Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Press and Banner.! r-sM's*!' ?1 *vc v <y mi rwii <1;?lit*r<- v u ??xr lu i Vednes<;ay, March 20,1912 Protest Against Reckless Auto Driving. Dear Editor : It is a mighty ill wind that does not blow somebody some good and we should b<' thankful for the absence of automobiles during the bad weather of thn niLst. few months. We hope the new city council will pass stringent ordinances with respect to the running of automo biles in the city limits. If the police will do their duty and the mayor will do his the amounts in fines from some of our reckless automobile drivers will swell the city coffers considerably. People with buggies are actually afraid to take their wives and childien to drive for fear of be ing killed by ?.me of theso crazy looking automobile drivers. Aftrvi some of our loved ones are badly hurt;or killed It will be to late for some of these Irresponsible |>eople to say they are sorry. That reminds me of the old say ing that when a man sticks a knife into a another if it hurts ho will take It out. I heard a man siya few days ago that If tho law did not protect him In his right to occupy part of tho road or street he pro posed to protect himself and family. I think there are a good many more In the same frame of mind. If automoblllsts cannot run machines without endangering the lives of others they s hould not be al lowed to run them at all. Snmo seem to think that because they are in a machine they have superior lights to others but! they have not, and they will Jind it out. I am not complaining of the gentleman or lady who are careful but of these careless drivere who must and will be looked after. Citizen. March 19, 19121 Millions of Dollars Lost in Storm Throughout the South At lantic State); Lives Lost, . Traffic Blocked, Bridges Gone. Telegraphic advices from Washington, where| reports were made |to to the central weather bureau; and from points all through the South Atlantic States, par ticularly the coast sections, show that lo the past 36 hours that entire section of the country bus been swept by one of the worst wind and rain storms In many years. Ituilload traffic has beeu almost paralyzed, trestles have t>oen swept away, hignway bridg< 8 all .over the storm swept section are gone and landslides have been report ed in Virginia. Atlanta and Petersburg, Vh,, both suffered heavily. The Congarce and Broad rivers are both reported at 2 o'clock to be rising rapidly, and people along the Congaree river are reported, in messages from.Columbla to b?* leaving their homes. Near Troy, Ala five people were killed, many residences wrecked and the population of lleadland Is panic-stricketi. At Greensboro, N. C? two bridges were carried off, Two persons were killed at Spartanburg. At Farmville, Va., a 6inall cyclcne blew down three houses. In Pet ersburg the city was floodedatid trolley traffic was suspended. Many trains aro tied up by washouts. Communication In many places Is badly hindered, though in Augusta there has been very little wire trouble. in ueorgia rarmers win lose minions 01 dollars?how many can't be estimated now. The property damage from the storm In Atlanta Is alone placed at $200,000, while from all sections of the state and other parts of the South come reports of heavy losses. The Chattahoochoe river, near here reached 27 foet, 8 inches, missing Its high water mark by only three inches. At Co lumbus it had reached 38 feet, with the crest of the flood six or eight hours away. Several Industrial plants were compelled to shut down. Reports from Maoon indicate that both the Ocmulgee and Oconee rivers are out of their banks, carrying away bridges and flooding thousands of acres of farm lands. At Augusta the Savannah river contin ued to rise throughout the day and mer chants "were engaged in moving goods from their cellars. Reports from Anderson, 8. C., are that the Gregg Shoals power plant has been abandoned with the river raging over the dum. The Gregg Shoals contracts for lighting and traction In Greenwood and Abbeville have beon taken up by the Port man Shoals plant on the Seneca river. Numerous washouts have been reported I on tho Southern, Atlanta at West Point, Georgia Southern "and Florida, Charleston and Western Carolina and other railroads throughout the southeast. In the Carolinas the heavy rainfall has resulted in tbe closing down of a score or more cotton mills. EAST END. What "M" Sees aid Heart on His Rounds About the City and Along Route No. 3. Corrected Statement In last week's issue of the Press & Banner I unintentionally made an er roneous statement, but made it as given me and so stated. The state ment was "that one of the Abbeville irnarrlD bnnflrort nna nf fVio ! VUUUv; ^uuiuo nuuvnvu vmv V4 vmv County convicts in the head with the butt of his gun, from which he died in the County Jail Saturday night." The facts as given me by Supervis or Stevenson are thus: As the Convict wagons arrived in town Saturday afternoon, they had aboard a strapping young buck who swore he would die before he would work, and as the wagon stopped he lit out on leg bail, the guard after him, who soon headed him off twice, but seeing he was bent on getting away, he hit him with the butt of his gun and knocked some of his wont work sense out of him, and got him ready for good work Monday morning. The guard was perfectly justified, as he could have shot him down, Just as well and been exeronated by high authority. As there is another negro in the case we will explain chapter second, viz: There was a negro sent up the same afternoon from Calhoun Falls for 30 days, who upon examination was found physically unfit for work and was placed in jail until the Su pervisor could hear from the Falls, when he intended to turn him loose, but before a hearing could be had, the negro died in jail, thus it was that! the two negroes got mixed, one want-; ed to die and couldn't and the other! wanted to live and died. There was a negro hit in the head by a guard, and a negro died in jail, but the one who j died was not the one struck by the j guard. We make this correction with ' great pleasure for the benefit of all concerned, as we never have nor nev er would intentionally and wilfully misrepresent or bring trouble on any person. We hope this will place Capt j Stevenson, the guard and the writer,. li right in the eyes of the public. | Mrs. J. Fanny Marshall celebrated her 80th birthday last Sunday, March' the 17th, 1912. Those present were her son, isllr. J. Calhoun Marshall and grand son, ' Henry Cason, of Anderson; also Mrs.! Cason and her daughter, Marion and son, Calhoun, of Abbeville; all of J whom vied with each other in making the day one of extreme happiness and ' pleasure, long to be remembered by. the aged grand mother. Mrs. Marshall is a lady of the old ! school, is cultivated and refined, po-| sessing a well balanced mina ana re- 1 tentlve memory, remembering and conversing most interestingly of events that occurred in the years long gone by, when Abbeville was only a "country village." Her health is good and she is cheerful in spirits, bright' and happy, and foad of company as in her younger days. We wish for her health and happi ness and that she may have yet many years of pleasure and joy, and that her sons and daughters and grand children may be like olive plants round about her table to cheer and comfort her in her declining years. Sheriff Lyon has been quite sick for several weeks. We hope he will J soon be up and out among his many friends. Mr. Charlie Wilson of the Bethia lnht,ni.Knnf1 <0 VOPV 111 hut 'tia hOD UCl^UUVtUWU AM ed by many friends that his life may yet be sparred to his family and loved ones. Messrs. Richard Sondley and R. E., Cox, Jr., were home last week from! Olemson, shaking hands with their nany friends. Mr. Walter Ktrby and mother have aoved to Atlanta. We wish for thum Uealth and prosperity in their new !iome. Born to Mrs. W. R. Bradley, March :he 7th, a son. Anothor sunbeam (o he home to brighten and choc? thfc iiappy parents. "Spring" wai ushered iu lust Mon day, the bursting buds and unfolding flowers with the merry chirp of the blue birds all betoken the approach of happy spring time. The R. F. D. Carriers all hail its coming with the greatest pleasure for then we know oold, icy winter is in the pas*. Our emporium's of fashion Aril) have their grand "Spring Openings' on Wednesday and Thursday, March 27th and 88th. Don't forget thj daya, but be sure to be on hand or yot: will not be In time to get that love of an Eas ler bonnet or hat, for wunout rnese you know it would not be Easter, (to Many.) on the 7th of cmfwyp shmr dluulduuu Grand, glorious Eastertide conies !n on he 7th of March scarcely three weeks off. Don't rush In your Easter orders the day before and evpoct them all to be filled, remember* it takes time to finish up a pretty hat or bonnet. - " j Miss Plevna Seal has organized a dancing school and has a good class, but there Is room fo more yet. Whato Going on Along Route 8 Mr. R. E. Bruce has accepted a sit uation on the railroad in Augusta. Mr. Tom McNeill with his pretty daughter, Miss Ada, was among the guests in the city last Monday. Mica QaiMo Wnodhurst accompanied by her father were among the visitors in the city Monday. Last Friday nearly all the carriers were turned back by high water. Mc Gaw's bridge on Route 3 is out of plumb and cannot be crossed. This cuts the mail facilities half in two on thiB route; one half the patrons be ing served one day and the other half the next day; thus they now get their mall every other day. Mr. McGaw will Boon have the bridge all right and the mail will go on as formerly. Supervisor Stevenson saya he will The roads are very rough, but are drying up rapidly. Now is a good time to run the drag over them. Mr. J. G. Walker with his nretty grand daughter, MIbs Willie Riley, were among the welcome guests in the city last Saturday. Mr. Walter Wilson is getting on finely keeping batch, but a* the song it h#? in Hvlnr with brighter *n ticlpation for a happier day coming. Messrs. Edwin Parker and Booga Kennedy did some good rock work on the roads recently. The Link boys are building a nice large barn on their plantation near Link's bridge. j The pretty cottage of R. Brown is fust nearlng coaypletlen and when finished will be onfr sg.of : the pretty cottages on Route 3. ** I Mrs. McKenzie is visiting her dau- j ghter, Mrs. 0. L. Jackson at Catawba, I S. C. | Now is the time to look up your | farm Implements and not lose time In doing so when the ground is dry i enough to plough. Time on the farm is money and money saved is money made, then be- j gin to haste. soon give us a new bridge at that point. Has already ordered the lum ber. MADE HIS POINT CLEAR. And Get Hi* Cross Examiner's Goat at tho Same Time. The following anecdote of tbe late well known English actor and musi cian, Tom Cooke, is included by Mr. P. L. Wellmun in hla "Day In Court" and affords a good illustration of tbe Important part played by emphasis and accent: At a trial between certain music publishing bouses as to an alleged pira< cy of a popular song Cooke was sub poenaed as an expert witness by one of the parties. On his cross examina tlon by Sir James Scarlett that learn ed gentleman rather flippantly ques tioned him thus: "Sir, you say tnat tne two meiotnea are the same, but different Now, what do you mean by that?' ! To this Cooke promptly answered, **I said that the notes In the two cop-, les are alike, but with a different ac cent, the one being in common timo and the other in six-eight time, and consequently the position of (he accent of the notes was different." Sir James?What Is a musical ac cent? Cooke?My terms are 0 guineas a quarter, sir. | Sir Jam^s?Never mind your terms here. I ask you what Is a musical ac cent? Can you see It? Cooke?No, Sir James. 8Ir James?Can you feel It? Cooke?A musician can. Sir James (very angry)?Now, pray, lr, don't beat about the bush, but ex plain to his lordship and the jury, who are expected to know nothing about music, the meaning of what you call accent Cooke?Accent In music Is a certain tress laid' upon a particular note In ? A tne same manner as yuu wumu mj ? stress upon a given word for the pur pose of being better understood. Thus if I were tb say "Yon are an asf" the accent rests on ass, but If I wore to say "You are an ass" It rests on you, Sir James. Reiterated shouts of laughter by the whole court, in which the bench Itself joined, followed this repartee. ' Cutting It 8hort Old Farmer Donald Macdonald was Induced to attend a concert After several solo performances a duet was commenced, when Donald turned to hla friend and remarked: 'D'ye ken, Tammaa, now It's got to 10 o'clock they're singing twa at a time so as to get done soonerT" Wifsy Flxsd It. A young storekeeper who had failed the Drevious day was so diffident about meeting bis creditors that be gave bis wife the following Instructions: "Now, Marie, If any one rings, you answer the door and tell them that I'm not In. I'll hide." Nor had he long to wait until a load Jangling of the bell assured him that an irate creditor stood at the door. It was only-a reporter, however. "I wish to speak to your husband." "But he Isn't In," protested the woman. "Well, I understand," said the re porter, getting out his notebook and pencil, "that he Is Insolvent" "Oh, yes," cried the wife, a happy Inspiration seizing her. "He went over there on the 2:40 train yesterday, and I don't expect him back until to morrow."?LippLncotfs. The Charms She Lacked. An English diplomat at a dinner In London told this story on Mrs. Lang try, the once famous "Jersey Lily": "When Mrs. Langtry was at the summit of ber beauty and ber fame? when crowds followed her In Bond street and the Row?she met at a semi royal dinner an African king. "Mrs. Latigtry, dazzling in ber beauty, Mt beside this kingt She was in good Eta Hit VXD A DKRP 81QH. spirits, and she did ber Very best to amuse and please him. And she must have succeeded, for at the dinner's close fee heaved a deep sigh and said to ber: "'Ah. madam, if heaven had only made yon black and fat you would be Irresistible? " A Hirtorlo Occasion. There is something in this story that atvora of the dry wit of the late rharioi PTnvt th? farce writer, says Irvln Cobb In the New York Tribune. Hoyt was leaning against the bar at n well known chophonse one night when an actor who waa notoriously stingy came In accompanied by two friend*. The close fisted one and Hoyt were not on the best of terms, but the former was feeling a bit mellow him self and, moved by a sudden and al most unprecedented burst of generos ity, he turned to Hoyt and sold patron (singly: "Charley, will you Join us? I'm buy ing this drink." I "I certainly will," said Hoyt "I am always glad to assist in the celebra tion of any truly historic occasion." James Frank Clinkscales. Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Abbeville, b. c. Office?First floor City Hall. What Every Woman Knows. A woman always knows when a man Is In lore with her. A man often knows a woman is In love with him when she Isn't?Ufe. Can One Know That He Is Saved and How? By Rev. Howard W. Pope, Superintendent of Men, Moody Bible Institute . . Chicago TEXT.?These things have I written unto ye that believe on the name or tne Son of God, that ye may know that ye have eternal life.?I St. John 5: 13. Yes, if he really la saved. It Is true there are some who think that It 1b presump tlous for me to say that he knows he Is a Christian, but Taul does not agree with them, for he says, "I I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He 1b able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day" (Timothy 1:12). From I John 5:18 we learn that God Intends that all his children shall know whose ohildren they are. I John 3:1 teaches the same doctrine erf assurance: "Be hold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of Ood; and such we are." It is not important that one should know when he flecame a Christian, but it is very important that he should know that he is a Christian. Those who have been converted in childhood often have no recollection of the time when they were convert - ed, but It is not necessary iam iuC? should. It is necessary, however, that they should know that they are converted, If they are to have any Joy or efficiency In Christian work. There are three unmistakable proofs of the believer's sonsblp. I. The witness of God's word. Re member that forgiveness of sin Is something which takes place In the mind of God, and not in the emotion al nature of the believer. Our first and best evidence of any such trans action then, must be the testimony of God Himself. If He names certain conditions upon which He will for give sin, and I comply with these con; dltions. I know that my Bins are for given because I have God's word for It If I accept Jesus Christ as my personal Savior, I know that I have become a child of God because God's word affirms It It Is not a question of how I feel, but of what God says. The feeling may be wholly lacking, and yet the transaction may be none the less real. Dr. A. J. Gordon was once aeann;.' with a lady who claimed to have ac cepted Christ, but who did not feel saved. All efforts to help her were unsuccessful, until finally he asked If she owned the house In which she lived. She said she did. "Do you have a certain 'at home* feeling In thlB house which you do not have In any other?" "Yes." "Is that why you know the house Is yours?" "Cer tainly not. .1 suppose I might feel as much at home In a house which was not mine. If I lived In It long enough." "How then do you know that thlB house Is yours?" "Because I have the deed which conveys the property to me, and have read It with my one eyes." "you are sure mat mis nouse is your because the record says bo?" "Yes." "And you would be Just as sure even If you did not have that peculiar "at home' feeling of which you speak?" "I think so. The feel ing Is very pleasant, but It Is no proof of ownership." "Now If you could see a deed by which God had given to you eternal life, would you believe the record?" "I certainly would." "Would that record be sufficient to convince you without additional .evidence?" "I think It would." He then asked her to read I. John 5:11, 12. "And this Is the record that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life Is In His Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son hath not life." When she had read the verses he asked her If she knew that she was saved, and she said, "I do." Be cause I have God's Word for It" 2. The witness of the Spirit (Ro mans 8:16). "The Spirit Himself DeareiD whubbb wuu uur Bjjini, iuui we are the children of God." Let It be clearly understood that the wit ness of God's Word Is sufficient to prove that one Is child of God, and If one does not believe thle witness, he makes God a liar (I. John 5:10). However the believer Is entitled also to the witness of the Spirit, the con scious realization that he Is a child of God, and he should not rest satisfied until he has It. It Is a part of his Inheritance In Jesus Christ, and If he has not receive# 't. he should rever ently but persistently Inquire the rea son why. "He tl it hath My com mandments and keepeth them I will manifest Myself to him" (John 14:21). 3. The frutt of the spirit (Gal. - a-% .1 + |M 1^..^ b'.ZZ). 1 lie null VM HID cpilll ID IUIC, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temper ance." Thfe Is the evidence which our neighbors will appreciate rnpst, and which ought to be apparent to all. It does not appear all at once, how ever. for fruit grows, and growth re quires time, while a gift Is bestowed Instantly. Getting Even. Eels are the luxury of the East end, and the fish shop stuck up proudly the notice "We sell eels to the king." From the opposite side of the road the rival salesman watched his customers diverted to the shop that claimed to supply the royal table with eels. And then, after a week's reflection, h8 put up the rival notice: "God save the king!"?London Chronicle. Pretending and Knowing. Girls know so much because they pretend not to. 'We Christian's Obligation By Edward A. Marshall, In structor erf Missions, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago Who 1b there' among the Chris tian young people of tnHnv who hag ' never asked him-: self the question: "Should I be a missionary?" es pecially during spiritual awaken ing, when devotion to Christ was be ing emphasized. Such a question ing of conscience 1b usually follow ed by an Inner conflict of reason ing and excuse making, all of which silently but surely test the solidity of the heart's consecration. You may ask, "After all, why should this question trouble me, I have no call?*' Have you forgotten that when you accepted Christ thlfi was Includ ed among the Items for your consid eration? You have passed It by. If, In the church where you are a mem ber ,a notice was read from the pul pit Inviting every member to attend a social the following evening, would you be foolish enough to afterward Insist that you had received no In vitation and refuse to attend? The opposite would be the rule, for any candidate for membership, expecting to unite soon, would expect such a purpose sufficient ground to entitle him to be present. Thus your church membership and mine Involves our responce to the call of the Great Commission. i ne pian or uoa ior appomuuB uuu directing the work of his children 1b a most natural one. When a person Is converted, Ood would have him come to the bureau of divine commis sions and there receive his appoint ment for service, one can rightfully excuse himself, for when he accepts the benefits of the salvation of Christ he thereby obligates himself to obe dience in the service of Christ Ood could not have a book on earth containing all the names of Christians throughout the age and giving the life work of each; for our free agency would then be lost. God chose the better plan: to have each child come to him In prayer and talk his life work over. Do not ask, and nn away, but tarry until your conviction has become settled, for It Is this Di vine conviction which constitutes God's call. Many have committed spir itual suicide by hastening away with 3ome Impulsive conclusion before God had a chance to speak. Such people have often wondered why they make shipwreck in their faith life or why spiritual things seem olosed to them. It is no mystery. Divine teaching and guidance are given only to those who follow closely the instruction of the Teacher in God's school of learning. Deception and delusion always follow self-will In gaining spiritual things. Every Christian should therefore defi nitely present himself before God for the assignment to his life work. Have you? Public sentiment, however, seems to have laid this responsibility only upon those who go as mission aries. Dare you say that it is not really necessary for every Christian to ob tain from God a conviction as to what he should do with his life. The logi cian will at once take the words from your lips and declare it is then not necessary ror any cnnsuan. wisaom, like water, floats everything on a level surface. Bring' the&e false the ories concerning missionary work be fore your better judgment, and ec clesiastical distinctions and privileged classes will sing to the bottom, leav ing all Christians on an even footing, and each responsible before God for his share of the evangelization of the world. Public sentiment has poisoned the atmosphere with so much anti-mission ary sentiment that many children have grown up with no little prejudice ' * U'V, tLgtWliai UDWUiiuft uiiooiuuauco, vvucu a person does go from a commmunity these children see so many tears and hear bo many words of regret they feel that going to be a missionary is a misfortune. This adds very material ly to the difficulty Qod encounters In i human wills In trying to secure obe I dlence In enough of his children to I evangelize the world in this genera I tlon. All this prejudice and bitter I ness must be worked out of the mind, and a transformation wrought, before sympathy and lov for the heathen will be entertalne and a conviction of personal obligation can be possi ble. j Crushing such a conviction of per : Bonal responsibility to take the Gos 1 pel to the heathen, Is a spiritual! crime. It affects every spiritual j , nerve Just as girdling a tree affects j every branch and leaf. The one who disobeys his call to the foreign field ' finds himself strangely paralyzed in J his work here at home, especially In ' his pleas for foreign missions. The question of today is not, "Will you be a missionary?" but will you present yourself before God for ap- j pointment to any work, to any field;' wherever he knowB you can do youi ; best life work? Best for Shoe Soles. Rubber and asbestos mixed has been utilized successfully for the manufac ture of soles for outing shoes. The material has the appearance of a thick, close felt, without odor, and without any discomfort to the feet, such as at tends the use of pure rubber. These will be extensively introduced next season. An Index. A man is known by the importance of the things which he geta angry , about.?Puck. Reconciliation to God By Rev. James M. Gray, D. D., Dean of Moody Bible Institute, Chicago TEXT.?And you, that were sometime j ilienated and enemies In your mind by j wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled. In the body of His flesh through death, |o present you holy and unblameable and anproveable in His sight: If ye continue In the faith grounded and lettled, and be not moved away from the | bope of the gospel, which ye hav? heard. ??_0i0BsmnB 1: zi-za. The apostle Paul Is here speaking of Jesus Christ as the one In whom all the fullness of the Godhead dwells and by whom It pleased the father to re c o n c 11 e all things unto him self. By "all things,- however, he does not mean ; all things unlver sally or absolute-; ly, for that would Include not only the souls of the condemned, but the demons In hell j and even satan himself. But he means all the things which It has pleased the father from the beginning thus to reconcile. The definite article In the Greek suggests this aa the thought, which Is made clear by the other teachings of the Bible on the same Bubject. Among those things which It pleased the father to reconcile to him- 1 self are the believers on Jesus Christ, and It Is of their reconciliation espe cially that Paul here speaks. 1. First he shows our need of reconciliation, by telling us that we were "sometime alienated and enemies ' In our mind by wicked works." "Sometime" covers the whole period of our lives from physical birth to our new birth by the holy spirit. All that time the natural man Us alienated From God. And not only alienated, but hostile to God, an enemy, as the text says. What Are Wicked Works? This enmity need not show Itself Becessarily In giving way to the lower and baser appetites of the body. There are cultivated men and women who are able to control these appe tites, but who are at the same time enemies to Qod In their mind?1. e., in their modes of thought and feeling, which are contrary to his revealed will. And this enmity must In the very nature of the case, show Itself In "wicked works." II. Second, he shows the source of our reconciliation, which is God him self. "Yet now hath he reconciled us." The very one from whom we were alienated and against whom we were enemleB is the one who reconciles us. "He who might the vantage best have took Found out the remedy." This Is grace, especially when we understand that It does not mean pri marily that we became reconciled to God. but that God became reconciled to us. This he did by taking that sin out of the way which was the barrier fn hfn rorrmrllinHnn III. This leads Paul to speak in the third place of the means of our reconciliation which was the work of Christ for us on the cross as our sub stitute Saviour, "In the body of his flesh through death." Why say "the body of his flesh?" Why not Fay "his body" without adding "flesh?" Be cause there was a heretical sect In that day which denied the materiality of Christ's body. They believed in a spiritual, but not a material, mediator ship. , But Christ had a real body and real flesh and real blood which he offered in propitiation for our sin,-he passed through real suffering and died a real death. Such is the teaching of this verse. IV. And this brings us to the fourth point, which is the result of our reconciliation, presented "holy and without blemish and uncharged In God's sight" This is true immediate ly of every believer the moment he Christ hv fcJth as his Saviour. Oh, If everybody In this sin-cursed and sin-wearied world only knew and be lieved that! If they would only pause In the rush of things and listen to It for a single moment! The Battle of Concord Bridge. At the battle of Concord bridge, at the beginning ol t!?e revolution, when John Buttrick gn (ho command to fire it was to British subjects he gave It, but It was obeyed by American citizens. In other words, in that in stant their condition became changed, though the experience of that change w?8 a thing of growth. So the Instant a man takes Christ as his Saviour, he stands before God free from the guilt of sin. without blemish and without charge. And this is grace! flno 1 nnlnl In the lesson (a th? X 1H5 UUU1 KW4"fc .v. proof of our reconciliation, which la that we "continue in the faith, rooted and grounded and not moved away from the hope of the gospel." Paul is speaking not to the false teacher whc went out of the church, but t* tht true believer who stayed in. Thos* who are true to the "faith delivered once for all to the saints" have th? witness in themselves that tliey ar? reconciled to God Statesmen and Politician?. A statesman Is merely a politician with whom we agree. Neither la neo essarily a leader of progress. Both are flies on the wheel, and we honor them in direct proportion to their rid ing ability.?Life. Only Occasionally. Occasionally one meets a man who la so sure of his own importance that he can, without feeling the slightest embarrassment, wear a tall hat in the presence of hla employer. Man's Appe to Himself By Rev. J. H. Ralston, Secre tary Correspondence Depart ment, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago These were the words of a man of affairs, one who had attained the highest posi tion within reach, and that not by TEXT.?My soul, wait thou only upon Gkid; for my expectation la from Him.? fa. 62: 6. uei cuu; v/ ? chance, but by the force of his quali ties; yet withal a man very human, a man who knew the depths of sin as well as the heights of Inti mate communion with God ? and this man called on his soul to wait upon God. The psalmist recognized within him self something to which many are very indifferent?a soul that related him to God, and differentiated him from the brute creation. Whether that which he recognized was In Itself immortal or only contained the pos sibility o* immortality need not inter est us now, but it was another self, an alter ego, what some might call the subliminal self, and which has in those who have lived a life of pur poseful sin, been stifled, and yet cries out constantly for recognition, and nourishment, and ultimate perfection. It is not the imbecile who thinks of his soul, but it Is the man who recog nizes his true humanity, if you please; as in this case, oftentimes the man of affairs, of parts, of high ambitions. And this man Is frequently quite out of patience with those who profess to be physicians of the soul and yet prescribe little or nothing that bene Bts the soul. Great statesmen, financiers, railroad magnates, inventors, artists, manu foMnrora oto whan th?V BTO tO church, want soul food, something to which the soul responds. A leading lawyer recently said with reference to the message that should be given from the pulpit: "It should come from God, and should relate to the Inner life,' It should be food for the soul." The call was not to something In definite: "Walt thou only upon God."_ Here Is the recognition of the cop* relative to the soul, the spiritual God. This recognition was not of an ab stract idea, but of a' personality?it gave no opportunity for quibbling and doubting. There was no suggestion In any little "If." This man of affair? i and great parts was not the only his torical character who has thus thought and acted. Some men may be. like : Job and ask where they may find i God, but many others have had direct I and constant Intercourse with the i spiritual God, they have seen him who 1 Is Invisible. Can this not be said of our three martyr presidents? Of Gladstone, of Bismarck, of William of Germany, of 1 Justice Harlan? And as we glance ! back over the past do we not have I Chinese Gordon, Stonewall Jackson, Oliver Cromwell, Gustavus Adolphus, Savonarola, Paul, David, Moses, Abra ham and a host of others? Granting that these men waited on God, ror so they all professed, their achievements are not an enigma. What is it to wait on God? Is it not keeping silence before him? "Let all ' the earth keep silence before him." And such silence before God is an es sential element of prayer. One has recently said that prayer is not the 1 claiming a hearing, it is giving a hear ing; it is not speaking to God, it la listening to God. It is true that "Whatever Is beat for me, my God will bring to me, ; If I do only wait, and trust, and pray, What'er seems dark to me, shall end la light for me; i "Tie but the gloaming, which fore-runs the day." This waiting before God, too, sug-f' croetq a readiness to respond to the| ? - _ call of God as the old retainers would I' respond to the call of their liege lords. And was there ever a period of the history of the race when the likelihood of a call was as great? The world Is open to men splrlt-fllled to go ; to the thousand million human beings j who as yet do not know the true God. Another suggestion Is that of tarry ing. How Impatient we are! A man muet make his first millions In ten j years of business. Ten more millions j must be made In the next five years. Who now tolls for the slow Increase on an Investment, except the man who lacks the speed of action of to day's trading? And this Is largely . true of christian work?we will not work to the limit and be patient as long as the fruits do not fall Into our laps In great quantities. And how Impatient we are In trial! We will not wait until God gets through his process of realizing for us our best, until the purifying fire has burned away our dross. And this waiting on God would not be henorlng to him un less our waiting was with confident expectation. The soul of David would never have received a blessing If he I had waited before God Indulging a perhaps. Frohman Knew. It was reported to Charles Froh man that one of his most prosperous male stars was In a fair way of get tine: married. "I don't believe it," answered the manager, who is him self a confirmed sing'^man; "he will escape; he was always a good fight er." Romance and Fiction. When a very rich man marries a very poor girl, that's romance. When a very rich girl marries a very poor man, ?hat'? fiction.?Galveston News.