Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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JN i RIUI PART Splendid Ovations E Presidential Part) WELCOME WAS BOUNDLESS Everywhere the Nation's Chief Execu tive Was the Recipient of Typical Southern Hospitality-H.appy in His Speeches-Well Up on Local History-Greeted With Enthusiasm by Enormous Crowds. TJhe splendid Southern tour of President Roosevelt began with his vi.it to Rihrnond on Wednesday. Thousanis upon th. usanids of patri oti' eitizens poured out at the capital city of the Old Dominion to do hom age by their presence to the nation's first citizen. No printed account can do justice to the enthusiastic recep tion accorded the distinguished guests of the etiy and the' State. Address ing the tremendous throng present, Mr. Roosevelt, among many tactful, patriot'ic and thriling things, Said: "I trust I need hardly say how great is my pleasure at speaking in this historic capital of your historic State: the State than which no other has contributed a larger proportion to the leadership of the nation; for on the honor roll of those American worthIies whose greatness is not only for the age, but for all time, not only for one nation for all the world, - on this honor roll Virginia's name stands above all otiers. And in reeti ng all of you. I know that no one will grudge my saying a special word (f ack no wledgement to the vet erans of the civil war. A man would, indeed, be but a poor American who could without a thrill witness the way in which, in city after city, in the North as weil as in the South, on every public occasion. the men who wore the blue and the men who wore the gray 0now march and stand shoulder to shoulder giving tangible Iproof that we are all now in fact as well as in name a reunited people, a people infinitely richer because cf the pricees memories left to all Amer icans by you men who fought in the great war. Last M1emorial Day I spoke in Brooklyn at the unveiling of the statue of a Northern general, ander the auspices of the Graind Army of the Republic. and that great audience cheered every allusion to the valor and self-devotion of ihe men who followed Lee as heartily as they <-heered every alusion to thle valor and self-devotion of the men who folltowed Grant. "The wounds left by the great civil wa:- have long healed. but its memories remain. Think of it, oh, my countrymen, think of lie good fortune that is ours! That whereas every other war of modern times has left 'feelings of rancor and bitterness to keep asunder the combatants, our great war has left to the sons and daughters of the men who fought on whichever 'ide they fought. thie same vight to feel the keenest pride in the great deeds alike of the men who fought on one side and of the men who fought on the otlher. The proud sef-sacrifice, the resolute and daringr courage, the high and steadfast de votion to the right as each man saw it. whether Northerner or Southern er. these qoalities render all Amer icans forever the debtors of those wvho in the dark days from 'Gl to '65 proved their truth by their endeavor. H-ere around Richmond. here in your own State. there lies battletield after b atlefield, rendered memiorale by the men who counted death as but a little thing when weighed in the balance against doing their duty as it was given them to see it. These meni have left us of the younger genera ion not merely the memory of what thov did in war. but of what they did in neace. -Great though the mneed of praise is which is due th~e South for the sldierly valor her sons displayedt during'the four years of war. I 1 hink that even greater pros is du~e to her for what her people have ae compished in the forty years ot' iece which followed. For forty vcears the South has made net rnrely a courageous5. but at times. :1 dser at:- struggi,' as she hais siviven f or moral and material wecll-heimi. 1ier * News in Brief. The Lehigh Valley Railroad Comn pny has acq1uired all the property of Coxe Bros.. the most exquisite mn dviual operators in in the Pennsyl varia anthrac-ite field. C'ashier S. Lee C'lark, of the En trp-ise National Bank of Allegheny Cit'. Pa., c.ommtinted mnic-id. and an nestigation1 started by the bank ex aiaer was followecd by plaing" the insitution in charge or a receiver. According to a Paris paper, France reeted Great Britain' roosal. for an alliance on1 the Morocc'ai 1pxet t: nu lter reconisidered. an 'w ernung 11 ntithc' such ant.~i. alan- woulu be cause for war. The Mikado is shiOdn verywhere Tendered On Southern Trip success has been extraordinary, andt all citizens of our common country Should feel joy and pride in it; for any great deed done, or any fine qu1ulities show.n by one group of Americans, of necessity reflects cred it upon alil Americans. While discussing at some iength the dluties of citizenship. the Prsi dent said: 'This -overnmerit was formed wili as its basic idea the principle of treating each man on his worth as a man, of payint no heed to wheth er lie was rich or poor. or heed to his creed or social standing, but only to the way in which lie performed his duty to himself, to his neighbor, I to the State. From this principle we cannot afford to vary by so much as a hand's breadth. Many repub lies have risen in the past, and sone of them flourished long, but sooner or later they fell. and the cause most potent in bringing about their fall P T i _Nk4 R speakig i . Mr. oosevelt "Gntemn I ~ cantsfiinl wasei msao cesore fatwhat I i inhmy frwa toress goenTino the plinhavng.a of u ts.a ofether weinmet ouion pnerstn o through our ancesaoruewo intheheluvenrngh seakin ihepromud righ tosalene theGel-deotin anoth steicient edherence to right as deep aeto ofke the yn whou wo reetedbu and t-ey mYnuwhowote theagrly so tme sra conet toe hat swaed Atoepint ra inres Think of marh thed frteient sourans it pie l. inJang, eiden of ts heherop mont an aestorswornhebu Exoritheon sourpan all adrese atheringl o thf se-eotion, foll os: esc~df Rdere matorightos o N groes. o eac mant to conertuae right uon lie bysheowing wrhowore theilre Aeanl to congratulae te grayrin hegatso h conte that. wwae Ate ontc rs in the lien-mac ePrithak andWsth ies B.antiaoo. preideta. theCabe.oth of erthqak seas follthere Sda wafrno on.Ituas str uone have mladetn ofrther th wshoe asf Saurdeay.ocngauat Saigon, Jmaa, By Cable.-An oer earthquake shok was felt her C.:3 Sunday evening. listing for nealy a minute. Le w: s oppres~K'ively hot bafore the shoek ok place. Bryan Does as Japs Do. hv te Jpan-mercanSociety at the Iai Clu. 2hb in honor of W.1J. Bryan 2:san emfinenft succs. ik'ron lRenc n preside . Mr. ran entieved Ide the ~un.iV theitorcrdat dustrial interests of this city. All they have done irt that way, Mr. Jackson. means a ienuie progress for the raee. I III .lad as an Aneirean. foI wha: you are dong. Tile standint of the bank which in tI c;ity is mnanahd by colored men. .hould g-ive genuine pride to all the olred men of this country. Its record is an envirh'(i]'n. YO (o! ored Imen lh .how .I buisiIess life both iai itr and hiJh order in 1erity ar real bee 1cor.(o4o~ ot vooir rae,. bit of tIe whol coun trv.' Duringa Mr. Roosevelt s progress through the city he showed special in terest in the school children lined up to greet him. the whites on one side of Broad street. the blaeks on .he other. le was mitch amused at an other point by the appearance of a huge stuffed bear. over which was the sin: "'Mr. Roosevelt. have a shot; the only one in Richmond.'' ie laughed heartily at this. As the pres idcntfial party passed the Centenary Method chuirch. ilthe chiimes in the tower of the church rang out "My Countrv. 'Tis of Thee.' nd t. an other iint a hundred anl fifty irls froml 1he Womans' C'ollee. tttired in pure white. sang tIle same anthem. Everywhere the party's ''r'less v.as throuh s1reets packed with well dressed People. wIo cheered the Pres ident ent!msi icav. and showed in every way their deligit at seeuing Ie chiet Iauistrate of the cilltrv. As Mr. Roosevelt left lie said to a re porter: "I want the people of R 'ichimond to know what a pleasure it has been for me to have been with them, and to have had an opportunity of meeting them personally. If they like me half ........ .. . . OR ROEVL. asIlkete, ewl cl t.qae an Illb stifid'' - asrolikedi th e Pri enl t honoar :-tand to be c s itati onbrough aoGleign. brot euciadit waser is said tolb. The greatsube ofth pa eope eve bronderfu toeather, Noth rioina did the Prws tPes dehnt's cirsonaditofaie attion roughted raboesobydthesuddndath bodnesseof nor Gleecnn whicrher u i hetlelaevefr cmlyn ell. goveeatr ofth daere he sondperal toeNothr Car :intens interest gos tordeny pep turetmof tecowdzesi the President pferoaiy higen onsrcetionfte Pesidten woalcs, indthued tothe ofe hids secrowd in hhe sadecl ardfo "I l~etad goeretah captol of Norths Caoina cohaver an chisc tl were sfur ast tato. North (ar diais part imuh astoray haseer e Bt.fo hy Wieandv Cloe.m h oe thivorc from they we and thei ureto rothe hiln, the Preident one fsthistan cief of mleo Presheentfasesstrobitedwto theatsi endot. od a esidi at Th1 prlfid herfa theled cpia-~ N orthin theinotto hrepr ak eare toi eto av been .f9he200, an000.r etoou re Ct inOptate. ivrhes.ro Fall iver.n~ honale. ci.It wa-i Dp. rden oile taher .5 oa ve of dioe front oris wifes ante e t n o thevae agd vi a North Carolina that the Mecklenburz De.-k ration of Independence fore shadowed the couz-e taken in a fekw short months by the representltivess of the thirteen colonies asembled i Phiadlpia.NothCarolina (.:11: righttully say that she pointed u:s the war- whih :l to the formation of the new nation. In the Cevolution she did 'nanv 'mmorble deeds; and the ha LI C oi Kings Mountain marked the turnig point of the Revolutionary war in the South. But I congratulate von not only upon your past. but upon the g:reat industry and activity shown ti -reat industrial activity shown in vur Commonwealth. an industlial actirity -which, to iertion but one thine,'has placed the State .second oily to one other in the number of tce:t Ie factories. Youi are showing iii practical fashion your realization of' the truth. that there must De a om daion Of 01 material wel-being in rder that any commuity i ma make real and rapid progress. And I am h111,y to sy that on u arc in addition shm~~~ia~ inpotclfsin you IIn dentan'ding of the ereatt trin that this material weil-being, hough n"e essiry a a foundation, can oniy be the foni''1 ion. andi that upon it iiust baised the p-inrstlucture of a hii er life. if the Coionwealth is to S-Ad as it siould stand. More and m01 e yon are givin' care and atten to .ducatio and educaton m te prmloin not only of in dus; ry, but oLf that g-ood citizenship iv rests upon individual rights .!( un'aOn the recognition by each in dividual that lie has dutjes as well as rights-in other words. of that. -ood citizenship which rests upon mml101.1 integrity and intellectual free dom. The man raust be decent in his home life, his private life. of course; but this is not by itself enough. The mani who fails to be honest and brave bot i in his political franchise and in his private business contributes to po lit -ail and social anarchy. Self-gov ernment is not an easy thing. Only he comnmunitics are fit for it in which the average individual prae tis the virtue of self-conmand. of sie I-restraint, of wise d&.sintersted ees1 combined with wise self-interest; whre the individual possesses coin noa sense. honesty and courage. Here Mr. Roosevelt dwelt at length in the great problems of the day. He s.) ke of the Appalachian Park, and disussed railway rate legislation in a o servative, but vigorous way. In a xay. in fact. to show that he means to push some definite measure. In closing lie said: It must be understood as a matter of course. that if this power in grant d it is to be exercised with wisdom aul caution and self-restraint. Thc Inner-State Commerce Commission or other government oficial who failed to protect a railroad that was in the -inht nainst any .lamor, no matter o violent, on the part of the public. ( ald be guilty of as gross a wrong' as if he corruptly retndered an im prper service to the railroad at the xeise of the publie. When I sa-y a1 -l(.lare deal I macan a square deal; ex-' ailv as much a square deal for the iel mani as for theC poor man: iut no an'or. Let each stand on his merits. -eeive what is due himz and be *jdgd according to his desserts. To n re lie is not entitled. and less he shll ntot have.' Great Crowds Everywhere. Leaving Raleigh, the Presidential pirty made short stops at Durham, Greensboro, High Point. Salisbury, menord and other places, where the pople were out in great numbers to :eet them. At Charlotte the party as taken to Vance Park, where tventy thonsand people had assem bled to see and hear Mr. Roosevelt. : ibeing introduced he said in part: Spoke at Charlotte. "Mr. Mayor, Mr. President, and iou, my fellow-citizens. men and wo en of North Carolina: " I have enjoyed more thani can say jssng through the great State to ay. I entered your borders a pretty ood American, and I leave them a letter American, and I have rejoiced a ithe symptoms of ycur abonnding aterial prosperity. 1 am here in a rreat center of cotton manufacture. Aithin a radius of a hundred miles of his city, perhaps half of the cotton nnaufatring in the Iited States as lone. I realize to th< full, as does .ery .rood citizen, that there must be n foundation of mnateuial prosperity; ion which to build t1e welfare of e t~~ or nation: but I -en lize also, as does every good citizen that maternal >osperity-material awell-beinz--ean iever be anything but tae foundation. i s the indispensable feundation. but f we do not raise up~on at the super trtumttre of a higher cit zenship, then cm fail in bringing this to the lev-el towhich it shall and wii be brouighit. Apnnlaus).- And so. tlough I con iraruate!i( -:oul upon wh~t youl hee ioni. in t he way of miatefial gtrowth'. I eozratulat'. you even mre uponl the News Notes Ihe murder of Giactio Costa, a B-okyn butcher, wh, was shot ild, is ascribed by the police to thle Napolitan Camorra, hi: four broth errlavingz died by violaiee. Pintrs of Sugfolk stucek last weekI (1 alnig an in:-ease from .9.7 toI :2 or a ninle-hour d:r. Owing to b lo~- of work the enatraetors ac eeed to their demand. Swept by Tor~ado. t. Lous. Specia!.-A tornado druc the village of So'e'i'f- IlL mie orthlwest of -t.I Loui Ni111 20i person1s. iijmn' ' 35 athe rs. wh thtree will pr.,,aby ie. and: the' O. Errythmn e the tac ot he tornado sis redurced tu~ . c'm. oir bon away.. great historic memories of your m5tnte. It is not so very far from here the; Mfeeldenrburw D~eelaratUionl of I ole pendelice w ;ronl'.e td rahe be g-reeted by oneo no rhCr li n'! ( and I hn'ow 1 tha t 1eiher the Governor. tihe ;i4y:-or :'>erators will blan)e Ime fr wha .N- i :an in g to say) vhse ' :reetin p-a1d an zd touch'ed mle m1ore tzhan- the lriet, of any man ou11ld have touched me. I was greeted by the widow of Stone wall Jackson (appleause). And we of this united country have a rigit to challenge as a part of the heritage of horor and glory of each American the reunion of the people-Amerieans who fought in the Civil War-wheth er they wore the blue or whether they wore the gray. (Applause). The valor shown alike by the men of the North and the men of the South as they batled for the right, as God gave them to see the right, is now part of what we, all of us, keep with prile. it was my good fortune to ap point to West Point the grandson of Stonewall Jackson. (Applause). "Here, as I came up your sitreels, I saw a monument raised to a fellow soldier of mine who fell in the Span ish war at Santiago-to Shipp. of North Carolina. (Applause). The morning of the fight. he and I took breakfast together. It wasn't iuci of a breakfast, but it was the only breakfast that was going, aiid we were glad to get it. The night before, I had no supper, and lie and his comrades gave me out of the very small amount that they had a sand wich. In the morning they had no material for breakfast but by that time my things had come up and I shared my breakfast fith them. That was at dawn. Before noon. one of them was killed, and the other (as we then though) fatally wounded. "And now there are here men who 1 fought in the great war. We who went in in '.S had the opportunity to fight only in a small war, and all that I e clain is that we hope we showed I a spirit not entirely unworthy of nen who faced the mighty and terrible i days from '61 to '65." (Applause). I Every Man Has a Duty to Perform. "And ncw, gentimen. thougi we glory in the memories of the past. we i nust rememh;er ever to keep these nemories,. not as excuses for failing to do well in the past, but as incen ives to spur us on to action. In life, I every victory won inevitably brings r is face to face with a new struggle. I The men of one generation have to i do their allotted task. If they fail to i io it, thev accumulate misfortune un to those who come after them. If t they do it, it yet remains true that i the men who come aftcr them must do rheir tasks in return. It is just as it is with you, my escort, the mn of the National Guard. lie airtillermen,. the infantrymen, if there comies a I ar. I know I can count on yon and(1 Lhose like you, because the memoryt if~ what your fathers did will make I ou ashamed not to rise level to the I lmands of the new time, as they ose level 1o the demands of their < im. (Applause). Here the President turned aside nd asked how much more time he had --if it was not twvo minutes. Some i ne told him to speak as long as he wanted to, when he made the char ateristic utterance (sotto voice) that e 'would like to go an all night.") r Crop of Children the Best Crop. C want to say to you men and women that I have been immensely impress a with North Carolina-with her ag riculture, with her industries. but that the crop that I like best is the rop of children. (Applause) andl I onratulate North Carolina on the hildren seem to be all right in quality r and quantity.'' (More applause). At the conclusion of the President's ~ peeh -he was driven rapidly in an automobile to the station. At 7.45 the train departed for greenville with the President 's party. The Charlotte people gave PresidentV Roosevelt a royal recept ion, arnd he t was delighted.t The hospitality shown him here was minque. It looked as if the entire own had turned out to greet and ieer the distinguished guest. Tfhis concluded the President's tour f North Carolina. His reception v ~erywvhere was most cordial, and if esults thus far are any inaication of -hat are to follow. his Southern tripC niust have a most happy effect in e very way. Reception to Mrs. Rocsevelt. c At Charlotte Mrs. Roosevelt was it by a committee of representative P dies of the city. aeddb r. tonewal Jackson. She was esicorted s othe home of Mrs. Jackson where s hreeved a number of distinguish 4' a dies w ~hie t e president soke. Three Wcaped Prisoners. h roxville. Tenn.. Suecial.-Heis. ri Dixon .1John Wooiru~i and Geo. n alce were arrested here on the h e of breaking jail at Asheville ' av0 nt. One oft thm stated il thec had h:'e, i1 four mot" sawv- d n tir w:>y out of? thev ail anh ha te sa'.. w.re se : nto :he I ,ison by~ thc wife of a te!!a pris. jh mer -'i wo wa~s intcarecrated on the n . Crge oflimurder. h i An Important Invention. A patenit was r'cenrtly issued to n . . .Bost. of China Grove. N. C., p or a virc-st ret cher. that will p~rove a est blessing to furmers. it canp r 'diy - :-ured to Jcfence )40st r 'hr pp:' r*. and can tibtn. h dr. Bos in regadtohndig h' nve e~.tion, w.hich is a "sure w'inner. . e WELCOMED IN GEORGIA Gcc.rgia Gives a Great Welcome to -h Man Whem Editor Graves Dsclar in Speech at Luncheon to Be H-e: Most ltir.s Grandson and I00, 000 People Are Said to Have Sce and Heard im. dent's visit to At!anta Friday was L marked event in tii history of th< State of Geor Lia. le was reeted or his arrival by distinguished citizen:s and on every hand were shoutet Words of welcome that left no roon for doubt of their sincerity. Th< city was in gala attire and business was practically suspended that all ight greet the distinguished guest South Carolina. in the person of Gov ernor Hvward. added its welcome to the South in no uncertain tones. On beine iitrodiced to the vast tr'ni present. Mr. Roosevelt made a >rillian-t an1d tIm l U) pee J chI . 11mon1 uanv (ther thiiugs sayii: Here is this great industrial cen ter in tis city is a typical Stuthern eh V. it is natural to con ;ider certain phases oil the marv-sid ?d industrial problem which this rneration have to solve. In this world of ours it is practically impos ible to get success of any kind on t large scale without paving some hing for it. The exceptions to the -ule are too few to warrant our pay ng heed to them; and as a rule it -ay be said that something must be aid as an offset for everything we et and for everything we accomplish. his is notably true of our industrial ire. The problems which we of Am rica have to face todoy are very erious. but we will do well to remem er that after all they are only part f the price which we have to pay or the triumphs we have won, for the iili position to which we have attain ,d. If we were a backward and sta ionary country we would not have to aee these problems at all? but I hink that most of us are agreed that o 0e backward and stationary would e altogether too heavy a price to av for the avoidance of the problems Squestion. There are no labor roulle-s where there is no work to be lone by labor. There are no troubles Lbout corporations where ithc poverty f the community is such that it is ot worth while to form corporations ['here is no difficulty in regulating ailroads where the resources of a egion are so few that it does not ay to build railroads. There are m'ny excellent people who shake their teads over the difficulties that as a ration we now have to fee; but their elancholy is not warranted save in very partial degree. for most of the hings of which ther complain are the 1evitable accompaniments of the :rowth and greatness of which we .re proud. "Now I do not wish to be misunder tood. I do not for one moment sean to say that there arc not many nd serious~ evils with which we have grapple, or that there are not un eathy signs in the body, social and ~olitie; but I do mean to say that hile we must not show a foolish ptimsm we must not less beware of mere blind pessimism. There is very reason why we should be vigi ant in searchiingz out what is wrong ad unflinchingly resolute in striving > remedy it. But at the same time e must not blind ourselves to what as been accomplished for good, and ove all we must not lose our heads d become either hysterical or ranco us in grappling with what is bad. He also discussed the regulation of >mmere,. the Chinese boycott and ther subjects of vital interest to the outh. At a banquet, speakng inpromptu, praised Joel Chandler Harris "Uncle Remus'') -is one of the fore rost writers of the age. He also said: The surest way of blunting the ubic conscience in dealing with cor aption is to confuse the public mind s to who is corrupt and who is not. hre are plenty of men .from whom re differ radically, plenty of men of hem we radically disapprove, as to om it is right and necessary that e should express that disapproba on; but beware of expressing it in ns, that imply mornal reprob~ationl. governor Heyward Adds Welcome. Following the President's address, olonel Graves introduced Governor erward of South Carolina, as the ue'st second in honor only to the na on's Chief Executive. Governor yward added his welcome to the :o1th to that already extended by orgia. He declared that nowhere ud the President receive a more earty welcome than in the South, d ~he joined most heartily with eor'ia in honoring the Presider.t. In losing Governor Heyward pro sed the health of Mrs. Roosevelt. Iready on her way to Washington, nd the pretty compliment wvas re onded to by '.he entire conupany :anding. At HEis Mother's Old Home. Roswell, Ga., special.-President oosevelt carried out his long cher hed pla.n of visiting the home- of is mother-Roswell. Ga. One of his asos for~ coming South was that he ig~ht see 'the old homestead vrbere s mother spent her girldhood, and hih she left a happy bride. That i visit wvs fraught with many ten r reoiections was evident , sad as s e: ri:me1 drove awayn from the old llo mansion, wvher his mother ed anid married, the President's rmur to Mrs. Rocsevelt: "I can irdlv bear to live here. In speaiking to the pen>pie lie said: "You can hav no0 ide'a of low osell the [home of my\ mother and .v mther's reople *tnd to et" IX II:oodl. "It has bo yar a 'rt f any m~'an here to 1 eel a m:e: Spride in the deeds cd every South nrthan I feel." I THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR OCTOBER 29s Subject; Power Through God's Spirit, Zech. iv., 1-10-Golden Text. Zecb. iv., 6-Memory Verses, S-1o-Commentry on the Day's Lesson. I. Zechariah's vision (vs. '-3). .1 "The angel." The same angel who bad shown Zechariah his other visions *came again." *'Waked me." The prophet had slept after the first series of visions, and he is now aroused to be instructed further. 2. "Behold a can dlestick." This was no doubt similar to the seven-branched candlestick of Solomon's temple,- although the bowl, the pipes and the two olive trees were peculiar to this vision. The candle stick was. 1. A type of the Jewish na tion. God's chosen people to shed light to the Gentiles. If they were willing to carry out God's purpose they could not fail. 2. A type of the Christian clurcli (Rev. 1:20). (1) Its purpose was to give light. (2) Its material was precious and costly, showing the preciousness of the church. (3) Its seven lamps in one denote the unity of God's people. (4) There was a con stant supply of oil, so the Holy Spirit supplies the church with the grace of God. (5) The candlestick was not the light, but held the light; it is the I work of the Christian to hold up the true light, which is Christ. "All of gold." Pure in doctrine and practde and indestructible-the true ideal of the church. "A bowl." The fountain o.f supply of oil to the lamps. This is the emblem of Christ, through whom the Spirit is given. "Seven lamps." There was only one lamp stand, de noting the unity of God's people, but it 'had various branches and lamps, denoting their multiplicity in unity. and the number was seven, the symbol of their completeness. "Seven pipes." See R. V. Each lamp had seven pipes connected with the bowl. 3. "Two olive trees." The oil usu ally burned in the lamps was olive oil, pressed from the fruit of the olive tree. The olive trees, one on each side of the lamp stand, express the source of supply. The bowl of oil would soon be exhausted unless a continual supply, flowed into it. The trees represent an'. inexhaustible fo .tain connected with the very nature of the Creator. The supply of power does not come through. human ministrations, but directly from God. 4. "What are these." Even in spired men do not always understand divine teachings. It is sometimes wise to ask questions. 5. "No, my lord." If we would receive instruction we must be rcady to acknowledge our Ig norance. II. The interpretation (vs. 6-14). 6. "Word-unto Zerubbabel."" This. vis ion was to inspire the people with con fidence in their leaders as divinely gus tained, and the lead'ers wffh do'pfidene in their divine appointment' to the work, and to lead all to the true source. of strength and success. "Not bY might." Of thy own. Not by theIr ar mies, for they had none. "Nor by power." Authority from others. "But by My spirit." The providence, au-7 thority, power and energy of the Most High. No secular arm. no human pru dence. no earthly policy, no suits at law, shall ever be used for the fbund ing, extension and preservation of', My church. '7. "0 great mountain.'"--..This was.-a.. figure suggesting the great,work to be accomplished and the many .difficulties in the wniy. The opposition from his enemies and the lack of zeal among his own people had tended to discour- -"''"' age Zerubbabel. "Become a plain." Be wh'ollyv removed. .At that very time God was influencing Darius to refuse the desires of the Samaritans. and give his favor to Jerusalem (Ezra .6):. "Headstone." As he had laid the foun dation stone, so shall he put up the headstone; as he has begun the build ing. so shall he finish it. "With shoiit ings." Joyful acclamations. 9. "Shall also finish." An encour aging assurance to the prince of Judah. 10. "Day of small things."' Zerubba bel belonged to the day of small things. He did not appear like Sotomon in all his glory, but more like a common main than a great ruler. He seemed infer ior to the governor of Saimaria, and was subject to the King of Persia. We people the past with heroes. We dream of' a future full of' heroes. But how blind we are to the heroes of our own dy and our owntimet This is a universar error. "Shall see the plum met." The perpendicular line with which he should try the finished work. He is master builder, under God, the great Architect. "With those seven." Referring to chapter 3:'9. "They -are the eyes of the Lord." In contrast with those who might be despising the' day of small things, the eyes of the Lord were beholding with foy the work in the hand of Zerubbabel. The Jews themselves despised the foundation of' the second temple because it was likely; to be so' far inferior to thre first (Ezra: 3:12). Their enemies despised the wall when it 'was in process of bulding' (Neir. 2:19; 4:2, 3). . "To and fro." A beautiful figure of God's oversight over the whole earth. 11-14. Three times Zechrariah (vs. 4. IL 12) asked as to the two olives before he got an answer: the question be comes more minute each time. What he at first calls two olive "trees" he afterward calls "branches." as on closer looking he observes that the branches of' the trees are channels through which a continual flow of oil dropped into the bowl of the lamps: ad that this Is the purpose for whieh the two olive trees stand beside the candlestick. Primarily the "two"- re f'er to Jeshua and Zerubbabel. Zerub babel and JTesaiua typified Christ as anointed with the Holy Spirit witheoo measure, to be King and High Priest of the church, snd to build, illuminate' and sanctify the spiritual tetnple Taking His Turn. The other day, as I was walkin . along the Strand, I almost ran.drato the arms of one of my old parishio.n ers from a parish in the north of Yorkshire. He was in gala dress and looking radiantly hanyy a-nd pleased with himself. "Haitoc, Mfr. Blank!'" I said, in greeting my fried. "and what are you doing in town" "Oh." said he. a bit bashfully, "I'se n mae honeymOon." "Dear mc! That's interesting newvs." I said. "and I am aure I congratalate you heartily. DBut where is the bride?" "T'missus?" soil he: "oh, ehe culnf't cme. Hecr mother was tsk en bad on t'we-i!dinlg day, and sh3 hE'd to ;o and nurse hor: soa I thowt i'd econe honeymenin' mnysel.' e see, sir, it was t'aitance of a lirceima, ai I wara't ran' to miss it."-Satur a Vicar in Tid-Bits. Sceec g:ras h-ave pazsed the ex prmetal 3:::ge. They have estab aivhe ctireduainl.sM