years  of  this  life.  His  wise  counsel  and 
generous  contributions  have  been  a  power  in  all  the 
years  of  his  life  that  will  be  felt  in  many  circles.  His 
home  was  always  an  ideal  rest  to  the  preacher.  His 
cheerful,  jovial  nature  and  kind  disposition  of  his 
companion  made  them  the  loved  of  everybody.  The 
graces  of  this  Christian  family  are  a  precious  memory. 
Early  in  his  church  life  he  became  a  patron  of  church 
papers  and  one  or  more  could  always  be  found  in  his 
home.  The  immense  throng  of  friends  from  many 
parts  of  the  county,  and  especially  old  people,  was  a 
striking  manifestation  of  the  esteem  and  tender  re- 
gard for  this  venerable  servant.  The  present  pas- 
tor, J.  M.  Vawter,  and  President  R.  E.  Hieronymus, 
of  Eureka,  had  the  services  in  charge. 

George  Patterson. 

SAVIDY. 

Elder  Robert  Savidy  was  born  in  Pottsville,  Pa.. 
Aug.  11,  1826.  In  his  infancy  his  parents  moved  to 
Northcumberland  county,  Pa.,  where  they  resided 
until  1840,  when  they  removed  to  St.  Joseph  county, 
Ind.,  where  Elder  Savidy  resided  the  rest  of  his  life. 
He  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Ann  Rowser,  Jan.  9, 
1851,  and  during  all  the  intervening  years  they  have 
lived  and  labored  in  loving  accord.  Elder  Savidy  be- 
came a  Christian  in  the  fall  of  1847,  uniting  with  the 
Christian  Church  on  Harris  Prairie,  and  has  always 
been  a  faithful  aud  devoted  follower  of  Christ,  serv- 
ing as  elder  of  the  church  for  many  years.  He  died 
Aug.  24,  1905,  after  a  somewhat  prolonged  sickness, 
during  which  time  his  faithful  wife,  though  herself 
infirm  with  age,  sat  al  most  constantly  by  his  side. 
Elder  Savidy  had  by  industry  and  economy  accumu- 
lated a  very  substantial  fortune,  and  havingno  direct 
heirs  he  arranged  for  the  bulk  of  it  to  go,  after  his 
widow's  decease,  to  the  promotion  of  the  cause  of 
Christ  which-  he.  loved  so  ardently.  Several  years 
ago  he  gave  to  the  church  in  South  Bend  a  good 
business  property  on  the  annuity  plan,  the  same  to 
be  sold  and  the  proceeds  to  be  used  in  the  erection 
of  a  modern  house  of  worship.  He  also  provided  for 
several  thousand  dollars  to  be  set  aside  as  an  endow- 
ment for  the  church,  and  bequeathed  his  home  to 
the  church  for  a  parsonage.  He  remembered  the 
Ministerial  Relief  Fund  with  a  bequest  of  $1,000,  and 
provided  that  the  balance  of  his  estate  not  desig- 
nated for  any  other  purpose  should  be  devoted  to  the 
establishment  of  a  church  in  South  Bend  as  a  mem- 
orial to  himself  and  his  wife.  His  death,  though  not 
unexpected,  has  left  a  vacancy  in  the  ranks  of  the 
church  in  this  city,  which  will  be  noticed  for  a  long 
time  to  come.  His  widow  waits  lonely  the  passing 
hours  when  in  the  full  fruition  of  their  faith  and 
labors  of  love  they  may  be  united  again  in  the 
Father's  house  above.  P.  J.  Rice. 


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Family  Circle 


The  Walls  of  China. 

BY   EDWIN    A.    LAYTON,    M.    D. 

From  childhood  we  have  associated  walls 
-with  China.  We  count  the  "Great  Wall" 
as  one  of  the  Seven  Wonders  of  the  World. 
That  stupendous  undertaking,  showing,  as 
it  does,  their  ingenuity,  industry  and  ef- 
forts at  exclusion,  is  characteristic  of  the 
Chinese. 

Walled    cities    are    ancient    and    oriental. 
They   are   landmarks   of  an   older   civiliza- 
tion.    They  belong  to   the   time   when   life 
and    property   were   less   secure   and    when 
simpler     methods     of     warfare     prevailed. 
China,   the   "Middle      Kingdom,"   surpasses 
in  the  number  of  walled  cities ;   there  are 
1,700  to-day.     The  various  walls  of  China 
■are   among  the   first   sights   most   likely  to 
make   an    impression   on   the   mind   of   the 
newcomer.     Arriving  at   Nanking,   for  ex- 
ample— the    Southern    Capital— and    "enter- 
ing in  through  the  gates  into  the  city,"  he 
is  impressed  by  the  dimensions  of  the  city 
wall.      About    twenty-five    miles    in    length, 
averaging  perhaps   fifty   feet   in   height,   as 
wide  on  top  as  a  modern  street  and  built 
before  America  was  discovered,  is  the  wall 
which   the  Taipings    found   an   obstacle   at 
their  late  day.     And  there  are  walls  within 
walls — the  inner  city  wall  and  every  house, 
with   its   court,   securely   walled    in.      Even 
•our   mission   compounds   have   the  conven- 
tional  high   walls   round   about.     When   at 
borne,  therefore,  one  has  the  feeling  of  be- 
ing shut  in  from  the   world  and   when  he 
walks  the  narrow  streets,  bordered  by  high 
walls,    there    comes    the    feeling    of     being 
shut  out  from  the  "Celestials."     Before  the 
main  entrance  to  every  dwelling  is  an  ad- 
ditional wall  as  high  as  the  house  and  as 
broad  as  high,  the  only  purpose  of  which 
is    to     keep     out    devils.      Traveling    in    a 
straight  line,  as  they  are  said  to  do,  they 
just  bump  their  heads  against  these  walls 
if  they  make   for  the   doorway.     "Foreign 
devils"   whose   ways   also   are  not   crooked 
have    sometimes   bumped    against    walls    in 
gaining   access  to   China   and  the   Chinese. 
A  hundred  years  ago  these  literal  walls 
of  China   confronted  the   world.     It   could 
be   said   of   China,   as   of  Jericho,   that   it 
"was.straitly  shut  up   .    .    .  none  went  out 
and  none  came  in."     And  there"  are  other 
walls — figurative,   it   is   true,   but   none   the 
less    real — which    confront   the   missionary. 
The    difficult,    grammarless    language    with 
its  hieroglyphs,  must  be  faced  as  a  "blind 
wall."      It    must       be    "compassed    about," 
•not  seven  days,  but  seven  years  and  seven 
times  in  the  seventh  year.     Then,   face  to 
face    with   the   Chinese,   there   appears   the 
"middle  wall  of  partition"  between  his  re- 
ligion and  theirs,  his  civilization  and  theirs ; 
the  vast  difference  in  inheritance,  training, 
ideals;  the  wall  of  national  self-conceit  in 
process  of  building  since  the  Golden  Age 
•of  the  Flowery  Kingdom,  somewhere  in  the 
remote  past. 

■  Can  China's  walls  be  broken  down,  and 
bow?  _  "By  faith,"  we  read,  "the  walls 
of  Jericho  fell  down."  Here  we  have,  not 
a  city,  but  hundreds  of  cities,  indeed,  a  na- 
tion, surrounded  by  walls.  But  during  this 
century  of  Christian  missions  China's 
walls,  literal  and  figurative,  have  been  fall- 
ing down.  There  is  a  host  in  China  to-day 
who  have  seen  greater  wonders  than  that  at 
Jericho. 

It  was  interesting  and  inspiring  the  other 
<iay  to  hear  Dr.  Griffith  John  give  an  ac- 
count of  his  fifty  years  in  China.  At  his 
arrival  there  were  only  four  ports  where 
foreigners  could  reside.  Now  all  ports  of 
the  empire  are  open  to  the  preaching  of  the 
gospel.  Then  there  were  but  a  few  mis- 
sionaries and  about  400  converts.  Now 
there  are  more  than  3,000  missionaries  and 
perhaps  350,000  Chinese  Christians.  He 
spoke  of  the  great  difficulty  of  getting  with- 
in the   walls   of  a  certain  city  which   long 


since  has  become  a  center  of  missionary 
activity,  lie  told  of  many  walls  which 
have  confronted  him  and  other 
which  "by  faith  .  .  .  fell  down."  Griffith 
John's  name  means  "Great  Faith."  He  re 
ferrcd  to  the  old  story  of  the  negro  who 
said  that  if  the  Lord  told  him  to  jump 
through  a  stone  wall,  he  would  jump,  trust- 
ing the  Lord  to  get  him  through.  Dr.  John 
has  that  kind  of  faith.  He  is  one  of  the 
host  of  Jehovah  before  whom  the  wall  of 
China  must   fall  down. 

All  the  stations  of  the  F\  C.  M.  S.  are  in 
walled  cities  which  not  many  years  ago  were 
"straitly  shut  up"  before  foreigners.  When 
once  admitted  our  pioneers  were  not  kindly 
treated.  They  were  put  in  yamens,  threat- 
ened, reviled,  spat  upon  and  stoned.  Bui 
rapidly  the  wall  of  separation  has  fallen 
down.  Churches  have  been  built,  hospitals 
opened,  schools  established.  Before  the  ac- 
complishment of  these  things  there  were 
great    walls    of    difficulty.      "By    faith    the 

walls fell  down."    Two  more  walled 

cities  are  to  be  occupied  this  fall.  By 
faith  and  perseverance  the  language  has 
been  mastered.  There  are  now  adequate 
helps  to  its  study  and  a  considerable  Chris- 
tian literature.  We  have  in  our  mission 
some  of  the  best  linguists  in  Central  China. 
The  old  wall  of  prejudice  and  persecution 
is  everywhere  crumbling  away.  China  is 
really  open  to  the  world  and  the  gos- 
pel;  opened  by  whom,  and  how?  We  hear 
of  China  being  "opened  at  the  point  of  the 
lancet,"  opened  by  treaty,  and  of  the  "open 
door"  of  commerce,  and  the  like.  But  we 
know  it  was  not  merely  men  nor  money, 
neither  western  learning  nor  battleships, 
for  when  we  review  the  work  of  the  faith- 
ful who,  by  the  help  of  the  Lord,  went  up 
against  a  walled  nation  with  its  walled 
cities  and  walled  homes,  we  must  say : 

"By  faith  the  walls  of  China  fell  down." 

Nanking,  Angust  1,  1905. 


A  Day  Under  the  Banyan. 

BY   ADELAIDE    GAIL   FROST. 

It  was   a  bright  morning  in   February — 
India's  February — and  the  majority  of  the 
bungalow   household   was   preparing    for   a 
picnic     under     the     big    banyan     over     by 
Bijanagar  lake.     Our  two- wheeled  cart  was 
to  carry  three  persons,  and  a  common  coun- 
try  bullock   cart   the    rest   of   us   and    our 
provisions    for    the    day's    comfort,    which 
did    not,    however,    add    materially    to    the 
ride's    comfort — for   baskets    or    something 
that  would  break,  with  the  "total  depravity 
of  inanimate  objects,"  persisted  in  slipping 
into  the  places  most  desirable  for  the  de- 
positing of  one's  human  self!     Miss  Gray- 
biel   stayed  at  home  with    our    family,    in 
some  respects  so  strikingly  like  that  of  the 
"old   woman   who   lived  in  a  shoe."     Mrs. 
Gerould,  Dr.  Smith,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Monroe, 
Miss    Haight,    Isadas,    Sirdar,   the   cook,   a 
cart    driver    and    myself    were    the    picnic 
party.     We  who  went  in  the  bullock  cart 
sat   in  a  line  of  five   rows   from  back  to 
front,  one  in  a  row !     Feet  seemed  very  un- 
necessary appendages  in  this  procession.  If 
one  wished  to  put  these  at  other  times  use- 
ful   members    outside    the    cart    there    was 
danger    from    the    great    wheels    made     of 
rounds  from  logs;    or  if  they  were  extended 
out    the    front,    the    bullocks    might    turn 
around    or    buck    against    them    any    time. 
These    animals    have    abnormal    curiosity, 
and  delight  to  see  how  near  they  can  come 
to  the  edge  of  the  roadside   ditches   with- 
out upsetting  the  cart ;  they  will  also  most 
suddenly  decide  to  go  in  almost  any  direc- 
tion   other    than    that    desired   by   the    one 
who   is   guiding  them,   either   with   a   prod 
or  by  twisting  the  caudal  appendage  of  the 
means    of    locomotion.      It    is    about    four 
miles     from     Mahoba     to     Biianagar     or 
Vijainagar,    "City   of   Victory."     The   lake 
reminds     me      somewhat      of     Minnesota's 
smaller  lakes  as  to  its  quiet  and  apparent 
remoteness ;    but    there    are    rock    crowned 
hills    about    Bijanagar,    so    its    waters    lie 
sparkling  in  a  rock-hewn  cup.     On  the  side 
where  we  picnicked   are  many  stone  steps 


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leading  down  into  the  water,  and  also 
serving  as  an  embankment.  Here,  we  fancy, 
centuries  ago  the  people  of  a  city  came  to 
bathe. 

I  think  we  may  truthfully  say  the  largest 
of    the    Bijanagar   banyans    is    one    of    the 
very   largest    in    India.      I    should    think   a 
hundred  persons  could  easily  picnic  in  its 
shade — at  least,  more  than  a  hundred  chil- 
dren  have  done  it.     It  trails  its  branches, 
at   the   end   of  each   of  which   is   a  brown 
tassel  of  roots,   in  the   waters   of  the  lake 
on  one  side,  while  on  the  larger  arc  of  its 
circumference  the   roots  find  mother  earth 
and    continue   to    increase    the    great    leafy 
dome  above.    The  sacred  pipal  tree  Delongs 
to    the    same    family    as    the    banyan,    but 
does  not  send  roots  from  the  branches  in 
the   same   way.     We   sat   under   this   great 
tree   with    screens   of   roots   about   us,   and 
had     dinner — fried     chicken    and    potatoes 
roasted  in  the  ashes  of  our  camp-fire;  and 
names    of    places    widely    separated    geo- 
graphically mingled   in   our  conversation — 
India,   United   States    of    America.    Egypt. 
Canada,    Cleveland    and    Cairo,    Cincinnati 
and    Benares,    Indianapolis    and    Calcutta, 
Toronto  and  Bombay,  Hiram  and  Hamir- 
pur.      Our    conversation    was    that    medley 
that  comforts  one  in  thinking  that  the  far 
is    much    nearer    than    it     used     to     be.     I 
thought     of     The     Christian-Evangelist 
very  often,   and  of  how   I   could  make  its 
readers  imagine,  to  some  extent,  any  way, 
the  picture  and  the  feelings  it  awoke  in  me. 
Upon  the  hillside  are  the  ruins  of  an  old 
palace  and  fort  combined,  belonging  proba- 
bly to  the  feudal  system  of  the  old  Chandel 
rajas,  and  the  lake  and  palace,  and  proba- 
bly a  city  here  was  once  a  part  of  the  capi- 
tal   of   some   old    Hindu   king.      This    ruin 
adds  to  the  picture — a  stretch  of  green  in  a 
field  bordering  the  water  makes  an  emerald 
band    on    the    further    side,    the    great   old 
rocks    add    russet    and    gray    to    the    color 
scheme,   the   waters   ripple  jewel   colors   in 
the  great  basin.     Perhaps  an  unusual  ripple 
is  caused  by  a  crocodile,  for  a  number  of 
times  that  day  Mr.  Monroe  or  Sirdar  gave 
the   signal   that   a   huge   crocodile   was    in 
sight  and  there  was  a  scramble  to  see  him 
lazily    drag    himself    from    the    water    into 
the    sun.      Sometimes    three   or    four    wild 
pea  fowl  flew  up  from  the  near  jungle  and 
Mr.   Monroe  brought  one  in  for  a  substi- 
tute   for   turkey   for  the   morrow's   dinner. 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


Xo\  ENfBER  2,   1905 


He  also  shot  a  pigeon  which  was  roasted 
over  the  camp-fire. 

I  thought  of  the  times  I  had  seen  Mrs. 
Gerould  in  the  pretty  "homey"  parlors  at 
no  Olive  street.  Cleveland,  and  then  I 
looked  at  her  anew  under  the  big  banyan. 
Were  no  Olive  street  and  Cleveland  and — 
Hiram,  really  half  the  circumference  of 
this  earth  away?  Was  it  really  midnight 
there?  It  is  better  not  to  try  to  realize 
how  far  those  western  homes  of  ours  are 
when  love  and  thought  and  Jesus  have 
brought   them   so   near. 

The  waters  were  just  beginning  to  crim- 
son a  little  when  we  turned  homeward. 
We  passed  many  people  returning  from  the 
bazar,  so  many  scantily  clothed  in  dust- 
colored  draperies,  so  many  toil-worn  and 
rude-looking,  so  many  with  hidden  possi- 
bilities and  then  we  came  to  the  good, 
new  buildings  almost  completed  for  the 
survey  department  which  will  have  head- 
quarters at  Mahoba  during  the  re-survey 
of  Hamirpur.  They  are  large,  red  brick 
buildings  and  have  given  work  to  a  great 
many  people. 

Mahoba,  India. 

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MaKing  Home  Pleasant. 

A  Washington  woman  on  a  visit  to  a  toy 
shop  recently  noticed  a  small  girl  who  was 
eagerly  looking  at  a  mechanical  mouse. 

"Although  we  had  never  been  intro- 
duced." said  the  woman,  "the  child  spoke 
to  me.  Holding  up  the  mouse,  she  in- 
quired anxiously,  'Do  vou  think  it  looks 
real?' 

"I  said  I  thought  it  did. 

'  'It  is  very  expensive,'  said  the  little  girl, 
'and  I've  been  saving  up  for  two  weeks  to 
get  it.     I  want  it  to  look  real.' 

'  "Why  not  get  a  doll  ?'  I  suggested. 

"  'Oh,'  said  she,  'it  isn't  for  me.  It's  for 
our  cat  We  brought  him  home  from  the 
country,  and  he  isn't  very  happy  in  a  flat. 
I  thought  if  he  had  a  mouse  that  would 
run.  to  play  with,  it  might  make  it  seem 
more  like  home.' 

"And  the  dear  little  soul's  pennies  went 
over  the  counter.  I  wondered  what  she  had 
for  herself  to  make  a  flat  seem  like  home." 
—Washington  Post. 


Wanted— A  Companion. 

The  following  advertisement  appeared  in 
a  London  paper : 

A  lady  in  delicate  health  wishes  to  meet 
with  a  useful  companion.  She  must  be  do- 
mestic, musical,  an  early  riser,  amiable,  of 
good  appearance,  and  have  some  experience 
in  nursing.  A  total  abstainer  preferred. 
Comfortable  home.     No  salary. 

A  few  days  afterwards  the  advertiser  re- 
ceived by  express  a  basket  labeled :  "This 
side  up — with  care — perishable."  On  open- 
ing it  she  found  a  tabby,  cat,  with  a  letter 
tied  to  its  tail.     It  ran  thus: 

"Madam — In  response  to  your  adver- 
tisement, I  am  happy  to  furnish  you  with  a 
very  useful  companion  which  you  will  find 
exactly  suited  to  your  requirements.  She 
is  domestic,  a  good  vocalist,  an  early  riser, 
possesses  an  amiable  disposition,  and  is  con- 
sidered handsome.  She  has  had  a  great  ex- 
perience as  a  nurse,  having  brought  up  a 
large  family.  I  need  scarcely  add  that 
she  is  a  total  abstainer.  As  salary  is  no 
object  to  her,  she  will  serve  you  faithfully 
in  return  for  a  comfortable  home." — 
Youth's  Companion. 


Printer's  Humor. 

"T.  P."  has  collected  some  amusing  in- 
stances of  printers'  errors,  contributed  by 
well-known  authors.  An  English  woman 
novelist,  he  says,  tells  of  the  mistake  of  a 
printer  who  made  one  of  her  characters  say 
that  "she  stuffed  papa  into  the  grate,  and 
soon  there  was  a  merry  blaze."  What  she 
wroter    was   "paper." 

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in  an  uncorrected  proof  which  read  as  fol- 
lows :  "With  the  intent  of  improving  her 
grandchildren's  moral  character,  the  pious 
old  lady  would  recite  every  evening  terse 
passages  from  the  masterpieces  of  Boc- 
caccio." The  author  had  referred  to  Bogat- 
sky,  author  of  an  old-fashioned  religious 
manual  on  conduct. 

W.  W.  Jacobs  writes: 

"The  most  amusing  error  in  my  case  was 
made  by  a  typist.  I  was  describing  the  emo- 
tions of  a  man  in  a  country  lane  coming 
in  the  dawn    upon*   another    man  walking. 

about  tied  in  a  chair.     I  wrote  that  ' 

he  was  undecided  whether  it  was  a  mon- 
strosity or  an  apparition' ;  the  typist  ren- 
dered it  '  ....  he  was  undecided  whether  it 
was  a  monstrosity  or  a  battleship.'  " 

To  these  recollections  may  be  added  the 
experience  of  a  writer  who,  in  describing 
the  "Norse  Sonata"  of  a  certain  composer, 
was  made  to  refer  to  the  work  in  print  as  a 
"horse  sonata." — Harper's  Weekly. 


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Christianity  in  Japan. 

A  statement  prepared  by  the  president  of 
the  Duncan  Academy  at  Tokyo,  Dr.  Clem- 
ent, shows  that  Christianity  has  made  con- 
siderable progress  in  Japan.  There 
are  now  about  300,000  professing  Chris- 
tians in  that  empire  and  100,000  of  these 
are  Protestants.  The  actual  church  mem- 
bership is  considerably  smaller,  and  in  1903 
it  was  divided  as  follows :  Catholic,  58,- 
000;  Greek  Catholic,  27,000;  Protestant, 
55,000.  The  Russian  Church  has  labored 
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Dr.  Clement  and  other  missionaries  be- 
lieve that  Japan  will  become  a  Christian 
nation  within  the  present  century,  despite 
the  agnostic  tendencies  of  her  educated 
classes. — The  Chautauquan. 

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With  the  Children 

By  J.  BrecHeorldge  Ellis. 


A  Week   with   the  Woodneys. 

THE    SIXTH     MORNING     (CONTINUED). 

When  Bonaparte  reached  the  barn,  Ar- 
thur Lowell,  crushed  by  the  new  disgrace 
which  suspicion  had  thrown  upon  him, 
had  crept  away.  Luther  Woodney  helped 
the  horse  over  the  wooden  doorsill,  and 
almost  dragged  him  to  the  manger.  The 
young  man  climbed  to  the  loft  to  throw 
down  some  hay,  and  while  he  was  thus 
engaged  the  blacksmith  came  up  to  the 
family  group. 

"Who  is  this?"  asked  Worth  Acre,  gaz- 
ing respectfully  at  the  forlorn  animal  whom 
no  one  thought  of  mocking  by  tying  with 
a  rope. 

"Good  morning,  Worth,"  said  Mr.  Wood- 
ney heartily,  recognizing  the  blacksmith's 
voice,  "I  am  glad  to  have  you  meet 
Luther." 

"It's  more  than  he  seems  to  be,"  said 
Worth,  as  the  beast  bowed  its  head  that 
it  might  rest  on  the  margin  of  the  manger, 
and  dropped  its  lower  lip  till  the  great 
teeth  were  exposed  to  the  gums. 

"I  am  sure,"  returned  the  other  earnest- 
ly, "that  he  is  delighted  to  meet  any  friend 
of  ours." 

"He  doesn't  look  it,"  Worth  persisted  ob- 
stinately. Luther,  busy  in  pitching  down 
hay,  did  not  hear  this  conversation,  but 
Mace  interposed. 

"You  don't  understand,  Mr.  Acre. 
Luther  is  getting  down  the  hay."  Just  at 
that  moment  the  horse  feebly  extended  his 
tongue  and  reached  for  a  wisp  of  hay 
which  had  settled  on  his  nose.  The  tip  of 
the  tongue  touched  the  hay  and  pushed  it 
up  between  his  eyes. 

"I  don't  know  about  that,"  said  Worth, 
"I  don't  believe  he  can  get  it  down." 

Mace  began  to  laugh  at  Worth's  mis- 
take, and  just  then  Mrs.  Woodney  came 
with  the  manuscript  of  her  novel.  "How 
are  you  now,  Bonaparte?"  she  called  airily. 

"All  right,"  called  Luther  from  the  lift; 
"I   guess   that's   enough." 

"I  thought  that  was  Arthur  Lowell  up 
there !"  Worth  exclaimed,  startled  by  a 
strange  voice. 

"My  grandson  has  come  to  spend  Sunday 
with  us,"  said  old  Mrs.  Woodney. 

"Is  Bonaparte  your  son?"  inquired 
Worth  of  Mrs.  Woodney. 

"No,  he  is  our  horse,"  replied  the  other, 
climbing  into  the  box  which  was  fastened 
at  one  end  of  the  manger. 

"I  am  glad  you  have  two  horses,"  said 
the  blacksmith,  "for  I  think  you  will  soon 
want  to  replace   Luther." 

"Worth,"  interposed  Mr.  Woodney,  "you 
must  excuse  Mace  for  laughing,  but  the 
thought  of  replacing  Luther  is  too  much 
for  her."  Mace,  in  truth,  had  become  so 
delighted  over  the  blacksmith's  mistake 
that  she  had  begun  to  laugh  merrily,  and 
as  he  continued  in  his  error,  her  laughter 
continued,  till  she  was  now  almost  hys- 
terical. The  great,  good-natured  black- 
smith, deeply  puzzled,  anxious  to  set  things 
right,  and  finding  that  each  remark  from 
him  increased  Mace's  laughter,  resolved  to 
say  no  more.  Luther  came  down  from  the 
loft.  "This  is  my  friend,  Mr.  Acre,"  said 
Luther's  father,  and  they  shook  hands. 

"Now,  Mace,  stop  laughing,"  said  her 
mother,  "for  I  am  going  to  begin  my  tale. 
Mr.  Acre,  you  won't  mind,  I  hope.  I've 
begun  my  book,  and  I  want  the  family  to 
decide  on  its  merits."  She  began  to  read: 
"Late  one  Hue  evening  in  January,  while  a 
iine  south  wind  was  waving  the  branches 
to  and  fro,  and  some  birds  (they  were 
snowbirds)  were  singing  merrily  on  the 
glistening  sheet  of  snow  and  a  fine  blue 
color  overspread  the  sky — " 

''What  we  want  to  do  now,"  said  Luther, 
"is    to   make   this    horse   lie   down    on    the 


hay."  The  hay  was  piled  high  beside  the 
mournful  beast. 

"That  ought  to  be  easy,"  said  Worth, 
coming  to  his  side,  "just  push  him  over  on 
it.     Let  me." 

"lie's  down!"  cried  old  Mrs.  Woodney 
triumphantly. 

"Geraldine,"  said  her  husband,  "I  think 
there  are  too  many  'fines'  in  that  passage." 

"There  are  only  three  'fines' "  said  his 
wife,  "and  every  one  of  them  is  necessary." 

"Why  not  say  'a  pleasant  south  wind,' 
instead  of  "a  fine  south  wind'  ?" 

"Because,"  returned  the  wife,  "fine  ex- 
presses my  thought,  and  pleasant  ex- 
presses yours,  and  I  am  the  one  who  is 
writing  the  book." 

"I  think,"  remarked  her  mother-in-law, 
"that  what  you  threw  in  about  their  be- 
ing snowbirds  would  just  as  well  be  left 
to  the  imagination." 

"Lie  won't  stay  down,"  said  Luther,  as 
Bonaparte  began  to  struggle  from  his  bed 
of  hay  upon  which  Worth  had  pushed 
him ;  "and  he's  hurting  his  leg  by  trying 
to  get  up." 

"Let's  rope  him  down,"  said  Worth.  "I'll 
sit  on  his  neck  till  you  get  a  rope.  He'll 
ruin  his   leg,  pawing  like  that." 

"Won't  it  choke  him  to  sit  on  his  neck?" 
exclaimed  Mace. 

"Oh,  no,"  returned  the  blacksmith,  seat- 
ing himself  deliberately  on  the  horse's  long, 
thin  neck.  "It  will  keep  him  from  hurting 
himself.     Lie  still,   Luther." 

"Well,  how  do  you  like  the  way  it 
starts?"  demanded  Mrs.  Geraldine,  look- 
ing up. 

"Oh,  he's  all  right,"  Worth  assured  her. 
"He's  just  kicking  a  little  for  breath." 

"Mother,"  said  Mace  earnestly,  "I've 
been  reading  where  the  critics  make  fun  of 
long  descriptions  of  the  weather.  They 
say  it's  going  out  of  style,  and  if  it  were 
my  book,  I'd  leave  out  that  part." 

"Then  I'd  have  to  leave  out  all  I've 
read,"  objected  her  mother.  "But  I'll  go 
on,"  she  added  hastily,  as  she  saw  Luther 
coming  with  a  rope :  "■ — and  just  before 
sunset,- a  large,  red  wagon  carrying  at  the 
end  of  it  a  high  leather  trunk,  and  leading 
behind  it,  by  means  of  a  long  rope,  a  dis- 
pirited and  much-abused  horse — " 

"Now,  Mr.  Acre,"  said  Luther,  "will  you 
let  Bonaparte  ease  up  a  little?" 


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"Under  you,"  said  Luther.  Mace  began 
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horse,  was  tied  in  such  a  manner  that  it 
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Mace  said  to  Worth,  "you  ought  to  be  able 
to  help  that  horse." 

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all  right,  but  I  can't  make  one  over.  If 
I'd  had  this  one  when  it  was  a  colt,  some- 
thing might  have  been  done." 

"Go  on,  Geraldine,"  said  her  husband 
patiently. 

"That's   all,"   said  the  wife. 

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trying  not  to  speak  in  a  tone  of  relief. 
"Why,  Geraldine,  it  is  brief !" 

"That  is  all,"  repeated  Mrs.  Geraldine, 
"and  the  last  few  words  came  to  me  just 
now.  They  are  written  with  a  pencil.  Yes, 
there  are  not  many  words  here,  but  they 
represent  a  great  deal  of  thought.  I  have 
my  trunk  and  my  horse  in  the  story,  but 
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find  it  very  easy  to  bring  things  into  my 
book,  but  it's  hard  to  dispose  of  them  af- 
terwards. I  can't  see  what  the  horse  has 
to  do   with   the  trunk." 

"Why  not  run  them  as  two  distinct  char- 
sr     Worth    suggested,    as    they    pre- 
pared to  return  to  the  house.     "You  might 
have  the  horse  belonging  to  the  hero,  and 
the  trunk  belonging  to  the  heroine." 

"I  don't  know  whether  I'll  have  a  hero 
or  heroine."  said  Mrs.  Geraldine.  "I've 
only  thought  as  far  as  the  horse  and 
trunk.  Perhaps  I  may."  They  went  to 
the  house  and  Luther  suggested  that  Mace 
play  hymns  on  the  organ  while  all  sing 
to  the  accompaniment.  The  suggestion 
was  received  eagerly,  and  soon  the  dark 
parlor  rang  with  old  familiar  airs.  Worth 
had  a  powerful  voice,  which  alone  would 
have  made  the  walls  ring.  Luther  sang 
bass  and  his  father,  tenor.  The  blind  face 
6f  the  master  shone  with  holy  light  as  the 
words,  deep  with  meaning  and  intense  with 
feeling,  trembled  upon  his  lips.  Old  Mrs. 
Woodney,  erect  and  stately,  her  hands 
crossed  upon  her  lap,  her  eyes  glowing  with 
fervor,  raised  her  voice  with  a  ring  of 
triumphant  faith :  she  had  sung  the  same 
songs  when  a  child,  and  if  her  tones  were 
not  so  sweet  and  clear,  they  had  gained 
something  of  which  the  child  knew  noth- 
ing. Mrs.  Geraldine.  not  so  familiar  with 
the  words,  held  a  hymn  book  upon  her 
knee,  while  her  son.  seated  beside  her, 
sang  from  the  same  page.  Presently  all 
were  voicing  "Am  I  a  Soldier  of  the 
Cross?"  each  with  a  different  look  and 
feeling.  Old  Mrs.  Woodney  sang  as  one 
who  had  proved  her  answer  to  that  ques- 
tion :  she  was  about  ready  to  lay  aside  her 
armor,  and  she  could  point  to  a  long  ca- 
reer of  toil  and  triumph.  Benjamin  Wood- 
ney was  triumphant,  too.  As  a  soldier  of 
the  Cross,  he  was  not  blind,  but  saw  with 
the  clear  eye  of  love  and  faith  the  path  be- 
fore his  feet,  the  foe  whom  he  must  en- 
counter, and  the  outposts'  of  sin  which  he 
had  resolved  to  overthrow.  Worth  Acre 
was  a  soldier,  in  his  way,  putting  to  flight 
the  sorrows  and  regrets  that  might  have 
subdued  a  less  hardy  warrior,  ready  for 
each  day's  tasks,  and  patient  under  the 
burden  of  lifelong  cares,  smiling  with  his 
great  brown  eyes  in  the  very  face  of  grief. 

Luther  Woodney  was  a  young  volunteer 
who  as  yet  knew  little  of  the  real  strength 
of  the  foe,  but  who,  with  the  intrepid  spirit 
of  the  brave  yet  untried,  was  ready  for  any 
danger.  His  mother  sang  with  a  serene 
face  and  a  calm  heart,  as  if  she  felt  it  was 
perhaps  enough  for  her  to  have  sent  to  the 
war  such  valiant  warriors  as  Luther  and 
Mace.  But  with  Mace,  that  hymn  was  still 
a  question,  and  upon  her  sweet,  grave  face, 
lingered  a  hesitation,  a  shade  of  doubt. 
Was  she.  indeed,  ready  to  forego  the  pleas- 
ures and  luxuries  of  life  for  the  sake  of 
her  religion?  The  test  had  not  come; 
would  it  ever  come?  And  if  it  came,  would 
she  choose  the  "flowery  beds  of  ease"  ? 
She  did  not  know ;  and,  always  frank,  even 
with  herself,  she  told  herself  the  question 
for  her  was  unsettled.  Yet  there  was 
something  contagious  in  the  almost  pas- 
sionate triumph  of  the  voices  about  her. 
She  sang  with  the  others;  the  words  were 
the  same,  but  somehow  a  mist  grew  in  her 
eyes,  a  mist  of  tears.  They  were  so  sure — 
and  it  was  so  splendid  to  be  sure !  They 
reached  the  last  verse  and  their  voices  grew 
stronger,  till  it  seemed  to  Mace's  wrought- 
up  imagination  that  the  dark  little  chamber 
rang  with  the  shouts  of  the  victorious  sol- 
diers.    She  sang  with  them — 

"When  that  illustrious  day  shall   rise 
And  all  thine  armies  shine 
In   robes  of  victory  through  the   skies — " 

Her  eyes  caught  the  words  of  the  con- 
cluding line,  and  her  voice  was  hushed, 
while  Worth  Acre,  rising  upon  tiptoe,  as  if 
to  add  volume  and  height  to  his  trumpet 
tones,  led  the  others  with — 

"The  glory  shall  be  thine!" 

There  was  a  knock  on  the  door.  Luther 
opened  it  and*  Miss  Polly,  Miss  Susie  and 


Miss  Lizzie  appeared  at  the  threshold,  car- 
rying hymn  books. 

"May  we  join  you?"'  asked  Miss  Polly 
timidly.  She  caught  sight  of  the  black- 
smith  and  started.  Miss  Susie  saw  him  and 
bowed  distantly.  Miss  Lizzie  saw  and  a 
light  flashed  in  her  eyes  and  upon  her 
lips.  It  was  so  unexpected!  A  blush 
sought  her  pale  cheek.  Worth  divined  her 
agitation,  and  came  to  her  relief. 

"Come  right  in!"  he  cried,  heartily. 
"We've  pitched  our  tent,  and  we're  glad  to 
get  recruits !" 

Mr.  Woodney,  still  thrilling  with  emo- 
tion, exclaimed,  "Let  this  be  the  first 
meeting  of  our  church  of  Christian  union." 

"Amen !"  cried  old  Mrs.  Woodney. 

"We  believe  Jesus  is  the  Son  of  God, 
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and  we  accept  it  as  our  guide.  On  that 
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stretched  out  both  hands,  as  one  feeling  in 
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had  felt  his  touch.  But  Mace  sat  with  her 
face  hidden  on  the  organ.  Mace  was  not 
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I  CAN  CURE  YOUR  EYES 

Without  the   Knife  At  Your  Own   Home. 

No  Risk.  No  Pain.  No  Inconvenience. 


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either  absolutely  failed,  pro= 
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an  operation.  A  rational 
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press,  the  pulpit  and  by 
modern   physiciaas. 


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America's  Master  Oculist. 

(Copy  ighted.) 


pERSONS  who  have  suf= 
fered  unsuccessful 
trea  ment  at  the  hands  of 
other  doctors  and  who  are 
discouraged  are  especially 
invited  to  consult  me.  Ny 
best  advertisements  to-day 
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over  the  entire  country — 
people  who,  after  years  of 
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The  Originator  and  Only  Practitioner  of  The 

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TESTIMONIALS 

MI5SM\RY  A.QREE^LEeS,  1011  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia, 

Ha.,  writes:  ■  Although  the  bist  eye  specialists  in  Philadelphia   said  my 
eyes  would  have  to  be  taken  out,  you  have  effected  a  cure." 
nRS-.  W,-   CHAPMAN,  104  So.  1st  St.     Marshalltown,    Iowa, 

r.thel  could  not  te  1  day  from  night  when  she  commenced  your 
treatment.  Her  eyes  are  perfect  n  iw  aDd  she  has  no  trouble  whatever  at 
school. 

ROBERT    WRAY,     Cuperbino,   Santa   Clara    County,    Calif., 

w  rues:      \  our  treat  nent  is  an  unquilifiel  success  ij  my  case  even  after  four 
operations  were  fa  lures." 

MR.  n.  DONOVAN,  100  N.  Clark  St.,  Chicago,  writes:  "When 
I  commenced  your  treat  nent  I  was  nearly  blind  with  cataiacts.  I  have  no 
trouble  now  in  reading  the  finest  newspaper  print  without  glasses." 


TESTIMONIALS   ^ 

REV.  W.  E.  MILUNQTON.  of  Keeseville.  N.  Y.,  writes:  "I  had 
been  crosseyed  for  sixty  years  and  was  neatly  blinded  with  caUracts.  Your 
treatment  has  succeeded  where  all  others  have  failed." 

HON  EDWARD  P.  VaIL,  ex-Judge,  First  National  Bank  Bldg., 
Chicago,  writes:  "I  am  convinced  that  through  your  treatment  of  my 
soi's  eyes  that  you  can  acco  uplish  tha%  in  your  profession,  which  all 
other  noted  specialists  of  our  country  have  failed  to  do." 

CHARLtSS  FRBBURQ,  North  Freedom,  Wis  .writes:  "My  eye 
is  perfectly  straight.    My  friends  are  much  amazed  and  surprised." 

GBORQE  E.  DOANE,  Contractor,  6339  Champaign  Ave  . 
Chi  ago,  writes:  "I  cann  t  say  how  you  succeeded,  but  that  my  eye  is 
sound  and  well  and  the  tumor  is  entirely  gone.  My  faith  in  your  treat- 
ment is  uubounded,  for  I  had  been  repeatedly  advised  that  the  trouble 
was  incurable." 


CROSS-EYES    STRAIGHTENED    WITHOUT    THE    KNIFE 

AND    WITH    ABSOLUTELY   NO    PAIN 

I  am  particularly  anxious  to   learn  of  every  case  which  has  suffered  unsuccessful   treatments   or   which   has  been   pronounced 
incurable  by  physicians  or  oculists.     Do  not  let  your  unsuccessful  experiments  discourage   you.     Write   me   a   full  history   of  tbe 
trouble  and  I  will  be  pleased  to  give  the  matter  my  personal  attention  and  give  you  my  opinion.     THIS  OPINION  AS  WELL 
kAS  MY  ADVICE  WILL  COST  YOU  NOTHING  WHATEVER  AND  WILL  NOT  PUT  YOU  UNDER  ANY  OBLIGATIONS  OF  ANY 
KIND  OR  NATURE.    This  is  a  fair  proposition.     You  may  rest  assured  that  if  I  consider  your  case  beyond  relief  I  will 
I.X  X  candidly  tell  you  so.    I  have  no  false  hopes  to  hold  out,  neither  do  I  make  any  promises  which  I  can  not  fulfill.     If,  later, 
fadi*on,       >^  >^    y°u  decide  to  place  your  case  in  my  hands  for  treatment  you  will  find  my  fees  reasonable  and  within  your  grasp.     A 
Suite  260,  80   X"V^     moment   of  your   time  in  writing  to  me  may  save  you  or  a  friend  from  a  life  of  darkness. 

•earborn   St.,      \N.  1  have  just  issued  this  month  another  edition  of  100,000  copies    of    my    Book,    "DISEASES    OF    THE    EYE, 

Dear1  Doctor:  \?X.      THEIR    °URE  WITHOUT  SURGERY."    This  book  is  without  a  doubt  the  finest  book  of  its  kind  in  the  world, 

If  the  edition  is       ^VrV     and  consist8  oi  eighty  pages,  sixty  pages  of  which  are  devoted  to   eye  diseases.     Nearly  fifty  ordinary  dis- 
not  already  depkt-  ^v>!v        eased    conditions  are  treated  in  separate  chapters  and  the   book    is   illustrated   throughout   with   colored 

ed  please  send  FRF. f.  ^v^v  Plates,     The  remaining  twenty  pages  are  devoted  to  testimonials    from    cured    patients    all    over    the 

TO  ME,  a  copy  of  your  >*5X         country.    The  book  is  well  worth  its  weight  in  gold  to   any  one   who  is   suffering  with  their  eyes, 

book  entitled  "Eye  Dis-  ^V^^.  Many  books  of  comparatively  no  value  are  daily   sold  for  $5,00  a  copy.     I  offer  it  to  you,  how- 

eases— Their  Cure  Without  >jrv  ever>  for  tie  asking,     IT  IS  ABSOLUTELY  FREE.     Either  fill  out  the  attached  coupon  and 

Surgery,"    as    advertised    ir:  XX  return  It  to  me,  or  mail  me  your  name  and   address  upon  a  postal  card,    DO  IT  NOW. 

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A  PRAYER. 


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Y  prayer  is  not  that  wealth  and  place  be  mine; 
Nor  that  fame's  laurels  may  my  brow  adorn, 
To  pierce  my  flesh  with  envy's  venomed  thorn 

And  wither  in  the  heat  that  bade  them  shine. 
I  would  not  quaff  life's  rich,  empurpled  wine, 

To  the  exclusion  of  one  thirsting  lip; 
Nor  sail  the  mortal  sea  in  proud-rigged  ship, 

Heedless  of  wretches  battling  with  the  brine. 
No!  In  the  white,  transparent  light  of  truth, 

Secure  from  error,  1  would  ever  dwell; 
My  guide  and  comfort  wisdom's  steadfast  hand; 

My  soul  buoyed  up  with  love's  immortal  youth, 
Such  ardor  as  should  burst  its  narrow  cell 

And  fire  all  hearts  throughout  the  tepid  land. 

—J.  J$.  Barnard. 


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What  We  Stand  For. 

For  the  Christ  of  Galilee, 

For  the  truth  which  makes  men  free, 

For  the  bond  of  unity 

Which  makes  God's  children  one. 

For  the  love  which  shines  in  deeds, 
For  the  life  which  this  world  needs, 
For  the  church  whose  triumph  speeds 
The  prayer:    "Thy  will  be  done." 

For  the  right  against  the  wrong, 
For  the  weak  against  the  strong, 
For  the  poor  who've  waited  long 
For  the  brighter  age  to  be. 

For  the   faith   against  tradition, 
For  the  truth  'gainst  superstition, 
For  the  hope  whose  glad  fruition 
Our  waiting  eyes  shall  see. 

For  the  city  God  is  rearing, 
For  the  New  Earth  now  appearing, 
For  the  heaven  above  us  clearing, 
And  the  song  of  victory. 

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CONTENTS. 

Current    Events    1447 

Editorial — 

"The  Basis  of  Union" 1449 

A  Call  to  Business  Men 1449 

"Thoughts  of  Thirty  Years" 1450 

Notes  and  Comments 1450 

Easy    Chair 1451 

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Reminiscences  of  a  Debater.    John  S. 
Sweeney    1452 

As  Seen  from  the  Dome.    F.  D.  Power.  1453 

The  Romance  of  Religious  Realism. 
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Vol.  XLII. 


November  9,   1905 


No   45 


Current  Events. 


The  Russian 
Revolution. 


The  revolution  in  Russia  is  the  great 
topic  of  the  week.  Editorial  writers  have 
so  often  been  called  upon 
to  chronicle  and  com- 
ment upon  the  beginning 
of  a  new  and  liberal  regime  in  Russia,  only 
to  find  that  it  was  a  false  alarm,  and  that 
the  old  regime  was  going  on  unchanged,  that 
they  might  be  pardoned  for  hesitating  to 
acclaim  the  Czar's  manifesto  as  necessarily 
marking  the  real  end  of  the  autocracy.  But 
it  seems  to  be  true.  The  manifesto  bears 
examination  remarkably  well.  It  really 
means  something,  which  is  more  than  any 
of  the  earlier  documents  of  similar  preten- 
sions have  done.  It  really  authorizes  a 
wide  extension  of  the  suffrage  and  an  elect- 
ed legislative  assembly  whose  approval  shall 
be  necessary  for  the  validity  of  any  law. 
To  be  sure,  the  exact  extent  of  the  suffrage 
is  not  yet  defined  and  some  important  topics, 
such  as  military  and  naval  affairs,  and  all 
matters  pertaining  to  the  perquisites,  and 
properties  of  the  sovereign  and  his  court — 
are  removed  from  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
legislative  assembly.  But  the  reforms,  as 
far  as  they  go,  are  real,  not  nominal ;  and 
they  go  far  enough  to  make  the  transition 
of  the  basis  of  government  from  the  whim 
of  an  autocrat  to  the  judgment  of  the  pub- 
lic— more  or  less  perfecty  ascertained. 

The  cessation  of  popular  clamor  and  tur- 
bulence has  not  followed  as  promptly  as 
was  expected  upon  the  publication  of  the 
manifesto.  The  general  strike  was  at  once 
declared  off  and  the  conditions  in  St.  Peters- 
burg and  Moscow  vastly  improved.  There 
was  a  good  deal  of  hilarious  celebration, 
but  no  serious  breach  of  the  peace.  Else- 
where, however,  the  effect  has  been  quite 
different.  In  Warsaw,  Kieff,  Odessa  and 
many  other  cities  there  have  been  riots 
which  have  become  almost  massacres,  and 
the  troops  have  shown  themselves  either 
unable  to  suppress  these  disorders  or  un- 
willing to  attempt  it.  The  prime  movers 
in  this  epidemic  of  rioting  represent  appar- 
ently the  same  elements  of  irresponsible 
radicalism  that  have  always  offered  violence 
as  the  means  of  Russia's  regeneration. 
Either  they  are  incredulous  as  to  the  reality 
of  the  promised  reforms  or,  considering 
them  insufficient,  wish  to  press  the  advant- 
age and  compel  further  concessions,  per- 
haps even  a  republican  form  of  government. 
There  are  thousands  who  will  not  be  satis- 
fied unless  the  Russian  revolution  does  to 
the  Romanoffs  what  the  French  revolution 
did  to  the  Bourbons.  Incidentally,  too,  they 
hope  for  a  general  cleaning  out  of  disagree- 


The  Case  of 

Finland. 


able  elements  in  the  empire — the  Jews,  for 
instance,  who  are  particularly  obnoxious 
to  many  of  these  violent  patriots.  So  the 
riots  have  in  many  places  taken  the  form  of 
anti-Semitic  demonstrations,  a  type  of  law- 
lessness always  especially  congenial  to  the 
roughs  and  radicals  of  Odessa  and  vicinity. 
The  loss  of  the  Jews,  both  in  life  and  prop- 
erty, has  been  very  great  in  this  district. 
The  incongruity  of  an  assault  upon  the  Jews 
as  a  part  of  the  propaganda  for  popular 
rights  and  universal  suffrage  does  not  seem 
to  occur  to  those  who  are  responsible  for 
the  combination.  Of  course,  it  must  be  re- 
membered, though,  that  much  of  the  move- 
ment against  the  Jews  is  merely  concerted 
robbery  without  political  significance  and 
perpetuated  by  ruffians  who  would  rob  and 
massacre  Christians  just  as  cheerfully  if  it 
were  as  safe. 


The  reforms  promised  to  Finland  are  es- 
pecially interesting,  and  the  light  which  the 
recent  history  of  that 
country  sheds  on  the 
whole  reform  movement 
is  significant,  because  Finland  already  has, 
and  for  a  century  has  had,  a  written  con- 
stitution in  which  the  Czars  have  under  oath 
guaranteed  the  political  rights  which,  in 
reality,  have  been  totally  denied.  The  re- 
ports say  that  the  Finnish  constitution  is  to 
be  re-established,  the  legislative  diet  con- 
voked and  the  arbitrary  power  of  the  gov- 
ernor-general curbed.  A  century  of  Czars 
have  sworn  to  do  these  same  things.  Nich- 
olas I,  as  a  part  of  his  coronation  oath 
eleven  years  ago,  swore  to  uphold  the  lib- 
erties of  Finland  as  defined  in  the  constitu- 
tion. It  is  more  than  likely  that  the  pres- 
ent promise  will  be  more  effective.  If.  in 
the  practical  working  out  of  the  reform, 
Finland  still  does  not  get  the  degree  of 
separateness  and  autonomy  which  the  con- 
stitution contemplate^  (and  this  is  not 
wholly  improbable),  it  will  at  least  get  its 
share  in  the  general  reform  of  the  empire. 
The  case  of  Finland  shows  that  a  Czar  does 
not  necessarily  consider  himself  bound  by 
his  oath  when  autocracy  and  popular  rights 
come  in  conflict.  It  would  be  neither  fair 
nor  convincing  to  argue  that,  because  the 
last  half  dozen  Czars  have  all  perjured 
themselves  in  failing  to  support  and  en- 
force.the  Finnish  constitution,  therefore  the 
present  manifesto  promising  larger  liberties 
for  the  whole  empire  will  not  be  carried 
into  effect.  Morally,  perhaps,  the  Czar  would 
be  quite  as  ready  to  disregard  one  promise 
as  the  other.  But  there  are  two  reasons 
for  expecting  the  late  manifesto  to  be  put  in- 
to operation :  First,  in  the  disturbed  condi- 
tion  of  the  empire  it  would  be  dangerous 


to  do  otherv.  cond,  the  executioi 

the  plan  has  been  put  in  the  hands  of  Count 
Wittc. 

Senator  Beveridge  has  made  the  mistake 
of  his  political  life.  He  has  declined  to 
_  .  ,  follow      the      lead      Of 

ParterLo8ealtn         Rooseveh'     Taft'     Root 
and  the  other  really  great 

men  of  his  party  in  their  attitude  toward 
partisanship  in  local  elections.  In  support 
of  the  disreputable  Republican  candidate  for 
mayor  of  Indianapolis,  Senator  Beveridge 
last  week  delivered  in  that  city  one  of 
his  justy  celebrated  spread-eagle  party 
speeches.  The  gist  of  it  was  a  plea  for  par- 
ty regularity,  not  only  in  national,  but  also 
in  state  and  local  elections.  He  admitted 
ingenuously  that  national  issues  have  no 
significance  in  city  elections,  but  the  main- 
tenance of  the-  party  organization,  which  is 
necessary  for  success  in  national  campaigns, 
demands  party  loyalty  in  local  campaigns 
as  well.  The  election  of  a  mayor  is,  accord- 
ing to  the  Senator's  theory,  not  primarily  an 
opportunity  to  select  the  most  competent 
men  for  the  management  of  municipal  busi- 
ness, but  an  occasion  for  an  exercise  of  par- 
ty discipline  with  a  view  to  preparing  the 
machine  for  the  next  election  on  national 
issues.  But  no  statement  could  put  the 
case  more  clearly  than  Senator  Beveridge's 
own  words.     Here  they  are : 

"The  mayor  of  Indianapolis  has  nothing 
to  do  with  the  tariff  or  expansion ;  but 
neither  do  the  commissioners  of  Marion 
county  have  anything  to  do  with  great  na- 
tional questions,  nor  the  governor  and  the 
legislature  of  Indiana.  The  same  reason 
for  breaking  with  one's  party  in  Indianapo- 
lis demands  that  an  honest  man  shall  break 
with  his  party  in  Marion  county  and  in  the 
state  of  Indiana.  And  that  is  the  doctrine 
which  the  manipulators  of  the  Democratic 
campaign  in  this  city  are  seeking  to  instill 
in  the  minds  of  Republicans.  It  is  the 
method  of  party  disintegration.  When  a 
man  begins  to  vote  against  his  party  in 
Indianapolis  it  is  easy  for  him  to  vote 
against  his  part}r  in  Marion  county  and  in 
Indiana.  And  when  he  begins  to  vote 
against  his  party  in  Marion  county  and  in 
Indiana  state  elections  he  finds  it  still  e. 
to  vote  against  his  party  in  the  national 
elections." 

There  you  have  it.  The  habit  of  inde- 
pendent voting  is  so  insidious  and  so  dan- 
gerous to  political  health  that  it  must  be 
checked  in  its  very  first  stages.  In  another 
part  of  his  address  he  alluded  to  occasional 
departure  from  the  straight  ticket  as  "Dem- 
ocratic tippling,"  and  in  the  matter  of  tip- 
pling every  one  knows  that  the  danger 
point  is  the  first  glass.  The  only  safety 
from  a  final  lapse  into  a  perfect  debauch  of 
mugwumpery  (to-wit.  bolting  the  party's 
presidential  ticket)  is  always  to  support  the 


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THE  CI  [R1STIAX-EVANGEUST. 


November  9,  1905 


party's  nominee 'for  mayor  and  aldermen. 
We  venl  assert  that  a  more  pusillani- 

mous and  picayunish  political  policy  was 
never  advocated  by  any  man  who  had 
reached  as  high  a  place  as  the  office  of  United 
States  Senator — and  the  senate  contains 
many  men  who  are  far  inferior  to  Senator 
Beveridge  in  both  character  and  ability.  The 
fact  that  the  candidate  in  whose  behalf  he 
is  wielding  the  lash  of  party  loyalty  has 
already  given  proof  of  his  unfitness  for  the 
office  which  he  seeks,  and  the  further  fact 
that  his  nomination  at  the  primaries  is  un- 
der very  grave  suspicion  of  fraud,  make 
the  senator's  attitude  the  more  reprehensi- 
ble, but  they  add  nothing  to  the  inherent 
and  essential  folly  of  the  principle  which 
he  enunciated  so  clearly  and  argued  so 
unconvincingly. 


To  show  that  Senator  Beveridge  in  the 
above  utterance  does  not  represent  the  best 
thought  of  his  party,  one 
has  but  to  cite  some  in- 
stances and  statements 
which  have  recently  received  wide  currency. 
Mr.  Beveridge,  in  a  mayoralty  campaign 
in  his  home  town,  where  a  well-oiled  Repub- 
lican machine  means  a  machine  which  will 
be  his  when  he  needs  it,  thinks  party  loyal- 
ty in  a  local  campaign  is  the  first  duty  of 
the  citizen.  But  let  us  hear  the  opinion 
of  one  Theodore  Roosevelt,  whose  stand- 
ing, both  as  a  Republican  and  as  a  citizen, 
is  quite  good,  and  whom  the  brilliant  senior 
senator  from  Indiana  has  the  effrontery  to 
cite  in  illustration  of  his  thesis.  Mr.  Roose- 
velt says: 


Some  Sounder 
Sentiments. 


"The  worst  evils  that  effect  our  local  gov- 
ernment arise  from,  and  are  the  inevitable 
result  of,  the  mixing  up  of  the  city  affairs 
with  the  party  politics  of  the  nation  and  the 
state.  The  lines  upon  which  national  parties 
divide  have  no  necessary  connection  with 
the  business  of  the  city.  Such  connections 
open  the  way  to  countless  schemes  of  public 
plunder  and  civic  corruption." 

Then  again,  there  is  the  secretary  of  war, 
Mr.  Taft.  We  have  already  quoted  at  some 
length,  in  an  earlier  issue,  from  his  Akron 
speech,  but  in  view  of  Mr.  Taft's  unim- 
peachable Republicanism  and  official  posi- 
tion, it  is  worth  while  to  repeat  these  words 
and  to  put  them  beside  Mr.  Beveridge's 
campaign  exhortation.    Secretary  Taft  said  : 

"If  I  were  able  to  cast  my  vote  in  Cincin- 
nati in  the  coming  election,  I  should  vote 
against  the  municipal  ticket  nominated  by 
the  Republican  organization  and  for  the 
state  ticket." 

Once  more.  Elihu  Root  is  a  Republican 
whose  loyalty  to  the  party  has  never  fallen 
under  suspicion.  His  attitude  toward  the 
Beveridge  principle  of  inimitable  adherence 
to  the  party's  candidates  is  thus  expressed 
in  a  concreti 

"I  have  a  strong  desire  that  the  city  of 
Philadelphia,  whose  history  and  good  name 
arc  very  American,  shall  be  re- 

ed from  the  slain  which  a  corrupt  and 
criminal  combination  masquerading  under 
the  name  of  Republicans  has  put  upon  her." 

One  would  think  that  a  man  who  preaches 
blind  obedience  to  the  party  would  hesitate 
to  take  issue  so  squarely  with  its  most  hon- 
ored leaders. 


At   the  risk  of  tediously  adhering  to  one 

subject,  we  must  cite  an  illustration  of  the 

bad  effects  ot  blind  party 
What  is  a  ,  , 

appeals      when      coming- 
Republican?  r  r         , 

r  from  men  of  such  posi- 

tion and  standing  as  Senator  Beveridge. 
Immediately  following  the  speech  referred 
to,  a  partisan  paper  in  the  same  city  came 
forth  with  a  denunciation  of  the  "inde- 
pendent Republicans"  who  want  to  bolt  the 
ticket  and  yet  keep  their  party  standing. 
The  conclusion  is  that  there  can  be  no  such 
thing  as  an  independent  Republican.  It  is 
such  a  remarkably  crass  statement  of  the 
body-and-soul  theory  of  party  fealty  that 
it  is  really  worth  reading.  One  needs  to 
be  assured — and  the  character  of  the  paper 
on  whose  editorial  page  it  appears  gives 
sufficient  assurance — that  there  is  no  sar- 
casm about   it : 

"To  be  a  member  of  a  party,  an  army  or 
an  association  of  any  sort  involves  a  definite 
sinking  of  the  private  j  udgment  and  the 
personal  freedom  in  the  cause  of  the  organ- 
ization as  a  whole.  ...  A  man  is  not  a 
Republican  who  follows  it  only  when  it 
happens  to  coincide  with  his  views.  ...  A 
man  is  not  a  Republican  merely  because  he. 
believes  in  the  gold  standard,  or  in  expan- 
sion, or  in  high  tariff,  or  in  Theodore 
Roosevelt.  Many  men  believe  in  one  or 
all  of  these  things  and  occasionally  vote  the 
Republican  ticket  who  ar?.  not  Republicans 
in  any  proper  sense  of  the  word.  The  true 
Republican,  and  no  one  has  any  right  to 
the  title  otherwise,  is  he  who  thinks  enough 
of  his  party  to  yield  his  preference  to  the 
will  of  its  majority,  to  make  sacrifices  for 
it,  to  substitute  the  will  and  the  desires  of 
the  party  for  his  own." 

One  does  not  often  see  the  case  for 
blind  partisanship  stated  more  clearly  or  less 
persuasively.  Add  to  it  the  dictum  that 
the  party  tie  is  equally  binding  in  national 
and  in  local  affairs,  and  you  have  a  perfect 
foundation  for  a  regime  of  perpetual  servi- 
tude to  the  party  boss.  And  all  this  party 
loyalty  is  commanded  in  the  name  patriot- 
ism. It  is  true,  as  Governor  Folk  said  last 
Week  at  Cleveland,  that  "many  men  have 
patriotism  on  their  lips  and  treason  in  their 
hearts."  The  American  people  can  not 
have  liberty  as  the  result  of  any  manifesto. 
They  can  get  it  only  by  taking  it,  and  the 
means  are  in  their  hands.  This  counsel  of 
meek  submission  to  the  party — which  often 
enough  means  the  party  boss — becomes . 
daily  less  popular.  Russia  is  moving  to- 
ward the  light  of  liberty.  If  Americans 
will  do  their  utmost,  America  also  may 
some  day  be  a  free  country. 


At  Lienchow,  China,  in  the  western  part 
of  Kwang-Tung  province,  five  Presbyterian 
missionaries  were  mur- 
dered by  a  mad  mob  of 
Chinese.  It  was  a  par- 
ticularly atrocious  crime,  since  it  involved 
the  destruction  of  hospital  property  and 
the  interruption  of  a  philanthropic  as  well 
as  a  religious  enterprise.  The  incident 
seems  to  have  no  general  significance,  but 
to  be  wholly  the  outcome  of  local  friction 
between  the  missionaries  and  their  neigh- 
bors, the  latter  having  attempted  to  secure 
the  abatement  of  a  nuisance  in  the  form  of  a 
noisy  Chinese  theater  adjacent  to  the  hos- 
pital.      Still    it   may   indicate   something   of 


Murdered 
Missionaries. 


the  general  temper  of  an  element  of  the 
natives  in  the  interior  and  it  serves  to  re- 
mind us  of  the  ever  present  perils  of  even 
the  more  familiar  mission  fields. 


No  one  will  accuse  the  President  of  being 

foolishly  squeamish  about  good,  hard  exer- 

,  cise    or    even     an    occa- 

.  ,  ,     .  sional    bit    of    good-na- 

Athletics.  ' ._   ,  ,         ,.       ,, 

tured    rough-and-tumble, 

and  his  suggestions  on  college  football  will 
have  the  more  weight  on  that  account.  He 
invited  the  chief  football  advisers  of  Yale, 
Harvard  and  Princeton,  six  in  all,  to  lunch- 
eon one  day  recently  and  talked  over  with 
them  the  advisability  of  such  an  alteration 
of  rules  as  will  eliminate  the  unnecessary 
roughness  of  the  game.  It  is  not  a  new 
subject.  The  football  men  themselves  are 
always  interested  in  it,  though  they  are  al- 
ways conservative  about  making  changes. 
The  fact  is,  after  deducting  from  published 
reports  and  current  impressions  a  consid- 
erable percentage  for  exaggeration,  it  is  a 
tolerably  rough  game.  Men  run  into  each 
other  on  purpose  and  throw  each  other 
down.  They  collide  with  great  force  and 
stop  not  for  apologies.  They  ioin  them- 
selves together  on  one  side  to  form  a  hu- 
man battering-ram,  while  on  tha  other  they 
join  shoulder  to  shoulder  to  form  a  human 
rampart.  In  such  a  case  either  the  ram 
or  the  rampart  stands  a  chance  of  getting 
hurt.  As  the  game  now  stands,  with  its 
mass  of  combinations  plays,  it  requires  head 
work  of  a  higher  order  than  any  other 
rough  game  ever  did.  That  is  its  virtue. 
But  it  is  the  poorest  spectacle  that  was  ever 
foisted  upon  the  American  public,  because 
the  -close  mass  plays  which  make  it  danger- 
ous also  make  it  next  to  impossible  to  see 
what  is  going  one.  The  problem  has  al- 
ways been  to  make  such  rules  as  will  keep 
the  play  more  open,  to  make  the  game  more 
intelligible  to  the  spectators  and  safer  for 
the  players,  without  eliminating  the  chance 
for  "teamwork"  which  alone  makes  the 
game  worth  playing  at  all.  But  more  im- 
portant than  any  revision  of  the  rules  of 
play,  is  a  revision  or  revolution  in  the  es- 
timate placed  upon  athletics  in  the  colleges. 
It  is  taken  too  seriously.  Victory  is  given 
a  wholly  fictitious  value.  The  desire  to  win 
is  so  great  that  the  temptation  to  win  un- 
fairly becomes  overwhelming.  College  ath- 
letics at  the  present  time  are  not,  on  the 
whole,  a  moral  discipline.  Instead  of  the 
athletic  field  being  the  training  place  of  the 
manly  virtues,  as  it  should  be,  the  colleges 
think  they  are  doing  well  if,  by  the  appli- 
cation of  motives  and  ideals  from  other 
sources,  they  can  keep  athletics  honest  and 
clean. 

That  the  "Marseillaise"  was  sung  in  London 
by  a  great  crowd  of  women  suffering  from 
The  hunger      is      significant. 

"Marseillaise"  Britain  is  now  feeling 
in  London.  the  effects  of  her  policy 

of  holding  up  the  flag  abroad  for  the  sake 
of  honor,  rather  than  making  provision  for 
a  happy  people  at  home.  From  an  average 
of  about  90,000  paupers  in  London  alone 
there  is  now  apparently  a  still  larger  num- 
ber out  of  work.  Premier  Balfour  is  not 
equal  to  the  occasion.  He  is  too  much  afraid 
of  anything  that  savors  of  socialism  to  deal 
with  other  problems  than  "philosophic 
doubt"  and  "little  wars." 


, 


November  9,  1905 


T  HE  CHR]  ST  I AN-EVANGELIST. 


1441* 


"The  Basis  of  Union." 

Under  the  above  title  "The  Outlook"  of 
October  28  contains  an  editorial  which   be 
gins  as   follows: 

"A  momentous  question  is  thrust  this 
fall  upon  the  Protestant  churches  of  this 
country.  It  is  this:  What  do  the  churches 
regard  as  the  test  of  disciplcship— the  test 
by  which  a  church  may  show  itself  to  be  a 
Christian  church?  What  is  it  by  which 
they  are  willing  to  be  judged? 

"Some  thirty  denominations,  including 
the  largest  Protestant  bodies  of  America, 
will  meet  in  New  York  city  in  November 
for  conference  upon  federation.  They  are 
to  consider,  seriously  we  hope,  the  feasibil- 
ity of  concerted  action  in  withstanding 
wrong  and  promoting  right.  If  any  per- 
manent organization  is  effected,,  the  dele- 
gates must  decide  on  what  basis  churches 
will  be  admitted  to  it.  They  can  be  con- 
fronted with  no  more  fundamental  question 
than   this." 

There  are  two  questions  which  it  seems 
to  us  our  contemporary  blends  into  one. 
What  "union"  is  referred  to  when  it  speaks 
of  "the  basis  of  union"?  The  "momentous 
question"  which  "The  Outlook"  thinks  is 
thrust  upon  the  Protestant  churches  by  the 
meeting  of  their  representatives  in  New 
York  is :  "What  do  the  churches  regard  as 
the  test  of  discipleship — the  test  by  which 
a  church  may  show  itself  to  be  a  Christian 
church?"  We  venture  the  prediction  that 
the  Inter-Church  Conference  at  New  York 
will  not  undertake  to  answer  this  "mo- 
mentous question."  In  the  first  place,  the 
men  who  meet  there  will  have  no  authority 
to  act  upon  such  a  question ;  and  in  the 
second  place,  it  is  not  a  question  upon  which 
agreement  could  be  reached  except  by  deal- 
ing in  glittering  generalities.  We  could  all 
agree,  of  course,  that  that  is  a  Christian 
church  which  is  founded  upon  faith  in 
Christ,  which  is  animated  by  Christ's  Spir- 
it, and  which  is  doing  Christ's  work  in  the 
world.  The  individual  members  of  such 
church  would  be  those  who  have  entered 
into  personal  relation  with  Christ  through 
faith  in  and  obedience  to  him.  But  when 
we  descend  from  these  general  principles  to 
deal  with  the  particular  conditions  to  be 
required  of  persons  in  order  to  their  dis- 
cipleship and  entrance  into  the  church,  there 
would  be  differences  of  opinion.  That  is  a 
question  we  do  not  think  it  would  be  possi- 
ble to  settle  in  a  conference  like  that  which 
is  soon  to  convene  in  New  York. 

There  is  another  question,  however, 
which  "The  Outlook"  hopes  will  be  con- 
sidered, and  which  we  think  would  be  en- 
tirely appropriate  for  consideration,  namely, 
"The  feasibility  of  concerted  action  in 
withstanding  wrong  and  promoting  right." 
That  is  indeed  an  important  question,  but 
it  is  not  so  "momentous''  a  question  as  the 
one  which  deals  with  conditions  of  disciple- 
ship and  of  fellowship.  It  is  entirely  proper 
for  the  Christian  people  who  are  to  meet 
in  New  York  this  month  to  decide  on  what 
basis  they  will  co-operate  in  all  matters 
of  common  interest  for  the  furtherance  of 
the  kingdom  of  God.  That  is  a  question 
of  expediency  with  which  they  would  have 
a  perfect  right  to  deal,  although  their  ac- 
tion, even  on  this  question,  would  have  no 
authority  to  bind  the  churches  beyond  the 


moral  influence  of  the  body  taking  such 
action.     Thai    would   certainly  be  true   of 

(hose  bodies  having  the  congregational  pol- 
ity. 

The  other  question  is  one  which  involves 
faith  and  conscience,  and  is  not  to  be  set- 
tled by  public  discussions  and  platforms  of 
agreement.  It  is  a  matter  (1)  of  personal 
loyalty  to  Jesus  Christ,  and  (2)  of  a  com- 
mon understanding  of  what  he  requires  of 
men  in  order  to  discipleship  and  member- 
ship in  his  body,  which  is  the  church.  This 
is  Christion  union  in  its  New  Testament 
meaning — a  union  with  Christ,  which  car- 
ries with  it  union  with  each  other.  This 
is  coming,  and  such  meetings  as  the  one 
contemplated  will  no  doubt  hasten  its  com- 
ing, but  it  can  not  be  accomplished  except 
by  spiritual  growth  and  progress  in  the 
knowledge  of  Christ's  teaching  and  will. 

It  seems  to  us  important  to  keep  this  dis- 
tinction between  church  federation,  or  co- 
operation, "in  withstanding  wrong  and  pro- 
moting right,"  as  far  as  the  churches  may 
agree  in  what  is  wrong  and  what  is  right, 
which  is  a  very  long  ways  now,  and  the 
union  for  which  Jesus  prayed,  in  which  all 
our  denominational  divisions  and  party  lines 
are  to  give  way  to  "the  unity  of  the  Spirit," 
and  there  shall  be  one  body,  one  Spirit,  one 
hope,  one  Lord,  one  faith,  one  baptism,  and 
one  God  and  Father  of  all  who  is  above 
all  and  in  all.  It  is  because  we  believe  that 
such  federation,  even  though  an  imperfect 
union,  may  accomplish  great  good,  both  in 
pushing  forward  moral  reforms  and  in  com- 
mon evangelistic  work,  that  we  have  given 
it  our  cordial  approval.  The  first  and  most 
imperative  duty  now  before  our  American 
Protestantism  is  to  put  to  some  practical 
use,  and  furnish  some  convincing  proof  of, 
the  unity  we  already  possess,  before  we  can 
expect  the  Lord  to  give  us  a  fuller  measure 
of  unity.  This  is  God's  law  of  spiritual 
development,  and  neither  individuals  nor 
aggregations  of  individuals  are  exempt 
from  its  operation. 

A  Call  to  Business  Men. 

We  read  and  talk  much  about  men  be- 
ing called  to  the  ministry  of  the  Word, 
meaning  thereby  the  public  preaching  of  the 
gospel.  But  we  are  inclined  to  forget  that 
there  is  a  universal  ministry  from  which 
no  follower  of  Jesus  Christ  is  exempt.  Just 
now  God  is  calling  our  business  men  to  a 
ministry  that  is  most  important  to  the  suc- 
cessful ongoing  of  our  work  as  religious 
reformers.  We  have  reached  a  point  in  our 
history  when  we  must  go  forward  or  back- 
ward— forward  if  we  can  "make  good"  our 
promises  as  restorers  of  New  Testament 
Christianity;  backward,  if  these  promises 
fail  to  materialize  in  tangible  results.  We 
have  succeeded  fairly  well — better,  indeed, 
than  most  of  our  religious  neighbors — in  the 
work  of  evangelization ;  but  evangelization 
is  only  an  introductory  work,  the  value 
of  which  depends  upon  its  being  followed 
up  by  the  processes  of  education,  spiritual 
growth  and  aggressive  Christian  service. 

The  work  of  evangelism  among  us  has 
been  done  with  but  little  expense  to  our 
business    men.      It   has   been    done   largely 


by  the  sacrifices  of  earnest  men  who  held 
the  Cause  they  loved  in  higher  ':steem  than 
riches   or   worldly   honor.  ,    do   the 

work  that  lies  before  us  now  requires  the 
1  <,  operation  of  our  business  men — our  men 
of  affairs  and  of  means.  We  must  have  an 
educated  ministry.  We  must  have  an  edtt- 
cated  membership.  We  must  have  better 
endowed  colleges,  equipped  to  do  first-class 
work  in  educational  lines.  We  must  make 
more  liberal  provisions  \',r  oir  aged  and 
dependent  ministers  and  for  the  homeless 
and  the  fatherless.  We  must  build  church- 
houses  in  our  cities  worthy  of  the  Cause 
we  represent  and  we/nust  assist  the  weaker 
churches  on  the  frontie-  to  build  houses 
that  will  meet  their  needs  We  must  vastly 
increase  the  treasuries  of  our  Home  and 
Foreign  Missionary  Societies  that  they  may 
send  out  armies  of  missionaries  to  extend 
the  kingdom  of  God. 

All  this  requires  mean?.  God  has  given 
us  the  means.  It  only  needs  to  be  conse- 
crated to  these  purposes.  It  is  not  a  ques- 
tion of  ability.  It  is  only  a  question  of' 
recognizing  our  responsibility  to  give  an 
account  to  God  for  the  right  use  of  the 
means  he  has  placed  at  our  disposal.  It  is 
to  this  ministry  that  God  is  calling  our 
business  men  today.  This  call  is  as  clear 
and  unmistakable  as  any  man's  call  to  the 
public  preaching  of  the  Word.  If  our 
business  men  do  not  hear  the  call  of  God, 
it  is  because  His  voice  is  drowned  in  the 
rush  and  tumult  of  business  and  of  money- 
making.  Any  man  of  wealth  among  us  to- 
day who  will  stop  long  enough  to  listen 
to  the  voice  of  God,  speaking  through  his 
conscience,  will  hear  the  call  to  enlarged 
liberality  and  a  more  active  personal  par- 
ticipation in  the  work  of  God  in  the  world. 

We  are  approaching  the  close  of  the  first 
century  of  this  reformation.  It  has  been 
deemed  wise  by  our  brotherhood  in  Con- 
vention assembled  to  mark  that  event  by 
such  liberal  thank-offerings  as  would  give 
new  power  and  wider  usefulness  to  all  our 
public  enterprises.  A  committee  has  been 
appointed  to  direct  this  work.  It  is  about 
to  place  in  the  field  a  man  of  recognized 
ability  and  integrity  to  canvass  the  broth- 
erhood for  centennial  offerings  in  the  form 
of  special  gifts  and  bequests  for  the  benefit 
of  our  colleges,  our  missionary  societies, 
and  our  benevolent  work.  The  committee 
has  issued  an  appeal  to  the  business  men 
of  the  brotherhood,  which  we  publish  else- 
where, in  which  they  solicit  the  co-operation 
of  every  man  in  our  ranks  in  making  our 
centennial  celebration  worthy  of  the  Cause 
we  represent.  May  we  not  hope  that  this 
appeal  will  not  go  unheeded  by  any  busi- 
ness men  who  read  it? 

In  the  past  too  much  of  the  burden  of 
care,  responsibility,  and  sacrifice,  has  come 
upon  the  preachers  and  a  few  liberal  busi- 
ness men.  The  time  has  now  come  when,  if 
we  are  to  do  anything  worthy  of  a  religious 
movement  as  numerically  strong  as  we 
have  become,  we  must  call  our  reserve 
force  into  action.  Our  business  men  must 
enter  the  ministry,  not  as  public  preachers 
of  the  gospel,  but  as  ministering  to  the 
needs  of  the  world  through  our  organized 
activities,   as  already  indicated.     If  by  the 


1450 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


November  9,  1905 


time  of  our  centennial  celebration  in  1909 
we  have  succeeded,  even  reasonably  well. 
in  mobilizing  our  forces  by  securing  the 
active  co-operation  of  our  business  men.  in 
making  large  gifts,  in  attending  our  con- 
ventions, and  in  actively  participating  in 
all  the  work  of  the  church,  we  will  have  ac- 
complished a  most  important  work.  We 
will  then  be  in  a  condition  to  enter  upon 
the  second  century  of  our  history  with  the 
prospect  of  accomplishing  much  vaster 
things  for  the  glory  of  God  and  the  good 
o  t    man. 

These  two  things  will  receive  much  at- 
tention from  The  Christian-Evangelist 
during  the  next  four  years,  and  indeed,  un- 
til they  shall  have  been  accomplished, 
namely:  the  deepening  of  the  spiritual  life 
of  our  churches,  and  the  enlistment  of  our 
business  men  in  active  participation  in  the 
work  of  the  church,  both  local  and  general. 
If  we  can  not  secure  the  co-operation  of  our 
business  men  our  movement  fails  for  lack 
of  support,  and  rightly  fails,  because  any 
religious  movement  that  does  not  touch  the 
life  of  its  members  deep  enough  and  pro- 
foundly enough  to  influence  their  giving 
and  their  active  service,  has  failed  at  a 
most  vital  point.  We  are  on  trial,  there- 
fore, before  the  world.  God  is  calling  our 
business  men  into  action.  Will  they  hear 
his  voice  ?  j '  13 


"Thoughts  of   Thirtv  Years.'  * 

A  thirty  years'  pastorate  in  the  capital 
of  the  nation  is  an  achievement  that  de- 
serves a  monument.  The  Christian  En- 
deavor Society  of  the  Vermont  Avenue 
Christian  Church  of  Washington,  whose 
pastor,  Frederick  D.  Power,  Thas  just  cele- 
brated his  thirtieth  anniversary,  has  erect- 
ed a  monument  to  celebrate  the  event  in  the 
form  of  a  handsome  volume  bearing  the 
above  title.  It  is  composed  of  extracts  from 
the  sermons  and  writings  of  the  pastor  dur- 
ing these  three  decades.  It  is  therefore  a 
monument  composed  of  thoughts ;  of  ideas 
which  have  in  them  a  perennial  power. 

It  is  very  evident  that  no  man  could  have 
held  the  position  which  the  author  of  the 
'thoughts"  in  this  volume  has  occupied  for 
thirty  years,  in  the  capital  city  of  the  coun- 
try, and  met  all  the  demands  which  have 
been  made  upon  him  to  the  satisfaction  of 
all,  without  possessing  intellectual  and  spir- 
itual resources  of  an  extraordinary  charac- 
ter. The  thoughts  recorded  in  this  volume 
will  help  the  general  reader  to  understand 
the  secret  of  his  long  and  successful  pas- 
e.  Perhaps  no  man  among  us  com- 
bines, in  a  more  happy  degree,  those  quali- 
of  mind  and  heart  which  fit  one  for 
wide  usefulness  as'a  pastor  and  minister  of 
the  Word. 

An  incident  is  related  in  the  book  which 
throws  light  on  his  relations  with  his  fellow 
preachers  in  that  city:  "The  first  gather- 
ing of  ministers  I  entered  after  I  went  to 


*Fom  writing;  of  F.  D.  ^oa'-t,  in  c-Kbra'ion  of 
the  ihirtie;h  anniversary  of  his  pastorale  Pub- 
Vermont  Av,  nue  Christian  Church 
Enrleav  rS  tcirfy.  Printed  by  ihe  United  Society  of 
Chris'io  F.ndea  or  B -Hon.  Prke,  75  cents.  Fur- 
nished by  Chiisiian  Publishing  Co. 


Washington."  he  says,  "received  me  cor- 
dially, but  one  who  knew  me  said,  'Here 
comes  Brother  Power;  he  is  the  only 
Christian  in  town.'  Oh,  no.  Doctor!"  I 
answered,  "you  are  a  Presbyterian  Chris- 
tian, and  my  brother  here  is  a  Baptist 
Christian,  and  Dr.  Blank  is  a  Methodist 
Christian,  while  I  am  content  to  be  simply 
a  Christian.    That  is  all  there  is  to  it!" 

The  book  has  an  introduction  by  Presi- 
dent Francis  E.  Clark,  of  the  Christian  En- 
deavor Union.  Its  short,  crisp  paragraphs 
make  it  very  readable.  It  discusses  a  va- 
riety of  topics,  contains  bits  of  foreign 
travel,  and  descriptions  of  men  and  places 
whom  he  met  abroad.  The  discussion  of 
"Missions,"  "Christian  Union,'"  with 
sketches  of  Pendleton  and  Garfield,  some 
verses,  etc.,  all  afford  sufficient  variety  not 
to  weary  one  with  any  one  topic.  The 
Christian  Endeavor  Union  has  gotten  the 
book  up  in  very  fine  style,  and  we  are  sure 
that  manj'  of  our  readers  who  peruse,' 
weekly,  the  articles  "As  Seen  From  the 
Dome,"  will  be  glad  to  read  this  book,  and 
we  trust  that  many  of  them  will  do  it. 


Notes  and  Comments. 

In  an  article  in  "The  Morning  Star" 
(Free  Baptist)  by  Rev.  Geo.  H.  Ball,  en- 
titled "Two  New  Departures,"  in  which 
the  venerable  writer  speaks  of  the  union 
evangelistic  services  tha*  are  now  being 
held,  he  says  : 

"The  sharp  antagonism  between  the  Dis- 
ciples and  other  Christian  bodies  has  hap- 
pily passed  away.  On  the  part  of  the  Dis- 
cii  les  the  period  of  attack  is  over,  and  that 
of  co-operation  has  come  On  the  part  of 
others,  the  period  of  fear,  jealousy  and  re- 
sentment has  passed,  and  that  of  candid  ap- 
preciation of  the  fresh  power  in  the  "plea" 
for  primitive  gospel  methods,  and 
"restoration  of  gospel  names  and  usages 
has  come."  A  great  and  happy  change  on 
both  sides  of  the  long  continued  controver- 
sy has  evolved  a  condition  of  fellowship, 
confidence   and   co-operation." 

This  statement,  of  course,  has  exceptions, 
but  no  doubt  it  expresses  the  general  truth 
as  to  the  present  situation.  Most  of  the 
opposition  which  the  Disciples  have  en- 
countered has  resulted  from  a  misconcep- 
tion of  their  position  and  aim.  But  the 
chief  factor  in  bringing  about  this  better 
state  of  feeling  is  a  genuine  growth  in 
Christian  knowledge  and  character,  in 
which  all  religious  bodies  have  participated. 


Referring  to  the  effects  of  this  combina- 
tion and  co-operation  of  forces,  Dr.  Ball 
says : 

"The  Disciples  have  magnified  the  idea 
of  obedience,  and  criticise  the  emotional 
side  of  religion  ;  others  have  magnified  the 
emotional  and  distrusted  the  reason  and  the 
value  of  deliberate  choice.  Both  extremes 
have  been  modified,  greatly  to  the  profit  of 
the  Christian  church  as  a  whole.  The 
fickleness  and  extravagances  of  the  emo- 
tional life  have  been  succeeded  by  stability 
and  strength,  by  discounting  feeling  and 
magnifying  reason,  intelligent  conviction 
and  deliberate  choice;  and  cold,  business- 
like reasoning  has  been  improved  by  a 
healthy  exercise  of  feeling  and  proper  val- 
uation of  emotion.    The  combination  works 


improvement  in  Christian  experience, 
Christian  joy,  Christian  enthusiasm,  stabili- 
ty, broadness  of  thought,  freedom  from 
prejudice  and  jealousy,  and  gain  in  mag- 
nanimity,  patience   and   strength." 

In  further  discussing  the  subject  Dr.  Ball 
remarks  that  "results  plainly  prove  that  the 
Disciples  possess  unusual  evangelistic  pow- 
er, which  the  other  denominations  seriously 
lack."  This,  he  rightly  thinks,  might  well 
be  supplemented  with  what  some  of  the 
other  religious  bodies  have  to  give,  and  he 
thinks  the  result  would  be  a  mutual  benefit. 
There  is  nothing  that  will  make  a  severer- 
test  of  evangelistic  methods  than  these  un- 
ion evangelistic  meetings  where  they  are 
bound  to  come  into  comparison  and  con- 
trast, and  we  have  no  doubt  that  mutual 
advantage  to  all  participating  will  result 
from  such  united  efforts. 


We  heard  recently  a  noted  evangelist 
preach  a  sermon  on  the  question  as 
to  how  far  honest}'  of  conviction  will  ex- 
cuse a  man  in  his  conduct.  The  evan- 
gelist used  several  illustrations,  which,  if 
taken  without  modification,  would  settle 
the  question  forever  that  honest  ignorance 
can  have  no  influence  in  the  final  decision 
of  the  great  judge  upon  those  who  have 
made  mistakes  in  this  life.  If  a  man  thinks 
he  is  taking  quinine  when  he  is  really  tak- 
ing arsenic  he  will  die,  even  though  he  be 
as  honest  as  it  is  possible  to  be.  But  can 
we  press  these  physical  laws  into  the  serv- 
ice of  a  theory  of  the  moral  government  of 
God  which  makes  no  allowance  for  honest 
ignorance?  This  evangelist  used  the  case 
of  the  apostle  Paul  as  fitly  illustrating  the 
point  he  was  making.  But  Paul  himself 
settles  the  question   against  the   evangelist. 


Although  Paul  was  a  persecutor,  he 
"obtained  mercy,  because  he  did  it  igno- 
rantly,  through  unbelief."  The  apostle's  con- 
duct was  not  right,  else  he  would. have  re- 
ceived commendation  instead  of  "mercy" ; 
but  it  is  equally  evident  that  his  ignorance 
was  the  reason  for  his  obtaining  mercy, 
though  he  was  persecuting  the  church  of 
God.  Saul  was  conscientious  all  the  time  he 
was  a  persecutor.  His  case  seems  to  make  it 
clear  that  a  man  may  be  conscientious  and 
yet  be  doing  wrong;  but  this  conscientious- 
ness, if  he  is  doing  wrong  ignorantly,  will 
be  counted  to  his  credit  in  determining  his 
final  character.  Let  us  be  careful  not  to 
confound  the.  laws  of  nature  with  the  laws 
of  moral  government.  One  may  be  used 
to  illustrate  the  other,  but  they  do  not  al- 
ways run  parallel,  and  this  fact  should  not 
be  overlooked.'  Still  it  is  true  that  a  man 
is  not  only  responsible  for  the  light  he  has, 
but  for  that  which  he  may  have.  If  Saul 
had  refused  the  light  which  shone  about 
him  and  the  message  which  was  delivered 
to  him,  he  could  have  had  no  claim  to  the 
divine  compassion.  Nevertheless  it  must 
constantly  be  borne  in  mind  that  the  gos- 
pel is  a  dispensation  of  grace,  not  of  law, 
and  that  Christianity  looks  at  the  intention 
and  pupose  of  the  heart  more  than  upon 
outward  acts.  This  is  the  fact  which  the 
evangelist  seemed  to  overlook,  in  his  illus- 
trations. 


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November  9,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EV 


Editor's  Easy  Chair. 

Of  course   all   the   readers   of  the   "Easy 

Chair"   believe   in   prayer:     hut   how   much 

do   we   pray?     Do   we   allow   the   pressure 

of  business,   of  domestic  cares,   of  studies, 

of  social   intercourse,  to  deprive  us  of  the 

lime  for  prayer?     We  fcai   that  is  the  case 

with   far  too   many  of  us.     The  poet   was 

right  when  he  said, 

"Prayer  is  the  Christian's  vita!  breath  — 
The  Christian's  native  air." 

Can  a  man  live  physically  without  breath- 
ing? No  more  can  one  live  the  spiritual 
life  without  prayer.  And  as  we  delight  to 
breathe  the  pure  air  and  feel  its  invigorating 
influence  as  it  enters  our  iungs  and  purifies 
the  blood,  so  the  Christian  learns -to  delight 
in  prayer,  in  which  he  breathes  the  atmos- 
phere of  heaven  and  feels  its  purifying  in- 
fluence upon  his  mind  and  heart.  It  is  not 
simply  the  privilege  of  making  special  pe- 
titions, which  is  in  itself  very  precious,  but 
it  is  God  himself  which  the  soul  craves. 

"As  the  hart  panteth  after  the  water  brooks, 
So  panteth  my  soul  after  thee,  O  Godl" 

How  we  wrong  our  souls,  then,  when  we 
allow  the  world  and  its  carking  cares  and 
pursuits  to  come  between  us  and  God ! 
Other  things  being  equal,  that  Christian 
will  be  best  prepared  for  temptation,  trial, 
and  dut3r,  strongest  in  faith,  hope,  and 
love;  purest  in  heart  and  happiest  in  life, 
who  spends  most  time  in  prayer. 

$ 

To  whom  ought  we  to  pray?  The  ques- 
tion may  seem  odd  and  unnecessary.  And 
yet  it  is  being  raised  by  Christian  people. 
It  is  being  asked,  "May  we  pray  to  Christ?" 
"Is  it  not  wrong  to  pray  to  the  Holy 
Spirit?"  One  whole  department  of  our 
New  Hymnal,  "Gloria  in  Excelsis,"  has 
been  criticised  because  of  its  songs  in  re- 
lation to  the  Holy  Spirit.  It  is  thought 
to  be  wrong  to  sing  such  songs  as 

"Come.  Holy  Spirit,  calm  my  mind 
And  fit  me  to  approach  my  God," 

or,  again, 

"Spirit  Divine,  attend  our  pray'rs 
And  make  our  hearts  thy  home." 

Why  so?  Do  we  not  pray  to  the  Holy 
Spirit  when  we  pray  to  God  ?  Do  we  not 
pray  to  the  Son  when  we  pray  to  God?  Is 
not  God,  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Spirit  ? 
We  are  not  to  think  of  these  as  three  sep- 
arate beings,  each  one  jealous  of  his  par- 
ticular sovereignty,  and  the  boundary  lines 
of  his  prerogatives !  That  would  be  to 
think  of  God  after  the  manner  of  men,  and 
to  think  of  Him  unworthily.  There  is  but 
one  God,  revealed  as  Father,  Son,  and  Holy 
Spirit,  and  wherever  the  Spirit  is  there  God 
the  Father  is,  and  wherevei  the  Son  is  there 
is  the  Father,  and  there  also  is  the  Holy 
Spirit.  The  same  theory  on  which  these 
hymns  are  objected  to  as  prayers  addressed 
to  the  Holy  Spirit,  would  rule  out  all  those 
hymns  addressed  to  Jesus  Christ,  unless, 
indeed,  the  objectors  would  attach  a  de- 
gree of  divinity  to  Christ  which  they  do 
not  attach  to  the  Holy  Spirit.  So  we  would 
have  to  cut  out  such  hymns  as  "Jesus,  Lover 
of  My  Soul,"  "Rock  of  Ages,  Cleft  for  Me," 
"Jesus,  Savior,  Pilot  Me,"  and  a  host  of 
others. 

But  how  it  would  impoverish  our  hymnol- 


ogy   to   ciii    out    all    those    hymns    which 
breafhe   a   prayer   to   Jesus   Christ,   and    to 

the  Holy  Spirit  ! 

But,  thank-,  be  unto  God,  He  does  not 
compnss  (he  gratitude,  praise,  and  devout 
aspirations  of  his  children,  into  hard 
fast  lines  of  formal  expression!  As  the  little 
child  is  allowed  to  prattle  out  its  love  and 
its  wants  to  father  or  mother  in  any  form 
of  words  which  its  loving  heart  prompts, 
so  our  heavenly  Father  is  delighted  with 
the  praises  and  petitions  of  his  frail  children 
on  the  earth,  whether  they  be  addressed 
to  Father,  Son,  or  Holy  Spirit,  if  only  they 
come  from  the  heart  and  are  breathed  in 
reverence  and  filial  love.  There  is  pro- 
priety, no  doubt,  in  the  ordinary  form  of 
adressing  our  petitions  to  God,  the  Father, 
in  the  name  of  the  Son,  through  the  help 
of  the  Divine  Spirit.  But  we  must  not  at- 
tempt to  hold  poets  and  poetic  expressions, 
and  the  devout  outgoings  of  the  heart,  to 
theological  rules.  We  may  rest  assured,  too, 
that  God  delights  far  more  in  the  freedom 
of  the  Spirit  as  it  is  manifested  in  our 
Christian  hymnology,  than  he  would  be  with 
any  formal  phrases  made  with  a  view  to 
conform  to  certain  set  rules  and  regulations. 
So  we  shall  be  free  to  sing, 

"Spirit  of  God,  descend  upon  mv  heart; 

Wean  it  from  earth,  thro'  all  its  pulses  move; 
Stoop  to  my  weakness,  mighty  as  thou  art, 
Make  me  love  Thee,  as  [  ought  to  love." 

For  unto  Thee,  O  God — Father,  Son  and 
Holy  Spirit — are  due  from  the  hearts  of 
thy  redeemed  children,  love,  gratitude,  and 
everlasting  praise,  now  and  forever  !    Amen. 


We  have  already  spoken  in  this  depart- 
ment of  the  use  of  the  hymnal  as  a  devo- 
tional book,  and  the  reading  of  hymns,  even 
where  we  can  not  sing  them,  as  a  means 
of  spiritual  culture.  Who  of  us  has  not 
felt,  at  times,  the  need  of  some  more  worthy 
vehicle  of  praise  than  any  poor  words  which 
we  could  devise?  We  have  felt  the  currents 
of  our  soul  flow  back  on  themselves  for 
want  of  some  channel  through  which  they 
could  flow  out  in  thanksgiving  or  praise. 
Through  all  the  centuries  past  men  who 
loved  and  reverenced  God  have  been  seek- 
ing out  forms  of  expression  by  which  the 
soul  may  utter  its  deepest  feeling  and  its 
loftiest  thought  to  God.  We  have  a  rich 
treasury  in  such  forms  of  expression  in  the 
Psalms,  with  which  every  devout  soul  ought 
to  be  familiar ;  and  then  we  have  those 
sacred  hymns,  many  of  which  for  centuries 
have  served  as  vehicles  for  the  soul's  affec- 
tions to  rise  heavenward.  To  read  or  sing 
these  hymns  thoughtfully  and  make  their 
sentiments  our  own,  is  to  enter"  into  com- 
munion and  fellowship  with  a  vast  com- 
pany of  redeemed  spirits  in  heaven  and 
on  earth.  .  But,  more  than  that,  to  enter 
into  the  spirit  of  these  devout  hymns  is  to 
enter  into  communion  with  God  and  to 
feel  the  touch  of  the  Infinite.  We  regret 
that  the  singing  of  the  hymns  in  family 
worship,  and  around  the  fireside,  has  gone 
so  largely  out  of  fashion.  An  hour,  or 
half-hour,  spent  in  singing  in  any  home 
always  brings  a  benediction  upon  the  fam- 


ily, and  driv                  those  :'  ivy, 

and  strife,  and   worldlim   1  •. '                the 

enemies  of  1  for  the 
use  of  the  hymnal  in  our  family  worship 
and  in  our  privs 

enlarging  our  vocal,  I  praise  and  of 
promoting  spiritual  culture. 

There  is  nothing  lik':  .1  banquet  tab; 
draw  the  brethren  together  and  to  draw  out 
their  best  thoughts.  Jf  you  have  a  problem 
in  your  city  which  requires  the  united  wis- 
dom and  co-operation  of  the  brcthern,  pre- 
pare a  banquet  and  invite  the  brethren  to 
come  around  a  common  table.  It  need  not 
be  an  expensive  feast,  but  there  is  an  at- 
tractiveness about  it  that  will  bring  the  ; 
pie  together  and  promote  good  feeling  and 
fellowship,  and,  when  wisely  guided  by  a 
good  leader,  the  brethren  will  tell  their  best 
jokes,  divulge  their  best  thoughts,  and  com- 
mit themseves  to  any  worthy  enterprise. 
Politicians  and  promoters  of  business 
schemes  have  long  known  the  value  of  the 
banquet  table  in  carrying  out  their  purposes. 
In  later  years,  however,  church  people  have 
caught  on  to  the  idea,  and,  cutting  out  the 
improper  accessories,  have  used  it  with  tell- 
ing effect  in  promoting  religious  enterprises. 
Christianity  is  preeminenty  a  social  re- 
ligion and  naturally  tends  to  draw  believers 
together.  The  agape,  or  love-feast,  of  the 
primitive  church  has  been  allowed  to  fall 
into  disuse,  and  the  church  has  no  doubt 
suffered  in  consequence.  Let  it  be  restored 
and  adapted  to  modern  conditions  and 
needs,  and  it  will  serve  a  most  useful  pur- 
pose in  promoting  unity  of  feeling  and 
tion  in  behalf  of  all  worthy  enterpris 

® 
That  was  a  veritabe  love-feast  which  the 
preachers  of  St.  Louis  enjoyed  last  Monday 
when  they  were  guests  of  the  Christian 
Publishing  Company  at  luncheon.  We  never 
felt  more  proud  of  our  St.  Louis  ministers, 
and  perhaps  never  had  quite  so  large  a 
group  of  them  together  at  one  time.  It  de- 
veloped the  fact,  not  simply  of  a  formal 
but  of  a  very  deep  unity  ot  feeling  and  pur- 
pose on  the  part  of  our  St.  Louis  ministers 
who  seemed  to  be  "of  one  mind  and  of  one 
heart."  The  brethren  wiil  all  be  interested 
to  know  that  our  St.  Louis  preachers  have 
recenty  decided  to  conduct  simultaneous 
evangelistic  services  in  this  city  during  the 
next  year,  and  are  already  planning  for  the 
success  of  that  great  undertaking.  More 
and  more,  the  churches  of  St.  Louis  recog- 
nize their  oneness,  and  that  the  success  of 
one  is  the  success  of  all,  while  the  failure  of 
one  would  be  the  failure  of  all.  This  is  the 
spirit,  we  believe,  that  is  permeating  our 
churches  in  all  the  cities,  and  is  controlling 
their  relations  with  each  other,  and  their 
operations,  more  and  more.  In  this  spirit 
we  conquer.  If  we  could  have  learned  this 
lesson  a  half  century  ago  our  cause  in  the 
cities  would  have  been  vastly  stronger  than 
it  is  today.  But.  thank  God.  our  churches 
have  outgrown,  and  are  outgrowing,  the 
things  which  divide,  and  are  being  guided 
more  and  more  by  the  spirit  of  unity  and  of 
brotherhood,  which  now.  as  in  the  begin- 
ning, is  the  most  vital  and  fundamental 
feature  of  our  religious  movement. 


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THE  C11K1STIAX-EVANGE1JST. 


November  9,  1905 


Reminiscences    of  a    Debater 


(continued  from  week  before  last.) 

[The  following  is  .1  report  of  a  talk  given  at  the 
weekly  meeting  of  St.  Louis  ministers  by  one  who 
was  for  many  years  probably  the  most  noted  debater 
in  the  ranks  of  the  Christian  minis  ry.  J 

After  dinner  the  young  preachers — there 
were  many  of  them  attending  this  debate,  as 
young  preachers  very  often  did — were  ex- 
cited, for  they  had  heard  that  those  fellows 
were  going  to  kill  three  or  four  of  us. 
When  we  got  to  the  church  I  never  saw  so 
excited  a  crowd  of  people  in  my  life.  They 
were  standing  up  on  the  seats  and  were 
packed  up  in  the  windows.  They  expected 
war.  They  had  heard  that  those  doctors 
had  said  there  had  to  be  a  retraction  and 
an  apology  and  had  heard  that  I  said  I 
didn't  believe  there  would  be  any. 

Dr.  Burroughs  had  the  first  speech.  He 
went  on  to  reply  to  Burgess'  former  speech 
and  he  came  in  his  notes  to  this  place  where 
he  referred  to  the  men  and  women  going 
in  swimming  together.  He  said  that  the  rules 
of  the  debate  didn't  admit  of  it.  Said 
he,  "I  pass  that  and  if  it  were  not  for  the 
rules  of  the  controversy  I  feel  bound  to 
observe  I'd  take  that  matter  in  hand  my- 
self." Said  he,  "I  don't  say  that  all  others 
will  pass  it  as  I  propose  to  pass  it,  for  they 
are  not  under  the  same  obligations  that  I 
am,"  and,  said  I,  "Pouf !"  "I  tell  you  this," 
said  he,  "if  the  gentleman  refers  to  the 
matter  again  I  shall  bring  upon  him  the 
retribution  a  dozen  times  hotter  than  the 
hell  in  his  book."  Burgess  was  sitting 
down  taking  notes  and  about  the  time  for 
him  to  go  up  I  wrote  a  note,  saying,  "Keep 
perfectly  cool,  but  score  him."  He  put 
that  note  into  his  pocket.  I  was  sitting  right 
where  I  could  catch  him  if  he  were  being 
defeated,  and  I  was  sitting  right  where-  I 
could  catch  any  one  passing  to  him.  Bur- 
gess got  up  and  went  on  perfectly  cool  in 
his  speech  until  he  came  to  that  place,  and 
said  he,  "My  opponent  proposes,  if  I  refer 
to  that  matter  again,  to  bring  a  very  hasty 
and  hot  retribution.  Ladies  and  gentlemen, 
I  take  this  occasion  to  repeat  with  em- 
phasis everything  that  I  said.  Now,"  said 
he,  "come  on  with  your  hot  stuff." 

These  old  doctors  were  sitting  there  and 
— it  was  probably  all  arranged  for — some 
folks  came  to  the  windows  and  called  out 
one  and  another,  calling  them  all  out,  and 
leaving  Dr.  Burroughs  and  me  alone  and 
he  could  not  administer  the  hot  stuff; 
he  was  not  prepared  for  it.  I  refer  to 
that  as  one  of  the  most  exciting  scenes  in 
those  days  of  belligerency.  Mr.  Burgess 
is  now  dead.  He  was  one  of  the  bravest 
and  truest  men  I  ever  preached  with.  He 
was  a  true  friend,  a  true  man,  and  has 
gone,  I  trust,  to  where  we  don't  have  any 
contentions   and   disputes. 

Those  spiritualists  and  infidels,  you 
know,  will  abuse  you  and  do  anything. 
They  are  not  restrained  as  preachers  of 
the  Gospel  are  usually.  And  that  reminds 
me   that   a    Methodist   preacher    was    there 

by   the   name   of   L .     He   was   the 

roughest  man  I  think  I  ever  heard  talk  in 
a  discussion.  I  had  had  a  debate  with  him, 
and  Burgess  and  I  had  concluded  that  we 
would  not   debate  with  him  any  more;  the 


By  John  S.  Sweeney 

old  fellow  manifested  such  a  bad  spirit.  The 
brethren  wrote  to  old  Bro.  Ben  Franklin, 
who  was  always  ready  to  say  something  for 
the  cause,  and  he  was  a  war  horse  in  his 
day.  Brother  Franklin  agreed  to  go  and 
debate  with  this  doctor.  A  short  time  af- 
terwards he  learned  that  we  had  concluded 


JOHN  S.   SWEENEY,  AS  HE  IS  TODAY. 

not  to  debate  with  him,  that  he  was  not 
a  suitable  man,  and  he  wrote  to  me  telling 
me  what  he  had  heard  and  said,  "I  want 
you  to  come  up  and  be  with  me;  I  am  do- 
ing the  debating."  I  preached  at  night 
and  they  would  debate  in  the  daytime. 
It  was  in  the  central  part  of  Illinois  where 
they  have  ears  of  corn  "so  long."  It  was 
in  roasting  ear  time,  and  beans  and  the  fin- 
est tomatoes  you  nearly  ever  saw.  They 
had  a  great  big  tomato  that  was  popular 
there  at  that  time,  called  the  General 
Grant.  Well,  they  made  their  forenoon 
speeches,  then  adjourned  for  dinner,  and 
we  would  have  a  basket  meeting.  Ben 
Franklin's  mouth  set  just  exactly  right  for 
taking  corn  off  the  cob.  He  would  run  an 
ear  of  corn  across  his  mouth  and  it  would 
come  out  cob ;   and   he  could  eat  tomatoes 

and    beans    in    proportion.       L was   a 

good  eater,  too,  but  he  wasn't  as  cool  a  man 
as  Brother  Franklin.  Franklin  was  the 
coolest  man  I  ever  saw ,  he  could  take 
'most  anything.  L, got  up  that  after- 
noon, so  cross  and  full,  and 

CALLED  BROTHER  FRANKLIN  A  LIAR, 

right  straight  out.  I  noticed  old  Ben's 
hands  sort  of  close.  Said  he,  "I  don't  allow 
a  man  to  call  me  a  liar."  And  I  would  just 
about  as  soon  have  a  mule  kick  mc  as  have 
old  Ben  strike  me  a  fair  lick.  "You  didn't 
come  all   the  way  from  Cincinnati   here  to 

fight,   did   you?"   said   L .        "I   did  not 

conic  hr-rc  to  Be  abused  and  am  not  going 

to      be,"      replied      Franklin.         L sat 

down  at  the  invitation  of  his  moderator, 
the  Methodist  preacher.  Brother  Franklin 
turned  around,  looked  at  the  audience  and 


he  smiled  clear  from  his  hair  down  to  his 
chin.  I  never  was  so  glad  to  see  a  smile 
in  my  life.  One  more  incident  in  connec- 
tion with  this  debate  and  I  will  be  through. 

There  was  one  of  those  little  houseflies 
that  sometimes  bother  preachers,  and  both 
men  struck  at  it,  and  it  bothered  me  a  time 
or  two.  I  knew  just  what  was  the  mat- 
ter when  I  noticed  them  striking  that  way 

at    the    end    of    their    noses.      L had 

a  way  of  speaking  like  an  old  pump  with 
a  valve  out  of  fix — a  good  deal  more  wind 
than   talk.      He   was   puffing   around   and — 
he    swallowed    the    fly.      Well,   he   couldn't 
talk,  you  know.     He  got  to  coughing  and 
coughing     and     finally     got     to     vomiting. 
Somebody   got   a   bucket   and   set   it   there 
and  he  threw  up  in  the  bucket  and  he  came 
to  a  layer  of  those  big  tomatoes ;  you  know, 
I    thought   he   had   a   hemorrhage.      I    was 
sure  the  man    was    going    to    die    of    the 
hemorrhage.     I  would  have  given  five  dol- 
lars to  be  out  of  there  where  I  could  laugh. 
After    the   speeches    were    over,    I    said   to 
Brother  Franklin,  "You  are  a  good  politi- 
cian.     The    policy    is    not   to    say   a    word 
about   that   fly   and   tomatoes   and   all   that 
Say  nothing  about  all  that.     You   will  get 
sympathy  for  him  if  you  go  to  telling  that." 
Said  he,   "You  are  exactly  right."     Along 
towards  the  last  of  the  debate,  two  orthree 
days    after    that,    infant    baptism    was    the 
question.     Brother  Franklin  had  a  regular 
knock     down     argument.     "The     practice," 
said    he,    "is    not    once    mentioned    in    any 
shape  or  form  in  any  revelation  of  God  to 
man.     In  no  form  is  it  mentioned.     Well," 
said  he,  "if  there  had  been,  my  friend  would 
have  found  it  and  would  have  been   read- 
ing   it    to    you.      Here,"    said    he,    "is    my 
friend,  scholarly,   posted  up   ha  the  history 
of  this  whole  controversy,  sweeping  around 
here  and  a-sweating  and  a-puking,  but  if  it 
had  been  mentioned  he  would  have  said  it." 
We  had  to  fight  for  every  inch  of  ground 
and  we  had  to  contend  with  some  unscru- 
pulous   men    and    some    very    rough  .  and 
worldly  men,   and  if  it   had  not  been  that 
we  had  men  who  could  do  that  we  woudn't 
have    had    the    churches    over    the   country 
that   we   have   now.     There   wasn't   a   man 
in  Whitehall  that  could  .entertain  me  when 
I  went  there,  and  we  went  to  a  hotel. 

About  the  warmest  time  and  the  nearest 
to  a  fight  was  a  debate  with  an  infidel — one 
of  the  same  kind  Burgess  debated  with. 
He  was  firing  away  at  Christian  custom, 
exaction,  and  alb  about  it,  and  there  was 
an  old  manufacturer  that  was  one  of  the 
best  payers  that  he  had.  The  debate  was 
in  the  opera  house  and  this  old  fellow  paid 
for  half  of  it.  Over  his  factory  was  posted 
the  sign:  "No  Sabbath  Here."  I  hap- 
pened to  see  it,  and  I  said,  "I  may  have  use 
for  it."  When  he  went  on  and  was  telling 
what  a  hindrance  Christianity  was  to  prog- 
ress, I  had  finally  to  prtSfi  this  thought  at 
him.  "Now,"  said  I,  "give  us  something 
better.  You  can't  maul  darkness  out  of 
a  room  with  a  sledgehammer.  You  have 
to  introduce  light  and  the  darkness  will  go. 
Yon  can't  drive  cold  out  with  a  sledgeham- 

r Continued   on   page   1455.") 


November  9,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


14.03 


As  Seen  From  the  Dome     By  f.  d.  Power 


The  past  week  has  witnessed  some  no- 
table occurrences  in  religious  circles  at  the 
capital.  First  the  presence  and  discussions 
of  the  Methodist  bishops  have  been  of  in- 
terest, not  only  to  the  world  of  Methodism, 
but  to  all  good  people.  The  conferences  of 
this  board  are  held  semi-annually.  The 
board  consists  of  twenty-two  members. 
Eighteen  of  these  are  in  attendance.  They 
are  big  men  and  busy  men.  They  preside 
over  conferences  in  all  parts  of  the  world, 
visit  churches,  dedicate  houses  of  worship, 
co-operate  in  educational  work,  lend  sup- 
port to  meetings  in  the  interest  of  missions 
and  benevolence,  and  in  a  word  superin- 
tend all  the  many  and  varied  operations  of 
the  great  religious  organization  which  they 
represent.  There  are  one  hundred  and 
thirty  conferences  over  which  these  men 
preside,  in  home  and  foreign  lands. 

A  number  of  interesting  matters  are 
under  consideration.  One  was 
the  preparation  of  a  joint  cate- 
chism to  be  used  by  the  churches 
north  and  south,  and  a  joint 
hymnal,  thus  bringing  about 
better  relations  between  the  two 
bodies.  Another  thing  is  the 
case  of  Professor  Hinckley 
Mitchell,  of  Boston  University, 
whom  the  board  refused  to  con- 
firm last  spring  on  account  o*f 
certain  heretical  sentiments. 
The  professor  has  been  filling 
the  chair  of  Hebrew  and  Bib- 
lical exegesis  for  twenty  years. 
Complaints  were  made  of  his 
heterodoxy,  and  the  question 
was  referred  to  the  board  of 
'bishops.  The  charges  were 
made  by  one  of  the  faculty 
and  by  students.  There  has 
been  much  dissatisfaction  and 
a  close  vote  has  retained  the  teacher  when 
his  case  has  before  come  up  for  consideration. 
It  is  claimed  he  discredits  all  Bible  history 
previous  to  the  time  of  Abraham.  The  case 
is  ended,  the  bishops  refusing,  by  a  close 
vote,  to  sustain  him.  Bishop  McCabe  was 
the  most  active  in  opposing  the  professor. 
These  leaders  of  a  great  religious  people 
have  no  use  for  a  man  in  their  theological 
schools  who  lacks  faith  in  the  prophets, 
denies  the  fall,  questions  the  truth  and 
efficacy  of  the  atonement,  and  the  begin- 
nings of  the  race  as  revealed  in  the  Scrip- 
tures; and  these  are  some  of  the  things 
charged  against  Professor  Mitchell,  who, 
by  the  way,  is  not  a  member  of  the  Metho- 
dist brotherhood. 

The  bishops  could  not  altogether  avoid 
politics.  Ohio  is  wrestling  with  Herrick 
and  Maryland  with  the  Poe  amendment, 
and  the  brethren  are  quoted  as  against 
both.  Bishop  Hamilton,  of  San  Francisco, 
said  some  sensational  things.  The  future 
American,  he  thinks,  will  be  a  composite 
type  of  all  the  races  of  the  earth.  This  is 
God's  solution  of  the  race  problem.  "Over 
in  Maryland  some  cheap  politicians  are 
trying  to  solve  the  race  problem — so  called 
— by  thrusting  its   difficulties   out   of  their 


path.  They  are  trying  to  deprive  men  of 
their  God-given  rights.  What  does  God 
care  for  the  color  of  a  man's  face?  You 
who  listen  to  me  tonight,  many  of  you 
very  proud,  no  doubt,  of  what  you  are 
pleased  to  call  your  Anglo-Saxon  blood, 
will  be  the  grandparents,  or  at  any  rate, 
great-grandparents  of  men-  and  women 
partly  Chinese  and  Japanese  and  Russian 
Jew  and  Southern  European  and  dusky 
African."  The  bishop  says  he  did  not  in- 
clude the  last  named,  but  he  did  say  the 
typical  American  is  to  be  born  of  the  amal- 
gamation of  all  the  races  that  now  inhabit 
this  continent,  highest  as  well  as  lowest, 
most  honored  as  well  as  most  despised.  We 
shall  wait  the  fulfillment  of  the  prophecy 
with  interest. 

Another  matter  of  great  importance  to 
us  locally  was  the  dedication  of  the  new 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  building,  the  finest  today  in  the 


WHERE   F.    D.    POWER   WAS   BORN. 

world.  This  is  saying  much,  when  we  re- 
member there  are  575  such  buildings,  val- 
ued at  over  $20,000,000.  The  total  value  of 
the  property  of  the  association  is  $530,000 
and  the  equipment  is  equal  to  the  care  of 
5,000  men  and  boys.  To  those  of  us  who 
have  for  thirty  years  past  been  associated 
with  the  work  at  the  capital,  this  is  a  won- 
derful growth.  The  association  was  or- 
ganized in  1852,  it  being  the  sixth  to  be  or- 
ganized in  this  country.  It  had  many  ups 
and  downs  and  sometimes  was  practically 
dead.  When  I  came  to  the  city  in  1875  a 
handful,  mostly  men  that  were  not  young 
any  longer,  met  in  Lincoln  Hall,  D  and 
9th  streets,  and  Don  Piatt  and  other  funny 
men  on  the  press  amused  themselves  at 
our  expense.  After  it  got  upon  its  feet 
under  James  E.  Pugh,  on  New  York  ave- 
nue, its  building  was  twice  destroyed  by 
fire.  Then  in  1898  came  a  canvass  for  a 
new  building  and  the  people  rallied  to  its 
support  with  $40,000.  At  the  "jubilee  ban- 
quet," January,  1903,  the  present  building 
movement  was  launched,  and  the  full 
amount  of  subscription  for  building  and 
furnishing,  $350,000,  was  secured  by  May, 
1905.  The  new  building  is  the  most  com- 
plete and  beautiful  Association  Temple  yet 


erected.  Its  architecture  is  Italian  Renais- 
sance  with  classical  details.  It  has  two 
gymnasiums,  baths,  swimming  pools,  bowl- 
ing alleys,  educational  rooms,  sleeping 
apartments,  cafe,  club  rooms,  offices,  halls, 
etc.,  etc.,  and  can  give  to  thousands  of  young 
men  at  once  all  the  benefits  that  belong  to 
such  institutions.  The  principal  speakers  on 
this  happy  occasion  were  Bishop  McDow- 
ell, of  the  Methodist  church  and  Dr.  Henry 
Van  Dyke,  of  Princeton  The  addresses 
were  of  a  very  high  order. 

An  interesting  feature  of  the  festivities 
was  a  cablegram  from  London  from  Sir 
George  Williams,  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  founder, 
still  living,  and  young  at  four  score,  who 
said:  "Heartiest  congratulations.  Greatly 
rejoice  with  you  all  upon  dedication  of  your 
splendid  building.  May  divine  blessing  in- 
creasing rest  upon  and  prosper  you."  Al- 
together October  30  was  a  great  day  with 
us  in  Washington. 

Something  of  special  interest 
to  our  own  Zion  was  a  cele- 
bration, October  27,  of  the  Ver- 
mont Avenue  pastor's  thirtieth 
anniversary  of  service.  Per- 
haps a  thousand  gathered,  rep- 
resentatives of  our  own  and  of 
other  churches,  preachers  and 
"laity,"  to  offer  their  kind  con- 
gratulations to  the  preacher 
and  his  wife.  There  was  a 
program.  The  pastor  had  re- 
quested that  such  subjects  be 
assigned  as  the  Higher  Criti- 
cism, the  Peace  Compact  Be- 
tween Japan  and  Russia,  the 
Doctrine  of  the  Trinity,  Total 
Hereditary  Depravity,  Govern- 
ment Supervision  of  Trusts, 
etc.,  etc.,  but -the  committee  of 
arrangments  would  not  take 
the  advice.  F.  M.  Bradley,  one  of  the  lead- 
ers of  the  church  in  1875  presided;  C.  M. 
Shelton  represented  "the  Old  Guard"  with 
"Memories  of  Thirty  Years" ;  Andrew  Wil- 
son one  of  our  young  elders,  spoke  of 
"these  later  days";  Walter  F.  Smith  had 
something  to  say  about  "The  Progress  of 
the  Disciples  in  Washington";  Peter  Ains- 
lie  came  from  Baltimore  to  disccurse  on 
"His  Larger  Work";  my  nearest  neighbor 
of  the  Lutheran  Memorial  Church 
who  has  been  my  steadfast  friend  in 
the  three  decades,  and  a  pastor  in 
Washington  for  over  half  a  century, 
spoke  of  "Our  Fellowship;"  and 
James  M.  Pickens,  another  of  our  young 
elders,  presented  a  souvenir  volume, 
"Thoughts  of  Thirty  Years."  It  was  aH 
very  gracious  and  kind,  but  somewhat  em- 
barrassing. A  score  of  veterans  of  1875 
stood  in  the  receiving  line. 

The  volume,  "Thoughts  of  Thirty  Years," 
is  a  very  beautiful  book  of  200  pages  spe- 
cially prepared  for  this  event  by  my  Chris- 
tian Endeavor  Society.  A  committee  of  five — 
Mr.  J.  M.  Pickens,  Mrs.  Ethel  Dewey,  Mr. 
Rex  E.  Kinsell,  Mr.  J.  Wilbur  Starrett 
and  Miss  Alice  Van  Arsdale — did  the  work. 
It  is  a  collection  of  extracts  from  the 
(Continued  on  page  1462.) 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGE.UST. 


November  9,  1905 


The  Romance  of  Religious   Realism 


With  real  astonishment  and  no  small  sen- 
tn  of  pleasure  many  Christian  people 
must  be  just  now  perusing  the  pages  of  one 
of  the  most  marvelous  records  of  religious 
enterprise  ever  issued.  I  myself  feel  that 
it  is  about  the  most  remarkable  account  of 
Christian  enterprise  registered  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  Christian  Church  since  the  mis- 
sionary tours  of  the  apostle  Paul  were  reg- 
istered in  the  Book  of  the  Acts.  I  refer  to 
the  newly  published  one  hundred  and 
first  report  of  the  British  and  Foreign  Bi- 
ble Society.  This  phenomenal  volume  is 
monumental  of  the  work  of  a  whole  cen- 
tury of  Bible  distribution.  I  am  well  aware 
that  the  American  Bible  Society  is  a  grand 
institution,  doing  a  noble  and  an  increasing 
work.  But  there  is  no  institution  on  earth 
that  can.  for  magnitude  of  operations  in 
the  religious  sphere,  compare  with  the  or- 
ganization which  has  its  headquarters  in 
that  splendid  block  of  massive  granite  build- 
ing known  as  the  Bible  House,  Queen  Vic- 
toria street,  London.  This  society  is  the 
parent  of  all  other  Bible  societies. 

CONSECRATED   ARITHMETIC. 

The  figures  of  this  voluminous  record  are 
immense.  In  the  whole  course  of  its  ex- 
istence the  society  has  sent  forth  a  total  of 
192,537,746  copies  of  the  Holy  Scripture, 
complete  or  in  parts.  During  the  past  year 
the  number  of  Bibles,  New  Testaments  and 
portions  of  Scripture  amounted  to  5,857,- 
645.  Last  year  no  fewer  than  950  colpor- 
teurs were  employed  to  carry  the  Scriptures 
from  door  to  door  in  nearly  every  country 
on  earth,  at  a  cost  of  £45,000.  Says  the 
report :  "If  your  eyes  could  trace  these 
humble  Bible  sellers  up  and  down  the  world 
we  would  see  them  busy  among  Indian  rice 
fields  and  along  Chinese  waterways,  across 
the  Canadian  prairies  and  through  the  Aus- 
tralian bush,  and  beside  the  great  African 
lakes ;  we  should  watch  them  sheltering  in 
native  huts  in  the  snow  defiles  of  the  An- 
des and  threading  their  path  under  trails 
of  purple  orchids  through  the  forests  of 
Brazil." 

THRILLING  ADVENTURES   OF   COLPORTAGE 
ENDEAVORERS. 

How  often  have  we  heard  it  asserted  that 
truth  is  stranger  than  fiction !  This  ex- 
traordinary record  truly  makes  it  appear  so. 
Nothing  that  I  can  remember  in  the  whole 
range  of  imaginative  literature  is  more  sen- 
sational than  the  simple  facts  cited  in  the 
current  records  of  the  doings  of  the  Bible 
men  employed  as  colporteurs  by  this  so- 
ciety. This  band  of  nearly  a  thousand 
skirmishers  against  the  works  of  cosmo- 
politan darkness,  unbelief,  superstition,  idol- 
atry and  savagery  are  night  and  day  going 
through  ordeals  and  trials  of  which  we,  who 
quietly  abide  in  comfort  at  home,  have  sim- 
ply not  any  notion  at  all.  They  tell  their 
varied  stories  with  the  utmost  simplicity. 
Not  one  of  them  appears  to  think  himself 
anything  at  all  of  a  hero.  Most  of  these 
recitals  are  given  as  personal  -narratives 
in  a  supplementary  volume,  entitled,  "Seed 


By  William  Durban 

Corn  for  the  World."  It  is  as  wonderful 
as  the  main  volume,  and  has  a  fascination 
all  its  own.  But  both  the  books  abound  in 
thrilling  recitals.  It  should  be  noted  that 
these  colporteurs  last  year  sold  over  two 
and  a  quarter  millions  of  copies  of  the 
Scriptures.  Colportage  has  extended  be- 
yond all  precedent.  Out  of  every  dozen 
volumes  sent  out  nearly  five  are  sold  by 
this  agency.  That  fact  alone  is  surely 
abundantly  significant.  Some  people  may 
fancy  that  the  Bible  Society  simply  scat- 
ters wagon  loads  of  Bibles  gratuitously. 
That  idea  is  a  fallacy.  The  truth  is  that 
the  Bible  is  in  growing  demand  throughout 
the  earth. 

COLPORTEURS    AT    WORK. 

Petrenko,  a  Siberian  colporteur,  writes : 
"Between  the  villages  of  Berezovka  and 
Komarichi  the  driver  and  I  nearly  perished 
in  a  bad  blizzard.  We  were  on  the  steppes 
some  twenty  versts  from  our  destination. 
Thank  heaven,  we  managed  to  get  through  ; 
our  horses  were  good  ones."  Sabrikin,  also 
working  in  Siberia,  tells  how  one  of  the 
Russian  soldiers  on  his  way  to  the  front 
saw  a  New  Testament  being  offered  to 
some  one  else.  He  pulled  out  his  purse  and 
counted  out  the  money,  and  then  seizing 
the  book  in  his  hands  reverently  kissed  it. 

How  beautifully  this  kind  of  work  pro- 
duces effect  may  be  gathered  from  the  fol- 
lowing incident :  A  missionary  from 
Penang  recently  .paid  a  visit  to  one  of  his 
village  stations,  twenty  miles  distant.  "But," 
said  the  missionary,  "you  are  an  utter 
stranger  to  me  and  we  can  not  admit  you 
till  we  have  tested  you.  Besides,  what  do 
you  know  of  the  Christian  faith?"  "Well," 
replied  the  man,  "I  know  a  little.  Some 
months  ago  two  Europeans  (one  of  whom 
was  the  Bible  Society's  sub-agent)  came 
here  selling  little  books,  and  I  purchased 
one  of  them — a  Gospel  and  the  Book  of 
Genesis.  Since  then,  I  have  been  reading 
them  both,  and  I  have  come  to  the  conclu- 
sion that  this  is  the  true  religion.  Now  try 
me  for  twelve  months,  and  if  I  am  unfaith- 
ful, turn  me  out  of  the  church." 

THE  SILENT  MISSIONARY. 
Nowhere  does  the  seed  of  God's  kingdom 
show  greater  vitality  than  in  India,  where 
last  year  the  Bible  Society  circulated  nearly 
three-quarters  of  a  million  copies  of  the 
Scriptures.  In  a  certain  village,  after 
preaching  for  a  time  about  the  need  of 
worshipping  the  one  true  God  and  no  other, 
a  missionary  was  explaining  how  Christ 
is  the  Savior  of  men,  when  one  of  the  vil- 
lagers spoke.  "Sir,"  said  he,  "you  need  not 
go  on  with  this  explanation.  None  of  us 
worship  idols ;  we  only  believe  in  the  one 
true  God  and  in  Jesus  Christ."  The  mis- 
sionary asked  this  man  if  he  spoke  for  him- 
self only,  or  for  all  the  village.  The  men 
who  were  sitting  by  exclaimed  with  one 
voice,  "We  all  believe  on  Jesus  Christ." 
On  inquiring  how  this  had  come  about  the 


missionary  found  that  one  man  who  could 
read  Urdu  had  been  given  a  New  Testa- 
ment in  that  language  some  years  before 
and  that  he  had  taught  all  the  village  to 
believe  on  Christ.  He  said  that  he  had 
never  received  any  teaching,  but  that  from 
reading  the  gospels  alone  he  had  come  to 
believe. 

THE    VOCATION    OF    THE    BOOK. 

The  Bible  is  thus  silently  playing  a  won- 
drous part  in  the  elevation  of  humanity,  and 
it  is  well  that  we  should  have  such  records 
of  indications  of  the  results.  It  penetrates 
where  the  missionary  can  not  gain  access. 
For  instance,  the  other  day  I  was  spending 
several  hours  in  conversation  with  Miss 
Annie  R.  Taylor,  one  of  the  two  "Heroines 
of  Tibet,"  Dr.  Susie  Rijnhart  being  the  oth- 
er. Miss  Taylor  said  much  of  her  habit  of 
distributing  Gospels  in  the  Chumbi  Valley, 
and  she  seemed  much  pleased  to  tell  how, 
when  the  late  British  expedition  entered 
(Continued   on  page  1455.) 

#      @ 
OLD   FASHIONED   FARE 

Hot  Biscuits,  Griddle-Cakes,  Pies  and  Pud- 
dings. 


The  food  that  made  the  fathers  strong 
is  sometimes  unfit  for  the  children  under 
the  new  conditions  that  our  changing 
civilization  rs  constantly  bringing  in.  One 
of  Mr.  Bryan's  neighbors  in  the  great-state 
of  Nebraska  writes : 

"I  was  raised  in  the  South,  where  hot 
biscuits,  griddle-cakes,  pies  and  puddings 
are  eaten  at  almost  every  meal,  and  by  the 
time  I  located  in  Nebraska  I  found  myself 
a  sufferer  from  indigestion  and  its  attend- 
ant ills — distress  and  pains  after  meals,  an 
almost  constant  headache,  dull,  heavy  sleep- 
iness by  day  and  sleeplessness  at  night,  loss 
of  flesh,  impaired  memory,  etc.,  etc. 

"I  was  rapidly  becoming  incapacitated  for 
business,  when  a  valued  friend  suggested 
a  change  in  my  diet,  the  abandonment  of 
heavy  rich  stuff  and  the  use  of  Grape-Nuts 
food.  I  followed  the  good  advice  and  shall 
always  be  thankful  that  I  did  so. 

"Whatever  may  be  the  experienc  of  oth- 
ers, the  beneficial  effects  of  the  change  were 
apparent  in  my  case  almost  immediately. 
My  stomach,  which  had  rejected  other  food 
for  so  long,  took  to  Grape-Nuts  most  kind- 
ly;  in  a  day  or  two  my  headache  was  gone,  I 
began  to  sleep  healthfully  and  before  a 
week  was  out  the  scales  showed  that  my  lost 
weight  was  coming  back.  My  memory  was 
restored  with  the  renewed  vigor  that  I  felt 
in  body  and  mind.  For  three  years  now 
Grape-Nuts  food  has  kept  me  in  prime  con- 
dition, and  I  propose  it  shall  for  the  rest  of 
my  days. 

"And  by  the  way,  my  2j4-year-old  baby 
is  as  fond  of  Grape-Nuts  as  I  am,  always 
insists  on  having  it.  It  keeps  her  as  healthy 
and  hearty  as .  they  make  them."  Name 
given  by  Postum  Co.,  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 
There's  a  reason. 

Read  the  little  book,  "The  Road  to  Well- 
ville"  in  pkgs. 


November  9,  1905 


Til  E  CI  I  k  I  Sf  IAN-EVA  XCELIST. 


Ut5 


Reminiscences  of  a  Debater. 

(Continued  from  page  1452.) 
mer;  yon  have  to  introduce  heat.  You  in- 
troduce something  better  (ban  Christianity, 
and  it  will  go.  You  won't  have  all  this 
trouble."  lie  replied  wc  had  to  clear  away 
the  ground,  remove  prejudices  of  the  peo- 
ple, and,  when  all  that  was  done,  the  infidels 
were  going  to  show  you  what  is  to  come — 
show  that  they  have  something  better. 
"Well,"  said  I,  "go  somewhere  where  you 
don't  have  these  prejudices."    I  said, 

"PACK  UP  AND  GO  TO  THE  FIJI  ISLANDS." 

If  they  don't  eat  you  up  before  you  get 
started  you  won't  have  any  Sabbath  there; 
you  won't  have  any  factory."  Well,  I  was 
.  pressing  along  this  line  and  the  old  fellow 
got  mad.  He  said  if  I  referred  to  the  sign 
over  his  factory  again  he  would  take  me 
down  a  button-hole  or  two.  We  had  it 
arranged.  E.  B.  Cake  was  the  preacher 
there.  I  told  Brother  Cake  and  another 
brother  to  go  out  and  make  the  little  neces- 
sary preparation.  'It  was  in  the  opera  house 
and  there  was  a  door  under  the  stage.  The 
house  was  crowded  and  a  policeman  was 
in  the  doorway.  I  got  to  bearing  a  little 
harder  than  before  and  this  old  fellow  got 
up  in  the  back  of  the  hall  and  said,  "You 
are  making  a  personal  talk  to  me  and  I 
shall  hold  you  personally  responsible  for 
it,  and  if  you  repeat  it  I  will  take  you  down 
for  it."  I  said,  "I  repeat  it  with  empha- 
sis." Of  course,  the  women  got  frightened 
and  jumped  up  in  the  aisles  and  some  got 
to  crying  out.  The  old  fellow  finally  got 
down  to  the  steps  that  came  up  on  the 
stage  and  the  door  went  under  and  the 
policeman  tapped  him  on  the  shoulder  and 
took  him  back  there  and  that  was  the  last 
of  him. 

What  results  followed  these  debates? 
As  a  rule,  good  results  followed.  If  we 
had  a  man  who  was  capable  and  manifested 
the  right  spirit  in  his  debate,  good  generally 
followed.  Our  cause  was  built  up.  Just 
take  one  instance :  I  went  down  to  Texas 
about  thirty-five  or  forty  years  ago  and 
was  to  debate  with  Dr.  Ditzler,  the  cele- 
brated Methodist,  a  man  who  always  tried 
to  act  as  a  gentleman,  and  at  the  close  of 
the  debate  I  stayed  a  day  or  two.  We  bad  a 
very  small  congregation  meeting  in  a  little 
house.  I  could  not  stay  then,  but  I  went 
back  there  after  that  and  I  baptized  140. 
AVe  built  up  a  strong  church  there.  Speak- 
ing of  Dr.  Ditzler,  there  is  one  thing  I  will 
tell  you  at  the  risk*  of  being  a  little  tedious. 
We  had  a  debate  in  Carlisle,  Ky.  We,  had 
a  debate  in  daytime  and  preaching  at 
night ;  two  sessions  in  daytime.  And  there 
Avas  an  intervening  Sunday.  There  had 
been  some  eighteen  or  twenty  confessions 
at  the  night  preaching  and  it  was  an- 
nounced on  Saturday  evening  that  there 
would  be  preaching  in  the  Christian  church 
and  baptizing  in  the  creek  at  the  place  des- 
ignated, in  the  afternoon,  or  right  after 
preaching  if  possible.  The  Methodist 
preacher  came  up  and  announced  that  there 
would  be  preaching  and  baptism  in  the 
Methodist  church  at  11  o'clock.  They  had 
bad  a  very  small  hearing  and  we  had  heard 
of  no  one  to  be  baptized,  and  there  was  a 
little  anxiety  about  it,  but  we  could  not  find 
out.     There  was  a  big  fellow  by  the  name 


of  Secrest  who  aid  lie  was  a  "Campbell- 
it.,"  but  he  wasn't  a  "Christian."  He  came 
to  me  and  said,  "I  am  K'->ing  down  tl 
to  see  who  is  baptized."  I  Stopped  with  an 
old  Brother  Piper.  Secrcst  went  down 
there  and  found  they  had  hunted  up  a  little 
boy  that  was  six  or  seven  years  old,  whose 
mother  had  been  a  member  of  the  Chris- 
tian church,  or  Baptist,  I  don't  now  recall 
which,  and  had  died  recently,  and  his  old 
grandfather  was  a  great  Methodist,  and 
they  had  concluded  to  baptize  this  boy  so 
as  to  have  a  baptizing.  Dr.  Ditzler  was 
to  do  the  baptizing.  This  old  brother  was 
the  godfather  and  called  the  boy  up  and 
had  him  there  while  Dr.  Ditzler  read  the 
ritual.  Ditzler,  coming  to  the  time,  prayed 
and  the  boy  cut  out  right  down  the  aisle 

WITH  THE  OLD  GRANDFATHER  AFTER  HIM. 

This  man  who  had  gone  to  see  it,  Secrest, 
got  up  as  if  to  look  after  the  boy  and  cut 
the  old  fellow  off,  and  the  boy  got  out, 
crying.  When  I  got  home  I  could  see 
that  something  had  gone  wrong  by  looking 
at  the  negroes  in  the  dining  room.  They 
knew  that  they  had  tried  to  baptize  this  boy, 
and  that  he  was  crying  as  he  came  out,  but 
got  away  from  them.  Well,  I  just  waited. 
I  would  not  take  reports.  After  dinner 
Secrest  came  -around.  He  came  in,  and  I 
said,  "Don't  tell  me  anything  that  you  are 
not  willing  to  swear  to."  He  said  he  would 
swear  to  everything  he  said.  He-  went  on 
to  tell  me  the  story  just  as  it  occurred. 
"Now,"  said  I,  "you  are  going  to  be  here 
at  the  debate  and  are  going  to  swear  to 
that,  for  I  want  you  to."  On  Monday  we 
commenced  debating  again  and  we  fixed  on 
the  "Design  of  Baptism."  This  is  where 
Ditzler  got  in  his  big  arguments  against 
baptism.  Well,  in  replying  to  it,  I  said  I 
believed  in  water  in  its  place.  I  went  on 
and  quoted  a  good  many  passages  of 
Scripture  about  baptism  and  water,  etc. 
"That,"  said  I,  "is  what  I  believe.  But," 
said  I,  "you  never  catch  me  chasing  boys 
around  town  trying  to  baptize  them  by 
force,  much  as  I  believe  in  water."  The 
people  laughed.  It  got  out  all  around.  I 
had  to  wait  about  five  minutes  to  go  on 
with  my  talk  and  when  I  did  I  told  him 
that  when  we  go  out  on  the  prairies  to 
hunt  we  don't  wait  for  the  bird  to  alight. 
"We  take  him  on  the  wing,"  I  said,  "and  I 
advise  you  to  have  some  kind  of  hydraulic 
gun  to  take  them  down  when  they  get  on 
the  wing.  If  you  had  had  one  you  would 
have  got  that  boy."  After  that,  when  he 
would  go  to  do  anything  bad  I  would  tell 
him  I  would  tell  the  Carlisle  story  just 
certain,  and  he  would  stop. 


The  Romance  of  Religious 
Realism. 

(Continued  from  p>.ige  1454,) 
Lhasa  many  of  these  were  found  there.  The 
missionary  must  not  go  to  the  Forbidden 
City,  but  the  Word  of  God  had  found 
abundant  entrance.  When  the  country  is 
fully  opened  for  evangelization  it  will  be 
found  that  the  Bible  has  been  the  pioneer 
of  the  missionary.  Such  testimonies  em- 
phatically confirm  the  centenary  sermon  on 
behalf  of  the  society  in  South wark  Cathe- 


dral, in  which   Bishop  Talbot  declared  that 
"the  Bible  So<;i<-ty,  nrhethei  I   we  can 

approve  of  all  its  methods,  has  contrih 
incalculably  to  the  work  01  the  v.orld-cvan- 
gelization." 
London,  England. 

There  is  no  loss  of  fortune,  no  n 
personal  affection,  no  disaster  in  the  sphere 
of  the  visible  hut  can  be  turned  by  the 
soul's  inner  energy  into  some  higher  phase 
of  living.  Pascal,  as  his  sister  tells 
made  his  ill  health  into  a  means  of  -pi ritual 
perfection.  Wesley  accepted  the  wreck  of 
domestic  unhappiness  as  another  call  to  his 
public  work. — /.  Brier  ley. 

@      @ 

TAKES  TIME 
Some  Years  Getting  There  and  What  Hap- 
pened Then. 


The  poison  in  coffee  does  not  always  work 

its  mischief  swiftly — sometimes  it  fastens 
its  hold  upon  the  victim  by  slow  degrees 
that  are  not  noticeable  for  a  while.  But 
once  it  begins,  the  day  will  surely  come 
when  the  coffee  drinker  will  be  "up  against 
it"  and  must  have  relief. 

A  lady  writes  from  Cal. : 

"We  were  great  coffee  drinkers  in  our 
home,  using  it  at  every  meal  and  frequent- 
ly drinking  it  in  the  evening  with  friends, 
and  it  was  not  until  after  the  lapse  of  years 
that  we  began  to  realize  that  it  was  doing 
us  harm. 

"My  symptoms  were  not  so  bad,  although 
my  health  suffered  in  many  minor  ways, 
but  my  husband  became  afflicted  with  a 
most  painful  stomach  trouble.  He  could 
not  assimilate  his  food  properly  and  every- 
thing he  ate  gave  him  great  distress.  We 
were  slow  to  suspect  the  truth,  but  we  now 
see  that  it  was  caused  by  the  use  of  coffee. 

"At  last  he  determined  to  quit  using  cof- 
fee altogether,  and  like  a  good  wife  I  did 
so,  too.  We  worried  along  for  a  month 
without  any  hot  table  beverage,  till  one 
day  a  friend  happened  to  say  to  me  'I  am 
using  Postum  Food  Coffee  now,  and  feel 
so  much  better  for  it.'  I  told  her  that  we 
had  tried  it  and  did  not  care  for  it,  and  she 
said  it  must  have  been  because  it  wasn't 
properly  prepared.  So  I  bought  a  package 
and  prepared  it  strictly  according  to  di- 
rections. We  were  astonished  and  delight- 
ed at  the  result. 

"We  have  been  using  Postum  Coffee  for 
a  year,  now,  and  I  rejoice  to  be  able  to  tell 
you  that  it  has  cured  my  husband  of  his 
dyspepsia.  This  is  a  statement  that  does  not 
seem  to  have  the  significance  it  ought  to 
have.  If  I  could  make  you  understand  how 
intense  his  sufferings  used  to  be,  you  would 
realize  what  a  deliverance  Postum  wrought 
for  him. 

"My  own  health  has  also  greatly  improved 
and  the  credit  for  all  must  be  given  to  Pos- 
tum." Name  given  by  Postum  Co..  Bat- 
tle, Creek,  Mich. 

There's  a  reason. 

Read  the  little  book,  "The  Road  to  Well- 
ville,"  in  pkgs. 


145  rf 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


November  9,  1905 


Spying  Out  the  Land      By  c.  l.  Pickett,  m.  d. 


In  accordance  with  instructions  from  the 
Philippine  Christian  Mission,  in  company 
with  our  evangelist.  Adriano  Guerro,  and 
an  interpreter,  I  have  recently  visited  the 
Cagayan  valley.  The  purpose  of  this  visit 
was  to  spy  out  the  land  and  determine,  if 
possible,  the  advisability  of  locating  a  new 
mission  station  in  this  region,  and  if  so, 
discover  the  most  propitious  location  for 
the  same. 

Leaving  home  on  Tune  21,  the  towns  of 
Aparri.  Unas,  Lallo.  Gataran.  Nasiping, 
Alcala,  Amulong,  Iguig  and  Tuguegarao 
were  visited.  Everywhere  we  found  the 
people  ready  and  anxious  to  listen  to  the 
gospel.  We  took  with  us  something  more 
than  one  hundred  Scripture  portions,  New 
Testaments  and  song  books,  and  could  eas- 
ily have  disposed  of  several  times  as  many. 
In  one  town  we  were  able  to  buy  one 
hundred  Scriptures  from  a  local  agent, 
which  were  sold  at  once.  The  eagerness 
with  which  these  people  listen  to  the  Word 
of  God  and  seem  to  crave  instruction  in 
the  same  is.  to  my  mind,  as  loud  a  voice 
railing  us  to  come  over  and  help  them  as 
the  apostle  Paul  heard  on  that  memorable 
occasion   from   Macedonia. 

According  to  the  latest  statistics,  the  pop- 
ulation of  the  province  of  Cagayan  is  142,- 
000,  while  that  of  Isabella,  the  adjoining 
province  on  the  south,  is  69,000.  As  yet 
there  has  been  no  Protestant  missionary 
work  undertaken  in  either  province.  All 
that  has  been  done  has  been  by  the  passing 
visits  of  the  agents  of  Bible  societies.  It 
mav  be  said  that  most  of  the  people  are 
nominally  Roman  Catholics.  There  is  a 
goodly  sprinkling,  however,  of  the  follow- 
ers of  Aglipay.  But  in  either  case  their 
religious  instruction  is  certainly  very  mea- 
ger. In  the  smaller  towns,  it  consists  al- 
most solely  of  a  monthly  or  semi-monthly 
visit  of  a  profligate  priest,  who  holds  a 
mass  in  Latin,  performs  their  marriages, 
sprinkles  their  babies,  and  passes  on.  I  am 
sorry  to  say  that  in  every  case  where  I 
was  able  to  make  inquiry  from  reliable  par- 
ties I  was  told  that  the  priests  were  living 
with  from  two  or  three  to  a  dozen  women, 
and  that  gambling  was  their  common  cus- 
tom. 

In  one  instance,  a  priest  borrowed  money 
from  three  different  American  school  teach- 
ers during  one  evening,  in  order  that  he 
might  continue  in  a  game  of  cards,  where- 
in he  was  being  the  loser. 

There  are  a  few  friars  also  still  re- 
maining in  the  valley.  At  Gataran  one 
had  just  visited  the  town  a  few  days  be- 
fore our  arrival  to  see  if  his  services 
would  be  acceptable  to  the  people.  He 
was  emphatically  informed  that  they  could 
get  along  very  well  without  him  and 
that  they  would  be  very  grateful  if  he 
would  pass  on.  And  this,  too,  by  people 
who  are  Romanists.  The  impression  made 
upon  an  outsider  is  that  while  the  people 
are  nominally  Romanists  and  are  following 
the  observances  and  rituals  of  the  church 
as  best  they  understand  them,  the  real  spir- 
itual teachings  of  the  Bible  are  unknown 
to  them.  Hence,  immorality  in  all  its 
shades  is  to  be  found,  while  lying  and  de- 
ceit  abound   everywhere. 

At  heart,  however,  the  people  are  not 
bad,  and  there  is  unquestionably  a  con- 
sciousness of  the  paucity  of  religious  in- 
struction, and  a  deep,  though  often  unde- 
fined, hungering  and  thirsting  after  some- 
thing more  satisfying  in  the  way  of  re- 
ligious knowledge  and  experience. 


We  found  but  one  man  who  seemed  to 
be  openly  prejudiced  against  anything  in 
the  way  of  Protestant  innovation.  The 
people  everywhere  are,  as  in  the  days  of 
old.  ready  to  hear  the  Word  gladly. 

If  ever  there  was  an  opportunity  for 
Protestant  work  and  a  pressing  demand  for 
it  at  once,  it  is  here  and  now.  Multitudes 
are  ready  on  every  hand  to  give  the  mis- 
sionary a  respectful  hearing.  The  door  is 
wide  open  and  the  people  are  accessible, 
teachable,  hospitable.  Malice,  suspicion, 
hatred  toward  strangers  are  practically  un- 
known to  them.  The  field  about  Samaria 
was  no  riper  when  Jesus  bade  his  disciples 
lift  up  their  eyes  and  look. 

Other  men  have  labored  here.  The  peo- 
ple know,  in  a  general  way,  something  of 
the  teachings  of  the  Bible.  Their  worship 
is  a  strange  conglomeration  of  superstition, 
reverence  for  the  saints,  adoration  of  Mary 
and  awe  of  God.  They  know  of  Jesus  as  a 
babe,  and  of  Jesus  on  the  cross,  but  Jesus 
Christ  as  a  potent  power  in  everyday  life, 
as  a  Saviour  of  mankind  and  as  an  advo- 
cate with  the  Father,  they  know  not.  The 
vitality  of  the  Savior's  teachings  and  the 
efficacy  of  his  blood  are  at  once  new  and 
strange  doctrines  to  them.  Ours  is  pre- 
eminently the  opportunity  to  enter  in  and 
labor,  supplying  what  former  teachers  have 
omitted,  teaching  them  the  way  of  the  Lord 
more  perfectly,  and  breaking  to  them  anew, 
as  it  were,  the  true  bread  of  life.  It  is 
therefore  our  hope  and  prayer  that  the  For- 
eign Christian  Missionary  Society  may  find 
it  in  their  power  to  send  out  at  no  distant 
date  a  force  of  new  workers  to  occupy  this 
most  needy  and  neglected   field. 

Personally,  I  have  no  hesitancy  in  ex- 
pressing my  conviction  as  to  the  advisabil- 
ity of  sending  a  medical  worker  along 
with  an  evangelist.  There  is  one  Spanish 
physician,  one  mestizo  and  one  American 
negro  M.  D.  in  the  province  of  Cagayan. 
But  the  prices  charged  by  all  are  such  as 
to  render  medical  service,  and  even  medi- 
cines in  many  cases,  out  of  reach  of  the 
common  people.  As  a  practical  example, 
quinine  is  the  medicine  most  generally  un- 
derstood by  the  people.  It  is  one  medicine 
that  the  government  has  allowed  free  en- 
trance into  the  islands,  charging  no  import 
duty  in  order  that  the  price  might  be  near- 
ly within  the  reach  of  all  if  possible.  Qui- 
nine tablets  cost  at  wholesale  3-4  of  a  centavo 
each.  There  are  now  four  places  in  the 
province  of  Cagayan  where  they  can  be 
purchased  and  the  price  in  every  instance 
is  5  centavo  each.  The  selling  prices  of 
all  other  medicines  are  in  the  same  propor- 
tion. Malted  milk  costs  about  40  cents  a' 
bottle.  The  transportation  charges,  5c,  sell- 
ing price,  $1.75.  As  it  is  now,  only  the 
officials  and  wealthy  classes  are  able  to  pay 
for  medical  attention  and  the  outside  towns 
and  barrios  receive  nothing. 

In  talking  with  the  "Presidente"  or  may- 
or of  Alcala,  a  town  with  a  population,  in- 
cluding the  surrounding  barrios,  of  7,000 
people,  he  said:  "When  our  people  get 
seriously  sick,  they  simply  die,  there  is  no 
other  remedy."  When  I  suggested  the  pos- 
sibility of  sending  a  medical  missionary,  he 
said :  "Good !  Send  us  one  quickly.  The 
need  is  very  great  and  our  people  will  treat 
him  well."  The  suggestion  met  with  a  sim- 
ilar response  in  every  village. 

As  regards  the  people  of  Cagayan  valley, 
I  find  that  it  is  the  general  opinion  that 
fully  one-half,  and  possibly  more,  are  Ilo- 
canos.     The  Cagayans  form  the  bulk  of  the 


remainder,  yet  there  are  a.  few  smaller  tribes 
speaking  different  dialects,  and  in  the  foot- 
hills and  mountains  a  goodly  number  of 
Negritoes.  Ibanog  and  Ilocano  are  the  two 
principal  dialects  spoken.  It  is  estimated 
that  three-fourths  of  the  people  understand 
the  Ilocano  language.  The  Cagayano 
learns  the  Ilocano,  but  the  Ilocano  does 
not  seem  to  care  very  much  about  learning 
the  dialect  of  the  Cagayano.  Intellectually 
and  industrially,  the  Ilocanos  are  decided- 
ly in  the  ascendency.  The  native  priests 
are  all  Ilocanos.  In  the  schools,  the  Amer- 
ican teachers  tell  me  the  Ilocano  children 
almost  invariably  take  the  lead.  Four-fifths 
of  the  native  teachers  now  at  work  are  Ilo- 
canos. The  Ilocanos  make  the  best  house 
servants.  They  are  doing  nine-tenths  of  the 
work  on  the  tobacco  plantations.  They 
are  the  ones  that  do  all  the  work  in  con- 
nection with  the  river  commerce.  They 
have  also  taken  charge  completely  of  the 
quite  extensive  fishing  operations  about  the 
mouth  of  the  river.  Al[  the  Americans  are 
a  unit  in  saying  that  the  fate  of  the  indus- 
tries of  the  valley  is  in  their  hands.  All  of' 
which  goes  to  show  the  importance  of  hav- 
ing a  missionary  force  in  this  region,  to  co- 
operate with  the  workers  among  the  III— 
canos  on  the  west  coast. 

As  to  which  of  the  two  chief  centers, 
Tuquegarao  or  Aparri,  is  the  most  strate- 
gic and  opportune  for  our  immediate  occu- 
pation, I  have  no  hesitancy  in  recommend- 
ing the  latter.  In  the  first  place,  we  can 
not  hope  to  occupy  the  whole  valley,  and 
therefore  that  which  we  do  occupy  ought  to 
be  that  which  is  most  nearly  contiguous  to 
that  which  is  already  occupied  on  the  op- 
posite side  of  the  island.  As  the  central 
range  of  mountains  extends  squarely  to  the 
sea  on  the  north,  and  the  trails  over  the 
mountains  are  practically  impassable  (only 
fourteen  being  passable),  the  course  of 
travel  is  by  sea,  and  therefore,  the  north 
coast  is  most  nearly  adjacent. 

In  the  second  place,  the  inhabitants  of 
the  coast  towns  are  almost  all  Ilocanos 
from  Ilocos  Norte  and  Ilocos  Sur,  and  ev- 
ery year  there  are  thousands  passing  back 
and  forth.  All  stop  in  Aparri  for  a  greater 
or  less  length  of  time.  We  need  a  mission- 
ary here,  in  order  to  minister  to  our  own 
brethren. 

During  my  five  days'  stay  here,  a  perfect 
stranger,  as  I  supposed,  to  everybody,  I  met 
one  of  our  brethren  from  Loaog  and  some 
twenty  or  more  of  my  former  patients.  I 
think  I  am  safe  in  saying  that  I  met  one 
hundred  people  who  knew  me  and  knew 
what  my  business  was. 

At  all  times  here  we  have  splendid  au- 
diences to  hear  our  preaching ;  sometimes 
400  and  500  at  a  time.  Here,  also,  we  found 
a  man  who  had  purchased  a  Bible  some 
two  years  before  our  visit.  He  had  thought 
to  become  a  priest  in  the  Independent 
Church,  but  in  studying  his  Bible  he  came 
to  the  conclusion  that  the  practices  of  the 
church  were  not  in  accordance  with  its 
teachings.  He  had  therefore  quit  the 
church  and  had  taken  the  Bible  as  his 
source  of  religious  help.  Upon  hearing  our 
preaching,  he  asked  for  baptism  at  once. 
On  questioning  him,  I  found  he  had  a  very 
good  general  idea  of  the  teachings  of  the 
Word.  The  next  day  I  had  our  evangelist 
baptize  him.  We  therefore  have  already 
a  beginning  in  this  important  commercial 
city.  We  have  a  man  who  is  even  now 
distributing  literature  and  doing  all  he  can 


I 


November  q,  1005 


THE  CT1RIST1         E  'ANOEL1 


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for  the  cause.    No  change  in  printed  matter 
will  be  necessary  in  this  field. 

In  the  third  place,  the  mosl   northwi  11 
erly  town  of  the   Province  of  Cagayan,  Cla 

veria,  is  the  mosl  northerly  town  of  the 
island  of  Luzon,  It  is  said  by  some  to  pos- 
sess a  very  salubrious  climate,  and  its  occu- 
pation may  serve  us  well  occasionally,  as  a 
respite  from  the  more  intense  summer  heal 
of  other  places.  Mountains  1,500  feet  in 
height  tower  up  immediately  behind  it, 
while  tbe  sea  is  at  its  base.  Fertile  rice 
fields  are  near  at  hand  on  one  side,  while 
the  mountains  are  covered  with  splendid 
forests  on  the  other.  An  inhabitant  of  this 
town  voluntarily  offered  to  secure  the  tim- 
ber necessary  for  the  building  of  our 
Laoag  chapel  and  see  that  it  was  brought 
down  to  the  sea  ready  for  shipment,  we  pay- 

Ping  simply  the  hire  of  the  work  men  and 
the  cost  of  the  government  permit.  As 
there  will  be  other  buildings  to  erect  in 
the  future,  within  our  "sphere  of  influ- 
ence," and  the  problem  of  good  building- 
materials  is  not  an  easy  one,  the  occupation 
of  this  region  may  be  of  value  to  us  on 
this  score  also. 

Again,    many    people    in    this    town    have 
come  from  the  region  of  Banqui,  where  our 
work  is  already  propitiously  started.  These 
have  noised  abroad  something  of  the  teach- 
ings   of    the    Word    and    of    the    work    o'f 
Protestant  missionaries.     Every  man   from 
the    town    whom    I    met    while    in    Aparri 
asked  :     "When  are  you  going  to  visit  us  ?" 
It  is  a  dream  of  your  present  workers   in 
the  Philippines  and,  I  believe,  no  vague  one, 
either,  to  have  in  the  near  future  one  un- 
broken  line   of  Christian   churches   extend- 
ing   along    the    coast    from    Vigan    on    the 
south,   to    Buquey,    the   most   northeasterly 
town  of  the  island  of  Luzon,  on  the  north. 
In  the  fourth  place,  the  towns  along  the 
lower  Cagayan  river  are  as  easily  accessv 
ble    from    Aparri    as     from    Tuquegarao; 
those  along  the  coast  more  so.     While  to 
the   west   of  the   river   and   along  the   Rio 
Chico,  there  is  much  virgin  territory,  where 
even  the  Roman  Catholics  have  not  success- 
fully   labored.      The    provincial    supervisor 
told  me  that  the  distance   from  Aparri   to 
Tuquegarao,    by    land,    was    about    seventy 
•miles,  but  that  much  of  the  road  was  only 
a  trail  over  the  hills,  and  some  of  it  was 
all  but  impassable  during  the  rainy  season, 
because   of   the    many    little    ravines    and 
streams    yet    without    bridges.      The    river 
route  measures  about  ninety  miles.     It  re- 
quires all  the   way  from  two   days  to  two 
weeks   to   make   the   trip    one   way   on   the 
river,  and  two     or  three  days  to  go  over- 
land on  horseback.     The  present  means  of 
transportation    are    simply   miserable.      Ac- 
commodations  en   route   are   "nil,"   and   as 
for    eating    and    drinking,    one   must    have 
infinite     faith     in    the    Almighty    and     an 
abounding  confidence  in  the  antiseptic  pos- 
sibilities of  his  alimentary  apparatus. 

The  town  of  Alcala  with  7,000  popula- 
tion, which  I  have  placed  with  Aparri,  is 
as  easily  accessible  from  Tuquegarao,  and 
if  towns  farther  up  the  river  were  added  to 
the  list  the  balance  might  easily  be  brought 
out  in  favor  of  the  latter  place.  Tuque- 
garao has  the  advantage  of  being  the  cap- 
ital of  the  province.  There  are  more  Amer- 
icans there  and  the  provincial  high  school 
is  located  there.  On  the  other  hand,  Apar- 
ri is  twice  over  the  more  important  com- 
mercial center  and  will  eventually  be  the 
terminus  of  the  railway.  Tuquegarao  is  on 
higher  ground,  the  streets  are  in  better 
condition,  and  the  drinking  water  is  better. 
On  the  other  hand,  while  Aparri  is  low,  flat 
and  sandy,  its  proximity  to  the  sea  makes 
it  much  cooler.     The  market  of  Aparri  is 


far  ah  ad  oJ  Tuqueg.     0,    'i  h< 

of  living  al  the  present  iim<-  would  be  con 
sidi  rably  more  at  the  latter  place.    In  1  ither 
place   a   special    itinerating   allowance    an 
nually  will  b<    neo     ary  on  accounl  of  the 
cost    of   travel.     Tin's    will    be    greater   at 
Aparri  than  would  be  nec<     ary  ai  Tuque 
garao. 

Taking  il  all  in  all,  if  is  my  opinion  thai 
now  is  the  most  opportune  time  to  extend 
our  work  in  all  directions  possible.  Reli- 
giously, as  otherwise,  it  is.  a  transit  ion  pe- 
riod throughoui  the  islands.  The  ch< 
from  Spanish  bishops  and  church  officials 
to  American  and  Australian  priests  is  be- 
ing brought  about  slowly,  but  naturally  the 
language  and  other  problems  make  it  in- 
evitable thai  the  new  regime  be  slow  about 
getting  close   to   the   people. 

In  many  places  an  American  priest  has 
not  yet  set  his  foot,  and  many  provinces 
have  been  visited  only  a  few  times.  There 
seems  to  be  almost  as  much,  if  not  more, 
animosity  toward  these  gentlemen  than 
there  is  toward  Protestant  workers,  ft  may 
not  always  be  so.  Many  native  priests  have 
not  yet  been  influenced  in  any  way  by  the 
American  hierarchy.  When  they  arc,  an- 
tagonism and  prejudice  is  invariably  fos- 
tered. Everywhere  church  property  is  sad- 
ly in  need  of  repairs.  Evidences  of  decay 
are  abounding.  Immense  convents  are  oc- 
cupied by  a  single  priest,  his  woman,  and  a 
few  servants.  As  yet  there  is  no  evidence 
of  efforts  being  made  at  repair.  The  transi- 
tion from  government  to  individual  support 
is  working  havoc  with  buildings,and  the 
process  is  likely  to  continue  for  some  time. 
The  priests  are  kept  busy  in  many  cases  to 
keep  up  their  own  personal  income. 

Missionary  work  here  now  will,  in  all 
probability,  amount  to  ten  times  what  the 
same  effort  will  amount  to  ten  years 
hence.  The  younger  generation  which  is 
being  influenced  considerably  by  the  public 
schools,  is  already  doing  some  thinking  for 
itself.  It  is  our  opportunity  to  direct  a 
portion,  at  least,  of  this  thought  to  the 
glory  of  the  Father's  kingdom.  We  should 
therefore  beseech  the  society  for  a  favora- 
ble consideration  of  this  field,  and  implore 
the  sending  of  additional  workers  to  occu- 
py new  territory  at  as  early  a  date  as  pos- 
sible, believing  that  the  Lord  hath  much 
people  in  these  parts,  and  that  the  sowing  of 
the  seed  of  the  kingdom  will  bring  forth 
immediate  harvest  of  even  more  than  a 
hundred  fold. 
Laoag. 


Are  You  to  Blame  for  This? 

[The  following  letter  has  been  sent  to  us 
by  Brother  Muckley,  with  permission  to 
publish.  It  is  an  argument  in  concrete  form 
why  every  church  should  have  a  hand  in 
enlarging  our  Church  Extension  Fund. 
Read  it  and  ask  yourself  if  you  are  to  blame 
for    this    disappointment. — Editor.] 

"Lawton,  Okla.,  October  8,  1905. 

"Dear  Brother  Muckley — I  am  disappoint- 
ed and  sad  because  of  the  receipt  of  your 
letter  stating  that  our  application  for  a  loan 
for  Chattanooga  has  been  refused  for  the 
third  time.  I  must  now  be  a  self-confessed 
liar  and  plan  to  save  our  building  from  sale. 
I  promised  to  have  the  building  ready  and 
dedicate  this  month.  We  can  not  dedicate 
until  we  at  least  have  the  promise  of  a  loan. 
I  possibly  can  put  off  matters  until  next 
month  if  I  can  know  that  this  loan  will  be 
granted.  Otherwise  we  must  lose  our  build- 
ing, and  I  have  already  written  Brother 
Munroe  that  I  will  resign  next  month  if 
this  loan   is  not  granted. 

"I  am  a  living  link  of  the  C.  W.  B.  M., 
working  under  the  direction  of  our  terri- 
torial board.     My  field  is  the  new  country 


( formerly   I 

and  Comanche  reservation) 

tlem<  nt    four   y< 

larger  than  several  eastern  d  has 

a    population   of  nearlj  can 

point     to    more 

church  buildings  in  this  new  1  han 

have  <  vet  been  organiz<  d  and  <  1  any 

other  n<  itry  in   l  and 

No  one  h; 
1  bat    I   have  made  to  plan)   our  cause    in 
strategic   points   in   thi  and 

n  V.<-<  p  up  our  pre*  nt  n 
■  ill  be  the  dominant  religu 
tor  in  thi     new   country.     '.  only  the 

third  time  1   have  been  before  your  be 

for   a    loan    and,    Broth* 

-    thai  yon  should  v  this 

loan   for  three  succes  i  .<■.  monl  .  the 

September  offerings  came  in  during  that 
time.  Please  write  me  the 
of  the  board.  Be  candid  with  me,  and  if 
yon  can  not  assure  me  of  the  loan  next 
month  we  might  just  as  well  let  our  build- 
ing sell,  and  I  will  put  in  my  re 
and  look  for  other  work. 

"1  forgol  to  say  that  during  the  last 
three  months  before  our  convention  I  or- 
ganized three  congregations,  started  one 
church  building,  raising  the  funds,  located 
one  preacher  and  added  101  10  the  member- 
ship.    Yours  fraternally. 

"C.  M.  Barnes, 
"Living  Link  Evangelist  of  the  C.  W.  B.  M." 


Questions    Concerning   Personal   Relig- 
ious Experience. 

Please  answer  clearly  and  concisely. 
Give  age  at  important  events. 

I.    CHILDHOOD    TO    AGE    OF    TWELVE. 

i.  Home  influence — Was  it  religious? 
Was  there  definite  religious  instruction? 
Family  worship?  How  was  Sunday  ob- 
served ? 

2.  Church  influence  —  Denomination  ? 
What  impressions  did  the  church  services 
make?    And  the  Sunday  school? 

3.  Personal  activities— Nature  of  prayer 
and  other  religious  acts.  Did  you  have  a 
sense  of  sin?  In  what  did  it  consist  and 
what  did  you  do  about  it? 

4.  What  were  your  ideas  of  God,  heaven, 
hell?  Did  you  have  definite  fears?  Of 
what  ? 

II.    ADOLESCENCE. 

1.  Did  you  have  social  life  in  church  cir- 
cles, or  in  other  "sets,"  or  both? 

2.  Did  the  question  of  joining  the  church 
or  any  religious  society  confront  vou  at 
any  time.  How  did  it  rise,  through  direct 
influence  or  pastor,  or  teacher,  or  through 
reflextion?  How  intense  was  the  problem  ? 
How  was  it  settled?     Age? 

3-  Has  your  religious  development  been 
continuous  since  that  time?  If  not.  indi- 
cate nature  and  occasions  of  change?  Did 
you  have  the  same  kind  of  experience  (such 
as  struggle,  anxiety  with  sudden  decisions, 
or  gradual  growth)  in  other  lin^s?  For  ex- 
ample, in  choosing  occupation,  taking  up 
social  interests  or  some  form  of  art? 

III.    PRESENT   ATTITUDE. 

1.  Do  you  consider  yourself  religious? 
What  would  you  give  as  reasons  for  saving 
you  are  religious  ?  or  non-religious,  as*  the 
case  may  be? 

2.  Are  intellectual  problems  prominent 
in  your  experience?     If  so.  what  are  thev? 

3-  Do  you  get  religious  values  in  other 
than  so-called  religious  exercises?  For  ex- 
ample, in  "secular"  work,  entertainments, 
or  anything  of  that  kind? 

4.  How    do    you    determine    whether    a 
thing  is  right  or  wrong  for  you  to  do  ? 
♦  .Add  any  other  facts  of  your  religious  ex- 
perience not  covered  by  the  above  questions. 

Answers  to  these  questions  will  be  treat- 
ed with  the  strictest  confidence.  Please 
send  them  to  E.  S.  Ames.  ^20  Madison 
avenue.  Chicago.  111. 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


November  9,  1905 


To    the   Business    Men    of    Our    Churches 


Dear  Brethren — As  you  are  aware,  no 
doubt,  an  effort  is  being  made  to  enlist  the 
men  of  our  churches,  and  especially  those 
men  of  affairs  usually  classed  as  business 
men.  in  the  more  active  service  of  the 
church,  both  in  their  local  congregations, 
and  more  particularly  in  the  general  en- 
terprises of  the  church.  You  will  recall 
that  at  our  National  Convention  in  St.  Louis 
in  1004  an  organization  of  business  men 
was  formed,  to  be  known  as  the  Business 
Men's  Association  of  the  Christian  Church. 
This  new  organization  has  for  its  object 
the  enlistment  of  the  business  men  of  our 
churches  in  more  active  Christian  work, 
both  for  their  own  spiritual  welfare  and 
that  of  the  cause  they  represent;  to  secure 
their  attendance  at  our  religious  conven- 
tions and  their  participation  in  its  business, 
and  thus  to  harness  a  mighty  unused  force 
among  us  for  the  better  support  of  our  mis- 
sionary, educational,  and  benevolent  enter- 
prises. 

The  plan  was  to  have  local  leagues,  or 
chapters,  formed  in  all  our  churches  to  co- 
operate with  the  national  organization.  Be- 
cause of  the  inability  of  our  corresponding 
secretary  to  give  as  much  time  to  this 
work  as  he  had  hoped  to  do  the  association 
did  not  accomplish,  during  the  past  year, 
much  in  the  way  of  increasing  its  member- 
ship and  perfecting  its  organization,  as  it 
would  otherwise  have  done;  but  many  local 
chapters  have  been  formed  and  are  at  work 
in  their  respective  congregations.  We  hope 
every  church  among  us  will  form  such  a 
league  of  its  business  men. 

It    is    believed    now,    however,    that    the 


Jin  Open  Letter. 

time  has  come  when  our  organization  must 
furnish  proof  of  what  it  can  do  for  the  ad- 
vancement of  our  cause.  T  he  National  Con- 
vention in  San  Francisco  decided,  on  the 
recommendation  of  our  Centennial  commit- 
tee, to  put  a  first-class  man  in  the  field  to 
stimulate  liberality  toward  all  our  general 
enterprises  and  to  solicit  special  gifts  and 
bequests  for  the  same,,  in  view  of  our  ap- 
proaching Centennial  celebration  in  1909. 
It  was  also  recommended  that  our  Business 
Men's  Association  take  k  as  their  special 
duty  to  to  provide  the  necessary  funds  for 
the  support  of  such  a  man  and  the  neces- 
sary expenses  for  carry.ng  on  this  work. 
It  is  estimated  that  not  less  than  $5,000 
per  year  will  be  necessary  to  prosecute  this 
work  with  vigor.  We  understand  that  the 
committee  has  already  selected  one  of  our 
best  men  to  undertake  this  work,  and  it 
only  remains  for  us  to  guarantee  his  sup- 
port for  the  work  to  begin  at  once. 

At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  executive 
committee  of  the  Business  Men's  Associa- 
tion, held  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis,  it  was  de- 
cided to  undertake  the  raising  of  $5,000 
at  once  in  reliable  pledges  to  be  paid  dur- 
ing the  year  as  needed,  for  the  support  of 
this  work.  It  is  by  no  means  the  thought 
of  the  executive  committee  of  the  Business 
Men's  Association  that  the  sum  mentioned 
should  limit  the  contribtuions  of  our  busi- 
ness men  toward  the  Centennial  offering 
On  the  contrary,  it  is  believed  that  five  or 
six   of   our   cities   might   readily   guarantee 


.this  amount  and  that  other  offerings  might 
be  made,  either  directly  or  through  this 
committee,  to  any  one  of  our  colleges,  mis- 
sionary organizations,  or  benevolent  enter- 
prises, in  harmony  with  the  recommenda- 
tions of  our  Centennial  committee.  By  the 
personal  solicitation  of  the  president  of  the 
Business  Men's  Association,  including  his 
own  contribution,  $1,100  has  already  been 
pledged  by  the  brethren  of  St.  Louis.  This 
amount  will  no  doubt  be  increased,  and 
other  cities  will,  we  are  sure,  manifest 
equal  zeal  in  behalf  of  this  ■  effort  to 
worthily  celebrate  our  Centennial  anni- 
versary. 

While  the  officers  of  the  society  will 
make  what  personal  solicitations  they  can,' 
it  is  impossible  for  them  to  reach  all  the 
liberal-hearted,  enterprising  brethren  in  our 
brotherhood  who  will  wish  fellowship  with 
us  in  this  good  work,  and  we  hereby  solicit 
their  pledges  first,  toward  the  completion 
of  this  $5,000  fund,  and  then  in  larger  gifts, 
through  the  agent  which  is  to  be  put  in  the 
field,  to  any  and  all  of  our  general  interests. 
We  would  call  upon  the  business  men  every- 
where, in  all  our  churches,  to  rally  to  the 
support  of  their  local  minister,  to  heed  the 
calls  of  our  missionary  societies,  our  col- 
leges, and  our  benevolent  institutions,  and 
to  make  such  offerings  for  their  support  as 
will  furnish  to  the  world  an  exhibition  of 
how  much  we  believe  in  the  principles  of 
that  great  reformation  whose  Centennial  we 
are  seeking  to  celebrate. 

J.   H.  AelEn,  President. 

W.  Daviess  Pittman,  Cor.  Sec. 

Sidney  H.  Thomson,  Treasurer. 


What  Truths  Should  the  Evangelist  Emphasize  ? 

P..     f        It        ¥» J  —  „ 


By  C.  A.  Brady 

The  work  of  the  evangelist  is  to  pro- 
claim glad  tidings  to  human  beings.  His 
work  is  one  of  grave  responsibilty.  Every 
word  and  every  move  on  his  part  is  hav- 
ing its  influence,  and  this  influence  may 
mark  the  destiny  of  some  soul.  The  evan- 
gelist, like  all  other  of  God's  servants,  has 
retained  his  individuality,  which  will  con- 
tinually manifest  itself.  There  are  certain 
truths,  however,  or  parts  of  one  great  truth, 
winch  must  be  particularly  emphasized.' 
lhe  early  evangelists  employed  certain 
agencies  in  their  work,  prophecy,  history 
poetry,  the  gift  of  oratory,  etc.;  yet  a  few" 
Sreat  truths  were  always  pressed  home  to 
the  hearer  in  such  a  manner  that  he  could 
not  forget  them.  The  hearer  might  go 
his  way,  years  might  pass,  but  these  great 
primal  facts  could  not  be  dislodged.  They 
would  continually  influence  his  life. 

The  first  work  of  the  evangelist  is 
instruction.  The  man  must  be  con- 
verted from  something  to  something  else. 
Easy,  pretty  words  of  themselves  are  not 
instruction.  Strong,  earnest  words,  chosen 
to  fit  the  hearer,  sometimes  pleasant  and 
sometimes  unpleasant — a  message  on  which 
the  hungry  soul  can  feed,  must  be  pre- 
sented. This  part  of  the  work  must  be 
a  faithful  and  full  presentation  of  the 
Christ— his  life,  his  work,  his  demands. 
There  can  be  no  Christianity  without  a 
Christ,  and  no  salvation  without  one  able 
and  willing  to  save.  The  evangelist  will 
command  the  attention  of  the  hearer  to  the 
nt  that  this  work  is  well  done.  The 
world  expects  the  evangelist  to  proclaim 
a  plain,  true  Go  pel,  which  demands  sac- 
rifice and  denial  of  self,  and  respects  him 
only  when  he  does  it.  All  the  powers  and 
methods  of  the  speaker  ought  to  be  used 
to  drive  home  these  facts.  No  use  to  talk 
about  the  superstructure  until  the  founda- 
tion is  well  laid-  The  person  now  believes 
the  message,  is  impressed  with  the  Christ, 
but  thus  far  has  not  decided  to  accept  him. 


Up    to    this    point    his    attention    has    been 
riveted  on  the  Savior  and  not  on  self. 

The  next  work  of  the  evangelist  is  con- 
viction. The  hearer  must  now  see  him- 
self undone,  wretched  and  unsaved.  This 
also  may  not  be  at  all  times  a  pleasant 
work  for  the  evangelist,  and  sometimes  this 
part  of  his  work  is  far  from  being  well 
done.  An  unconvicted  church  member- 
ship is  the  proper  soil  for  disruption,  back- 
sliding, and  hypocrisy.  May  this  be  the 
reason  that  there  is  prejudice  against  the 
evangelist?  Has  he  frequently  sought  a 
numerical  obedience  at  the  expense  of  an 
obedience  desired  and  demanded  bv  the 
convert?  Did  the  three  thousand,  or  the 
Ethiopian,  or  Saul  of  Tarsus  need  to  be 
prevailed  upon  to  obey  commands,  or  were 
their  longings  such  as  only  obedience 
could  satisfy!  Surrender  is  on  the  part  of 
the  convert,  and  can  be  done  by  none  but 
himself.  A  truly  convicted  sinner  is  the 
greatest  poem  ever  written— the  noblest 
epic  ever  sung.  Peter  wept  bitterly,  and 
arose  a  new  man.  The  penitent's  tears 
are  seeds  of  the  spiritual  harvest. 

At  the  fitting  time  the  work  of  the  evan- 
gelist is  to  bring  about  obedience.  The 
penitent  desires  to  know  how  to  follow  and 
how  to  serve  his  Lord.  As  a  people  we 
have  been  very  exacting  and  very  uncom- 
promising in  matters  of  obedience.  And  so 
is  the  Word,  and  so  must  we  be  if  we  are 
true  to  that  word.  And  while  the  evan- 
gelist should  not  be  abusive  or  bigoted 
yet  the  people  desire  a  "Thus  sayeth  the 
Lord."     It  is  his  message,  not  ours. 

If  certain  truths  are  emphasized  in  bring- 
ing about  the  conversions  recorded  in  the 
Bible,  so  should  we  emphasize  these  truths, 
not  as  our  own,  but  as  from  heaven.  This 
can  be  done  kindly  and  emphatically,  and 
without  the  spirit  of  antagonism.  What 
truths  then  should  the  evangelist  emphasize? 
Rather  what  truths  must  he  emphasize? 
Large  responsibility  rests  upon  him;  he  is 
a    witness    and    must    testify    truly.      The 


judge  demands  that  the  jury  shall  only 
consider  real  testimony.  All  else  is  ruled 
out.  The  evangelist  is  neither  judge  or 
lawyer,  simply  a  witness.  Those  truths 
must  be  emphasized  that  will  convince  the 
world  that  Jesus  is  the  Christ,  the  Son 
of  God,  and  that  will  bring  the  sinners  into 
full  subjection  to  him.  His  will,  his  life, 
his  influence,  his  powers,  must  all  be  sur- 
rendered to  his  God. 

E.  Pennsylvania  Christian  Missionary 
Society. 

Canton,  Pa. 

# 
By  B.  C.  Deweese. 

The  proper  reply  to  this  question  can  be 
given,  it  seems  to  me,  in  view  of  facts 
which  we  all  recognize.  The  very  work  of  the  1 
evangelist— the  proclamation  of  the  Gosoel 
—gives  material  for  the  answer.  We  are 
disloyal  to  ourselves,  if  we  fail  to  follow 
the  New  Testament  teaching.  "Preach  the 
Word,"  is  its  general  order  for  all  evan- 
gelistic effort.  This  directs  us  to  the  source 
of  information  on  the  subject. 

The  same  need  which  confronted  the 
apostles  confronts  the  preachers  of  right- 
eousness today.  Man  always,  and  every- 
where, is  sold  under  sin.  He  is  in  the  king- 
dom of  darkness.  The  darkness  is  the  same 
in  kind  in  every  age.  Man's  inability  to 
save  himself  is  now,  ever  has  been  and  ever 
will  be  manifest.  God  is  the  God  of  salva- 
tion and  upon  his  mercy  and  grace  we  all 
depend.  Since  these  things  are  so,  the  gos- 
pel for  an  age  of  sin  is  the  remedy  in  every 
age.  Among  those  for  whom  the  Bible 
teaching  is  final  this  is  not  in  dispute. 

It  follows  then  that  the  inspired  preach- 
ing of  the  apostolic  age  contained  the  truths 
needed   for  that  age  and   for  ours  as  well. 
Happily  we  do  not  grope  in  the  dark  in  a\ 
fruitless  endeavor  to  recover  that  teaching. 
The   great   commission   and    the   preaching 
of  the  apostles  and  "apostolic  men"  furnish 
all    the    data    needful     for    a    correct    an-j 


November  9,  1905 


THE  CHRISTL  1ST. 


svver  to  the  question  which  heads  Ibis 
note.  Let  the  evangelists  faniiliarize 
tliemsclves  with  these  facts.  The  sit- 
uations reported  in  Acts  are  parallel  to  the 
experiences  of  the  evangelists  of  our  age. 
The  coincidence  is  startling  and  suggestive, 
When,  therefore,  we  meet  with  like  cases 
the  one  thing  to  do  is  to  give  the  New  Tes- 
tamenl  answer.  This  is  infallibly  correct 
and  is  preaching  the  word  of  salvation. 

Two  observations  are  worlh  while.  The 
men  who  follow  this  method  keep  close  to 
the  Bible.  This  shuts  out  human  specula- 
tion— the  bane  of  all  really  effective  preach- 


ing, and   gives  the  people  confu  that 

they  arc  n-ally  doing  the  things  which  the 
Lord  commanded  in  the  gospel.     Pun 
such  preaching,  '■•.hen  done  in  the  spirit  of 
Christ,  is  always  buco  isful.     Long 
ence  and   close  obsei     ttioh  convince 

me  that  a  careful  presentation  of  tl 
of  conversion  recorded  in  Acts  is  the  : 
instructive,  the  mosl  in  >pii  ing,  :  i  d 
successful    way   to   preach    Ghri  it.      May    I 
not    urge    our    evangelists   to   make   more 
of    this   method    while    the    days    ai 
by? 

College  of  the  Bible,  Lexington  Ky. 


THE  VAlUE  OF  f !!/ 


iTe  Supreme  Importance  of  State  Missions 


By  J.  0.  Rose. 

The  problem  of  the  mission  church  is  not 
so  much  the  work  of  starting  it  (that  is 
comparatively  easy),  but  the  work  of  sus- 
taining it  until  it  becomes  self-sustaining. 
State  work,  as  compared  with  district  or 
county  work,  is  the  only  sure  guarantee  of 
sustained  support. 

Two  things,  at  least,  are  necessary  for  the 
life  and  healthy  development  of  a  mission 
after  it  is  planted :  First,  intelligently  con- 
tinued Scriptural  supervision  ;  second,  wise- 
ly sustained  financial  support  until  it  can 
be  made  sulf-supporting  and  self-directing. 
This  the  county  or  district  organizations, 
as  a  rule,  have  failed  to  do.  There  are 
a  very  few,  noble  exceptions.  This  is  be- 
cause the  average  length  of  pastorate  in  In- 
diana is  less  than  two  years,  hence  before 
the  new  mission  church  has  passed  the  peril- 
ous transition  to  sturdy  self-suport,  and 
while  it  is  yet  weak,  unorganized  and  un- 
disciplined, the  preachers  of  the  district  that 
have  supported  and  cared  for  it  move  away; 
new  preachers  are  located  with  uncertainty 
and  delay,  and  the  weak  mission  is  neglect- 
ed. It  drifts  into  debt,  discouragement  and 
division.     The  flock  is  left  without  a  shep- 


herd, and  in  the  crisis  a  pitiful  appeal  is 
sent  to  the  State  Society  to  send  a  state 
worker  to  come  and  gather  up  the  frag- 
ments, where  the  conditions  are  often  wor  ;e 
than  if  no  beginning  had  been  made  at  all. 
This,  tco,  where  the  funds  have  been  with- 
held from  the  State  Society  to  invest  in  the 
local  enterprise.  The  investment  has  sadly 
depreciated  in  value,  and  the  mission  has 
became  a  very  "hard  field."  It  has  multi- 
plied conditions  of  failure. 

The  two  necessary  elements  for  success 
are  wanting.  There  has  not  been  continued 
support  and  sustained  supervision.  The  min- 
istry in  our  churches  is  too  transient  and 
too  uncertain. 

The  remedy  is  in  the  unity  of  all  our 
state  interests  and  the  concentration  of  all 
our  state  energies  in  a  wisely  directed  and 
sustained  support  of  every  mission  which 
we  plant  until  it  becomes  self-supporting. 
Preachers  may  come  and  preachers  may  go, 
but  the  State  Society  (the  systematic,  or- 
ganized co-operative  forces  of  the  churches 
of  the  state)  will  go  on— as  long  as  the 
Great  Commission  applies,  and  state  work- 
can  maintain  a  sustained  support  of  every 
mission  as  long  as  it  has  need. 


Kansas — How    About    Appropriations  ? 


If  some  of  the  good  brethren  over  the 
state  could  walk  into  the  office  of  the  State 
Board,  some  day,  and  look  over  the  mail, 
they  would  be  surprised' at  the  number  of 
worthy  appeals  that  come  to  the  board  for 
help.  The  paper  on  which  some  of  these 
appeals  are  written  is  actually  tear-stained, 
indicating  beyond  doubt  that  hearts  are 
anxious  about  the  Lord's  work  at  many 
points  in  Kansas.  Individual  members  of 
the  board  have  borrowed  money,  giving 
their  personal  notes  for  the  same,  in  order 
to  respond  to  some  of  these  appeals,  so 
touching  have  they  been.  This  course,  how- 
ever, has  involved  the  board  in  a  financial 
way  that  is  embarrassing  when  reported  at 
our  State  Convention.  It  is  not  business  to 
borrow  money  in  order  to  make  appropria- 
tions to  weak  churches,  and  yet  these 
churches  must  not  be  allowed  to  die  for 
want  of  a  little  assistance. 

I  think  it  is  quite  generally  conceded  that 
the  Disciples  of  Christ  in  Kansas  are  not 
a  poor  people.  They  are  worth  at  least 
$25,000,000.  They  are  rich  in  houses  and 
lands.  Oil  and  gas  and  coal  and  mineral 
wealth  abound  in  great  quantities.  God  has 
blessed  us  with  bountiful  crops.  There  are 
more  than  40,000  Disciples  in  Kansas,  and 
hundreds  of  churches  all  prosperous  under 
the  blessings  of  God.  A  very  small  per 
cent  of  their  income  would  be  sufficient 
to  evangelize  Kansas  and  win  it  for  Christ. 

Now,  brethren,  what  is  our  duty?  These 
appeals  must  be  answered.  God  is  test- 
ing us. 

There  are  eleven  congregations  in  Kan- 
sas whose  buildings  are  closed.  Forty-eight 
congregations  are  homeless.  Three  hundred 
and  seventy-five  towns  in  Kansas  are  with- 
out a  congregation  of  the  Disciples  of 
Christ.  All  are  appealing  to  us  for  help. 
What  shall  we  do?    What  is  our  duty? 

In    addition    to   these    appeals,    two    new 


field  workers  will  be  sent  out  into  the  field — 
and  evangelist  and  a  Bible  school  specialist. 
These  workers  are  added  to  the  present  force 
by  direction  of  the  churches  through  their 
delegates  to  the  Eldorado  convention.  The 
salaries  and  expenses  of  these  additional 
workers  have  to  be  provided  for.  "  The 
State  Board  is  perfectly  willing  to  do  all 
that  is  required  of  it,  and  even  more;  but 
the  whole  problem  is  up  to  the  churches. 
They  must  act,  and  act  like  heroes,  or  else 
no  appropriations  can  be  made  to  weak 
churches  and  no  additional  force  be  placed 
in  the  field.  It  is  the  duty,  therefore,  of 
every  church  to  raise  its  apportionment.  If 
the  churches  fail  to  do  this,  the  work  must 
fail.  The  cause  of  failure,  then,  must  be 
placed,  not»at  the  door  of  the  State  Board, 
but  at  the  door  of  the  churches  of  Kansas. 

Brethren,  $8,000  is  not  too  much  for  40,000 
■Disciples  to  raise.     We  can  do  it,  and  by 
the  grace  of  God  we  will  do  it. 

Frank  E.  Maelory, 

Topeka,  Kan.        President  K.  C.  M.  S. 


To  Confer  on  Federation. 

SEVENTEEN     MILLION     COMMUNICANTS     TO    BE 

REPRESENTED  IN  THE  CARNEGIE 

HALE  GATHERINGS. 

The  Inter-church  Conference  on  Federa- 
tion, for  which  preparations  have  been  mak- 
ing for  more  than  three  years,  is  at  hand. 
The  opening  session  will  be  held  on  Wednes- 
day evening  of  next  week,  November  15,  at 
Carnegie  Hall,  in  New  York  City.  Twenty- 
seven  evangelical  denominations  have  com- 
missioned more  than  seven  hundred  dele- 
gates and  alternates,  who  will  be  present 
when  Governor  Higgins,  of  New  York,  de- 
livers the  opening  address.  Seventeen  million 
communicants  who  believe  in  Jesus  Christ 


Few   People    Know   How   Useful   It   is   la 
Preserving   Health   and  Beauty. 

knows  that  ciiar:oal  is 
lb':  '  fficient    disinfectant 

and   purifier  in   nature,  but   few  realize   its 
value   when   taken   into  the  human  sy 
for  the  ansing  purp- 

Charcoal   ;  that  the  more  you 

of  it  the  better;  it  u  not  a  drug  at  all, 
simply  :  es  and   impuri- 

ties   always    present    in    the    stomach    and 
intestines  and  carries  them  out  of  the 
tern. 

Charcoal  sweetens  the  breath  after  smok- 
ing, drinking  or  after  eating  onions  and 
other  odorous  vegetables. 

Charcoal   effectually  clears  and  improves 
the   complexion,    it   whitens   the   teeth   and 
further  acts  as  a  natural  <...d  eminently 
cathartic. 

It  absorbs  the  injurious  gases  which  1 
lect   in   the   stomach   and   bowels;   it   disin- 
fects the  mouth  and  throat  from  the  poison 
of  catarrh. 

All  druggists  sell  charcoal  in  one  form 
or  another,  but  probably  the  best  charcoal 
and  the  most  for  the  money  is  in  Stuart's 
Charcoal  Lozenges ;  they  are  composed  of 
the  finest  powdered  Willow  Charcoal,  and 
other  harmless  antiseptics  in  tablet  form,  or 
rather  in  the  form  of  large,  pleasant  tast- 
ing lozenges,  the  charcoal  being  mixed  with 
honey. 

The  daily  use  of  these  lozenges  will  soon 
tell  in  a  much  improved  condition  of  the 
general  health,  better  complexion,  sweeter 
breath  and  purer  blood,  and  the  beauty  of 
it  is,  that  no  possible  harm  can  result  from 
their  continued  use,  but  on  the  contrary, 
great  benefit. 

A  Buffalo  physician  in  speaking  of  the 
benefits  of  charcoal  says :  "I  advise  Stuart's 
Charcoal  Lozenges  to  ail  patients  suffering 
from  gas  in  the  stomach  and  bowels,  and  to 
clear  the  complexion  and  purify  the  breath, 
mouth  and  throat ;  I  also  believe  the  liver 
is  greatly  benefited  by  the  daily  use  of  them ; 
they  cost  but  twenty-five  cents  a  box  at 
drug  stores,  and  although  in  some  sense  a 
patent  preparation,  yet  I  believe  I  get  more 
and  better  charcoal  in  Stuart's  Charcoal 
Lozenges  than  in  any  of  the  ordinary  char- 
coal tablets." 


as  Lord  of  all,  have  sent  these  seven  hun- 
dred men  to  come  together  to  see  what  can 
be  don£  to  heal  the  hurt  of  Christendom. 
Organic  union  is  not  so  much  as  dreamed 
of,  but  a  working  plan  of  co-operation  will 
be  perfected  by  these  representatives  of  the 
various  religious  bodies. 

The  delegates(  will  be  welcomed  by  the 
chief  executive  of  the  state  and  the  city, 
and  will  listen  to  a  letter  from  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States,  whose  official 
duties  near  the  opening  of  Congress  will 
prevent  him  from  expressing  in  person  the 
interest  which  he  feels  in  this  largest  del- 
egated conference  of  Christian  bodies  ever 
held. 

On  Sunday.  Novembei  19,  me  ministers 
throughout  the  country  are  requested  to 
speak  on  ''The  Co-operation  of  the  Churches 
as  a  Sign  of  the  Oneness  cf  Believers."  The 
majority  of  the  Protestant  pulpits  in  New- 
York  and  its  vicinity  will  be  filled  by  prom- 
inent delegates.  In  the  afternoon  there  will 
be  an  interdenominational  gathering  in  Car- 
negie   Hall. 

On  the  last  evening  of  the  conference.  No- 
vember 28,  a  reception  to  the  delegates  at 
the  Waldorf-Astoria  will  be  given  by  the 
half  dozen  or  more  denominational  social 
unions  and  church  clubs  of  the  city. 

All  of  the  meetings  of  the  conference  will 
be  open   to  the  public,  but   admission  will 
be  by  ticket     John  Bancroft  Devixs. 
Chairman  Fress  Commitee. 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


November  9,  1905 


Our   Budget. 


— The  simultaneous  evangelistic  cam- 
paigns are  moving  grandly  on. 

— Push  the  offerings  for  state  missions, 
through  your  missionary  committee,  until 
all  the  brethren  have  a  part  in  it.  Remem- 
ber no  offering  is  limited  to  one  day. 

— Be  sure  to  read  the  appeal  of  the  com- 
mittee of  the  Business  Men's  Association 
to  the  business  men  of  our  churches,  which 
is  printed  elsewhere.  It  wouldn't  be  a 
bad  idea  for  preachers  to  read  it  from  their 
pulpits  lest  it  should  escape  the  attention 
of  the  men  in  their  congregations. 

— The  work  of  evangelism  is  going  on 
splendidly,  but  must  be  supplemented  by 
the  large  and  generous  gifts  of  our  business 
men  in  behalf  of  our  general  enterprises 
if  the  results  are  to  be  permanent. 

— The  weakest  side  of  our  work  just  now 
is  that  which  the  Business  Men's  Associa- 
tion is  trying  to  bring  to  the  front,  and  it 
needs  the  more  emphasis  on  that  account. 
Let  press  and  pulpit  push  it. 

— The  joint  committee  of  Free  Baptists 
and  the  Disciples  of  Christ  to  confer  on  the 
subject  of  union  expect  to  hold  a  meeting 
in  New  York  City  in  connection  with  the 
great  Inter-Church  Conference,  which  is 
to  convene  there  next  week.  While  the 
big  meeting  will  be  thinking  about  the 
co-operation  that  is  possible  now,  the  com- 
mittees will  be  thinking  and  praying  about 
a  complete  union. 

— Reports  from  State  Mission  Day  indi- 
cate that  there  was  rain  in  many  parts  of 
the  country  and  especially  in  Missouri  so 
that  the  collections  were  either  small  or 
were  not  taken  at  all.  We  press  upon 
our  brethren  the  urgency  that  this  cause 
receive  their  attention.  Let  nothing  stand 
in  its  way,  and  take  ?.  collection  for  State 
Missions  some  Sunday  in  this  month. 

— There  have  been  512  added  in  the 
campaign  in  Greater  Kansas  City  to  date. 
Several  churches  are  not  in  the  campaign. 
Frank  L.  Bowen,  Sec. 

— R.  C.  Rogers  is  in  a  meeting  at  Clin- 
ton, Ky. 

— D.  Y.  Donaldson  is  now  in  charge  at 
Iola,  Kan. 

— J.  W.  Ellis  has  begun  work  at  Benton- 
ville,  Ark. 

— Geo.  A.  Johnson  goes  to  Fleming- 
ton,   Pa. 

— An  addition  is  being  built  to  our  church 
at  Mt.  Vernon,  111. 

— S.  Boyd  White  has  entered  upon  his 
ministry  at  Mt.  Healthy,  Ohio. 

— Improvements  have  been  made  in  the 
church  at  Lowe,  Ind. 

— E.  T.  Lane,  of  Bainbridge,  Ind.,  ex- 
pects to  locate  at  Thorntown. 

— A.  R.  Teachout  is  the  nominee  for 
mayor  of  Cleveland  on  the  Prohibition 
ticket. 

— The  new  building  of  the  Central  Chris- 
tian Church  at  Sherman,  Tex.,  is  now 
in  use. 

— A  new  church  has  been  dedicated  at 
Denison,  Tex.,  and  a  protracted  meeting 
is  being  held. 

— Geo.  D.  Weaver,  of  Greenville,  Miss., 
has  received  a  call  to  the  Second  Church, 
Little  Rock,  Ark. 

—A.  F.  Reiter,  of  Bluffton,  O.,  has  en- 
tered upon  the  pastorate  of  the  Calhoun 
Church,  Baltimore. 

— R.  E.  Lee  Abbott,  recently  of  Spencer 
Va.,  now  divides  his  time  between  Corbin 
and    Barbourville,   Ky. 

— We  learn  from  Brother  Sizemore  that 
although  the  church  at  Rockport,  Mo.,  is 
without  a  pastor,  the  brethren  are  keeping 


up  their  meetings  with  good  attendance  and 
enthusiasm. 

— A  new  house  of  worship  at  North 
Platte,  Neb.,  will  be  dedicated  by  L.  L. 
Carpenter  next  Lord's  day. 

— The  Disciples'  Social  Union  of  New 
York  City  will  entertain  their  visiting  breth- 
ren on  Tuesday  evening. 

— J.  Cronenberger  has  accepted  a  call  to 
Phoenix,  Ariz.,  and  will  relinquish  his  work 
at  Falls  City,  Neb.,  December  1. 

— The  new  building  at  Elmira,  N.  Y., 
will  be  dedicated  about  the  first  of  the  new 
year.     C.  C.  Crawford  is  the  pastor. 

— The  new  church  house  at  Chilo,  Ohio, 
where  R.  E.  Stratton  is  pastor,  has  been 
dedicated  by  Geo.  B.  Ranshaw. 

—It  is  hoped  that  the  new  building  at 
Plainville,  Kan.,  costing  about  $11,000,  will 
be  ready  for  dedication  in  December. 

— An  educational  conference  under  the 
direction  of  the  Eureka  College  Association 
was  held  at  LaHarpe,  111.,  November  6. 

— Mrs.  E.  L.  Ford  and  daughters  have 
given  $4,000  towards  the  endowment  fund 
for  the  Disciples'  Divinity  House,  Chicago. 

— We  understand  that  the  church  at  Au- 
rora, 111.,  has  designs  on  F.  G.  Tyrrell  for 
their  pastor.  He  has  supplied  for  them 
several  Sundays. 

—Charles  W.  Dean  began  a  meeting  with 
the  church  at  Grand  Rapids,  Wis.,  last 
Lord's  day,  and  expects  a  singer  to  assist 
him  within  a  week. 

— James  H.  Brooks  reports  that  the  breth- 
ren at  Blytheville,  Ark.,  where  he  has  just 
taken  up  his  ministry,  are  arranging  to 
build  at  an  early  date. 

— Brother  and  Sister  Bayard  Craig,  of 
the  Central  Christian  Church,  Denver,  Col., 
have  just  celebrated  the  tenth  anniversary 
of  their  marriage. 

— Marshall  G.  Long,  who  has  been  at 
Markel,  Ind.,  for  over  three  years,  closed 
his  work  there  November  5,,  and  begins 
next  Lord's  day  at  Warsaw. 

— W.  C.  Hull's  departure  from  the  church 
at  North  Tonawanda,  N.  Y.,  was  deeply 
regretted.  Tokens  of  esteem  were  pre- 
sented to  him  and  his  wife. 

— The  Christian  Woman's  Board  of  Mis- 
sions has  enlarged  its  appropriation  to  Wis- 
consin in  order  that  more  work  may  be 
done  among  the  Scandinavians. 

— The  Foreign  Society  has  received  $500 
from  a  friend  in  California  on  the  Annuity 
Plan,  this  being  the  fourth  gift  from  this 
friend  on  this  plan,  so  well  is  she  pleased 
with  it. 

— L.  W.  McCreary,  late  pastor  of  the 
East  St.  Louis  Christian  Church  has  ac- 
cepted a  call  to  the  Hamilton  Avenue  Chris- 
tian Church,  St.  Louis,  and  has  entered 
upon  his  work. 

— Bruce  Brown,  of  Mansfield,  O.,  was  se- 
lected to  deliver  the  presentation  address 
on  the  occasion  of  the  dedication  of  the 
drinking  fountains  presented  to  the  city 
by  the  Christian  Endeavor  Union 

— The  Foreign  Society  is  soon  to  issue 
a  new  and  attractive  birthday  box  for  the 
children  in  the  Sunday  schools  to  gather 
offerings  to  go  toward  the  Children's  day 
offering,  the  first  Sunday  in  June. 

— Our  latest  advice  is  that  the  tempera- 
ture of  B.  E.  Utz,  of  the  Central  church, 
Spokane,  has  been  slowly  lowering,  but  it 
may  be  some  time  before  he  is  out  of  the 
hospital.  , 

— Preparations  are  being  made  by  the 
church  at  Harrodsburg,  Ky.,  where  M.  G. 
Buckner  is  pastor,  for  a  great  meeting  with 
the  Brooks  brothers,  following  the  Pitts- 
burg campaign. 

— Frederick  A.  Mayhall,  who  recently  re- 
signed as  pastor  of  the  Hamilton  Avenue 
Church,  has  formed  a  law  partnership  in 
St.  Louis,  with  the  firm  of  C.  L.  &  P.  W. 


WE  CAN  SHOW  YOU 

How  to  do  the  Lord's  work 
while  having  your  savings 
in  an  absolutely  safe  in- 
vestment, upon  which  there 
will  be  no  taxes  to  pay,  no 
change  of  securities,  no 
personal  oversight  re- 
quired, no  cost  of  mortgage 
records  or  foreclosures, 
and  upon  which  you  will 
net  a  larger  rate  of  inter- 
est than  in  any  other  in- 
vestment. If  you  are  a 
Christian  and  want  your 
money  to  work  for  Christ 
while  at  the  same  time  it 
supports  you,  write,  men- 
tioning this  paper,  to 

BENJAMIN  L.  SMITH, 

Corresponding  Sec'y  American 
Christian  Missionary  Society, 

CINCINNATI,  OHIO. 


Moss,  and  will  enter  upon  the  general 
practice  of  law,  his  office  being  in  the  Roe 
Building,  No.  510  Pine  Street. 

— The  trustees  of  Washington  Christian 
College  have  just  created  a  system  of  tuition 
scholarships  for  all  ministerial  students  of 
the  church  district  of  Delaware  and  the 
District  of  Columbia. 

■ — There  is  at  last  an  "American  Revised 
New  Testament"  in  larger  type,  and  we 
have  a  good  stock  of  these  in  "Bourgeois," 
selling  at  60  cents,,  80  cents  and  $1.10,  ac- 
cording to  the  binding. 

— The  Christian  Woman's  Board  of  Mis- 
sions appropriates  $1,000  a  year  toward 
the  work  of  the  New  York  Christian  Mis- 
sionary Society,  and  $2,000  to  the  Chicago 
Christian  Missionary  Society. 

— The  date  of  the  dedication  of  our 
church  at  Mobile,  Ala.,  is  definitely  fixed 
for  November  19.  A  general  invitation  to 
attend  is  extended  to  the  brotherhood  by 
Claude  E.  Hill  and  his  congregation. 

—"That  They  May  All  Be  One,"  by 
Amos  R.  Wells,  the  editor  of  "The  Chris- 
tian Endeavor  World,"  is  one  of  the  strong- 
est books  from  the  "outside"  that  we  have 
seen  and  sells  for  75  cents  postpaid. 

— That  excellent  book,  by  Senator  Al- 
bert Beveridge,  "The  Young  Man  and  the 
World,"  is  $1.50  postpaid,  and  is  another 
fine  Christmas  present  from  father,  moth- 
er or  sister  to  the  young  man  of  the  world. 

— Our  church  at  Belle  Center,  O.,  is  pass- 
ing through  one  of  the  most  fruitful  sea- 
sons in  its  history.  A  corner  lot  in  a  fine 
location  has  been  secured  and  about  $4,000 
have  been  subscribed  towards  a  new  build- 


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ing,   which    will   be   erected  next   summer. 
H.  E.  Beckler  is  the  minister. 

— S.  V.  Williams,  of  LaPorte,  Ind.,  with 
his  wife  as  leader  of  song,  will  begin  a 
meeting  for  D.  S.  Domer  at  Beaver  City, 
Neb.  Brother  Williams  was  assistant  to 
John  L.  Brandt  during  the  World's  Fair 
period. 

— The  last  report  from  Denver  is  that 
the  mortgage  on  Brother  Tyler's  church  is 
down  to  $2,000  and  that  efforts  are  being 
made  to  make  it  possible  to  wipe  out  the 
indebtedness  by  December  3.  A  meeting  is 
to  be  held  by  Homer  Wilson. 

— We  receive  many  news  items  about 
ministers  being  called  for  a  second,  third 
or  fourth  year's  service.  Would  it  not  be 
much  better  for  churches  to  make  calls  for 
indefinite  periods  or  as  long  as  both  pastor 
and  people  are  satisfied? 

— B.  A.  Abbott  has  just  celebrated  his 
eleventh  anniversary  at  the  Harlem  Avenue 
Church,  Baltimore.  Several  of  our  churches 
in  that  city  will  engage  this  month  with 
other  prominent  Protestant  churches  in  a 
union  evangelistic  campaign. 

— The  receipts  of  the  Foreign  Society 
for  the  month  of  October  amounted  to  $5,- 
582,  a  gain  over  the  corresponding  time, 
1904,  of  $1,529.  This  is  a  good  start  on  the 
new  missionary  year  which  points  toward 
$300,000  for  Foreign  Missions  by  Septem- 
ber 30,  1906. 

— The  first  Lord's  day  in  December  is  the 
day  set  apart  for  placing  the  work  of  the 
Christian  Woman's  Board  of  Missions  be- 
fore the  churches.  It  is  hoped  it  will  be 
widely  observed  and  that  the  offering  will 
help  forward  the  great  work  of  this  organ- 
ization. 

— Leander  Lane  has  just  closed  one  year's 
pastorate  with  the  church  at  Sant»  Anna, 
Cal.  During  the  year  there  were  130  addi- 
tions to  the  membership,  54  being  by  bap- 
tism. A  new  building  is  now  contemplated, 
though  the  present  one  has  been  much  im- 
proved. 

— Miss  Mattie  W.  Burgess,  well  known 
and  loved  as  a  missionary  of  the  Christian 
Woman's  Board  of  Missions,  sailed  for  In- 
dia, her  chosen  field,  on  the  S.  S.  Pannonia, 
November  1.  She  will  have  charge  of 
the  Mahoba  Orphanage,  a  responsible  posi- 
tion for  which  she  is  well  fitted. 

— A.  C.  Smither  has  just  preached  his 
1200th  sermon  to  the  congregation  of  the 
First  Christian  Church,  Los  Angeles. 
Brother  Smither's  is  now  the  longest  pas- 
torate in  the  angel  city,  and  he  has  a  record 
of  over  1,600  additions  to  his  church  in 
his  fifteen  years   experience  there. 

— The  Northern  Idaho  Missionary  Board 
is  desirous  of  opening  correspondence  with 
a  good  evangelist  to  work  in  that  district. 
A  man  who  can  lead  the  song  service  is 
needed.  Send  terms  and  recommendations 
to  W.  L.  McCullough,  Clarkston,  Washing- 
ton. 

— Sumner  T.  Martin  reports  that  he  has 
just  had  a  card  from  the  repular  pastor  of 
the  church  at  Pasadena,  Cal.,  Frank  M. 
Dowling,  who  is  resting  and  recup- 
erating on  his  ranch  at  Covina,  sug- 
gesting as  a  watchword  for  the  congre- 
gation, "The  New  Church  Building 
Started  Within  the  Year."  "I  think  it  will 
be  done,"  adds  Brother  Martin. 

— B.  L.  Allen  has  begun  preaching  for 
the  church  at  Tullahoma,  Tenn.  Brother 
Allen  has  served  as  State  C.  E.  Superin- 
tendent for  the  Christian  churches  in  In- 
diana for  nearly  four  years,  and  was  min- 
ister of  the  Morris  Street  Church  of  Indian- 
apolis. He  was  also  associated  with  some  of 
our  religious  papers. 

— The  Christian  Woman's  Board  of  Mis- 
sions has  made  an  appropriation  of  $250 
toward  the  salary  of  E.  E.  Crawford,  of 
Albuquerque,  N.  M.,  in  order  to  help  the 
Albuquerque  congregation  in  its  struggle  to 


build  a  church  home,  and  $500  toward  the 
support  of  the  minister  of  the  Winnipeg 
(Manitoba;  church. 

—Rev.  W.  C.  Bitting,  D.  D.,  of  New 
York,  has  been  called  to  the  pastorate  of 
the  Second  Baptist  church,  this  city,  and 
began  his  pastorate  here  last  Lord's  day. 
Dr.  Bitting  is  one  of  the  ablest  ministers 
among  the  Baptists  and  we  are  glad  to  join 
in  the  welcome  to  him  to  our  city.  He 
has  come  to  a  great  field  and  we  trust  he 
may  accomplish  a  great  work. 

— In  another  column  we  publish  some 
questions  concerning  personal  religious  ex- 
perience which  Brother  E.  S.  Ames  desires 
to  have  any  competent  person  answer. 
Brother  Ames  will  present  some  results  of 
this  inquiry  in  one  or  more  articles  in  The 
Christsan-Evangeust,  and  we  will  be  glad 
if  our  readers  will  co-operate  with  him  in 
this  investigation. 

— Percy  G.  Cross  writes  from  Hope,  Ark., 
his  new  field  of  labor,  as  follows :  "The 
work  has  started  splendidly  here.  Large 
audiences.  Five  confessions  yesterday.  Re- 
sults far-reaching.  Every  one  is  happy.  The 
disciples  here  are  a  royal  body — loyal,  will- 
ing to  work — giving  me  magnificent  sup- 
port. This  is  encouraging  to  any  preacher. 
We  fully  appreciate  The  Evangelist.  May 
it  continue  to  grow  and  go." 

—Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  E.  Gordon,  Dr.  Rosa 
Lee  Oxer,  Miss  Daisy  Drake  and  Miss 
Caroline  Pope,'  missionaries  of  the  Chris- 
tian Woman's  Board  of  Missions,  who 
sailed  for  India  October  7,  were  in  the 
great  storm  that  caused  the  Campania's 
disaster.  Their  ship,  the  Columbia,  was 
uninjured,  but  they  were  two  days  overdue 
when  they  arrived  in  Glasgow,  Scotland, 
October  17.  The  party  will  spend  some 
days  in  Scotland  and  England  ere  re-em- 
barking for  India. 

— Dr.  W.  E.  Macklin  and  family,  mission- 
aries of  the  Foreign  Society  to  Nankin, 
China,  who  have  been  in  America  on  a 
much-needed  vacation,  sailed  on  their  re- 
turn trip  from  San  Francisco  on  the  Si- 
beria, November  4.  Dr.  Paul  Wakefield 
and  wife,  of  Springfield,  111.,  went  out  with 
them  on  their  first  term  of  service  for  the 
Foreign  Society.  Dr.  Wakefield  is  a  son 
of  Prof.  E.  B.  Wakefield,  of  Hiram,  O. 
Mrs.  Wakefield  is  the  daughter  of  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  V.  T.  Lindsay,  of  Springfield,  111. 

■ — We  are  in  receipt  of  the  first  number  of 
the  "Hudson  Valley  Christian,"  a  little  pa- 
per brought  out  by  G.  B.  Townsend,  of 
Troy,  N.  Y.,  which  it  is  hoped  will  be  the 
medium  of  bringing  the  churches  of  Christ 
in  eastern  New  York  into  closer  fellowship. 
From  it  we  learn  that  Brother  Townsend's 
flock  has  begun  to  make  improvements  in 
its  building  at  a  probable  cost  of  $1,500,  and 
that  the  fall  and  winter  work  of  the  Third 
Avenue  Church  has  never  been  more  hope- 
ful. The  church  at  Poesctnkill  have  adopt- 
ed a  daily  payment  plan  for  the  liquidation 
of  their  indebtedness  in  two  years'  time, 
and  J.  P.  Lichtenberger  has  raised  a 
fund  of  $5,000  to  apply  on  the  debt  of  the 
Lenox  Avenue  Church,  of  New  York  City. 

— E.  T.  Dougherty,  of  Wabash,  Ind.,  still 
remembers  that  trip  in  The  Christian- 
Evangelist  special  to  San  Francisco,  and 
in  a  business  letter  to  Brother  Hoffmann, 
of  this  company  says :  "You  ought  never 
in  all  your  blessed  days  hear  the  last  of  the 
painstaking  care  you  lavished  upon  your 
excursion  'west,',  and  the  joy  and  satisfac- 
tion it  afforded  all  having  part  therein." 
It  was  Brother  Dougherty  who  caught  the 
biggest  fish  at  Catalina  Island,  the  thrill  of 
which  he  will  never  forget  in  all  his 
"blessed  days" ! 

— The  annual  report  of  the  corresponding 
secretary  of  Oklahoma,  J.  M.  Monroe, 
shows  forty-two  church  buildings  were 
erected  the  last  year  and  forty  the  year  be- 
fore.    Ninety-six  churches  have  been  built 


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■eml-nnnuiilly.  It  Im  better  than  a 
government  bond.  Over  two  hundred 
lilttM  hove  been  mink,  amounting  I" 
about  $250,000.  Thin  plan  In  especially 
adapted  to  thone  fifty  yearn  of  a«e,  or 
older.  Full  particular*  given  upon  rr- 
<iuent.  !.<•(  um  send  you  our  Illustrated 
booklet,  free  of  charge. 
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during  the  two  and  a  half  years  he  has 
been  corresponding  secretary.  This  is  an 
average  of  one  every  ten  days.  The  other 
lines  of  mission  work  were  carried  forward, 
such  as  holding  meetings,  organizing 
churches,  locating  preachers  and  reviving 
weak  churches.  This  work  has  been  done 
by  the  corresponding  secretary  and  five  liv- 
ing link  missionaries. 

— The  poetic  muse  that  hovers  about  our 
office  sometimes  perpetrates  ridiculous 
rhymes,  as  the  following,  for  instance: 

"The  melancholy  days  are  come 
The  sadddest  of  the  year," 
When  party  lines  are  fading  out 
And  bosses  shake  with  fear. 

Heaped  in  the  ballot  boxes,  safe, 
The  counted  votes  repose, 
While  party  bosses,  nipped  by  frost, 
Lie  withered  like  the  rose. 

But  soon  the  Spring  will  come  again. 
Our  presidental  year,— 
When  all  our  party  bosses,  brave. 
Their  drooping  hedds  will  rear. 

— The  Central  Christian  Church  at  War- 
ren, O.,  where  J.  E.  Lynn  ministers,  has 
just  observed  its  second  annual  roll  call 
service.  The  minute  book  containing  the 
signatures  of  the  seven  charter  members 
who  organized  the  church  is  1803  was  dis- 
played. It  was  then  a  Baptist  church.  As 
the  roll  was  so  lengthy  only  the  names  of 
pastors  were  called.  But  one  person  was 
present  who  came  into  the  church  before 
the  pastorate  of  Isaac  Errett,  in  1851-1855. 
Eight  were  present  who  became  members 
during  his  ministry.  Cards  were  filled  out 
by  each  member,  on  which  was  indicated 
the  departments  of  the  church  in  which  he 
was  at  work  and  those  in  which  he  was 
willing  to  enroll  to  further  the  movement 
of  the  more  complete  enlistment  of  the 
membership. 

— A  report  of  the  Little  Rock  campaign 
appeared  in  our  last  issue.  We  have  re- 
ceived from  Brother  Jessup  another  ac- 
count which  goes  to  show  that  the  primary 


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November  9,  1905 


purpose  of  the  campaign  was  to  put  on  its 
feet  the  Second  Church,  which  is  a  com- 
paratively new  organization,  started  by 
Brother  Jessup  and  the  First  Church,  and 
since  looked  after,  as  fai  as  his  medical 
practice  would  permit,  by  T.  D.  Stanley. 
On  the  day  before  the  meeting  closed  a  lot — 
the  best  in  the  neighborhood — was  pur- 
chased for  $4,000,  and  ?  suitable  man  to 
do  regular  pastoral  work  is  now  being 
sought,  correspondence  already  having  been 
entered  upon.  The  resolutions  of  the  church 
and  the  commendation  of  Brother  Jessup 
speak  very  highly  of  the  work  of  R.  H.  Fife 
as  preacher  and  Edward  McKinney,  of  Dor- 
sey.  111.,  as  leader  of  the  music. 

— Percy  G.  Cross,  Hope,  Ark.,  writes : 
"Accept  my  congratulations  for  State  Mis- 
sion number  of  The  Christian-Evangelist. 
The  call  of  the  states  is  truly  heart-search- 
ing. My  heart  was  made  sad,  though,  for 
Arkansas  was  conspicuous  by  her  absence." 
But  Arkansas,  with  a  few  other  missing 
states,  was  invited  to  sit  at  our  board  with 
the  others,  but  for  some  reason  failed  to 
respond.  Brother  C.  adds:  "Glad  to  notice 
several  strong  men  coming  into  old  Ar- 
kansas. Brother  Ellis,  at  Bentonville ;  Pur- 
less  at  Siloam  Springs,  and  Paragould  has 
just  secured  a  strong  minister  to  take  up 
the  solid  work  that  Brother  R.  O.  Rogers 
labored  so  long  and  efficiently  to  build 
up  under  God's  guidance.  Such  brethren 
as  Ragland,  Edmonds,  Jessup,  Kincaid  and 
the  old-young  giant,  Browning,  have  labored 
long  for  the  awakening,  and  many  of  us 
are  constrained  to  believe  it  is  at  hand." 


Church  Extension  Receipts. 

Comparative   statement    for   October,    1904, 
and  October,  1905 : 

1904.  ]9^5-  Gain. 

From  churches      $4,606.86     $6,513,84.      $1,906,98 
From  Individuals    2,122.75        1,462,51  *66o  74 


Total  gaia  for  October 
•Loss. 


$1,246.74 


In  October,  1904,  there  were  370  contrib- 
uting churches  and  in  October,  1905,  there 
were  367.  There  were  three  less  contribut- 
ing churches  this  year  than  last,  but  the 
churches  this  year  sent  $1,906.98  more 
money.  Many  of  our  strongest  city  churches 
have  not  sent  their  offerings  and  multi- 
tudes that  could  afford  to  send  smaller 
amounts  have  had  no  fellowship.  A  great 
bro'herhood  should  never  allow  a  newly  oc- 
cupied field  to  be  lost  for  lack  of  a  build- 
ing. Remit  to  G.  W.  Muckley,  Cor.  Sec, 
600  Water  Works  Building,  Kansas  City, 
Mo. 


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Century  Simultaneous  Revival. 

Pittsburg,  Pa.,  Nov.  4,  1905. 

The  first  week  of  the  Century  Simultane- 
ous Revival  has  closed  with  splendid  achieve- 
ments all  along  the  line.  The  results  at 
every  particular  point  from  which  reports 
have  been  made  are  beyoiid  the  first  week 
of  any  previous  meeting  at  the  same  place. 
Excepting  Hallowe'en,  the  attendance  has 
been  excellent,  although  no  church  now  has 
its  audiences  swelled  by  visiting  members  of 
neighboring  churches.  There  have  been 
over  two  hundred  additions.  The  number, 
including  those  who  come  Sunday,  will  be 
telegraphed  Monday.  But  best  of  all  is  the 
pronounced  success  of  the  noon  services 
•  in  the  old  Third  Presbyterian  Church,  down 
town,  i^arge  congregations,  about  eight 
hundred  each  day,  have  gathered  there  and 
the  influence  of  this  central  service  has  been 
a  benediction  on  the  churches.  Moreover, 
this  great  city  is  becoming  aware  of  our 
presence  and  during  the  next  three  weeks, 
we  believe,  will  hear  with  interest  the  mes- 
sage that  we  have  to  bring.  We  ask  the 
prayers   of  the  brotherhood. 

W.  R.  Warren,  Sec. 


Special   to  The   Christian-Evangelist. 

Pittsburg,  Pa.,  Nov.  6,  1905. — There  were 
four  thousand  at  the  central  meeting,  in 
spite  of  rain.  The  city  is  beginning  to  no- 
tice. Reports  to  date :  First,  Allegheny,  74; 
Observatory  Hill,  4;  Shady  Avenue,  15; 
Bellevue,  9;  Braddock,  2;  Carnegie,  1; 
Crafton,  1 ;  Homestead,  30;  McKee's  Rocks, 
10;  Pittsburg,  First,  10;  Belmar,  36;  Cen- 
tral, 32;  East  End,  5;  Fourth,  2;  Herron 
Hill,  4;  Knoxville,  25;  Squirrel  Hill,  5; 
Turtle,  12 ;  Wilkisburg,  23 ;  Beaver  Falls,, 
3 ;  Meadville,  3 ;  Connellsville,  27 ;  New- 
castle, First,  5;  Central,  14;  Charleroi,  8; 
Washington,  First,  27;  Second,  4;  Scott- 
dale,  1.  There  have  been  243  confessions  and 
159  additions  by  letter.        W.  R.  Warren. 


Eutler  College  Semi-Centennial. 

On  November  1,  Butler  College,  Indian- 
apolis, observed  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of 
the  opening  of  its  first  session.  The  for- 
mal celebration  of  the  semi-centennial  was 
postponed  until  later  in  the  year — as  the 
Columbian  and  Louisiana  Purchase  Exposi- 
tions occurred  a  little  after  the  even  anni- 
versaries of  the  events,  which  they  com- 
memorated. The  birthday  of  the  institu- 
tion, however,  was  celebrated  with  a  service, 
at  which  there  were  addresses  by  Mrs. 
N.  E.  Atkinson,  the  only  surviving  mem- 
ber of  the  first  graduating  class,  the 
the  class  of  1856,  former  President 
Scot  Butler,  and  Dr.  A.  W.  Bray- 
ton,  a  member  of  the  college  board.  Mrs. 
Atkinson's  'address  was  reminiscent  and 
personal.  President  Butler's  was  in  his 
warmest  and  richest  vein — poetic  fantasy 
mingling  with  sage  advice  and  spiced  with 
subtle  humor.  Dr.  Brayton,  medical  expert, 
all-round  scholar  and  philosopher,  blessed 
with   a  sense  of  appreciation  as   wide  and 


deep  as  his  appalling  fund  of  information, 
was  at  his  best. 

It  was  not  a  formal  observance,  but  a 
somewhat  impromptu  exercise  to  mark  the 
day  and  to  suggest  to  the  students  and 
alumni  some  of  the  things  which  the  college 
has  stood  for  and  for  which  it  hopes  to 
stand  in  the  next  half  century.  The  present 
flourishing  condition  of  the  college,  with  its 
increased  attendance  and  prospect  of  largely 
increased  endowment,  conduced  to  an  ob- 
servance of  the  day  in  the  proper  spirit  of 
joy  and  thanksgiving.  W.  E.  Garrison, 
President  of  Butler  College. 


Preachers  Talle  Notice! 

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if  you  wish  your  name  and  address  printed 
correctly,  send  same  at  once  to  the  home 
office,  addressing,  Benjamin  L.  Smith,  Cor. 
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As  Seen  from  the  Dome. 

(Continued  from  page  1453.) 
preacher's  sermons,  lectures  and  writings  of 
every  kind,  selected  with  great  care  and 
intelligent  discrimination,  with  a  happy  in- 
troduction by  Dr.  Francis  E.  Clark,  and 
illustrated  with  cuts  of  the  old  chapel  and 
the  present  Vermont  Avenue  church  build- 
ing, of  the  churches  which  have  grown  out 
of  our  Vermont  avenue  congregation  and 
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may  be  had  of  the  "Christian  Endeavor 
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labor  of  love  and  any  proceeds  go  for  the 
missionary  work  of  our  Christian  Endeavor 
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THE  CMKISTlAN-EVANOEI.fST 


NEWS    FROM    MANY   FIELDS 


Colorado. 

The  churches  of  Colorado  are  entering 
Upon  the  greatest  missionary  campaign  of 
their  history.  At  the  convention  in  August 
the  board  recommended  that  we  keep  our 
financial  motto  where  we  placed  it  two 
years  ago,  that  is,  $2,500  for  state  work.  The 
committe  on  recommendations  indorsed  the 
report.  But  in  the  discussion  Bro.  A.  E. 
Pierce,  treasurer  of  the  board,  put  our 
faith  to  the  test  by  moving  to  amend  by 
making  the  amount  $3,000.  This  provoked 
a  lively  discussion,  but  was  adopted  with 
enthusiasm.  A  great  undertaking  for  42 
•churches  and  less  than  6,000  members.  But 
the  west  is  characterized  by  largeness,  in- 
cluding large  enterprises  and  endeavors 
Therefore,  with  faith  and  courage  we  have 
set  ourselves  to  the  task. 

At  the  convention  of  1898  an  era  was 
begun  which  we  will  call  the  period  of 
greater  self-support.  Colorado  had  made  a 
fine  record  prior  to  that  year,  $846  was  the 
most  that  had  been  raised  in  any  one  year 
for  state  work.  -  At  that  convention  it  was 
decided  to  raise  $1,000,  and  over  $1,200  was 
raised  that  year.  The  next  year  the  sum 
.went  beyond  $1,400,  the  next  over  $1,500, 
the  next  not  quite  $1,500,  the  next  $i,593> 
the  next  $1,629,  and  the  year  just  closed, 
$1,483.  A  large  number  of  uncollected 
pledges  remain  from  the  year  just  closed, 
which  will  be  received  yet. 

Two  plans  have  been  used  in  the  Colo- 
rado work,  viz  :  that  of  spending  most  of 
the  funds  in  the  support  of  one-  or  more 
evangelists,  the  other  of  supplementing 
the  salaries  of  pastors  in  weak  churches, 
until  the  churches  could  support  themselves. 
The  former  plan  was  used  mostly  in  the 
earlier  days  of  our  work,  the  latter  has 
"been  used  most  for  fourteen  years.  But 
•during  these  years  evangelistic  effort  has 
not  been  lost  sight  of.  And  for  the  last 
two  years  larger  efforts  have  been  made  in 
that  direction  than  for  some  time;  and  we 
expect  to  do  more,  each  year  on  that  line. 
But  the  plan  most  used  has  brought  sub- 
stantial and  permanent  results.  During 
the  fourteen  years  mentioned  28  churches 
Iiave  been  organized  or  revived  and  made 
permament.  This  is  almost  one  church  es- 
tablished for  every  thousand  dollars  of 
missionary  aid  received.  Colorado  cheer- 
fully acknowledges  its  great  indebtedness 
to  the  Christian  Woman's  Board  of  Mis- 
sions. 

During    the    last    missionary    year    nine 
fields  have  been  aided,  and  seven  men  sup- 
ported   as    their    ministers.        Steady    pro- 
gress has  been  made.     Special  evangelistic 
efforts  have  been  made  in  each  field  helped. 
Two    of    the    fields    are    important    educa- 
cational  centers — Greeley  and  Golden.     The 
former    is    the    seat    of    the    State    Normal 
School.      F.    D.    Macy   was   minister.     The 
chief  work  was  the  building  of  a  tabernacle, 
which   is  now  almost  paid   for.     Golden   is 
the  seat  of  the   State   School   of   Mines,   a 
technical    school    of  the    first    rank.     J.    W. 
Maddux  is  minister.     Here  also  the  special 
work  has  been   in  behalf  of   a  building,,  a 
permanent   and   modern   house   of   worship. 
This    is    now    the    chief    work    before    the 
•church.     Rifle,  with  R.   M.  Bailey  as  min- 
ister,   is    building.      This    is    an    important 
"business      center      in      western      Colorado. 
Meeker  and   Grand  Valley,  ^other  fields  to 
which   Brother   Bailey  ministers,   are  hope- 
ful fields.     At  the  former  Flourney  Payne, 
•of   Denver,   is   now   in   a   meeting.     Wray, 
with     C.      G.     Johnson     as     minister,     is 
making  steady  progress  m  paying  its  obli- 
gations   to    the    Board    of    Church    Exten- 
tion.     Windsor,  where  E.  J.  Plarlow  labors, 
is   making   steady  progress   toward  perma- 


111  in  work.  J.  Bennett  is  about  to  begin 
a  meeting  there,  from  which  good  thing 
are  expected.  Florence  is  in  the  building 
enterprise,  and  has  set  before  itself  the  task 
of  completing  their  house  this  year.  Ward 
Russell  is  pastor.  Paonia  had  Walter 
Carter  as  minister  six  months.  Good  pro- 
gress was  made  in  additions  and  influence. 

Of  the  future:  It  is  great  beyond  words 
to  express.'  Colorado  is  central  in  the 
great  west.  Her  resources  are  many  and 
abundant.  Her  people  are  enterprising  and 
enthusiastic.  Colorado  is  a  great  mission 
field,  and  now  is  the  time  to  enter  it. 

Already  the  notes  of  victory  are  sound- 
ing as  we  enter  the  new  year's  work.  Years 
ago  we  had  a  church  at  Sterling.  It  was 
built  in  boom  times,  and  afterward  the 
boom  in  the  town  and  in  the  church  broke. 
After  a  time  the  church  could  not  main- 
tain a  minister  longer,  and  they  were  with- 
out one  for  ten  years.  The  building,  not 
well  located,  was  sold,  and  the  debt  to  the 
Board  of  Church  Extension  paid.  A 
church  was  organized  at  Atwood,  a  small 
point  six  miles  distant.  It  has  made  good 
progress.  After  efforts  in  vain  to  find  a 
man  who  would  undertake  the  work  of 
re-establishing  the  work  at  Sterling,  J.  K. 
Hester  was  found,  and  things  are  moving. 
Within  two  -  days  after  he  and  the  corre- 
sponding secretary  arrived  upon  the  field 
a  lot,  with  residence  upon  it,  had  been  pur- 
chased. This  building  will  make  a  par- 
sonage. A  tabernacle  is  already  in  course 
of  erection,  and  will  be  ready  for  use  be- 
fore January  1.  This  was  undertaken  less 
than  a  month  ago.  It  will  be  successful. 
J.  K.  Hester  seems  to  possess  a  special 
adaptation  to  work  in  fields  which  many 
would  call  hopeless. 

Sterling  is  but  one  example.  Many  im- 
portant towns  and  cities,  business  centers, 
with  fine  futures,  await  this  work,  and  must 
be  entered  before  they  are  beyond  our 
reach. 

Let  every  church  in  Colorado  at  once 
take  an  offering  for  the  state  missions.  To 
raise  the  $3,000  we  must  increase  last  year's 
gifts  one  hundred  per  cent.  We  can  do  it; 
will  we  do  it?  The  help  of  every  pastor, 
elder,  Sunday  school  superintendent,  Chris- 
tian Endeavorer  and  member  is  needed.  Let 
all  wheel  into  line  and  march  forward  to 
the  greatest  year's  work  in  the  history  of 
our  great  commonwealth. 

Leonard  G.  Thompson,  Cor.  Sec. 

Denver,  Col. 

#      ® 


St.  Louis  Letter. 

Additions  to  the  local  churches  inside 
the  city  during  the  past  month  numbered 
in. 

The  writer  of  the  St.  Louis  letters  was 
quite  busy  during  the  month  of  October 
performing  marriage  ceremonies.  He  united 
in  marriage,  on  October  3,  Mr.  Arthur 
Johnson  and  Miss  Olive  Jones,  of  this  city ; 
October  17,  Mr.  George  Whitney,  of  Deca- 
tur, 111.,  and  Miss  Barbara  Rupp,  of  Spring- 
field, 111. ;  .  on  October  18,  Mr.  John  W. 
Pearce,  of  Memphis,  Tenn.,  and  Miss  Laura 
Bencini,  of  this  city;  on  October  24,  Mr. 
Elliott  West  and  Miss  Phoebe  Spence,  both 
of  St.  Louis;  on  October  25,  Mr.  Benjamin 
Huber  and  Miss  Bessie  Hess,  and  on  the 
same  day,  Mr.  John  Bauer  and  Miss  Aman- 
da Trautwein,  all  of  this  city.  Most  of  these 
people  are  members  of  the  Compton  Heights 
Church. 

The  Business  Men's  Association,  of  the 
Compton  Heights  Church,  had  a  very  in- 
teresting sociable  and  entertainment  in  the 
church  early  in  October.  The  whole  church 
is  getting  ready  for  the  annual  meeting  and 
roll-call  to  be  held  about  December  4.    We 


have  had  a  beautiful  fall  worK.  The  Sun- 
day school  ha  .  pa  Bed  the  500  mark  in  en- 
rollment, and  the  workei  >  are  busy  end' 
oring  to  ^et  the  regular  attendance  up  to  400. 
We  have  addition!  nearly  every  Sunday, 
and  very  U  pas*  without  using  our 

baptistry.  Our  women  have  entered  the 
autumn  work  with  enthusiasm,  and  have 
already  made  quite  a  little  sum  of  money, 
besides  giving  their  help  in  many  other 
ways.      We    have    0  he    finest   inter- 

mediate Christian  Endeavor  Societies  in  the 
United  States.  They  h?ve  enrolled  over 
fifty  member,     and  they  work  like  bea 

John  L.  Brandt  has  been  holding  a  series 
of  meetings  with  his  former  assistant,  Broth- 
er Helser,  of  California,  Mo.,  recently.  Have 
not  heard  the  results.  R.  A.  Omer,  of 
Camp  Point,  III.,  has  been  with  Brother 
McFarland,  of  the  Fourth  Church,  in  spe- 
cial meetings.  A  good  interest  was  awak- 
ened. Our  city  evangelist,  Brother  Max- 
well, is  with  Brother  Ireland,  of  Caron- 
delet,   in   a   special    meeting. 

Our  Business  Men's  Association  of  the 
city  had  an  interesting  and  profitable  so- 
ciable and  informal  dinner  at  the  Union  Av- 
enue Church  recently.  After  dinner  the 
evening  was  spent  in  discussing  the  ques- 
tion of  missions  and  enlargement  in  St. 
Louis.  It  was  decided  to  buy  a  lot  for  a 
new  mission  at  once,  and  an  effort  will  be 
made  to  plant  at  least  two  new  missions  each 
year  in  this  city.  Our  people  are  awakened 
on  the  subject  of  city  missions  as  they  have 
not  been  for  a  long  time. 

At  the  preachers'  meeting,  October  23,  it 
was  decided  to  begin  preparations  for  a 
series  of  simultaneous  meetings  to  be  held 
in  this  city  next  fall.  A  committee  was  ap- 
pointed to  take  the  matter  up  with  the 
churches  at  once,  to  get  them  all  enlisted 
so  that  they  will  begin  preparations  at  an 
early  date.  We  feel  that  a  movement  of 
this  kind  ought  to  be  thoioughly  organized 
before  we  go  into  it. 

The  Hamilton  Avenue  Church  has  called 
Brother  McCreary,  of  East  St.  Louis.  He 
is  a  rustling  young  preacher  and  will  do 
a  good  work  wherever  he  is  put. 

The  Old  Orchard  brethren  have  dedi- 
.  cated  their  new  house  and  are  as  happy 
as  a  bride  in  her  new  home.  If  any  of  our 
brethren  should  be  in  the  city  on  any  Mon- 
day morning  we  will  appreciate  a  visit  from 
them  to  our  preachers'  meeting.  Our  meet- 
ings are  held  every  Monday  (except  the  last 
Monday  in  the  month)  in  the  building  of 
the  Christian  Publishing  Company,  2712 
Pine  street,  at  11  o'clock.  Just  pull  the 
latch,  and  walk  in,  and  you  will  be  wel- 
comed. F.  N.  Calvin. 


SCALP   HUMOR   WITH   LOSS   OF   HAIR 

Merciless    Itching    Made    Him    Wild.         Speedy 

Cure  by   Cutieura   Soap   and   Ointment. 

"For  two  years  nry  neck  was  covered 
with  humor,  spreading  to  my  hair,  which 
fell  out,  leaving  an  unsightly  bald  spot, 
and  the  soreness,  inflammation  and  merci- 
less itching  made  me  wild.  Friends  ad- 
vised Cutieura  Soap  ana  Ointment,  and 
after  a  few  applications  the  torment  sub- 
sided, to  my  great  joy.  The  sores  soon 
disappeared,  and  my  hair  grew  again  as  thick 
as  ever.  I  shall  always  recommend  Cuti- 
eura." (Sismed)  H.  J.  Spalding,  104  W. 
104th  St..  X.  Y.  City. 


vi    PISO'3  CURE  FOR     j* 


CURES  WHERE  ALL  FLSE  FAiiS. 
Best  Cough  Syrup    Tastes  Good.  Use 
In  time.     Sold  by  druuclsts. 


CON£UW^riON^«: 


' 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


November  9,  190s 


State  WorK  in  South  DaKota. 

South  Dakota  mission  work  moves  on 
slowly,  but  we  believe  surely;  $1.21 1.6S 
were  spent  last  year  in  slate  mission  work. 
For  the  past  two  years  it  has  been  the 
:y  of  the  State  Mission  Society  to  de- 
E  a  part  of  the  money  available  to  the 
supplementing  of  pastors"  salaries  at  the 
weaker  places,  thereby  enabling  them  to  have 
a  more  competent  class  of  preachers.  .Mean- 
while, special  evangelistic  ctYons  have  been 
lined  at  several  points.  During'  the 
missionary  year  three  churches  have 
been  established  and  a  fourth  one  partially 
organized.  We  hope  to  do  greater  work  in 
the  future.  This  is  a  great  big  country. 
and  the  need  is  great.  The  preaching  force 
is  entirely  inadequate  10  the  need.  The 
people  are  liberal  in  proportion  to  their 
number,  and  after  there  are  a  few  more 
strong  churches  here,  the  work  will  move 
more  rapidly.  1  look  for  the  time  when 
there  will  be  a  great  forward  move  in  this 
state. 

There  are  many  opportunities  for  the 
school  teacher  who  can  preach.  His  teach- 
ing makes  it  possible  to  live  and  work 
in  places  where  a  living  remuneration  would 
be  impossible  for  the  few  Disciples.  Many 
small  congregations  that  could  not  support 
preaching  otherwise,  could  considerably 
augment  the  pay  of  the  consecrated  teacher 
who  could  preach  for  them  on  Sunday.  We 
have  one  or  two  splendid  examples  of  good 
work  done  in  this  way.  These  examples 
might  be  duplicated  a  score  of  times  if  we 
had  the  men.  We  arc  buckling  up  our 
armour  and  mean  to  push  forward. 

O.   E.   Palmer. 
:our.  S.  D.        Secretary-Evangelist. 


Oregon. 

The  field  is  full  of  promise.  The  numer- 
ous calls  for  assistance  are  but  indications 
that  our  opportunities  are  multiplying.  We 
live  in  a  splendid  state  and  are  a  prosperous 
people.  A  little  systematic  generosity 
would  enable  us  to  pay  our  indebtedness 
and  enter  a  number  of  new  fields  this  year. 
We  ought  to  assist  our  brethren  in  Baker 
City,  a  town  with  a  population  of  7,000,  to 
organize.  Astoria,  with  a  population  of  9,000, 
awaits  our  coming.  Oregon  City,  with  a 
population  of  four  thousand,  is,  as  yet,  un- 
touched. In  all  of  these  places  we  have 
earnest  brethren  and  sisters  who  are  anx- 
ious to  organize  and  get  to  work.  The  as- 
sistance they  require,  we  are  able  to  give. 
Every  Oregon  town  and  hamlet  represents 
a  door  of  opportunity  for  the  Disciples  of 
Christ. 

Our  method  of  taking  the  offering  this 
year  is :  Let  the  churches  which  have 
preachers  allow  them  to  go  out  and  hold  a 
missionary  meeting,  supporting  them  while 
they  do  so,  then  add  the  proceeds  of  this 
meeting  to  their  own  offering  for  state 
work  that  a  double  portion  may  be  given 
to  this  work.  If  you  have  not  taken  the  of- 
fering, do  so  at  once.  Albvx  Essox. 
verton,  Ore. 


Ovarian  Tumor  Cured  by  Anoint= 
ing  With  O.ls. 

Pittsburg.  Texas. 
Dr.  D.  M.  Bye  Co.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Dear  Doctors— It  has  been  some  time  sinci-  we 
wrote  and  I  thought  I  would  write  >ou  a  few  lines  to 
let  you  hear  from  us.  This  leaves  wife  in  fine  con- 
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proving in  health  and  flesh.  Glad  to  have  to  say  to 
you  that  she  is  permanently  cured  of  the  tumor.  We 
are  stil!  receiving  letters  of  inquiry.  Persons  that 
have  written  to  us  sonv-  months  pest,  now  write  to 
me  asking  what  we  think  of  Dr.  Bye's  treatment  now, 
and  if  we  think  she  is  permanently  cured.  Dear  Ijr. 
Bye,  we  feel  under  many  obligations  to  you  for  wife's 
recovery  from  what  we  thought  was  certain  death. 
May  God  bless  you  continuously  in  your  labor  of 
love.  Yours  truly, 

S.  W.  J  ONES. 

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DEDICATIONS. 


HIGHLAND,    KAN. 

We  dedicated  a  new  church  building  Oc- 
tober 29.  Brother  Waller.-,  of  Webster  City, 
la.,  was  in  charge.  This  is  a  town  of  800, 
the  seat  ol"  the  earliest  mission  (Presby- 
terian)  in  the  state.  The  Christian  Church 
here  numbers  about  160.  The  present  build- 
ing was  erected  over  a  year  ago,  but  on  ac- 
count of  a  disastrous  bank  failure  the  dedi- 
cation was  postponed.     However,  the  church 


has  grown  steadily  in  numbers  and  zeal,  so 
that  when  Brother  Walters  asked  for  $1,060 
to  clear  the  building  of  incumbrance,  $1,475 
were  pledged.  At  the  evening  meeting  this 
sum  was  swelled  to  $1,600,  making  possible 
the  purchase  of  new  pews.  The  church, 
which  is  by  far  the  most  beautiful  in  the 
county,  cost  only  $7,000.  Brother  Walters 
is  a  decided  success  in  work  of  this  kind. 
He  is  now  in  a  meeting  at  McPherson, 
Kan.  We  are  rejoiced  over  the  bright 
prospects    for  the    future. 

Hugh  Lomax,  Minister. 


OLD     MONROE,    MO. 

A  new  society  of  eighteen  Disciples  has 
been  organized  by  O.  J.  Gary  at  Old  Mon- 
roe, Mo.,  and  on  October  29  a  new  union 
church  was  dedicated,  the  sermon  being 
preached  by  E.  M.  Carr,  of  Canton.  The 
lot,  which  is  situated  in  the  center  of  the 
town,  cost  $150,  the  building  about  $1,600. 
This  has  a  tower,  belfry  and  vestibule  on 
one  corner  and  pulpit,  platform  and  choir 
loft  on  the  opposite  corner  in  the  interior. 
The  entire  church  floor  is  covered  with  a 
handsome  all  wool  ingrain  carpet.  When  all 
bills  are  paid  it  is  estimated  that  there  will 
be  about  $350  incumbrance,  drawing  6  per 
cent. 


ROFF,    1.    T. 

Our  new  house  of  worship  at  this  place 
was  dedicated  by  Bro.  S.  R.  Hawkins,  of 
South  McAlester,  corresponding  secretary 
of  Indian  Territory  missions,  on  Octo- 
ber 29.  We  needed  $275  to  meet  all  obli- 
gations, except  a  loan  of  $400  from  the 
Board  of  Church  Extension,  and  we  secured 
$283. 

The  cost  of  the  house,  which  will  seat 
300,  was  about  $2,500.  It  is  a  result  of  the 
sacrifices  of  consecrated  men  and  women ; 
sacrfices  such  as  few  in  the  old  states  ever 
know.  When  I  began  work  here  two  years 
ago  there  was  a  membership  of  32,  with  no 
property,  but  (here  was  an  opportunity  and 
we  improved  it. 

We  now  have  137  members  and  success- 
ful departments.  During  the  progress  of 
our  building  we  took  the  collections  for 
foreign,  home  and  territory  missions  and 
for  church  extension  and  orphans'  homes. 
Though  the  offerings  were  not  large,  we 
wanted  a  fellowship  in  the  good  work. 

I  think  this  is  a  fair  sample  of  what  can 
be  done  in  many  places  in  the  Indian  Ter- 
ritory by  a  prayerful  practice  of  faith  and 
work.  E.   S.   Allhands. 


ARBELA,    MO. 

The  new  church  at  Arbela,  Mo.,  has  been 
dedicated.  This  is  the  youngest  mission  of 
Scotland  county  work.  A  little  over  one 
year  ago  the  county  evangelist  held  a  meet- 
ing there   in   the   Baptist  church.     Later  a 


An  Only  Daughter 
Cured  of  Consumption. 

When  death  was  hourly  expected,  all  remedies 
having  fai:ed,  and  Dr.  11.  James  was  experimenting 
with,  the  the  many  herl>s  of  Calcutta,  he  accidently 
made  a  preparation  which  cured  his  only  childof 
Cousnmul  on.  li  is  child  i.snow  in  this  country , and 
enjoying  the  best  of  health.  lie  has  proved  tothe 
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manently cured.  The  Doctor  now  gives  this  recipe 
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move  was  made  which  resulted  in  a  beauti- 
ful little  building.  M.  J.  Nicoson,  of  Mem- 
phis, had  charge  of  the  dedication.  Six 
hundred  dollars  were  needed  to  pay  the 
debt  and  $698  were  raised,  j.  M.  Jayne,. 
the  county  president,  was  there  and  his 
work  had  much  to  do  with  the  success  of 
the  day.  Preachers  present  and  assisting 
in  the  services  are  C.  A.  Hicks,  J.  D, 
Bruce,  C.  V.  Pearce,  J.  A.  Grow  and  Rev. 
Little.  M.  J.  Nicoson. 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


1465 


Iowa  Bible  School. 

At  the  slate  convention  in  June  it  was 
decided  to  make  some  radical  changes  in 
the  work.  In  the  first  place,  the  "Evangel- 
istic Work,"  done  by  our  workers,  the  hold- 
ing of  protracted  meetings,  was  abandoned 
except  in  the  rare  cases  where  an  insti 
tute  grew  into  a  meeting.  Then,  to  get 
out  of  the  way  of  State  Missions  and  other 
interests,  the  Rally  day  in  September,  on 
which  we  made  our  appeal  for  funds,  was 
abandoned.  In  its  stead  we  were  to  com- 
bine with  the  American  Board  and  push 
Boys'  and  Girls  Rally  day  in  November 
and  divide  receipts.  The  schools  which 
were  to  pay  direct  were  asked  to  pay  quar- 
terly. 

The  financial  result  for  the  first  four 
months,  so  far  as  the  schools  are  concerned, 
is  that  the  offerings  have  been  by  far  the 
smallest  in  the  history  of  our  work.  On 
the  other  hand,  the  amount  of  work  called 
for  and  done,  and  the  money  received  for 
field  work  is  greatly  in  excess  of  that  of 
any  other  year. 

Whether  Iowa  is  willing  to  support  an 
exclusive  Sunday  school  work  is  a  question 
which  is  yet  to  be  solved.  If  the  schools 
and  the  preachers  simply  neglect  to  send  in 
the  money  to  support  it,  it  will  die.  That  is 
all  that  is  necessary  to  kill  it — neglect  it. 
On  the  other  hand,  a  rally  by  its  friends 
between  now  and  Christmas  will  insure  its- 
triumphant  continuance.  Write  me  what 
you  will  do.  J.  H.  Bryan. 


Plan  of  WorK  in  Kansas. 

The  last  state  convention  set  a  new  pace 
for  the  coming  year  in  state  missions.  It 
means  "enlargement,"  in  big  letters.  The 
impression  that  we  had  been  working  on 
"a  five  cent  basis"  too  long  seemed  to  be 
the  universal  sentiment.  The  time  had  come 
for  a  forward  movement. 

Accordingly  the  Committee  on  Future 
Work  brought  in  a  report  recommending 
that  an  additional  state  evangelist  be  placed 
in  the  field,  on  a  guaranteed  salary,  making 
two  state  evangelists  thus  supported.  Also 
that  a  Bible  school  superintendent  be  em- 
ployed on  a  guaranteed  salary,  and  that  he 
be  one  of  the  best  that  can  be  obtained  in 
the  brotherhood. 

The  rally  cry  was  raised  to  eight  thousand 
dollars,  and  a  diligent  effort  is  to  be  made 
to  secure  an  offering  from  every  church  in 
the  state. 

The  above  recommendations  represent  a 
distinct  advance,  and  this  addition  of  new 
workers  means  an  additional  financial  out- 
lay on  the  part  of  the  state  board,  though 
these  workers  are  to  raise  all  they  can  on 
the  field.  They  are  to  work  mainly  among 
our  weaker  churches  and  schools  where  the 
need  is  greatest,  consequently  the  field  sup- 
port will  necessarily  be  limited.  Here  will 
be,  therefore,  a  splendid  opportunity  for 
those  who  are  strong  to  help  support  the 
weak. 

In  addition  to  the  evangelistic  work  which 
must  be  supported  the  state  board  has  re- 
ceived numerous  appeals  for  aid  to  support 
weak  churches  in  the  employment  of  a 
preacher.  There  are  many  of  these,  and 
all  are  deserving.  They  are  looking  to  the 
state  board,  for  there  is  no  one  else  to 
whom  they  can  go.  There  are  eleven  con- 
gregations whose  doors  are  closed,  no  meet- 
ings of  any  kind  being  held  in  these  build- 
ings. Recently  two  of  them  were  sold  for 
debt.  Brethren  of  Kansas,  if  these  doors 
are  ever  opened  for  the  proclamation  of  the 


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primitive  Gospel,  the  state  board  should, 
nay,  will  have  to,  take  the  initiative,  but  the 
board  can  not  do  this  unless  the  brother- 
hood of  the  state  places  the  means  in  the 
hands  of  the  board.  At  the  last  meeting 
of  the  state  board  it  was  decided  to  make 
no  appropriations  for  mission  points  until 
the  January  meeting,  thus  giving  time  for 
the  churches  to  take  the  offering  for  state 
work  on  state  day,  November  5. 

Therefore,  it  all  depends  upon  what  the 
churches  do  during  November.  "It  is  up 
to  the  churches."  There  was  never  a  time 
when  so  much  depended  upon  this  date.  The 
preachers  and  churches  hold  the  key  to  the 
situation.  They  can  untie  the  hands  of  the. 
state  board,  or  they  can  let  them  remain 
tied,  during  the -entire  year. 

And  we  are  encouraged  to  believe  that 
the  response  will  be  generous  and  universal. 
Orders  are  coming  in  every  mail  for  pas- 
toral letters  and  collection  envelopes  which 
we  are  furnishing  free.  Up  to  the  present 
writing  cheering  words  have  come  from 
the  following  brethren :  C.  A.  Finch,  F.  E. 
Mallory,  F.  H.  Bentley,  Topeka ;  Homer 
Foltz,  Oakland;  F.  W.  Emerson,  Yates  Cen- 
ter ;  W.  M.  Berkeley,  Marion ;  W.  W.  Blan- 
chard,  Stockton ;  J.  Ed.  Stevens,  Good- 
land  ;  L.  S.  Ridnour,  Osawatomie ;  L.  W. 
Myers,  Blue  Rapids;  Chas.  S.  Early,  Ot- 
tawa; Ernest  E.  Denney,  Pittsburg;  F.  M. 
Branic,  Junction  City. 

Brethren,  let  Kansas  missions  have  the 
right  of  way  during  November.  We  await 
your  response  with  anxiety.  An  offering 
from  every  church  and  a  gift  from  every 
member  must  be  the  motto. 

In  behalf  of  the  state  board, 

W.  S.  Lowe. 


Changes. 

Allison,    J.     P. — Bellaire,    to    226    Quinby 

avenue,  Cleveland,  0. 
Ambrose,  H.  H. — Great  Bend,  to  Fredonia, 

Kan. 
Abberley,    R.    W. — Minneapolis,    Minn.,    to 

2523    Ingleside    avenue,    Walnut   Hills, 

Cincinnati,  O. 
Allen,  B.   L. — Indianapolis,  Ind.,  to  Tulla- 

homa,  Tenn. 
Brooks,   James    H. — Clarendon,   to   Blythe- 

ville.  Ark. 
Braine,  F.  M. — Junction  City,  to  Concordia, 

Kan. 
Barney,  Ennis  M. — Mishawaka,  to  48  Clay- 
pool   Bldg.,   Indianapolis,   Ind. 
Fields,  Mrs.  W.  H—  Beaver,  Pa.,  to  152^ 

15th  street,  Wheeling,  W.  Va. 
Gam,    H.    M— New   Antioch,   to   6   Kenil- 

worth   avenue,   Lakewood,   O. 
Kellar,  E.  H. — Long  Beach,  to  89  Cypress 

avenue,   Covina,   Cal. 


Kearns,  F.  V.— Nora  Springs,  to  Mt.  Au- 
burn,   fa. 

Mackay,  A.  E.— College  City,  to  Colony 
Center,  Cal. 

Millar,    David. — Jonesburg,    to    BcllfiV 
Mo. 

Moore,  Robt.  W. — Colorado  City,  to  Gen- 
eral  Delivery,   Boulder,  Col. 

Owen,  Geo.  E. — Cheneyville,  111.,  to  Box  28, 
Salem,   Va. 

Read,  T.  L.  —640  W.  Adams  street,  to  8945 
Exchange  avenue,  So.  Chicago,  111. 

Porter,  W.  N.— Kansas  City,  Mo.,  to  Box 
503,   Kinsley,   Kan. 

Redgrave,  C.  C. — Indianapolis,  to  Cam- 
bridge  City,   Ind. 

Rossell,  H.  E. — Central  Park,  Mont.,  to  St. 
Louis,  Mich. 

Taylor,    W.     M. — San    Antonio,    Tex.,    to 
P.  O.  Box  104,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

Vawter,  C.  R.  L. — Indianapolis,  Ind.,  to 
Shelby,  O. 

Walker,  C.  L. — Mt.  Auburn,  to  Brighton, 
Iowa. 

Williams,  J.  J.— May-field,  to  Milan,  Kan. 

Zeigler,  A.  E. — Rockville,  Md.,  to  3439  Oak- 
wood  Terrace  (Mt.  Pleasant),  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 


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November  q,  1905 


Evangelistic 


JJ".  ministers  and  others  to  send 

ftports  of  meetings,  additions  and  other 
vczcs  of  the  churches  for  publication  in 
ihis  department.  It  is  especially  requested 
that  additions  be  reported  as  "by  confession 
tnd  baptism"  or  "by  letter." 

Special   to   The   Chmstian-Evanceust. 

PITTSBURG,  Pa.,  Nov.  5.--I  have  been  at 
this  First  Church,  Allegheny,  Pa.,  of  which 
Wallace  Tliarp  is  pastor,  seven  days  with 
72  added;  41  to-da\ .  We  had  273  added 
here   six    years    ago.— Chas     REIGN    SCO- 

1ILI.E. 

Special    to   The   Christian-Evangelist. 

Canton,  O.,  Nov.  5. — Four  hundred  and  7 
added  in  31  days.  We  are  continuing. 
—Wei.shf.imek  and  Kendall. 

ALABAMA. 

M(.b;^e,  Nov.  2.— Two  accessions  by  letter 
and  two  confessions.  Claude  F.  Hill  is  pas- 
tor.— James  H.  Robinson.. 

ARKANSAS. 

Hope,  Oct.  31.— Splendid  services  Sunday; 
four  n  ore  additions— two  confessions,  two  by 
staten  ent.  Largest  audiences  in  history; 
turned  people  away  Sundav  night.  Seven 
were  bi}.thed  into  Christ. — Percy  G.Cross. 

Hot  Springs — Jewell  Howard,  of  Piano, 
Texas,  visited  us  for  ten  days  and  we  had  13 
additions. — T.  N.  Kincaid. 

Marshall,  Oct.  29.— Our  meeting  here  will 
close  tomorrow  night.  Tc  n  additions  so  far. 
Had  large  crowds  and  fine  attention.  The 
church  1  as  engaged  my  services  for  another 
meeting  in  August,  iqo6  They  will  erect  a 
new  house  of  worship  next  year. — R.  O. 
Rogers. 

california. 

San  Bernardino,  Oct.  23. — Our  work  at 
San  Bernardino  is  booming.  We  had  nine 
additions  last  Sunday,  making  17  so  far  this 
month.  I  organized  a  church  at  Rialto  last 
Sunday  afternoon.  There  will  soon  be  a 
strong  church  there.  I  preach  for  them 
regularly  every  Sunday  at  3  o'clock. — H.  E. 
"tt  HITE 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA. 

Washington,  Oct.  24. — Present  at  minis- 
ters' meeting:  Pres.  J.  E.  Stuart,  E.  B.  Bagby, 
W.  T.  Laprade,  Daniel  E.  Motley,  F.  D. 
Power,  Walter  F.  Smith,  J.  E.  Gorsuch,  and 
the  writer.  Reports:  Whitney  Ave.  (Walter 
F.  Smith),  one  by  letter;  Thirty-fourth  St. 
(Claude  C.  Tones),  two  by  letter;  Vermont 
Ave.  (F.  D.  Power)  10— nine  by  letter  and  one 
confession;  Ninth  St.  (E.  B.  Bagby),  six- 
three  by  letter  and  three  confessions;  Fif- 
teenth St.  (J.  E.  Stewart,  pastor  and  J.  E. 
Gorsuch,  evangelist),  seven— six  by  letter  or 
statement  and  one  confession.  Total  26 — 21 
by  letter  or  statement  and  five  confessions. 
Beautiful  Kimmel  Memorial  Hall  adjoining 
Whitney  Ave.  church  was  dedicated  Oct.  22 
by  F.  U.  Power.  Meetings  continue  at  Fif- 
teenth St.  and  at  H.  St.  churches. — Claude 
C.  Jones,  Sec. 

FLORIDA, 

Jacksonville,  Oct.  30.— One  confession  at 
our  regular  morning  service  at  Church 
Street  Christian  Church,  three  since  last  re- 
port. Our  audiences  are  growing. — T. 
Henry  Blenus. 

illinois. 

Lake  Fork,  Oct.  31. — Meeting  closed  Sun- 
day right  with  42  additions:  32  by  confession: 
fjne  from  the  Baptists,  three  restored  and  six 
by  statement.  This  makes  108  additions  to 
>his  church  this  year,  and  123  additions  on 
She  field  this  year.  ICvangelist  J.  Bennett 
conducted  the  revival.— J.  O.  Williams, 
mini  ster. 

Jacksonville,  Oct.  30. — Six  added  to  this 
congregation  last  Sunday,  all  by  letter.  C.  C. 
Smith,  of  Cincinnati,  was  with  us  at  the  morn- 
ing service  and  gave  us  a  splendid  message 
on  "Work  Among  the  Colored  People  of  the 
South."     Our  chorus  choir  of  40  young  Chris- 


tians is  a  prominent  part  of  the  regular 
church  service.— Guy  B.  Williamson,  as- 
sistant pastor. 

Toluca,  Oct.  30. — Six  more  added:  two  by 
letter  and  four  by  confession  and  baptism. 
This  makes  13  additions  at  the  regular  serv- 
ices in  the  last  four  weeks.  Audiences  are 
twice  as  large  as  one  year  ago.—  S.  P.  Tel- 
ford, pastor. 

Camp  Point,  Oct.  31. — Have  just  closed  a 
revival  at  Lake  Fork,  111.,  with  52  added, 
J.  D.  Williams,  pastor.  Begin  at  Bement, 
III.,  Nov.  1.— Evangelist  J.  Bennett. 

Danville,  Nov.  5. — The  First  Church  of 
Christ  is  in  a  revival  meeting  with  12  addi- 
tions to  date.  F.  G.  Tyrrell,  of  Chicago,  is 
the  evangelist.  We  expect  a  great  meeting. 
— J.  H.  Smart,  pastor. 

Arcula,  Nov.  2. — Three  baptisms  last  Sun- 
day. This  makes  nine  not  previously  re- 
ported.—L.  T.  Faui.ders. 

Chicago. — The  annual  meeting  (seventh 
year)  of  the  Austin  Christian  church  was  held 
Nov  1.  Almost  the  entire  membership  was 
present.  The  church  now  numbers  201.  There 
was  a  net  gain  of  40  during  the  year,  23  by 
baptism.  Money  raised  for  all  purposes, 
§2,892.26  Gave  to  missions,  $151  63.  The 
present  pastor,  Geo.  A.  Campbell,  has  been 
with  the  church  since  January,  1898. 

Aurora. — The  church  has  had  two  additions, 
one  by  baptism  and  one  by  letter.— Jas.  W. 
Miller,  clerk. 

Herrin,  Nov.  5.— Closed  a  good  meeting  at 
Girard.  We  have  begun  a  meeting  here 
with  W.  A.  Hunter. — C.  A.  Hill  and  wife. 

INDIANA. 

Wavelajid,  Nov.  3  — The  three  weeks' 
meeting  at  Brown's  Valley  resulted  in  six 
confessions  and  baptisms.  J.  C.  Ashley 
donated  his  services  for  what  the  church 
felt  like  giving.  The  congregation  was 
greatly  encouraged  and  strengthened,  while 
the  whole  community  was  deeply  stirred. — 
S.  D.  Watts,  minister. 

Terre  Haute,  Oct.  30. — There  was  one 
confession  at  the  College  Avenue  church 
last  night  and  one  added  the  Sunday  be- 
fore by  statement.  We  will  be  able  to  oc- 
cupy the  Sunday  school  room  of  our  new 
church  about  Dec.  1. — Leonard  V.  Barbre. 

Edinburg. — Closed  a  three  weeks'  meeting 
with  38  additions.  J.  T.  Adams,  of  Harts- 
ville,  led  the  singing.  The  local  minister 
did  the  preaching.  The  hearty  coopera- 
tion of  the  members  of  the  church  did  much 
to  promote  the  interest  of  the  meeting. 
W.  H.  Book,  of  Columbus,  preached  three 
nights  and  gave  his  lecture  to  men  Sunday 
afternoon.  God  is  blessing  the  efforts  of 
his  people  here,  and  every  branch  of  work 
is  advancing. 

INDIAN    TERRITORY. 

Tulsa,  Oct.  30. — Meeting  with  home  forces 
closed  with  25  additions;  also  two  other  ad- 
ditions unreported.  We  recently  paid  $117 
on  extension  loan,  put  carpet  in  the  church 
and  secured  a  supply  of  song  books  and 
Bibles  for  the  church.  Our  work  prospers 
here,  as  is  the  case  all  over  the  Territory. 
-Randolph  Cook,  minister. 

Checotah,  Oct.  30. — We  began  a  series  of 
meetings  yesterday.  There  has  been  little 
preaching  here  for  a  year;  however,  I  find 


A    Noted    Minister   and    Doctor  of 

Atlanta,    Ga  ,    Has    Hit 

on  a   New  Idea. 


Those  who  have  long  doubted  whether 
there  really  is  a  permanent  cure  for  ca- 
tarrh will  be  glad  to  learn  that  a  south- 
ern physician,  Dr.  J.  W.  Blosser,  of  At- 
lanta, Ga.,  has  discovered  a  method  where- 
by, catarrh  can  be  cured  to  the  very  last 
symptom  without  regard  to  climate  or  con- 
dition. So  that  there  may  be  no  misgiv- 
ings about  it,  he  will  send  a  free  sample  to 
any  man  or  woman  without  expecting  pay- 
ment. The  regular  price  of  the  remedy  is 
$1.00  for  a  box  containing  one  month's 
treatment. 

The  Doctor's  remedy  is  radically  different 
from  all  others,  and  the  results  he  has 
achieved  seem  to  mark  a  new  era  in  the 
scientific  cure  of  catarrh,  foul  breath,  hawk- 
ing and  spitting,  stopped-up  feeling  in 
nose  and  throat,  coughing  spells,  difficult 
breathing,  catarrhal  deafness,  asthma,  bron- 
chitis and  the  many  other  symptoms  of  a 
bad  case  of  catarrh. 

If  you  wish  to  see  for  yourself  what 
this  remarkable  remedy  will  do,  send  your 
name  and  address  to  Dr.  J.  W.  Blosser, 
475  Walton  St.,  Atlanta,  Ga.,  and  you  will 
receive  the  free  package,  and  an  illustrated 
book. 


some  splendid  workers  and  a  live  Sunday 
school.  One  accession  yesterday.  Prospects 
are  fine.  Will  want  to  correspond  with 
some  good,  consecrated  man  with  view  to 
taking  the  work  here.  This  is  a  fine  town 
in  a  splendid  country. — Frank  L.  Van 
Voorhis. 

IOWA. 

Des  Moines,  Nov.  4.— Our  meeting  is  de- 
veloping splendidly;  88  added  at  the  close 
of  the  third  week.  Bright  prospects  for  the 
future.  Miss  Pauline  Wambaugh  who  as- 
sists me  regularly  in  the  work  here  is  in 
charge  of  our  meeting  music,  and  rendering 
most  efficient  service.— Chas.  S.  Medbury. 

KANSAS. 

Junction  City.  Oct.  31. —  I  just  closed  a 
meeting  at  Sutphen  Mills,  Kan.  Ten  addi- 
tions.— F.  M.  Branic. 

Floisington,  Oct.  30. — One  restored.— 
F.  M.  McHale. 

North  Topeka,  Oct.  30. — Evangelist  J.  W. 
Garner,  of  Perkins,  Okla.,  closed  a  two 
weeks'  meeting  last  night  with  20  acces- 
sions— three  by  primary  obedience,  four 
from  the  denominations  and  the  remainder 
came  from  our  own  congregations  else- 
where, either  by  statement  or  letter.  A  good 
meeting. — F.  H.  Bentley,  pastor. 

Chanute,  Oct.  30. — Three  more  confessions 
yesterday,  following  the  meeting  that  closed 
a  week  ago.  Good  work  now  in  all  depart- 
ments.—G.  W.  Kitchen. 

Kansas  City,  Nov.  1. — Began  meeting 
with  the  Northside  Christian  Church  in  this 


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city  on  last  Lord's  day.  There  were  seven 
added.  Prospects  are  for  a  good  meeting. 
C.  P.  Smith  is  the  faithful  pastor.— L.  L. 
Carpenter. 

Highland,  Oct.  30,— J.  W.  Walters,  of 
Webster  City,  la.,  closed  a  22  days'  meeting. 
Additions,  23— baptisms  12.  Cold,  rainy 
weather  during  most  of  the  meeting. 
Brother  Walters  is  now  at  McPherson. — 
H.  Lomax,  minister. 

Burlington,  Oct.  31.— Victor  L.  Goodrich, 
of  Independence,  lias  just  closed  for  us  at 
Pleasant  Hill,  Coffey  county,  a  splendid 
meeting  with  21  additions.  Our  pastor, 
A.  B.  Moore,  continued  the  meeting  two 
nights  longer  with  seven  additions — 28  in 
all.— A.  W.  Lane. 

KENTUCKY. 

Latonia,  Oct.  31. — One  by  atatement  last 
Sunday. — H.  C.  Runyan. 

MASSACHUSETTS. 

Everett,  Oct.  31.— During  the  month  of 
October  we  have  had  six  additions— four  by 
confession  and  two  by  statement  and  bap- 
tism.—A.  T.  June. 

MICHIGAN. 

Ann  Arbor,  Nov.  3. — Thirteen  additions  for 
the  month  of  October— three  by  baptism  and 
10  by  letter.— A.  C.  Gray. 

MISSOURI. 

New  Hampton,  Oct.  29. — Closed  a  short 
meeting  at  Martinsville,  Monday  evening 
with  home  forces.  Eleven  added— four  con- 
fessions and  seven  otherwise;  sixteen  since 
July,  which  indicates  a  healthy  growth.  Be- 
gin at  New  Hampton  Sunday.  G.  W.  Ter- 
rel  will  do  the  preaching. — J.  T.  Alsup. 

St.  Joseph,  Nov.  4. — We  had  a  good  meet- 
ing at  Troy,  Kansas,  Oct.  1-15,  with  seven 
additions  to  the  church.  I  preach  for  them 
two  Sundays  i?i  each  month. — N.  Rollo 
Davis. 

Kirksvilie,  Oct.  30. — At  prayer-meeting 
last  Wednesday,  two  made  the  good  con- 
fession. One  being  Professor  Harvy,  one  of 
th'e  leading  educators  in  the  State  Normal. 
Eight  took  membership  with  the  congrega- 
tion yesterday.  This  makes  52  the  past 
eight  weeks.  The  church  here  is  in  earnest 
and  the  Lord  is  blessing  their  labors. — D.  A. 
Wickizer,  pastor. 

Albany,  Nov.  2. — We  spent  the  month  of 
October  in  a  series  of  meetings  with  J.  P. 
Garrnong,  of  Des  Moines.  It  was  a  pleasant 
and  profitable  month's  work.'  There  were 
about  fifty  additions  and  a  revival  in  all  the 
departments  of  the  church.  We  take  up 
the  series  again  Dec.  3,  and  bring  the  meet- 
ing up  to  a  consummation  and  we  are  plan- 
ning for  greater  work  in  all  lines.— C.  H. 
Mattox,  minister. 

St.  Louis,  Fourth  Church.— Meeting  led  by 
R.  A.  Omer,  closed  with  30  additions.  Some 
excellent  material. — E.  T.  McFarland. 

Maryville,  Nov.  2.— S.  M.  Martin  has  just 
closed  here.  The  meeting  continued  eight 
Sundays,  and  the  results  were  60  additions 
to  the  church.  Bad  weather  interfered  and 
we  really  should  have  continued  another 
week  in  order  fo  get  the  full  benefit  of  the 
interest  we  had  created.  The  three  strong 
points  of  Brother  Martin's  work  are:  1.  His 
plain  preaching  to  the  members  of  the 
church.  2.  His  strong  doctrinal  preaching. 
3.  His  financial  teaching  toward  the  close 
of  the  meeting..  We  have  received  great 
good  from  the  meeting.  The  results  told 
upon  our  prayer-meeting  last  night,  making 
it  much  larger  than  usual. — H.  A.  Denton, 
pastor. 

Plattsburg.—  Am  in  a  meeting  here,  20  ad- 
ditions to  date;  19  by  confession. — G.  L. 
Snively. 

Columbia,  Oct.  30. — Brooks  Bros',  meet- 
ing closed  Wednesday  night  Oct.  25,  with 
217  additions;  since  then  we  have  had  15, 
making  for  the  month  of  October,  232; 
about  150  by  confession  and  baptism.  The 
meeting  has  been  of  great  benefit  to  the 
church  and  the  town.  The  preaching  was 
plain,  practical  and  helpful  throughout. 
The  house,  which  holds  1,200  people,  was 
crowded  at  almost  every  service,  often 
many  were  turned  away.  There  was  but 
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there  were  no  confession?.  The  sin;: 
led  by  A.  K,  'Brooks  was  an  important 
feature  of  the  meeting.  The  present  mem- 
bership of  the  church  is  1,000.  The:  mem- 
bership at  the  beginning  of  the  present  pas- 
torate 10  years  ago  was  410.  During  this 
time  about  700  letters  have  been  granted.— 
C.  H.  Winders. 

Libertyville,  Nov.  1.— Our  meeting  of  two 
weeks  closed  Oct.  30,  with  20  by  baptism 
and  two  by  statement.  John  S.  Zeran  ar.d 
wife  conducted  the  singing  and  in  conse- 
quence of  the  failure  to  secure  the  services 
of  evangelist  J.  T.  H.  Stewart,  of  Ohio,  the 
meeting  was  carried  on  by  several  preach- 
ers as  they  could  spare  their  time  as  follows: 
Hale,  Owers,  Zeran,  Robinson  and  Dodson. 
All  the  members  "had  a  mind  to  work"  and 
put  their  shoulders  to  the  wheel.— S.  W. 
Robinson. 

Moscow  Mills,  Oct.  30. — I  held  a  two 
weeks'  meeting  at  New  Galilee,  Lincoln  Co., 
with  seven  confessions,  E.  M.  Carr,  Canton, 
is  the  regular  preacher.-  O.  J.  Gray. 

Louisiana,  Oct.  31. — Three  were  baptized 
at  our  regular  service  last  Lord's  dav;  we 
are  having  a  good  Bible  School.  E.  B. 
Rule  is  the  efficient  superintendent  and 
other  departments  of  the  work  are  prosper- 
ing.— E.  J.  Lampton. 

La  Monte,  Oct.  30. — The  meeting  closed 
formally  last  Sunday  night.  There  were  17 
conversions,  one  reclaimed.  It  was  a  good 
meeting  from  the  start.  The  music  was  es- 
pecially good  under  Professor  McVey. 
Thirteen  of  those  added  were  young  men. 
The  church  in  La  Monte  is  in  excellent  con- 
dition spiritually.  A  small  balance  is  due  on 
the  new  building,  but  that  is  provided  for 
and  will  be  forthcoming  by  our  annual 
meeting  on  Jan.  1,  1906.  Brother  McVay 
went  to  Burlington,  Kan.,  for  November  and 
goes  to  Vinton,  la.,  for  December,  to  Peters- 
burg, 111.,  for  January  and  to  Ipava  for  Febru- 
ary. I  expect  to  leave  for  my  old  home  at  Bar- 
bourvilie  next  Monday  for  a  visit  with  my 
aged  mother  and  others  of  my  kin.  The 
churches  around  in  this  section  of  the  coun- 
try are  all  doing- well. —I.  H.  Fuller. 

Plattsburg,  Nov.  2.  —  Evangelist  J.  M. 
Elam,  of  Carthage,  111.,  has  just  closed  a 
meeting  for  me  at  Frankford,  Mo.,  with  31 
added — 19  by  confession,  12  otherwise,  and 
the  church  very  much  strengthened. — J.  M. 
Baily. 

St.  Joseph,  Nov.  4. — During  the  two  years' 
and  four  months  I  have  been  with  the  King 
Hill  church  the  debt  of  $300  has  been  paid, 
gas  lights  put  in  the  church,  the  church  pa- 
pered and  a  nice  carpet  put  on  the  floor,  a 
baptistery  built  and  the  church  has  contribu- 
ted to  nearly  all  missionary  interests.  They 
are  now  up  with  my  salary  and  owe  but  very 
little  on  their  improvements.  The  First 
Christian  Church  of  this  city  has  paid  $200 
a  year  on  my  salary  and  have  given  the 
money  to  build  the  baptistery,  for  which  we 
are  indeed  thankful.  The  Bible  school  has 
been  largely  increased  and  128  persons  have 
been  added  to  the  congregation;  88  of  them 
coming  during  our  tent  meeting  last  Septem- 


ber  in    which   W.  A.    Moore,    B  b  <-.    School 
secretary,  did  the    pi  ->>.    There   were 

two  additions  iny  last  preaching  day  and 
ihe  previous  day.— N.  Rollo  Davis. 
Pierce  City,  Nov.  5  1  1  day  was  a  great 
day  at  Pierce  City.  The  church  rai3ed  the 
full  apportionment  for  state  missions  and 
thirty  dollars  for  county  missions;  every  de- 
partment of  the  work  is  improving. — Jo 
Gaylor,  State  Evangelist. 

NEW  YOHK. 

New  York  City,  Oct.  31. — We  have  had 
three  more  additions  to  the  Lenox  Avenue 
Union  church.  Miss  Mattie  Burgess  ad- 
dressed the  ladhs  Oct.  2;.  Great  pians  are 
being  made  for  the  Scoviile  and  Smith 
meeting  in  January.  We  expect  to  have 
C.  S.  Medbury  with  us  Feb.  4.  Bro.  Lichten- 
berger  is  "doing  things."  Our  work  is 
growing.  The  future  is  bright  for  a  great 
harvest. — R.  E.  Carpenter,  c! 

Buffalo,  Oct.  31. — Three  added  recently — 
two  by  confession  and  baptism.  Our  great 
simultaneous  evangelistic  meetings  includ- 
ing over  70  congregations  of  Buffalo,  will 
begin  Nov.  5,  and  last  10  to  20  days.  Fol- 
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of  the  city  wiil  hold  meetings  of  their  own. 
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OHIO. 

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evangelist,  has  just  closed  a  four  weeks' 
meeting  during  which  time  53  were  added  to 
the  church.  Every  department  of  the  work 
is  looking  up  and  all  are  very  hopeful  for  the 
future  of  the  church.  Mis.  Minnie  Frink 
Duck  led  the  singing. — H.  E.  Beckler, 
minister. 

OKLAHOMA. 

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splendid  revival  meeting  in  our  church. 
Homer  T.  Wilson  did  the  preaching.  There 
were  immense  audiences.  There  were;  22 
additions.  Bro.  Wilson  went  from  here  to 
Denver,  Co!.,  to  hold  a  meeting. — Scott 
Anderson,  pastor. 

Chandler,  Nov.  1. — Nine  more  additions 
here.  This  makes  57  during  the  past  seven 
months. — J.  E.  Dinger,  minister. 

Oklahoma  City,  Oct.  30. — Seven  added  to 
our  membership  yesterday,  157  in  14  months. 
Prospects  bright. — Sherman  B.  Moore. 

Lahoma,  Oct.  30. — We  had  two  additions 
yesterday — a  United  Brethren  preacher  and 
his  wife.  He  has  been  baptized  and  I  will 
baptize  his  wife.  He  is  a  man  of  influence 
and  ability  and  will  preach  the  New  Testa- 
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PENNSYLVANIA. 

Ellwood,  Oct.  29. — The  battle  is  on,  we 
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November  9,  1905 


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November  19,  1903. 


Midweek  Prayer  Meeting. 

By  W.  F    Richardson.    •. 

November  15,  1905. 


NEHEMIAH'S  PRAYER.- Neh.  1:1-11. 

About  a  century  and  a  half  had  now 
elapsed  since  the  beginning  of  captivity. 
There  had  not  been  a  complete  depopula- 
tion of  the  land,  and  during  the  latter  half 
of  the  period  considerable  bodies  of  pil- 
grims had  returned.  Over  forty  thousand 
came  with  Zerubbabel  with  the  permission 
and  help  of  Cyrus.  Five  thousand  came 
with  Ezra.  It  is  entirely  probable  that 
other  companies  had  returned  from  time  to 
time  and  that  there  was  more  or  less  pass- 
ing to  and  fro  between  Palestine  and 
Babylonia. 

But  Judah  was  still  in  a  desperate  con- 
dition. The  rebuilding  of  the  temple,  ac- 
complished twenty  years  after  the  first  re- 
turn under  Zerubbabel,  had  not  resulted  in 
the  permanent  revival  of  religion  as  was 
expected.  The  people  mingled  and  inter- 
married with  their  ancient  heathen  neigh- 
bors, and  the  danger  of  national  disintegra- 
tion was  even  greater  than  it  had  been  in 
the  captivity.  The  cities  were  still  partly 
in  ruins  and  their  walls  unbuilt.  The  de- 
cadent religious  condition  had  drawn  Ezra, 
the  scribe,  from  Babylon  to  attempt  its 
reformation.  The  pitiable  physical  and  ma- 
terial status  of  the  Jews  in  Judea  were  the 
motive  for  the  work  of  Nehemiah,  the 
king's  cupbearer,  who  became  governor. 

Xehemiah  was  a  Jew  who  had  attained 
high  rank  at  the  Persian  court,  a  circum- 
stance which  indicates  that  even  the  best 
of  the  Jewish  people  did  not  feel  it  their 
duty  to  be  separatists  from  the  social  life 
about  them.  It  shows,  also,  that  the  par- 
ticipation in  public  affairs  was  not  neces- 
sarily demoralizing.  The  career  and  char- 
acter of  Nehemiah  are  an  argument  in  favor 
of  the  belief  that  the  people  of  God  ought 
to  participate  to  the  fullest  extent  in  the 
life  of  the  world— and  also  that  they  ought 
to  leave  honors,  ease  and  social  position 
when  the  cause  of  God  presents  an  oppor- 
tunity for  service.  Nehemiah  had  an  hon- 
orable and  lucrative  post  at  the  king's  court, 
but  his  name  is  remembered  only  because 
he  left  the  court  to  engage  in  a  work  which 
must  have  seemed  very  trivial  to  the  Per- 
sian nobles  of  his  social  circle. 

At  Sushan,  the  winter  residence  of  the 
Persian  court,  Nehemiah  had  a  conference 
with  his  brother  Hanani  and  a  company 
of  travelers  who  had  just  returned  from 
Judea.  They  gave  a  very  discouraging  re- 
port of  the  conditions.  The  broken  walls, 
the  burnt  gates,  the  ruined  cities,  the  "af- 
fliction and  reproach"  which  had  come  upon 
the  feeble  remnant  which  now  represented 
the  Hebrew  people  in  the  home  of  their 
fathers — these  were  the  things  which  ap- 
pealed to  him.  He  hid  two  things ;  he 
prayed  and  he  set  to  woik  to  remedy  the 
conditions. 

The  prayer  which  Nehemiah  voiced  on 
this  occasion  was  based  on  Jehovah's  cove- 
nant with  Israel.  He  recalls  the  promise 
that  was  made  through  Moses,  that  it  was 
conditional  upon  the  obedience  of  the  peo- 
ple, and  that  assurance  had  been  given  of 
forgiveness  and  restoration  to  favor  if  they 
repented  after  evil-doing.  So  Nehemiah 
acting  as  self-appointed  spokesman  for  his 
nation,  makes  a  general  confession  and 
prays  for  a  return  of  God:s  blessings  upon 
Judah. 

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-Num.  13:30;  14:6-10;  LuKe  12:32-40; 

Rev.  12:10, 11. 

Back  of  Every  Victory  Stands  the  Victor. 
Every  noble  cause  that  succeeds  in  the 
world  finds  its  embodiment  in  a  great  soul, 
who,  while  others  groaned  under  the  in- 
tolerable yoke,  alone  struck  the  blow  that 
presaged  freedom.  Moses  came  from  the 
wilderness  unto  captive  Israel,  as  a  herald 
of  the  freedom  for  which  they  had  ceased 
to  hope ;  and  from  his  heroic  spirit  the  con- 
tagion of  patriotism  spread  throughout  the 
nation.  Luther  gave  voice  to  the  longing 
for  spiritual  freedom  which  had  been  shut 
up  in  the  dumb  heart  of  Europe  for  many 
generations.  He  became  the  living  dynamo 
by  which  the  holy  wrath  of  men's  outraged 
consciences  shook  the  throne  of  the  Pope. 
American  patriotism  embodied  itself  in  the 
heroes  of  the  revolution,  among  whom 
stood  unrivalled  the  noble  Washington.  To 
the  reader  of  the  story  of  that  dread  con- 
flict, it  seems  as  if  that  one  sublime  figure 
stood  at  times  as  the  sole  bulwark  of  our 
hope  of  liberty.  And  in  the  universal  con- 
flict with  sin  and  death,  do  we  not  all  turn 
to  the  Son  of  God  as  the  one  in  whom  are 
incarnated  that  strength  and  wisdom,  that 
mercy  and  love,  which  alone  can  bring  vic- 
tory? Three  instances  are  given  in  our 
lesson  of  this  principle. 

1.  Moses,  Caleb  and  Joshua.  Three  men 
stood  between  a  nation  and  its  ruin.  Un- 
like King  Saul,,  in  later  years,  who  listened 
to  the  voice  of  the  people,  and  disobeyed 
the  command  of  God,  these  men  braved  the 
wrath  of  the  multitude  to  uphold  the  word 
of  Jehovah.  They  believed  in  God,  and 
the  people  did  not.  They  were  fearless, 
and  the  people  cowardly.  They  were  spirit- 
ual, and  the  people  carnal,  caring  more  for 


the  flesh  pots  of  Egypt  with  slavery  than 
the  milk  and  honey  of  Canaan  with  liberty. 
It  was  these  three  qualities,  faith,  courage 
and  spirituality,  that  made  the  three  leaders 
more  than  a  match  for  the  thousands 
around  them. 

2.  The  Servants  of  Christ.  It  is  the  mar- 
vel of  history  that  Jesus  could  so  calmly 
leave  this  world  after  his  resurrection,  and 
commit  his  cause,  which  involved  the  hope 
of  humanity  for  all  ages,  to  a  handful  of 
obscure  and  unlearned  men.  To  their 
anxious  hearts,  dimly  foreseeing  his  de- 
parture and  dreading  their  own  impotence, 
he  says :  "Fear  not,  little  flock ;  for  it  is 
your  Father's  good  pleasure  to  give  you  the 
kingdom."  Theirs  but  to  empty  the  heart 
of  all  earthly  ambitions,  and  fill  it  with  the 
treasures  of  eternal  truth  and  hope;  theirs 
but  to  be  faithful,  ever  alert  to  hear  his 
voice  and  fulfill  his  will,  and  success  is 
sure  to  come  to  their  endeavors.  History 
has  already  vindicated  the  confidence  of 
Jesus  in  his  disciples,  and  their  faith  in  his 
promises. 

3.  The  Martyrs  for  Christ.  Never  has 
Christianity  gained  such  victories  as  when 
it  seemed  in  the  way  of  extermination. 
Ages  of  persecution  have  been  followed  by 
eras  of  deeper  faith.  "The  blood  of  the 
martyrs  is  the  seed  of  the  church,"  and 
when  men  have  laid  down  their  lives  in 
testimony  of  their  faith  they  have  thwarted 
the  plans  of  the  enemy,  and  established  their 
holy  cause.  John  heard  the  voice  from  heav- 
en saying,  "They  overcame  him  by  the 
blood  of  the  lamb,  and  by  the  word  of  their 
testimony;  and  they  loved  not  their  lives 
unto  the  death."  Faith  that  incarnates  it- 
self in  a  willingly  surrendered  life  can  meet 
with  no  obstacle  which  it  can  not  overcome. 
May  such  faith  be  ours. 

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MEDICAL  MISSIONS  AT  HOME  AND 
ABROAD. -Mark  1:29-34. 

For  the  Leader. 

Medical  Missions  is  a  theme  that  affords 
material  for  the  most  eloquent  sermons  ever 
preached.  In  fact,  the  most  eloquent  preach- 
er the  world  ever  knew  was  a  medical  mis- 
sionary. No  one  has  gone  beyond  him  in 
the  art  of  healing  the  sick  in  the  flesh  as 
a  means  to  the  soul  to  the  end  that  it 
might  be  healed.  Do  we  not  remember  the 
vivid  descriptions  of  the  many  days  of  heal- 
ing and  preaching  upon  the  part  of  our  Sa- 
vior as  given  by  the  four  evangelists?  How 
full  was  that  life  of  work,  and  how  much 
of  that  work  was  in  the  nature  of  a  healing ! 

Since  the  close  of  the  personal  ministery 
of  Jesus  a  new  form  has  been  assumed  by 
medical  missions.  Now  his  disciples  go  out 
to  the  far  off  and  benighted  portions  of 
the  world  prepared  to  administer  the  art 
of  healing  as  taught  by  medical  science  of 
today.  The  means  are  different  from  those 
used  by  the  Savior;  the  results  are  the  same. 
Could  there  be  a  more  noble  or  more  fas- 
cinating work  than  that  which  is  the  coun- 
terpart of  the  healing  ministrations  of  our 
Savior,  or  as  near  the  counterpart  as  we  can 
have?  This,  then,  is  the  topic  of  the  meet- 
ing tonight.  Let  each  one  realize  all  from 
this  meeting  that  the  Lord  would  have  him 
receive. 

For  the  Members. 

1.  Evangelism  was  first  in  the  ministry 
of  Jesus.  But  healing  was  one  of  his  meth- 
ods of  evangelism.  Everywhere  he  went 
the  sick  crowded  to  him,  and  his  sermon 
was  sometimes  stopped  for  a  time  that  he 
might  heal,  the  sick.  Then,  taking  a  fresh 
text  from  the  incident,  he  would  preach  on 
to  the  increased  audience.  The  cries  of  the 
suffering  and  the  rejoicing  of  the  healed 
were  mingled  in  the  same  service  in  many 
of  the  meetings  of  the  Lord.  He  began 
amidst  scepticism;  he  closed  amidst  belief. 
On  every  hand  they  proclaimed  his  praises 
and  power.  Only  the  officials  of  a  decadent 
church  stood  off  criticising.  Have  we  ever 
thought  what  would  have  been  the  fortunes 
of  the  ministry  of  Jesus  were  it  not  for 
his  power  of  healing?  How  much  greater 
headway  the  opposition  would  have  had 
with  this  withdrawn? 

2.  We  have  a  double  preparation  and  a 
double  ministery  in  a  medical  missionary. 
He  is  educated  and  qualified  for  the  minis- 
try of  the  Word.  He  is  also  given  a  med- 
ical course  and. goes  to  his  field  equipped 
with  a  first-class  education  in  the  art  of 
healing.  Entering  the  new  field  in  some 
foreign  country,  he  gets  easy  access  to  the 
hearts  and  homes  of  the  people  through 
his  work  as  a  physician.  In  these  coun- 
tries medical  skill,  in  proportion  to  the 
millions  that  are  suffering  from  ailments, 
great  and  small,  is  almost  altogether  con- 
fined to  the  missionaries.  The  prejudice 
against  the  Christian  religion,  and  against 
foreigners,  is  strong.  It  may  often  be  that 
the  missionary  would  never  get  access  to 
many  homes  were  it  not  for  his  medicines. 
He  goes  as  one  who  can  heal  the  body,  but 
is  known  as  a  man  of  God,  or  of  Jesus,  and 
is  tolerated  because  he  can  save  life  in  the 
flesh.  His  cures  are  marvels  to  those  who 
look  on,  and  life  to  those  who  are  treated. 
At  once  he  advances  from  the  place  he  now 
holds  in  the  esteem  of  the  healed  and  his 
friends  to  the  importance  of  the  healing 
of  the  soul  from  sin.  He  preaches  Christ 
to  his  hearers.  You  can  see  at  once  how 
great  his  success  may  be  as  a  result  of  this 
introduction   through   medical   work. 

3.  But  to  come  closer  home,  let  us  study 


some  of  our  own  medical  missionaries.  The 
Christian  Church  has  some  great  medical 
missionaries  in  India,  China,  Tibet  and 
Africa.  In  India  there  is  Dr.  C.  C.  Drum- 
mond  at  Hurda.  He  went  out  from  the 
state  of  Nebraska.  He  is  a  Cotner  man.  He 
is  now  in  America  on  his  first  furlough.  He 
is  a  quiet  man,  but  his  work  is  the  very 
best  in  all  India.  In  Tibet  are  Dr.  A.  L. 
Shelton  and  Dr.  Susie  C.  Rijnhart.  Their 
first  baptisms  were  on  July  7  of  this 
year.  Dr.  Rijnhart  writes  recently  that 
she  had  treated  three  cases  of  attempt- 
ed suicide  in  six  days.  They  were  young 
married  women.  We  all  remember  Dr. 
Rijnhart  as  the  wife  of  the  faithful  Brother 
Rijnhart,  who  was  murdered  in  Tibet  some 
years  ago.  This  heroic  woman,  after  tell- 
ing the  most  thrilling  story  ever  told  of 
hardships  and  danger  in  this  hermit  king- 
dom, has  returned  to  spend  her  life  doing 
something  for  these  benighted  people.  In 
China  we  have  Dr.  W.  E.  Macklin  at  Nan- 
king. It  is  said  that  Dr.  Macklin  is  one 
of  the  great  men  of  China.  His  influence 
is  wonderful.  Healing  the  body,  talking 
Jesus  to  his  patients,  treating  thousands  an- 
nually, performing  all  kinds  of  difficult  op- 
erations, his  work  is  magnified  among  the 
people,  and  many  turn  to  the  Lord.  Time 
would  fail  if  one  tried  to  mention  all  our 
medical  missionaries.  We  Endeavorers 
must  not  forget  the  Orphanage  Hospital  at 
Damoh,  India,  where  our  boys  are. 

Quiet  Hour  Thought. 

Is  my  work  in  assisting  the  work  of  med- 
ical missions  such  as  would  make  me  will- 
ing to  carry  a  report  of  it  to  Jesus,  if  I 
should  be  told  that  I  could  go  to  him  with 
it  and  return  after  I  had  made  it? 


DAILY    READINGS. 


M.  Naaman. 

T.  Samaria. 

W.  Bethesda. 

T.  Eneas. 

F.  Jesus  the  Physician 


2  Kings  S-I4-I9- 

Acts   8:5-13. 

John   5:10-16. 

Acts  9:32-35. 

Matt.  9:10-13. 


S.     The  disciples'  mission.  Luke  9:1-6 

S.     Topic — Medical  missions  (at  home 
and  abroad).  Mark  1:29-34 

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He  accepted  Christ  in  1882,  and  was  a  charter 
member  of  the  church  here,  and  a  deacon  from  the 
organization  to  his  death.  He  leaves  a  wife  and  two 
children.  Five  children  have  preceeded  him  to  the 
spirit  world.  E.  S.  Allhands. 

JONES. 

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Jones,  aged  75  years,  six  months  and  28  days. 

MEREDITH. 

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changed  in  the  Lord  Oct.  10,  1905.  At  her  home — 
going  she  was  president  of  the  Christian  Endeavor; 
assistant  Sunday  school  Superintendent,  and  presi- 
dent of  the  Aid  society.  She  leaves  to  mourn  her 
loss  a  husband,  daughter,  father,  mother,  brother, 
sister  and  many  relatives  and  friends.  The  funeral 
service  was  conducted  by  the  writer  in  the  Christian 
Church  at  Lynn,  lnd.,  Oct.  12,  1905. 

Willis  M.  Cunningham. 

Indianapolis,  lnd. 

MOHORTER. 

Mrs.  J.  H.  Mohorter,  nee  Katie  Davis,  was  born  at 
Iron  Hill,  Delaware,  May  25,  iSu8,  and  passed  into 
the  life  eternal  October  19,  1905,  at  Pueblo,  Colo. 
She  was  religious  from  childhood.  Her  earliest  im- 
pressions and  experiences  were  under  the  fostering 
care  of  the  Methodist  Church.  J.  L.  Parsons,  in 
June,  1887,  in  Newark,  Deleware,  baptized  her  into 
Christ.  At  about  the  same  time  he  baptized  J.  H. 
Mohorter,  who  became  her  husband.  They  were 
married  November  23,  1888.  Soon  the  struggle  began 
to  secure  an  education  and  a  place  in  the  ministry  of 
the  Christian  Church.  If  ever  a  woman  was  a  help- 
meet to  her  husband,  and  millions  of  them  are, 
Mrs.  Mohorter  was  such  a.  woman.  For  her  noble 
husband,  for  her  family,  for  her  church,  she  lived 
with  a  beautiful  and  steadfast  devotion, 

From  1889  to  1893  this  earnest  young  woman  and 
her  devoted  husband  struggled  on  Hiram  Hill,  as 
students  in  Hiram  College,  Ohio.  After  his  gradua- 
tion they  spent  two  years  at  Ashland,  Ohio.  Three 
or  four  years  were  spent  with  the  ./Etna  Street 
Church  in  Cleveland.  From  Cleveland,  in  the  spring 
of  1898,  they  went  to  Boston,  coming  to  Pueblo  in 
the  autumn  of  1903.  Sister  Mohorter's  health  gave 
way  during  her  residence  in  Boston.  She  wa.the 
mother  of  five  children,  four  survive  and  mourn  the 
departure  of  a  pure,  devoted,  unselfish,  wise  mother. 
During  Brother  Mohorter's  student  days  in  Hiram, 
his  wife  cared  for  the  home  and  little  family  while 
she  studied  art  and  music. 

The  hearts  of  the  Disciples  of  Christ  wherever 
J.  H.  Mohorter  is  known  will  go  out  toward  their 
stricken  brother  in  loving  sympathy.  All  Pueblo 
was  in  mourning  on  the  day  or  the  funeral.  The 
Ministerial  Association  passed  resolutions  of  sym- 
pathy, for  the  publication  of  which  there  is  not 
space  in  this  department  of  The  Christian-Evan- 
gelist. Dr.  S.  H.  Kirkbride,  of  the  F  irst  Methodist 
Church,  voiced  the  sentiments  and  emotions  of  the 
city  pastors  at  the  funeral  services  in  the  Central 
Christian  Church.  B.  B.  Tyler. 

Denver,  Col. 

POTTS. 

Ruth  W.  Pierce  was  born  Oct.  6,  1865;  depai  •  ' 
this  life  Sept.  20,  1905.  Her  birthplace  was  Smr  - 
fieid,  Pa.,  where  she  spent  most  of  her  life.  She 
married  W.  A.  Potts.  Since  1892  they  have  lived  in 
Pekin.  She  leaves  two  sons,  and  is  survived  by  two 
brothers  and  two  sisters.  She  was  a  noble  Christian 
-wife  and  mother  and  very  active  in  all  good  works. 
She  left  her  wardrobe  to  the  Old  Folks'  Home  at 
Jacksonville.  She  requested  that  the  church  organi- 
zations send  no  flowers  at  her  death  because  she  felt 
that  the  money  should  be  devoted  to  missionary 
purposes.  Instead,  the  organizations  united  in  es- 
tablishing a  life-membership  in  the  C.  W.  B.  M.  for 
her  son,  Curran  Pierce  Potts.  The  funeral  was  con- 
ducted by  the  writer  at  the  residence,  Sept.  22, 1905. 

Pekin,  III.  J-  A.  Barnett. 

WEBER. 

Joseph  Weber  was  born  at  Wallnut  Grove,  III., 
June  22,  1855.  He  became  a  member  of  the  Church 
of  Christ  in  1888,  and  his  life  has  been  the  manifesta- 
tion of  an  earnest  care  for  his  Master's  service.  His 
illness  dates  from  the  last  of  March,  his  suffering 
long  and  severe,  his  patience  marvelous.  He  died  at 
bis  home,  three  miles  east  of  Brandon,  Oct.  16,  1905. 
A  wife  and  three  children  mourn  their  great  loss. 

Braudon,  la.  E.  G.  Lock  hart. 


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1471 


Family  Circle 


Two  Poets. 

By  Frank  Honeywell. 

Oh,  tell  me  which  poet  is  greater  — 

Both  study  the  Infinite  plan— 
The  one  who  finds  beauty  in  nature, 

Or  he  who  finds  nature  in  man? 

Off  into  the  woodland  he  ambles 

And  dreams  by  the  brook  in  the  dale; 
All  life  is  a  rhythm  of  gambols; 

The  violet  is  queen  of  the  vale. 

He  paints  a  word-picture  of  beauty, 

With  a  delicate  deftness  of  mind, 
And  he  draws  a  sweet  lesson  of  duty 

That  nature  portrays  to  mankind. 

And  the  toil-weary  laborer  reads  H, 

And  a  mist  passes  over  his  eyes. 
Such  lesson— he  feels  that  he  needs  it, 

But  it  comes  in  a  sort  of  disguise. 

Perchance  he  may,  too,  be  a  poet, 

Unlearned,  unknown,  care-oppressed, 
With  a  well  of  soul-truth,  could  we  know  it, 

That  a  Milton  has  never  possessed. 

And  the  brook  he  sees  times  without  number, 

And  the  violet,  too,  in  the  glade; 
But  his  troubles  till  waking  and  slumber, 

And  he  sees  not  the  beauty  God  made. 

The  brook  in  some  heat-blighted  season 

Dries  up,  and  the  violet  droops; 
And  the  lessons  march  fast  through  his  reason 

In  epigram  matical  groups. 

.  "I've  read  the  great  poem  of  beauty," 

He  muses  with  half  bitter  sigh; 
"And  its  sweet  admonitions  of  duty, 
But  I  stumble  whenever  I  try. 

"And  the  poet,  I  gladly  would  love  him; 

Immaculate  joy  is  his  theme; 
But  he  dreams  with  both  hands  stretched  above  him  , 

Nor  one  down  to  me  in  his  dream. 

"If  he'd  mourn  for  the  brook  and  the  flower 

That  are  dying  athirst  for  the  love 
That  nature  bestows  in  a  shower, 

One  hand  would  drop  down  from  above; 

"And  he  finds  in  my  heart  the  dry  river 

And  the  violet  drooping,  half-dead, 
And  he'd  change  to  a  love-shower  giver, 

That  he's  keeping  ungiven,  unsiid." 

Oh.  tell  me.  which  poet  is  greater— 

Both  study  the  Infinite  plan— 
The  one  who  finds  beauty  in  nature, 

Or  he  who  finds  nature  in  man? 

Chicago,  III. 


Fads  I  Have  Followed. 

BY    WIUIAM     BYRON    FORBUSH. 

There  is  no  more  faithful  faddist  than  a 
boy.  From  the  time  he  begins  to  enjoy- 
any  consecutive  play  his  amusements  may 
be  divided  into  his  games  and  his  fads.  His 
games  fill  his  holidays  and  his.  outdoor 
hours  when  he  is  with  his  gang.  His  fads 
are  for  his  evenings  and  rainy  days,  when 
he  is  alone  or  with  his  chum. 

A  boy's  first  fad  is  usually  collecting. 
Surely  you  have  not  forgotten  those  one 
hundred  and  fifty  canceled  postage  stamps 
that  you  glued  into  your  father's  old  ledger 
with  a  sure  and-dirty  hand?  Modern  boys 
use  gummed  "stickers,"  but  then  the  other 
fellows  "swipe"  their  stamps.  Nobody 
could  swipe  ours ;'  they  couldn't  be  pried  off 
the  paper.  You  have  not  forgotten,  either, 
how  you  used  to  collect  visiting  cards.  You 
bought  them  by  mail  order  down  in  Con- 
necticut for  thirteen  cents  a  hundred.  They 
were  brocaded,  scrolled,  water  marked  or 
striped,  and  some  had  colored  cupids 
pasted  over  your  name.  These  last  you  ex- 
changed with  the  prettiest  girls  in  school. 
You  never  used  them  for  social  purposes, 
still  they  were  a  certificate  of  friendship. 
There  were  some  boys  so  mean  that  you 
wouldn't  exchange  cards  with  them. 

The  next  fad  was  "swappin'."  I  remem- 
ber the  old  cedar  box  in  which  I  kept  my 
capital.      It    contained    a    choice    store    of 


"agates"  and  "alleys"  and  an  infinite  varie- 
ty of  broken  and  u  I  trinkel  Many 
were  the  transactions,  lasting  all  the  after- 
noon, up  in  the  attic  under  the  rain-wash"! 
caves,  at  which  I  became  richer  by  one  tar- 
nished brass  buckle,  or  poor  by  one  alley 
taw. 

These  commercial  transactions  led 
naturally  to  the  fad  of  money  making. 
Weekly  allowances  were  unknown  in  my 
time.  Daily  and  weekly  publications  had 
not  begun  to  allure  boys  from  their  p'ay 
to  make  a  nuisance  of  themselves  hawking 
these  literary  wares.  But  you  remember 
how  you  waited  all  the  early  fall  the  com- 
ing of  "the  premium  number"  of  the 
"Youth's  Companion"?  Probably  you  never 
secured  a  subscriber,  possibly  you  never 
tried.  What  was  the  use?  All  the  fellows 
and  most  of  the  grown-ups  took  it.  But 
when  that  premium  number  came  you  were, 
at  least  in  fancy,  possessor  of  all  the  treas- 
ures of  that  great  warehouse. 

I  have  not  forgotten  my  adventure  with 
the  garnets.  I  had  just  begun  to  study 
mineralogy.  In  my  rambles  I  discovered 
some  field  garnets  in  the  brook  bed  in  my 
father's  pasture.  Here  was  a  bonanza !  My 
Sunday  school  teacher  wore  a  garnet 
brooch  two  inches  in  diameter  which  I  had 
long  admired.  I  had  about  a  bushel  of  the 
stones  behind  the  butternuts  in  my  father's 
corn  barn  and  wrote  the  most  extensive 
jeweler  in  New  York,  offering  to  divide  the 
profits  if  he  would  cut  and  sell  the  stones. 
Some  considerate  clerk  wrote  me  that  gar- 
nets were  worth  about  ten  cents  a  ton. 

At  another  time  I  began  book  canvas- 
sing. I  started  in  the  morning  in  a  neigh- 
boring town  with  my  satchel  packed  for  a 
fortnight's  absence.  By  four  o'clock  in  the 
afternoon  I  was  covering  the  last  of  the 
eleven  miles  that  separated  me  from  my 
mother,  bent  beneath  my  burden  and  medi- 
tating profitably  on  the  parable  of  the  Prod- 
igal Son.  I  was  amazed  and  grieved  that 
my  prudential  return  was  received  with  un- 
holy hilarity  instead  of  with  the  sacred 
delight  described  in  the  Scriptures. 

The  fads  of  college  days  are  varied.  Gay 
raiment  is  sure  to  be  one  of  them.  My 
face  mantles  even  now  to  think  of  the  yel- 
low toque  with  which  I  shed  a  genial 
warmth  one'  winter  on  my  return  to  my  na- 
tive town.  Unexpectedness,  too.  charac- 
terizes the  fads  of  the  collegian.  Subscrib- 
ing to  matrimonial  papers  and  cultivating 
female  correspondents  in  Methodist  female 
seminaries  in  the  middle  west  was  the  unit- 
ed enterprise  of  our  dormitory  one  stormy 
February.  Spinning  tops  is  a  Yale  feature, 
and  President  Roosevelt  is  credited  with 
initiating  rope  skioping  as  a  form  of  gym- 
nastics at  Harvard. 

Tf,  as  Gross  says,  childish  play  is  a  re- 
hearsal of  adult  life,  the  fads  of  young  men 
may  be  characterized  as  a  deprecatory  pro- 
test against  adult  seriousness. 

The  fads  of  mature  men  and  women  may 
be  games,  but  they  pre  quite  as  apt  to  be 
serious  avocations.  In  the  English  edition 
of  "Who's  Who,"  each  prominent  English- 
man is  asked  to  state  his  fad.  That  of  Lord 
Salisbury  was  chemistry,  Mr.  Gladstone's 
was  the  study  of  Homer,  and  that  of  an- 
other statesman  was  the  raising  of  orchids. 
The  recreation  involved  seems  to  be  as  real 
as  in  games.  "If  you  can  not  afford  a 
horse,  ride  a  hobby,"  is  a  bit  of  wisdom 
that  has  saved  many  a  care-burdened  man 
from  exhaustion  or  premature  decay. 

Good  fortune  has  been  the  guide  to  dis- 
cover many  a  helpful  fad.  It  is  the  begin- 
ner's remarkable  first  day's  play  that  swells 
the  ranks  of  golf  enthusiasts.  The  acci- 
dental purchase  of  a  first  edition  of  Bryant, 
worth  fifteen  dollars,  for  a  nickel  once 
started  me  on  book  collecting. 

A  fad  may  be  defined-  as  a  discovery  of 
unexpected  values.  If  one  can  find  new 
value,  no  matter  in  what,  he  adds  a  new 
avidity  to  life.    I  was  disappointed  one  sum- 


DEAFNESS  AND 
CATARRH  CURED 


BY    "ACT1NA' 


Ninety  live  per   'cut   of  all  the    can'  rne« 

brought  to  our  attention  is  the  result  of  chronic 
catarrh  of  throat  and  middle  eac 
The  air  passage*  t  ■■/x'-A 

by  catarrhal  deposits,  stopping  tte 
action  of  the  vibratory  bonec. 
Until  these  deposits  are  remocet 
a  cure  is  impossible.  The  iapec 
ear  cannot  be  reached  by  profane 
or  spraying,  hence  the  inability  c*' 
aurists  or  physicians  to  cure.  Ear 
i!ruins  are  vsor.-e  than  u9eVes«. 
That  there  is  a  scientific  cure  for 
deafness  and  catarrh  is  demon- 
strated everv  day  by  the  nut  of 
Actina.  The  vapor  current  gener- 
?ted  in  the  Actina  passes  througfc 
the  Eustachian  tubes  into  the  mid- 
dle ear,  removing  the  catarrhal  ob- 
structions as  it  passes  through  the 
tubes,  and  loosens  up  I 
(hammer,  anvil  and  stirrup)  in  the 
inner  ear,  making  them  respond  to  the  slightest 
vibration  of  sound.  Actina  has  never  failed  to  cure 
ringing  noises  in  behead.  We  have  known  people 
troubled  with  this  distressing  symptom  for  years  U 
be  completely  cured  in  only  three  peeks  ose  of 
Actina.  Actina  also  cures  asthma,  bronchitis,  sore 
throat,  weak  lungs,  colds  and  headache:  all  otwhics 
;ire  directl,  'x  indirect);  due  to  catarrh.  Actina  k 
sent  on  (rial,  postpaid.  Wrile  us  about  your  cast 
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mer  in  taking  a  projected  foreign  tour.  £ 
decided  to  spend  considerable  time  in  Salera, 
Concord  and  Plymouth,  making  believe 
that  these  old  towns  were  in  a  foreign  land. 
I  believe  I  pretended  that  I  was  Matthew 
Arnold.  The  result  was  a  freshness  of  im- 
pression and  a  sense  of  historical  perspec- 
tive which,  since  then,  visits  to  Italian  cit- 
ies have  hardly  surpassed.  I  have  continued 
the  habit,  especially  when  I  have  beea 
stranded  for  days  in  uninteresting  middle 
western  towns.  Only  a  few  days  ago  1 
stayed  a  week  in  a  prosaic  Indiana  city, 
but  I  discovered  there  the  last  surviving 
character  of  "The  Hoosier  Schoolmaster." 

If  it  was  once  remarked  of  Ralph  Wald« 
Emerson  that  the  magnificent  leisure  of  his 
journeyings  through  California  was  itself 
an  argument  for  immortality,  why  might  it 
not  be  said  of  the  experienced  faddist  in 
any  field  as  well,  what  Mr.  Mabie  had  said 
of  him  whose  fad  is  nature,  that  "Life  is 
so  vast,  so  unspeakably  rich,  that  to  have 
reported  accurately  one  swift  glimpse  or  ta 
have  preserved  the  melody  of  one  rarely 
heard  note,  is  to  have  mastered  a  part  of 
the  secret  of  the  immortals?" — The  Congre- 
sationalist. 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


November  q,  1905 


A  Word  for  the  Jews. 

The  month  of  November  is  to  be  signal- 
ized by  the  celebration  of  the  250th  anni- 
versary of  the  advent  to  the  United  States 
of  the  first  group  of  Jewish  settlers,  and 
Professor  Abram  S.  Isaacs  contributes  a 
timely  article  to  the  November  number  of 
the  "North  American  Review"  on  "The 
Tew  in  America."  Professor  Isaacs  traces 
the  distribution  of  the  Jews  throughout  va- 
rious parts  of  the  country,  and  recounts  the 
manner  in  which  the  Jew  took  part  in  the 
pioneer  work  which  laid  the  foundations  of 
prosperous  communities,  and  did  his  full 
share  in  furthering  the  general  interests  of 
the  country.  The  American  environment 
has  proved  to  be  most  favorable  to  the  de- 
velopment of  the  highest  qualities  of  the 
Jew,  among  which  Professor  Isaacs  men- 
tions his  spirit  of  enterprise,  his  breadth 
of  view,  his  patirotism,  and  his  love  of  ed- 
ucation.    Says  Professor  Isaacs: 

"What  are  the  Jew's  lines  of  occupation? 
He  is  active  in  business;  he  succeeds  or 
fails  according  to  his  abilities.  He  enters 
every  profession,  is  architect  as  well  as 
plumber,  is  machinist,  inventor,  engineer,  as 
well  as  merchant,  lawyer,  broker,  pedler, 
drummer,  or  wage  earner  in  the  sweat 
shops.  He  can  own  mines  or  build  the- 
aters, run  a  ranch  or  a  hotel.  He  can  grad- 
uate from  West  Point  or  Annapolis,  be 
painter  or  sculptor,  financier  or  steamboat 
captain,  motorman  or  policeman,  steeple- 
jack or  street  musician.  Pie  is  emphatically 
no  multi-millionaire,  as  some  Baptists  are, 
nor  can  it  be  said  of  him,  as  was  stated 
few  years  ago  of  Presbyterians,  that  sixteen 
prominent  bank  and  trust  company  presi- 
dents in  New  York  city  were  of  that  church 
and  in  good  standing.  Plis  wealth  is  ab- 
surdly overrated :  doubtless  the  proverb,  'as 
rich  as  a  Jew7,'  has  much  to  answer  for. 
Great  masses  of  his  people,  not  recent  ac- 
cessions exclusively,  live  from  hand  to 
mouth.  A  glance  at  the  records  of  Jewish 
charitable  societies  in  the  large  cities  would 
show  how  widespread  is  Jewish  poverty. 
He  has  his  millionaires,  it  is  true,  in  New 
York,  Chicago,  Philadelphia,  San  Francis- 
co, but  the  number  is  very  limited.  Moder- 
ate fortunes,  due  to  thrift  and  enterprise, 
are  more  common ;  but  even  these  are  not 
so  numerous  as  is  popuiarly  supposed.  It 
was  easier  to  disprove  the  notion  that  here- 
tics had  tails  than  that  all  Jews  are  rich." 


Men  and  the  Servant  Problem. 

A  very  welcome  and  appreciable  change 
has  come  through  the  practical  interest  in 
the  question  shown  by  men.  They  have  lec- 
tured and  written  on  the  subject,  and  have 
listened  to  the  lectures  on  it  given  by  wo- 
men. This  means  that  the  subject  is  being 
recognized  by  them  as  worthy  of  study  and 
discussion  and  as  of  importance  to  all — to 
men  and  to  women  alike — who  are  inter- 
ested in  the  welfare  of  society.  On  its  prac- 
tical side  also  the  interest  of  men  is  making 
itself  felt.  Chafing  dish  courses  have  been 
opened   for  men,   where  they  have  learned 


Gloria  in   Excelsis 


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the  preparation  of  the  luxuries  of  the  table, 
as  the  rough-and-ready  experiences  of  camp 
life  in  summer  vacations  and  in  military 
campaigns  have  taught  them  how  to  prepare 
the  necessities  of  life.  Young  men  in  col- 
lege and  young  men  living  :a  bachelors' 
apartments  are  proud  of  their  attainments 
in  afternoon  teas  and  chafing  dish  suppers, 
while  men  trained  as  nurses  learn  the  prep- 
aration of  delicacies  for  the  sick.  It  is  true, 
indeed,  that  cooking  classes  are  but  indi- 
rectly connected  with  domestic  service,  but 
anything  and  everything  that  breaks  down 
artificial  barriers,  and  that  permits  the  free 
industrial  entrance  of  both  men  and  women 
into  whatever  occupation  they  prefer,  is  a 
direct  gain  to  every  line  of  work.  Any  one 
whose  attention  has  been  turned  in  the  di- 
rection of  securing  household  employ  must 
constantly  come  in  contact  with  the  fact 
that  there  is  a  considerable  number  of  men 
engaged  in  household  employments  for  re- 
muneration.— November  Atlantic. 


Where  It  Belonged. 

An  amateur  authoress  who  had  submitted 
a  story  to  a  magazine  waited  for  several 
weeks  without  hearing  from  the  editor  con- 
cerning it.  Finally  he  sent  him  a  note  re- 
questing an  early  decision,  because,  as  she 
said,  she  "had  other  irons  in  the  fire." 
Shortly  after  came  the  editor's  reply: 
"Dear  Madam — I  have  read  your  story, 
and  I  should  advise  you  to  put  it  with  the 
other  irons."- — Harper's  Weewly. 


Free  Trial 


Dr.TStoKes  on  Bonnets. 


At  the  recent  unveiling  in  Ocean  Grove 
of  the  bronze  statue  of  the  late  Dr.  E.  H. 
Stokes,  a  Methodist  minister  said. 

"I  knew  Dr.  Stokes  well,  and  one  of  the 
things  I  most  admired  in  him  was  his  sim- 
plicity, his  honesty,  his  plainness.  He  hated 
affectation  and  vanity,  even  in  women ;  and 
in  a  good-humored  way  he  would  often 
poke  fun  at  the  freakish  fashions  that  came 
up  from  time  to  time  in  woman's  dress. 

"I  remember  one  summer,  when  the 
ladies'  hats  were  very  large,  and  a  great 
many  cherries  and  beans  and  grapes  and 
so  on  covered  them,  Dr.  Stokes  went  about 
Ocean  Grove  telling  a  hat  story. 

"He  said  there  came  a  knock  at  a  man's 
door  one  morning,  and  the  man  answered 
it,  and  then  called  upstairs  to  his  wife : 

:<  'Ann,  here  is  the  girl  with  the  vege- 
tables.' 

"But  the  wife,  coming  down  stairs  hasti- 
ly,  called   as   she   descended : 

"  'Don't  be  silly.    It's  my  new  hat'  " 


Opportunities    and    Responsibilities    of 
Leisured  Women. 

This  is  the  substance  of  a  thoughtful  ar- 
ticle by  Mrs.  Russell  Sage  in  the  November 
number  of  the  "North  American  Review." 
Mrs.  Sage  begins  with  the  frank  admission 
that  woman's  highest  duty  is  in  the  home, 
where  her  influence  is  more  powerful  for 
the  lasting  good  of  mankind  than  anywhere 
else.  But  there  are  many  women  whose  do- 
mestic duties  leave  them  leisure  for  other 
activities,  either  because  they  are  unmar- 
ried or  because  their  children  have  grown 
up.  Mrs.  Sage  protests  that  too  often  this 
leisure  is  fritted  away  in  frivolities,  and  she 
touches  with  dismay  on  the  growth  of  the 
gambling  habit  among  women  whose  time 
would  hang  heavily  on  their  hands  were 
it  not  occupied  in  some  way.  But  there 
is  a  large  field  of  usefulness  open  to  such 
women,  who  are  indeed  accountable  for  the 
proper  use  of  their  opportunities.  Every 
woman  can  make  her  town  or  village  better. 
She  ought  to  interest  herself  in  civic  affairs 
to  make  sure  that  her  family  receives  a 
due  return  in  service  for  the  taxes  it  pays 


Inslant  Relief,  and  a  Quick,  Painless 

Cure    by    the   Marvelous 

Pryamid  Remedy. 


A  Trial  Treatment,  Just  to  Prove  It,  is  Sent 

Free  to  Every  One  Who  Sends  Their 

Name  and  Address. 

We  are  sending  out  thousands  of  treat- 
ments of  Pyramid  Pile  Cure,  absolutely 
free  and  at  our  own  expense,  to  sufferers 
of  piles,  because  we  have  such  absolute  con- 
fidence in  it,  and  its  past  success  has  proven 
its  wonderful  virtues. 

Pryamid  Pile  Cure  gives  instant  relief, 
as  a  sample  will  show.  It  stops  congestion, 
restores  normal  circulation,  heals  sores, 
ulcers  and  irritated  spots  with  great  rapid- 
ity, and  cures  the  CAUSE  of  piles  without 
fail,  in  every  case. 

No  surgical  operation  is  necessary  for 
the  cure  of  piles,  because  Fyramid  Pile  Cure 
will  cure  without  cutting.  An  operation 
makes  matters  worse,  hacking  to  pieces  the 
delicate  muscles  which  are  relied  upon  for 
a    satisfactory    and    permanent    cure. 

Pyramid  Pile  Cure  is  put  up  in  the  form 
of  suppositories,  easy  to  use,  and  applied 
directly  to  the  affected  parts. 

It  requires  but  a  small  amount  of  treat- 
ment, as  a  rule,  to  produce  a  cure,  if  direc- 
tions are  carefully  followed. 

After  you  have  tried  the  trial  treatment, 
found  it  satisfactory,  as  you  will,  you  can 
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to  the  community.  The  town  or  village 
must  be  adequately  policed  for  the  protec- 
tion of  her  daughter  and  the  saving  of  her 
son  from  lurking  evils.  And  there  are  san- 
itary conditions  essential  to  health  that 
must   be  jealously  watched. 


ST.  FRANCIS  VALLEY  LANDS 

Of    Southeast    Missouri,    Northeast    Ar- 
kansas. 

Alluvial  or  made  soil  resting  on  a  porous 
clay  subsoil,  extremely  fertile  and  produc- 
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bushels,  wheat  20  to  35  bushels,  oats  40  to 
60  bushels,  clover  and  timothy  2  to  3  tons, 
alfalfa  4  to  6  cuttings  of  a  ton  each,  a  bale 
of  cotton,  fruits  and  vegetables  of  finest 
quality  and  great  abundance.  Improved  can 
be  bought  for  $25  to  $35,  unimproved  $18  to 
$20.  Will  sell  in  10  years  for  $100.  Write 
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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


Queen  or  the  Meadow. 

Marjoric  had  been  anxious  to  come  to 
their  summer  home  in  the  country,  but  she 
had  not  been  there  a  week  till  she  wished 
that  she  was  back  in  the  city.  The  trouble 
was  that  she  had  so  many  pleasures  and 
playthings  that  she  soon  tired  of  them. 

Dressed  in  her  pretty  starched,  white 
gown,  with  a  gaily  trimmed  straw  hat  on 
her  brown  curly  head,  Marjorie  started  for 
a  walk  in  the  field  back  of  the  cottage.  She 
didn't  expect  to  enjoy  it,  but  she  wanted  to 
do  something. 

But  it  was  not  much  fun  walking  in  the 
meadow,  for  sticks  and  stones  and  sharp 
grasses  scratched  her  glossy  kid  shoes,  and 
dewberry  vines  caught  spitefully  at  her  silk 
stockings. 

In  an  oak  tree,  half  way  across  the 
meadow,  sat  a  bare-footed  girl,  dressed  in 
faded  calico,  who  was  singing  shrilly  and 
merrily : 

"I'm    queen     of    the     meadow,     t lie     meadow,    (he 
meadow; 
i    I'm  queen  of  the  meadow  where  sweet  flowers  grow." 

Marjorie  walked  up  to  the  tree  and 
looked  at  the  bare-footed  little  girl  who 
seemed  so  happy. 

"Hello,"   said   Marjorie,   "who  are  you?". 

"I'm  Queen  of  the  Meadow,"  answered 
the  little  girl,  soberly." 

"Queen  of  the  Meadow!"  cried  Marjorie, 
looking  at  her  with  wide  open  eyes.  "Are 
you,  truly?" 

"Of  course  I  am,  and  this  tree  is  Green 
Oak  Castle,  and  the  woods  that  you  see  over 
there  is  my  standing  army,  they  dress  in 
green,  you  know ;  and  that  clump  of  bushes 
is  my  special  guard ;  they're  obliged  to 
watch  the  castle  every  minute  to  see  that 
nothing  happens  to  their  queen." 

Marjorie  forgot  all  about  being- tired  of 
life,  and  listened  eagerly  to  the  other  little 
girl.  "It  sounds  like  a  real  fairy  story," 
she  said. 

"It  is  a  real  fairy  story,"  answered  the 
Queen  of  the  Meadow,  "and  I  am  the  real 
4ueen." 

"Can't  I  play,  too?"  asked  Marjorie,  who 
had  forgotten  for  once  all  about  her  fine 
clothes,  and  didn't  mind  a  bit  because  the 
other  girl  was  poorly  dressed. 

"Let's  play,"  said  the  Queen  of  the 
Meadow,  "that  you  are  a  visiting  princess 
and  have  come  on  a  long  journey  to  visit 
me;  and  I'll  invite  you  up  into  my  castle 
and  show  you  the  crown  jewels." 

"O,  let's  play  that,"  cried  Marjorie,  de- 
lighted. "But  I  don't  believe  I  can  climb 
this  tree,  into  the  castle,  I  mean." 

"Of  course  you  can,"  cried  the  Queen  of 
the  Meadow,  "if  you  just  take  off  your 
shoes  and  stockings."  So  Marjorie  took 
them  off,  and  her  hat,  too,  and  went  to  visit 
Green  Oak  Castle. 

And  it  was  wonderful  how  quickly  she 
scrambled  up  into  the  tree,  with  the  aid  of 
a  big  stone  to  stand  on,  and  a  helping  hand 

"You  can  be  the  Princess  White  Rose," 
from  the  little  bare-footed  queen  above, 
said  the  queen,  "  'cause  your  dress  is  white. 
Now,  I'll  show  you  the  crown  jewels;  but 
they  are  very  precious,  so  when  we  find  'em 
we  mustn't  either  of  us  touch  'em." 

And  up  the  uneven,  winding  oaken  stair- 
way of  limbs  went  the  Queen  of  the 
Meadow,  from  one  branch  to  another,  high- 
er and  higher,  and  after  her  climbed  the  vis- 
iting princess,  White  Rose,  crumpling  her 
pretty  starched  skirts  and  scratching  her 
bare  feet  on  the  rough  bark.  But  what  of 
that  ?     It  was  the  most  fun  ! 

Marjorie  wondered  what  the  crown  jew- 
els were ;  she  had  no  idea  what  they  might 


be,  bui    the  queen    seemed    to    know    all 
abom  h 

When  nearly  to  the  top  of  the  tree,  the 
Queen  Of  the  Meadow  said:  "Here  the 
jewels  are  in  their  Casket,"  and  Marjorie 
pulled  herself  up  on  a  limb  and  looked 
where  the  queen  pointed,  and  there  were 
four  blue  robin's  eggs  like  beautiful  pol- 
ished stones,  resting  in  a  soft  n<    I 

"O,"  cried  the  Princess  While  Rose, 
"can't  I  have  one,  jus!  one  egg?  The  old 
mother  bird  will  never  know  the  differ- 
ence." 

"Yes,  she  will,"  cried  the  Queen  of  the 
Meadow,  sharply.  "We  mustn't  handle  'em  ; 
if  we  do  it  might  break  up  the  nest;  let's 
go  down   now." 

"I  won't  touch  'em  if  1  ought  not  to," 
said  the  princess;  "I  didn't  know  it  made 
any  difference." 

"Let's  sit  under  the  tree  and  talk  a 
while,"  said  the  other  girl. 

So  they  scrambled  down  from  the  Green 
Oak  Castle  and  sat  in  the  shade  of  the  tree; 
while  the  queen,  whose  real  name  was  Ruth 
Mason,  told  Marjorie  that  she  lived  on  the 
cross  road  in  a  little  log  cabin  on  the  other 
side  of  the  meadow,  and  that  she  had  to 
work  mornings,  washing  dishes,  tending 
the  baby,  and  helping  her  mother,  but  that 
she  had  part  of  every  afternoon  for  herself, 
and  that  she  had  the  best  times  playing 
"Queen  of  the  Meadow,"  and  that  it  was 
twice  as  much-  fun  with  Marjorie  to  play 
with  her. 

And  Marjorie  learned  that  she  could 
enjoy  herself  in  the  country  after  all;  for 
she  had  found  a  friend  who,  without  ex- 
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A  Week   with   the  Woodneys. 

THE    SIXTH    DAY — AFTER    DINNER. 

When  the  services  were  at  an  end,  Worth 
Acre  walked  home  with  the  Miss  Days,  that 
the    Woodneys    might    have    their    son    to 
themselves.     It  was  seldom  that  the  black- 
smith  found  himself  in  the  society  of  the 
three     maiden     sisters.     He    occupied     the 
rather   embarrassing    position    of    rejected 
suitor,  and  at  the  same  time  of  unwelcome 
guest,   whenever  he   went  to   the   Day  cot- 
tage.   It  was  not  only  that  Miss  Lizzie  had 
refused  him  her  hand,  but  that  her  sisters 
had  highly  approved,  nay,  had  even  influ- 
enced her  decision.     Miss   Poily  and   Miss 
Susie   suspected  that   Miss   Lizzie   still   felt 
a  sentimental   regard   for  Worth  after  the 
lapse  of  twenty  years,  and  while  they  con- 
sidered a  marriage  between   a   Day   and  a 
blacksmith   as   an   impossibility,   they   were 
not  sure  that  the  youngest  Day  was  firm  in 
her  convictions.  Worth,  nevertheless,  some- 
times visited    their   home,    where,    ignoring 
all     that     threatened     unpleasantness,     he 
brought    brightness    and    high    spirits,    and 
shocked   the   modest   echoes   of  the   quaint 
little  rooms  with  his  hearty  laughter.     The 
Days    sometime    wondered   if   he   had    for- 
gotten the  romance  of  his  youth,  when  Liz- 
zie,  fresh  from   a  boarding  school,  had  so 
far  forgotten  proprieties  as  to  fall  in  love 
with   him.     To  look  into  his  honest,  jolly 
face,  it  was  difficult  to  believe  a  secret  sor- 
row was  hidden  in  his  bosom.     The  more 
he  laughed  the  better  Miss  Polly  and  Miss 
Susie   were  pleased.     They   liked  him,  but 
they  could  not  like  him  as  sisters.     With 
Miss    Lizzie    it    was    different;    sometimes 
when  his  loud  "Ha !  ha !  ha  !  ha !"  was  ring- 
ing, she  would  dart  toward  him  a  reproach- 
ful  look,   or  at  least,   one   full   of   wonder, 
as  if  she  did  not  understand  how  he  could 
be   so   merry,   unless,   indeed,   he  'had   long 
since  ceased  to  care  for  her.     But  she  did 
not  think  he  had  ceased  to  care,  and  that 
is  why  his  jolly  ways  and  his  evident  en- 
joyment of  life  puzzled  and  even  shocked 
her,  at  times.     Life  was  not  very  gay   for 
Miss    Lizzie.      She    saw    it    slipping    away, 
carrying  with  it  the  last  of  her  youth  and 
bloom,  the  last  of  her  romance  and  dreams. 
She   was  thirty-eight,  and  the  windows  of 
thirty-eight   look   upon   forty,   and    forty   is 
but  a  younger  sister  of  fifty,  and  fifty  means 
gray   hair  and    retrospection.      If   anything 
were  to  happen,  it,  must  happen  pretty  soon 
— that   was   Miss   Lizzie's    feelings;    for,  'in 
truth,    she    still    imagined    that    something 
might  happen.     Once  she  had  hoped  Worth 
would   trade  the   occupation   of  blacksmith 
for  one  of  the  elegant  professions,  but  he 
proved    inflexible    in   his    determination    to 
do  the  work  his  heart  was  in,  and  not  to 
undertake  a  life  work  unsuited  to  his  tastes 
and   abilities.     "I   am   a  good  blacksmith," 
he   would    say,   "and   the   world   needs   me 
more  than  it  does  a  poor  lawyer  or  an  in- 
competent    doctor."      Miss     Lizzie's     eyes 
sometimes    timidly    asked,    "Not    even    for 
my  sake?" 

When  they  reached  the  gate  of  the  Days, 
the  sisters  did  not  ask  Worth  to  come  in. 


THE  CHRISTIAN  EVANGELIST. 

Well,  it  was  nearly  time  to  get  dinner,  so 
it  was  hardly  to  be  expected.  Still,  it  had 
been  so  long  since  Worth  had  walked  by 
Miss  Lizzie's  side  that  he  was  in  a  condi- 
tion to  expect  almost  anything.  "Isn't  it 
a  splendid  day!"  cried  Worth,  looking 
about  upon  the  earth,  as  it  quivered  with 
delight  in  its  noon  bath  of  glorious  sun- 
shine. Miss  Polly  and  Miss  Susie  agreed 
with  him,  but  still  they  did  not  invite  him 
in.  On  the  contrary,  they  said  "good-bye" 
and  went  to  the  house.  Miss  Lizzie  lin- 
gered at  the  gate. 

"Do  you  know  tomorrow  is  September?" 
asked  Worth,  looking  down  upon  her 
from  his  side  of  the  gate.  "Doesn't 
it  remind  you  of  schools  and  picnics? 
The  world  smells  like  it  did  when 
I  was  a  boy.  Do  you  ever  notice 
that?  Sometimes  I  come  out  of  my  shop, 
not  thinking  about  anything  in  particular 
except  my  work,  and  I  get  a  whiff  ■  of  the 
outdoors,  and — well,  it's  a  funny  thing,  I 
know !  A  curious  little  thrill  runs  up  and 
down  and  I  seem  to  smell  odors  of  by- 
gone years.  Of  course,  the  world  is  heated 
and  cooled  like  it  always  was,  but  it  isn't 
always  that  we  can  get  back  our  old  feel- 
ings." 

"Have  you  the  old  feeling  today?"  asked 
Miss  Lizzie,  who  was  tracing  invisible  let- 
ters on  the  gate  with  a  rusty  nail. 

"I  suppose  it  was  singing  those  hymns," 
he  answered  vaguely.  "I  naturally  felt  like 
asking  you  to  let  me  see  you  home  from 
church — as  I  used  to,  you  know." 

"Well,"  she  answered,  'you  did  see  me 
home  from  church.  I  am  glad.  Once  in 
awhile  it's  good  to  feel  young.  Not  too 
often — it  might  spoil  one,  yon  know." 

"What  are  you  writing?"  he  asked,  as 
her  eyes  followed  her  hand  intently. 

"Nothing,"  she  answered,  starting,  and 
dropping  the  rusty  nail.  "I  must  go  now. 
Good-bye." 

"And  come  again  ?"  Worth  suggested,  try- 
ing to  look  into  her  eyes. 

She  hesitated.  She  wanted  him  to  come, 
but  her  sisters  did  not.  The  color  mounted 
to  her  brow,  but  she  could  not  meet  his 
gaze. 

"Well,  I'll  come  any  way,"  Worth  de- 
clared "but  I  won't  bring  my  blacksmith 
shop  with  me.  Try  to  get  Polly  and  Susie 
braced  up  for  a  visit  just  about  tomorrow 
night.  I've  got  one  of  my  homesick  spells 
to  see  you  and  sit  near  you,  and  hear  your 
voice.  These  spells  come  every  once  in  a 
while — a  sort  of  periodical  intoxication,  and 
I  can't  overcome  them.  Would  you  like  for 
me  to  reform,  Lizzie?" 

"I  am  a  prohibitionist,"  said  Miss  Lizzie, 
looking  up  at  last.  A  playful,,  tender  smile 
shone  in  her  eyes,  and  for  a  moment  she 
was  very  youthful  and  pretty.  "Still,  Worth, 
in  case  of  sickness — "  She  paused,  still  smil- 
ing and  blushing. 

"Yes,"  said  Worth,  "regular  home  sick- 
ness— sure  enough  sickness  of  the  heart. 
Then  you'll  be  glad  to  see  me,  and  not  too 
much  afraid  of  Susie?  Good-bye."  He 
walked  away  with  a  brisk  step.  His  face 
was  beaming.  Arthur  Lowell  did  not  come 
to  dinner.  Worth  supposed  him  dining 
with  the  Woodneys.  In  the  afternoon  the 
blacksmith  went  to  take  a  walk,  all  alone. 
He  had  many  things  to  reflect  upon  ;  every 
sentence  Miss  Lizzie  had  spoken,  every  ges- 
ture and  look  she  had  given,  required  care- 
ful and  loving  consideration.  He  wandered 
aimlessly  out  into  the  country  and  came 
back  by  the  deserted  church.  Something 
in  its  ruined  yet  picturesque  aspect  appealed 
to  him,  and  he  entered  the  yard.  He  was 
surprised  to  find  the  little  musician  among 
the  tumbled  heaps  of  brick  and  stone. 

"Enjoying  solitude?"  inquired  Worth, 
sinking  down  beside  him. 

"Oh,  Mr.  Acre,"  said  Arthur,  "I'm  in 
dreadful  trouble!  Mr.  Woodney  missed  his 
watch  this  morning  and  all  of  them  think  I 
stole  it,  and  I  don't  know  what  to  do." 


November  9,  1905 

"Bless  my  heart !"  cried  Worth,  regard- 
ing him  at  tentatively.  "How  long  have  you 
been  out  here,  Arthur?" 

"Ever  since  the  watch  was  missed,"  said 
Arthur,  his  eyes  shining  feverishly.  "I 
can't  go  back.  I  can't  go  anywhere.  What 
can  I  do?  I  thought  I'd  run  off,  at  first, 
but  that  would  only  make  them  think  all 
the  more  that  I  am  a  thief." 

"Of  course  it  would,"  Worth  agreed 
promptly.  "So  far  as  I  know,  running 
away  has  never  accomplished  anything  but 
saving,  maybe,  some  worthless  life.  I'm 
glad  you  didn't  run,  Arthur ;  I  can't  tell  you 
how  glad  I  am." 

"But  what  can  I  do?"  cried  Arthur,  wild- 
ly. "What  good  does  it  do  to  stay?  I'll 
never  live  down  that  white  rooster,  and  now 
this  gold  watch  has  come  up  to  end  every- 
thing.    Mr.  Acre,  advise  me,  won't  you"? 

"I  will,  my  boy.  But  right  here,  I'll  point 
a  moral.  You  won't  mind,  I  hope,  if  I 
point  a  moral  ?" 

In  the  midst  of  his  distress,  there  was 
something  hopeful  in  the  other's  honest  face 
and  hearty  voice.  "I  won't  mind  anything 
you  say,  sir." 

"Good!  Let's  point  a  moral.  Your  se- 
crecy about  that  white  rooster  laid  you 
open  to  this  new  suspicion.  Understand? 
Always  be  frank  and  open,  and  folks  won't 
be  so  quick  to  suspect.  You  see,  it  didn't 
seem  wrong  of  you  merely  to  keep  the  se- 
cret of  burying  a  trespassing  rooster — but 
now  what  comes  from  it?  You  get  the 
moral,  my  lad?  It's  these  little  wrong 
things  that  lead  to  most  of  life's  unhappi- 
ness.  It  isn't  some  big  thing  like  killing  a 
man  or  setting  a  house  on  fire,  but  the  tiny 
acts  of  day-after-day." 

"Yes,"  said  Arthur,  paling,  "it  is  awful!" 
"I  do  understand.  I  will  be  so  careful  after 
this!     Still,  that  won't  help  what  is  in  the 


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past,  and  it  won't  Help  aboul  this  watch." 

"When  trouh'e  comes,"  said  Worth,  "the 
thing  to  consider  is  not  how  big  it  is,  but 
how  little  it  is.  I  want  to  show  you  how 
little  your  present  difficulty  proves.  They 
think  you  stole  the  watch  of  Mr.  Woodncy 
— a  blind  man  who  has  been'  so  good  to 
you." 

"Yes,"  said  Arthur,  paling,  "it  is  awful!" 

"But  you  didn't  steal  it,"  said  Worth 
heartily. 

"Oh,  no,  sir ;  oh,  how  could  I  ?" 

"Sure,"  returned  Worth. 

"But  it's  the  same  to  them  as  if  I  had 
taken  it!" 

"But  it's  not  the  same  to  you,"  said 
Worth.  "If  all  the  Woodneys  in  the  world 
believed  you  a  thief,  you  and  Worth  Acre 
would  know  different.  Enjoy  your  con- 
science— that's  the  secret  of  a  happy  life. 
If  I  always  fed  on  what  people  say  and 
think  about  me,  I'd  get  mighty  little  gravy 
with  my  meat !  Just  because  I  took  grand- 
father out  of  the  asylum,  his  wife  and  son 
and  daughters  have  abused  me  without  ceas- 
ing. But  I  haven't  lost  my  hair  over  it. 
My  conscience  says,  'Let's  be  joyful';  and 
we  are,  too !  Now,  just  because  I'm  a  black- 
smith, some  people  whom  I'd  rather  have 
for  friends  than  the  President  of  the  United 
States,  look  down  on  me,  and  won't  hear 
to  it." 

"But  did  anybody  ever  accuse  you  of 
stealing  anything?"  Arthur  asked,  smiling 
in  spite  of  himself. 

"Well,  no!"  returned  Worth  simply;  "it 
would  have  been  too  unhealthy  a  pastime 
for  them.  But  you  must  confess  you've 
laid  yourself  open  to  this  suspicion.  The 
thing  to  be  done  when  a  difficulty  is  too 
strong  for  you,  is  to  wait.  Nothing  kills  a 
trouble  like  waiting.  Live  down  the  charge; 
prove  by  your  life  that  you  couldn't  have 
taken  the  watch ;  then  if  it's  never  found, 
you  will  be  exonorated,  any  way." 

"That  would  take  years.     I   want  to  do 


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somebody'  for  I'd  be  willing  u,  die,  Mr. 
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"Wc  don't  do  things  that  way,"  said 
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living  and  have  time  to  practice  your  music 
between  times.  When  school  begins,  I'll 
let  you  go  to  school.  Blacksmithing  may 
not  be  to  your  taste,  but  independence  is,  I 
hope,  and  with  me  you  will  be  independent. 
Besides,  it  will  strengthen  you  and  give  you 
muscle,  and  make  a  man  of  you." 

"Thank  you,  thank  you !"  cried  Arthur, 
seizing  one  of  the  other's  strong  hands  in 
both  of  his  own.  "I  will  go  to  work  for 
you  in  the  morning." 

"Hurrah!"  cried  Worth.  "We'll  do  our 
duty  and  wait  for  trouble  to  pass  over. 
We'll  just  hammer  away  at  the  forge,  and 
somehow  we'll  find  our  hearts  filling  with 
sunshine  and  music — and  whether  it's  the 
'Devil's  Dream'  or  Mozart,  it  will  be  all 
the  same !" 

He  was  interrupted  by  some  one  hurrying 
into  the  yard.  Worth  and  Arthur  started 
up  to  find  Mace  panting  violently  from  hur- 
ried running.  "Oh,  Arthur !"  cried  Mace, 
grasping  both  of  his  hands,  and  breathing 
so  heavily  she  could  not  speak  more.  The 
tightening  of  her  fingers  seemed  to  squeeze 
the  last  drop  of  bitterness  out  of  his  heart. 
"Have  you  found  the  watch?"  he  cried  ex- 
citedly. 

"It's  found!"  grasped  Mace,  working  his 
hands  up  and  down  unconsciously.  "It's 
found !" 

"What  did  I  tell  you  ?"  cried  Worth,  clap- 
ping Arthur  upon  the  shoulder. 

"Ail  the  others  are  following  me," 
panted  Mace,  "but  I  wanted  to  be  the  first 
to  tell  the  good  news,  because  I  was  the 
first  to  suspect  something  wrong.  Won't 
you  forgive  me,  Arthur?    I  am  so  sorry!" 

The  sudden  shock  of  good  news  and  kind- 
ness was  too  much  for  the  little  musician's 
composure.  "Yes,"  he  stammered,  the 
tears  streaming  down  his  thin  cheeks," 
there  ain't  anything  to  forgive — it  was  my 
own  fault  that  I  was  suspected.  Don't  "feel 
bad,  Mace,  you  couldn't  help  it.  And  it  was 
lovely  for  you  to  come  so  quickly." 

"I  feel  like  a  wretch!"  cried  Mace,  her 
own  eyes  overflowing.  "But  never  mind, 
Arthur.  If  there  ever  was  a  good  and  faith- 
ful friend,  I'll  be  one  to  you." 

(Continued  Next  Week.) 


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bly in  the  United  States  to  emphasize  Christian  comity 
and  co-operation,  it  will  be  unique  as  the  first  officially  dele- 
gated body  to  represent  in  formal  conference  concerning  Chris- 
tian work  in  the  United  States  the  large  majority  of  the  denomi- 
nations of  American  Protestantism.  Should  the  present  promise 
of  its  import  be  realized,  there  should  be  an  influence  in  its  utter- 
ance and  its  action  so  powerful  as  to  create  a  new  epoch  in  the 
progress  of  Christ's  kingdom  in  our  land — and,  one  may  dare  to 
say,  in  all  lands.  When,  however,  the  future  historian  under- 
takes to  trace  the  rise  and  development  of  federation,  his  descrip- 
tion of  sources  will  take  him  much  farther  into  the  past  than  the 
casual  glance  suggests.  For  the  Inter-Church  Conference  on 
Federation  is  the  culmination  not  only  of  immediate  but  of  re- 
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teaching  of  the  church's  Founder  and  their  illustration  in  the 
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Vol.  XLII. 


November  16,   1905 


No  46 


The  Elections 
in  New  YorJi. 


The  country  never  saw  a  more  interest- 
ing series  of  minor  campaigns  or  a  more 
curiously  assorted  set  of 
election  returns  than 
those  which  we  have 
just  witnessed.  In  general,  the  elections  of 
November  7  issued  in  a  sweeping  victory 
for  the  idea  of  independence  in  the  determ- 
ination of  local  issues.  It  went  hard  with 
those  who  tried  to  make  the  protective 
tariff  or  any  other  national  issue  the  touch- 
stone for  deciding  questions  of  purely  local 
administration  or  questions  of  fundamental 
honesty  in  public  affairs. 

New  York  enjoyed  a  campaign  thrilling 
enough  to  send  shivers  down  the  spine  of 
the  most  hardened  and  blase  politician.  The 
victory  of  McClellan  was  both  expected 
and  deserved — expected  because  he  was 
Tammany's  candidate,  and  deserved  in  spite 
of  that  unholy  alliance.  But  the  close  race 
which  he  was  to  have  was  not  at  all  ex- 
pected, except  as  there  crept  into  the 
public  mind,  during  the  closing  days  of  the 
campaign,  a  somewhat  definite  suspicion 
that  the  Hearst  candidacy  was  not  going 
to  be  the  opera  bonffe  affair  that  his  attempt 
to  secure  the  presidential  nomination  had 
been.  When  Air.  McClellan  was  nomi- 
nated, such  an  astute  political  prophet  as 
"Harper's  Weekly'— whose  forecast  of  the 
outcome  of  the  last  national  election  was 
almost  uncannily  accurate — spoke  of  him 
as  having  the  victory  in  his  pocket  before 
the  fight  began.  The  support  of  united 
Tammany,  plus  the  support  of  that  large 
element  of  independent  voters  who  thought 
his  administration  wcr<hy  of  approval, 
might  have  been  expected  to  make  it  al- 
most unanimous  for  McClellan.  But  it  did 
not  work  out  that  way.  In  the  first  place, 
Tammany  is  in  the  habit  of  swelling  its 
vote  by  fraud  and  violence,  but  even  a 
corrupt  gang  will  not  be  so  enthusiastically 
and  effectively  fraudulent  when,  by  the  for- 
tunes of  politics,  it  happens  to  find  itself 
tied  to  a  clean  candidate.  It  was  so  when 
Folk  was  running  for  governor  of  Mis- 
souri. "What's  the  use  ? '  said  the  old  guard, 
-who  had  been  controlling  elections  by  the 
bludgeon;  "what's  the  use  of  stuffing  the 
ballot-boxes  in  the  interest  of  a  candidate 
who  will  put  us  all  in  the  penitentiary  if  he 
gets  a  chance:"  While  McClellan  is  not  a 
Folk,  he  is  so  much  better  than  the  political 
machine  which  is  supposed  to  support  him, 
that  the  same  reasoning  doubtless  held 
good.  So  he  got  onl>  the  honest  vote  of 
his  party— and  that  is  a  good  deal  less  than 
its  normal  voting  strength.  In  the  second 
place,   the   independent   vote,   suspicious   of 


The  Election 
of  Jerome. 


the  name  and  sign  of  Tammany,  and  always 
"uncertain,  coy  and  hard  to  please,"  went  to 
Hearst  instead  of  McClellan.  The  returns 
give  McClellan  a  plurality  of  only  3,000 
over  Hearst.  This  number  is  about  one- 
half  of  one  per  cent,  of  the  entire  vote. 

Mr.  Hearst  is  not  convinced  that  he  was 
really  beaten,  and  has  filed  notice  of  a  con- 
test. A  recount  of  the  ballots  will  be  an 
immense  undertaking,  bur,  in*  view  of  the 
closeness  of  the  result  as  announced,  and 
the  control  which  Tammany  exercises  over 
the  election  machinery,  Mr.  Hearst's  sus- 
picion is  an  entirely  reasonable  one.  Mr. 
Ivins,  the  badly  defeated  Republican  candi- 
date, is  one  of  Mr.  Hearst's  attorneys  for 
the  prosecution  of  his  claim. 

# 

The  success  of  Jerome  in  New  York  and 
of  the  reform  candidates  in  Philadelphia 
and  Cincinnati  were  the 
great  and  notable  tri- 
umphs of  the  independ- 
ents. Jerome  began  his  campaign  for  re- 
election to  the  office  of  district  attorney 
with  no  organized  backing  whatever.  When 
the  campaign  was  weli  advanced,  the  Re- 
publican nominee  for  that  office  resigned 
in  his  favor  and  he  accepted  a  place  on  that 
ticket.  The  purpose  of  this  was  not  so 
much  to  give  Jerome  the  backing  of  the 
party,  as  to  give  the  party  the  backing  of 
Jerome.  It  was  a  fearfully  close  race — a 
plurality  of  a  little  m  re  than  one  thou- 
sand out  of  nearly  six  bundled  thousand 
votes.  So  obviously  it  v\as  the  votes  gained 
by  the  Republican  alliance  that  saved  Je- 
rome. And  it  was  only  Jerome  that  enabled 
the  Republican  ticket  to  have  any  repre- 
sentation at  all  among  the  successful  can- 
didates. The  defeat  of  Jerome,  after  the  con- 
spicuously effective  work  that  he  has  done, 
would  have  been  a  rebuke  and  a  discour- 
agement to  every  public  official  who  is  so- 
berly trying  to  do  his  duty.  He  deserved 
a  much  larger  plurality,  but  it  was  a  tri- 
umph to  be  elected  at  ah  with  three  candi- 
dates in  the  field  and  himself  attached  to  a 
party  ticket  whose  other  members  received 
only   about   one-fifth   of   the   total   vote. 

# 
There  was  nothing  half-hearted  about 
the  defeat  which  was  administered  to  the 
pirates  in  Philadelphia. 
A  plurality  of  75,000  in 
favor  of  the  reform 
"city  part}'"  candidates  puts  on  record  the 
popular  approval  of  Mayor  Weaver's 
course  and  sets  the  proper  seal  upon  the 
so-called  Republican  ring.  Seldom  has  an 
issue  been  more  clear  cut.  Those  who  wanted 
a  regime  of  plunder  knew  which  ticket  to 
support,  and  so  did  those  who  wanted 
honest  government.  There  were  no  illu- 
sions about  it.     The  whole  story  was  out, 


Philadelphia 
and  Cincinnati. 


and  everybody  knew  it.  And  b>  this  over- 
whelming vote  the  people  of  Philadelphia 
refused  to  issue  to  the  old  piiatical  crew 
letters  of  marque  and  reprisal  to  prey 
upon  the  public  treasury  and  the  common 
weal.  The  Republican  candidate  for  state 
treasurer  of  Pennsylvania  went  down  with 
the  general  \v  reck  of  his  co-partisans. 

In  Cincinnati,  the  Cox  machine  (Repub- 
lican), went  down  with  a  crash,  and  Cox 
went  with  it.  Immediately  after  the  elec- 
tion he  issued  a  statement  declaring  his  in- 
tention to  retire  from  p  Cities.  This  is  the 
best  thing  Mr.  Cox  has  ever  dene  for  Cin- 
cinnati. "Nothing  in  his  (political)  life 
became  him  like  the  leaving  of  it."  He  has 
been  a  malign  influence  in  his  city  and 
party  for  a  quarter  of  a  centu-y.  If  Mr. 
Taft's  bold  utterance  against  him  in  his 
Akron  speech  a  few  weeks  ago  had  any- 
thing to  do  with  the  result,  it  is  a  new  rea- 
son for  general  gratitude  to  our  great  and 
growing  secretary  of  wai. 

Indianapolis,  unhappil},  is  not  in  a  posi- 
tion to  join  in  the  chorus  of  rejoicing  over 
the  triumph  of  independency  and  reform. 
The  appeal  to  party  loyalty  was  effective. 
Probably  it  would  havf.  been  less  so  if 
there  had  been  presented  a  choice  between 
a  thoroughly  bad  candidate  and  one  who 
was  the  complete  embodiment  of  the  idea 
of  reform.  In  this  case,  however,  the  re- 
former was  not  in  all  respects  a  thorough- 
going reformer.  He  had  done  much  to  im- 
prove conditions,  but  he  had  left  undone 
some  things  which  might  as  well  have  been 
done.  It  was  an  illustration  of  the  futility 
of  half-hearted  and  compromising  reform 
as  a  political  policy.  It  warms  one's  ene- 
mies and  cools  one's  friends.  The  result 
is  a  confusion  of  the  issue  and  a  verdict 
which  does  not  necessaiily  represent  the 
best  moral  sense  of  the  voters.  In  this  case, 
it  resulted  in  the  election  of  the  Republican 
candidate  for  mayor. 

In  Salt  Lake  City  an  avowed  anti- 
Mormon  candidate  was  elected  mayor.  It 
appears,  however,  that 
in  spite  of  the  efforts 
of  the  opposition  to 
make  resistance  to  Mormonism  the  princi- 
pal plank  in  its  platform,  the  Mormon 
church  refused  to  take  this  view  of  the 
campaign  and  took  no  very  decided  stand 
for  or  against  either  candidate. 

Tom  Johnson,  Democrat,  and  exponent 
of  the  principles  of  public  ownership,  was 
re-elected  mayor  of  Cleveland. 

The  Union  Labor  mayor  of  San  Fran- 
cisco,  Eugene   E.   Schnhcz,   was   re-elected. 

State  elections  in  Massachusetts.  New 
Jersey,  Maryland  and  Nebraska  gave  Re- 
publican victories.  In  Maryland,  the  chief 
issue  was  the  adoption  of  the  amendments 


Other 
Elect 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


November  16,  1905 


to  the  state  constitution,  limiting  the  suf- 
frage and  establishing  partisan  control  of 
elections.  On  the  former  point,  which 
amounts  practically  to  the  disfranchisement 
of  the  negroes,  there  would  doubtless  have 
been  a  good  Democratic  majority,  but  the 
latter  was  resisted  as  dangerous,  not  only 
to  the  rights  of  the  public,  but  also  to  the 
welfare  of  the  party  which  might  happen 
to  have  control  of  the  election  machinery. 
This  Democratic  defeat  in  Maryland  is  sup- 
posed to  deal  another  death-blow  to  Sena- 
tor Gorman's  political  hopes.  Mr.  Gorman 
has  received  a  good  many  death-blows  in 
the  past  IS  years,  but  his  constitution  is 
wonderfully  hardy.  We  hope  this  is  a  real 
one. 

In  the  Indian  Territory  a  plebiscite  was 
taken  for  the  ratification  of  the  tentative 
constitution,  which  was  prepared  by  the 
separate  statehood  convention  at  Sequoyah. 
Advocates  of  the  plan  of  admitting  Indian 
Territory  as  a  separate  state,  under  the 
name  of  Sequoyah,  predicted  that  over  100,- 
000  votes  would  be  cast  and  that  the  senti- 
ment of  the  people  of  the  territory  in  favor 
of  separate  statehood  would  be  overwhelm- 
ingly demonstrated.  As  it  turned  out,  the 
vote  barely  reached  25.000,  and  the  demon- 
stration which  was  counted  upon  to  fortify 
the  advocates  of  separate  statehood  when 
the  bill  conjes  up  in  the  next  Congress,  is 
declared  a  failure. 


Count  Witte  has  formed  his  cabinet  and 
is  preparing  to  launch  the  plan  of  popular 
government.   The  details 
Russia.  are    ah    to    be    arranged 

yet.  At  the  meeting  of 
the  douma  it  is  expected  that  the  questions 
involved  in  the  emperor's  manifesto  will 
come  up  for  consideration,  and  Count  Witte 
has  declared  his  intention  to  stand  for  the 
establishment  of  a  popular  legislative  as- 
sembly if  a  single  member  of  the  douma 
will  stand  with  him.  Meanwhile,  the  more 
timid  and  skeptical  of  the  Liberals  consider 
the  whole  of  the  promised  reform  as  en- 
tirely tentative  and  unsubstantial  and  re- 
fuse to  have  anything  to  do  with  the  gov- 
ernment until  the  new  regime  has  been  put 
in  actual  operation.  The  popular  disorders 
throughout  the  empire  continue,  as  if  the 
people  were  anxious  to  prove  themselves  in- 
capable of  any  degree  of  self-government, 
now  that  it  has  been  promised  to  them.  The 
most  serious  outbreak  last  week  was  at 
Cronstadt,  the  seaport  of  St.  Petersburg, 
where  a  mutiny  of  marines  wa.->  reinforced 
by  riotous  civilians.  'I  nt  ill-feeling  which 
is  leading  to  violent  encounters  in  various 
parts  of  the  empire  is  not  easy  to  under- 
stand completely  at  this  distance.  It  is 
some  comfort  to  find  that  it  is  not  alto- 
gether understood  even  in  Russia.  A  dis- 
patch from  St.  Petersburg  says :  "Although 
it  is  impossible  in  every  case  to  diagnose 
the  true  cause  of  the  conflicts,  it  is  clear 
that  their  origin  general!}  is  the  hostility 
aroused  among  the  different  classes  of  the 
population."  This  position  seems  impreg- 
nable When  one  sees  shooting  anrl  bayo- 
net attacks  and  the  wielding  of  clubs,  one 
at  once  suspects  hostility.  In  general,  of 
course,  the  hostility  arises,   directly   or  in- 


directly, from  the  conflict  of  opinions  as  to 
the  merits  of  the  present  government  and 
the  sufficiency  of  the  reforms  which  have 
been  promised.  Even  without  being  fur- 
ther understood,  they  help  us  to  see  how 
enormous  is  the  task  which  confronts 
Count  Witte,  of  making  this  heteroge- 
neous multitude  live  peaceably  under  any 
one  system  of  government.  To  create  a 
correct  and  effective  form  of  government 
is  a  large  undertaking,  but  it  is  a  much 
larger  one  to  persuade  this  turbulent,  war- 
ring mass,  trained  to  suspicion  by  many  de- 
ceptions, made  bitter  and  sullen  by  oppres- 
sion, that  the  government  which  he  forms 
will  be  really  their  government.  Making- 
peace  with  Japan  was  a  simple  bit  of  diplo- 
macy compared  with  that. 


Mr.  Vandiver,  the  Missouri  state  super- 
intendent of  insurance,  has  ousted  the  New 

York  Life  Insurance 
Insurance.  *    Company  fiom  the  state 

by  suspending  its  license. 
The  effect  of  this  action — if  it  has  any 
effect  at  all — will  be  to  prevent  the  com- 
pany from  writing  any  new  policies  in  the 
state  while  the  suspension  continues.  The 
reason  assigned  is  that  the  company  main- 
tains and  expends  lobby  funds  to  influence 
legislation.  The  company  declares  its  in- 
tention to  continue  to  do  business,  and  it 
has  secured  a  temporary  injunction,  re- 
straining the  superintendent  o?  insurance 
from  interfering  with  its  business. 

The  Metropolitan  Life  Insurance  Com- 
pany is  under  investigation  by  the  New 
York  legislative  committee.  Its  salary  list 
and  expense  account  are  similar  to  those 
of  the  other  companies  which  have  been 
under  inquiry.  For  example,  its  presi- 
dent, Mr.  Hegeman,  receives  a  salary  of 
$100,000  a  year,  and  the  vice-president  re- 
ceives $75,000.  As  a  clever  paragrapher 
suggests,  the  company  seems  to  be  paying 
the  union  scale. 


Sir  George  Williams  founder  of  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  died  in 
London,  November  6,  at 
an  advanced  age.  It  is 
not  often  that  a  man 
lives  to  see  the  sixty-fit st  anniversary  of 
an  important  movement  which  he  has  start- 
ed. Tt  is  not  often  that  a  man  received 
knighthood  in  recognition  of  the  value  of 
his  religious  work,  and  that  a  work  outside 
of  established  churches.  Mr.  Williams,  as 
a  young  clerk  in  a  large  London  house,  saw 
the  young  men  of  the  city  subjected  to 
manifold  temptations,  and  conceived  that 
they  might  be  helped  by  an  institution 
which  would  combine  recreation  and  read- 
ing with  religion.  He  interested  some  of 
his  fellow-clerks,  and  they  rented  a  small 
room  for  a  reading  room  and  place  of  social 
meeting.  It  was  a  movement  from  the 
ranks.  It  originated  among  the  very  class 
of  people  whom  it  was  designed  to  serve. 
Mr.  Williams'  employer  became  interested 
in  the  plan,  and  while  the  cleik  was  en- 
listing more  young  men  as  members,  the 
employer  was  interesting  business  men  to 
provide    financial    support     for    the    enter- 


The  Founder 
of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 


prise.  How  the  movement  grew  and  what 
it  has  become  need  not  be  told.  The  old 
age  of  the  founder  has  been  crowned  with 
honors.  At  the  semicentennial  of  the  found- 
ing, in  1894,  Queen  Victoria  conferred 
knighthood  upon  the  founder,  and  he  be- 
came Sir  George. 


Methodism  has  lost  a  prominent  figure  by 
the  death  of  Bishop  Merrill,  whose  end 
came  suddenly  right  in 
Bishop  Merrill,  the  midst  of  official  du- 
ties. He  rose  from  the 
position  of  shoemaker  to  become  one  of  the 
leaders  of  a  great  church,  which  he  served 
in  the  capacity  of  preacher,  editor  and 
bishop.  He  was  directly  descended  from 
John  Wesley,  through  his  mother,  and  with 
his  fine  gifts  as  parliamentarian  and  speaker 
it  was  not  unnatural  that  he  should  rise  to 
the  first  place  in  a  church  with  which  all 
his  ancestry  had  been  identified. 


Dr.  Frank  W.  Gunsaulus  will  find  a  very 

large  number  of  people  who  will  agree  with 

-  ,.   .     ,        him  in   his   denunciation 

ThanRsgivmg  ,■   ,  ,■   , 

«  _       ,     .,  of  the  custom  of  playing 

and  Football.        ,     .,    „  ..         , 

football      on       the     day 

which  this  nation  has  set  apart  for  the  ex- 
pression of  gratefulness  to  God  Almighty 
for  the  blessings  vouchsafed  to  it  during 
the  year.  The  distinguished  Chicago 
preacher  has  just  said: 

"Let  us  combine  the  cross  of  Christ  with 
the  flag  of  our  country  in  the  celebration 
of  this  day  in  old-fashioned  way.  I  be- 
seech you,  each  one  of  you,  to  be  here,  and 
by  your  presence  set  up  a  protest  against 
the  spirit  of  commercialism  and  frivolity 
that  is  becoming  too  prevalent  on  this  hol- 
iday. 

"It  may  be  some  of  you  will  stay  away 
to  attend  the  football  game — that  disgrace 
to  the  history  of  this  day  and  the  spirit 
of  thanksgiving  that  is  coining  to  be  fought 
by  the  preceptors  and  faculties  of  our 
schools  and  colleges." 

It  would  be  a  good  thing  if  ministers  all 
over  the  country  would  take  this  firm  stand. 
The  game  of  football,  as  developed  in  the 
American  college  of  today,  is  one  of  the 
most  brutal  exhibitions  that  is  tolerated  by 
an  intelligent  nation.  The  game,  as 
played  in  England,  has  some  points  of  merit, 
both  from  the  standpoint  of  physical  de- 
velopment and  as  an  interesting  exhibition 
to  onlookers,  but  the  American  game  tends 
toward  extreme  brutality,  though,  of 
course,  we  would  not  say  it  has  no  good 
points.  But  the  making  of  Thanksgiving 
Day  the  time  of  a  great  football  spectacle 
has,  in  many  places,  destroyed  entirely  the 
real  spirit  that  stands  behind  the  day,  and 
we  agree  with  Dr.  Gunsaulus  that  it  is 
time  to  cry  a  halt. 


Norway   has   emerged   from   her   rupture 
with  Sweden  by  a  great  majority  of  her  citi- 
zens  declaring  they   are 
The  Kingdom        jn  fayor  of  having  Prjnce 

of  Norway.  Charles   of   Denmark  to 

rule  over  them.  The  government  had  pre- 
sented a  motion  to  this  effect,  and  it  was 
carried  by  a  vote  of  87  to  29.  When  this 
was  submitted  to  the  people,  their  verdict 
was  j  ust  as  significant. 


November  16,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


Who?  When?  and  What? 

The  following  letter  of  inquiry  raises  the 
three  questions  suggested  above,  touching 
our  representation  in  the  inter-church  con- 
ference in  New  York  city  this  week : 

WaxahachiEj  Tex.,  November  4,  1905. 

Dear  Brother  Garrison — An  announce- 
ment of  the  approaching  "Inter-church 
Conference  on  Federation"  sent  me  by 
Mr.  E.  B.  San  ford  says:  "Its  importance 
is  assured  by  the  fact  that  twenty-four  re- 
ligious bodies,  with  communicant  member- 
ship aggregating  18,000,000,  have  appointed 
delegates."  And  in  giving  the  names  of 
"bodies  thus  represented"  he  mentions 
"Disciples  of  Christ."  Will  you  kindly  tell, 
through  The  Christian-Evangelist,  if 
you  have  the  information:  (1)  Who  the 
"appointed  delegates"  are;  (2)  when  and 
by  what  "religious  body"  they  were  ap- 
pointed; and  (3)  what  is  the  extent  of 
their  authority  in  binding  our  people,  if 
they  have  any  such  authority?  Fraternally, 
Chalmers  McPherson. 

1.  Who?  We  printed  some  time  ago  the 
list  of  the  brethren  who  had  accepted  invi- 
tations to  attend  the  inter-church  confer- 
ence at  that  time,  but  it  was  not  a  complete 
list,  and  we  have  not  received  the  complete 
enrollment.  We  will  print  the  list  of  those 
who    attend    after    the    conference    is   held. 

2.  When?  They  were  not  appointed  by 
any  of  our  conventions.  In  answer  to  a 
letter  of  inquiry  as  to  the  method  of  ap- 
pointment, from  Dr:  E.  B.  Sanford,  the 
editor  of  The  Christian-Evangelist  re- 
plied that  as  our  Omaha  convention  had 
endorsed  the  principle  of  federation,  it  did 
not  seem  necessary  for  another  convention 
formally  to  appoint  delegates,  because  all 
it  could  do  would  be  to  ascertain  who  were 
going  and  appoint  those  We  suggested, 
therefore,  that  he  and  his  committee  ex- 
tend an  invitation  to  such  of  our  ministers 
as  would  be  likely  to  attend,  and  perhaps 
a  dozen  of  us  sent  in  lists  of  names  of  men 
who  would  be  most  likely  to  attend  such 
a  conference,  and  from  these  lists  a  num- 
ber were  invited  to  be  present.  This  is  the 
resolution  adopted  by  the  Omaha  conven- 
tion : 

"Resolved,  That  we,  representatives  of 
the  Disciples  of  Christ,  in  convention  as- 
sembled, having  heard  with  pleasure  the 
presentation  of  the  claims  of  the  Federa- 
tion of  Churches  of  the  United  States, 
urged  by  the  nattonal  secretary,  Dr.  San- 
ford, do  hereby  express  our  cordial  ap- 
proval of  the  effort  to  bring  the  churches 
of  the  country  into  closer  co-operation  and 
to  give  a  truer  expression  to  the  degree 
of  unity  that  already  exists  as  the  best 
means  of  promoting  that  complete  unity 
for  which  our  Lord  prayed,  and  we  pledge 
our  hearty  co-operation  with  this  and  every 
movement  that  has  for  its  object  the  unifi- 
cation of  all  believers,  to  the  end  that  the 
world  may  be  converted  and  the  kingdom 
of  righteousness  established  in   the   earth." 

While  there  was  some  discussion  and  dif- 
ference of  opinion  in  the  Omaha  conven- 
tion concerning  this  resolution,  growing 
out  of  a  misunderstanding  of  its  import, 
subsequent  discussion  in  our  congress  at 
Des  Moines,  and  through  our  newspapers, 
has  developed  the  fact  that  there  is  unan- 
imity of  sentiment  among  us  in  favor  of 
the  fullest  co-operation  with  other  religious 
bodies  in  moral  and  religious  work  that 
is   consistent    with   our  own   principles   and 


aims.     Of   course,   no  one   among   us   ever 
favored  any  other  kind  of  federation. 

3.  What?  We  imagine  there  was  a  mer- 
ry twinkle  in  the  eye  of  our  brother  as  he 
wrote  this  question  about  "binding  our  peo- 
ple!" There  must  have  risen  before  him 
a  vision  of  burly,  dogmatic,  ecclesiastics, 
binding  with  strong  cords  of  ecclesiastical 
authority,  the  hands  and  feet  of  our 
struggling  churches,  and  he  must  have 
smiled  at  the  thought!  It  was  not  for  his 
sake  that  he  asked  this  question,  but  for 
the  sake  of  other  souls  more  timid  and 
fearful.  No,  brother,  these  preachers  who 
go  to  New  York  to  represent  our  great 
brotherhood,  at  the  invitation  of  the  lead- 
ers of  this  inter-church  conference,  have 
not  the  slightest  authority  to  bind  our  peo- 
ple with  anything  stronger  than  cords  of 
love  and  reason.  Besides,  there  is  not  any- 
thing to  bind  us  to,  but  what  we  are  all 
in  favor  of !  Every  man  among  us  that 
believes  in  Christian  union  in  sincerity,  and 
not  as  a  party  slogan,  believes  also  in  co- 
operating as  far  as  possible  with  all  re- 
ligious people  in  doing  whatever  good  he 
can  in  the  world,  and  in  overthrowing  the 
forces  of  evil. 


Praying  for  the  Holy  Spirit. 

Brother  McGarvey  returns  to  the  de- 
fense of  his  position  which  The  Christian- 
EvancEeist  recently  criticized,  namely,  that 
we  are  not  authorized  by  the  Scriptures  to 
pray  for  the  Holy  Spirit.  His  defense,  ex- 
pressed in  a  single  sentence,  is,  that  Chris- 
tians already  have  the  Holy  Spirit,  and 
therefore  do  not  need  to  pray  for  "it."  In 
"The  Christian  Standard'  of  November  16, 
he  puts  it  thus : 

"If  I  were  to  sit  down  at  the  table  and 
pray  the  Lord  for  the  bread  which  is  smok- 
ing hot  under  my  nose,  my  wife  and  chil- 
dren would  think  that  I  had  suddenly  lost 
my  mind.  If  I  were  to  pray  for  the  re- 
mission of  those  sins  which  I  committed 
before  I  was  baptized,  I  would  be  casting 
doubt  upon  the  promis-.  of  God,  or  upon 
my  own  sincerity  in  that  act.  If  I  were  to 
pray  for  the  comfort  and  strength  which 
I  at  the  moment  was  enjoying,  I  would 
offer  a  fool's  prayer.  '  For  the  things  which 
God  has  already  graciously  given  me  I  give 
thanks.  I  pray  for  those  I  have  not  yet 
received.  I  believe  that  I  have  had  the 
Spirit  of  God  as  it  was  promised  on  Pente- 
cost ever  since  I  first  obeyed  the  gospel ; 
and  therefore  I  have  never  prayed  for  it. 
If  Brother  Garrison  has  been  deprived  of 
the  Holy  Spirit,  he  is  wise  in  praying  that 
it  may  be  restored  to  him.  Of  this  he  is 
probably  the  best  judge." 

To  this  we  reply  that  if  Brother  McGar- 
vey believes  that  he  already  possesses,  and 
always  has  possessed,  since  he  became  a 
Christian,  the  Holy  Spirit  in  all  the  fullness 
of  His  power  that  is  now  possible  to  a 
Christian,  and  feels  no  need  of  being  fur- 
ther "filled  with  the  Spirit,"  as  Paul  ex- 
horted the  Ephesians  who  had  no  doubt  re- 
ceived the  Spirit,  he  is  certainly  right  in 
not  praying  for  the  Spirit  for  himself;  but 
he  might  intercede  for  the  rest  of  us  who 
feel  deeply  our  need  of  a  fresh  anointing 
and  a  deeper  infilling  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 
For  ourselves,  we  can  say  with  Paul,  we 
have  not  yet  attained,  but  we  press  on, 
if  that  we  may  lay  hold  on  that  for  which 


also   we   were  laid  hold  on  by  Christ 

The  fact  which  Brother  McGarvey 
strangely  overlook*  is  that  one  may  pos- 
the  Holy  Spirit  in  a  measure  and  yet 
feel  tlie  need  and  duty  of  praying  for  him 
in  a  still  larger  measure.  There  is  no 
truer  prayer,  perhaps,  in  all  the  Bible  than 
that  of  the  father  who,  in  anguish  of  heart, 
cried  unto  Jesus,  "Lord,  I  believe;  help 
Thou  my  unbelief!"  If  this  man  with  a 
little  faith,  could  pray  for  more  faith,  why 
can  not  a  Christian  possessing  the  Holy 
Spirit  to  a  very  limited  extent  pray  that 
he  may  possess  him  in  a  larger  measure? 
This  is  exactly  the  prayer  that  most  of  us 
need  to  pray,  not  only  as  respects  our  faith, 
but  as  respects  our  possession  of  the  Holy 
Spirit. 

In  the  light  of  this  truth  is  it  not  easy 
to  understand  how  Paul  coula  exhort  the 
Ephesian  brethren  to  be  "filled  with  the 
Holy  Spirit,"  and  that  they  might  "be 
strengthened  with  power  through  his 
Spirit  in  the  inward  man,"  even  though 
they  had  already  received  the  Spirit?  Our 
brother  has  certainly  not  reflected  on  the 
depth  of  meaning  in  the  phrase,  "filled  with 
the  Spirit,"  if  he  supposes  that  every  Chris- 
tian already  possesses  the  Holy  Spirit  in  that 
sense,  and  therefore  need  not  pray  for  him. 
What  a  glorious  church  we  should  have  if 
it  were  indeed  true  that  all  its  members 
were  "filled  with  the  Holy  Spirit,"  as  were 
Barnabas  and  Philip  and  other  picked  men 
of  the  New  Testament  church  !  But  that 
is  the  ideal  for  which  we  should  strive  as 
restorers   of   New   Testament    Christianity. 

Brother  McGarvey  admits  that  if  the 
editor  of  The  Christian-Evangelist  has 
"been  deprived  of  the  Holy  Spirit"  he 
would  be  "wise  in  praying  that  it  (He) 
may  be  restored  to  him."  Why,  then, 
would  it  not  be  "wise,"  if  he  feels  the 
need  of  the  Holy  Spirit  in  larger  measure 
because  of  increasing  responsibilities,  du- 
ties, and  burdens,  for  him  to  ask  for  it? 
Really,  Brother  McGarvey  here  admits  all 
that  we  have  been  pleading  for,  namely, 
the  right  and  duty  of  all  who  feel  the  need 
of  the  gracious  Spirit  of  God  to  fill  them 
and  anoint  them  for  special  sen-ice  and  spe- 
cial burdens,  to  pray  for  him.  Of  course, 
those  who  do  not  feel  such  need  are  cer- 
tain not  to  make  such  prayers. 

Brother  McGarvey  asks  for  other  Scrip- 
tures than  those  we  quoted  to  prove  that 
Christians  have  the  right  to  pray  for  the 
Holy  Spirit ;  but  we  are  persuaded  that  if 
those  cited  do  not  satisfy  our  brother, 
no  amount  of  Scripture  which  we  might 
quote  would  serve  the  purpose.  Surely 
if  Paul  admonished  the  Ephesians  to  be 
"filled  with  the  Spirit"  they  would  be  justi- 
fied in  praying  for  such  infilling.  If  Paul 
would  pray  for  them  that  they  might  be 
strengthened  by  the  Spirit,  why  should 
they  not  pray  for  themselves  the  same 
prayer?  The  plain  truth  is,  Brother  Mc- 
Garvey is  advocating  a  position  which,  if 
accepted,  would  be  calamitous  in  the  high- 
est degree  to  our  spiritual  growth  and  de- 
velopment. It  is  for  this  reason,  and  not 
with  the  remotest  feeling  of  "indignation" 
or  unkindness  toward  Brother  McGarvey 
that  we  make  our  earnest  protest  against 
it.     It  is  most  gratifvins:  to  know  that  this 


THE  CHRISTIAX-EYANGELIST. 


November  16,  1905 


of  ours  has  met  with  general  ap- 
proval from  our  readers. 

Referring  to  the  point  as  to  whether  any 
among  us  ever  held.  01  now  hold,  to  the 
v  ord-alone  theory,  we  are  quite  satisfied 
with  the  proof  we  cited  in  a  former  ar- 
ticle and.  as  we  said  therein,  are  perfectly 
willing  to  leave  the  matter  to  our  readers 
to  judge  between  us.  We  are  free  to  say. 
ever,  that  the  word-alone  theory  is  no 
more  damaging  or  deadening  to  the  spir- 
itual life  than  the  theory  that  we  may  not 
pray  for  the  Holy  Spirit. 


Concerning  Responsive  Readings 

Professor  McGarvey  s  recent  animadver- 
sions on  the  new  hymnal.  "Gloria  in  Ex- 
ceisis."  and  particularly  that  portion  of 
them  which  deals  with  the  question  of  re- 
sponsive readings,  contain  some  sugges- 
tions which  are  worth  thinking  about.  The 
general  statement  that  responsive  readings 
are  usually  badly  read  and  that  they  are 
generally  not  properly  responsive,  but  only 
alternate,  contains  much  truth.  As  to  the 
first  point,  it  is  possible  that  intelligent 
leadership  may  be  able  to  produce  better 
reading  in  concert,  just  as  Professor  Cal- 
houn's intelligent  teaching  is  expected  to 
produce  better  reading  by  the  ministers. 
In  fact,  it  might  be  suggested  that  when  a 
young  minister  is  learning  to  read  the 
Scriptures  in  public  worship,  he  ought  at 
the  same  time  be  taught  to  lead  in  the 
reading  by  the  congregation.  In  general, 
the  great  drawback  to  responsive  reading  is 
what  might  be  called  the  holy  drag,  which 
results  from  the  apparent  belief  that  the 
religious  effect  of  the  rcv.ding  is  in  inverse 
proportion  to  the  tempo. 

So  much  of  Professor  McGarvey's  com- 
ments have  reference  to  responsive  read- 
ings as  such  and  not  to  those  included  in 
this  particular  hymnal.  His  second  point 
of  criticism  is  that  responsive  readings  are 
generally  not  properly  responsive,  but  only 
the  alternate  reading  of  sections  of  contin- 
uous narration  or  discourse.  This  also  is 
partly  true,  but  it  is  also  partly  unavoida- 
ble. But  in  arranging  the  selections  from 
the  Psalms  in  "Gloria  In  Excelsis"  particu- 
lar care  has  been  taken  to  make  this  criti- 
cism inapplicable.  As  pointed  out  in  the 
explanatory  preface  of  the  book,  the  large 
majority  of  the  verses  of  Hebrew  poetry 
consist  of  two  lines  each,  the  second  of 
which  echoes  or  respond:,  to  the  first.  Here 
then  is  a  basis  for  a  genuine  responsive 
reading.  Let  the  minister  read  the  first 
part  of  each  verse  and  the  congregation 
the  second,  instead  of  reading  alternate 
verses  according  to  the  usual  custom.  Thus, 
in  reading  the  103d  Psalm,  we  would  have 
the   following  arrangement  : 

.1/.     Bless  the  Lord,  O  my  soul: 

C.  And  all  that  is  within  me,  bless  his 
holy  name. 

.1/.     Bless  the  Lord,  0  my  soul; 

C.     And  forget  not  al!  his  benefits; 

M.     Who    forgiveth   all   thine  iniquities; 

C.     "Who  healeth  all  thy  diseases; 
and    so    on.      This    arrangement    has    the 
added    advantage   of   making    the    portions 


shorter  and  thus  reducing  the  tendency  to 
drag. 

The  readings  from  the  Psalms  in  "Gloria 
In  Excelsis"  have  been  arranged  in  this 
way  and  it  is  believed  that  a  trial  of  this 
real  responsive  reading  will  issue  in  most 
satisfactory   results. 

Notes  and  Comments. 

This  story,  which  contains  its  own  moral, 
comes  from  Arkansas :  A  preacher  was 
preaching  a  discourse  to  prove  that  there 
is  no  Holy  Spirit  now  except  the  Word 
and  that  it  was  a  delusion  and  superstition 
to  believe  in  anything  of  the  kind.  At  the 
conclusion  of  his  discourse  he  asked  if  any- 
one had  anything  to  say  on  the  subject. 
A  colored  brother  who  had  been  an  inter- 
ested listener  rose,  and  said;  "Brudder, 
yous  made  one  mistake  10-day.  You  orter 
have  said  'Dere  is  no  Holy  Spirit  now  dat 
you  knows  of!' "  That  italicized  phrase 
would  save  many  a  dogmatic  statement  of 
a  mere  negation  from  being  wholly  false. 
We  recommend  it  to  those  who  would  af- 
firm that  there  is  no  God.  no  divine  Savior, 
no  Holy  Spirit,  and  no  salvation  from  sin. 


"The  fundamental  error  in  Christian 
philosophy,"  says  Dr.  Bashford,  "is  the 
making  of  each  particular  church  an  end 
in  itself,  rather  than  the  means  for  the 
realization  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven  upon 
the  earth."  We  venture  to  add  that  just 
in  proportion  as  any  religious  body  regards 
itself  as  an  end  instead  of  the  means  for 
the  realization  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven 
upon  earth  it  is  sectarian  in  its  spirit  and 
aims ;  and  that,  on  the  other  hand,  that 
church  or  religious  movement  which  re- 
gards itself  as  an  instrument  or  means  for 
establishing  Christ's  reign  upon  earth  and 
sees  that  it  is  succeeding  only  as  it  is  ac- 
complishing that  work,  has  passed  the  limi- 
tations of  a  mere  sect,  and  has  allied  itself 
with  the  essential  and  the  universal  in 
Christianity. 

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It  is  possible,  perhaps  to  draw  several  les- 
sons from  the  elections  of  last  week,  but 
there  is  one  supreme  lesson  that  stands 
out  with  such  prominence  that  no  one  but 
a  blind  man  could  fail  to  see  it.  It  is  this : 
The  time  is  past  when  politicians  can  afford 
to  antagonize  the  moral  sentiment  of  the 
people.  Such  a  course  spells  ignominious 
defeat  sooner  or  later.  The  triumph  of 
the  reform  party  in  Philadelphia;  the  over- 
whelming revolution  in  Ohio ;  the  election 
of  Jerome  in  New  York  City,  and  the  "close 
call"  of  Tammany  mark  the  rising  tide  of 
moral  sentiment  and  indignation  against 
political  boss  rule,  and  the  wicked  alliance 
of  politicians  with  the  saioon  element. 


Even  in  politics  it  pays  to  be  decent!  The 
moral  convictions  of  the  people  are  not  to 
be  trampled  under  feet  roughshod  by  polit- 
ical place-seekers.  Conscience  is  entering  into 
politics  and  has  begun  the  work  of  house- 
cleaning.  The  people  are  not  helpless. 
They    can    break    the    bonds    which    hold 


them  in  servile  bondage  to  political  bosses 
and  partisan  whips.  Tney  have  only  to 
rise  up  and  assert  their  independence  at 
the  ballot  box  and  the  work  is  done.  The 
results  of  this  fall  election  will  carry  in- 
spiration to  honest  voters  throughout  the 
country.  It  will  encourage  honest  men  who 
are  the  victims  of  municipal  misrule  and 
political  graft  to  act  together  regardless 
of  party  lines,  overthrow  the  ward  bosses, 
and  elect  honest  and  capable  men. 


Never  were  there  so  many  independent 
voters  in  this  country  as  there  are  today. 
This  is  the  most  encouraging  sign  in  our 
political  heavens.  Whtn  men  refuse  to 
follow  blindly  partisan  leaders,  but  insist 
in  putting  their  conscience  and  best  judg- 
ment into  their  votes,  there  is  hope  for  the 
redemption  of  our  cities  from  the  bondage 
of  corruption.  Too  long  have  our  voters 
been  beguiled  by  the  siren  voices  of  party 
politicians  urging  them  to  party  loyalty 
in  campaigns  where  political  questions  are 
not  in  issue.  By  this  device  have  our  cities 
been  kept  in  bondage  to  corrupt  political 
bosses.  The  eyes  of  the  people  are  being 
opened  to  that  fact  as  never  before.  This 
is  a  sign  which  even  politicians  ought  to 
be  able  to  understand. 

It  is  safe  to  say  that  when  Ohio  comes 
to  nominate  another  governor  both  the  lead- 
irig  parties  will  be  careful  not  to  nominate  a 
man  who  is  opposed  by  the  Christian  and 
temperance  elements  of  the  state.  Large 
majorities  are  no  longer  protection  against 
defeat  when  the  conscience  of  the  people 
is  ignored.  When  decent  people  of  New 
York  want  to  defeat  the  "ring"  that  con- 
trols the  city,  they  wil!  not  divide  their 
forces  along  party  lines,  but  will  combine 
on  a  platform  of  honesty  and  efficiency  to 
overthrow  municipal  corruption.  The  next 
mayor  of  Philadelphia  will  not  hesitate 
to  stand  for  righteousness  in  city  govern- 
ment against  a  party  machine.  Lie  will  have 
an  example  that  will  stiffen  his  backbone. 
In  a  word,  the  lesson  is  slowly  percolating 
through  the  brains  of  politicians  that  the 
path  to  political  preferment  and  success 
is  the  path  of  rugged  honesty  and  devotion 
to  the  people's  welfare. 


We  heartily  endorse  the  following  com- 
ment in  "The  Central  Christian  Advocate"  : 

"No  class  of  men  today  need  more  en- 
couragement than  the  editors  of  the  great 
papers.  For  example,  the  'New  York  Even- 
ing Post'  is  authority  for  the  statement  that 
emissaries  of  the  insurance  companies  'have 
not  hesitated  to  visit  the  newspaper  offices 
and  request  kindness  and  something  more 
in  editing  and  commenting  on  the  report  of 
the  hearings.'  When  it  is  remembered  how 
much  it  costs  to  put  out  these  papers  and 
what  a  source  of  income  even  silence  would 
be,  it  suggests  that  good  people  ought  to 
write  the  publishers  and  editors  of  all  pa- 
pers which  take  their  stand  four-square  for 
what  financially  is  the  unprofitable  side.  In 
this  connection  we  may  say  that  a  Kansas 
City  evening  paper  deserves, the  apprecia- 
tion of  the  city  for  its  fight  against  the 
brewers  and  saloonists  in  behalf  of  the  en- 
forcement of  law." 


November  16,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGEL! 


, 


Editor's  Easy  Chair. 

This  is  one  of  those  delightful  Indian 
summer  days  that  we  associate  with  this 
season  of  the  year.  The  blue  of  the  sky 
is  softened  by  a  haze  which  is  diffused 
through  the  atmosphere  and  lies  upon  all 
the  landscape  like  a  transparent  veil.  It 
is  such  a  day  as  makes  a  lover  of  Nature 
long  to  escape  the  city  and  tramp  through 
the  woods,  or  follow  the  winding  course  of 
a  stream  upon  whose  bosom  are  floating 
the  falling  leaves  of  autumn.  There  is 
something  in  this  decay  of  nature  and  in 
the  prophecy  of  the  oncoming  winter  which 
one  feels  in  the  sharpness  of  the  air, - 
which  inspires  a  feeling  that  can  not  be 
described  as  melancholy  or  sadness,  and 
yet  which  has  in  it  just  enough  of  the  ten- 
der tone  to  lead  one  to  reflection  and  medi- 
tation. With  what  stately  procession  the 
seasons  make  their  round !  How  steadfast 
and  unchangeable  are  tht  great  laws  which 
govern  the  natural  world:  and  which  from 
age  to  age  bring  seed-time  and  harvest 
with  all  the  varied  phenomena  to  which 
we  are  accustomed !  One  feels,  as  he  looks 
upon  these  changing  seasons,  that  they  are 
not  accidents,  but  are  brought  about  under 
the  universal  reign  of  law,  which  has  its 
source  in  the  beneficent  Being  who  made 
and  upholds  all  things.  It  is  this  reliability 
of  natural  law  on  which  all  our  human  en- 
terprises are  built,  and  to  which  all  our 
plans  are  adjusted.  It  is  the  same  charac- 
teristic of  God  in  the  kingdom  of  grace 
that  makes  it  easy  for  us  to  build  our  hopes 
upon  Him.  He  is  "the  same  yesterday,  to- 
day and  forever."  Theiefore  we  can  trust 
Him. 

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This  is  where  Nature  becomes  a  parable 
to  us,  teaching  us  spiritual  truth.  Just  as 
men  must  come  to  a  knowledge  of  natural 
laws  and  adjust -themselves  to  them  in  or- 
der to  success  and  progress  in  material  de- 
velopment, so  to  know  the  laws  of  God  in 
the  spiritual  realm  and  adjust  ourselves  to 
them,  is  the  essential  condition  of,  human 
happiness  and  of  spiritual  life  and  develop- 
ment. This  is  religion  on  its  philosophic 
side.  It  is  the  gospel  of  common  sense  and 
reason.  Christian  character  is  no  more  an 
accident  than  autumn  with  its  harvests. 
It  is  a  result  of  knowledge  of  and  conform- 
ity to  the  laws  of  the  kingdom  of  God.  Of 
.course,  this  view  is  fatal  to  many  theories 
of  religion,  but  it  is  in  strict  conformity 
to  the  teaching  of  Christ  and  those  who 
most  fully  uttered  his  mind.  "Whatsoever 
a  man  sows  that  shall\hj  also  reap"  is  an 
instance  of  "natural  law  in  the  spiritual 
world."  God's  laws  run  through  all  worlds, 
for  this  is  a  universe  in  which  we  live, 
with  an  omniscient  mind  that  is  above  all, 
and  through  all,  and  in  all.  One  great  dif- 
ference between  an  educated  mind  and  an 
uneducated  one  is  the  recognition  by  the 
former  that  this  is  a  universe  of  law — laws 
for  the  material  world,  ?nd  laws  for  the 
spiritual  world,  and  that  conformity  to 
these  laws  is  the  condition  of  life  in  its 
deepest  and  highest  meaning.  This  does 
not,  by  any  means,  dispense  with  grace, 
which  is  the  divine  method  of  restoring 
man   to   his   normal   condition  of  love   and 


obedience  to  God,  who  is  the  source  of  all 

law. 

We  bad  occasion  somi  time  ago  to  take 
a  four  o'clock  morning  train  at  a  small 
station  a  few  hours'  ride  out  of  St.  Louis. 
Just  as  we  were  on  our  way  to  the  station 
from  the  little  hotel,  a  countryman  arrivd 
on  the  scene,  panting,  and  inquired  if  the 
train  had  gone.  When  he  was  told  that  it 
had  not  arrived  yet,  but  would  in  a  few 
minutes,  he  seemed  delighted  beyond  meas- 
ure, and  told  us  that  he  had  been  trying 
several  times  within  the  last  few  weeks  to 
catch  that  train,  but  that  he  never  had  any 
luck  before.  His  catching  of  it  now  he  re- 
garded as  a  species  of  rare  good  luck,  and 
he  was  overjoyed  at  it.  To  his  simple,  un- 
tutored mind  the  trains  did  not  tun  accord- 
ing to  a  fixed  schedule,  but  came  along  at 
odd  times  just  as  it  might  happen,  and 
therefore  he  could  never  tell  whether  he 
was  going  to  make  a  train  or  not.  We  were 
not  surprised  in  the  little  talk  we  had  with 
him — for  his  manner  had  excited  our  cu- 
riosity— to  find  that  he  looked  upon  the 
world  in  very  much  the  same  light.  No 
man,  he  thought,  could  tell  what  the  Bible 
teaches,  as  it  teaches  one  thing  in  one  place 
and  a  different  thing  in  another;  one  re- 
ligion was  just  as  good  as  another,  and 
perhaps  no  religion  would  do  as  well  as 
any;  right  and  wrong  were  so  inextricably 
mixed  Up,  that  no  orte  could  tell  what  was 
right  and  what  was  wrong.  The  whole 
world  was  guess  work  and  was  ruled  by 
chance.  '  But  ever  and  anon  he  would  re- 
turn to  the  streak  of  gcod  luck  which  he 
had  struck  that  morning  in  getting  the 
train  !  After  all,  he  was  only  a  pronounced 
case  of  an  undisciplined  mind.  When  we 
meet  with  that  class  of  happy-go-lucky  in- 
dividuals, whose  lives  are  without  plan  or 
method,  and  who  speak  of  the  success  of 
this  or  that  one  as  "luck,"  our  mind  re- 
verts to  that  rude,  illiterate  fellow,  fairly 
dancing   with   joy   over   his   good    luck   in 


Is  Life  Worth  Living? 

THOMAS    CURTIS    CLARK. 

Is  life  worth  living? 
When  springtime's  violets  cease  to  grow, 
When  summer  roses  no  more  blow, 
When  autumn  fields  no  daisies  know, 
Then   let   me  die! 


Is  life  worth  living? 
When  morn  shall  bring  no  glad  sunrise, 
When  eye  reveals  no  sunset  skies, 
When  from  the  night  the  starlight  dies, 
Then  let  me  die! 

■A 

Is  life  worth  living? 
When  friendship's  joys  shall  pass  away, 
When  love  no  longer  cheers  the  way. 
When  thou  art  gone,  dear  heart,  for  aye, 
Then  let  me  die! 


catching    the    train,    which    he    had    often 

- 
he   was   too   late    for   die   series 
time,  but  becau  luck  was  bad ! 

* 
The  Easy  Chair  had  occasion  recently 
to  dine  with  a  number  oi  the  members  of  a 
college  football  team.  A  matched  game 
with  a  neighboring  college  v.  as  pending, 
and  we  had  occasion  to  observe  their  ab- 
stention from  certain  articles  of  diet, 
rolls,  cakes  and  pastry  were  eschewed  as 
unsuited  for  men  who  are  to  measure 
strength  with  each  other  on  the  field  of 
contest.  Nor  did  the  men  seem  to  think 
it  too  great  a  sacrifice  to  make  for  the 
honor  of  their  team.  We  could  not  but 
remember  how  often  we  had  seen  preach- 
ers devour  all  these  luxuries  just  before 
going  into  the  pulpit,  with  never  a  thought 
apparently,  that  it  migh;  diminish  their  in- 
tellectual and  spiritual  power  in  the  work 
of  preaching.  Many  a  good  sermon,  to 
our  certain  knowledge,  has  been  shorn  of 
its  power  because  of  a  too  hearty  meal,  and 
many  a  preacher  has  crossed  the  dead  line 
before  his  time,  because  he  fed  his  stomach 
too  bountifully  and  his  mind  too  sparingly. 
It  is  a  matter  of  the  plainest  common 
sense,  to  say  nothing  01  experience,  that 
no  man  can  do  his  best  intellectual  work, 
or  his  best  spiritual  work,  while,  his  diges- 
tive organs  are  grappling  with  the  difficult 
tasks  which  have  been  thrust  upon  them. 
If  football  teams  must  keep  their  bodies 
in  subjection  to  be  winners  in  the  contest, 
how  much  more  oughi  men  who  engage 
in  the  higher  task  of  preaching  to  abstain 
from  every  indulgence  of  the  appetite  which 
would  diminish  rather  than  increase  their 
power.  "But  every  man  that  striveth  in 
the  games  exerciseth  seif-control  in  all 
things.  Now  they  do  it  to  receive  a  cor- 
ruptible  crown ;   but  we   an   incorruptible." 

By  the  time  these  paragraphs  reach  the 
eyes  of  our  readers  the  editor  expects  to 
be  in  the  city  of  New  York,  a  member  of 
and  participating  in  the  great  Inter-Church 
Conference  which  convenes  in  that  city 
from  the  fifteenth  to  the  twenty-first,  to 
face  the  problem  of  th?  closer  unification 
of  our  Christian  force?  in  co-operation 
against  common  foes.  The  signs  of  the 
times  certainly  are  calling  the  church  to 
cease  its  internal  warfare  and  direct  its 
united  energies,  as  far  as  it  is  practicable 
to  do  so,  against  those  evils  which  mar  our 
civilization,  imperil  our  national  safety  and 
impede  the  progress  of  the  kingdom  of 
God  upon  earth.  On  the  very  day  of  the 
publication  of  The  Christiax-Evanxelist 
its  editor  will  be  presiding  over  one  of  the 
sessions  of  that  great  gathering  which  will 
deal  with  the  question  of  "A  United  Church 
and  Religious  Education.''  May  we  not 
ask  our  readers  to  breathe  a  prayer  for  the 
blessing  of  God  upon  that  great  assembly, 
in  dealing  with  these  momentous  questions, 
and  upon  those  of  us  who  represent  our 
own  religious  movement,  that  they  may  be 
able  to  bear  some  worthj  part  in  a  gather- 
ing whose  purpose  is  in  such  harmony  with 
our  historic  plea  for  th^  unity  of  believers. 
in  order  to  the  conversion  of  the  world? 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


November  16,  1905 


Can    the    Church    Accomplish  Her  Mission  in  Her  Present 
Divided  Condition  ?  <£  <£  by  l  a.  chapman 


Dr.  Philip  Schaff  said  that  "union  among 
Christians  is  becoming  more  and  more  an 
imperative  necessity  if  they  are  to  conquer 
in  the  great  conflict  with  infidelity  and  anti- 
Christ."  And  the  converse  is  equally  true 
that  disunion  among  the  followers  of  Christ 
is  rendering  the  church  more  and  more  un- 
able to  accomplish  her  true  mission  in  the 
world.  We  have  about  150  kinds  of  Chris- 
tianity in  the  United  States  and  Canada. 
Instead  of  Christ's  name  being  honored  by 
all  of  them  we  have  a  multitude  of  human 
names  honored,  such  as  "Westminster," 
"St.  Nicholas."  "St.  Mary,"  "St.  Barna- 
bas," "  St.  Paul,"  "St.  Pner,"  "St  Bridget," 
"Lutheran."  "  Methodist"  "Presbyterian," 
"Baptist."  '"Congregational,"  "Episcopal," 
"Swedenborgian,"  "Mormons,"  etc.  And 
these  are  not  all.  We  hav„  12  kinds  of  Bap- 
tists, 17  kinds  of  Methodists,  6  kinds  of 
Catholics.  19  kinds  of  Lutherans,  12  kinds 
of  Presbyterians.  2  kinds  of  Episcopalians, 
and  2  kinds  of  United  Brethren.  And 
what  reason  is  given  for  such  divisions? 
Simply  little  differences  of  opinion  that 
should  never  be  made  tests  of  fellowship 
or  serve  as  a  basis  for  the  erection  of  dif- 
ferent religious  bodies.  WI13  can  defend 
all  this  jargon  for  a  single  moment?  Is  it 
not  directly  opposed  to  the  teaching  of  the 
Master?  "I  am  the  vine  and  ye  are  the 
branches,"  is  often  quoted  in  defense  of  de- 
nominationalism.  But  the  best  exegetis,  in- 
cluding Bruce  and  Stevens,  say  that  these 
words  teach  the  very  opposite  of  divisions 
in  the  church,  viz. :  Christian  unity.  This 
allegory'  depicts  the  necessity  01  an  organ- 
ized and  vital  union  between  all  believers 
and  Christ.  The  branches  refer  not  to  de- 
nominations, but  to  believers.  To  abide  in 
him  is  equivalent  to  bearing  a  relation  to 
him  analagous  to  that  of  th*3  branch  to 
the  vine,  from  which  it  draws  its  life.  Such 
a  union  is  the  condition  cf  all  fruitfulness. 
These  words  then  teach  that  the  individual 
disciple  must  abide  in  Christ;  and  by  all 
abiding  in  him,  we  have  Christian  unity. 
"A  house,"  said  Jesus,  "that  is  divided 
against  itself  can  not  stand."  No  more  can 
the  church  so  long  as  she  is  split  up  into 
denominations  and  torn  with  sectarian 
strife. 

And  what  is  denominationahsm  but  sec- 
tarianism? A  careful  examination  of  Web- 
ster will  reveal  the  fac^:  that  they  are  one 
and   the   same  thing. 

The  Baptist  body  is  a  great  institution, 
for  she  has  always  borne  testimony  to  the 
primitive  action  of  baptism,  to  the  separa- 
tion of  church  and  state;  and  has  produced 
the  Pilgrim's  Progress  of  Bunyan,  such 
preachers  as  Robert  Hall  and  Chas.  Spur- 
geon,  and  such  missionaries  as  Carey  and 
Judson.  But  what  sense  can  there  be  in 
calling  the  church,  the  bride  of  Christ,  af- 
ter an  ordinance  of  the  church  ?  And  the 
Congregational  body  is  certainly  a  grand 
institution,  for  she  has  taught  and  proved 
that  congregational  independence  is  both 
stable  and  Scriptural.  She  has  also  laid 
the   foundation   of  New   England   with  her 


literary  and  theological  insthutions.  But 
why  call  the  Church  of  Christ  after  a  form 
of  church  polity? 

Likewise  the  Presbyterian  and  Episcopal 
churches  are  great  institutions  from  the  his- 
torical standpoint  The  first  stood  up  for 
the  rights  of  the  laity  and  for  the  crown 
rights  of  King  Jesus.  The  second  gave  to 
the  world  the  Authorized  Version  of  the 
Bible  and  kept  alive  the  knowledge  and 
love  of  antiquity  through  dark  and  trou- 
blous times.  Yet  why  call  the  church  of 
the  Redeemer  after  an  officer  in  the  apos- 
tolic church  ? 

And  the  Methodisl  and  Lutheran 
churches  are  great  institutions.  The  first 
produced  a  revival  that  shook  England  to 
her  foundation ;  and  the  second  restored 
the  primitive  ideas  of  the  supremacy  of  the 
Bible,  Faith  and  the  People  in  religious  af- 
fairs. 

Yet  why  call  the  congregation  of  the 
faithful  after  a  method  of  doing  work,  or 
after  the  great  reformer  of  the  16th  cen- 
tury? 

Listen  to  Martin  Luther:  "I  pray  you 
leave  my  name  alone,  and  do  not  call  your- 
selves Lutherans,  but  Christians.  Who  is 
Luther?  My  doctrine  is  not  mine.  I  was 
not  crucified  for  any  one.  Paul  would  not 
that  any  one  should  call  themselves  of 
Paul,  nor  of  Peter,  but  of  Christ.  How, 
then,  does  it  befit  me,  a  miserble  bag  of 
dust  and  ashes,  to  give  my  name  to  the 
children  of  Christ.  Cease  to  cling  to  these 
party  names  and  distinctions.  Away  with 
them  all,  and  let  us  call  ourselves  Chris- 
tians, after  him  from  whom  our  doctrine 
comes." 

The  name  is  the  onlv  thing  that  often 
separates  Christ's  followers.  Human  names 
are  only  divisive  among  God's  children.  Dr. 
Davis,  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  ex- 
president  of  Princeton  University,  said : 
"It  is  but  a  due  honor  tc  Christ,  the  foun- 
der of  Christianity,  that  all  who  profess  his 
religion  should  wear  his  name.  To  be  a 
Christian  is  not  enough  nowadays,  but  a 
man  must  also  be  something  more.  But 
where  is  the  reason  or  propriety  of  this? 
I  may  indeed  believe  the  same  things  which 
Luther  and  Calvin  believed,  but  I  do  not 
believe  them  on  the  authority  of  Luther  or 
Calvin,  but  upon  the  sole  authority  of  Jesus 
Christ ;  and  therefore  should  not  call  my- 
self by  their  names  as  one  of  their  disciples, 
but  by  the  name  of  Christ,  whom  alone  I 
acknowledge  as  my  Master  and  my  Lord ! 

And  Dr.  Adam  Clark,  the  prince  of  com- 
mentators among  our  Methodist  brethren, 
in  commenting  upon  "And  the  disciples 
were  called  Christians  first  in  Antioch,"  said  : 
"The  Greek  word  in  our  common  text  (Acts 
11:26),  which  we  translate,  'were  called,' 
signifies  in  the  New  Testament,  to  appoint, 
warn,  or  nominate  by  divine  direction.  In 
this  sense  the  word  is  used  in  Matt.  2:12; 
Luke  2:26,  and  in  Acts  10:22.  If,  there- 
fore, the  name  was  given  by  divine  appoint- 
ment, it  is  most  likely  that  Saul  and  Bar- 
nabas  were   directed  to   give   it ;   and   that, 


therefore,  the  name  Christian  *is  from  God, 
as  well  as  that  grace  and  holiness  which  are 
so  essentially  required  and  implied  to  the 
character.  .  .  . 

"A  Christian,  therefore,  is  the  highest 
character  which  any  human  being  can  bear 
upon  earth ;  and  to  receive  it  from  God, 
as  these  appear  to  have  done,  how  glorious 
the  title." 

But  it  has  been  said  that  we  are  trying 
to  monopolize  New  Testament  names.  If 
the  Disciples  are  doing  that,  they  are  doing 
wrong.  The  charge,  however,  can  not  be 
sustained,  as  we  urge  all  of  God's  people 
to  call  New  Testament  institutions  by  New 
Testament  names. 

We  claim  to  be  "Christians  only;"  and 
the  distance  between  this  claim  and  the 
claim  of  being  the  "only  Christians,"  is 
just  the  same  as  the  distance  between  the 
spirit  of  Christ  and  the  spirit  of  sectarian- 
ism. 

How  any  person  can  read  I  Cor.  1:11-13, 
and  then  advocate  denominationalism  as  it 
exists  today  is  more  than  tongue  can  tell. 
In  order  to  apply  this  Scripture  to  present 
day  conditions,  let  us  paraphrase  it:  "It 
hath  been  declared  unto  me  of  you  pro- 
fessed followers  of  Christ  by  some  agnos- 
tics, atheists  and  infidels  that  there  are  divi- 
sions among  you.  Novv  this,  I  say,  that 
every  one  of  you  saith,  I  am  of  Luther;  and 
I  am  of  Calvin;  and  I  am  of  Wesley.  Is 
Christ  divided?  Was  Luther  crucified  for 
you?  or  were  ye  baptized  into  the  name  of 
Calvin  ?  Now  I  beseech  you  brethren,  by 
the  name  of  Jesus  Christ,  that  ye  all  speak 
the  same  thing,  and  that  there  be  no  divi- 
sions among  you;  but  that  ye  be  perfectly 
joined  together  in  the  same  mind  and  in  the 
same  judgment." 

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Then  the  influences  of  a  divided  church 
upon  the  world  is  directly  opposed  to  her 
best  interests.  Christ  prayed  that  his  dis- 
ciples might  be  one,  th-it  the  world  might 
believe  on  him.  Our  divisions  afford  too 
many  excuses  to  men  and  women  for  not 
becoming  Christians.  Christ  seemed  to 
fore-see  that  a  divided  church  would  operate 
against  the  conversion  of  the  world.  The 
kingdom  of  the  Prince  of  Peace  must  not 
be  divided  against  itseii  A  church  that 
urges  upon  men  the  gospel  of  unity  and  fra- 
ternity must  not  be  at  war  with  itself.  That 
institution  that  preaches  the  fatherhood  of 
God  and  the  brotherhood  of  man  must  not 
be  engaged  in  carnal  warfare. 

Then  again,  denominationalism  is  expen- 
sive. How  often  is  it  true  that  a  small  vil- 
lage, and  even  our  cities,  are  overstocked 
with  churches !  Who  has  not  noticed  that 
in  our  cities,  generally  certain  districts  are 
over  supplied  with  chinches,  while  other 
districts  in  the  same  city  are  without  a 
church  of  any  sort?  Denominationalism 
represents  the  law  of  competition,  which  is 
always  expensive,  while  Christian  union 
represents  the  law  of  co-operation. 

The  rich  must  be  sought  for  their  money, 
if  i\  :  nothing  else,  to  keep  the  machine  go- 


NOVEMBEH   [6,  I90S 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVA NGKLIST. 


UHb 


ing.  The  church  must  live,  and  in  the  pres- 
ent hampered  condition  of  churchianity  very 
peculiar  devices  and  motives  are  often  re- 
sorted to  in  order  to  outstrip  some  other 
denomination.  Instead  cf  making  men  feel 
that  they  need  Christ  they  are  made  to  feel 
that  Christ  needs  them.  And  this  condition 
of  things  must  continue  if  division  in  the 
church  continues. 

There  is  a  waste  of  wealth  by  this  sys- 
tem of  church  management  that  is  simply 
appalling.  How  often  is  it  true  that  in 
some  villages  and  cities  one-half  of  the 
churches,  rightly  distributed,  would  suffice 
for  the  Lord's  work.  I  have  seen,  myself, 
a  preacher,  in  a  large  city  church  that 
would  seat  1,200  people,  preaching  to  per- 
haps 50  or  75  persons  on  Lord's  day  even- 
ing upon  the  "Theology  of  Robert  Brown- 
ing." Is  this  the  best  that  this  competitive 
system  of  church  management  can  do  when 
millions  of  the  human  race  are  dying  every 
year  hungering  for  the  pure  gospel  of  Christ 
which  we  could  well  afford  to  give  them? 
Shame  on  the  church  of  this,  the  beginning 
of   the   20th   century!      Our   lethargy   and 


doubt  and  compel il ion  rnd  hatred  are  a 
stench  that  has  ascended  as  high  as  heaven. 
Our  present  system  of  running  the  affairs 
of  Christ's  kingdom  is  a  downright  traves- 
ty upon  the  cause  of  Christianity. 

The  evil  effects  of  our  divisions  in  the 
church  are  carried  right  into  the  heathen 
field  itself.  Listen  to  Dr.  A.  T.  Pierson : 
"We  are  positively  wasting  both  men  and 
money  by  the  rivalry  of  several  denomina- 
tions in  the  same  field,  while  other  fields  are 
entirely  unoccupied."  And  again,  Dr.  Pier- 
son  says :  "It  is  the  reproach  of  missions 
that  several  denominations  are  needlessly 
occupying  the  same  fields,  while  other  fields 
have  not  a  missionary  of  any  sort." 

"In  our  present  divided  state,"  writes  a 
veteran  missionary,  Dr  Alexander  Wil- 
liamson, "we  will  never  Christianize  China 
— never !"  "When  I  asked,"  says  Bishop 
Selwyn,  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  "one 
of  the  most  remarkable  of  the  New  Zealand 
chieftains  why  he  refused  to  be  a  Chris- 
tian, he  stretched  out  three  fingers,  and 
pointing  to  the  center  joint,  said:  "I  have 
come  to  a  point  from   which   I   see  three 


roads  branching.  This  is  the  Church  of 
England,  this  the  Church  of  Rome,  and 
this  the  Wesleyans.  I  am  sitting  down  here 
doubting  which  to  take.'  "And,"  adds  the 
bishop,  "he  sat  doubting  at  that  cross  road' 
until  he  died."  "The  wo-  id/'  says  Dr.  Mil- 
ligan,  a  Presbyterian,  'will  never  be  con- 
verted   by   :>.  disunited   church." 

For  all  thy  church,  O  Lord.  »e  intercede. 
Make  thou  our  sad  division*  noon  to  cease; 

iJraw  us  the  nearer  each  to  each,  we  plead. 
By  drawing  all  to  thee,  0  r'rin-  e  of  Peace. 

Dr.  Fisher,  of  Yale  College,  says:  "The 
centrifugal  age  of  Protestantism  is  closed. 
The  centripetal  action  has  begun."  Chris- 
tian union  is  the  one  h.gh,  Ciear  note  of 
this,  the  beginning  of  thf  20th  century.  The 
change  of  thought  in  iavor  of  a  united, 
rather  than  a  divided,  church  can  not  have 
escaped  notice  by  any  except  a  few  eccle- 
siastical Rip  Van  Winkles  who  will  wake 
up  some  of  these  fine  days  only  to  find 
themselves  perched  high  and  dry  among 
the  rubbish  of  past  centuries,  while  God's 
people  are  marching  on  conquering  and  to 
conquest. 


Some    Strait    Decrees     By  l.  h.  stine 


A  question  that  was  indispensable  to  the 
spiritual  welfare  of  the  old  German  Bap- 
tist brothers,  and  that  lay  at  the  foundation 
of  their  strength,  hurled,  with  the  force  of 
cyclonic  action,  their  late  national  confer- 
ence into  the  arena  of  animated  debate. 

May  an  old  German  Baptist  brother  in- 
stall a  telephone  in  his  home?  Destiny  had 
decreed  that  old  German  Baptist  brothers 
should  live  in  the  atmosphere  of  paramount 
questions ;  and  where  could  a  wise  and 
solemn  people  have  found  a  nobler,  or  a 
finer,  question  to  engage  their  faculty  of 
reason?  The  settlement  of  a  question  of 
such  surpassing  importance,  critical  and 
serious  as  it  was,  kindled  a  torch  without 
the  light  of  wdiich  our  earth  would  be  a 
barren  waste,  cheerless  and  dark  and 
deadly. 

The  scintillations  of  passionate  reason, 
more  numerous  than  the  sparks  of  Pro- 
methean fire,  mingled  with  the  lightnings 
and  corruscations  of  exaggerated  senti- 
ment that  flashed  with  "fire  of  warlike 
memories"  and  created  a  light  divine  that 
searched  the  Hoosier  earth  around,  setting 
the  eyes  and  ears  and  tongues  of  old  Ger- 
man Baptist  brothers  in  bold  array  for  the 
defense  of  ancient  custom  and  for  the  en- 
forcement of  ancestral  law.  Fortune  was 
laboring  with  a  vast  intent  to  continue  the 
age  of  simple  faith  when  old  German  Bap- 
tist brothers  were  loyal  to  established  cus- 
tom for  which  the  fathers  had  fought  and 
had  died  long  before  the  sinful  ring  of  a 
telephone  offended  the  sensitive  ears  of  the 
pious.  Brightening  reason's  lamp  made 
plain  the  path  of  conscious  duty  and,  re- 
moving the  last  hue  of  uncertainty  of  a 
sickly  appetite  that  would  please  the  flesh, 
and  of  shapes  that  would  cheat  the  sight 
of  faith,  and  silencing  rumors  wild  that 
would  shake  the  heart,  left  the  event  of 
that  great  day's  action  under  not  one 
shadow:  of  doubt. 

Michael  Montgomery,  a  leader  of  ampler 


influence  than  a  feudal  lord,  who  seems  to 
be  the  measure  of  many  things,  bearing  the 
sanction  and  weight  of  authority  on  his 
brow,  awful  and  serene,  and  with  an  ex- 
pression in  his  countenance,  "though  a  lit- 
tle dark  with  excessive  bright,"  which  one 
would  fain  call  master,  arose  to  a  high 
event  and  determined  the  issue  on  which 
the  fortunes  of  the  old  German  Baptist 
Zion  trembled.  The  sagacious  lead  of 
Michael  Montgomery  lighted  on  this  ob- 
servation that  the  use  of  a  telephone  in 
the  home  of  one  of  the  faithful  is  wicked 
as  is  the  sin  of  witchcraft;  for  it  brings  an 
old  German  Baptist  brother  under  a  pro- 
digious possession  of  demons  and  enters 
him  into  compact  with  a  powerful  spirit 
of  evil,  otherwise  called  the  devil.  Tele- 
phonic communication  amounts  to  an  al- 
liance with  infernal  powers ;  and  this  mod- 
ern defender  of  the  ancient  order  of  things 
put  a  perpetual  injunction  upon  all  old 
German  Baptist  brothers,  restraining  them 


Thou  who  hast  dwelt  among  us,  flesh  of 
our  flesh,  and  brother  of  our  thought  and 
cares,  we  return  to  Thee  in  all  our  joys 
and  trials  ,  sure  of  Thy  sympathy  and  rest- 
ing in  Thy  love.  From  Thee  derives  our 
hope.  To  Thee  it  reaches  out  through  mys- 
teries of  life  and  death.  Thou  art  still  our 
brother,  caring  for  our  state,  touched  with 
a  feeling  of  our  infirmities,  putting  Thy 
trust  in  us,  even  as  Thou  invitest  us  to  put 
our  trust  in  Thee.  Thou  art  our  pattern, 
our  great  example  of  what  a  man  may  be. 
Thy  love  rebukes  our  selfishness,  Thy  dil- 
igence our  neglect.  Help  us  to  live  in  the 
light  of  Thy  presence  and  to  show  a  little 
of  Thy  glory  in  the  earth.  In  the  vision 
of  Thy  love  for  men,  help  us  to  love  our 
neighbor  as  the  object  of  Thy  love.  Pardon 
our  sins  and  help  us  to  overcome  tempta- 
tion. And  may  the  thought  of  Thy  zuelcome 
at  life's  end  be  a  perpetual  benediction  for 
our  work  of  every  day.    Amen. 


henceforth  from  sinning  in  this  regard. 
Neither  science,  nor  invention,  nor  music, 
nor  art,  is  a  Scriptural  accompaniment  of 
Christian  life,  whether  it  is  lived  by  the 
fireside  in  the  home,  or  before  the  altar  in 
the  church.  The  substitution  of  an  elec- 
trified wire  for  the  atmosphere,  as  a  medi- 
um of  sound,  is  an  unpardonable  perver- 
sion of  the  supernatural  order.  A  vaulting 
ambition  that  sets  the  divine  plan  of  hear- 
ing aside,  and  adopts  the  inventions  of  un- 
inspired men,  as  improvements  on  the  wis- 
dom of  God,  is  the  sin  that  overthrew  the 
angels  in  the  beginning  and  that  destroyed 
their  first  estate.  Had  the  employment  of 
a  wire  been  embodied  in  God's  science  of 
sound,  Moses,  or  a  prophet,  Christ,  or  an 
apostle,  would  have  made  report  of  God's 
designs;  but  the  Bible  is  silent,  and  shall 
the  silence  of  the  Bible  not  be  respected? 

Christendom  has  reached  at  last  its  crisis. 
It  never  was  intended  that  a  man's  ar- 
ticulate voice  should  sound  from  Boston 
to  Galveston.  The  patron  of  the  telephone 
sets  at  naught  the  wisdom  of  God.  Ill 
counsel  had  misled  the  deeds  of  the  old 
German  Baptist  brothers.  Now  that  tele- 
phones have  invaded  the  sanctity  of  the 
home,  and  even  the  sacredness  of  the 
church  at  times;  now  that  the  roar  of  the 
pealing  organ,  resounding  in  the  church, 
charms  the  fiercest  grief  and  disarms  the 
severest  rage  of  fate  and  dissolves  the  peo- 
ple into  ecstacies  with  the  soul  and  dis- 
course of  excellent  music ;  and  now  that 
hypnotism  has  added  an  artificial  catalepsy 
to  modern  evangelism,  thereby  endowing 
the  old-fashioned  gospel  with  a  mysterious 
and  invincible  power  over  sensitive  sub- 
jects, it  is  high  time,  indeed,  that  Michael 
Montgomery  should  pronounce  a  sentence 
of  doom  on  modern  innovations  and  in- 
ventions that  trespass  on  the  divine  wis- 
dom, and  that  he  should  set  himself  to  the 
task  of  restoring  the  simplicity  of  the  prim- 
itive order. 

Lawrenceville.   III. 


3 


THE  CHR1ST1AN-EVANGEUST. 


Novembfr  16,  1905 


The  Cry  Of  the  City    By  Amory  H.  Bradford,  D.  D. 


The  new  world  cities  are  exceptionally 
•opolitan.  Irish,  German,  Polish,  Hun- 
garian. Italian  cities  ail  are  condensed  in 
New  York  and  Boston  and  Chicago  and 
St.  Louis.  Emigrants  from  beyond  the 
Alps  and  the  Balkans,  from  Sweden  and 
Sicily,  with  hatred  fo-  all  government, 
when  brought  together,  exhibit  little  mu- 
nicipal esprit  du  corps.  They  have  come 
here  tor  what  they  can  get.  Society  has 
done  little  for  them,  and  some  of  them  are 
its  enemies.  They  do  not  know  our  lan- 
_:e.  and  have  no  caic  for  our  institu- 
tions. They  herd  in  tenements  which  make 
virtue  and  decency  impossible.  That  they 
are  not  worse  than  they  are  is  a  tribute  to 
the  inherent  nobility  of  man.  A  down  town 
waid  in  any  great  city  is  a  congeries  of 
tenement  houses,  on  the  ground  floor  of 
which  are  grog  shops,  while  on  their  upper 
floors  are  rooms  in  which  human  beings 
nearly  lose  both  their  identity  and  their 
humanity.  There  are  found  vices  which 
would  have  shamed  the  insane  Caesars; 
cruelties  that  Torquen.ada  would  have 
blushed  to  commit;  depths  of  infamy  that 
Dante  could  not  have  exaggerated.  Such 
people  infect  others  with  the  virus  of  their 
wickedness.  They,  have  votes  and  make 
laws  which  have  relations  to  the  world; 
they  rear  families  in  an  environment 
which  defies  the  church  and  threatens  the 
foundations   of  the   stale. 

While  these  classes  are  flocking  to  the 
cities,  in  ever  increasing  throngs,  those 
who  appreciate  higher  and  finer  things, 
who  might  make  more  healthful  environ- 
ment, are  going  to  the  suburbs.  The 
urban  life  is  steadily  deteriorating ;  the  su- 
burban life,  with  equal  steadiness,  is  im- 
proving. Consequently,  in  the  districts  de- 
serted by  good  citizens,  wickedness  organ- 
izes; the  police  become  leecnes  on  those 
whom  they  ought  to  protect  and  govern- 
ment degenerates  into  d  farce  Exaggera- 
tion in  treating  this  subject  is  difficult. 
New  York,  Boston  and  Chicago,  even  more 
than  London,  Paris,  Benin  and  Vienna,  are 
a  confusion  of  races,  and  a  Babel  of 
tongues. 

Where  are  bred  the  revolutions?  Where 
the  faces  of  the  poor  are  ground  in  the 
factories.  Where  is  the  most  terrible 
poverty?  Where  modern  Shvlocks  open 
sweatshops  and  grow  rich  at  the  expense 
of  those  who  live  in  cellar?  and  attics? 
Where  rises  the  bitter  cry  of  the  unem- 
ployed? Where  the  mills  ar=  multiplied, 
whose  stoppage  means  starvation  to  thou- 
sands who  seldom  receive  mote  than  star- 
vation wages?  The  modern  city  is  the 
standing  menace  of  civilization— yet  with- 
out the  city  there  #can  be  no  civilization. 
It  is  the  strategic  point  in  the  contest 
against  wickedness.  If  that  be  taken  for 
righteousness  the  salvation  of  the  world 
will  be  easy;  if  that  be  lost  the  redemption 
of  humanity  may  be  deemed  impossible. 

What  should  be  the  attitude  of  the'ehurch 

ard  the  city  and  its  problems?     Jesus 

was   more   interested  in  men   011  the  earth 

than  in  some  far  off  heaven.    What  he  saw 


caused  his  heart  to  break.  A_nd  he  was 
no  mere  sentimentalist.  The  city  needed 
him.  What  did  he  do?  He  entered  it; 
went  into  the  very  heart  of  its  wretched- 
ness ;  touched  its  open  sore  with  his  own 
hands.  The  only  way  to  cure  humanity 
is  to  touch  it.  The  city  needs  good  men  in 
its  politics  and  business  more  than  it  needs 
even  divine  Christs  weeping  over  it.  Jesus 
was  no  connoisseur  in  religion.  He  went 
on  no  tours  of  curious  inspection.  Those 
who  can  do  nothing  for  the  world's  misery 
had  better  keep  out  of  it  Pious  curiosity, 
with  no  sacrificial  purpose,  behind  it,  hinders 
more  than  it  helps.  Th  -  world  needs  more 
men  with  the  spirit  and  method  of  Jesus, 
those  who  are  ready  to  enter  its  misery, 
vice,  crime,  and  live  and  die  there.  An- 
archists and  the' unemployed  will  listen  to 
those  whose  sympathy  is  impartial  and  who 
speak  out  of  accurate  knowledge.  If  the 
cities  of  this  world  are  ever  made  the  cities 
of  our  God  the  credit  will  belong  to  those 
who  have  put  themselves  at  the  service  of 
humanity  at  its  worst,  and  who  have 
learned  to  love  the  lowest  as  well  as  the 
best  of  the  race.  What  the  city  needs  is 
Christlike  men  and  won* en,  willing  in  these 
days  to  be  what  Jesus  was  in  Jerusalem — 
those  who  are  ready  to  go  where  the  peo- 
ple are,  to  live  where  they  live,  to  study 
their  problems  in  their  light,  and  then  to 
help  them  to  higher  levels.  The  human 
way  is  to  build  a  great  house,  and  say  none 
too  graciously — Come  to  us;  the  Divine 
way  has  been  to  go  forth  to  find  those  who 
required  assistance.  The  cry  of  the  hun- 
gry and  suffering  souls  is  for  personality, 
real,  genuine,  unselfish,  divine,  personality; 
some  one  near  enough  to  be  touched,  di- 
vine enough  to  inspire,  human  enough  to 
encourage.  The  churches  must  learn  to 
go  to  the  people.  It  is  easier  for  Fifth 
avenue  to  worship  in  Mulberry  street  than 
for  Mulberry  street  to  go  to  Fifth  avenue. 

The  next  thing  for  the  churches  to  do 
is  to  insist  that  the  pulpit  shall  adapt  its 
messages  to  the  people  to  be  reached. 
Preaching  is  not  the  only  means  for  advanc- 
ing the  Kingdom.  Anything  that  will  keep 
a  man  sober  helps  toward  that  end.  Any- 
thing which  will  draw  men  and  boys  from 
the  grog  shop  six  days  in  the  week  by  its 
gymnasium  and  clubs  is  doing  Christ's 
work.  The  Gospel  of  hope  may  be  sung 
into  some  disheartened  souls ;  they 
can  be  touched  by  a  woman's  sing- 
ing, "O,  Think  of  the  Home  Over  There," 
when  an  argument  for  immortality  would 
have  no .  more  effect  than  sunlight  on  a 
rock.  Those  who  are  hungry  for  bread 
do  not  care  much  about  heaven  or  hell. 
Jesus  fed  the  hungry,  healed  the  sick,  told 
his  disciples  to  do  the  same,  and  then  to 
preach  the  Gospel.  First,  that  which  is 
natural  ;  then  that  which  is  spiritual. 
Those  who  are  physically  miserable,  as  a 
rule,  must  be  made  comfortable  before  they 
will  listen  to  the  preacher,  much  less  ap- 
preciate his  words. 

The  Kingdom  of  God  will  come  on  the 
earth,  but   it   can  not  come  while  thieves 


and  murderers  make  laws  and  pretend  to 
dispense  justice;  while  sleek,  slimy,  ser- 
pentine politicians  talk  piously  about 
"practical  politics,"  and  then  sell  the  social 
Christ  for  less  than  thirty  pieces  of  silver; 
while  giog  shops  are  on  every  corner; 
while  the  respectable  sit  in  ceiled  houses 
away  from  the  tides  of  human  care  and 
crime,  and  while  the  vile  and  selfish  tighten 
their  grasp  on  municipal   life. 

But  there  is  a  Gospel  to  be  preached 
even  while  the  human  landscape  is  so  dark. 
This  message  should  be  rung  out  with  the 
music  of  ten  thousand  Christmas  bells. 
All  are  children  of  the  King.  No  depth 
is  so  deep  that  God  is  not  there.  No  de- 
pravity is  beyond  the  teach  of  love.  No 
human  being  is  ever  lost  except  he  chooses 
to  be.  This  Gospel  must  be  heard  in  the 
sweat  shops  and  grog  shops,  among  the  sick 
and  the  poor,  among  the  vicious,  cruel  and 
devilish.  The  truth  that  love  must  be  vic- 
torious some  time  emphasized  by  Christ- 
like men  and  women,  v.-ill  have  the  force 
and  persuasion  of  the  rising  sun.  Oh, 
these  awful  questions !  Oh,  these  terrible 
sights !  Oh,  these  hungry  multitudes  and 
these  starving  children !  Oh,  these  great 
cities ;  will  they  ever  be  like  the  City  of 
God?  They  will,  but  no-,  until  those  in  the 
churches,  and  thousands  beside,  have  so  en- 
tered into  the  life  of  Christ  that  their 
hearts  bleed  for  the  masses,  as  He  bled  for 
men ;  not  until  the  cultured  and  strong  go 
into  the  midst  of  the  hopelessness  and  deso- 
lation of  the  time  as  He  went,  not  until 
thousands  more,  walking  in  the  divine  foot- 
steps, have  died  as  He  died  for  those  who 
will  not  appreciate  their  efforts. 

This  movement  for  the  redemption  of 
the  municipalities  is  already  well  started. 
The  churches  and  the  social  settlements 
are  in  the  lead  in  this  new  crusade,  and 
with  them  are  men  and  women  with  the 
prestige  of  social  position,  the  culture  of  the 
universities,  with  wealth,  with  exalted  char- 
acter, with  faith  and  prayer,  where  they 
have  nothing  else  to  give,  and  these  can 
not  be  defeated. 

Every  great  city  has  a  voice  and  utters 
its  appeals.  In  that  appeal  are  the  en- 
treaties of  the  poor,  thtf  sobs  of  children, 
the  groans  of  the  dying,  the  despair  of  the 
wicked,  the  wail  of  lost  souls  All  these 
are  condensed  into  the  terribly  bitter  cry 
which  rises  from  thousands  whose  hearts 
1  are  starving  with  social  and  spiritual  hun- 
ger ;  whose  lives  are  barren  of  all  that 
makes  existence  endurable — much  less  beau- 
tiful. What  shall  be  the  answer  of  the 
church  to  this  "Cry  of  the  Human"  and 
"Cry  of  the  Children"?  Christ  wept  over 
the  city;  He  entered  the  city;  He  gave 
Himself  for  it;  He  died  for  it,  and  all  good 
Samaritans  will  do  likewise,  never  forget- 
ting that— 

The  man  most  man,  with  tenderest  human  hands, 

Works  best  for  men,  as  God  in  Nazareth. 

Montclair,  N.  J. 

In  1921,  the  cities  of  the  United  States, 
at  the  present  rate  of  growth,  will  have  an 
actual  majority  of  the  votes.  If  our  nation 
is  to  be  Christian,  we  must  win  the  cities. 


NoVlvMHl'.K    1 6,    l'J'6 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


Garrison  on  the  Holy  Spirit    By  a.  b.  Jones 


A  little  volume  issued  by  the  Christian 
Publishing  Company  has  been  before  the 
public  for  nearly  a  year.  It  has  elicited 
notices,  both  favorable  and  unfavorable.  To 
those  who  understand  the  situation  this 
was  to  be  expected.  In  their  revolt  from 
the  mystical  and  fanaf.cal  teachings  and 
practices  of  the  clergy,  in  the  early  part  of 
the  nineteenth  century,  the  fathers  of  our 
restoration  movement  found  it  necessary 
to  place  emphasis  upon  human  reason  and 
the  Holy  Scriptures.  In  their  efforts  to 
lay  proper  stress  upon  these  important  fac- 
tors in  Christian  thought  and  character, 
and  to  oppose  a  mere  emotional  religion, 
it  is  not  strange  that  some  preachers  and 
scribes  associated  with  this  reformatory 
effort  should  drift  to  an  extreme,  and  hold 
inadequate  views  concerning  the  Holy 
Spirit,  his  mission  and  modes  of  activity 
in  the  redemption  of  men  Some  such  men 
appeared  in  the  early  history  of  this  move- 
ment, and  were  called  down  by  Mr.  Camp- 
bell because  of  their  misrepresentation  of 
the  plea  of  our  fathers  for  a  return  of  New 
Testament  Christianity.  In  1S52  he  had 
occasion  to  publish  to  the  world  the  fol- 
lowing notice.  "I  have  no  doubt  that  some 
of  our  brethren  may  have  so  expressed 
themselves,  as  if  in  the  conversion  of  sin- 
ners it  was  all  Word  and  no  Spirit;  nay, 
indeed,  that  the  Word  and  Spirit  are  identi- 
cal. I  have  on  various  occasions  had  to  re- 
pudiate such  an  idea."  And  were  Alex- 
ander Campbell  living  today  his  "big  stick" 
would  be  used  vigorously  on  the  heads  of 
some  men  among  us — men  whose  ideas  of 
the  Holy  Spirit  and  his  work  are  crude 
and  vague,  and  as  unscriptural  as  they  are 
contrary  to  the  teachings  of  oui  own  fath- 
ers. 

Mr.  Garrison  has  rendered  a  genuine 
service  to  the  people  he  represents  and  to 
the  cause  of  religion  by  the  publication  of 
this  book.  Our  literature  is  defective  be- 
cause of  its  lack  of  book.-,  on  this  subject — 
books  clear  and  strong  and  sane  in  their 
utterances  concerning  the  Holy  Spirit  and 
his  work  in  the  conversion,  the  .sanctifica- 
tion  and  the  salvation  of  men. 

The  spirit  of  Mr.  Garrison's  book  is 
modest,  humble  and  reverent.  In  his  pre- 
face he  says,  "The  author  has  given  but 
little  space  to  the  metaphysical  side  of  this 
question."  In  this  I  am  not  sure  that  he 
has  pursued  the  wisest  course.  With  many 
the  metaphysical  difficulties  of  this  subject 
are  the  greatest.  No  science  has  made  more 
rapid  strides  in  recent  years  than  psychol- 
ogy. That  its  development  has  all  been 
reassuring  of  the  doctrine  of  the  Holy 
Spirit,  as  revealed  to  us  in  the  Word  of 
God.  The  value  of  Mi.  Gatrison's  book 
would  have  been  greatly  enhanced,  I  be- 
lieve, had  he  dwelt  more  largely  upon  this 
phase  of  his  subject.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that 
when  he  fulfills  his  intimated  purpose  of 
revising  and  enlarging  this  volume  in  the 
future,  he  will  give  moie  attention  to  the 
metaphysical  aspects  of  his  theme.  The 
author  has  discussed  his  general  thesis — 
"The  Holy  Spirit :  His  Personality,  Mission 


and  Modes  of  Activity,"  in  twelve  separate 
chapters. 

"The  Tri-Personality  of  G:>d"  is  the 
theme  considered  in  the  first  chapter. 

Consistent  with  the  traditions  of  our 
fathers,  .VI r.  Garrison  refuses  to  enter  into 
confusing  and  misleadLlg  speculation  and 
terminology  concerning  the  'Godhead." 
The  unthinkable  proposition  of  one  God 
in  three  Gods  and  three  Gods  in  one  God, 
in  the  sense  of  modern  technical  personal- 
ity, he  discards  as  meaningless  and  un- 
profitable. "Any  doctrine  of  the  Trinity 
must  be  held  in  harmony  with  the  funda- 
mental conception  of  the  unity  of  God," 
says  the  author;  and  then  adds:  "This  in- 
volves the  conclusion,  of  course,  that  God 
is  not  three  in  the  same  sense  m  which  he 
is  one."  Mr.  Garrison  then  quotes  approv- 
ingly from  Dr.  Clarke's  "Outline  of  Chris- 
tian Theology"  as  follows:  "God  is  a  per- 
son in  whose  nature  there  is  a  threeness 
that  has  been  expressed  in  his  threefold 
self-manifestation.  The  Trinitj  of  mani- 
festation, or,  as  we  have  called  it,  the  Trin- 
ity, is  a  part  of  historical  Christianity,  and 
enters  into  the  foundation  of  Christian 
faith.  God,  the  eternal  Father,  revealed  in 
his  Son,  in  whom  he  comes  to  men  to  save 
them,  and  entering  our  life  most  intimately 
in  the  Holy  Spirit  of  enlightenment  and 
renewal — this  is  the  very  substance  of 
Christianity." 

There  is  one  statement  in  this  chapter  to 
which  I  demur.  Refening  to  a  quotation 
from  Dr.  Fairbairn  concerning  the  father- 
hood of  God  and  the  sonship  of  Christ,  the 
author  says :  "The  relation  is  an  eternal 
one,  growing  out  of  the  envine  nature." 

To  our  way  of  thinking  it  is  easy  to 
conceive  of  God  as  eternal,  but  the  ideas  of 
father  and  son  involve  the  limitations  of 
time. 

Inspiration  is  the  subject  of  the  second 
chapter. 

That  the  Holy  Scriptures  are  inspired  in 
a  sense  in  which  no  other  literature  is  in- 
spired, the  author  does  not  hesitate  to  be- 
lieve and  to  proclaim  as  a  fact.  He  holds, 
however,  "that  it  is  primarily  the  men  who 
were  inspired  and  only  secondarily  their 
writings  *  *  *  They  were  moved — that 
is,  quickened,  enlightened  and  impelled — by 
the  Holy  Spirit,  and  their  writings  natur- 
ally partook  of  the  character  of  their  in- 
spiration." 

With  regard  to  the  "method  and  measure 
of  inspiration"  the  author  classifies  the  va- 
rious theories  under  twi  general  heads — 
"the  mechanical  and  the  dynamical."  With 
reference  to  the  mechanical  or  verbal  in- 
spiration he  says :  "We  do  not  know  of  a 
single  great  thinker  in  the  church  today 
who  holds  to  the  mechanical  theory,  and 
we  may  therefore  pass  it  by." 

Mr.  Garrison  accepts  the  dynamical  the- 
ory, but  adds :  "There  is  a  variety  of  views 
under  this  general  theory  some  giving  more 
and  some  less  prominence  to  the  human  ele- 
ment in  the  sacred  writings.  The  impor- 
tant  thing,   it   seems   to   us   is   to   have   no 


theory  that  is  not  broad  n.-. 
all  the  I 

Again    he    say-. :      "By   the   in 
the    Scriptur  -ire   to   understand   that 

its  VI  under  d 

what  extent  they   v.  der  divine  guid- 

ance is  a  legitimate  question  ion; 

but  it  would  seem  that  tiiose  who  r< 
the  authority  of  the  'ures   must 

admit  such  a  degree  of  divine  guidano 
control  of  the  sacred  writers  as  would 
sure  the  substantial  accuracy  of  the  insj 
record,    and    furnish    an    all-sufficient    and 
infallible  guide  to  one    .".king  the  wa.   • 
salvation.*' 

We  do  not  remember  to  have  read  an  ar- 
ticle on  inspiration,  in  so  brief  a  space,  that 
was  more  satisfactory. 

"Function  of  the  Holv  Spirit  in  Com 
sion"  is  the  topic  of  the  third  chapter.  We 
quote  the  following  sentence  from  the  sec- 
ond page  of  this  article,  which  contains  a 
most  significant  and  important  truth — a 
truth  that  becomes  the  key  to  unlock  the 
author's  theme  intelligently  and  intelligi- 
bly to  every  candid  inquirer: 

"We  are  now  living  under  the  dispensa- 
tion of  the  Holy  Spirit,  who  entered  into 
a  new  and  different  relation  with  men  after 
the  glorification  of  Christ,  and  the  inau- 
guration of  his  reign  on  earth." 

This    fact,    so    clearly    set    forth    in    the 
New  Testament,  once  grasped  and  proper- 
ly   appreciated,    the    whole    subject    of   the 
(Continued   on  Page   1499.) 


SHIFT 

If  Your  Food  Fails  to  Sustain  You. 

Change. 


One  sort  of  diet  may  make  a  person  de- 
spondent, depressed  and  blue  and  a  change 
to  the  kind  of  food  the  body  demands  will 
change  the  whole  thing 

A  young  woman  from  Phil,  says : 

"For  several  years  I  kept  in  a  run-down 
miserable  sort  of  condition,  was  depressed 
and  apprehensive  of  trouble.  I  lost  flesh 
in  a  distressing  way  and  seemed  in  a  per- 
petual sort  of  dreamy  nij?ht  mare  No  one 
serious  disease  showed  but  the  "all-over' 
sickness  was  enough. 

"Finally  between  the  doctor  and  Father 
I  was  put  on  Grape-Nuts  and  cream  as  it 
was  decided  I  must  have  nourishing  food 
that  the  body  could  make  use  of. 

"The  wonderful  change  that  came  over 
me  was  not,  like  Jonah's  gourd,  the  growth 
of  a  single  night,  and  yet  it  came  with 
a  rapidity  that  astonished  me.  During 
the  first  week  I  gained  several  pounds  in 
weight,  my  spirits  improved,  and  the  world 
began  to  look  brighter  and  more  worth 
while.  And  this  has  continued  steadily, 
till  now.  after  the  use  of  Grape-Nuts  for 
only  a  few  weeks,  I  am  perfectly  well,  feel 
splendidly,  take  a  lively  interest  in  every- 
thing, and  am  a  changed  person  in  every 
way.*'  Name  given  by  Postum  Co..  F 
Creek  Mich. 

There's  a  reason. 


1458 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGEUS' 


Xo\  EMBFR    t6,   1905 


As  Seen  From  the  Dome     By  f.  d.  Power 


Yesterday  I  went  to  ,he  chrysanthemum 
show.     It  was  a  great  sight     All  the  new 
things    were    there    and    thousands    of    the 
old     favorites     on     exhibition        A     canny 
Scotchman    who   belongs    to   my    fold    was 
in   charge.      He    is   a    regular    Burbank — a 
wizard  with  the  things  of  the  garden.     His 
father  before  him  was  a  gardener,  as  was 
Adam,  his  tar  away  ancestor,  and  he  knows 
everything  that  is  to  b".  known  about  bot- 
any in  general  and  chrysanthemums  in  par- 
ticular.    I   called   on   his   father  years   ago 
at     Coldstream,     and     he     conducted     me 
through   his    garden.     It   was   just   such    a 
'spot    as    Alphonse    Karr    wrote    about    so 
charmingly.     The   space,   about   two   acres, 
running  back  to  the  Tweed,  was  surround- 
ed by  a  brick  wall,  along  which  the   fruit 
trees  were  trained  with  their  branches  flat 
against    the    surface    to    get    the    sun,    and 
pears  and  plums  were  growing  as  bunches 
of  grapes  along  a  trellis.    There  were  love- 
ly beds  of  sweet  peas  and  heliotrope    and 
nasturtiums   and  squares   devoted   to  vege- 
tables and  small  fruits,  and  all  showing  the 
care   and    nurture    of    a    skillful,    friendly 
hand.     God  created  man  a  gardener.     The 
first  Adam  was  honored  with  this  distinc- 
tion, and  after  all,  the  sweetest,  purest  de- 
light known  to  any  occupation  open  to  his 
descendants   is   found   in   a  garden.     I   can 
imagine   a   score   or  more   of   old   farmers, 
skilled  in  all  the  inventions  of  modern  hor- 
ticulture, sitting  today  under  the  shade  of 
the  tree  of  life  in  the  eternal  paradise  of 
God.    and    talking    over    with    the    first    of 
gardeners   the   methods   of  his   time. 

But  about  the  chiysanthemum  show. 
Yes.  I  confess  to  a  decided  weakness  for 
flowers.  Always  on  my  desk  before 
preaching  is  a  blossom,  a  rose  or  carna- 
tion, or  small  dahlia  or  chrysanthemum,  or 
even  that  humbler  member  of  the  aster 
family,  known  familiarly  as  the  daisy,  of 
which  Chaucer  sang: 

"That  well  by  reason  men  calle  it  maie 
The  daisie  or  else  the  eie  of  the  daie." 

The  blossom  is  for  my  buttonhole,  and 
I  think  the  sermon  always  has  a  better 
flavor  for  it.  Luther  always  kept  a  flower 
in  a  glass  on  his  writing  table,  and  when 
he  was  waging  his  great  public  controversy 
with  Eck  he  kept  a  flower  in  his  hand. 
The  Great  Teacher  said,  "Consider  the 
Lilies."  Why?  because  God  speaks  in 
the  flower  as  well  as  in  the  messages  of 
Moses  and  in  the  precepts  of  Paul.  Flow- 
ers are  for  the  solace  of  humanity  and  often 
they  have  the  power  to  regenerate  com- 
munities or  to  save  souls  from  baseness 
and  wrong.  Mungo  Park's  life  he  owed 
to  a  blossom  in  the  desert,  and  flowers  in 
the  windows  have  brought  decency  and  taste 
in  the  homes  and  saved  the  father  and  boys 
from  the  saloon. 

But  about  the  show.  I  am  coining  to 
that.  Autumn  blooms  are  the  fairest.  It 
may  seem  so  because  we  know  the  season 
is  almost  past  and  the  last  rose  of  summer 
will  soon  be  blooming  alone.  Nature  flares 
up  in  her  greatest  glory  as  she  is  about  to 


say   good-bye   to    summer.      Bryant   sings : 

"The    melancholy  days  are  come,  the  saddest  of  the 

year. 
Of  wailing  winds,  and  naked  woods,  and  meadows 

brown  and  sear. 
Heaped  in    the   hollows  or    the   grove   the   autumn 

leaves  lie  dead; 
They  rustle  to  the  eddying  gust,  and  to  the  rabbit's 

tiead. 
The    robin  and  the   wren   are  flown,  and  from    the 

shrubs  the  jay, 
And  from  the  wood-top   calls   the  crow  through  all 

the  gloomy  day." 

And  then  he  asks  pathetically :  "Where 
are  the  flowers,  the  fair  young  flowers,  the 
beauteous  sisterhood  ?"  and  declares  "they 
are  all  in  their  graves — the  gentle  race  of 
flowers."  But  evidently  the  poet  did  not 
live  in  sight  of  the  Dome.  We  have  neith- 
er melancholy  days  nor  dead  blossoms  in 
sight.  Roses  are  still  blooming  and  the 
glory  of  the  asters  is  everywhere.  Yes- 
terday I  picked  a  nasturtium  bioom  hang- 
ing over  a  wall  within  reach  as  I  walked 
along,  and  so  I  appropriated  it  for  my  but- 
tonhole. As  I  rang  the  doorbell  of  a  par- 
ishioner not  far  away  a  little  girl  of  five 
years  in  the  adjoining  yard  lifted  her  fin- 
ger in  a  warning  fashion  and  said :  "Yes, 
you  picked  that  nasturtium  in  our  yard!" 
"No,"  I  replied,  "I  haven't  been  near  your 
yard."  "But  you  did;  we  have  got  some 
just  like  that;  and  you  picked  it  over  here!" 
It  was  a  serious  charge,  and  the  little  one 
was  dead  in  earnest,  but  the  lady  on  whom 
I  called  explained  that  she  was  a  much 
spoiled  little  miss  and  I  thought  no  more 
of  it,  only  that  people  ought  to  be  generous 
with  their  flowers  and  live  in  houses  by 
the  road  and  be  the  friends  of  men. 

The  show?  Well,  the  "Four  Hundred" 
were  there.  It  is  good  once  in  a  while  to 
strike  the  "Four  Hundred,"  and  feel  you 
are  one  of  them.  They  display  more  emo- 
.  tion  as  they  view  the  splendid  blossoms 
through  gold  eyeglasses,  and  they  pretend  to 
know  more  about  the  plants,  but  they  do  not 
enjoy  the  show  half  as  much  as  some  of 
the  plainer  folks  of  the  10,000  who  have 
thronged  the  exhibition  It  is  better  to 
belong  to  the  10,000  as  a  steady  thing.  But 
beauty  appeals  to  every  man.  These  are 
works  of  a  divine  artist,  and  in  all  their 
forms,  hues,  proportions  and  moral  expres- 
sions they  tell  of  Him.  I  am  reminded  of 
the  words  of  Channing  \  "Beauty  is  an 
all-pervading  presence.  It  unfolds  into  the 
numberless  flowers  of  the  spring.  It  waves 
in  the  branches  of  the  trees  and  the  green 
blades  of  grass.  It  haunts  the  depths  of 
the  earth  and  sea,  and  gleams  out  in  the 
hues  of  the  shell  and  the  precious  stone. 
And  not  only  these  minute  objects,  but  the 
ocean,  the  mountains,  the  clouds,  the  heav- 
ens, the  stars,  the  rising  and  setting  sun, 
all  overflow  with  beaut>.  The  universe  is 
its  temple ;  and  those  men  who  are  alive 
to  it  can  not  lift  their  eyes  without  feeling 
themselves  encompassed  with  it  on  every 
side."  And  this  beauty  is  an  infinite  joy 
to  all  classes.  It  is  this  which  brings  out 
the  10,000.  The  "Four  Hundred"  came 
largely  to  see  "Mrs.  Roosevelt." 

Mrs.  Roosevelt  is  a  chrysanthemum.     My 


Scotch  brother  took  the  pollen  of  a  white 
bloom  and  that  of  a  pink  one  and  made  a 
glorious  golden  blossom  and  wanted  to 
call  it  after  his  wife,  but  finally  concluded 
to  give  "the  first  lady  of  the  land"  that 
honor.  Fanciers  pronounce  Mrs.  Roose- 
velt perfect.  It  is  an  incurved  intense  yeb* 
low  flower,  beautiful  In  color  and  form, 
said  to  be  the  most  perfect  yellow  ever 
produced,  as  well  as  the  most  perfect  spec- 
imen of  the  incurved  vanety,  in  a  word  a 
triumph  of  the  chrysanthemum  grower's 
art.  Then  there  is  a  new  silvery  pink, 
"Miss  Alice  Roosevelt. '  It  is  a  reflexed 
quilled-petaled  flower  which  is  declared  to 
"be  a  daisy."  Then  there  are  250  other 
varieties.  There  are  splendid  golden 
Roi  d'ltalies  and  Ducrosiets  and  Mrs. 
D.  Appletons,  and  beautiful  white  Hon- 
estys  and  Merzas  and  Adelias  and  Wm. 
Jenning  Bryans.  In  all  a  charming  aggre- 
gation. 

Our  Greek  tells  us  "chrysos,"  gold,  and 
"anthemon,"  a  flower ;  and  our  florists  say 
a  large  genus  of  herbaceous  and  sub- 
shrubby  plants  ;  and  we  get  them  from  two 
species  of  plants  that  grow  wild  in  China 
and  Japan.  It  is  the  flower  of  the  east,  as 
the  rose  is  the  flower  of  the  west.  There 
are  over  a  hundred  bookr.  about  the  chrys- 
anthemum,  and   its   magazine   literature   is 


FROM  TEXAS 

Some  Coffee  Facts  From  the  Lone  Star 

State. 

From  a  beautiful  farm  down  in  Texas, 
where  gushing  springs  unite  to  form  bab- 
bling brooks  that  wind  their  sparkling  ways 
through  flowery  meads,  comes  a  note  of 
gratitude  for  delivery  from  the  coffee  habit. 

"When  my  baby  boy  came  to  me  five 
years  ago,  I  began  to  drink  Postum  Food 
Coffee,  having  a  feeling  that  it  would  be 
better  for  him  and  me  than  the  old  kind 
of  drug-laden  coffee.  I  was  not  disappoint- 
ed in  it,  for  it  enabled  me,  a  small  delicate 
woman,  to  nurse  a  bouncing  healthy  baby 
14  months. 

"I  have  since  continued  the  use  of 
Postum  for  I  have  grown  fond  of  it,  and 
have  discovered  to  my  joy  that  it  has  en- 
tirely relieved  me  of  a  bilious  habit  which 
used  to  prostrate  .me  twe  or  three  times  a 
year,  causing  much  discomfort  to  my  family 
and  suffering  to  myself. 

"My  brother-in-law  was  cured  of  chronic 
constipation  by  leaving  off  the  old  kind 
of  coffee  and  using  Postum.  He  has  be- 
come even  more  fond  of  it  than  he  was  of 
the  old  coffee. 

"In  fact  the  entire  family,  from  the  latest 
arrival,  (a  2-year  old  who  always  calls  for 
his  'potie'  first  thing  in  the  morning)  up 
to  the  head  of  the  house,  think  there  is  no 
drink  so  good  or  so  wholesome  as  Postum." 
Name  given  by  Postum  Co.,  Battle  Creek, 
Mich. 

There's  a  reason. 

Read  the  little  book,  'The  Road  to  Well- 
ville,"  in  pkgs. 


I,  [90s 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANXEL1    'l 


exci  uly  in  bulk  by  that  of  the  ro  1 

Then-  are  single  types  and  anemone  forms, 
and  pompon  and  hairy  types  and  recurved 
and  incurved.  There  are  Japanese  types, 
the  large  fantastic  kinds  introduced  in  Eng- 
land in  [862,  which  brought  the  craze  for 
big  blooms  in  the  flower  shows  all  over  the 
world,  and  came  to  America  in  1869.  Many 
of  these'  are  freaks  and  oddities,  and  with 
all  the  American  florists'  skill  he  can  not 
to  och  the  little  brown  people  in  producing 
them.  There  are  Pyrethrums,  of  which 
we  have  over  four  hundred  varieties,  and 
Marguerites  and  the  ordinary  ox-eye  daisy, 
the   white   weed   which   every  child   knows 


and   gat  hers.     And   all  oyal   thing 

thai   we  give  lofty  nam*     come  by  cultiva- 
tion and   hybridizing   until    we    gel    ".Mrs. 
Roo  '     M."    She  is   (uppoi '  'l  to  be  the  per 
feci  ion,   the   highesl    type,   the   ultima  Aos, 
io  to  spi  al  . 

Other  tilings  one  sees  at  the  -bow  be- 
side people  and  flowers.  Here  are  pine 
apples  ripening  and  crotons  growing,  and 
rubber  and  alligator  pears,  and  cotton  and 
tobacco,  sugar  cane  and  loquats.  Here  are 
lemons  and  oranges,  olives,  figs,  pomegran- 
ates and  limes;  calla  lilies  in  full  bloom 
which  my  friend  raised  fiom  the  seed;  cof- 
fee plants   which   he  produced  by  crossing 


r  with  the  ordinary 
ii  plant;  big  Transvaal  daisies,  in- 
ly red,    and    a    bewildering    array    of 

strange   fruits,  grains  and   :  :hat  are 

udy  for  a  life  time.     It  is  a  great  place 
— this    clirysantl  -  ..■:,    and    it 

the  indigo  off  my  blue  Monday  this  week. 
Another  time  I  may  tell  you  some  Monday 
of  the  100,000  moths  which  a  fellow  spent 
twenty  years  in  gathering  and  presented  the 
other  day  to  the  museum.  Think  of  his 
punishment  in  another  world  if  he  get  his 
deserts — a  pin  stuck  in  him  for  every  one 
he  has  used  to  impale  th:-se  pretty  creatures 
of  God ' 

Washington,  D.  C. 


A  United  Church  and  Religious  Education' 


Our  subject  this  afternoon  embraces  two 
of  the  largest  conceptions  and  ruling  ideas 
of  modern  times,  namely,  Christian  unity 
and  Religious  education.  The  unity  of  the 
world,  the  unity  of  law,  the  unity  of  the 
race,  the  unity  of  all  knowledge — these  are 
the  sublime  conceptions  to  which  the  mod- 
ern mind  is  led  by  all  the  revelations  of 
science  and  of  history.  We  are  indebted, 
however,  to  Jesus  Christ  for  the  idea  of 
Christian  unity — a  spiritual  brotherhood  of 
believers  bound  together  by  their  mutual 
allegiance  to  him  who  revealed  the  Fath- 
erhood of  God  and  the  brotherhood  of  man. 
Perhaps  there  is  no  measure  of  Christ's 
greatness  that  is  more  striking  and  impres- 
sive than  the  fact  that  in  an  age  of  bitter 
hatreds,  narrow  provincialisms,  and  parti- 
tion walls,  among  men,  '  hateful  and  hating 
one  another,"  he  came  with  a  mission  to 
all,  died  for  all,  offered  pardon  to  all,  and 
established  a  church  for  all,  which  was  to 
be  the  spiritual  temple  of  a  redeemed  and 
unified  humanity,  and  prayed  that  its  mem- 
bers might  be  one  as  he  and  his  father 
are   one. 

Education  is  the  divine  process  of  de- 
veloping a  human  being  along  the  lines 
of  his  native  powers  and  potentialities  un- 
til he  has  become  what  Cod  in  his  creation 
designed  him  to  be.  Religious  education 
is  the  training  of  the  human  soul  in  the 
knowledge  of  the  highest  things — its  rela- 
tions to  God  and  to  its  fellowmen.  All 
God's  revelations  in  all  dispensations,  and 
all  institutions  which  he  has  established 
among  men — the  family,  the  church,  and 
the  state — have  for  their  purpose  the  moral 
and  religious  education  of  mankind.  What 
is  the  relation  of  these  two  great  ideas — 
a  united  church  and  religious  education? 

When  Jesus  prayed  that  his  followers 
might  be  one,  in  order  that  the  world  might 
believe,  he  indicated  the  relation  between  a 
united  church  and  the  very  first  step  in  re- 
ligion, or  at  least  in  Christian  education, 
which  is  faith  in  Christ,  the  world's  great- 
est teacher.  It  is  eviden .  that  he  regarded 
the  relation  of  the  one  to  the  other  as 
very  vital.  No  other  one  fact  would  have 
such  an  impressive  influence  on  the  faith 
of  men  and  hence  in  promoting  religious 
education,  as  a  united  church.     We  Protes- 


*An  address  delivered  by  J.  H  Gurison,  the 
chairman  of  the  session  of  the  Inter  Church  Con- 
ference on  Fedeiation,  Thursday  afternoon,  Nov. 
16. 


By  J.  H.  Garrison. 

tants,  in  our  love  of  liberty,  have  probably 
underestimated  the  value  of  unity  as  a 
divine  factor  in  the  religious  education 
of  mankind.  This  great  assembly,  how- 
ever, representing  as  it  does  the  leading 
religious  bodies  of  Protestantism  in  this 
country,  convened  to  study  the  problem  of 
a  closer  unification  and  co-operation  of 
Christians  in  order  that  the  church  may 
do  its  work  in  the  world  more  effectively, 
is  evidence  of  the  fact  that  we  are  com- 
ing to  a  recognition  of  the  place  and 
power  of  the  united  church  in  giving  new 
potency  and  direction  to  all  the  methods 
and  processes   of  religious  education. 

We  may  not  be  prepared  at  present  to 
consummate  that  unity  of  our  religious 
forces  which  is  contemplated  in  the  prayer 
of  our  divine  Lord,  when  he  prayed  that 
his  followers  might  be  one,  even  as  he  and 
t?he  father  are  one ;  but  let  none  of  us  say 
that  because  such  union  is  impracticable 
now,  it  will  therefore  forever  be  impracti- 
cable. Such  a  convention  as  this  which  is 
now  here  assembled  would  have  been  im- 
practicable and  impossible  even  ten  years 
ago.  •  The  Lord  Jesus  is  the  head  of  the 
church,  and  let  us  put  no  limitations  to 
his  divine  power.  If,  in  his  infinite  wis- 
dom, he  sees  that  a  united  church — a  church 
so  united  as  to  be  unhampered  by  its  de- 
nominational divisions  in  fraternal  co-op- 
eration and  mutual  Chiistian  fellowship — 
is  necessary  to  accomplish  his  divine  pur- 
poses in  the  world,  in  evangelizing  the 
pagan  nations  and  in  overthrowing  the 
gigantic  evils  which  have  become  in- 
trenched even  in  our  Christian  civiliza- 
tion, who  are  we  that  we  should  with- 
stand God?  Our  duty  is,  my  brethren,  to 
put  ourselves  completely  under  the  lead- 
ership of  Jesus  Christ,  to  be.  molded 
directed,  and  used  by  him  for  the  accom- 
plishment of  his  sublime  mission  in  the 
world.  Where  he  leads  we  can  afford  to 
follow. 

But  is  there  not  a  degree  of  unity  al- 
ready attained  by  us  which  finds  no  ade- 
quate expression  in  any  organization 
which  has  yet  been  formed,  or  in  any  form 
of  joint  co-operation  to  oppose  those 
things  to  which  we  are  all  opposed,  and  to 
bring  about  such  reforms  as  we  all  desire? 
Why  should  we  expect  the  Holy  Spirit  to 


lead  us  into  greater  unity  of  thought,  feel- 
ing, and  purpose  until  we  make  some  bet- 
ter practical  use  of  the  unity  which  already 
exists?  The  right  use  cf  what  we  possess 
in  order  to  increase  our  possession  is  a 
law  in  the  kingdom  of  God  from  which 
neither  individuals  nor  religious  move- 
ments are  exempt.  That  there  is  such 
unity,  and  that  it  should  have  a  practical 
manifestation  such  as  the  world  can  see  in 
co-operative  movements  for  the  world's 
betterment,  is  the  meaning  and  purpose  of 
this  magnificent  assembly. 

It  is  with  great  pleasure  that,  as  chair- 
man of  this  session,  I  invite  your  atten- 
tion   to    the   discussion    that    is    to    follow, 

and  not  without  hope  that  it  will  help  us 
to  a  clearer  understanding  of  the  relation 
which  exists  between  these  two  leading 
ideas  of  our  modern  life — Christian  unity 
and  Christian  education — and  so  hasten 
the  fulfillment  of  our  Lord's  prayer, 
"That  they  all  may  be  one !" 

,   A  Revival  of  Giving. 

By  J.  K.  Ballou. 

One  of  the  greatest  revivals  that  is  need- 
ed is  a  revival  of  paying  to  the  Lord  that 
part  of  his  goods  that  he  demands.  The 
amount  one  pays  to  the  Lord  according  to 
his  ability,  may  not  be  the  best  test  of 
one's  religious  life,  but  it  is  generally  a  true 
one.  A  sense  of  our  duty — of  our  duty  to 
God,  and  more  spirituality  will  insure  a 
larger  return  to  the  Lord  than  is  now 
made.  This  revival  is  starting,  but  it  must 
spread  through  the  church  till  it  permeates 
it  through  and  through.  The  Jews  gave 
one-tenth,  and  Christ  seems  to  approve  it, 
but  what  do  Christians  give?  It  is  a  little 
short  of  a  disgrace  that  many  churches  do 
not  have  preaching,  and  others  let  their 
preachers  move,  because  they  will  ^iot  give 
them  a  support.  I  know  churches  which 
have  from  eight  hundred  to  one  thousand 
members  which  pay  their  ministers  from 
twelve  hundred  to  fifteen  hundred  dollars  a 
year,  and  when  a  missionary  day  comes  the 
minister  asks  for  a  liberal  contribution  and 
a  "collection"  is  taken  which  amounts  to  less 
than  a  dollar  per  capita.  Why  not  pay  one- 
tenth  of  the  income,  and  instead  of  having 
a  treasury  that  is  beggared,  receive  the 
Lord's  money  by  the  thousands  instead  of 
by  the  hundreds?  Paying  one -tenth  may 
not  be  the  best  way.  buc  it  is  a  far  better 
way  to  finance  the  church  than  the  unjust, 
unbusiness  way  that  is  generally  employed. 
I  know  Disciples  that  would  give  three, 
four  and  five  times  as  much  if  they  gave 
one-tenth  of  their  income.  Try  it,  brother 
preacher,  and  educate  the  church  to  do  it 
and  the  burden  of  the  church  finance  is 
solved. 

Sioux  City,  la. 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


November  16,  1905 


The  Awakening  of  a  Big  City  By  c.  p.  Rmiedge 


This  "neck  of  the  woods"  is  somewhat 
removed  from  the  center  of  our  brother- 
hood, and  political  questions  are  not  sup- 
posed to  occupy  much  space  in  religious 
journals.  However  there  are  times  and 
■  occasions  that  permit  intrusions  and  di- 
gressions, it  The  Christian-Evangelist 
had  a  Philadelphia  correspondent,  his  letter 
this  week  would  he  filled  with  "political 
p" — it  could  not  be  otherwise,  for  no 
one  in  Philadelphia  can  think  or  talk  of 
anything  else ! 

For  forty  years  a  political  machine  calling 
itself  the  Republican  party,  has  tyrannized 
the  commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania,  and 
especially  the  city  of  Philadelphia.  Fre- 
quent efforts  at  reform  have  been  made, 
and  occasionally  success  seemed  in  sight; 
but  the  enemy  has  ever  been  victorious. 
Under  the  masterly  direction  of  the  late 
Senator  M.  S.  Quay,  the  iniquitous  organ- 
ization was  always  able  to  rally  its  forces — 
in  him  it  found  a  refuge  in  every  time  of 
trouble.  But.  a  year  01  so  ago,  Quay  was 
conquered  by  "the  last  great  enemy,"  and 
when  he  departed  the  "brain-pan"  of  the 
organization  was  left  empty.  Senator  Pen- 
rose, Israel  W.  Durham,  James  P.  McNicol 
and  others  assumed  control,  but  their  lack 
of  foresight  soon  became  apparent.  They 
took  hold  of  the  reins  with  boyish  hilarity, 
gleefully  cracked  the  whip  and  drove  the 
wagon  so  recklessly  that  it  tilted  over,  and 
this  morning  it  is  lying  bottom  side  up  in 
the  ditch!  If  the  'Old  Man"  had  only 
been  here,  it  wouldn't  have  happened — he 
would  have  called  a  halt.  It  was  his  motto 
to  "drive  slow  over  rough  roads,"  and  to 
"make  concessions  when  in  a  tight  place." 
The  boys  inherited  his  ambition  to  "run 
politics."  but  his  caution  did  rot  descend 
to  them. 

That  old  serpent,  whose  slimy  form  has 
wriggled  down  through  the  centuries,  and 
with  whose  despicable  history  are  connected 
such  names  as  Achan,  Gehazi  and  Ananias 
and  Sapphira.  has  sought  to  permanently 
establish  itself  in  America.  From  the  At- 
lantic to  the  Pacific,  and  from  the  lakes  to 
the  gulf,  it  has  inflicted  its  cold,  absorbing 
coils  upon  every  state  and  city — and,  from 
this  view-point,  it  seems  that  the  monster's 
heaviest  fold  has  poisoned  and  crushed 
the  state  of  Pennsylvania,  while  its  greedy 
mouth  has  been  stretched  over  the  city  of 
Philadelphia.  While  the  people  have  been 
"loyal  to  party"  and  the  men  have  "voted 
straight."  the  snake  has  grown  great  and 
fat  and  defiant.  Men  now  prominent  in 
the  organization,  who,  when  the  writer 
came  to  Philadelphia  eight  years  ago,  were 
poor,  are  now  multi-mi'lionanes — some  of 
whom  have  no  visible  means  of  accumu- 
lating money.  In  the  meantime,  banks  in 
which  government  money  was  deposited 
have  been  looted  and  wrecked,  officials  have 
been  duped  and  suicide  has  followed  sui- 
cide, valuable  franchises  have  been  given 
away,  loans  and  appropriations  have  dwin- 
dled', and  contracts,  botli  great  and  small, 
have  been  let  by  the  hand  of  favoritism. 
Major  Gilliette's  recent  report  on  the  filtra- 
tion contract  for  the  ci:>  of  Philadelphia 
revealed  the  fact  that  something  like 
$6,000,000  had  gone  astray  within  a  few 
months.  Five  years  ago  John  Wanamaker 
offered  the  city  $1,500,000  for  some  fran- 
chises that  were  subsequently  bestowed 
upon  a  corporation  free  of  all  charge.  Thus 
the  game  has  been  played  for  years.  But 
the  grafters  got  too  bold.  Last  spring  they 
attempted  to  "pocket"  the  city  gas  works — 
some  citizens,  regarded  as  "meddlers,"  went 
jo  far  as  to  intimate  that  the  city  hall  and 
Fairmount  park  would  be  sold  next! 

Wc  had  a  mayor  elected  by  the  organiza- 
tion, but  it  was  thought  he  had  been  put 
to  sleep.  He  had  either  been  "feigning 
a  nap."  or  he  awoke— he  alone  knows— and, 


to  the  astonishment  of  the  public  and  the 

exasperation  of  those  who  had  put  him  in 
office,  he  vetoed  the  "ga~  steal."  The  city 
councils  ignored  the  veto,  and  promptly 
passed  the  proposed  transaction  en.  Where- 
upon Mayor  Weaver  arose  in  the  power  of 
his  official  might  and  slew  the  corrupt  com- 
bination, lie  discharged  the  directors  of 
public  safety  and  public  WOlks,  and  ap- 
pointed in  their  stead  men  who  have  been 
known  as  reformers  for  years.  When  the 
director  of  public  safety  refused  to  va- 
cate his  office,  the  mayor  and  a  constable 
paid  him  a  personal  visit  and  gave  him 
thirty  minutes  to  get  out  of  the  way — and 
he  got !  Then  began  th ■_■  reform  movement 
in  earnest,  with  the  mayor  as  leader.  The 
organization  immediately  took  down  its  city 
ticket,  and  put  up  another  bearing  the 
names  of  men  whose  characters  were  un- 
assailable, and  raised  the  old  familiar  cry, 
"Reform  within  the  party!'  But  the 
faith  of  the  people  had  been  shaken,  and 
the  city  party  came  into  being.  Its  ticket 
was  indorsed  by  the  Democratic  and  Pro- 
hibition parties  and  "the  bands  began  to 
play."  The  organization  started  out  with  a 
million-dollar  campaign  fund,  and  threat- 
ened to  annihilate  the  young  party — but 
there  are  some  things,  and  people  as  well, 
that  money  will  not  buy.  Of  the  eight  daily 
papers,  six  supported  the  city  party. 

The  preachers,  in  their  denominational 
and  interdenominational  meetings,  passed 
ringing  resolutions  in  condemnation  of  the 
nefarious  system  that  hac3  robbed  and  hu- 
miliated the  people.  The  Methodist  min- 
isters— more  than  a  hundred  strong — 
marched  in  a  body  to  the  city  hall  and  de- 
manded justice.  Also,  prior  to  the  mayor's 
change  of  position,  about  five  hundred 
ministers  assembled  in  Holy  Trinity  Church 
and  prayed  that  he  might  be  led  to  take  a 
stand  for  civic  righteousness.  The  papers 
ridiculed  their  meeting,  men  on  the  streets 
made  fun  of  it,  and  it  was  reported  that 
when  told  about  it  the  mayor  laughed 
heartily  and  remarked  that  "the  preachers 
could  pray  but  they  could  not  dictate  the 
policy  of  the  administration."  Little  did 
any  one  then  think  that,  within  six  weeks, 
the  mayor  would  seek  the  counsel  of 
preachers — which  he  did — and  champion 
the  cause  they  hod  been  advocating. 
Preachers  in  politics !  They  have  been 
in  the  thickest  of  the  fight  here.  They 
"stumped"  the  city,  solicited  votes  on  the 
streets,  and  substituted  political  speeches 
for  sermons.  Scarcely  a  congregation  that 
was  not  repeatedly  urged  from  the  pulpit 
to  vote  for  the  city  party.  Some  of  the 
leading  ministers  were  threatened  by  offi- 
cials, who  were  allied  with  the  organiza- 
tion, but  they  kept  on  "crying  aloud  and 
snaring  not."  The  pastor  of  a  large, 
wealthy  church  stated  from  the  pulpit  that 
his  position  had  been  threatened,  then 
boldly  announced  that  he  would  speak  on 
"The  Political  Situation"  every  Sunday 
evening  until  the  electior.  He  fulfilled  his 
promise — addressing  audiences  that  over- 
flowed the  great  auditorium — and,  some- 
how, T  have  an  idea  that  he  will  continue  as 
pastor  of  the  church.  He's  built  that  way. 
The  writer  preached  on  the  subject,  ad- 
dressed ward-meetings,  solicited,  and  voted, 
but  it  required  no  courage  on  his  part — ■ 
every  man  in  his  congregation,  so  far  as 
he  is  able  to  learn,  rejoiced  in  the  part  his 
preacher  was  taking  anc  voted  the  reform 
ticket.  Mayor  Weaver  was  the  most  ac- 
tive man  in  the  city.  In  an  automobile  he 
sped  from  ward  to  ward,  and  division  to 
division,  sometimes  delivering  five  and  six 
addresses  in  a  single  night.  The  women, 
also,  were  conspicuous  in  the  campaign.  It 
was  no  uncommon  thing  for  a  woman,  either 
rich  or  poor,  to  address  a  ward  or  division 
meeting.     On  election  day,  they  held  prayer 


meetings  and  supplied  lunch  to  division 
workers.  It  was  a  common  fight  against 
a  common  foe.  Multi-millionaires  and  day 
laborers  sat  side  by  side  and.  spoke  from 
the  same  platform. 

The  flame  of  enthusiasm  was  likewise 
fanned  by  interested  people  in  other  sec- 
tions of  the  country — among  them  Secre- 
tary Root  and  Governor  Folk.  The  latter 
came  all  the  way  from  Missouri  to  make  a 
speech,  but  upon  his  arrival  he  found  that 
it  was  speeches  the  people  wanted.  From 
the  station  to  the  hotel,  he  had  to  talk  with 
reporters.  He  spoke  at  luncheon,  in  the 
afternoon,  and  again  at  dinner.  At  7:30  in 
the  evening  he  took  a  carriage  to  meet  his 
appointment  in  the  Academy  of  Music, 
but  ten  thousand  or  more  people  had  gath- 
ered outside  and  refused  to  let  him  enter 
until  he  had  made  a  speech.  After  the 
Academy  meeting  he  sought  rest,  but  found 
it  not.  At  1  o'clock  in  the  morning  a 
crowd  of  several  thousand  gathered  about 
his  hotel  and  made  the  night  hideous,  un- 
til the  management  appealed  to  the  gov-  ■ 
ernor,  and  he  made  another  speech  from 
one  of  the  balconies.  Hereafter,  if  any  one 
tells  Governor  Folk  that  Philadelphia  ever 
sleeps,  he  will  not  believe  it ! 

Yesterday  the  battle  was  fought.  The 
ballots  flew,  and  so  did  knives,  blackjacks 
and  bullets. 

Genuine  reform  is  always  accompanied 
by  "rough-house  methods."  Wrong  dies 
hard.  The  doctors  and  hospitals  are  busy 
this  morning  dressing  battered  heads,  and 
the  magistrates  are  busy  trying  to  separate 
the  good  from  the  bad  in  the  prisoners' 
dock.  There  were  over  five  hundred  ar- 
rests— representing  all  stations  of  life,  from 
that  of  Harbor  Master  Maloney,  who  "fares 
sumptuously  every  day,"  in  one  of  the  most 
fashionable  sections  of  the  city,  down  to 
the  poor  idiot  who  knew  no  better  than  to 
stand  around  the  polls  with  his  hands  in 
his  pockets.  Only  one  preacher  was  ar- 
rested !  He  was  accused  of  voting  twice, 
but  is  out  on  bail  and  says  he  will  prove 
that  he  didn't  do  it.  The  writer  is  glad  to 
say,  "It  ain't  me." 

The  entire  City  Party  ticket  was  elected 
by  43,000  majority.  Also  Mayor  Berry, 
of  Chester,  a  Democrat,  and  the  reform 
candidate  for  State  Treasurer,  was  elected 
by  a  landslide  vote. 

In  the  language  of  Charles  Emery  Smith, 
postmaster  general  under  McKinley,  and' 
editor  of  the  Philadelphia  "Press":  "Yes- 
terday Philadelphia  was  on  trial ;  today  she 
greets  the  country,  vindicated,  reclaimed 
and  disenthralled." 

Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Nov.  S,  1905. 


A  PREACHER'S  DISCOVERY. 

Rev.  J.  W.  Blosser,  M.  D.,  Atlanta.  Ga., 
is  the  discoverer  of  a  successful  remedy 
for  the  cure  of  Catarrh,  Catarrhal  Deafness, 
Bronchitis  and  Asthma.  Tt  consists  of  a 
combination  of  medicinal  herbs,  roots  and 
leaves,  which  are  burned  on  a  plate,  smoked 
in  a  common  clay  pipe  or  in  a  medical 
cigarette — the  fumes  being  inhaled  into 
the  throat  and  lungs  and  exhaled  through 
the  nose.  It  contains  no  tobacco.  The 
manner  of  its  use  is  simple,  and  no  other 
means  can  so  easily  reach  and  cure  the 
disease  in  all  its  forms.  Dr.  Blosser  offers 
to  mail  free  a  liberal  sample  to  any  suf- 
ferer who  will  write  to  him  for  it.  If 
your  case  is  a  stubborn  one  and  you  desire 
special  advice,  he  makes  no  extra  charge. 
This  remedy  has  met  with  wonderful  suc- 
cess, curing  cases  of  even  25  years'  stand- 
ing. 

If  you  wish  a  box  containing  a  month's 
treatment,  send  $1.00,  and  it  will  be  sent, 
postage  paid.  Address,  Dr.  J.  W.  Blosser, 
475  Walton  street,  Atlanta,  Ga. 


November  i6,  1905 


THE  CHRI STIAN-E VANGELIST. 


141:1 


Our   Budget. 


— E.  J.  Church,  of  Seneca,  Mo.,  is  in  a 
meeting  at  Granby. 

— J.  J.  Ralston  has  accepted  a  call  to 
Santa  Paula,  Cal. 

— H.  A.  Sickafoose  has  taken  the  work 
at  Independence,  Ore. 

— Steubenville,  O.,  will  get  M.  J.  Grable, 
who  was  recently  in  Cleveland. 

— A.  J.  Moore  goes  from  South  McAles- 
ter,  I.  T.,  to  Ballinger,  Texas. 

— Finis  Idleman  is  holding  a  meeting 
for  the  Metropolitan  Church,  Chicago. 

— L.  L.  Carpenter  is  to  dedicate  the  new 
church  at  Jonesboro,  Ark.,  November  26. 

— At  Wylie,  Texas  ,a  new  church  build- 
ing has  just  been  dedicated  by  A.  J.  Bush. 

— A.  B.  Carpenter  has  just  organized  a 
church  at  Elgin,  Okla.  Lee  Bowman  is  the 
elder. 

— E.  J.  Lampton  has  purchased  a  home 
at  Louisiana,  Mo.,  and  henceforth  his  per- 
manent address  will  be  at  that  place. 

■ — J.  S.  Stockard  has  become  pastor  of 
the  church  at  Canyon,  Texas,  having  left 
Allen. 

— J.  C.  McWhirter  will  take  charge  of  the 
work  at  Orange,  having  resigned  at  Mar- 
shall, Texas. 

— On  January  1,  U.  G.  Miller  will  give  up 
the  pastorate  at  LaHarpe  Kas.  The  con- 
gregation there  hopes  to  build  before  long. 

— W.  B.  Slater  began  work  with  the 
church  at  Greenwich,  O.,  last  Lord's  day, 
having  resigned  at  Lancaster. 

— A  church  has  been  organized  at  May- 
wood,  Chicago,  by  A.  J.  White,  with  about 
fifty  charter  members. 

— Long  Beach,  Cal.,  will  get  E.  W. 
Thornton  as  pastor,  and  J.  J.  White  has 
taken  charge  at  Fullerloij. 

— We  hear  excellent  reports  of  the  work 
of  J.  W.  Reynolds,  Saunemin,  111.,  where 
he  has  been  since  the  last  of  June. 

— The  corner  stone  for  a  handsome 
church  building  has  been  laid  at  Utica,  O., 
where  Grant  A.  Waller  is  the  pastor. 

— F.  '  M.  Dowling  is  preaching  as  he  is 
able  for  the  Ontario  church,  having  se- 
cured an  orange  ranch  at  Covina,  Cal. 

— L.  H.  Stine,  from  whose  pen  an  article 
will  be  found  in  another  column,  is  carry- 
ing on  a  good  work  at  Lawrenceville,  111. 

— A  new  house  of  worship  is  a  possibil- 
ity at  an  early  date  in  Ocean  Park,  near 
Los  Angeles,  Cai.,  where  we  have  a  small 
congregation. 

— John  Mullen  writes  us  that  W.  P.  Dor- 
sey,  of  Huntington,  W.  Va.,  is  holding  a 
meeting  at  Lowell,  O.,  with  Mrs.  Minnie 
Duck   as   singer. 

— The   price   of  the  new  book  of   F.   D. 
.  Power,    "Thoughts    of    Thirty    Years,"    is 
$1.00,  and  not  75  cents,  as  was  announced 
in  our  last  issue. 

— E.  W.  Yocum  reports  that  improve- 
ments have  been  made  on  the  church  at 
Mountain  View,  Mo.,  and  that  the  congre- 
gation there  is  at  work  in  earnest. 

— Joseph  Lowe,  having  been  compelled  to 
resign  on  account  of  ill  health,  James  Shar- 
rett  will,  for  the  present,  preach  for  the 
church  at  Rushville,  Kas. 

— There  has  been  a  big  meeting  at  San 
Jose,  Calif.,  where  J.  V.  Coombs  has  been  in 
charge.  The  latest  reports  indicate  that 
there  were  112  accessions  to  date. 

— President  Roosevelt  has  designated 
Thursday,  November  30,  as  a  day  for 
Thanksgiving.  The  Lord's  day  before 
Thanksgiving  day  is  rally  day  for  Home 
Missions. 

—The  work  at  Lowell,  Ind.,  under  A.  M. 


Hootman,  is  in  a  promising  condition.  The 
church  parsonage  has  been  remodeled,  and 
a  new  furnace  put  in  the  church  building, 
while  a  spirit  of  revival  pervades  the  com- 
munity. 

I'.  S.  Jlillman  has  been  visiting  Brother 
Baker's  church  at  Joplin  Mo.,  preaching 
twice  in  the  absence  of  the  pastor,  lie  re- 
ports good  congregations   and   both  of  our 

churches  in  that  city  active 

— G.  N.  Shishmanian,  our  mi-  ionai  1  for 
many  years  to  Turkey,  has  returned  to  this 
country  and  located  at  Lexington,  Ky.  lie 
reports  the  work  in  Turkey  as  still  continu- 
ing and  being  blessed  of  the  Lord. 

— J.  A.  Shoplaugh,  of  the  I '.road  way 
Christian  Church,  Pueblo,  Col.,  is  proving 
himself  an  energetic  worker  and  has  given 
satisfaction  to  the  congregation  over  which 
he  has  ministered  but  a  few  months. 

— J.  M.  Plummer  ha',  just  located  with 
the  church  at  Howard,  Kan.,  and  while  the 
church  is  not  strong  hj.  finds  the  members 
willing,  and  believes  he  will  like  his  new 
field  and  accomplish  some  good  there. 

— J.  H.  Burgess,  pastor  at  New  Haven, 
Mo.,  recently  ordained  tc  the  ministry  R.  C. 
Abrams,  of  St.  Clair,  Mo  Brother  Abrams 
has  been  principal  of  the  St.  Clair  schools, 
and  is  preaching  half-time  fo>"  the  church 
there. 

■ — W.  Henry  Jones,  who  some  months 
ago  took  a  Colorado  pastorate,  finds  the 
climate  there  doea  not  suit  him  and  he  has 
accepted  a  call  to  our  church  in  East  St. 
Louis,  where  L.  W.  McCreary  was  lately 
ministering. 

— After  a  month's  work  in  his  new  field 
at  Duluth,  Minn.,  Baxter  Waters  feels 
very  much  encouraged  about  the  prospects. 
It  is,  in  a  large  degree,  a  pioneer  church, 
there  being  none  other  ot  our  brotherhood 
nearer  than  150  miles. 

— Our  church  at  Holdenville,  I.  T.,  begins 
a  meeting  November  19,  with  the  new  pas- 
tor, R.  S.  Campbell.  Brother  Campbell 
held  a  meeting  in  his  late  church  last  year 
will  splendid  success.  Bert  I.  Bentley  will 
have  charge  of  the  singing. 

■ — J.  M.  Van  Horn  has  just  resigned  the 
pastorate  at  Worcester.  Mass.,  and  is  open 
to  engage  with  another  church.  Brother 
Van  Horn  is  one  of  the  tried  and  true,  and 
the  church  he  leaves  will  require  a  well- 
qualified  man,  for  it  is  in  a  verv  important 
field. 

— J.  W.  Towsy  has  resigned  his  work  at 
Goodland,  Kan.,  and  will  look  after  his 
financial  interests  in  the  Indian  Territory. 
His  present  address  is  Gons,  I.  T.,  but  he 
expects  to  be  back  in  Kansas  in  a  few 
months.  The  church  at  Goodland  will 
want  a  preacher. 

— Chalmers  McPherson,  who  is  to  read  a 
paper  before  the  Texas  Christian  lecture- 
ship on  "Christian  Liberty  and  Methods  of 
Christian  Service,"  gives  a  cordial  invita- 
tion to  all  the  conservative  brethren  who 
oppose  missionary  conventions  to  listen  to 
his  arguments. 

— Our  newly  established  church  at  Arte- 
sia,  New  Mexico,  has  secured  for  its  pastor 
E.  H.  Holmes,  of  Whitesboro,  Texas.  This 
organization  has  had  a  life  of  only  two 
years,  but  a  neat  church  building  has  been 
erected  and  the  membership  has  increased 
from  a  dozen  to  seventy-five. 

■ — J.  H.  Hardin  closed  his  pastorate  with 
the  church  at  Richmond,  Mo.,  last  Lord's 
day  and  his  residence  and  office  will  now 
be  in  Kansas  City,  where  he  should  be  ad- 
dressed at  311  Century  Building.  His 
whole  time  and  strength  will  now  be  de- 
voted to  pushing  the  Bible  school  work  of 
Missouri. 

— One  of  our  young  preachers,  now  a 
student  in  Union  Theological  Seminary, 
writes :  "Since  coming  to  the  seminary 
I  am  of  the  opinion  more  than  ever  that 
the  position  of  the  Disciples  of  Christ  is 
the  basis   toward   which   Protestant   Chris- 


WE  CAN  SHOW  YOU 

How  to  do  the  Lord's  work 
while  having  your  savings 
in  an  absolutely  safe  in- 
vestment, upon  which  there 
will  be  no  taxes  to  pay,  no 
change  of  securities,  no 
personal  oversight  re- 
quired, no  cost  of  mortgage 
records  or  foreclosures, 
and  upon  which  you  will 
net  a  larger  rate  of  inter- 
est than  in  any  other  in- 
vestment. If  you  are  a 
Christian  and  want  your 
money  to  work  for  Christ 
while  at  the  same  time  it 
supports  you,  write,  men- 
tioning this  paper,  to 

BENJAMIN  L.  SMITH, 

Corresponding  Sec'y  American 
Christian  Missionary   Society, 

CINCINNATI,  OHIO. 


■m  ^.imamiMitsiijBiBu^ii'f 


tendom  is  moving."  No  doubt  the  present 
tendency  is  to  simplify  the  creed  of  Chris- 
tianity to  Christ,  and  its  terms  of  fellow- 
ship to  submission  to  Him.  That  way  lies 
Christian   unity. 

— Our  church  at  Marion,  O.,  has  issued  a 
little  four-page  church  leaflet  which  not  only 
gives  the  most  interesting  facts  about  the 
church  work,  but  epitomizes  some  of  the 
general  news  of  the  brotherhood.  The  in- 
dication is  that  Brothei  Maple's  congrega- 
tion is  a  busy  one,  and  has  in  view  a  great 
work. 

— The  church  building  at  Mechanicsburg, 
111.,  is  being  repaired.  Among  the  im- 
provements are  a  new  turnac^,  new  roof, 
new  windows,  and  probably  a  new  piano 
will- be  added.  L.  A.  Chapman,  the  pastor, 
preached  in  the  Odd  Fellows'  Hall  while 
these  repairs  were  being  made.  A  large 
vocalion  has  been  adde-J  to  the  church  at 
Buffalo  recently. 

— We  have  received  a  number  of  com- 
munications requesting  the  address  of 
Pedro  Alvarado.  We  hardly  think  it  worth 
while,  ewn  if  we  could  answer  the  inquiry, 
for  we  can  assure  our  friends  that  they  are 
not  likely  to  be  able  to  influence  this  rich 
Catholic  Mexican  to  g^  into  any  philan- 
thropic or  other  enterprise  in  which  Ameri- 
cans and  Protestants  are  engaged. 

■ — W.  J.  Russell  has  been  having  a  tilt 
with  some  of  the  members  of  the  ministe- 
rial association  at  Frankfort,  Ind.  It  ap- 
pears that  these  preachers  have  been  criti- 
cizing some  positions  of  Brother  Russell, 
and  have  propounded  certain  questions.  A 
big  revival  is  going  on  in  his  church,  and 
there  have  been  60  additions  to  date.     On 


1492 

ihe    evening    of    Novembei    8    there    was    a 
g  demand   for  seats  and  the  church  was 

crowded,  it  having  been  announced  that 
Brother  Russell  would  reply  to  his  critics 
before  the  sermon.  We  may  have  space  in 
a  later  issue  to  give  some  portion  of  this 
reply. 

— The  -offering  for  Western  Pennsyl- 
vania missions  taken  h\  the  church  at 
Uniontown.  Pa.,  will  probably  amount  to 
>>v  or  more.  On  the  day  this  offering 
was  made  the  church  arranged  for  the  pur- 
chase of  a  $4,000  lot  adjoining  their  present 
property,  to  be  used  in  the  enlargement  of 
its  church  building  and  the  Bible  school 
department. 

— Crayton  Brooks  still  continues  his  pul- 
pit onslaughts  on  the  lawless  elements  in 
our  cities.  Me  has  recently  taken  part  in 
the  efforts  being  made  to  purge  Colorado 
Springs  of  its  ringsters  and  gamblers. 
Brother  Brooks  is  at  present  engaged  as 
one  of  the  evangelists  in  the  Pittsburg  cam- 
paign and  has  just  spoken  powerfully  in 
that  city  on  the  subject  of  civic  reform. 

— Some  of  our  smaller  contemporaries 
help  themselves  quite  freely  to  articles  in 
The  Christian-Evangelist  without  a  sign 
of  any  credit  to  the  paper  which  procured 
the   articles   and   paid   for  them.     We   will 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 

plan  would  be  to  make  a  clipping  from  the 

paper  and  send  it  to  us  in  an  envelope.  By 
following  these  suggestions  communica- 
tions can  be  handled  much  more  expedi- 
tiously. 

—Louis  S.  Cupp,  late  of  Platte  City,  Mo., 
has  purchased  a  home  in  Kansas  City  and 
writes  The  Christian-Evangelist  that 
"the  latch  string  is  out.''  His  first  month's 
work  for  the  Hyde  Park  Church  has  re- 
sulted in  17  additions,  and  the  brethren  are 
now  planning  for  a  great  thank-offering  for 
their  church  extension  loan.  The  debt  on 
the  building  is  about  $6,000  and  their  aim 
will  be  to  lift  this  as  soon  as  possible. 

Dr.  Errett  Gates  paid  a  visit  to  The 
Christian-Evangelist  office  on  his  return 
from  Kansas  City.  He  repot  ts  that  the 
$30,000,  which  he  has  been  seeking  to 
raise,  has  almost  been  realized.  Only 
$1,900  are  still  lacking  to  secure  the  pledge 
of  $15,000,  which  Brother  R.  A.  Long 
made.  This  fund  is  to  be  used  for  endow- 
ment, and  it  is  hoped  that  some  individual 
will  put  up  the  building  that  will  be  need- 
ed for  our  divinity  school  in  Chicago. 

— An  all-day  anniversary  meeting  has 
just  been  held  by  the  church  at  Albion, 
111.,  for  which  C.  C.  Garrigues  ministers. 
Nearly  $1,900   was   raised  during  the   past 


DR.  W.  E.  MACKLIN  AND  FAMILY,  NOW    ON  THE  OCEAN,  RETURNING  TO  THEIR 
MISSION  FIELD,  NANKIN,  CHINA. 


be  pleased  to  have  our  smaller  papers  use 
anything  in  our  columns  which  they  may 
find  available  to  their  purpose,  but  we  shall 
expect  the  usual  courtesy  of  proper  credit 
to  The  Christian-Evangelist. 

— A.  T.  Campbell  has  just  been  installed 
as  pastor  of  the  .Monroe  Street  Church, 
Chicago.  The  words  oi  Edward  A.  Ott, 
the  retiring  pastor,  seems  to  indicate  that 
he  is  giving  up  the  ministry.  We  trust 
that  he  will  yet  find  that,  as  bis  education 
was  for  the  ministry,  h?  will  yet  be  turned 
back  to  a  calling  that  is  higher  than  any 
other  and  in  which  we  believe  Brother  Ott 
could  yet  make  himself  very  useful. 

— We  make  two  requests  of  our  readers  : 
Please  address  all  communications  that  are 
not  strictly  personal,  but  are  intended  for 
The  Christian-Evangelist  to  "The  Ed- 
itor" and  not  to  individuals;  and  secondly, 
when  you  desire  to  call  our  attention  to 
something  in  a  newspaper  mark  the  news 
item  or  paragraph  distinctly.  We  simply 
have  not  time  to  wade  through  column  af- 
ter column  of  local  papers.     A   still  better 


year,  over  $580  being  for  improvements, 
and  more  than  $230  going  to  missionary 
causes.  The  membership  is  258,  with  a 
net  gain  of  18.  Brother  Garrigues  has  be- 
gun his  second  year,  with  an  increase  in 
salary.  An  evangelistic  meeting  is  planned 
to  begin  early  in  December. 

— The  Foreign  Society  is  preparing  to 
hold  a  series  of  rallies  in  Southern  Indiana, 
Southern  Illinois,  Tennessee  and  Kentucky 
during  the  month  of  December.  Further 
announcements  will  be  made  next  week. 
The  whole  months  of  January  and  Febru- 
ary will  be  occupied  with  rallies  in  differ- 
ent parts  of  the  country.  A  rally  may  be 
the  equal  of  a  national  convention  in  point 
of  interest  and  enthusiasm.  Those  who 
can  do  so  should  make  it  a  point  to  attend 
and   assist. 

— Jackson,  Ky.,  has  not  had  the  best  of 
reputation,  but  it  is  improving,  according  to 
W.  J.  Dodge,  who  writes  us  that  a  new, 
commodious,  substantial  Christian  church 
building  is  nearing  completion,  and  when 
the   financial    strain    is   ever   tht   prospects 


November  16,  1905 

for  a  good  work  will  De  greatly  multiplied. 
Those  willing  to  aid  in  this  needy  mission 
field  can  send  their  cheque  to  Brother 
Dodge,  or  O.  H.  Pollard,  or  to  the  Jackson 
Deposit  Bank. 

— Among  the  visitors  at  The  Christian- 
Evanglist  office  during  the  past  week  were 
F.  M.  Rains,  Dr.  W.  T.  Moore,  J.  G. 
McNutt,  of  Newman,  Hi. ;  I.  H.  Fuller, 
of  La  Monte,  Mo.;  T.  N.  Kincaid,  of 
Hot  Springs,  Ark.;  J.  G.  Lewis,  of  Tay- 
lorsville.  111. ;  E.  J.  Fenstermacher.  of 
Clintonville,  Ky. ;  T.  N.  Myers,  of  Lex- 
ington, Ky. ;  W.  C.  Pcrigo,  late  of  New 
Hartford,  111.,  and  W.  W.  Wharton,  of 
Winchester,  111.  The  two  latter  brethren 
are  open  for  meetings  cr  another  pastor- 
ate. We  were  delighted  to  greet  these 
brethren. 

— Bro.  O.  L.  Lyon,  whose  sermon  we  re- 
cently published,  giving  the  reasons  for  his 
change  of  church  affiliations,  has  received 
and  accepted  a  unanimous  call  from  the 
church  at  Newman,  111.,  where  he  begins 
his  labors  January  1.  He  writes :  "I  am 
quite  happy  in  my  new  relations.  I  have 
enjoyed  a  freedom  and  a  fellowship  almost 
unknown  to  me  before.  I  only  desire  to 
be  used  for  the  advancement  of  the  Mas- 
ter's kingdom.  I  wish  The  Christian- 
Evangelist  great  success.  Every  week  for 
three  years  I  have  read  it  with  much  pleas- 
and  profit." 

— The  Foreign  Society  has  issued  an  edi- 
tion of  Dr.  Rijnhart's  book,  entitled,  "With 
the  Tibetans,  in  Tent  and  Temple."  Presi- 
dent McGarvey  states  that  no  missionary 
document  that  he  has  ever  read  has  stirred 
him  as  this  book  has  stirred  him.  Sir  Wil- 
liam Muir,  then  the  principal  of  Edinboro 
University,  issued  a  pamphlet  about  this 
book  when  it  first  appeared,  calling  atten- 
tion to  its  merits  and  urging  people  to  buy 
and  read  it.  The  first  edition  of  this  book 
cost  $1.50.  The  special  edition  is  sold  for 
50  cents  and  the  postage,  which  amounts 
to  12  cents.  Orders  may  be  sent  with  the 
cash  to  F.  M.  Rains,  Box  884,  Cincinnati, 
Ohio. 

— Excavations  have  been  begun  for  a 
new  church  building  at  Armington,  111.  It 
is  to  cost  $10,000.  L.  E.  Chase,  the  min- 
ister, writes  that  it  is  a  time  of  great  re- 
joicing, as  the  work  has  been  hindered  for 
years  for  lack  of  room.  He  speaks  very 
highly  of  his  membership,  and  the  brethren 
taking  a  joyful  part  in  all  the  missionary 
offerings.  The  church  was  never  more 
prosperous  than  at  present.  They  have  just 
enjoyed  a  week  of  Bibie  stud}  under  the 
direction  of  Knox  P.  Taylor,  the  state 
Bible  school  evangelist. 

— We  have  received  notice  of  the  mar- 
riage of  M.  A.  Hart,  pastor  of  our  church 
at  Fulton,  Mo.,  and  Miss  Nell  Barker,  of 
Rockland,  Me.  Brother  Hart  is  one  of 
the  Christian-Evangelist  Special  party  to 
the  coast  and  we  wondered  why  some  of 
the  young  ladies  of  that  party  did  not  cap- 
ture him,  for  he  seemed  to  us  worth  mak- 
ing a  captive.  The  explanation  has  now 
come  to  hand.  Brother  Hart  was  already 
captured,  and  we  rejoice  that  so  promising 
a  young  man  has  found  a  woman  who 
seems  peculiarly  fitted  to  be  a  helpmeet 
in  his  work.  His  bride  was  one  of  the 
faculty  of  William   Woods   College. 

— Adam  K.  Adcock  has  closed  his  work 
at  Jackson,  O.,  and  has  entered  upon  the 
pastorate  at  Tiffin,  O.  Brother  Adcock  is 
a  Tennessean  by  birth  and  was  educated  in 
that  state,  though  he  subsequently  studied 
at  Kentucky  University  and  at  Kimberlin. 
Most  of  his  ministerial  life,  however,  has 
been  spent  in  Ohio.  His  ministry  at  Jack- 
son extended  over  two  years,  and  judging 
by  the  splendid  reception  given  him  and 
his  wife  and  the  kind  things  said  of  them 
on  their  farewell,  Brother  Adcock  has 
made  a  deep  impression  on  the  church 
members  and  the  citizens.  He  himself 
writes :  "They  sent  me  away  with  more 
faith   in   the   human   race   and   more   confi- 


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dence  in  myselt,  and  yet  with  an  humble 
spirit.  1  love  those  to  whom  I  have  min- 
istered by  God's  blessing.  May  we  ^meet 
in  His  presence!  Our  new  field  at  Tiffin 
is  promising  and  we  look  forward  to  lots 
of  hard   work  and  success." 

—Mrs.  Howard  T.  Crce,  of  Augusta,  Ga., 
writes  :  "I  must  tell  you  how  much  I  en- 
joy the  Easy  Chair.  I  read  your  paper 
eagerly  each  week.  This  fall,  when  we  came 
home  from  our  summer's  vacation,  it  was  a 
great  pleasure  to  read  of  the  trip  of  the 
'Special'  to  California  and  it  was  some- 
what of  a  compensation  for  being  deprived 
of  going.  Mr.  Cree  and  I  felt  almost  like 
we  had  been  with  you." 

— We  have  received  the  second  copy  of 
•'The  Berean  Helper,"  published  monthly  at 
Oenaville,  Texas,  by  Thomas  J.  Easterwood. 
IUis  a  small  four-page  paper;  price,  25c  a 
year.  Its  special  object  is  to  encourage  Bible 
study.  The  object  is  a  worthy  one.  Brother 
Easterwood's  brethren  should  help  him  to 
secure  a  printing  office  where  the  paper 
could  be  better  printed,  and  the  editor 
should  give  some  plan  of"  Bible,  study,  and 
suggest  some  books  that  would  help  his 
readers  in  the  work.  We  wish  him 'success 
in  the  worthy  undertaking. 

— Horace  Siberell  writes  that  John  S. 
Zeran,  who  has  until  recently  been  engaged 
in  business,  has  felt  a  call  to  go  into  the 
more  active  service  of  the  ministry  in  which 
he  will  be  assisted  by  the  musical  ability 
of  his  wife.  They  already  have  a  number 
of  calls  for  meetings  and  with  their  ability 
and  the  experience  they  have  already  had  in 
religious  work  they  should  prove  valuable 
servants  in  the  ministry  of  the  Lord. 
Brother  Zeran  may  be  addressed  at  Farm- 
ington,  Mo. 

— R.  S.  Smedley,  of  Geaiy,  Okla.,  dedicat- 
ed the  Fairview  church  at  Sand  Creek,  Grant 
county,  and  raised  all  the  indebtedness,  so 
that  the  loan  will  now  be  returned  to  the 
Church  Extension  Board.  Brother  Smed- 
ley, who  has  been  a  living-link  evangelist 
under  the  Home  Board,  has  resigned  that 
position  and  will  now  preach  half  time  for 
Hitchcock  and  build  churches  and  hold 
meetings  the  rest  of  the  time.  He  solicits 
correspondence  which  may  be  addressed  to 
him  at  Geary. 

— "The  New  Church  Messenger"  reports 
the  coming  into  the  fellowship  of  the  New 
Jerusalem  Church  from  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  of  Professor  Eben  Fish 
and  wife,  of  Lakewood,  O.  In  his  letter 
giving  reasons  for  his  step,  Professor  Fish 
gives,,  among  others,  the  fact  that  the  dis- 
cipline practically  declares  for  infallibility, 
in  providing  that  no  articles  of  religion  or 
rules  of  doctrine  "contrary  to  our  present 
existing  and  established  standards  of  doc- 
trines" shall  be  passed  by  the  general  con- 
ference. 

— The  University  of  Missouri  has  ar- 
ranged for  a  series  of  Sunday  evening  ser- 
mons to  be  delivered  this  winter  in  the 
university  auditorium  by  some  twenty 
prominent  ministers  of  various  churches. 
The  importance  of  having  a  strong  church 
and  preacher  in  university  towns  was  one 
of  the  points  urged  in  the  conference  at 
Urbana,  reported  in  a  recent  issue.  We  are 
glad  that  at  Columbia  we  have  this.  The 
membership  of  the  church  there,  as  report- 
ed by  Brother  Winders  in  our  evangelistic 
columns,  is  now  one  thousand.  In  this  con- 
nection it  may  be  of  interest  if  we  state 
that  Dr.  Jones,  now  acting  president  of  the 
state  university,  and  himself  a  Presbyte- 
rian, has  just  been  urging  the  meeting  of 
the  synod  of  that  body  to  devise  some  meth- 
od by  which  the  three  hundred  Presbyterian 
students  at  the  university  can  be  brought 
under  the  influence  of  the  church.  It  is 
being  suggested  that  the  Presbyterians  of 
the  state  erect  a  guild  house  near  the  uni- 
versity. 


New  Church  for  St.  Louis. 

The  dedication  of  the  chapel  of  the 
Union  Avenue  Church,  St.  Louis,  took 
place  last  Lord's  day.  F  M.  Rains  preached 
an  admirable  sermon  in  the  morning,  and 
then  proceeded  to  raise  pledges  and  gifts 
10  free  the  property  of  the  debt  of  $6,000, 
and  at  the  same  time  secure  enough  money 
to  warrant  the  congregation  in  going  for- 
ward with  the  completion  of  the  main 
auditorium.  There  was  a  fine  Sunday 
school  rally  prior  to  the  morning  service. 
The  total  cost  of  the  contemplated  building 
will  perhaps  be  over  $70,000,  but  it  is  not 
expected  that  more  than  $60,000  will  im- 
mediately be  put  into  the  plant,  as  the 
erection  of  the  steeple  and  some  other  de- 
tails can  be  completed  at  a  later  date. 
Many  of  the  brethren  who  had  made 
pledges  covering  a  period  of  five  years 
when  the  chapel  was  begun  extended  their 
pledges  from  two  to  five  years  longer  and 
other  new  pledges  were  taken,  payable  over 
a  period  of  five  years.  After  some  four 
or  five  thousand  dollar  had  been  added 
at  the  dedicatory  exercises  in  the  afternoon 
to  the  promises  made  in  the  morning,  the 
amount  totalled  up  $34,000,  and  the  officers 
feel  now  that  they  can  go  ahead  in  the  erec- 
tion of  what  promises  to  be  one  of  the  most 
complete  and  handsome  church  edifices  in 
the  west.  A  union  communion  service  was 
held  prior  to  the  dedication,  Dr.  W.  T. 
Moore,  of  Columbia,  Mo.,  offering  the  dedi- 
catory prayer,  and  S.  R.  Maxwell  and  Dr. 
J.  H.  Garrison  returning  thanks  for  the 
emblems.  In  the  evening  the  pastor.  Dr. 
J.  M.  Philputt  preached,  his  theme  being 
"The  Right  Putting  of  Emphasis."  Special 
music  was  rendered  at  all  the  services,  and 
the  day  was  a  very  joyful  one  to  the  mem- 
bers of  this  congregation  and  their  friends. 
It  should  be  noted  that  ^here  were  no  very 
large  individual  contributions,  the  largest, 
we  believe,  being  $3,000,  while  quite  a  num- 
ber of  children  contributed  pledges  of  $25. 

A  Visit  to  Drury. 

The  editor  of  The  Christian-Evan- 
gelist had  the  pleasure  last  week  of  accom- 
panying a  large  party  of  the  trustees  and 
friends  of  Drury  College  from  this  city  to 
Springfield,  Mo.,  on  the  occasion  of  the  in- 
stallation of  their  new  president,  Dr. 
J.  Edward  Kirbye,  D.  D.  It  was  a  great 
occasion.  There  was  an  imposing  proces- 
sion made  up  of  the  faculty  of  the  college, 
the  board  of  trustees,  visiting  delegates 
from  other  colleges,  local  ministers  and 
other  friends  of  the  institution,  across  the 
campus  from  Fairbanks  Hall  to  Stone 
Chapel,  where  the  installation  exercises 
were  held.  An  able  address  was  delivered 
in  the  forenoon  by  Rev.  Stephen  M.  New- 
man, D.  D.,  pastor  of  the  First  Congrega- 
tional Church,  Washington,  D.  C.  Greet- 
ings were  extended  in  a  very  happy  manner 
by  Rev.  Frank  E.  Jenkins,  D.  D.,  Atlanta 
Theological  Seminary ;  Rev.  Wm.  M.  Jones, 
Ph.  D.,  Hyde  Park  Church,  St.  Louis,  rep- 
resenting the  churches  of  Missouri ;  Chan- 
cellor W.  S.  Chaplin,  LL.  D.,  of  Washing- 
ton University.  Professor  Edward  M. 
Shepard,  dean  of  Drury  College,  presiding. 
In  the  afternoon  other  greetings  were  ex- 
tended by  J.  T.  Woodruff  in  behalf  of  the 
city  of  Springfield,  and  by  Mr.  Alfred  Page 
in  behalf  of  the  alumni ;  R.  B.  Howland, 
representing  the  students,  and  Professor 
A.  P.  Hall,  representing  the  faculty.  Pres- 
ident-elect Dr.  Kirbye  then  delivered  a  very 
strong  inaugural  address  on  "Democracy 
and  the  College."  Both  the  speaker  and 
the  speech  were  received  with  great  en- 
thusiasm by  the  large  audience.  The  pre- 
siding officer.  Professc  F.  A.  Hall,  of 
Washington  University,  then  in  behalf  of 
the  trustees  made  a  brief  address  and 
turned  over  the  charter  and  key  of  the  in- 
stitution of  the  newly  elected  president  and 
introduced  him  to  the  audience  as  the  duly 
installed  president  of  Drury. 

Our  Congregationaiist  brethren,   under 


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whose  supervision  Drury  has  been  estab- 
lished and  is  being  conducted,  have  borne 
a  leading  part  in  Christian  education  in 
this  country.  From  the  landing  of  the  May- 
flower to  the  present  time  they  have  been 
zealous  advocates  of  education,  and  of  that 
kind  of  education  which  makes  for  Chris- 
tian character.  They  manifest  a  most  com- 
mendable interest  in  their  institutions  of 
learning.  It  is  not  every  religious  body 
that  could  have  gathered  a  whole  car-load 
of  busy  men  to  go  across  the  state  to  at- 
tend the  inauguration  of  a  college  presi- 
dent, and  by  their  presence  encourage  the 
school  in  its  work.  It  has  been  a  most 
fortunate  thing  for  the  great  region  of  the 
southwest  that  Drury  College  \vQs  planted 
at  the  time  and  place  that  it  was,  for 
throughout  all  this  region  it  is  exercising 
a  most  beneficent  influence,  and  we  trust 
it  is  at  the  beginning  of  a  new  era  of  de- 
velopment under  the  young  and  able  presi- 
dent. The  institution  is  decidedly  Chris- 
tian in  tone  and  non-sectarian  in  spirit. 


A  Red  Letter  Day. 

Monday,  November  6,  was  a  red  letter 
day  with  the  Christian  ministers  of  St 
Louis.  The  Christian  Publishing  Com- 
pany, at  their  own  expense,  have  fitted  up 
a  beautiful  and  commodious  room  in  their 
new  building  especially  for  the  ministers' 
meetings.  We  occupied^  it  for  the  first 
time  on  the  above  date.  Dr.  Garrison,  in  a 
few  chosen  words,  presented  the  room, 
completely  furnished,  lighted  and  heated. 
The  rising  expression  of  appreciation  which 
followed  was  something  more  than  a  for- 
mal vote  of  thanks.  But  more  surprises 
were  to  follow.  After  the  morning  pro- 
gram, which  included  an  able  and  inter- 
esting paper  from  Bro.  J.  S.  Hughes,  of 
Chicago,  we  were  invited  downstairs  to  a 
beautiful  banquet  prepared  by  the  young 
ladies  of  the  Christiax-Evax^ilist  staff. 
Eighteen  hungry  ministers  never  spent  a 
busier  hour.  Every  soul  was  satisfied.  Im- 
promptu toasts  followed,  closing  with  a  few 
forceful  words  from  Dr.  Garrison  on  the 
place  of  emphasis  in  th-:  work  of  the  min- 
ister today — the  deepening  of  the  spiritual 
life  and  the  recognition  and  understanding 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


Novembek  16,  1905 


of  the  importance  and  work  of  the  Holy 
Spirit.  We  sang  "Blest  Be  the  Tie  That 
Binds."  and  all  felt  the  occasion  marked 
an  epoch  in  the  history  of  our  work  in  this 
city — the  passing  of  isolation,  every  fel- 
low for  himself,  and  the  dawn  of  the  new 
and  better  day  of  mutual  sympathy  and  co- 
operation in  the  great  problems  that  con- 
front OS.  JAMES  M.  Philputt, 
President  St.  Louis  Ministerial  Associa- 
tion. 

The  Pittsburg  Campaign. 

Special  to  The   Christian-Evangelist. 

Pittsburg,  Pa..  Nov.  13. — Reports  to 
date,  with  several  incomplete  and  others 
missing,  show  the  following  additions  to 
the  churches:  Allegheny,  First,  141;  Ob- 
servatory Hill,  10;  Shady  Avenue,  26;  Bell- 
evue.  23;  Braddock,  7;  Carnegie,  11;  Graf- 
ton. 3 ;  Homestead,  67 ;  McKee's  Rocks,  61 ; 
Belmar,  48;  Central,  48,  East  End,  12; 
Fourth  Church,  16;  Herron  Hill,  8;  Knox- 
ville,  36;  Squirrel  Hill,  20;  Turtle  Creek, 
16;  Wilkinsburg,  42;  Connellsville,  70; 
Charleroi.  14;  Washington,  First,  61; 
Washington,  Second,  4;  Duquesne,  4;  Can- 
nonsburg,  4;  Pittsburg,  First  23.  Total, 
774.  W.  A.   Warren,  Secretary. 

#      © 

Dedication  at  Athens,    West    Virginia. 

It  was  my  privilege  to  dedicate  the  new 
and  beautiful  house  of  worship  at  Athens, 
W.  Va.  We  raised  money  to  provide  for 
all  the  indebtedness  against  it.  Athens  is 
the  seat  of  the  West  Virginia  Normal 
College.  It  was  a  great  pleasure  to  form 
the  acquaintance  of  the  president  and  many 
members  of  the  faculty.  The  cause  of 
primitive  Christianity  is  making  very  satis- 
factory advancement  in  that  part  of  West 
Virginia.  L    L.  Carpenter. 

IVabash,  Ind. 

Dedication  at  Sherman,  Texas. 

The  new  building  of  the  Central  Chris- 
tion  Church,  Sherman,  Texas,  was  opened 
to  the  public  October  22,  1905.  R.  R.  Ham- 
lin, pastor  of  First  Christian  Church,  Fort 
Worth,  preached  the  opening  sermon,  and 
Leonard  Dougherty,  of  Louisville,  Ky.,  had 
charge  of  the  music. 

Actual  work  was  begun  on  the  building 
last  January.  It  is  buil!  of  buff-colored 
brick.  The  appointments  of  the  house  are 
modern  in  every  way. 

The  membership  of  the  congregation  is 
400.  The  pastors  preceding  the  present  one 
were  Harry  Hamilton,  B.  F.  Wilson  and 
J.  W.  Holsapple.  The  plans  for  the  new 
building  were  adopted,  and  the  subscriptions 
taken  in  the  pastorate  of  J.  W.  Holsapple, 
who  was  with  the  church  about  five  years. 
The  present  pastor,  J.  H.  Fuller,  came  in 
March,  1904.  Evangelists  Hamlin  and 
Dougherty  are  remaining  with  the  church 
for  a  few  weeks  in  a  meeting.  All  indica- 
tions point  to  a  great  success.  Harmony, 
fellowship  and  spirituality  are  the  factors 
making  the  outlook  so  rich  and  fine. 

A  Profitable   Debate. 

A  very  unique  entertainment  was  pro- 
i  at  the  Compton  Heights  Christian 
Church,  St.  Louis,  on  November  3,  in  the 
form  of  a  missionary  d.bate.  The  members 
of  the  Intermediate  Socr-ty  of  Christian  En- 
or  challenged  those  of  the  Senior  or- 
ganization, and  their  arguments  were  pre- 
sented and  sustained  in  such  a  manner  as  to 
win  the  decision  in  their  favor  two  to  one. 
The  question  as  discussed  was,  "Resolved, 
That,  at  the  present  time,  the  foreign  mis- 
sion field  needs  our  help  more  than  the 
home  field,"  the  Intermediates  taking  the 
affirmative,  and  the  Seniors  the  negative. 

Both  phases  were  well  presented,  neither 
side  denying  the  need  of  wo~k  in  its  op- 
ponent's field,  but  each  contending  for  im- 
mediate help.     Two  of  Hie  strongest  argu- 


ments given  by  the  negatives  were,  "The 
light  that  shines  brightest  at  home  shines 
farthest  abroad,"  and  "Save  America  for 
the  world's  sake ;"  and  two  arguments  as 
given  in  rebuttal  were,  "People  are  dying 
unsaved  in  America,  not  for  lack  of 
churches,  but  in  spite  of  them,"  and  "Save 
the  world  for  Christ's  sake."  Besides  the 
oral  presentation  of  their  theme,  the  Inter- 
mediates made  charts,  placards  and  mot- 
toes, and  had  these,  together  with  a  map  of 
the  world  showing  comparative  religions 
and  heathendom,  hung  in  very  conspicuous 
places.  The  Juniors  added  much  to  the 
pleasure  of  the  occasion  by  singing  "We 
for  Christ  and  Christ  for  All,"  and  Harold 
West  recited  inost  beautifully  the  story  of 
"The   Two   Mitts." 

Altogether  it  was  a  very  instructive  and 
profitable  evening  and  one  that  may  be  sug- 
gestive to  other  organizations.  The  prep- 
aration for  such  an  intelligent  presentation 
of  these  great  topics  must  help  to  extend 
Christ's  kingdom  both  at  home  and  abro,ad. 


That  Free  Gift. 

We  are  glad  to  learn  that  a  number  of 
our  readers  are  availing  themselves  of  our 
offer  of  volumes  of  the  New  Christian 
Quarterly  for  1895  and  1896  as  a  free 
gift,   on  the   following  conditions : 

Any  one  sending  us  a  new  subscriber  to 
The  Christian-Evangelist  at  the  regular 
price  of  $1.50,  or  who  renews  his  own  sub- 
scription for  the  year  at  the  same  price,  will 
be  entitled  to  either  one  of  these  volumes, 
the  price' of  which  is  $2.00. 

Anyone  sending  us  two  new  subscribers 
and  $3.00,  or  renewing  His  ozvn  subscription 
for  a  year  and  sending  us  one  new  sub- 
scriber, and  $3.00,  will  be  entitled  to  both 
volumes. 

As  to  the  contents  of  these  volumes  see 
our  issue  of  October  19.  The  gift  is  abso- 
lutely free,  as  the  paper  is  put  at  the  regu- 
lar price.  These  valuable  volumes  should 
be   exhausted    at    once. 

Ministerial  Exchange. 

The  church  at  Rockport,  Mo.,  is  in  need 
of  a  good,  active  pastor.  Moderate  salary. 
Address,  F.  A.  Sizemore,  Rockport. 

E.  B.  Barnes,  of  Noblesville,  Ind.,  has 
open  dates  for  December  and  February. 
He  would  be  glad  to  hear  from  churches 
desiring  meetings  in  those  months.  E.  E. 
Nelms,  singing  evangelist,  has  an  open  date 
for  December.  He  may  be  addressed  at 
Casey,  111. 

Lawrence  Wright,  evangelist,  Des  Moines, 
Iowa,  who  has  done  evangelistic  work  ex- 
clusively for  fifteen  years,  can  be  had  for 
meetings.  His  brother,  Edward,  who  has 
been  his  singer  for  years,  has  decided  to 
enter  upon  the  work  of  pastor.  This  caused 
the  cancelation  of  their  dates  arranged  far 
ahead.  Here  is  a  valuable  man.  Put  him  to 
work. 

J.  L.  McDonald,  Snow  Hill,  Md.,  a  man 
of  ability  and  ripe  experience,  can  be  had 
for  a  pastorate  or  for  meetings. 

Miss  Edna  Kendall,  3807  Lake  avenue, 
Chicago,  111.,  desires  work  as  singing  evan- 
gelist. Her  record  is  good  as  a  gospel 
singer. 

D.  R.  Francis  and  wife,  Sullivan,  Ind., 
will  enter  the  evangelistic  field  about  Jan- 
uary 1.  Brother  Francis  is  an  usually  gifted 
speaker,  and  he  and  Sister  Francis  sing 
gospel  solos  with  unusual  power.  You  will 
make  no  mistake  to  call  them  to  your  as- 
sistance. 

The  church  at  Grand  Junction,  Col., 
would  be  glad  to  hear  from  any  good  strong 
man  who  is  looking  for  a  new  field,  as  we 
are  without  a  preacher.  Write  F.  C.  John- 
son, church  clerk. 

Wanted — Superintendent  of  Bible  schools 
in  Oklahoma.  Applicants  should  state  what 
preparations  they  have  made  for  such  work, 
and  what  experience  they  have  had.  Some 
one  is  wanted  who  will  take  the  field  with 


WEEKLY  GIVING  CALENDAR  SYSTEM 

For  Church  Collections. 

This  is  certainly  the  best  method  ever  invented 
for  managing  church  finances. 

C.  R  Albee,  Treas.  Christian  Church,  Jefferson, 
la. 

A  decided  success,  we  have  used  this  t  ystem  for 
two  years  and  offerings  have  increased  more  than 
fifty  per  cent.  F.  E.  Mallory, 

Minister  Third  Christian  ChurcO,  Topeka,  Kan. 

Hundreds  of  churches  have  doubled  their  offer- 
ings by  the  use  of  our  attractive  Calendar  System 
of  Finance.    Samples    mailed  on^receipt  of  your 
request. 

C.  C.  PURINTON,  Publisher,  Boone,  Iowa. 
Mention  the  paper. 


a  view  to  devoting  a  number  of  years,  in 
organizing  and  building  up  the  work.  Ad- 
dress, Dick  T.  Morgan,  president  Territorial 
Board,  Woodland,  Okla. 

N.  Rollo  Davis  desires  to  correspond 
with  churches  near  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  that 
want  a  pastor  for  part  or  full  time,  for 
1906.  He  may  be  addressed  at  211  North 
Twenty-first  street,  St.  Joseph. 

B.  E.  Youtz  and  son,  R.  O.  Youtz,  are 
open  for  meetings  after  January  I,  1906. 
Terms  reasonable.  Song  books  furnished 
free.  Address  1222  Twenty-eighth  street, 
Des   Moines,   Iowa. 

Wanted :  To  correspond  with  a  Brother 
who  can  lead  congregat,onal  singing  and 
would  like  to  locate  in  a  mild  climate.  Ad- 
dress J.  T.  Boone,  pastor  First  Christian 
Church,  Jacksonville,  Fla 

The  Christian  Church  of  Atoka,  I.  T., 
is  at  present  without  a  pastor.  The  con- 
gregation owns  a  good  house,  well  fur- 
nished, out  of  debt;  can  pay  reasonable 
salary.  A  great  field  for  work ;  town  grow- 
ing rapidly  and  substantially.  Address 
L  Langford,  Atoka,  I.  T. 

Miss  Gertrude  Maxweli  will  re-enter  the 
evangelistic  field  as  chorus  leader  and  solo- 
ist. I  commend  her  to  pastors  holding  their 
own  meetings.  Address  her  at  Kokomo, 
Ind.     J.  H.  MacNeill. 

W.  W.  Wharton  is  open  for  meetings,  or 
a  regular  pastorate.  H  N  may  be  addresed 
at  Winchester,  111. 

W.  C.  Perigo  may  be  engaged  for  evan- 
gelistic meetings,  or  as  pastor.  Address 
him  at  New  Hartford,  III. 


Another  Call  to  Texas. 

During  the  past  few  months  I  have  is- 
sued a  request  that  all  persons  in  every 
congregation  of  Disciples  in  Texas  furnish 
me  with  a  complete  list  of  their  church 
membership,  etc.  This  is  a  very  important 
matter  and  I  hope  some  brother  or  sister 
in  each  of  our  congregations  will  at  once 
volunteer  to  look  after  this  work.  Just 
write  me  a  card  saying  you  will  do  the  work 
and  a  supply  of  blanks  will  be  sent.  So 
far  as  possible,  I  would  like  for  these  re- 
ports to  be  made  up  to  January  1,  1906,  and 
mailed  to  me  immediately  thereafter.  May 
I  not  have  a  ready  response  to  this  request 
from  all  over  the  state?       Clement  Few. 

State  Statistician. 


Changes. 

Gregg,  Samuel — Farlin,  to  Jefferson,  Iowa. 

Holmes,  E.  H. — Whitesboro,  Texas,  to  Ar- 
tesia,  New  Mexico. 

Hardin,  J.  H. — Richmond,  to  921  Prospect 
street,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Macy,  F.  D — Spencer,  to  1507  Twenty-sev- 
enth street,  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

Slater,  William  B. — Lancaster,  to  Green- 
wich, Ohio. 

Wise,  G.  W. — Monroe,  to  Leesville,  La. 

SEND  FOR  OUR  HOLIDAY  CATALOG. 

Christian    Publishing  Company, 

St.  Louis. 


November  ir>,  1905 


THE  CiIKISTIAN-HVAN(;KJJ>T. 


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NEWS    FROM    MANY   FIELDS 


North  Carolina. 

Last  Lord's  day  morning  we  had  one 
added  by  letter,  the  first  since  my  work 
began  here.  At  night  I  preached  a  special 
sermon  to  young  men,  and  neaily  every  scat 
in  the  audience  room  wis  filled.  I  will  con- 
tinue a  series  to  young  women  next  Lord's 
day  evening;  a  sermon  lattr  to  children  and 
others. 

The  preachers  have  j  union  meeting  at 
the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  There  were  ten  present 
lasl  Monday.  They  received  me  very  cor- 
dially, and  elected  me  a  member  of  the  as- 
sociation. There  is  a  devotional  spirit; 
each  meeting  is  opened  with  a  hymn,  scrip- 
ture reading  and  prayer.  On  Lord's  day 
at  4  p.  M.,  there  was  an  anniversary  service 
at  the  city  hospital.  Most  of  the  preachers 
participated,  the  writer  being  called  .  upon 
to  make  one  of  the  addresses. 

Salem  is  an  old  town,  and  the  scat  of  a 
Moravian  academy.  Some  of  the  build- 
ings are  more  than  one  hundred  years  old. 
Bishop  Rondthaler,  who  came  here  from 
Philadelphia  28  years  ago,  was  for  years 
the  principal.  He  still  does  some  teaching. 
He  is  prominent  in  all  good  works  in  the 
Twin  Cities.  Winston  is  the  newer  part, 
and  the  business  section. 

President  Roosevelt  was  given  a  great 
reception  at  the  state  fair  at  Raleigh.  He 
was  to  have  been  entertained  by  Governor 
Glenn,  but  the  death  of  the  governor's 
brother,  who  was  also  his  private  secretary, 
caused  a  change  in  the  program.  The  gov- 
ernor's home  is  in  Winston,  on  the  same 
street  and  about  a  square  from  my  church. 

From  my  former  field  I  learn  of  the  suc- 
cessful dedication  of  the  church  at  Waynes- 
boro, Pa.,  by  B.  L.  Smith,  on  Oct.  8th. 
Pledges  for  the  full  indebtedness,  $825, 
Avere  secured.  They  have  not  yet  secured  a 
preacher.  Brother  Smith,  writes :  "I  think 
the  Waynesboro  church  building  is  one  of 
the  prettiest  buildings  I  have  seen  in  many 
a  day's  travel." 

J.  A.  Hopkins. 

Il'inston-Salcm,  X.  C. 


Kentucky. 

A  number  of  revivals  are  now  in  prog- 
ress throughout  the  state.  The  gospel  is 
being  favorably  heard,  and  many  souls  are 
turning  to  Christ. 

Evangelist  James  Sainil,  with  W.  E.  M. 
Hackleman  as  leader  of  song,  is  in  the  midst 
of  a  splendid  meeting  with  the  Broadway 
Church,  Lexington.     At.  this  writing  there 

'  have     been      about      sixty     additions. 

H.  D.  C.Machlachlan,  of  Shelbyville,  is  as- 
sisting H.  H.  Lloyd  in  3  meeting  with  the 

church  at  Lagrange. C.  J.  Armstrong,  of 

Winchester,  is  assisting  in  the  meetings  now 
in  progress  in  Greater  Pittsburg. 

W.  H.  Allen  has  resigned  at  the  Chest- 
nut Street  Church,  Lexington,  to  accept  a 
call  to  the  Jackson  Street  Chinch,  Muncie, 
Ind.,  and  expects  to  begin  work  in  his  new 
field  about  December  1.  We  are  indeed 
sorry  to  see  him  leave  Lexington,  where  he 
has  done  such  good  work.  Pie  is  one  of 
our  most  useful  men. 

The  Central  Church,  Lexington,  has  just 
been  handsomely  frescoed.  While  the  church 
was  closed  for  these  repairs,  the  congrega- 
tion held  regular  services  m  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
building.  This  congregation  is  prospering 
greatly  under  the  faithfal  ministry  of  I.  J. 
Spencer. 

S.  Boyd  White  has  resigned  at  Falmouth 
and  is  already  at  work  in  his  new  field  at 
Mt.  Healthy,  Ohio.  We  regret  to  see  him 
leave  "Ole  Kaintuck." 

Joseph  Severance,  of  Georgetown,  has 
just  closed  a  good  meeting  with  the  church 
at  Willard,  Carter  county. The  meeting 


at  the  Clifton  Church,  Louisville,  under  the 
leadership  of  C.  B.  Newnan,  of  Indianapolis, 
closed  with  sixteen  additions.  Thad  S. 
Tinsley  is  the  faithful  pastor  of  this  congre- 
gation.  D.    F.    Stafford,    of    the    Third 

Church,  Louisville,  has  just  closed  an  ex- 
cellent meeting  at  Tyrone,  Anderson  county. 

J.  A.  I  lolton  is  in  a  meeting  with  "home 

forces"  at  St.  Mathews,  near  I.ouisville.- 


Thc  meeting  at  North  Pleasureville,  in 
which  the  minister,  George  C.  Waggoner, 
was    assisted   by    Evangelist    Simpson    Ely, 

closed   with   48  additions,  20  baptisms. 

J.  Murray  Taylor,  recenty  of  Washington, 
D.  C,  has  just  closed  a  successful  meeting 
with  the  church  at  Stamping  Ground,  Scott 
county,  which  resulted  in  42  additions,  22 
by  baptism. 

The  church  here  at  Midway  has  just  been 
newly  frescoed,  painted,  etc.,  and  now  pre- 
sents quite  an  attractive  appearance.  We 
were  all  greatly  rejoiced  at  having  11  acces- 
sions at  our  regular  services  on  last  Sun- 
day. Eight  of  these  were  by  confession 
and  baptism.  George  W.  Kemper. 

Midway,  Ky. 

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Nebraska. 

It  is  a  sad  duty  we  have  to  chronicle 
the  death  of  Bro.  A.  A.  Adams'  wife.  No 
details  have  reached  this  office.  Brother 
Adams  will  have  the  deep  sympathy  of  all 
his  brethren. 

The  following  record  of  the  work  at 
Peru,  under  the  leadership  of  J.  D.  For- 
syth, for  the  first  four  weeks,  speaks  well : 
Twelve  added  by  letter,  four  by  baptism 
and  one  confessor  to  be  baptized.  Brother 
Forsyth  is  taking  a  good  place  in  the  re- 
ligions life  of  the  town.  He  began  a  meet- 
ing with  the  church  on  the  29th. 

The  secretary  has  visited  Broken  Bow, 
where  the  church  is  not  in  the  best  of 
condition,  though  it  is  not  especially  suf- 
fering from  its  experience  with  its  last 
preacher.  They  need  a  good,  safe  man  to 
stay  with  them  for  a  term  of  years. 

It  ought  to  be  said  that  Bro.  L.  F.  Har- 
man.  who  has  been  preaching  for  them  for 
the  last  half  year,  after  his  work  with  the 
church  ended,  took  up  and  organized  an 
independent  movement,  which  he  does  not 
call  a  church,  though  he  has  recently  es- 
tablished a  Sunday  school  in  connection 
with  it.  He  lectures  each  Sunday  evening, 
and  is  reported  to  have  very  "broad"  views 
concerning  the  divinity  of  Christ  and  is 
very  '"liberal"  in  his  expositions  of  the 
scriptures.  No  reflecton  has  been  made 
upon  his  personal  character.  It  seems  to 
be  one  of  those  cases  in  which  a  man  finds 
himself  out  of  harmonv  with  the  views 
held  by  the  religious  people  with  whom 
he  is  identified.  In  the  case  of  Brother 
Harman,  he  has  been  with-  us  but  a  few 
months,  coming  to  us  from  the  Methodists 
last  winter.  It  seems  too  bad  that  a  capa- 
ble man  should  turn  from  the  bread  of  the 
word  to  take  up  with  the  husks  of  the 
philosophers  of  the  day. 

PI.  T.  Sutton,  head  of  the  School  of 
Eloquence  at  Cotner  University,  is  the 
nominee  of  the  Prohibitionists  for  regent 
of  the  State  University  Brother  Sutton  is 
not  only  a  man  of  sterling  character,  but 
is  eminently  qualified  to  fill  the  postiion,  if 
elected.  If  more  men  like  him  could  be 
put  into  public  places  of  truoi,  the  world 
would  be  better. 

J.  A.  Beattie  is  supplying  regularly  at 
Ulysses  now. 

Chancellor  Ayles worth  preached  for  the 
new  congregation  at  Vesta  on  October  29. 

The  first  response  to  the  state  mission- 
ary apportionment  letter  came  from  the 
Ladies'  Aid  Society  at  Nehawka.  This  was 
immediately   followed   by   the   Bible   school 


at  Waco.     '!  taken  a->  a  sign  that  the 

offering  11  not  only  goil  ,<A  on':, 

but  that  it  1.  coming  early.  This  is  as  it 
should  be,  as  the  treasury  is  empty,  and  the 
bills  for  October  quart  II  as  the 

fall  printing,  are  unpaid.  This  is  the  time 
of  year  nrhetl  a  dry  tre;;  ,  occur, 

and  also  when  the  society  necessarily  has  to 
have  considerate  expei  .<-..  We  hope  that 
these  consideration  die  churches 

to  promptn* 

This  paper  may  reach  some  scattered  .: 
ciples  in  the  state.  If  so,  would  it  not  be 
good  for  such  to  have  >  part  in  this  great 
work  by  sending  in  a  personal  offering. 
There  are  members  who  are  well  able  to 
put  $100  each  into  this  work.  Name  your 
own  field  if  you  choose,  but  give  to  the 
work  of  helping  our  helpless  brethren  in  a 
manner  befitting  your  abilities.  Let  us  pray 
that  the  offering  may  be  large 

W.  A.  Baldwin. 

75^0  S.  Eighteenth  Street,  Lincoln,  Neb. 

@      & 

Illinois  C.  W.  B.  M. 

Illinois  began  the  national  year  October 
1,  1005,  with  178  auxiliaries,  4,0^4  members 
and  1,638  subscribers  to  "The  Tidings.' 
During  the  year  12  auxiliaries  were  or- 
ganized, and  three  reorganized,  and  but  one 
disbanded. 

Illinois  was  apportioned  $10,000  for  the 
year,  and  raised  $11,07.-. 42,  thus  exceeding 
her  apportionment  by  $1,072.42.  Much  insti- 
tute work  has  been  done  and  interest  along 
all  lines  has  been  on  the  increase.  The  past 
year  has  been  the  best  in  the  history  of  the 
Illinois  work.  C.  C.  Smith  spent  10  weeks 
in  the  state,  raising  in  cash  and  pledges 
about  $1,100.  W.  J.  Burner  attended  several 
of  our  district  conventions  and  created 
much  interest  in  South  America. 

Illinois  special  work  for  this  year  is  the 
raising  of  $3,600  to  be  lised  in  supporting 
Mrs.  Bertha  Lohr  in  india.  Miss  Bertha 
Westrup  in  Mexico,  and  Mrs.  Burner  in 
South  America,  and  to  help  Chicago  city 
missions.  Last  year  99  auxiliaries  in  Illinois 
observed  C.  W.  B.  M.  day,  raising  S78.92. 
This  year  every  auxiliary  ought  to  observe 
the  day.  All  C.  W.  B.  M.  day  offerings  can 
not  be  applied  on  Illinois  special  work.  A 
letter  concerning  the  day  and  a  copy  of  the 
November  "Tidings"  have  been  sent  to 
every  preacher  in  the  state,  and  the  <:ate 
officers  are  counting  on  a  heart;  response. 
Lura  V.  Thompson.  State  Secretary. 

Carthage,  III. 

PIMPLES  AND  BIACKHEADS 

Speedily     Eemoved     by     Baths     w'th     Cuticura 

Soap  and  Gentle  Applications  of 

Cuticvra. 

Gently  smear  the  face  with  Cuticura 
Ointment,  the  great  skin  cure,  but  do  not 
rub.  Wash  off  the  Ointment  in  five  minutes 
with  Cuticura  Soap  and  hot  water  and 
bathe  freely  for  some  minutes.  Repeat 
morning  and  evening  At  other  times  use 
Cuticura  Soap  for  bathing  the  face  as  often 
as  agreeable. 


An  Oi\ly  Daughter 
Cured  of  Consumption. 

When  death  was  hourly  expected,  all  remedies 
having  failed,  and  Dr.  11.  James  was  experimenting 
■with  the  the  many  herl>s  of  Calcutta,  he  accidently 
made  a  preparation  which  cured  his  only  child  of 
Consumption.  His  child  is  now  in  this  country , and 
enjoying  the  best  of  health.  He  has  provedtothe 
world  that  Consumption  can  be  positively  and  per- 
manently ennd.  The  Doctor  now  gives  this  recipe 
free,  only  asking  two  2-cen  tstamps  to  pay  expenses. 
This  horb  also  cures  Xieht  Sweats,  Nausea  at  the 
Stomr.ch.  and  will  break  up  a  fresh  cold  in  twentv- 
four  hours.  Address  CliADDOCK  &  CO.,  1033 
Race  St. ,  Philadelphia,  naming  this  paper. 


TITE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


Kovembf.p  16,  1905 


C.  W.  B.  Pi.  In  Missouri. 

We  §   rry  to  report   that  Mrs.   A.  M. 

Fullen,  has  met  with  a  painful  accident, 
which  necessitated  her  cutting  short  the 
route  she  was  making  among  the  auxiliaries 
in  the  southwest  part  of  the  state.  She  fell 
and  broke  her  arm  and  collar  bone,  and  was 
obliged  to  return  to  her  home  in  Gravette, 
Ark.  Our  prayers  are  with  our  afflicted 
sister. 

In  one  C.  W.  B.  M.  letter,  the  writer 
stated  that  Mr.  B.  H.  Cleaver,  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Ralls  county  co-operation;  this 
was  a  mistake.  He  is  the  live  secretary  of 
that  county. 

Every  auxiliary  should  be  making  prepara- 
tions to  observe  C.  W.  B.  M.  day.  Ask 
your  pastor  to  preach  even  a  better  sermon 
than  last  year.  A  most  delightful  exercise, 
by  Mrs.  lessie  Brown  Pounds,  has  been 
prepared  and  will  be  sent  in  any  number  to 
the  auxiliaries  by  Mrs.  Helen  E.  Moses.  It 
provides  for  several  taking  part  on  that  day. 
We  highly  recommend  a  sharing  of  the 
time  with  the  pastor,  for  those  who  can,  and 
let  his  sermon  use  a  short  time  and  let  others 
come  in  with  some  of  the  beautiful  and  in- 
spiring selections  of  this  ready-prepared 
program.  The  most  important  thing  is  a 
thorough  preparation  on  the  part  of  the 
auxiliary.  Every  cent  of  money  raised  that 
dav  may  go  to  pay  your  special  apportion- 
ment for  the  state. 

New  auxiliaries  are  reported  at  Foster, 
with  Mrs.  Emma  Gathers,  Mrs.  Lura  Bow- 
man and  Miss  Emma  Goodenough,  as 
officers;  also  at  Clark  with  Miss  Sallie 
Robinson,  Mrs.  Geo.  Hulen  and  Miss  Dora 
March  as  officers.  Rothville  has  organized 
itself,  with  Mrs.  C.  U.  Stratton  as  secretary, 
president  and  treasurer  not  reported.  That 
is  the  way  to  do  my  sisters,  send  for  litera- 
ture and  get  to  work. 

St.  Louis.  Mrs.  L.  G.  Bantz. 


Greater  New  YorK. 

The  New  York  brethren  are  looking  for- 
ward with  pleasure  to  seeing  and  hearing 
several  of  our  leading  preachers  during  the 
Inter-Church  Conference  on  Federation. 

The  56th  Street  Church  is  a  church  so 
officered  and  membered  that  they  go 
right  ahead  with  their  work  although  with- 
out a  pastor.  They  have  a  Chinese  school 
which  is  doing  splendid  work.  About  thirty 
are  in  attendance.  Two  have  already  made 
the  good  confession.  The  Sunday  school 
under  the  leadership  of  J.  H.  Banton,  is 
making  progress.  Brother  Banton  is  a 
lawyer  who  combines  an  active  church  life 
with  his  legal  profession.  The  church  is  in 
great  need  of  such  men.  Recently  Geo.  L. 
Snively,  </f  St.  Louis,  preached  for  them  two 
Sundays  on  his  way  to  and  from  the  New 
England  Convention.  G.  L.  Garvin  also 
priaui.cd  two  Sunda\s.  October  12,  A.  E. 
Cor*  Nankin,    Cnina.    spi.ke    to   them 

morning  and  evening.  October  \~->,  C.  C. 
Morrison,  of  Springfield,  III.,  preached  for 
them. 

J.  P.  Lichtenberger  and  the  119th  Street 
Church  are  working  in  preparation  for  a 
meeting  with  Chas.  R.  ScoviNe  in  January. 
They  are  conducting  personal  worker 
classes  and  devoting  the  Wednesday  even- 
ing services  to  planning,  praying  and  pre- 
paring. 

S.T.Willis,  at  the    169th   Street  Church, 


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CATARACTS  AND  CROSS  EYES 

Robt.  Mctaren,  I^udlngtoti,  Mich.,  was  crosseyed  and 
neatly  blinded  with  cataracts.  In  a  recent  letter  he  ex- 
presses his  enthusiastic  gratitude  for  his  eyes  have  been 
cured  without  the  knife  and  with  absolutely  no  pain  or  in- 
convenience. l<et  me  send  you  his  letter.  At  your  own  home 
the 


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^f*  t>y  a  new    method   which  never   fails.      Write    for   my   latest 

book  on  the  eye  which  will  be  sent  FREE.    A  postal  will  do-- Write  today. 

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~     CONSUMPTION     5" 


recently  preached  his  sixteenth  anniverary 
sermon.  They  hope  soon  to  complete  their 
new  house  of  worship,  which  will  be  a  splen- 
did monument  to  the  membership  and 
pastor. 

Herbert  Yeuell  has  arrived  to  take  charge 
of  his  work  in  Brooklyn  and  began  by  a  re- 
vival meeting  for  \V.  G.  Oram,  at  the  Third 
Church. 

The  Disciples  of  Christ  have  six  resident 
pastors  in  New  York,  six  promising  churches 
and  about  fifteen  hundred  members.  There 
are  as  many  more  Disciples  (?)  living  in  the 
city,  but  not  connected  with  any  of  our 
churches.  If  friends  know  of  such,  or 
pastors  know  of  members  moving  to  the 
city,  it  would  be  of  great  service  to  send  their 
names  and  addresses  to  one  of  the  New 
York  pastors  or  to  J.  P.  Lichtenberger,  presi- 
dent of  the  Disciples  Union  of  New  York, 
41  West  119th  street. 

There  are  fourteen  ministers  of  the  Chris- 
tian Church  in  New  York  now,  eight  of 
whom  are  taking  more  or  less  work  at 
Union  Theological  Seminary.  Those  at  the 
seminary  are  R.  W.  Gentry,  of  Sedalia, 
Mo.,  who  was  J.  M.  Rudy's  assistant  for 
some  time;  P.  A.  Parsons,  who  is  well-known 
in  Northeast  Missouri,  where  he  preached 
while  attending  school  at  Canton;  M.  L. 
Bates,  pastor  at  East  Orange,  N.  J.;  Charles 
Foster  and  A.  J.  Wilson,  two  Kimberly 
Heights  boys,  formerly  from  England,  who 
have  been  holding  down  the  whole  state  of 
Vermont  for  some  time  as  pastors;  J.  L. 
Garvin,  from  Ohio,  who,  by  the  way,  is  re- 
joicing in  the  advent  of  a  new  girl  at  his 
house;  and  A.  E.  Cory,  here  on  leave  of 
absence  from  his  work  in  China. 

Ohio. 

This  is  Wednesday  morning  November  8, 
in  the  year  of  grace  1005.  It  is  the  "day 
after."  Tnere  was  an  election  in  Ohio  yes- 
terday. As  a  certain  Dutchman'said,  it  was 
a  "landscape-slide."  Bossism  and  the  machine 
have  gone  down.  The  church  of  Ohio  was 
on  trial.  Now  it  is  triumphant.  The  liquor 
interests  openly  endorsed  Mr.  Htrrick  and 
saloon  keepers  were  solicited  all  over  the 
statd  for  campaign  fundi.  Taere  is  no  end 
to  the  surprises.  It  is  not  a  Democratic 
victory  nor  a  Republican  defeat.  It  is  a 
triumph  of  righteousness  against  the  saloon 
and  machine  politics.  We  are  feeling  pretty 
good,  thank  you. 

F.  M.  Fields  has  closed  a  very  successful 
year  at  Geneva,  with  82  additions  and  the 
Sunday  school  has  increased  40  per  cent. 
The  Christian  Endeavor  took  two  banners 
at  a  recent  county  convention.  The  meet- 
ing house  has  been  overhauled  and  a  manse 
for  the  dominie  provided.  Good  for  Fields 
and  Geneva. 

Geo.  Darsie  began  a  meeting  at  High 
Street,  Akron,  Sunday  Nov.  12,  with  W.  E.  M. 
Hackleman  as  leader  of  song. 

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will  have  a  big  job  of  assimilation  but  we 
shall  expect  them  to  be  equal  to  it. 

Two  meetings  begin  in  Lake  Co.,  Nov.  19. 
J.  J.  Tisdall,  at  Perry,  with  the  Saxons  as 
singers  and  C.  A.  Freer,  at  Painesville,  with 
Miss  Ida  Mae  Hanna,  as  soloist.  The  out- 
look for  good  meetings  is  hopeful. 

E.  P.-  Wise  has  resigned  at  Cedar  Ave., 
Cleveland,  and  will  go  Jan.  1  to  the  church 
at  East  Liverpool.  Brother  Wise  is  a  good 
man,  full  of  faith  and  the  Holy  Spirit  and 
will  do  good  wherever  he  goes. 

W.  G.  Walters,  who  was  at  Fostoria  two 
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W.  Va.,  to  Ashland,  Ohio.  He  will  find  a 
good  church  at  Ashland  and  we  welcome 
him  back  to  Ohio. 

The  offerings  for  state  missions  began 
Sunday,  Nov.  5.  We  are  making  Lake  Co., 
a  living-link  in  the  Ohio  society  this  fall. 
There  are  five  churches  in  the  county  but 
three  of  them  are  not  very  strong,  If  you 
have  not  made  an  offering  for  state  missions 
do  so  before  the  month  is  up. 

Ira  H.  Dusfee,  held  a  very  successful 
meeting  at  Centerburg,  where  L.  G.  Walker 
is  bishop.  He  is  now  in  a  meeting  at  Lynch- 
burg with  Brother  Pierce.  The  later  reports 
of  the  Ohio  election  indicate  that  the  state 
Democratic  ticket  is  elected  and  the  next 
legislature  will  be  Democratic.  The  Demo- 
crats have  therefore,  a  great  opportunity 
and  responsibility.  C.  A.  Freer. 

Painesville,  Ohio. 

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Indian  Territory. 

October  19  we  organized  a  congregation  at 
Wewoka,  the  capital  of  the  Seminole  nation. 
We  also  organized  a  Sunday  school  and 
Ladies'  Aid. 

Sunday,  October  15  was  spent  with  the 
church  at  Chickasha.  Large  audiences  were 
present  morning  and  evening,  and  a  pledge 
of  $50  was  secured  for  the  support  of  our 
work  the  coming  year. 

I  visited  Calvin  on  October  20,  and  found  a 
small  number,  whom  we  hope  to  make  the 
nucleus  of  a  well  organized  church  in  the 
near  future. 

We  have  just  dedicated  the  new  church 
at  Roff.  Bro.  E.  S.  Allhands  and  this  little 
band  of  the  faithful  have  won  a  victory  dur- 
ing the  past  year,  not  only  in  erecting  a 
$2,500  building,  but  in  winning  souls  by  the 
score,  indeed  by  the  hundred  during  the  time. 

Monday  following  the  dedication  at  Roff, 
we  began  a  meeting  for  some  brethren  at 
Stonewall.  We  fully  jgxpect  to  organize  at 
Stonewall. 

We  recently  arranged  with  F.  H.  Groom 
to  hold  a  meeting  at  Haileyville,  and  with 
J.  S.  Hawkins,  of  Prior  Creek,  to  hold  one  at 
Haskell.  On  account  of  serious  sickness  of 
both  Brother  Groom  and  his  family,  he  has 
had  to  give  up  the  Haileyville  meeting. 
Brother  Hawkins  is  at  this  writing  in  the 
Haskell  meeting. 

D.  M.  Harris,  of  Wagoner,  writes  encour- 
agingly of  the  work  at  Wagoner.  Randolph 
Cook  is  in  a  meeting  at  Tulsa.  I.  C.  Mul- 
lins  is  also  in  a  meeting  at  Hartshorn. 

R.  E.  Campbell  will  shortly  begin  a  meet- 
ing with  home  forces  at  Holdenville;  George 
H.  Farley  at  Muskogee,  and  J.  T.  Hawkins 
at  South  McAlester  will  do  likewise. 

Charles  Mussel  man  has  accepted  the  work 
at  Ada.  Frank  Brain,  of  Wilburton  is  in  Chi- 
cago for  a  short  stay. 

During  the  coming  missionary  year,  begin- 
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eral  offering  could  be  sent  during  the  com- 
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boards.  But  the  following  four  should  be 
considered  above  all  others,  for  the  reason 
that  they  are  doing  more  than  all  others  to 
build  up  the  cause  in  this  new  and  needy 
field.  First  in  importance  is  the  "Indian 
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member.every  church  in  this  Territory,  should 
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financial  assistance  from  the  general  home 
board  and  has  for  several  years.  Hence,  we 
should  remember  to  make  an  offering  to 
Home  missions  the  first  Lord's  day  in  May. 
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churches  in  the  Territory  have  been  aided 
out  of  this  fund. 

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by  this  noble  fund.  But  for  it,  we  would  be 
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terest, and  the  people  are  nearly  all  of  mod- 
erate means,  not  to  say  poor.  Send  this 
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As  our  churches  are  yet  young  and  small, 
not  many  of  them  can  be  prevailed  to 
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literature.  The  collection  should  also  be 
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Evangelistic 


Wt  invite  ministers  and  others  to  send 
rts  of  tneetings.  additions  and  other 
s  of  the  churches  for  publication  in. 
this  department.  It  is  especially  requested 
that  additions  be  reported  as  "by  confession 
and  baptism"  or  "by  letter." 
Special   to  The   Christian-EvanGelist. 

Canton.  O.,  Nov.    12. — Forty  to-day;   four 
hundred   and    seventy -eight    to    date;    con- 
tinuing.    Wki.sheimer  and  Kendall. 
Special   to  The   Christian-Evangelist. 

New  CASTLE  Pa,  Nov.  12. — The  revival 
with  Cray  ton  S.  Brooka  and  He  Loss  Smith, 
is  growing  in  interest;  14  added  to-day,  52 
in  all. — W.  L.  Fisher,  pastor. 

Special   to  The   Christian-Evangelist. 

PITTSBURG,  Pa,  Nov.  12.— Twenty-six 
added  First  church  (Wallace  Tharp,  pastor) 
to-day;  141  to  date;  128  in  e  ght  days;  one 
minister  among  them,  this  being  the  fourth 
minister  reached  this  year. — CHAS.  REIGN 
Scovh.i.k. 
Special   to  The  Christian-Evangelist. 

LEXINGTON,  Kv.,  Nov.  13 — Twenty  added 
yesterda> ;  168  in  21  days.  Broadway  church 
never  had  such  a  meeting  nor  did  it  ever 
have  such  crowds.  James  Small  is  a  marvel 
of  physical  energy  and  delightful  tact; 
Hackle  man  is  pleasing  everjbody.  We 
contmue.--.\fARK  COLLIS,  minister. 
Special  to  The  Christian-Evangelist. 

CHARLEROI,  Pa.,  Nov.  13— Clarence  Mit- 
chell is  with  us  in  our  simultaneous  revival. 
The  whole  town  is  stirred.  Many  were 
turned  away  at  Sunday's  services;  35  addi- 
tions to  date,  23  baptized;  hundreds  signed  a 
petition  against  the  action  of  the  Charleroi 
school  board  who  have  refused  to  have  the 
Lord"s  pra%er  and  sacred  songs  in  the  public 
schools.— H.  G.  Connelly,  minister. 

ARKANSAS. 

Hope,  Nov.  7.— Two  confessions  Wed- 
nesday evening,  three  Nov.  5;  14  addi- 
ions  at  regular  services  in  three  weeks. — 
Percy  G.  Cross. 

Uniontown,  Nov.  6.— Four  additions  by 
confession  during  the  meeting  held  by  J.  T. 
Jones. — C< >msti ick  Bros. 

Marshall,  Nov.  1.— A  meeting  of  two 
weeks  has  just  closed  at  this  pl'ace,  con- 
ducted by  K.  <).  Rogers,  evangelist  of  the 
Christian  Church,  12  accessions  to  the 
church — one  reclaimed,  one  from  the  Bap- 
tist church  and  one  from  the  Methodist 
church.  The  church  has  been  strengthened, 
the  people  educated,  and  we  feel  that 
Brother  Rogers'  stay  among  us  has  indeed 
been  a  blessing.— Miss  Pattie  Withers. 
CALIFORNIA. 

Pasadena,  Oct.  29.— S.jme  results  of  the 
special  rally  tffort:  20  added  by  letter  and 
statement,  making  36  since  the  effort  be- 
gan, seven  by  baptism;  125  pledges  to 
church  support;  Sui.day  school  attendance 
347:  offiring,  S160.  Every  department  of 
the  church  shows  the  effects  of  increased 
intert  st.  The  regular  pastor,  Frank  M. 
Dow  ling,  suggests  as  a  watchword,  "The 
new  church  building  started  within  a  year." 
— Sumneb  T.  Martin. 

COLORADO. 

Trinidad,  Nov.  7. — One  confession  Oc- 
tober 20  another  November  5.  Eighty- 
three  additions  at  Raton,  N.  M.,  where 
Stivers  and  Glvens  are  in  meeting, — David 
C.  Peters,  minister. 

DISTRICT   OF  COLUMBIA. 

Washington,  Nov.  7.  — Present  at  min- 
isters' meeting:  J.  E.  Stuart,  F.  D.  Power, 
Walter  F.  Smith,  W.  T.  Laprade  and  the 
writer.  Reports:  Vienna,  Va.  (W.  T.  La- 
prade;, two  by  letter;  34th  street  (Claude 
C.  Jones;  one  confession;  Whitney  Avenue 
(Walter  F.  Smith),  two  confessions;  Ver- 
mont avenue  (F.  D.  Power),  two  by  letter 
and  one  by  baptism.  Total,  eight — four  by 
letter  and  four  by  confession  and  baptism. — 
CLAUDE  C.  Jones,  secretary. 


INDIANA. 

Terre  Haute,  Nov.  5.— One  addition  to  the 
College  Ave.  Church  from  the  Methodist 
Church.  This  makes  us  fifty-one  this  year, 
a  gain  of  about  75  per  cent  in  our  member- 
ship.— Leonard "V.  Barbre. 

Poseyville,  Nov  8.— Richard  S.  Martin  and 
family  closed  a  very  successful  meeting 
Nov.  2  with  33  accessions. — E.  S.  Lawrence. 

INDIAN    TERRITORY. 
Tulsa,  Nov.  6. — Two    additions  November 
1.— Randolph  Cook. 

illinois. 

Toluca,  Nov.  6. — Two  added  yesterday. — 
S.  P.  Telford,  pastor. 

Fairfield,  Nov.  10.— One  addition  last 
Sunday  from  M.  F.  church.  We  begin  a 
meeting  with  G.  W.  Thompson  as  soon  as 
the  Pittsburg  campaign  closes. — Allen.  T. 
Shaw. 

Bement,  Nov.  13.— Eleven  added  here 
yesterday;  eighteen  in  four  days. — J.  Ben- 
nett, evangelist. 

Decator,  Nov.  10. — There  were  four  added 
at  Peru  November  5;  one  by  baptism  and 
three  from  other  religious  bodies.  The  out- 
look is  bright  for  the  First  church.— J.  L. 
Thompson. 

Pleasant  Plains,  Nov.  6. — Nine  additions 
the  last  two  Sundays  by  confession. — J.  H. 
Henderson 

Clinton,  Nov.  10.— Began  a  meeting  Oct. 
2g  with  the  First  Christian  Church.  Seven 
additions.  E.  A.  Gilliland  is  the  pastor, 
Chas.  H.  DeVoe  and  H.  K.  Shields. 

IOWA. 

Fairfield,  Nov.  13. — The  Hamilton-Easton 
meeting  starts  with  fine  interest.  Fifteen 
made  the  good  confession  and  one  restored 
yesterday. — H.  C.  Littleton,  minister. 

JAPAN. 

Tokyo,  Oct  24.  — Baptized  one  man  Oc- 
tober 15  and  one  October  22 — both  college 
men.  Audiences  quite  good.  More  interest 
in  Christianity  than  beiore  the  war. — W.  D. 
Cunningham. 

KANSAS. 

Halstead. — Closed  a  short  meeting  with 
eight  added.  Ninety  per  cent  of  the  people 
are  church  members. — E.  W.  Brickert 
and  wife. 

Chanute,  Nov.  6. — Four  confessions  last 
night,  and  one  from  the  Baptists.  One  con- 
fession and  baptism  Nov.  3. — G.  W. 
Kitchen. 

Buffalo,  Nov.  6.— I  just  closed  a  short 
meeting  at  West  Buffalo,  with  14  confessions. 
—  Gilbert  Park. 

Arkansas  City. — J.  M.  Lowe,  of  Galesburg, 
111.,  began  a  meeting  October  29,  but  on  ac- 
count of  diphtheria  had  to  close  at  the  end  of 
the  first  week.    Eight  added. — C.  C.  Peck. 

Winfield,  Nov.  9. — We  have  88  additions 
to  date.  We  expect  to  close  the  meeting 
to-night.  I  go  at  once  to  begin  a  meeting  in 
Beloit. — H.  H.  Northcutt. 

Council  Grove,  Nov.  9. — The  Updike- 
Webb  meeting  closed  with  15  accessions, 
making  54  in  all— 41  baptisms,  six  bv  letter, 
seven  reclaimed.  Two  came  from  Presby- 
terians, four  from  Methodists,  and  two  from 
Anti's. — John  Wesley. 

Burlington,  Nov.  6. — I  closed  a  four  weeks' 
meeting  at  Pleasant  Hill,  (P.  O.  Burlington,) 
with  27  additions;  am  now  in  a  meeting  at 
Strawn,  with  bright  prospects  for  success. 
Allie  P.  Sherman,  pastor  at  Hartford,  is  sing- 
ing for  us  this  week.— A.  B.  Moore,  pastor, 
Victor  L.  Goodrich,  evangelist. 

Humbolt. —  R.  H.  Tanksley  has  had  52 
additions  in  his  pastorate  during  the  present 
year. 

Belleville,  Nov.  6. — Evangelist  Clara  H. 
Hazelrigg,  of  Topeka,  held  a  meeting. 
There  were  27  confessions  and  eight  re- 
ceived by  statement,  and  $375  were  raised 
on  church  indebtedness;  good  feeling  among 
the  members  and  renewed  zeal.  We  start 
the  year  free  from  debt.— R.  C.  Harding, 
minister. 

KENTUCKY. 

Henderson,  Nov.  9. — I  preached  18  nights 
at  Backett;  42  additions. — Wm.  A.  Ward. 

Mayfield,  Nov.  9. — Our  meeting  closed 
with  60  additions;  31  baptisms,  five  restored, 


24  by  letter  and  from  other  bodies.  Eld.  W. 
J.  Hudspeth,  south  Kentucky,  evangelist, 
assisted.— Roger  L.  Clark. 

Cropper,  Nov.  3.— J.  L.  Greenwell,  of 
West  Point,  Miss.,  is  now  with  us  in  a  meet- 
ing; 15  additions  to  date.— John  M.Alex- 
ander. 

Augusta,  Nov.  6.— I  began  a  meeting  yes- 
terday with  L.  N.  Early.  We  hope  for  a 
good  meeting.— C.  H.  DeVoe,  evangelist. 

Owensboro,  Nov.  9.— Our  meeting,  lasting 
two  weeks,  closed  Nov.  5  with  51  additions, 
36  baptisms,  two  from  the  Catholics,  four  from 
the  Baptists,  two  from  the  Methodists,  and 
the  rest  by  letter  and  statement.  This  was 
one  of  the  12  simultaneous  meetings  con- 
ducted in  the  city.  Brother  Hudson  was  the 
evangelist.  The  music  was  in  charge  of 
LeRoy  St.  John,  of  Terre  Haute,  Ind.— 
R.  H.  Crossfield. 

LOUISIANA. 
Tennings,   Nov.    6. — My  wife    and    I    are 
in  a  meeting  with   H.  M.  Polsgroni;  meeting 
seven  days   old,  with  twenty  t^o  accessions. 
—John  A.  Stevens,  cor.  sec. 

MISSOURI. 

Eldon,  Nov.  10. — Our  Etterville  meeting 
five  days  old  with  10  additions.  It  is  being 
held  under  the  auspices  of  the  Missionary 
Board  of  the  State.  There  is  no  church  of 
any  kind  in  the  town.  We  hope  to  be  able 
to  organize  at  the  close  of  the  meeting. — 
S.  J.  Vance. 

Hunnewell,  Nov.  7. — A  meeting  of  19  days 
resulted  in  34  additions— 24  confessions,  3  by 
letter,  6  by  statement  and  1  reclaimed.  The 
church  reorganized  by  choosing  3  elders  and 
8  deacons;  also  reorganized  a  Christian  En- 
deavor society  of  41  members.  R.  B.  Hav- 
ener did  the  preaching.— F.  D.  Bezona, 
minister. 

Buckner,  Nov.  8. — Closed  a  three  weeks' 
meeting  with  nine  accessions— seven  by  con- 
fession and  baptism  and  two  by  statement. 
Dr.  W.  H.  Embry,  of  Rosedale,  Kan.,  is  the 
beloved  pastor  of  this  congregation. — L.  B. 
Coggins,  evangelist. 

Plattsburg,  Nov.  1.  —  Secretary  G.  L. 
Snively  as  preacher,  and  J.  W.  Bailey,  pastor 
at  Frankford,  as  singer,  assisted  me  in  a 
two  weeks'  meeting.  Baptisms  35,  by  letter 
two.  I  wish  space  permitted  me  to  speak  of 
these  two  helpers  as  my  heart  prompts;  not 
in  eulogy  but  genuine  commendation.  We 
"also  thank  God  and  take  courage."  Though 
the  meeting  was  short  in  duration,  it  will 
prove  long  in  enduring  power  for  good. — 
J.  O.  Pinkerton. 

Frankford,  Nov.  5.— Our  four  weeks' 
meeting  closed  Oct.  29,  with  31  additions — 

25  confessions,  6  by  letter,  and  the  church 
strengthened.  J.  M.  Elam,  of  Carthage,  111., 
was  the  evangelist,  and  J.  M.  Bailey,  the 
pastor,  led  the  singing. — Wm.  E.  Jones, 
elder. 

Canton,  Nov.  12.— Fifteen  additions  at 
morning  services,  others  at  night,  also  bap- 
tism in  Mississippi.  Additions  or  baptisms 
every  Sunday  that  I  have  been  here,  over 
two  months,  often  also  at  prayer  meeting. — 
Albert  Buxton. 

Kansas  City,  Nov.  5. — H.  G.  Bennett,  of 
Jefferson  City,  is  in  a  meeting  with  us  four- 
teen nights;  28  additions.  Interest  growing. 
— Arthur  Stout. 

Centralia,  Nov.  6. — Our  meeting  closed 
last  week  with  56  additions.  R.  E.  L.  Prenty, 
of  Brookfield,  assisted  us. — E.  M.  Smith. 

Norborne,  Nov.  7. — In  a  two  weeks'  meet- 
ing here  with  home  forces  we  have  had  12 
additions-  8  by  baptism  and  4  by  letter  and 
statement. — C.  C.  Taylor. 

St.  Louis,  Nov.  6. — One  addition  at  Halls- 
ville  yesterday.— W.  H.  Kern. 

West  Plains,  Nov.  10. — Our  meeting  con- 
ducted by  B.  E.  Youtz,  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  is 
16  days  old  with  17  accessions— one  by  state- 
ment, 16  confessions.  Interest  growing. — 
L.  Z.  Burr,  minister. 

Kansas  City,  Nov.  7. — The  Scoville-Smith 
meetings  a  glorious  success.  Large  audi- 
ences throughout  the  meeting. — There  were 
297  accessions.—  George  H.  Combs. 

Kirksville,   Nov.   9. — I   just   closed  a  two 

weeks'  meeting  at  Brashear,  with  7  additions 

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ons.     F.    M.    O'Neal,    of    Springfield,  had 
charge  of  the  music— J.  L.  Hollowell. 

Bolivar,  Nov.  5. — I  closed  a  meeting  Nov. 
5,  with  7  added— 5  by  letters  and  2  confess- 
ions. The  weather  was  unfavorable.  The 
church  has  extended  me  a  unamious  call  for 
1006.— J.  H.  Jones. 

Fayette,  Nov.  13. — John  L.  Brandt,  of  St. 
Louis,  closed  an  11  days'  meeting  with  the 
Fayette  church,  on  Oct.  27.  The  congrega- 
tion was  greatly  edified.  There  were  11  ac- 
cessions. Nov.  12  the  congregation  em- 
filoyed  R.  B.  Helser,  the  present  minister, 
or  another  year,  with  increased  salary.  The 
work  is  progressing. 

Thayer,  Nov.  10.— Just  closed  a  12  days' 
meeting  here  with  24  additions — 18 baptisms, 
two  reclaimed  and  four  otherwise.  I  preach 
at  Washington,  Ind.,  Nov.  12.— E.  E.  David- 
son, evangelist. 

Trenton,  Nov.  8. — We  closed  a  25  days' 
meeting,  Oct.  25,  which  resulted  in  90  addi- 
tions to  the  church.  W.  E.  Harlow  did  the 
preaching  and  R.  C.  Harlow  led  the  song 
services.  We  have  ministered  to  this  church 
11  months.  During  that  time  there  have 
been  115  additions  to  the  church;  $3,500  paid 
on  the  church  debt;  an  auxiliary  to  the 
C.  W.  B.  M.  organized,  which  now  has  a 
membership  of  40;  the  Y.  P.  S.  C.E.  has  in- 
creased its  membership  300  per  cent.;  a 
Junior  Endeavor  has  been  organized  and 
now  has  a  membership  of  50.  We  are  hope- 
ful for  better  work  the  coming  year. — S.  J. 
White,  minister. 

St.  Louis.  Nov.  13. — We  have  had  five  ad- 
ditions at  Tuxedo  this  month — three  by  con- 
fession and  baptism  and  two  by  letter — J. 
A.  Bennett. 

St.  Louis,  Nov.  13 — I  visited  Moscow 
Mills  last  Wednesday  and  took  ten  confes- 
sions. Five  were  baptized  in  the  river  near 
by.  There  was  also  one  added  by  com- 
mendation. The  others  will  be  baptized  on 
a  future  visit. — G.  A.  Hoffmann. 

Butler,  Nov.  9. — I  closed  two  weeks'  meet- 
ing with  home  forces  at  Elizabeth  chapel, 
with  twelve  additions.  The  meeting  was 
interrupted  by  bad  weather.  Work  in  fine 
shape. — H.  W.  Hunter,  pastor. 

Windsor,  Nov.  9. — I  just  closed  a  meeting 
at  Hunnewell,  with  thirty-four  additions — 
twenty-four  by  primary  obedience,  one  re- 
claimed and  nine  by  letter  or  statement. 
We  organized  a  Christian  Endeavor  Society. 
Brother  Bezoni  is  the  pastor.  This  is  the 
third  meeting  in  Shelby  county,  with  sixty- 
eight  added. — R.  B.  Havener. 

Kansas  City,  Nov.  13. — Two  more  addi- 
tions at  Louisburg — one  confession,  one  by 
letter.  Both  the  churches  at  Louisburg  and 
at  West  Line  have  called  me  by  unanimous 
consent  to  continue  with  them  through  next 
year.  Our  work  is  very  prosperous  at  both 
places.— Clyde  Lee  Fife. 

Richards,  Nov.  6. — Two  confessions  at 
Brother  Sterling's  regular  appointment. — 
O.  L.  Fonts. 

Mt.  Grove,  Nov.  6. — Sam  I.  Smith,  of 
Greenfield,  closed  a  two  weeks'  meeting  at 
Willow  Springs  with  five  additions:  one  re- 
claimed, two  bv  letter,  two  by  statement. 
I  preached  at  Mt.  View,  Oct.  29;  three  addi- 
tions: two  by  statement,  one  by  confession. 
— E.  W.  Yocum. 

Weaubleau,  Nov.  10. — J.  D.  Babb  and 
myself  closed  a  12  days'  meeting  at  Hermit- 
age, the  county  seat  of  Hickory  county. 
There  were  four  added — three  baptisms  and 
one  by  statement.  Also  a  mission  band  of 
30  children  was  organized.  Sister  Ross  Coon 
is  superintendent.  Also  a  Ladies'  Aid  of  17 
members  was  organized.  This  church  was 
organized  in  MarcH  and   they    will  be  able 


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to  employ  a  preacher  one  fourth  time  next 
year.  J.  D.  Babb  is  now  in  a  meeting  at 
Aldrich.  This  is  another  houseless  little 
band  of  Disciples.  I  was  at  Calhoun  and 
preached  two  sermons  this  week.  They  are 
wanting  a  preacher  next  year.  I  may  preach 
for  them. — S.  E.  HENDRICKSON. 
NEBRASKA. 

Lexington,  Nov.  8. — We  closed  at  Long- 
mont,  Cal.,  November  1,  with  thirty  added 
— thirteen  baptisms.  We  began  at  Lexing- 
ton, Neb.,  November  5,  with  good  audiences; 
interest  already  excellent;  one  addition 
by   letter  last    night.      D.    B.    Titus   is   the 

Eastor.     Our  song    leader   is    Mrs.    Ernest 
[annel,  of  Ulysses. — Joel  Brown,  evange- 
list. 

NEW    MEXICO. 

Roswell,  Nov.  6 — We  had  five  additions 
yesterday;  thirty-seven  since  September  1; 
160  since  I  came  to  Roswell.  We  have  be- 
gun to  plan  for  a  great  revival  for  next 
April,  with  R.  A.  Omer  as  evangelis'.— C.  C. 
Hill. 

OKLAHOMA. 

Norman,  Nov.  5. — The  work  of  the  Master 
is  moving  forward  under  the  leadership  of 
R.  E.  McCoskle,  our  new  pastor.  Three 
confessions  lately  and  twelve  accessions  by 
letters  and  statement.  We  are  planning  for 
an  evangelistic  campaign  in  the  near  future. 
J.  C.  Powell. 

Hinton,  Nov.  6. — A.  C.  Laymon,  of  Mound 
City,  Kans.,  closed  a  two  week's  meeting 
last  night,  with  eleven  additions — six  by 
baptism,  The  weather  was  unfavorable, 
but  the  cause  is  greatly  strengthened 
and  the  congregation  put  in  good  work- 
ing order.  Brother  Lamon  has  been  en- 
gaged as  our  pastor.  J.  V.  Updike  will 
hold  us  a  meeting  in  December. — H.  Cald- 
well. 

OREGON 

Eugene,  Nov.  1. — Four  additions  at  Dal- 
las in  the  last  two  weeks — two  confessions, 
one  reclaimed  and  one  from  the  Methodists. 
— G.  L.  Lobdel,  minister. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Elwood  City,  Nov.  6. — Our  meeting  *  are 
growing  and  the  interest  manifested  is  good. 
One  confession  and  baptism.  The  weather 
has  been  unfavorable. — Fred  H.  Schultz, 
minister. 

Uniontown,  Nov.  5. — Two  baptisms,  and 
one  letter  from  another  communion : — J.  Wal- 
ter Carpenter,  minister. 

TENNESSEE. 

Memphis,  Nov.  9.— We  have  just  closed 
one  of  the  greatest  meetings  we  have  ever 
had  at  the  Mississippi  avenue  Church.  Aus- 
tin P.  Finley,  of  Lexington,  Ky.,  was  the 
evangelist.  Our  meeting  began  October  15, 
and  closed  November  8  and  resulted  in  47 
accessions:  23  by  primary  obedience,  6  from 
the  denominations  and  18  to  take  member- 
ship. Our  meeting  may  be  characterized 
from  beginning  to  end  by  the  word  Fidelity, 
both  on  the  part  of  the  church  and  the  evan- 
gelist. The  meeting  should  have  continued 
longer,  but  Brother  Finley 's  time  was  limited 
and  he  closed  here  to  begin  a  meeting  with 
Bro.  J.  E.  Gorsuch  and  the  Third  church  in 
this  city. — Louis  D.  Riddell,  pastor. 

Jellico,  Oct.  28.— My  October  report  will 
show  four  points  visited,  one  preacher 
located,  one  baptized,  one  Sunday  school 
organized,  one  prayer  meeting  organized. 
Visited  Williamsburg,  Ky.,  and  they  are 
stirred  up  to  secure  a  preacher;  preached  at 
Halsey,  Ky.,  went  to  La  Fallette,  found  six 
brethren  and  promised  to  hold  them  a  meet 
ing,  beginning  Oct.  28.  Contract  is  let  here 
for  a  $5,500  brick  building,  to  be  completed 
by  Jan  15.  All  departments  prospering. — 
Wren  J.  Grinstead. 

TEXAS. 

Sherman,  Nov.  4. — We  are  having  a  great 
meeting  in  our  new  building.  October  22 
was  opening  day,  Hamlin,  of  Ft.  Worth, 
and  Daugherty,  of  Louisville,  Ky.,  are  the 
evangelists.  Thus  far  in  all  ways,  there 
have  been  78  additions  to  the  congregation. 
We  will  continue  a  week  or  two  longer.— 
J.  H.  Fuller. 


Garrison  on  the  Holy  Sprit. 

( Continued  from  Page  1^7.) 
Holy  Spirit  and  his  work  in  our  salvation 
13  virtually  solved. 

Another  vital  distinction  made  by  the 
author,  and  one  generally  overlooked  by 
the  religious  world  is  this: 

"When  the  Spirit  should  come,  his  rela- 
tion to  the  world  would  not  be  the  same 
as  his  relation  to  the  disciples,  but  he  had 
a  mission  to  both." 

No  man  can  ever  have  an  adequate 
Scriptural  view  of  the  Hrly  Spirit  in  his  ac- 
tivities in  human  redemption  who  fails  to 
make  that  distinction.  The  author  then 
argues  that  the  work  of  the  Holy  Spirit 
in  relation  to  the  world  is  to  convict  and  to 
convert  sinners,  and  thi..  he  does  by  bring- 
ing the  gospel  of  Jesus  Christ  to  bear  upon 
their  minds  and  hearts,  and  this,  again,  is 
done,  not  by  the  Word  alone,  as  is  strangely 
advocated  by  some  of  our  flippant  scribes 
and  professional  debater.,  to  the  great  dis- 
credit of  this  reformation,  but  by  various 
other  consistent  and  co-operative  methods. 
We  here  let  the  author  speak  for  himself: 
"In  how  many  ways  the  Spirit  of  God 
may  bring  the  truth  to  tear  on  human  souls 
for  their  conversion  we  do  not  know,  for 
we  have  not  learned  all  the  ways  of  the 
Spirit.  We  know  that  the  silent,  outray- 
ing  light  of  a  pure  Christian  life  is,  as 
Christ  taught,  a  mighty  constraining  in- 
fluence to  lead  others  to  glorify  our  Father 
who  is  in  heaven.  We  know,  too,  that  God 
uses  the  events  of  his  providence  and  the 
experiences  of  human  life  to  win  men  to 
faith  and  obedience,  bv  preparing  .their 
hearts  for  the  acceptance  of  the  gospeL 
Nor  should  any  of  these  instrumentalities 
be  separated  from  the  agency  of  that  Spirit 
who  breathes  where  he  listeth  in  divine 
eagerness  to  infuse  life  into  the  barren 
souls  of  men." 

Alexander  Campbell,  in  discussing  this 
feature  of  Christianity  uses  such  expres- 
sions as  the  following  to  convey  his  idea 
of  _  the  active  co-operation  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  with  the  Word  0:  truth  in  the  con- 
version of  sinners :  "The  ministry  of  men," 
"the  ministry  of  angels."  "special  provi- 
dences," "suggestions,"  "impressions,"  "di- 
rect communication  of  original  ideas," 
"bringing  things  to  remembrance  long 
since  forgotten,"  "bringing  m=n's  minds  to 
consider  these  matters,"  "removing  diffi- 
culties," etc. 

Mr.  Garrison's  position  on  this  subject 
is  in  line  with  the  teachings  of  our  fathers 
and  of  the  New  Testament  as  Ave  have 
read  them,  and  any  adverse  criticism  to  his 
position  will  come  froir  men  clearly  out 
of  harmony  with  the  true  spirit  and  genius 
of  our  movement  for  the  restoration  of 
the  Christianity  of  Christ  and  his  apos- 
tles. 

In  chapter  IV  is  considered  the  "Rela- 
tion of  the  Holy  Spirii  to  Christians." 
Here  Brother  Garrison  is  in  his  happiest 
mood.  Both  from  a  rnuonal  and  Scrip- 
tural point  of  view,  and  with  a  most  grace- 
ful literary  style  his  theme  is  introduced,  dis- 
cussed and  dismissed  with  remarkable  perspi- 
cuity, brevity  and  completeness.  His  views  on 
this  topic  and  the  topics  of  the  remaining 
eight  chapters  of  the  bock — "Blessings  of 
the  Holy  Spirit,"  "Jesus  and'  the  Holy 
Spirit,"  "Significance  of  Pentecost,"  "Sym- 
bols and  Metaphors  of  the  Holv  Spirit," 
"Spiritual  Gifts,"  "Perfecting  Holiness," 
"Christian  Union  and  Ihe  Holy  Spirit," 
"Perpetuity  of  the  Spirit's  Guidance*' — are 
in  accord  with  the  general  teaching  of  all 
Christian  writers  whose  views  are  of  any 
value  in  the  world  of  religious  thought 
But,  of  the  many  volumes  we  have  read 
on  the  subject  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  we  have 
found  nothing  equal  to  this  little  book  for 
clear,  concise,  discriminating  and  sane 
treatment  of  its  theme.  Our  only  objection, 
to  the  book  is  its  brevity.  The  work  ought 
to  be  revised  at  an  ea~!y  day.  and  en- 
larged to  double  its  present  size. 
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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


November  16,  1905 


Midweek  Prayer  Meeting. 

By   W     F     Richardson. 
November  22,  190,5. 


Sunday-School. 

November  20.  iqoj. 


HOW  TO  GET  GOOD  OUT  OF  THE  BIBLE. 

-Psalm  119:11,  97-104;  Matt.  4:4, 

7,  10;  2  Tim.  2:14-17. 

/.  By  Study.  There  is  honey  in  the 
flower,  but  the  bee  must  seek  for  it,  and  ex- 
tract it,  or  it  can  never  feed  his  hunger.  The 
word  of  God  is  full  of  sweetness  and 
strength,  but  it  cannot  feed  the  soul  that 
knows  nothing  of  it.  If  we  search  the 
Scriptures,  we  shall  find  in  them  the  sweet- 
ness of  the  honeycomb  and  the  strength  of 
bread  (Ps.  10:7-11).  Our  faith  will  be  estab- 
lished in  the  Lord,  as  was  that  of  the 
Bereans,  when  they  searched  the  Scriptures 
(Acts  17:11,  12).  We  find  the  way  of  life 
eternal,  because  we  find  in  the  Scriptures 
him  in  whom  God  has  given  to  men  that 
life  (John  5:30;  20:30,  31).  We  are  fitted  for 
service,  because  only  through  familiarity 
with  the  Scriptures  can  we  become  skillful 
workmen,  handling  aright  the  work  of  God, 
which  is  the  sword  of  the  Spirit  (2  Tim.  2:15; 
Eph.  6:14-17). 

2.  By  Meditation.  "Thy  word  have  I 
laid  up  in  my  heart,  that  I  may  not  sin 
against  thee,"  says  the  psalmist  (Psalms  119: 
II,  07-104;  1:1,  2).  When  the  citadel  of  the 
heart  is  occupied  by  the  words  of  God,  they 
are  soldiers  for  defense  against  the  enemy. 
Jesus  answered  every  assault  of  the  ad- 
versary with  "It  is  written"  (Matt,  4:1-11). 
Into  the  truth-filled  spirit  Satan  seeks  in 
vain  to  inject  infidelity  or  lust.  Were  we 
more  familiar  with  our  Bibles  we  should  not 
so  often  fall  under  the  stress  of  temptation. 
The  "Quiet  Hour"  of  Christian  Endeavor 
has  given  strength  to  many  a  young  heart 
which  otherwise  would  have  found  itself 
weak  in  the  presence  of  trial.  Meditation 
on  the  Word  of  God  makes  the  life 
fruitful.  It  is  "like  a  tree  planted  by  the 
rivers  of  waters,  that  bringeth  forth  its  fruit 
in  its  season."  As  the  body  must  not  only 
eat  food,  but  assimilate  it  through  digestion, 
go  the  soul  must  not  only  receive  truth 
through  study  or  hearing,  but  assimilate  it 
through  meditation  and  prayer  (1  Tim.  4:15). 
"I  have  more  understanding  than  all  my 
teachers,  for  thy  testimonies  are  my  medita- 
tion," says  the  Psalmist.  Wisdom,  security 
and  strength  come  from  this  communion 
with  God  through  his  Word. 

j.     By  Obedience.   "He  that  heareth  these 
sayings  of  mine,  and  doeth  them,"  says  Jesus, 
is  the  wise   and  saved  man  (Matt.  7:24,  25). 
To   know  the   will  of  Cod  and  not  do  it,  is 
practical    infidelity,  and    the    world  and  the 
church  are    full    of    such  (Luke  6:46;   Titus 
I:l6).     The  tree  of  divine  knowledge  yields 
its  ripened   fruit  only  to  him  who  gathers  it 
by   his   own  faithful   keeping  of  the  divine 
precepts.     He  only  can  be  truly  happy  who 
does   what   he   knows  to    be   right.     "If  ye 
know   these   things,   happy    are  ye  if  ye  do 
them"  (John  13:17).    This,  too,  is  the  way  of 
wisdom,    for   he   only   grows   in  knowledge 
who   likewise  grows  in   grace,  through  obe- 
dience to  the  will  of  Cod  (2  Pet.  3:18).    A 
great  preacher    left  to  us  a  sermon  of  won- 
derful  power   on   "Obedience   the  organ  of 
spiritual  knowledge,"  based  upon  the  words 
of  Christ  in  John  7:17.     If  we  must  know  in 
order  to  do,  it  is  equally  true  that  we  mast  do 
in  order  to  know.     Obey  what  you  know  of 
God's   will,  and  your  knowledge  wiil  be  in- 
creased thereby.     Like  the  body  without  the 
spirit,  like  faith  without  works,  so  knowledge 
without    obedience    is    dead,    being    alone. 
Study,  meditate,  obey,  are  the  three   steps 
to  a  wise,  happy,  useful  and  triumphant  life. 


ABSTINENCE  FOR  THE  SAKE  OF 
OTHERS.  -  1  Cor.  10:23-33. 

(Temperance  Lesson.) 

The  fundamental  reason  for  temperance 
in  eating  or  drinking  or  any  other  indul- 
gence is  a  very  practical  one.  It  is  that  in- 
temperance is  injurious.  However  it  may 
be  with  some  of  the  other  obligations  of 
morality,  we  have  to  do  here  with  an  obliga- 
tion which  rests  wholly  and  directly  upon 
consequences.  It  is  the  law  of  nature,  as  it  is 
the  law  of  God,  that  unrestrained  indulgence 
brings  disorder,  weakness,  pain.  This  is 
the  law  of  temperance  that  is  written  in  the 
nervous  system  as  clearly  as  in  a  book  and 
as  indelibly  as  if  it  were  carved  on  tables  of 
stone. 

If  man's  obligations,  therefore,  were  only 
to  himself,  to  get  the  most  out  of  life,  to 
conserve  the  powers  of  mind  and  body,  to 
escape  needless  pain,  to  gain  the  maximum 
of  pleasure,  to  attain  the  highest  perfection 
of  individual  manhood — if  that  were  all,  the 
matter  of  temperance  would  be  relatively 
easy.  One  might  do  what  he  pleased,  in- 
dulge as  he  pleased,  if  only  he  would  stop 
short  of  injuring  himself.  As  regards  those 
matters  which  we  more  commonly  think  of 
in  connection  with  temperance,  it  would  re- 
duce itself  largely  to  a  question  of  phy- 
siology. 

But  the  case  is  not  so  simple.  No  man 
liveth  to  himself.  One  has  a  duty  not  only 
to  his  own  body  and  brain,  but  to  his  neigh- 
bor. "Am  I  my  brother's  keeper?"  Cer- 
tainly. Otherwise  there  could  be  no  society, 
but  only  warring  individual  units  of  human- 
ity. The  rule  of  consequences  still  holds, 
only  it  must  receive  a  wider  application. 
One  must  consider  not  only  the  consequen- 
ces for  himself  but  the  consequences  which 
will  follow,  even  indirectly  for  others. 

This  is  the  teaching  of  Paul  in  this  cele- 
brated passage  where  he  speaks  of  eating 
meats  sacrificed  to  idols.  The  danger  here 
was  not  of  physical  harm  but  of  spiritual  in- 
jury through  entanglement  again  in  the 
practices  of  idolatry.  In  Corinth,  a  city  of 
many  cults  and  many  shrines,  it  was  cus- 
tomary for  meats  which  had  been  offered  as 
sacrifices  on  pagan  altars  to  find  their  way 
again  into  the  markets,  and  in  the  popular 
thought  those  who  bought  and  ate  them 
were  deemed  in  some  sense  participants  in 
the  sacrifice.  But  in  buying  meat  in  open 
market,  or  in  eating  at  the  house  of  a  heath- 
en friend,  one  could  not  be  sure,  without 
raising  special  inquiry,  whether  a  particular 
portion  of  meat  had  been  offered  to  an  idol 
or  not.  The  question  which  the  Corinthian 
church  asked  Paul  to  answer  was:  Is  it 
wrong  to  eat  much  meat? 

Paul's  answer  was  twofold.  First,  for 
those  who  are  strong  enough  in  the  faith  to 
understand  that  an  idol  is  a  mere  figment  of 
the  imagination,  there  can  be  no  evil  result 
from  eating;  therefore  it  is  not  wrong  to  eat, 
so  far  as  a  man's  duty  to  himself  is  con- 
cerned. But  second,  since  some  are  weak 
and  apt  to  be  led  back  into  heathen  ways  by 
misunderstanding  this  act,  the  rule  of  tem- 
perance and  the  law  of  love  would  forbid 
the  eating  whenever  it  might  influence  an- 
other to  do  what,  for  him,  would  be  sinful 

Note  two  things  about  this  law  of  temper- 
ance or  self-restraint,  first  as  to  what  it  is 
not,  and  second  as  to  what  it  is.  It  is  not  a 
prohibition  against  doing  what  others  would 
criticise.     It  is  no  counsel  of   cowardice  to 


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Christian  Endeavor. 

By  H.  A.   Denton. 

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GOD'S  WONDERFUL  WORKS. 
Psalms  4:1-11. 

(Thanksgiving  Service.) 

For  the  Leader. 

Another  one  of  our  anniversaries  has  come. 
We  have  many  days  dear  to  our  hearts. 
There  are  days  that  are  not  known  beyond 
the  limits  of  the  one  family,  but  they  are  dear 
to  those  who]make  up  that  family.  Do  you 
remember  some  day  in  your  family?  It  may 
be  a  day  of  marriage.  It  may  be  a  day  of 
death.  It  may  be  a  day  of  calamity.  It  is  a 
day,  nevertheless.^which  you  will  never  for- 
get. When  it  returns'there  is  some  way  in 
your  family  of  observing  that  day. 

Nations,  like  people,  are|born.  \  Days  make 
up  the  onward)  march  of  kingdoms  as  they 
do  the  decline  of  families.  Who  can  ever 
forget  our  day  of  national  independence? 
Not  one.  But  there  is  another  day  in  the 
calendar  of  our  nation.  It  has  to  do  with 
thoughts  as  holy  as  politics.  Yea,  it  has  to 
do  with  the  thoughts  that  are  fundamental 
in  every  nation  and  in  every  family.  This 
thought  is  religion.  It  is  our  relation  to  God. 
It  is  his  bounty  in  his  dealings  with  his  peo- 
ples. This  day  is  Thanksgiving  Day.  It 
stands  for  belief  in||God.  It  stands  for  trust 
in  him.  It  stands  against  materialism.  It 
stands  against  all  that  would  rob  us  of  the 
fullness  and  riches  of  spiritual  treasure  that 
has  come  down  to  us  from  the  sturdy  past  of 
our  history. 

It  is  this  we  come  to  study  and  to  discuss 
to-night. 

Let  each  one  show  by  his  response  his 
blessings  from  the  heavenly  Father. 

For  the  Members. 

1.  True  thankfulness  is  connected  with  a 
true  conception  of  God  as  the  father  of  us  all 
and  as  the  one  ruler  and  supreme  being  of 
the  universe.  Had  not  our  pilgrim  fathers 
been  a  devout  and  a  believing  people,  the 
day  of  thanksgiving  could  never  have  had 
the  historic  beginning  with  us  that  it  has  had. 
It  was  the  faith  in  them  that  saw  in  the  won- 
derful deliverance^the  hand  of  God.  It  was 
their  faith  and  trust  that  turned  them  back 
to  give  thanks  unto  God.  Faith  in  God  is  at 
the  very  root  of  all  the  greatness  of  our  in- 
stitutions. We  are  a  Christian  nation.  We 
are  a  trusting  people.  Our  thankfulness, 
our  devotion,  our  faith  wells  up  in  us  and 
must  burst  forth  in  the  glad  acclaims  of  a 
national  day. 

2.  If  we  have  rejoiced  in  a  study  of  the 
results  of  faith  in  God  in  a  whole  nation  such 
as  ours,  how  also  should  we  profit  by  a  study 
in  contrast  as  found  in  the  barrenness  of 
unbelief  and  infidelity.  First,  there  is  no 
one  to  whom  we  can  go  when  there  is  no 
faith  in  God.  Sorrow  must  be  alone.  Ca- 
lamity has  no  one  back  of  it  overruling  its 
issues  for  good.  Death  comes  with  a  cold 
hand.  There  is  nothing  but  a  stolid  and  icy 
submission.  We  plod  on  through  the  weary 
days.  Things  come;  things  go.  What  does 
it  matter?  There  is  nothing  personal,  warm, 
living  in  the  whole  thing.  There  is  a  certain 
gloom  overspreading  all  things.  Sweet  af- 
fection can  not  bud  and  blossom  in  this 
marsh  land  of  the  soul.  Benevolence  is  poor 
and  thin.  No  one  to  give;  no  one  to  thank. 
No  one  to  love;  no  one  to  ask.  No  Father; 
no  praise  of  the  son.  No  divine  providence; 
no  thankfulness  in  the  human  heart.  To  say 
all  that  can  be  said,  that  is  a  cold,  lean  life. 

3.  There  is  a  hymn  which  has  in  it  the 
thought  of  counting  one's  blessings.   Suppose 


we  try  to  night  to  count  our  many  blessings. 
Shall  we  have  time?  Can  the  sands  of  the 
sea  be  numbered?  Theoretically  this  can 
be  done;  practically,  never.  So  our  many 
blessings  pile  up  before  us  as  we  begin  to 
count  them  until  the  night  romes  on  before 
we  have  made  an  end  of  counting.  Another 
day  dawns.  It  is  long  gone,  and  still  the 
work  is  not  over.  So  will  it  ever  be.  There 
is  no  end  to  the  blessings  and  mercy  of  God 
toward  us  and  upon  us.  Praise  the  Lord. 
Let  all  the  earth  sing  his  praises.  He  is  God. 
He  has  redeemed  us.  He  has  liberated  us 
from  sin.  Do  we  not  remember  that  day? 
Yes,  how  well  do  we  recall  it.  He  has  saved 
us  from  temptation.  Can  we  not  call  up  that 
day?  And  can  we  not  remember  the  many 
times  he  has  saved  us  from  ruin?  Do  we  not 
dwell  to-day  upon  how  wonderfully  we  have 
been  blessed  in  purse  and  store  and  heart 
beyond  our  merits?  If,  then,  the  day  seems 
dark  brighten  it  up  with  the  return  of 
thanksgiving. 

Quiet  Hour  Thought. 

DAILY    READINGS. 

Does  thanksgiving  to  God  fill  the  place  in 
my  life  that  it  should? 
M.     "Praise  is  comely."  Ps.  33:1-22. 

T.     God's  dealing  with  nations.   Ps.  81:1-15. 
W.     His  works  in  nature.  Ps.  95:1-11. 

T.     His  works  in  grace.  Ps.  98:1-9. 

F.     Redemption.  Luke  1 :67-7o. 

S.    God's  work- completed  Rev.  5:9-13. 

S.     Topic— God's  wonderful  works. 
(Thanksgiving  service.)  Ps.  40:1-11 

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Current  Literature. 


Stokk*s  NEST,  by  J.  Breckenridge  Ellis, 
illustrated  by  Elizabeth  Ingham,  New 
York.  Moffat.  Yard  &  Company,  1905. 
Price,  Si. 00. 

This  is  the  latest  work  from  the  pen  of 
our  well-known  correspondent  and  conductor 
of  the  children's  department  of  The  Chkis- 
TiAN-EvAMiKi.isT.  and  founder  of  the  Ad- 
vance Society.  "Stork's  Nest"  is  likely  to 
prove  the  most  popular  of  all  the  stories 
which  the  author  has  written.  The  scene  is 
laid  in  northern  Missouri,  in  the  Grand 
River  country.  While  the  date  of  the  story 
is  not  tixed,  the  conditions  described  point 
to  an  early  period  in  the  settlement  of  that 
region.  It  is  a  love  story,  of  course,  but  in 
connection  with  it  the  author  manifests  real 
genius  in  depicting  a  number  of  different 
characters  which  stand  out  with  great  dis- 
tinctness. The  interest  of  the  reader  will 
be  divided  between  his  admiration  for  Ben- 
ton Cabot  and  Emma  Garrett,  the  hero  and 
heroine,  and  his  contempt  and  dislike  for 
"Bije  Stork"  and  "Si  Stork,"  and  pity  for 
poor  "Jim  Whitlick,"  the  orphan  boy  who 
was  "bound  out."  There  is  a  very  interest- 
ing ghost  story  which  figures  largely  in  the 
narrative,  and  this,  with  a  case  of  mysterious 
burglary,  will  not  fail  to  excite  the  interest 
of  the  readers.  It  is  scarcely  necessary  to 
say  that  the  book  is  clean  and  helpful  in  its 
teaching,  emphasizing  the  things  which 
make  for  manhood  and  womanhood,  and 
depicting  in  their  native  ugliness  the  vices 
of  covetousness  and  dishonesty.  The  story 
soon  gains  a  fast  hold  on  the  reader  and  he 
does  not  wish  to  tarry  very  long  between 
chapters,  until  he  has  finished  the  book.  A 
warning  to  all  misers  is  given  in  a  single 
sentence  describing  the  death  of  one  of  the 
men  who  figure  in  the  story:  "But  the 
money  Si  wouldn't  let  go  of  when  a-livin', 
wouldn't  let  go  o'  him  when  dyin'!"  The 
ambition  of  Emma  "to  be  a  Person,"  will 
appeal  to  the  ambition  of  all  young  people 
who  have  a  desire  to  make  something  of 
themselves.  We  hope  our  young  author 
will  work  his  Missouri  field  still  further  and 
that  he  may  reap  the  fame  and  profit  which 
his  genius  and  character  deserve. 

Natukk  Ore,  or  Home  Treatment 
Without  Medicine,  by  Wilhelmine 
H.  Kuepper,  Nature  Cure  physician. 
The  John  C.  Winston  Co.,  Philadelphia, 
Chicago,  Toronto.     1905. 

There  is  a  widespread  interest  just  now  in 
what  might  be  called  natural  methods  of 
curing  and  preventing  sickness,  such  as 
pure  air,  water,  sunbath  exercise  and  proper 
diet.  These  things  are  all  emphasized  in  this 
volume,  which  will  prove  suggestive  and 
helpful,  no  doubt,  to  those  who  read  and 
follow  its  suggestions.  The  work  is  illus- 
trated, showing  how  to  take  exercise,  how  to 
meet  certain  emergencies  from  accidents, 
and  how  to  treat  children,  and  most  of  the 
ordinary  ailments  of  life.  A  large  number 
of  hygienic  cooking  recipes  in  the  latter 
part  of  the  book  will  commend  it  to  house- 
keepers. 

The  Modern  Jewish  Idea  of  Jesus,  by 
Prof.  Clyde  W.  Yotaw,  Ph.  I).,  printed 
at  the  University  Press  of  Chicago. 
This  is  the  publication  in  pamphlet  form 
of  the  article  which  appeared  in  the  Biblical 
World   in   August    last,  based    on   the  new 
Jewish    Encyclopedia    which   is    being  pub- 
lished by  the  Eunk  &  Wagnalls  Company, 
New  York.     Tin's  work  is  supposed  to  be  a 


monument  of  Jewish  erudition,  and  aims  to 
give  "a  complete  record  of  the  Jewish  peo- 
ple from  the  earliest  times  until  the  present." 
Of  course  the  most  interesting  thing  about 
the  work  to  Christians  would  be  the  attitude 
which  these  modern  Jewish  scholars  take  to- 
ward Jesus  and  of  Christianity.  This  view 
is  clearly  set  forth  in  the  pamphlet  before 
us,  with  a  few,  brief,  cogent  statements  by 
the  author,  pointing  out  the  inadequacy  and 
inconsistency  of  these  views.  The  hopeful 
feature  about  this  attitude  of  the  Jews,  is 
that  Jesus  is  no  longer  regarded  as  an  im- 
postor, but  as  a  good  Jew,  honoring  the  law, 
but  not  transcending  the  elements  of  the 
Judaism  of  the  first  century.  This  is  prob- 
ably the  first  step  toward  the  true  apprecia- 
tion of  the  place  of  Jesus  as  a  religious 
teacher.  Those  interested  in  that  question 
will  find  an  informing  and  accurate 
statement  of  the  present  situation  in  this 
pamphlet. 

The  Sacrifice  of  Madaline,  or  From 
Earth  to  Heaven  by  a  Skyrocket,  by 
P.  W.  Walthall,  Covington,  Ind.  Price, 
20  cents  per  copy. 

Minna  Madaline  Marie  Ashley,  a  beautiful 
and  consecrated  young  woman  in  her  twen- 
tieth year  was  instantly  killed  by  a  sky- 
rocket. This  little  volume  is  a  loving 
tribute  by  the  author  to  her  beautiful  young 
life  and  character.  It  is  handsomely  printed 
on  fine  paper  and  illustrated.  Many  copies 
of  the  little  book  have  been  sold  to  admiring 
friends.  There  are  still  other  copies  on 
hand  for  sale.  Her  lite  and  the  sudden 
manner  of  her  taking  away  must  have  pro- 
foundly impressed  the  community,  and, 
through  this  little  book,  she,  being  dead, 
will  continue  to  speak. 


MARRIAGES. 

Notices  of  marriages  inserted  under  this  beadirgrat  the 
rate  of  fifty  onts  for  three  Hues  or  less  (sev.-n  words  to  a 
line).  Additional  words  at  five  cents  per  word.  Cash  must 
in  each  case  accompany  order. 

CAMPBELL— TODD— In  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  Oct.  25, 
1905,  Mr.  Harley  Campbell,  of  Stewartsville,  Mo.,  and 
Miss  Mary  Todd,  of  Dearborn,  Mo.,  N.  Rollo  Davis, 
officiating. 

HART— BARKER.-On  Oct.  25,  1905,  Miss  Nellie 
Barker,  ot  Rockland,  Me.,  to  Madison  A.  Hart,  of 
Fulton,  Mo.  Miss  Barker  was  one  of  the  faculty  of 
William  Woods  college  of  Fulton.  She  is  a  woman 
of  strong  mentality,  refined,  cultured,  magnetic.  Mr. 
Hart  is  minister  of  the  church  at  Fulton,  Mo.  The 
wedding  occurred  in  the  home  of  Miss  Anna  Goff,  of 
Lexington,  Ky.,  an  intimate  friend  of  the  bride.  The 
ceremony  was  performed  by  Joseph  W.  Hagin,  of  Cov- 
ington, Ky.,  who  was  for  four  years  an  intimate  friend 
and  roommate  of  Mr.  Hart  while  they  were  both  stu- 
dents in  Kentucky  University. 

RAINS-McMURRAY.— At  the  Church  of  Christ 
Beloit,  Kan.,  at  6  p.  m.,  on  October  19,  1905,  J.  E. 
Rains,  pastor  of  the  Christian  church,  Downs,  Kan., 
and  Miss  Jessie  L.  McMurrav,  of  Mt.  Sterling,  111., 
Elder  H.  F.  Ritz  officiating. 


OBITUARIES. 

Notices  ot  deaths  (not  more  than  four  lines)  inserted 
free.  Obituary  memoirs,  one  cent  per  word.  Send  the 
money  with  the  copy. 

BAYS. 

The  world  to-day  mourns  the  loss  of  a  grand  and 
noble  man.  Davis  H.  Bays,  born  Mar.  c,  1839,  de- 
parted this  life  Oct.  24,  1905  at  the  home  of  a  daugh- 
ter, Mrs.  James  Lang,  Persia,  la.  Married  to  Mrs. 
J.  Shearer,  1861,  who  died  Mar.  23.  1884.  He  after- 
wards married  Mrs.  J.  Brown,  in  1890,  who  patiently 
and  devotedly  cared  for  him  during  his  prolonged 
illness.     As  a  minister  of  the  Gospel,  his  activity  and 


ingenuousness  could  not  be  excelled.  His  motto  was 
"Prepare  to  meet  thy  God.''  He  was  conscious  till 
the  end  came,  and  as  he  "walked  through  the  valley 
of  the  shadow  of  death,"  his  Saviour  leading  the  way, 
truly  could  he  repeat  the  well-chosen  text,  2  Tim. 
4:7,  8:  "1  have  fought  a  good  fight,  I  have  finished 
my  course,  I  have  kept  the  faith,"  etc.,  etc.  For  the 
sorrowing  heart-broken  wife,  children  and  friends, 
our  prayers  go  up  in  tender  sympathy,  and  may  they 
ever  remember  that  "Earth  has  no  sorrows  that 
heaven  cannot  heal." 

ENNISON. 
James  Ash  Ennison  died  at  his  home,  four  miles 
south  of  Wellington,  Mo.,  at  10:45  o'clock  Saturday 
morning  Sept.  2,  1905,  aged  81  years,  seven  months 
and  18  days.  He  was  a  son  of  Benjamin  and  Kather- 
ine  Briscoe  Ennison  and  was  born  in  Scott  county, 
Ky.,  Jan  15,  1824,  and  came  to  Missouri  in  1850,  set- 
tling on  the  farm  on  which  he  died.  He  was  a  Chris- 
tian 65  or  more  years.  He  leaves  a  wife,  one  daugh- 
ter, Mrs.  Fannie  Bumgarner,  of  Odessa,  Mo.,  one  son, 
W.  B.  Ennison,  of  Wellington,  Mo.,  and  one  sister, 
Mrs.  Martha  McHatton.  His  eldest  daughter,  Mrs. 
Katherine  Ragland,  of  Denver,  Col.,  died  four  days 
after  her  father  and  was  brought  back  to  the  Ennison 
home  and  buried  one  week  after  her  father.  Both 
were  buried  on  Lord's  day  eve  and  services  were  con- 
ducted at  the  by  home  Bro.  Frank  Allen,  our  minister 
in  Odessa.  Martha  A.  McHatton. 

HIGGINS. 
It  is  with  keen  sorrow  that  I  am  compelled  to  re- 
port the  departure  of  Wm.  A.  Higgins,  of  Cleveland, 
Ohio.  He  was  a  loyal  member  of  the  Euclid  avenue 
church;  a  helper  in  every  good  word  and  work.  He 
showed' his  deep  love  for  the  cause  by  making  a  be- 
quest to  the  American  Christian  Missionary  Society. 
He  was  a  brotherof  Mrs  Jabez  Hall  and  Mrs.  Benj.  L. 
Smith.  He  was  an  officer  in  the  Union  army;  a  true 
man.  His  friends  all  loved  to  speak  of  his  very  sweet, 
happy  disposition,  his  friendliness  and  his  constant 
spirit  of  helpfulness.  He  seemed  to  have  no  deeper 
pleasure  than  to  confer  some  pleasure,  some  favor, 
upon  others.  On  Oct.  13,  1905,  he  was  called  home. 
Those  who  remain  cherish  the  memory  of  a  true 
Christian  man,  loveable,  pure  in  heart  and  life,  who 
loved  God  and  little  children.  He  was  buried  at  the 
old  home  in  Wheeling,  W,  Va.         Benj.  L.  Smith. 

MUNKRES'. 
John  Munkres,  son  of  Brother  and  Sister  Ben- 
jamin Munkres,  of  Savanah,  Mo.,  was  born  Oct. 
7,  1886,  and  ,  died  Oct.  30,  1905.  He  was  a  noble 
Christian  young  man  and  died  in  the  full  hope  of  im- 
mortality. N.  Rollo  Davis. 
St.  Joseph,  Mo. 

UNKEFER. 

Mrs.  Charity  Keith  Unkefer  was  born  in  August, 
1838  and  died  in  the  same  month  1905,  aged  67 
years.  She  was  a  good,  Christian  mother,  a  faith- 
ful friend,  and  for  50  years  a  devoted  member  of 
the  church.  For  ten  years  she  was  a  faithful  friend 
to  church  and  pastor  at  Cedar  avenue,  Cleveland. 
Her  character  was  above  reproach.  She  appreciated 
all  things  beautiful  and  good.  She  loved  Christ  and 
his  church  and  plead  for  a  deeper  spiritual  life  in  the 
church.  Funeral  services  at  her  late  residence,  45 
Lodge  avenue,  Cleveland.  O.  E.  P.  Wise. 

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Family  Circle 


Life's  Voyage. 

Life  is  a  sea,  and  our  lives  are  boats 

That  move  forward  from  day  to  day, 
And  never  are  two,  by  any  chance, 

Built  exactly  the  self-same  way. 
They  differ  in  form  and  size  and  strength, 

Some  are  shallow,  and  some  are  deep; 
Yet  all  mav  reach  the  same  harbor  at  last 

If  steadily  onward  they  keep 
Advancing. 

We  are  children  now,  and  we  skim  along 

With  the  sails  of  Hope  widespread, 
ADd  we  shun  the  channels  of  Toil  and  Care, 

And  choose  that  of  Pleasure  instead. 
The  skies  are  bright  and  our  hearts  are  gay, 

And  the  breeze  is  fresh  and  sweet; 
We  wish  that  childhood  and  youth  were  o'er, 

And  the  future  we  bravely  meet, 
Sailing. 

But  alas!  there  are   storms,  and  our   hopes  are  lost, 

And  the  masts  are  lone  and  bare; 
The  winds  blow  fierce  and  drive  our  boat 

To  the  dreaded  channel  of  Care. 
And  backward  we  cast  a  wistful  glance, 

For  we  long  for  our  youth  once  more, 
With  its  quiet  waters  and  clear   blue  sky, 

And  we  sigh  as  we  bend  to  the  oar, 
Rowing. 

And  now  comes  Age,  and  our  bark  floats  on, 

For  the  driving  storms  are  past; 
The  waves  are  calm  and  the  winds  are  still 

And  the  harbor  we  see  at  last. 
No  longer  the  sun  casts  its  fiery  heat 

On  our  heads  now  growing  grav, 
But  sheds  its  soft  radiance  over  the  hill 

As    we   go,    with    the    dying   day, 
Drifting. 

We  reach  the  harbor  for  which  we  longed 

When  our  eyes  were  growing  dim; 
We   let   fall  the  anchor  at  God's   command, 

Leave   our   boat   to    be  with    Him; 
For  when  we  wearily  crossed  the  bar 

Death  brought  us  a  sweet  release. 
In   our  Father's  home,  with  our  voyage  o'er 

Forever  we'll   dwell   in   peace. 
Rejoicing. 
— Susan  E.  Abbey,  in  "Chicago  Daily  Sun." 


Blush  Roses. 

Miss  Rebecca  Bracket"  wore  steel-bowed 
glasses  because  she  was  near-sighted,  and 
gold-bowed  ones  would  have  seemed  an 
extravagance,  and  did  her  hair  up  in  a 
tight  little  knob  because  it  could  be  done 
quickly  so,  and  there  was  nobody  to  tell  her 
that  it  was  unbecoming.  And  she  walked 
very  fast  and  straight  when  she  went  on 
errands,  and  nobody  stopped  her  for  a  chat, 
because  she  looked  as  if  she  would  resent 
such  an  interruption.  To  most  people  she 
was  either  forbidding  or  uninteresting.  But 
most  people  had  not  seen  her  in  her  garden. 

Passing  Miss  Rebecca's  story -and-a-half 
house,  spick  and  span  in  its  coat  of  white 
paint,  you  never  would  have  suspected  the 
presence  of  that  garden,  for  in  front  was 
only  a  narrow,  grass-covered  embankment 
with  a  small  flowering  quince  on  one  side 
of  the  front  door,  and  on  the  other  an  aged 
syringa-bush.  But,  once  behind  the  house, 
something  from  the  country  seemed  to  have 
slipped  into  the  midst  of  this  New  Eng- 
land city.  Apple-trees  and  pear-trees  dap- 
pled the  grass  with  their  shadows,  grape- 
vines clambered  lovingly  over  unsightly 
Avail  or  shed,  and  a  lint  of  phlox  marched 
beside  the  /me  garden  path.  In  a  corner 
where  most  of  the  day  the  sunlight  fell  full 
and  warm  was  a  clump  of  rose-bushes — 
blush  rose-bushes — that  had  bloomed  for 
forty  years  or  more.  Miss  Rebecca's  father 
and  mother  had  set  them  out  and  tended 
them  in  their  lifetime,  and  now  Miss 
Rebecca  pruned  and  watched  over  them. 
Each  year  they  filled  the  air  with  their  fra- 
grance, and  in  due  season  were  gathered 
by  Miss  Rebecca  and  were  borne  proudly  to 
her  church  vestry,  to  be  used  as  decoration 
for  its  June  festival.  It  was  her  one  vanity 
— to  sit  primly  by  and  feei  that  on  the  many 
tables,  with  their  spotless  tablecloths  and 
shining  silver,  there  were  no  other  flowers 
so  beautiful  as  hers. 

To    this    end    she    weeded    and    watered 
and   fought  bugs  and  blight,  and,   reckless 


of  twinges  in  her  back,  coaxed  the  bu 
with   beguiling   touch    to    do    their   Ufa 
And    for   one    day,    whet]    the   tender   pink 
of   her   flowers    shunc   out   from   bowl   and 
vase,  she  bore  an  exultant  spirit,  a  thrilling 
sense  of  public   importance. 

It  was  nearing  the  time  now  of  this 
annual  rose-gathering  delight,  and  Miss 
Rebecca,  at  work  in  her  front  yard,  fell 
her  mind  concerned  with  the  number  of 
basketfuls  she  would  have.  The  season 
had  been  one  most  friendly  to  roses.  Never 
had  there  been  more  buds ;  never  had  the 
bushes  been  more  vigorous  or  free  from 
blemish.  She  paused  a  moment  while  she 
allowed  anticipation  to  have  its  way  with 
her.  Into  the  pause  there  came  the  sound 
of  the  gate  latch  being  lifted.  She  turned 
toward  thes  noise  and  saw  a  scantily  clad 
figure  wedging  through  the  partly  open- 
ed gate. 

Now  Miss  Rebecca  wa?  not  used  to  hav- 
ing small  figures,  scantily  clad  or  otherwise, 
open  her  gates  unbidden.  She  had  waged 
a  sharp  but  dicisive  wa-  against  that  very 
thing  many  years  before,  and  the  fame  of 
it  had  not  wholly  died  out.  All  new- 
comers on  the  street  were  cautioned  against 
letting  their  children  ask  her  for  flowers 
or  fruit.  The  children  who  disregarded 
warnings  climbed  over  the  back  fence  at 
night,  and  all  the  next  day  lived  in  terror 
of  Miss  Rebecca's  avenging  presence. 

Miss  Rebecca  straightened  up,  scowled 
over  her  glasses,  and  groped  round  in  her 
mind  for  the  old  phrase  she  had  been  accus- 
tomed to  find  effective  on  such  occasions. 
It  was  "Run  away,  little  boy,''  uttered  in 
so  severe  a  tone  that  seldom  was  anything 
else  necessary.  But  the  phrase  had  lain 
unused  for  a  long  time,  and  it  failed,  in 
this  instance  to  respond  before  the  little  boy 
had  wholly  wriggled  himself  in  and  was 
standing  beside  her.  He  was  quite  dirty 
as  to  his  hands  and  face,  and  very  untidy 
as  to  his  attire;  but  he  smiled  happily. 

"You's  got  nice  flowers,"  he  said,  point- 
ing to  the  quince  bush.  "I  like  nice 
flowers." 

Miss  Rebecca  relaxed  her  frown  in  pure 
amazement.  "Little  boys  musn't  come  into 
people's  yards  without  being  asked,"  she 
heard  herself  say.  "Don't  you  know  that?" 

The  smile  wavered  uncertainly  on  the 
round  face.  "I  likes  nice  flowers."  There 
was  a  pause,  then  the  smile  shone  out 
again  brilliantly.  "You  give  little  boy  a 
nice  flower?" 

Miss  Rebecca  tried  to  summon  some 
other  arrangement  of  words  that  should 
express  severity,  but  failed.  Here  was 
something  that  didn't  fear  her.  She  moved 
toward  the  syringa-busn. 

"Well,"  she  said,  "I'll  give  you  one  piece 
and  then  you  must  go  right  away." 

She  broke  off  a  large  spray  and  held  it 
out  to  him.  He  took  it  in  one  chubby  hand, 
but  the  other  he  reached  up  to  her. 

"Phank  you,"  he  gurgled.  "I  like  to 
kiss  you." 

If  the  house  had  stocd  on  end  or  the 
syringa-bush  gone  walking  down  the  street, 
Miss  Rebecca  could  hardly  hav:  been  more 
astounded.  A  child  wanted  to  kiss  her! 
It  was  the  first  time  in  all  her  life  that 
such  a  thing  had  happened ;  but  she  dropped 
her  sickle,  and,  stooping  awkwardly,  offered 
her  cheek  to  be  hugged  against  a  very  wet 
kiss. 

"Vat's  a  bear  hug.  Now  I  go  home,  but 
I  come  again." 

He  trundled  off,  and  Miss  Rebecca,  still 
in  a  daze  went  slowly  on  with  ner  work. 

The  birds  sang  blithely  from  the  elms, 
the  soft  wind  dallied  with  the  grass,  the 
bumblebees  buzzed  about  the  flowers.  It 
was  a  very  lovely  day,  thought  Miss  Re- 
becca. 

By  degrees  she  got  back  to  her  normal 
state  of  mind ;  and,  when  she  went  in  ta 
get  her  solitary  dinner,  she  could  say,  with 
something,  of  self-disdain,  "What  non- 
sense !" 

But    the   next    morning   she    was    out    in 


What  Sulphur  Does 

For  the  Human   Body  in   Health  and 
Disease. 

The  mention  of  sulphur  will  recall  to 
many  of  us  the  early  days  when  our  moth- 
ers and  grandmothers  gave  us  our  daily 
dose  of  sulphur  and  molasses  every  spring 
and  fall. 

It  was  the  universal  spring  and  fall 
"blood  purifier,"  tonic  and  cure-all,  and 
mind  you,  this  old-fashioned  remedy  wa* 
not  without  merit. 

The  idea  was  good,  but  the  remedy  was 
crude  and  unpalatable,  and  a  large  quantity 
had  to  be  taken  to  get  any  effect. 

Nowadays  we  get  all  the  beneficial  effect* 
of  sulphur  in  a  palatable,  concentrated 
form,  so  that  a  single  grain  is  far  more  ef- 
fective than  a  tablespoonful  of  the  crude 
sulphur. 

In  recent  years,  research  and  experiment 
have  proven  that  the  best  sulphur  for  me- 
dicinal use  is  that  obtained  from  Calcium 
(Calcium  Sulphide)  and  sold  in  drug  stores 
under  the  name  of  Stuart's  Calcium  Wa- 
fers. They  are  small  chocolate  coated  pellets 
and  contain  the  active  medicinal  principle 
of  sulphur  in  a  highly  concentrated,  ef- 
fective form. 

Few  people  are  aware  of  the  value  of 
this  form  of  sulphur  in  restoring  and  main- 
taining bodily  vigor  and  health :  sulphur 
acts  directly  on  the  liver,  and  excretory 
organs  and  purifies  and  enriches  the  blood 
by  the  prompt  elimination  of  waste  ma- 
terial. 

Our  grandmothers  knew  this  when  they 
dosed  us  with  sulphur  and  molasses  every 
spring  and  fall,  but  the  crudity  and  impurity 
of  ordinary  flowers  of  sulphur  were  often 
worse  than  the  disease,  and  can  not  com- 
pare with  the  modern  concentrated  prepara- 
tion., of  sulphur,  of  which  Stuart's  Calcium 
Wafers  is  undoubtedly  the  best  and  most 
widely  used. 

They  are  the  natural  antidote  for  liver 
and  kidney  troubles  and  cure  constipation 
and  purify  the  blood  in  a  way  that  often 
surprises  patient  and  physician  alike. 

Dr.  R.  M.  Wilkins  while  experimenting 
with  sulphur  remedies  soon  found  that  the 
sulphur  from  Calcium  was  superior  to  any 
other  form.  He  says :  "For  liver,  kidney 
and  blood  troubles,  especially  when  result- 
ing from  constipation  or  malaria.  I  have 
been  surprised  at  the  results  obtained  from 
Stuart's  Calcium  Wafers.  In  patients  suf- 
fering from  boils  and  pimples  and  even 
deep-seated  carbuncles.  I  have  repeatedly 
seen  them  dry  up  and  disappear  in  four 
or  five  days,  leaving  the  skin  clear  and 
smooth.  Although  Stuart's  Calcium  Wafer* 
is  a  proprietary  article,  and  sold  by  drug- 
gists, and  for  that  reason  tabooed  by  many 
physicians,  yet  I  know  of  nothing  so  safe 
and  reliable  for  constipation,  liver  and  kid- 
ney troubles  and  especially  in  all  forms  of 
skin  disease  as  this  remedy." 

At  any  rate  people  who  are  tired  of  pills, 
cathartics  and  so-called  blood  "purifiers," 
will  find  in  Stuart's  Calcium  Wafers  a  far 
safer,  more  palatable  and  effective  prepara- 
tion. 


her  yard  long  before  hei  usual  time,  dig- 
ging up  dandelion  roots  that  had  grown 
there  in  security  for  many  years.  As  she 
worked,  she  listened,  and  at  first  there  came 
a  sound — the  gate  latch  ciicked. 

Miss  Rebecca  looked  up.  There  stood 
the  small  boy,  and  with  him  another  small 
boy.  They  both  came  in.  boy  number  two 
hanging  back  and  looking  ready  to  run. 
That  was  the  old-remembered  attitude  of 
children.  It  was  what  Miss  Rebecca  was 
accustomed  to.  but  somehow  it  gave  her  a 
pang  to  see  it.  Would  boy  number  one  be 
affected  by  it?  Appauntly  not:  for  he 
came  straight  on.  dragging  his  companion 
after. 

•"This  little  boy  likes  nice  flowers,  too."  he 


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November  id,  1005 


announced.  "We's  come  tor  some." 

Without  a  word  Miss  Rebecca  went  to 
her  syringa-bush  and  stripped  off  an  arm- 
ful of  blossoms  for  each  And  of  her  own 
accord    she   knelt    for   the    kiss. 

"What  is  your  name?"  she  remembered 
to  call  as  they  went  out  of  the  yard. 

"Tommy,"  said  boy  number  one,  and 
"Jimmy."   said   boy  number   two. 

The  new  day  saw  pretty  much  the  same 
scene  in  Miss  Rebecca's  door-yard,  and  the 
next,  and  the  next  and  the  next,  only  with 
each  new  day  the  procession,  headed  by 
Tommy,  was  larger  tha 3  the  day  before. 
Miss  Rebecca  gave  and  gave  and  gave.  She 
finished  the  syringasand  plunder  d  the  quince 
bush,  until  one  morning  she  woke  to  the 
fact  that  the  blossoms  were  almost  gone. 
Another  visit  and  she  would  have  given 
her  last  spray,  even  of  buds.  And  then 
the  click  of  the  gate  under  Tommy's  fingers 
would  sound  no  more. 

The  day  suddenly  seemed  less  bright,  and 
the  air  grew  heavy.  Shn  should  miss  Tom- 
my. 

Then  she  thought  of  her  roses.  They 
were  blooming,  now.  in  all  their  beauty. 
But  her  roses  were  for  the  church  festival. 
It  was  impossible  to  think  of  their  going 
elsewhere.  Xo  Tommy  could  not  have  her 
rose-. 

She  gave  the  last  of  the  quince  blossoms 
to  the  outstretched  hands,  and  worked  the 
rest  of  the  day  with  dull  persistence.  It 
was  the  last  she  should  see  of  Tommy,  she 
was  sure  of  that.  Still,  when  the  morning 
came  again,  she  took  her  sickle  and  made  a 
pretence  of  cutting  the  grass.  She  trim- 
med the  edges  to  the  smallest  spear  of 
green,  and  let-  no  dandelion  or  plantain 
leaf  escape  her;  but  no  Tommy  came. 
So  it  went  on  for  two  long  mornings. 
On  the  second  day  M-ss  Rebecca  put  on 
her  second  best  hat  and  dress  and  stood 
irresolutely  at  her  front  door.  She  would 
go  and  see  the  committee  about  her  roses; 
perhaps  she  would  go  round  by  way  of 
those  back  streets.  She  could  just  as  well 
as  not,  and  she  hadn't  been  round  that  way 
for  ages.  There  was  no  knowing  what 
changes   had   taken   place. 

She  peered  over  her  glasses  in  the  di- 
rection of  the  back  streets,  and  her  heart 
gave  a  thud ;  for  there,  trudging  toward  her, 
alone,  almost  at  her  gate,  was  Tommy. 

"Ain't  you  got  just  oaf.  mor.  nice  flow- 
er?'' he  greeted  her.  "I's  come  for  one 
more." 

Miss  Rebecca  sat  down  abruptly  on  the 
top  step. 

"Tommy,"  she  commanded,  "come  here." 
Tommy  marched  up  to  her. 
"You  can  go  off  and  get  all  the  other 
little  boys  you  can  find,  ;.nd  the  little  girls, 
and  come  back  here  quick,  and  there'll  be 
some  nice  flowers:  do  you  undei stand,  dear, 
— all  the  nice  flowers  you  can  carry?" 

What  did  one  <iay  of  glory  and  self- 
importance  matter !  Tommy  had  come  for 
some  more  flowers,  and  there  were  the 
roses.  She  would  beg  some  for  the  festival. 
or  buy  some,  or  get  them  somehow ;  but 
Tommy  should  have  h°rs. 

She  waited  at  the  side  gate  for  the  small 
rabble  that  gathered  at  Tommy's  summons, 
and,  when  they  came,  icd  them  into  the 
guarded  region.  And,  while  they  rifled  her 
bushes  and  climbed  her  trees  and  tram- 
pled her  grass,  she  sat  blissfully  by  watching 
the  havoc.  The  angles  softened  in  her  face, 
and  years  faded  from  her  eyes.  And,  when 
the  laden  and  stumbling  children  went  out, 
she  drew  Tommy  to  htr  side.  She  held 
him  tight,  while  she  said  boldly,  as  one  who 
might  have  known  children  all  her  life: 
"There'll  be  apples  and  pears  and  grapes 
by  and  by.  You'll  come  and  get  them,  won't 
you  ?" 

"Yes,"  said  Tommy  serenely,  "I'll  come, 
and  bring  all  the  boys  and  girls."  Then  he 
smudged  a  kiss  on  the  -;de  of  Miss  Re- 
becca's nose  and  trudged  off. 

A  belated  sense  of  humor  awakened  in 
Miss   Rebecca's  breast. 

"1   shouldn't  wonder,"  she  sighed,  "if  the 


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him  as  an  absolute  'pilgrim.'  The  hired 
man  did  absolutely  no  work  and  spent 
most  of  his  time  in  bed.  On  this  trip,  which 
one  of  the  most  successful  that  Mr. 
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after  the  stock,  and  generally  did  any  work 
that  was  undone.  He  was  up  before  light 
in  the  morning,  cooked  his  own  breakfast, 
started  out  on  his  hurt  and  mad«  his  kill 
if  he  could ;  came  back  to  camp,  got  a 
packhorse,  took  it  out  and  packed  in  the 
spoils.  In  other  words,  in  his  hunting  he 
possesses  that  adaptability  to  circumstances 
which  we  are  likely  to  think  is  a  purely 
American   characteristic. 

"A  man  of  that  kind  naturally  cannot 
be  held  down  and  is  bound  to  be  success- 
ful in  hunting,  as  in  othei  things." 

Sports  and  Games  in  City  ParKs. 

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parks  has  been  the  development  in  the  last 
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hoods  in  certain  of  the  smaller  parks  of  the 
city.  Here  the  municipality  fosters  games 
and  sports  of  various  kintls  by  providing  not 
only  the  grounds,  with  suitable  fixtures  and 
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children  how  to  play  the  various  games  and 
how  to  get  the  most  good  out  of  their  ex- 
ercises. 

These  playgrounds  an  doing  a  splendid 
work  in  giving  these  poor  children  good 
physical  constitutions  and  training,  in  re- 
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Playground  City,"  by  G.  W.  Harris,  in  the 
"American  Monthly  Review  of  Reviews" 
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"Dey  ain'  no  mo,' "  then  said  the  nice 
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A  Week  With  the  Woodneys. 

SIXTH  AFTERNOON. 

Mace  had  hardly  finished  her  offer  of  friend- 
ship to  Arthur,  when  her  family  came  up. 
They  were  sorry  to  have  suspected  Arthur 
of  stealing  the  watch,  and  their  remorse 
swept  away  from  their  minds  and  from  his 
heart,  the  last  feather  of  the  white  cock. 
The  little  musician  was  reinstated  in  the 
good  graces  of  all.  Indeed,  he  had  risen 
several  notches  through  their  misunder- 
standing. 

"But  you  know,  Mr.  Acre,"  said  Mrs. 
Geraldine  Woodney,  appealing  to  the  black- 
smith, "that  nobody  could  be  expected  to 
look  for  the  watch  in  the  coffee-mill." 

"I  am  sure  it  would  not  have  occurred  to 
me  to  look  there,"  Worth   assured  her. 

"It  was  this  way,"  Mrs.  Geraldine  con- 
tinued; "I  was  in  the  heat  of  beginning  my 
novel,  and  I  was  finding  room  on  the  table 
for  my  manuscript.  We  had  just  scoured 
the  coffee-mill,  and  it  stood  on  the  table 
with  the  watch  beside  it.  I  remember 
thinking  what  a  good  place  it  would  be  to 
get  the  watch  out  of  my  way.  I  put  it  in 
the  little  drawer,  and  then  forgot  all  about 
it.  To-day  Luther  ground  the  coffee  for  us, 
and  when  I  poured  the  coffee  into  the  cof- 
fee-pot, I  poured  out  the  watch  also." 

"It  has  kept  time  ever  since,"  said  Mr. 
Woodney  proudly;  "it  has  not  been  out  of 
order  for  about  three  years.  Arthur,  are 
you  ready  to  go  with  me  on  that  Sunday 
business  I  spoke  of?  We'll  leave  Luther 
with  the  women  folk;  it's  only  once  a  week 
they  get  a  chance  at  him." 

Arthur,  gratified  by  the  thought  that  he 
could  be  of  service,  took  the  blind  man's 
arm. 

"Take  care  of  him,"  called  out  old  Mrs. 
Woodney. 

"1  will,"  answered  Arthur  and  Mr.  Wood- 
ney at  the  same  time,  each  thinking  him- 
self addressed.  Worth  Acre,  who  had  that 
happy  faculty  which  amounts  almost  to 
genius,  of  knowing  when  to  go  away,  soon 
left  the  family  group.  Luther,  his  sister, 
mother  and  grandmother  remained  among 
the  church  ruins,  talking  over  old  times  and 
building  air-castles. 

"Which  way  shall  I  lead  you?"  Arthur 
asked  when  he  was  outside  the  yard. 

Mr.  Woodney  answered  in  a  low  voice, 
"Hush!  to  the  saloon.  I  knew  all  the  family 
would  object,  so  we've  run  off." 

Arthur,  greatly  astonished,  ventured  no 
question,  and  they  passed  the  entire  length 
of  the  village  without  conversation.  "Here 
we  are,"  Arthur  said  at  last. 

"Describe  the  situation,"  Mr.  Woodney 
said  in  a  low  voice. 

"The  Hoogans  live  in  the  rooms  back  of 
the  saloon,"  Arthur  communicated.  "Mr. 
Hoogan  is  sitting  out  by  the  side  door  in  his 
shirt-sleeves,  smoking  a  pipe  and  reading  a 
paper.  Mrs.  Hoogan  is  on  the  doorstep 
with  her  baby,  around  at  the  side.  I  don't 
see  any  of  the  other  children." 

"Take  me  around  to  the  side  yard'"  said 
the  other." 

"Well,  how  are  you,  Mr.  Woodney!" 
said  Mr.  Hoogan  in  a  hearty  voice;  "come 
right  here  and  take  this  seat.  Me  and  my 
wife  are  glad  to  have  your  company,  if  the 
saloon  is  closed  up  on  Sunday.  Of  course, 
you  understand  we  can't  deal  out  drinks  on 
Sunday.  It's  against  the  law,  and  I'm  a 
friend  to  the  law." 

"I'm  pleased  to  know  it'"  said    Mr.  Wood- 


ney.    "Mrs.  Hoogan,  how  is  the   baby?" 

"Awful  bad,  Mr.  Woodney,"  answered  the 
mother  sincerely.  "It's  the  crossest  thing 
that  ever  came  into  our  family.  It  cries 
from  morning  till  night,  and  the  reason  it 
ain't  at  it  now,  is  because  it's  resting  up  to 
keep  us  walking  the  floor  later  on." 

"Poor  thing,"  said  Mr.  Woodney  com- 
passionately. "Something  is  wrong  you  may 
be  sure." 

"Yes,  we'll  all  sign  our  names  to  that 
proposition,"  remarked  the  saloon-keeper 
dryly. 

"It  will  outgrow  it  when  its  older,"  said  the 
visitor.  "My  son  Luther  had  the  colic  for 
six  months.     He'll  outgrow  it." 

"Maybe  so,"  said  the  mother.  "I  only  hope 
we'll  be  alive  when  the  day  comes.  How  is 
your  grass  getting  on?" 

"We  have  a  fine  start,  Mrs.  Hoogan,  and 
we  owe  much  of  it  to  you.  I  have  come  this 
afternoon  on  business,  Mr.  Hoogan,  thinking 
I'd  find  you  at  leisure." 

"Sorry,"  returned  the  saloon-keeper,  "but 
can't  do  business  on  Sunday.  If  you  want 
to  talk  about  taking  ice  I'll  be  around  early 
in  the  morning— say  half-past  four." 

"No,  I  came  on  the  Lord's  business,  Mr. 
Hoogan,  and  what  is  so  fit  for  that  as  the 
Lord's  day?" 

Mr.  Hoogan,  whose  tones  had  been 
cheerful  and  friendly  to  this  point,  suddenly 
looked  very  serious.  He  answered  shortly, 
"I  don't  know,  sir,  as  the  Lord's  business 
and  Mr.  Hoogan's  business  has  much  in 
common." 

Mr.  Woodney  resumed  cheerfuliy,  "I  am 
determined  to  have  that  church  rebuilt,  and 
in  spite  of  many  obstacles  which  have  been 
thrown  in  my  way,  I  believe  I  shall  succeed. 
People  are  always  better  than  the  world 
thinks — even  better  than  they  know,  them- 
selves. I've  made  my  appeal  here  and  there, 
and  some  money  is  already  in  sight." 

"Oh!"  said  Mr.  Hoogan,  evidently  re- 
lieved, "if  it's  the  question  of  building  a 
church,  you  can  count  me  in  for  some- 
thing. I'm  always  ready  to  contribute  to  any- 
thing to  help  the  village,  and  I'd  help  with 
a  church  or  distillery— or  anything  to  bring 
people  here.  I'm  not  a  church-member,  but 
my  wife  is.  You  can't  expect  me  to  give 
very  much,  because  my  wife  be- 
longs to  a  denomination  that's  pretty 
lonesome  in  these  parts.  Little  as  the 
village  is,  there  are  seven  denominations, 
and  the  country  folks  about  here  belong  to 
one  or  the  other  of  'em.  But  my  wife,  she's 
got  a  denomination  that  nobody  in  the 
country  belongs  to  but  her." 

"Yes,  sir,"  spoke  up  Mrs.  Hoogan,  with 
manifest  pride,  "nobody  belongs  to  my 
church  this  side  of  the  Missouri  river,  I  do 
think!" 

"My  wife,"  resumed  the  saloon-keeper, 
"has  her  religion  all  to  herself,  you  might  say. 


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tizes and  communes  and  joins  and  per- 
severes in  a  different  way  from  any  person  in 
this  section.  But— how  much  have  they 
been  giving  to  your  scheme?" 

"I've  had  three  offers  of  a  hundred  dollars 
each." 

"Oh,  I'll  give  two  hundred  dollars,  and  may- 
be more,"  said  Mr.  Hoogan,  "I'm  liberal.",; 

"There  is  another  matter,  sir,"  said  Mr. 
Woodney  earnestly.  "I  have  come  to  ap- 
peal to  you  to  close  up  your  saloon." 

"I  thought  so!"  exclaimed  the  other  scowl- 
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only  young  men — men  who  have  children  de- 
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who  have  taken  a  name  that  you  are  help- 
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untrue  and  bad." 

"See  here,  Mr.  Woodney,  I  never  drink, 
myself;  I  let  everybody  else  do  as  they 
please.  It's  not  your  affair.  If  a  fellow 
wants  to  make  a  fool  of  himself,  it's  his  right. 
This  i3  my  business,  to  sell  liquor,  but  what 
becomes  of  the  stuff  after  it  is  sold  is  not  my 
business. 

"Mr.  Hoogan,  I  can't  see  your  face,  but  I 
feel  from  the  tone  of  you  voice — not  from  the 
tone  you  are  using  now,  but  the  one  you 
used  to  have  for  me— I  feel  that  you  are  a 
kind-hearted  man.  I  don't  believe  its  your 
wish  to  curse  the  lives  of  all  who  come  into 
contact  with  you.  I  don't  believe  you  want 
to  be  a  poisonous  influence  to  your  fellow- 
men.  It's  just  come  about,  somehow,  that 
you  sell  liquor,  and  you  don't  think  much 
of  its  effect  upon  others." 

"It's  come  about  this  way,"  said  Mr. 
Hoogan,  his  voice  suddenly  growing  gentler, 
for  in  truth,  there  was  such  a  light  on  the 
blind  face,  and  such  a  ring  of  earnest  ap- 
peal in  the  blind  man's  voice,  that  the 
saloon-keeper  found  his  anger  gone.  "I  had 
to  make  a  living  for  the  old  woman,  and  I  just 
took  up  this  business  because  it  made  the 
money.  There's  no  question  of  it  sir;  it 
makes  the  money." 

"But  I  do  wish  you  made  it  another  way," 
spoke  up  Mrs.  Hoogan,  "just  as  I  often  tell 
you,  Mike." 

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like  for  me  to  sell  ladies'  hats  and  feathers. 
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this  business  ain't  hurting  me,  but  it  is  feed- 
ing my  family.  It's  a  sure  business,  and  I'm 
afraid  if  I  went  into  something  else,  I'd  fail. 
I  don't  mind  to  tell  you  that  there's  some 
things  about  my  work  that  I  don't  like,  and 
wish  wasn't.  But  it  pays,  and  its  not  hard 
work.  I  don't  want  to  work  myself  to  skin 
and  bones,  and  all  the  time  not  knowing  if 
both  ends  were  going  to  meet.  In  my  busi- 
ness there  is  lots  of  ease  and  leisure  and 
money.  And  if  I  didn't  run  the  saloon 
somebody  else  would." 

"But  Mr.  Hoogan,  don't  you  know  money 
is  the  least  reward  life  has  to  offer?" 

"Well— no,  Mr.  Woodney,  to  be  frank 
with  you,  I  don't  know  it.  Money  is  what  / 
want,  anyhow." 

"Surely,  it  makes  you  unhappy  at  times  to 
think  where  your  money  comes  from,  and  ■ 
what  is  left  in  its  place,"  said  Mr  Woodney 
gently.  "Your  business  pays  from  a  money 
point  of  view,  but  you'd  be  much  happier  to 
make  less  in  some  other  calling." 

"That's  what  I  tell  him!"  exclaimed  Mrs. 
Hoogan. 

"You  find  me  some  other  business,"  said 
the  saloon-keeper,  "something  that  will  pay, 
and  I'll  not  run  this  saloon  another  hour. 
But  I'm  not  going  to  have  my  family  thrown 
on  the  world  for  no  sentiment  that  was  ever 
preached." 

"Mr.  Hoogan,"  said  Mr.  Woodney  rising, 
"I  will  try  to  find  you  another  business,  and 
one  that  will  pay." 

Mr.  Hoogan,  considerably  astonished,  in- 
quired, "You  ain't  in  no  paying  business 
yourself,  are  you,  sir?" 

"Oh,  no,"  said  Mr.  Woodney,  cheerfully. 
"I  never  did  make  any  business  pay  that  I 
was  in.  But  I'll  try  to  find  something  for 
you  to  do,  Mr.  Hoogan'  and  I  believe  the 
Lord  will  direct  me  to  it.  Mrs.  Hoogan,  will 
you  help  me  with  your  earnest  prayers?" 

"I  will!"  exclaimed  the  other,  her  voice 
trembling. 

"It  don't  seem  reasonab'e,"  remarked  Mr. 


Hoogan,  "that  you'll  find  something  for  me 
when  you  haven't  for  yourself.  But  I  will 
say  that  you're  my  kind  of  a  man,  Mr. 
Woodney.and  I'll  always  be  glad  tosee  you." 
They  shook  hands  warmly,  and  Arthur  led 
his  blind  friend  away.  "Now,  we'll  go  back 
to  the  church  ruins,"  said  Mr.  Woodney.  "I 
know  Luther  and  the  women  folks  are  build- 
ing air-castles,  and  need  our  help." 
(to  be  continued.  ) 

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For  the  Christ  of  Galilee, 
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November  23,  1905 


No  47 


Current  Events. 


The   sentiment  in  favor  of  statehood   for 
Oklahoma  and  Indian  Territory  is  steadily 

_,  .  growing   and,    in    spite 

The  Statehood  (    tU        ■ 

01    the   wise   conserva- 

"  '  tism    which    now    pre- 

vails in  regard  to  the  admission  of  new 
communities  to  the  privileges  of  statehood, 
it  cannot  much  longer  be  withheld.  It  is 
hard  to  find  a  public  man  who  is  willing 
soberly  to  declare  that  they  are  not  ready 
for  it.  The  two  hindrances  have  been,  first, 
the  divided  opinions  as  to  joint  or  separate 
statehood  for  the  two  territories,  and,  second, 
the  feeling  that  New  Mexico  and  Arizona 
must  receive  the  same  treatment  as  Okla- 
homa and  Indian  Territory.  The  first  point 
is  a  somewhat  delicate  one,  and  the  local 
champions  of  single  and  separate  statehood 
respectively,  throw  themselves  so  passion- 
ately into  the  argument  that  outsiders  may 
feel  it  safer  to  avoid  committing  themselves 
on  either  side  of  the  issue.  Perhaps  that  is 
one  reason  why  it  is  taking  so  long  a  time  to 
get  the  matter  decided  by  Congress.  As  to 
the  other  point,  there  is  no  just  reason  why 
Oklahoma  should  wait  on  New  Mexico  and 
Arizona.  The  latter  territories,  vast  in  ex- 
tent, rich  in  resources  and  crowded  with 
interest  as  they  are,  still  lack  the  essential 
pre-requisites  for  statehood.  It  is  no  argu- 
ment to  say  that  either  of  them  is  more 
worthy  of  it  than  Nevada.  That  is  true,  but 
the  statehood  of  Nevada  is  one  of  the  stand- 
ing jokes  on  our  federal  government.  As 
compared  with  Nevada's  50,000  population 
(enough  to  make  a  New  England  mill  town), 
New  Mexico  has  a  population  cf  250,000 
(enough  to  make  a  middle-western  city  of 
the  third  class).  Half  of  New  Mexico's 
quarter  of  a  million  are  Mexicans  who 
neither  speak  our  language  nor  have  any 
more  touch  with  our  institutions  than  if  they 
lived  south  of  the  Rio  Grande;  several  thou- 
sand others  are  Indians — good  industrious 
Pueblo  Indians,  but  allied  rather  to  Mexican 
than  to  American  civilization.  The  Ameri- 
cans of  New  Mexico  and  Arizona  are  gen- 
erally of  an  admirable  type,  well  worthy  of 
the  privileges  of  statehood,  the  very  stuff 
out  of  which  strong  states  are  made;  not 
border  ruffians,  but  the  strong  sons  of  the 
east  who  are  conquering  new  conditions  in 
the  west.  They  are  the  right  sort,  but 
there  are  not  enough  of  them.  They  are  on 
the  right  road,  but  they  have  not  yet  ar- 
rived. 

As  bearing  on  the  relative  desirability  of 
single  and  separate  statehood  for  these  two 
pairs  of  territories,  it  is  worth  remembering 
that  when  Texas  was  admitted  it  was  given 
the  privilege  of  dividing  into  four  states. 
But  Texas   preferred  to  remain  one,  wisely 


believing  that  the  advantage  of  size  and 
strength  was  worth  more  than  the  privilege 
of  electing  and  supporting  six  extra  sena- 
tors, three  extra  legislatures  and  three 
additional  sets  of  state  officers.  The  maxi- 
mum of  good  government  with  the  smallest 
possible  number  of  officials  and  the  mini- 
mum of  politics,  is  an  ideal  worth  keeping 
in  mind. 

Events  indicate  the  President's  firm   de- 
termination to  make  railroad  rate  regulation 
the  paramount  issue  in 
Rate  Regulation      the  approaching  session 

of  Congress.  Last  week 
a  delegation  of  shoe  and  leather  men  called 
at  the  White  House  to  present  the  argu- 
ments in  favor  of  the  free  entry  of  hides  and 
a  reduction  of  the  duty  on  leather.  It  was 
a  fine  chance  for  the  President  to  make  a 
statement  on  the  subject  of  tariff  reform  and 
it  was  universally  expected  that  he  would 
embrace  the  opportunity.  But  he  did  not. 
He  avoided  committing  himself  on  the 
question  of  tariff  revision  and  talked  about 
the  regulation  of  railroad  rates. 

Another  group  of  White  House  visitors 
was  a  delegation  of  railroad  employes  who 
came  to  present  a  protest  against  rate  regu- 
lation on  the  ground  that  any  general  reduc- 
tion of  receipts  will  lead  to  a  cutting  of 
wages  rather  than  of  dividends,  and  that  the 
employes  will  suffer  more  than  the  stock- 
holders. The  President's  answer  to  this  was: 
First,  the  employes  are  to  be  commended 
for  their  appreciation  of  the  great  economic 
truth  that  the  interests  of  the  employes  and 
those  of  the  wage  earners  are  so  united  that 
any  injury  to  one  is  an  injury  to  the  other; 
second,  rate  regulation  does  not  necessarily 
mean  a  lowering  of  freight  rates,  for  it  may, 
in  many  cases,  mean  a  raising  of  rates  by 
the  elimination  of  rebates  to  large  shippers, 
and  in  any  case  its  prime  object  is  the  equal- 
ization of  rates;  third,  the  administration's 
attitude  toward  corporations  is  not  one  of 
hostility,  even  when  it  is  forced  to  attack 
some  of  their  practices,  but  of  impartial 
justice  to  all  alike,  and  that  the  complete 
application  of  this  policy  to  railroads  and  all 
other  corporations,  compelling  them  to  per- 
form their  duties  and  compelling  others  to 
yield  them  their  rights,  will  in  the  end  issue 
in  the  best  results  for  the  wage  earners. 

No  signs  of  order  have  yet  appeared  in 

the  Russian  chaos.  The  revolutionary  strike, 

which  was  supposed  to 
Russia.  be      at     an    end>    has 

broken  out  afresh,  threateningly  but  not 
altogether  successfully  thus  far.  The  be- 
ginning of  a  Russian  winter  is  an  inauspi- 
cious time  for  the  beginning  of  a  strike,  and 
the  strikers  feel  that  they  are  at  a  disad- 
vantage. They  may  be  able  to  stand  against 
any  scheme  of  repression  which  can  be  ex- 


ecuted by  the  Russian  army,  itself  saturated 
and  honeycombed  with  revolutionary  senti- 
ment, but  the  generals  and  the  forces  which 
drove  Napoleon  out  of  Russia  are  still  active 
and  efficient,  as  unsympathetic  toward  do- 
mestic sedition  as  toward  foreign  invaders, 
and  an  army  of  strikers  would  be  their 
easiest  prey. 

The  announcement  of  the  Czar's  inten- 
tion to  give  a  large  part  of  the  crown  lands 
to  the  peasants  ought  to  arouse  real  en- 
thusiasm. It  costs  the  Czar  more  than  the 
grant  of  the  franchise,  for  it  makes  an 
actual  hole  in  his  revenues.  Of  the  area  of 
European  Russia  and  Poland,  four  hundred 
million  acres  belong  to  the  Czar,  the  impe- 
rial family  and  the  state.  The  policy  has 
not  been  to  throw  the  public  lands  open  to 
entry,  as  our  government  has  done,  but  to 
rent  this  vast  acreage  to  tenant  farmers, 
most  of  whom  had  very  small  tracts.  The 
result  was,  an  enormous  revenue  to  the  Czar 
and  the  grand  dukes,  and  a  peasantry 
groaning  under  the  burden  of  rent  in  addi- 
tion to  the  other  quite  sufficient  difficulties 
of  life.  When  the  serfs  were  freed  by  Alex- 
ander II  in  1861,  they  were  given  the  privi- 
lege of  buying  land  on  long-deferred  pay- 
ments. The  present  plan  apparently  is  the 
even  more  generous  one  of  giving  the  land 
outright  to  the  tenants,  thus  transforming 
them  at  once  into  landlords.  It  is  a  wise  and 
necessary  move.  Economic  liberation  must 
go  hand  in  hand  with  the  growth  of  political 
liberty  in  Russia — as  elsewhere.  A  man 
must  eat  as  well  as  vote. 

Count  Witte  says  that  Poland  will  not  be 
given  an  autonomous  government,  as  Fin- 
land will.  To  make  this  concession  in 
Poland,  it  is  pointed  out,  would  be  to  invite 
the  building  up  of  the  Polish  nation  again 
and  its  almost  certain  ultimate  separation 
from  the  empire. 

The    announcement   of   another   five    per 

cent  increase  in  the  price  of  diamonds  will 

strike  no  terror  to   the 
The  Price  of  hearts    of  most   of   ^ 

Diamonds.  nQt  even  when  it  comeg 

just  as  winter  is  setting  in.  Sometimes,  of 
course,  one  is  subjected  to  a  certain  moral 
pressure  which  practically  forces  him  into 
the  position  of  the  purchaser  of  a  diamond, 
but  in  general  the  rising  price  of  diamonds 
adds  nothing  to  the  burdens  of  the  poor.  If 
it  were  not  for  this  fortunate  fact,  one  might 
get  up  a  good  deal  of  indignation  over  the 
unnecessarily  high  price  of  diamonds. 
There  is  probably  no  article  of  commerce 
the  price  of  which  is  fixed  more  arbitrarily 
or  with  less  reference  to  the  real  facts  of 
supply  and  demand.  The  production  of 
diamonds  is  hedged  about  with  great 
secrecy,  every  process  of  mining,  transpor- 
tation and  cutting  being  hedged  about  with 
all  possible  safeguards  to  prevent  the  public 


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No\  EMBER  23,  1905. 


from  rinding  out  the  quantit\  of  the  product. 
As  oinet) -eight  percent  of  the  world's  dia- 
monds come  fro  n  the  South  African  mines, 
which  are  controlled  practically  by  one  syn- 
dicate, this  policy  of  concealment  is  not  so 
difficult  as  it  would  otherwise  be.  There  is, 
nevertheless,  very  good  and  substantial 
reason  to  believe  tsru  things:  First,  that  the 
quantity  of  diamonds  mined  is  only  a  small 
per  cent  of  the  possible  output  of  the  mines; 
second,  that  the  quantity  put  on  the  n  arket 
is  only  a  small  per  cent  of  the  amount 
mined.  The  truth  is  that  the  actual  produc- 
tion of  diaronds  is  very  largely  in  excess  of 
the  demand  at  present  prices,  while  the  pos- 
sible production  is  tremendously  in  excess 
of  the  demand.  The  output  is  artificially 
limited  to  keep  up  the  price.  There  are  un- 
questionably vast  quantities  of  diamonds 
stored  away  in  vaults,  kept  out  of  the  market 
for  fear  of  causing  a  slump.  Sometimes  it 
happens  (or  is  said  to  happen)  that  a  collec- 
tor of  rare  books,  finding  a  book  of  which 
onlv  two  copies  exist,  will  acquire  both  and 
destroy  one,  thus  leaving  the  other  unique 
and  more  than  doubling  its  value.  On  the 
same  principle,  one-tenth  of  the  world's 
diamonds  may  be  worth  more  in  the  market 
than  ten-tenths  would  be.  So  the  nine- 
tenths  (or  some  other  large  fraction)  are 
locki  d  up  or  purposely  left  undug.  and  every 
man  who  buys  a  diamond  pa\  s  not  only  for 
the  one  he  gets,  but  for  a  number  of  others 
which  are  held  in  reserve  to  keep  the  prices 
up. 

The  insurance    investigation    is    losing  the 

first  thrill  of   novelty,  but  the  interest  in   it 

during    the    past     week 
The  Insurance        was  kept  keen   b     the 

Investigation.  presence  upon  the  wit. 

ness  stand  of  James  Hazen  Hyde,  E.  H.  Har- 
riman,  Ex-Gov.  Odell,  and  Senator  Depew. 
Hyde's  testimony  involved  Odell  in  serious 
charges,  in  particular  that  as  governor  he 
had  threatened  d;oci  edings  against  the  Mer- 
cantile Trust  Company,  through  which  one 
of  the  Equitable's  unsuccessful  deals  was 
carried  on  and  in  which  Odell  was  a  partic- 
ipant, and  that  he  had  dropped  the  matter 
and  left  his  threats  unfulfilled  upon  receipt 
of  a  cheque  for  £75,000,  which  represent- 
ed the  amount  of  his  personal  loss  in  the 
transaction.  Odell  denies  all  the  essential 
points  in  this  narrative,  asserts  that  his  pri  vate 
interests  had  nothing  to  do  with  his  action  in 
the  case  and  that  he  dropped  the  proceed- 
ings against  the  Mercantile  Trust  Company 
upon  the  advice  of  Attorney  Jerome.  Mr. 
Hyde  and  Mr.  Harriman  also  handed  to  each 
other  mutual  accusations  and  mutual  denials. 
Hyde  represents  his  colleagues  as  having 
been  suspiciously  anxious  to  get  him  out  of 
the  wa\ ,  persumably  because  his  sturd)  vir- 
tue and  exhaustive  acquaintance  with  the 
details  of  the  business  made  him  an  impedi- 
ment to  their  nefarious  schem.  s.  He  did 
not  exactly  say  this,  but  clearly  that  is  the 
way  he  feels  about  it.  He  suggests  that  the 
plan  to  get  him  appointed  Ambassador  to 
Paris  originated  in  their  eagerness  to  have 
him  away  from  New  York.  Doubtless 
the  now  famous  dinner  to  Jules  Cambon, 
French  Ambassador  to  the  United  States 
had  something  to  do  with  this.  Sen" 
ator  Depew's  testimony  touched  on  the 
question  of  campaign  contributions  by  insur 


Lawson's  Libel 
Suits. 


ance  companies.  He  had  honestly  believed, 
he  said,  that  such  contributions  were  made 
in  the  interest  of  the  policyholders  but  the 
wide  and  unfavorable  publicity  which  these 
contribution  s  had  lately  received  altered  the 
case  and  he  no  longer  considered  them  ad- 
vantageous to  the  ompany  or  its  policy- 
holders. Senator  Depew's  theory,  then,  is 
that  the  giving  of  campaign  coi  tributie>ns  is 
a  good  thing  to  do  but  a  bad  thing  to  get 
caugl  t  at.  This  evidently  was  the  theory  of 
the  Company,  for  it  seems  that  the  knowl- 
edge of  the  facts  about  the  campaign  contri- 
butions >vas  confined  to  the  smallest  possible 
number  of  persons.  Depew  himself,  a  di- 
rector and  legal  counsel  of  the  company  at  a 
salary  of  $20,000  since  iSSS,  knew  of  the  con- 
tributions only  vaguely  and  by  hearsay  and 
was  not  informed  as  to  the  amount,  disposi- 
tion e>r  even  te  existence  of  the  legislative 
fund.  Did  ever  individual  or  corporation 
succeed  more  completely  in  keeping  its 
right  hand  uninfe^rmed  as  to  the  transactions 
of  its  left? 


The  long-expected  has  happened  and  an 
action  for  criminal  libel  has  been  begun 
against  Thomas  \V. 
Lawson.  The  charge  is 
preferred  by  Charles  W. 
Barron,  of  Boston,  who  owns  and  operates  a 
bureau  for  the  distribution  of  financial  news. 
Mr.  Lawson  said  some  things  about  Mr. 
Barron  in  a  recent  article  in  "Everybody's." 
Following  that,  Mr  Barron  said  some  things 
about  Mr.  Lawson  in  the  market  reports 
issued  by  his  bureau  and  on  the  basis  of 
that  Mr.  Lawson  has  brought  a  counter- 
action for  criminal  libel  against  Mr.  Barron. 
Mr.  Lawson  has  been  arrested,  technically, 
and  is  now  out  on  $3,000  bail  awaiting  trial. 
But  frenzied  finance  is  not  the  only  thing 
that  is  getting  shaken  up.  "Collier's  Week- 
ly," emulating  "P'verybody's"  as  a  publisher 
of  hidden  scandals,  is  printing  a  series  of 
articles  on  the  abuses  of  college  athletics 
and  another  series  on  patent  medicines. 
Both  are  explicit  and  detailed  accounts, 
with  names,  dates  and  places.  We  hear 
plenty  about  the  physical  dangers  of  college 
athletics,  especially  football.  They  are  small 
in  comparison  with  the  moral  dangerj  which 
surround  the  game,  particularly  the  tempta- 
tion to  disguise  professionalism  under  the 
pretense  of  amateurism.  This  is  the  topic 
treated  in  the  articles  referred  to.  The  war 
on  patent  medicines  also  goes  bravely  on. 
If  there  are  not  damage  suits  from  some  of 
the  proprietors,  it  will  be  a  confession.  But 
even  confession  could  scarcely  add  to  the 
certainty  that  many  of  the  widely  advertised 
nos  rums  are  frauds. 


International 
Education. 


In  the  old  days  of  medieval  education,  the 
seeker  alt(  r  learning  migrated  from  one 
university  to  another, 
from  one  country  to  an- 
01  her,  recognizing  the 
international  fellowship  of  letlers  and  eager 
to  get  a  I  that  all  countries  could  give  him. 
Some  thing  of  the  same  spirit  survives  in  the 
practice  of  American  students  going  to  the 
German  universities  (or  graduate  work,  but 
it  is  not  ejuite  the  same,  for  the  migration  is 
almost  all  one  way.  The  Kaiser,  who  is 
really  a   man  of  very  large  ideas,  has  been 


interested  in  an  attempt  to  make  the  aca- 
demic bond  between  Germany  and  America 
closer  and  more  truly  mutual.  The  arrange- 
ment for  an  exchange  of  professors  between 
Harvard  and  the  University  of  Berlin  is  an 
outgrowth  oi  this.  It  is  now  announced  that 
James  Speyer,  of  New  York,  has  endowed 
the  "Theodore  Roosevelt  Professorship  of 
American  History  and  Institutions  in  the 
livversity  of  Berlin,"  the  fund  to  be  held  by 
Columbia  University  and  administered  by  it 
in  cooperation  with  the  Kaiser  and  the 
Prussian  Ministry  of  Education.  In  re- 
turn for  this,  the  German  government  is  to 
establish  at  Columbia  University  a  chair  of 
German  History  and  Institutions.  Pro  essor 
John  W.  Burgess  will  be  the  first  incumbent 
of  the  Roosevelt  Professorship. 


The  GreeK 
Church  and 
the  Crisis. 


W.  T.  Stead  appeals  to  Christendom  on 
behalf  of  the  Czar.  Mr.  Stead  is  a  well- 
known  Russophile,  and 
he  believes  the  Czar  to 
be  profoundly  religious 
and  upborne  at  the 
present  time  by  a  sense  of  consecration  to 
his  people's  good.  But  those  who  have 
watched  the  course  of  events  in  Russia  dur- 
ing the  present  Czar's  reign  must  be  aware 
that,  if  he  has  not  been  actually  under  the 
dominance  of  the  Procurator-General  of  the 
Orthodox  Church,  he  at  least  has  not  had 
the  courage  to  oppose  him.  It  is  not  a 
question  of  the  Czar's  goodness,  but,  rather, 
of  his  weakness.  The  Russian  masses  are 
religious,  in  the  outward  ceremonies  at  least, 
and  it  is  certain  that  they  would  never 
have  tolerated  the  terrible  massacres  that 
have  been  killing  off  a  people  alien 
in  race  and  in  religion  were  it  not 
that  the  head  of  the  Russian  church  gave 
no  edict  against  such  a  monstrous  iniq- 
uity. It  is  a  good  thing  for  Russia  that 
Pobiedor.oststff  has  resigned,  for,  while  tl  ere 
have  been  horrible  massacres  of  the  Jews 
within  the  past  few  weeks,  these  have  been 
incidental  to  the  general  uprising  of  the 
nation  and  the  result  of  years  of  ill  fee'ing. 
Under  the  newly  appointed  Procurator  Gen- 
eral of  the  Holy  Synod  instructions  have  al- 
ready gone  forth  to  the  clergy  to  stop,  in 
Christ's  name  and  for  his  gospel's  sake,  the 
terrible  wave  of  persecution.  It  is  toward 
Witte,  rather  than  the  Czar,  that  the  Jews 
must  look  for  safety.  With  the  church  up- 
holding the  Russian  leader's  hands  we  have 
not  a  question  that  he  will,  just  as  soon  as 
the  government  can  control  the  situation, 
put  a  stop  to  these  massacres. 

President  Roosevelt  has  appointed  Thurs- 
day, Nov.  30,  as  Thanksgiving  day. 

# 

William,  of  Germany,  has  ordered  that  all 
his  chauffeurs  must  be  total  abstainers,  and 
yet  we  have  heard  of  him  praising  beer! 

0 

Two  determined  judges  in  Denver  have 
just  enforced  the  laws  against  gambling.  It 
can  be  done  when  Christians  are  in  earnest. 

Agnosticism,  says  a  Londbn  paper,  may 
do  much  for  the  liberation  of  man's  reason, 
but  it  has  not  the  knack  of  producing 
Barnardos  and  Booths. 


NOVKMBKK  2.?,   1905. 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVAXOEUST. 


1513 


Reasons  for  Thanksgiving. 

Among  the  many  things  for  which  Chris- 
tian people  may  well  give  rhanks  at  this 
Thanksgiving  season,  are  the  evidences  of 
the  progress  of  the  kingdom  of  God.  It 
would  be  discouraging,  indeed,  if,  with  all 
the  time  and  labor  expended  by  the  church, 
there  were  no  signs  of  improvement.  But 
such  is  not  the  case.  On  the  contrary,  re- 
cent events  have  furnished  the  most  satis- 
factory proofs  that  there  is  a  rising  tide 
of  moral  and  religious  sentiment  that 
promises  enduring  results.  We  mention 
only  a  few  of  the  more  significant: 

1.  Recent  exposures  of  corruption  in 
the  management  of  many  of  the  great  busi- 
ness corporations  show  that  there  is  a  ris- 
ing standard  of  ethics  in  this  country,  which 
will  make  it  impossible  for  these  business 
methods  to  be  continued.  The  same  senti- 
ment that  has  led  to  the  exposure  of  these 
wrongs  will  be  certain  to  prevent  them  in 
the  future.  It  is  certainly  a  matter  of 
thanksgiving  that  light  has  been  turned  on 
these  dark  and  devious  ways,  and  that  its 
revelations  have  awakened  a  sense  of  shame 
and  moral  indignation  on  the  part  of  honest 
people,  who  are  demanding  a  thorough  in- 
vestigation and  condign  punishment  for 
wrongdoers. 

2.  The  November  elections  have  given 
fresh  proof  of  the  capacity  of  the  Amer- 
ican people  for  self-government.  The  fact 
that  the  people  turned  away  from  their 
party  banners  to  oust  political  bosses  and 
to  rebuke  corrupt  political  methods,  has 
sent  a  thrill  of  joy  to  the  hearts  of  honest 
people  everywhere.  There  is  an  increasing 
number  of  voters  in  this  country  who  will 
not  stultify  their  conscience  to  vote  the 
regular  ticket,  and  they  hold  the  balance 
of  power.  That  fact  was  never  quite  so 
evident  as  it  was  made  by  the  recent  elec- 
tions. Henceforth  parties  will  look  more 
carefully  into  the  character  of  the  men 
they  nominate  for  public  office. 

3.  But  not  only  in  the  business  world 
and  in  politics  do  we  see  these  signs  of 
advancement.  In  the  religious  world  the 
signs  are  no  less  conspicuous  and  encour- 
aging. Never  was  the  tide  of  evangelistic 
zeal  so  high  in  the  church  universal;  nor 
was  the  work  ever  conducted  on  so  intelli- 
gent lines  since  the  first  century.  In  our 
own  churches  and  in  others  the  evangelistic 
ardor  is  growing,  and  many  hitherto  non- 
active  members  are  being  enlisted  as  soul 
winners.  Combination  of  effort  in  simul- 
taneous revival  services  is  becoming  a  char- 
acteristic feature  of  our  modern  evangelistic 
work.  The  ideal  before  the  churches  is  to 
get  each  individual  member  to  bring  his 
own  personality  and  personal  efforts  to  bear 
in  winning  others  lo  Christ.  This  means 
evangelism  on  a  scale  hitherto  unknown 
to  the  modern  church.  It  means  much  for 
the  spiritual  life  of  the  church,  too,  for  the 
church  that  devotes  itself  to  the  saving  of 
men  from  the  dominion  ot  sin  is  bound  to 
keep  in  close  touch  with  Christ,  and  that 
is  the  very  secret  of  spiritual  growth. 

Finally,  the  tide  of  union  sentiment  is 
steadily  rising.  The  mosr  conspicuous  ex- 
ample of  this  fact  is  the  great  Interchurch 
Conference  in  New  York  City,    in  the  midst 


of    whose    proceedings    these     lines    are 
penned.     The   religious  bodies  here  repn 

sented  numbet  1  ighteen  million  Protestants. 
What  a  mighty  army  for  Cod,  if  they  can 
but  unite  in  pushing  forward  the  inter* 
of  the  kingdom  of  Godl  And  they  can  and 
will  unite  in  certain  lines  of  work;  and  to 
perfect  arrangements  for  such  co-operation 
is  the  objeel  of  this  great  assembly.  It- 
would  cheer  the  soul  of  any  of  our  members 
who  have  been  advocates  of  Christian  union, 
through  evil  as  well  as  through  good  report, 
to  hear  the  ringing  speeches  made  in  this 
conference  in  favor  of  the  speedy  fulfillment 
of  Christ's  prayer  for  unity.  A  minister  of 
another  body  said  to  us  today:  "Why, 
this  conference  is  right  in  your  line,  isn't 
it?"  Of  course  it  is  right  in  our  line.  And 
scores  of  our  people  are  here  participating 
in  and  enjoying  this  blessed  manifestation 
of  Christian  fellowship  and  unity.  We  do  not 
expect  to  see  the  oneness  for  which  Jesus 
prayed  realized  in  this  conference,  but  we 
do  believe  that  such  a  union  will  be  greatly 
hastened  by  this  great  gathering.  We  are 
getting  such  a  taste  of  "how  good  and  how 
pleasant  it  is  for  brethren  to  dwell  together 
in  unity"  that  we  shall  never  again  be  sat- 
isfied to  limit  our  labors  and  sympathies  by 
denominational  lines. 

These  are  blessings  to  be  profoundly 
thankful  for.  They  claim  precedence  over 
full  barns  and  material  prosperity.  They 
show  that  God  is  moving  upon  the  hearts  of 
his  people,  and  is  about  to  carry  out  some 
imminent  advance  movement  in  his  king- 
dom. Let  us  give  thanks  to  God  for  all 
his  gracious  gifts  and  lend  ourselves  read- 
ily to  him  to  further  his  divine  purposes  in 
the  world. 


"Christians  or  CampbelHtes?" 

"The  Baltimore  and  Richmond  Chris- 
tian Advocate"  of  October  12,  contains  an 
article  which  harks  back  in  its  spirit  and 
sentiment  to  what  one  would  have  ex- 
pected to  find  a  quarter  of  a  century  or 
more  •  ago.  It  has  the  appearance  of 
a  gross  anachronism  to-day.  After  re- 
ferring to  the  report  that  "Rev. 
E.  Cookman  Baker,  pastor  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
at  Brooklyn,  Anne  Arundel  County,  Mary- 
land, had  gone  over  to  what  is  known  as 
the  Christian  Church,  carrying  his  con- 
gregation with  him,  and  ignoring  his  former 
baptism  by  sprinkling,"  the  article  proceeds 
to  make  several  statements  which  indicate 
the  lack  of  proper  information  and  not  a 
too  charitable  spirit.  We  notice  a  few  of 
these. 

"It  is  said  that  the  congregation'  decided 
to  change  the  name  of  their  church  to  that 
of  Christian,  believing  it  to  be  the  only 
name  a  church  should  have.  If  this  implies 
that  all  other  churches  that  do  not  bear 
this  specific  name  are  not  Christian  it  is 
a  most  uncharitable  reflection  upon  other 
denominational  bodies." 

So  it  would  be ;  but  what  excuse  is  there 
for  an.)'  one  not  knowing  that  the  name  does 
not  imply  any  such  thing,  but  that  it  only 
implies  that  those  wearing  that  and  other 
New    Testament    names    prefer    them,    as 


being  more  scriptural,   more  catholic,  and 
forming  no  obstacle  to  union'' 

"While  the  Christian  Church  claims  that 
it  has  no  creed  but  the  Bible,  and  disavows 
all  formulations  of  faith,  yet  Alexa: 
Campbell  defined  his  belief  in  eight  dis- 
tinct articles  which  his  followers  adopt 
as  the  basis  of  their  organization." 

This  statement  is  wholly  incorrect  We 
do  not  even  know  to  what  "eight  distinct 
articles"  this  writer  refers.  The  distinct 
creed  which  the  body  reterred  to  acknowl- 
edges, is  the  old  confession  of  faith  made 
by  Simon  Peter,  "Thou  art  the  Christ, 
the  Son  of  the  living  God!"  This  divine 
creed,  with  the  New  Testament  as  the 
rule  of  faith  and  practice,  constitutes  the 
basis  of  their  fellowship.  A  simple  fact 
like  that  ought  to  be  known  by  a  contribu- 
tor to  a  religious  journal,  and  there  is 
nothing  to  be  gained  by  the  misstatement 
of   facts. 

Again,  referring  to  the  plea  of  the  Dis- 
ciples of  Christ,  that  there  should  be  no 
divisions  among  Christians,  this  writer 
says : 

"This  theory  may  seem  to  be  very  beau- 
tiful, but  it  makes  no  allowance  for  an 
honest  difference  of  opinion  among  Chris- 
tian people  upon  certain  points  of  doctrine 
and  polity,  which  will  naturally  express 
and  embody  itself  in  separate  organiza- 
tions." 

This  is  another  capital  mistake.  The 
New  Testament  idea  of  union,  as  present- 
ed by  the  Disciples  of  Christ,  does  make 
allowance  for  "honest  difference  of  opin- 
ion." There  is  "one  faith,"  but  there  are 
many  opinions,  and  Christians  are  to  be 
united  in  their  faith,  with  charity  for  their 
differences  of  opinion.  It  is  not  at  all 
necessary  that  this  "honest  oifference  of 
opinion"  should  "embody  itself  in  separate 
organizations."  That  is  just  where  the 
mistake  has  been  made.  This  "honest  dif- 
ference of  opinion"  existed  in  apostolic 
times,  but  it  did  not  "naturally  express  it- 
self in  separate  organizations."  There 
is  no  more  reason  why  it  should  so  ex- 
press itself  today  than  in  the  first  century. 
What  a  misconception  our  writer  has  of 
Christian  union  when  he  thinks  of  it  as 
possible  only  "when  all  Christians  shall 
see  eye  to  eye  upon  every  punctilio  of  be- 
lief" !  That  never  has  been  and  never  will 
be  and  is  not  at  all  essential  to  Christian 
union  where  love  is  the  dominating  fac- 
tor. 

When  our  critic  says  "the  Christian 
Church  has  given  a  very  poor  illustration 
of  the  consistency  of  its  views  in  this  par- 
ticular by  itself  adding  another  to  the 
many  sects  of  Christendom,"  he  is  perhaps 
wholly  innocent  of  any  knowledge  of  the 
fact  that  the  separate  position  of  the  peo- 
ple whom  he  criticizes  was  thrust  upon 
them  by  the  intolerance  of  the  ecclesiasti- 
cal bodies  of  the  times  and  was  not  a  mat- 
ter of  their  choice.  No  doubt  they  have 
"given  a  very  poor  illustration"  of  the  plea 
which  they  make  for  Christian  unity  and 
the  restoration  of  New  Testament  Chris- 
tianity. This  is  because  they  are  human. 
It  does  not  follow,  however,  that  their  aim 
and  plea  are  not  divine. 

The  whole  question  resolves  itself,  after 


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THE  CHRISTI AX-E VAXGEL1ST. 


November  23,  1905. 


all.  into  this:  "Is  it  the  right  and  priv- 
-  of  C\.:stians  toda;>  to  stand  upon  the 
broad  New  Testament  1  Iatform  of  Clr  is- 
tianity.  wearing  Christ's  name  and  seek- 
ing to  be  governed  by  his  will,  with  minds 
and  hearts  open  to  ali  truth?  Or  must 
they  attach  themselves  to  some  religious 
party,  assume  a  party  name,  and  make  for 
themselves  a  denominational  creed,  and 
strive  to  build  up  a  sect?  This  latter  view 
seems  to  be  the  ideal  of  our  contemporary, 
but  the  former  is  the  ideal  which  the  peo- 
ple known  as  Disciples  cf  Christ,  or  Chris- 
tians, have  set  before  them. 


Notes  and  Comments. 

As  all  of  our  local  churches  have  been 
asked  to  form  local  chapters,  or  leagues,  to 
act  in  concert  with  our  National  Christian 
Business  Men's  Association,  the  question 
has  come  to  us.  "What  can  the  local  chap- 
ter accomplish  for  the  local  congregation?" 
The  question  is  well  worth  raising  and 
answering.  We  have  more  than  once  ex- 
pressed our  conviction  that  the  national  or- 
ganization of  the  men  in  our  churches  is 
one  of  the  most  important  movements 
which  has  taken  place  in  our  history.  It 
differs  from  the  other  organizations,  such 
as  the  Foreign  Society,  the  Home  Society, 
C.  W.  B.  M.,  Church  Extension,  National 
Benevolent  Association,  Ministerial  Relief. 
and  the  Education  Society,  in  this :  That 
while  each  one  of  these  has  its  special  field 
of  work,  this  organization  of  our  Christian 
business  men  stands  behind  every  one  of 
these  national  organizations,  and  is  in  har- 
monious relation  with  each  of  them.  Its 
purpose  is  to  mobilize — to  use  a  military 
phrase — the  business  men  in  all  our  local 
congregations  for  active  service  in  the 
Lord's  work.  It  is  designed  to  stimulate 
liberality  toward  all  our  general  enterprises, 
f>n  the  part  of  these  men. 


Now,  what  the  National  Association  of 
Business  Men  is  to  the  church  at  large,  the 
local  league  is  to  the  local  congregation. 
Its  legitimate  work  will  be  to  call  into  ac- 
tive service,  in  one  way  cr  another,  every 
able-bodied  man  in  the  church.  It  will  see 
that  these  men  understand  the  nature  and 
needs  of  our  various  general  enterprises,  as 
well  as  the  local  needs  of  the  congregation, 
and  will  seek  to  enlist  their  active  support 
in  behalf  of  all  these  enterprises.  It  is  a 
well-known  fact  that  the  very  members 
who  are  most  zealous  in  the  work  of  the 
local  church  are  those  who  must  be  de- 
pended upon  for  the  support  of  our  state, 
national  and  world-wide  enterprises.  In  en- 
listing the  men  of  the  church  in  the  active 
support  of  the  local  congregation,  there- 
fore, the  local  chapters  will  be  serving  the 
interest  of  the  church  at  hrge. 

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Political  parties  have  learned  better  than 
the  church  the  value  of  organization  in 
order  to  reach  the  individual  members  of 
their  party  and  to  secure  their  votes  in  any 
given  election.  The  church  is  beginning  to 
learn  that  it  needs  to  car":'  its  organization 


down  to  the  local  congregation  in  order  to 
reach  all  the  individual  numbers  and  enlist 
them  in  active  service  for  the  Master.  This 
it  can  do  by  ascertaining  v.  hat  the  particular 
ability  of  eaeli  member  is.  and  by  assigning 
him  some  work  which  will  develop  his 
spiritual  life,  and  bring  him  into  active  co- 
operation with  the  work  of  the  local  church, 
and.  through  that,  with  the  work  of  the 
brotherhood  at  large.  This  is  the  meaning 
and  intent  of  the  latest  of  our  organiza- 
tions— the  National  Association  of  the 
Business  Men  of  our  churches — an  organi- 
zation that  has  in  it  "the  promise  and  po- 
tency" of  a  great  advance  movement  in  all 
our  general  and  co-operative  work,  as  well 
as  in  congregational  efficitnev. 


In  this  connection,  the  tollowing  editorial 
from  "The  Standard,"  of  Chicago,  is  illu- 
minating : 

"One  of  the  significant  and  hopeful  signs 
of  the  times  is  the  awakening  of  some  at 
least  of  our  Baptist  laymen  to  a  sense  of 
their  obligation  and  privilege.  At  many  of 
the  state  conventions  there  was  noticeable 
an  increased  attendance  of  representatives 
of  the  pew.  Laymen  were  elected  as  presid- 
ing officers  of  state  organizations.  At  sev- 
eral conventions  important  papers  were  read 
by  competent  speakers  not  ministers,  while 
elsewhere  separate  meetings  were  held,  in 
which  important  phases  of  work  were  dis- 
cussed and  the  practical,  common  sense 
views  of  men  of  affairs  were  brought  to  the 
solution  of  denominational  problems.  We 
are  not  among  these  shortsighted  people 
who  are  continually  sneering  at  the  business 
capacity  of  ministers.  W>  believe  that  if  it 
were  not  for  the  fact  that  ministers,  as  a 
rule,  are  good  executives  and  administrators, 
many  of  our  churches  would  be  in  financial 
and  spiritual  bankruptcy.  But  the  conduct 
of  the  Lord's  business  demands  all  the  abil- 
ity and  help  and  foresight  which  the 
churches  possess,  and.  therefore,  the  assist- 
ance of  the  laymen,  not  only  in  the  conduct 
of  the  affairs  of  the  local  church,  but  in  the 
broader  sphere  of  state  and  national  organ- 
izations of  the  denomination,  is  something 
greatlv  to  be  desired." 


"Ministers  should  not  engage  in  politics." 
The  poor  pastors !  But  the  politician's  usu- 
al plaint  is  that  the  parson  deals  too  much 
in  "other-worldliness."  When  "the  party" 
gets  a  smashing  blow,  however,  as  a  re- 
sult of  a  moral  upheaval,  some  sensitive 
souls  declare  that  ministers  must  not  "talk 
politics." 


In  view  of  the  discussion  aroused  by 
the  ruling  out  of  the  Unitarians  from  the 
Federation  Conference  and  the  rather  su- 
percilious comments  of  seme  of  the  minis- 
ters of  that  body,  the  following  quotation 
from  Sir  Leslie  Stephen,  a  Unitarian,  is 
pertinent : 

"Many  people  draw  the  inference  that  it 
doi  -  not  much  matter  which  set  of  words 
we  use;  best,  they  think,  use  those  which 
give  the  least  shock  to  the  vulgar.  Against 
that  doctrine  I  have  tried  to  protest,  in  the 
interests  of  what  I  take  to  be  honesty  to 
ourselves  and  to  others.  But,  at  any  rate,  - 
I  confess  that  it  appears  to  me  to  be  a  mere 


misnomer  to  call  this  body  of  doctrine 
Christian.  And.  therefore.  I  should  be  in- 
clined to  extend  Strauss'  answer  to  cover 
a  still  larger  area.  No'  I  should  reply, 
we  are  not  Christians." 


Other  people  have  their  troubles  too.  We 
have  nearly  ceased  from  being  worried  by 
the  "organ  question"  and  such  useless  dis- 
cussions, and  we  pray  that  we  may  be  de- 
livered from  the  "Amen  Quarrel."  Over 
in  England  such  a  disturbance  has  been 
raised  over  the  singing  of  the  word  "amen" 
at  the  end  of  hymns  that  one  of  the  papers 
describes  it  as  "distressful  enough  and 
somewhat  bewildering."  A  brother  raises 
the  point  of  its  legality  and  demands  to 
know  whether  the  people  are  bound  to 
"submit  to  the  dictation  of  a  form  of  serv- 
ice and  to  practices  to  which  they  ob- 
ject." It  has  been  quaintly  said  of  the 
Devil  that  he  was  the  first  person  to  be 
puffed  up  with  pride.  There  are  weak 
consciences,  shocked  at  trifles,  for  which  we 
can  make  allowances  but  oftentimes  a  pro- 
test is  nothing  more  than  an  arrogant  pride 
or  a  childish  scruple  which  a  man  owes  it 
to  himself  and  to  the  church  to  get  rid  of. 


Neither  of  the  writers  in  "The  Review  of 
Reviews"  for  November,  who  deal  with  the 
early  origins  of  the  federation  idea,  goes  far 
enough  back.  Mr.  Campbell  Morgan,  for 
instance,  was  quite  a  young  and  unknown 
preacher  when  the  seeds  of  this  movement 
were  being  scattered  among  British  denomi- 
nationalists.  Mr.  Morgan  has  but  a  brief 
reference  to  the  Grindelwald  conference, 
and  gives  the  chief  credit  for  the  idea  to 
Dr.  Guinness  Rogers,  who  merely  focalized 
a  sentiment  that  had  long  been  growing, 
and  which  was  very  largely  the  outcome,  so 
far  as  human  agencies  are  concerned,  of 
the  work  done  by  the  evangelists  of  our 
own  Foreign  Missionary  Society,  and 
which  was  unified  in  some  articles  in  the 
"Christian  Commonwealth"  under  the  title 
of  "A  Working  Basis."  It  was  one  of 
these  articles  which  caused  many  good 
brethren  on  this  side  of  the  water 
to  «  feel  that  the  editor  of  that  journal 
had  departed  from  the  faith.  Dr. 
Guinness  Rogers,  Dr.  Henry  Lunn,  Dean 
Farrar  and  many  other  prominent  lead- 
ers in  English  church  life  were  readers 
of  those  articles  and  participated  in  the  dis- 
cussion following  their  appearance.  The 
outcome  was  the  conference  at  Grindel- 
wald, in  Switzerland,  where  the  possibili- 
ties of  Christian  union  were  discussed  over 
the  tea  cups,  as  well  as  in  set  papers. 


"The  greatest  of  all  missionaries  to  the 
heathen  may  prove  to  be  the  evangelist  who 
never  leaves  his  native  land,"  says  William 
Dawson.  A  converted  America  means 
nothing  less  than  a  converted  world.  State 
and  city  evangelization  is  one  of  the  prob- 
lems before  the  Disciples  of  Christ.  We 
have  the  men  and  the  plea.  Shall  we  have 
the  money  needed?  The  true  crux  of  the 
missionary  problem  today  is  the  condition 
of  the  life  and  thought  of  our  churches. 


November  23,  1905. 


THE  CHRISTIAN-E\  .U:vi  . 


Editor's  Easy  Chair. 

( )ur  readers  know  that  the  Easy  Chair  is 
now  on  the  eastern  seaboard,  in  the  metrpp 
olis  of  the  new  world  contributing  its 
mite  toward  healing  the  hurt  of  the 
churches.  It  is  a  privilege  which  no  true 
man  will  underestimate  to  mingle  with  the 
representative  men  of  the.  great  religious 
bodies,  to  see  them,  hear  them,  shake  hands 
with  them,  feel  the  touch  of  their  spirit, 
and  compare  views  with  them  on  the  great 
questions  of  the  times.  And  when  one  can 
do  this,  holding  up  his  head  and  feeling 
that  his  own  religious  body  has  won  the 
respect  of  all  others,  and.  while  loving  the 
noble  spirits  of  all  names  and  creeds,  and 
learning  from  them,  yet  thanking  God  for 
his  own  heritage  of  freedom  and  truth,  such 
a  fellowship  is  a  continuous  delight.  Not 
a  man  we  have  met  in  attendance  upon  this 
great  conference  has  once  asked  what  the 
people  with  whom  we  are  connected  believe 
and  stand  for.  They  are  the  leading  men  of 
their  respective  bodies,  and  they  knozv  who 
we  are  and  what  we  are  pleading  for.  They 
know  what  we  are  doing  for  missions  at 
home  and  abroad,  and  are  especially  im- 
pressed with  our  evangelistic  zeal  and  suc- 
cess. How  different  is  all  this  from  what  it 
was  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago !  One  rea- 
son for  this  is,  we  are  doing  vastly  more 
for  missions  than  we  used  to  do,  and  the 
other  reason  is,  we  are  not  standing  aloof, 
any  more,  from  these  great  co-operative 
movements.  If  any  other  reason  *  were 
needed,  it  may  be  found  in  the  fact  that  we 
have  passed  through  the  belligerent  period 
of  our  beginning,  when  we  had  to  fight  for 
the  right  to  be,  and  have  entered  upon  the 
constructive  era  in  which  we  are  cultivat- 
ing fraternal  relations  with  others,  who  also 
are  seeking  to  build  here  on  earth  the  king- 
dom of  heaven. 


And  yet  there  remain  a  few  belated  souls 
among  us  who  favor  the  policy  of  aloofness, 
and  who  glory  in  their  "splendid  isolation" 
from  the  great  union  movements  of  our 
time.  Having  all  the  truth  they  feel  any 
need  of,  and  fearing  contamination  by  com- 
ing in  contact  with  mere  "sectarians,"  these 
modern  Pharisees  wrap  their  robe  of  self- 
complacency  about  them,  and — plead  for 
union !  As  if  Jesus  had  said  to  his  disciples, 
"Ye  are  the  salt  of  the  earth,  and  you  must 
be  careful  not  to  mingle  with  others,  lest 
ye  lose  your  saltness !  Ye  also  are  the  light 
of  the  world,  and  you  must  preserve  that 
light  by  putting  it  under  a  bushel,  lest  it 
shine  out  in  the  darkness,  and  the  dark- 
ness should  not  comprehend  it !"  It 
was  something  very  different  Jesus  said, 
and  it  was  something  quite  opposite  to  that 
which  he  did.  He  dined  with  Pharisees, 
but  he  sat  also  at  the  table  of  sinners  and 
tax  gatherers.  When  his  disciples  wanted 
to  have  a  monopoly  of  casting  out  demons, 
and  forbade  a  certain  one  doing  that  work 
in  Christ's  name,  "because  he  followed  not 
with  us,"  Jesus  rebuked  their  narrowness, 
saying,    "Forbid    him    not."      What    if    the 


man  were  not  quite  "orthodox"  in  his  vl 
or  methods;  if  he  were  actually  casting  out. 
demons  in  tin-  nam'    "i    |.  jus,  that    was  the 
kind  of  work  Jesus  was  doing.    Why 

him?  Would  not  )■  u  be  in  a  great  gath- 
ering like  this,  where  earn<  rated 

men  are  trying  to  find  a  way  of  closer  co- 
operation for  casting  out  tin:  demons  of  our 
modern  society,  in  his  name?  Would  he 
stop  any  church  that  was  really  converting 
people  from  lives  of  sin  to  lives  of  right- 
eousness, because  of  some  irregularity  in  its 
name,  creed  or  form  of  government?  They 
who  think  so  have  not  learned  the  spirit  of 
Jesus.  Disciples  of  Jesus  ought  to  cultivate 
the  breadth  of  spirit  which  characterized 
their  Master. 

And  yet  let  no  one  suppose  that  the  Easy 
Chair  favors  that  flabby  sort  of  religious 
convictions  which  makes  one  equally  at  home 
anywhere,  and  not  really  at  home  anywhere. 
On  the  contrary,  we  have  scant  respect  for 
the  religion  of  any  one  who  does  not  believe 
some  things  profoundly,  and  hold  on  to 
them  loyally  and  consistently.  It  is  this 
depth  of  religious  convictions  and  fidelity  to 
them  that  make  men  truly  great  and  use- 
ful in  the  world.  Let  us  believe  in  the  princi- 


OUR  THANKS  THIS  YEAR, 

BY  WILLIAM   WINSTON   WHARTON. 

Glad    harps   have   played    and    hearts    have 
hymned 

The  zvhole  year  through; 
We  have  wrought  with  plow  and  sickle, 

Thou  with  sun  and  dew; 
'Til  our  granaries  are  bursting 

And  we're  rich  in  "the  accurst  thing," 
So,  we  offer  Thee  the  firstling — ■ 

More  zve  can  not  do- 

Yet  not  for  grain  and  garlands  green, 

We  tune  our  lyres; 
Nor' citadels,  nor  power,  nor  place, 

Nor  worthy  sires; 
But  for  the  fairer  fashioning, 

Whereby  zve  sing  the  songs  ive  sing — 
Our  souls'  sinccrest  offering, 

Our  deep  desires. 

We  thank  Thee  for  Thine  Image,  Lord — 

The  Spirit's  seal; 
In  blood  embossed  at  zv<n,drous  cost — 

Thy  last  appeal; 
And  for  life's  real  achieving, 

For  fragile  Faith's  believing, 
Hope,  sorrow's  sweet  relieving, 

And  soulful  Zeal.* 

For  these,  dear  Father  Heart,  zee  hymn 

Thanksgiving  themes; 
Proclaim  nezv  notes  and  melodies 

And  visioncd  dreams; 
Mix  with  the  music  of  the  splieres 

And    sing    Thy    love    throughout    the 
years, 
'Til  earth's  autumnal  hour  appears, 

And  Death  redeems. 


d  for,  and  advocate  them  01 
proper  occasions.    If  one  only 

them,  he  can  only  be  half  as  useful  as  he 

be,  and  often  he  is  a  ; 
tivc  stumbling  blocli     Tl  t  MEa*y  Chair 

e  its  occupant  belie  :  all 

the  power  of  his  intellect  and  of  his  affec- 
tions in  the  principles  and  truths  for  which 
the  peopli  stand  with  whom  he  . 
Otherwise    it    would    be   :.n    uneasy   chair, 
and    would    soon    bi  And 

/e  ;he  strength  of  his 
convictions  in  this  r<  0  much  : 

he  is  in  one  of  thl  <  '_'rcat  interdenomina- 
tional gatherings.  The  very  fact  that  the 
great  leaders  of  the  religi  -rid  can 

and  respect  him  while  holding  these  con- 
victions and  stating  them  with  all  frank- 
ness, makes  him  love  them  for  their  breadth 
of  fellowship  and  Christian  spirit.  It  is  a 
great  mistake  to  suppose  that  a  man  must 
.compromise  his  convictions  to  be  ac 
able  in  a  meeting  like  this  On  the  contrary, 
such  a  man  would  forfeit  the  respect  of 
such  a  body  made  up  of  ruch  large-minded 
men.  God  forbid  that  we  who  plead  for 
New  Testament  Christianity  and  are  desig- 
nated by  Christ's  name,  should  be  less  cath- 
olic in  spirit  and  less  Christlike  in  the 
breadth  of  our  views  and  sympathies  than 
others  "who  follow  not  with  us"! 


These  paragraphs  are  written  in  the 
hurly-burly  of  the  conference.  There  are 
from  four  to  six  addresses  at  each  session, 
and  three  sessions  a  day.  Besides' this,  there 
is  committee  work,  which  some  of  us  have 
to  do,  and  this  leaves  little  time  for  writ- 
ing, and  no  time  for  sightseeing.  We  have 
never  heard  a  series  of  abler  addresses  than 
those  thus  far  delivered  in  this  conference. 
There  are  princely  men  here  who  would 
adorn  the  United  States  Senate  Chamber, 
whose  talents  are  devoted  to  Christ's  serv- 
ice. Episcopalians,  Methodists,  Presbyte- 
rians, Baptists,  Dutch  Reformed,  Lutherans, 
Congregationalists,  Moravians,  United 
Brethren  in  Christ,  and  so  on  to  the  end 
of  the  list,  all  speak  in  the  same  tongue 
the  wonderful  works  of  God,  and  exalt  the 
name  of  Jesus  Christ.  The  book  which 
contains  these  addresses  will  be  the  best 
commentary  on  the  unity  which  already 
exists.  But  this  unity  is  the  sure  prophecy 
of  a  still  more  perfect  union  that  is  yet  to 
be.  Meanwhile  let  us  th.mk  God  for  what 
we  already  have,  and  make  the  most  of  it. 
This  is  what  we  are  seeking  to  do.  We  are 
glad  to  see  a  large  number  of  our  preachers 
here,  and  every  man  of  them  is  enthusias- 
tic over  the  outlook.  F.  D.  Power  said: 
"Alexander  Campbell  would  have  traveled 
a  thousand  miles  to  attend  such  a  conven- 
tion as  this."  We  shall  tell  our  readers 
more  about  it  all  next  week.  We  shall  return 
via  Pittsburg  and  preach  for  the  breth- 
ren in  one  of  their  great  down-town  meet- 
ings in  their  evangelistic  campaign,  the 
fame  of  which  has  reached  this  conference, 
and  is  spoken  of  with  admiration.  God  is 
doing  great  things  for  us  these  days, 
whereof  we  are  glad. 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


November  23,  1905. 


Taking    the    Gospel    on    Wheels 


There  rolled  into  St.  Louis  one  day  last 
week  "The  Gospel  Wagon  of  an  aged  couple 
on  a  long  journey."  That  it  attracted  the 
curious  gaze  of  the  onlookers  goes  without 
saying,  for  on  the  one  hand  it  recalled 
memories  of  the  "prairie  schooners"  that 
made  the  long  trip  across  the  plains  before 
there  were  railroads,  while  the  peculiar 
combination  of  "Gospel"  and  "potato  peel- 
ers" would  he  enough  to  arouse  the  wonder 
of  the  man  on  the  street. 

It  is  a  remarkable  journey  that  John  \Y. 
Harrison  and  his  wife  have  just  made 
and  the  readers  of  The  Christian-Evan- 
gelist will,  we  are  sure,  want  to  know 
something  about  the  people  who  have  made 
their  home  in  a  wagon  traveling  from  New 
York  to  Atlanta.  Ga.,  and  back  to  New 
York  and  then  from  New  York  to  St. 
Louis,  with  California  as  a  probable  goal; 
so  when  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harrison  walked 
into  the  office  of  The  Christian-Evan- 
gelist we.  of  course,  interviewed  him  for 
the  benefit  of  our  readers.  Brother  Harri- 
son has  been  known  to  the  Editor  and  the 
assistant  editor  for  many  years.  He  has 
given  much  time  and  spent  much  money 
for  our  restoration  plea  and  in  his  old  age 
we  bespeak  for  him  and  his  wife  a  very 
kindly  reception  wherever  they  may  go. 
He  has  two  reasons  for  making  his  home 
in  a  wagon.  It  is,  he  says,  "his  palace  on 
wheels,"  in  which  he  and  his  helpmeet  cook 
and  eat  and  sleep,  and  from  which  he 
preaches  as  he  has  opportunity  in  the 
course  of  his  journey  across  the  country, 
and  secondly,  he  undertook  the  journey  for 
his  health's  sake.  The  wagon  is  cozily  and 
conveniently  arranged,  bu  as  the  weather  is 
now  getting  unsettled  and  too  cold  both 
for  outdoor  meetings  and  for  comfort  in 
travel  of  this  kind,  Brother  Harrison 
would  like  to  locate  in  a  neighborhood 
where  he  could  serve  one  or  more  churches 
without  any  other  cost  than  the  mere  liv- 
ing expenses  of  himself  and  wife. 

Our  first  questions  brought  out  some  of 
the  life-history  of  one  who  has  been  prom- 
inently identified  with  our  cause  in  Eng- 
land. "When  and  where  were  you  born  ?" 
we  asked,  and  the  reply  was : 

"In  Liverpool,  England,  seventy  years  ago 
next  July.  I  was  just  a  working  man's  son. 
I  played  truant  from  school  a  good  deal. 
I  served  my  time  as  a  blacksmith.  At 
nineteen  years  of  age  I  left  my  father's 
house  for  the  first  time  and  went  to 
Melbourne,  Australia.  I  had  the  gold 
fever.  When  I  got  there  I  went  up  to  the 
gold  fields  and  roamed  about  a  good  deal. 
1  took  a  little— but  very  little — taking  up 
gold  wasn't  to  my  taste.  It  took  too  much 
working  in  water.  Returning  to  Melbourne, 
I  took  a  job  as  blacksmith  at  Enoch  Cham- 
bers' forge.     I  worked  for  him  seven  years." 

"What   were   your   religious   affiliations?" 

"When  I  returned  to  Melbourne  I  lodged 
with  some  Liverpool  people,  and  they  were 
Church  of  England  people,  and  I  was  sup- 
posed to  be  a  Church  of  England  man,  hav- 
ing been  born  in  England.  I  went  to  the 
same    English    church    with    them,    paid    .30 


shillings  ($7.50)  per  quarter  for  my  pew  rent, 
and  paid  my  regular  contribution  every  Sun- 
day; went  morning  and  evening.  I  was  a 
life-teetotaler,  having  been  educated  in  tem- 
perance principles,  and  I  took  a  very  active 
part  in  the  temperance  work  in  Melbourne. 
The  temperance  society  had  occasion  to  set 
a  watch  on  a  number  of  saloons  there,  and 
another  teetotal  brother  and  myself  were 
appointed  to  watch  a  certain  low-grade  sa- 
loon Saturday  night.  While  watching  it  I 
saw  in  the  saloon,  playing  billiards,  two  of 
the  deacons  of  the  church  where  I  paid  30 
shillings  a  quarter  for  my  sitting.  When  I 
saw  that  (those  men,  mind  you,  handed  the 
emblems  around),  I  didn't  go  to  church 
for  many  months  after.  It  so  disgusted  me 
to  see  those  men  there  that  I  drifted  into  a 
species  of  infidelity  for  a  couple  of  years." 

"But  how  came  you  to  be  associated  with 
the  Disciples  of  Christ?" 

"H.  S.  Earle  came  to  Melbourne.  My 
shop-mate  told  me  about  him,  and  I  went  to 
listen  to  him.  The  first  time  I  heard  him  I 
said,  'That  is  what  I  want.'  He  was  hold- 
ing evangelistic  services  in  St.  George's 
Hall,  and  he  was  preaching.  The  church 
we  attended  then  was  a  despised  little  band 
of  ten  or  fifteen  members,  called  "Service's 
Mob.'  I  have  stood  on  the  market  place  and 
seen  this  Service  get  his  hat  blocked  and  get 
a  black  eye,  and  I  simply  stood  and  laughed 
at  it,  because  he  was  very  extreme  in  his 
teaching.  I  never  thought  at  that  time  that 
I  would  become  one  of  them.  And  when 
Earle  became  preacher  there  he  had  to  dis- 
associate himself  from  these  people.  The 
following  Sunday  night  I  took  my  wife, 
whom  I  had  married  in  Melbourne.  She 
was  from  London.  And  we  continued  to 
go.  Earle  intimated  in  his  addresses  that 
if  any  one  would  like  a  conversation  with 
him,  it  would  be  a  sufficient  indication  if 
they  would  remain  seated  at  the  dismissal. 
So  we  retained  our  seats  about  the  third 
night  that  we  heard  him,  I  think.  I  looked 
up  Scriptures,  you  know  that  he  quoted, 
and  I  said  to  my  wife,  'That  is  all  right.' 
Then  he  visited  us  several  times  at  our 
,  house,  and  then  we  saw  our  way  clear  to 
immersion.  At  this  time  the  church  was 
meeting  in  the  Temperance  Hall.  So  we 
were  both  immersed  by  Brother  Earle.  The 
first  Sunday  morning  after  I  was  received 
into  the  church  Earle  came  to  me  and  asked 
me  to  put  people  into  seats,  and  he  put  me 
to  work,  and  I  have  been  working  ever 
since.  I  stopped  in  Melbourne  about  nine 
and  a  half  years;  then  returned  to  Liver- 
pool and  put  in  my  letter  with  the  Liverpool 
church — the  'Old  Brethren.'  Then  I  com- 
menced in  the  crockery  business  on  £20 
($100),  and  in  nine  years  from  that  time  I 
had  the  largest  retail  crockery  business  in 
Liverpool." 

"Were  the  old  English  and  Australian 
brethren   alike   in   their  views?" 

"At  that  time  great  differences,  as  I  un- 
derstand, had  not  appeared.  They  were  not 
exactly  the  same  kind  of  folk  in  their  be- 
lief,  but  the  questions  about  organs,  etc., 
had  not  risen  in  Melbourne,  though  these 
question^  had  occurred  in  Liverpool.    There 


was  a  greater  amount  0:  liberality  under 
Earle,  in  Melbourne,  than  there  was  in  the 
Liverpool  church.  Now,  I  was  the  first  to 
start  the  building  funds  to  build  the  prop- 
erty in  Thirlmere  road  and' Windsor  street, 
belonging  to  the  'Old  Brethren.' " 

"How  came  you,  then  to  break  from 
these  'Old  Brethren'  ?" 

"On  one  ocasion  I  took  a  Methodist 
friend  with  me  to  our  morning  service,  and, 
in  my  innocence,  I  thought  I  was  doing 
a  good  work,  because  I  felt  I  was  going  to 
get  a  Methodist  to  come  right  over  to  us, 
but,  to  my  disgust  and  surprise  and  morti- 
fication, when  the  emblems  of  the  Lord's 
supper  were  passed,  they  took  them  out 
of  my  hand  and  passed  them  around  back 
of  my  friend  to  the  next  neighbor !  I  felt 
my  hair  like  so  many  wires  coming  through 
my  scalp.  Then,  when  the  collection  box 
came  around  they  did  the  same  thing.  They 
wouldn't-  allow  him  either  to  partake  of  the 
communion  service  or  contribute  to  the 
funds.  Well,  sir,  that  disgusted  me.  Very 
shortly  afterwards,  Brother  Earle  came  to 
Liverpool  and  I  heard  he  was  at  Law- 
rence's Hotel ;  I  don't  know  whether  he 
knew  I  was  in  Liverpool  or  not.  I  went 
down  to  the  hotel  to  see  him,  and  insisted 
on  him  and  his  family  coming  to  my  house. 
They  stayed  with  me  two  weeks,  and  I  tried 
to  prevail  on  him  to  start  a  cause  in  Liver- 
pool, and  I  promised  him  all  the  help  I 
could  give  him.  He  told  me  that  he  had 
consulted  with  a  medical  man,  and  his  ail- 
ments necessitated  his  going  to  a  milder 
climate,  and  he  went  to  Southampton.  At 
this  time  I  heard  of  an  American  preaching 
in  Chester,  and  after  breaking  bread  with 
the  'Old  Brethren'  on  the  Lord's  day  morn- 
ing in  Liverpool,  my  daughter  and  I  ate  a 
hasty  dinner,  took  the  ferryboat  across  to 
Eastham,  and  walked  to  Chester,  a  distance 
of  about  ten  miles.  I  introduced  myself  to 
Brother  Todd,  and  found  he  was  preaching 
just  what  I  wanted.  I  invited  him  to  my 
house,  and  he  came  on  a  good  many  occa- 
sions. Then  I  heard  of  W.  T.  Moore, 
at  Southport,  and  I  went  up  to  see  him.  Of 
course,  Brother  Coop  knew  me  well,  be- 
cause I  often  used  to  go  up  to  Southport. 
And  so  I  became  acquainted  with  Brother 
Moore.  He  was  preaching  at  Cambridge 
Hall,  Southport,  the  first  time  I  saw  him. 
He  came  to  my  house,  and  we  talked  about 
starting  a  movement  in  Liverpool  in  St. 
James'  Hall.  We  were  glad  to  have 
the  Moore  family  with  us,  and  I  was  happy. 
1  was  maid-of-all-work  to  the  movement; 
had  to  look  after  the  collection,  keep  the 
door,  keep  the  rowdies  out,  put  the 
people  in  their  seats,  etc.  They  were  glo- 
rious meetings !  It  was  at  these  meetings, 
under  the  leadership  of  Dr.  Moore,  that 
James  Small,  Matthew  Small  and  a  lot  of 
others  got  a  little  light  through  their  skulls ! 
Then  we  took  the  Alwyn  Hall.  Dr.  Moore 
conducted  these  meetings,  after  the  serv- 
ices in  St.  James'  Hall.  Then  Dr.  Moore 
left  to  go  to  London.  One  night,  after  we 
closed  our  shop  on  Saturday,  we  went  to 
London,  and  got  to  Dr.  Moore's  house 
cbovl  five  in  (he  morning     So  I  was  maid- 


November  23,  1905. 


TI IIC  CI JRIST IAN-EVANGELIST. 


1:  1 


of-all-work  in  the  first  meeting  in  K<  11 
sington  Town  Hall,  London,  at  that  time. 
Then  I  fixed  my  horse  in  a  phaeton,  and 
drove  to  Southampton,  so  that  my  traveling 
by  wagon  is  not  a  new  experience.  New- 
ington  conducted  the  services  in  Alwyn 
Hall  after  Dr.  Moore  left,  and  the  Foreign 
Christian  Missionary  Board  sent  their 
cheques  to  me  to  pay  him  his  salary,  which 
1  did,  and  then  sent  them  receipts.  He  con- 
tinued until  Brother  Todd,  of  Chester, 
came.  I  bought,  at  the  solicitation  of  Joe 
Coop,  the  land  upon  which  the  Parliament 
Street  Church  is  built,  for  about  $5.50°- 
i  started  the  building  tund.  I  saw  the 
cause  firmly  established." 

"How  came  you  to  locate  in  this  coun- 
try?" 

"I    had    so    many    Americans    come    to 
my  house  that  I  got  infatuated  with  Amer- 
ica,   and    came    to    this 
country.      I    located    in 
Florida  first,  and  there 
we  all  had  the  malarial 
fever ;  then  from  there 
we    went    to    Atlanta, 
Ga. ,    and     I     was     ap- 
pointed   superintendent 
of    the   Sunday    school 
in    the    Hunter    Street 
Church.      While    there, 
I  was  ill,  and  was  or- 
dered by  the  doctor  to 
go   back    to    Liverpool, 
and      went      back      an 
emaciated   old   man.     I 
was       ill       for       three 
months    after    arriving 
in  Liverpool.     I  stayed 
in       Liverpool       about 
three    years,    and    then 
returned  to  America.  I 
landed    in    New    York 
with       nine       shillings 
($2.25)  in  my  pocket.  I 
left  my  wife  and  family 
in     Liverpool     with     $25,     which     was     all 
I     had.      I      landed      in      New      York     in 
August,   and  by  February    22   I   had   saved 
money  enough  to  bring  them   from   Liver- 
pool    to     Philadelphia.      We     went     from 
Philadelphia  to  Chicago,  where  we  resided 
for  12  years,  subsequently  going  to  Newark, 
N.  J.,  where  my  health  broke  down  while 
I  was  manager  of  a  factory." 

"That  was  the  beginning  of  your  gospel 
wagon,  was  it  not?" 

"Yes,  I  was  recommended  an  outdoor  life, 
and,  at  my  wife's  suggestion,  we  built  a 
wagon,  and  on  October  19,  1903,  said  good- 
by  to  our  children  and  started  on  a  trip 
through  New  Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  Mary- 
land, Delaware,  Virginia,  North  Carolina, 
South  Carolina  and  Georgia.  When  we 
reached  Atlanta,  Ga.,  the  mayor,  E.  P. 
Howell,  one  of  the  richest  men  in  that  city, 
entertained  us.  He  is  a  member  of  our 
church.  Then  we  returned  through  Ten- 
nessee, into  Kentucky.  We  spent  a  week  in 
Lexington  with  Brother  McGarvey,  coming- 
through  Ohio,  and  on  home,  having  been 
gone  a  year  and  three  weeks.  I  returned 
home  as  strong  and  vigorous  as  a  young 
fellow  of  25  years  of  age,  which  I  am  at 
the  present  time.  After  remaining  with  our 
family    from   October    12   to   April   24,    we 


COUldn'l  resist  the  temptation  of  a  second 
journey,  and  this  time  we  started  from  New 
York,  with  the  intention  of  going  to  Cali- 
fornia, reaching  St.  Louis  and  the  office  of 

The  Christian-Evangelist  November  14." 

"  How  have  you  occupied  yourself  on  the 
journey?" 

"I  have  preached  and  held  services  not 
less  than  one  hundred  and  fifty  times, 
in  churches  and  chain-Is  and  houses  and 
in  the  open  air,  on  this  trip.  We 
have  taken  tip  no  collections,  for  we 
pay  our  own  way  as  we  go  along.  We  de- 
pend entirely  upon  our  own  energy  and  our 
own  work  to  pay  our  expenses,  though  in  a 
few  cases  persons  of  various  denominations 
have  sent  us  little  presents  of  preserved 
fruits,  edibles,  etc.,  and  the  Central  Church, 
of  Columbus,  O.,  gave  us  a  surprise  by 
sending    a    number    of    pound    packages    of 


foodstuffs   to    our   wagon   on   the   morning 
we  left  that  city.    We  have  had  no  trouble 
of  any  kind,  and  have  betn  interfered  with 
by  no  one." 

"How  have  the  preachers  treated  you?" 
"Some  of  our  preachers  have  been  ex- 
tremely kind  to  us.  We  have  used  the  trip 
as  a  volunteer  evangelistic  journey.  I  open 
my  meetings  by  giving  a  few  selections  of 
music  on  the  graphophone.  After  the 
graphophone,  I  give  a  short  account  of  our 
travels  and  introduce  the  potato  peeler, 
which  we  make.  We  give  as  our  authority 
the  fact  that  Paul  was  a  tent  maker,  and 
labored  with  his  hands  to  minister  to  his 
own  necessities,  and  so  we  do  with  our  own 
little  article.  Then  we  seL  what  we  can  of 
those  goods,  asking  the  crowd  to  remain. 
After  doing  my  business,  I  then  preach  to 
the  people.  I  get  an  extremely  good  hear- 
ing. I  have  never  been  once  interrupted 
through  wickedness  or  malice.  People  have 
asked  questions,  but  always  good  naturedly, 
and  my  experience  is  that  the  people,  if 
they  can  be  got  at,  are  ready  and  anxious 
for  our  plea.  I  believe  that  this  method  is 
not  only  a  valuable  one  for  reaching  people, 
but  we  reach  people  who  can  not  be  reached 
in  any  other  way.  Give  me  the  zeal  of  the 
Salvation     Army — their    self-devotion    and 


denial — with  our  plea,  and  we  will  carry 
the  world  for  Christ  within  a  short  time.  I 
der  our  brethren  are  committing  a 
crime  in  depending  upon  pulpit  oratory 
alone  to  reach  the  people.  You  have  to 
carry  the  gospel  to  them.  Every  church 
ought  to  have  an  organized  outride  band 
for  outside  work.  We  have  ladies'  aid 
societies  in  the  churches,  but  we  have  few 
churches  where  there  is  a  men's  society. 
Some  of  our  preachers  come  along  and  tell 
me  1  am  a  crank.  And  I  thank  God  that 
Paul  was  a  'crank,'  and  Christ  was  a 
"crank,'  in  preaching  to  the  woman  at  the 
well;  and  I  love  the  same  kind  of  work." 
"What  has  been  the  effect  of  your  trip 
on    yourself?" 

"Didn't  you  see  me  at  dinner  table  today? 
I  don't  want  a  better  life  than  this.  If  I 
had  to  give  up  my  wagon  I  would  do  so 
with  great  regret 
What  I  most  want  to 
impiess  on  my  breth- 
ren is  this:  I  am  not 
carried  away  with  the 
enthusiasm  of  this  lit- 
tle journey.  I  have 
been  speaking  in  the 
open  air  for  years.  We 
need  to  be  discreet  in 
our  open  air  work 
and  not  talk  travels 
too  much,  because  if 
we  do  we  will  damage 
the  cause  of  Christ" 
Brother  and  Sister 
Harrison  are  what 
their  own  country- 
men would  call  "a 
jolly  old  couple." 
They  preach  the  gos- 
pel of  optimism,  a 
gospel  much  needed 
and  all  the  more  ac- 
ceptable when  it 
comes  from  age  that 
has  experienced  trial.  A  man  and  woman 
who  will  sell  potato  peelers  in  order  to 
preach  the  gospel  are  living  examples  to 
some  of  us. 

Amateur  Reform. 

The  mission  workers  on  the  East  Side 
frequently  see  the  humorous  as  well  as  the 
sadder  side  of  life.  A  man  prominent  in 
reform  work  recounts  the  experience  of  a 
certain  young  woman,  new  to  the  task,  who 
set  about  posting  herself  as  to  conditions 
in  a  neighborhood  near  Avenue  A. 

The  ambitious  missionary  had  entered  the 
house  of  an  Irish  woman,  and  had  made 
some  preliminary  inquiries,  when  she  was 
suddenly   interrupted   by   the   woman,   who 


said, 

"Say,  youse  is  fresh  at  dis  business,  ain't 
youse  ?" 

The  amateur  in  mission  work  blushingly 
admitted  such  to  be  the  case,  adding,  "I 
have  never  visited  you  before,  Mrs.  Mul- 
doon." 

"Thin,"  explained  the  Irish  woman,  "I 
tell  ye  what  to  do.  Ye  sit  down  in  that 
chair  there,  ye  read  me  a  short  psalm,  ye 
gives  me  fifty  cints,  an'  thin  ye  goes." — 
Harper's  Weekly. 


1518 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


November  23,  1905. 


Learning    Contentment    ^ 


A   THANKSGIVING 
SENTIMENT 


ntentment  was  the  Prst  virtue  Satan 
wrested  from  the  human  heart.  Since  that 
evil  day  history  and  romance  record  little 
than  attempts  by  men  and  nations  to 
regain  that  of  which  they  were  despoiled  in 
Eden. 

Abel  dashed  dew  from  young  pastures  to 
find  it  at  early  altars ;  Jacob  thought  it  the 
birthright;  Alexander  would  circumscribe 
i:  with  universal  empire  and  discern  it  in 
the  tribute  of  mighty  kings ;  the  rabbis 
ght  it  at  the  feet  of  sages ;  the  Argo- 
nauts sailed  afar  to  find  it  the  sequel  of 
fabled  adventure;  Solcmon,  finding  it 
neither  in  wisdom,  wealth  nor  fame,  vainly 
nought  it  in  voluptuous  revels;  Croesus  be- 
lieved it  to  lurk  in  an  abundance  of  the 
things  Thrift  might  lay  at  the  feet  of  Ava- 
rice :  Ponce  de  Leon  believed  it  laved  in 
the  fount  of  perpetual  youth ;  Epicureans 
vainly  would  possess  it  through  satiety,  and 
the  Stoic  by  the  atrophy  of  all  desire.  Sail- 
bought  it  beyond  strange  seas,  miners 
in  the  gleam  of  gems,  chemists  in  retorts, 
philosophers  in  caves,  our  forefathers  in 
the  temple  of  liberty,  reformers  in  new 
creeds  and  simpler  faiths. 

For  it,  men  have  offered  all — merchants, 
their  goods ;  dogmatists,  their  theories ; 
kings,  their  thrones;  but  it  eludes  them. 
Bacchus  has  not  distilled  it  into  the  flow- 
ing bowl,  nor  Mammon  made  gold  its  talis- 
man, nor  Mars  plaited  it  into  the  victor's 
wreath,  nor  Mercury  made  it  part  of 
oratory's  spell.  It  is  not  the  flower  of 
power,  the  luster  of  wealth,  the  sheen  of 
glory,  nor  poverty's  balm. 

Vet  it  is  the  guest  of  some  rare  hearts, 
not  a  chested  treasure  the  world  has  vainly 
sought,  but  a  beautiful  grace  that  is  to 
faith,  hope,  and  love  as  benediction  to  avail- 
ing prayer. 

Hear,  ye  heartsick,  wailing,  "All  is  van- 
ity." the  thrilling  words  of  martyred  Paul: 
"I  have  learned  in  whatsoever  state  I  am, 
therewith  to  be  content."  Nor  is  this  bliss- 
ful state  attainable  on  apostolic  heights  alone, 
tor  there  is  Scriptural  admonition  for  us  to 
be  content.  Nor  do  we  need  more  than  we 
now  possess,  for  it  continues — "with  such 
things  as  ye  have." 

No  scrutiny  of  the  life  of  Paul  can  be  too 
painstaking  if  only  it  reveal  to  us  the  secret 
of  his  contentment  amidst  homelessness  and 
cruel  persecutions.  Our  search  is  quickly 
rewarded,  for  in  three  confessionals  he 
makes  known  to  us  contentment's  way. 

Writing  to  the  Corinthians,  money-mad 
and  mart-hunting,  he  declared  he  has  noth- 
ing, yet  possesseth  all  things.  Since  the 
flower  is  contentment,  let  us  study  the  root 
of  this  new  economy.  He  owns  nothing. 
Things  committed  to  his  care  are  not  his, 
but  God's.  Thus  the  oppressive  responsi- 
bilities of  ownership  press  not  upon  him, 
though  he  forfeits  naught  of  the  privileges 
and  opportunities  of  control. 

But  he  also  is  God's,  and  assured  of  care 
divine.     For  what  he  is  to  have  he  trusts 

t 

the  inviolable  promises,  and  all  anxiety  is 
assuaged.  And  all  that  others  seem  to  have 
is  also  God's,  and  to  them,  as  a  child  of 


By  Geo.  L.  Snively 

God,  he  has  better  title  than  earthly  deeds 
convey.  He  knows  that  from  his  Father's 
unwasting  fulhiess,  all  will  come  to  him 
that  is  best. 

How  this  view  of  earthly  chattels  changes 
our  relation  to  them  ! 

My  friend  has  a  vast  estate  rolling  back 
from  the  river  to  the  mountain.  How  delec- 
table and  enviable !  But  fences  and  drains 
must  be  repaired,  houses  erected,  wastes 
stopped,  boundaries  determined,  taxes  paid, 
titles  defended,  tenants  satisfied.  It  is  called 
his  farm,  but  I  enjoy  its  flashing  streams, 
flower-spangled  pastures,  the  blue  haze. of 
its  hills  and  all  the  varied  witchery  of  its 
landscapes  with  a  zest  unknown  to  my  care- 
burdened  friend. 

My  neighbor  is  a  mighty  merchant.     He 

gathers   tapestries,   curios  and  the  peculiar 

treasures  of  east  and  west  into  his  store 

house,    and    then,    with    extreme    kindness, 

skillfully  selects  the  best  and  arranges  them 

in  the  display  window  to  delight  my  eye ; 

and    each     time     I    pass     the     scene    has 

changed.    If  fire  destroys  this  store  of  mine, 

I  have  only  to  claim  my  interest  in  the  one 

across  the  way  to  be  rich  as  before.    This  is 

real  ownership ;  moth  can  not  corrupt  nor 

thieves  break  through  and  steal  its  wealth. 

The  contentment  it  brings  is  well  expressed 

in  Mackay's  song: 

"Cleon  hath  a  million  acres — ne'er  a  one  have  I; 
Cleon  dwelleth  in  a  palace— in  a  cottage  I; 
Cleon  hath  a  dozen  fortunes— not  a  penny  I; 
But  the  poorer  of  the  twain  is  Cleon,  and  not  I. 

"Cleon,  true,  possesseth  acres,  but  the  landscape  I; 
Half  the  charm  to  me  it  yieldeth,  money  cannot  buy. 
Cleon  harbors  sloth  and  dullness— quickening  vigor  I. 
He  in  velvet;  I  in  fustian— richer  man  am  I. 

"Cleon  is  a  slave   to  grandeur— free  as  thought  am  I; 
Cleon  fees  a  score  of  doctors — need  of  none  have  I. 
Wealth   surrounded,  care  environed,  Cleon  fears  to 

die, 
Death  may  come,  he'll  find  me  ready — happier  man 

am  I. 

"Cleon  sees  no  charm  in  nature— in  a  daisy  I; 
Cleon  hears  no  anthem  ringing  in  the  sea  and  sky, 
Nature  sings  to  me  forever— earnest  listener.  I; 
State  for  state  with  all  attendants,  who  would  change? 
Not  I." 

Another  element  of  the  Pauline  philos- 
ophy of  contentment  is  his  appraisal  of  him- 
self as  a  bond  servant  of  Christ's.  This 
rendered  him  immune  from  all  ambition's 
pangs,  for  he  sought  not  his  own,  but  an- 
other's, glory.  As  sonship  placed  the  bur- 
den for  what  he  had  on  the  Father,  so  serv- 
itude made  the  Master  responsible  for  where 
he  was. 

Whether  his  servants  are  in  foundation, 
wall  or  turret  of  the  temple  of  Christianity, 
they  account  it  equal  honor,  if  only  they 
well  support  the  weight  upon  them  and 
murmur  not.  Whether  guarding  the  fron- 
tier, in  the  trenches  or  chieftains'  council, 
consecrated  soldiers  of  the  Cross  reckon 
only  whether  they  are  where  the  Captain 
would  have  them,  and  whether  they  are 
fighting  well  the  good  fight  of  faith;  know- 
ing well  that  as  his  share  is  that  goeth 
down  to  the  battle,  so  shall  his  be  that  tar- 
rieth  by  the  stuff,  and  that  awards  go  not 
to  rank,  but  fidelity  in  the  day  of  battle. 
Take    from   the  heart   all   of   self-seeking's 


varied  stings,  and  we  are  entering  well  into 
the  contentment  that  is  the  daily  portion  of 
the  sons  of  God,  who  recognize  that  they 
have  also  been  bought  with  a  price. 

The  completion  of  his  triumph  over  the 
atheistic  demon  of  discontent  came  with  his 
vision  of  the  eschatolog'es :  "Henceforth 
there  is  laid  up  for  me  a  crown  of  right- 
eousness' which  the  Lord,  the  righteous 
Judge,  shall  give  to  me  at  that  day,  and  not 
only  to  me,  but  also  to  all  them  that  have 
loved  his  appearing."  We  are  on  a  pil- 
grimage intended  to  show  us  the  rigors  of 
a  life  away  from  God.  If  the  traveler, 
homesick  and  weary,  ha:  but  enough  to 
carry  him  to  his  journey's  end,  he  asks  no 
more.  Soon,  very  soon,  we,  too,  shall  all 
reach  home.  Sonship,  servitude,  and  the 
home  vision  are  ours,  and  also  our  victory 
over  Goliath  discontent. 

"Wherefore,  we  faint  not;  but  though  our 
outward  man  is  decaying,  yet  our  inward 


PASSING  OF  PORRIDGE. 

Makes    way    for    the    Better    Food    of    a 
Better   Day. 


"Porridge  is  no  longer  used  for  breakfast 
in  my  home,"  writes  a  loyal  Britain  from 
Huntsville,  Ont.  This  was  an  admission  of 
no  small  significance  to  one  'brought  up' 
on  the  time-honored  stand-by. 

"One  month  ago,"  *  she  continues,  "I 
bought  a  package  of  Grape-Nuts  food  for 
my  husband,  who  had  been  an  invalid  for 
over  a  year.  He  had  passed  through  a  se- 
vere attack  of  pneumonia  and  la  grippe 
combined,  and  was  left  in  a  very  bad  con- 
dition when  they  passed  away. 

"I  tried  everything  for  his  benefit,  but 
nothing  seemed  to  do  him  any  good.  Month 
followed  month  and  he  still  remained  as 
weak  as  ever.  I  was  almost  discouraged 
about  him  when  I  got  the  Grape-Nuts,  but 
the  result  has  compensated  me  for  my 
anxiety. 

"In  the  one  month  that  he  has  eaten 
Grape-Nuts  he  has  gained  10  pounds  in 
weight,  his  strength  is  raridly  returning  to 
him,  and  he  feels  like  a  new  man.  Now 
we  all  eat  Grape-Nuts  fcod,  and  are  the 
better  for  it.  Our  little  five-year-old  boy, 
who  used  to  suffer  from  pains  in  the  stom- 
ach after  eating  the  old-fashioned  porridge, 
has  no  more  trouble  since  he  began  to  use 
Grape-Nuts,  and  I  have  no  more  doctor's 
bills  to  pay  for  him. 

"We  use  Grape-Nuts  with  only  sweet 
cream,  and  find  it  the  most  tasty  dish  in 
our  bill  of  fare. 

"Last  Monday  I  ate  four  teaspoonfuls  of 
Grape-Nuts  and  cream  for  breakfast,  noth- 
ing else,  then  set  to  work  and  got  my  morn- 
ing's work  done  by  nine  o'clock,  and  felt 
less  tired,  much  stronger,  than  if  I  had 
made  my  breakfast  on  meat,  potatoes,  etc., 
as  I  used  to.  I  wouldn't  be  without  Grape- 
Nuts  in  the  house  for  any  money."  Name 
given  by  Postum  Co.,  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 
There's  a  reason. 

Read  the  little  book,  "The  Road  to 
Wellville,"  in  pkgs. 


November  23,  1905. 


'I  UK  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


:      • 


man  is  renewed  day  by  d;<y.  For  our  light 
affliction,  which  is  for  a  moment,  workcth 
for  us,  more'  and  more  exceedingly,  an  eter- 
nal weight  of  glory;  while  we  look  not  at 
the  things  that  are  seen,  but  at  the  things 
that  are  not  seen;  for  the  things  that  are 


seen  are  temporal,  but  the  things  that  arc- 
not  seen  are  eternal." 

If  amidst  Thanksgiving  homecoming  and 
going,  the  feasting  and  social  cheer,  the 
counting  of  blessings  and  their  higher  ap- 
preciation, the  giving  of  thanks  to  God  and 


thanksgiving  to  his  poor,  we  catch  the 
-pirt  of  Pauline  contentment,  the  day  will 
have  been  among  the  holy  on'.-,  of  our 
calendar,  and  pr  rthy  its  historic  and 

sacred  associations. 
5"/.  Louis,  Mo. 


As  Seen  From  the  Dome     By  f.  d.  Power 


It  may  seem  absurd  to  speak  of  the  utility 
of  drunkenness.  People  who  never  get 
drunk — temperance  advocates  who  oppose 
the  manufacture,  sale  and  consumption  of 
liquor,  imagine  there  is  nothing  to  say  on 
the  other  side  of  the  question.  A  pamphlet 
was  recently  published  in  this  city,  and 
sent  to  me,  entitled  "A  Defense  of  the 
Liquor  Traffic,"  in  which  the  writer  says: 
"In  the  interest  of  justice,  religion  and 
progress  ;  in  defense  of  a  legalized  business ; 
inasmuch  as  the  Bible  places  strong  drink 
among  the  useful  creatures  of  God,"  and 
because  in  a  long  life  he  has  seen  "as  good 
Christians  in  the  traffic  as  out  of  it,"  he 
undertakes  its  defense.  He  laments,  in  a 
most  pathetic  way,  the  untold  misery  heaped 
upon  the  country  through  the  professional 
agitator,  predicts  teachers  of  temperance 
will  bring  on  a  fraternal  war  in  this  land, 
very  tearfully  and  distressfully  bemoans  the 
unsexing  of  women  in  this  business  and 
quotes  Paul  against  them  that  "it  is  a  shame 
for  them  to  speak  in  public,"  denounces 
prohibition  as  the  very  anti-Christ  of  this 
era,  pictures  in  very  touching  way  the 
drunkard  as  pleading  with  his  wife  and 
mother  to  call  in  the  aid  of  Congress  to 
enable  him  to  stop  drinking,  and  declares 
he  would  not  give  a  fig  for  virtue  which  is 
the  fruit  of  prohibition,  and  that  moral  is 
no  less  repulsive  than  physical  slavery! 

Think  of  it !  And  you  have  been  ac- 
cumstomed  to  suppose  nothing  could  be 
said  in  favor  of  drunkenness.  The  trouble 
with  you  is,  you  don't  read  the  other  side. 
You  think  it  has  no  defense.  You  are  like 
the  old  Vermont  farmer,  who  came  home 
drunk  over  night,  and  found  himself  full  of 
an  irresistible  desire  to  get  more  drunk,  and 
so  he  brought  out  the  wagon  to  drive  over 
to  town  for  more  whisky.  As  about  to  put 
on  the  finishing  touches  in  harnessing  his 
beast,  he  said  to  himself-  "This  horse  is 
got  horns,"  and  bringing  out  the  lantern, 
found  he  had  harnessed  the  cow !  The 
thing  has  horns :   it  can  defend  itself. 

Why  not  speak  of  the  utility  of  drunk- 
enness? Since  all  the  world  knows  drunk- 
enness is  the  direct,  legitimate,  inevitable 
and  universally  expected  result  of  the  liquor 
traffic;  since  the  liquor  business,  to  which 
all  this  drunkenness  is  to  be  referred,  is 
supported,  sanctioned  and  sanctified  by  law, 
and  since  law  and  its  administration  are 
supposed  to  have  for  their  end  the  good  of 
the' people,  it  certainly  ought  not  to  be  such 
a  monstrous  conceit  to  believe  there  must 
be  a  certain  utility  in  drunkenness.  In  fact, 
looking  at  the  vastness  of  the  liquor  busi- 
ness, the  power  it  wields  in  the  state,  and 
how  strongly  it  is  cherished  by  statesmen 
of  high  claims  to  intelligence  and  patriot- 
ism, and  how  the  leaders  in  the  army  are 
laboring  to  restore  Uncle  Sam's  lager  beer 
saloon,   we   should,  in  all   reason,  conclude 


the  utility  of  drunkenness  is  great  and  of 
vast  benefit  to  society.     Is  not  this  a  gov- 
ernment of  the  people,  by  the  people,  and 
for  the  people?     Is  not  the  people's  good 
the  law  of  political  action  and  the  quintes- 
sence of  political  creeds?    Are  not  political 
parties   moved   only  by  purest  motives  of 
virtue  and  benevolence   toward  the  nation 
and  all  classes  and  conditions  of  men?    And 
would  men  so  persistently  and  devoutly  en- 
courage   this   vast    sway    of    drunkenness, 
whereby    100,000    voters    go    down    to    the 
grave    yearly,    by    steadfast    legalized    sup- 
port to  its  unquestioned  cause,  were  there 
not  some  great  utility,  individually  and  na- 
tionally,  in   drunkenness?     Wherein,  then, 
does  this  utility  consist?     Not  long  ago  a 
writer   in   a    London   magazine,  discussing 
this   subject,   argued   that   man,    like   other 
animals,  has  a  tendency  to  multiply  more 
rapidly  than  the  means  of  supporting  his 
increased  numbers  can  be  multiplied;  that, 
as  among  the  lower  animals,  this  excessive 
burdensome  number  must  be  killed  off  in 
some  way;  that  by  this  over-multiplication 
a  struggle  for  existence  ir  superinduced  in 
consequence  of  which  inferior  and  unsuit- 
able   individuals   are    weeded   out   and   the 
survival  of  the  fittest  necessarily  follows ; 
that    heretofore    this    struggle    was    waged 
and  ended  in  behalf  of  those  whose  brutal 
or  physical  energies  best,  enabled  them  to  ' 
contend    with    the    physical    difficulties    of 
their  surroundings,  the  strongest  and  most 
violent  human  animal  was  then  the  fittest 
and  survived  accordingly ;  that  the  business 
of  our  better  society  now  is  to  kill  off,  or, 
euphemistically,    "eliminate,"    the    coarser, 
more  brutal  or  purely  animal  specimens  of 
humanity,  and  leave  the  field  to  the  more 
"intelligent,   refined   and   altogether   distinc- 
tive human  specimens  better  fitted  to  rule 
the  world. 

Now,  we  have  not  been  accustomed  to 
think  all  who  fall  into  the  liquor  habit  are 
brutal  and  animal.  Bright  intellects  and 
noble  hearts  and  lofty  specimens  of  human- 
ity are  often  brought  under  the  curse.  The 
terrible  effects  are  seen  in  the  men  and 
women  created  in  God's  image  and  capable 
of  nobler  development  of  character,  hurled 
from  their  high  throne  and  made  beastly 
by  the  poison  of  body,  mind  and  soul;  and 
that  not  alone  to  those  who  come  under  its 
baneful  sway  is  alcoholism  demoralizing 
and  destructive,  but  to  society,  families, 
communities,  generations  yet  unborn. 

Some  are  disposed  to  think  cigarette- 
smoking  young  men  are  of  the  spider- 
legged,  Grecian-bent,  peak-headed  class, 
who  wear  a  single  eye-glass  and  draw  in- 
spiration from  the  head  of  a  stick,  and  have 
an  "Aw!  Aw!  Aw!"  "Don't  cher  know?" 
in  their  utterances,  and  to  congratulate  them- 
selves that  the  coffin-nail  habit  will  weed 
out  the  undesirable  class.    If  that  were  so, 


there  would  be  tome  compensation  for  the 

abominable  odors  that  ris :  from  these  gut- 
ter-made nuisances;  but  the  trouble  is,  thou- 
sands of  young  men  and  boys,  whose  heads 
are  better  shaped  than  these  fraudulent 
exhibitions  of  alleged  humanity,  are  brought 
under  this  habit,  and  damaged  in  body  and 
mind. 

So  of  strong  drink.     If  it  carried  off  only 
the  '  natures  then?  might  be   some- 

thing in  the  argument  for  the  utility  of 
drunkenness,  but  the  premises  are  unsound. 
Then,  how  would  this  Satanic  system  of 
self-elimination  work  upon  the  men  who 
make  and  sell  the  rum?  Is  it  necessary  and 
fit  that  they  should  survive?  If  the  busi- 
ness of  self-immolation  worked  well,  would 
it  not  begin  with  the  specimens  of  human- 
ity who  are  so  brutal  a;  to  traffic  in  the 

@    0 

SOUND  SLEEP 
Can  easily  Be  Secured. 


"Up  to  2  years  ago,"  a  woman  writes, 
"I  was  in  the  habit  of  using  both  tea  and 
coffee  regularly. 

"I  found  that  my  health  was  beginning 
to  fail,  strange  nervous  attacks  would  come 
suddenly  upon  me,  making  mc  tremble  so 
excessively  that  I  could  not  do  my  work 
while  they  lasted;  my  sleep  left  me  and 
I  passed  long  nights  in  restless  discomfort. 
I  was  filled  with  a  nervous  dread  as  to  the 
future. 

"A  friend  suggested  that  possibly  tea  and 
coffee  were  to  blame,  and  I  decided  to  give 
them  up,  and  in  casting  about  for  a  hot 
table  beverage,  which  I  felt  was  an  absolute 
necessity,  I  was  led  by  good  fortune  to  try 
Postum  Food  Coffee.  For  more  than  a 
year  I  have  used  it  three  times  a  day  and 
expect,  so  much  good  has  it  done  me.  to 
continue  its  use  during  the  rest  of  my  life. 

"Soon  after  beginning  the  use  of  Postum. 
I  found,  to  my  surprise,  that,  instead  of 
tossing  on  a  sleepless  bed  through  the  long, 
dreary  night,  I  dropped  into  a  sound, 
dreamless  sleep  the  moment  my  head 
touched  the  pillow.  Then  I  suddenly  rea- 
lized that  all  my  nervousness  had  left  me, 
and  my  appetite,  which  had  fallen  off  be- 
fore, had  all  at  once  been  restored  so  that  I 
ate  my  food  with  a  keen  relish. 

"All  the  nervous  dread  has  gone.  1  walk 
a  mile  and  a  half  each  way  to  my  work 
every  day,  and  enjoy  it.  I  find  an  interest 
in  even'thing  that  goes  on  about  me  that 
makes  life  a  pleasure.  All  this  I  owe  to 
leaving  off  tea  and  coffee  and  the  use  of 
Postum,  for  I  have  taken  no  medicine." 
Xante  given  by  Postum  Co.,  Battle  Creek. 
Mich. 

There's  a  reason. 

Read  the  little  book,  "The  Road  to  Well- 
ville,"  in"  pkgs. 


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November  23,  1905. 


souls  of  their  fellows?  Would  the  liquor 
men  consent  to  such  a  plea  as  a  basis  of 
their  business  and  feel  themselves  general 
benefactors  of  human  society  and  govern- 
ment because  engaged  in  such  a  work? 

Well,  if  this  be  not  the  good  of  drunk- 
enness, what  is?  It  this  grim  and  terrible 
argument  for  its  utility  be  not  well  taken. 
where  shall  we  find  the  reason  for  the 
liquor  crime  ?  Why  do  the  drunkard- 
makers  do  their  work?  Is  it  merely  for  the 
sake  of  personal  liberty?  Then,  why  grant 
to  some  the  personal  liberty  to  rob  multi- 
tudes of  their  freedom?  Is  it  for  the  sake 
of  the  financial  advantages  of  the  liquor 
traffic  to  the  state?  What  of  the  tens  and 
scores  of  millions  which  the  liquor  business 
entails  upon  the  state  for  every  million 
of  revenue  thus  secured? 


What  is  the  utility  of  drunkenness? 
What  is  the  moral  and  material  excellence 
of  the  liquor  business?  What  is  the  red, 
ripe,  perfect  fruit  of  this  tree?  What  is  the 
compensation  for  the  army  of  drunkards, 
loss  of  respectability  and  property,  health, 
happiness,  liberty,  souls ;  the  poverty,  mis- 
ery and  shame  brought  upon  families  and 
society;  the  crimes,  expenses  of  jails  and 
penitentiaries  and  asylums  ;  the  vices,  iniqui- 
ties, disasters,  hatched  out  by  this  egg  of 
all  crime?  Is  it  possible  the  liquor  traffic 
is  licensed  by  society  for  the  relief  pointed 
out  by  our  social  philosopher,  namely,  the 
elimination  of  the  coarser  elements?  Then. 
what  does  society  do  but  legalize  murder? 
What,  pray,  is  the  advantage  of  the  saloon? 
What  is  the  utility  of  drunkenness?  What 
is  the  fruit  of  this  Upas  tree?  Experience 
points   with   infallible   testimony. 


The  Pittsburg  Campaign. 

Special   to  The   Christian-Evangelist. 

Pittsburg,  Pa.,  Nov.  20. — Steps  are  be- 
ing taken  for  building  immediately  at  Craf- 
ton.  The  membership  at  Belmar  has  been 
doubled.  Leading  denominational  preach- 
ers are  speaking  at  the  noon  meetings. 
Union  comunion  services  will  be  held  next 
Sunday. 

Additions  -reported:  Allegheny,  First, 
201;  Shady  Avenue,  51;  Observatory  Hill, 
16;  Bellevue,  42;  Braddock,  12;  Beaver 
Falls,  to;  Carnegie,  15;  Oharleroi,  63;  Con- 
nellsville,  100;  Crafton,  4;  Duquesne,  12; 
Homestead,  80;  fo/JcKees  Rocks,  79;  Mead- 
ville.  15;  New  Castle,  First,  92;  New 
Castle.  Central,  42;  Erie,  3;  Ellwood  City, 
3;  Pittsburg,  First,  139;  Pittsburg,  Fourth, 
29;  Pittsburg,  Central,  74;  Pittsburg,  East 
End.  i_>;  Knoxville,  45;  Belmar,  65;  Her- 
ron  Hill,  16;  Squirrel  Hill,  34;  Somerset, 
30;  Turtle  Creek,  19;  Washington,  First, 
85;  Washington,  Second,  13;  Wilkinsburg, 
51  j   Taylorstown,   2 ;    total,    [,358. 


November  2.3,  1905. 


TIIK  CllklSTlAN-EVAiV;j'.U./J 


L521 


IS       Unbelief      Dying?      »y  William  Durban 


I  have,  for  some  time,  been  led  to  think 
that  there  never  was,  since  the  very  begin- 
ning of  Christianity,  so  much  and  such 
wonderful  encouragement  for  the  advo- 
cates of  true  religion  as  in  these  days.  Not 
long  ago  I  wrote  a  description  of  the  life- 
long efforts  of  Haeckel,  the  arch-priest  of 
the  modern  school  of  German  rationalism. 
This  founder  of  the  fantastic  system  of 
atheistic  thought,  called  Monism,  is  still 
lecturing  and  writing  at  the  University  of 
Jena.  He  has  been  severely  taken  to  task 
by  some  of  the  ablest  of  his  Teutonic  con- 
temporaries. His  elaborate  attempt  to  prove 
that  this  universe  has  managed  to  manufac- 
ture itself  out  6f  some  extraordinary  com- 
modity called  Urstoff,  has  bewildered  many 
weak  minds  into  belief  in  his  unbelief.  This 
Urstoff  has  greatly  tried  and  tormented 
Haeckel  and  his  followers.  They  can  neither 
get  hold  of  any  specimen  of  it,  nor  imagine 
what  it  would  be  like  if  they  did.  Haeckel 
used  to  call  it  Bathybius,  which,  of  course, 
means  "deep  life."  Now,  this  Bathybius 
was  imagined  to  be  an  oozy,  wriggling, 
restless,  slimy  substance  down  in  the  deep- 
est and  darkest  recesses  of  the  ocean.  This 
appalling  sort  of  marine  protoplasm  was 
imagined  to  be  a  juice  of  life.  So  Haeckel 
had  discovered  in  the  ocean  the  secret  of 
creation,  and  his  disciples  were  delighted, 
and  their  minds  reveled  in  this  slimy  Bathy- 
bius. But.  after  all,  Haeckel  had  only 
evolved  it  out  of  the  mysterious  depths  of 
the  ocean  of  his  own  imagination,  and  it 
has  not  gone  entirely  out  of  fashion  in  the 
circles  of  unbelief. 

TWO  MIGHTY  BOOKS. 

On  my  reading  desk  lie  two  extraordinary 
volumes,  just  issued  from  the  press.  One 
is  entitled  "Supernatural  Religion,  an  In- 
quiry into  the  Reality  of  Divine  Revela- 
tion." This  is  a  new  and  cheap  edition  of 
a  work  of  936  pages,  which  was  issued  in 
very  expensive  form  over  ten  years  ago,  and 
had  a  wide  circulation,  creating  a  great  sen- 
sation, because  of  its  elaoorate  and  smart 
attack  on  orthodox  and  evangelical  belief. 
Its  re-issue  at  a  low  price  is  a  sign  that 
there  is  still  some  courage  left  in  the 
Jericho  of  Skepticism.  But  what  this 
amounts  to  I  will  try  presently  to  show.  The 
other  new  volume  is  a  fresh  work  from 
the  pen  of  W.  H.  Mallock  one  of  the  most 
gifted  and  famous  of  English  critics,  and 
is  entitled  "The  Reconstruction  of  Belief." 
(Harpers,  302  pages.  Price,  $1.75  net.)  It 
is  a  magnificent  production,  and  though  it 
has  just  appeared,  it  has  at  once  attracted 
the  attention  of  the  reviewers.  It  is  a 
volume  of  apologetics.  Mr.  Mallock  is  uni- 
versally acknowledged  to  be  one  of  the  most 
brilliant  men  of  letters  and  clearest  think- 
ers of  our  time.  The  value  of  his  new  book 
is  that  it  strives  to  answer  in  a  philosophic 
manner  certain  questions  which  most  per- 
plex  all   devout  minds. 

THREE   GREAT  INITIAL  DIFFICULTIES. 

Mr.  Mallock  looks  in  the  face  certain 
crucial  problems,  which  are  immediately 
encountered  directly  we  begin  to  contem- 
plate the   great   "Riddle  of  the   Universe," 


to  use  the  phrase  which  furnishes  for 
Haeckel  the  title  of  his  greatest  book.  The 
first  question  is,  How  car.  we  feel  certain 
of  the  existence  of  God,  in  face  of  a  positive 
science  which  sees  no  trace  of  God  in  this 
our  world,  and  which  rigidly  eliminates  the 
supernatural  from  its  explanation  of  or- 
ganic and  inorganic  life?  The  second  ques- 
tion is,  If  the  existence  of  God,  and  of  a 
righteous,  all-powerful  and  all-good  God, 
be  proved,  how  can  the  existence  of  evil 
be  reconciled  with  it,  seeing  that  evil  is  the 
opposite  of  good,  and  that  the  same  God 
who  made  good  must  also  have  made  evil? 
And  the  third  question  is,  In  a  world  which 
appears  to  be  one  of  cause  and  effect,  where 
each  act  depends  upon  ihe  past  and  in- 
fluences the  future,  how  can  man  be  a  free 
agent,  and  how  can  he  possess  liberty  of 
choice  to  sin  or  do  right?  These  three  dif- 
ficulties have  faced  every  thoughtful  soul 
at  some  stage  or  other  of  life.  If  they  can 
be  solved,  religion,  as  a  dogmatic  verity, 
rests  on  a  secure  basis.  If  they  are  inca- 
pable of  solution,  then  religion  must  disap- 
pear, to  give  way  to  the  "nightmare  of  ma- 
terialism." 
THE  VICTORY  OF  CHRISTIAN  PHILOSOPHY. 

Now,  Mr.  Mallock  triumphs  all  along  the 
line.  This  masterly  new  book  smites  -skep- 
ticism with  blows  that  resound  from  every 
page.  But  Darwin  and  Spencer  suffer  as 
mercilessly  as  does  Haeckel.  Mr.  Mallock 
quickly  proves  from  Haeckel  and  Spencer 
that  they  are  compelled  to  admit  the  exist- 
ence of  some  power  which  they  do  not  call 
God,  but  which  is  no  other  than  God,  in 
order  to  explain  the  universe.  Mallock 
made  the  rationalists  look  utterly  foolish, 
by  meeting  them  on  their  own  ground  and 
demonstrating  from  their  own  writings  that 
they  absurdly  contradict  their  own  most 
vaunted  theories.  The  conclusions  at  which 
these  so-called  scientists  have  arrived  are 
ghastly,  hideous,  infernal,  to  speak  the  plain 
truth.  For  instance,  the  contention  of  such 
thinkers,  determined  to  hurl  God  out  of 
the  universe,  is  that  the  latter  is  a  vast 
machine,  moving  mechanically,  each  part 
interacting  with  some  other  part,  like  the 
wheels  of  a  watch,  the  present  movement  re- 
morselessly producing  the  future,  as  the  past 
has  produced  the  present.  "Now,  deny  that 
this  train  of  machinery  has  been  set  in  mo- 
tion by  some  intelligence,"  says  an  able 
critic  in  the  columns  o<f  one  of  the  London 
daily  papers,  "and  what  is  there  left  to  man? 
All  morality  vanishes ;  for  machines  can  not 
be  moral.  All  the  higher  pleasures  of  life 
disappear.  Darwin  admitted  that,  with  his 
progress  in  the  faculty  ot  exact  research, 
he  lost  the  power  of  enjoying  music."  I 
entirely  agree  with  this  critic  in  the  "Daily 
Mail."  And  I  rejoice  to  note  that  in  the 
daily  papers  in  England  there  is  less  and 
less  manifestation  of  sympathy  with  ration- 
alists, and  more  and  more  with  faith  and  its 
exponents.  Mr.  Mallock's  book  is  being 
warmly  received  by  the  press. 
WHAT  IS  CHANCE? 

The  gospel  of  chance  is  being  boldly  chal- 
lenged.    Mr.  Mallock  wants  to  know  after 


all  what  ifl  this  dark  thing  dflKtfd  chance? 
Chance  did  this,  and  chance  did  that.  It  is 
curious,  indeed,  that  if  nothing  made  every- 
thing, yet  chance  meddled  everywhere.  Who, 
then,  is  this  chance?  Why  does  not  Haeckel 
say?  Why  can  nobody  introduce  us  to  the 
agent  who  did  such  wonderful  things?  If 
chance  set  evolution  going,  as  we  are  so 
often  told,  then  chance  must  be  worth  get- 
ting acquainted  with.  I  'hould  myself  be 
grateful  for  some  kind  of  introduction,  for 
I  am  myself  under  a  deep  debt  of  gratitude 
for  evolving  n.e.  I  have  had  a  very  happy 
life.  If  chance  arranged  it  for  me  I  should 
be  most  pleased  to  learn  something  definite 
about  my  marvelous  benefactor.  But  Mai- 
lock says  that  when  these  men  declare  that 
chance  is  the  author  of  cosmos,  thi 
only  equivalent-  to  saying  that  some  un- 
known cause  brought  things  about ;  then  I 
lose  respect  for  men  who  avoid  philosophi- 
cally honest  language.  They  should  not 
hide  and  disguise  their  meaning  under  a 
shuffling  vocabulary. 

I  turn  to  the  other  book,  "Supernatural 
Religion."  It  is  a  big  thing.  And  it  is  ably 
written,  anonymously.  But  why  is  it  re- 
issued? I  can  not  imagine.  It  is  a  vain 
attack  on  the  miraculous  element  in  Chris- 
tianity. But  it  would  be  miracle  on  the 
side  of  unbelief  if  this  book,  though  is  has 
had  a  great  vogue,  could  eliminate  the  con- 
viction of  the  supernatural  from  the  mind 
of  the  age.  Man  is  himself  a  supernatural 
creature,    with 

A  SOUL  ABOVE  THE  MATERIAL 
sphere  which  he  for  a  time  inhabits.  And 
men  by  millions  come  deeply  into  the  con- 
viction that  they  are  in  some  way  related 
to  immortality.  Haeckel  and  Spencer 
would  send  us  crawling  in  the  dust,  but  the 
vast  majority  of  men  and  women,  includ- 
ing even  multitudes  who  are  not  actively 
spiritual,  refuse  to  be  led  recklessly  into 
the  mud  and  mire  of  the  borders  of  the  dead 
sea  of  negation.  I  predict  that  for  one  per- 
son who  may  be  drawn  to  read  "Super- 
natural Religion,"  the  infidel  book,  hundreds 
will  be  induced  to  study  the  splendid  vindi- 
cation of  Christianity  by  Mr.  Mallock. 
Skepticism  in  Britain  is  now  in  a  very  bad 
way.  Its  lecture  halls  are  closed.  Its  pa- 
pers are  poor  rags.  Its  exponents  have 
entirely  lost  popularity.  And  our  difficulty 
is  not  with  any  active  hostility,  but  with  dull 
indifference  and  the  absorbing  nature  of  the 
cares  of  life. 

SAMPLES  MAILED;FREE. 

Dr.  Blosser,  the  noted  catarrh  special- 
ist of  Atlanta,  Ga.,  is  the  discoverer  of 
a  wonderful  remedy  for  Catarrh.  Bron- 
chitis, Asthma,  and  Catarrhal  Deafness. 
He  has  decided  to  send  free  a  trial  package 
of  his  remedy  to  any  sufferer  who  will  write 
him. 

This  remedy  is  a  harmless,  pleasant 
vegetable  compound,  which  is  burned  on 
a  plate,  or  smoked  in  a  pipe  or  cigarette. 
It  contains  no  tobacco.  The  medicated 
smoke  vapor  being  inhaled,  reaches  directly 
the  mucous  membranes  lining  the  head, 
nose,  throat  and  lungs,  making  a  radical 
and  permanent  cure. 

If  you  want  to  give  the  remedy  a  free 
trial,  write  a  letter  at  once  to  Dr.  J.  W. 
Blosser.  475  Walton  St..  Atlanta,  Ga. 


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Tokkkv  axp  Alexander:  The  Story  of  a 

World-Wide  Revival,  by  George  T.  B. 
Davis.  Fleming  H.  Revell  Co.  256 
pages.    $1.00  net. 

Since  the  days  of  the  wonderful  meetings 
of  Moody  and  Sankey  there  has  been  noth- 
ing exactly  akin  to  the  evangelistic  campaign 
that  has  been  carried  on  by  Evangelist  R.  A. 
Torrey  and  Charles  M.  Alexander,  the 
singer.  Mr.  Davis  has  accompanied  the 
evangelists  in  their  recent  tours  through 
England  and  Wiles,  and  this  book  is  a  rec- 
ord, in  part,  of  that  campaign,  but  it  em- 
braces also  the  wider  field  which  the  evan- 
gelists have  covered.  The  writer  is  enthusi- 
astic, and,  possessing  something  of  the 
newspaper  man's  point  of  view,  he  is  able 
to  set  out  the  more  striking  incidents  of 
what  every  one  must  regard  as  a  very  won- 
derful religious  awakening.  The  book  is 
well  illustrated  with  photographs  of  the 
evangelists  and  incidents,  places  and  men 
associated  with  the  revival.  It  would  do 
any  evangelist  or  religious  worker  good  to 
read  it. 

The  Inner  Chamber  of  the  Inner  Life. 
by  Rev.  Andrew  Murray,  D.  D.  Flem- 
ing H.  Revell  Co.  170  pages.  75  cents 
net. 

Andrew  Murray  has  won  an  established 
place  as  a  devotional  writer.  He  loves  the 
Book,  and  the  purpose  of  this  volume  is  to 
restore  in  the  life  of  the  believer  the  inner 
chamber  to  the  place  which  Christ  meant  it 
to  have. 

Applied  Theology,  by  Rev.  F.  C.  Monfort, 
D.  D.  Monfort  &  Co..  Cincinnati.  234 
pages.  $1.00. 
The  author  is  well  known  as  the  editor 
of  one  of  the  leading  Presbyterian  religious 
journals.  He  is  a  graceful  writer  and  has  a 
very  bright  and  fresh  wav  of  putting  things. 
His  subject  being  applied  theology  will  not 
tempt  one  to  take  issue  with  some  of  the 
author's  extremely  consetvative  views.  On 
many  of  the  themes  to  which  he  directs  at- 
tention he  writes  in  the  terms  that  one 
would  expect  a  Presbyterian  divine  to  use, 
yet,  despite  the  fact  that  he  is  true  to  his 
up-bringing,  we  are  glad  to  note  that  there 
is  a  breadth  of  vision  in  some  of  the  chap- 
ters that  is  very  encouraging  and  that  will 
lead,  we  are  sure,  to  practical  results. 

m 

Primary  Facts  in  Religious  Thought,  by 
Alfred  Wesley  Wishart.  University  of 
Chicago  Press.  128  pages.  75  cents 
net. 
These  seven  short  essays  are  intended  to 
state  in  a  simple  and  practical  manner  the 
essential  principles  of  religion,  and  to  clear 
it  from  the  confusion  arising  from  theologi- 
cal changes  and  historical  criticism.  Dr. 
Wishart  was  formerly  Fellow  in  church  his- 
tory in  the  University  of  Chicago,  and  his 
view  point  is  the  modern  one  we  would  ex- 
pect to  find  from  that  association.  He  starts 
with  the  conception  of  religion  as  a  uni- 
versal, inevitable  human  experience;  dis- 
tinguishes it  from  other  things  with  which 
it  has  been  confused — as  morality  and 
theology;  shows  its  intimate  connection 
with  the  life  of  society  and  suggests  bow 
its  essence  may  be  kept  in  spite  of  chang- 
ing views  on  minor  points.  The  following 
quotation  shows  the  practical  aim  of  the 
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tianity to  mankind.  The  universal  religious 
life  reaches  its  supreme  expression  in  hu- 
man lives  transfigured  by  this  self-surrender 
to  Christ.  The  Bible,  the  Christian  Church, 
and  all  the  forms  and  ceremonies  of  the 
Christian  religion,  are  simply  means  to  an 
end,  and  that  end  is — Christlikeness." 


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The  subject  is  one  akin  to  the  author's 
heart.  Brilliant  as  he  is  in  intellect,  elo- 
quent as  he  is  in  speech,  the  one  thing  that 
distinguishes  the  successor  of  Dr.  Dale  in 
Birmingham's  pulpit  is  the  passion  for 
souls.  These  seven  short  discourses  are  full 
of  meat  and  illumination. 


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The  author  of  this  story  has  passed  into 
the  great  beyond,  but  she  has  left  a  fra- 
grance behind  her  that  will  never  pass  away. 
She  was  a  lover  of  flowers,  and,  having  met 
with  an  accident  to  her  spine  when  a  little 
girl,  she  gave  her  heart  to  the  works  of 
benevolence  as  she  grew  to  be  able  to  do 
this  through  her  literary  work.  She  was 
the  originator  of  the  Loyal  Temperance 
Legion  Flower  Mission,  and  it  is  on  this 
work  that  this  book  is  founded.  The  names 
are  fictitious,  but  most  of  ihe  characters  and 
scenes  are  true  to  life.  The  manuscript  was 
finished  just  before  the  orief  illness  which 
ended  fatally  for  the  writer.  It  is  a  beau- 
tiful story,  as  well  as  an  interesting  one, 
not  only  to  young  people,  but  to  grown- 
ups as  well. 

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This  work  aims,  by  application  of  mod- 
ern thought  to  scripture  truth,  to  "brighten 
and  deepen"  and  establish  more  surely 
faith  in  the  Bible.  By  displacing  a  false 
literalism  and  inerrancy  which  destroy  "its 
harmony,  beauty  and  unity,"  the  writer 
hopes  to  recover  these,  and  also  to  pre- 
serve "all  that  is  intrinsic  in  the  Written 
Word."  Life  more  abundant  is  the  world's 
need.  The  teachings  of  the  Bible,  and  par- 
ticularly of  Jesus,  "were  living  principles 
and  morally  contagious."  These,  when 
"brought  into  close  contact  with  the  human 
soul,"  by  a  vital  interpretation,  "kindle  an 
inner  spirit  and  life."  The  watchword  is 
development.  Revelation  is  progressive. 
Evolution,  properly  understood,  is  the  hand- 
maid of  religion.  There  are  some  excellent 
chapters  in  this  book,  while  some  seem  to 
savor  of  special  pleading.  To  the  conserv- 
ative it  should  prove  stimulating;  to  the 
less  conservative  quite  acceptable. 

Boys  Who  Became  Famous  Men,  by  Har- 
riet   Pearl    Skinner.      Little,    Brown   & 
Co.,  Boston.     221  pages.     Price,  $1.25. 
121110. 
This  book  presents  incidents  in  the  child- 
hood  of  eight  celebrated   men — poets,   art- 
ists   and    musicians— that    are    woven    into 
stories  interesting  for  the  story's  sake.    The 
boy   who   reads   these  chapters   will    follow 
them  with  all  the  interest  he  would  fiction, 
while  he  will  glean  many  biographical  facts 
at  the  same  time  about  such  men  as  Handel, 
Coleridge,  Gainsborough,  etc.     The  book  is 
illustrated. 


DeerFoot   in   the   Forest    by    Edward    S. 
Ellis.    The  John  C.  Winston  Co.,  Phil- 
adelphia.   366  pages.    Price,  $1.00: 
This  is  the  first  of  a  series  of  books  by  a 
well-known  writer  of  fiction,  the  aim  of  the 
author   and    publishers    evidently   being    to 
issue   something   like  the   famous  series   of 
Fenimore  Cooper.     This  book  is  one  that 
will  delight  the  boys,  though  it  is  entirely 


free  from  unhealthful  sensationalism.  From 
its  title  it  may  be  surmised  that  it  deals 
with  Indian  life.  Deerfoot  is  a  Christian 
Indian,  who  saves  the  hves  of  two  boys 
who  had  gone  on  a  hunting  expedition,  not 
knowing  of  an  Indian  uprising. 


The  Immanence  of  God,  By  Borden  P. 
Bovvne.  Houghton,  Mifflin  &  Co.,  Bos- 
ton. i6mo.  Price,  $1  00  net. 
This  new  work  by  Professor  Bowne,  of 
Boston  University,  is  an  effort  to  disillu- 
sionize two  classes  of  persons :  first,  those 
who,  through  false  conceptions  of  science 
and  philosophy,  regard  nature  as  self-suf- 
ficient, mechanical  and  undivine ;  and, 
second,  those  who  from  the  religious  point 
of  view,  over-emphasize  the  unnaturalness 
of  the  divine.  He  gives  us  a  more  divine 
natural,  and  a  more  natural  divine.  His 
thesis  is  that  the  whole  cosmic  movement 
depends  upon,  and  is  the  orderly  expres- 
sion of,  the  divine  will  and  purpose.  His 
is  a  popular  treatment  in  clearest  expression 
of  a  present-day  problem  in  philosophy  and 
religion. 

In  the  Secret  of  His  Presence,  by  Rev. 
G.  H.  Knight.  A.  C.  Armstrong  & 
Son,  New  York.  i2mo.  Price,  $1.25. 
This  book  aims  "to  set  forth  the  sacred 
privilege  of  secret  fellowship  with  God, 
and  to  urge  the  need  of  making  that  inter- 
course with  him  more  frequent  and  pro- 
longed." The  stress  of  modern  life  and  the 
tendency  to  over-socialize  religion,  render 
imperative  "the  quiet  hour."  The  life  and 
teachings  of  Jesus  also  emphasize  the  need 
and  show  the  possibilities  of  this  more  in- 
timate communion.  "Alone  with  God" 
exalts  our  vision,  produces  humility,  lays 
bare  the  soul,  gives  relief  and  rest  to  the 
troubled  heart,  renews  strength,  supplies 
courage,  intensifies  aspiration,  expels  self- 
ishness, and  yields  the  joy  of  perfect  self- 
surrender.  The  conditions  of  this  fellow- 
ship upon  which  these  and  other  results  de- 
pend are  clearly  presented.  This  book  is 
calculated  to  stimulate  and  deepen  the  re- 
ligious life. 

Heart's  Desire,  by  Erne;  son  Hough.  The 
McMillan  Company.  367  pages.  Price, 
$1.50. 

This  story  is  the  outcome  of  a  number 
of  stories  that  have  appeared  from  time  to 
time  in  the  magazines  about  a  little  fron- 
tier town  called  Heart's  Desire.  So  success- 
ful were  they  that  Mr.  Hough  was  per- 
suaded, to  weave  them  into  a  continuous 
story.  The  result  is  a  delightful  book, 
sunny,  and  as  full  of  abandon  as  is  the 
southwest  itself.  It  is  etitain  the  discern- 
ing reader  will  come  to  the  conclusion  that 
the  author  is  picturing  some  of  his  own  ex- 
periences. Whether  or  no,  lie  can  draw  what 
he  has  seen  in  other  men's  experiences,  for 
Heart's  Desire,  though  it  be  not  located  on 
the  map  under  that  name,  is  surely  a  real 
place,  and  while  the  instinct  of  the  story- 
teller is  seen  in  these  pages,  there  is  also  in 
them  the  real  life  of  the  west.  Here  we 
see  what  a  miracle  can  be  wrought  in  a 
vacant  Eden,  the  incomplete  Paradise,  of  a 
frontier  town,  when  a  woman  from  the  old 
settlements  is  introduced.  The  story  is  one 
that  appeals  to  men  and  women  alike,  and 
it  will  hold  their  interest  until  after  the  last 
page  has  been  read. 

Yolanda,  by  Charles  Major.  The  McMillan 
Company.  407  pages.  Price,  $1.50. 
The  author  of  "Dorothv  Vernon  of  Had- 
don  Hall"  and  "When  Knighthood  Was  in 
Flower,"  has  created  in  his  latest  book  a 
character  that  has  much  of  witchery  in  it. 
The  story  deals  with  the  fortunes  of  the 
young  Count  of  Hapsburg,  who  leaves  his 
craggy  dominions  to  see  the  world,  and, 
perchance,  win  the  famous  Princess  of  Bur- 


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gundy,  whose  father,  Duke  Charles,  had 
sought  his  hand  in  marriage  for  his  daugh- 
ter, and  then  spurned  aim  How  the  young 
count  goes  forth  incognito  and  encounters 
a  beautiful  girl,  who  is  %known  to  him  as 
Yolanda,  for  whom  he  would  give  up  all 
thoughts  of  the  greatest  princess  in  Europe, 
we  must  leave  the  story  to  tell.  The  style 
of  the  book  is  an  improvement  on  any  1h.it 
Mr.  Major  has  hitherto  written.  The  in- 
terest is  well  maintained  and  there  is  just 
enough  of  the  swash-buckling  element  in  it 
to  make  the  hero  manly  without  discount- 
ing the  dignity  of  the  romance.  Yolanda  is 
a  delightful  young  lady,  and  the  story  about 
her  will  attract  a  large  clr.ss  of  readers. 


Sidney:  Her  Summer  on  the  St.  Law- 
rence, by  Anna  Chapin  Ray.  Little, 
Brown  &  Co.,  Boston.  332  pages. 
Price,  $1.50. 

Miss  Ray  has  achieved  decided  success  in 
what  are  known  as  the  "Teddy"  stories, 
which  have  delighted  many  thousands  of 
readers.  This  new  story,  intended  for  girls 
and  boys,  takes  up  a  new  scene  and  an  en- 
tirely new  set  of  characters.  The  heroine  is 
true,  helpful  and  earnest  and  this  descrip- 
tion of  her  summer  home  on  the  St.  Law- 
rence, with  her  cousin  and  their  friends, 
is  one  that  will  delight  the  young  people. 

Under  the  Lilacs,  by  Louisa   M.   Alcott. 
Little,  Brown  &  Co.    302  pages.     Price, 
$2.00. 
A  story  by  the  author  of  "Little  Women" 
needs  no  commendation,  yet  that  is  a  part 
of   the   function   of   the   reviewer,    and   we 
must  say  that  "Under  the  Lilacs"  is  a  book 
that    will    appeal    to    all    young    folks    and 
many  grown-ups.     It  is  put  out  in  a  hand- 
some   edition,    beautifully    illustrated    with 
eight    original    full-page   pictures   by   Alice 
Barber  Stephens,  who  has  shown  such  won- 
derful  ability  in   delineating  other  charac- 
ters of  Miss  Alcott's  creation. 


MAGAZINES. 


Review  of  Reviews. — The  most  promi- 
nent topics  of  discussion  in  the  November 
issue  of  this  indispensable  periodical  are 
the  independent  tendency  in  American 
politics,  as  illustrated  in  Mr.  Jerome's 
fight  for  election  in  New  York,  and  in  other 
local  campaigns ;  the  question  of  insurance 
management ;  a  very  interesting  article  by 
Mr.  W.  T.  Stead,  who  has  followed  the 
movements  of  Russian  thought  and  action 
with  "great  interest  for  many  years,  on  the 
first  parliament  of  that  awakening  nation ; 
contributions  made  by  Jews  to  our  national 
life  (an  extract  front  this  article  appeared 
in  our  columns  last  week)  ;  the  present 
condition  of  rural  Ireland,  and  what  is  of 
especial  interest  just  now,  the  movement 
for  church  federation  in  America  and  Eng- 
land. 

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ninth  volume.  It  has  come  to  occupy  a 
place  of  its  own,  and  the  distinctive  Chris- 
tian tone  that  characterizes  it  raises  it  to  a 
plane  above  the  ordinary  magazines  dealing 
with  secular  affairs.  Of  the  special  articles 
in  this  month's  number,  one  by  Lewis  Gas- 
ton Leary,  entitled  "The  Glory  of  All 
Lands,"  picturing  both  by  word  and  illus- 
tration the  beauties  of  Palestine,  is  worthy 
of  particular  note.  "Reforming  Athletics," 
by  the  editor,  as  well  as  an  editorial  on 
"Thanksgiving:  Is  it  Hypocrisy?"  are 
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who  live  in  the  Windy  City.  There  are 
many  other  articles  of  interest  and  value. 

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November  23,  1905. 


Our   Budget. 


— The  Lord's  day  before  Thanksgiving  is 
designated  by  the  American  Christian  Mis- 
sionary Society  as  Rally  Day  in  all  our  Sun- 
day schools,  when  an  offering  is  to  be  taken 
for  the  purpose  of  advancing  our  work  in 
the  home  land.  Let  every  Sunday  school 
fall  in  line. 

The  Editor-in-chief,  who  has  been  at- 
tending the  great  Federation  Conference  in 
New  York,  will  stop  in  Pittsburg  on  his  re- 
turn, and  probably  preach  there  today.  The 
Centennial  Committee  has  been  called  to 
meet  in  Pittsburg,  to  settle  some  things 
that  were  left  undetermined  at  the  meeting 
in   Cincinnati   last   week. 

— A  great  meeting  is  being  held  at  Can- 
ton.  O. 

— Just  as  we  go  to  press  we  have  re- 
ceived the  following  telegram  from  the 
Editor  in  Xew  York:  "We  are  having  a 
great  conference."  In  a  personal  note  to 
his  assistant,  written  about  midnight  on  No- 
vember 16.  Dr.  Garrison  says :  "We  have 
had  a  busy  day.  A  day  of  great  speeches. 
My  session  was  a  glorious  one ;  the  best 
line  of  speeches,  my  own  excepted,  I  almost 
ever   heard." 

— In  this  issue  we  present  pictures  of 
some  of  the  chairmen  and  officers  of  the 
federation  conference.  In  our  next  issue, 
in  which  we  hope  to  present  the  cause  of 
the  Christian  Woman's  Ecard  of  Missions, 
we  expect  to  give  also  some  report  of  what 
was  said  and  done  in  this  great  conference 
and  picture  some  of  the  leaders  among  the 
churches  outside  of  our  own  brotherhood, 
who  took  part  in  it. 

— An  item  of  great  interest  to  many  of 
our  readers  is  the  information  that  the 
twentieth  anniversary  of  the  pastorate  of 
H.  O.  Breeden,  of  the  Central  Church,  Des 
Moines,  will  be  celebrated  on  December  1. 
Former  pastors  and  evangelists,  as  well  as 
members  and  friends,  are  invited  to  be  pres- 
ent or  to  send  a  word  of  greeting.  Frank 
A.  Rice  is  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
invitation. 

— E.  II.  Kellar  is  building  up  a  new  work 
at  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

— W.  S.  Willis  has  resigned  at  Iron- 
ton,  O. 

— A  new  church  is  being  planned  at 
Kirksville,  Tex. 

— W.  A.  Fite  has  accepted  a  call  to  the 
church  at  Windsor,  Mo. 

— Macon,  Mo.,  will  have  I.  T.  LeBaron, 
of  Milton,  la.,  for  pastor. 

— H.  R.  Trickett,  of  Macon,  Mo.,  will 
take  the  work  at  Monroe  City. 

— Our  new  building  at  Jacksonville,  111., 
will  be  dedicated  about  March  1. 

— The  church  at  Wolcott,  Ind.,  has  se- 
cured L.  W.  Sexton  as  minister. 

— J.  J.  Taylor  was  ill  much  of  the  time 
during  the  meeting  at  Ludlow,  Ky. 

— The  corner  stone  for  a  new  church 
building  at  Utica,  O.,  has  been  laid. 

— The  churches  at  Maysville  and  Hazel 
Green,  Ky.,  are  without  preachers. 

— C.  Monroe  will  begin  a  meeting  at 
Bingham,  111.,  on  Thanksgiving  day. 

— Charles  R.  L.  Vawter  has  accepted  a 
call  to  Shelby,  O.,  and  is  now  at  work. 

— The  church  at  Ashland,  Ky.,  under 
W.  S.  Gamboe,  is  doing  successful  work. 

— Our  church  at  Newport  News,  Va.,  will 
be  ministered  to  by  D.  S.  Henkle,  of  Harris- 
burg. 

— Clarence  H.  Poage  is  now  working  with 
the  churches  at  Radford  and  East  Rad- 
ford, Va. 

— John  Giddens  has  resigned  at  Graven, 
Ark.,  and  Pape,  Mo.,  and  is  working  half 


time   for  the   church   at    Eldorado    Springs. 
Mo.,   which  is  his  home  town* 

— Edward  O.  Sharpe  has  taken  the  pas- 
torate at  Winchester,  111.,  succeeding  W.  W. 
Wharton, 

— S.  P.  Telford  has  been  asked  to  remain 
the  third  year  at  Toluca.  Ill,  with  increase 
of  salary. 

— Marshall  G.  Long  has  begun  his  work 
at  Warsaw,  Ind..  where  he  feels  the  out- 
look is  bright. 

— J.  A.  Shoptaugh  writes  that  his  church 
at  Peublo.  Col.,  was  to  burn  a  $400  note 
last  Lord's  day. 

— C.  D.  Haskell  has  entered  upon  the 
pastorate  at  Williamsville.  111.,  having  left 
Ft.  Madison,  la. 

— S.  W.  Crutcher,  after  three  years  of 
labor  at  Lamar,  Mo.,  is  txpecting  to  seek 
another  field  for  1906. 

— The  brethren  who  organized  about  a 
year  ago  at  Iron  Hill,  Ky.,  are  now  building 
a  new  house  of  worship. 

— The  church  at  Columbus,  O.,  has  more 
than  $30,000  in  bank,  and  is  now  seeking  a 
location  for  a  new  building. 

— Otto  Shirley  has  accepted  a  call  to 
Burrton,  Kan.,  where  he  will  begin  Decem- 
ber 1  with  encouraging  prospects. 

—John  T.  Brown  reports  that  the  pros- 
pect in  New  Zealand  that  "no  license"  will 
carry  in  the  next  elections  is  very  good. 

—Evangelist  Scrimsher  reports  that  in 
visiting  ten  churches  he  found  no  one  at 
six  or  seven  of  them  who  could  offer  pub- 
lic prayer. 

— J.  W.  Marshall  will  hold  an  evangel- 
istic meeting  following  the  dedication  of 
the  new  building  at  Marion,  O.,  about  Jan- 
uary 1. 

— J.  T.  Lockhart  paid  The  Christian- 
Evangelist  a  visit  while  passing  through 
St.  Louis,  after  a  successful  meeting  at 
Tyler,  Texas. 

— W.  M.  Baker,  minister  of  our  church 
at  Meridian,  Miss.,  reports  that  they  have 
just  raised  $207.50  for  the  National  Be- 
nevolent Association. 

— The  Indian  Territorial  Christian  Min- 
isterial Association  will  meet  at  Roth,  De- 
cember 5-7.  All  preacher1:  of  the  territory 
are  asked  to  be  present. 

— A  liitle  chapel  will  soon  be  built  nt 
Lawnsdale,  a  suburb  of  Knoxville.  Term. 
Brother  Myhr  will  hold  a  meeting  for  this 
mission  at  an  early  date. 

■ — J.  T.  H.  Stewart,  who  recently  had  a 
serious  accident,  hopes  to  be  ready  shortly 
for  evangelistic  work.  His  address  is  123 
Sycamore  street,  Washington  C.  H.,  Ohio. 

— For  a  distance  of  about  two  hundred 
miles  in  a  beautiful  vahey  of  Montana, 
A.  C.  Downing,  at  Kalispell,  and  C.  W. 
Martz,  at  Spring  Creek,  are  the  only  preach- 
ers. 

■ — L.  C.  Howe  is  delivering  a  series  of 
Sunday  evening  addresses  on  "Studies  in 
Old  Testament  Characters  and  Events." 
The  prospects  at  Newcastle,  Ind.,  are  very 
good. 

— The  auxiliary  of  the  Central  Church, 
Lexington,  Ky.,  I.  J.  Spencer,  minister,  has 
become  a  living  link  in  the  C.  W.  B.  M., 
and  will  support  Miss  Ada  Boyd,  Bilaspur, 
India. 

■ — A  beautiful  little  building  has  been  ded- 
icated as  a  church  home  for  the  brethren 
at  Dufur,  Ore.  P.  P.  Underwood  has  served 
there  for  more  than  seven  years,  and  to  him 
much  credit  is  due. 

— The  church  at  Bethany,  Mo.,  takes  its 
missionary  offering  in  good  time.  For  state 
work  it  gave  $153.50.  Last  Sunday  it  took 
a  good  collection  for  the  C.  W.  B.  M.  It  is 
about  to  begin  a  series  of  evangelistic  serv- 
ices, with  R.  H.  Fife  leading.  Oren  Ora- 
hood  is  the  minister. 

— B.  H.  Melton  has  just  entered  upon  his 
fourth  year  at  the  Marshall  Street  Church, 


Richmond,  Va.,  which  is  enjoying  a  period 
of  unusual  prosperity.  Over  two  hundred 
have  been  added,  for  the  most  part  at  reg- 
ular services,  during  his  ministry. 

—A  new  building  at  Jellico..  Tenn..  will 
be  finished  by  spring.  Wren  J.  Grinstcad, 
the  pastor,  has  just  visited  a  neighboring 
town— LaFollette — and  after  four  nights' 
service  in  the  Congregational  church,  a 
Christian  church  was  organized,  with  ten 
members,  and  there  is  prospect  of  a  build- 
ing in  the  near  future. 

— We  hear  excellent  reports  of  the  work 
at  North  Side  Church,  Kansas  City.  Kan., 
where  C.  P.  Smith  has  been  in  charge  for 
the  past  four  years.  Beginning  with  a  small 
membership,  without  a  dollai  in  property, 
there  are  now  enrolled  nearly  four  hundred, 
and  $10,000  have  just  been  expended  on  a 
fine  stone  basement,  in  which  the  congre- 
gation will  worship  until  it  is  able  to  put 
on  the  superstructure.  Brother  Smith  is  the 
oldest  Protestant  minister,  in  point  of  serv- 
ice, in  the  city.  Eight  preachers  hold  mem- 
bership in  his  congregation,  and  Brother 
Smith  has  the  good  will  and  cordial  sup- 
port of  all  of' them. 

— B.  F.  Cato  will  soon  enter  upon  his 
third  year. as  minister  of  the  Central  Chris- 
tian Church  at  New  Albany,  Ind.  The 
work  he  is  doing  there  is  the  most  delight- 
ful in  which  he  has  ever  engaged. 

—We  regret  to  hear  of  the  death  of 
W.  G.  Walker,  of  Bluefield,  W.  Va.,  who 
died  of  typhoid  fever.  Brother  Van  Voorhis, 
of  Toledo,  O.,  conducted  the  funeral.  There 
will  be  given  in  another  column  some  par- 
ticulars. 

— The  Auxiliary  and  Mission  Band  of 
the  Christian  Church,  of  Paris,  Ky.,  of 
which  Carey  E.  Morgan  is  minister,  have 
become  a  living  link  in  the  C.  W.  B.  M., 
and  will  support  Miss  Nora  Collins,  Bay- 
amon,  Porto  Rico. 

— The  students  of  the  Disciples'  Divinity 
House,  Chicago,  have  contributed  about  $60 
toward  the  furnishing  of  the  dining  room 
of  the  new  dormitory  of  the  Hazel  Green 
(Ky.)  Academy  of  the  Christian  Woman's 
Board  of  Missions. 

— J.  G.  Creason  commends  very  highly  a 
lecture  on  "Wonderland,"  delivered  at  her 
home  town,  Lathrop,  Mo.,  by  Miss  Mildred 
Doherty,  a  graduate  of  Christian  College, 
Columbia,  who  has  made  special  prepara- 
tion by  extensive   reading  and   travel. 

— J.  B.  Lockhart  is  preaching  a  series  of 
Sunday  evening  sermons  at  Unionville,  Mo. 
They  are,' in  order,  "Civic  Righteousness"; 
"The  Card  Table  in  the  Home";  "The 
Modern  Dance"  ;  "Parental  Authority." 
They  have  elicited  many  favorable  com- 
ments. 

— Roger  H.  Fife,  of  Kansas  City,  is  to 
begin  a  meeting  with  Oren  Orahood  at 
Bethany,  Mo.,  November  26.  Brother  Fife 
has  been  engaged  in  the  Pittsburg  cam- 
paign since  concluding  his  meeting  at  Little 
Rock,  Ark.  He  has  open  dates  for  Febru- 
ary and  March,  1906. 

— The  Christian  Woman's  Board  of  Mis- 
sions is  arranging  to  purchase  an  additional 
one-half  city  block  on  Isaac  Garza  and 
Roble  streets,  Monterey,  Mexico.  This  will 
furnish  a  fine  location  for  the  enlargement 
of  the  rapidly  growing  work  in  Monterey. 

— Sidney  E.  Fisher,  of  Champaign,  111., 
adopted  the  plan  of  sending  out  a  circular 
letter,  in  view  of  the  stormy  Sunday'  on 
state  mission  day,  to  all  who  did  not  par- 
ticipate  in   the   offering.     He    reports   that 


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November  23,  1905. 


THE  CI  IKISTI  AX-EVA  V, LUST. 


the  idea  of  a  living  link  lias  proven   pOpU 
lar  with  his  congregation. 

— Joseph  Gaylor  writes  that  the  Dade 
county,  Mo.,  convention  was  a  very  enthu- 
siastic meeting.  One  hundred  and  fifty  dol- 
lars were  pledged  tor  county  work,  and 
the  board  was  instructed  to  employ  an 
evangelist,  Lawrence  county  is  ready  to  em- 
ploy a  man,  and  Newton  county  has  one 
now  in  the  field. 

— We  regret  to  hear  from  such  secreta- 
ries as  have  reported  to  us  that  the  state 
mission  offerings  have  been  very  much  be- 
low expectations.  In  many  places  the 
weather  on  state  mission  day  was  not  fa- 
vorable to  a  full  attendance.  The  impor- 
tance of  this  offering  ought  to  insure  every 
church's  having  a  part  in  it,  even  though  it 
cannot  give  a  large  collection. 

— A.  L.  Ferguson  sends  us  an  interesting 
communication  from  La  Junta,  Col.,  where 
he  recently  went  from  Macon,  111.  He  finds 
the  brethren  there  a  noble  band,  with  fine 
opportunities,  but  he  also  has  found  quite 
a  number  of  Disciples  who  have  not  put 
their  letters  into  the  church,  some  of  them 
living  in  tents.  He  would  be  glad  if  any- 
body going  there  for  health's  sake  would 
communicate  with  him.  There  are  nine 
churches  there,  and  a  ministerial  alliance 
has  recently  been  formed.  Brother  Stivers, 
who  lately  relinquished  his  pastorate,  has 
just  closed  a  very  successful  meeting  at 
Raton,   N.   M. 

— George  Darsie  is  beginning  his  ministry 
for  the  First  Church  at  Akron,  O.,  with  a 
protracted  meeting.  He  is  doing  the  preach- 
ing and  is  being  assisted  by  Leonard 
Daugherty.  W.  E.  M.  Hackleman  had  been 
engaged  to  lead  the  music  but  the  prolonga- 
tion of  the  meeting  with  the  Broadway 
Church,  Lexington,  Ky.,  has  prevented 
Brother  Hackleman  from  assisting  Brother 
Darsie.  This  Akron  church  has  a  member- 
ship of  nearly  a  thousand  and  a  Sunday 
school  attendance  of  some  600.  It  supports 
three  foreign  missionaries  and  two  home 
missionaries,  and  is  interested  in  all  our 
organized  work.  It  has  a  men's  monthly 
meeting,  the  membership  of  this  organiza- 
tion being  125.  In  view  of  the  revival 
Brother  Darsie  has  published  a  little  leaflet 
in  which  our  plea  is  succinctly  set  forth. 

— F.  F.  Grim,  formerly  one  of  the  edi- 
tors of  "The  Christian  Century,"  has  been 
for  the  past  year  in  Texas  whither  he  went 
for  his  health.  He  is  now  located  at 
Leaday,  Coleman  county,  and  is  engaged 
in  an  effort  to  promote  the  religious  educa- 
tion and  social  welfare  cf  that  neighbor- 
hood by  adapting  the  methods  of  the  insti- 
tutional church  and  social  settlement  to  a 
rural  community.  A  Christian  settlement 
is  being  organized  on  a  large  ranch. 
Brother  Grim  is  to  read  a  paper  at  the 
Texas  Christian  lectureship,  and  he  has 
chosen  for  this  theme  the  important  sub- 
ject, "What  Shall  Be  the  Place  of  the 
Disciples  of  Christ  in  the  Next  Great 
Awakening?"  We  feel  sure  he  will  give  us 
something  to  think  about. 

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Cancer   of  the   Breast   Cured   Ten 
Years   Ago. 

West  Br  dgewater,  Mass.,  Dec.  28,  1895. 
Dr.  D.  M.  Bye,  Indianapolis,  Ind.: 

Dear  Doctor — It  is  with  a  heart  of  gratitude  to  you 
and  to  the  dear  Father  above  that  I  have  the  pleas- 
ure of  informing  you  of  the  entire  removal  of  that 
cancerous  growth  which  had  for  six  years  been  prey- 
ing on  my  system.  When  I  commenced  your  treat- 
ment on  June  6th.  the  hard  bunch  on  my  left  breast 
■could  scarcely  be  covered  by  a  pint  bowl;  my  body 
was  much  bloated,  and  I  could  only  take  liquid  or  the 
softest  of  solid  food.  On  December  the  6th,  the  last 
of  the  fungus  growth  came  out,  my  body  has  resumed 
its  normal  condition,  and  I  can  eat  anything  I  wish 
with  relish  and  pleasure.  Our  physician  says,  "It 
is  wonderful!"  My  neighbors  say,  "It  seems  a  mira- 
cle!" Words  can  not  express  my  gratitude,  but  I 
will,  whenever  and  wherever  I  may.  proclaim  the 
good  news.    Trulv  and  gratefully  vours. 

MRS.  NANCY  F.  BILLINGS. 

Free  books  on  cancer  will  be  sent  to  those  inter- 
ested. Address  the  Home  Office.  DR.  D.  M.  BYE 
CO.,  Drawer  10=,,  Dept.  411,  Indianapolis.  Ind. 


— Claris  Yeucll,  who  ha  recently  taken 
charge  of  the  work  at  the  Christian  Taber- 
nacle,   Randall    street,    Baltimore,    reports 

that  the  congregation  there  is  threatened 
with  the  foreclosure  of  the  mortgage  held 
against  the  building,  and  must  find  help  be- 
fore  December  ;.  The  resources  of  the 
membership,  he  says,  are  exhausted,  and  he 
pleads  with  the  brotherhood  to  come  to  the 
rescue. 

— B.  W.  Huntsman,  who  has  been  on  a 
visit  to  Australia,  is  preparing  to  return 
to  this  country  to  take  up  his  former  work 
at  Adrian,  Mich.  The  church  there  is  be- 
ing cared  for  until  his  arrival  by  Bro.  P. 
Cook.  Brother  Huntsman  has  had  a  de- 
lightful time  visiting  his  relations.  It  was 
his  privilege  to  be  one  of  the  speakers  at 
the  annual  convention  of  the  South  Austra- 
lian churches,  held  in  Adelaide. 

— Percy  G.  Cross  writes  of  the  work  at 
Hope,  Ark.,  stating  that  while  they  are  not 
having  a  "revival"  in  the  common  accept- 
ance of  that  term,  at  every  meeting  those 
present  are  there  to  do  God's  will;  there- 
fore results  come.  From  his  description 
one  would  suppose  that  a  big  protracted 
meeting  was  in  progress.  This,  he  declares, 
is  due  to  the  fact  that  "the  people  are 
thinking  upon  eternal  life.' 

— Earle  M.  Todd  has  been  called  to  the 
church  at  North  Tonawanda,  N.  Y.,  and 
has  accepted.  This  church,  from  which 
Bro.  W.  C.  Hull  recently  resigned,  will,  we 
are  sure,  prove  a  fine  field  for  a  man  of 
Brother  Todd's  qualities  It  is  spiritual, 
alive,  missionary,  expectant,  and  perfectly 
harmonious.  From  what  we  know  of 
Brother  Todd  we  are  sure  that  the  breth- 
ren have  secured  a  man  of  high  ideals  and 
good  equipment  to  lead  them  forward. 

Dedications. 
Ladonia,  Texas. 

On  November  12,  I  assisted  the  brethren 
at  Ladonia,  Tex.,  in  the  dedication  of  their 
new  home— a  thing  of  beauty.  The  cost  of 
the  house  and  furniture  was  $12,500.  The 
$3,000  debt  was  all  raised.  At  night,  C.  M. 
Schoonover,  of  Gainesville,  preached  a  fine 
sermon.  The  minister,  A.  C.  Parks,  is 
well  beloved  and  doing  a  great  work. 

Chalmers   McFhersox. 

IJ'a.vahaciiic,    Tex. 


North  Platte,  NebrasKa. 

November  12  was  a  red  letter  day  for  the 
little  band  of  35  Disciples  at  North  Platte, 
Neb.  Their  beautiful  house  of  worship 
was  formally  opened  and  dedicated.  A 
debt  of  $1,500  was  more  than  provided  for. 
Frequently  $15,000  or  $20,000  are  raised  at 
a  dedication  service  that  do  not  begin  to 
represent  the  liberality  or  sacrifice  that 
these  brethren  made.       L.  L.  Carpenter. 

Wabash,  Ind. 

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Foreign  Society  Rallies. 

The  Foreign  Society  is  arranging  for  a 
series  of  rallies,  to  be  held  in  the  month  of 
December.  January  and  February  will  be 
given  up  to  rallies  also.  The  rallies  in  De- 
cember will  be  at  the  following  places: 

Indiana:  Greencastle,  Dec.  4;  Bedford, 
Dec.  5 ;  Vincennes,  Dec.  6 ;  Terre  Haute, 
Dec.  19;  Crawfordsville,  Dec.  20;  Colum- 
bus, Dec.  21. 

Illinois:  Centralia,  Dec.  7;  Du  Quoin, 
Dec.  8. 

Tennessee:  Memphis,  Dec.  11;  Paris, 
Dec.  12;  Clarksville,  Dec.  13;  Nashville, 
Dec.  14. 

Kentucky:  Princeton,  Dec.  15;  Hender- 
son, Dec.  18. 

The  president  of  the  society  and  Secre- 
tary Corey  will  attend  these  rallies.  All 
the  churches  within  reach  of  these  places 
will  be  invited  to  send  representatives.  All 
the  preachers  will  be  asked  to  assist  A 
rally  is  a  national  convention  in  miniature. 


WE  CAN  SHOW  YOU 

How  to  do  the  Lord's  work 
while  having  your  savings 
in  an  absolutely  safe  in- 
vestment, upon  which  there 
will  be  no  taxes  to  pay,  no 
change  of  securities,  no 
personal  oversight  re- 
quired, no  cost  of  mortgage 
records  or  foreclosures, 
and  upon  which  you  will 
net  a  larger  rate  of  inter- 
est than  in  any  other  in- 
vestment. If  you  are  a 
Christian  and  want  your 
money  to  work  for  Christ 
while  at  the  same  time  it 
supports  you,  write,  men- 
tioning this  paper,  to 

BENJAMIN  L.  SMITH, 

Corresponding  Sec'y  American 
Christian   Missionary   Society, 

CINCINNATI,  OHIO. 


The  exercises  may  be  of  a-  high  an  rder. 
Those  who  can  not  go  far  from  home  will 
have   the   privilege   of*  attending  ral- 

lies at  their  own  doors. 

A  Bad  Day  in  Kansas. 

State  mission  day  was  a  stormy  one.  It 
has  now  been  ten  days  since  the  first  Sun- 
day and  only  22  churches  have  remitted. 
Last  year  25  remitted  during  the  first  two 
days  after  state  day.  The  future  of  our 
work  for  the  year  depends  upon  this  offer- 
ing. The  state  board  is  helpless  as  matters 
now  stand.  The  state  convention  said.  "En- 
large the  work,"  and  yet  it  now  seems  that 
the  churches  are  saying,  by  their  meager 
contributions,   "Retrench." 

We  have  gone  to  considerable  expense 
to  advertise  the  "day,"  and  to  get  the  im- 
portance of  the  state  work  before  the 
brotherhood.  We  plead  with  you,  breth- 
ren, do  your  duty  during  November. 

Topeka,  Nov.  15.  W.  S.  Lowe. 


Cadger  Cured 


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Eczema  and  all  Skin  and  Female  Dis eases.  Write 
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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


November  23,  1905. 


Western  Washington  Organized. 

The  Western  Washington  Missionary  So- 
ciety was  organized  at  the  convention  held 
in  Tacoma  October  25,  26.  About  sixty 
pies  from  outside  thi  city  were  pres- 
ent. The  following  officers  were  chosen : 
President.  F.  W'alden.  Seattle;  first  vice- 
president.  \Y.  A.  Moore.  Tacoma:  second 
president.  C.  H.  Hilton.  Ellensburg: 
third  vice-president.  A.  D.  Skaggs.  Vancou- 
ver;  secretary.  O.  W.  McGaughey.  Everett : 
corresponding  secretary.  R.  E.  Dunlap, 
Seattle;  treasurer.  X.  E.  Harmon.  Chehalis. 
The  next  convention  is  to  meet  in  Seattle 
in   Tune. 

The  Home  Missionary  Society  has  already 
appropriated  $400  toward  the  employment 
of  an  evangelist,  and  steps  are  being  taken 
to  employ  a  strong  man  to  give  all  his  time 
to  this  field.  W.  A.  Moore. 

una,  JJ 

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Changes. 

Butler.  Thomas  D. — Austin,  Chicago,  to  164 
North   Van   Buren  street,  Batavia,  111. 

Hodkinson,  T.  R. — Sloan  la.,  to  Palmyra, 
111. 

Martin.  Sumner  T. — 650  North  Fair  Oaks 
avenue,  to  623  North  Marengo  avenue, 
Pasadena,  Cal. 

Mullady.  John — McMecham,  W.  Va.,  to 
Rural  Free  Delivery  2,  Claysville,  Pa. 

Pier.  Lewis  A. — Santa  Clara,  Cal.,  to 
Kailua.  Hawaii,  care  Kona  Orphan- 
age, North  Kona. 

Sharpe.  Edward  O. — Cariinville,  to  Win- 
chester, 111. 

Stevens,  R.  E. — Lakewood    to  Shiloh,  O. 

Todd.  E.  A.— Kansas  City,  Mo.,  to  167 
Pavnes  avenue,  North  Tonawanda, 
N.  Y. 

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Southwest  Missouri  Notes. 

The  recent  county  convention  in  Law- 
rence county,  held  at  Mt.  Vernon,  will  mark 
a  new  era  for  the  work  in  that  part  of  our 
district.     Horace   Pearce,  of  that  place,  is 

the  president  for  the  coming  year. Joseph 

Gaylor,  the  district  evangelist,  is  making 
the  work  of  county  conventions  hum.  In 
many  counties  enough  money  is  being  raised 

to    sustain    county    evangelists. S.    W. 

Crutcher,  the  veteran,  is  doing  a  good  work 
at  Lamar.  His  hatred  of  the  liquor  busi- 
ness is  deep  grained  and  will  be  life- 
long.  New  pastors  in  these  parts  are  as 

follows  f  W.  E.  Reavis.  Webb  City;  Brother 
Sims,  Carthage;  F.  F.  Walters,  Neosho; 
George  L.  Prewitt,  Aurora.  Welcome, 
brethren. 

J.  W.  Baker,  of  South  Joplin,  has  just 
closed  a  fine  meeting  at  Duenweg,  eight 
miles  east  of  this  city.  That  church  is  just 
a  year  old,  yet  they  have  a  fine  new  build- 
ing. 

The  writer  was  with  Bro.  D.  W.  Moore 
and  the  South  Street  Church,  Springfield, 
for  11  days,  with  9  added,  making  37  addi- 
tions from  the  time  the  union  meetings 
started  there  some  weeks  ago.  That  is  a 
splendid  church,  and  Brother  Moore  is  very 
much  in  the  hearts  of  the  people.  Brother 
Moore  comes  with  us  today  for  a  meeting 
in  this,  the  First,  Joplin.  We  started  with 
great  audiences  yesterday,  and  11  added. 
One  main  object  with  us  this  time  is  the 
spiritual  culture  of  the  hundreds  received 
here  the  last  two  years.      W.  F.  Turner. 

Joplin,  Mo.,  Nov.    13. 

Illinois. 

The  little  town  of  Woodhull,  some  twenty 
miles  south  of  Rock  Island,  was  the  boy- 
hood home  of  Oliver  W.  Stewart,  ex-chair- 
man of  the  national  executive  committee 
of  the  Prohibition  party.  The  place  is  still 
pointed  out  where,  my  guide  said,  he  used 
to  come  over  to  the  lyceum  exercises  and 
down  their  best  orators.  The  Christian 
Church  was  ready,  at  the  proper  time,  to 
teach  him  the  gospel,  and  so  encourage  him 
as  to  turn  him  into  the  ministry  of  the  gos- 
pel and  to  be  the  leadinp  advocate  of  his 
day  in  the  temperance  cause.  Every  Wood- 
hull  citizen  seems  proud  of  Oliver.  Out 
from  this  church,  never  large  or  strong, 
came  also  the  Roach  boys.  A.  C.  practi- 
cally founded  the  churches  at  Wyoming  and 
at  Kewanee,  and  has  held  several  success- 
ful pastorates  in  the  state  His  brother  is 
a  Christian  business  man  of  Kewanee  and 
greatly  aids  the  church.  Mr.  Hiller,  a 
lawyer  of  no  small  ability,  received  his  early 
training  in  this  church.  F.  M.  Burgess, 
whom  the  C.  W.  B.  M.  has  recently  made 
principal  of  the  Southern  Christian  Insti- 
tute at  Edwards,  Miss.,  grew  up  in  the 
Woodhull  church.  Bro.  T.  J.  Mansfield,  a 
former  trustee  of  Abingdon  College,  was 
the  church's  leading  spirit.  Since  his  re- 
moval and  the  death  and  removal  of  several 
other  leaders,  there  is  but  little  left  to  con- 
tinue the  very  fruitful  work  of  the  past. 

At  Cambridge,  also,  the,  cause  has  been 
almost  destroyed  by  removals  and  death. 
It  was  here  that  Bro.  Fred  E.  Hagan,  now 
our  missionary  in  Tokio,  Japan,  obeyed  the 
gospel.  Here,  also,  Mrs.  R.  F.  Thrapp,  the 
pastor's  talented  wife,  of  Jacksonville,  111., 
was  raised.  Both  these  and  those  men- 
tioned of  Woodhull,  were  all  educated  in 
Eureka  College,  in  whose  noble  and  useful 
lives  the  college  greatly  rejoices. 

At  Erie,  the  little  church  has  faithfully 
labored  for  half  a  century.-  Sister  C.  C. 
Babcock  has  preached  here  about  twelve 
years  at  different  times.  She  is  very  highly 
respected  for  her  work's  sake.  The  church 
numbers  about  fifty  members,  with  as  many 


in  the  Sunday  school,  and  about  twelve  in 
the  Endeavor  Society.  Removals  and  the 
shadow  of  death  have  somewhat  discour- 
aged some  of  the  faithfu<,  but  if  the  right 
minister  can  be  secured,  there  is  no  ap- 
parent reason  why  the  church  can  not  be 
made  strong  in  Erie.  The  building  has  been 
made  almost  new  and  modern  recently,  and 
nearly  all  indebtedness  is  paid. 

At  Tampico,  also  in  Whiteside  county,  a 
church  was  organized  about  five  years  ago. 
They  erected  an  elegant  church,  on  which 
is  a  small  indebtedness.  There  are  only 
about  twenty-five  members,  but  they  have 
about  fifty  in  the  Sunday  school.  They  are 
looking  for  a  preacher  to  labor  for  them 
half  time  at  least.  They  are  a  most  deserv- 
ing people  and  a  bright  future  seems  to  be 
before  them.  S.  V.  Williams,  their  last 
minister,  did  them  fine  service,  and  is  much 
loved. 

The  little  church  at  Fulton  has  a  pleas- 
ant little  house,  and  paid  for.  The  church 
is  young,  but  fairly  vigorous,  and  many  are 
making  liberal  sacrifices.  Victor  Johnson, 
a  young  and  competent  ministei,  of  Clin- 
ton, la.,  preaches  part  time  at  Fulton.  The 
brethren  of  the  First  District  deserve  much 
credit  for  planting  and  fostering  the  work 
here  and  at  Tampico  and  other  places  in 
the  district. 

The  work  at  Savanna  was  planted 
through  the  influence  of  the  same  district 
board.  H.  E.  Monser  held  a  meeting  and 
gathered  together  some  forty  souls,  who 
are  worshiping  in  a  third-story  hall.  If  the 
samples  I  met  represent  the  whole  there  is 
a  fine  nucleus  for  a  good  church.  A  house 
is  the  great  want,  and  already  attention  is 
given  to  supply  it.  Bro.  N.  H.  Robertson 
is  preaching  most  acceptably  to  the  church, 
while  taking  some  work  in  Chicago  Uni- 
versity. This  church  now  is  in  that  stage 
of  trial  and  anxiety  through  which  almost 
all  churches  have  passed. 

This  is  the  special  mission  of  the  Chris- 
tian Endeavor  Societies  of  Illinois,  and  a 
place  in  which  many  will  feel  a  just  pride 
in  the  years  to  come.  Every  society  in  the 
state  should  make  a  liberal  offering  to  this 
work.  It  would  not  be  difficult  by  planning 
a  little  to  do  it.  It  is  needy,  worthy  and 
pleads  for  the  help. 

Thomson,  for  more  than  five  years,  has 
been  the  home  and  field  of  work  of  C.  C. 
Carpenter.  He  and  his  noble  little  wife 
have  wrought  a  great  change  in  the  spirit- 
uality and  public  enterprise  of  the  church. 
The  house  of  worship  has  been  thoroughly 
repaired,  a  parsonage  provided  and  the 
membership  enlarged.  Happy  and  pros- 
perous are  the  people  who  faithfully  co- 
operate with  a  wise  and  spiritual  leader 
through  a  long  pastorate. 

Coleta  organized  a  church  November, 
1839,  which  has  ever  been  steadfast  and  has 
enjoyed,  through  all  these  years,  a  quiet, 
substantial    prosperity.      It    is    a    country 


church,    in    a    village    or  but 

six  miles  to  the  railroad,  and  whose  mem- 
bers are  nearly  all  on  farms.     C.  W.   Mar- 
low  and  his  devoted   wife  have  been  serv- 
ing the  church    most    acceptably    for   ;; 
four  years.     Scattered  as  the   100  men 
are,    they   maintain    a    Sunday    school,    en- 
rolling about  75,  an   Endft  .or  ,f  [5 
and    an    enthusiastic    C.    W.    B.    M.    oi 
Brethren,    a    few    samples    like    this 
the  apology  so  often  heard  that  such  auxili- 
aries   arc    impossible    in    'ountry   churches. 
I   think  it   is  still   true  th;  t   "All   things  are 
possible     to     him     that     beHeveth."       The 
C.  W.  B.  M.  made  the  pastor's  wife  a  life 
member  last  year. 

We  are  glad  that  Missouri  failed  to  cap- 
ture M.  II.  Cannon,  of  Lincoln. North- 

ern  Illinois  is  rejoicing  1:1  acquiring  W.  F. 
Shaw,   of  Charleston,    for  the   North  Side 

Church,  Chicago. The  marriage  of  B.  H. 

Sealock  to  Miss  Irene  Ri  Igely,  of  Eureka. 

puts  a  full  team  in  the  work  at  Polo. We 

are  sorry  to  lose  A.  L.  Ftrguson  from  our 
state. R.  E.  Thomas,  an  excellent  minis- 
ter, can  be  secured  by  seme  church  want- 
ing a  minister;  address  Tuscola. M.  D. 

Sharpless,  of  Blandinsville,  is  also  think- 
ing    of    change. A     splendid     class     of 

young  preachers  is  in  Eureka  College  this 
fall.  Churches  in  reach  can  get  excellent 
service.  J.  G.  Waggoner. 

Eureka,  III. 

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Southern  California. 

H.  Elliott  Ward  has  been  employed  by 
the  Highland  Park  Church  to  labor  for  a 
time.  This  is  where  his  untiring  services 
have  been  rewarded  in  the  institution  of  a 
new  congregation  and  the  building  of  a 
house  of  worship. 

F.  M.  Dowling  has  secured  an  orange 
ranch  at  Covina,  and  located  there.  The 
Ontario  Church  has  induced  him  to  act 
as  their  minister.  The  result  is  the  con- 
gregation is  already  anxious  for  a  larger 
house.  Brother  Dowling's  health  continues 
to  improve. 

The  church  at  Pasadena  continues  to  be 
ably  served  by  Sumner  T.  Martin.  Recentlv 
he  took  time  to  enter  Northern  California, 
and  hold  a  meeting  at  Napa,  with  good  re- 
sults. 

Clark  H.  Marsh,  of  Illinois,  has  come  to 
California  to  take  work  as  a  minister.  He 
has  supplied  a  number  of  pulpits,  and  will 
locate  as  pastor  at  Monrovia.  The  church 
at  Monrovia  is  getting  things  in  shape  for  a 
forward  movement.  They  are  just  com- 
pleting a  very  neat  chapel,  which  will  be 
dedicated  some  time  in  November. 

A.  K.  Wright  resigned  some  time  ago. 
his  work  at  Monrovia,  and  has  been  sup- 
plying pulpits  under  the  direction  of  the 
evangelizing  board.  He  is  at  present  sup- 
plying at  Bakersfield. 

Things  continue  to  move  under  Pastor 


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mardino.  Their  church 
\vn  enlarged  and  in  part  newly 
furnished,  and  they  are  looking  forward  to 
a  grea:  meeting  with  Scoville  and  Smith  in 
January.  The  Christian  church  in  San 
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in  the  county.  A  new  work  is  developing 
under  Brother  YVilhite  at  Rialto. 

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J.  P.  Ralstin  as  pastor.  He  and  his  wife 
have'  been  enjoying  a  vacation  in  their  old 
home  in  the  mountains  of  Colorado. 

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reward — Bro.  A.  11.  Thomas. 
of  Santa  Ana.  who.  in  the  very  truest  sense 
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County  Sunday  School  Union  in  Los  Ange- 
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and  also  has  the  unique  distinction  of  being- 
called  in  from  Pomona  once  a  week  to  con- 
duct a  Sunday  school  teachers'  union 
meeting,  which  is  largely  attended. 

Singer  J.  Walter  Wilson  has  decided  to 
spend  another  season  on  the  coast,  and  is 
ready  to  serve  any  church  in  his  capacity 
as  song  leader  for  gospe:  meetings.  His 
presence  another  year  with  us  will  continue 
to  please  our  churches. 

Clark  H.  Marsh  has  been  assisting  Carl 
L.  Green  in  a  meeting  at  Azusa. 

The  ministering  of  R.  H.  Bateman  at 
Whittier  continues  to  be  greatly  blessed. 
The  congregation  is  growing  and  the 
church  has  been  enlarged  to  nearly  double 
its  former  seating  capacity.  It  has  also 
been  refurnished.  C.  C.  Chapman,  of  Ful- 
lerton.  was  master  of  ceremonies  at  the  ded- 
ication. 

J.  F.  Tout,  of  Ventura,  has  gone  to  the 
new  country  at  Imperial,  where  he  has  as- 
sumed charge  of  the  church. 

J.  R.  Jolly,  of  Artesia,  has  been  assisting 
the  Hollywood  church  in  a  meeting.  These 
special  meetings  have  been  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  young  people  of  the  congrega- 
tion. Splendid  results  accompanied  this 
work. 

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KentucKy  Bible  School  Notes. 

Rally  Day  for  Home  Missions :  that  is 
all  that  we  know  this  month.  We  are  en- 
deavoring to  reach  every  school  in  the  state 
with  a  personal  letter,  bringing  the  work- 
ers into  direct  contact  with  each  other  con- 
cerning the  mighty  claims  of  this  day. 

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servance of  Rally  Day  that  Kentucky  has 
ever  seen.  We  are  expecting  fully  $2,000  on 
this  day.  All  schools,  strong  and  weak  alike, 
are  realizing  that  strength  and  inspiration 
come  from  caring  for  home  missions.  Many 
schools  that  can  not  give  the  full  exercise, 
will  at  least  take  an  offering,  an  intelligent 
offering,  we  call  it. 

Again,  let  us  remind  you  that  the  offer- 
ing must  be  sent  promptly  to  Bro.  B.  L. 
Smith,  Y.  M.  C.  A.  building,  Cincinnati,  O. 
He  will  return  half  of  it  to  us,  and  this  half 
will  count  on  your  apportionment  for  state 
Bible  school  work. 

Louisville,  Ky.        Robert  M.  Hopkins. 

North  Carolina  State  Convention. 

The  convention  of  the  North  Carolina 
Christian  Missionary  Society  met  with  the 
church  at  Lagrange,  October  24-26.  It  was 
my  first  meeting  with  the  brethren  of  the 
"Tar  Heel"  state,  and  I  found  them  very 
cordial.  The  first  day  was  C.  W.  B.  M.  day. 
About  twenty  auxiliaries  were  reported. 
The  officers  are:  Mrs.  J.  B.  Jones,  presi- 
dent ;  Miss  Kate  Barnes,  corresponding  sec- 
retary ;  Mrs.  H.  Edmondson,  recording  sec- 
retary ;  Mrs.  Calvin  Woodward,  treasurer, 
and  three  vice-presidents.  Miss  Alice  Hines 
is  state  superintendent  of  the  Young  Peo- 
ple's  Department. 

The  president  stated  that  reports  of  the 
year's  work  were  very  encouraging.  Mrs. 
P.  B.  Hall  read  a  paper  on  "The  Universal 
Christ,"  and  Mrs.  H.  H.  Moore  gave  an 
address  on  "Mission  Work  Among 
Women."  Mrs.  Travis  Hooker  rendered 
some  sweet  solos,  and  Sister  Ida  Harrison, 
of  Kentucky,  gave  at  night  an  excellent  ad- 
dress. 

At  night  the  convention  moved  to  the 
Baptist  meeting  house,  which  is  much 
larger  than  that  of  the  Christian  congrega- 
tion, and  the  next  day  we  moved  to  that 
house  for  the  rest  of  the  convention.     This 


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Mrs.  M.  E.  Champney,  242  West  135th  St.,  New 
York  City,  writes:  The  "Actina"  cured  me  of  Iritis, 
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months,  can  see  to  read  and  sew  as  wel'  as  before. 
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of  the  eye. 

Emily  Kapp,  1920  Galena  Street,  Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin,  writes:  The  "Actina"  1  purchased  from, 
you  a  year  ago  saved  my  brother's  evesight.  Mv 
brother  was  near-sighted,  wore  number  five  and  six 
glasses,  and  now  he  can  go  to  school  and  do  all  his 
work  and  study  without  glasses. 

E.  R.i  Holdbrook.  Deputy  County  Clerk,  Fairfax, 
Va..  writes:  "Actina"  has  cured  my.  eyes  so  that  I 
can  do  without  glasses.  I  very  seldom  have  headache 
now,  and  can  study  up  to  eleven  o'clock  after  a  hard 
day's  work  at  the  office. 

Actina  is  not  a  drug  or  lotion,  but  a  small  pocket 
battery,  which  can  be  used  by  old  and  young  with 
perfect  safety,  as  ic  is  impossible  to  do  any  harm  with 
Actina.  Every  member  of  a  family  can  use  the  one 
Actina  for  any  form  of  disease  of  the  Eye,  Ear,  or 
Throat,  or  Head.  Actina  will  last  for  years,  and  is 
always  ready  for  use.  Actina  is  sent  on  trial  postpaid. 
If  you  will  send  your  name  and  address  to  the 
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courtesy  of  the  Baptist  brethren  was  much 
appreciated. 

At  the  opening  session  of  the  North  Caro- 
lina Christian  Missionary  Society,  D.  H. 
Petrie,  minister  at  Lagrange,  welcomed  us. 
H.  H.  Moore,  of  Greenville,  responded. 
E.  A.  Moye  gave  his  address  as'  president, 
and  P.  B.  Hall,  of  Kinston,  gave  a  thought- 
ful, well-prepared  paper  on  "The  Holy 
Spirit,"  which  awakened  an  interesting  dis- 
cussion. He  indicated  three  periods  in  the 
progress  of  the  restoration  movement.  The 
first  established  doctrine ;  the  second  saved 
us  from  narrowness  by  organized  mission- 
ary work ;  we  are  in  the  third,  the  empha- 
sizing of  the  importance  of  the  working  and 
influence  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 

I  gave  the  address  for  the  A.  C.  M.  S. 
on  "A  Great  Work,"  and  in  the  afternoon 
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Church.  He  said:  "It  doc.->  not  exist. 
While  it  is  the  aim  of  Disciples  to  restore 
the  primitive  church,  they  have  failed  in 
many  respects.  They  have  the  only  creed 
above  criticism.  The  gospel  alone  must  be 
our  foundation.'" 

Howard  T.  Cree  gave  an  address  on 
"Church  Extension,"  making  a  strong  plea 
for  the  sermon.  At  night,  H.  B.  Atkins, 
of  Richmond,  Va.,  gave  the  address  on 
"Foreign  Missions."  Thursday  was  largely 
given  over  to  business.  The  corresponding 
secretary,  J.  B.  Jones,  made  his  report.  Spe- 
cial effort  was  concentrated  on  Rocky  Mount 
and  Macclesfield,  where  new  congregations 
were  organized.  About  i.coo  members  were 
added  in  all  the  state,  and  about  $1,200  were 
raised  for  state  work.  R.  A.  Smith  has 
been  state  evangelist. 

Atlantic  Christian  College  had  a  session. 
On  motion  of  Pres.  J.  J.  Harper,  of  the  col- 
lege, the  trustees  of  the  institution  were 
authorized  to  issue  bonds  for  a  sum  not 
exceeding  $200,000,  and  the  name  was 
changed  to  Atlantic  Christian  College,  In- 
corporated. 

A.  B.  Cunningham  made  the  address  at 
night  on  "Christian  Benevolence."  The  con- 
vention goes  next  year  to  Dunn.  The  of- 
ficers, who  were  re-elected,  are :  E.  A. 
Moye,  president ;  C.  W.  Howard,  vice-pres- 
ident ;  J.  B.  Jones,  Wilson,  N.  C,  corre- 
sponding secretary;  L.  O.  Moseby,  record- 
ing secretary,  and  H.  E.  Moseby,  treasurer. 
The  convention  was  a  good  one,  and 
Brother  Jones  writes  me  they  will  do  a  large 
work  this  year.  Most  of  the  churches  are 
in  the  eastern  part  of  the  state. 

A  district  convention,  planned  to  be  held 
here  October  27,  28,  was  not  formally  called 
to  order,  on  account  of  lack  of  delegates, 
though  some  sessions  were  held,  and  the 
secretary,  Brother  Wool!  of  Rural  Hall,  re- 
ported the  churches  in  this  section,  and 
there  are  about  eighteen.  We  hope  to  stir 
up  this  end  of  the  state.  About  one  hun- 
dred have  been  added  at  Spray  by  B.  T. 
Bitting  and  J.  R.  Glenn.  We  can  not  secure 
Brother  Yeuell  for  our  meeting  until  May, 
1906.  We  expect  to  have  a  short  meeting 
this  month.  Four  have  been  added  here 
by  letter  in  October,  five,  including  the 
preacher,  who  brought  his  letter.  We  took 
an  offering  for  church  extension  in  Septem- 
ber, and  for  state  missions  in  October.  The 
Sunday  school  will  observe  Boys'  and  Girls' 
Rally  Day  for  America,  as  every  live  Sun- 
day school  should. 

Lagrange  is  in  a  cotton  section.  A  new 
sight  to  me  was  a  mule,  a  cart,  a  bale  of 
cotton,  and  a  negro  perched  on  it. 

Well,  the  people  here  believe  they  have  a 
great  state.  The  president,  on  his  tour, 
told  us  so.  We  believe  it  is  so.  We  want 
to  make  it  better.  J.  A.  Hopkins. 

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that  day  for  four  months ;  for  two  months 
the  labor  of  preparation  had  been  inces- 
sant. Then  came  that  awful  day,  with  its 
rain  and  storm  and  mud. 

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from  every  part  of  the  state.  The  faithful 
ministers  are  sending  us  word  that  they  will 
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vorable,  are  very  fine.  It  is  such  as  these 
faithful  ones  that  make  successful  mission 
work  a  possibility.  We  hope  that  every 
preacher  in  the  state  will  remember  that  no 
other  collection  has  the  right  of  way  until 
this  one  has  been  attended  to. 

Your  secretary  is  confined  for  a  few 
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Mrs.  J.  L.  Moore  reports  new  auxiliaries 
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Mrs.  George  Hulen  and  Miss  Dora  Mare ; 
also  at  Cairo ;  officers,  Miss  Etta  Richmond, 
Miss  Sophia  Boucher,  and  Mrs.  O.  A. 
Wright.  Both  of  these  are  in  Randolph 
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Brunswick ;  officers,  Mrs.  Lou  Plunkett, 
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son, and  Mrs.  George  W.  Cunningham. 

A  young  ladies'  mission  circle  has  been 
organized  at  Memphis,  with  eight  mem- 
bers ;  officers,  Miss  Mary  Davis,  Miss  Myra 
Guinn,  Miss  Nellie  Struble  and  Miss  Dallie 
Pulliam. 

We  are  happy  to  welcome  all  these  into 
our  state  family  of  workers  and  pray  that 
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THE  CHRISTIAX-EYAXGELIST. 


NOV.-.MBER  23,   I905. 


Evangelistic 


JJ>  iniite  ministers  and  ethers  to  send 
reports  of  meetings,  additions  and  other 
nrtvs  of  the  churches  for  publication  in 
this  department.  It  is  especially  requested 
that  additions  be  reported  as  "by  confession 
and  baptism"  or  "by  letter." 
Special  to  The  Christian-Evangelist. 

Washington,  Pa..  Nov.  20.— A  groat 
meeting  al  the  First  Church:  immense  au- 
dience-": eighty-five  addition-  in  the  three 
weeks.  We  continue;  O.  P.  Spiegel,  Bir- 
mingham. Ala.,  evangelist.— E.  A.  COLE,  pas- 
tor. 
Special   to   The   Christian-Evangelist. 

Chableroi,    Pa..    Nov     20.— Sixty-three 

additions  in  the  meeting  with  Clarence 
Mitchell— 40  baptisms;  22  in  the  last  two 
days.  This  is  the  largest  number  of  addi- 
tions in  any  one  meeting  ever  secured  by 
any  church'  in  the  town.— H.  G.  CoNXELL, 
minister. 
Special   to  The  Christian-Evangelist. 

PITTSBURG.  Pa..  Nov.  ro,— At  the  First 
Christian  Church,  Allegheny,  twenty-two 
added  todav.  We  crossed  the  two  hundred 
mark.  We  continue.  Chas.  R.  Scoville  is 
the  evangelist.  We  look  for  a  great  vic- 
tory.— W  ALL  ACE  THARP. 
Special   to  The  Christian-Evangelist. 

New  Castle.  Pa..  Nov.  20.— Crayton  S. 
Brooks  and  De  Loss  Smith  are  preaching  and 
singing  to  packed  houses  and  hundreds  are 
turned  away.  Ten  added  Sunday,  13  Satur- 
day night :  'total.  92.  Close  next  Sunday.— 
W.  L.  Fisher. 

Special  to  The  Christian-Evangelist. 

Canton.  O..  Nov.  19.— Twenty  additions 
today ;  five  hundred  and  twenty-six  to  date. 
We  are  continuing;  there  are  great  crowds. 
— Welshimer  and  Kendall. 

Special   to  The  Christian-Evangelist. 

Lexington,  Ky.,  Nov.  20.— Eighteen  yes- 
terday :  226  in  twenty-nine  days.  Good 
work"  has  been  done  by  protessors  and  stu- 
dents of  the  Bible  College.  Mark  Colhs 
has  the  church  aroused  to  soul-winning. 
Bishop  Burton  is  doing  all  he  can  to  keep 
Episcopalians  from  baptism.  In  three  hours 
of  discussion  with  the  evangelists  in  pri- 
vate, however,  he  admitted  that  there  were 
no  Scriptural  examples  or  precepts  for  in- 
fant baptism.     Continuing.— James  Small. 

ALABAMA. 

Mobile.  Nov.  13.— One  accession  by  con- 
fession on  Nov.  5;  2  by  confession  and  2 
by  letter  on  Nov.  12. — James  H.  Robinson. 

ARKANSAS. 

Hope,  Nov.  13.— The  Wednesday  night 
meeting  was  a  blessed  one.  Sixty  present. 
Five  additions — 4  confessions  (one  from 
the  Methodists),  one  reclaimed.  Four  con- 
fession- yesterday.  Much  interest  aroused.— 
Percy  G.  Cross. 

COLORADO, 

Pueblo,  Nov.  16.— One  baptism  last  night, 
and    1    confession;    will   baptize   again  next 
Sunday.— J.  A.  ShopTAUCH. 
ILLINOIS. 

Pekin.  Nov.  13. — A  three  and  a  half 
weeks-  meeting  with  the  Bethel  Church, 
near  Emden,  111.,  closed  Nov.  1,  with  3 
additions,  by  baptism  and  otherwise.  Two 
baptisms  at  Pekin  recently,  not  reported. — 
J.  A.  Barn  Err.       ' 

Carbondale—  A  meeting  is  in  progress 
with  the  "Martin  family"  in  charge.  Thirty- 
five  have  already  been  added.  The  univer- 
sity, the  high  school  and  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 


have  each  given  the  Martin  family  special 
invitations  and  great  crowds.  A.  M. 
Growden  is  happy  over  the  present  and 
prospective    sain. 

Farmer  City,  Nov.  7. — Two  confessions 
last  Lord's  day,  making  5  since  last  report. 
Two  by  letter,  one  reclaimed. — A.  Imman- 
uEl  Zeller. 

Clinton.  Nov.  16. — Meeting  two  weeks 
old ;  10  additions.  E.  A.  Gilliland,  min- 
i-tor, H.  K.  Shields,  singing  evangelist. — ■ 
Edw.  Allyn. 

Mt.  Auburn.  Nov.  16. — My  next  meeting 
will  be  at  Oswego,  Kan.  I  begin  there  Dec. 
3.  My  time  is  all  taken  till  Feb  1,  1906. — 
Y.  E.  Ridenour,  singer. 

Sterling,  Nov.  13. — Two  additions  yester- 
day— one  by  statement,  one  from  the  Con- 
gregationalists. — J.  W.  Johnson. 

New  Douglas,  Nov.  17. — Closed  a  short 
meeting,  with  3  confessions. — C.  Monroe. 

Ludlow,  Nov.  16. — One  confession  and 
baptism  since  last  report.  Our  offering  for 
state  missions  was  $11;  last  year  it  was 
only  $1. — Lew  D.  Hill,  minister. 

Springerton,  Nov.  19.—  Meeting  12  days 
old ;  10  baptisms ;  great  interest,  good  con- 
gregation. Increased  offering  for  state  mis- 
sions.—W.  S.  Mesnard. 

INDIANA. 

Warsaw,  Nov.  13. — Two  added  by  letter 
yesterday.— Marshall  G.  Long,  minister. 

Portland,  Nov.  14. — We  began  a  rheet- 
ing  with  home  forces  Nov  12;  8  additions; 
fine  interest,  and  audiences  increasing  each 
evening. — C.  H.  TrouT. 

Plainfield,  Nov.  17.— Closed  a  short 
meeting  here,  resulting  in  9  additions,  8  be- 
ing confessions. — I.  N.  Grcisso. 

INDIAN   TERRITORY. 

Tulsa,  Nov.  13. — One  addition  at  prayer 
meeting  last  week,  and  2  more  yesterday. — 
Randolph  Cook. 

IOWA. 

Fairfield.  Nov.  13. — Meetings  opened 
Sunday.  Sixteen  additions  during  the  day. 
Deep  interest.  House  crowded.  Hamilton 
and  Easton  evangel :sts. — H.  C.  Littleton, 
pastor. 

Iowa  City,  Nov.  16. — We  have  had  5  ad- 
ditions recently ;  students  in  the  university. 
— Percy  Leach. 

Marshalltown. — The  church  of  Christ  at 
Marshalltown  has  closed  one  of  the  greatest 
meetings  of  its  history,  resulting  in  17  ad- 
ditions— 9  by  obedience  and  8  by  letter  or 
statement.  E.  Van  Horn  served  as  evange- 
list. The  number  of  accessions  by  no  means 
registers  the  power  and  effect  of  the  work. 
Our  membership  has  been  aroused  to 
greater  effort,  and  we  are  expecting  great 
after-results  from  the  meeting. — C.  B.  Van 
Law,  chairman  church  board. 

Des  Moines,  Nov  11.— At  Grant  Park 
Church  during  September  one  addition  from 
the  Methodists.  On  the  first  Sunday  in  Octo- 
ber we  began  a  successful  meeting  with  J.  M. 
Hoffman  as  evangelist.  There  were  eleven 
additions— three  Irom  the  M.  E.'s,  one  from 
the  Christian  Connection,  one  by  statement 
and  the  remainder  by  confession  and 
baptism.  Over  six  hundred  dollars  was 
raised  during  the  meeting  for  seating  and 
improvements.  We  had  nearly  one  hun- 
dred dollars  on  hand  in  the  bank.  The 
C.  E.  society  had  undertaken  to  put  in  the 
furnace.  This  they  have  already  let  the 
contract  for  and  work  will  be  begun  on  it  at 
once.  The  contract  for  the  seats  was  let 
this  week.  We  feel  greatly  encouraged 
with  the  work.  When  I  took  the  work  there 
one  year  ago  the  first  of  last  February,  Grant 
Park  was  a  mission  church.  The  following 
September  it  assumed  all  its  financial  obli- 
gations, and  on  the  first  anniversary  of  our 
ministry  it  was  cleared  of  all  indebtedness. 
All  this   notwithstanding   I,  as   the  minister, 


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have  been  carrying  full  work  as  a  student  in 
Drake  University  since  before  beginning 
the  work  there.  Bro.  B.  R.  Astley,  one  of 
our  members,  recently  started  a  Sunday 
school  at  Avon,  a  little  town  about  four 
miles  south  of  the  city,  conducting  it  in  the 
afternoon.  Later  he  began  to  try  to  preach 
to  them  each  alternate  Sunday  night.  The 
people  soon  began  to  confess  Christ.  The 
interest  grew  into  a  meeting  and  his  last  re- 
port was  twenty-one  baptized,  three  re- 
claimed and  more  confessions.  We  have 
no  church  at  this  place.  His  meeting  con- 
tinues. This  meeting  promises  to  build  up 
a  church  and  develop  a  preacher.— R. 
Tibbs  Maxey,  minister. 

KANSAS. 

Carneiro,  Nov.  13 — We  commenced  our 
revival  yesterday ;  good  interest. — Geo.  M. 
Reed,  evangelist. 

North  Topeka,  Nov.  14. — Two  accessions 
by  statement.  All  lines  of  work  have  taken 
on  new  life  since  our  meeting.  The  attend- 
ance at  all  the  services  has  increased  very 
perceptibly. — F.   H.    BentlEy,  pastor. 

Moundridge,  Nov.  13. — Three  additions 
at  Burrton  yesterday. — Otto  Shirley. 

Cherryvale,  Nov.  13. — There  were  8  ac- 
cessions at  Arkansas  City.  C.  A.  Shive  is 
the  much  loved  pastor.  I  am  now  in  a  meet- 
ing at  Cherryvale. — J.  M.  LowE. 

Pleasanton,  Nov.  17. — I  began  a  meeting 
with  R.  A.  Odenweller,  pastor,  Nov.  11;  9 
added  to  date.  All  departments  of  the  work 
are  in  fine  condition.  The  meeting  con- 
tinues.— O.  A.  Ishmael. 

Kansas  City,  Nov.  13. — Yesterday  was 
another  great  day  with  the  North  Side 
Church.  Our  pastor,  Bro.  C.  P.  Smith, 
preached,  and  there  were  10  valuable  acces- 
sions to -the  church — Methodists,  Presbyte- 
rians and  Episcopalians  each  contributed  1; 
5  were  received  by  statement ;  1  was  re- 
claimed, and  1,  a  man  of  fifty  years,  made 
the  good  confession,  making  a  total  of  25 
since  our  meeting  opened  two  weeks  ago. 
The  majority  of  these  are  men  and  women, 
heads  of  families,  who  will  be  of  great 
strength  to  the  church.  L.  L-  Carpenter, 
who  has  been  assisting  in  the  meeting,  and 
who  was  called  to  western  Nebraska  to 
dedicate  a  house  of  worship,  returned  today, 
and  will  preach  each  evening  during  the 
present  week. — J.  T.  M. 

Winfield. — The  Northcutt-Bentley  meet- 
ing of  27  days  has  closed.  It  was  the  great- 
est meeting  the  church  has  experienced  in 
years.  Fourteen  months  were  spent  in 
planning  and  preparing  for  it.  Ninety-seven 
were  added — 51  being  by  confession  and 
baptism,  23  restored,  12  by  letter,  7  from 
Methodist  Episcopal,  4  from  Baptist 
churches.  The  Winfield  church  is  in  bet- 
ter shape  than  for  many  years,  and  a  new 
house  of  worship  is  a  possibility  in  the  next 
year  or  two. — Albert  Nichols. 

Burlington,  Nov.  16.— I  have  just  closed 
a  short  meeting  with  W.  I.  Thomas.  There 
were  6  additions,  5  being  by  primary  obe- 
dience. The  church  has  changed  preachers 
too  often  here,  and  as  a  consequence  it  is 
not  in  the  best  condition.  Brother  Thomas 
has  been  here  but  a  short  time,  but  is  al- 
ready accomplishing  much.  I  sing  at  Vin- 
ton, la.,  beginning  Nov.  26. — Charles  E. 
McVay,  song  evangelist. 

KENTUCKY. 

Latonia. — Sixteen  additions  in  first  four 
days  of  our  meeting. — H.  C.  Runyan. 

Elmville,  Nov.  13. — The  2  weeks'  meeting 


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[9  additions— 12  by  baptism,  4  reclaimed 
md  3  from  the  Baptists.  Our  pastor,  II.  B. 
Jwinn  did  tin-  preaching.  Brother  Gwinn's 
Aifi  conducted  ili<-  song  service.  This  mc  1 
pg  has  greatly  benefited  the  church. — S.  0. 
WlGGINTON. 

Clintonville. — E.  J.  Wii'ns,  Carlisle,  assist- 
■d  in  a  two  wicks'  meeting;  excellent  in- 
Uences;  2  reclaimed.- -E.  J.  Fenster- 
&ACHER. 

MISSOURI. 

Windsor,  Nov.  13. — Four  additions  yes- 
:erday. — W.  A.  Fife. 

Kansas  City.  Nov.  ^.--Brother  McLellan 
md  1  are  in  a  good  meeting  at  the  First 
Church,  with  Brother  Richardson ;  48  added 
;o  date. — L.  D.  SpraguE.. 

Verona,  Nov.  15. — We  began  a  meeting 
i  few  days  ago.  One  addition  to  date. — 
I  P.  HanEr. 

Higdon,  Nov.  13. — One  addition  at  White 
Water  yesterday. — I.  B.  Dodson. 

Kansas  City,  Nov.  14. — We  closed  a  three 
weeks'  meeting  at  the  Forrest  Avenue 
Church  on  Sunday  evening,  with  21  addi- 
:ions — 1 1  by  confession,  8  by  letter,  1  from 
:he  Congregationalists  and  1  from  the  Meth- 
Ddists.  Our  meeting  was  held  by  home 
forces  and  resulted  in  great  good  to 
:he  church.  We  raised  $800  at  our 
Sunday  morning  service,  to  be  applied  on 
:he  church  debt.  The  brethren  are  en- 
:ouraged,  and  the  church  seems  to  be  en- 
tering on  a  new  era  of  growth  and  pros- 
Derity. — H.  M.  BarnETT. 

Kansas  City,  Nov.  14. — In  our  city  cam- 
aaign  for  Christ  I  held  a  three  weeks'  meet- 
ing with  home  forces  at  Budd  Park  Church. 
Closed  Nov.  12  with  24  additions.  Have 
had  29  in  all  since  taking  the  work  here, 
Sept.  1.— B.  L.  Wray,  pastor. 

Sturgis,  Nov.  15.— J.  D.  Greer,  of  Lad- 
donia,  is  with  me  in  a  good  meeting;  10 
confessions  in  8  days.— W.  D.  McCuixEY. 
pastor. 

Grant  City,  Nov.  13. — One  confession  and 
two  baptized  last  night.  Raised  three  times 
as  much  for  Missouri  missions  as  in  pre- 
ceding years. — W.   L.   Harris,  minister. 

St.  Louis,  Nov.  16. — Recent  brief  meet- 
ing, S.  R.  Maxwel,  city  evangelist,  preach- 
ing. Eleven  additions — 7  by  baptism,  '4  by 
statement.  Five  additions  since  the  meet- 
ing— 2  by  baptism,  3  by  statement. — G.  E. 
Ireland. 

Carrollton,  Nov.  15. — We  closed  a  meet- 
ing at  Milan,  Nov.  12.  Seven  added — 5  by 
confession,  1  reclaimed  and  1  by  letter. 
J.  W.  Jennings  led  the  song  service.  We 
are  now  in  a  meeting  at  Linneus.  Miss 
Lula  Gilliland  is  leading  our  song  service. 
We  hope  for  a  good  meeting. — J.  J.  Limer- 
ick. 

Gallatin,  Nov.  16.— R.  A.  Omer  and  G.  A. 
Butler  have  been  in  a  meeting  11  days, 
with  19  additions.  Great  audiences.  We 
continue. — C.   W.   Comstcck. 

Buffalo,  Nov.  13. — Our  work  is  moving 
along  well  in  our  new  field.  We  have  the 
building  of  a  parsonage  on  hand  which  will 
soon  be  completed.  We  have  organized 
a  prayer  meeting  and  ladies'  aid  society, 
both  of  which  are  doing  a  goo  I  work. — 
J.  Q.  Biggs. 

Holden,  Nov.  15.— W.  A.  Fite,  of  Wind- 
sor, assisted  me  in  a  meeting.  We  closed 
Nov.  12  with  15  added,  11  by  confession. 
The  weather  was  unfavorable. — Geo.  E. 
Dew. 

Joplin,  Nov.  16. — I  began  a  meeting  at 
Duenweg  (an  agricultural  and  mining  town 
six  miles  east  of  here)  Oct.  23,  preached  over 
two  Lord's  days,  closing  Nov.  10.  Weather 
was  very  bad.  Had  30  additions — 18  confes- 
sions, 4  from  the  denominations,  and  8  re- 
Claimed.  This  church  is  only  one  year  old  ; 
it  has  an  excellent  new  house  of  worship 
worth  $2,000  and  a  splendid  working  con- 
gregation of  109  members.  At  the  close 
of  the  meeting  we  burned  every  obligation 
against  the  property  except  a  $500  note  to 
Church  Extension,  which  is  fully  provided 
for    and    will    all    be    paid    within    a   year. 


.Simpson  Ely  will  preach  for  them  half 
time  next  year. — J.  YV.  Baker. 

Brunswick,  Nov.  18.  —We  have  been  in 
a   meeting  at    Orrick,   a     1   I'd   by  W.   J.   De 

Lane,  which  resulted  in  24  additions — 23 
confessions,  1  by  statement.  I  preach  at. 
Orrick    one    Sunday    each    month.-  T,.    G. 

Merrill, 

West  Plain,,  Nov.  [6,  Meeting  closed 
Nov.  15 — 2  by  confession  2  by  letter.  Five- 
last  report — 4  baptisms,  t  from  the  Bap- 
tists, 4  by  statement.  Two  household  bap 
tisms.  L.  Z.  Burr  is  leading  the  forces  011 
ward  to  greater  things.  B.  E.  Yourz,  evan- 
gelist. 

New  London,  Nov.  17. — I  closed  a  two 
weeks'  meeting  at  Mt.  Zion  Nov.  14  with  10 
additions — 9  baptisms  and  1  by  letter.  C.  A. 
Baird  is  pastor. — E.   M.   Ricumonu. 

Barry,  Nov.  17. — I  am  in  a  meeting  with 
Robert  C.  Davis,  of  Kansas  City.  The 
meeting  is  12  days  old  with  10  confessions. 
We  continue.  My  next  meeting  will  be 
with  J.  D.  Greer,  at  Laddonta. — Simpson 
Ely. 

Poplar  Bluff.— I  spent  Nov.  12  with  the 
congregation.  Two  added. — E.  J.  Fenster- 
macher. 

Mexico,  Nov.  17. — Twenty  days ;  50 
added.  Meeting  continues.  Kokendoffer 
minister  and  Fenstermacher  evangelist. 

Dayton,  Nov.  15. — I  closed  a  meeting  of 
eight  days  tonight  with  18  additions,  9  by 
baptism. — R.  A.  Thompson. 

Chillicothe,  Nov.  13. — Our  meeting  closed 
last  night.  Brother.  Wagner,  pastor  at 
Shelbyville,  led  our  singing.  We  had 
seventeen  additions.  The  attendance  was 
uniformly  large,  but  the  large  ingathering  of 
last  May  caused  us  not  to  expect  many  ad- 
ditions this  time.  The  church  is  at  peace 
and  at  work.— James  Norvel  Crutcher. 

Gallatin,  Nov.  16. — I  am  now  in  the  sec- 
ond week  of  meeting;  20  additions  to  date. 
C.  M.  Comstock  is  the  minister.  Church  is 
in  fine  working  order. — Omer  and  Butler, 

evangelists. 

NEBRASKA. 

Clay  Center,  Nov.  14. — I  closed  my  meet- 
ing at  Aurora,  where  Bro.  E.  von  Forell 
ministers,  Nov.  12,  with  34  additions  ;  12  last 
day.  Nearly  all  these  weie  adults.  Brother 
Forell  came  to  Aurora  five  years  ago  and 
found  a  discouraged  band  of  55  members, 
and  has  labored  and  sacrificed,  until  today 
there  is  a  membership  of  over  200  active 
Christians— A.  G.  Smith. 
OHIO. 

Akron,  Nov.  13. — Revival  services  began 
yesterday  at  the  First  Church.  There  were 
9  additions — 6  by  confession  and  3  by  let- 
ter. The  outlook  is  favorable.  Geo.  Darsie 
will  do  the  preaching  and  Leonard  Daugh- 
erty  will  have  charge  of  the  music. — Wil- 
liam Spanton. 

Athens,  Nov.  13. — During  October,  15 
were  added  to  the  church.  There  were  326 
present  at  the  Sun  lay  school  rally  yester- 
day and  $22.26  collection.  Professor  Trend- 
ley  and  Miss  Faris,  both  of  the  college  fac- 
ulty, are  most  helpful  in  the  wrork.  Miss 
Faris  is  superintendent  of  the  primary  de- 
partment and  had  126  present.  We  began 
our  revival  Sunday,  with  large  audiences. 
— T.  L-  Lowe,  minister. 

Orrville,  Nov.   17. — Closed  a  meeting  at 


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December  3.  1905- 


done.  It  remained  to  bring  about  a  further 
restoration,  and  for  that  Ezra  again  comes 
into  tlie  foreground. 


LET  YOUR  STOMACH    HAVE  ITS 
OWN  WAY. 


NEHEMIAH  REBUILDS  THE  WALLS  OF 
JERUSALEM. -Neh.  4:7-20. 

We  have  already  had  the  story  of  Ne- 
hemiah.  at  the  Persian  court,  mourning 
over  the  disgrace  and  reproach  which  still 
lay  upon  Jerusalem  in  spite  of  the  partial 
return  from  the  captivity  and  the  rebuild- 
ing of  the  temple:  of  his  prayer  of  con- 
fession for  his  own  sins  and  those  of  his 
people,  that  the  cause  of  Israel's  low  es- 
tate might  be  removed:  and  of  his  petition 
to  the  king  of  Pe.sia,  whose  cupbearer 
he  was.  that  he  might  be  allowed  to  lead 
an  expedition  with  the  avowed  purpose  of 
rebuilding  the  walls  of  Terusalem.  A  few 
years  before,  a  king  of  Persia  had  appar- 
ently feared  that  even  the  rebuilding  of  the 
temple  might  be  a  preparation  for  revolt. 
but  now  the  reconstruction  of  even  the 
wall  and  the  stronghold  is  permitted  and 
assisted  (Neh:  2:8). 

Nehemiah  set  out  on  his  journey,  in  the 
year  445  B.  C  with  letters  of  introduc- 
tion and  commendation  from  the  king  and 
with  a  military  escort.  Either  Nehemiah 
had  not  shared  Ezra's  shame  in  asking 
for  an  escort  (.compare  Ezra  8:22).  or  the 
troops  had  been  furnished  without  request. 
The  city  was  duly  readied.  Conditions 
were  found  to  be  quite  as  bad  as  they  had 
been  represented.  A  tour  of  inspection 
made  by  night  around  the  walls  and  battle- 
ments of  the  city,  showed  the  utter  help- 
lessness of  the  place.  The  walls  were  fallen, 
the  gates  burned,  the  ways  choked  with 
debris.  Nehemiah  did  not  at  once  reveal 
his  commission.  When  he  had  formed  his 
own  plans  for  the  reconstruction,  he  laid 
the  whole  matter  before  the  chief  men,  told 
them  of  his  mission,  that  he  was  God- 
guided  and  king-sent  to  roll  away  the  re- 
proach of  Jerusalem  by  rebuilding  her 
walls,  and  called  on  them  to  support  him 
in  the  work. 

The  response  of  the  good  people  of  Jeru- 
salem in  furtherance  of  <he  plan  was  not 
more  prompt  than  the  response  of  certain 
jealous  and  mischicf-irnkin.T  fellows  in 
opposition  to  it.  Chiei  01'  'hem  was  Sanbal- 
lat,  the  Horonite.  of  evil  fame,  whose  name 
has  passed  into  a  synonym  of  meddlesome 
and  malicious  obstruction  of  good  works. 
The  work  was  thoroughly  planned  and 
each  family  or  class  was  made  responsible 
for  a  certain  part  of  it.  The  apportionment 
is  given  in  chapter  3. 

The  story  of  the  building  of  the  wall  is 
a  story  of  the  overcoming  of  various  sorts 
of  opposition.  There  was  first  the  opposi- 
tion of  mockery  and  contempt  (2:19;  4:2, 
3).  Then  the  opposition  of  secret  and  of 
open  violence  and  the  threat  of  violence 
(4:7,  8).  Then  the  opposition  of  treacher- 
ous and  simulated  friendship  (6:2).  Then 
the  opposition  of  scandal  and  evil  reports 
(6:10-13). 

The  faithfulness  of  th>=  people  in  spite 
of  these  difficulties  and  their  watchfulness 
against  the  enemy  while  carrying  on  the 
work  are  the  chief  themes  of  the  lesson. 
There  was  the  weapon  in  one  hand  and  the 
tool  in  the  other.  There  was  industry  and 
war.  There  was  trust  in  God's  protecting 
power  and  a  keen  readiness  to  protect  self 
so  far  as  possible.  "We  made  our  prayer 
to  God  and  set  a  watch  against  them  day 
and  night"— an  excellent  text  for  a  sermon 
or  an  exhortation  on  prayer  and  watchful- 
ness. It  suggests  the  wise  r.nd  pious  maxim  : 
"Trust  in  God  and  keep  ycur  powder  dry." 

And  so,  by  faith  and  work  and  watch- 
ing, the  wall  was  built.  It  was  finished  in 
fifty-two  days  (6:15).  The  reproach  of 
Jerusalem  in  the  eyes  of  its  pagan  or  half- 
pagan  neighbor-  was  removed.  The  special 
work   for    which   Nehemiah   had   come  was 


Midweek  Prayer  Meeting. 

By  W.  F    Richardson. 

November  ^9,  190s. 


THE  GRACE  OF  RECEIVING. 
17:12-19. 


LuKe 


1.  The  Conscious  Need.  These  ten  men 
felt  keenly  their  condition  as  lepers.  They 
were  outcasts  from  human  society,  shunned 
by  their  own  families,  and  regarded  as  the 
objects  of  divine  anger.  Their  malady  was 
looked  upon  as  incurable,  unless  by  the 
direct  act  of  God  (2  Kings  5  7)-  They 
could  not  deceive  themselves  as  to  their 
condition,  as  do  thousands  of  the  victims  of 
sin.  whose  spiritual  uncleanness  seems  to 
them  a  matter  of  indifference.  We  need 
to  thunder  into  the  ears  of  the  lost  the 
words  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  "The  soul  that 
sinneth,  it  shall  die!-'  To  make  men  realize 
their  need  of  salvation  is  the  first  step 
in  evangelism  ;  and  when  they  are  ready  to 
cry  out,  "What  must  we  do  to  be  saved?" 
it  will  be  a  simple  thing  to  direct  them  in 
the  way  of  life.     See  Acts  2:36-41. 

2.  The  Earnest  Prayer.  "Jesus,  Master, 
have  mercy  on  us  !"  Doubtless  these  lepers 
had  heard  the  story  of  the  Savior's  wonder- 
ful works,  in  healing  those  who  came  to 
him  for  help ;  and  they  were  now  embold- 
ened to  bring  their  wretched  bodies  to  him, 
that  he  might  give  them  relief.  They  make 
no  plea  of  their  own  desert,  but  cast  them- 
selves upon  his  mercy.  Sc  may  the  sinner 
throw  himself  upon  the  love  and  compas- 
sion of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  who  was 
known  on  earth  as  the  friend  of  sinners. 
No  plea  of  moral  excellence  will  avail,  for 
all  have  sinned,  and  come  short  of  the 
glory  of  God  (Rom.  3:9-^.  23).  The  gos- 
pel is  for  sinners,  and  our  very  need  be- 
comes an  appeal  to  the  heart  of  the  Savior 
(Luke  5:30-32). 

3.  The  Gracious  Anszver.  "Go,  shew 
yourselves  unto  the  priests,"  said  the  Savior. 
They  might  have  stopped  to  cavil  at  his 
words,  for  no  leper  was  fit  to  present  him- 
self before  the  sanctuary  until  he  was 
healed,  and  then  he  was  to  bring  an  offer- 
ing and  subject  himself  to  the  examination 
of  the  priest,  and,  after  certain  ceremonies 
of  purification,  be  declared  clean,  and  re- 
stored fully  to  the  privileges  of  home  and 
society  (Lev.  14).  Why  should  they  start 
for  the  priest's  inspection  while  the  leprosy 
was  still  in  their  flesh?  Could  walking  to 
Jerusalem  cure  them?  So  do  men  often 
stumble  at  the  words  of  Jesus  and  his 
apostles,  and  hesitate  to  be  baptized,  be- 
cause they  can  not  see  how  that  can  bring 
them  the  salvation  they  seek.  Yet  his  prom- 
ise is  specific,  that  the  penitent  believer  shall 
find  pardon  in  this  act  of  obedience  (Mark 
16:15,  16;  Acts  2:38;  Acts  22:16).  Naaman 
found  it  worth  while  to  obey  the  command 
of  the  Lord,  given  through'  his  prophet, 
and  every  soul  that  has  taken  Jesus  at  his 
word,  and  obeyed  his  command  to  be  bap- 
tized, has  gone  on  his  way  rejoicing. 

4.  The  One  Grateful  Heart.  The  ten 
lepers  obeyed  the  command  of  Jesus,  and 
as  they  went  on  their  way  they  were  healed. 
But  only  one  of  them,  and  he  a  Samaritan, 
felt  deeply  enough  his  obligation  to  Jesus 
to  turn  back  and  thank  him  before  pursuing 
his  journey  to  Jerusalem.  The  great  fact 
of  his  healing  was  accomplished  by  the  word 
of  Christ,  and  the  formal  showing  of  him- 
self to  the  priest,  for  the  ceremonies  that 
would  admit  him  again  to  the  society  of 
men,  could  well  wait  till  he  had  poured  out 
his  heart  to  his  deliverer.  The  other  nine 
were  so  intent  upon  securing  the  coveted  re- 
sults of  their  healing  in  the  legal  certificate 
of  the  priest,  that  they  hastened  on,  care- 
less of  thanking  their  deliverer.  Are  there 
not  many  who,  in  these  days,  are  content 


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You  can  not  treat  your  stomach  as  some 
men  treat  a  balky  horse;  force,  drive  or 
even  starve  it  into  doing  work  at  which  it 
rebels.  The  stomach  is  .  a  patient  and 
faithful  servant,  and  will  stand  much  abuse 
.and  ill-treatment  before  it  "balks,"  but  when  . 
it  does,  you  had  better  go  slow  with  it,  and 
not  attempt  to  make  it  work.  Some  people 
have  the  mistaken  idea  that  they  can  make 
their  stomachs  work  by  starving  themselves. 
They  might  cure  the  stomach  that  way, 
but  it  would  take  so  long  that  they  would 
have  no  use  for  a  stomach  when  they  got 
through.  The  sensible  way  out  of  the  dif- 
ficulty is  to  let  the  stomach  rest  if  it  wants 
to  and  employ  a  substitute  to  do  its  work. 

Stuart's  Dyspepsia  Tablets  will  do  the 
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the  tablets  and  sufficient  water,  and  you  will 
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you  frankly  that  there  is  nothing  on  earth 
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with  church  membership,  and  the  compla- 
cent satisfaction  of  knowing  that  they  are 
enrolled  upon  its  records  and  who  rarely 
thank  the  Lord  Jesus  for  his  mercy  and  love 
that  have  secured  their  pardon,  and  his 
precious  blood,  that  has  washed  their  sins 
away?  Salvation  is  to  them  a  matter  of 
security  from  evils  which  they  have  come  to 
fear,  rather  than  a  craving  of  that  full  and 
wholesome  life  which  the  redeemed  may 
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give  us  such  abundant  life  as  to  make  us 
partakers  of  the  divine  nature,  then  will  we 
seek  that  close  approach  tc  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  that  will  enable  him  to  impart  his 
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Christian  Endeavor. 

By  JI.   A.   Oentqn, 

December  3,  1905. 


OUR  ONE  EXCUSE. -Rom.  14:1-12. 

For  the  Leader. 

This  meeting  might  be  called  a  pledge 
meeting.  The  thought  is  the  keeping  of  the 
pledge,  with  the  emphasis  upon  the  one  ex- 
cuse, or,  as  it  is  better  given  in  the  pledge, 
"reason,"  if  we  do  not  do  all  the  things 
promised  in  the  pledge.  This  is  the  time 
for  the  consecration  meeting.  We,  then, 
could  not  have  a  better  topic  for  a  consecra- 
tion meeting  than  one  that  considers  our 
solemn  promise  to  walk  before  the  Lord  in 
an  active  Christian  service.  We  are  also 
judged  by  our  fellows  for  the  degree  of 
faithfulness  we  show  in  keeping  this  prom- 
ise. Sometimes  this  judgment  is  very  harsh. 
That  is,  the  judgment  we  pass  upon  others. 
Where  could  be  found  a  more  appropriate 
place  for  such  a  consideration  as  this  than 
an  Endeavor  meeting?  Then,  there  are  two 
sides  to  this  matter  of  passing  j  udgment : 
We  pass  upon  our  fellows,  but,  in  turn, 
they  pass  upon  us.  It  might  be  well  when 
we  are  passing  upon  some  one  else  to  stop 
long  enough  to  think  that  some  one  else  is 
passing  upon  us.  It  will  at  least  incline 
us  toward  more  charity. 

For  the  Members. 

1.  It  is  a  good  rule  to  adopt — that  one 
with  which  we  are  all  familiar — that  all  the 
promises  and  commands  of  God  are  con- 
ditional. This  holds  good  as  a  general  rule. 
If  our  pledge  had  no  conditions,  it  might 
be  charged  that  it  was  not  according  to  the 
divine  plan,  that  it  was  contrary  to  our  na- 
tures and  abilities.  It  would  make  us 
promise  without  any  condition  to  do  many 
definite  things  without  a  single  slip  or  omis- 
sion. For  even  the  gospel  plan  provides  for 
mistakes,  for  slips,  for  occasional  falling 
in  the  weakness  of  the  flesh,  in  the  in- 
struction of  Jesus  to  pray  the  Father  in  his 
name,  and  in  the  statement  that  we  have  in 
him  an  advocate  with  the  Father.  For 
what?  To  intercede  for  us  when  we  go 
wrong. 

2.  Now  the  Endeavor  pledge  has  one 
condition  for  us :  "Unless  hindered  by  some 
reason  I  can  conscientiously  give  to  my 
Lord  and  Master."  This  is  all  the  condi- 
tion. Is  it  enough?  It  would  seem  so, 
for  a  reason  that  one  would  be  willing  to 
take  before  the  Savior  must  be  sufficient  to 
gain  our  consent.  It  is  a  proof  of  sincerity, 
if  one  who  is  trying  to  live  a  Christian  life 
would  say  from  his  heart,  "I  am  willing  to 
take  this  before  my  Lord  and  Master."  This 
is  enough.  Is  it  too  much?  There  are 
those  who  seem  to  think  the  pledge  exacts 
too  much.  They  say  it  can  not  be  kept,  or 
that  it  is  so  close  that  it  is  not  likely  to 
be  kept.  To  say  this  is  to  confuse  one's 
ideal  with  the  weakness  of  the'  flesh  of  the 
one  who  is  trying  to  live  up  to  it.  When  we 
cut  garments  we  allow  for  the  seams.  If 
an  ideal  is  something  to  be  attained,  it 
must  be  higher  than  the  one  adopting  it. 
Else  what  point  would  there  be  to  using  it 
at  all?    Our  excuse  is  not  too  much. 

3.  The  one  reason  one  can  have,  then, 
in  the  Endeavor  Society  for  not  taking  part, 
or  for  not  complying,  upon  some  particular 
occasion,  with  some  detail  of  the  pledge,  is 
to  be  one  we  could  give  to  Jesus.  That  is 
the  statement  that  takes  the  measure  of  the 
spiritual  height  of  Christian  Endeavor.  It 
makes  Jesus  the  model.  It  makes  him  the 
ideal.  Could  it  do  less  and  free  itself  from 
the  criticism  that  it  was  not  really  a  Chris- 
tian Endeavor  Society?  If  it  were  satisfied 
with  less  than  Jesus  as  a  model,  then  it 
would  be  less  than  a  Christian  endeavor 
that  the  society  was  making.  Anything 
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of  his  life.  It  is  not  a  question  whether 
we  will  be  able  at  all  times  to  keep  the 
letter  of  this  promise.  But  it  is  a  question 
whether  we  are  going  to  try.  .  If  I  under- 
take less,  my  heart  is  divided.  I  am  not, 
therefore,  a  consistent  follower  of  Jesus.  I 
must  fail.  If  I  -undertake  to  follow  him 
fully,  and  fail,  he  will  forgive  me,  and  will 
help  me,  and  the  true  fellow  Endeavorer  will 
help  me  to  get  up  and  to  do  better  the  next 
time. 

4.  The  one  business  of  a  Christian  En- 
deavorer is  to  look  well  to  his  own  ways. 
My  time  will  be  pretty  well  taken  up  if 
I  give  my  attention  to  seeing  that  my  ways 
are  directed  in  all  things  by  him.  What 
sort  of  life  am  I  in  when  I  turn  myself 
into  a  sentinel  for  God!  Does  he  need 
my  services?  Can  he  not  get  on  in  the 
world  without  my  criticisms  of  his  chil- 
dren? Surely  he  can.  The  great  thing  for 
me  to  consider  is  with  respect  to  my  own 
steps.  If  I  consider  at  all  my  brother's  ef- 
forts at  keeping  his  pledge,  it  must  be  in 
some  official  capacity  in  the  society.  When 
I  do  this,  it  will  be  as  a  member  of  the 
lookout  committee,  or  as  one  of  the  prayer 
meeting  committee.  It  will  not  be  done  as 
a  critic.  But  it  will  be  done  as  a  tender 
ministry.  The  love  of  Jesus  will  be  in  my 
heart.  It  will  be  quite  a  different  thing 
when  I  go  about  it  in  this  way.  Instead  of 
being  resented,  it  will  be  welcomed.  Why 
should  there  ever  be  any  question  as  to  this  ? 
We  can  not  be  judges  of  one  another.  We 
are  compassed  about  by  limitations.  We 
can  not,  or  at  least  we  do  not,  know  for 
what  reason  one  of  our  society  should  fail 
in  some  particular,  and  hence  we  can  not 
become  harsh  judges.  But  let  us  be  care- 
ful that  we  do  not  take  up  quarters  behind 
this,  and  thus  try  to  excuse  a  life  that 
really  does  not  aim  at  the  highest. 

Quiet  Hour   Thought. 

Have  I  tried  to  so  live  in  my  society 
that  my  one  excuse  is  the  one  that  my 
pledge  allows  me? 

DAILY  READINGS. 

M.  "Reasonable  service."  Rom.  12:1-10. 
T.  "Accusing  or  excusing."  Rom.  2:11-16. 
W.     Poor  excuses.  Luke  14:16-24. 

T.     "Without  excuse."  Rom.  1:18-25. 

F.  The  speechless  man.  Matt.  22:11-14. 
S.     The  willing  mind.  2  Cor.  8:7-12. 

S.    Topic — Our  one  excuse.    Rom.  14:1-12. 
(Consecration  meeting.) 


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I  iWhich  of  the  Twain  Was  Justified? 

To  the  Editor  of  The  Christian  -Evangelist: 

Just  last  month  at  the  Punxsutawney  fair, 
in  Pennsylvania,  occurred  a  trifling  incident 
worthy  of  publicity.  A  Catholic  priest  and 
a  Protestant  preacher,  representative  of  the 
two  conflicting  cults  of  America,  chanced 
to  pass  a  prominent  thoroughfare. 

The  representative  of  Protestantism  no- 
ticed that  the  Roman  prelate  was  puffing 
rigorously  at  a  Perfecto.  The  preacher  phari- 
saically was  thanking  Goo  he  was  not  as 
other  men — superstitious,  clerical  and  pleas- 
ure-loving— when,  presto  change,  he  saw 
himself  a  sinner  and  the  Catholic  a  saint. 

Wrapt  in  thought,  the  Protestant  had 
passed  by  on  the  other  side  of  a  man  who 
had  fallen  victim  to  that  dreadful  thief 
that  robs  us  of  usefulness,  for  he  was  shorn 
of  both  hands  and  feet. 

Wrapt  in  smoke,  the  Catholic  had  seen 
the  scene  of  suffering  through  the  wreaths 
of  his  sweet  incense.  He  stopped  and  helped 
the  helpless  beggar  with  his  alms. 

The  Catholic  became  the  "Good  Samari- 
tan," and  the  Protestant  the  "priest,"  in 
the  nomenclature  of  our  Lord's  parable. 

The  Protestant  was  right  in  precept,  but 
the  Catholic  was  right  in  practice.  "Now 
abideth  faith,  hope,  charity,  these  three ; 
but  the  greatest  of  these  is  charity."  Is  a 
perfect  faith  placed  above  a  perfect  charity? 
Is  doctrine  more  divine  than  deeds? 

Which  of  the  twain  was  j  ustified :  The 
debating  Protestant  preacher  or  the  deed- 
doing  Catholic  priest? 

Big  Run,  Pa.  G forge  B.  Laws. 

From  the  Pew. 

To  the  Editor  of  The  Christian-Evangelist: 

One  of  the  strongest,  if  not  the  strongest, 
elements  of  our  plea  is  its  simplicity.  The 
directness  with  which  we  go  at  religious 
matters  has  been  the  leading  force  in  our 
appeal  to  men.  We  claim  to  keep  clear  of 
metaphysical  floundering.  Seldom  do  our 
most  effective  evangelists  indulge  in  ab- 
struse dissertations  whicr  render  doubtful 
their  meaning;  yet  here  are  Brother  Garri- 
son, the  leading  exponent  of  our  plea  in 
the  Mississippi  valley,  and  Brother  Mc- 
Garvey,  president  of  the  Bible  College  at 
Lexington,  going  at  each  other  about  the 
Holy  Spirit.  Both  are  right,  doubtless,  in 
their  minds,  but  seriously  brethren,  what 
good  does  all  this  do  the  average  church- 
goer? Brother  Garrison,  with  his  paper, 
and  Brother  McGarvey,  with  his  school, 
are  seeking  to  inform  and  elevate  the  lives 
of  the  masses  of  our  Christian  people.  It  is 
all  right,  I  suppose,  for  preachers  and 
those  who  are  so  deeply  immersed  in  spirit- 
nal  cogitations  that  the  world  seems  sep- 
arate and  apart  from  them;  but  our  place 
is  side  by  side  with  people,  keeping  step 
with  them,  and  not  off  in  metaphysical 
flounderings.  Better  keep  the  fodder  down 
so  the  cattle  (we  of  the  pew)  can  reach  it. 
Of  all  the  preachers  I  ever  heard  discourse 
on  this  subject,  no  two  of  them  reasoned 
alike  or  held  the  identical  theory,  so  how 
are  we  of  the  pew  to  get  settled  down  on 
the  right  conception  of  this  perplexing  fea- 
ture of  our  religious  faith?  Keep  on  the 
shore  of  that  plain,  practical  logic  most 
calculated  to  induce  men  to  live  right,  and 
to  keep  their  human  spin1  right  and  do  not 
wade  out  too  much  into  this  maelstrom  of 
perplexing  mysticism. 

Life  is  too  short  to  try  to  look  over  into 
the  mysteries  that  God  has  not  quite  made 
plain,  while  there  are  so  many,  many  ob- 
vious ways  in  which  we  can  use  our  plea 
and  the  English  language  to  induce  men 
to  live  right  and  do  right  in  this  world. 

If  we  improve  all  our  opportunities  along 
this  line,  we  can  rest  in  the  assurance  that 


our  Maker  will  see  that  a!i  is  well  with  us, 
whatever  vaporous  theory  we  may  hold 
about  the  Holy  Spirit.  R.  J.  Tydings. 

Washington,  D.  C. 

[We  wish  to  say,  concerning  the  fore- 
going, that  there  is  no  "metaphysical"  issue 
between  rhe  Editor  of  this  paper  and  Brother 
McGarvey.  We  can  not  stifle  investigation 
on  this  subject  by  crying  "metaphysics." 
The  doctrine  of  the  Holy  Spirit  is  vital  to 
our  Christianity.  To  think  of  it  and  speak 
of  it  as  involved  in  a  cloud  of  mysticism, 
is  doing  grave  injustice  to  the  New  Testa- 
ment, if  not  grieving  the  Holy  Spirit  him- 
self. There  are  phases  of  the  question  which 
are  metaphysical,  the  discussion  of  which 
would  be  unprofitable,  but  we  are  not  con- 
cerned with  these.  The  duty  and  privilege 
of  praying  for  the  Holy  Spirit  is  not  a  meta- 
physical duty  or  privilege.  It  is  one  of  the 
most  precious  of  all  the  blessings  of  the 
gospel.  Our  desk  is  piled  up  with  letters 
commending  our  position  and  stating  how 
fatal  it  would  be  to  the  Christian  faith 
and  hope  of  the  writers  if  such  an  idea 
concerning  the  Holy  Spirit  as  that  we  have 
recently  antagonized,  should  prevail  among 
us.  We  regret  that  our  brother  feels  that 
it  would  be  better  to  be  still  and  noncom- 
mittal on  a  question  so  vital  as  this.  We 
can  assure  him  that  a  great  majority  of  "the 
pew"  do  not  agree  with  him  in  so  think- 
ing.— Editor.] 

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The  Symposium. 

To  the  Editor  of  The  Christian-Evangelist: 

I  have  read  with  interest  the  Symposium 
on  Evangelists  which  appeared  in  The 
Christian-Evangelist  of  November  2.  I 
noted  with  pleasure  that  one  vital  point 
was  guarded  by  some  of  the  writers — 
notably  Brothers  Ott  and  Haley.  The  point 
I  allu.de  to  is  individual  liberty.  Paul  says, 
(Gal.  1:15-17),  "When  it  was  the  good  pleas- 
ure of  God,  who  separated  me,  even  from 
my  mother's  womb,  and  called  me  through 
his  grace,  to  reveal  his  Son  in  me,  that  I 
might  preach  him  among  the  Gentiles:  im- 
mediately I  conferred  not  with  flesh  and 
blood:  neither  went  I  up  to  Jerusalem  to 
them  that  were  apostles  before  me;  but  I 
went  away  into  Arabia.  ...  I  was  un- 
known by  face  to  the  churches  of  Judea 
.  .  .  .  they  only  heard  say.  He  that 
once  persecuted  us  now  preacheth  the  faith 
of  which  he  once  made  havoc."  While  the 
cases  are  not  exactly  parallel,  the  principle 
is  the  same.  Every  good  man  who  is  called 
of  God  to  preach  the  gospel  is  as  free  to  do 
so  as  Paul  was  and  no  local  congregation 
nor  other  organization  has  a  right  or  power 
to  restrict  such  a  man  in  the  exercise  of  that 
freedom.  If  congregations  and  boards 
were  infallible  in  all  respects  the  case  might 
be  different;  but  those  who  know  them  best 
know  that  they  fall  very  far  short  of  being 
infallible  in  any  respect.  If  Savonarola  and 
Luther  and  Wesley  and  Campbell  had  been 
forced  to  secure  the  consent  and  endorse- 
ment of  their  churches  before  being  allowed 
to  deliver  their  messages  to  the  world,  where 
would  the  world  be  to-day  ?  The  man  who 
has  the  message  of  heaven  burning  in  his 
heart  does  not  need  to  stop  to  confer  with 
flesh  and  blood.  His  fitness  is  his  best 
credential,  and  the  only  necessary  one. 
Liberty  is  better  than  order.  Order  may  be 
God's  first  law;  but  liberty  is  his  final  law. 
The  world  does  not  find  its  best  men  until 
its  best  men  have  first  found  themselves. 
This  is  equally  true  of  the  church.  By  in- 
dependent effort   Paul   was  forced  to  over- 


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come  the  suspicions  and  the  conservatism  of 
the  church  and  win  its  endorsement  of  his 
work  as  an  evangelist.  It  is  all  right  for 
boards  to  lend  their  endorsement  to  men 
who  have  demonstrated  their  fitness;  but  it 
is  all  wrong  to  hold, that  he  should  refrain 
from  preaching  till  his  fitness  has  been 
vouched  for  by  some  such  board.  A  Baptist 
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fussing  church  than  to  part  with  the  liberty 
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guard against  unworthy  men. 

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To  A  Superior  Person. 

You  think  it  a  sign  of  superior  mind 

To  pursue  in  a  purposeful  fashion 
The  cult  that  is  higher  than  culture,  retined 

Beyond  admiration  or  passion. 

In  political  things  and  religious  you  stand 

On  a  basis  of  negative  vanity; 
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Does  not  prove  that  you  love  all  humanity. 

We  know  that  our  country  has  faults  of  her  own, 
But  why  should  they  speciallv  hurt  you? 

And  why  should  you  dwell  on  each  blemish  alone, 
And  never  acknowledge  a  virtue? 

But  though  all  our  customs  lie  under  your  blame, 
That  does  not  decide  their  removal; 

I  dare  say  the  land  will  survive  all  the  same, 
In  spite  of  your  stern  disapproval. 

There  isn't  a  label  of  party  or  sect 
That  really  will  suit  your  complexion. 

For  in  every  communion  you're  sure  to  detect 
Some  feature  that  mars  the  connection. 

You  never  will  study  the  things  that  unite. 

But  only  the  points  of  dispersion— 
The  single  defect  where  a  hundred  are  right 

Arouses  your  animadversion. 

You  say  that  the  highest  are  ever  alone, 
Like  the  peaks  and  the  stars  that  are  lonely, 

We  agree  that  the  region  you  claim  as  your  own 
Be  not  simply  your  own,  but  yours  only. 

— Pall  Mall  Gazette. 


A  Revelation. 

By  Mrs.   Harriet  A.  Cheever. 

Mr.  Remington  always  maintained  that 
the  Lord  himself  set  before  him  certain  pic- 
tures of  the  night,  in  order  to  impress  him 
with  a  right  idea  concerning  some  things 
wherein  he  was  forming  false  conclusions. 
The  year  had  been  a  prosperous  one. 
Business  transactions,  important,  but  un- 
certain as  to  their  issue  in  January,  had  re- 
sulted toward  the  close  of  November  as  it 
had  been  greatly  hoped  they  would.  It 
had  been  proven  that  measures  seemingly 
judicious,  yet  involving  considerable  risk 
and  boldness  of  venture,  were  judicious,  and 
the  crucial  point  having  been  passed,  future 
success  could  be  warrantably  expected. 
Older  partners  had  listened  to  the  methods 
recommended  by  the  younger  man ;  in  mat- 
ters wherein  both  wisdom  and  foresight 
were  needed,  his  advice  had  been  followed 
to  the  letter. 

The  sermon  to  which  Mr.  Remington  lis- 
tened on  the  Sunday  before  Thanksgiving 
day  gave  him  great  satisfaction.  The  proc- 
lamation had  been  read  from  the  pulpit, 
and,  being  full  of  a  spirit  of  sweet  content, 
Mr.  Remington  had  heard  it  with  pleasure. 
Then  followed  the  text,  "And  men  will 
praise  thee  when  thou  doest  well  by  thy- 
self." 

The  discourse  that  followed  was  an  excel- 
lent one,  no  doubt;  yet  one  listener  failed 
to  notice  or  to  grasp  some  of  its  more  salient 
points.  Probably  his  mind  wandered,  for 
afterward,  in  attempting  to  repeat  parts  of 
it  to  his  wife,  who  was  not  able  to  accom- 
pany him  to  church,  he  was  somewhat  dis- 
concerted at  finding  that  what  he  most 
clearly  remembered  was  simply  the  text. 
But  after  sitting  dreamily  by  himself  for  a 
time  in  the  evening,  he  said  to  his  wife  as 
she  came  into  the  room  : 

"Well,  my  dear,  I  certainly  have  done 
well  by  myself  this  year,  and  men  also  have 
praised    me.      Rawlins,    with   all    his    expe- 


rience and  acumen"  (he  was  senior  member 
of  the  firm),  "says  he  can  not  be  too  grate- 
ful that  we  took  up  the  Lenox  contract  I 
insisted,  in  the  face  of  outspoken  opposi- 
tion, was  going  to  be  a  great  thing  for  us. 
V.S  to  that  last  contract  I  secured,  after 
hundreds  of  miles  of  travel  and  by  exhaust- 
ing every  jot  of  argument  and  persuasion 
of  which  I  was  capable,  it  assures  a  degree 
of  prosperity  for  next  year  exceeding  by 
thousands  of  dollars  what  we  shall  have 
realized  this  one.  Yes,  1  gratefully  ac- 
knowledge that  I  have  really  done  well  by 
myself  during  this  good  year!" 

Mrs.  Remington  stirred  uneasily.  Some 
sense  of  unacknowledged  obligation  and  of 
unwarrantable  self-gratulation  occurred  to 
her,  but  she  remembered  that  her  husband 
had  really  made  unremitting  effort  while 
bringing  about  the  state  of  affairs  so  satis- 
factory to  the  entire  firm.  And  then,  he  had 
just  said  that  he  acknowledged  gratefully 
having  been  able  to  do  well  by  himself. 
That  must  mean  he  was  grateful  to  God.  It 
would  be  too  bad  to  interrupt  his  pleasant- 
musings  by  any  reminder  he  really  did  not 
need. 

For  some  unaccountable  reason,  Mr. 
Remington  appeared  at  the  breakfast  table 
on  Monday  morning  with  an  air  so  different 
from  that  of  the  previous  evening  that  his 
wife  asked  with  some  concern  if  he  had 
caught  her  headache  of  the  day  before. 
But  his  prompt,  cheerful  denial  reassured 
her. 

"After  all,  he  was  simply  quiet  and 
thoughtful,"  she  reflected,  as  he  started  for 
the  train,  and  so  the  impression  passed. 

Yet,  this  had  happened  : 

Somewhere  in  the  night,  after  the  even- 
ing of  "pleasant  musings,"  Mr.  Remington 
suddenly  found  himself  again  urging  adop- 
tion of  the  measures  which  had  resulted  in 
so  much  financial  prosperity.  He  realized, 
as  he  had  before,  that  very  much  of  finan- 
cial standing,  home  comfort  and  business 
reputation  depended  upon  his  ability  to  con- 
vince his  older  partners  that  the  move 
would  be  a  wise  one.  He  was  very  sincerely 
certain  that  he  was  recommending  what  was 
to  be  for  the  profit  of  all  concerned. 

Suddenly  he  became  aware  that,  he  was 
not  alone.  A  strong  and  potent  Presence 
was  lending  weight  to  his  words ;  was  sug- 
gesting the  best  things  for  him  to  say. 
Deriving  support  and  fearlessness  from  this 
felt  power,  he  soon  convinced  his  friends 
that  the  contract  should  be  made,  and  the 
matter  reached  a  successful  issue.  In  his 
dream  he  said  to  himself: 

"It  was  God  who  helped  and  guided  me 
then." 

With  the  swift  transition  of  a  dream,  he 
next  was  traveling  on  the  wings  of  the 
wind,  as  it  were,  here  and  there,  taking 
hurried  railroad  trips,  intent  only  on  secur- 
ing that  great  contract  which  was  to  mean 
so  much  for  this  year  and  for  years  to  come. 


No  thought  of  risk  or  peril  along  the  road 
occurred  to  him. 

Suddenly,  he  seemed  viewing  the  flying 
train  from  outside.  At  a  sharp  angle  in  the 
road  there  came  an  unexpected  jolt.  None 
but  the  Almighty  and  the  engineer  knew 
how  frightfully  near  they  came  at  that  mo- 
ment to  being  hurled  from  the  high  bridge 
over  which  they  rolled  into  the  river  be- 
neath. The  merest  accident  saved  them. 
That  Presence  again !  The  dreamer  mur- 
mured a  second  time : 

"It  was  God  who  guided  and  rescued  us 
then." 

No  conscious  fatigue  accompanies  the  va- 
garies of  a  dream.  It  was  with  vigor  un- 
abated and  great  strength  of  will  that  the 
next  instant  Mr.  Remington  found  himself 
again  in  the  office  of  the  copper  kings, 
wherein  the  second  contract  must  be  agreed 
to  and  signed.  All  the  anxiety  that  had 
really  possessed  him,  all  the  strenuousness 
of  endeavor  that  had  been  brought  to  bear 
when  he  had  actually  forced  perseverance 
to  bring  success,  were  actuating  him  in  this 
fancied  situation.  Then  the  unseen  Spirit 
again  became  manifest,  helping,  strengthen- 
ing, inspiring.  The  compact  was  sealed. 
The  hard  strain  loosened.  With  a  ponderous 
sigh  the  man  involuntarily  paid  just  tribute 
for  the  third  time  that  night  to  a  friendly 
compelling  force.  The  words  were  strangely 
familiar: 

"It  was  God  who  helped  and  guided  me 
then." 

He  must  have  spoken  aloud,  for  at  the 
sound  of  his  own  voice  he  awoke. 

Every  detail  of  his  dream  was  clearly  be- 
fore him.  It  was  as  simple  and  natural  as 
could  be ;  no  shock,  nothing  to  disturb  or 
haunt  him,  yet — the  man  all  at  once  opened 
wide  his  eyes  and  clinched  his  hands. 

"What  kind  of  a  man  am  I  ?"  he  asked. 
"What  must  the  Almighty  think  of  me? 
Taking  every  particle  of  credit  and  honor  to 
myself  for  the  outcome  and  success  of  the 
year's  endeavors;  giving  never  a  thought  to 
the  Kindly  Light  that  surely  led  me  on. 
Forgetting  there  was  such  a  thing  as  risk 
or  peril  when  dashing  about,  trusting  to 
wheels  and  steam  to  carry  me  hither  and 
yon  on  errands  of  importance  and  absorbing 
desire.  Neglecting  to  recognize  the  help 
and  guidance  that  has  been  vouchsafed 
every  step  of  the  way.  Saying,  in  the 
thoughtless  pride  of  my  heart.  'Yes,  I  have 
done  well  by  myself.'  " 

It  argued  well  for  the  man's  heart  that 
the  dream  troubled  him ;  that  it  was  not 
thrust  out  of  mind,  but  that  he  lay  awake, 
pondering,  confessing  and  resolving.  No 
wonder  he  was  quiet  and  thoughtful  at 
breakfast  in  the  morning. 

When  the  quiet  evening  came  again,  he 
told  his  wife  of  the  dream  he  dreamed.  She 
made  a  brief  confession.  Speaking  with 
great  gentleness,  she  said : 

"When    you    were    talking    last   night,    a 


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November  23,  1905. 

passage  of  scripture  kept  coming  into  my 
mind  I  did  not  like  to  quote,  'Not  by  might, 
nor  by  power,  but  by  my  spirit,  saith  the 
Lord.'  " 

"But  it  didn't  occur  to  me,  wife,  that 
God  had  a  hand  in  all  these  everyday  oc- 
currences that  we  men  have  to  be  en- 
gaged  in." 

Mrs.  Remington  smiled.  "I  don't  know 
why  not,"  she  said.  "Another  verse  says  : 
'In  all  thy  ways  acknowledge  him,  and  he 
shall   direct   thy   paths.' " 

Mr.  Remington  spoke  slowly :  "Well,  I 
profess  to  be  a  Christian  man,  and  as  such 
should  ask  and  expect  the  help  of  a  divine 
spirit."  He  spoke  with  animation  as  he 
added : 

"God  sent  that  dream,  and  he  sent  it  with 
a  purpose.  I  shall  attend  his  house  on 
Thanksgiving  day  in  a  spirit  of  deep  and 
sincere  thankfulness.  And  no  small  cause 
for  thanksgiving  will  be  that  he  has  kindly, 
gently,  but  effectually,  opened  my  eyes  to 
the  fact  that  if  men  praise  us  when  we  do 
well  by  ourselves,  there  yet  is  no  such 
thing  as  doing  really  well  by  ourselves  un- 
aided by  his  kind  and  watchful  Presence." 
Mrs.  Remington  was  silent  and  thought- 
ful for  a  moment.  Then  she  said,  impress- 
ively : 

"Don't  you  think,  my  dear,  we  ought  to 
go  farther  than  that,  and  resolve  that  as 
God  is  the  giver  of  everything  we  have,  a 
certain  portion  shall  henceforth  be  returned 
to  him  through  charity  and  such  ave- 
nues as  are  employed  for  the  upbuilding  of 
his  kingdom  on  the  earth?" 

"Yes,  I  think  perhaps  I  ought,  wife." 
"You    know,    in    scripture    days,"     Mrs. 
Remington    went   on,    "a    tenth   of   the   in- 
crease  was   dedicated   to   the  Lord.     What 
do  you  think  of  following  the  old  rule?" 

For  a  moment  her  husband  did  not  reply. 
Then  he  said :  "I  scarcely  like  the  idea  of 
settling  upon  any  specific  amount  in  dealing 
with  a  subject  where  conscience  should  dic- 
tate terms.  I  shall  give  a  tenth,  at  least, 
of  this  year's  income  back  to  God.  Per- 
haps another  year  I  would  give  more." 
He  paused  a  moment,  then  added : 
"Let  Christian  men  resolve  to  give  their 
Lord  what  their  consciences  approve,  and 
there  would  be  no  more  such  urgent  pleas 
from  missionaries  and  Christian  workers 
as  we  must  often  listen  to  now.  That  dream 
shall  work  into  my  private  accounts  here- 
after. It  meant  more  than  I  recognized 
at  first." 


"Keeping  Up  Appearances.'* 

By  Grace  Boteler  Sanders. 

Since  time  immemorial  it  had  been  the 
custom  of  the  Anderson  tamily  to  meet  at 
the  old  homestead  on  Thanksgiving  day; 
but,  as  the  children  married  one  by  one, 
leaving  the  vicinity,  and  death  finally  called 
the  old  folks  home,  the  head  of  each  new 
house  revived  the  custom  and  visited  with 
the  children's  children,  as  the  feast  of  tur- 
key appeared. 

So  rapidly  had  the  family  increased,  and 
so  elaborate  was  the  menu,  that  each  mem- 
ber, as  .  it  came  his  turn  (to  entertain, 
groaned  involuntarily  at  the  labor  Thanks- 
giving would  bring. 

On  the  day  on  which  our  story  opens, 
Mrs.  Lou  Anderson,  an  energetic  little 
body,  wras  consulting  anxiously  with  her 
husband  on  the  much-mooted  question. 

"Lou,"  she  broached  the  subject  imme- 
diately after  he  had  eaten  the  dainty  supper 
which  she  had  prepared,  "do  you  know  it's 
our  turn  to  give  the  family  dinner?" 

Mr.  Anderson  frowned,  but  for  a  mo- 
ment did  not  reply.  Determination  was 
written  all  over  the  face  of  his  small  wife, 
so  the  moment  she  asked  the  question 
visions  of  a  much-needed  overcoat,  which 
had  been  flitting  throng?:  his  brain  ever 
since  the  beginning  of  cold  weather,  faded 
regretfully  away. 

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task,  my  dear,"  he  remarked,  tenderly.  "The 
impoverished  condition  of  our  bank  account 
also  makes  it  necessary  for  us  to  be  i 
fill.  The  rest  of  the  family  are  wealthy. 
Every  one  tries  to  see  who  can  get  the  finest 
dinner.  We  simply  can't  stand  it  this  year, 
Edith." 
The  little  woman's  black  eyes  snapped. 
"Lou  Anderson,  I've  made  up  my  mind  to 
give  that  dinner,  so  you  might  just  as  well 
keep  still !  It's  hard  enough  to  see  all  the 
rest  of  the  family  have  everything  they 
want,  while  I  do  'ill  my  own  work,  besides 
sewing  for  other  folks.  We've  been  mar- 
ried thirteen  years  and  going  the  rounds  of 
Thanksgiving  and  Christmas  dinners  until 
we're  indebted  to  them  all  a  dozen  times 
over.  I'm  tired  of  hearing  people  say,  'If 
T  couldn't  entertain,  I'd  just  stay  at  home.' 
I  work  hard,  Lou  Anderson,  without  ever 
having  one  50-cent  piece  for  myself,  and 
when  I  set  my  head — boo-hoo — on  a 
Thanksgiving  dinner,  you've  no  right  to 
deny  me." 

Mrs.  Anderson  buried  her  face  in  her 
blue  gingham  apron  and,  rocking  back  and 
forth,  sobbed  like  a  child.  Her  husband 
eyed  her  coolly  as  he  lighted  his  pipe,  and 
by  the  time  the  blue  smoke  rings  were 
curling  upward,  Mrs.  Anderson  had  ceased 
crying  and  was  wiping  her  eyes  slyly. 

"It  wouldn't'  cost  more  than  $25,  and  the 
woman  at  the  grocery  would  trust  us.  I 
know,"  seeing  the  shadow  which  passed 
over  his  face,  "that  you  don't  like  to  do  a 
credit  business,  but  it  won't  hurt  us  for 
once.  We  must  keep  up  appearances,  you 
know.  Say,  Lou,  we  have  our  own  chick- 
ens ;  if  we  kill  six,  we  won't  need  much 
meat.  I  can  make  the  cakes  and  bread.  Of 
course  we  must  have  oranges  and  candy  and 
figs  and  dates  for  the  children,  too.  I  don't 
know ;  perhaps  I  could  squeeze  through  on 
— let's  say  $15. 

Mr.  Anderson  picked  up  his'  paper  with  a 
long  sigh.  "Well,  do  as  you  please  about 
it,"  he  said. 

Having  gained  her  point,  Edith  Ander- 
son hurried  to  the  kitchen  and  her  busy 
brain  kept  time  with  the  rattling  dishes  as 
she  sang. 

"I  must  clean  house  first,"  she  thought  to 
herself.  "Beady  and  Jen  have  servants, 
but  I  don't  want  their  house  to  look  any  bet- 
ter than  mine.  I'll  wash  the  lace  curtains 
tomorrow.  Let's  see,  hew  many  can  I 
count  on  ? 

"There's  Sue  and  John,  with  their  four 
children  :  George  and  Beady,  four  children — 
there'll  be  every  bit  of  thirty-five.  But  I 
can  manage  that,  all  right. 

"Lou,  can  you  help  me  move  the  piano 
tomorrow  ?" 

Mr.  Anderson  sighed  again.  "Say,  Edith, 
it's  four  weeks  till  Thanksgiving."  he 
growled,  throwing  down  his  paper.  "Why. 
in  the  name  of  all  that  is  wonderful,  must 
we  begin  tearing  up  now?" 

"Why,  Lou,  the  house  must  be  cleaned," 
cried  his  wife,  reproachfully.  It  was  ten 
o'clock  when  Mrs.  Anderson  crept  to  bed. 
Long  after  her  husband  was  sleeping  she 
kept  turning  over  every  detail,  from  fur- 
nishings to  menu  for  the  Thanksgiving  din- 
ner. 

"I  don't  care,"  she  whispered  sleepily  to 
herself,  "we  must  keep  up  appearances.  I'll 
get  up  early  tomorrow." 

But  our  plans  do  not  always  materialize. 
The  sun,  which  she  had  hoped  would  shine 
brightly,  sulked  behind  a  somber  cloud. 
The  keen  November  winds  whistled  around 
the  corners  and  whirled  the  hats  of  the 
passers  down  the  street  with  every  gust. 

"I  did  hope  it  would  be  a  pretty  day.  I 
hate  to  have  my  plans  spoiled,  but  I'll  in- 


vite a     many  ;,s  I  can  tOi  1 
he  entered  the  car. 

By  nighl  the  nickels  in  ti 
bad    dwindled    alarmingly,    aiv: 
tired  little  woman  let  herself  il  -ont 

door.    Six-  began  prepar; 

a    ball  hearted    f.v-bion. 

Mi,  you're  tired  already'  hus- 

band, accusingly,  as  he  entered  ning 

room.     But    Edith   Anderson 
I  irmly,  with  a  martyr's  air. 

"Well,    the    first    step    j«     ;  ; 
The  guests  are  all  invited      Wl 
day?" 

"Nothing  good.     A   cut  of   ti 
in  the  factory." 

The    wife    patted    her    hi  broad 

shoulder  soothingly.     "It  won't 
catch    us,"    she    said.      "If    it  to   a 

pinch,   I'll   take   in   sewing  enouj 
the  table." 

"Not  yet."  Mr.  Anderson  smiled  proudly. 
Did  ever  one  small  body  contain  so  much 
bottled  up  energy?     Who  was  g,  so 

bright  as  she?     Well,  Lou  Anderson  knew 
that,  as  a  rule,  he  could  trust  his  with 

her   and    every    penny    would    be    expended 


"We'll   com< 


he 


care  full}-, 
laughed. 

The  fall  days  passed  quickly,  fog  and 
smoke,  snow  and  ice  followed  each  other 
in  rapid  succession.  One  dark  morning  Mrs. 
Anderson  took  the  offending  curtains  from 
the  windows,  giving  them  a  de:  lake. 

"Weather  or  no  weather.  I'll  not  wait 
any  longer,"  she  said.  "Lou  will  be  gone 
all  day.  I'll  dry  them  in  the  house  and  no 
one  will  be  the  wiser." 

Soon  the  small  kitchen  was  filled  with 
steam;  the  curtains  emerged  from  their 
soapy  bath  snow-white,  and  were  carefully- 
rinsed  and  carried  to  the  dining  room, 
where,  before  the  open  grate,  they  were 
fastened  to  the  stretchers. 

"I  must  have  the  windows  open."  she 
added. 

From  the  hot,  steaming  kitchen  to 
where  the  November  winds  were  chasing 
each  other  through  the  rooms.  Edith  An- 
derson hurried,  perspiring,  chilling,  sneez- 
ing. 

At  four,  she  breathed  a  sigh  of  satisfac- 
tion. Seven  pairs  were  finished.  "That's 
better  than  leaving  them  dirty.  Lou  would 
take  a  fit  if  he  knew  I  had  the  windows 
open,  but  it  had  to  be  done." 

When  morning  came,  with  aching  limbs 
and  husky  voice  the  culprit  crept  to  the 
kitchen. 

"I  must — ahem; — get  breakfast,  some- 
how," she  groaned,  holding  her  aching  head 
with  both  hands.  "The  plum  pudding  must 
be  made  today.    I  will  go  on." 

And  so  it  was,  until  the  day  before 
Thanksgiving  the  family  laundress  ap- 
peared with  her  basket  of  neatly  ironed 
clothes.  She  hesitated  m  the  pleasant 
kitchen,  watching  the  lady  as  she  boiled, 
brewed  and  baked. 

"I    haven't    anything    for   ;  is    year, 

Lizzie,"   looking  up   from  the   d     ssing    she 
was  mixing.     "Times  are  so  hard  that  we 


An  Oaly  Daughter 
Cured  of  Consumption. 

Whm  death  was  h^nrly  expected,  all  remedies 
having  fai.cd,  and  Dr.  11.  juries  was  experimenting 
w;i.h  lie  the  many  herl>a  of  Calcutta,  he  accidently 
ina>!e  a  preparation  which  cured  his  only  child  of 
I'liisumjit  on.  li  is  child  is  now  in  this  country ,  and 
erj'>yin£the  best  of  health.  He  has  provedtothe 
^":iil  i!iat  Consumption  can  be  positively  and  per- 
manently cnrnL  The  Doctor  now  gives  this  recipe 
f  •■■  v,  only  asking  two  2-cen  tstamps  to  pay  expenses. 
1  his  h-  rb  also  cures  Nieht  Sweats,  Nausea  at.  the 
^•tmnach.  and  will  break  up  a  fresh  cold  in  rwenty- 
foiir  hours.  Address  CKADDOCK  <fc  CO.,  103S 
Itaee  Su,  Philadelphia,  naming  this  paper. 


1538 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


November  23,  1905. 


have  only  chicken  ourselves  this  year." 

The  woman  smiled  wistfully.  "Such  a 
load  of  stuff."  she  said  to  herself  as  she 
hurried  along  in  the  gathering  gloom.  "And 
she  didn't  even  pay.  I  think  I'd  settle 
with  my  laundress  before  I  had  a  house- 
ful of  stylish   company." 

Edith  Anderson  felt  some  pricks  of  con- 
science, it  is  true,  but  she  excused  herself 
by  muttering  crossly : 

"That's  the  way  with  seme  folks ;  if  you 
give  'em  an  inch,  they  want  a  yard.  As  for 
the  money,  it's  the  first  time  she  ever  had 
to  wait." 

Thanksgiving  day  was  cloudy  and  cold. 
At  ten  the  guests  began  to  arrive,  and  while 
Mrs.  Anderson  and  her  husband  stewed 
over  the  stove,  their  guests  dawdled  over 
drawn  work,  discussing  a  choice  bit  of 
scandal,  or  the  proper  way  of  hair  dressing. 

But  all  things  must  come  to  an  end.  As 
the  triumph  of  cookery  was  placed  on  the 
table,  Edith  Anderson  saw  her  childhood's 
home.  Then  she  had  accompanied  her 
gray-haired  father  to  the  village  church, 
where  every  member  gave  thanks  for  the 
blessings  they  had  received. 

"I  declare,"  she  voiced  her  thoughts 
aloud,  "it's  a  mockery  the  way  people  give 
thanks  nowadays.    I'll  never  do  it  again," 

Mr.  Anderson  thought  of  the  expenses 
which  the  day  brought.  "Well,  it  will  be 
done  with,  anyhow,"  he  said. 

Edith  Anderson  never  knew  how  it  oc- 
curred, but  during  the  conversation  of  the 
afternoon,  a  storm  arose  and  soon  it  was 
upon  them.  The  enraged  guests  hurried 
from  the  house,  vowing  never  to  return,  and 
amid  the  ruins  of  the  dearly  bought  feast 
lay  Edith  Anderson,  like  a  crushed  lily. 

Many  days  of  sickness  followed.  Novem- 
ber days  dragged  on  toward  the  Christmas- 
tide,  and  still  the  relatives  for  whom  she 
had  almost  given  her  life,  remained  away. 

The  husband  said  little  of  the  bills  un- 
paid and  clothing  needed.  He  knew  the 
bitter  lesson  had  been  well  learned  and 
pitied  the  lonely  little  woman  who  called 
him  to  her  on  Christmas  eve. 

She  had  wrapped  the  little  gifts  which  she 
prepared  before  the  quarrel  and  bade  him 
distribute  them  to  their  owners. 

"I  can't  hold  malice  on  Christmas  day, 
Lou,"  she  pleaded.  "Ask  the  girls  to  for- 
give." 

The  shame-faced  relatives  crept  back  and 
the  quarrel  was  forgotten 

A  twelvemonth  rolled  around,  finding 
Edith  Anderson  and  her  husband  in  the 
church  on  Thanksgiving  day.  The  months 
of  sickness  and  debt  were  passed  at  last, 
but  with  the  bitter  memories  lingers  the 
never-to-be-forgotten  lesson :  There  is  a 
wrong  way  and  a  right  way  to  celebrate 
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With  the  Children 

By  J.  Brecbenrldge  Ellis. 


A  Week   with   the  Woodneys. 

SIXTH     DAY     DRAWINC     TO     A     CLOSE. 

"Do    hurry    up !"    called    Mrs.    Geraldine 
•"Woodney,  as  her  husband  appeared  at  the 
gate,  his  hand  upon  Arthur's  arm;  "we  are 
building  air  castles." 

"Of  course  you  are,  my  dear,"  rejoined 
Mr.  Woodney.  "I  was  telling  Arthur  how 
you  would  be  engaged."  Mace  and  her 
brother  sat  in  the  window  sill  of  the  wall 
that  had  been  left  standing,  while  Mrs.  Ger- 
aldine and  her  mother-in  law  were  seated 
1  upon  stones  facing  them,  with  a  semicircle 
of  charred-  debris  and  broken  bricks  heaped 
at  their  backs.  Arthur  led  Mr.  Woodney 
to  a  seat  near  Mrs.  Geraldine,  then  perched 
upon  a  broken  beam,  which  ran  out  at 
right  angles  to  the  wall.  Mace  had  on 
Luther's  hat  and  looked  like  a  different  girl. 
Arthur  was  almost  startled  when  he  re- 
garded her.  He  wondered  how  many  Maces 
there  were.  Mace  with  the  kitchen  apron 
on,  and  sleeves  rolled  to  the  elbows,  had 
seemed  to  him  too  useful  a  person  to  be 
very  attractive.  Mace,  in  the  new  white 
dress,  had  seemed  distant,  unfriendly  and 
strangely  pretty.  Mace,  with  her  brother's 
hat  on,  was  still  a  mystery.  He  awaited  de- 
velopments. In  the  meantime  he  was  noting 
the  sparkle  in  her  eye,  the  roguish  smile 
at  the  corner  of  her  mouth  and  the  some- 
what boyish  way  in  which  she  swung  her 
feet. 

"We  are  high  up  in  the  air,"  said   Mrs. 
Geraldine,  "and  you  will  have  to  climb  up, 
Benjamin.     The  air  castle  is  half  finished." 
"Let  down  the  balloon,"  said  Mr.  Wood- 
ney. 

"I  will ;  it's  this :  my  novel  has  been  pub- 
lished and  has  sold  like  wildfire.  I  get  10 
per  cent  royalty,  and  as  there  are  100,000 
sold  at  a  dollar  and  a  half  a  copy,  I  have 
received  exactly — how  much  is  it,  Luther?" 
"Fifteen  thousand  dollars,"  said  Luther, 
"and  I  don't  think  it's  too  high  an  estimate. 
Lots  of  novels  reach  a  hundred  thousand 
copies ;  and  all  the  writers  get  10  per  cent ; 
and  that's  bound  to  be  $15,000!" 

"Simple  arithmetic,"  said  Mace,  swinging 
her  feet  and  feeling  in  Luther's  pockets  to 
"see  what  he  had." 

"I've  divided  it  all  out,"  said  Mrs.  Geral- 
dine, "but  now  that  yQU  and  Arthur  have 
come,  there  are  six  to  hold  equal  shares. 
How  much  will  be  that  be  apiece?" 

"Twenty-five  hundred  dollars,"  said 
Luther. 

"It  was  $3,750  before  father  and  Arthur 
came,"  said  Mace,  "and  I  don't  want  to  give 
any  of  mine  up  just  because  they  have  come. 
I've  already  spent  $3,000." 

"Don't  be  selfish,  Mace,"  said  her  mother, 
reprovingly.     "We  will  begin  all  over." 

"If  we  have  only  twenty-five  hundred 
apiece,"  said  old  Mrs.  Woodney,  "I  think 
we'd  better  not  spend  a  cent,  but  put  it  out 
to  interest." 

"Oh,  mother,"  expostu^ted  Mrs.   Geral- 
dine, "you  would  even  be  practical  with  air 
'castle  money!     Remember,  all  our  property 
is  not  invested  in  air  castles." 

"Most  of  it  is,"  said  the  other.  "And  I 
believe  this  thing  of  spending  air  castle 
money,  which  has  gone  on  in  the  family 
■ever  since  I  can  remember,  has  led  to  spend- 
ing what  might  have  been  saved." 

"If  I  had  $2,500  to  do  what  I  wanted 
with,"  said  Mr.  Woodney,  "I  would  buy 
some  business — say  the  store  here,  or  a 
share  in  a  bank." 

"Why,  Benjamin!"  exclaimed  his  wife, 
"I  wouldn't  think  you'd  want  another  store 
after  almost  giving  away  the  one  you  had." 
"I  don't  want  it  for  myself;  I'd  put  Mr. 
Hoogan  in  it.  Then  he'd  give  up  the  saloon, 
and   be   in   a   reputable  business,   and   this 


county  would  be  blessed  by  the  removal  of 
thai  Mot  on  the  village." 

"That's  just  like  father,  to  always  think 
of  the  best  thing  to  do,"  cried  Mace;  "but 
iliis  time  I  mean  to  beat  him,  so  I'll  just 
build  up  this  church  again,  with  my  money. 
There — it's  all  gone!  Isn't  the  church  beau- 
tiful? Listen  to  the  bell,  it  is  calling  us 
to  afternoon  meeting!" 

"No,  we  don't  want  to  stay  here,"  inter- 
posed Mrs.  Geraldine.  "This  village  is  not 
large  enough  for  us.  We  go  to  the  city  and 
take  rooms  in  a  fine  hotel.  We  pass  the 
winter  season  there,  and  see  life  in  all  its 
varied  aspects.  Then  I  write  another 
book,  all  about  it.  I  put  the  whole  city 
in  my  book.  It  will  be  a  very  large 
book.  We  will  go  to  Europe,  too,  and 
see  where  Dickens  lived,  and  where  Mary, 
Queen  of  Scots,  was  imprisoned,  and 
where  Alfred  the  Great  watched  the  spider 
weave  its  web." 

"So  your  money  is  gone,"  said  her  hus- 
band, with  a  sigh  of  regret.  "But  a  trip  like 
that  was  well  worth  it !  Well,  Luther,  have 
you  turned  miser?" 

"Oh,  no,"  said  Luther,  with  a  start. 
"I  was  just  thinking  that  it  I  had  so  much 
money,  I  would  be  in  a  situation — "  he 
paused,  and  looked  all  about,  and  blushed. 


Bright  Ideas  for 
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True 
Economy 

The  difference  in 
cost  between  an  alum 
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the  highest-class 
cream  of  tartar  bak- 
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your  money  for  a  wife !" 

'"I  wouldn't  be  buying  a  wife,  and  she 
wouldn't  be  marrying  me  for  my  money," 
said  Luther,  argumentatively,  "but  I'd  be 
in  a  situation  to  marry." 

''My  son.-'  said  Mrs.  Geraldine,  "do  you 
wish  to  marry?'' 

"How  can  I  marry,  mother,  when  I  have 
nothing,  and  work  as  a  farmhand?" 

"But  would  you  like  to  marry?"  per- 
sisted his  mother. 

"I  want  to  be  in  the  situation,"  returned. 
Luther ;  "in  the  situation  to  marry." 

"My  boy."  said  Mr.  Woodney,  gravely, 
"is  there  some  lady  who  has  led  you  to  think 
you  could  be  happier  walking  by  her  side, 
as  I  have  walked  so  long  beside  your  dear 
mother?'' 

"There  isn't  any  lady,"  persisted  Luther; 
"I  don't  care  for  anybody  that  way,  and 
never  did.  but  I'd  like  to  be  in  the  situation 
to  marry  if  I  had  a  mind  to.  I  haven't  a 
mind  to.  but  if  I  had,  I'd  like  to  go  and  do 
it.  My  money  will  put  me  in  that  situation, 
and  that's  what  I  want  it  for;  so  I  can 
marry  if  I   want  to." 

said  Mrs.  Geraldine,  with  great 
relief,  "you  don't  want  to,  my  son,  and  I'm 
glad  to  know  it !" 

"I  don.''  know  whether  I'd  want  to  or  not, 
if  I  he  situation  to  do  it,"  returned 

Luther,  'and  that's  why  I  want  to  be  in  the 
situation." 

"Arthur,"  said  Mr.  Woodney,  giving  his 


son  up  in   his   present  state  of  inflexibility, 
"how  will  you  spend  your  property?" 

"I  would  take  Anna  Zuccarini  from  that 
New  York  milliner's  store."  said  Arthur, 
clasping  his  hands,  and  gazing  into  the  fu- 
ture, "and  give  her  a  little  home  where 
she  would  never  have  to  work,  but  could 
sing  every  day.  And  I'd  bring  her  father 
and  mother  back  from  Italy  to  live  with 
her.  And  I  would  like  to  be  there  when 
they  meet.     It  would  be  like  heaven !" 

"Would  you  want  to  stay  with  them," 
asked  Mace,  "and  leave  us?" 

"We  could  all  live  in  the  same  town,"  said 
Arthur. 

"How  old  is  Anna  Zuccarini?"  inquired 
Mace,  with  a  sidelong  glance  at  her  brother. 
"Maybe  Luther  could  marry  her." 

"It  isn't  any  particular  person,"  said 
Luther.  "I  just  want  to  be  in  the  situation." 

"Children,"  said  old  Mrs.  Woodney,  ris- 
ing, "we've  stayed  in  the  air  castle  so  long 
that  I'm  catching  cold.  Tomorrow's  Sep- 
tember, and  that  means  early  dew.  Now 
the  book's  sold  and  the  money's  all  spent 
for  other  people;  we  are  just  where  we 
were  before,  except  that  I've  saved  my 
share." 

"Oh,  grandmother,  what  will  you  do  with 
it?"  cried  Mace,  as  they  walked  from  the 
ruins. 

"I  don't  know,  but  it  shall  be  employed 
some  way  to  build  up  the  Woodney  family," 
said  the  old  lady.  "People  will  find  out  if 
the  Dobneys  with  all  their  money  are  worth 
as- much  as  the  poorest  Woodney!" 

"Who  knows,"  murmured  Mrs.  Geraldine, 
"but  my  book  will  sell  just  as  I  have  said, 
and  we  will  spend  our  money  just  as  we 
have  planned !" 

"But  if  you  do,"  said  her  mother-in-law, 
"we  will  be  just  as  poor  as  ever,  for  not  a 
cent  was  spent  to  help  us" 

"We'll  be  mighty  happy,"  answered  Ben- 
jamin, "just  as  we've  always  been."  Mrs. 
Woodney  gave  his  arm  a  squeeze.  Luther 
held  out  his  hand  to  Mace,  but  she  drew 
away.  "I'm  afraid  of  young  men  who  are 
so  anxious  to  be  in  a  situation,"  she  said, 
mockingly.  They  crossed  the  street  and 
walked  slowly  homeward.  "We'll  go  around 
to  the  barn  first,"  said  Luther,  "and  see  if 
Bonaparte  is  doing  all  right !  Then  I'll 
have  to  start  out  for  the  Mancey  farm, 
as  it's  a  six-mile  walk." 

They  went  to  the  barn,  and  Arthur,  who 
reached  the  door  first,  exciaimed,  "There  is 
no  horse  here !"  Sure  enough,  the  bed  of 
haj7  was  deserted.  The  frayed  ends  of  some 
ropes  swung  from  the  beams. 


"That  _  beast  was  stronger  than  I 
thought !"  cried  Luther,  in  great  admira- 
tion. "But  perhaps  he  chewed  the  ropes 
in  two." 

"I  wonder  where  he  could  have  gone?" 
said  his  mother,  looking  helplessly  at  the 
vacant  bed. 

Luther  shook  his  head.  "I  don't  know," 
he  said,  cheerfully,  "but  we  do  know  that 
wherever  it  is,  it  isn't  far." 

".We'll  scatten  in  all  directions,"  Mace 
suggested,  "and  beat  up  the  game." 

"Now,  my  advice,"  said  old  Mrs.  Wood- 
ney, firmly,  "is,  to  keep  perfectly  quiet  and 
if  that  horse  can  drag  itself  away,  let  no 
one  hinder.     Let  it  escape  " 

"Let  it  escape!"  cried  Luther.  "No,  in- 
deed, that  is  a  present  to  father  and  Mace." 

"Such  is  my  advice,"  said  the  old  lady, 
walking  stiffly  toward  the  house,  followed 
by  Mr.  Woodney,  "and  I  tell  you  plainly 
that  if  that  horse  was  before  my  very  eyes, 
I  wouldn't  tell  a  soul." 

"Mother,"  said  Mr.  Woodney,  in  a  low 
tone.  "I  am  afraid  you'll  make  Luther  feel 
bad." 

"I  was  speaking  for  the  good  of  the  fam- 
ily," said  his  mother,  firmly,  "and  I  shall 
always  do  so.  Well !  Thty  have  left  open 
the  parlor  door!  It  should  have  been 
locked,  and  we've  been  gone  at  least  an  hour 
and  a  half.  Who  knows  but  the  Tumbletons 
have  rifled  the  house?"  She  hastened  her 
steps,  while  her  son  followed  cautiously. 
In  the  meantime  Luther,  Mace  and  Mrs. 
Geraldine  were  searching  the  alleys  for 
Bonaparte.  They  were  suddenly  recalled  to 
the  cottage  by  a  wild  shriek  from  the  front 
yard.  They  hastened  back  to  find  old  Mrs. 
Woodney  in  the  yard,  wildly  waving  her 
apron. 

"Mother,  what  is  it?"  shouted  Mrs.  Ger- 
aldine, as  she  began  to  run. 

"The  thing  is  in  the  house !"  cried  old 
Mrs.  Woodney.  "It  is  in  the  kitchen,  work- 
ing at  that  pump !" 

"What  thing?"  demanded  Luther. 

"Your  horse!"  shouted  his  grandmother. 

"It  must  not  be  in  the  house !"  cried  Mrs. 
Geraldine,  increasing  her  speed.  "It  must 
be  taken  out,  immediately." 

Luther  began  to  laugh  as  he  rushed  up. 
"Grandmother,"  he  panted,  "I  thought  you 
said  you  wouldn't  tell  us  where  he  was  if 
he  was  before  your  very  face." 

"He'll  break  everything  in  the  room," 
exclaimed  Mrs.  Geraldine,  reaching  the 
front  door,  and  looking  in.  "Mace,  run  for 
Mr.  Acre !" 

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tariff.     Of  course  it  would   be   far  beneath 
our  national  dignity  to  be  coerced  into  mak- 
ing  tariff  concessions,  but   perhaps  we  are 
not   altogether   above   being   influenced  by 
existing  facts.    The    recently   adopted  Ger- 
man tariff  is  constructed  on  the  maximum 
and    minimum    principle.    That   is,  it   pro- 
vides a  complete  double  scale  of  tariff  rates, 
the  lower  rate  in  each  case  to  be  allowed  on 
imports  coming  from  countries  which  offer 
corresponding    concessions    or   with    which 
Germany  has  a  special  commercial  treaty, 
the  higher  rate  to  be   enforced  against  all 
others.     The  x\merican  theory  of  the  tariff 
has  always  been  that,  whether  high  or  low, 
the  same  rate  must  always  be  collected  up- 
on the  same  class  of  goods  regardless  of  the 
country  from  which  they  are  imported.     Un- 
less a  tariff  treaty  with  Germany  is  entered 
into  or  some    special    concession   granted, 
American   goods   sent   to  Germany  will   be 
compelled  to  pay  the  higher  rate  of  duty. 
The  German  tariff  was  skillfully  constructed 
to  set  before  us  this  alternative.    Shall  we 
follow  Germany  in  the  adoption  of  a  maxi- 
mum   and    minimum    tariff?     The   scheme 
has  its  advantages.     It   provides  the  basis 
for  an  easy  and  automatic  system  of  reciproc- 
ity and  thus  tends  toward   a  general  lower- 
ing of  rates.     But  the  advocates  of  the  sky- 
high  tariff  have  a  way  of  turning  to  account 
even  such  a  proposition  as  this.     They  are 
prepared  to  insist  that,  if  the  maximum  and 
minimum  plan  is  adopted,  the  present  rate 
shall  be  the  minimum.     Can   it  be    possible 
that  the  long  anticipated  and  long  delayed 
tariff  revision  will  issue  in  another  revision 
upward? 

Governor  Cummins,  of  Iowa,  originator  of 
the  "Iowa  Idea"  and  exponent  of  tariff  re- 
form, especially  the  re- 
A  Republican  duction  or   removal   of 

Opinion.  the  protective  tariff  on 

articles  produced  by  trusts  and  monopolies, 
s  being  taken  to  task  for  the  following  state- 
ment: "The  total  life  insurance  grafts  for 
all  time  have  not  been  one-fifth  of  the  an- 
nual amount  of  which  the  people  have  been 
despoiled  by  excessive  tariff  rates."  The 
special  indignation  of  the  critics  seems  to 
rise  from  the  fact  that  such  an  opinion 
should  issue  from  one  who  claims  to  be  a 
Republican  and  has  borne  office  as  the  can- 
didate of  that  party.  Governor  Cummins 
professes  to  be  both  a  Republican    and   a 


protectionist.     Why  not?     Hoes  it  seem  in- 
herently  absurd   that   a   Republican  should 
think  that  his  party  has  gone  too  far  in  any 
policy,  or  that  a  protectionist  should  think  a 
given     schedule     unjustly     high?     A    tariff 
schedule  is  always  the  result  of  compromise 
and  adjustment.     We    know  the    processes 
by  which  schedules   are   shaped   and  how 
(not    to    mention     lobbyists)     Congress    is 
full  of  members   looking   after   the  special 
interests   of   some    particular  group  of  con- 
stituents and   demanding    for   their   protec- 
tion a  high  rate  on  some  class  of  imports  in 
exchange   for   their  support  of   some  other 
congressman's   demand   for  a  high  rate  for 
the  protection  of  the  interests  of  some  par- 
ticular    group    of     his    constituents.      The 
tendency  in   such  a  case  is  always  toward  a 
rate  too  high   for  the  common  good.     Is  it 
treason  to  the  party  or  to  the  principle  of 
protection   for   one   to  say  so?     We  should 
hope  not.     Governor  Cummins'  comparison 
is  a  very  vivid  one  just  at  present.    Whether 
the  figures  would  bear  out  his  statement  of 
proportion  between  life  insurance  graft  and 
tariff  spoliation,  it  is  not  easy  to  say,  espe- 
cially  since   it   is   impossible  to  determine 
with  mathematical   accuracy  just  how  much 
of  the  tariff  does  in  any  true  sense  represent 
spoliation.    But  we  hope  the  time  has  not 
yet  come  when  a  man  can  be  read  out  of  his 
party    for    venturing  to   doubt   the   plenary 
inspiration    and   infallibility  of   the  Dingley 
Tariff  Law. 


An  item    in   the    daily   papers  of  two  or 

three  weeks  ago,  deserves  a  comment  even 

at  this  late  date.    It  was 

Til?,^.eaRneSS        to  the  effect  that  a  flaw 
oT  Wills 

had  been  discovered  in 

the  will  left  by  the  late  Edward  M.  Paxon, 
Chief  Justice  of  the  Pennsylvania  Supreme 
Court,  by  which  his  bequest  of  $3,000,000  to 
found  an  agricultural  school  was  rendered 
invalid.  The  obvious  thought  which  oc- 
curs to  laymen  in  the  law  is  that  if  even  a 
chief  justice  can  not  draw  a  will  which  will 
hold  water  and  will  secure  the  disposition  of 
his  estate  as  the  testator  desires  and  expects, 
the  rest  of  us  have  a  much  smaller  chance 
of  being  able  to  do  so.  The  dispatch  stated 
that  the  heirs  would  probably  carry  out  the 
wish  of  the  judge,  in  spite  of  the  flaw  in  the 
will.  That  is  slightly  reassuring  and  speaks 
well  for  the  heirs.  And  yet,  those  of  us  who 
wish  to  leave  our  millions,  or  our  thousands 
or  hundreds,  for  the  endowment  of  edu- 
cational or  missionary  or  benevolent  enter- 
prises would  prefer  not  to  leave  it  to  the 
discretion  and  generosity  of  our  heirs  to 
carry  out  these  purposes  or  not  as  they  see 
fit.  This  is  not  meant  as  cheap  raillery 
against  the  law  and  its  intricacies  and 
technicalities,  most  of  which  are  far 
moie  useful  than  the  majority  of  us  are 
ready   to   admit.     But   it  serves  to  illustrate 


the  wisdom  of  making  one  8  benefactions 
before  the-  day  of  one's  death.  The  best  of 
all  ways  to  give  money  for  any  good  cause 
is  to  give  it  outright  and  at  once,  so  that  it 
may  at  once  begin  its  beneficent  work.  Trie 
next  best  way  is  an  annuity  gift,  which  has 
all  the  advantages  of  a  bequest  from  the 
standpoint  of  the  donor  in  leaving  him  in 
possession  of  the  income,  and  has  the  addi- 
tional very  great  advantage  that  it  cannot  be 
broken  or  revoked  after  the  death  of  the 
donor.  The  third  best  way  (best  of  all  for 
the  lawyers  but  third  best  for  the  giver  and 
the  receiver)  is  by  bequest. 

0 

Again  and  again  are  right-minded  young 

people  and  nearly  all  middle  aged  and  old 

people    disgusted   with 

Hazing.  the   reports  of  co||ege 

hazing.  Now  it  is  an  initiation,  wherein 
a  group  of  boys  inflict  indignities  and  even 
dangers  upon  one  whom  they  have  chosen 
as  worthy  of  intimate  friendship  and  whom 
they  really  like.  They  wish  to  prove  his 
courage,  they  say,  and  while  doing  so  they 
usually  prove  their  own  cowardice.  The 
spectacle  of  a  dozen  fellows  abusing  (even 
playfully)  one  with  his  hands  tied  and  his 
eyes  blindfolded  is  not  an  exhibition  of  the 
mettle  of  the  twelve  however  it  may  be  of 
the  one.  Or  again  it  is  the  hazing  of  Fresh- 
men to  punish  them  for  the  crime  of  being 
Freshmen.  Sometimes  it  gets  serious.  Two 
or  three  cases  are  just  now  in  the  public  mind. 
Usually  it  is  only  silly.  But  do  we  think  it  is 
a  modern  folly?  It  is  not  so.  About  the 
year  355  of  our  era,  when  Athens  was  still 
the  world's  intellectual  center,  there  was  in 
what  we  may  call  the  University  of  Athens 
a  student  named  Gregory  Nazianzen,  who 
afterward  became  bishop  of  Constantinople. 
Among  his  fellow  students  were  young 
Prince  Julian  who  became  the  apostate 
emperor  of  Rome,  and  one  Basil  who  also 
became  a  bishop  and  a  saint.  Gregory  has 
left  some  account  of  the  college  life  of  his 
time,  including  the  practice  of  hazing.  He 
says: 

"Whenever  any  newcomer  arrives  and  falls 
into  the  hands  of  those  who  seize  him,  either 
by  force  or  willingly,  they  observe  this 
Attic  law  of  combined  jest  and  earnest.  He 
is  first  conducted  to  the  house  of  one  of 
those  who  were  the  first  to  receive  him,  or 
of  his  friends,  or  kinsmen,  or  countrymen. 
He  is  next  subjected  to  the  raillery  of  any 
one  who  will,  with  the  intention,  I  suppose, 
of  checking  the  conceit  of  the  newcomers 
and  reducing  them  to  subjection  at  once. 
The  raillery  is  of  a  more  insolent  or  argu- 
mentative kind,  according  to  the  boorish- 
ness  or  refinement  of  the  railer,  and  the  per- 
formance, which  seems  very  fearful  and 
brutal  to  those  who  do  not  know  it,  is  to 
those  who  have  experienced  it  very  pleasant 
and  humane,  for  its  threats  are  feigned 
rather  than  real.  Next  he  is  conducted  in 
procession  through  the  market-place  to  the 
bath.  When  they  have  approached  it,  they 
shout  and  leap  wildly,  as  if  possessed,  and 


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November  .;,o.  1905 


at  the  same  time  frighten  the  youth  by  furi- 
ously knocking  at  the  doors.  Then  allowing 
him  to  tnter,  they  now  present  him  with  his 
freedom  and  receive  him  after  the  bath  as 
an  equal,  one  of  themselves.  This  they  con- 
sider the  most  pleasant  part  of  the  cere- 
mony, as  being  a  speedy  exchange  and  re- 
lief from  annoyances." 

And  Gregory  tells  us  that  when  Hisil 
came  to  enter  as  a  student,  he  persuaded 
the  others  to  let  him  off  from  hazing  and  "to 
accord  him  greater  honor  than  belongs  to  a 
Freshman's  position."  But  of  course  the 
Freshmen  of  to  day  and  to-morrow  think  it 
is  all  new  and  immensely  clever. 

The  press  reports  that  the  president  of  the 

Academy  of  Fine   Arts,  at   Paris,  speaking 

recently   to  a  group    of 
Marriage  and  Art.    prom;sinJJ  youngftrti§ta 

who  had  won  the  Prix  de  Roma,  advised 
them  never  to  marry.  His  argument  was: 
"If  you  marry  richly,  you  will  be  caught  in 
the  social  whirl  fatal  to  real  and  honest  toil 
toward  perfection.  If  poorly,  you  must 
paint  for  money,  not  for  perfection,  and 
your  soul  will  wither  under  the  blight  of 
financial  strain."  In  such  a  case  one  well 
might  pray  that  he  be  given  neither  poverty 
nor  riches.  One  has  not  quite  exhausted  the 
possibilities  when  one  has  mentioned  marry- 
ing rich  and  marrying  poor.  Besides,  the 
assumption  that  an  artist's  (or  anybody's) 
financial  and  social  status  is  to  be  deter- 
mined solely  by  his  marriage,  is  naive  and 
unfounded.  But  supposing  that  the  argu- 
ment is  sound  and  the  advice  wise,  why 
should  it  apply  only  to  artists?  Why  should 
the  artisis  arrogate  to  themselves  the  dis- 
tinction of  being  the  only  men  for  whom 
both  poverty  and  riches  lay  snares?  Is  not 
the  grindii  g  poveny  cr  the  sordid  spirit 
which  leads  a  man  to  think  only  of  his 
wages  or  his  profits  as  fatal  to  perfection  in 
any  other  sphere  as  in  art?  Can  one  teach, 
or  preach,  or  practice  law,  or  heal  the  sick, 
or  sell  life  insurance,  or  raise  corn,  or  play 
the  man  in  any  useful  fashion  if  he  thinks 
only  and  always  of  money?  If  the  fact  is 
more  obvious  in  the  case  of  artists,  we 
should  be  thankful  to  them  for  reminding  us 
that  both  the  pursuit  and  the  care  of  money 
are  dangerous  to  those  who  are  seeking  the 
best  things.  One  of  the  greatest  services 
which  art  renders  to  life  is  that  it  helps  to 
keep  alive  the  spirit  of  joyous  work,  the 
quest  of  perfection  without  over-much  care 
about  the  cash  payment.  Only  it  will  not  do 
to  give  the  artists  a  monopoly  on  this  spirit, 
any  more  than  it  will  do  to  turn  over  religion 
to  the  priests  and  preachers.  As  to  the 
argument  from  these  data  to  the  folly  of 
marriage— that  is  another  matter. 

The  board  of  consulting  engineers  for  the 
Panama  canal  has  reported  in  favor  of  a 
sea  level  canal  as  op- 
posed to  one  with  locks. 
This,  however,  does  not 
mean  that  the  canal  will  be  built  that  way.' 
The  board  of  consulting  engineers  is  a  body 
of  thirteen  eminent  engineers,  eight  Ameri- 
can and  five  foreign,  whose  duty  it  is  to 
advise  the  Isthmian  canal  commission  on 
technical  points.  The  commission  is  not 
bound  to  accept  their  advice.  This  particu- 
ar  question,  for   example,  can    scarcely  be 


A  Sea-Level 
Canal. 


settled  on  the  basis  of  the  purely  profession- 
al advice  of  civil  engineers.  It  has  already 
been  decided  that  both  plans  are  feasible. 
It  is  not  impossible  to  construct  a  canal  with 
locks,  and  it  is  not  impossible  to  construct 
one  at  sea-level  throughout.  The  questions 
of  relative  difficulty,  safety,  expense,  etc., 
can  be  determined  by  the  engineers.  They 
may  even  advise  as  to  whether,  in  their 
judgment,  the  more  expensive  construction 
will  be  worth  the  difference  in  cost.  But  it 
is  not  for  them  to  decide  whether  the  addi- 
tional expense  is  to  be  assumed.  An  archi- 
tect may  be  quite  sure  that  a  brick  house  is 
more  desirable  than  a  frame  house,  even  at 
the  necessarily  greater  cost,  but  it  is  for  the 
client  to  decide  which  he  will  have.  In  this 
case,  the  client,  namely  the  government, 
may  be  inclined  to  hesitate  before  agreeing 
to  furnish  the  additional  sixty,  or  eighty  mil- 
lions which*  a  sea- level  canal  will  cost.  The 
chief  engineer,  Mr.  Stevens,  is  reported  as 
being  decidedly  opposed  to  the  sea-level 
plan,  on  account  of  the  cost  ar.d  of  the  time 
that  would  be  required  f«r  its  construction. 
One  item  in  the  work  is  the  excavation  of  a 
ledge  of  granite  twelve  miles  long  and  forty 
feet  deep.  This  alone,  he  estimates,  would 
take  sixteen  years.  It  is  noteworthy  that 
five  of  the  eight  Americans  among  the  con- 
sulting engineers  opposed  the  sea-level  plan. 
The  majority  in  favor  of  it  was  composed 
of  the  five  foreign  members  and  three 
Americans  who  had  already  committed 
themselves  on  the  subject. 


With  the  growth  of  advertising,  there  has 

come  a  great  increase  in  the  value  of  trade- 

_      .        <     .  marks  and  in  the  neces- 

Trade-MarKs.  ...    t  „,        r  ,, 

sity  forgiving  them  fu  1 

legal  protection  as  property.  If  a  firm 
S(  ends  half  a  million  dollars  a  year  in  adver- 
tising some  one  article,  as  many  firms  do,  a 
large  part  of  that  expenditure  represents 
the  c  >st  of  hammering  into  the  public  mind 
one  wor-d-of  formula  or  symbol  which  stands 
for  the  advertised  article.  The  money 
which  might  have  been  spent  in  building  an 
enornK  us  factory  is  spent  in  creating  a 
nation-wide  or  world-wide  acquaintance  with 
a  trade-mark.  It  is  as  much  an  investment 
in  one  case  as  in  the  other,  and  the  result  of 
the  investment  has  as  good  a  right  to  legal 
protection  in  one  case  as  in  the  other.  At 
the  last  session  of  Congress  there  was  legis- 
lation on  this  subject,  but  not  enough  to  sat- 
isfy the  wishes  of  the  owners  of  trade-marks 
and  perhaps  not  enough  to  meet  the  re- 
quirements of  complete  justice.  The  matter 
will  (ome  up  again  before  the  coming  Con- 
gress. It  is  especially  desired  that  it  be 
made  pcssible  to  take  criminal  action 
against  any  one  who  fraudulently  and  inten- 
tionally make3  use  of  another's  trade-mark. 
At  present  a  party  so  injured  may  secure  an 
injunction  to  compel  the  offender  to  stop, 
and  may  collect  damages  by  civil  process, 
but  o  ie  who  is  so  inclined  can  safely  steal 
his  neighbor's  trademark,  get  what  tempo- 
rary advantage  he  can  out  of  it,  and,  when 
an  i'  junction  is  issued,  drop  it  to  take  up  an- 
other or  to  change  his  field  of  labor.  People 
of  this  class  are  often  not  financially  respon- 
sib'e  and  damage  suits  again?t  them  are 
small  satisfaction.  If  they  could  be  treated 
as  thieves  (nhich  they  are)  and  dt  alt  with 
accordingly  by  criminal  process,  it  would  be 


a    much   more   effective   protection   against 
fraud. 


The  Cost  of 
Living. 


We  have  been  talking  about  the  increased 
cos'1  of  living.  Everybody  realizes  that  the 
prices  of  commodities 
have  risen.  The  Bu- 
reau of  Labor  has 
just  issued  a  reporc,  dealing  with  the  retail 
prices  of  food  from  1890  to  1904.  During 
the  last  four  years  the  increase  in  these 
prices  has  been  especially  great.  Out  of  30 
principal  articles  enumerated,  only  four 
have  decreased  in  price,  while  26  were 
higher  last  year  than  the  average  for  the 
decade  1890-1899.  For  example,  bacon  has 
increased  over  37  per  cent,  and  corn  meal 
and  potatoes  over  21  per  cent.  For  the 
United  States,  taken  as  a  whole,  the  aver- 
age, cost  of  food  per  family  in  "'1890  was 
$318.20.  In  1896,  the  year  of  lowest  prices, 
it  fell  to  $296.76,  and  in  1904  it  reached  the 
highest  point  of  the  period,  $347.10.  This 
was  $50.34,  or  17  per  cent  greater  than  in 
1896.  In  1900  the  average  family  expenditure 
for  food  was  $318.20;  in  1891.  $322.55;  in 
1892,  $316.65;  in  1893,  $32441;  in  1894, 
$309.81;  in  1895,  $303-9i;  in  1896,  $296.76; 
in  1897.  $299.24;  in  1898,  $306.70;  in  1899, 
$309.19;  in  1900,  $314.16:  in  1901,  $326.90; 
in  1902,  $344-6i;  in  1903,  $342.75;  in  1904, 
$347.10.  Secretary  Wilson  is  quoted  as  say- 
ing that  "production  of  food  supplies  has 
been  decidedly  heavier  this  year.''  In  con- 
sequence, he  predicts  lower  prices  during 
the  coming  winter  for  meats,  poultry,  dairy 
products   and   other   table   necessities. 

Some  years  ago  the  traffic  in  the  city  of 
London  became  so  congested  that  it  becdme 
necssary  to  cut, 
through  a  crowded 
portion,  a  new-  street. 
The  property  that  had  to  be  sacrificed  for 
this  undertaking  was  very  valuable,  being 
estimated  at  upwards  of  .twenty-five  millions 
of  dollars.  Among  the  buildings  doomed 
were  a  number  of  "public  houses"  and 
others  enjoying  the  privileges  of  liquor 
licenses.  At  once  the  question  rose  as  to 
what  should  be  done  with  these  licenses, 
and  the  City  Council  decided  to  abandon 
them.  In  all,  51  saloons  were  affected.  It 
was  estimated  that  if  the  vacant  sites  of 
the  houses,  with  the  licenses  attached,  had 
been  sold,  the  .additional  value,  due  to  the 
existence  of  the  licenses,  would  have 
amounted  to  about  nine  hundred  thousand 
dollars.  The  council  decided  to  sacrifice 
this  amount  of  money  rather  than  engage 
the  city  in  complicity  with  the  business  of 
liquor  selling.  That  this  was  sound  political 
economy  will  hardly  be  questioned  by  those 
who  are  acquainted  with  the  facts.  As  the 
liquor  traffic  is  the  greatest  pauper-making 
business  there  is,  and  as  London  already  has 
100,000  men  and  women  who  are  practically 
charges  upon  the  public,  for  the  city  itself 
to  debauch  others  of  its  inhabitants,  and 
take  from  its  treasury  money  to  support 
them,  would  not  be  according  to  sound 
business  sense.  This  action  of  the  London 
City  Council  in  considering  the  morals  and 
souls  of  its  citizens  of  more  value  than 
money  derived  from  licenses  is  worthy  the 
attention  of  every  municipality. 


Sound 
Economy. 


November  .30,  1905 


THK  CI  I  Kl  ST  JAN-EVANGELIST. 


V.Ah 


A  Step  Toward  Christian 
Unity. 

History  is  not  always  repeating  itself. 
It  docs  something  more  than  mark  time. 
For  awhile  events  may  seem  to  have  a  circu- 
lar movement,  but  in  the  fullness  of  time  a 
step  of  real  visible  progress  is  made.  It 
has  been  so  in  the  movement  for  Chris- 
tian union.  For  a  long  lime  the  sentiment 
of  union  has  been  gaining  power,  and  it 
has  found  expression  on  platforms,  in  res- 
olutions and  in  newspaper  articles.  In 
later  years  it  has  found  expression  in 
tentative  efforts  toward  practical  co-opera- 
tion in  local  communities  and  some  states, 
and  this  culminating  at  last  in  a  national 
federation  movement.  But  there  was  noth- 
ing very  decisive  in  all  these  attempts,  as 
regards  the  co-operation  of  the  religious 
bodies  themselves,  toward  bringing  about 
a  closer  unification  in  order  to  promote  the 
kingdom  of  God.  The  time  had  come  for 
a  step  forward. 

This  step  was  taken  at  the  Interchurch 
Conference  which  concluded  its  sessions 
in  New  York  City  on  Tuesday  evening  of 
last  week.  Composed  of  representatives 
from  thirty  religious  bodies,  representing 
eighteen  million  Christians,  this  conference 
adopted,  with  practical  unanimity,  a  basis 
of  federation  to  be  submitted  to  the  various 
Christian  bodies  represented  in  the  confer- 
ence for  their  approval.  We  publish  this 
plan  of  federation  elsewhere,  and  commend 
it  to  the  study  of  our  readers.  We  reserve 
comments  oh  it  for  another  place,  and  in 
this  article  would  call  attention  to  the  char- 
acteristics of  the  conference  itself — its  spirit 
and  some  of  its  leading  ideas 

This  great  gathering  of  representative 
men  from  the  Protestant  bodies  of  this 
country  was  a  unique  event  in  the  history 
of  the  world.  We  venture  the  prediction 
that  it  belongs  to  a  class  of  events  '  which 
require  the  perspective  of  history  to  reveal 
their  true  greatness.  Its  object  was  nothing 
less  than  an  attempt,  on  the  part  of  the 
Christian  bodies  represented,  to  find  a  way 
for  the  fulfillment,  as  far  as  possible  at  the 
present  time,  of  the  prayer  of  Jesus,  our 
divine  Lord,  for  the  oneness  of  his  fol- 
lowers. From  beginning  to  end  this  was 
the  keynote  of  the  conference.  In  no  con- 
vention, not  even  in  any  of  our  own  which 
we  have  ever  attended,  was  the  prayer  of 
Jesus  for  the  unity  of  his  disciples  so  often 
quoted  and  so  fervently  dwelt  upon  as  ex- 
pressing a  desire  for  unity  whose  fulfillment 
was  necessary  to  the  conversion  of  the 
world.  This  fact  in  itself,  when  we  con- 
sider the  large  number  of  religious  bodies 
represented,  is  enough  to  make  the  heart  of 
every  Christian  rejoice  who  believes  in 
and  is  laboring  for  the  unity  of  a  divided 
church. 

It  scarcely  needs  to  be  said  that  in  the 
judgment  of  a  large  majority  of  the  speak- 
ers the  union  which  Christ  prayed  for  does 
not  involve  the  dissolution  of  denomina- 
tional organizations.  Many  of  them  took 
occasion  to  say  that  they  did  not  believe 
that  organic  union  was  feasible,  meaning 
by  organic  union  the  formation  of  one  great 
ecclesiasticism  embodying  all  Christendom. 
Of    course,    those    of    us    who    have    been 


pleading  for  Christian  unity  for  these  many 
years  do  not  believe  in,  or  hop'  for,  any 
such  ecclesiasticism.  What  we  mean  by 
organic  unity  is  an  organism,  not  an  organ- 
ization. In  other  words,  we  mean  such 
vital  relation  between  Christ  and  his  dis- 
ciples as  will  involve  the  unity  of  his  disci- 
ples. This  does  not  mean  uniformity  of  be- 
liefs in  doctrines,  in  forms  of  organization, 
or  in  modes  of  worship.  It  does  involve, 
however,  according  to  Paul,  one  body,  one 
Spirit,  one  hope  of  our  calling,  one  Lord, 
one  faith,  one  baptism,  and  one  God  and 
Father  of  all.  Organic  unity  of  this  kind 
involves  the  truth  that  a  member  of  any 
one  local  church  is,  by  virtue  of  that  fact, 
eligible  to  membership  in  every  other  local 
church,  and  that  there  are  no  barriers  to 
mutual  fellowship  and  co-operation. 

The  distinctive  forward  step  which  has 
been  taken  by  this  conference  is  this :  The 
several  religious  bodies, <  through  their  del- 
egates or  representatives,  said,  by  the  adop- 
tion of  this  basis,  that  they  were  ready 
and  willing  to  subordinate  their  denomi- 
national peculiarities  co  the  common  and 
fundamental  interests  of  the  kingdom  of 
God.  They  said  to  one  another,  by  this 
act,  "We  will  meet,  not  upon  our  differ- 
ences, but  upon  the  great  vital  truths  which 
we  hold  in  common,  and  co-operate,  as  far 
as  possible,  in  promoting  the  moral  and 
religious  welfare  of  mankind.  The  things 
we  hold  in  common  are  vastly  more 
important  than  the  things  about  which  we 
differ,  and  while  we  do  not  see  our  way 
clear  as  yet,  nor  do  we  now  feel  it  to  be 
necessary,  to  abandon  our  local  organiza- 
tions, we  do  feel  the  time  has  come  when 
we  should  manifest  to  the  world  our  unity 
in  the  things  which  we  hold  in  common 
and  to  make  common  cause  against  com- 
mon foes."  This  is  an -immense  gain.  It 
is  a  long  stride  forward  in  the  direction 
of  Christian  unity.  None  of  us  sees  fully, 
perhaps/ what  will  be.  the  outcome,  but  we 
all  feel  sure  that  the  Lord  is  leading  us 
into  greater  brotherliness  of  feeling,  into 
greater  unity  of  faith,  into  a  better  under- 
standing of  each  other,  and  a  greater  re- 
spect for  each  other,  and  hence,  into  a  closer 
unity  for  the  advancement  of  God's  king- 
dom in  the  world. 

The  spirit  of  this  meeting  was  most  fra- 
ternal and  Christian.  The  fellowship  was 
delightful.  There  was  a  glow  of  brotherly 
love  that  seemed  to  pervade  all  hearts.  Be- 
fore this  rising  tide  of  unity,  denomination- 
al divisions  seemed  to  sink  out  of  sight. 
At  the  close  of  an  impressive  session  a  prom- 
inent Methodist,  at  the  head  of  one  of  the 
universities  in  the  country,  sitting  just  in 
front  of  us,  turned  toward  us  and  said : 
"Would  you  love  me  any  better  if  I  were  a 
member  of  your  church  ?"  He  then  added : 
"If  my  son  were  preparing  for  the  ministry, 
I  would  just  as  soon  he  would  enter  the 
ministry  among  the  Disciples  of  Christ  as 
in  my  own  church.  This  is  what  this  con- 
ference has  done  for  me !"  Another  of  the 
great  leaders  of  one  of  the  religious  bodies 
said,  as  we  introduced  him  to  some  of  our 
ministers :  "I  ought  to  be  ashamed  to  con- 
fess it,  perhaps,  but  I  must  say  that  your 
body  has  risen  upon  my  horizon  very  largely 
since  we  began  the  preparation  for  this  con- 


ference." This  sort  of  fedfQff  was  mutual 
and  vtry  general.  No  one  could  hear  the 
great  addre  •  '■'-.  of  the  great  men  wl 
on  that  platform  and  f<-el  the  touch  of 
their  spirits,  without  having  a  greater  re- 
spect for  the  religious  homes  they  r<  ; 
sentcd.  This  mutual  respect  for  each  other, 
as  every  one  must  see,  is  a  necessary  condi- 
tion of  that  closer  unity  which  our  Lord 
desired  and  prayed  for. 

But,  with  all  this  spirit  of  brotherliness 
and  Christian  love,  and  catholicity  of  spirit, 
there  was  a  clear  and  frank  recognition  of 
existing  differences  without  any  diminu- 
tion of  respect  and  love  because  of  such 
differences.  In  other  words,  liberty  was 
just  as  much  in  evidence  as  unity.  No  unity 
was  advocated  at  the  expense  of  freedom 
of  thought  and  expression.  The  union  ad- 
vocated was  not  one,  as  Bishoo  Vincent 
put  it,  "of  judicious  silence."  Every  man 
is  to  be  permitted  to  utter  the  truth  as 
God  gives  him  to  see  the  truth.  We  have 
reached  a  state  of  Christian  manhood  in 
which  we  can  differ  and  be  brothers. 

It  is  scarcely  necessary  to  say  that  the 
representatives  from  our  own  churches  were 
delighted  with  the  spirit  and  sentiment  of 
the  conference,  and  were  of  one  mind,  as 
far  as  we  heard,  as  to  the  great  door  of 
opportunity  opened  for  us  as  advocates  of 
Christian  unity,  and  of  our  duty  to  enter 
heartily  into  co-operation  with  our  Chris- 
tian brethren  of  other  religious  bodies  in 
bringing  about  closer  unity  among  the  peo- 
ple of  God.  The  religious  body  that  stands 
aloof  from  this  great  movement  of  Protes- 
tantism toward  unity  would  be  certain  to 
brand  itself  as  a  sect  unmoved  by  the  rising 
tide  of  union  sentiment  that  is  drawing  Chris- 
tian people  into  fraternity  and  co-operation. 
Every  Protestant  body  in  Christendom 
must  go  on  record  on  its  relation  to  this 
movement  of  the  churches  for  the  fulfill- 
ment of  our  Lord's  prayer  "that  they  all 
may  be  one." 

Plan  of  Federation. 

In  another  place  we  print  the  plan  of 
federation  adopted  by  the  Interchurch  Con- 
ference in  New  York  City  last  week,  to 
be  submitted  to  the  representative  gather- 
ings of  the  various  religious  .bodies  for 
their  approval.  This  plan  or  basis  of  fed- 
eration is  remarkable  quite  as  much  for 
what  it  omits  as  for  what  it  contains.  No- 
tice the  absence,  for  instance,  of  any  for- 
mulated creed.  "The  essential  oneness  of 
the  Christian  churches  of  America,"  is  not 
in  any  creedal  statement,  but  "in  Jesus 
Christ  as  their  divine  Lord  and  Savior." 
Notice,  too,  that  it  is  to  be  a  federation  for 
the  co-operation  of  "the  churches  of  Christ 
in  America."  Notice,  further,  that  the  term 
"Christian  bodies"  takes  the  place  of  de- 
nominations. There  is  a  coming  back  here 
to  Scriptural  terminology  that  is  refresh- 
ing. The  heart  of  this  federation  is  to  be 
found  in  the  preamble  which  states  the 
basis  of  unity,  and  in  the  objects  it  pro- 
poses to  promote.  No  one  among  us,  least 
of  all,  can  find  any  objection  either  to  this 
preamble,  or  to  the  five  specified  objects 
to  which  this  federation  looks.  The  re- 
mainder of  the  plan  is  details  of  organiza- 


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tion.  with  the  exception  of  articles  four 
and  rive,  which  relate  to  the  authority  of 
the  council  and  the  representation  of  the 
various  bodies  in  it.  It  will  he  seen,  as  a 
matter  of  course,  that  the  Federal  Council 
which  it  is  proposed  to  form  shall  have  no 
authority  "to  draw  up  a  common  creed. 
or  form  of  government  or  of  worship,  or 
in  any  way  to  limit  the  full  autonomy  of  the 
Christian  bodies  adhering  to  it." 

It  is  difficult  to  see  how  a  simpler  plan 
could  be  formed  that  would  make  an  ef- 
ficient organization.  Nor  could  it  be  made 
broader  without  letting  down  the  bars  en- 
tirely and  making  no  distinction  between 
those  who  acknowledge  the  divinity  and 
Lordship  of  Jesus  Christ,  and  those  who 
refuse  such  acknowledgment.  We  believe 
this  basis  of  co-operation  will  serve  the  pur- 
pose of  bringing  the  evangelical  Protestant 
bodies  into  closer  unity  and  into  more 
efficient  co-operation,  leading  to  a  better 
mutual  understanding  which  will  lead  on 
ultimately  to  the  more  perfect  union  for 
which  we  and  our  fathers  have  been  plead- 
ing for  nearly  a  century.  We  can  not  doubt 
for  a  moment  that  God  is  in  this  move- 
ment, and  that  he  is  going  to  use  it  for 
the  unity  of  his  church,  for  the  evangeliza- 
tion of  the  world,  and  for  the  glory  of  his 
blessed  name.  This  being  the  case,  it  is 
of  the  very  first  importance  that  we,  who 
represent  the  religious  movement  that  has 
for  its  central  purpose  the  unity  of  God's 
people,  should  give  no  lame,  halting  or 
hesitant  endorsement  to  this  movement, 
but  enter  into  it  heartily  as  being  in  the  di- 
rect line,  so  far  as  it  goes,  to  the  object 
which  we  have  in  view.  This  should  be 
done  at  the  very  first  opportunity,  as  a 
notification  to  all  the  other  P'rotestant 
bodies  that  we  who  have  been  leaders  in 
the  agitation  of  this  question  are  also  at 
the  front  when  it  comes  to  any  practical 
plan  of  co-operation  that  will  manifest 
more  fully  our  unity  to  the  world  and  will 
tend  to  the  cultivation  of  a  still  more 
perfect  union. 

In  an  informal  discussion  among  our  own 
representatives,  during  the  conference,  one 
of  our  strong  young  men  of  the  East, 
Brother  Bates,  expressed  the  situation  in  a 
very  lucid  way  when  he  said  that  there 
were  three  steps  to  be  taken  in  order  to 
union  among  the  various  Protestant  bodies. 
The  first  of  these  is  comity,  or  the  treat- 
ment of  each  other  with  mutual  respect. 
The  second  step  is  federation,  or  working 
together  according  to  some  plan  for  the 
promotion  of  common  ends.  The  third  step 
i>  what  we  call  organic  union  in  which 
denominational  lines  shall  be  so  far  ob- 
literated at  least  as  to  offer  no  obstruction 
to  the  fullest  fellowship  and  co-operation 
among  all  the  followers  of  Christ.  We 
have  passed  the  stage  of  comity  and  have 
now  entered  upon  the  period  of  co-opera- 
tion, and  this,  it  is  hoped,  will  lead  to  a 
still  completer  union.  It  is  impossible  to 
reverse  the  order  of  these  steps,  or  to  omit 
any  one  of  them.  The  chief  obstacle,  he 
said,  in  the  way  of  present  organic  union 
between  the  Disciples  of  Christ  and  the 
Baptists  is  that  we  have  been  trying  to 
pass  at  once  from  comity  to  organic,  unity 
without    the    intervening    step    of    working 


THE  CHRISTIAX-E  VAXGELIST. 

together  so  far  as  possible,  in  order  to  un- 
derstand each  other. 

In  the  light  of  these  truths — and  they 
seem  to  us  to  be  self-evident  truths — the 
folly  of  standing  Tloof  from  all  co-opera- 
tive movement  until  the  religious  world  is 
ready  for  organic  union  is  apparent.  It 
is  like  trying  to  swim  without  going  into  the 
water — an  experiment,  we  believe,  that  has 
never  proved  successful  in  a  single  in- 
stance. The  significance  of  the  adoption,  by 
the  Interchurch  Conference,  of  this  plan 
of  federation  is.  that  it  means  that  the 
various  Christian  bodies  mentioned  are  now 
ready  for  the  second  step,  and  in  this  we 
all  should  not  only  rejoice,  but  thank  God 
and  take  courage  for  the  unfinished  work 
that*  lies  before  us. 


Conference  Notes  and  Comments. 

The  hospitality  of  the  New  York  churches 
in  entertaining  the  delegates  to  the  Inter- 
church Conference  free  of  cost  at  the  hotels, 
and  in  otherwise  caring  for  them,  could  not 
be  exceeded  by  any  western  or  southern 
hospitality.  Their  liberality  was  on  a  scale 
commensurate  with  the  greatness  of  the 
occasion  and  its  deep  significance.  All  honor 
to  the  enterprising  business  men  of  the 
churches  whose  liberal  gifts  made  it  possible 
for  many  delegates  to  be  present  at  the  Con- 
ference. The  beautiful  button  in  gold  and 
blue,  representing  the  right  hand  holding 
the  seven  stars,  with  which  each  delegate 
was  decorated,  is  said  to  have  cost  $1,200, 
and  to  have  been  the  gift  of  one  man. 
These  will  be  preserved,  no  doubt,  as  per- 
petual mementos  of  a  historic  meeting. 


The  following  representatives  from  the 
Disciples  of  Christ,  or  the  Christian  churches, 
were  present  at  the  Conference,  besides  a 
few  othprs  whose  names  we  do  not  recall: 
H.  C.  Kendrick,  E.  C.  Sanderson,  G.  B. 
Townsend,  E.  J.  Teagarden,  Phil.  Parsons, 
J.  B.  Lichtenberger,  —  Rowlinson,  E.  T. 
C.  Bennett,  S.  J.  Marshall,  C.  A.  Young, 
S.  F.  Willis,  A.  E.  Corey,  T.  E.  Cramblet, 
W.  D.  Ryan,  B.  O.  Aylesworth,  M.  L.  Bates, 
J.  M.  Yaft  Horn,  F.  D.  Power,  W.  T.  Moore, 
M.  L.  Streator,  Robert  Moffett,  S.  H.  Bart- 
lett,  B.  S.  Ferrall,  L.  G.  Batman,  H.  L. 
Willett,  F.  D.  Kerschner,  J.  H.  Garrison, 
M.  E.  Harlan,  J.  L.  Garvin,  Hill  M.  Bell, 
Robert  Christie,  S.  H.  Hunt,  Dr.  Eli  H. 
Long,  A.  J.  Wilson  and  Herbert  Martin. 


Dr.  Roberts,  permanent  chairman  of  the 
Conference,  made  an  admirable  presiding 
officer,  and  the  success  of  the  Conference  is 
largely  due  to  his  wisdom,  and  labor,  aided 
most  efficiently  by  Drs.  Sanford,  North  and 
Ward.  He  told  us  one  day  he  had  formed 
an  "organic  unity"  with  the  Disciples  of 
Christ.  On  inquiring  how  that  was,  he  re- 
plied, "My  son  has  married  one  of  your 
members— a  Missouri  girl,  who  is  a  reader 
and  great  admirer  of  your  paper.  You  must 
meet  her."  And  we  did  meet  her  and  found 
her  a  most  intelligent  and  zealous  young  wo- 
man from  some  of  our  best  Missouri  blood — 
the  Caldwells,  Robinsons  and  Foxes,  of 
Paris. 


We  have  made  no  attempt  to  follow  the 
order  of  program,  in  reporting  the  Confer- 
ence, as  the  speeches  are  all  to  be  printed 
in  a  book  and  we  hope  to  make  extracts 
from  them,  from  time  to  time,  as  opportu- 
nity may  offer  and  occasion  may  demand. 
The  publication  of  that  volume  will  give  a 
mighty  impetus  to  the  sentiment  and  con- 
viction in  favor  of  Christian  union,  and 
every  one  specially  interested  in  that  cause 
should  procure  a  volume  when  the  work  is 
printed. 


November  30,  1905 

Editor's  Easy  Chair. 

The  Easy  Chair  has  been  on  wheels  for 
the  last  two  weeks.  It  has  traveled  much, 
seen  much,  enjoyed  much  and  learned  much. 
It  is  always  an  interesting  experience  fpr 
a  man  of  the  Wefst  to  visit  the  East.  The 
change  is  sufficiently  marked  to  make  the 
trip  restful,  even  though  it  be  full  of  multi- 
tudinous duties.  The  scenery  is  different, 
there  is  a  difference  in  climate,  and  people 
are  sufficiently  different  for  any  observing 
man  to  know  what  section  of  the  country 
he  was  in  if  he  had  no  other  means  of  lo- 
cating his  whereabouts.  But  the  great- 
est difference  one  sees,  as  he  goes  East,  is 
the  larger  number  of  people  to  the  square 
acre  or  mile  on  the  Eastern  seaboard. 
There  are  crowds  of  people  jostling  each 
other  everywhere.  They  crowd  the  hotels, 
throng  the  streets,  and  seem  to  fill  to  over- 
flowing, the  elevated,  the  subway  and  sur- 
face street  car  lines.  For  the  most  part 
they  are  a  well-dressed  and  a  well-behaved 
class  of  people,  wonderfully  intent  upon 
going  somewhere  and  doing  something. 
When  one  of  our  Western  secretaries  tells 
of  the  territorial  greatness  of  his  field, 
and  how  many  New  England  states  it 
would  have  room  for  without  being  crowd- 
ed, an  Eastern  secretary  matches  it  by  tell- 
ing how  many  thousands  and  millions  of 
people  there  are  in  his  diocese ;  and  if 
their  accessibility  by  the  gospel  were  equal 
to  that  of  the  people  of  the  West,  the  argu- 
ment would  be  irresistible.  But  the  West- 
erner comes  back  with  a  plea  for  his  ter- 
ritory because  of  the  new  and  formative 
condition  of  things,  where  we  have  but  to 
sow  and  reap,  as  against  the  stable  and 
settled  condition  of  things  in  the  sturdy 
East.  The  final  answer,  however,  is  that 
we  need  churches  East  as  well  as  West 
to  bear  testimony  to  our  plea  for  the  unity 
of  the  church  on  the  New  Testament  foun- 
dation of  faith  in  Christ  and  personal  loy- 
alty to  him. 


In  speaking  of  the  differences,  however, 
between  the  East  and  the  West,  another 
fact  which  strikes  the  Westerner  on  his  ar- 
rival in  New  York  is,  that  he  is  among  a  for- 
eign people.  Everywhere,  he  hears  his  mother 
tongue  spoken  with  a  foreign  brogue, 
or  else  he  hears  men  speaking  in  un- 
known tongues.  Only  about  twenty  per 
cent  of  the  population  of  New  York  City 
is  native  born.  There  are  thirty-five  daily 
newspapers  published  in  other  tongues  than 
the  English.  It  is  the  meeting  place  of 
the  nations.  Very  truly  did  Bishop  Gallo- 
way, of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
South,  in  his  eloquent  address  before  the 
Conference,  say  that  "the  problem  of  the 
negro  in  the  South  sinks  into  insignificance 
in  comparison  with  the  stupendous  prob- 
lem of  the  foreign  population  in  the  cities 
of  the  North  and  East."  It  is  in  the  presence 
of  so  great  and  serious  a  problem  as  that 
of  foreign  immigration  that  the  federation 
of  American  churches  appears  to  be  so 
vastly  important.  If  we  do  not  stand  to- 
gether  in   the    face   of   the   manifold   perils 


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November  3°,  I9°5 


THE  CHRISTIAX-KVAXOEUST. 


1547 


which  threaten  our  Christianity  and  our 
Christian  civilization,  how  can  we  hope 
to  avert  the  dangers  which  threaten  us  ? 
If  Jesus  Christ  be  the  Savior,  not  of  in- 
dividuals alone,  but  of  states  and  nations 
as  well,  it  is  infinitely  important  that  those 
who  hold  to  the  Lordship  and  saving  power 
of  Jesus  Christ,  should  combine  their  forces 
to  spread  his  Gospel  throughout  our  nation 
and  the  world.  The  problem  of  Tammany 
in  New  York  City,  finds  its  solution  in 
the  united  and  spiritually-quickened  church 
to  Antagonize  the  evil  forces  which  co-oper- 
ate for  the  supremacy.  And  yet,  in  spite  of 
Tammany  and  the  foreign  element,  no 
American  can  fail  to  be  proud  of  the  mag- 
nificent metropolis  of  the  New  World.  Its 
splendid  palaces  of  trade,  its  beautiful 
thoroughfares  and  parks,  its  system  of  rap- 
id communication,  the  great  ocean  steamers 
that  land  at  its  port,  and  the  constant 
swarm  of  vessels,  large  and  small,  that 
throng  the  Hudson  and  East  Rivers,  the 
great  hive  of  human  industry,  where  Com- 
merce has  its  seat  and  Capital  its  head- 
quarters, make  it  a  charming  place  for  one 
to  live  who  prefers  the  noise  and  bustle 
and  activity  of  a  great  metropolis  to  the 
quieter  and  less  strenuous  life  of  the  country 
or  a  smaller  city. 


It  was  the  privilege  of  the  Easy  Chair 
Editor  to  preach  twice  upon  the  Lord's 
day  during  the  Conference.  In  the  morn- 
ing we  preached  at  the  First  Free  Baptist 
Church,  in  Brooklyn,  whose  pastor,  Dr. 
Lord,  made  a  special  request  for  us  to  do 
so,  in  view  of  the  fact  that  a  half  dozen 
members  of  the  committee  of  the  Free  Bap- 
tists to  confer  with  a  similar  committee 
of  the  Disciples,  would  be  present.  The 
ministers  received  the  sermon  very  cordial- 
ly and  seemed  satisfied  with  its  orthodoxy. 
While  speaking  of  the  Free  Baptists  we 
may  say  that  we  had  the  privilege  of  acting 
as  proxy  in  the  meeting  of  the  committees 
in  three  of  the  four  sessions  which  they 
held.  The  chief  obstacle  in  the  way  of  get- 
ting on  very  much,  is  the  lack  of  acquaint- 
anceship between  the  two  bodies.  The 
Eastern  wing  of  the  Free  Baptists,  especi- 
ally, are  conservative  and  know  little  of 
our  preachers  by  actual  contact  with  them. 
They  have  heard,  however,  that  we  un- 
duly stress  baptism  and  do  not  sufficiently 
emphasize  the  spiritual  side  of  Christianity 
and  they  are,  naturally,  cautious  about  form- 
ing an  alliance  with  people  who  they  fear 
would  be  champions  of  the  externals  in 
religion,  at  the  expense  of  its  more  vital 
part.  An  interchange  of  pulpits,  of  litera- 
ture, and  a  mingling  together  in  conven- 
tions, would  do  a  great  deal  to  relieve  their 
minds  of  this  impression,  which  was  never 
true  of  the  representative  men  of  the  body, 
and  is  less  true  today  than  it  ever  was  in 
our  history.  Plans  were  agreed  upon,  how- 
ever, for  continuing  the  communication 
between  the  two  committees,  and  it  is  to 
be  hoped,  without  any  hurry  or  undue 
anxiety  on  the  subject,  a  mutual  under- 
standing may  be  reached.  It  was  a  great 
pleasure  to   speak   for   Brother  Lichtenber- 


ger's  congregation  at  Lenox  Avenue  &  119th 
Street,  in  the  evening.  There  \v;i  a  fm< 
audience  and  a  m<-/-l  cordial  and  brotherly 
response  to  the  sermon  and  to  the  pet 
al  greetings  which  we  bore  from  their  form- 
er pastor,  Dr.  J.  M.  PhilpUtt,  to  the  con- 
gregation which  he  served  so  long.  This 
church  expects  to  have  Brother  Scoville  in 
a  meeting  with  them  in  February  next.  We 
also  met  with  Brother  Christie  of  the  56th 
Street  Church,  which  is  at  present  with- 
out a  pastor,  and  Bro.  S.  T.  Willis,  of  the 
169th  Street  Church,  and  a  number  of 
young  ministers  who  are  taking  special 
courses  of  study  in  Union  Seminary  and 
Colunjbia  University.  These  New  York 
churches  have  problems  with  which  our 
churches  in  the  West  and  middle  West 
are  wholly  unacquainted.       » 

Our  trip  East  and  return  led  us  through 
our  National  Capital,  and,  of  course,  we 
paid  our  respects  to  Bishop  Power,  the  man 
who  tells  our  readers,  weekly,  how  the 
world  looks  "As  Seen  from  the  Dome." 
It  is  always  a  pleasure  in  passing  to  run 
out  to  1307  Wallach  Place  and  see  the 
quiet,  unostentations  home-life  of  the  good 
bishop  and  his  wife,  and  to  sit  at  their  table. 
This  we  did  both  going  to  and  returning 
from  New  York.  On  our  return  trip  we 
had  the  pleasure  also,  under  the  guidance 
of  Brother  and  Sister  Power,  of  partici- 
pating in  a  turkey  dinner  at  the  9th  Street 
Church,  where  Bro.  E.  B.  Bagby  pre- 
sides over  the  largest  church,  numerically, 
we  now  have  in  the  capital.  Brother  Bag- 
by,  like  Brother  Power,  has  become  a  great 
power  in  Washington  and  has  built  up 
one  of  the  strongest  churches  of  the  brother- 
hood. We  also  had  time,  before  our  train 
left,  to  visit  a  reception  at  the  Vermont 
Avenue  Christian  Church,  for  which 
Brother  Power  has  been  the  pastor  for 
thirty  years,  where  Brother  Wilson,  a  ris- 
ing young  lawyer,  and  an  efficient  teacher 
in  the  Sunday  school,  was  holding  a  class 
entertainment.  Brother  Power  showed  us 
through  the  splendid  building  where  Pres- 
ident Garfield,  before  and  during  his  pres- 
idency, used  to  sit.  A  silver  plate  on  the 
back  of  the  seat  bears  his  name,  with  date 
of  his  birth  and  death.  This  is  the  Gar- 
field Memorial  Church,  as  it  is  sometimes 
called,  which  the  brethren  throughout  the 
country  helped  in  some  measure  to  build. 
It  was  a  great  investment.  It  would  be 
difficult  to  overestimate  the  good  influences 
that  have  gone  forth  from  this  church  and 
its  presiding  bishop,  not  only  in  Washing- 
ton, but  throughout  the  country  and  the 
world.  We  are  glad  to  know  that  Brother 
and  Sister  Power  are  to  go  on  the  oriental 
cruise  with  Bishop  Tyler,  of  Denver,  in 
February  next,  to  be  absent  about  seventy 
days.  These  venerable  young  brethren 
need  the  rest  very  much,  and  our  readers 
need  the  good  things  they  will  write  about 
during  their  travels 

At  this  writing  the  Easy  Chair  is 
located  in  the  city  of  Pittsburg,  the 
scene  of  the  most  remarkable  simultaneous 


evan^eli  in     campaign    ever    held    by 
churches,     It   i-,  nearing  it*  clow,  at  this 
time,  and   we  are  tarrying  her*  a  few 
on    our   homeward   journey    lor   the   double 
purpose   of   meeting  .with   our   Centennial 
Committee   and   preaching  a   few   timet 
the    down    tov\n    meetings    which    are 
at   noon   each   week   day,   except    Satttf 
and   at   three   o'clock   in   the   afternoon    on 
Lord's  day.     We  shall  have  a  full  r 
the  results  when  the  meeting  is  comp 
and  perhaps  in   time   for  the  news  depart- 
ment of  this  issue:    so  we  shall  only  take 
space  here  to  say  that  the  brethren  of  i 
burg  and  vicinity  have  set  before  the  broth- 
erhood   an    inspiring    example    of    what    a 
well-planned,  united  and  vigorously-exicuted 
campaign  can  accomohsh  in  ihe  wav  of  con- 
verting sinners,  edifying  the  churches  and 
making   a   permanent   impression   upon   the 
religious  life   of  the  city.     These   splendid 
results    have    not    been    achieved    without 
systematic    work,    personal    sacrifices    and 
liberal    support.     Already  more   than    1.500 
additions   have   been   won   to   the   churches 
co-operating — a  much  larger  growth,  within 
the  past  four  weeks,  than  was  made  for  the 
first  fifty  years   of  our   work  in   this  city! 
Isn't  that  a  most  impressive  object  lesson 
of  the  value  of  co-operation  in  an  earnest 
aggressive    evangelistic    campaign?     Prepa- 
rations are  now  complete  for  a  great  union 
communion  service  at  the  down  town  meet- 
ing at  the  Nixon  theatre  on  tomorrow,  the 
Lord's  day,  and  this,  with  the  evening  serv- 
ice,   will   close  this   historic  campaign,   and 
concerning  it   we   shall  have   something  to 
say  later. 

m 

We  have  only  space  here  to  say.  con- 
cerning our  joint  meeting  of  the  Centennial 
Committee  and  the  local  committee  in 
and  about  Pittsburg,  appointed  by  the  San 
Francisco  Convention,  that  we  had  a  full 
meeting,  and  outlined  a  great  work  for  the 
next    four   years. 

W.  R.  Warren,  who  has  been  the 
secretary  and  one  of  the  leading  spirits 
in  this  simultaneous  evangelistic  campaign, 
was  elected  as  the  leader  of  our  Cen- 
tennial Campaign  and  will  enter  upon  his 
work  the  first  of  December.  All  our  mis- 
sionary and  other  general  organizations  and 
colleges  have  been  asked  to  co-operate 
in  furnishing  the  necessary  funds  to 
carry  on  a  vigorous  campaign  for 
the  next  four  years,  looking  to  the  enlarge- 
ment of  our  work  along  every  line — evan- 
gelization, home  and  foreign  missions,  col- 
lege endowments,  benevolences,  newspaper 
circulation,  Bible  reading,  deepening  the 
spiritual  life,  bringing  into  line  our  lagging 
churches,  increasing  our  Sunday  schools 
in  attendance  and  efficiency,  and  strength- 
ening all  the  weak  places  in  our  line  of 
battle.  It  will  require  the  co-operation 
of  press,  pulpit,  and  business  men,  to  make 
this  campaign  achieve  results  worthy  :" 
the  event  we  celebrate — the  completion  of 
a  century  of  history  as  a  religious  move- 
ment. 


1548 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


November  30,  1995 


FAITH  AND  WORKS  OF  WOMEN 


Matt  15:28 


The  Old  and  the  New  Testament  Scrip- 
tures are  redolent  of  the  perfume  of  the 
faith  and  love  and  service  of  Godlike  and 
Christlike  women.  No  story  is  more  thrill- 
ing in  interest,  or  of  deeper  significance, 
or  more  lasting  in  value,  than  the  story  of 
the  devotion  to  truth,  the  unwavering  fidel- 
ity, the  undaunted  courage,  of  womankind 
in  all  ages  of  the  world.  How  she  has  illu- 
minated the  dark  pages  of  history!  How 
patiently  she  has  borne  whatever  burdens 
she  has  had  placed  upon  her !  How  she  has 
influenced  the  world  for  good !  In  the  on- 
going of  the  world,  in  the  progress  of  the 
race  in  the  sciences,  in  literature,  in  the  arts, 
in  her  guiding  and  lasting  influence  in  the 
home — in  all  these  varied  fields  of  human 
endeavor  how  woman  has  wrought  for  the 
uplifting  and  saving  of  the  sons  and  daugh- 
ters of  men  !  Brilliant  are.-  the  pages  of 
Holy  Writ  with  the  name  of  Eve,  the 
mother  of  the  race ;  Sarah,  the  faithful  wife 
of  Abraham ;  Hannah,  who  dedicated  her 
son,  Samuel,  to  the  service  of  the 
Lord;  Deborah,  who  judged  Israel 
and  prophesied ;  Ruth,  the  charming  Moab- 
itess ;  Esther,  the  patriotic  queen,  and  hosts 
of  others  recorded  in  the  Old  Testament. 
In  the  New  there  are  the  Marys  and 
Marthas,  the  Elizabeths  and  Annas,  the 
Dorcases  and  Lydias,  the  Priscillas,  the 
Loises  and  Eunices,  the  Phoebes,  the  Try- 
phenas  and  Tryphosas,  and  many  others 
whose  life  was  filled  with  good  deeds,  who 
labored  in  the  Lord,  who  have  entered  into 
their  rest,  whose  names  are  in  the  Lamb's 
book  of  life ! 

The  Christian  religion  has  always  ap- 
pealed successfully  to  the  heart  of  women. 
It  is  no  wonder  that  so  many  millions  of 
them  have  given  their  lives  in  faith  and 
devotion  to  the  service  of  the  Son  of  God. 
Jesus  may  well  be  called  the  great  Emanci- 
pator of  womankind.  Until  he  came  into 
the  world  not  a  nation  on  earth,  with  the 
single  exception  of  the  Jewish — and  even 
that  not  so  perfectly  as  might  have  been — 
regarded  woman  as  the  equal  of  man, 
created  to  stand  by  his  side,  his  complement, 
was  assured  that  her  daughter  would  be 
the  boasted  qualities  of  man-made  religions 
—and  we  freely  acknowledge  all  the  good 
in  all  systems  of  morals  and  religion — they 
have  always   regarded   woman   as   an    infe- 


By   Walter   Scott   Priest 

rior  creature ;  as  something  to  be  bartered, 
to  be  abused,  to  be  put  out  of  the  way  upon 
the  slightest  pretext.  She  is  the  slave,  the 
toy,  the  plaything  of  her  lord.  It  remained 
for  the  Christian  religion  to  teach  that  in 
the  beginning  God  created  the  male  and  the 
female  equal ;  that  the  two  are  made  one 
flesh  and  that  together,  sharing  each  other's 
joys  and  sorrows,  supported  and  supporting, 
they  are  to  walk  hand  in  hand  down  the 
stream  of  time,  working  out  the  great  prob- 
lems of  life  and  destiny.  Nor  is  it  a  matter 
of  surprise  that  in  the  various  avenues  of 
Christian  service  woman  finds  such  a  fruit- 
ful field  for  the  exercise  of  her  wonderful 
heart-power,  her  love  and  patience,  her 
kindness  and  gentleness,  her  devotion  and 
sacrifice  in  the  preaching  and  teaching  of 
the"  Gospel  of  Christ.  In  visiting  the  sick 
and  ministering  to  the  dying ;  in  feeding  the 
hungry  and  clothing  the  naked;  aye,  in 
multiform  ways,  she  is  helping  onward  the 
kingdom  of  God.  In  the  churches  of  Christ 
this  activity  has,  in  recent  years,  been  most 
wonderfully  augmented,  and  most  success- 
fully prosecuted  through  the  organization 
known  as  the  "Christian  Woman's  Board  of 
Missions."  Organized  in  1874,  it  has  gath- 
ered into  its  ranks  more  than  forty  thousand 
of  our  sisterhood,  raising  annually  nearly 
$200,000,  and  preaching  the  gospel  at  home 
and  abroad.  The  Lord  is  blessing  in  a  most 
signal-way  the 'labors  of  these -consecrated, 
women,  and  our  devout  prayer  today  is  that 
their  numbers  may  be  very  rapidly  in- 
creased, their  knowledge  and  vision  of  the 
world's  need  enlarged,  and  their  liberality 
multiplied  in  this  glorious  work.  The  Chris- 
tian Woman's  Board  of  Missions  has  ac- 
complished wonders,  viewed  from  every 
standpoint.  Of  some  of  these  I  wish  to 
speak. 

/.  //  Has  Discovered  Woman  to  Herself 
— If  it  had  never  done  anything  else,  this 
would  have  been  sufficient  to  demonstrate 
its  worth.  For  many  years  the  Church  of 
God  suffered  and  was  hindered  in  its  con- 
quest of  the  world  for  Christ,  because  all 
the  powers  of  woman's  faith  and  love  and 
devotion  lay  dormant.  It  was  taught  that 
woman  must  keep  silence  in  the  churches — 
and  silent  she  was,  save  in  the  one  act  of 
singing.  Overlooking  the  fact  that  the 
Prophet  Joel  had  said  :  "And  it  shall  come 
to  pass  afterward,  that  I  will  pour  out  my 
Spirit  upon,  all  flesh,  and  your  sons 'and 
your  daughters  shall  prophesy,  your  old  men 
shall  dream  dreams,  your  young'  men  shall 
see  visions :  and  also  upon  the  servants 
and  upon  the  handmaids  in  those  days  will 
I  pour  out  my  Spirit.  And  I  will  shew 
wonders  in  the  heavens  and  in  the  earth, 
blood  and  fire,  and  pillars  of  smoke.  The 
sun  shall  be  turned  into  darkness,  and  the 
moon  into  blood  before  the  great  and  the 
terrible  day  of  the  Lord  come-.  And  it 
shall  come  to  pass  that  whosoever  shall  call 


on  the  name  of  the  Lord  shall  be  deliv- 
ered ;  for  in  Mount  Zion  and  in  Jerusalem 
shall  be  deliverance,  as  the  Lord  hath  said, 
and  in  the  remnant  whom  the  Lord  shall 
call."  Forgetting  that  it  is  Paul,  who  is 
always  quoted  as  saying :  "Let  the  women 
keep  silence  in  the  churches,  for  it  is  not 
permitted  to  them  to  speak,"  who  says  in 
1  Cor.  11:5:  "But  every  woman  praying  or 
prophesying  with  her  head  unveiled,  dis- 
honoreth  her  head,"  a  very  wise  admonition 
to  the  Christian  women  in  that  day,  for  the 
unveiled  head  was  a  sign  of  unchastity; 
and,  naturally,  the  apostle  did  not  wish  the 
character  of  those  who  prayed  or  prophe- 
sied in  public  called  in  question.  In  spite 
of  the  fact  that  Phoebe  was  a  deaconess  in 
the  church  in  Cenchrea,  commended  for  her 
faithfulness  in  that  office  by  Paul,  and  that 
the  Tryphenas  and  Tryphosas,,  and  others 
who  labored,  with  him  in  the  Lord,  were 
worthy  of  all  praise  and  help  by  the 
churches — in  spite  of  all  these  clear  evi- 
dences that  the  women  in  apostolic  times 
did  pray  and  preach  and  labor  much  in  the 
Lord,  it  was  held  by  some  that  she  had  no 
right  so  to  do,  and  that  all  the  praying  and 
preaching  in  public  was  to  be  done  by  the 
men.  The  Christian  Woman's  Board  of 
Missions  and  other  agencies,  along  with  a 
better  interpretation  of  the  Scriptures,  have 
shown  that  women  may,  as  opportunity  pre- 
sents itself,  declare  the  unsearchable  riches 
of  Christ  to  those  who  know  him  not„  and 
in  a  variety  of  ways  make  known  the  Gos- 
pel of  our  Lord  Jesus.  ' 

2.  It  Has  Increased  Her  Faith — The 
very  fact  that  woman  has  been  shown  what 
she  can  accomplish  in  Christian  service  has 
had  a  tendency  to  increase  her  already  large 
stock  of  faith.  This  is  always  a  result  of 
engaging  in  Gospel  work  and  produces  the 
same  effect  on  men  and  women  alike.  I 
dare  say  that  every  man  who  does  some- 
thing to  advance  the  cause  of  Christ  in  the 
earth  will  have  his  own  faith  increased  in 
proportion  as  he  labors.  Perhaps  the  reason 
so  many  men  in  our  churches  have  so  little 
interest  and  so  little  faith  is  because  they 
do  not  work  at  religion  very  hard — like  the 
little  boy  who  was  once  a,sked  by  a  gentle- 
man to  what  church  his  father  belonged, 
and  replied :  "He  is  a  Mefodis',  but  he 
don't  work  at  it  very  hard."  The  story  of 
our  text  tells  the  same  truth  I  am  now 
emphasizing.  The  Syrophenician  woman, 
in  our  text,  had  her  faith  most  sorely  tried 
by  the  apparent  harsh  reply  to  her  request 
that  the  Lprd  would  cast  the  demon  out  of 
her  daughter.  When  he  said  to  her :  "It 
is  not  meet  to  take  the  children's  bread 
■  and  to  cast  it  to  dogs,"  quick  as  a  flash 
she  replied :  "Truth,  Lord ;  yet  the  dogs 
eat  of  the  crumbs  which  fall  from  their 
masters'  table."  Nothing  could  drive  her 
from  the  divine  Healer's  presence  until  she 
was  assured  that  her  daughter  would  be 
released  from  her  dreadful  thralldom.  She 
was  tried  and  not  found  wanting.  So  has 
the    si  ;terhood    of   the   churches   of   Christ 


November  30,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELI  ST. 


\Ub 


Some    Workers   Among    Alien    Races 


■dMHU^tek. 


MAKY  G.  ROBERTSON, 

Monterey,  Mexico. 


been  tried,  sometimes 
as  if  by  fire,  and  it  has 
come  forth  with  in- 
creased faith. 

3.  It  Has  Afford- 
ed Her  a  Special 
Field  of  Labor — The 
chief  business  of  the 
Church  of  Christ  is 
to  save  men  and  wo- 
men from  sin  and  the 
consequences  of  sin. 
In  a  work  of  such 
magnitude  every 
member  of  the  body 
of  Christ  should  be 
engaged,  and  there  is 


S.  G.  INMAN, 
Monterey,  Mexico. 


an  urgent  call  upon 
the  sisters,  because 
they  may  have  a  pe- 
culiar influence  over 
women  and  children 
to  bring  them  to 
Christ,  and  many  ,  of 
these  may  be  ap- 
proached by  women 
who  could  never  be 
reached  by  men.  And 
then,  again,  the  work 
of  the  auxiliary  so- 
ciety may  supply 
hands  and  hearts  oth- 
erwise unemployed 
with  some  really  effi- 
cient work.  What  a 
blessing  it  would  be 
if  thousands  of  Chris- 
tian women  who  have 
wealth  and  social  po- 
sition -  would  occupy 
their  time  in  doing  a 
work  that  would  tell 
largely  in  the  direc- 
tion of  religious  culture,  rather  than  spend 
their  time  in  a  round  of  social  gaiety,  in 
dress  and  receptions,  in  games  and  balls, 
which  elevate  neither  the  mind  nor  the 
soul ! 

Beloved  sisters,  let  me  plead  with  you  to 
engage  in  this  divine  enterprise.  Let  me 
urge  you  to  catch  larger  glimpses  of  the 
world's  need  of  Christ  and  to  behold  the 
opportunities  which  are  now  placed  before 
you  in  this  enlightened  and  Christian  age. 
Will   you   not   break   the   alabaster   box   of 


Part  of  the  Chinese  night  school  at  Portland,  Ore  gon,  conducted  by 


MR.  AND  MRS.  W.  J.  BURNER, 
South  America. 


your  precious  love 
and  pour  it  out  at  the 
feet  of  the  Lord  ?  God 
has  bestowed  upon 
you  most  precious 
gifts  of  love  and  gen- 
tleness, of  faith  and 
devotion,  will  you  not 
jse  these  God-given 
powers  to  advance  his 
kingdom  in  all  the 
earth? 

CHINESE  MISSION. 

The    Chinese    mis-  Monterey,  Mexico. 

sion       in       Portland, 

Ore.,    was    opened    in 

1891  by  the  First 
Church,  while  it  was 
a  mission  of  the 
Woman's  Board.  In 
1802  the  board 
granted  direct  help 
to  the  work.  Later 
in  the  same  year  tke 
board  employed  Jen 
Hawk,  a  Christian 
Chinese,  a  graduate 
of  Drake  University, 
and  placed  him  >■ 
charge  of  the  mis- 
sion. In  1900  he  was 
succeeded  by  Louie 
Hugh  and  his  wife, 
who  are  still  work- 
ing faithfully  in  the 
mission.  Day  school, 
night  school,  Sunday 
school,  Christian  E»- 
deavor,  street  preach- 
ing and  house-to- 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Louie  Hugh.  u  • 

house      visiting      are 

the  forms  of  work.  The  school  enrollment 
for  1905  was  98.  During  the  year  198 
sick  Chinese  were  cared  for.  There  were 
ten  conversions.  Since  the  opening  of  the 
mission  there  have  been  more  than  100  con- 
versions. ,  Several  converts  have  returned 
to  China  as  Christian  workers,  and  the 
mission  supports  one  of  these.  Eack 
month  the  board  receives  an  offering 
from  this  mission;  in  this  it  sets  a> 
example  that  is  worthy  of  emulation  in 
many    quarters. 


J.  E.  RANDALL, 
Jamaica. 


NORA  E.  SILER, 
Bayamon,  Porto  Rico. 


MRS.  W.  A.  ALTON, 
Bayamon,  Porto  Rico. 


W.  A.  ALTON, 
Bayamon,  Porto  Rico. 


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November  30,  1905 


THE  WORK  OF  THE  CHRISTIAN  WOMAN'S 

BOARD  OF  MISSIONS  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES 


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C.   W.    B.  7^.   DAY, 


The  National  Missionary  Convention  has  set  apart  the  first  Lord's  day  in  Decem- 
ber for  the  presentation  of  the  work  of  the'  Christian  Woman's  Board  of  Missions 
in  the  churches  and  the  taking  of  an  offering  to  enlarge  its  field  and  forces.  This  is 
the  one  opportunity  of  the  year  to  place  before  the  people  the  great  work  that  God 
has  committed  to  this  organization. 

This  opportunity  means  sharing  in  the  opening  of  new  territory  to  light,  to  right 
progress,  to  the  attainment  of  the  best  ideals.  It  means  childhood  made  happy;  the 
sick  ami  suffering  ministered  unto.  It  means  Christian  education  for  thousands  of 
young  people  and  a  stronger  andtiobler  manhood  and  womanhood  for  those  reached 
by  the  ministry  of  this  organization. 

The  Christian  Woman's  Board  of  Missions  works  in  the  United  States,  Jamaica, 
India,  Mexico,  Porto  Rico  and  South  America,  having  three  hundred  and  thirty-six 
missionaries,  teachers  and  helpers  in  these  fields.  Its  work  is  steadily  growing, 
hence   its   needs   are   greater   than   ever   before. 

To  every  church  this  first  Lord's  day  of  December  means  that  God  will  be  satis- 
fied with  nothing  less  than  our  best  efforts  ta  make  this  a  great  opportunity  to  teach 
the  people  of  this  work  and  its  needs. 

Give  an  offering  for  this  work.     Forward  it  to  the  corresponding  secretary, 
Mrs.  Helen  E.  Moses,  152  E.  Market  St.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 


The    following   are   the    states    in(  whicl>.the  work  is  conducted  and  the  organi  -  zers : 


Arkansas— Miss  E'.ia  Browning,  Mrs.  Sa- 
rah Bostick. 

Idaho— Mrs.  B.  F.  Clay. 

Illinois — Miss  Lura  V.  Thompson.; 

Indiana — Mrs.  S.  K.  Jones,  Mrs.  Effie  Cun- 
ningham. 

Indian  Territory— Mrs.  W.  A.  Morton,  Mrs. 
F.  L.  Mclnnis. 

Iowa — Miss  Annette  Newcomer. 


Kansas — Alma  Evelyn  Moore. 
Kentucky — Mrs.  S.  K.  Yancey. 
Michigan — Mrs.  Famiie  R.  Thomson. 
Missouri— Mrs.    L.    G.    Bantz,    Mrs.    E.    L. 

Peddicord,    Mrs.  -  A.".  M.    Fullen,    Mrs. 

J.  L.  Moore,  Mrs.  E.  L."  Thomas,  Mrs. 

M.  A.  Fowler,  Mrs.  M.  V.  Button. 
Nebraska— Mrs.  C.  S.  Willard. 
New  England,  Maine  and  Massachusetts — 

Mrs.  Newton  Knox. 


New  York — Mrs.  Laura  Gerould  Craig. 
North  Carolina — Miss  Nanna  C.  Crozier. 
Ohio — Miss  Mary  A.  Lyons. 
Oklahoma— Mrs.  M.  A.  Lucy. 
Oregon— Mrs.  T.  S.  Handsaker. 
Pennsylvania — Miss  Elsie  L.  Taylor. 
Virginia — Miss  Mary  I.  Orvis. 
Washington— Mrs.    Eva    S.    Gilmore,    Miss 
Cora  Green — 30. 


Work  is  also  conducted  in  the  following  states :  Alabama,  California,  Colorado,  Connecticut,  District  of  Columbia,  Florida, 
Georgia,  Maryland,  Minnesota,  Mississippi,  Montana,  Nevada,  Rhode  Island,  .South  Carolina,  Texas,  West  Virginia,  Wisconsin, 


WORKERS    EMPLOYED    IN    UNITED    STATES 


Alabama,  Lum- — V.  W.  Barnett,  Velma 
Jones,  Fannie  Hay,  Alice  Johnson,  Mar- 
tha A.  Butler,  Anna  Moorer,  E.  L. 
Brayboy — 7. 

Arkansa — Junius    Wilkins,    J.    A.    Brooks, 

D.  T.  Stanley,  W.  J.  Hudspeth,  E.  M. 
Berry.  J.  C.  McQuerry,  W.  B.  Mason, 
H.  S.  Mobley,  N.  J.  Trout,  E.  C. 
Browning — 10. 

California,  N.,  Berkeley — E.  W.  Darst. 
Palo  Alto— Chas.  L.  Beal— 2. 

California,  S.,  Downey — J.  Q.  Myers.  Mon- 
rovia, Allen  and  Emma  Wright — 3. 

Colorado — F.    D.    Macy,    J.    W.    Maddux, 

E.  J.  Harlow,  Ward  Russell,  G.  C. 
Johnson,  R.  M.  Bailey,  Walter  Car- 
ter—7. 

Di-trict  of  Columbia,  Washington,  Fifteenth 
Street  Church — J.  E.  Stuart — 1. 

Florida — Three. 

Georgia,  Rome — Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  G.  Camp- 
bell—2. 

Idaho,  Weiser — O.  M.  Pennock — 1. 

Illinois,  Chicago — C.  L.  Waite,  H.  E.  Tuck- 
er, W.  H.  Gibson,  M.  T.  Brown,  E.  A. 
Henry,  May  Sundell,  A.  Larrabee. 

Indian  Territory — Four. 

Kansas,  Lawrence — Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  C. 
Payne.  Negro  evangelistic  work,  B.  C. 
Duke — 3. 


Kentucky,  Hazel  Green — W.  H.  Cord, 
H.  J.  Derthick,  M.  O.  Carter,  Miss 
Jeannette  Gridley,  Miss  Effie  King, 
C.  P.  Coley.  Morehead,  F.  C.  Button, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  W.  McDiarmid,  Miss 
Magdalena  Stukey,  Mrs.  Eliza  Hop- 
kins, Professor  Holbrook,  Mrs.  Cora 
Dayton,  R.  B.  Neal.  Loinsville — A.  H. 
Thomson,  O.  Singleton— 16. 

Louisiana,  Baton  Rouge — E.  Lin  wood  Crys- 
tal— 1. 

Maryland,  Baltimore,  Randall  Street  Church 
—Claris  Yeuell — 1. 

Michigan,  Ann  Arbor — G.  P.  Coler,  A.  C. 
Gray.  Traverse  City — T.  P.  Ullom. 
Grand  Rapids— Wm.  Bellamy.  Mt. 
Pleasant — 5. 

Minnesota,  Winona — C.  B.  Osgood — 1. 

Missouri— J.  B.  Parsons,  S.  W.  Scott,  J.  V. 
Hutton— 3. 

Mississippi,  Edwards — Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  B. 
Lehman,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Willis  Prout, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  M.  Burgess,  Miss  Ad- 
aline  E.  Hunt,  Miss  Harriet  Carney, 
Miss  Virginia  Hartley,  Miss  Fannie 
M.  Boggs,  Orville  Stevens,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Zach  Howard — 13. 

Montana — J.  D.  Stephens,  F.  Minnick,  H.  L 
Willis,  H.  M.  Hale,  S.  W.  Brown,  A.  C. 
Downing,  B.  L.  Kline — 7. 

Total  In    Home    Field,  136. 


Nebraska,  Havelock — H.   G.    Wilkinson — 1. 

New  England — Swampscott,  Brockton  and 
Haverhill,  Mass. — 3. 

Nevada,  Reno— John  Young — 1. 

New  York— Eight  points  helped — 8. 

North  Carolina,  Asheville — Mr.  Mina- 
kucki — 1. 

Ohio— C.  C.  Smith,   Miss  Gertrude  Smith— 2. 

Oklahoma— Evangelists  I.  W.  Cameron  and 

C.  M.  Barnes— 2. 
Oregon,  Portland — Rodney  Avenue  Church, 
A.     Esson.       Chinese    Mission,    Louie 
Hugh  and  wife — 3. 

Pennsylvania — J.  H.  Dabney,  H.  G.  Weav- 
er— 2. 

South  Carolina,  Columbia — Stanley  R. 
Grubb— 1. 

South  Dakota — Appropriation  to  State 
Board. 

Texas— Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  L.  Jewett— 2. 

Virginia,  Charlottesville— Prof.  W.  M.  For- 
rest. Martinsville — J.  H.  Thomas,  Miss 
Eva  Griffin — 3. 

Washington,  Everett— O.  W.  McGaughey. 
Ellensburg— C:  H.  Hilton— 2. 

West  Virginia — Sistersville — 1. 

Wisconsin — Grand  Rapids,  Monroe,  Lady- 
smith,  Readstown,  Werley,  Rib  Lake, 
assisted,  and  Julius  Stone,  Scandinavian 
Mission — 7. 


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An  Important  Mountain  Work. 

Two  visits  made  to  Hazel  Green,  Ky., 
last  winter  impressed  me  with  the  wisdom 
of  our  Woman's  Board  in  establishing  a 
school  there.  No  better  place  for  this  work- 
could  be  found,  situated  as  it  is  in  almost 
the  very  center  of  the  mountain  region  of 
eastern  Kentucky.  1  was  asked  to  deliver 
an  address  on  education  to  the  students 
at  the  dedication  of  the  Sarah  K.  Yancey 
dormitory.  I  prepared  myself  as  carefully 
as  I  would  have  done  had  I  expected  to 
speak  to  our  Kentucky  University  students; 
and  1  found  the  student  body  just  as  re- 
sponsive, just  as  quick  to  see  a  point,  as 
any  young  people  I  ever  spoke  before. 
Shortly  after  this  visit,  I  returned  to  preach 
for  ten  days.  The  good  impression  made 
by  the  young  people  on  my  first  visit  was 
only  deepened  by  this  second  visit.  I  never 
had  more  sympathetic  audiences  than  I  had 
there.  A  large  number  of  students  con- 
fessed their  faith  in  Christ.  We  truly  had 
a  season  of  refreshing.  The  success  of  our 
little  meeting"  was  largely  due  to  the  co- 
operation of  Brother  Cord,  Brother  Derth- 
ick  and  the  other  members  of  the  faculty. 

This  meeting  gave  me  an  opportunity  to 
visit  the  class  rooms.  I  was  impressed  with 
the  thoroughness  of  the  work  done,  and 
with  the  religious  atmosphere  that  seemed 
to  pervade  the  school.  The  young  men  and 
.women  who  go  out  from  Hazel  Green  are 
carrying  with  them  such  knowledge  and 
such  principles  as  will  make  them  useful 
citizens  and  intelligent  Christians.  In  the 
years  to  come  they  will  be  the  better  hus- 
bands and  wives,  the  better  fathers  and 
mothers,  because  of  the  influence  of  this 
splendid  institution.  Eternity  alone  will  re- 
veal the  good  our  women  are  doing  at  Hazel 
Green. 

I  have  never  been  to  Morehead.  If  I  had, 
I  have  no  doubt  I  could  speak  equally  well 
of  the  work  being  done  there.  Let  us  en- 
large the  work  at  both  places.  The  young 
people  in  these  schools  are  blessing  us  for 
what  we  are  doing  for  them,  and  thousands 
more  are  crying  out  for  similar  blessings. 
This  is  the  day  of  our  opportunity  in  the 
mountains  of  Kentucky.       Mark  Collis. 

Lexington,  Ky. 

University  Bible  Work. 

MICHIGAN  UNIVERSITY. 

At  the  state  convention  of  Michigan,  Au- 
gust, 1892,  a  committee  was  appointed  to 
make  arrangements  for  the  endowment  of 
an  English  Bible  chair  at  Ann  Arbor,  in 
connection  with  the  University  of  Michi- 
gan. This  committee  appealed  to  the  Chris- 
tian Woman's  Board  of  Missions  to  under- 
take this  work.  The  subject  was  considered 
and  approved  by  the  executive  committee. 
•At  the  national  convention  in  the  following 
October,  the  president,  Mrs.  Burgess,  recom- 
mended that  it  be  undertaken.  It  was  a 
new  departure,  nothing  like  it  existed.  Mrs. 
Burgess  said: 

"The  way  is  open,  if  we  have  the  cour- 
age to  undertake  it,  for  the  establishment 
of  an  English  Bible  chair  at  the  seat  of  the 
University  of  Michigan.  The  great  uni- 
versity is  already  established  there,  and  the 


courtesies   of  the  institution   are  offered   to 
US.     The  demand  for  I'.iblc  study  can  be  met 
by  endowing  a  chair  and  putting  a  comp< 
tent  teacher  in  charge." 

The  recommendation  was  unanimously 
adopted  by  the  convention,  such  men  as 
J.  II.  Garrison,  J.  \V.  McCarwy  and  \',.  V>. 
Tyler  giving  it  hearty  approval.  The  work 
was  opened  in  October  189.3,  with  H.  L. 
Willett  and  Clinton  Eockhart  in  charge.  In 
1895  G.  P.  Coler  was  called  to  the  service 
of  this  work  and  is  still  in  charge,  assisted 
by  the  pastor  of  the  church,  A.  C.  Gray. 
In  July,  190,3,  through  the  generosity  of  two 
friends  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  a  good  "home  for 
the  work  was  purchased.     - 

Fifteen  hundred  students  have  been  en- 
rolled in  the  Bible  chair  classes.  These 
are  now  iji  almost  every  state  in  the  union, 
and  in  China,  India,  Japan,  Africa,  Persia, 
Turkey  and  Mexico.  In  all  these  lands  they 
are  giving  a  clear  note  of  testimony  to  the 
truth  of  God*s  Word,  as  they  go  forward 
joyfully  in  his  service. 


ceptiofl  in   \**)2.  and   earnestly  desired  that 
lueh  a   work  be  established  ii  -ion 

with  the  University  of  Kansas,    in  !■'■ 
ary,   1900,  G.   f.  Coler  visited  Lawreti" 
judge  ot  the  propriety  of  opening  the  nork, 

He  offered  a  -< nes  of  lectures,  and  received 
hearty  encouragement.     He  considered  the 
opportunity  most  promising.  In  April,  . 
Air.  and   Mrs.   W.  C   Payne  wer<-  placed  in 
charge.      Early    in    1902    a    home    for    the 
work  was  purchased  through  the  gene- 
gifts  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  A.  Bucrgan,  Mo- 
line,    Kan.      In    March,    1905,    Mrs.    Mary 
Myers,      Philadelphia,      Pa.,      gave     S-.ooo 
toward  the  erection  of  a  Bible  hall  adjoin- 
ing  the    home.      Kansas    friends   have 
contributed    to    this    fund,    and    a    building 
will  soon  be  erected.     This  work  has  a  fine 
place    in    the    university,    and    receive-    the 
hearty  support  of  the  faculty. 

THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  TEXA8. 

The  Texas  workers  are  always  awake  to 
every    good     thing,     and     were     interested 


Burgess  Hall — The  Boys'  Dormitory  at  Morehe  ad,   Ky. 


THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  VIRGINIA. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  National 
Board  in  1897,  Col.  John  B.  Cary,  Rich- 
mond, Va.,  presented  the  need  for  Bible 
teaching  at  the  University  of  vYirginia,  and 
urged  the  board  to  undertake  it.  H.  L. 
Willett  was  sent  to  Charlottesville  that  win- 
ter for  a  course  of  Bible  lectures,  which 
were  well  received.  The  following  season 
the  work  was  opened,  C.  A.  Young  being 
in  charge.  In  1898,  Colonel  Cary  died.  His 
family,  knowing  his  great  interest  in  the 
establishment  of  this  wyork,  gave  the  board 
$10,000  to  establish  the  John  B.  Cary  lec- 
tureship in  connection  with  the  university. 
An  endowment  fund  of  $25,000  was  com- 
pleted in  1901,  twenty  states  besides  Vir- 
ginia contributing  to  it.  Xo  building  is 
owned  for  the  conduct  of  this  work.  Lec- 
tures are  delivered  and  classes  held  in 
rooms  furnished  by  the  university.  W.  M. 
Forrest  was  placed  in  charge  of  this  work 
in  1003,  and  still  directs  it. 

THE  UNIVERSITY  OF  KANSAS. 

The  auxiliaries  of  Kansas  had  been  inter- 
ested in  university  Bible  work  from  its  in- 


friends  of  the  university  Bible  work  from 
its  beginning.  In  1903  a  promise  was 
made  the  state  officers  that  an  experienced 
man  would  be  sent  to  Austin  to  study  the 
field  and  give  his  judgment  as  to  the  wis- 
dom of  establishing  Bible  work.  In  Febru- 
ary, 1904,  W.  C.  Payne  was  sent  to  Austin 
for  a  month.  He  advised  undertaking  the 
work.  Mrs.  M.  M.  Blanks,  of  Lockhart. 
gave  her  notes  for  $9,000,  paying  generous 
interest  on  them.  She  also  gave  lots  val- 
ued at  $7,000.  In  1004,  an  excellent  prop- 
erty, facing  the  university  campus,  was  pur-' 
chased  as  a  home  for  the  work,  and-  in  May. 
1905.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  L.  Jewett  were  placed 
in  charge  of  the  work. 

@     ® 

The  Morehead,  Ky.,  Normal 
School. 

The  necessity  for  the  founding  of  this  in- 
stitution grew  out  of  the  feudal  conditions 
existing  in  Rowan  county  at  the  time.  The 
most  deadly  of  Kentucky  feuds  was  then 
in  progress.  Many  men  on  both  sides  of  the 
conflict,  known  as  the  Tolliver-Martin  war. 
had    been    killed. 

(Continued  on  page  f5jS?.) 


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November  30,  1905 


The  Work  Among  the  Negroes   By  c.  c.  smith 


This  is  but  a  brief  sketch  of  the  efforts  of 
the  Church  of  Christ  in  behalf  of  the 
negToes  of  the  United  States,  the  work 
which,  in  the  fall  of  1900,  was  assumed  by 
the  Christian  Woman's  Board  of  Missions, 
and  which  has  since  been  directed  and 
maintained  by  this  board. 

The  first  school  established  by  the  Church 
of  Christ  among  the  negroes  of  the  United 
States  was  a  Bible  school,  located  in  Louis- 
ville. Ky..  opened  in  1873,  and  conducted 
for  four  years.  In  1875  the  Southern  Chris- 
tian Institute  was  organized,  and  in  1882 
the  present  site  for  this  school  was  chosen," 
and  from  that  time  to  this  a  school  has 
been  conducted  on  this  site.  In  1890  the 
Board  of  Negro  Education  and  Evangeli- 
zation was  organized,  and  the  Southern 
Christian  Institute  naturally  came  under  the 
direction  of  this  board.  Under  this  board, 
before  its  work  was  taken  by  the  Christian 
Woman's  Board  of  Missions,  two  more 
schools  were  established,  and  shortly  after 
the  work  was  assumed  by  the  Christian 
Woman's  Board  of  Missions,  another  school 
was  added,  so  that  now  there  are  four 
schools  for  negroes  in  the  United  States 
directed  and  maintained,  year  by  year,  by 
the  Christian  Woman's  Board  of  Missions. 
These  schools  are :  The  Southern  Chris- 
tian Institute,  located  at  Edwards,  Miss. ; 
the  Louisville  Bible  School,  Louisville,  Ky. ; 
the  Lum  Graded  School,  Lum,  Ala. ;  the 
Martinsville  Institute,  Martinsville,  Va.  Be- 
sides the  work  of  these  schools  several 
states  have  been  and  are  aided,  year  by 
year,  in  carrying  on  evangelistic  work. 

From  the  organization  of  the  Board  of 
Xegro  Education  and  Evangelization  cer- 
tain principles  and  ideals  have  obtained. 
The  policy  has  been  and  is  to  train  equally 


trained  workers,  earning  an  honest  living 
by  the  labor  of  their  hands,  and  at  the  same 
time    preaching    the    Gospel,    building    up 


A.  J.  THOMPSON, 
Principal  of  the  Louisville  Bible  School. 

churches,  schools  and  homes,  and  becoming 
recognized  leaders  of  their  people.  Again, 
there  have  been  sent  forth  many  well-trained 
young  men  into  the  ministry.  We  have 
property  valued  at  more  than  the  entire 
cash  expenditure  of  the  work ;  while  train- 
ing their  hands  to  skill  they 
have  been  led  to  minister 
unto  themselves  in  building 
their  own  school  houses, 
homes  and  churches.  From 
the     four    schools,    which     it 


Morehead  Normal  School. 

{Continued  from  page  1551.) 
In  this  crisis  of  affairs,  Gen.  William  T. 
Withers,  of  Lexington,  Ky.,  who  had  been 
with  Pemberton  at  Vicksburg,  offered  the 
Kentucky  Christian  Missionary  Convention 
enough  money  to  pay  the  salary  of  a  teacher 
and  preacher  for  Morehead.  The  offer  was 
accepted,  and  the  power  of  Christian  edu- 
cation was  put  to  the  test  in  conflict  with 
a  mountain  feud. 

For  13  years  it  had  been  supported  by 
trre  Kentucky  Christian  Missionary  Con- 
vention. On  July  31,  1900,  it  passed  under 
the  control  of  the  Christian  Woman's  Board 
of  Missions.  Under  this  new  and  compe- 
tent management  the  buildings  have  been 
repaired  and  enlarged,  the  number  of  teach- 
ers has  been  increased,  the  courses  of  study 
have  been  strengthened,  and  a  new  epoch 
in   its   history   has   begun. 

The  school  began  with  one  charity  pupil 
in  attendance  the  first  day,  but  the  past 
year  363'  were  enrolled,  from  twenty-one 
counties  in  Kentucky  and  five  states  of  the 
union.  There  have  been  enrolled  in  the  school 
since  its  founding  1,500  different  pupils,  of 
whom  500  have  been  teachers,  and  these 
have  taught,  at  the  least  calculation,  100,- 
000  pupils ;  so  the  work  has  multiplied  itself 
many  times.  Though  there  are  industrial 
features  in  the  school,  such  as  a  printing 
office  and  broom  factory,  the  service  which 
the  school  renders  in  teaching  teachers,  and 
teaching  them   to  be  Christian   workers   in' 


The  Ohio  Sewing  Room  at  the  Lum  Graded  School. 


the  head,  hand  and  heart;  to  give  a  com- 
mon school,  an  industrial  and  a  moral  edu- 
cation ;  to  train  the  whole  man,  making 
him  intelligent,  skillful,  moral  and  Chris- 
tian. Not  how  much  done,  but  how  well 
done ;  not  how  many  trained,  but  how  well 
trained.  Again,  it  has  been  and  is  the  aim 
to  conduct  the  work,  as  far  as  possible,  in 
a  manner  acceptable  to  the  Christian  peo- 
ple of  the  south. 

Guided  by  these  principles,  what  is  the 
accomplishment  in  this  work?  There  is 
(as  an  outgrowth  of  it)    a  small  army  of 


is  the  endeavor  to  have  centers  of  knowl- 
edge, wisdom  and  the  "Truth  which  makes 
free,"  many  young  negro  men  and  women 
are  going  forth  each  year  to  minister  unto 
others ;  to  become  leaders  of  their  own  race 
in  the  sections  where  their  lot  is  cast;  the 
little  leaven  which  is  to  leaven  the  whole 
lump;  the  few  by  which  the  many  are  to  be- 
come uplifted. 

We  believe  that  the  wisest,  most  Chris- 
tian men,  north  and  south,  now  fully  be- 
lieve that  the  surest,  the  quickest,  the  saf- 
est way  to  solve  the  "negro  problem"  is  by 
Christian   industrial   education. 

Cincinnati,  O.  C.  C.  Smith. 


Louisville  Christian  Bible  School. 

the  communities  to  which  they  go,  is  the 
greatest  office  of  the  school.  In  this,  also, 
we  find  the  brightest  outlook  for  the  fu- 
ture. The  Kentucky  and  West  Virginia 
mountains  will  soon  be  served  in  a  large 
measure  by  teachers  of  this  and  kindred 
schools,  who  will  carry  with  them  the  bless- 
ings of  Christian  education  and  culture. 

'  A  Bible  department  is  being  conducted 
by  the  principal  of  the  school,  in  which 
many  young  men  and  women  are  being 
trained  for  special  work  as  ministers  and 
missionaries.  One  young  man  in  this  de- 
partment walked  last  year  180  miles  to  reach 
the  school.  F.  C.  Button. 


November  .30.  1905 


Til  E  CI  I K I  ST  I A  N-EVANGELIST 


What  We  Have   Done   ai  d   How   We    Did   It 


The    last    dollar   of   the    indebtedness   of 
the  South    Broadway  Church,  Denver,  was 
paid    Tuesday,    November    21,    1905.      The 
mortgage  will  be  burned   Lord's  day  even 
ing,  December  3. 

William  Ba'yard  Craig  organized  the 
South  Broadway  Church,  served  for  a 
number  of  years  as  pastor   without   salary, 


By  B.  B.  Tyler 

of  these  faithful  brethren.  I  esteem  il  an 
honor  to  In-  a  successor  of  Mich  men  as 
William  Bayard  Craig,  Walter  Scotl   Priesl 

and  Samuel  I!.  Moore.  Hut  for  their  noble 
Christian     lives     and     faithful     services     ill 


Girls'  Dormitory — Southern  Christian  Institute. 


and  led  the  brethren  in  the  erection  of 
their  splendid  house  of  worship.  He  will 
be  the  chief  speaker  at  the  time  of  the 
burning  of  the  mortgage.  The  panic  of 
1893  was  the  occasion  of  this  debt.  Abun- 
dant provision  had  been  made  for  the  pay- 
ment of  all  debts.  No  one  is  to  blame 
for  the  fact  that  the  church  has  been  com/ 
pelled  to  carry  during  all  these  years  a 
heavy  debt.  No  person  foresaw  the  panic. 
No  one  could  look  into  the  future  and  see 
the  protracted  season  of  hard  times  that 
followed  the  terrific  financial  cyclone  of  "93, 

Brother  Craig  laid  wisely  and  well  the 
foundations  for  our  present  prosperous 
work.  As  a  pioneer  in  this  part  of  the 
world  he  was  broad-minded,  sweet-spirited 
and  far-sighted.  He  erected  this  fine  stone 
edifice  in  our  part  of  Denver  before  the 
people  were  lure.  Brother  Craig  /is  a.  man 
of  visions.  He  saw  the  people  coming,  and 
prepared  for  them.  He  is  aslo  a  man  of 
unusual  courage.  He  dared  to  attempt  the 
apparently  impossible.  Under  his  skillful 
management   the   ideal   becomes  real. 

There  is  not  space  in  this  connection  to 
recite  the  story  of  Uncle  John  Sutton's 
liberality  in  those  early  days;  nor  is  it 
necessary.  The  story  has  been  told  again 
and  again  of  how  Uncle  John  gave  a 
little  fortune — all  that  he  possessed — to  this 
enterprise,  and  then  requested  the  privilege 
of  serving  the  church  as  sexton.  The  story 
is  one  of  supreme  devotion  and  liberality. 

Following  Bayard  Craig  in  the  pastorate 
came  Walter  Scott  Priest,  now  in  Colum- 


Denver  it  would  not  be  possible  to  write, 
on  this  twenty-second  day  of  November. 
1905,  as  I  do,  that  the  South  Broadway 
Christian  Church  owns  as  beautiful  a  build- 
ing as  is  owned  by  the  Disciples,  worth,  at 
a  conservative  estimate,  $65,000,  absolutely 
fr;ee  from  debt.  The  man  who  is  in  at  the 
hour  of  victory  is  too  often  the  man  who  re- 
ceives all  the -praise.     This  is  not  just.     In 


dollars.  The  original  debt  had  been  re- 
duced to  this  figure  by  contributions  and 
the  -.ale  of  certain  real  <  itatc  which  had 
been  secured  for  the  church  by  Brother 
Craig. 

After  carefully  studying  the  field,  and 
a  for  becoming  acquainted  with  the  pi 
my  plan  of  campaign  was  formed.  The 
great  task  before  1^  v\a-  the  payment  of 
this  debt.  I  said:  "The  ...ay  to  free  the 
church  from  this  incubus  of  deb!  1-.  to 
build  the  congregation  up  in  number-,  and 
intensify  the  spiritual  vitality  of  the  body." 
This  plan  has  been  steadfastly  adhered  to. 
Two  year-  passed  before  there  was  apparent 
any  serious  thought  of  freedom  from  debt. 
\ ft c  r  about  this  period  of  time  there  be- 
gan to  be  indication-  of  interest  in  this 
matter.  This  interest  was  carefully  watched 
and  fostered.  It  began  to  be  intense.  A 
blind  man  could  see  that  the  time  to  strike- 
was  at  hand.  Sunday,  December  7.  190J, 
was  fixed  upon  as  the  date.  .Mr.  Jospeh 
W.  Powell,  of  Buffalo.  New  York,  an  expert 
in  the  payment  of  church  debts,  iv.i-  engaged 
to  lead  us  in  preparing  for  the  meeting  to 
be  held  on  December  7.  and  to  make  the 
appeal  tor  money.  Meantime.  Mr.  F.  Peyton 
Woolston.  a  young  business  man  brimful 
of  energy  and  enthusiasm,  and  Mr.  A.  E. 
I  ierce,  an  elder  in  the  church,  a  man  who 
has  the  confidence  and  love  of  all  who 
know  him.  practically  gave  up  their  busi- 
ness for  weeks  in  making  preparation  for 
the  grand  rail}'.  -The  day  came,  and  we 
were  ready.     Twelve  thousand  dollars  were 


Schoo1.  House  and  Students,  Lum.  Alabama. 


the  case  at  this  moment  under  consideration 
it  would  be  most  unfair.     In  these  words  I 


bus,  O.,  and  Samuel  B.  >Ioore,  now  in  St 
Louis.     Two  better  men?  never  served  any      am  doing  all  I  can  to  prevent  this  injustice. 

"Honor  to  whom  honor  is  due."    The  honor 


church.  They  held  the  pastorate  of  the 
South  Broadway  Church' at  the  most  diffi- 
cult period  in  its  experience.  I  do  not  see 
how  the  church  could  have  been  better 
served  than  it  was  served  by  these  good 
men.  In  the  more  than  five  years  that 
I  have  spent  in  Denver  I  have  not  heard 
so  much  as  a  single  word  of  disparagement 


of  this  great   victory  belongs  to  his  prede- 
cessors— not  to  the  present  pastor. 

When  I  came  to  the  South  Broadway 
Church,  in  the  month  of  October.  19CO. 
there  was  a  debt  of  $io,oco  on  the  property, 
secured  by  mortgage.  There  was  also  a 
floating    indebtedness    of    several     hundred 


asked  for — an  amount  barely  sufficient  at 
that  time  to  cover  all  indebtedness.  The 
response  exceeded  this  sum  by  three  or 
four  thousand  dollars.  The  pledges  made 
on  that  day  were  to  be  redeemed  in  three 
years.  The  amount  of  the  debt  was  put  in 
the  form  of  bonds,  each  bond  representing 
$36.  1  f  a  person  subscribed  for  one  bond, 
he  became  responsible  for  $36  of  the  debt. 
interest  and  principal.  The  sooner  the  bond 
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1554 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


The  Federation  Conference 


November  30,  1905 

AS  SEEN  FROM 
THE  DOME 


Doubtless  one  of  the  most  remarkable 
meetings  of  the  century  was  the  "Inter- 
church  Conference  on  Federation."  which 
met  in  Carnegie  Hall,  in  the  great  city  of 
New  York.  Xovemhcr  15-21.  Such  a  rep- 
resentation of  the  relieious  bodies  of  Amer- 
ica has  never  been  seen  before  in  any  con- 
vention of  believers ;  nor  have  such  pro- 
nounced utterances  on  the  vital  theme  of 
Christian  union  ever  been  heard  in  any 
gathering  of  such  diverse  elements.  It  is 
questionable,  indeed,  whether  such  a  meet- 
ing would  have  been  possible  until  now. 
Those  who  undertook  it  surely  had  great 
faith  and  courage,  and  its  success  has  sur- 
passed the  expectations  of  the  most  san- 
guine friends  of  the  movement.  Over  six 
hundred  delegates,  representing  twenty- 
eight  leading  Protesiant  bodies,  got  togeth- 
er, and  two  thousand  or  more  church  mem- 
bers gathered  with  them,  the  whole  body 
standing  for  eighteen  millions  of  communi- 
cants, and  the  great  object  before  them  be- 
ing the  breaking  down  of  denominational 
hostility  and  the  bringing  of  the  churches 
into  closer  relationship.  No  one  could 
look  upon  the  great  conference  and  listen 
to  the  fervent  words  of  prayer  and  counsel 
and  not  be  mightily  moved.  Alexander 
Campbell  would  have  journeyed  a  thousand 
miles  to  attend  it.  In  no  religious  convo- 
cation have  I  ever  heard  such  stress  laid 
on  the  Seventeenth  of  John.  Many  of  the 
ablest  addresses  had  a  most  welcome  and 
familiar  ring  to  those  of  us  who  have  been 
schooled  as  Disciples  of  Christ.  The  fa- 
thers of  our  movement  for  Christian  unity 
seemed  to  be  presiding  over  the  Sessions ; 
or,  better  still,  the  Spirit  of  God  was  evi- 
dently directing  the  servants  of  our  divine 
Master  in  their  deliberations  and  actions. 
The  conference  is  one  of  the  chief  causes 
of  national  thanksgiving.  This  and  the 
President's  successful  stroke  in  the  settle- 
ment of  the  war  in  the  east  are  the  great 
events  for  which  the  doxology  should  be 
sung  on   Thursday,   November  30,   1905. 

The  purpose  of  this  federation  movement 
is  well  understood.  'To  secure  co-opera- 
tion among  churches  and  Christian  work- 
ers throughout  the  United  States  for  the 
more  effective  promotion  of  the  inter- 
ests of  the  kingdom  of  God,"  is  the  general 
aim.  Distinctly  has  it  been  stated  from 
the  beginning  that  there  is  no  intention  of 
welding  all  churches  into  one,  but  to  bring 
about  a  federation  of  denominations  created 
by  the  denomination1-  themselves.  The  basis 
is  not  one  of  creedal  statement  or  govern- 
mental form,  but  of  co-operative  work  and 
effort.  The  organization  is  to  have  power 
only  to  advise  the  constituent  bodies  rep- 
resented. No  man's  conscience,  no  man's 
liberty,  no  man's  individual  convictions  are 
jeopardized.  The  conference  in  New  York 
declared  that  "in  the  providence  of  God, 
the  time  has  come  when  it  seems  fitting 
more  fully  to  manifest  the  essential  oneness 
of  th€  Christian  churches  of  America  in 
Jesus  Christ  as  their  divine  Lord  and 
Savior,  and  to  promote  the  spirit  of  fel- 
lowship,   service    and    co-operation    among 


By  F.  D.  Power 

them.'!  The  thought  is  simply  that  the  great 
Christian  bodies  of  America  should  stand 
together  and  lead  in  the  discussion  of,  and 
give  an  impulse  to,  all  great  movements  that 
make  for  righteousness.  Questions  like 
that  of  the  saloon,  marriage  and  divorce, 
the  desecration  of  the  Lord's  day,  the  social 
evil,  child  labor,  relation  of  labor  and  cap- 
ital, the  bettering  of  the  conditions  of  the 
laboring  classes,  the  moral  and  religious 
training  of  the  young,  the  problem  created 
by  foreign  immigration,  and  international 
arbitration— all  questions,  indeed,  in  which 
the  voice  of  the  churches  should  be  heard — 
concern  Christians  of  every  same,  and  de- 
mand their  united  and  concerted  action 
if  the  church  is  to  lead  effectively  in  the 
conquest  of  the  world  tor  Christ. 

With  a  view  to  national  federation  a 
conference  was  held  in  New  YQrk  in  the 
winter  of  iqoo.  Then  followed  tfle  assem- 
bly in  Washington  in  February,  1902,  which 
sent  out  the  call  for  this  New  York  meet- 
ing. Twenty-eight  churches,  or  religious 
bodies,  approved  the  call  and  sent  their 
ablest  representatives  .  to  the  recent  con- 
ference. Local  federation  has  existed  and 
successfully  carried  on  its  work  in  many 
sections  of  the  country,  and  in  many  cities 
and  towns  for  years.  New  York  City  has 
for  a  decade  been  organized,  and  a  thou- 
sand churches  are  co-operating,  and  in  spirit 
and  scope  include  every  interest  for  which 
the  churches  at  present  or  in  future  can 
work  together.  Its  declared  purpose  is  to 
organize  and  assist  the  churches  and  Chris- 
tian organizations  in  the  city  for  co-opera- 
tive work  in  behalf  of  the  spiritual,  physic- 
al, educational,  economic  and  social  inter- 
ests of  its  family  life,  and  to  represent  the 
Christian  sentiment  of  the  city  in  regard 
to  moral  issues.  They  have  their  primal 
Fcdcratioji,  and  are  working  systematically, 
unitedly,  effectively.  One  church,  or  even 
one  denomination,  is  utterly  swallowed  up 
in  the  metropolis.  Combined,  they  are  felt 
as  a  mighty  spiritual  force.  Such  federa- 
tive work  for-the  common  kingdom  is  also 
doing  much  in  Maine,  in  Rhode  Island,  in 
New  York  state,  and  in  India,  China  and 
Japan.  In  many  cities  and  towns  the  fed- 
erated churches  have  in  concerted  effort 
taken  a  religious  census  of  the  population, 
organized  co-operative  parish  work,  dis- 
covered and  directed  to  the  churches  of 
their  choice  families  that  had  dropped  away 
from  church  attendance,  directed  concert- 
ed effort  for  the  removal  of  social  evils, 
the  cleansing  of  centers  of  vice  and  cor- 
ruption and  promotion  of  temperance,  ob- 
servance of  the  Lord's  day  and  general 
moraliiy.  and  have  worked  together  in  the 
cause  of  civic  righteousness.  Co-operation 
has  been  sought  after,  not  combination ; 
practical  service,  not  creedal  or  theological 
oneness.  Our  Washington  churches,  for 
example,  co-operated  in  canvassing  the  city 
to  see  that  the  Bible  was  placed  in  every 
home,   and   in   taking  a   religious  census  of 


all  the  population;  and  those  of  a  single 
section  in  abolishing  the  rum  holes  of  that 
section.  Getting  together  for  the  accom- 
plishment of  the  things  on  which  all  are 
agreed  may  not  be  all  that  is  wanted  to 
bring  in  the  fullness  of  our  Lord's  king- 
dom, but  it  is  a  mighty  step  in  the  right 
direction. 

The  plan  of  federation  adopted  in  New- 
York  of  a  "Federal  Council"  to  express  the 
fellowship  and  catholic  unity  of  the  Chris- 
tian church,  to  bring  the  Christian  bodies 
of  America  into  united  service  for  Christ 
and  the  world,  to  encourage  devotional  fel- 
lowship and  mutual  counsel,  to  secure  larger 
combined  influence  in  all  matters  affecting 
the  moral  and  social  condition  of  the  peo- 
ple, to  assist  in  the  organization  of  local 
branches,  etc.,  can  not  fail  to  meet  the 
approval  of  all  right-thinking  and  broad- 
thinking  believers,  especially  when  it  is 
clear  that  the  council  "shall  have  no  au- 
thority over  the  constituent  bodies  adhering 
to  it,"  and  "no  authority  to  draw  up  a 
common  creed,  or  form  of  government,  or 
of  worship,  or  in  any  way  to  limit  the  full 
autonomy  of  the  Christian  bodies  adhering 
to  it."  Each  Christian  body  shall  be  en- 
titled to  four  members,  and  one  additional 
member  for  every  50,000  communicants  or 
major  fraction  thereof.  The  council  shall 
meet  every  four  years.    : 

There  were  many  notable  incidents  in 
the  conference.  The  expression  of  sym- 
pathy for  the  Jews  in  Russia  and  appeal 
to  the  Christian  sentiment  of  that 
nation  to  stay  the  hand  of  perse- 
cution was  one.  The  President's  let- 
ter of  greeting  gave  indorsement  of  high 
authority  to  the  work  of  the  body.  His 
reference  to  "the  Christianizing  of  Japan" 
wa,s  criticised  by  some  of  the  New  York 
papers,  and  he  was  asked  how  he  would 
feel  if  the  Mikado  should  announce  he  was 
in  the  "highest  sympathy"  with  the  good 
work  of  "Shintoizing  the  United  States." 
The  New  York  papers  are  mainly  comic 
papers,  judging  from  their  attitude  toward 
such  matters  as  the  horse  show  and  the 
prince,  the  election  and  the  insurance  in- 
vestigation, the  opera,  the  Four  Hundred, 
and  the  football  craze,  over  against  such 
important,  serious,  wide-reaching  and  uni- 
versal interests  as  those  presented  in  the 
conference.  About  fifty  representative  Dis- 
ciples were  ia  attendance.  The  discussions 
were  able  and\  eloquent  beyond  those  of  any 
meeting  it  hat  ever  been  my  privilege  to 
enjoy.  The  finest  bit  of  oratory  was  that 
of  Bishop  Galloway ;  the  most  unique 
speeches  were  those  of  Bishop  Fowler  and 
Dr.  Buckley ;  the  purest  classics  were  the 
addresses  of  Dr.  P>aunce,  Dr.  Cuthbert  Hall, 
Dr.  Van  Dyke  and  Professor  Willett ;  the 
whole  program  of  the  fourteen  sessions-  of 
three  hours  each,  from  the  word  of  welcome 
by  Mr.  Littleton,  the  man  who  nominated 
Parker  for  the  presidency,  to  the  brilliant 
close  at  the  Waldorf-Astoria,  was  remark- 
able for  its  strength  afid,  most  of  all,  for 
its  irenic  character.  Not  a  note  of  sec- 
tarianism   was    sounded.      The    conference 


NOVEMBER  30,    t905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


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was     Christian.        Here     is     the    leading 
thought : 

*'Thc  world  does  nol  believe;  after  all 
we  have  written  and  said,  it  does  not  be- 
lieve.  Here  and  there  a  pilgrim  joins  our 
line  of  inarch,  but  the  world,  with  its  mul- 
titudes, surges  past  our  churches.  Our  de- 
nominationalism    has    failed    to    check    the 


world  tide  that  tun-  out  into  darkii- 
failed  to  rivet  high  a  standard  of  public 
morals  and  rivk  virtue.  Our  organization-. 
and  our  messages  at  home  and  abroad  are 
lamentably  ineffective.  It  is  even  to  be. 
doubted  whether  intellectual  religious  con- 
victions are  as  strong  as  they  were*  a  cen- 
tury ago.     And  what  shall  the  remedy  be? 


We   must   g<  ther,   but  on   a  platform 

deeper  and   Stronger  than   human   kindnen*. 
Accept     the    philosophy    of    •:  ter*s 

prayer.      We  ,,,ii-.t  g  -her  if  ever  the 

world    shall    believi  pt    the    ap  sties' 

example.     We  mu-i  gel  together  in  -pirit- 
ual  perception  and  spiritual  <y.i>-n>-n<-<t." 
Washington,  l>    { 


The   Plan    to    be    Submitted     to    Thirty     Religious    Bodies 


PREAMBLE. 
Whereas,  In  the  proyidence  of  God,  the 
time  has  come  when  it  seems  fitting,  more 
fully  to  manifest  the  essential  oneness 
of  the  Christian  churches  of  America  in 
Jesus  Christ  as  their'  divine  Lord  and 
Savior,  and  to  promote  the  spirit  of  fel- 
lowship, service  and  co-operation  among 
them,  the  delegates  to  the  Interchurch 
Conference  on  Federation  assembled  in 
New  York  City,  do  hereby  recommend  the 
following  Plan  of  Federation  to  the  Chris- 
tian bodies  represented  in  this  Conference 
for  their  approval. 

PLAN  OF   FEDERATION. 

i.  For  tlie  prosecution  of  work  that 
can  be  better  done  in  union  than  in  separa- 
tion a  Council  is  hereby  established  whose 
name  shall  be  the  Federal  Council  of  the 
Churches  of  Christ  in  America. 

2.  The  following  Christian  bodies  shall 
be  entitled  to  representation  in  this  Fed- 
eral Council  on  their  approval  of  the  pur- 
pose and  plan  of  the  organization : 

Baptist  Churches  of  the  United  States. 

Free  Baptist  General  Conference. 

Christians    (The    Christian    Connection). 

Congregational  Churches. 

Disciples  of  Christ. 

Evangelical  Association. 

Evangelical  Synod  of  North  America. 

Friends. 

Evangelical  Lutheran  Church,  General, 
Synod. 

Methodist    Episcopal    Church. 

Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South. 

Primitive  Methodist  Church. 

Colored  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in 
America. 

Methodist    Protestant   Church. 

African   Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 

African  Methodist  Episcopal  Zion 
Church. 

General  Conference  of  the  Mennonite 
Church  of  North  America. 

Moravian  Church. 

Presbyterian  Church  in  the  U.  S.  A. 

Cumberland    Presbyterian    Church. 

Welsh  Calvinistic  Methodist  or  Pres- 
byterian   Church. 

Reformed  Presbyterian  Church. 

United    Presbyterian    Church. 

Protestant    Episcopal    Church. 

Reformed  Church  in  America. 

Reformed  Church  in  the  U.  S.  A. 

Reformed    Episcopal   Church. 

Seventh   Day   Baptist   Churches. 

United  Brethren  in  Christ. 

The  United  Evangelical  Church. 

3.  The  object  of  this  Federal  Council 
shall   be — 

(1)  To  express  the  fellowship  and 
catholic  unity  of  the  Christian  Church. 

(2)  To  bring  the  Christian  bodies  of 
America  into  united  service  for  Christ  and 
the  world. 

(3)  To  encourage  devotional  fellow- 
ship and  mutual  counsel  concerning  the 
spiritual  life  and  religious  activities  of  the 
churches. 

(4)  To  secure  a  larger  combined  in- 
fluence  for  the   churches   of   Christ   in   all 


matters  affecting  the  moral  and  social 
condition  of  the  people,  so  as  to  promote 
the  application  of  the  law  of  Christ  in  every 
relation  of  human  life. 

(5)  To  assist  in  the  organization  of 
local  branches  of  the  Federal  Council  to 
promote   its   aims   in    their  communities. 

4.  This  Federal  Council  shall  have  no 
authority  over  the  constituent  bodies  ad- 
hering to  it,;  but  its  province  shall  be  lim- 
ited to  the  expression  of  its  counsel  and 
the  recommending  of  a  course  of  action  in 
matters  of  common  interest  to  the  churches, 
local  councils  and  individual  Christians. 

It  has  no  authority  to  draw  up  a  common 
creed,  or  form  of  government  or  of  wor- 
ship, or  in  any  way  to  limit  the  full  auton- 
omy of  the  Christian  bodies  adhering  to  it. 

5.  Members  af  this  Federal  Council 
shall  be  appointed  as  follows : 

Each  of  the  Christian  bodies  adhering 
to  this  Federal  Council  shall  be  entitled  to 
four  members,  and  shall  be  further  entitled 
to  one  member  for  every  50,000  of  its  com- 
municants or  major  fraction  thereof.  The 
question  of  representation  of  local  councils 
shall  be  referred  to  the  several  constituent 
bodies,  and  to  the  first  meeting  of  the  Fed- 
eral Council. 

6.  Any  action  to  be  taken  by  this  Fed- 
eral Council  shall  be  by  the  general  vote 
of  its  members.  But  in  case  one-third  of 
the  members  present  and  voting  request  it, 
the  vote  shall  be  by  the  bodies  represented, 
the  members  of  each  body  voting  sepa- 
rately; and  action  shall  require  the  vote, 
not  only  of  a  majority  of  the  members  vot- 
ing, but  also  of  the  bodies  represented. 

.  7.  Other  Christian  bodies  may  be  ad- 
mitted into  membership  of  this  Federal 
Council  on  their  request  if  approved  by  a 
vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  members  voting 
at  a  session  of  this  council,  and  of  two- 
thirds  of  the  bodies  represented,  the  repre- 
sentatives of  each  body  voting  separately. 

8.  The  Federal  Council  shall  meet  in 
December,  1908,  and  thereafter  once  in 
every   four  years. 

9.  The  officers  of  this  Federal  Council 
shall  be  a  president,  one  vice-president, 
from  each  of  its  constituent  bodies,  a  cor- 
responding secretary,  a  recording  secretary, 
a  treasurer,  and  an  executive  committee, 
who  shall  perform  the  duties  usually  as- 
signed  to   such  officers. 

The  corresponding  secretary  shall  aid  in 
organizing  and  assisting  local  councils,  and 
shall  represent  the  Federal  Council  in  its 
work,  under  the  direction  of  the  executive 
committee. 

The  executive  committee  shall  consist  of 
seven  ministers  and  seven  laymen,  together 
with  the  president,  all  ex-presidents,  the 
corresponding  secretary,  the  recording  sec- 
retary  and    the    treasurer.      The    executive 


committee  shall  have  authority  to  attend 
to  all  business  of  the  Federal  Council  in  the 
intervals  of  it-,  meetings  and  to  fill  any 
vacanci' 

All  officers  shall  be  chosen  at  the  quad- 
rennial meetings  of  the  council,  and  shall 
hold  their  office  until  their  successor-,  take 
office. 

The  president,  vice-presidents,  the  cor- 
responding secretary,  the  recording  sec- 
retary and  the  treasurer  shall  be  elected 
by  the  Federal  Council  on  nomination  by 
the  executive  committee. 

The  executive  committee  shall  be  elected 
by  ballot  after  nomination  by  a  nominating 
committee. 

10.  This  plan  of  federation  may  be  al- 
tered or  amended  by  a  majority  vote  of 
the  members,  followed  by  a  majority  vote 
of  the  representatives  of  the  several  con- 
stituent bodies,  each  body  voting  separately. 

11.  The  expenses  of  the  Federal  Coun- 
cil shall  be  provided  for  by  the  several 
constituent   bodies. 

This  plan  of  federation  shall  become  op- 
erative when  it  shall  have  been  approved 
by  two-thirds  of  the  above  bodies  to  which 
it  shall  be  presented. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  delegation 
to  this  conference  to  present  this  plan  of 
federation  to  its  national  body,  and  ask 
its  consideration  and  proper  action. 

In  case  this  plan  of  federation  is  ap- 
proved by  two-thirds  of  the  proposed  con- 
stituent bodies  the  executive  committee  of 
the  National  Federation  of  Churches  and 
Christian  Workers,  which  has  called  this 
conference,  is  requested  to  call  the  Fed- 
eral Council  to  meet  at  a  fitting  place 
in  December,   1908. 

Country    Life.      Doubleday,    Page    &   Co., 
New  York. 

The  November  issue  of  this  rmly  estab- 
lished magazine  has  as  its  leading  feature 
an  article  on  fox  hunting  in  the  Genesee 
valley.  One  may  not  be  especially  inter- 
ested in  following  the  hounds,  and  yet 
thoroughly  enjoy  the  very  lifelike  and,  in- 
deed, unique  photographs  that  illustrate  this 
article.  For  pictures  of  the  horse  in  the  at- 
titude of  leaping  they  have  not  been 
equaled.  The  mangrove  as  an  island 
builder  is  pictured  in  so  striking  a  way  that 
little  descriptive  matter  is  necessary  to  ex- 
plain the  fascinating  life  history  of  the  tree 
that  makes  land  out  of  sandbars  and  coral 
reefs.  In  the  series  of  illustrated  articles 
on  "Country  Homes  of  Famous  Ameri- 
cans," that  of  James  Madison,  at  Mont- 
pelier.  Va.,  is  presented  this  month.  The 
housebuilder  will  find  a  number  of  articles 
of  peculiar  interest  to  him.  while  those  who 
delight  in  such  different  subjects  as  ban- 
tams, cocker  spaniels,  perennial  garden 
phlox,  will  find  articles  and  pictures  that 
will  interest  them. 


loot) 


THE  CHRISTIAN-*:  /ANGELIST. 


November  30.  1905 


Our   Budget. 


— Next  week  our  Holiday  Number. 

— C.  \Y.  B.  M.  day  next  Lord's  day. 

— Give  the  good  sisters  an  opportunity 
to  present  their  work. 

— By  word  and  picture  we  give  some  ac- 
count of  what  the  organized  women  of  our 
churches  are  doing  to  spread  the  Gospel. 

— We  have  given  emphasis  in  this  number 
to  the  work  in  the  homeland.  It  should  not 
be  forgotten,  however,  that  the  C.  W.  B.  M. 
supports  many  workers  in  the  foreign  field, 
and  photographs  of  some  of  those  who  have 
recently  gone  out  we  present  on  another 
page. 

— S.  G.  Fisher  will  go  to  Detroit  about 
January  1. 

— Rock  Rapids,  la.,  gets  L.  E.  Huntley 
as   pastor. 

— E.  M.  Flynn  takes  the  work  at  Tekoa, 
Washington. 

— Marcellus  Ely  has  returned  to  his  work 
in  New  Orleans. 

— W.  L.  Post  has  left  Keosauqua,  to  take 
work  at    Kellogg.  la. 

— D.  S.  Thompson  has  gone  from  Whit- 
ing to  Scranton.  la. 

— J.  K.  Ballou  is  doing  an  aggressive 
work  at  Sioux  City.  la. 

— A  new  church  was  dedicated  at  Bata- 
via,   la.,   last  Lord's  day. 

— F.  M.  Branic  has  entered  upon  the  pas- 
torate at  Concordia.  Kan. 

— T.  D.  Butler  has  entered  upon  the  pas- 
torate at  Batavia,  111. 

— F.  C.  Wing  has  resigned  at  Bailey, 
Mich.,  to  go  into  business. 

J.  T.  Adams,  of  Hartsville,  Ind.,  has 

accepted  a  call  to  Bluefield,  W.  Va. 

— L.  H.  Kurtsinger  has  preached  his 
farewell   sermon  at  Nashville,  Mo. 

— C.  O.  Burton  closes  two  years'  work 
at  Roachville.   Ind..  in   December. 

— George  D.  Weaver  hfis  acccpvce!  1  c-,il 
to  the  Second  C'.virc'.i.  Lktie  Rock.  Ark. 

— Mrs.  Rijnhart's  book,  njwiy  published 
by  the  1'oreign  3gc:l;v.  is  soiling  very  rap- 
idly. 

— John  S.  Sweeney  has  been  holding  a 
meeting  at  the  University  Church,  Waco, 
Tex. 

—The  Foreign  Society  has  received  a  gift 
on  the  annuity  plan  from  a  friend  in  In- 
diana. 

— The  church  at  Primghar,  la.,  needs  a 
preacher.  J.  P.  Childs  having  closed  his 
work  there. 

— V*.  E.  Hoven,  pastor  of  our  church  at 
Garfield.  Wash.,  has  just  taken  unto  him- 
self a  wife. 

— The  work  at  Lewiston.  Idaho,  where 
H.  H.  Hubbell  has  just  located,  is  taking 
on  new  life. 

— The  church  at  Pine  Run,  Mich.,  has 
been  remodeled.  The  brethren  need  a  regu- 
lar preacher. 

— A  new  house  of  worship  is  completed 
at  Rogillioville,  La.,  and  is  to  be  dedicated 
early  in  December. 

— The-  opening  of  the  new  building  for 
the  School  of  the  Evangel'ists:  is  scheduled 
for  January  2,  1906. 

"  • — We  have  a  John  Wesley  among  us, 
and  our  church  at  Council  Grove,'  Kan., 
claims  him  as  pastor. 

— Who  has  not  missed  Sunday  school 
for  twenty-one  years?  John  Hay,  Jr.,  of 
our  church  at  Tonawanda,  N.  Y. 

— The  little  American  congregation  re- 
cently organized  at  Monterey,  Mexico,  is 
rejoicing  in  the  first  confession. 

— Edward    Wright,    who    has    been    en- 


gaged in  evangelistic  work,  would  now  like 
to  locate  in   a   regular  pastorate. 

— F.  E.  Day  reports  bright  prospects  at 
Knoxville,  la.,  where  it  is  hoped  a  new 
building  will  be  erected  next  year. 

— The  Georgia  state  convention  next  vcar 


_ 


CASPAR   C.    GARRIGUES. 

(See  "An  Aggressive  Church,"  page  1559.) 

will   meet   at   Valdosta.      Howard   T.   Cree 
has  been  chosen  as  the  president. 

■ — The  two  oldest  preachers  in  Georgia, 
James  S.  Lamar  and  M.  B.  Doster,  were 
present  at  the  recent  state  convention. 

— The  new  church  at  Waverly,  Wash., 
has  been  enclosed,  and  an  effort  will  be 
made  to  build  at  Cunningham  ere  long. 

— Colfax,  la.,  will  have  a  vacancy  in  its 
pastorate,  A.  Lyle  Dejarnett  having  decided 
to   go   to   California   for   his    wife's   health. 

— The  enrollment  in  the  courses  in  the 
Texas  Bible  Chair  has  reached  40.  More 
than  30  other  students  are  reached  weekly. 

— Vile  srz  Had  to  report  J$kjJ  G.T.  Black 


a  debate  on  the  organ  question.  One  is  to 
take  place  at  Barnard,  Mo.,  beginning  De- 
cember 5. 

— G.  Washington  Wise  has  accepted  the 
pastorate  at  Leesville,  La.,  and  F.  M.  Mc- 
Carthey  has  taken  Brother  Wise's  place  at 
Monroe. 

— One  of  our  southern  educators  has  just 
added  $200  to  his  annuity  account  with  our 
Benevolent  Association,  bringing  the  total 
up  to  $1,000. 

— It  is  reported  that  J.  J.  Lockhart  will, 
on  January  1,  take  up  the  pastorate  of  our 
church  at?  Tyler,  Tex.,  where  he  recently 
held  a  meeting. 

— The  Church  at  Aurora,  Mo.,  has  just 
given  a  reception  in  honor  of  their  new 
pastor,  George  Prcwitt,  who  is  getting"  a 
hold  op  the  work.  -: 

— Miss  Cora  Shafer,  a^  graduate  of  the 
School  of  Pastoral  Helpers  at  Des  Moines, 
la.,  has  become  assistant  to  J.  N.  Jessup, 
at  Little  Rock,  Ark. 

— J.  W.  Holsapple  is  on  his  annual  visit 
to  his  mother  in  Kentucky.  J.  C.  Mason 
occupied  his  pulpit  at  Greenville,  Tex., 
during  his  absence. 

— The  meeting  just  closed  at  the  Uni- 
versity Church,  Des  Moines,  only  marks 
a  special  stage  in  the  work  of  the  congre- 
gation, whose  ideal  is  constant  evangelism. 

— President  Hill  M.  Bell  was  included 
among  the  guests  of  Andrew  Carnegie,  No- 
vember 25,  the  occasion  being  the  meeting 
of  the  trustees  of  the  $10,000,000  fund  for 
teachers. 

— W.  S.  Dickinson,  who  has  been  for 
many  years  a  member  of  the  Central  Chris- 
tian Church,  of  Cincinnati,  O.,  has  just  pre- 
sented it  with  a  beautiful  individual  com- 
munion* set. 

—The  Jefferson  Street  Church  of  Christ, 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  takes  considerable  pride  in 
being  known  as  the  "homelike  church."  The 
family  idea  is  dominant  throughout  the 
congregation. 

— A  reception  was  recently  given  by 
Brother  and  Sister  S.  C  Toof,  of  Memphis, 
Tenn..  in  honor  of  the  pastor*;  of  the  three 


TEXAS    BIBLE    CHAIR    HOME. 


and  wife  are  recovering  from  a  recent  sick- 
ness. They  have  just  moved  to  Quanah, 
Texas. 

— G.  A.  Farris  has  returned  from  the 
convention  in  San  Francisco,  and  has  again 
taken  up  his  work  on  "The  Christian 
Courier." 

— Occasionally  we  get  announcements  of 


Christian  churches  of  that  city.     It  was  a 
delightful  occasion. 

— J.  W.  Davis  leaves  the  church  at  Hazel 
Dell,  Knox  county,  Mo.,  after  16  years  of 
labor  and  nine  protracted  meetings.  He 
leaves  the  church  out  of  debt,  strong  and 
hopeful.     This  is  a  good  record. 

— The  annual   report  of  the  Foreign  So- 


November  30,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


ciety  has  been  issued.  It  is  a  document  of 
174  pages,  and  embraces  much  valuable  in- 
formation. It  is  sent  free  to  contributors ; 
to  all  others  the  price  is  25  cents. 

— At  the  prayer  meeting  gatherings  of 
our  church  at  Chillicothe,  Mo.,  for  the  next 
three  months  the  siabject  to  be  considered 
will  be  the  Holy  Spirit.  The  Editor's  new 
book  on  this  theme  will  be  one  of  the  text 
books. 

— The  church  which  was  organized  by 
John  T.  Stivers  at  Raton,  N.  M.,  is  now 
ministered  to  by  R.  A.  Staley,  an  excellent 
young  man  from  Yosemite,  Ky.  It  is  ex- 
pected that  a  building  will  be  erected  next 
year. 

— The  Bible  department  at  Drake  Uni- 
versity has  an  increase  this  year  of  27  per 
cent.  More  than  forty  of  its  young  preach- 
ers are  working  for  churches  within  a 
radius  of  one  hundred  miles  of  the  uni- 
versity. 

— Joseph  Gaylor  writes  that  with  such 
men  as  E.  J.  Church  and  Brother  Walters 
at  work,  something  will  be  accomplished  in 
Newton  county.  The  work  of  Robert 
Simon,  at  Monett,  Mo.,  seems  to  be  pros- 
pering. 

—Our  church  at  West  Point,  111.,  has 
withdrawn  fellowship  from  W.  H.  Van 
Denson,  who  has  been  its  pastor  for  a 
shprt  time.  The  Official  Board  claims  that 
his  conduct  has  been  unworthy  that  of  a 
minister. 

—The  work  of  J.  H.  Hardin  is  opening 
up  well.  He  will  begin  the  Kansas  City 
campaign  early  in  January,  and  a  campaign 
in  St.  Louis  in  February.  He  is  now  lay- 
ing the  foundation  for  a  teacher-training 
department. 

— Any  church  or  Endeavor  Society  in 
Iowa  wishing  to  arrange  for  an  evening's 
entertainment,  may  get  a  special  rate  from 
the  Department  of  Oratory  at  Drake  Uni- 
versity, Des  Moines,  by  addressing  Frank 
Brown,  the  principal. 

— Evangelists  and  singers  engaged  in  the 
Pittsburg  campaign  had  a  delightful  holiday 
occasion  in  a  visit  to  Bethany  College.  A 
number  of  the  students  recently  visited 
Pittsburg,  also,  with  a  view  of  studying 
the  methods  of  the  campaign. 

— Joseph  Gaylor  reports  that  a  Brother 
Yarbrough,  who  has  been  a  Methodist 
Episcopr!  evangelist  of  some  note,  recently 
united  with  our  church  at  Avilla,  and 
has  been  assisting  W.  B.  Cockran  in  a 
meeting  at  Exeter,  Mo. 

— Chalmers  McPherson  has  received  an 
invitation  from  our  church  at  Burkesville, 
Ky.,  to  hold  a  meeting.  This  was  the  boy- 
hood'1 home  of  Brother  McPherson.  There 
he  was  ordained,  there  he  preached  his  first 
sermon,  and  there  he  was  married. 

—At  the--  file w  church  which  is  nearing 
completion  in  Parsons,  Kstn.,  there  will  be 
a  hospjtaj  department.  A  co|hplete  line  of 
drugs  will  be  kept  land  a  room  prepared  to 
receive  persons  injured.  This  institutional 
feature  is  due  to  C.  E.  Pile,  the  minister. 

— In  a  note  warning  contributors  to 
write  plainly,  "The  Christian  Courier"  says 
that  a  writer  recently  had  occasion  to 
speak  of  the  alabaster  box,  and  the  printer, 
thinking  everything  in  religion  should  be 
proof  against  fire,  set  it  up  as  asbestos  box. 

— "The  Pacific  Christian"  announces  the 
resignation  of  W.  M.  White  from  the  pas- 
torate of  the  West  Side  Church,  San  Fran- 
cisco. No  reasons  are  given,  and  it  is  to  be 
hoped  that  the  matter  can  be  so  adjusted 
that  Brother  White  may  remain  in  San 
Francisco. 

— THE    CHRISTIAN-EVAJiGEUST    omce    was 

,  favored  by  visits  during  the  past  week  from 
three  brethre'ri^mtefesred  in  the  education 
of  our  young  preachers — President  R.  E. 
Hieronymus  and  J.  G.  Waggoner,  of  Eureka 
College,  and  E.  C.  Sanderson,  of  Eugene 
Divinity  School. 

— One  of  the  Sunday  schools  on  the  Pa- 
cific coast  has  decided  to  become  a  living 


link  in  the  Foreign  Society.  The  entcrpri-.' 
ing  superintendent  has  hung  a  chain  of  600 
links  on  the  walls  of  the  church.  Each  link 
represents  a  dollar.  The  children  are  tak- 
ing them  rapidly. 

— John  A.  Stevens  has  recently  been  at 
Rustin,  La.,  which,  although  a  town  of  5,000 
people,  with  an  industrial  college  having  an 
attendance  of  900  young  men  and  women, 
has  never  heard  a  sermon  by  a  preacher  of 
the  New  Testament  order.  We  will  have 
a  church  there  next  year. 

— L*e  H.  Barnum  has  resigned  at  Cald- 
well, Kan.,  to  take  effect  January  1,  and 
will  take  up  the  work  at  Great  Bend.  He 
reports  that  the  church  in  Caldwell  is  in 
good  condition.  Improvements  have  been 
made  on  the  building,  and  a  pastor  will  be 
needed  to  take  his  place. 

— Thanksgiving  day  came  early  to  J.  M. 
Plummer  and  family.  The  members  of  the 
Christian  church  at  Howard,  Kan.,  to  the 
number  of  50  or  60,  completely  surprised 
the  pastor  and  wife  by  invading  their  home, 
stocking  their  larder,  and  leaving  two  nice 
rocking  chairs  as  permanent  mementos  of 
the  visit. 

— W.  T.  Miller  has  resigned  at  LaHarpe, 
Kan.,  and  will  close  his  work  there  Jan- 
uary 1.  There  have  been  76  additions  to 
the  membership  during  the  past  16  months, 
and  every  department  of  the  work  has  pro- 
gressed, though  the  missionary  interests  are 
not  what  they  should  be.  He  prefers  to 
work  in  some  western  field. 

— C.  C.  Chapman,  one  of  our  business 
men  whose  heart  is  in  Christian  work,  has 
just  purchased  two  fine  lots  in  Los  Ange- 
les, at  a  lost  of  $2,500,  for  church  purposes. 
A  great  tent  meeting,  with  Austin  Hunter 
and  a  quartet  of  singers,  will  open  a  cam- 
paign to  build  up  another  church  in  one 
of  the  best  parts  of  the  beautiful  Angel 
City. 

— C.  K.  Marshall,  who  was  the  prede- 
cessor of  J.  G.  Sweeney  in  the  pastorate  at 
Paris,  Ky.,  is  now  in  Texas,  and  is  thus 
described  by  one  who  has  recently  seen  him  : 
"Though  past  his  three  score  and  ten  years 
of  age,  he  is  as  straight  and  active  as  an 
Indian  hero,  as  square  and  graceful  as  a 
Chesterfield.  "s  bold  and  loud  in  the  faith 
as  Raccoon  Join  Smith.' 

— Clarence  E.  Hill  and  wife,  who.  about 
five  years  ago.  began  to  devote  all  their 
lime  to  evangelistic  work  and  who,  owing 
to  Brother  Hill's  illness,  had  to  relinquish 
most  of  their  engagements  during  the  past 
year,  are  now  getting  started  again.  They 
have  recently  held  good  meetings  at  Girard 
and  Herr.in,  111.  They  can  furnish  excellent 
references,  and  may  be  addressed  at  Piqua, 
Ohio. 

— A  fine  program  has  been  arranged  for 
the  Texas  Christian  lectureship,  which  is 
to  be  held  at 
Denton  Decem- 
ber 1 1- 14.  Among 
the  speakers  on 
the  program  are 
F.  F.  Grim, 
Hiram  Van 
Kirk,  J.  T.  Ogle, 
C.  M.  Schoon- 
over,  J.  B.  Esk- 
ridge,  W.  H. 
Bagby,  Chalmers 
Mc  P  herson, 
Bruce  McCully, 
A.  E.  Ewell  and 
W.  S.  Bullard. 
All  these  ad- 
dresses are  to  be 
discussed  and  the 
occasion  ought  to 
be  a  very  profit- 
able and  interest- 
ing one. 

— Inspired,  no  doubt,  by  the  great  Fed- 
eration Convention  in  New  York.  J.  E 
Dinger,  our  pastor  at  Chandler,  Okla.,  sug- 
gested a  convention  to  be  held  in  that 
town   to  devise  a  plan  of  Christian   union, 


WE  CAN  SHOW  YOU 

How  to  do  the  Lord's  work 
while  haying  your  savings 
in  an  absolutely  safe  in- 
vestment, upon  which  there 
will  be  no  taxes  to  pay,  no 
change  of  securities,  no 
personal  oversight  re- 
quired, no  cost  of  mortgage 
records  or  foreclosures, 
and  upon  which  you  will 
net  a  larger  rate  of  inter- 
est than  in  any  other  in- 
vestment. If  you  are  a 
Christian  and  want  your 
money  to  work  for  Christ 
while  at  the  same  time  it 
supports  you,  write,  men- 
tioning this  paper,  to 

BENJAMIN  L.  SMITH, 

Corresponding  Sec'y  American 
Christian   Missionary   Society, 

CINCINNATI,  OHIO. 


wm    '       ■   ■ -—     '-f'      ■;■  ■  ■  »j*«.  ■  *i        — »,■■■■■        j  mj— a 

p.nd  invited  the  preachers  of  other  churches 
to  speak  on  forms  of  baptism,  lriman  names 
for  divide  things,  iutmrn  creed-,  the  plan 
of  salvation,  as  being  the  things  that  have 
tended  to  divide,  selecting  for  his  own 
theme,  "Christian  Union."  We  have  not 
heard  the  result  of  this  effort. 

— W.  G.  Surber,  of  Moberly.  Mo.,  has 
been  preaching  constantly  in  this  state  for 
thirty-six  years.  There  are  not  more  than 
five  ministers  in  the  state  who  have  such 
a  record.  While  Brother  Surber  has  la- 
bored  for   some   of  our   leading   churches, 


H0DS0N   HALL.   MOREHEAD,  KY. 


such  as  Sedalia,  Mexico,  Monroe  City,  Sla- 
ter and  Gallatin,  much  of  his  time  has  been 
given  to  our  country  and  village  churches 
in  monthly  and  semimonthly  visits.  This 
has  been  in  the  face  of  taking  care  of  an 


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invalid  wife.  We  learn  that  a  portion  of 
his  time  for  the  coming-  year  is  still  un- 
employed, and  as  Brother  Surber  is  a 
preacher  of  strength,  churches  within  reach 
of  Moberly  needing  the  services  of  such 
a  man  will  do  well  to  correspond  with  him. 

— O.  M.  Thomason,  who  is  now  minister- 
ing for  our  church  at  Davis,  I.  T.,  tells 
how  he  got  tired  of  wearing  a  yoke  "more 
tyrannical  than  any  servant  of  the  Pope 
of  Rome  ever  wore."  Brother  Thomason 
was  first  associated  with  what  are  generally 
known  as  the  "anti"  brethren.  He  writes : 
"I  became  disgusted  with  the  jargon  and 
wrangling  of  the  "loyal*.'  I  am  burnt  out 
on  •  theological  hair  splitting.  I  got  tired 
trying  to  determine  which  faction  of  the 
'loyals'  was  the  right  one.  There  was  the 
re-baptism  faction  and  the  formal-confes- 
sion faction,  and  the  no-Sunday-school  fac- 
tion, and  the  order-of- worship  faction,  and 
the  no-college  faction,  to  say  nothing  of  the 
horde  of  smaller  fry.  I  was  hampered 
on  every  hand  in  preaching  the  Gospel.  If 
I  had  success  in  a  meeting  I  had  no  assur- 
ance that  the  fruit  would  be  cared  for.  I 
did  not  know  what  moment  some  little  no- 
tion would  strike  some  'good  brother'  and 
he  would  want  to.  force  every  one  else  into 
his  strait-jacket  and  ruin  the  congrega- 
tion. I  longed  to  preach  the  Gospel  in 
peace.  I  wanted  to  see  the  Gospel  preached 
to  all  the  world,  and  I  wanted  to  contribute 
my  mite  to  that  end."  Brother  Thomason 
has  not  left  the  old  paths,  though  he  has 
become  an  aggressive  preacher.  As  he  says, 
he  is  not  an  '"anti"  or  a  "sound  brother," 
but  just  a  "Christian."     "-• 

— A  newspaper  clipping  indicates  that 
George  Ringo  has  resigned  the  pastorate 
of  our  church  at  Riverside,  Cal.  The  anni- 
versary sermon  he  preached  was  a  very  ad- 
mirable one,  and  in  closing  it,  Brother 
Ringo  outlined  to  his  church  the  plans  on 
which  he  has  been  working,  saying  that 
when  he  entered  this  pastorate,  and  through- 
out his  service,  one  great  purpose  had  ac- 
tuated him,  namely:  The  winning  of  souls 
for  the  kingdom  and  the  building  up  of  a 
church,  strong  in  membership,  strong  in 
organization,  and  strong  in  spiritual  power. 
Preliminary  to  the  highest  success  in  this, 
he  recognizes  as  necessary  four  things, 
namely:  (1)  To  inspire  confidence  in  the 
church  itself;  (2)  to  secure  in  larger  meas- 
ure the  confidence  and  respect  of  the  com- 
munity for  the  chuich;  (3)  to  change  to  a 
more  favorable  location ;  (4)  to  provide  fa- 
cilities in  building  and  equipment  for  the 
great  work  the  church  is  destined  to  do. 
During  the  four  years,  264  have  been  added 
to  the  church — 83  under  evangelistic  co- 
operation, and  181  at  regular  services.  Fif- 
teen thousand  dollars  were  added  to  prop- 
erty values,  and  $10,000  raised  for  local  and 
missionary  work.  There  has  been  a  50  per 
cent  increase  during  the  four  years  in  the 
regular  receipts.  From  a  personal  note  we 
gather  that  Brother  Ringo,  under  the  di- 
rection of  our  Southern  California  Board, 
is  trying  to  start  a  new  Christian  com- 
munity. 

— David  R.  Francis  is  to  engage  in  evan- 
gelistic work.  There  are  at  least  two  men 
by  that  name.  We  can  hardly  imagine  the 
president  of  the  World's  Fair  preaching 
the  Gospel,  though  he  is  a  good  platform 
speaker.  But  there  is  another  David  R. 
Francis,  who  is  just  as  big  a  man,  and  not 
unlike  the  other  in  appearance,  and  he  has 
been  engaged  for  many  years  in  preaching 
the  Gospel.  This  David  R.Francis,  who,  about 
seven  years  ago,  joined  our  brotherhood, 
having  until  then  been  a  lifelong  Congre- 
gationalism served  the  church  at  Newcastle, 
Ind.,  for  two  years,  and  for  the  past  four 
years  has  been  pastor  at  Sullivan,  Ind.  Over 
200  members  have  been  added  to  the  church 
there  since  he  took  charge.  Brother  Fran- 
cis has  just  tendered  his  resignation,  and 
now  intends  to  enter  the  evangelistic  field. 
He  does  this  with  the  hearty  concurrence 
and  advice  of  such  men  as  A.  McLean, 
W.  J.  Wright  and  T.  J.  Legg,  while  it  is  a 


pleasure  to  note  that  his  congregation 
stands  behind  him,  not  only  thoroughly  en- 
dorsing him  and  his  wife  for  the  work  they 
have  accomplished  at  Sullivan,  but  recogniz- 
ing the  distinct  evangelistic  gifts  possessed 
by  Brother  and  Sister  Francis.  The  latter 
is  a  fine  soloist,  and  possesses  special  talent 
as  a  worker  with  the  children.  With  such 
commendations  for  doing  work  that  there 
is  abundant  room  for  among  our  churches, 
we  feel  sure  that  Brother  and  Sister  Fran- 
cis will  find  the  opportunity. 

«      & 
Centennial  Celebration  Committee. 

The  committee  appointed  at  the  Omaha 
convention  to  arrange  for  a  fitting  cele- 
bration of  the  first  centennial  of  this  res- 
toration movement,  to  be  held  in  Pittsburg 
in  1009,  held  a  very  interesting  and  im- 
portant meeting  in  that  city  on  November 
23. 

In  order  to  help  forward  achievements 
worthy  of  celebration  by  a  people  now  be- 
come so  great  in  all  resources,  the  commit- 
tee engaged  W.  R.  Warren,  of  Pittsburg, 
to  act  as  its  general  secretaiy,  to  do  what 
he  can  through  the  press  and  correspond- 
ence, at  our  conventions  and  by  personal 
intercourse,  to  greatly  increase  the  reve- 
nues and  endowments  of  our  various  mis- 
sionary societies,  benevolences,  church  ex- 
tension and  colleges ;  to  urge  our  congre- 
gations to  build  better  church  homes  where 
needed,  and  to  free  themselves  from  indebt- 
edness ;  to  enlarge  the  circulation  of  our 
church  papers,  and  to  encourage  Bible  read1 
ing  and  the  establishment  of  family  wor- 
ship ;  to  stimulate  the  evangelistic  zeal  of 
our  people,  to  the  end  that  our  membership 
may  be  at  least  2,000,000  Christians,  highly 
developed  in  grace  and  knowledge,  by  the 
close  of  this  first  century.  Brother  Warren 
is  eminently  qualified  for  the  work  com- 
mitted unto  him,  and  we  bespeak  for  him 
the  cordial  support  of  every  Disciple  of 
Jesus. 

The  special  committee  in  charge  of  the 
Pittsburg  convention,  consisting  of  W.  R. 
Warren,  Robert  Latimer,  W.  H.  Graham, 
Wallace  Tharp,  J.  G.  Slayter,  G.  T.  Oliver, 
T.  W.  Phillips,  O.  H.  Phillips  and  M.  M. 
Cockran.  was  asked  to  co-operate  with  the 
centennial  committee,  consisting  of  J.  H. 
Garrison,  chairman;  Helen  E.  Moses,  A. 
McLean,  B.  L.  Smith,  G.  W.  Muckley, 
W.  R.  Warren  and  Geo.  L.  Snively,  in  car- 
rying out  the  will  of  the  Omaha  convention 
that  instituted  the  celebration. 

It  is  to  be  hoped  our  people  will  generous- 
ly contribute  money  to  the  support  of  this 
propaganda  that  under  God  will  greatly 
redound  to  his  glory  through  the  upbuild- 
ing of  his  church  and  the  salvation  of  un- 
dying souls. 

J.  H.  and  W.  E.  Garrison  were  asked 
to  write  a  history  of  the  first  century  of 
this  restoration  movement  and  to  have 
it  ready  for  distribution  by  the  time  of 
the  convention.  "  All  will  be  pleased  to 
know  these  brethien  accepted  the 'com- 
mission. 

J.  A.  Lord  was  invited  to  deliver,  the 
convention  address  and  was  asked  to  make 
it  an  historical  resume  of  the  work  of 
the  Disciples  through  the  century.  This 
address  will  be  one  of  the  classics  of  litera- 
ture. 

The  Committee  lias  great  encouragement 
to  believe  as  much  will  be  accomplished 
for   the   Master   in   the   realm  of  missions. 


Christian  education,  benevolences  and  in- 
tensification of  the  Christ  life  in  the  world 
by  our  people  in  the  remaining  four  years 
of  the  century  as  in  any  previous  twenty- 
rive  of  our  history. 

The  committee  adjourned  to  meet  at 
the  call  of  the  chairman. 

Geo.  L.  Sniveev,  Sec. 

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Could  Not  Conscientiously  Use  the 
Single  Cup. 

Mr.  George  H.  Springer,  258  Washing- 
ton Street,  Boston,  Mass.,  received  the  fol- 
lowing letter  from  a  large  church  in  Pitts- 
burg, Penn.  The  contents  of  the  letter 
will  be  interesting  to  those  that  have 
either    opposed    the    system    or    favored    it. 

"The  Individual  Communion  Set  or- 
dered from  you  last  week  by  telegram 
came  in  good  time  for  use  on  Sunday.  I 
need  not  say  that  we  are  pleased  with  it, 
as  I  knew  what  it  was  before  ordering  it. 
You  will  no  doubt  remember  me  as  having 
ordered  a  like  set  about  three  years  ago. 
Coming  here,  I  found  the, 'single  cup,'  and 
I  could  not  bring  myself  to  the  place  where 
I  could  conscientiously  use  that  system. 
The  time  was  short.  I  got  my  Board  to- 
gether, and  we  decided  to  install  the  Indi- 
vidual. I  suggested  your  house,,1  and  my 
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geOilgen  4  son 

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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


An  Aggressive  Church. 

In  1S40  there  was  organized  in  Albion, 
Edwards  county,  J 11.,  a  Christian  church. 
This  church  continued,  with  varying  for- 
tunes, until  the  year  1^77,  when,  on  August 
23,  the  members  of  the  then  divided 
congregation  agn-i  d  "to  unite  together 
as  a  Christian  congregation  tor  the  pur- 
pose of  building  up  the  cause  of  our 
Savior."  The  membership  of  this  reunited 
congregation  was  142.  Alfred  Flower,  now 
living  at  Worcester.  Mass..  and  Caleb  Ed- 
wards and  James  C.  T.  Mall,  deceased, 
were  chosen  elders. 

Other  brethren  who  have  ministered  to 
this  church  are  R.  A.  (iilcrest,  J.  E.  Propli 
ater,  J.  S.  Rose.  Philo  Ingraham,  J.  C. 
Smith,  J.  C.  Hall,  M.  'J.  Adams.  Zac.  A. 
Harris,  C.  C.  Cline  and  Willard  McCarthy. 
Among  those  who  have  assisted  in  special 
evangelistic  meetings  are  James  C.  Cnel, 
W.  F.  Richardson,  John  M.  Goodwin,  W.  C. 
Swartz,  J.  H.  Stotler  and  J.  V.  Coombs. 

The  present  minister,  Caspar  C.  Gar- 
rigues,  of  Philadelphia',  Pa.,  began  his  la- 
bors here  October  23,  1904.  His  first  year 
has  been  a  gratifying  one.  Extensive  re- 
pairs and  improvements  have  been  made 
to  the  building,  and  the  work  has  been 
strengthened  in  every  department.  A  deep 
interest  has  been  shown  in  the  missionary 
and  benevolent  enterprises  of  the  brother- 
hood, more  than  $230  being  contributed  to 
them.  The  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.  is  supporting 
an  orphan  boy  in  India,  and  all  other  or- 
ganizations in  the  church  have  established 
new  records  in  missionary  work.  An  in- 
teresting class  in  mission  study  was  main- 
tained last  year.  The  class  for  the  ensuing 
season  numbers  twenty.  The  present  mem- 
bership of  the  church  is  258. 

Herbert  H.  Saunders,  singing  evangelist, 
of   Noblesville,    Ind.,   has   been    secured   to 
assist  Brother  Garrigues  in  a  three  weeks' 
evangelistic   meeting,   to  begin   Lord's   day;;J; 
December  3.     Thorough  preparations  h&t&s 
been  made,  and  it  is  hoped  that  these  meet- 
ings may  mean  much  in  the  way  of  inter- -; 
nal  development  for  the  church  and  in  the 
winning  of  lives  to  the  Savior  of  men. 

Ohio  Ministerial  Association* 

The  Northwestern  Ohio  Ministerial  As- 
sociation will  meet  at  the  Orchard  Street 
Church,  Toledo,  December  4.  Franklin 
Mahoney  will  address  the  association  on 
"The  Four  Years'  Crusade"  at  10  o'clock ; 
J.  P.  Myers  will  review  J.,  H.  Garrison's 
book  on  "The  Holy  Spirit"  a,t  1:30;  H.  C. 
Parsons,  of  Rudolph,  will  lead  in  the  dis- 
cussion. W.  H.  WiiusoN,  Pres. 
E..  K.  Van  Wixkli-,  Sec. 

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What  We  Have  Pone  and  How 
We  Did  It. 

(Continued  from   page   1553.) 

was  paid  in  the  less  interest  there  was  to 
pay.  The  interest  was  at  the  rate  of  6  per 
cent  ner  annum.  This  was  afterwards  re- 
duced to  5  per  cent.  This  plan  made  «it 
possible  for  almost  every  person  to  partici- 
pate in  the  enterprise.  Three  hundred  per- 
sons, speaking  roughly,  took  bonds.  If  you 
desire  the  details  of  this  plan  do  not  write 
to  me  for  information  ;  address  Mr.  Joseph 
W.  Paw'-ell,  Buffalo,  New  York.  His  work 
for  our  church   was  eminently  satisfactory, 

The  South  Broadway  Church  is  made  ;up 
of  persons  in  medium  circumstances.  There 
is  not  in  the  congregation  a  man  or  woman 
of  wealth,  as  wealth  is  counted'  in  this  pros- 
perous land  nowadays.  Not  more  than  two 
or  three  families  employ  help  in  their 
homes.  Our  homekeepers  do  their  own 
housework. 

But  now  to  secure  the  payment  of  these 
obligations  it  was  necessary  to  keep  the 
subject  before  the  minds  of  the  subscribers. 
This  has  been  done  in  various-  ways.  There 
has  not  been  a  Sunday  since  the  first  Lord's 
day  in  December,  1902,  that  money  has  not 


been  contributed  to  assist  in  the  payment 
of  the  mortgage  debt  of  the  church.  The 
money  ha^  come  m,  for  the  mofct  part,  in 
small  sums  and  Sunday  after  Sunday. 

The  Go  pel,  meantime,  has  been  preached' 
converts  h.'ve  been  made,  and  the  water 
in  the  baptistry  has  been  frequently  Mirnd. 
As  a  result,  ue  have  come  to  the  close  of 
this  campaign  for  dollars  in  a  religious  spir- 
it. The  church  is,  in  fact,  in  a  much  better 
spiritual  condition  than  it  was  when  we 
began  this  business. 

No  dependence  has  been  placed  on  pop- 
ular entertainments  to  obtain  money.  The 
people  have  been  encouraged  to  give  as  an 
act  of  worship.  Since  entertainments,  as  a 
means  of  raising  money,  have  been  prac- 
tically abandoned,  the  church  treasury  re- 
ceives dollars  where  it  formerly  received 
dimes  and  quarters.  Preach  giving  as  we 
used  to  preach  baptism,  and  as  sensitive  a 
conscience  can  be  developed  in  respect 
to  the  right  use  of  money  as  has  been  de- 
veloped in  respect  to  the  form  and  purpose 
of  baptism. 

You  may  be  interested  in  a  statement  .of 
the  amount  of  the  offerings  week  by  week 
since,  say,  October  1.  Remember,  please, 
that  there  was  no  special  appeal  for  money. 
The  minister  did  not  say :  "Today  we  must 
have  $200;  who  will  give  $5?"  Nothing 
of  this  kind  has  been  done.  A  brief  state- 
ment has  usually  preceded  the  collection  as 
to  what  we  were  trying  to  do,  as  to  how 
we  were  getting  along,  with,  probably,  the 
recital  of  an  incident  or  two  connected 
with  this  effort,  after  which  the  plates  w;ere 
passed  in  the  usual  manner.  The  receipts 
have  been,  of  late,  as  follows :  October  1, 
$209,60 ;  October  8,  $285.07 ;  October  15, 
$180.62;  October  22,  $199.70;  October  29, 
$313-85;  November  5,  $201.30;  November 
12,  $408.56;    November  19,  $800. 

The  church   was   strengthened  by   S.   M. 
Bernard,  of  Boulder,  Col,  last  winter,  and 
Homer  T.   Wilson,  of  San  Antonio,   Tex., 
'recently,  in  model  evangelistic  work. 

Last  year,  that  is,  from  Sunday,  October 
23,  1904,  to  Sunday,  October  22,  1905, 
191  persons  came  into  the  fellowship  of  the 
church.  Since  October  23  the  record,,  in 
the  way  of  additions,  has  been  maintained. 
The  evangelistic  fire  has  been  kept  burning 
during  the  debt-paying  effort.  The  addi- 
tions during  the  last  two  or  three  years 
have  been  very  helpful  in  freeing  the  church 
from  debt.  But  for  their  assistance  it 
would  be  impossible,  at  this  time,  to  make 
this  report. 

During  the  last  months  of  this  strenuous 
campaign  the  church  has  been  fortunate  in 
having  a  finance  committee  whose  names 
ought  to  appear  in  this  statement.  This 
committee  consists  of  C.  W.  Keith,  W.  H- 
Paul,  D.  J.  McCanne,  A.  M.  York  and 
W.  H.  Kilpatrick.  The  work  of  this  com- 
mittee has  been  a  happy  blending  of  wis- 
dom, conservatism  and  enthusiasm. 

This,  in  brief,  is  what  we  have  done  and 
how  we  have  done  it  in  the  South  Broad- 
way Christian  Church. 

Denver,  Colorado. 

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The  Pittsburg  Campaign. 

Special  to  The  Christian  Evangelist. 

P'iitsburg,  Pa.,  Nov.  27.— First  Church, 
Allegheny.  243;  Shady  Avenue,  60;  Ob- 
servatory Hill,  19;  Bellevue,  51 ;  Braddoek, 
12;  Beaver  Falls,  20;  Carnegie,  35;  Char- 
leroi,  86;  Connellsville,  123;  Grafton,  4; 
Duquesne,  15;  Homestead,  97;  McKees 
Rocksj  36;  New  Castle,  First,  142;  New- 
Castle,  Central,  49;  Erie,  5;  Elhvood  City, 
3;  Pittsburg,  First,  65;  Pittsburg,  Fourth, 
34;  Pittsburg,  Central,  89;  Pittsburg,  East 
End,"  15  ;  Knoxville,  55 ;  Belmar,  So ;  Her- 
ron  -Hillv  17:  Squirrel  Hill,  34;  Somerset, 
30;  Turtle  Creek,  20;  Washington,  First, 
112;  Washington,  Second,  14;  Wilkins- 
burg,  60;  Taylorstown,  4;  Scottdale,  6; 
Beaver,  2;  total,  1,729.  The  central  meet- 
ings closed  with  a  great  communion.  Sev- 
eral meetings  are  to  continue.  Full  reports 
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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


November  30,  1905 


NEWS    FROM    MANY   FIELDS 


Word  from  Dr.  Rijnhart. 

The  sing  are  some  extracts  from  a 

recent   letter   written   by   Dr.   Rijnhart.   our 
missionary  to  Tibet : 

"La   Chiex   Li".   August    14.   1905. 

"I  think  I  told  you  about  the  three  dear 
lie  who  were  baptized  some  weeks  ago 
— two  women  and  a  young  man.  They  are 
doing  so  nicely.  The  board  is  sending  out 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ogden  to  work  here.  They 
are  to  sail  in  September,  the  date  we  do 
yet  know.  When  I  told  Man  Yen — 
my  girl  pupil — -they  were  coming,  and  asked 
whether  she  had  any  message  to  send  them. 
she  told  me  she  would  pray  every  day  that 
God  might  take  care  of  them  every  day 
while  they  were  traveling.  Was  not  that 
beautiful  ? 

"Brother  Yang,  our  evangelist,  has  gone 
home,  and  we  miss  him  very  much.  His 
old  mother  had  no  one  else  to  take  care  of 
her  if  he  and  his  wife  were  up  here,  so  he 
felt  it  his  duty  to  go  and  look  after  her 
until  -lie  died.  He  went  three  days  after 
the  baptisms  I  have  mentioned.  We  scarce- 
ly kn>n\  how  to  get  on  without  him.  but,  you 
know.  Necessity  is  the  mother  of  inven- 
tion.' and  we  change  the  last  word  to 
'adaptability.'  and  rest  there. 

"'I  am  at  the  king's  summer  palace  for  a 
few  days,  and  we  are  having  quite  a  change 
and  enjoying  the  hot  baths.  We  have 
worship  every  day.  One  of  the  Christian 
women  is  with  me.  She  is  not  well,  and  I 
am  giving  her  good  food  so  she  will  be 
benefited  by  the  change,  I  trust.  It  is  just 
ten  miles  from  home,  and  I  have  my 
horse  with  me. 

"The  only  safe  way  to  send  parcels  is  to 
register  them.  We  have  found  that  out 
to  our  cost. 

"There  was  such  a  nice  family  of  girls — 
four  sister>  and  their  mother — here  a  few 
days  ago.  They  were  very  friendly,  and  I 
hope  some  day  they  will  love  the  Savior  as 
we  do.  Is  it  not  a  joy  to  be  members 
of  one  body  whose  head  is  the  Lord  Jesus  ? 
My  message  is.  There  is  no  friend  like 
Jesus.    Lovingly,        Susie  C.  Rijnhart." 


Oregon. 

The  outlook  for  our  work  grows  still 
brighter.  There  are,  however,  a  few  things 
to  discourage  and  a  few  places  that  need 
to  hear  the  trumpet  call  to  a  renewed  life. 

The  time  allotted  for  a  complete  canvass 
of  the  churches  was  too  brief.  Some  of 
the  churches'  turn  will  come  later.  A  list 
of  the  offerings  will  be  published,  and  all 
gifts  from  each  place  will  be  credited  to  the 
church  at  such  place  in  the  secretary's  an- 
nual  report. 

By  the  time  this  gets  a  hearing,  we  shall 
be  on  the  "home  stretch"  with  our  $10 
pledges  on  the  debt  fund.  We  are  just  one 
short  of  the  first  fifty.  We  hope  to  have 
p.  ;'"i!  hundred  by  July  •..  If  at  all  within 
your  power,  just  send  me  your  promise  to 
add  your  Sio  between  now  and  "Tur- 
ner 06."  The  preachers  should  lead  in  this 
matter.  "Like  priest,  like  people,"  and  the 
largeiv:--  or  poverty  of  the  offering  will 
be  determined  by  the  loyalty  or  the  lack  of 
it  on  the  part  of  the  ministry  of  the  state. 

Before  we  can  do  any  great  work  in 
Oregon  we  must  free  the  state  organization 
from  debt.  Our  zeal  for  winning  Oregon 
for  the  Christ  shall  be  measured  largely 
by  our  gifts  to  the  work.  Remember,  "1,500 
souls  for  Christ  and  every  obligation  fully 
met." 

The  month  of  October  witnessed  the 
holding  of  three  distinct  conventions,  and 
one  missionary  meeting.  The  conventions 
were  held  at  Grant's  Pass,  Coburg,  Pendle- 
ton and  Brownsville.  The  meeting  was  held 
at     Springfield,    by    Brother     Muckley,    of 


Portland  First,  resulting  in  17  accessions  to 
the  church.  The  proceeds  of  this  meeting 
will  be  devoted  to  state  missions.  Other 
such  meetings  have  been  held  this  month. 
Let  the  good  work  go  on. 

Watch  the  papers  for  reports  of  the 
splendid  work  being  done  by  Brother  and 
Sister  1  landsaker.  eastern  Oregon  "living 
link"  evangelists,  and  Brother  Conder,  our 
efficient  Bible  school  evangelist. 

Finally,  brethren,  if  you  are  not  fully  sat- 
isfied with  the  offering  from  your  church, 
try  it  again  or  send  in  your  pledge,  to  be 
paid  later.     F.  E.  Bilungton,  Cor.  Sec. 

Cottage  Grove,  Oregon. 

Reports  from  Kentucky   Mission 
Workers. 

Edsar  C.  Riley  held  a  meeting  at  Belle- 
vue,  Boone  county,  where  the  situation  for 

good   work   is   favorable. W.    R.    Mains 

reports    the    work    at    Chestnut    Grove    in 

good  condition. G.  W.   Adkins  says  the 

work  in  Carter  and  Greenup  counties  is  in 

fine  condition. J.  P.  Miller  has  resumed 

his  labors  in  Pike  county,  after  several 
weeks'  absence  from  the  field  on  account  of 

illness. The  work  at  Erlanger  continues 

to  prosper. W.  J.  Dodge  recently  raised 

$306.75  for  the  erection  of  a  church  build- 
ing in  Jackson,  Breathitt  county. A  new 

congregation  has  been  organized  in  Pike 
county  by  Dr.  J.  P.  Miller. T.  S.  Buck- 
ingham and  R.  B.  Neal  have  organized  a 
congregation  at  Edmonton,  the  county  seat 

of   Metcalfe   county. T.   S.   Buckingham 

recently  dedicated  a  new  church  at  Kettle, 

Cumberland      county. William      Stanley 

and  W.  G.  Walker  have  recently  held  a 
meeting  with  the  Campbellsville  church, 
where  the  outlook  is  good  for  continued 
growth. H.  L.  Morgan  has  been  reap- 
pointed  district   evangelist   for  the   Second 

District  in  the  London  territory. E.   T. 

Hays  reports  fine  attendance  at  Wellsburg, 
mentioning  especially  the  large  number  of 
boys.  He  thinks  that  the  board  ought  to 
give   more   money   to   WTellsburg   than    was 

given     during    this    year. L-     N.     Early 

held  a  meeting  at  Chatham  recently. The 

work    of    D.    C.    McCallum,    at    Irvine,    is 

progressing. Dr.   M.  G  Buckner  recently 

assisted  in  a  meeting  at  Erlanger.  The 
church  there  wishes  to  employ  L.  B.  Has- 
kins  as  preacher  for  full  time  next  year, 
and  has   asked  the  board  to   increase   their 

appropriation. The     work     in     the     Big 

Sandy  valley,  under  S.  J.  Short,  is  going 
forward.     Each   county   is   to   be   organized 

and    better    methods    employed. 1    have 

been  seeking  to  stimulate  interest  in  the 
work.  I  have  received  assurance  from 
many  sources  of  continued  help,  while  some 
promises  have  been  made  to  increase  the 
sunnort  given  in  the  past. 

Sulphur,  Ky.  H.  W.   Er.uorr. 

&      & 

Nebraska. 

Cyrus  Alton  has  visited  Eddyville. 
Brother  Alton  will  probably  move  to  his 
old  home  in  Elmwood  before  long. 

NT.  T.  Harmon  has  held  a  meeting  at 
Trumbull.  He  can  be  had  for  meetings  in 
the  state.     Address  him  at  David  City. 

One  added  at  North  Side  Church,  Omaha, 
October  29.  H.  J.  Kirschstein  is  the  min- 
ister. 

Austin  and  Young  have  been  at  Virginia 
in  a  meeting,  and  go  directly  to  southern 
California  for  winter  work  in  the  new  tent. 

Ansley.  where  Bro.  O.  A.  Adams 
preaches,  has  built  an  addition  to  the  par- 
pr.nfp'e.  The  work  is  reported  as  moving 
nicely. 

The   state   secretary  has   planned   a   trip 


into  the  northwestern,  north  and  northeast- 
ern parts  of  Nebraska.  Will  be  gone  nearly 
two  weeks.  If  correspondence  remains  un- 
answered during  this  period  the  reason  will 
be  apparent.  Will  be  at  Gering  November 
12.  At  Chadron  and  Norfolk  during  the 
week,  spending  Lord's  day,  November  19, 
at  Gross  and  Pleasant  View  and  Spencer, 
in  Boyd  county.  On  the  return  trip,  will 
stop  at  Pender,  where  we  have  a  few  peo- 
ple, and  consult  about  Florence  on  the  way 
in.  This  trip  has  been  gathering  for  some 
months,  and  is  now  undertaken  because  it 
can  not  consistently  be  delayed  longer. 

Mrs.  Floy  Hormel,  of  Ulysses,  is  a  new 
recruit  to  our  singing  evangelists. 

State  mission  day  was  a  wet  and  dis- 
agreeable one  in  many  parts  of  Nebraska. 
This  matter  of  the  weather,  no  one  can 
help.  But  it  remains  for  the  churches  to 
look  after  the  offering  personally,  if  any  ef- 
fort was  made  and  the  amount  not  reached. 
Some  churches  put  it  off,  which  was  wise. 
This  matter  should  not  be  allowed  to  go 
half  done,  simply  on  account  of  weather. 
Let  the  offering  be  brought  in  sure. 

H.  A.  Lemon  is  available  for  Sunday  sup- 
ply.   JkVrite  him  at  Bethany. 

The  call  of  the  secretary  to  scattered  Dis- 
ciples to  contribute  to  state  missions  was 
answered  first  from  Ponca,  where  we  have 
no  church,  the  father,  wife  and  daughter 
were  all  represented  in  the  offering.  Shall 
we  not  hear  from  others  similarly  situated? 

R.  F.  Whiston  closed  the  Harvard  meet- 
ing, and  began  at  Wymore  on  November 
19.  We  hope  much  from  this  meeting  for 
the  little  church  at  that  place. 

Lincoln,  Neb.  W.  A.  Baldwin. 

How  to    Get    R.id 

of    Catarrh. 

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Those  who  suffer  with  it  know  well  the 
miseries  of  catarrh.  There  is  just  one  thing 
to  dc^— -have  it  cured.  It  can  be  done.  To- 
prove  it  to  you,  send  your  address  and  the 
means  of  a  quick  and  safe  cure  will  be  sent 
to  your  home  free  in  every  way.  The  idea 
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that  there  is  .a  home  cure  for  catarrh,., 
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in  the  nose  and  throat,  catarrhal  headaches, 
constant  spitting,  catarrhal  deafness,  etc., 
etc.,  and  that  the  remedy  that  does  it  is  the- 
invention  of  Dr.  J.  W.  Blosser,  the  eminent 
southern  doctor  and  minister,  who  has  for 
over  31  years  been  identified  with  the  cure 
of  catarrh  in  all  its  worst  forms. 

His  discovery  is  unlike  anything  you  ever- 
had  before,  as  it  is  not  a  spray,  douche,  oint- 
ment, atomizer,  salve,  cream,  or  any  such 
thing,  but  a  genuine  tried-and-true  cure 
that  clears  out  the  head,  nose,  throat  andi 
lungs  so  that  you  can  again  breathe  the  free 
air  and  sleep  without  that  choky,  spitting; 
feeling  that  all  catarrhal  sufferers  have.  It 
will  save  the  wear-and-tear  of  internal/ 
medicines  that  only  ruin  the  stomach.  It 
will  prevent  colds  and  heal  up  the  mucous- 
membranes  so  that  you  will  not  be  con- 
stantly blowing  your  nose  and  spitting. 

If  you  have  never  tried  Dr.  Blosser's  dis- 
covery and  know  that  you  need  such  a  cure,, 
and  want  to  /make  a  trial  of  it  without 
cost,  send  your  address  to  Dr.  J.  W.  Blosser,. 
475  Walton  Street,  Atlanta,  Ga.,  and  a  thor- 
ough free  trial  treatment  and  also  an  elab- 
orately illustrated  booklet,  "Plain  Facts 
About  Catarrh,"  will  be  sent  you  at  once, 
free,  so  that  you  can  begin  to  cure  yourself 
privately  at  home. 

Now  write  him  immediately. 


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Eugene  Divinity. School. 

Eugene  Divinity  School  now  has  38  stu- 
dents enrolled  in  the  regular  course — the 
largest  enrollment  in  the  eleven  years'  his- 
tory of  the  school.  More  are  expected  soon. 
This  has  been  a  good  year.  Several  thou- 
sand dollars  have  been  added  to  the  endow- 
ment and  support  funds.  About  500  vol- 
umes have  been  added  to  the  library,  mak- 
ing about  2,400  volumes ;  perhaps,  the  best 
Biblical    library   on    the   coast. 

My  work  is  delightful.  I  have  never 
known  a  happier  or  more  enthusiastic  body 
of  students.  But  we  ought  to  have  twice 
as  many  students  to.  supply  preachers  for 
this  great  and   rapidly  growing  northwest. 

The  Divinity  School  owns  a  block  of 
ground,  with  excellent  buildings,  free  from 
debt,  just  in  front  of  the  University  of 
Oregon,  a  school  noted  for  high  ideals  and 
good  Work.  Our  church  here  is  the  strong- 
est in  the  northwest.  This  is  a  splendid 
place  for  our  young  people.  There  are  17 
Christian  churches  in  the  county. 

All  of  our  preachers  should  preach  a  ser- 
mon on  the  ministry  and  lay  upon  the 
hearts  of  our  young  men  the  dignity  and  in- 
trinsic value  of  the  Christian  ministry. 

At  the  very  outset  of  our  proposed  evan- 
gelistic campaign,  our  Bible  colleges  should 
be  filled  with  students.  All  of  our  schools 
could  have  twice  their  present  number  with 
but  little  increase  of  expense. 

Eugene,  Oregon.  J.  M.  Morris. 


Seventeen  Days  on  the  Pacific  Ocean. 

This  article  finds  me  in  Wellington,  the 
capital  city  of  New  Zealand,  where  I  have 
ended  my  long  and  most  interesting  jour- 
ney of  more  than  10,000  miles..  Sailing  from 
San  Francisco  on  the  Sierra,  owned  by  the 
well-known  Spreckels  family,  and  making 
regular  trips  every  21  days  between  San 
Francisco  and  Sydney,  Australia,  touching 
at  the  ports  of  Honolulu,  Pago  Pago,  Sa- 
moan Islands,  after  17  days,  I  landed  at 
Auckland,  New  Zealand.  The  weather  dur- 
ing the  entire  trip  was  simply  ideal,  with 
the  exception  of  a  day  and  a  night  after 
reaching  the  winter  climate  near  the  end 
of  the  journey.  For  24  hours  we  had  it 
sufficiently  rough  to  diminish  the  number 
of  passengers  who  usually  showed  up  at 
table  d'hote  in  our  cabin.  One  of  the  most 
amusing  things  on  such  a  voyage  is  to  see 
how  easily  old  Neptune,  with  just  a  slight 
effort,  can  turn  a  laughing,  jovial  company 
into  the  stillness  and  sobriety  of  a  Quaker 
meeting.  The  stomach  is  where  he  does 
his  work.  We  had  a  gentleman  in  our  cabin 
who  became  so  seasick  during  the  spell  of 
rough  weather  he  thought  it  advisable  to 
consult  the  boat's  physician,  who  carefully 
examined  him  and  gravely  informed  him 
that  the  real  seat  of  his  trouble  was  his 
stomach !  On  learning  the  doctor's  deci- 
sion in  this  Londoner's  case,  a  large  number 
of  us  came  to  the  conclusion  that  we  had 
the  same  disease,  for  all  of  our  symptoms 
were  exactly  like  his,  and  all  pointed  directly 
toward  our  several  stomachs.  I  did  not 
consult  the  physician,  but  remained  nearly 
all  day  in  my  bunk,  and  pulled  through 
without  anything  serious — not  half  as  bad 
as  what  I  anticipated  when  passing  through 
the  Golden  Gate  to  begin  this  lengthy  sea 
voyage. 

The  personnel  of  our  company,  of  a  little 
less  than  one  hundred  in  the  second  cabin, 
was  most  unique.  I  do  not  think  I  ever 
saw  so  many  dissimilar  persons  in  a 
company  of  the  same  size  anywhere  be- 
fore. As  to  country  and  nationality,  they 
came  from  Norway,  Albania,  Germany, 
Scotland,  Ireland,  England,  Newfound- 
land, Canada,  Alaska,  Australia,  New  Zea- 
land, Samoan  Islands,  and  quite  a  number 
of  our  different  states  of  the  union.  As  to 
religious  belief,  we  bad  Jews,  Episcopalians, 
Seventh-day  Adventists,  one  Salvation  ' 
Army  officer,  Disciples,  Comeouters,  The- 
osophists  and  Mormons  There  were  six 
young  men,  Mormon  missionaries,  on  their 


way  to  different  islands  in  the  Southern 
Pacific  to  devote  their  lives  to  the  propaga 
Hon  of  the  falsehoods  of  Joseph  Smith  and 
Brigham  Young.  Three  of  these  left  our 
company  at  Pago  I'ago,  Samoan  Islands, 
where  the  Morman  church  >•>  operating  on 
a  large  scale  among  the  natives.  They 
have  at  thai  port  a  good  church  and  school 
building,  which  arc  now  the  headquartei  I 
of  29  of  their  missionaries.  We  had  also 
in  our  peculiar  family  one  Seventh-day  .VI- 
ventist  preacher  and  his  family,  who  left  us 
at  Honolulu,  to  begin  work  somewhere  in 
those   islands. 

Three  Sundays  came  around  during  our 
voyage,  but  the  last  one  had  to  be  called 
Monday,  on  account  of  our  having  crossed 
a  certain  geographical  line,  where  out  day 
has  to  invariably  be  counted  out  in  sailing 
westward.  When  the  first  Sunday  came, 
seeing  no  signs  of  any  religious  exercise  on 
our  boat,  I  secured  the  assistance  of  the 
Seventh-day  preacher  and  the  Salvation 
Army  lieutenant,  and  we  arranged  an  even- 
ing meeting  for  singing,  Scripture  reading 
and  prayer,  with  three  short  addresses. 
Many  of  the  passengers  seemed  pleased  to 
join  with  us  in  the  service.  After  leaving 
Honolulu  I  made  no  further  effort  to  hold 
such  a  service,  owing  to  the  fact  that  part 
of  our  company  left  us  at  that  city,  and 
among  them  some  of  my  main  helpers, 
above  mentioned. 

After  being  on  shipboard  for  a  week  or 
so,  on  such  a  long  voyage,  time  begins 
to  drag  somewhat  heavily,  and  the  majority 
begin  to  long  for  the  freedom  of  land 
once  more.  People  even  cease  to  get  much 
enjoyment  from  reading  or  the  few  games 
that  usually  belong  to  an  ocean  steamer. 
When  one  is  free  from  seasickness,  the 
one  thing  that  most  tends  to  break  the 
monotony  is  the  ringing  of  the  gong,  three 
times  a  day  for  meals.  Sleeping  and 
eating  became  largely  the  order  of  each 
succeeding  24  hours.  Many  of  the  passen- 
gers on  the  Sierra  ate  six  times  a  day, 
and  I  think  some  few  had  food  brought  to 
them   before    leaving   their   bunks,   besides. 

Two  events  oh  this  journey  greatly  helped 
to  enliven  it  and  break  up  the  monotony. 
•I  refer  to  our  12-hours'  stay  at  our  beau- 
tiful city  of  Honolulu,  and  the  four  hours 
at  Pago  Pago,  where  also  floats  the  Stars 
and  Stripes.  Honolulu,  especially,  was  a 
perfect  delight  to  us  all ;  and  I  can  assure 
the  reader  that  I  made  all  out  of  the  stay 
that  was  possible.  On  leaving  Honolulu 
I  really  felt  somewhat  disappointed  on  ac- 
count of  not  having  time  enough  to  make  a 
complete  tour  of  these  most  wonderful 
islands,  lying  in  the  midst  of  the  great  Pa- 
cific ocean,  and  now  a  part  of  Uncle  Sam's 
possessions. 

While  in  Honolulu  I  had  the  pleasure  of 
a  short  visit  at  the  home  of  a  good  sister 
by  the  name  of  Evans,  who  has  for  some 
time  resided  there,  and  who  was  a  well- 
known  member  of  the  Monroe  Street 
Church,  in  Chicago,  when  C.  C.  Morrison 
was  the  pastor.  After  a  delightful  tropical 
dinner  at  her  comfortable  cottage  home,  she 
invited  me  to  attend  the  prayer  meeting 
with  her  at  the  First  Christian  Church, 
where  she  worships.  I  spent  a  most  de- 
lightful hour  in  one  of  the  best  prayer 
meetings  I  have  been  in  for  a  long  time. 
This  church,  I  think,  numbers  about  one 
hundred,  and  of  the  number  there  were 
nearly  forty  at  the  prayer  meeting.  In 
this  small  company  various  nationalities 
were  represented — Americans,  Germans, 
Chinese,  Japanese  and  Canadians  were 
there.  The  brother  who  led  the  meeting- 
had  come  all  the  way  from  Summerside, 
Prince  Edward  Island,  where  such  men  as 
A.  McLean,  the  late  Neil  McLeod,  A.  Link- 
letter  and  the  writer  got  their  start  in  re- 
ligion, to  Honolulu,  to  learn  the  way  of 
the  Lord  more  perfectly.  He  is  a  son  of 
the  late  Thomas  Hall,  of  Summerside. 
Brother  Snodgrass,  our  missionary  at 
Honolulu,  and  Brother  Crabtree,  of  Cali- 
fornia, who  was  spending  his  vacation  there 


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and  preaching  for  this  church,  were  both 
out  of  the  city,  which  was  somewhat  of  a 
disappointmeut  to  me.  From  what  I  saw 
and  heard  I  fee!  satisfied  that  our  work  at 
Honolulu  is  in  every  way  a  success. 

Our  stay  at  Pago  Pago,  Samoa,  was  too 
short  to  enable  me  to  see  everything.  Here 
we  were  taken  ashore  in  large  boats  by 
the  great,  muscular,  copper-colored,  tat- 
tooed native  men,  who  wear  no  clothing 
except  a  small  breech-cloth.  Tattooing  and 
bleaching  the  hair  to  a  light  copper  color 
seem  to  be  among  the  fine  arts  practiced 
among  the  aborigines  who  inhabit  these 
islands.  The  town  of  Pago  Pago,  if  you 
can  call  it  such,  has  residing  in  it  an  Amer- 
ican governor,  has  a  number  of  stores,  a 
post  office  and  several  churches,  one  be- 
longing to  the  Mormons.  I  am  told  that 
this  people  are  meeting  with  considerable 
success  among  the  natives  of  these  islands 
in  the  Southern  Pacific.  Pago  Pago  was 
our  last  call  before  reaching  the  beautiful 
harbor  and  city  of  Auckland,  New  Zealand, 
where  I  received  a  most  hearty  welcome 
by  loving  Christian  people,  who  at  once 
made  me  feel  that  I  was  not  among 
strangers. 

In  another  letter  I  shall  have  something 
to  say  about  this  strange  country,  where 
summer  in  the  homeland  is  winter  here, 
and  where  the  sun  passes  around  in  the 
north,  instead  of  the  south. 

Hugh    T.    Morrisox. 

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November  30,  1905 


Evangelistic 


We  inz-ite  ministers  and  others  to  send 
reports  of  meetings,  additions  and  other 
news  of  the  churches  for  publication  in 
this  department.  It  is  especially  requested 
that  additions  be  reported  as  "by  confession 
and  baptism"  or  "by  letter:" 

Special   to  The   Christian-Evangsust. 

LEXINGTON,  Kv..  Nov.  27. — Two  hundred 
and  sixty  thus  far:  twenty-three  yester- 
day; continuing. — James  Small. 

Sgecial  to  The   Christian-Evangelist. 

Shawnee.  Okla..  Nov.  27. — Campaign 
fiere  opening-  well:  109  to  date :  78  confes- 
sions. Twenty-six  last  Sunday  :' 24  confes- 
sions. Frfteen  today.  Will  continue  30 
days. — B.  J.   ll'augh,  evangelist. 

Special  to  The   Chmstian-Evangelist. 

HARROPSBtKr..    Kv..    Nov.    27. — Closed    at 
Central  Church.  Pittsburg,  with  ninety  ad- 
ditions :  started  here  yesterday ;  17  the  first 
day. — Brooks  Brothers. 
Special  to  The  Christian-Evangelist. 

Canton.  O..  Nov.  26. — Thirty-two  today; 
five     hundred     and     seventy-six    to    date. 
Close    tomorrow    night. — IVelsheimcr    and 
Kendall. 
Special   to  The   Christian-Evangelist. 

Newcastle,  Pa..  Nov.  27. — Ten  yester- 
day; total.  142 — 89  confessions;  29  from  the 
denominations.  Hundreds  unable  to  obtain 
standing  room.  Close  Wednesday.  Brother 
Fisher  is  a  great  pastor.  Brother  Smith  is 
the  premier  singing  evangelist. — Crayton 
S.  Brooks,  evangelist. 
Special  to  The  Christian-Evangelist. 

Charleroi.  Pa..  Nov.  27.— Eighty-six  to 
date;  6S  baptisms.  Fourteen  religious  or- 
ganizations in  town ;  population  ten  thou- 
sand people.  Audiences  are  the  largest  ever 
seen  here.  Clarence  Mitchell  is  a  great 
preacher  and  Brother  Connelly  is  a  pop- 
ular young  minister. —  T.  J.  Allen,  elder  and 
member  of  Central  Committee  of  Simul- 
taneous Revival. 
Special   to  The  Christian-Evangelist. 

Fulton.  Mo..  Nov.  27. — In  the  midst  of 
a  big  meeting:  56  added  in  two  weeks;  in- 
terest unabated :  M.  A.  Hart,  our  beloved 
minister,  preaching;  our  own  chorus  sing- 
ing.— Geo.  U.  Hamilton. 

ALABAMA. 

Bristol. — Closed  two  weeks'  meeting,  No- 
vember 12,  with  the  Anniston  church,  re- 
sulting in  21  additions.  Belt  White;  is 
the  efficient  minister  there,  and  he  is  doing 
a  splendid  work.  One  added  by  state- 
ment here  yesterday  at  our  regular  services. 
— W .  P.  Crouch,  minister. 
ARKANSAS. 

Hope.  Nov.  20.— Still  "pressing  on";  7.3 
out  to  midweek  service;  1  confession,  1 
from  Baptist-.  Large  audiences  yesterday; 
6  additions— 2  confessions,  4  by  statement. 
Every  Thursday  night  at  the  different 
homes  we  meet  for  Bible  study,  and  to 
train  in  doing  personal  work  for  Jesus. — 
Percy  G.   Cross. 

COLORADO. 

La  Junta.  Nov.  20.— Closed  my  meet- 
ing at  Raton.  N.  XL,  Nov.  12.  with  92  ad- 
ditions, making  a  total  of  136  members.  I 
organized  the  church  July  20  and  today  we 
have  a  permanent  organization,  with  good 
Sundav  school.  Junior  and  Senior  Endeav- 
or Societies.  H.  A.  Staley  was  on  the 
ground  before  I  left,  and  was  employed  as 
minister  for  all  of  his  time.  He  starts 
out  with  bright  prospects  before  him  and 
the  faithful  band  he  is  leading.  I  begin 
a  meeting  with  Brother  Nelson,  of  Rocky 
Ford,   Sunday,   No.v.   26— John    T.   Stivers, 

evangelist. 

Trinidad.— Fiveccnfessions  November   12; 


I     CAN    CURE    YOUR     EYES 

Mrs.  Martha  Lefevour,  West  Chicago,  111,,  writes:— "I  wish  it  was 
within  my  power  to  express  my  gratitude  to  you  for  removing  cataracts 
from  both  my  eyes  without  an  operation  and  for  returning  my  vision 
thereby  in  less  than  3  months'  treatment."    At  your  own  home  the 

Madison  Absorption  Method 

will  do  the  same  for  you  if  your  eyes  are  in  any  way  troubling  you.  If 
you  see  spots  or  strings,  beware  of  delay,  for  delay  means  blind- 
ness. Cross  eyes  straightened  without  the  knife  by  a  new  method 
which  never  fails. 

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i  by  confession  and  i  from  Baptists  on  No- 
vember 19. — David  C.  Peters. 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA. 

"Washington,  Nov.  20. — Present  at  min- 
isters' meeting:  J.  E.  Stuart,  E.  B.  Bagby, 
Walter  F.  Smith,  W.  T.  Laprade  and  the 
writer.  Reports:  Whitney  Avenue  (Wal- 
ter F.  Smith),  2  confessions;  Ninth  Street 
(.E.  B.  Bagby),  2  confessions,  and  1  by  let- 
ter; total,  5 — 4  confessions,  and  1  by  let- 
ter. H.  H.  Moninger  has  been  at  Ninth 
Street  stirring  our  people  on  the  Sunday 
school  question.  Ninth  Street  and  Thirty- 
fourth  Street  have  both  had  great  anti-sa- 
loon revivals,  conducted  by  A.  D.  Wilcox, 
of  Kansas.  F.  D.  Power  is  attending  the 
Interchurch  Conference  in  New  York. — 
Claude  C.  Jones,  Sec. 

ILLINOIS. 

Sterling,  Nov.  20. — Three  additions  yes- 
terday by  letter. — James  IP'.  Johnson. 

Eureka,  Nov.  21. — One  confession  at  Mt. 
Olivet  Church,  near  Clarence,  111.,  last  Sun- 
day.— Leivis  P.   Fisher,   minister. 

Carbondale,  Nov.  21. — "Martin  family" 
here ;  fine  meeting ;  40  additions  to  date. — 
A.  M.  Grozvdcn. 

Danville,  Nov.  23. — Have  i  ust  closed  a 
twenty-four  days'  meeting  in  the  First 
Church  with  45  additions.  Our  evangelist 
was  Frank  G.  Tyrrell,  of  Chicago. — J.  H. 
Smart,  pastor. 

Farmer  City,  Nov.  24. — Twenty  additions 
to  date ;  good  interest  prevailing.  Andrew 
Scott,  of  Danville,  is  our  evangelist ;  Frank 
M.  Charlton,  singer. — A.  Immanucl  Zeller. 

Camp  Point,  Nov.  23. — We  closed  the 
meeting  at  Bement,  with  27  added;  begin 
New  Windsor,  Col.,  Sunday,  November 
26. — /.  Bennett,  evangelist. 

Mt.  Pulaski,  Nov.  22. — We  just  closed 
a  five  weeks'  meeting  with  56  additions — 
29  by  primary  obedience,  13  by  statement, 
5  reclaimed,  3  from  the  Methodists,  3  from 
the  Baptists,  2  from  the  Lutherans,  1  from 
the  Christian  Adventists.  H.  E.  Monser 
was  the  evangelist. — D.  A.  Lindsey,  pastor. 

INDIANA. 

Angola,  Nov.  20. — I  closed  a  2  weeks' 
meeting  at  Wyatt,  Ind.,  last  night,  with  19 
additions — 1  by  statement  and  18  by  con- 
fession. I  go  to  South  Milford,  Nov. 
26,  to  begin  a  3  weeks'  meeting. — Charles 
IV.  Mahin,  evangelist. 

Terre  Haute,  Nov.  19. — Central  Church 
in  great  meeting;  intense  interest;  22  addi- 
tions first  week.  Sellers  and  St.  John, 
evangelists;  largest  chorus  and  orchestra  in 
Indiana. 

Francisville,  Nov.  20. — Two  confessions 
last  night;  1  baptism  Nov.  15.  Three 
young  men  are  preparing  for  the  ministry 
here   with  me. — /.   G.  Shazv. 

Summitville,  Nov.  21. — Three  weeks' 
meeting  resulted  in  14  additions — 12  by 
baptism;  1  from  Christian  connection;  1 
from  another  congregation  of  Disciples,  by 
statement.  H.  S.  Saxton  and  wife  con- 
ducted the  music. — Charles  E.   Underwood. 

Frankfort,  Nov.  23. — A  most  successful 
meeting  has  been  concluded,  114  accessions 
to  the  church  being  recorded.  The  pastor, 
\V.   J.   Russell,   did   the  preaching,   and   he 


was  admirably  helped  by  Mrs.  J.  E.  Powell 
as  conductor  of  music. 

IOWA. 

Keokuk,  Nov.  20. — Our  recent  meeting 
resulted  in  15  additions.  H.  A.  Easton  led 
the  music. — /.   W.  Kilborn. 

Fairfield,  Nov.  20.— Hamilton-Easton 
meeting  a  great  success— 44  additions  to 
date;  )6  confessions  and  1  restored  yester- 
day. Large  crowds  and  great  interest. — 
H.    C.    Littleton,    minister. 

Knoxville,  Nov.  22. — We  closed  a  five 
and  a  half  weeks'  meeting  Nov.  10,  in 
which  52  were  added.  The  meeting  was 
conducted  by  Charles  G.  Stout,  state  evan- 
gelist, and  music  by  B.  D.  Chestnut,  of  Des 
Moines.  Brother  Day  continued  last 
week  of  meeting  with  home  forces.  Church 
membership  one  year  ago  was  84;  it  now 
numbers  184,  and  is  greatly  strengthened 
in  all  branches.  Bro.  B.  S.  Denny,  of  Des 
Moines,  preached  for  us  last  Lord's  day 
evening;  1  addition.  Brother  and  Sister 
Day  remain  with  us  another  year. — Min- 
nie Young. 

Knoxville,  Nov.  20. — Lord's  day,  Nov. 
19,  a  splendid  time ;  finance  arranged  for 
ensuing  year;  5  new  members  received, 
making  107  for  the  year;  34  baptisms; 
church  will  raise  $200  more  for  pastor's 
salary  this  year  than  last. — F.  C.  Day,  pas- 
tor. 

Des  Moines,  Nov.  20. — Our  meeting 
closed  yesterday;  134  additions  in  all — 55 
baptisms.  Deep  interest  and  great  con- 
gregations throughout.  Much  credit  is  due 
Miss  Wambaugh  who  had  charge  of  our 
meeting  music.  We  press  forward  most 
hopefully;  425  additions  thus  far  this  year 
— l33  by  primary  obedience. — Chas.  S. 
Medbury. 

KANSAS. 

Lincoln,  Nov.  18. — Neal  Overman,  of  To- 
peka,  is  in  a  meeting,  with  bright  pros- 
pects. Large  audiences  each  evening. — ■ 
./V.  Ferd  Bngl.\ 

Opolis,  Nov.  21. — I  preach  at  Stone  City 
on  the  first  and  third  Sundays  of 
each  month.  Last  Sunday  we  had  3  acces- 
sions by  baptism.  I  begin  a  series  of  meet- 
ings at  Waco,  Mo.,  on  Dec.  4.  J.  N.  Pen- 
land,  of  Galena,  preached  here  Sun- 
day. I  preach  at  Crestline  this  fourth  Sun- 
day.—^. C.   Willcy. 

Leon,  Nov.  21. — I  am  in  a  meeting  with 
R.  L.  McKenney,  minister;  1  added  first 
day.  My  meeting  at  Ellensburg,  Wash., 
closed  with  10  added.  I  would  like  to  en- 
gage to  hold  some  meetings  in  Pennsyl- 
vania.   Kansas  is  rising  in  rebellion  against 

An  Only  Daughter 
Cured  of  Consumption. 

When  death  was  honrly  expected,  all  remedies 
having fni  ed, and  Or.  J 1.  Jimes  was  experimenting 
with  iho  the  many  herlig  of  Calcutta,  he  accidently 
made  a  preparation  which  cured  his  only  child  of 
Consumpt  ion.  It  is  child  is  now  in  this  country  ,and 
enjoying  the  best  of  health.  He  has  proved  to  the 
world  that  Consumption  can  be  positively  and  per- 
manently en  red.  T  lie  Doctor  now  gives  this  recipe 
free,  only  aslcingtwo  2-cen  t  stamps  to  pay  expenses. 
This  h'Tb  nl«o  cures  Night  Sweats,  Nausea  at  the 
Stom/i'h.  and  will  break  np  a  fresh  cold  in  twenty- 
four  hours.  Address  CRADDOCK  &  CO.,  1032 
Race  St.,  fhiladclphia,  naming  this  paper. 


November  30,  190., 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


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anarchistic  rum  curse.— James  W.  Zachary. 

Fontana,  Nov.  24. — M.  F.  Ross  has  been 
with  us  for  three  weeks ;  the  church  has 
been  greatly  strengthened  and  has  taken  on 
new  life;  it  had  been  given  tip  as  beyond 
recovery.  There  were  added  7 — 5  by  im- 
mersion, 2  by  statement. — A.  M.  Mott. 

Eureka,  Nov.  22. — John  P.  Jesse  is  with 
us ;  entered  second  week  of  the  meeting 
with  13  added ;  crowded  house,  fine  inter- 
est. O.  P.  Sherman  leads  the  song  service. 
We  expect  to  move  the  city. — G.  F.  Brad- 
ford, pastor. 

Caldwell,    Nov.    22. — Our    meeting    with 
home   forces   closed   November    19"  with   5 
additions. — Lee  H.  Barnum. 
KENTUCKY. 

Lexington,  Nov.  23. — Additions  to- date, 
237. — James  Small. 

Cynthiana,  Nov.  20. — We  have  closed  a  2 
weeks'  meeting  with  home  forces,  resulting 
in  60  additions. — W .  E.  Ellis. 

Owenton,  Nov.  "20. — Since  last  report  we 
have  had  '3  additions — 2  by  statement  and  1 
by  confession.  I  recently  closed  a  short 
meeting  at  Ball's  Landing  (this  county), 
where  I  succeeded  in  organizing  a  congre- 
gation, with  18.  charter  members.  Four 
confessions  during  the  meeting,  and*  the 
prospect  is  bright.  We  hope  soon  to' have 
a  church  home  for  the  congregation,  and 
then  we.  believe  the  cause  will  grow  rapidly. 
Brother  Lawson,  of  New  Liberty,  was  with 
us  a  few  days  and  helped  in  the  work. — 
IV.  J.  Clarke,  minister.    ' 

Cory  don,  Nov.  12. — We  closed  a  2  weeks' 
meeting  last  night,  resulting  in  25  addi- 
tions ;  -16  by  confession  and  baptism.  I  will 
close  my  labors  with  this  congregation  at 
the  end  of  the  calendar  year.  Have  been 
here  five  years. — /.  W.'Ligon. 
LOUISIANA. 

Alexandria,  Nov.  20. — Wife  and  I  closed 
a  three  weeks'  meeting  last  night  at  Jen- 
nings, with  41  additions — 38  baptisms  and  3 
by  statement ;  18  males  and  23  females ;  15 
new  families  entered ;  8  from  the  denomina- 
tions, including  1  Catholic.  H.  M.  Pals- 
grave took  the  pastorate  at  Jennings  just 
before  the  meeting  began.  He  is  giving  fine 
satisfaction.  Wife  and  I  have  done 
10  weeks  of  protracted  meeting  work  in 
Louisiana,  and  had  122  additions,  104  bap- 
tisms.— John  A.  Stevens,  Cor.  Sec. 

Leesville,  Nov.  22. — The  church  here 
had  been  pastorless  for  almost  a  year  when 
we  came,  three  weeks  ago.  Our  audiences 
were  small  at  first,  but  are  increasing.  We 
organized  a  Christian  Endeavor  Society 
with  17  members.  The  outlook  is  good. 
John  A.  Stevens  and  wife  will  assist  us  in 
a  meeting  soon.— George  W.  Wise,  pastor. 
MASSACHUSETTS. 

Boston,  Nov.  21. — Since  the  opening  of 
the  work  in  September,  we  have  had  14 
additions  to  the  St.  James  Street  Church. 
The  Sunday  school  is  larger  than  ever  be- 
fore. The  auxiliary  of  the  C.  W.  B.  M. 
held  a  fine  meeting  recently.  We  are  now 
trying  to  reduce  our  debt.— A.  L.  Ward. 
MISSOURI. 

Bonne  Terre,  Nov:  20. — Two  additions  by 
letter  recently. — John  G.   M.   Luttenberger. 

Richards,  Nov.  20. — One  by  confession 
and  baptism  at  Brother  Sterling's  regular 
appointment. — O.  L.  Fonts. 

Hannibal,  Nov.  21. — A  three  weeks'  meet- 
ing has  just  closed,  with  29  accessions; 
nearly  half  of  these  by  baptism.  This  was 
one  of  the  simultaneous  meetings  in  8 
churches.  G.  W.  Taylor  did  the  preaching. 
— Levi  Marshall,  minister. 

Kansas  City,  Nov.  20. — We  have  just 
closed  a  meeting  of  4  weeks,  in  the  First 
Church,  resulting  in  71  additions — 31  by 
confession  and  baptism,  40  by  letter  and 
statement.  Our  evangelist,  Hugh  McLel- 
lan,  of  Richmond,  Ky.,  impressed  the  peo- 
ple. L.  D.  Sprague,  of  California,  Mo.,  di- 
rected our  chorus  choir,  and  sang  solos  en- 
joyed by  all.  The  meeting  has  left  the 
church  much  stronger  in  every  way.  The 
simultaneous  campaign,  of  which  our  meet- 


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ing  was  a  part,  will  be  reported  by  the  sec- 
retary, of  our  alliance. — W.  F.  Richardson. 

Queen  City,  Nov.  21. — I.  N.  Jett,  who  has 
been  here  with  us  since  last  April,  just 
closed  a  4  weeks'  meeting  with  home  forces 
and  Everett  Olive,  of  New  Douglas,  111., 
as  song  leader,  with  26  added.  Brother 
Jett  is  the  right  man  in  the  right  place.  We 
have  tendered  him  a  call  for  three-fourths, 
instead  of  half,  time. — P.  M.  Lind. 

Chillicothe,  Nov."  24.— We  have  had  136 
additions,  mostly  by  baptism,  to  this  church 
in  the  eleven  months  of  the  present  pastor- 
ate.— James  N.  Crutcher. 

Hopkins,  Nov/24. — I  closed  a  short  meet- 
ing at  Kidder,  on  November  19,  with  17 
added.  This  little  church  is  going  to 
grow ;  the  whole  'community  is  interested 
in  our  plea. — Lee  Furgeson. 

Mexico,  Nov.  24. — Meeting  of  little  over 
three  weeks  closed  last  night  with  71  ad- 
ditions ;  30  baptisms,  9  reinstated  and  3 
from  other  churches.  E.  J.  Fenstermacher, 
of  Kentucky,  did  the  preaching.  Simul- 
taneous meetings  were  held  in  Presbyterian 
and  Methodist  churches  with  perfect  har- 
mony, with  occasional  union  services,  one 
for  joint  baptism,  and  the  Methodist  preach- 
er proved  a  good  Baptist. — A.  W.  Koken- 
doffer. 

Aurora. — F.  M.  Hooton  is  in  a  meeting 
at  Niangua ;  the  brethern  report  large 
audiences.  Brother  Norris,  of  Cabool,  is 
now  in  a  meeting  at  Hartville. — Joseph 
Gaylor,  state  evangelist. 

St.  James,  Nov.  23.— A  ten  days'  meeting 
had  4  additions — 1  confession  and  3  by 
letter. — E.  M.  Romine. 

Blackburn. — A  two  weeks'  meeting  has 
just  closed  with  26  additions — 24  by  bap- 
tism. G.  E.  Shanklin,  the  pastor,  did  the 
preaching. — Miss  O.  N.  Liter. 

Kirksville,  Nov.  21. — Closed  a  two  weeks' 
meeting  with  home  forces  at  Hazel  Dell, 
Knox  county,  with  43  additions — 31  bap- 
tisms, 3  Presbyterians,  1  Baptist,  1  Meth- 
olist;  the  others  by  commendation  and  re- 
claimed. Two  men  were  67  years  old  and 
prominent  in  the  community. — /.  IV.  Davis. 

NEBRASKA. 

Fremont,  Nov.  20. — We  raised  our  appor- 
tionment for  state  missions  yesterday.  We 
have  had  about  40  additions  since  January, 
half  of  them  being  at  regular  services.  All 
departments  of  the  work  progressing. — 
L.  C.  Swan. 

Auburn. — Our  meeting  of  two  and  one- 
half  weeks  closed  with  14  added — 8  by  bap- 
tism and  confession.  T.  A.  Lindenmeyer, 
minister  at  Pawnee  City,  did  the  preaching. 
— F.  L.  Pettit. 

NEW   YORK. 

Buffalo. — J.  H.  O.  Smith  began  a  meet- 
ing with  the  Richmond  Avenue  Church 
Nov.  19.  Five  persons  made  the  good  con- 
fession at  the  first  service.  For  months  the 
church  has  been  on  its  knees  in  prepara- 
tion for  this  meeting. — Anson  G.  Chester. 

Brooklyn.  Nov.  20. — Closed  splendid 
meeting  with  Third  Church.  Pastor 
William  G.  Oram  had  everything  ready.    In 


a  6  weeks'  meeting,  a  few  months  ago, 
there  were  only  2  confessions,  and  no  fault 
of  the  evangelist.  We  added  26,  mostly  by 
primary  obedience.  Am  at  Parkersburg, 
W.   Ya.,  until  Christmas.— Herbert  Yeuell. 

OHIO. 

Rudolph,  Nov.  20.— The  meeting  at  Mun- 
gen  Church  at  Bays  closed  after  a  week's 
duration  on  account  of  diphtheria;  4  ad- 
ditions. W.  G.  Loucks.  of  Lockland,  was 
the  evangelist.  I  will  assist  Dr.  S.  1£  Cook. 
of  Weston,  in  a  meeting  beginning  No- 
vember  27. — E.  K.  Van  Winkle. 

Shelby. — Allen  Wilson  and  Professor 
Lintt  are  in  a  meeting  at  the  First  Qmrcfc, 
—C.  R.  L.  Vazvter. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Ellwood  City,  Nov.  20. — Three  addition* 
by  letter  Nov.  19. — Ferd  F.  Schults,  min- 
ister. 

TENNESSEE. 

Memphis,  Nov.  20. — The  meeting  at  ffre 
Mississippi  Avenue  Church  closed  with  50 
additions — 23  by  confession,  7  from  the  de- 
nominations and  20  by  letter.  Austin  P. 
Finley  was  the  evangelist. — L.  D.  RiddeS, 
pastor. 

TEXAS. 

Ft.  Worth,  Nov.  20. — Have  just  closed 
a  delightful  meeting  with  the  Sherman 
Church ;  139  additions.  They  began  on  day 
of  dedication  of  their  handsome  new  mod- 
ern church  and  the  meeting  continued  4 
weeks.  Leonard  Daugherty  led  the  song 
service. — R.  R.  Hamlin. 

Ft.  Worth.  Nov.  23.— Last  Sunday  was  a 
great  day  with  us.  There  were  5  additions 
to  the  First  Church  by  letter,  and  in  the 
afternoon  I  preached  at  the  Texas  Masonic 
Widows'  and  Orphans'  Home,  resulting  in 
39  confessions.  Some  of  these  will  go  to 
other  churches.  I  baptized  16. — R.  R.  Ham- 
lin, pastor  First  Church. 

WASHINGTON. 

Olympia,  Nov.  14. — The  six  weeks'  meet- 
ing under  Bro.  David  Killems,  evangelist, 
assisted  by  A.  C.  Shaffer,  singer,  closed 
November  18  with  90  additions. — T.  Hum- 
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THE  CHURCH'S  GREATEST  NEED. 
—Rom.  9:1-5;  1  Cor.  9:16-27. 

What  is  this  greatest  need?  Evidently, 
solicitude  for  the  salvation  of  men.  This 
was  the  consuming  passion  of  the  Apostle 
Paul,  as  it  was  of  his  Master  before  him. 
His  "heart's  desire  and  prayer  to  God"  was 
for  the  salvation  of  his  people  Israel,  and  to 
accomplish  this  he  would  even  become  ac- 
cursed from  Christ  himself  (Rom.  10:1; 
Rom.  o:vO.  Jesus  submitted  to  the  cross, 
which  was  to  the  Jew  a  sign  of  shame,  that 
he  might  deliver  us  from  the  curse  of  sin 
(.Gal.  3:13,  14).  Even  so  Paul  "counted 
not  his  life  dear  unto  himself,"'  if  only  he 
could  by  spending  it  redeem  his  fellow- 
men  unto  God  (.Acts  20:22-24).  The  su- 
preme sin  of  the  church  today  is  indiffer- 
ence to  the  lost  world  around  her.  She  is 
too  often  content  to  enjoy  her  spiritual 
privileges,  by  Sunday  attendance  when  con- 
venient, and  leave  the  world  to  go  as  it  will 
on  the  downward  way.  A  few  are  agoniz- 
ing over  a  lost  world,  while  the  many  are 
complacently  jogging  along  on  the  smooth 
road  of  perfunctory  religious  living,  heeding 
not  the  cries  of  lost  souls  all  around  them. 

Hozv  can  this  need  be  supplied?  Only 
by  burning  into  the  heart  of  the  church  a 
few  forgotten  truths  of  the  Gospel.  The 
first  of  these  is,  That  men  are  lost  without 
Christ.  When  we  come  to  realize  that  mil- 
lions of  human  beings  all  around  us  are 
already  lost,  because  of  sin,  and  doomed  to 
eternal  wo**  unless  they  can  be  persuaded 
to  accept  the  salvation  of  Jesus  Christ,  we 
can  hardly  help  feeling  solicitous  about 
them.  The  second  truth  is,  That  the  church 
is  the  divine  agency  for  this  work.  It  is 
the  "pillar  and  ground  of  the  truth" 
(1  Tim.  3:15).  It  has  pleased  God  to  save 
men  through  the  preaching  of  the  Gospel, 
And  only  the  church  cm  be  depended  upon 
to  send  this  Cospel  to  the  unsaved 
(1  Cor.  1:21:  Rom.  10:12-15).  The  third 
trust  i-.  That  neglect  of  this  duty  will  be 
fatal  tu  /he  church  herself.  To  dispense 
the  Gospel  is  to  live  and  grow.  To  with- 
hold it  is  to  languish  and  die.  Grain  must 
be  scattered  or  it  will  sooner  or  later  be- 
come musty.  Sown  in  the  field,  it  multiplies 
itself  (Prov.  11:24,  25 »'  2  Cor.  9:6).  Un- 
less the  church  is  engaged  in  saving  others, 
she  will  herself  perish. 

How  will  this  passion  for  souls  manifest 
itself?  Paul  says  that  his  desire  to  save 
others  led  him  into  hearty,  faithful  service 
and  sacrifice  (1  Cor.  9:19-23).  The  Master 
gave  to  the  world  a  new  ideal  of  greatness, 
and  embodied  that  ideal  in  his  own  life. 
He  came,  not  to  be  ministered  unto,  but  to 
minister,  and  to  give  his  life  a  ransom  for 
many  (Matt.  20:25-28).  Paul  became  all 
things  to  all  men,  not  by  seeking  to  win 
their  favor  through  compliance  with  their 
unworthy  example,  but  by  submitting  to 
any  hardship,  any  sacrifice  of  selfish  ease  or 
pleasure,  whereby  he  could  commend  to 
them  his  Lord  and  Master.  Though  he  was 
free  from  all  obligations  to  others,  accord- 
ing to  the  world's  maxims,  yet  he  made 
himself  the  servant  of  all,  that  he  might 
win  some  to  Christ.  When  the  church  is 
ready  to  sink  self  in  service,  and  find  her 
greatest  joy  in  sacrifice  for  love  of  Jesus 
Christ,  then  will  the  world  understand  the 
true  character  of  the  Gospel,  and  multitudes 
who  are  now  indifferent  to  its  claims  will 
come  pressing  into  the  Kingdom  of  God. 
May  this  greatest  need  of  the  church  be 
speedily  supplied,  and  the  Church  become 
such  a  light  bearer  as  this  darkened  world 
can  gladly  welcome. 


READING  AND  OBEYING  THE  LAW.- 
Neh.  8:8-18. 

Memory  Verses,  17,  18. 

Golden  Text.— Blessed  are  they  that 
hear  the  word  of  God,  and  "keep  it. — Luke 
11:28. 

The  restoration  of  Jerusalem  was  now 
complete,  on  the  outward  and  visible  side. 
The  temple  had  been  rebuilt  and  the  wall 
and  gates  had  been  repaired.  The  latter 
had  been  accomplished  almost  solely 
through  the  zeal  and  energy  of  Nehemiah. 
Nehemiah  was  not  a  priest  nor  a  professed 
religious  leader.  His  avowed  purpose  was 
to  take  awav  the  reproach  from  Judah  by 
building  again  the  fortifications  and  giving 
the  nation  as  much  standing  among  the 
nations  as  it  was  possible  for  a  conquered 
province  to  have.  In  this  he  was  successful. 
His  work  was  that  of  the  practical  man,  the 
administrator,  and  it  illustrates  admirably 
how  one  who  is  not  a  professional  religious 
leader  or  teacher  may  none  the  less  serve 
the  highest  interests  of  religion. 

But  there  was  needed  yet  a  moral  and  re- 
ligious reformation.  The  very  building  of 
the  wall  had  been  made  the  occasion*  for 
effective  exhortations  to  brotherly  love,  fra- 
ternal co  operation,  generous  treatment  of 
the  unfortunate  in  the  remission  of  interest, 
the  return  of  property  foreclosed  under 
mortgage  during  the  hard  times  following 
the  return  to  the  city,  etc.  The  common 
work  in  which  they  had  been  engaged  pre- 
pared them  lor  further  religious  advance. 

The  reformation  came  now  through  the 
fresh  announcement  of  the  requirements  of 
the  law.  It  was  to  be  reformation  through 
restoration — always  a  popular  and  effective 
mode  of  presenting  the  appeal  for  a  better 
and  purer  religious  life,  and  usually  an  entire- 
ly justifiable  one.  Those  who  accept  the  docu- 
mentary theory  of  the  Pentateuch  would  say 
that  it  was  at  this  time,  or  during  this  period, 
that  the  "Priestly  Code"  was  formulated  and 
incorporated  into  the  older  body  of  Hebrew 
law.  However  that  may  be,  many  of  its 
precepts' were  now  made  effective  for  the 
first  time,  or  for  the  first  time  in  many  cen- 
turies. From  this  time  forward,  the  Levitical 
law  occupied  a  larger  and  a  more  secure 
place  in  the  scheme  of  religion  among  the 
Jews.  The  sojourn  in  Babylon,  where  they 
were  without  the  privileges  of  Temple  wor- 
ship, had  given  them  a  new  reverence  for 
the  word  of  the  law.  The  restoration  of  the 
Temple  and  the  rebuilding  of  Jerusalem 
gave  opportunity  now  for  a  more  strict  and 
punctihious  observance  of  the  details  of 
ritual  and  ceremonial  than  had  ever  before 
been  practiced.  The  reformation  which 
was  carried  out  under  the  joint  leadership  of 
Ezra  and  Nehemiah  was  in  part  of  this 
character. 

It  is  worth  noting  that  the  religious  revival 
was  an  occasion  of  joy.  The  people  took  it 
seriously  but  not  sadly.  They  exulted  in  it. 
To  them  a  holy  day  was  a  day  of  gladness. 
"The  day  is  holy,  neither  be  ye  grieved." 
They  made  it  a  time  of  thanksgiving,  and 
the  feast  which  they  now  restored  and 
celebrated  took  on  something  of  the  char- 
acter of  our  Thanksgiving  day.  It  was  a 
time  for  "feasting  and  mirth,"  and  a  time  for 


CUTICURA  SOAP  SHAMPOOS 

And   Light   Dressings  of  Cuticura  Stop   Falling 

Hair  and  Dandruff  when  All 

Else  Fails. 

This  treatment  at  once  removes  crusts, 
scales  and  dandruff,  destroys  hair  parasites, 
soothes  irritated,  itching  surfaces,  stimu- 
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skin,  supplies  the  roots  with  energy  and 
nourishment,  and  makes  the  hair  grow 
upon  a  sweet,  wholesome,  healthy  scalp, 
when   all   else   fails. 


remembering  the  goodness  of  God  to  the 
nation.  It  was,  moreover,  a  time  for  the 
revival  of  generosity  and  brotherly  kindness. 
"Send  portions  unto  them  for  whom  nothing 
is  prepared." 


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THE  CITY  OF  GOD.- Rev.  22:1-8. 

For  the  Leader. 

We  have  for  our  topic  tonight  the  dis- 
cussion of  the  city  of  God.  We  have  heard 
much  of  the  drift  of  the  people  to  the  great 
cities.  The  old  home  in  the  country  is  now 
rented,  or  else  it  is  owned  by  some  for- 
eigner. Long  since  the  occupants  moved  to 
town.  The  old  folks,  maybe,  died  in  the 
town,  but  the  young  folks  went  to  the  city. 
Life  was  too  dull  for  them  in  the  county 
seat.  The  mad  rush  of  the  city  was  the 
thing  they  wanted.  Smoke,  dust,  rush, 
cramped  quarters,  poor  air,  no  vacation, 
poor  pay,  resorts,  questionable  acqaintances, 
the  loneliness  of  the  great  throng,  have 
come  since  the  day  the  family  broke  up  and 
left  country  side. 

Well,  tonight  we  can  talk  of  a  city  that 
is  not  made  with  hands.  We  can  think  of 
the  city  that  God  is  building  for  us  over 
on  the  other  side.  Happy  are  we  if  the  same 
desire  for  the  city  of  God  fills  us  as  took 
hold  of  us  when  we  decided  to  go  to 
the  great  cjty  here  below.  What  if  all 
men  were  crowding,  one  upon  the  other, 
in  an  effort'  to  •  make  off  for  the  city 
of  God?  I  do  not  mean  by  this  an  ef- 
fort to  die,  to  leave  now ;  but  an  effort  to 
get  right  in  heart  and  life,  so  that  citizen- 
ship in  the  city  of  God  will  be  made  sure 
for  us.  We  are  all  going  over  the  tide 
some  day.  Where  are  we  going  across  that 
dark  sea?  We  may  say  we  do  not  know, 
but  we  do  know  if  we  will  stop  to  think. 
We  are  not  going  to  the  city  of  God  with- 
out knowing  it.  If  one  says,  "I  do  not 
know  where  I  am  going,"  he  is  deceiving 
himself. 

For  the  Members. 

1.  What  means  this  vision  in  which  the 
wonderful  things  concerning  the  saints  are 
seen  and  told  for  our  admonition?  John, 
the  beloved  disciple,  is  .the  one  who  saw 
this  vision  recorded  in  Revelation.  He 
was  in  banishment  when  he  saw  the  vision. 
The  fortunes  of  the  church  were  at  a  low 
tide.  The  leader  of  the  band  was  taken 
away  from  them.  Would  they  ever  see  the 
light  of  triumph  again?  To  assure  them  of 
this,  in  my  opinion,  this  vision  was  given. 
Taken  in  this  way,  how  it  must  change  the 
hopes  of  the  faithful !  And  if  the  belief 
that  the  symbols  were  understood  by  the 
Christians,  and  that  they  thus  read  in  it  a 
message  concealed  from  the  profane,  be 
true,  the  book  ceases  to  be  a  riddle. 

2.  This  city  is  the  form  under  which 
heaven,  or  the  church  triumphant,  is  de- 
scribed to  us.  The  city  of  God.  It  was 
seen  by  the  beloved  as  a  city  beautiful, 
coming  down  from  God.  Here  is  a  great 
city.  Its  construction,  its  materials,  its 
conditions,  its  rulers — all — are  ideal.  That 
is,  they  are  as  perfect  as  human  heart  can 
conceive.  How  wonderful  must  be  the 
land  of  the  blest !  How  beautiful  must  be 
the  place  where  the  Father  reigns  forever 
and  ever!  This  is  just  what  this  wonderful 
description  says  to  me.  It  was  given  to 
show  the  church  what  awaits  her  when  she 
has  put  on  the  white  robes  of  innocence. 
When  we  have  faithfully  kept  the  watches 
of  this  night  of  persecution,  of  sorrow,  qf 
trial,  of  temptation,  and  have  won  the  vic- 
tory of  the  faith,  then  we  have  this  reign 
with  God  awaiting  us. 

3.  Some  may  laugh  at  the  statements 
about  the  river  of  life,  the  tree  of  life,  the 
trees  for  the  healing  of  the  nations,  the 
fruit  for  food,  but  this  will  not  daunt  the 
believers  in  the  message  God  has  brought 
to  us  concerning  the  other  side.  We  do  not 
know  just  how  these  things  will  be.  We 
can  not  say  just  how  our  bodies  shall  sub- 
sist. We  are  not  informed  as  to  food  in 
heaven.     But  this  is  sure:   the  person  who 


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undertakes  to  laugh  these  questions  out  of 
court  has  more  daring  than  discretion.  To 
say,  as  some  do,  "Why,  we  are  to  be  spirit- 
ual beings,"  and  to  want  that. to  answer  all 
things,  gives  no  relief.  What  is  a  spiritual 
being?  Has  it  no  body?  Has  it  no  means 
of  sustenance  ?  Has  it  no  place  of  habita- 
tion ?  To  say,  "Heaven  is  a  condition," 
does  not  answer  anything.  Are  conditions 
independent  of  time  and  place?  May  it 
not  be  that  this  world,  with  all  its  parts,  is 
a  primer  lesson  in  things  as  they  shall  be? 
The  earth,  the  atmosphere,  our  bodies,  our 
food,  our  occupations — all  these  things  in 
heaven  may  move  along  much  as  they  do 
here,  but  in  what  we  may  call  ideal  rela- 
tions. This  life  is  God's  work.  That  is 
to  be  his.  Is  there  not  a  presumptive  evi- 
dence that  he  will  proceed  in  the  life  to 
come  much  as  he  has  in  this  life?  It  is 
this  very  presumption  that  John,  it  seems 
to  the  writer,  takes  for  granted  in  this 
vision.  The  whole  work  is  pitched  upon 
the  level  of  this  view  of  the  question. 

4.  Heaven,  then,  has  not  been  robbed  of 
its  reality.  Speak  of  it  as  real.  Think  of 
the  city  of  God  as  the  habitation  of  his 
children  after  this  life.  The  comfort  of 
those  who  are  weary  of  i  the  toils  of  this 
life.  The  dying  thought  of  the  saints.  Yes, 
heaven,  the  place  God  has  prepared  for 
those  who  love  him  from  the  foundation  of 
the  world. 
Quiet  Hour  Thought. 

Am  I  living  here  as  though  my  life  on 
earth  were  a  preparation  for  eternity  in 
heaven? 

DAILY    READINGS. 

M.  Christ  reigns  in  heaven.      Rev.  i:io-i£ 

T.  The  songs  of  heaven. 

W.  The    white-robed. 

T.  The  glory  of  the  city. 

F.  The  river  of  life. 

S.  Shall  not  be  moved. 

S.  Topic— The   city   of   God.     Rev.  22:1-8. 

A  Notre  Dame  Lady's  Appeal. 

f  will  send  free,  with  -  full  instructions, 
some  of  this  simple  preparation  for  the 
cure  of  Leucorrhcea,  Ulceration,  Displace- 
ments, Falling  of  the  Womb,  Scanty  or 
Painful  Periods,  Tumors  or  Growths,  Hot 
Flashes,  Desire  to  Cry,  Creeping  feeling  up 
the  Spine,  Pain  in  the  Back  and  all  Female 
Troubles,  to  all  sending  address.  To 
mothers  of  suffering  daughters  I  will  ex- 
plain a  Successful  Home  Treatment.  If 
you  decide  to  continue  it  will  only  cost 
about  12  cents  a  week  to  guarantee  a  cure. 
Tell  other  sufferers  of  it,  that  is  all  I  ask. 
If  you  are  interested  write  now  and  tell 
vour  suffering  friends  of  it.  Address  Mrs. 
M.  Summers,  Box  183,  Notre  Dame,  Ind. 


Rev.  15  :i-4. 

Rev.  7:9-12. 
Rev.  21 :22-2~. 
Zech.  14:7-11. 
Ps.  46:1-5- 


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Into  Christ. 
T»  the  JE»£iic*  of  The  Chkistian-Evangbust: 

A  man  past  eighty  years  said  he  wanted 
to  be  baptized,  but  did  not  know  where  he 
couW  find  a  -Hard-shell*'  to  do  it.  "Would 
h  swt  jrxir  faith  for  you  to  baptize  me,  and 
1  telling  joa  I  am  to  this  day  what  my  good 
parent?  taoght  me  10  be.  a   'Hard-shell'?" 

I  told  him  we  never  baptized  into  doc- 
trine*, but  into  Christ,  a  personal  Savior. 
He  seemed  very  glad  in  obeying  his  Lord 
in  Christian  baptism.       &  W.  Crutcher. 

Lamar.  Ho. 


Is  It  Doubting  God's  Word? 

To  tbe  Editor  of  The  Christian-Evangelist: 

Brother  McGarvey  informs  us  that  to  ask 
for  tbe  Holy  Spirit  "is  to  doubt  the  divine 
assurance  that  he  who  believes  and  is  bap- 
tized shall  receive  the  Holy  Spirit,"  and 
that  he  shall  abide  "with  him."  If  this  state- 
ment is  really  true,  then  I  must  confess 
That  1  have  "doubted  the  divine  assurance." 
Now.  if  the  Holy  Spirit  was  a  material 
substance  and  was  really  and  literally 
poured  into  the  recipient  as  water  or  milk 
is  poured  into  a  pitcher  or  jug,  then 
Brother  McGarvey's  reasoning  would  be 
sound :  but  such  is  not  the  -case,  and,  there- 
fore, the  promise  of  Jesus  must  not  and 
can  not  be  limited  by  any  mechanical  philos- 
ophy,  however  plausible   it   may   appear. 

Brother  McGarvey  actually  feels  the  force 
of  this  promise,  and  tries  to  explain  it 
away,  but  the  explanation  does  not  explain. 
To  my  mind,  the  whole  context  forbids  such 
an  explanation.  In  addition  to  this.  Revela- 
tion 3:20.  and  more  especially  Ephesians 
3:14-20.  add  weight  to  the  position  he  op- 
poses. To  call  up  a  parallel  case :  Gal. 
3:27,  "For  as  many  of  you  as  were  bap- 
tized into  Christ  have  put  on  Christ,"  says 
Paul.  And.  again  (Rom.  6:3-6),  "bap- 
tized into  Christ."  And  yet  to  these  very 
Romans  he  says :  "But  put  ye  on  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ."  etc.  (Rom.  13:14). 
"Sow,  according  to  Brother  McGarvey  s 
logic,  Paul  must  have  "doubted  the  divine 
assurance"  that  they  had  already  put  him 
on  in  baptism. 

I  wish  to  say  again  I  can  not  accept  his 
position,  and  I  do  hope  it  is  not  "our  posi- 
tion" to  any  great  extent.  And  yet,  if  any 
man  holds  it,  I  shall  not  "count  him  as  an 
enemy,  but  will  admonish  him  as  a 
brother."  I  should  be  exceedingly  glad  if 
a  number  of  our  best  scholars  and  leading 
preachers  would  express  themselves  on  the 
point,  now  that  the  question  has  been 
raised.  H.  W.  Robertson. 

Blaclnvcll,  Okla. 

[Referring  to  the  last  statement  in  the 
foregoing,  we  will  say  that  we  have  planned 
for  an  early  symposium  on  the  question 
herein  mentioned,  and  will  furnish  the  same 
to  our  readers  as  soon  as  the  demands  upon 
our  space  will  permit. — Editor.] 

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AFFL1CK. 

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Afflick.  was  born  October  27, 1S88,  and  died  of  typhoid 
lever,  September  S,  190$.  She  obeyed  the  Gospel  at 
the  age  of  fourteen,  and  was  a  beautiful  Christian. 
Her  death  was  a  crushing  blow  to  the  devoted  family, 
and  brought  genuine  sorrow  to  a  very  large  circle  of 
friends.  E.  M.  Smith. 

Centralis.  .J/,'. 

MINNICK. 

Frank  M.  Minnick  was  born  in  Wabash  county, 
Ind.,  Jan.  2s.  1858,  and  died  at  Spokane,  Wash., 
Nov.  3. 1905.  He  became  a  Christian  when  seventeen 
years  of  aire,  since  which  time  he  has  been  active  in 
Christian  service.  During  the  past  thirteen  years  he 
gave  his  whole  time  to  the  ministry  of  the  gospel, 
serving  the  churches  at  Corunna  and  Middletown, 
Ind.,  and  at  Anaconda,  Mont.  He  was  a 
preacher  of  more  than  ordinary  ability,  and  was  peer- 
less in  proclaiming  the  truth.  Best  of  all.  he  prac- 
ticed the  truths  of  the  Gospel,  and  was  an  example  of 
holiness  unto  the  Lord.  He  loved  God  and  mankind, 
and  was  willing  to  make  great  sacrifices  for  the  cause 
that  was  nearest  his  heart.  He  was  one  of  the  most 
unselfish  of  men.  He  was  the  soul  of  honor,  and 
generous  to  a  fault.  No  man  who  imposed  confidence 
in  him  was  ever  disappointed.  He  was  truly  a  man 
of  God.  an  Israelite  in  whom  there  was  no  guile.  The 
world  has  too  few  such  characters;  too  few  such  are 
found  in  the  service  of  the  church.  He  leaves  a  wife, 
daughter,  father,  mother,  three  brothers  and  three 
sisters  to  mourn  their  loss.  He  was  a  brother  of 
Harry  Minnick.  who  was  for  years  connected  with  the 
church  at  Lubec,  Maine.  The  funeral  was  conducted 
by  the  writer  in  the  Central  Christian  Church, 
Spokane,  Wash.  A.  L.  Chapman. 

Seattle.    Wash. 

PHILIPS. 

David  Philips  was  born  near  Canonsburg,  Pa., 
March  6.  1830.  and  died  Nov.  13.  1905.  His  boyhood 
and  youth  were  spent  in  Ohio.  For  a  number  of 
years  he  taught  and  studied.  His  ambition  was  to 
improve  himself  intellectually.  In  1S55  he  became  a 
Christian.  He  was  baptized  by  N.  A.  Walker.  His 
confession  of  Christ  was  followed  by  a  consistent  life. 
David  Philips  was  a  good  man.  He  loved  the  church 
and  was  liberal  and  constant  in  its  support.  Lord's 
day  morning,  Nov.  19,  by  his  direction,  Sioo  were 
placed  on  the  contribution  plate.  He  was  anxious  to 
see  the  mortgage  indebtedness  of  the  South  Broad- 
way Christian  Church.  Denver,  paid.  He  did  not  live 
to  see  it,  but  there  is  now  no  debt  on  the  church. 
Miss  Mary  Buchanan  became  his  wife  in  i860.  In 
July,  1903,  she  fell  asleep  in  Jesus.  Brother  and  Sis- 
ter Philips  spent  thirty-three  years  on  a  farm  a  few 
miles  distant  from  Burlington,  Iowa.  They  came  to 
Denver  in  1894.  Their  last  years  were  spent  in  the 
hospitable  home  of  their  only  son.  Professor  Homer 
S.  Philips.  The  end  of  David  Philips  was  peaceful. 
As  a  pleasant  memory,  as  an  example  of  probity  to 
all  who  knew  him,  as  an  influence  for  good,  be  abides 
with  us.  B.  B.  Tyler. 

Denver.  Col. 

[WALTERS. 

W.  G.  Walters,  the  beloved  pastor  of  the  church 
at  Bluefield,  W.  Va.,  entered  into  the  rest  prepared 
for  the  people  of  God,  Monday  morning,  November 


6.  The  immediate  cause  of  his  death  was  typhoid 
fever  and  complications.  Upon  being  told  that  the 
end  was  near,  he  replied,  "I  have  tried  to  do  my  duty, 
and  I  am  not  afraid  to  die."  Brother  Walters  was 
born  in  Montgomery  Co.,  W.  Va..  thirtv-two  years 
ago.  He  was  the  only  child  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George 
Walters,  who  still  survive  him.  He  early  gave  his  life 
to  the  Master.  In  the  face  of  poverty  and  discour- 
agement he  prepared  himself  for  his  chosen  work  at 
Milligan  College.  During  the  fourteen  years  of  his 
ministry  he  served  the  churches  at  Ronceverte,  W.Va., 
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row as  a  Christian,  however,  and  is  now  in  a  fair  way 
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the  strong  arms  of  the  men  of  God  who  had  labored 
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Vale  Mundo. 

BY  A.  K.  WRIGHT. 

There's  a  promise  of  ni>   Savior  that  is  very  dear  to 
me. 
For  it  strengthens  and  sustains  me  'mid  the  strug- 
gle and  the  strife; 
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surely  see. 
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everlasting  life. 

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shall  bring." 
When    the   storms  of  earth   are   wasted    and  the 
light  of  heaven's  day 
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To  the  Leader  of  the  legions;  He's  the  Truth-,  the 
Life,  the  Way. 

As   I  read  the  wondrous  nnssage  from  the   Patmos 
Prophet's  tongue, 
And   the   fulness  of  his   message  tried  so  hard  to 
catch  and  hold; 
To  the  harp  of  Understanding  seems  another  chord 
was  strung, 
As  the  new  and  deeper  meaning  down  its  length  in 
rapture  rolled. 

For  the  "glorv  and  the  honor  of  the  nations."  don't 
you  know. 
Are  the  holy  men  and  women  who  for  Christ  have 
lived  and  died; 
'Tis  a    promise  sure  and  steadfast  they  shall  on  to 
glory  go. 
Safely  cross    the  stormy    river,    stand  at   last  on 
heaven's  side. 

Palms  of  victory!    crowns  of  glory!   robes  of  spotless 
white,  immortal! 
Harps    of  gold  and   choir  of  millions — songs   like 
voice  of  many  waters; 
<;till     they're    coming  —  coming  —  coming  — outward 
swings  the  pearly  portal; 
Welcome  Home!"  a  Father's   welcome— "blest  on 
earth,  my  sons  and  daughters." 

My  soul,  keep  silence!    Time  is  dead!    Tollingl 
No.  the  trump  of  God  is  sounding  the  resurrection 
call! 
"Now  gird  thyself— be  ready"— the  clouds  of  heaven 
are  rolling. 
The  Son  of  Man  upon  them  sitting.    Thou  blessed 

Christ!     Myall  in  all! 
Boise.  Idaho. 

The  New  England  Thanksgiving. 

By  Gilbert  Patten   Brown. 

While  the  soil  of  the  old  world  is  stained 
with  the  blood  of  the  lovers  of  truth  and 
human  justice,  the  new  world  is  made 
sacred  by  the  lives  of  the  men  of  Plymouth 
and  their  Christian  compeers.  It  was  in  the 
cabin  of  the  immortal  Mayflower,  as  she 
swung  at  her  anchor  in  Provincetown  har- 
bor on  that  Saturday  in  November,  1620, 
that  it  was  found  in  the  hearts  of  her  pas- 
sengers to  give  thanksgiving  to  God  for 
his  goodness.  It  is  November  11,  and  we 
behold  the  first  written  constitution  in  the 
world,  by  men  strong  of  heart  and  mind, 
as  they  are  gathered  around  a  little  table 
in  that  unique  cabin — "In  the  name  of 
God.  amen." 

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lander  held  more  sacred  or  with  a  higher 
pride  than   Thanksgiving. 

At  a  recent  date  has  been  found  the 
family  Bible  of  William  White,  in  which  is 
recorded.  "William  White,  married  on  ye 
third  day  of  March,  1620,  to  Susannah 
Tilly.  Peregrine  White,  Born  on  Board  ye 
Mayflower  in  Cape  Cod  Harbor.  Sonne 
born  to  Susannah  White,  December  19, 
1620,  ye  six  o'clock  morning.  Next  day, 
we  met  for  prayer  and  thanksgiving."  We 
find  that  December  20  was  not  Sunday,  but 
Tuesday.  The  Sunday  previous,  however, 
they  had  rested  and  held  "divine  worship." 
One  narrator  speaks  as  follows : 

"So,  in  the  morning,  after  we  had  called 
on  God  for  direction,  we  came  to  this  reso- 
lution, to  go  presently  ashore  again,  and 
to  take  a  better  view  of  two  places  which 
we  thought  most  fitting  for  us;  for  we 
could  not,  at  this  time,  now  take  time  for 


further  search  or  consideration,  our  victuals 
being  much  spent,  especially  our  beer ;  and 
it   being' now    December  20." 

The  situation  was  a  most  critical  one.  The 
day  was  very  cold,  and  in  their  midst  was 
disease  and  starvation.  For  the  curious 
reader,  we  quote  Capt.  John  Smith,  as  fol- 
lows: "After  having  been  pested  nine 
weeks  in  this  leaking,  unwholesome  ship, 
lying  wet  in  ye  cabins,  most  of  them  grew 
very  weak,  and  weary  of  the  sea."  They 
had  been  on  the  sea  nine  weeks. 

'In  the  following  autumn  there  was  held 
a  "Grande  Thanksgiving,"  the  most  con- 
densed account  of  which  can  be  found  in  a 
letter  by  Edward  Winslow,  dated  at  Plym- 
outh, and  written  to  a  friend  in  England, 
in  which  he  said :  "Our  harvest  being  got- 
ten in,  our  governor  sent  four  men  on 
fowling,  that  so  we  might  after  a  special 
manner  rejoice  together  after  we  had  gath- 
ered the  fruits  of  our  labors.  They  killed 
as  much  fowl  as  with  a  little  help  beside 
served  the  company  about  a  week.  At  which 
times,  among  other  recreations,  we  exer- 
cised our  arms,  many  of  the  Indians  coming 
amongst  us,  and  among  the  rest  their  great- 
est king,  Massasoyt,  with  some  00  men, 
whom  for  three  days  we  entertained  and 
feasted,  and  they  went  out  and  killed  five 
deer,  which  they  brought  and  bestowed  on 
our  governor,  and  upon  the  captains  and 
others."  In  several  ways  it  represented  a 
feast  of  Biblical  renown.  The  Indians  were 
warmly  welcomed.  The  savage  of  America 
greeted  the  Anglo-Saxon  of  Europe.  The 
five  deer  killed  by  the  natives,  together 
with  the  fowl  killed  by  the  "four  good 
shots  from  the  colony,"  furnished  food  for 
the  festivities  that  lasted  for  nearly  a  week. 
Games  were  played,  athletic  sports  were  en- 
joyed, and  some  little  time  was  spent  in  mil- 
itary feats.  The  natives  were  much  amused 
over  the  games  of  "stool-ball"  and  "pitch- 
ye-bar,"  as  taught  them  by  Governor  Brad- 
ford. 

The  year  1622  brought  distress  and  mis- 
fortune to  the  Pilgrims ;  crops  were  poor, 
the  winter  exceedingly  cold,  and  they 
prayed  "long  and  often"  for  their  "dayly 
brade."  The  Thanksgiving  of  that  year 
was  also  attended  by  several  of  the  "most 
wise"  Indians.  We  find  it  recorded  that 
"a  day  was  appointed  by  publick  authority 
and  set  apart  from  all  other  employments," 
to  pray  to  God  for  his  favor  upon  an  ill- 
fated  people.  The  morning  was  a  most 
beautiful  one;  the  skies  were  clear;  that 
whole  day  was  spent  in  fasting  and  prayer. 
It  then  rained  with  "soft,  sweet,  moderate 


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In  time,    Sold  by  druggists. 


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showers,  mixed  with  seasonable  weather, 
as  it  was  hard  to  say  whether  our  with- 
ered corn  or  drooping  affections  were  most 
quickened  and  revived,  such  was  ye  bounty 
and  goodness  of  God."  It  was  amid  these 
rains  that  Capt.  Myles  Standish  went  north- 
ward to  secure  provisions  of  the  "friendly 
Indians."  Upon  his  return,  he  brought  a 
large  amount  of  provisions.  He  also  re- 
ported that  the  ship  supposed  to  have  been 
lost  had  been  sighted.  This  gave  great  joy 
to  the  colonists.  Relative  to  the  same,  we 
quote : 

"Having  these  many  signs  of  God's  favor 
and  acception,  another  solemn  day  was  set 
apart  and  appointed,  wherein  we  returned 
glory  and  honour  and  praise  and  thankful- 
ness to  our  good  God,  who  had  dealt  so 
graciously  with  us." 

Each  ,  year,  the  Plymouth  colony  held 
thanksgiving.  Passing  on,  we  notice  the 
arrival  of  John  Winthrop  and  his  asso- 
ciates, a  very  religious  people.  They,  too, 
held  a  day  of  "public  worship  and  thanks- 
giving." 

We  find  that  on  February  22,  1630,  the 
first  Thanksgiving  is  proclaimed  in  Boston. 
The  winter  had  been  very  cold  and  a  hard 
one.  Many  deaths  had  taken  place,  the  rec- 
ord of  which  is  unknown  to  history.  The 
Rev.  Cotton  Mather  is  probably  the  best 
authority  of  the  times.  He  tells  of  one 
man  who  had  invited  his  friends  to  dinner, 
and  the  only  food  upon  the  spacious  table 
was  clams.  In  asking  the  blessing  at  the 
family  table,  he  thanked  God,  "who  had 
given  them  to  suck  the  abundance  of  the 
seas  and  of  the  treasures  hid  in  the  sands." 
All  that  spring,  when  the  tides  were  right, 
they  would  rise  before  daylight,  pray  until 
it  was  light  enough  to  fish,  and  hunt  the 
shores  for  clams.  One  of  the  most  charit- 
able men  of  the  times  appears  to  have  been 
Governor  Winthrop,  jwho  was  known  to 
have  given  to  a  distressed  neighbor  "the 
last  handful  of  meal,"  when  a  ship  with 
supplies  was  sighted  in  the  harbor. 

Another  interesting  Thanksgiving  service 
was  held  in  old  Scituate  on  December,  22, 
1636.  The  authority  for  this  mention  is 
the  church  record,  as  follows : 

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halfe  liour  before  nine  &  continuing  until 
after  twelve  aclockc,  ye  da*tt>eing  very  cold, 
beginning  wt  a  short  prayer,  then  a  psalme 
sang,  then  mere  large  in  prayer,  after  that 
an  other  Psalme  &  then  the  Word  taught, 
after  that  prayer — &  then  a  psalme.  Then 
making  merry  to  the  creatures,  the  poorer 
sort  being  invited  of  the  richer."  This 
meeting  is  worthy  of  emulation.  On  Octo- 
ber 12  following,  services  were  conducted 
in  the  same  manner.  In  the  year  1642,  Gov. 
William  Shirley  proclaimed  two  services. 
In  1746,  the  French  fleet  had  threatened 
the  colony,  "a  fast  day  of  thanksgiving" 
was  held  in  "ye  old  South  Meeting-House," 
Boston.  Thomas  Prince  stood  up  in  "pub- 
lick  prayer,"  when  in  the  language  of  the 
poet,  the  storm, 

"Came  with  miyhty  power, 

Shaking  the  windows  and  walls, 
And  tolling:  the  bell  in  the  tower 
As  it  tolls  at  funerals." 

Soon  the  "Sons  of  Liberty"  were  organ- 
ized and  divisions  came  among  the 
churches,  yet  both  "Tory"  and  "Rebel"  held 
their  annual  Thanksgiving.  It  was  in  1771 
that  Governor  Hutchinson  issued  his  famous 
proclamation,  which,  in  part,  said  that  he 
was  thankful  for  "the  continuance  of  our 
civil  and  religious  privileges." 

On  November  18,  1777,  the  Continental 
Congress  proclaimed  the  first  national 
Thanksgiving  day.  We  find  that  honorable 
body  expressing  profound  gratitude  that 
God  had  been  pleased  to  "smile  on  us  in 
the  Prosecution  of  a  just  and  necessary 
War,  for  the  Defense  and  Establishment 
of  our  unalienable  Rights  and  Liberties." 

After  the  constitution  had  been  adopted, 
a  day  was  set  apart,  as  resolved  by  Con- 
gress, that  the  people  be  thankful  for  the 
goodness  of  God.  On  November  28,  1789, 
it  was  voted  that  the  last  Thursday  in  No- 
vember be  set  apart  for  a  day  of  thanks- 
giving. Thus  we  have  a  national  holiday 
for  public  worship.  As  -each  year  came 
around,  the  day  was  more  noticed  by  the 
members  of  all  churches,  until,  at  the  pres- 
ent time,  the  pages  of  the  leading  magazines 
of  the  English-speaking  people  give  space 
to  the  study  of  the  origin  of  Thanksgiving, 
as  set  apart  by  the  fathers  of  the  move- 
ment. 

The  lover  of  the  American  past  and  the 
careful  student  of  Christianity  is  pleased 
to  thank  God  for  the  blessings  of  Thanks- 
giving; that  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic  a 
nation  may  stand  for  the  highest  -type  of 
manhood,  as  taught  by  the  Carpenter _  of 
Nazareth,  when  the  souls  of  men  were  tried. 

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A  Volunteer. 

By  "Viola." 

No  one  would  ever  have  suspected  the 
Jeffreys  of  keeping  a  bank  account.  There 
was  no  intimation  of  money  about  the  stern 
old  place  they  called  home.  It  never  had 
been  a  thing  of  beauty,  now,  being  old  and 
dilapidated,  it  could  lay  no  possible  claims 
to  it.  Standing  in  the  midst  of  the  beans, 
cabbage  and  potatoes,  it  seemed  to  take  on 
their  own  prosy  aspect  and  become  a  part 
of  them. 

A  few  flowers  planted  about  the  house 
would  probably  have  drawn  the  necessary 
line  of  distinction,  but  there  was  no  time  in 
Mother  Jeffrey's  life  for  flowers.  It  was 
all  taken  up  with  planting,  hoeing  and  car- 
ing for  the  truck-patch,  and  most  of  all  in 
peddling  the  things  when  at  last  ready  for 
market.  Through  the  long  summer  days 
she  was  busy,  early  and  late ;  night  invari- 
ably found  her  tired  and  weary- 
Mother  Jeffrey  was  a  gray-haired  woman 
of  sixty,  bent  and  wrinkled.  She  looked 
out  upon  the  world  through  a  pair  of  dim 
gray  eyes  that  were  seldom  known  to  light 
up  with  enthusiasm  on  any  subject.  A 
widow  for  many  years,  she  had  known  the 
hardships  of  rearing  and  educating,  even  in 


a  humble   way,  her  two  children,  Dan  and 
Sammy. 

Sammy,  the  younger  and  more  brilliant 
of  1  lie  two,  had  always  been  the  prid'  ol 
his  mother's  heart,  lie  was  a  big,  strong, 
good-looking  fellow  with  winning  ways, 
but  with  a  marked  inclination  to  shun  hard 
work.  1  low  she  had  prided  herself  on  thai 
bright  mind  and  strong  body!  She  pictured 
him  rising  to  some  high  position  of  honor, 
and  coming  some  day  to  redeem  them  for- 
ever from  the  toils  of  the  truck-patch.  Bui 
hardly  was  he  a  man  before  he  broke  her 
heart  by  going  off  to  some  place  unknown 
to  them  and  shutting  himself  off  entirely 
from  communication  with  them.  For  a  long 
while  she  bewailed  him  as  lost  or  dead,  but 
the  mother  faith  was  too  strong  to  be  ex- 
tinguished, and  ere  long  she  found  herself 
trusting  again  that  he  would  return  to  her 
a  stronger  and  a  better  man,  and  let  the 
world  know  his  worth. 

After  that  her  face  grew  rapidly  older, 
and  her  eyes  took  on  a  cold  sadness  from 
which  it  was  hard  to  arouse  them.  Of 
course  there  was  Dan,  not  so  tall  or  hand- 
some or  clever,  but  just  plain,  honest  Dan. 
who  vowed  that,  whatever  he  was,  he  would 
never  break  her  heart  by  leaving  her.  So 
after  that,  Dan's  going  away  was  ranked 
among  the  impossibilities ;  but  about  the  lit- 
tle farm  there  was  the  feeling  that  the  ninety 
and  nine  had  gone  astray  and  the  one  lone 
sheep  remained.  And  as  Dan  went  about 
his  work  in  his  silent,  uncomplaining  way, 
he  was  thought-  to  be  satisfied  with  his  posi- 
tion and  attainments,  but,  in  fact,  the  life 
was  painfully  oppressive  to  him. 

In  the  first  place,  he  thought  the  old 
house  should  be  repaired,  that  it  might  be 
made  warm  and  comfortable,  and  furnished 
with  a  few  of  the  indispensable  luxuries 
of  life,  but,  110;  it  was  met  with  her  de- 
cided disapproval.  She  felt  they  could  af- 
ford nothing  beyond  strict  necessity.  The 
only  satisfactory  plan  to  her  was  to  de- 
posit all  money  safely  in  the  bank — half 
in  her  own  name,  and  half  in  Dan's;  cjnse- 
quently  the  house  was  cold,  the  chairs  hard 
and  stiff,  the  floors  uncarpeted,  with  the 
exception  of  a  single  room  which  was  never 
used.  The  kitchen  was  the  cooking,  dining 
and  living  room,  especially  in  winter.  So, 
when  Dan  longed  for  music,  he  loitered 
along  the  little  brook  that  ran  through  the 
farm  or  listened  to  the  songs  of  birds ;  and 
when  he  longed  for  people  and  the  great 
world,  he  sat  down  and  read  about  them  in 
books. 

One  cool,  autumn  night,  when  the  w-ork 
was  done,  they  sat  together  in  the  old 
kitchen.  A  small  lamp  burned  on  the  bare 
table  and  threw  its  rays  over  the  cleanly- 
swept  floor  and  old-fashioned  crockery.  Dan 
had  been  trying  to  read  a  book,  but,  some- 
how, tonight  his  eyes  kept  wandering  from 
the  book  to  the  faded  cheeks  of  his  mother ; 
for  tonight  she  sat,  contrary  to  her  custom, 
with  hands  idle  in  her  lap.  Seeing  he  was 
not  reading,  she  broke  the  silence  with  these 
words : 

"Do  you  know,  Dan,  what  happened  ten 
years  ago  this  very  night?"  and  her  voice 
trembled  as  she  spoke. 

"Why,  yes,  this  is  October  27,  isn't  it  ? 
Yes,  yes,  I  shall  never  forget  it." 

"Do  you  think  he'll  ever  w;rite  to  us  or 
come  back,  son?" 

"I  do  not  know,  mother.  Let  us  hope 
that  he  will,  but  if  he  doesn't,  don't  you 
think  we'll  get  along  somehow?" 

"Yes,  ah,  yes,  but — •"  she  shaded  her 
eyes  with  her  hand  and  did  not  finish  the 
sentence. 

They  sat  for  a  long  time  in  silence,  she 
thinking  of  her  absent  boy;  he  studying  how 
he  might  get  her  away  from  all  the  work 
and  worries  of  the  place  for  a  brief  season 
of  rest.  Tactful  enough,  though,  he  con- 
cealed his  motive  by  appealing  to  her  loy- 
alty to  duty. 

"Mother,  there  is  to  be  a  great  conven- 
tion over  in  Y next  week,  and  our  lit- 
tle church  must  send  a  delegate.  Now, 
everybody  in  this  place  who  is  capable  has 


THE  VALUE  OF  CHARCOAL. 


Few    People    Know    How  Vstlul    It  ii  in 
Preserving  Health  and  B»"-iuty. 

Nearly    everybody    knows    that    char 
i-   1!  and  mo 

and   purifier    in    nature,  bin  alize   it* 

value  when  taken   into  the  human   system 
for  the  >ame  cleansing  purpo 

Charcoal  i-  a  remedy  that  the  n.' 
lake  of  it  the  better;  it  is  not  a  drug  ax  all, 
but  simply  absorbs  the  gj  ntie* 

always    present    in    the    Stomach   and    intes- 
tines and  carries  them  out  of  'be   -y-.tem. 

Charcoal  sweetens  the  breath  after  smok- 
ing, drinking  or  after  eating  and 
oilier  odorous   vegetabli 

Charcoal  effectually  clears  and  impr 
the  complexion,   it    whitens   the   teeth   and 
further  acts  as  a  natural  and  eminei 
cathartic. 

It  absorb-,  the  injuriou  which  col- 

lect  in   the   stomach   and   b*.  I    disin- 

fects the  mouth  and  throat  from  the  p' 
of  catarrh. 

All  druggists  sell  charcoal  in  one  form 
or  another,  but  probably  the  best  charcoal 
and  the  most  for  the  money  is  in  Stuart's 
Charcoal  Lozenges ;  they  are  composed  of 
the  finest  powdered  Willow  charcoal,  and 
other  harmless  antiseptics  in  tablet  form 
or  rather  in  the  form  of  large,  pleasant 
tasting  lozenges,  the  charcoal  being  mixed 
with  honey. 

The  daily  use  of  these  lozenges  will  soon 
tell  in  a  much  improved  condition  of  the 
general  health,  better  complexion,  -weeter 
breath  and  purer  -blood,  and  the  beauty  of 
it  is,  that  no  possible  harm  can  remit  from 
their  continued  use,  but  on  the  contrary 
great  benefit. 

A  Buffalo  physician  in  speaking  of  the 
benefits  of  charcoal  says:  "I  advise  Stuart's 
Charcoal  Lozenges  to  all  patients  suffering 
from  gas  in  stomach  and  bowel;,  and  to 
clear  the  complexion  and  purify  the 
breath,  mouth  and  throat;  I  also  believe 
the  liver  is  greatly  benefited  by  the  use  of 
them ;  they  cost  but  twenty-five  cents  a  box 
at  drug  stores,  and  although  in  some  sense 
a  patent  preparation,  yet  I  believe  I  get 
more  and  better  charcoal  in  Stuart"s  Char- 
coal Lozenges  than  in  any  of  the  ordinary 
charcoal  tablets." 


served  but  you,  and  I  think  it  is  your  duty 
to  go  this  time."  If  he  had  asked  her  to 
deliver  a  sermon  there  she  could  not  have 
been  more  surprised. 

"Me,  Dan,  your  old  mother!" 

"Yes,  yes,  no  one  else,  you  will  have 
nothing  to  do  but  to  listen — no  reports  or 
anything  of  that  sort." 

"Ah,  now,  Dan,  you  know  I  couldn't  do 
it !  Folks  would  laugh  at  such  an  old  dele- 
gate." 

"No.  they  will  not,  either:  if  anybody 
does,  just  send  them  to  me  for  a  settle- 
ment." 

"I  could  not  go  so  far  alone." 

"I'll  take  you."  There  was  no  hindrance 
left  undiscussed  when  Mother  Jeffrey  put 
out  her  light,  somewhat  later  than  usual, 
that  night  and  crept  up  to  bed. 

The  next  morning,  when  she  rose,  an 
hour  earlier  than  usual,  to  do  some  extra 
work,  which  she  insisted  would  have  to  be 
done  if  she  should  go,  he  knew  that  he  had 
conquered. 

A  week  from  that  evening  he  helped  her 
to  pack  her  few  plain  clothes,  and  on  the 
following  morning  they  drove  to  the  city, 
a  number  of  miles  away.  He  took  her  to 
the  place  where  delegates  were  being  as- 
signed their  places,  and.  having  been  satis- 
fied that  she  was  in  good  keeping,  went 
back  to  his  work  and  to  the  task  of  living 
alone. 

As  to  her.  it  was  all  so  new  and  strange 
that  at  first  she  felt  uneasy:  but  gradually 
her  fears  subsided  as  she  became  aware 
that  she  was  among  friends,  though  ;:ran- 


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gers.  and  she  composed  herself  to  get  the 
best  out  of  it. 

Now,  it  happened  that  this  particular 
committee  had  never  divined  that  the  old 
and  plain-looking  delegates  could  be  sent 
to  the  most  uninviting  places,  for  our  old 
lady  was  assigned  to  one  of  the  best  homes 
on  the  list ;  and  when  she  was  at  last  sta- 
tioned in  what  she  was  told  was  her  room, 
it  seemed  that  a  fairy's  wand  must  have 
touched  her  own  dreary  chamber  and  trans- 
formed it  into  this.  Such  a  snowy  bed,  it 
seemed  a  pity  to  get  into  it.  The  rugs  were 
soft  to  her  feet  and  she  sat  down  in  a 
roomy  chair  which  was  drawn  up  to  a  little 
table  on  which  were  placed  some  cut  flow- 
ers and  a  Bible. 

"Just  sleep  as  long  as  you  wish  in  the 
morning,  we  will  see  that  you  do  not  miss 
the  first  service,"  cried  the  cheery  voice  of 
her   hostess    as    she    bade    her   good-night. 

She  was  soon  lost  in  deep  sleep,  for  she 
was  wearied  with  the  day's  bustle  and 
travel.  It  seemed  she  had  slept  only  a  little 
while  when  she  awoke  to  find  the  sun  shin- 
ing into  her  room,  not  so  brightly  as  it 
shone  down  at  the  patch,  but  it  was  evi- 
dently time  to  rise. 

"Must  have  got  warmer,"  she  said,  as 
she  missed  the  accustomed  chill  of  the 
frosty  morning,  but.  laying  her  hand  on  a 
stack  of  pipes,  she  exclaimed,  "Ah,  it's 
them!"  Then  there  was  the  hot  and  cold 
water  in  the  little  bath  room  that  opened 
off  from  her  room,  and  she  seemed  like 
somebody  else  arranging  her  neglected  gray 
locks  in  front  of  the  long  mirror. 

When  she  at  last  descended  the  stairs, 
she  wondered  if  she  would  be  able  to  eat 
any  of  the  breakfast,  not  having  had  a  hand 
in  its  preparation ;  but  it  was  an  ideal 
breakfast,  and  in  her  own  blunt  way  she 
complimented  the  cook  without  knowing  it. 

At  last,  she  found  herself  seated  in  the 
great  church,  listening  to  the  speeches.  She 
had  feared  they  would  be  beyond  her,  but 
she  found  that  there  was  something  in  each 
of  them  that  she  could  comprehend  and 
take  home  with  her.  The  climax  of  the 
convention  came  to  her  when  a  man  who 
had  been  in  a  far-away  land  stood  up  and 
told  his  experiences  among  the  sad  people 
with  whom  he  had  been  laboring — and  then 
his  call  for  volunteers!  Nothing  had  ever 
touched  her  heart  before  as  did  that  speech. 
She  wished  she  were  young  again,  just  start- 
ing in  life,  with  this  vision  of  duty  before 
her. 

"Ah,  can  it  be,"  she  said  to  herself,  "that 
I  have  lived  so  long,  and  never  knew  that 
my  life  might  have  been  what  this  man's  is? 
Ah,  but  it  would  seem  strange  to  have  no 
cows,  no  cabbage,  no  peddling,  just  doin' 
good  all  day  long  an'  teachin'  people  ?bout 
heaven !"  and  a  little  girl  who  was  looking 
over  the  back  of  the  seat  in  front  of 
her  wondered  why  the  old  lady  was  wiping 
tears  from  her  eyes. 

On  returning  home  Dan  thought  his 
mother  seemed  refreshed  by  her  brief 
change,  as  she  showed  more  enthusiasm  and 
interest  in  things  in  general  than  he  had 
known  her  to  do  for  years,  but  she  said 
little  about  the  convention  or  the  speeches. 
Once  he  heard  her  remark,  "I  only  wish  I 
had  attended  a  convention  ttke  that  when 
I  was  a  girl  of  twenty!" 

A  short  time  after  her  return  home,  Dan 
came  in  from  his  work  in  the  field  one  day, 
to  find  the  kitchen  quiet  and  no  preparation 
made  for  dinner,  which  was  a  most  un- 
usual thing.  He  began  a  search  for  his 
mother,  looking  into  every  room  in  the 
house,  but  no  trace  of  her  was  found.  Then, 
hearing  a  faint  sound  outside,  he  rushed  out 
to  find  old  Bob,  the  family  horse,  coming 
leisurely  down  the  road,  hitched  to  the  ped- 
dle wagon.  He  nipped  the  grass  along  the 
wayside,  and  Dan  perceived  at  a  glance  that 
he  was  without  a  driver.  Then,  catching 
sight  of  some  form  in  the  wagon,  he  ran  to 
it,  to  find  his  mother  lying  unconscious 
there,  trusting  to  Bob's  faithfulness  to  take 
her  safely  home. 

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to  the  house.  There  being  no  place  down- 
stairs to  put  her,  not  even  a  couch,  he  car- 
ried her,  somehow,  up  the  stairs  to  her 
own  bed,  and  then  summoned  a  doctor.  He 
soon  came  and,  after  a  thorough  examina- 
tion, told  him  that  it  was  a  matter  of  only 
a  few  days. 

Dan's  heart  grew  sad.  He  wanted  sym- 
pathy in  his  grief.  He  would  have  liked  to 
send  for  Sammy,  but  where  was  he?  He 
did  not  know  even  the  state  ;  so  in  the  time 
that  followed  he  simply  sat  by  her  side, 
hoping  for  a  few  rational  moments.  In 
this  he  was  not  disappointed,  for  once  she 
opened  her  eyes,  as  if  awakening  from 
sleep,  and,  fixing  them  upon  Dan,  she  said 
in  a  Weak  voice, 

"Dan,  I'm  ashamed  of  my  life ;  it  has 
been  a  selfish  one." 

Dan  was  astonished  that  ,  she  should 
speak  in  this  way. 

"Your  life  selfish,  mother?"  lie  said.  "No, 
no,  it  never  was." 

"Ah,  yes,  my  boy,  it  has  been  selfish. 
I've  thought  so  ever  since  the  convention. 
Listen,  Dan,  I  always  thought  I'd  save  the 
bank  money  for  use  in  my  old  age,  but,  Dan, 
I'm  not  goin'  to  get  much  older.  I  won't 
need  it.  I'm  goin'  to  give  it  to  the  mis- 
sionary society.  It  ain't  much,  I  know,  but 
it's  the  best  I  can  do." 

Dan  looked  at  her  in  surprise.  Was  her 
mind  wandering?  Were  they  the  words  of 
a  delirious  woman?  She  seemed  perfectly 
sane  and  reasonable.  He  thought  of  the 
struggle  it  had  cost  them  to  save  the  thou- 
sand dollars — five  hundred  apiece — and  never 
thought  she  would  give  hers  up  so  easily. 
He  laid  his  hand  on  her  brow  and  said: 

"You  are  better,  aren't  you  ?" 

"Dan,  I'm  in  earnest.  Go,  get  it  from  the 
bank  and  send  it.  I  want  to  give  it  and  see 
the  receipt  with  my  own  eyes  while  I  live. 
Go.  go.  my  boy." 

He  found  that  nothing  else  would  satisfy 
her,  so  he  started  on  his  strange  mission 
at  the  greatest  possible  speed,  wondering 
whether  there  would  be  time  to  receive  a 
reply  from  the  society. 

He  reached  the  bank  almost  breathless, 
and  told  his  errand.  He  stood  aghast  and 
sickened  when  he  learned  the  truth.  There 
was  no  money  in  the  bank  in  his  mother's 
name.  Sammy  had  presented  a  check,  on 
the  previous  day,  for  the  full  amount, 
signed  by  his  mother. 

"Ah,  Sammy,"  he  cried,  "you  broke  our 
hearts  by  going  away,  but  wc  never  would 


have  believed  this  of  you !  It  is  forgery. 
But  mother  shall  never  know  it." 

When  he  came  forth  from  the  bank  his 
face  was  white,  but  not  because  he  had  sent 
his  own  little  store  off  as  his  mother's  gift. 
He  hastened  home  and  told  her  that  he  had 
complied  with  her  wishes,  and  that  he 
hoped  the  receipt  would  come  soon.  Ah, 
how  long  the  time  seemed !  After  all,  what 
if  it  should  come  too  late?  But  at  last  it 
did  come,  and 'when  the  letter  of  acknowl- 
edgment was  read  to  her.  she  seemed  eased 
and  quieted  by  it.  Then  a  sadness  came 
over  her  as  she  said. 

"If  it  could  only  have  been  my  life !" 

Dan  looked  about  the  comfortless  room 
and  out  upon  the  dreary  truck-patch.  He 
thought  Of  the  years  of  hardship  and  toil, 
and   then    said, 

"This  money  is  your  life,  mother." 

"My  life !  No,  no,  the  boy  is  my  life. 
If  it  could  only  have  been  the  boy!" 

"MbtlWf,  your  boy  has  resolved  to  lead 
a  better  life,  to  try  to  be  what  you  want  him 
to  be." 

"Ah,  do  you  know  about  him,  then?" 
she  said,  eagerly. 

"Yes,  all  about  him." 

A  smile  passed  over  her  face,  and  then 
she  seemed  to  go  far  away  from  him. 

"I  am  happy,"  he  heard  her  say. 

He  had  not  intended  to  deceive  her,  but 
he  never  had  the  heart  to  tell  her  that  he 
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With  the  Children1 

By  J.  BrecHenrldge  Ellis. 


The  Advance  Society. 

Artelle  Pierson,  Des  Moines,  la.:  "Is 
there  room  for  two  more  members  in  your 
wonderful  Advance  Society?"  (Of  course 
there  is;  I'll  ask  Flossie  Davis  to  move 
over.)  "If  so,  just  count  in  mamma  and 
myself,  hereafter."  (Flossie,  please  move 
over!)  "For  many  years  we  have  read 
the  children's  page  of  The  Christian- 
Evangeust,  and  enjoyed  in  succession  all 
the  stories"  (it  must  have  been  just  like  an 
education  to  you)  "and  we  have  come  to 
think  of  you  and  of  the  Av.  S.  as  old 
friends"  (but  not  too  old,  let  us  trust). 
"So  we  are  confident  it  will  be  a  pleasure  to 
be  with- you."  (Speaking  of  being  with  me, 
reminds  me  of  Felix;  I'll  tell  you  about 
him,  presently.)  "Now  you  don't  need  tell 
the  Av.  S.  rules  this  time,  for  I  really 
think  you  would  get  tired  of  reciting  them 
so  many  times.  We  are  interested,  in 
Charlie  and  Drusie,  the  orphan  and  the 
missionary.  And  now,  just.^wa  questions :, 
Will  any  kind  of  history  dd?  and  since  I 
have  read  Enoch  Arden,  La<ly;fof  the  Lake, 
Evangeline,  Hiawatha  and  Snow  Bound, 
what  poetry  would  you  suggest  to  begin 
with?  Mamma's  full  name  is  Mrs.  Estell 
Pierson."  (Any  history  will  do  except  the 
one  you  and  your  mother  are  studying  in 
school.  The  text  book  from  which  you  re- 
cite every  day  to  your  teacher  doesn't  count. 
As  for  poetry,  ever  read  Lucile,  Bitter 
Sweet,  The  Princess,  As  You  Like  It,  Rape 
of  the  Lock  or  Maud?) 

Mrs.  S.  M.  Gibbins,  Cora,  Idaho:  "En- 
closed find  money  order,  50  cents,  which 
divide  equally  between  dear  little  Charlie 
and  our  self-sacrificing  and  faithful  mis- 
sionary, Drusie  Malott.  May  the  loving 
Father  bless  her.  And  little  Charlie — how 
my  heart  goes  out  in  love  and  sympathy  for 
him  !  I  was  much  interested  and  not  a  little 
amused  when  reading  of  his  summer's  va- 
cation. The  Av.  S.  is  doing  a  wonderful 
work." 

New  Honor  List :  Henry  Asbury  Stev- 
ens, Akita,  Japan  (6th,  7th  and  8th  quar- 
ters) ;  Lillie  Fisher,  Dunlap,  Mo. ;  Sadie 
Pugsley,  Woodbine,  la.  (2nd)  ;  Mrs.  W. 
A.  Mason,  Nevada,  Mo.  (8th)  ;  Mrs.  F.  A. 
Potts,  Chattanooga,  Term.  (18th);  Grace 
Everest,  Oklahoma.  Okla.  (3rd)  ;  Beulah 
Shortridge,  Glenwood,  Ind.  (7th)  ;  Flossie 
Davis,  Des  Moines   (5th). 

S.  A.  Seat,  Hematite,  Mo. :  "Enclosed 
find  50  cents  for  our  missionary,  Drusie  Ma- 
lott. How  does  Felix  like  his  new  home?" 
Jasper  Donalls,  Newburg,  W.  Va. :  "I  am 
not  writing  to  join  the  Av.  S.,  but  to  re- 
spectfully inquire  if  Felix  is  satisfied  with 
his  change  from  Missouri  to  Arkansas. 
How  did  you  take  him?  Did  he  stay?" 
Just  before  we  left  Plattsburg,  Mo.,  we 
got  us  a  little  box  and  nailed  strips  across  the 
front,  and  put  Felix  behind  the  bars  of  his 
cage.  Then  we  fastened  a  strap  about  the 
box  so  you  could  carry  it  like  a  valise. 
Felix  was  very  indignant,  and  developed  a 
new  and  unearthly  kind  of  scream  that  did 
not  sound  respectable.  We  took  him  to 
the  station,  and  when  the  train  came  that 
we  were  to  leave  on,  Felix  was  put  in'  the 
baggage  car.  Twenty  girls  came  to  the  sta- 
tion to  see  us  off,  for  "tnost  of  my  life  had 
been  passed  in  Plattsburg,  and  it  was  hard 
for  them  to  believe  I  was  going  away,  and 
they  wanted  to  see  it  with  their  own  eyes. 
As  the  train  was  late,  they  had  a  lot  of  fun 
making  scissors  (you  cross  two  pins  and 
put  them  on  the  track  and  let  a  train  run 
over  them  and  mash  them  together),  and 
one  of  the  little  girls  hurt  her  hand  and 
had  to  have  turpentine  put  on  it,  so  we  had 
a  real  good  time,  and  they  gave  me  their 
pictures  to  carry  away  with  me,  and  all  the 
time  Felix  was  yowling  and  clawing  at  his 
cage. 


\1    Kansas  City  we  had  to  drive  across 
the  city  to  change  stations,  and  after  getting 
mii  our  second  train,  Felix  was  ;t  good  deal 
Subdued,   SO  W«   risked  carrying  him  ii. 
palatial    and   luxurious   chair  car    with   the 
rest  of  the  family.     At  four  in  the  morning 
we  had  to  change  cars  again,  this  time  at 
J'ittsburg,  Kan.,  and  Felix  began  to  protest 
again,  u-ually   when  the  conductor  was  ap- 
proaching.     But    my    father    found    that   by 
sticking    a    finger    through    the    slats    and 
rubbing  the  cat's  back  (he  couldn't  get  more 
than   a   finger  through;    the  yowling  could 
be  instantly  checked.     Two  hours  later  we 
had   to   change   cars    again,   and    when    we 
landed  Felix  on  his  fourth  train,  he  had  ap- 
parently resigned  himself  to  fate.     An  hour 
or  so  later,  we  had  to  change  cars  again, 
now  at  Rogers,  and  by  this  time  Felix  was 
beginning   to   pluck   up   heart,   and    take   a 
dazed  sort  of  interest  in  his  new  life;   for 
when    my    father    would    poke    his    finger 
through    the   slats,   he    (I    refer   to    Felix) 
would  slowly  hump  up  his  back  to  meet  the 
touch  of  friendship  half  way.     At  last  our 
cat  was  at  the  Bentonville  lodging  house, 
where  we  stayed  several  days  till  our  house 
could    be    made    ready.      That   evening    we 
kept   the   old  gold  captain   still  boxed,  but 
•    the  next,  we  turned  him  loose  in  the  room. 
He  didn't  say  anything — just  looked  about 
in   a   half-intene-sted   way,   and   blinked   his 
eyes  at  the  fire.     The  way  he  drew  his  tail 
under  him  and   crouched  on   it   seemed   to 
remark,    "Well,    if    this    is    the    delightful 
Arkansaw  climate  you  were  talking  about, 
I  don't  believe  it  is  half  so  rainy  and  cold 
and  dismal  in  Missouri,  and  I  wish  I  were 
back  home,  as  far  as  I  am  individually  con- 
cerned."    Then   he   sneezed   and   crouched 
closer  to  the  fire.    We  took  him  out  in  the 
yard  several  times,   so   he  could  learn  the 
way,  and  he  glared  at  the  red  ground  and 
sniffed  at  it  as  if  he  imagined  it  some  sort 
of   raw   meat.      That   night,   after   the   rest 
of  the  family  had  gone  to  sleep,  Felix  crept 
from  the  house,  and  what  he  did  and  what 
he  saw,  you  will  have  to  ask  him.    So  when 
he   didn't  come  back  the  next  day  or  the 
next,  we  bade  him  farewell.  When  we  wrote 
our  letters  back  home  we  told  about  Felix 
getting  here  safe,  but  we  stopped  the  story 
there.    We  knew  they  would  tell  they  hadn't 
believed  he  would  stay,  and  that  they  would 
laugh  and  chuckle  in  a  superior  sort  of  way, 
and  say  something  about  practical  common 
sense,  etc.     There's  no   use  going  to  your 
friends  for  sympathy,  for  that's  what  they 
want  from  you. 

At  last  our  house  was  ready  to  .move  into 
(how  quick  that  looks  in  print!)  and  we 
were  ready  to  leave  the  lodging-house  when, 
on  that  very  last  morning,  here  comes 
Felix,  with  burrs  all  in  his  hair  and  ears 
and  tail — and  even  ticks,  if  you  will  ex- 
cuse me  for  mentioning  a  species  of  the 
animal  kingdom  that  is  so  unpleasant  un- 
less looked  upon  from  a  scientific  point  of 
view.  How  far  over  the  Ozarks  toward 
Missouri  he  had  gone,  I  do  not  know,  but 
he  had  certainly  worked  up  an  Arkansas 
appetite.  J  think  the  reason  he  could  not 
find  Plattsburg  is  because  we  had  changed 
cars  so  often  that  it  was  confusing.  Of 
course  he  could  go  to  Rogers  and  maybe 
to  Monett,  but  I  doubt  if  he  could  get  along 
very  well  in  Kansas,  being  such  a  Demo- 
crat. Anyway,  he  has  stayed  right  here  at 
home  ever  since.  Sometimes  the  sun  shines 
and  then  he  stretches  himself  in  it.  And 
when  the  climate  is  in  its  normal  condition, 
he  lies  by  the  fire,  or  crawls  under  the 
porch  and  crouches  with  a  deep,  far-away 
gaze   in  his  eyes. 

When  I  left  Plattsburg,  Miss  Sallie  Alex- 
ander and  Susie  Scearce's  mother  each 
gave  me  a  dollar  for  our  orphan  and  mis- 
sionary, and  Mr.  John  Grayson  gave  me 
another  five-dollar  gold  piece  for  Drusie. 
Since  reaching  Bentonville  (where  you  will 
please  address  me)  a  five-dollar  bill  has 
come  from  one  who  does  not  want  his  name 
mentioned.  I  am  bothered  about  our 
orphan.  He  is  a  good  deal  older  than  any 
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a  problem  what  to  do  with  him,  until  he  is 
old  enough  to  make  his  own  living.  He  is 
now  fourteen.  As  he  has  but  one  leg  and 
must  go  on  crutches,  of  course  he  can  do  no 
hard  physical  labor.  He  wants  a  business 
education.  The  friends  of  the  Av.  S.  have 
never  sent  in  enough  money  to  anything 
like  pay  for  Charlie's  board.  I  have  saved 
up  some,  hoping  to  apply  it  on  his  educa- 
tion, but  I  don't  know  whether  it  can  be 
kept  or  not.  I  am  putting  the  problem  be- 
fore my  readers.  Have  any  of  you  a  sug- 
gestion? I  am  not  asking  help  for  a  boy 
who  is  able  to  rough  it  and  make  his  own 
way,  but  who,  until  he  has  some  sort  of  an 
education,  is  quite  powerless  to  help  himself. 
It  is  just  .barely  possible  that  some  of  you 
know  of  a  home  that  would  take  him  in 
and  shelter  him  for  a  time.  Do  let  me  hear 
from  you  all,  and  if  you  have  no  solution 
to  the  difficulty,  even  your  expressed  inter- 
est will  help  a  good  deal.  I  am  sending 
another  fife  dollars  to  Drusie.  I  could  send 
ten,  but  fear  there  may  not  be  any  next 
month;  besides,  it  is  all  the  better  if  we  can 
keep  a  little  ahead.  "A  Week  With  the 
Woodneys"  will  end  before  Christmas ;  then 
we  will  wrant  a  lot  of  your  letters  to  print ; 
let  everybody  write  to  me — tell  about  what 
you  are  doing  and  reading,  and  what  you 
think  we  can  do  about  Charlie. 

The    friends    we    find,    whet  ever    we   go, 
make   us   realize   how  much   Charlie  needs 
a  home-place  that  he  can  look  upon  as  his 
own.      How    cheerless    to   go   through    life 
with  no  spot  made  sacred  by  love !     When 
we   reached   Bentonville   some   of   the   first 
people  we  met  asked  us  about  Felix.    Some 
had  even  heard  of  me.     Our  guests  asked 
to    be    shown    the    old    gold    captain,    and, 
while  he  despises  strangers  and  would  slink 
away  from  company  if  he  could,  being  so 
unlike  the  rest  of  the  family  in  this  respect — 
he    has    shed    his    hair    on    a    good    many 
whom  we  had  never  heard  of  before.     One 
lady  made  us  a  present  of  a  delightful  lit- 
Je    Angora    pussy,    thinking    it    would    be 
;ompany    for    Felix,    and    believing    us    so 
;ond   of  cats.     Angie   mewed   as    regularly 
is  the  tick  of  the  clock,  and  never  stopped 
mewing   except   to    eat.      When    Felix   dis- 
covered Angie,  he  began  to  growl  just  like 
a   dog.     Then  he  walked   to  the  door  and 
said  very  plainly,   "The   world   is   wide.     I 
do  not  have  to  live  in  Hackensack.     Angie, 
or  I,  will  have  to  go!"     We  paid  no  at- 
tention to  Felix,  but  fed  Angie  to  stop  the 
mewing.     It  was  wonderful  how  so  small  a 
beast  could  eat  so  much.     It  gulped  down 
bones    and    all.      My    father    named    pussy 
after  a  preacher  of  whom  he  is  very  fond. 
He  called   it   Pink.      He   was   fond   of  the 
kitten,  that  is  why  he  called  it   Pink;  not 
because    the    godfather    (I    believe    that    is 
the   proper   connection)    is    an    exceptional 
eater.      Now    that    I    think    of    it.    though. 
Brother  Pink  does  like  good  things.     But 
who  does  not?   Felix  marched  outdoors,  still 
growling,  "I  do  not  have  to  live  in  Hack- 
ensack ;  one  of  us  may  go."     By  "Hacken- 
sack" he  meant  Arkansas.    But  it  was  rain- 
ing outdoors,  of  course,  raining  on  the  red 
ground.      So   he   slunk   in    and    growled   a 
deeper  threat.  The  next  day  Angie,  or  Pink, 
was  gone.     As  there  was  no  fur.  or  blood- 
stains. I  think  it  was  what  the  lawyers  call 


1571  THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST.  November  30,  1905 


DrPRICETS 

Cr§pBaking  Powder 

PURE-WHOLESOME-RELIABLE 

MADE  FROM  CREAM  OF  TARTAR  DERIVED  SOLELY  FROM  GRAPES, 

IN  WHICH  DELICIOUS  FRUIT  IT  IS  FORMED  BY  NATURE  IN 

THE  PRECISE  COMPOSITION  IN  WHICH  IT  IS  USED 

IN   DR.  PRICE'S  BAKING  POWDER. 

Its  superiority  is  unquestioned 
Its  fame  world-wide 
Its  use  a  protection  and  a  guarantee 
against  alum  food 


TURN  THE  CAN  AROUND 

and  you  will  learn  what  is  the  "  power  behind  the  dough/*  In 
the  high-class  powders  it  is  cream  of  tartar,  extracted  from 
clean,  delicious  grapes,  and  that  is  healthful*  In  the  low-grade 
powders  it  is  "phosphate  alum/'  or  u sodium  aluminum  sul- 
phate/' which  is  also  alum,  a  mineral  acid,  and  that  makes 
the  food  unhealthfuL 

Of  what  use  are  twenty-five  ounces  for  twenty-five  cents, 
if  eight  of  these  ounces  are  alum  ? 

Food  baked  with  alum  baking  powders  is  iound  to 
contain  a  portion  of  the  alum  unchanged  I 

The  continued  use  of  alum  made  food  impairs  digestion, 
causing  dyspepsia*  When  buying  baking  powder,  examine 
the  label  and  take  only  a  brand  whose  label  shows  it  to  be  free 
from  alum* 


a  pes  ejectment.     I  am  not  very  well      then,  Felix  has  been  a  little  more  domineer-      preme,  and  takes  down  his  Arkansas  mice 

up   on   legal   terms,   but   I    think   peaceable      ing   with   us   than   usual,   and  a   little  more      with  a  gusty  relish. 
ejectment    will    express    it    nicely.      Since      impatient  of  our  guests;  but  he  reigns  su-  Benlonvillc,  Ark. 


OlRISTfflNEVflNGEUST 


IN  FAITH,  UNITY  IN  OPINION  AND  METHODS.  LI BERTY IN  AIL  THINGS,  CHARITY." 


V)l.  XLII. 


December  7,   1905 


No.  49 


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Current     Events 1575 

Editorial — 

The    Holiday    Season 1577 

"Passing  of  the  Boss." 1577 

A    Unitarian    Missionary 1578 

Notes    and    Comments 157S 

Editor's   Easy  ,  Chair 1579 

1  j 

Contributed  Articles — 

As  Seen  from  the  Dome.    F.  D.  Power.1580 

My  Impressions  of  the  Intcrchurch 
Conference  on  Federation.  W.  T. 
Moore I58i 

The  Good  Shepherd.  J.  H.  Jowett, 
M.    A , 1582 

A  Western  Declaration  of  Independ- 
ence     1583 

The    Centenary    of    the    Great    Sea 

Lord.    William    Durban 1585 

Current    Literature 1586 

Our    Budget • 1588 

Evangelistic     1594 

News   from   Many   Fields 1595 

Midweek  Prayer  Meeting 1598 

Sunday    School 1598 

Christian    Endeavor 1599 

People's    Forum 1600 

Family    Circle 1602 

With   the    Children 1604 


The   Fifty- ninth  Congress  assembkd  for 

its  first  (or  long;  session  on  Monday  of  this 

~       .  week.      It  is  again  per- 

Congress.  „.  6  ,     y   . 

tinent  to  remark,  as  it 

has  often  been  remarked  before,  upon  the 

undesirability  of  so  leng  an  interval  between 

the  congressional  election  and  the  meeting 

of  Congress.     The  Congress  which   is  now 

assembling  was  elected  thirteen  months  ago 

at   the    time    of    the    presidential    election 

Enough  time  has  elapsed  for  very  consider- 


able  changes   in  political    opinion  and  still 
greater  changes  in  the  issues  which  are  fore- 
most in  the   public  mind.     As  a   matter  of 
fact,  there  have  been  no  serious  changes  in 
this  case.     In  the  general  election   of  1904 
the  issue  was  Mr.  Roo9evelt.    So  overwhelm- 
ingly did  his  personality  dominate  the  cam- 
paign that  the  platform  became  a  relatively 
minor  matter.     A  great  majority  of  the  Re- 
publican candidates  for  congressmen  were 
elected  not  because  they  were  Republicans, 
or  because  they  were  personally  popular  in 
their  districts,  but  because  they  were  on  the 
same  ticket  with    Mr,   Roosevelt,   and    the 
Roosevelt    enthusiast  was  too  exuberant  to- 
do  anything   but    "vote    'er  straight."     The 
present   Congress   contains   more   surprises 
than  any  of  recent  years.     For  example,  the 
boy  of  twenty-four,  who  is  not  old  enough  to 
be  constitutionally-  eligible   to   membership 
in  the  House  of   Representatives,  who  de- 
feated  the    veteran    Mr.    Vandiver  without 
making  a  campaign  and  after  accepting  the 
nomination  only  to  accommodate  the  party 
and  because  he  had  nothing  to  lose  by  being 
beaten;     and  the   young    Bohemian    book- 
keeper who  utilized  his  spare  hours,  without 
giving  up   his  fifteen-dollar-a-week  job,    in 
making  a  campaign  in  a  hopeless  district  in 
Chicago.      Then  there   are   some  surprised 
patriots  who  accepted   Republican  nomina- 
tions  for   Congress   in   Missouri  and  found 
that  their  self-sacrifice  had  been  rewarded  in 
the  most   unexpected  way.    Perhaps,  after 
all,  thirteen  months  is  not  too  long  a  time  to 
permit  some  of  these  successful  candidates 
to  recover  from  the  shock  of  amazement  at 
their  own  election. 

The  Republican  majority  in  this  Congress 
is  rather  too  large  to  be  handled  easily. 
Party  discipline  breaks  up  in  the  presence 
of  a  top-heavy  majority.  The  circumstances 
of  the  election,  however,  and  the  fact  that  so 
many  of  the  members  of  the  House  owe 
their  election  to  Mr.  Roosevelt,  ought  to 
make  it  relatively  easy  for  the  President  to 
get  what  he  wants  from  that  branch  of  Con- 
gress at  least.  The  Senate  is  always  a  less 
tractable  body, but  even  there,  in  spite  of  the 
President's  attitude  of  open  hostility  to  those 
especial  interests  which  are  so  dear  to  the 
senatorial  heart  and  so  closely  allied  to  the 
senatorial  pocketbook,  there  is  apparently 
an  unusually  generousdisposition  to  support 
the  administration. 


The  President  will  not  simply  call  upon 
Congress  for  legislation  looking  to  the 
regulation  of  railroad 
rates,  but  he  will  cause 
to  be  introduced  a  bill 
embodying  his  wishes  on  this  subject.  The 
bill  has  been  prepared  and  it  will  be  intro- 
duced early  in  the  session  and  will  doubtless 
form  the  chief  staple  for  discussion  through- 


Railroad 
Rate  Bill 


out  most  of  the  session.  It  represents  a 
collaboration  between  certain  members  of 
the  Interstate  Commerce  Commission,  the 
friendly  members  of  the  Senate  committee, 
Attorney-General  Moody  and  Secretary 
Taft,  the  latter  as  the  President's  particular 
representative.  The  bill  is  in  the  form  of  a 
series  of  amendments  to  the  Interstate  Com- 
merce act  of  1887.  Among  the  points  in- 
cluded in  it  are  the  following:  It  extends 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  Commission  to  include 
not  only  the  railroads  themselves  but  also 
those  secondary  agents  of  interstate  com- 
merce, such  as  private  car  lines  and  re- 
frigerator transit  companies,,  which  have 
hitherto  served  as  safe  and  irresponsible 
media  for  doing  those  things  which  railroad 
companies  were  not  permitted  to  do.  It 
enlarges  the  power  of  the  commission  by 
empowering  it  to  make  rates  to  take  the 
place  of  rates  which  it  finds  to  be  unjust  and 
unreasonable,  to  alter  freight  classifications, 
and  to  determine  what  allowance  is  to  be 
made  when  the  shipper  furnishes  any  of  the 
instrumentalities  of  transportation  which  are 
usually  furnished  by  the  transporting  com- 
pany. An  important  provision  is  that  rates 
made  by  the  Commission  shall  be  valid  for 
only  one  year,  the  assumption  being  that  at 
the  end  of  that  time. the  play  of  natural 
forces  will  have  restored  the  rate  to  a  proper 
and  equitable  figure,  and  that  if  it  has  not 
done  so  the  Commission  may  take  the 
matter  up  anew.  The  purpose  of  this  clause 
is  evidently  to  prevent  the  rate-making 
power  of  the  Commission  from  having  a 
cumulative  effect  by  which,  in  the  course  of 
time,  the  whole  schedule  of  railway  rates 
the  country  over  would  be  fixed  by  the 
Interstate  Commerce  Commission. 

m 

"Keep  up  your   life   insurance"'  is  the  ad- 
vice of  the  New  York  legislative  investiga- 
tion committee.    Before 
Insurance.  adjourning     for     its 

Thanksgiving  recesss,  the  committee  issued 
an  address  to  policy  holders,  warning  them 
against  panic  on  account  of  the  revelations 
of  the  investigation.  The  following  words 
are  used  in  the  message: 

"Do  not  allow  your  policies  to  lapse  on 
account  of  anything  revealed  by  this  investi- 
gation. 

"Policy  holders  are  in  a  better  position 
now  than  before  the  investigation  began 
and  their  position  ought  steadily  to  improve 
as  our  inquiry  proceeds. 

"The  legislation  we  shall  recommend  will 
undoubtedly  safeguard  and  strengthen  the 
rights  of  policy  holders,  but  those  who  suffer 
their  policies  to  lapse  will  lose  the  benefit 
on  what  has  been  done  already,  as  well  as 
what  we  hope  to  accomplish. 

"No  sacrifice  now .  ought  to  be  made  by 
policy  holders,  and  patience  and  courage  for 
a  short  time  yet   will   not  only  prevent  loss 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


December  7.  1905 


but  enable  the  committee  to  render  the  best 
service  to  the  greatest  number." 

The  resignation  of  the  McCurdy  family 
from  the  Mutual,  including  Richard  A. 
(father)  as  president,  Robert  H.  (son)  as 
manager,  and  Louis  A.  Thebaud  (son-in- 
law)  as  general  agent  for  New  York,  is  one 
of  the  gratifying  circumstances  of  the  past 
week. 


Mr.    Thomas    \V.   Lawson   is   making    a 

strong  appeal  to  policy  ho'ders  to  send  him 

,  their   proxies  and  give 

Mr.  Lawson  s  hjm  abso,ute  power  q{ 

""       '  attorney      to     care    for 

their  interests  in  an  enforced  readjustment 
of  insurance  matters.  Mr.  Lawson  has  con- 
tributed some  very  interesting  and  impor- 
tant magazine  articles,  and  has  done  his 
share  toward  causing  the  general  shaking- 
up  in  circles  of  high  finance.  For  this  we 
are  duly  grateful.  We  do  not  think  he  is  a 
fakir.  Hut  he  has  not  as  yet  demonstrated 
his  possession  of  those  qualities  which 
would. make  a  safe  and  suitable  person  to 
entrust  with  plenary  powers  for  the  reor- 
ganization of  American  life  insurance  or 
even  to  maintain  the  interests  of  a  large 
number  of  policy  holders.  We  would  not 
expect  any  gross  and  palpable  betrayal  of 
trust  at  h's  hands,  for  such  a  course,  after  all 
the  publicity  he  has  had,  would  bring  upon 
him  a  degree  of  obloquy  for  which  any 
amount  of  financial  profit  would  be  but 
poor  recompense.  Bat  one  might  reason- 
ably anticipate  that  the  principles  of  sound 
and  conservative  finance  might  be  sacrificed 
for  the  sake  of  some  spectacular  coup  whose 
ultimate  advantage  to  the  policy  holders 
would  be  inconsiderable.  We  think  policy 
holders  will  do  wisely  not  only  to  keep  up 
their  insurance  but  to  keep  their  proxies  in 
their  own  hands. 

The  Sultan  is  the  great  international 
nuisance.  He  is  worse  even  than  President 
Castro.  In  the  matter 
of  sheer  genius  for 
getting  at  odds  with  all 
civili/ed  powers,  probably  neither  of  these 
worthies  can  claim  pre-eminence  over  the 
other,  for  each  exhausts  the  full  measure  of 
his  opportunities.  Castro  depends  more  on 
swagger  and  Abdul  Hamed  more  upon 
duplicity  and  procrastination,  but  that  is 
merely  a  matter  of  method  and  technique, 
and  in  such  matters  all  great  artists  have 
their  personal  idiosyncrasies.  Castro's 
policy  is  to  threaten  the  whole  visible 
political  world,  and  all  it?  armies,  navies  and 
airships,  with  instant  destruction  if  they  op- 
pose his  will,  and  then  to  side-step  and  sub- 
side when  they  do  oppose  it.  The  Sultan's 
method  is  to  promise  and  procrastinate,  to 
regret  injuries  and  repeat  them  and  promise 
again,  and  to  make  good  only  when  the 
fleets  of  the  European  powers  begin  to 
sho-v  their  bows  around  the  corner  of  the 
Dardanelles.  This  is  what  is  happening 
now.  The  Sultan  has  Jailed  to  comply  with 
that  portion  of  his  agreement  with  the 
po*ers  regarding  Macedonia,  entered  into 
about  two  years  ago,  which  has  reference  to 
the  financial  affairs  of  that  province.  The 
powers  insisted,  the  Sultan  resisted— in  his 
usu-tl  polite  and  dilatory  way.  The  warships 
weie   sent.     The  papers  began  to  be  full  of 


The  Sultan  as 
a  Nuisance. 


pictorial  and  statistical  representations  of 
the  strength  of  the  fortifications  along  the 
Dardanelles.  They  are  very  respectable  and 
modern  fortifications  and  the  strait  offers 
one  of  the  finest  natural  positions  for  de- 
fense in  the  world.  Then  the  word  came 
that  the  Sultan  had  yielded  the  point, 
and  the  ships  will  go  home  again.  The 
Sultan  reminds  us  of  a  boy  shooting  fire- 
crackers and  holding  each  one  in  his  fingers 
with  spluttering  fuse  until  the  latest  possible 
moment  before  throwing  it  so  that  it  will 
explode  harmlessly  but  noisily  in  mid  air. 
Some  day  the  Sultan  will  hold  his  fire- 
cracker a  fraction  of  a  second  too  long  and 
there  will  be  an  explosion  with  disturbing 
results.  It  is  hard  not  to  hope  that  such  will 
be  the  case.  Hut  up  to  date  he  has  shown 
only  the  highest  skill  in  letting  go  at  the  last 
moment  before  danger  begins. 


Russia. 


The  situation  in  Russia  is  too  dark  to  ig- 
nore and  too  uncertain  to  describe.  The 
past  week  has  witnessed 
the  outbreak  of  industrial 
and  revolutionary  strikes  with  redoubled 
fury,  and  the  rising  of  mutinies  in  the  army 
and  navy  to  the  point  of  the  utmost  serious- 
ness. The  strike  has  effected  a  stoppage  of 
telegraphic  service  so  that  southern  Rus- 
sia, the  seat  of  the  worst  disorders,  is  cut  off 
from  St.  Petersburg,  and  St.  Petersburg  is 
cut  off  from  western  Europe.  Reports 
which  came  just  before  the  communications 
were  broken  told  of  a  terrific  crash  at  Sevas- 
topol between  the  mutineers  and  the  loyal 
forces,  resulting  in  a  large  number  of  fatali- 
ties, estimated  as  high  as  five  thousand.  It 
is  reported  that  Moscow,  the  ancient  capital 
and  the  true  heart  of  the  Russian  empire,  is 
in  the  hands  of  revolutionists  after  a  bloody 
struggle,  and  that  St.  Petersburg  itself  is  the 
scene  of  even  more  threatening  demonstra- 
tions than  those  of  a  few  weeks  ago.  For 
fuller  reports  we  must  wait  until  the  tele- 
graphic lines  are  open  again.  Lewis|Nixon, 
who  had  an  interview  with  the  Czar  the 
other  day,  states  that  he  does  not  seem  at 
all  alarmed  or  worried,  as  the  press  reports 
have  asserted,  but  that  he  seems  calm,  con- 
fident and  cheerful.  To  which  we  can  only 
reply  that  if  the  Czar  is  not  worried,  he 
ought  to  be.  Of  course  it  is  gratifying  to 
know  that  he  is  not  in  hysterics,  but  the 
ruler  of  a  realm  in  Russia's  present  condi- 
tion who  can  be  cheerful  and  contented,  is 
exhibiting  not  courage  but  a  complete  ina- 
bility to  grasp,  much  less  to  master,  the 
situation.  The  task  to  which  Count  Witte 
set  himself — namely,  to  create  in  place  of 
the  autocracy  a  government  with  as  large 
an  element  of  freedom  as  the  people  were 
fitted  to  receive  and  to  win  the  popular 
confidence  for  this  government— was  one  of 
tremendous  difficulty  from  the  first.  Every 
disorder,  every  strike,  every  revolutionary 
and  mutinous  uprising  has  made  it  more 
difficult.  Such  events  as  those  of  the  past 
week  render  it  almost  impossible.  Almost, 
but  not  quite.  There  is  yet  hope.  Nations 
are  not  born  in  a  day,  nor  are  natioral 
problems  of  the  first  magnitude  solved  be- 
tween two  issues  of  a  daily  pap^r,  or  even 
of  a  monthly  magazine.  Have  we  forgotten 
that  our  own  problem  of  reconstruction  kept 
us  busy  for  many  years  and  that  some  of  us 


behaved    very    badly   when    matters    were 
most  acute?     Let  us  be  patient  with  Russia. 

It  begins  to  appear  that  the  football  ob- 
session,  at   least   in   its   present    form,   has 

reached  its  climax. 
oot  a  Never  before,  since  the 

Reforms. 

game  came  into  promi- 
nence and  popularity,  has  there  been  such 
urgent  demand  for  its  reform  or  abolition. 
The  indictments  against  it  fall  under  three 
general  heads:  First,  that  it  is  brutal;  second, 
that  it  is  demoralizing  to  the  colleges  by  rea- 
son of  the  great  importance  attaching  to  it 
in  the  undergraduate  mind;  third,  that  it  is 
the  occasion  for  various  forms  of  dishonesty 
and  grafting  to  which  even  the  college  au- 
thorities are  in  some  cases  suspected  of  being 
parties.  To  meet  the  first  criticism,  various 
changes  in  the  rules  of  the  game  are  pro- 
posed, such  as  Walter  Camp's  suggestion 
that  the  side  with  the  ball  be  required  to 
make  ten  yards  in  three  downs.  The  pur- 
pose of  this  and  other  like  suggestions  is  to 
make  the  play  more  open  and  prevent  the 
heavy  mass-plays.  The  statistics  of  the 
game  show,  however,  that  there  are  more 
injuries  in  open  plays  than  in  mass-plays. 
The  latter  look  more  dangerous  than  they 
are;  the  former  are  often  more  dangerous 
than  they  look.  But  in  any  case,  reforms 
which  have  in  view  only  the  reduction  of  the 
number  of  injuries  do  not  touch  the  second 
and  third  classes  of  criticisms.  These  are  a 
much  more  serious  matter.  They  have  to 
do  with  conditions  growing  out  of  inter- 
collegiate athletics,  which  might  be  found 
in  connection  with  any  game  but  which 
in  fact  are  most  noticeable  in  football 
contests.  Columbia  University  has  solved 
the  problem  by  prohibiting  football  as 
a  "brutal  and  abominable  game."  One  of 
the  officials  of  that  university  declared  it 
hopeless  to  expect  reform  from  the  athletic 
associations.  "You  might  as  well  trust  the 
cooking  of  a  steak  to  a  cage  full  of  lions." 
(Perhaps  the  lions  could  be  trusted  to  pre- 
pare the  steak  to  suit  the  taste  and  needs  of 
lions.)  The  University  of  Pennsylvania  is 
sending  out  to  the  colleges  of  the  country  a 
series  of  suggested  changes  in  the  rules. 
Chancellor  McCracken,  of  the  University  of 
New  York,  is  calling  a  conference  of  eastern 
college  presidents,  which  President  Eliot 
of  Harvard  has  already  declined  to  attend 
on  the  ground  that  college  presidents  are 
not  competent  to  discuss  football.  Anti- 
football  ordinances  have  been  introduced  in 
the  city  councils  of  Bj3ton  and  Chicago. 
The  question  is  up.  It  ought  to  be  kept  up 
until  some  amelioration  of  present  con- 
ditions is  attained.  Meanwhile  the  follow- 
ing statement  of  evils,  by  President  Thwing, 
of  Western  Reserve  University,  puts  in 
trenchant  summary  the  adverse  side  of  the 
case: 

"Among  the  evils  of  football,  as  now 
played,  are  danger  to  life  and  exposure  to 
injury;  temptation  to  fraud  in  making  up 
teams;  temptation  to  betting;  temptation  to 
brutality;  enthusiasm  becoming  so  great  as 
to  become  a  form  of  hvsteru;  disadvantages 
to  the  scholarship  of  some  players;  too 
great  frequency  of  games;  inability  of  ath- 
letic associations  to  handle  properly  large 
sums  of  mone> ;  the  public  exhibition  of 
young  men  who  are  primarily  students;  re- 
ports in  newspapers  giving  false  interpreta- 
tions and  false  impressions  of  college  value." 


Decembeb  7,  1905 


THfi  CHRIST]  ^N-EVANGELl 


1.077 


The  Holiday  Season. 

"Coming  events  cast  their  shadows  be- 
fore." Christmas  is  one  of  those  events 
whose  coming  is  looked  forward  to  for 
weeks  and  months  before  its  arrival  It 
breathes  its  spirit  of  kindness  and  good  will 
through  £he  preceding  and  the  succeeding 
weeks.  It  is  in  recognition  of  this  fact 
that  The  Christian-Evangelis*  issues  its 
holiday  number  somewhat  in  advance  of 
Christmas  as  a  herald  of  its  near  approach. 

It  is  no  marvel  that  the  coming  down  of 
the  divine  into  the  human,  and  the  union 
of  God  and  man  in  the  person  of  Christ, 
should  be  the  signal  for  a  new  era  in  the 
life  of  mankind,  the  keynote  of  which 
should  be  "peace  on  earth  and  good  will 
among  men."  Just  in  proportion  as  God 
enters  into  human  life  does  the  spirit  of 
good  will  and  fraternity  prevail  among  men. 
It  is  a  blessed  thing  for  the  race  that  dur- 
ing this  Christmastide  men  become  more 
•distinctly  conscious  of  the  meaning  and 
significance  of  the  incarnation,  and  the 
spirit  of  mutual  kindness  and  of  good 
will  diffuses  itself  through  all  ranks  of  so- 
ciety. It  is  a  prophecy  of  the  better  day 
coming  when  love  shall  triumph  over  hate; 
when  the  Golden  Rule  shall  succeed  the 
rule  of  gold;  when  peace  shall,  prevail  be- 
tween nations  and  classes,  and  men  shall 
learn  war  no  more.  We  believe  that  each 
Christmas  season,  in  the  revolving-  years, 
finds  us  nearer  to  that  glorious  era. 

Meanwhile,  this  spirit  of  kindness  is 
manifesting  itself  in  many  ways.  On  the 
larger  scale  it  is  bringing  the  nations  and 
sections  into  closer  bonds  of  sympathy,  and 
is  drawing  religious  people  of  different 
names  and  creeds  into  closer  unity  and  fel- 
lowship about  him  at  whose  birth  was 
sung  the  heavenly  carol,  "Peace  on  earth 
and  good  will  among  men."  In  smaller 
ways  it  is  now  busying  itself  in  the  prepara- 
tion or  purchase  of  gifts  to  be  exchanged 
between  members  of  the  family,  and  be- 
tween friends  and  kindred.  But  this  spirit, 
we  are  glad  to  say,  does  not  confine  itself 
within  the  limits  of  the  family,  or  of  kin- 
ship, or  of  friendship.  Thousands  of  poor, 
neglected  ones  will  receive  benefactions 
from  the  kind-hearted  which  will  give  them 
a  little  of  the  joy  of  the  Christmas-time, 
and  make  them  feel  that  they,  too,  share  in 
the  benefits  of  a  gracious  providence  and 
in  the  good  will  which  came  into  the  earth 
with  the  Christ-child.  The  children  in  our 
homes  and  our  Sunday  schools  should  be 
taught  the  blessedness  of  giving  of  their 
good  things  to  the  poor  and  destitute  chil- 
dren who  have  little  or  nothing  to  brighten 
and  cheer  their  young  lives.  The  sweetest 
joy  that  is  going  to  come  to  any  of  us  this 
Christmastide  will  not  be  in  the  gifts  we 
receive,  but  in  those  we  bestow  from  a 
loving  heart  upon  the  needy  and  friendless 
poor  who  now.  as  of  old,  we  always  have 
with  us. 

Blessings,  then,  on  the  busy  brains  and 
toiling  fingers  which  are  at  work  in  odd 
hours  on  little  tokens  of  love  and  good 
will  which  will  gladden  alike  the  hearts  of 
the  givers  and  the  recipients!  May  it  be 
a  season  of  joy  and  gladness  to  old  and 
young    resulting    from     mutual     efforts    to 


gladden  and  happily  Others!      May  flu    -pirit 

of  greed  and  miserliness,  together  with  the 

-pint     of     Ikiip'I     and     strife,     of    en\  y     and 

ii;iloiisy,  he  banished    far   from   the  abodes 
of  all   our   p   ,'i    1       and    the    , pirit    of  broth 

erline--,    of    peace    and    good    will    prevail 

i >ii'j   all  ! 

•'Passing  of  the  Boss." 

The  "Christian  Worker"  of  Pittsburg  has 
a  good  editorial  under  the  above  title  in 
which,  after  referring  to  the  overthrow  of 
certain  political  bosses  at  tin-  recent  elec- 
tion, it  speaks  of  the  same  spirit  having 
entered  into  Christianity,  and  predicts  that 
the  "boss-elder"  has  reached  the  end  of 
his  reign,  and  that  henceforth  those  who 
fill  the  office  "shall  be  humble,  consecrated 
men,  far  more  interested  in  the  enlargement 
of  the  church  than  in  the  enlargement  of 
their  own  power."  But  the  end  is  not  yet, 
according  to  the   "Worker."     It   adds : 

"The  editorial  boss  has  about  completed 
his  course.  The  very  egotism  of  it !  The 
assumption  that  any  man  or  any  paper  is 
the  guardian  of  all  pure  teaching  and  that 
any  departure  from  this  measure  is  to  be 
branded !  Well,  we  are  getting  over  it. 
The  fulminations  against  this  or  that  form 
of  heresy  don't  scare  any  more.  The  av- 
erage member  is  coming  to  his  own  and 
gradually  these  dictators  of  sound  doctrine 
are  being  dethroned. 

"There  is  one  source  of  pure  doctrine. 
Each  one  has  the  inalienable  right  of  read- 
ing that  one  book  and  finding  out  for  him- 
self. No  one  is  under  any  obligation  to  use 
the  filter  of  any  editor  or  religious  news- 
paper. It  is  gradually  coming  to  the  minds 
of  average  Christian  thinkers  that  going 
to  certain  ministers  and  studying  certain 
books  and  federating  with  other  religious 
bodies  do  not  incapacitate  men  for  think- 
ing soundly  and  living  purely.  In  other 
words,  the  day  of  dictatorship  as  to  wdiat 
constitutes  sound  doctrine  is  over  and  these 
bosses  are  losing  their  jobs." 

Gradually,  it  would  seem,  we  editors  are 
being  shorn  of  our  privileges  and  prerog- 
atives. Formerly  we  had  pretty  free  access 
to  the  railroads,  but  that  has  been  cut  down 
to  a  minimum.  But  we  consoled  ourselves 
that  we  were  at  least  the  sole  guardians  of 
the  ark  of  the  covenant,  and  "defenders  of 
the  faith."  Now,  liOAvever,  it  appears  that 
this  power  is  slipping  from  our  grasp,  and 
that  we  are  not  to  be  permitted  any  longer 
tO'  tell  the  brethren  what  they  shall  believe 
and  preach  and  practice,  nor  to  lord  it  over 
God's  heritage,  calling  missionary  secre- 
taries and  college  professors  before  our  tri- 
bunals to  rebuke  them  and  otherwise  regu- 
late affairs  generally.  What  is  the  use  of 
being  an  editor,  anyway,  nowadays  ?  One 
might  as  well  be  "the  Czar  of  all  the  Rus- 
sias,  issuing  daily  manifestoes  ceding  away 
royal  prerogatives,  and  being  a  mere  figure- 
head, as  to  be  an  editor  in  these  degenerate, 
democratic  days,  when  the  people  are  as- 
serting" their  right  to  think  for  themselves ! 

But  we  are  resigned  to  our  fate.  There 
remains  one  greater  privilege  than  that  of 
being  boss,  and  that  is  to  serve.  "He  that 
will  be  greatest  among  you.  let  him  be 
servant  of  all."  We  editors  are  now  going 
to  strive  to  be  the  greatest  bv  seeking  to 
be  servants  of  all.  We  see  no  other  course 
left  for  us. 


"On  This  Rock." 

was   the  true    foundation   of  the 

ehur'h  mop-  ^lonou-.1}-  vindicated  and  ex- 
alted than  in  the  recent  [nterchureh  Con- 
York  City.  When  'he  del- 
egates to  that  gathering  came  to  look  about 
for  lome  broad,  immovable  foundation 
Upon  which  they  could  all  stand  and 
upon  which  they  could  unite  in  co-opera- 
tiv  movements  for  the  world's  b.-tterment, 
they  found  nothing  else,  and  wanted  noth- 
ing else,  and  needed  nothing  else,  than 
Jesus,  the  Christ,  who  became  incarnate  and 
was  crucified  for  us  men  and  our  salvation, 
and  who  rose  again  from  the  dead  for  our 
justification  to  die  no  more  fore. 
other  personality  in  all  the  world's  diistory 
po  essed  the  magnetic  and  attractive  power 
to  draw  around  him  the  broken  and  scat- 
tered forces  of  a  divided  church.  Xo  other 
banner  than  that  winch  has  upon  it  the 
name  and  the  cross  of  Jesus  Christ  was 
deemed  adecpiate  as  a  rallying  center  for 
the  Christian  world. 

This  was  history  repeating  itself.  When 
our  fathers,  nearly  a  century  ago.  deter- 
mined, with  God's  help,  to  lift  up  the  ban- 
ner and  plead  for  the  unity  of  God's  people, 
they  found  there  was  no  other  name  given 
under  heaven  among  men  wherein-  a  di- 
vided church  could  be  united  than  the  name 
of  Jesus  Christ ;  that  there  was  no  other 
banner  but  that  which  bears  the  star  of 
Bethlehem,  that  could  guide  the  church  out 
of  the  wilderness  of  denominationalism 
into  the  glorious  unity  and  liberty  to  which 
Christ  had  called  it.  Therefore,  discarding 
human  creeds,  names  and  practices,  they 
went  back  to  Jesus  Christ,  "the  church's 
one  foundation,"  and  on  him  made  their 
plea  for  Christian  union.  Now  that  the 
sentiment  of  union  among  Protestants  has 
become  strong  enough  to  compel  some 
action  looking  toward  closer  co-operation, 
and  representative  men  look  about  once 
more  for  a  basis  of  such  unit}",  they  also 
find  it  in  Christ  Jesus,  our  common  Lord 
and  Master,  and  in  him  they  agree  to  co- 
operate for  the  accomplishment  of  all  those 
aims  and  objects  which  can  better  be  ac- 
complished by  united  than  by  separate 
action. 

What  if  we  do  not  all  yet  see  alike  as  to 
some  of  the  requirements  which  Christ 
makes  of  those  who  would  be  his  followers? 
Is  it  not  certain  that  those  who  take  him 
as  Lord  and  Master  and  follow  his  leader- 
ship will  come  to  see,  eye  to  eye.  in  all 
things  essential  to  unity  and  co-operation  ? 
So  we  believe,  and  therefore  we  greatly  re- 
joice at  the  outlook  before  the  church. 
Never  did  the  day  of  Christian  unity  seem 
so  near  at  hand  to  us  as  it  does  today.  \\  e 
have  only  to  "follow  on  to  know  the  Lord." 
in  order  to  see  what  great  things  he  will 
accomplish  in  and  through  his  church 
which  he  loved  and  which  he  sanctified  by 
his  own  precious  blood.  It  will  be  remem- 
bered by  those  familiar  with  our  early  his- 
tory that  the  Campbells  and  those  who 
stood  with  them  did  not  know,  when  they 
adopted  the  principL  of  reformation,  where 
it  would  lead  them.  Those  who  seek  to  fol- 
low Jesus  Christ  can  not  go  iar  wrong. 


1578 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


Decemuer  7,  1905 


A  Unitarian  Missionary. 

Rev.  Minot  .1.  Savage,  D.  D.,  of  Boston, 
Unitarian,  has  preached  a  sermon  on  "The 
Federation  of  Churches  and  the  Unita- 
rians,*9 in  which  lie  fully  justifies  his  name. 
The  dark  picture  of  Christendom  which  Dr. 
Savage  draws,  outside  the  Unitarian  fold, 
is  truly  distressing.  Evangelical  Christians, 
he  says,  believe  that  "all  the  people  that 
have  ever  lived  on  this  planet  during  the 
last  three  hundred  thousand  years,  at  least 
until  the  past  six  thousand,  are  in  hell." 
And  what  is  worse,  they  were  all  damned 
because  they  did  not  believe  the  doctrine 
of  the  trinity  as  formulated  in  the 
creeds !  So  Dr.  Savage  tells  his  congrega- 
tion. And  this  "metaphysical.,  unchange- 
able, cruel,  hideous,  immoral  creed."  he 
charges  us  with  believing,  who  are  not 
'Unitarians'!  For  once  the  Doctor  seems 'to 
feel  a  spark  of  missionary  zeal,  and  ex- 
claims :  "Let  us  go  to  work  as  never  he- 
fore  to  civilize  and  educate  America!" 
It  would  really  seem  that  those  holding 
a  creed  so  "cruel,  hideous  and  immoral" 
need  regeneration  as  well  as  education  and 
civilization.     But  let  that  pass. 

Now.  we  gently  suggest  to  this  Unita- 
rian Doctor  of  Divinity  that  he  and  his 
brethren  begin  their  mission  work  in  a 
small  way  in  one  of  the  slum  districts  of 
Boston,  and  furnish  an  object  lesson  to  the 
world  of  the  power  of  Unitafianism  to  lift 
fallen  men  and  women  out  of  the  depths  of 
their  degradation  into  the  light  and  liberty 
of  sons  and  daughters  of  the  Lord  Al- 
mighty. It  will  he  time  enough  then  for 
them  to  lay  their  plans  for  the  civilization 
and  education  of  America,  beginning  on 
such  barbarians  as  Bishop  Vincent,  Bishop 
Power.  President  King.  Bishop  Doane.  Dr. 
J.  Wilbur  Chapman.  Dr.  Roberts  and  other 
leaders  of  the  conference ! 

Xo  fair-minded  person  denies  that  there 
'are  many  noble  characters — even  reverent 
and  devout  souls — among  Unitarians.  Nor 
will  it  be  denied  by  those  capable  of  judg- 
ing that  they  have  rendered  genuine  service 
to  the  cause  of  religion  and  of  moral  re- 
form. It  must  be  said,  however,  that  those 
who  have  rendered  any  service,  in  a  con- 
structive way.  to  Christianity,  have  received 
an  inheritance  of  truth  from  the  past  which 
is  not  characteristic  of  the  modern  radical 
type  of  Unitarianism  represented  by  the 
speaker  we  have  quoted.  There  is  no  rea- 
son  why.  in  all  movements  for  civic  right- 
eousness or  in  behalf  of  moral  and  social 
reform.  Unitarians  should  not  co-operate 
with  other  good  people  for  promoting  the 
world's  advancement;  but  when  it  comes 
to  a  question  of  Christian  union— "union  in 
Christ  —  for  distinctively  Christian  work — 
that  is  another  matter,  and  one  in  which 
modern  Unitarians  have  little  in  common 
with  those  who  accept  the  deity  and  lord- 
ship of  Jesus  Christ. 

Against  the  extravagant  utterances  of 
Dr.  we  quote   the   wiser   words  of 

another  Unitarian,  Rev.  F.  A.  Hinckley,  of 
Philadelphia  : 

"I  think  the  action  of  the  conference  is 
all  right.  The  evangelical  churches  believe 
in  common  in  the  divinity  of  Jcmis  Christ, 
The  Unitarian  Church  does  not.  Tin-  fed- 
eration   is    a    move    toward    greater    unity 


among  the  churches  who  believe  in  the 
divinity  of  Jesus  Christ.  And  to  my  mind 
it  is  a  very  commendable  thing,  as  is  every 
movement  toward  greater  unity  which  does 
not  sacrifice  principle.  But  if  the  Unitarians 
should  come  in  there  would  at  once  he  a 
difference  on  the  one  point  upon  which 
it  is  possible  to  have  general  unity  among 
the  so-called  evangelical  churches.'' 

Notes  and  Comments. 

We  are  informed  that  after  the  meet- 
ing in  New  York  City  of  the  committees 
of  Free  Baptists  and  Disciples  with  a  view 
of  effecting  a  union,  a  similar  meeting  was 
held  between  the  committee  of  Free  Bap- 
tists and  the  committee  from  the  Baptists, 
having  the  same  object  in  view.  Writ- 
ing of.  that  meeting,  the  venerable  Dr.  Ball 
says:  "For  sixty  years  I  have  been  labor- 
ing and  praying  that  light  ^and  love  knight 
break  down  the  barrier  at  the  Lord's  table. 
L  have  been  well  aware  of  great  changes 
among  Baptists  in  this  respect,  but  was 
not  prepared  for  the  declaration  which 
they  made  that  close  communion,  or  pro- 
hibitory communion,  among  the  eastern, 
western  and  northern  portion  of  the  denom- 
ination was  practically  dead,  and  a  matter 
of  the  past."  The  committee  of  Baptists 
"declared  that  they  were  not  only  ready  to 
enter  into  organic  union  with  us.  but 
anxious  to  do  so,  and  hopeful  that  such 
a  step  would  quickly  lead  to  a  like  union 
with  the  Disciples.  A  basis  of  union  was 
quickly  and  heartily  agreed  upon."  An 
attempt  to  formulate  a  creed  statement  was 
overruled,  and  "a  basis  was  adopted  which 
in  substance  declares  that  all  the  old  con- 
ditions have  passed  away,  and  that  no 
doctrinal  or  practical  obstacle  now  exists 
in  the  way  of  organic  union  between  the  two 
bodies."  It  now  remains.for  the  two  bodies 
represented  by  the  committees  to  endorse 
this  basis  of  union  for  it  to  become  effective. 
We  are,  sure  our  readers  will  rejoice  with 
us  at  its  consummation.'  .  We  believe  it 
entirely  practicable  for  a  union  between 
either  one,  or  both,  of  these  two  bodies 
and  the  Disciples  of  Christ  to  be  effected 
on  a  similar  basis  in  which  faith  in  Christ 
and  personal  allegiance  to  him,  shall  take 
the  place  of  any  creedal  statement.  We 
trust  our  committee  of  twelve  will  keep  in 
touch  with  the  committees  of  these  two 
oodies  to  ascertain  if  such  be  not  the  case. 

As  the  Editor  was  passing  through  a 
corner  of  Kentucky  a  few  days  since  he 
purchased  a  copy  of  "The  Louisville  Cou- 
rier-Journal" and  found  that  it  contained  a 
strong  and  vigorous  sermon  by  our  Bro. 
E.  L.  Powell,  in  which  he  made,,  as  it 
seemed  to  us,  a  most  effective  reply  to 
h.dilor  VVatterson's  recent  stricture  on  the 
ministers  of  that  city  for  their  partici- 
pation in  the  recent  elections.  The  editor,  in  a 
recent  editorial,  had  lectured  the  preachers 
for  "dabbling  in  politics," as  the  phrase  goes, 
and  the  sermon  was  a  strong  assertion  not 
only  of  the  righl  but  of  the  duty  of  a  min- 
ister of  the'  Gospel  to  declare  the  truth  of 
God  as  if  bail's  011  the  moral  issues  present- 
ed in  political  campaigns.  lie  urged  no 
claim  for  the  right  of  a  preacher  to  use 
his  pulpit  for  the  propagation  of  any  merely 
partisan    view    on    current    political    issues. 


It  is  only  where  the  great  principles  of 
morality  are  involved  that  he  claimed  the 
right  of  the  preacher  to  voice  the  will  of 
God  as  he  understands  it.  To  the  same 
effect  as  Mr.  Watterson's  editorial  is  an 
address  which  a  friend  sends  us  on  "Church 
and  Politics,"  by  Hon.  J.  O.  Trout,  of  Ohio, 
growing  out  of  the  election  in  that  state. 

We  are  likely  to  hear  a  great  deal  during 
this  peripd  of  ethical  revival  in  politics 
and  business  about  keeping  religion  out  of 
these  secular  affairs,  and  about  the  duty 
of  preachers  to  stand  aloof  from  these 
struggles.  But  as  long  as  the  preacher 
has  the  Ten  Commandments  and  the  Ser- 
mon on  the  Mount  on  his  side,  he  may 
rely  upon  the  support  of  all  gopd  citizens 
'in  his  application  ipf  these  truths' to  cur-' 
rent  political  conditions.  A  partisan  he 
must  not  be;  but  a  prophet  of  God,  speak- 
ing forth  the  will  of  God  to  men  who 
have  been  trampling  the  principles  of  right- 
eousness and  justice  under  their  feet,  he 
must  be,  if  he  is  a  true  preacher.  One  of 
the  most  impressive  features  of  the  recent 
Inter-Church  Conference  in  New  York 
Citv  was  the  utterances  it  was  able  to  give 
m  behalf  of  our  Protestant  .Christianity 
concerning  some  of  the  great  moral  issues 
of  our  time.  There  was  not  one  of  these 
resolutions  that  was  not  carefully  weighed, 
both  in  a  subcommittee  and  then  by  the 
whole  committee  of  forty,  and  every  phase 
and  bearing  of  it  throughly  discussed,  so 
that  we  do  not  believe  there  was  an  utter- 
ance that  transcended  the  limits  of  such 
a  representative  conference  speaking  in 
behalf  of  justice,  righteousness,  peace, 
and  the  moral  welfare  of  mankind. 

& 
The  Secretary  of  our  Centennial  Com- 
mittee has  already  reported  some  of  the 
chief  things  accomplished  by  the  recent 
meetings  of  the  committee  at  Cincinnati  - 
and  Pittsburg.  As  has  been  announced 
W.  R.  Warren,  of  Pittsburg,  has  accepted 
the  position  of  Secretary  of  our  Centennial 
work,  and  will  be  the  leader  of  our  propa- 
ganda for  the  next  four  years.  A  strong 
executive  committee  located  at  Pittsburg 
will  look  after  the  details  of  the  campaign. 
The  call  is  for  a  movement  along  the  whole 
battle-line.  Never  was  there  greater  need 
for  united  action  on  the  part  of  all  our  mis- 
sionary, educational,  and  benevolent  or- 
ganizations, our  preachers,  our  press,  and 
our  Business  Men's  Association,  to  ac- 
complish a  memorable  work  in  behalf  of  a 
great  movement.  Let  no  discordant  note 
be  heard  in  all  our  camp.  Let  personal 
ambition,  and  all  self-seeking  be  remanded 
to  the  rear.  If  there  be  differences  between 
missionary  organizations,  colleges,  or  news- 
papers, let  them  be  settled  privately,  or 
by  any  tribunal  agreed  upon  for  that  pur- 
pose. Let  us  present  a  united  front  to  the 
world,  the  Mesh,  and  the  devil.  Let  us  for 
once  give  an  illustration  of  the  kind  of 
unity  we  arc  pleading  for.  in  our  joint 
efforts  to  accomplish  the  great  ends  out- 
lined by  our  Centennial  Committee.  This 
object  lesson  in  itself  will  be  worth  more 
than  all  the  tracts  we  could  write  on  the 
subject   of   unity. 


December  7,  1905 


THE  CH&lStlAN-EVANGELIST. 


15  i> 


Editor's  Easy  Chair. 

The  Easy  Chair  was  in  the  city  of  Pitts- 
burg at  the  last  writing,  participating  in 
tlte  closing  np  of  the  great  down-town  union 
meetings  in  connection  with  their  simul- 
taneous evangelistic  campaign.  The  clos- 
ing union  service  in  the  Nixon  theatre 
where  fifteen  hundred  of  the  new  converts 
sat  together  on  the  main  floor  to  partake, 
some  of  them  for  the  first  time,  of  the 
Lord's  supper,  was  an  impressive  spectacle. 
To  hear  of  fifteen  hundred  converts  having 
been  converted  in  a  series  of  meetings,  is 
great,  good  news;  hut  to  stand  in  front  of 
them,  and  look  into  their  bright  faces  reflect- 
ing the  new-found  joy  in  Christ  Jesus,  is  an 
experience  which  one  is  not  likely  soon  to 
forget.  It  was  worth  while  to  he  in  even 
at  the'  close  of  these  great  meetings  to  catch 
the  spirit,  of  the  workers  imthrs  great1  cam- 
paign. !  It  was  the  most  successful  cam- 
paign, perhaps,  which  we  have  ever  held, 
and  for  this  reason  we  give  considerable 
space  elsewhere  to  -\  report  of  it.  It  was 
not  without  splendid  local  leadership,  co- 
operation and  the  liberal  use  of  money 
that  this  success  was  achieved.  One  can 
not  walk  its  busy  streets  without  being- 
impressed  with  the  tremendous  wealth 
and  commercial  greatness  of  Greater 
Pittsburg.  Here  will  be  the  scene  of 
our  great  Centennial  Rally  in  1909.  For 
the  next  four  years  it  will  be  the  center 
of  our  Centennial  activities  under  the  splen- 
did leadership  of  Brother  W.  R.  Warren 
who,  at  the  sacrifice  of  his  own  personal 
plans,  has  accepted  this  responsibility  and 
has  already  entered  upon  his  work.  To 
him  all  eyes  seemed  to  turn  as  a  leader  in ' 
this  great  concerted  movement  among  the 
churches. 


":Why"  is  it  that  some  .  peoplef  can  en- 
•"dure  affliction,  be  misunderstood,'-  bear 
heavy  burdens,  and  yet  esteem  their 
lot  joyful  and  bear  their  sacrifices  not- 
only  with  resignation  but  even  with  joy? 
One  who  can  live  such  a  life  must  be  able, 
by  imagination,  or,  if  you  prefer  it,  by 
faith,  to  put  himself  beyond  thi  fleeting, 
changing  scenes  of  mortal  life,  in  the  realm 
of  the  spiritual  and  eternal,  and  look  back 
from  that  lofty  height  upon  this  present 
world  with  its  transient  joys  and  sorrows, 
and  see  that  the  value  of  this  life  is  not 
in  its  enjoyments  and  pleasures,  its  honors 
and  its  rewards,  but  in  its  power  to  build 
character,  to  develop  the  nobler  qualities 
of  one's  personality,  and-  fit  him  for  a  life 
that  is  eternal  because  it  is  ideal.  No  one 
sees  this  present  world  and  his  relations  to 
it  in  the  right  light,  until  he  sees  it  in  the  light 
that  shines  down  from  that  other  world 
which  is  spiritual  and  eternal.  Those  who, 
by  lack  of  faith,  shut  out  the  light  from 
that  other  world,  and  see  only  this  present 
material  world,  are  sure-  to  fall  victims 
of  their  lower  nature  and  to  live  on  the 
lower  plane  of  life.  It  is  well,  therefore, 
to  accustom  ourselves,  in  every  great  prob- 
lem of  duty  which  confronts  us.  to  ask 
how  this  matter  would  look  as  seen  from 
above,  when  our  present  life  is  ended 
and   we  look  back  upon  it  from  that  world 


where  mere  material  gains,  earthly  honor  . 
and  HeshLy  satisfaction  do  not  count.  Now 
it  would  ennoble  and  dignify  all  our  live-, 
if  we  could  live  them  in  the  light  that 
shines  out  from  the  eternal  world,  reflect- 
ed on  the  pages  of  Holy  Writ  and  seen  in 

its  perfect  beauty  as  it  shines  in  ihe  face 
of  Jesus  Christ  ! 


The    intuitive    recognition   of   the   divine 

by  the  human  soul  is  perhaps  its  most 
wonderful  endowment.  Some  souls  are 
more  highly  endowed  with  this  power  of 
intuitive  perception  than  others,  but  all 
possess  it  in  some  degree.  One  of  the  most 
striking  illustrations  in  the  New  Testa- 
ment record  of  this  innate  power  to  in- 
stantly recognize  the  true  and  the  divine 
is  -the  case  of  Nathanael.  He  had  been 
having' a  season  of  meditation,  under  a  fig- 
tree  vyhose  thick  foliage  perhaps  furnished 
him  the  needed  seclusion  from  the  world. 
Perhaps  he  was  thinking  of  the  coming 
Messiah,  of  whom  he  may  have  heard  rumors 
that  he  was  come.  It  is  certain  that  he  was 
engaged  in  religious  meditation,  and  no 
doubt  there  had  come  to  him  a  blessed 
experience  in  this  communion  with  God, 
for  a  better  knowledge  of  whom  he  had 
a  deep  longing  in  his  heart.  Soon  after 
this  his  attention  was  called  to  Jesus  of 
Nazareth,  as  the  true  Messiah,  by  his 
friend  Philip.  Nathanael  received  the  an- 
nouncement incredulously,  asking,  "Can  any 
good  thing  come  cut  of  Nazareth?"  In- 
stead of  arguing  the  mattter,  Philip  had 
the  good  sense  to  reply,  "Come  and  see." 
When  Jesus  saw  him  coming  he  said, 
"Behold,  an  Israelite  indeed,  in  whom  is 
no  guile!"  "Whence  knowest  thou  me?" 
"Before  Philip  called  thee,  when  thou 
wast  under  the  fig-tree,  I  saw  thee." 
"Nathanael  answered,  Rabbi,  thou  art  the 
■Son  of  God;  thou  art-King  of  Israel."  How 
"long' it  took  some  :of  the  other  disciples,  and 
how  long  it  has  taken  many  another  soul 
since  that  day,  to  reach  the  conclusion 
to  which  Nathanael  leaped  at  once  by  the 
power  of  intuition !  He  seemed  to  feel 
instinctively  that  one  who  knew  his  inmost 
thoughts  and  his  secret  communion  with 
God,  could  be  none  other  than  the  Son  of 
God. 

But  we  hear  our  readers  saying:  "We 
have  no  time  in  this  busy,  bustling  age, 
for  such  fig-tree  experiences  as  that  of  Na- 
thanael. The  day  and  much  of  the  night 
is  taken  with  our  business,  our  household 
cares,  and  our  social  obligations  and  en- 
joyments." We  know  how  true  this  is 
and  "pity  'tis,  'tis  true."  We  are  sure 
that  no  one  is  prepared  for  the  exactions 
of  this  busy  life  and  is  able  to  mingle  in 
social  intercourse  with  others  with  profit 
to  them  and  to  himself  who  does  not  spend 
a  few  moments  each  day  in  the  quiet  of 
his  own  reflections  where  he  can  think  of 
his  relation  to  God  and  the  spiritual  world, 
and  of  his  obligations  to  his  fellow  men. 
It  is  in  these  quiet  moments  when  the  soul 
waits  upon  God  that  it  gathers  strength  and 
spiritual  vision  for  the  difficult  duties  and 
tasks  of  life.  To  deprive  ourselves  of 
such  an  experience  is  to  greatly  impoverish 


our  own    -ouls  and   10   irvur   trrgbtiuJ  rifks 
of    being    drawn    away    by    the    temptation- 

and  allurement!  of  this  present  world 
from  the  path  of  highest  rectitude.  When 
we  read  of  this  or  that  church  member 
falling  in  the  snare  of  the  devil,  to  the  dis- 
credit of  the  church  and  of  Christianity, 
we  tan  not  help  thinking  that  if  they  had 
only  taken  time  to  meditate  upon  their 
course,  and  judge  its  moral  character  in 
the  light  of  Christ's  life  and  teaching, 
and  to  have  questioned  their  own  h< 
as  to  their  tendencies  thiry  would 
not  have  fallen  a  prey  to  temptation. 
There  is  much  meaning  in  the  hymn  we 
sing:  "Take  time  to  be  holy."  That  is 
exactly  what  time  is  for.  It  is  a  time 
when  every  Christian  should  examine  him- 
self, look  well  to  his  foundation,  and  watch 
with  the  carefulest  scrutiny  the  tendencies 
'of  his  life,  whether  they  be  upward'  or 
downward.  And  especially  should  one  ask 
himself  whether  he,  by  what  he  is.  and  by 
what  he  is  doing,  is  justifying  the  confi- 
dence which  Jesus  Christ  has  placed  in 
him,  in  calling  him  to  his  discipleship  and 
in  entrusting  him  with  sacred  duties  and 
responsibilities. 

m 

We  are  approaching  the  holidays.  These 
ought  to  be  holy  days.  They  are  often  the 
very  opposite.  Why  should  the  season 
which  we  associate  with  the  coming  of 
Christ  into  the  world  be  often  given  to 
revelry  and  to  excessive  indulgence  in  eat- 
ing and  drinking?  They  should  indeed 
be  days  of  gladness  and  of  good  cheer,  of 
innocent  amusements  and  mirth,  in  the 
home  and  in  our  social  intercourse ;  but 
this  is  no  reason  why  they  should  be 
marked  by  excesses  and  indulgences  which 
afterwards  will  bring  sorrow  rather  than 
joy.  The  Easy  Chair  wishes  all  its  ever- 
growing circle  of  readers  great  happi- 
ness in  "trie  ir  preparation  for  and- antici- 
pations of  the  approaching  Christmas. 
It  enters  heartily  with  you  into  ad  the 
innocent  joys  and  hearty  good  will 
which  belong  to  the  season.  It  would 
heighten  rather  than  lessen  the  genuine 
happiness  of  the  Christmastide.  For  this 
reason  we  would  have  every  pleasure 
we  propose  for  ourselves,  every  enter- 
tainment we  give  or  participate  in.  every 
gift  we  make,  tested  by  the  spirit  of  Christ 
to  whom  we  are  indebted  for  all  the  joy 
and  blessedness  of  the  season.  Let  it  be 
a  time  of  burying  old  enmities,  of  cul- 
tivating good  will  toward  our  fellow  men. 
and  toward  all  living  things.  Let  us  deter- 
mine that  some  home  or  some  individual 
heart  shall  be  made  brighter  and  happier  by 
us  during  this  Christmas  season  by 
some  manifestation  of  friendly  interest 
and  kindly  care.  Let  us  not  spoil  our  chil- 
dren by  the  miltiplicity  of  our  gifts  to 
them,  when  there  are  so  many  homes  where 
there  will  be  no  Christmas  cheer.  We  may- 
rest  assured  that  our  homes  will  be  the 
happier  if  we  can  make  some  other  home 
happy  by  anything  that  we  can  do  or  give 
in  the  name  of  Christ.  So  shall  we  honor 
Christ  and  help  fill  the  world  with  the  joy 
of  that  sweet  refrain  of  the  angelic  song. 
"Peace  on  earth,  and  good  will  among 
men." 


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THE  CHRISTIAX-EVAXGELIST. 


December  7.  1905 


With   our   St. 
something  in  the 

ried    around    the 


New  York  As  Seen 


Everybody  is  interested  in  New  York. 
It  is  the  metropolis.  It  is  gigantic.  It  is 
potential.      It    is    overwhelming.      It    is    the 

_.,  5  iggregation  of  capital 
and  labor  and  people  in  the 
hemisphere.  It  has  40,000.000. 
only  one  city  in  the  world 
exceeding  it  in  population,  and 
only  four  states  in  the  union 
_  ng  beyond  in  the  number  of 
people.  It  is  only  -'So  years 
old.  and  it  is  advancing  with 
seven  league  boots,  flowing  r_^-- 
over  in  all  directions,  and  tak- 

,  11  everything,  hundreds  of 
thousands  from  the  old  world,  and  the  best 
of  all  the  brains  and  skill  and  wealth  of 
America.  It  costs  $100,000,000  a  year  to  run 
its  government,  and  it  has  over  a  thousand 
churches  to  look  after  its  morals,  and  even 
then  there  is  an  occasional  cry  of  "Graft !" 
iiV.il  "Boodle!"  and  sin  and  need. 

With  the  Editor  of  The  Christian- 
Eva  xgk.i.ist  I  left  the  City  of  the  Dome  and 
in  a  little  time — a  few  hours'  journey — we 
caught  a  vision  of  the  steel  sky-scrapers. 
The  sky  line  is  not  an  attractive  one  as 
we  cross  the  ferry  from  Jersey  City.  The 
city  appears  as  an  irregular  jumble  of 
cubes.  There  is  nothing  just  like  it  in 
the  heavens  above  or  in  the  earth  beneath. 
The  steel  frame  or  cage  is  like  a  bridge 
set  on  ends  and  makes  the  sky-scraper 
possible  while  the  elevator  makes  it  usable. 
Some  of  these  buildings  go  down  to  a 
depth  Of  seventy  or  a  hundred  feet  below 
the  city  streets.  The  Park  Row  building 
i-  thirty-one  stories  high,  the  height  from 
the  walk  to  the  top  of  the  towers  is  390 
feet,  and  from  foundation  to  flagstaff,  552 
feet,  or  the  height  of  the  Washington  monu- 
ment, and  the  cost  of  building  and  land 
was  $4,000,000.  It  has  2,000  windows, 
1.000  offices  and  2,500  tenants,  and  its  ten 
elevators  carry  up  8,000  people  a  day.  The 
"Prow  of  Civilization,"  or  the  Flat  Iron 
Building,  Broadway  and  Fifth  Avenue, 
-hoots  up  to  the  stars  and  looks  as  if  at 
any  moment  it  might  topple  and  crush 
thousands  in  its  downward  course.  Lower 
Broadway  is  a  canyon  instead  of  a  street, 
and  one  can  but  wonder  what  an  earth- 
quake would  do  if  let  loose  in  the  metrop- 
olis Still  they  are  going  higher.  They  tear 
down  a  ten  story  and  thrust  up  a  twenty 
-tory  in  its  place,  as  in  the  case  of  the 
Plaza  hotel,  which  cost  $3,000,000,  to  erect 
on  it-  site  a  building  that  cost  $10,000,000. 
Such  hitching  of  wagons  to  the  stars  is  not 
to  be  seen  anywhere  else  in   all   the   world. 


From  the  Dome 


F.  D.  Power 


Louis  man.  eager  to  see 
shape  of  a  town,  we  hur.- 
end    of    the    little    island 


and  landed  at  the  Brooklyn  Bridge.  Here 
is  one  of  the  wonders  of  the  world,  span- 
ning the  East  river.  Caesar's  pons  asi- 
noniin,  or  the  bridge  over  the  Forth  near 
Edinburgh,  or  the  suspension  structure 
over  the  Father  of  Waters  can  not  hold  a 
candle  to  this  mighty  bit  of  engineering, 
it  was  begun  in  1870  and  opened  in  1883. 
and  cost,  with  later  alterations,  the  neat 
little  sum  of  $2i.coo.oco.  John  A.  Roeb- 
ling  designed  it.  He  met  his  death  when 
they  were  starting  it.  and  Washington,  his 
son.  succeeded  him.  who  was  injured  in  one 
of  the  caissons,  and  then  from  a  window- 
in  Brooklyn  watched  with  a  telescope  the 
details  of  construction,  and,  aided  by  his 
wife,  completed  it.  Thousands  of  cars 
cross  it  daiiy.  and  in  a  single  year,  1897, 
they  carried  over  it  45,000,000  passengers. 
Up  to  '97  they  had  taken  across  515,000,000 
with  only  one  fatal  accident.  The  next 
trip  1  took  with  my  St.  Louis  friend  was 
over  the  new  bridge,  the  Williamsburg 
bridge,  "the  Jews'  Passover."  This  was 
opened  a  year  ago.  It  is  forty  feet  wider 
than  the  other,  cost  $20,000,000,  and  is  bear- 
ing its  part  in  the  solution  of  New'  York's 
greatest  problem — the  "problem  of  transpor- 
tation. When  we  remember  the  surface 
and  elevated  cars  of  the  city  carried  in  1889, 
60,831.757  persons,  and  in  1890,  190,024,848, 
and  in  1901,  550,610,435  and  on  a  single 
day — "derby  day" — 1,200,000,  some  idea  of 
the  transportation  problem  may  be  formed. 
My  friend  was  specially  interested  in  the 
subway.  He  even  went  so  far  as  to  make 
this  one  of  his  Sunddy  studies  between  ser- 
mons. The  subway  is  a  jewel;  clean,  com- 
modious, well  ventilated  and  well  lighted, 
where  one  sits  at  ease  and  thunders  along 
at  the  rate  of  a  mile  a  minute  under  great 
churches   and    palaces    and   skyscrapers   for 


twenty-one  miles,  the  long- 
est tunnel.  I  believe,  in  the 
world.  It  cost 
$35,000,000.  The 
city  paid  it  and 
leased  the  road 
to  the  contractor, 
John  B.  MacDon- 
ald,  for  fiftyyears. 
In  many  places 
and  for  great  dis- 
tances the  way  is 
blasted  through 
solid  rock,  some- 
times more  than 
100  feet  beneath  the  surface.  Under  the  Har- 
lem river' the  tracks  are  carried  in  great  cylin- 
ders of  steel  lubes  encased  in  concrete.  It  is 
a  wonderful  way,  this  subwav.  It  helps 
mightily  in  the  matter  of  transit.  T  «tood 
on  Broadway  and  Wall  street  at  8:30  in  the 
morning,  and  the  people  swarmed  up  like 
ants  out  of  the  ground,  as  they  poured  in 
streams  from  the  elevated  and  swept  up 
from  the  ferries  through  the  side  streets  in 
great  floods.  They  can  move  now,  in  all 
ways,  about  2,000,000  a  day;  yet  the  people 
multiply  as  rapidly  as  the  means  of  trans- 
portation are  multiplied.  The  flying  ma- 
chine is  imperatively  needed.  The  Penn- 
sylvania Railroad  tunnel  under  the  Hud- 
son and  East  rivers,  which  costs  $50,000,000, 
is  going  to  be  a  help,  but  when  we  remem- 
ber 20,000,000  passengers  arrive  annually  at 
the  Grand  Central  Station,  and  the  Erie, 
New  Jersey  Central  and  Staten  Island 
Ferry  bring  35,000,000  more,  and  there  is 
no  end  to  the  folks  that  come  through  other 
channels,  we  see  what  a  problem  New  York 
has  on  its  hands  when  it  shall  number,  as 
it  soon  will,  15,000,000  of  souls. 

I  lost  our  St.  Louis  brother  in  Wall 
street.  It  would  not  be  fair  to  intimate 
that  he  was  interested  in  stocks,  though  I 
saw  him  at  the  exchange,  and  I  heard  him 
saying  something  about  "Union,"  "Feder- 
ated," "Consolidated,"  "B.  &  O.,"  etc.  Wall 
street  is  one  of  the  fascinating  spots  in  the 
great  city.  It  is  in  a  sense  the  heart  of  the 
continent.  They  called  it  after  the  wall 
which  old  Peter  Stuyvesant  built  in  1563 
to  protect  New  Amsterdam.  The  wall 
went  two  centuries  ago,  but  the  name  sur- 
vives. Facing  it  on  Broadway  is  Trinity 
Church,  above  the  top  of  whose  spire  tower 
the  skyscrapers.  It  is  a  restful  thing  to 
drop  intd  the  old  church,  or  stroll  among 
the  quiet  tombs  with  all  the  din  and  rush 
surging  without.  Here  are  the  subtreasury 
and  the  custom  house  and  the  chamber  of 


SKY  LINE   OF  NEW  YORK  CITY. 


]  )i:<k\i  BER  7,   [905 


HIE  CHRISTIAX-KVAX'j.LIST. 


commerce,    Here  is  a  little  room  in  a  single 

hank  building  which  has  in  it  one  billion 
of  dollars,  and  a  small  clearing  house  hard 
by  which  perfected  exchanges  in  1905  of 
$96,000,000,000.  Here,  on  one  side,  is  I\h 
paper  row,  with  the  great  buildings  of  the 
greal  dailies  which  are  among  the  mightiest 
forces  in  our  civilization  ;  and  here,  on  Ihe 
"ilu-r  hand,  is  the  Battery,  where  the 
Streams  of  immigration  from  all  Ihe  rest 
of  the  world,  save  China,  have  poured  in 
with  a  mighty  tide.  The  Irish  in  the  city 
number  275,000,  enough  for  the  police  force 
of  the  whole  land.  The  Russians  and  Poles 
are  200,000;  the  Germans  are  325,000.  Half 
a  million  a  year  are  coming  in,  and  New 
York  speaks  fifty  tongues.  I  took  one  of 
the  new  city  ferry  boats  and  went  down  to 
spend  the  night  with  a  friend  on  Staten 
Island,  past  the  statue  of  Liberty  and  down 
to  the  Narrows,  where  the  ships  come  in, 
and  this  lower  part  of  the  city  and  the  busy 
bay,  with  their  millions  of  lights  and  then- 
bewildering  traffic,  make  a  scene  long  to  be 


remembered,  all  lighl  and  color  and  motion. 

The   last    I    saw    of   my    friend    from    the 

little  provincial  town  beside  the  Mi     1.  ippi 

he   was  trying  to  make  bun-elf  at    home   m 

the  great  Waldorf-Astoria.     New  York  is 
a  city  of  greal  hotels  and  Sate  and  boarding 

and    t-iieiiieiii    houses,    not    of   hone  -.      'lie 

greatest  of  these  is  on  Fifth  avenue,  from 

Thirty-third    to    Thirty- fourth  No 

doubt  it  is  the  largest!  and  mo-,t  luxm 
inn  on  the  planet.  William  Waldorf  Astor 
and  John  Jacob  Astor  put  about  $12,000,000 
in  it.  It  has  17  lloors,  .10  magnificent  pub- 
lic rooms,  and  accommodations  for  2,500 
guests,  and  it  is  always  full.  Guests  often 
pay  from  $roo  to  $200  a  day  for  room-,, 
exclusive  of  meals;  and  the  royal  suites 
have  brought  $500  a  day.  And  -omc  rich 
folks  pay  here  $100  to  $150  a  day  the  year 
around.  .  There  are  1,512  employes,  and 
the  annual  pay  roll  runs  over  $1,000,000. 
They  use  20,000  plates  a  day !  We  had 
2,000  people  there,  at  our  little  supper, 
and  they  did  not  seem  the  least  crowded. 


Our    St.    Loui      editOT    found    room   moujrh 
to    nr  around.  um\.  1  i»|y, 

aid:    "I  will  no  ak  to  Mr-.  Waldorf, 

and  tell  her  I  have  had  a  pleacaot  1  .<  ning, 
and    go!"      And    that    was    the    la%t    I 
of    him    in    the    gi.  at    1  ity.      I    ha>  1 
to  believe  ha  perils  and  1 

;n    aiety  to  Ins  v.(  stern  villa 

New  York  is  one  i,\  the  h  on  the 

globe,      lit   moral   and 
mighty.      It    .  a  red    for 

in    a    mo>t    liberal    and    boflpitaUc    fashion. 
It    has   educational    and  charitable  and 
ligious  institutions  on  the  largest  rcale.     It 
has  single  churches  that   give  as  much  tor 
home    missions    ;< -.    ihe    whole    brother'. 
of   Disciples   through   their  genera! 
It  has  schools  and  colleges  and  librar-e-  and 
churches  and  chapels  and  hospital!  and  mis- 
sions  and   settlements   and    good   men   and 
good    women    without    number.      It    j-    not 
the  New  Jerusalem,  but  it  is  a  great  study 
and  a  splendid  force  in  our  civilization. 
Washington ,  D.   C. 


I    My  Impressions  of  the  Inter-Church  Conference  on  Federation 


It  was  difficult  to  form  a  just  apprecia- 
tion of  the  Interchurch  Conference  on 
Federation  while  it  was  in  session.  The  at- 
mosphere was  so  interpenetrating  during 
the  sessions  of  the  conference  that  one 
might  have  been  excused  for  expressions 
of  sympathy  which  would  not  probably  be 
entertained  when  away  from  the  environ- 
ment of  the  great  speeches  that  were  de- 
livered. I  preferred,  therefore,  to  wait  a 
few  days  before  stating  my  impressions  of 
the  conference.  I  now  think  I  can  delib- 
erately write  down  some  of  the  impressions 
I   received. 

First  of  all,  it  is  my  deliberate  conviction 
that,  when  considered  from  the  point  of 
view  which  the  conference  represented,  it 
was,  in  many  respects,  the  most  notable 
gathering  of  Christians  that  has  ever  taken 
place  in  the  history  of  the  church.  Nearly 
all  the  Protestant  churches  of  the  United 
States  were  represented  in  the  conference. 
It  may  be  true  that  all  these  representatives 
had  not  been  officially  chosen  by  their  re- 
spective denominations,  but  in  an  important 
sense  it  cannot  be  doubted  that  the  men 
who  were  there  as  delegates  were,  for  the 
most  part,  representative  men  of  their  re- 
spective churches.  All  together  they  repre- 
sented about  eighteen  millions  of  professing 
Christians,  and  this  of  itself  is  a  startling 
fact.  Some  of  us  who  have  been  pleading 
for  Christian  union  for  more  than  half  a 
century  could  scarcely  believe  our  own  eyes 
and  certainly  our  ears  were  bewildered 
with  what  we  heard  on  the  platform  of  that 
conierence.  it  is  true  that  the  speeches 
were,  in  a  large  measure,  from  certain 
points  of  view,  contradictory  of  each  other. 
It  was  curious  to  note  the  different  views 
of  the  union  question  which  were  present- 
ed. Some  of  the  speakers  heartily  de- 
plored the  divisions  of  Christendom  and 
made  as  earnest  a  plea  for  Christian  union 
as  was  ever  presented  since  the  Church  of 
Christ  was  divided:  while  others  contend- 
ed earnestly  that  the  present  divisions  are 
all    right,    but    these    divisions    should    not 


By   W.    T.    MOORE 

hinder  the  "'unify  of  the  spirit  in  the  bond 
of  peace.''  While  these  different  aspects 
of  the  union  question  were  discussed  with 
the  utmost  freedom,  there  was  not  a  single 
note  that  did  not  vibrate  toward  a  better 
understanding  of  the  relation  of  Christians 
toward  each  other. 

The  following  summary  will  indicate  the 
main  points  of  the  impressions  which  I 
received : 

1.  The  speeches,  considered  as  a  whole, 
were  among  the  best  I  have  ever  heard  on 
any  platform  in  this  country.  .  Only  in 
England  have  I  heard  them  excelled.  From 
every  point  of  view  the  addresses  were 
admirable. 

2.  The  right  spirit  was  manifested 
throughout  the  entire  conference.  Every 
man  spoke  his  sentiments  with  as  much 
freedom  as  if  he  'were  speaking  before 
a  conference-  of  his  own  church.  There 
was  not  the  slightest  disposition  to  inter- 
fere with  the  fullest  ":'berty  of  expression. 

3.  The  plan  of  federation  which  was 
finally  adopted  was.  upon  the  whole,  a 
noble  deliverance  in  view  of  the  present 
divided  state  of  Christendom.  It  was 
more  than  could  reasonably  be  expected 
when  all  the  facts  are  taken  into  consid- 
eration. 

4.  The  aim  of  the  conference  was  not 
to  effect  Christian  union  at  once,  but  un- 
doubtedly it  was  a  step  in  the  right  direc- 
tion. For  more  than  twenty  years  I  have 
been  pleading  for  a  working  basis  as  the 
true  starting  point  for  Christian  union. 
We  have  long  been  discussing  our  differ- 
ences, but  while  doing  so  we  have  been 
increasing  the  divisions  of  Christendom. 
Is  it  not  time  to  begin  at  the  other  end  of 
the  line?  Let  us  work  together,  and  may- 
be, after  a  while,  we  will  get  nearer  in  our 
theological  standpoints.  Jesus  said.  "If  I 
do  not  the  works  of  my  Father,  believe  me 
not.  but  if  1  do,  and  ye  can  not  believe 
me,  believe  me  for  the  works'  sake."     Mav 


we  not  try  each  other  by  the  same  rule?  If 
we  do  not  the  work  of  Christ,  then  we 
can  not  ask  other  religion-  bodies  to  be- 
lieve in  us;  but  if  we  do  his  work,  though 
they  can  not  believe  in  our  theological  sys- 
tems, thej-  are  bound  to  believe  in  the  work 
we  do.  This  is  the  true  starting  point,  and 
when  we  believe  heartily  in  each  other's 
work  the  difficulty  of  settling  our  theo- 
logical differences  will  be  immeasurably 
decreased. 

5.  There  were  some  objectionable  fea- 
tures, which  were  perhaps  inevitable  with 
this  first  congress.  Jn  arranging  the  pro- 
gram there  was  no  just  proportion  in  the 
distribution  of  the  speakers.  Some  of  the 
religious  bodies  were  represented  more 
largely  than  they  deserved.  whiL  others 
had  slight  recognition.  For  instance,  the 
Disciples  of  Christ  had  only  two  speakers 
and  one  chairman  on  the  program.  How- 
ever, we  could  afford  to  take  a  back  seat 
in  such  a  conference.  It  was  perhaps  well 
that  those  of  us  who  have  been  pleading 
for  Christian  union  as  no  religious  people 
have  done  should  be  very  scantily  recog- 
nized on  the  platform  of  such  a  confer- 
ence. We  were  simply  delighted  to  hear 
those  who,  in  former  days,  were  bitter 
opponents  of  the  very  things  DisC 
have  been  contending  for.  committing 
themselves  thoroughly  to  the  principles  of 
Christian  union.  Disciples  can  afford  to 
wait.  Indeed,  it  mav  be  a  wise  policy 
their  part  to  occupy  a  somewhat  back  seat 
in  the  present  movement  for  federation. 
Let  others  now  do  the  work  which  Dis- 
ciples have  so  auspiciously  started. 

6.  Some  of  the  resolutions  passed  at 
the  conference  may  be  justly  criticised. 
However,  resolutions  by  such  a  body  are 
usually  very  perfunctory  things.  They  are 
supposed  to  be  necessary,  but  are   - 

ever  heard  of  after  they  are  passed.  Ex- 
cept for  this  fact  I  would  have  taken 
strong  objection  to  at  least  two  of  the 
resolutions  which  were  passed — one  -elat- 
ing to  the  Congo  Free  State  and  the 
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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


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The   Good   Shepherd    By  j.  h.  jowett,  m. a. 


Where  is  the  expositor  who  would  not 
stand  before  this  great  and  glorious  word 
with  fe<  ngs  if  almost  utter  impotence? 
The  simplicity  of  the  figure  only  increases 
the  difficulty  of  the  exposition.  It  is  in 
unveiling  the  beauties  of  these  marvelous 
simplicities  that  we  so  miserably  fail.  We 
are  embarrassed  by  the  abundance  of  our 
wealth.  When  1  had  meditated  long  upon 
the  wonderful  passage,  and  scarcely  knew 
where  to  begin  as  guide  to  my  people.  I 
took  down  one  of  John  Calvin's  volumes 
trom  my  shelves.  John  Calvin  is  far  and 
away  the  most  helpful  commentator  1  have 
in  my  study,  and  every  week  be 
is  to  me  a  strong  minister  of 
enlightenment  and  cheer.  But 
even  Calvin  seemed  to  fail  in 
unfolding  the  glories  of  this 
word.  And  so  with  Augustine. 
and  so  with  Westcott !  When 
I  had  consulted  them  all  T 
came  back  to  the  rich  word, 
and  felt  that  the  beginnings  of 
the  evangel  had  scarce  been 
told.  So  I  can  only  pick  out 
from  the  abundant  riches  one 
or  two  of  the  inspiring  and 
consoling  messages,  and  offer 
them  to  you  as  bread  for  the 
soul.  Here.  then,  is  the  track 
of  my  thought :  We  have  life 
through  sacrifice ;  "I  am  the 
good  shepherd,  the  good  shep- 
herd layeth  down  his  life  for 
the  sheep."  We  have  peace 
through  intimacy :  "T  am  the 
good  shepherd  and  •  I  •  know  -• 
mine  own  and  mine  own  knowr 
me."  We  have  union  through 
unity  with  the  common  head ; 
"1  am  the  good  shepherd  .  .  . 
and  other  sheep  I  have  which 
are  not  of  this  fold  .  .  .  and 
they  shall  be  one  flock,  and 
one  shepherd." 

We  have  life  through  sacri- 
fice: "I  lay  down  my  life  for 
the  sheep."  These  words  are 
repeated  like  a  refrain.  Three 
or  four  times  there:  comes  this 
solemn  chime :  "I  lay  down  my 
life  for  the  sheep."  Now 
the  sacrifice  of  the  Lord  is 
erate  choice. 


"I  am  the  good  shepherd."— John  10:11. 

no  man  taketh  u  En  m  me."  The  never- 
ending  marvel,  in  which  we  find  the  very 
secret  of  our  redemption,  is  thai  our  Sa- 
vior deliberately  died. 

And  the  sacrifice  is  vicarious.  "I  lay 
down  my  life  for  the  sheep."  There  was 
something  the  Lord  passed  through,  pasfiefl 
through  once  and  forever,  something  aw- 
ful and  unspeakable,  in  order  that  we  might 
never  share  it.  We  Christians  shall  never 
die  as  he  died.  Our  material  bodies  will 
wear  away  and  cease,  and  they  will  be  car- 


mark  that 
a  deliber- 
Xo  man  taketh  it  from  me, 
but  1  lay  it  down  of  myself."  Our  Savior 
came  to  die.  He  would  have  died  had 
he  never  been  crucified !  The  means  of 
death  is  subordinate,  the  primary  factor  is 
that  he  died  at  all.  We  -are  perhaps  too 
much  limited  in  our  conception  by  the  wood 
and  the  nails  and  the  spears.  These  are  in- 
cidentals— almost  acc'dentals ;  the  great 
matter  for  you  and  me  is  that  he  died.  If 
men  had  never  put  him  to  death  he  would 
have  died.  Had  he  died  upon  a  bed  the 
essential  wonder  would  have  remained  un- 
broken. Whatever  men  had  done  or  not 
done  to  him.  I  think  he  would  have  passed 
through  the  night  of  dissolution  and  awful 
abandonment,  even  though  he  had  been  sur- 
rounded with  the  comfort  and  support  of 
earthly  friends,     "I  lay  it  down  of  myself; 


From  the  Painting]    "THE  GOOD  SHEPHERD."    \Hy  Frederic  Shield) 
By  the  courtesy  of  Dr.  W.  E.  Barton,  author  of  "Jesus  of  Nazareth." 

ried  over  the  well  trodden  way  to  the  cem- 
etery. Men  will  speak  of  us  as  having 
died.  But  we  shall  never  die  as  our  Sa- 
vior died.  There  was  something  in  his 
death  which  his  followers  will  never  know. 
"He  that  believeth  in  me  shall  never  taste 
death."  My  soul ;  come  not  thou  into  that 
secret ! 

And.  the  sacrifice  is  complete;  "It  is  fin- 
ished." He  died  unto  sin  once.  No  other 
sacrifice  is  needed.  No  more  altars  are  re- 
quired. The  service  of  priesthood  is  over. 
The  great  offering  for  me  has  been  made. 
"It  is  finished." 

Now  see  this  wonderful  conjunction.  In 
verse  eleven  we  read  these  words :  "The 
good  shepherd  layeth  down  his  life  for  the 
sheep."  Contrast  tin's  word  with  the  evan- 
gel of  the  tenth  verse:  "1  am  come  that 
they  may  have  life!"  The  Lord  lays  down 
his  life  that  1  may  gain  life.     He  not  only 


lays  down  bis  life  that  he  may  take  it 
again,  but  he  lays  it  down  that  1  might 
take  it  again.  In  the  strength  and  efficacy 
of  his  sacrifice  there  is  life  for  all  the 
sin-consumed,  guilt-burdened,  habit-crushed 
souls  in  God's  defiled  and  fallen  race.  A 
corn  of  wheat  dies;  the  multiplied  seeds 
are  the  germs  of  life  for  all  the  race  of 
woman  born.  "I  give  unto  them  eternal 
life."  It  is  the  gift  of  a  germ — infantile, 
undeveloped,  immature.  It  is  a  gift  that 
i-iakes  us  "babes  in  Christ"  ;  a'l  our  senses 
are  still  weak  and  unexercised.  But  the 
evangel  pours  out  its  wealth  in  richer  meas- 
ure ;  "I  am  come  that  they 
might  have  life,  and  that 
they  might  have  it  more 
abundantly."  The  babe  is  to 
grow.  He  is  to  acquire  finer 
discernment.  He  is  to  clothe 
himself  in  larger  powers.  He 
is  to  reach  out  in  spiritual  ap- 
prehension and  Comprehension. 
The  initial  germ  is  to  receive 
multiplied  accessions  of  life. 
The  powers  I  have  are  to  be 
unspeakably  enlarged.  New- 
powers  are  to  be  given  unto 
me.  The  growth  will  continue 
through  ages  and  millennium, 
and  in  every  succeeding  acces- 
sion I  am  to  put  on  something 
of  the  glory  of  him  who  re- 
deemed me.  We  have  life 
through  his  sacrifice. 

We  have  peace   through   in- 
timacy.    "I  am  the  good  shep- 
herd,   and    I    know   mine   own, 
and  mine  own  know  me."     In 
this     mutual     knowledge     we 
have  the  secret  of  a  profound 
and    fruitful    rest.      The    finest 
peace    is    to    be    found    where 
there  is  the  richest  communion. 
Take  the  fellowship  of  husband 
and   wife.     The  communion   is 
so  real  that  the  spiritual  com- 
merce proceeds  even  in  silence. 
It    is    a    rare    restfulness    that 
does  not  require  the  assurance 
of  speech.     Husband  and  wife 
can     sit     in     delightful     com- 
munion,   and    yet    no    word    pass    between 
them.     As  they  walk  along  a  country  lane 
their   fellowship   is   unbroken,   even   though 
it  be  not  helped  by  speech.     Each  can  say 
of  the  other :     "I  know  mine  own  and  mine 
own    knows    me."      How    different    it    is    at 
a  social  party,  where  mutual  knowledge  is 
net  so  rich  and  deep!     What  little  devices 
we    create    in    order    to    "keep    things    go- 
ing" ! 

A  season  of  silence  is  regarded  as  a  peril, 
and  at  all  costs  and  by  any  means  things 
must  not  be  allowed  to  drag.  When  the 
soul  knows  the  Savior  there  is  a  delicious 
and  understanding  silence.  "Be  silent  unto 
the  Lord!"  This  privilege  of  beautiful  in- 
timacy is  the  glorious  secret  of  rest.  The 
restfulness  is  deepened  by  our  firm  assur- 
ance of  the  Shepherd's  strength.  "None 
shall  pluck  them  oul  of  my  hand."  He 
1      i.-.s   when   the   wolf  is  near.     He   knows 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST 


1583 


the  power  of  the  wolf.  "I  know."  And 
because  £e  knows,  and  is  able  to  meet  the 
approach  of  my  foes,  "I  will  fear  no  evil." 
That  is  the  peace  of  perfect  confidence,  the 
peace  which  is  born  only  of  a  saving  knowl- 
edge of  redeeming  grace.  And  so  we  can 
sing  as  we  sang  in  our  childhood,  and  with 
meaning  that  has  only  deepened  with  the 
j'ears  : 

"Jesus  is  our  Shepherd, 

Wiping  every  tear; 
Folded  in  his  bosom, 

What  have  we  to  fearr" 

And  we  have  communion  by  a  common 
devotion  to  the  Lord.  "Other  sheep  I 
have  which  are  not  of  this  fold."  Yes,  he 
has  other  sheep  in  other  churches.  He  has 
other  sheep  outside  the  churches,  lie  has 
other  sheep  in  lands  remote,  among  the 
tribes  which  have  their  home  amid  the 
.  Polar  snows  and  among  dense  populations 


which    roam    the     wastes     under    tropical 

suns.  "Other  she-|>  I  have.  .  .  and  they 
Shall  he  one  Hock.'  I  low  arc  \w  to  find 
our  oneness!'  There  are  two  great  char- 
acteristics of  ili-  Lord's  sheep:  "My  sheep 
hear  my  voics,"  they  have  a  sensitive 
listening  of  the  ear;    "and  they  follow  me," 

they  direct  their  feel  into  ways  of  obedience. 

An  old  Puritan  has  very  quaintly  said  that 
the  Lord's  sheep  may  he  recognized  by 
their  markings  on  the  ears  and  the  feet. 
They  listen  eagerly  to  the  Shepherd's  voice. 
They  harken  through  intermediate  voices 
for  the  Shepherd's  tones.  They  listen  with 
inquisitive  ear  that  through  the  preacher's 
voice  they  may  hear  the  calls  of  their  Lord. 
They  listen  through  the  whisperings  of 
nature  in  order  that  they  may  catch  the 
voice  of  the  great  Eternal.  Everywhere 
they    incline    their    ear    with    great    intent- 


listening  for  the  Shepherd'i  'all.  But 
the  listening  ear  would  he  futile  without 
the  obedient  fed     "They  follow  me     Thef 

are  always  ready  to  an  .:<  r  the  call  wit; 
VOtion  and  sacrifice  '"J  heir  ted  are  -hod 
with  the  readiness  of  the  Gospel  of  peace." 
Now  wherever  we  find  a  man  who  li 
the  voice  of  his  Savior,  and  who  inclines 
his  feet  unto  the  Lord's  testimony,  we  have 
oik  of  the  great  Shepherd's  Hock.  And  the 
only  real  hope  of  union  is  to  he  found  in 
tlie  common  possession  of  these  cardinal 
characteristics.  Where  all  are  listening, 
and  all  are  following,  the  sheep  will  know 
one  another,  as  members  of  a  common 
Hock.  The  spiritual'v-minded  will  recog- 
nize the  spiritually-minded  a-  they  gather 
eagerly  around  the  one  Lord. 

Was  there  ever  kinder  Shepherd. 

Half  so  gentle,  half  so  sweet. 
As  the  Saviour  who  would  have  us 

Come  and  gather  at  his  feet?' 


A  Western  Declaration   of  Independence 


Revolutions  come  in  pairs.  Hutton  and 
■the  peasants  at  the  dawn  of  the  Reforma- 
tion were  better  students  of  the  human 
heart  and  its  purposes  than  Luther  with  all 
his  study  in  cloister  and  cell.  They  saw 
him  throw  bis  challenge  into  the  face  of 
the  Romish  despot,  and  the  courage  shown 
struck  a  responsive  chord  in  their  beings ; 
but  when  they,  inspired  by  his  example, 
rose  against  the  lords  temporal  as  he  had 
done  against  the  lords  spiritual,  instead 
of  aiding  them  he  turned  away  in  disgust 
and  shame.  Blinded  by  the  half  truth  he 
had  found  he  turned  his  back  upon  the  daz- 
zling brilliancy  of  the  whole  truth,  and 
German  Protestantism  was  left  to  work 
its  way  to  the  light  as,  best  it  could ;  he  did 
not  see  that  religious  freedom  without  its 
political  counterpart  was  as  unthinkable  a 
phenomenon    as    daylight    without   the   sun. 

1'hc  religious  revolution  in  England  was 
more  fortunate ;  ihere  were  periods  of  ad- 
vance and  reaction,  but  each  forward  move- 
ment carried  the  nation  one  step  nearer 
the  light ;  sometimes  the  political  phase  was 
predominant,  at  others  the  religious ;  but 
whether  Elizabeth  or  Cromwell  was  at  the 
helm  of  the  ship  of  state  the  general  course 
was  onward.  The  secret  of  the  difference 
lay,  doubtless,  in  the  fact  that  the  leaders 
were   not   only   not   antagonistic   but    were 


i 


By  James  Stephen  Compton 

In  France  the  Huguenots  were  put  down 
with  a  strong  :han,d  by  the  Bourbons ;  the 
cities  lost  their  most  industrious  popula- 
tion ;  the  nation  lost  its  stable  middle  class 


Brush  Run,  the  first  church  of  the  Restoration 
movement. 

often  mutually  helpful,  either  unconsciously 
or  from  choice. 


BARTON  W.   STONE. 

upon  which  it  must  rest  in  every  time  of 
turmoil  and  testing.  The  coming  of  the 
revolutions  was  postponed  by  St.  Barthol- 
omew, as  its  planners  intended :  but,  post- 
poned, its  accumulated  force  gave  it  those 
elements  of  terror  and  inhumanity  that 
have  made  it  the  wonder  and  the  horror  of 
all  the  years  that  have  come  and  gone  since 
the  French  revolution.  The  liberal,  free- 
dom-loving spirit  in  the  nation,  denied  its 
rational  expression  in  Protestantism  and 
constitutional  liberty  by.  the  linked  hands 
of  .^Versailles  [and  -Rome,  when  "^once  its 
.shackles  began  to  break,  flew  far  away  into 
•the  (vagaries  of  atheism  and  the  barbarities 
of  anarchy. 

Cromwell  and  his  compatriots  settled 
their  share  of  the  perplexing  problems  that 
confronted  them,  but  many  of  the  most  im- 
portant were  left  to  a  new  generation  of 
men  born  and  reared  far  from  the  dwarf- 


ing shadow  of  cathedral  and  throne.  A 
vast  waste  of  tossing  waters  separated  the 
American  colonists  from  the  home  land 
where  their  brethren  for  the  most  part  still 
slavishly  followed  puerile  precedent  and 
vapid  antecedent ;  but  geographical  barriers 
are  not  the  strongest  walls  of  partition,  the 
love  of  freedom  and  disregard  of  the  con- 
ventionalities of  life  that  come  from  the 
struggle  with  the  wilderness  made  the  col- 
onists a  new  race  with  a  fresh  view  point 
from  which  to  study  the  great  problems  of 
the  time. 

'Seventy-six  came  and  went :  Yorktown. 
then  the  treaty  of  Paris;  the  political  revo- 
lution had  been  fought  and  won.  Church 
and  state  were  divorced;  the  first  forward 
step  had  been  taken  in  the  New  World. 
The  leaders  told  one  another  that  the  last 
word  had  been  said  on  the  subject  of  hu- 
man liberty,  that  the  molds  for  the  civiliza- 
tion of  the  future  had  been  set.  Like  Luth- 
er, they  could  not  see  that  it  was  not  the 
last  word  that  had  been  said  on  the  ques- 
tion of  religious  liberty,  but  the  first;  the 
heavy  hand  of  the  government  was  lifted 
from  the  hearts  and  consciences  of  men : 
but  the  power  of  priestcraft  remained  un- 
touched. 

Perhaps   the   most   marked   indication   of 


Cane  Ridge  Church, 

the  one-sidedness  of  the  work  done  in  the 
late    political    upheaval    was    the    atheistic 


1584 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


Di-X'KMBER  7,   I905 


propaganda  of  Thomas  Paine  and  his  fel- 
workers.  or  better,  fellow  scoffers.     The 

-  uul  for  liberty  that  these  men 
bad  taken  before  end  during  the  war  had 
won  for  them  not  only  attention  but  mueh 
sympathy  and  support :  the  land  listened 
with  respect  while  they  unfolded  to  the 
public  the  advantages  of  un-religion  as  pro- 
fessed and  practiced  by  the  Red  Republicans 
oi  France.  For  a  time  the  new  movement 
swept  all  before  it.  To  godly  men  who 
loved  their  country  with  a  love  only  second 
to  that  they  gave  their  Lord,  it  must  have 
tied  that  the  tir<t  fruits  of  the  tree  of  lib- 
erty in  the  New  World  were  to  be,  not  a  re- 
fined and  quickened  faith  in  the  Power  that 
had  brought  them  through  the  dark  days  of 
the  revolution,  but  the  Dead  Sea  apples  of 
unbelief  and  infidelity.  The  closing  days  of 
the  eighteenth  century  were  indeed  full  of 
im  :  catechisms  and  creeds  were  revised 
to  suit  the  needs  of  the  times  ;  after  all  was 
done  priest  and  people  had  to  acknowledge 
themselves  defeated  in  their  attempt  to 
check  the  progress  of  the  tide. 

A-  the  statesmen  of  the  Atlantic  seaboard 
taught  the  mossbaeks  of  Europe  some  great 
and  needed  lessons  in  statecraft,  so  it  re- 
mained for  a  band  of  disciples  in  the  great 
region  beyond  the  Appalachians  to  show 
their  distres-ed.  anxious  brethren  along  the 
Atlantic  the  cause  of  their  failure,  and  with 
the  cause,  the  remedy.  Truly  ''Thou  hast 
hid  these  things  from  the  wise  and  prudent 
and  hast  revealed  them  unto  babes." 

In  our  zeal  to  do.  justice  to  the  influence 
of  the  Puritans  upon  the  religious  develop- 
ment of  our  country  we  too  often  overlook 
or  ignore  the  elements  contributed  by  Old 
Virginia  and  her  children.  In  1792  a  band 
of  people  from  the  Old  Dominion,  led  by 
their  pastor.  Robert  Findley,  came  into 
Kentucky  and  settled  at  Cane  Ridge,  Bour- 
1><  D  county.  It  was  as  true  a  religious  mi- 
gration as  had  been  that  of  Thomas  Hook- 
er of  Hartford  (Connecticut)  fame;  zeal 
may  not  have  manifested  itself  in  quite  the 
same  manner  as  in  New  England,  but  it 
was  there  just  as  strong  and  just  as  true. 

As  soon  as  the  men  of  the  little  settlement 
had  built  them  houses  to  shelter  their  fam- 
ilies from  the  weather,  they  came  together 
and  erected  a  church;  and  hard  by  it,  near 
a  spring,  an  academy  where  the  studious 
youth  might  learn  the  elements  of  the  an- 
cient languages  and  theology.  For  some 
reason  Findley  became  discouraged  and  left 
his  flock  in  a  few  years  and  the  members 
of  the  church  called  to  the  pastorate  one 
Barton  W.  Stone:  a  young  minister  just  out 
of  college.  The  change  was  a  happy  one; 
under  Stone's  ministrations  the  band  in- 
-ed  in  devotion  and  spiritual  culture  as 
well  as  in  numbers. 

On  the  third  Sunday  in  August,  1801,  a 
revival  broke  out  at  Cane  Ridge  which  be- 
came in  a  remarkably  short  time  the  won- 
der of  the  whole  region  round  about ;  for 
ten  days  it  continued,  sometimes  as  many  as 
twenty  thousand  people  being  in  attendance 
al  divine  services  at  once;  three  or  four 
preachers  spoke  at  the  same  time  from  as 
many  rude  pulpits  under  the  trees.  The  re- 
sources of  the  new  country  were  rather  lim- 
ited at  best,  so  this  influx  of  strangers 
'.'their  hospitality  to  the  utmost;  but 


Cane  Ridge  responded  nobly  to  the  call. 
feeding,  lodging  and  caring  for  the  tem- 
poral want-  of  the  visitors  as  best  it  could 
during  the  earlier  pari  of  the  meeting.  So 
great  at  last  became  the  strain  upon  the 
community  that  fo.nl  supplies  gave  out  and 
some  of  the  visitors  were  compelled  to  go 
away  hungry. 

There  was  no  talk  of  "methods"  or 
"means  of  reaching  the  masses."  but  plain, 
soul-searching  preaching  and  personal  work 
by  men  and  women  to  whom  religion  was  a 
real,  vital  thing.  To  the  man  who  had 
walked  forty  miles  to  attend  the  meeting, 
Thomas  Paine  and  hi-  teachings  were  so 
insignificant  as  to  be  beneath  contempt;  in 
the  cities  might  be  found  persons  who 
would  still  care  for  finespun  theories  of  a 
life  and  a  world  without  a  God.  but  here, 
under  the  spreading  trees  of  the  wilderness, 
the  very  surroundings  told  of  the  One  from 
whom  all  life  has  come  and  back  to  whom 
all  life  will  go  at  last.  ,  In  the  solemn  aisles 
among  the  trees  serious  faced  men  spoke  the 
message  with  fervor  to  a  waiting  people 
till  the  thoughts  of  heaven  and  the  eternal 
destiny  crowded   out   all    else. 

With  the  increase  of  religious  feeling 
came  strange  sights.  To'  quote  from  an 
observer:  "Many,  very  many,  fell  down 
as  men  slain  in  battle,  and  continued  in  an 
apparently  motionless  and  breathless  state. 
.  .  .  They  would  rise  shouting  deliver- 
ance, and  then  would  address  tne  surround- 
ing multitude  in  language  truly  eloquent 
and  impressive."  The  women  were  also 
affected ;  the  hysteria  or  whatever  it  may 
have  been  that  accounts  for  the  phenome- 
non, was  called  ''the  jerks"  by  the  people 
generally,  from  the  peculiar  actions  of  the 
persons  under  its  influnce.  To  quote  again 
from  an  eyewitness:  "When  the  head 
alone  was  affected  it  would  be  ierked  back- 
ward and  forward,  or  from  side  to  side,  so 
quickly  that  the  features  of  the  face  could 
not  be  distinguished.  When  the  whole  sys- 
tem was  affected.  I  have  seen  the  person 
stand  in  one  place  and  jerk  backward  and 
forward  in  quick  succession,  the  head  near- 
ly touching  the  ground  before  and  behind. 
The  long  hair  on  the  heads  of  the  women 
would  snap  like  a  coachman's  whip,  only 
not  so  loud." 

Denominational  barriers  fell  before  the 
spirit  of  the  meeting.  Calvinist,  Arminian, 
Pedobaptist  and  Anabaptist  with  one  ac- 
cord worked  for  their  fellows  who  had 
never  known  the  Lord,  caring  not  for  the 
triumph  of  sect  or  sectism,  but  only  that 
the  souls  of  men  might  be  saved  for 
the  Master  of  all.  Hands  hard  and  knot- 
ty with  the  struggle  with  the  primeval 
forest,  were  raised  in  prayer;  hearts  that 
had  known  all  the  fierce  passions  and  griefs 
incident  to  the  wresting  of  the  land  from 
savagery  and  desolation,  all  the  isolation 
and  privation  of  the  frontier,  voiced  their 
desires  before  his  throne.  From  the  crest 
of  the  wave  of  feeling  generous  souls  looked 
over  into  the  land  of  promise  where  sects 
are  no  more  and  all  believers  are  one;  with 
the  glimpse  came  the  resolve  to  work  to 
liberate  the  minds  of  men  from  the  oppres- 
sion of  priestcraft  and  bigotry- 

The  "jerks"  and  other  evanescent  phe- 
nomena passed  with  the  revival ;  the  inter- 


est in  vital  religion  remained.  God  had 
visited  his  people ;  the  generous  uplift  of 
the  meeting  was  the  leaven  that  was  silent- 
ly working  to  prepare  the  way  for  the  new- 
dispensation  in  which  there  was  to  be  no 
priest  nor  layman,  all  were  equal  before 
his  face.  In  June,  1804.  came  the  after- 
math of  the  revival,  when  the  Cane  Ridge 
church,  under  the  leadership  of  its  pastor, 
Stone,  threw  off  all  ecclesiastical  shackles, 
renounced  all  human  creeds,  cast  aside  all 
human  names  for  the  name  "Christian,"  and 
took  the  Bible  and  the  Bible  alone  for  their 
only  rule  of  faith  and  practice.  Paine  and 
Owen  had  met  their  peers,  not  among  the 
learned  prelates  of  the  east,  but  in  this 
little  band  of  backwoodsmen  of  central 
Kentucky. 

Priestcraft  fought  the  new  movement 
with  all  the  bitterness  that  is  born  of  sec- 
tarian rancor  and  disappointment,  but  the 
free  air  of  the  new  land  worked  with  and 
for  this  last  revolution,  the  fairest  of  them 
all.  Out  from  the  rolling  uplands  of  the 
Bluegrass  went  men  stalwart  and  firm  in 
their  conviction  that  men  are  equal  in  the 
church  militant  as  well  as  in  the  church 
triumphant,  out  into  the  rapidly  growing 
states  of  Illinois,  Indiana,  Ohio  and  Mis- 
souri,, buoyant  with  the  apostolic  faith, 
preaching  the  apostolic  doctrines,  reaping 
apostolic  harvests.  With  every  new  migra- 
tion westward  the  movement  swept  along 
without  direction  of  church  or  council,  for 
this  was  pre-eminently  a  people's  effort  out 
and  up  to  the  light  of  true  religious  free- 
dom. 

With  a  grip  on  the  central  west^  and  the 

Mississippi    valley,    it   has   spread   into   the 

north,   the    far   south,   and   lastly,   in   these 

later  days,  is  making  itself  felt  as  a  factor 

(Continued  on  page  J 591.) 


CHILDKEN  BUILT 

The  Certain   Way  to  Grow  Healthy,  Sturdy 
Children  is  by  Intelligent  leeding. 


An  Iowa  mother  tells  of  the  naturally 
correct  instinct  of  her  5-year-old  boy.  She 
says  he  thinks  there  is  nothing  equal  to 
Grape-Nuts    for   breakfast. 

"When  he  was  a  little  boy  he  was  puny 
and  pale,  and  to  find  the  right  food  to  prop- 
erly nourish  him  was  a  difficult  problem. 
When  he  got  to  be  about  12  months  old 
we  commenced  using  Grape-Nuts  food  in 
our  family  and  I  began  feeding  him  a  little 
moistened  with  milk.  ■■  We  all  liked  Grape- 
Nuts,  but  he  liked  it  especially  well. 

"It  agreed  with  him.  He  began  to  grow 
plump  and  rosy,  and  for  years  he  has 
scarcely  eaten  a  breakfast  without  a  dish 
of  Grape-Nuts,  and  he  usually  eats  nothing 
else.  He  wants  it  and  will  take  no  substi- 
tute. He  has  never  been  sick  and  today 
is  a  remarkably  robust  child  with  a  fine 
muscular  development,  and  a  quick,  active 
brain — by  far  the  healthiest  and  strongest,, 
even  if  he  is  the  youngest,  of  my  five  chil- 
dren. 

"All  this  I  attribute  to  his  regular  use  of 
Grape-Nuts  food."  Name  given  by  Postum. 
Co.,  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

There's  a  reason.  Read  the  little  book,. 
"The  Road  to  Wellville,"  in  pkgs. 


I  December  7,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVAXOEU 


. 


The  Centenary  of  the  Great  Sea  Lord  »y  waiiam  Durban 


\ll  England  has  just  been  en  fete.  We 
have  been  celebrating  the  Nelson  cente- 
nary, by  which  is  meant  the  hundredth  anni- 
versary of  the  victory  at  Trafalgar,  which 
was  purchased  by  the  death  of  Lord  Nelson. 

Of  course  the. head  center  of  the  cclcbral  ion 
was  Trafalgar  Square,  the  spot  sometimes 
described  as  the  finesl  open  space  in  Europe. 
The  grand  area  close  by  Charing  Cross 
was  named  after  the  terrific  battle,  and  in 
the  center  of  it  rises  the  Nelson  column, 
crowned  with  the  figure  of  the  hero  known 
as  "England's  Darling," 

A   WORLD'S  HERO. 

Perhaps  I  should  hardly  devote  a  whole 
article  to  the  memory  of  Horatio  Nelson 
were  he  simply  one  of  the  celebrities  of  our 
insular  country.  But  this  marvelous  mod- 
ern Viking  was  the  greatest  seaman  the 
world  has  ever  seen.  That  is,  at  any  rate, 
an  American  opinion,  so  I  venture  to  re- 
peat it.  It  is  the  opinion,  that  is  to  say, 
of  no  less  an  authority  than  Captain  Mahan, 
the  talented  American  sailor  and  author, 
whose  "Life  of  Nelson"  in  two  fine  volumes 
I  have  recently  treated  myself  to  the  im- 
mense pleasure  of  reading.  It  is  the  classic 
biography  of  the  illustrious  admiral.  Every 
nation  during  the  past  century  has  been 
seeking  for  men  who  should  emulate  Nel- 
son— every  nation,  I  mean,  that  aspires  to 
the  possession  of  an  efficient  navy.  The 
latest  example  is  Japan.  She  has  found  her 
Nelson  in  Togo.  And  her  Trafalgar  was 
in  the  Battle  of  the  Inland  Sea,,  with  this 
difference,  that  the  hero  was  not  slain  in 
the  moment  of  triumph,  but  has  lived  to 
celebrate  his  wonderful  victory. 

A  SYNOPSIS  OF  HIS  LIFE. 

Probably  many  of  my  American  friends 
may  here  welcome  a  brief  summary  of  the 
wonderful  career  of  this  paramount  seaman. 
Undoubtedly  he  changed  the  world's  pros- 
pect by  utterly  destroying  the  colossal  pro- 
gram of  Napoleon.  He  saved  England, 
and  a  man  of  whom  such  a  statement  can  be 
made  must  be  regarded  as  having  exercised 
a  stupendous  influence  on  the  destim/  of  all 
civilized  nations.  The  Anglo-Saxon  race 
possesses  the  command  of  the  ocean  solely 
because  of  Nelson's  magnificent  genius  and 
indomitable  courage.  Napoleon  had  re- 
peatedly said  that  if  he  only  had  the  com- 
mand of  the  channel  for  six  hours,  he 
would  soon  become  master  of  the  world 
and  "England  would  cease  to  exist." 

Apart  from  his  astonishing  achievements 
the  career  of  Nelson  was  from  his  earliest 
years  crowned  with  romance.  Horatio,  the 
sixth  among  eleven  children  of  the  Rev. 
Edmund  Nelson,  a  Norfolk  clergyman,  was 
born  at  the  rectory  of  Burnham  Thorpe,  on 
September  29,  1758.  His  mother  died  when 
he  was  only  nine  years  old.  The  boy  was 
puny  and  delicate.  Ague  had  left  its  mark 
on  his  constitution,  and. he  had  none  of  the 
strength  which  is  usually  associated  with 
heroism.  When  he  was  only  twelve,  and 
therefore  very  imperfectly  educated,  he 
joined  the  navy,  under  the  care  of  his  uncle, 
Captain  Suckling,  then  in  charge  of  the 
"Raisonnable"  at  Chatham,  but  as  there  was 


little  or  nothing  in  the  way  of  experience 

to    be    gained    on    board,    he    "a-    presently 

despatched  on  a  voyage  10  the  West  Indies 

in    a    merchant    vessel,   that    he   might    harn 

seamanship,  which  he  did  most  thoroughly. 

AMONG  THE  ICEBERGS. 

Young  I  I  oral  10  was  u<\\  given  a  com- 
mission in  a  ship  sent  out  on  a  scientific  ex- 
pedition toward  the  North  Coir,  which 
nearly  resulted  in  his  being  hugged  by  a 
1'olar  hear,,  and  later  on,  being  stranded  or 
crushed  with  his  vessel  on  the  icefield.  Nel- 
son's whole  career  was  full  of  these  marvclou  ■ 
escapes.  It  seems  as  though  a  special  prov- 
idence watched  over  him  and  preserved  him 
for  the  glorious  work  before  him.  From 
the  Arctic  zone  he  was  transferred  to  the 
tropics  and  he  spent  eighteen  months  in  the 
East  Indies,  where  the  climate  broke  his 
health.  So  low  was  he  brought  that  he 
entirely  lost  the  use  of  his  limbs.  As  his 
only  chance,  he  was  invalided  home.  No 
wonder  that  he  began  to  despair  of  ever 
rising  in  his  profession.  Yet  this  very 
despair  led  to  the  resolve,  "I  will  be  a  hero." 

THE  TURN  OF  THE  TIDE. 

Suddenly  the  whole-  position  changed. 
The  promotion  of  the  young  sailor  was 
phenomenally  rapid  when  once  he  began 
t0'  rise.  He  was  post-captain  before  he  was 
twenty-one.  Said  one  who  knew  him, 
"Horatio  was  the  merest  boy  of  a  captain 
he  had  ever  seen.*'  And  a  lady  described 
him  as  "a  little  man  and  with  no  dignity." 
But  Nelson,  for  all  his  insignificance,  was 
one  of  the  most  fascinating  figures  of  his 
time.  Many  of  those  who  came  into  contact 
with  him  felt  the  magnetism  of  the  "blaze 
of  his  blue  eyes."  Again  and  again  he  was 
invalided.  He  lost  an  eye  in  one  battle  and 
an  arm  in  another.  There  is  not  space  here 
for  the  multitudinous  details  of  this  strange 
and  striking  life.  Nelson  went  on  one  dan- 
gerous expedition  after  another,  fought  a 
series  of  sea-battles  against  Frenchmen  and 
Spaniards,  and  was  always  risking  his  life 
with   the   most  absolute   recklessness. 

THE  THREE  GRAP  D  VICTORIES. 

Forever  associated  with  the  name  of  Nel- 
son will  be  the  geographical  names  of  the 
Nile,  iCophenhagen  arid  Trafalgar.  The 
battle  of  the  Nile  was  the  first  effective 
blow  struck  at  the  power  of  Napoleon.  The 
French  fleet  was  shattered  off  the  coast  of 
Egypt.  As  Nelson  said  himself.  "It  was 
not  a  victory :  it  was  a  conquest,"  and  a 
conquest  for  which  he  desired  every  ship 
in  the  fleet  to  give  thanks  to  Almighty 
God.  Nothing  so  striking  and  dramatic 
had  been  known  before  in  naval  warfare, 
and  Nelson's  praise  resounded  through 
Europe. 

LADY  HAMILTON. 

The  infatuation  of  Nelson  for  Lady 
Hamilton,  the  wife  of  Sir  William  Hamil- 
ton, British  minister  at  Naples,  is  a  de- 
plorable mystery.  Historians  are  fighting 
battles  all  their  lives  concerning  the  nature 
of  this  friendship.  There  is  no  doubt  that 
in  Naples  Lady  Hamilton  set  herself  to 
capture  Nelson's  affections,  and  that  she 
succeeded.  Then  followed  the  battle  of 
Copenhagen,  which  destroyed  the  great 
naval  confederation  of  the  north,  arranged 
by  the  influence  of  Napoleon.  Trafalgar 
was  the  climax  and  the  end. 

After  all,  what  was  the  real  secret  of 
Nelson's  greatness?     Probably  the  simplest 


er    is    the    correct    on< 
idolized  by  hi,  mbordinaft 

Catl   ''    Of    In  ■     '  on   p;-    ,0 

<    of   in-    intensely   human  \<m. 

I  !<•  was  a  h'-ro  not  only  of  . 

•ion,  but  of  humanity.     Even  in         ;;iuln 

and    hi-,    ucakre   lei    tu    did   not    forfeit    the 

homage  he  had  claimed     Historj  boo    -  only 

One   Nelson.     I   have  many  tim<  ]   in 

St.  Paul's  Cathedral  in  front  ion- 

ument    to    Nelson,    which   is   the  companion 
to  the  memorial  of  Wellington,  the 
of  English  soldiers.    That  sumptuous  tem- 
ple is  our  national  Valhalla,  f-nshrining  un- 
der  its  grandiose  dome  and  in  the 

remains  of  the  majority  of  our  mo-t  fa: 
warriors  of  the  land  and  sea   tervic 

&  m 

My    Impressions    of    the    Inter- 
church   Conference. 

(Continued  from  page  158IJ 

other  relating  to  the  relation  between  cap- 
ital and  labor.  Perhaps  I  would  n  rt  ob- 
ject to  anything  contained  in  the-e  r --.olu- 
tions.  I  simply  think  it  was  not  a  wise 
thing  for  the  conference  to  make  deliver- 
ances with  reference  to  such  controverted 
matters,  and  especially  as  these  matters  lie 
outside  of  the  immediate  work  of  the 
churches.  But  the  resolutions  will  prob- 
ably be  a  dead  letter,  and  consequently 
they  should  be  allowed  to  rest  in  peace. 

7.  My  final  thought  about  the  confer- 
ence is  that  it  was  a  sign  of  the  times. 
Even  ten  years  ago  such  a  conference 
would  have  been  impossible.  That  it  was 
possible  in  the  year  1905  is  the  miracle  of 
the  beginning  of  this  twentieth  century. 
What  does  it  indicate  for  the  future?  Ev- 
idently it  is  the  beginning  of  the  end  of 
sectarianism.  The  forms  of  the  hateful 
old  thing  may  continue  to  exist  for  a 
while,  but  me  spirit  of  sectarianism  has 
already  been  cast  out.  Let  us  hope  that 
it  may  never  return  again,  and  that  soon 
we  shall  realize  not  only  a  federation  of 
churches,  but  a  union  of  all  who  love  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

A   BUSINESS   FRIEND 
To  be  Counted  on   Under  all  Circumstances. 


One  of  the  bright  business  women  of 
New  York  city  who  found  that  coffee  was 
wrecking  her  nervous  system,  bringing  on 
severe  neuralgic  attacks  and  making  her 
"extremely  irritable,"  writes  that  -he  has 
found  a  staunch  friend  in  Postum  I 
Coffee : 

"I  left  off  the  old  kind  of  coffee  com- 
pletely and  entirely.  This  I  found  was 
easy  to  do,  since  Postum  was  pleasing  to 
my  palate  from  the  beginning.  Indeed 
all  my  family  are  with  me  in  thinking  it 
delicious  when  it  is  properly  prepared — 
and  by  that  I  mean  boiled  long  enough. 

"I  have  not  had  one  single  attack  of 
neuralgia  since  I  began  to  drink  Postum 
some  months  ago.  my  nerves  have  become 
steady  and  the  odd  annoying  irritability 
has.  thank  Postum.  passed  away.  I  can- 
not withhold  this  acknowledgment  which 
is  made  in  all  sincere  gratitude."  Name 
given  by   Postum  Co..  Battle  Creek.   Mich. 

There's  a  reason.  Read  the  little  book, 
"The  Road  to  Wellville,"  in  pkgs. 


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sees,  ilie  kingdom  oi  God  was  still  future. 
and  thai  the  Messianic  "hope"  of  the  Old 
Testament  developed  into  the  expectation 
of  the  second  coming  of  Christ. 


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Jesus  of  Nazareth.  His  Lite  and  Scones 
of. His  Ministry.  By  William  E.  Bar- 
ton. D.D-  Pilgrim  Press.  New  York 
and  Chicago.     558  pages.     $2.50  net. 

This  handsome  new  illustrated  life  of 
Christ  was  not  written,  as  the  author  says, 
to  maintain  a  theory,  hut  to  make  the  life 
of  Jesus  seem  real.  Dr.  Barton  has  been 
a  successful  writer  oi  hooks,  and  he  entered 
into  the  preparation  of  this  volume  with  all 
the  enthusiasm  of  the  scholar  and  lover 
of  the  great  person  ahout  whom  he  writes. 
But  the  hook  is  not  weighted  down  with 
the  thought  of  the  student :  rather,  it  is  a 
popular  presentation  of  the  life  and  scenes 


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The  Freedom  ok  Authority,  by  T.  Mac- 
bride  Sterrett.  D.  D.  The  "Macmillau 
Company.     320  pages.     $2  net. 

The  author  of  this  series  of  studies  can 
"say  things.'  Mis  aim  is  to  maintain  the 
reasonableness  of  a  man  of  modern  culture 
frankly  and  earnestly  worshiping  in  some 
form  of  "authoritative  religion" — in  any 
form  rather  than  in  no  form.  Hence  he 
strongly  opposes  the  "mechanical  view"  of 
the  universe,  and  seeks  to  vindicate  the 
concrete  rationality  of  the  religious  side  of 
man's  life.  F'rofessor  Sterrett  is  a  good 
counterbalance  to  those  who  have  been  be- 
witched by  Sabatier.  He  takes  up  recent 
hooks  by  that  writer.  Harnack.  and  Loisy, 
and  defends  with  great  spirit  and  acumen 
external  authority  as  against  the  tendency 
to  magnify  the  authority  of  religious  ex- 
perience. Though  he  is  a  keen  critic  the 
spirit  of   Professor  Sterrett's  work  may  he 


"Peter    and    John    Running    to    the    Sepulchre,"  by  Eugene  Bernaud.   From  "Jesus  of  Nazareth." 


of  Christ's  ministry,  and  all  the  more  val- 
uable in  that  it  is  so  very  admirably  illus- 
trated. Indeed,  we  know  of  no  volume  that 
contains  anything  like  so  many  rare  illus- 
trations entirely  devoted  to  the  life  of  the 
Savior  and  scenes  in  Palestine.  There  are 
350  illustrations.  250  of  these  representing 
noted  paintings,  old  and  new.  The  chapters 
dealing  with  the  Christ  of  Art  are  especial- 
ly valuable. 


The  Messianic  Hope  in  the  New  Tes- 
tament, by  Shailer  Mathews.  Uni- 
versity of  Chicago  Press.  cSvo.  330 
page.-.    S2.50  net. 

The  author's  view  point  may  he  seen  from 
his  last  paragraph  :  "In  a  word,  to  remove 
or  to  allow  for  Messianism  is  not  to  de- 
stroy the  essentials  of  the  Gospel — the  per- 
sonality, the  teaching  and  the  resurrection 
of  Jesus;  a  rational  faith  in  God  as  Father: 
a  certainty  of  divine  forgiveness;  an  ex- 
perience of  the  eternal  life;  'in  assurance 
of  a  complete  life  beyond  and  because  of 
death.  It  i>  rather  to  make  them  more 
intelligible,  more  convincing,  more  cer- 
tain, and  more  dynamic."  F'rofessor 
Mathews  ha>  won  a  high  place  as  a  Bible 
scholar,  and  he  may  be  classed  as  a  "higher 
critic'  of  the  conservative  type.  In  the 
eyes  of  the  author  and  those  who  accept 
the  critical  conclusions  the  book  is  con- 
structive; but  even  some  who  will  go  a 
long  way  with  modern  interpretations  may 
think  that  Professor  Mathews  misrepre- 
sents the  balance  of  emphasis.  In  this  vol- 
ume there  i-  much  that  is  valuable,  much 
that  will  reward  the  student;  but  many 
readers  will  halt  before  the  author's  con- 
tention that   with  Jesus,  as  with  the  Phari- 


gauged  from  this  quotation :  "To  the  re- 
ligious man.  the  meanest  flower  of  religion 
that  blows  should  be  regarded  as  sacred. 
With  contempt  for  none  and  with  charity 
for  all,  is  a  temper  that  will  do  more 
to  promote  the  religious  life  of  our  genera- 
tion than  any  form  of  intellectual  recon- 
ciliation of  religion  with  modern  culture." 
It  is  in  this  spirit  that  he  points  out  the 
weaknesses  of  a  school  of  thought  that  has 
its  strong  side. 

*?•  , '-  ■     . 

V 

Russia  AM)  its  Crisis,  by  Paul  Milyou- 
kov.  University  of  Chicago  Press.  590 
pages.     $3. 

This  book  will  not  increase  our  respect 
for  the  Czar's  government.  It  is  a  plea 
m  defense  of  the  revolutionary  idea.  But 
it  is  more  than  that.  It  is  a  presentation  of 
conditions  that  would  not  pass  the  censojr,yet 
a  picture  that  in  some  respects  is  different 
from  that  in  the  eyes  of  most  Americans. 
The  author  combats  the  view  that  Russia 
has  been  stagnant,  either  politically,  social- 
ly or  intellectually,  and  contends  that  there 
have  been  great  and  rapid  changes.  The 
volume  is  peculiarly  timely  in  appearance, 
and  it  deserves  more  attention  than  we  can 
give  it  at  this  moment. 

@ 

An  Introduction  to  the  Old  Testament, 
by  J.  E.  McFadyen,  M.  A.     New  York: 
A.  C.  Armstrong  &  Son.    356  pages. 
Professor   McFadyen's   volume   is   written 
for   the  man    who  desires  to   acquire  easily 
a  knowledge  of  the  attitude  of  present-day 
criticism  to  the  Old  Testament  as  a  whole. 
Its  discussion  is  neither  elaborate  nor  orig- 
inal.    But  the  book  serves  well  the  purpose 
of  the  author.     Professor  McFadyen's  suc- 


Decemkek  7.  1905 

cess  is  in  setting  forth  in  an  interesting 
fashion  the  salient  arguments  leading  to 
the  most  probable  conclusions  of  the  higher 
criticism,  and  in  his  emphasis  upon  the  re- 
ligious value  of  the  Old  Testament,  whether- 
one  adhere  to  traditional  opinions  or  ac- 
cept the  critical  views. 


The  Moslem  Doctrine  OF  Goo,  by  Samuel 
M.  Zwemer.  American  Tract  Society. 
50  cents. 
Unless  we  know  the  Moslem's  idea  of 
God  we  can  not.  as  the,  author  contends, 
understand  his  creed  or  change  hij  phi- 
losophy,, nor  intelligently  communicate  our 
idea  of  God  to  him.  It  is  to  learn  the  ex- 
tent and  content  of  the  one  great  truth. 
Monotheism,  which  is  the  strength  of  Islam. 
thai:  this  book  is  written.  The  differences 
between  the  two  ideas  of  the  Creator  as 
presented  in  Mohammedanism  and  Chris- - 
tianity  are  strikingly  set  forth.  No  parlia- 
ment, of  religions  can  reconcile  such  funda- 
mental and  deep-rooted  differences.  And 
how  great  a  task  the  missionary  who  pro- 
claims the  Cross  of  Christ  to  the  follow- 
ers of  the  prophet  has  before  him  is  made 
apparent  in  this  bodk.  But  one  who  grasps 
these  differences  as  presented  by  Dr. 
Zwemer  will  be  the  better  equipped  to 
overcome  that  which  is,  as  Dr.  Alexander 
McLaren  has  declared,  a  kind  of  bastard 
Christian  it  v. 

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The    Balanced    Life,    by    Clarence    Lath- 
bury.       Philadelphia  :     The  Nunc  Licet 
Press.     264  pages.    $1. 
A  lover  of  "the  good,   the  beautiful   and 
the  true,"   the  author  has  given   us  a  book 
that  is  delightful,  inspiring,  and  that  buoys 
us    Godward.      From   the.  first   Rage,   where 
the    doctrine    that    health    is    wholeness,    to 
the  last,*  where  Walt  Whitman's  "Joy!  joy! 
all  over  joy!"  is  hymned,  the  book  is  rev- 
erent and  optimistic.     The  writer  has  style ; 
indeed,  for  popular  effect  the  diction  is  too 
ornate. 

® 
The  Cricket  on  the  Hearth,  by  Charles 
Dickens.     New   York.      E.    P.    Dutton   & 
Co.,   171   pp. 
A   very  admirable  edition  of  this  always 


From   "The   Cricket  on  the  Hearth,"  a  Dickens 
Christmas  Book. 

popular  fairy  tale  of  home  has  been  pre- 
pared, the  illustrations  being  by  C.  E. 
Brock. 

® 

The  Aftermath  of  Slavery,  by  William 
A.    Sinclair,    A.M.,    M.  D.        Boston: 
Small,  Maynard  &  Co.  358  pages.   $1.50 
net. 
Though    it    be    one-sided,    this    is    a    re- 
markable  book.      Forcibly,   clearly,   calmly, 


Decembbs  7.  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


oik-  <>t  iIh-  race  puts  before  us  a  study  of 
tin-  conditions  and  environment  of  tli>- 
American  negro.  We  may  dissent  from 
sonic  statements.  Ii  is  natural  that  a  writer 
horn  in  slavery,  bill  who  lias  won  a  vv 1 1 1 1 < ■ 
man's  culture,  should  speak  just  as  warmly 
for  liis  race  as  a  while  man  would  under 
like  conditions:  vet  there  is  not  a  great 
deal  to  take  exception  to.  in  the  matter  of 
the  advocacy.  Facts  are  cited,  quotations 
are  made.  It  is  the  first  hook  to  tfivc  a 
complete  review  of  the  civil  history  of  the 
negro  since  lie  has  had  a  civil  history. 


Child  Characters  from  Dickens, 
New  York.  E.  P.  Button  &  Co. 
Pp.  320. 

L.  L.  Weedon  has  here  resketched 
for  children  characters  created  hy  a 
great  writer  and  without  obliterating 
thai  writer'-  peculiarities  and  charm. 
The  get-up  of  the  hook  is  fine  and 
the  illustrations  hy  Arthur  Dixon 
are  excellent. 

William  Lloyd  Garrison.— The 
centennial  of  the  birth  of  the  great 
moral  crusader.  William  Lloyd  Gar- 
rison, will  he  celehrated  en  Dec.  10. 
We  are  glad  to  call  attention  at  this 
particular  moment  to  two  hooks 
published  hy  the  Funk  &  Wagnalls 
Company,  of  New  York,  which  give 
a  very  excellent  narrative  and  esti- 
mate of  the  life  and  works  of  one 
whom  America  ought  to  appreciate 
and  receive  inspiration  from.  The 
work  written  by  Archibald  H.  Grim- 
ke  is  the  fuller  and  deals  more  with 
the  actual  conditions  and  facts  in 
the  life  of  the  abolitionist.  That  of 
Goldwin  Smith  is  a  biographical  es- 
say founded  on  "The  story  of  Gar- 
rison's life,  told  by  his  chj-ldre'n:" 
This  is  a  compilation  of  the  larger 
work  so  far  as  the  facts  are  con- 
cerned, but  the  Canadian  writer  adds 
an  estimate  formed  from  his  own 
point  of  view  which  is  the  more 
valuable  from  the  fact  that  it  is 
as  unbiased  as  it  is  perhaps  possible  to  get 
from  writers  who  have  almost  imbibed  the 
air   that   Garrison   himself  breathed. 

The  Story  ov  the  Churches  ;  The  Disci- 
ples of  Christ,  by  Errett  Gates,  Ph.  D. 
New  York :    The  Baker  &  Taylor  Co. 

This  is  a  very  attractive  little  volume 
of  something  over  three  hundred  pages,  in 
a  series  of  brief  historical  sketches  of  the 
larger  Protestant  churches.  They  are  evi- 
dently intended  merely  to  afford  a  kind  of 
bird's-eye  view  of  the  origin  and  princi- 
ples, the  growth  and  present  condition,  of 
these  religion-  bodies.  In  some  respects 
this  volume  is  quite  satisfactory,  but  in 
others  it  may  justly  be  subjected  to  crit- 
icism. The  story  of  the  sources  of  our 
movement  is  exceedingly  well  told,  and 
the  early  growth  of  the  Disciples  portrayed 
in  evidently  sympathetic  spirit.  But  as 
the  narrative  advances  the  reader  begins 
to  feel  that  the  author  is  slowly  losing  his 
admiration  for  the  movement  with  which 
he  at  first  seemed  in  perfect  accord,  and 
his  criticisms  become  more  frequent  and 
severe.  Without  denying  that  they  are  in 
the  main  just,  as  statements  of  fact,  it  is 
a  fair  question  whether  it  was  necessary 
to  devote  so  much  space,  in  so  small  a 
volume,  to  telling  of  the  bigotry  and  sec- 
tarian conceit  that  marred  our  noble  plea 
for  the  union  of  the  Christian  world.  It 
is  not  always  wise  to  talk  too  much  of 
family  squabbles,  for  they  do  not  always 
mean  so  much  as  would  seem -to  an  out- 
sider. Hence,  we  believe  Dr.  Gates'  vol- 
ume is  also  open  to  criticism  for  the  ex- 
tended discussion  given  to  the  unfortunate 
vagaries  of  some  of  our  editors,  whose 
antics  have  indeed  made  high  heaven  to 
weep,  and  their  brethren  ashamed  of  them, 
but   the   permanent   effects   of   which    upon 


our  movement  are  nol  so  substantial  a 

warrant  their  lengthy  discussion  in  a   sober 

volume  <>\  history. 

If  Dr.  Gates  could  rewrite  the  latter  half 
of  the  volume,  for  the  next  edition,  and, 
passing  over  these  matters  with  but  the 
briefest     mention,    give    space     to    a     fuller 

setting  forth  of  the  fundamental  principle? 

involved    in    our   plea    fot   the   restoration    of 

.\ew  Testament  Christianity,  as  a  mean- 
to  the  unity  of  the  Church  of  God. 
and  the  conversion  of  the  world  lo  the 
Lord    Jesus,    his    volume,    in    so   many    ways 


From   "Child   Characters  from  Dickens." 

admirable,  could  take  a  worthy  place  in 
our  literature,  and  be  made  an  acceptable 
medium  of  indoctrinating  the  religious 
world  in  our  position.  Even  with  its  faults, 
which  1  have  tried  to  plainly,  but  kindly, 
point  out.  it  is  a  valuable  work,  and  one 
which  cur  people  ought  to  read. 

W.    F.   Richardson. 
Kansas  City,  Mo. 


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— Christmas  is  coming! 

— This  number  is  to  help  you  get  ready 
for  it. 

— C  W.  B.  M.  Day  was  well  observed 
in  St.  Louis. 

— St.  Louis  churches  are  planning  for  a 
Simultaneous  evangelistic  campaign  next 
fall. 

— The  dedication  of  the  new  church  at 
Mexico  has  been  postponed  until  Decem- 
ber  17. 

— The  Editor  had  the  privilege  of  enjoy- 
ing a  most  interesting  entertainment  at  the 
Hamilton  Avenue  Christian  Church  on  a 
recent  evening,  in  which  the  "Tenth  Legion" 
and  the  "Dorotheaus'  gave  a  review  of  the 
Sunday  school  lessons  for  the  past  six 
months  in  a  series  of  recitations.  Follow- 
ing this  was  a  temperance  oration  embody- 
ing the  principles  taught  in  the  temperance 

55  ns.  the  whole  closing  with  a  very  in- 
teresting and  animated  debate  between 
four  of  the  young  girls  as  to  whether 
Vashti  or  Esther  presented  the  higher 
model  of  womanly  virtue,  modesty,  and 
heroism.  Brothers  Morley  and  Stockton,  as 
grave  and  reverend  seniors,  were  appointed 
tellers  to  take  the  vote  of  the  audience  on 
the  merits  of  the  discussion.  Brother 
Stockton  summed  up  the  situation,  and 
made  the  report  for  the  organization  for 
the  coming  year  in  a  few  appropriate  and 
humorous  remarks,  which  pleased  the 
audience.  The  whole  entertainment  re- 
flected great  credit  upon  those  participating, 
and  upon  the  teachers,  especially  upon 
Brother  Merryman,  who  gives  no  little  time 
and  labor  to  his  class.  The  church  expects 
to  get  into  the  basement  of  its  new  build- 
ing with  the  Sunday  school  not  later  than 
January. 

— Defiance,  la.,  loses  S.  C.  Shoup,  who 
has  gone  to  Anthon. 

— A  church  has  recently  been  organized 
at   Ball's   Landing   Ky. 

— C.  \V.  Comstock  will  relinquish  the 
pastorate  at  Gallatin,  Mo..  January  1. 

— The  First  Church  at  Noblesville,  Ind. 
will  be  served  by  R.  W.  Clymer.  of  Scran- 
ton.  Pa. 

— \Y.  H.  Hobbs  of  Eolia.  Mo.,  will  give 
two  of  his  Sundays  in  each  month  to 
Paynesville. 

—A  new  tabernacle  will  be  erected  for 
the  brethren  meeting  at  Frederick  avenue, 
St.  Joseph  Mo. 

— A.  F.  Ainswortli.  of  Goldfield,  la.,  and 
W.  C.  Cole,  of  Jewell  Junction,  la.,  recent- 
ly exchanged  pulpits. 

— A  church  has  been  organized  at  Ram- 
sey, 111.,  by  C.  Munroe.  of  New  Douglas. 
The  church  needs  a  preacher  to  locate. 

— P.  W.  Walthall  has  gone  to  Horse 
Cave.  Ky.,  where  he  will  live  with  his 
father,  who  is  in  poor  health. 

— J.  II  Mayfield,  Winchester,  Kan.,  who 
\va^  formerly  minister  at  Gallatin,  has  been 
visiting  and  preaching  in  that  vicinity. 

— \\  .  M.  Long,  who  has  had  a  success- 
ful pastorate  at  Xew  Martinsville,  W.  Va., 
will  take  charge  of  the  work  at  Pcrryo- 
pplis  Pa. 

— Thomas  Martin,  in  Sandy  Lak_,  Pa., 
has  been  delivering  h.s  lecture,  "The  Jeru- 
salem Tragedy,"   with  considerable  success. 


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He     recently     gave     it     in     the     Methodist 
church  at  Xew  Lebanon,  Pa. 

— E.  R.  Clarkson  has  accepted  a  call  to 
the  church  at  Red  Bluff,  Cal.,  and  is  upon 
the  field.  He  believes  there  is  opportunity 
for  a  profitable  ministry. 

— J.  W.  Robins  gave  the  brethren  at 
Pana,  Til.,  great  satisfaction  in  the  Bible 
institute  he  held  for  them.  He  may  be 
addressed  at   Harristown,  111. 

— The  addition  to  the  church  at  Mt.  Yer- 
non.  111.,  having  been  completed,  a  very 
delightful  dedication  service  has  just  been 
held  and  all   the  money  raised. 

— We  regret  to  record  the  death  of  Mrs. 
Perry  \Yortman.  the  mother  of  J.  M.  Car- 
penter, pastor  of  the  church  at  Yirginia, 
111.,  who  passed  away  at  Cuba,  111.,  Nov.  30. 

— The  new  building  at  Woodbine,  la., 
will  be  dedicated  December  31,  and  the  cost 
will  be  provided  before  that  ceremony. 
Services  are  now  being  held  in  the  base- 
ment.    B.  Franklin  Hall  is  the  minister. 

— Edwin  C.  Boynton.  pastor  of  the  Uni- 
versity Christian  Church,  Waco.  Tex.,  writes 
enthusiastically  of  the  meeting  being  held 
by  John  S.  Sweeney,  and  expresses  the  hope 
that  many  of  our  churches   will  hear  him. 

— J.  F.  Findley  has  accepted  a  call  from 
our  church  at  Fort  Collins.  Col.,  and  will 
take  charge  of  the  work  there  as  soon  as 
he  has  received  his  B.  D.  degree  at  the 
December  convocation  of  the  University 
of  Chicago. 

— E.  C.  Sanderson,  president  of  the  Eu- 
gene Divinity  School,  paid  a  pleasant  visit 
to  The  Christian-Evangelist  office  on  his 
return  from  a  trip  through  the  east,  during 
which  he  was  present  at  the  Interchurch 
Conference. 

— James  H.  Brooks  writes  from  Blythe- 
ville,  Ark.,  that  a  month  ago  there  was  no 
church  building  in  Steele,  Mo.,  but  that  a 
few  faithful  men  assumed  the  obligation 
and  a  building  is  now  nearing  completion. 
A  meeting  has  just  begun. 

— M.  L.  Buckle}',  after  closing  a  five 
years'  pastorate  at  Harrison,  O.,  reports  that 
he  has  found  a  good  field  and  a  loyal  peo- 
ple among  the  congregation  at  Collinwood, 
lately  served  by  C.  A.  Freer.  During  his 
six  weeks'  charge  there  have  been  nine  ad- 
ditions. 

— Claris  Yeuell  acknowledges  gifts  from 
the  following  towards  the  liquidation  of  the 
debt  on  the  Christian  Tabernacle  at  Balti- 
more: The  Ladies'  Aid,  Footville.  Wis.; 
Mrs.  Emma  Wetmore,  Mattie  L.  Baily  and 
Cloe  Brazleton.  "Who  will  be  the  next?" 
he  asks. 

— G.  M.  Reed  reports  that  a  jubilee  serv- 
ice has  been  held  at  Peabody,  Kan.,  and  the 
mortgage,  which  has  been  burdening  the 
church  for  a  number  of  years,  burned. 
Brother  Reed  has  been  there  four  months, 
during  which  time  the  church  has  been 
freed  from  debt. 

— L.  L.  Carpenter  recently  visited  the 
church  at  Mt.  Byrd.  Trimble  county,  Ky., 
and  raised  $1,150  to  pay  off  an  indebted- 
ness of  $i,oco  which  the  church  had  been 
carrying  en  the  parsonage.  An  old-fash- 
ioned Kentucky  dinner  was  one  of  the 
features  of  the  day. 

— The  church  at  Nevada.  Mo.,  will  hold 
a  meeting  in  January,  the  pastor,  W.  W. 
Burks,  leading.  His  predecessor,  G.  W. 
Edwards,  did  five  years  of  telling  work  for 
the  Nevada  church,  which  is  united,  has  a 
splendid  house,  is  out  of  debt,  and  ready 
to  move   forward   in  every  good  work. 

— A  church  of  47  members  has  been  or- 
ganized, as  a  result  of  the  meeting  at  Hood 
River,  Ore.,  held  by  T.  S.  Handsaker  and 
wife.  Another  congregation  was  organized 
with  68  members  at  Odell.  in  the  same  ter- 
ritory. These  churches  have  called  W.  A. 
Wood,  of  Fulton,  Mo.,  to  minister  to  them. 

— K.  E.  Blanchard,  who  is  now  located  at 
Smith  Center,  Kan.,  reports  that  as  Brother 
Harding  left  the  church   there  in  fine  con- 


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while  having  your  savings 
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vestment, upon  which  there 
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quired, no  cost  of  mortgage 
records  or  foreclosures, 
and  upon  which  you  will 
net  a  larger  rate  of  inter- 
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tioning this  paper,  to 

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Corresponding  Sec'y  American 
Christian  Missionary  Society, 

CINCINNATI,  OHIO. 


dition  his  new  work  starts  out  very  hope- 
fully. The  corner  stone  of  the  new  church 
at  Dewey,  seven  miles  from  there,  has  just 
been  laid.  The  work  of  building  will  be 
prosecuted   as   rapidly  as   possible. 

— We  hear  very  good  reports  of  Boys' 
and  Girls'  Rally  Day,  and  we  regret  that 
we  have  not  space  to  publish  some  of  the 
figures  of  the  collections  that  have  been 
taken.  All  schools  are  expected  to  observe 
this  day,  and  the  offering  should  be  sent 
promptly  to  Benj.  J.  L.  Smith,  American 
Christian  Missionary  Society,  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
Building,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

— The  new  building  of  our  church  in 
Sioux  City,  la.,,  will  be  ready  for  occupancy 
about  April  1.  Since  selling  the  old  prop- 
erty the  congregation  has  been  meeting  in 
halls.  The  building  now  reaching  com- 
pletion is  in  the  most  desirable  location 
in  the  town.  It  has  been  a  hard  struggle 
but  under  J.  K.  Ballon,  the  present  pastor, 
the  outlook  for  a  good  work  is  most  en- 
couraging. 

— The  tenth  anniversary  of  the  wedding 
of  Brother  Earle  Wilfley  and  his  wife  has 
jnst  been  celebrated  by  the  members  of 
the  congregatiem  at  Crawfordsville,  Ind.  It 
was  a  very  happy  occasion,  according  to 
a  lengthy  account  in  the  local  paper,  which 
makes  it  evident  that  Brother  and  Sister 
Wilfley  have  a  warm  place  in  the  hearts 
of  the  membership.  They  were  the  recip- 
ients of  many  tokens  of  esteem. 

— Under  J.  Si  Raum  our  church  at  Sag- 
inaw, Mich.,  has  prospered  both  numeric- 
ally and  financially-  The  current  expenses 
have  been  paid,  about  $1,000  raised  on  an 
old  church   debt,   and  during  the  past  two 


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Tl  IE  CHRIST! AN-EVANGEUST. 


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years  150  members  have  been  added,  while 
Brother  Rattm  has  visited  otlicr  cbaarches 
and  held  revival  meetings,  with  r 7 r  addi- 
tions as  the  result.  S.  M.  Martin  is  now  con 
ducting  an  evangelistic  meeting  for  the 
church. 

— In  the  course,  0>f  the  Inlrrclnirch  Con- 
ference, Dr.  Slicer,  at  a  meeting  of  the 
Unitarian  Club,  made  a  statement  which 
impliedly  classed  the  Disciples  of  Christ 
with  the  Unitarians,  and  the  mailer  was 
reported  in  "The  New  YOrk  Herald."  Dr. 
W.  T.  Moore  took  the  matter  upland  wrote 
a  letter  to  the  editor  of  that  paper  in  which 
he  pointed  out  that  nothing  could  fee  fur- 
ther from  the  truth  than  Dr.  Sheer's  state- 
ment. 

— Two  young  Chinese  boys,  Chu'  Fun 
and  Chu  Yung,  of  the  First  Church.  St. 
I,. mis,  are  exceedingly  anxious  to  obtain 
an  education  with  a  view  to  doing  mis- 
sionary work  amongst  their  own  people. 
They  have  been  offered  this  by  the  Metho- 
dists, but  they  desire  to  go  to  one  of  our 
schools.  Sister  John  L.  Brandt  wishes 
to  find  some  one  who  will  be  responsible, 
wholly  or  in  part,  for  the  cost  of  send- 
ing these  boys  to  one  of  our  institutions. 

— A  very  excellent  little  manual,  entitled, 
"Four  Weeks  of  Family  Worship  for  Busy 
Homes,"  has  been  prepared  by  W.  E.  Bar- 
ton, of  Oak  Park,  111.,  to  aid  those  who 
find  it  difficult  to  maintain  family  worship. 
A  sample  will  be  sent  free  to  any  one  inter- 
ested. As  Dr.  Barton  bears  the  expenses 
himself  we  suggest  that  the  nominal  amount 
of  ten  cents  to  cover  cost  and  postage, 
might  reasonably  be  sent.  If  there  is  an 
immediate  demand  for  the  booklet  Dr. 
Barton  will  have  it  reprinted. 

— "I  never  knew  Brother  McGarvey  so 
lame  in  any  effort  as  in  his  attack  on  your 
book,  'The  Holy  Spirit;  C." 

The  best  of  men  sometimes  get  on  the 
wrong  track,  and  make  a  lame  attack.  The 
man  whose  specialty  is  to  point  out  flaws  in 
the  literary  products  of  others  is  liable 
occasionally  to  let  drive  at  imaginary  mis- 
takes. It  serves  a  double  purpose,  however, 
in  giving  the  critic  a  congenial  task,  ( and 
in  advertising  the  work  he  criticises.  'We 
have  had  ten  single  orders  for  'The  Holy 
Spirit  today."  said  the  book  man,  a  few- 
minutes  ago,  and  it  is  yet  early.  "A  hun- 
dred orders  this  week." 

— On  Friday  evening,  December  1,  the 
Central  Church  of  Christ,  Des  Moines,  la., 
celebrated  the  twentieth  anniversary  of  the 
pastorate  of  H.  O.  Breeden.  The  occasion 
is  well  worth  a  celebration,  for  this  union 
during  a  score  of  years  between  Brother 
Breeden  and  his  flock  has  been  most  fruit- 
ful in  results  of  far-reaching  importance. 
He  has  shown  himself  a  preacher  of  won- 
derful resources  and  administrative  ability 
during  these  years  of  fruitful  service,  and 
the  church  has  shown  its  wisdom  in  retain- 
ing his  services  through  all  these  years. 
These  lengthening  pastorates  among  us  are 
the  best  evidences  of  the  growing  spiritual 
life,  both  in  our  ministers  and  churches, 
and  we  congratulate  both  the  church  and 
the  preacher  on  the  happy  occasion  of  this 
twentieth  anniversarv  of  their  union. 


SUFFERED  15  YEARS 
From    Itching    and    Painful    Humor,    Affecting- 
Head      and    Body.     Cured    in    a 
Week    by    Cuticura. 

"For  fifteen  years  I  had  eczema  all  over 
my  head  and  body.  Words  cannot  express 
how  I  suffered  from  the  itching  and  pain. 
I  had  given  up  hope  when  a  friend  told 
me  to  get  Cuticura.  After  bathing  with 
Cuticura  Soap  and  applying  Cuticura  Oint- 
ment for  three  days,  my  head  was  as  clear 
as  ever,  and  to  my  surprise  and  joy,  one 
cake  of  soap  and  one  box  of  ointment  made 
a  complete  cure  in  one  week."  (Signed) 
H.  B. -Franklin.  717  Washington  St.,  Alle- 
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— We  regret  that  owing  to  a  clerical 
error  the  name  of  President  T.  E.  Cramblet, 
of  Bethany  College,  was  omitted  in  the 
report  from  the  names  of  the  members  of 
the  Centennial  Committee. 

— The  following  note  comes  to  hand  as 
we  close  this  week's  paper : 

"Brother  L.  C.  .Wilson  passed  to  his  re- 
ward in  heaven  on  November  29.  Services 
were  held  at  the  church  at  Cheneyville,  La., 
on  December  I,  by  me.  Sister  Wilson 
started  for  Indiana  the  next  day  with  the 
remains,  where  they  will  be  laid  to  rest  in 
Cambridge  City.  Brother  Wilson  died  of 
heart  trouble,  expiring  in  a  few  minutes. 

"L.   A.   Betcher, 
"Minister  at  Alexandria,   La." 

Brother  Wilson  was  quite  widely  known 
as  a  contributor  to  our  papers  and  as  the 
author  of  a  work  on  the  history  of  infant 
baptism.  Our  sympathies  are  extended  to 
his  bereaved  wife. 

— Referring  to  the  position  which  The 
Christtan-EvangEeisv  has  antagonized 
concerning  our  praying  for  the  Holy  Spirit, 
one  of  our  ministers  writes :  "I  would  feel 
very  badly  indeed  to  know  that  it  repre- 
sents any  considerable- number  of  our  min- 
isters." We  can  relieve  our  brother's  mind 
on  that  subject  by  assuring  him  that,  so  far 
as  we  know,  there  are  very  few  preachers 
among  us  who  endorse  President  McGar- 
vey's  position.  Not  a  day  passes  that  we 
are  not  receiving  words  of  commendation 
of  the  position  advocated  in  the  Editor's 
book  on  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  by  The 
Christian-Evangelist.  The  investigation 
now  going  on  is  widespread.  We  hear  of 
reviews  of  the  book  being  written  for  min- 
isterial alliances  in  very  many  of  the  states 
and  in  a  large  number  of  the  cities.  In- 
vestigation in  the  light  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment is  what  is  needed.  If  what  Christ 
and  the  apostles  say  on  this  subject  be  ac- 
cepted without  evasion  or  reservation  .we 
have  nothing  more  to  ask. 

— Tn  another  column  we  give  some  par- 
ticulars about  the  movement  that  has  been 
inaugurated  for  sending  L.  L.  Carpenter  to 
the  Holy  Land.  Wre  announced  this  proj- 
ect some  months  ago  when  it  was  first 
talked  of.  We  are  glad  to  see  that  under 
Brother  Edgar  F.  Daugherty,  the  minister 
of  our  church  at  Wabash.  Ind.,  where 
Brother  Carpenter  resides,  definite  action 
has  been  taken  with  regard  to  raising  the 
necessary  funds.  Suggestions  of  this  kind 
often  end  in  talk.  The  matter  has  gone 
too  far,  and  it  would  be  unworthy  a  great 
brotherhood  that  this  pleasure  should  not 
be  accorded  to  one  .who  has  served  our 
cause  so  long  and  so  faithfully.  The  idea 
is  to  let  Brother  Carpenter  and  his  wife 
start  on  February  8  from  New  York  for 
a  three  months'  trip,  in  company  with  B.  B. 
Tyler,  F.  D.  Power,  and  others.     We  sug- 


gest that,  in  addition  to  the  personal  offer- 
ings that  may  be  contributed  for  this  cause, 
a  collection  be  taken  in  every  church  which 
Brother  Carpenter  has  dedicated,  and  the 
proceeds  sent  at  one-  10  Brother  Daughertv 
or  Brother  Xewnan. 

—Dr.  B.  B.  Tyler,  of  the  South  Broad- 
way Church,  Denver,  recently  invited  the 
men  of  the  church  to  dine  with  him.  and  a 
hundred  men  sat  down  at  the  table.  There 
were  toasts  to  ."Our  Gymnasium.''  "Our 
Sunday  School."  "Our  Young  F'eople."  etc. 
It  was  at  this  meeting  that  the  balance  of 
the  funds  was  raised  for  paying  off  the 
church  debt.  So  successful  was  this  meet- 
ing in  every  way  that  one  enthusiastic 
brother  proposed  that  they  have  "an  annual 
dinner  at  least  once  a  month" !  Brother 
Tyler  sails  on  his  trip  to  the  Orient  on 
February  8.  He  earnestly  solicits  the  com- 
pany of  other  brethren  besides  those  who 
have  already  agreed  to  accompany  him.  It 
would  be  a  delight  to  make  this  trip  in  com- 
pany with  such  men  as  B.  B.  Tyler.  F.  D. 
Power.  Charles  S.  Medbury,  Peter  Ainslie. 
L.  L  Carpenter.  J.  K.  Hester,  and  others. 
and  it  will  assist  Brother  Tyler,  who.  in 
consequence  of  the  sacrifices  he  has  made 
in  behalf- of  the  mortgage-burning  at  Den- 
ver, is  entitled  to  this  consideration,  and 
to  this  rest.  We  only  regret  that  circum- 
stances make  it  impossible  for  us  to  ac- 
company his  party. 


Final  Results  of  the  Pittsburg  Campaign. 

Final  telegraphic  reports  of  the  century 
simultaneous  revival  at  Pittsburg  indicate 
the  following  ehanges  from  the  figures  in 
another  column:  Allegheny.  First.  294: 
Allegheny,  Shady  Avenue.  62 ;  Bellevue, 
51  ;  Chariieroi,  103  ;  Ellwood  City.  10 :  Home- 
stead, 98;  McKees  Rocks.  104:  Meadville. 
37;  New  Castle,  First.  159;  New  Castle. 
Central.  54;  Erie.  2?:  Banksville.  26; 
Pittsburg.  Fourth.  38:  Bellevemon.  17: 
Scottdale.  6:  Washington.  First.  124:  Wil- 
kinsburg,  62;  Beaver,  2. 

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A  New  Hospital. 

Yielding  to  a  general  desire  on  the  part 
oi  the  Indiana  churches  for  the  location  of 
one  oi  its  emprises  within  the  borders  of 
their  own  state,  our  National  Benevolent 
Association  has  purchased  the  splendidly 
equipped  hospital  at  Valparaiso,  and  will 
maintain  it  for  the  benefit  of  the  indigent 
sick  oi  our  churches.  It  is  improbable  that 
there  is  a  better  hospital  in  the  state.  It 
is  believed  this  ministry  will  not  only 
greatly  help  deserving  poor,  but  also  pop- 
ularize the  cause  of  apostolic  Christianity 
with  the  people  and  glorify  the  King. 

Any  one  giving  $1,000  to  this  work  may 
have  a  room  and  bed  named  for  him  or  her. 
Geo.  L.  Snively.  of  St.-  Louis,  will  answer  all 
correspondence  in  reference  to  the  matter. 
Help  of  any  kind  will  be  greatly  appreciated. 

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W.  Daviess  Pittman. 

It  is  a  pleasure  to  us  to  call  the  especial 
attention  of  our  readers  to  the  announce- 
ment of  the  W.  Daviess  Pittman  Invest- 
ment Co..  which  appears  on  the  second  page 
of  the  cover  of  this  issue  of  The  Chris- 
tian-Evaxgelist.  Brother  Pittman  needs 
no  introduction  to  our  St.  Louis  readers ; 
he  has  been  a  resident  of  this  city  during 
his  entire  life,  and  since  his  youth  has  been, 
not  a  nominal,  but  an  active  and  zealous 
member  of  the  Christian  Church.  His  un- 
selfish work  in  behalf  of  the  Second  Chris- 
tian Church  is  evidence  of  his  earnestness. 
He  has  a  national  reputation  also  as  Secre- 
tary of  the  Business  Men's  Association  of 
the  Christian  Chruch.  Brother  Pittman  has 
an  unsullied  reputation  in  the  business 
world,  and  can  safely  be  trusted  to  faith- 
fully discharge  any  trust  committed  to  him. 
His  experience  of  twenty-five  years  has 
made  him  an  expert  in  the  investment  of 
money  in  strictly  legitimate  and  straight- 
forward enterprises. 

His  advice  concerning  any  intended  in- 
vestment would  he  honest,  unbiased  and 
valuable.  When  there  are  so  many  schemes 
of  doubtful  character  being  exploited,  it 
is  certainly  the  part  of  wisdom  to  secure 
the  counsel  and  aid  of  such  a  man. 

"A  Service  of  Sentiment." 

There  is  taking  form  a  movement  to  send 
to  the  Holy  Land,  L.  L.  Carpenter — "The 
Tall  Sycamore  of  the  Wabash."  "Prince  of 
Dedicators."  and  "Father  to  Bethany  As- 
sembly." 

Considerable  publicity  has  already  attend- 
ed the  suggestion,  but  the  facts  and  plan  of 
procedure  are  now  made  public.  The  initi- 
ative was  taken  by  twenty  preachers  at 
Bethany  Park  last  August,  who  promised 
two  hundred  dollars  in  pledges  of  ten  dol- 
lars each.  Frequent  inquiries  as  to  who 
were  the  responsible  persons  have  indi- 
cated a  general  and  hearty  approval  of  the 
idea. 

It  was  remembered  in  time  that  while- 
Brother  Carpenter  was  roaming-the.  land  ;n 
service  for  the  cause,  his  good  wife  "tar- 
ried with  the  stuff"  at  home,  and  so  the 
need  of  her  presence  with  him  was  ac- 
knowledged. A  thousand  dollars  will  meet 
the  expenses  of  Brother  and  Sister  Carpen- 


ter and  it  is  confidently  believed  that  his 
many  friends  will  immediately  consummate 
the  plan  whereby  this  dream  of  his  long  life 
is  to  be  realized.     It  has  been  a  luxurv  unto 


W.   R.   WARREN, 

Secretary  of  the  Pittsburg  Campaign,  who 
has  just  been  chosen  to  be  Secretary 
of  the  Centennial  Fund. 


which  he  could  not.  in  his  past  experi- 
ence, attain  because  of  his  busy  life  and 
lack  of  means. 

If  any  of  the  matter-of-fact  in  disposition 
should  be  disposed  to  ask,  "To  what  pur- 
pose is  this  waste?"  when  calls  for  missions 
and  benevolences  are  so  many,  sufficient 
answer  is  to  be  found  in  recalling  him 
who  first  asked  the  question,  and  the  serv- 
ice that  prompted  it.  No  less  than  Mary's 
alabaster  box  of  ointment  for  her  Master 
will  this  service  to  the  venerable  dedicator 
be  for  him  a  service  of  sentiment  from 
a  brotherhood  not  without  appreciation. 

It  is  a  service  for  his  friends  to  con- 
summate. Let  no  one  think  his  contri- 
bution will  not  be  needed.  In  whatsoever 
heart  the  impulse  may  rest  to  have  a  share 
in  the  fellowship  of  this  beautiful,  timely 
service,  let  the  impulse  arise  to  immediate 
aciizT..  It  is  to  be  made  a  Christmas  greet- 
ing to  him  who  has  served  the  cause  well, 
today  is  the  day  to  manifest  your  faith 
that  such  a  service  is  not  superfluous.  Cor- 
respondence in  regard  to  the  plan  has  been 
mailed  by  its  secretary,  E.  F.  Daugherty. 
the  pastor  of  the  Wabash,  Ind.,  church. 
Either  he,  or  the  treasurer  of  the  fund,  C.  B. 
Newnan,  1126  Park  avenue,  Indianapolis, 
will  faithfully  receipt  for  every  assistance 
to   this   "Christmas   Greeting." 

Brother;  Carpenter's  friends  are  ..too  nu- 
merous to  be  all  reached  by  personal  appeals 
in  letters  from  the  secretary,  so  this  an- 
nouncement is  made  in  the  religious  press 
that  "whosoever  will"  may  manifest  a 
financial,  no  less  than  a  sentimental,  ap- 
proval of  the  plan. 

Changes. 

Coler.  Prof.  G.  P.— Del  Norte,  Col.,  to  1-316 

Washtenaw  avenue,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 
Hopper,   R.   A. — La   Habra,   to   Santa   Ana, 

California. 
Gehres,  A.  Walter — Veedersburg,  to  Brook, 

Indiana. 
Shoesmith,  Wm. — Logan,  to  Estherville,  la. 
Zeran,  John  S. — Alexandria,  La.,  to  Farm- 

ington,  Mo. 


A  National  Enterprise. 

After  a  personal  examination,  thorough- 
ly believing  in  the  strategic  value  of  a 
strong  church  centrally  located  at  Hot 
Springs.  Ark. — a  national  sanitarium — we 
offer  the  use  of  our  columns  to  present  the 
claims  of  this  work  to  the  brotherhood. 
The  brethren  there  have  purchased  a  lot 
in  a  fine  location  for  $5,000.  Two-fifths 
of  this  has  been  provided  for.  leaving 
three-fifths  to  be  provided  for.  The  dia- 
gram explains  the  situation.  There  are 
'fifty  squares.  Each  one  represents  $100. 
The  twenty  white  ones  represent  the  part 
of  the  lot  already  paid  for.  The  thirty 
dark  squares  represent  the  part  to 
be  provided  for.  The  object  is  to  chase 
the  dark  shadows  from  these  thirty  squares 
and  make  them  white.  Every  $100  raised 
will  whiten  one  square.  Will  you  not  help 
in  this  good  work  ?  We  give  below  a  few 
words'  from  brethren  who  know  the  needs 
and  urgency  of  the  situation : 

"Having  made  several  visits  to  Hot 
Springs,  I  can  speak  from  personal  ob- 
servation of  its  claims  as  a  mission  point. 
There  is  not  a  place  in  the  United  States 
that  affords  a  better  opportunity  to  preach 
the  Gospel  to  every  nationality  than  this 
famous  health  resort.  The  work  at  Hot 
Springs  is  worthy  the  aid  of  every  Dis- 
ciple of  Christ.  N.  M.  Ragland, 
"Fayetteville,  Ark." 

"With  this  number,  as  you  will  see  by 
the  above  statement,  of  The  Chrisitan- 
Evangeltst,  an  effort  is  to  be  made  to  save 
our  church  lot,  which  is  endangered  by  the 
great  fire  of  last  Februaryr.  The  necessity 
of  this  effort  grows  out  of  the  importance 
of  Hot  Springs  as  a  mission  field  and  our 
great  loss  in  the  big  fire.  There  were  six 
hundred    homes    and    one    hundred    hotels 


and  business  houses  burned,  with  a  prop- 
erty loss  of  $2,000,000.  We  purchased 
the  lot  two  years  ago,  have  paid  $2,000  and 
still  owe  $3,000.  Nineteen  of  our  families 
and  parts  of  families  lost  their  homes  and 
business  in  the  fire,  and  for  this  reason 
can  render  but  little  aid  in  this  hour  which 
tries  men's  souls.  We  can  not  do  what 
has  often  been  suggested  to  us — that  is, 
sell  the  present"  location  and  buy  a  cheaper 
one.  We  tried  to  do  this  immediately  after 
the  fire,  but  were  unable  to  find  a  site  that 


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WOllld  do  at  all.  There  now  remains  Imt 
one  of  two  things  for  us  to  do — cither  pay 
for  the  one  we  have,  or  turn  it  hark-  to 
the  parties  from  whom  we  purchased  it, 
and  abandon  Hot  .Springs  as  a  mission  field. 
I  am  sure  that  it  is  the  wisli  of  all  that 
we  do  not  give  up  the  fight,  hut  that  we 
hold  the  fort,  despite  fire  and  water;  if  so, 
send  us  reinforcements,  hrcthren,  at  once. 
It  would  he  a  shame  to  abandon  a  field 
like  this  for  the  need  of  $3,000.  Who 
■would  care  for  our  sick  and  needy?  Who 
would  preach  the  simple  Gospel  to  the 
125,000  visitors  who  frequent  this  great 
health  resort  each  year?  Who  would  work 
for  our  boys,  who  come  here  to  the  num- 
ber of  23,000  yearly  ?  Abandon  the  field 
because  the  home  church  has  had  a  fire? 
God  forbid  !  There  are  thousands  of  breth- 
ren, any  one  of  whom  could  give  this 
amount  and  be  richer  in  faith  for  the  gift. 
Let  us  make  short  work  of.  raising  this 
money.  We  can  do  it.  Let  600  brethren 
send  us  $5  this  week,  and  the  work  is 
done ;  or,  300  $10  each,  and  the  cause  is 
saved.      Send  all   contributions  to 

"T.    N.    KlNCAIL), 

"132    East    Garland    avenue.    Hot    Springs, 
Ark." 


A  Bible  for  Christmas. 

Our  readers  will  be  pleased  to  notice  on 
the  last  page  of  this  issue  the  announce- 
ment of  the  "Economy  Bible  Club,"  where- 
by arrangements  have  been  made  to  give 
The  Christian-Evangelist  subscribers  the 
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A  Western  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence. 

(Continue//  from  page,   1384.) 

in  the  religious  life  of  the  East.  Distinctly 
American,  in  its  origin,  it  partakes  of  the 
plainness  of  the  "plain  people/'  as  Lincoln 

called  them;  universal  in  its  scope,  it  has 
dug  down  under  the  frippery  and  rubbish 

of  ecclesiastical  courts  and  councils,  past 
confessions,  hoary  with  age,  down  to  the 
bed-rock  of  a  human  faith  in  a  divine  reve- 
lation, and  there  it  stands  with  its  face 
to  the  future.  Another  forward  step  has 
been  taken  toward  that  golden  age  when  the 
invocation  of  the  Lord's  prayer  will  be  an 
abiding  reality  and  not  a  hollow  mockery, 
as  it  has  been  throughout  so  many  of  the 
centuries  that  are  gone.  What  the  Ameri- 
can revolution  did  to  emphasize  the  funda- 
mental truth  of  the  democracy  that  all  men 
are  equal  before  the  law,  this  movement 
is  doing  to  make  all  men  equal  in  the 
church  ;  when  its  mission  has  been  accom- 
plished the  religion  of  the  future  will  be. 
not  a  chain  to  bind  man  to  the  skeleton  of 
dead  forms,  but  a  silken  cord  to  draw  him 
closer  to  his   Maker. 

The  large  and  enthusiastic  body  of  people 
who  claim  to  be  "Christians  only,"  repre- 
sent only  a  small  part  of  the  good  that  has 
come  out  of  the  movement  into  a  larger 
religious  life  and  liberty;  many  who  do  not 
see  their  way  clear  to  join  the  "Disciples" 
contend  for  the  same  freedom  of  thought 
in  their  respective  communions;  others  in 
the  various  "young  people's  organizations 
are  working  toward  the  same  end,  the 
democracy    of   believers. 

The  day  is  surely  coming  when  many  a 
tradition  fondly  cherished  from  the  days 
gone  by  because  of  its  association  with 
some  hero  of  a  sect,  many  a  shibboleth  of 
party  manufacture  that  has  kept  apart  ear- 
nest, God-fearing  men,  will  be  dumped  along 
with  caste,  aristocracy,  and  the  divine  right 
of  kings,  into  the  rubbish  heap  where  lie 
alike  the  crutches  and  the  handcuffs  of  the 
past.     In  those  days  a  more  mature  genera- 


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These  Vtrere  the  two  ideas  developed  by 
\Yilli-v.ir  tarty  in  the  sermon  which  may  be 
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co-laborer  and  partner  of  God  who  has 
laid  to  heart  the  promises  regarding"  the 
absolute  certainty  of  the  ultimate  success 
of  the  kindgom  :  "My  word  shall  not  re- 
turn unto  me  void" ;  "Greater  works  than 
these  shall  ye  do." 

But  expectancy  should  be  unlocked  only 
by  the  key  of  attempt.  Let  no  man  hope 
for  more  than  he  is  willing  to  try ;  for  to 
reap  not  only  what  we  have  sown,  but  also 
in  proportion  as  Ave  have  sown,  was  taught 
men  both  by  nature  and  reason  long  ere 
it  was  written  in  the  Book. 

Our  brethren  in  western  Pennsylvania 
have  rightly  combined  hope  and  help,  ex- 
pectancy and  enterprise ;  they  planned  great 
things  in  evangelism ;  they  worked  their 
plans ;  they  waited  on  God.  Belief  plowed 
and  scattered.  Trust  confidently  awaited 
the  harvest.-  Men  of  faith  planned,  prayed 
and  wrought  while  ever  looking  to  God  for 
increase. 

The  plan  was  a  great  one :  Meetings  to 
begin  ■  simultaneously  in  all  our  churches 
in  .western  .  Pennsylvania  where,  a  preach- 
er was  regularly  employed  ;  meetings  to  be 
held  in  the  best  theater  of  Pittsburg  on 
Sunday  afternoons,  and  great  overflow 
meetings     arranged     for ;     noon     meetings 


daily  in  one  of  the  greatest  auditoriums 
of  the  city ;  singers  of  national  renown  se- 
cured to  sing  the  Gospel ;    evangelists  and 


W.   J.   WRIGHT, 

Superintendent  of  Evangelism,  who  is  plan- 
ning great  things  in  aggressive  Chris- 
tian work. 

preachers,  the  peer  of  any  in  the  land, 
provided  for  the  various  congregations ;  a 
down  town  office  established  and  main- 
tained  with   all   modern   equipment   for  the 


dispatch  of  business;  advertising  gener- 
ously done,  so  that  a  single  insertion  cost 
a  hundred  or  more  dollars ;  daily  reports 
expected  at  headquarters  from  each  m 
ing.  and  daily  reports  sent  from  headquar- 
ters to  each  meeting,  so  thai  the  inspiration 
of  the  whole  movement  should,  as  far  as 
possible,  be  brought  to  every  person  in  the 
campaign. 

Without  doubt  thev  planned  great  tilings 
in  evangelism,  for  there  was  scarce  a  thing 
which  would  have  added  to  the  effective- 
ness of  the  organization  which  had  not 
been  anticipated  and  provided. 

Here  are  some  of  the  fruits  : 

1.  More  churches  engaged  in  the  cam- 
paign than  at  any  time  in  our  history.  In- 
deed, I  know  of  no  such  evangelistic  move- 
ment in  the  ranks  of  any  religious  people. 

2.  The  preparation  was  the  most  com- 
plete known  to  me,  it  having  commenced 
nearly  fifteen  months  before  the  meeting 
and  continued  without  intermission. 

3.  A  larger  number  of  able  preachers 
and  evangelists  were  secured  than  ever 
came  together  in  one  of  our  meetings.  One 
of  the  Pittsburg  committee  said  that  in  his 
opinion  no  finer  or  abler  body  of  evangel- 
ists had  ever  been  brought  together  for  a 
single  enterprise  since  the  days  of  the  apos- 
tles. 

4.  The  general  plan  of  campaign  was  the 
most  comprehensive,  and  the  details  the 
most  fully  wrought  out  of  any  campaign 
within   my  knowledge. 

5.  The  results  in  additions  to  the 
churches  are  the  largest  within  my  knowl- 
edge in  any  religious  body. 

0.  The  results  in  the  way  of  addressing 
great  multitudes  of  people  who  were  pre- 


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December  7,  1905 


-  j  unfamiliar  with  our  plea :  in  gain- 
ing the  attention  of  the  press,  whieh  fully 
set  forth  the  restoration  movement  in  which 
we  are  engaged :  in  having  the  throngs  read 
our  tracts,  papers  and  books ;  in  impressing 
a  great  community  with  the  simplicity  and 
c:h  of  our  position:  in  revealiug  to 
our  brethren  at  once  their  weakness  and 
strength  in  the  region ;  in  proving  the 
power  oi  simultaneous,  harmonious,  united 
action  in  evangelism ;  in  discovering  uni- 
dentified brethren  and  bringing  them  into 
membership  in  the  churches ;  in  making  a 
of  friends  both  within  the  denomina- 

s  and  the  world;   in  pointing  out  where 


and  how  we  may  organize  other  congrega- 
tion- at  various  points  in  the  district;  in 
making  our  presence  and  power  known 
both  to  the  denominations  and  the  world; 
in  the  countless  things  which  edify  the 
saints  anil  make  the  whole  church  thank 
God  and  take  courage,  and  especially  in 
making  our  brethren  throughout  the  land 
undertake  simultaneous  campaigns  for  soul 
winning,  and  in  large  districts,  as  well  as 
towns  and  cities,  move  in  a  body  upon  the 
works  of  Satan,  this,  our  greatest  evan- 
gelistic campaign,  is  a  model  and  gladdens 
our  hearts  and  gives  promise  of  greater 
things  in   evangelism. 


AN    ESTIMATE    OF   THE   REVIVAL     By  Wallace  Tharp 


A  calm  and  competent  survey  of  the  see- 
able  and  touchable  results  of  the  Pittsburg 
simultaneous  revival  is  surpassingly  inspir- 
ing. 

To  attempt  to  "cast  up"  these  results  and 
to  express  them  in  corresponding  terms  or 
in  art  form  would  be  well-nigh  impossible. 

All  the  local  actuaries  of  the  enterprise 
are  pleased,  even  delighted;  and  every  one 
of  the  visiting  evangelists  has  expressed 
himself  as  not  only  delighted  but  amazed  at 
the  magnitude  of  the  plans  and  the  boldness 
and .  confidence  of  the  ones  who  projected 
them.  The  whole  enterprise  has  been  pre- 
eminently successful,  and  has  marked  a  new 
and  brighter  epoch  in  the  matter  of  city 
evangelization. 

It  has  been  an  articulable  exhibit  and 
demonstration  of  what  may  be  accomplished 
if  men  are  willing  to  spend  and  be  spent  for 
the  cause  of  the  Master.  It  has  made  man- 
ifest that  the  day  of  attempting  small  things 
is  forever  past;  for,  even  though  we  con- 
templated what  seemed  the  very  largest 
things  we  could  have  reasonably  hoped  for, 
if  there  is  one  regret  it  is  that  we  did  not 
plan  even  larger  than  we  did.  It  has  further 
demonstrated  that  solidarity,  oneness  and 
union  of  plan  and  movement  are  absolutely 
necessary  to  success. 

The  richest  and  fullest  note  in  all  this 
anthem  of  work  has  been  that  not  one  of 
those  engaged  in  the  forty  meetings  felt 
that  it  was  a  separate  meeting,  but  that  it 
was  only  a  part  of  one  great,  united  revival. 
No  rivalry,  no  odious  comparison,  no  dis- 
cordant tones;  but  one  continuous  and  joy- 
ous "provoking  of  one  another  to  good 
works,"  and  a  daily  coming  together  in 
union  mass  meetings  to  report  successes 
and  to  shake  hands  and  rejoice,  and  to  enter 
into  a  season  of  holy  worship  together  that 
we  might  be  stronger  for  the  work  each 
day  in  the  separate  fields. 

It  has  likewise  clearly  shown  the  power  of 
wise  and  full  advertising.  To  attempt  to 
reach  a  great  city  by  the  magic  of  oratory, 
bewitching  of  song  or  the  power  that  may 
lie  in  the  sublime  and  holy  truth  of  a  plea, 
without  keeping  that  oratory,  song  and 
truth  constantly  before  the  eye  of  the  city 
through  the  daily  papers  and  by  diplomatic, 
exhibit  advertising,  is  doomed  to  failure. 
The  daily  papers  of  a  city  can  make  or 
break  any  endeavor.  When  your  city  at- 
tempts a  campaign,  and  you  are  morally 
bound  to  do  it,  brother  mine  of  the  great 
city,  let  your  best  gifts  be  laid  under  tribute 
in  the  matter  of  daily  and  attractive  adver- 
tising both  in  and  without  the  daily  papers. 
You  must  not  fail  here. 

( lur  very  calm  and  deliberate  judgment  is 
that  more  has  been  accomplished  in  the 
matter  of  giving  general  publicity  to  the 
especial  movement  that  we  feel  is  ours  than 
could  have  been  done  in  twenty  years 
of  the  usual  endeavor.  What  we  stand  for 
has  been  published  in  such  terms  and  in 
such  style  that  peoples  who  would  not  have 


noticed  separate  and  single  meetings  have 
stopped  and  studied  the  people  and  plea 
that  could  do  such  things  as  we  have  done 
in  the  united  revival. 

It  was  tremendously  fortunate  that  our 
campaign  was  on  right  at  the  time  of  the 
sittings  of  the  convention  in  New  York  on 
the  federation  of  churches.  The  city  papers 
made  much  of  that  meeting,  and  the  note  of 
union  that  had  been  ringing  in  our  song, 
preaching,  praying  and  printing  chimed  in 
so  consonantly  with  the  purpose  and  spirit 
of  that  meeting  in  New  York  that  it  got  for 
us  an  attention  and  hearing  that  was  even 
rather  out  of  the  ordinary.  And  we  made 
much  of  it,  too. 

We  do  not  feel  that  the  1,800  additions  to 
the  churches  during  the  revival  is  the  meas- 
ure of  results.  While  this  is  fair,  even 
great,  we  are  quite  sure  that  other  results 
are  even  greater. 

We  feel  that  we  have  touched  some  vir- 
gin territory  so  far  as  our  work  is  concerned. 
To  those  outside  of  western  Pennsylvania  it 
would  be  hard  to  represent  fully  this  situa- 
tion. This  is  one  of  the  most  self-satisfied 
parts  of  God's  earth.  For  centuries  it  has 
rested  under  the  doctrine  that  the  greater 
part  of  it  is  "God's  elect,"  in  the  Calvinistic 
sense,  and  every  phase  of  Presbyterianism 
is  handsomely  entrenched  here,  and  is 
carrying  on  its  work  in  the  most  delight- 
fully self-satisfied  way,  never  dreaming  but 
that  Jesus  has  "paid  it  all"  for  them  and 
that  they  now  owe  nothing.  And  they  have 
been  fully  persuaded  of  their  "election." 
And,  friends,  it  did  look  like  they  were 
elected,  too;  for  they  had  glorious  church 
houses,  were  wealthv  and  refined  and  cul- 


tured— indeed  they  had  nearly  all  the  points 
of  what  really  an  "elected"  people  should 
have.  Now  it  is  no  small  matter  to  get  a 
hearing  among  "the  elect"  except  you  come 
with  the  doctrine  of  election.  But  it  is  a 
fact  that  even  they  have  been  led  to  con- 
sider the  sanity,  simplicity  and  catholicity  of 
the  plea  we  made. 

Our  own  churches  have  caught  glimpses 
of  larger  victories  and  larger  things  and  are 
inspired  to  larger  hope  and  larger  endeavor. 
Indeed,  the  countenance  of  Christ's  bride 
here  is  simply  radiant,  while  her  whole  be- 
ing is  redolent  of  health  and  hope. 

We  esteem  the  investment  of  time,  money, 
brain,  sacrifice  and  labor  the  very  best  in- 
vestment we  have  ever  made. 

"Go  thou  and  do,  likewise." 

Allegheny,  Pa. 

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THE  ANNALS  OF  THE  CAMPAIGN  By  Walter  S.  Rounds 


The  campaign  opened  October  29.  Two 
or  three  churches  began  their  meetings  be- 
fore this  date  and  several  entered  later.  All 
together  forty-one  churches  were  engaged 
in  the  work.  A  mere  statement  of  this  fact 
is  sufficient  to  show  the  spirit  of  unity 
among  the  churches. 

On  the  afternoon  of  this  day  the  first 
central  meeting  was  held  in  the  Nixon 
theatre,  with  John  E.  Pounds  as  preacher. 
This  theatre  is  the  finest  in  Pittsburg  and 
cost  the  committee  one  hundred  dollars  a 
Sunday.  Any  fears  that  some  might  have 
had  as  to  the  success  of  the  central  meet- 
ings were  dissipated  when  the  theatre,  seat- 
ing twenty-six  hundred,  was  filled  and 
closed  ten  minutes  before  three  o'clock  and 
the  old  Third  Presbyterian  Church,  seating 
fifteen  hundred,  was  comfortably  filled  by 
the  time  set  for  the  opening  of  the  services. 
Allen  Wilson  addressed  the  overflow  meet- 
ing. 

For  the  four  following  Sundays  two  after- 
noon meetings  wereheld,  with  great  audiences 
and  unabated  interest.  On  November  5 
H.  L.  Willett  delivered  a  masterful  ad- 
dress in  the  theatre  and  \V.  T.  Brooks  ad- 
dressed the  audience  in  the  church.  On 
November  12  Z.  T.  Sweeney  and  Geo.  B. 
Ranshaw  spoke  at  the  theatre  and  church 
respectively,  while  on  November  10  John  G. 
Slayter,  of  the  East  End  Church,  and  Chas . 
Reign  Scoville   performed  the   same  office. 

On  November  26,  in  addition  to  addresses 
by  J.  H.  Garrison  and  A.  McLean,  a  union 
communion  service  was  held  in  the  theatre 
and  the  church.  The  service  was  carefully 
planned  and  was  carried  through  in  an 
orderly  and  reverent  manner.  It  was  a 
time  of  exaltation  when  every  heart  was 
lifted  to  God  in  thankful  praise  for  his  rich 
benefits. 

Noon  services  were  held  daily  in  the  old 
Third  Presbyterian  Church  on  Sixth  avenue, 
from  12:10  to  12:55.  These  continued  every 
weekday  except  Saturday  for  four  weeks. 
For  three  weeks  the  sermons  were  pieached 
by  visiting  evangelists  and  it  is  safe  to  say 
that  not  once  was  a  discordant  note 
sounded.  During  the  last  week  Dr.  John 
Weidley,  of  the  Lutheran  church,  Dr.  J.  T. 
McCrary,  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church, 
Dr.  W.  H.  W.  Rees,  of  the  Methodist 
church,  J.  H.  Garrison  and  A.  McLean 
made  the  addresses.  The,  interest  in  thes* 
meetings  was  sustained  remarkably  well  and 
their  influence  was  incalculable.  The  ser 
mons  were  both  devotional  and  evangel- 
istic. These  noon  services  not  only  im- 
pressed Pittsburg,  but  furnished  the 
largest  opportunity  for  most  delightful  fel- 
lowship between  the  evangelists  and  pastors 
of  the  churches. 

It  may  be  well  here  to  call  attention  to 
one  most  admirable  feature  of  the  cam- 
paign.   The     Netz    sisters,  *of     Toledo,    a 


Oils   Cure  Cancer  -  Statement  of  W.  H. 

Gaines,  Sec'y.  Sullivan  County 

S.  S.  Association. 

Bloomingdale,  Tenn.  May  9,  1905. 
Dr.  D   M.  Bye  Co.,  Indianauolis,  Ind. 

Dear  Sirs  and  Brothers. —  I  recommended  Mr.  Geo. 
W.  Lindamood  to  you  last  (all.  He  told  me  he  sent 
for  vour  treatment,  and  the  ugly  looking  growth  on 
his  fa  e  was  taken  away  without  pain.  Before  that  I 
sent  for  treatment  for  Mr.  Ford,  and  his  lip  gives 
him  no  more  trouble.  I  shall  recommend  all  sufferers 
with  tumors  or  cancerous  sores  to  send  for  your 
treatment.  It  is'  by  this  means  I  could  expect  treat- 
ment Irom  you  if  cancer  should  come  10  afflict  nie,  as 
I  am  poor  and  have  a  large  young  family.  With 
manv  yood  wishes,  I  am.  Yours  trulv, 

W.  H.  H.GAINES. 

We  cure  all  forms  of  cancer  and  tumor  with  sooth- 
ing, balmy  Oils.  Most  cases  treated  at  home. 
Doctors,  lawyers  and  ministers  endorse  it.  Write  for 
Iree  books  on  cancer  to  the  Home  Office.  Address 
DR.  D.  M.  BYE  CO.,  Drawer  105,  Depi.  411,  Indian- 
apolis, Ind. 


quartet  of  sweet  singers  of  rare  power 
were  engaged  for  the  entire  campaign.  At 
every  down-town  service  their  voices  were 
heard  singing  the  praises  of  our  I^ord,  and 
each  day  seemed  only  to  increase  their  ef- 
fectiveness and  power.  On  November  5, 
Mrs.  Princess  Long,  of  Paris,  Ky.,  arrived, 
and  lent  the  charm  ot  her  voice  to  the 
services  until  November  15,  when  she  was 
compelled  to  leave.  In  addition  to  the 
down-town  meetings  the  Netz  sisters  and 
Mrs.  Long  sang  at  the  service  of  some 
church  every  night  and  Sunday  so  long  as 
they  were  here.  Their  usefulness  in  the 
campaign  is  unquestioned. 

The  results  in  the  local  churches  differed 
widely  according  to  circumstances,  as 
necessarily  they  must.  The  "mother" 
church  in  Allegheny,  where  Wallace  Tharp 
is  pastor  and  Charles  Reign  Scoville  was 
the  evangelist,  was  fortunate  in  having  the 
largest  numerical  increase,  246  being  the 
last  report,  though  their  meeting  is  not  yet 
ended. 

Shady  Avenue,  Allegheny— Grant  E. 
Pike  pastor  and  G.  W.  Thompson  evange- 
list—closed with  sixty  accessions.  The 
church  was  greatly  strengthened  in  its  work. 

At  Observatory  Hill,  where  John  A.  Joyce 
ministers  and  Cecil  Armstrong  was  evangel- 
ist, there  were  nineteen  additions,  which 
means  much  to  that  work. 

At  Bellevue  the  people  commonly  de- 
clare that  the  meeting  just  closed  was  the 
best  one  the  churchhas  ever  enjoyed.  There 
were  forty-five  additions.  A.  W.  Place  is 
minister  and  E.  D.  Jones,  of  Cleveland,  was 
the  evangelist. 

Braddock— O.  H.  Philips  pastor  and 
G.  W.  Moore  evangelist— closed  a  good  meet- 
ing with  twelve  additions. 

Beaver  Falls— Z.  E.  Bates  pastor  and 
W.  H.  Williams  evangelist  closed  its  meeting 
with  twenty  additions,  but  the  good  results 
are  seen  in  a  continuance  of  additions  since 
the  meeting  closed. 

California  closed  its  meeting  with  F.  A. 
Bright  before  the  regular  campaign  opened. 
There  were  nine  additions.  H.  L.  Atkinson 
is  pastor. 

At  Charleroi,  where  H.  G.  Connelly 
ministers  and  Clarence  D.  Mitchell  was  the 
evangelist,  there  have  been  ninety  addi- 
tions, with  the  end  not  yet. 

Carnegie— W.  T.  Barnes  pastor  and  E.  J. 
Meachem  evangelist— reports  twenty-five 
accessions  and  a  splendid  meeting. 

Crafton  was  the  only  church  in  the  dis- 
trict that  held  its  meeting  in  a  hall.  There 
were  four  additions,  and  steps  have  been 
taken  to  build  immediately.  Geo.  B.  Ran- 
shaw held  a  splendid  meeting.  Walter  S. 
Rounds  is  minister. 

Connellsville  enjoyed  one  of  the  large 
meetings  of  the  campaign,  there  being 
ninety-six  confessions,  twenty-six  by  state- 
ment and  nine  by  letter,  making  a  total  of 
131.  C.  M.  Watson  is  the  pastor  and  W.  J. 
Lockhart  was  the  evangelist,  with  J.  D. 
Garmong  as  singer. 

Brother  Sawtell  held  his  own  meeting  at 
Duquesne  with  the  help  of  C.  B.  Dabney. 
Under  discouraging  circumstances  there 
were  fifteen  accessions. 

At  Erie  J.  H.  Hughes  is  assisting  F.  A. 
Bright.  Twenty-five  additions  are  reported, 
with  the  meeting  not  yet  closed. 

F.  F.  Schultz  held  his  own  meeting  at 
Ellwood  City,  with  seven  additions.  Brother 
Schultz  had  a  large  ingathering  here  less 
(nan  a  year  ago. 

Greensburg  entered  1he  campaign  with 
the  regular  minister,  Norman  W.  Philips, 
doing  the  preaching.  Ldcal  conditions  have 
interfered  with  its  success. 

The  First  clutch,  Pfhsburg,  was  un- 
fortunate in  the  illness  and   absence  of  their 


pastor,  H.  U.  Clark,  during  the  first  part  of 
the  meeting.  But  sixty-five  additions  indi- 
cate the  splendid  results.  W.  J.  Wright 
was  the  evangelist  and  J.  E.  Sturgis  the 
singer. 

E.  Fee  Perry  assisted  J.  F.  Futdier  at  the 
Fourth  church  and  there  were  thirty-eight 
additions. 

At      Central,     there      were     ninety     ad- 
ditions.    C.  L.  Thiirgood  was  assisted  b> 
Brooks  Brothers. 

John  G.  Slayter  held  his  own  meeting  at 
the  Fast  End  Church.  There  were  fifteen 
additions  in  this  important  field  in  three 
weeks. 

At  Knoxville  where  additions  to  the 
church  are  constant,  there  was  an  it. crease 
of  fifty-five.  R.  IF  Fife  assisted  r .  M. 
Gordon,  the  pastor. 

E.  D.  Salkeld,  assisted  by  W.  F.  Shearer, 
evangelist,  led  the  Homestead  Churr-h  on 
to  a  great  victory.  They  reported  ninety- 
seven  additions 

The  Second  Church  at  Johnstown— Her- 
bert Steed  pastor — began  their  meeting  last 
Sundav. 

McKees  Rocks  passed  the  hundred  mark. 
S.  E.  Brewster,  the  faithful  pastor,  was  as- 
sisted by  J.  O.  Shelburne.  1  lie  totai  num- 
ber of  accessions  was  102. 

McKetsport  has  been  without  a  pastor  for 
some  time,  but  nevertheless  enjoyed  a  help- 
ful meeting.  H.  H.  Tilock  did  the  preach- 
ing. 

Meadville,  one  of  the  youngest  churches 
in  the  state,  reports  thirty-six  additions.  H. 
F.  McLane  assisted  the  pastor.W.  D.  Trum- 
bull. 

At  the  First  Church  in  New  Castle  Cray- 
ton  Brooks  and  De  Loss  Smith  assisted 
W.  L.  Fisher  and  145  additions  are  reported  at 
the  Central  church.  W.  H.  Pinkerton  and 
C.  H.  Altheide  assisted  F.  M.  Biddle.  The 
meeting  closed  with  filty-one  additiot  s. 

Belmar  opened  their  meeting  in  their 
new  church  which  is  not  yet  completed. 
FTnder  heavy  odds  there  were  eighty  ad- 
ditions, which  more  than  doubles  the  mem- 
bership of  the  church.  Allen  Wilson  was 
the  evangelist  and  W.  F.  Lintt  the  singer. 
E.  E.  Manley  is  pastor. 

Vernon  Stauffer  was  the  evangelist  and 
Miss  Ida  Mae  Hanna  the  singer  at  Herron 
Hills,  where  J.  D.  Dabney  is  pastor.  There 
were  seventeen  additions. 

F.  A.  Bright  held  the  meeting  at  Squirrel 
Hill.  There  were  thirty-four  additions,  (i. 
W.  Watson  is  pastor. 

M.  C.  Frick  reports  four  additions  at  Scott- 
dale,  where  he  held  his  own  meeting. 

E.  B.  Barnes  assisted  G.  W.  Knapper  at 
Somerset.  There  were  thirtv  additions, 
which  surpassed  the  expectaiions  of  the 
most  hopeful,  and  a  new  building  is  pro- 
posed as  a  result. 

Twenty  additions  are  reported  at  Turtle 
Creek.  At  this  point  the  Dastor,  G.  E. 
Jones,  was  assisted  by  E.  P.  Wise. 

W.  H.  Patterson  held  his  own  meeting  at 
Taylorstown  with  a  few  days'  help  from  C. 
W.  Yocum,  and  reports  six  additions. 

With  two  meetings  going  on  in  Wash- 
ington the  whole  town  was  stirred.  At  the 
First  Church,  where  E.  A.  Cole  ministers. 
O.P.Spiegel  ledthe  forces.  There  have  been 
already  112  additions  and  the  meeting  con- 
tinues. The  Second  <  hurch,  O.  W.  Riley 
pastor  and  G.  A.  Reyn>  Ids  evangelist, 
closed  with  fourteen  additions. 

Wilkinsburp  enjoyed  a  splendid  meeting, 
with  John  E.  Pounds  as  evangelist  and  W. 
A.  Davis,  singer.  There  were  sixty  addi- 
tions. L.  N.  D.  Wells  is  the  pastor  of  this 
church. 

Point  Marion— W.  B.  Reed,  pastor,  and 
Campbell  Jobes,  evangelist -closed  without 
additions. 

It  is  too  early  to  write  a  comprehensive 
history  of  the  campaign,  but  some  of  the 
material  results  have  been  indicated  in  this 
article.  The  central  committee  made  all  ar- 
rangements carefully  and  their  faith  and 
wisdom  have  been  more  than  justified.  The 
churches  entered  into  the  work  cheerfully 
and  heartily  and  their  gain  is  inestimable. 
The  hidden  results  God  knows. 

Craftxm,  Pa. 


1594 


THE  CHRISTIAX-EVANGELIST. 


December  ".  190= 


The  Campaign  in  Greater  Kansas  City    By  Frank  L.  Bowen 


Most  of  the  churches  in  Greater  Kansas 
City  united  in  the  evangelistic  campaign, 
which  has  recently  closed  with  good  results. 
While  in  several  ways  the  general  commit- 
tee guided  the  work,  it  was  largely  managed 
by  each  church,  as  to  expenses  and  methods 
of  procedure.  All  the  meetings  were  well 
advertised  in  the  streetcars  and  newspapers, 
and  in  addition  each  church  used  thousands 
of  cards,  circulars  and  tracts  as  the  meeting 
continued.  It  pays  to  advertise  the  gospel 
meetings  as  well  as  "Gold  Dust  Twins"  or 
"Cream  of  Wheat.'* 

There  was  a  union  service  every  Monday- 
morning  from  10  to  12  at  the  First  Church. 
At  this  meeting  reports  were  given  from 
each  past<<r  and  evangelist,  and  a  devotion- 
al hour  as  well.  No  blue  Mondays  after 
waiting  before  God  in  such  inspiring 
service' 

Following  one  of  these  services  the  pastors 
and  wives,  with  the  evangelists  and  singers, 
and  all  the  resident  Kansas  City  preachers 
were  dined  as  guests  of  Brother  and  Sister 
Richardsor.  It  was  a  happy  occasion  and 
one  not  soon  to  be  forgotten. 

The  following  evangelists  and  pastor- 
evangelists  assisted  during  the  campaign: 
C.  K.  Scoville,  L.  L.  Carpenter,  A.  N.  Lind- 
say, Geo.  L.  Peters,  H.  G.  Bennett,  Hugh 
McLellan,  with  L.  G.  Sprague,  Roy  O.  Youtz 
and  Del. oss  Smith  as  leaders  in  song. 

There  were  over  700  souls  added  during 
the  revival,  most  of  whom  have  already  been 
reported  definitely  by  the  several  pastors. 

The  Combs-Scoville-Smith  meeting  was 
first  in  order  of  time  and  also  in  the  number 
added— over  300  with  some  later  by  Brother 
Combs.  The  interest  has  never  waned. 
This  is  a  great  church  from  which  we  all  ex- 
pect great  things. 

The  Richardson-McLellan- Sprague  meet- 
ing has  seldom,  if  ever,  been  equaled.  This 
is  the  mother  church,  the  down-town  church, 
the  church  that  should  stand  as  long  as 
Kansas  City  stands.     There   were   71    addi- 


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tions.  The  children  of  this  church — viz.,  the 
many  churches  throughout  the  city— should 
rise  up  and  call  her  blessed,  by  endorsing 
the  work  so  that  as  the  old  guard  moves  out 
we  may  carry  on  the  Gospel  in  the  dark  and 
busy  part  of  our  city. 

Morgan  and  Lindsay  co-operated  at  South 
Prospect  and  35  were  added;  the  time  was 
too  short  for  a  great  ingathering. 

The  meeting  at  Sheffield,  by  Arthur  Stout, 
with  H.  G.  Bennett  as  evangelist,  was  a 
splendid  success,  with  60  added,  and  this 
could  have  been  greatly  increased,  if  it 
could  have  been  continued.  It  was,  how- 
ever, a  signal  victory  and  a  great  help  to 
the  church  and  community. 

H.  M.  Barnett  held  his  own  meeting  at 
Forrest  Avenue  with  21  accessions.  He  is  a 
new  man  here,  but  we  will  hear  from  him. 

Geo.  L.  Peters  assisted  Frank  L.  Bowen 
at  the  Jackson  Avenue  Church,  with  28  added, 
when  Brother  Bowen  was  called  to  Illinois 
and  the  meeting  closed  permaturely. 
Brother  Peters  is  a  clean,  true  man  and 
gave  us  a  Christlike  message.  We  shall  reap 
from  his  sowing  in  the  weeks  before  us. 

B.  L.  Wray  held  his  own  meeting  at  Budd 
Park.  There  were  31  added,  and  the  work 
greatly  strengthened.  He  is  another  new 
man  in  a  growing  part  of  our  city.  We  ex- 
pect Wray  to  do  things. 

L.  P.  Kopp,  at  Ivanhoe  Park,  did  the 
preaching,  with  Roy  O.  Youtz  as  leader  of 
song.  This  is  the  only  meeting  still  going 
on,  in  the  fifth  week;  46  to  date.  This  is  an- 
other one  of  our  city  mission  churches. 

L.  S.  Cupp,  the  third  new  man  in  our  city, 
is  at  Hyde  Park.  He  did  the  preaching  and 
held  a  good  short  meeting  with  27  additions. 
He  is  getting  things  in  hand  and  will  do 
effective  work. 

O.  N.  Roth  was  his  own  evangelist  at 
Argentine  on  the  Kansas  side.  This  is  a 
very  hard  field  and  success  can  not  be  meas- 
ured by  additions,  as  we  so  often  do.  There 
were  several  added. 

W.  O.Thomas,  of  the  West  Side  Church, 
held  his  own  meeting  without  outside  assist- 
ance, and,  though  a  short  one,  about  20 
were  added. 

T.  P.  Haley,  at  South  Side,  began  late  on 
account  of  delay  in  the  new  building,  and 
after  beginning  was  compelled  to  close,  not 
being  able  to  continue. 

Brother    Scott,    colored, 
meeting  with  five  added. 

L.   L.  Carpenter  is   with 
North  Side,   Kansas    City, 
able  to  report.     Their  meeting  began  with 
bright  prospects. 

We  expect  greater  things  this  winter  in 
all  our  fields  and  larger  city  mission  work. 

Next  year's  campaign  must  be  greater 
than  this  one.  We  must  have  longer  time 
and   harder  work,   if    possible.     We    are  a 


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NEWS    FROM    MANY   FIELDS 


The  Alabama  Convention. 

The  twentieth  annual  convention  of  the 
Disciples  of  Christ  in  Alabama  met  at 
Athens,  Nov.  16-19,  and  was  the  most  inter- 
esting and  enthusiastic  in  the  history  of  our 
state  work. 

Sister  Harrison,  of  Lexington,  Ky.,  repre- 
sented and  organized  a  state  C.  W.  B.  M. 
Benj.  L.  Smith  spoke  for  home  and  state 
missions,  the  pledges  amounting  to  over 
$2,000  for  the  coming  year,  the  largest  in 
our  history.  There  were  nearly  500  addi- 
tions to  the  congregations  during  the  past 
year  through  the  efforts  of  our  state  work. 
The  cause  is  moving  forward  rapidly  on  a  sub- 
stantial ba9is.  The  new  $20,000  church  in  Mo- 
bile is  just  completed.  A  new  $20,000  church 
in  Selma  will  be  finished  by  Feb.  1.  A  new 
$7,000  church  at  Jasper  is  in  course  of  con- 
struction, and  at  Talladega,  West  Point, 
Braggs'  Store  and  one  or  two  other  points, 
the  work  of  building  has  been  so  well  in- 
augurated that  success  is  assured. 

S.  P.  Spiegel  was  re-elected  state  evan- 
gelist, and  several  local  evangelists  were 
supplemented,  a  large  scope  of  new  territory 
being  taken  into  the  work. 

There  were  about  one  hundred  and  fifty 
present.  Elegant  homes  were  provided  by 
the  brethren  at  Athens  and  their  neighbors, 
and  we  all  greatly  enjoyed  the  meeting. 

Mobile  will  be  the  next  place  of  meeting, 
and  five  hundred  representative  Christians 
from  all  parts  of  the  state  have  been'  asked 
for;  homes  will  be  provided  for  all.  The 
executive  committee  was  re-elected,  and  all 
things  were  done  decently  and  in  order. 

J.  W.  Henry. 


The  best  convention  in  the  history  of  the 
Alabama  Christian  missionary  work  has  just 
closed  its  ses-sion  in  Athens.  The  pro- 
gram was  one  that  directed  the  discussion 
along  lines  of  business,  and  resulted  in  a 
ommittee  being  appointed  to  secure  funds 
to  establish  a  Christian  college. 

The  collection  taken  showed  an  increase 
of  about  twelve  per  cent  over  last  year's 
collection,  and  more  than  three  hundred  per 
cent  over  what  it  was  five  years  ago.    There 

A    Noted   Minister  and    Doctor  of 

Atlanta,    Ga  ,    Has    Hit 

on  a  New  Idea. 


Those  who  have  long  doubted  whether 
there  really  is  a  permanent  cure  for  ca- 
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lanta, Ga..  has  discovered  a  method  where- 
by catarrh  can  be  cured  to  the  very  last 
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treatment. 

The  Doctors  remedy  is  radically  different 
from  all  others,  and  the  results  he  has 
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bad  case  of  catarrh. 

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this  remarkable  remedy  will  do,  send  your 
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475  Walton  St.,  Atlanta,  Ga.,  and  you  will 
receive  the  free  package,  and  an  illustrated 
book. 


never  was  such  a  demand  for  preachers  aa 
at  present;  new  fields  or  places  are  being 
opened  up  in  all  parts  of  the  state.  Bir- 
mingham has  decided  to  secure  an  evangel- 
ist for  Jefferson  county.  Write  A.  R,  Moore, 
Birmingham,  for  information.  A  man  is 
wanted  in  the  Jasper  field,  write  L.  O.  He  rrold, 
Jasper,  Ala.;  the  Hartsell  field,  write  A.  A. 
Oden  for  information.  A  number  of  other 
places  are  needing  preachers  but  can  only 
pay,  at  preseiit,  from  four  to  six  hundred 
dollars,  and  if  any  preacher  wishing  to  move 
to  Alabama  will  write  me,  enclosing  stamp 
for  reply,  and  proper  recommendations,  I 
will  take  pleasure  in  putting  them  in  corre- 
spondence  with  places   needing  preaching. 

Alabama,  from  an  industrial  and  agricul- 
tural standpoint,  is  making  great  strides  to 
the  front,  and  the  need  is  money  and  men 
to  carry  forward  the  Lord's  work.  For 
every  $i5oplactd  in  the  hands  of  our  exec- 
utive committee,  we  can  easily  put  a  man  to 
work  for  all  his  time,  the  local  field  furnish- 
ing the  other  needed  support.  Send  all 
offerings  to  E.  E.  Linthicum,  treasurer,  Bir- 
mingham, Ala.  E.  C.  Anderson. 

Anniston,  Ala. 

®      @ 

Kansas. 

WTestern  Kansas  is  filling  up  rapidly  with 
a  good  class  of  people.     Land  is  advancing 

in     value    every  .  day. -J.    H.    Stark,    of 

Glenwood,  Iowa,  broke  into  bur  state  and 
held  a  splendid  little  meeting  at  Parker, 
which  resulted  in  13  accessions  under  try- 
ing circumstances. Joseph  Lowe  held  a 

short  meeting  at  Crestline  recently  and  re- 
organized the  church,  putting  everything  in 
fine  shape  for  aggressive  work.  He  is  now 
at  Tonganoxie,  where  there  are  but  few 
members   with  a  church  debt.    They  need 

help. H.  H.  Shick  has  just  closed  a  good 

meeting  at  Sedgwick,  where  he  had  three 
additions,  and  succeeded  in  uniting  the 
church  and  starting  it  to  work.  Brother 
Shick  expects  to  locate  at  Sedgwick  for  full 

time. C.  E.  Pomeroy  has  come  back  to 

his  old  love,  Kansas,  and  located  at  Arcadia; 
he  will  preach  there  and  at  Corinth.  We 
welcome  Brother  Pomeroy  and  bid  him  God- 
speed. He  stands  foursquare  on  state  mis- 
sions.  Plainville     has     called    N.    Ferd 

Engle  for  a  three  months'  trial.  Their  new 
house,  rapidly  nearing  completion,  will  be 
one  of  the  best  in  that  section  of  the  state. 
Lee  H.  Barnum  has  resigned  at  Cald- 
well, and  will  take  charge  at  Great  Bend  the 
first  of  the  year.     He  has  done  a  good  work 

at  Caldwell. We  are   pained  to  have  to 

chronicle  the  death  of  Sister  Cummings,  wife 
of  F.  M.  Cummings,  the  pastor  at  Sedan. 
Our  sympathies  are  with  Brother  Cummings 

and  his  children. 1    am    to    speak    the 

words  which  will  unite  in  the  bonds  of 
wedded  bliss  Percy  R.  Atkins  and  Miss 
Alma  Xewell.  Brother  Atkins  is  the  minis- 
ter at  Reserve,  and  Sister  Newell  is  the  sec- 
retary of  the  State  C.  E.  Union. John  P. 

Jessie  is  assisting  C,  F.  Bradford  in  a  meet- 
ing at  Eureka.  Crowded  houses  and  13 
added  at  the  beginning  of  the  second  week. 
Brother  Bradford,  who  is  the  "biggest" 
preacher  in  the  state,  has  made  a  splendid 
record  at  Eureka.     He  is  also  president  of 

the  fourth   district. C.  A.  Finch,  of  this 

city,  has  just  closed  a  short  meeting  (12  ser- 
mons) at  Wanamaker  school  house,  a  few 
miles  west  of  the  city,  which  resulted  in  35 
additions,  mostly  by  confession  and  baptism. 


This  is  Brother  I  inch's  missionary  meeting 
A  church  house  will  be  built  at  Wanamaker. 

The  returns  from  Kansas  day  are  more 

encouraging  than  when  I  last  reported. 
However,  only  65  churches  have  remitted  to 
date,  November  27.  We  have  received 
word  from  a  number  that  the  offering  had 
been  taken  and  would  be  sent  by  the  close 
of  this  montn.  Many  of  the  stronger 
churches  have  not  remitted,  waiting  to  make 
the  apportionment  in  full,  we  hope. 

Topeka.  W.  S.   Lowe. 

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Louisiana. 

B.  B.  Sanders  recently  closed  a  good 
meeting  at  Lake  Charles  where  Roy  Linton 
Porter  ministers.  There  were  eight  addi- 
tions in  all,  three  of  whom  were  baptisms; 

all  men. E.    Linwood   Crjstal,  of   Baton 

Rouge,  recently  started  a  meeting  with 
home  forces,  but  had  to  close  on  account  of 
being  taken  suddenly  ill,  after  two  had  been 
added. On  Nov.  20,  Benj.  L.  Smith,  as- 
sisted by  the  local  ministry  and  the  writer, 
ordained  to  the  ministry  O.  E.  Hawkins,  of 
Soniat  Avenue  Church,  New  Orleans.  Broth- 
er Hawkins  has  been  preaching  for  the 
Soniat  Avenue  Church  during  Brother  Ely's 
summer  vacation,  and  the  Soniat  Avenue 
brethren  say  nothing  but  nice  things  about 

him. My  wife  and   I  are  just  starting  a 

meeting  at  Crowley,  a  city  of  about  8,000 
people,  where  we  have  a  good  house  and  a 
few  good  people;  however,  lhe  house  has 
been  closed  all  summer.  While  we  are 
not  calculating  on  having  any  additions  to 
speak  of,  at  the  same  time  we  trust  that  we 
shall  be  able  to  strengthen  the  organization, 
unify  the  church  and  get  them  to  call  a 
(Continued  on  page  1601.) 

How  the  Deaf 

Are  Made  to  Hear 

If  you  suffer  from  defective  hearing  write  to 
George  P.  Way,  of  Detroit,  who  for  25  years  was  so 
deaf  that  he  was  practically  cut  off  from  all  social 
intercourse  with  his  fellow  men.  After  years  of  ex- 
perimenting in  order  to  relieve  his  own  case.  Mr. 
Way  discovered  the  principle  of  THE  WAV  EAR 
DRUMS. 

Today  with  a  pair  of  these  drums  in  his  ears  Mr. 
Way  can  hear  even  low  whispers. 

Note  in  the  illustration  the  peculiar  shape  of  tha 
drum.    Unless  an   arti- 
ficial   drum    has  these   ■SmOH'/hG 
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narrowed     down     to     a 
small  tube  just  where  it 
strikes   the   natural  ear 
drum.     This    intensifies 
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these  vibrations  right  to 
the    natural    drum    and 
makes  hearing  possible 
even  for  those  who  have 
almost   entirely  lost  all 
sense  of  sound. 

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has  been  defective  and  how  much  trouble  you  have 
with  your  ears.  Mr.  Way,  who  has  been  deaf  himself. 
will  be  equally  frank  with  vou  and  will  tell  you 
whether  or  riot  the  Way  Ear  Drums  will  help  vou. 
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Wt  mvitt  ministers  and  others  to  send 
reports  of  meetings,  additions  and  other 
news  of  the  churches  for  publication  in 
this  department.  It  is  especially  requested 
that  additions  be  reported  as  "by  confession 
'  baptism''  or  "by  letter." 


Special    to    The   Christian-Evangelist. 

Harrodsbvrc,  Kv..  Pec.  4.— Meeting  8 
days  old;  5;  additions.  Thirteen  additions 
yesterday. — Brooks  Brothers. 

Special    to     The   Christian-Evangelist. 

GEORGETOWN,  Kv.,  Dec.  4.— Twenty- 
eight  additions  in  10  days.  The  C.  W.  B.  M. 
today  voted  S2coto  Morehead.  Victor  Dor- 
ris  is  in  his  ninth  year  as  minister  here. — 
V.  E.  II.  Hai  kelman,  singer. 
Special    to    The   Christian-Evangelist. 

Colorado  Strings,  Col.,  Dec.  4  — 
Closed  revival  at  New  Castle,  Pa., 
Wednesday  night,  with  158  additions.  Sing- 
er, preacher  and  people  deserve  great 
credit.  S'x  added  here  yesterday. — Cray- 
ton  S.  Brooks. 

ALABAMA. 

Mobile,  Nov.  27. — Since  the  dedication  of 
oar  church  on  Nov.  19,  J.  L.  Haddock  has 
been  conducting  evangelistic  services,  as- 
sisted by  Claude  E.  Hill,  with  music  under 
the  direction  of  Talmage  Stanley.  Acces- 
sions, by  confession  5,  by  statement  2.  At- 
tendance good;  increasing  interest  mani- 
fested with  prospects  flattering  for  a  further 
increase  in  membership. — James  H.  Robin- 
son. 

ARKANSAS. 

West  Fork,  Nov.  22. — We  had  a  good 
meeting  at  Greenland,  with  16  additions  by 
obedience:  also  another  meeting  just  closed 
at  Farmington  with  8  added — 5  by  baptism 
and  3  from  *he  Baptists;  one  added  from 
the  Baptists  at  Summers. — J.  H.  Speer. 

Hope,  Dec.  1. —  November's  work,  includ- 
ing last  Lord's  day  in  October,  equals  35 — 
confessions  27,  one  from  the  Baptists,  one 
reclaimed,  six  by  statement;  26  have  been 
baptized  into  Christ — Percy  G.  Cross. 
COLORADO. 

Denver,  Nov.  27. — Six  persons  were  re- 
ceived into  the  Highlands  Christian  Church 
yesterday.  Four  were  received  Nov.  ig  and 
2  on  Nov.  12,  making  12  for  the  month — all 
at  regular  services. — J.  A.  Pickett. 

Boulder. — Meeting  of  two  and  one-half 
weeks  with  home  forces  closed  with  50  addi- 
tions. It  was  one  of  the  sweetest  and  best 
meetings  1  ever  saw.  We  began  it  with  a 
week  of  prayer  and  study  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 
— S.  M.  Bernard,  mil  ister. 
ILLINOIS. 

Clinton,  Dec.  1  —Closed  our  meeting  here 
November  29,  with  31  additions.  H.  K. 
Shields  assisted  as  singing  evangelist. — 
K.  A.  Gili.iland,  pastor. 

Monmouth,  Nov.  27.  —  Meeting  three 
weeks  old,  with  ;o  added — 45  by  confession. 
H.  A.  Davis  is  the  evangelist. — D.  E. 
Hughes. 

Herrin,  Nov.  27— We  closed  the  first  pro- 
tracted meeting  of  our  autumn  crusade. 
It  was  conducted  by  the  pastor,  D.  A.  Hun- 
ter, assisted  by  Evangelists  C.  A.  Hill  and 
wife,  of  Milton,  Ohio.  There  were  added  to 
the  church  35  — 17  by  primary  obedience  and 
18  by  relation.— F.  Apf-legaje. 

ThoTison,  Nov.  27. — We  began  a  meeting 

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here  last  Friday  night  with  Evangelist  A.  E. 
Wrentmore  in  charge.  Large  crowds  are 
coming.— Cecil  C.  Cakpenter. 

Taylorville,  Nov.  27.— Two  additions  yes- 
terday. We  are  having  fine  audiences  and 
good  interest.— Z.  Moore. 

Joliet,  Nov.  27. — One  addition  at  First 
Church  yesterday.— Ben  N.  Mitchell. 

Pana,  Nov.  18.— In  J.  W.  Robbins'  Bible 
Institute  there  were  three  accessions  to  the 
church.— J.  W.  Larimore. 

Normal,  Nov.  27.— John  H.  Marshall  has 
been  with  us  a  week,  and  meeting  is  well 
started,  interest  growing.  Crowded  house 
at  each  of  the  three  services  yesterday. 
There  have  been  10  additions.  Edward  O. 
Beyer,  of  Chicago,  is  leading  the  singing. 
—  Robert  H.  Newton. 

Sterling,  Nov.  27. — Four  added  by  letter. 
Our  C.  E.  showed  up  second  best  at  the  con- 
vention of  the  Union  C.  E.  of  county.  The 
minister  here  gave  two  addresses  at  this 
convention. — Jas.  W.  Johnson. 

Virden,  Nov.  27.  — Our  meeting  in  Septem- 
ber with  "the  Kendalls"  from  Columbus, 
Ind.,  resulted  in  20  additions— four  that  were 
baptized  were  more  than  50  years  of  age. 
The  Kendalls  went  from  here  to  Canton,  O., 
where  a  great  meeting  has  been  held.  Six 
confessions  since  the  meeting  closed,  mak- 
ing a  total  of  71  since  Feb.  1.. — H.  J.  Hos- 
tetler,  pastor. 

INDIANA. 

Terre  Haute,  Nov.  26.— Central  Church  is 
having  a  great  revival;  54  additions  in  two 
weeks.  Brother  Sellers  is  the  evangelist.— 
LeRoy  St.  John,  gospel  singer. 

Columbus.  Nov.  28.— W.  H.  Book,  of  the 
Tabernacle  Christian  Church,  has  just  closed 
a  very  profitable  series  of  meetings.  Since 
Oct.  1,  when  he  accepted  the  charge  here, 
there  have  been  60  additions,  and  church 
work  in  general  has  been  very  greatly  re- 
vived. The  attendance  at  Sunday  school 
averages  now  more  than  200.  The  audiences 
at  the  Sunday  services  are  unusually  large, 
taxing  the  entire  capacity  of  the  church,  and 
many  people  have  been  turned  away  for 
lack  of  room.— Ira  E.  Guthrie. 

Covington,  Nov  27. — In  a  meeting  at  East 
Liberty  7  were  added.  I  preached  at  West 
Liberty  3  nights  last  week  with  9  added — 6 
confessions  and  3  from  the  Methodists. — 
P.  W.  Walthall. 

INDIAN  TERRITORY. 

Okmulgee,  Dec.  2.— In  our  meeting  at 
Checotah  there  were  54  accessions,  2  yet  to 
take  membership  and  1  to  be  baptized,  20  by 
primary  obedience,  8  from  M.  E's,  4  from 
Baptists  and  2  from  C.  P's,  the  rest  by  com- 
mendation. This  more  than  trebles  the 
membership  at  this  place.  The  work  is 
now  in  fine  condition. —  Frank  L.  Van 
Yoorhis. 

Sapulpa,  Nov.  27. — One  added  at  Broken 
Arrow  sirce  last  report.  Splendid  audience 
here  yesterday,  and  2  additions  by  letter. 
Our  newly  organized  Christian  Endeavor 
and  our  Sunday  school  grow  in  interest. 
Sapulpa  has  been  regarded  one  of  the  most 
important  but  most  difficult  fields.  We  are 
hopeful.— A.  M.  Harral. 

IOWA. 

Fairfield,  Nov.  27. — We  are  having  a  good 
meeting;  60  additions — 50  by  confession  and 
10  by  statement.  Brother  Hamilton  is  the 
evangelist.  Two  lay  singers,  Harvey  and 
Arthur  Hull,  of  La  Harpe,  111.,  are  leading 
the  song  services. — H.  C.  Littleton,  min- 
ister. 

Vinton,  Nov.  26.— Four  additions  the  first 
day  of  our  meeting  here  with  the  pastor,  A. 
B.  Elliott.  We  began  with  good  audiences. 
Another  meeting  is  in  progress.  My  next 
engagement  is  at  Petersburg,  111.     Am  open 


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for  March  meeting.— Charles  E.  McVay, 
song  evangelist. 

Woodbine,  Nov.  27. — One  addition  yester- 
day.— B.  Franklin  Hall, 

Mystic,  Nov.  27. — In  a  meeting  with  home 
forces.  There  were  10  additions — one  re- 
stored, one  from  the  Baptists,  three  from  the 
Episcopalians  and  five  from  the  world.  This 
makes  about  100  additions  to  this  church 
since  I  took  charge  last  March.  I  go  to 
Ottumwa  to-day  to  help  in  a  meeting  with 
the  South  Side  Church. — C.  E.  Chambers. 


KANSAS. 

Coffeyville,  Nov.  30. — In  a  2  weeks'  meet- 
ing conducted  by  home  forces  there  were  19 
added  to  the  church— 4  confessions  and  the 
others  by  letter  and  statement.  Sister 
Bertha  Early  led  the  song  service. — Ellis 
Purlee. 

Macksville,  Dec.  2. — David  Lyon  is  in  a 
fine  meeting  with  F.  T.  Ray;  60  to  date;  32 
this  week. 

McPherson,  Nov.  21. — The  meeting  of  three 
weeks  was  a  great  success,  though  but  12 
were  added— 9  baptized,  2  from  the  M.  E.'s, 
1  by  relation.  J.  W.  Walter,  of  Webster 
City,  la.,  did  the  work  of  the  evangelist. 
The  pastor  led  the  music. — W.  A.  Mor- 
rison, pastor. 

Eureka,  Nov.  27. — Meeting  at  this  place  12 
days  old;  30  added;  hundreds  turned  away 
last  night;  continue.  —  Jesse,  evangelist; 
Bradford,  pastor;  Sherman,  singer. 

Peabody,  Nov.  29. — Two  added  by  letter 
last  Sunday.  Will  continue  the  meeting  for 
a  few  weeks.  Brother  Berkeley,  of  Marion, 
will  do  the  preaching.-  G.  M.  Read. 

Carneiro,  Nov.  27. — I  have  just  closed  a 
short  meeting  with  4  additions— 3  by  letter 
and  1  by  confession.— Georcje  M.  Reed, 
evangelist. 

Maryville,   Nov.    28.— We   have    been    in 


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this  city  but  19  days  but  there  have  been  31 
additions— 27  by  confession  and  4  by  state- 
ment. We  had  but  about  40  people  here, 
so  this  is  an  increase  of  at  least  50  per  cent. 
— E.  \V.  Bkickkrt  and  wife. 

KENTUCKY. 

Stamping  Ground,  Nov.  24. — Just  closed  a 
short  meeting  at  White  Sulphur,  seven  con- 
fessions— one  from  the  Catholics  and  one 
from  another  communion.  We  meet  in  a 
school  house.  -William  C.  Crerie. 

Augusta,  Nov.  27. — Meeting  continues  with 
splendid  interest.  Many  turned  away  last 
night  for  want  of  room.  Thirty-one  addi- 
tions to  date.— C.  H.  DeVoe. 

Latonia,  Nov.  28.. — J.  Murray  Taylor,  who 
recently  resigned  his  work  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  for  the  evangelistic  field,  held  a  most 
successful  meeting  at  Petersburg,  closing 
Nov.  26  with  35  added — 29  baptisms.  Brother 
Taylor  is  receiving  a  warm  welcome  and 
holding  splendid  meetings  wherever  he 
goes.  Petersburg  church  enjoys  the  dis- 
tinction of  having  at  one  time  its  pulpit 
occupied  bv  Alexander  Campbell,  Benjamin 
Franklin,  and  others  of  our  pioneer  preach- 
ers. Later,  such  excellent  men  as  W.  S. 
Keene,  Edgar  Jones,  Elvin  Curry,  Milo 
Atkinson,  etc.,  have  served  as  pastors  of  this 
church. — P.  H.  Duncan. 

Owensboro,  Dec.  1. — Closed  a  meeting  of 
15  days  with  the  church  at  Calhoun  last  Mori- 
day  with  34  additions — 26  being  by  confes- 
sion and  baptism.  This  was  the  largest  in- 
gathering the  church  has]enjoyed.  Frank  C. 
Huston  led  the  music.  T.  D.  Moore  is  the 
much-esteemed  minister.  The  voting  of 
local  option  in  the  town  last  year  made  this 
meeting  possible. — R.  H.  Crossfield. 

Clinton,  Nov.  28. — Our  meeting  closed 
with  22  accessions — three  from  the  Baptists 
and  one  from  the  Methodists.  We  had 
good  audiences  and  fine  interest.  C.  E. 
Moore  is  pastor,  and  is  loved  by  all.  He 
was  elected  mayor  of  the  city  during  the 
meeting  by  almost  a  unanimous  vote.  There 
is  a  bright  future  for  the  Clinton  church  if 
Brother  Moore  remains  there.  Nearly  all 
the  church  worked  faithfully. — R.  O.  Roger  s 
Maiden,  Mo. 

MASSACHUSETTS. 

Everett,  Nov.  26. — During  the  month  of 
November  we  have  had  3  additions,  4  con- 
fessions, and  4  baptisms— A.  T.  June. 

MICHIGAN. 

Saginaw,  Nov.  25. — Twenty-six  added. 
Will  continue  two  weeks  longer.  S.  M. 
Martin  is  the  evangelist. — J.  S.  Raum,  pas- 
tor. 

MISSISSIPPI. 

Water  Valley,  Nov.  27. — Four  by  letter 
Nov.  17  and  one  yesterday.  Good  rally  day 
exercises.— B.  H.  Morris. 

KIMOUKI. 

Blackburn,  Nov.  25. — Closed  a  19  days' 
meeting  with  home  forces,  with  26  added— 23 
by  primary  obedience,  one  old  gentleman  72 
years  of  age.— G.  E.  Shanklin. 

Barry,  Nov.  25.— Our  meetings  continued 
20  days.  There  were  25  additions — 21  con- 
fessions and  four  otherwise.  Robert  C. 
Davis,  of  Kansas  City,  has  preached  for  this 
church  about  three  years. — Simpson  Ely. 

Salisbury,  Nov.  22. — Just  closed  a  good 
meeting  of  two  weeks'  duration  at  Sturgeon; 
35  additions — 22  by  baptism.  J.  D.  Greer,  of 
Laddonia.did  most  of  the  preaching. — W.  D. 
McCulley. 

Kirksville,  Nov.  27. — Yesterday  was  .  a 
great  day;  35  accessions — 11  confessions,  and 
the  remainder  by  statement  and  commenda- 
tion. We  have  now  passed  the  100  mark  in 
additions  at  regular  services  since  coming 
here.     The  church  is  alive  and  every  depart- 


I  CURED  MY  RUPTURE 

I  Will  Show  You  How  To  Curs  Yours 

I  was  helpk.-ss  and  bed-ridden  for  pesa  from  a  doob! 
No  truss  could  hold .     Doctors  laid  I  ;  if  not  operated  oa. 

I  fooled  them  all  and  eared  aayaell  \>y  a  *im|<l*-  AUeaaciy.  I  will 
send  the  cure  free  by  mail  if  you  write  for  It.  It  'wr«d  uie  ar>4  haj 
gflnee  cured  thousands.  It  will  enre  yoa.  Write  to-day.  Capt  W.  A. 
Collingh,  Box.  M        Watcrtown,  U.  Y. 


ment  seems  to  be  in  earnest. — D.  A. 
WiCKi/.ER,  pastor. 

Lees  Summit,  Nov.  30.  In  a  meeting  by 
J.  S.  Clements,  9  were  added;  four  by  bap- 
tism and  five  by  commendation.  Brother 
Clements  has  been  called  as  pastor  for  full 
time  for  the  coming  year. — Thos.  R.  Thorn- 
ton, clerk. 

Carrollton,  Dec.  1. —  In  a  two  weeks'  meet- 
ing at  Linneus,  we  had  10  additions.  Sister 
Lula  Gilliland,  of  Kansas  City,  led  the  song 
service.— J.  J.  Limerick. 

ElDorado  Springs,  Nov.  27. — Six  addi- 
tions—four by  letter  and  two  by  relation. — 
John  Giddens,  minister. 

Sedalia,  Nov.  27.— At  Walnut  Church  I 
baptized  six  last  Lord's  day,  the  result  of  a 
nine  days'  meeting.  This  makes  eight  added 
to  our  little  band  in  the  last  few  weeks. 
W.  F.  Hamann,  of  'the  Second  Church, 
assisted  in  the  meeting. — E.  L.  Cunning- 
ham, minister. 

Gallatin,  Dec.  1. — Evangelists  R.  A.  Omer, 
of  Camp  Point,  111.,  and  G.  A.  Butler,  of 
Mound  City,  closed  a  26  days'  meeting  here 
with  45  added  to  the  church — 25  conversions, 
four  by  letter,  eight  by  statement  and  re- 
claimed, one  from  the  Methodists,  two  from 
the  United  Presbyterians  and  five  from  the 
Baptists.  This  makes  113  additions  since  I 
came  here  Aug.  12,  1904,  J.  T.  Craig  having 
held  us  a  meeting  with  42  additions  about 
one  year  ago.  Of  the  45  there  were  six 
heads  of  families  and  four  others  who  were 
either  husband  or  wife.  With  250  members 
we  are  prepared  for  a  great  work.  The 
church  is  enthused,  aroused  and  greatly 
strengthened.— C.  W.  Comstock. 

Brunswick,  Nov.  28. — In  the  meeting  at 
Orrick  52  in  all  were  added  to  the  church. — 
E.  G.  Merrill,  pastor. 

Kansas  City,  Nov.  24. — H.  T.  Bennett 
closed  a  four  weeks'  meeting  with  us  here, 
60  additions.  This  makes  141  in  our  14 
months'  work  here. — Arthur  Stout,  pastor. 

Memphis,  Dec.  2. — Just  closed  a  meeting 
at  Azen;  14  added — 10  confessions,  all  men, 
seven  of  them  heads  of  families;  four  sisters 
came  in  by  letter  and  statement.  Azen  is 
one  of  the  best  churches  in  the  county, 
though  the  membership  is  small. — M.  J. 
Nicoson. 

Eldon,  Nov.  28. — We  closed  our  Etterville 
meeting  under  the  auspices  of  the  missionary 
state  board  last  night,  with  three  additions. 
The  meeting  continued  17  days  with  51  addi- 
tions, a  congregation  organized,  money  raised 
for  a  church  building  and  work  begun  on 
same.  There  was  no  congregation,  church 
building  or  preacher  of  any  kind  in  this  town 
when  I  began  this  meeting.  The  people  ai  c 
greatly  encouraged  with  the  prospect  of 
having  these  deficiencies  so  soon  supplied. 
— S.  J.  Vance. 

Kansas  City,  Nov.  27. — Two  added  by 
statement  recently  to  the  Budd  Park 
Church. — B.  L.  Wray,  pastor. 

Philadelphia,  Nov.  21. — I  am  in  a  good 
meeting:  7  additions. — J.  M.  Boyee. 

NEBRASKA. 

Omaha. — Six  additions  at  First  Church 
last  Sunday.     It  is  said  that  the  attendance 


has  never  been  so  large  and  constant.  —  S 
DUTCHER. 

NEW  YORK. 

Niagara  Falls. — D.  C.  Tremaine,  of  Wil- 
liamsville,  closed  a  profuable  meeting  here 
on  Nov.  26  with  10  additions— 8  by  baptism 
and  2  from  the  Baptists. —J.  A.  Wharton. 

Buffalo,  Nov.  29. — Nine  have  recently 
been  added  to  this  family — all  by  primary 
obedience  but  one.  Began  my  third  year 
with  the  Jefferson  Street  Church  with  many 
assurances  of  love  and  loyal  co-operation. — 
B.  S.  Ferrall. 

NEW    MEXICO. 
Raton,  Nov.  27. — Baptized   three  on  Sun- 
day— 2  from  the   Methodists  and  1  from  the 
Presbyterians.    Outlook  is  exceedingly  hope- 
ful.— k.  A.  Stales  ,  minister. 

OHIO. 

Mansfield,  Dec.  2.— The  meeting  in  the 
little  church  at  Galion  continues.  I  can  go 
out  only  in  the  evenings  from  my  work  in 
Mansfield.  There  have  been  34  additions — 
32  confessions.  Next  Sunday  we  expect  to 
launch  a  building  enterprise.  Brother  Pearce 
is  leader. — Bruce  Brown. 

Hamilton,     Nov.     27. — Wesley     Hatcher 

pastor,  has  just  closed  a  meeting  continuing 

over  three   Sundays  with    35  added.     I  as 

sisted  with  the  music.     Brother  Hatcher  has 

done  a  fine  work  since  coming  to  Hamilton 

last  May.     The  Bible  school  has  increased 

from  about  100  to  over  3C0,  and  over  70  have 

been  added  to  the  church.     W.    H.    Hedges 

is  also  doing  a  fine  work  at  Lindenwald,  a 

suburb  of  Hamilton.— Chas.  M.  Fillmore. 

Cincinnati. 

OKLAHOMA. 

Perry,   Dec.    4. — The    meeting    at    Ceres 
closed  with  31   additions— 23  by  baptism,  a 
from    the    Methodists.    George  F.  Dennis 
will  preach  half  time. — J.  M.  Rhoades, 
ONTARIO. 

Winger,  Nov.  27. — We  have  just  closed  a 
good  meeting  at  Winger  with  home  forces: 
14  baptisms — all  from  the  Sunday  school. — 
J.  D.  Stephens. 

OREGON. 

Lostine.  Nov.  23. — We  closed  a  five 
weeks'  meeting  at  Hoed  River  with  a  church 
of  47  members  organized.  Of  this  number, 
9  were  by  confession  and  baptism.  Our 
meeting  was  held  in  a  tent  and  was  seriously 
hindered  by  frequent  rains.  At  Odell,  in 
the  he  irt  of  the  fruit  district,  the  meeting 
closed  Nov.  12.  A  congregation  was  organ- 
ized, with  68  members — 30  ty  confession 
and  baptism.  Seventeen  came  at  the  clos- 
ing service— 0  to  make  the  good  confession 
— T.  S.  Hanosaker  and  wife,  living  link 
evangelists. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Ellwood  City.  Nov.  27.— Our  meeting 
closed  with  7  additions  —  3  by  confession  and 
4  by  letter. — Ferd  F.  Schultz,  minister. 

Duquesne. — As  a  part  of  the  simultaneous 
movement,  the  meeting  at  this  place  closed 
on  Nov.  20,  with  15  additions,  and  much 
other  good  accomplished  which  cannot*  be 
measured  by  numbers.  In  view  of  the 
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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


December  7,  1905 


Midweek  Prayer  Meeting. 

By  W.  F    Richardson. 
December  11.  1905. 


Sunday-School. 

December  17,  190$. 


THE  ROOMINESS  OF   CHRIST'S  HEART. 
—John  11:5. 

The  keynote  of  our  lesson  is  found  in  the 
word  "love."  The  way  in  which  John  puts 
his  statement  is  peculiar.  "Now.  Jesus  loved 
Martha,  and  her  sister,  and  Lazarus/'  It 
is  as  it  he  would  solve,  at  the  very  begin- 
ning, all  the  questions  that  might  arise 
from  the  narrative-  Why  did  the  sisters 
send  to  Jesus  the  tidings  of  their  brothers 
sickness  ?  Why  did  Jesus  not  hasten  at  once 
to  Bethany  ?  Why  did  he  break  into  weep- 
ing on  the  very  way  to  his  victory  over  the 
grave?  The  answer  to  all  these  is  that 
he  loved  them.  Love  is  the  supreme  rea- 
son for  every  strange  act  of  the  noblest 
natures.  "God  is  love"  must  be  accepted 
by  us  as  the  explanation  of  a  thousand 
mysteries  :  and  he  has  learned  to  love  who 
has  truly  come  to  know  God. 

Christ's  heart  has  room  for  his  friends. 
No  more  sacred  passion  finds  a  place  in 
the  human  soul  than  pure  friendship,  which 
has  been  called  "the  master  passion."  Jesus 
had  an  inner  circle  of  those  whose  spirits 
were  closely  akin  to  his  own.  John,  the 
"disciple  whom  Jesus  loved."  Peter,  the 
"rock-man."-  James,  the  >"son "  df  thunder," 
and  this  little  family  in  Bethany  were 
among  them.  How  he  satisfied  their  heart- 
hunger  is  manifest  in  the  fact  .that,  thoiigh 
they  were  never  able  to  comprehend  him, 
and  he  disappointed  all  their  fondest  earthly 
hopes,  they  still  clung  to  him,  even  through 
the  gathering  shadows  of  the  Passion  Week, 
when  the  hate  of  his  enemies  threatened 
to  involve  them  in  a  common  ruin  with 
him.  Only  when  the  arrest  was  actually 
accomplished  did  they,  terrified  as  much  by 
the  gloom  of  the  garden  and  the  strange 
manner  of  their  Master  as  by  the  weapons 
of  the  soldiers,  all   forsake  him. 

Christ's  heart  had  room  for  his  nation. 
Hear  his  plaintive  wail  over  Jerusalem: 
"O  Jerusalem,  Jerusalem,  how  often  would 
I  have  gathered  thy  children  together,  as 
a  hen  gathers  her  chickens  under  her  wing, 
and  ye  would  not!"  (Matt.  23:37.38;  Luke 
19:41-44.)  How  he  sought  by  parable  add- 
ed to  parable  1  warn  Israel  of  the  peril 
<>{  rejecting  him  who  was  coming  to  them 
in  the  name  of  the  Lord  !  He  painted  for 
them  a  picture  of  the  desolation  that  should 
visit  their  city  and  nation,  if  perchance 
some  of  them  would  heed  the  warning  and 
escape.  He  devoted  all  the  years  of  his 
earthly  ministry  to  labors  among  the  lost 
*heep  of  the  house  of  Israel ;  and  when  he 
sent  forth  his  apostles  on  their  first  evan- 
gelistic tour,  he  strictly  charged  them  to 
devote  their  labors  to  their  own  people. 
After  his  resurrection,  when  he  commis- 
sioned hi«  disciples  to  carry  the  gospel  into 
all  the  world,  he  bade  them  "begin  at  Jeru- 
salem."    (  Luke  24 -.46,47  :    Acts  1:8:) 

Christ's  heart  had  room  for  the  whole 
world.  Friendship  and  patriotism  did  not 
exhaust  the  love  of  Christ.  Rather,  they 
were  but  hands  by  which  he  would  lay  hold 
of  all  humanity.  The  supreme  statement 
of  his  purpose  in  coming  into  the  world  is 
that  of  the  "little  gospel,"  in  John  3:16. 
God's  -ending  his  Son  is  the  measure  of  his 
love,  and  Christ's  willing  coming  is  the 
measure  of  his.  "That  whosoever  will  may 
have  life"  is  the  limitless  scope  of  his  out- 
reaching  affection.  He  came  to  call  sinners 
to  repentance,  and  in  the  very  hour  when 
malice  wrought  its  basest  deed  against  him, 
he  prayed  for  his  persecutors.  To  give 
one's  life  for  his  enemies  is  the  utmost 
proof  and  largest  measure  of  love. 

A  Fte*  Kidney  Curt. 

Mr.  A.  S.  Hitchcock,  Ea«t  Hampton,  Conn.,  (the 
Clothier)  sayi  if  any  tufferer  from  Kidney  and  Bladdei 
trouble!  will  write  him,  he  will,  without  charge,  diree 
them  to  the  perfect  home  cute  he  naed 


PREPARATION     FOR    THE     MESSIAH. - 
Hal.  3:1-12. 

Memory  Verses,  8-10.     , 

Golden  Text. — I  will  send  my  messen- 
ger and  he  shall  prepare  the  way  before  me. 
—Mai.  3:1. 

The  book  of  Malachi,  the  last  though  not 
the  latest  book  of  the  Old  Testament,  is  the 
production  of  a  prophet  (probably  anony- 
mous) who  lived  in  Jerusalem  some  time  af- 
ter the  rebuilding  of  the  temple  and  the 
walls  and  the  establishment  of  the  complete 
and  elaborate  temple  worship.  Nothing 
is  known  of  the  prophet  historically  and  it 
is  not  improbable  that  the  name  Malachi, 
meaning  "my  messenger,"  was  taken  from 
the  book. 

Our  knowledge  of  the  history  of  the  period 
is  too  scanty  to  permit  an  exact  determina- 
tion of  the  time  in  which  the  book  was 
written.  The  conditions  which  it  was  de- 
signed to  meet  are,  however,  evident.  The 
exile  was  so  remote  that  there  is  no  remi- 
niscence of  it -in  the  book.  The  reference 
to  "the  governor"  indicates  a  complacent 
acceptance  of  the  status  of  a  Persian  prov- 
ince under  a  satrap.  The  temple  worship 
had  been  restored  and  the  ritual  had  as- 
sumed the  place  of  primacy  which  it  oc- 
cupied in  the  later  stages  of  Judaism.  But 
the  blessings  which  had  been  anticipated, 
and  which  the  prophets  had  foretold,  as  the 
immediate  result  of  the  return  fiom  exile 
and  the  religious  restoration,  had  apparently 
not  been  received.  Judah  was  enjoying  no 
obvious  advantage  over  her  pagan  neigh- 
bors who,  like  her,  had  fallen  under  the 
Persian  yoke.  In  such  a  case,  the  service  of 
Jehovah,  involving  expensive  sacrifices  and 
a  punctilious  observance  of  ritual  require- 
ments, began  to  seem  burdensome.  Is  it 
worthwhile?  they  asked.  Is  the  service  of 
Jehovah  worth  what  it  costs? 

In  doubt  up->n  this  point,  the  natural 
tendency  was  to  make  it  cost  less.  Tithes 
were  withheld.  Animals  wtre  offered  tor 
sacrifice  which  could  not  be  put  to  any 
other  use.  There  was  a  certain  adherence 
to  the  forms,  but  both  the  spirit  of  worship 
and  even  the  conscientious  performance  of 
the  ceremonies  was  lacking. 

The  message  of  the  prophet  is:  First,  that 
there  is  coming  a  day  of  judgment,  a  time  of 
testing,  in  which  the  messenger  of  Jehovah 
shall,  like  a  refiner,  put  to  the  proof  the  vir- 
tues of  all  men;  second,  that  to  Judah  shall 
be  given  an  opportunity  for  repentance  be- 
fore that  time  on  terms  which  the  prophet 
announces  (3:7-10)  and  which  shall  be 
further  set  forth  by  Elijah  who  shall  come 
before  "the  great  and  terrible  day  of  the 
Lord"  (4:5);  third,  that  in  that  time  of 
judgment  there  shall  be  a  rigid  separation 
between  the  sinners  and  the  righteous,  how- 
ever the  two  classes  may  seem  to  be  con- 
fused now,  and  each  shall  be  dealt  with  ac- 
cording to  its  deserts  (3:18-4:3). 

The  prophet's  answer  to  the  immediate 
complaint  of  the  people  is  that  Jehovah  has 
withheld  the  blessings  from,  them  because 
they  had  failed  to  comply  with  the  condi- 
tions. "Return  .unto  me  and  .  I  will  return 
unto  you,  saith  Jehovah."  Taken  in  connec- 
tion with  his  allusions  to  tithes  and  sacri- 
fices it  lent  itself  to  the  encouragement  of 
that  formal  and  legalistic  conception  of  reli- 
gion which  was  the  essential  defeat  of  the 
whole  Jewish  system  but  which,  in  its  high- 


What  Sulphur  Does 

For  the  Human  Body  in  Health  and 
Disease. 

The  mention  of  sulphur  will  recall  to 
many  of  us  the  early  days  when  our  moth- 
ers and  grandmothers  gave  us  our  daily 
dose  of  sulphur  and  molasses  every  spring 
and   fall. 

It  was  the  universal  spring  and  fall 
"blood  purifier,"  tonic  and  cure-all,  and 
mind  you,  this  old-fashioned  remedy  was 
not  without  merit. 

The  idea  was  good,  but  the  remedy 
was  crude  and  unpalatable,  and  a  large 
quantity  had  to  be  taken  to  get  any  effect. 

Nowadays  we  get  all  the  beneficial  effects 
of  sulphur  in  a  palatable,  concentrated  form, 
so  that  a  single  grain  is  far  more  effective 
than  a  tablespoonful  of  the  crude  sulphur. 

In  recent  years  research  and  experiment 
have  proven  that  the  best  sulphur  for 
medicinal  use  is  that  obtained  from  Cal- 
cium (Calcium  Sulphide)  and  sold  in  drug 
stores  under  the  name  of  Stuart's  Calcium 
Wafers.  They  are  small  chocolate  coated 
pellets  and  contain  the  active  medicinal 
principle  of  sulphur  in  a  highly  concen- 
trated effective  form. 

,  Few  people  are.  '  aware  of  the  value  of 
this  form  of  sulphur  in  restoring  and  main- 
taining bodily  vigor  and  health;  sulphur 
acts  directly  oil '  the  liver,  and  excretory  or- 
gans and  purifies  and  enriches  the  blood 
by  the  prompt  elimination  of  waste  ma- 
terial. 

Our  grandmothers  knew  this  when  they 
dosed  us  with  sulphur  and  molasses  every 
spring  and  fall,,  but  the  crudity  and  im- 
purity of  ordinary  flowers  of  sulphur  were 
often  worse  than  the  disease,  and  can  not 
compare  with  the  modern  concentrated 
preparations  of  sulphur,  of  which  Stuart's 
Calcium  Wafers  is  undoubtedly  the  best 
and  most  widely  used. 

They  are  the  natural  antidote  for  liver 
and  kidney  troubles  and  cure  constipation 
and  purify  the  blood  in  a  way  that  often 
surprises  patient  and  physician  alike. 

Dr.  R.  M.  Wilkins  while  experimenting 
with  sulphur  remedies  soon  found  that  the 
sulphur  from  Calcium  was  superior  to  any 
other  form.  He  says :  "For  liver,  kidney 
and  blood  troubles,  especially  when  result- 
ing from  constipation  or  malaria,  I  have 
been  surprised  at  the  results  obtained  from 
Stuart's  Calcium  Wafers.  In  patients  suf- 
fering from  boils  and  pimples  and  even 
deep-seated  carbuncles,  I  have  repeatedly 
seen  them  dry  up  and  disappear  in  four 
or  five  days,  leaving  the  skin  clear  and 
smooth.  Although  Stuart's  Calcium  Wafers 
is  a  proprietary  article  and  sold  by  drug- 
gists and  for  that  reason  tabooed  by  many 
physicians,  yet  I  know  of  nothing  so  safe 
and  reliable  for  constipation,  liver  and  kid- 
ney troubles  and  especially  in  all  forms  of 
skin  diseases  as  this  remedy." 

At  any  rate  people  who  are  tired  of  pills, 
cathartics  and  so-called  blood  "purifiers" 
will  find  in  Stuart's  Calcium  Wafers,  a  far 
safer,  more  palatable  and  effective  prepara- 
tion. 


est  forms  made  it  a  useful  preparation  for 
the  fuller  truth  of  Christianity.  It  was  es- 
sentially "justification  by  works." 


"The  Original       • 

'Borden's-  Eaglfe'  Brand  Condensed  Milk 
and  the  Civil  War  Veteran  are  old  friends." 
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'     December  if,  1905. 


WHAT  THE  CHRISTIAN  CHURCH 

STANDS  FOR.-  1  Tim.  3:14-16; 
1  Peter  2:9. 

For  the  Leader. 

The  topic  for  this  evening  is  one  which 
we  are  always  ready  to  discuss.  Or,  at 
least,  we  should  always  be  ready  to  discuss 
it.  "Always  ready  to  give  a  reason  for  the 
hope  that  is  in  us,"  is  an  old  and  favorite 
saying  with  us.  Why  should  it  not  be 
thus  ?  We  make  claims  that  are  worthy 
the  consideration  of  the  most  thoughtful, 
as  well  as  fully  appreciated  by  those  of 
simplest  understanding..  There  is  no  other 
body  of  believers  of  any  considerable  size 
that  makes  just  the  plea  we  make  for  a 
separate  existence  in  this  day  of  theological 
and  ecclesiastical  mergers.  Does  every 
member  of  our  congregation  present  under- 
stand this  plea?  Does  every  one  feel  that 
he  could  state  this  plea  to  some  one  who 
would  ask  for  information  on  the  subject? 
If  not,  there  is  some  need  for  the  study  of 
that  plea.  This  meeting,  therefore,  may 
have  a  very  satisfactory  justification  with 
even-' those  most  sensitive  to  the  least  men- 
tion v- of  denominational  holdings.  Let  us' 
not  hesitate  to  ask  questions  to  bring  out 
any  points  not  clear. 

For  the  Members. 

1.     During  the  first  ten  years  of  the  nine- 
teenth century  several  great  and  good  men 
in  different  churches  in  America  began  to 
tire   of   the   practices   of   their   fellowships. 
They  felt  that  the  emphasis  was  not  upon 
what  the  New  Testament  taught,  but  upon 
what   the   church    standards    taught.     They 
saw  how  the  Christian  people  of  the  land 
were   divided   by  these   human   creeds   and 
confessions.    Indeed,  when  efforts  were  made 
to  unite  the  members  'of  different  churches 
for   communion    out     in    the     frontier    of 
Pennsylvania  strong  objection  was  raised  in 
the  name  of'-the  creeds...  Of-course-it  could 
not  be  made  in  the  name  of  the  Gospel  of 
Christ.     Thomas     Campbell     was   the    first 
leader  of  this  effort  to  unite  the  people  of 
the   several    churches.     Being   attacked   for 
this    work,    iie    must    defend    himself.     He 
said,    "to    the   law   and   to    the   testimony," 
meaning  that  they  would  fall   back  of  the 
creeds  and  standards  to  the  Word  of  God. 
2.     He  was  soon  joined  in  this  study  of 
the  Word  of  God  for  a  basis  of  Christian 
procedure  by  his  son,  Alexander,   who  ar- 
rived   from    the    old    country,    having    pre- 
viously   decided    to    be    a    minister    of    the 
Word.     They  came   forth   from   that  study 
with  a  well  established  determination  to  be 
governed  in  all  things  relating  to  the  church, 
by   the    New   Testament    Scriptures.     They 
were  going  back  to  the  records  of  the  churcn, 
its  doctrines,  its  practices,  as  it  was  under 
the  apostles.    Thus  by  returning  to  the  church 
as     divinely    led,    they    would     make    the 
churches  of  today  New  Testament  churches. 
Anything    that    was    not    according    to   the 
Scriptures    was    to    be    left    behind.     If    it 
were  wrong  for  them  to   unite  the  people 
of   God    for   the    work   of   his    kingdom,    it 
would  appear  from  the  Scriptures.     If  the 
Scriptures  did  not  forbid,  then  the  creeds 
and  standards  had  no  right  to  forbid.     The 
result  was  far  more  than  they  thought  when 
they  made  the   decision   to  .  return   "to   the 
law  and  to  the  testimony." 

3.  Of  course  they  were  not  welcome  any 
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move  out  or  be  brought  to  trial  for  heresy. 
By   this    time    there    were   several    standing 
out    boldly    for    a    return    to    the    primitive 
order  of  things.     There  were  also  many  in 
the    churches    who,    like    Nicodemus,    held 
with  the  reformers,  though  they  did  not  at 
once   break    with   their   surroundings.     One- 
entire  association  over  in  Ohio  was  deeply 
tinged  with  the  new  view,  and,  by  the  year 
1830,  after  whole   churches   had  come  into 
the    new    movement,    the    association    as    a 
whole  became   a  pleader   for  the   return   to 
the   New   Testament   order.     This    restora- 
tion   of    the    New    Testament    church    had 
changed   their   views   of  baptism,   of   infant 
membership  in   the  church,  of  government, 
and  the  whole  field  of  Christian  action  was 
changed.     They    did   not    rejoice   always   at 
the  results  of  this  return  to  the  New  Testa- 
ment order,  for  sometimes  meetings  closed 
with  people  in  tears  that  certain  old  prac- 
tices   of   the   church    must   be    given    up   as 
having  no  warrant  in  the  New  Testament. 
But  they  were  brave  enough  to  follow  where 
the  Lord  led  them.     We  have  learned  that 
they  stood  for  a  return  to  the  New  Testa- 
ment   Scriptures    and    the    church    as    it    is 
there  set  forth.     They  said  they  would  have 
the  local  churches  of  today  organized,  gov- 
erned and  carried  forward  in  all  their  prac- 
■  tices^  just-as  .the   churches  of  the  times   of 
the  apostles.     The  churches  of  New  Testa- 
ment times  were  led  by  the  Holy  Spirit- 
infallibly  led.     We  are  the  children  of  these 
great  and  good  men  of  the  nineteenth  cen- 
tury, and   what  they   stood   for   the   Chris- 
tian Church  of  today  stands   for— a  return 
to  the   primitive   order. 

Quiet  Hour  Thought. 

Is  my  life  such  as  makes  me  worthy  to 
be  classed  with  a  people  who  propose  to 
return  from  the  nian-made  standards  to  the 
pure  Word  of  God" 

DAILY  READINGS. 

M.— Our  church  bearing  light.  Ex.  25  :3W0- 
T.— For  imperishable  truths.  1  Pet.  2  :6-8. 
W— Christ  its  Head.  Eph.  i:i5-23- 

T  _We  the  body.  Col.  1 .20-29. 

F.— For  Christian  unity.  Eph.  2:16-22. 

S.— How  we  should  love  it.       Isa.  62:1-12. 

S Topic — What  our  denomination   stands 

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To  the  Editor  of  The  Christian -Evangelist: 

In  your  editorial  o£  Nov.  10.  page  148.  on 
'"Praying  for  the  Holy  Spirit."  you  say, 
"If  this  man  with  little  faith,  could  pray  for 
more  faith.""  etc.  1  infer  from  that  state- 
ment that  you  would  teach  that  it  is  en- 
tirely right  and  Scriptural  to  pray  for  an 
increase  of  faith. 

If  that  he  true,  we  must  conclude  that  we 
should  pray  for  faith  and  that  any  and  all 
faith  is  not  the  belief  of  testimony,  does  not 
come  by  hearing,  but  is  the  gift  of  God,  for 
if  faith  is  increased  in  answer  to  prayer. 
then  certainly  faith  in  the  beginning  or 
faith  itself  is  given  in  answer  to  prayer, 
for  the  same  thing  which  produces  faith  at 
all  will  increase  that  faith.  What  about  it? 
And  your  position  on  praying  for  the  Holy 
Spirit,  it  seems  to  me.  is  not  in  keeping 
with  the  teaching  of  the  Bible.  If  God 
has  given  the  obedient  believer  the  Holy 
Spirit,  then  why  pray  for  it  ?  That  sort  of 
teaching  has  led  our  good  religious  neigh- 
bors to  pray  for  the  baptism  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  and  expect  him  to  give  them  a  great 
power  in  some  strange  way. 

A.   E.   Dccber. 

[Replying  to  the  above,  we  would  say 
that  most  certainiy  we  believe  that  the 
prayer.  '"Lord.  I  believe ;  help  thou  mine 
unbelief."  is  entirely  proper,  and  we  sup- 
pose it  is  one  that  every7  sincere  Christian 
has  often  made.  It  does  not  follow,  how- 
ever, as  our  brother  seems  to  think,  that 
the  Scriptures  therefore  have  nothing  to  do 
■with  faith.  "These  are  they  which  testify 
of  me,"  and  without  the  testimony  concern- 
ing Christ,  there  could  be  no  faith  in  him. 
But  faith  is  much  more  than  the  intellectual 
acceptance  of  testimony.  It  is  the  actual 
receiving  of  Christ,  not  only  with  the  pow- 
ers of  the  mind,  but  with  the  affections  of 
the  soul,  and  the  submission  of  the  -will. 
In  these  spiritual  processes  many  an  earnest 
soul  has  had  occasion  to  cry  out,  "Help 
thou  mine  unbelief!" 

Our  brother's  question  "If  God  has  given 
an  obedient  believer  the  Holy  Spirit,  then 
why  pray  for  it?"  was  fully  answered  in  the 
very  article  to  which  he  refers.  Just  as 
the  man  having  a  measure  of  faith,  or  of 
patience,  or  of  love,  may  pray  for  an  in- 
crease, so  one  who  has  been  made  a  "par- 
taker of  the  divine  nature"'  to  some  extent 
through  the  Holy  Spirit,  may  desire,  and 
should  desire,  to  increase  his  likeness  with 
God.  which  can  only  come  through  an  in- 
crease of  the  Holy  Spirit.  Paul  prayed 
that  the  Ephesians  might  be  "filled  with  all 
the  fullness  of  God."  Nothing  short  of 
that  should  satisfy  the  Christian.  But  the 
only  way  to  be  "filled  with  all  the  fullness 
of  God"  is  10  be  "filled  with  the  Spirit/' 
That  is  not  the  experience  of  a  beginner, 
but  the  sublime  goal  toward  which  all 
Christians  should  a>;ire. — Editor.] 


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Methodist  Hymnal  just  issued,  nor  does  it  have  as  many  pages.  This  is  also  true 
when  you  compare  it  with  the  leading  modern  Hymnals  of  America  and  P^ngland. 
However,  some  wanted  a  SMALL  Hymnal,  and  others  wanted  a  LARGE  one. 
To  meet  these  demands  two  editions  were  prepared  and  published  simultaneously. 
The  ABRIDGED  Edition  contains  400  pages,  and  will  be  found  admirably  adapted 
to  the  needs  of  many  churches. 

6.  It  is  a  fact  that  some  Hymnals  are  not  logically  arranged  comprehensive 
Hymnals  made  up  of  the  tried  and  true  Hymns  and  Tunes,  but  are  mere  bundles  of 
trashy  Gospel  Songs  (with  an  occasional  Hymn  here  and  there;,  many  of  which 
soon  pass  into  oblivion  where  they  belong!  They  are  so  puerile  that  they  never 
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News  From  Many  Fields. 

(Continued  from  page  1595.) 
preacher  and  go  to  work.  We  have  a  dozen 
or  two  of  as  choice  spirits  as  I  have  ever 
met,  and  I  see  no  reason  why,  with  the  re- 
moval of  a  little  "anti-ism"  and  "Adventism," 
and  the  employment  of  the  right  preacher, 
victory  should   not  come. 

John  A.  Stevens,  Cor.  Sec. 
Alexandria. 

©      @ 

Kentucky, 

Victor  W.  Dorris  is  now  in  the  midst  of  a 
splendid  meeting    with  "home    forces"    at 

Georgetown. The  meeting  at   Mayfield, 

in  which  the  regular  minister,  R.  L.  Clark, 
was    assisted    by  W.    J.    Hudspeth,  closed 

with  60  additions. At  last   report   R.  B. 

Neal  was  in  a  splendid  meeting  at  Fuller- 
ton,  with  55  added— 38  baptisms. W.  A. 

Ward,    of     Henderson,    recently    closed    a 

meeting,  with  42  additions,  at  Baskett. 

H.  B.  Gwinn  has  just  closed  a  two  weeks' 
meeting  with  "home  forces"  at  Oakland 
church,  near  Elmville,  which  resulted  in  19 


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The  readers  of  this  paper  will  be  pleased  to  learn 
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Chestnut  Street  Church  of  that  city,  succeed- 
ing W.  H.  Allen,  who  has  accepted  a  call  to 

Muncie,  Ird. W.  N.  Briney,  of  Louisville, 

is  in  a  meeting  with  the  church  at  Warsaw. 

We  are  glad  to  report  19  additions  here 

at  Midway   at   regular  services  during  the 

past  month. The  churches  of  Versailles 

are  in  the  midst  of  a  very  interesting  union 
meeting.    Our  minister,   R.    J.   Bamber,  is 
assisting   in   the    preaching.      Services  are 
being  held  each  night  in  the  court  house. 
Midway.  Geo.  W.  Kemper. 


Evangelistic. 

(Continued  from  page  159/.) 
difficulties  of  the   field   it  was  certainly  a 
triumph.     R.   H.   Sawtelle,  the  pastor,  did 
the  preaching. — C.  B.  Dabney,  singer. 

Meadville,   Nov.   25 — Our    meeting    just 

closed  with   37   added.     H.  F.  MacLane,  of 

Hiram,  O.,  was  the  evangelist.    This  work 

is  only  21   months  old. — W.  D.  Trumbull. 

PHILIPPINE  ISLANDS. 

Vigan,  Ilocos  Sur,  Oct.  12.— Two  recently 
baptized  here;  q  at  Sinait;  21  at  Kabugaw. — 
HermonP.  Williams. 

TEXAS. 

Wichita  Falls,  Nov.  27. — Had  a  good  day 
yesterday — 2  confessions.  Three  additions 
to  date. — Frederick.  F.  Wvatt  and  wife. 

Detroit,  Nov.  27.— Three  additions  to  the 
Central  congregation. — Samuel  P.  Bex- 
brook,  minister. 

Sherman,  Nov.  24.— Our  membership  is 
now  over  500.  The  work  is  exceedingly  in- 
teresting and  the  outlook  very  fine.— J.  H. 
Fuller. 

west  virginia. 

Parkersburg,  Dec.  1. — The  Yeuell  meet- 
ing is  a  week  old,  with  nine  confessions  to 
date.    The  attendance  and    interest  so  early 


in  the  meeting  are  unparalleled  in  the 
history  of  the  church.  The  problem  of  tak- 
ing care  of  our  audience  is  puzzling  us. — 
G.  F.  Assiter. 

Wheeling. — Three  baptisms  and  one  from 
Baptists  at  Island  Church  Wednesday  even- 
ing. Three  other  baptisms  since  last  re- 
port; all  at  regular  services.— C.  Manly 
Rice,  minister. 

Bethany.— Two  confessions  Lord's  day, 
November  26,  and  two  more  at  prayer  meet- 
ing Wednesday  evening,  November  to. — I. 
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December  ~,  1905 


Family  Circle 


Christmas  the  Children's  Festival. 

Christmas  is,  of  all  days  in  the  year,  the 
children's  day.  As  we  think  of  the  birth- 
day of  onr  Savior,  we  love  to  study  the 
pictures  which  great  artists  have  made  of 
the  holy  mother  and  her  Child.  It  is  not 
the  rapt  expression  of  the  mother,  nor  the 
halo  over  the  Child's  head  winch  attracts — 
only  the  Baby  lying  so  helpless  and  inno- 
cent in  its  mother's  arms,  and  touching 
the  chord  of  love  in  every  parent's  heart. 
Since  the  days  when 
Christ  invested  child- 
hood with  a  sacredness 
and  a  new  dignity  it 
had  not  known,  the 
world  has  grown  more 
and  more  to  value 
these  little  ones.,  So 
great  is  the  interest  in 
child  '  study  that  the 
earth  seems  to  have 
been  made  for  chil- 
dren, and.  in  our  anx- 
iety to  do  the  most  and 
best  for  them,  there  is 
a  danger  of  making 
their  lives  too  complex 
and  too  intense.  The 
charm  of  the  child  is 
his  simplicity  of  char- 
acter, and  in  our  cele- 
bration of  our  Savior's 
birthday  we  shall  do 
well  to  preserve  this 
simplicity  in  our  chil- 
dren and  to  return  to 
it    ourselves. 


bon.  while  the  mantel  was  banked  with 
green  and  thickly  studded  with  red  candles, 
different  lengths.  In  the  bay  window  were 
festoons  of  running  cedar,  with  a  fluffy  red 
bell  suspended  by  a  bit  of  the  cedar  from 
the  highest  point  on  either  side. 

The  long  table  had  for  a  centerpiece  an 
oval  mirror,  surrounded  by  a  miniature 
forest,  which  had  been  converted  into  a 
typical  winter  scene  by  a  glass-blower. 
Gliding  across  the  frozen  pond  was  a  sleigh 
drawn  by  four  deer,  in  which  Santa  Clans 
was  seated,  with  a  pack  of  toys  on  his  back, 
and  toys  all  about  him.  At  the  farther 
end  of  the  pond  was  a  tiny  house  nestling 
among  the  evergreen  trees.  The  children 
were  seated  at  this  table  with  the  host  and 


A  Santa  Clans  Party. 

This  very  charming 
and  delightful  party 
was  given  by  young 
grandparents,  who  had 
a  lovely  home  with 
large  rooms,  and  they 
invited  the  grown-up 
folk.  too. 

The  host  and  hostess 
were  assisted  in  receiv- 
ing their  guests  by  Mr. 
and  Airs.  Santa  Clans 
and  Miss  Santa  Clans. 
After  the  greetings, 
they  were  ushered  into 
a  large  room,  a  por- 
tion of  which  had  been 
converted  into  a  typical 
winter  forest,  in  the 
corner  of  which  was  a 
lovely  Christmas  tree 
all   aglow   with   lights. 

Before  the  gifts  were 
distributed  by  Mr.   and 
Mr-.  Santa  Clan-.  Miss 
Santa    Clan-    told    the 
old,    old    story    <<t    the 
Christ-child,    emphasiz- 
ing the  fact  that  Christ- 
mas is  a  time  for  gifts 
because       Jesus       w  a  - 
a   gift   of   love   to    the 
world,    how    be    "wenl    about    doing 
"pleased  not  himself    teaching  an< 
a   life   of  goodness   and   love. 
Christina-,   ins  birthday,   1-   the  gladdest    of 
brithdays  in  all  the  years,  she  told  them. 

Miss  Santa  Clan-  directed  and  led  all 
the  game-,  and  whenever  there  came  a 
pause,  -he  told  them  delightful  stories. 
There  ions    from    Dickens,    and 

"Uncle     Remus,"    and    many    other    lovely 
stori 

The  entertainment  closed  with  a  lovely 
|-i/-heon,  which  was  served  in  the  large 
dining  room.  At  the  windows  were  holly 
wreaths,   tied    with   large  bows   of   red    rib- 


good," 

living 

That    is    why 


hostess. 

There  were  four  round  tables  at  either 
corner  of  the  long  table,  at  which  the  older 
people  sat.  The  centerpiece  of  each  was  a 
round  plateau  of  mistletoe  in  the  middle 
of  which  gleamed  a  flaming  star  of  red.  A 
five-pointed  star  was  em  from  cardboard, 
then  tacked  to  a  thin  hoard.  The  star  was 
outlined  with  red  candles  elevated  in  the 
very  center  of  the  star. — The  Pilgrim. 

Compensations  of  a  Molest  Income. 

Our  good  friend  with  a  million  dollars  a 
year  can  not  eat  much  more  or  better  food, 


or  drink  much  more  or  better  drinks,  than 
we  can.  If  he  does,  he  will  be  sorry.  He 
can  have  more  places  to  live  in,  and  enor- 
mously more  and  handsomer  apparatus  of 
living,  but  he  can't  live  in  more  than  one 
place  at  once,  and  too  much  apparatus  is  a 
bother.  He  can  make  himself  comfortable, 
and  live  healthfully.  So  can  we.  He  can 
have  all  the  leisure  he  wants,  can  go  where 
he  likes  and  stay  as  long  as  he  will.  He  has 
the  better  of  us  there.  We  have  the  bet- 
ter of  him  in  having  the  daily  excitement 
and  discipline  of  making  a  living.  It  is  a 
great  game — that  game  of  making  a  liv- 
ing— full  of  chances  and  hazards,  hopes, 
surpfises,  thrills,  disappointments,  and  sat- 
isfactions. Our  million-a-year  friend  misses 
that.  We  may  beat 
him  in  discipline,  too. 
We  are  apt  to  get  more 
than  he  does — the  salu- 
tary discipline  of  steady 
work,  of  self-denial,  of 
effort.  That  is  enor- 
»■  mously  valuable  to 
soul,  body,  and  mind. 
He  can'-t"' b\iy  '  it  We 
get  it  thrown  in  with 
our  daily  bread.  We 
are  as  likely  'to  marry 
to  our  taste  and  live 
happily  in  the  domesti- 
cated state  as  he  is.  We 
h  a  v  e  rather  better 
chances  than  he  of 
raising  our  children 
well.  We  are  as  likely 
as  he  to  have  good 
friends  worth  having, 
and  to  find  pleasure  in 
t  h  e  mv  —  Edward  S. 
Martin,  in  the  Decem- 
ber   Atlantic 

~@~@ 

Missionaries  Saved  by 

Soap. 

The  island  of  Mada- 
gascar, the  third  larg- 
est island  in  the  world, 
in  1836,  was  ruled  by  a 
native  woman  who 
combined  the  worst 
vices  of  barbarism  with 
the'  externals  of  semi- 
ciyilizatron.  In  "Thirty 
Years  in  Madagascar" 
the  author  tells  of  a 
singular  incident  which 
prevented  the  woman 
from  driving  all  mis- 
sionaries from  the  is- 
land as  she  had  threat- 
ened to  do . 

The  queen  had  come 
into  possession  of  some 
English      soap,      and 
thought  it  desirable  to 
get   the   white   teachers 
to   make    soap,    and   to 
instruct    her    noblemen 
to    make    it.      This    is 
not  exactly  nobleman's 
work ;     but     in     those 
days,      in      that      land, 
everjr  one  had  to  do  as 
the    queen    commanded, 
or  have  their  heads  cut 
off. 
.She  called  a  meeting  of  the  missionaries. 
She  wished  to  know  if  there  were  anything 
they  could  still  teach  her  people.     The  mis- 
sionaries replied  that  they  had  only  taught 
the    simplest    elements    of    knowledge,    and 
that   there  were  many  things  of   which  the 
Malagasy    were   quite    ignorant.      Then    the 
queen  inquired  if  they  could  not  teach  her 
people    how    to   make    soap    from    materials 
to  be  found  in  the  country. 

This  was  an  awkward  question.  In- 
struction in  soap-making  had  not  been  part 
of  their  college  training,  but  a  Mr.  Cam- 
eron undertook  the  matter,  and  at  the  end 
of  a  week  he  presented  the  queen  with  two 


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I 


small  bars  of  fairly  good  soai>  made  entirely 
from  materials  found  on  the  island  The 
■queen  was  so  pleased  with  the  soap  that,  on 
condition  that  Mr.  Cameron  would  agree 
to  supply  a  certain  amount,  and  teach  some 
•of  the  young  noblemen  how  to  make  it, 
things  were  to  be  allowed  to  .go  on,  and 
the  missionaries  were  not  to  be  interfered 
with   in   their   work. 


The  Holy  Night. 

One  star  burned  low  within  the  darkened  east, 
And  from  a  stable  door  an  answering  light 
Crept  faintly  forth,  where  through  full  hours  of  night 
A  woman  watched.    The  sounds  of  day  had  ceased, 
And  save  the  gentle  tread  of  restless  beast 
There  dwelt  a  hush  profound.    The  mother's  sight, 
So  holden  by  her  Babe,  took  no  affright 
When  shadows  of  the  beams,  that  caught  the  least 
Of  light,  seemed  shapened  to  a  lengthened  cross; 
She  only  saw  a  crown  made  by  a  fieece 
Of  golden  hair.    Naught  presaged  pain  or  loss—  ; . 
To  her,  the  pivot  of  the  swinging  sphere 
,-Lay  sheltered  in  her  arms  so  warm  and  near; 
A  mother's  heart  proclaimed  him  "Prince  of  Peace!" 

—Edna  A.  Foster. 

Droves  of  Hen. 

Dr.  Parkhurst  says  that  in  all  questions 
men  go  a  good  deal  in  droves.  A  few  peo- 
ple act  as  conscience  for  the  many.  Those 
who  settle  questions  of  right  and  wrong  for 
themselves  are  very  largely  in  the  minority. 
Yet  men  will  not  be  judged  in  droves,  but 
every  man  must  give  an  account  of  him- 
self before  the  bar  of  Cod.  If  we  have 
to  stand  alone  there,  it  is  a  good  thing  to 
begin  to  stand  alone  here. 


Bury  Theirs. 

W.  L.  Moore,  chief  of  the  United  States 
weather  bureau,  was  the  subject  at  a  recent 
dinner  of  many  jokes  about  the  mistakes 
that  the  bureau  was  making  just  then  in  its 
predictions.  He  took  it  good-naturedly,  giv- 
ing apt  answers  to  all  the  chaffing,  and 
scored  in  particular  against  a  young  phy- 
sician. "Mr.  Moore,"  said  the  doctor,  "I'm 
glad  of  one  thing — you  chaps  will  at  least 
admit  that  you  make  mistakes."  "Oh,  as 
to  that,"  responded  Moore  carelessly,  "we 
must,  necessarily.  Now,  with  the  medical 
profession  it's  quite  different.  You  can 
bury  yours,  you  know !" 


"Bringin*  Up  Chilian." 

Dinah :  "Mandy,  wha'  foh  you  give  dat 
baby  a  piece  of  pohk  ter  chaw  on?  Don' 
you-all  know  the  poh  child'll' choke  on  it?" 

Mandy :  "Dinah,  don'  you  see  the  string 
tied  to  dat  piece  er  fat  pohk?  De  udder 
end's  tied  to  de  chile's  toe.  Ef  he  chokes, 
he'll  kick,  an'  ef  he  kicks,  he'll  jerk  de  pohk 
out.  Ah  reckon  you-all  don'  learn  me 
nothin'    bout  bringin'  up  chillun !" 

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With  the  Children 

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A  Child's  Question. 

The  shepherds  had  an  angel. 

The  wise  men  had  a  star, 
But  what  have  I.  a  little  child. 

To  guide  me  home  from  far. 
Where  glad  stars  sing  together 

And  singing  angels  are? 

Christ  watches  me,  his  little  lamb, 

Cries  for  me  day  and  night. 
That  1  may  be  his  own  in  heaven. 

Where  angels  clad  in  white 
Shall  sing  their  glory,  glory. 

For  my  sake  in  the  height. 

— Christina  G.  Ros.ietli. 

A  Week   with   the  Woodneys. 

THE    SIXTH    EVENING. 

When  Worth  Acre  discreetly  left  the 
Woodney  family  in  the  old  churchyard, 
he  walked  slowly  homeward.  Some- 
how, his  cheerful  mood  was  past, 
and  while  he  would  not  suffer  him- 
self to  be  despondent,  he  made  no 
attempt  to  ward  off  a  gentle  mel- 
ancholy. "When  a  fellow  is  forty 
years  old !"  said  Worth,  half  aloud. 
He  added  no  more,  but  crossed 
the  street  with  head  bowed.  Was 
it  seeing  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Woodney 
with  their  son  and  daughter  that 
had  reminded  him  of  his  age  ?  He 
glanced  at  the  windows  of  the  Miss 
Days,  but  no  face  was  to  be  seen. 
He  reached  Horseshoe  House  and 
found  the  gates  of  the  court  stand- 
ing open.  His  grandfather  was 
seated  under  the  silver  maple,  his 
cane  upon  his  knees.  The  sight 
of  the  aged  gentleman,  deserted  by 
his  wife  and  children,  but  increased 
the  pensive  thoughtfulness  of  the 
blacksmith.  He  drew  a  rustic 
bench  near  his  grandfather,  and 
having  selected  a  twig  from  among 
those  which  lay  scattered  in  the 
grass,  he  began  to  whittle.  The 
house  bent  around  them  inclusively, 
shutting  off  all  view  of  the  out- 
side world,  save  as  the  open  gates 
afforded  a  glimpse  of  the  ice  house 
across  the  road,  adjoining  Hoogan's 
saloon.  The  sunshine  touched  the 
edge  of  the  grassy  plot  on  the  east, 
and  shone  in  the  windows  of  the 
eastern  bend  of  the  horseshoe.  It 
was  gaily  playing  in  the  upper 
branches  of  the  silver  maple ;  but 
where  the  two  men  sat,  a  soft  and  de- 
licious repose  and  shade  pervaded  the  air. 

"How  are  you  feeling  today,  grand- 
father?" inquired  Worth;  "still  hale  and 
hearty  and  firm ?" 

"Still  firm."  answered  the  old  man.  "Do 
you  know  where  my  wife  and  children  are? 

would  like  to  meet  them  once  more  be- 
fore I  am  led  to  execution." 

"They  are  quite  safe,"  said  Worth.  "You 
are   sure   you   have   everything  you   need?" 

'"Oh.  yes,"  said  the  old  man  smiling,  "I 
am  very  well  contented." 

"Think  of  that!"  exclaimed  Worth.  "Con- 
tented at  your  time  of  life.  Many  a  fellow 
i-  discontented  at  twenty,  to  say  nothing 
of  ninety-six.  Why,  even  at  forty,  a  man 
may  fuss  around  because  he  hasn't  every- 
thing he  wants  !" 

!  everything  whether  you're  firm  or 
not,"  old  Mr.  Acre  explained.  "Nobody 
me  tremble,  or  grow  pale,  in  spite  of 
my  situation.  But  I  would  like  to  see  my 
wife  and  children  today.  This  is  a  beau- 
tiful day,  just  the  kind  of  day  for  a  man 
to  see  his  wife  and  children."  The  old 
man  looked  wistfully  at  Worth,  and  clasped 
his  withered  hand-. 

"It  is  a  fine  day,"  said  Worth,  "and  I 
have  been   fortunate  enough   to   see  Clara- 


bella  St.  iClair — the  beautiful  lady  who 
married  my  friend,  the  blacksmith.  So  the 
day  would  have  been  fine  enough  for  me.  if 
there  had  been  no  sunshine  on  the  silver 
maple.  Sunshine?  Pshaw!  What  need 
had  I  for  it  ?  Clarabella  smiled  at  me, 
grandfather." 

"I  have  never  forgiven  the  princess  for 
marrying  a  blacksmith."  said  the  old  man 
severely. 

"She  couldn't  help  it,"  said  Worth  soft- 
lv.     "You  see,  she  loved  him."   . 

"But  how  did  you  ever  get  to  know  a 
churl  in  that  base  calling?"  demanded  old 
Mr.  Acre,  his  eyes  snapping.  "What  busi- 
ness had  he  in  his  mean  condition,  to  aspire 
to  a  lady's  hand?  Ah,  this  is  the  revolu- 
tion, this  is  the  downfall  of  nobility !  A 
blacksmith,  indeed !  He  should  have  sought 
a  wife  among  the  red-cheeked  market- 
women,  or  sturdy  harvesters.  It  is  these 
blacksmiths  and  apprentices  who  have  me 
now  a  prisoner.  But  the}'  shall  not  see  me 
falter.     I  will  be  firm  to  the  last." 

"To  be  sure,  it  is  humble  of  the  fellow 
to  be  a  blacksmith,"  Worth  assented,  "but 


Our  school  work  now  will  soon  be  done 
For  Christmas-time  draws  near; 

We'll  leave  our  lessons  every  one, 
When  ring  the  chimes  so  clear : 

We'll  sing  and  play,  and  have  such  fun 
With  all  our  friends  so  dear. 


his  wife  is,  nevertheless,  the  princess  Clara- 
bella St.  Clair.  And  as  I  came  from  the 
cathedral  today,  she  walked  by  my  side 
just  as  she  did  twenty  years  ago,  when  she 
and  I  were  sweethearts.  It  was  just  the 
same,  except,  of  course,  she  can  never  be 
mine  as  I  used  to  dream,  because  she  is 
already  married.  She  can  never  be  mine, 
grandfather,  never !  But  I  am  going  to 
see  her  tomorrow  night,  just  for  old  times' 
sake.  And  yet,  I  know  she  can  never  be 
my  wife !" 

"Do  you  still  grieve  for  her,  my  boy?" 
asked  the  old  man,  reaching  over  and  lay- 
ing a  thin  hand  on  Worth's  great  knee. 

"Yes,  grandfather,  just  as  you  do  for 
your   wife  and  children." 

"Ah,  my  poor  child,"  said  old  Mr.  Acre, 
slipping  his  hand  from  the  blacksmith's 
knee  to  the  blacksmith's  shoulder.  "What 
a  world,  my  boy!     What  a  world!" 

Worth  roused  himself  and  spoke  more 
cheerfully.  "Later,  I  spent  some  time  with 
Clarabella's  little  daughter — her  name  is 
Lizzie  "  He  chuckled.  "It's  amazing  how 
that  child  loves  me  !  She's  big  enough  to 
stop  caring— most  children  come  to  the  age 
of  not  caring — did  you  ever  notice?" 

"Ah,  yes,"  cried  the  old  man,  "yes,  yes!" 

"But    Lizzie   thinks   I'm   everyting — I   be- 


lieve she  loves  me  more  than  her  father. 
'I'ncle  Worth,"  she  calls  me.  The  child  is 
about  fifteen.  She  overtook  me  as  I  was 
walking  in  the  fields,  today.  'Oh,  let  me 
go  with  you!'  she  cried,  as  if  she  were 
only  five  years  old.  She  caught  my  hand, 
and  on  we  went.  It's  the  funniest  thing — 
when  her  ringers  catch  my  hand,  they  can't 
close  around  it,  of  course,  and  they're  so 
soft — and  yet  nobody  could  break  away 
from  them.  They  seem  to  hold  like  steel. 
When  Lizzie  holds  my  hand — oh.  I  don't 
know ! — seems  like  all  the  sweetness  and 
purity  and  promise  of  childhood  is  given 
me  in  trust.  She  doesn't  know  how  much 
she  means,  and  how  great  she  is,  and  she 
doesn't  know  how  unworthy  I  am,  either — 
doesn't  dream  of  it !  Her  eyes  are  blue, 
and  they  dance  and  dance.  Ller  face  is  soft 
and  round  and  dimpled  and — and  her  hair 
is  this  golden  fluffy  kind,  you  know — 
made  out  of  finer  stuff  than  the  general 
run  of  hair.  Grandfather,  when  she  tips 
back  her  face  to  lok  up  at  me,  those  eyes 
dancing — and  the  sunlight  falls  on  it,  and 
the  merry  lips  just  a  wee  bit  parted — and 
the  cunningest  pearly  teeth,  shining 
— and  her  hand  holding  mine — well, 
some  of  the  warmth  of  her  round, 
little  body  steals  into  my  heart, 
and  makes  me  grow  young.  Grand- 
father, do  you  know  where  the 
fountain  of  youth  is?" 

"No,  I  don't,"  said  the  old  gen- 
tleman promptly.  "If  I  did,  I 
wouldn't  be  here." 

"I'll  tell  you  where  it  is,"  said 
Worth  earnestly,  "it's  to  be  found 
in  one's  children." 

"But  they  have  taken  my  chil- 
dren away,"  sighed  old  Mr.  Acre. 
"My  son  and  daughter  would  come 
if  they  could.  The}'  and  my  wife 
are  taken  away." 

"I  did  a  very  bold  thing  today," 
Worth  continued.  "I  was  walking 
with  little  Lizzie  just  as  I  have 
been  saying,  and  somehow  when  I 
looked  down  into  her  lovely,  happy 
face,  I  seemed  a  thousand  years 
old.  Do  you  ever  feel  that  way, 
grandfather?" 

"No,  my  boy,,  I've  never  felt 
older  than  ninety-six,  but  some- 
times I  imagine,  when  you've 
reached  my  elevation,  the  atmos- 
phere stays  about  the  same  thin- 
ness from  then  on  to  any  stretch 
of  years." 

"I  felt  a  thousand  years  old," 
Worth  persisted.  "And  I  felt  an 
awful  ache  in  my  heart — it  was  the 
ache  to  be  young  again — to  be  on 
a  plane  with  the  child  by  my  side, 
to  catch  on  to  her  youth,  somehow, 
anyhow,  and  keep  myself  from  drift- 
ing awray,  drifting  away,  to  the  sombre, 
silent  pool  of  old  age.  Her  face  was  so 
bright,  her  voice  was  so  fresh  and  girlish, 
her  step  was  so  young  \  And  I  love  her  so ! 
Then  I  said  to  her,  'Lizzie,  darling' — for 
you  know  she  looks  on  me  as  a  father — 
'Lizzie,  darling,  will  you  let  an  old  fellow 
kiss  you  just  once?'  I  was  watching  her 
very  close  to  see  if  she  would  start  away, 
or  show  unwillingness,  but  bless  your 
heart,  grandfather,  her  eyes  opened  wide 
in  surprise,  and  her  little  mouth  was  all 
wreathed  in  a  smile,  and  her  voice  shook 
out  little  bars  of  music.  'Of  course  you 
may,  dear,'  she  said,  'and  as  often  as  you 
please!'  Then,  I  bent  down — the  great 
rough  fellow  that  I  am,  and  Lizzie  rose 
on  the  tiny  tips  of  her  fairylike  shoes,  and 
held  up  her  lips  to  me,  and — and — what's 
the  matter  with  me?"  cried  Worth  in 
amazement,  for  his  voice  had  been  broken 
by  a  sob.  He  cleared  his  voice  angrily, 
and  his  eyes  smarted  with  tears.  "I  don't 
know  how  that  happened,"  he  apologized, 
rising  abruptly. 

"Be  firm,  my  boy!"  cried  old  Mr.  Acre, 
getting  up  by  means  of  his  cane.  "Be  firm 
— look  at  me  !" 


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"I  will,  grandfather!"  exclaimed  Worth. 
"I'm  ashamed  of  myself.  I  know  it 
couldn't  ever  be." 

"The  world's  full  of  grief,"  cried  the 
old  man,  his  eyes  sparkling,  "hut  he  firm! 
It's  all   we  can   do." 

"It's  all  we  can  do,"  Worth  agreed,  "and 
I'll    take    fresh   courage    from   you." 

"The  enemy's  against  us,"  exclaimed  old 
Mr.  Acre,  waving  his  cane,  "they're  sing- 
ing. 'To  arms!  to  arms!'  Our  wives  and 
children  are  denied  us.  Nothing  hut  a 
prison  for  us  to  guard.  h\  three  days  the 
guillotine!  But  he  firm,  my  boy.  Cry 
hurrah!" 

"Hurah!"  cried  Worth,  waving  his  great 
■arm. 

"Mr.  Acre!  Mr.  Acre!"  cried  Mace's  ex- 
cited voice  from  the  gate,  "our  horse  is 
in  the  house.     Come  quickly!" 

"Ha,  the  mob!"  cried  old  Air.  Acre  with 
great  zest  as  he  rushed  for  the  gates.  "The 
barricade !" 

"Let  me  out  first,"  cried  Worth,  with  dif- 
ficulty passing  the  old  man  on  his  way  to 
the  gates.  Hart'  had  he  gained  the  side- 
walk when  th  gates  closed  with  a  crash, 
the  bolts  r  .ed  into  place,  and  Horse- 
shoe 1  lou  vvas  in  a  state  of  siege. 
(to  be  continued.) 

Christmas   Conundrums    and  Answers. 

.Suppose,  when  you  go  to  bed  on  Christ- 
mas eve,  you  should  find  hanging  in  your 
room  a  set  of  rules  like  this: 

1.  Before  yon  have  any  breakfast  to- 
morrow morning  you  must  tell  exactly 
fc?hat  Christmas  means  and  how  it  came 
to  he  celebrated  on   December  25. 

2.  Before  you  go  into  the  closed  parlor 
where  that  tree  is  glittering  you  must  de- 
scribe the  origin  of  the  Christmas  tree. 

3.  Before  you  open  any  of  your  gifts  you 
must  make  it  clear  who  St.  Nicholas  was, 
and  how  we  came  to  call  him  Santa  Claus. 

4.  Before  you  may  enjoy  the  privileges 
of  the  mistletoe  you  must  give  a  sketch  of 
the  customs  connected  with  it. 

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HOW     C  J  IK  1ST  MAS    BEGAN. 

There's  Christmas,  for  instance.  "Every- 
body knows  what  Christmas  means !" — but 

that  isn't  exactly  an  answer  to  the  question, 
after  all.  When  this  word  was  coined 
"mass"  meant  "a  sacrificial  offering,"  and 
Christ  meant  "One  anointed"  or 
.ipart"  for  a  special  purpose.  SO  that  the 
real  significance  of  the  festival  was  "the 
offering  up  of  One  set  apart  for  a  special 
design." 

Mow  is  it,  remembering  this,  that  we 
ever  celebrate  the  sacred  anniversary  un- 
thinkingly  or   selfishly? 

And  then  the  date.  Did  i  hear  somebody 
say  that  Christ  was  born  on  December  25? 
If  you  know  that  for  a  certainty,  then  you 
know  more  than  all  the  scholars  of  all  the 
centuries. 

According  to  church  history,  Christ  was 
baptized  on  January  6,  and,  at  first,  his 
birthday  not  being  recorded,  that  was  the 
day  celebrated,  but  some  time  in  the  third 
or  fourth  century  December  25  was  chosen 
instead — to  be  celebrated,  ever  after,  as 
Christ's  birthday.  The  chief  reason  for  se- 
lecting this  date,  just  at  the  winter  solstice 
— the  time  when  the  year  turns  its  back  on 
the  short,  dark  .days  of  winter  and  sets  its 
face  toward  the  long  bright  ones  of  spring 
— was,  because  in  those  times  this  was  the 
accepted  season  for  festivals.  The  Romans 
already  celebrated  it  as  the  Saturnalia ;  the 
nations  of  the  north  called  it  Yule,  and,  by 
a  beautiful  symbolism,  the  Christians  made 
their  feast  a  rejoicing  that  the  Sun  of 
Righteousness  was  rising  with  cheer  and 
comfort  for  the  world. 

THE    FIRST    "CHRISTMAS    TREES." 

As  for  the  tree  idea,  it  is  older  than  old. 
First  of  all,  the  pagans  used  to  look  upon 
the  sun  as  a  heavenly  "light  tree."'  Its  rays 
were  the  branches,  the  clouds  were  its 
leaves,  the  lightning  its  flowers,  and  the 
sun,  moon  and  stars  its  golden  fruit.  Later, 
the  Scandanavians  of  the  north  chose  the 
ash  to  typify  this  idea  of  the  "tree  of  life," 
while  through  Germany  and  central  Europe 
the  pine  was  held  sacred.  In  representing 
their  "world  tree"'  the  Scandinavian  legends 
always  placed  four  harts  in  the  branches 
"to  devour  the  blossoms  as  the  seasons  de- 
vour the  days,"  and  one  great  stag  "to 
consume  the  leaves  as  the  year  consumes 
the  month."  At' Yule  they  decorated  small 
fir  trees  with  animals  to  carry  out  this  idea 
and  then  covered  them  with  candles  to 
signify  that  the  great  "light  tree"  had  be- 
gun to  grow  again. 

When  they  were  converted,  the  mission- 
aries usually  let  them  bring  their  Yule  into 
Christianity,  only  now  they  had  Christmas 
trees  instead  of  Yule  trees.  In  England, 
however,  the  skin-clad  Anglo-Saxons  were 
taught  that  Yule  trees  belonged  to  idolatry 
and  must  be  cut  down  and  burned  at  Christ- 
mas time,  in  token  that  the  Holy  Child  had 
destroyed  heathenism.  This  was  the  begin- 
ning of  the  Yule  log  that  blazed  on  the 
Christmas  hearth  for  a  thousand  years,  and, 
in  fact,  only  went  out  when  hearths  went 
out   of   fashion. 

So  when  you  trim  your  tree  this  year 
don't  forget  that,  once  upon  a  time,  every 
object  upon  the  branches  had  a  special 
meaning.  We  string  popcorn  and  cranber- 
ries today  because  to  the  pagans  such 
festoons  typified  mythological  serpents  ■  and 
later,  among  the  Christians,  they  stood  for 
the  serpent  in  the  Garden  of  Eden.  The 
gilded  nuts  and  colored  globes  represent 
the  pagan  idea  of  the  fruit  of  the  "light 
tree,"  which  afterward  was  made  to  sym- 
bolize the  Christian  belief  that  the  "heav- 
ens  declare   the    glory   of   God." 

THE   CHRISTMAS    FAIRY. 

And  now  for  Saint  Nicholas,  or  St.  Xik- 
laas,  as  the  Dutch  call  him.  or  Santa  Clans, 
as   we  have  learned  to  know  him. 

To  begin  with,  he  was  a  spirit  who  came 


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alum  in  food  is  deleterious. 


to  earth  on  a  white  steed  at  Yule,  and  led 
away  the  souls  of  all  who  had  died  during 
the  year.  That  was  a  pagan  idea,  and  of 
course  he  was  not  named  St.  Nicholas  yet. 
Next,  they  came  to  believe  that  he  took 
only  the  souls  of  the  unbaptized — all  chil- 
dren, and  in  that  way  the  idea  of  his  being 
the  children's  friend  started  to  grow.  By 
and  by  he  changed  his  white  steed  for  rein- 
deer, born  of  the  sun-stag  on  the  "light 
tree." 

So  the  Christmas  fairy  comes  down  in 
story  and  tradition  until,  in  the  fourth  cen-. 
tury,  good  old  St.  Nicholas,  archbishop  of 
Myra,  made  himself  so  famous  for  good 
work  that  he  has  been  called  the  patron 
saint  of  Christmas  ever  since. 

"UNDER    THE    MISTLETOE." 

The  mistletoe  legends  are  many.  The 
Druids  reverenced  it.  partly  because,  in 
common  with  many  other  primitive  peo- 
ples, they  attached  a  peculiar  significance 
to  the  idea  of  a  Trinity,  and  the  mistletoe 
berries  often  grow  in  threes,  and  partly  be- 
cause the  berries  ripen  at  the  sacred  season. 
From  earliest  times  the  plant  played  an  im- 
portant part  in  the  December  ceremonies, 
and  long  after  the  last  Druid  was  dust  it 
was  believed  to  be  good  medicine  for 
ills,  physical,  mental  and  sentimental.  As 
for  kissing  beneath  it.  it  began  so  far  back 
that  no  one  attempts  to  trace  it.  and  from 
present  prospects  the  custom  isn't  kkelf  r« 


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DECEMBER  7,  1905 


lust    have   come   near   dying, 

,loxx  -  ■     ys   of  the    Puritans  upon 

our  -         •        hristmas   was  a  solemn   fast 

remember     Mince  pie  was 

Iding  even  worse. 

1  ys  to  ours  seems  a  far  cry 

»nde<  (     earned  to  believe  to- 

-    is    no   less   sacred   be- 

-    g        teSs    and    merrymaking. 

■e    can    bring    to    ever) 

hear:   »"i  ''  reach,  the  more  truly  we 

Two  Little  Girls*  Christmas. 

i  was  Christmas  morning.     A  Christmas 

tree.     -  gay    with    tinsel,    colored    tapers 

and    garland-,    hut    shorn    of    its    presents. 

d  in  the  center  ot"  the  room.     A  little 

r  by   with   her  lips  extended   in 

pout.      Numerous    toy.-    lay 

on   a   table,   hut    the   ?.\r\   paid   no   attention 

any  ot"  them.     Her  mother  entered. 

*\\  liy.   Ethel."   she   exclaimed,   "that  isn't 

a  nic  ssion   tor  a  little  girl  to  have 

on    Christmas    morning,    especially    a    little 

girl  who  has  received  as  many  presents  as 

you  have!" 

"But.    mamma."    Ethel    said,    crossly.    "I 

don't    like    my   presents    one    bit.     My   doll 

is  a  brunette,  and   T   wanted  a  blonde:  and 

;';    like    my   book.    I    wanted    'Alice's 

Adventures  in   Wonderland.' " 

"Bui  ■    haven't    read    vour    book    vet, 

Ethel." 

"1     know      it's     horrid     anyway,     and     I 

wanted " 

Just  then  the  door  bell  rang,  and  a  news- 
boy   threw     in    a    morning    paper.     He    was 
g     away,  when  the  Christmas  tree 
caught   his  eye. 

"Oh!"    he   exclaimed,   clasping   his   hands 
B     her.    "how    beautiful  !       I  '  wish    Ruth 
could   see   that." 

"Is  Ruth  your  sister?"  Ethel's  mother 
a-ked   kindly. 

"Ves'm."   the  boy  answered. 
"Well,   teli    her  that    we   shall    lie   pleased 
to  have  her  come  to  see  the  tree." 

"She  can't,  ma'am.  She's  an  invalid, 
and  ha-  to  lie  all  day  in  bed;  but  she's 
always  so  patient  and  good." 

"Was  she  pleased  with  her  Christmas 
presents?"  .Mr-.  Gray  asked,  with  a  glance 
at   Ethel. 

"She  go:  ->nly  one.  but  she  was  so  pleased 
with  that.  It  was  an  orange,  a  great  big- 
one.  I  bought  it  for  her,  and  she  says  it 
will  make  her  happy  all   day." 

The  disagreeable  expression  had  left 
Ethel's  face.  She  eagerly  whispered  some- 
thing in  her  mother's  ear. 

"Yes,  dear."  her  mother  replied. 
"Where   do   you    five?"    Ethel    asked   ad- 
dre-sing  the   boy. 

"In  the  first  house  in  Brigg  street.  It 
isn't  a  nice  place  at  all.  You  wouldn't 
want  to  go  there." 

"Anyway.  I'm  going  tonight,"  Ethel  said, 
with  a  laugh.  "I  want  to  see  your  sister, 
and  I'm  going  to  play  Santa  Claus." 

That  evening  a  little  girl  lay  on  a  pallet 
of  straw  in  the  corner  of  a  dreary,  bare 
room.  Her  mother  sat  near,  a  look  of  in- 
terest on  her  tired,  pale  face.  The  news- 
boy knelt  by  the  bed.  The  girl's  face  was 
with  excitement.  "Oh.  Tom,"  she 
exclaimed,  'tell  me  about  what  the  little 
girl  said  '" 

'She    -aid    -he    was    coining    to    see    von. 
RutH.  and  she's  going  to  play  Santa  Clan-. 
\y   know    what   she  meant   by 
that,  nettling  nice,  I'm  sure." 

A    r  i   wheel-    was   heard    outside, 

and  >unded  in  the  porch.     Tom  ran 

the  door,  and  Ethel  and  her  mother 

er    to    where    Ruth    was 

lying,  r  a   feu    words  of  greeting, 

01   handkerchief-   over    her 

il   off."  -be  -aid.  gaily. 
were    excited    whispers,    a 


hurrying  back  and.  forth,  and  shouts  of 
pleasure  from  Tom. 

Soon  the  handkerchief  was  removed,  and 
Ruth  opened  her  eyes  in  fairyland!  There 
Stopd  Ethel's  tree,  again  loaded  down  with 
presents.  On  one  of  the  branches  hung 
the  doll  that  Ethe!  had  despised,  but  thai 
Ruth  thought  a  marvel  of  beauty:  and  un- 
der the  tree  were  piled  bundles  containing 
warm  clothing  and  groceries. 

I  haven't  time  to  tell  .you  about  the 
happy  evening  the  little  girls  spent  together, 
but  that  night,  just  before  Ruth  dropped 
asleep,  she  murmured:  "This  has  been  the 
loveliest  day  1  ever  hail,  mamma.  I  won't 
care  now  because  1  can't  run  and  play  like 
other  girls  ;  1  have  so  many,  many  things 
to  make  me  happy." 

At  the  same  time  Ethel,  lying  in  her  little 
white  enameled  bed.  under  the  daintiest 
downy  coverlets,  was  saying:  "I'll  never  be 
so  selfish  again  as  1  was  this  morning,  and 
I'm  always  going  to  share  my  presents  with 
some  one  less  favored  than  I  am." 

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What  We  Stand  For. 

For  the  Christ  of  Galilee, 
For  the  truth  which  makes  men  free, 
For  the  bond  of  unity 
Which  makes  God's  children  one. 

For  the  love  which  shines  in  deeds, 
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CONTENTS. 

Current  Events 161 1 

Editorial— 

Ministerial  Relief  Day 161 3 

Planning  Large  Things 161 3 

A  Hies  Against  Common  Foes 1 6 1 3 

President  Mc  Gat  7  <ey  's  Criticisms 1 6 1 4 

Notes  and  Comments..,.., 1614 

Editors  Easy  Chair. 161 5 

Contributed  Articles — 
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Ordained.     I.  J.  Spencer 1616 

Will  $25  a   Quarter  Suffice?     A.  L. 

Orcutt 1617 

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The  Holiest  Appeal  Before  the  Broth- 
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Link  Churches,  30  ;  Link  Individvals, 

27 1618 

From  a  Layman  s  Standpoint.  Samuel 

B.  Capen 1619 

Christ,  the  Center.  W.  H  P.  Fauncc.1619 
As    Seen    From    the    Do7/ie.     F.    D. 

Power 1620 

Revival  of  the    Teaching  Function. 

J.  H.  Hardin 1621 

Our  Budget 1622 

The  Pittsburg  Campaign 1625 

What  One  Church  is  Doing 1627 

News  Prom  Everywhere 1629 

Evangelistic 1628 

Midweek  Prayer  Meeting 1631 

Sunday   School 163 1 

Christian  Endeavor 1632 

People's   Forum 1633 

Obituaries 1634 

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December  14,   1905 


N-j    50 


Current*  Events 


Mr.  Balfour  has  resigned  as  British  Prime 

Minister,  his  resignation  has  been  accepted 

by    the    king,   and    Sir 
Balfour  Resigns.     Henry    Campbell.Ban. 

nerman  has  been  entrusted  with  the  task  of 
heading  a  new  cabinet.  This  means  a 
transition  from  a  Conservative  to  a  Liberal 
government.  For  the  past  ten  years  the 
Conservative  party  has  been  continuously  in 
power.  In  fact,  the  Liberals  have  been  in 
control  of  the  government  less  than  three 
years  in  the  last  twenty;  namely,  the  period 
from  1892  to  1895,  when  Mr.  Gladstone  was 
Prime  Minister  for  two  years,  followed  by 
Lord  Rosebery  for  a  few  months.  A  that 
time  the  Liberal  Party  went  to  pieces  on  the 
Irish  Home  Rule  question,  and  from  then  until 
now  the'partyhas  never  been  able  either  to 
command  the  support  of  the  Irish  national- 
ists, in  a  sense  its  natural  allies,  or  success- 
fully to  dispense  with  it.  The  new  Premier 
appears  to  believe  that  he  can  solve  the 
problem  by  outlining  a  program  about 
which*  all*  the  elements  of  the  party  will 
heartily  unite.  It  will  be  a  great  achieve- 
ment if  he  can  do  so,  and  will  prove  his  pos- 
session of  a  higher^degree  of  statesmanship 
than  *he  p>as  hithertoj  been  credited  with, 
even  by  his  friends. 

The  protective  tariff  plan,  advocated  by 
Mr.  Chamberlain  and  countenanced  in  a 
measure  by  Mr.  Balfour,  has  been  as  em- 
barrassing'and  divisive  to  the  Conservatives 
as  the  Home  Rule  program  was  to  the  Lib- 
erals. Mr  Balfour's  administration,  and 
more  particularly  his  utterances  on  public 
questions,  have'marked  him  as  subtle  rather 
than  stalwart.  Whether  he  is  temperament- 
ally undecided  or  only  discreetly  evasive,  he 
has  produced  upon'a  large  part  of  his  public 
the  impression^' of  being  on  both  sides  of 
the  issues  of  present  importance.  In  par- 
ticular, his  attitude  toward  the  Chamberlain 
protective  idea,  too  favorable  to  suit  its 
opponents  (who  are  numerous  even  in  Con- 
servative ranks)  and  too  uncordial  to  please 
its  advocates,  has  heattdhis  enemies,  cooled 
his  friends]  and  I  done  its  share  toward  de- ■ 
priving'the  party  of  popular  support.  Re- 
cent elections  have  been  going  rather  con- 
stantly in  favor  of  the  Liberals.  The  new 
cabinet,  formed  rand  headed  by  Campbell- 
Bannerman,  will  contain  at  least  two  men 
whose  names  and  "works  are  familiar  to  all 
Americans,  John  'Morley  and  James  Bryce, 
two  of  the  finest  examples  of  the  schoiar 
and  litterateur  in  politics.  The  name  of  Lord 
Rosebery  is  missing  from  the  roll  of  the 
new  cabinet.  This  brilliant  figure  in  British 
politics,  having  attained  the  objects  of  his 
earthly  ambition,  9eems  to  rest  on  his 
honors. 


Marh  Twain 
at  Seventy. 


Mark  Twain's  seventieth  birthday  was 
celebrated  in  New  York  by  a  dinner  party 
which,  as  an  aggrega- 
tion of  literary  nota- 
bles, has  not  often  been 
surpassed.  Most  of  the  people  who  write 
good  books  were  there,  besides  a  number 
who  write  only  fairly  good  books  and  several 
who  only  write  essays  about  other  people's 
books.  Mark  Twain  himself  made  a  speech, 
explaining  his  philosophy  of  life  and  telling 
"how  to  get  to  be  seventy  and  not  mind  it." 
It  is  hard  to  believe  that  he  is  only  seventy. 
Not  that  he  acts  old.  for  of  course  he  is  per- 
ennially young  in  spirit;  but  he  is  an  institu- 
tion, established,  indispensable,  inwrought 
in  the  fabric  of  the  Republic.  He  seems 
like  a  natural,  essential  and  everlasting  part 
of  American  civilization — like  the  constitu- 
tion, trial  by  jury  and  the  writ  of  habeus 
corpus.  And  now  we  find  that  this  institu- 
tion of  merriment  and  joy  is  only  seventy 
years  old— and  of  course  still  younger  as  an 
institution.  A  few  times  in  recent  years 
Mark  Twain  has  been  serious;  and  therefore 
absurd.  His  discussion  of  the  missionary 
question  shortly  after  the  Boxer  outbreak  in 
China  was  pathetic  in  its  futility,  and  his 
excursions  into  politics  and  against  Chris- 
tian Science  have  not  exhibited  him  at  his 
best.  He  does  not  shine  in  argument.  But 
these  indiscretions  of  age  are  not  to  be  held 
against  him.  The  shelf  full  of  immortal 
humor,  wholesome,  true  and  human,  that  he 
has  given  us,  and  the  glowing  personality 
that  has  gone  with  it  and  that  still  abides 
with  unabated  geniality — these  are  things 
that  we  would  not  willingly  do  without,  and 
at  thought  of  them  we  give  Mark  Twain  a 
grateful  greeting  as  he  passes  the  seventieth 
year,  that  "scriptural  statute  of  limitations 
beyond  which  the  time-worn  duty  bills  are 
not  collectible." 

Secretary  Shaw's  annual  report  as  secre- 
tary of  the  treasury  shows  a  deficit  of 
$23,004,228  for  the  fiscal 
year  ending  June  30, 
1905.  This  represents 
the  debit  balance  between  receipts  of  S697, 
000,000  and  expenditures  amounting  to 
§720,000,000.  The  deficit  for  the  preced- 
ing year  was  $41,000,000,  and  the  secretary 
congratulates  himself,  therefore,  that  the 
deficit  shows  a  decrease.  Last  year,  how- 
ever, the  deficit  was  excused  on  the  ground 
that  the  expenditures  included  an  extraordi- 
nary item  of  $50,000,000  for  the  Panama 
canal,  which  ought  not  properly  to  be 
charged  as  an  item  of  current  expense.  But 
if  this  plea  was  valid  last  year  to  prove  that 
there  was  no  real  deficit  in  current  expenses — 
and  we  think  it  was,  in  part  at  least— it  must 
also  be  borne  in  mind  when  we  are  compar- 
ing the  relative  economy  (or  extravagance)  of 
the  government  for  the  two  years.  There  has 


been  a  total  deficit  of  $64  000,000  for  the  two 
years.  Counting  out  the  canal  payment,  the 
deficit  would  be  reduced  to  m  t  ox>,ooo 
which  would  be  the  resultant  of  a  credit  bal- 
ance of  $9  000  000  for  1003-4  and  a  debit 
balance  of  $23,000,000  for  1904-5.  In  other 
words,  disregarding  the  canal  payment,  the 
expenses  of  government  for  the  past  fiscal 
year  are  greater  by  $32000000  than  for  the 
preceding  year.  The  President  is  very  ob- 
viously right  when  he  says,  in  his  message, 
that  there  must  be  either  an  increase  in  re- 
ceipts or  a  decrease  in  exp  nditures.  It  is 
almost  equally  obvious  that  the  latter  alter- 
native ought  to  be  chosen  and  that  it  will  be 
,  entirely  possible  to  acomplish  it,  if  the  prob- 
lem is  intelligently  and  honestly  approached, 
without  committing  any  of  those  false  and 
expensive  economies  against  which  we  are 
so  frequently  warned. 

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The  old   but    still  urgent    problem  of  in- 
troducing a  large    element   of  elasticity  into 


The  Treasury 
Report. 


Elastic  Currency. 


our    monetary    system, 


claims  a  share  of  Secre- 
tary Shav's  attention  in  his  report.  The 
volume  of  money  needed  to  transact  the 
country's  business  is  much  greater  at  cer- 
tain seasons  than  at  others.  In  the  dull 
summer  months,  when  business  is  at  low 
ebb,  it  is  difficult  to  keep  all  the  money  busy, 
even  when  it  is  offered  at  preposterously 
low  rates  of  interest.  In  livelier  seasons, 
notably  in  the  fall,  there  is  usually  not 
enough  money  to  supply  the  wants  of  those 
who  need  it  in  their  business  and  who  have 
credit  or  commodities  to  exchange  for  it.  In 
consequence,  interest  rates  are  subject  to 
wide  and  demoralizing  fluctuations.  The 
secretary  gives  the  limits  of  this  fluctuation 
during  the  past  year  as  one  per  cent  and 
twenty-five  per  cent.  Probably  few  of 
us  (except  those  of  us  who  are  life  insurance 
presidents  and  are  therefore  in  a  position  to 
return  the  favor)  have  borrowed  as  cheaply 
as  this  minimum,  and  not  many  of  us  (except 
those  who  patronize  the  genial  firms  which 
advertise  to  lend  money  to  salaried  people 
without  security  or  publicity,  to  be  repaid  by 
the  week)  have  paid  the  maximum.  To 
prevent  this  alternate  shortage  and  sur- 
plus of  currency,  Mr.  Shaw  suggests  that 
national  banks  be  permitted  "to  issue  a  vol- 
ume of  additional  government  guaranteed 
currency  equal  in  amount  to  fifty  per  cent  of 
the  bond-secured  currency  maintained  by 
them,  but  subject  to  a  tax  of  five  or  six  per 
cent  until  redeemed  by  the  deposit  of  a 
like  amount  in  the  treasury."  The  chief 
virtue  claimed  for  this  new  plan  is  that  it 
will  be  completely  automatic  in  its  opera- 
tion. It  will  not  pay  the  banks  to  issue  such 
additional  currency  until  the  current  inter- 
est rate  becomes  higher  than  the  rate  of 
taxation  which  must  be  paid  on  the  cur- 
rency.    When  interest  rates,  for  call  money 


The  Tax  on 
WorKs  of  Art. 


161  i 

go  as  high  as  eight  or  ten  per  cent  the 
banks  issue  the  extra  currency,  the  in- 
crease in  the  voiu  ne  of  currency  will  re- 
duce interest  rate  to  normal,  and  as  soon  as 
the  rate  falls  below  rive  or  six  per  cent  the 
additional  currency  will  be  wi  hdrawn  be- 
cause it  will  no  longer  be  worth  what  it  costs 
the  issuing  bank  to  maintain  it.  The  gov- 
ernment won  d  obviously  assume  a  risk  in 
guaranteeing  currency  which  is  not  secured 
by  bonds,  but  the  secretary  claims  that  the 
tax  would  much  more  than  offset  this. 

There  is  a  strong  sentimer  t  in  favor  of  the 
removal  of  the  duty  on  works  of  art  which 
are  imported  into  this 
country.  The  argu- 
ment is,  that  works  of 
art.  are  educative  in  their  influence  and  that 
their  importation  ought  to  be  encouraged  rath- 
erthan  hindered.  The  question  of  the  protec- 
tion of  American  artists  from  foreign  compe- 
tition does  not  enter,  for  the  artists  are  anx- 
ious for  all  the  competition  they  can  get, 
realizing  that  the  general  artistic  advance- 
ment of  the  country  will  be  assisted  by  the 
bringing  in  of  foreign  pictures,  and  that 
their  own  business  will  be  helped  thereby. 
The  tariff  on  works  of  art  is  purely  for 
revenue.  Secretary  Shaw  favors  it.  He  re- 
cently recounted  triumphantly  how  a  certain 
lady  paid  SiQ4,ooo  on  one  consignment  of 
pictures  which  she  brought  over.  That  was 
a  tidy  sum  for  the  public  treasury,  especially 
when  there  is  a  deficit  of  twenty-three  mil- 
lions for  the  past  year.  Doubtless  the  lady  is 
able  to  pay  it  and  since  she  actually  did  pay  it 
and  brought  the  pictures  into  the  country, 
the  art  interests  did  not  suffer  by  the  col- 
lection of  the  duty  except  as  it  may  deter 
others  from  importing  pictures.  Some  of 
those  who  favor  the  removal  of  the  duty 
talk  very  bitterly  about  the  injustice  of 
"punishing"  people  for  importing  works  of 
art.  The  phrase  is  not  well  chosen.  A  tax 
is  not  a  punishment.  The  state  does  not 
wish  to  punish  a  man  for  owning  his  home, 
but  it  taxes  him  on  it.  It  has  no  desire  to 
punish  a  man  for  possessing  a  library,  but 
the  valuation  of  a  library  goes  down  on  the 
assessor's  list.  It  is  absurd  to  speak  of  taxa- 
tion as  a  punishment;  it  is  only  the  just  dis- 
tribution of  the  necessary  burden  of  sup- 
porting the  government.  It  is  commonly 
accepted  as  good  policy  to  exempt  from 
taxation  property  which  is  used  solely 
for  the  public  good.  So  churches  and 
colleges  are  exempt  (though  the 
former  perhaps  ought  not  to  be,  since  some 
of  them  do  not  advance  the  public  welfare), 
and  no  import  duty  is  charged  upon  works 
of  art  for  public  galleries  or  scientific  appara- 
tus for  institutions.  It  is  scarcely  possible 
to  make  a  rigid  distinction  between  those 
articles  which  advance  the  interests  of  cul- 
ture and  education  and  those  which  serve 
baser  ends,  and  to  say  that  the  former  shall 
be  duty  free.  All  beautiful  objects  of  use 
and  ornament,  all  articles  which  embody 
ideas  or  ideals,  have  an  educational  value. 
Musical  instruments  and  good  books  and 
honest  furniture  and  Oriental  rugs  and  a 
thousand  other  things  are  instruments  of 
culture.  The  difference  between  these 
things  and  pictures  as  educators  is  rather  of 
degree  than  of  kind.  With  really  great  pic- 
tures  the   degree   is  vast;    with    light    and 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 

frivolous  pictures  it  is  inconsiderable;  in  the 
case  of  poorly  painted  or  viciously  con- 
ceived pictures,  the  advantage  is  on  the  side 
of  furniture  and  ru^s.  So  the  case  is  not  so 
one- sided  as  it  would  seem  when  our  artistic 
friends  declaim  against  the  folly  of  "punish- 
ing" a  person  for  bringing  a  Titian  or  a 
Raphael  into  this  country.  But  when  all 
the  argument  is  summed  up,  we  think 
they  have  a  good  case  and  hope  they 
will  win  it.  Let  the  pictures  come  in  free, 
even  if  many  other  elevating  things  can 
not.  More  rich  men  are  generous  about 
their  pictures  than  about  any  other  item  of 
property.  Many  of  them  permit  the  public 
to  visit  their  private  galleries,  and  most  of 
the  really  great  pictures  sooner  or  later 
gravitate  to  the  great  public  collection,  by 
loan  or  gift. 

The    message  of  President   Roosevelt  to 
the  Congress  of  the  United  States  on  its  re- 
cent assembling  is  gen- 

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Message.  able    gtate    document> 

fulfilling  in  an  admirable  manner  the  con- 
stitutional requirement  that  the  President 
shall  set  before  Congress  the  condition  of 
the  country  and  indicate  needed  legislation. 
It  is  a  long  message,  but  it  is  impossible  to 
present  in  a  satisfactory  way  the  various  de- 
partments of  this  government  and  indicate 
the  needed  legislation  in  a  very  brief  mes- 
sage. As  was  expected,  the  President  gives 
considerable  attention  to  the  revision  of  In- 
terstate Commerce  Regulation.  The  Pres- 
ident's policy  concerning  railroad  rate  regu- 
lation is  to  empower  the  Interstate  Com- 
merce Commission  to  fix  the  maximum  rate 
for  railroad  charges  and  see  that  no  unjust 
discrimination  is  practiced,  and  that  the 
system  of  rebates  be  abolished.  Of  course, 
the  courts  have  the  authority  to  overrule 
any  regulation  of  this  kind,  on  complaint  of 
the  railroads,  which  is  found  to  be  unjust  or 
unconstitutional.  It  is  not  improbable  that 
there  will  be  considerable  contest  on  this 
question  of  railroad  rate  regulation,  and  the 
alignment  for  and  against  the  President's 
plan  of  regulation  is  not  likely  to  be  on 
party  lines.  The  message  calls  attention  to 
the  danger  of  corporate  dishonesty  and  the 
danger  to  our  social  and  poetical  institutions 
through  the  commercial  dominance  of  un- 
scrupulous and  unprincipled  men.  It  exalts 
economy  in  public  admin;stration,  but  warns 
against  that  "false  economy  which  is  in  the 
end  the  worse  extravagance."  It  urges  the 
protection  of  the  children  from  the  injurious 
effects  of  child-labor,  and  advocates  the  ad- 
mission of  Arizona  and  New  Mexico  as  a 
new  state  in  the  Union,  and  Oklahoma  and 
Indian  Territory  as  another  addition  to  the 
sisterhood  of  states.  The  President  sums  up 
his  view  of  the  immigration  question  in  the 
statement,  "We  can  not  have  too  much  im- 
migration of  the  right  scrt,  and  should  have 
none  whatever  of  the  wrong  sort."  Urging 
the  importance  of  loyalty  to  the  principles 
of  our  constitutional  liberty,  the  President 
quotes  that  famous  statement  of  Burke: 
"Society  cannot  exist  unless  a  controlling 
power  upon  will  and  appetite  be  placed 
somewhere,  and  the  less  of  it  there  be  with- 
in, the  more  there  must  be  without.  It  is 
ordained  in  the  eternal  constitution  of  things 


December  14,  1005 

that  men  of  intemperate  minds  can  not  be 
free.      Their  passions   forge  their   fetters." 


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The  Associated  Prohibition  Press  says  of ' 

the  President's  message  that  the  significant 

_.     _       . .  fact   is   that    this  mes- 

The  President  on   sage  gives  more  gpace 

Temperance.  tQ  the   Uquor   quegtion 

than  any  other    message  of   any   President 
since  the  foundation  of  the  Republic. 

In  two  trenchant  paragraphs  the  Presi- 
dent sizes  up  the  dangers  now  threatening 
the  Indian  exposed  to  drink,  and  advises 
speedy  congressional  action  in  his  behalf. 
In  this  connection  the  message  speaks  as 
folio*  s: 

THE  INDIAN'S   PERIL. 

"During  the  year  just  past  the  phase  ot 
the  Indian  question  which  has  been  most 
sharply  brought  to  public  attention  is  the 
larger  legal  significance  of  the  Indian's  in- 
duction into  citizenship.  This  has  made  it- 
self manifest  not  only  in  a  great  access  of 
litigation,  in  which  the  citizen  Indian  figures 
as  a  party  defendant,  and  in  a  more  wide- 
spread disposition  to  levy  local  taxation  up- 
on his  peisonality,  but  in  a  decision  of  the 
United  States  Supreme  Court,  which  struck 
away  the  main  prop  on  which  has  hitherto 
rested  the  government's  benevolent  effort  to 
protect  him  against  the  evils  of  intemper- 
ance. The  court  holds  in  effect  that  when 
an  Indian  becomes  by  virtue  of  an  allot- 
ment of  land  to  him  a  citizen  of  the  state 
in  which  his  land  is  situated,  he  passes  from 
under  federal  control  in  such  matters  as 
this,  and  the  acts  of  the  congress  prohibit- 
ing the  sale  or  gift  to  him  of  intoxicants 
become  substantially  inoperative. 

"It  is  gratifying  to  note  that  the  states 
and  municipalities  of  the  west  which  have 
most  at  stake  in  the  welfare  of  the  Indian 
are  taking  up  this  subject  and  are  trying  to 
supply,  in  a  measure  at  least,  the  abdica- 
tion of  its  trusteeship  forced  upon  the 
federal  government.  Nevertheless,  I  would 
urgently  press  upon  the  attention  of 
the  congress  the  question  whether  some 
amendment  of  the  internal  revenue  laws 
might  not  be  of  aid  in  prosecuting 
those  malefactors  known  in  the  Indian 
country  as  'bootleggers,'  who  are  engaged 
at  once  in  defrauding  the  United  States 
Treasury  of  taxes  and,  what  is  far  more 
important,  in  debauching  the  Indian  by 
carrying  liquors  illicitly  into  territory  still 
completely  under  federal  jurisdiction.' 

% 

The  Pope  has  ordered  the  removal  of  a 
tablet  which  was  erected  to  mark  the  exact 
spot  in  Rome  where  St.  Peter  was  crucified, 
and  the  tablet  is  not  to  be  replaced  "until 
historical  investigation  has  absolutely  proved 
that  the  claim  is  true."  The  dispatch  naively 
adds:  "This  will  probably  take  much  time." 
So  it  will.  It  is  a  most  reckless  and  unfeel- 
ing requirement  for  the  Pope  to  make.  A 
general  application  of  the  rule  would  play 
havoc  with  the  holy  places  generally. 

% 
Senator  John  H.  Mitchell,  of  Oregon,  died 
last  week.  He  was  at  the  time  under  con- 
viction, pending  appeal,  for  defrauding  the 
government  in  a  matter  involving  public 
lands.  The  Senate  omitted  the  customary 
formality  of  adjourning  for  a  day  out  of  re- 
spect to  the  deceased.  When  a  senator 
dies,  it  is  customary  for  a  Representative 
from  the  same  state  to  announce  the  fact  to  j 
the  House.  This  ceremony  was  also  dis- 
pensed with,  owing  to  the  fact  that  one  of 
the  two  Representatives  from  Oregon  is 
under  indictment  for  a  similar  crime,  while 
the  other  has  already  been  convicted. 


December  14,  1905 


THE  CHRJ  ST  I A  N-EVA  NGELIST. 


1613 


Ministerial  Relief  Day. 

One  of  the  blessed  ministries  which  lias 
sprung  up  among  us  out  of  the  very  heart 
of  our  Christian  love  is  that  of  minister- 
ing to  the  needs  of  our  aged  and  dependent 
ministers.  No  class  of  people  make  a 
stronger  appeal  to  our  Christian  benev-  • 
olence  than  these  aged  veterans  of  the 
Cross  who  have  spent  the  strength  and 
vigor  of  their  manhood  in  preaching  the 
Gospel,  often  without  earthly  reward  and 
to  the  neglect  of  their  material  welfare. 
Now,  in  the  winter  of  old  age,  unable 
longer  to  continue  their  active  labors  in 
the  ministry,  they  sit  by  firesides  made 
cheerful  by  the  loving  remembrances  of 
their  brethren,  or  cheerless  because  of  the 
neglect  of  their  brethren,  and  dream  of  the 
days  that  are  gone,-  when  they  were  in  the 
thick  of  the  battle  in  behalf  of  New  Testa- 
ment Christianity.  Whether  their  humble 
homes  shall  be  radiant  by  the  tender  remem- 
brances of  their  brethren,  or  whether  their 
hearts  are  to  be  chilled  by  the  thought  that 
they  are  forgotten,  will  be  determined  very 
largely  by  the  offerings  made  by  our  church- 
es on  Lord's  day,  December  17.  We  are 
sure  we  can  rely  upon  the  readers  of  The 
Christian-Evangelist  everywhere  to  par- 
ticipate at  that  time  in  this  ministry  of  love, 
and  thus  make  their  own  Christmas  happier 
by  the  knowledge  that  they  have  helped 
to  lighten  the  burden  and  gladden  the 
hearts  of  our  aged  and  dependent  minis- 
ters and  their  families. 

3D?     ® 

Planning  Large  Things. 

We  have  entered  upon  the  last  four 
years  of  our  Centennial  campaign.  In  the 
four  years  that  have  passed,  as  we  have 
previously  indicated,  great  progress  has 
been  made  all  along  the  lines  of  our  work. 
But  the  San  Francisco  convention  planned 
for  a  more  aggressive  campaign  for  the  re- 
maining four  years  by  authorizing  the  com- 
mittee to  select  a  representative  man  who 
should  devote  his  entire  time  to  this  work. 
Such  a  man  has  been  selected  and  he  has  ac- 
cepted the  work  with  the  understanding 
that  we  are  to  undertake  large  things  and 
are  to  furnish  him  the  necessary  funds  for 
a  vigorous  propaganda. 

In  addition  to  this  a  local  committee  at 
Pittsburg  was  appointed  to  co-operate  with 
the  original  Centennial  committee,  and  this 
local  committee  has  b°en  made  an  executive 
committee  to  have  immediate  charge  of 
the    work. 

It  was  believed  by  the  committee  having 
the  matter  in  charge  that  the  event  we  are 
to  celebrate  is  worthy  of  great  achieve- 
ments and  that  we  ought  to  plan  large 
things.  We  are  old  enough,  large  enough, 
rich  enough,  and,  we  trust,  enterprising 
enough,  to  plan  largely  and  to  execute  vig- 
orously. We  have  asked  all  our  colleges 
to  set  as  high  a  figure  as  possible  for  their 
respective  endowments  for  the  year  1909. 
Our  various  missionary  organizations  are 
also  lifting  up  their  banners  and  writing 
upon  them  the  objective  points  which  they 
hope  to  reach  by  that  time.  The  evangelistic 
bureau  is  planning  a  vigorous  campaign  in 
the  way  of  simultaneous  evangelistic  move- 
ments   for   the   conversion   of   sinners    and 


the  edification  of  our  churches.  Church 
buildings  arc  to  be  erected,  church  debts 
paid,  the  circulation  of  our  religious  papers 
extended,  and  the  attendance  upon  our  Sun- 
day schools  greatly  enlarged. 

It  is  a  superficial  objection  to  this  pro- 
gram to  say  that  it  gives  too  much  promi- 
nence to  the  financial  side  of  our  Centennial 
propaganda.  What  does  college  endowment 
mean?  Tt  means  a  better  educated  ministry 
and  a  better  educated  membership,  and  that 
is  a  spiritual  and  not  a  financial  result. 
What  docs  the  doubling  up  of  our  contri- 
butions to  home  and  foreign  missions 
mean,  but  the  putting  of  more  evangelists 
into  the  field  at  home  and  abroad  and  the 
conversion  of  more  sinners?  That  is  a 
spiritual  and  not  a  financial  result.  What 
does  the  increase  in  our  gifts  to  benevo- 
lence mean?  It  means  proper  care  for 
the  widow  and  the  orphan  and  of  our  aged 
ministers — the  fruit  of  our  Christian  love 
and  therefore  a  spiritual  and  not  a  financial 
result.  This  is  the  end  indeed  of  every 
direct  object  that  it  is  proposed  to  accom- 
plish by  this  Centennial  movement. 

What  we  were  saying,  then,  is,  since  this 
is  a  good  work  and  is  done  in  memory  of 
a  great  event,  let  us  do  it  on  a  large  scale. 
If  we  would  reap  bountifully  we  must  sow 
bountifully.  If  we  would  accomplish  large 
results  we  must  plan  large  things.  This 
the  Centennial  Committee  is  trying  to  do. 
It  asks  the  earnest  co-operation  of  all  our 
missionary,  benevolent,  and  educational  en- 
terprises, of  all  our  preachers  and  church 
officers  and  of  all  our  business  men.  We 
desire  to  make  this  Centennial  movement 
as  broad  as  the  whole  brotherhood,  and 
to  enlist  and  quicken  every  agency  among 
us  and  thus  make  it  glorify  our  divine 
Lord  and  promote  the  unity  of  his  people. 
We  have  a  right,  therefore,  we  think,  to 
expect  the  hearty  co-operation  of  all  who 
love  our  Savior  and  who  appreciate  the 
movement  we  are  making  to  restore  his 
simple,  pure  Christianity  to  the  world. 


Allies   Against  Common  Foes. 

A  great  change  has  come  over  the  re- 
ligious world  even  within  the  past  quarter 
of  a  century.  The  spirit  of  pugilism  is 
dying  out  as  between  the  different  religious 
bodies,  and  the  spirit  of  brotherhood  and 
of  good  will  is  taking  its  place.  The 
recent  Inter-Church  Conference  in  New 
York  City  marked  the  close  of  what  might 
be  called  the  period  of  internal  strife  in 
this  country,  among  religious  people  own- 
ing a  common  Lord  and  worshiping  a 
common  Father.  The  spirit  that  pre- 
vailed in  that  Conference  among  the  repre- 
sentatives of  various  religious  bodies  will 
largely  prevail  among  the  churches  every- 
where. That  is  one  of  the  good  results 
that  will  surely  flow  from  that  great  gath- 
ering. 

This  does  not  mean  that  the  period  of 
investigation  and  of  fraternal  discussion  is 
passed.  It  means  simply  that  we  shall 
henceforth  treat  each  other  as  brethren 
and  seek,  in  the  spirit  of  real  brother- 
hood, to  correct  each  other's  faults  and  to 
bring  each  other  nearer  to  what  we  each 
believe    to    be    the    Scriptural    standard    of 


faith  and  practice.  That  is  not  warfare,  and 

it  will  henceforth  not  be  carried  on  in  any 
spirit  of  strife  or  personal  bitterness.  It 
is  too  late  in  the  world's  history  for  that. 
No  one  who  caught  the  vision  in  New  York 
City,  of  unity  and  brotherly  love  in  Christ 
Jesus,  can  ever  go  back  to  his  field  of 
labor  and  wage  a  narrow,  sectarian  war 
against  a  neighboring  church.  This  would 
be  like  turning  a  river  up  stream.  It  would 
be  like  putting  an  oak  back  into  an  acorn 
or  a  chicken  into  its  shell. 

Just  as  in  war,  when  the  regular  armies 
have  laid  down  their  arms  against  each 
other,  bushwackers  and  guerrillas  contine  the 
fight  on  their  own  responsibility,  so  now 
there  will  no  doubt  be  something  of  the 
old  style  of  warfare,  here  and  there,  in 
remote  sections  away  from  the  railroads, 
and  the  path  of  the  home  missionary,  un- 
til they  learn  that  the  war  is  ended  as  be- 
tween Christian  bodies,  and  that  they 
should  now  make  common  cause  against 
common  enemies.  Now,  this  new  spirit  of 
brotherhood  is  going  to  make  i*  far  easier 
for  us  to  teach  each  other  what  each  one 
knows  better  than  another,  and  it  is  going 
to  be  a  period  of  assimilation  to  each  other 
and  to  the  common  standard  of  Christianity, 
even  Jesus  Christ,  the  recognized  Leader 
of  all.  In  the  atmosphere  of  mutual  love 
we  can  sit  at  each  other's  feet  and  each 
learn  of  the  other  those  things  which  we 
are  able  to  teach  each  other.  Moreover, 
it  is  the  atmosphere  in  which  we  can  all 
come  anew  to  sit  at  the  feet  of  Christ  and 
learn  of  him,  imbibing  his  spirit,  learning 
more  fully  his  will  and  coming  into  closer 
touch  with  him  and  hence  with  each  other, 
This  is  the  way,  it  would  seem,  that  God 
is  going  to  unite  his  people. 

This  new  era  of  peace  between 
those  owning  allegiance  to  a  common 
Lord  will  be  marked  as  a  period 
of  new  aggressiveness  and  of  more 
vigorous  warfare  against  the  evils  which 
threaten  our  Christian  civilization  and  hin- 
der the  progress  of  the  kingdom  of  God  on 
earth.  The  church  will  now  become  more 
militant  than  ever,  only  its  warfare  will 
now  be  directed,  not  against  the  friends 
of  the  Master,  but  against  his  enemies,  and 
especially  against  those  gigantic  evils  which 
produce  so  much  sorrow  and  suffering.  It 
.  will  also  be  marked  as  a  period  of  greater 
activit)-  and  of  more  systematic  and  united 
effort  on  the  part  of  Christians  to  evange- 
lize the  world  and  to  fill  the  whole  earth 
with   the    knowledge   of   Jesus    Christ 

It  will  be  glorious  to  be  living  in  an  age 
when  the  forces  of  righteousness  are  united 
in  a  life-and-death  struggle  with  the  forces 
of  evil,  and  when  Christians,  hearing  only 
the  voice  of  Christ,  shall  keep  step  to  the 
music  of  the  Cross,  as  they  march  forward, 
a  united  army,  to  make  the  kingdoms  of 
this  world  the  one  universal  kingdom  of 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

Character  is  everyday  goodness  repeated 
until  it  becomes  the  unconscious  and  perma- 
nent habit  of  the  soul. — Zion's  Herald. 

Search  others  for  their  virtues  and  thy- 
self for  thv  vices. — Fuller. 


iiU4 


THE  CHRISTIAN-E VANGEUST. 


Decembek  14.  1905 


President  McGarvey's  Criti- 
cisms. 

Our  higher  critic.  Brother  McO.arvey.  con- 
tinues his  criticism?  of  the  Editor's  recent 
hook  oa  "The  Holy  Spirit.'-  We  have  not 
been  able  to  keep  up  with  him  on  account 
of  the  pressure  of  other  matters.  It  would 
be  a  large  task  to  reply  to  all  the  flaws  in 
our  brother's  criticisms.  This  we  shall  not 
attempt.  An  illustration  of  his  tendency 
to  draw  unwarranted  inferences  is  fur- 
nished in  the  following  excerpt  from  one  of 
his  recent  articles: 

"He  speaks  of  just  having  read  Dr.  Rich- 
ardson's hook  on  the  Holy  Spirit,  in  which 
the  Doctor  takes  substantially  the  same 
position  with  himself  in  regprd  to  Samari- 
tans (.p.  161).  I  read  this  book  when  it 
was  first  published  and  corresponded  with 
its  author  on  the  subject,  more  than  forty 
years  ago  :  and  if  I  am  not  mistaken,  Brother 
Garrison  was  then  down  South  fighting  the 
Confederates.  I  am  glad  they  did  not  kill 
him.  for  then  I  would  have  missed  the 
opportunity  of  teaching  him  the  way  of 
the  Lord  more  perfectly  It  would  be  near- 
er the  truth  to  say  I  have  not  sense  enough 
to  understand  the  subject  than  to  say  that 
I  have  not  very  thoroughly  studied  it.  but 
it  will  be  soon  enough  for  him  to  say  either 
when  we  get  through  with  this  discussion." 

Xow.  as  a  matter  of  fact,  Dr.  Richardson's 
work  en  the  Holy  Spirit  has  been  in  our 
library  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century, 
and  was  read  by  us  fully  that  long  ago. 
In  the  passage  to  which  he  refers  we  spoke 
of  just  having  observed,  since  a  certain 
paragraph  was  written,  that  Dr.  Richard- 
son's position  was  substantially  the  same, 
having,  of  course,  re-examined  the  work 
on  that  particular  point. 

Brother  McGarvey  knows  his  own  motive 
in  referring  to  our  having  been  "down 
south  fighting  the  Confederates"  at  the 
time  of  the  publication  of  Dr.  Richardson's 
book.  We  do  not  judge  him.  Since  Presi- 
dent McKinley  and  President  Roosevelt 
have  expressed  the  general  sentiment  of  the 
old  Union  soldiers,  in  their  words  of  praise 
and  appreciation  of  the  Confederate  sol- 
diers because  of  their  heroism  and  devotion 
to  what  they  believed  to  be  their  duty,  is 
it  too  much  to  ask  that  the  grizzled  veterans 
who  wore  the  blue  and  followed  the  Stars 
and  Stripes  in  those  dark  days  of  1861-64, 
should  be  forgiven    for  saving  the  union? 

t  is  comforting,  of  course,  to  know  that 
Brother  McGarvey  is  "glad  that  the  Confed- 
erates did  not  kill"  the  author  of  the  book 
he  is  criticising,  even  though  he  does  not 
ground  his  gladness  in  anything  that  the 
author  is,  or  has  accomplished,  but  rather  in 
the  opportunity  that  his  living  has  afford- 
ed our  critic  for  his  congenial  task  of  crit- 
icism!  Let  no  one  think  that  we  feel  the 
slightest  unkindness  toward  Brother  McGar- 
vey for  the  remarks  above  quoted.  They  do 
him   far  greater  injustice  than  they  do  us. 

Another  criticism  of  President  McGarvey 
raises  a  psychological  or  metaphysical  ques- 
tion which  we  aimed  to  avoid  entirely  in 
the  book  which  he  is  criticising.     He  says: 

"When  Bro.  G.  speaks  of  receiving  the 
Holy  Spirit  in  such  measure  as  to  be  dis- 
tinctly conscious  of  it,  he  drops  back  into 
the  superstitions  of  a  past  age.  Conscious- 
teMifies  to  states  of  mind  and  feel- 
ing, but  not  to  the  power  producing  these. 
It  testifies  to  the  existence  of  those  emo- 


tions which  Paul  calls  the  fruits  of  the 
Spirit,  but  that  they  are  caused  by  the 
Spirit  is  a  matter  of  faith  and  not  of  con- 
sciousness. No  man  is  conscious  of  the 
Spirit's  indwelling.  If  it  wore  a  matter  of 
consciousness,  all  in  whom  the  Spirit  dwells 
would  bo  conscious  of  the  fact  and  none 
would  bo  found  to  deny  it.  We  do  not 
even  know  by  consciousness  that  wo  have 
a  human  spirit  within. 

"One  serious  fault  with  Bro.  Garrison, 
manifested  in  several  parts  of  his  book,  is 
an  improper  use  of  the  word  'consciousness.' 
For  example  on  page  93  he  says,  'We  come 
into  consciousness  of  the  sonship  of  God,' 
and  twice  in  the  same  paragraph  he  speaks 
of  this  as  a  'conscious  relationship.'  This 
is  a  matter,  not  of  consciousness,  but  of 
faith." 

Now,  we  are  well  aware  of  what  has  been 
said,  pro  and  con,  about  what  consciousness 
testifies  to  in  relation  to  the  Holy  Spirit. 
It  would  be  quite  possible  for  Brother  Mc- 
Garvey and  ourself  to  write  columns  of 
matter  on  a  question  of  this  kind  without 
giving  any  light  to  any  one  who  was  seek- 
ing to  possess  the  Spirit.  We  only  care 
to  say  here  that  Brother  McGarvey's  posi- 
tion as  to  the  scope  of  consciousness  is  not  the 
only  one  held  by  psychologists,  nor  do  we 
think  it  is  the  correct  one.  When  he  says, 
"We  do  not  even  know  by  consciousness 
that  we  have  a  human  spirit  within,"  he 
takes  issue  with  such  thinkers  as  Des- 
cartes, who  said,  "I  think;  therefore  I  am." 
We  believe  it  perfectly  proper  to  say,  as 
we  have  said  in  the  paragraph  Brother  Mc- 
Garvey criticises,  that  "We  come  into  con- 
sciousness of  the  sonship  of  God,"  that  is, 
of  our  own  sonship  through  the  Spirit 
dwelling  in  us.  Jesus  certainly  lived  in  the 
consciousness  of  his  sonship. 

There  is  a  limited  meaning  to  the  term 
censciousnes  in  which,  of  course,  what 
Brother  McGarvey  says  concerning  its  func- 
tion is  true,  but  it  is  not  always  used  in 
this  limited  sense,  and  the  best  metaphysi- 
cians are  not  agreed  that  it  should  be  so 
limited.  It  is  in  a  broader  and  more  popu- 
lar sense  that  we  have  used  the  word  in  the 
few  instances  referred  to,  and  we  pur- 
posely sought  to  avoid  raising  a  meta- 
.  physical  issue  in  the  book.  What  we  are 
most  concerned  about  is,  that  we  may 
possess  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  that  we  may 
know  that  fact  of  a  surety,  by  the  help 
which  he  gives  us  and  by  the  fruit  which 
he  bears  in  our  lives.  This  being  granted 
we  are  willing  to  waive  the  metaphysical 
aspects  of  the  question  which,  while  inter- 
esting enough  from  a  psychological  point 
of  view,  are  not  to  be  compared  in  im- 
portance with  the  vital  fact  of  receiving 
and  being  guided  by  the  Spirit. 

"This  [knowledge  of  our  sonship]  is  a 
matter,"  says  Brother  McGarvey,  "not  of 
consciousness,  but  of  faith."  But  is  there  not 
such  a  thing  as  Christian  consciousness 
that  is  born  of  faith?  The  power  of  the 
mind  that  takes  cognizance  of  its  own 
states  and  actions,  and  which  we  call 
consciousness,  is  bound  to  cognize  the  new 
affections  and  emotions  which  the  new 
life  imparted  by  faith  introduces  into  the 
soul.  It  is  greatly  enriched  and  Chris- 
tianized by  this  new  life  of  faith,  which 
it  comes  to  know  as  the  life  of  God,  through 
the  intuitive  power  of  the  soul,  by  which  it 
apprehends  the  divine.  "My  sheep  hear 
my    voice    and    follow    me."     We    regard 


this  intuitive  power  as  closely  related  to 
faith.  Apart      from      this      power      to 

recognize      truth,  faith      itself      would 

be  impossible.  No  amount  of  ex- 
ternal testimony  would  suffice  to  establish 
in  us  the  certain  conviction  that  we  are 
children  of  God,  apart  from  the  soul's  ca- 
pacity for  God,  and  its  conscious  peace 
when  it  receives  God. 


Notes  and  Comments. 

A  "commission  on  aggressive  evangel- 
ism,'' recently  appointed  by  the  Methodist 
church,  has  just  held  an  important  and  in- 
spiring session  in  Brooklyn  in  connection 
with  the  general  missionary  meeting.  It 
was  announced  that  a  lay  member  of  the 
church  had  deposited  $to,ooo  in  the  bank, 
to  provide  for  a  distinct  and  general  ad- 
vance in  the  work  of  the  commission  in 
arousing  the  church  to  soul-saving.  This 
gift  is  to  be  followed  by  other  annual  gifts, 
and  provision  will  be  made  in  the  donor's 
will  for  prosecuting  the  work  after  his 
death.  "The  Central  Christian  Advocate" 
regrets  that  the  "appointment  of  a  field 
secretary,  who  is  to  fly  among  the  churches 
as  the  flaming  torch  of  this  movement,  is 
not  to  be  made  public  at  this  time."  Un- 
doubtedly this  is  a  mistake,  if  the  man 
has  been  secured  and  the  money  is  in  hand 
to  prosecute  the  work.  But  the  fact  that 
one  individual  has  been  selected  to  give 
his  entire  attention  to  the  work  of  evangel- 
ism shows  that  other  churches  than  our 
own  are  awakening  to  the  importance  of 
specialists. 


British     Methodism     and     the     Christian 
church  at  large  loses  a  devoted  worker  in 
the  death  of  Thomas  Champness,  who  was 
really  one  of  the  great  leaders  of  the  Chris- 
tian forces.     Mr.  Champness  has  had  a  long 
and  useful  career,  and  he  may  be  called  a 
unique  character.     Beginning  his  Christian 
effort  as  a  missionary  worker  without  col- 
lege training,  in  one  of  the  hard  places  of 
Africa,   he  buried  his   wife  there  and   re- 
turned to  the  homeland,  broken  in  health 
and  seemingly  doomed  to  die.    But  he  was 
not  a  man   who  easily  gave  up.     Entering 
upon    the    evangelistic    field,    he    developed 
extraordinary   gifts.      He   was    one   of   the 
pioneers  in  producing  a  religious  journalism 
that  would  reach  the  great  masses  of  the 
people.     It  was  when  he  was  about  sixty 
years  of  age  that  he  conceived  the  idea  that 
a  paper  full  of  evangelistic  fire  and  put  out 
at  the  price  of  one  cent  per  copy  would  be 
popular.     Starting  without  any  great  finan- 
cial backing,  he  made  a  success  of  "Joyful 
News,"  and  in  connection  with  it  organized 
a  home   for  evangelistic  workers,  evolving 
a   far-reaching  plan   for  their  employment. 
Like  George  Muller,  he  was  a  man  who  be- 
lieved in  direct  answer  to  prayer,  and  for 
the  work  he  thus  began  he  received  nearly 
one  million  dollars,  which  he  used  at  home 
and  abroad  in  missionary  enterprises.     Mr. 
Champness'  independence  was  also  seen  in 
his  powerful  antagonism  to  the  liquor  traffic 
at  a  time  when  a  very  large  number  of  the 
members  of  the  Methodist  church  were  not 
only   indulging   in   the  drinking  habit,   but 
were  financially  interested  in  it.     He  was  a 
great-hearted  man. 


December  14,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-KVAXU. 


1 


Editor's  Easy  Chair. 

It  is  Byron  who  sings  of  how  sweet  it 
is  to  hear  "the  watch-dog's  honest  bark" 
as  he  bays  a  "deep-mouthed  welcome  home." 
But  there  is  something  sweeter  far  than 
that  to  the  home-coming  weary  man  at  the 
close  of  a  toilsome  day.  To  hear  the  patter 
of  littlfc  feet  rushing  through  the  hall,  and 
the  cheery  sound  of  a  childish  voice  crying, 
"First  kiss !"  and  to  feel  the  pressure  of 
little  arms  around  one's  neck — that  is  a 
welcome  which  no  "watch-dog's  honest 
bark"  can  equal.  Who  can  tell  how  many 
feet  are  homeward  turned  at  the  close  of 
day,  that  might  otherwise  be  turned  in 
other  directions,  but  for  the  welcome  of 
loved  ones  which  they  know  awaits  them 
on  their  home-coming?  Sweeter  spot  on 
earth  there  is  not  than  a  home  where  love 
abides  and  extends  its  warm  welcome  and 
greeting  to  the  •return  of  absent  ones. 
Blessed  is  the  man  at  whose  return  home 
at  eventide  there  is  a  race  for  the  "first 
kiss,"  in  which  the  wee  toddler  always 
wins.  Whether  it  be  child,  grandchild, 
or  other  loved  one,  there  is  in  it  a  sugges- 
tion of  what  Peter  means  by  the  "abundant 
entrance,"  which  shall  be  administered  to 
us  in  the  heavenly  kingdom.  Will  there 
be  any  one  there  at  the  beautiful  gate  to 
give  us  a  glad  welcome  and  a  "first  kiss," 
when  we  get  home  from  earth's  weary 
pilgrimage?  Heaven  would  not  be  heaven 
to  us  if  there  were  no  one  there  to  be  the 
gladder  for  our  coming.  No  doubt  our 
warmest  welcome  to  the  heavenly  home 
will  come  from  those  who  have  done  most 
to  help  us  on  our  way  thither,  and  from 
those  whom  we,  under  God,  have  rescued 
from  the  power  of  sin  and  pointed  the  way 
to  the   Father's  house. 


Speaking  of  the  home,  we  are  glad  to 
note  the  increasing  importance  which  it 
is  coming  to  have  in  the  thought  of  the 
great  religious  and  educational  leaders  of 
our  time.  Perhaps  there  is  no  country 
in  the  world  that  has  been  more  greatly 
blessed  by  its  home  life  than  our  own. 
As  compared  with  many  other  nations, 
the  United  States  may  be  called  a  nation 
of  homes.  And  yet  there  is  great  reason 
to  fear  that  there  is  a  decay  in  the  home- 
life  of  America.  There  are  influences  at 
work  in  our  civilization  which  are  tending 
to  destroy  the  sanctity  of  the  home,  with 
its  sweet  seclusion  from  the  glare  of  pub- 
licity and  its  altar-fires  whereon  were  once 
offered  the  fragrant  incense  of  love  and 
gratitude  to  Him  who  is  the  Father  of  all 
the  families  of  the  earth.  It  would  be  a 
sad  day  for  the  people  of  this  nation,  should 
it  ever  come,  when  they  can  not  look  back 
with  sweet  and  tender  memories  to  the 
purity  and  sanctity  of  the  old  home,  and 
recall  its  lessons  of  purity  and  devotion. 
The  church  and  the  state  alike  are  depend- 
ent on  the  home  for  their  staunchest  de- 
fenders, and  noblest  representatives.  To 
throw  every  possible  safe-guard  around  the- 
home,  to  rekindle  on  its  altars  the  fires  of 
family  love  and  of  worship  and  reverence 
to  God,  should  be  the  unceasing  effort  of 
all  who  love  God  and  their  fellow  men  It 
is    the   noblest   school,    wherein   are   taught 


the  noblest  lessons,  relating  to  the  mot 
vital  things,  at  the  most  impressionable  age, 
where  the  teachers  and  the  taught  are 
bound  together  by  the  strongest  ties. 
Whoso  has  access  to  a  child-heart  to  sow 
therein  the  seeds  of  truth  and  virtue  is  at 
the  very  source  of  influences  which  make 
for  the  world's  betterment.  He  is  at  the 
fountain  whence  must  flow  the  life-giving 
streams  for  the  regeneration  of  society. 

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One  of  the  best  ways  to  make  a  happy 
home  is  to  supply  it  with  an  abundance  of 
good,  pure  literature.  Among  other  ques- 
tions which  the  Editor  is  often  asked  to 
answer  at  this  season  of  the  year  is,  What 
is  a  good  Christmas  present  to  make  to  a 
husband  or  wife  or  son  or  daughter  or 
friend?  Now,  we  are  not  going  to  be  too 
modest  to  suggest  that,  in  our  judgment, 
The  Christian-Evangemst  would  be  a 
most  appropriate  gift  to  make  to  any  one 
who  is  not  receiving  it.  One  of  the  desir- 
able qualities  of  a  Christmas  present  is  that 
it  shall  be  a  perpetual  reminder  to  the  re- 
cipient of  the  love  and  friendship  of  the 
donor.  Send  The  Christian-Evangeust 
for  a  year  to  your  absent  son,  or  daughter, 
or  relative,  or  friend,  and  it  will  remind 
them  at  least  fifty-two  times  in  the  year 
of  your  thoughtful  love  and  generosity. 
But  more  than  that,  it  may  revolutionize 
the  thought  and  life  of  the  young  mm  or 
woman,  and  make  you  their  eternal  bene- 
factor. One  of  our  ablest,  most  scholarly 
and  useful  men  told  the  Editor  recently 
that  The  Christian-Evangeust,  put  into 
his  hands  as  a  present  for  six  months,  had 
changed  the  whole  current  of  his  thought 
and  life,  and  made  him,  under  God,  what 
he  is  to-day.  If  we  were  to  call  for  similar 
testimony  from  others  we  doubt  not  that 
hundreds  would  testify  in  the  same  way. 
Why  not,  then,  make  a  present  like  that, 
that  is  not  a  cold  dead  thing,  but  a  warm, 
loving,  weekly  messenger  that  has  in  it  the 
seeds  of  a  harvest  yet  to  be— a  living 
and  vitalizing  force  for  molding  and  en- 
riching life?  Do  you  know  of  an  invest- 
ment that  is  likely  to  bring  more  perma- 
nent and  gracious  results  than  a  dollar  and 
a  half  invested  in  The  Christian-Evangel- 
ist, as  a  Christmas  present  to  one  in 
whose  welfare  }'ou  are  deeply  concerned? 
If  our  Easy  Chair  readers  did  not  know 
us  so  well  we  might  fear  they  would  at- 
tribute this  advice  to  a  selfish  motive,  but 
we  are  sure  that  not  many  of  them  will 
believe  for  a  moment  that  this  is  the  prompt- 
ing motive  of  our  suggestion.  Show  us  that 
you  do  not  so  believe  by  sending  in  a  sub- 
scription for  The  Christian-Evangeust 
for  a  year  as  a  Christmas  present  to  one 
whom   you    love. 

And  this  leads  us  to  say  that  among 
other  contemplated  improvements  for  the 
new  year  is  an  enlarged  and  carefully 
prepared  Family  Circle  or  Home  Depart- 
ment. It  shall  be  our  aim  to  make  it  a 
treasury  of  good  things  for  young  and 
old  in  the  home.  We  should  be  delighted 
to  have  a  number  of  brief,  half-column 
articles  reminiscent  of  the  old  home  and  of 
the  influences  in  it  which  linger  yet  as 
an  abiding  force  in  the  lives  of  those  who 
write.     Perhaps  in  no  other  way  could  we 


more  successfully  stir  up  ar.  t  in  the 

home-life  today  than  by  these  blessed 
memories  of  the  homes  of  our  child! 
and  of  the  impressions  we  received  th<  r<: 
which  we  have  carried  with  us  d- 
through  the  years.  Many  a  heart  will  be 
stirred,  and  many  an  eye  will  gl: 
recollection  takes  us  back  to  the  old  parental 
roof-tree  and  to  our  earliest  lessons  about 
God  and  duty  and  truth  and  righteousr 
which  we  received  from  lips  which,  it  may 
be,  have  long  since  turned  to  dust,  but  the 
memory  of  whom  is  green  in  our  hearts. 
It  may  be  too  that  these  backward  glances 
to  the  homes  whence  we  came  and  to  the 
influences  which  helped  to  mold  our  char- 
acters, will  cause  us  to  make  our  own  homes 
brighter,  purer,  and  more  radiant  with 
Christian  love.  While  we  are  thus 
charging  a  debt  of  gratitude,  too  long 
unpaid,  to  the  noble  and  unselfish  love 
of  parents  and  other  benefactors,  we  shall 
be  helping  ourselves  and  others  to  more 
worthily  discharge  our  obligations  to  the 
oncoming  generation.  To  live  forever, 
not  only  in  heaven,  but  in  the  lives  of 
others  made  stronger  and  purer  by  our 
teaching  and  example — that  is  the  noblest 
ambition  which  any  mortal  can  cherish. 

The  Easy  Chair  has  just  had  a  very 
flying  trip  down  into  the  southwestern  part 
of  the  state.  Leaving  'he  railroad  at  Aurora 
we  had  a  carriage  ride  of  fifteen  miles 
across  the  country  on  one  of  the  severest 
days  of  the  winter.  Being  near  Crane,  in 
Stone  county,  on  Lord's  day  morning  we 
attended  church  where  the  Presbyterian 
minister  was  to  preach  at  11  o'clock  On 
our  arrival  he  insisted  on  our  preaching 
to  the  congregation,  which  we  did,  dis- 
cussing the  subject  of  Christian  union 
before  an  audience  made  up  about  equally 
of  Presbyterians,  our  own  members  and 
non-church  members.  Since  the  building 
of  the  new  road  from  Aurora  through 
Crane  to  Galena  the  little  town  of  Crane 
has  taken  on  new  life,  and  with  the  build- 
ing of  another  road  now  under  way  which 
is  to  connect  it  direct  with  Springfield, 
it  is  destined  to  be  a  town  of  considerable 
importance.  It  is  in  the  midst  of  a  good 
fruit-growing  region,  and  the  presence  of 
abundance  of  water  and  timber  ought  to 
make  it  a  good  manufacturing  town.  The 
Christian  church  there  has  a  good  building, 
but  no  regular  preaching.  The  churches 
at  Marionville  and  Crane  could  easily 
co-operate  in  sustaining  a  good  minister. 
In  the  afternoon  of  Lord's  day  we  drove 
back  to  the  railroad  at  Aurora,  and 
preached  at  night  to  a  large  audience  Bro. 
George  E.  Prewitt  is  the  pastor  of  this 
church,  having  recently  entered  upon  the 
work  there,  and  we  had  a  very  pleasant 
visit  with  his  family,  and  renewed  acquaint- 
ance with  many  of  the  members  whom  we 
had  met  on  previous  visits.  Brother  Prew- 
itt is  a  native-born  Missourian.  who  was 
educated  in  Lexington,  Ky..  and  has  made 
a  good  record  as  a  preacher  in  his  native 
state.  The  church  at  Aurora  seems  to  be 
prospering  under  his  care  The  mining 
interest  has  made  this  an  important  town 
and  the  church  there  has  an  increasing 
field  and  a  wide  door  of  opportunity.  We 
trust  it  may  rise  to  its  new  responsibilil     - 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


December  14,  1905 


Ministerial  Suppc 

Having  been  invited  to  speak  on  minis- 
terial relief.  I  found  myself  with  a  message 
on  ministerial  support  instead.  I  realize, 
however,  that  if  there  be  the  proper  sup- 
port there  shall  be  small  occasion  for  re- 
lief. 

I  shall  be  able,  I  hope,  to  present  minis- 
terial support,  not  only  as  a  specific  re- 
quirement of  God,  but  to  show  also  that 
it  is  an  ordinance  illustrated  and  confirmed 
by  common  human  experience  and  har- 
monious with  the  very  nature  of  things. 
My  text  is  a  deliverance  of  the  Holy  Spirit 
through  the  Apostle  Paul  and  recorded  by 
him  in  the  ninth  chapter  of  First  Corin- 
thians— "Even  so  did  the  Lord  ordain  that 
they  that  preach  the  gospel  should  live  of 
the  gospel.'' 

An  ordinance  of  God  is  simply  what  God 
has  ordained  and  established,  whether  op- 
erative in  nature  or  in  grace.  Science  and 
revelation  are  two  corresponding  lamps 
shining  upon  the  same  pathway.  God  is 
the  heart  of  nature  and  nature  is  the  ma- 
terial manifestation  of  his  power  and  God- 
head. Many  laws  observed  in  the  physical 
world  find  in  the  spiritual  their  highest  ful- 
fillment. Not  only  in  the  dawn  of  crea- 
tion did  the  morning  stars  and  the  sons  of 
God  sing  together  for  joy.  They  have  been 
singing  in  harmony  ever  since.  Even  in 
Isaiah's  sinful  day  he  saw  the  Lord  high  and 
lifted  up  and  his  train  not  only  filled  the 
temple,  but  the  angels  from  their  superior 
vision  sang:  "The  whole  earth  is  full  of 
his  glory."  The  ordinances  of  God  are 
sacred  and  sovereign,  whether  considered 
in  the  natural  or  spiritual  realm,  and  happy 
are  they  who  observe  and  obey  them.  The 
man  who  delights  in  the  Word  is  like  a  fruit- 
ful and  beautiful  tree.  Not  so  the  disobedient, 
who  is  like  chaff  which  the  wind  driveth 
away.  Godliness  is  profitable  in  all  things 
because  in  harmony  with  the  laws  of  Omnip- 
otence. God  did  not  ordain  cosmos  in 
nature  and  chaos  or  caprice  in  grace.  Law 
is  everywhere. 

The  Word  of  God  that  endures  is  far 
superior  to  the  bread  that  perishes.  If 
the  Word  be  so  much  better  than  bread 
and  the  spirit  superior  to  the  flesh,  shall 
the  minister  of  the  Word  be  held  in  less 
honor  than  they  who  furnish  bread?  Is 
the  butcher,  the  baker,  the  farmer,  the 
statesman,  entitled  by  his  services  to  more 
honor  than  the  preacher  of  the  gospel,  the 
teacher,  shepherd  and  physician  of  the 
soul?  Happily  the  Apostle  Paul  answers 
the  question :  "Let  the  elders  that  rule 
well  be  counted  worthy  of  double  honor, 
especially  those  who  labor  in  word  and 
teaching."  By  double  honor  is  meant  not 
honor  in  word  only,  but  in  deed  as  well ; 
not  in  theory  and  sentiment  merely,  but  in 
practice  also.  It  does  not  mean  one  honor 
in  the  next  world  and  another  in  this,  but 
a  double  honor  here  and  now.  Double, 
among  the  Hebrews,  meant  ample  and 
abundant.  Joseph's  double  portion  to  Ben- 
jamin meant  enough  to  express  Joseph's 
love  and  to  satisfy  Benjamin's  appetite.  A 
double  portion  means  enough  provision  to 


•Outline  of  an  address  at  the  National  Convention . 


By  I.  J.  Spencer 

make  one  and  his  family  comfortable.  It 
means  a  home,  along  with  facilities  for 
education,  culture  and  recreation.  It 
means  the  removal  of  the  raven  of  anxiety 
from  its  perch  above  the  chamber  door  and 
its  bill  from  his  heart.  If  the  ordinances 
of  God  in  nature  are  inexorable  and  men 
must  needs  obey  them  much  more  must  we 
know  and  heed  the  laws  of  the  spiritual 
realm,  or  fall  into  dire  disaster. 

I  characterize  the  ninth  chapter  of  First 
Corinthians  as  the  key  to  the  problem  of 
ministerial  support,  as  the  greatest  chapter 
in  the  Bible  and  the  greatest  treatise  in  the 
world  on  the  subject.  It  is  ordained  that 
the  gospel  shall  be  preached  in  all  nations 
and  to  every  creature,  and  that  whosoever 
believeth  and  is  baptized  shall  be  saved, 
but  even  the  great  commission  waits  upon 
the  support  of  the  Christian  ministry,  for, 
says  the  Holy  Spirit :  "How  shall  they 
preach  except  they  be  sent?"  If,  as  one  of 
the  missionary  secretaries  said,  "the  two 
wings  of  the  bird  are  home  and  foreign  mis- 
sions," then  the  bird  itself  is  ministerial 
support  that  sustains  them  and  without 
which  the  wings  would  neither  flap  nor  fly. 

The  character  of  all  Christians,  the  rank 
and  file  of  all  church  members,  should  be 
redolent  and  effulgent  with  the  glory  of 
God  truly.  But,  fundamental  and  under 
all,  the  preaching  must  be  right  also.  It 
is  necessary  to  preach  the  truth  as  well  as 
to  practice  it. 

The  pioneer  preachers  did  grandly. 
They  blazed  the  way.  They  laid  founda- 
tions. They  set  us  radiant  examples.  They 
preached  in  dwellings,  school  houses  and 
forests.  They  went  forth  as  true  knights 
like  Sirs  Galahad  and  Percival  to  oppose 
error  and  sin  to  recover  the  Holy  Grail 
of  a  primitive  and  perfect  gospel. 

"They  were  men  of  present  valor,  stalwart  old  icono- 
clasts, 
Unconvinced  by  creeds  or  bigots  that  all  virtue  was 
the  past's." 

But  they  had  their  limitations  in  educa- 
tion and  in  vision.  Yet  they  saw  much 
and  did  well,  and  we,  entering  into  their 
labors,  have  been  able  to  do  more,  yet  both 
they  and  we  have  failed  to  appreciate  the 
ordinance  of  God :  "That  even  so  the  Lord 
hath  ordained  that  they  who  preach  the 
gospel  shall  live  of  the  gospel."  They 
failed  to  discover,  in  the  commendable  self- 
abnegation  and  effacement,  that  adequate 
ministerial  maintenance  is  as  much  an 
obligatory  ordinance  as  gravitation  or 
crystallization  in  nature  or  as  Christian 
baptism  and  the  Lord's  supper  in  the  king- 
dom of  God. 

Some  of  the  pioneer  preachers  believed 
it  was  their  duty  not  to  receive  remunera- 
tion from  churches  for  services  rendered 
and  handed  back  donations  as  though  to 
keep  them  were  a  sin,  an  exhibition  of  the 
spirit  of  the  mercenary  and  the  hireling. 
Such  ignorance  was  as  disastrous  as  it  was 
pathetic. 

I  charge  all  ministers  and  their  families 
not  to  be  covetous,  but  to  endure  hardness 


as  good  soldiers,  and  even  to  glory  in  the 
Cross.  I  urge  them  not  to  backslide  into 
other  associations,  but  to  teach  the  churches 
that  their  Lord  is  well  pleased  when  they 
fully  sustain  his  embassadors  and  keep 
them  from  the  necessity  of  entangling 
themselves  in  the  affairs  of  secular  busi- 
ness. Preachers  should  avoid  speculation 
in  oil  and  timber,  coal,  copper  or  gold 
mines,  cocoanut  camps  or  even  in  rubber 
plantations,  however  elastic  their  own  con- 
sciences. Churches  should  not  tempt  their 
faithful  ministers  to  leave  the  ministry  for 
any  of  these  things. 

The  Scriptures  declare  that  "they  who 
plow  should  plow  in  hope."  It  is  wrong 
for  him  who  puts  his  hand  to  the  plow  to 
look  back,  but  is  it  forbidden  that  he  shall 
look  forward  in  expectation  of  receiving 
his  just  wages?  Is  it  wrong  for  the  mer- 
chant who  brings  his  goods  from  afar  to 
think  of  the  reasonable  profits  of  his  sales? 
Is  it  wrong  for  him  who  builds  the  house 
of  another  to  think  with  hope  of  the  time 
when  he  and  his  own  wife  and  children 
shall  dwell  under  their  own  roof-tree  and 
it  can  be  said  truly :  "He  hath  provided 
for  his  own  household"?  Is  it  wrong  for 
the  minister  who  renders  the  highest 
services  possible  to  be  ever  hopeful,  know- 
ing that  while  he  is  absorbed  in  preparing 
a  vision  for  his  people  to  inspire  and  in- 
struct them  his  salary  will  be  paid  promptly 
and  in  amount  sufficient  to  meet  his  neces- 
sities and  preserve  his  reputation  for 
honor  ? 

God  hath  ordained  that  those  who  seek 
first  the  kingdom  of  God  shall  have  their 
wants  supplied;  that  they  who  leave  all  for 
his  sake  shall  have  a  hundred  ■  fold  here 
and  now  and  in  the  world  to  come  life 
everlasting.  But  men  and  covetous 
churches  have  perverted  the  right  ways  of 
the  Lord.  David  said  he  had  never  seen 
"the  righteous  forsaken  nor  his  seed  beg- 
ging bread."  But  if  David  had  been  the 
president  of  a  modern  board  of  ministerial 
relief  he  could  not  have  borne  such  testi- 
mony. 

Other  reasons  of  great  practical  moment 
might  be  urged  for  observing  the  holy 
commandment  under  consideration.  I  give 
only  a  few : 

1.  When  a  minister  is  ill  paid  he  may  be 
forced  into  debt  and  his  indebtedness  may 
become  a  scandal  and  a  stone  of  stum- 
bling. 

2.  Young  men,  bright,  godly  and  whole- 
some, hesitate  to  enter  the  gospel  ministry 
when  there  is  so  drear  a  prospect  for  am- 
ple, cheerful  and  ungrudging  maintenance. 
If  God  called  them  to  remain  unmarried, 
to  found  no  homes  and  to  provide  for  no 
households  the  case  would  be  different. 
But  if  a  minister  have  a  household  and 
provide  not  for  its  necessities  he  is  worse 
than  an  infidel. 

3.  Another  reason  is  that  old  age  or 
feebleness  is  a  burden  at  best  and  its  weight 
is  augumented  when  the  superannuated, 
without  having  had  any  chance  to  provide 
for  a  rainy  day,  is  laid  on  the  shelf  or 
turned  out  upon  the  common  without  pro- 
vision for  himself  and  family.  Shall  the 
ox   ])-   fed   only  while  threshing  the   wheat 


Dl'XT/Mlil'.K    14,    1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


16 17 


and  when  its  work  is  done  be  muzzled,  de- 
nied and  left  to  perish?  The  Lord  has 
ordained  that  they  that  thresh  shall  thresh 
in  hope  and  it  is  the  duty  of  the  Church  to 
see  to  it  that  every  faithful  minister  shall 
be  sustained,  pensioned  or  provided  for  in 
one  way  or  another  until  the  curtain  falls 
on  this  world  and  rises  on  the  next. 

4.  Still  another  reason  is  that  they  who 
preach  the  gospel  simply,  clearly,  fully  and 
consistently  should  be  rewarded  according 
to  their  superior  qualifications  and  services. 
If  any  people  have  a  purer  message,  a 
diviner  plea,  a  fuller  gospel  than  others, 
they,  above  all  others,  should  support  the 
men  who  preach  it. 

5.  One  more  reason  I  name  in  favor  of 
adequate  ministerial  support  is  that  minis- 
ters' children  may  not  be  made  to  stumble. 
They  are  most  susceptible  to  the  conduct 


of  the  churches.  If  they  feel  that  the 
churches  are  generous,  considerate  and  ap- 
preciative of  their  fathers  their  faith  is 
strengthened  and  they  grow  in  faith  as 
roses  grow  in  the  sunny  southland.  They 
know  that  God  has  said  that  they  who  pro- 
vide not  for  their  own  are  worse  than  un- 
believers and  if  provision  be  wanting 
through  carelessness,  avarice  and  selfish- 
ness on  the  part  of  the  churches  the  minis- 
ters' children  are  made  to  stumble. 

But  wherein  lies  the  remedy?  After  all 
it  rests  in  the  hands  of  the  preachers  them- 
selves. They  must  declare  the  whole  coun- 
sel of  God.  Self  must  be  thrust  aside  and 
effaced  and  God's  ordinance  must  be  ex- 
alted. Even  if  the  preacher  be  deemed 
mercenary,  when  like  Paul  he  is  merciful, 
he  must  stijl  declare  the  whole  counsel  of 
God.     The  enemies  of  Abraham  and  Isaac 


stopped  up  their  wells,  but  thott  patriarchs 
opened  them  again.  God  intends  that  his 
ministers  shall  dig  wells  of  liberality  in 
the  churches. 

The  Board  of  Ministerial  Relief  has  one 
of  the  most  formidable,  scriptural,  strategic 
and  primary  tasks  to  perform.  It  must  ed- 
ucate and  persuade  preachers,  especially 
the  young  ministers,  as  well  as  the  congre- 
gations, that  "they  who  preach  the  gospel 
shall  live  of  the  gospel,"  and  that  this  is 
true  whether  they  are  active  or  disabled. 
There  should  be  secured  speedily  a  per- 
manent endowment  fund  for  disabled  min- 
isters larger  than  any  ever  raised  for  any 
purpose  among  the  Disciples  of  Christ 
The  aged  ministers  should  be  told  that 
they  may  still  eat  of  the  Master's  bread- 
Only  let  God's  will  be  done  in  the  prem- 
ises and  his  ministers  shall  always  plow 
in  hope.  The  Lord  will  provide.  Only  let 
the  Church  act  as  his  faithful  steward. 


Will  $25  a  Quarter  Suffice?  B*  A  L  °rcutt 

w     w     •••        ^f^  ^^   *^         ^»        ^g^mm^mm     W»  *^  mm  m  m  m  WW     •  Presldentof  the  Board  of  .Ministerial  Relief 


We  are  a  great  people;  great  in  num- 
bers, influence,  wealth,  with  great  preach- 
ers, great  colleges  and  universities.  We 
publish  great  religious  papers,  and  we  make 
the  great  plea  for  the  union  of  all  the  peo- 
ple of  God  upon  the  one '  foundation  laid 
in  Zion ;  but  we  are  not  yet  great  enough 
as  a  people  to  properly  support  our  aged 
and  helpless  ministers,  who,  in  the  days  of 
their  strength,  laid  the  foundations  of  this 
greatness.  As:  to  why  we  have  failed  at 
this  point  it  may  be  said,  our  people  do  not 
understand  the  divine  ordinance  for  minis- 
terial support ;  and  the  people  are  not  at 
fault,  but  the  preachers,  who  have  not 
properly  instructed  them  on  this  subject. 
When  our  people  are  taught  that  the  sup- 
port of  the  gospel  ministry  is  as  much  a 
divine  ordinance  as  baptism  and  the  Lord's 
supper,  we  will  have  stronger  churches, 
a  stronger  ministry,  longer  pastorates,  and 
the  support  of  the  "old  guard"  will  be  re- 
duced to  a  matter  of  distributing  the  funds. 
This  support  of  the  ministry  must  be  em- 
phasized as  divinely  ordained  and  there- 
fore as  one  of  the  essential  features  of  the 
"Restoration  Movement."  There  is  as  much 
need  today  of  preaching  from  1  Cor.  9:14 


as  from  Acts  2 138  or  20  :y,  and  possibly 
more,  for  we  are  lame  on  the  former  as 
we  are  not  on  the  latter. 

There  is  just  as  much  reason  for  the 
preacher's  delicacy  on  the  question  of  bap- 
tism as  on  the  question  of  money.  The  one 
is  for  the  sinner,  the  other  is  for  the  saint. 
Baptism  for  the  remission  of  sin  and  money 
for  the  support  of  the  ministry  are  only 
different  parts  of  the  same  divine  system. 
'  And  if,  like  Paul,  we  "shun  not  to  declare 
the  whole  counsel  of  God,"  then  the  Lord's 
counsel  on  this  question  of  ministerial  sup- 
port must  not  be  neglected,  "for  so  the 
Lord  hath  ordained  that  those  who  preach 
the  gospel  shall  live  of  the  gospel."  What 
statement  in  the  New  Testament  is  clearer, 
more  definite,  or  needs  more  emphasis? 
Pay  the  preachers ;  pay  them  sufficient  to 
live  as  other  people,  which  is  to  pay  them 
according  to  the  will  of  God,  and  we  will 
have  more  preachers  and  better  preachers, 
and  therefore,  more  and  better  work. 
Fifty  years  ago  this  teaching  would  have 
been  regarded  unsound,  if  not  sacrilegious; 
but  today  the  preachers  as  a  body,  though 
they  may  be  too  timid  to  speak  out,  regard 
this  as  fundamental  to  the  Christian  minis- 


try. And  this  is  not  for  the  ministry 
only,  but  for  the  people  as  well.  Giving 
is  an  essential  element  in  the  Christian 
religion.  "It  is  more  blessed  to  give  than 
to  receive,"  and  "the  Lord  loves  the  cheer- 
ful giver,"  and  nothing  more  fitly  repre- 
sents the  individual  than  his  money;  and 
one  puts  himself  into  the  Lord's  work 
when  he  puts  his  money  into  it. 

Now,  what  every  preacher  in  the  brother- 
hood should  unhesitatingly  do,  on  Lord's 
day,  December  17,  is  to  lay  the  claims  of 
the  old  preachers  upon  the  hearts  of  his 
people,  and  ask  them  for  a  payment  on 
this  debt.  Let  the  preacher  ask  himself 
how  he  thinks  the  old  preacher  can  live 
on  $25  per  quarter.  Let  him  try  to  realize 
what  this  means,  and  then  he  can  put  the 
question  to  his  people  in  the  right  way.  At 
least  $25,000  ought  to  result  from  the  ob- 
servance of  Ministerial  Relief  day,  and 
more  than  this  will  come  if  the  preachers 
will  only  give  their  people  opportunity.  It 
is  the  Lord's  will  that  all  the  people  give 
to  this  work.  Send  to  Board  of  Ministerial 
Relief,  120  S.  Market  street,  Indianapolis, 
Indiana. 


Not  of  Grace   But   of   Debt     By  T.  A.  Abbott 


There  is  a  deplorable  tendency  upon  the 
part  of  many  to  look  at  this  blessed  work 
of  Ministerial  Relief  as  a  charity,  that  the 
money  we  give  is  a  matter  of  benevolence. 
The  writer  heard  an  appeal  for  this  cause 
only  last  year,  in  which  it  was  put  on  this 
very  ground  by  a  minister  occupying  a 
pulpit  in  a  church  that  had  been  estab- 
lished fifty  years.  That  very  congregation 
was  planted  by  one  of  the  "fathers."  It 
owed  its  very  existence  to  the  self-sacrifi- 
cing labors  of  one  of  GoTs  great  men,  who 
wrought  largely  without  compensation  and 
died  poor  in  everything  save  faith  and  good 
works.  It  is  now  a  prosperous  church,  it 
has  a  splendid  building,  it  pays  a  good 
salary,  its  incidental  expense  account  would 
have  seemed  a  princely  salary  to  the  man 
who  planted  the  congregation  and  nurtured 
it  in  the  years  of  its  feeble,  infantile  life. 


He  was  in  the  strength  of  his  manhood 
when  that  church  was  .organized,  he  gave 
the  best  years  of  his  existence  in  the  doing 
of  such  work,  it  was  impossible  that  he 
should  lay  by  in  store  against  the  day  of 
feebleness  and  age,  yet  when  the  appeal 
was  made  for  the  support  of  such  as  he 
in  the  days  of  their  need  it  was  put  on  the 
ground  of  charity. 

Is  it  true?  Are  they  pensioners  upon 
our  bounty?  Are  they  to  be  to  us  as  the 
inmates  of  the  poor  house  ?  God  forbid ! 
Not  of  grace,  but  of  debt,  not  of  pitiful 
charity,  but  of  grateful  love.  When  we 
remember  all  that  these  men  meant  to  our 
movement,  when  we  call  to  mind  that  they 
left  the  plow,  the  shop,  the  store,  the  home ; 
literally  forsook  houses  and  lands,  home 
and  fireside,  friends  and  loved  ones,  in 
order  that  this  gracious  story  so   old,  yet 


so  wonderfully  new  in  all  the  new  light 
that  had  just  been  thrown  upon  it,  might 
be  told;  that  this  plea,  the  grandest  of  all, 
might  be  presented,  it  ought  never  to  oc- 
cur to  us  that  they  are  pensioners  upon 
our  bounty,  but  that  we  are  simply  paying 
an  honest  debt  when  we  make  offering 
for  them. 

But  for  them  we  had  been  in  sectarian 
chains ;  but  for  them  the  greatness  of  the 
plea  for  a  return  to  primitive  Christianity 
and  for  the  fulfillment  of  the  gracious 
Master's  prayer,  had  never  come  to  us;  but 
for  them  the  sweet  music  of  this  simple 
Gospel  story  had  never  wooed  our  hearts 
or  charmed  our  souls.  And  for  fhis  when 
the  day  of  offering  dawns  we  ought  to  be 
happy  that  we  have  the  privilege  of  pay- 
ing a  small  portion  of  the  debt  which  is 
so  large  that  we  may  never  discharge  in 
full  the  obligation.  No,  no,  brother,  it  is 
not   of   grace,   but   of  debt 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


December  14,  1905 


A  Preacher's  Salary — 75  Cents  By  e.  l.  Frazier 


The  old  preachers  wrought  for  us.  They 
laid  foundations  and  we  are  building  there- 
on. They  planted  vineyards  and  we  eat 
the  fruit  thereof.  They  builded  houses 
and  we  live  in  them.  Yes,  we  live  in  the 
good  houses  they  built,  while  they  are  al- 
most turned  out  of  doors. 

Think  you.  good  preacher,  living  with  a 
church  of  from  three  to  eight  hundred 
members,  with  your  large,  modern,  beautiful 
church  house,  and  your  salary  paid  you 
even.-  Monday  in  a  bank  check  for  from 
twenty-five  to  fifty  dollars,  or  more,  that 
the  great,  grand,  heroic  unselfish  men  who 
made  this  possible  for  you,  received  such 
scant  pay  for  their  work  that  they  could 
live  only  by  the  industry  and  frugality 
of  their  wives  who  stayed  at  home  and 
hoed    the    corn    and    potatoes    while    their 


husbands  went  where  there  were  no  church- 
es to  pay  them  and  planted  the  churches 
that  are  nOw  giving  you  a  generous  sup- 
port? And  remember  that  these  men,  now 
too  old  or  feeble  to  preach,  and  their  wives, 
too  old  and  feeble  to  hoe,  are  needing  the 
common  comforts  of  life. 

Don't  begin  to  say,  they  ought  to  have 
had  better  business  tact  and  laid  up  something 
for  a  rainy  day.  I  tell  you  there  was  noth- 
ing to  lay  up.  H.  R.  Pritchard  said  he 
preached  a  year  and  received  seventy-five 
cents.  You  say,  then  why  didn't  they 
do  something  else?  Well,  if  they  had 
where  wouid  you  be  today,  and  what  would 
we  be  as  a  people?  With  our  almost  one 
and  one-half  millions  of  people,  and  mis- 
sionaries in  many  fields,  and  great  churches 
everywhere,  and  our  great  plea  shaking  the 
world,    we    are    a    great   people;     but    this 


could  not  be  but  for  that  which  has  made 
these  men  poor  in  this  world's  goods  in 
their  old  age.  You  will  be  ashamed  to  meet 
them  and  to  look  them  in  the  face  when  you 
see  them  in  the  glory  land  if  you  do  not 
help  them  now. 

You  have  two  opportunities  to  help  them : 
First,  a  gift  from  your  own  good  salary; 
and  second,  an  appeal  to  your  congregation 
for  them.  Not  a  cold,  formal,  short  cut-off, 
but  an  appeal  warm  from  the  heart,  and  re- 
peated every  Lord's  day  and  in  every  prayer 
meeting  for  a  month  before  the  time 
for  the  offering.  Then,  when  the  time 
comes,  tell  them  of  the  five,  ten,  or  twenty- 
five  dollars  you  are  putting  in  the  offering. 

There  is  yet  another  way ;  see  person- 
ally your  men  and  women  who  are  living 
in  palaces  and  tell  them  of  the  huts  their 
fathers  in  this  great  restoration  move- 
ment are  living  in,  and  urge  them  to  pay 
the  debt  they  owe  these  heroes  of  the  faith. 


The   Holiest   Appeal  Before  the  Brotherhood 


Our  movement  has  been  before  the  world 
for  only  three-quarters  of  a  century.  The 
fir^t  generation  of  ministers  and  their  co- 
laborers  have  all  passed  to  their  reward. 
But  of  the  second  generation  there  remain 
among  us  some  who  have  given  their  lives 
to  the  establishment  of  the  conditions  that 
we  now  so  much  enjoy.  At  best,  and  under 
the  more  favorable  conditions  of  the  pres- 
ent, the  ministry  is  not  a  financial  enter- 
prise. The  writer  gave  the  earlier  years 
of  his  life  in  secular  employment  and  saved 
something  of  a  competence  for  old  age. 
But  young  men  of  his  age  entered  the  min- 
istry in  their  youth  and  have  nothing  of 
this  world's  goods  laid  by  for  old  age.  They 
have  not  been  improvident  nor  lacking  in 
business  tact.  Their  salaries  were  small, 
and  the  requirements  of  the  service  such 
that,  to  maintain  the  dignity  of  their  calling, 
they  had  to  leave  their  small  salaries  upon 


By  T.  J.  Legg 

the  fields  among  the  people  they  served. 

But  with  the  preachers  of  the  second 
generation  there  was  absolutely  no  oppor- 
tunity to  save.  They  gave  their  strength, 
their  brains,  their  heart  power,  their  domes- 
tic pleasures  and  comforts;  they  laid  all 
upon  the  altar  of  service.  "Taking  no 
thought  for  the  morrow,"  they  wrought 
wonderfully,  winning  their  thousands  to 
Christ  and  bequeathing  to  us  our  present 
prosperity  in  numbers,  influence,  social 
standing,  and  unlimited  finance.  Their 
wives,  many  of  whom  have  become  their 
widows,  remained  at  home  and  kept  lonely 
vigil  at  the  bedsides  of  loved  ones,  all  day 
and  all  night ;  oh,  what  angel  pen  can  re- 
cord the  heroic  devotion  of  these  saintly 
mothers  in  Israel !  Now  they  are  old  and 
in  need. 


Brethren,  if  every  one  who 'has  been  won 
to  Christ  by  the  message  proclaimed  by  these 
saintly  servants  of  the  Lord,  would  give 
a  dollar,  or  five  dollars,  to  the  Ministerial 
Relief  Fund,  how  delightful  would  be  the 
closing  days  of  these  servants  of  the  Lord ! 
Would  every  member  of  every  church  plant- 
ed or  fostered  by  the  sacrifices  of  these 
saintly  ones,  respond  "as  God  has  prospered 
him,"  what  clouds  would  be  blown  away, 
what  shadows  cleared,  what  anxieties  dis- 
pelled from  these  servants  of  the  Lord  in 
the   evening  time  of  life ! 

The  Board  of  Ministerial  Relief  is  com- 
posed of  men  with  both  brains  and  hearts. 
It  has  no  superior  among  our1  general 
boards.  The  report  at  the  San  Francisco 
convention  showed  that  it  is  the  most 
economically  managed.  Remember  Minis- 
terial Relief  day.  Save  up  something  now 
for  that  day.  Don't  let  it  be  a  happen-so 
gift.  Plan  it  now,  yourself,  so  the  angels 
in  heaven  will  know  you  meant  to  do  it. 


Link   Churches,  30;    Link  Individuals,  27 


By  living  link  we  do  not  mean  churches 
t  individuals  contributing  a  specified  sum 
once  or  twice,  but  we  mean  those- churches 
or  individuals  contributing  regularly  to 
this  work,  in  whatever  amounts,  for  a  pe- 
riod of  five  consecutive  years  This  may  not 
n  harmony  with  the  idea  of  living  link 
churches  or  individuals  as  generally  advo- 
cated, but  it  is  commendable  in  that  it  has 
the  idea  of  "living"  in  it,  and  this  is  the 
thing  of  importance.  It  is  this  class  of 
"living"  contributors  that  gives  stability. 

In  all  278  churches,  10  Christian  Fndeav- 


or  Societies,  and  242  individuals  contribu- 
ted to  this  work  last  year.  These  contribu- 
tors bore  the  burden  of  this  work,  while 
more  than  io,coo  churches  with  their  more 
than  a  million  members  failed  their  Lord 
in  this  ordinance. 

There  were  117  churches  and  101  individ- 
uals, new  contributors  last  year.  This  is 
a  splendid  beginning  for  more  than  200 
living  link  contributors  four  years  hence. 
This  is  what  we  would  call  solid  business, 
and  this  point  ought  to  be  reached  by 
thousands  of  churches  and  individuals  also. 


link  contributors  of  a  number  of  individuals 
and  churches  who  have  already  made  four 
annual  offerings.  Some  have  three  and 
others  two  to  their  credit  now.  It  would 
seem  that  no  inducement  would  be  necessary 
to  encourage  either  churches  or  individ- 
uals to  such  faithfulness  save  the  sweet 
consciousness  of  an  approved  fellow-worker 
with  God  and  his  Christ.  Send  your 
offering  to  the  Board  of  Ministerial  Relief, 
A  contribution  this  year  will  make  living 
and  your  prayers  to  the  Father  for  thesup- 
port  of  this  work. 


A  Momentous  Ride. 

By  Mrs.   Rosetta  B.  Hastings. 
'Twas  a  preacher  that  rode,  and  he  rode  for  the  Lord, 
fhurch  he  was  leading  the 

D." 

Bogge«s'  ride  to  the  strip  was  a  momen- 
move  for  our  caurc.  Our  societies,  by 
employing  Brother  Boggess  and  other  evan- 
gelists in  Oklahoma,  in  the  very  beginning, 
caught  Time  by  the  forelock.  Today  we 
have  eighteen  thousand  members  in  Okla- 
homa, organized  into  more  than  three  hun- 
dred churches.  There  is  no  time  when 
people  can  be  so  easily  reached  by  new  re- 
ligious influences  as  when  they  have  just 
settled  in  a  new  country.  In  the  old 
churches  it  is  hard  to  reach  men  with  our 


plea,  because  they  do  not  like  to  break 
loose  from  their  old  associations.  But  in 
a  new  country  these  ties  are  already  sun- 
dered. The  people  all  meet  on  terms  of 
equality,  ready  to  form  new  friendships, 
and  eager  for  religious  services  of  any 
kind.  The  primitive  gospel  preached  to 
them  under  such  circumstances  is  like  seed 
sown  in  fallow  ground,  and  springs  up  to 
a  rich  harvest. 

Contrast  this  with  Arizona,  an  older  ter- 
ritory than  Oklahoma,  though  its  rapid 
settlement  began  about  the  same  time.  Rich 
in  ore,  its  mines  have  drawn  an  energetic 
population  from  the  east.  Its  grazing  lands 
are  crowded  with  sheep  and  cattle.  Its 
mountain   streams  are  fitted   for  irrigating 


the  valleys.  Wherever  this  has  been  done, 
gardens,  orchards  and  homes,  rivaling 
those  of  the  east,  fill  the  fertile  valleys.  Yet 
we  have  only  three  churches  in  this  whole 
territory,  although  we  have  hundreds, 
probably  thousands,  of  scattered  members. 

One  of  these  days  we  will  bemoan  our 
tardiness  in  coming  in  to  possess  this  great 
commonwealth. 

If  we  realized  the  wonderful  opportuni- 
ties awaiting  us  in  these  new  states  and 
territories  we  would  deny  ourselves  of 
many  a  luxury,  yea,  or  many  a  comfort, 
and  pile  the  money  in  the  coffers  of  our 
home  board,  until  they  would  have  evan- 
gelists spreading  over  the  great  west  like 
a  conquering  army. 


December  14,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVAXGICUS'J  . 


From  a  Layman's  Standpoint  By  Samuel  b.  capen 


The  Hon.  Samuel  B.  Capen,  LL.D.  (Con- 
gregational), president  of  the  American 
Board  of  Commissioners  for  Foreign  Mis- 
sions, Boston,  Mass.,  who  spoke  on  "The 
Outlook  from  a  Layman's  Standpoint," 
said,  among  other  things  . 

"The  two  words  which  express  the  prin- 
ciples that  rule  today  in  the  business  world 
are  co-operation  and  economy.  Apply  these 
two  thoughts  to  the  work  of  the  church. 
Our  sects  and  denominations  have  often 
been  sources  of  rivalry  and  competition, 
and  they  have  left  the  church  as  a  whole 
weakened  and  shorn  of  its  power.  We  have 
not  presented  a  united  front  against  a  com- 
mon enemy,  but  have  too  often  fired  into 
one  another's  camps.  But  we  are  moving 
away  from  the  extreme  individualistic  ideas 
of  religion,  prevalent  fifty  years  ago,  and 
men  are  now  considered  in  their  relations 
to  others.  Co-operation  through  a  closer 
federation  is  the  need  of  the  hour.  And 
then  we  must  carry  the  same  spirit  of  econ- 
omy into  our  chinch  work  that  we  have 
now  in  our  businesss,  and  thereby  come 
into  harmony  with  modern  ideas.  We  can 
no  longer  go  on  saving  in  the  business 
world  and  wasting  in  the  church.  And 
there  are  no  other  words  to  characterize 
many  of  our  church  methods  in  the  past 
than  these :  shameful  waste.  In  one  of  our 
large  cities  recently  a  gentleman  visited 
three  places  open  for  reading  rooms  and 
religious  services,  and  all  within  a 
few  minutes'  walk  of  one  another.     There 


were  perhaps  twenty  people  in  the  first, 
four  or  five  in  the  other,  and  less  in 
the  third,  and  this  was  said  to  be  the 
usual  condition.  Here  were  the  expenses 
for  rent,  heat,  light  and  janitor  service 
for  three  halls,  when  one  would  have  an- 
swered every  purpose. 

"We  have  not  yet  begun  to  measure  the 
power  of  the  church  in  destroying  positive 
evil  and  promoting  positive  good,  if  only 
we  can  thus  get  together.  We  are  often 
discouraged,  and  unnecessarily  so,  because 
we  are  so  far  apart.  This  gathering  to- 
gether of  these  representatives  from  all 
these  various  denominations  under  one  ban- 
ner ought  to  give  us,  before  we  separate, 
new  enthusiasm  to  get  closer  together  in 
our  work  for  the  great  triumphs  which  are 
not  far  away. 

"The  time  for  action  has  come.  Years 
ago  the  English  war  department  was  con- 
sidering a  change  of  uniform.  The  Duke 
of  Wellington,  thinking  he  would  get  an 
opinion  of  an  old  soldier,  asked:  'If  you 
were  to  fight  the  battle  of  Waterloo  over 
again,  what  kind  of  a  uniform  would  you 
like  to  wear?'  Quick  as  flash  came  the 
reply  from  the  scarred  veteran :  'General, 
if  I  was  going  to  fight  it  over  again,  I 
should  want  to  go  in  my  shirt  sleeves !' 
When  the  Church  of  Christ  gets  all  its 
various  army  corps  together  and  metaphor- 
ically puts  on  that  garb  for  service,  the 
Devil's  kingdom  m  America  will  be 
doomed." 


Christ,    the   Center 


By  W.  H.  P.  FAUNCE 


The  Rev.  William  H.  P.  Faunce,  D.D., 
LL.D.  (Baptist),  president  of  Brown  Uni- 
versity, Providence,  R.  I.,  who  spoke  on 
the  theme;  "Our  faith  in  Christ;  Christ, 
the   Center   of  Christianity,"   said   in   part : 

"We    have    a    new    hymnology,    distinctly 

different  from  that  of  a  century  ago,  whose 

dominant  note  is 

"  'O,  Master,  let  me  walk  with  Thee, 
In  lowly  paths  of  service  free.' 

"This  modern  feeling  for  Christ  is  a  re- 
turn to  the  primitive  attitude  which  gave 
peace  and  victory  to  the  first  apostles  of  the 
Lord.  It  is  impossible  to  exaggerate  the 
depth  of  devotion  which  Peter,  James  and 
John  felt  toward  their  Master.  The  superb 
faith  of  the  first  disciples  was  not  the  result 
of  intellectual  analysis,  however  correct,  but 
the  result  of  a  moral  and  spiritual  allegiance 
to  Jesus  Christ.  Future  critical  processes 
may  conceivably  require  us  to  remove  from 
our  New  Testament  many  a  text;  but  they 
can  never  remove  the  pattern  which  runs 
throughout,  the  attitude  of  measureless  de- 
votion to  the  Lord  which  created  the  litera- 
ture, because  it  created  the  life  out  of  which 
the  literature  grew. 

"This  unmeasured  personal  devotion  was 
the  sole  bond  of  unity  in  the  early  church. 
That  unity  was  not  racial;  it  was  not  that 
of  uniform  ecclesiastical  order;  it  was  not 
that  of  a  social  class;  it  was  not  philosoph- 


ical. It  was  the  unity  which  came  from 
the  soul-transforming  experience  of  Christ, 
into  which  they  all  had  come.  Out  of  that 
experience  'came,  by  necessity,  their  ethics, 
their  theology  and  their  entire  world  view. 
The  faith  in  one  Lord  was  the  root,  not  the 
fruit,  of  both  the  creed  and  the  organi- 
zation of  the  Christian  Church. 

"Here  is  the  perpetual  place  of  Christ  in 
Christianity— at  the  very  center.  We  pro- 
fess a  relation  to  ihe  Founder  of  Chris- 
tianity which  is  unique  in  human  history, 
because  his   relation   to   God — however  the 

words  may  stumble  and  totter  in  which  we 
declare  it — is  unique.  We  do  not  preach 
an  emasculated  Christianity,  a  mere  devi- 
talized residuum  of  what  is  common  to  all 
the  religions  of  history.  We  do  not  ex- 
pect to  make  Christianity  credible  by  strip- 
ping it  of  all  that  challenges  our  thinking 
powers,  or  by  reducing  it  to  platitudinous 
proposition^  which  no  man  has  ever  de- 
nied. Christianity  at  its  lowest  terms  is 
never  at  its  highest  power.  Jesus  of  Naz- 
areth is  more  to  us  than  a  Galilean  peasant. 
"The  great  conviction  that  in  Christ  the 
mind  of  God  has  entered  into  the  life  of 
man,  has  been  the  source  of  incalculable 
moral  energy.  It  is  not  so  important  to  be 
sure  that  Christ  is  like  God  as  it  is  to  be 
possessed  of  the  immovable  conviction  that 
God    is    like    Christ.      That    God    is   not    a 


LI  or  a  Sennacherib;   that  he  is  not  like 
some  shape  of  clay  or  wood  or  stone,  bi 
like    Jesus.      This    is    the    renovating    idea 
which  has   purified  and   uplifted  the  n- 
world,  and  is  still   the  supreme  concept 
which  goes  before  us  in  all 
In   Christ   we  have  the  supreme  and  final 
revelation  of  the  character  which  is  in  ' 
and  may  be  in  man." 

These  Three. 

BY  THOMAS  CLARK. 

Palaces  and  thrones  decay, 
Holy  temples  pass  azvay, 
Kings  and  priert*  live  but  a  day, 
Truth  alone  abides. 

9k  9k  9l 

Fame  shall  vanish  in  a  night, 
Wealth  but  come  to  take  its  flight, 
Might  must  yield  to  greater  might, 
Love  alone  abides. 

9*  9k  9k 

Armies  in  their  blood  shall  lie, 
Nations  proudest  live  to  die, 
Worlds  shall  into  atoms  fly. 
God  alone  abides. 
Danville.  III. 

©      @ 
A  BRAIN  WORKER 

Must  Have  the  Kind  of  Food  That  Nour- 
ishes Brain. 


"I  am  a  literary  man  whose  nervous  en- 
ergy is  a  great  part  of  my  stock  in  trade, 
and  ordinarily  I  have  little  patience  with 
breakfast  foods  and  the  extravagant  claims 
made  of  them.  But  I  cannot  withhold 
my  acknowledgment  of  the  debt  that  I  owe 
Grape-Nuts  food. 

"I  discovered  long  ago  that  the  very 
bulkiness  of  the  ordinary  diet  was  not  cal- 
culated to  give  one  a  clear  head,  the  power 
of  sustained,  accurate  thinking.  I  always 
felt  heavy  and  sluggish  in  mind  as  well  as 
body  after  eating  the  ordinary  meal,  which 
diverted  the  blood  from  the  brain  to  the 
digestive  apparatus. 

"I  tried  foods  easy  of  digestion,  but  found 
them  usually  deficient  in  nutriment.  I  ex- 
perimented with  many  breakfast  foods  and 
they,  too,  proved  unsatisfactory,  ;iii  I 
reached  Grape-Nuts.  And  then  the  problem 
was  solved. 

"Grape-Nuts  agreed  with  me  perfectly 
from  the  beginning,  satisfying  my  hunger 
and  supplying  the  nutriment  that  so  many 
other   prepared    foods   lack. 

"I  had  not  been  using  it  very  long  be- 
fore I  found  that  I  was  turning  out  an 
unusual  quantity  and  quality  of  work.  Con- 
tinued use  has  demonstrated  to  my  entire 
satisfaction  that  Grape-Nuts  food  contains 
all  the  elements  needed  by  the  brain  and 
nervous  system  of  the  hard  working  public 
writer."  Name  given  by  Postum  Co..  Battle 
Creek.  Mich. 

There's  a  reason.  Read  the  little  book, 
"The  Road  to  Wellville."  in  pkgs. 


1620 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


December  14,  1905 


As  Seen  From  the  Dome     By  f.  d.  Power 


Congress  opened  under  us  with  the 
usual  scenes.  The  same  people  crowded, 
many  of  them,  to  witness  the  same  dull 
ceremonies.  It  is  a  very  formal  and  me- 
chanical sort  of  thing,  but  a  never-ending 
delight  to  certain  old  habitues  of  the  capi- 
tal. The  Dome  and  I  have  looked  down  on 
the  sight  so  many  times  and  seen  so  many 
of  the  actors  on  the  stage  come  and  go  that 
we  are  not  materially  stirred  by  the  event. 
The  fellows  who  imagine  themselves  in  the 
lime  light  today,  and  fancy  the  world  look- 
ing on  and  wondering  at  their  greatness, 
will  soon  be  where  those  of  thirty  years  ago 
have  gone  and  the  Dome  and  I  will  be 
serenely  studying  their  successors.  They 
will  be  forgotten  and  others  will  sport  in 
the  lime  light,  and  strut  their  brief  passage 
across  the  same  stage.  It  is  less  than  thirty 
years,  only  twenty-two,  since  I  was  con- 
nected with  the  house,  and  there  are  only 
three  men  of  that  body  in  sight  today: 
"Uncle  Joe"  Cannon,  the  speaker.  J.  War- 
ren Keifer.  the  ex-speaker  of  the  forty- 
seventh,  and  Mr.  Bingham,  of  Pennsylvania, 
now  "the  Father  of  the  House."  When  I 
first  looked  in  upon  this  scene  the  civil  war 
had  just  closed,  the  great  "Review"  had  not 
long  passed  up  the  Avenue ;  it  was  in  1866, 
and  Andrew  Johnson,  who  had  just  been 
acquitted  by  one  vote,  was  President.  The 
days  of  "Reconstruction"  were  on.  Then 
in  1875,  when  Grant  was  in  his  second  ad- 
ministration, and  the  war  of  the  giants  was 
still  raging  in  the  House  and  Senate.  How 
many  of  the  public  men  now  in  sight  could 
even  name  the  cabinets  of  Johnson  and 
Grant?  Some  of  the  big  fellows  under 
the  Dome  when  we  had  "the  rough  on  the 
throne,"  were  Thad  Stevens,  Sumner  and 
Logan,  Stanton,  Butler  and  Bingham  and 
Boutwell,  and  the  rest.  Hot  times  those 
were  in  the  White  House  and  at  the  Capi- 
tol. Then  the  great  soldier  brought  in  his 
circle,  and  when  1  climbed  the  Dome  again, 
ten  years  later.  Fish  and  Bristow  and  Don 
Cameron  and  Back  Chandler,  and  Robeson 
and  Jewell  and  Taft,  father  of  the  present 
Secretary  of  War,  were  his  associates. 
"They  have  gone,  they  have  all  parsed  by," 
and  who  names  them,  who  remembers 
them  ? 

But  the  Dome  and  I  belong  to  today,  and 
so  do  these  that  come  and  go  like  ants  on 
the  pavement  and  in  the  halls  and  corridors 
below.  Some  of  them  are  old  enough, 
gracious  knows.  There  is  Edward  Everett 
Hale,  in  his  sacerdotal  robe  of  black,  open- 
ing the  Senate  in  original  phrases  and 
measured  tones.  He  belongs  to  another 
age  one  would  know  from  the  color  and  cut 
of  his  hair.  And  William  A.  Clark  and 
Chauncey  Depew  are  sufficiently  old  to  re- 
member the  Lord's  Prayer  and  repeat  it  af- 
ter him.  The  younger  set  do  not  seem  to 
know  it  and  perhaps  take  it  for  an  original 
and  even  heterodox  form  just  introduced 
by  the  venerable  Unitarian  chaplain.  Once 
a  Republican  member  approached  me  when 
in  the  House,  and  said:  "Mr.  Power,  they 
say  you  are  a  Democrat."  "Why?"  I  asked. 
"Because,    they    say,    you    don't    know   the 


Lord's  Prayer."  Then  he  told  the  story  of 
a  Republican  M.  C.  and  a  Democrat  M.  C. 
who  were  talking  on  the  subject  of  reli- 
gion and  the  latter  said:  "I'll  bet  you 
don't  even  know  the  Lord's  Prayer."  "I 
will  bet  you,"  said  the  first.  "Let  us  hear 
you  repeat  it,"  said  the  Democrat  member. 
"Certainly.  'Now  I  lay  me  down  to  sleep/  " 
began  the  Republican.  "Here,"  said  the 
Democrat,  interrupting,  "take  your  money; 
I  didn't  suppose  you  knew  it !" 

Many  faces  are  missing  this  winter.  From 
the  upper  house  George  Frisbie  Hoar,  the 
man  of  great  brain,  and  independent 
thought,  and  classic  speech ;  O.  H.  Piatt, 
the  rugged  angular  New  England  Yankee : 
and  Joseph  R.  Hawley,  the  soldier  and 
orator  and  publicist ;  Matthew  Stanley 
Quay,  the  suave,  mild  mannered,  slow  mov- 
ing, but  shrewd  and  even  cyclonic  man  \vho 
carried  the  keystone  state  in  his  hip-pocket ; 
George  Graham  Vest,  the  cavalier,  sans 
peur,  sans  reproche,  the  statesman  poet. 
These  have  passed.  And  Francis  M.  Cock- 
rell  is  among  the  missing.  And  Mitchell* 
and  Burton  are  detained  at  home  on  court 
business ;  and  several  others  have  doffed 
the  toga.  Change  as  they  may,  however, 
these  men  constitute  the  most  august  and 
influential  legislative  body  on  the  globe. 

The  House  is  the  show  body.  It  at- 
tracts the  stranger.  "Uncle  Joe"  is  in  him- 
self a  whole  circus  with  all  the  side  at- 
tractions thrown  in.  Flowers  were  tabooed 
by  him  this  session  and  the  old  time  set 
pieces  sent  in  by  admiring  constituents,  and 
big  enough  to  hide  the  average  representa- 
tive so  that  the  lime  light  couldn't  reach 
him,  were  lacking,  but  the  gowns  made 
up  for  it.  The  galleries  almost  equaled 
the  Horse  Show  for  display  of  millinery. 
The  set  pieces  were  in  the  seats  in  the  form 
of  sweethearts  and  wives.  There  were  eighty- 
one  new  members  in  the  House.  Williams, 
the  Democratic  leader,  spoke  of  them  as 
"the  kids."  Some  of  the  old  boys,  dearly 
loving  a  joke,  put  Mr.  Wharton,  of  Chi- 
cago, up  to  asking  Williams  why  he  used 
that  epithet.  The  young  man  did  not  real- 
ize his  peril.  "The  gentleman  from  Missis- 
sippi used  an  expression  in  his  remarks  con- 
cerning the  'kids'  in  the  House.  I  would 
like  to  have  him  explain  the  expression  of 
kids  to  the  House,"  said  Mr.  Wharton 
awkwardly.  The  House  applauded.  "Mr. 
Speaker,"  said  Mr.  Williams  instantly  and 
in  strident  tones,  "with  that  degree  of  rev- 
rence  which  the  personal  appearance  of  my 
interrogator  excites  in  my  mind,  I  should 
say  that  he  is,  perhaps,  the  last  person  in 
the  House  who  ought  to  ask  that  question." 
Both  sides  roared.  It  is  safe  to  say  Mr. 
Wharton  has  fastened  upon  himself  for  all 
time  the  title  of  "Charlie,  the  Kid."  "Help- 
less as  a  bird  trying  to  fly  in  an  asphalt 
lake,"  is  another  phrase  of  Williams  al- 
luding to  the  effect  of  the  rules  of  the 
House  if  such  "manacles"  were  adopted  ;  and 
when  a  Republican  ventured  to  ask  in  what 


particular  the  manacles  in  operation  during 
the  last  Congress  differed  from  those  in- 
spired by  the  Democrats  when  in  control, 
Williams  retorted :  "There  is  an  old  say- 
ing of  the  logicians  that  the  poorest  thing 
that  pretends  to  be  an  argument,  and  is 
not,  is  an  'ct  tit  quoquc,'  "  So  things  promise 
at  least  to  be  lively  in  Uncle  Joe's  aggrega- 
tion. 

There  are  interesting  figures  on  the  floor 
of  the  House.  Here  is  J.  Warren  Keifer, 
whose  return  is  like  that  of  Rip  Van 
Winkle.  He  presided  over  the  forty-seventh. 
He  appears  always  like  Hannibal  Hamlin 
of  ancient  memory,  in  an  old-fashioned 
evening  dress  swallowtail,  and  looks  as 
if  he  had  stepped  down  out  of  an  old  por- 
trait. When  my  wife  was  a  little  girl  she 
was  a  "rebel"  and  lived  in  Fredericksburg, 
Va.  All  her  people  were  of  the  Simon  pure 
southern  sentiment.  Keifer  was  brought 
wounded  to  her  mother's  home  and  cared 
for  kindly.  Her  mother  ministered  to  a 
number  of  Union  officers,  always  saying 
the   Bible  taught   her  to  love  her  enemies, 

®     % 

THE  "COFFEE  HEART" 

It    Is    as    Dangerous    as    the    Tobacco    or 
Whisky  Heart. 


♦Senator  Mitchell  has  died  since  the  above  was 
written. 


"Coffee  heart"  is  common  to  many  coffee 
users  and  is  liable  to  send  the  owner  to 
his  or  her  long  home  if  the  drug  is  per- 
sisted in.  You  can  run  30  or  40  yards  and 
find  out  if  your  heart  is  troubled.  A  lady 
who  was  once  a  victim  of  the  "coffee  heart" 
writes  from  Oregon : 

"I  have  been  a  habitual  user  of  coffee  all 
my  life  and  have  suffered  very  much  in  re- 
cent years  from  ailments  which  I  became 
satisfied  were  directly  due  to  the  poison 
in  the  beverage,  such  as  torpid  liver  and 
indigestion,  which  in  turn  made  my  com- 
plexion blotchy  and  muddy. 

"Then  my  heart  became  affected.  It 
would  beat  most  rapidly  just  after  I  drank 
my  coffee,  and  go  below  normal  as  the 
coffee  effect  wore  off.  Sometmes  my  pulse 
would  go  as  high  as  137  beats  to  the  minute. 
My  family  were  greatly  alarmed  at  my  con- 
dition and  at  last  mother  persuaded  me 
to  begin  the  use  of  Postum  Food  Coffee. 

"I  gave  up  the  old  coffee  entirely  and 
absolutely,  and  made  Postum  my  sole  table 
beverage.  This  was  6  months  ago,  and  all 
my  ills,  the  indigestion,  inactive  liver  and 
rickety  heart  action,  have  passed  away, 
and  my  complexion  has  become  clear  and 
natural.  The  improvement  set  in  very  soon 
after  I  made  the  change,  just  as  soon  as 
the  coffee  poison  had  time  to  work  out  of 
my  system. 

"My  husband  has  also  been  greatly  ben- 
efited by  the  use  of  Postum,  and  we  find 
that  a  simple  breakfast  with  Postum,  is  as 
satisfying  and  more  strengthening  than  the 
old  heavier  meal  we  used  to  have  with  the 
other  kind  of  coffee."  Name  given  by 
Postum  Co.,  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

There's  a  reason.  Read  the  little  book, 
"The  Road  to  Wellville,"  in  pkgs. 


December  14,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGEUS'I  . 


and  she  would  render  the  service  on  condi- 
tion that  they  would  pass  it  on  to  some  of 
the  boys  in  grey  when  opportunity  offered. 
The  little  girl  of  ten  years  often  went  with 
her  to  the  wounded  officer's  room,  and 
when  he  became  speaker  of  the  House,  and 
I  became  chaplain,  the  friendly  acquaint- 
ance of  the  war  time  was  renewed.  There 
are  just  a  few  of  these  forty-seventh  peo- 
ple left.  H.  H.  Bingham,  of  the  first  dis- 
trict of  Pennsylvania,  entered  in  the  forty- 
sixth  and  has  served  continuously.  Uncle 
Joe  Cannon  came  to  the  forty-third,  but 
skipped  one  Congress,  the  fifty-second. 
W.  P.  Hepburn  belonged  to  the  forty- 
seventh,  as  did  R.  R.  Hitt,  J.  W.  Wads- 
worth.  J.  H.  Ketcham  and  J.  F.  C.  Tal- 
bot. A  few  of  my  Congress  are  in  the  Sen- 
ate. Julius  C.  Burrows,  H.  D.  Money  and 
J.  C.  S.  Blackburn  were  under  my  pastoral 
care ;  and  a  half  dozen  other  members  of  the 
Senate  survive  of  the  forty-seventh.  The 
rest  no  longer  answer  to  the  roll.  They 
are  now  evermore  with  the  majority. 

Our  own  folks  are  represented  by  some 
new  faces.  Champ  Clark  is  still  here,  and 
Senator  Edward  Ward  Carmack,  of  Ten- 
nessee ;  and  W.  H.  Graham,  our  steadfast 
helper  in  every  good  work  from  Bethany 
College  to  Bethany  Beach ;  and  our  good 
Hoosier  brother,  Edgar  Dean  Crumpacker, 
of  Valparaiso ;  and  that  amiable  and  cour- 
ageous Buckeye,  Amos  Richard  Webber, 
of  Elyria.  whose  mother  rightly  named  him 
after  the  prophet,  and  who  cries  out  against 
the   sins   of   his   people   very   much   as   did 


th'e  herdsman   <>\   Tekoah,   the  "dresser  of 

sycamore  fruit,"  who  lived  among  the  lion  , 
against  the  sins  of  Israel.  He  is  going  to 
introduce  a  bill  for  prohibition  in  the  Di 
trict  of  Columbia  and  then  look  out  for  a 
stir  among  Uncle  Joe's  animals.  Another 
member,  from  the  sixteenth  district  of  Mis- 
souri, Hon.  A.  P.  Murphy,  tells  me  he  is 
going  to  make  the  same  move,  and  he  is 
immensely  in  earnest  about  il. 

We  have  some  other  good  Disciples  in 
this  fifty-ninth  Congress.  William  C. 
Houston,  of  Woodbury,  Tenn.,  successor 
to  J.  D.  Richardson,  is  always  in  his  place- 
in  the  house  of  God  as  well  as  in  his  seat 
in  the  House  of  Representatives.  In  his 
brief  biography  in  the  Congressional  Di- 
rectory he  says  of  himself  he  "is  a  member 
of  the  Christian  church  and  lives  on  a 
farm."  Mouncc  Gore  Butler,  of  Gainsboro, 
Tenn.,  is  also  one  of  us,  and  Ernest  M. 
Pollard,  of  Nebraska,  is  another.  I  have 
no  doubt  I  shall  find  others.  We  have  also 
a  number  of  brothers-in-law,  such  as  James 
T.  Lloyd  and  John  Welborn,  of  Missouri, 
James  A.  Hughes,  of  West  Virginia, 
Joseph  L.  Rhinock,  of  Kentucky,  and  E.  H. 
Hinshaw,  of  Nebraska.  We  should  be  glad 
to  learn  of  any  Disciples  connected  with 
Congress,  or  spending  the  winter  in  Wash- 
ington in  any  capacity,  and  will  look  them 
up  if  our  readers  will  advise  us  concerning 
them.  As  usual  the  President's  message 
touches  every  interest  save  the  cause  of 
temperance.    Why  is  it? 

JVashington,  D.  C. 


Revival  of  the  Teaching   Function 

By  J.  H.  Hardin 


The  above  words  are  quoted  from  the 
first  chapter  of  George  Whitefield  Mead's 
new  book,  "Modern  Methods  in  Sunday 
School  Work."  The  author  takes  the 
ground  that  we  are  now  "in  the  midst  of 
one  of  the  mightiest  religious  revivals  that 
has  ever  grasped  the  world."  Not  a  re- 
vival of  hysterical  excitement  and  wild  emo- 
tional upheaval,  but  a  revival  (1)  of  per- 
sonal service  and  (2)  of  the  teaching"  func- 
tion of  the  church. 

When  we  consider  the  things  that  are 
being  done  and  planned  it  begins  to  ap- 
pear that  Dr.  Mead  is  right.  Certainly 
there  is  now  being  felt,  as  it  has  not  been 
before  in  modern  times,  a  desire  to  restore 
the  office  of  teaching  to  the  place  in  the 
program  of  the  Christian  congregation 
which  it  occupied  in  the  beginning. 
Thoughtful  minds  and  hearts  throughout 
Christendom  are  pondering  and  praying 
over  this.  The  thought  and  prayer  now- 
being  devoted  to  this  matter  will  bring 
about — indeed  are  now  'Starting — a  rev- 
olution. 

The  feature  of  Christian  effort  which  is 
destined  to  be  most  affected  by  this  revo- 
lution is  the  Sunday  school.  Here  is  an 
institution  unrivaled  in  the  good  it  has 
accomplished ;  with  a  record  for  effective- 
ness that  forestalls  criticism.  And  yet 
there  is  a  widespread,  if  not  universal, 
feeling  that  radical  changes  must  be  made 
in  its  ideals  and  methods  if  it  is  to  survive, 
and   hold   an   important  place   in   Christian 


effort  in  the  future.  This  feeling  finds 
expression  in  the  deliberations  of  religious 
bodies,  in  books  on  the  subject,  in  edito- 
rials, in  sermons  and  addresses,  and  in 
the  conversations  among  earnest  Christian 
men  and  women.  Thus  feeling  grows 
stronger  every  day.  That  which  a  little 
while  ago  many  thought,  but  feared  to 
whisper,  now  begins  to  be  spoken  aloud 
in  almost  every  circle.  The  best  of  it  is 
that  there  is  a  strong  determination  to 
face  the  facts,  and  to  make  whatever  re- 
adjusment  they  seem  to  demand.  We  begin 
to  see  what  is  needed  and  how  to  intro- 
duce the  needed  changes.  This  is  even 
now  being  done.  Like  many  other  revivals, 
the  Christian  world  is  finding  that  to  get 
on  the  right  basis  it  is  only  necessary  to 
go  back  to  the  simple  arrangement  provid- 
ed by  the  divine  Founder  and  Head  of 
the  church.  He  appointed  the  teaching 
function.  To  get  this  matter  right  we  have 
only  to  revive  the  method  of  the  Master, 
to  restore  the  function  of  the  teacher  in 
the  New  Testament  church.  In  a  measure, 
the  Sunday  school  has  stood  for  this  func- 
tion ;  but  so  inadequately  has  it  carried 
on  its  work  that  it  now  awakens  to  the 
fact  that  its  hold  on  the  respect  of  the  com- 
munity is  precarious,  if  not  entirely  lost ; 
and  that  it  must  reshape  its  program  or  perish. 
I  hope  to  point  out  some  of  the  steps  nec- 
essary for  us  to  take  in  order  to  revive 
the  teaching  function. 
Kansas  City.  Mo. 


Literature  for  the  Youth. 

By  George   B.   Evan* 

1  believe  it  was  Charles  Lamb  who  -.aid  a 
child  should  be  turned  loose  in  pasture 
rich  literature  to  browse  at  liberty.      Such 
freedom,  however,  prestsppn  '-nee 

of  a  liberal  library  in  the  home  and  a  dis- 
criminating discretion  on  the  part  of  the 
child,  or  else  the  lamb  turned  loose  soon 
becomes  "a  lost  sheep." 

What  authors,  then,  best  lay  the  founda- 
tion for  a  child's  mastery  of  good  litera- 
ture? If,  as  lambkins,  our  youth  need 
shepherding,  what  writers  can  best  wield 
the  crook,  so  that  the  young  can  truly  say, 
"These  being  our  shepherds,  we  shall  not 
want"  ? 

I  think  the  literature  committee  of  the 
National  Congress  of  Mothers  is  in  a  better 
position  than  any  one  else  to  answer  this 
question  intelligently.  Its  members  are  men 
and  women  of  recognized  authority  on  chil- 
dren's literature.  Then,  too,  their  list  is 
the  result  of  combined  efforts  for  a  number 
of  years  past. 

This  committee  recommends  the  follow- 
ing suggestive  poems  for  children  under 
nine:  Browning's  "Pied  Piper  of  Hamelin," 
Southey's  "Inch-Cape  Rock,"  Longfellow's 
"Children's  Hour,"  "Bell  of  Atri,"  "Le- 
gend Beautiful,"  most  of  "Hiawatha," 
Whittier's  "In  School  Days."  Bryant's 
"Robert  of  Lincoln,"  Emerson's  "Moun- 
tain and  Squirrel,"  and  Tennyson's  lyrics, 
"The  Day  Dream,"  "The  Merman,"  and 
"Winter." 

To  older  children,  from  nine  to  fourteen, 
this  committee  recommends  the  following 
short,  specific  poems :  Tennyson's  "Re- 
venge," "The  Vision  of  Sir  Launfal,"  "The 
Charge  of  the  Light  Brigade,"  "The  For- 
saken Merman."  by  Matthew  Arnold, 
Gray's  "Elegy,"  Bryant'.  "Thanatopsis," 
Browning's  "How  They  Brought  the  Good 
News  from  Ghent  to  Aix,"  "Ratisbon," 
"Dog  Tray,"  "The  Ancient  Mariner,"  of 
Coleridge,  Scott's  "Lochinvar,"  Byron's 
"Sennacherib,"  "Prisoner  of  Chillon,"  and 
"Blenheim,"  Shelley's  "Ode  to  a  Skylark." 
Whittier's  "Snow-Bound"  and  "Maud  Mul- 
ler"  and  "Abou  Ben  AJhem."  by  Leigh 
Hunt. 

For  those  above  fourteen  there  opens  up 
a  vast  field  of  rich  literature.  If  a  taste 
for  the  highest  class  of  poetry  has  been 
wisely  cultivated,  the  young  high  school 
student  will  revel  in  Goethe.  Homer.  Dante, 
Milton.  Browning,  Cowper.  Wordsworth, 
Spencer.  Browning,  Tennyson.  Longfellow, 
Lowell,  Whittier  and  other  crowned  heads 
of  poesy. 

Let  us  never  forget  that  the  same  child 
that  delights  in  fairy  tales  will  likewise  be 
an  apt  pupil  of  myth  and  fable.  Let  "Alice 
in  Wonderland,"  "The  \rabian  Nights." 
"Gulliver's  Travels,"  "Hans  Andersen's 
Fairy  Tales."  and  Hawthorne's  "Wonder 
Book,"  pave  the  way  for  the  Grecian  gods. 
Zeus,  Juno,  Apollo.  Aphrodite.  Perseus  and 
Persephone.  Hellenistic  mythology  will  be 
as  great  a  favorite  to  the  young  mind  as 
".Esop's  Fables."  Olympus  will  be  as  choice 
a  spot  soon  as  the  jungle  with  its  jolly 
i  ingles. 

A  child  can  be  an  attentive  listener  to 
Bible  stories  for  the  young:  should  learn 
earlv  that  the  Psalms,  the  Epistles  of  St 
Paul  and  the  Book  of  Job  are  the  world's 
masterpieces  of  literature. 

Remember  that  "the  great  Goethe  has  well 
said  we  ought  to  see  a  good  picture,  hear 
some  good  music  and  read  some  good  poetry 
every  day.  If  our  youths  are  thrown  into 
such  surroundings  their  environments  will 
be  well-nigh  ideal. 
Bis;  Run.  Pa. 


1622 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


December  14,  1905 


— Ministerial  Relief  day  next  Lord's  day. 

— It  ought  to  be  considered  a  blessed 
privilege  to  minister  to  the  needs  of  those 
whose   debtors  we  are. 

— We  give  considerable  space  this  week 
to  this  holy  cause  and  bespeak  a  careful 
perusal  of  the  articles  relating  thereto. 

— Our  assistant  editor,  following  the  honk 
of  the  wild  goose,  has  fled  to  Texas,  where 
he  will  atnnd  the  T^xas  Christian  lecture- 
ship at  Denton  and  luxuriate  a  few  days 
in  Texas  sunshine  and  Texas  hospitality. 
and  incidentally  will  report  the  lectureship. 

— Two  wedding  notices  have  just  come 
to  hand  a<  we  close  up  this  week's  paper 
which  will  interest  our  readers:  Bro. 
Vernon  Stauffer,  pastor  of  the  church 
at  Angola.  Ind..  at  the  Christian  church 
parsonage,  on  Monday  evening,  De- 
cember 25.  the  bride  being  Miss  Laura 
Emma  Hoffman.  The  other  is  Bro.  Jasper 
T.  Moses,  principal  of  our  mission  school 
at  Monterey,  Mex..  Tuesday  evening,  De- 
cember 26,  to  Miss  Katherine  Elliott,  of 
Newcastle.  Ind.  Our  hearty  congratulations 
to  both  these  happy  couples. 

— The  new  Christian  church  building 
at  Mexico,  Mo.,  is  to  be  dedicated  on  next 
Lord's  day.  December  17.  Brother  Rains 
will  preach  in  th?  morning.  There  will  be 
an  afternoon  commimion  service,  and  the 
dedication  address  will  be  delivered  in  the 
evening  by  the  Editor  of  The  Chrtstian- 
Evaxgeust.  A  fine  program  has  been  ar- 
ranged and  the  preaching  will  be  continued 
for  several  evenings  during  the  following 
week  by  different  brethren. 

— Bro.  T.  X.  Kincaid.  Hot  Springs,  writes 
that  the  espousal  of  the  cause  of  the  new 
church  lot  in  that  city  by  The  Christian- 
Evanoelist  has  greatly  stimulated  the 
members  there,  and  he  says  they  are  going 
to  try  to  raise  $1,000  additional,  of  the 
money  needed,  in  spite  of  their  former 
sacrifices  and  their  fire.  They  are  asking 
help  to  buy  their  lot.  See  statement  else- 
where. 

— It-  is  generous  for  a  fellow-publisher 
to  give  praise  to  another  journal.  C.  A. 
Young  writes:  "Your  Holiday  Number 
is  fine.  The  cover  is  exquisite.  Congratu- 
lations.'" 
Special    to    The  Christiax-Evancelist. 

Knoxviu.e,  Texx,  Dec.  7. — We  have 
just  unfurled  the  stars  and  stripes  from  the 
dome  of  thr-  new  School  of  the  Evangelists, 
and  the  new  bell  sounds  ils  notes  of  joy. 
Thousands  will  rejoice  with  us. 
Yours   for  the  great  caumaign, 

Ashley  S.  Johxsox. 

It  will  be  remembered  that  this  school 
building  was  burned  down  some  months 
ago  daring  the  president's  absence  Its 
speedy  resurrection,  phenix-like,  from  its 
ashes,  is  one  of  our  modern  miracles  of 
enterprise  and  generosity.  Our  hearty  con- 
gratulations are  extended  to  President 
Johnson  and  his  faculty  and  students. 

— The  cut  on  our  first  page  this  week 
shows  th-  member!  of  the  Board  of  Min- 
isterial Refief.  Commencing  at  thf  left 
and  reading  to  the  right  they  are:  First 
row.  Samuel  Ashby.  \Y.  S.  Dickinson.  A.  B. 
Philpntl  :  second  row.  T.  J.  Spencer,  A.  L. 
Orcutt.  Dr.  Tab"?  Hall ;  third  row.  T.  B. 
Laycock.  R  E  Udell.  Amos  Clifford. 

— Sister  Rachel  G.  Burns,  wife  of  John 
Burns,  of  this  city,  departed  this  life  De- 
cember 5,  aged  84  years.  Funeral  services 
eondncted  by  the  pastor  of  the  church.  Dr. 
J.  M.  Philputt.  Saturday.  December  o. 
Fuller  report  next  week.  Our  sincere  sym- 
pathy i-  extended  to  Brother  Burns  and 
the  surviving  cbildrei    and   grandchildren 

— O.  E.  Hawkins  has  just  been  set  apart 
to    the    ministry.      The    service    took   place 


at  the  Soniat  Avenue  Christian  Church, 
New  Orleans,  and  was  conducted  by  B.  L. 
Smith,    of   Cincinnati. 

— A  new  church  will  be  dedicated  at 
Water  ford,  O.,  December  24.  O.  L.  Cook 
is  the   minister. 

— V.  E.  Ridenour  will  hold  a  meeting 
with  J.  R.  Golden  at  Gibson  City,  111., 
early    in    January. 

— A  new  house  of  worship  will  be  erected 
at  Austin.  Tex.,  before  very  long,  a  lot 
having  been  purchased. 

■ — W.  A.  Morrison,  of  McPherson,  Kan., 
will  assist  the  church  at  Iuka  in  a  revival 
during  this  month. 

— R.  H.  Sawyer  has  been  tendered  a 
farewell  reception  at  Missoula,  Mont.,  he 
having  accepted  a  call  to  Carrollton,  Mo. 

— William  Shoesmith  has  had  a  cordial 
reception  at  Estherville,  la.,  where  he  be- 
gan his  work  the  first  of  this  month. 

— A.  W.  Gehres  will  divide  his  time 
between  Brook  and  Bethany  Chapel,  a 
country  church  in  Benton  county,  Ind. 

—Edward  Wright,  who  has  for  some 
time  been  in  the  evangelistic  field,  has 
settled  down  to  a  regular  pastorate  at 
Spencer,    Iowa. 

• — Jewell  Howard  has  taken  up  the  work 
at  Amarillo,  Tex.,  having  preached  his 
farewell  sermon  at  Piano  the  last  Lord's 
day  in  November. 

— Herbert  Yeuell,  who  is  now  in  a  short 
meeting  there,  writes  of  the  successful 
work  that  G.  F.  Assiter  is  doing  at  Park- 
crsburer,  W.  Va. 

—"When  You  Get  Married"  was  the  at- 
tra«*tiv*  tule  of  a  sermon  recently  preached 
by  R.  S.  Crossfield. 

— Evangelist  Herbert  Yeuell  has  been  giv- 
ing his  lecture,  "Ben  Hur  and  Quo  Vadis," 
with  great  success.  At  Petersburg,  Va.,  it 
netted  $217  for  the  church. 

— A.  R.  Hunt's  time  is  now  all  taken, 
preaching  to  rural  congregations  adjacent 
to  Savannah,  Mo.  He  begins  a  meeting 
at  Ravenwood,  December  25. 

— O.  N.  Roth  has  resigned  at  Argentine, 
Kan.,  to  accept  a  cdl  from  the  Lawrence 
Avenue  Church,  of  Wichita.  He  will  enter 
upon  his  new  field  January  1. 

— Lee  H.  Rarnum  had  to  cancel  his  ac- 
ceptance of  the  call  to  the  church  at  Great 
Bend.  Kan.,  because  the  Caldwell  church  re- 
fused to  accept  his  resignation. 

■ — Philip  Evans  has  been  asked  to  remain 
another  year  at  Princeton,  111.,  but  his  de- 
r;sion  defends  on  the  question  of  support. 
The  outlook,  he  reports,  is  encouraging. 

— Thomas  J.  Thompson  will  close  his 
pastorate  at  Slater,  Mo.,  January  1.  He 
will  evangelize  for  a  few  months  or  accept 
a  permanent   work  in   a  suitable  field. 

—"The  Seven  Greatest  Evils  of  Modern 
Society"  is  the  title  of  a  series  of  lectures 
being  delivered  by  J.  W.  Lowber  at  the 
Central  Christian  Church,  Austin,  Texas. 

— There   will   be   a   re-dedication  of  our 

church  at  Ridgetown,  Ont.,  about  January  1, 
some  $27,000  having  been  spent  on  the 
building  in   remodeling  and   repairing  it. 

— George  R.  Evans,  of  Bi<r  K-m.  Pa.,  is 
in  demand  for  addresses  at  union  services. 
The  C.  W.  B.  M.  offering  at  his  church 
was  three  times  as  much  this  year  as  last. 

— Tsom  Roberts  has  been  on  a  visit  to 
Wellington.  Kan.,  where  he  occupied  the 
onlrit :  W.  W.  Robcfson  and  Z.  A  .Harris 
supplied  for  him  at  Blackwell,  O.  T.,  during 
his  absence. 

— A  mo«t  favorable  re<~er'tion  was  given 
to  the  sermon  of  J.  P.  Lichtenberger,  one 

of  o-ir  New  York  pastors,  delivered  at  ihe 
union  Thanksgiving  services  of  the  Harlem 
churches  in  the  Church  of  the  Puritans. 

— A.  L.  Ferguson,  of  T.a  Junta.  Col.,  who 
was  reported  in  our  columns  recently  as 
havine  gone  from  Macon.  111.,  went  from 
Macomb  to  his  present  place,  beginning  the 


Hood's 

Sarsaparilla  is  unquestiona- 
bly the  greatest  blood  and 
liver  medicine  known.  It 
positively  and  permanently 
cures  every  humor,  from 
Pimples  to  Scrofula.  It*  is 
the  Best, 

Blood   Medicine. 


work   October   I,     He   reports  seven  addi- 
tions since  he  began  work. 

— E.  B.  Barnes,  of  Noblesville,  Ind.,  will 
hold  a  meeting  in  February  at  Big  Run, 
Pa.  George  B.  Evans,  the  former  secre- 
tary and  treasurer  of  the  West  Virginia 
ministerial  association,  is  the  present  pastor. 

— We    regret    to    learn    of   the   death    of 
Dabney   Procter,  who  was  an  elder  in  the  • 
church  at  Moberly,  Mo.,  and  a  brother  of 
the  more  widely  known  Alexander  Procter. 
The  funeral  services  were  held  last  week. 

— The  Foreign  Society  has  prepared  an 
exercise  called  "Star  of  Hope"  to  be  used 
on  Endeavor  day,  which  is  the  first  Lord's 
day  in  February.  It  ought  to  be  very 
helpful  to  all  the  societies.  Address  F.  M. 
Rains,  Box  884,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

— A  new  church  has  just  been  organized 
by  L.  F.  Stephens  and  wife  at  Twin  Falls, 
Idaho,  with  thirty-two  members  and  five 
more  added  since.  B.  F.  Clay  was  to  preach 
the  dedicatory  sermon.  Ours  is  the  first 
church  building  erected  in  this  growing 
town. 

— J.  C.  Mason,  in  a  line,  reports:  "We 
will  pass  the  record  of  last  November  in 
our  mission  offerings."  We  would  not  ex- 
pect anything  else  of  Texas.  "The  Louisi- 
ana Christian"  will  in  future  be  edited  by 
Brother  Procter  and  published  at  Lake 
Charles. 

— Prof.  C.  T.  Paul,  missionary  of  the 
Foreign  Society,  who  has  just  reached 
Nankin,  China,  writing  of  his  impressions 
of  that  land,  says:  "I  have  found  China 
vastly  more  degraded  and  needy,  and  Chris- 
tian mission  work  vastly  more  flourishing 
and  hopeful,  than  I  had  ever  dreamed. 
The  half  has  not  been  told  on  either  side." 

— The  dedication  of  the  Christian  church 
at  Pontiac,  111.,  will  take  place  on  Sunday 
morning,  December  17,  when  J.  H.  Gillilland. 
of  Bloomington,  will  preach.  William  G. 
McColley,  the  minister,  and  the  church 
extend    invitations   to    all    friends. 

— The  twelfth  anniversary  of  the  dedi- 
cation of  our  tabernacle  at  Council  Bluffs, 
la.,  was  celebrated  with  the  announcement 
that  every  dollar  of  the  indebtedness  was 
paid  in  full.  We  congratulate  W.  B.  Clem- 
mer  not  only  on  this  fact,  but  on  the  good 
work  that  is  being  done  in  all  departments. 

- — The  sixeenth  wedding  anniversary  of 
C.  E.  Taylor  and  his  wife  proved  a  sur- 
prise occasion  to  the  inmates  of  the  parson- 
age at  Sfbrfner,  O.  Our  ccrtwrc^xtinri 
there  came  down  upon  the  pastor  and  his 
wife,  not  only  in  large  numbers,  but  carry- 
ing a  very  handsome  rocking-chair  to 
leave  as  a  souvenir  of  the  occasion. 

— We  regret  to  learn  of  the  death  of 
Mrs.  Mabel  McMillan,  wife  of  Bro.  Alex- 
ander McMillan,  nasfor  of  our  church  at 
Winnipeg.  She  h*d  been  ailing  for  some 
three  monlhs,  and  the  cause  of  death  was 
a  tumor  at  the  base  of  the  brain.  .She  was 
a  da**«fefPT  of  Alexander  Brown,  of  Fosto- 
ria.  O  ind  leaves,  besides  her  husband, 
two    children. 

— Our  church  b"iMing  at  Frankfort. 
Ind-,  is  to  be  remodeled.  During  W.  J. 
Russell's   eight  months'   pastorate   143  new 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


members  have  been  enrolled  and  it  has 
just  been  decided  to  expend  between  twelve 
and  fifteen  thousand  dollars  in  enlarging 
and  putting  new  furnishings  into  the  church 
which  will  make  it  the  most  commodious 
church  home  in  the  city 

— F.  Wj.  Collins  is  going  tj  add  to  his 
library.  This  is  a  result  of  the  handsome 
gift  with  which  the  pastor  of  our  church 
at  West  Liberty,  la.,  was  recently  sur- 
prised as  an  expression  of  the  apprecia- 
tion of  his  congregation.  To  equip  him- 
self better  for  the  ministry  by  the  reading 
of  good  books  is,  in  Brother  Collins'  judg- 
ment, the  best  way  to  return  value  to  the 
church. 

— A  note  from  H.  C.  Saum,  written  at 
Manilla,  reports  that  himself,  wife,  Herbert, 
D.  O.  Cunningham  and  wife,  and  Miss  Olive 
Griffith  have  had  an  excellent'  voyage,  and 
had  just  been  enjoying  a  pleasant  day  with 
the  Hannas  and  the  Kershners.  He  reports 
the  work  in  the  Philippines  as  very  promis- 
ing, while  he  calls  for  reinforcements  for 
Japan,  seeing  that  the  opportunities  there 
have  been  greatly  increased. 

— The  annual  report  of  the  City  Mission 
Board  of  Kansas  City,  of  which  Frank  L. 
Bowen  is  secretary  and  evangelist,  shows 
that  there  are  six  mission  points  under 
the  direction  of  the  board  and  that  the 
number  of  additions  during  the  year  was 
229,  of  which  98  were  baptisms.  A  chapel 
fund  has  been  started,  amounting  to  $3,000 
at  present,  Independence  Boulevard  Church 
having   given  $2,000  to   inaugurate   it. 

— The  Year  Book  is  now  in  the  hands  of 
the  printer  and  will  be  ready  for  mailing 
as  rapidly  as  subscriptions  are  received. 
We  have  fixed  the  price  of  "The  American 
Home  Missionary"  at  the  low  rate  of  25 
cents,  which  is  much  less  than  the  cost  of 
publishing.  This  Year  Book  includes  the 
list  of  our  ministers.  If  you  desire  the  Year 
Book  please  send  in  your  subscription  to 
Benj.  L.  Smith,  corresponding  secretary, 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  Bldg.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

— Last  week  the  Foreign  Society  re- 
ceived $1,200  on  the  annuity  plan.  The 
society  has  received  nearly  a  quarter  of  a 
million  dollars  in  this  way.  It  is  hoped 
many  other  friends  will  take  this  step  at 
an  early  date.  And  the  society  was  also 
the  recipient  of  $500  last  week  from  the 
estate  of  the  late  Mrs.  O.  A.  Burgess,  of 
Indianapolis.  Ind.  Several  thousand  dollars 
additional  are  expected  from  the  same 
source. 

— The  people  at  Dululh,  says  Baxter 
Waters,  are  generous  in  their  giving  and 
are  anxious  to  build  a  strong,  solid  church 
in  that  growing  city,  which  is  a  strategic 
point.  "We  need  encouragement  from  the 
outside  as  we  are  a  long  way  from  the  cen- 
ter of  the  brotherhood,"  writes  Brother 
Waters.  He  reports  that  a  new  carnet  has 
been  put  on  the  church  floors  and  that  the 
Sunday  school  is  arranging  for  a  fine  new 
organ. 

—A  line  from  Bro.  B.  B.  Tyler,  of  Den- 
ver, Col.,  under  date  of  December  5,  says: 
"The  mortage  was  burned  on  time  and  ac- 
cording to  program."  Leters  were  read 
from  a  number  of  brethren,  and  Brc*.  Wr.  B. 
Craig,  the  founder  of  the  church,  delivered 
a  fine  address.  Now  that  the  debt  is  out 
of  the  way  the  church  is  already  asking, 
"What  next?"  and  is  planning  for  further 
conquests.  Brother  Tyler  writes  that  they 
are  having  constant  additions  to  the  church. 

— It  is  with  pleasure  we  record  the  fact 
that  another  of  "The  Christian-Evangel- 
ist Special"  crowd  of  bachelors  has  given 
up  the  struggle  and  succumbed  to  the 
charms  of  womanhood.  The  engagement 
of  C.  W.  Cauble.  pastor  of  our  church 
at  Greencastle.  Ind.,  to  Miss  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  M.  Hawlev,  has  Just 
been  announced.  She  is  one  of  the  best 
known  young  women  of  Huntington  and  is 
a  conscientious,  capable  church  worker. 
Brother  Cauble  is   a  graduate  of  Harvard 


and  a  man  of  fine  spirit.  We  did  not  know 
what  we  were  doing  when  we  started  that 
"Christian-Evangelist    Special." 

— Bro.  J.  W.  Ellis  and  wife,  and  his  son. 
J.  Kreckenridge  Ellis,  the  talented  conductor 
of  our  "Advance  Society"  and  the  writer 
of  some  of  the  stories  in  The  Christian- 
Evangelist,  having  removed  to  Benton- 
ville,  Ark.,  it  was  in  order  that  the  church 
there  should  give  a  rccepiioii  10'  introduce 
their  new  minister  and  his  family.  More 
than  two  hundred  invitations  were  sent  out, 
and  the  occasion  was  a  very  delightful 
one,  speaking  of  warm  hearts  and  Chris- 
tian character.  Te  audiences,  we  learn, 
are  large  and  increasing  and  the  outlook 
for  Brother  Ellis  in  this  new  field  is  very 
encouraging. 

— "I  feel  that  I  must  express  to  you," 
writes  D.  W.  Moore,  of  Springfield,  Mo., 
"my  appreciation  of  the  rich  things  we  are 
having  now  in  The  Christian-Evangel- 
ist. My  heart  'burns  within  me'  as  I  read 
your  report  and  suggestions  concerning 
the  recent  Inter-Church  Conference  in  New 
York.  The  Disciples  of  Christ  feel  that 
they  have  been,  in  a  certain  sense,  the 
chosen  of  God  to  prepare  for  such  a 
movement.  It  is  sad  to  remember,  and  yet 
it  is  well  for  us  to  recall,  that  it  was  the 
'chosen  of  God'  who  crucified  their  Lord 
and  Redeemer,  and  that  it  was  the  nation's 
suicide.  The  Lord  make  us  wise  in  this 
time  of  opportunity.  'It  is  the  hour  of 
fate.'  " 

— The  interest  which  the  brethren  every- 
where are  manifesting  in  the  late  Inter- 
church  Conference  in  New  York  City  shows 
that  the  spirit  of  unity  is  not  a  spent  force 
in  our  ranks.  Our  readers  generally  are 
enthusiastic  over  the  outlook.  One  brother 
writes :  "The  last  number  of  The  Chris- 
tian-Evangelist was  superb.  I  was  eager- 
ly waiting  for  your  report  of  the  great 
Interchurch  Conference  and  read  it  with 
increasing  interest.  Surely  the  Lord  is 
bringing  to  our  very  doors  opportunities  for 
which  we  have  long  been  praying  and  work- 
ing." These  are  indeed  great  days,  and 
we  hope  to  furnish  our  readers  during  the 
coming  year  much  that  will  both  surprise 
and  delight  them. 

— The  anniversary  sermon  of  N.  M.  Rag- 
land,  Fayetteville,  Ark.  "After  Twenty 
Years,"  commemorates  the  completion  of  a 
pastorate  lasting  through  a  score  of  years. 
Referring  to  his  work  in  that  city,  he  says  : 
"When  I  recall  the  joys  of  this  pastorate 
of  twenty  beautiful  years  my  heart  is  stirred 
at  the  thought  of  how  near  I  came  to  losing 
it."_  It  is  a  tender,  beautiful  sermon  and 
indicates  an  ideal  relationship  between 
minister  and  people.  The  increasing  num- 
ber of  lengthy  pastorates  is  a  most  cheer- 
ing sign  of  the  times.  In  the  sermon 
Brother  Ragland  quotes  from  two  or  three 
brethren  the  benefits  which  they  ascribe  to 
long  pastorates,  and  these  we  may  print  at 
another  time.  Our  congratulations  are  ex- 
tended to  both  pastor  and  flock  on  the 
consummation  of  twenty  years  of  delight- 
ful   and    fruitful    service    together. 

— G.  W.  Waters  has  just  moved  from 
Canton,  Mo.,  to  Hope,  Ark.  He  is  the 
father  of  Dean  Waters  of  the  Agricultural 
College.  University  of  Missouri,  and  of 
Baxter  Waters,  the  pastor  at  Duluth.  Minn. 
He  his  been  a  leader  in  the  old  Olivette 
and  Center  church  in  Ralls  county,  and 
was  an  elder  in  the  Canton  church  for 
twelve  years.  He  has  also  been  a  member 
of  the  board  of  trustees  of  Christian  Univer- 
sity for  a  number  of  years.  Old  Grand- 
father Waters  came  to  Missouri  a  century 
ago.  when  it  was  still  a  territory  and  he 
was  one  of  our  pioneer  preachers.  He 
built  up  what  was  known  as  the  Sugar 
Creek  Church,  from  which  have  come  the 
renter.  Hays  Creek.  Manning.  Ariel  and 
Spalding  congregations.  Bro.  George  Wa- 
ters, as  he  is  familiarly  known,  will  certain- 
lv  be  a  o-reat  help  to  the  cause  in  Hope, 
where  he  is  to  make  his  future  home,  and 


WE  CAN  SHOW  YOU 

How  (0  do  the  Lord's  work 
while  having  your  savings 
in  an  absolutely  safe  in- 
vestment, upon  which  there 
will  be  no  taxes  to  pay,  no 
change  0!  securities,  no 
personal  oversight  re- 
quired, no  cost  of  mortgage 
records  or  foreclosures, 
and  upon  which  you  will 
net  a  larger  rate  of  inter- 
est than  in  any  other  in- 
vestment. If  you  are  a 
Christian  and  want  your 
money  to  work  for  Christ 
while  at  the  same  time  it 
supports  you,  write,  men- 
tioning this  paper,  to 

BENJAMIN  L.  SMITH, 

Corresponding  Sec'y  American 
Christian  Missionary   Society, 

CINCINNATI,  OHIO. 


in  a  general  way  to  the  cause  in  the  whole 
state  of  Arkansas. 

— A  pastor  who  has  moved  from  the 
north  down  into  a  more  southerly  region 
writes  :  "You  cannot  imagine  my  surprise 
on  coming  here  from to  find  our  Bap- 
tist brethren  here  still  practicing  the  old 
sectarian  exclusiveness  which  I  knew  when 
a  boy  in  Kentucky,  namely,  the  rebaptism 
of  baptized  believers.  They  tell  me  this  is 
the    practice    of    our    Baptist    brethren    all 

over   this   part    of  .        This   was   a 

surprise  to  me,  for  the  Baptists  at  

and  follow  no  such  practice."     Yes, 

unfortunately,  that  is  a  theory  that  has 
gotten  root  among  the  Baptists  in  certain 
parts  of  the  country,  but  like  every  other 
practice  founded  in  prejudice  or  in  a  mis- 
conception of  truth,  it  is  gradually  giving 
way  to  a  better  knowledge  of  the  spirit 
and  teaching  of  Christ.  There  are  "land- 
markers"  in  all  religious  bodies,  who  are 
not  tall  enough  to  see  over  their  denomi- 
national walls.  The  remedy  is  not  to  anta- 
gonize them,  but  to  seek,  in  the  spirit  of 
love  and  meekness,  to  teach  them  the  way 
of  the  Lord  more  perfectly. 

— Wallace  M.  Stuckey.  who  for  fifteen 
years  has  been  in  the  ministry  in  the  Advent 
Christian  Church,  has  recently  united  with 
one  of  our  churches  in  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
Having  been  for  a  number  of  years  pastor 
of  a  church  in  Kansas  City,  he  is  acquaint- 
ed with  the  brethren  there  and  has  only 
recently  taken  a  step  which  has  been  in  his 
mind  for  some  time.  In  a  letter  just  re- 
ceived from  him  he  expresses  his  convic- 
tion that  the  points  which  separate  the 
Advent  Christian  Church  from  other  Chris- 
tian Churches  which  omit  the  name  Advent 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-E /ANGELIST. 


December  14,  1905 


are  not  vital  and  should  not  be  allowed  to 
separate  the  two  bodies.  He  believes  that 
a  large  per  cent  of  his  former  brethren 
will  pursue  the  same  course  that  he  has. 
He  writes:  "1  am  now  ready  to  go  out  in 
the  name  of  the  Christ  wherever  the  way 
opens  for  evangelistic  work,  either  as  sing- 
er or  as  evangelist."  He  refers  brethren 
to  Bros.  W.  O.  Thomas,  W.  F.  Richard- 
son, of  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  and  to  C.  P. 
Smith,  of  Kansas  City.  Kan.  We  hope 
Brother  Stuckey  will  find  a  field  of  labor. 

— A  correspondent  writing  from  Ark- 
ansas says.  '*I  am  a  very  ordinary  Chris- 
tian but  Brother  McGarvey's  doctrine  would 
take  all  the  hope  out  of  me.  I  was  once 
bound  down  under  the  power  of  rum  and 
I  am  sure  I  coud  never  have  gotten  out 
from  under  the  curse  of  it  but  for  the 
aid  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  I  can  not  understand 
the  operation  of  the  Holy  Spirit  any  more 
than  could  Nicodemus,  but  I  am  positive 
that  he  did  operate  upon  me  and  through 
his  aid  I  am  free.  It  looks  to  me  that  a 
very  ordinary  wayfaring  man  ought  not  to 
err  in  understanding  the  words  of  John 
3:34:  'For  he  whom  God  hath  sent  speak- 
eth  the  words  of  God:  for  God  giveth 
not  the  Spirit  by  measure  unto  him.'  The 
conclusion  which  I  would  draw  from  that 
is  that  if  our  blessed  Savior  was  not  given 
the  Spirit  by  measure  all  other  flesh  re- 
ceive it  only  by  measure."  That  would 
seem  to  be  a  reasonable  conclusion  for  an 
ordinary  wayfaring  man,  not  under  the 
pressure  of  defending  a  position  which 
is  indefensible. 

— Rev.  Daniel  Hughes,  late  pastor  of 
the  Baptist  church  in  Chester,  England, 
has  recently  accepted  work  among  the 
Disciples  of  Christ  and  has  been  called  as 
minister  of  the  Church  of  Christ  in  Upper 
Parliament  Street,  Liverpool.  A  Liver- 
pool paper  contains  an  account  of  a  double 
Thanksgiving  meeting  held  recently  in  that 
church,  which  celebrated  the  extinction  of 
the  debt  by  the  burning  of  the  mortgage 
publicly  and  which  extended  an  enthusias- 
tic welcome  to  Brother  Hughes,  formerly  of 
Grosvenor  Park  Baptist  Church,  Chester, 
to  the  pastorate.  It  seems  to  have  been  a 
very  happy  occasion,  in  which  several  of 
Brother  Hughes'  former  ministerial  brethren 
extended  their  greetings  and  congratula- 
tions. In  his  speech,  Brother  Hughes  said, 
among  other  things : 

"I  cojisider  the  movement  with  which 
I  am  now  definitely  associated  a  great  and 
good  one,  its  freedom  from  the  trammels 
of  man-made  creeds,  its  emphasis  upon 
obedience  to  the  specific  commands  of  the 
Lord,  and  a  continued  regard  of  the  dictates 
of  the  abiding  Spirit,  its  democratic  char- 
acter, for  those  of  soft  attire  and  those 
wearing  garments  of  coarser  make  are  one 
here,  its  insistence  that  God  should  be 
regarded  not  as  a  metaphysical  expression, 
but  a  mighty  experience,  these  and  other 
experiences  demand  that  I  should  devote 
my  humble  life  to  the  propagation  of  such 
truths." 

Brother  Hughes  is  the  author  of  a  book, 
noticed  elsewhere,  entitled  "The  Making 
of  Man,"  the  first  edition  of  which  has  been 
already  exhausted.  He  writes  the  Editor 
that  he  is  doing  what  he  can  by  the  use 
of  tracts  to  guide  aright  the  new  converts 
in  Wales  who  are  seeking  a  broader  basis 
of  fellowship  than  is  offered  them  in  the 
existing  denominations  of  that  principality. 
We  extend  the  hand  of  brotherly  greeting 
across  the  Atlantic  and  bid  him  Godspeed 
in  the  work  he  has  undertaken. 


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Free  for  December. 

The  Christian-Evangelist  is  planning 
a  vigorous  canvass  to  increase  its  circula- 
tion during  the  coming  year.  With  the 
view  of  introducing  the  paper  to  new  read- 
ers we  will  send  it  kree  during  the  month 
of  December  to  any  one  who  will  send  us 
his  name  and  address  and  request  it.  All 
papers  so  sent  will  be  promptly  discontin- 
ued at  the  end  of  December  unless  we  re- 
ceive orders  for  continuance.  Any  of  our 
readers  may  send  us  a  list  of  such  names, 
but  should  notify  the  parties  that  the  paper 
is  sent  on  trial  for  December. 

The  Hot  Springs  Church  Lot. 

The  rally  to  raise  the  balance  due  on 
the  lot  for  the  centrally  located  church,  is 
meeting  with  success.  Now  let  everybody 
rally  all  along  the  line,  and  let  us  make 
short  work  raising  this  small  amount 
needed.  There  are  thousands  of  readers 
of  The  Christian-Evangeust  who  can 
send  us  a  dollar  or  two  and  never  miss  it, 
crowning  our  long  and  hard  fought  effort 
to  buy  and  pay  for  a  central  location  with 
means. 

ANOTHER  INDORSEMENT. 

"The  importance  of  building  a  good 
house  in  a  desirable  locality  at  Hot  Springs 
can  not  be  overestimated.  The.  following 
considerations  commend  themselves  to  the 
thoughtful  and  observant:  (i)  Their  mem- 
bership are  energetic  workers,  under  the 
leadership  of  the  devoted  and  untiring  T.  N. 
Kincaid ;  (2)  With  the  present  location  of 
the  church  they  can  never  build  up  an  in- 
fluential congregation  that  will  largely 
reach  the  citizenship  and  visitors  of  that 
most  frequented  of  all  health  resorts;  (3) 
The  cosmopolitan  character  of  the  popula- 
tion, and  especially  of  the  visitors,  makes 
it  desirable  to  have  there  property  that  will 
favorably  represent  to  the  eye  of  sojourners 
the  great  cause  of  pure  Christianity,  while 
it  invites  attendance  and  a  favorable  hear- 
ing; (4)  For  the  same  reasons  already 
given,  the  entire  brotherhood  should  be 
represented  in  this  enterprise.  Arkansas 
should  lead  out,  and  others  should  follow. 
Every  strong  church  in  the  United'  States 
should  help  in  this  enterprise  of  general 
interest.  I  think  this  is  the  judgment  of 
every  leading  Disciple  who  has  visited  the 
locality.  The  lot  they  have  purchased,  on 
which  they  have  made  a  number  of  pay- 
ments, is  a  very  desirable  one.  The  emer- 
gency is  upon  them.     No  time  is  to  be  lost. 

"E.  C.  Browning, 
"Cor.  Sec.  Arkansas  State  Missionary  So- 
ciety." 

MONEY   RECEIVED    LAST    WEEK. 

N.     M.     Ragland,     for     Fayetteville 

church     $46.75 

Miss  Anna  Moore,  Butler,  Mo 1.00 

B.  T.  Wharton,  Marshall,  Mo 3.00 

Total $50.75 

T.   N.   Kincaid.  * 
132  Garland  Ave.,  Hot  Springs,  Ark. 

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ISTMAS 


The  Birthday  that 
Nobody   Forgets 

REMEMBER  THE  CHRIST 
HIMSELF 

by  a  Gift  to 

Ministerial  Relief, 

120  E.  Market  St.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Orphanages  and  Hospitals, 

National  Benevolent  Association,  903 
Aubert  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Woman's  Work,  Home,  Foreign 
and  Educational, 

C.  W.  B.  M.,  152    E.    Market   St., 
Indianapolis,  Ind. 

General  Home  Missions, 

Y.  M.  C.  A,  Building,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Foreign  Missions, 

Box  884,  Cincinnati,  O. 

Church    Extension,    (Assistance 
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Mo. 

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An  Oklahoma  Convention. 

The  Fourth  Semiannual  Convention  of 
the  Christian  churches  in  Woods  county, 
Oklahoma,  was  held  at  Cleo,  Nov.  1  and 
2. 

W.  B.  Young,  county  evangelist,  re- 
ported 32  churches,  with  18  houses  of  wor- 
ship and  5  houses  being  built;  value  of 
church  property  $28,380;  church  debts,  $2,- 
970;  members  reported,  1,050;  number  in 
Bible  school,  705;  additions  to  the  church 
during  the  past  6  months,  239;  raised  for 
missions,  $335-25- 

The  place  of  next  meeting,  Alava,  Okia. 

C.  J.  Chastain. 

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Ministerial  Exchange. 

E.  W.  Brickert  and  wife  have  open  dates 
for  January  and  February.  Churches  desir- 
ing to  hold  meetings  may  address  them  at 
Marysville,  Kan. 

S.  R.  Reynolds  is  open  for  meetings. 
Address,  1436  29th  street,  Des  Moines,  la. 

John  M.  Jayne  writes  that  there  is  a 
splendid  opportunity  for  a  first-class  drug- 
gist at  Memphis,  Mo.  Address.  J.  M. 
Jayne,  Memphis,  Mo. 


BET  MONEY-I DID-BOT  SSOI^ 

In  3  weeks  doing  plating,  wruw  M.  L.  Smith 
[  of  Pa.  (uHL'ti  r mall  ouilu),  Start  as  Smith  did — 
at's  easy — hundreds  already  aiaried — uew  ones 
dally — money  comlug  in — goods  goiug  oui.  People 
everywhere  have  tabl-ware,  watches,  jewelry, 
etc  ,  for  the  "Gray  Plating  Man." 
I  Practical  out6«,  all  sizes,  heavy  plate, 
{[guaranteed,  pure  gold,  silver,  Dickie 
^  metal  plating,  equal  to  new  good>,  lat- 
est process,  taught  free  quirk  ly.  ex 
-perlence  unnecessary.  »M  l**J% 
'  secret*  exposed.  Own  and  IJo-h  a 
business  at  home  or  traveltg  all  or  part  time  thin  pays 
(rl&  to  #50  weekly— you  can.     Writ*  today  for  n.-w  uff  r, 

limilf"*   "i  1  hurnlrwl-  I   fter*   fri-m  Micct*«"ful   uire»t* — free  to  all. 

Dray  A  Co.,  I  Muling  Works,  82  IllamlBldg.Ciacinu&li.O 


Decembeb  14,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


.    25 


TheT  Pittsburg  Campaign       Viewed  by  the  Committee 


The  Century  Simultaneous  Revival  en- 
listed forty-two  churches  in  western  Penn- 
sylvania, including  three  whose  meetings 
preceded  the  others  and  three  that  came  in 
at  the  eleventh  hour.  There  have  been 
nearly  two  thousand  additions  to  these 
churches.  The  way  has  been  opened  for 
several  new  buildings.  New  life  has  been 
infused  into  congregations  that  had  settled 
down  to  a  "do  nothing"  existence.  A  great 
city  has  become  aware  of  the  greatest  re- 
ligious force  of  the  twentieth  century,  and 
the  people  who  entered  into  the  campaign 
have  come  to  increased  and  confirmed  faith 
in  the  possibilities  when  willing  and  united 
people  work  with  God. 

The  central  committee  wishes  to  record, 
first  of  all,  the  humble  and  reverent  con- 
viction that  the  success  attained  in  all  di- 
rections is  of  God.  Many  of  our  original 
plans  he  has  overruled  entirely.  The  cam- 
paign has  been  conducted  in  many  of  its 
central  features  subject  to  change  on  twenty, 
four  hours'  notice.  We  were  walking  in 
untried  paths  and  had  dared  to  seek  his 
ways  among  the  mountain  tops  and  so  we 
looked  to  him  for  guidance.  It  is  not  necessary 
to  say  that  he  never  failed  us  and  we  need 
only  record  that  our  docility  was  due,  not 
to  our  great  faith,  but  to  our  great  weak- 
ness. 

When  the  pandemonium  of  last  Hallow- 
e'en was  disturbing  all  our  meetings  mem- 
bers of  the  central  committee  were  remind- 
ed of  how  the  previous  Hallowe'en  was 
spent  in  an  upper  room  in  the  Frick  build- 
ing forming  their  plans  for  this  evangelistic 
campaign.  Only  a  fraction  of  those  plans 
were  ever  carried  out,  but  the  meeting  was 
none  the  less  fruitful.  What  the  committee 
did  was  to  stir  up  the  churches,  to  recom- 
mend to  them  the  very  ablest  preachers  that 
could  be  secured  for  this  work  and  to  or- 
ganize a  central  series  of  meetings  that  we 
felt  would  be  commensurate  with  the  task 
in  hand.  When  the  inquiry  has  been  made, 
"How  did  you  induce  this  man,  or  that,  to 
leave  his  own  work?"  we  have  answered, 
"'By  making  him  see  that  for  this  period 
this  was  his  work,  and  by  appealing  to 
his  congregation  to  give  the  pastor  leave 
of  absence  to  visit  'the  Holy  Land,'  which 
for  one  month  was  to  be  in  western  Penn- 
sylvania." We  assigned  some  of  the  strong- 
est men  in  the  brotherhood  to  some  of 
our  weakest  points,  and  they  have  thanked 
us  for  their  crucifixion,  seeing  at  once  that 
they  could  accomplish  more  for  the  king- 
dom of  God  in  such  places  than  ^with 
strong  churches.  It  is  impossible  to  tell 
of  the  success  or  failure  of  these  meetings 
by  the  number  of  additions  secured.  Among 
the  most  important  meetings  were  those 
of  Geo.  B.  Ranshaw  at  Crafton,  W.  J. 
Wright,  at  Hazelwood,  Vernon  Stauffer 
at  Herron  Hill,  Geo.  W.  Moore  at  Brad- 
dock,  Cecil  J.  Armstrong  at  Observatory 
Hill  and  Allen  Wilson  at  Belmar. 

The  same  spirit  of  co-operation  in  the 
campaign  as  a  whole  made  the  evangelists 
to  give  their  best  efforts  to  the  down-town 
meetings.  The  triumphant  success  of  the 
five    great    services    in    the    Nixon    theater 


has  been  and  will  be  mentioned  always  as 
the  leading  feature  of  the  campaign. 

One  of  the  esesntial  factors  in  the  cam- 
paign was  the  music.  The  singing  of  the 
Netz  sisters  quartet,  of  Toledo,  O.,  in  all 
the  central  meetings  from  first  to  last,  and 
every  night  in  some  one  of  the  churches, 
not  only  carried  the  Gospel  home  to  the 
hearts  of  tbose  who  heard  it,  but  made  the 
meetings  famous  throughout  the  district. 
Here  was  one  distinctive  feature,  easily 
grasped,  that  set  these  meetings  apart  from 
any  others  that  had  ever  been  held  in  the 
city.  Of  the  same  effect  was  the  singing 
of  Mrs.  Princess  Long  during  the  ten  days 
that  she  continued  with  us.  It  was  not 
merely  the  talent  and  accomplishment  of 
these  singers,  but  the  deep  devotion  that 
made  their  service  so  effective.  They  were 
not  counted  as  mere  attractions  but  were  put 
in  the  same  class  with  the  evangelists  and 
we  are  sure  that  this  classification  had  the 
divine    approval. 

A  great  modern  city  is  an  organism. 
You  can  not  impress  any  part  of  it  without 
impressing  the  whole.  The  newspapers 
are  its  perceptive  faculties.  Through  them 
you  can  speak  to  the  whole  city.  We  had 
something  to  say,  so  we  engaged  Mr. 
Edward  C.  Sykes,  a  faithful  member  of 
one  of  our  churches,  and  a  trusted  and  a 
successful  reporter  of  one  of  the  daily 
papers,  to  keep  the  city  informed  through 
the  seven  daily  papers  as  to  the  progress  and 
events  of  the  revival.  His  work  was  one 
of  the  necessary  means  to  the  end  accom- 
plished. Not  only  were  the  meetings  kept 
constantly  before  the  reading  public  of 
western  Pennslyvania,  but  every  Monday 
a  full  report  of  the  Sunday  sermon  in  the 
Nixon  theater  appeared  in  the  columns 
of  several  of  the  papers. 

Of  course  this  campaign  was  expensive. 
It  is  estimated  that  the  total  cash  outlaw- 
reached  $15,000,  $2,500  of  this  passing 
through  the  treasury  of  the  central  com- 
mittee. It  was  raised  without  difficulty, 
nearly  all  of  it  in  free-will  offerings.     Our 


people  bad  been  trained,  through  a 
term  of  year-,   to  CO  •-;,■  ..  n   work 

has  become  a  habit  here.  In  1884,  fifty 
years  after  the  establishing  of  church' 
western  Pennsylvania,  there  were  but  five 
churches  in  Allegheny  county,  with  a  mem- 
bership of  about  y/).  Within  the  next 
twenty  years  twenty-one  more  churches 
were  organized  and  the  membership  in- 
creased to  nearly  six  thousand.  This  came 
to  pass  because  certain  men  made  it  their 
business  to  see  that  it  did.  One  of  the 
foremost  in  inaugurating  this  extension  by 
multiplication  was  W.  F.  Cowden,  pastor 
of  the  first  Allegheny  church.  The  con- 
stant leader  in  all  this  growth  has  been 
Robert  S.  Latimer,  president  of  the  Western 
Pennsylvania  Christian  Missionary  Society. 
With  them  was  a  native  of  western  Pennsyl- 
vania, O.  H.  Philips,  whose  entire  minis- 
terial life  has  been  given  to  two  of  our 
churches,  Carnegie  and  Braddock,  and  who, 
without  jealousy  or  envy,  is  recognized  to- 
day as  the  master  of  our  western  Penn- 
sylvania ministry.  A  constant  element  for 
over  a  dozen  years  has  been  the  burning 
zeal  of  an  Australian,  C.  L.  Thurgood, 
whose  glowing  smile  is  known  clear  round 
the  world,  but  has  borne  the  most  of  its 
fruit  in  Pittsburg.  Others  have  failed  of 
equal  usefulness  only  by  removing  from 
the  state  as  soon  as  well  acquainted.  During 
all  these  years  there  have  been  two  con- 
ventions every  year,  and  little  conventions 
once  a  month,  the  weekly  meetings  of  the 
ministers— at  first  the  four  had  to  be  in- 
troduced to  each  other— and  the  almost 
continuous  publication  of  a  local  paper. 
As  carefully  and  patiently  as  a  football 
coach  labors  with  his  eleven,  Brother  Lati- 
mer has  labored  with  these  churches  and 
people  that  they  might  come  to  an  exempli- 
fication of  their  plea  for  Christian  union. 
The  fruits  of  these  labors  stand  forth 
gloriously.  We  look  for  larger  things  for 
1909,  and  particularly  to  see  other  cities 
that  are  now  better  equipped  outstrip  the 
achievements  of  our  little  district. 

W.  R.  Warren. 


FROM    AN    EVANGELIST'S     STANDPOINT 

By  W.  T.  Brooks 


There  are  some  valuable  lessons  to  be 
gotten  from  the  Pennsylvania  campaign. 
There  is  some  danger,  I  think,  that  other 
communities  may  undertake  such  a  work 
and  become  disappointed  in  the  results, 
for  it  is  not  every  section  that  could  carry 
on  such  a  revival  and  indeed  it  is  not  need- 
ed in  every  section. 

Our  people  are  comparatively  weak  in 
Pennsylvania  and  the  denominational  church- 
es are  very  strong.  There  was  great  need  that 
our  plea  should  be  brought  to  the  atten- 
tion of  the  people  and  that  the  strength  of 
the  church  that  stands  for  apostolic  Chris- 
tianity should  be  impressed  upon  them. 
When  the  central  committee  began  to  ne- 
gotiate for  buildings  and  other  accommo- 
dations they  found  that  some  of  the  lead- 
ing people  of  the  city  of  Pittsburg  had 
never  so  much  as  heard  of  the  Church  of 
Christ. 


The  movement  was  on  such  a  large  scale 
and  received  so  much  attention  from  the 
newspapers  that  few  people  in  the  western 
part  of  the  state  who  read  the  papers  are 
not  now  more  or  less  acquainted  with  our 
movement.  This  was  one  of  the  objects 
to  be  attained  in  the   revival. 

The  managers  of  the  campaign  were  men 
of  wisdom,  and  men  who  had  a  definite 
purpose  in  view  and  cautiously  and  care- 
fully measured  each  step  in  the  prepara- 
tion. Yet  these  men  were  aggressive  and 
had  a  sublime  faith.  And  it  took  faith.  In 
a  great  city  where  we  were  virtually  un- 
known, to  engage  one  of  the  largest  thea- 
ters at  $100  a  day  for  five  Sundays  and 
then  to  see  that  building  full  even-  service 
and  enough  overflow  to  fill  a  great  church 
across  the  street,  was  a  tribute  to  the  power 
of  the  committee  in  arousing  interest  in 
the  great  work. 


1636 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


December  14, 1905 


Each  church  had  charge  of  its  own  re- 
vival in  local  plans,  finances,  and  personal 
work.  The  central  committee  assisted  in 
bringing  evangelists  and  churches  together 
and  also  assumed  the  financial  responsibil- 
f  the  general  expenses  of  the  campaign, 
such  as  advertising,  cost  of  union  services, 
and  any  expense  that  was  not  purely  local. 
The  offerings  taken  at  the  union  services 
were  very  generous  and  must  have  covered 
fully  the  expenditures.  Plan  for  great 
things  and  the  people  will  always  respond 
with  liberal  offerings. 

The  theater  meetings  on  Sunday  after- 
noons were  productive  of  great  good  and 
did  more  to  bring  our  cause  prominently 
before  the  city  than  any  other  feature  of 
the  work. 

Each  day  during  the  week,  save  on  Sat- 
urday, there  was  a  noonday  service  in  the 
heart  of  the  city  lasting  fifty  minutes.  This 
was  designed  as  a  service  for  business  men, 
but  I  think  in  this  respect  it  was  something 
of  a  disappointment,  for  it  seemed  to  me 
that  comparatively  few  of  this  class  were 
ever  in  attendance.  A  sermon  by  some 
evangelist  or  pastor  was  the  main  feature 
of  each  service.  It  was  an  open  question 
whether  this  noonday  meeting  accomplished 
enough  good  to  offset  the  time  lost  by 
the  preachers  and  workers  from  their  local 
fields.  While  it  was  most  helpful  and  en- 
joyable to  all  of  us,  yet  it  took  time  and 
energy  that  might  have  counted  for  more 
if  spent  in  other  channels. 

The  total  number  of  additions  has  reached 
nearly  two  thousand,  and,  considering 
the  field,  this  indicates  a  wonderful  suc- 
cess. Many  of  the  churches  were  mission 
points  and  it  was  hard  work  that  counted. 
As  an  illustration,  take  Wilson  and  Lintt 
at  Belmar.       These  men  entered  this  field 


without  a  word  of  complaint  and  were  the 
first  to  hold  a  service  of  our  people  in  that 
section  of  the  city.  The  first  service  was 
held  before  the  heaters  were  installed  or  the 
window  lights  were  in  the  building.  The 
church  had  seventy  members  and  they  had 
eighty  additions,  or,  in  other  words,  more 
than  doubled  the  membership.  The  church 
was  completed,  the  societies  of  tire  church 
fully  organized,  all  debts  of  the  meeting 
paid  and  our  cause  made  prominent  in  that 
section. 

Those  communities  contemplating  cam- 
paigns of  this  order  would  do  well  to  write 
that  prince  of  organizers,  W.  R.  Warren, 
of  the  central  committee,  and  get  the  de- 
tails for  their  plans,  for  to  enter  into  such 
a  work  with  incomplete  plans  or  with  half- 
heartedness,  will  be  to  invite  disaster.  I 
do  not  believe  that  such  a  series  of  revivals 
would  be  the  best  in  every  city.  I  feel  sure 
that,  in  smaller  places,  ranging  from  fifty 
thousand  in  population  on  down,  a  much 
better  way  would  be  to  unite  ■  the 
local  churches  in  one  great  union  revival, 
using  the  largest  auditorium  in  the  city. 
With  a  chorus  of  several  hundred  voices 
and  a  united  effort  of  all  congregations 
there  would  be  thousands  of  additions 
where  we  now  have  hundreds. 

But  my  judgment  is  that  the  Pittsburg 
campaign  was  a  success  from  every  view 
point  and  may  be  put  down  as  one  of  the 
great  events  in  our  history  of  evangelism. 
The  men  who  were  leading  as  evangelists 
will  all  join  me,  I  am  sure,  in  saying  that 
there  was  perfect  harmony  and  holy  fel- 
lowship and  that  it  was  a  privilege  to  be 
counted  worthy  to  stand  on  the  firing 
line  where  .  our  battles  began  nearly  a 
century   ago. 

Ladoga,  Ind. 


SOME     REASONS     FOR     THEf    SUCCESS 

By  Edgar  D.  Jones 


I  have  nothing  but  praise  for  the  Century 
Simultaneous  Revival  and  admiration  for 
the  management  and  constituency  that 
made   it   possible. 

I  reckon  it  a  rare  privilege  to  have 
preached  in  a  meeting  of  a  month  under 
such  circumstances  and  amid  such  an  en- 
viornment. 

1.  In  common  with  other  visiting  min- 
isters the  first  thing  that  impressed  me 
was    the    spirit    of   unity   and    co-operation 

that  characterizes  the  Disciples  of  Greater 
Pittsburg.  We  had  heard  of  this,  but  when 
we  saw  it  and  felt  it,  Queen-of-Sheba-like, 
we  could  only  say:  "Behold,  the  half  was 
not  told  us!"  It  was  simply  beautiful. 
With  our  brethren  in  Greater  Pittsburg, 
much  as  they  love  the  churches  where 
they  hold  membership,  the  cause  in  the 
city  as  a  whole  comes  first.  This  unself- 
ishness, this  Christlike  spirit,  I  think,  ac- 
counts very  largely  for  the  success  of  the 
movement. 

2.  The  preparation  for  the  revival  was 
in  every  way  noteworthy.  For  more  than 
a  year  careful  and  prayful  preparation 
was  carried  on.  Things  were  done  on  a 
big    scale.      Neither    time    nor   money    was 


spared.  When  the  time  came  for  the 
opening  of  the  campaign  all  things  were 
good  and  ready.  A  very  important  factor 
in  the  success  of  the  revival  was  the  official 
organ  of  the  Disciples  of  western  Penn- 
sylvania. "The  Worker."  Doubtless  this 
paper  has  contributed  largely  to  the  unity 
and  co-operation  which  is  so  obvious  there. 

3.  The  Pittsburg  revival  has  taught 
our  brotherhood  the  efficacy  of  the  simul- 
taneous idea  and  is  suggestive  of  yet  larger 
thing-;.  If  thirty-three  churches  can  ac- 
complish so  much,  working  thus,  what 
might, 'riot  be  done  should  all  the  evangel- 
ical churches  of  a  great  city  undertake 
such  a  movement? 

Given  :  First,  a  spirit  of  harmony  and  co- 
operation between  and  among  the  churches; 
second,  til-ells',  and  very  thorough  prepa- 
ration; third,  an  official  paper,  such  as  "The 
Worker/'  to  go  into  the  homes  of  all  the 
members ;  fourth,  a  corps  of  consecrated 
business  men  to  constitute  a  central  com- 
mittee; fifth,  a  W.  R.  Warren  to  lead; 

And  any  city  can  have  a  great  soul- 
garnering  revival  such  as  Pittsburg  ex- 
perienced. 

Cleveland,  Ohio. 


Responsive    Reading 

By  D.  R.  Dungan 

I  want  to  confess  that  the  subject  is  one 
Mrs.  George  Miulen,  Miss  Sallie  Roberts 
of  great  interest  to  me;  that  I  was  de- 
lighted with  what  Brother  McGarvey  had  to 
say  on  the  subject,  and  also  with  the  sensi- 
ble suggestions  in  The  Christian-Evange- 
list of  November  16.  That  there  are  diffi- 
culties in  these  readings  can  not  be  denied ; 
that  responsive  reading  by  verse  is  a 
failure  and  largely  without  intelligence,  is 
certain.  There  was  an  effort  in  the  "Gloria 
in  Excelsis"  to  avoid  this,  and  yet  to  claim 
that  the  effort  was  a  success  in  all  re- 
spects would  be  "to  claim  too  much.  And 
yet  Brother  McGarvey  will  not  be  able  to 
say  that  an  advance  has  not  been  made. 
There  are  bad  readers  enough  in  a  congre- 
gation to  render  it  impossible  for  any  one 
to  know  certainly  what  is  said,  unless  he 
have  a  book  before  him  and  be  reading  also. 
The  same  thing  exactly  may  be  said  for  con- 
gregational singing.  Even  in  choir  singing, 
it  is  difficult  to  know  what  words  are  being 
pronounced.  Indeed,  there  are  many  solo 
other  tongue.  This  is  especially  true  where 
the  culture  takes  on  the  nutter-mill  attach- 
ment, and  reminds  us  of  the  ancient  cordu- 
singers  who  might  as  well  vociferate  in  an- 
roy  bridges  in  Indiana.  And  yet  it  does  not 
seem  best  to  condemn  song  service  by  the 
wholesale.  It  would  be  well  that  we  should 
be  able  to  sing  with  the  spirit  and  with  the 
understanding  also,  and  perhaps  this  may 
be  done  by  real  devotion  and  proper  cul- 
ture. At  any  rate,  it  will  be  better  to  try 
some  reasonable  remedy  than  to  dispense 
with  the  service. 

In  behalf  of  congregational  singing  it 
may  be  said  that  each  person  who  will  par- 
ticipate in  the  service  will  have  a  livelier 
interest  in  the  worship  than  those  who  take 
no  part.  That  is  reasonable.  Most  think- 
ers will  accept  the  view.  But  it  should  not 
be  overlooked  that  if  all  shall  be  led  to 
participate  in  the  reading  it  will  have  the 
same  effect. 

It  is  suggested,  too,  that  Professor  Mc- 
Garvey hyperbolized,  to  seme  extent,  in  his 
glorification  of  the  Episcopal  prayer  book. 
The  writer,  at  least,  is  unanimous  in  his 
opinion  that  the  good  professor  has  not 
gone  through  many  of  those  forms,  or  even 
endured  them.  My  opinion  is  worth  but 
little  on  the  hymnal  question,  but,  never- 
theless, it  will  be  allowed  me  to  say  that, 
in  my  opinion,  the  collection  of  songs  and 
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THE  CHR1STIAN-EVANGELI  ST. 


1627 


What*  One  Church  Is  Doing    By  w.  a.  Fite 


The  one  church  referred  to  is  the  East 
'Dallas  Christian  Church,  of  Dallas,  Texas. 
As  one  well  acquainted  with  its  history, 
I  wish  to  set  forth  briefly  some  of  the 
things  accomplished  by  this  young  and 
vigorous  church,  with  the  hope  that  the 
work  done  there  may  he  an  inspiration  tO 
other    churches   in    the   brotherhood. 

This  church  celebrated  its  second  anni- 
versary the  last  Lord's  day  in  November. 
Tt  was  organized  by  John  A.  Stevens,  who, 
at  that  time,  was  laboring  under  the  Amer- 
ican Christian  Missionary  Society.  The 
church  had  no  regular  pastor  until  the 
writer  took  the  pastorate  April  1,  and  con- 
tinued in  the  charge  until  the  celebration 
of  the  first  anniversary,  when  on  account 
of  his  wife's  failing  health,  he  was  com- 
pelled to  give  up  the  work  in  search  of  a 
better  climate,  which  was  the  greatest  dis- 
appointment of  his  ministry.  The  history 
of  that  first  year  is  briefly  told.  At  the  end 
of  the  year  there  was  a  membership  of 
nearly  200,  and  the  treasurer's  report  showed 
that  over  $7,087  had  been  raised  by  the 
church  during  the  year.  The  church  had 
become  a  living  link  in  the  Home  Society, 
with  John  A.  Stevens  as  evangelist,  had 
given  $130  to  Church  Extension,  and  given 
very  liberally  to  the  other  missionary  en- 
terprises. The  Sunday  following  the  anni- 
versary, $300  were  raised  for  Texas  mis- 
sions, and  the  church  became  a  living  link 
in  the  state  work. 

January  1,  1005,  R.  H.  Ford,  who  had 
just  taken  his  Master's  degree  from  Texas 
Christian  University,  and  of  whom  Presi- 
dent .ZoIIars  had  said  that  he  had  never 
turned  out  from  any  institution  with  which 
he  had  been  connected  better  ministerial 
timber,  took  the  work,  and  continues  until 
the  present  time.  In  his  brief  pastorate 
the  work  has  made  great  advances.  The 
March  offering  for  Foreign  Missions 
amounted  to  $ :  75- gov  The  offering  for 
Home  Missions  in  May  amounted  to  $300, 
and  the  living  link  in  that  society  was  con- 
tinued. The  children's  day  offering  in 
June  was  $100;  and  on  June  25  they  began 
a  meeting  with  Brethren  Scoville  and 
Smith.  The  cost  of  this  meeting  was 
$1,500  in  toto.  This  has  all  been  paid. 
Though  seriously  interfered  with  by  rain, 
the  visible  results  of  the  meeting  were  133 
additions,  91  of  whom  were  by  confession 
and  baptism.  The  church  now  has  a  mem- 
bership of  350,  and  I  would  judge  that 
nearly  one-half  of  these  have  come  into 
the  church  by  primary  obedience.  At  the 
close  of  the  meeting  between  $11,000  and 
$12,000  were  raised  toward  a  new  building. 
For,  be  it  remembered,  they  have  been 
worshiping  in  a  temporary  structure,  a 
Warn-like  tahernacle,  with  no  pretensions  to 
architectural  beauty.  The  pledges  toward 
the  new  building  are  to  be  paid  in  six, 
twelve  arid  eighteen  months.  Three  thou- 
sand dollars  of  this  amount  were  pledged 
by  tlie  ladies'  aid  society.  When  I  learned 
whal  this  society  had  done,  I  thought  that 
they  had  more  faith  and  determination  than 
any  ladies'  aid  of  my  knowledge.  As  a 
tofcin    or    the   appreciation    of   the   services 


of  Brethren  Scoville  and  Smith,  they 
them  a  present  each;  the  value  of  both  was 
$2f5.     Soon  after  the  close  of  the  meeting, 

H10.  A.  J.  I'.udi  preached  for  the  church 
and  pre»<  tlted  the  plea  of  the  Juliette  Fowler 
Orphans'   Home,  and   raised  $06. 

Now,  what  is  the  secret  of  this  liberal 
giving?  Perhaps  some  are  saying  that  it  is 
a  rich  church,  and  its  wealthy  members  can 
afford  to  give  thus  largely.  If  such  were 
the  case,  I  would  not  be  writing  this  article  ; 
for  if  they  were  doing  proportionately 
what  many  other  churches  are  doing  which 
do  not  have  the  amount  of  wealth,  they 
would  deserve  no  commendation.  It  is  not 
a  rich  church.  There  is  but  one  man  in 
the  church  that  can  be  considered  in  any 
sense  wealthy.  Many  of  the  members  do 
not  so  much  as  own  the  houses  in  which 
they  live.  As  a  sample  of  their  liberality, 
I  will  instance  but  one  person.  He  lives 
in  a  four-room  cottage,  which  he  rents  at 
about  $20  per  month.  He  has  a  wife  and 
three  children.  He  has  no  business  of  his 
own,  but  works  on  commissions.  He  told 
me  that  he  would  give  to  the  church  this 
year  $300,  which  would  represent  a  fifth  of 
his  income.  Many  others  in  that  church  are 
giving  proportionately  as  much.  You  can 
understand  the  secret  of  such  large  liberality 
when  I  tell  you  that  every  member  of  the 
official  board  and  the  pastor  of  the  church 
and  50  members  of  the  church  are 
tithers ;  that  many  have  signed  the  Tenth 
Legion  pledge,  and  there  are  doubtless 
many  more  who  tithe  who  have  not  signed 
the  pledge,  a  great  many  paying  more  than 
the  tenth.  And  the  beauty  about  this  liber- 
ality is  that  it  is  »o  voluntary,  sponta- 
neous, cheerful.  They  give  because  they 
love  to  give.  They  find  a  teal  joy  in  it. 
It  is  a  delightful  privilege.  We  preachers 
aire  usually  very  sanguine  with  reference  to 
any  offering  for  which  we  may  call,  and 
usually  overestimate  the  amount  asked  for. 
This  is  the  only  church  in  my  knowledge 
which  has  always  given  more  largely  than 
the  expectations  of  those  taking  the  offer- 
ings. This  generous  giving  does  not  im- 
poverish them.  They  say  that  they  have 
just  as  much  for  themselves  after  giving 
liberally  to  the  Lord.  "There  is  that  scat- 
tered!, and  mcreaseth  yet  more ;  and  there 
is  that  withholdeth  more  than  is  meet ;  but 
it  tendeth  only  to  want.  The  liberal  soul 
shall  be  made  fat ;  and  he  that  watereth 
shall  be  watered  also  himself."  "Honor  the 
Lord  with  thy  substance,  and  with  the  first 
fruits  of  all  thine  increase:  so  shall  thy 
barns  be  filled  with  plenty  and  thy  vats  shall 
overflow  with  new  wine." 

I  have  spoken  particularly  of  the  gener- 
osity of  the  church,  hoping  that  its  ex- 
ample might  be  emulated  by  many  others ; 
but  there  are  other  features  that  are  just 
as  interesting.  It  is  a  working  church. 
Every  department  (and  they  have  the  va- 
rious organizations  of  a  well-equipped 
church)  is  busy.  It  is  a  beehive  with  very 
few  drones.  The  officers  of  the  church  are 
wide-awake,  and  each  one  of  them  studies 
the  interest  and  welfare  of  the  church,  just 
as  does  the  preacher  himself.     Since  its  or- 


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ganization  it  has  been  remarkably  free 
from  the  divisive  spirit.  I  suppose  that  they 
are  too  busy  to  quarrel. 

I  write  this  article  unsolicited,  and  with 
no  purpose  whatever  of  giving  notoriety  to 
the  church  (the  church  is  too  modest  to 
seek  advertisement),  but  with  the  sincere 
desire    of    giving    encouragement    to    other 

churches  which  struggle  with  the  financial 
problem,  in  the  hope  that  a  practical  illus- 
tration of  consecrated  wealth  may  not  be 
amiss. 

A  Notre  Dame   Lady's  Appeal. 

I  will  send  free,  with  full  instructions, 
some  of  this  simple  preparation  for  the 
cure  of  Leucorrhcea,  Ulceration.  Displace- 
ments, Falling  of  *he  Womb  Scanty  or 
Painful  Periods.  Tumors  or  Grew  thf,  Hot 
Flashes,  Desire  to  Crv.  Creeping  feeling  up 
the  Spine,  Pain  in  the  Back  and  all  Female 
Troubles,  to  all  sending  address.  To 
mothers  of  suffering  daughters  I  will  ex- 
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about  12  cents  a  week  to  guarantee  a  cure. 
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1628 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


December  14,  1905 


NEWS    FROM    MANY   FIELDS 


Oregon. 

To  date  ^2  churches  have  sent  in  their 
offering  for  Oregon  missions  and  have  re- 
ceived credit,  viz  : 

Athena,  $50.50;  Monmouth,  $39.50;  Silver- 
ton,  S41:  Cottage  Grove,  S3S4;;  The  Dalles, 
$34.70;  Roseburg,  S27.50;  Ashland,  $25.10; 
Mc.Minnville,  $23.05;  Hood  River,  S21.45; 
Rodney  Avenue,  Portland,  $16.35;  Hebron, 
Sic:  Perrydale,  si 5:  Forrest  Grove,  So; 
Hillsboro,  SS.45;  Nashville,  $5;  Wasco,  S4.60; 
Woodburn.  S3. 50;  Franklin,  S3. 30;  Santa 
Clara,  S2.50;  Coquille,  Si;  Carlton,  S6.25; 
Falls  City,  so. 

The  figures  represent  all  the  receipts  from 
these  churches  from  July  10  to  the  present 
date.  In  some  cases  the  figures  are 
final,  but  in  most  cases  there  are  pledges, 
payable  between  now  and  June,  iqo6, 
which  will  largely  increase  the  offerings 
from  these  churches  and  for  several 
churches  will  more  than  double  the  amounts 
reported  here.  I  am  glad  to  say  that  more 
than  one  church  will  report  an  average  of 
over  50  cents  per  member  for  state  work  this 
year.  Which  will  be  the  banner  church? 
Brother,  will  it  be  yours?  If  it  is  not,  will  it 
be  your  fault?  "Fifteen  hundred  souls  for 
Christ  and  all  debts  paid  in  full."  May  the 
Lord  help  us  to  realize  the  vision. 

F.  E.  Billingtox,  Cor.  Sec. 

Cottage  Grove,  Oregon. 

Iowa. 

CLINTON  AND  OUR  NEW  HOUSE  OF  WORSHIP. 

Clinton  is  a  beautiful  city  of  20,000  people 
located  on  the  Mississippi  River,  at  the 
crossing  of  the  main  line  of  the  Chicago  and 
Northwestern  Railway.  At  one  time  Clinton 
was  a  great  lumber  center  and  had  the  dis- 
tinction of  having  the  largest  saw  mill  in  the 
world.  A  number  of  people  amassed  for- 
tunes in  the  lumber  business,  and  Clinton 
now,  most  likely,  numbers  more  millionaires 
among  its  citizens  than  any  other  city  of  its 
size  in  the  middle  west.  The  glory  of  the 
lumber  business  has  departed,  but  it  yet  re- 
mains a  great  railroad  center  and  boasts  of 
one  of  the  largest  round  houses  in  the  world, 
its  capacity  being  100  locomotives.  The  pay 
roll  of  the  company  is  over  $615,000  per 
month. 

About  four  and  one-half  years  ago  our 
mission  board  sent  evangelists  to  Clinton  in 
an  effort  to  establish  a  church.  The  meet- 
ing resulted  in  a  number  of  people  becom- 
ing obedient  to  the  Gospel  and  we  were  in  a 
fair  way  to  success,  but  the  members  be- 
came stranded  on  the  lot  question,  and  but 
for  the  heroic  efforts  of  a  few,  all  would 
have  been  lost.  The  entering  wedge  to  suc- 
cess was  the  appointment  of  a  committee 
with  full  power  to  select  a  lot,  and  purchase 
or  build  a  house  of  worship.  The  committee 
began  six  months  ago  with  nothing.  A  lot 
well  located,  on  which  was  a  fair  dwelling, 
was  bargained  for  at  S3,ooo.  The  dwelling 
was  sold  and  a  church  building  bought  and 
moved  on  to  the  lot  in  its  stead.  A  twenty 
foot  addition  was  built,  together  with  a  base- 
ment under  the  entire  structure,  furnace 
heat,  electric  light,  carpet  on  the  floor,  paper, 
paint,  baptistry  and  all  things  needed  for  a 
well  equipped  house  added. 

Nov.  26  was  selected  for  the  opening.  The 
morning  sermon  and  all  appeals  for  money 
were  made  by  the  writer.  O.  \V.  Lawrence, 
of  Rock  Island,  111.,  was  present  at  the 
afternoon  and  evening  service  and  preached. 


About  Si, 000  was  raised  during  the  day, 
cleaning  up  all  indebtedness  except  Si, 500 
against  the  lot.  Victor  F.  Johnson,  the 
pastor,  has  been  the  leader  in  this  work  and 
has  shown  great  patience  and  tact  in  carry- 
ing the  enterprise  through.  Six  months 
ago  we  had  no  property  in  the  city;  now  we 
have  a  house  and  lot  worth  s6,ooo,  and  all 
but  Si, 500  paid  for.  It  is  a  wonderful 
triumph  of  faith  and  we  feel  that  our  breth- 
ren are  now  in  position  to  accomplish  a 
great  work  for  our  God.  I  remained  and 
preached  Monday  and  Tuesday  nights.  I 
stopped  one  night  with  Dr.  Johnson  and 
wife,  good  people  that  I  have  learned  to 
know  and  love  for  their  work's  sake.  Two 
nights  were  spent  in  the  delightful  home  of 
Brother  and  Sister  T.  C.  Peaco.  Brother 
Peaco  is  one  of  the  most  reliable  men  in 
the  railway  machine  shops,  is  a  deacon  and 
a  faithful  Disciple  of  the  Lord.  This  puts 
another  one  of  our  mission  churches  under 
roof.  B.  S.  Denny,  Cor.  Sec. 


Springfield  Letter. 

I  am  just  home  from  a  seventeer  days, 
meeting  with  W.  F.  Turner  at  the  First 
Church,  Joplin,  Mo.  Brother  Turner  began 
the  meeting  on  Sunday  with  eleven  ad- 
ditions. We  arrived  on  Monday  and  con- 
tinued sixteen  days  and  closed  with  fifty-two 
altogether.  The  meeting  should  have  gone 
on  for  a  week  or  two  longer,  but  duties  at 
home  urged  us  to  return  earlier. 

Brother  Turner  came  and  assisted  U3  in 
our  meeting  just  before  this.  We  have  gone 
back  to  the  good  old  log-rolling  days  of  our 
fathers,  when  the  people  "swapped"  work 
and  enjoyed  each  other  more. 

The  meeting  at  Joplin  was  a  real  feast  to 
the  writer.  The  First  Church  and  its  conse- 
crated pastor  have  been  much  in  the  eyes  of 
the  brotherhood  for  the  last  two  years.  The 
great  Harlow-Ridenour  meeting  quickened 
the  evangelistic  pulse  of  the  entire  country. 

The  pastor  and  his  workers — with  a  wise 
consecrated  board— have  husbanded  the 
forces  in  a  remarkable  way.  This  congrega- 
tion is  more  like  a  lovely  family  than  any 
other  with  which  we  have  labored.  The 
pastor  is  wise,  patient,  thoughtful,  industri- 
ous and  consecrated.  Definite  intention 
characterizes  all  he  does,  both  as  student  and 
pastor.  The  people  of  his  flock  love  him 
and  trust  him.  All  the  people  of  Joplin  be- 
lieve in  his  integrity  of  character  and 
respect  and  honor  him.  He  is  a  factor 
to  be  reckoned  with  in  the  city's  fight 
for  municipal  righteousness.  The  spirit  of 
progress  in  this  people  promises  much  for 
the  future.  They  have  not  been  content  to 
hold  a  great  meeting  or  two,  but  continued 
to  enlarge  the  work.  During  the  last  year 
they  have  put  a  missionary  on  the  foreign 
and  one  on  the  home  field. 

At  this  time  they  are  seriously  considering 
an  evangelist  for  Joplin,  and  a  gallery  and 
a  pipe  organ  for  their  own  house. 

Our  own  two  weeks'  meeting  in  the  South 
Street  Church  did  us  much  good.  Brother 
Turner  was  with  us  ten  days.  This  meeting 
followed  a  three  weeks'  union  meeting  under 
Evangelist  William  Edward  Beiderwolf. 
This  meeting  was  held  in  a  large  tent, 
eleven  of  the  churches  of  the  city  joining 
together.  About  one  thousand  cards  were 
signed  expressing  a  purpose  to  live  the 
Christian  life.  Of  these  some  one  hundred 
and  fifty  have  gone  into  the  churches.     The 


fault  was  not  in  the  preaching  so  much,  I 
think,  as  in  the  fact  that  they  were  not  defi- 
nitely and  finally  committed  to  anything. 
"The  interrogation  of  a  good  conscience" 
was  not  answered,  was  not  satisfied.  Since 
the  meeting  closed  forty- four  have  been 
added,  thus  far,  at  South  Street.  The  out- 
look is  for  others  soon.  We  are  planning  for 
the  winter  work  now.  D.  W.  Moore. 

Springfield,  Mo. 

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The  readers  of  this  paper  will  be  pleased  to  learn 
that  there  is  at  least  one  dreaded  disease  that  science 
has  been  able  to  cure  in  all  its  stages,  and  that  is 
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tions here  yesterday.  Meeting  one  week  old. 
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ARKANSAS. 

Hope,  Dec.  4. — Eight  additions  yesterday 
■ — 4  confessions,  4  by  statement.  Large 
audiences  continue  despite  cold  weather. — 
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COLORADO. 

Pueblo,  Dec.  8. — Two  additions  by  letter 
at  the  Central  last  Sunday  and  1  at  the 
Broadway. — W.  B.  S. 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA. 

Washington,  Dec.  4. — Present  at  ministers' 
meeting:  Pres.  J.  E.  Stuart,  F.  D.  Power, 
E.  B.  Bagby,  Walter  F.  Smith,  W.  T. 
Laprade,  and  the  writer.  Additions:  Whit- 
ney Avenue  (Walter  F.  Smith),  1  baptism; 
Thirty-fourth  Street  (Claude  C.  Jones),  1 
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Power),  1  by  letter  and  1  baptism;  Ninth 
Street  (E.  B.  Bagby),  4  by  letter  or  statement 
and  2  confessions.  Total,  10  —  6  by  letter  or 
statement  and  4  by  confession  and  baptism. 
— Claude  C.  Jones,  Sec. 

ILLINOIS. 

Atlanta,  Dec.  4. — Closed  a  good  meeting 
at  Clinton,  Nov.  29,  with  31  added.  E.  A. 
Gilliland,  the  pastor,  did  the  preaching. 
Began  a  meeting  here  Dec.  3  with  W.  O. 
Lappin. — H.  K.  Shields,  singer. 

Dixon,  Dec.  5. — Evangelist  W.  E.  Harlow 
and  son  closed  a  very  successful  meeting 
Dec.  3  with  34  added— 24  by  baptism,  8  from 
other  religious  bodies,  1  by  letter  and  1  by 
statement.  This  makes  228  added  in  15 
months. — J.  F.  Stone. 

Mason  City,  Dec.  7. — We  are  enjoying  a 
continuous  revival.  Since  our  meeting  closed 
Nov.  15,  eight  have  been  added  by  primary 
obedience,  and  1  by  letter.  Six  who  had 
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splendidly  in  interest  and  in  membership. — 
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Thompson  starts  off  nicely,  with  2  additions, 
big  crowds  and  "splendid  interest.— Allen 
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Rutland,  Dec.  6. — We  closed  a  two  weeks' 
meeting,  Dec.  3,  resulting  in  6  additions,  5 
by  baptism,  1  by  letter.  Our  pastor,  R.  B. 
Doan,  did  the  preaching.  The  church  has 
extended  to  Brother  Doan  a  call  to  remain 
another  year  with  an  increase  in  salary. — 
Wilson  Mateer,  clerk. 

Clayton,  Dec.  9. — Meeting  five  days  old; 
ten  confessions  to  date.  H.  A.  Davis  is  the 
evangelist  and  Mary  Baily  is  the  singer. — 
Harry  Watson,  pastor. 

Carterville,  Dec.  8. — Our  meeting  is  mov- 
ing nicely;  6  additions.  Melvin  Putman, 
our  new  district  evangelist,  is  doing  the 
preaching. — F.  L.  Davis. 

INDIANA. 

Terre  Haute,  Dec.  3. — Sellers  and  St.  John 
at  Central  Church;  62  have  been  added; 
meeting  continues  with  great  interest. — 
Le  Roy  St.  John. 

Kirklin,  Dec.  3.— One  confession  at  regular 
services. — A.  W.  Crabb. 

Flora,  Nov.  27.— Closed  a  six  weeks'  meet- 
ing with  31  additions  — 5  Baptists,  1  Con- 
servative Dunkard,  1  Progressive  Dunkard, 
1  M.  E..  2  Presbyterians,  7  by  letter  and 
statement,  13  by  confession.  Also  baptized 
a  sweet  spirited  lady  79  years  old,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  M.  E.  church.  For  many  years 
she  had  been  dissatisfied  with  her  baptism, 
and  when  immersed  said,  "I  am  glad  I  have 
obeyed  my  Savior."  She  will  not  change 
her  church  membership.  The  first  week  of 
the  meeting  was  preparatory  to  the  coming 
of  State  Evangelist  T.  J.  Legg.  This  is  our 
second  meeting  for  the  year,  making  a  total 
of  50  added  to  the  church.  The  church  was 
never  so  prosperous. — A.  B.  Houze,  minis- 
ter. 

Indianapolis,  Dec.  4.— One  confession 
yesterday  at  Whitewater,  making  34  added 
there;  68  added  to  the  churches  that  I  have 
been  serving  this  year.  Organized  two 
Christian  Endeavor  Societies  which  are 
growing  numerically  and  spiritually.  The 
Sunday  schools  are  in  a  splendid  condition. 
One  church  debt  has  been  paid.  The  mis- 
sionary collections  taken  amounted  to  more 
than  Sioo. — Willis  M.  Cunningham. 

Noblesville,     Dec.     8. — The    meeting    at 
Lebanon   closed   with  36   additions.     L.    E 
Brown   did  the    preaching.— H.    H.    Saun- 
ders, singing  evangelist. 

INDIAN    TERRITORY. 
Weleetka,   Dec.    4— Have   just   closed    a 


three  weeks'  meeting  at  Ada,  fifteen  added 
— three  by  baptism  and  twelve  otherwise. 
Ordained  elders  and  deacons  and  located  a 
pastor  this  week. — F.  Hooker  Groom. 

Minco,  Dec.  4. — This  is  growing  into  a 
great  meeting;  25  added  from  all  sources, 
and  we  are  just  entering  upon  the  second 
week.  Our  ten  days'  meeting  at  West  Point 
O.  T.,  in  November  resulted  in  8  confessions 
— D.D.  Boyle,  evangelist. 

IOWA. 

Osceola,  Dec.  4. — Ten  added  to  date. — 
Lemon  Boileau. 

Prairie  City,  Dec.  2.— Five  added  since 
last  report  — 1  by  baptism,  1  by  statement 
and  3  by  commendation. — C.  H.  Straws. 

Cantril,  Dec.  4. — We  have  just  closed  a 
three  weeks'  meeting  resulting  in  31  addi- 
tions— 22  by  confession,  4  by  commendation, 
1  reclaimed,  2  from  Methodists  and  2  from 
Baptists.  S.  M.  Perkins  was  the  evangelist, 
and  Mrs.  J.  M.  Van  Kirk,  of  Kinross,  singer. 
— W.  A.  Jones. 

Council  Bluffs,  Dec.  4. — We  are  having 
additions  to  the  membership  by  confession 
or  letter  every  Lord's  day.  Evangelist  Wm- 
J.  Lockhart,  of  Des  Moines,  leads  us  in  an 
evangelistic  campaign  beginning  Lord's  day, 
Jan.  7. — W.  B.  Clemmer. 

West  Liberty,  Dec.  4. — There  have  been 
31  additions  in  the  past  few  weeks,  2;  being 
by  confession  and  baptism.  All  depart- 
ments of  our  work  are  in  flourishing  condi- 
tion.— F.  W.  Collins. 

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Topeka,  Dec.  5. — Four  reclaimed  during 
November,  making  32  additions  to  the  Cen- 
tral Park  Church  since  Aug.  1.— C.  A.  Poi.- 
son,  pastor. 

Girard,  Dec.  4. — We  have  just  closed  a 
meeting  at  Marysville;  29  confessions  and  3 
added  by  statement.  We  are  beginning 
here. — E  W.  Brickert  and  wife. 

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Richard,  held  a  meeting  in  November  with 
^j  additions—:-  bv  baptism  and  7  by  state- 
ment.- Z.  S.  Hastings. 

Hoisington,  Dec.  3. — One  confession  this 
morning  and  1  added  by  letter  last  Lord's 
day— F.  M.  Mi-Hale. 

Dighton,  Dec.  1  — We  recently  closed  a 
good  meeting  with  31  added — 20  by  baptism 
and  11  otherwise;  also  organized  a  Senior 
and  lunior  Christian  Endeavor,  and  a  C.  W. 
B.M.  auxiliary.  Evangelist  Neal  Overman, of 
Topeka,  did  the  preaching.— E.  J.  Palmer, 
pastor. 

Pleasonton,  Dec.    1. — Oar  meeting  closed 
last  night  with  14 additions* — O.  A.  Ishmael. 
KANSAS. 

Laiontaine,  Dec.  8.  Our  meeting  is  five 
days  old  with  5  additions— 4  by  confession. 
— }.  P.  Haner,  evangelist. 

Be  Km,  Dtc.  7.  We  are  having  a  good 
arreting;  48  additions  to  date.  H.  F.  Ritz, 
ihe  past"r.  is  coing  a  splendid  work.-  H.  A. 
Nojjthcvtt,  e\angelist. 

Maxwell,  Dec.  q— Our  meeting  has 
doubled  Ihe  membership  of  the  church. 
\  am  assisting  F.  T  Ray.— David  Lyon. 

Eureka.  Dec.  o—  Twenty  five  davs;  65 
added.  Continuing  over  Sunday. — Jno.  P 
Jesse,  evai  gelist. 

KENTUCKY. 

Latonia,  Dec.  4  Edgar  C.  Riley  has  just 
dosed  a  meeting  for  us.  with  forty-seven  nd- 
•htions  thirteen  confessi  >ns,  four  from  Bap- 
lists  and  t'  irt\  by  letter  ar.d  statement.  We 
are  almost  frte  from  debt,  and  with  the  ad- 
dition of  many  strong  helpers,  we  are  plan- 
ning for  a  new  house  and  greater  things. — 
H.  C.  Run  van. 

Va  ccburg  D.-c  8.  -Five  added  recently 
— time  b\  confession  and  two  by  letter. 
December  10,  I  will  begin  a  meeting  for 
Brother  Thomason,  Portsmouth,  which 
■will  be  my  third  meeting  in  the  interest  of 
Ihe  four  years'  crusade.— S.  S.  McGill. 

Latonia,  Dec.  8.— Two  additions  at  recep- 
tion given  this  week  to  Brother  Rilrv, 
waking  49  in  all  The  church  is  happv  and 
is    planning     for     greater    things.— H.    C. 

RVNYAN. 

MISSISSIPPI. 

McComb  City,  Dec  4. — Two  added  last 
night — one  confession  and  one  from  Bap- 
tists. Five  added  since  last  report,  and  five 
in  a  meeting  at  Jackson.— W.  W.  Phares. 

mtsotrmi. 

Joplin,  Dec.  4.  D  W.  Moore,  pastor  of 
ihe  South  Street  Church,  Springfi  Id,  he  ped 
us  in  a  short  meetii  g  which  resulted  in  52 
addni"ns,  30  of  them  a  net  gain  to  our  peo- 
ple Our  cl  ief  purpose  was  the  spiritual 
rul'.ure  of  the  church. — W.  F.  TURNER. 

1^  Grange  Dec.  I.— One  addition  at 
Emerson;  3  additions  at  Newark  since  last 
report.    T.  A.  Hedges. 

Shtiby  ville,  Dec.  4.    Six  additions  by  let 
ter  at   re^uUr   services;    we  will   have   our 
meeting  in  February,  with  Lawrence  Wright 
at  tbehel  rv—  C.  E.  Wagner,  pastor. 

Richards,  Dec.  4  — Four  ad-'itions  at 
Brother  St- r  ling's  regular  appointment. — 
O.  L.  FOUTS. 

Buffalo  Dec.  5  —Our  work  is  very  encour 
aging.  Wi  had  4  additions  Dec.  3.-  -J.  Q 
Biggs. 

Ridgeley,  D<-c.  7. — Two  baptized  here. 
Hoose  repaired.  Church  encouraged.  Unani- 
aiuus  call  to  u«  to  serve  them  another  year. 
— H.  E.  Ballou. 

Kirk«vil  e  Dec.  6. — Five  additions  since 
3ast  report;  4  baptisms.  The  county  sheriff 
and  wife  were  of  the  nunber. — D.  A. 
Wjckizer,  pa«t"r. 

Carrol  t"n,  D-c.  5.— We  immersed  5  young 
)adits  at  Milan  Dec.  4. — J.  J.  Limerick. 

Bethany,  Dec.  5.— I  am  in  a  good  meeting 


here.  Thirty  additions  the  first  week. — 
R.  H.  Fife. 

Columbia,  Dec.  4. — We  have  just  closed 
our  year's  work  with  two  Howard  county 
churches,  New  Hupe  and  Mount  Pleasant, 
with  34  additions.  We  will  contii  ue  for  1906. 
— B.  F.  Goslin. 

Clinton,  Dec.  4 — I  have  just  closed  a  meet- 
ing at  New  Hampton  with  46  additions. 
J.  T  A'sup  is  the  efficient  pastor. — G.  W. 
Terrell. 

Dearborn,  Dec.  5. — WT.  A.  Oldham,  of 
Norton  ville,  Kansas,  closed  a  10  days'  meet- 
ing at  Bethel,  Mo.,  resulting  in  8  baptisms. — 
R.  E.  Cali.ithan. 

Neosho,  Dec.  6. — We  have  had  4  addi- 
tions since  taking  this  work  3  weeks  ago. 
Crowded  house  at  every  service.-  F.  F. 
Walters. 

Ladd.  nia,  Dec. 11. — Simpson  Ely,  of  Joplin, 
is  assisting  us  h  a  meeting;  gi  od  interest 
and  3  added  to  date  —J.  D  Greer. 

Seymour,  Dec.  8.— E.  W.  Yocum,  of 
Mountain  Grove,  has  just  closed  a  two 
weeks'  meeting  resulting  in  8  confessions.— 
W.  S.  Gentry. 

NEBRASKA. 

Lexington,  Dec.  5.— Our  meeting  with 
Joel  brown,  evangelist  and  Mrs.  Hormel  as 
singer,  closed  Nov.  29  with  35  added.-  D.  B. 
Titus. 

B  aver  City,  Nov.  30. — Our  meeting  closed 
with  26  added  bv  baptism  17,  b>  letter  and 
statement,  9.  The  church  now  has  a  mem 
ship  o'  over  200,  t'  is  Heing  the  second  meet- 
ing held  this  year.  While  S.  V.  WMiams 
anri  v  ife,  of  La  P>rte,  Ind  ,  were  with  us, 
they  held  a  splendid  meeting.  Somewhat 
of  a  drawback,  however,  was  that  the  mem- 
bers were  v>  r\  busy  at  this  time  of  the  year, 
and  the  minister  cot.fi'  ec  to  his  bed  during 
almost  tie  entire  meeting,  v ith  inflammatory 
rheumatism,  thus  being  u  ah!  to  attend  to 
the  duties  developing  upon  him.  Yet  the 
people  were  edified,  the  •  urch  greatly  en- 
thused, and  S'uls  converted  to  Christ. —  D.  S. 
DOMER  minister. 

NEW    MEXICO. 

Artesia,   Dec.    4. — Onr    ne  v  pastor,  E.  H. 

Holmes  has  begun    his  work;  two  additions 

by    letter   yestetdav.— D.    W.   Robertson, 

clerk 

NEW  YORK. 

Buff  tin,  Dec  II.-  At  a  large  union 
Thanksgiving  service  held  in  our  house  of 
worship  yesterday  at  my  suggestion,  the 
gospel  invitation  was  rx'er  ded,  to  which  2 
responded — both  to  unite  with  the  Jefferson 
Street  Church  Such  a  thing  has  never  been 
done  in  the  cits  I  am  told.  The  sermon 
was  preached  by  Brother  Loyd,  of  the 
Northampton  Street  M.  E.  Church.— B.  S. 
Ferrall 

Buffalo,  Dec.  8 — I  exchanged  pulpits  with 
Bro.  W.  C.  Bower,  Of  T01  awanda,  last  Sun- 
day evening  greatly  to  mv  delight.  There 
were  2  confessions  at  Jefferson  Street  last 
Lord's  day.— B.  S.  Ferrall. 

OHIO. 

Tiffin,  Dec.  7— One  added  at  our  regular 
service,  Dec  3,  by  letter.  Adam  TC.  Ad- 
cock. 

New  Philadelphia,  Dec.  4.— We  have  just 
closed  a  three  weeks'  meeting,  with  16  addi- 
tions. The  church  is  very  much  strength- 
ened. Grant  W.  Speer  was  the  evangelist. 
— C.  B.  Reynolds,  minister. 

Hamilton,  Dec.  4.  Two  confessions  and 
I  addition  by  statement  •  esterday  at  the 
Lindenwald  church;  12  since  last  report— 6 
by  confession.  6  by  statement  or  letter. — 
W.  H.  Hedges. 

Athens,  Dec.  4  —We  closed  our  meeting 
with  20  added,  mostly  baptisms.— T.  L.  Lowe. 

Ravenna,  Dec.  4- Six  additions  by  letter 
since  last  report.     I  assisted  J.  S.  Ross  in  a 


short  meeting  at  Braceville  recently.  Of 
the  12  confessions  9  were  young  men. — 
M.  E.  Chatley,  pastor. 

Galion,  Dec.  4.-  Meeting  closed  yesterday 
with  32  confessions  and  2  by  letter.  Bruce 
Brown,  of  Mansfield,  was  the  preacher.  Be- 
sides spending  two  days  a  week  doing  pas- 
toral work  in  Mansfield  he  preached  to  his 
own  congregation  on  Sunday  morning.  The 
results  were  splendid  in  view  of  this.  A 
floating  indebtedness  of  $350  was  provided 
for.  We  are  now  planning  to  build  next 
summer. — Chas  A.  Pearce. 
PENNSYLVANIA. 

Connellsville,  Nov.  29  Cosed  with  131 
additions  and  the  new  converts  comributing, 
in  ph  dges,  about  $800  towards  the  coming 
years  expenses.  It  is  a  growing  missionary 
church  led  by  an  earnest  a*  d  capab'e  man, 
Chas.  M.  Watson.  Bro.  J.  P.  Garmong  was 
with  me  as  singer.  The  leading  feature  of 
the  mfi  ting  was  our  large  men's  services  on 
Sunday  afternoons  and  the  number  of  busi- 
ness and  professional  men  who  united  with 
the  church.  I  spend  a  few  weeks  before 
Chri-tmas  in  my  sister's  home  at  Caney, 
Kansas,  and  shall  assist  the  church  there  in 
a  short  meeting.  During  January  we  co-op- 
erate with  the  church  at  Council  Bluffs,  la., 
and  in  Ftbuary  will  follow  the  dedication  of 
the  new  church  at  Streator,  III.,  with  a  meet- 
ing. H-<ve  an  open  date  fo'  March,  1906. 
— V\  m.  J.  Lockhart,  evangelist  permanent 
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December  20,  1905. 


CHRISTMAS  GIFTS  FOR  CHRIST.- 
Hatt.  2:1-12. 

Led  by  the  wonderful  star,  the  magi  from 
the  east  came  to  Bethlehem  where  the  new- 
born King  of  the  Jews  was,  and  paid  to  him 
their  tribute  of  gold,  and  frankincense,  and 
myrrh.  Little  knew  they  of  the  marvelous 
secret  wrapped  up  in  that  infant  life,  or 
how  that,  through  centuries  yet  unborn, 
increasing  myraids  of  the  sons  of  men,  of 
every  clime  and  tongue,  would  bring  their 
offerings  to  lay'  at  his  feet.  Still  less 
did  they  suspect  that  his  name  should  be- 
come the  supreme  one  of  all  time,  and  the 
one  through  whose  magic  power  salvation 
should  become  possible  to  a  sinful  and  dying 
race.  What  inspiration  may  we  gather  from 
their  offerings,  to  bring  to  Christ,  at  this 
Christmas  season,  our  own  gifts  of  ad- 
oration and  love?    Let  us  see. 

/.  We  should  bring  the  gold  of  our  pos- 
sessions. For  it  all  belongs  to  him,  and 
we  are  but  stewards  of  his  wealth.  He 
it  is  who  gives  us  the  power  of  getting 
wealth.  In  asking  for  our  means,  he  is 
but  asking  for  his  own.  (Psa.  24:1 ;  50:10- 
12;  1  Cor.  10:25^  26.)  If  the  disciples  of 
Christ  would  on  this  one  Christmas  but 
recognize  fully  their  obligation  to  the  Lord 
in  the  use  of  their  wealth,  the  gifts  they 
would  bring  would  prove  ample  to  estab- 
lish a  thousand  churches  that  are  now 
feeble,  build  a  thousand  houses  of  wor- 
ship for  homeless  congregations,  double 
the  number  of  our  missionaries  in  the  home 
and  foreign  fields,  give  to  every  worthy 
college  an  adequate  endowment,  largely 
increase  the  resources  of  our  benevolences, 
and  make  it  possible  for  every  aged  and 
dependant  minister  of  the  Gospel  to  en- 
joy the  comforts  of  life  for  the  remnant  of 
his  days  on  earth.  To  withhold  our  money 
is  to  dishonor  the  Savior,  and  he  is  being 
thus  dishonored  by  thousands  of  our  breth- 
ren and  sisters  who  call  themselves  Chris- 
tians. 

2.  We  should  bring  the  frankhicense 
of  our  love.  This  fragrant  gum,  whose 
sweet  odor  arose  before  the  altar  as  a  sym- 
bol of  the  pure  devotion  of  the  worshiper, 
suggests  the  deep  affection  which  will  mani- 
fest itself  at  this  Christmas  season  for  the 
Christ-Child.  In  ten  thousand  churches 
will  the  children  gather  and  sing  their 
Chrismas  carols,  and  recite  their  little 
stories  of  the  Babe  of  Bethlehem.  Choirs 
and  congregations  will  mingle  their  voices 
in  anthem  and  chant  and  psalm.  From 
the  pulpits  will  sound  out  again  the  beau- 
tiful story  of  the  Shepherds,  and  the  Wise 
Men,  and  the  humble  stable  of  the  Inn,  and 
the  tender  babe  upon  his  mother's  bosom. 
Eyes  will  grow  moist  and  hearts  warm  with 
forgotten  sentiments  of  kindness  and  affec- 
tion. The  love  of  God  will  be  revived  with- 
in us,  and  we  will  feel  that  every  man  is 
a  brother,  and  every  child  our  own  sweet 
lamb.  Let  it  be  a  time  for  the  cultivation 
of  love  among  all  the  children  of  men. 
Jesus  Christ  will  count  this  as  the  best  way 
of  expressing  oUr  love  for  him.  (Matt. 
25:34-40;  1  John  3:14-18). 

3.  We  should  bring  the  myrrh  of  suffer- 
ing. The  bitter  myrrh  was  used  of  old  for 
embalming  the  bodies  of  the  dead,  and  it 
has  ever  been  associated  in  the  minds  of 
men  with  suffering  and  sorrow.  And  the 
world  is  full  of  such  experiences.  Every 
life  has  its  bitter  cup  to  drink.  Even  the 
Master  shrank  from  this  cup  in  the  dark 
garden.  Yet  he  gained  the  victory,  because 
he  brought  his  spirit  into  such  close  har- 
mony with  the  Father  as  to  say, 
"Not  my  will,  but  thine,  be  done."  So 
let  us  bring  all  our  griefs  and  burdens  unto 
the  Lord,  who  will  count  them  as  gifts, 
because  he  delights  to  comfort  and  strength- 


en the  weak.  Like  the  mother  welcoming  to 
her  bosom  the  hurt  and  weeping  child, 
does  the  Lord  invite  his  troubled  chil- 
dren to  himself,  the  eternal  refuge. 
(Psa.  46:1;  Matt.  11:  28,  29;  1  Peter  57.; 
Thus  will  our  Christmas  season  be  filled 
with  the  peace  and  joy  of  the  Christ,  and 
other  lives  will  catch  their  holy  reflection, 
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THE    CHARACTER    OF    THE  MESSIAH. 
— Isa.  9:2-7. 

[Christmas  Lesson.] 

Memory  Verses,  6,  7. 

Golden  Tkxt.— Thou  shalt  call  his  name 
Jesus,  for  he  shall  save  his  people  from  their 
sins.— Matt.  1:21. 

The  Messianic  idea  runs  like  a  golden 
thread  through  the  Old  Testament.  The  re- 
ligious interest  of  the  Hebrews  centered 
rather  in  the  vindication  and  glorification  of 
Israel,  as  a  holy  people,  than  in  the  reward 
of  individuals  who  lived  in  accordance  with 
the  will  of  God.  -  Wherever  we  find  this 
thought  of  the  ultimate  triumph  of  the  peo- 
ple of  God,  there  we  have,  in  germ  at  least, 
the  Messianic  idea.  The  hope  of  the 
prophets,  in  the  days  when  Israel's  political 
power  was  waning,  often  took  the  form  of  a 
glorious  kingdom  to  be  re-established  in 
Zion,  whose  beauty  and  grandeur  should  be 
the  admiration  of  the  whole  earth. 

Not  always  was  there  a  distinct  reference 
to  the  king  who  should  establish  this  king- 
dom, and  it  should  be  borne  in  mind  that 
many  passages  are  essentially  Messianic 
although  the  author  had  evidently  no  clear 
idea  of  a  personal  Messiah.  In  certain  well 
known  passages  in  Isaiah,  however,  the  per- 
sonal side  of  it  is  brought  into  lively  promi- 
nence. 

It  is  further  to  be  remembered  that  the 
prophets  spoke  to  their  own  time,  not  to  the 
distant  future.  They*  had  a  message  of 
courage  in  times'when  the  souls  of  men  were 
tried  by  the  thought  that  the  nation — Je- 
hovah's chosen  nation,  as  they  firmly  be- 
lieved it  to  be — was  about  to  go  down  in 
utter  failure  and  defeat  before  the  pagan 
powers  of  the  east.  It  meant  not  only  de- 
feat for  the  nation  but  disgrace  for  Jehovah. 
The  prophets,  after  declaring  that  Jehovah 
would  not  hesitate  to  punish  his  people  for 
their  sins  and  that  these  foreign  enemies 
were  to  be  used  by  him  for  that  very  pur- 
pose, gave  assurance  also  that  the  nation's 
destiny  would  yet  be  fulfilled  and  its  glory 
restored.  It  was  the  promise  of  a  present 
and  visible  deliverance.  The  prophets 
doubtless  expected  a  literal  restoration  and 
glorification  of  the  kingdom  which  never 
actually  came  to  pass.  Many  of  the  Mes- 
sianic prophecies  are  colored  and  controlled 
by  this  expectation.  The  spiritual  content 
of  their  predictions  was  fulfilled  in  Christ, 
but  the  details  cannot  be  interpreted  as  pre- 
dictions concerning  the  personal  and  his- 
torical Jesus. 

The  kings  of  Damascus  and  Samaria  had 
united  in  revolt  against  the  king  of  Assyria, 
to  whom  they  both  owed  allegiance,  as  the 
king  of  Judah  also  did.  The  two  revolting 
kings  threatened  Judah  because  she  would 
not  join  in  the  revolt.  Judah  appealed  to 
Assyria  for  help,  against  Isaiah's  advice.  It 
was  a  time  of  double  peril.  The  alliance 
with  Assyria  was  even  more  dangerous  than 
the  enmity  of  the  two  northern  kingdoms. 
a  There  seemed  to  be  no  way  by  which  Judah 
I  could  escape  the  dilemma.  Isaiah  was  dis- 
"  gusted    with  the  weak  king   Ahaz   who  had 


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made  the  matter  worse  by  calling  upon  As- 
syria.    The   low  estate  of    the    nation   «<ig- 
gested   the    reassuring   promise  of   a   more 
glorious     kingdom     which    was    shortly     to 
come.    The   miserable  inefficiency  of  Aha/ 
suggested  an   emphasis^  upon  the  character 
of  the  coming  king  who  should  rule  over  the 
restored  kingdom.     The  e x pectation  of  scjck. 
a  king  was  already  current.     Isaiah  gave  t 
more  definite  form  and  applied  it  to  the  par- 
ticular   emergency     then    confronting     the 
nation.     And  in  doing  so  he   uttered  wordi 
whose  deeper  meaning  went  far  beyond  hi« 
own  understanding- 
Do   the   four    titles  ascribed   to  the  Mes 
sianic  king  (9:6)  define  his  nature  as  divine? 
The    question]  has    been    much    discussed. 
Neither  opinion   is   a   mark  of  either  igno- 
rance or  irreverence.      Schultz,  one  of  the 
most  distinguished   German  writers  on  the 
theology   of  the    Old  Testament,  says  thaS 
"the   names  as  a  whole  correspond  tG   the 
predicate  theos  (God) "  and  that  the  prom- 
ised deliverer  "is  nothing  less  than  God,  in. 
the     metaphysical     sense     of     the    word." 
George  Adam  Smith  says  that  the  work  of  1 
wise  andMivinely  guided  earthly  king  wat 
all   thatAIsaiah   predicted.      In  any  case,  k 
should   be  borne  in   mind   that  the  phrase 
"the  mighty  God"  in  the  original  employs  1 
word   which  literally  means  "mighty  one,"' 
and  is  not  elsewhere  applied  exclusively  t« 
God;  that  the  wcrk  of  this  king  as  described 
by   the    king   is  a  work   which  a  wise  and 
spiritually-minded   human   king   could   per- 
form; and  that  it  would  be  not  a  little  incon- 
gruous with  Hebrew  thought  to  ascribe  deity 
to  a  king  who  was  to  come  to  accomplish  2 
work  of  political  deliverance. 

The  work  and  character  of  Jesus  were  is 
a  very  true  sense  a  fulfilment  of  these  pre- 
dictions of  divine;  help  for  the  people  who 
seek  God.  The  promise  of  such  a  Messiah 
as  Jesus  actually  was,  would  have  beee 
small  comfort  to  Isaiah's  contemporaries* 
But  whether  he  meant  it  or  not,  his  words 
are  strong  enough  to  bear  the  meaning 
which  subsequent  history  has  put  upoe. 
them.  And  if  we  read  them  not  as  detailed 
predictions  or  mechanical  proof-texts  of  the 
divinity  of  Jesus,  we  may  well  hear  in  thera 
a  clear  fore-echo  of  the  Christmas  message. 
"Thejnore  spiritual  our  notiors  are  of  the 
saving  work  of  Jesus,"  says  G.  A.  Smith, 
"the  less  inclined  shall  we  be  to  claim  the 
prophecies  of  Isaiah  in  projf  of  his  deity  .  .  - 
Just  because  we  know  the  proofs  of  the 
divinity  of  Jesus  to  be  so  spiritual,  do  we  feei 
the  uselessness  of  looking  for  them  t« 
prophecies  that  manifestly  describe  purely 
earthly  and  civil  functions." 

A  Reliable  Heart  Cure. 

Alice  A.  Wetmore,  Box  67,  Norwich,  Conn., 
•ays  if  any  sufferer  from  Heart  Disease  will  • 
write  her,   she   will,  without  charge,  direct 
them  to  the  perfect  cure  ahe  used. 


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Christian  Endeavor. 

by    II.   A.    Denton. 

December  -y,  1903. 


THE  BROTHERHOOD   OF  MAN.  - 1  John 
2:7-11;  3:12-15. 

(A  Christinas  Missionary  Meeting.) 

For  the  Leader. 

What  day  in  all  our  year  is  more  closely 
associated  with  the  thought  of  peace  and 
good  will  between  all  men  than  Christmas? 
This  is  the  anniversary  of  the  night  when 
the  angels  sang  that  sweet  song  of  peace  on 
earth  and  good  will  to  men  to  the  shepherds 
on  the  hills  of  Judea.  Upon  what  fact  is 
this  doctrine  of  the  peace  that  Jesus  has 
brought  to  us  based?  Upon  the  fact  that 
we  are  all  brethren.  Does  any  one  draw 
back  from  the  consequences  of  this  posi- 
tion ?  It  need  not  be  a  thing  to  dread.  It  is 
not  to  be  taken  in  a  social  way  where  local 
conditions  would  be  violated  to  a  degree 
that  harm  and  ill  will  instead  of  good  and 
good  will  would  follow.  The  brotherhood 
of  man  is  an  underlying  principle  that  en- 
ables everv  one  to  iook  upon  his  fellows  m 
the  light  of  the  golden  rule:  Doing  unto 
men  wnat  we  would  have  them  do  to  us. 
We  are  to  study  this  topic  tonight.  What 
n  beautiful  subject  for  our  Endeavorers  at 
the  Ghrishuastide ! 

For  the  Members. 

1.  It  is  the  doctrine  of  Christ  that  his 
followers  love  all  men.  This  is  called  a 
-new  commandment."  The  world  had  not 
hitherto  lived  by  this  rule.  Friends  were 
to  love  one  another.  They  were  to  be  true. 
Persons  of  a  common  cause  might  love  one 
another.  Nations  bound  together  by  treaty 
might  love  one  another.  That  is,  the  nearest 
thing  in  the  pre-Christian  times  to  what 
Christians  call  love.  It  was  not  anything 
like  the  love  of  Christ.  But  for  a  man  to 
love  all  men  ;  for  one  to  love  his  enemies ; 
for  one  to  do  good  to  those  who  did  him 
harm  :  for  one  to  reverse  all  precedent — this 
was  the  unusual,  the  new,  teaching  of  Jesus. 

2.  Was  this  position  of  Jesus  an  acci- 
dent? Did  it  flash  upon  him  like  an  idea 
upon  an  inventor?  Not  at  all.  Jesus  held 
this  position  because  he  knew  the  whole 
of  nature.  He  knew  the  foundations  of  all 
knowledge.  He  could  unfold  the  relations 
of  men  to  one  another  and  the  world  in 
which  they  lived.  He  knew  that  what  men 
thought  of  how  one  should  treat  one  who 
injured  him  was  erroneous.  The  feeling  of 
returning  evil  for  evil  he  knew  to  fail  in 
the  thing  it  was  expected  to  accomplish. 
It  would  seem  that  his  reasoning  would  be 
stated  about  as  follows :  There  is  one  God. 
He  created  all  things.  He  is  Lord  of  all. 
This  order  in  which  we  live  is  from  him. 
It  is  for  a  purpose.  Everything  proceed- 
ing from  him.  everything  is  related.  In- 
stead of  antagonism,  there  is  kinship  every- 
where. God.  then,  is  Father  of  all.  We 
are  not  only  his  children,*  but  we  are  all 
brethren.  To  harm  one  another  is  to  harm 
the  whole  order,  and  to  do  great  injury  to 
oneself  as  well  as  the  one  against  whom  we 
proceed. 

3.  This  teaching  of  Jesus  enabled  the 
world  to  see  the  proper  relationship  be- 
tween men.  Because  he  made  manifest 
thinsrs.  enabled  us  to  see  them,  he  is  called 
the  Light.  And  when  John  says.  "He  that 
loveth  his  brother  abirleth  in  the  light,"  he 
has  this  in  mind.  Jesus  is.  then,  the  great 
liffht.  He  is  also  called  the  true  light.  He 
enables  ms  to  see  how  we  are  related  to  all 
the  oeople  in  th"  world.  He  tells  us  how 
to  live  to  help  them.  He  tells  us  how  to 
so  live  that  We  will  do  ourselves  the  great- 
est pood  :  to  love  all  men  :  to  do  good  unto 
all :  to  prav  for  our  enemies  :  to  do  unto  all 
men  the  thincrs  that  we  would  have  them  do 
unto  us.  May  God  help  us  to  receive  this 
messaee.  For  it  is  the  very  thing  that  the 
world  practically  disbelieves  today.     But  it 


is  the  best  way  to  live.  It  is  the  only  way 
to  live  in  harmony  with  the  order  of  which 
we  are  a  part.  When  we  live  otherwise  we 
are  injuring  ourselves.  Why  can  we  not  re- 
ceive this  doctrine  from  our  Lord  and  be 
happy?  Why  can  we  not  walk  in  the  light 
and  see  our  way? 

4.  Darkness  is  the  way  of  all  who  do 
evil  for  evil.  It  is  the  way  of  the  com- 
mercial world  today.  Does  anyone  take  is- 
sue with  this?  Well,  then,  let  him  show 
an  instance  of  a  firm  that  was  injured  by 
some  other  firm  that  did  not  retaliate.  Let 
him  show  that  it  is  the  rule  to  meet  the  in- 
juries received  in  the  spirit  of  the  Master. 
Even  nations  live  together  in  armed 
peace.  One  discrimination  brings  another. 
When  one  individual  says,  "Just  wait ;  I'll 
get  even  with  him,  if  it  takes  me  a  lifetime," 
in  what  way  is  he  walking?  In  the  way  of 
darkness.  He  is  walking  in  the  way  of 
death  ;  death  to  himself,  and  death  to  his 
fellow.  The  soul  is  blighted  when  it  is  ever 
kept  on  a  war  footing  by  such  a  feeling. 
There  is  too  much  of  this  darkness  in  our 
churches.  It  is  destroying  the  sweetness 
of  the  fellowship  and  defeating  the  ends,  of 
Christ  in  us.  It  is  even  in  some  Endeavor 
Societies.  Here  it  works  its  death  to  friend- 
ships ;  to  the  growth  of  the  society ;  to  the 
good  work  of  the  young  people ;  to  the 
growth  of  all  in  the  spirit  and  knowledge 
of  the  Christ.  Let  us  dispel  this  midnight 
from  our  souls.  Let  us  love  one  another 
as  we  should  for  the  sake  of  him  who  died 
for  us. 
Quiet  Hour  Thought. 

Am  I  willing  to  get  down  upon  my  knees 
and  earnestly  ask  the  Lord  to  help  me  to 
live  by  the  golden  rule  which  only  our  Sa- 
vior gave  to  men  ? 

DAILY  READINGS. 

God  declares  men  brothers.  Gen.  9:2-6. 
"No  respecter  of  persons." 

Acts  10:34-45 
The   Gospel   for  all. 
The  Elder  Brother. 
Greek,  Roman,  Jew. 
Brotherly  love. 


M. 
T. 

W. 
T. 
F. 

S. 
S. 


Rev.   14:6-13. 

Heb.  2:10-18. 

Rom.  16:1-23. 

1  Thess.  4:6-10. 


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The  Holy  Spirit. 

To  the  Editor  of  The  Christian-Evangelist: 

John  says :  "Try  the  spirits,  for  many 
false  spirits  have  gone  out  into  the  world." 

If  they  are  to  be  "tried"  there  must  be 
some  standard  by  which  to  try  them.  That 
standard  must  be  the  Word  of  God  come 
in  the  flesh  as  "the  light  of  the  world." 
Not  a  light  but  the  light.  If  the  light,  there 
is  not  another.  The  confession  that  Jesus 
is  the  Son  of  God  is  the  acceptance  of 
him  as  the  all  and  in  all — prophet,  priest 
and  king.  If  our  king,  he  controls  by  en- 
acting laws,  setting  up  a  government  and 
appointing  his  officers,  his  exchequer,  etc, 
As  priest,  he  makes  atonement  for  man 
and  brings  in  reconciliation  with  God.  As 
prophet,  he  becomes  our  teacher — our  Mas- 
ter, and  directs  us  in  all  our  ways.  If  he 
is  our  only  king,  and  our  only  priest,  he 
is  our  only  teacher  also. 

If  the  Holy  Spirit  comes  as  a  pedagogue 
he  leads  by,  or  through,  Christ.  There  is 
reason  in  the  saying  of  Jesus,  "He  shall 
testify  of  me."  It  is  the  only  philosophy 
of  spiritual  influence.  We  speak  when  we 
testify.  The  Spirit  speaks  the  truth.  Truth 
is  something  spoken — declared.  God  is 
true,  but  not  truth.  What  a  true  being 
speaks  is  truth.  The  word  of  a  true  God 
is  truth.  Jesus  says,  "I  am  the  truth,"  and 
John  says  he  is  the  word,  and  Jesus  says 
the  word  is  truth.  The  spirit  of  truth  is 
the  spirit  of  the  word.  None  can  get  the 
spirit  of  the  truth  without  the  word.  The 
spirit  of  truth  is  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  there- 
fore the  Holy  Spirit  must  come  and  operate 
by  the  word. 

Men  are  sanctified  by  the  word ;  there- 
fore, men  can  not  be  sanctified  without  the 
word.  If  the  Spirit  sanctifies  it  must 
do  it  by  the  word — by  expression  and  not 
impression.  "What  he  has  heard  that  shall 
he  speak."  What  he  had  heard  was  the 
word  of  God,  therefore  what  he  speaks 
is  the  word  of  God.  His  testimony  is 
the  things  he  says.  He  speaks  through 
men  to  man.  "Holy  men  spake  as  moved 
by  the  Holy  Spirit."  "The  spirit  of  Christ," 
which  was  in  the  prophets,  spoke  the  same 
things  which  it  spoke  by  the  evangels  of  the 
New  Testament,  and  the  prophets  had  to 
search  through  what  was  spoken  to  under- 
stand its  teaching,  and  failing,  they  con- 
cluded its  ministry  was  not  for  them- 
selves, but  for  those  of  a  coming  dispensa- 
tion, when  the  revelations  of  the  Spirit 
would  be  more  full,  (i  Pet.  1:9-12.)  The 
testimony  of  the  Spirit  in  the  prophets  was 
given  in  words  which  the  people  must 
hear — to  which  they  must  give  ear.  Neh. 
9:29,30.)  As  he  testifies  to  men  of  his  guilt 
so  must  he  bear  witness' of  his  hopes  by 
promises.  No  man  knows  the  things  of 
God  save  the  Spirit  of  God,  and  the  aoos- 
tles  spoke  these  things  by  the  Spirit  which 
was  in  them  in  the  words  of  the  Spirit. 
(1  Cor.  2^3.)  These  words  were  full  of 
promises  for  the  obedient  and  threaten- 
ings  for  the  disobedient.  From  the  in- 
fluence of  these  promises  man  purges  him- 
self from  all  filthiness  of  flesh  and  spirit, 
and  through  fear  from  the  threatenings  by 
the  same  spirit  perfects  holiness.  (2  Cor. 
7:14.)  Inspiration  of  the  Spirit  caused  the 
prophets  and  apostles  to  speak  not  to  feel, 
and  thro'18-h  the  nromises  and  threaten- 
ings snoken  by  them  we,  who  receive, 
by  faith  in  the  word  spoken,  the  knowl- 
edge of  the  truth,  receive  the  spirit  of 
truth  :  but  if  we  receive  a  misunderstanding- 
we  receive  the  spirit  of  error  and  the  man 
who  is  led  by  the  truth  the  Spirit  has 
spoken  is  led  by  the  Spirit.  But  if 
he  fails  to  understand  it.  and  is  led  by  that 
misunderstanding,  he  is  led  by  a  false 
spirit. 

1     John     4-1     says.     "Believe    not    everv 


spirit;  but  try  the  spirits  whether  they  be 
of  God,  for  many  false  prophet  1  an  gone 
out  into  the  world."  A  false  spirit 
makes  a  false  prophet— teacher,  if  we 
must  try  them  it  must  be  by  some  standard. 
Thai  standard  is  no!  our  feelings,  d< 
Christ  as  embodied  in  the  word  born 
or  emotions,  but  our  faith  in  Jesus 
of  his  lips,  made  flesh,  who  once  dwelt 
among  us;  but  to  whom  is  now  given  all 
power  and  authority,  and  because  of  his 
promises  w(hich  com-  through  his  divine 
power  we  put  on  his  divine  nature.  The  di- 
vine power  was  the  power  of  the  Holy  Spirit 
in  the  prophets  and  the  apostles  by  which 
the  promises  came  to  the  lost,  and  having 
this  hope,  founded  upon  our  faith  (not  our 
impressions),  we  purify  ourselves  even  as 
he  is  pure,  (r  John  3:1-3.)  Thus  we  re- 
ceive the  Spirit  by  faith  in  the  word. 
The  written  word  was  to  make  their  com- 
fort  full.      (1    John    1:4.) 

Our  knowledge  that  we  have  eternal 
life  comes  not  by  the  spiritual  impressions, 
but  by  the  written  word  (1  John  S-13). 
Whoever  is  led  by  the  word  written  by  the 
Spirit  is  led  by  the  Spirit.  The  fruit  ot  that 
Spirit  is  love,  joy,  peace,  long-suffering, 
etc.,  but  love,  joy,  peace,  etc.,  are  not  the 
Spirit.  These  graces  are  cultivated  by  the 
men  on  account  of  the  promises.  (2  Pet.  1  : 
1.)  Before  the  Spirit  came  Jesus  said  the 
Father  would  send  him  to  those  who  prayed 
for  it,  but  when  that  Spirit  had  once  come 
he  would  remain — "remain  always" — remain 
in  the  temple  and  go  to  the  world  from  the 
temple  in  the  word — the  truth  preached 
since  God  saves  the  world  by  preaching, 
and  not  by  divine  prerogatives.  Any  con- 
ception of  any  impressiveness  of  the  Spirit 
since  prophecies  ceased  makes  Mormonism 
not  only  possible,  but  very  probable.  What 
right  have  I  to  say  that  God  leads  me  by 
the  impacts  of  his  spirit  and  deny  the  same 
experience  in  the  Mormon,  Mohammedan  or 
any  others  ?  The  Spirit  leads  no  one  but  by 
speech,  and  that  speech  is  the  word  of 
God,  and  the  man  who  hears  and  obeys  is 
led  by  faith. 

On  this  subject  we  have  had  much 
trouble  in  days  agone.  Brother  Russell,  of 
Jacksonville,  a  .man _.©$,.  sweet  spirit  and 
fruitful  imagination,  with  a  few  associates, 
went  off  and  founded  a  faction  in  the  church, 
but  were  met  by  men  of  less  learning  from 
the  schools,  but  a  far  better  understand- 
ing of  revelation,  and  they  lost  their  follow- 
ing and  were  driven  to  the  Baptists,  where 
they  really  belonged.  Could  we  understand 
that  the  promise  of  the  Spirit  in  answer  to 
prayer  was  not  made  after  he  had  come  to 
testify  to  the  truth,  or  of  the  truth,  we 
would  be  on  the  way  to  a  better  under- 
sanding  of  this  subject.  I  would  like  to 
write  more  fully,  were  it  not  that  space  for 
the  discussion  of  these  themes  is  wanting 
in  our  newspapers.  Having;  treated  the  sub- 
ject at  some  length  in  a  book  I  have  pub- 
lished, I  refer  the  reader  to  that. 

Hamilton,  III.  J.  Carroll  Stark. 

[We  call  the  attention  of  the  "Biblical  Crit- 
icism Department"  of  the  "Christian  Stan- 
dard," under  charge  of  Professor  McGar- 
vey,  to  the  foregoing  article,  as  furnishing 
all  the  evidence  needed,  perhaps,  of  our 
claim  that  there  are  still  those  among  us 
who  teach  that  the  operation  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  today  is  confined  to  the  word.  It  is 
the  remnant  of  an  outgrown  philosophy 
which  taught  that  no  idea  or  impression 
could  get  into  the  mind  of  a  man  except 
through  words. 

Brother  Stark  calls  attention  to  the  fact 
that  "we  have  had  much  trouble  in  days 
agone"  on  the  subject  of  the  Holy  Spirit, 
and  mentions  one  instance.  He  might  have 
mentioned  the  fact  that  we  have  hundreds 
of  churches  perishing,  or  living  a  miserable, 
impoverished  life,  because  ol  the  false,  legal- 


istic teaching  which  piactically  cut?  off  di- 
recl  "/inmunication  between  the  soul  and 
God  and  imprisons  i'  within  the  narrow 
walls  ol  n.    That  is  the  chief  trouble 

we  have  had.     Just  as  I  our  churches 

are  discarding  this  dead  formalism  and  are 
entering  into  the  life  of  the  Spirit  they 
are  coming  into  power  and  fruitful^ 
the  Christian  life.  We  undertake  no  reply 
to  Brother  Stark's  article.  The  truth  there 
is  in  it  speaks  for  itself;  while  the  error  it 
contains  also  replies  to  itself  for  our  read- 
ers. We  will  only  say  this :  The  trying 
of  the  spirits  and  views  of  the  Spirit  by 
the  standard  of  the  word  of  God,  and 
especially  by  the  Word  that  became  flesh 
and  dwelt  among  us,  is  precisely  what  we 
are  advocating.  Back  to  Christ's  teaching 
on  the  Holy  Spirit  iis  our  plea. — Editor. 

"The  Gospel  Wagon." 

To  the  Editor  of  The  Christian-Evangelist: 

Bro.  J.  W.  Harrison,  of  the  "Gospel 
Wagon,"  ha9done  a  good  work  for  the  cause 
of  Christ  and  humanity  in  his  unique  jour- 
ney from  New  York  to  Atlanta,  Ga.,  and 
back,  and  now  on  his  way  to  San  Frarcisco. 
He  informs  me  that  it  is  his  purpose  (D.  V.) 
to  spend  the  winter  somewhere  in  the  neigh- 
borhood of  Centralia,  Mo.,  and  proceed  on 
his  journey  in  the  spring.  1  have  known 
Brother  and  Sister  Harrison  for  more  than 
forty  years.  1  baptized  both  of  them  in  the 
city  of  Melbourne,  Australia,  in  1864,  and 
both  became  active  members  ol  the  church 
at  once,  as  indicated  in  The  Christian- 
Evangelist.  When  I  commenced  my 
work  for  Christ  in  England,  in  1875,  tne>' 
resided  in  Liverpool,  and  had  lost  none  of 
their  "first  love"  and  zeal,  but  were  sti'l  the 
same  earnest,  active  Christians  as  in  bygone 
days. 

Brother  Harrison  is  sound  in  "the  iaith," 
and  is  an  earnest,  active,  godly  man  of  good 
speaking  ability  (having  had  considerable 
experience  in  Australia,  Eng  and  and  this 
country)  and  is  of  unblemished  character. 
His  soul  is  fired  with  the  love  of  Christ  and 
the  earnest  desire  to  do  all  he  can  to  advance 
the  interests  of  the  Redeemer's  kingdom 
and  to  save  his  lellow  man.  He  is  also  a 
lifelong  abstainer,  and  a  devoted  advocate 
of  temperance,  purity  and  righteousness. 
Any  country  church  or  churches  in  need  of 
a  preacher,  would  do  well  to  secure  his 
services,  for  they  would  be  blessed  by  his 
ministry.  Sister  Harrison,  who  journeys 
with  him,  is  his  true  ard  faithful  helper  in 
his  'work  of  faith  and  labor  of  love." 
Indianapolis,  Ind.        Henry  S.  Earl. 

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A  PREACHER'S  DISCOVERY. 

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is  the  discoverer  of  a  successful  remedy 
for  the  cure  of  Catarrh,  Catarrhal  Deafness, 
Bronchitis  and  Asthma.  It  consists  of  a 
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Ttae).  Additional  words  at  five  cents  per  ward.  Cash  must 
ikk>.  cis:  accompany  order. 

GCd-P-WARNER— At  the  Christian  parsonage, 
A3)aa\-:c-Iow:i.  on  Nov.  ;,  A.  E.  Gould  and  Edith  War- 
mt, IT.  B.  Crewdson  officiating. 

POWELL -MACK.EY.-J.  D.  Powell,  pastor  of 
tlerksv>>le.  Mo.,  church,  and  Miss  Nellie  K.  Mackey, 
»»  Nov.  ^,  in  the  Christian  church  at  Clarksville, 
X. ).  Lnropton  officiating,  assisted  by  Brother  Hobbs, 
tt  Evelyn,  Mo. 

TUGGLE— KECK.— At  the  home  ol  the  bride  s 
parents  in  Gallatin.  Mo.,  Nov.  14,  1005,  Mr.  Dennis 
Tuggle  arid  Miss  Ethel  Keck.  C.  \V.  Comstock  ofhci- 


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CUM  MINGS. 
Rachel1,  wife  of  F.   M,   Cummings,  pastor  of  the 
£bristiao  church.  :-<edan,  Kan.,  died  Nov.  20  of  tuber- 
miosis*  fJt  the  age  of  60  years. 

HOWE. 
VTitk  the  death  of  Daniel  R.  Howe,  at  Eureka,  111., 
5ov.  jS.  1005,  "a  prince  and  a  great  man  in  Israel" 
ias  iatflev.  He  was  born  in  Wilmington,  Ohio,  July 
a*.  i8x>.  and  of  his  more  than  86  years,  ^t  were  given 
x>  tbe  active  ministry  of  the  Gospel.  In  1835  he 
ra<me  with  his  parents  to  Bureau  county,  111.,  and 
Aree  years  later  went  to  Green  county,  Wisconsin, 
where  tie  taught  the  first  public  school  in  that 
jonmy.  His  first  regular  pastorate  was  in  Princeton, 
111.,  from  1849  to  185,9.  In  i860  he  was  elected  to  the 
State  Legislature,  and  was  one  of  the  staunch  and 
ibyal  supporters  of  the  great  War-Governor  Yates. 
Jut  D.  R.  Howe  was  too  zealous  a  citizen  of  Christ's 
iingdom  to  be  drawn  into  a  devotion  to  Caesar's  serv- 
ice, however  tempting  the  rewards,  and  at  the  end  of 
his  legislative  term  he  took  charge  of  the  Christian 
jbnrcb  in  Springfield.  From  that  time  forth  he 
preached  the  Word,  in  season  and  out  of  season,  in 
ibors.  trials  and  fruits  abundant.  He  was  always  on 
jbe  firing  tine— one  of  the  pioneers  who  led  the  way 
>4  civihzation  in  the  fertile  wilderness  of  Illinois;  one 
lithe  pioneers  who  followed  Lincoln  in  the  crusade 
fbi  the  abolition  of  slavery;  one  of  the  pioneers 
»bo  followed  Alexander  Campbell  in  the  crusade 
Hfainst  sectarian  bigotry  and  formalism.  He  "took 
10  leaf  from  our  American  gospel  of  compromise," 
is  Wendell  Phillips  would  say.  No  man  need  mis- 
understand his  message  or  his  purpose.  With  him 
Christ  was  the  end  of  the  law  for  righteousness— 
KKial,  economic  and  civic  righteousness.  He  had  the 
iea)  for  right  and  the  hatred  of  wrong  which  char- 
acterized the  old  prophets  of  Israel.  His  home  "had 
Veen  ior  some  ten  years  in  Eureka,  where  he  was 
ieto  in  reverence  by  all  the  people,  and  a  great  con- 
loujse  assembled  to  participate  in  the  last  solemn 
stes.  conducted  by  Pastor  A.  W.  Taylor  and  the 
■writer.  We  laid  him  to  rest  in  the  cemetery  in 
"Waufcington,  III.,  beside  his  first  wife,  who  died  in 
!**>■  B.  J.  Radford. 

KEITH. 

Prof.  J.  C  Keith,  late  professor  of  tbe  Bible  depart- 
ment of  Bethany  College,  died  at  his  home  in  Beth- 
any, W.  Ya.,  Nov.  28.  He  bad  been  ill  for  nearly  a 
year,  having  been  stricken  with  paralysis  last  Janu- 
ary. His  body  was  laid  to  rest  in  the  Campbell  cem- 
rtery  on  the  afternoon  of  Thanksgiving  day. 

J.  W.  Yoho. 
PETERSON. 

At  At)antic.  Iowa,  Nov.  2,  infant  daughter  of  Mr. 
aed  Mrs.  Byron  Peterson. 

SHEPPARD. 

Died  at  Kenoma,  Mo.,  Sister  Sarah  Sheppard,  the 
ke)o»ed  wife  of  Bro.  R.  T.  Sheppard,  aged  40  years, 
J  months  and  9  days.  Sister  Sheppard  was  a  devoted 
Christian,  a  loving  mother  and  a  faithful  wife.  Fu- 
aeral  services  at  the  Christian  church  were  conducted 
by  R-  B  Havener,  after  which"her  remains  were  laid 
K>  rest  in  the  Oakton  cemetery. 

Mrs.  Anne  Carver. 
WEBB. 

Edith  FiWs  was  born  in  Orange  Co.,  Ind.,  May  15, 
rhx>,  and  died  at  Santa  Monica,  Cal.,  Oct.  22,  1904. 
She  was  married  to  Geo.  W.  Webb  in  1837,  to  which 
anion  eleven  children  were  born,  eight  of  them  sur. 
riving  ber.  <,.  W.  Webb,  her  husband,  died  in  1881. 
Her  early  life  was  spent  in  Orange  county,  Ind- 
After  her  husband's  death  she  moved  to  Nebraska, 
liter  to  Medford,  Oregon,  where  she  and  her  children 
iid  much  toward  establishing  the  Christian  church. 
The  last  few  years  of  her  life  were  spent  in  southern 
California.  Her  Savior  ;ilone  can  comprehend  the 
influence  of  such  ;i  wonderful  life  lived  for  him. 

G.  L.  WEBB. 

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Where  the  Old  Home  Used  to  Be. 

Naught  can  make  the  worn  heart  warmer 

Than  the  visions  of  the  charmer 
In  thy  castle.  Memory. 

Ah,  the  pictures  glowing,  glowing, 

And  the  snowing,  snowing,  snowing 
All  about  the  Christmas-tree 
Where  the  old  home  used  to  bel 

There  are  smile,  and  song  and  laughter, 

From  the  ceiling  to  the  rafter, 
In  thy  castle  Memory, 

There  are  loved  ones  in  their  places, 

There  are  fond  and  lovely  faces 
Where  the  old  home  used  to  be, 
And  the  glorious  Christmas-tree! 

All  the  swift  descending  glory 

Of  home's  stainless  dream  and  story 

Crowns  thy  castle,  Memoryl 
And  is  wrought  from  out  thy  bosom, 
Wondrous  fruit  and  wondrous  blossom, 
Song  of  sky  and  song  of  sea, 
Where  the  old  home  used  to  be! 

There  is  romping  in  the  meadows 
Where  the  daisies  left  their  shadows 

Sunn'd  and  'broidered  of  thee; 
There's  the  June  of  joy  and  gladness,         * 
There's  the  sorrow  and  the  sadness, 
For  some  forms  we  could  not  see 
Where  the  old  home  used  to  be! 

There's  the  beauty  of  dominion, 
Of  faith  dropt  from  angel  pinion, 

In  thy  castle.  Memory; 
There's  the  gold  of  hearts  we  treasure 
With  delight's  unstinted  measure, 

The  immortal  dowery 

Of  the  home  that  used  to  be! 

Lies  the  village  church  in  splendor 

Of  the  sunset  warm  and  tender, 
Rainbow'd  in  the  memory. 

Ah.  the  yesternight,  when  mother 

Led  me  there  as  leads  no  other 
Where  the  old  home  used  to  be, 
And  the  glorious  Christmas-tree! 

— Leslie's  Weekly. 

The  Spending  of  Money 

By  Walter  Williams. 

Money  is  made  to  be  spent.  There  is 
no  other  purpose  in  its  acquirement.  Money 
is  a  means,  not  an  end.  Only  the  miser 
hoards  dollars,  and  is  despicable  thereby. 
Fertilizing  material  accumulated  in  a  heap 
breeds  noisome  pestilence ;  spread  abroad 
over  the  land  it  makes  rose  gardens  of  the 
desert.  Money  is  fertilizing  material,  a  com- 
mercial fertilizer.  Money  is  the  lifeblood 
of  commerce.  It  is  only  as  blood  cir- 
culates through  veins  and  arteries  that  it 
fulfiills  its  mission.  Congestion  follows 
over-supply  in  any  one  spot.  The  circula- 
tion of  blood  in  man  is  parallel  in  purpose 
to  the  spending  of  money  in  the  body 
politic.  The  bank  account  is  the  base  of 
supplies,  a  kind  of  ammunition  wagon  in 
the  battle  of  life.  But  money,  whether 
gold  or  silver  or  wampum,  is  merely  car- 
tridge, shell  or  powder,  never  victory.  To 
think  otherwise  is  to  set  up  a  golden  calf 
as  god  and  to  make  idols  of  bank  balances. 
Money  is  valuable  only  when  it  is  spent. 
In  itself  it  is  a  thing  to  be  despised.  It 
can  not  be  eaten  or  drunk,  nor  will  it 
clothe  the  naked.  Money  neither  loves 
nor  hates.  It  affords  none  of  the  sweet 
influences  of  friendship  nor  the  comforts 
of  home.  But  spent,  it  does  provide  food 
and  clothing  and  drink,  a  rooftree  and  a 
book,  a  bed  and  a  picture.  Toil  is  trans- 
muted into  money.  There  is  pleasure  in 
the  toil  itself  and  profit  aside  from  its 
commercial  value.  There  is  joy  in  labor. 
But  there  is  not  profit  in  the  money  ex- 
cept for  what  it  may  bring. 

A  certain  Jew.  whose  proverbs  have  al- 
ways been  held  in  high  esteem,  said  3,000 
years  ago :  "A  fool  and  his  money  are 
soon  parted."  The  proverb  has  been 
quoted  for  thirty  centuries  as  an  injunc- 
tion against  spending  money.  Now,  prov- 
tion  against  ever  half  truths.  If  the  Jew 
meant  the  sage  sentence  as  a  warning 
against  extravagance,  well  and  good.  If 
he  intended  it  as  a  precent  in  defense  of 
miserliness,  it  is  out  of  place  in  any  essay 


Upon  ethics.  Judicious  extravagance 
virtue,  not  a  vice.  A  certain  hack  woodsman 
asked  in  a  hook  store  for  a  copy  of  the 
new  novel,  "To  Git  and  to  Keep,"  meaning, 
of  course,  Mary  Johnston's  story  of  love 
and  longing,  "To  Have  and  to  Hold."  It 
is  not  backwoodsmen,  hut  rather  dweller 
in  the  city,  who  make  "To  Git  and  to 
Keep"  a  life  motto.  They  thus  miss  life's 
meaning  further  than  the  unread  fellow 
missed  the  title  of  the  volume  he  desired. 
In  fleeing  the  Scylla  of  spendthrift,  they 
are  wrecked  upon  the  rock  of  Charyhdis, 
which  is  miserliness.  The  world  has  ever 
preferred  the  man  who  parted  with  his 
money  to  him  who  clung  greedily  to  every 
coin.  In  the  Great  Teacher's  parable,  the 
prodigal  who  had  spent  all  his  inheritance 
got  a  big  dinner,  a  gold  ring  and  a  new- 
suit  of  clothes.  The  elder  brother,  who 
had  never  spent  a  cent,  did  not  even  sit 
down  to  the  feast,  growled  about  the  spend- 
ing of  the  money  and  remained  outside 
the   kingdom. 

The  accent  in  education  has  been  too 
long  placed  upon  making  money.  The 
phrase  which  the  thriftless  William  Shaks- 
peare  placed  in  the  mouth  of  "Polonius" 
is  the  keynote  to  civilization  of  the  com- 
mercial kind :  "Put  money  in  thy  purse." 
Get  money — honestly,  if  you  can,  but — get 
money.  "The  result  is,  getting  takes  the 
place  of  giving.  The  economy  of  the 
highest  living  is  replaced  by  the  lowest 
form  of  selfishness.  Competition  succeeds 
co-operation.  There  is  wrong  here.  "The 
devil  take  the  hindmost"  is  ever  the  devil's 
motto.  "I  take  the  hindmost"  is  in  ac- 
cord with  the  noblest  life.  Education  needs 
a  reversal.  The  science  of  distribution 
ought  to  be  emphasized  as  well  as  the  age 
of  acquisition.  Indeed,  the  art  is  learned 
without  teaching.  The  primary  form  of 
life  is  the  jellyfish,  continually  absorbing. 
The  highest  of  human  existence  is  a  Christ, 
giving  away  even  his  life.  Evolution  goes 
from  jellyfish  to  gentleman. 

A  fool  may  make  money.  Only  a  wise 
man  can  spend  it  aright.  The  ignora- 
mus looks  upon  dollars  as  little  gold  or 
silver  gods,  to  be  worshiped  for  their  own 
sake.  The  sage  sees  through  them  what 
they  can  procure  for  his  own  or  his 
neighbor's  health  of  body,  mind  and  soul. 
In  the  curriculum  of  every  college  should  be 
a  professorship  of  spending  money,  a 
course  in  liberality.  No  disr-cvirasrement 
of  the  acquisitive  habit  should  be  permit- 
ted. Money-making  is  precedent  in  point 
of  time  to  money-spending.  Only  the  idiot 
spends  his  money  before  he  has  it,  and 
only  the  idiot  undervalues  money.  Money 
is  power,  leisure,  opportunity,  only  as  it 
is  spent.  The  man  who  had  sixpence,  de- 
clared glum  old  Thomas  Carlyle,  was  lord 
of  all  the  earth  to  the  extent  of  that 
sixpence.  True,  but  not  while  he  kept 
the  sixpence  in  his  pockets,  only  as  he 
spent    it. 

The  spending  of  money  requires  dis- 
crimination. Discrimination  is  the  secret 
of  happiness  and  usefulness  in  all  life. 
Selection  is  the  keynote  to  success.  It  is 
there  that  a  great  heart  and  a  wise  head 
give  manifestation  of  existence.  A  man's 
character  can  not  be  determined  by  the 
amount  of  money  he  makes,  but  by  the 
use  to  which  he  applies  it.  It  is  not  the 
number  and  amount  of  the  bank  deposit 
certificates  which  decide  as  to  a  man's  wis- 
dom and  real  wealth,  but  the  number  and 
amount  and  purpose  of  the  checks  he  is- 
sues. Liberally  requires  discrimination 
or  it  degenerates  into  reckless  extrava- 
gance. It  is  not  improvidence  that  needs 
emphasis  for  avoidance,  but  rather  indis- 
crimination in  expenditure.  As  any  one 
can  make  money  to  a  greater  or  less  ex- 
tent, so  anybody  can  throw  it  away.  Care- 
ful study  and  some  practice  are  reciuired 
to  learn  Hmv  to  throw  dollars  in  order  to 
hit  the   rieht  mark. 

The  successful  business  man  has  found 
the   value   of  spending  money   long  before 


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spend  money,  but  that  he  must  spend  it 
wisely.  The  difference  between  the  mer- 
chant prince  and  the  mercantile  failure 
lies  along  here.  The  same  principle  holds 
good  in  all  branches  of  life.  The  price 
must    be    paid. 

Women  are  more  economical  than  men. 
The  extravagance  of  the  eternal   feminine 
has  always  been  a  favorite  jest  of  the  ©ar- 
agraphists  from  Joe  Miller  to  the  last  res- 
urrectionist   of   jokes.      It    is    really,   how- 
ever,   all    a    jest.      Man,    who      commonly 
makes  the  money  for  the   household,  gen- 
erally spends  it  more  profusely  than  wom- 
an, and  much  less  wisely.     The  economist 
of   the     average   home   is   the     wife     and 
mother.      She    makes    a   dollar   go    farther 
than  a  man  does.     She  has  to  do  it  The 
bargain    counter   appeals    to    her   not   alto- 
gether because  of  the  shopping  habit,  but 
because  of  the  financial  necessity.     The  av- 
erage   man    would    have    more    money    at 
the  end  of  the  year  if  he  placed  his  whole 
earnings   in   his   wife's   hands   instead  of  a 
pittance  for  household  purposes.     The  man 
practices  economy  in  large  things,  the  wom- 
an in  small  ones.     As  there  are  more  small 
things    than    large    ones    met    with    in   the 
coures  of  a  year's  expenditures,  so  the  man 
has  fewer  opportunities  than  the  woman  to 
practice  economy  of  his  special  kind.     The 
man   goes   into  a   store   and  buys  the  first 
article  which  he  comes  to.  or  certainly  the 
second    or    third.      He    seldom    leaves    the 
store    without    purchasing    something    and 
usually  with  little  regard  to  the  price.    The 
woman   regards  herself  derelict  in  duty  if 
she  buys  in  the  first  store  she  visits.     The 
salesman  would  prefer  one  man  as  a  cus- 
tomer to  a  dozen  women.     Indeed,  it  may 
be   said   that   there   is   more   profit   m_  one 
man  who  buys  thus  readily  tnan  in  ninety 
and  nine  women  who  wander  around  bar- 
gain counters  and  remnant  sales.    A  woman 
finds  her  chief  enjoyment  in  saving  money 
for  months  and  then  spending  it  in  a  single 
lump.     It  is  the   reaction   of  extravagance 
from  economy.     The  man.  on  the  contrary, 


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after  foolish  small  expenditures  of  money. 
denies  him  something  of  real,  large  and 
permanent  value — and  sets  himself  down 
in  his  own  opinion  as  practicing  economy. 

The  spending  of  money  requires  more 
care  in  small  things  than  in  large  ones. 
The  little  foxes  spoil  the  vines,  the  little 
leaks  sink  the  ship.  The  man  with  an 
income  of  $500  a  year  has  more  reason 
for  discrimination  than  the  forunate  pos- 
sesor  of  $5,000.  Human  nature  usually 
acts  differently.  The  nickels  are  expend- 
ed with  much  less  care  and  thought  than 
the  dollars.  There  is  a  superstitious  ob- 
jection to  "breaking  a  bill."  because 
small  change  slips  through  the  pocket  so 
easily.  Not  only  is  the  reverse  of  this 
behavior  wise  for  prudential  and  provi- 
dent reasons,  but  for  other  causes.  "Take 
care  of  the  pennies  and  the  pounds  will 
take  care  of  themselves"  is  a  trite  prov- 
erb. The  man  who  discriminates  wisely 
in  little  things  will  have  no  difficulty  in 
spending  aright  large  amounts. 

There  are  certain  rich  folks  and  those 
less  wealthy  who  wait  until  they  are  dead 
to  spend  their  money  and  then  some  one 
else  spends  it  for  them.  In  this  behavior 
there  is  a  certain  hoggishness.  Among 
animals  all  except  the  nog  possess  some 
value  while  alive.  The  hog  must  be  killed 
to  be  any  account.  So  with  hoarders 
and  holders  of  wealth.  Such  people,  be- 
cause of  their  inordinate  selfishness,  usu- 
ally drift  away  from  the  place  in  the 
other  world  where  gold  is  only  used  for 
cobblestones  and  diamonds  for  hinges  on 
the  gates.  Andrew  Carnegie  has  said  that 
a  millionaire  who  dies  a  millionaire  dies 
disgraced,  and  Mr.  Carnegie  is  endeavoring 
to  avoid  disgrace  by  making  constant  gifts 
to  various  worthy  objects.  There  is  belief 
that  wealth  is  never  owned,  but  merely 
held  in  trust.  This  belief  causes  the  high- 
est manifestation  of  the  art  of  money- 
spending.  For  he  who  holds  his  money 
merely  in  trust  as  steward  will  spend  it 
that  his  stewardship  may  not  be  of  wise  ac- 
counting. It  is  not  so  much  what  a  man 
gives  away  that  determines  his  liberality 
but  what  he  keeps.  The  stewardship 
theory  would  place  all  at  the  disposal  of 
those  who  need.  There  is  no  surer  test 
of  a  gentleman  than  the  way  he  spends 
his  money.  If  he  owes  a  debt  he  pays 
it  gladly,  never  grudgingly.  If  he  gives 
presents  he  makes  the  recipient  feel  he 
confers  a  favor  by  its  acceptance.  If  he 
has  only  a  dollar  to  spend  he  spends  it  as 
though  he  had  a  million.  He  owns  his 
money  and  is  never  owned  by  it.  The 
gentleman  has  money  in  trust  and  never 
his   trust   in   money. 

Money  is  the  least  valuable  of  man's 
possessions,  however  he  count  it  chief.  Paid 
out  it  may  purchase  happiness  for  others 
temporal  good  and  joy.  With  it  can  be 
bought  clothinor  for  the  naked,  food  for 
the  hungry,  shelter  for  the  homeless.  It 
may  build  hospita'-  and  asylums,  schools 
and  churches,  roarf*  and  harbors,  and  all 
that  makes  the  highv,  y  of  life  smoother  and 
man's  home  more  comfortable.  But  no 
money  can  purchase  lov?  though  millions 
are  exnend  d.  And  love  is  the  greatest 
thing-  in  the  world.  Money  may  build 
mansions,  but  it  can  not  fill  them  with 
laught.r  and  glad  ?<  ng.  Money  may  con- 
struct bridges,  but  it  can  not  ca.se  swift 
feet  to  run  across  them,  leaving  sorrow  be- 
hind. Money  may  set  a  golden  spire  as 
giant  finger  beckoning  to  a  higher  life,  but 
the  heart  of  man  in  which  he  dwells  always 
is  unreached  by  the  beckoning. 

Man    is   a   steed    for   service   to   all    who 
need    to    be    r^-;ied    upward.       He    may 
justly  exnm  '    ,-TKm  himself  only  such   sum 
aa    shal!    Icepp    him    well   groomed    for   the 
lonr  ?nd  arduous  race.     Tf  tinsel  trapping 
'    thereunto   these   are  but  impedi- 
ment   in    the    race.      Money    hoarded    or 
expended   is   weight,  money  spent 
wings.     It   answers   the   purpose  of  the. 
hostler    to    put    the    animal    man    in    best 


condition  or  it  hamstrings  him  on  the  high- 
way. The  misspent  coin  rusts  itself  and 
tarnishes  all  it  touches.  Covetousness, 
meanest  of  all  sins  save  ingratitude,  grows 
by  money  holding. 

The  character  of  civilization  is  deter- 
mined by  its  use  of  money.  Cicero  la- 
mented that  the  Eternal  City  paid  out  its 
coins  for  luxury  and  licentiousness.  In 
Tasso's  time  the  great  artist  who  painted 
the  Sistine  Chapel  was  carried  to  his 
lodging  place  on  the  shoulders  of  the  cit- 
izens who  bought  the  hairs  of  his  brush 
at  fabulous  prices  for  mementos.  In 
the  days  of  Isabella  only  sh";  was  found 
to  pawn  jewels  for  a  new  world's  discov- 
ery. Here  and  there  all  through  the  civ- 
ilization of  the  present  day  have  risen 
men  like  Lord  Shaftesbury,  who  have 
used  vast  wealth  for  help  of  those  most 
poor.  These  men  and  their  deeds  are 
the  oases  in  the  deseri  of  commercialism, 
the  wells  of  living  water  which  satisfy 
the  deep  thirst  of  humanity  for  something 
more  refreshing  than  the  golden  sands. 
The  man  who  lets  a  dollar  stand  between 
him  and  a  new  and  helpful  past,  between 
him  and  the  drying  of  an  orphan's  tears, 
between  him  and  a  noble  deed  of  love  and 
mercy,  is  a  miser  to  the  extent  of  that  dol- 
lar. But  he  who  spends  a  penny  to  relieve 
distress,  to  afford  joy,  to  make  a  child 
happy,  though  but  for  a  moment,  is  to  that 
extent  a  philanthropist.  Poverty  is  always 
a  letter  of  introduction  to  his  friendship, 
a  letter  of  credit  which  he  honors  as  long 
as  his  bank  balance  is  unspent. 

"Money  talks"  is  a  favorite  phrase  of 
the  streets.  Did  the  coin  which  idly 
rests  in  the  safe  deposit  vault  have  ready 
speech  it  would  preach  a  sermon.  It 
would  tell  of  its  coming  fresh  and  shining 
from  the  mint,  of  its  going  over  the  coun- 
ter to  its  first  owner,  of  its  slipping  into 
a  dark  pocket,  of  its  coming  out  into  the 
sunshine  to  gladden  a  child,  to  relieve  a 
widow's  distress.  It  would  speak  of  its 
employment  in  lifting  debt,  in  providing 
food,  in  making  a  great  enterprise  possible. 
While  it  moved  around  its  coming  always 
did  good.  Who  is  now  helped  by  it  in 
hiding?  It  turned  the  wheels  of  commerce, 
unlocked  the  debtor's  prison  house,  un- 
barred the  windows  and  let  in  the  sunshine 
of  prosperity.  All  this  when  the  coin  was 
expended. 

The  people  of  ancient  faith  brought  a 
certain  proportion  of  their  wealth  to  the 
i>riest  who  placed  it  in  the  temple  as  al- 
tar gold.  The  world  may  learn  this  les- 
son of  the  use  and  obligation  of  money. 
It  is  all  altar  gold,  to  be  held  in  steward- 


ship for  the  demands  which  church  and 
school  and  State  and  humanity's  life 
make  upon  it.  Only  in  this  way  is  mon- 
ey of  its  largest  value.  The  man  who 
has  a  penny  owes  an  obligation  to  every 
other  man  in  the  world  to  the  extent  of 
that  penny.  He  who  has  a  million  dol- 
lars has  no  different  obligation,  but  only 
a    larger   one. 

Nobody  needs  advice  on  money-getting. 
The  constant  clamor  of  business  is  lesson 
perpetual  upon  this  subject.  Nobody  needs 
advice  to  spend  money  selfishly  or  reek- 
habit  is  strong  in  humanity.  Nobody  needs 
adiv  to  spend  money  selfishly  or  reck- 
lessly or  with  undue  extravagance. 
Human  nature  teaches  this  lesson  every 
waking  hour.  But  there  is  need  of 
frequent  exhortation  to  spend  money 
wisely  and  with  liberal  band.  Every 
woman  is  a  miser  at  heart  and  man 
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ished   existence,    but    life    more    abundant- 

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December  14,  1905 


With  the  Children 

By  J.   Brechtnrldge  Ellis. 


A  Week   with   the  Woodneys. 

SIXTH     EVENING. 

In  the  meantime.  Luther  W'oodney  and 
his  mother  had  entered  the  kitchen.  Bona- 
parte stood  at  the  pump,  knocking  his  nose 
against  the  handle.  "You'd  better  not  come 
in  here.  Benjamin, "  his  wife  called  excited- 
ly. Old  Mrs.  Woodney.  with  little  steps, 
crept  through  the  inner  door,  always  look- 
ing behind  her  to  make  sure  she  could 
escape  in  case  the  horse  threatened  a  quick 
retreat.  "Now,  who  would  have  thought," 
Luther  exclaimed,  in  great  admiration, 
"that  that  horse  could  amble  over  the  front 
porch  with  the  floor  half  out!  Father,  this 
beast  will  prove  a  treasure  yet!"  The 
horse,  apparently  insensible  of  his  surround- 
ings, continued  to  fondle  the  pump-handle. 
As  he  stood  at  some  distance,  he  was  obliged 
to  stretch  out  his  long,  thin  neck  to  its 
utmost,  and  in  this  attitude,  gaunt,  forlorn, 
and  sore,  he  extended  half  the  width  of  the 
room. 

"He  must  be  gotten  out  immediately," 
exclaimed  Mrs.  Geraldine,  "and  at  any 
cost !  I  wish  Mr.  Worth  Acre  would  hurry 
and  come." 

"I  don't  need  him  or  anybody  else,"  said 
Luther  confidently.  "I'll  simply  lead  him 
out.  Come  on  Bonaparte,  the  house  is 
no  place  for  you,  my  boy!" 

Some  of  the  ropes  which  had  kept  Bona- 
parte in  his  bed,  still  hung  from  his  limbs 
and  body.  Luther  fastened  one  about  the 
bony  neck,  and  pulled  hard.  Just  then 
the  front  door  was  darkened  by  a  cloud  of 
witnesses.  They  were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wren 
and  their  six  children,  and  old  Mrs.  Wren. 

"We  saw  Mace  running — "  began  fat 
little  Mrs.  Wren,  who  was  greatly  out  of 
breath. 

"I  said,  'something  is  wrong — '  "  interrupt- 
ed   Mrs.    Wren. 

"A  horse  in  the  house !"  cried  old  Mrs. 
y  Wren.  "Now  what  is  that  for  ?  Hadn't 
you  better  get  him  out,  just  as  quick  as 
you    can  ?" 

"I  will  lead  him  right  out,"  said  Luther, 
pulling  on  the  halter.  Bonaparte,  with  nose 
pressed  stubbornly  against  the  pump,  be- 
gan to  describe  a  circle. 

Old  Mrs.  Wren  continued:  "Mrs.  Wood- 
ney, we  had  the  funniest  experience  a  lit- 
tle while  ago  !    A  tramp — " 

Puss  Wren  interposed  with,  "You  ought 
to  see  him !  He  scary,  he's  so  ragged 
and  dirty.     He  came  to  our  house — " 

"Look  out  there  !"  shouted  Maria  Tucker 
and  her  sister  Helen  in  a  breath.  In  de- 
scribing his  circle  Bonaparte  had  sidled 
up  to  the  dining  table.  He  now  crowded 
his  poor  rib-marked  side  against  it.  The 
table  turned  over,  and  the  dishes  scattered 
over  the  floor,  rolling  and  crashing.  Luther 
dropped  the  rope,  and  the  horse  in  mild 
astonishment  turned  his  head  to  look  at  the 
wreck  he  had  wronght.  By  one  of  those 
strange  chances  which  at  times  seem  to 
prove  that  the  law  of  gravitation  is  not 
exactly  what  people  suppose,  the  molasses- 
stand  had  fallen  apparently  without  injury, 
top  up ;  not  a  drop  was  spilled.  Bonaparte 
seeing  it  stand  in  the  midst  of  desolation, 
seemed  to  regard  his  work  as  imperfect,  for 
he  feebly  lifted  up  his  well  hind  leg  and 
kicked  at  the  stand. 

"He  is  vicious!"  exclaimed  Mrs.  Geral- 
dine, rescuing  the  molasses-stand. 

"No,"  said  Luther,  "I  think  he  doesn't 
understand.  Whoa,  Bone!  Get  out  of  the 
way,  everybody,  he's  going  to  knock  over 
the  gasoline   stove!" 

"No,  sir!"  cried  Reginald,  grabbing  the 
horse's  tail.  "You  hold  to  his  head,  and 
we'll  keep  him  stationary." 

"But  we  want  him  out  of  here  imme- 
diately!"   exclaimed    old    Mrs.    Woodney, 


raking  the  dishes  from  under  the  horse's 
feet  by  means  of  a  broom.  "That  butter- 
fly cup  that  Geraldine  went  to  house- 
keeping with  is  broken." 

"Is  it.  indeed!"  exclaimed  Mr.  Woodney, 
who  had  been  patiently  waiting  in  the  next 
room.  "Geraldine  and  I  used  to  say  it 
couldn't  be  broken !" 

"But  this  isn't  the  ugly  butterfly  cup," 
hi?  wife  returned,  "this  broken  cup  is  the 
one  that  had  only  one  little  baby  butter- 
fly on  it." 

"He's  moving  on  the  gasoline  stove !" 
cried  Reginald.  "Pa,  throw  all  your  weight 
against    his    side." 

Mr.  Wren  spread  his  palms  upon  the 
animal's  ribs,  and  threw  his  weight  against 
them.     "Git  over!"  he  cried. 

"Papa,"  said  Annie,  "you  mustn't  say 
'git.'  don't  you   remember — " 

"Sure  enough,  Annie.  Yes,  thank  you, 
my  dear.  Here  he  comes,  Reginald !  Git 
over,   there !" 

"He  will  go  on  and  make  his  circle!" 
shouted  Luther.  "He's  as  strong  as  an  ox! 
The  gasoline  stove  will  have  to  go!" 

"We'll  save  it !"  shouted  the  Wrens, 
rushing  upon  the  stove,  and  beginning  to 
drag  it  away. 

Old  Mrs.  Wren  continued,  "And  that 
tramp  begged  for  old  clothes  or  victuals, 
or    anything,    and    he    said — " 

"It's  the  first  tramp  has  been  in  the  vil- 
lage since  I  don't  know  when,"  declared 
Maria  Tucker  The  horse  struck  his  hoof 
against  a  piece  of  chinaware,  and  the  article 
was  sent  bounding  over  the  floor. 

"What  was  that?"  exclaimed  Mr.  Wood- 
ney, in  distress. 

"That,"  said  his  wife,  "was  the  butter- 
fly cup ;  the  one  with  four  big  fat  butter- 
flies crawling  up  the  sides.  But  it's  only 
nicked." 

"Somebody  is  coming!"  exclaimed  Helen 
Wren. 

"It's  that  very  tramp !"  said  Puss,  in  a 
hoarse  whisper.  Peter  reinforced  his  father, 
as  Bonaparte  was  clearly  gaining  on  them. 
The  stove  was  heavy,  and  as  the  children 
were  pulling  at  it  from  different  directions, 
it  made   little   progress. 

"He  has  gone  around  to  our  parlor  door!" 
said  old  Mrs.  Woodney,  catching  a  glimpse 
of  the  tramp  as  he  passed  the  window. 
"What  a  horrid  looking  creature !  To  think 
of  human  beings   falling  so   low !" 

"He  thinks  our  kitchen  door  is  at  the 
back  of  the  house,  no  doubt,"  Mr.  Wood- 
ney explained. 

"Here  we  are !"  cried  Mace,  as  she  and 
Worth  Acre  ran  up  to  the  door.  At 
sight  of  the  blacksmith  Bonaparte  lay  down 
as  if  trained  to  the  act. 

"Sit  on  his  neck,  Mr.  Acre !"  exclaimed 
Mrs.  Geraldine ;  "see,  he's  looking  at  you 
to    do    it!" 

A  council  of  war  was  held,  but  no  de- 
cision was  reached  before  the  tramp  was 
seen  slowly  repassing  the  window.  He 
stopped  in  the  front  yard,  and  looked  at 
the  front  door.  "He  is  trying  to  decide," 
remarked  Mace,  "which  is  the  back  door. 
Just  let  him  alone;  maybe  he  will  go 
away."  The  tramp  regarded  the  crocks 
with  an  uncertain  eye.  Presently  he  once 
more  went  back  to  the  parlor-porch  in  the 
rear. 

"He  doesn't  know  what  to  think,"  com- 
mented old  Mrs.  Woodney. 

"Everybody  lift!"  cried  Worth  Adre, 
"and  we'll  have  Bonaparte  out  of  here  in 
a  jiffy.     I  wonder  if  he  is  thirsty?" 

"No,"  said  Luther,  "I  watered  him  after 
dinner.  He's  just  spunky,  that's  how  I  re- 
gard it.  I  tell  you,  the  old  boy  has  lots 
of  nerve,  yet!  Mace,  hurry  and  find  out 
what  time  it  is.  I  must  know  to  the  minute, 
because  Mr.  Mancey  will  be  sure  to  want 
to  know  exactly  when  I  left  home."  As 
the  clock  was  in  a  niche  of  the  kitchen- 
wall,  and  as  Luther  had  his  back  to  it,  in 
straining  at  his  venerable  friend.  Mace 
realized  the  importance  of  her  task.  She 
examined    the    clock,    then    went    into    the 


A  Great  Physiologist 

Once  Said  That  the  Way  to  Keep  the 

Stomach  Healthy  is  to 

Exercise  It. 


But    He    Did    Not    Tell    How  to    Make  It 
Healthy. 

The  muscles  of  the  body  can  be  devel- 
oped by  exercise  until  their  strength  has 
increased  manifold,  and  a  proper  amount 
of  training  each  day  will  accomplish  this  re- 
sult, but  it  is  somewhat  doubtful  whether 
you  can  increase  the  digestive  powers  of 
the  stomach  by  eating  indigestible  food  in 
order  to  force  it  to  work. 

Nature  has  furnished  us  all  with  a  per- 
fect set  of  organs,  and  if  they  are  not 
abused  they  will  attend  to  the  business  re- 
quired of  them.  They  need  no  abnormal 
strength. 

There  is  a  limit  to  the  weight  a  man  can 
lift,  and  there  is  also  a  limit  to  what  the 
stomach  can  do. 

The  cause  of  dyspepsia,  indigestion  and 
many  similar  diseases  is  that  the  stomach 
has  been  exercised  too  much  and  it  is  tired 
or  worn  out.  Not  exercise  but  rest  is  what 
it  needs. 

To  take  something  into  the  stomach 
that  will  relieve  it  from  its  work  for  a 
short  time — something  to  digest  the  food — 
will  give  it  a  rest  and  allow  -it  time  to  re- 
gain its  strength. 

The  proper  aid  to  the  digestive  organs 
is  Stewart's  Dyspepsia  Tablets,  which  cure 
dyspepsia,  indigestion,  gas  on  the  stomach 
and  bowels,  heartburn,  palpitation  of  the 
heart,  and  all  stomach  diseases. 

Rest  and  invigoration  is  what  the  stom- 
ach gets  when  you  use  Stuart's  Dyspepsia 
Tablets,  for  one  grain  of  the  active  prin- 
ciple in  them  is  sufficient  to  digest  3,000 
grains  of  food. 

The  Tablets  increase  the  flow  of  gastric 
juice,  and  prevent  fermentation,  acidity 
and   sour   eructions. 

Do  not  attempt  to  starve  out  dyspepsia. 
You  need  all  your  strength. 

The  common  sense  method  is  to  digest 
the  food  for  the  stomach  and  give  it  a  rest. 

Stuart's  Dyspepsia  Tablets  do  not  make 
the  cure,  but  enable  the  organs  to  throw 
off    unhealthy    conditions. 

Perfect  digestion  means  perfect  health, 
for  under  these  conditions  only  do  the  dif- 
ferent organs  of  the  body  work  right  and 
receive  the  building-up  material  found  in 
pure  blood., 

Stuart's  Dyspepsia  Tablets  are  a  natural 
remedy  and  are  a  specific  for  stomach  trou- 
bles.    The  ablest  physicians  prescribe  them. 

The  Tablets  are  pleasant  to  the  taste,  and 
are  composed  of  fruit  and  vegetable  ex- 
tracts, golden  seal  and  pepsin. 

At  all  drug  stores — 50  cents  per  package. 


next  room.  When  she  returned,  Bona- 
parte was  up.  "Well  ?"  said  Luther,  turn- 
ing to  her. 

"Have  you  a  pencil  ?"  Mace  asked.  Her 
brother  betrayed  no  surprise,  -but  handed 
her  a  pencil.  "And  paper?"  persisted  Mace. 
Luther  shook  his  head,  but  Arthur  Lowell, 
who  had  been  keeping  Mr.  W'oodney 
company,  furnished  a  scrap  of  blank  paper. 

"But  what  time  is  it?"  demanded  Luther, 
pernlexed  by  these  preparations. 

"That  is  what  T  mean  to  find  out,"  re- 
turned Mace.  "The  clock  in  here  is  too 
fast,  and  the  one  in  father's  room  is  too 
slow,  but  if  yon  add  them  up  and  find 
the  mean  time,  it  is  always  just  five  minutes 
laf." 

Old  Mrs.  Woodney  said,  "Look!  There's 
that  Iramn  back  in  the  front  yard  again, 
hovering  like  a  hawk!" 

"Let  him  alone,"  counseled  Mrs.  Ger- 
aldine. "At  any  cost,  let  us  get  the  horse 
out  of  the  house !" 

"A  buggy  has  stopped  at  the  front  gate," 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVAX^EUST. 


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said  Reginald  Wren,  as  he  tugged  at  the 
rope  about  Bonaparte's  middle. 

"Why,  so  it  has,"  commented  his  mother; 
"Mrs.  G.  C.  D.  Woodncy,  and  Mr.  G.  C.  D. 
Woodney.  Mr.  G.  C.  D.  Woodncy  is  get- 
ting out.    He  is  coming  in." 

"But  we  can't  have  company  now !"  cried 
Airs.  Geraldine  desperately.  "Get  out  of 
my  kitchen,  you   old  dumb  beast !" 

"My  dear!"  said  her  husband  gently. 
There  was  a  knock  at  the  parlor  door. 
"The  tramp  has  lit,"  said  Luther.  "Whom 
can  we  detail  to  wait  on  him,  while  a  de- 
tachment meets  cousin  G.  C.  D.  Woodney?" 

"I'll  make  short  work  with  that  tramp," 
exclaimed  old  Mrs.  Woodney,  considerably 
exasperated  by  the  course  of  events.  "It 
is  a  splendid  time  for  my  nephew  to  come, 
witb  a  horse  in  the  kitchen,  a  tramp  at  the 
parlor  door,  and  a  strange  trunk  on  the  porch 
that  may  blow  up  at  any  moment."  With 
unusually  vigorous  strides,  the  old  lady 
marched  to  the  rear  door  and  confronted 
the  disreputable  tramp.  "Now"  she  flashed. 
"What  do  you  mean?  This  is  our  front 
door." 

"That's  what  I  calculated,"  said  the 
man,  rubbing  a  grimy  hand  over  a  short, 
red,  bristly  beard.  "I  was  looking  for  it. 
You  don't  know  me,  do  you?" 

"Know  you !"  cried  the  old  lady.  "What 
do  you  mean  sir?  Why  do  you  come  to 
our    front    door?" 

"I  reckon  I  do  look  different  from  what 
I  was  when  you  saw  me  last,  cousin  Macie," 
said  the  man,  "but  I'm  the  same  1  was 
then,  only  unfortunate.  How  is  cousin 
Benjamin  and  cousin  Geraldine?  How  is 
little    Mace?      Where's    Luther?" 

"Who  are  you?"  gasped  old  Mrs.  Wood- 
ney, grasping  the  doorpost  for  support. 

"Why !  I'm  Dave  Jim  Woodnejr  from 
Carrollton,  Kentucky.  Don't  you  remem- 
ber me?  It  was  pa  that  wrote  the  Early 
History  of  Kentucky.  Don't  you  remember 
Humboldt  Woodney?  He  was  my  pa,"  said 
the  tramp  good-naturedly. 

"You  are  Dave  Jim !"  gasped  old  Mrs. 
Woodney,  sinking  down  upon  the  doorstep 
and  staring  as  upon  a  ghost.  "But  why 
are  you  in  this  disgraceful  guise?  Have 
I  lived  to  see  a  son  of  Humboldt  Wood- 
ney going  from  house  to  house  as  a  com- 
mon beggar!" 

"Now,  cousin  Macie,  don't  be  hard  on 
a  poor  wretch,"  said  Dave  Jim  Woodney, 
still  rubbing  his  stubby  red  beard  with 
the  back  of  his  soiled  hand. 

"Benjamin."  called  the  old  lady,  faintly, 
"come  here !"  • 

"He  has  went  out  to  speak  to  Mr.  G.  C.  D. 
Woodney,"    called    Mr.    Wren. 

"Papa,"  corrected  Annie,  "he  has  gone 
out." 

"Anyway,"  returned  Mr.  Wren,  twisting 
Bonaparte's    tail,    "he    ain't    here,    Annie." 

"Does  cousin  G.  C.  D.  Woodney  live  in 
this  place?"  cried  the  tramp.  "I'll  just 
go  around  and  speak  to  him." 

"You'll  not!"  cried  the  old  lady,  jump- 
ing up  and  grasping  him  by  the  arm. 
"You'll  come  with  me  this  second  to  the 
barn,  where  you  can  be  hid.  I'll  not  have 
Mrs.  G.  C.  D.  Woodney  looking  at  you. 
She  thinks  now  that  the  Dobneys  are  bet- 
ter   than    our    family !" 

"Oh,  she  does !"  cried  Dave  Jim.  "Well, 
I'll  have  her  know  I  consider  myself  as 
good  as  anybody  walking  the  earth,  and 
you  can  tell  her  so,   for  me." 

"You  come  to  the  barn!"  interposed 
the  other. 

"I'm  not  going  to  any  barn,  cousin 
Macie,  excuse  me  for  speaking  plain.  I 
came  to  the  front  door  and  I'll  leave  by 
the  front  door.  I've  been  unfortunate,  but 
I'm  a  Woodney,  and  I  know  what's  due 
the  Woodneys.  My  house  burned  down, 
and  there  was  no  insurance.  I  lost  heart, 
cousin  Macie — everything  went — all  my 
books  and  pictures,  my  piano,  my  keepsakes 
— everything — even  the  barn  and  the  horses 
— all  burnt  up.  Nothing  was  left.  I  lost 
heart.     I  just  pulled  out,  and  I'm  drifting. 


f   made  one   fortune  and  the  fire   wiped   it 
out.     I  feel  I've  done  my  part." 

"What  about  Cousin  Mary  and  your 
children?"  demanded  the  old  lady,  severely. 

Dave  Jim  shook  his  head.  "I  hadn't 
the  heart  to  stay  and  see  them  suffer.  I 
reckon  the  Lord  will  take  care  of  'em. 
I  just  pulled  out.  Looks  like  I've  got  no 
heart  for  work  of  uiy  kind.  There  are 
some  misfortunes  that  a  man  naturally 
sinks  under,  because  a  man  is  only  human, 
cousin  Macie;  he  isn't  anything  but  human. 
The  children  are  all  big  enough  now  to 
hustle  for  themselves,  and  Mary  is  strong 
and  able,  and  I'd  only  be  in  the  way  at 
home.     So  I  pulled  out." 

"And  you  are  only  in  the  way  here," 
snapped  old  Mrs.  Woodney,  "so  you  can 
pull  out  again  !" 

"Very  well,"  said  Dave  Jim,  "and  to 
cousin  G.  C.  D.  Woodney  I  go !" 

In  the  meantime,  G.  C.  D.  Woodney 
had  drawn  Benjamin  Woodney  to  one  side, 
where  the  confusion  of  tongues  furnished 
by  the  Wrens,  and  the  excitement  over 
Bonaparte,  and  the  suspense  regarding  the 
tramp,  could  not  completely  confound  the 
intellect. 

"Benjamin,"  said  G.  C.  D.  Woodney, 
"I've  come  to  give  you  a  tip." 

"A  tip  W  -  repeated  Mr.  Woodney.  "I 
think  somebody  said  your  wife  is  in  the 
buggy.  Cousin  Lucy,  won't  you  get  out  and 
visit    us  ?" 

"Thank  you,"  returned  Mrs.  G.  C.  D. 
Woodney,  from  her  buggy,  as  at  that  mo- 
meant  the  unwilling  head  of  Bonaparte 
appeared   at   the    front   door;    "not   today." 

"Push !"  came  the  men's  voices  from 
within.      "Push!    All   together!    Now! 

"Benjamin,"  said  his  wealthy  cousin, 
"step  a  little  more  to  this  side.  Now, 
I'm  a  very  busy  man  and  have  but  a  mo- 
ment. The  tip  is  this ;  a  railroad  is  going 
to  be  built  through  Sullivan,  a  town  about 
twenty  miles  from  here,  but  only  those  on 
the  inside  know  it.  People  think  the  road 
will  run  straight  to  St.  Joe,  but  it  will 
curve  to  the  east  and  pass  right  through 
Sullivan.  T'll  tell  you  what  to  do;  buy  up 
as  many  town  lots  as  you  can  and  hold 
them.  You'll  only  have  to  pay  a  little 
down,  and  I'll  lend  you  the  money  to- 
morrow." 

"But  why  not  take  advantage  of  this 
opportunity  yourself?"  inquired  Mr.  Wood- 
ney. 

"Town' lots  are  not  in  my  way.  I'm  a 
farmer  and  have  all  I  can  do  in  attending 
to  my  cattle.  But  you  can  move  to  Sulli- 
van, or  even  stay  here  and  watch  your 
interests  over  there.  It  will  make  you  a 
pile  of  money,  Benjamin,  and  I  want  to 
help  you." 

"Do  you  think  it  right  to  take  advan- 
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and  l>e  sure  they  ask  all  they  think  they  can 
get,"  said  Mr.  G.  C.  D.  Woodnty,  "and 
that's  all  the  land's  worth  now.  Thi-. 
knowledge  you  have  of  the  railroad's 
coming  there,  is  simply  your  capital,  which 
you   are   investing." 

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citedly, "suppose  I  decide  not  to  take  ad- 
vantage of  your  information,  may  I  com- 
municate  it   to   others?'' 

"Certainly,"  said  the  other,  surprised. 
"I  give  it  to  you,  absolutely.  If  you'd 
rather  Luther  would  invest,  all  right.  Now 
mind,  I  have  this  from  the  president  of 
the  company,  and  it  must  be  acted  upon 
immediately." 

Bonaparte  now  staggered  out  of  the 
kitchen  door,  followed  Tjy  a  triumphant 
and  perspiring  bodyguard.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
G.  C.  D.  Woodney  drove  away.  "What 
did  he  want,  Benjamin?"  asked  Mrs.  Ger- 
aldine, suddenly  struck  by  the  brightness 
of   his   face. 

"Geraldine,"  said  Mr.  Woodney,  "I'm 
the  happiest  man  alive !  It  seems  that 
when  misfortunes  are  thickest,  blessings  are 
pushing  their  way  to  the  front.  Geraldine, 
the  saloon  is  doomed ;  I  have  found  an 
opening  for  Mr.   Hoogan !" 

(TO    BE    CONTINUED.) 

Children's  Fetes  and  Fairs. 

By  Annette  Halliday  Antona. 

One  of  the  prettiest  entertainments  for 
little  ones  is  the  Fete  of  Flowers,  an  old 
idea  from  the  days  of  Queen  Elizabeth, 
but  one  ever  susceptible  of  new  treatment. 

Costumes  for  this  are  the  daintiest,  and 
the  least  expensive,  made  of  tissue  or  crepe 
paper,  the  dresses  admitting  of  great  in- 
dividuality, and  the  bright  colors  of  the 
paper  forming  a  gay  kaleidoscope  of  hues, 
with  ribbons  and  artificial  blooms  helping 
out  the  general   effect. 

The  campanulate  flowers  usually  suc- 
ceed better  than  th  ros  family  in  repre- 
sentations, and  some  of  the  native  wild 
flowers  can  be  delightfully  imitated,  such 
as  the  blue  marsh  clematis,  the  pink 
swamp  mallow,  the  pale  yellow  alder's 
tongue,  the  Carolina  lily  in  its  gorgeous 
tints  of  orange-red,  crimson  and  brown, 
and  hosts  of  other  wild  flowers  which  a 
careful  survey  of  a  botany  with  colored 
plates  Will   reveal. 

Little  girls  should  wear  flower  bonnets 
and  little  boys  flower  caps,  each  carefully 
arranged   upon  muslin  bands  and   securely 


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attached   to   the   head   by   elastic   or   other- 
wise.    Processions  of  the  living  blossoms, 
dances    and    flower-drills    make   a    pleasant 
ty.   and   the    little   ones   should     carry 
.  :ed    with    the    Bower    they 
represent,    and    rilled    with    suitable    articles 
it   the  entertainment   is   to  be   re- 
munerative. 

-  ch  articles  might  be  pincushions,  em- 
eries, penwipers,  blotters,  handkerchief 
cases,  veil  and  glove  holders,  appropiate 
sachets,  dainty  flower-bound  booklets,  cal- 
endars, toys,  laundry  markers,  scissors 
guards — the  list  might  be  multiplied  with- 
out limit.  Each  child  should  be  taught 
the  name  of  the  flower  it  represents,  but 
in  case  the  name  should  be  forgotten,  it  is 
well  to  have  it  plainly  written  or  painted 
in  some  conspicuous  place  upon  the  little 
basket  carried. 

One  of  the  most  beautiful  of  these  flower 
festivals  was  held  in  a  bleak  New  Eng- 
land town,  in  which  the  school  room  was  a 
perfect  imitation  of  a  world  of  ice  and 
snow,  skillfully  reproduced  by  a  plentiful 
use  of  silver  powder  upon  cotton  batting 
and  fleecy  scarfs.  The  lights  were  so  well 
tempered  that  the  grotto  in  which  supper 
was  served  seemed  a  cave  of  cold  blue 
and  pale  green  ice  reflections,  the  continu- 
ous tinkle  of  silver  sliegh  bells  made  the 
illusion  complete,  and  one  turned  with  a 
half  shiver  toward  the  decorations  of  red 
berries  and  greens  which  the  winter  woods 
had  lent,  and  toward  the  gay  blossoms — 
blue-bells,  morning-glories,  nasturtiums. 
asters,  daisies  chrysanthemums — who  wan- 
dered proudly  here  and  there  with  their 
wares,  and  little  realized  the  strong  con- 
trast, so  ably  presented,  of  the  seasons. 

Equally  attractive,  but  for  older  children, 
is  the  Dickens  Bazar  in  the  Mother  Goose 
Market.  In  the  former,  the  booths  should 
be  presided  over  by  the  world-famous  child- 
characters  which  the  pen  of  the  English 
wizard  drew  for  our  lifelong  pleasure,  and 
as  far  as  practicable  should  protray  the 
surroundings  which  the  books  have  given 
us. 

For  instance.  Paul  and  Florence  Dombey 
could  have  a  booth  fitted  up  as  Captain 
Cuttle's  shop,  where  shells,  seaweed  collec- 
tions, curios,  toy  ships  anything  in  the  line 
of  natural  history  souvenirs  from  old  ocean. 
are  sold.  A  beautiful  doll  booth  might 
be  in  charge  of  Jenny,  the  Doll  Dressmaker; 
and  Little  Em'ly.  in  a  stall  made  of  an  old 
boat,  could  serve  chowder,  oysters,  lobster 
and    other   sea-food. 

Poor  To.  the  Marchioness.  Smith.  Little 
Nell,  Pin.  Estella.  Oliver  Twist,  David 
Copperfield.  Tiny  Tim — these  are  a  few 
from  which  to  choose.  Lovers  of  the  great 
novelist  will  need  no  aid  in  selection. 

A  large  room,  decorated  with  cartoons, 
and  gay  pictures  from  the  immortal  Mother 
Goose,  should  be  filled  with  small  tables. 
each  of  which  is  in  charge  of  a  child  repre- 
senting some  character  from  the  nursery 
rhyme';. 

Stray  personages  from  the  Tales  may 
«troll  about  the  room  and  will  excite  much 
merriment.  Tt  is  well  that  these  individ- 
uals should  he  children  from  twelve  to  fif- 
teen year-  of  age.  and  foremost  of  them,  of 
course,  is  Dame  Goose  herself,  with  half- 
short  blue  skirt  and  white  apron,  long  red 
cape-cloak  and  high-peaked  black  cap  with 
red  band,  a  white  chemfsette.  and  green- 
flowered  bodice  and  panniers.  She 
must  wear  spectacles,  carry  a  tall  cane, 
ami  have  a  frill  of  muslin  or  lace 
falling  around  her  face  inside  of  the 
cap.  Her  stockings  may  be  purple,  with 
green  slippers  and  huge  buckles,  and  if 
her  draw  behind  her  a  mam- 
moth white  goo^r-  on  wheels. 

A  boy.  cleverly  masked  as  a  cat.  with 
tail,  whisker-  and  pointed  ear-,  and  arrayed 
in  a  dre«s-suif.  will  create  untold  fun  by 
nenading  about  with  a  fiddle  and  bow. 
which  he  pretends  to  play  from  time  to  time 
in    imitation    of    "Hey,    diddle,    diddle 

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whether  or  not  they  have  a  pig  to  shave, 
the  little  old  woman  with  her  petticoats  Cat 
round  about,  the  Three  Scornful  Brethren 
out  of  Spain,  the  witch  on  the  broom- 
stick, are  all  good  characters,  and  the  im- 
personation by  two  young  people  of  the 
milkmaid  and  her  questioner,  is  most  laugh- 
able. 

Another  mirth-provoking  couple,  if  the 
part  is  skillfully  carried  out,  is  the  pair 
who  met  "one  misty,  moisty  morning  when 
cloudy  was  the  weather."  The  boy  who 
personates  the  old  man  should  of  course 
be  clothed  in  leather,  while  any  Dame  Trot 
costume  will  do  for  the  girl.  Let  them 
walk  through  the  room  arm  in-arm,  stop- 
ping now  and  then  to  enact  a  little  cake- 
walk,  with  "compliments  and  grins"  for  the 
benefit  of  bystanders. 

A  king  in  royal  robes  should  take  tickets 
or  admission  fees,  like  the  "king  in  his 
counting-house  counting  out  his  money," 
and  near  by  Mistress  Mary  might  sell 
flowering  plants,  cut-flowers  and  bouton- 
nieres  from  her  garden.  At  the  Baby 
Bunting  table  everything  for  infants'  wear 
is  appropriate.  Crossmatch  will  sell  tea 
and  coffee  at  her  booth,  which  should  be 
so  arranged  that  one  must  draw  the  latch 
to  enter  for  a  social  cup,  and  "Polly  who 
puts  the  kettle  on"  may  be  her  partner. 
One  unique  feature  at  a  fair  of  this  kind 
was  an  imitation  well,  from  which  a  little 
boy  ladled  up  Angora  kittens  for  customers, 
while  over  the  well  hung  a  "Ding,  Dong, 
Bell." 

"Goosey,  goosey  gander"  sold  pretty  bed- 
room trifles  in  sterling  silver  and  worsted 
and  glass,  fit   for  "my  lady's  chamber." 

TTot  Cross  Buns  at  one  a-nenny,  two  a- 
penny,  embraced  all  lines  of  baked  goods, 
fresh,  crisp  and  tempting,  and  not  far  away 
Tack  and  Jill  furnished  lemonade  from 
their   historic    pail. 

At    Bo-Peep's   table   all   kinds   of  woolen 


articles  may  be  displayed ;  Taffy  the 
Welshman,  sells  sandwiches  of  every  de- 
scription, and  the  Queen  of  Hearts  will  prob- 
ably assist  him,  as  she  has  homemade  tarts 
to  dispose  of,  while  for  tiny  customers 
nothing  will  give  more  delight  than  Jacky 
Horner's  Christmas  pie  of  bran,  from 
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to  pull  a  plum,  in  the  shape  of  some  cheap 
toy.  The  fish-pond  over  which  Simple 
Simon  presides,  is  also  entertaining  for  the 
little  ones.  Ideas  become  indefinitely  elastic 
with   a  little  thought. 

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blond  children  being  given  the  German 
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The  Centennial.. 1643 

Current  Events 1644 

Editorial— 

Christmas  Chimes 1645 

Union  in  the  Fainily  of  hiunersionists.idi,^ 
Dr.   Ttipper  on  the  Name  Christians 

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December  21,  1905 


No    5: 


-$!•   The  Centennial 


September  8,  1809, 
Thomas  Campbell  and 
a  few  friends  published  at  Washington, 
Pa.,  "A  Declaration  and  Address.'"  Its 
propositions  were  so  simple,  its  spirit  so 
humble  and  devout,  its  logic  so  irresistible 
and  its  ageement  with  God's  word  so  ob- 
vious that  they  expected  the  religious  world 
immediately  to  cease  from  strife  and  unite 
under  the  Divine  Leader  to  devote  all  their 
energies  to  doing  his  will  and  publishing 
his  word.  To  their  astonishment,  not 
only  did  the  churches  refuse  to  hear  the 
call  to  liberty  and  union,  they  even  denied 
fellowship  to  every  one  who  supported  such 
propositions !  Thus  cast  out,  after  two 
years  of  persecution  they  organized  a  church 
after  the  New  Testament  model.  That 
feeble  congregation  has  multiplied  to  eleven 
thousand  and  the  little  handful  upon  the 
mountain  top  to  a  host  of  a  million  and  a 
quarter — still  pleading  for  Christian  union, 
standing  fast  in  Christian  liberty  and  de- 
voted to  evangelization. 

Only  the  divine  blessing  can  explain  this 
marvelous  growth.  For  the  census  figures 
show  only  a  part  of  the  increase.  Those 
who  are  in  substantial  agreement  with  Mr. 
Campbell  can  be  found  in  every  communion, 
as  he  proposed  to  remain  among  the  Pres- 
byterians and  was  not  allowed.  Other 
unnumbered  thousands  can  be  counted  as 
adherents  of  the  churches  of  Christ,  though 
not  rising  to  the  high  demands  made  for 
membership.  A  hundred  yea'rs  ago  only 
one  in  one  hundred  would  hear  with  even 
patience  such  words  as  those  of  Thomas 
Campbell;  today  half  of  the  average  in- 
telligent audience  is  impatient  of  anything 
that  is  contrary  to  those  words.  All  this 
progress  we  recognize  as  of  God.  "Not 
unto  us,  O  Lord,  not  unto  us,  but  unto  thy 
name,  give  glory!"  He  has  led  us  in  ways 
we  did  not  choose  and  did  not  expect  to 
travel.  He  has  turned  disappointments 
into  victories,  and  magnified  success  out 
of  failure.  He  has  ministered  perennial 
youth,  virility  and  freshness,  where  other 
movements  have  grown  stale  and  fossilized 
after  their-  first  generation.  The  processes 
of  history  have  seemed  to  be  stayed  and 
even  reversed,  that  we  might  go  on  from 
success  to  more  glorious  success.  This  is 
not  because  we  are  favorites  of  heaven, 
any  more  than  it  is  due  to  our  superior  in- 
tellectual and  moral  endowments.  In  the 
fulness  of  time  God"s  hour  struck  for  heal- 
ing the  divisions  of  his  people  and  he  ap- 
pointed a  servant  to  speak  to  the  people 
that  they  unite.  It  is  left  to  us  to  com- 
plete what  a  seer  began  and  what  two 
generations  of  mighty  men  carried  forward 


W.  R.  Warren,  Secretary 


most  gloriously.  If 
their  astonishment  was 
equal  to  that  of  Moses  when  the  message 
was  not  received  universally  and  joyous- 
ly, their  toils  and  trials  were  also  equal 
to  his  all  the  way  they  came. 

Now  we  discern  the  heights  of  the  prom- 
ised land.  If  Thomas  Campbell  was  only 
a  hundred  years  ahead  of  his  times,  the 
world  is  ready  for  Christian  union  today. 
It  is  only  necessary  that  the  way  of  its  ac- 
complishment be  made  sufficiently  clear, 
and  that  the  voice  that  declares  it  be  lifted 
high  enough  above  the  remaining  discord- 
ant notes  of  sectarianism.  And  most  es- 
pecially is  it  necessary  that  we  shall  not 
allow  ourselves  or  the  awakening  hosts 
to  be  satisfied  with  some  specious  substi- 
tute for  actual,  complete,  vital,  organic 
union.  Tolerance  may  be  worse  than  per- 
secution, if  it  mean  lack  of  earnestness. 
Comradeship  would  be  worse  than  war,  if 
it  meant  the  decay  of  honesty.  "Let  love 
be  without  hypocrisy."  It  was  not  mere 
agreeableness  but  actual  oneness  for  which 
the  Saviour  prayed  and — died.  It  was  not 
only  fellowship  but  absolute  unity  for  which 
he  arose.  And  as  he  and  the  Father  are 
one,  so  shall  we  be  in  them.  Nothing  else, 
however  good,  answers  the  prayer. 

Not  only  is  it  fitting  that  we  who  plead 
for  union  in  Christ  should  redouble  our 
efforts  in  the  closing  years  of  our  first 
century,  because  the  goal  seems  so  nearly 
in  sight,  but  to  crown  the  century  with  such 
achievements,  sacrifices,  zeal  and  devotion 
as  shall  give  the  only  worthy  expression  to 
our  thanks  to  Almighty  God.  That  every 
church  establish  another  church,  that  every 
minister  lead  another  into  the  ranks  of 
constant  service,  that  every  Disciple  win 
one  more  to  sit  at  the  feet  of  Jesus — and 
that  all  of  these  redouble  the  earnestness 
of  their  public  and  private  worship, 
strengthen  the  integrity  of  their  characters 
and  study  to  be  -kind  unto  all — surely  we 
can  no  better  show  our  gratitude  to  the 
Author  of  all  good !  And  surely  a  great 
cycle  of  a  hundred  years  may  not  be  round- 
ed out  with  smaller  thanksgiving!  "Here- 
in is  my  Father  glorified,  that  ye  bear  much 
fruit." 

As  means  to  these  all-desirable  ends  it 
is  proposed  that  every  minister  among  us 
be  constantly  employed,  that  the  ranks  of 
the  minstry  be  continually  recruited,  that 
the  fullest  possible  training  be  given  to  these 
young  men  and  to  our  children.  'When  our 
sons  shall  be  as  plants  grown  up  in  their 
youth,  and  our  daughters  as  corner  stones 
hewn  after  the  fashion  of  a  palace." 
Bible   schools   must  be  brought   to   surpass 


in  their  efficiency  the  best  public 
and  the  word  honored  in  the  latter  and  in 
the  home.  All  resources  must  be  hu-t^anded 
and  utilized.  Once  every  year,  and  by 
concerted  arrangement  on  the  same  lord's 
day,  every  preacher  in  the  brotherhood 
should  lay  before  his  hearers  the  duty 
and  blessing  of  giving  systematically  of  the 
means  in  their  hands.  On  another  day  the 
possibilities  of  serving  God  in  the  bestowal 
of  a  lifetime's  acquisitions  should  be  clearly 
outlined — that  every  one  may  bequeath  at 
least  a  child's  part  of  his  estate  to  the  Lord. 
What  a  privilege  to  adopt  as  one's  own 
child  him  who  became  a  child  for  our 
sakes !  Let  the  people  know  the  opportuni- 
ties for  giving  as  well  as  the  obligations, 
and  they  will  gladly  provide  the  money 
for  freeing  the  churches  of  their  burdens  of 
debt,  for  erecting  new  houses,  for  meeting 
in  the  apostolic  way  the  necessities  of  all 
and  particularly  the  privations  of  the  Lord's 
own,  for  preaching,  teaching  and  healing 
in  the  dark  lands,  for  making  glorious 
this  same  plea  for  union  in  Christ  and 
liberty  in  the  Gospel  in  every  part  of  our 
own  land  and  especially  for  claiming  every 
great  city  as  a  center  of  influence  and  for 
sending  the  printed  word  by  the  million 
to  reinforce  the  spoken  in  the  populous 
sections  and  to  go  before  it  into  the  waste 
places. 

If  with  one  tithe  of  the  faithfulness 
that  should  characterize  our  efforts  we 
give  ourselves  to  these  and  kindred  min- 
istries for  the  next  four  years,  the  year  of 
grace  1909  will  find  fifty  thousand  ear- 
nest souls  assembled  from  all  America  and 
from  the  ends  of  the  earth  to  proclaim 
with  one  voice  which  all  the  world  must 
hear  and  respect :  One  Body,  One  Spirit, 
One  Hope,  One  Lord,  One  Faith,  One  Bap- 
tism, One  God.  Those  who  shall  not  have 
considered  will  then  hear,  those  who  shall 
not  have  believed  until  then  will  obey, 
those  who  shall  not  have  hoped  will  then 
leap  for  joy,  aye,  and  those  who  shall  have 
blasphemed  until  then  will  turn  and  rev- 
erence the  Son ! 

As  an  agency  for  encouraging,  co-ordinat- 
ing, exchanging,  stimulating,  suggesting, 
publishing,  disseminating,  rallying,  the  Cen- 
tennial Bureau  has  been  established  in  Pitts- 
burg. Pennsylvnia.  within  an  hour's  ride  of 
where  the  Declaration  and  Address  was 
issued  and  within  two  hours  of  where 
Alexander  Campbell  lived  and  wrought 
Here  the  Centennial  celebration  will  cul- 
minate in  the  greatest  religious  convention 
ever  held.  Make  free  use  of  this  bureau. 
Report  here  even-  triumph  of  the  Gospel 
that  it  may  be  sent  out  to  all  the  papers  for 
the  encouragement  of  all  the  saints.  "Preach 
the  word ;  be  urgent  in  season,  out  of  sea- 
son ;  reprove,  rebuke,  exhort,  with  all  long- 
suffering  and  teaching."  "The  Lord  is  at 
hand!"  •"Worthy  is  the  Lamb  that  hath 
been  slain  to  receive  the  power,  and  riches, 
and  wisdom,  and  might,  and  honor,  and 
glory,  and  blessing!" 

Pittsburg.  Pa. 


1644 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


December  21,  1905. 


Current  Events. 


Commissioner  Garfield  has  submitted  his 
annual    report  on  corporations.     It   will   be 

_  _ .  .  remembered   that    Mr. 

Garfield  on  the         r*  _c  u  u  j 

~"~~™*  Garheld  was  subjected 

Beef  Trust.  lQ  a  great  deal  o{  crUi 

cism  in  a  former  report  which  he  made  con- 
cerning the  Beef  Trust.  The  following  ex- 
tract from  his  report  will  be  taken  as  ex- 
planatory of  some  things  omitted  from  that 
report.  Referring  to  the  Beef  Trust  cases, 
the  report  says: 

"The  digest  of  all  antitrust  legislation  has 
been  completed,  and  is  now  practically  ready 
for  publication.  The  published  portion  of 
this  report  deals  chiefly  with  the  question  of 
prices  and  the  margin  of  profit  in  the  pack- 
ing business.  In  the  course  of  this  investi- 
gation, the  bureau  had  also  obtained  much 
information  bearing  upon  the  question  of 
combination  as  between  the  large  packing 
companies.  At  the  time  of  the  publication 
of  the  report,  the  department  of  justice  had 
under  advisement  proceedings  against  cer- 
tain packing  companies  and  their  officers 
for  violation  of  the  federal  antitrust  law.  It 
was  obvious,  therefore,  that  the  publication 
of  the  information  possessed  by  the  bureau 
on  the  subject  was  inexpedient  at  that  time, 
and  accordingly,  by  the  direction  of  the 
President,  all  the  imformation  possessed  by 
the  bureau  on  the  subject  of  such  combina- 
tion was  withheld  from  publication." 


Concerning 
Insurance. 


In  dealing  with  the  subject  of  tnsurance 
Commissioner  Garfield  seems  to  be  some- 
what wary  and  ex- 
presses his  view  of  the 
situation  in  the  follow- 
ing paragraph: 

"The  fact  that  state  supervision  has  failed 
to  prevent  great  abuses  in  the  management 
of  some  companies  does  not  of  itself  justify 
federal  action.  It  must  be  shown,  first,  that 
insurance  Is  subject  to  federal  regulation  un- 
der the  commerce  clause  of  the  constitution; 
second,  that  federal  supervision  would  be  of 
such  a  character  as  to  correct  existing 
abuses  and  prevent  future  ones,  and,  third, 
that  such  supervision  would  result,  not  only 
in  greater  security  to  policy  holders,  but 
would  relieve  them,  through  their  companies, 
of  the  great  and  unnecessary  expense  of 
duplicated  inspections  and  investigations  by 
different  states. 

"Seemingly  the  most  effective  way  to  settle 
the  question  is  for  Congress  to  so  legislate 
upon  the  subject  as  to  afford  an  opportunity 
to  present  to  the  Supreme  Court  the  ques- 
tion whether  insurance  as  now  conducted  is 
interstate  commerce,  and  hence  subject  to 
federal  regulation." 


Washington     correspondents     will     need 

draw  but  little  on  their  imaginations  to  inter- 

_  est  the  public   in    con- 

A  Strenuous  .  ,■ 

,  gressional    proceedings 

Congress.  thjg  winter  There  need 

be  no  "discoveries"  of  plots  and  counterplots 
or  predictions  of  dramatic  situations.  Plain 
statements  of  legislation  attempted,  blocked, 
or  enacted  will  make  the  daily  paper  seem 
to  come  at  weekly  intervals.  It  is  evidently 
the  President's  intention  to  greatly  increase 
the  powers  of  the  Interstate  Commerce  Com- 
mission over  matters  of  railway  rates,  re- 
bates, and  "spheres  of  influence";  and  also 
to  enable  the  commission  to  prevent  the 
pernicious  practice  of  railways  pleading 
"lack  of  cars"  as  an  excuse  for  not  hauling 
products  from  mines  and  quarries  in  which 


the  railway  companies  have  no  financial  in 
terest  while  there  are  cars  in  abundance  for 
other  localities  in  which  they  are  part  owners. 
The  President  will  find  the  representa- 
tives of  "the  system"  harder  to  subdue  in 
congressional  committee  rooms  than  is  the 
bronco  on  his  native  heath,  but  he  has  the 
best  wishes  of  the  millions  in  his  attempt. 
Tariff  standpatters  would  have  little  diffi- 
culty .n  keeping  down  this  Banquo's  ghost 
were  not  the  Republican  majority  so 
overwhelmingly  large  as  to  embolden  some 
of  the  western  members  to  voice  the  real 
sentiments  of  their  constituents  without  dan- 
ger of  party  defeat.  The  white-winged 
birds  of  tariff  oratory  are  sure  to  be  let  fly. 
If  "Uncle  Joe"  can  haul  them  in  before  pub- 
lic sentiment  is  so  thoroughly  aroused  as  to 
overcome  the  "sacred  schedules"  he  will 
have  given  his  admirers  the  highest  proof  of 
his  adroitness.  Nor  will  the  Panama  Canal 
enterprise  go  unassailed.  Cape  Horn,  whose 
furies  it  is  in  part  designed  to  overcome,  is 
calm  in  comparison  with  that  session  in 
which  an  attempt  will  be  made  to  so  ex- 
pedite the  work  that  any  now  living  may 
hope  to  sail  through  it  from  sea  to  sea. 
Here  again  the  interoceanic  railway  barons 
demand  noninterference  with  their  private 
snap.  The  question  of  admitting  Oklahoma 
and  Sequoia,  Arizona  and  New  Mexico  will 
also  make  picturesque  many  a  session. 
Whether  it  is  patriotic  to  admit  more  Demo- 
cratic congressmen  and  senators  into  the 
halls  of  national  legislation  is  the  only  issue 
concerning  the  investiture  of  the  first  two  with 
statehood.  The  public  is  willing  to  await 
patient  investigation  concerning  the  advis- 
ability of  receiving  the  last  two  Mexican 
provinces  into  the  Union.  Both  Houses 
have  eloquent  chaplains.  We  hope  their 
prayers  for  the  wisdom  and  honor  of  the 
members  will  avail  much  and  that  during 
these  strenuous  days  much  will  be  achieved 
for  the  real  glory  of  America  and  the  wel- 
fare of  the  world. 


Matters  in  Russia  seem  to  be  moving  irom 

bad  to  worse.     It  appears  that  the  Czar  has 

_  at  last  decided  to  resort 

Affairs  in  Russia.  tQ    gtrong    repressive 

measures  to  put  down  the  strike.  An  impe- 
rial ukase  was  issued  on  December  17, 
empowering  all  governors-general  and 
municipal  authorities,  in  the  event  of  rail- 
way, postal  and  telegraph  communications 
being  interfered  with,  to  proclaim  a  modi- 
fied martial  law.  This  probably  means  the 
beginning  of  the  end.  Count  Witte.  the 
Premier,  in  a  recent  interview,  is  reported  as 
saying  that  with  the  beginning  of  the  u*e  of 
force  to  restore  order,  his  resignation  would 
be  forthcoming,  as  that  is  not  his  forte.  The 
Workmen's  Council  and  League  of  Leagues 
has  issued  a  declaration  of  a  general  strike 
to  begin  immediately  and,  according  to  the 
imperial  ukase  referred  to  above,  all  gov- 
ernors-general, governors  and  prefects 
throughout  the  empire  will  be  c'othed  with 
dictatorial  power  and  may  declare  a 'state  of 
siege.  The  Moscow  mutineers  have  issued 
a  manifesto  which  declares  that  "all  of 
Russia  has  risen  against  the  government 
which  has  involved  the  country  in  a  useless 
war  and  brought  it  to  the  verge  of  ruin.  We 
are  soldiers,  and  are  firmly  determined  to 
break  down  the  tyranny  of  our  commanders 


and  to  compel  reform  in  the  army.  Now  is 
the  time  for  us  soldiers  to  awake.  Com- 
rades, we  summon  you  to  dismiss  your  offi- 
cers and  to  assume  command  until  j  our  griev- 
ances are  redressed!  'All  for  one  and  one 
for  all!'  Hurrah  for  a  free  people!  Hurrah 
for  the  army!"  The  demands  of  the  sol- 
diers include  amnesty  for  all  participants  in 
the  mutiny;  freedom  of  soldiers'  meetings; 
abolition  of  the  death  penalty;  reduction  of 
service  to  two  years;  abolition  of  military 
courts;  exemption  of  reservists  and  their 
families  from  payment  of  taxes;  increased 
pay,  and  the  return  of  the  army  from 
Manchuria. 


According   to    a    special     dispatch    from 

Washington,    a    great   deal   of   pressure   is 

«,-«.«         being   brought   to  bear 

L.°W^  J**  f°r  gainst  earning  out  the 
the  Philippines.      President.s    recom. 

mendation  for  reduction  of  the  tariff  rates 
between  the  United  States  and  the  Philip- 
pines. Tliis  dispatch  says  that  "members  of 
the  ways  and  means  committee  of  the 
House  have  been  so  strongly  importuned  to 
prevent  this  tinkering  with  the  schedules 
that  they  have  now  decided  to  grant  lengthy 
hearings  to  those  interests  which  are  strong- 
ly opposed  to  the  passage  of  the  measure." 
It  is-  noteworthy  that  those  whose  personal 
interests  are  opposed  to  tariff  reduction  al- 
ways refer  to  any  modification  of  tariff 
rates  as  '  tinkering"  with  the  tariff.  One 
might  be  led  to  suppose  from  such  remarks 
that  the  present  schedules  were  inspired! 
It  is  understood  that  the  sugar  and  tobacco 
growers  of  the  country  are  strongly  opposed 
to  any  reduction  of  the  tariff  with  the 
Philippines.  Then  it  is  reported  that  Porto 
Rico  and  Hawaii  are  opposed  to  such  re- 
duction on  the  ground  that  they,  having 
accepted  the  absolute  sovereignty  of  the 
United  States,  are  entitled  to  better  treat- 
ment than  that  accorded  to  the  Philippines. 
The  Treaty  of  Paris,  by  which  the  war  with 
Spain  was  settled,  provided  that  we  should 
maintain  the  same  relations  of  trade  and 
commerce  with  Spain  that  we  maintain 
with  the  Philippines  for  a  period  of  ten 
years  after  the  signing  of  the  treaty— that 
is,  until  1909  It  is  believed,  however,  that 
this  objection,  which  the  opponents  of  the 
measure  are  urging,  can  be  met  by  placing 
the  special  concession  to  the  Philippines  on 
the  ground  of  reciprocity.  It  is  evident, 
however,  that  the  President's  recommenda- 
tion is  to  meet  with  considerable  opposition, 
but  it  will  probably  prevail  in  the  end. 

The  New  York  Court  of  Appeals  has  de- 
cided adversely  to  Mr.  Hearst  in  his  applica- 
tion for  the  opening  of 
the  ballot-boxes  and  a 
complete  re-count.  It  was  held  that,  under 
the  present  New  York  election  law,  the 
court  has  no  authority  by  mandamus  to  or- 
der the  re-examination  of  the  ballots.  This 
virtually  leaves  the  whole  matter  in  the 
hands  of  the  election  commissioners  with 
no  provision  for  detecting  or  rectifying 
a  fraudulent  or  erroneous  count,  however 
ample  may  be  the  ground  for  suspicion. 
This  may  be  a  correct  interpretation  of 
the  New  York  law,  but  if  so  it  is  a  very 
defective  law. 


Hearst's  Defeat. 


December  21,  1905. 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVA XGEUS'J 


Christmas  Chimes. 

We  arc  Hearing  Christendom's  birthday. 
We  can  almost  hear  the  tones  of  the 
church-bells  ringing  in  all  the  steeples. 
Something  in  the  very  atmosphere,  in  the 
faces  of  the  people,,  and  in  all  the  current 
literature,  tells  of  its  near  approach. 
Christmas !  The  very  name  sets  all  the 
joy-bells  of  the  heart  ringing!  It  exerts 
a  magic  power  over  the  mind  and  heart. 
It  sends  memory  back,  swift-footed,  across 
the  shining  years  to  the  halcyon  days  of 
our  childhood.  It  summons  before  us 
forms  and  faces  which  have  long  since 
passed  from  mortal  view,  and  revives 
recollections  that  we  fancied  were  erased 
from  memory's  tablet. 

No  one  is  old  at  Christmas  time.  The 
heart  grows  young  under  the  spirit  of  its 
blessed  influence.  Frowns  give  place  to 
smiles,  despair  to  hope,  pessimism  to  opti- 
mism, hatred  to  charity,  and  niggardliness 
to  generosity,  under  the  transforming  in- 
fluence of  the  Christmas  time.  Surely  the 
day  that  wields  so  potent  an  influence  over 
the  world,  whose  mystic  key  unlocks  the 
hardest  heart,  whose  genial  warmth  quick- 
ens into  life  latent  and  unobserved  germs 
of  goodness,  that  chases  shadows  from  the 
hearth-stones  of  the  poor  and  smooths 
the  wrinkles  from  the  face  of  care,  that 
causes  the  rose  of  Hope  to  bloom  in  the 
valley  of  Despondency,  should  challenge 
our  attention  and  awaken  our  gratitude. 

The  explanation  is  simple.  Christ's 
birth  opened  the  fountain  of  hope  and  of 
joy  in  the  desert  of  Sin  and  Despair.  It 
was  the  Infinite  stooping  down  to  the 
finite.  It  was  the  Almighty  and  the  All- 
Compassionate  reaching  down  his  hand  to 
the  weak  and  sinful.  It  was  God  entering 
into  union  with  humanity.  It  was  love 
stooping  down  to  lift  up  the  lowly  and  the 
lost.  It  was  God  coming  to  man,  in  or- 
der that  man  might  come  to  God.  It  was 
the  heavenly  Father  sending  his  only  be- 
gotten Son  into  the  world,  to  bring  his  err- 
ing children  home.  It  was  the  good  Shep- 
herd coming  to  search  for  the  lost  sheep. 
It  was  the  arrival  of  heaven's  missionary 
on  the  earth. 

Such  is  the  meaning  of  Christmas.  Ring 
out,  all  ye  bells  of  Christendom!  Sing, 
once  again,  ye  herald  angels,  that  sang  of 
old  over  Bethlehem's  plains !  Sing,  all  ye 
sons  of  men  whose  hearts  have  felt  the 
kindling  touch  of  His  love  who  became 
incarnate  for  ouf  sakes !  Let  heaven  and 
earth  be  vocal  with  His  praise  who,  on 
that  Christmas  night  in  the  long  ago,  came 
into  a  world,  dark  with  sin  and  heavy 
with  despair,  to  illuminate  it  with  His 
truth,  regenerate  it  with  His  love,  and 
fill  it  with  the  light  of  hope  and  the  glory 
of  His  presence ! 


Union  in  the  Family  of  Immer- 
sionists. 

"The  Watchman"  (Baptist)  of  Boston, 
Mass.,  has  an  interesting  editorial  on  Bap- 
tist union  in  which  the  editor  points  out 
that  the  differences  which  caused  the  sepa- 
ration between  the  different  members  of  this 
family    "have    largely   disappeared   or   have 


come  to  be  regarded  as  so  unimportant  that 
they  are  no  longer  regarded  as  sufficient 
to  justify  the  continuance  of  denominational 
divisions."  After  staling  that  the  original 
ground  of  separation  between  the  Free 
Baptists  and  the  Baptists  was  the  contro- 
versy between  the  Arminians  and  the  Cal- 
vinists,  and  that  this  was  no  longer  a  ques- 
tion of  fellowship  in  either  body,  the  editor 
says : 

"The  chief  points  which  caused  the  sepa- 
ration between  the  Disciples  of  Christ  and 
the  Baptists  were  four:  That  the  former 
celebrated  the  Lord's  supper  every  week, 
and  held  the  New  Testament  only  to  be  of 
authority  in  framing  the  constitution  of  the 
Christian  churches,  and  denied  the  influence 
of  the  lioly  Spirit  previous  to  baptism, 
and  placed  less  emphasis  on  ordina- 
tion than  the  Baptists.  The  mere  enumera- 
tion of  the  points  is  sufficient  to 
show  that  these,  differences  have  also 
largely  disappeared.  The  two  bodies 
have  been  approximating  each  to  the 
position  of  the  other.  There  are  some 
Baptist  churches  which  observe  the  Lord's 
supper  every  week  without  at  all  imperil- 
ing their  standing  in  the  denomination. 
There  are  Baptist  ministers  like  O.  P.  Gil- 
ford and  the  late.  Charles  H.  Spurgeon  who 
never  received  the  laying  on  of  hands';  yet 
their  position  in  the  Baptist  denomination 
has  never  been  disputed ;  and  we  suppose 
that  there  is  not  a  Baptist  anywhere  who 
now  would  not  only  admit  but  claim  that 
the  New  Testament  rather  than  the  Old  is 
the  authority  to  be  followed  in  framing  a 
Christian  church.  On  the  other  hand  we 
have  assurances  from  intelligent  and  promi- 
nent members  of  the  Disciples  that  few, 
especially  of  the  younger  ministers  and 
members,  would  be  found  who  would  deny 
that  the  Holy  Spirit  influences  the  hearts  of 
the  unconverted,  leading  them  to  submission 
to  Jesus  and  to  belief  in  the  word  of  God. 
There  might  be  some  difference  in  the 
choice  of  words  and  phrases,  but  after  such 
inquiries  as  we  have  been  able  to  make  of 
those  who  are  entitled  to  speak  for  the 
Disciples,  it  appears  to  be  true  that  the 
most  important  differences  between  the 
denominations  have  disappeared,  and  no  in- 
superable obstacles  exist  in  the  way  of 
union. 

"It  is  to  be  noted  that  both  in  the  case 
of  the  Free  Baptists  and  the  Disciples  the 
disappearance  of  differences  has  been  quite 
as  much  due  to  modifications  in  the  attitude 
of  the  Baptists  as  of  the  other  bodies.  Bap- 
tists have  abandoned  their  insistence  on 
Calvinism  as  an  essential  to  good  standing 
in  the  denomination ;  and  they  have  also 
ceased  to  insist  on  the  Old  Testament  as 
of  equal  authority  with  the  New  Testa- 
ment in  formulating  the  constitution  of 
the  Christian  churches.  They  also  concede 
absolute  liberty  to  each  local  church  to  ob- 
serve the  Lord's  supper  weekly  or  less  often 
as  may  be  preferred,  and  while  they  still 
insist  on  an  examination  and  a  setting  apart 
by  prayer  as  essential  to  the  full  privileges 
of  the  ministry,  they  do  not  insist  on  the 
laying  on   of  hands. 

"We  repeat  that  in  all  those  features  of 
belief  and  practice  which  are  essential  to 
unity  and  co-operation  and  fellowship  in 
one  denomination,  the  Baptists  and  Free 
Baptists  and  Disciples  of  Christ  are  agreed." 

There  are  some  other  points  of  differ- 
ence not  mentioned  by  the  editor  of  "The 
Watchman"  which  have  had  something  to 
do  in  keeping  the  two  bodies  apart,  but  thay 
have  probably  grown  out  of  one  of  the 
points  mentioned,  namely,  the  emphasis  laid 
upon  the  New  Testament  as  the  only  au- 
thority in  Christianity,  and  the  effort  to  be 
true  to  its  method  of  conversion.  On  one 
of  the  points  mentioned  above  the  position 
of  the  Disciples  of  Christ  is  not  correctly 


Stated,  though  of  course  thi-  i.oily  un- 

intentional on  the  part  of  our  contemporary. 

No  ri-\>v  e  man  among  us  has  ever 

"denied  the  influence  of  the  Holy  Spirit 
pr<  vious    to   baptism."  gander   Camp- 

bell said,  In  converting  men  the  Spirit, 
the  Holy  Advocate,  was  <  of  Jesus. 

J!en<  ing   of   J'   us  by  the   Spirit  is 

all  that  was  necessary  to  the  conver 
men."      II"    also    said,    in    his    deba 
Air.   Rice:    "I   would  not,  sir,  value  at  the 
price   of  a   single  mill   the   religion  of  any 
man.  •  cts  the  grand  affair  of  eternal 

life,  whose  religion  is  not  begun,  carried 
on,  and  completed  by  the  personal  agency 
of  the  ilolv  Spirit.  Nay,  sir,  I  esteem  it  the 
peculiar  excellence  and  glory  of  our  re- 
ligion that  it  is  spiritual;  that  the  soul  of 
man  is  quickened,  enlightened,  sanctified  and 
consoled  by  the  indwelling  presence  of  the 
Spirit  of  the  eternal  God." 

What  .Mr.  Campbell  and  the  Disciples  of 
Christ  generally  have  opposed,  was  the  theory 
once  so  prevalent  that  the  Holy  Spirit  oper- 
ated without  means,  in  some  sort  of  ab- 
stract manner,  in  the  conversion  of  men, 
which  largely  dispensed  with  the  Gospel  as 
"the  power  of  God  unto  salvation."  In 
emphasizing  this  view  it  is  possible  that 
Mr.  Campbell,  but  more  especially  others 
since  Mr.  Campbell's  day,  have  been  too 
much  inclined  to  limit  the  operation  of  the 
Holy  Spirit  to  the  inspired  word.  On  this 
point  we  are  sure  there  has  been  a  modifi- 
cation in  the  direction  of  a  wider  and  truer 
view  of  the  modes  of  the  Spirit's  activity. 

We  are  sure,  however,  that  "The  Watch- 
man" is  right  in  believing  that  the  time  is 
here  when  these  former  differences  have 
been  so  far  outgrown  and  remanded  to  a 
subordinate  place  as  to  constitute  no  in- 
superable obstacle  to  a  full  recognition 
of  the  Christian  character  and  standing 
of  each  other,  and  a  closer  union  between 
them  in  standing  for  the  things  which  they, 
in  common,  emphasize. 

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Dr.  Tupper  on  The  Name  Chris- 
tians Should  Bear. 

A  friend  has  sent  us  a  printed  sermon 
by  Dr.  Kerr  Boyce  Tupper.  pastor  of  the 
Madison  Avenue  Baptist  Church,  New 
York,  on  "The  Name  Every  Christian 
Should  Bear."  The  contention  of  the  ser- 
mon is  that  the  proper  name  for  the  church 
is  "The  Church  of  God."  In  proof  of  this 
Dr.  Tupper  cites  a  number  of  passages  in 
which  the  Church  of  God  is  mentioned.  We 
do  not  exactly  see,  however,  how  this  is 
"the  name  every  Christian  should  bear," 
since  it  is  the  name,  not  of  an  individual 
member,  but  of  the  body  of  Christ  as  a 
whole,  or  of  a  local  congregation. 

No  one  will  call  in  question  the  propriety 
of  designating  the  Church  as  the  "Church 
of  God."  Dr.  Tupper  goes  too  far,  however, 
in  saying  that  this  is  "the  one  and  only 
New  Testament  name  for  the  Christian 
Church."    To  the  above  statement  he  adds : 

"Our  good  friends,  the  Disciples,  whose 
devotion  and  fidelity  to  the  word  of  God 
uncovered  by  human  ritual  and  untainted 
by  human  tradition  we  must  all  admire 
and  praise,  approach  nearer  than  the  rest 
of  us  the  Biblical  name,  and  yet.  as  our 
mornino-  study  will  reveal,  their  designation, 


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'The  Christian  Church.'  or  'The  Church  of 
Christ."  is  not  once  found  in  the  Gospels, 
in  Acts,  or  in  the  Epistles." 

1-  not  that  stumbling  at  the  mere  letter? 
Jesus  said  of  Fetor's  confession,  "On  this 
un:k  I  will  build  my  church.''  Ts  not  "my 
church'"  equivalent  to  Christ's  Church,  or 
the  Church  of  Christ?  Again,  Christ  is 
called  the  "head  of  the  church  which  is  his 
body."  In  the  Roman  letter,  in  his  saluta- 
tions to  the  church,  Paul  says,  "All  the 
churches  of  Christ  salute  you."  We  would 
call  Dr.  Tupper's  attention  to  the  fact  that 
this  is  the  sense  in  which  we  use  the  term 
"churches  of  Christ"  as  applying  to  local 
congregations.  The  "Church  of  Christ'' 
without  local  application  includes  all  Chris- 
tians, or  what  we  sometimes  call  the  Church 
universal. 

Other  passages  might  be  cited,  but  the 
above  suffice  to  show  that  Dr.  Tupper  has 
gone  beyond  the  record  in  affirming  that 
"the  Church  of  God''  is  the  only  Scriptural 
designation  for  the  Church.  It  would  be  a 
mistake  for  any  religious  body  to  adopt 
any  one  of  these  names  as  its  one  and  spe- 
cific designation,-  and  those  who  have  been 
pleading  for  Scriptural  names  have  stead- 
fastly refused  to  adopt  any  one  of  these  to 
the  exclusion  of  the  others, 

It  is  a  strange  remark  of  Dr.  Tupper  in 
the  sermon  above  mentioned  that  "Though 
religion  has  to  do  with  the  relation 
of  man  to  God  in  worship  and  duty, 
somehow  Christ  has  come  almost  to 
engros-  the  place  of  God."  That  is 
exactly  what  Christ  came  into  the 
world  for.  He  stands  for  God  to  cur  hu- 
manity. "He  that  hath  seen  me  hath  seen 
the  Father."  "He  that  honoreth  the  Son 
honoreth  the  Father."  The  suggestion  of 
Dr.  Tupper  to  throw  denominational  names 
in  parentheses  and  make  them  subordinate, 
each  local  church  bearing  its  Scriptural  title, 
is  a  very  admirable  one,  just  as  long  as 
these  denominational  names  are  necessary 
for  purposes  of  distinction.  A  perfect  union 
would  probably  render  them  unnecessary 
for  such  purpose. 

Referring  to  what  Dr.  Tupper  calls  "or- 
ganic union"  we  notice  the  same  confusion 
of  thought  which  prevails  so  largely  in  the 
religious  world  about  what  is  meant  by 
Christian  union.     He  says  : 

"It  was  the  advocacy  of  this  conception 
of  a  united  Church  that  rendered  Pere 
Hyacinthe's  visit  to  America  some  years 
a  dismal  failure.  Men  differ  too  widely 
in  endowment,  education,  environment,  pro- 
vidential calling  to  permit  this  theory  to 
work.  The  universal  law  of  God  in  nature 
is  the  primary  law  of  God  in  grace — diver- 
iity  in  unity,  variety  in  harmony.  The 
-tars  differ  one  from  another  in  color,  size, 
distance  from  the  sun,  but  because  they 
have  fellowship  with  a  central  sun,  they 
have  fellowship  with  each  other." 

Surely  Dr.  Tupper  ought  to  be  able  to 
distinguish  between  the  kind  of  union  which 
Pere  Hyacinthe  advocated,  and  the  kind  of 
unity  which  prevailed  in  the  church  of  the 
first  century..  That  union  was  broad  enough 
to  include  men  widely  different  in  "endow- 
ment, education,  and  environment,  provi- 
dential calling,"  etc.  That  is  the  kind  of 
unity  that  is  practicable  now,  and  the  only 
kind  that  is  practicable. 


To  use  the  happy  illustration  of  Dr.  Tup- 
per: "The  stars  differ  from  one  another 
in  color,  size,  distance  from  the  sun,  but 
,ise  they  have  fellowship  with  a  central 
sun.  they  have  fellowship  with  each  other." 
That  is  exactly  the  idea :  Christ  is  the  cen- 
tral sun.  and  each  local  church. or  other 
religious  organization,  though  differing  in 
size  and  other  characteristics,  if  governed 
by  this  central  sun.  under  the  law  of  divine 
attraction,  will  be  in  fellowship  with  even- 
other  church  so  attracted  and  governed. 
This  is  the  unity  that  is  both  desirable  and 
practicable,  and  it  is  the  union  that  is 
coming  itt  spite  of  men's  opinions  and 
preferences  to  the  contrary.  Any  denomina- 
tionalism  that  is  inconsistent  with  this  unit}', 
must  get  out  of  the  way.  Anything  in  the 
line  of  separate  organization  that  does  not 
interfere  with  this  idea  of  unity  may  con- 
tinue if  found  necessarv  or  useful. 


Notes  and  Comments. 

The  Houston.  "Texas  Chronicle,"  dis- 
cussing the  subject  of  the  recent  Inter- 
Church  Conference  in  New  York  City, 
says : 

"The  good  of  such  a  meeting  as  that 
of  the  Church  Federation  will  not  be  its 
results  and  effects  on  those  who  partici- 
pate in  it  as  believers  so  much  as  upon 
those  who  are  outside  the  pale  of  all  church- 
es, and  many  of  whom  are  deterred  from 
uniting  with  any  church  by  reason  of  the 
differences  and  schisms  which  divide  be- 
lievers   into   so   many  bands. 

"If  the  church  has  done  so  much  for  the 
world,  rent  and  divided  as  it  has  been, 
and  is  yet.  what  it  will  accomplish  when 
denominational  lines  are  broken  down  and 
a  united  church  moves  forward  upon  its 
divine  mission,  is  beyond  the  power  of 
seer  or  prophet  to   foretell." 

The  religious  world  has  probably  never 
realized  to  what  extent  good  people  have 
been  kept  out  of  the  church  and  prevented 
from  making  an  open  confession  of  Christ 
because  of  a  divided  church.  Abraham 
Lincoln  is  reported  to  have  said  once  that 
if  he  could  find  a  church  as  broad  and  un- 
sectarian  as  the  Bible,  he  would  join  it. 
No  doubt  thousands  of  others  have  felt 
the  same  way.  The  time  is  near  at  hand, 
we  believe,  when  this  obstacle  in  the  way 
of  faith  and  duty  will  be  removed. 


In  an  article  in  the  "New  Church  Mes- 
senger" on  the  recent  Inter-Church  Con- 
ference,  the   editor   says : 

"The  New  Church  was  not  represented 
at  this  Conference,  and  yet  she  alone  not 
only  believes  in  the  divinity  of  the  Lord, 
but  that  He  is  Deity — that  He  is  not  one  of 
three  Divine  Persons,  but  that  He  is  the 
'Father'  as  to  His  Essential  Divine,  the 
'Son'  as  to  His  Divine  Humanity,  and 
from  Him  proceeds  the  Holy  Spirit." 

Our  contemporary  enters  into  a  little 
philosophy  here,  that  is  no  essential  part 
of  faith,  but  there  is  no  reason  why  the 
New  Church,  so  far  as  we  know,  should 
not  work  with  the  Inter-Church  Confer- 
ence, if  it  accepts  the  Deity  of  Christ  and 
believes  in  the  program  of  unity  to  which 
the  conference  looks.  The  "New  Church 
Messenger"    should    understand    that    none 


of  us  believes  that  our  divine  Lord  is 
"one  of  three  Divine  Persons,"  in  the 
modern  use  of  the  word  persons.  There  is 
but  one  God,  and  he  has  revealed  himself 
in  Jesus  Christ,  and  whosoever  "hath  seen 
the  Son  hath  seen  the  Father."  Jesus 
said,  "I  will  send  the  Paraclete — the  Advo- 
cate— unto  you."  Whoso  receives  the  Para- 
clete, that  is,  the  Holy  Spirit,  receives  the 
Father  and  the  Son. 

The  report  which  wc  give  elsewhere  of  the 
joint  meeting  of  the  committees  on  union 
between 'Free  Baptists  and  Disciples  will  be 
of  interest  to  our  readers.  We  have  al- 
ready noted  the  fact  of  the  agreement 
of  the  Baptist  and  Free  Baptist  Committees 
on  a  basis  of  union  which  in  all  probabili- 
ty will  be  endorsed  by  their  respective 
bodies.  This  makes  the  union  between 
these  two  bodies  and  the  Disciples  of  Christ 
more  feasible  and  more  desirable :  More 
feasible  because  the  same  spirit  of  unity 
that  can  remove  obstacles  out  of  the  way 
between  Baptists  and  Free  Baptists  will 
help  to  remove  them  out  of  the  way  between 
these  two  bodies  and  ourselves ;  more 
desirable  because  it  effects  a  larger  union 
and  brings  a  larger  number  of  churches 
holding  to  the  one  Lord,  one  faith,  and 
one  baptism  into  harmonious  co-operation. 
We  hail  with  joy  these  indications  of  a 
growing  spirit  of  unity  among  the  fol- 
lowers   of    Christ. 


Our  Cincinnati  contemporary,  "The  Chris- 
tian Standard,"  in  an  editorial  on  "The 
Church  Federation  Conference,"  puts  itself 
scptarely  on  record  against  our  co-operation 
with  that  movement  toward  a  closer  unifi- 
cation of  the  Christian  bodies  of  America. 
It  urges  two  objections  to  this  movement 
for  federation  which  are  mutually  destruc- 
tive. One  is  that  there  is  not  a  thing  new 
about  it;  it  is  simply  proposing  to  do  what 
we  have  all  been  doing  all  the  while.  The 
other  is  that  this  federation  recognizes  the 
legitimacy  of  denominationalism ;  therefore 
we  can  have  nothing  to  do  with  it!  Now, 
we  can  not  allow  our  neighbor,  although 
it  is  an  expert  rider,  to  ride  both  these  wild 
horses  headed  as  they  are  in  opposite  direc- 
tions. It  must  cleave  to  the  one  and  reject  the 
other,  or,  better  still,  discard  them  both. 
Neither  of  them  is  safe  for  a  religious  ed- 
itor to  ride  and  neither  is  a  winner.  We 
shall  give  further  attention  in  our  next 
issue  to  "The  Standard's"  position ;  mean- 
while, we  ask  our  readers  who  may  happen 
also  to  be  readers  of  "The  Christian  Stan- 
dard" to  compare  the  two  editorials  appear- 
ing the  same  week  in  "The  Christian  Stand- 
ard" and  The  Christian-Evangelist,  en- 
titled, respectively,  "The  Church  Federation 
Conference"  and  "Allies  Against  Common 
Foes."  These  two  articles  point  in  oppo- 
site directions  and  indicate  two  widely  dif- 
ferent methods  of  procedure.  The  time  has 
come  for  a  clear  understanding  of  the  issues 
involved,  and  The  Christian-Evangelist 
is  determined  that  its  readers  shall  under- 
stand that  the  success  of  our  movement  or 
its  degeneration  into  a  narrow  sect  is  in- 
volved in  the  issue  therein  joined. 


December  21,  1905 


THE  CHRli 


\.\-r. 


ANGELIST. 


Editor's  Easy  Chair. 

"There's  a  song  in  the  air, 
There's  a  star  in  tin:  sky, 
There's  a  mother's  deep  prayer, 
There's  a  baby's  low  cry." 

That  "song  in  the  air"  which  echoed  over 
the  Judean  hills  in  the  long  ago  has  been 
the  inspiration  of  earth's  sweetest  and  no- 
blest music.  It  was  but  the  prelude  to  the 
mighty  chorus  of  praise  that  is  echoing 
around  the  world.  That  song,  with  its  note 
of  "Peace  on  earth  and  good  will  among 
men,"  has  organized  all  the  peace  societies 
of  the  world,  and  inspired  every  effort 
that  has  been  made  for  the  alleviation  of 
human  suffering  and  the  amelioration  of 
the  condition  of  men.  It  is  yet  to  make 
wars  to  cease  unto  the  end  of  the  earth, 
to  break  the  bow  and  cut  the  spear  asunder, 
and  to  burn  the  war  chariots  in  fire.  It  is 
yet  to  convert  swords  into  plow-shares,  and 
spears  into  pruning  hooks,  until  nation 
shall  not  lift  up  sword  against  nation, 
neither  shall  they  learn  war  any  more.  Let 
the  sweet  refrain  of  that  angelic  hymn, 
"Gloria  in  Excelsis,"  be  caught  up  and  re- 
peated until  the  discords  of  earth  shall  be 
swallowed   up   in   the   heavenly   melody. 


That  "star  in  the  sky"  has  guided  the 
world's  progress !  Its  light,  shining  in  the 
dark  night  of  sin,  has  pointed  the  way  to 
forgiveness  and  peace.  It  has  been  the 
beacon  light  of  history,  leading  the 
world  on  to  a  better  civilization.  Shine 
on,  O  star  of  Bethlehem,  till  thy  growing 
light  shall  dim  tlie  splendors  of  all  the 
suns  that  blaze  in  the  depths  of  immensity ! 
Shine  on,  until  all  the  dark  places  of  the 
earth  shall  be  illumed,  and  until  igno- 
rance and  superstition  shall  flee  away! 
Shine  on,  thou  star  of  Hope,  till  sin  and 
sorrow  shall  be  no  more,  and  till  the 
earth  shall  be  filled  with  righteousness  and 
truth,  from  pole  to  pole,  and  from  the 
rising  to  the  setting  of  the  sun ! 


"A  mother's  deep  prayer' !  Ah,  who 
knows  what  omnipotence  there  was  in  the 
petitions  that  went  up  from  that  pure 
mother-heart?  In  the  presence  of  adoring 
shepherds  and  wondering  magi,  she  could 
but  lift  her  soul  to  God  for  the  care  of  that 
holy  treasure  which  had  been  committed 
to  her.  Is  there  anything  sweeter  and 
holier  on  this  earth  than  a  mother's  love? 
Is  there  any  prayer  more  potent  than  that 
which  comes  from  a  mother's  heart  for 
the  welfare  of  her  child?  We  write  his- 
tories of  the  great  men  of  the  world  and 
of  their  great  deeds.  But  could  we  know 
it,  behind  each  great  character  whose  deeds 
have  filled  the  world  with  his  fame,  there 
was  a  mother's  love,  a  mother's  prayer,  and 
a  mother's  guiding  hand.  How  often  have 
her  prayers  stretched  across  the  waste  of 
years  and  arrested  a  prodigal  son,  wander- 
ing in  a  far  country,  and  turned  his  way- 
ward steps  homeward !  Let  us  thank 
God,  this  Christmas  time,  for  our  mothers, 
whose    prayers    have    compassed    us    about 


like  a  fortress  amid  all  the  temptations 
and  trials  of  life,  and  who,  here  or  yonder, 
beckon  us  upward  to  purer  and  nobler  liv- 
ing. 

@ 

Thai  "baby's  low  cry"  was  a  part  of  the 
minstrelsy  of  heaven.  It  was  the  signal 
that  God,  manifest  in  the  flesh,  had  come 
into  human  life  by  the  door  of  suffering, 
and  was  bone  of  our  bone  and  flesh  of  our 
flesh.  Often  had  the  wail  of  childhood 
reached  the  ear  of  God — aye,  and  the  heart 
of  God,  too — before  that  first  Christmas 
night.  But  now  it  is  the  Holy  Child  whose 
cry  startles  the  midnight  air  and  mingles 
with  the  great  minor-keyed  anthem  of 
the  race.  God's  way  of  entering  into 
union  with  humanity  was  through  the 
humble  beginnings  of  childhood,  with 
all  its  weaknesses  and  limitations.  The 
Son  of  the  Highest,  he  becomes  the 
son  of  the  lowliest,  that  he  might 
thus  enter  into  fullest  sympathy  with 
all  classes  and  conditions  of  our  common 
humanity.  From  these  lowly  conditions 
that  Child,  cradled  in  a  manger,  has  risen 
to  the  highest  place  of  power  in  the  uni- 
verse, wielding  a  sceptre  of  univer- 
sal dominion.  From  weeping  infancy  to 
noblest  youth,  to  divinest  manhood,  to 
supreme  Lordship — what  a  career  and  what 
a  personality! 

How  long  it  has  caken  the  church — that 
part  of  humanity  which  is  supposed  to  be 
most  under  the  spell  of  Christ's  life  and 
teaching — to  catch  the  meaning  of  his  in- 
carnation !  He  was  the  Father's  magnet 
let  down  into  the  broken  and  scattered 
fragments  of  a  divided  humanity  to  draw 
them  into  union  with  himself  and  with 
each  other.  He  came  to  show  us  the 
Father,  and  to  bring  us  all  back  into  the 
filial  relation  of  sonship  to  him,  and  into 
the  fraternal  relation  of  brotherhood  to 
each  other.  Nineteen  centuries  have  passed 
since  his  advent,  and  still  we  have  a  di- 
vided church !  "How  long,  oh,  Lord,  how 
long?"  How  long  will  men  exalt  their 
opinions,  their  personal  ambitions,  their 
prejudices,  above  the  will  of  our  divine 
Lord  who  prayed  that  his  disciples  might 
be  one  ?  Among  other  lessons  which,  we 
learn  from  Christmas,  ought  we  not  to 
learn  the  lesson  of  unity,  through  brotherly 
love?  Beloved,  if  God  so  loved  us  as  to 
send  his  Son  into  the  world  as  a  bond  of 
union  and  fellowship,  ought  we  not  so  to 
love  one  another  as  to  be  one  in  him? 


Even  when  people  talk  much  about  unity 
there  is  often  the  absence  of  the  very 
spirit  of  unity.  We  allow  ourselves  to  be 
deceived  by  the  wiles  of  the  devil.  It  is 
not  by  selfish  and  sectarian  ambitions :  it 
is  not  by  zeal  for  party  shibboleths  and  the 
traditions  of  the  fathers;  it  is  not  by  mag- 
nifying some  differences  and  underestimat- 
ing others,  that  union  is  to  be  promoted;  but 
in  love,  in  lowliness  and  meekness  of  spir- 
it, in  the  exaltation  of  Christ,  and  of  his 
desire  for  the  oneness  of  his  followers, 
above   our   individual    opinions   and   preju- 


.,  that  we  are  to  have  a  united  church. 
May  the  Ifoly  Spirit,  who  is  th':  spirit  of 

unity,   of   love,   and    of    fraternity,   lead   us 
out  of  our  carnality,  wherein  art  divi-. 
and  strif"s,  into  the  life  and  liberty  of  the 
Spirit,   wherein   there   is   peace   and   unity! 
"The   man    who   is   tall   enough  to  see  the 
needs  of  those  in  foreign  lands,"  said 
of  the   speakers  in  the  Inter-Church  Con- 
ference,   "is    tall    enough    to   .v 
nominational  walls."    And  no  man,  we  will 
add,  who  can  not  see  over  denominational 
walls,    and    r  ":    the    Christian    worth 

and  work  of  those  outside  his  own  fold, 
can  do  anything  for  the  cause  of  Chris- 
tian union. 

@ 
Speaking  of  union,  Dr.  Josiah  Strong 
said  that  there  were  three  tests  of  fellow- 
ship, making  three  circles :  First,  those  who 
believe  as  we  do,  using  belief  in  its  popu- 
lar sense  as  including  our  denominational 
agreements.  That,  of  course,  is  a  limited 
sphere.  Second,  there  is  a  larger  circle 
based  on  a  common  feeling.  More  people 
can  love  alike  than  can  think  alike.  A 
choir  in  a  Jewish  synagogue  recently  sang, 
"Love  divine,  all  love  excelling."  Another 
circle  of  fellowship  is  formed  by  a  common 
purpose  and  action.  This,  he  thought,  was 
a  larger  circle  and  a  truer  test.  "Whoso- 
ever doeth  the  will  of  my  Father,  the  same 
is  my  brother  and  my  sister."  Will,  he 
said,  is  fundamental  to  character.  "No  man 
needs  a  broader  basis  of  fellowship  than 
that,  and  I  dare  not  make  a  narrower  one." 
But  many  are  unprepared  for  union  on  the 
basis  of  faith  in  and  personal  allegiance 
to  Jesus  Christ.  "When  saloons  and 
brothels  flourish  because  Christians  will 
not  unite,"  said  Dr.  Strong,  "it  is  treason 
to  the  kingdom  of  God."  Is  that  language 
too  strong?  If  not,  there  is  great  need  for 
a  searching  examination  of  our  hearts  to 
see  whether  or  not  we  are  guilty  of  treason 
to  our  King.  To  have  no  conscience  about 
unity,  and  a  very  sensitive  conscience  about 
our  shibboleths,  is  the  unfailing  mark  of  a 
sectarian,  no  matter  what  name  he  wears 
or  what  creed  he  professes. 

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And  so  let  us  go  with  the  wondering 
shepherds  to  Bethlehem  and  see  what  has 
come  to  pass.  What  did  come  to  pass? 
Better  than  the  shepherds  could  know  do 
we  now  know  that  a  King  was  bom  that 
night  in  Bethlehem's  stable.  From  that 
manger-cradle  has  flowed  a  purifying  and 
life-giving  stream  which  has  changed  the 
current  of  human  history,  sweetened  and 
ennobled  human  life  in  all  its  relations, 
given  the  world  newr  moral  and  spiritual 
ideals,  dignified  human  nature,  exalted 
human  rights,  and  set  in  operation  forces 
which  are  working  for  the  education  and 
regeneration  of  the  race.  At  the  birth- 
place of  such  a  King  we  may  well  linger 
to  offer  our  incense  of  devotion  and  our 
costliest  gifts  of  love  and  service:  linger 
to  catch  his  Spirit,  to  be  inspired  by  his 
ideals,  that  we  may  take  up  our  life-tasks 
more  bravely,  and  perform  them  more 
faithfully  because  done  in  his  name  and  in 
his  Spirit. 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


December  21,  1905. 


As  Seen  From  the  Dome     By  f.  d.  Power 


"Gloria  in  Excelsis"  is  a  great  hymnal. 
It  is  difficult  to  think  of  any  improvement 
that  could  be  made  on  it.  Its  800  hymns, 
songs,  and  chants  include  everything  that 
should  be  gathered  together  as  the  cream 
of  the  world's  hymnology.  Its  Responsive 
Readings.  Orders  of  Service,  Invocations, 
etc.,  seem  to  meet  every  reasonable  want  in 
the  church's  worship.  Its  mechanical  make- 
up is  substantial  and  beautiful.  Such  a 
noble  book  is  something  to  be  proud  of 
and  grateful  for  and  deserves  repeated 
and  generous  commendation. 

One  of  the  things  that  was  vigorously 
applauded  in  the  Inter-Church  Conference 
in  New  York  was  a  reference  to  the  new 
Methodist  hymnal  which  is  being  used  by 
the  Methodist  Church  North  and  South 
and  is  supposed  to  be  one  instrument  to 
reunite  those  bodies.  It  is  the  fruit  of  six 
years'  labor  on  the  part  of  a  joint  com- 
mission. The  new  volume  is  remarkable 
from  a  literary  point  of  view  and  also 
marks  an  epoch  in  the  history  of  the  Meth- 
odist brotherhood  in  the  United  States, 
bringing  these  brethren,  separated  by  sec- 
tional differences,  intD  closer  relations.  The 
former  hymnal  contained  1,100  hymns,  this 
has  717  and  39  other  pieces.  Charles  Wes- 
ley has  134  hymns,  Watts  53,  and  other 
authors  have  a  place,  among  them  Kipling, 
Richard  Watson  Gilder  and  Washington 
Gladden.  The  new  hymnal  is  expected  to 
do   much   to   unify   the   brethren. 

There  is  no  question  of  the  great  value 
of  hymns  in  promoting  every  interest  of 
the  kingdom.  Such  a  volume  as  Hackle 
man's  "Gloria  in  Excelsis"  marks  an  epoch 
fn  our  Church  history.  It  is  worthy  to 
stand  among  the  worthiest.  Every  phase 
of  Christian  experience  and  of  church 
work  and  worship  is  richly  provided  for 
and  classified  in  such  perfect  order  that  one 
can  readily  make  his  selections.  The 
preacher  should  know  his  hymnal  as  he 
knows  his  Bible,  and  such  arrangement 
is  invaluable.  Some  departments  receive 
special  attention  in  this  collection  which 
in  other  books  in  use  among  us  are  lacking, 
as,  for  example,  the  hymns  that  set  forth 
the  work  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  for  children's 
services  and  miscellaneous  meetings. 
It  is  a  rich  selection  of  the  very 
choicest  productions  of  the  hymn  writ- 
ers, including  some  of  the  best  of  our 
modern  Gospel  Songs.  Old  favorites  and 
familiar  tunes  are  here,  and  enough  of  the 
newer  and  up-to-date  pieces  to  satisfy  all 
tastes.  The  editor  has  done  his  work  well 
and  deserves  the  thanks  of  the  brotherhood 
for  the  great  benefit  he  has  unquestionably 
rendered  our  service  of  song.  The  Abridged 
Edition  of  this  hymnal,  with  503  hymns,  has 
its  fine  feature^  and  deserves  high  praise. 

"The  Disciples  of  Christ,"  by  Errett 
Gates,  one  of  the  Baker  and  Taylor  series, 
under  the  general  title,  "The  Story  of  the 
Churches,"  I  have  read  with  much  interest. 
This  series  is  intended  to  furnish  a  uniform 
set  of  church  histories,  brief  yet  complete, 
and  designed  to  instruct  the  average  church 
member    in    the    origin,    development,    and 


history  of  the  various  denominations.  This 
volume  answers  well  its  purpose.  Mr. 
Gates  has  done  his  work  very  satisfactorily 
in  so  condensed  a  form.  It  is  interesting. 
It  is  evidently  written  in  the  historical 
spirit.  It  aims  to  be  every  way  just  and 
fair.  It  gives  as  full  a  treatment  of  the 
great  matters  that  come  before  the  writer 
as  is  possible  in  the  space  allotted.  It  pre- 
sents the  story  of  the  movement  and  its 
various  phases  and  experiences  with  such 
clearness  and  faithfulness  as  the  ordinary 
reader  can  readily  grasp.  Fuller  discussion 
of  many  of  the  subjects  reviewed  may  be 
desirable,  but  what  the  author  gives  us 
will  quicken  the  taste  for  wider  informa- 
tion and  lead  to  fuller  investigation  of 
one  of  the  most  fascinating  lines  of  study. 

Such  chapter  headings  as  The  Campbells, 
Religious  Conditions  in  Scotland  and  Ire- 
land, The  Christian  Association  of  Wash- 
ington, Stone  and  the  Springfield  Pres- 
bytery, The  Union  with  the  Baptists,  Alex- 
ander Campbell  as  a  Baptist,  The  Reform- 
ers among  the  Baptists,  Separation  from 
the  Baptists,  Union  of  the  Reformers  as 
Disciples  of  Christ,  Early  Growth  and  Or- 
ganization, Rise  of  Internal  Controversy, 
Missionary  Organization,  Evangelism, 
Journalism,  Education  and  Church  Growth, 
and  Recent  Tendencies  and  Problems,  will 
indicate  the  general  arrangement  of  the 
volume.  Such  a  history  is  needed.  With 
the  Centennial  in  1909  close  upon  us  there 
will  be  an  increasing  demand  for  some 
satisfactory  statement  of  the  history  and 
religious  position  of  a  people  occupying  so 
prominent  a  place  in  our  national  life.  Mr. 
Gates  offers  this  as  his  contribution.  It 
is  a  neat,  handy,  pleasing  volume  which 
well  merits  a  careful  reading  and  a  general 
circulation,  and  for  which  the  author  has 
my  personal  thanks. 

What  an  amazingly  industrious,  versa- 
tile and  productive  writer  is  Amos  R.  Wells 
of  the  "Christian  Endeavor  World" !  When 
I  read  his  "Helps  for  the  Tempted"  I 
thought  surely  ne  plus  ultra,  but  here  he  is 
with  his  latest  and  best,  "That  They  All 
May  Be  One."  It  is  a  great  little  book  on 
Christian  union  which,  in  these  wholesome 
days  of  inter-church  conferences  and  the 
like,  is  specially  timely.  Evidently  the 
Disciples  have  no  monopoly  of  the  plea 
for  union  among  the  people  of  God.  Mr. 
Wells  writes  out  of  a  full  heart  and  with 
a  vigorous  pen.  And  it  is  real  union,  visi- 
ble union,  organic  union,  practical  and  com- 
plete union,  he  urges.  Hear  him :  "Why 
should  we  long  for  this  organic  union  with 
one  another  and  with  Christ?  Why  should 
we  plan  for  it,  and  admit  no  plans  contrary 
to  it?  Why  should  we  work  toward  it 
slowly,  though  surely,  with  the  patient  en- 
thusiasm that  never  consents  to  defeat? 

"Because  it  would  be  the  climax  of  our 
splendid  church  history,  the  consumma- 
tion of  our  Christian  evolution.  Because 
it  would  place  the  ability  of  each  at  the 
disposal  of  all  and  the  power  of  all  at  the 
disposal  of  each.  Because  it  would  combine 
the  utmost  flexibility  with  the  utmost 
strength,    absolute    freedom    with     perfect 


stability.  Because  it  would  inspire  every 
Christian  with  the  momentum  of  the  Church 
universal  and  overbear  all  evil  with  an 
infinite  phalanx  of  good.  Because  it  would 
be  the  maximum  of  utilization  with  the 
minimum  of  machinery*  the  most  results 
with  the  least  waste.  Because  it  would 
transform  religious  drudgery  to  religious 
zest,  and  the  aching  strain  of  a  dwarf  into 
the  easy  swing  of  a  giant.  Because  it 
would  put  the  church  of  Christ  in  harmony 
with  the  organic  union  of  nature  and  the 
organic  union  of  the  Triune  God.  Because 
— and  we  return  to  our  initial  thought — be- 
cause it  is  the  will  of  Christ  who  desires 
all  good  for  his  churches  and  nothing 
but  good  for  them — it  is  his  loving  will 
that  they  all  may  be  one." 

Mr.  Wells  writes,  as  he  always  does,  in 
the  most  irenic  spirit  and  with  pith  and 
point  and  brilliancy.  One  can  not  drop 
the  dainty  volume  until  he  is  through  the 
last  of  its  twenty  chapters.  It  is  a  useful 
discussion  of  a  vital  theme.  It  is  a  sin 
for  any  man  who  tastes  a  good  book  to 
keep  it  to  himself:  he  should  pass  the 
knowledge  of  it  on  to  his  neighbor.  I  some- 
times recommend  such  treasures  from  the 
pulpit.  Why  not?  It  is  a  pleasure  to 
introduce  good  people  and  why  not  good 
books  ? 

Here  is  a  volume  entitled,  "A  Journey  to 
Nature,"  by  J.  P.  Mowbray,  which  is  a 
needful  volume  to  many  in  this  day  of 
rush  and  overwork.  A  Wall  street  man 
is  advised  by  his  doctor  to  go  to  the  coun- 
try. The  narrative  of  how  he  became 
acquainted  with  Nature  for  the  first  time 
and  of  the  delicate  romance  that  creeps 
into  this  primitive  life,  is  told  with  such 
freshness  and  charm  as  to  make  the  vol- 
ume unique  in  contemporary  literature. 
To  pass  suddenly  out  of  the  very  tem- 
pest and  agony  of  life  into  the  dead  calm 
of  another  existence,  to  stop  all  the  riot- 
ing faculties  at  full  speed  and  go  quietly 
away  to  vegetating  dreams,  was  this  man's 
experience.  He  exiled  himself  to  for- 
get himself,  and  he  found  something  of 
infinite  value  which  he  had  never  before 
known.  One  can  not  conceive  a  more 
wonderful  change  than  from  such  a  hurly- 
burly  as  Wall  street  to  leafy  woods  and 
singing  birds  and  whispering  streams  and 
deep  blue  sky  and  clustering  stars — to  all 
the  mysteries  and  glories  of  Nature.  Na- 
ture itself  is  an  open  book.  On  every  leaf, 
"Creator,  God,"  is  written.  The  victim 
of  Americanitis  becomes  acquainted  for 
the  first  time  with  its  great  libraries  and 
laboratories  and  revels  in  a  new  and  un- 
tried world.  And  the  story  is  told  in  a 
delightful  way.  Tired  folks  will  find  it  a 
most    restful    volume. 

A  book  of  great  value,  to  preachers  es- 
pecially, will  be  "The  Inter-Church  Confer- 
ence on  Federation  of  1905."  These  pa- 
pers and  addresses,  published  in  one  vol- 
ume, should  be  circulated  far  and  wide. 
They  will  help  to  acquaint  Christian  work- 
ers with  a  notable  movement  in  the  church- 
es— a  movement  which  will  continue  to 
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December  21,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


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As  Seen  From  the  Rockies    By  b.  b.  Tyier 


Now  that  the  South  Broadway  Church 
is  free  from  the  debt  under  which  it  has 
struggled  since  1892  it  is  probable  that  the 
congregation  will  become  a  living-link 
church  in  the  foreign  mission  field. 

A  gymnasium  for  our  boys  and  young 
men  is  being  prepared  in  the  basement  of 
the  church  this  week.  They  have  been  go- 
ing down  town  for  their  physical  exercise 
and  culture,  where  the  moral  atmosphere 
is  not  absolutely  pure.  This  gymnasium 
will  help  them  in  the  very  best  moral  at- 
mosphere and  afford  them  the  desired  ex- 
ercise and  physical  training.  A  competent 
teacher  and  director  will  be  employed. 

"The  Post,"  a  yellow  journal  of  the 
worst  type,  printed  in  Denver,  some  days 
ago  had  an  alleged  "interview"  with  Mrs. 
W.  B.  Craig,,  wife  of  W.  Bayard  Craig, 
pastor  of  the  Central  Christian  Church,  in 
which  this  good  man  and  his  noble  wife 
are  represented  as  having  gone  over  to 
Christian  Science.  Dr.  Craig  was  repre- 
sented as  going  about  among  his  people 
as  a  "healer."  The  Wednesday  evening 
meeting  in  the  Central  Christian  Church 
was  represented  as  a  "testimony"  meeting 
after  the  fashion  of  the  Christian  Science 
midweek  service. 

I  had  a  conversation  with  Brother  Craig 
last  evening,  Monday,  December  11,  in 
which  he  repudiates  the  alleged  "inter- 
view," in  toto,  as  also  does  Mrs.  Craig. 
Brother  Craig  has  given  some  attention  to 
Christian  Science.  As  a  result  he  says : 
"Mrs.  Eddy  is  fundamentally  in  error  in 
her  philosophy  and  the  Christian  Science 
Church  is  narrow  and  sectarian."  This  is 
what  W.  Bayard  Craig  thinks  of  the  Chris- 
tian Science  Church  and  of  the  so-called 
philosophy  of  Mary  Baker  Glover  Patter- 
son Simmons  Eddy ! 

To  those  who  know  Brother  Craig  it 
will  be  understood  that  when  he  says  Mrs. 
Eddy's  church  is  "narrow"  and  "sectarian" 
he  is  saying  against  it  the  strongest  things 
of  which  he  is  capable.  If  there  are  two 
things  that  William  Bayard  Craig  dislikes 
above  any  other  two  things  they  are  "nar- 
rowness" and  "sectarianism." 

Is  there  no  possible  protection  against 
the  almost  habitual  mendacity  of  certain 
daily  papers?  In  at  least  one  state  in 
our  republic  there  is  a  law  that  compels 
newspaper  publishers  to  keep  within  the 
limits  of  common  decency  and  truthful- 
ness. I  refer,  of  course,  to  the  state  of 
Texas.  Why  should  not  the  other  states 
of  the  American  union  have  laws  similar 
to  those  of  the  Lone  Star  state? 

A  great  meeting  was  held  last  evening 
in  the  Central  Christian  Church.  The  Rev. 
Dr.  R.  F.  Coyle,  ex-moderator  of  the  general 
assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in 
the  United  States,  and  pastor  of  the  Cen- 
tral Presbyterian  Church  in  Denver,  gave 
an  account  of  the  Church  Federation  Con- 
ference held  in  New  York  last  month.  The 
principal  pastors  of  the  city  came  together, 
with  selected  men  from  their  respective 
congregations,  to  hear  Dr.  Coyle's  report 
of  this  great  conference — assembled  to  the 


number  of  almost  tv/o  hundred.  It  was 
a  splendid  company  of  men.  The  ladies  of 
the  Central  Christian  Church  served  a  din- 
ner such  as  they  only  can  serve  and  in  a 
style  that  left  nothing  to  be  desired.  The 
Rev.  J.  H.  Houghton,  D.  D.,  president  of 
the  Denver  Ministerial  Alliance,  Episco- 
palian, rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  pre- 
sided. Dr.  Coyle's  report  was  a  fine  re- 
sume of  the  proceedings  of  the  conference 
of  which  we  had  been  informed  by  the 
press,  but  it  was  more  interesting  to  listen 
to  the  recital  of  the  story  by  an  exception- 
ally good  talker  who  was  an  active  mem- 
ber of  the  conference.  Bishop  Warren,  of 
the  Methodist  Church,  wl»o  has  preached 
the  Gospel  in  thirty-four  languages,  in  go- 
ing around  the  world  two  or  three  times, 
gave  an  account  of  what  he  had  seen  of 
federation  among  believers  in  Christ  in 
pagan  lands. 

The  Disciples  were  much  in  evidence  in 
this  meeting.  The  genial  pastor  of  the 
Central  Church  was  host.  On  such  an  oc- 
casion Brother  Craig  is  at  his  best.  As- 
sisted by  such  women  as  he  has  in  his 
church,  the  entertainment  was  simply  per- 
fect. At  the  roll  call,  in  the  early  part  of 
the  meeting,  thirty  persons  reported  as  be- 
ing simply  "Christians."  The  Presbyteri- 
an Church  followed  with  twenty-seven 
members  present.  A.  E.  Pierce,  an  elder 
in  the  South  Broadway  Christian  Church, 
and  chairman  of  its  official  board,  brought 
the  house  down  when  he  said :  "I  was 
born  an  Episcopalian ;  I  am  now  a  Chris- 
tian." Dr.  Houghton  could  not  keep  from 
reminding  the  company  that  the  house  of 
bishops,  in  1886,  submitted  a  basis  of 
union,  and  were  therefore  pioneers  in  the 
now  great  movement  in  the  direction  of 
a  united  Protestant  Christendom.  This 
gave   one   of   the   brethren   an   opportunity 


to  speak  of  the  Evangelical  Alliance, 
which  he  seemed  to  think  was  organized 
in  1873  instead  of  1846.  The  sixth  meet- 
ing of  the  alliance  was  held  in  New  York 
in  1873.  This  brought  a  representative  of 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  ntion  to 

his  feet,  who  reminded  the  company  that 
this  great  union  movement  began  with  the 
organization  ,1  the  first  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  fifty  years  ago.  But 
this  occurred  sixty-one  years  ago — or  in 
1844.  Of  course  a  Disciple,  or  Christian, 
could  not  remain  silent  under  such  re- 
peated provocation  !  A  "Christian,"  there- 
fore, arose  and  said  that  the  real  begin- 
ning of  this  practical  union  was  the  pub- 
lication in  1809  of  a  document  containing 
a  declaration  and  an  address  in  which  was 
submitted  a  basis  on  which  believers  could 
co-operate  in  the  evangelization  of  the 
world — the  very  basis  on  which  this  fed- 
eration of  churches  proposes  to  build, 
namely,  the  Lordship  of  the  Christ !  The 
spirit  of  the  meeting  from  first  to  last  was 
faultless.  A  resolution  was  passed  in- 
structing the  chairman  to  appoint  a  com- 
mittee to  formuiate  a  plan  of  federation 
for  the  churches  of  Denver. 
Denver,   Colorado. 

As  Seen  From  the  Dome. 

{Continued  from  page  1648.) 
move,  just  as  "the  current  reformation" 
will  continue  to  be  current.  We  must 
keep  up  with  the  procession.  We  must, 
if  possible,  claim  a  place  on  the  band-wag- 
on. We  must  have  a  hand  in  this  Protes- 
tant readjustment.  Instead  of  warring  for 
place  and  recognition  as  sects,  to  the  great 
waste  and  sacrifice  of  power  and  service 
possible  to  a  united  Church,  the  world's 
need  must  drive  Christians  to  their  knees 
and  to  a  closer  union  in  Christ.  Get  this 
book. 


A  Golden  Wedding. 


MR.   PETER   COURTNEY. 


MRS.    PETER    COURTNEY. 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peter  Courtney,  who  have  just  celebrated  their  golden  wedding, 
amid  the  felicitations  of  many  friends,  are  staunch  members  of  the  Christian  churchl 
They  reside  at  Sedalia,  Mo.,  and  were  married  in  Pettis  county,  fifty  years  ago,  by 
the  late  Elder  De  Jarnett.  We  rejoice  to  know  that  they  are  in  the  best  of  health 
and  that  their  nine  children  and  the  grandchildren  were  present  at  the  celebration. 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


December  21,  1905 


Things  That  Are  Moving  England 


By  William 
Durban 


PRELUDE. 
Deeply  interesting  to  our  English  churches 
of  Christ  at  this  juncture  are  the  changes 
taking  place  in  our  pastorates.  Some  of 
these  are  only  in  course  of  arrangement, 
hut  it  is  hoped  that  the  issue  will,  at  least 
in  a  large  measure,  compensate  for  the  se- 
vere loss  occasioned  by  the  removal  to  Amer- 
ica of  those  preachers  whom  I  have  men- 
tioned in  more  than  one  of  my  recent  com- 
munications. The  gaps  made  are  difficult  sat- 
orily  to  fill,  but  careful  efforts  on  the 
part  of  our  board  are  likely  to  be  rewarded 
by  the  arrival  in  the  vacant  spheres  of  suit- 
able men.  In  one  case  a  remarkable  inci- 
dent has  taken  place.  Everything  possible 
was  tried  to  induce  Brother  and  Sister 
Hen  Mitchell  to  remain  with  the  church 
at  Liverpool,  but  after  faithful  and  arduous 
service  for  some  years  they  decided  to 
proceed  towards  the  setting  sun.  The  suc- 
cessor to  Brother  Mitchell  is  already  in  this 
important  sphere.  Liverpool  is  as  interest- 
ing and  important  a  location  as  any  in  our 
English  work.  The  new  minister  is  Daniel 
Hughes,  a  very  notable  man  from  the  Bap- 
tists. One  singular  fact,  which  is  natur- 
ally of  special  interest  personally  to  me, 
is  that  Brother  Hughes  was  my  successor 
in  the  Baptist  church  at  Chester,  founded 
by  myself  when  I  was  appointed  to  go  to 
that  beautiful  place  by  the  late  C.  H.  Spur- 
ge >n  in  order  to  plant  a  new  mission.  The 
attempt  was  wonderfully  blessed.  Is  it  not 
a  curious  fact  that  the  founder  of  that  Bap- 
tist church,  now  a  most  flourishing  com- 
munity, and  also  his  successor,  should  now 
be  serving  in  the  ranks  of  the  Disciples  of 
Christ?  Daniel  Hughes  has  only  just  com- 
menced his  new  work,  but  I  understand 
that  crowded  congregations  are  at  once 
gathering  to  listen  to  his  brilliant  preach- 
ing, as  was  the  case  all  the  time  in  Ches- 
ter. He  is  a  native  of  Wales  and  is  gifted 
with  the  fire  of  Celtic  eloquence.  Natur- 
ally, great  things  are  expected  from  him. 

A  VOICE  FROM  DARKEST  CONGO  LAND. 
1  have  been  spending  two  of  the  most 
memorable  and  pathetic  evenings  of  my  life 
— one  with  Rev.  John  Harris,  the  other 
with  Mrs.  John  Harris,  a  missionary  couple 
from  the  Congo.  I  shall  never  forget  the 
facts  related  to  me  by  both  husband  and 
wife.  England  is  being  greatly  agitated 
by  the  accounts  which  are  being  sent  over 
by  various  missionaries  of  the  dreadful 
crimes  perpetrated  by  the  officials  of  the 
Congo  Free  State  -and  the  black  soldiers 
under  their  command  in  the  rubber  dis- 
tricts. As  the  American  churches  of  Christ 
have  now  a  "new  mission  on  the  Congo, 
this  matter  is  of  deep  interest  to  Amer- 
icans as  well  as  Britons.  The  chief  rub- 
ber districts  are  a  thousand  miles  up  the 
Congo,  towards  the  very  heart  of  Darkest 
Africa.  It  has  during  the  last  few  years 
been  constantly  alleged  that  infernal  atroc- 
ities were  being  committed  on  the  natives 
who  failed  to  bring  in  supplies  of  rubber 
enough  to  satisfy  the  officers  of  the  various 
companies.  Some  of  these  companies  have 
grown  enormously  wealthy,  but  at  a  dread- 


ful cost.  The  poor  negroes  are  forced  to 
go  into  the  forests  where  the  rubber  vines 
grow  and  to  work  rubber  till  their  baskets 
are  full.  In  many  localities  the  commodity 
has  become  scarce,  through  the  extravagant 
drain  on  the  plants  and  the  failure  to  work 
them  on  the  proper  principles  of  scientific 
economy.  Thus  the  villagers  are  compelled 
to  march  many  miles  into  the  recesses  of 
the  woods,  taking  three  or  four  days  for 
the  journey  before  they  reach  the  vines. 
Then  they  are  several  days  occupied  with 
the  task  of  gathering,  having  no  proper 
shelter,  and  being  exposed  to  peril  from 
wild  beasts,  snakes,  and  terrific  storms. 
Then  begins  the  weary  homeward  march. 
Likewise  these  unfortunate  people  are  ex- 
pected to  pay  heavy  food  taxes.  They  are 
bound  to  bring  to  the  white  men  any  sup- 
plies that  may  be  demanded.  A  Belgian 
officer  and  his  retinue  may  be  tired  of  feed- 
ing upon  yams,  plantains,  bananas,  ma- 
nioc, and  cassava,  and  therefore  they  order 
a  chief  and  his  people  within  a  few  hours 
to  bring  them  fish,  chickens,  and  ante- 
lope meat,  without  any  payment  whatever. 
THE  CATEGORY  OF  CRIME. 
I  will  here  recite  very  briefly  just  a 
few  of  the  atrocities  chronicled  by  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Harris.  Many  of  the  incidents  came 
directly  under  their  own  notice,  and  they 
are  now  in  England  holding  meetings  and 
stirring  public  opinion.  The  excitement 
would  be  very  great,  were  it  not  for  the 
distraction  of  the  public  mind  caused  by 
the  black  news  coming  in  hourly  from 
Russia.  A  dignified  chief  was  accused  of 
shortage  of  rubber  collected  by  his  people. 
He  was  seized  by  the  black  sentries,  under 
the  orders  of  an  official,  tied  by  the  neck 
like  a  slave  to  other  prisoners,  and  com- 
pelled to  sweep  the  roads.  He  was  sick 
at  the  time  and  died  soon  after  his  release. 
If  men  do  not  collect  sufficient  rubber  their 
wives  are  sometimes  set  to  ctean  the  roads, 
even  in  the  heat  of  the  day,  often  carrying 
their  babes  on  their  backs.  Men,  women 
and  children  are  flung  indiscriminately  into 
filthy  prisons.  Often  when  the  men  are 
away  in  the  forests  their  wives  are  stolen 
from  them  by  the  sentries,  and  others  of 
the  women  are  detained  by  the  officials  as 
hostages  in  order  to  force  the  supply  of 
rubber.  Hideous  and  unprintable  deeds  are 
committed.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harris  have 
given  me  some  of  the  photographs  taken 
by  the  lady.  These  dreadful  illustrations 
'would  decorate  an  infernal  chamber  of 
horrors.  I  will  mention  one  sample  out  of 
many.  Some  of  the  black  sentries  employed 
are  cannibals.  A  number  of  these,  armed 
with  rifles,  raided  a  village.  A  little  girl 
named  Boali  was  captured  with  her  mother. 
The  father  fled  and  hid  among  the  trees, 
Be  actually  saw  the  child  killed,  cut  up, 
and  eaten  by  these  demons  in  the  service 
of  the  Congo  Free  State.  Watching  his 
opportunity  he  snatched  a  little  hand  and 
foot,  brought  them  to  the  front  door  of 
the  mission  station,  laid  them  down  on  a 
tree  trunk,  and  sat  watching  them  in  de- 
spair. I  have  this  terrible  photograph,  taken 


by  Mrs.  Harris  on  the  spot,  before  me  now. 
Shocking  mutilations  of  men,   women   and 
children    have    been    constantly    committed 
by  these  fiends?    I  forbear  to  tell  more. 
KING  LEOPOLD'S  COMMISSION. 

The  King  of  the  Belgians  has  for  a  long 
period  been  mocking  European  public 
opinion.  Though  the  atrocities  have  been 
proved  over  and  over,  the  officials  have 
taken  vengeance  on  natives  who  have  given 
evidence.  It  has  been  repeatedly  proved  that 
natives  supplying  missionaries  with  food 
have  been  malignantly  punished.  But  some 
months  ago  King  Leopold  appointed  a 
Special  Commission  to  travel  up  the  Congo 
and  to  collect  evidence  at  various  points. 
These  delegates  came  in  due  course  to 
Baringa,  twelve  hundred  miles  up  the  river. 
Mrs.  Harris  was  the  only  white  woman 
in  Africa  to  give  evidence,  and  her  photo- 
graphs fully  established  the  appalling  testi- 
monies of  herself  and  her  husband.  An 
elaborate  report  has  just  been  published 
by  the  orders  of  King  Leopold,  giving  the 
record  of  the  commission.  But  the  public 
have  wondered  why  this  document  was  so 
slow  in  appearing.  The  commissioners  are 
constrained  to  admit  the  truth  of  the  foul 
accusations  leveled  against  the  black  sol- 
diers but  they  make  every  attempt  to  white- 
wash the  white  officials,  though  it  is  too 
well  known  that  many  of  these  have  been 
guilty  of  ordering  unspeakable  outrages. 
All  humanitarians  in  Europe  are  now  ask- 
ing what  King  Leopold  is  going  to  do.  The 
English  press  of  all  sections  is  bitterly 
declaiming  against  his  callous  policy.  The 
Congo  Free  State  is  independent  of  the 
Belgian  government,  but  the  King  of  the 
Belgians  is  the  head  of  it,  and  his  orders 
must  be  implicitly  obeyed.  The  important 
factor,  however,  in  the  situation  is  this : 
that  he  does  not  hold  that  position  by 
right  of  conquest  or  annexation,  but  by 
the  united  arrangement  of  the  great  powers. 
At  any  moment  this  international  agree- 
ment can  be  entirely  reversed,  and  I  note 
that  very  many  of  the  most  influential 
organs  are  vehemently  calling  upon  the 
powers  to  take  up  the  case  and  to  do  their 
duty.  But,  unfortunately,  the  world  is 
just  now  full  of  dire  commotion.  The 
hearts  of  statesmen  seem  to  be  failing  them, 
and  apparently  there  is  but  little  of  the 
courage  and  wisdom  manifested  which  the 
age  crucially  needs.  The  political  con- 
science needs  quickening  in  every  nation, 
and  only  when  the  countless  churches  are 
alive  to  their  responsibility  to  humanity 
at  large  will  the  necessary  pressure  be  ap- 
plied to  the  rulers  who  are  so  sadly  fail- 
ing to  administer  righteous  judgment. 

[This  matter  of  the  abuses  in  the  Congo 
Free  State  came  up  for  thorough  discus- 
sion in  the  Committee  on  Resolutions  at 
the  recent  Inter-Church  Conference.  There 
were  on  that  committee  men  who  had  made 
a  thorough  investigation  of  all  the  facts 
bearing  on  this  case  in  so  far  as  they  have 
come  to  light,  and  the  Conference  em- 
bodied its  sentiments  in  a  ringing  resolu- 
tion against  such  abuses,  calling  upon  the 
United  States  government  to  use  its  in- 
fluence in  the  correction  of  such  abuses. — 
Editor.] 


Decsmbeb  21,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


Some  Practical  Results  of  the     0     a 
Inter-Church  Conference  on  Federation 


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1651 

The   Address 

by 
F.   D.   Power 


As  God  is  Gcxl  there  is  no  such  thing  in 
all  the  universe  as  an  unanswered  prayer. 
Christ's  prayer  for  the  unity  of  his  people 
was  answered;  is  being  answered;  will 
be  fully  answered.  We  descend  from  our 
Hermon,  where  the  "Sons  of  Thunder" 
and  the  "Men  of  Rock''  have  had  their 
vision  with  the  Master,  to  serve  in  the 
valley.  We  have  been  on  the  mountain 
top  during  these  days.  What  are  some 
results    of   this    holy    convocation? 

1.  We  will  pray  for  union.  The  spirit 
of  unity  is  the  spirit  of  prayer.  We  must 
depend  more  upon  God  and  less  upon 
our  own  plans,  discussions  and  over- 
tures. Heaven  has  a  part  here ;  nearness 
to  God  must  promote  the  nearness  of  Chris- 
tians to  each  other,  and  unless  God's, 
people  are  willing  to  bring  themselves  into 
humble  submission  to  his  will  no  effort 
at  closer  union  can  be  successful.  Nothing 
is  more  practical  than  prayer.  "If  two  of 
you  shall  agree  on  earth"— agree  in  heart, 
mind,  will,  desire,  faith — "as  touching 
anything,  it  shall  be  done  for  them  of  my 
Father  which  is  in  heaven."  What  power 
there  would  be  in  the  religion  of  Jesus 
Christ  if  the  multitude  of  them  that  believed 
should  all  agree  touching  their  common 
needs  and  send  their  petition  up  before 
the  throne  as  one  man !  If  the  suppli- 
cation of  all  the  family  of  those  that  love 
God  and  his  Son,  blended  in  one  voice 
for  the  Father's  ear,  should  roll  up  to 
the  gates  of  heaven,  would  not  the  gates 
fly  wide,  and  the  angels  rejoice,  and  the 
cities  of  hell  shake  to  their  foundation 
with  the  shock?  Would  not  heaven  drop 
down  from  above,  and  the  skies  pour 
down  righteousness,  and  the  earth  open 
and  bring  forth  salvation,  and  righteousness 
spring  up  from  sea  to  sea?  Would  there 
be  any  longer  strife  and  division,  the  body 
of  Christ  bleeding  because  of  the  warring 
of  its  members,  and  the  sweet  sounds  of 
the  ringing,  thrilling  Gospel  of  Christ  be 
muffled  and  hindered  by  the  noise  of  con- 
flict among  God's  people?  Let  the  whole 
Church  come  with  deep,  tender  yearning, 
solemn  petition,  to  the  Throne  of  Mercy, 
as  Christ  in  the  upper  chamber  in  Jerusa- 
lem, and  the  dawn  of  the  perfect  day  will 
soon  gladden  the  eastern  skies.  The  Master 
taught  us  to  pray  for  union.     Let  us  pray. 

2.  We  will  recognize  our  Lord's  dis- 
ciples, wherever  they  are,  as  brethren.  "I 
pray  not  for  these  alone,  but  for  all  them 
that  believe  on  me  through  their  word, 
that  they  may  all  be  one."  This  prayer 
reaches  out  to  ail  peoples,  all  lands,  all  ages. 
"Other  sheep  have  I  that  are  not  of  this 
fold,"  said  Jesus.  "I  am  of  the  Church  of 
all  saints,  and  all  saints  are  of  my  Church," 
says  the  true  Christian.  All  spirit  of  nar- 
rowness, of  bigotry,  of  intolerance,  of  ex- 
clusiveness,  is  opposed  to  the  spirit  of  unity. 
No  process  of  compulsion  can  ever  bring 
unity.  No  plan  of  Christian  union  can  ever 
succeed  that  does  not  respect  every  man's 
liberty  in  Christ  Jesus.  No  religious  body 
can  ever  effect  it  by  lifting  up  its  standard 
and  crying,  "We  are  the  people !"  No  spirit 
can  ever  commend  itself  as  the  spirit  of 
unity  that  is  not' as  broadly  catholic  as  the 
spirit  of  the  Master  on  his  knees,  serving  as 
the    High    Priest    of   all    the    human    race. 


No  progress  can  ever  be  made  towards  the 
bringing  together  of  God's  people  unless 
we  arc  willing  to  magnify  our  points  of 
agreement  and  minimize  our  points  of 
difference,  recognize  our  brother's  work 
and  co-operate  with  him  as  far  as  we  are 
able,  and  feel  that  Christian  unity  may  be 
promoted,  and  in  a  large  measure  realized 
in   a   united   Christian    service. 

3.  We  will  be  willing  to  sacrifice  for  the 
cause  of  unity.  Jesus  is  on  the  way  to 
Gethsemane.  The  shadow  of  the  cross  is 
upon  him.  Self  is  upon  the  altar.  He  is 
about  to  give  his  life  for  his  brethren. 
Such  must  be  the  spirit  of  unity.  Do  we 
find  that  party  names  and  creedal  state- 
ments hinder  the  coming  of  a  united  Chris- 
tendom? Does  the  exaltation  of  the  com- 
mandments of  men  in  place  of  the  com- 
mandments of  Christ  occasion  strife?  Do 
human  contentions  and  quibbles  over  mint, 
anise  and  cummin  fetter  and  cripple  the 
mighty  giant  which  has  the  conversion  of 
the  world  on  its  hands?  The  spirit  of 
unity  demands  the  putting  away  or  the 
subordination  of  these  things.  The  spirit 
of  unity  is  the  spirit  of  concession,  the 
spirit  of  self-denial,  the  spirit  that  says : 
"I  will  eat  no  meat  while  the  world  stands 
if  it  make  my  brother  to  offend."  "I  would 
not  surrender  my  denominational  name 
for  the  world.  No,  not  for  the  world,  but 
for  Christ's  cake  I  will  gladly  surrender 
it."  The  spirit  of  Jesus  in  his  intercessory 
prayer  must  be  the  spirit  of  the  church, 
and  he  alone  be  Sovereign. 

4.  AVe  shall,  above  all  else,  be  inspired  by 
such  conferences  as  this  to  love  our  breth- 
ren. The  spirit  of  sectarianism  is  the 
spirit  of  hatred ;  the  spirit  of  unity  is  the 
spirit  of  love.  Who  can  ever  sound  the 
depths  of  the  heart  of  Jesus  as  he  pleads, 
"I  pray  not  for  these  alone,  but  for  all 
that  believe  on  me  through  their  word"? 
How  can  we  ever  be  worthy  of  the  exalted 
condition  he  asks  for  us,  "As  thou  Father 
art  in  me,  and  I  in  thee,  that  they  may  be 
one  in  us,"  unless  thoroughly  dominated 
by  this  principle  ?  Forbearing  one  another 
in  love  and  endeavoring  to  keep  the  unity 
of  the  spirit  in  the  bonds  of  peace,  all 
barriers  must  be  removed  as  if  straws. 
The  thirteenth  of  First  Corinthians  must  go 
with  the  seventeenth  of  John  in  accom- 
plishing the  unity  of  Christendom.  The  fruits 
of  the  spirit  of  Christ  in  us  are  "love,  joy, 
peace,  long-suffering,  gentleness,  good- 
ness, faith,"  and  when  these  are  exhib- 
ited in  the  lives  of  Christian  men  and 
women  everywhere  the  unity  of  the  Church 
will  be  mightily  hastened.  We  shall  not 
have  restored  Christianity  according  to 
the  apostles  until  faith,  hope  and  love  are 
exalted  to  their  true  positions.  "There  is 
a  more  excellent  way." 

Such  has  not  been  the  spirit  of  the  past. 
"Show  me  the  peaceful  reign  of  the  Mes- 
siah." said  a  Jewish  rabbi,  "and  I  will  be 
a  Christian,  and  not  before.''  "Do  you 
want  schools  on  your  reservation?"  was 
asked  of  Chief  Joseph,  of  the  Nez  Perces 
tribe  of  Indians.  "No,"  was  the  red  man's 
emphatic  answer.  ''No :  the  schools  will 
bring  us  churches."  "Don't  you  want 
churches?"  "No.  no;  they  will  teach  us 
to  quarrel  about  God.  as  Protestants  and 
Catholics  do.  We  fight  each  other,  but  we 
don't  want  to  fight  about  God." 

The  world  in  its  disunity  was  Babel ; 
men     were     strangers,    barbarians,     aliens, 


Scythians — anything   but    brethren.     Christ 
came   teaching   a   new   dispensation.      J 
was  the  new  law,  and  men  began  to  real- 
ize that  they  were  one  family.     They  had 
all  thing-  in  common.     '.  DO  more 

strangers  and  aliens,  but  fellow  citizens 
with  the  saints  and  of  the  household  of 
Cod,  children  of  one  Father,  citizen 
one  republic,  brethren.  So  the  work  went 
forward  until  pagan  temples  crumbled, 
idols  fell  upon  their  faces,  philosophers 
were  convicted  of  their  folly,  the  Roman 
eagle  was  hurled  from  the  throne  of  the 
Cesars,  the  standard  of  the  cross  was  borne 
before  the  -tandards  of  all  nations.  Today 
the  same  results  may  be  reached  in 
than  three  centuries  with  the  same  con- 
centrated effort.  Are  we  not  seeking  the 
same  end — the  repairing  of.  the  evils 
wrought  by  sin,  and  the  joy  of  a  meeting 
before  the  throne? 

Two  Scotchmen,  a  burgher  and  an  anti- 
burgher,  lived  in  the  same  house,  but 
at  opposite  ends.  It  was  the  bargain  that 
each  should  keep  his  side  of  the  house  well 
thatched.  When  the  dispute  between  their 
respective  kirks  grew  hot  the  two  neigh- 
bors ceased  to  speak  to  each  other.  But 
one  day  it  happened  they  were  both  on  the 
roof  at  the  same  time,  each  repairing  the 
slope  on  his  own  side,  and  when  they  had 
worked  up  to  the  top  they  were  face  to 
face.  They  could  not  flee,  so  at  last  An- 
drew took  off  his  cap,  and,  scratching  his 
head,  exclaimed :  "Johnny,  you  and  me,  I 
think,  hae  been  very  foolish  to  dispute 
as  we  hae  done  concerning  Christ's  will 
about  our  kirks,  until  we  hae  clean  forgot 
his  will  aboot  ourselves.  Whatever's 
wrang  it's  perfectly  certain  it  can  never 
ba  right  to  be  unneighborly,  uncivil,  un- 
kind, in  fac'  to  hate  one  anither.  Na.  na, 
that's  the  devil's  wark  and  na  God's.  Noo, 
it  strikes  me,  that  maybe  it's  wi'  the  kirk 
as  wi'  this  house — ye're  warking  on  ane 
side  and  me  on  t'ither,  but  if  we  only  do 
our  wark  weel  we  will  meet  at  the  tap  at 
last.     Gie   us  yer  han',   auld  neighbor." 

My  brethren.  Demos  is  waking.  He  looks 
upon  much  of  this  state  of  things  as  be- 
longing to  the  paganism  of  the  priesthood. 
The  people  are  tired  of  our  differences ;  let 
their  leaders  confess  and  forsake  their  sins, 
and  the  great  multitude  of  Christendom 
will  join  hands.  "Educate  the  masters,  is  a 
helpful  word.  Are  we  ever  tempted  to 
forget  that  we  are  Christians?  Let  us  re- 
turn to  the  spirit  of  Christ.  Do  we 
the  kingdoms  of  this  world  to  dis- 
their  armaments,  to  decree  that  there  shall 
be  no  more  war?  Let  us  see  that  in  the 
kingdom  of  the  Prince  of  Peace  the  drum- 
beat of  civil  conflict  is  hushed.  Do  we 
speculate  about  a  universal  language  and 
so  predict  the  unity  and  co-operation  of 
the  human  race?  Let  us  who  have  our 
speech  ordained  of  heaven  all  speak  the 
same  thing  and  preserve  the  unity  of  the 
Spirit  in  the  bond  of  peace.  Do  we  desire 
for  our  King  that  he  may  have  the  heathen 
for  his  inheritance  and  the  uttermost  parts 
of  the  earth  for  his  possession,  and  that 
the  kingdoms  of  this  world  shall  become 
his  kingdom?  Let  us  pray  with  him  that 
all  his  people  may  be  one,  that  the  world 
may  believe.  As  the  President  of  the 
United  States,  by  touching  a  button.  5 :  t 
the  great  machinery  of  the  World's  Fair 
in  motion  with  one  united  purpose,  started 
the  play  of  fountains,  unfurled  thousands 
of  flags  and  banners  in  an  instant,  quick- 
ened all  the  stupendous  forces  of  nature, 
harnessed  there  tc  do  man's  will  and  g 
forward  in  unity  and  harmony,  so  may  the 
spirit  of  the  Son  of  God  quicken  and  move 
his  people  to  their  common  sen-ice  and 
their  common  victory. 


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THE  C  H  RISTIA  N-EY  A  N<  .EL  I  ST 


December  21,  igo= 


Our   Budget. 


— A  Merry,  Merry  Christmas  to  all  our 
reader- ' 

— Send  your  gifts  by  return  mail — in  the 
form  of  renewals ! 

— By  the  way.  that  is  what  our  subscrib- 
ers are  doing,  and  new  readers  are  joining 
our  ranks  by  scores  and  hundreds. 

— The  Christian-Evangelist  for  1906 
will  be  indispensable  to  any  one  among  us 
who  wishes  to  know  what  are  the  latest 
and  best  things  saying  and  doing  among 
ourselves  and  our  religious  neighbors. 

— We  call  attention  to  the  Centennial 
statement  elsewhere  of  our  secretary,  Bro. 
YV.  R.  Warren.  He  is  lifting  up  a  stand- 
ard. Let  all  the  churches  and  preachers 
fall  into  line  for  a  great  forward  movement. 
Special  to  The  Christian-Evangelist. 

Decatur.     III..    Dec.  17. — Meeting     two 
weeks    old :    forty-seven    additions    at    the 
Christian    Temple.    We    continue. — Thomp- 
son and  Kendall. 
Special  to  The  Christian-Evangelist. 

Colorado  Springs,  Col..  Dec.  17. — Seven 
added  today ;  eleven  last  Sunday ;  recent 
reports  show  that  this  church  leads  Colora- 
do in  C.  W.  B.  M.  work.— Crayton  S. 
Brooks. 

Special  to  The  Christian-Evangelist. 

Wheeling.  W.  Va.,  Dec.  18. — Clarence 
Mitchell  is  with  us  in  our  revival  among 
the  students  of  State  Normal ;  greatest 
meeting  in  years ;  forty  confessions  to  date. 
— J.  W.  Underwood,  minister. 
Special  to  The  Christian-Evangelist. 

Bethany.  Mo..  Dec.  18. — Three  weeks, 
eleven  added ;  greatest  meeting  ever  held 
here;  continuing. — Orahood,  pastor;  Fife, 
evangelist. 

— The  new  building  at  Lyons,  Kan.,  where 
Geo.  L.,Lyon  ministers,  is  now  under  cover. 
It  will  seat  1,000  people. 

— The  present  address  of  C.  A.  Hill  and 
wife  is  not  Milton,  Ohio,  as  announced 
last  week,  inadvertently,  but   Piqua,   Ohio. 

— Evangelist  John  W.  Marshall  is  report- 
ed in  a  meeting  at  Normal.  111.,  R.  H.  New- 
ton, minister,  that  is  full  of  interest  and 
promise. 

—The  church  at  Gallatin  Mo.,  will  be 
without  a  pastor  after  January  1,  1906. 
Brethren  desiring  a  call  may  write  W.  C. 
Gillihan.  Gallatin,  Mo. 

— Charles  M.  Fillmore,  in  the  midst  of 
his  seventh  year  at  Carthage,  Ohio,  has 
been  voted  an  increase  of  saiary  and  asked 
to  continue  indefinitely  as  minister. 

— We  regret  to  learn  that  J.  M.  Blalock 
is  critically  ill  with  pneumonia  at  his  home 
in  Marshal!.  Mo.  Let  us  pray  that  his  life 
may  be  spared  for  the  cause  he  loves. 

— Educational  day  among  the  Disciples 
of  Christ  is  January  21,  1906.  Every  church 
among  us  should  plan  to  give  the  day 
thoroughly  to  this   fundamental   interest. 

— J.  W.  Walters,  Webster  City,  la.,  can 
put  churches  in  correspondence  with  an  ex- 
cellent young  minister  and  his  wife,  both 
college  graduates,  who  desire  to  change 
their  field  of  work  January  1. 

— J.  Will  Walters  is  just  closing  a  meet- 
ing at  Harlan.  la.,  with  T.  C.  Mclntire, 
the  pastor,  and  is  to  hold  another  at  Bagby, 
Iowa,  with  F.  W.  Mutchler,  pastor,  Decem- 
ber 20. 

— The  brethren  at  Fontana,  Kan.,  heart- 
ily commend  M.  F.  Ross,  of  Erie,  Kan., 
who  has  been  holding  a  meeting  for  them. 
They  believe  he  ought  to  engage  more 
fully  in  evangelistic  work. 

— Our  colleges  are  expecting  large  results 
from  education  day,  January  21,  1906.  A 
people  blessed  as  ours  have  been  by  well 
trained  men  can  not  well  say,  "No,"  when 
the  institutes  that  train  them  need  help  to 


prepare    more    great     men     for    the     Lord'- 
work. 

— C.  Wr  Perigo.  who  has  recently  located 
in  Granite  City,  111.,  would  be  pleased  to 
correspond  with  churches  in  easy  reach 
of  that  place,  with  a  view  of  visiting  them 
and  preaching  for  them  once  or  twice  per 
month. 

— Harold  E.  Monser,  and  Charles  E. 
McYav.  song  evangelist,  will  begin  a  meet- 
ing for  the  church  at  Petersburg,  111.,.  De- 
cember 31,  where  W.  M.  Groves  ministers. 
Brother  Groves  is  planning  well  for  the 
meeting. 

— J.  W.  Butler,  formerly  president  of 
Abingdon  College,  passed  away  at  his 
home  in  Fall  River,  Kan.,  December  13, 
1905.  Fuller  notice  next  week.  Our  sin- 
cere sympathy  is  extended  to  his  bereaved 
wife  who  survives  him. 

— S.  W.  Traum  begins  his  third  year  with 
hte  church  at  Madison,  Ind.,  on  January  1. 
He  writes,  "We  are  planning  for  union 
meetings  conducted  by  local  ministers. 
Our  town  has  the  lid  on.  It  bids  fair  to 
help   us   in  our  meeting." 

— H.  A.  Long,  of  Missouri,  and  Asa 
Pixley,  of  Illinois,  and  the  Dorchester,  111., 
church  have  each  just  given  our  National 
Benevolent  Association  $100.  This  consti- 
tutes these  brethren  and  this  church  life 
liners  in  Christian  philanthropy 

— Great  foreign  missionary  rallies  have 
just  been  held  at  Cenrralia  and  Du  Quoin; 
splendid  audiences  and  intense  interest. 
Brother  McLean  is  a  genius  in  a  missionary 
rally.  He  is  being  helped  by  Secretary 
S.  J.  Corey  and  C.  B.  Titus,  of  China. 

— W.  H.  Book,  of  Columbus,  Ind.,  reports 
that  a  few  friends  have  just  expressed  their 
apppreciation  of  the  county  evangelist, 
William  H.  Chappie,  and  his  wife  in  the 
way  of  a  substantial  token  of  the  esteem  in 
which  they  are  held  for  their  work's  sake. 

—Bro.  Thos.  Hunt,  of  Illinois,  has  just 
given  our  National  Benevolent  Association 
$100  outright  and  $1,000  on  the  Annuity 
Plan.  Secretary  Geo.  L.  Snively,  of  903 
Aubert  avenue,  St.  Louis,  will  explain  to 
all  inquirers  the  annuity  plan  of  helping 
this  Christlike  ministry. 

— W.  T.  Clarkson,  of  Lawrence,  Kan., 
will  hold  a  meeting  for  the  church  at  Will- 
mathsville.  Mo.,  beginning  December  24. 
Brother  Clarkson  organized  the  church 
at  Willmathsville  last  August,  after  the 
close  of  a  very  successful  meeting  which  re- 
sulted in  thirty-six  additions. 

— Herbert  Yeuell  gave  his  lecture  "Ben 
Hur"  to  a  crowded  house  on  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
course  at  Parkersburg,  W.  Va.,  December 
3,  and  repeated  it  at  the  Christian  church 
to  another  crowded  house  December  15. 
This  is  Brother  Yeuell's  third  time  on  this 
lecture  at  Parkersburg  within  a  year. 

— E.  B.  Barnes  of  Noblesville,  Ind.,  will 
commence  a  meeting  with  the  church  at 
Farmington,  Mo.,  Edward  Owers,  pastor, 
on  January  4.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  S.  Zeran 
will  lead  the  song  service.  Nothing  has 
been  left  undone  to  make  this  meeting  a 
great  success. 

— After  twenty-one  years'  ministry  in 
Missouri,  James  C.  Creel,  of  Plattsburg, 
has  accepted  a  unanimous  call  to  the  church 
at  Jonesburg,  Ark.,  where  he  begins  the 
work  first  Lord's  day  in  January,  1906. 
Thus  Missouri  loses  and  Arkansas  gains  a 
strong  preacher. 

— The  Commercial  Club  of  Omaha  has 
unanimously  elected  S.  D.  Dutchcr,  pastor 
of  the  First  Church  there,  to  its  member- 
ship. We  note  that  Brother  Dutcher  has 
just  started  a  little  paper  to  forward  the  in- 
terests of  the  church  work.  It  is  full  of 
news  of  our  two  churches  in  Omaha. 

— Referring  to  inquiries  that  come  to  us 
occasionally  from  regions  of  the  country 
where  they  are  still  discussing  the  organ 
question,  we  would  say  that  there  is  a  re- 
cent book  containing  a  discussion  between 


Get  Rid 

of  Scrofula 

Bunches,  eruptions,  inflammations,  sore- 
ness of  the  eyelids  and  ears,  diseases  of  the 
bones,  rickets,  dyspepsia,  catarrh,  wasting, 
are  only  some  of  the  troubles  it  causes. 

It  is  a  very  active  evil,  making  havoc  ot 
the  whole  system. 

Hood'sSarsaparilla 

Eradicates  it,  cures  all  its  manifestations, 
and  builds  up  the  whole  system. 
Accept  no  substitute. 


Brother  Stark  and  Brother  Warlick  on 
that  question,  which  can  be  had  by  apply- 
ing to  J.  Carroll  Stark.  Hamilton,  111. 

—Mrs.  H.  A.  Wheeldon,  of  Missoula, 
Montana,  reports  C.  W.  B.  M.  day  in  the 
church  there  as  very  successful.  Miss 
Mary  Kingsbury,  a  missionary  who  has 
spent  twenty-three  years  in  India,  was  pres- 
ent and  her  addresses  were  listened  to 
with  great  interest  by  large  audiences.  The 
church  there  is  still  in  need  of  a  pastor 
and  is  ready  for  the  right  man. 

— A  literary  lady  correspondent  in  New 
York  City,  writes :  "I  was  pleasantly  enter- 
tained by  Mr.  Power's  letter  last  week  giv- 
ing an  account  of  his  visit  to  New  York 
City  in  company  with  the  Editor.  I  am 
glad  you  made  the  acquaintance  of  Mrs. 
Waldorf  and  were  so  hospitably  entertained 
by  her!"  It  was  very  unkind  of  Dr.  Power 
to  give  the  Editor  away  as  he  did ! 

— A  large  number  of  complaints  were  re- 
ceived at  this  office  last  week  because  of 
the  delay  of  The  Christian-Evangelist  in 
reaching  its  readers.  While  we  regret  the 
mishap  which  caused  this  delay,  we  are 
glad  of  the  evidence  it  furnishes  of  how 
much  The  Christian-Evangelist  is  valued 
as  a  weekly  visitor,  and  how  it  is  missed 
when  its  visit  is  delayed.  We  hope  to  be 
able  to  prevent  these  delays  in  the  future. 

— The  dedication  at  Mexico,  Mo.,  last 
Lord's  day  was  a  pronounced  success.  The 
building,  erected  at  a  cost  of  over  $32,000, 
is,  as  the  Baptist  minister  said,  "A  poem 
without  and  a  psalm  within."  Brother 
Rains  was  present  and  made  the  appeal  for 
funds  and  received  in  pledges  nearly  $14,- 
000  to  cover  a  remaining  indebtedness  of 
about  $12,000.  We  hope  to  give  a  fuller 
report  next  week  with  a  cut  of  the  new- 
building. 

— Bro.  S.  W.  Pearcy,  church  clerk,  Sagi- 
naw, Mich.,  writing  of  Bro.  S.  M.  Martin's 
meeting,  which  had  just  closed,  with  thirty- 
four  additions,  twenty-five  of  them  by  bap- 
tism, says :  "Brother  Martin  is  a  great 
preacher  and  teacher.  Many  people  have 
heard  truths  that  they  can  not  get  rid  of 
should  they  live  fifty  years.  No  happier 
company  could  be  imagined  than  the  con- 
verts were,  seated  near  the  speaker  this 
evening   to   hear  his   parting  words." 

— A  men's  club  has  been  organized  at 
the  Island  Church,  Wheeling,  where 
C.  Manly  Rice  is  minister,  and  twenty-two 
members  have  already  enrolled ;  eight  tak- 
ing membership  at  the  last  meeting.  The 
club  meets  every  month  and  has  a  literary 
program,  and  occasionally  light  refresh- 
ments. Its  object  is  to  get  men  interested 
in  the  work  of  the  church  and  to  help  the 
needy  and  distressed  and  inculcate  the  spirit 
and  workings  of  practical  Christian  broth- 
erliness. 

— Edward  Oliver  Tilburn,  who  closed  a 
successful  pastorate  at  Warsaw,  Ind.,  on 
September  10  and  accepted  the  work  at 
Mishawaka,  beginning  on  September  17, 
reports  a  most  encouraging  outlook  in  his 
new  field  of  labor.  He  has  received  a  cor- 
dial rception  and  the  church  is  in  fine  con- 
dition. He  reports  large  audiences,  a  num- 
ber of  recent  baptisms,  and  a  general  spir- 


December  21,  1905. 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


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it   <,f   co-operation    among    al]    the   deparl 
ments  of  the  church. 

—H.  W.  Hurst,  Tarkio,  Mo.,  reports  that 
Bro.  C.  C.  Brelos  has  just  closed  his  second 
year's  work  with  the  church  and  was  unani- 
mously called  for  a  third  year.  The  church 
has  shown  steady  growth  under  his  pas- 
torate;  all  missionary  offerings  increased, 
and  all  departments  of  the  work  active. 
The  Sunday  school  is  booming  under  the 
efficient  service  of  C.  C.  Crouch,  the  su- 
perintendent. He  reports  a  good  opening 
there- for  a  live  newspaper  man  of  Chris- 
tian character. 

— The  American  Bible  Society,  for  the 
first  time  in  a -quarter  of  a  century,  finds 
itself  in  debt  and  says  it  must  have  $50,000 
advance  over  last  year's  receipts  to  meet 
the  appropriations  already  made.  This 
great  undenominational  organization  for  the 
circulation  of  the  Holy  Scriptures  through- 
out the  world  ought  to  be  the  beneficiary  of 
every  religious  movement  that  bases  its 
appeal  upon  the  Bible  as  the  inspired  word 
of  God.  Help  this  old  organization  in  its 
noble  work. 

—J.  W.  Hilton.  Bethany,  Neb.,  calls  the 
„  attention  of  the  brethren  to  Ed  C.  Tuck- 
erman,  a  very  earnest  and  devoted  Chris- 
tian man.  and  a  cultivated  and  accom- 
plished soloist  and  choir  leader,  who  united 
with  the  University  Church  of  Christ  at 
Bethany  (Lincoln)  Neb.,  recently.  Brother 
Hilton  speaks  in  the  highest  terms  of  the 
worth  and  ability  of  this  young  man  and 
predicts  for  him  a  splendid  future  as  a 
singing  evangelist.  Our  Evangelistic  Bu- 
reau will  no  doubt  take  notice  and  see  that 
Brother  Tuckerman  has  employment. 

— D.  S.  Domer,  minister  of  the  Christian 
church  at  Beaver  City,  Neb.,  writes:  "It 
is  with  delight  and  pleasure  that  I  have 
read  your  recent  book  on  the  Holy  Spirit. 
I  have  a  clearer  conception  of  the  office  and 
personality  of  the  Holy  Spirit  than  I  had 
before.  No  book  can  steer  clear  of  thoughts 
subject  to  criticism,  and  this  may  be  true 
of  some  things  in  this  volume,  but  these 
are  far  outweighed  by  the  good  things,  and 
the  true  things,  and  the  spiritual  things. 
Let  every  one  who  desires  to  know  more 
about  the  Holy  Spirit  read  the  book." 

— A.  L.  Orcutt,  president  of  the  board, 
writes :  ''The  Board  of  Ministerial  Relief 
has  just  received  from  the  estate  of  Mrs. 
O.  A.  Burgess  a  bequest  of  $1,000.  This 
becomes  a  part  of  our  permanent  fund 
and  is  to  be  known  as  'The  O.  A.  Burgess 
Loan  Fund.'  Sister  Burgess'  interest  in 
the  cause  of  Christ  is  not  only  to  be  known 
by  this  bequest,  but  as  well  by  a  number  of 
others  which  she  left  to  other  departments 
of  our  general  work.  By  these  gifts  she  will 
still  live  to  serve  the  cause  of  Christ.  How 
wise'  this  disposition  of  her  possessions ! 
This  is  a  good  example  for  others  to  fol- 
low.   Blessed  be  her  memory." 

— How's  this  for  a  "territory"  ?  Has  any- 
body any  objection  to  the  admission  of 
Oklahoma  to  statehood  ?  Read :  "Updike 
and  Easton  are  in  a  meeting  here.  Last 
night  a  beating  rain  prevented  services, 
but  the  patrons  of  the  five  rural  phone 
lines  asked  for  the  sermon  by  phone,  were 
connected,  and  heard  the  sermon  distinctly. 
Easton  sang  two  solos,  one  before  and  one 
after  the  sermon.  At  the  conclusion  of  the 
sermon  Updike  asked  all  who  were  desirous 
of  standing  for  God  and  right  to  say  'Aye,' 
and  a  chorus  of  'Ayes !'  responded.  We 
hope  for  great  good  from  the  meeting. 
"Hinton,  Okla.  Herbert  Caldwell." 
— The  Fayetteville,  Ark.,  press  reports  a 
very  pleasant  occasion  in  connection  with 
the  twentieth  anniversary  of  Bro.  N.  M. 
Ragland's  pastorate  in  the  First  Christian 
Church  of  that  city.  A  reception  was  giv- 
en at  the  Ragland  home  in  which  about  500 
people  participated.  The  house  was  beauti- 
fully decorated  with  flowers  and  there  were 
music  and  refreshments.  The  paper  says  : 
"The  evening  was  a  most  delightful  one 
and    many    were    the    congratulations    and 


"I  wishes  bestowed  upon  the  beloved  pai 

tor,  Mis  life  i  0  entwined  among  the  peo- 
ple of  his  church  tint  no  other  could  fill  his 
place." 

— Sister  Sarah  VTancey,  corresponding  sec- 
retary  of  the  C.  W.  B.  M.  of  Kentucky,  in 
a  note  of  thanks  for  volumes  donated  to 
their  missionary  I  raveling  library  and  for 
the  illustrated  C.  W.  B.  M.  number  of  Tin. 
Christian-Evangelist,  says:  "1  am  happy 
lo  inform  you  that  through  the  effort  &i 
Mrs.  Luella  St.  Clair,  president  of  Hamil- 
ton College,  a  gift  of  no  volumes  has  been 
received  from  a  gentleman  in  New  York. 
Early  in  the  new  year  we  hope  to  have  our 
plans  perfected  and  start  these  books  upon 
their  journey,  trusting  the  information  that 
they  will  give  may  create  enthusiasm  for 
more  consecrated  missionary  effort." 

— The  seventh  year  of  the  work  of  J.  T. 
Boone  at  the  First  Christian  Church,  Jack- 
sonville, Fla.,  has  just  closed.  The  local 
paper,  in  referring  to  this  event,  says  that 
in  this  period,  from  a  little  handful  of 
members  struggling  to  pay  a  meagre  salary 
to  a  preacher  and  finding  it  difficult  to  keep 
up  the  ordinary  church  expenses,  it  is  now 
one  of  the  big  churches  of  the  city,  with  a 
splendid  church  edifice,  a  pipe  organ  to  be 
installed  in  January,  and  the  outlook  for 
growth  excellent.  "Brother  Boone,"  says 
the  paper,  "has  stood  in  the  highest  esteem 
not  only  of  the  people  of  the  church  but  of 
those    outside    its    membership." 

— Mr.  R.  A.  Torrey,  the  well-known 
evangelist  who  has  been  doing  a  great 
work  in  England  and  Australia,  and  who  is 
returning  to  America  this  month  with  Mr. 
Alexander,  his  singer,  in  order  to  take  up 
the  work  in  Canada  and  the  United  States, 
invites  the  evangelists  of  America  to  meet 
with  him  for  conference  and  prayer  in 
Chicago,  December  27,  28,  29.  The  head- 
quarters of  the  meeting  will  be  the  Bible 
Institute  and  the  Chicago  Avenue  Church. 
We  trust  as  many  of  our  evangelists  as 
may  find  it  possibh  to  do  so  will  attend 
this  conference,  contributing  what  they  can 
to  it,  and  receiving  what  they  can  from  it. 

— The  Ohio  Valley  Ministerial  Associa- 
tion was  recently  organized  at  Wheeling. 
W.  Va.,  including  in  its  membership  the 
preachers  of  the  plea  located  in  the  Ohio 
valley.  Its  meetings  are  held  monthly  in 
the  lecture  room  of  the  Island  Church, 
Wheeling,  except  once  a  quarter,  when 
the  meeting  is  held  with  some  outlying 
church  and  includes  an  evening  preaching 
service.  The  officers  are  :  President,  C.  Man- 
ly Rice;  vice-president.  Percy  H.  Wilson: 
secretary,  W.  PI.  Fields;  treasurer,  J.  W. 
Darby;  reporter,  E.  H.  Hart.  It  is  hoped 
that  much  good  will  be  accomplished  in 
the  way  of  arousing  the  churches  to  a 
better  co-operation. 

— George  C.  Ritchey.  minister  of  the 
Christian  church  at  Roseburg.  Oregon,  re- 
cently preached  a  series  of  five  sermons 
on  the  Holy  Spirit,  as  follows :  1.  "The 
Holy  Spirit  of  the  Old  Testament";  2. 
"The  Holv  Spirit  in  the  Ministry  of 
Christ";  3.  "The  Holv  Spirit's  Work  as 
Related  to  the  World" ;  4.  "The  Holy  Spir- 
it as  Related  to  Christians" :  5.  "Helps 
from  the  Holy  Spirit."  We  have  no  doubt 
these  were  greatly  helpful  to  his  congre- 
gation. We  are  glad  to  know  that  preach- 
ers are  giving  wide  attention  to  this  sub- 
ject throughout  the  countnr.  It  is  bring- 
ing to  the  front  a  neglected  theme  and  one 
which  had  large  prominence  in  the  apos- 
tolic age. 

— We  regret  to  learn  of  the  death  of 
P'rofessor  D.  G.  Porter,  which  occurred  at 
his  home  in  Waterbury,  Conn.  Professor 
Porter  was  a  man  of  fine  scholarship  and 
he  has  left  the  larger  part  of  his  estate 
for  the  purposes  of  education.  Though  a 
Baptist  by  training  he  was  very  largely  in 
sympathy  with  the  restoration  movement  of 
the  Disciples  of  Christ  and  was  not  only 
a  personal  friend  of  the  editors  of  The 
Chrtstiax-Evaxgeltst.  but  a  frequent  con- 


WE  CAN  SHOW  YOU 

How  to  do  the  Lord's  work 
while  having  your  savings 
in  an  absolutely  safe  in- 
vestment, upon  which  there 
will  be  no  taxes  to  pay,  no 
change  0!  securities,  no 
personal  oversight  re- 
quired, no  cost  0!  mortgage 
records  or  foreclosures, 
and  upon  which  you  will 
net  a  larger  rate  of  inter- 
est than  in  any  other  in- 
vestment. If  you  are  a 
Christian  and  want  your 
money  to  work  for  Christ 
while  at  the  same  time  it 
supports  you,  write,  men- 
tioning this  paper,  to 

BENJAMIN  L.  SMITH, 

Corresponding  Sec'y  American 
Christian  Missionary   Society, 

CINCINNATI,  OHIO. 


tributor  to  its  columns.  The  Professor's 
one  peculiarity  was  that  he  was  a  con- 
firmed bachelor  and  his  bequest  provides 
that  the  course  of  study  in  the  school  he 
has  founded  shall  be  for  women  during 
the  summer  time  and  men  during  the  win- 
ter. 

— A.  M.  Mott,  Fontana.  Kan.,  writes:  "I 
have  read  with  much  interest  what  }-ou  have 
said  concerning  the  Federation  of  Churches, 
the  object  of  which  seems  to  be  to  effect 
the  union  of  churches.  What  are  they 
to  unite  on?  Are  they  not  already  united 
on  the  Bible  as  the  word  of  God  ?  Do  they 
not  already  preach  Christ  and  the  necessity 
of  faith  in  him  in  order  to  salvation,  and 
that  baptism  is  to  be  administered  in  his, 
and  in  no  other,  name  ?"  Yes.  the  churches 
in  that  Conference  were  all  agreed  upon 
these  fundamental  truths  and  many  others, 
and  it  is  believed  that  we  ought  to  co- 
operate on  these  things  in  which  we  agree 
and  see  if  we  can  not  settle  some  of  the 
questions  about  which  we  disagree  and  so 
perfect  our  union. 

— The  Christian  church  at  Frankfort. 
Ind..  has  just  closed  a  most  successful  re- 
vival. In  all  there  were  forty  services  at 
which  W.  J.  Russell  preached  and  Mrs. 
J.  E.  Powell  sang  one  or  more  solos,  and 
there  was  a  total  of  114  accessions.  At  the 
close  there  was  a  great  love-feast  and  re- 
ception of  the  new  members.  At  this  a 
surprise  was  sprung  upon  Mrs.  Powell,  who 
by  her  singing  and  directing  the  chorus  has 
played  a  most  important  part  in  the  meet- 
ing, two  handsome  souvenir  spoons  being 
presented  to  her  on  behalf  of  the  boys 
and  girls  of  the  chorus,  while  testimonials 
were  presented  recognizing  the  church's  ap- 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


December  21,  1905. 


preciation  of  she  efforts  of  both  Mrs.  Poweh 
and  the  pastor.  \Y.  J.  Russell.  The  church 
formally  approved  the  action  of  the  latter 
taken  some  days  ago  in  promulgating  the 
doctrine  of  the  primitive  church  and  the 
Word  of  Cod. 

— An  inquisitive  brother  asks :  "In  the 
noted  statement.  'We  are  not  the  only 
Christians,  but  we  are  Christians  only.' who 
are  included  in  the  'we'?"  Why.  of  course, 
it  includes  all  those  who  are  willing  to  be 
designated  as  Christians,  Disciples  of  Christ, 
or  other  Scriptural  names.  "But  if  so," 
our  inquisitor  asks,  "why  'Christians  only' 
any  more  than  'Disciples  of  Christ  only' 
or  'Saints  only'?"  Well,  it  is  an  abbreviat- 
ed form  of  a  general  truth,  we  suppose, 
that  passes  more  current  in  that  form  than 
it  would  otherwise.  At  least  that  is  the 
best  answer  we  can  think  of  now.  "But,'' 
our  persistent  querist  continues,  "if  'we'  are 
not  the  only  Christians  then  why  should 
not  the  'we'  be  used  to  include  all  who  are 
Christians?"  We  (.this  is  the  editorial  we) 
will  be  glad  to  have  it  so,  just  as  soon  as 
the  unity  of  Christians  makes  the  distinc- 
tion   unnecessary. 

— Having  advertised  in  The  Christtan- 
EvangEWST  the  "Christian  Colony"  enter- 
prise of  J.  P.  Dargitz,  near  Acampo,  Cal., 
and  noticing  from  letters  and  papers  re- 
ceived that  there  is  some  dissatisfaction 
among  some  of  the  colonists,  at  least,  who 
claim  that  the  conditions  there  have  been 
misrepresented  or  overstated,  and  that 
many  good  people  have  suffered  therefrom, 
we  deem  it  our  duty  to  make  this  fact 
known,  and  to  ask  our  readers  to  make 
personal  investigation  of  the  situation  be- 
fore making  any  contract  or  agreement  in 
connection  with  said  colon}-.  We  regret 
that  trouble  has  arisen  among  the  colonists 
and  the  local  church  there,  on  this  subject, 
and  knowing  nothing  of  the  merits  of  the 
case,  and  without  passing  judgment  there- 
on, we  yet  feel  it  our  duty  to  give  this  note 
of  warning  to  our  readers. 

— We  learn  that  the  American  Chris- 
tian Missionary  Society  has  received  $1,000 
on  the  annuity  plan  from  a  friend  in  Mis- 
souri. It  is  wonderful  how  the  annuity 
plan  of  our  Home  Board  is  growing  in 
favor.  If  any  one  desires  to  help  forward 
the  cause  of  Christ  and  at  the  same  time 
receive  the  income  from  his  money  during 
his  lifetime,  this  to  be  free  from,  taxation, 
insurance,  rents,  repairs,  or  any  other  charge 
whatsoever,  we  refer  them  to  the  annuity 
plan  of  the  American  Christian  Missionary 
Society.  It  is  certainly  one  of  the  best 
plans  known  to  us  to  accomplish  good  with 
our  means  and  at  the  same  time  secure 
the  necessary  income  from  it.  The  society 
sends  out  a  booklet  on  the  annuity  plan  and 
any  one  desiring  information  in  regard  to 
the  matter  may  have  same  by  writing 
Beni.  L.  Smith,  corresponding  secretary, 
Y.   M.   C.  A.  Bldg.,  Cincinnati,'  Ohio. 

— "The  Defender"  fa  Prohibition  paper) 
severely  criticises  the  Inter-Church  Con- 
ference for  failing  to  pass  a  strong  pro- 
hibition resolution.  And  yet,  strange  to  say, 
neither  '"The  Defender"  nor  its  correspond- 
ent pives  the  resolution  that  was  passed.  It 
satisfied  many.  Prohibitionists  who  were 
present  as  being  a  strong  condemnation 
of  the  liquor  traffic.  We  have  not  a  copy  of 
the  resolution  but  we  remember  that  it 
recommended  the  "utmost  restriction  that 
is  righteously  enforceable,"  of  the  manu- 
facture and  sale  of  intoxicants.  The  lan- 
guage, it  was  explained,  had  no  reference 
to  license,  but  to  the  necessary  uses  of 
alcohol  for  scientific,  mechanical  and  other 
legitimate  purposes.  The  man  who  wrote 
the  resolution  and  presented  it  believes  in 
the  principles  of  Prohibition,  as  no  doubt 
a  large  majority  of  those  who  voted  for  it 
do   also. 

— A  reader  make-,  this  suggestion  :  "Our 
literature  explaining  the  New  Testament 
plea  and  plan  for  union  is  too  expensive 
and  expansive.    Our  brethren  can  not  afford 


to  sow  booklets  broadcast  and  even  if  they 
could  the  booklets  would  be  read  only  by 
those  whose  interest  had  been  aroused  by 
other  means.  What  we  need  is  a  small 
single  sheet  set  in  either  two  or  four  pages. 
They  should  be  so  inexpensive  that  any 
Disciple  could  afford  to  scatter  a  few  and 
so  brief  that  they  would  be  read.  The  sub- 
ject matter  should  breathe  a  Christian  spirit, 
should  be  educational  without  being  a- 
busive.  ami  the  tract  itself  should  be  en- 
tirely devoid  oi  advertising.  Seed  time 
must  precede  the  harvest."  The  suggestion 
is  a  very  good  one.  We  are  not  doing  a 
tithe  of  what  we  ought  10  be  doing  in 
tract  circulation.  But,  as  indicated  above, 
the  tracts  most  needed  just  now  must  be 
written  and  adapted  to  present  needs  and 
conditions. 

— Bro.  Marcellus  R.  Ely,  of  New  Orleans, 
writes  that  some  of  our  calendar  days 
should  be  consolidated.  He  mentions  the 
appeals  of  the  Christian  Woman's  Board 
of  Missions  and  the  Benevolent  Association 
for  Easter,  and  the  Benevolent  Association 
and  Ministerial  Relief.  The  first  of  these 
has  been  under  consideration  for  some  time, 
awaiting  the  opportunity  of  adjustment, 
and  the  consolidation  of  the  latter  two 
was  suggested  at  the  meeting  of  the  General 
Board  of  the  American  Christian  Mis- 
sionary Society  in  San  Francisco,  but 
the  brethren  represented  in  that  board 
thought  there  were  reasons  why  this  should 
not  be  done.  No  doubt,  however,  we  shall 
make  many  improvements  in  our  methods 
of  administration  in  the  interest  of  simplic- 
ity and  economy,  and  if  these  suggestions 
are  seen  to  be  wise — as  they  seem  to  us  to 
be — they  will  no  doubt  be  carried  out  in 
the  future.  Meantime,  our  duty  is  to  work 
for  these  organizations  as  they  exist. 

— Walter  M.  Jordan,  Quinc}',  111.,  reports 
35  additions  to  the  church  of  which  he  is 
pastor  at  the  regular  church  services  since 
September  1.  On  December  5  the  Business 
Men's  Association  gave  its  annual  supper 
to  the  men  of  the  church,  the  ladies'  aid 
serving  the  supper.  Seventy-two  men  sat 
down  to  the  tables  and  after  the  feast  there 
were  a  number  of  toasts  on  subjects  pertain- 
ing to  church  life.  Mrs.  Jordan  gave  the 
C.  W.  B.  M.  day  address,  which  was  more 
than  satisfactory.  The  C.  W.  B.  M.  auxil- 
iary has  gained  twenty  new  members  during 
the  past  month.  A  new  feature  introduced 
is  a  central  council  organized  by  the  wom- 
en composed  of  the  executive  committees 
of  all  the  women's  societies  in  the  church 
which  has  proven  satisfactory  in  keeping- 
all  the  forces  working  in  harmony.  The 
church  has  become  a  living  link  in  state 
missions  and  will  support  mission  work 
in  the  chapel  at  the  corner  of  Twenty- 
fifth   and   High   Streets. 

— James  Small  very  cordially  commends 
Helen  Rhodes,  who  desires  to  teach  classes 
in  churches  and  Sunday  schools  and  to 
lecture  on  the  Bible.  She  is  a  woman  of 
splendid  Christian  character  and  was  bap- 
tized by  him  in  Chautauqua  Lake,  N.  Y., 
after  hearing  our  plea  there.  The  whole 
course  of  her  life  was  changed  toward  the 
Bible,  and  the  Bible  alone.  She  has  had 
special  opportunities  for  the  study  of  Bibli- 
cal material,  and  can  give 'the  best  of  ref- 
erences as  to  her  ability  in  this  field.  Her 
address  is  563   E.  62d   street,  Chicago. 

— Harry  T.  Maston  has  resigned  the  pas- 
torate of  the  Toronto  Junction  Church, 
Toronto.  Canada,  in  order  to  take  further 
studies.  He  will  enter  Hiram  College  at 
the  beginning  of  the  next  term. 

. — J.  T.  Boone,  pastor  of  the  First  Chris- 
tian Church,  Jacksonville,  Fla.,  had  his 
sermon  on  a  recent  Sunday  evening  ren- 
dered into  the  sign  language  on  behalf  of 
a  large  number  of  deaf  people  of  the  city 
who  attended  the  services.  It  was  the  first 
lime  such  a  meeting  had  been  held  in  Jack- 
sonville. 

— E.  M.  Richmond  writes:  "Have  read 
Brother  Garrison's  book  on  'The  Holy 
Spirit.'   Am  delighted   with   it.     Chapters  I 


and  II,  and  also  the  one  on  Lessons  from 
Pentecost,  are  not  only  sound  but  I  believe 
as  good  as  anything  ever  written  on  the 
subject.  1  must  differ  with  the  author  on 
the  question  of  baptism  in  the  Holy  Spirit 
continuing  in  the  Church.  What  he  says 
about  the  work  of  the  Spirit  in  converting 
the  sinner,  comforting,  keeping  and  per- 
fecting the  believer,  is  entirely  sound  and 
ought  to  be  read  by  every  member  of  our 
brotherhood."  The  difference  between 
Bro.  Richmond  and  the  author  of  the  work 
mentioned  on  the  continuation  of  baptism 
in  the  Holy  Spirit,  is  a  difference,  we  take 
it,  as  to  what  the  baptism  in  the  Holy 
Spirit  is.  Our  brother  does  believe  in  the 
continuation  today  of  what  the  author  of 
the  book  thinks  is  the  baptism  in  the  Holy 
Spirit,  namely,  that  we  may  be  "filled  with 
the  Holy  Spirit,"  and  have  our  minds  and 
hearts  brought  fully  under  the  influence 
of  the  Holy  Spirit.  The  author  does  not 
believe  in  the  perpetuation  of  the  miracu- 
lous manifestations  of  the  Holy  Spirit,,  but 
he  thinks  these  were  no  essential  part  of 
the  baptism  in  the  spirit,  but  only  accom- 
paniments for  a  time  for  a  special  pur- 
pose. 

■ — In  an  able  article  by  Charles  Clayton 
Morrison  on  the  "Inter-Church  Conference" 
in  the  "Christian  Century"  he  says:  "The 
men  and  the  churches  involved  in  the 
federation  movement  and  the  trend  to- 
ward unity  know  us  only  in  name  and  in 
much  prej  udice.  We  are  not  understood. 
I  have  never  seen  a  statement  of  our  posi- 
tion written  by  one  not  a  Disciple  to  which 
a  well-informed  Disciple  would  subscribe. 
Our  books  do  not  circulate  outside  our  own 
brotherhood.  We  have  no  newspaper  that 
represents  us  to  any  but  ourselves.  Nor 
does  the  voice  of  our  pulpit  carry  our  plea 
far  beyond  our  own  boundaries."  This,,  it 
seems  to  us,  is  an  overstatement  of  the 
truth  involved  in  it,,  and  an  underestimate 
of  the  knowledge  which  the  leaders  in  other 
religious  bodies  have  of  us  and  of  our 
literature.  The  fact  is,  we  are  continually 
surprised,  these  days,  to  find  how  wide- 
spread among  others  is  the  knowledge  of 
the  plea  we  are  making.  This  was  especial- 
ly true  of  the  Inter-Church  Conference. 
On  congratulating  a  widely-known  east- 
ern bishop,  whom  we  had  never  seen  before, 
on  his  speech,  the  writer  of  this  mentioned 
his  own  name  by  way  of  introduction,  when 
the  bishop  remarked,  "Oh,  yes,  sir ;  I  have 
read  your  books,  and  while  I  can  not  agree 
with  you  in  every  point,,  I  do  in  much." 
There  is  room,  of  course,  for  much  greater 
publicity  of  our  plea,  but  let  us  not  under- 
estimate what  has  been  accomplished. 

■ — A  brother  writing  from  Oklahoma 
asks  what  course  a  church  should  pursue 
towards  one  who  asks  admission  to  church 
fellowship  as  a  baptized  believer,  who  says 
in  public  that  "he  can  dance  himself  into 
heaven  and  that  he  can  go  from  the  dance 
hall  to  the  communion  service."  We  have 
never  yet  met  one  who  believed  that  he 
could  dance  himself  into  heaven,  but  we 
have  met  with  some  who  held  that  it  was 
not  inconsistent  with  Christianity  to  en- 
gage in  the  dance  with  proper  company 
and  under  proper  conditions.  This,  of 
course,  is  a  different  proposition.  While 
we  do  not  think  that  an  opinion  of  this 
kind  should  be  made  a  condition  of  church 
fellowship  where  the  Christian  life  in 
other  respects  is  right,  we  would  have 
grave  doubts  as  to>  the  Christian  character 
of  one  who  would  lay  great  emphasis  upon 
his  right  to  dance  and  would,  prefer  to 
remain  outside  the  church  rather  than  to 
yield  his  right  to  engage  in  this  form  of 
amusement.  A  little  forbearance,  on  the 
part  of  the  church,  and  a  little  humility 
and  regard  for  the  feelings  and  opinions 
of  others,  on  the  part  of  those  believing 
in  their  privilege  to  dance,  will  generally 
solve  the  problem.  We  do  not  know  how 
it  is  in  the  country,  but  in  our  cities  we 
have  sins  so  much  greater  to  deal  with, 
in   our  church  members,  that  the  question 


Dec  embi 


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of   dancing   does    nol    receive   much   atten- 
tion. 


Important  Announcements. 

G.  A.  Hoffmann,  who  for  many  years 
has  been  connected  with  the  Christian 
Publishing  Company,  and  in  more  recent 
years  as  General  Superintendent  of  our  Cir- 
culation Department,  recently  tendered  his 
resignation,  and  becomes  president  of  a 
bank  at  Maplewood,  Mo.,  his  home.  He 
will  continue  to  preach  on  Lord's  days  and 
maintain  his  other  relations  to  the  work 
of  the  church.  Brother  Hoffmann  has  ren- 
dered valuable  service  to  this  Company, 
and  the  directors,  in  accepting  his  resigna- 
tion, ordered  an  expression  of  their  appre- 
ciation to  be  spread  upon  the  minutes. 


George  L  Snively,  who  for  more  than 
four  years  has  been  General  Secretary 
of  the  Benevolent  Association  of  the  Chris- 
tian Church,  and  who  has  accomplished  so 
great  a  work  in  that  line,  has  resigned  his 
position  as  secretary,  but  will  retain  his 
connection  with  the  work  as  a  member  of 
the  board.  Brother  Snively  has  been  elected 
to  succeed  Bro.  G.  A.  Hoffmann  as  Gen- 
eral Superintendent  and  Circulation  Man- 
ager of  the  Christian  Publishing  Company, 
and  will  enter  upon  his  work  the  first  of 
January.  Brother  Snively's  phenomenal 
success  in  the  work  which  h€  has  resigned, 
and  indeed  in  every  work  in  Which  he  has 
engaged,  argues  his  eminent  fitness  for  the 
new  and  responsible  position  which  he  is 
now  to  assume. 


Benjamin  L.  Smith,  who  for  ten  years 
has  been  our  color-bearer  as  Correspond- 
ing Secretary  of  the  American  Christian 
Missionary  Society  and  under  whose  wise 
and  energetic  management  home  missions 
have  been  brought  to  the  front  as  never 
before,  has  resigned  his  position,,  to  take 
effect  February  I,  next,  and  will  resume 
his  work  in  the  pastorate.  Brother  Smith 
took  the  work  of  home  missions  at  a  time 
when  it  was  at  a  low  ebb,  and  by  his  in- 
defatigable industry  and  energy  has  brought 
it  to  its  present  prosperous  condition.  He 
deserves  and  will  receive  from  the  brother- 
hood he  has  so  faithfully  served  the 
plaudit,  "Well  done,  good  and  faithful 
servant !"  Plaving  been  successful  as  a  pas- 
tor before  his  call  to  the  secretaryship, 
there  is  no  doubt  but  that,  with  added  wis- 
dom and  strength,  he  is  better  prepared 
for  successful  work  in  that  field  than 
when  he  left  it.  Our  best  wishes  go  with 
him  for  his  future  success. 


At  the  last  meeting  O'f  the  Advisory 
Board  of  the  Benevolent  Association,  Sister 
H.  M.  Meier  resigned  the  presidency  of  the 
association  on  account  of  the  condition  of 
her  health.  Her  resignation  was  accepted 
regretfully,  in  view  of  her  able  and  devoted' 
service  to  the  benevolent  work,  but  in  the 
hope  that  her  release  from  the  responsibili- 
ty of  her  position  would  tend  more  speedily 
to  restore  her  health.  The  work  of  the 
association  was  never  more  prosperous 
than  it  is  at  present,  and  a  number  of  new 
enterprises   are   under  consideration. 


Successful  Use    of  Oils   in   the    Cure   of 

Tumor— What  the  Rev.  G.  B.  Crinklaw 

Says  About  It. 

Rudd.  Iowa,  May  23. 
Dr.  D.  M.  Bye  Co..  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Gentlemen — In  answer  to  your  enclosed  letter  I  am 
glad  to  report  success  in  using  your  treatment  lor 
tumors  of  the  rectum.  I  began  your  treatment  on 
Nov.  4,  1903.  In  one  month  the  tumors  were  removed 
and  I  have  been  well  ever  since,  except  that  I  have 
some  trouble  with  constipation.    Yours  thankfullv. 

GEORGE  B  CRINKLAW. 

All  forms  of  cancer  and  tumor,  internal  and  ex- 
ternal, cured  by  soothing,  balmy  oil,  and  without  pain 
or  disfigurement.  No  experiment,  but  successfully 
used  twelve  years.  Write  to  the  Home  Office  of  the 
originator  for  free  book— DR.  D.  M.  BYE  CO., 
Drawer  10;.  Dept.  411.  Indianapolis,  Ind. 


Evangelistic  Notes. 

Ben,  !•'.  Hill,  California,  Mo.,  has  decided 

to  re-enter  th<    i     field.     He  will 

be  available  after  January  i. 

James  Bobbitl  ha  just  clo  d  a  me  ting 
which  was  very  satisfactory  to  the  church 
at  Lake,  [nd.    There  were  [3  addition 

('.  A.  I' r<  1  r  can  hold  n  in  March. 

lie    prefers    working    in    centra]  he 

has   succeeded    in    man} 

him  at  Painesv  ill'  ,  ( )hio. 

Claris    Yeuell,   pastor    of    Randall    Si  r< 
Church,  Baltimore,  Md.,  can  no  iongi 
the  forlorn  hope.     The  church  is  fo  be 
10   satisfy   a  mortgage.     Brother   Yeuell    is 
ready  to  work  either  a-,  pastor  or  -  /angel 
ist. 

J.  J.  Taylor,  Connersville,  Ind.,  and  Ar- 
thur Haley,  Butler,  Ind.,  are  in  a  meeting 
with  a  view  to  constituting  a  church  in 
Montpelier,  Ohio.  Interest  is  intense  and 
many  are  making  the  good  confession.  The 
prospects  are  good  fur  a  strong  church. 

Harvey  Stoner,  Massillon,  Ohio,  is  en- 
tering the  evangelistic  field.  He  has  suc- 
ceeded as  pastor  and  evangelist.  He  is 
highly  commended  both  as  to  character  and 
ability  by  churches  and  well-known  preach- 
ers.   Write  him  for  dates. 

R.  W.  Stevenson,  provincial  evangelist, 
Toronto,  Ontario,  wants  two  substantial 
men  for  pastor-ates  in  that  province.  Of 
course  none  but  men  of  good  records  and 
willingness  to  work  hard  are  desired. 

A  business  man  with  a  big  heart  has 
about  decided  to  sustain  J.  V.  Coombs  and 
several  assistants  in  a  special  evangelistic 
campaign  for  at  least  one  year  at  a  cost 
of  not  less  than  $6,000  to  himself.  We 
have  many  men  in  our  ranks  who  could 
sustain  such  a  work.  Who  will  follow  this 
good  example? 

R.  H.  Fife,  3740  Wyandotte  Avenue,  Kan- 
sas City,  has  held  successful  meetings  in 
Little  Rock,  Ark.,  Knoxville  and  Pittsburg 
this  autumn.  He  is  a  good  man  and  should 
receive  all  the  calls  he  can  answer.  He  is 
in  a  meeting  in  Bethany,  Mo.,  with  38  ad- 
ditions in  14  days.  The  interest  increases. 
M.  B.  Ingle,  Harper,  Kan.,  is  re-entering 
the  field  as  an  evangelist.  He  knows  the 
work  thoroughly,  having  been  state  evan- 
gelist both  in  Florida  and  South  Carolina, 
as  well  as  having  been  engaged  in  the  work 
as  an  independent.  Those  who  know  his 
record  will  doubtless  keep  him  busy. 

Harry  K.  Shields,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  has 
done  very  satisfactory  work  as  singing 
evangelist  for  more  than  a  year.  After  Jan- 
uary his  time  is  not  taken.  If  you  need  a 
singer  try  him.  He  will  more  than  satisfy 
you. 

J.  J.  Taylor,  evangelist,  Connersville,  Ind., 
will  be  ready  for  meetings  after  January 
1.  He  holds  uniformly  good  meetings  in 
difficult  fields. 

Few  men  among  us  have  organized  so 
many  good  churches  in  difficult  fields  as  has 
Harold  C.  Monser,  Champaign,  111.  He 
ought  to  be  called  to  the  large,  difficult 
fields,  for  none  can  doubt  his  success  in  the 
smaller,  and  this  argues  his  fitness  for  the 
large. 

J.  W.  Webb,  Modesto,  Cal.,  who  preaches 
and  lectures,  can  be  had  for  an  occasional 
meeting.  He  is  well  known  on  the  Pa- 
cific coast  where  he  speaks  several  times 
weekly  in  schools  and  colleges  chiefly  on 
temperance  and  hygiene. 

James  A.  DeMoss,  M.  D.,  Thayer,  Kan., 
will  give  up  his  profession  and  on  Janu- 
ary 1  enter  the  work  of  an  evangelist.  We 
trust  that  he  will  be  given  every  encour- 
agement by  the  brethren  in  his  own  and 
nearby  states. 

C.  H.  De  Voe,  Rochester,  Ind.,  has  held 
splendid  meetings  in  Wilkesbarre,  Pa., 
and  Augusta,  Ky.,  in  the  past  few  weeks. 
In  the  former  place  it  is  reported  as  the  best 
meeting  ever  held  by  that  church.  He  has 
a  singer  when  desired. 

Bro.  J.  M.  Mapes,  75  North  Street,  New- 


ark, X.  J.,  1,;,     p  rived  the    work 
d,  Long  [gland,  and  is  doing 

w.  J.  wv 
Superintendent  of 

Hot  Springs  Lot. 

From  the  pn              tlook  1  that 

,y  "'  dark 

squares.      W"<    ran   if  all  of  tho  i   arc- 
going  io  assist  the  Hot.  Spring 

remit    their    offering    .-  ;,avc 
'a moii  to  a  number  of  ladies'  aid 

Some  of  them  have  kindly  wny 

not  all."     And  why  not  tho  horn  we 
are   unable  to  write  join   in  the  movement 


HP'B&BBi 

mmm 


i  i  i 


and  send  us  aid  also?  There  are  many- 
Sunday  schools  and  Christian  Endeavor 
Societies  which  also  ought  to  have  part 
in  this  work.  Read  what  Bro.  H.  O.  Breed- 
en,   says : 

To  the  Brotherhood:  Having  some 
knowledge  of  conditions  and  possibilities 
for  the  cause  in  Hot  Springs,  I  am  glad 
to  give  a  word  of  testimony:  First,  as  to 
the  need,  the  urgent  need,  of  that  heroic 
and  sacrificing  church.  Nothing  in  our 
whole  American  field  challenges  the  co- 
operation and  generous  gifts  of  the  brother- 
hood as  does  the  church  at  Hot  Springs. 

Second,  the  opportunities  for  scatter- 
ing the  seed  of  the  kingdom,  the  possibilities 
of  gaining  a  wide  hearing  for  the  Gospel 
are  there  multiplied.  Thousands  of  tour- 
ists every  year  visit  the  famous  resort  who 
surely  need  the  Gospel,  if  ever  souls  need- 
ed it.  I  believe  that  no  investment  could 
be  made  by  Christians  of  means  and  grace 
that  would  yield  quicker  or  larger  returns. 
Help  the  Hot  Springs  church  in  its  hercu- 
lean  and   laudable   endeavor. 

Des  Moines,  Iozea.  H.  O.  Breedex. 

We  will  hold  our  financial  statement  until 
we  are  able  to  knock  out  one  of  the  black 
squares.  We  hope  to  be  able  to  do  this 
next  week.  Send  all  remittances  to  T.  N. 
Kincaid,  132  East  Garland  Avenue.  Hot 
Springs.   Ark. 

"The  Victory  of  Faith." 

A  volume  of  sermons  from  the  pen  of 
E.  L.  Powell  is  an  event  of  more  than  or- 
dinary interest,  and  as  such  I  ask  for  space 
in  The  Christiax-Evaxgelist  to  make 
note  of  "The  Victory  of  Faith,  and  Other 
Sermons/'  which  has  just  come  from  the 
press. 

To  those  of  us  who  have  heard  this  gifted 
preacher  in  his  own  pulpit,  in  the  grand 
old  First  Church,  which  stands  amid  the 
dm  of  the  city  a  symbol  of  that  Christian- 
ity which  is  also  a  civilization,  these  ser- 
mons have  a  peculiar  power  and  charm. 
And  thereby  hangs  a  bit  of  reminiscence. 

It  was  in  1896  that  the  present  writer, 
then  a  young  theologue  in  Louisville,  went 
with  a  number  of  his  Baptist  fellow  stu- 
dents to  the  Walnut  Street  Baptist  Church 
one  Lord's  day.  Dr.  Eaton  was  not  in  his 
pulpit  that  day.  and,  somewhat  disap- 
pointed, we  strolled  across  the  street,  up 
the  great  stone  steps  into  the  First  Chris- 
tian Church,  to  see  what,  we  could  hear. 

It  was  a  new  experience.  Of  course  we 
were  critics,  most  young  men  are,  especial- 
ly theologues  who  fancy  tiiey  are  wise,  and 
our  attitude  of  mind  was  somewhat  biased 
by  sectarian  prejudice.  But  something  in 
the  preacher,  perhaps  it  was  his  splendid 
enthusiasm,  captured  us  and  carried  us 
quite  away.  • 

As  I  look  back  from  this  distance  it  seems 
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165  i 


THE  CHRISTIAN-E  /ANGEL1ST. 


December  21,  1905. 


Current  Literature 


Any  book  rez-ie:ccd  in  these  columns  (ex- 
cept "net"  books)  will  be  sent  postpaid  by 
tke  Christian  Publishing  Company,  St. 
Louis,  on  receipt  of  the  published  price. 
For  "net"  books,  add  ten  per  cent  for  post- 

The  Making  of  Max,  by  Rev.  Daniel 
Hughes.  London.  Arthur  H.  Stockwell, 
.?  Amen  Corner,  Paternoster  Row,  E.  C. 
1 90  2. 

age. 

The  author  of  this  little  book  of  strong 
sermons  is  the  brother  whom  we  intro- 
duced to  our  readers  last  week  as  the  pres- 
ent pastor  of  the  Church  of  Christ  at  Upper 
Parliament  street,  Liverpool.  He  was 
formerly  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church  at 
Chester,  which  was  founded  by  our  Brother 
W.  Durban,  our  London  correspondent, 
in  the  days  when  he  was  also  associated 
with  the  Baptists.  We  have  been  im- 
pressed with  the  strength  of  thought  and 
vividness  of  expression  in  these  sermons. 
There  are  ten  of  them  and  each  one  is 
marked  by  originality  of  thought  and 
beauty  and  strength  of  diction.  One  of  the 
sermons  is  marked  "canceled."  owing  to 
the  author's  having  changed  his  interpreta- 
tion of  the  text  since  the  sermon  was  writ- 
ten. Another  one  is  marked  for  modifica- 
tion of  one  part  of  it  where  it  can  be 
strengthened  and  improved,  showing  that 
the  author  has  the  windows  of  his  mind 
open  for  new  light,  and  is  growing  con- 
tinually into  a  larger  apprehension  of 
truth.  Evidently  Brother  Hughes  is  a 
strong  addition  to  the  ranks  of  our  min- 
istry and  it  would  be  well  for  our  min- 
isters in  this  country  to  form  his  acquaint- 
ance by  purchasing  a  copy  of  his  book  of 
sermons,  which  can  be  ordered,  if  desired, 
through  this  house.  The  price,  including 
postage,  would  be  about  forty  cents  in  our 
money. 

Deerfoot  on  the  Prairies,  by  Edward  S. 
Ellis.       Cloth,     i2mo.       Illustrations     in 
black  and  colors  by  J.  Steeple  Davis.  366 
pages.     Price,  $1.     The  John  C.  Winston 
Company,  Philadelphia. 
"Deerfoot    on    the    Prairies"    is   the    sec- 
ond   volume   of   the   new   Deerfooot   series 
in    which    Edward    S.    Ellis,    the    popular 
writer    for    boys,    has    yielded    to    the    de- 
mands of  many  readers  and  brought  back 
to   life   the    wonderful    Indian   hunter.      In 
this  volume  he  makes  a  long  and  dangerous 
voyage  from  Ohio  to  the  Pacific  coast  with 
two  young  friends  and  a  guide.     Deerfoot's 
courage  and   resourcefulness  bring  the  lit- 
tle party  safely  through  every  one  of  the 
dangers  which  fall  thick  and  fast  on  them, 
and  some  of  his  feats  seem  almost  miracu- 
lous.    Their  adventures  take  place  about  a 
century   ago,    when    every   species    of   wild 
beast  and  tribes  of  hostile  Indians  menaced 
their  path.     A  thrilling  storv. 

© 

The  Messianic  Message  of  the  Old  Tes- 
tament, by  Clinton  Lockhart,  A.  M., 
Ph.D.,  late  professor  of  Biblical  Litera- 
ture, Drake  University,  Des  Moines,  la., 
author  of  Principles  of  Interpretation, 
etc.     Price,  $1.50. 

This,  the  latest  volume  of  Professor 
Lockhart,  is  intended  to  be  "a  convenient 
manual  on  Messianic  Prophecy  for  use  in 
college."  The  author's  estimate  of  the 
value  of  the  message  of  the  prophets  he 
states  as  follows :  "The  time  has  come 
when  no  Biblical  seminary  can  afford  to 
omit  from  its  course  of  instruction  this 
fundamental  branch  of  Old  Testament 
study.  The  thought  of  the  prophets  is  the 
very  soul  of  the  Hebrew  Scriptures.  Neither 
a  teacher  nor  a  student  can  feel  that  the 
study  of  the  Old  Testament  is  complete 
without  it.  With  the  desire  to  adapt  the 
book   to   the  growing   demand   for  a   text 


book  on  the  subject,  certain  features  of 
arrangement  have  been  planned,  and  the 
treatment  has  been  made  as  concise  as 
comprehensiveness  and  perspicuity  would 
permit."  We  have  not  yet  had  opportunity 
for  a  careful  or  critical  examination  of  this 
book,  but  we  are  glad  to  make  mention  of 
its  appcareance,  and  to  call  attention  to  it. 
Professor  Lockhart's  reputation  for  con- 
scientious, reverent,  and  careful  investiga- 
tion, together  with  his  scholarly  attain- 
ments, fits  him  for  such  a  work  as  this,  and 
we  have  no  doubt  that  he  has  performed 
his  task  in  such  manner  as  to  make  the 
book  exceedingly  helpful  to  one  who  wishes 
to  acquaint  himself  with  the  content  of 
the  Messianic  prophecies,  and  especially 
useful  as  a  text  book  in  Bible  colleges  and 
seminaries.  The  new  interest  now  felt  in 
Old  Testament  prophecies  makes  the  ap- 
pearance of  this  work  timely,  and  in  the 
present  revival  of  Bible  study  from  the 
modern  point  of  view,  such  a  work  ought 
to  be  in  demand.  The  author  of  the  book 
seems  to  be  the  publisher,  also,  though 
any  orders  for  it  can  be  filled  through  the 
Christian  Publishing  Company. 

The  Foundation  of  Christian  Hope,  by 
Eugene  W.  Herndon,  Nashville,  Tenn. 
McQuiddy    Printing    Company,    1904. 

The  author  of  this  book  passed  away 
before  the  completion  of  the  last  chapter 
and  the  work  has  been  brought  out  by  his 
wife,  Anna  H.  Herndon.  The  work  con- 
tains chapters  on  the  "History  and  Au- 
thenticity of  the  New  Testament;"  "Is 
Jesus  Divine?"  "The  Mission  of  Jesus," 
and  these  are  followed  bv  chapters  on 
"Faith;"  "Repentance  ;"  "Baptism;"  "Prayer 
and  Special  Providence,"  making  a  book 
of  184  pages.  The  chapters  on  the  New 
Testament  and  the  divinity  of  Christ  fol- 
low the  old  lines  of  argument  concern- 
ing the  authenticity  and  dates  of  the  va- 
rious books  and  their  authors,  with  argu- 
ments pro  and  con  about  the  body  oi 
Jesus.  The  more  modern  method  of  pre- 
senting Christ's  character,  his  teaching,  and 
the  results  of  his  work,  as  proof  of  his 
divinity,  is  practically  ignored.  The  other 
chapters  dealing  with  what  we  generally 
call  "First  Principles"  follow  very  strictly 
along  the  literalistic  lines  of  argument, 
which  have  long  since  become  unsatis- 
factory to  the  great  body  of  our  thinkers 
and  writers.  We  are  told  in  the  last  chap- 
ter that,  from  the  time  when  Jesus  went 
away  until  the  death  of  the  last  apostle, 
"Christians  were  under  the  direct  guid- 
ance of  the  Holy  Spirit,  because  the 
New  Testament  Scriptures  were  just  then 
being  written,  and  they  were  conscious 
of  it  and  the  apostles  insisted  upon  it. 
Since  the  New  Testament  canon  has  been 
completed,  the  Holy  Spirit  has  exerted  his 
influence  through  the  word  that  he  gave 
to  the  world."  (P.  174)  This  gives  the 
author's  point  of  view,  and  will  enable 
the  intelligent  reader  to  form  his  idea  of 
the  value  of  the  treatment. 

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Ohio  Letter. 

W.  W.  Whitmer  will  come  from  Indiana 
to  the  church  at  Jackson,  O.,  as  pastor,  with 
the  new  year.  We  extend  a  cordial  wel- 
come to  him. 

E.  S.  DeMiller  will  change  locality  early 
in  the  year,  coming  from  Nelsonville  to 
Doan  Street,  Cleveland.  This  was  the  Glen- 
ville  church,  but  now  that  Glenville  is  a  part 
of  Cleveland  it  is  the  Doan  Street  Church  of 
-Cleveland.  They  will  find  Brother  DeMiller 
one  of  the  best  preachers  and  most  faithful 
pastors  that  ever  served  any  church.  We 
are  glad  to  have  him  in  this  corner  Of  the 
state. 

The  new  house  of  worship  has  been  dedi- 
cated at  Xenia.  It  is  a  modest  chapel,  seat- 
ing about  250.  Secretary  Bartlett  preached 
at  the  opening.  J.  N.  Johnson  followed  with 
a  meeting  with  several  added.  I.  J.  Cahill, 
with  several  of  the  Dayton  brethren,  at- 
tended the  dedication  and  gave  sympathy 
and  money. 

We  are  sorry  to  lose  one  of  our  good 
Ohio  preachers  in  the  person  of  G.  W. 
Moore,  of  Akron,  who  goes  January  1  to 
Ionia,  Mich.  The  Ohio  man  pleads  guilty 
in  recommending  Brother  Moore  to  this 
field,  but,  nevertheless,  we  do  not  like  to  see 
him  leave  Ohio.  But  Michigan  will  gain  a  . 
strong  man.     We  congratulate  them. 

Allen  Wilson  and  Singer  Lintt  are  with 
Brother  Vawter,  the  new  pastor  at  Shelby, 
in  a  meeting.  Brother  Vawter  is  another 
Hoosier  preacher  we  have  recently  acquired. 

December  3,  the  church  at  Wellsville  had 
a  mortgage  burning,  when  paper  to  the 
value  of  $9,452  was  burned.  They  now 
have  an  excellent  property  worth  $16,000, 
free  from  debt.  It  was  a  jubilee  day,  with 
house  full  and  a  great  sermon  at  night  by 
President  Cramblet,  of  Bethany.  W.  C. 
Prewitt,  the  present  bishop,  has  been  at 
Wellsville  nearly  four  years  and  has  twice 
had  his  stipend  increased.  May  prosperity 
continue. 

Tne  meeting  at  Painesville  results d  in 
21  added  to  the  church,  and  was  a  great 
revival  as  well.  Miss  Ida  Mae  Hanna  has 
very  few  equals  as  an  evangelistic  soloist. 
Not  one  word  of  criticism  was  heard  on  her 
work. 

S.  H.  Birtlett  will  hold  a  meeting  with 
Brother  Hostetter  and  the  Lorain  church  in 
January. 

J.  W.  Kerns  began  his  ministry  at  Mas- 
sillon  Sunday,  Dec.  10. 

L.  R.  Hotaling  will  leave  Ashtabula 
Jan.  1.  They  already  have  a  new  man  in 
view  for  his  successor. 

The  Warren  church  will  begin  a  meeting 
Jan.  21.  Mr.  Lynn  will  do  the  preaching 
and  Miss  Ida  Hanna  will  sing. 

The  Central  Church  at  Marion  will  oc- 
cupy their  new  building  the  first  of  the 
year  and  will  hold  a  meeting  following. 

C.  M.  Arthur,  of  Iowa,  has  come  to  New 
Straitsville  and  Shawnee  to  minister  to  the 
•saints  and  convert  the  sinners. 

Any  church  wanting  a  meeting  in  March 
with  a  pastor-evangelist  and  one  of  the  very 
foest  singers  can  be  put  in  touch  with  such 
by  addressing  the  Ohio  Letter. 

Great  preparations  are  being  made  for  the 
inauguration  of  Governor  Pattison  on  Jan.  9. 
The  word  has  gone  out  that  he  has  already 
■used  the  veto  power,  in  that  he  has  vetoed 
the  inaugural  ball  and  the  use  of  wine.  The 
next  House  will  stand  59  Democratic  and  61 
Republican,  while  the  Senate  will  be  even, 


with  one  man  independent.  As  to  what 
temperance  legislation  will  be  introduced 
we  are  not  yet  informed,  but  one  bill  will  no 
doubt  be  a  county  option  bill.  It  is  also 
quite  probable  that  the  W.  C.  T.  U.  will 
push  a  bill  to  give  women  the  right  to  vote 
at  local  option  elections.  It  will  be  one  of 
the  most  interesting  sessions  of  the  Ohio 
Legislature  that  we  have  had  for  many  a 
year.  C.  A.  Freer. 

Painesville,  Ohio. 


North  Carolina. 

We  continued  our  meeting  at  Winston  two 
weeks.  One  was  received  by  letter  and  one 
was  baptized.  Others  seem  interested  that 
we  hope  will  come  later  on.  The  offering 
on  Boys'  and  Girls'  Rally  Day  was  S17.58. 
A  part  of  our  Christmas  entertainment  will 
be  a  liberal  offering  on  our  church  debt.  We 
must  get  out  by  1909. 

I  regret  to  learn  of  the  death  of  W.  G. 
Walters,  minister  at  Bluefield,  W.  Va.  He 
was  formerly  minister  here,  and  brethren 
here  speak  their  regrets  at  learning  of  his 
passing  away. 

I  had  the  privilege  on  a  recent  Lord's  day 
of  addressing  the  men's  meeting  at  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A..  I  talked  on  "The  Ideal  Man," 
from  Phil.  4:8.  A  man  in  our  city  who  be- 
lieves in  keeping  the  seventh  day,  was  put 
into  jail  for  selling  from  his  store  on  the  first 
day  unlawfully.  Some  of  the  people  wanted 
to  buy  cigars  and  soft  drinks  on  Sunday,  and 
the  "city  fathers"  got  liberal  and  made  pro- 
vision for  this.  The  W.  C.  T.  U.  asked  the 
preachers  to  give  a  sermon  on  "Sabbath 
Observance,"  and  also  on  a  recent  Sunday 
afternoon  held  a  meeting  at  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
at  which  a  number  of  the  ministers  spoke, 
and  also  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church. 

Tom,  the  man  just  out  of  jail,  was  present. 
This  week  I  had  occasion  to  go  into  his  store, 
and  I  handed  him  D.  R.  Dungan's  '  Sabbath 
or  Lord's  Day— Which?"  and  asked  him  to 
read  it.  and  I  thought  he  would  see  we  do 
not  net d  to  live  two  thousand  ye^rs  behind 
the  times.  He  seemed  to  appreciate  it  and 
be  anxious  for  the  truth.  He  said,  "I  was  at 
the  meeting  and  noticed  you  spoke  differ- 
ently from  the  rest."  I  hope  the  seed  sown 
may  do  good.  J.  A.  Hopkins. 

Winston- Salem,  N.  C. 

Kentucky— A  Month's  Mission  Worh. 

Edgar  C.  Riley  held  a  meeting  at  Belle- 
view,  Boone  county,  and  added  four.  The 
work  is  reported  to  be  steadily  improving 
there  under  his  labors,  and  help  is  earnestly 

asked    from   the   board   for  next    year. 

Chestnut  Grove    has    had  the    services  of 

W.  R.   Mains   one  Sunday. L.  N.  Early 

spent  one- fourth  time  at  Chatham,  and  work 

about  as    usual. L.    B.   Haskins    was   at 

Erlanger  two  Sundays;   added  two  and  work 

in   excellent    condition. R.    B.    Neal    is 

again  in  Big  Sandy  Valley  at  Paintsville  and 
Pikeville.  He  was  at  Fullerton  a  day  or 
two  and  helped  G.  W.  Adkins  in  his  great 

meeting  there. D.   C.  McCallum   was  at 

Irvine  two  Sunda\s,  and  reports  that  he  will 
close  his   labors   there  with  the  first  of  the 

year.     He  has  done  a  good  work  there. 

James  E.  Thomas  was  at  Beattyville  two 
Sundays.  Collected  for  building  debt  S105, 
and  hope  to  increase  it  to  Si  50  before  the 

close   of   the    year. J.   W.   Edwards  did 

some  good  work  during  twenty-seven  days 


in    Hardin    and   Grays  There 

were  thirty  baptisms  and  three  other  addi 
tion8.      He    desires    to    continue   with   the 

board  during    1906. Wren    J.    Grinnear: 

reports  seventeen  additions.  The  work  on 
the  house  of  worship  has  begun.  Outlook 
promising;    $900  for  building  fund.     JeJIico 

must  succeed. Latonia   is   being  greatly 

blessed  in  a  meeting.  H.  C.  Runyan  had 
the  help  of  Edgar  C  kiley.     At  last  report 

there    had     been    forty-two    additions. 

D.  Earl  D.  Barr  reports  the  work  in  a  good 
condition  at  Bromley,  wh-re  he  preached 
two  Sundays.     House  painted  and  otherwise 

improved. S.   J.    Short   added   four   and 

raised  $35  for  local  work. J.  P.  Miller  was 

in   Pike  county   all  of   November.    Added 

eleven   and   did    much    general    work. 

W.  J.  Dorlge  was  at  Jackson  two  Sunday; 
Raised  Si 59.59  for  house  of  worship;  house 
to  be  under  roof  this  month. 

H.  W.  Elliott  was  at  work  all  the  month 
in  the  interest  of  the  work.  He  received 
$342.32  for  Kentucky  missions.  This  is  the 
smallest  amount  sent  in  during  November 
for  years.  None  of  the  congregations  con- 
tributing large  amounts  have  yet  remitted. 
Three  out  of  four  Sundays  were  unfavor- 
able for  taking  the  offering,  and  yet  the 
reports  received  thus  far  during  the  month 
are  indicative  of  good  results.  We  urge  the 
brethren  everywhere  not  to  allow  the  weath- 
er, or  anything  else,  to  prevent  them  from 
giving  our  state  work  a  fair  deal.  Remit  as 
soon  as  possible  to—  H.  W.Elliott,  Sec. 

Sulphur,  Ky. 


From  the  BucKeye  State. 

The  church  at  Shelby  is  fortunate  in  se- 
curing the  services  of  C.  R.  L.  Vawter.  of 
Indianapolis.  This  church  has  a  very  fine 
building  but  a  heavy  indebtedness,  but  the 
abounding  energy  of  Brother  Vawter  will 
take  care  of  that.  He  has  already  begun  a 
meeting  and  expects  Allen  Wilson  to  assist 
him. 

The  pastor  recently  called  by  the  Ashland 
Church  died  of  typhoid  fever  before  reach- 
ing his  new  field. 

A  foreign  missionary  rally  will  be  held  in 
the  Mansfield  Church  Feb.  12.  Two  repre- 
sentatives of  the  Foreign  Society,  besides  a 
returned  missionary,  will  be  present.  We 
hope  to  have  every  church  within  a  radius  of 
fifty  miles  represented  by  delegates  and 
preacher. 

There  has  been  a  great  meeting  at  Can- 
ton. P.  H.  Welsheimer,  the  pastor,  is  a 
man  of  remarkable  and  enduring  powers, 
and  this  was  perhaps  the  greatest  meeting 
that  any  man   ever  held  in  his  home  field. 

I  began  another  meeting  at  Mansfield, 
Dec.  10.  H.  A.  Northcutt  is  expected  by 
Christmas  to  finish  it.  There  have  been  150 
additions  so  far  this  year  at  Mansfield. 

The  little  church  at  Galion  has  had  a 
weary  struggle  for  many  years.  Once  it 
disbanded,  and  after  being  reorganized  at 
another  date  it  was  again  reorganized.  For 
three  years  Charles  A.  Pearce,  a  choice 
spirit  and  a  splendid  preacher,  has  served 
this   church.      His   work   has   been    greatly 


I 


PISOS  CURE   FOR 


CURES  WHERE  ALL  FISE  FAIlS. 
Best  Cough  Syrup   Tastes  Good. 
In  time.    Sold  by  druggists. 


CONSUMPTION      f 


1658 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


December  21,  1905. 


hampered  by  the  little  box-like  affair  of  a 
church  building.  Recently  he  was  called  to 
a  strong  church.  He  agreed  to  continue  at 
Galion  if  I  would  assist  in  a  meeting.  I 
have  been  over  sixteen  nights.  There  have 
been  twenty-four  additions — twenty-two  con- 
fessions. Many  more  are  to  come.  A  new 
church  must  and  will  be  built.  With  a  new 
building  and  Brother  Pearce  to  preach  in  it, 
that  will  become  a  strong  church. 

Bruce  Brown. 

®    ®    • 

The  T.  M.  C.  A.  Convention  at  Sedalia. 

It  was  my  good  fortune  to  attend  the  state 
convention  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association  at  Sedalia,  Nov.  23-26,  and  I  be- 
lieve it  worth  while  for  our  people  to  know 
something  more  than  they  ordinarily  know 
concerning  this  very  live  and  aggressive 
movement. 

There  were  in  attendance  something  over 
two  hundred  delegates,  of  whom  more  than 
two-thirds  came  from  the  various  college 
associations  of  the  state,  and  the  remainder 
from  the  railroad  and  city  associations.  Be- 
sides regular  delegates,  a  number  of  men 
from  college  faculties  and  several  ministers 
were  present.  The  sessions  were  marked 
by  intense  spirituality  and  enthusiastic  de- 
votion to  the  principles  of  the  movement. 
The  various  subjects  discussed  were  all  in- 
cluded under  the  general  topic,  "Missouri 
Men."  Our  own  C.  M.  Chilton  delivered 
two  thoughtful  and  inspiring  addresses  as 
follows:  "Missouri  Men;  Their  Relation  to 
the  Religious  Life  of  the  State,"  and  "Their 
Responsibility  in  the  Use  of  Money."  None 
of  the  addresses  of  the  entire  convention 
was  of  a  higher  order  than  these. 

Governor  Joseph  W.  Folk  honored  the 
convention  by  his  presence  and  participa- 
tion, speaking  upon  "Missouri  Men;  Their 
Relation  to  Social,  Business  and  Political 
Life."  The  address  was  just  what  one  would 
expect  from  the  man  whose  actions  have 
always  been  more  eloquent  than  his  words. 
His  utterances  were  received  with  the  utmost 
enthusiasm. 

The  central  feature  of  the  convention, 
however,  was  the  great  Bible  study  cam- 
paign, now  being  conducted  by  the  associa- 
tion throughout  the  world.  Clayton  S. 
Cooper,  of  the  International  Bible  Study 
Department,  and  F.  S.  Goodman,  of  New 
York,  both  of  whom  are  giving  their  entire 
time  and  splendid  talent  to  this  campaign, 
were  present  and  made  several  addresses. 
Not  many  of  us,  I  fancy,  realize  the  magni- 
tude and  far-reaching  importance  of  this 
Bible  study  movement  as  conducted  by  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  It  contemplates  the  enlistment 
of  all  men  in  definite,  systematic  Bible 
study  according  to  a  plan  with  the  definite 
purpose  of  reaching  ideals  of  character  and 
service.  The  movement  is  supplied  with  an 
ideal  equipment  as  regards  courses  of  study, 
methods  of  class  organization,  recruiting 
agencies,  etc.  The  success  of  the  movement 
thus  far  is  commensurate  with  the  plans,  and 
the  enthusiasm  with  which  it  is  being 
pushed.  Remarkable  progress  has  been 
made  particularly  in  the  colleges.  This 
year,  1905,  there  are  reported  572  institutions 
using  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  plan  with  a  total  of 
30,199  students  studying  the  Bible  daily  in 
the  regular  courses.  The  tide  of  interest  is 
just  beginning  to  rise.  All  classes  of  students 
are  being  enlisted.  A  special  movement  is 
on  foot  to  place  Bible  study  groups  in  every 
Greek  letter  fraternity  organization,  with 
every  prospect  of  success. 

The  most  popular  of  all  the  courses  prepared 
for  students  is  that  in  the  "Life  of  Christ," 
by  Edward  I.  Bosworth,  of  Oberlin  College. 
It  is  almost  an  ideal  guide  book  in  the  study 


of  this  chief  of  all  themes.  This  course  is 
the  first  and  is  made  fundamental  to  all  suc- 
ceeding courses  of  the  college  cycle. 

In  the  University  of  Missouri  we  now  have 
enrolled  in  these  Y.  M.  C.  A.  courses  about 
300  young  men,  and  the  number  will  soon  be 
brought  to  400.  These  are  divided  into 
groups  not  to  exceed  ten  men  in  each,  and 
these  groups  meet  weekly  under  the  leader- 
ship of  some  competent  student  for  the  dis- 
cussion of  the  previous  week's  study.  These 
student  leaders  meet  once  each  week  in  a 
training  class  for  the  more  thorough  prepara- 
tion of  the  lesson  material  and  for  training 
in  pedagogic  method.  The  writer  has  the 
pleasant  task  of  conducting  this  training 
class  and  thus  contributing  his  mite  to  the 
value  and  effectiveness  of  the  entire  scheme. 

In  view  of  the  enthusiasm  of  the  conven- 
tion just  past  it  is  safe  to  predict  the  speedy 
remarkable  extension  of  this  Bible  study 
campaign  throughout  the  entire  state. 

Charles  M.  Sharpe. 

A  Glimpse  of  the  Indian  Territory. 

Lying  between  the  great  Red  river, 
which  is  the  northern  line  of  Texas,  and 
south  of  Kansas,  and  west  of  Arkansas  are 
five  Indian  reservations,  known  as  the 
Cherokees,  Creeks,  Chickasaws,  Choctaws 
and  Semi,noles.  This  is  called  the  Indian 
Territory.  Its  area  is  31,300  square  miles. 
Its  population  is  800,000  souls.  Its  principal 
water  courses  are  the  Arkansas,  Cimarron, , 
Canadian  and  Washita  rivers,  whose  valleys 
are  the  most  fertile  in  the  southwest.  Six 
great  trunk  lines  of  railroad  cross  the 
Indian  Territory,  besides  many  branches, 
spurs  and  feeders.  Its  natural  resources 
are  many.  Running  from  the  northeast  to 
the  southwest  there  is  the  greatest  oil  and 
gas  belt  in  the  union.  Vast  fields  of  bitumi- 
nous coal  have  beer  in  successful  operation 
for  years.  There  aie  millions  of  acres  of 
magnificent  forests,  containing  pines  and 
hard  woods  of  the  finest  quality.  It  has 
granite,  marble,  lead,  zinc,  iron,  fire  clays, 
splendid  brick-making  shale,  and  every  kind 
of  building  stone.  It  produces  wheat,  as 
good  corn  as  Illinois,  oats,  rye,  flax,  as  good 
cotton  as  Texas,  as  good  apples  as  Arkansas, 
as  fine  goobers  as  Georgia,  and  all  the  fruits 
and  vegetables  known  to  the  Temperate 
Zone.  It  is  splendidly  watered,  with  abun- 
dance of  rainfall  and  a  fine  climate.  It  is  on 
the  dividing  line  between  the  rigorous 
winters  of  the  north  and  the  long,  burning 
summers  of  the  south.  Its  population  is 
composed  of  enough  of  the  north  to  give  it 
thrift  and  business  push,  and  enough  of  the 
south  and  west  to  make  it  hospitable  and 
sociable.  We  expect  to  be  admitted  to 
statehood  the  coming  session  of  Congress. 
If  we  are,  the  unprecedented  will  happen. 
The  country  will  improve  as  no  country  has 
ever  done.  There  are  many  enterprises 
that  are  lying  quietly  waiting  for  the  re- 
straint of  Federal  government  to  be  lifted. 
And  this  development  will  be  permanent, 
for  there  is  something  substantial  to  main- 
tain it.  It  will  be  the  most  resourceful  state 
in  the  southwest.  It  will  be  a  land  of  homes. 
She  will  rise  with  such  magic  rapidity  that 
the  civilized  world  will  look  on  in  surprise. 
In  less  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  she  will 
stand  head  and  shoulders  above  her  neigh- 
bor states. 

The  moral  and  religious  tone  of  the 
country  is  of  a  high  type.  The  towns  are 
all  well  supplied  with  good  schools  and 
churches.  The  people  are  religious,  sociable, 
informal  and  friendly.  The  Indians  are  all 
civilized  and  wear  citizens' clothes,  and  many 
of  them  are  well  educated. 

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unsettled  condition  they  have  done  a  good 
work.  Though  there  are  many  weak 
churches,  and  the  work  is  not  on  her  feet 
well,  the  foundation  has  been  laid.  We  are 
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Quizzing  the  Missionary. 

Dr.  C.  C.  Drummond,  who  has  charge  of 
the  medical  work  at  Hurda,  India,  returned 
for  his  well  earned  furlough  last  July. 
He  had  been  upon  the  foreign  field  nearly 
eight  years.  Being  the  medical  missionary 
of  the  Maryville,  Mo.,  church,  which  en- 
tered the  living  link  list  last  March,  he  ar- 
ranged for  his  first  worK  in  missionary 
meetings  with  his  own  church.  It  was  a 
unique  meeting,  and  the  plan  worked  so 
well  I  want  to  give  it  to  the  brotherhood 
in  the  interest  of  world-wide  missions. 

He  held  a  four  days'  meeting.  The  first 
meeting  was  on  Sunday  night.  At  this 
meeting  he  addressed  a  very  large  audi- 
ence, giving  a  popular  presentation  of  his 
work  in  India.  The  three  nights  follow- 
ing, the  lecture  room,  which  seats  over  two 
hundred,  was  used.  No  effort  was  made 
to  get  any  one  but  members  of  the  congre- 
gation to  attend.  We  wanted  a  meeting 
larger  than  a  class,  and  yet -we  did  not 
want  the  outside  and  the  formal  address 
that  would  needs  come  with  the  larger 
hen  ring.  Dr.  Drummond  would  take  up  a 
different  phase  of  the  field  each  night,  and, 
after  talking  about  thirty  minutes,  would 
give  opportunity  for  questions.  The  result 
was  wonderful.  From  an  hour  to  an  hour 
and  a  half  was  taken  up  each  evening  after 
the  address,  and  then  the  meeting  had  to 
he  shut  off.  I  never  saw  a  congregation 
learn  more  of  missions  in  any  time,  long 
or  short.  In  this  form  of  missionary  meet- 
ing Dr.  Drummond  certainly  has  a  unique 
and  a  most  successful  plan. 

On  Sunday  afternoon  and  at  night  he  ad- 
dressed the  three  Endeavor  Societies  of  the 


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church,  following  much  (he  same  plan  as 
in  the  night  meetings  mentioned  above. 
Nothing  unusual  happened  at  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E. 

and  Intermediate  meetings  addressed  by 
him.  But  when  he  had  told  the  Junior 
Endeavorers  something  of  the  work,  and 
had  given  them  an  opportunity  to  ask  him 
questions — our  Junior  ranges  in  age  from 
ten  down — it  was  quite  a  different  thing. 
I  took  down  the  questions  they  asked  him, 
twenty-four  in  all.  I  wish  you  could  have 
heard  those  questions.  It  was  a  study  in 
psychology  worthy  of  the  observation  _  of 
some  doctor  of  philosophy.  After  telling 
them  how  the  Indians  eat  a  meal  without 
knives,  or  spoons,  or  any  such  thing,  one 
small  boy  asked,  "How  do  they  cut  their 
bread  ?"  Following  him  a  little  girl  wanted 
to  know  if  they  ate  gravy.  •  You  will  see 
the  drift  of  the  American  mind  to  catch 
tip  a  public  speaker  showing  itself  quite 
early  in  these  questions.  One  asked,  "Do 
they  have  candy  over  there?"  Another 
queried,  "Do  they  have  soda  fountains?" 
Another,  "Do  they  have  counters  to  put 
their  things  on?"  One  wanted  to  know  if 
they  had  furniture  in  their  houses.  One 
budding  Rothschild  asked,  "Is  their  money 
anything  like  ours?"  One  little  girl  wanted 
to  know  what  they  did  for  the  boys  and 
girls  at  the  mission  station.  Upon  hearing 
of  the  schooling  and  good  treatment  and 
food  one  shrewd  boy  observed  that  he 
should  think  they  would  all  want  to  be- 
come Christians  to  get  something  to  eat. 
They  were  deeply  moved  when  told  that 
the  price  of  a  day's  work  for  a  common 
laborer  was  but  a  fetv  cents,  and  that  some 
of  their  money  was  in  pieces  of  not  more 
than  a  tenth  of  a  cent  value.  Prom  this  on 
the  questions  assumed  a  more  serious  drift, 
and  the  meeting  was  closed  only  when  the 
superintendent  interposed  to  deliver  the 
good  doctor  from  these  youthful  disciples 
of   Socrates. 

This  plan  of  a  four  days'  meeting  is 
the  best  thing  that  could  be  used  to  give  a 
church  a  stirring  up  on  missions.  The  same 
plan  could  be  extended  in  time,  and  used 
to  advantage  in  all  our  Bible  colleges. 
What  could  be  more  delightful  and  more 
profitable  than  a  missionary  meeting  of  a 
week,  beginning  on  a  Sunday  and  closing 
on  a  Sunday,  in  every  one  of  our  Bible  col- 
leges between  now  and  the  coming  com- 
mencement? One  hour  or  more  at  the  close 
of  each  day's  work  could  be  devoted  to 
this.  When  those  young  men  went  out 
after  commencement  they  would  carrv  into 
hundreds  of  places  and  to  thousands  of  peo- 
ple more  knowledge  of  India  and  more 
zeal  for  her  salvation  than  would  otherwise 
go  out  from  ten  years  of  formal  addresses, 
Dr.  Drummond  should  be  kept  busy 
through  all  the  spring  months  in  our  Bible 
colleges. 

One  person  should  be  ready  to  give  the 
questions  the  necessary  drift  into  the  chan- 
nels needing  attention.  Just  a  question 
now  and  then  by  this  watchful  observer 
will  assure  a  close  working  over  of  the  field 
under  discussion.  One  will  be  surprised 
at  what  opportunities  for  deepening  the  spir- 
itual life  the  short  devotional  services  at 
the  opening  each  evening  will  afford. 

None  of  us  will  forget  the  last  night, 
when  we  sang  "God  be  With  You."  and 
said  good-bye.     Might  we  not  follow  some 

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of  our  great  evangelistic  efforts  with  '.'. 
mi     ionary    meetings    by    Dr.    Drummond? 

Dr.   Drummond's   addn  2525   Vine 

in  it,  Lincoln,  Neb,  if.  A.  Dr.vro-.. 

Maryville,  M". 

Dedications. 

Lampasas,  Texas. 

■  Sunday,  November  19,  was  a  high  day 
for  the  Christian  church  at  Lampasas,  Tex. 

It  was  dedication  day  of  the  lovely  new 
stone  church  home,  just  completed.  Homer 
T.  Wilson,  of  San  Antonio,  Texas,  who 
held  us  a  splendid  meeting  two  months 
ago,  delivered  the  dedicatory  sermon.  Eight- 
een hundred  dollars  were  raised  on  the 
indebtedness,  leaving  the  church  practi- 
cally out  of  debt  at  its  completion.  With 
wide-awake  young  people's  organization, 
ladies'  aid  and  other  departments  of  work, 
the  church  is  now  ready  to  do  encouraging 
work.  W.  A.  BoGGESS,  minister. 

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Dedication  at  Jonesboro,  Arh. 

Lord's  day,  November  26,  was  a  red- 
letter  day  for  the  church  at  Jonesboro". 
It  was  the  occasion  of  the  formal  opening 
and  dedication  of  their  new  and  beautiful 
house  of  worship.  There. was  an  indebted- 
ness of  $2,600  to  provide  for,  and  some 
$2,900  was  easily  and  cheerfully  raised. 

To  make  the  occasion  still  more  enjoy- 
able, five  persons  joyfully  accepted  Christ. 
It  was  a  happy  day  to  have  the  house 
dedicated ;  to  hear  the  name  of  Jesus  con- 
fessed, and  witness  the  obedience  of  the 
penitent  believers  in  the  ordinance  of  holy 
baptism.  L.  L.  Carpenter. 

Wabash,  Ind. 

Mobile,  Alabama. 

The  dedication  of  the  elegant  new  First 
Christian  Church,  November  19,  was  in  all 
respects  a  grand  success,  F.  M.  Rains  and 
B.  L.  Smith  participating.  The  $3,500,  the 
balance  due  on  building,  was  raised.  Claude 
E.  Hill,  our  minister,  was  in  the  best  of 
humor,  and  the  entire  congregation  was 
happy  at  the  results  of  their  united  effort. 
It  was  truly  an  ideal  southern  November 
day.  and  the  greatest  that  has  ever  occurred 
in  Mobile  for  New  Testament  Christianity. 
J.  L.  Haddock  begins  a  meeting  at  once  in 
the  new  church,  to  last  indefinitely.  Tal- 
mage  Stanley  has  charge  of  the  music. 
Let  all  who  have  helped  us,  and  all  the 
brotherhood,   rejoice  with   us. 

J.  W.  Henry. 

Dedication  at  Marshall,  111. 

The  congregation  of  Disciples  in  Mar- 
shall, 111.,  have  rebuilt,  refurnished  and 
beautified  their  house  of  worship  until 
one  not  knowing  the  facts  would  mistrust 
but  that  it  is  an  entirely  new  house.  It 
is  now  by  far  the  handsomest  church 
house  in  the  city.  It  was  a  brave  band  who 
met  in  this  beautiful  place  of  worship  on 
December  3,  and  faced  a  debt  of  $2,000. 
But  it  was  a  happy  band  who  rejoiced  on 
Lord's  day  night  in  offering  this  temple  to 
God  with  all  the  debt  provided  for.  It  was  a 
great  joy  to  help  these  brethren  raise  their 
money,  and  in  their  name  offer  the  house 
to  the  Lord.  The  church  at  Marshall  is 
now  on  the  road  to  great  success. 

Wabash,  Ind.  L.  L.  Carpenter. 

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Ministerial  Exchange. 

J.  "J.  Limerick  is  open  for  engagements 
as  evangelist  or  for  a  regular  pastorate. 
Address  him  at  Carrollton,  Mo. 

D.  D.  Boyle,  evangelist,  can  hold  meet- 
ings in  February,  1906.  Address  him  at 
Minco.  T.  T. 

W.  T.  McLain  writes  that  he  can  put 
churches  into  communication  with  an  evan- 
gelist of  experience  and  culture  who  wishes 
to  hold  meetings  beginning  January  1.  Ad- 
dress, W.  T.  McLain.  1314  South  Emporia 
avenue.    Witchita,    Kan. 

The    church    at    Neosho,    Mo.,    wants    a 


first-class    singer   and   ;, 
assist  them  in  a  meeting  in  January.     Ad- 
dress   F.    F.    Walters,   the   pastor. 

J.     W.     Monser    6t  vork     fol 

quarter  or  one-half  time     .ithin  fifty  r. 
of   Kan  . 

ence  T.  A.  Abho  tury  building,  Kan- 

City,   Mo.      Address,    J.    W. 
514   Qtru  :nie,   Kansa-.   City,    Mo. 

Wanted. — For  new   town   in   South  C 
fornia,    brethren    to    engage    in     fo 
lines    of    business:    General    merchan'. 
livery,   barber,    doctor,   blacksmith, 
mechanics;    small    capital    required. 
farms   with   water  cheap.     'Hie  Opportunity 
is  now.     Address,  G  go,  mm 

Riverside,  Cal. 

The  congregation  at  Ada,  I.  T     i->  with- 
out a  minister  and  invite,  correspondence. 
Splendid  opportunity— a  town  of  5,000 
pie  and  our  brethren  have  the  best  loc^ 
in  town.     Congregation  able  to  pay  at 
$70   per   month.     Addn  --.    L.    T. 
Ada,  I.  T. 

Would    like   to   correspond    with   a    . 
teacher   in    regard   to   taking   a   cla 
who  would  be  willing  to  take  charge  of  the 
choir.      Send   references,  etc.,  to   Ernest  J. 
Bradley,  minister,   Smithville,  Tex: 

Wanted. — An  all-round  printer;  member 
Christian  church.  State  salary.  Ernest  J. 
Bradley,    minister,    Smithville.   Texa-. 

Thomas  Martin  is  open  for  an  engage- 
ment as  evangelist.  Address  him  at  Sandy- 
Lake,  Pa. 

H.  H.  Saunders,  singing  evangelist,  can 
assist  in  a  February  meeting.  He  may- 
be   addressed    at    Noblesville,    Ind. 

Wanted :     The  addresses  of  four  preach- 
ers   for    Louisiana    who    have    no    families 
and    can    work    for   $500   to    $600   a    ; 
Good  lively  old  men  preferred.     The 
is  not  very  hard  or  difficult.     Let  no  man 
apply   who   cannot  give   the  best  of  refer- 
ences.      John    A.     Stevens,    cqrrespo: 
secretary,  Alexandria,  La. 

I  am  open  for  March  meeting.     Chi 
E.    McVay,    s.ong    evangelist,    Benkleman. 
Nebraska. 

The   church   at   Grant   City.    Mo.,    where 
W.   L.    Flarris   ministers,    is    in   need   of   a 
good  chorister,   also   a   teacher  of  stru  - 
instruments.     There   is   a   splendid   ope 
also   for   a   tailor,   as   there  is  no   I 
Worth    county.      A    first-class    dr. 
could  do  well  here.    Address,  W.  L.  H« 
Grant  City,  Mo.,  with  stamp. 

There   is   an   excellent   opening   at   V 
Chester    111.,    for    a    thoroughly    competent 
male    teacher    of    vocal    and    instrumc 
music.      One    who    can    manage    a    d: 
and  orchestra  would  have  a  great  advantage. 
An    earnest    member    and    worker    in    the 
Christian  church  would  have  good  backing 
from  the  start.     Any  one  who  is  competent 
may  write  E.   O.   Sharpe.   Pastor  Chr:- 
Church,    Winchester,    111.,    with    ref 
and  stamp. 

I    will    be    open    for    engagements,     ifter 
January  1.  1906.  as  chorus  organizer,  leader 
and  soloist.     Address   Miss   Mayme   E 
barger,  gospel  singer.  Bethany,  Mo. 

The    congregation    at    Poteau.    I.    T..    is 
very    anxious    to    employ    an    en: 
pastor.     They  have   a   church   building 
debts,    and    a    membership    of    twe  lty-s 
They    can    pay    a    salary    of   $35    a    month. 
Address.   Terry  McKenna.   Poteau,  I.  T. 

I  should  like  to  correspond  with  churches 
wanting  meetings,  with  or  without  a  si:  - 
S.  J.  Vance,  evangelist,  Eldon.  Mo. 

Splendid  opening  for  a  tailor  shop :  town 
of  3.000.  railroad  division.  Member  :" 
the  Christian  church  preferred.  A.:,J-o  =  ! 
Ernest   J.    Bradley.    Smithville,    Tex. 

A   brother   can   buy   good   stock   of  gro- 
ceries   for    about    $3,000.    fine    stand :    ?       ; 
about   $30,000   a   year.      Ernest    T. 
minister.   Smithville.   Tex. 

The   church   at  Hamilton.   Mont.,  desires 
the    services    of    a    pastor.       Salary    $800 
per  year.     No  application  will  be  cc 
unless  accompanied  by  first-class  re- 
Address   Lock  Box   No.    182 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


December  it,  1905. 


Evangelistic 


We  invite  ministers  and  others  to  send 
reports  of  meetings,  additions  and  other 
news  of  the  churches  for  publication  in 
this  department.  It  is  especially  requested 
that  additions  be  reported  as  "by  confession 
and  baptism"  or  "by  letter." 

AKKANSAS. 
Harrison.  Dec.  13. — J.  A.  Deatherage  has 
just  closed  a  meeting  resulting  in  2  additions, 
by  primary  obedience. — Mrs.  L.  C.  Clen- 

dexix. 

CALIFORNIA. 

Ckiah,  Dec.  11.— The  yearly  report  of  the 
church  at  Ukiah  shows  53  added— 46  by 
baptism,  31  from  Sunday-school.  The  pride 
of  the  church  is  the  pastor's  class  of  64 
young  people  in  Sunday-school.  Eleven 
offerings  for  benevolent  and  missionary 
work,  with  a  gain  of  over  60  per  cent  in  re- 
ceipts: all  debts  paid  and  money  in  treas- 
ury of  every  department.  The  church  is 
united  and  happy,  beginning  third  year  with 
hopeful  lookout. — Otha  Wilkison,  pastor. 

College"  City,  Nov.  20. — I  have  just  closed 
a  few  days'  meeting  at  Sycamore,  with  2 
additions.  The  church  building  has  been 
repaired. — T.  Durham. 

COLORADO. 

Rocky  Ford,  Dec.  8. — Our  meeting  moves 
on  nicely;  15  additions  to  date.  Good  crowds 
and  interest  growing.  Will  continue  up  to 
Christmas.  Brother  Nelson  is  an  indefati- 
gable worker.— John  T.  Stivers,  evangelist. 

FLORIDA. 

Jacksonville,  Dec.  11. — Two  accessions  to 
the   Church   Street   Church    since    last    re- 
port.— T.  Henry  Blenns. 
ILLINOIS. 

Fairfield,  Dec.  11. — Seven  additions  last 
night. — G.  YV.  Thompson,  evangelist,  Allen 
T.  Shaw,  pastor  and  singer. 

Normal,  Dec.  11.  — There  were  9  additions 
yesterday — 4  by  confession,  3  by  statement, 
2  from  the  Baptists;  24  to  date.  Brother 
Marshall  is  doing  the  preaching. — R.  H. 
Newton. 

Farmer  City,  Dec.  11. — We  have  just 
closed  our  meeting  with  53  additions— 34  by 
baptism  and  19  by  letter  and  statement. 
The  church  has  been  much  strengthened 
and  encouraged.  Andrew  Scott,  of  Dan- 
ville, did  the  preaching.  Frank  M.  Charl- 
ton, of  Bloomington,  was  our  singer. — 
A.  Imuanuel  Zeller,  pastor. 

INDIANA. 

Fort  Wayne,  Dec.  12.— Our  meeting  re- 
sulted in  25  additions.  C.  C.  Crawford,  of 
Elmira,  N.  V.,  did  the  preaching,  and  Miss 
Allie  Dean,  of  Hiram  College,  was  the  singer. 
— E.  W.  Allen. 

Portland,  Dec.  4. — We.  have  concluded  a 
three  weeks'  meeting,  resulting  in  21  addi- 
ions — 12  by  baptism,  1  from  the  Baptists,  1 
from  the  Adventists,  one  reclaimed  and  6  by 
letter  and  statement.  The  congregation  has 
been  greatly  encouraged  and  built  up. — 
C.  H.  TROUT. 

Columbus,  Dec.  4. — The  Tabernacle  Chris- 
tian Church  will  establish  a  church  in  the 
northeast  part  of  this  city.  Joseph  I.  Irwin 
has  given  a  lot  100  feet  square. — W.  H. 
Book. 

Terre  Haute,  Dec.  10.— Central  Church  is 
having  a  great  revival — 80  additions  thus  far. 
Hro.  T.  E.  Sellers,  the  pastor,  is  preaching 
great  sermons.  We  conducted  three  factory 
meetings  this  week  and  over  600  men  at- 
tended.— Le  Roy  St.  John,  Gospel  singer. 

Elkhart,  Dec.  13. — We  are   just  entering 


upon  the  sixth  meeting,  with  home  forces;  9 
accessions  to  date.  All  departments  are 
prospering. — W.  W.  DENHAM. 

Indianapolis,  Dec.  14. — Earl  Wilrley  has 
just  closed  a  great  meeting  at  the  River 
Church;  43  added — 14  by  confession,  29  by 
letter  and  statement.    C.  B.  Newnan. 

Huntington,  Dec.  II. — Five  confessions 
Dec.  10.  Our  new  building  will  be  one  of 
the  best  churches  in  Indiana  and  will  have  a 
seating  capacity  of  1,400. — Cephas  Shel- 
BURNE. 

Lowell,  Dec.  12. — Eight  additions  by  pri- 
mary obedience  last  night;  12  to  date.  Meet- 
ing continnes.— A.  M.  Hootman. 

INDIAN    TERRITORY. 

Bartlesville,  Dec.  14.— One  addition  last 
Sunday — 2  one  week  before.  Outlook  for 
our  work  good. — R.  E.  Rosenstein. 

Holdenville,  Dec.  9.— Our  meeting  con- 
tinues with  good  interest;  25  additions  to 
date. — Campbell  and  Bentley. 

Checotah,  Nov.  20. — The  work  has  been 
developed  from  a  little  interest  and  small 
attendance  to  great  enthusiasm  and  splen- 
did congreations.  Last  evening  we  filled 
the  largest  hall  in  town,  despite  the  fact 
that  there  were  services  in  all  the  other 
churches.  The  work  could  not  have  been 
at  much  lower  ebb.  Lack  of  leadership  the 
principal  cause.  Thirty-three  added  to  date. 
This  is  a  fine  field,  and  a  great  work  will 
be  established.  We  will  probably  locate 
a  good  man  for  full  time.  We  have  put  a 
baptistry  in  the  church  which  has  added 
very  much  to  the  interest  and  efficiency  of 
the  meeting.  Some  fine  workers.  Will  con- 
tinue.— Frank  L.  Van  Voorhis. 

Davis,  Nov.  21. — There  were  more  con- 
fessions in  our  meeting  last  night.  This  is 
a  rich  little  town,  with  a  large  church  and 
the  most  loved  and  efficient  pastor  I  have 
met  in  many  thousands  of  miles  of  travel 
this  fall.  O.  M.  Thomason  is  yet  young, 
but  has  many  good  meetings  to  his  credit, 
and  his  pastorate  here  is  his  first.  It  could 
hardly  be  more  successful. — T.  M.  Myers. 

IOWA. 

Milton,  Dec.  14. — Our  cause  is  prospering 
nicely.  We  recently  baptized  29,  one  re- 
claimed and  one  by  statement. — P.  D.  Hol- 
loway. 

Riverton,  Dec.  12. — Six  added  last  night. 
—J.  A.  Mckenzie. 

Shenandoah,  Dec.  10.— Our  six  weeks' 
meeting  has  just  closed  with  63  additions. 
The  pastor  did  the  preaching  and  was  as- 
sisted by  Miss  Lucille  Park  as  singer.  All 
departments  of  the  church  at  work  in  unity. 
—A.  Rhodes 

Moorhead,  Dec.  16. — We  are  just  closing 
the  second  week  of  our  meeting;  11  added  to 
date.    We  continue. — Joel  Brown. 

KANSAS. 

Asherville,  Dec.  11. — Two  added  last  night 
from  the  Baptist".  We  are  looking  forward 
to  a  meeting  in  February  with  J.  W.  Garner, 
of  Perkins,  Okla.,  as  our  evangelist. — G.  P. 
Clark,  minister. 

La  Fontaine,  Dec.  11. — Our  meeting  is  one 
week  old,  with  21  additions. — J.  P.  Haner. 

Beloit,  Dec.  12. — Our  meeting  has  just 
closed  with  54  additions.  The  future  of  the 
church  appears  bright  indeed.  H.  A.  North- 
cutt  did  the  preaching. — H.  F.  Ritz. 

Harper,  Dec.  16.— Just  closed  a  week's 
meeting  at  Hazelton,  with  17  added — 11 
confessions,  5  statements,  1  baptized  Metho- 
dist.—M.  B.  Ingle. 

Lebo,  Dec.  9. — This  is  the  close  of  the 
second  week  with  a  weak  church  here. 
Seven  additions  to  date — 4  by  confession 
and  baptism,  and  3  by  letter.  Good  audi- 
ences, and  the  church  is  waking  up.    They 


will  locate  a  pastor  here  for  another  year, 
and  perhaps  build  a  parsonage. — Wallace 
M.  Stuckey,  evangelist. 

KENTUCKY. 

Eminence,  Dec.  15.— We  had  H.  C.  Garri- 
son, of  Danville,  with  us  in  a  two  weeks* 
meeting,  resulting  in  24  additions— 21  by  con- 
fession and  baptism. — Ernest  W.  Elliott. 

Latonia, Dec.  11.— Six  additions. yesterday. 
Need  a  larger  house— for  which  we  are- 
planning  now.— H.  C.  Runyan. 

OHIO. 

Youngstown,  Dec.  14.— Five  additions  at 
the  Third  Church  last  Lord's  day;  4  by  bap- 
tism and  1  by  relation.— F.  D.  Draper, 
minister. 

Eldora.— Bro.  T.  J.  O'Conner  is  the 
pastor,  and  is  diligent  in  the  Lord's  busi- 
ness. Our  new  house,  worth  $8,000,  and 
dedicated  last  July,  is  regarded  as  a  very 
satisfactory  and  handsome  building.  The 
church  is  preparing  to  bear  its  part  in  union 
evangelistic  meetings  to  begin  soon.  Broth- 
er O'Conner  is  proving  a  pastor  of  the 
genuine  and  right  kind. — C.  L.  Hays. 

Leipsic,  Dec.  11.— Two  additions  at  West 
Belmore  yesterday — 1  confession  and  1  or- 
dained. We  reached  our  apportionment  of 
$20  for  Ohio  missions.  All  departments  of 
our  work  in  excellent  condition.  We  began 
our  meeting  December  31. — H.  C.  Boblitt. 

Akron,  Dec.  12.— An  excellent  meeting 
has  just  closed  at  the  First  Church,  result- 
ing in  50  additions.  George  Darsie,  the 
pastor,  did  the  preaching,  assisted  by  Prof. 
Leonard  Daugherty,  of  Louisville,  Ky„, 
as  soloist  and  choir  leader. — B.  C.  Caywood. 

Athens,  Dec.  11. — Brother  and  Sister  Frost, 
late  of  Hiram,  spoke  on  C.  W.  B.  M.  work, 
and  the  offering  was  $43 — or  twice  as  large 
as  last  year.  Three  additions  yesterday. 
— T.  Lowe. 

MARYLAND. 
Baltimore,  Dec.  4.— Baltimore  churches 
are  newly  manned  by  the  importation  of 
four  new  preachers  from  the  west.  Charis 
Yeuell,  Lewisvill,  Minn.,  at  the  Randall 
Street  Church;  A.  Randall  Lookabill,  Craw- 
fordsville,  Ind.,  at  the  Fulton  Avenue 
Church;  C.  M.  Kreidler,  Milwaukee,  Wis., 
at  the  25th  Street  Church,  and  the  writer  at 


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THE  CHRISTJAX'-EVANGEUST. 


the  Calhoun  Street  Church,  from  Bluffton, 
O.  These,  with  B.  A.  Abbott  at  Harlem 
Avenue,  and  Peter  Ainslie  at  the  Christian 
Temple,  as  the  old  guards,  constitute  Balti- 
more's preaching  force.  Of  these  there 
were  present  at  the  preachers'  meeting: 
President  Abbott,  Ainslie,  Lookabill,  Yeuell 
and  the  writer,  who  report  as  follows:  Har- 
lem Avenue,  1  baptism  and  1  by  letter; 
Christian  Temple,  2  by  letter  and  2  other- 
wise; Calhoun  Street,  2  baptisms  and  1  oth- 
erwise. Brother  Kreidler  is  in  a  good  meet- 
ing at  25th  Street  with  home  forces. — 
A.  F.  Reiter,  Sec. 

Baltimore,  Dec.  14. — Have  just  closed  a 
short  meeting  at  25th  Street  with  home 
forces,  resulting  in  29  additions;  31  added  since 
my  arrival  on  field.  Our  outlook  is  wonder- 
fully bright. — C.  M.  Kreidler,  minister. 

MICHIGAN. 

Saginaw,  Dec.  15. — Three  additions  by 
confession  at  prayer  meeting.  S.  M.  Martin's 
meeting  closed  Sunday  with  36  added. — J.  S. 
Raum. 

MISSOURI. 

Lancaster,  Dec.  10. — Elder  T.  A.  Hedges 
closed  a  three  weeks'  meeting  tonight  with 
70  additions,  of  whom  44  were  by  confession 
and  baptism.  We  have  engaged  Brother 
Hedges  for  half  his  time  for  the  ensuing 
year. — E.  L.  French. 

New  Market,  Dec.  12. — Eight  were  bap- 
tized in  a  recent  meeting;  five  others  added. 

1  am  called  to  serve  another  year. — H.  E. 
Ballou. 

Kansas  City,  Dec.  it. — Two  additions  at 
Louisburg  yesterday  at  my  regular  appoint- 
ment— one  baptism  and  one  by  statement. — 
Clyde  Lee  Fife. 

St.  Louis,  Dec.  11. — Two  additions  at  my 
appointment  in  Gillespie,  111.— J.  G.  M.  Lut- 
tenberger. 

Franks,  Dec.  14. — R.  B.  Havener  is  hold- 
ing a  meeting  for  us  with  13  added  to  date — 
5  from  the  Baptists,  7  from  the  world  and  1 
reclaimed.  An  effort  is  being  made  to  have 
preaching  half  time  the  coming  year.  The 
church  here  was  dedicated  Sunday  and  the 
entire  debt  provided  for.  I  held  a  short 
meeting  at  Newtown  last  month  resulting  in 
10  additions,  4  by  confession. — Leon  Couch. 

Princeton. — I  am  in  a  meeting  with  14  ad- 
ditions to  date.  We  will  continue  about  10 
days. — J.  E.  Davis. 

Amazonia,  Dec.  11. — Three  additions  yes- 
terday— 1  by  confession. — Joel  B.Thorpe. 

Kenoma,  Dec.  12. — R.  B.  Havener  closed  a 
two  weeks'  meeting  Dec.  4,  resulting  in  18 
additions — 13  by  confession,  3  reclaimed  and 

2  from  the  religious  bodies. — W.  H.  Funder- 
burke,  pastor. 

Butler,  Dec.  14.— I  just  closed  a  week's 
meeting,  with  10  accessions— eight  were 
from  sister  churches,  2  by  baptism.  This 
makes  23  since  Oct.  1.  We  are  expecting 
F.  G.  Tyrrell  with  us  the  first  of  January  for 
a  short  meeting.— H.  Jas.  Crockett. 

Chillicothe,  Dec.  16. — I  am  in  a  short 
meeting  at  Pattonsburg.  Sixteen  confes- 
sions and  2  reclaimed  the  first  four  nights. 
May  continue  a  week  longer. — James  N. 
Crutcher. 

Maitland,  Dec.  15. — Just  closed  a  ten  days' 
meeting  at  New  Point,  with  13  additions — 
10  by  baptism,  1  from  the  Presbyterians,  2 
by  statement. — B.  F.  Baker,  minister. 

Chillicothe,  Nov.  16. — Four  additions 
Nov.  15 — 2  by  confession,  2  by  letter.  Five 
others  baptized. — James  N.  Crutcher. 

Eldon,  Nov.  18. — Our  Etterville  meeting, 
under  the  auspices  of  the  missionary  state 
board,  is  12  days  old.  There  have  been  40 
additions  to  date,  and  the  end  is  not  yet. 
In  connection  with  the  meeting  next  week, 
we  will  take  up  the  question  of  house  build- 


ing. I  am  ready  to  engage  with  churches 
for  meetings  after  January,  with  or  without 
singer. — S.  J.  Vance,  evangelist. 

NEBRASKA. 
Overton,  Dec,  11. — Raised  our  apportion- 
ment of  $12  for  state  missions;  gave  S8.25 
last  year.  Rally  day  brought  in  over  $6 
as  compared  with  $2.25  last  year.  Had  one 
baptism  recently.  L.  B.  Pickerill,  of  Deland, 
111.,  will  hold  our  revival  next  month,  as- 
sisted by  Roy  O.  Youtz,  of  Des  Monies,  la., 
as  singer. — O.  L.  Adams,  minister. 

NEW  ZEALAND. 

Auckland,  Oct.  18. — I  have  just  closed  a 
meeting  here,  which  resulted  in  32  additions. 
— John  T.  Brown,  Louisvile.  Ky. 

PENNSYLVANIA. 

Allegheny,  Dec.  12.— G.  W.  Thompson,  of 
Kirksville,  Mo.,  just  closed  a  fine  meeting  with 
the  Shady  Avenue  Church,  resulting  in  62  ad- 
ditions. One  thousand  dollars  were  pledged 
for  an  old  standing  debt  and  the  pastor's 
salary  raised.  Brother  Thompson  is  open 
for  dates  during  March  and  April. — Grant 
E.  Pike. 

Sandy  Lake,  Dec.  8. — Our  meeting  at 
Beelers  Station,  W.  Va.,  closed  on  account 
of  bad  roads  and  rough  weather.  There 
were  six  additions.— Thomas  Martin, 
evangelist. 

Meadville,  Dec.  6. — Just  closed  a  meeting 
with  37  added  and  the  work  greatly  strength- 
ened. H.  F.  MacLane,  of  Hiram,  was  the 
evangelist. — W.  D.  Trumbull,  minister. 

TEXAS. 

Abilene,  Dec.  12. — Two  added  by  letter 
recently. — Granville  Snell. 

WASHINGTON. 

Everett,  Dec.  6. — The  Hazel  and  Daughty 
meetings  closed  with  20  additions — 12  by 
confession  and  baptism. — O.  W.  Mc- 
Gaughey, 

WEST  VIRGINIA. 

Parkersburg,  Dec.  14. —  Our  meeting  con- 
tinues. Forty-seven  additons.  Later  reports 
will  follow.--G.  F.  Assiter. 


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(Continued  from  page  I 
to  me  that  the  sermon  of  that  day  wa  1  one 
of  the  noblest  termotu  1  ':ver  heard.  The 
preacher  forgot  himself  and  remembered 
only  the  sublime  object  of  hi-,  ministry,  to 
lift  men  out  of  the  mire  01  -.in  and  ma- 
terialism into  the  higher  air  or  God;  to 
refine  and  exalt  their  lives;  to  turn  them 
from  the  dazzling  and  d  I  the 

world  to  the  Way,  the  Truth,  and  the  Life 
of  his  Master.  That  day  was  a  new  da) 
in  my  young  and  troubled  I 

And  to  this  hour  I  can  see  him  as  h# 
stood,  not  a  graceful  man,  his  ;•  an- 

gular at  times,  his  face  aglow  with  the  old 
unearthly  phosphorescent  light,  uttering 
his  high  message  in  words  simple,  full  of 
grace,  and  surcharged  with  living  fire— it 
is  a  vision  unforgettable. 

The  sermons  in  the  volume  before  me 
are  characteristic  of  the  man  in  his  min- 
istry. They  are  the  words  of  a  man  familiar 
with  the  most  perfect  fruits  of  culture,  and 
sensitive  in  high  degree  to  the  charms  of 
literary  form.  Not  merely  in  the  pal- 
pable allusion,  but  in  the  choice  phrase,  the 
brilliant  epigram,  the  modulation  of  his  sen- 
tences and  the  most  chaste  verbal  reserve 
are  to  be  discerned  the  master  of  speech. 

As  sacred  compositions,  they  captivate 
by  a  beauty  that  is  as  natural  to  them  as 
tints  to  a  rose.  They  are  logical  without 
any  display  of  argument,  and  poetical  with- 
out any  sacrifice  of  directness  and  sinceri- 
ty. There  is  none  of  that  flowery  empti- 
ness which  is  the  besetting  sin  of  the  poet- 
preacher.  Reason  is  appealed  to  all  along, 
but  the  language  of  the  appeal  comes  up  all 
blossoming  and  fragrant  with  the  sweetness 
of  the  heart. 

No  one  can  read  these  sermons  without 
recognizing  their  catholicity  of  spirit,  their 
gracious  aim,  and  their  helpfulness  to  minds 
that  recoil  from  the  formal  and  arbitrary 
in  religion.  They  are  worthy  of  the  best 
traditions  of  the  pulpit,  because  in  them 
there  is  a  faith  in  the  divine  constitution 
of  things,  a  respect  for  human  nature,  a 
fine  Christian  optimism,  and  a  plea  for  the 
religion  that   is  a  life. 

Clearly,  the  preacher  feels  those  noble 
and  fruitful  intellectual  agitations  which 
in  our  day  have  frightened  many,  but  which 
are  in  truth  a  second  coming  of  the  Christ 
into  the  tangled  and  turbulent  thought  of 
this  great  age.  Only  the  commanding 
vitalities  of  Christianity-  and  its  heroic  en- 
terprises engage  his  heart  and  inspire  his 
ministry.  He  cares  nothing  for  hair-split- 
ting theories,  but  only  for  those  heavenly 
truths  which  overarch  all  creeds,  and  that 
life  of  the  spirit  which  underlies  all  sects. 
He  is  an  authentic  messenger  of  great 
truths. 

May  his  days  be  many  and  his  ministry 
an  apostolate.  May  his  glowing  sermon* 
lead  many  out  of  the  drifting  fogs  into  the 
Light  of  the  world,  out  of  the  shadows  of 
doubt  to  "The  Victory  of  Faith." 

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Christian  Endeavor. 

By  H.  A.  Denton. 
December  31,  1905. 


LOOKING  BACKWARD.-  Dcut.  8:8-20. 

Far  the  Leader* 

Endeavorers,  we  have  come  to  the  end  of 
a  measured  portion  of  time.  Once  more  we 
have  finished  a  certain  portion  of  the  trip 
allotted  to  us  between  the  cradle  and  the 
jrare.  We  pause  for  a  time  to  think  upon 
what  we  have  done.  Soon  we  shall  pass  on 
into  another  measure.  The  past  will  be  by 
ns  largely  forgotten.  But  with  God  not  a 
word  shall  fall  to  the  ground.  He  will  re- 
member all.  Some  day,  on  the  other  side, 
we  shall  meet  all  the  words  and  deeds  that 
made  up  this  life.  May  it  not  be  far  better 
for  us  to  look  backward  and  review  this  past 
tonight,  and  to  profit  thereby,  than  to  go 
thoughtlessly  on  until  it  is  too  late?  That, 
then,  is  the  object  of  our  meeting.  May 
each  one  here  lend  us  a  hearty  sympathy, 
and  may  all  have  some  part  in  the  meeting 
lo  the  helpfulness  of  all. 

For  the  Members. 

1.  What  has  come  into  our  lives  the 
past  year  that  would  make  them  worth  re- 
viewing? Why,  God  has  been  in  our  lives. 
We  have  been  associated  with  him  in  the 
greatest  work  ever  known  by  men  or  angels 
—an  effort  to  think  and  to  live  God's 
thoughts  after  him.  Is  this  not  a  great  work? 
What  greater  could  any  one  undertake? 
Now,  if  this  work  has  been  well  done,  there 
is  reason  in  the  rejoicing  that  we  should 
go  back  and  look  it  over.  If  this  effort  has 
resulted  in  failure,  then  for  the  sake  of  the 
future,  and  what  we  should  do  in  the  way  of 
improvement,  we  should  look  backward 
over  the  past  twelve  months. 

2.  If  any  one  wonders  that  we  should 
value  the  past  of  man  to  this  extent,  let  him 
remember  that  he  is  the  object  of  the  fath- 
erly care  and  solicitude  of  the  Infinite  Fa- 
ther. What  God  regards,  no  man  may  spurn 
as  unworthy  his  attention.  If  some  one 
argue3  the  small  part  man  plays  in  this  uni- 
verse, let  him  think  again.  He  may  be 
small  as  to  bulk,  if  we  are  going  to  cast  this 
estimate  up  in  the  material.  But,  if  we  are 
to  regard  spiritual  values,  he  aggregates 
more  than  all  the  continents.  And  when  we 
take  a  closer  look  at  the  natural  world  and 
man's  relation  to  the  same,  we  will  see  that 
all  eternity,  past  and  future,  is  connected  with 
man  and  his  destiny  and  place  in  the  age. 
Thus  we  are  looking  at  no  mean  thing. 

3.  We  all  need  to  have  a  greater  regard 
for  the  blessings  of  God.  We  are  secular- 
ized. There  are  too  many  things  that  we  do 
not  count  as  from  God.  We  say,  "I  did 
thin;  it  is  the  result  of  purely  my  own  effort." 
We  have  gradually  let  the  3ecular  encroach 
upon  the  dominions  of  God  until  there  is 
very  little  left  him  in  the  reckoning  of  many 
people.  God  has  been  put  out  of  his  own 
world.  And  we  are  not  able  to  see  that  in 
this  ejection  man  has  been  the  sufferer. 
One  has  been  thinking  that  in  getting  God 
out  of  his  territory  he  has  been  getting  him- 
self into  it  more  and  more,  not  knowing  that 
the  whole  thing  has  been  a  most  clever  de- 
ception—a self  deception.  Put  God  more 
fully  into  the  happenings  of  our  lives  and 
we  shall  have  more  in  them  for  which  to  re- 
joice and  give  thanks. 

4.  It  will  doubtless'be  so  that  the  hardest 
thing  for  many  of  us  to  do  will  be  to  look 
trpon  the  sorrows  that  have  come  the  past 
year  and  recognize  the  hand  of  God  there. 
That  question  of  sorrow  and  suffering  has 
never  been  satisfactorily  answered.     There 


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until  that  day?  We  can  get,  however,  this 
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world.  He  is  managing  it  for  the  best. 
Some  bad  things  go  on  in  this  world  contrary 
to  his  will.  These  very  things  make  up  the 
necessity  for  Christianity.  But  to  those  who 
are  doing  the  best  they  can  to  live  the  good 
life,  nothing  will  come  that  will  defeat  the 
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M.  I  need  more  grace.  1  Pet.  1:12-16. 

T.  I  am  indebted  to  mercy.     Ps.  103:1-13. 
W.  I  should  be  more  thankful.  Ps.  136:1-9. 
T.  I  must  pray  more.  Ps.  20:1-9. 

F.  I  should  be  humble.  Lam.  3:18-26. 

S.  I  am  prone  to  forget.  Heb.  3:17-4:1. 

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December  27,  1905. 


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December  31,  1903. 


A  NOBLE   ENDING  AND   ITS  SECRET.— 
2  Tim.  4:6-22. 

The  last  prayer  meeting  of  the  year  is  a 
good  time  to  think  of  the  outcome  of  life's 
plans  and  labors,  that  we  may  remind  our- 
selves of  forgotten  duties,  and  brace  our- 
selves anew  for  the  struggles  that  are  certain 
to  be  encountered  by  every  earnest  Chris- 
tian. And  no  example  can  be  more  instruc- 
tive and  inspiring  than  that  of  the  apostle 
Paul.  He  was  so  human  in  his  disposition, 
and  has  opened  his  heart  so  frankly  in  the 
letters  he  wrote,  that  to"  read  the  story  of  his 
spiritual  conflicts  is  like  listening  to  a  soldier 
friend  telling  of  his  battles.  Let  us  close 
the  good  year  1905  by  a  brief  study  of  these 
last  words  of  brother  Paul. 

1.  He  stood  at  the  end  of  his  earth-life. 
"For  I  am  now  ready  to  be  offered,  and  the 
time  of  my  departure  is  at  hand."  He  was 
in  prison  at  Rome,  condemned  to  die.  The 
sword  of  Nero  would  soon  bring  to  a  close 
the  life  that  had  been  spent  so  faithfully  in 
the  Master's  service.  Had  his  days  been 
squandered  in  selfish  pleasures,  or  spent  in 
achieving  worldly  ambitions,  the  thought  of 
eternity  would  have  filled  his  soul  with 
dread.  But  he  meets  death  with  the  calm- 
ness of  his  Master  before  him,  and  welcomes 
the  sword,  as  Jesus  did  the  cross,  as  if  it  were 
his  best  friend.  Such  behavior  makes  even 
death  glorious  and  beautiful. 

2.  The  secret  of  such  a  death  is  two-fold. 
There. is,  first,  the  past,  with  its  memories  of 
duties  faithfully  done,  hardships  patiently 
endured,  good  generously  wrought.  "I  have 
fought  the  good  fight,  I  have  finished  the 
course,  I  have  kept  the  faith."  Long  years 
of  loyal  andj'loving  following  of  the  Christ 
had  made  the  [soul  rich  in  spiritual  posses  - 
sions,  such  as  death  could  not  take  away. 
The  consciousness  of  having  lived  nobly 
made  it  easy  to  die  bravely.  So  did  his 
Master"  meet  death,  saying,  "I  have  finished 
the  work  thoujgavest  me  to  do"  (John  17:4; 
19:30).  Paul  could  never  have  forgotten  the 
death  ofj^Stephen,  and  the  triumphant  joy 
with  which  he  met  his  cruel  fate.  (Acts  7: 
55-60.)  A  ripened  life  will  not  dread  the 
harvest,  even^though  death  wields  the  sickle. 
It  is  the]Iife*which  has  resisted  the  sunshine 
of  God's~truth,  and  the  showers  of  his  grace, 
and  has  brought  no  fruit  to  perfection,  that 
needs  to"vshrink  from  the  reaper.  If  we  fear 
to  die.'it  is  because  we  have  dared  to  live, 
not  as^God ^willed,  but  as  we  pleased. 

3.  The'  second  secret  of  the  wonderful 
death  of  j,Paul  is  his  outlook  into  the  future. 
"Henceforth  there  is  laid  up  for  me  the 
crown'of'righteousness,  which  the  Lord,  the 
righteous  "judge,  shall  give  to  me  at  that 
day.",  Death  was  to  the  apostle,  not  a  blind 
alley,  but  a  thoroughfare.  It  was  not  a 
going  "forth  into  darkness,  but  a  passage 
through  a'well-lighted  doorway  into  heaven. 
To  be^absent^  from  the  body  was  to  be  at 
home^with  the  Lord.  (2"Cor.  5:6-9;  Phil.  1: 
21-24.)  !,He  feared  not  man,  who  could  not 
do  more  than  kill  the  body.  He  trusted  in 
the  Lord,  who'was  able  to  kill  or  to  preserve 
both  soul  and  body.  He  had  been  kept  from 
the  lion's"  mouth  .-before,  and  he  would  be 
immortal  till  his  work  was  done.  (Vs.  17,  18.) 
This  same  assurance  may  be  ours,  for  we, 
too,  may  love  and  serve  the  dear  Lord  with 
such  self-abandonment  that  the  crown  that 
awaited  the  brave  apostle  shall  be  ready  for 
the  brows  of  "all  them  that  loved  his  ap- 
pearing." 


FOURTH  QUARTERLY  REVIEW. 

Golden  Text. — Thou  crownest  the  year 
with  thy  goodness.— Psalm  65:1 1. 

The  lessons  for  the  quarter  cover  a  diffi- 
cult and  obscure  period  of  history.  Of  the 
documents  from  which  our  knowledge  of  the 
period  is  derived,  some  lack  much  of  being 
contemporary  with  the  events  narrated, 
some  were  perhaps  not  intended  to  be  his- 
torical, and  nearly  all  are  anonymous.  We 
know  less  about  this  period  than  we  do  of 
the  age  of  Isaiah  or  even  the  age  of  David. 

And  yet  it  is  a  period  of  vast  importance 
in  the  history  of  the  chosen  people  and  it 
serves  well  to  indicate  the  unique  character 
of  the  nation  and  its  religious  guidance. 
The  exile  ended  the  last  human  hope  of  in- 
dependence for  the  nation.  For  a  longtime 
before  the  exile  Judah  had  been  practically 
under  the  suzerainty  first  of  Assyria,  then  of 
Babylon.  The  carrying  of  the  tribes  into 
captivity  was  a  deliberate  attempt  to  destroy 
the  conquered  nation  by  amalgamating  it 
with  the  great-  conglomerate  of  tribes  in 
Western  Asia  over  which  Assyria  had  ruled, 
Babylon  was  ruling  and  Persia  was  about  to 
rule.  Such  attempts  had  been  successful 
with  the  conquered  tribes.  With  Judah  it 
failed.  It  was  not  her  power  of  military  re- 
sistance, for  that  was  long  since  gone;  it  was 
not  a  racial  tendency  to  separateness,  for 
the  Hebrew  people  were  constantly  lapsing 
into  intimacy  with  their  neighbors  and 
requiring  to  be  warned  against  this  course. 
But  something  saved  them  where  others  had 
perished.  Something  rendered  them  in- 
capable of  being  swallowed  up  in  the  gen- 
eral mass  of  mingled  tribes  which  came 
under  the  successive  empires  of  western 
Asia. 

What  was  it?  It  could  have  been  nothing 
less  than  a  unique  faith.  They  had  often 
been  blind  and  sinful,  but  in  spite  of  it  all 
they  had  a  grasp  on  some  eternal  thing  that 
reached  beyond  the  changing  fortunes  of 
war  and  politics.  This  faith  did  more  than 
deliver  Daniel  and  vindicate  Esther.  It 
delivered  and  vindicated  a  nation  beset  by 
perils  as  imminent  as  those  which  are  con- 
nected with  the  names  of  these  characters. 

The  exilic  and  post-exilic  period  of  Ju- 
dah's  history  witnessed  the  growth  of  cer- 
tain ideas  and  tendencies  which  controlled 
the  Judaism  of  the  time  of  Jesus.  Some  of 
them  were: 

1.  The  exaltation  of  the  law,  the  written 
record  of  past  revelations,  to  a  higher  place 
than  ever  before.  As  Judaism  became  more 
completely  the  religion  of  a  book,  the  func- 
tion of  interpreting  the  book  became  more 
important,  and  the  order  of  scribes  came 
into  existence. 

2.  With  the  new  superstitious  reverence 
for  the  letter  of  the  law  came  a  narrowly 
legalistic  attitude  to  religion.  The  tendency 
was  to  consider  religion  as  a  series  of  tech- 
nicalities by  which  one  could  secure  divine 
favor.  By  shrewd  management  one  could 
do  this  without  forfeiting  any  of  the  prac- 
tical advantages  of  the  worldly  life.  Sub- 
tlety was  called  for  rather  than  sincerity. 

3.  The  institution  of  the  synagogue  was 
introduced  to  give  opportunity  for  worship 
when  the  Temple  and  Jerusalem  were  un- 
available. It  embodied  the  new  idea  that 
the  reading  and  exposition  of  the  law  was 
itself  an  acceptable  act  of  worship. 

4.  The  Messianic  idea  took  increasingly 
definite  form  in  the  minds  of  those  who 
were  sincerelv.  interested  in  Israel's  future. 


nging  political  conditions  br  ang- 

Ing    ideas   as    to   the    exact    nature   of    the 

-i'jd  deliverance,  but  the  nation*!  leaden 

never  acquiesced  if]  the  status  quo,  never 
gave  up  hope  that,  at  some  time  and  in 
some  way,  the  religious  destiny  of  the  i.> 
would  work  itself  out  in  the  establishment 
of  a  new  r  c  jj  i  1  r  j  *  -  in  which  their  faith  w  i 
find  vindication  in  the  eye?  of  the  whole 
world. 

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Conference  Notes  and   Comments. 

In  the  excellent  report  in  the  "Christian 
Century,"  of  this  Conference,  the  editor 
thinks  the  Disciples  present  must  have  been 
disappo'nted  and  depressed  by  the  fact  that 
the  wort,  which  we  have  been  doing 
Christian  union  for  lo,  these  many  years,  re- 
ceived no  recognition  whatever  by  any 
speaker.  This  fact  the  editor  thinks  is  not 
attributable  to  any  prejudice  against  us,  for 
they  were  too  large-minded  men  for  that,  but 
to  the  fact  that  our  work  in  this  respect  had 
not  attracted  their  attention;  and  that  we 
ourselves  are  in  part  to  blame  for  that.  We 
can  not  agree  that  the  intelligent  men  who 
spoke  on  that  platform  were  ignorant  of  our 
steadfast  advocacy  of  Christian  union  from 
the  beginning  of  our  history.  Xor  do  we 
believe  that  it  was  prejudice  against  us  thai 
accounts  for  the  absence  of  any  public 
recognition  of  our  service  in  this  cause,  for 
there  was,  in  private  conversation  with  many 
of  these  men,  generous  recognition  of  our 
work  in  this  behalf.  Is  it  not  mere  probabie 
that  in  a  meeting  of  this  kind,  where  the 
effort  was  to  interest  all  the  Protestant 
bodies  in  this  movement,  it  was  deemed 
good  policy  not  to  mention  any  one  religious 
body  as  leading,  but  to  emphasize  the  move- 
ment of  all  toward  Christ's  will  and  prayer? 
The  time  is  not  yet  for  mutual  congratula- 
tions. When  this  union  is  consummated, 
then  the  impartial  historian  will  trace  to  its 
sources  the  influences  that  have  made  suc- 
cess possible.  The  attitude  we  shall  take 
toward  the  union  provided  for  in  this  Con- 
ference will  have  much  to  do  in  deciding 
what  place  the  future  historian  will  assign  us 
as  a  factor  working  for  a  united  church. 

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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


December  21,  1905. 


People's  Forum. 


McGarvey  on  "Gloria  in  Excelsis." 

To  the  Editor  of  The  Christian-Evangelist: 

I  have  just  read  Brother  McCarvey's  re- 
\  lew  of  the  new  hymnal,  "Gloria  in  Ex- 
cels is,"  and  I  wish  to  briefly  notice  one  or 
two  paragraphs  only  in  this  reply,  and  leave 
the  others  to  more  competent  hands,  if,  in 
deed,  anything  need  be  said  concerning 
them.  We  thank  Brother  McGarvey  for 
his  words  of  commendation,  though  few 
they  be. 

He  says,  "The  weight  is  exactly  two 
pounds — heavy  enough  to  make  many  a  wor- 
shiper's arms  ache  before  he  gets  through 
a  service."  I  have  heard  of  weak-kneed 
Christians,  but  this  is  the  first  time  I  have 
heard  of  weak-armed  Christians.  We  sup- 
pose there  are  some  of  this  k  nd  and  we  ad- 
vise all  such  to  place  the  hymnal  in  the 
book-rack,  except  for  the  few  minutes  in 
which  they  are  engaged  in  singing  the 
hymns,  and  reading  from  the  Responsive  Se- 
lections. They  might  use  the  Abridged  Edi- 
tion until  they  gain  strength! 

The  hymnal  is  intended  to  be  comparable 
ivith  other  leading  modern  hymnals.  In  this 
respect  it  does  not  fall  short  in  a  single  in- 
stance, and  it  is  superior  in  many  features, 
(f  we  are  to  judge  by  commendations  re- 
ceived Irom  many  of  our  leading  brethren 
who  have  carefully  examined  it.  Of  course 
we  do  not  claim  that  the  hymnal  is  perfect, 
but  its  imperfections  have  not  been  touched 
by  Brother  McGarvey,  as  we  see  them. 

"Gloria  in  Excelsis,"  is  not  as  large  as  other 
leading  hymnals  now  in  use  in  this  country. 
The  new  hymnal  just  issued  by  the  Metho- 
dist Church  contains  more  pages.  This  is 
jlso  true  of  "In  Excelsis,"  "Sursum  Corda," 
•'Laudes  Domini,"  and  a  dozen  others  we 
might  mention. 

Brother  McGarvey  says,  "I  am  convinced 
that  there  are  not  more  than  300  hymns  in 
(he  English  language  which  deserve  a  place 
in  a  Christian  hymn  book."  This  might 
mak^  a  hvmnal  that  w  >uld  fill  the  wants  of 
Brother  McGarvey,  but  to  treat  apply  the 
different  subjects  that  should  be  treated  in 
an  up-to-date  hymnal  no  less  than  750  to 
j, 000  hymns  are  required.  Many  hymnals 
contain  more  than  1,000  hymns,  some  run- 
ning as  high  as  1,400. 

Much  has  been  written  concerning  the 
characteristics  of  hymns  that  are  worthy  of 
a  place  in  our  hymnology.  Little  has  been 
written  that  is  of  any  particular  value,  for 
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opinion  as  a  standard  by  which  he  proceeds 
to  select  what  he  supposes  to  be  the  best 
hymns.  Consequently  there  are  as  many 
standards  as  there  are  writers,  and  the  selec- 
tions thus  made  are  as  variant.  This  is  the 
mistake  Brother  McGarvey  makes.  A  care- 
ful study  of  church  hymnody  will  reveal 
what  we  think  is  a  very  much  safer  tribunal 
than  the  preferences  of  any  one  person, 
viz.,  the  Church  universal.  Its  standard  is 
the  highest,  truest  standard,  for  the  hymns 
upon  which  it  has  placed  its  approval  have 
become  catholic,  no  matter  what  their 
source,  and,  like  true  spiritual  music  and 
fervent  prayer,  they  are  above  and  beyond 
the  theological  bickerings  of  a  divided 
church,  just  as  Christianity  itself  is  above 
and  beyond  the  whims  and  vagaries  of  sec- 
tarian partisans. 

There  are  at  least  10,000  hymns 
out  of  the  1,000,000  hymns,  and  para- 
phrases and  versifications  of  the  Psalms 
that  have  been  written  since  the  Reforma- 
tion (when  Luther  gave  us  back  our  hymnal) 
that  are  considered  by  the  Church  universal 
as  worthy  of  perpetuation.  The  difficult 
task  was  to  know  what  to  omit  when  select- 
ing from  this  vast  treasury  of  approved 
hymnology.  All  the  different  phases  of 
Christian  work  and  experience  had  to  be 
treated,  and  amply  so,  in  order  that  the  vary- 
ing tastes  of  those  who  are  to  use  it  in  both 
church  and  home  might  be  fully  gratified. 
A  careful  study  of  the  "Order  of  Arrange- 
ment" will  reveal  the  wide  scope  covered 
by  the  hymns,  which  is  absolutely  necessary 
to  a  comprehensive  hymn  book  intended  to 
meet  all  the  requirements  of  our  churches. 
The  committee  had  in  mind  the  large 
churches  in  preparing  the  Complete  Edi- 
tion. The  Abridged  Edition  is  for  the  use 
of  smaller  churches  whose  varying  needs 
are  not  so  great.  The  abridgement,  how- 
ever, is  not  in  the  subjects  treated,  but  in  the 
number  of  hymns  allotted  to  each  subject. 

Brother  McGarvey  says  his  name  is  on  the 
advisory  committee,  but  that  he  contributed 
no  suggestions,  although  he  was  requested 
to  do  so;  that  he  commenced  to  prepare  a 
list  of  hymns,  but  that  other  duties  prevented 
his  finishing  the  work.  It  is  often  true  that 
one  of  a  small  committee  of  only  four  or 
five  persons  fails  to  do  his  part.  It  would 
be  wonderful  indeed  if  every  one  of  a  com- 
mittee of  133  would  be  able  to  fulfill  his 
part.  We  are  glad  to  say  that  all  but  about 
a  dozen  did  comply  with  all  requirements 
made  of  them,  and  all  of  these,  with  one  or 
two  exceptions,  wrote  us  of  their  interest  in 
the  matter,  and  promised  assistance  later. 

The  lists  submitted  by  the  two  divisions 
of  the  general  committee  contained  many, 
if  not  all,  of  the  hymns  included  in  the 
hymnal  under  the  topic,  "The  Holy  Spirit, 
the  Comforter."  Brother  McGarvey  con- 
demns all  these  hymns  as  a  whole.  If  his 
premise  is  true,  that  it  is  unscriptural  to  of- 
fer prayer  and  praise  to  the  Holy  Spirit, 
there  may  be  some  ground  for  his  con- 
demnation. We  leave  this  to  the  theo- 
logians. In  the  meantime  we  will  keep  on 
singing: 

"Holy  Spirit,  faithful  Guide, 
Ever  near  the  Christian's  side, 
Gently  lead  us  by  the  hand, 
Pilgrims  through  a  desert  land." 

The  Ritual  Services  and  the  Responsive 
Readings  were  put  in  with  the  universal 
consent  of  both  committees,  so  far  as  we 
know.    The  large  number  of  our    leading 


churches  that  have  adopted  the  hymnal,  to- 
gether with  the  hundreds  of  gratifying  com- 
mendations that  have  been  received  from 
our  leading  brethren  everywhere,  and  the 
splendid  reviews  written  for  our  papers, 
many  of  which  speak  of  these  special  fea- 
tures, all  go  to  show  the  wisdom  of  the  com- 
mittees, and  the  almost  universal  desire  for 
them,  upon  the  part  of  our  wide-awake 
churches.  W.  E.  M.  Hackleman. 

Indianapolis,  Ind. 

To  the  Editor  of  The  Christian-Evangelist: 

In  your  report  of  the  recent  "Inter-Church 
Conference,"  held  in  New  York,  you  men- 
tion a  people  that  you  style  "Free  Baptists." 
Who  are  they?  Do  you  mean  the  people 
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of  Raleigh,  N.  C,  in  their  annual  conven- 
tion called  "The  Baptist  State  Convention," 
or  do  you  mean  the  "Free  Will  Baptists"? 

Dunn,  N.  C.  W.  B  Harrells. 

[It  is  the  people  formerly  known  as  "Free 
Will  Baptists,"  but  now  as  "Free  Baptists." 
— Editor.] 

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BURNS. 

Our  dear  Sister  Burns,  after  an  illness  of  six  weeks, 
passed  into  God's  beautiful  beyond  on  Dec.  5,  1905, 
aged  84  years.  Since  her  early  life  she  has  been  an 
active,  faithful  member  of  the  Christian  Church,  and 
was  one  of  the  charter  members  of  the  C.  W.  B.  M., 
joining  in  January,  1878.  Her  maiden  name  was 
Rachel  G.  Hendrickson.  She  was  married  to  Bro. 
John  Burns  in  New  York  City,  and  soon  thereafter 
moved  to  Independence,  Mo.,  coming  to  St.  Louis  a 
lew  years  afterward,  where  she  has  been  actively 
identified  with  church  work  ever  since,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  Union  Avenue  C.  W.  B.  M.  Auxiliary  since 
its  organization.  She  was  also  a  faithful  member  of  the 
Christian  Orphans'  Home  Board  and  remarkably 
active  for  one  of  her  years.  She  was  beloved  by  all 
for  her  modest,^  self  sacrificing  ways,  and  we,  as  a 
church  and  society,  will  ever  cherish  her  memory  as  a 
loving  friend  and  co-worker,  and  we  extend  to  Brother 
Burns  and^son  (Bro.  Walter  Burns,  of  Philadelphia,) 
and  to  the"grandchildren  and  relatives,  our  deepest 
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Out  of  life's  unrest  into  His  rest, 

Free  from  all  sorrow  and  pain; 
Oh,  sister  beloved,  this  surely  is  best, 

Our  loss  is  her  heavenly  gain. 

She  has  fought  the  good  fight— finished  the  race, 

The  crown  of  the  victor  has  won; 
Oh,  the  joy  to  behold  him,  her  Lord,  face  to  face, 

And  to  hear  his  applaudit,  "Well  done!" 

Her  sun  has  gone  down  in  beauty  we  know, 
To  rise  where  there  is  no  more  night; 

Yet  to  us  there  is  left  the  rich  after  glow 
Of  a  life  most  Christlike  and  bright. 

"A  mother  in  Israel"  truly  has  gone, 

Church  and  home  most  sorely  bereft; 
Ours  in  loving  submission  to  still  follow  on, 
And  treasure  her  legacy  left. 
St.  Louis,  Mo.  Mrs.  P.  R.  Gibson. 

KEITH. 
It  was  my  sad  duty  Thanksgiving  day  to  visit 
Bethany  and  share  with  President  Cramblet  and 
Professors  Taylor,  Moos  and  Wynne,  the  funeral 
services  in  honor  of  one  of  the  late  members  of  the 
Bethany  College  faculty,  Professor  James  Crawford 
Keith.  The  remains  were  borne  just  across  the 
street  to  the  old  Bethany  church  and  thence  across  the 
bridge  and  along  the  avenue  of  locusts  past  the  Camp- 
bell mansion  and  up  the  hill  to  the  old  rock-walled 
cemetery  where  lie  the  ashes  of  Thomas  and  Alex- 
ander Campbell,  W.  K.  Pendleton,  Dr.  Richardson, 
W.  H.  Woolery,  J.  M.  Trible  and  other  honored  dead 
of  Bethany.  He  was  a  strong  and  neighborly  man,  held 
in  the  highest  respect  by  his  associates  and  students 
and  enjoying,  in  the  full  measure,  the  teacher's 
honor  of  unselfishly  working  out  the  achievements  of 
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eagerly,  embraced  the  opportunity  to  fulfill  his 
promise  to  his  heavenly  Father.  He  would  have 
them  help  him  to  a  chair,  and,  sitting  in  the  pulpit, 
would  give  some  of  his  best  Bible  talks. 

The  Father  called  him  on  the  evening  of  Nov.  28, 
io°5.  W.  R.  WARREN. 

Pittsburg,  Pa. 

MORGAN. 

Sister  Urania  Morgan  was  the  daughter  of  Bro. 
A.  L.  and  Sister  Ida  Jones  and  wife  of  Arthur  Morgan. 
She  died  of  pneumonia  at  her  home  in  St.  Cloud, 
Minn.,  Nov.  22,  1905.  She  leaves  one  little  son,  her 
young  husband,  parents,  and  many  friends  to  mourn 
their  loss.  She  grew  to  womanhood  at  Princeton,  111., 
where  she  was  one  of  the  noblest  members  of  the 
church  while  I  ministered  there.  She  superintended 
the  Junior  Christian  Endeavor  Society  with  rare 
skill  and  ability,  and  in  every  way  was  one  of  the 
noblest 'of  the  household  of  faith.  She  died  in  the 
triumphs  of  the  faith  in  which  she  lived,  and  her 
memory  is  blessed.  J.  G.  Waggoner. 

Eureka,  171. 

MOREV. 

On  Dec.  4,  1905,  at  Beloit,  Wis.,  occurred  the  death, 
by  drowning,  while  saving  a  college  mate,  of  Orla 
Morey,  aged  twenty-six.  As  a  boy  of  seventeen  he 
confessed  his  Savior,  and  united  with  the  church  in 
this  place,  of  which  he  has  ever  since  been  an 
exemplary  member.  Father,  mother,  two  brothers 
and  a  host  of  friends  mourn  his  untimely  death. 

West  Rupert,  Vt.  E.  j.  Butler. 

ODLE. 

Mrs.  Lura  Briggs  Odle,  daughter  of  Elisha  and 
Mary  E.  Briggs,  and  companion  of  William  C.  Odle, 
was  born  near  Williamsport,  Ind.,  Nov.  13,  1874.  She 
united  with  the  Christian  Church  under  the  pastorate 
of  M.  V.  Grisso,  and  she  was  intensely  devoted  to 
her  church  and  its  interests.  October  19,  1905,  she 
was  united  in  marriage  to  William  C.  Odle,  and  after 
five  weeks  and  one  day  of  married  life,  she  passed 
from  the  scenes  of  earth.  Funeral  services  were 
held  in  the  M.  E.  Church  at  Williamsport.  A.  L.  West, 
of  Carlinville,  111.,  her  former  pastor,  preached  the 
sermon,  assisted  by  Rev.  E.  C.  Waring,  pastor  of  the 
M.  E.  Church  of  Williamsport. 

ROGERS. 
At   the  home  of  her  son  in   West  Hebron,  N.  \\, 
Margaret  Rogers,  aged  79.     For  many   years  a  faith- 
ful member  of  the  church  at  West  Rupert,  Vermont. 

E.  I.  Butler. 
TRAVER. 

Samuel  C.  Traver,  an  esteemed  member  and  chair- 
man of  the  board  of  the  Church  of  Christ  at  High- 
more,  S.  D.,  passed  away  at  his  home  in  that  city  on 
Thanksgiving  evening.  He  was  a  very  prominent 
man  in  his  county.  He  was  postmaster  for  a  number 
of  years,  elected  and  re-elected  to  the  office  of  audit- 


or, and  at  his  death  was  serving  a  term  as  dep- 
uty auditor  of  Hyde  county.  Brother  Traver  first 
joined  with  the  Congregational  people,  and  when  the 
Church  of  Christ  was  organized  -he  became  a  Disci- 
ple. Ho  was  sixty-seven  years,  nine  months,  twenty- 
eight  days  of  age.  He  was  a  member  of  the  G.  A.  R. 
and  Odd  Fellow  orders.  We  all  join  with  his  be- 
loved wife  and  family  in  sympathy  for  their  loss. 
Miller,  S.  D.  A.  O.  Swartvvood. 


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December  21,  1905. 


Family  Circle 


Her  Santa  Claus  Letter. 

'  .rote  a  note  to  Santa  Ciaus. 
The  queerest  note  that  ever  was; 
Twas  naught  but  scrawls  and  dots  and  rings. 
But.  oh,  it  meant  so  many  things! 
For  little'girls.  strange  to  believe. 
Want  many  things  on  Christmas  eve. 

She'asktv.'i.n  dolls  all  dressed  in  blue, 
And  redjandjpink  and  purple,  too; 
She'askedjtor  dogs  and  cats  and  toys. 
And  instruments  that  make  ajnoise; 
She  asked  for  candies,  oakes  and  things; 
And'popVorn  strung  in  lengthy  strings. 

She  sent'her  note  to  Santa  Claus. 
The  queerest  note  that  ever  was. 
Her  papa^mailed  it  early,  so 
Twould  surely  on  to  Santa  go. 
"Twas  naught  but  scrawls  and  dots  andjrings. 
But.  oh.jitjmeant  so  many  things!) 

tn's  Home  Companion. 


A  Plea  for  the  Children. 

BY  CELIA  F.  STOR. 

Now  that  Christian  people  are  interesting 
themselves  more^and  more  in  the  study  and 
training  (of    children,  and  t  he    building   up 

happy  '  Christian 
homes,  it  may  not  be 
amiss  for  an  observer 
to  lend  a  word  in  be- 
half of  "Our  Future 
Men  and  Women." 

It  is  not  so  much  the 
future  man,  or  woman, 
who  inspires  our  in- 
terest, or  solicits  our 
sympathy,  as  it  is  the 
child  of  today.  If  the 
child  of  today  re- 
ceives the  attention, 
the  thoughtful  consid- 
eration, to  which  it  is 
entitled,  the  future 
man  and  woman  will 
be  ail  right— will  be 
the  powers  for  future 
good.  I  am  partial  to 
the  children. 

Many  thoughtless 
people  are  wont  to 
laugh  over  the  troubles 
of  childhood  (having 
forgotten  their  own), 
but  I  do  not  believe 
the  troubles  of  mature 
year3  are  ever  more 
poignantly  feit  than 
are  those  of  ten- 
der, inexperienced 
childhood.  We  of  us 
who  have  not  forgot- 
ten, know  that  a  child 
oiten  feels  deeply, 
that  unpleasant  or 
painful  circumstances 
impress  themselves 
upon  the  susceptible 
brain  of  young  chil- 
dren with  greater  in- 
tensity than  upon  an 
older,  more  fortified 
mind. 
My 
would 


infrequently — the  shame  of  it! — it  is  be- 
tween the  parents  themselves.  But  per- 
haps more  often,  and  more  lamentable,  be- 
cause more  unreasonable,  is  the  almost  cruel- 
ly ungracious  way  in  which  many  thought- 
less parents  treat  their  little  ones.  No  par- 
ent has  the  right  to  be  habitually  flinging 
harsh  thrusts  or  stinging  reproofs  unmerited 
upon  their  children,  any  more  than  have 
these  same  children  to  indulge  in  this  kind 
of  warfare  among  themselves.  And  where 
children  show  a  growing  tendency  to  follow 
this  style,  the  cause  is  not  far  to  seek — they 
see  and  hear  more  of  it  than  they  see  of 
sweet,  gentle  courtesy. 

We  show  great  discourtesy  to  the  children 
sometimes;  we  should  not  do  it,  we  resent  it 
ourselves;  we  must  not  think  that  the  child 
does  not  feel  it,  too.  And  while  the  little 
child  is  more  forgiving  than  we,  we  should 
not  abuse  this  beautiful  truth,  nor  the  child, 
nor  our  opportunity  to  be  a  helpful,  com- 
forting influence  in  the  life  of  every  child 
whose  life  touches  our  own  with  its  pure  love 
and  confidence.  Indeed,  the  love  and  con- 
fidence of  an  innocent  child  is  a  rich  bless- 
ing not  to  be  lightly  treated. 

There  may  be  a  glaring  inconsistency  in 
the  way  a  mother  demands  a  "reverential" 
attitude  on  the  part  of  her  children  toward 
her  without  ever  giving  them  anything   in 


OtfRlSTH^SArSGHOOL' 


observations 
lead      me     to 
speak  particularly    upon  "The  Courtesy  of 
the  Home." 

It  is  really  (juite  paioful  sometimes  to  wit- 
ness the  discourtesy,  the  ungracious  man- 
ners, of  the  various  members  of  otherwise 
lovely  families  toward  one  another.  Some- 
times it  is  the  brothers  and  sisters,  and  not 


her  own  conduct  as  an  example. 

When  parents  begin  to  realize  lhat  the 
first  and  most  impressionable  period  of  a 
child's  life  is  an  imitation  of  those  around  it; 
that  its  education  must  be  made  up  of  the 
repetition  of  the  acts  of  its  elders,  and  that 
in  proportion  to  the  beauty  and  strength  of 


characters  shown  forth  in  their  own  lives  is 
t  he  loveliness  of  their  children's  characters 
enhanced  or  diminished,  they  Will  surely 
turn  their  minds  more  seriously  upon  the 
ubject  and  t  each  themselves  to  be  what 
they  wish  their  children  to  be 

Parents  lamenting  ungraciousness,  unlove- 
liness,  harsh-voiced-ness,  etc.,  in  their  chil- 
dren, may  pertinently  ask,  and  keep  on  ask- 
ing, until  they  get  the  correct  answer — 
Where  did  they  get  those  undesirable  man- 
nerisms? We  think  they  must  sooner  or 
later  come  to  see  that  had  those  children 
never  witnessed  anything  of  the  kind  in 
their  home,  it  would  never  have  become 
so  much  a  part  of  their  lives. 

Harshness,  or  scolding  over  trifling  faults 
or  mistakes,  until  it  runs  into  a  continuous 
strain  of  fault  finding,  or  scolding,  in  any  case, 
for  that  matter,  is  always  detrimental  to  a 
child's  finer  instincts,  and  is  never  a  proper 
mode  of  punishment.  It  can  never  take  the 
place  of  firmness  and  fgood  government. 
Scolding  in  the  home,  as  elsewhere,  is  harm- 
ful to  those  who"  indulge  in  it  as  well  as  to 
those  who  must  hear  it;  it  hardens;  it  stulti- 
fies; it  never  yet  made  a  bad  child  good,  nor 
a  good  child  better;  if  it  causes  it  to  obey 
through  dreacL.or  fear  of  stronger  punish- 
ment, be  assured  it  does  make  it  love  to 
obey,  or  love  the  thing  thus  compelled  to 
do,  but  to  hate  it, 
rather,  through  the 
unpleasant  feelings 
excited.  The  scold- 
ing parent  is  always  a 
weak  parent,  who 
seeks  to  gain  by  fear 
what  he  or  she  can 
not  gain  by  wisdom. 
We  must  first  learn  to 
control  self,  and  to 
know  what  beautifies 
or  harms  our  own 
character  before  we 
try  to  compel  beauty 
of  character  in  our 
children;  it  cannot  be 
compelled,  but  it  may 
be  Ar-pelled  until  it 
flees  from  the  home 
for  refuge. 

Let  gentle  courtesy 
be  always  practiced 
by  father  and  mother 
toward  the  little  ones, 
as  they  themselves 
value  it  each  toward 
the  other,  and  they 
will  have  sons  and 
daughters  who  will 
love  and  revere  father 
and  mother  from 
babyhood  to  old  age, 
and  there  will  be  no 
place  in  all  the  world 
to  compare  with  home, 
sweet  home,  to  them. 
Humanity  is  not  weak- 
ened by  a  lack  of 
sternness,  so  much  as 
it  is  strengthened  by  a 
preponderance  of 
sweetness  and  kind- 
ness. I  do  not  mean 
that  children  should 
never  be  corrected  or 
punished,  but  if  we 
give  the  matter  more 
attention,  it  will  often  be  seen  that  in  a 
home  where  parents  merit  no  censure,  the 
children  seldom  deserve  punishment. 

I  am  persuaded  that  the  little  ones  do  not 
receive  enough  of  our  consideration.  With 
minds  all  unformed,  they  do  not  understand 
why   their  wishes  are   not  as  important  as 


December  21,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


anybody's — they  ofter  are  really  more  so. 
They  see  no  reason  why  they  must  so  often 
be  humiliated,  and  before  others,  too!  A 
child's  humiliation  is  not  soon  forgotten.  I 
have  seen  the  glowing  countenance  fall,  and 
the  sweet,  innocent  lip  tremble  when  a 
mother,  more  thoughtless,  perhaps,  than  un- 
feeling, rebuked  her  child  in  harsh,  strident 
tones,  causing  it  to  shrink  back  in  fear,  over 
some  trifling  mistake  that  should  instead 
have  called  forth  her  gentlest  sympathy  and 
counsel. 

Of  course  there  may  be  exceptions  to 
what  I  have  said,  but  no  one  can  deny  that 
it  is  all  too  true  in  many  cases.  I  do  not 
wish  to  be  understood  a3  approving  of 
the  smart-beyond-their- elders,  rude  and  un- 
lovable disposition  of  a  vast  multitude  of 
children,  or  of  lacking  sympathy  with  par- 
ents and  teachers  trying  to  mitigate  these 
faults,  but  I  do  say,  if  we  want  our  children 
to  be  sweet-tempered,  cultured,  respectful, 
lovable,  let  us  be  careful  to  set  them  the  ex- 
ample in  our  own  lives,  we,  who  have  lived 
longer,  and  had  time  to  learn  what  i3  needed 
to  sweeten  up  this  troubled  old  world  of 
ours. 

A  Song  of  Christmas. 

Oli,  heart  of  mine!  from  the  store  divine 

Of  memories  that  you  hold, 
Sing  me  a  song  that  is  sweet  and  strong 

Of  the  Christmas  days  of  old. 
Sing  of  the  eager  heart  and  eye 

As  the  season  of  joy  drew  near; 
And  we  marked  the  lessening  days  go  by, 
When  the  sun  rose  late  in  the  winter  sky, 
With  never  a  backward  thought  or  sigh 

For  the  waning  year! 

Sing  of  the  morn  when  our  Lord  was  born, 

As  it  came  in  the  days  of  youth, 
When  the  bells  rang  sweet  down  the   village   street 

Their  tidings  of  joy  and  truth! 
Sing  of  the  drifted  fields  of  white, 

Of  the  crisp  and  buoyant  air; 
Of  the  country  roads  packed  hard  and  white, 
Of  the  loaded  sleighs  and  the  faces  bright, 
Of  the  rosy  girls  and  the  laughter  light, 

And  the  greetings  fair! 

Sing  of  the  hall  where  we  gathered  all, 

With  never  a  vacant  place; 
Father  and  mother  and  sister  and  brother, 

And  each  with  a  smiling  face! 
Sing  of  the  thankful  hearts  sincere 

For  the  board  so  nobly  laid; 
Of  the  boundless  cheer  of  the  garnered  year, 
Of  the  ample  toasts  and  the  home-made  beer, 
Of  the  stingless  jest  and  the  laughter  clear, 

And  the  joy  we  made! 

Sing  of  the  night  and  the  rare  delight, 

Of  the  dance  and  the  romping  game! 
Of  the  moments  fleet,  and  the  twinkling  feet 

In  the  light  of  the  pine-log's  flame! 
Sing  of  the  memories  now  as  keen 

As  the  poignant  sense  of  love; 
Of  the  berried  boughs  and  the  evergreen, 
The  last  cup  round  and  the  parting  scene, 
Of  the  last  guest  gone,  with  the  miles  between, 

And  the  stars  above! 

— Gordon  Rogers  in  Leslie's  Weekly 

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Good  Gifts. 

BY    FLORENCE  MILNER. 

Christmas  time  opens  the  heart  wide  for 
Christmas  giving.  Each  seeks  a  fitting  gift 
for  the  near  and  dear,  and  the  world  warms 
to  Christian  charity.  By  the  light  of  this 
genial  illumination,  one  may  catch  glimpses 
of  possible  wider  giving,  of  a  truer  Christmas 
spirit,  which  shall  not  end  on  Christmas  day. 

Few  will  ever  possess  superfluous  millions, 
but  there  are  needs  which  gold  cannot  satis- 
fy, gifts  which  are  above  price,  and  the  be- 
stowal of  such  gifts  is  within  the  power  of 
every  one.  You  may  not  be  able  to  build 
churches,  establish  libraries,  or  endow  col- 
leges, but  there  is  always  a  chance  to  give 
of  your  courtesy,  your  thought  fulness,  your 
love — gifts  the  world  most  needs.  Give 
kindly  words,  not  impatient  ones;  give 
happy  greetings,  not  surly  commonplaces; 
give  a  cheerful  answer,  not  a  grudging 
growl;  give  thoughtful  care,  not  careless  in- 
difference; give  the  story  of  your  joys,  not  a 
rehearsal  of  vour   woes.     "What  the  world 


DEAR  MADAM: 


Please  R.ead 
My  Free  Offer 


Words  of  Wisdom  to  Sufferers  from  a 
Lady  of  Notre  Dame,  Indiana. 

I  send  free  of  charge  to  cv-.rj  WUttKBt  this  great 
Woman    Remedy,   with  fu.; 
t  ion  of  my  past  bufferings  and  bow  I  perauu. 

cured  myaelf. 

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Aid   of   a    Physician. 

It  costs  nothing  to  try  this  remedy  once,  u 
you  desire  to  oontinue  its  nse.  it  will  cost 
twelve  cents  n  week.    It  does  not  Interfere  wltb 
your  work  or  occupation.     I  have  nothing  tooefl. 

Tell  other  sufferers  of  it;  that  is  all  I  ask.    Itcurm 
everybody,  ywiv.g  or  old. 

If  you  feel  bearing  down  pains  as  from  aj.oroaeh 
ing  danger,  pain  in  the  back  and  bowels,  cre*rt>imr 
feeling  in  the  spine,  a  desire  to  cry,  hot  flashes  and  faintness,  or  if  you  are  suffering  from  •*«/ 
so-called  female  complaint,  then  write  to  Mrs,  M.  Summers,  Notre  Dame,  Ind.,  for  her  free 
treatment  and  full  instructions.  Like  myself  thousands  have  been  cured  by  it.  I  serj-. 
a  plain  envelope. 

Mothers  and  Daughters  will  learn  of  a  simple  family  remedy,  which  quickly  and  thorou 
cures  female  complaints  of  every  nature.    It  saves  worry  and  expense  and  the  unp!e«sAntn«*6  of 
having  to  reveal  your  condition  to  others     Viiror,  health  and  happiness  result  from  its  use. 

Wherever  you  live  I  can  refer  you  to  well-known  ladies  in  your  neigaborhood,  who  kno««- 
will  testify  that  this  family  remedy  cures  all  troubles  peculiar  to  their  sex,  strengthens  tlae  -«-noJ« 
system  and  makes  healthy  and  strong  women.  Write  to-day,  as  this  offer  may  not  be  made  again. 

MRS.  M.  SUMMERS.  BOX  \u,  NOTRE  DAME,  IND.,  U,  S  A, 


claims  from  us  is  not  our  thirst  and  our  hun- 
ger, but  our  bread  and  our  gourd."  Keep 
joy  strong  in  the  heart  and  you  will  do  much 
unconscious  giving. 

When  you  feel  your  poverty,  either  in  this 
world's  goods  or  in  spirit,  then  it  is  high 
time  to  sit-down  and  count  your  blessings.  If 
you  do  this  honestly,  you  will  be  surprised 
at  your  great  wealth;  your  heart  will  warm 
to  Christian  charity  and  you  will  hasten  out 
upon  humanity's  highway  eager  to  scatter 
your  good  gifts. 

Guarding  the  Czar's  Life. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  features  of 
official  life  in  St.  Petersburg  is  the  intricate 
system  by  which  the  Czars  life  is  safe- 
guarded. Since  the  tragic  death  of  the 
Grand  Duke  Sergius  the  spy  system  has  be- 
come more  complicated  than  ever,  until 
now  there  are  whole  regiments  of  officials 
and  carefully  picked  men  and  women  whose 
duty  it  is  to  guard  the  Czar.  An  interest- 
ing description  of  this  spy  system  is  con- 
tained in  an  article  by  L.  S.  Farlow  in  the 
current  "Harper*s  Weekly."  These  officials, 
says  L.  S.  Farlow,  are  scattered  through 
the  Ministry  of  the  Interior,  the  Secret 
Police,  and  the  Ministry  of  War.  The 
inner  circle  of  the  system  is  the  dreaded 
"Third  Section-'  of  the  Secret  Police — the 
men  who  are  charged  with  the  guaidian- 
ship  of  the  Czar's  person.  These  men  are 
highly  educated,  are  artists  in  disguise,  and 
possess  extraordinary  knowledge  and 
power.  "High  officials,  nominally  their 
superiors  in  rank,  dread  the  vicinity  of 
one  of  these  men.  lest  their  most  innocent 
act — a  call  on  a  friend,  a  journey  for  health 
or  pleasure — be  construed  into  a  sinister 
act   demanding  explanation." 

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Decemeer  21,  1905. 


A  Week   with   the  Woodneys. 

By  J.  Brec&enridge  Ellis. 

THE  WEEK  ENDS. 

In  the  last  published  chapter  of  "A  Week 
With  the  Woodneys,"  we  saw  Bonaparte  suc- 
cessfully carried  out  of  Mr.  Woodney's  res- 
idence, almost  in  the  sturdy  arms  of  some  of 
the  characters.  I  am  very  glad  Old  Rone  was 
rescued  from  his  embarrassing  position  at  the 
ill-prized  pump  in  the  front  kitchen.  If  he  had 
not  been  delivered  last  week,  we  would  have 
been  obliged  to  leave  him  permanently  in 
the  house,  and  I  will  tell  you  why.  The  last 
chapter  of  this  story  is  lost. 

I  didn't'  lose  it.  Brother  Garrison  didn't 
lose  it.  Brother  Moore,  who  usually  takes 
care  of  my  end  of  The  Christian-Evan- 
gelist, left  the  last  chapter  in  a  certain 
drawer.  At  least,  he  says  he  left  it  in  the 
drawer.  The  manuscript  is  not  in  that 
drawer.  At  least,  Brother  Garrison  has  looked, 
and  his  ability  to  find  things  is  shown  by  the 
fact  that  the  last  chapter  was  not  found.  If 
I  had  not  taken  the  horse  out  of  Mr.  Wood- 
ney's house  in  the  next-to-thelast  chapter, 
how  unpleasant  we  must  all  have  felt  to 
know  that  he  was  staying  in  there  to  the  end 
of  time!  As  to  how  the  story  turned  out  in 
other  particulars,  there  is  noway  to  discover. 
The  week  ended,  and  it  ended  in  the  last 
chapter.  The  last  chapter  being  lost,  the 
end  of  the  week  is  lost;  so,  whether  Mace 
ever  got  to  liking  that  young  Enderthorpe, 
or  some  other  character,  how  are  we  to 
know?  I  liked  the  blacksmith  particularly. 
Indeed,  Worth  Acre  is  a  great  friend  of 
mine.  I  should  like  to  know  if  he  married 
Miss  Lizzie  Day.  I  think  they  might  just  as 
well  marry  as  not.  It  seems  so  unsatisfac- 
tory, not.  But  whether  they  did  or  did  not, 
and  whether  the  saloon  closed  or  kept  open, 
and  whether  the  church  got  built  or  came  to 
nothing,  all  these  things  are  in  that  last,  lost 
chapter. 

There  is  one  thing  I  am  glad  about.  No- 
body can  say  the  story  "ended  bad."  Some 
didn't  like  the  way  the  "Green  Witch"  turned 
out.  But  nobody  can  complain  of  the  way 
"A  Week  With  the  Woodneys"  turned  out, 
because  it  hasn't  turned.  As  for  me,  I  was 
interested  in  the  little  musician.  I  wonder 
what  ever  became  of  him.  Maybe  he  died. 
So  many  people  are  dying,  it  looks  like! 
Well  you  and  I  are  still  here,  so  what  does 
t  matter  how  the  story  ended?  It's  told, 
anyhow.  Presently  I  may  tell  you  another. 
If  so,  I  will  make  a  copy  of  the  last  chapter, 
so  if  Brother  Garrison  loses  it,  I'll  have  an- 
other to  take  its  place.  A  jolly,  green 
Christmas  to  every  one  of  you!  Next  week 
I  will  tell  you  of  some  new  plans  for  our 
page.  Look  out  for  them;  they  are  full  of 
interest. 

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SAMPLES  MAILED  FREE. 

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He  has  decided  to  send  free  a  trial  package 
of  his  remedy  to  any  sufferer  who  will  write 
him. 

This  remedy  is  a  harmless,  pleasant 
vegetable  compound,  which  is  burned  on 
a  plate,  or  smoked  in  a  pipe  or  cigarette. 
It  contains  no  tobacco.  The  medicated 
smoke  vapor  being  inhaled,  reaches  directly 
the  mucous  membranes  lining  the  head, 
nose,  throat  and  lungs,  making  a  radical 
and  permanent  cure. 

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trial,  write  a  letter  at  once  to  Dr.  J.  W. 
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I  CURED  MY_RUPTURE 

I  Will  Show  You  How  To  Cure  Yours 

FREE. 

I  was  helpless  and  bed-ridden  for  years  from  a  double  rupture. 
No  truss  could  hold.  Doctors  said  I  would  die  if  not  operated  on. 
I  fooled  them  all  and  cured  myself  by  a  simple  discovery.  I  will 
send  the  cure  free  by  mail  if  you  write  for  it.  It  cured  me  and  has 
since  cured  thousands.  It  will  cure  you.  Write  to-day.  Capt.  W.  A. 
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Marion  Harland  in  Bethlehem. 

The  little  city  of  Bethlehem  is  set  upon  a 
hill  which  is  crowned  by  the  Church  of  the 
Nativity,  writes  Marion  Harland  in  the  De- 
cember "Lippincott's."  The  Grotto,  which  all 
sects  of  believers  have  agreed  upon  as  the 
birthplace  of  our  Lord,  is  directly  under 
the  church  and  entirely  dependent  for  light 
upon  artificial  means.  A  silver  star  is  let 
into  the  pavement  of  a  semicircular  niche, 
above  which  is  an  altar  adorned  with  the 
usual  churchly  symbols.  By  the  light  of 
fifteen  colored  lamps  suspended  under  the 
altar  we  read  the  inscription  in  Latin : 
"Here  Jesus  Christ  was  Bom  of  the  Virgin 
Mary." 

The  long  line  of  pilgrims  prostrated  them- 
selves, one  by  one,  and  kissed  the  star, 
some  with  dropping  tears — all  silently — 
solemnized  beyond  the  range  of  speech.  It 
did  not  add  to  our  solemnity  to  be  shown 
the  manger  decorated  with  lace  and  an 
embroidered  altar-cloth,  and  defended  from 
sacrilegious  fingers  by  a  gilded  railing.  The 
really  impressive  things  were  occasional 
glimpses  of  the  rough  stone  walls  and  roof 
of  the  ancient  stable,  visible  here  and  there 
between   the   gaudy  decorations. 

The  service  of  Christmas  eve  began  at 
half-past  ten  at  night  and  concluded  at 
half-past  two  in  the  morning!  At  mid- 
night a  lullaby  from  the  organ  preluded 
the  supreme  moment  of  the  occasion— the 
sudden  folding  back  of  the  curtain  above 
the  altar,  revealing  a  manger-cradle  and  a 
big  wax  doll.  The  exultant  outburst  of 
organ  and  choir  in  a  magnificent  Gloria 
in  Excelsis  accompanied  the  stately  pro- 
cessional of  the  entire  staff  of  priests  and 
acolytes,  chanting  and  swinging  censers 
while  they  bore  up  one  aisle  and  down  an- 
other, back  to  the  high  altar,  the  same  doll, 
dressed  in  cambric  and  lace,  and  nestling 
in  the  embrace  of  the  richly  appareled 
bishop. 

Every  incident  of  our  last  night  in  Jamal's 
camp  in  Bethlehem  recurs  to  me  with 
peculiar  distinctness.  How,  as  the  darkness 
deepened,  the  red,  blinking  eyes  of  the 
charcoal  craters  of  the  wonderful  portable 
stove  presided  over  by  our  accomplished 
chef  in  the  door  of  the  kitchen-tent — the 
night  being  breezeless — shone  upon  the  un- 
der side  of  the  olive  boughs  over  our  heads, 
while  our  quiet  talk  went  on  of  what  had 
happened  in  the  old  town  behind  us. 

We  spoke  longest  of  David's  Greatest 
Son,  and  of  the  Birth  that  was  to  draw  the 
eyes  and  thoughts  of  all  nations  to  the 
little  city  on  the  hilltop  in  the  land  of  Juda. 

At  midnight,  kept  wakeful  by  the  rush 
and  burden  of  thought,  I  arose  to  look 
from  the  tent  door  upon  the  watchful  stars 
that  here  have  a  conscious  majesty  I  had 
never  recognized  elsewhere,  and  wondered 
anew  where,  amidst  the  glittering  hosts 
"marshaled  on  the  nightly  plain"  had 
flashed  the  Star  of  Bethlehem.  For  the  last 
time  in  our  eventful  series  of  journeyings 
we  saw  the  dawn  redden  the  Mountains  of 
Moab,  the  1  bin  crescent  of  the  waning  moon 
dying,  while  we  gazed,  Defore  the  bright- 
ness of  the  coming  sun. 

T  shall  always  be  grateful  that  that  night 
of  ineffable  calm  and  the  beauty  of  the  new 
day  are  prominent  among  the  pictures  con- 
jured before  my  mental  vision,  as  at  the 
wave  of  an  enchanter's  wand,  by  the 
name   of   "Ephrath — which   is    Bethlehem." 


A  Riddle. 

The  Christmas  gift  she  gave  to  me 

You  cannot  see  at  all; 
It  ne'er  before  existed, 

Twas  neither  large  nor  snaall. 

She  gave  it  and  she  took  it; 

There's  nothing  left  to  show; 
And  yet  it  made  me  happy — 

Beneath  the  mistletoe. 

—  Woman's  Home  Companion. 


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December  21,  1905. 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


1 


A  Christmas  Prayer. 

By  remembering  our  kinship  with  ;ill  men, 

By  well  wishing,  friendly  speaking  and  kindly  doing, 

By   cheering   the  downcast  and  adding  sunshine  to 

daylight, 
By  welcoming   strangers   (poor    shepherds    or    wise 

men), 
By   keeping  the    music   of  the   angel's  song  in    this 

home; 
God  help  us  every  one  to  spread  abroad  the  blessings 

of  Jesus, 
In  whose  name  we  keep  Christmas, 
And  in  whose  words  we,  Thy  children,  pray  together: 
Our  Father   which   art  in  heaven,   hallowed   be  Thy 

name.  —Henry  Van  I)y-kc. 

A  Few  Timely  Suggestions. 

Christmas  giving  is  defined  by  the  pes- 
simist as  spending  more  money  than  one 
can  afford  for  things  that  people  do  not 
want,  but  the  optimist  is  happy  in  giving 
any  trifle  that  will  suggest  to  the  re- 
cipient the  pleasure  of  "remembering." 


An  interesting  item  regarding  the  mis- 
tletoe is  that  it  is  the  only  plant  whose 
roots  refuse  to  shoot  into  the  ground — a 
peculiarity  possessed  by  no  other  para- 
site. It  is  found  on  the  fir,  the  lime,  and 
the  apple  tree  as  well  as  on  the  oak. 


If  one  really  can  not  afford  the  expense, 
or,  living  in  limited  quarters,  has  not  the 
room  for  a  doll  house,  the  small  girl  will 
get  a  vast  deal  of  comfort  from  a  set  of 
"furnishings"  that  can  b<;  packed  in  a  bas- 
ket or  cretonne  covered  box  to  be  carried 
to  whatever  room  is  selected  for  the  play- 
ing. 


The  pretty  custom  of  decorating  house 
and  church  with  evergreen  is  undeniably 
a  relic  of  paganism.  It  came  directly  to 
the  English  races  from  the  Druids  of  an- 
cient Britain,  who  believed  that  if  a  house 
were  garlanded  with  holly,  laurel,  or  by 
the  good  sylvan  spirits  that  loved  such 
growths  and  kept  them  green  by  their 
protecting  care  during  winter  frosts,  would 
surely  protect  the  dwelling  from  harm. 


Especially  at  Christmas  time  let  us  make 
our  charity  not  merely  a  question  of  money; 
charity  is  not  the  synonym  of  coin,  but  of 
love— a  fact  we  too  often  forget.  Let  us 
-use  our  brains  as  well  as  our  purses,  being 
careful  that  what  we  give,  just  because,  it 
may  be  limited,  will  be  appropriate  to  the 
recipient  and  be  accompanied  with  love  and 
sympathy.  Remember  it  is  not  so  much 
what  we  give,  but  the  spirit  in  which  the 
gift  is  made,  that  counts. 


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purchasers  when  fancy  articles  and  the  ordi- 
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majority  of  aprons  should  be  of  the  serv- 
iceable kind — for  household  use — with 
bibs  and  without,  in  a  variety  of  colorings 
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Christmas  At  Grandpa's. 

*T\vas  the  night  before  Christmas  in  our  house,  too; 
■oise   there   was  plenty,  and  sounds  quite  a 
few; 
.en  shutting  of  doors,  quick  steps  on  the  stair. 
:    is    it?     They're    preparing    for    Santa    Claus 
there. 
( I  the  babies  from  far  and  from  near, 

..sins  and  sisters,  and  wee  ones  most  dear. 
Have  come  up  to  grandpa's.    Over  night  they  must 

stay 
And  watch  for  the  Santa  Claus,  reindeer  and  sleigh. 
"•Didn't  he  promise,  the  very  first  thing  he  would  do 
Was  straight  from   the  North   Pole  to  come  and  see 

roe 
There's  a  mystery  about.    Hush!  what  can  it  be? 
It  must  be— it  is— Santa  Claus  with  the  tree. 
Back  to  the  nursery  and  hop  into  bed. 
Breathe  first  a  prayer  out  of  each  little  head. 
"God  bless  my  dear  mother,  and  father,  and  all, 
And.  dear  God,  don't  forcet  those  skates  and  that 

ba: 
Each  little  head  cuddies  into  its  pest: 
Each  one  is  loved,  and  kissed,  and  caressed. 

—James  Fraser  in  Leslie's  1 1  'eek,  > . 


The  Good  Children. 

Once  upon  a  time  there  came  a  great 
famine  in  Russia.  No  rain  fell  for 
months;  the  seeds  in  the  earth  could  not 
grow.  Many  people  died,  and  the  cattle 
perished. 

The  ruler  of  the  empire  was  a  young 
man.  Instead  of  asking  advice  of  the  older 
men,  he  foolishly  consulted  the  younger 
ones.  These  advised  him  to  drown  all 
the  old  people  in  the  empire.  And  the 
order  went   forth. 

In  a  certain  place  were  three  brothers 
and  their  aged  father.  When  the  father 
heard  of  this  command,  he  said :  "My 
sons,  such  is  the  will  of  God  and  the  will 
of  the  emperor ;  let  me  perish  at  once, 
that  you  may  live." 

"Xo,  our  own  daddy!  We  may  die,  but 
we  will  not  give  you  up,"  cried  the  good 
sons,  throwing  their  arms  around  his  neck 
"We  will  take  from  our  own  mouths  and 
nourishing  you. 

Then  the  boys  took  their  father  into 
their  cottage,  dug  up  the  floor,  made  up 
a  bed  under  it.  and  placed  the  old  man 
there.  Giving  him  a  loaf  of  black  bread, 
they  covered'  him  over  with  the  floor. 
There  the  old  man  lived,  his  sons  secretly 
bringing  him  a  share  of  all  they  had. 

A  year  passed,  and  spring  came  again. 
It  was  time  to  sow,  but  there  was  little 
seed.  When  people  cast  it  into  the  earth 
it  rotted  there. 

Then  the  three  son?  went  to  their  father, 
and  asked  him,  "Daddy,  what  shall  we  do?" 
"My  sons,  strip  the  old  roof  of  the  house, 
thresh    the   bundles,    and    sow    the   chaff!" 
The    lads    stripped    the    house    and    barn, 
and    threshed    the    bundles.      When    they 
-ewed,  God  gave  his  blessing;    in  a  week's 
time  green  plants  appeared ;  in  two  month's 
time  there  was  corn,  ever  and  ever  so  much, 
and  all  manner  of  seed  was  found.     There 
rye,  there  were  wheat  and  barley;  yes, 
perhaps   there   was   a   plant   of   buckwheat. 
Wherever  else  the  people  looked  the  plain 
was  overgrown  with  grasses  and  weeds  and 
thistles,  but   with   the   good   sons   the  corn 
like   a   forest.     How  the   people  mar- 
veled!     New-    of    the    wonder    went   over 
the   whole   land,    until    it   reached   the   em- 
r  himself.     He  ordered  the  three  broth- 
er? to  appear  in  the  royal  presence. 

The  brothers  heard  of  it  and  said,  "It 
will  be  all  up  with  us !"  They  went  again 
to   the    father. 

"Daddy,   advise   us   what  to   do!" 
"Go,  my   sons,  and  tell  the  pure  truth." 
When    the    brothers    came    before    their 
emperor,  he  inquired,  threateningly: 

"Why.   villain^,   did   you   hoard    up   corn 

when  there  was  such  a   famine  that  many 

ole    died    of   hunger?      Tell    the    truth; 

if   not.    I    shall    order    you    to    be    put    to 

death." 

The  brothers  told  the  story,  just  as  it 
had  been,   from  beginning  to  end. 

The    emperor'-    brow      became      smooth, 


his  eye;  less  stern.  He  ordered  the  old 
father  to  be  brought  to  sit  beside  him  on 
his  throne,  to  give  him  counsel.  The 
sons  he  rewarded  handsome!}'.  The  corn 
he  ordered  collected  ear  by  ear,  and  to 
be  rubbed  out  in  men's  hands.  It  was 
then  sent  about  for  seed  corn,  and  the 
people  suffered  no  more  from  the  famine. 

Christmas  Table  Decorations. 

Holly  is  essentially  a  Christmas  green, 
and  its  glossy  leaves  and  brilliant  berries 
make  it  particularly  effective.  A  very  pretty 
table  decoration  may  be  made  from  this 
green.  For  the  center  of  the  table  a  star- 
shaped  mat  may  be  made  from  the  holly 
by  cutting  a  large  star  from  cardboard  and 
covering  it  with  the  same.  Upon  this  mat 
place  a  tall  vase,  and  in  this  a  few  flowers. 

At  each  end  of  the  table  two  smaller  stars 
may  be  made,  and  upon  these  smaller  vases 
or  flower-glasses  may  be  placed.  Arrange  a 
wreath  of  holly  all  around  the  table  j,ust 
inside  the  plates.  A  sprig  of  holly  may  be 
placed  at  each  plate  as  a  boutonniere.  Over 
the  center  of  the  table  suspend  a  large  star 
covered  with  white  flowers,  to  symbolize  the 
star  which  the  shepherds  saw  when  the 
angels  sang.  "Peace  on  earth,  good  will 
toward  men." 

@     ® 
The  Kind  of  InH. 

Week  after  week,  month  after  month, 
year  after  year.  I  use  the  same  fountain 
pen.  It  would  look  like  advertising,  or  I 
would  like  to  tell  you  what  kind  of  pen  it 
is,  for  it  is  an  old  friend.  It  is  ever  the 
same,  an  unchanging,  smooth,  ready  point. 

But  my  writing  is  not  ever  the  same — far 
from  it !  Sometimes  it  is  bold  and  black,  a 
John-Hancock-y  script  to  be  proud  of.  At 
other  times  it  is  weak  and  dish-watery. 
That  is  the  way  it  is  just  now. 

And  the  reason?  Of  course,  the  ink. 
The  fluid  I  am  now  using  I  bought  at  a 
bargain,  the  label  torn  off,  at  "a  great  re- 
duction." A  poor  bargain  it  has  proved 
for  me,  however  pleasing  to  the  seller,  and 
its  feeble  gray  tracings  do  no  credit  to  my 
pen  or  my  character.  And  yet  I  hate  to 
throw  that  ink  away. 

Even  thus — for  you  will  accept  a  moral, 
won't  you? — I  have  seen  a  stalwart  fellow, 
with  a  splejtdid  physique,  and  the  inher- 
itance of  a  good  brain  from  thoughtful  and 
acute  ancestors.  But  when  I  come  to  talk 
with  this  Hercules-Apollo,  when  his  foun- 
tain pen  begins  to  write — bah  !  what  paltry 
and  ignoble  sentences  !  They  can  scarcely 
be  distinguished  from  the  level  of  flatness 
on  which  they  lie  outspread. 

The    trouble    with   our   broad-shouldered 

friend  is  that  he  has  filled  himself  up  with 

.  poor    ink — trashy    novels,    frippery    jokes, 


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but  it  will  be  a  dear  bargain  before  he  is 
done  with  it. 

For,  amid  the  multiplied  leaves  of  the 
world's  chirography,  the  millions  of 
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Little  Jack  Horner  sat  in  a  corner 

Eating  a  Christmas  pie. 
For  Jack  wasn't  able  to  get  to'the  table 

Along  with  the  rest;  that's  why. 


A  little  girl  was  asked  to  write  a  sentence- 
containing  the  words  "bitter  end,"  and,  after 
some  effort,  produced  the  following: 

"Our  neighbor's  dog  chased  my  kitty,  and 
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A  Christmas  Sermonette. 

'There    was   110   room    for  them   in   the 

inn   " 

inn. 

What  thoughts  do  these  words  awaken 
in  the  mind?  Perhaps  the  first  may  be 
th:s.  that  no  wonder  in  so  great  a  con- 
course of  people  of  all  ranks,  going  up  to 
be  registered  for  taxes,  there"  should  be 
no  room  in  the  inn  for  the  poor  and  un- 
pretending Mother  of  the  Savior  to  be 
delivered  of  her  firstborn  child.  But  the 
second  thought  may  be  that  the  world  is 
like  that  inn,  that  amidst  its  pomp,  its 
magnificence,  amidst  the  whirl  and  hurry 
of  its  business,  amidst  the  marble  edi- 
fices of  its  gigantic  triumphs,  amidst  its 
enterprises,  amidst  the  crowd  and  pressure 
of  even  its  neediest  inhabitants,  there  is 
not  room  for  the  Savior  of  mankind. — 
n\   £.   Gladstone. 


Two  Pretty  Christmas  Entertainments 
for  the  Children. 

A  TRIP  TO  THE  X0RTH  POLE. 

A  Sunday  school  teacher  entertained  her 
class  of  ten  little  girls  on  Christmas  eve  bv 
a  novel  plan,  which  she  called  "A  Trip  to 
the  North  Pole."  This  is  how  it  was  done : 
She  cleared  a  north  room  in  her  home  of 
all  the  furniture,  then  trimmed  the  ceil- 
ing with  strings  of  pink  and  white  pop  corn. 
A  '.arge  silver  moon  was  placed  near  the 
center  of  the  ceiling,  around  which  were 
arranged  a  number  of  gold  stars.  Cotton 
batting  was  laid  over  the  carpet,  to  repre- 
sent snow,  and  two  large  inverted  tubs 
covered  with  the  same  material  were  the 
snow  houses  of  the  Eskimos.  A  large  pole 
which  had  been  surrounded  with  cotton 
was  brought  in  and  secured  in  a  vertical 
position  in  one  corner  of  the  room;  then 
the  pole  was  dotted  with  small  stars,  and 
ten  little  white  cloth  shoes,  labeled  with  the 
names  of  the  pupils  and  containing  the  gifts 
of  the  teacher  for  them,  were  attached  to 
When  the  children  had  all  assembled 
in  a  warm  room  across  the  hall  from  the 
'•North  Pole."  one  of  the  girls  was  asked 
to  recite  her  Christmas  poem,  which  she 
had  been  previously  required  to  learn.  After 


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reciting  she  made  her  trip  to  the  "North 
Pole"  alone,  and  brought  back  the  shoe 
inscribed  with  her  name.  Then  another  re- 
cited, and  went  to  the  "North  Pole"  for 
her  gift.  The  ten  girls,  having  recited  and 
brought  their  shoes  from  the  "North  Pole," 
listened  eagerly  to  a  charming  Christmas 
tale  related  by  their  teacher.  After  this 
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she  saw  at  the  "North  Pole"  in  the  land 
of  Santa  Claus. 

A  CHRISTMAS  FERRIS  WHEEL. 

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for  the  purpose  by  putting  them  side  by 
side  on  a  pole,  making  them  stationary, 
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shoe-box  to  swing  horizontally  between 
them.  Each  end  of  the  pole  may  then  be 
placed  on  the  back  of  a  tall  chair,  with 
just  enough  room  between  the  chairs  for 
the  wheels  to  turn  easily.  Wind  the  spokes- 
of  the  wheels  and  the  pole  holding  them 
with  white  cotton  cloth,  and  decorate  the 
chairs  with  cedar  branches.  A  number  of 
shoe-boxes  can  be  swung  from  strong  cords 
tied  from  one  wheel  to  the  other.  Be  care- 
ful to  attach  them  so>  that  when  the  wheels 
move  around  the  boxes  will  remain  right 
side  up.  In  the  boxes  are  placed  the  pres- 
ents for  the  children,  each  box  being 
labeled  with  the  name  of  a  child.  When 
the  wheel  and  boxes  are  all  arranged,  a* 
Santa  Claus  enters  with  a  flourish,  and 
after  a  short  but  merry  speech  to  the  chil- 
dren, begins  to  move  the  wheel  slowly  a- 
round,  reciting : 

"My  Ferris  Wheel  turns  'round  and  'round. 
And  here  fine  gifts  for  all  are  found. 
For  children  all  I  bring  good  cheer, 
Though  Christmas  comes  but  once  a  year." 

After  the  children  have  watched  it  go 
around  for  a  time,  he  stops  the  wheel,  and 
cuts  away  the  boxes,  and  delivers  them  to 
the  happy  children. 


A  Christinas  Thought. 

Bright  Christmas  morning  of  my  soul's 
delight!  Chime  all  the  bells!  Wreathe  all 
the  garlands !  Rouse  all  the  anthems ! 
Shake  hands  in  all  the  congratulations  f 
Merry  Christmas !  Merry  with  the 
thought  of  sins  forgiven,  merry  with  the 
idea  of  sorrows  comforted,  merry  with  the 
raptures  to  come.  Oh,  lift  that  Christ 
from  the  manger  and  lay  him  down  in  all 
our  hearts !  We  may  not  bring  to  him  as 
costly  a  present  as  the  Magi  brought,  but 
we  bring  to  his  feet  and  to  the  manger 
today  the  frankincense  of  our  joy,  the 
pearls  of  our  tears,  the  kiss  of  our  love, 
the  prostration  of  our  worship.  Down  at 
his  feet,  all  churches,  all  ages,  all  earth, 
all  heaven!  Down,  all  worlds,  at  his  feet, 
and  worship !  "Glory  to  God  in  the 
highest,  and  on  earth  peace,  good  will  to- 
ward men  !" — De  Witt  Talmage. 

Bennie  (seeing  a  turkev  with  its  wings  left 
on,  hanging  in  the  market):  "My!  They've 
taken  off  all  its  clothes  except  the  s!eeve!s" 


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Vol.  XLII. 


December  28,  1905 


No.  52 


Current.  Events. 


Most  of  the  time  between  the  opening  of 
Congress  and  its  adjournment  for  the  Christ- 
,  mas  holidays  is  usually 

*»         *  spent    in    organization. 

It  has  been  30  in  the  present  case.  The 
committees  have  been  appointed,  the  cau- 
cuses organized,  recess  appointments  con- 
firmed, and  about  four  thousand  bills  filed 
with  the  clerk,  and  of  course  there  has  been 
a  good  deal  of  miscellaneous  speech-mak- 
ing, but  the  serious  work  of  the  session  will 
not  begin  until  after  the  two  weeks'  vacation 
which  began  Thursday.  The  appropri- 
ation of  $11,000,000  for  carrying  on  the 
canal  work  gave  occasion  for  the  critics  to 
cry  "Extravagance!"  but  the  House  passed 
it,  and  the  Senate  will.  The  amount  is  less 
than  was  asked  for.  Senator  Morgan,  who 
has  grown  old  righting  any  and  every  canal 
scheme,  asserts  that  the  first  three  years  of 
our  canal  enterprise  have  shown  as  much 
reckless  extravagance  as  did  the  first  three 
years  of  the  De  Lesseps  company.  Senator 
Gorman  has  again  been  selected  as  Demo- 
cratic leader  in  the  Senate,  and  Mr.  Wil- 
liams will  continue  as  minority  leader  in  the 
House.  Senator  Beveridge's  statehood  bill 
for  Oklahoma-Indian  Territory  and  Arizona- 
New  Mexico  is  encountering  much  opposi- 
tion even  in  Republican  ranks. 

The  war  upon  givers  and  receivers  of  re- 
bates on  freight  rates  continues  vigorously. 
A  federal  grand  jury  at 
Chicago  has  brought 
indictments  against  the 
Chicago  and  Alton  Railroad  and  two  of  its 
officials  on  the  testimony  of  the  employes 
and  officials  of  the  Schwarzschild  &  Sulz- 
berger Packing  Company,  who  recently 
pleaded  guilty  and  paid  fines  aggregating 
325,000.  At  Kansas  City  a  federal  grand 
jury  has  returned  fourteen  indictments 
against  railroads,  shippers,  agents  and 
brokers,  including  the  Chicago  &  Alton  and 
the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  Rail- 
roads, and  the  packing  firms  of  Swift,  Ar- 
mour, Cudahy  and  Nelson  Morris.  Six  in- 
dictments were  found  by  a  grand  jury  at 
Philadelphia  in  cases  involving  the  Great 
Northern  R.  R.  The  Pennsylvania,  B.  &  O. 
and  Reading  roads  escaped  indictment 
only  because  their  officials  and  employes 
gave  evidence.  It  is  perhaps  unfortunate 
that  the  Elkins  Act,  under  which  the  de- 
partment of  justice  is  proceeding  in  these 
cases  against  the  rebaters,  provides  that  the 
giving  of  rebates  shall  be  punishable  only 
by  fine.  It  is  possible  that  the  assessment 
of  fines  may  become  only  a  sort  of  tax  on 
the  practice,  still  leaving  a  handsome  mar- 
gin of  profit.    Attorney-General  Moody  has 


Rebaters 
Indicted. 


Insurance. 


instructed  the  district  attorneys  wherever 
possible  to  secure  indictments  also  on  the 
charge  of  conspiring,  so  that  the  offenders 
maybe  punished  by  imprisonment. 

The  testimony  of  Thomas  F.  Ryan  and 
E.  H.  Harriman  before  the  insurance  inves- 
tigation committee  last 
week,  reveals  the  un- 
pleasant situation  of  two  great  financiers 
squabbling  and  maneuvering  for  the  "con- 
trol" of  the  Equitable.  When  asked  if  he 
did  not  derive  his  political  influence  from 
his  association  with  ex-Governor  Odell,  Mr. 
Harriman  said:  "It  would  be  more  correct 
to  say  that  Governor  Odell  derives  his  polit- 
ical influence  from  his  association  with 
me."  This  is  very  likely  true.  Mr.  Harriman 
is  a  much  richer  man  than  Governor  Odell, 
and  of  course  that  is  what  counts.  Charles 
A.  Peabody  has  been  chosen  to  succeed 
Richard  A.  McCurdy  as  president  of  the 
Mutual  Life,  and  the  salary  of  the  office  has 
been  cut  from  $150,000  a  year  to  a  beggarly 
$50,000.  George  W.  Perkins,  who  is  a  part- 
ner of  J.  P.  Morgan  and  had  often  been  held 
up  as  a  splendid  pattern  of  success  for  the 
emulation  of  ambitious  youth,  has  resigned 
as  vice-president  and  chairman  of  the 
finance  committee  of  the  New  York  Life, 
and  his  place  will  be  taken  by  Alexander 
E.  Orr. 


In  the  "Nineteenth  Century   and   After" 

for  December,  Prince  Kropotkin  traces  the 

rapid     movement    of 

Russian  events  in   Russia   from 

Revolution.  the  constitutional  agita. 

tion,  and  the  Congress  of  the  Zemstvos, 
through  successive  stages  to  the  present  ad- 
vanced stage  of  the  revolution.  The  turning 
point  in  Russian  history  and  the  destiny 
of  the  Czar,  was  when  he  refused  to  meet  the 
200,000  working  men  who,  led  by  Father 
Gapon,  marched  to  the  winter  palace  to  un- 
roll before  the  "Little  Father,"  as  they  had 
affectionately  called  the  Czar  up  to  that  time, 
a  monster  petition  asking  for  certain  consti- 
tutional guarantees  and  for  some  economic 
changes,  but  instead,  sent  armed  troops  to 
shoot  them  down  like  sheep.  That  was  an 
awful  revelation  to  the  Russian  people,  and 
from  thenceforward  they  knew  what  to  ex- 
pect from  the  autocracy  and  have  acted  ac- 
cordingly. If  the  Czar  had  met  them  and 
offered  them  cheerfully  the  guarantees  they 
asked  for,  Russian  history  would  have  been 
different  from  what  it  is  likely  to  be.  The 
day  of  opportunity  was  not  recognized,  and 
afterwards  it  was  too  late  for  the  manifesto 
to  satisfy  the  people.  Labor  is  the  most 
prominent  factor  in  the  present  revolution. 
Prince  Kropotkin  says  of  the  present  trouble: 
"The  years  of  disturbance  will  pass,  and 
Russia  will  come  out  of  them  a  new  nation; 


a  nation  owning  an  unfathomed  wealth  of 
natural  resources,  and  capable  of  utilizing 
them;  ready  to  seek  the  ways  for  utilizing 
them  in  the  best  interest  of  all;  a  nation 
averse  to  bloodshed,  averse  to  war,  and  ready 
to  march  toward  the  higher  goals  of  prog- 


ress. 


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From  the  latest  dispatches  as  we   go  to 

press,  it  would  seem  that  Christmas  day  and 

the    angel    song    of 
Fighting  at  Moscow   ,.         e  on  earth  and 

and  St.  Petersburg.   good.wiI1       a  m  0  n  g 

men,"  was  forgotten  in  Russia.  One  of  the 
dispatches  reports  a  battle  at  Moscow  De- 
cember 25,  in  which  five  thousand  were 
killed  and  fourteen  thousand  wounded.  The 
fighting  continued  throughout  Monday. 
The  people  are  terror-stricken  and  are  hid- 
ing in  stables  and  cellars,  and  many  are  suf- 
fering from  hunger,  as  the  lack  of  provi- 
sions is  already  becoming  manifest.  A  state 
of  civil  war  now  exists,  and  the  outlook  for 
the  immediate  present,  at  least,  is  full  of  vio- 
lence and  bloodshed.  At  St.  Petersburg  fight- 
ing also  took  place,  and  sixty-four  were 
wounded  and  eight  killed.  At  Moscow  it  is 
stated  that  the  fighting  assumed  the  nature 
of  a  butchery  by  the  machine-guns  of  the 
artillery,  grape  and  canister  being  employed 
mercilessly  against  the  ill-armed  insurgents. 
Drunkenness  among  the  Cossacks  added  to 
the  terrors  of  the  situation. 


There  are  indications  that  the  legislation 

proposed  and  to  be  proposed  in  Congress  to 

regulate    life  insurance 

Life  Insurance        and    put    an    end     t0 

and  State  Rights.   abuses     which      have 

been  revealed  during  recent  investigations, 
will  revive  once  more  the  discussion  of  the 
old  question  of  State  rights.  The  minority 
party  in  Congress,  it  is  reported,  is  likely  to 
oppose  any  bill  that  would  place  life  insur- 
ance under  Federal  control.  Given  the  right 
to  control  life  insurance,'  it  is  claimed,  the 
government  could  extend  its  power  over 
other  industries  and  thus  eventually  obliter- 
ate the  line  between  State  and  Federal  con- 
trol. It  is  believed  that  the  revival  of  this 
question  will  make  it  difficult  to  pass  the 
proposed  bill  on  this  subject.  It  is  not  at  all 
probable  that  this  government  will  ever 
absorb  the  proper  function  of  the  state  gov- 
ernments. There  are  some  kinds  of  busi- 
ness, however,  which  by  common  consent 
belong  properly  to  the  control  of  the  nation- 
al government,  such  as  the  currency,  the 
post  office  department,  etc.  The  proper 
question,  to  be  decided  by  the  facts  in  each 
case,  is  whether  any  particular  industry  ex- 
tending itself  through  several  states,  can  be 
properly  controlled  by  state  legislation.  If 
so,  that  would  seem  to  be  the  simplest  and 
most  natural    method  of    control.    Do  the 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


December  28,  1905 


railroads  and  the  life  insurance  companies, 
because  of  the  interstate  character  of  their 
business,  constitute  an  exception  to  ordinary 
industries,  so  that  we  must  look  to  the  na- 
tional government  for  the  necessary  legis- 
lation to  prevent  abuses  which  now  exist? 
To  affirm  this  would  not  be  a  denial  of  the 
doctrine  of  state  rights,  but  only  an  asser- 
tion of  the  necessary  limitation  of  such 
doctrine. 


Gov.  Folk  and 
Civil  Service. 


Since  the  recent  escape  of  some  of  the 
convicts  from  the  Missouri  penitentiary  and 
the  killing  of  one  of  the 
guards,  Gov.  Folk  has 
been  seeking  to  ascer- 
tain where  the  responsibility  lies  for  this  un- 
pleasant episode.  At  last  he  seems  to  have 
laid  the  responsibility  on  the  Board  of 
Prison  Inspectors,  and  he  has  enjoined  upon 
them  the  duty  of  establishing  a  system  of 
civil  service  examination  for  applicants  for 
positions  at  the  penitentiary.  The  Board  of 
Prison  Inspectors  has  replied  to  Gov.  Folk's 
letter,  claiming  that  they  cannot  be  held  re- 
sponsible for  the  management  of  the  peni- 
tentiary, unless  they  are  to  have  something 
to  say  in  the  appointments  which,  they 
claim,  was  denied  them  at  the  beginning  of 
Gov.  Folk's  administration.  In  their  reply 
the  Board  says: 

"We  did,  with  your  approval,  prepare  a 
form  of  civil  service  examination  for  appli- 
cants for  appointment,  but  while  the  warden 
may  have  observed  this  in  form,  he  has  so 
far  disregarded  it  in  substance  that  over  one- 
half  of  the  guards  appointed  have  had  no 
experience  in  the  handling  of  prisoners  or 
the  apprehension  of  criminals,  and  of  the 
twenty- six  men  who,  according  to  the  testi- 
mony of  the  deputy  warden,  the  assistant 
deputy  warden  and  the  yardmaster,  are  in- 
competent, over  one-half  have  been  ap- 
pointed during  your  administration.  If  this 
does  not  indicate  that  the  patronage  of  the 
penitentiary  has  been  used  to  pay  political 
debts,  then  the  warden  has  been  very  unfor- 
tunate in  the  selection  of  his  appointees." 

The  board  thus  places  back  the  responsi- 
bility for  any  inefficiency  in  the  manage- 
ment of  the  penitentiary  on  the  state  admin- 
istration, and  it  remains  for  the  Governor  to 
point  out,  not  in  word  only,  but  in  deed,  that 
his  action  is  controlled,  not  by  political  con- 
siderations chiefly,  but  by  the  desire  to  se- 
cure men  who  will  best  serve  the  public  in- 
terests. The  Governor's  friends  will  not 
readily  believe  that  he  will  prove  false  to  a 
principle  of  official  action  which  he  has  so 
often  advocated. 


AccordingTto   the  Bureau  of  Statistics  no 

feature    of  the    export   trade  of  the  United 

_         .  _      .  States      in     1905      has 

Export  Trade  .  ,  _., 

.*.    _,.  shown  a  larger  growth 

with  China  and       ..        .,    ,      ?,  *       , 

than  that   of  the  trade 

*  with    China  and  Japan. 

In  the  ten'months  ending  with  October  ex- 
ports to  China  are  more  than  $50,000,000  in 
value,  against  £20,000,000  in  the  same  months 
of  1904  and  $13,000,000  in  the  corresponding 
months  of  1903;  and  those  to  Japan  are  $46,- 
500,000,  against  a  little  less  than  $22,000,000 
in  if/04  and  $16,000,000  in  the  corresponding 
months  of  1903.  Thus,  in  the  case  of  Japan 
exports  have  more  than  doubled  as  com- 
pared] with  1904  and  practically  trebled  as 
compared  with  1903,  while  in  the  case  of 
China  exports  are  two  and  one-half  times 
as   much ^ as   in '1904,   and  have  practically 


quadrupled  since  IQ03.  No  other  coun- 
tries of  the  world  to  which  our  exports 
are  sent  show  gains  approximating  those 
of  China  and  Japan.  To  Cuba  there  is 
an  increase  of  approximately  40  per  cent 
and  to  Argentina  about  33  per  cent,  but 
China  and  Japan  are  the  only  countries  in 
the  long  list  of  those  to  which  our  exports 
are  sent  which  show  a  gain  of  100  per  cent 
or  more.  Should  the  rate  of  growth  con- 
tinue until  the  close  of  the  year,  total  ex- 
ports from  the  United  States  to  Japan  in  the 
calendar  year  will  be  practically  ten  times 
as  much  as  a  decade  ago,  in  1895,  and  those 
to  China  fourteen  times  as  much  as  in  1895. 
This  upward  movement  in  the  figures  of  ex- 
ports to  China  and  Japan  began  to  be  ap- 
parent in  IQ04,  the  exports  to  China  from 
the  United  States  in  that  year  being  practi- 
cally $28,000,000,  against  $15,0000,000  in  the 
immediately  preceding  year,  and  those  to 
Japan  $31,500,000,  against  a  little  less  than 
$21,000,000  in  the  immediately  preceding 
year,  but  the  growth  in  each  case  in  1905 
has  been  even  more  striking  than  that 
of  1904. 


The  President 
and  the  Post 
Offices. 


President  Roosevelt  has  stirred  some  of 
the  Republican  Congressmen  to  the  fighting 
point  by  declining  to 
honor  their  requisition 
for  the  appointment  of 
postmasters  in  their  re- 
spective districts.  It  is  customary  for  the 
recommendations  of  Congressmen  to  be  ac- 
cepted in  filling  presidential  post  offices,  and 
the  distribution  of  these  favors  has  played  no 
small  part  in  the  maintenance  of  their  polit- 
ical organizations.  A  Congressman  with  no 
patronage  wherewith  to  reward  his  faithful 
friends  is  a»  poor  creature  indeed.  The 
President,  with  characteristic  heartlessness, 
takes  less  account  of  this  fact  than  of  the 
desirability  of  having  capable  men  in  public 
office.  Some  of  the  disappointed  Congress- 
men threaten  reprisals.  They  show  signs 
of  opposing  all  legislation  desired  by  the 
President  until  he  capitulates.  They  can 
scarcely  be  foolish  enough  to  carry  this 
threat  into  execution,  for  public  opinion  is 
against  them  on  this  point  and  in  favor  of 
appointments  based  on  no  consideration  of 
past  and  future  political  services.  As  a 
matter  of  fact,  however,  the  President  ought 
to  be  able  to  rely  on  the  Congressmen  for 
honest  advice  as  to  the  best  men  for  ap- 
pointment in  their  respective  districts. 
Even  under  civil  service  rules  the  appoint- 
ive offices  are  too  many  for  any  man  to  fill 
on  his  own  responsibility.  It  would  help  to 
a  solution  of  the  difficulty  if  we  would  hold 
the  Congressmen  responsible  for  their  recom- 
mendations as  rigidly  as  we  hold  the  Presi- 
dent responsible  for  his  appointments. 


Admiral   Dewey  flashed  this   message  to 
the  U.  S.  Navy  around  the  world  on  Christ- 
mas   morning:     "My 
A  Christmas  Christmas   greetings  to 

Greeting.  the  officers  and  men  of 

the  navy.  Let  us  have  neither  cliques  nor 
grudges,  but  all  stand  together  for  the  good 
of  the  country  and  the  service."  Pass  it 
along  to  the  army.  Let  Congress  accept  the 
message  as  equally  appropriate.  Indeed 
we  would  pass  the  Christmas  greeting  along 


to  the  church  universal.  "Let  us  have 
neither  cliques  nor  grudges,  but  all  stand 
together  for  the  good  of  the  country  and  of 
the  service"— for  the  advancement  of  the 
kingdom  of  God.  The  time  past  suffices  to 
have  wrought  the  will  of  our  great  Adver- 
sary in  mutual  recriminations  and  misrepre- 
sentations. Let  us  henceforth  make  com- 
mon cause  against  common  enemies,  closing 
up  our  divided  ranks  that  we  may  present 
a  united  front  to  the  opposing  forces.  We 
are  sure  that  the  Great  Head  of  the  church 
is  sending  out  his  Christmas  message  to  his 
erstwhile  divided  members:  "Let  us  have 
no  schisms  or  sects,  no  enmities  and  strifes, 
but  all  stand  together  for  the  glory  of  God 
and  the  good  of  men." 

Since  the  reformation  or  abolition  of  foot- 
ball  has   become  a  national  issue,  and  the 

.  discussion  of  it  is  raging 

The  Price  of  almQSt    ag    fiercely    as 

V      '  the    game     itself    was 

raging  a  month  ago,  perhaps  the  following 
Kiplingesque  contribution  (for  which  the 
"Indianapolis  News"  is  responsible)  may  be 
worth  the  space  it  takes: 

A  SONG  OF  THE  UNREFORMED. 
[With  proper  respect  for  the  Admiralty.] 
We  have  gridirons  fed  for  several  years, 

And  they  call  us  wanting  more, 
Though  there's  hardly  a  yard  of  all  the  field 

But  that  is  stained  with  gore. 
We  have  given  our  brawn  to  the  game  long  drawn, 

To  the  'rah  and  the  root  and  the  pull. 
If  this  be  the  price  of  college  sports, 

Great  Scott,  we  ha'  paid  in  full! 

There's  never  a  yell  from  the  bleachers  now 

But  tells  of  a  bloody  down; 
There's  never  a  roar  from  the  grandstand  now 

But  marks  some  caved-in  crown — 
But  slinks  our  maimed  on  the  marked-orf  ground 

From  the  side  lines  to  the  goal. 
If  this  be  the  price  of  college  sports, 
If  this  be  the  price  of  college  sports, 
Great  Scott,  we  ha'  paid  it  whole! 

We  have  paid  the  price  of  the  bloody  tale, 

For  that's  been  our  doom  and  pride, 
Chalked  up  by  Harvard,  Princeton,  Yale 

And  the  rest  in  the  country  wide. 
We  have  watched  the  surgeon:s  knife  and  splints, 

With  the  evening  lights  aflare — 
If  this  be  the  price  of  college  sports, 
If  this  be  the  price  of  college  sports, 
If  this  be  the  price  of  college  sports, 

Great  Scott,  we  ha;  bought  em  fair! 


The  Dublin  (Ireland)  "Daily  Press,"  in  a 

recdnt  issue  says:     "No  one  can  deny  that 

the    whole    system    of 
Conditions  in  the   Congo  adminigtration  is 

Congo  State.  bad.    how    really   bad 

and  abominable  it  is  the  British  public  has 
only  a  faint  idea.  It  is  true  that  quite  re- 
cently a  Commission  was  appointed  by 
King  Leopold  to  inquire  into  the  adminis- 
tration of  the  Congo.  But,  unfortunately, 
the  only  version  of  its  report  hitherto  sup- 
plied to  the  British  public  was  the  summar- 
ized one  sent  out  by  a  mysterious  body 
calling  itself  the  West  African  Missionary 
Association.  Very  grave  doubts  were  felt  as 
to  whether  this  summarized  version  was  ac- 
curate or  whether  it  was  really  a  whitewash- 
ing report;  and  these  doubts  were  accentu- 
ated when  it  was  found  that  a  member  of  the 
committee  living  in  Dublin,  when  interviewed 
by  a  representative  of  the  'Daily  Express'  ad- 
mitted that  he  knew  nothing  of  the  adminis- 
tration or  objects  of  the  West  African  Mis- 
sionary Association.  But  even  the  report 
issued  by  that  body  sufficed  to  show  that 
grievous  cruelties  and  abuses  existed;  a  fur- 
ther summary,  issued  by  the  British  Congo 
Reform  Association,  shows  that  these  abuses 
are  part  of  a  system,  callous  and  barbarous, 
before  which  the  mind  recoils  with  horror." 


December  28,  1905 


THE  CI  Ik  1ST  1  AX-EVANGELIST. 


>;:< 


Exit,  the  Old  Year! 

The  year  is  old.  l;i  a  little  while  it  will 
have  taken  its  everlasting  exit.  Like  all 
its  predecessors  it  has  run  its  brief  race 
and  will  soon  be  buried  in  the  gulf  of  the 
irrevocable  past.  In  this  it  symbolizes  the 
life  of  man  on  the  earth.  Indeed,  one  can 
not  well  approach  the  close  of  the  year 
without  being  reminded  of  human  mortal- 
ity and  the  brevity  of  life.  The  period  calls 
us  to  meditation  and  to  self-examination. 
The  flight  of  Time  has  been  the  theme  of 
the  poet,  the  artist  and  the  orator.  It 
often  suggests  thoughts  and  feelings  too 
deep    for   utterance. 

One  of  the  most  solemn  reflections  as- 
sociated with  the  close  of  the  year  is  the 
reminder  which  it  is  sure  to  give  of  our 
unfinished  work.  As  Time  in  its  remorse- 
less march  pauses  not  for  man  to  com- 
plete his  task,  so  in  most  cases,  at  least, 
'we  pass  from  the  limitations  of  time  into 
the  eternity  beyond  while  our  life  plans 
and  purposes  are  yet  unfulfilled.  So,  at 
least,  it  seems  to  our  human  eyes.  But 
God  knows  best.  Besides,  who  knows  that 
our  work  ends  with  this  mortal  life?  May 
there  not  be  great  activities  to  engage  our 
thoughts  and  our  energies  beyond  the 
point  which  men  call  death?  This  would 
seem  to  be  in  consonance  with  all  we  know 
of  God's  dealings  with  us,  and  with  the  de- 
sires and  aspirations  which  he  has  planted 
within  our  souls.  Just  as  we  do  not  ex- 
pect to  end  our  labors  with  the  year  that 
is  soon  to  pass  away,  but  are  already  pro- 
jecting our  plans  into  the  unknown  future 
that  lies  before  us,  so  we  cherish  the  hope 
that  with  the  laying  down  of  these  our 
mortal  bodies,  "we  shall  enter  upon  the  high- 
er activities  and  into  the  nobler  and  sweeter 
fellowships  of  the  life  unseen  and  eternal. 

The  year  now  approaching  its  demise  has 
been  an  eventful  one  in  human  history. 
Many  great  and  important  changes  have 
taken  place  which  have  affected  the  life  of 
nations  and  the  map  of  the  world.  But  not 
less  significant  than  these  outward  events 
which  have  marked  the  history  of  the  year, 
are  the  steady  advances  of  those  silent  and 
unseen  forces  which  make  for  the  world's 
betterment.  Within  the  year  whose  shadows 
are  now  falling  about  us,  the  vital  forces 
to  which  we  must  look  for  the  moral  ad- 
vancement of  the  race  and  for  the  regen- 
eration of  society,  have  greatly  increased 
and  have  been  asserting  themselves  in  high- 
er moral  and  spiritual  ideals  both  in  the 
State  and  in  the  Church.  Beneath  the  out- 
ward movements  of  reform  and  spiritual 
advancement  there  are  always  the  unseen 
moral  forces  which  accumulate,  under  the 
educational  processes  of  life,  until  they  are 
ready  to  embody  themselves  in  concrete 
outward  forms. 

The  two  chief  events  of  the  year,  from 
our  point  of  view,  are  the  conclusion  of 
war  between  Russia  and  Japan  through 
the  gracious  mediation  of  the  President  of 
the  United  States,  and  the  recent  Inter- 
Church  Conference  in  New  York  City  of 
all  the  great  Protestant  bodies.  The  one 
was  a  triumph  of  peace  in  the  realm  of  in- 
ternational politics,  and  the  other  marks 
a  triumph  of  peace  and  unity  among  the 


aggressive  religious  forces  of  the  na- 
tion. Neither  of  these  was  a  final  con- 
summation, for  war  between  nations  is  not 
yet  an  impossibility,  and  perfect  unity  has 
not  yet  been  attained  within  the  Church ; 
but  both  are  steps  in  the  right  direction.  As 
a  religious  journal  The  Christian-Evan- 
GEMST  will  give  its  influence,  and  devote 
much  of  its  space,  to  the  furtherance  of 
the  cause  of  union  among  Christians  and  a 
more  aggressive  campaign  against  the 
forces  of  evil. 

We  believe  the  next  few  years  to  be  preg- 
nant with  important  events  in  the  kingdom 
of  God.  Our  own  religious  movement  is 
passing  through  one  of  chose  crucial  periods 
in  its  history  which  will  test  its  quality, 
its  power  of  adaptation  to  present  conditions 
and  needs,  and  which  will  influence,  in  a 
large  measure,  its  future  course.  It  is  a 
time  for  deepest  heart-searching,  for  cleans- 
ing ourselves  from  all  false  motives  and 
ambitions,  and  for  renewal  of  our  devo- 
tion and  fealty  to  those  great  fun- 
damental truths  which  fired  the  hearts 
and  controlled  the  lives  of  men  who, 
under  God,  inaugurated,  many  a  century 
ago,  this  movement  for  the  unity  of  a 
divided  church.  Most  of  all,  it  is  a  time 
for  renewing  our  allegiance  to  Him  whose 
prayer  for  unity  we  are  seeking  to  have 
answered.  It  is  only  as  we  keep  in  closest 
fellowship  with  Him,  and  are  controlled  by 
the  Spirit  whom  He  has  sent  to  De  our 
Guide  and  our  Advocate,  that  we  can  ac- 
complish the  great  work  to  which  He  has 
called    us. 

Thanking  God  for  whatever  grace  and 
strength  he  has  vouchsafed  to  us  for  the 
duties  of  the  year  now  closing,  and  for 
whatever  good  may  have  been  wrought  in 
His  name  and  for  His  cause  within  these 
columns,  and  thanking  our  increasing  host 
of  readers  throughout  the  country  and  the 
world  for  their  generous  appreciation,  and 
no  less  generous  forbearance,  we  commit 
ourselves,  The  Christian-Evangelist,  and 
the  cause  which  is  dearer  to  our  heart  than 
life,  to  Him  whose  guiding  hand  has  led  us 
in  the  past,  and  who,  we  are  sure,  will  not 
forsake   us   in  the  years  to  come.  t 

@     @ 

"A  Simple  Truism." 

The  "Christian  Standard,"  commenting 
on  the  co-operation  of  our  churches  in  the 
union  movement  proposed  by  the  recent 
Inter-Church   Conference,   says : 

"It  is  a  simple  truism  to  say  that  only 
bodies  who  recognize  each  other's  legiti- 
macy may  enter  into  a  federation  compact. 
The  Protestant  denominations  may  federate 
because  they  mutually  recognize  each  other 
as  legitimate  religious  organizations,  as 
alleged  'branches  of  the  church,'  and  there 
is  nothing  therefore  to  hinder  them  enter- 
ing into  a  federation  compact.  But  while 
both  the  Roman  Catholic  and  the  Evan- 
gelical Protestant  churches  hold  in  common 
the  true  divinity  of  Christ,  they  can  not 
federate,  because  the  Roman  Catholic  re- 
fuses to  regard  the  Protestant  denomina- 
tions as  any  part  of  the  church,  or  as 
branches  of  the  church  of  Christ,  while  all 
true  Protestants  regard  Rome  as  an  apostate 
church." 

Now,  all  that  our  neighbor  can  mean  by 
"a  federation  compact"  is  the  proposed 
agreement   of  the   churches    to    co-operate 


together  under  the  Lordship  and  leader- 
ship of  Jesus  Christ,  so  far  as  they  are  able, 
in  the  accomplishment  of  those  object* 
which  can  be  better  accomplished  by  united 
action  than  otherwise.  The  editor's  "simple 
truism,"  then,  is,  that  only  those  bodies 
which  can  fully  endorse  each  other's  plan 
of  organization,  can  enter  into  such  an 
agreement,  and  co-operate  together  for  the 
glory  of  God  and  the  good  of  men.  What 
sort  of  a  "truism"  is  this?  Where  did  the 
editor  get  it?  Nof  from  the  Bible,  we  are 
sure.  Least  of  all  did  he  get  it  from  him 
who  prayed,  "That  they  all  may  be  one," 
knowing  as  he  did  that  there  must  ever  be 
differences  of  opinion  about  a  hundred 
things  connected  with  the  nature  and  the 
ongoing  of  his  kingdom. 

Brother  Lord  is  mistaken  in  supposing 
that  the  religious  bodies  represented  in  that 
Conference  propose  to  co-operate  with 
each  other  "because  they  mutually  recog- 
nize each  other  as  legitimate  religious 
organizations."  They  may  or  may  not  en- 
dorse each  other's  method  of  organisation, 
but  such  endorsement,  if  it  exists,  is  not 
the  basis  of  their  co-cperation,  but,  as  the 
preamble  clearly  states,  the  ground  of  their 
co-operation  is  their  oneness  in  Christ  Jesus, 
our  divine  Lord.  The  Roman  Catholic 
Church  can  not  enter  into  this  Federation, 
as  the  "Standard"  correctly  explains,  be- 
cause it  "refuses  to  regard  the  Protestant 
denominations  as  any  part  of  the  church,  or 
as  branches  of  the  church  of  Christ,  while 
all  true  Protestants  regard  Rome  as  an 
apostate  church."  Are  we  to  understand, 
then,  that  the  "Christian  Standard"  would 
have  the  churches  of  this  Reformation 
place  themselves  in  the  same  attitude 
toward  these  evangelical  Protestant  relig- 
ious bodies  as  the  Roman  Catholic  Church 
holds?  That  can  not  be.  The  •'Standard" 
puts  it  this  way: 

"The  contention  of  the  disciples  of  Christ 
in  the  Restoration  movement  is  that  frhile 
a  host  of  people  in  the  denominations  are 
Christians,  the  denominational  organizations 
themselves  are  not  churches  of  Christ  or 
branches  of  the  chuich  of  Christ.  These 
disciples  believe  denominationalism  to  be 
utterly  condemned  as  carnal  by  the  word  of 
God.  This  being  th.:  case,  these  brethren, 
as  churches  of  Christ,  could  not  federate 
with  denominational  churches  without  sur- 
rendering a  most  distinctive  principle  of 
their  plea." 

But  why  compare  the  denominational 
organizations  with  our  local  churches? 
We  have  some  national  organizations 
that  are  neither  "churches  of  Christ  or 
branches  of  the  church  of  Christ."  Are 
there  not  local  Churches  of  Christ,  within 
these  various  Protestant  organizations,  that 
deserve  that  name  quite  as  much  as  many 
of  the  local  churches  which  are  listed  as 
churches  of  Christ  among  us?  Some  of  the 
Protestant  bodies,  it  is  true,  have  their 
local  churches  so  organized  into  a  collective 
body  as  to  designate  the  entire  group  as 
a  Church,  for  instance,  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  the  Lutheran  Church,  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church,  etc. :  but  still  others 
hold  to  the  congregational  form  of  govern- 
ment, just  as  we  do,  and  speak  of  their 
churches  as  Baptist  churches,  or  Congre- 
gational churches,  or  Free  Baptist  church- 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


December  28,  1905 


etc  It  is  not  necessary,  however,  that 
those  of  us  who  hold  to  the  congregational 
form  of  government  should  endorse  the 
legitimacy  or  scripturalness  of  these  de- 
nominational organizations,  or  that  they  be 
required  to  endorse  our  theory  of  Congre- 
gationalism. The  question  of  organization 
does  not  figure  in  the  proposed  basis.  The 
only  question  is,  are  the  people  that  make 
up  these  several  religious  bodies  Christian 
in  their  faith  and  character?  If  so,  they 
are  "Christian  bodies,"  as  they  are  desig- 
nated in  the  proposed  basis  of  federation. 
Not  to  recognize  the  Christian  faith  and 
character  and  works  of  the  people  who  make 
up  these  great  evangelical  Protestant  bod- 
ies, and  to  refuse  to  co-operate  with  them, 
because  we  do  not  approve  their  methods 
of  denominational  organization,  would  be 
a  species  of  religious  bigotry  absolutely  in- 
tolerable in  this  century,  and  for  which  the 
Editor  of  the  "Christian  Standard"  could 
have  no  sympathy.  Instead  of  its  being 
true  that  we  of  this  Reformation  "can  not 
federate  with  denominational  churches  with- 
out surrendering  a  most  distinctive  prin- 
ciple of  our  plea,"  we  are  compelled,  by  the 
very  principles  we.  hold,  to  recognize  the 
unity  which  now  exists  among  Protestants, 
and  to  give  it  visible  expression,  by  co- 
operating, as  far  as  possible,  with  all  who 
love  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  and  acknowledge 
his  supreme  Lordship,  in  furthering  the 
interests  of  his  kingdom. 

The  issue  is  very  clearly  drawn.  We  are 
either  to  stand  aloof  as  Amalekites,  waging 
warfare  against  our  Protestant  brethren, 
and  having  no  part  in  the  great  union  move- 
ment that  is  now  setting  in,  and  to  which 
we  have  helped  to  give  impetus,  thereby 
inevitably  degenerating  into  a  sect  while 
ostensibly  fighting  sectarianism,  or  we  are 
to  lift  high  the  banner  of  Christian  union 
for  which  we  have  always  contended,  and 
enter  fully  into  every  movement  for  the 
unification  of  the  churches,  seeking  to  guide 
it  along  Scriptural  lines,  teaching  others 
what  the  Lord  has  taught  us  about  Chris- 
tian unity,  without  compromising  an  es- 
sential truth  or  principle,  and  learning  from 
others  what  the  Lord  may  have  taught 
them,  that  we  have  not  yet  learned,  and 
so  fulfilling  our  divine  mission  as  unifiers 
of  the  body  of  Christ.  Is  it  a  matter  of 
doubt  which  one  of  these  two  courses  we 
shall  pursue?  We  can  not  for  a  moment 
believe  it.  He  who  has  directed  our  course 
in  the  past,  will  lead  us  still  aright,  and 
guide  us,  as  we  believe,  by  his  gracious 
Spirit,  into  an  enlarging  and  victorious 
future. 

A  Brief  Forecast. 

The  Christian-Evangeust,  now  closing 
its  forty-second  volume  and  about  to  enter 
upon  its  forty-third,  submits  its  past  as 
the  best  evidence  of  what  it  is  to  be  the 
coming  year.  Experience  has  taught  us 
not  to  make  a  very  definite  and  complete 
outline  for  a  year  ahead.  The  world  moves 
too  fast  for  that,  if  a  paper  is  to  adapt  it- 
self to  current  issues  and  tendencies.  It 
will  be  our  aim  to  furnish  the  best  thought 
on  the  most  important  topics  of  current 
and  of  perennial  interest,  and  to  give  the 


latest  news  of  what  is  going  on  that  is 
worth  while. 

Beginning  with  our  next  issue  the  Editor 
will  contribute  an  editorial  serial  on  the 
history  of  Christian  union,  dealing  with  the 
subject  from  the  apostolic  age  to  the  pres- 
ent time,  which  may  run  several  months. 
It  is  believed  that  the  present  time  calls  for 
a  re-study  of  this  subject  in  the  light  of 
the  New  Testament  and  of  church  history. 
There  are  not  wanting  evidences  that  many 
among  us  have  lost  the  spirit  of  the  fathers, 
and  have  departed  from  the  breadth  and 
catholicity  of  their  teaching.  The  interest 
on  this  subject  is  now  so  wide-spread 
among  all  Christians  that  the  time  seems 
propitious  for  an  irenic  statement  that  will 
contribute  something  to  a  clearer  under- 
standing of  what  Christian  union  is  and 
what  it  involves,  among  the  various  bodies 
of  Protestants,  now  entering  into  a  closer 
co-operation  with  each  other. 

We  bespeak  the  co-operation  of  our  min- 
isters and  others  in  bringing  this  discus- 
sion to  the  attention  of  a  large  number  of 
ministers  in  other  religious  bodies.  An 
arrangement  for  an  exchange  of  church 
papers  between  ministers  living  in  the  same 
town  or  community  would  be  productive 
of  great  good  in  breaking  down  prejudices 
and  in  bringing  about  a  better  understand- 
ing of  each  other. 


Notes  and  Comments. 

Referring  to  the  status  of  the  members 
of  our  own  churches  who  were  present 
and  participated  in  the  Inter-Church  Con- 
ference in  New  York  City,  and  quoting 
from  the  "Interior"  the  statement  thai  "the 
actual  distinction  of  the  Federation  Con- 
ference from  all  such  predecessors  was  in 
the  official  appointment  of  its  delegates," 
the  "Christian  Standard"  says : 

"Then,  we  are  at  a  loss  to  understand 
how  these  brethren  became  'official'  dele- 
gates and  some  of  them  members  of  the 
Executive  Council,  while  the  Episcopal- 
ians present  remained  simply  visitors  and 
were  not  regarded  as  'official'  representa- 
tives of  their  church.  Evidently  some- 
body, through  misguided  zeal,  has  at- 
tempted to  put  the  people  whom  the  fed- 
eration management  designate  as  the  'Dis- 
ciples of  Christ'  in  a  false  position.  Will 
not  the  brethren  who  have  written  in  our 
columns  approvingly  of  the  meeting  tell 
us  how  they  came  to  be  regarded  as  'of- 
ficial' delegates  of  the  churches  of  Christ, 
and  explain  the  seeming  partiality  operat- 
ing in  their  favor  and  against  the  Episco- 
palians? It  is  due  their  brethren  and  due 
their  fellow  members  of  the  Federation 
Conference  that  this  matter  be  set  forth 
in  its  true  light.  We  are  sure  that  they 
will  disavow  being  'official'  delegates  for 
those  disciples  of  Christ  who  plead  for  the 
restoration  of  the  Christianity  of  the  New 
Testament." 


Now,  if  the  Editor  of  the  "Christian 
Standard"  had  only  been  a  careful  reader 
of  The  Christian-Evangelist  he  could 
have  had  this  mystery  cleared  up  before 
the  conference  assembled.  In  answer  to 
an  inquiry  coming  from  Texas  the  ex- 
planation which  the  "Standard"  asks  for 
was  given  in  our  issue  of  November  16, 
in  an  editorial  entitled,  "Who?  When?  and 
What?"     We  refer  the  editor  to  that  edi- 


torial for  a  complete  explanation  of  the 
status  of  these  brethren.  From  the  read- 
ing of  that  editorial  he  will  see  that 
his  conclusion  that  "evidently  somebody, 
through  misguided  zeal,  has  attempted  to 
put  the  people  whom  the  federation  man- 
agement designate  as  the  'Disciples  of 
Christ'  in  a  false  position,"  is  a  mistaken 
one  as  well  as  an  uncharitable  one.  It 
was  there  explained  that  no  convention 
had  appointed  these  brethren,  but  that  the 
Executive  Committee  of  the  federation 
movement  which  called  the  Inter-Church 
Conference,  invited  a  number  of  our  well- 
known  brethren  to  be  present  and  partici- 
pate in  the  conference,  representing  the 
people  whom  they  designate,  and  whom 
Alexander  Campbell  designated,  and  whom 
most  of  us  designate,  as  the  Disciples  of 
Christ,  or  Christian  churches. 
# 
This  courteous  invitation  was  no  doubt 
based  on  the  fact  that  our  national  conven- 
tion at  Omaha  had  passed  a  resolution 
favoring  the  principle  of  federation,  or  co- 
operation among  Christian  bodies,  as  far 
as  possible,  as  a  means  of  promoting  that 
unity  for  which  our  Lord  prayed.  The 
Executive  Committee  would  have  been  al- 
most justified,  in  the  absence  of  any  such 
resolution,  however,  in  taking  for  granted 
that  a  Christian  union  movement  like  ours 
would  not  withhold  its  endorsement  and 
co-operation  from  any  movement  that  looks 
toward  the  unification  of  the  divided  forces 
of  Christendom.  The  managers  of  this  con- 
ference were  not  in  any  way  "deceived," 
but  understood  perfectly  the  capacity  in 
which  these  representatives  were  there. 
Nor  was  there  the  slightest  discrimination 
against  them  because  of  the  lack  of  any 
officialism  in  the  method  of  their  appoint- 
ment. The  fact  is,  the  men  who  consti- 
tuted that  conference  were  far  less  con- 
cerned about  formalities  of  appointment 
than  they  were  about  the  fulfillment  of 
Christ's  prayer  for  the  unity  of  his  disciples. 

"What  a  hopeless  and  helpless  condition 
we  are  in,"  writes  a  correspondent,  "if 
we  are  not  to  have  the  divine  Helper  in  us, 
and  with  us,  and  for  us  all  the  time,  and 
in  greater  measure,  and  how  can  we  get 
it  without  prayer?"  There  is  no  mistak- 
ing the  mind  and  temper  of  the  great 
mass  of  the  brethren  on  this  vital  subject. 
If  men  were  guided  more  by  their  heart 
and  less  by  their  mere  intellect  on  such  a 
topic  they  would  be  led  nearer  the  truth. 
We  doubt  not  that  every  one  of  these 
brethren  who  has  written  against  praying 
for  the  Holy  Spirit,  tramples  down  his  own 
theory  when  he  kneels  in  the  presence  of 
God,  alone,  to  ask  for  wisdom  and  strength 
in  the  preaching  of  the  word,  and  in  bearing 
up  under  the  trials  and  burdens  of  life. 
Thomas  Munnell  once  wrote  on  this  sub- 
ject: "Some  theories  take  a  front  seat 
in  our  sermons,  but  a  back  seat  in  our 
prayers.  I  have  always  noticed  that  Chris- 
tians, the  most  ultra  on  the  word-alone 
while  in  discussion,  always  imply  the 
agency  of  the  Spirit  in  their  prayers." 
It  is  well  that  men's  lives  are  often 
better  than  their  theories  and  their  prayers 
better  than  their  sermons. 


December  28,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAX-EVANGELIS'J  . 


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Editor's  Easy  Chair. 

This  last  Easy  Chair  sitting  for  the  Old 
Year  is  the  time  for  our  annual  council. 
It.  will  be  remembered  that  a  year  ago  we 
threw  on  an  extra  back-log,  enlarg-d  our 
circle,,  and  in  the  glowing  light  of  the  ruddy 
fire,  talked  over  the  memories  of  the  past 
and  the  hopes  of  the  future.  Since  that 
time  our  circle  has  been  increased  by  the 
admission  of  several  thousand  new  mem- 
bers, so  that  we  are  now  a  great  host 
stretching  across  vast  states  and  territo- 
ries, from  ocean  to  ocean,  crossing  over  the 
seas  and  girdling  the  globe.  But  in  im- 
agination we  are  all  together  tonight, 
brothers  and  sisters  all,  without  a  missing 
member.  True,  many  of  those  who  sat 
with  us  in  council  a  year  ago  have  passed 
on  into  a  higher  sphere ;  but  we  count  even 
those  as  present  with  us,  in  spirit,  sharing 
with  us  in  our  joys  and  sorrows,  and  in- 
terested in  all  that  relates  to  human  wel- 
fare and  happiness.  Tonight  finds  us  all 
a  year's  march  nearer  home.  We  have  one 
year  less  of  temptation  and  trial,  but  we 
have  also  one  year  jess  in  which  to  serve 
our  Master  and  our  fellow  men.  Life  is 
simply  opportunity,  and  it  all  depends  on 
what  use  we  make  of  the  opportunity  as 
to  whether  life  shall  be  to  us  a  blessing 
or  a  curse. 

Not  enjoyment  and  not  sorrow, 
Is  our  destined  end  and  way, 

But  to  live  that  each  tomorrow 
Finds  us  further  than  today. 

® 

If  we  were  to  asic  each  one  of  you  tonight, 
one  by  one,,  the  question,  "What  has  been 
the  most  valuable  experience  in  your  life 
the  past  year?"  what  would  be  your  an- 
swer? Face  that  question  till  you  answer 
it  for  yourselves.  Suppose  we  should  ask 
you,  "What  is  the  chief  mistake  of  your 
life  during  the  past  year?"  You  would 
not  probably  care  to  answer  either  of  these 
questions  for  the  Easy  Chair  or  for  any- 
one else.  We  care  to  have  you  answer  them 
only  to  yourselves,  for  the  answer  to  the 
first  of  these  will  be  the  white  light  mark- 
ing the  path  of  safety,  and  the  answer  to 
the  other  will  be  the  red  signal  light  of 
danger.  We  may  profit  by  our  mistakes 
as  well  as  by  our  successes.  A  slip  from 
the  path  of  rectitude  often  renders  one  con- 
scious of  his  weakness  and  leads  him  to 
fortify  his  character  at  that  point.  On  the 
other  hand,  sometimes  success  or  popular- 
ity, or  even  a  moral  triumph,  may  prove 
a  snare  to  us  if  we  allow  ourselves  thereby 
to  overestimate  our  own  strength.  The 
spiritual  pride  of  the  Pharisees  was  a 
greater  offense  to  Jesus  than  the  conscious 
sinfulness  of  the  outcast.  If  we  fail  we 
must  cultivate  courage;  if  we  succeed  we 
must   cultivate   humility. 

@ 

What  a  year  this  1905  has  been!  What 
political  upheavals !  What  sad  revelations 
of  dishonest  methods  in  politics  and  in 
business !  What  investigations  have  been 
carried  on,  uncovering  to  the  gaze  oi  the 
world  selfish  greed,  disregard  of  others' 
rights,  and  dishonest  methods  which  ignore 
the  law  of  God  and  of  man.  But  to  see  all 
this  and  not  to  see  that,  behind  it  all  and 


beneath  it  all,  is  a  rising  moral  public  sen- 
timent which  is  demanding  better  things, 
is  to  see  only  half  the  picture  and  to  be- 
come pessimistic.  The  year  marks  sub- 
stantial, progress  in  commercial  and  polit- 
ical reform,  higher  ideals,  greater  freedom 
from  party  dominance  in  the  face  of  moral 
issues,  and  a  deeper  purpose  to  make  our 
political  life  in  the  city,  state,  and  nation 
more  worthy  of  the  people  who  have  been  so 
signally  blessed  of  heaven.  In  the  religious 
sphere  the  progress  has  been  no  less  marked. 
Indeed,  so  great  has  been  the  modification 
of  old  religious  ideas  and  customs,  and  so 
rapidly  have  old-time  prejudices  and  secta- 
rian bigotry  given  way  before  the  advance 
of  light  and  truth,  that  a  large  part  of  the 
people  are  unaware  of  the  present  religious 
whereabouts  of  each  other.  Every  coming 
together  of  the  representatives  of  different 
religious  bodies  is  a  revelation  of  the  one- 
ness of  feeling  and  of  sentiment  mani- 
fested upon  questions  about  which  they 
once   differed   so  widely. 

An  illustration  of  what  we  have  just 
said  about  the  rapid  movement  of  thought 
is  seen,  occasionally,  in  the  work  of  some 
belated  skeptic,  who  seizes  his  pea  and 
makes  a  furious  assault  upon  some  musty 
dogmas  which  have  long  since  been  remand- 
ed to  the  theological  scrap-pile !  Now  and 
then  an  editor  of  a  religious  journal,  or  a 
preacher  set  for  the  defense  of  "the  faith 
once  for  all  delivered  to  the  saints,"  opens 
fire  on  an  intrenchment  that  has  long 
since  been  vacated  by  the  enemy!  The 
fact  is,  one  must  keep  wide  awake  and 
watch  closely  present-day  movements  to 
know  whether  he  is  fighting  a  living  or  a 
dead  foe.  One  of  the  greatest  surprises, 
as  well  as  one  of  the  greatest  sources  of 
joy  and  satisfaction,  at  the  late  Inter- 
Church  Conference  in  New  York  City,  was 
the  mutual  discovery  of  how  much  alike 
were  the  representatives  of  the  various  re- 
ligious bodies.  But  is  not  this  just  what 
we  ought  to  expect,  and  is  it  not  just  what 
is  bound  to  occur,  if  we  are  all  headed  to- 
ward Christ  as  our  common  goal?  Among 
the  characteristics  of  the  year  we  would 
mention,  therefore,  the  rapid  growth  in 
Christian  union  sentiment.  It  is  this  that 
is  making  possible  union  evangelistic  ef- 
forts. The  coming  year  we  predict  will  be 
marked  in  a  larger  degree  by  these  union 
evangelistic  meetings  both  in  cities  and  in 
towns.  Our  evangelists  are  to  take  a  prom- 
inent part  in  these  union  meetings  m  the 
future,  because  Protestants  have  reached 
a  degree  of  freedom  and  toleration  of  dif- 
ferences that  makes  this  possible. 

@ 

Now,  we  are  going  to  make  a  suggestion 
and  a  request  of  all  our  Easy  Chair  read- 
ers. It  is  a  very  important  one  and  we  wish 
you  to  think  over  the  matter  very  care- 
fully before  you  say  us  nay.  During  the 
coming  year  the  Sunday  schools  of  Chris- 
tendom will  be  largely  engaged  in  study- 
ing the  life  of  Christ,  as  it  is  presented  in 
the  first  three  Gospels.  It  is  an  opportu- 
nity not  often  presented  for  a  systematic 
study  of  the  life  of  Christ.  We  wish  to- 
request  all  our  readers  to  enter  upon  that 
study.  If  it  is  possible  for  you  to  enter 
the  Sunday  school,  and  become  a  member 
or  a  teacher  of  some  class,  do  so;  if  that 


is  not  practicable  take  up  the  study  at 
home  and  follow  the  lessons  in  the  Sunday 
K>L  All  the  real  religious  progress  that 
is  to  come  to  this  world  must  come  through 
a  better  knowledge  of  Christ.  If  we  are 
more  united  today  than  we  were  a  genera- 
tion ago;  if  we  have  more  charity  for  each 
other,  place  a  lower,  estimate  upon  the 
things  which  divide,  and  a  higher  esti- 
mate upon  the  things  which  unite  us,  it 
is  because  we  have  a  better  knowledge  of 
Christ  and  have  entered  more  deeply  into 
his  Spirit.  What  the  whole  Church  uni- 
versal needs  today,  then,  to  heal  it-  divis- 
ions, its  backslidings,  correct  its  errors 
and  send  it  forward,  a  united  and  conquer- 
ing force,  is  a  better  knowledge  of  Christ 
and  greater  allegiance  to  his  will.  We  can 
do  nothing,  therefore,  to  promote  Chris- 
tian union  more  effectively  than  to  sit  at 
the  feet  of  Christ  for  a  whole  year,  that 
we  may  learn  his  will  and  imbibe  his  Spirit. 

0 

Today  the  great  snowflakes  are  coming 
down  like  so  many  white-winged  messen- 
gers of  peace  from  a  higher  sphere.  They 
are  not  more  numerous  than  the  mercies 
of  God  which  have  crowned  the  year  now 
closing.  As  these  pure  white  crystals, 
softly  falling,  cover  with  their  mantle  of 
purity  all  the  uncleanness  and  ugliness  of 
the  earth,  so  God's  blessings,  which  come 
down  unceasingly  from  the  "Father  of 
lights,"  are  designed  to  make  this  earth 
the  abode  of  peace  and  righteousness.  But 
how  have  we  responded  to  all  these  tokens 
of  divine  love?  That  is  a  question  which 
comes  to  us  as  we  sit  by  the  embers  of  the 
dying  year.  Truly,  "it  is  a  time  for  mem- 
ory and  for  tears."  When  memory  re- 
calls the  tender  way  in  which  God  has 
shown  his  love  to  us,  in  "healing  all  our 
diseases"  and  in  "forgiving  ail  our  iniqui- 
ties," and  then  reminds  us  how  forgetful 
we  have  been  to  seek  his  face,  and  to  do 
his  will,  is  it  any  wonder  that  our  eyes  are 
dimmed  with  penitential  tears?  We  can 
only   say   with   the   psalmist — 

"  Surely  goodness  and  loving  kindness  shall  follow 
me  all  the  days  of  my  life, 
And  I  shall  dwell  in  the  house  of  Jehovah  forever:- 

& 

The  clock  is  soon  to  strike  the  knell  of 
the  departing  year.  Our  circle  will  soon 
be  broken.  Ere  we  separate,  what  word  of 
hope  and  cheer  can  we  give  you  ?  Let  it  be 
the  Master's  word:  'Peace  I  leave  with 
you ;  my  peace  I  give  unto  you ;  not  as  the 
world  giveth,  give  I  unto  you."  The 
world  gives  material  wealth  as  its  legacy. 
But  Christ  gives  peace  to  his  disciples. 
Have  we  received  it?  Do  we  fret  and 
worry  about  what  we  shall  eat  and  drink 
and  wear,  just  like  the  world?  Are  we 
anxious  and  careworn  about  material 
things,  just  as  if  we  had  no  legacy  of 
peace  which  we  can  appropriate  if  we  will? 
If  so,  let  us  resolve  to  trust  our  heavenly 
Father  more  and  fret  less.  He  careth  for 
us.  He  loves  our  children  better  than  we 
do.  He  knows  what  is  best  for  us.  Why 
should  not  we  enter  upon  a  life  of  real 
faith  and  trust?  Why  not  accept  his  prof- 
fered legacy  of  peace — a  fruit  of  that  di- 
vine Paraclete,  or  Comforter,  whom  he 
sends  to  all  who  will  receive  him?  So 
shall  our  lives  be  happier,  sweeter,  and 
far  more  effective  in  winning  others  to 
the  love  and  service  of  Christ.  .  .  .  The 
clock  strikes  twelve  !  Good-bye.  Old  Year ! 
A  happy  New  Year  to  all  our  readers ! 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


December  28,  1905 


As  Seen  From  the  Dome     By  f.  d.  Power 


We  have  come  again  in  the  circle  of  the 
year  to  the  time  when  the  old  angelic  story 
of  peace  and  good  will  to  men  is  retold  in 
all  its  freshness  and  beauty.  It  is  always 
new.  joyous,  helpful.  It  always  brightens 
the  home,  gladdens  the  children,  inspires 
youth,  lifts  the  cares  of  manhood,  quickens 
the  blood  of  old  age.  It  is  announced  to 
us  in  the  most  exquisite  idyl  that  ever  fell 
upon  mortal  ears.  It  is  the  only  thing 
that  ever  broke  ou<-  of  the  stillness  of 
heaven  into  the  din  of  this  world  that  men 
call  Gospel,  the  Gospel. 

A  mile  from  Bethlehem,  on  a  December 
night,  a  few  humble  shepherds  are  caring 
for  their  flocks.  The  announcement  comes 
not  to  the  great  world  at  Rome,  nor  even 
to  the  grave  ecclesiastics  at  Jerusalem,  but 
to  a  handful  of  obscure  laborers  in  an  open 
field  under  the  stars.  Filled  with  wonder 
they  say  one  to  another :  "Come,  let  us  go 
unto  Bethlehem  and  see  this  thing  which 
is  come  to  pass,  which  the  Lord  hath  made 
known  unto  us,"  and  they  take  their  way 
up  the  terraced  hill,  through  the  moonlit 
gardens  of  the  little  town,  till  they  reach 
the  village  inn.  From  Nazareth,  eighty 
miles  away  to  the  north,  Joseph,  the  car- 
penter, had  come  with  his  wife  Mary  to 
be  enrolled  in  the  Roman  census,  and  be- 
cause of  the  crowded  condition  of  the 
inn,  amid  the  straw  spread  for  the  cattle, 
without  appearance  of  worldly  comfort 
or  splendor,  Jesus  is  born,  the  King  of  the 
Jews,  the  Lord  of  the  universe.  The  poor 
shepherds  make  their  way  to  the  rude  cara- 
vanserai and  to  the  ruder  cave  or  enclos- 
ure assigned  to  the  cattle,  and  there  they 
find  Joseph  and  Mary  and  the  Babe  lying 
in  a  manger.  This  Is  the  incarnation,  the 
event  which  called  forth  the  angel  song, 
the  beginning  of  th-  joy  of  all  ages  and 
of  all  peoples. 

What  is  there  in  the  Christmastide  that 
should  occasion  rejoicing?  Christ  is  an- 
nounced as  a  Savior,  the  Savior  of  the 
world.  "Thou  shalt  call  his  name  Jesus, 
for  he  shall  save  his  people  from  their 
sins."  For  centuries  the  harps  of  heaven 
had  sounded  promise  of  his  coming  as  a 
matter  of  exceeding  and  universal  joy.  It 
was  the  theme  when  the  morning  stars 
sang  together.  It  was  heard  in  Eden  and 
among  the  patriarchs  and  breathed  in  the 
songs  of  prophets  and  in  the  psalms  of 
David,  and  was  the  hope  of  Zion  in  bond- 
age and  exile  and  persecution  and  death. 
And  this  was  the  ground  of  rejoicing,  that 
Messiah  at  his  coming  should  redeem 
Israel.  He  is  announced,  however,  as  the 
Savior  of  the  whole  world  As  Noah's 
flood  prevailed  over  the  tops  of  the  moun- 
tains, so  the  flood  of  Christ's  redemption 
was  to  cover  the  mountains  of  sin.  "He 
tasted  death  for  every  man.'  "He  gave 
himself  a  ransom  for  all."  "He  is  a  pro- 
pitiation for  the  sins  of  the  whole  world." 
This  sweet  story  was  to  be  glad  tidings  of 
great  joy  unto  all  people — "all  people." 
Apostles  were  commanded  to  go  into  all 
the  world  and  preach  this  Gospel  unto 
every  creature — "every  creature."  Men 
no  longer  need   walk  the  earth  with  bare 


feet  on  iron  spikes,  or  agonize  under  self- 
inrlicted  stripes,  or  chain  themselves  on 
mountain  rocks,  or  sit  as  Simeon  Stylites 
for  thirty  years  on  top  of  a  pillar,  clothed 
in  goat  skin  and  wearing  an  iron  collar 
and  holding  a  cross  in  his  arms,  suffering 
cold,  heat,  fever,  aches  and  cramps,  and 
day  and  night,  in  all  weathers,  rain,  wind, 
frost,  hail  and  sleet  and  snow,  crying, 
"Mercy,  Lord  Jesus,  mercy!"  "The  blood 
of  Jesus  Christ,  God's  Son,  cleanseth  from 
all  sin" — all  sin.  Shall  not  a  Gospel  like 
this  be  a  source  of  eternal  rejoicing?  Shall 
any  peace  of  the  year  be  to  us  like 
the  peace  of  Christmas,  any  joy  of  our  holy 
religion  be  like  the  joy  which  fills  and 
thrills  us  at  the  coming  of  this  all  sufficient, 
all  prevailing  Savior? 

Then  Christ  comes  as  a  loving,  joy-giv- 
ing friend.  It  is  not  simply  deliverance 
from  spiritual  bondage  that  endears  Christ 
to  us  today,  but  his  presence  with  us  as 
an  elder  brother,  the  fellowship  which  we 
have  day  by  day  with  him.  Not  only  is 
he  a  mighty  Savior,  a  glorious  Redeemer, 
a  King  of  kings  and  Lord  of  lords,  whom 
we  are  to  adore,  but  he  is  a  close  and 
sympathizing  and  familiar  friend  whom  lit- 
tle children  do  not  fear,  and  poor  and  help- 
less and  humble  people  may  approach.  He 
comes  a  babe  and  his  first  friends  are  shep- 
herds. What  a  picture  the  manger  fur- 
nishes of  his  humanity,  humility,  acces- 
sibility! Here  is  occasion  for  universal 
rejoicing.  The  great  gift  comes  not  to 
kings  only,  nor  philosophers,  nor  men 
rolling  in  wealth  and  exalted  in  splendor, 
but  poor  men  find  him,  wise  men  worship 
him,;  the  wealth  of  the  Orient  flows  to  him 
and  angels  from  heaven  do  him  homage. 
Like  the  sunlight  that  floods  alike  the  pal- 
ace and  the  prisoner's  cell ;  pours  its  glory 
upon  the  mountain  and  wave,  yet  gives  joy 
to  the  insect  and  the  wayside  grass  and 
touches  the  tiniest  thing  with  a  gladness 
that  makes  it  great;  so  does  this  Savior's 
love  come  to  the  meanest  and  the  lowli- 
est. He  restores  the  bruised  reed.  He  re- 
vives the  weakest  natures  beneath  his 
smile.  He  lifts  to  his  bosom  in  deepest 
tenderness  the  little  child.  Shall  we  not  be 
glad  then  at  the  announcement  by  angels 
of  this  great  Dayspring  from  on  high? 

Most  of  all  there  is  joy  at  the  Christmas- 
time because  Christ  comes  to  reveal  the 
existence  of  our  heavenly  home  and  to 
prepare  us  for  it.  The  chief  joy  of  the 
season  is  with  loved  ones  in  the  family, 
in  the  remembrance  of  father  and  mother 
and  brothers  and  sisters,  in  the  beautiful 
happiness  of  childhood.  And  men  who  are 
old  and  gray,  off  on  the  plains  or  away  out 
at  sea  in  ships,  or  wandering  in  foreign 
lands,  or  whose  old  homes  have  long  since 
been  sold  under  the  hammer  or  gone  to 
ruin,  and  whose  parents  have  lain  for 
many  years  under  the  sod,  and  whose  child- 
hood days  are  away  back  in  the  past,  at 
such  a  time  are  filled  with  thoughts  of  the 
home  and  touched  to  tears  by  the  flood  of 
memories  that  come  over  their  spirits. 
But  dearest  of  all  thoughts  is  that  of  the 
Father's  house  where  all   shall   some  time 


gather  and  never  more  go  out,  where  the 
loved  ones  who  have  kept  the  season  with 
us  in  days  gone  by,  and  whose  voices  now 
are  silent,  are  already  safely  housed,  and 
where  this  same  Jesus  whom  the  angels 
heralded  on  the  plains  of  Bethlehem  shall 
in  the  great  day  receive  his  people  to 
dwell  forever  with  himself.  Men  and 
women  are  made  glad  and  strong  forever 
more  by  this  knowledge. 

The  emperor  of  Constantinople  became 
greatly  offended  with  the  saintly  Bishop 
Chrysostom.  One  day,  violently  enraged, 
he  said  in  the  presence  of  his  courtiers : 
"I  wish  I  could  be  avenged  on  that  bishop." 
Each  of  the  courtiers  gave  his  opinion  as 
to  what  would  be  the  most  effective 
mode  of  punishing  one. to  whom  their  mas- 
ter had  such  great  aversion.  The  first 
said:  "Banish  him  to  such  a  distance  that 
you  will  never  see  him  again."  The  second 
said:  "No,  confiscate  his  property."  The 
third  exclaimed:  "Throw  him  into 
prison!"  The  fourth  asked:  "Are  you 
not  master  of  his  Jife  as  well  as  of  his 
property?  Why  do  you  not  get  rid  of  him 
by  putting  him  to  death  ?"  The  fifth  speak- 
er shrewdly  said:  "You  are  all  under  a 
great  mistake.  The  emperor  may  find  a 
better  way  of  punishing  the  bishop.  If 
you  were  to  send  this  man  into  exile  he 
would  take  his  God  with  him.  If  you  con- 
fiscate his  goods  you  rob  the  poor,  not 
him.  If  he  were  thrown  into  a  dungeon 
he  would  be  all  the  better  pleased  as  he 
would  then  have  time  and  solitude  for 
communion  with  his  Maker.  Condemning 
him  to  die  would  be  to  open  the  gates  of 
heaven  to  him.  No,  if  the  Emperor  really 
wishes  to  be  avenged  upon  Chrysostom 
he  must  force  him  to  commit  some  sin, 
for  he  is  a  man  who  fears  neither  exile, 
poverty,  chains  nor  death,  being  afraid  of 
nothing  but  sin."  So  Christ  takes  away 
all  fear;  fills  men  evermore  with  joy  and 
peace  that  passeth  understanding,  and 
opens  to  us  all  the  riches  of  heaven  as  our 
reward. 

Is  he  not  then  indeed  the  light  of  the 
world?  Have  men  not  received  as  their 
Christmas  present  the  "unspeakable  gift"? 
Are  not  these  glad  tidings  "glad  tidings  of 
great  joy  unto  all  people"?  Again  the 
Christmas  season  has  come  and  gone; 
again  the  joy  of  his  coming  has  filled  the 
earth;  again  the  angel  song  has  thrilled 
the  world  like  a  great  glad  anthem,  and 
shall  not  the  principles  he  taught  be 
mightier  in  their  sway  in  our  hearts  and 
homes,  in  our  society  and  among  the  nations 
of  the  earth  because  of  the  renewal  of  the 
festival  ?  Who  can  realize  the  true  secret 
of  Christmas  rejoicing  and  yet  refuse  to 
be  a  follower  of  this  Savior  or  withhold 
from  him  for  an  hour  his  obedience? 

@  @ 
An  old  legend  says  that  Joseph  of  Ari- 
mathea  established  a  church  at  Glaston- 
bury, England,  and  that  from  his  staff 
which  he  stuck  in  the  ground  there  sprang 
up  a  miraculous  hawthorn  bush  which  ever 
afterwards  blossomed  on  Christmas  in  mem- 
ory of  his  sanctity  and  labors.  Shoud  not 
we  as  "trees  of  righteousness"  produce  at 
this  season  blossoms  of  praise,  thanksgiv- 
ing, benevolence  and   love? — John  Gordon. 


December  28,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


H81 


None  Of  Us  Liveth  to  Himself    By  Cephas  Shelburne 


"For  none  of  us  liveth  to  himself."  This 
is  the  statement  of  a  universal  principle, 
the  general  law  that  binds  all  together. 
God  has  grouped  atoms  in  particles,  part- 
icles into  worlds,  worlds  into  systems,  sys- 
tems into  cycles  and  epicycles.  Astron- 
omy states  this  general  priciple  in  Keplar's 
three  great  laws  of  planetary  movements, 
and  in  Newton's  grand  law  of  gravitation. 
Every  particle  of  matter  in  the  universe 
influences  every  other  particle  and  is  in 
turn  influenced  by  every  other  particle. 

A  pebble  dropped  into  the  still  lake 
ripples  in  concentric  circles  until  it  affects 
the  whole  surface  and  beats  upon  the  en- 
tire shores.  A  sound  may  disturb  the  air 
surface  of  the  globe,  one  little  deflection 
of  the  planet  earth  would  disturb  our 
whole  solar  system,,  and  this,  every  other 
system.  So  that  it  were  possible,  yea, 
certain,  that  the  stepping  aside  of  this  one 
seemingly  isolated  member  would  disturb 
the  whole  universe  of  God.  The  same  law 
and  rule  of  action  extends  to  human  kind 
and  to  mental   and   spiritual   states. 

M.  Renan  has  said  that  "a  nation  is  a 
spiritual  family,  bound  together  by  mental 
and  spiritual  ties,"  and  states  that  the  es- 
sential of  a  nation  is  that  all  her  members 
should  have  many  things  in  common.  The 
essential  rule  of  the  early  church  was, 
"And  they  that  believed  were  together,  and 
had  all  things  common."  This  should  be 
the  grand  law  of  spiritual  gravitation  for 
the  family,  the  state,  and  the  church  today, 
as  much  as  is  possible  the  "together  and 
all  things  common." 

It  is  possible  for  one  act  or  thought,  one 
independent  course  or  stepping  aside,  to 
influence  a  whole;  family,  neighborhood, 
state  or  nation,  and  disturb  the  entire 
surface  of  society.  Even  a  thought  unex- 
pressed may  influence  another  mind  and 
direct  another's  course  in  life.  Thio  is 
mental  telepathy — even  thoughts  ;an  not 
live  to  themselves.  1  he  man  of  the  inner 
life,  one  who  like  Cassius  thinks  much, 
may  be  far  more  dangerous  or  influential 
for  good  than  the  man  of  the  outer  life, 
the  man  of  affairs  like  the  great  Caesar. 
Nothing  is  simple,  exclusive ;  all  is  complex. 
Neither  thought  nor  action,  pleasure  nor 
power,  living  nor  dying  is  self-contained. 
It  is  not  possible  for  any  one  to  occupy  a 
neutral  or  indifferent  position.  There  can 
be  no  force  in  all  nature,  or  any  gift  or 
talent  of  man,  or  any  thought  or  act  of 
his  that  is  self-contained  and  non-  com- 
municative, that  liveth  to  self.  From 
the  very  highest  attribute  of  God,  Christ, 
angel,  saint,  to  the  ultimate  particle  of 
matter,  do  you  find  anything  great  or 
small  shut  up  in  itself,  beginning  and  ter- 
minating upon  self?  Not  a  sun  but  pours 
out  its  light  and  heat — not  a  star  but  re- 
flect it;  not  a  flower  but  sheds  it  in  fra- 
grance or  beauty;  not  a  cloud  but  fringes 
itself  with  its  silver  and  gold;  not  a  blade 
of  grass  but  throws  back  its  color.  Shall 
man  alone  of  all  God's  creatures,  on  whom 
has  been  bestowed  more  abundantly,  with- 
hold his  blessings  and  refuse  to  distribute 
to  others?     God  never  meant  man  to  be 


selfish,  religion  to  terminate  with  self.  He 
gives  that  we  may  distribute,  he  concen- 
trates upon  us  that  we  may  scatter,  he  en- 
lightens that  we  may  shine,  he  loves  that 
we  may  bestow  love. 

There  is,  there  can  be,  no  such  thing  as 
a  selfish,  unconsecrated  Christian  in  God's 
world  of  bounty  and  of  beauty  There  is 
nothing  under  the  stars  that  is  not  in- 
tended to  be  like  God,  and  fill  its  mission 
in  the  kingdom  of  heaven.  The  being  who 
is  always  receiving,  but  never  giving;  who 
is  always  being  blessed,,  but  never  distrib- 
utes blessings ;  who  is  always  being  loved 
but  is  neved  lovely — is  out  of  place  in  a 
world  of  beauty  and  bounty,  love]  and 
peace. 

Do  you  know  what  makes  beauty  in  the 
natural  world?  It  is  every  object,  grass, 
flowers,  sky  and  sunset,  taking  up  the  clear, 
white  light  of  the  sun  that  is  poured  out 
in  generous  tides  and  separating  it  into 
its  primary  colors  and  reflecting  them 
back  to  us — making  themselves  and  all 
things  beautiful.  So  the  clear,  white  light 
of  God's  love  is  poured  out  in  channels  of 
his  providence  and  grace,  and  we,  upon 
whom  they  fall,  separate  them  into  the  ele- 
ments of  the  Christian  graces  and  fruits 
of  the  Spirit,  and  throw  them  abundantly 
outside  of  ourselves,  making  the  world  bet- 
ter and  happier  for  our  having  lived  in  it. 
An  object  is  black  that  absorbs  all  the 
sun's  light  and  gives  back  none.  The  Chris- 
tian who  is  dark,  not  sunny  and  bright, 
simply  absorbs  all  the  good  and  gives  noth- 
ing back,  all  ending  with  self — selfish.  God 
never  intended  it  so. 

Just  as  the  spider,  crouched  at  the  cen- 
ter of  its  intricate,  wide-stretching  and 
woven-together  web,  by  its  movement  vi- 
brates the  whole  to  its  uttermost  extremity, 
"So,"  says  Mr.  Beecher,  "is  it  with  man.  He 
stands  at  the  center  of  a  vast  web  of 
wide-reaching  influences,  and  every  one  of 
these  outrunning  lines  thrills  and  vibrates 
at  his  very  touch  and  thought."  And  the 
great  problem  of  life  is  how  to  regulate 
yourself  amid  all  this  intricate  network  of 
which  you  are  the  center,  so  as  to  get  the 
most  and  best  out  of  life  and  put  the  most 
and  best  into  the  lives  of  others.  The  art 
in  living  is  how  to  carry  yourself  through 
this  intricate  network  of  God's  weaving 
and  ours ;  this  seeming  competition  and 
clash,  this  good  and  evil,  riches  and  pover- 
ty, education  and  ignorance,  wires  and 
traffic,  trade  and  commerce,  pleasure  and 
pain,  life  and  death,  and  at  last  come 
through  it  all  with  credit  to  your  manhood, 
having  kept  your  equilibrium,  faith,  and 
with  justice  and  charity  toward  all. 

If  I  had  to  say  what  one  spirit,  disposi- 
tion or  rule  of  life  would  carry  a  man 
safely  through  this  complex  mechanism 
that  we  call  life,  I  would  say  the  unselfish 
spirit,  the  altruistic,  the  other-self  spir- 
it. This  is  the  spirit  that  will  come 
into  any  crowd  and  leaven,  reconcile,  har- 
monize. This  is  the  "peace,  be  still,"  spirit 
that  brings  all  the  strings  of  the  complex 
instrument  into  harmony  I  know  of  no 
spirit    that    will    harmonize    society    in    all 


it  varied  dispositions  so  much  as  the  un- 
selfish, altruistic  spirit;  shall  I  say,  Love? 
The  spirit  of  love  not  only  distributes  joy, 
but  thrills  its  own  heart  with  joy  and  hap- 
piness. The  spirit  of  love  is  its  own  bless- 
ing and  happiness;  its  desire  is  to  throw 
this  element  abundantly  outside  of  itself, 
and  become  a  blessing  and  happiness  to 
all  around  it.  It  stops  not  at  friend  or 
kindred,  but  goes  out  to  its  enemy  and 
foe.  To  live  soberly  righteously,  honestly, 
justly,  charitably,  is  to  live  in  peace  and 
harmony  with  our-  environment  Any 
thing  like  envy,  malice,  competition,  strife, 
hatred,  temper,  sin  in  any  form,  is  con- 
flicting, destructive,  and  breaks  up  the 
peace  and  harmony  of  things.  But  the 
opposites  of  these  bring  all  into  the  same 
pitch  and  tone  with  themselves,  and 
when  struck  the  result  is  music. 

"Love  takes  up  the  harp  of  life 
And  smites  on  all  the  chords  with  might. 
Smites  the  chord  of  self  that,  trembling. 
Passes  in  music  out  of  sight." 

Such  a  spirit  is  William  Penn,  the 
Quaker,  as  he  stands  with  his  little  band 
of  brethren,  all  unarmed,  under  the  wide- 
spreading  elm,  in  the  "clear  sweet  air  of 
Pennsylvania,"  making  a  treaty  of  friend- 
ship with  the  wild,  untutored  Indians,  "not 
to  wrest  their  lands  by  violence,  but  to 
obtain  them  by  peaceful  purchase."  With- 
out hostile  weapons,  but  with  good  faith, 
good  will,  which  provoked  like  spirit  in 
the  red  men  of  the  forest,  they  "entered 
the  land  and  inhabited  therein  as  safe  as  if 
there  had  been  thousands  of  garrisons." 
To  live  in  such  a  way  that  there  shall  pro- 
ceed from  your  life  influences  for  good, 
that  comfort,  cheer,  instruct;  that  love, 
heal,  bless;  that  dispel  doubt  and 
gloom,  trouble  and  suffering,  and  give 
faith,  hope,  sunshine — this  is  the  no-man 
liveth-to-himself  spirit. 

I  once  saw  a  great  orchestra  getting 
ready — tuning  their  instruments.  There 
was  much  discord  and  jar,  breaking  of 
strings  and  unpleasant  sounds.  But  in  half 
an  hour  Theodore  Thomas  stood  before 
the  hundred  players,  and  with  one  move- 
ment of  his  hand  every  instrument  was  in 
play  and  beautiful  accord,  like  Milton's 
heaven's  gate,  "harmonious  sound  on 
golden  hinges  moving." 

Something  like  this  is  life  with  its  jars 
and  discords,  breaking  of  strings,  tuning 
of  instruments,  efforts  to  harmonize — until 
in  a  better  day  and  more  glorious,  all  the 
strings  shall  be  brought  into  sweet  accord, 
and  all  in  tune  with  vhe  Infinite.  Then  shall 
the  Master  Player  and  Director  of  all 
stand  before  the  redeemed  and  faithful, 
and  under  the  moving  of  his  spirit  and 
word  of  welcome  plaudit,  there  shall  be 
struck  the  "chord  of  music  like  the  sound 
of  the  Great  Amen!" 

Huntington,  Ind. 

My  Bible  is  all  the  dearer  to  me,  not 
only  because  it  has  pillowed  the  dying 
heads  of  my  father  and  mother,  but  because 
it  has  been  the  sure  guide  of  a  hundred 
generations  of  Christians  before  them. 
When  the  boastful  innovators  offer  me  a 
new  system  of  belief  (which  is  really  a  con- 
geries of  unbeliefs)  I  say  to  them:  'The 
old  is  better." — Dr.  T.  L.  Cuyler. 


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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


December  28,  1905 


Other  "Business  in  Christianity"  By  Fiournoy  Payne 


The  most  trenchant  criticism  directed 
against  the  Church  is  one  which  the  writer 
heard  when  he  was  a  young  Christian,  and 
which  has  gathered  force  as  the  world 
grow?  more  fraternal  and  more  practical. 
The  criticism  is  put  in  this  form :  "You 
Christians  talk  beautifully  about  love  and 
charitable  deeds,  but  you  do  not  live  up 
to  your  sentiments.  Your  charity  is  too 
spasmodic  and  unreliable.  You  have  no 
system  for  helping  in  a  practical  way.  After 
a  few  paltry  gifts  and  a  few  sympathetic 
visits,  you  forget  us.  We  join  lodges  or 
we  take  insurance  and  we  are  aided  in  a 
palpable  way.  Now  and  then  a  good  man 
or  woman  from  among  you  relieves  the 
distress  of  the  sick  or  poor.  But  upon  the 
whole  the  church  is  too  busy  with  its  own 
affairs  to  consider  us  in  our  physical  straits. 
For  tangible,  present  good,  the  lodge  seems 
to  offer  more  than  the  church.  And  since 
the  demands  of  the  lodge  upon  us  are 
heavy,  and  since  we  are  unwilling  to  lose 
the  benefits  of  the  lodge,  we  are  obliged 
to  do  less  for  the  church — sometimes  noth- 
ing at  all."*  This  feeling,  tacit  or  expressed, 
has  drawn  from  the  church  multitudes  of 
people  and  untold  volumes  of  strejngth 
and    influence. 

The  aptest  answer  to  this  criticism,  that 
I  can  recall,  was  thai  of  a  wise  old  Chris- 
tian. He  said,  "You  pay  to  the  church 
with  the  same  regularity,  and  for  the  same 
purpose,  the  same  fees  you  pay  to  other 
organizations,  and  we  can  and  will  do  the 
same  things  for  you."  It  was  well  enough 
to  say  this;  but  in  the  church,  there  has 
been  no  prevision  for  the  reception  and  use 
of  such  funds  so  that  benefits  might  be  re- 
turned   to    the    individual    in    his    hour   of 


distress.  No  church  has  provided  a  plan 
for  insurance  of  its  memoers  against  the 
time  of  sickness  and  poverty.  Other  Chris- 
tian organizations  may  be  called  in  to  bring 
relief,  but  the  church  gained  little  influence 
from  this  indirect  method.  Few  churches 
have  an  adequate  charity  fund;  and  even 
when  they  have,  only  those  families  re- 
duced to  extremity  or  loss  of  self-respect 
receive  aid  from  it. 

To  E.  F.  Harris,  of  Longmont,  Colorado, 
a  modest  preacher,  well  known  and  much 
loved  in  the  centennial  state,  belongs  the 
honor  of  formulating  a  complete  plan  by 
which  the  church  through  a  special  organ- 
ization may  become  the  channel  of  the 
specified  temporal  blessings,  in  addition 
to  all  its  benefits  spiritual  and  eternal. 
Brother  Harris  calls  this  organization, 
"The  Society  of  Applied  Christianity."  The 
plan  is  copyrighted.  The  national  society 
is  incorporated.  Leading  preachers  of 
Colorado,  from  the  stronger  denominations, 
as  well  as  from  among  our  own  people, 
have  examined  into  the  merits  of  this  plan, 
and  have  consented  to  become  national 
officers.  B.  O.  Aylesworth,  president  of  the 
State  Agricultural  College,  and  the  execu- 
tive board  of  the  Colorado  Christian  Mis- 
sionary Society  are  giving  countenance  and 
encouragement  to  the  movement.  The  old- 
est local  society  is  but  a  few  months  old, 
but  it  has  already  done  some  notable  work 
of  a  benevolent  character,  such  as  few 
churches  have  undertaken  in  the  past,  and 
such  as  would  add  immeasurably  to  their 
influence  over  the  masses  if  they  would  do 
it. 

For  an  idea  of  this  society,  fancy  a  lodge 
minus    its    secrecy,    minus    paraphernalia, 


plus  a  disctinctively  Christian  management 
and  Christian  purpose.  Sick  benefits, 
funeral  benefits,  and  benevolences  are  the 
features  of  the  society.  Dues  are  about 
equal  to  those  in  the  average  lodge  where 
similar  ends  are  obtained.  From  the  fail- 
ure to  have  paraphernalia,  expensive  ban- 
quets, special  halls,  salaried  officers,  etc., 
savings  accrue  over  and  above  the  amount 
necessary  to  pay  the  benefits  bargained  for. 
This  surplus  is  devoted  to  charity.  Five 
cents  each  three  months  from  the  dues  of 
each  member  go  to  the  national  orphanage 
work  of  the  church.  A  like  amount  is  giv- 
en to  ministerial  relief,  local  beneficences 
are  administered  out  of  a  fund  still  re- 
maining in  the  local  treasury.  A  careful 
distribution  of  all  money  into  appropriate 
funds  and  its  protection  there  are  required. 
By  this  method,,  it  is  surprising  what  an 
amount  of  good  can  be  accomplished  by  a 
society  which  pays  no  more  for  benefits 
than  do  the  lodges,  and  yet  it  has  means 
to  aid  many  outside  its  own  membership. 

A  local  society  has  been  recently  organ- 
ized in  the  Berkeley  Christian  Church, 
Denver,  where  I  minister.  I  have  writ- 
ten this  article  because  I  believe  there  are 
Disciples  in  all  parts  of  the  country  who 
will  be  glad  to  know  of  the  existence  of 
such  a  movement  as  this.  And  there  may 
be  ministers  who  have  been  neediing  just 
such  a  plan  as  Brother  Harris  has  worked 
out.  The  writer  believes  that  the  church 
should  come  into  a  relationship  to  the  peo- 
ple the  most  friendly  and  helpful  possible ; 
and  that  there  should  be  no  unnecessary  oc- 
casions for  comparisons  unfavorable  to 
the   church. 

Denver,  Colorado. 


Have    We   All   Truth?        By  F.  M.  Wiley 


A  brother  writing  of  "Christian  union" 
thinks  the  "denominations"  have  no  inten- 
tion of  abandoning  their  beliefs  and  organ- 
izations and  joining  "our  movement"  en 
masse,  and  that  "union"  with  these  great 
bodies  is  yet  in  the  distant  future.  He  is 
probably  right.  The  mountain  does  not 
appear  to  be  moving  toward  Mahomet. 
That  the  Christian  world  shall  ever  be 
merged  into  one  organization  is  not  prob- 
able, if  desirable,  though  federation  or 
coalition  of  kindred  bodies  for  practical 
purposes,  may  greatly  promote  the  unity 
of  Christians,  and  result  in  the  organic 
union   of  such   churches. 

It  seems  certain  that  the  evils  alleged 
to  have  resulted  from  "divisions"  of  the 
church  have-  been  largely  imaginary.  The 
church  has  been  divided  since  the  days  of 
the  apostles.  A  large  part  of  its  member- 
ship has  always  been  indifferent,  if  not 
disloyal.  Its  battles  have  been  fought  and 
won  by  minorities.  Despite  this  it  has 
made  wonderful  progress.  If  it  has  not 
converted  the  world  it  has  done  more  than 
any  other  agency  to  enlighten  and  civilize 

it. 
How    was   the   church    "divided"?     The 

first  great  schism,  that  between  the  eastern 

and   western   churches,   was   from   political 


rather  than  doctrinal  causes,  as  was  also 
the  separation  of  the  English  Church  from 
the    Roman. 

It  is  difficult  to  estimate  how  much  the 
world  owes  to  Martin  Luther.  His  reform- 
ation restored  Christianity,  when  it  had 
been  almost  lost,  and  made  liberty,  re- 
ligious and  political,  possible.  Yet  from  it 
came  the  greatest  of  all  "divisions"  of  the 
church.  Then  followed  that  great  construc- 
tive thinker,  John  Calvin,  so  largely  in- 
strumental in  holding  the  ground  gained 
by  Luther,  by  giving  to  the  Protestants  a 
positive  system  of  belief.  With  the  help 
of  his  great  pupils,  John  Knox  and  An- 
drew Melville,  who  wrested  Scotland  from 
Rome,  the  Presbyterian .  Church  was  or- 
ganized.   Thus  another  division  was  made. 

To  these  men  also  the  world  owes  a 
great  debt.  In  religion  Calvinism  tended 
to  absolute  despotism.  In  politics  it  led 
directly  to  radical  democracy.  Ascribing 
all  authority  to  God,  it  left  none  whatever 
to  temporal  rulers.  Motley  says,  "To  the 
Calvinists  more  than  to  any  other  class  of 
men,  the  political  liberties  of  Holland,  Eng- 
land and  America  are  due.'  Hume  says, 
"It  was  to  the  Puritans  that  the  English 
owe  the  freedom  of  their  constitution." 
Our    own    great    historian    Bancroft    says, 


"He  that  will  not  honor  the  memory  and 
respect  the  influence  of  Calvin,  knows  but 
little  of  the  origin  of  American  independ- 
ence." 

John  Bunyan  and  Roger  Williams  are 
perhaps  the  best  known  of  the  early  leaders 
of  another  great  division,  our  Baptist 
brethren.  Their  origin  is  somewhat  ob- 
scure. Their  central  idea  has  always  been 
loyalty  to  the  word  of  God  as  "the  only 
and  sufficient  rule  of  faith  and  practice,", 
and  to  the  example  of  the  primitive  church 
in  baptizing  by  immersion  only. 

John  Wesley  tried  to  reform  a  church 
which  had  "the  form  but  not  the  power  of 
godliness,"  and  which  had  lost  all  influ- 
ence over  the  common  people  of  England. 
The  church  cast  him  out,  but  finally  his 
movement  became  a  success  and  his  en- 
thusiastic followers  have  carried  the  ban- 
ner of  the  Cross  all  over  the  world.  But 
again  the  church  was  "divided." 

Alexander  Campbell  and  his  associates 
undertook  to  restore  the  simple  faith  and 
ordinances  of  the  New  Testament  as  the 
only  terms  of  admission  to  the  church  of 
Christ,  and  the  only  tests  of  fellowship 
therein.  While  their  work  resulted  in  an- 
other division  of  the  church  it  also  brought 
great  gain  in  the  direction  of  simplicity  and 


December  28,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


freedom  of  faith.  They  did  much  to  dis- 
credit formal  "creeds"  and  "confessions  of 
faith"  as  of  authority  in  spiritual  things. 

A  study  of  church  history  will  show  that 
most  divisions  have  been  caused  by  these 
great  revivals  and  reformations  carrying 
those  who  became  possessed  by  some  great 
idea  or  emotion  up  to  some  higher  ground, 
and  leaving  behind  the  indifferent  and  con- 
servative who  always  cling  to  the  old  forms 
and  traditions.  The  new  wine  has  broken 
the  old  bottles,  the  new  cloth  parted  from 
the  old  garment.  And  this  process  has  been 
vital  to  the  life  and  growth  not  only  of 


Christianity,  but  of  civilization  as  well. 

None  of  the  leaders  of  these  great  ref- 
ormations intended  to  divide  the  church 
with  which  he  was  connected.  Their  aim 
was  to  recover  and  apply  the  principles  of 
Christian  life  announced  by  the  Christ, 
and  the  doctrines  taught  by  his  Apostles. 

Who,  outside  the  Roman  church,  regrets 
these  reformations  and  "divisions"?  Where 
would  the  church  be  to-day  if  they  had 
never  occurred  ? 

What  the  ultimate  form  of  Christianity 
shall  be  does  not  yet  appear.  That  great 
changes   will  occur,  as  the  centuries  pass, 


can  hardly  be  doubted.  Perhaps  most  of 
these  organisms  will,  in  time,  be  eliminated. 
Thai  tli'-y  once  accomplished  the  purpose 
of  God  1  no  valid  reason  for  their  con- 
tinued  existence. 

That  "our  movement"  is  to  be  the  last 
forward  march  of  '.he  Christian  arm;. 
that  we  have  set  up  the  sheaf  to  which  all 
the  others  shall  m^ke  obeisance,  is  very 
improbable.  We  have  not  discovered  all 
truths.  We  have  not  spoken  the  final  word. 
Certainly,  in  many  things,  Mahomet  might 
go  far  toward  th..  mountain  and  yet  be  on 
holy  ground. 

Indianapolis,  Indiana. 


Joint  Meeting  of  the  Committees  on  Union  Between  Free 

BaptistS     and     DiSCipIeS  $  $  $  By  R.  MOPPETS  Secretary 


The  two  committees  of  Free  Baptists  and 
Disciples  to  consider  the  matter  of  union  be- 
tween the  two  religious  bodies,  met  at  the 
First  Free  Baptist  Church  in  Brooklyn,  N.Y., 
at  7:30  p.  rr.  Thursday,  Nov.  14,  and  con- 
tinued their  sessions  in  the  forenoon  and 
afternoon  of  Nov.  15,  and  for  one  hour  in  the 
afternoon  of  Nov.  16.  There  were  present, 
on  the  part  of  the  Free  Baptists:  A.  W.  An- 
thony, H.  M.  Ford,  George  H.  Ball,  J.  W. 
Mauck,  L.  M.  Webb,  Z.  A.  Space,  G.  F. 
Mosher,   R.   D.  Lord,  Thomas   Stacy,   and 

E.  W.  Van  Akin.  On  the  part  of  the  Disci- 
ples: Regular  members,  S.  H.  Bartlett,  J.  M. 
Van  Horn,  R.  Moffett,  M.  E.  Harlan;  as 
proxies  for  absent  members,  J.  H.  Garrison, 

F.  D.  Power,  M.  L.  Bates,  B.  F.  Ferrall,  J.  P. 
Ivchtenberger,  S.  T.  Willis,  C.  C.  Rowlison, 
W.  T.  Moore;  as  invited  guests,  H.  L.  Willett, 
C.  A.  Young,  M  L.  Streator  and  Dr.  E.  A. 
Long.  Several  of  these  were  delegates  to  the 
Inter- Church  Conference  held  in  New  York 
the  same  week.  After  a  brief  season  of 
prayer  S.  H.  Bartlett  was  chosen  to  preside 
over  the  joint  meeting,  and  H.  M.  Ford  as 
secretary. 

R.  Moffett,  secretary  of  the  Disciples' com- 
mittee, presented  a  brief  statement  recog- 
nizing: 

1.  The  limitations  binding  the  Free  Bap- 
tist committee,  viz.:  That  no  final  action  on 
the  subject  of  union  can  be  taken  except  by 
their  general  conference — their  denomina- 
tional and  incorporate  head — the  next  ap- 
pointed meeting  in  the  fall  of  1907;  that  no 
overture  for  union  could  be  considered  that 
did  not  include  the  entire  denomination,  and 
that  did  not  conserve  all  legal  and  moral 
obligations  entered  into  by  the  general  con- ' 
ference. 

2.  That  the  Disciples,  as  a  religious  body, 
were  not  incorporate,  and  probably  never 
would  be — that  their  local  churches  were  in- 
corporate, as  also  their  colleges,  benevolent 
associations  and  missionary  organizations— 
that  the  only  incorporate  body  represented 
by  the  Disciples'  committee  was  the  Ameri- 
can Christian  Missionary  Society,  constituted 
in  such  manner  as  by  general  consent  en- 
abled them  to  speak  for  the  Disciples  as  a 
whole;  that  the  Disciples  had  their  origin  in 
a  desire  for  union  of  the  Lord's  people  by  a 
return  to  the  church  of  Christ  as  planted  and 
trained  by  the  apostles  of  our  Lord;  that  this 
religious  body,  now  numbering  over  a  mil- 
lion in  the  United  States,  came  into  this  fel- 
lowship by  a  full  and  hearty  confession  of 
faith  in  "Jesus  as  the  Christ  the  Son  of  the 
living  God";  that  this  proposition  carried 
with  it  all  other  important  Bible  truth,  and 
that  as  a  people  they  were  as  closely  united 
in  doctrine  and  practice  as  any  other  religious 
body.  The  statement  closed  asking  the 
joint  meeting  to  discuss  three  questions: 
1.     Is  union  between  the  Free  Baptists  and 


Disciples   practicable   at  the  present  time? 

2.  What  are  the  obstacles  to  such   union? 

3.  How  may  these  obstacles  be  removed? 
The  joint  meeting  accepted  these  questions 

as  covering  the  ground  to  be  canvassed. 
The  president  announced  that  these  ques- 
tions were  open  to  discussion.  Dr.  Ball  said 
he  thought  the  greatest  obstacle  to  union 
was  the  fact  that  the  two  religious  bodies 
knew  so  little  about  each  other.  |  This  re- 
mark led  to  many  suggestions,  by  different 
members,  as  to  how  such  a  condition  might 
be  changed — by  interchange  of  pulpits, 
union  conventions,  and  by  tracts  and  by  other 
literature.  Dr.  Anthony  suggested  that  in 
order  to  the?  fullest  acquaintance,  the  Free 
Baptists,  and  especially  their  committee, 
mustknow,  1.  The  doctrine  of  the  Disciples. 
2.    Their  polity.     3.     Their  genius  and.spirit. 

4.  Their  organization.  5.  The  legal  as- 
pects of  these  organizations. 

It  was  suggested  that  all  these  elements 
can  readily  be  furnished  by  published  litera- 
ture. After  much  discussion  it  was  finally 
agreed  that  a  committee  to  consider  each  of 
these  elements  be  formed  Jand  report  after  a 
recess  of  15  minutes.  It  was  evidently  too 
great  a  task  to  perform  in  so  short  a  time. 
At  a  subsequent  meeting  it  was  agreed  that 
these  committees  should  ^report  at  the  next 
joint  meeting.  No  time  or  place  was  set  for 
this  joint  meeting.  We  hope  it  may  be  in 
connection  with  the  general  convention  in 
Buffalo  next  October. 

The  committees  formed  were,  viz.:  On 
Doctrine— Garrison,  Ball  and  Moffett.  On 
Polity — Space,  Lord,  Power,  Bates,  Ferrall 
and  Harlan.  On  Genius  and  Spirit— Van 
Horn,  Lichtenberger,  Ford,  Stacy  and  Bart- 
lett. On  Organization — Mohorter,  Mauck, 
Van  Akin,  Rowlison,  Moore  and  Willett.  On 
Legal  Aspects— Streator,  Willis,  Anthony 
and  Young. 

It  was  agreed  that  regular  members  of  the 
committees  might  be  substitutedjfor  proxies, 
if  thought  desirable  and  that  the  several 
committees  might  gain  the  necessary  facts 
for  their  several  reports  by  correspondence. 

This  meeting  was  held  in  a  true,  fraternal 
spirit  and  with  a  desire  to  effect  the  best  re- 
sults. The  pastor  of  the  Free  Baptist 
Church  complained  that  theyj  had!  not  .re- 
ceived ample  notice  so  that  they  could  pre- 
pare for  the  fullest  and  best  entertainment. 
But  the  ladies  of  the  church  spread  for  us  a 
splendid  meal  the  second  day,  and  the  ban- 
quet at  the  Cumberland  Hotel  on  Thursday 
was  all  that  could  be  desired  to  add  to  our 
already  brotherly  fellowship. 

Since  the  above  was  written  the^following 
letter  from  Dr.  Ball  is  of  interest: 

"The  result  of  our  meeting  with  the  Com- 
mittee of  Twelve  appointed  by  the. Baptists 
was  a  great  surprise.    We  found  themjmore 


than  ready  to  declare  for  perfect  liberty,  in 
each  local  church,  to  regulate  the  matter  of 
communion,  and  all  other  local  affairs.  They 
also  freely  express  a  wish  for  a  conference 
with  your  Committee  of  Twelve  on  the  ques- 
tion of  union,  and  express  the  hope  that  the 
Disciples  and  Baptists  might  speedily  be- 
come one  body.  This  entirely  changes  the 
order  we  have  been  pursuing.  Our  hope 
and  expectation  has  been  that  the  first 
union  effected  would  be  between  the  Dis- 
ciples and  the  Free  Baptists,  but  now  it 
appears  that  the  first  union  will  be  with  the 
Baptists  and  then  with  the  Disciples.  Since 
our  meeting  in  Brooklyn  I  have  seen  several 
leading  Baptist  ministers  not  on  the  Com- 
mittee of  Twelve,  and  they  ardently  desire 
that  this  consummation  should  be  speedily 
reached. 

"The  Baptists  will  act  on  the  basis  unan- 
imously adopted  at  Brooklyn  next  May  at 
their  general  convention  in  Philadelphia. 
My  hope  is  that  an  extra  session  of  our  gen- 
eral conference  will  be  called  immediately 
after  their  May  meeting  in  case  the  basis  is 
adopted.  The  indications  are  that  our  gen- 
eral conference  will  adopt  the  basis  at  once. 
If  it  does,  the  united  body  of  Baptists  will  be 
in  good  shape  to  negotiate  with  your  Com- 
mittee of  Twelve.  If  you  should  confer 
with  their  committee  before  the  May  meet- 
ing it  might  be  useful." 

We  sought  an  interview  with  the  Baptist 
Committee  of  Twelve,  but  it  was  agreed  that 
neither  of  the  two  committees,  could  pos- 
sibly remain  in  New  York  to  a  suitable  day, 
largely  because  so  many  were  delegates  to 
the  Inter-Church  Conference,  and  could  not 
give  the  matter  close  attention.  The  meet- 
ing of  the  Baptists' Committee,  and  the  Free 
Baptist  Committee  was  held  more  than  a 
week  later  than  the  one  chronicled  here.  If 
Dr.  Ball  has  correctly  represented  the  facts, 
it  would  seem  that  the  union  of  Disciples 
and  Free  Baptists  will  not  be  further  con- 
sidered until  all  the  possible  facts  referred 
to  by  Dr.  Ball  shall  have  been  determined. 
Dr.  Ball  was  the  first  promoter  of  this  last 
movement  for  union  more  than  a  year  ago. 
It  will  not  be  possible  to  proceed  with  any 
certainty  to  realization  in  the  near  future 
without  his  voice. 

[The  union  of  Baptists  and  Free  Baptists, 
if  it  shall  be  accomplished,  would  certainly 
open  the  way  for  the  union  of  Baptists  and 
Disciples  of  Christ.  Every  step  in  the 
direction  of  union  makes  a  further  step 
easier.  There  will  come  such  a  blessing  to 
those  seeking  to  fulfill  the  desire  of  Christ's 
heart,  that  they  will  wish  to  go  as  far  as  the 
New  Testament  will  permit,  in  securing 
uch  union. — Editor.] 


16S4 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


December  28,  1905 


Our   Budget. 


— Good-bye.  1905  !     Welcome,  1906 ! 

— The  King  is  dead !  Long  live  the 
King! 

— What  is  written  is  written  and  no 
power  in  heaven  or  on  earth  can  unwrite 
it. 

— God  can  forgive,  but  he  can  not  undo 
what  is  done.  His  grace  will  enable  us 
to  write  more  nobly  on  the  white  pages  of 
the  New  Year. 

— The  Christian-Evangelist  extends 
its  greetings  and  wishes  for  a  happy  New 
Year  to  all  its  readers  and  to  all  its  con- 
temporaries and  wishes  them  the  greatest 
prosperity. 

— H.  H.  Peters,  minister  at  Rossville, 
111.,  writes  that  Dr.  Frank  G.  Tyrreli,  of 
Chicago,  delivered  a  series  of  sciololog- 
ical  lectures  in  the  Christian  church  last 
week,  much  to  the  delight  of  the  commu- 
nity. 

— J.  F.  Rosborough,  minister  at  Centra- 
lia,  111.,  writes  that  his  sainted  mother, 
Mrs.  B.  M.  Rosborough,  went  to  her  eter- 
nal home  on  the  15th  inst.,  aged  85  years, 
having  been  a  follower  of  the  Master  about 
seventy  years.  Eight  of  her  children  sur- 
vive her.  Brother  Rosborough  adds : 
"Mother  did  much  for  her  children's  faith." 

— Dr.  B.  B.  Tyler,  of  Denver,  is  to  ded- 
icate a  new  church  at  Sterling,  Col.,  De- 
cember 31.  J.  K.  Hester,  the  minister, 
writes :  "We  have  done  things  in  this  good 
county  seat  -of  Logan."  The  property  will 
cost  about  $2,400.  The  church  there  con- 
tains some  of  the  most  influential  people  in 
the  county. 
Special    to    The   Christian-Evangelist. 

Bethany,  Mo.,  Dec.  25. — Closed  27  days' 
meeting  with  132  additions;  117  adults;  88 
baptisms.  Reached  34  new  families.  Church 
greatly  strengthened. — R.  H.  Fife,  evan- 
gelist. 
Special    to    The  Christian-Evangelist. 

Versailles,  III.,  Dec.  23. — One  hundred 
and  fourteen  additions ;  100  adults. — G.  H. 
Bassett.  pastor;  A.  P.  Cobb,  evangelist. 
Special    to    The  Christian-Evangelist. 

Harrodsburg,      Ky.,      Dec.     24. — Closed 
Thursday   night    with    141    additions ;    best 
meeting    in    the    history    of    the    church. — 
M.  G.  Buckner. 
Special    to    The  Christian-Evangelist. 

Decatur,  III.,  Dec.  24. — Fifty-eight  to 
date.  We  continue. — Thompson  and  Ken- 
dall. 

— L.  L.  Carpenter  will  dedicate  at  Plain- 
ville,  Kan.,  December  31. 

— Rutland,  111.,  has  increased  the  salary 
of  its  preacher. 

— A  new  church  has  been  dedicated  at 
Fate   Texas,  and  all  indebtedness  raised. 

— A.  L.  Chapman  seems  to  be  doing 
great  thing-  for  his  new  charge  at  Seattle, 
Wash. 

— Geo.  A.  Campbell,  of  Chicago,  has  been 
lecturing  before  the  Missouri  State  Uni- 
versity. 

— R.  X.  Simpson  has  begun  his  work 
with  the  Chestnut  Street  Church,  Lexing- 
ton, Ky. 

— Extensive  repairs  and  additions  to  the 
church  building  at  Bryan,  Texas,  are  con- 
templated. 

— J.  H.  Beard,  of  Buckland,  has  entered 
upon  the  pastorate  of  the  First  Church, 
Marion,  Ohio. 

— Lewis  F.  Fisher  has  accepted  a  unani- 
mous call  to  remain  with  the  Mt.  Olivet 
church  near  Clarence,  111.,  for  another  year. 

— H.  E.  Luck,  who  has  for  some  time 
been  located  in  Dallas,  Texas,  is  giving 
his  attention  to  lecture  work,  having  a 
series  on  "The  Founding  of  Christianity," 


which    he    is    giving    with    good    effect,    as 
opportunity  presents. 

— H.  G.  Hill  delivered  his  sermon-lecture, 
"Unused  Power."  at  the  Springfield,  Ohio, 
Y.  M.  C.  A.,  December  17.  This  is  his 
second  call  to  this  ptace  in  three  months. 

— The  Church  Avenue  Church  of  Christ, 
Roanoke.  Va.,  is  now  practically  out  of 
debt  and  has  a  bright  outlook  before  it. 
To  W.  G.  Johnson,  its  pastor,  much  credit 
is  due. 

— The  C.  E.  Society  of  the  Central  Chris- 
tian Ghurch,  San  Antonio,  has  just  been 
reorganized.  It  is  hoped  by  this  church 
that  the  services  of  Homer  T.  Wilson  may 
be  retained  next  year. 

— The  church  at  Coiumbus,  Ind.,  of  which 
W.  H.  Book  is  minister,  will  soon  establish 
a  mission  in  the  northeastern  part  of  the 
city,  a  lot  having  been  donated  for  that 
purpose  by  Joseph  I.  Irwin. 

— A.  S.  Morrison,  of  Indiana,  filled  the 
pulpit  of  the  Central  Church,  San  Antonio, 
Texas,  for  several  Sundays.  Last  Lord's 
day  Homer  T.  Wilson  was  back  and  de- 
livered   a    Christmas    sermon. 

— The  Clarion  Bugle,  of  Snohomish, 
Wash.,  volume  1,  number  1,  reprints  for 
its  leading  article  a  contribution  from  The 
Christian-Evangelist,  which  it  credits,  at 
the  close,  to  "Christian-Evangelist,  Colum- 
bia,  Missouri."     What  is   fame ! 

— A  great  amount  of  evangelistic  news 
has  reached  the  office  Tuesday,  as  we  are 
closing  up  the  paper,  which  we  are  com- 
pelled to  omit  until  next  issue.  We  beg 
our  readers  and  contributors  to  be  patient 
with  us,  as  our  columns  are  unprecedent- 
edly  crowded. 

—The  "H,"  St.  Church,  Washington, 
D.  C,  has  called  A.  E.  Zeigler,  who  was 
the  former  minister  of  the  First  Church, 
Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  to  supply  for  them  in- 
definitely. Brother  Zeigler  is  with  the  Mill- 
saps  Mfg.  Co.,  of  that  city,  and  practically 
gives  his  services  to  the  church  on  Sun- 
days. 

— Paul  Moore,  our  assistant  editor,  has 
been  prolonging  his  visit  in  Texas  since 
the  lectureship  and  spent  Christmas  with 
his  brother,  Landon,  at  Greenville,  but  is 
expected  home  this  week.  His  report  of 
the  Texas  lectureship  has  been  received, 
but  too  late  for  publication  in  this  week's 
paper. 

— Harry  Grannison  Hill  recently  gave 
popular  lectures  in  Sumner,  Louisville  and 
De  Land,  111.  He  also  lectured  at  Forest 
Grove,  Mich.,  Hebron,  Ind.,  and  Greenfield 
Ind.  The  people  of  De  Land  have  invited 
him  to  return  in  February  and  lecture  for 
a  week,  eighteen  of  his  former  audience 
providing  the  expenses  of  the  series. 

— George  Darsie,  Akron,  Ohio,  writes : 
"I  have  been  in  Akron  about  three  months 
now,  and  the  work  seems  to  be  opening 
up  well.  Have  had  72  additions  to  the 
church — 54  by  confession  and  baptism,  18 
by  letter  or  statement.  Every  department 
seems  to  be  doing  well.  It  is  a  large 
church,  and  the  calls  are  many  and  varied." 

— Mrs.  N.  E.  Atkinson,  National  Presi- 
dent of  the  C.  W.  B.  M.,  spoke  for  the 
Auxiliary  of  the  Central  Church,  Cincin- 
nati, Ohio,  on  a  recent  Sunday  evening  on 
"Our  Responsibilities."  Profound  attention 
was  given  the  address  by  the  large  congre- 
gation present  and  the  auxiliary  was  great- 
ly encouraged  and  strengthened  by  its  re- 
sults. 

— We  regret  to  learn  that  the  home  and 
practically  all  the  personal  effects  of  Ells- 
worth Faris  and  family  have  been  complete- 
ly destroyed  by  fire.  Bro.  and  Sister  Faris 
and  their  little  child  escaped  in  their  night 
apparel.  The  loss  most  felt  of  course,'  is 
the  books,  papers,  and  African  curios.  The 
fire  prevented  the  attendance  of  both  the 
senior  and  junior  editors  of  the  "Christian 
Courier"  at  the  lectureship,  with  whom 
in  this  trial  much  sympathy  was  expressed. 


A  Bad  Stomach 

Lessens  the  usefulness  and  mars  the  hap- 
piness of  life. 

It's  a  weak  stomach,  a  stomach  that  can 
not  properly  perform  its  functions. 

Among  its  symptoms  are  distress  after 
eating,  nausea  between  meals,  heartburn, 
belching,  vomiting,  flatulence  and  nervous 
headache. 

Hood'sSarsaparilla 

Cures  a  bad  stomach,  indigestion  and  dys- 
pepsia, and  the  cure  is  permanent. 
Accept  no  substitute. 


A  cheque  with  money  value  is  a  good  ex- 
pression of  such  sympathy. 

—Brother  Warren,  our  Centennial  secre- 
tary, reports  a  fine  meeting  of  the  executive 
committee  on  the  16  inst.  Our  well-known 
brother,  Thomas  W.  Phillips,  of  Newcastle, 
was  elected  chairman,  William  H.  Graham, 
treasurer,  and  O.  H.  Phillips,  recording  sec- 
retary. All  contributions  intended  for  the 
Centennial  propaganda  should  be  sent  to 
secretary  W.  R.  Warren,  205  Bissell  Block, 
Pittsburg,   Pa. 

— Chicago  Disciples  have  just  tendered 
a  banquet  to  W.  G.  Sickle  and  wife,  who 
are  about  to  remove  to  New  York.  Brother 
Sickle  has  been  chairman  of  the  Executive 
Board  of  the  Chicago  Christian  Mission- 
ary Society  and  has  done  a  great  deal  of 
the  work  in  Evanston.  He  is  a  prominent 
young  business  man  and  is  a  son-in-law 
of  J.  H.  Allen,  of  St.  Louis,  president  of 
the  Business  Men's  Association. 

— A  prominent  minister  writes:  "It  has 
been  in  my  heart  a  long  time  to  write  and 
thank  you  for  the  graceful  little  book  on 
The  Holy  Spirit  which  I  have  read  with 
the  greatest  interest,  profit  and  pleasure. 
From  the  adverse  criticism  it  is  receiving 
from  certain  quarters  I  am  more  than  ever 
convinced  that  it  is  an  up-to-date  book  and 
one  thoroughly  in  harmony  both  with  the 
spirit  and  the  teachings  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment." 

— In  reporting  the  meeting  of  Brother 
Fife  at  Bethany,  Mo.,  last  week  the  num- 
ber of  additions  was  given  as  eleven, 
whereas  it  should  have  read  118.  Since 
then,  however,  the  meeting  has  closed,  as 
reported  in  a  telegram  elsewhere,  with  132 
added.  Brother  Fife  writes  that  the  hand 
of  fellowship  was  extended  to  115  at  one 
time,  and  that  it  was  the  greatest  scene  he 
ever  witnessed.  Brother  Fife  returned 
home  to  celebrate  his  silver  anniversary 
on  Christmas  day. 

— Thomas  Curtis  Clark,,  who  is  known  to 
our  readers  as  a  contributor  of  verses,  has 
entered  the  field  as  an  evangelistic  singer 
and  helper.  Bro.  .  F.  G.  Tyrrell,  associate 
editor  of  the  Christian  Century,  says  con- 
cerning Brother  Clark: 

"It  is  a  pleasure  to  bear  witness  to  the 
ability  of  Thos.  Curtis  Clark  as  an  evan- 
gelistic singer  and  helper.  He  is  a  man  of 
superior  gifts,  of  careful  training  and  deep 
moral  earnestness.  I  am  confident  that  his 
work  will  prove  more  and  more  effective, 
and  that  he  is  destined  to  a  career  of  ex- 
traordinary usefulness." 

— The  Christian  Lesson  Commentary  for 
1906,  being  the  twenty-first  consecutive  vol- 
ume, is  of  special  value  because  the  lessons 
for  the  entire  year  are  in  the  Synoptic 
Gospels,  following  as  nearly  as  possible  the 
chronological  order  of  events  in  the  life  of 
Jesus.  Brother  Dowiing's  long  experience 
and  study  in  this  department  of  work  have 
enabled  him  to  prepare  a  most  valuable 
volume  of  lessons  which  the  teachers  in 
our  schools  can  not  afford  to  be  without.  It 
is  a  good  thing,  too,  to  have  the  whole  vol- 
ume before  you  so  that  you  may  see  the  en- 
tire scope  of  the  lessons  for  the  year.     We 


December  28,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


trust  that  the  army  of  Sunday  school  teach- 
ers among  us  will  avail  themselves  of  the 
benefit  of  this  exceedingly  helpful  volume. 

— A  correspondent  writes :  "I  do  not  see 
how  the  Holy  Spirit  can  convert  and  keep 
a  poor  man  from  the  dread  power  of  rum 
if  the  words  of  warning  and  love,  of  plead- 
ings and  promises,  from  an  all-loving  God 
can  not  do  it."  Here,  is  a  mistake  that  is 
too  often  made — the  contrasting  of  the  word 
with  the  Spirit,  and  separating  them  as  if 
the  Spii'it  of  God  was  not  in  the  word  and 
truth  of  the  gospel.  Being  "born  again  of 
incorruptible  seed"  and  being  "born  of  the 
Spirit"  do  not  imply  different  acts  or  differ- 
ent agents.  It  is  the  same  truth  stated  in 
different  ways.  This  will  help  to  clear  up  a 
good  deal  of  the  confusion  that  exists  in  the 
minds  of  many  people  about  the  Holy  Spirit. 
While  we  can  not  limit  the  operation  of 
the  Spirit  to  the  written  word,  neither  can 
we  separate  the  Spirit  from  the  word. 

— We  learn  through  some  corespondence 
which  has  been  furnished  us  by  Bro.  A. 
Flower,  now  of  Worcester,  Mass.,  that  the 
churches  in  Tampa  and  St.  Petersburg, 
Fla.,  are  prospering  under  the  labors,  re- 
spectively, of  Bro.  J.  P.  Rowlison  and 
Brother  Montgomery.  The  church  at 
Tampa  has  gotten  into  its  new  brick  chapel, 
which  will  be  the  Sunday  school  room 
when  the  main  building  is  completed,  and 
Brother  Rowlison  is  loved  by  all  and  the 
work  is  prospering  in  his  hands.  Brother 
Montgomery  is  having  to  enlarge  the  seat- 
ing capacity  of  the  building  at  St.  Peters- 
burg to  accommodate  the  people.  Friends  of 
Brother  Flower  will  be  interested  in  know- 
ing that  he  is  in  usual  health  and  is  stay- 
ing with  his  son-in-law  and  daughter — 
Brother  and  Sister  Willis — at  Worcester. 

— C.  C.  Peck,  minister,  Arkansas  City, 
Kan.,  writes :  "The  Disciples  of  Christ  at 
Arkansas  City,  Kan.,  are  rejoicing  because 
they  own  their  home.  About  seven  years  ago 
they  saw  their  building  sold  lor  debt,  and 
they  were  left  homeless.  It  was  only 
through  the  timely  assistance  of  the  Church 
Extention  Board  that  they  were  enabled  to 
again  pur;hase  the  building.  They  feel 
grateful  to  the  Church  Extension  Board 
because  it  helped  the  helpless  and  brought 
hope  in  the  hour  of  discouragement.  On 
the  evening  of  December  10  the  members 
and  friends  assembled  to  witness  the  burn- 
ing of  the  old  mortgage  and  rejoice  to- 
gether because  they  'owe  no  man  anything 
but  to  love  one  another.'  The  church  is 
in  good  condition  and  the  field  is  promis- 
ing." Our  hearty  congratulations  are  ex- 
tended. 

— A  Parkersburg,  (W.  Va.)  paper  re- 
ports that  the  churches  of  that  city  are 
talking  of  securing  Evangelist  Herbert 
Yeuell,  who  is  now  preaching  there  for  the 
Christian  church,  of  which  Bro  G.  F.  As- 
siter  is  pastor,  to  conduct  a  union  revival 
service.  The  paper  reports  that  "every 
night  the  capacity  of  the  Christian  church 
has  proved  inadequate  to  accommodate  the 
throngs  who  are  attracted  there  by 
Mr.  Yeuell's  preaching.  Those  who  have 
been  attending  and  seeking  to  attend  are  of 
all  denominations,  and  there  can  be  no  doubt 
that  there  are  great  numbers  who  would  be 
glad  of  the  opportunity  to  hear."  The 
paper  reports  that  Brothers  Assiter  and 
Yeuell  are  favorable  to  such  an  arrange- 
ment, as  well  they  might  be.  Such  oppor- 
tunities should  everywhere  be  embraced  as 
a  means  of  breaking  down  prejudice  and 
promoting  the  spirit  of  unity  and  co-oper- 
ation. 

— In  an  editorial  paragraph  last  week  we 
called  attention  to  a  report  of  the  joint 
meeting  of  the  committees  on  union  of 
Free  Baptists  and  Disciples,  which,  it  was 
said,  was  to  be  found  elsewhere ;  but  in 
the  final  "make-up"  the  report  was  crowded 
out  along  with  a  great  deal  of  other  matter 
which  had  to  be  left  over.  The  report  will 
be  found  elsewhere  in  this  issue — provided 
it  is  not  crowded  out  again !     Our  readers 


have  little  idea  of  the  perplexing  problem 
that  comes  to  us  each  week  of  what  to 
leave  out.  We  have  editorial  matter  that 
we  have  been  carrying  in  galleys  for  sev- 
eral weeks,  waiting  for  room,  and  this  is 
true  of  every  department  of  the  paper.  We 
plead  with  our  friends  to  write  short  arti- 
cles and  not  to  complain  wlien  we  find  it 
necessary  either  to  omit  an  article  en- 
tirely or  to  condense  its  most  important 
thoughts  into  a  paragraph,  as  we  often 
have  to  do. 

— It  was  a  matter  of  deep  regret  to  those 
of  us  who  were  present  as  representatives 
of  the  Disciples  of  Christ  in  the  Inter- 
Church  Conference  in  New  York  City  that 
the  Editor  of  the  "Christian  Standard"  was 
not  there  to  hear  and  see  the  things  said 
and  done  in  that  great  gathering,  and  to 
share  with  us  the  joy  which  must  have 
thrilled  his  heart,  as  it  did  ours,  to  see 
what  the  Lord  hath  wrought  in  these  days. 
Many  of  the  "Standard's"  friends  were 
there,  however,  and  some  of  its  special  cor- 
respondents, and  they  have  reported  to  the 
paper  their  impressions  of  the  meeting. 
The  "Christian  Standard"  admits  that  they 
are  "good  and  true  men  and  would  never 
approve  anything  that  had  the  appearance 
(to  them)  of  hostility  to  the  unity  which 
is  in  Christ  Jesus,"  but  still  it  is  inclined 
to  doubt,  and  thinks  it  probable  that  these 
men  were  deceived  by  outward  appear- 
ances, and  are  not  so  well  able  to  judge 
of  the  real  character  of  the  meeting  as 
others  who  were  not  there.  It  was  Sydney 
Smith,  we  believe,  who  said  he  never  read 
a  book  before  reviewing  it  lest  the  reading 
of  it  should  bias  his  mind ! 

— A  special  program  is  being  prepared 
for  the  Young  People's  Department  of 
The  American  Christian  Missionary  So- 
ciety, for  use  in  the  Christian  Endeavor 
Prayer  Meetings  on  January  28,  1906.  The 
topic  is  "Home  Missions  in  our  Cities." 
These  programs  will  be  furnished  free  to 
all  our  Endeavor  Societies  on  application  to 
The  Young  People's  Department  of  The 
American  Christian  Missionary  Society. 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  Building,  Cincinnati,  O.  A 
special  effort  is  being  made  to  raise  $5,000 
by  our  young  people  for  Idaho  before  Sep- 
tember 30,  1906.  The  offering  taken  on 
January  28  may  be  applied  on  the  pledge 
for  Idaho  missions. 

— J.  H.  Allen,  president  of  the  Business 
Men's  Association  of  the  Christian  Church, 
desires  to  enter  into  correspondence  with 
some  consecrated  business  man  who  is  will- 
ing for  the  next  few  years  to  give  himself 
to  the  organization  of  local  leagues  of  busi- 
ness men,  and  to  the  solicitation  of  funds 
in  the  form  of  donations,  bequests  or  an- 
nuities, for  the  various  interests  of  the 
brotherhood.  The  Association  will  give 
employment  to  such  a  man  with  proved  ca- 
pacity and  fitness  for  such  work.  Address 
J.  H.  Allen,  104  Main  Street,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Brother  Allen  has  been  serving  on  the  grand 
jury  for  two  months,  and  this  has  delayed 
his  efforts  in  completing  the  organization, 
and  in  raising  the  $5,000  to  assist  in  the 
Centennial  propaganda. 

— In  another  place  we  publish  an  obitu- 
ary notice  by  Bro.  A.  P'.  Aten  of  Bro.  J.  W. 
Butler,  a  brief  mention  of  whose  death  at 
Fall  River,  Kan.,  we  gave  last  week.  The 
Editor  of  The  Christian-Evangelist  be- 
came personally  acquainted  with  Brother 
Butler  in  the  year  1865,  when  he  went 
from  the  army  to  enter  Abingdon  Col- 
lege at  Abingdon,  111.,  of  which  insti- 
tution Brother  Butler  was  then,  and  for 
many  years  afterward,  the  president.  It 
was  under  his  ministry  at  the  old  Abing- 
don church  that  he  heard  for  the  first  time 
a  presentation  of  the  principles  of  our  plea 
that  won  his  intellect,  his  heart,  and  his 
conscience  to  the  cause  of  religious  re- 
formation which  we  plead.  Brother  But- 
ler possessed  a  clear,  logical  mind,  strong- 
convictions,  and  a  warm,  sympathetic 
heart.      As    a    speaker    he    was    not    what 


WE  CAN  SHOW  YOU 

How  to  do  the  Lord's  work 
while  having  your  savings 
in  an  absolutely  safe  in- 
vestment, upon  which  there 
will  be  no  taxes  to  pay,  no 
change  of  securities,  no 
personal  oversight  re- 
quired, no  cost  of  mortgage 
records  or  foreclosures, 
and  upon  which  you  will 
net  a  larger  rate  of  inter- 
est than  in  any  other  in- 
vestment. If  you  are  a 
Christian  and  want  your 
money  to  work  for  Christ 
while  at  the  same  time  it 
supports  you,  write,  men- 
tioning this  paper,  to 

BENJAMIN  L.  SMITH, 

Corresponding  Sec'y  American 
Christian   Missionary   Society, 

CINCINNATI,  OHIO. 


might  be  called  fluent,  or  eloquent,  but  he 
was  often  very  earnest  and  convincing  in 
his  reasoning,  and  thoroughly  Scriptural. 
He  was  a  man  of  unimpeachable  character, 
of  good  executive  ability,  a  devoted  hus- 
band, an  affectionate  father,  an  honored 
citizen,  and  a  faithful  friend.  Many  of 
the  old  students  of  Abingdon  College,  as 
they  read  this  notice,  will  recall  the  old 
Abingdon  days  and  the  president"?  Bible 
lectures  at  the  morning  hour,  and  the  hos- 
pitable hearth-stone  of  himself  and  his 
good  wife,  where  the  students  were  always 
welcome.  Their  only  child,  a  son,  preceded 
the  father  to  the  spiritual  world  a  year  or 
more  ago.  Brother  Butler  leaves  his  wife, 
who  has  walked  by  his  side  lovingly  and 
faithfully  for  so  long  a  time,  to  mourn 
his  loss.  We  were  wired  to  be  present  and 
preach  on  the  occasion  of  our  brother's 
death,  and  were  exceedingly  sorry  that  a 
combination  of  circumstances  made  it 
impossible  for  us  to  comply  with  the  re- 
quest. His  old  friend  and  former  associate 
in  the  faculty,  Professor  Aten,  now  of  Ok- 
lahoma City,  was  present  and  preached  the 
funeral  discourse.  We  lay  this  brief  trib- 
ute on  the  grave  of  our  old  president,  and 
drop  a  tear  of  sympathy  for  the  venerable 
widow  whom  he  leaves  behind. 


A  Christmas  Gift. 

It  may  not  be  altogether  the  fashion, 
in  fact  it  may  be  clear  out  of  style,  for  a 
man  to  ask  for  a  Christmas  gift,  but  I  am 
willing  to  risk  it,  especially  as  I  am  not 
asking  it  for  myself.  What  then?  You 
know  that  our  State  Day,  the  first  Lord's 
day  in   November,   was   one  of  the   worst 


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December  28,  1905 


days  in  the  whole  year,  and  our  collection 
was  knocked  clear  out.  We  fear  that  un- 
less extraordinary  efforts  be  made  we 
shall  not  recover  our  lost  ground  during 
the  entire  year. 

This,  then,  is  the  cause  of  this  writing. 
Many,  very  many,  churches  have  not  yet 
taken  their  offering.  Why  not  take  it  now 
and  make  it  the  biggest  ever,  as  a  Christ- 
inas gift  to  State  Missions?  Then  there 
are  many  who  could  make  this  work  a 
personal  gift.  Several  years  ago  our  per- 
sonal list  was  a  great  one.  Why  not  in 
this  emergency,  in  this  day  of  great  need, 
revive  it?  You  can  make  your  secretary 
much  happier  by  sending  a  good  large 
Christmas  gift  to  state  missions  than  you 
can  by  sending  him  one  personally. 

How    many   churches   and   brethren   and 
sisters  will  send  us  a  gift  of  good  cheer? 
Yours  in  His  name, 
T.  A.  Abbott,  Cor.  Sec. 
Century  Building,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Education  Day. 

No  day  in  our  missionary  calendar  is 
more  important  than  the  third  Lord's  day 
in  January,  the  day  set  apart  for  the  pres- 
entation of  Christian  Education  among  us 
as  a  people.  It  is  becoming  more  and  more 
apparent  that  to  this  branch  of  our  work 
we  must  look  very  largely  for  success.  We 
must  train  men  and  women  for  the  mission 
field,  for  pastors  and  for  lay  workers. 
Nowhere  can  we  look  for  such  supplies  if 
not,  in  the  main,  to  our  own  institutions.  As 
in  every  other  cause  among  us,  everything 
depends  upon  the  interest  taken  in  pre- 
senting the  matter  to  our  churches  by 
pastors  and  evangelists. 

In  absence  of  any  other  arrangement  it 
seems  to  be  best  that  each  institution  should 
advertise  the  work  of  Christian  Education 
in  its  own  region  and  receive  reports 
directly  from  the  churches.  We  crave  the 
united  efforts  of  our  papers  to  push  this 
paramount  interest.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that 
many  directly  interested  in  this  important 
appeal — college  men  and  others — may  send 
a  word  to  general,  and  especially  local  pub- 
lications relating  to  the  matter. 

W.  P.  Alysworth, 
Secretary  Federation  College  Presidents. 


Dedication  at  Mexico. 

The  church  at  Mexico,  Mo.,  A.  W.  Ko- 
kendoffer,  pastor,  assisted  by  Bro.  F.  M. 
Rains,  of  Cincinnati,  and  the  Editor  of 
The  Christiax-Evaxgelist,  dedicated 
their  new  church  building  on  December 
17,  free  of  debt.  It  was  an  ideal  day, 
and  the  throngs  which  attended  the  three 
services — morning,  afternoon  and  evening- 
filled  the  house  to  overflowing,  many  people 
standing  during  the  entire  services.  The 
building  and  lot  cost  about  $35,000.  There 
was  an  indebtedness  of  $12,000  remaining 
to  be  provided  for,  and  this  Brother  Rains 
succeeded  in  raising  without  much  trouble, 
and  even  beyond.  The  people  gave  with  a 
will.  The  building  is  well  designed  and 
beautifully  finished.  The  main  auditorium 
will  seat  600  people,  and,  together  with  the 
Sunday  school  and  class  rooms  opening 
into  it,  will  seat  about  900  people.  The 
windows  are  very  beautiful,  two  of  them 
being  put  in  by  the  Senior  and  Junior  En- 
deavorers,  the  Workers'  Society  and  the 
Sunday  school,  and  one  by  the  C.  W.  B.  M. 
in  memory  of  Mrs.  Kokendoffer.  The 
other  churches  of  the  city  assisted  in  the 
dedication,  two  of  the  ministers  being  pres- 
ent, and  many  of  the  contributions  for  the 
church  debt  were  from  members  of  other 
churches.  This  spirit  of  union  was  very 
beautiful.  In  the  afternoon  meeting  con- 
gratulatory addresses  were  made  by  Pres- 
ident J.  B.  Jones,  of  Fulton,  Mo.;  W.  B. 
Taylor,  a  former  pastor,  and  Brother  Truex, 
minister  of  the  Baptist  church  and  president 
of  the  ministerial  alliance,  representing  the 


other  churches  of  the  town.  This  meeting 
closed  with  an  impressive  communion  serv- 
ice. At  the  evening  service  the  Editor  of 
this  paper  delivered  the  sermon  to  a  large 
audience.    A  formal  dedicatory  service  was 


A.    W.,   KOKENDOFFER. 

conducted  by  Brothers  Rains  and  Taylor. 
Thus  a  splendid  building  was  set  apart  to 
the  service  of  God,  free  of  indebtedness. 
Brother  Kokendoffer,  the  beloved  pastor, 
has  wrought  a  splendid  work  for  the  church 
and  communit}',  and  is  loved  both  inside 
and  outside  of  the  church.  We  are  glad 
to  print  a  cut  of  the  pastor,  though  the  pho- 
tograph of  the  building  reached  us  too  late 
to  prepare  a  picture  for  this  week.  We 
hope  to  give  it  next  week. 

The  church  is  equipped  with  a  new  pipe 
organ  costing  $2,500,  which  was  built  by 
Geo.  Kilgen  &  Son,  of  St.  Louis. 


Ministerial  Exchange. 

A  preacher  is  wanted  to  take  up  the 
work  at  Everton  and  Mimosa,  Ontario. 
These  places  are  eight  miles  apart.  Ad- 
dress, D.   F.   Robertson,   Everton,   Ontario. 

John  T.  Stivers,  evangelist,  is  now  making 
arrangements  for  meetings  for  next  year. 
He  may  be  addressed  at  La  Junta,  Col. 

The  church  at  Riverton,  la.,  wants  a 
preacher  for  half  time.  Address  B.  E. 
Rice,    at    that    place. 

S.  W.  Jackson,  evangelist,  writes  that  the 
church  at  Lordsburg,  N.  Mex.,  wishes  a 
pastor.  Salary  $50  per  month,  and  fur- 
nished three  room  parsonage.  Only  mar- 
ried men  need  apply.  Address  Elizabeth 
Swan  at  the  above  place. 

Charles  E.  Schnltz  has  open  dates  for  re- 
vival meetings  after  January  1.  Address 
him  at  220  South  Fifteenth  Street,  New  Cas- 
tle,   Ind. 

J.  Will  Walters  has  an  open  date  in  early 
January  for  a  meeting.  Can  furnish  a 
singer  if  desired.  Address  him  at  Webster 
City,   Iowa. 

Churches  desiring  a  song  leader  or  soloist 
for  meetings  after  January  1,  may  address 
Bert  I.  Bentley,  Station  A,  Topeka,  Kan. 

Miss  Nellie  Pollock,  of  Nebo,  111.,  is  a 
first-class  evangelistic  singer  and  will  be 
open  for  an  engagement  in  January  and 
possibly  for  February.  Her  terms  are 
$10  per  week,  R.  R.  fare  one  way,  and 
entertainment.  I  will  be  glad  to  answer 
any  questions.     Harold  E.  Monser. 

The  church  at  Bangor,  Mich.,  desires  a 
young  married  man  as  pastor,  beginning 
January  1.  Salary,  $720  per  year.  Ad- 
dress Arthur  M.  Smith. 

A  church  in  a  town  of  1.000  population 
in  western  Missouri,  wishes  to  engage  a 
preacher,  with  a  small  family,  or  a  single* 
man,  for  half  time  for  1906.     Salary  from 


$300  to  $350  per  year.  Other  work  near 
by.  Address  R.  A.  Thompson,  Plaltts- 
burg,   Mo. 

The'  only  drug  store  in  a  good  town  is 
for  sale  at  a  bargain.  A  Christian  pre- 
ferred. Address  L.  A.  Wells,  Arapaho, 
Oklahoma. 

The  church  at  Oneida,  Kan.,  wishes  to 
employ  a  minister  for  full  time;  can  pay 
$600.  Address  Sherman  E.  Stevenson, 
elder. 

The  church  at  Seymour,  Mo.,  wants  to 
employ  a  good  preacher  for  1906;  can  pay 
about  $200.     Address  W.  S.  Gentry. 

®     ®   » 

Changes. 

Aber,  Clinton — Kansas  City,  Mo.,  to  An- 
gola,  Ind. 

Bennett,  J. — New  Windsor,  Col.,  to  Men- 
don,  Mo. 

Brickert,  E.  W. — San  Antonio,  Tex.,  to 
Independence,   Kan. 

Dewees,  H.  Jasper. — Regina,  to  Croik, 
Saskatchewan,    Canada. 

Easterwood,  Thomas  J. — Oenaville,  R.  R. 
1,  to  Temple,  Tex. 

Engle,  N.  Ford.— Lincoln,  to  Plainville, 
Kansas. 

Fenstermacher,  E.  J.— Clintonville,  Ky.,  to 

Poplar    Bluff,    Mo. 
Flinn,    E    M. — Cceur    d'Alene,    Idaho,    to 

Tekoa,  Wash. 
Frost,    A.    P.— Athens,    O.,    to    376    Union 

St.,  Memphis,  Tenn. 
Garvin,    J.    T. — Youngstown,    O.,    to    261 

West  118th  street,  New  York  City. 
Glover,    G.    W.— Franklin,    Tenn.,    to    Ke- 

wanee,  111. 
Plenkel,    D.    S. — Harrisburg,    to    Newport 

News,   Va. 
Howard,  Jewell. — Piano,  to  Avarillo,  Texas. 
Jones,    W.    Henry. — Salida,    Col.,    to    424 

Brighten  Place,  East  St.  Louis,  111. 
Kline,  Walter, — P'ayson  to  Lewistown,   111. 


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Layman,  A.  C. — Mound  City,  Kan.,  to  Hin- 
ton,  Okla. 

McKnight,  R.  E— Santa  Clara,  to  Bakers- 
field,  Cai. 

'Martin,  Richard  S. — To  General  Delivery, 
Chicago,   111. 

Mulkey,  A.  H. — Coquille,  to  Brownsville, 
Oregon. 

Olds,  Oliver  M.— Bolivar,  Mo.,  to  Minne- 
apolis, Minn. 

Payne,  Wm.  E. — Clarksburg,  to  Gas  City, 
Ind. 

Pomeroy,  C.  E. — Lorimor,  la.,  to  Arcadia, 
Kan. 

Rambo,  W.  E. — Republican  City,  to  Alma, 
Nebraska. 

Seymour,  S.  D. — Alexandria,  Mo.,  to 
Marietta,  I.  T. 

Sturdivant,  J.  E. — Springdale,  to  Malvern, 
Arkansas. 

Swain,  Charles  B. — Smith,  to  Topbar,  S.  D. 

White,  A.  J. — Chicago,  to  1701  South  Sev- 
enth  avenue,    Maywood,   111. 

Vance,   S.  J.— Eldon.   Mo.,  to  Caney,  Kan. 

Waggoner,  W.  H. — Bethany,  Neb.,  to  Ham- 
ilton, 111. 

Walters,  F.  F.— Grand  Junction,  Col.,  to 
Neosho,  Mo. 


Independent  Native  Church. 

Some  years  ago  the  Presbyterian,  Cum- 
berland Presbyterian,  Southern  Presbyte- 
rian, German  Reformed,  and  Dutch  Re- 
formed missionaries  working  in  Japan  all 
united  under  the  name  of  "Nihon  Kirisuto 
Kyokwai"  (Japanese  Church  of  Christ). 
They  have  172  missionaries  and  about 
14,000  native  converts.  At  the  annual  con- 
vention of  the  natives,  held  recently,  it 
was  decided  to  sever  all  official  connection 
between  the  native  churches  and  the  mis- 
sionaries. This  is  probably  the  first  at- 
tempt in  the  history  of  modern  missions 
to  establish  a  native  church  and  the  move- 
ment is  being  carefully  watched  by  the 
missionary  body. 

Tokio,  Japan.       W.  D.  Cunningham. 


A  B00K  for  the  Times. 

So  far  as  the  Disciples  movement  is  con- 
cerned, one  of  the  most  gratifying  and  help- 
ful signs  of  the  times  is  the  increasing  liter- 
ary output  and  deepened  interest  on  the 
subject  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  For  a  long 
time  we  had  little  to  say  on  the  question 
except  by  way  cf  criticism  on  the  doctrines 
of  others.  Mysticism  was  ruled  out  of 
court,  without  any  very  clear  conception  of 
what  it  was  or  what  it  had  done  in  the  his- 
tory of  Christianity,  and  it  has  yet  to  be 
shown  that  literalism  has  any  advantage 
over  mysticism.  If  we  have  ever  had  a 
constructive  theology,  the  Holy  Spirit  and 
his  operations  have  found  no  place  in  it. 
If  our  traditional  interpretation  of  Scripture 
in  relation  to  the  work  of  the  Spirit  has 
found  anything  for  the  Spirit  to  do  except 
to  inspire  the  Bible,  the  writer  has  not  been 
able  to  find  it.  The  Spirit  indites  the  Word, 
and  so  constructs  and  reveals  the  plan  of 
salvation ;  but  he  is  not  allowed  in  any  way, 
except  by  the  stereotyped  method  of  word 
communication,  to  bring  home  to  the  heart 
of  man  the  significance  of  its  truth.  Alex- 
ander Campbell  set  the  pace  by  affirming, 
in  his  debate  with  N.  L.  Rice,  that  the 
Holy  Spirit  in  conversion  and  sanctifica- 
tion  operated  only  through  the  truth. 
Robert  Milligan,  of  sainted  memory,  struck 
out  the  adverb  only,  suggesting,  as  he  did 
so,  that  there  was  no  authority  in  Scripture 
or  elsewhere  for  limiting  Omnipotence 
where  Omnipotence  had  not  limited  him- 
self. _  Has  the  Holy  Spirit  no  other  func- 
tion in  human  redemption  than  the  inspira- 
tion of  a  few  men  to  write  a  book,  a  long 
time  ago?  Does  not  a  deeper  study  of  the 
book  make   it   impossible    for   such   inade- 


quate and  Limiting  views  to  be  maintained? 

Did  God  retire  from  the  world  in  all  of  the 
known  forms  of  divine  activity  at  the  close 
of  the  canon  of  revelation,  and  has  the 
Church  been  living  all  these  centuries  on 
belief  in  an  absentee  God?  Are  we  to  be- 
lieve in  a  transcendent,  but  not  in  an  imma- 
nent, God?  A  contemporary  observed  re- 
cently that  the  Holy  Spirit  was  in  the 
Church,  but  not  in  individual  believer-.  1- 
this  not  like  saying  there  is  life  in  the  for- 
est but  none  in  the  trees;  life  in  the  army, 
but  none  in  the  soldiers?  If  the  Holy 
Spirit  is  not  in  men  now,  he  never  w.i 
them,  and  never  will  be. 

The  work  of  J.  H.  Garrison  on  ''The 
Holy  Spirit,"  just  issued  from  the  press  of 
the  Christian  Publishing  Company,  St. 
Louis,  is  a  timely  contribution  to  a  funda- 
mental question.  It  is  a  well-written,  vital, 
up-to-date  book  on  the  subject  which  it 
treats.  It  is  just  such  a  book  as  our  people 
need  at  this  stage  of  their  spiritual  evolu- 
tion. It  is  both  conservative  and  progres- 
sive in  the  best  sense  of  these  much-abused 
words.  The  work  is  soundly  evangelical 
and  Scriptural,  and  yet  in  line  with  the 
best  modern  thought  on  the  subject.  The 
old  mechanical  conceptions  of  inspiration 
and  Spirit-indwelling  are  set  aside  as  no 
longer  tenable.  We  are  glad  that  the  tradi- 
tional interpretation  that  confines  the  bap- 
tism in  the  Holy  Spirit  to  the  apostolic  age, 
and  limits  it  to  two  instances  for  temporary 
purposes,  finds  no  favor  with  our  author. 
The  limitation  of  the  witness  of  the  Spirit 
to  the  revelation  of  the  terms  of  salvation  is 
very  properly  rejected  as  an  inadequate  ex- 
planation of  Rom.  8:16.  The  old  popular 
distinction  between  the  promises  ot  the 
Holy  Spirit  to  the  apostles  as  inspired  men, 
and  to  other  disciples  then  and  now,  finds 
considerable  modification  in  this  work.  The 
Holy  Spirit  did  guide  the  apostles  into  all 
truth  essential  to  revelation  and  salvation. 
He  did  take  of  the  things  of  Christ  and 
show  them  to  these  inspired  men,  but  has 
the  leadership  of  the  Spirit  entirely  ceased 
in  the  Church?  Has  God  no  representative 
presence  and  power  in  the  world  except 
the  Word? 

Brother  Garrison  has  opened  the  wuy  for 
a  fresh  investigation  of  this  neglected  fac- 
tor of  spiritual  progress.  He  deals  with 
such  vital  themes  as  the  Tri-Personality, 
the  Inspiration  of  the  Holy  Scriptures, 
Function  of  the  Spirit  in  Conversion,  Rer 
lation  of  the  Holy  Spirit  to  Christians, 
Blessings  from  the  Holy  Spirit,  Jesus  and 
the  Holy  Spirit,  Significance  of  Pentecost, 
Symbols  and  Metaphors  of  the  Holy  Spirit, 
Spiritual  Gifts,  Perfecting  Holiness,  Chris- 
tian Union  and  the  Holy  Spirit,  Perpetuity 
of  the  Spirit's  Guidance.  The  first  chapter 
has  been  criticised  by  those  who  deny  the 
eternal  Sonship,  and  are  much  frightened 
at  trinitarian  metaphysics,  and  the  last 
chapter  is  under  fire  by  men  who  shut  up 
the  Spirit  within  the  confines  of  the  canon 
of  holy  Scripture.  The  practical  spiritual 
man,  who  reads  for  edification,  and  not  for 
criticism,  will  peruse  and  linger  over  the 
fifth  chapter,  "Blessings  from  the  Holy 
Spirit."  This  is  the  most  important  and 
useful,  because  it  is  the  essence  chapter  of 
the  book.  Here  the  root  and  heart  of  the 
whole  matter  is  reached.  What  the  Holy 
Spirit  does  for  the  Christian,  in  the  Chris- 
tian, and  through  the  Christian  is  luminous- 
ly brought  out  in  this  chapter.  If  the  book 
contained  nothing  else  than  this  most  satis- 
factory treatment  of  the  illuminating  and 
consecrating  inward  movements  of  the  di- 
vine Spirit,  the  life  of  God  in  the  soul  of 
man,  it  would  richly  deserve  to  be  read  and 
re-read  by  every  Disciple  of  Christ.  So 
much  depends,  in  the  next  few  years,  up- 
on our  people,  reading  and  studying  litera- 
ture of  this  kind,  that  they  may  be  driven 
back  upon  the  great  literature  of  life  and 
power,  the  Word  of  God.  that  we  have  no 
hesitation  in  commending  this  book  to  their 
serious  attention. — /.  /.  Haley,  in  "Christ- 
ian Monthly." 


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The  New  Church  at  Canton,  Ohio. 

The  Christian  church  at  Canton,  Ohio,  erhood  of  the  Christian  Church.  For  fifty 
which  was  recently  dedicated,  is  one  of  nights  and  nine  Lord's  day  mornings  were 
the  best  buildings  we  have  in  the  state,  services  held,  within  which  time  there  were 
It  has  been  a  little  over  one  year  since  additions  to  the  church  of  five  hundred  and 
ground  was  broken.  P.  H.  Welsheimer  eighty-six. 
went  to  Canton 
from  Millersburg 
three  years  ago 
last  January.  The 
church  then  met 
in  a  very  moder- 
ate house  o  n 
Ninth  street. 
There  was  a  debt 
of  $1,200.  There 
were  400  members 
and  a  Sunday 
school  of  about 
120.  After  a  year 
this  property  was 
sold  to  the  school 
board  for  educa- 
tional purposes 
for  $5,000.  A  lot 
in  the  very  best 
part  of  Canton 
was  bought  for 
$8,000.  In  June 
of  the  second  year 
of  Brother  Wel- 
sheimer's  minis- 
try Miss  Kather- 
ine  Staub  of  the 
School  of  Pastoral 
Helpers  came  to 
Canton.  She  has 
been     with     the 

1^rkheeninCof  Untold    service.     For    two  Canton,  once  the  home  and  now  the  rest- 

vears   the  congregation  met  in  the  Opera  ing  place  of  all  that  is  mortal  of  the  great 

House    which  was  procured  at  a  very  low  and   gentle    McKinley,    is   a   beautiful   city 

rent-il  '   Under  these  conditions  the  church  of  40,000   population,  churches   in  number 

has  about  doubled  in  membership  and  the  some  forty,  religious  prejudice,  intolerance 

Bible  school   has  been  pushed  with  much  indifference,  just  the  same  as  in  all  other 

vieor  till  they  have  had  an  average  of  over  cities  and    communities.      In   other   words, 

000  the  oast  vear     Z    T.  Sweeney  was  the  we  had,  and  now  have,  about  the  average 

preacher  for  dedication  day  and  asked  for  of  people,  good,  bad    careless,   indifferent, 

a  collection  of  $8,000  to  finish  paying  for  neglectful 

the   church      The  people   readily   gave  the  More  than  a  year  prior  to  its  beginnmg, 

sum  of  $8  571    to  be  paid  within  one  year,  preparation  therefor  was  commenced.     The 

The  hotse  is  of  Massillon  pressed  brick  Pastor ^and^pastoral^  helper^^epared^a 

trimmed  with   stone.     It  covers  the   entire 


NEW    CHRISTIAN    CHURCH,    CANTON,    OHIO. 


lot  which  is  63x109  feet.  The  auditorium 
and  Bible  school  room,  with  class  rooms, 
pastor's  study,  choir  room  and  an  open 
baptistry,  are  on  the  first  floor.  All  this 
part  is  trimmed  in  oak  and  can  be  thrown 


Hopeful  List,"  several  hundred  in  number, 
on  which  they  recorded  the  names  of  all 
persons,  who  they  felt  could  be  reached. 
This  plan  is  continued,  names  being  added 
thereto  constantly.  About  every  three 
months,  the  ladies  of  the  church  were  giv- 


part  is  tnmmeu  in  u^  ^«i~"J£  """""      en   the   names   of  hopeful  people   and  new 
together,    making    room    for    1,300   people.  b        .       h     chufch    u£on\vhom  they 

There    are    ten    rooms    in    the    basement, 


such  as  parlors,  lecture  room,  kitchen, 
kindergarten,  toilet  and  furnace  rooms. 
These  are  so  arranged  that  500  can  be 
seated.  The  basement  is  finished  in  hard 
pine.  The  entire  building  is  heated  by 
steam  and  lighted  by  electricity.  The 
building,  with  furnishings  and  organ,  cost 
$40,000  and  the  lot  $8,000,  which  makes  a 
$48,000  property.  Of  course  there  have 
been  other  churches  that  have  been  selfish 
enough  to  want  Brother  Welsheimer^  to 
leave  Canton,  but  he  has  the  right  ambition, 
and  that  is  to  be  a  fixture  in  Canton. 
The  church  is  in  perfect  harmony  and 
naturally  very  happy.  They  have  j  11st  closed 
a  great  meeting  with  Brother  Welsheimer 
doing  the  preaching  and  P.  M.  Kendall 
doing  the  singing.  With  the  great  Bible 
school  and  the  enthusiasm  and  prestige 
of  a  new  building  we  reasonably  expected 
a  great  ingathering  in  this  meeting,  and 
the  result  was  more  than  570  additions. 
We  are  glad  to  present  herewith  a  picture 
of  the  new  building  and  the  face  of  Brother 
Welsheimer.  The  Ohio  Disciples  congratu- 
late the  brethren  at  Canton,  one  and   all. 

The  Great  Canton  Meeting. 

On  Sunday,  October  1,  began,  and  on 
November  27  closed,  the  Canton  meeting, 
the  greatest  ever  held  in  Ohio,  and  in  some 
respects  the  greatest  ever  held  in  the  broth- 


called;  and  this  practice  also  continues. 
The  men  were  also  kept  in  constant  touch 
with  men  who  were  hopeful  For  two 
months  prior,  the  prayer  meetings  were  de- 
voted to  discussing  plans  and  praying  for 
the  revival.  The  week  before  its  begin- 
ning, three  meetings  were  held  to  complete 
arrangements  for  the  work. 

The  street  cars  carried  banners ;  neat  win- 
dow cards  with  the  picture  of  pastor  and 
singer  adorned  the  windows  of  store,  of- 
fices and  shops ;  streamers  stretched  across 
the  main  streets ;  hand  cards  distributed  in 
great  numbers;  bulletins  posted  in  public 
places ;  distribution  of  6,000  tracts  pre- 
pared by  the  pastor  on  the  teachings  of 
the  First  Christian  Church  of  Canton;  dis- 
tribution of  3,000  tracts  on  baptism  prepared 
by  the  pastor ;  daily  reports  in  city  papers 
on  the  meeting — these  were  some  of  the 
forms  of  advertising  employed. 

In  spite  of  much  opposition  the  members 
of  all  churches  came;  the  people  discussed 
religion  everywhere  and  came  in  great 
numbers;  listened,  were  convinced  and 
obeyed.  The  audiences  were  magnificent. 
On  Sunday  evenings  hundreds  were  turned 
away,  and  in  an  auditorium  with  a  seat- 
ing capacity  of  1,300,  as  many  as  1,500 
found  room.  The  attention  was  of  the 
best. 

There  was  never  an  invitation  given  with- 
out some  one  responding.     The  last  night 


(Monday)  10  came.  Never  less  than  1, 
sometimes  20  and  30,  and  as  high  as  42  came 
at  one  time.  Of  the  586  people,  48  were 
children  under  the  age  of  13.  188  males, 
398  females,  the  number  of  baptisms  501 ; 
the  number  of  Disciples  received,  who  came 
from  other  places.  56 :  received  from  other 
denominations  181,  of  which  number  29 
had  theretofore  been  immersed. 

Everybody  kept  sweet.  No  one  threw 
mud.  No  unkind  things  were  said  of 
other  churches  or  ot  church  members,  or 
other  people.  Every  one  was  willing  to  work 
to  follow  out  any  suggestions  made,  to  do 
all  possible  for  the  success  of  the  meeting. 

Every  one,  old  members  and  new  mem- 
bers, was  willing  to  do,  and  did  do,  a  large 
amount  of  personal  work.  No  better  corps 
of  personal  workers  was  ever  known.  The 
new  members  did  greut  things.  Some  mem- 
bers were  so  situated  that  they  had  great 
influence  and  exerted  it  in  the  right  di- 
rection, with  the  result  that  they  were  en- 
abled to  bring  large  numbers.  In  a  word, 
they  all  realized  that  in  this  way,  and  this 
only,  could  success  be  obtained. 

Bro.  P  .M.  Kendall  and  wife,  of  Colum- 
bus, Ind.,  had  charge  of  the  music.  He  at 
once  organized  a  choir  of  about  forty 
voices.  Under  his  superb  leadership,  this 
choir  did  great  things.  They  know  how  to 
sing  and  they  sang.  They  were  on  hand  at 
every  service,  faithful  in  all  things.  There 
was  never  better.  Yes,  and  the  audience 
sang.  Brother  Kendall  has  wonderful 
power  in  getting  people  to  sing.  The  solos 
sung  by  Brother  Kendall  and  other  songs 
were  illustrated  by  stereopticon  views  by 
and  with  the  assistance  of  Mrs.  Kendall, 
and   the   effect   was   marked. 

Miss  Catherine  Staub  is  our  pastoral  help- 
er— resourceful,  gentle,  tactful.  From  the 
School  of  Pastorial  Helpers  at  Cincinnati, 
having  graduted  under  the  teaching  of  the 
gifted  Harvuot,  she  came  to  us  about 
three  and  one-half  years  ago.  Her  life  has 
been,  and  is  now,  a  benediction,  and  she 
has  done,  and  is  now  daily  doing,  a  great 


P.   H.   WELSHEIMER,  CANTON,  OHIO. 

work,  without  which  the  meeting  of  which 
I  am  writing  would  not  have  been  possible. 
No  unbiased  person  has  ever  come  in 
personal  contact  with  P.  H.  Welsheimer  who 
has  not  felt  that  he  was  with  a  great  man. 
Thirty-two  years  of  age,  a  graduate  of 
Hiram  College,  his  first  pastorate  at  Mil- 
lersburg, Ohio,  for  a  continuous  period  of 
five  years,  he  came  from  that  place  to 
Canton  four  years  ago  next  j'anuary.  He 
is  a  man  with  a  great  vision,  possessed  of 
great  faith  and,  over  and  above  all,  a  bom 
(Continued  on  page  1689.) 


December  28,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


Oldest  Preacher  in  the   World 


On  November  22,  1905^  there  was  cele- 
brated the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of 
the  birth  of  a  most  remarkable  man — the 
Reverend  John  Schaeffer,  of  North  Benton, 
Mahoning  county,  Ohio — a  man  whose 
life  and  deeds  are  altogether  too  little 
known  among  the  Disciples  of  Christ.  He 
is  without  doubt  the  oldest  minister  of 
the  Gospel  amongst  us  now  living.  The 
following  sketch  of  his  life  was  prepared 
by  Bro.  F  M  Green,  a  lifelong  associate 
and    friend : 

"Mr.  Schaeffer  was  born  of  sturdy  Ger- 
man parents,  November,  22,  1805,  in  West- 
moreland county,  Pennsylvania.  His  par- 
ents were  poor  and  their  son  was  subject- 
ed to  the  usual  privations  incident  to  pi- 
oneer life.  At  the  age  of  twenty  he 
was  placed  for  instruction  in  theology 
in  the  care  of  Rev.  John  Wagenthals, 
a  prominent  minister  of  the  Lutheran 
church,  a  fine  scholar  and  a  gentle- 
man, as  Mr.  Schaeffer  describes  him,  in 
'the  true  sense  of  that  word.' 

"At  the  end  of  a  year,  after  an  examina- 
tion, he  obtained  a  license  to  preach  in  the 
Lutheran  church,  though  'he  was  denied 
the  right  of  administering  the  Lord's  sup- 
per and  a  voice  in  the  synodical  and  min- 
isterial sessions.'  But  this  was  the  be- 
ginning of  a  ministry  that  has  lasted  for 
eighty  years  and,  so  far  as  I  know,  he  is  the 


JOHN   SCHAEFFER. 

oldest  preacher  in  the  United  States,  per- 
haps the  oldest  in  the  world.  Until  1834 
he  preached  for  the  Lutheran  church, 
but  in  that  year  he  identified  himself  with 
the  Disciples  of  Christ  and  is  now  the 
oldest  living  contemporary  of  Alexander 
Campbell.  His  mental  equipment  was  of 
fine  order  and  in  his  native  tongue  he  was 
a  strong  preacher.  He  was  a  brother-in- 
law  to  Rev.  Jonas  Hartzell,  one  of  the 
strong  men  among  the  Disciples  in  those 
early  days,  and  well  known  to  the  people 
of  Akron  fifty  years  ago. 

"Like  many  preachers  in  his  day,  Mr. 
Schaeffer  preached  without  any  stipulated 
salary.  His  income,  such  as  it  was,  came 
from  a  little  farm  of  thirty  acres  'less  than 
half  paid  for  and  without  team  or  means 
to  cultivate  it.'  But  friends  helped  over 
the  'hard  places'  and  his  family  did  not 
suffer  want. 

"Mr.  Schaeffer  well  describes  the  fi- 
nancial condition  and  prospect  of  most 
Disciple  preachers  80  years  ago  in  these 
words :  'I  preached  for  them,  but  they  never 


seemed  to  consider  that  I  lived  just  like 
themselves  by  eating  and  drinking,  and 
that  my  time  was  the  only  means  of  sup- 
port. Consequently  I  had  to  'dig.'  I  was 
not  ashamed  to  'dig,'  but  one  thing  I 
plainly  discovered  and  felt  most  seriously, 
that  my  sun  had  forever  set  so  far  as  time 
for  suitable  preparation  to  hold  forth  the 
word  of  life  was  concerned.  One  of  the 
congregations  agreed  to  pay  me  one  dollar 
a  visit  every  four  weeks,  or  one-fourth  my 
time.  A  certain  brother  and  sister  who 
always  appeared  to  have  a  very  high  re- 
gard for  me,  were  exceedingly  hurt  be- 
cause Brother  Schaeffer  was  receiving  a 
salary  for  preaching.  I  received  only  thirty- 
seven  dollars  of  the  amount,  and,  unwilling 
to  give  further  offense,  I  never  asked  for 
the  balance.' 

"Mr.  Schaeffer  has  lived  to  see  a  mighty 
change  in  the  respect  of  the  remuneration 
of  preachers  among  the  Disciples  of  Christ, 
and  to  see  the  body  of  religious 
people  with  whom  he  identified  himself 
grow  from  a  hundred  churches  and  a  few 
thousand  members  in  1834  to  11,110  church- 
es and  1,238,515  members;  8,761  Bible 
schools  with  850,500  members,  and  6,675 
ministers,  in  1905.  These  churches  con- 
tributed for  local  work,  missions,  education 
and  benevolence  for  the  year  ending  Sep- 
tember 30,  1905,  the  aggregate  sum  of  $7,- 
907,.540. 

"Mr.  Schaeffer  has  lived  a  long  and  well 
spent  life  and  in  the  serene  glow  of  the 
setting  sun  he  yet  lingers  surrounded  with 
kind  friends  and  with  such  comforts  as 
his  extreme  age  requires,  amply  provided 
for  him.  For  one  of  his  age  he  is  yet  strong 
and  hearty  and  his  mental  faculties  not 
seriously  impaired.  As  a  personal  friend 
I   would  breathe  this  prayer  for  him : 

"When  your  lessons  and  tasks  are  all  ended, 
Your  life  work  and  journey  are  done: 
May  you  mount  to  the  throne  of  your  kingdom. 
When  the  morning  kisses  the  sun." 

At  the  celebration  about  two  hundred 
people  sat  down  to  a  most  substantial  re- 
past, prepared  by.  the  neighbors,  and  dur- 
ing the  day  about  five  hundred  people 
called  to  pay  their  respects.  Of  the  living 
children,  five  were  present,  and  during  the 
afternoon  one  son,  Mr.  Hartzell  J.  Shaef- 
fer,  of  Bloomington,  Illinois — father-in- 
law  of  the  writer,  read  a  most  beautiful  and 
eloquent  tribute  to  his  father.  It  was  the 
happy  privilege  of  the  writer,  together  with 
his  wife  and  children,  to  spend  the  Fourth 
of  July  this  year  with  Grandfather  Schaef- 
fer and  a  more  delightful  day  was  never 
spent.  We  talked  of  the  great  problems 
in  the  political  and  religious  world,  and 
we  found  Father  Schaeffer  thoroughly 
posted  on  current  events  and  eager  to  dis- 
cuss them.  His  mind  is  clear,  his  heart 
warm  and  filled  with  love  towards  God 
and  man.  It  was  like  a  benediction  to  sit 
at  his  feet  and  hear  him  discourse  of  the 
early  days  of  our  great  movement.  It 
was  worth  the  journey  to  look  into  his 
face.  The  world  is  all  the  better  for  the 
long  and  useful  life  of  John  Schaeffer, 
minister. 

Walter  Scott  Priest. 

Columbus,  Ohio  . 

DEGREE  COURSES  AT  HOME, 

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Mathematics,  Natural  Sciences,  History, 
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Pres.  Christian  College,  Oskaloosa,  Iowa. 


The  Great  Canton  Meeting. 

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leader  of  men.  His  sermons  during  the 
meeting  and  at  all  time  lain,  simple, 

practical,  helpful  and  winning.  First  princi- 
ples, faith,  repentance  and  baptism,  Chris- 
tian living  were  by  him  emphasized  in  every 


P.    M.    KEXDALL. 

sermon.  New  Testament  obedience,  and 
that  alone,  he  constantly  taught.  Without 
excitement  or  noise  or  confusion,  or  dem- 
onstrations, he  presents  the  teachings  of 
the  new  Testament  in  a  most  attractive 
manner.  Never  an  unkind  word  or  criticism 
or  suggestion  came  from  his  lips.  Never  a 
reply  to  abuse  of  others,  except  in  a  most 
kindly  spirit.  Success  never  turned  his 
head  and  never  will.  He  isn't  built  that 
way.  Neither  he  nor  Mis?  Staub  is  con- 
tent with  anything;  it  is  always  a  plan  for 
the  future ;  some  arrangements  for  great- 
er things  to  be  done. 

Permit  the  writer  to  suggest  that  what 
has  been  done  in  Canton  can,  with  like 
effort,  and  work,  and  energy,  and  prepara- 
tion, be  done  in  many,  many  other  places. 

H.  B.  Webber. 
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The  Christian  Lesson  Commentary. 

For  twenty-one  consecutive  years  I  have 
been  pleased  to  examine  and  use  ""The 
Christian  Lesson  Commentary."'  by  W.  W. 
Dowling.  It  has  been  good  from  the  first, 
but  each  year  has  added  some  new  feature 
which  has  added  to  its  usefulness.  The  in- 
creasing information  in  regard  to  Bible 
maimers  and  customs  and  the  better  knowl- 
edge of  the  topography  of  the  "land  where 
Jesus  trod"  have  tended  to  establish  faith 
in  the  Biblical  story,  and  also  to  remove 
many  erroneous  notions  from  the  minds 
of  students.  This  volume  for  1906  is  of 
the  very  best  of  the  entire  series.  The  les- 
sons are  clearly  analyzed,  and  as  the  author 
lays  every  source  of  information  under 
tribute  the  lessons  are  well  illustrated  and 
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Christian  Publishing  Company  has,  as 
usual,  done  its  part  well. 

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December  28,  1905 


AN    OPEN    LETTER    TO    W.    F.    RICHARDSON 


Dear  Brother  Richardson  :  I  have  read 
with  a  great  deal  of  interest  your  candid  and 
suggestive  review  of  my  book  on  "The 
Disciples  of  Chrisi"  in  The  Christian- 
Evangelist  of  December  7.  Because  of  the 
sincere  respect  in  which  I  hold  anything 
that  may  come  from  your  pen.  I  have  given 
the  review  some  serious  reflection,  the  re- 
sults of  which  I  desire  to  submit  to  you. 
The  question  you  raise  with  respect  to  the 
propriety  of  narrating  the  story  "of  the 
bigotry  and  sectarian  conceit  that  marred 
our  noble  plea"  in  certain  periods  of  the 
history,  moves  me  to  state  the  considera- 
tions that  governed  me  in  the  writing. 

I  assure  you.  Brother  Richardson,  that 
the  story  of  our  "bigotry  and  sectarian  con- 
ceit"' grieves  me  quite  as  much  as  it  does 
you  :  but  next  to  the  recording,  the  discovery 
of  it  gave  me  the  most  pain.  I  debated  with 
myself,  when  I  sat  down  to  write  the  story, 
whether  I  should  construct  an  expurgated 
history  that  would  please  the  Disciples  and 
commend  the  movement  to  the  outside  re- 
ligious world,  or  simply  record  it  as  I  found 
it,  and  offer  the  best  explanation  in  my 
power;  whether,  in  other  words,  I  should 
write  the  history  as  I  wish  it  had  been,  or 
as  it  actually  was.  Conscious  of  the  histo- 
rian's province,  as  well  as  his  duties,  it  did 
not  take  me  long  to  decide  which  course  I 
should  pursue.  I  simply  tried  to  tell  the  truth 
as  I  found  it — the  worst  truth,  with  disap- 
proval ;  the  best  truth,  with  commendation. 
I  think  I  omitted  nothing  that  was  praise- 
worthy, and  did  not  incorporate  everything 
that  was  blameworthy. 

Perhaps  I  see  more  than  you  of  the 
"permanent  effects"  upon  the  movement  of 
certain  "vagaries"  and  extremes  into  which 
some  of  its  advocaces  have  fallen.  I  asn 
perfectly  persuaded  in  my  own  mind  that 
the  movement  has  not  yet  recovered  from 
certain  vargaries  of  the  early  period.  What 
went  into  the  movement  as  literalism  be- 
tween 1823  and  1830,  came  out  as  legal- 
istic conservatism  between  i860  and  1880, 
and  continues  to  crop  out  in  well-known 
regions.  What  went  in  as  textual  correct- 
ness and  inerrancy  at  first,  has  been  coming 
out  in  spots  ever  since  as  Gospel  infalli- 
bility and  denominational  glorification. 

My  conception  of  history  is  that  it  should 
be  our  teacher.  If  we  have  made  mistakes 
in  the  past  in  the  interpretation  and  ap- 
plication of  principles,  we  ought  to  know 
what  they  are  that  we  may  avoid  them  in 
the  future.  If  we  tear  out  of  our  history 
the  page  that  contains  our  mistakes,  coming 
generations  are  likely  to  go  on  repeating 
errors  and  failures.  To  indicate  what  I 
mean :  The  way  we  have  tried  to  achieve 
Christian  union  in  the  past,  and  failed,  is 
just  the  way  not  to  try  it  again.  How  are 
we  to  know  what  has  been  tried  with  fail- 
ure, if  we  close  our  eyes  to  those  disagree- 
able chapters  in  our  history? 

I  must  frankly  avow  that  my  purpose 
in  writing  the  book  was  not  to  make  it 
the  "medium  of  indoctrinating  the  religious 
world  in  our  position,"  but  rather  of  show- 
ing the  Disciples  and  all  people  how  our 
principles  have  worked  in  their  practical 
application  to  religious  conditions.  I  was 
writing  a  history,  not  an  apology  or  a 
panegyric.  The  task  of  presenting  the 
'fundamental  principles  involved  in  our 
plea"  in  the  light  of  my  personal,  idealized 
conception  of  it,  would  be  very  pleasant, 
and  may  claim  my  attention  some  time.  But 
the  result  would  not  be  a  history  but  rather 
an  apology-.  Perhaps  our  history  should 
not  be  the  medium  of  commending  our 
principles  to  the  outside  religious  world. 
The  history  of  the  universal  Church  during 
the  last  nineteen  centuries  does  not  make 
the  pleasantest  or  most  convincing  read- 
ing, and  would  not  make  the  best  tract  or 
commentary  upon  the  Christian  religion  to 
put  into  the  hands  of  an  inquiring  heathen. 
I  am  interested,  as  you  are,  in  making  a 
good    impression    upon    outsiders,    but    I 


doubt   the   utility  of  our  history  for  that 
purpose. 

As  to  my  "losing  admiration  for  the 
movement"  as  the  narrative  advances,  I 
desire  to  testify  that  I  am  in  complete 
sympathy  with  its  purposes,  ideals,  and 
principles  as  unfolded  by  the  most  spirit- 
ually minded  of  our  leaders ;  that  I  am 
proud  of  the  material  and  organic  achieve- 
ments of  the  body;  but  that,  believing  as 
I  do  in  the  supremacy  of  our  mission  as 
a  Christian  union  movement,  I  believe  the 
Disciples  have  yet  to  justify  their  separate 
existence  by  what  they  may  achieve  on  the 
side  of  Christian  liberty  and  unity.  Their 
achievements  in  the  interest  of  either  lib- 
erty or  unity  have  not  been  important 
either  inside  or  outside  of  their  ranks.  The 
value  of  their  bigness  of  size  will  depend 
upon  whether  it  can  be  turned  to  spirit- 
ual account  in  the  moral  and  social  bet- 
terment of  the  communities  in. which  they 
exist,  or  can  be  thrown  into  the  balance 
on  the  side  of  fraternity,  unity,  and  co- 
operation wherever  the  opportunity  is  of- 
fered. Fraternally, 

Errett  Gates. 

University  of  Chicago. 

REPLY. 

I  believe  that  the  surest  justification  of 
my  brief  review  and  criticism  of  Brother 
Gates'  history  would  be  the  reading  of  the 
volume  itself.  I  think  Brother  Gates  hard- 
ly appreciates  my  criticism.  I  would  not 
have  him  write  an  "expurgated"  history 
of  the  Disciples,  any  more  than  I  would 
write  an  "expurgated"  review  of  his  book. 
I  would  have  him  treat  our  people  with  the 
same  kind  yet  candid  spirit  that  I  tried  to 
exhibit  in  my  review.  If  I  failed  in  my 
effort,  I  regret  it.  But  my  short  and  un- 
important article  will  be  forgotten  in  a  few 
weeks,  at  the  most,  while  his  volume  will 
take  its  place  with  the  permanent  literature 
of  American  church  history.  There  was 
every  reason  why  he  should  have  treated 
his  subject  with  that  sympathetic  spirit 
that  would  not  antagonize  those  in  whose 
name   he  professed  to  write. 

My  criticism  does  not  assert  the  falsity 
of  Brother  Gates'  statements,  but  their 
lack  of  proper  proportion  and  sympa- 
thetic treatment.  He  says  in  his  open  let- 
ter, "my  purpose  in  writing  the  book  was 
not  to  make  it  the  'medium  of  indoc- 
trinating the  religious  world  in  our  posi- 
tion,' but  rather  of  showing  the  Disciples 
and  all  people  how  our  principles  have 
worked  in  their  practical  application  to 
religious  conditions  "  Judged  by  this  prin- 
ciple, Brother  Gates'  volume  must  prove 
pessimistic  in  its  effect.  For,  in  the  first 
half  of  his  volume  (roughly  speaking)  he 
sets  forth  the  fundamental  principles  of 
our  movement  in  attractive  and  convincing 
way,  and  in  the  latter  half  tries  to  show 
that  they  have  failed  of  realization.  If, 
as  he  says  in  his  open  letter,  "I  [he]  be- 
lieve the  Disciples  have  yet  to  justify  their 
separate  existence  by  what  they  may 
achieve  on  the  side  of  Christian  liberty 
and  unity.  Their  achievements  in  the  in- 
terest of  either  liberty  or  unity  have  not 
been  important  either  inside  or  outside 
of  their  ranks,"  then  certainly  they  have 
failed  in  their  great  purpose,  pursued  for 
nearly  a  hundred  years.  This  is  not  the 
standpoint  from  which  a  really  worthy 
history  of  any  people  can   be   written.     I 


repeat  what  I  said  in  my  review,  that 
Brother  Gates  ought  to  rewrite  the  latter 
half  of  his  volume,  treating  the  later  his- 
tory of  our  people  in  the  same  sympathetic 
spirit  as  he  did  their  earlier.  Then  his 
history  would  be  worthy  of  its  subject, 
and  of  his  abilty  as  a  student  of  the  re- 
ligious movements  of  all  Christian  times. 
W.  F.  Richardson.  •, 

Our  Ebeneezer. 

"The  most  signal  social  and  religious  suc- 
cess ever  held  in  Emporia — in  that  it  at- 
tracted and  satisfied  more  people — was  the 
Christian  union  banquet  held  in  the  newly 
finished  basement  of  the  Christian  church, 
under  the  auspices  of  its  women.  The 
church  was  brought  into  close  fellowship 
with  the  people  of  this  community  and 
Rev.  Willis  A.  Parker,  pastor  of  the  church, 
gained  a  hold  on  the  admiration  of  the 
town  that  will  not  only  strengthen  him  and 
his  church,  but  will  weld  all  the  honest  peo- 
ple in  town  together  in  the  common  cause 
of  righteousness.  The  banquet  in  its  civiliz- 
ing effect  was  worth  as  much  as  a  new  rail- 
road." 

Such  is  the  comment  of  William  Allen 
White  in  the  Emporia  "Gazette"  of  Novem- 
ber 15,  1905,  concerning  an  event  which 
marks  an  epoch  in  the  history  of  the  Chris- 
tian church  of  Emporia,  Kansas.  "Here 
we  raise  our  Ebenezer"  in  token  of  past 
mercies   and    signal    blessings. 

The  lots  on  which  the  new  house  of 
worship  has  been  erected,  were  purchased 
March  9,  1902.  In  April,  1904,  ground  was 
broken,  the  corner  stone  was  laid  Septem- 
ber 12,  1904,  November  12,  1905,  marked  the 
formal  opening  of  the  basement  of  the 
church,  a  beautiful,  commodious  room  with 
a  seating  capacity  of  400  people.  This 
was  followed  by  the  Christian  union  ban- 
quet, 230  guests,  representing  the  various 
religious  bodies  and  their  friends,  sitting 
down  together  to  enjoy  the  rich  feast 
spread  for  the  delectation  of  the  physical- 
spiritual   man. 

The  responses  to  the  toasts  were  de- 
liciously  crisp,  the  garnishings  being  of  a 
"new"  variety,  possessing  scarcely  any 
flavor  of  antiquity.  With  a  bill  of  fare 
containing  such  elaborate  dishes  as  "Chris- 
tian Union."  "Our  '  Ideals,"  "The  Church 
Universal,"  "Christian  Womanhood,"  "Eb- 
enezer," a  sober  attack  of  indigestion 
might  momentarily  be  expected;  but  a 
plentiful  sprinkling  of  merry  wit,  pungent 
humor,  mixed  with  a  goodly  measure  of 
earthly  knowledge  and  heavenly  wisdom, 
rendered  the  whole  delightfullly  appetizing, 
an  experience  to  be  cherished  as  one  of 
the  inspirations  of  a  lifetime.  The  min- 
isters or  representatives  from  the  Con- 
gregational, Methodist  Episcopalian,  Bap- 
tist and  Presbyterian  churches  expressed 
the  congratulations  of  their  people,  William 
Allen  White  speaking  on  behalf  of  the  city 
of  Emporia. 

If  the  full  chord  of  Christian  union  was 
not  clearly  sounded  by  all  the  speakers, 
the  dominant  seventh  was  struck  by  each 
in  turn,  a.  herald  of  the  glad  new  day  whose 
dawn  is  even  now  causing  the  distant  moun- 
tain tops  to  blush  with  expectancy. 

It  was  deeply  regretted  that  Bro.  T.  P. 
Haley,  of  Kansas  City,  one  of  the  invited 
guests  of  honor,  was  detained  at  home  be- 
cause of  illness. 

Rev.   Elmer  Ward  Cole  of  Hutchinson, 
Kan.,  in  happiest  vein,  expressed  the  felici- 
tations of  the  brethren  of  the  state. 
!*  „ ...  I*.  K. 


DiCCEMBER  28,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


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NEWS    FROM    MANY   FIELDS 


South  America. 

To  the  Editor  of  Ths  Christian-Evangelist: 

We  arrived  at  Buenos  Ayres  Oct.  23,  after 
a  voyage  of  twenty -five  days  from  Liver- 
pool. We  were  met  at  the  landing  by 
Brothers  Smart  and  Brown,  of  the  Christian 
and  Missionary  Alliance,  who  helped  us 
•over  the  preliminary  difficulties.  The  next 
day  we  came  to  La  Plata,  a  city  of  75,000 
people,  thirty  miles  east  of  Buenos  Ayres. 
Brother  Smart  has  been  a  missionary  here 
for  many  years.  He  took  us  to  his  home 
till  we  could  find  a  suitable  place  to  board. 
We  are  now  established  in  a  rented  house 
in  the  southern  part  of  the  city,  with  the 
study  of  Spanish  for  our  chief  occupation. 
Miss  Embree,  the  other  member  of  our  mis- 
sion, has  been  in  the  country  for  two  years, 
working  with  the  alliance  people,  and  has  a 
fair  command  of  the  language.  Outside  of 
our  mission  there  is  one  member  of  our 
body  on  this  continent,  Mr.  Warner,  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  secretary  at  Loa  Paulo,  Brazil, 
•who  came  from  Ohio. 

I  have  been  here  too  short  a  time  to  know 
much  about  conditions.  Where  our  mission 
will  be  located  I  do  not  know,  but  probably 
in  Buenos  Ayres.  La  Plata  is  an  especially 
■difficult  place  for  Protestant  missions.  It 
as  of  sufficient  importance  to  justify  any 
amount  of  effort,  as  it  is  the  capital  of  the 
province  of  Buenos  Ayres  and  a  great  edu- 
cational center.  Protestant  work  is  small. 
There  is  a  very  small  congregation  of  the 
Church  of  England,  a  little  Methodist 
church,  a  station  of  the  Salvation  Army,  and 
an  independent  Baptist  church  of  about  100 
members,  under  the  charge  of  Brother 
Smart.  The  latter  has  a  good  building 
•owned  by  Brother  Smart,  the  others  meet- 
ing in  rented  quarters.  None,  of  these  mis- 
sions is  very  aggressive.  There  are  no 
mission  schools  here,  as  the  school  system 
apparently  makes  them  unnecessary.  The 
members  of  the  Protestant  churches,  except, 
perhaps,  the  English  church,  are  poor 
people. 

Several  things  have  impressed  us  as 
•worthy  of  note.  First,  the  immersionist 
-missionaries,  Plymouth  Brethren,  Independ- 
ent Baptists,  sent  out  by  the  missionary 
alliance,  and  now  the  Missionary  Baptists, 
are  more  successful  than  those  bodies  which 
accept  sprinkling  as  baptism,  except  in  a 
few  of  the  large  cities.  This  success  has 
come  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  most  of  the 
immersionist  missionaries  are  men  without 
college  training,  and  with  inferior  financial 
support. 

Another  thing  worth  thinking  about  is  the 
wide  separation  between  Protestantism  and 
education.  The  Protestants  have  no  college, 
and  there  are  peculiar  difficulties  in  the 
way  of  establishing  one.  No  serious  attempt 
has  been  made  to  reach  the  students  of  the 
national  universities  and  colleges.  This  I 
learned  from  Dr.  Drees,  the  chief  Methodist 
missionary.  The  educated  class,  though 
nominally  Catholic,  is  really  infidel.  Last 
week  the  bishop  of  Parana  accused  a  pro- 
fessor in  the  National  Normal  at  Parana  of 
"attacking  the  Bible."  The  paper  reports 
that  the  people  almost  unanimously  took 
the  part  of  the  professor,  and  no  doubt  he 
can  hold  his  chair  and  continue  his  attacks. 
This  is  the  best  educated  of  all  Spanish 
lands.  The  people  who  determine  public 
•opinion  come  from  the  colleges.  This  class 
must  be  reached  in  some  way  if  a  strong 
Protestant  church  is  to  be  established.    This 


is  a  tolerably  good  country  to  live  in.  I  do 
not  want  my  friends  to  think  that  I  have 
left  civilization  behind.  The  postman  passes 
my  door  four  times  a  day.  I  am  half  a 
square  from  the  street-car,  and  there  is  a 
mounted  policeman  on  the  corner.  On  the 
next  block  is  a  large  public  school.  In  this 
city  there  are  half  a  dozen  public  buildings 
that  would  attract  attention  in  Indianapolis 
or  Des  Moines.  There  are  two  national 
colleges,  a  large  public  library,  and  a  public 
museum  of  great  interest.  The  Southern 
Railway  is  building  a  fine  station,  and  the 
foundations  of  a  great  university  are  being 
laid.  I  trust  many  of  our  younger  brethren 
will  feel  that  this  great  southern  republic 
has  a  claim  upon  their  lives.  At  any  rate 
we  are  glad  to  be  here.  W.  J.  Burner. 
La  Plata,  Argentine. 

#    ® 
Where  Roses  and  Violets  Bloom. 

From  the  city  of  Joplin,  Mo.,  where  "Jack" 
is  king  and  where  the  landscape  is  pic- 
turesquely cumbered  with  mining  derricks 
and  mountains  of  "tailings,"  or  punctured 
with  old  shafts  or  drill  holes,  down  to  the 
beautiful  crescent  city  of  New  Orleans,  where 
the  roses  and  violets  bloom  all  the  year 
round — 'tis  a  wondrous  transformation.  Out 
of  a  cold  and  gloomy  rain  into  the  bright, 
beautiful,  balmy  Decoration  Day  of  the 
Sunny  South.  Snow  was  falling  in  Kansas 
City;  here  the  Panama  hat  lingers  on  despite 
the  dictates  of  fashion. 

My  way  led  through  the  lumber  camps  of 
Arkansas,  across  the  great  river  at  Memphis 
through  eastern  Tennessee,  through  beauti- 
ful tree  and  hill  blessed  Mississippi.  (I  think 
I  should  like  to  live'  in  Mississippi  if  Gover- 
nor Vardaman  would  move  out.) 

Back  to  the  land  of  live  oaks  and  palms. 
Back  to  the  land  of  the  far-famed  stegomyia 
fasciata.  Back  to  the  fields  of  cotton  and 
corn  and  rice  and  sugar-cane.  Back  to  the 
country  of  magnolias,  myrtle  and  jasmine. 
Back  to  the  city  of  open  gutters  where  the 
bull-frog  croaks  his  tuneful  lay  at  your 
front  door;  where  the  double-decked  open 
cistern  breeds  destroying  angels  of  death. 
Back  where  the  people  shake  hands  going 
and  coming  and  where  kissing  and  hugging 
are  done  openly  and  generously.  Back  to 
the  dirtiest,;  prettiest  city  in  the  whole  United 
States. 

Glad  to  get  back?  Well,  I  guess,  yes! 
Who  isn't  glad  to  get  home?  Preachers,  if 
you  want  to  be  where  the  people  treat  you 
handsomely  come  to  the  Sunny  South.  The 
right  kind  of  men  are  needed  here  and  the 
right  kind  of  men  will  enjoy  it.     I  do. 

The  Soniat  Avenue  Church  voted  me  a 
month's  vacation  before  this  fever  scare 
broke  out,  and  then  when  I  had  gone  the 
wouldn't  let  me  come  back  till  Yellow  Jack 
was  gone.  Although  over  one-half  the  con- 
gregation was  out  of  the  city  the  remainder 
carried  on  the  regular  Sunday  morning  and 
midweek  services.  O.  E.  Hawkins  preached 
for  the  church  in  my  absence..  Some  one  of 
our  southern  churches  should  give  him  a 
call  to  regular  work — no  others  need  apply. 
Not  a  single  member  of  the  Christian 
churches  in  this  city  had  the  yellow  fever 
during  this  epidemic. 

We  are  planning  for  great  things  the  com- 
ing year  and  hope  to  keep  up  our  record.  If 
we  could  have  the  help  of  all  our  brethren 
who  locate  in   this  city.'we  could  become  a 


great  power  for  good.    Send  ui  the  names 
of  your  friends  and  we'll  find  them.     The 
Soniat    Avenue  Church    raised    $50.75 
church  extension  although  half  the  members 
were  away  on  account  of  the  fever. 

My  "vacation"  was  spent  in  and  near  Jop- 
lin. I  preached  48  sermons  and  baptized  21 
persons;  organized  the  Reding  school  house 
congregation  with  32  members  and  started  a 
building  fund;  preached  eight  times  for 
J.  W.  Baker  in  the  South  Joplin  Christian 
Church  and  twice  for  W.  F.  Turner  at  the 
First  Church.  I  began  a  three  weeks'  meet- 
ing for  the  Central  Church,  Eldorado 
Springs,  Mo.,  W.  G.  Hearne,  pastor,  and 
closed  suddenly  on  the  eighth  day.  This 
congregation  is  made  up  of  the  seceding 
members  of  the  old  First  Church.  Each 
congregation  has  a  good  building  and  there 
is  said  to  be  considerable  zealous  rivalry  be- 
tween them.  Eldorado  Springs  has  about 
2,500  inhabitants,  augmented  during  the 
summer  by  several  hundred  health  seekers. 
It  is  a  beautiful  place  and  the  waters  taste 
bad  enough  to  be  good  medicine.  There 
are  twelve  churches  of  variegated  tints  in  the 
village.  "I  in  them  and  thou  in  me,  that 
they  may  be  perfected  into  one;  that  the 
world  may  know  that  thou  didst  send  me, 
and  lovedst  them  even  as  thou  lovedst  me." 

My    last    Sunday   in   Joplin    I    heard  my 
father  preach  one  of  bis  best  sermons  in 
J.    W.   Baker's  pulpit.      Brother  Baker  was 
holding  a  meeting  for  the  Duenweg  congre- 
gation.    At   night  I   listened  to  that  prince 
a  meng  pastors,  W.  F.  Turner.    At  the  close 
of  the  services  the  congregation  gave  to  me 
as  their  "minister  in  New  Orleans"  a   very 

gratiiyirg,    e nccuraging   ovaticn.     The   hv 
ing  link  idea  is  a  splendid  bond  of  union  be- 
tween brethren. 

The  Mississippi  annual  convention  met  at 
Water  Valley.  The  program  offered  good 
things  galore. 

All  Saints  Day  is  a  legal  holiday  in  this 
state,  and  it  was  observed  by  thousands  of 
our  people.  Aside  from  the  usual  services 
in  the  Catholic  and  Episcopal  churches  and 
the  blessing  of  the  graves  of  the  saints  by  the 
priests,  the  chief  part  of  the  celebration  con- 
sisted in  decorating  the  resting  places  of  the 
dead  with  flowers.  Thousands  of  dollars 
worth  of  flowers  were  displayed  in  honor  of 
the  dead  and  in  token  of  the  faith  in  the 
resurrection  which  is  the  hope  of  Christianity. 
Nearly  every  grave,  Protestant  or  Catholic 
had  its  tribute  of  flowers.  Roses  and  chry- 
santhemums prevailed.  The  cemeteries  of 
New  Orleans  are  not  excelled  in  beauty  by 
any  in  the  country.  Not  even  classic  Mt. 
Auburn  excels  Metairie  of  New  Orleans.  On 
All  Souls  Day  prayers  were  being  said  in  the 
cathedrals  of  superstition  for  the  souls  of 
the  dead  which  have  not  yet  been  redeemed 
from  purgatory. 

The  greatest  ravages  of  the  fever  were 
among  the  citizens  who  have  most  implicitly 
relied  on  their  priests  and  saints  for  protec- 
tion. Why  should  one  who  is  taught  that  Saint 
Dominic  is  the  protector  against  all  fevers 
pay  any  attention  to  health  officers  and  phy- 
sicians? If  the  "blessing"  of  the  priest  will 
effect  a  cure,  what  could  be  better?    Today 


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CONSUMPTION      *» 


1692 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


December  28,  1905 


:ndulgence3  for  sin  are  sold  openly  in  New 
Orleans.    And  Protestants  sleep. 

New  Orleans  is  rapidly  recuperating  from 
its  attack  of  fever  and  will  now  forge  ahead 
as  never  before.  Here  we  should  have  a 
number  of  mission  churches,  schools  and  or- 
phanages if  we  would  save  this  people  from 
Catholicism.  We  should  have  missions 
among  the  colored  people,  the  Italians,  the 
French,  the  Spanish,  the  Chinese,  etc. 

Marceli.vs  R.  Ely. 

$    $ 

Nebraska. 

David  City  has  called  Lee  Ferguson,  of 
Iowa,  and  he  is  already  at  work.  We  hope 
that  this  may  prove  a  long  pastorate  and  a 

successful  one.    The  outlook  is  bright. 

There  was  one  confession  at  Auburn  on 
Nov.  26,  where  Bro.  F.  L.  Pettit  preaches. 

Three  added  at  Kearney  on  the  same 

date.   F.  D.  Hobson  is  the  preacher. The 

Beaver  City  meeting,  led  by  S.  V.  Williams 
and  wife,  of  La  Porte,  Ind.,  closed  Nov.  29. 
There  were  17  baptisms,  q  by  letter  and 
statement.  D.  S.  Domer  is  the  regular  min- 
ister and   reports  that  the  church  now  has 

over  two  hundred  members. B.  H.  Whis- 

ton  has  located  at  Minden.  State  evangelist 
Whiston  has  been  at  Wymore  since  Nov. 
io.  There  have  been  good  audiences,  and  up 
to  this  time  13  additions.  The  work  is  ham- 
pered by  internal  conditions.  A.  L.  Ogden 
has  been  preaching  there  every  other  Lord's 
day,  but  has  closed  his  work  with  them. 
The  evangelist  will  go  to  Table  Rock  from 
Wymore,   and  will    probably    begin    there 

about  Dec.    13. F.  L.   Pettit  held  a  two 

weeks'  meeting  at  Pawnee  City.  One  added. 
Brother  Lindenmeyer    reports    two    added 

since  the  meeting. A.  W.  Henry  is  in  a 

meeting  at  Liberty  Ridge. The  state  sec- 
retary was  at  Nelson  over  Lord's  day,  Dec.  3. 

This  church  is  looking  for  a  preacher. 

H.  S.  Gilliam,  state  superintendent  of  Bible 
schools,  held  an  institute  at  Nelson  on 
Saturday,  Dec.  9,  and  preached  on  Dec.  10. 

Hastings   is    in  the   midst  of    a   union 

meeting  in  a  large  tabernacle.  The  Chris- 
tian church  will  follow  it  with  a  meeting, 
led  by  O.  E.  Hamilton.  Brother  Gilliam  re- 
ports several  additions  to  Hastings  church 
by  letter  and  one  by  confession  since  his 

last   report. D.    C.   Kratz  held    a    short 

meeting  at  Nora,  one  of  his  regular  preach- 
ing points,  resulting  in  three  reclaimed. 

R.  A.  Schell  delivered  his  stereopticon  lec- 
ture, "Ten  Nights  in  a  Bar  Room,"  at  Belvi- 
dere  on  the  evening  of  Dec.  3.  Prof.  H.  T. 
Sutton  spoke  at  Hebron  the  same  evening. 

The   Lexington   meeting,   led    by  Joel 

Brown  and  Mrs.  Floy  Hormel,  resulted  in  36 
additions  to  the  church.     D.  B.  Titus  is  the 

preacher  there. A   Brother   Lemon  has 

been  called  to  preach  at  Rising  City  and 
Summit.    He   lives   at  David    City    and  is 

engaged   in    county  temperance   work. 

Oscar  Sweeney  has  just  moved  his   family 

to   Ord,  where  they  are    now  located. 

E.  C.  Tuckerman,  Lincoln,  General  Deliv- 
ery, is  open  for  work  as  singing  evangelist. 
—Wilson  and  Lintt  will  begin  a  meeting 
at  Fairbury  early  in  January.  The  genial 
preacher  at  that  place,  II.  C.  Holmes,  is 
making  iarge  preparations  for  a  great  meet- 
ing. This  congregation  has  one  of  the  most 
beautiful   church  ;houses  among  us   in  the 

state. J.  E.  Davis,  of  Stanberry,  Mo.,  has 

accepted  a'call  to  the  work  at  Beatrice,  and 
will  be  on  the  field  after  Jan.  1.  Brother 
Davis  come3  highly  recommended  to  Ne- 
braska.  Edgar  Price,  formerly  at  Beat- 
rice, i8   now     happily    located    at   Bedford, 

Iowa. Brother  .De  Vol,  of  Missouri,  has 

been  called  to  the]  work  at  Fairfield, 
which  D.  F.  Snider  resigned  recently.     He 


will  be  on  the  field  about  Feb.  1.  D.  F. 
Snider  has  temporarily  gone  to  Hia- 
watha,  Kan.,   for  a  rest. The  church  at 

Hendley  has  called  a  Brother  Mitchell  as 
preacher.  This  congregation  has  been  do- 
ing very  little  work  for  some  time,  and  it  is 
hoped  that   they   may   now   press   forward. 

Earl  E.  Boyd  has  resigned  the  pastorate 

of  the  Eastside  Church,  Lincoln,  to  take 
effect  Jan.  1.  Brother  Boyd  will  finish  his 
course  of  study  in  Cotner  Medical  College 
next  May,  and  will  then  be  a  full-fledged 
M.  D.  Until  then  he  is  available  as  supply 
for  some  nearby  church. 

The  Missouri  Valley  State  Secretaries' 
Association  met  at  Lincoln,  Dec.  13.  This 
association  consists  of  Missouri,  Iowa, 
Kansas  and  Nebraska.  It  represents  over 
three  hundred  thousand  Disciples.  The 
meetings  are  purely  in  the  interest  of  state 
missions,  and  have  hitherto  been  held  in 
St.  Joseph,  Mo.  T.  A.  Abbott,  of  Missouri, 
B.  S.  Denny,  of  Iowa,  W.  S.  Lowe,  of 
Kansas  and  this  secretary  make  up  the 
personnel  of  the  association.  The  meetings 
are  held  quarterly,  except  the  fall  quarter, 
which  is  taken  up  with  the  national  secre- 
taries' meeting  at  the  national  convention. 
They  have  proven  very  profitable. 

The  returns  from  Nebraska  day  during 
the  month  of  November  are  very  gratifying. 
Fifty-one  churches,  21  Bible  schools  and  13 
Christian  Endeavor  Societies  sent  in  offer- 
ings. This  was  a  gain  of  15  churches,  and  a 
total  of  $226  over  the  same  period  last  year. 
The  total  amount  sent  in  by  churches  was 
$671.14.  There  is  a  loss  of  one  Bible  school 
and  one  Christian  Endeavor  Society,  but  the 
amount  sent  in  was  in  both  cases  an  increase 
of  over  four  dollars  in  each  department. 
Seventeen  churches  gave  more  than  the  ap- 
portionment. Sixteen  gave  the  full  amount, 
and  the  others  fell  below.  One  congrega- 
tion, Bethany,  paid  over  $100.  Information 
from  other  churches  shows  that  the  appor- 
tionment has  been  fully  pledged,  and  in  one 
instance  nearly  $100  is  in  sight.  These  are 
yet  to  come  in.  Since  the  first  of  December 
the  remittances  have  been  falling  off.  But 
we  hope  that  the  churches  that  have  taken 
the  offering  will  be  sure  to  send  in  the 
amount  during  this  month.  Let  us  not  fail  in 
this.  And  those  churches  that  can  possibly 
get  to  it  in  December  should  take  the  offer- 
ing without  fail. 

Volume  I,  No.  7,  of  the  "Omaha  Chris- 
tian" is  on  my  desk.  It  is  a  four-page  paper 
devoted  to  the  interests  of  the  Omaha 
churches.  It  has  a  nice,  clean  make-up,  and 
is  full  of  matter  pertaining  to  the  work  in 
that  city.  S.  D.  Dutcher,  5016  Cass  Street, 
and  H.  J.  Kirschstein,  1817  Spencer  Street, 
are  responsible  for  it.        W.  A.  Baldwin. 

New  Church  Building   at   Atlanta,  Ga. 

The  First  Christian  Church  of  Atlanta, 
Ga.,  has  begun  the  erection  of  a  splendid 
new  building  on  the  lot  recently  purchased 
for  that  purpose,  at  the  corner  of  Trinity 
and  Pryor  Streets.  This  is  only  about  two 
blocks  away  from  the  present  location  of  the 
church,  but  the  site  is  preferable  in  every  way. 
The  lot  was  purchased  at  a  cost  of  sixteen 
thousand  dollars,  and  the  building  is  to  cost 
fifty  thousand  dollars.  When  completed  it 
will  be  perhaps  the  finest  and  most  com- 
plete house  of  worship  owned  by  our  broth- 
erhood in  the  entire  south,  and  will  rank  well 
with  the  very  best  among  our  church  build- 
ings anywhere.  The  foundation  and  cop- 
ings of  the  building  are  to  be  granite,  the 
walls  of  granite  brick,  and  the  trimmings  of 
terra  cotta.  Outwardly  the  building  is  im- 
pressive and  imposing;  the  interior  arrange- 
ment is  very  nearly  perfect.    The  basement 


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December  28,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


Washington. 

I  am  writing  on  board  the  train  enroute 
for  Prescott,  Wash.,  where  we  are  to  hold 
a  meeting.  Prescott  is  a  new  field  and  we 
hope  to  be  able  to  plant  a  church  of  Christ 
there  before  the  year  closes. 

We  closed  the  meeting  at  Cunningham; 
we  organized  with  thirty-three  and  succeeded 
in  raising  enough  money  to  warrant  a  good 
building.  The  lots  were  a  gift;  and  we  hope 
the  building  will  be  ready  for  dedication  by 
Christmas.  W.  M.  Roe  is  looking  after  our 
work  at  Greenacres. 

Brethren  Dean  and  Gerking  report  twelve 
in  the  meeting  at  Diamond.  This  is  a  good 
work.  Can  not  more  of  our  pastors  volun- 
teer to  hold  meetings  for  some  nearby  point 
or  some  weak  congregation?  We  need  a 
lot  of  such  work  done. 

Brother  McCallum  is  soon  to  begin  with 
Brother  Benton  at  Pomeroy.  We  are  sorry 
to  record  the  death  of  our  much  loved 
brother,  F.  M.  Minnick,  formerly  of  Ana- 
conda, Mont.,  but  for  some  months  past  a 
resident  of  Spokane. 

Let  all  the  churches  of  the  Inland  Empire 
push  the  work  and  make  report  to  us  of  the 
progress  from  time  to  time,  that  we  may  get 
reports  into  the  papers. 

The  new  church  houses  at  Waitsburg, 
Washtucna,  Waverly,  Prosser  and  Cunning- 
ham are  being  pushed  and  will  all  soon  be 
ready  for  dedication. 

Brethren,  watch  the  Inland  Empire  grow! 
Brother  Utz  is  slowly  recovering  from  the 
attack  of  typhoid,  but  will  not  get  to  his 
pulpit  for  some  time  yet. 

W.  S.  Lemmon,  Cor.  Sec. 

Spokane,  Wash. 

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Virginia. 

G.  W.  Remagen  has  accepted  a  call  to 
Fredericksburg  and  Bowling  Green.  He 
gives  three  Sundays  to  the  former  place  and 
one  to  the  latter. 

C.  H.  Poage  has  begun  work  at  Radford 
and  East  Radford.  There  is  a  great  oppor- 
tunity with  these  churches,  and  Brother 
Poage  expects  a  good  work. 

The  watchword  of  the  Virginia  Christian 
Missionary  Society  is  $10,000  for  Virginia 
missions  this  year. 

E.  L.  Powell  will  hold  a  meeting  with 
H.  P.  Atkins  in  West  End  Church  in  Feb- 
ruary. 

H.  J.  Seaman  held  a  meeting  with  home 
forces  at  Sharon  Church  with  30  accessions. 

H.  D.  Coffey,  under  the  auspices  of  the 
V.  C.  M.  S.  has  recently  reorganized  the 
church  at  Paint  Bank  with  40  members,  and 
raised  enough  money  to  call  a  minister  one- 
fourth  time. 

Milo  Atkinson,  having  returned  from  Cin- 
cinnati, is  again  filling  his  pulpit  in  New- 
port News. 

A.  J.  Renforth  has  resigned  at  Hampton 
after  eight  years  of  splendid  service.  He 
will  move  to  the  country  and  give  himself 
to  evangelical  work.  He  will  do  good  serv- 
ice in  this  new  work. 

Marshall  Street  Church  raised  over  $90 
recently  for  state  missions.  It  is  expected 
that  the  whole  amount  will  reach  $125. 

Virginia  needs  a  number  of  good  preach- 


Hoarseness  or  loss  of  voice 
immediately  relieved.  Noth- 
ing excels  this  simple  remedy 


ers.  Address  H.  C.  Combs,  104  S.  5th  St., 
Richmond. 

A  new  house  is  to  be  erected  at  Peters- 
burg very  soon.  This  is  one  result  of  the 
Yeuell  meeting. 

The  new  house  at  Blackstone  is  to  be  ded- 
icated before  January,  1,  1906. 

William  Burleigh  raised  $1,000  at  Bristol, 
the  first  Sunday  in  November,  liquidating  all 
indebtedness.  He  has  recently  dedicated 
two  new  churches  in  the  country  near  Bristol. 

H.  C.  Combs  has  been  re-elected  finan- 
cial secretary  of  the  V.  C.  M.  S. 

Richmond,  Va.  H.  C.  Combs. 

Indian  Territory  Ministerial  Institute. 

The  work  in  this  territory,  under  the  able 
supervision  of  S.  R.  Hawkins,  is  growing 
rapidly.  He  is  not  building  for  display,  but 
for  permanency.  He  is  getting  the  right 
kind  of  material  for  leaders.  It  was  my 
good  pleasure  to  attend  the  third  session  of 
the  Christian  Ministerial  Association  held  in 
the  First  Christian  Church  at  Roff.  The 
attendance  was  not  large,  but  the  personnel 
was  surprisingly  excellent.  The  addresses 
were  par  excellence.  The  spirit  could  'not 
have  been  better.  Bro.  Geo.  P.  Fooley's 
paper  on  the  Holy  Spirit  was  especially 
good.  He  was  conservative  as  well  as  sane, 
deeming  it  better  "not  to  know  so  much 
than  to  know  so  much  that  ain't  so." 

The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the 
ensuing  year:  Randolph  Cook,  president; 
Geo.  P.  Fooley,  vice-president;  J.  Crockett 
Mullins,  secretary  and  treasurer.  Just  keep 
your  eye  on  the  territory. 

Hartshorne.       J.  Crockett  Mullins. 


Word  from  Brother  Bentley. 

It  has  now  been  a  month  since  we  arrived 
here  from  China.  The  doctors,  osteopaths, 
say  they  can  cure  me  in  a  few  months.  I 
am  giving  them  an  opportunity.  They  think 
curvature  and  consolidation  in  the  spine  is 
at  the  base  of  all  the  trouble.  One  month 
of  glorious  California  climate  has  helped 
much  in  a  general  way.  While  I  will  not 
be  equal  to  a  heavy  strain  on  my  nerves  for 
a  good  many  months,  I  hope  to  be  ready  for 
useful  work,  perhaps  in  connection  with  one 
of  our  colleges,  by  next  winter. 

You  are  surely  right  on  the  subject  of  the 
Holy  Spirit,  and  your  writings  on  that  theme 
have  been  a  help  to  hundreds. 

Berkeley,  Cal.  W.  P.  Bentley. 

Recent  Victory   on  an  Old  Battlefield. 

Here  where  were  fought  some  of  the  bat- 
tles of  the  giant  defenders  of  apostolic 
Christianity,  where  was  penned  the  Decla- 
ration and  Address,  where  yet  stands  the 
home  of  that  humble  and  sainted  man, 
Thomas  Campbell,  who  little  dreamed  of 
the  great  tidal  wave  of  religious  thought 
he  was  generating  when  he  wrote  that  his- 
toric document,  we  have  recently  seen  a 
great  victory  for  the  truth  and  plea  we 
preach.  We  began  as  part  of  the  great 
simultaneous  movement  in  and  about  Pitts- 
burg. This  is  an  exceedingly  conservative 
town — a  college  town,  and  not  easily  stirred. 
With  no  undue  excitement  at  any  time,  but 
with  a  strong  grip  upon  the  whole  field, 
Bro.  O.  P.  Spiegel  took  hold  of  this  work 
with  us,  and  led  us  to  a  great  victory.  He 
preached  a  plain,  scriptural  and  kindly  mes- 
sage to  the  church  and  the  world.  He  is  fear- 
less but  very  kind,  pointed  but  patient  with 
those  who  differ  from  him,  earnest  and 
never  discouraged  when  things  do  not 
come  his    way      A  tireless  worker  in   the 


liorri':,  -/ffice  and  shop;  discreet  and  skillful 
in  soul-winning,  and  withal  a  most  congenial 
companion  in  the  work.  The  123  acces- 
sions during  the  />  days  were  only  a  part  of 
the  reasons  for  our  profound  gratitude,  for 
the  whole  work  has  been  greatly  benefited. 
The  meeting  began  in  the  first  month  of  our 
fifth  year  as  pastor.  We  have  seen,  during 
that  time,  some  victories  for  which  we  are 
very  grateful.  A  second  church  and  chapel, 
a  fine  mission  church  at  Cannonsburg,  over 
which'Bro.  R.  G.  White  efficiently  ministers, 
and  with  which  we  have  fellowship,  enlarged 
spirit  and  work  in  all  our  missionary  enter- 
prises, 280  accessions,  besides  those  of  the 
recent  meeting,  are  some  of  the  results  of 
faithful,  consecrated,  diligent  labor  in  the 
Lord  during  the  four  years  and  two  months 
past.  To  the  Father  who  hath  given  us  the 
increase,  and  by  whose  spirit  we  are  kept  a 
united,  hopeful,  buoyant  church  for  the 
coming  year,  we  would  render  all  the  praise, 
thanksgiving  and  honor. 

Washington,  Pa.       E.  A.  Cole,  pastor. 

A'New  Church  Organized. 

The  brethren  here  were  disappointed  in 
not  having  Bro.  W.  J.  Hastie,  of  Albia,  Iowa, 
hold  us  a  meeting  after  the  national  conven- 
tion, but  he  was  unable  tojmeet  his  engage- 
ment, and  in  the  meantime  our  settlement 
has  been  growing  and  we  have  been  gaining 
in  members. 

Sunday,  Dec.  10,  we  met  in  the  school 
house  and  organized  an  apostolic  church, 
with  seventeen  charter  members,  all  adults 
save  one. 

Those  elected  to  the  various  offices  of  the 
church  had  had  experience  in  their  respect- 
ive offices.  We  are  planning  to  hold  a  short 
meeting  soon  and  hope  the  day  is  not  far 
distant  when  we  can  have  preaching  all  the 
time.  We] have  a  fine  lot  of  brethren  with 
which  to  work,  and  our  faith  is  great  that  our 
cause  will  grow. 

With  the  exception  of  Mrs.  D.  G.  Kerr,  of 
Montpielier,  five  miles  east  of  us,  all  have 
come  into  this  excellent  part  of  the  vallev 
within  the  past  year,  Mr.  Lester  being  the 
first  one  to  come,  arriringjlan.  1. 
EiThe  ladies  hfLYL  not_been^asleep  at  all, 
but  wide  awake,  as  is  shown  by  the~fact  that 
an  auxiliary  to  the  C  W.  B.  M.  was  organ- 
ized Nov.  28,  with  nine  charter  members, 
and  six  subscriptions  to  "The  Tidings."  We 
are  to  meet  the  first  Tuesdav  of  each 
month. 

Your  excellent  paper  has  many  admirers 
here.  Kwr-  i  Mrs.  T.  X.  Lester. 

Elmwood,  Cal. 

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A  Reliable  Heart  Cure. 

Alice  A.  Wetmore,  Box  67,  Norwich,  Conn., 
says  if  any  sufferer  from  Heart  Disease  will 
write  her,  she  will,  without  charge,  direct 
them  to  the  perfect  cure  she  used. 


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December  28,  1905 


Evangelistic 


We  invite  ministers  and  others  to  send 
reports  of  meetings,  additions  and  other 
news  of  the  churches  for  publication  in 
this  deportment.  It  is  especially  requested 
that  additions  be  reported  as  "by  confession 
ltd  baptism"  or  "by  Utter." 
ARKANSAS. 

Hope,  Dec.  iS. — Fifteen  additions  yester- 
day— 5  by  confession,  4  from  the  Cumber- 
land Presbyterians,  2  from  the  Baptists,  2 
from  the  Methodists,  2  by  statement— 
Percy  G.  Cross. 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA. 

Washington,  Dec  iS.— Present  at  minis- 
ters' meeting:  Pres.  J.  E.  Stewart,  Walter  F. 
Smith,  W.  T.  Laprade,  F.  D.  Power,  E.  B. 
Bagby  and  the  writer.  Reports:  Ninth 
Street  (E.  B.  Bagby),  1  confession  and  1  by 
ietter;  Vermont  Avenue  (F.  D.  Power),  2  by 
confession  and  baptism;  Whitney  Avenue 
(Walter  F.  Smith),  1  baptism;  H  Street 
(A.  E.  Zeigler),  2  by  statement.  Total  7—4 
by  confession  and  baptism  and  3  by  letter 
and  statement.  Fifteenth  Street  is  having 
an  anti-saloon  revival. — Claude  C.  Jones, 

Sec. 

ILLINOIS. 

Lilly,  Dec.  20.— R.  L.  Beshers,  of  El  Paso, 
just  closed  a  two  weeks'  meeting,  resulting 
in  14  conversions  and  1 1  reclaimed. — Mrs.  L. 
N.  Ferguson. 

Smithboro,  Dec.  20. — I  closed  the  Pitts- 
burg meeting  Dec.  17,  with  26  additions— 
22  by  primary  obedience,  4  from  the  denom- 
inations.—J.  E.  Story. 

Fairfield,  Dec.  18.— Thirty-seven  additions 
in  meeting  of  15  days— 26  baptisms,  2  from 
M.  E's.,  1  from  U.  B's.,  1  from  Baptists  and 
7  by  statement.  Church  never  in  better 
condition.— G.  W.  Thompson,  evangelist, 
Allen  T.  Shaw,  pastor  and  singer. 

Clayton,  Dec.  16.— The  meeting  continues 
TiXh  growing  interest.  Baptized  20  today. 
The  other  churches  of  the  town  have  joined 
hands  with  us  in  a  union  campaign  against 
sin.  Bro.  H.  A.  Davis,  of  Sullivan,  is  doing 
the  preaching,  assisted  by  Sister  Mary 
Bailey,  of  Angola,  Ind.,  as  singer.— Harry 
Walston,  pastor. 

Joliet,  Dec.  13. — Two  additions  at  First 
Christian  Church  last  Lord's  day— 1  by  let- 
ter and  1  by  statement.— Ben  N.  Mitchell. 

Pittsfield,  Dec.  13.— Our  meeting  at  Phil- 
adelphia, Mo.,  closed  with  12  additions. 
Begin     another     this     week    at    Warren.— 

I.  Bovee. 

INDIANA. 

Flora,  Dec.  17. — Two  confessions  tonight. 
We  shall  close  the  year  free  from  debt  and 
irith  a  bright  outlook  for  the  new  year. — 
A.  B.  Houze,  minister. 

Indianapolis,  Dec.  18.— Four  additions  at 
Bluff  Creek  yesterday — 2  by  confession  and 
2  by  statement.— Clay  Trusty. 

Columbus,  Dec.  17.— We  have  had  10  ac- 
cessions since  last  report.  The  church  will 
soon  establish  a  mission  in  the  northeastern 
part  of  the  city,  a  lot  having  been  donated 
by  Joseph  I.  Irwin  for  the  purpose.— Ira  E. 
Guthrie. 

Angola,  Dec.  18. — I  have  just  closed  a 
ihort  meeting  at  South  Milford.  At  the  be- 
ginning there  were  only  about  a  dozen  mem- 
bers. They  had  no  regular  services,  and 
had  been  without  a  preacher  for  some  time; 
had  no  Sunday  school.  We  had  10  additions 
—6  by  confession.  Money  was  raised  to 
employ  a  minister  one-half  time,  and  Sun- 
day school  is  to  be  resumed.  I  go  to  Gran- 
ger next.— Chas.  W.  Mahin,  evangelist. 

"Wabash,  Dec.  20.— The  Wabash  congre- 


gation loaned  me  for  14  nights  to  the  Bache- 
lor Creek  Church:  16  additions,  15  baptisms. 
Seven  baptisms  in  Wabash  congregation  as 
yet  unreported. — E.  F.  Daugherty. 

[Why  couldn't  hundreds  of  other  churches 
"loan"  their  preacher  to  hold  a  meeting  in 
some  needy  held  and  thus  double  our  evan- 
gelistic force? — Editor.] 

IOWA. 

Fairfield,  Dec.  20. — Meeting  of  5  weeks 
closed  with  150  additions. — H.  C.  Littleton, 
minister,  O.  E.  Hamilton,  evangelist. 

Woodbine,  Dec.  18.— Four  additions  by 
baptism  yesterday;  also  one  addition  by 
statement  at  prayer  meeting.— B.  Frank- 
lin Hall. 

Mystic,  Dec.  20. — Just  closed  a  meeting 
with  the  South  Side  Church  of  Ottumwa,  re- 
sulting in  11  additions— 6  by  primary  obe- 
dience, and  5  by  letter.  One  addition  here 
since  last  report. — C.  E.  Chambers. 

KANSAS. 

Iuka,  Dec.  18. — Our  meeting  is  two  weeks 
old,  with  32  additions — 22  by  confession. — 
W.  A.  Morrison,  evangelist. 

Chanute,  Dec.  18. — Three  added  yester- 
day. One  confession,  one  reclaimed  and 
one  by  statement.  Five  by  letter  a  week 
ago.  Last  night  we  finished  raising  the 
money  to  pay  off  the  old  debt,  and  will  burn 
the  mortgage  next  Sunday  night  for  a 
Christmas  offerings — $250.  We  are  looking 
forward.  Must  have  a  new  house  next. 
— G.  W.  Kitchen. 

Hutchinson,  Dec.  18. — We  just  closed  a 
meeting  at  Langdon,  resulting  in  8  additions 
— 6  by  confession,  2  from  other  religious 
bodies.  Albert  Nichols,  of  Springfield,  did 
the  preaching. — C.  D.  Van  Dolah,  pastor. 

Lafontaine,  Dec.  18. — We  have  been  here 
13  days  and  there  have  been  53  additions, 
32  by  confession.  Expect  to  continue  an- 
other week.  Brother  Ball  is  the  much  be- 
loved minister  of  the  church. — J.  P.  Haner, 

evangelist. 

MISSOURI. 

Eldon,  Dec.  18. — Three  additions  last 
Lord's  day.— S.  ].  Vance. 

Carrollton,  Dec.  19. — Five  additions  to  the 
Milan  congregation  Dec.  17—3  by  baptism, 

1  reclaimed,  1  by  letter.  —J.  J.  Limerick. 
Marshall. — G.  E.  Shanklin,  of  this  place, 

assisted  me  in  a  meeting  with  the  Gilead 
congregation  in  Pettis  county,  in  which  there 
were  4  additions  by  baptism.  The  work 
grows  steadily  at  Gilead.— Arthur  Downs. 
Kansas  City,    Dec.    18. — One    confession, 

2  by  letter,  1  from  the  Methodists  at  my 
regular  appointment  at  West  Linn  yester- 
day. I  have  accepted  a  unanimous  call  to 
remain  with  them  next  year;  also  have 
accepted  a  call  to  preach  at  Louisburg. — 
Clyde  Lee  Fife. 

Laddonia,  Dec.  14. — We  closed  a  short 
meeting  today,  with  8  additions — 1  re- 
claimed, 1  from  Baptists,  and  6  by  commen- 
dation. J.  D.  Greer  is  the  preacher  at  Lad- 
donia.—Simpson  Ely. 

Mendon,  Dec.  20. — We  closed  a  two 
weeks'  meeting  at  Windsor,  Col.,  with  27 
added.  Began  here  last  Sunday. — J.  Ben- 
nett. 

New  Franklin. — I  preached  a  few  nights 
at  Booneville  recently,  with  13  additions;  one 
night  at  Glasgow  and  7  additions.  Am  in  a 
short  meeting  at  Higbee. — Arthur  N. 
Lindsey. 

Princeton,  Dec.  20.— Our  meeting  closed 
last  night  with  27  additions.  The  church 
called  L.  W.  Spayd  to  be  their  minister. 
They  also  bought  a  parsonage. — J.  E.  Davis. 

Gower.  Dec.  16. — Just  closed  a  meeting  at 
Eureka,  Kan.,  resulting  in  81  additions,  75 
being  baptisms.  A.  P.  Sherman,  pastor  at 
Hartford,  Kan.,  led  the  song  service.  G.  T. 
Bradford  is  the  pastor  at  Eureka.    This  is 


practically  his  first  pastorate.  Four  years 
ago  he  found  this  congregation  discouraged 
and  disorganized.  Under  his  earnest  and 
able  leadership  it  soon  rallied  and  today  is 
the  foremost  church  in  this  city  of  3,000  peo- 
ple.—John  P.  Jesse. 

NEBRASKA. 

Humbolt,  Dec.  21. — Our  meeting  has  been 

in  progress  13  days;  25  additions  to  date.     I 

will  go  from  here  to  Mansfield,  O.,  to  assist 

in  a  meeting. — H.  A.  Northcutt,  evangelist'. 

NEW  YORK. 

Buffalo,  Dec.    18. — Two  added  since  last 
report — 1  by  primary  obedience  and  1  from 
Baptists. — B.  S.  Ferrall. 
OHIO. 

Hamilton,  Dec.  18. — Have  received  9  into 
fellowship  with  church  since  last  report  — 
7  by  confession  and  2  by  letter.— Wesley 
Hatcher. 

New  Holland,  Dec.  20. — The  meeting  of 
three  weeks  held  for  us  by  W.  H.  Boden  of 
Washirgton  Court  House,  Ohio,  resulted  in 
18  baptisms  and  3  reclaimed. — W.  W.  Har 
ris,  minister. 

OREGON. 

Eugene,  Dec.  13. — Our  three  weeks'  meet- 
ing closed  with  4  baptisms.  Geo.  C.  Richey, 
of  Roseburg,  did  the  preaching,  and  the 
work  is  strengthened.  At  my  last  appoint- 
ment at  Drain  before  the  meeting,  1  was 
added  by  statement.  Two  were  added  to 
the  church  at  Pleasant  Hill  a  few  weeks 
ago.  The  work  is  moving  along  well  at 
both  places.— Marion  F.  Horn. 
TENNESSEE. 

Memphis. — The  Third  Christian  Church 

just  closed  a  great  meeting,  resulting  in  48 

additions.     The  evangelist  was  Bro.  A.  P. 

Finley,  of  Lexington,  Ky. — J.  E.  Gorsuch, 

minister. 

TEKAS. 

Waco,  Dec.  16. — President  Zollars  held  a 
five  days'  meeting  at  Texas  Christian  Uni- 
versity with  30  baptisms  and  34  by  renewal, 
letter,  etc. — Frank  H.  Marshall. 

Austin,  Dec.  19.—  A  two  weeks'  meeting  at 
Stamps,  ten  miles  east  of  Gilmer,  resulted  in 
26  additions— 20  being  by  baptism,  4  from 
the  Baptists  and  2  by  relation.  That  church 
has  been  built  up  mainly  by  the  efforts  of 
one  man — Bro.  W.  O.  Stamps — who  settled 
there  three  years  ago.  At  that  time  there 
was  no  church  house  or  church  organization 
in  the  neighborhood.  He  determined  to 
have  a  church  and  Sunday  school.  A  church 
house  was  built,  a  Sunday  school  organized 
and  an  evangelist  was  called  to  hold  a  meet- 
ing, and  we  now  have  a  live,  aggressive 
church  there  with  about  60  members  and 
regular  preaching.  How  many  scattered 
Disciples  could  do  likewise  if  they  would? 
— B.  B.  Sanders. 

The  Devil's  Church. 

The  church  is  equipped  with  a  new  pipe 
Free  Mason  and  was  advanced  to  the  sev- 
enth degree.  At  that  ceremony  he  says 
that  his  eyes  were  opened  and  he  could 
never  honestly  be  a  Mason  thereafter.  He 
terms  the  secret  society  the  devil's  church, 
and  goes  into  a  full  exposition  of  the  sub- 
ject. 295  pages.  Price,  paper  covers,  25 
cents  net,  with  7  cents  for  postage;  cloth, 
50  cents  net,  with  9  cents  for  postage. 
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December  28,  1905 


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School  for  Children  of  Missionaries  in 
China. 

To  the  Editor  of  Thb  Christian-Evangelist: 

I  have  just  been  reading  what  you  wrote 
respecting  the  treatment  of  missionaries 
while  on  furlough.  I  am  exceedingly  glad 
that  at  last  there  seems  likely  to  be  some- 
thing done  in  this  matter  that  will  count.  As 
you  say,  it  is  too  big  a  question  to  be  left 
in  the  hands  of  the-  executive  committee. 
Some  of_us  who  came  to_the  field  earl>  have 
felt  this  most  seriously.  It  is  a  most  se- 
rious question  with  us  this  matter  of  fur- 
lough. It  would  be  hard  enough  for  most 
of  us  to  get  along  and  come  out  clear  of 
debt,  were  we  to  be  paid  the  full  amount 
of  our  salary,  while  at  home,  but  when  it 
comes  to  our  being  compelled  to  live  on 
three-fourths  salary,  with  all  the  additional 
expense  necessary  to  our  comfort  while  in 
the  homeland,  it  is,  I  say,  a  most  serious 
consideration.  In  some  instances  some  of 
the  missionaries  have  the  old  home  to  re- 
tire to  without  charge  to  themselves.  These 
are  the  highly  favored  ones.  Most  of  us 
must  rent  homes  and  purchase  furniture 
and  go  to  much  other  expense  which  we 
would  not  have  were  we  to  remain  on  the 
field.  In  such  cases  the  furlough  becomes 
a  burden  rather  than  a  relief.  I  do  not,,  of 
course,  wish  to  lodge  a  complaint  against 
the  committee,  for  tney  think  they  do  the 
best  for  all  concerned,  but  they  are  simply 
mistaken,  and  if  the  matter  were  taken  up 
by  a  larger  number  of  those  interested  and, 
as  you  say,  investigated  thoroughly,  no 
doubt  a  better  adjustment  could  be  made 
of  this  most  important  matter.  We  should 
be  better  workers  on  the  field,  get  more 
out  of  our  furloughs,  and  be  happier  than 
we  are,  if  we  were  sure  that  our  financial 
obligations  could  be  met  from  funds  pro- 
vided by  the  church  at  home.  I  feel  sure 
if  the  brotherhood  understood  the  whole 
matter,  everything  would  be  made  right. 

Then  again,  you  speak  of  the  matter  of 
the  education  of  the  children  of  mission- 
aries. Here  again  I  agree  thoroughly  with 
what  you  have  said.  Much  can  be  done  to 
lessen  the  burden  in  this  regard,  and  that 
with  but  little  sacrifice  to  the  brotherhood 
at  large.  This  burden  ought  to  be  divided. 
There  is  a  certain  amount  of  it  that  the 
missionaries  must  of  necessity  bear  them- 
selves. Separation  from  the  children  can 
not  be  avoided,  but  in  whose  hands  shall  the 
children  be  placed  is  a  most  vital  question. 
I  am  sure  that  if  you  take  up  this  matter 
with  the  brotherhood  in  earnest  something 
will  be  done.  In  the  meantime,  I  want  to 
tell  you  what  we  have  been  doing  out  here. 
You  will  see  that  if  the  brethren  will  meet 
us  half  way  we  shall  be  pretty  well  pro- 
vided for.  I  am  sending  you  herewith  an 
article  that  I  published  in  the  'North  China 
Daily  News"  and  other  papers  in  March 
last.  The  proposition  made  in  that  article 
met  with  most  hearty  response.  When  I 
went  to  Kuling  this  summer  a  meeting  was 
called  of  those  who  had  subscribed  and  it 
was  decided  to  go  ahead  and  finish  that  list 
of  subscribers,  which  up  to  that  time  num- 
bered about  70.  In  a  few  days  the  number 
was  swelled  to  103,  and  another  meeting 
was  called  for  tb;e  purpose  of  electing 
directors  and  going  right  on  with  the 
school.  Twelve  of  the  largest  mis- 
sionary societies  in  the  Yangtse  val- 
ley   are    represented    among   the    subscrib- 


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ers.  Much  enthusiasm  was  manifested.  An 
able  board  of  directors  was  elected  and  the 
school  will  be  opened  about  April  1,  iyoo. 
We  shall  have  the  use  of  the  buildings  of 
the  China  Inland  Mission  for  the  three 
years,  and  by  that  time  must  have  buildings 
of  our  own.  With  this  all  in  our  minds  we 
were  not  deterred  from  going  ahead  with 
the  enterprise,  as  there  is  so  great  a  demand 
for  such  a  school  here  that  we  feel  sure 
there  will  be  no  trouble  in  raising  the  fund 
to  erect  the  buildings.  Kuling  is  on  a 
mountain  about  40,000  feet  above  the  level 
of  the  sea.  It  is  a  most  healthful  locality, 
and  is  an  ideal  spot  for  a  college.  The 
school  will  be  a  boarding  school  of  high 
grade.  It  is  proposed  to  prepare  our  chil- 
dren in  this  school  for  entering  the  colleges 
in  England  or  America.  In  this  way  we 
shall  be  able  to  keep  them  with  us  much 
longer  than  we  otherwise  could.  This  will 
mean  more  to  us  than  can  be  expressed  in 
words.  We  shall  be  better  missionaries, 
and  more  happy  than  we  possibly  could  if 
our  dear  children,  during  their  tender  years, 
were  torn  from  us  to  go  home  for  their 
primary  and  high  school  education.  If,  then, 
there  is  provision  made  for  their  college 
work  in  the  homeland,  it  will  be  an  in- 
conceivably great  blessing  to  the  mission- 
aries and  their  children.  Pray  that  this 
work  may  be-  a  great  success. 

I  shall  keep  you  informed  about  this 
school.  It  is  a  new  departure  in  China. 
It  is  a  most  popular  scheme.  The  men  who 
have  gone  into  it  as  subscribers  are  among 
the  very  strongest  missionaries  in  China, 
not  to  mention  a  number  of  business  men 
and  two  English  consuls.  God  has  been 
working  with  us,  and  I  have  every  confi- 
dence that  it  will  be  a  great  success. 

Nanking,  China.  F.  E.  Meigs. 

[The  article  by  Brother  Meigs  in  the 
"North  China  Daily  News,"  to  which  he 
refers,  submits  a  proposition  to  rent  the 
buildings  of  the  China  Inland  Mission  at 
Kuling,  with  their  furniture,  for  the  purpose 
of  a  school  for  foreign  children,  and  calls 
for  an  annual  backing  of  $5,000  in  the  way 
of  a  guarantee,  which,  it  seems,  has  been 
pledged.  This  is  a  new  and  important  step 
in  foreign  missions,  and  it  is  gratifying  to 
know  that  it  originated  in  our  mission  at 
Nanking,  and  that  our  Brother  Meigs  is  its 
chief  promoter.  We  wish  the  experiment 
abundant  success. — Editor.] 


Golden  Anniversary  of  a  Popular 
Weekly. 

It  has  fallen  to  the  lot  of  very  few  of 
the  leading  publications  of  the  United 
States  to  survive  the  vicissitudes  of  half 
a  century.  One  of  the  fortunate  ones  is 
"Leslie's  Weekly,"  the  first  illustrated 
weekly  newspaper  established  in  the  United 
States,  and  which,  on  December  14,  will 
celebrate  its  fiftieth  anniversary.  When 
the  late  Frank  Leslie  started  this  publica- 
tion, in  1855,  it  was  questioned  whether 
he  would  be  successful  or  not.  He  was  an 
Englishman  and  believed  that  if  England 
could  support  several  first-class  illustrated 
weeklies,  the  United  States  could  support 
one,  and  his  judgment  proved  to  be  correct. 
Two  years  after  he  began  the  publication 
of  his  weekly  he  had  a  lively  competitor, 
issued  by  the  Harper  Brothers,  and  still  in 
existence.  A  unique  feature  of  the  Golden 
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This  will  afford  the  reader  a  fine  opportu- 
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derful progress  of  the  art  of  printing  and 
engraving  during  the  past  fifty  years.  The 
Golden  Anniversary  number  of  "Leslie's" 
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BELLAMY. 

William  Bellamy  died  at  hi*  home, Grand  Rapid*. 
Mich.,  Noi  iH,  1  <pS,  aged  66.  He  wu  '.barter  nsest 
bcr  of  the  Church  of  Christ  at  Grand  Papid*  and 
was  an  elder  in  that  churcb  for  }1  yean,  He  nt 
keenly  interested  in  all  religion*  work.  Ke  >»»<m  to 
bis  children  a  sweet  memory  of  unshaken  faith  im 
God,  loyalty  to  tbe  Cburch  of  Cbrist,  and  an  •*>- 
selfish  devotion  to  the  cause  of  righteousness.  Tbtt 
rich  heritage  of  character  is  more  priceless  thsa 
earthly  wealth.  He  was  particularly  interested  in  The 
Christian-Evangelist  and  labored  for  it*  success, 
believing  it  represented  the  bightest  type  of  religion* 
journalism  among  the  Disciples  of  Cbri*t.  He  cast 
the  weight  of  bis  influence  and  personality  on  Use- 
side  of  Christianity,  and  because  of  that  uplifting, 
helpful  influence  his  memory  will  be  held  the  more 
sacred.  \V.  A.  Bf.llama. 

[The  editor  knew  Brother  Bellamy  intimately  for 
many  years.  He  wag  a  man  "full  of  faith  and  of  the 
Holy  Spirit. :l  His  wife  preceded  him  to  '.he  better 
life  beyond.  Tbey  were  among  God's  elect  spirit*, 
and  have  left  their  children  a  noble  heritage  of 
Christian  example.  Our  sympathies  go  out  to  tbe 
bereaved  family  and  friends.— Editor.  J 

BUTLER. 

James  Whitman  Butler  was  born  in  Warrer.  county. 
Ky.,  Oct.  2,  1826,  and  passed  into  the  great  en  knows.. 
Dec.  13,  1905.  He  was  married  in  185/  to  Mary 
Ground,  who  survives  him.  To  this  union  were  bors 
two  children,  one  of  whom  died  in  infancy,  tbe 
other,  Seldon  H.,  died  a  year  ago  at  the  age  of  S*. 
Brother  Butler  became  a  Christian  very  early  in  life, 
and  for  a  period  of  more  than  three-score  yearc 
honored  his  profession  and  was  faithful  to  bis  trust. 
After  a  period  of  preparation  at  Knox  College  be 
entered  Bethany  College,  where  he  graduated  with  tbe 
honors  of  his  class  in  1851,  in  tbe  same  class  with 
Brother  McGarvey.  After  a  short  time  spent  ic 
business  pursuits  he  was  elected  to  the  chair  of 
Mathematics  in  Abingdon  College,  and  formed  one 
of  that  splendid  trinity,  the  other  two  of  whom  were 
Patrick  H.  Murphy,  of  blessed  memory,  and  John  C. 
Reynolds,  who  is  yet  among  the  living.  In  i860  he 
succeeded  to  the  presidency  of  Abingdon  College  and 
continued  until  1874,  thus  having  been  connected  with 
the  institution  nineteen  years.  Later  he  was  fot 
something  over  a  year  president  of  Santa  Rosa  Col- 
lege, Cal.  Since  1884  he  has  resided  at  Fall  Rirer, 
Kan.,  where  he  was  for  twenty-one  years  president  of 
the  Fall  River  bank,  and  for  the  greater  part  of  this 
time  preached  regularly  for  the  church.  He  preached 
his  last  sermon  Oct.  22,  thus  finishing  a  minstrj  of 
about  fifty-four  years.  In  all  the  relationships  of 
life,  whether  private  or  public,  Brother  Butler  fulfilled 
faithfully  his  duties  and  obligations  to  his  family,  to 
his  church  and  to  the  state,  and  passed  away  full  of 
honors  at  nearly  four-score  years.  We  shall  meet 
him  some  glad  day  on  the  evergreen  shore  under  the 
Tree  of  Life.  His  funeral  sermon  was  preach 
the  writer  to  a  multitude  of  citizens  and  (Heads  u 
the  Fall  River  Christian  Church  from  the  ceit, 
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THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


December  28,  1905 


Midweek  Prayer  Meeting. 

By  W.  F.  Richardson. 

January  j>,  zqo6. 


COURAGE   TO  GO  ON.- Acts    20:22-24; 
Matt.  28:20;  Ex.  33:14-16. 

We  turn  from  the  retrospect  of  the  old 
year  to  the  prospect  of  the  new.  If  the 
memory  of  past  failures  and  neglect  tends 
to  dishearten  us,  let  us  go  to  the  source  of 
all  grace  for  pardon,  and  bravely  gird  our 
loins  for  another  and  more  earnest  trial.  Let 
us  determine  to  make  the  year  iqo6]  the 
best  we  have  yet  lived.  How  may  our  pres- 
ent lesson  bring  us  the  courage  needed  for 
this  strenuous  effort? 

1.  It  gives  us  an  example  of  courage  that 
must  prove  an  inspiration  to  every  sincere 
follower  of  Christ  (Acts  20:22-24).  It  is  not 
easy  to  walk  forward  into  visible  danger, 
but  it  is  far  harder  to  go  ahead,  knowing 
only  that  some  awful  peril  is  to  be  met.  In 
every  city  where  Paul  tarried  on  his  way  to 
Jerusalem,  he  received  the  same  message 
through  the  Lord's  prophets,  that  bonds^and 
anliction  were  awaiting  him.  What  shape 
these  afflictions  should  take,  how  long  their 
continuance,  whether  they  were  to  erd  in 
some  horrible  death,  he  knew  not.  These 
warnings  continued  all  the  way  along.  (See 
Acts  21:4,  8-14.)  But  his  heroic  soul  was  un- 
moved. Not  even  the  prayers  and  tears  of 
those  whom  he  loved  could  turn  him  from 
his  purpose.  His  life  was  naught,  when  put 
into  the  balance  with  his  life-mission.  He  was 
ready  to  glorify  Christ  either  by  his  life  or 
his  death  (Phil.  1:20,21).  In  view  of  such  an 
example,  surely  we  can  go  forward  in  the 
easy  way  that  a  kindly  providence  has  set 
before  us,  and  meet  with  courage  the  small 
trials  and  temptations  that  confront  us  from 
day  to  day.  Realizing  that  our  lives  belong 
to  him,  we  will  not  count  them  dear  to  our- 
selves, but  commit  them  to  his  keeping. 

2.  It  gives  us  a  reason  for  courage  (Matt. 
28:20).  "Lo,  I  am  with  you  alway,  even 
unto  the  end  of  the  world."  The  unfailing 
presence  of  our  Lord  is  an  unfailing  source 
of  courage.  This  it  was  that  made  Paul  so 
brave.  (See  Acts  18:910;  27:21-25.)  The  lit- 
tle child  loses  his  fear  in  the  darkness 
when  he  feels  the  strong  hand  of  his  father 
holding  his  own.  Moses  could  advance  in 
che  unknown  pathway  where  the  Lord  di- 
rected him  to  lead  his  people,  "if  the  pres- 
ence of  the  Lord  went  with  him."<  fcHow 
can  we  fear  to  face  the  duties  and  dangers 
of  life,  if  we  believe  his  promise?  Can  ,we 
not  take  to  our  hearts  the  sweet  words  of 
the  sainted  P.  P.  Bliss,  the  last  he  ever 
wrote : 

•'I  know  not  what  awaits  me, 

God  kindly  veils  mine  eyes, 
And  o'er  each  step  on  my  onward  way 

He  makes  new  scenes  arise: 
And  every  joy  he  sends  me  comes 

A  sweet  and  glad  surprise. 

"One  step  I  see  before  me, 

"Tis  all  I  need  to  see, 
The  light  of  heaven  more  brightly  shines 

When  earth's  illusions  riee; 
And  sweetly  through  the  silence  comes 

His  loving  "Follow  Me." 

"So  on  I  go,  not  knowing. 

I  would  not  if  I  might: 
I'd  rather  walk  in  the  dark  with  God 

Than  go  alone  in  the  light; 
I'd  rather  walk  by  faith  with  him 

Than  go  alone  by  sight.1' 

3.  It  shows  how  we  may  testify|for  God 
(Ex.  33:16).  By  their  courage  in  the  face  of 
their  adversaries,  Israel  should  prove  their  pe- 
culiar relation  to  Jehovah.  And  this  courage 
depended,  as  we  have  seen,  upon  his  pres- 
ence accompanying  them.  So  the  apostles 
in  Jerusalem  were  able  to  witness  for  Jesus 


through  this  same  courage  (Acts  4:13).  So 
may  we  in  our  own  time  and  place  testify 
for  the  Savior,  if,  boldly  and  cheerfully,  we 
meet  each  day's  duties,  and  thus  make  the 
new  year  upon  which  we  are  entering  one  of 
happy  and  helpful  service  to  our  fellow 
men. 


Sunday-School. 

January  7,  1906. 


THE  SHEPHERDS  FIND  JESUS. 
-LuKe  2:1-20. 

Memory  Verses,  13,  14. 

Golden  Text. — For  unto  you  is  born  this 
day,  in  the  city  of  David,  a  Savior,  which 
is  Christ  the  Lord. — Luke  2:11. 

The  lessons  for  the  entire  year  of  1906 
are  in  the  life  of  Jesus  as  recorded  in  the 
Synoptic  Gospels. — Matthew,  Mark  and 
Luke.  These  three  gospels,  which  in  gen- 
eral present  parallel  narratives  of  the  same 
events,  are  distinguished  by  this  term  from 
the  gospel  according  to  John,  which,  with 
relatively  few  exceptions,  includes  only 
matter  which  is  not  given  in  the  other 
three. 

The  following  general  statements  re- 
garding the  contents  of  the  first  three  gos- 
pels and  their  relation  to  each  other,  are 
substantially   accurate : 

Mark  contains  nothing  which  is  not  also 
found  in  Matthew.  Mark  gives  few 
discourses  or  parables,  but  narrates 
most  of  the  incidents  which  are  found  in 
Matthew.  Mark  is  the  shortest  and  prob- 
ably the  earliest  of  the  gospels. 

Matthew  contains  all  of  the  incidents  re- 
corded by  Mark  (with  one  or  two  excep- 
tions), and  adds  a  few  other  incidents,  in- 
cluding a  narrative  of  the  infancy,  and 
some  discourses,  the  most  important  of 
which  is  the  Sermon  on  the  Mount. 

Luke  records  few  incidents  which  are  not 
also  given  by  Mark  and  Matthew  and  omits 
several  which  they  give,  but  gives  several 
very  important  discourses  and  parables 
which  the  others  do  not  record,  chief 
of  which  are  the  discourses  of  the  so-called 
Perean  ministry.  Luke  gives  also  an  in- 
dependent series  of  infancy  narratives,  in- 
cluding by  far  the  fullest  account  of  the  in- 
cidents connected  with  the  birth  of  Jesus. 

It  is  a  surprising  fact  that,  of  the  many 
incidents  recorded  in  connection  with  the 
birth  and  infancy  of  Jesus,  not  one  (except 
the  bare  fact  of  the  birth  itself)  is  recorded 
in  more  than  one  of  the  gospels.  It  should 
be  added  also  that  the  annunciation  to  Jo- 
seph (Matt.  1:18-25)  and  the  annunciation 
to  Mary  (Luke  1:26-38),  although  separate 
incidents,  both  testify  to  the  miraculous 
birth.  It  is  equally  notable  that,  although 
the  accounts  in  Matthew  record  wholly  dif- 
ferent incidents,  it  is  possible  to  combine 
them  in  a  single  consistent  narrative. 

Luke  prefaces  his  account  of'  the  birth  of 
Jesus  with  the  story  of  the  annunciation 
to  Zacharias  regarding  the  coming  birth  of 
John  the  Baptist,  the  annunciation  to  Mary, 
the  visit  of  Mary  to  Elizabeth,  the  magni- 
ficent hymn  of  praise  (the  "Magnificat") 
which  Mary  uttered  in  response  to  the 
greeting  of  Elizabeth,  and  the  prophecy  of 
Zacharias  (the  "Benedictus")  at  the  time 
of  the  birth  of  his  son  John.  (Compare 
Mary's  song,  in  Luke  1 :46-55,  with  the  song 
of  Hannah,  1  Sam.  2:1-10.) 

To  Luke  we  are  indebted  for  the  whole 
of  the  vivid  and  beautiful  picture  of  the 
circumstances  under  which  Jesus  was  born. 
The  former  residence  of  Mary  and  Joseph 
at  Nazareth ;  the  journey  to  Bethlehem  for 
enrollment  and  taxation ;  the  crowded  inn 
and  the  retreat  to  the  stable,  where,  amid 
the  rudest  surroundings  and  in  the  friendly 
presence  of  simple  shepherds,  Jesus  was 
born — this  is  the  picture  which  all  the 
world  calls  to  mind  when  the  birth  of 
Jesus  is  mentioned.  It  is  Luke's  picture. 
There  is  no  earthly  splendor  there.     There 


were  heavenly  lights  in  the  field  and  an- 
thems from  the  heavenly  hosts,  but  there 
were  no  gifts  or  tribute  or  wise  men  of 
the  east.  Only  shepherds  and  the  vision, 
which  led  them  to  the  stable  and  the  man- 
ger where  the  new-born  child  lay. 

It  is  not  a  question  of  harmonizing  the 
pictures  presented  by  Luke  and  Matthew. 
It  can  easily  be  done,  if  it  must  be  done, 
though  to  a  candid  reader  of  the  two  ac- 
counts it  would  scarcely  seem  that  the 
scene  which  Luke  depicts  is  the  one  which 
Matthew  is  trying  to  describe.  But  there 
is  not  a  shred  of  either  story  or  a  glimpse 
of  either  picture  which  we  can  afford  to 
lose.  The  greatest  figure  of  all  ages  be- 
ginning in  a  manger  the  life  which  he  was 
to  end  upon  a  cross — what  a  light  upon  the 
contrast  between  true  greatness  and  earth- 
ly glory.  The  beauty  of  mother's  love,  of 
helpless  infancy,  the  sacred  joy  that  comes 
with  the  giving  of  a  new  life.  The  adora- 
tion of  the  shepherds,  not  less  welcome  and 
significant  than  the  acclamations  of  the 
heavenly  host,  foreshadowing  the  recep- 
tion which  the  Master  was  to  receive  from 
the  simple  people.  These  scenes  are  a  per- 
manent and  priceless  possession  of  the 
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HOW  FINDING  CHRIST   CHANGES  THE 
LIFE.-  Matt-  13:44-46. 

(Consecration  Meeting.) 

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to inspiration,  salvation  and  sanctification. 

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may  always  be  as  conspicuous  in  the  study 
as  is  the  fire  in  the  heart  of  the  gem;  that 
whatever  variations  there  may  be  from  the 
old  standards  in  the  interpretations,  our 
hearts  may  be  warmed  by  the  consciousness 
of  the  Father's  love  manifest  there  even  as 
they  are  cheered  by  the  recognition  of  the 
familiar  strains  of  an  old  song  among  the 
measures  of  strange  melodies. 

With  an  earnest  prayer  that  it  may  con- 
tribute to  our  growth  in  grace  and  the 
knowledge  of  Jesus,  to  our  seeking  more 
earnestly  after  glory  and  honor  and  immor- 
tality, to  our  attainment  of  higher  Christian 
character  and  ultimately  our  coronation  at 
the  right  hand  of  the  Father  in  heaven,  we 
begin  our  exposition  of  the  New  Year's 
Topics.  

Paul's  "Lord,  what  wilt  thou  have  me  to 
do?"  as  soon  as  he  recognized  at  the  right 
hand  of  the  Majesty  on  high  the  coronated 
victim  of  the  cross,  is  a  philosophical  ex- 
planation of  his  change  from  the  "chief  of 
sinners"  to  the  greatest  of  the  apostles.  In 
doing  his  will  rather  than  in  contemplative 
adoration  even  will  we  find  ourselves  chang- 
ing into  his  likeness  and  from  glory  to  glory. 

Surely  as  God  has  given  us  bodies  with 
tendencies  toward  self-healing  when  injured, 
he  has  given  us  spirits  with  tendencies  to 
become  like  the  better  presences.  Finding 
Christ  and  steadily  contemplating  him  insti- 
tute spiritual  processes  making  us  more  like 
him  in  character,  yes,  and  even  in  appear- 
ance— our  hearts  are  purer,  our  loves  more 
universal  and  helpful,  our  eyes  and  all  the 
countenance  more  chaste  and  spirituelle. 

It  is  gratifying  to  find  Christ  enshrined  in  the 
world's  best  literature  and  art,  but  more  so  to 
find  him  feeding  the  hungry  and  healing  the 
sick;  to  see  the  multitudes  throwing  their 
garments  before  him  and  hailing  him  as 
King,  but  more  so  to  find  him  on  the  cross 
proving  his  love  for  those  who  loved  him 
not;  to  find  him  the  beloved  guest  in  Martha 
and  Mary's  home,  but  more  so  as  the  lone 
and  silent  tenant  of  Joseph's  new  tomb;  to 
find  him  after  celestial  heraldry  in  the  man- 
ger at  Bethlehem,  but  more  so  to  contem- 


plate his  coming  again  on  clouds  of  glory 
and  all  the  angels  with  him  gathering  into 
heavenly  mansions  all  who  have  purified 
themselves  in  the  blood  of  the  Lamb;  to 
hear  him  say,  "I  must  be  about  my  I  ather's 
business,"  but  more  so— "I  have  finished  the 
work  thou  hast  given  me  to  do." 

To  find  in  Christ,  the  swordless  founder  of 
a  mightier  empire  than  those  wonder-com- 
pelling creations  of  Alexander,  Cu:sar,  and 
Charlemagne,  may  lend  inspiration  to  an 
orator  or  historian  to  embellish  a  peroration 
or  a  page,  but  this  discovery  will  never 
enable  the  world  to  contemplate  the  future 
with  such  tranquil  assurance  nor  to  ap- 
proach Jordan's  chill  tides  with  such  fear- 
lessness as  to  find  in  him  one  who  receiveth 
sinners,  who  is  full  of  mercy  and  love,  an 
Intercessor  and  a  Savior. 


Finding  Jesus  to  be  Christ  changes  our 
lives  through  recognition  of  new  and  im- 
perial relationships  we  sustain  to  him.  He 
is  our  King  and  we  must  obey  him  rather 
than  ourselves  or  all  others;  our  Judge,  and 
his  favor  means  more  than  man's;  our  Res- 
urrection, and,  if  we  wear  immortelle,  he 
bestows  the  wreath;  our  Glory,  and  if  our 
eternity  be  among  the  blest  hosts  of  heaven 
rather  than  amidst  lurid  destruction  from 
the  presence  of  God  and  the  angels,  it  is 
through  the  discipline  of  his  word.  There- 
fore in  all  things  we  give  him  pre-eminence 
and  bring  our  lives  into  conformity  to  his 
will. 

Levi's  occupation  proves  his  love  for 
wealth.  But  in  Christ  he  found  a  revelation 
of  riches  beside  which  all  others  seemed 
worthless.  No  matter  what  the  bent  of 
one's  mind  or  affections,  he  no  sooner  dis- 
covers Christ  than  he  finds  in  him  illim- 
itable fullness  of  that  which  he  only  dared 
hope  possess  himself  in  small  part.  And 
the  quality  of  that  which  he  finds  in  Christ 
is  of  the  best  of  every  sort  and  as  much 
more  desirable  than  that  he  formerly  sought 
as  eternal  life  is  better  than  mere  multiplic- 
ity of  years.  Thus  finding  Christ  changes 
our  quest  from  shadows  to  substance,  our 
ideals  from  lower  to  the  noblest  forms,  our 
conduct  from  earthly  to  heavenly  standards, 
our  loyalty  from  man  to  God,  our  lives  from 
temporal  to  eternal  essence. 

Finding  Christ  is  not  so  much  a  blessing 
as  an  opportunity.    After  finding  the  pearl 


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W.     He  changed  Nathanael.  John  1:45  49- 
T.    He  changed  Saul.  Acts  9:1-6. 

F.    He  changed  the  jailer.      Acts  16:25-34. 
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December  28,  1905 


People's  Forum. 


Open  Letter  to  J.  H.  Garrison. 

Dear  Brother  Garrison:  At  oar  min- 
isterial meeting  last  week,  held  at  Roff, 
1.  T..  twelve  of  our  twenty-eight  preachers 
of  Indian  Territory  were  present.  A  paper 
on  "The  Holy  Spirit"  was  read  and  dis- 
cussed. Remembering  the  issue  between 
yourself  and  Professor  McGarvey  as  to 
whether  or  not  we  should  pray  for  the  Holy 
Spirit  to  be  given  us,  I  asked  the  following 
two  questions: 

1.  Do  you  understand  that  under  the 
Christian  dispensation  the  Holy  Spirit  is 
promised  to  the  children  of  God,  to  be  given 
(or  imparted)  by  God  upon  our  obedience 
toward  God,  and  that  we  shall  enjoy  the 
presence  and  comfort  and  guidance  of  the 
Holy  Spirit  in  proportion  to  a  life  of  obedi- 
ence to  God's  commands,  actuated  by  our 
k>ve  for  God,  and  reverence  for  and  loyalty 
to  his  word?  Or  do  you  understand  that  we 
are  to  receive  the  Holy  Spirit  by  prayer,  it 
being  understood  that  our  prayers  are  to  be 
backed  up  by  a  godly  life? 

In  other  words,  should  Christians  in  this 
Christian  age,  pray  for  the  Holy  Spirit,  or 
should  they  simply  obey  the  Gospel  and  walk 
in  the  commandments  trusting  to  God  to 
give  the  Spirit  according  to  promise?  This 
last  sentence  I  added  verbally  by  way  of 
amplification  that  if  possible  the  point  at 
issue  might  be  understood.  Ten  of  twelve 
preachers  present  wrote  down  the  questions 
and  handed  in  written  answers  the  after- 
noon of  the  same  day. 

I  explained  that  I  wanted  their  individual 
and  independent  answers.  Hence,  requested 
them  to  not  discuss  the  matter  until  after 
the  answers  were  in.  Of  the  eight  answers, 
two  took  your  view,  or  at  least  took  the  posi- 
tion that  we  should  pray  for  the  Holy  Spirit 
to  be  given  us. 

Five  took  the  opposite  view,  that  is,  that 
we  should  not  pray  for  the  Holy  Spirit  to  be 
given,  while  three  seemed  to  have  failed 
to  understand  the  point  at  issue,  and  an- 
swered as  if  the  question  were  relative  to 
the  subject  of  prayer  in  general  and  the 
reception  or  possession  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 
1  consider  this  one  of  the  most  vital  ques- 
tions that  has  been  discussed  in  any  of  our 
papers  for  many  months.  Evidently  we 
either  should  or  should  not  pray  for  the 
Holy  Spirit. 

A  mistake  here  with  regard  to  either  of 
the  alternatives  can  not  be  otherwise  than 
very  serious.  I  confess  that  I  am  on  Prof. 
McGarvey 's  side  of  the  issue.  I  reached 
this  conclusion  several  years  ago  as  a  result 
of  an  independent  study  of  the  subject.  I 
wrote  an  article  setting  forth  that  it  is  both 
uriscriptural,  unreasonable  and  inconsistent 
to  pray  for  the  Holy  Spirit  to  be  given  in 
this  age.  I  believe  we  may  pray  God  to 
help  us  to  so  live  that  we  shall  not  grieve 
the  Holy  Spirit,  nor  drive  him  from  us,  and 
that  we  might  so  love,  honor  and  serve  God 
that  he  might  through  his  Spirit,  that  dwells 
in  us,  work  out  our  own  salvation,  and  use 
us  in  saving  the  world. 

But  I  am  not  dogmatic.  I  am  open  to 
conviction.  I  am  anxious  to  know  my  duty 
and  God's  will  as  respects  this  vitally  im- 
portant matter.  It  is  the  Spirit  that  vital- 
izes the  church  or  "body  of  Christ,"  and 
whom  God  sent  in  answer  to  Christ's  prayer 
(John  14:16;  Acts  2:33)— not  to  remain  for  a 
little  while  and  then  leave,  as  was  the  case 
with  Christ,  but  to  "abide"  with  us  and  in  us, 
as  our  "Teacher,"  "Comforter,"  "Guide,"  by 


whom  we    are   "led,"  "live"  and  "walk." 

I  believe  you  are  in  error,  Brother  Gar- 
rison, and  very  seriously  so,  as  respects  this 
issue,  but  my  believing  it  does  not  make  it 
so.  If  you  are  right,  you  could  do  no 
greater  work,  I  am  sure,  than  to  lead  this 
great  brotherhood  to  see  and  know  the 
truth  respecting  this  matter.  I  am  confident 
the  vast  majority,  to  say  the  least,  of  our 
preachers  and  laymen,  who  think  for  them- 
selves, are  opposed  to  your  view,  and  hence, 
are  in  error,  if  your  view  is  the  correct  one. 
Fraternally, 

S.  R.  Hawkins. 
South  McAl ester,  I.  T. 

[Replying  to  the  above  "open  letter," 
which  space  compels  us  to  do  in  briefest 
form,  we  would  say: 

1.  Brother  Hawkins'  question  to  the 
preachers  was  very  misleading.  To  put  "a 
life  of  obedience  to  God's  commands"  in 
contrast  with  prayer  for  1he  Spirit  of  God,  as 

if  the  two  could  be  separated,  is  a  very 
misleading  way  of  stating  the  question. 
Every  life  of  obedience  to  God's  commands 
involves  prayer  for  the  Spirit.  We 
pray  for  what  we  desire.  Every  one  who 
hungers  and  thirsts  for  God,  prays  for  the 
Holy  Spirit,  in  some  form  or  other,  and 
every  act  of  self-denial  and  of  obedience  to 
God  is  but  the  outward  expression  of  that 
prayer.  The  answers  to  the  question,  there- 
fore, would  not  indicate  how  these  brethren 
stood  on  the  point  at  issue. 

2.  Brother  Hawkins  is  right,  certainly,  in 
regarding  this  as  a  "most  vital  question."  It 
is  vital  because,  "If  any  man  have  not  the 
Spirit  of  Christ,  he  is  none  of  his."  It  is  vital 
because  no  man  who  does  not  open  his  soul 
for  the  indwelling  of  the  divine  Spirit,  by 
faith  and  obedience  and  prayer,  can  receive 
the  divine  Guest  or  be  anointed  by  him  for 
Christian  service.  To  possess  the  Spirit  and 
to  be  "filled  with  the  Spirit"  are  not  the  same 
thing.  We  are  sorry,  therefore,  that  one  of 
our  ministers  can  be  so  far  astray  in  his 
religious  thinking  as  to  argue  that  "it  is  both 
unscriptural,  unreasonable,  and  inconsistent 
to  pray  for  the  Holy  Spirit  to  be  given  in 
this  age."  The  hopeful  feature,  how- 
ever, is  that  his  mind  is  open  to  convic- 
tion. That  is  sure  to  come.  Jesus  prayed 
for  the  Holy  Spirit  at  his  baptism  (Luke  3: 
21,  22)  and  as  we  quote  his  example  in  bap- 
tism, why  not  follow  his  example  in  praying 
for  the  Spirit?  The  fact  that  the  Holy  Spirit 
has  been  given  to  the  church  to  abide  forever, 
does  not  imply  that  he  dwells  in  our  in- 
dividual hearts,  except  as  we  open  our  hearts 
to  him  and  invite  him  in. 

What  we  need  to  do  is  to  sit  down  at  the 
feet  of  Christ  and  his  apostles,  once  more, 
and  give  this  whole  subject  a  careful,  prayer- 
ful, and  diligent  study,  seeking  meanwhile 
the  guidance  of  that  Spirit  who  is  still  ready 
to  lead  humble  and  inquiring  souls  into  all 
truth.— Editor.] 

Did  Not  Know  He  Was  Bishop. 

To  the  Editor  of  Thb  Christian-Evahc*i,i8t: 

I  notice  in  a  recent  issue  of  your  paper 
that  the  Editor  of  the  Easy  Chair  during 
his  trip  east  "paid  his  respects  to  Bishop 
Power"  of  the  national  capital.  I  have  had 
the  pleasure  of  hearing  F.  D.  Power,  but  I 
never  knew  before  that  he  was  one  of  our 
bishops.  I  am  waiting  now  to  learn  who  is 
pope  and  then  I'll  be  ready  to  quit. 

La  Fayette,  Ind.  Sam.  J.  Ellis. 

[We  are  surprised  that  any  one  associated 
with  the  churches  of  this  Reformation  should 
be  ignorant  of  the  fact  that  we  have  bishops. 
Certainly  there  were  bishops  and  deacons  in 
the  churches  of  apostolic  times,  and  if  we 


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Christianity  we  are  falling  short  of  our  duty. 
Bro.  F.  D.  Power,  of  Washington,  is"  a 
strictly  New  Testament  bishop,  as  is  also 
Bro.  B.  B.  Tyler,  of  Denver,  and  every  other 
faithful  and  competent  pastor  who,  by  the 
selection  of  his  church,  is  acting  as  spiritual 
overseer  and  feeder  of  the  flock.  Alexander 
Campbell  used  to  refer  to  such  men  as 
"bishops"  by  way  of  indicating  his  concep- 
tion of  the  New  Testament  bishop,  and  we 
had  something  of  the  same  thought  in  our 
mind.  We  draw  the  line  on  popes,  how- 
ever! Now  and  then  some  one  has  aspired 
to  that  office  among  us,  but  we  are  too  free 
and  independent  a  people  to  take  to  that 
sort  of  thing.   We  omit  the  pope. — Editor.] 

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About  Giving  the  Invitation. 

To  the  Editor  of  Th»  Christian-Evangelist: 

Our  old  preachers  formed  the  custom  of 
giving  the  invitation  after  every  sermon. 
Do  you  think  such  a  rule  is  practical  now? 
Some  themes  do  not  admit  of,  or  rather  pre- 
pare the  way  for,  an  invitation.  I  preached 
lately  to  a  small  audience  on  "The  Elder- 
ship," and  an  invitation  to  sinners  hardly 
seemed  a  natural  conclusion  to  the  sermon. 
In  many  of  our  small  village  or  country 
churches  few  confessions  are  taken  except 
at  revivals.  What  then  is  liable  to  be  the 
effect  upon  the  preacher  and  people  who  for 
eleven  months  in  a  year  give  and  hear  invi- 
tations that  elicit  no  response?  Will  not  the 
invitation  degenerate  into  a  mere  form? 

Pickering,  Mo.  O.  J.  Bulfin. 

[Each  preacher  must  be  the  judge  as  to 
the  propriety  of  extending  an  invitation  at 
the  close  of  his  sermon.  If  none  but  Chris- 
tians are  present,  of  course  the  invitation 
need  not  be  given.  The  rule  of  extending 
the  invitation  at  the  close  of  the  sermon, 
however,  is  a  good  one.  It  is  not  always 
the  sermon  that  draws  people  to  confess 
Christ.  Sometimes  they  go  forward  to  con- 
fess Christ  in  spite,  of  the  sermon!  The 
habit  of  expecting  people  to  unite  with  the 
church  during  only  one  month  in  the  year, 
and  that  during  a  revival,  ought  to  be  broken 
up.  A  vital,  soul-winning  sermon  will  pre- 
vent the  invitation  from  becoming  formal.— 
Editor.] 

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This   is  a  book  that  should  be  of  unusual 
interest  to  all  our  readers  and  to  all  serious 
students    of    religious     phenomena.       The 
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to  advocate  a  doctrine,  but  to  interpret  the 
signs  of  the  times.     That  things  religious  no 
longer  "continue  as  they  were  from  the  be- 
ginning," that   fundamental  reconstructions 
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observe.    "I  have  tried,"  says  Dr.  Hall,  "to 
discover   the   deeper   tendency    of    the   re- 
ligious  thinking   of  our    time,   wherein  the 
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Bible,  the  declining  interest  in  sectarianism, 
the    increased    cosmopolitanism,     and    the 
larger     conceptions    of     world-Christianiza- 
tion   are   powerful    elements."     The   Chris- 
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duty,  is  not  the  reproduction  in  the  east  of 
the  sects  of  the  west;  it  is  not  interdenomi- 
national comity;  it  is  not  the  division  of  the 
east  into  spheres  of  denominational  activity 
and     influence.    The     cosmopolitanism    of 
Christ   shows    "no    sects,    no    ecclesiastical 
polities,  no  dogmatic  systems."  It  means  "to 
make  disciples  for  him  of  all  the  nations," 
the  "bringing  of  a  world  to  himself,"  and  the 
"giving  of  himself,  the  Living  Truth,  to  the 
world,"   whose    Light  he   is.     It  means  the 
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non-Christian     faiths    though    the    absolute 
revelation  of  God  in  Jesus  Christ.     It  means 
the    ultimate    development   of    an  oriental 
type   of   Christianity,  wherein  the  universal 
elements    of    the    Christian    religion    shall 
localize  themselves  in  terms  of  thought  and 
modes  of   practice   adapted  to  the  eastern 
conceptions  of  life.     This  in  turn  shall  re-act 
upon   the  west,   and   thus    shall   the   world 
have  "a   more  complete  and  full-orbed  in- 
terpretation of  Christianity." 

To  the  Christianization  of  the  world  the 
post-reformation  sectarian  movements  have 
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tion of  the  idea  of  the  church  that  shall  in 
larger  measure  satisfy  the  religious  con- 
sciousness of  the  present. 

Among  other  agencies  the  modern  critical 
movement  has  contributed  directly  to  present 
conditions  "the  recognition  of  Revelation  as 
progressive,  a  profounder  sense  of  the 
nature  and  evidence  of  inspiration,"  and  "an 
enriched  conception  of  the  Person  of 
Christ";  while  indirectly  it  has  given  an  "in- 
creasing sense  of  brotherhood  in  the  truth, 
an  enlarged  conception  of  the  missionary 
function,  a  diviner  estimate  of  the  meaning 
and  value  of  the  world,  and  a  broader  under- 
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those  of  the  past. 

How  shall  this  larger  and  broader  Church 
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the  present?  The  author  answers,  by  a 
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plain,  historic  fact,  was  the  foundation  of 
the  Church  and  the  making  of  Christianity." 
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enough  to  take  up  into  itself  "the  ideals  of  a 
regenerated  Orientalism"  and  shall  assimi- 
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The  Altar  At  Mother's  Knee. 

By  Charles  L.  Mayberry. 

At  the  far-away  dawn  of  my  childhood's  morn, 

'Twas  perhaps  at  the  age  of  three, 
I  found  the  caress  I  so  tenderly  sought, 
I  was  taught  a  prayer  I  have  never  forgot, 

From  the  altar  at  mother's  knee. 

Amid  childish  joys  and  mirthful  romps, 

Over  woodland,  vale  and  lea; 
No  brighter  visions  before  me  start, 
No  thought  more  dear  to  my  youthful  heart, 

Than  the  altar  at  mother's  knee. 

As  childhood  merged  into  years  more  mature, 

From  its  haunts  I  was  still  not  free; 
"When  in  dire  dismay  or  deep  despair, 
I  would  steal  to  this  solace  and  whisper  a  prayer, 

This  altar  at  mother's  knee. 

As  the  fleeting  years  bade  me  quit  the  shore, 

And  launch  upon  life's  troubled  sea, 
While  stemming  the  tide,  the  waves  beating  high, 
•Came  a  sweet  recollection  of  days  gone  by, 

And  the  altar  at  mother's  knee. 

When   conflicts  assailed  me  from  right  and  from  left 

And  shipwreck  my  lot  seemed  to  be, 
A  slight  retrospection  dispersed  all  my  gloom, 
And  rilled  me  with  visions  of  childhood  and  home, 

And  the  altar  at  mother's  knee. 

When  pressed  by  the  tempter,  till  ready  to  yield, 

And  err  from  the  straight,  narrow  way, 
A  heaven-sent  messenger  beckoned  me  on, 
And  pointed  me  back  to  the  way  I  had  learned 
From  the  altar  at  mother's  knee. 

When  tottering  and    bowed- 'neath  the    burden    of 
years. 
Near  the  close  of  my  dark,  evil  day, 
My  sight  dim  and   treacherous,  my  voice  weak  and 

low, 
I  hear,  though  but  faintly,  that  sweet  voice  of  yore 
From  the  altar  at  mother's  knee. 

Alas!  When  affliction  has  smitten  me  low, 

I  succumb,  nevermore  to  be  free, 
But  a  soft,  gentle  whisper  breathes  in  my  ear, 
Saying,  "Christ  is  your  shepherd,  be  of  good  cheer," 

From  the  altar  at  mother's  knee. 

Millersburg,  Ky. 


The  Advance  Society. 

J.    BRECKINRIDGE   ELMS. 

Another  year  just  ahead  of  us!  What 
shall  we  do  with  it?  As  far  as  it  goes,  it  is 
just  as  much  yours  as  mine.  You  own  just 
as  much  of  it  as  the  richest  millionaire  on 
earth.  I,  for  one,  am  determined  to  enjoy  it 
as  much  as  the  lucky  individual  just  referred 
to.  But  I  wonder  if  he  is  really  a  lucky 
person?  Would  you  like  to  be  the  richest 
man  in  the  world?  I  would.  But  I  couldn't 
hold  the  job  very  long.  There  are  so  many 
things  that  one  wants  to  spend  his  money  for! 
All  he  needs  is  money  to  spend.  If  the  rich- 
est man  in  the  world  opened  his  eyes  and 
saw  the  foreign  and  home  missionary  socie- 
ties and  the  church  extension  and  ministe- 
rial relief  organizations  struggling  and  fight- 
ing to  keep  abreast  of  the  times,  how  could 
he  help  getting  rid  of  his  money?  And 
when  he  heard  about  orphans  without  homes, 
and  missionaries  who  do  not  depend  upon 
•organizations  but  who  go  forth  alone — but 
not  alone  since  God  is  with  them— could  he 
stay  the  richest  man  in  the  world?  I 
couldn't.  So  I'd  be  right  where  I  began. 
So  let's  be  satisfied! 

There's  one  thing:  because  we  are  not 
rich,  some  of  us  feel  that  we  can't  do  much 
for  the  world.  I'm  glad  I'm  not  that  way. 
One  reason  I  can  go  around  and  look  the 
world  in  the  eye  and  feel  at  home  almost 
anywhere — yes,  even  in  Arkansas — is  be- 
cause the  world  owes  me  a  debt.  The  debt 
is  this:  that  I  am  trying,  in  my  way,  to  help 
it,  and  am  helping  it.  This  isn't  said  be- 
cause I  want  to  boast  and  brag,  although,  of 
course,  it's  pleasant  to  boast  if  you  can  get 
somebody  to  listen  to   you.     But  all  this  is 


said  to  induce  you  to  feel  the  same  way. 
Aren't  you  helping  the  world,  too?  Here 
is  this  orphan  of  the  Advance  Society; 
haven't  you  sent  something  toward  his  sup- 
port? Here's  our  missionary,  the  young  girl 
who  left  her  mother  and  brother  and  all 
home  ties  to  tell  about  our  Savior,  over  in 
China.  Haven't  you  sent  something  to  keep 
her  at  her  post?  Then  the  world  owes  you 
a  debt  and  you  ought  to  be  on  good  terms 
with  it;  for,  after  all,  the  debt  is  just  one  of 
love. 

Do  you  ever  feel,  when  you  are  with  rich 
people,  that  you  ought  to  take  up  less  room 
than  when  you  are  at  home— observe  that  I 
take  for  granted  you  are  not  rich;  not  so 
much  because  you  are  reading  a  religious 
newspaper  as  for  the  sake  of  my  argument. 
Well,  I  will  tell  you  how  I  feel  when  taking 
my  dinner  de  luxe  off  of  their  snowy 
damasks;  I  am  thinking— "How  can  you  be 
rich!"  Not  that  I  mean  how  could  they  have 
the  brains  and  industry  to  accumulate  their 
money,  but  how  can  they  withhold  it  from 
the  needy,  the  miserably  needy,  the  desti- 
tute, the  starving.  How  can  they  be  rich! 
They  might  say— in  fact,  they  do  say — "We 
are  not  going  to  be  imposed  on;  we  don't 
know  of  cases  that  are  really  worthy." 
Wonder  how  they  got  so  old  without  finding 
them?  I've  lived  in  little  towns  all  my  life, 
little  and  rather  slow  (my  apologies  to 
Plattsburg),  where  my  field  of  vision  was 
rather  limited.  But  worthy  cases  were  al- 
ways coming  to  my  notice;  in  fact,  they 
crowded  upon  me.  They  hunted  me.  And 
if  they  don't  find  you,  I'm  sure  it  isn't  my 
fault.  I've  told  you  about  Charlie  and 
Drusie.  I  ask  God's  richest  blessings  upon 
all  of  you  who  have  helped  in  their  cause. 
And  I  ask  his  most  saving  blessing  upon 
those  who  haven't;  perhaps  they  need  the 
blessing  most. 

Now,  have  any  of  you  heard  of  a  home  for 
Charlie?  Or  have  any  of  you  thought  of  a 
solution  to  our  difficulty?  He  is  too  old  for 
the  Orphan  Home.  Being  crippled,  he 
can't  make  his  own  living  until  he  has  some 
sort  of  a  .practical  education.  Don't  cast  this 
problem  from  you.  It  belongs  to  you.  I 
want  you  to  have  his  trouble  on  your  mind 
and  on  your  heart.  Write  to  me  about  it. 
What  can  be  done?  I  wrote  to  President 
Johnson  of  the  Kimberlin  School  of  Evan- 
gelists, hoping  to  find  Charlie  a  home  there 


where  he  could  go  to  %<.  d  -oma 

way — as  clerk  in  the  mailing  depart: 
instance.    At   first   President    Johnson   was 
inclined  to  consent;  then  he  said,  and  I  think 
very  properly,  that  as  his  r  vas  only 

for   young    men    who   intended   to   become 
ministers,  it  would  not    be   ri^ht  t     .%>■ 
pie's  money  to  help  or .<  -.<:         such 

intention.     So  I    wrote  to  Charlie  about    it. 


PLAYING   WITH   THE    KITTK 

Perhaps  you  would   like  to  hear  from  our 
orphan.    Here  is  his  letter  from  St.  Louis: 

"Thanksgiving  will  be  here  to-morrow,  and 
I  hope  you  will  have  lots  of  turkey."  (This 
was  written,  you  understand,  in  November.) 
"I  hope  you  like  your  new  home  in  Arkansas 
all  right."  (It  is  delightful. )  "I  received 
your  letter  daybefore-vesterday  and  one 
from  Terrell  Marshall  the  same  morning. 
(Terrell  is  the  boy  of  the  same  age  whose 
society  Charlie  enjoyed  so  much  on  his 
visit  last  summer.)  "I  got  out  of  bed 
Sunday.  I  had  been  sick  all  week.  I  hope 
you  arrived  all  right  at  Benton ville."  (We 
arrived  all  right,  the  trouble  was  getting 
here.)  "It  snowed  here  a  little  this  morning 
but  you  can't  tell  it  now."  ( It  is  strange  to 
hear  about  snow,  down  here  in  this  climate! 
I  expect  I'll  forget  what  snow  looks  like  if  I 
ive  here  long  enough.)  ."It  isturning  cold." 
(You  can  trust  Missouri  to  do  that!)  "I  am 
glad  you  met  Terrell  Marshall  and  his 
mother  on  the  street  just  before  you  left 
Plattsburg.  I  have  never  had  any  thoughts 
about  being  a  preacher,  but  I  think  I  would 
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am  getting  along  in  school  all  right  so  far. 
1  have  fun  in  different  ways.  I  have  the 
time  out  of  school-hours  to  read  and  most  of 
Saturday.  This  leaves  me  well  and  I  hope 
it  finds  you  the  same."  (I  am  the  same. 
Charlie  is  quite  right  to  stick  to  the  idea  of 
being  a  business  man.  He  has  had  that  in- 
tention for  several  years.  I  should  have 
liked  for  him  to  be  a  preacher,  if  he  had  felt 
called  to  that  life;  but  I  think  a  person  must 
feel  compelled  to  preach,  to  become  the 
right  kind  of  a  preacher.  In  a  word,  I  be- 
lieve it  would  be  better  for  the  world  if  there 
were  no  preachers  in  it  except  those  who 
feel  that  they  can  be  nothing  else.  When  a 
person  is  aware  of  a  talent  for  public  speak- 
ing, and  feels  that  he  can  make  a  success  as 
a  preacher,  or  lawyer,  or  teacher,  or  lecturer, 
and  hardly  knows  which  line  to  take  up,  it's 


THE  ANGELS  AND  THE  SHEPHERDS. 

a  great  mistake  when  he  decides  to  preach. 
Religion  isn't  business,  or  making  a  living, 
or  showing  off,  or  having  a  position  in  the 
world.  It  isn't  owning  a  deep,  full  voice. 
It  isn't  knowing  how  to  organize.  It  is  the 
breath  of  the  soul.  The  very  breath  of  the 
soul  should  cry  out,  "I  must  preach!"  That's 
what  I  think  about  it.  As  for  me,  I  am  not 
a  preacher,  although,  in  spite  of  everything 
I've  said,  I  received  a  letter  yesterday  ad- 
dressed "Rev."  That's  for  Reverend,  a 
word  meaning  "deserving  reverence." 
Which  I  do  not.  If  you  must  call  me  some- 
thing, spell  it  "Reverent."  (Which  I  hope  I 
am.) 

Here  comes  a  note,  just  a  few  lines,  and 
with  it  a  ten-dollar  bill.     Reader,  I  want  you 
to   stop  and  think  about  that;  a  ten-dollar- 
bill!     Did  you    ever  own  that  much  at  one 
time?     You  laugh  and  say,  "Ha!  ha!"     Did 
you  ever  invest  that  much  at  one  time  in  the 
cause   of   one   helpless  orphan?     I  thought 
you'd   stop   saying  "Ha!   ha!"  pretty   soon! 
This  sender   who   did  not  care  to  have  his 
name  given  is  from  Missouri  where  so  many 
good  things  come  from,  for  instance,  J.  B.  E. 
He  says:  "Enclosed  find  ten  dollars  which 
please    apply    toward  Charlie's   education. 
You  might  start  a  fund  calling  it  'Charlie's 
Educational  Fund,'  or  something  like  that, 
keeping  it  distinct  from  the  other  expenses, 
and  call  for  contributions.     I  inclose  a  card 
for    your     receipt."      (Which    I   receipted. 
Now,  members  and   readers  of  the  Av.   S. 
what   do  you  think  of  this  plan?     Do  you 
want  Charlie  educated?  And  do  you  want  to 
help  in  his  education,  so  that  you  can  feel  for 
all  time,  that  whatever  he  becomes  in  life 
will  be  owing  to  you?    Did  you  ever  have 
such  a  chance  before  to  do  so  much  good  for 
one  who  can't  possibly  get  educated  unless 
he  ia  assisted?     I  feel  he  will  pay  us  back  by 
a  good  life  of  usefulness  and  contentment. 
I  sent  Charlie  a  book  for  a  Christmas  pres- 
ent;  I   sent   Drusie   one,   too,     They  were 
"Stork's  Nest'  and  "Adnah."     I  wrote  both 
of  them.    They  are  fine,  very  interesting  and 
elevated  in  style.     I  don't  see  how  I  ever 
wrote  them.    "Stork's  Nest"  has  four  hand- 
some illustrations.     It  is  my  newest  story.     I 
hope  Charlie  may  enjoy  it  as  much  as  I  did.) 


Now  you  may  be  sure  I  rejoiced  to  re- 
ceive the  ten-dollar  bill  and  the  good  sug- 
gestion. But  "I  want  to  say  to  you,"  as  the 
preachers  begin  (just  as  if  anybody  could 
stop  them)  that  I  took  just  as  much  delight 
in  the  following  letter,  from  Opal  Johnson, 
Cotulla,  Texas:  "I  am  a  little  girl  ten  years 
old.  My  mamma  died  when  I  was  a  baby. 
I  feel  so  sorry  for  Charlie  because  he  has  no 
good  papa  to  care  for  him,  like  I  have.  I 
send  50  cents  for  him."  (I  want  the  reader 
to  notice  how  Opal  came  into  possession  of 
this  half-dollar.)  "I  carried  milk  for  Aunty 
to  a  neighbor's.  I  hope  Charlie  is  a  nice 
boy.  I  don't  like  rude  and  rough  boys." 
(I,think  there  are  no  more  troublesome  ani- 
mals, except  girls.)  "I  have  no  brother  or 
sister.  Aunty  sends  50  cents  for  Drusie,  and 
she  wishes  she  could  send  more.  We  think 
our  missionary  must  be  a  brave,  good  girl." 
(And  I  am  sure  you  are!) 

My  plans  for  our  department  are  not  quite 
perfected.  There  is  some  talk  of  enlarging 
the  Family  and  Home  Department.  I  do 
not  know  if  our  department  will  be  made 
larger  or  not.  I  can  tell  you  next  week.  I 
have  a  story  to  be  published  during  1906. 
It  will  run  a  good  while  before  it  sits  down 
to  rest.  I  have  a  very  interesting  letter 
from  Drusie  for  next  week.  I  am  sending 
her  another  $5  from  you  (and  from  me)  this 
very  day.  New  Honor  List:  Bertha  Beesley, 
Huff,  Mo.,  (28th  quarter) ;  Nannie  D.  Cham- 
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Grace  Everest,  Oklahoma,  Okla.  (fourth 
quarter);  Ruth  Sampsel,  Warrensburg,  Mo. 
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'Bunny  Cotton. 

"Oh,  my,  what  a  funny,  ridic'lous  name — 
Bunny  Cotton!"  cried  Midget. 

"Well,  Bunny  Cotton  was  a  'funny,  ridic'- 
lous' thing.  She  ought  to  have  been  named 
Funny  Cotton!"  said  Uncle  Jack.  "She  al- 
ways dressed  in  something  snow-white,  and 
soft  as  down." 

"Not  when  she  played  every  day?  She 
didn't  wear  white  dresses  then,  I  s'pdse?" 

"Always!  I  never  saw  her  in  anything  else. 
And  they  didn't  get  soiled  either;  but  that 


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"Washed  'em  herself — twice  a  day?  Oh, 
my!" 

"With  her  little  pink  tongue—" 

"With  her  little  pink  tongue, "oh,  Bunny 
Cotton!     She  was  a  bunny  rabbit!" 

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were  like  little  pink  jewels,  and^her  tail  was 
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in  spots,  and  torn  and  shaggy  everywhere 
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and  there.  She  had  pulled  out  her  pretty* 
soft  wool,  bit  by  bit,  to  line  her  babies'  nest. 
It'was  a  beautiful,  soft,  white  nest  for  them, 
but  oh,  what  a  Bunny  Cotton  was  left!" 

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Jack's  sleeve  and  kept  quite  still  a  moment. 
Then  she  sat  up  very  straight. 

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she  said  softly. " 

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December  28,  1905 


THE  CHRISTIAN-EVANGELIST. 


A  Memory  Picture. 

By  Mrs.  E.  W.  Jonas. 

While  today  in  looking  backward 

Over  memory's  pages  true, 
I  have  found  some  pleasant  pictures, 

One,  I  would  unfold  to  you. 

Once  into  my  humble  dwelling 
Came  a  stranger,  plainly  clad, 

Came  for  rest  and  entertainment, 
And  I  gave  him  what  I  had. 

Oh,  how  meager  was  the  favor 
That  my  willing  hands  bestowed; 

But'how  lasting  was  the  blessing 
That  into  my  earth-life  flowedl 

His  words  were  like  an  inspiration, 

Lifting  J  me  from  earth  away 
To  the  mount  of  holy  vision, 

Where  I  tasted  heavenly  day. 

Of  the  many  friends  of  Jesus 

I  have  tried  to  entertain, 
None  appeared  so  near  to  heaven, 

Few  so  free  from  earthly  stain. 

Christians,  let  us  be  more  faithful, 
Though  we  oft  must  sow  in  tears, 

Let  us  build  more  stately  mansions— 
Build  for  heaven's  eternal  years. 
Pasadena,  Cal, 

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LooHing  Toward  Home. 

MILO  ATKINSON. 

I  slept  and  dreamed.  It  was  evening 
time,  the  time  between  the  day  and  the 
night.  Afar  in  the  west  the  lingering  light 
formed  a  fitting  canvas  for  a  picture  even 
more  radiant  than  that  which  did  appear. 
I  saw  a  cottage,,  vineclad,  and  planted  in  the 
midst  of  a  garden  of  roses,  whose  fragrance 
arose  like  love's  sweet  incense  on  the  dewy 
air,  for  the  garden  was  kept  by  hands  of 
one  that  loved  another.  Before  that  humble 
cot  sat  two,  an  old  man  and  his  wif>\  By 
his  side  was  his  dinner  pail,  for  he  was  home 
from  work.  On  their  knees  was  a  book, 
and  the  book  was  open.  The  place  where 
the  book  was  open  must  have  been  this, 
"Let  not  your  heart  be  troubled.  ...  In 
my  Father's  house  are  many  mansions.  .  .  . 
I  go  to  prepare  a  place  for  you.""  Yes, 
this  was  the  place,  for  on  their  faces 
was  the  quiet  light  of  peace  and  joy  and 
holy  contentment,  and  they  were  looking 
toward  the  sunset.  I  looked  with  them  to 
the  west,  and  behold,  the  glittering  spires 
and  dazzling  domes  of  the  Holy  City,  the 
new  Jerusalem.  They  were  looking  toward 
home.  No  voice  was  heard,  but  I  awoke, 
and  in  my  heart  was  :he  prayer  that  though 
other  visions  of  youth  might  fade,  this 
vision  in  the  sacred  chamber  of  my  soul 
might  grow  brighter  and  brighter  with  the 
perfect  day. 
Newport  News,  Va, 

"The  Meeting  of  the  Board." 

The  Hialo  church  board  met  as  usual. 

Minutes  of  last  meeting  read  and  there 
being  no  objection  they  were  approved. 

Chair  called  for  reports  of  committees, 
in  their  order  which  came  as  follows  - 

Committee  on  insurance  has  nothing  to 
report. 

Committee  on  raising  minister's  salary 
reports  that  they  could  not  agree  as  to 
plans  of  work,  and  therefore  there  is  noth- 
ing to  report. 

Committee  on  "protracted  meeting"  reports 
they  could  not  agree  on  the  night  to  meet 
and  formulate  plans  and  have  nothing  to 
report. 

Committee  on  "church  repairs"  have  to 
report  that  they  could  not  agree  on  nature 
of  repairs  needed  and  beg  to  ask  to  be  dis- 
charged. 

Committee  on  visiting  the  sick  have  to 
report  that  there  are  a  number  of  sick  in  the 
town,  but  that  owing  to  press  of  busi- 
ness none  of  the  committee  has  visited 
any  of  the  sick. 

Brother  Stegall,  committee  of  one  on  in- 
vestigating amount  of   salary  past  due  to 


minister,  reports  that  he  is  disgusted.  He 
asked  a  brother  how  much  he  would  pay 
and  was  told  he  wasn't  able  to  pay  anything. 
Committee  did  nothing  more  and  asks  to 
be  relieved  from  this  duty. 

Committee  on  janitor  reports  that  there 
is  no  funds  to  pay  the  janitor,  and  it  has 
done  nothing  in  that  direction  and  would 
like  to  be  relieved  of  further  duty. 

Committee  on  "The  One  Tenth"  move- 
ment, looking  toward  urging  the  member- 
ship to  pay  one-tenth  of  their  prosperity, 
reports  that  you  must  remember  that 
the  time  the  one-tenth  was  required  was 
when  God  was  assisting  his  people  in  their 
human  affairs  and  since  God  has  with- 
drawn all  his  assistance  and  we  are  left  to 
"root  hog  or  die"  he  can  not  expect  so  much 
from  us.  This  committee  urges  that  its 
number  be  increased  so  the  field  can  be 
well  covered  as  there  are  a  few  weak-mind- 
ed sisters  and  brothers  who  are  about  to 
separate  themselves  from  one-tenth  of 
their  income  and  these  must  be  shown  the 
error   of   their   way. 

Committee  on  church  record  has  to  report 
that  no  records  have  ever  been  deemed 
necessary  in  this  church  and  we  mildly 
suggest  to  the  present  minister  that  this 
matter  be  handled  with  gloves  and  no  stir 
be  made  in  this  direction.  It  will  cost 
money  to  put  the  records  in  shape  and 
it  is  a  reflection  on  the  old  timers  to  hint 
that  memroy  is  not  sufficient  as  record. 
We  have  ten  old  timers  in  the  organization 
who  can  well  recollect  just  who  be- 
longs and  who  does  not  belong  to  the 
church.  This  committee  asks  that  its  num- 
ber be  enlarged  to  eight. 

Committee  on  "state  work"  has  to  re- 
port that  it  has  seen  no  place  for  a  move. 
There  are  several  places  where  work  should 
be  done  but  we  don't  know  where  these 
places  are — that  is,  we  don't  know  officially 
as  a  committee,  and  hence  have  nothing 
to  report. 

Committee  on  "general  ways  and  means" 


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yet. 

Committee  on  "music"  has  to  report  that 
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Peter  Faithful,  Clerk. 

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Religion  That  Doesn't  Count. 

"Come  out  to  the  meeting  tonight,  Cal, 
won't  you?"  I  said  as  we  two  met  on  our  way 
home  to  dinner. 

"Really,  I'd  like  to,  but  the  baby  isn't  well 
enough  to  bring  out,  and  I  don't  want  to 
leave  my  wife  alone." 

As  he  gave  his  excuse  there  came  to  my 
mind  the  time,  less  than  a  month  before, 
when  he  joined  me  on  a  trolley  car,  coming 
from  a  lodge  meeting  in  a  neighboring  city 
at  ten  o'clock  at  night.  How  about  the  baby- 
then? 

But  all  I  said  was,  "You  are  a  member  of 
the  church,  so  come  out  to  the  union  service 
on  Sunday  morning.  We  have  a  good  evan- 
gelist." He  didn't  promise,  but  as  we  parted 
at  the  corner  he  said,  "You  know,  Ray,  re- 
ligion never  did  strike  me  very  hard." 

Yes,  I  knew.    At  college  he  was  a  nomina 


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December  28,  1905 


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the  healthfulness  of  all  risen  flour-foods,  and 
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Christian;  he  attended  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  receptions,  but  not  the 
prayer  meeting;  he  always  had  time  to  get  off 
with  the  boys,  but  was  "too  busy  to  take  up 
Bible  3tudy." 

"Religion  never  did  strike  me  very  hard." 
I  pondered  over  it  on  my  walk  home.  He 
had  entered  business  immediately  after  leav- 
ing college,  and  because  the  other  stores  in 
that  seaside  town  kept  open  on  Sunday,  he 
followed  suit.  Later  he  was  elected  a  di- 
rector of  the  local  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association,  and  accepted|for  "business  rea- 
sons," that  was  all. 

When  the  stores  did  close  on  Sunday,  he 
would  shouider  his  gun  and  get  far  from  the 
sound  of  the  Sunday  church  bells. 

Once  he  was  urged  to  help  in  breaking  up 
Sunday  baseball,  for  he  had  organized  one 
of  the  ball  teams,  and  his  influence  was 
great.  But  he  refused,  because  "it  would  be 
no  use." 

Truly  "religion  never  did  strike  him  very 
hard."  He  is  dead  timber  in  the  church  of 
his  choice;  a  drag  to  the  chariot  of  Zion;  a 
weight  to  his  fellow  church  members. 

The  saddest  part  of  it  is  that  this  is  not 
fiction;  he  is  a  real  young  man.— Frank  S. 
Drew. 

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It  "Showed  'Em." 

Despite  the  fact  that  northern  New  Eng- 
land is  a  stronghold  of  temperance,  if  not  of 
prohibition,  temperance  lecturers  sometimes 
go  there  and  encourage  the  faithful.  One 
such,  speaking  in  Keene,  N.  H.,  reminded 


his  hearers  of  the  story  of  Dives  and  Laz- 
arus. The  lecturer  pointed  out  how  when 
Dives  was  in  Hades  he  did  not  ask  for  beer 
or  wine  or  liquor,  but  for  one  drop  of  water. 

"Now,  my  friends,"  said  the  lecturer, 
'•what  does  that  show  us?" 

A  voice  from  the  back  of  the  hall  instantly 
replied:  "It  shows  us  where  your  temper- 
ance people  go." 

The  Bite  of  the  Pretty  Girl. 

Just  at  this  moment  we  do  not  recall  the 
exact  number  of  billions  of  bacteria  Prof. 
Miller  says  are  t®  be  found  in  the  mouth  of 
a  pretty  girl— either  twenty-seven  or  thirty- 
seven,  a  few  billions  more  or  less  do  not 
matter — but  we  are  tremendously  exercised 
over  his  solemn  assurance  that  a  pretty  girl's 
bite  is  more  dangerous  than  the  bite  of  a 
serpent,  no  matter  what  serpent.  Now  we 
begin  to  understand  what  Dr.  Watts  meant 
when  he  said,  "Let  dogs  delight  to  bark  and 
bite,"  though  we  have  an  idea  that  if  a 
pretty  girl  had  offered  to  bite  him  good  old 
Isaac  would  have  come  up  to  the  scratch 
like  a  typical  Christian  martyr  and  shouted 
for  more.  We  gather  from  the  professor's 
phraseology  that  the  bite  of  a  homely  girl  is 
not  so  dangerous  as  the  bite  of  a  pretty  girl 
or  a  serpent — it  cannot  afford  to  be.  Thus  we 
see  the  noble  workings  of  the  law  of  com- 
pensation, and  thus  we  learn  how  "nature  is 
subdued  to'[what  it  works  in."  Meanwhile 
those  of  usjwho  never  like  to  offend  a  lady 
will  go  on  acquiring  bacteria  by  the  billion, 


and  giving  agreeable  young  women  the 
preference  over  serpents.  Yet  it  should  be 
understood  that  no  true  lady  will  bite  a  per- 
fect gent  save  in  the  way  of  self-defense 
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