The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, October 06, 1904, Image 6
IBOOOLERS BIFFEO
St. Louis Gang Fully Exposed
By Confession of Kelly.
| WAS A MONSTER GRAFT
Ex-Head of City Council Tells How He
I and His Associates Grew Rich
In Crooked Work?Record
)i of Rottenness.
In/ a written confession Monday,
Charles F. Kelly, speaker of the house
of delegates in the city of St. Louis j
during a period in the life cf the boo- j
die combine, relates his story of tna:
j; combine. In the course of his confesefcn/Former
Speaker Kelly aaid:
"I'know from my own knowledge
and from the statements made to me
those on the inside, that bribery j
has been going on in the municipal aseembly
of St. Louis for the past twen*
|?. ty-flve years. Hardly a bill passed
that body in the last quarter of a cenR|>
tury unless it was paid for. We did
|| not fear exposure and punishment, for
f?; the reason that we believed no one j
p-v would dare to do it. In case of attack,
s we knew most of the politicians and
many of the large financiers of St.
Louis would be with us. A former j
? prosecutor showed some sign" of start- j
E Ing after us, but was bluffed off.
"When the present prosecutor (Cir-1
cuit Attorney Folk is meant ..here* |
commenced his war on us, we tried to I
-intimidate him by threats of assassin-!
Htion, and when this had no effect we ;
Sv laid all sorts of traps for him without
success. Then some decided that inc
best, plan would be to start a newspa
i-y* per and. iiDei mm so nerceij us tv :
I1 draw his fire by taking up his time!
in libel prosecutions, or, if he dfd not,
t his influence would be weakened and
destroyed. Although we could find
Sfr? nothing, after a thorough search, to
jpf make attack on, libels were deliber- j
& ately made up for the purpose of af- i
.* fecting public sentiment. This plan
p' was participated in, aot only by memIs.
hers of the house of delegates under
indictment for boodling, but by prominent
financiers of St Louis, who fear
ed exposure, and by those who gave
Qs money. /
Of the combine Kelly had this .to
"We never thought of passing a bill
H out of which any money could be ob--'
|| tained, unless we were paid for our ;
^ votes. We set about in a business-like j
pT way- and had combine meetings atj
stated times and fixed the bribe prices
sj& which we were to receive for our T
-f votes by a majority vote of the com%*'
bine. Then we would select one of the j
E confine, in whose honesty we had |
: confidence, to go out and get the mon-1
" ?y. ? These agents would rarely ever j
Ifc-V./. uciia^r UO. ill v/u^ U1 m v 1UOluuvv" ;
?h they confiscated part of the money, out
j?: to ft general rule, they were honest
? with us. Among ourselves, understand.
$ we had a high code of morals, and it
fe was considered extremely dishonest
L for a member of the combine to ac- j
? cept bribe money without dividing it
& among his fellows."
iy "We had a fixed scale of prices for
|?~ various bills, according to the value of
p- the franchises or privileges given. We
p? hardly ever received less than $1,000
!?? lor the combined vote. We considered
g| it be neath our dignity to take less
^ than that. On one or two occasions,
r? though, we got as low as $50 each for
>- -our votes, and some of the boys took
$ 15 each, but were ashamed of it, be- !
-cause the price was so small.
z?'% "Ih the majority of the wards of St.
^. .Xouls, both the democratic and repubSgvv
lican parties usually nominate men to
ffe ; *o to the house of delegates for the
gjjti money they can make out of it. Eacn
l>arty man votes for his own fellow
*nd either one that gets in serves
g?, those who rob the city of franchises.
SK? T holievo thic hnc hr?pn tnlprated in S!. .
I Louis because so many of the large
corporations of the city are mixed up
in boodling one way or another. The
heads of these corporations used to
think it less trouble to buy what they
"wanted than to elect honest men to
the house of delegates.
PARKER'S FOURTH CONFERENCE.
Judge Makes Another Trip to Gotham j
to Meet Democratic Managers.
Judge Parker Monday made his !
fourth visit to New York for confer- j
ences with the general managers. Nor-;
man E. Mack, member of the national :
committee of New York, was present.
Newspaper men. were received by the
judge in his apartments.
John Howell Cobb, of Juneau. Alaska,
called and gave Judge Parker some ,
reports concerning the canvass .in the j
far northwest.
WANT ALL RAPISTS HUNG.
I Capital Punishment Society Organized !
to Secure Special Legislation.
For the purpose cf securing legisla- i
tion providing for the death penalty !
for criminal assault a number of Bed- ;
ford, Indiana, citizens have organized j
ft a society to be known as the "Iron j
Hand of the World."
It is the intention of the promoters i
? ' to make the organization national in j
scope. Temporary headquarters have
been established in Bedford.
'JAPS BEING SLAUGHTERED
Their Continued Onslaughts at Port \
Arthur Proving Foarfui Drain.
Ru?sian8 Praise God.
Advices of Monday from Che Foo J
state that Chinese who left Port Ar:
chur October 1 and were previously
engaged in burying the dead say the
; effect of the Russian shells and mai
chine guns is terrific. The slopes of a
' high hill were littered with mangle I
bodies and severed heads and limbs, j
In one trench the Chinese buried 300 !
Japanese and 200 Russians. >
j While it is true that the regular waj
ter supply of Port Arthur has been
stopped by the Japanese, the fortress
has other supplies which can be taken
only when the city falls.
I The garrison of Port Arthur now has
sufficient food, but the supplies of tinned
meats are nearly exhausted, and.
the troops are now slaughtering thirty
donkeys daily for fresh meat, which
is worth $1.20 a pound. Eggs cost 20
cents each.
A privace letter received in Che Foo
Monday from Port Arthur, dated September
23, gives further details of the
fighting from September 19 to. Septem-.
ber 22. The' attack began with a r
heavy bombardment directed against J
nearly all the Russian outposts anJ j
many of the main forts. r_ j
Thie Japanese attacked repeatedly j
.day and night, finally occupying a i
strong position on the night of Sep-!
tember 22, after suffering very severe j
loss. An attempt to retake this niil j
being extremely hazardous, General !
Stoessel refused to issue orders, bui {
called for volunteers. Everybody can- j
ed upon responded, whereupon a requi- j
site number of men v/ere selected.
Lieutenant Poggorsky and Captain j
Sychaff led them. .Soldiers and officers"
alike carried grenades (explosive
shells weighing from 2 to 6 pounds,
which are thrown by hand) and with
these they attacked the Japanese' tem- j
porary fortifications, drove the latter j
from all their positions. Several mines
were exploded during the general battle
.causing severe losses. The Russians
calculate the total Japanese losses
for the four days' fighting at 20,000
men. : ' iJ*' ..
An official report from General Stoes- ,
sel, dated September 23, also reached
Che Foo Monday, confirming previous
reports of the repulse of the Japanese ,
attack on Port Arthur, which began
September 19 and ended September 22.
The fighting was of an extremelir se- :
vere character. The Japanese having'!
retired, General Stoessel' issued *the
following proclamation:
' "Glory !" *
"Thanks to God!"
"niftw p-nrrisnn'" 'h
VJlVi J IV/ VUA UVAW4V
"Glory to Illman, Sjrchaft and Pog- i
gorsky?heroes all!
"Thanks for our valiant votaries who
routed the enemy from the trenches, <
destroying them! God has permitted : \
us to repulse the enemy. Praise to:'
God!" .
Japs Mowed Down. i
The London Daily Telegraph's Nagasaki
correspondent, cabling under date i
of September 25th, says: ;
"Terrible artillery conflicts are add- '
ing to the horrors of the situation at ;
Port Arthur. On September 22 and 23
Russians made sorties against positions
held by the Knawaga regiment '
and desperate lighting ensued. The
Japanese forces was practically annihi
lated, only" one non-commissioned oiS- '
cer and eleven men remaining alive,/
out of the 4,000 who went into the en >;
gagement." . , ? j!
ROBBED AND THEN KILLED. i\
Two Negroes Get Drop on Young-i
White Man Who Pursued Them. y
Van Mann, colored, is in the Colum-^
bus, Ga., jail, and Bashwood Jenkins,
another negro, is being searched :>or by
Harris county citizens, the result of
the killing of Lou Gay, a young man
of Harris county Sunday.
Gay was walking along the road,
when he met the two negroes who
were in a buggy. They halted him.
and robbed him of $30. The voung
man hurried home, secured a double
barrelled shotgun, and mounting a
mule, started after the two robbers,
overtaking them abot a mile out. from
Hamilton. In the shooting which followed
Gay was instantly killed.
PAYNE SINKING TO DEATH.
D-issoIution of Postmaster Genera! Expected
at Ar.y Moment.
A Washington dispatch of Monday
was as follows: "Postmaster General
Payne tonight is weaker than at any
previous stage of his illness, save during
the worst of his sinking spells, and
his death, it is said, may occur at anv
moment. The most powerful stimulants.
in greater doses than ever, were
administered at frequent intervals dur- j
ing the day. His pulse at times today j
has been barely perceptible. Mr. Payne '
is unconscious most of the time."
APPEAL COURT !N SESSION.
Judge Pardee Presiding Over Special
Tribunal Sitting at Atlanta.
The United States circuit court of
appeals. Judge Don. A. Pardee presid
ing, with Judge David D. Sheiby, oi
Hlists vill*. and Judge Harry T. Tcuimin,
of Mobile, occupying seals upon
either side, opened Monday morning in j
the federal building at Atlanta, Ga. i
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MARSHAL
OYAMA
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The Japanese General a
. Fighter by Fate and Not
From Choice.
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figi All from being a hard-eyed,
MM ' brow ed general, as
H I |1 ?no might imagine, the
I?, 1J hero of so many difficult
campaigns is the kindest,
most amiable old gentleman'it
would be possible to meet, fle
himself declares that he has no liking
whatever for war, and that it is irony
of fate, not personal inclination, which
has made him the soldier he is today.
Like most of Japan's great men,
lie is not rich in this world's goods. He
is far too liberal to amass a fortune.
FIELD-MARSHAL
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Field-Marshal Oyama is a hero of
Satsuma Province, and was Commande
war of restoration. He has been Minis
the war with China he acted as Comu
Corps. He landed at Takushan arrd fo
days. He captured Port Arthur by ass
its walls. He is one of the Japanese
Yamagaja, deserves the credit for the pr
the^Japanese Army. At the outbreak
pointed Chief of Staff; and, now that
their allotted positions in Manchuria, he
mand of all the Mikado's forces in the
on the eve of lis departure from Tokio.
Marchioness Oyama, who is a graduate
the first; Japanese girls to come to Ae
stands his daughter, Lady Hisako Oya
two sons.
It is told of him that during the Chinese
War he bought provisions for his
men and horses out of his own pocket
rather than pillage the wretched homes
alon? the route.
In;.fact, charity got to be such a
mania with him that his wife; an extremely
economical woman, had to act
as treasurer and dole him out a small
allowance daily.
During his residence in Paris he was
often greatly upset by the way dumb
animals, particularly horses, were j
abused. Once be got into a dreadful
muss with a cabby, and both bad to
be marched off to the police station to
explain their conduct. Though the
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lllili'SIIill CUUUl S[IIM U LH?C IllllC a 1VUVM
lie stormed around the terrified commissaire
until justice was given him
and he saw the jehu condemned to a
$20 fine. Japanese merchants in Paris,
as well as cabmen, remember this active
military attache, though in quite a
different way.
One day, sitting in front of a cafe,
he noticed a Japanese offering some
beautiful fans at exceedingly low
prices, lower even than the same article
could be purchased in Japan. Beckoning
the man to him, he asked him
how he could do it. The other told him
how, owing to long illness, business
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had dropped off. Ije was unable to
pay the rent, which would come due on
the following day, so lie and his wife,
rather than lose all their stock, were
selling what articles they could
smuggle out on the streets of Paris.
Tlx? attache had several important engagements
on hand that afternoon, but
he postponed all and hurried off with
the merchant. After thoroughly examining
into matters, he paid the
rent, suggested the man's moving into
a better quarter of the capital, and
during the rest of his stay there did
what he could to work up a clientele
| among his friends. Frour that >--day
the merchant's affairs nourished, And
two -yfcars ago fie died worth a nice
round sum.?By his will he left $20,000
of it to his benefactor.?Chicago Trib
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REUS OF JOUSTING DAYS.
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Quintain Still Stands Before a Hou:e
in Kent.
A curious clause, taking one right
back to the Middle Ages, appears in
the title deeds of a house in the village
TVT A "OOTTTQ HVA1VTA
aw w a |
FAMILY.
WIN?BH
many wars. He is a native of the
r-iu-Chief of the Imperial army in the 5ter
of War a number of times, and in
iander-in-Chief of the Second Army
ught his way to Port Arthur in twenty
ault the night after his arrival before
Elder Statesmen* ;and, with Marquis
esent development and efficiency of
of the war with .^Russia, .he was apthe
various arnly corps "have taken
is ordered to the front to take cornfield.
This photograph was taken
On his right stand his wife, the
of Vassar College. She was one of
erica to be educated. On his left k
ma, and-in the ^background are liis
f -
1 of Offbam, in Kent, England. This is
that the owner of the house must keep
in good repair "the village quintain,
which still swings on?its stout oaken
post before the house."
One end of the swinging crossbar of
this quintain (said to be the only surI
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V AN 0LD-1IMJS QUINTAIN.
viving specimen in England) is shaped
like a square target pierced with a
number of holes into which the point
of the player's lance would enter.
When struck it would swing around,
and unless the player were nimble the
sandbag hung on the other end of the
crossbar would swing around and unseat
him.
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A~SERMON FOR SUNDAY
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\ A STRONG DISCOURSE ENTITLED,
"COMPORTING CERTAINTIES/1
The Kov. Dr. Bobert Brace Hall'* Talk
on the Words Addressed to Nlcodewus
?The Person That the Verities of Oar
Precious Faith Cluster About.
TJunourw K. V.?Sundav mDrnimr 'the
Rev. Dr. Robert Bruce Hall,- rpastdr of
Greenwood Baptist Church., preached on
"Comforting Certainties." Tne text was
from John iii: 11: "We speak that we do
know." Dr. Hull said in the- course of his
sermon: I & 1.
These Swords were SddSessed to J^icod^F.
nras. IJe ^'as an etffhcstl-honest,' yet-timid
inquirer after truth. He had come to
Jesus under cover of the-darkness. As an
official of the Jewish Sanhedrim-, 4td
not dare ro be seen talking witl^tae Kaife..
rene Teacher. Yet he is convinced in his
own mind that Jesus is a prdpnet dtodv
that, too, a prouhet sent of God?_, This
much he confesses to the Christ* rfhen begins
the wonderfully instructive interview
from which the text is taken. This interview
is evidently onlv an,outline, but the
outline is marvelously suggestive. Nicodemus
was a good man. He was a religious
man. He conformed to all the religious
forms and ceremonies of his nation. His
outward deportment was blameless and
his standing in the community was honorable.
, But he was not a spiritual man. He
was hot what..we would call to-day a converted
man. To him Jesus thrice used the
solemn double "Amen, amen, I say unto
thee."Nicodemus
could not understand what
Jesus meant by being born again. He was
unable to see what that new spiritual life
was oijvhich he himself was lacking. Then?
it" is that the thini double amen of <fcsus
introduces the wocjJs of the text: "Verily,
verily, I say unto.ihee, we Speak thaf, we,
do' fcnotv and testify that we' htfv'e- Seen.""
In this utterance Jesus uses the word
"we," hot simply as the plural of majesty,
but connecting Himself with all His disciples,
so that it is perfectly proper and
' right for us to-day to use His words and
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say: "We speaK tnat we ao unow. ^ansptians
are competent witnesses to the certainties
of religion. While in a sense it
|:'may be said that "the Bible and the Bible
alone is the religion of Protestants," yet- in
I the fuller sense our religion is a* life.
Christ is Christianity. His life in Himself
and in His disciples is the spirit and the
power of true religion. We have something
more than opinion; something better than
creeds; we have as one of the eternal veriI
ties Jesus Christ as the manifestation of
God. It has been well said that "Christ
either deceived mankind by conscious
fraud or He was Himself deluded and de(
ceive'd, or He was divine. There is no getting
out of this trilemma. It is inexorable."
He stood before the men who knew
Him best and said: "He that hath seen Me
hath seen the Father." and again declared
to them: "I and My Father are one." This
. was tremendous assumption and awful
"blasphemy if it was not the truth. That
it is the truth the course of time and the
course of Christianity both abundantly dei
clare.
The verities of our precious faith cluster
j about a person. This person was God,
I manifest in the flesh, and for all the cen|
turies since Bethlehem the noblest, wisest
and holiest have bowed before Him, reverently
exclaiming. "My Lord and my God!"
It matters not from what point we view
Him, Jesus stands before the world as
more than man. It is said of a safe .and
perfect arch that it must meet two requirements.
Its feet must.not slip and its midj
die must not bend. Jesus Christ is the arch
rrtnnppfinor humanitv' and divinity. The
weight of?the centuries of Christianity rest
on that arch and they rest there safely, for
"Jesus is God; there never was * time
when He was not;
Boundless, eternal, ipjerciful, the word,
the Sire begot;
Backward our thoughts through ages
stretch, onward through realms of
bliss,
For there are two eternities and both
alike are His."
Another of the certainties is that the
Christian life is a divine life. This was a
new thought to Xicodemus. It is 4 new
thought to many to-day. It was not a
figure of speech, but a plain statement of
fact, when Jesus insisted that it was necessary
to be born again in order to enter
heaven. Those of Nicodemus' time, would
have said it was necessary to reform, to
deal honestly, to behave kindly, to live uprightly.
So many say to-day, and if by all
this they mean uprightness in its perfect
form they are rieht. But no man has ever
lived vrho -as Deen thus upright. "All
have sinned and come short of the glory of
God." The history of mankind shows that
we must not seek holiness in order to God,
but God in order to holiness. Christ must
come into the soul of man with His divine
life, and then, and not till then, are we in
harmony with the divine holiness.
When that life comes in then there is
manifested the "expulsive power of a new
affection," better still, the expulsive power
of a new life. Nothing less than life can
account for the change in men. Nothing
but life can exert the power which the centuries
of Christianity nave manifested. In
physics we affirm confidently that every efxect
"must have an adequate cause. This
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also IS true in iue icami ui sijuimau^. j.l
persecutors are changed into preachers, if
those once thoroughly depraved have been
molded into recognized saints, if the dregs
of society have been transformed into unparalleled
martyrs for the truth, if common
. people nave been fashioned into those of
j whom the world was not worthy?we ask
what cause or what power is adeauate for
such marvelous alterations. We know
' these changes. It is folly to say we do not
j know the power.
I Twice each day our city is washed by a
I mighty ebb and flow of tides that sweep in
1 and out, despite all the winds that blow.
I Your child recognizes the fact, but he is
! puzzled to think that the pale, silent moon,
j serene amid the clouds, is the cause of
1 fcho9e resistless floods. The child is puz'
zled, but when your philosopher explains
: to you that the moon does this by attrac:
tion of gravitation, and you ask him to ex|
plain to you this attraction of gravitation,
I then he, too, is puzzled. Yet he knows the
! power, knows it so well he can measure it
J and use it. So, too, with Christianity, and
I its power. We can recognize its force an 1
! use it, but its secret is the secret of lifv.
j Like all force, in its origin it is a mystery,
j Tennyson says:
"We have but faith wc cannot know.
For knowledge is of things we see/'
! This is not quite true. Knowledge is oi
I thinzs we feel, as well as of things we see.
i Many things we know that wc cannot see.
i We never saw a pain, but we should call
i him a fool who should say we never felt or
j knew a pain. We know the power of the
j Christ life in the believer, because we have
! felt it, and sometimes when this Christ life
j in us has its perfect freedom wc are able
i to say with Paul: ''I can do all things in
j Christ who strengthened me."
This certainty concerning the power of
j the Christ life can be attained by all who
j will fulfill the conditions. There ruusc be
| a surrender to Christ and a trust in Christ.
You cannot have the sunbeam without the
i sun. You cannot have the power of Christ
i without the Christ Himseir. The apostle
! says: ''Christ is in you the hope of glory,"
! and it is certainly true that Christ must
i be in us the power for glory. Thus the
i -cntre of our certitude is Christ Himself.
I We know Him. We know His power. It
[ has been exercised upon us and in us. Like
i che ence blind beggar, we exclaim: "One
| thin? I know, whereas, I was blind, now 1
\ see. There was no note of uncertainty
; about this; there should be no note of nn
certainty about our utterances concerning
1 our faith or concerning our own position.
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Bat in this age of doubt many Christian* j*/
are so frightened out o?-sanity that thsQr
are afraid to say even of th* deepest *Speriences
of the soul, "I know." Note?o
Paul, facing death: "I know whom I b*v*
believed." Not so John, the' belove??dia- ^
ciple, declaring, '"We know that we nave
passed from death unto life. We know
that when He shall appear we shall be like *
Him." It is not modesty, but lack of faith
which prompts Christians to say, "I hope
I am a Christian." When we have life we
know it and should not be ashamed to say
so. If we have not the life then by all the
importance of eternity make sure of obfninin<r
if Tf is nossible to have a livinor
experience of Jesus Christ. To have sucE
an experience that we may say: "I live,
yet not-I, but fhmt^liveth in / ;
lief may be Jlorified iato this experience if*-^, * i
we yiewL ourseJirer completely and vtmre- & '
servedljpto Him who.js able to "fcpef that
which we have committed to Him against
that day."
The effect of this certainty is in^every ' J
way, ijfost; precious atad helpful. Consicfcf .
"toy a AomWtj what this certitude mjans iav
thr presence of the-fcwsfi c4kAity-jwbieh-V
last summer sent a thrill of horror
around the 'globe. True, indeed, is the ' " v? ^
Scripture declaration "if in this life only r>
we have hone in Christ we are of all men;
most miserable." If death were the .end of
all then we might well believe that cruelty,
sat in the throne of the universe. But,; \
staggered as all are by the unutterable sorrow,
yet God rules: and overrules, and
though we cannot see it now, yet in eter- ?
nity we shall know that the carelessness?
or worse?of man has been overruled to .
eternal good. Because we know that God
is love, and because we know Jesus stfl^
lives and is the same to:day as when He,
shed tears at the-grave of Lazarus, we darei
to go into bereaved homes and speak of .
the reunion at the right hard of the throne
of God. I went over to the pier where layi
hundreds of the unclaimed bodies, and I
would not have dared to do it, but that I j
migfit comfort some;lieartbrofeen one witn?*
the Assurance that^God. cared, God loved; <.
ftnd in eternittf God would make this un-r <
speakable sadness a source of perpetual '
joy. Can *1 explain it?* No! But 1 could
not preach, I could not hold up my head
as a Christian if I did not believe; yea, if I
did not know, that somehow, some time,
the curse shall be changed into a blessing.
This is the privilege of Christians to say
even now: "We know that all things work
toeether for good to them that love God."
Why is it that all do nor. know these '
things? Partlv because of their condition. *.
There are to-day those who "having eves
see not,- and having ears hear not." The
influence of training is not easily overcome.
Trained only to consider as real chat which
can be analyzed by scientific implements,
men refuse to admit the Teality of things /
which they cannot weigh in their scales or
measure by their rules. They are honest.
So is the blind man honest who says color
does not exist. So is the deaf man
honest whose soul cannot be moved by the
concord of- sweet sounds. It is not a question
of honesty, but of. fact. God is,, even
though the unbelieving eye may sweep the -/ ,
heavens with the telescope and assert E
cannot see God. But trusting hearts will
say with ever increasing certitude:; "I
know whom I believe." This gives us comfort
in such a time as this. It is the only
thing which can give comfort. So, brethren,
let us place ourselves in the hands of
a . loving God. Let us lean on the divine
power. Let us trust the divine wisdom. -*
Let us assure ourselves of the divine home
in those mansions which divine love has
prepared for us, and let us be confident
that
"Trial works for ends
Too high for some to trace?
That oft in dark attire He sends >' ,
.. Some embassy of grace." m
a' rmimetic.
Tjove Is the greatest beautifier. Hie
son is easy to see. Lore itself is beautiful,
and if we give unselfish lore & lodgment
with us it is constantly exerting a molding
influence upon us.
Lore always appears at its best. When *
it goes wooing it always chooses the. most
becoming attire and the , most captivating
adornment. So lore, when, it gets posits?
sion of a human body, proceeds to mold
the face of that body, into the most attractive
form,, for lore always' seeks ts
clothe itself in the most attractive garb.
That is the explanation of the transformation
that takes place in a woman who ia
a mother. She may be plain otherwise,
but when she bends over her babe in an
ecstasy of mother-love she becomes beauti-. jf ' '
ful. And in proportion as we give place to- , 7 ,
unselfish love do we become attractive.
There is no masseur like love to work
miracles in a homely face, says the Christian
Endeavor World. There is no facial
specialist who can begin to do as much to 4 make
a plain young man or woman attractive,
to overcome deformity or hide
blemishes as the magician love can do.
To hate is to become hateful. To love as
Christ loved is to become lovely. It is not
a cheap recipe, for such love costs ,in proportion
to its depth and intensity. But -/
any one that is willing to pay the price
may be beautiful. '
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Boastful Building.
"Blow, 0 winds! Rise, 0 ocean! Break
forth, ye elements and try my work!"
Such was the boastful inscription put upon
the first Eddystone lighthouse built by the ?
eccentric Winstanley. His challenge was
accepted, and one learnu mgm, mc eca
swallowed up the tower and its builder.
The next one met a similar fate, the
structure and its builder, Rudyard, again
perishing together.
The third was erected by Smeaton, who
built it all of stone, making it a part of its p
rock foundation, so that the lighthouse
penetrates it as a tree penetrates the sod.
Upon this lighthouse no vaunting inscriptions
were placed, but on the lowest course
were chiseled the words: "Except the
Lord build the house, they labor in /nan
that build it," and on the keystone, above
the lantern, is the exclamation, "Laos
Deo!" That structure still stands, a
never-failing beacon light to storm-tossed
mariners. T
He who would build for eternity must
not set about his task in any vainglorious, c
over-confident spirit. He must be careful
as to his foundation, building firmly and
deeply upon the rock. Christ Jesus, and
relying in trust and humility upon Him
who aiono can enable one to reach a perfect
result.?Wellspring.
Graco to Bear. J
When Christ does not take away the g
thing that is hard for ns to bear, He gives
us grace to keep it and to get on even better
than if He had relieved us of it. To
Paul He said: "My grace is sufficient for
thee." That is, Paul would receive grace ^
from Christ, Christ's own strength in bis
life, enough of it to meet all his need, so
that the suffering would be overbalanced
by the' grace, and the hindrance overcome
j by ihe divine strength imparted. This
premise is for every Christian who has n
j thorn' of any kind which Christ does not /
j remove. While we must keep it we shall
j be helped to bear it, and it will be is \
1. ?- ,i:,i iiovo ir ?Forward.
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Idols Transformed.
A missionary in Travancore, India, saw,
I o:ie morning, a native coming to his house
v.-ich a heavy burden. On reaching it he' L.
t laid on the ground a sack. Unfasteningit. "
he emptied it of its contents?a number of
idols. "What have you brought these here
for?" asked the missionary; "I don't want
them." "You have taught us that we do
not want them, sir," said the native, "but
\vc think thev might be put to some good
1 use. Could they not be melted down and
formed into a bell to call us to church?"
The hint was taken; they were sent to a /
bell founder and made into a bell, which
now sizmmons the native converts to praise
| and prayer.