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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. 8ATUBDAY, JULY DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE “Stand fast, therefore, in the. liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”—Gal. 5:1. By REV. RICHARD ORME FLINN, PASTOR NORTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH rfHE great practical thought of our I ‘ t that Christ makes men free 1 and that men who are freed by Him should not allow themselves to be again led Into bondage. Although It waa against the spirit of formalism In wor Jhip that this appeal waa originally made Its application can not be limited to this—It Is equally applicable to any tendency whleb threatens to rob us of an 5 ' liberty with which we have been Invested by Christ. We will apply thla appeal In two *nret, to the Individual aonl; and Second, to the commonwealth, which i. made up of Individuals. 1 When Chrlet began His public min- Istrv In His native town of Nnsareth, He chose as His Initial text Isaiah *1:1. •The Spirit of the Lord Is upon roe her-ause He hath anointed me, to pro claim liberty to the captive, and the opening of the prison to them that are ^The mission of our Master then was to make men free, and this mission He accomplishes In all who will hear and h< h? John 8:11-22, when speaking to those who believed In Him. He asserts this, saying: "If ye continue In my word, then are ve My disciples, indeed, and ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.” Does anyone feel, as did those to whom He first addressed this pledge, that thev are already free, and say, as did those others, "We were never In bondage to any man, how sayest thou ve iihall be made free?” Then hear His reply' "Whosoever commltteth pin Is the servant of sin. Know ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to Obey his servants ye are whom ye obey whether of Bin unto death or of Obedience unto righteousness?" Rom. I l« So man Is a free man who Is under the control of any evil habit, which amounts to the some as saying that no man is free who has net been delivered from the slavery of sin by faith in Jesus Christ. To the unthinking, faith In Christ and surrender to Him means ft loss of liberty, and there Is a sophistical appeal in the terms free thought, free love and I?,®. Uxlty whlch ‘hey represent, but all these things are delusions and l„.T„« h S‘ ee 1 1,bw ‘ y thr °ugh licensed brought under the bondage of the most Inexorable and cruel servitude a V 0Ul can know - Ye«, more; the'ss^fr 0 . w i"jJ‘J„ e Pl lce u * » w ay from .h? *«'W | 'e of God by an appeal to our splrtt of personal Independence, "While "S' P”® 1 ** «« liberty, they them- selves are the servants of corruption, ror or whom a man (• overcome, of the 2*19* ** brought In bondage." 2 Pet. The yoke of Christ is easy and His burden Is light. The yoke of sin, though at first alluring, at the end Is galling and Its burden crushes out life and hope. Our personal freedom amounts merely to our liberty to select our master; the freedom of the will Is a freedom of choice; we may serve either Christ or Satsn—one we must servs. If we choose sin, we shall be slaves; If we choose Christ we shall be free. No man la a free man until he Is a bond slave of Jesus Christ. No matter how sin encircled a man’s environment may be: no matter how sin-enslaved a man’s soul may be; no matter how galling and bitter his bondage may have prov en, If that man dare believe and obey, Christ will make him free. For "where sin abounded, grace did much more abound; that as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ our Lord." Rom. E: 20-11. Trusting to 'these words men have dared to hope when hope seemed folly, and yielding themselves to the appeal and logic of these words, through Christ, men have triumphantly passed out of the power of eln unto the peace and liberty of God when deliverance seemed Impossible—and so may you. Let every one, then, who hates sin and It* cursed consequences, and cares to be delivered from It. become a Chris tian fresman through obedient faith, and let every one who has been eman cipated from the yoke of kin stand fast and not again be brought Into Its servi tude. 2. But let us apply out text to our commonwealth. The Independence ol our nation from the Indignity of for eign domination and the emhn- rlpatlon from such evils as have emas culated and impoverished other peo ples Is due to the Influence of Christ. Whether we care to assent or no, a calm review of the history of our gov ernment will show this to bo true. It was a loyalty to Christ and a desire to worship God according to the dictates of their own conscience that led out forefathers to these then savage shores, ft was a trust In God and a desire to conform to His will and to attain and to maintain the liberty which His Word allowed, that animated our armies and guided our statesmen through the ter rible struggles for our national Inde- pendence. If there Is any nation In the world which may be termed a Chris tian nation It Is ours—a nation In which God Is honored by recognition In Its constitution, coinage and courts, and If the history of ths movements which have made us free can bo Impar. tlally traced to their source, It will be found that their initiation and consuin-1 matlon was chiefly due to Christian ethics, to Christian Influences and to Christian men. In celebrating this week the signing of that Declaration of Independence which, 121 years ago announced to the world the determination of our fore fathers that they and their descend ants should be free, we have done well; os Georgia was one of the seven of the thirteen original colonies that fa vored from the first such a heroic course. But let us not forget that It Is more Important for ourselves and for our posterity, and more honoring to our ancestors, who entailed to us this great government with Its free Institutions, that we maintain a noble Independence than that we celebrate an Independ ence day. It Is timely, then, that we as citizens head this stirring apepal from Paul, "Stand fast, therefore, In the lib erty wherewith Christ hath made us free.” Now, If we are to stand fast In this liberty, there are three faotors which are essential to the maintenance of the same—three factors which Insure In ternal liberty, and If Internal liberty In the highest, noblest sente be guar anteed, we may be assured that there Is no need to fear any external foe. The first factor Is that we shall be a REV. RICHARD ORME FLINN. nation of free men. The second Is that we shall make such lows as will promote the making of such men, and. Third, that we shall place Ip office such men as will Insure the maintenance of such laws. Le us consider these: 1. Ours must be a nation of free men If ours Is to continue to be a free na tion. What the mass of the people are, will determine what the nation Is. By a nation of free men I do not mean such men as are not serfs, but such men as are not slaves to any demoralising hab. it or any depraving Influence. All that tonds to undermine manhood, corrupt morals, vitiate Impulses and enfeeble the will Is not only a foe to the Inde pendence of the Individual, but through him Is a foe to the highest Independ ence of the nation of which ho Is an Integral part. This is true of all na tions. Their strength and weakness depend upon the character of their av erage citizen. This Is more true of nur nation since we are a republic, and as such vest the real rule in the Indi vidual, who by his franchise deter mines what shall bs his laws and who fliall be his leaders. If we are to stand fast In the liberty with which Christ hath made us free, our Individual citi zens must stand fast In the liberty of a clean life. Every influence that makes for morality, every agenoy that promotes a holy living and strength ens a Chris Hike spirituality. Is a friend of national liberty, and every Influence that lowers morality, degrades the In dividual, lures him from the path of ■ ectltude, enfeebles his will, vitiates his highest Impulses, undermines his man hood or corrupts his morals, is not only a foe to the Individual but to his home, his city and his nation. Becond, In order to have a nation of free men, we must enact laws which shall help ths greatest possible number In the largest possible way to become and to remain free In the highest possi ble sense. Law la a necessity to liberty. When every man does what Is right In hts own eyes, this Is not liberty, but anarchy, nor does it Issue In freedom, but oppression; and, moreover, law- should not merely restrain men from wronging other men. but restrain men from themselves when they are too weak or too unwise to know what Is hash or to choose what Is best. This principle Is Illustrated In the right which the state exercises In preventing child labor, though the child may de sire to labor, and in furnishing schools, and In some Instances compelling at tendance upon them, whether or not the parents or the child appreciate the value of education. All sanitary laws and quarantine laws and laws seeking to control vicious evils such as gam bling, the saloon, etc., are Illustrations of this recognized right of the state to assist the Individual by provision, or proscription and compulsion, to be the most that he can os an Individual, that he may mean the most that he can to the state. Therefore. If "we are to stand fast In the liberty with which Christ hath made us free,” we should see to It thst such protective and pre ventive laws are made as shall deliver us from vice or provide us with mo tives and means of virtue. In this connection we wish to speak a plain word concerning the issue which at the present Is to the fore. We refer to the whisky question, and especially the saloon. Thsre are two phases of this question.. First, Is the saloon real ly an evil? Does whisky In any wise threaten the highest Intersits of the Individual, and through the Individual of the state? And, second, If an evil, how can It best be overcome? Is the saloon an evil? Let our Illus trious former citizen, the beloved Hen ry Grady, speak; "Tonight It enters an humble home to. strike the roses from a woman's chesk and tomorrow It challenges this republic In the halls of congress. "Today It strikes a orust from the lips of a starving child and tomorrow levies tribute upon the government It self. "There Is no cottage humble enough to escape It, no place strong enough to shut it out. “It defies the law when It can not coerce suffrage. "It Is ths mortal enemy of peace and order, the despofler of inen and terror of women, the cloud that shadow* thi face of children, the demon that ha* dug mors graves and sent more souls unshrlnsd to Judgment than all the pestilence* that have wasted life since God sent the plagues to Egypt, and ail the wara aince Joshua stood before Jericho. "It comes to ruin, and It shall profit mainly by the ruin of your sons and mine. "It comes to bring grsy-halred moth ers down In shame and sorrow to their graves. "It comes to still the laughter on the lips of little children. "It comes to ruin your body and mind, to wreck your home, and It known It muat measure Its prosperity by the swiftness and certainty with which It wrecks this world." If the words of Grady are true, then how can we hope to "stand feat In tbs liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free" If we allow this hideous curse to remain, not only unslaln, but tolerated and condoned In Its entrenched strong holds? But what should bs the nature of the laws by which we should seek deliver ance from the slavery of drink? Shall we put the bridle In the mouth of the monster and try to tame It? Shall we yoke the slimy dragon to our plough, that we may gain a revenue from Its servitude? Shall we be bo enamored with the thought of the toll Its license will yield us that we forget the price we must pay for Its continuance? It Is a blind Htatesmanshlp, Indeed, that for a few dollars with which to maintain schools and eleemosynary Institutions will continue to tolerate qn Iniquity which fills these Institutions with luna tics, paupers and criminals. If the saloon Is to continue with a profit to ita owners, as It must If It la to pay the higher license ttut Is demand ed, It must grind more t/rlst. In other words, more sons and husbands and fa thers muat be fed Into Its rapacious maw. Let me ask In all honesty. It those boys, or husbands or fathers, are to come out of your home, are you will ing to pay the price of Ita continuance? But whether they come out of your home or not, they must come out of some home that goes to make up our state. If the perpetuation of an Insti tution requires for Its existence an army of thugs and sots and bums to be perpetually recruited from the ranks of otherwise sober, Industrious and useful Citizens, we ask In all seriousness, does It pay? Yes, even If it payi high li cence. In the end doea It pay the state to take the license and the Conse quences that this license costs? Can we thus stsnd fast In the liberty where with Christ hath made us free? However others may Judge, we feel that If the prosperity of Atlanta muat be built on broken homes and ruined lives, we would rather have Atlanta lees prosperous. In other words. In plain English. 1st ths ssloon go st sny cost, lest It bring us again Into the yoke of bondage. There Is but a word we would add: In order to maintain right laws, we must have the right men In office to en force them. Let those, then, who feel the appeal of our text, and desire to stand fast as a city and as a common wealth In the liberty with which Christ hath mode us free, choose such men as favor such laws as shall make for man hood and not for Its overthrow, men with moral vertebra who will be true to the trust of the people, to liberty, and to God. THE PRICE OF PATRIOTISM By REV. EVERETT DEAN ELLENWOOD, PASTOR UNIVBRSALIST CHURCH A NOTHER of our national spasms of patriotism la numbered among the yesterdays. With Its custo mary accompaniments of noise, sjnoke, smelt, carnage, conflagration and fervid oratory, the "Glorious Fourth” has passed on Its way. and left the nation to bury Its dead, pay the doctor’s bill* and collect Its Ufa Insurance. But, who ever counts the cost whenever there tomes to us our annual privilege of vin dicating our right to be called a patri otic people? What matter though mu nicipalities may pass stringent ordi nances. prohibiting the sale and use of the detdly cannon cracker, and the still more sanguinary toy pistol? Surely nothing, not even laws themselves, must Interfere with our most enthusi astic observance of our nation’s natal day. And we need not think It partic ularly surprising, therefore. If We, ahall discover that those who make the lawi and those whose business It Is to secure their fulfillment, ore not Infrequently numbered among the transgressors on this high day of unrestrained Jubilation. The Fourth must be fittingly celebrated at all hazards. x It Is well Indeed that no opportunity for the stimulation of the growth of true patriotism shall ever be neglected. We need constantly to "be transformed by the renewing of our mind," as St. Paul admonishes us. Whatever will accelerate the heart-beat with the pride of national achievement and national greatness; whatever will create courage for national defense; whatever may serve to deepen and enrich a genuine love of country, should be regarded, not only aa a greatly prized national privi lege, but also as a most sacred national obligation. The most effective celebra tion of our one national day’should be a prominent and persistent concern of every municipality apd every communi ty, for the moat dlaaatrous day that can ever befall this nation will be Its birthday unremembered and uncele brated. But If the day Ik to Justify Its annual loss of life and property, It Is certainly Imperative thaf we be frequently re minded that noise Is not patriotism, nor does the unstinted burning of powder Indicate a willingness to faithfully and efficiently servo the cause thus ap plauded. The Fourth of July law breaker makes as direct and shameful denial of patriotism aa doea the Indi vidual guilty of a similar misdemeanor on any other day of any other month. There Is no essential geography or chronology of obedience to law. Too many of our cltlsens hold their patriotism very much aa they do their religion, as a virtue for selected times and places. It 1» of little value to the world that we should make ourselves re d In the face with our protsstatlo-cs and demonstrations of national love and fealty If our private lives deny the noisy pledge we make. The over-arch ing heavens frown with disgust and contempt upon the man who shouts himself hoarse In eulogy of the land whose flag he claims as his own, while his pitiful selfishness and voracious greed constantly bring reproach upon the nation which, with wondrous mag nanimity, suffers his parasitic exist ence. That patriotism which spends Itself In tumult and parade la no more valuable to society than 1s the religion which dissipates Itself In hosannas and groans and penitential tears. It Is tremendously expensive to be a real patriot. The purchase price of a few roman candles can never pay this bill. It never costs less than a life to have a name enrolled upon the splen did roster of the world’s patriot* and heroes. And the strange thing about this patriotic sacrifice Is that It Is al ways easier, apparently, to die for one's country than It Is to live for It. Multitudes of brave men will rush to dtath to vindicate and sustain national honor, and count themselves fortunate In the sacrifice, yet the nation's honor Is dally trampled under foot In the market place. In <he senate hall, and In the council ohamber, and "patriots" are to bs found on every hand who sneer cynically at the spectacle or lend their eld to the Infamy. When we visit our neighbors over seas, wo boast much of REV. E. D. ELLENWOOD. our splendid homeland, and vaunt our selves upon our patriotism; yet we are fast winning a world wide reputation as a nation of law-breakers. We have not learned the meaning of patriotism until our every day lives are controlled by the conviction that national safety and Integrity are absolutely dependent upon unswerving and unceasing Indi vidual fealty and devotion, that the nation stands more In need of unselfish citizens than it doss of an Increase In Its standing army, and that honest business men are more In demand thun Fourth of July orators. Truly we need ft school of genuine patriotism. There Is much danger that the young may come Into their splen did hrrltage of national life, unac- quaintod with Ita tremendous east nnd Its inestimable value and untrained In Its most effective use. This love of country can never be taught by spas modic outbursts of patriotic fervor, any moro than a knowledge of mathematic* may bo secured by the use of an add ing machine. Patriotism like all of man’s other essential virtues, mutt early be cultivated or It will always bs deficient It Is merely one of the vari ous manifestations of unselfishness, yet recourse may bo had to Instinctive self-interest In order to stimulate Its growth. Let us accustom ourselves to think of patriotism as a necessity rath er than to pride ourselves upon It as a virtue. Let us learn to live tor the state In order that the state may be able to live for us. Let every child bs taught with Its earliest ability of com prehension, to think of himself as A citizen and not a subject, a benefactor rather than a beneficiary, to think of Ida obligations to the state rather than his opportunities In the state. Genuine patriotism can come Into cxlatance only as we revise somewhat our Ideate concerning national great ness. So long os we measure the worth and power of the land we love by her physical attainments and ma terial possessions nnd possibilities, so long must we have only an Imperfect and crude Idea of what constitutes lovo of country. If we conceive a nation's greatness to be Indicated by her miles of railways, her swarming cities, her fertile, well-tilled fields, her smoking factory chimneys, her skyward reach ing buildings, the serried ranks of her fighting men, or the number.nnd pow er nf her death-dealing engines of war. then It will probably be that our Ideal of the patriot will be the man who ha* contributed most largely to the nation's material supremacy, Thon -vo are apt to forget that no matter what marvel ous and commendable things a man may have done with the material forces of the universe, though he may have delved deep Into the earth to bring forth light and beat' and power In abundance, though his commercial vie. tories may have won for him social prestige and ecclesiastical favor, though education may be hts benefi ciary, and the church his fawning worshipper, yet he Is none the less subject to the laws enacted by til* commonwealth for the safety nnd hap piness of all, and Is none the less con temptible In the estimation of honest men and true patriots whenever ho ures his tremendous accumulation of power to effect evasion of law. •Let the celebration of the Fourth of July be constantly Increased nnd uni versally recognized ns a national holi day. But, let us see to It that along with the noise, apparently so essential to the happiness of the rising genera tion. there be given some potent Idea of the deeper significance of the day. I.et us teach the boys and the girl- the principles of liberty, and equity end Justice and tolotntlon and unselfish service with which this nation was horn, and let us show them that the most acceptable tribute which we may pay to the memory of the noble patri ots whose unselfish lives and heroic deaths have made posstblo the land we love will be the preservation of our national honor, unsullied and invio late, and unmlxed with greed, passion, or prejudice, as a legacy of salvation for the nation's children, and for the children of the oppressed of all ths earth. THE HEW PATRIOTISM T.r*. Comments on ths Uniform Prayer Meeting Topic of the Young People’. Societies—Christian Endeavor, Bsptlet Young People’s Union, Epworth League, Etos-For July 7, «How Our Live. May Be Cons.er.ted to Our Country”—Israel 62t 1 -12. By WILLIAM T. ELLIS. mi truth, may hsv. new ezprsaslon. The song thst I. fit lor men! n't eld duties new rendition. The patriot. _ t(ie wo odzm«n ho sball zing It, im of 1907 u not to manifest Itself ns did An<1 t he *z shill rasrh the time’, 1- patriotism of s hundred yesrn ago. New And the Imarted lips of [he boetmsn . indltton, crests new duties. The patriot- While his nsr-bUde. fsll In rhyms. m of the battle field Is not the day's An(1 y,, m „ n wtt j, h |, fi*t on the throttle, ■'d. nnd It seems, happily, aa If The do. And the man with hla foot on ths brake, nnd for It would grow less and less with And ths man who wilt scoff at danfer e yeara. Instead, there srlaea the cal] And din for a comrade a ashe; r the more difficult nnd complex grace of ... . ratrloUam which, zmld the Intricate life A nd ths Hsnd that wrought the Vision d pronounced commerelaltzm nnd Indl- with prairie and peek aad etraiitn lualfam of ths twentieth century, wilt (thalt gnlds the hand of the wortmsp »'1'I ntendfeatly for the old, simple vlrtuea A nd help him to trace hla draam.- Mrh alone can make men end nations ,, rat. and which will count continuously TUI the ragged lines grow perfect. r the teated Ideal* and for the welfare A nd round to a Mfjjwjji . the msny. For the Weat will h»ve found her singer When her linger bt* found nil lorn, worn Lawrence Knowles. One of the new nnd largely neglected duties of patriotism It s asnalbl* care for the Immigrant. It la the fathlon among the unthinking aona of Immigrants to raltet Immigration; hot this new •Jill nsede n regulated tide of vigorous, ambitious blood from ‘ha lands of the at. anil which will count continuously the teated Ideate and for the welfare the many. Ph# flraf requirement of .« good patriot thnt he be a good man and t good neigh* ""•ardlee It almoat grtzt a fot of trtotlim aa la greed. hew are Mg dtya among tho nation*. ;,’. r, V w M»rs T, pS n ri ttHrsu ‘ '! S'®. “KPS?. ft hoapluRTy. pstriotl.m •»«•«“*•*» n morality, lair-Abldlnf and tne welfare [he plain people are nothing abort of an !c “l revlTAl. Tfet wbolo Wind hat beep led up In Itt thinking. Primary prlnef- 1 hare emerged from their obecnntjr. • f rlnnda sf *t.s ■ftn.onw H-.tst flgrfi lift- have emerged from’ their obscurity, friends of tbs common weal have lift- "P their heads In hope. In commerce In politico this new spirit nf reform ha a 'me widespread. And It ell means noth- leaa than patriotism; the new patriots he twentieth century are proving them es good soldiers of the Sag. c of the old tonea. post! ’e us the Ron* of the Real! of, the atuff of Freedom •hton s new Idee!! rerae In s patron's pslsre om month* that alng for s ernat. from llpa on fire with s nool’i deglr* 1,1 alng berans* they moat! 'hit la the land of oar winning,. ri the VMoa grows sn<l grows! 1 with the sends of robe, owned with the Klondike mows! 'other ef fifty daughters, obnrnt end ruddy nnd strong, has had the glory of conquest, id the welts tbs wonder of song. ™r fathers’ swords! we lov* her! 2 '.eery child of her hrood- ” ■rarry fiutes that cluster 'he pnre, proud afgtsrkeod! 'I'ldlP no quill with feather*! Ink of on *sweat we"will 'find It yet,' Day* of plenty and I"'* •* P*»e*t they art tr**t*o who oraiam/ •"’t* he plain people ere nothing abort oran .“deration, because they know not our eat revival. The whole Und has been >pwH .|, and “r ways. There m no country '- * Inthe old world which la * rude to ;tr.B- nera aa era we. From love of country nnd loyalty to Ood. Christian putriotn umold tie^stgrains to bring out the best poralblll, tles that He dormant In the homesick, teachable nnd aaplring Immigrant There la no greater wesson than to oseri firs the public Welfare for privet* gain, either by betraying an army or looting s treasury WUlIsm Penn coined s phrase. “A public mind.” which Is too gtwd to be permltted to fill Into disuse. A ’ public mind Is ths sign manoil of patriotism. Kite off! Along ths street there comes A blare of bsgleq a ruffleofdrams, A filth of color beneath the sky. lists off! Ths flag Is passing by. Bins and crimson and wbltslt shins* Over the steel-tipped, ordered lines. Hats off! Tbt color* before ti* fly; Bnt more then the Dig ts passing by. Be* fights and land fights, grim and great, Fouzbt to make and to aave the state, Wre!& marches and risking ships; Cheer* of victory on dying lip*. March of a strong Isnd’a awtft Increase; Equal Justice, right, and law. Stately honor and reverend awn; Sign of n nation, great and strong To ward her people from foreign wrong; -* y and honor all [ora to stand or fall. —R. IT. Bunner. One of the coneette of a small mind In that no other country than hla own if aught. He treat* with high disdain other peoples and other lands. Ula patriotism la a cheap Jingoism which aasutnot thst be cause hla country Is his, therefore It Is best end faultless. Little In the nature of great patriotism may be expected from such a one. lie would Inflict upon ms nation the fate nf the eett-aatlafled. For him It la Impossible to range the world of todey. and the histories of the peat, with open mind, learning how his own country may be better served. Nor can he underatnud that a sympathy with sud respect for other lands and ways may he thoroughly con- afstrnt with a aeif-reapectln* patriotism. Nevertheless tt la to her broad-minded nnd teachable members that * country muat look for real progress. The bed-rock foundation of national great ness Is the moral character of a people. Japan feet* today, tad her statesmen are crying for, a ayatem of education that will bees more] training upon religion. He who la establishing religion In -the home, In the church nnd In the echuol Is ae truly n patriot as any hearer of public office or any soldier upon the battlefield. Countleae are the wsye of serving coun try: bnt underlying them ell It the power and will to think, think, think: to ponder, •tody, end reflect, upon ont'o obligation to the nation, sud upon what will make for her reel welfare. A thinking people are the beet bulwark of national defense. dele corruption; from *11 vainglory tnd tolfltb luxury; from all cruelty tnd t|»e tplrtt of violence; from covetouanett which I* idolatry; from Ita* which defllet the temple of the Holy tnd from intemperance, which la the Nsws and Netss parity Spirit; which Thou tans blessed with the light of pnre religion; through Jesus Christ. onr only Savior end King. Amen.-Henry Ven Dyke. . HI* Name For It I was once teaching a clqss of small pupils In physiology fn a rural school and asked the clou what name waa given to the bones of the hood as a whole. A little girl raised her hand. "IVhmt Is It, Lucy?" I asked. "Skull!” she answered. •’Correct,” said I; “but what other name has It?" expecting some one to answer "cranium." All were ellent for a while, then a little fellow who seemed to be In a deep study quickly raized fcls hand, hie eyes sparkling and • confident amlle spreading on his face.” "What Is It, Henry?” I asked. "Noggin." wax hlz Immediate reply.— Judge’s Library. The new mayor of Baltimore, Mr. J. Barry Mohool, Is an active Christian Endeavorer. Nearly 100 societies a week hare been reported to the United Society of Christian Endeavor during ths put four weeks. "Gipsy" Smith, the English evangel ist, who has been so successful on this side of the water during the paet year, will return two years hence. A veteran among the denominations Is the Moravian church, which recent ly observed its four hundred and fif tieth anniversary. Tliore are 1(,000 Moravian* In the country. Since the Boxer troubles ths use of cigarettes, learned from Europeans, hss become so general tn China thnt mle- slonarles arc starting an anti-cigarette agitation. The delegates to the World'* Bun- day School Convention In Rome held a prayer meeting May 23, In the Colls- eeum, where so many of the early Chrletlan martyrs perished. Nine nations and nineteen denomlna. tlons are represented by 120 different speakers at ths 182 separate meetings of the twenty-third International Christian Endeavor Convention in Be attie, July 10-15. Many Americans are now returning from the two recent great meetings In the Orient—the Shanghai Missionary Centennial, April 15-May 7, and the convention of th# World’s Student,Fed eration In Toklo, April 2-8. The trend of current religious thought toward social service was shown by the conference on sociology held at Sagamore Beach, Cape Cod, June 18-20, when three-score leaders and experts In social thought and serv ice gathered as the gueete of George W. Coleman, a prominent Baptist lay man and Chrletlan Endeavorer. One of the remarkable Btbe classes of the country Is taught by a woman, Mrs. n. K. Warren, In the First Pres byterian church, Portland, Ore., and contains more than 700 young women. A violin club plays for every meeting, and there le also, within the Bible doss, a mandolin and guitar club. Summer conferences for Christian workers will he held this year at Northfleld, Mas*.; Lake Geneva, Wle.; Winona Lake. Ind.; Silver Bay, Lake George. N. Y.: Grove City, Pa.: Po- cono Pines, Pa.; Sagamore Beach, Mate.; Ocean Grova, X. J. Thla sum- mer conference Idea la one or the strik ing manifestations of preaent-day re ligious life In America. The most modem form of charity I* that Inaugurated this year by the American Automobile Association, which made th* second Wednesday In June a "chlldrph’* day." whan crip pled. orphaned and destitute children were taken for an Automobile outing Into the country. One hundred and fifty big motor core ware used In Phtla. delphla alone to give several hundred children the time of their Uvea. Keep your soul In the free and open wherever your body may be.—Out Weat. The beat reformers the world has ever had are thoee who have com menced on themselves.—W. H. Shaw. Do whet thy manhood bid* thee do; from none but self expect ap plause; He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws. —Sir Richard Burton's Translation of "Kaatdah.". The true celling of a Christian is not to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things In an extraordinary way.—Dean Stanley. ________ The moot manifest sign of wisdom Is continued cheerfulneee.—Montaigne. Ob. when shall all men's good Be each man’s rule, and universal peace Lie like a shaft of light across th* land. And like a lane of besms across the sea. Thro’ all the circle of the golden year —Tennyson. If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but If clothing be your honor. It will soon be worn thread bare.—Wllllajn Arnot. Old Landmark Going. The shot tower in "The Swamp"-— ae old New Yorkers know the mase of crooked etreete and alleys where the leather trade he* been nettled for two centuries—I* now being torn down und an East River front landmark dls appear*. Indeed, a* far as landmark Is concerned. It was doomed when th* bulldlng3 began to reach toward the sky; It used to bs potntsd out from the Bound steamers and the Long 1*' land and Brooklyn ferries down to Fulton street, but now there are much taller things to point out. This brick octagon. 14 stories and over ISO feet hlgji, hoe been used since 1858 up to May 1 laat for the manufacture of shot by dropping the molten lead from va rious heights according to the size da- sired. Through the Civil war It dropped from the 18th floor mlnle ball* and grftpeshot, from the seventh floor went JIB, or No. 12, or fine bird-hot, accord ing to the preparation of the pans over which the molten lead wan spread, t’ha Industry la going over to New Jer sey and a big belting company of CUR street will put up an addition to their present building.—Springfield Republi can. GEORGIA PRISONER OF WAR CLIMBED POLE TO LIBERIA A young Georgia artilleryman per- Bweet. "Out of the twelve thousand formed a feat of daring while a prison' *r In Camp Douglas, which gave him hla liberty, and the etory In told In the current Issue of The Confederate Vet eran, of Nashville, by J. N. Hunter, a veteran, of Demoreat, Oft., who wit nessed the Incident. The Confederate Veteran I* anxious to learn the name of the Georgia aol- dler who performed the feat. The story Is told by Mr. Hunter as follows: was a member of Company K, Second Tennessee cavalry, under For rest, and was a prisoner of war In Camp Douglas from December 22. 18(2. to June 18, 11(5. On the morning of the Ifth of April, 11(5, after the slnatlon of President Lincoln, flags were ordered to half mast. The lan yard of the garrison fisg was caught and hung a few feet from the top, and could not be moved either way. Col onel Bweet, the post commander, or dered a man detailed to climb the pole, one hundred and eighty feet high, to fix the rope. The detailed soldier climbed the pole, but Jus* as he reached the top and before lie could fix the pul ley he lost Ills hold and fell a fearful fall to the ground. The entire garrison of three thousand men and thouiande of prisoners wit nessed the appalling sight. The man lived about two hours. On the morning of the l(th the colonel called for a vol unteer to climb the pole, but out of the entire force of three thousand men not one would volunteer for the hasardoue climb. Then a reward of 1500 wae of fered: but, strange to nay, no one could be found to accept the nfier. "Try the Johnnies,” said Colonel prisoners we will find a man who will climb that pole. The prisoner who climbs It and adjusts the lanyard and flag shall have 1500 and transportation borne at once.” Barracks No. 1, near the gate, was called out. one hundred and fifty In number. The proposition waa explained and a volunteer called for. Instantly a lean, lank, ragged Georgia boy, nn ar tilleryman, about 18 yeara old, stepped to the front and went at once to the flag pole. It was now the evening of the l(th. In the prison and garrison and even In the city, excitement was Intense. Thousands watched that Geor gia boy climb the pole. The entire garrison oIt duty was gathered around the flag pole, sailors swarmed In the rigging of their ships on the lake, nnd people on the house top* all watching one of the most daring and thrilling acta of th* war. The boy from Georgia reached th* top of the pole, swaying In a gale of wind, and In a few seconds fixed the rope; then, waving hla old Confederate hat three times about hla head, threw It at the crowd below. A mighty cheer went up ae he started nn hts descent. The prisoners caught It up, and for the first and only time the Rebel yell was heard In a Northern prison. As he came down and In reach the Federal soldiers pulled him oR the pole and on their shoulders carried him to the provost ofilcer near by, where ha •Igned the oath or parole, and there Waa handed to him five one-hundred- dollar bills and his transportation pa pers home. He started home on that evening. He had no Idea of climbing that flag pole thirty minutes before he started up it. I would like to know who he was and If he Is still living. Fair Copyright Lew. From Tho New York Herald. Max Pemberton, the popular British author, hits the nail on the head when, In his Interview specially cabled to The Herald, appealing for a fair Interna tional copyright law, he argues that thla would be of greater benefit to Americana than to foreigners. That le an appeal to our. commercial Instinct, the literary output of thla country hav. Ing amnxlngly Increased In the last ten years. After half a century of en deavor to secure justice for the ownere of Intellectual property, we are etltl far from eucceedlng. Why Is It that the owner of a hale of domeetlc goods and the Importer of a bale of foreign goods have alike full protection of the law for their property, whereas the Ameri can or foreign creator or owner of lit erary, musical or dramatic property la put on the defensive, hedged In with technical requirements and In many Instances robbed of his property with out legal remedy? Compliment From Japan. The Yankee fisherman has ofcen cum. pllmented again, for the fishing boats of the Atlantic seaboard art ' to be copied by the Japanese. At the pres ent time the Japanese fishing boat In a frail aflalr and has hard work In standing up to a stIR breeze. Repo: ts have been made on the yachting lines and fitness for the Gloucester type of boat, and Japanese fishing craft are to be built after that model. The American style Is expected to be adopted gradually by the Japanese fishermen generally, which will mark the passing of the light junk, equally adapted to sculling or string, and the substitution of the dory for the sam pan.—New York Tribune.