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"Time flies."
"Got the old man in an airship
have they?" ,
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At drug stores.
In the Church Militant.
Henry N. Cary, the secretary of the
Chicago Publishers' association, has t
negro cook ho took with him to Chi
cago from St. Louis. The cook ia
very religious and immediately joined
a church in Chicago.
Cary saw the cook going out of the
house one evening with a large carv
Ing knife In her hand.
"Where are you going, Mary?" he
asked
"Pse gwine t' church."
"Well, what are you doing with thai
knife?"
"They's a religious dispute goin' or
down there." said Mary, "an" I wantei
see my side gits de best of it."?Sal
urday Evening Post.
I IN I n fc L^UUIN I MT.
bCT"
The City Man?Your father, I believe.
cleared the land of everything
The Countryman?Yes?every thins
but the mortgage.
"That's
Good"
Is often said of
Post
T oasties
when eaten with cream or
rich milk and a sprinkle of
sugar if desired.
That's the cue for housekeepers
who want to please
the whole family.
Post Toasties are ready.
to serve direct from the
package?
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Economical
Delicious
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|g ^51
THE SCHOOI
By MICHAE
(Copyright, 1911, by As
Gideon Rush noticed the girl before
they reached Chicago, though he was
a sbjr, hard-working young man who
had really noticed few women in his
day.
But eren Gideon could be pardoned
for looking again at the "6choolma'am
girl," as be quaintly nicknamed her.
None but a school teacher would
have that air and that pencil..' And
she was so young and so good to
look at that Gideon was reminded of
little girls who played, at various
games, like keeping house, and going
visiting, and teaching school. She
was a school teacher; and yet the
title wasn't distinctive enough. It
did not classify her. She was all girl,
too?young and sweet and happy. So
"school-ma'am girl" it was.
Gideon, who was going out to Oregon
to grow apples, saw that the
school-ma'am girl had a ticket much
like his own?a gre%n one as long ae
his arm.
-Was she going west, too, maybe to
Oregon? But no; tnat was impossible.
He would lose her at Chicago,
where she would change to one of the
other hundred trains that shuttled
away in every direction.
It was dark when they rumbled
I intn herflnm called Chicago. She
8?emed bo little and alone and grave
?some of her bright cheerfulness
had departed?that Gideon said a reg-etful
farewell with his eyes. And
she answered the same way.
Gideon hurried Into the sticky midsummer
night, because everyone else
was hurrying; found a modest restaurant
In the glare and clatter; bur_
rled through a meal and trotted back
I to the great station as the uniformed
man at the gate was bawling his
i train.
r He found his tourist sleeper. Halfway
down the aisle ho paused, de
| ^ ^
i /J S
i Rebelled Against Dining Car Charge*.
spite the pushing procession behind
him. his eyes wide open and his
heart thumping; for there, comfortably
disposed In her seat, was the
schoolma'am girl.
Next morning Gideon and the
schoolma'am girl had spoken to each
other almost before they knew It. Ry
1 noon they had decided to make cam(.
mon cause against the frightful
charges of the dining-car with their
united luDch-boxes. By evening, Gideon
had told her the story of his life,
and confided that he had $2,200 with
which to buy an apple orchard.
Tbe schoolma'am girl was equally
frank. She told him that her real
name was Serena Blythe, but that all
her friends called her "Bun." She
had come into a heritage of school
teaching in a New England town at
Bixteen. She had expected to stay
mere hi ways t?ui uer miner 5 neaun
had made a change imperative, and he
and her mother had gone west the
previous year. Now they had made
home in northern California and
! had written her to come.
Together Gideon and the scbool:
ma'am girl discovered that Gilesburg,
Oregon, and Edensvllle, California,
were really not far apart.
"Why, we shall bo neighbors!" snid
Gideon. "I can ran over after supper
most any evening." They both laughed
at this slender joke; but It did
, seem cheering that the two little
black dots were separated only by a
, few score miles of mountain ranges
and rivers.
. "Edensvillo Is growing wonderful
ly," said the school-ma'am girl, with
new but genuine western enthusiasm
for her own town. "Mamma says It's
half as large again as when they
moved there. Papa has all tbe work
he can do; he Is a carpenter, you
know, and carpenters are scarce?so
Is capital. A man with some money
is sure to make a success. You could
do well there "
"I can do well at Gilesburg." returned
Gideon, sturdily loyal. "Tin
finest apples in the state are raised
in that district It's a good slid j u.g
point, too."
BOTH OF TH EIV
Actress Feigns Sickness to Have a
Day Off and Man Posing as
Doctor Helps Her.
In a Cleveland theater the house
! physician has a seat given him for
each performance He is supposed to
be.there every evening. Naturally
there cp:ncs a time when the play be
:gins to pall on him. One evening not
long ago-the stage manager of a local
playhouse rushed down the aisle to
the doctor's seat and whispered:
"Come back at once?the leading lady
has bad an attack."
In the lady's dressing room all was
confusion. "W'hat'il we do, Doc?"
cried the stage manager.
"Have you poured water on her
head V
"Yes?a whole bucket?out of the
j one that says 'Not t< by.u? 1 txOett
; In ca^e of lire." "
"Then dou't pour any more ! fear
you have made a fn'al mi'al Run
cut to 'he lrug Mere and get this
filled "
* .J >
?3 13
.MA'AM GIRL
L J. POR'i ^R
sooiated Literary Press-)
"Rut see here, wn \ mamma sayB
I about a young man f >m home, who
I has only been in L ensville two
, years." She unfolded \ letter and
read: "'Abram Howl is doing
splendidly. He is the 5nly moneylender
in town, and la Oi J of the rich
men now. He is buildlt a beautiful
^Atr o o nrl le t'Arr? Imlnl I t A CI ?11P
father and me. You woi d not know
him for the name Abr&m. He !n
quires every day when you She
broke off abruptly.
Gideon winced inwardly. "I
wouldn't do as a money-lender," be
replied; "too much sympathy for the
other fellow. I've had to borrow,
myself."
Constraint fell with that, and Gideon
went to the smoking compartment
and sat himself down, gloomily,
in a corner.
"Of course," he chlded; "I might
have known some rich man would
want her. I'm surprised she ever
got away from New England without
being married." With that he watched
a vague and delightful dream
which had come Into his life In the
past 48 hours fade as the light of
evening faded on the distant mountains.
The rich Mr. Howltt stalked into
their conversation and spread him|
self around like a wet blanket frequently;
after that Gideon tried to
avoid him, and so did the schoolma'am
girl. But he was evidently a
character not accustomed to being
ignored. It was patent to Gideon he
had nominated himself to be the husband
of little Miss Serena and that,
furthermore, Serena'B parents were
eager to ratify the nomination.
Once, when they were looking over
some of the girl's snapshots they
camo to a man posing under a tree,
a man with his hat tilted knowingly
hack, unaware that he showed a fore
head from which the hair was-receding.
He had an upcurled, olly-looklng
black mustache, and wore a satisfied
smirk.
"Who's that?" demanded Gideon.
"That'B Mr. HowJtt," returned serCDO.
"Why, he's old!" cried Gideon, with
fierce triumph. And then he leaned
forward to look into her eyes. "Dun,
don't marry him! lie "
"Mr. Rush!"
For the first time Gideon felt the
weight of the Icy school teacher tono.
The humbled Gideon sought refuge
In the smoking compartment, where
he stayed until bedtime.
Next morning ho recalled with a
start that they were but 14 hours
from GileBburg. He sought Serena.
The schbolma'am girl was encased
in the manner which he knew strange
teachers adopt at an Institute. She
was painstakingly polite and painfully
friendly, and as Impersonal as
the multiplication ts.ble. For once,
Mr. Iluwltt did not get Into the conversation.
Even at dinner, a dining car extravagance
on which Gideon insisted be
cause It was to be their last meal together,
the girl's armor remained la
nlace.
The hours passed Inexorably. A1
most before he could believe it, the
whistle screamed, the brakemaa
cried "Gilesburg!" and Gideon was
standing in the aisle, saying goodbye
: to Miss Dlythe.
So with a heart sore and rebellious
he descended Into the soft darknese
of tho little town, suitcase In hand.
Mechanically be fumbled In his pock
ets for his trunk check.
The englno was taking water. Gid
j eon walked forward, for one more
look at tho schoolma'am girl. Hei
! seat was toward the middlo of the
, car on the other side. Tho platform
j was high, and by standing on tiptoe
j he could Just see her.
Her head was turned away; chin
1 on hand, she was looking out Into the
darkness. There was a droop to her
; not at all like the young woman whc
! had bidden him a cheerful goodbye s
few moments before. Stealthily Bhe
dabbed her eyes with her handkerchief.
lust then the train started- an did
Gideon. He rushed up the stop3 oi
the car. treading on the toes of the
conductor, and nearly knocking ove:
the porter, dropped his suitcase in
tho vestibule, and marched up the
aisle.
"Hun," he said, quietly, and sal
down beside her.
She turned, with a sudden catch
lng of breath. There was Joy It
her dewy eyes. Unconsciously she
stretched out her hand and Gldeoc
took it in his own.
"Oh!" she sighed, with a tremuloui
smile, "it seemed so lonesome. I3ul
the train?we'ro leaving Gllesburg
Where are you going?"
"With you," he replied, simply.
"Hut " she struggled to release
1 her hand. "You can't!" Her eyes
fell on the trunk-check between hit
fingers. "Your trunk's back there?
your*orchard! Why, Gld "
"We will come back to them, 111
tie schoolmaam girl," he said, "whet
the honeymoon's over."
Hlushing, she let her hand lie It
bis.
Its Tendency.
"I went in this nature study bust
iu>s^ f.,,t to get a line cn the hone}
1 ee."
"(>* course, you know that lino Is al
ways busy."
1 WERE FRAUDS
When they had run out the lad}
i opened her eyes. "Doc," she gasped
"you're a good fellow, ain't you? !
kihjw you Know meres noitilng th?
matter with me. I want a day oft
and I don't want to go on in thli
act. Can you fix it?"
I sure ran," lie answered, wringing
her hand sympathetically. "I ain't
a doctor?I came in on his ticket
I We'll fix it."
Why It's Done.
"Did the mother of the bride cry
I at the wedding?"
"Yes, indeed. That was the only
way she could attract attention tr
her new gown."
Practical Value.
Fir t F;iby ?My papa Is a captalc
c.T finance.
Secoi.d 1'T Huh! I can go yoi
one better My papa I? ? floo.
] walker
TEMPLE BAR TO BE RESTORED PF
One of the Original Gates of London Br
to Be Permanently Erected lr?
Epplng Forest.
London.?Londoners nre keenly In- i
terested In the proposed restoration to for
the city of Temple Har, one of original i gr<
gates cf London, made possible by the pj,
recent death of Lady Meux, on whose <
estate it has stood since 1878. j ?
In that year it was taken down from
Its position in Fleet street, as it im
peded the increasing traffic, and the paj
j late Sir Henry Meux bought it, had all ^
| the stones carefully marked and erect- ajy
ed again at the entrance of his estate, -.^j
Theobald's park at Chestnut, a little j v
way out of London, where It has stood Rn
Old Temple Bar. pj
ever since. It is suggested now to
put it up in Epplng forest, one of the
nearest open spaces to London, and ?u
the property of the city, hut some an- toi
tiquarians are of the opinion that it itc
should be brought nearer the heart of It
things than that, for old associations' on
sake. tn;
What a "sermon in stones" the old pi'
1 gate could give if it could speak! Here, nij
In the old days, the watchman looked TI
out on to pleasant fluids and country wc
roads, while passengers passed in un- of
der the ancient doorway after their an
long and sometimes adventurous jour- a
neys from Brighton or Portsmouth.
Here, from time to time, breathless foi
horsemen dashed up with tales of ge
plunder by highwaymen on the wilds j In
of the Hampstead Heath. During the on
great fire at Ixmdon Temple Bar was fin
i nearly destroyed, but it was restored Re
In 1870 by Sir Christopher Wren. oo
ke
WEST VIRGINIA CURIOSITY th
; WJ
Lincoln County Beasts of "Maul be
Rock," So Called Because of Its no
R^sfmhlanr* tn a Maul. an
dli
Wheeling. W. Va.?It becomes expe- dii
dknt for Lincoln county, West Vir- th
ginia, to tell of one of her few nat- Cr
ural curiosities. As the accompany- Ci
ing picture shows, this rock is called by
I "Maul ltock," because of its siniilarl- a
ty to a maul. The base of the rock in wl
about 1,000 feet above sea level and is "C
' trade up of large boulders. The stem
i of the rock is 20 feet high and will
average about seven fret in diameter
The cap, or maul part, is about six
feet thick and is 38 feet in circumfer:
i
1 '
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Aftf | s
vM ~ w-- '
i=r ag
Pc
West Virginia Rock Freak. p.,
da
cnce. The Btem is of a soft formation ya
and is fast crumbling away, since the
j timber has died that was a great pro- ^
I tection from the force of strong winds. np
| By mounting the rock, by means of a sh
! ladder that is kept there, a magnifl- g(]
cent view of the West Virginia hills an
can be obtained.
SELLS SNAKES FOR A LIVING t
hu
1 Mexican Supplies Deadly Reptiles and
Finds Ready Market for Rattlers
and Moccasins.
or
San Antonio. Texas. ? Hunting j,'
snakes for a living is the queer oc- .
ni.r.otion of a Movion.. In H.lc rltv
, v.. V,. .v ...1.1.. i..,, mj
who finds a ready market for all the j,
venomous reptiles he eatehes, the purchaser
being a dealer on West Com- ^
I merce street, who supplies shows, inuj
suems and scientists. 0o
The snakes are sold by the pound,
and for choice specimens of rattlers
26 cents a pound is paid. The Mexican
has two ways of catching a rattler,
one for the old and am ther for
the young snakes. An old one is jj(
caught by placing a forked stick over on
its body, just back of 'he head, and gtJ
holding it down until the snake 0p
catcher can grasp it safely and drop .1S
it into a sack.
Young ratth rs are grabbed bv the i .,
Mexican with h - liar.d and dropped |(]i
ir.to a sack without using the forked
| stick. nu
in catcliir.g water moccasins, the j)(,
hunter wades into the stream carrying cv
a noose in front of the snake to lie
pulled up as it swims through. Small an
moccasins, like small ra:tiers, he pr;
catches with his hands. ?rr
Or
346-Pound Woman Fasts. un
Kirksville, Mo.? Mrs. Sarah Powell
of this city has completed a ."0 day P"
fas* by w hich sh<* has red iced her dis
; weight from 340 pounds to ;: >??. She Pa
will begin anothci fas' soon in an ef- cla
fort to furth'-r reduce her weight. She by
...... 1.1. . . 1.1*
nopes uiiiiuaM'jv , uiimmi uij'rtunig
her health to reduce to 200 pounds. ck
i i
Know Thyself. ' pe
To redeem a world sunk In die- Gr
honesty has. not een given .thee; me
solely over one man therein thou hast tat
quite absolute uncontrollable power; isf
him redeem, him make honest; It will po
something, It .will be much, and us<
thy life and labor not In vain.?Thom- cot
as Carlyle. a
Po
Original Continental Flag. 1
The original continental flag was Wi
adopted January 2. 177t> It had 13 1
stilpes and the union of the crosser of JjJJ
fit. George and fit Andrew. "m
*' -i .
IEROGATIVE OF HER SEX
ide Had But Exercised Recognized
Privilege That Is Universally
Granted.
\ young couple had been courting
' several years and the young man
?med to be in no hurry to marry
lally, one day, he said:
'Sal, I canna marry thee."
'How's that?" asked she.
'I've changed my mind," said he.
'Well, I'll tell thee what we'll do,"
id she. "If folks know that It's
5e a3 has given me up I shanna be
le to get another chap; but If they
ink I've given thee up I can get all
rant. So we'll have banns published
d when the wedding day comes the
rson will say to thee: 'Wilt thou
ve this woman to be thy wedded
iliicili utriUK uicn unci on wiuuiaij
ness and not a violent death h<
>es not die all over and all at once
? may have a diseased liver, hear
lung, and this may be the cans*
his death; but it has been fount
at if the diseased organ could hav<
en replaced by a healthy one lift
Ight have been maintained indefl
tely. This is no imagination 01
eculation. It has been confirmee
the most careful experiments hj
e ablest medical scientists in thr
untry.?Leslie's Weekly.
STRONGER THAN MEAT
A Judge's Opinion of Grape-Nuts.
\ gentleman who has acquired a Ju
lal turn of mind from experlenc*
the bench out in the Sunflowei
ite writes a carefully considered
Inion as to the value of Grape-Nuts
food. Ho says:
'For the past 5 years Grape-Nuts
been a prominent feature in out
i of fare.
The crisp food with the delicious
tty flavor has become an indis
nsable necessity in my family's
> ryday life.
it has proved to be most healthful
d benenciai, ana nas enaoieu us u.
letically abolish pastry and pics
im our table, for the children prefer
ape-Nuts, and do not crave rich and
wholesome food.
'Grape-Nuts keeps us all in perfect
ysical condition?as a preventive ol
ease It is beyond value. I have been
rtirularly impressed by the benefl
1 effects of Grape-Nuts when used
ladies who aro troubled with face
wishes, skin eruptions, etc. It
ars up the complexion wonderfully.
"As to its nutritive qualities, my exrience
is that one small dish of
ape-Nuts Is superior to a pound of
lat for breakfast, w hich is an imporit
consideration for anyone. It saties
the appetite and strengthens the
wer of resisting fatigue, while its
a involves none of the disagreeable
osequences that sometimes follow
meat breakfast." Name given by
stum Co., Rattle Creek, Mich.
[lead the little book, "The Road to
l'viile," in pkgs. "There's a reason.'
Ever read the nbove letterf A nen
e nppenra from time to time. Thej
e genuine, true, and full of Itumac
Irrret
> ,
i u. '
fe?' and thou must say: 'I will.' And
ten ho says -to me: 'Wilt thou have"
Is man to be thy wedded husband?'
shall say: 'I wlnna.'"
The day came, and when the 'minis
asked the important question the
in answered: "I will."
Then the parson said to the worn:
"Wilt thou have this man to be
y wedded husband?" and she said:
'I will."
"Why," said the young man furlous"you
said you would say 'I wln"I
know that," said the young worn,
"but I've changed my mind since."
Mack's National Monthly.
MPLES COVERED HIS BACK
"My troubles began along In the
mmer in the hottest weather and
ok the form of small eruptions and
hlng and a kind of smarting pain,
took me mostly all over my back
d kept getting worse until finally
y back was covered with a mass of
oiples which would burn and itch at
ght so that I could hardly stand It.
lis condition kept getting worse and
)rse until my back was a solid mass
big sores which would break open
d run. My underclothing would be
clot of blood.
"I tried varioi s remedies and salves
r nearly three years and I was not
tting any benefit. It seemed I was
eternal misery and could not sleep
my back or lean on a chair. I was
ally given a set of the Cutlcura
medies and inside of two weeks I
uld see and feel a great relief. I
pt on using Cutlcura Soap, Ointment
d also the Resolvent, and in about
ree or four months' time my back
is nearly cured and I felt like a new
Ing. Now I am in good health and
> sign of any skin diseases and I
i fully satisfied that Cutleura Remeps
are the best ever made for skin
i-eases. 1 would not be without
em." (Signedi W. A. Armstrong,
irbln, Kan., May 26, 1911. Although
itlcura Soap and Ointment are sold
druggists and dealers everywhere,
sample of each, with 32-page book,
11 be mailed free on application to
lutlcura," Dept. 27 K, Boston.
J. PIEREPONT, NO DOUBT.
My boy thinks he'll bo a
'ate when he grows up.
Tones?Thinks there is more money
piracy than anything else, eh?
Smith?Yes; but I think he's got
>rgnn, the buccaneer, mixed up with
)rgau, the financier.
Exhibition of Real Faith.
William Spill's little girl, who had
en playing at making inud pies
Ted by a tiny sprinkling can for a
servolr, ran to her father as h?
ighted from p. car, bearing a pack
e of dry-cleaned wearing apparel
ilntlng to her muddy little brot.1
ither Spill admonished his tiny
ugliter, Impressing her with the
lue of a neat appearance.
That night the young lady ofTcred
r usual prayer with great earnest
ss. "And don't forget, dear Lord,'
e prayed fervently, "to dry-clean out
reet, and my shoes, for Jesus' sake
ien!"?Cleveland Leader.
Dying by Organs.
It has been discovered that if i
Jehoiakim Burns
the Prophet's Book
Sondiy School Letioa for Aug. 13, 1911
Specially Arranged for This Paper j
LESSON TEXT.?Jeremiah 38.
MEMORY VERSES. 23. 24.
GOLDEN TEXT.?"The word of our
God shall stand forever."?Isa. 40:S.
TIME.?Jeremiah was prophet from B
C. 628, the 13th year of Joslah. till the
destruction of Jerusalem, B. C. 56S.
Jehoiakim reigned 11 years. B. C. 60S697.
Jeremiah's book was written B. C. 604.
The Fast day. ninth mor.th of B. C. 803.
Jehoiakim burns the book soon after the
fast.
PLACE.?Jerusalem. The Temple courts
and the king's palace.
Nebuchadnezzar besieging Jerusalem
1st year.
Daniel carried away captive.
Jeremiah under disfavor.
Jehoiakim an unwise king.
For twenty years Jeremiah had
been trying, by oral teachings, to per1
suade the nation to repent and turn
to God, but the people and their rulers
had been deaf to his warnings.
As a last resort. In the fourth year
of Jehoiakiro, the Lord commanded
the prophet to write down the substance
of his exhortations, and thus
to focus them in one mighty blow
upon the consciences of king and peoi
pie. Moreover, for some reason Jeremiah
was shut up, "restrained" from
I public utterance, being probably forj
bidden by the authorities to preach;
so that for the time the written word
j was the only way by which Jeremiah
could reach the ears of the people.
The chosen amanuensis was Baruch,
the son of Neriah, a scribe. The
book was not like ours, but was a
roll of parchment, consisting of severnl
fiklns sewed together, the edg?-s
cut even, and the whole rolled on
wooden rods fastened at each end so
that the parchment could be rolled
from one to the other. The writing
was arranged In columns, each like
the page of a book. It must have
taken Baruch some months to have
written down such prophecies as
Jeremiah wished to have read, and
which constituted a considerable part
of the present book of Jeremiah. v
Jeremiah sent Baruch to the temple
to read the book to the assent
bled crowds. It was a wintry -day.
Baruch went up Into the chamber of
a friendly noble, over n new gateway
opening both ways into the Inner and
outer courts. There, from the window
or balcony of the chamber, or
from the platform or pillar on which
the kings had stood on solemn occasions,
he recited the long alternation
of lament and Invective to the vast |
congregation. Heading In this way
was almost the only way by which
the people could become acquainted
with the word of God. Few could
read. And copies of the law cost a
small fortune.
The king sent Jehudi, one of his
officers, to fetch the roll so that Jeholakim
might learn its contents at
first hand and not from hearsay. The
king sat In the winter house
It seems probable that after Jehudi
had read three or four columes, the
king snatched the roll from his hands
and, taking the knife used for sharpening
the scribe's pens, cut up the
roil himself, and cast it Into the fire.
Some think that only the first portion
was read, when all the roll was consumed
In the Are. Hut Professor Bennett
says that the Hebrew implies
, that at the end of every three or four
columns the king put out his hand for
the roll, cut away the portion read,
threw It on the Are, and handed the
remainder back to Jehudi, repeating
the process.
The king commanded the arrest of
Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah. But
the Lord hid them, by means of some
unknown providence and guidance; j
or, as usual, by the use of means inspired
by Gcd. Shutting the eyes
does not ward off the lightning's
stroke. FooIb, that think that by
wringing the neck of the crowing
cock they can prevent the coming of
the morning.
When the word of the Lord came
the book was destroyed, but Its contents
and its truths lived. "Take
thee . . . another roll, and write In
It." Jeremiah knew what he had said
<->*>'1 r\r\A ifivn Kim fttrtKnr
uciuiu, uuu uuu iuiiuvi
revelations. Professor Brown thinks
that Barueh's second roll contained
the first seventeen chapters of our
Jeremiah. "Thou ehalt say to Jeholaklm
that the prophecies should certainly
come true."
Because while they heard the warn
Ings, they hearkened not. This Implies
that they might have been saved
from the threatened evil, If they had
repented, as In the case of Nineveh
under Jonah's preaching. Otherwise
there would have been no use In warn- '
lng them. The warnings were for the
themselves.
Attempts to destroy the Bible have
hern made. When men are forbidden
to read It. and everything Is done to
prevent I's circulation. The frontls
piece of Wycliffe's Bible represents
the fire of true Christianity against
which Its enemies, Satan and Infidelity.
are blowing with all their might,
trying to put It out; but the more
they put themselves out of breath,
the more brightly the fire burns
Ingersoll's prophecy, twenty-six
years ago, was that "In ten years the
Bible will not be read." The fact Is
that vaBtly more Bibles are 'ssued
every year than when that prophecy
was uttered, and In more languages.
More than 13,000,000 Bibles are Issued
every year in more than 470 different
languages and in hundreds of styles
at prires from 23 rents to 130. Mere
copies of the I'iye are sold annually
than of the "1W best sellers" com
bined.
Those destroy tha Bible for some
people, w ho for any reason t, ve the
impression that It Is not true, dimln
Ish its authority, and fill the minds of
the young with doubts. And yet every
attack has made it read more,
and caused it to shine in purer light
Those who disobey and neglect, the
Bible, refuse to let it be a lamp untr
their feet and a light unto their path
who ignore Its teachings, and ceruse
Bp truths?these destroy the Bible for
themselves. Rut the laws of God
move on just the same
Jc-hoiakim was slain. His son was
carried In chains to Babylon.
The Genius of True Religion.
It. Is in its different ways of inter
preting God that a true religion dls
tlnguishes itself from the false. Con
trast the view of Jesus with that ol j
the Pharisees. Under which though!
of God is any redemption for man
j possible? If God had the temper ol
the elder brother in the parable or the
prodigal son. what hope would thert
be for any of us? Rut because Goc
loves and forgives there is hope fot
every one. even for the Pharisee uho
i under the charm of love, can learn :h?
urilovellness of splf-righteousness
HOW IT HAPPENED.
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tramp?"
"I wuz a war correspondent in Manchuria,
mum. I pot so used ter doing
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