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BERNE, INDIANA, DECEMBER 3, 1903.

No. I.

A Worker’* Prayer.

II there be good in that I wrought,

Thy hand compelled it, Master, thine;

Where I have failed to meet thy thought I know, through thee, the blarae ia mine.

One iri.stant’s toil to thee denied Stands all eternity’s oflfense;

Of that I did with thee to guide.

To thee, through thee, be excellence,

Who, lest all thought of Eden fade,

Bringst Eden to the craftsman’s brain,

Godlike to muse o’er his own trade And manlike stand with God again.

The depth and dream of my desire.

The bitter paths wherein I stray,

Thou knowest who has made the Are,

Thou knowest who has made the clay.

One stone the more swings to her place In that dread temple of thy worth;

It is enough that through thy grace I saw naught common on thy earth.

Take not that vision from my ken;

Oh. whatsoe'er may spoil or speed,

Help me to need no aid from men That 1 may help such men as needl

— Rudyard EUplioff.

Items of News and Comment.

Rev. A. S. Shelly, of Bally, Pa., in co-operation with Rev. A. M. Fretz, of Souderton, Pa., have been holding: a scries of special meeting's in Bowmansville, Pa., this week.

The Berne, Ind., congregation celebrated Thanksgiving Day with a harvest festival, at which the children's Mission products were sohl at auction which, with their pennies, amounted to $134.55, and this added to the adult mission collection amount- ed to $102b.34.

It is reported that Rev. Elmer F. Grubb, who formerly minis- tered to the brethren at Stevens- ville, Ontario, has been placed in temporary charge of the con- gregation at Wadsworth, ()., lately vacated by Rev. J. W. Kliewer, of Berne, Ind. If it is true, Bro. Grubb deserves the promotion and we are sure he will do his duty.

Rev. James M. Gray has been appointed by the Presbyterian General Assembly’s Committee or Evangelistic work to visit the churches and conduct Bible con- ferences. In the west and south his work has been successful, and the churches have been stimula- ted to better Christian work. “A knowledge of the Bible is the primary condition of successful evangelism.”

35,000 Christian Endeavorers were in session in Philadelphia, this week. A. C. E. Leaders Institute was held and questions like the following were discussed; What is the good of a C. E- Union? Where should new Upi-

ons be started? Who should go about it? The Union whose constituency is scattered. These questions together with many other phases of C. E. work were considered at the meeting of the Board of Trustees of the United Society.

A Sunday Service in California,

Miss Sara C. Sprunger, of Berne, is at present drinking in the delights of California. She is staying at Upland, where there is a Mennonite colony under the sjiiritual care of Rev. M. M. Horsch. She writes to a late number of “The Berne Witness” about her elysian experiences in the Golden State, and quite en- tertainingly too. We clip the following account of a Sunday morning: —

Let me give you a brief ac- count of an ideal California S. S. and church picnic which oc- curred on Sunday, Oct. 18. It was held in one of the most ro- mantic and picturesque canyons of southern California. Where could there be a more appropri- ate place to worship our great Creator than in the midst of the grandeur of ?Iis great works, surrounded by the massive walls of the mountains and over head the blue canopy of heaven! And to worship was the main object of the trip to the canyon 10 miles away from Upland. With a few exceptions the whole congrega- tion went out. We from town, 23 in all, went in the ’bus drawn by fou*" horses. The last 8 miles of our trip was a constant steep up-grade. Those from the coun- try went in their separate con- veyances. Young and old joined the crowd, not leaving behind the well filled dinner baskets pre- pared the day before, because at 7 a. m. everybody had to be “on deck”. The sky was cloudless, the sun shone warm, the birds were singing merrily in the green pepper trees which lined the avenues we were driving through. It was a perfect morn- ing in dear old Nature for a pic- nic and one felt very much like singing, “Hallelujah, shoener Morgen”. The crowd seemed to be in a mood very much iq har- mony with Nature all around us. Mr. Sontag, the honey man, and whose name is Sontag everyday in the week, who lives at the foot of the mountains, met us

with a basket of choice muskat grapes and presented it to the crowd, and Adolf Ledig furnished the delicious blue California figs for the day.

After driving as far as it was possible with the horses to the mouth of the canon, the first en- counter was to descend a very steep and rocky trail into the canyon. Down, down, over the rocks through the bushes, leav- ing a cloud of dust behind, we went. By the time we landed on the bowlders of rock below we were aware of “that tired feel- ing” in our limbs. On we went winding around stupendous rocks and cliffs and precipices, until we reached the Elim of our desire, a shady ravine by the side of a gurgling stream, clear as crystal, bubbling over the rocks for miles and miles through the mountains. Here we made halt and encamped for the day. Seated on the rocks in the shade of the trees, by the Mowing stream the words, “How glorious are the Works of the Lord”, broke forth.

First on the program was the morning service.

The services were opened by singing the appropriate songs: Grosser Gott, wir loben dich und bewundern deine Werke” and “Ich weiss einen herrlichen Strom”. Very appropriate was the Scripture, Psa. 104, read by Rev. Horsch, our pastor, and the following introductory remarks of the sermon by missionary G. A. Linscheid from Oklahoma. Mr. Linsctieid and wife were here on their wedding trip.

The Unity of the Truth,

“Suppose it were proposed to build in Washington a temple that should represent all the States of the Union. Stones for this building were to be brought from the granite quarries at Quincy, the marble quarries at Rutland, the brownstone quarries at Middletown, the grey sand- stone quarries at Berea, the mal- achite quarries of Northern Michigan, the brownstone quar- ries of Kasota, the porphyry quarries below Knoxville, and so on through all the States. These stones were to be of all conceivable sizes and shapes — cubical, spherical, cylindrical, conical, trapezoidal, rectangular

was to be cut into its final shape in the quarry from which it was taken. Now, when the stones are brought together and builded into the temple, every stone fits into its place. There is not a stone too many or a stone too few; not a stone left over, and not an unfilled niche anywhere. And there arises before your vi- sion a temple of splendid propor- tions, with its side walls, its but- tresses, its nave, its choir, its transept, its arches, pillars, domes, and spires, perfect in every outline and in eyery 'detail, every stone just fitted to its jilace, and yet every stone finished in the quarry from which it' was taken. How would you account for this? There is one very simple way of accounting for it, and there is only one rational way of accounting for it all. That is this; back of the individ- ual stonecutters in the quarries was the master architect who planned the whole from the be- ginning, and gave to each indi- vidual workman his specifications for the work.

“It is exactly so with this eter- nal temple of truth which we call the Bible. As we have seen, the stones for it were quarried at places and at times most remote from one another, and yet every stone fits into its place, and there is not one stone too many or one too few, and it has stood through- out the centuries a glorious tem- ple, perfect in every outline and in every detail, and yet every stone hewn into its final shape in the quarry from which it was taken. How shall we account for it? In one way, very simply, and in only one way at all. Back of the human hands that wrought was the master mind of God, that thought and gave to each individual writer his speci- fications for his work.”

Y, M. C, A, Convention Echoes.

JAMKS E. .SPRUNGER.

It has been my rare privilege to be one of five delegates from . Oberlin to the second Triennial Convention of Young Men’s 1 Christian Associations in Theo- logical Institutions held at Rocll* ^ ester, N. Y., Nov. 19 — 22. . , u

It was by far the largest ga4h- : ering of Theological stndeiite ' ever held in America; 374 dele<'.3 gates represented SI

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institutions and 29 different de- tl nominations, comprising nearly r all the theological seminaries of t North America. h

“The purpose of this convention t was to afford the presidents and e leaders of the missionary, evan- t gelistic and devotional student a activities in theological institu- r tions an opportunity to consider 7 together the common problems r pertaining to the lives and asso- 1 ciated Christian work of theolog- c ical students, to gain a wider , view of the possibilities of the « ministry, both at home and ; abroad; to strengthen the bond of brotherhood uniting Chris- , tian students, and to receive in- spiration from waiting unitcdl^ upon God.

The convention was character- ized by a thorough evangelistic- spirit from beginning to end. The personal development of the spiritual life; the cultivation of the spirit of constant prayerful- ness; the importance, need and advantage of personal Bible study in addition to curriculum work; better knowledge and deep- er interest in Home and Foreign mission; the importance and qualifications for personal work in bringing people into the right relation with Jesus Christ; the need of thoroughly furnished men in the ministry; these were the themes presented by such men as Mr. Robert E. Speer, sec- retary of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions; Mr. John R. Mott, general secretary of the World’s Student Christian Feder- ation; President Charles Cuth- bert Hall D. D., of Union Theol. Seminary; Rev. U. Douglas Mac- Kenzie D. D., president-elect of Hartford Seminary; Rev. Willi- am F. McDowell D. D., secretary of the Methodist Board of Edu- cation; Rey. W. G. Puddefoot D. D., secretary of the Congre- gational Home Mission Society, Mr. John Willis Baer, secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions, and a number of others.

The man that attended that convention with the purpose of obtaining evidence to substanti- ate the accusation that the stu- dents of our theological semi- naries are “going to the dogs, that they are being poisoned by skepticism and ruined by Higher Criticism; that our seminaries render our young men unfit for doing valiant service for Jesus Christ, that man, I say, must have come away a disappointed man, for he heard no theological disputes and never obtained a glimpse of that many-colored animal called “Higher Criti- cism”. It must have been a dis- appointment to that man to learn that North American insti- tutions are working on the poli- cy to double the number of stu- dents in their Bible Study classes

this college year, and have al- ready more than accomplished it, that 75 Bible Study Institutes have already been arranged for the purpose of training the lead- ers in the work and enlarging the scope of the student Bible activity. 41,000 students are en- rolled in the Bible study classes; 7550 in Mission study classes. It must have surprised that man to learn that on the average 1 out of 2 of our college students in America is a Christian while out- side the colleges only 1 out of 12; and that out of their ranks since 188b, 2202 have gone to the for- eign field and over 4000 more have volunteered to go.

The most beautiful spirit of harmony and Christian fellow- ship prevailed throughout. All marched under the one banner of Jesus Christ, the Lord and Mas- ter of all.

On our way from Buffalo to Rochester we joined the Toronto delegation 40 strong, in a pri- vate car, and while we were speeding on to Rochester we all joined in a service of song, prayer and testimony, closing with “My country, 'tis of thee,” “God save the King,” and “Blest be the tie.”

In the quiet of my room on the evening of Thanksgiving Day I look back to the days of that convention with deep gratitude, thinking that there are 374 men that do not suspect, but trust one another from this time forth; that there are 374 men that love one another; 374 men that are friends in Jesus Christ; .^174 men that will cooperate with one an- other; .374 men that pray for one another; 374 men that have gone back to their fellow students de- termined to do better service for Jesus Christ.

The Boy and the Latch/Key,

At a certain stage in his prog- ress the boy feels very sure that he is a man, and resents any- thing like surveillance, or the enforcement of a too strenuous authority. He chafes at too tight a rein, thinks himself the arbiter of his own actions, likes to spend his evenings where and as he chooses, and perhaps asks for a latch-key. “There is no use in my keeping anybody sit- ting up till midnight for me,” he says grandly, and is frequently rather aggrieyed when told that father or mother will always sit up until he comes in. Midnight, except when there is a special oc- casion to detain a young man, is too late an hour for him to linger with thoughtless comrades away from home. At a much earlier time he should be in his own room. If the lad goes to busi- ness, he needs sleep as well as recreation, and if still a student, his books should furnish him with

congenial occupation. Tempta- tion traps the heedless feet of the boy who is under no restraint, and who may spend his eyenings as he will, his inexperience lead- ing him into perils that, later, he will be sorry that he did not avoid.

We do everything in our power to keep our daughters safe and pure, to guard their innocence from stain, and to surround them with absolute protection of one kind or another from the evils that lurk in ambush in this world. Our sons should be as precious, and as lovingly and carefully guarded as their sisters. Noth- ing is finer than that a man should reach maturity spotless in character, with no past follies to regret, and with no lapses from chaste living to bring a blush to his cheek. Far better is it that parents should be lovingly vigi- lant than thoughtlessly indulg- ent, and that the freedom of the latch-key should be withheld till the manhood has come and the boyhood is over.

A boy should be contented to spend many evenings at home. A parent who is judicious will see that home is inviting, and, above all, the father will be com- panionable with his sons. Good men are sometimes so grumpy, so unreasonable, and so fault-find- ing in their behavior that they drive their sons out of the home; they not only forget that once they were boys, but they so con- duct themselves that one fancies they must have been very dis- agreeable boys. A boy should be allowed to enjoy his friends’ company in his own house and his own room, and if he has a fad of any kind— a camera, for example, — or if he likes wood- carving, let him carry out his own fancies undisturbed. Then . he will not miss the latchkey. — Margaret E. Sangster in the Christian Herald.

The Largest Organ at the World's Fair.

It is natural that at the Louisi- ana Purchase Exposition, which promises to be the greatest ex- position ever held, the art of mu- sic should receive due recognition. A very large appropriation has been set aside to provide the best there is to be had for the enjoy- ment of the throngs in the high- est as well as in the more simple forms of musical art- A very fine orchestra will interpret the symphonies of the great masters, well-drilled choruses will sing the great oratorios and other choral works, while the best of of brass bands will discourse mu- sic of a more popular style.

A large auditorium, with am- ple seating capacity and the best acoustic qualities, is being built, in which the orchestral and cho-

ral concerts will be given. Reci- tals by the world’s best artists will also be of frequent occur- rence. The organists will be heard upon a monster organ, which is now being built for Festival hall. This instrument will be considerably larger than the famous organ built by a London firm for the town hall of Sidney, Australia, which has hitherto held the honor of being the largest in the world. It will contain 140 speaking stops and, with the mechanical stops, about 200 registers. Aside from an al- most bewildering array of electri- cal and pneumatic devices and combinations, it will be arranged to be played automatically.

There will be six rows of keys, including the j>edal section, and practically every tone quality that can be produced by pipe and reed, will be represented in the specifications. The cost of the organ when set up in its final po- sition will be about $100,000.

There is some satisfaction to western musicians in the fact that after the exposition closes, the organ will be brought to Kansas City and placed in Con- vention hall. Thus this colossal instrument will be a great attrac- tion for the city and will form the center of an art education that shall become very far-reach- ing as time goes on. “W. in the Bethel College Monthly.

Many persons are ready to spread a banquet, but slow to give a cup of cold water.— Camp-

BEI.I. MORGAN.

My Friends,

Think on what you read in the first chapter of Genesis, what God created you for. Man has indeed spoiled His work, but not destroyed it. God’s purpose still remains. Fallen and ruined though you be. His purpose still holds for you. God intended you for better things. God meant, you to be more excellent than any created thing you see on earth. Sound it to its depths, pry into its mysteries; soar to the farthest bounds of its most distant star— He meant you with your living spirit, your divine gift of reason, your power of be- ® ing holy and just and righteous ^ to be greater and more wonderful than all these.

And will you disappoint Him? ^ Will you, for the love of this ^ world and its short pleasant sins, ^ reject the gift of being made like *’ unto Christ, and give up the ^ promise of endless life in that true presence of God of which the Paradise of Eden was a faint shadow? ^ • I* • G-

Nov. 28, 1903.

Always the best strength of a nation is found in the saints of Christ. — Campbki.1. Morgan.

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Dr. Torrey's >Work on Hi« World Tour.

At the great meeting held in Chicago to welcome the return of Rev. Dr. R. A. Torrey and his singer Mr. Alexander from their most remarkable evangel- istic tour of the world Dr. Torrey made a noteworthy address, the closing part of which described their success as follows:

•SOME JAPANESE CONVERTS.

“Now we will take a bird’s-eye view of the tour, though a very hasty one it must be. Honolulu we visited for less than twenty- four hours, reaching there unex- pectedly; held two hurried meet- ings, one at ten in the morning for American and English Chris- tians, and the power of God was present as we talked about the Baptism of the Spirit, and God’s people entering into the experi- ence of His power. At the meet- ing in the afternoon for native people, mostly none-Christians, God set His seal by giving thirty Hawaiians to come out clearly on the side of Jesus Christ. In Ja- pan we spent twenty-nine days, holding seventy-two meetings from Sendai on the north to Nagasaki on the south, and the power of God was manifested in every one of the ten cities where we preached the Gospel. I shall never forget that night in Tokyo, with the thousand men, some of whom had never heard the Gos- pel. I can see those black eyes to-night,as they strained over one another’s shoulders and listened to the speaker, and then to the interpreter. I think of the men who stood up and said, ‘We will take Jesus Christ as our personal Saviour, surrender to Him as our Lord and Master, and confess Him openly before the world’. The thing that interested us was that so many of the men testified that they never heard the Gospel in all their lives, and that it was the first Christian meeting they had ever been in, and the first Christian sermon they had ever heard. We went to Kioto, and 119 in two days came out on the side of Christ, including two Buddhist priests. In Kobe we addressed an audience almost en- tirely Japanese, the only oppor- tunity I had occasion to preach to them. When I gave the in- vitation, in that one service eighty-two Japanese men came out openly before their heathen brethren. At Yamaguchi, nine miles from the railroad, we held the first meeting in a theatre, — not an elegant hall like this, but where the reserved seats were squares marked on the floor, each square bolding four men. I was told they always had disorder, and at the outset they wanted to ask some questions, which were answered, and at the close be- tween sixty and seventy people

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came out and confessed iheir ac- ceptance of Jesus Christ.

JAPANESE STUDENTS ACCEPT CHRIST.

“The next day I was told that the whole audience, who came by invitation, were non-Chris- tian students and, professors in a government school. My inform- ant said, ‘Now, I think you had better give them a lecture on “The Influence of Religion in Education.” ’ I hadn’t any lec- ture on the subject, and I hadn’t time to prepare one, so I took as my subject, 'What Shall I Do Then With Jesus, Which Is Called Christ?’ I showed who He was, what He had done and what God had done. I looked at those men, and said, ‘Gentlemen, I believe a good many of you here to-day know just as well as I do that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, a divine person; I believe that in your hearts you believe that He bore your sins in His own body on the cross; I believe that you know you ought to take Him as your personal Saviour, and step right out and say so. I don’t know whether you have got the moral courage or not, but I am going to give you a chance. Every man that is willing to come out before his non-Christian friends and confess his faith that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and accept Him as his personal Saviour, surrender to Him as his Lord and Master, begin to-night to confess Him as such before the world, and go forth from this place to live to please Him in everything day by day, please stand up.’ One by one they be- gan to rise and when we left the place, the man who had given me the advice, said, ‘I have got the names of 130 that have pro- fessed to accept Jesus Christ in these two days. I am going back to preaching the Gospel.’ It is time we all did!

A MONTH IN CHINA.

“I was in China for thirty-one days, holding as a rule, three or four services a day, when not traveling from city to city. The power of God was everywhere.

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“SteppiflS Heavenward”

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Topic for December 6: What THE Heroes of Faith Teach Us. Heb. 11: 1-40.

MEDITATIONS. '

Austin Phelps, once a promi- nent preacher and author, wrote that as a theological student be gave special attention to the study of Isaiah and Romans, and found material therein for ser- mons for twenty years. The 11th of Hebrews is a veritable mine in which preachers may dig for texts and for thoughts. It is an interesting chapter to read, mostly because it gives so many concrete instances of faith, sum- moning a host of witnesses from the Old Testament and giving a fresh and inspired comment on their life and deeds.

Let us see how many “heroes of faith” are on the inspired roll. We find these names: Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sara, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Ra- bat), Barak, Gideon, Samson, Jephtha, David and Samuel — al- together sixteen. Of some little is said, of others, like Abraham and Moses, more than usual. The last six are merely referred to by name as belonging to the honor- able company of men who, what- ever their faults, immortalized themselves by -their faith. Ref- erence is also made to an army of unnamed heroes and heroines, ineluding the prophets after Samuel and the children of Is- rael. The first verse of the 12th chapter, which should not be thus artificially cut off from the preceding, sums all up and calls the heroes a “great cloud of wit- nesses”. One of the best things we have ever read is G. Camp- bell Morgan’s grand exposition of this first verse of chapter 12.

There are many different ways in which faith in God can act. Some of these ways are brought out in this 11th chapter in con- nection with the different heroes. Let us take some of the individ- uals cited and see wherein their faith triumphed.

Abel: “He obtained witness that he was righteous” by the nature of his sacrifice. He of- fered a lamb -a bloody sacrifice — while Cain brought of the fruits of the ground. The truth to be impressed is that he under- stood that “without shedding of blood is no remission of sin”, and consequently no righteousness. By faith he grasped this great truth which pointed to Christ as the Lamb of God which taketh . away the sin of the world and he heartily accepted it. Faith accepts God’s plan of salvation.

Enoch: “Walked with God

three hundred years.

And he was not for God took him.” So says Genesis $: 22, 24.

The inspired commentator adds, that he “was translated that [he should not see death; and.WRS not found because God had trans- lated him: for before his transla* tion he had this testimony, that he pleased God”. , Out of all this these three thoughts stand cleat; Enoch walked with God, that is, communed with Him; he pleased God by his faith (see v. 6); and he was translated to heaven with- out seeing death. To walk with God is to live as in His present day by day, to hear Himr^ speak- ing constantly to order our life by His will instead of our own. This is a life, not merely an act of faith. When we live thip life, though we may die a physical- death, we shall not come into judgment, but have passed from > death unto life (see John 5) 24). Enoch is a beautiful type of the church, or aggregation of saints* which shall be caught up to meet the Lord in the air. If we know God here we shall know 'Him forever, never to be separated. : -u

Noah: “Being warned of God) of things not seen as yet-v . prepared an ark, etc,” j It was * marvelous act of faith to- buHd'a' ' boat on the dry land far from, the sea, on the bare word of 'Ood:> • alone that a flood was imminent;'' The world of unbelief doubtless ' laughed him to scorn, but did-, not move him. Faith can stand , ridicule and persevere for a life-' time. Noah preached while he was building— preached a' hUn-^ dred and twenty years. ’'JHe^‘*'’ staked everything ort God’s wo/d.

Abraham: Three things ^'are^' said of him — he left his^^Mesb-*^ potamian home at Clod’s com-'*-^ mand, “not knowing whithfei'lie ^ went”, dwelt in tents in ^the’'^ promised land.' showing' ’’that- ^ heaven, not earth, was ’ his home'*'' and he “offered up Isaac” at God’s command, belieying that God could restore 'him from the dead, thus rising aboye' and- hushing.up all natural impulses”'' by reason of his superior trust and confidence in God. The ob^ ' * dience and consecration of true ^ faith are admirably set forth in Abraham’s life. '

We might in the same way point out the leading features in ' the faith of those that follow in ' the list, but the reader can do it , ' for himself. ' ' ' '

All these instances show that faith is a dependence on the un- ^ seen God, a confident conviction of His existence, a disposition to believe His word, and lastly a ' desire to abide and live by that ' word. * ’

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The most successful ajritators of reforms whether in the tem- perance line or any other, are those men who are generally called good “mixers”. This means men who are socially ge- nial and popular, whatever their creed and however energetic they are in enforcing it. Bad men can forgive almost anything that lays bare their iniquities if it comes from a “hale fellow well met”, who has the knack of con- vincing the people by his social gifts that he loves them and has their interests at heart. You can tread on anybody’s toes with impunity if you carry a smiling face and make your warm heart radiate its warmth into other hearts. Preachers of this stamp will not drive away their hearers, no matter how hard they hit them in their sermons.

Our briber. Rev. George H. Gulley, has kindly resumed his contributions on the Sunday- school lessons and we heartily commend them to our readers as they appear from week to week. Bro. Gulley believes that our teachers should study their les- sons Bible in hand and get into the excellent habit of comparing Scripture with Scripture. It may mean harder work. It may not be as pleasant a method as reading the easy, well-illustrated discussions of the lesson in the newspapers and many o t e helps, yet in the end it pays,with compound interest. To see a shoemaker make a shoe is an agreeable diversion; to learn to make one ourselves involves work, patience, wearying effort and tedious exercise. The teach- er is a craftsman. He is not only to see things done, but is expect- ed to learn to do them himself. His main object in teaching is to acquaint his pupils with the in- tents of the Word of God. The way to learn this is by continual practice in searching and com- paring the Scriptures.

But others beside teachers may be similarly benefited by studying

Bro. Gulley’s passages.

If practice in leafing the Bible

to find appropriate texts is bene- ficial to the teacher, it is no less so to the scholar. There is no more delightful spiritual exercise than an intelligent well-planned Bible reading. Each Sunday- school lesson is capable of being the nucleus for a helpful Bible reading.

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Nov. 30. On Thanksgiving day in connection with the usual Thanksgivingservices, there was also held a harvest festival for the first time, which proved to be a success. The children brought in their products, which consisted of corn, potatoes, a^ pies, chickens, rabits etc., and placed them around the rostrum. After the services the products were sold at auction. Some of the goods nearly brought double prices, which pleased the children very much and it is hoped that the coming years more will be done.

A program is prepared for a Ghristmas entertainment.

Donnellson, Iowa, Nov. 30.

On Thankgiving day we were favored with a visit from Brother Rev. Musselmann from Wayland, la. He preached in the forenoon in German and in the evening in English in our church. We all feel especially grateful to him for visiting us, as it has been a long time since we were favored by a visiting minister. We are having splendid winter weather, the general health of the com- munity is good.

Hillsboro, Kans., Nov. 26. This is Thanksgiving Day and we are all thinking of the many blessings we enjoy and the many special favors God has bestowed on each one of us. In spite of my helpless condition on my bed of pain, I am sure that I have at least as much reason for thank- fulness as people who are able to go about. There are indeed many who have not the same source of joy to render them grateful, and to such I can but say, when I am asked about my condition; “I would to God all were as I am, except these bonds, as Paul said of old-

I am happy to report that the Lord has also raised my dear mother from her sick-bed again, and that he has seen fit in bis grace to lessen my pain to such an extent that I am able to keep up my private lessons with my two pupils. One of these pupils is a talented blind young man,

and I am glad that my eyesight can thus do service for us both.

On Thanksgiving Day we had the usual services at the church in the forenoon. In the after- noon the Sewing Society paid me a welcome visit, spending the af- ternoon with me, and brought me a valuable add very appropri- ate present in honor of my birth- day, which occurred two days be- fore, thus multiplying greatly my reasons for gratitude this day. J- G- Ewert.

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Saturday, 5. Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you. Luke 6: se.

Jesus wants His followers to stand up for the very loftiest moral principles and such a po- sition has ever aroused the fi«- cest opposition of the world. To try to stand well with the gen- erality of men and at the same time to stick to the right with- out weakening, is impossible.

Not a single moral reform in history has been accomplished without a storm of popular wrath. The world loves dark- ness rather than light- Sunday, 6. In everything give thanks.

1 Thess. 5: IS. . .

How it would revolutionize

life if tve could agree to have one day a year for murmuring and complaining, for letting out the floods of pent-up annoyances and grudges and slights, and be thankful the rest of the time! How much better than to try to be thankful one day by law and grumble by impulse for three hundred and sixty-four. Let to-day sound a thankful note to ring through the year. Malt-

BiE D. Babcock.

Monday, 7. Who then ie Taul and who is ApoUos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every manf 1 Cor. 3: 5. • o

Each one has his part in God s

great work, and no one does more than a little part. One builds the foundation; another rears up the structure. One sows the seed; another reaps the harvest. One gives the impulse; another works the dream out in- to beauty. All we need to do is to find out what God wants us to do and do that. We never need fret about the things we want to do but cannot. These are not our tasks— another is waiting to do them. — J. R. Miller.

Tuesday, 8. And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard. Acts 10. 31.

Gornelius was a devout man “who prayed to God always , and some of his prayers at least were answered. Then it became bis business to stop praying and to begin receiving. There' is a time to pray and a time to recog- nize the answers to our prayers. Simeon prayed many years to live to see the Messiah, the sal- vation of Israel. At last in his tottering old age, he was per-

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mitted to take the infant Saviour in his arms, and his prayer after that was changed to “Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen thy salvation.” We often lack the spirituality to realize the answers to our prayers, by fail- ing to wait upon God for His re- sponse. There is a time when taking by faith is more impera- tive than praying the prayer of faith.

Wednesday, 9. These things have 1 written untp you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know Uiat ye have eternal life John 6: 13.

“Gertainties in Religion” was the title of a sermon recently preached by a popular minister.

It is astonishing, when we come to investigate, how many things about our Ghristian religion are certainties — that is, not mere hopes, or prospects, but realities which are ours if we will only take them. Salvation, fellow- ship with Ghrist, eternal life, re- generation, forgiveness of sins are all certainties, and every man has a God-given right to say, if he has fulfilled the conditions, “They are minq.” The posses- sion of these things is what makes us spiritually rich. Many do not know how rich they are, because they are afraid to claim what has been deeded over to them by virtue of Ghrist’s atone- ment.

Thursday, 10. He that bdieveth not xs vondemived already. John 3: IS.

Not long ago a penniless man was buried whose funeral had been prepared for many years previously. To them he was a dead man, his shiftlessness and uselessness having reduced him to a nonentity. He was dead, though unburied. All men who refuse to believe in the Son of God as the only means of enter- ing the new life are in God’s sight dead. Spiritually consid- ered, they are corpses.

Friday, U. The love of God « shed alrroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. Homans 5. B.

John the Baptist said, “A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.” Love for our fellowmen, forbearance toward their faults, a spirit of helpfulness and benevolence are all from God. The Holy Ghost fills all true believers with that same tender compassion for men that Jesus felt when His heart yearned to do good to the multi- tudes who wandered about “as sheep having no shepherd.”

The work of a man must be measured by his life, not by his failure under a single and pecu- liar trial. — Froudb.

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Just a word about the Melbourne Our choir this evening is a pretty good choir, isn’t it? in Melbourne twelve hundred and fifty people came' and joined the choir, and many more would have liked to join. In Sydney in a few days we had to turn people At the af- away by the thousands. Oh, was those magnificent audiences, when the Town Hall was packed ! As the meeting closed they walked down out of their seats and stood up in front of the audience, and on one oc- casion two hundred confessed Ghrist. Tasmania I cannot stay to mention. We had twelve days in Hobart, and twelve days in Launceston, and then we started for Sydney. But when we re- turned, about four months after- wards to Hobart, they told us that they did not know of one convert who had gone back. I suppose some had, but they did not know of any. When we got

went here, the power of God came down, and I never saw people go so to pieces in all my life as those stolid Scotchmen did. I know not how many hundreds of those sturdy Scotchmen and Scotchwomen came to the Son of God. As we left these places and went on the railroad to our steamer, at every station where we stopped for a few moments, hundreds of people gathered for a brief service. Mr. Harkness would be the first one out of the train; he would jump on to a lorry, and Mr. Alexander would follow him, and I would be after Mr. Alexander. They told us, some of them, that ’they came many miles just to hear us for ten minutes; schools were dismissed and the children ran up along the railway, and on the journey we had ten meetings. India, Madras, Bombay, Galcutta, I can- not tell you about, but the power of God was as potent to convert Hindoos as Ghinaman and Ja- panese. ’

IN GREAT BRITAIN.

“Now, as to England, Scot- land, and Ireland. In Edih- ‘ burgh, the Synod Hall that they ^ thought would hold a crowfi, proved insufficient; we had a service in St. Guthbert’s church at six, with three thousand peo- , ^ pie, and they said there were ' thousand outside. Scholarly, classic, conservative Edinburgh, . welcomed the Gospel. When we went into the theater the power, of God came upon the meeting. ^ It was pouring an overwhelming (do, rain, but every inch of standing room was taken in the building,''-'.’ and the best was when we gave ' - out the invitation, in the gallCTy' reserved for University students,' more men stood up to accept ‘ Ghrist than in all the other parts ' ' of the house together. ' ’ '

One night two hundred men

with several town halls, magnifi- cent buildings. The committee singing, had engaged them all. In every available open space were held out-of-door meetings. There was a nightly attendance of fifty- three thousand people, listening to the Gospel, with conversions from the very outset temoon Bible study the hall not large enough; they had to

meeting into by men only at twelve for and one

an hour later for three thousand men.

THE CONVERSIONS IN AUSTRALIA.

“When they secured the Ex- hibition Hall, seating seven or eight thousand, they thought they had a big building; but the first night the building was packed, but those on the outside were determined to get inside and they swept the police before them in their desire to get in. The power of God was there, and every night as we spoke of being weighed in the balance and found wanting, the judgment day, the baptism of fire, and heaven, heaven came down and hell was defeated. When our month in Melbourne was ended, we knew definitely of eight thousand two hundred and forty-seven people rejoicing in Jesus Ghrist, who were not rejoicing in Him when the month opened, and we don’t know how many thousand there were who did not openly confess Ghrist. . At the business men’s meetings which were held, I took up the subjects, Ts the Bible the Word of God?’ ‘Did Jesus Rise from the Dead?’ ‘Infidelity,—

Its Gauses, Gonsequences and Gure,’ and similar subjects. Do you know there has not been a city in which we have not a rec- skeptics and infidels brought to Jesus Ghrist? I re- member one day in Melbourne a Where is My Wandering Boy To-night?’ and down in the audience a man jumped to his feet and said, ‘I — I ucic, X cx... home. secretary o

Down the aisle he ran, and when I followed him into a private questii

I found him on his knees uneas

‘Will God ever for- ^

give me for my blasphemy has 15; 2

been against Jesus Ghrist?’ He arose, a

and I discovered he of the lecturers of the In- fidel Society of Melbourne.

an old man converted. fg]l on his

“In Australia men and women The atheii were converted by the thousands; fell on his of eighty-four years, Ghrist, E I shall never the evenin sitting that *l was at t night down in the front seat, and did th drinking in every word; at last said to me he got up and said, ‘I had not time in Du been in a religious meeting since men most I was ten years old, and now at emotional the age of ninety-two I take of them. Jesus Ghrist as my Saviour.’ men in n

's Work on His World Tour,

(Continued from 3rd pane.)

A dear friend said to me, ‘You must not expect to see in Ghina what you saw in Japan. Ghina is not ready.’ I went at once to Hanchow. The moment I gave out the invitation, eleven men walked out of their seats and down the aisle, and gave me diyide the noon their names as then and there ac- two, holding one cepting Jesus Ghrist as their three thousand women Lord. I shall never forget the ten days in Shanghai. As the people were bowed in prayer, I asked those who would accept Jesus Ghrist to raise their hands, and a lady who had been a mis- sionary for ten or twelve years in that country, said to herself, ‘He has made a mistake.’ She peeped out through her fingers, and she saw the hands going up one by one, and then I asked them to stand up, and she said, ‘He has made an awful mistake; they never will stand up-’ The women, of course, sat on one side, the men on the other. I said, ‘Step right out into the aisle, walk down the aisle, and kneel around the communion rails’ — it was a large Methodist church. ‘Oh,’ she said, ‘my heart went down, he has spoiled it all.’ She knew * the Ghineese women would never do that! And down the aisle was heard the patter of little feet un- til both sides of the altar were full, one with Ghinese men, the other with Ghinese women, bowed in tears of repentance and bursting into tears of joy of sa- ving faith in the Son of God.

“I noticed the, other day in a paper a remark by some one who knows all about it, because he is a soldier, that none of the higher classes are being converted in of

Ghina, but I say to you that as a result of those days in Ghina two came from the household of man was singing one near the Emperor, one the daughter of one of the richest men in Ghina, and she wrote her

old father telling him what she ^m here, I am coming had done, saying, ‘Dear So-and- So, I have decided to become a Ghristian and unite with the room church!’ Her friends prayed for exclaiming, her, for they thought it might mean imprisonment for long years. In a few days a letter found peace came back from her home saying, was one c. .

‘I am glad you have become a Ghristian. 1 hope you won’t unite with the church right away, for in a little while I and my wife may unite with you.’

THE MARVELOUS AUSTRALIAN one of nioety-two.

REVIVAL. forget that man

ine walked down the aisle and con- ty; fessed their acceptance of Jesus, isk Glasgow was still better. On a the first Sunday they commenced lie- to come, until at last it got so to full we had to have two services. He one for men and one for women, the When we left the city twenty- at seven hundred people were re- nd joicing in a new-found Saviour, er. from three members of a noble- eat man’s family to the outcast on md the street. Mr, Revell, who hap- ind pened to be in Glasgow while we m.’ were there, will never forget the ind two thousand wrecks packed into sus one building, gathered off the . in streets by faithful Ghristians, im, listening to the Gospel, and sixty ing of them professing to accept hey Ghrist. I got a letter one night ard which was the worst letter I ever xh- received. It was from a man un- stating that he was not only go- aid ing to hell himself but driving tch- others down, and that when he We got to hell he thought the devil

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Solomon (verse 5) with such kindred texts as John 14: 13-14 and Matt. 7: 7 is constantly pressed to give lis the largest liberty in prayer. The “treasure house of God is freely at the dis- posal of every believer but it has

6. Who came in those days and a combination lock whose secret

preached in the wilderness of Ju- {3^ of course, of vital account.” dea? This passage may throw some

7. What did they call this light on the matter.

child which was in Bethlehem? Solomon’s

8. Who baptized Jesus? j Promise. (2 Chron.

9. What did Jesus hear after ^ revealed to Da-

he was baptized? jj-g concerning Solomon

10. Where did the devil take prayer was according to

Jesus? that definite revelation which in

11. What did Satan say he o Pnr 1-

. , , T t.:-. itself was a guaranty. (2 Uor. 1.

would do if Jesus would worship ®

him?

12. What did Jesus do to the (2) His prayer was in connec-

sick in Galilee? tion with Sacrifice. • (2 Chron 1:

13. What did Jesus say that 5 -7 “that night”). It was after

people should not do at all? the offerings upon the Brazen

14^, How many masters can a Altar. That was the place where

person serve? the question of sin was always

I would be pleased if anybody settled and the place of special

would answer the questions. consecration as well. The sacri-

Flossie Moyer. fice on this altar was the whole

Pottstown, Pa., Nov. 25, 1903. Burnt Offering which stands foi

entire dedication and .absolute

Dear Boys and Girls: I want to surrender. The application is

ask a few questions through the ' obvious.

Mennonite which I wish some ^3^ Th?re was a right spirit, one would kindly answer:— Childlikeness — (Psa. 25: 9)

What were the three Jewish For God’s glory,

boys named who were under Ring of genuineness.

King Nebuchadnezzar? What 2. Gqd’s answer is likewise did the king give them to drink? threefold:

For refusing, what punishment ^1) It “pleased the Lord” — th( did he give them? How big was sweetest thing Solomoi

the image which the king had got was a smile of approval, set up, and what punishment did ^2) He received the very thinj the boys suffer when they did not be prayed for, because every con worship his god? fulfilled, (1 Jno.3: 22]

Clarence Oberholtzer. ^2) He got more than he askei

Pottstown, Pa., Nov. 17, 1903. -o')

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en thousand inside, six thousand outside. While I preached in- side, three open - air meetings with two thousand attending each were -held. I thought I would be early the next time: but when I got there at half-past six the meeting was already going with seven thousand people. When 8 o’clock came I dismissed the first meeting, and six thou- sand more came in; I cast the net, after they had been instructed, and three hundred men and wom- en got up and confessed Jesus Christ. The next night the same thing repeated and many who had not heard a word of the ser- mon were converted. Two hun- dred and eighty owned Christ the second night. On the li^ night the power of God fell upon us wonderfully; it seemed as if we would never get away from that meeting and when the record came it was that there were at least five hundred in that one meeting who took Jesus Christ as their Saviour.

THE REVIVAL IS HERE.

“Ah, friends, we have been praying for a revival. It has be- gun. It has touched every class of society; one of the most prom- inent men in Belfast rejoiced in the fact that several members of his household were converted to Christ; at our last meeting he climbed the platform and was scarcely able to restrain his tears in telling that God had given him such a blessing. The chief engineer of the railway got up by his side and literally burst in- to tears as he told how God had blessed his soul. Mr. Ballard, a man who has been through the revival of the year 1859, and through the great meetings of 1874, said, ‘I have never in all my life seen such a display of God’s power as I saw it in St.

would resign his place to him, he was so bad. Up in the gal- lery sat the man. That man had not been sober in twenty - five years, but in less than forty- eight hours afterwards he sent me a note saying, ‘I am saved, sober and happy. Bob.’ About the last sjght I saw as we drew out of Glasgow depot was Bob waving his hymn-book in the air.

ABERDEEN AND BELFAST.

“Next we went to Aberdeen, the granite city. It is the only city of which Mr. Moody said that it seemed as if his words all came back to him when he preached. • The people were praying about our visit as never

Subject for Dec. 6: Solomon’s Wise Choice. 1 Kings 3: 4-15.

I. introduction,

The opening verses give us the surroundings and circum- stances of the incident we have to study and furnish introductory teaching.

1. '■'‘Gibeon" was a place of sa- cred interest, and it was to en- gage in a religious service that Solomon went there. “Those who worship and honor God by day are most likely to meet God by night.”

2. “The Lord appeared lo Solomon”. This is a way God has. He always begins with Himself, cf. Acts 7:2. Ex. 3: 2.

3. Moreover there is the soyer- — eign purpose of God to bless Sol- in« out omon (2 Sam. 7: 12-17) although

now he is told to “ask”. Did his “soopj

cry 'out “Thy Wisdom O God”! And Jesus Christ is that Wis- dom” (1 Cor. 1: 30).

Geo. H. Culley, Philadelphia.

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7.ION CITY PROPERTY .

Chicago, Dec. l.— Financial difflcul- tleaof John Alexander Dowle culmi- nated to-nli{ht in the federal courts, taklntr possession of all the property controlled by Dowle, in Zion City, 111.

This town, which was founded two years ago by Dowle, has a population of over 10,000, is the general head- quarters for Dowle’s church and is said to represent an expenditure of >20,000,000. Two receivers were ap- pointed of the property by Judge Kohlsaat of the United States district court, who made the appointment on the petition of several creditors. The receivers left for Zion City to-night to take'charge of the property.

Dowie has been hard pressed by his creditors and especially since It was announced that bis recent mission to New York had proved unsuccessful financially.

Chicago, November 30.— “We need a little more money, and I want every person who has not deposited his money in the Zion Bank to march up to me to morrow afternoon between the hours of 2 and 6:30 o’clock. I U be In the office at the administration building.

“I have a list of all persons In Zion who have made no deposits since 1 sent out the command, and 1 tell you we have no use for them. If they don’t show down to-morrow they wii be expelled from Zion.'

With this admonition yesterday a - ternoon John Alexander Dowie made the most urgent appeal for funds ever heard in Shiloh Tabernacle. He ad- mitted that Zion was in a -tight place “Put every cent you have into the Zion Bank,’’ he said, “and 1 as- sure you it will be safe. if it

should collapse, what of it.-> It wil be a comfort to all my people to know It was spent In the service of God.

Dowie’s entire sermon was devoted to a discussion of financial conditions, urging bis people not to fail him in his greatest trouble.

Dowie says Zion residents have lent the Zion Bank *500.000 to enable all floating indebtedness to outsiders to be cleared up by January 1. will give time to realize on securities in Zion offered for investments, which, Dowle says, amounts to *2,- 500,000. Dowie expects to pay all the claims used upon before court opens, December 7, and Intends to pay cash in future. He will also refuse to pat- ronize Chicago merchants who sued him, and will buy In the East.

Wages Reduced in New England. BOSTON, November 30. — The wwes of 32,000 cotton textile operatives were reduced to-day. This brings the

total number in New who

have had their pay cut down this fall to about 64,000, and the cut which takes effect in New Bedford next Monday will swell the toUl to about 75,000, and completes a general reduc- tion in Southern New England cot- ton mills. The cut in the matorlty of factories averages 10 per cent.

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al, and employing about 7,000 hands.

The reports from the mill district indicate that the new schedules were received without any serious protest on the part of the operatives.

Mis* Gould to SUmuiate Bible InvestigaUon.

New York, Nov. 30. — Miss Helen Gould announced to-day by letter to President Wilbert M. White, of the Bible Teachers’ Training school, of this city, that she would offer through him and a committee of judges to be chosen by him three prizes of *600, *350 and *100 for the three best essays on the double topic;

pirgi, “The origin and history of

the versions of the Bible approved by the Roman Catholic church.’’

Second— “The origin and history of the American revised version of the English Bible.’’

Miss Gould’s object In making this offer is to stimulate investigation and to secure “brief, yet thorough and popular statement for general use of the orlglon and history of the dif- ferent versions of the Bible used In Protestant and Catholic churches.

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Eight-Hour Law Stands. Washington, November 30.

United States Supreme Court to-day

affirmed the constitutionality of the

eight-hour law of the State of Kansas, regulating labor on public works. Justice Harlan said, in handling down

the opinion of the court, that if the

statute is mischievous the responsi- bility rests with the legislators and not with the courts. Chief Justice Fuller and Jusliees Brewer and Peck- ham dissented.

Standard Oil Co. Defies Government. Washington, Nov. 27. — Commis- sioner of Corporations James R. Gar- field has been met by the Standard Oil company with a point-blank re- fusal to answer questions touching the tinancial affairs of the great cor- poration.

The curt declination of Mr. Rocke- feller’s company to reveal its business affairs to the new department of la- bor and commerce, of which Mr. Gar- field’s bureau is a part, will necessi- tate legal proceedings to force the oil corporation to make answer to the pointed queries which have been put. It Is said that other great companies have given their reports freely .

President Roosevelt knows of the action of the Standard Oil officers and will discuss with Attorney General Knox and Commissioner Garfield means by which the corporation may be made to obey the law.

Big Ships Race Across Atlantic.

New York, November 28. — Al- though the officials of both the Amer- ican and Cunard steamship companies make denials, it is known In shipping circles that the steamships St. Paul and Lucania started on a race with the malls across to England to-day. Since the American line two '’^eks ago changed its sailing day from Wed- nesday to Saturday the vessels of the two lines have succeeded In getting

the malls to London at about the same time.

Much Interest Is manifested In the race In London. The Cunard line has Issued a circular warning Its capUln against crowding on steam beyond the usual rate of speed.

The American line carries most of

the mail of the United States. It re- ceives a subsidy from the Government. The Cunard line is paid by the sack.

December 3, 1903-

proposal from Colombia regarding the Isthmus.

foreign-

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CANAL TREATY DELIVERED.

Colon, December 1.— The steamer City of Washihgton, from New York, having on hoard the canal treaty, ar- rived at Colon early to-day. Senator Esprllla, the Minister of Foreign Af- fairs of the Republic of Panama, ar- rived here from Panama last night and the treaty was turned over to him. He then boarded the train for Panama, taking the treaty with him. blazes the way for REYES.

Washington, December 1. — Dr. Herran, the Colombian charge, called at the State Department to-day for the first time in many weeks for the purpose, he said, of informing Secre- tary Hay of the arrival here of Gen. Rafael Reyes, of the object of his mis- sion and to pay a friendly call upon the Secretary. Dr. Herran said at the close of his visit that he was ad- vised of the exact attitude which the

Washington Government would as- sume toward the special envoy.

If General Reyes is pleased to meet the State Department officials on the ground fixed by them and for the pur- pose which tliey named, the arrange- ments of peace terms between Colom- bia and the new republic of Panama, he will be cordially received. Other- wise his visit to the department will be fruitless and his mission to Wash- ington a failure. It is known tliat the United States stands ready to ex- tend its good offices to effect a settle- ment between Colombia and Panama, but with this exception it is not in- terested nor can it consider any other

Severe Snowstorm Abroad.

London, Nov. 30.— Incessant rains have been succeeded by snowstorms, which to-day are general throughout Great Britain and many parts of the continent. The fall In London was slight, but In some of the country districts outdoor work is suspended and traffic Is carried on with difficulty. Sixteen degrees of frost was recorded In the south of Scotland last night.

Rome, Noy. 30.-Severe weather continues throughout Italy. For twenty-live years past there has been no such barometric depression as that recorded to-day in Rome.

Lynching* in America.

Paris, November 30. — A manifesto published here by the International Socialist Bureau calls attention to the rapid Increase in the number of lynchings in America. It is supposed the document was Instigated by cer- tain Europeans prominent In radical and philanthropic movements with r6j(ard to the United States,

The manifesto protests against “these abominable acts which are committed daily in the United States, and calls upon the working classes to unite, without distinction of race or color, in a .capitalistic tyranny.” It is signed by leading Socialists, repre- senting twenty-four countries.

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BERNE, INDIANA, DECEMBER 10, 1903.

No. 2.

Ministering Angels.

Angels of light, spread your bright wings and keep

Near me at morn.

Nor in the starry eve, nor midnight deep.

Leave me forlorn.

From all dark spirits of unholy power Guard my weak heart, • Circle around me in each perilous hour,

And take my part.

From all foreboding thoughtr and dangerous fears.

Keep me secure;

Teach me to hope, and through the bitterest tears Still to endure.

If louely In the road so fair and wide My feet should stray.

Then, through a rougher, safer path- way guide

Me day by day.

Should my heart faint at Its unequal strife,

O still be nearl

Shadow the perilous sweetness of this life

With holy fear.

—Adelaide Proctor.

Items of News and Comment-

Bro. Joel Welty at Fort Wayne, Ind., is still confined to the house with liver trouble.

The brethren at Bluffton, O., have lately begun to hold regu- lar services in a hall in town.

On November 3rd Rev. Benj. Horning, of Allegheny ville. Pa., died at the ripe age of nearly 80 years.

The old Mennonite colony in Russia is reported to be visited with incendiarism and robbery to an alarming degree.

Many Mennonite settlers in Kansas are looking for new loca- tions in promising new countries, as Oklahoma, California, or Canada.

The -enrolment of students at Goshen College, Goshen, Ind,, has already reached 80 and is ex- pected to be augmented alter holidays.

The sad news has just ar- rived that'Rev. Manassah Moyer, of Deer Creek, Okla., died of heart failure Monday morning at 3 o’clock. Burial took place I yesterday.

Bro. John F. Bressler, of h't. Wayne, Ind., reports, that they were obliged to hold their mis-

atoTT meetings in a hall .-tlso^sed-

for dancing and gambling, and that they sincerely hope for bet- ter quarters.

Bishop J. P. Smucker in Elk- hart Co., Ind., died November 23 of dropsy. His services as an earnest minister of the Lord will be especially remembered by the Amish congregations. He was a pioneer in evangelization work among his people.

The Missionary Sewing society of Hillsboro, Kan., kindly re- membered Bro. J. G. Ewert on his sick-bed on Thanksgiving day by visiting him and present- ing him with a valuable present, his birthday also having occurred on Nov. 24, two days before.

On November 19, a disastrous conflagration swept the town of Butterfield, Minn., destroying several large stores with the con- tents and several residences, one person barely escaped with his life. The Mennonite Aid Plan suffered a loss of $10,000 by the fire.

Bro. Abraham Baumgartner, a prominent member of the Hal- stead, Kan., Mennonite congre- gation, was killed last Saturday noon by an express train on the Santa Fe railroad near Burrton, a town west of Halstead, while crossing the track with a wagon and team.

The Young Peoples’ Society of the West Swamp church held its fourteenth anniversary last Sunday evening. A splendid pro- gram was rendered, which in- cluded addresses by J. A. Rosen- berger, a member of the society, and William H. Grubb, pastor of the Allentown church, and by the pastor A. B. Shelly.

It will be of interest to know that the Indiana National Bank, at Elkhart, which recently be- came insolvent,is also the place of deposit of $1000 belonging to the “Evangelizing & Benevolent Board” and also asmallsum of the “Home and Foreign Relief Com- mission.” Hopes are entertained, however, that these creditors will not have to lose these funds and that the bank will soon be solv- ent again.

Brother and Sister Jacob Reiff, of Lederachville, Pa., on Novem- ber 14, celebrated the 53rd anni-

old homestead in Skippack, Pa. All the living children and grand- children were present. Fifty- three years in loving marriage relation is a long time, but to these dear old pilgrims it was a blessed journey. They are faith- ful and devoted members of the Eden - Mennonite church, at Schwenksville.

The First Mennonite church of Allentown has engaged a part of the McKinley school building. Turner street above Twelfth street. Here a Sunday - school will be held every Sunday morn- ing at 9: 15 to be followed by preaching to begin at 10: 15. The brethren soon hope to have regular morning and evening preaching. The membership numbers about thirty-five. Ground has been secured on which a new church building is to be erected.

Wesleyans in South Africa.

The late Mr. William Marsh, of Cape Town, made a bequest to the South African Wesleyan church of $600,000, for the pur- pose of establishing the “Marsh Memorial Homes” for the desti- tute white children of South Af- rica. The South African Wes- leyan Methodist Church (not in- cluding the Transvaal and Rho- desia) reports 7,058 English mem- bers, an increase of 447, and 59,- 378 native members, an increase of 3,553.

Mennonites in Idaho.

Rev. P. R. Aeschliman, home missionary for the Pacific Dis- trict Conference, recently paid a visit to a small settlement of Mennonites at Payette, Iowa, and has written an interesting account of it in the “Bundes- bote”. We here present the com- munication in English: —

“November 17 the writer, by request of Conference, made a trip to Payette, Idaho. Payette lies in the southwestern part of Idaho, on the main line of the U. P. and O. S. L. R. R. The Pay- ette valley, some ten miles wide, lies along the Payette river, and is framed within lofty mountains, of which some are snow-capped nearly the whole year around. The lay of the land is wondrous- ly beautiful. The climate is mild and dry, and as reported to me

by such as speak from experience, is reputed to be specially suitable for asthmatics. Years ago this district was a desert, from scarci- ty of rain, but lately by means of irrigation has been transformed into a very fertile country. Till now hay has been the principal crop, owing to the great demand for it from cattle men and shep- herds. The hay is mostly alfal fa, which is usually cut three times a year and yields as high as twelve tons an acre, bringing nearly five to six dollars a ton. Wheat and oats also flourish, and fruit and vegetables. The land is already rather high in price and is constantly rising, still the district offers a good opportunity to young families to win a home for themselves.

“Up to date only three families, five members, of our people have settled here, having formerly be- longed to the Bluftton,0., church, but later left that section for the sake of their health. They are well satisfied with their new sur- roundings, especially since their health has so materially im- proved. It seems to me that those faithful people have but one desire, one longing left, and that a church of their own.

“But these dear brethren are not without hope. They comfort themselves with the belief that some more will join them and make them able to organize a church. Shall we not, dear reader, commend this matter to the Lord. He can so wonderful-, ly plan and carry out all things, and we want to remember the dear brethren before the throne of grace.

“Some 35 miles southeast of the above section there has ex- isted for a number of years a lit- tle congregation of 30-35 “Old Mennonites”. The writer was privileged last Sunday to speak' to a very attentive audience, though rather small, owing to the rainy weather. This congre- gation has four ministers and seems to be in a good condition. They have a roomy church not far from the flourishing city of Nampa. Idaho. This neighbor- hood does not strike me as favor- ably as does that at Payette. The brethren David and Samuel Niswander, Payette, Idaho, are ready to give more and better in- formation to all inquirers and

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The Sacred Tenth, or Studies m

A„d.».

One of a series of articles in the Union Gospel News by e' • found Henry Lansdell, D. D., inten e jjefore to inquire what may be Londc

from non-Biblic sources as to the practice of tithe-giving among the ancients: how far it was re ^

garded as a duty to dedicate property to the service o gods, and in what proportion, ^

follows below: verse

The land between the g Assy and the Euphrates is commonly ^

spoken of as “the cradle of the human race:” in harmony with ^

which, when I was steaming up the confluence of the two rivers some few years ago, the mter- ^

vening tongue of land was ^ ed out as the site of the Garden of Eden. This had to be received ^

as “according to tradition only.

But, on reaching the J

Babylon, there tem

undoubtedly yery ^ of I

eye to see. We have read fre^m

the tower of Babel having bricks

for stone, and bitumen for mor tar. But though 1 have trave e round the world; in every country of Europe and of Asia; through North Africa and across An^e ca, it was not until descendmg to the excavated ‘1 sh

-'’“‘'■‘"‘r'hrn^tg g.Xs

oalace and hanging s , at

that I ever saw bricks til

of years old actually laid m b

tumen. yc

But the antique objects a ^ Babylon most In harmony with our subjects were the table written in cuneiform character in a language that for many c n- ^

turies remained unknown. Very

interesting therefore rt vvas to ^ me at Bagdad to be g““‘J ,

Consulate, in the very ™«"i as I was told, where Sir Henry Raw

Hnson, when living there a. Con- ^

tablets covered with ,

were mystic characters and d.d ” much towards the discoveries in cuneiform literature ‘J»‘ his name famous; and which have opened to us whole hbranes of information concerning the

Lrlv peoples of Western Asia, krsia and Babylonia, Assyria and Media, Armenia and Meso^ tamia, in all of which countries cuneiform tablets have been

narrow-headed or wedge-

shaped

roircu^sUheud^d

were stowed away m royal book

r like that of Sargons

liotiscs* , ^ R

librarv at Agane ^ about 2,000 B. r 1 They were kept as religious records connected with temples, while some wme. more.hants at - counts and contracts. Among the subjects treated of formulae, charms, and hymns.

also calendars and mythological triump poems, as well as works of his- comm^^

toTv and cbt*otioloj[^-

Many of these tablets have their a

found their way, as did othera o th before them, into the museums of their London, Paris and Berlin, and as pa ^ read by Assyriologists they their throw much light upon Babylo- tale o1 nia and the neighboring coun- the r _ tries whither Babylonian mflu- buildi ence extended: Desiring to be In

able to quote from “chapter and furnu

verse” I made my way to the upon Assyrian department of the Brit- eshar ish Museum, and was kindly m- him, formed by Dr. Budge the Cura- him tor, concerning some half-dozen gods, tablets, the numbers of which with were given me, that: Agai

Nabonidus (555-538 B. C ) paid fighi to the temple of the Sun-God on the the 26th day of the month Sivan of tl in his accession year, 6 mana of use .

; gold for tithe - the gold being Ran

: paid in the great gate of the the : temple. Again, Belshazzar son Tig

; of Nabonidus, paid 27 shekels o to

silver as a tithe for the daughter aid

^ of a king, on the 5th of Ab, year Rat ^ 17 of N^nidus. A third tablet lore

: states that Nergalnatsir gave an con

ox to the temple for his tithe, the I A fourth says that a governor to ^ and another official, together hac : paid a tithe. A fifth states that arc

[I two-thirds of a mana and . e^ i

!.! sheckels of silver were given to wb

the gods of Bel, Nebo, Nergal cai

and Ishtar (lady of ^rech) as '

"i tithe, whilst a sixth records that Sn tithe for the eleventh and twelfth in years of the reign of Nabonidus m were paid by certain individuals, sa 'll Hence, Dr. Budge says, there pi is evidence that the tithe could c

' be annual, that it could be, and o

»as, commonly paid in kind, that ol

/ two or mote individuals could d

*: urite in paying a tithe, and that p

, T a tithe could be offered to a num- b

ber of gods collectively. I learned 1 also in the same department, s from Dr. Theophilus Pinches, ^ that the mention of tenth parts f did occurs on tablets which were un- , t doubtedly copies of bi-lingual :

Z phrase tablets drawn up 2,200 B.

Z t C or earlier, and representing the legal expressions current "X among the scribes at that time;

and I was encouraged to hope that when more of the tablets -o^- now in the British Museum are ^ transcribed and published, it will

be regarded as certain that tithes

were given in early Babylonia to , the temples of the gods 2,100 years B. C., and probably earlier. iTets Meanwhile Professor Maspero dried, tells of religious endowments a - book- so in ancient Chaldea, saying: rgon’s “Kings in founding a temple no 000 B. only bestowed upon it the ob3eets iffious and furniture required . . • •

titles, they assigned to it an annual i ai - come from the treasury, slaves, ^mong or cultivated lands." magic Also of spoils of wars he says „mi, -A. soon as be (the king) bad

triumphed by their (the gods part |i command, he sought before al Babyl else to reward them snP'y “f '

their assistauce. He paid a tithe he Sn

of the spoil into the coffers of tithes their treasury, he made over a year, part of the conquered country to same their domain, he granted them a ^ tale of the prisoners to cultivate their lands L to work at their manel buildings.” _

In his later volume Maspero furnishes some interesting items upon tithe-giving by Tukultiaba - esharra, or as we better know ^

him, Tiglath Pikser: e see

him lavishing offerings on the gods, and enriching their temples with the spoils of his victories.’

Again, “Tiglath Pileser, after ^ fighting in the country north of

the Tigris, consecrated the tent^h

of the spoil thus received to the [ use of his god Asshur and also to

r Ramman.” And once more; near

i the source of the Subnat river 1 Tiglath Pileser recorded his vie-

f tories thus; “

r aid of Asshur, Shamesh, and r Ramman, the great gods, my h )t lords, I Tiglath Pileser • . • • ^0

n conquerer from the Great Sea 000

•. the Mediterranean • went pec

K to Nairi.” And the gods who 40, r, had so signally favored the mon- 1,0 It arch received the greater part (i. risi e more than half) of the spoils ag

to which he had secured m his ha . lin

al campaigns.

as The testimony of George o

>at Smith, an eminent Assyriologist, pr

th in his “Ancient History from the fft

lus Monuments,” is much to the o is, same effect. He says; 'The Cl ere priesthood formed a privileged uld class: they lived on the revenues tnd of the temples and the offerings c. hat of worshippers, while they were uld directly interested in war, as a

hat portion of the spoil was dedica- «

am- ^d to the temples.” And again: s

ned Tiglath Pileser proclaimed him- ^ sut, sell kiug of Babylou “Marchiug bes, dowu to Babylon, and king of 1

arts Sumir and Akkad; offering mag. ^

un- nificent sacrifices on the national ■

gual altars.” , t i-

10 B. After these examples, I have

ting the pleasure of quoting Br.

rrent Sayce, Professor of Assyriology ime; at Oxford, who wrote to me in a hope letter on our subject: “The esra blets or tithe was a Babylonian insti- a are tution which was paid to the t will temples upon the produce of the tithes land, as stated in my Social lia to Life among the Assyrians an 2,100 Babylonians.’ The tempk and irlier. priests were supported by the tspero contributions of the people-

tfal- partly obligatory and partly vol-

• untarv. The most important “Ing them were the 'tithes'

Ibiects peih "P"" Pi-<>i“«- The tithes

^ were contributed by all classes of

,al in- the population, from the king to staves the peasant; and lists exist which ’ record the amounts severally due e savs: ifom the tenants of an estate,

iir) had The tithes were paid for the most

December lo.

part in corn. Thus we find a Babylonian paying about eleven bushels of corn to the temple of the Sun-god (at Sippara) as the tithes required from him for the year. The tithes paid to the same temple by Naboniduj just after his accession (555 B. U.), amounted to as much, as six manehsof gold, or 840 pounds. Voluntary gifts were com- mon, and were often made in pur- suance of a vow or in gratitude for recovery from sickness. Among such gifts various arti- cles of dress were included, with which the images of the gods were adorned.” The Professor observes also in his “Partriarchal Palestine” that Cyrus and Cam- by^es did not regard their for- eign origin as affording any pre- text for refusing to pay tithes to ^ the gods of the kingdoms they . had overthrown.

Privilege and Profit.

"Lift up your eyes and look on the tield.” “Occupy till I come.”

Four hundred -million Chinese,

250.000. 000 Africans, 200,000,-

000 Hindus, 100,000,000 kindred peoples, 40,000,000 Japanese, and

40.000. 000 Polynesians, or over

1.000. 000.000 of heathen, will rise up in judgment to witness against this generation which has come so far short of fulfil- _ ling the last command of Jesus

to go into all the world and preach the gospel. How it m^t grieve our Father’s heart as He looks down upon these for whom Christ died (“God so loved the world”), and in the same look see the horded millions of so- called Christian people. God of- fers greater dividends for invest- ed capital than any earthly syn- dicate or trust; besides being a shareholder, he offers us co-part- . nership, and, unless the Bank of . Heaven breaks, all the stock- [ holders are insured against loss.

Why it is that His people are so

slow to grasp the privileges for

investment thus offered seems e very strange. Worldlings would

climb over each other in their ef- V forts to invest their money in a a company which offered 100 per •a cent, profit upon so sure a basis,

4. but we do not find God’s people le hastening their step in order to e invest in a greater enterprise al than any worldly company could ad possibly organize: and until by od the anointing eyesalve we are en- be abled to see this matter «pon the

basis of “privilege" and profit ,

ol- we are slow to move. But that is

is a precious privilege, and enor- es’ mously profitable, no true ch Id taes of God will deny after a faithful , of study of such Scriptures as Matt.

, (,.19-21; Mark 10:29,30, 6.43,

1 ° p/ov. ll: 24, 25; and Phil. 4: 1^

1#, 17 19. To encourage us, God r; .hown us the “privilege’’

msi and “profit” side; but we must

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not blind our eyes to the fact strong man. The truth is his that there is another basis, and passions are strong and he is a that is that we must either obey slave to them, or disobey His commands to “Go The two grandest things on ye;’’ for there are none exempt; this side of the grave are said to God i# no respecter of persons; be our life and our reputation. His commands are yea and amen But a mean whisper can rob us in Christ to every one, and if we of the one and the weakest fail to grasp His commands as weapon of the other. Our first privileges to obey, we fall short, thought should not be to possess and lose; how much we shall lose a good name, but so to live that eternity alone may tell. w® may not be afraid to die.

To this generation our Father Character may be likened unto is offering such privileges as were a brick structure, — every deed never offered in the history of the we do serving as one brick. Church, and seems to be pleading The good deeds we do will be the for us to hasten to take advan- good bricks, the evil deeds the tage of and “occupy” the posi- poor bricks. But just as one tions of advantage which exists leak sinks a ship and one flaw through His providential deal- breaks a chain, so one dishonor- ings with the nations. \^itness able deed will forever mar our India to-day, broken by suffering, character. Some one will be and inviting the gospel messen- sure to imitate us. Hodge gers — yea, beseeching them — to writes, character, good or bad, come and bring them the bread has a tendency _ to perpetuate and water of life. Lift your eyes itself.

upon China, and see where the careful to build our

martyrs’ blood has bathed the soil, with good bricks only, we

and ask yourself. Did this ever stand a beautiful edifice,

fail, in the whole history of the living on forever. How much Church, to bring a glorious har- more careful we should be in vest? Look upon Japan, that building this structure than in nation which seems to have taken erecting of an ordinary build- a craze for Western civilization, A building may be re-

and is also looking to us for a modeled and made almost like religion which will bring them ”cw, or it may be torn down and peace. The Japanese are tired rebuilt. But our past lives we of Buddhism and Shintoism, and never change. How often

are throwing off the shackles of would we recall some hasty word priestcraft, and emerging into- or action! Our minds are given what? It will depend upon the characters we must

Church of God whether she gets

, i A germ is not a plant, an

salvation or goes into infidelity. “ ^ ..f .

L i. acom Hot a tree, neither is our

Then, behold Cuba, Porto Rico, • , . ^ I

„ mind a character,”

South America, and the Philip- a j n • ,

, . , A dollar is composed of a

pines, which are all wide open ,

* r . -X A- TT thousand mills, so our characters

doors of invitation. How can we . -j a ^ r

, ^ A • niay be said to be composed of a

con emp a e ese s range ^°vi thousand deeds. Trials are a

dences without seeing in it God’s a a f a

,, , A A A, r A j test of a man’s character. One

cll to hasten to the trout and

take advantage ot the ripeness? I

ters upon any study, pursuit, ress daily in a mastery of the Bi- amusement, pleasure, habit, or ble, and of deeply impressing on course of life, without consider- the mind and heart the life-mold- ing its effects upon his character, ing truths of the Bible. — Robbrt is not a trusty or an honest man. E. Sprrr,

He whose modes of thought, state of feeling, everyday acts, common language, and whose outward life is not directed by a wise reference to their influence upon his character, is a man al- ways to be watched. Just as a man prizes his character, so is he. This is the true standard of a man.

Topic for December 13: — An Anti - Worry Mbbting. John 14: 1-a31.

MBDITATIONS.

As a matter of policy one should not worry. It is useless. It makes the useful person a use- less one. It is a hinderance, making necessary work harder and blocking the path of duty. True, some do worry and suc- ceed, but worry did not win their success, they reached their goal in spite of it.

As a matter of Christian duty we must avoid worry. It cannot be said that Christians do not worry; one often finds himself doing wrong in spite of himself. But in the exercise of the right kind of faith in Christ there is no room for it.

Sum up your thoughts under two columns. Call one worry and the other faith and see what results they will lead yon to. The first will be a melancholy story telling of doubt, pessimism, lack of confidence, uselessness, helplessness and hopelessness. A life’s record made up of that kind of stuff keeps the heart from Christ and the soul from heaven. The faith column will be like bright sunshine breaking through the clouds. It will tell of the helping hand extended, of evils removed, of a heart so full of love that it cannot be kept to ones’ self. Above all it will show how Christ, his sacrifice and his presence, are best used and appreciated. Need one hesi-

By EliMab«th Prentiss.

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“I often have people tell me,” says Dr. Pentecost, “ ‘I wish I knew my Bible better than I do’, or ‘I confess that I do not read my Bible as often or carefully as I ought,’ or sometimes ‘I wish I knew my Bible as well as you do yours’. Only the other day, as we journeyed together in the cars, a Christian gentleman said to me: T fear most of us business men are comparatively ignorant of the Bible. We take our knowl- edge of God’s will from our min- isters at secondhand. We are content to let them read and

should hinder a true man when study the sacred Scriptures and long between these two col-

umns and say what ought I to do?

Our lesson sets before us the most comforting words in Scrip- ture. The assurance from Christ himself that there is no need for trouble; that there is a place in heaven for his disciples; that where He is there we are to be too; that though thestrife against the world, the flesh and devil will be hard it shall not over- whelm us, we shall have the Comforter with us.

Doctor Deem writes:

, The world is wide In time and tide.

And — God is guide;

Then do not hurry.

The man is blest And— leaves the rest;

Then do not worry.

give us the benefit of their thoughts.’

“And then, turning to me, he continued: ‘Do you read your Bi- ble every day? Do you read it apart from study and preparation for your public ministry?’ And when I told him that it was my habit daily to read the Bible, al- together apart from my profes- sional use of it, be sighed and said: ‘I wish I knew more of it for myself. I have often dreamed of the pleasure I might find in sitting down daily and studying the Bible, but I am too busy; the habits of my life are too fixed; I am too old to begin now, but I feel that I am very ignorant of divine things, and very unfurn- ished for this life because of my ignorance of the world to come.’ ”

The daily study of the Bible, if possible at some regular time each day, as in the quiet hour in the morning, or in the evening, and in a systematic way, is the stthataatial way of making ptof^

they are there, nevertheless, and • ,.a a,.- , t a i.

, ,, „ a right thing! Let a man be

the “wise shall understand. • • i j • u- i- • u

^ . ,, principled in his religion, he may

May God stir us up to see the

blessed priv, leges and profits, j, ^

and may we be swift to obey for L • o a i.- j

. ■' . . ^ , the journey. Set him down in

His name 3 sake. — Liying Words, a,, j _a j • a i

the desert, and just as a palm

A tree thrusts its roots beneath the

Character, , . u t

envious sand in search of sus-

Since we are studying the lives tenance, he will manage to find of some of the great men of the living water there. Banish him Bible, it may be well to note to the dreariest Patmos you can what influence a man’s reputa- find he will get a grand Apoc- tion has on his character. alypse among its barren crags.

The word character is usually Thrust him into an inner prison, defined as the reputation a man and make his feet fast in the has. But character really is that stocks, the doxology will reverbe- what a man is, and reputation rate through the dungeon, make that what a man seems to be. such melody within its walls of How often we misjudge people; stone that the jailer shall relapse we can see only their daily ac- into a man, and the prisoner tions, but God sees and judges hearing it shall dream of freedom the heart of man. and of home.

We often mistake strong feel- “The value of character is the ing for a strong character. A standard of human progress, man who by a frown makes the Another writer says: “He who people afraid, or by a word makes lives for anything less than

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H. G. Allebach, who has been East for several months where for awhile he was confined in a hospital and submitted to several operations, is obliged once more to lay down his editorial pen and again return to the hospital for another and seemingly a more serious operation. We ask the readers to unite in prayer for the speedy and complete recovery of our dear brother.

Owing to the prolonged illness of our editor, and the fact that he must be confined in a hospital for an indefinite period the edi- torial work of the MENNONITE has been placed in charge o Brother N. B. Grubb, pastor of the First Mennonite church of Philadelphia. This for two rea- sons, viz: Bro. Grubb resides so close to the hospital that he will be able to confer with the editor daily and do the work under his direction. Then too, Bro. Grubb, is really the founder of the Men- nonite, and the interest he has in the welfare of the church at large and all her interests, en- ables us to know that the work will be well cared for.

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“Bear ye one another s bur- den’s The undersigned out of simple love for our afflicted edi- tor, and desiring the best inter- ests for our paper and through it our church, has consented, for the time being, to comply with the request to attend to the work of our brother as far as we are able to do it for him. We are willing to help him bear his bur- dens in a practical way. We aji- pealto our brethren, especially the brethren of the ministry to

lend a helping hand in this work.

If you know of any news item re- lating to the work of the church, either local or general, that in- terests you, send it to us, so that others may share with you the knowledge and joy of such inter- ests. Determine now to write an article on some timely subject, and do it at once. And in every possible way help us to make the paiier better week by week and thereby show our brother the sympathy we have for him in his trying hours. Pray for him earnestly, and for us that the dear Lord may overrule all tor

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Germantown, Pa-, Dec. 5, Oo.

In the historical Mennonite church there are services held every Sunday as follows:

At 9 a. m. Junior Christian Endeavor, which is doing good work for the poor in this coming season in collecting money to buy clothing and food. Donations re- ceived from all such that feel to help us to do this work for the Lord.

Sunday-school at 9: 30 a. m. They are at work in earnest for Christmas. Pray for them.

Preaching at 10: 45 a. m. in the English language, and in the eysning C.E.at 7: 15. Preach- ing at 7; 4S p. m. Vours in the Cause, F. F. Gabel.

All who renew their suty- scription before January 1904 will receive the Year Book free as pre,- mium.

A '‘Laborer Worthy of His Hire."

HARVEY S. GOTTSHALL.

When we consider the fact that a very large number of all the ministers of all denominations throughout the United States are paid salaries which, consider- ing the demands made upon them, may fairly be called in the language of the other bread- winning occupations, starvation wages, is it not fair to say that there is need of a readjustment of the financial relations between the pulpit and the pew?

In order to have a comprehen- sive view of this subject, let us examine briefly what the Word of God and history teach us about it, and arrive at such con- clusions as they may warrant.

During the Patriarchal age the people of God had stated times for public worship— the Sabbath day Altars were erected and offerings made to the living God, and with them' they had mims- of religion or officiating

priests. Noah was a preacher of righteousness J ‘and offered burnt

offerings on the altar”. Abra- ham, Isaac’ and Jacob officiated at the altar of God. All these things point to a regular service of religion, and sfurtherraore it is plain that the people of God con- tributed most generously to the support of their public worship in tithes, and this tithing must have been a divine institution for Melchizedek received tithes of Abraham (Heb. 7: 6). Later we see Jacob conforming to the es- tablished law and custom and vowing to consecrate one-tenth of his income to the Lord. From such facts we cannot but infer that the most generous provision was made for the support of the church ordinances and ministers who labored for the advancement of the revealed truth of God- With the Levitical age came a theocracy and a worship of God in and around a gorgeous taber- nacle with imposing rituals. In this age God selects his own min- isters. The tribe of Levi are to be his servants and the sons of Abraham his priests, and besides these a multitude of stationary men to serve at the daily sacri- fices. These Levites were very numerous as compared with the number of people whom they served. Now the question arises.

How were all these ministers supported by so few parishioners. They had good parsonages pro- vided for them, for many cities were set apart for the use of the priests and Levites, (Josh. 21), also beautiful and fertile suburbs for pasture for their cattle. Be- sides this they had also a yearly income from all the other tribes in the form of tithes. This one- tenth was to be given to the Lord for the use of the Levites, and it was considered robbery of God not to pay these tithes. This oae- tenth was for the exclusive use of the ministry. Under this God- ordained Levitical law all minis- ters were educated at the expense of the church and while in active service, were kept free from all worldly cares and avocations. Their families lived as well as the best of their parishioners, and upon their retirement they were well cared for.

Thus God taught his people that his chosen priests were not to be regarded as respectable paupers, as ministers are so often regarded to-day, to whom it is a piece of philanthropy to, pay the smallest conceivable salary for which their spiritual services can be secured. God has laid upon His church members<an irrepeal- able obligation to provide for his servants in these solemn words: “Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth” (Deut. 12: 19).

In examining this subject un- der the apostolic age, I, for want

of space, refer only to the words of as honorable and large heart- ed a man as ever walked God s earth to proclaim His Gospel the venerated Paul, who in 1 Corinthians 9 lays down the fundamental principles of materi- al support.

To-day the salaries paid to hundreds of ministers are not on- ly out of keeping with the de- mands of the work performed, and in no way commensurate with the talents of the men em- ployed, but they are obstacles in the way of the best results from the labors of a noble class of men. More than that, they tend to weaken the minister and to make him the subject of the al- moner. This inadequacy is not wholly due to the selfishness of the contributors to the fund as set apart for salary purimses, but in a great many cases it is the result of thoughtlessness; while again it is often due to the sys- tem of alms giving which many churches allowed to develop and which has become a plant of pro- digious vitality.

When a young man enters the ministry, he consecrates to the church his talents educated at a cost to himself of from $1,000 to $5,000; he consecrates his time and labors and shuts himself off from other pecuniary profits. Now if the church accepts him, is she not under sacred obliga- tion to support him as long as he is in her services? Surely laborer is worthy of his hire”, but in these years of prosperity his hire is very small. While all other occupations and businesses are increasing in prosperity to- day, the circumstances of many a minister are becoming harder and more pinched. According to actual statistics it takes $1,000 to-day to do what $700 did four years ago. Then why help per- petuate such conditions?

Some people seem to have an idea that when a man enters the ministry. Providence provides his family with a barrel of inex- haustible meal and a cruse of overflowing oil; or feeds them, Elijah-like, through the minis- try of ravens. They seem to for- get that a minister and his fam- ily need such things as bread, beefsteak and potatoes. They are rather proud of the parson’s long, lean look, regarding it as a mark of personal piety, when the fact of the matter is, that it is the re- sult of the poverty of provisions and worry over unpaid debts.

Henry says, “A scandalous maintenance makes a scandalous minister.” Ministers should be kept free from worldly care. If only the well-to-do members of our Christian church realized the broken spirits, the prostrated powers, the physical wrecks brought about by inadequate

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support, more money wpuld be laid on the altar of the Lord for the use of his Levites.

It is not our aim to take a pes- simistic view of the Christian ministry, for the servants of the Most High are engaged in a blessed and glorious cause, and they have for their reward the highest bliss that can be enjoyed here below — the joy of the Holy Spirit, the luxury of doing good and the hope of endless glory. But on the other hand it is la- mentably true that their labors are not fully appreciated and they are not made as comfortable as their people could make them.

Let the people consider more earnestly the inestimable value of the Christian church, and the comprehensive work of the clergy, and then estimate their worth. They are the educators of the intellectual man; they im- plant the great principles of suc- cess in the minds of the young; they restrain the vices of society and set up a high moral stand- ard for it, they are the advocates and promoters of all forms of be- nevolent institutions, and they teach the immortal soul the way lhat leads it back to God and glory.

Surely the ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ are en- gaged in a glorious work and are worthy of a generous support. But whether they are paid or not in dollars and cents every minis- ter of the Word shall receive as his reward a royal diadem as in- corruptible and imperishable as the glory of the Lord Almighty himself.

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Five Rules of Life.

Are these the rule of my life? First. Live in God’s Sight. “Thou, God, seest me”. Gen. 16: 13.

Second. Do your whole duty. “I delight to do thy will, O God.” Ec. 12: 13. The main- spring of Christ’s life was duty.

Third Have high ideals and aims. “As a man thinketh in his heart so is he”. Ps. 119: 2. “Seek those things which are above”. Ps. 27: 4.

Fourth. Be loyal to the truth. Our Lord Jesus called Himself the Way, the Truth and the TAfe. John 14: 6. Prov. 3: 6.

Fifth. “Owe no man anything, save to love one another. Heb. 13; 1.

These have been the rules of my own life from the beginning. I may not leave much of world- ly groods. But I will at least leave no debts. has

the right to assume an obligation which he cannot meet. But there is one debt man never can discharge; It is the debt of love — -brotherly kindness and charity to our fellowmen. Every man owes that to God and to the world. Make honesty and broth- erly kindness the rule of your life and you will find that life will be useful and happy, and its end will be blessed.

“Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.”

Rev. F. F. G.

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Saturday, Dec. 13. Neitlier murmur ye, as some of th&n also murnun-ed, and were destroyed. 1 Cor. 10: lo.

Does it rain to-day? Is it dark and gloomy? That is all right; there must be some stormy days. To-morrow the clouds will have a silvery lining or disappear en- tirely. Does the sun shine? En- joy the sunshine. To-morrow may be bright also. Are you well? Enjoy your health, and use it to the best advantage. Are you ill? Then it is a day in which to be patient and endure cheerfully. Are you free from trouble? Then it is a thanks- giving day. Are you carrying heavy burdens for yourself or others? Then it is a day for the rolling off your burdens at the foot of the cross. — Louise Hey-

WOOD.

Sunday, 13. “He that cmereth his sins shall mt prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy." Proverbs S8: IS.

He that covereth his sins shall not prosper.” They shall not prosper in the effort to hide them. They shall not prosper in their prayers. The man with a secret sin, coming to the mercy seat, comes in vain. Men may find no traces of his sin. He may persuade himself that it was not sin. But the'power of prayer is gone. He shall not prosper in his attempts to serve God. He may hope to make amends by diligence in the vineyard of the Lord, but his service is not ac- ceptable. There is a secret evil that neutralizes all his good deeds. He shall not prosper in his own soul. His effort to find happiness is vain. A drop of bitterness mingles with every draught. He does not grow in grace. His hope is vain. He is a stranger to peace. The hid- eous thing which he has hidden haunts him.

"1 dug a grave and laid within Its secret depths one secret sin.

I closed the grave— and know full well That day I shut myself in heil.”

Monday, 14. " Therefore ux ought to give the mgre earnest heed to the tilings which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip." Hebrew 2:1.

It is not want of capacity nor want of opportunity that causes so many to fail. A way has been

provided for all whereby they may live a good life. Multitudes go down under temptation, not because they intended to do so, but because they did not think what they were doing. The drunkard did not think, when he took the first step in the down- ward way, that it would lead him to ruin.

The prodigal did not think, when he left his ‘father’s house, that he would soon be a wreck. The man who comes to the close of life, and looking back sees that his life has been a complete failure, did not consider whither he was going as he journeyed care- lessly along. “Take heed what ye hear.” “Take heed to thy- self.” “Take heed that no man deceive you.”

“Unheedfulness— that Is the worst of foes;

IJnfieedfulness, of poisons all most fell;

It Is the path to hell and death that goes;

The robber at salvation’s citadel." Tuesday, 15. "Let us therefore follow af- ter the things which make for peace." Ro- mans 14: in.

Dear Lord and Father of mankind, Forgive our feverish ways.

Reclothe us in our right mind;

In purer lives thy service And,

In deeper reverence praise.

Drop Thy still dews of quietness Till all our strivings cease;

Take from our souls the strain and stress

And let our ordered lives confess The beauty of Thy peace.

— J. G. Whittier.

Wednesday, 16. “ IVe might have a strong consolation, who have fled for ref- uge to lay hold iqjon the hope set before ns,” Hebrew 6: 18.

If mankind lives by confidence, it lives also by hope — that form of confidence which turns toward the future. All life is a result and an inspiration, all that exists supposes an origin and tends to- wards an end. Life is progres- sion: progression is aspiration. The progress of the future is an infinitude of hope. Hope is at the root of things, and must be reflected in the heart of man. No hope, no life. The same power which brought us into be- ing, urges us to go up higher. What is the meaning of this per- sistent instinct which pushes us on? The true meaning is that something is to result from life, that out of its being wrought a good greater than itself, toward which it slowly moves, and that this painful sower called man, needs, like every sower, to count on the morrow. The history of humanity is the history of indomitable hope; otherwise everything would have been over long ago. To press forward un- der his burdens, to guide himself in the night, to retrieve his falls and his failures, to escape despair even in death, man has need of hoping always, and sometimes against all hope. Here is the cordial that sustains him. Had

we only logic, y^e should have long ago drawn the conclusion: Death has everywhere the last word! — and we should be dead of the idea. But we have hope, and that is why we live and believe in life.

Thursday, 17. "The glory of the Lord shall be thy reward." Isaiah 68: 8.

One of Frances Ridley Haver- gal’s poems tells of an iEolian harp which a friend sent with a letter describing the wonderful sweetness of its tones. Mias Havergal took the harp an thrummed its seven strings, but there were no thrilling strains, only common music. She first read the letter again and found instructions which she had over- looked at first. Then she raised the window and put the harp un- der the sash. Now the wind swept over the strings and the room was filled with melodious strains which no fingers of man could have produced. Only when the breath of heaVen blew upon the harp could its marvelous music be brought out. The hu- man soul is such a harp. Human fingers call out much that is lovely and sweet, but it is only when its chords are swept by the breath of heaven, by the Holy Spirit, that its noblest music is called out.

Friday, 18. “ We walk by faith, not by sight." e Corinthians 5: 7.

If, through unruffled seas,

Toward heaven we calmly sail.

With grateful hearts, O God, to thee. We’ll own the favoring gale.

But should the surges rise,

And rest delay to come.

Blest be the sorrow — kind the storm— Which drives us nearer home.

Boon shall our doubts and fears All yield to thy control;

Thy tender mercies shall Illume The midnight of the soul.

Teach us, In every state.

To make thy will our own;

And when the joys of sense depart.

To live by faith alone.

Farmers' Wives.

Did you ever think of the amount of thought to plan three meals a day, for 365 days in suc- cession? To prepare enough, and not too much, and for those living at a distance from the vil- lage to remember that the stock of flour, ^ sugar, tea, etc., is re- plenished in due. time? Did you ever think of the multitude of her cares and duties? She must rise early to prepare breakfast or otherwise oversee it. Perhaps there are children to wash, dress, and feed or get ready for school with dinners. There is baking, sweeping, dusting, making beds, lunch, and dinner for the men; supper to be made ready at the proper time; the washing, starch- ing, folding, and ironing of - clothes; the care of milk, inclu- ding the making of butter and cheese; and the inevitable wash- ing of dishes. In autumn there is

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an additional work of pickling, preserving, canning of fruits, earn drying apples, boiling cider, ma- a king apple sauce, with the still proi more unpleasant work in butcher- ing inirtime. Then there is sheep- mg shearing, haying, harvfestiug, wo« threshing, etc., when more help like is needed, bringing an increase of her labors. Twice a year fiUe

comes house-cleaning; for of all hou

the foes that a housekeeper has 1 to contend with, dirt is the great- Imf est. She may gain a complete the victory and to repose upon her In

laurels after the semi-annual en- ea ffagements-but it is only tern- viz

oorary. The enemy soon returns, bai

Ld even daily skirmishing does am not keep'.it at bay. we

There is the mending too. pe Sewing machines are great bless- m: ings, but they cannot set m a Sc

patch or darn stockings. I don t is

mention these things by way of m complaining of woman’s lot in G' general, or asking for her any ac rights which she does not possess. n( I don’t know as there is any a remedy in the present state of o; the world. It seems to be one of oi the ills of life which must be o- borne as we bear other ills, but n what I ask is a due appreciation c of the important part a woman n acts, and a concession that her t labors, mental and physical, are i as great, all things considered as ^

those of the other sex. ^ . x ^

Women are not so childish that ( a little sympathy now and then, i or acknowledgment of their ef- ( forts and sacrifices, make them imagine their case worse than it is. I tell you men and husbands, “It doeth good like a medicine , and many a poor, crushed, broken down wife and mother is dying for want of it. And if some of the gentlemen who affect to de- spise woman’s work and under- rate her abilities had to take her place for six months, they would be wiser and perhaps sadder than they are now. — Sel.

What the world needs most to- day is justice, which is the open expression of love. — Campbeli. Mokgan.

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At the very last the Ark was tui carried into the Holy of Holies wi and then, when Solomon, as prophet, priest and king, stand- ^ ing to address the people, kneel- ing before God, to present his wonderful petition to Jehovah, like “an Apostle and High ty Priest”— the glory of the Lord oJ filled the empty, the offered U

house. _ t. -1 n

The scene is'sublime and thru-

ling. For simplest teaching, u there is instruction about prayer, b In additions to the points present- t ed in last week’s lesson study— t viz., that “true prayer must be I based on sacrifice, on a promise e and must be childlike in spirit— c we have here suggested a trait, c peculiarly like children. We ^ may call it faith and find it in Solomon’s attitude (22, 54). It is the air of expectancy which must be especially acceptable to God and does not usually char- acterize our prayers. Who has not seen a little child as soon as a request is uttered hold out an E open hand’i There is also an- f other suggestion in these spread- J out hands; it is emptiness, bnng- t ing nothing and helplessness,

1 confessing need. Then in Solo- n mon’s petition we have an illus- r tration of presenting our requests e in detail. It is the minutiae of IS desire, like the compounding of the fragrant incense beaten small It on the altar (Ex. 30; 36). Every a, need-from personal forgiveness f- (“the plague of his own heart ) m to the ravages of a caterpillar, it was laid before God. Our Fath- is, er loves to have us come to Him as little children and pour into en His ear, everything, however ng trifling, that may burden or per- of plexus. The trouble with our ie- “neighbors” the assault of the

turneth His face about”— they will see their King.

The prayer touches the strange future of the Jewish nation. See Deut. 11: 12. Psa. 132: 16. in. spiritual truth.

The dedication of the temple typically represents the descent of the Spirit at Pentecost the Old Testament emblem of the Holy Ghost in the cloud of glory. It is a figure as well of the com- ing of the Holy Spirit into the believer at conversion to dwell there forever— the filling with the presence of God that which He has designed and has accept- ed. The temple was often cleansed but never re-dedicated or re-consecrated. (1 Cor. 6; 19- 20).

Wanamakkb — Fasshaubr. On the evehlng ot November W, 1^> the First Mennonlte church of delphla, Pa., by the pastor, N. B. Grubb, Mr. Charles Franklin Wana- maker, to Miss Anna Martha Fass- hauer, all of Philadelphia.

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ENSLEY-UMMBL.-On Nov. 29 at the home of Fr. Aeschliman by Rev. p R. Aeschliman, Dwight Eosley to Mary R. Ummel, both of Whitman Co., Wash.

EWBRT— SCHUI.Z, BOBSE— SCHUI^..

—On Nov. 26 at Loretta, B. D., by Rev. Chr. Kaufman, John Ewert to Elizabeth Schulz, and John Boese to Maria Schulz.

“enemy” — when “there is no rain”— when hunger comes-or

Subject for Dec. 13; The Tem- ple Dedicated. 1 Kings 8; 1 11, 62, 63.

I. THE STORY WITH ITS LESSONS.

The dedication of the Temple occurred not only after the build- ing was all completed but the holy vessels were made and placed therein. God’s ordering is most deliberate and not the hasty bungling thing we make it For over 7 years the work of rearing the house continued (6: 1, 37-38) and then the cere- mony, of which we now study, in the 9th month of the next year —eleven months after.

“whatsoever sickness there may

be” is all of interest to Him; al- ^

so our intercession for the ^

“stranger” and supplication for • s

“the day of battle”. This is of limitless application.

The New Testament teaching of this is Phil. 4; 6-7- “with thanksgiving”. Stress is laid on what the Lord has done (56) which is thanksgiving and what He is (60) which is praise. prophetic explanation.

As the Exodus marks the de- liverance of Israel from Egyptian bondage and points onward to the time when they shall be gath- ered out from all nations (Isa. H: If,)— so this building, with all the attending circumstances, is a prediction of the establishment ; in earthly glory of the “moun- tain of the house of the Lord I (Micah. 4: 1) when Jesus Christ

. David’s Greater Son — shall as

Priest on His Throne come forth, r as Solomon did, to bless the peo- ple and, as we read (14) “He

BURKHOLDBR— BUCHKK.-On NOV.

29 at the home of the bride’s parents near Bluffton, Ohio, by Rev. J. B. Baer, John Burkholder to Verena Bucher, both of Allen Co., Ohio.

Rosbnbbrqkr — Kbller.— On Nov. 21, by Rev. A. M. Fretz, of Souderton, Pa.. Isaac G. Rosenberger and Laura Keller.

Fretz— Kletzing.— On November

24, by Rev. A. M. Fretz, David L. Fretz, of Doylestown, and Mrs. Leah Kletzing, of Sundale.

Moyer- WisLER.— On November

28, by Rev. A. M. Fretz, Ellbu B. Moyer and Lizzie Wlsler, both of Hatfield, Pa.

BOSHART-MILLER.-On Nov. 4, at

Wayland, Iowa, John M. Boshart and Miss Addle Miller, by Rev. S. M. Musr selman.

Klopfenstbin. — At Washington, Iowa, on Nov. 18, Michael stein, born in Basel, Switzerland, ag 68 years, 11 months and 2 days. u neral services were held at the Elcher church on Nov. 23 by Rev. S. M, Mus- selman before a large concourse Of friends and relatives, which crowded the church to Its doors.

Hauenstein. — On Nov. 29, near Olds, Iowa, Josephine Hauenstein, nee Miller, wife of Gottfried Hauen- stein, aged 50 years, 11 months and 2 days Funeral services were held ana interment at Elcher church. Noble, on Dec. 2, Revs. S. M. Musselman and P. E. Stuckey offlclatlug.

WBNGER.-On Dec. I, near Way- land, la., Magdalena, wife of Benedict Wenger, aged 57 years. Funeral serv- ices were held and Interment made at Sugar Creek Amish church on Dec. 4, Revs. S. Gerlg, D. Graber, Kropf, and Musselman officiating.

’ LATSHAW -On Fov. 8, 1903 in ’ Pottstown , Pa. , of paralysis, Abraham Latshaw, aged 71 years, 11 months , and 1 day. Funeral services were s conducted by W. S. Gottshall and Ja- . cob Hunsberger. Interment In Mt. a Zion cemetery.

Heckler. —On Nov. 20, 1903, In Mainland; Pa., of croup, Paul, son of William and Mary Heckler, aged 1 year, 8 months and 12 days. ment on Thanksgiving Day at Chrtet church close by. The funeral services were conducted by D. K. Laudesl^r, of tbe Reformed church, and by w. ».

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Hackett.— At the Municipal hos- pital, Philadelphia, on November M, 1903, of small pox, William Hackett, in the 26th year of his age. Funeral services were conducted at Northwood cemetery by Rey. Silas M. Grubb, on November 29.

KuLP- Ellknbbrg. — On Nov. 21, f 1903, at the home of the groom in Led^rachville, Pa., by W. S Gott- shall, Howard Z. Kulp, of Lede^f ‘ I vlllle, and Clara P. Ellenberg, Phlla.,

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Ernby-Baum.- In Philadelphia, j Pa., on November 26, 1903, by Rev. Silas M. Grubb, Titus Erney to Miss Ada Baum, both of Philadelphia.

Watson— ScHEiD. — On November 24, 1903, in Philadelphia, Pa., by Rev.

N B Grubb, Mr. Harry Watson, of Hatboro, Pa., to Miss Lydia Scheld, of Philadelphia.

Waysz— Heck.— InPblladelphia, on

November 25, 1903, by Rev. N. B. Grubb, Mr. George Frederick Waysz, to Miss Emma Ida Heck, all of Phi - adelphia.

KEISER-LEIGHT.-In Philadelphia,

Pa on November 26, 1903, by Rev. N. B. ’ Grubb, Mr. Milton O. Kelser, to Miss Edith A. Leight,of Philadelphia.

RuFE— Snyder.— On the evening of November 25, 1903, In Philadelphia,

• Pa by Rev. N. B. Grubb, Mr. Claude T Rufe, of Richland Centre, Pa., to ’ Mrs. Mary R. Snyder, formerly of , Milford Square, Penna

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FIFTY ^EIGHTH CONGRESS.

ONE SESSION ends; ANOTHER BEGINS.

Washington, December 1- — The first reKular session of the Fifty- eiehth Congress began at noon to-day, but the Senate met half an hour pre- vious to that time In accordance with the adjournment Saturday last, for the purpose of permitting an orderly termination of the so-called sesslom Upon reconvening the Senate Mr. Hale reported for the committee that the President had been advised and „ would shortly communicate a mess-

age. Mr. Barnes, assistant secretary to the President, then presented the message, which was read.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

TO THE fifty -EIOHTH CONGRESS. EX-

TRACTS FROM THE SAME. Washington, December The President sent his message to the first regular session of the Fifty-eighth Congress to-day, of which the follow- ing extracts are tlie gist;

Publicity can do no harm to the honest corporation.

The consistent policy of the nation- al Government, so far as it has the power, Is to hold in check the unscru- pulous man, whether employer or em- ploye.

Whenever either corporation, labor union, or individual disregards the law, where the Federal Government has jurisdiction. It will see to It that the misconduct is stopped.

The indications are that the surplus for the present fiscal year will be very small, If, indeed, there be any surplus.

The integrity of our currency Is be- yond question, and under present con- ditions it would be unwise and unnec- cessary to attempt a reconstruction of our monetary systenj.

We can not have too much immi- gration of the right kind, and we should have none at all of the wrong kind.

There can be no crime more serious than bribery. The bribe giver is worse than the thief and is as wicked as the murderer.

No city or State, still less the na- tion, can be injured by the enforce- ment of the law.

There seems good ground for the be- lief that there has been a real growth among the civilized nations of a senti- ment which will permit a gradual substitution of other methods than the method of war in the settlement of dispute.

The fighting ship, not the commerce destroyer, is the vessel whose feats add renown to a nation’s history, and establish her place among the great powers of the world.

The attention of the Congress is asked to the question of the compen- sation of the letter carriers and clerks engaged in the postal service.

Of our insular possessions it is grati- fying to say that their steady prog- ress has been such as to make it un- necessary to spend much time in dis- cussing them.

No other class of our citizens de- serves so well of the nation as those to whom the nation ownes Its very be- ing, the veterans of the civil war.

A revision of the civil service rules took effect on April 16 last, which has greatly improved their operation.

Tlio effect of the laws providing a,, general staff for the army and for the more effective use of the National Guard has been excellent.

I heartily congratulate the Congress iipon the steady progress in building up the American navy.

The question now is not by which route the isthmian canal shall ^ built, for that question has been defi- nitely and irrevocably decided. The question is simply whether or not we shall build an isthmian canal.

DOWIE WINS OUT.

SHOWS RECEIVERS AND CREDITORS HE HAS CASH.

CHICAGO, Dec. 6.-By a stroke of diplomacy John Alexander Dowie hM established liarmony between Zion, its receivers and its creditors in and out of court. He proposes to settle with his immediate creditors, to arrange with others on a reasonable time basis and to end the receivership. At a conference to-day between the at- torneys representing the heaviest creditors and Jacob Newman, attorney for the receivers, Dowie showed the lawyers a statement setting forth Zion’s assets and liabilities. He de- clared he valued Zion’s estate at $14,- 000,000 above all liabilities. He -ex- hibited a large order for seventy-five car loads of candy from a Clncion^ firm. He showed a draft for 50,000 from a welthy wellwlshert and de- clared he could draw for $20-»,000 more on one of Zion’s friends in Wisconsin.

On this showing he offered to settle all urgent claims in cash and to put Zion on a cash basis in all future deal- ings with the outside world. With his heaviest creditors out of the way ,he said his debts demanding immediate payment would not amount to more than $150,000. Samuel Stevenson s judgment notes for $100,000 are not yet due. *

Dr. Dowie’s presentation of figures and his offers of settlement were sat- isfactory to the attorneys. His plan will be submitted to-morrow at a meeting of the receivers, tlieir attor- neys and the attorneys for the credi- tors, and it is believed will be ac- cepted. In that event receivers and all creditors will join hands with Dr. Dowie in a plea to Judge Kohlsaat to dismiss the pending litigation and per- mit Dowie freedom to secure funds and settle obligations.

pervaded the talk last Wednesday night was considerably toned down.

“We will have this receivership, as it is called, dissolved within two or three days, and Zion will once more rise victorious,” the overseer declared.

“Be of good cheer, beloved. Zion is not -bankrupt. Zion is solvent, and will pay all her debts, have this re- ceivership dissolved, and then will en- deayor to teach a lesson to those who have persecuted her.”

In the midst of his remarks about the trial of Zion being of short dura- tion, in which he stated that delivery from trouble was at band, a woman in the audience, waving her hands shout- ed “Praise the Lordl”

“Shut up!” shouted the prophet, pointing at the woman. “Shut up. You are one of those persons who al- ways are shouting and talking when you have nothing to say. Why don’t you use your heads when you open your mouths. If you did you would keep them shut most of the time.’ Dowie commended the courage of his

followers.

Texas Negro Sentenced 1000 Years.

Huston, Tex., December 8.— In the ■District Court of Cherokee county to- day, Allen Brown, a negro, convicted of attempted assault, was sentenced to one thousand years in the peniten- tiary. At the time of his arrest Brown narrowly escaped being lynched.

Fierce Fire at Salina, Kans.

Salina, Kas., December 4.— The H. D Lee Mercantile Company’s build- ing was gutted by fire from top to bottom this afternoon. The property occupied a block and was five stories high.

It was the largest wholesale grocery and notion store in Kansas, and car- ried a million dollar stock. TheH.

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a block in length and four stories high, across the alley, was also badly damaged. The hardware stock was valued at over $800,000.

Union, of New York, the B«v. Robert F Coyle, D. D., moderator of the gen- eral assembly of the Presbyterian church, advocated the return of Bible preaching and said In the course of his address:

“The Presbyterian church is as broad as the Bible and no broader. The out- look for forward movement of the church is very bright. The troubles of the past have been forgotten and Instead of a controversy over the con- fession of faith, we are looking for a confession of sinners.

“The wrangling as to whether elec- tion preceded faith or faith preceded election is all wrong. Such hair-split- ting must make the Master’s heart bleed.”

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Herbfert Spencer Dead,

London, December 8. — Herbert Spencer, the philosopher, died this morning at his home in Brighton. His health had been failing for some months. The illness took a critical turn a few days ago and he became unconscious last night, passing away without pain. By his own desire the least possible Information was given out during Mr. Spencer’s illness. He was born in 1820.

The newspapers all publish long ap- preciations and anecdotes of Mr. Spen- cer, whom they universally describe as the “last of the great thinkers of the Victorian age.”

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BERNE, INDIANA, DECEMBER 17, 1903.

The Four Anchors.

BY MRS. H. E. BROWN.

“And fearing, lest haply we should be cast ashore on- rocky ground, they let go four anchors from the stern, and wished for the day.” — Acts’ 27: 29.

R. V.

The night is dark, but God, my God Is here, and in command;

And sure am I, when morning breaks,

1 shall be “at the land”.

And since I know the darkness is To Him as sunniest day.

I’ll cast the anchor Patience out.

And wish— but wait for day.

Fierce drives the storm, but winds and waves

Within His hand are held,

And, trusting in Omnipotence,

My fears are sweetly quelled.

If wrecked, I’m in His faithful grasp, I’ll trust Him, though He slay;

So, letting go the anchor Faith,

I’ll wish— but wait for day.

Still seem the moments dreary, long,

I rest upon, the Lord;

I muse on His “eternal years”,

And feast upon His word;

His promises, so rich and great^

Are my support and stay;

I’ll drop the anchor Hope ahead.

And wish— but wait for day.

Ob, wisdom infinite! Oh, light And love supreme, divine!

How can I feel one fluttering doubt Id bands so dear as Tbine?

I’ll lean on Thee, my Best Beloved,

My heart on Thy heart lay;

And casting out the anchor Love,

I’ll wish— but wait for day.

Items of News and Comment.

Missionary P. A. Penner re- ports from Champa, Ind., the ar- rival of a healthy baby daughter in their family.

In the Waterloo, Ont., congre- gation a Bible conference was re- cently held which was very in- structive and well attended.

Missionary J. A. Ressler and wife, who sailed for India from New York in the beginning of October, intended to reach Na- pels, Italy, Nov. 19.

Nineteen persons were ad- mitted to the West Liberty con- gregation in McPherson Co., Kan., Nov. IS, 17 through bap- tism, by Rev. S. C. Miller.

Professor H. H. Ewert writes from Gretna, Man., that the. Mennonite Institution there is prospering and that the enroll- ment is increasing since the close of field labor.

Next week will appear the last number of the MkKNONXTjt for

this year. None will appear the week following. The first num- ber for the New Year will appear January 7, 1904.

God willing, the Cucamonga — Upland, Cal., congregation. Rev. M. Horsch pastor, will celebrate baptism next Sunday, a Christ- mas festival on Christmas Eve, and on Sunday following com- munion.

Consult the label on your pa- per, now while you have it in your hands, and see how far you have paid your subscription. Be- fore you do another thing see to it that your subscription, cover- ing all arrears, be forwarded at once. Now is the best time to

pay-

The Hillsboro, Kan,, corres- pondent to the Bundesbote re- lates the misfortune their S. S. superintendent met with by fall- ing from a load of bay into a pitchfork, inflicting a severe wound, which is^ however, heal- ing nicely. The Sunday-school will celebrate a Christmas fes- tival on Christmas Eve.

Missionary Th. Digel, whom many of our congregations re- member by his kindly visit a year ago, dedicated a fine Christmas epic to his friends in America which he sent to the Bundesbote for puplication, and which ap- pears in this week’s issue. The subject- of the poem is “Schoep- fung, Suendenfall, Erloesung” (Creation, Fall, Salvation).

A ministerial conference will be held in the church at Quaker- town. Pa., on Monday, January 11, The program is being pre- pared and an interesting meeting is expected. Among other sub- jects there will be a paper on In- fant Consecration. Should the old custom of the church be re- vived and generally observed; if so should the observance of it be in the home or in the public serv- ice of the congregation?

Character is the product of daily, hourly actions, and words, and thoughts; daily for- givenesses, unse Ifishnesses, kindnesses, sympathies, char- ities, sacrifices for the good of others, struggles against tempta- tion, submissiveness under trial. Oh, it is these, like the blending colors in a picture, or the blend- ing notes of masic, which consti-

tute true manhood. It -is the blending of these things in the rounding out of a simple life, that make true character that heaven will own.

For the information of the readers of the Mennonite, who are constantly inquiring into the condition of our much afflicted editor, Bro. Allebach, we are happy to say with gratitude, that his condition is at present writing quite favorable. The operation was declared success- ful, and strong hopes are now entertained for his complete re- covery. It is likely that he may have to remain in the hospital for several weeks longer, so as to insure the best results. Mean- while continue in grateful prayer for the complete recovery of Bro. Allebach.

India as a Mission Field.

In making a study of the mis- sions of India, let us first take a look at the country itself. India is found on our maps near the center of the southern part of Asia. Its area is over one and one-half million square miles, and the population about two hundred and fifty million, nearly one-sixth of the population of the globe. The three principal rivers of India are the Indus, Sanpoo or Brahmapootra, and the Hindu’s sacred river, the Ganges. In government, India is under British rule.

There are over one hundred languages spoken in India, be- sides a number of dialects. The most important language are the Hindi, Bengali, Panjabi, and Hindustani or Urdu, a mixture of Hindi and Persian, which is understood in all the large towns and cities of India.

What was the condition of In- dia without Christ? The princi- pal religions of India were Brah- manism, Buddhism, and Moham- medanism. Besides these, many gods and goddesses were wor- shiped. The Hindus are said to have three hundred and thirty million gods.

Some of the fruits of Brahman- ism are the degradation of wom- en, child marriage, and infanti- cide. Another great teaching of Brahmanism is caste, or a divi-

sion of the people into two class- es, the high and low caste. No communications, nor dealings of any kind, nor marriage between these two classes, are allowed. When a high-caste Brahman be- comes a Christian, he is discarded by his family and friends, and can never again be restored to his caste.

The women of India are es- pecially degraded. “A woman has no other god on earth but her husband.” She has no hope of heaven. If she is very faith- ful and attentive to the wishes of her husband, her next birth may be as a man, and then she may hope to win heaven.

When a child is born, and proves to be a girl, she is very unwelcome, and formerly in high- caste families was often put to death. This cruelty has been abolished by law. Little girls are married when between five and ten years of age, and often to very old men. When her hus- band dies, the child becomes a widow. These child-widows are the greatest sufferers of India, and at present arc said to number twenty-one million, most of these under fourteen years of age.

What has the missionary al- ready done and what is he still do- ing for India? Over a hundred years ago, William Carey, the “consecrated shoemaker”, obeyed his Master’s command to “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation”, and went to Ind^, one of the first missionaries to that country. His example has been followed by many earnest and consecrated followers of Christ, until to-day we have nine hundred Protestant missionaries in the field, but even these allow but one man to every three hundred and thirty-four thousand of the population. — “The Wellspring.”

A Season of Refreshing.

According to appointment made at the time of the Confer- ence last May, Bro. A. M. Fretz and the writer went to Bowmans- ville. Pa., on Mopday, Nov. 30, to conduct for the people of that congregation and community a week of special Gospel meetings. Similar meetings held there last February bad been so signally

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blessed of the Lord to the revi- ving of God’s children, that the present season of services was an- ticipated with a deep and wide- spread interest. This was evi- denced in various ways, notably by the large attendance at the

opening meeting.

This numerical indication 01 interest was well maintained and at times increased during the week. But better still was the deeply earnest and serious atten- tion given to the word of God and the quiet religious enthusi- asm evident in the meetings an welling up in the services of song and testimony. Whether we spoke and sang in German or English there seemed to be a clear apprehension of the lan- guage of the Spirit on the part of old and young. A most strik- ing case in point was that of the aged mother Bauman, whose heart, as she said to the writer in parting, was too full of joy and gratitude to find expression.

What the ultimate and abiding fruit of the meetings will be, we leave with the Lord. We were glad to make the nearer acquaint- ance of Brother Joseph Gehman and his wife who have recently joined hands with the congrega- tion there, and to witness three of their children to-gether with two other young people indica- ting their desire to be counted with the Lord’s people and form- ing the nucleus of a class to be further instructed in salvation truths with a view to being made a part of Christ’s “little flock” of whom He said that “it is the Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom”.— A. S. Shel- ly.

Singing My Way Around the World.

Seventeen years ago God made me the pencil in His hand to write a song to His praise and glory— a song which He has blessed to the savings of thou- sands of souls- “Throw Out the Life-line.” The many readers of “The Life Bo*t” will be inter- ested, I am sure, in following a few of my footsteps thus far in a mission of gospel songs around

the world. , , ^

On the 7th of October of last

year I left my home in Holyoke, Mass. I desired to undertake the long journey of 25,000 miles on faith,and see what God might do with my one talent of song and story. I passed on over our continent, receiving a cordial hearing, in many of the promi- nent churches, and arrived in California in time for my Thanksgiving dinner in San Jose. My tour through Southern Cali- fornia wass attended with blessed results in reaching the hearts of of men. Then up the Pacific coast to Oregon, Wash- ington and British Columbia, the

same covenant-keeping God at- tended me. Here I spoke and sang to large gatherings and many souls were melted under the Holy Spirit’s anointing. Hos- pitals were also visited and the poor “shut-ins” cheered.

On the 6th of July, in San Francisco, a farewell rally was held for me in the Mariners church by the young people of the churches, and on the next day, just nine months from leav- ing home, I sailed on a Japanese steamer, “Hong Kong Mam , for Japan. In all of these bless- ed days of gospel work our God manifested His presence vouch- safed to His children, and all temporal and spiritual blessings were beautifully bestowed. Hel^ ing hands were extended all along the way. I bad sold 6,0 of my song sheets and maintained my family. 1 paid a visit to the big trees and that “holy of ho- lies” of nature, Yosemite valley.

But I had always desired to visit Honolulu, so I was granted a stop-over privilege in that rightly named “Paradise of the Pacific”. There for nine days I rode through its palm-shaded streets and looked upon its en- trancing scenery. Four address- es were giy.en in the principa houses of worship. The most impressive one, it seems to me, was the Sunday afternoon meet- ing at the prison.

The prisoners were seated un- derneath a large almond tree of 125 feet span. It really seemed as if God’s love and mercy were seeking for expression in the stately tree, with its out-stretch- ing branches as if to enfold them in pardoning grace. A quartet of convicts in striped garb sang very touchingly “Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep”, and when the voice of one rose like a fet- tered bird in the solo, “For He doth mark the sparrows’ fall. He will not slight thy humble call, tears came unbidden to the eyes of all.

I strove in that brief hour to so throw the life-line to those sinking men that some hand of faith would grasp it. My woMs were translated first into native Hawaiian by a Christian worker, and then next into Chinese by a young Chinese disciple- It was a most impressive service. Then there was a double quartet of convicts who sang “Beautifu Eden” and the exercises closed. We shook hands with many o the prisoners and exhorted them to accept Christ. They said they would. One said, “I have found Him since 1 came here through these meetings”. Anothet said as he grasped my hand, “I wis I could go home and see my mother, but I am here for life. Mr W. C. Wceden, a real estate dealer in Honolulu, sang just be-

fore the services were oyer, with good effect, “Jesus, Savior, Pilot

Me.” . . ■

The Queen’s Hospital is beauti- fully situated in the heart of the city. I visited it the day before leaving and sang and whistled to the patients. They all seemed to enjoy my visit. The morning of my departure, as I was leaving a store, a young lady approached me with a pamphlet for sale. I saw at once by its attractive cov- er that it was “The Life Boat.

I had seen it several times along my journey and I gladly pur- chased it. After reading it care- fully on my voyage in the “City of Peking”, I left it upon the li- brary table, and observed many of the passengers enjoying its perusal as much, I trust, as 1 had

done. .

On my arrival in Japan I will

mail this letter, asking the prayers of “The Life Boat” read- ers that I may be brought safely home again to throw the line for many years to come to soul^s drifting away into sin.— Rev. E.

S. Ufford in “The Life Boat.

The Difference the Tide Made,

I had an experience the other day under a bridge. It was a bridge over a tidal river running into— and out of— Buzzard’s Bay.

A few hours before, my boat had shot under the bridge with the speed of an arrow, borne on the rush of the incoming tide. No oars were nesessary to keep the boat in the middle of the current and away from the rocks. But as I started to return, twelve hours later, things had changed.

The river had changed. It was an incoming tide once more. And my relation to the river had changed. Then I was with it, now I was agfaiost it.

And, dear me, what a tug it was! Bend to the oars, • pull frantically for ten minutes, and lo, I was opposite precisely the same boulder on the shore as when I began! Turn to the quiet waters along the bank and row up to the bridge, then dart into those rushing waters and— pffl — they catch the boat and whirl it around like a cork and send it back where it came from. The incoming tide was swift as any millrace, and the usually si- lent river was noisy in its turbu- lence.

After many vain attempts, we took the long anchor rope— my friend and I-and tied it to the further end of the bridge, floated the loose end through, tied the boat to it, and by dint of much pulling and boot-soaking and arm-straining, got the skiff m- gloriously through and made our difficult way up the still hostile river on the other side and so out into the bay.

But I had learned a lesson-

bought it with an aching back and blistered hands. And the

lesson was this:

There is a tide in all the affairs of men. It is the great current of God’s will. It does not rise and fall like the ocean’s tides. It sets always in the same direction, and it moves with steady force.

It flows, I say, through every- thing. The ancient Greeks had a philosophy whose central max- im was, “All things are flux’’; that is, there is in all the uni- verse no such thing as rest. Eve- rything is in constant motion. Modern science has come to the proof of this old philosophy. It shows that there is , no stone, however solid and stolid it ap- pears, but its particles (could some powerful microscope dis- close them) are whirling in won- derful orbits in and out among themselves, with chasms between like the interstellar spaces. The massive globe to its ultimate atom is in continual movement, and that movement is its life.

And it is precisely thus, as I have said, with the higher uni- verse of mind. Through it all flow the tidal currents of God’s providence. We may move with it, and our boats glide along without our effort. We lay our hands to the oars, and every stroke tells grandly. We are in perfect control of the boat, and can turn it this side or that with a touch. Oh, it is glorious, row- ing with the tide!

But, once in a while — foolishly enough, for no worthy goal lies that way— we turn against the tide. At once our swift speed changes to a snail’s pace. At once our easy control of the boat has become a difficult one. At once the way grows hard and fierce and desperate. By this de- vice and that, we manage to get along, but ingloriously enough. Oh, but it is hard work rowing

against the tide!

And I won’t try to do it— m my spiritual life — any more. “Christian Endeavor World.”

Old People,

I want to say a word to the old people. I see you wherever I go.

I see you on the street cars. The conductor gives the car an extra rest when you get on or oft, out of courtesy to your slow steps. I see you at church. You nod sometimes, but the sermon is not complete without your smile of approval. I see you in the warm- est corner of the hearth reading the paper.

You have one great tempta- tion-it is to think that your days of usefulness are over. You are only in the way, so you feel, and you’d better be out of the

world. Tf it.

It is a great mistake. If the

Lord thought that old people

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were nseless, he wonkt have de- vised tome way suddenly to get rid of them.

What makes a person useful? Not ability to work. A baby cannot earn a penny, cannot do a stroke of work, yet it is often the most important factor in the household. Baby’s coming often makes father “straighten up”; often unites the estranged hearts of husband and wife; often brings sobriety and industry into the home life.

An old man sitting in an arm- chair, feeble and helpless, may be the most useful member of the household. Let me say three things to you:

1. Old people are a blessing be- cause of their accumulated wis- dom. You have made the jour- ney of life. You have the rich experience. That boy is a bright boy who forms the acquaintance of some aged person.

2. Old people supply a necessa- ry conservative force. You make society more stable. You bring reverence to it. The age that is wise rises before the hoary head.

3. Old people link us to heav- en. You remind us of the future life. “My old mother knows how to pray”, said a merchant recent- ly to me. You bind us to the throne of God.

The earth would be positively poor without you. I am not sure but that you are the most useful members of society.— Advance.

The Sheep That Was Lost,

On the Aleutsch Glacier I saw a strange and beautiful sight — the parable of the “ninety and nine”, repeated to the letter. One day we were making our way with ice ax and alpenstock down the glacier, when we observed a flock of sheep following their shepherd over the intricate wind- ings between the crevasses, and so passing from the pastures on one side of the glacier to the pastures on the other. The flock had numbered two hundred all told.

But on the way one sheep got lost. One of the shepherds, in his German patois, appealed to us if we had seen it. Fortunate- ly, one of the party had a field glass. With its aid we discovered the sheep up amid a tangle of brushwood on the rocky moun- tain side.

It was beautiful to see how the shepherd without a word, left his hundred and ninety-nine sheep out in the glacier waste, know- ing they would stand there per- fectly still and safe, and went clambering back after the lost sheep until he found it; and he actually put it on his shoulders and returned “rejoicing”.

Here was the Lord’s parable enacted before our eyes, though the shepherd was all unconscious of it^ And it brought our Lord’s

teachings home to ns with a viv- idness which none can realize but those who saw the incident. — •“Leaves of Light”.

The End of Life.

The end of life is not to do good, although many of us think so. It is not to Win souls, al- though I once thought so. The end of life is to do the will of God.

How can you build up a life on that principle? Let me give you an outline of a little Bible read- ing:

The object of life, “I come to do Thy will, O God”.

The first thing you need after life is food: “My meat is to do the will of Him that sent me.”

The next thing you need after food is society: “He that doeth the will of My Father in Heaven, the same is My brother and sis- ter and mother.”

You want education: “Teach me to do Thy will, O God.”

You want pleasure: “I delight to do Thy will, O God.”

A whole life can be built up on that one vertical column and then, when all is over, “He that doeth the will of God abideth forever”. — Henry Drummond.

Those Who Would Have Must Give,

What would you think of a rose that would say to itself: “I cannot afford to give away to strangers all my beauty and sweetness: I must keep it for my- self. I will roll up my petals of beauty, I will withhold this fra- grance for myself. It is waste ful extravagance to give these things away.” But behold, the moment it tries to store up, to withhold them from others, they vanish. The fragrance, the beauty, do not exist in the un- opened bud. It is only when the rose begins to open itself, to ex- hibit its petals, to give its secret, its life, to others, that its beauty and fragrance are developed.

So selfishness defeats its own end. He who refuses to give himself for others, who closes the petals of his helpfulness, and withholds the fragrance of his sympathy and love, finds that he loses the very thing he hoped to gain. The very springs of his manhood dry up. His finer na- ture becomes petrified. He grows deaf to the cries of help from his fellow-men. His tears are dried up, and he stares at misfortune without wincing.

Refuse to open your purse, and soon you cannot open your sym- pathy. Refuse to love, and you soon lose the power to love. Your affections are paralyzed, your sympathy atrophied from disuse, and you become a moral cripple.

But the moment you open wider the door of your narrow

life, and, like the rose, send out, without stint, your fragrance and beauty upon every passer-by, whether peasant or millionaire, you begin to develop a marvelous power. — ‘ ’Success. ”

The Sin of Not Doing.

But there is a deeper aspect of these sins of omission. There is a disobedience of inaction toward our heavenly Father, as well as toward our earthly friends. Do you remember on what kind of sins the last indictment before the judgment seat of Christ is to be based? Do you realize that what Christ is going to call you and me to account for then, is not our sins of commission, but our sins of omission?

“It is not the big things we may have done, but the little things we did not do, that in Christ’s thought will condemn us at the last. How does the in- dictment read? We shall not be taken unawares by it. Christ has served it upon us in ample time for us to remedy it if we choose: ‘I was a hungered and ye gave me no meat; I was thirsty and ye gave me no drink; I was a stran- ger and ye took me not in; naked and ye clothed me not; and inas- much as ye did it not unto one of the least of these, my brethren, ye did it not unto me.’

“It will be the disobediepce of inaction that at the last will fi- nally condemn many a self-sacri- ficed, self-centered Pharisee in this house to-day. The disobe- dience of inaction; the selfish tor- pidity of somnolent souls; the sluggish indifference of earth- blinded men; these are the things that arouse the wrath of the Lamb and bring down the judg- ment of Heaven. It is a start- ling truth, but not less the truth.

“The mistakes of our life may be many, but it is not our mis- takes, but our neglects, that at the last will shut us out from the kingdom of light. What says the Apostle? ‘How shall we es- cape if we neglect so great sal- vation?’ Men die spiritually by simply neglecting the great sal- vation. And you and I may be neglecting it by forgetting the needs of those around us, by shutting our eyes to the cry of the poor at our gates. ‘Whoso- ever will save his life shall lose it, but whosoever will lose his lite for My sake and the gospel’s

shall find it unto life eternal.’ ”

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Topic for December 20: A Vi- sion OF World-Wide Peace. Isa. 11: 6-9; 9: 6.

MEDITATIONS.

If Christ came hundreds of years ago and we still look for His reign of peace need it be said His coming was a failure! Peace on earth is no dream. The real- ization of it is as certain as the fulfillment of any prophecy. It is better to look forward toward the reign of peace to come than to look back upon it as some- thing which has been. Ideals toward which we can look ought to lie before us, not back of us. An ideal ought to show that we can be better and not that we have been better. Christianity’s great mark of superiority is that her golden age lies before. False faiths invariably look back to a golden age which has been.

An era of peace will be estab- lished the moment that the reign of Christ becomes absolute in both the heart and the nation. It is not Christ keeping back that time from us. It is prevented only by the sinfulness of men who will not have him rule over them. Our duty is to make Christ a universal King, then there will be universal peace.

1. Peace between the nations, abolishing wars and armaments. This will prevent suffering so great that it cannot be estimated and leave billions in cash to be used for producing comforts in the place of death and suffering.

2. Peace between the different parts of the kingdom of God. Ri- val denominations.rival churches, rival preachers will cease, rival will then read revival.

3. Capital and labor will be at peace- The employer will get his just profits and the laborer bis just compensation. Poverty will then give way to plenty.

4. Peace which will so organ- ize society that disorder, idleness and crime cannot occur.

5. Best of all “The peace of God passing all understanding” will be the peace of the heart. Is peace an impracticable dream? It will not be when all of God’s people pray for it and work for its realization. Then peace will have become an answered prayer.

Don’t Tell it.

Remember that charity think- eth no evil, much less repeats it. There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart; never believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it is true; never tell even that unless you feel ’that it is absolutely necessary and that God is listening while you tell it. — Henry Van Dyke.

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On Tuesday morning, Decem- ber 8th, a telegram, sent the day before, conveyed to the wri er the sad intelligence of the death, from heartfailure, of Brother M.

S. Mover, of Deer Creek, O. T. the morning before. Being a near relative, a dear and respect- ed brother and a member of our Mission Board, whose sessions we attended together but two months ago, this sudden and un- expected announcement of our dear brother’s departure was a sad and startling one for us However, it reminds us a«ew of the uncertainty of life an o fact that we never know when our summons for eternity will come.

Brother Moyer was born in Springfield township, Bucks Co.,

Pa., on September 25th, 1845. and had thus reached the age o 58 years, 2 months, and 13 days at the time of his departure. His

earlier y««rs he

teaching ot the young both rn our public schools and parochia schools and for some time in our late Mennonite Educational In- stitute at Wadsworth, O. Eater he went farther west where he taught for a while and then en- tered the ministry of the Gospel, serving for a number of years as the pastor of the Mennonite church near Tipton, Mo and for the last few years as f^e pas- tor of the newly organized t^k at Deer Creek, Oklahoma. Dur- ing the last four years he was a laithful number of the Board of Foreign Missions of our Genera Conference and took a live in-

The Arapahoe Indians.

Frank Harrington, the Arapa- hoe Evangelist, writes to our Mission Board of the changed condition of his people. He says.

“As the years and time are pass- ing away the Arapaboes have begun to disregard their ent kinds of religion gradually.

But then civilization vices have set in and have taken a hold of some of them. Among these civilization vices are drunkenness and infidelity. These are per- haps the most horrible and de- grading things that a human be- ing can become subject to. h^s- pecially do we find these among the young educated Arapaboes who have come in contact with this class of civilized people.

Otherwise the Arapaboes are a religious people, believing m the one Almighty God and the resur- rection of the dead. The old Arapaboes respect Christianity, but are not willing to accept it

as their religion for the present.

They say “it’s too much prohi- bition in that religion. They are afraid to transgress against religious laws. When they as a whole shall once be convinced that all their religion is wrong and that Satan has been deceiv- ing them by showing them his power they will flee from him and come and accept Christi- anity.”

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Noble, Iowa, Dec. 8. Prepa- rations are being made to cele- brate Christmas in our church on Christmas night. The churc building has been undergoing: repairs, so services were held in the schoolhouse near by.

Health in this neighborhood is pretty good now again. There was one death caused by ria, but as the families who had been exposed were quarentined and there are no new cases, we think all danger is now past.

West Swamp, Pa., Dec.

J403. — Thanksgiving services were held in our Thanksgiving morning, services were well attended and Brother N. B. Grubb preached an appropriate sermon for the occasion in the German lan- guage, taking for his fext Matt. 6- 11. In the evening Brother Grubb preached in our church at Quakertown in the English lan- guage on the texts Amos 8: 1 and Col. 3: 15, comparing the basket of summer trmt with what God has done for us

through Christ and for which above everything else we should be thankful.

On Sunday evening, Dec. btn,

. our Young People’s Association celebrated its 13th anniversary. The program consisted of sing- ing, recitations, essays and sev- eral addresses, the principal ad- dress being delivered by Brother William H. Grubb of Allentown. The church was well filled and all seemed to appreciate the ex- ercises. The report of the As- sociation showed a present mem- bership of 58 active members. Be- sides the contributions for cur- rent expenses the Association contributed about forty dollars during the year for missions. The semi-annual business '

ing of the Association will be

held on Monday evening, De- cember 14th.

All who renew their sn\y scription before January 1904 will receive the Year Book free as pre^ mium.

Hope for Doukhobors,

A recent number of The Friend published the following informa- tion on the above subject:

The education of the Doukho- bors is receiving considerable at- tention at the present time. The plan of sending some of their children to the public school in Rosthern proved very until, by a recent decision of the school board, all non-residents in that town were excluded from school privileges. As the in- crease of the population necessi- tated increased facilities, re- quiring another teacher and higher taxes, these foreigners were sent home. This deasion has brought out a great deal of expression in favor of the Douk- hobor children. One of the teachers in the Rosthern school writes under date of Eighth Month 31st, 1903: “The Douk-

hobor boys who have been pres fent (attending school) are happy, prosperous and well. But our hopes for their future in Rost- hern have been dashed to the ground, for the board of trustees finding the school-room over- crowded for three teachers, and not feeling able to hire a fourth, passed a resolution that all the children of non-rate payers should be informed ^ey

could no longer attend I think the Doukhobor boys felt it keen- ly. They have won the favor and respect of every one about the town by their quiet and gen- tlemanly conduct. Their coming out (from the Saskatchewan Colony — twenty-five miles dis- tant) to the town and donning tb€ dress worn by the children here and getting accustomed to

their manner of living, has cer- tainly done these children good.

Another teacher says, “All the

(Doukhobor) boys made excellent progress and could understand English wonderfully and answer in it. It was the spirit of being so willing to learn which they all had all the time that made it so interesting and satisfactory o teach them. Their progress in arithmetic was so good that 1 advanced them in that subject with my higher classes.

“Their conduct from the first day they entered my room till the last was all that could be de- sired. 1 never once had to re- prove them • • • •

“I can see people here are angry at the action of the board, and if only a school-meeting could be held these trustees

would find out they have crossed

the better sentiment of the town.

In some way or other I hope those boys will soon be at schoo again and I just wished to tell you how satisfactory they had been as pupils and how heart- sorry I was to lose them.”

For some time a plan to bring a few of these children to Phila- delphia has been under consider- ation and when this unexpected decision of the Rosthern school trustees was made known the time seemed at hand to carry 1 out, especially as the parents of these children, who had been de- barred frbm the Canadian schools, were yery willing for their boys and girls to have such advantages as Friends’ schools near Philadelphia offer.

Some ten or twelve of these children will soon be on their way here and those Friends who have taken a heart-felt interest in the education of the Doukho- bors will have an opportunity to provide suitable holmes for them.

It is desirable that they attend schools under the control of Friends.

Any further information may

be obtained from Joseph Elkin-

ton, 817 Mifflin street, Philadel-

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Ninth Month I6th, 1903.

The following letter appears in a London paper:

Yorkton, N. W. T. 2 Aug. Peter Veregin, the former Si- berian convict of eighteen years standing, and present leader of the Canadian Doukhobors, has MoHgb, peace to the troubled communities here and at Rost- hern, and has made good prog- ress in his self-imposed task of converting the fanatical Doukho- bors into good Canadian farmers.

One of the most difficult fea- tures of the Doukhobor settle- ments with which the imnligra- tion authorities have had to deal was the refusal of the members to homestead the land. Their opinions have within the past

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few months undergone a decided th( change in this respect. Every male Doukhobor over the age of thi eighteen years has applied for a ag quarter section, and one thousand it seven hundred and forty-three pi homestead entries have been pa made since Veregin’s arrival in In the country.

It is significant that the name ®P ofNicoli Zebroff, who was the prime leader of the pilgrimages, “j appears as the attorney for five P* hundred of the settlers who have w made application during the last L month. ^

Although seemingly a little ^ thing, Veregin made one change during his visit to Winnipeg, which is destined to have a great effect on the Doukhoboristic com- munities. While in the office of ^ the commissioner of immigration he had expressed the wish to be- come a good Canadian, and the ^ suggestion was made that he ^ should begin by dressing in the ^ clothing of the country. The ^ Doukhobor leader said nothing, . but when he reappeared at the ^ immigration office on the follow- ^ ing day a wonderful transforma- tion in his appearance had taken | place. The leader’s hair was ^ cut short, the long sweeping ; beard had completely disap- peared, and in place of the Rus- sian blouse and trousers, Ver- egin was attired in a suit of store clothes, with all the accessories of starched linen and neat cravat.

Veregin was a little uncomfort- able, but proud of the fact that he had sacrificed his personal feelings for his loyalty to his adopted country. The costume of his followers will not be long in undergoing a similar change.

Veregin has set them another and more important example. He has begun the study of English, and knows enough of it now to pronounce familiar words, and to write his name in English char- acters.

While in Winnipeg, Veregin, who was the head of a committee composed of his chief lieutenant, Paul Planidin, and Nicoli Zeb- roff, purchased four registered Clydesdale stallions and forty draught horses for use in his settlement, and also a consider- able quantity of agricultural machinery. It will be interest- ing for those who still regard the Doukhobors as irresponsible no- mads to know that in this sec- tion alone the people own four hundred and sixty-nine working horses, seven hundred and eighty- four cows, six hundred and forty- one one and two-year-olds, eigh- ty-eight oxen, one hundred and fifty-nine ploughs, eighty disc I harrows, seven seeders, eight self-binders, forty-seven mowers, two hundred and sixty-three wagons, and two hundred and seven sleighs, this in addition to

the purchases recently made.

The financial setback given to their settlement by the pilprim- ages was considerable, although it must be remembered that peo- ple who caused the disturbance paid for the cost of it themselves. In order to provide more money for the purchase of stock in the spring of next year one thousand of the young men of the commu- nity have volunteered for em- ployment on the construction, work of the Canadian^ Northern lines next winter. It is estima- ted that each of these young men will earn one hundred dollars, and the sum of one hundred thousand dollars thus gained will be largely used for the pur- chase of more stock and ma- chinery for the use of the whole community.

Cornelius Jansen, a Mennonite, and a brother of Senator Jansen, of Nebraska, has interested him- self in the matter of the educa- tion of the Doukhobors, and has a scheme for a system of schools in the different villages. The settlers will themselves build the schools, and funds for the sup- port of teachers are being con- tributed, principally by Quaker societies, both in America and England.

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Saturday, Dec. 19. Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye

shall drink; nor ya for your body, what

ye shall put on. Is not life wore than meat and the body more than rainumtf Matt. 6: £6.

A simple life is a blessing. By it our thoughts are not diverted from God by injurious living or frivolous dressing. The man with but a loaf of bread does not say “what shall I eat,” when he is hungry. It is the womah with a dozen changes of raiment who is frequenty handicapped . by having nothing to wear, while the one whose wardrobe consists of a calico frock and a shawl has no need to debate the question, “what shall I put on?”

There are spiritual and intel- lectual heights to which one’s mind may rise. Why make it a slave to the back or the belly better fitted to serve the pig in the pen, than the man created in the image of God. Long living and simple feeding go together and love for God does not , har- monize with love for display.

If one can design a scheme of humility, good sense and refine- ment dictate that display shall not be a part of it. Love for display often transforms good

people into self-righteous bigots, ai and is a very common beginning tl for dishonesty and immorality. h< Sunday, 20. And they corUinued daily ai loith one accord in the temple. Acte t: 4S. n;

The first Christian prayer tc meetings were daily and not bi weekly occurrences. Some go to S service once between Sundays, tt, others are there on Sunday and \ others are there some Sundays. ci A man’s religion on Sunday tl should only be a fraction of his n religion, no matter how strictly a it is kept then it does not make v up for the rest of the week. As h perfume permeates the whole at- p mosphere of a room so our re- ligion ought to get into every q day, every hour, every minute of our life. The notion that quit- t ting work on Saturday night and I doing nothing until Monday s is examplary Christian conduct 2 doesn’t speak much for Christian 1 character. One’s Sabbath will ( be what his week days make it. 1 It is easy enough to be good one i day in seven, but it is a hard and i tedious struggle with temptations 1 and the weaknesses of the flesh to make every day a time of con- 1 scientious service. It is not 1 special days, but every day that tests true discipleship.

Monday, 21. Obadiah feared the Lord greatly. 1 Kings 18\ S.

Obadiah was a God-fearing man in the service of a bloody, idol worshipping, licentious, mas- ter and yet remained true. Need our daily vacations take us from God? we ask. Some say business and religion won’t mix. One of- ten hears the excuse “In my business you can’t be a Chris- tian.” Such an excuse simply means this— I would rather be in j a sinful business than be a Chris- t tian; “I choose the devil rather ' than Christ, for my master.” It is selling a soul for a business.

^ How cheaply that soul is sold.

I It is worth no more to its owner r than the profits of a little mer-

1 chandize. How foolish 1 What t shall a man give in exchange for

2 his soul?

1 Tuesday, 22. Whatsoever God daeth, it 0 shall be forever. Ecd. 3: U- y Throughout ages the diamond e in the mine may have cried: s “Why don’t God let me sparkle” s and there are men and women 1, who follow their duties well, do- ing their best, but they chafe un- 1- der restraint. They fear their ’s lives are thrown away. Their a soul aspires to high things; they y are gifted, they can do worthy n things; but poverty handicaps in them, sickness puts them back; ig the opposition of jealous or more er fortunate ones cripple them and they are led to think that be- cause their names are not heard of they are doing no good. But e- think. Can any one tell you the ill name of the good Samaritan, or or point out the place where the od prodigal’s father lived. Or does

any one make a pilgrimage to the grave of the widow who gave her all. Do men on earth or arch- angels in heaven pronounce the names of those heavenly minis- ters who came to our Lord in the bitter agony of Gethsemane? Such jewels do not sparkle as men like to see them sparkle.

Yet the brilliancy of a monarch’s crown is nothing compared with the light they have shed into millions of dark souls. As long as the earth shall remain their work will go on. As long as heaven endures their work shall praise God.

w -i4ri»«lay , 23. And he called the name of that place Bethel. Oen. £8: 19.

Christ declared to the woman by the well that the time was here when God was to be wor- shipped, not alone in temples and sacred places, but every- where where there was a soul going out after God, God would respond. Eyery place was to be a Bethel— a house of God. How many Bethels are there in our lives? — places where God is seen? Troubles come to us as they did to Jacob. These troubles bless, for when no power on earth can help we find that God has helped us. We may be alone in the world, our sky may be dark. No cheerful voice is heard, no friend helps. But that very lonesome- ness is a Bethel. Whenever in life’s adversities one* sees God, be it his protective shield or his provident care there ,.surely we find a sweet Bethel.

Jacob’s pillow became an altar, about that sacred spot a nation gathered, there Christ came to declare the sweet truths of a uni- versal fatherhood. How true the analogy. Man has his God. He worships Him; a^ Christ re- veals himself there.

Thursday, 24. Qo into all the' world,

preach the Gospel to every creature. Mark

■ 16: 15.

God gives to every [.human soul ^ a message to deliver. To one it ^ is some revealing of science. A great astronomer (Kepler) spoke j of himself as thinking over God’s thoughts after him, as he traced 1 out the paths 'ofl the stars and : laws of the heavens. To the po-

” et God gives thoughts of beauty a which he is to speak to the world, and the world is richer,

1- sweeter, and better for hearing r his message. We do not* realize r how much we owe to the