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January 1, 1913 ] THE
He was afloat now, afloat on the blue air, in
spite of himself, and flapped lustily for life.
Over him, under him, beside him, hovered the
mother on tireless wings, calling softly that she
was there. But the awful fear of the deptlis
and the lance tops of the spruces were upon the
little one; his flapping grew more wild; be fell
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it seemed to me, than because he had spent his
strength?he lost his balance, and tipped head
downward in the air. It was all over now, it
seemed; he folded his wings to be dashed to
pieces.
Then, like a flash, the old mother-eagle shot
under him; his despairing feet touched her broad
shoulders, between her wings. He righted himself,
rested an instant, found his head, then she
dropped like a shot from under him, leaving
him to come down on his own wings. It was all
the work of an instant before I lost them amon!?
the trees far below. And when I found them
again with my glass, the eaglet was in the top
of a great pine, and the mother was feeding
him.
And then, standing there alone in the great
wilderness, it flashed upon me for the first time
just what the wise old prophet meant; though
he wrote long ago, in a distant land, and another
than Cloud Wings had taught her little
ones, all unconscious of the kindly eyes that
watched. "As the eagle stirreth up her nest,
finttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her
wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings
?so the Lord."?The Advocate.
USING THE HYMNS.
CHARI.ES E. JEFFERSON, D. D., IN THE CONGREGATIONALISM
When Pliny the younger discovered that the
Christians of Bithynia were in the habit of
singing early in the morning, he made up his
mind that it was high time to tell the Emperor.
The temples of the pagan gods were deserted,
and Governor Pliny surmised that there might
he a connection between the collapse of paganism
and this singing of Christian hymns.
Rhetoricians and declaimers, orators and phil
osopners, rnny was not afraid of, but when he
found his province infested with people full of
music, lie thought the time had come for the
government to act. When men and women begin
to sing, one never knows what may happen.
Music is a force to be reckoned with.
Hymns are one of the agencies by which the
living Christian is subduing the world unto
himself, and every Christian ought to make
diligent use of them. There were scruples in
many pious hearts against admitting the hymnbook
into nublie worshin. hut thp hvmn.bnnk
has conquered and is not likely to he overthrown.
The Iloly Spirit has shown the
Church that the hymn-book and the Bible are
to he used together for the instruction and
heartening of O^d's people. The hymn-book
having received official recognition, it remains
now for each one of the Lord's followers
to give it its rightful place in his heart.
Applicants for Ohurch membership might
properly be asked, not only if they are going
to make dilieent use of the Scrinrtiires <Hift
if it is their intention to make use of the
hymns. A hook which is placed in the pulpit
and in all of the pews ought not to he allowed
to he treated as negligible. Too many church
members feel that they are excused from participation
in all the musical parts of worship.
Reing, as they think, organically incapable of
a tune, they shirk the responsibility of mak#
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ing melody even in their hearts. Because
they are not naturally poetic and lack a sensitive
ear, they hold aloof from the very men
whose assistance they are in special need of?
the hymn writer and the composer of tunes.
If a man is not disposed to music, let him hegin
at once with the hymn-book.
Every church member is under bonds to contribute
to the volume and richness of public
worship. Public worship is a form of testimony
to tihe goodness and power of our Ro
deemer, and it is for Christians to make tlie
testimony full-toned and jubilant. They owe
this to the community in which they live.
Feeble and drowsy singing of hymns of adoration
and thanksgiving is a disgrace to the
church and a stumbling block to the unconverted.
A worship that is half-hearted and
shabby curtails tin' power of Christ in the
town. Two Christians once sang in a jail, and
although they sang at midnight, their hymn
had tremendous effect. It is impossible to
measure the influence that goes forth from the
church, when on the Lord's Day the Lord's followers
stand up to sing.
When we sing hymns we are not only bearing
testimony to the world, we are also ministprinir
to on n nnnt lini< P""' ?? * ?
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his converts in Ephesus, "Speak one tc another
in psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs," and to his converts in Colossae, "Teach
and admonish one another" hy singing? Music
is a form of speech in which it is possible for
every Christian to address the entire church.
Strangers are present who are hungry for uplift
and courage, fellow-members are there to
be gladdened and strengthened, many a heart
full of discords needs to be harmonized and
sweetened, and to this divine work every servant
of the Lord ought to make his contribution.
Jesus asked his disciples to sing with
him before he passed into Gethsemane. Tt may
be that some one within siv r?owo nf i.O.
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stand is on his way toward his Gethsemane.
When you sing. you sing both to God and to
man.
It is wise for every Christian to own his own
hymn-book and to be a diligent reader of the
hymns. An occasional hymn ought to be memorized.
and if there are children in the home,
one of the most profitable parts of family worship
will be the repeating of hymns. Many an
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and strength which have come to the sonl from
the repetition of hymns which had been written
on th"ir hearts in childhood.
The reading of hymns will stir up curiosity
concerning the men and women who wrote
them, and this knowledge of composers and
authors will give the heart new capacity for
the enjoyment of public worship. No one can
know the early life of John Henry Newman
without singing with a new understanding his
beautiful hymn. Lead, Kindly Light, nor can
one sing Abide with Me with heart unmoved
to deeper depths who knows the life-story of
Henry Francis Lyte.
A HEROIC SPANISH WOMAN.
A woman helped to give Napoleon his first
check and to show Europe that he was not invincible.
TTer name was Augustina, and she
is known in history as the Maid of Raragossa.
Tn the Peninsular war, the eitv of Raragossa
was twice besieged hv the French army?once
in the summer of 1808, and again the following
winter. The city had no fortifications, but
crumbling walls, behind which were a few an
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cient cannon; but the whole population, men,
women and children, rushed to its defense.
Bravest of them all was Augustina. She was
not woman of quality, only ii lemonade-seller
in the streets; hut she performed mighty deeds
of valor, and hy her example encouraged others
to acts of bravery. Once, when a cannoneer
fell mortally wounded, she snatched the
fuse from his hand and herself tired the can.
non. For her brave actions she was made an
officer in the Spanish army, and presented with
many decorations. Saragossa fell, but only
after 50,000 of her citizens had perished from
war and pestilence. Her heroic defense staggered
Napoleon for a time, for it revealed the
intrepid spirit of a people when fighting for
their homes. Augustina lived to be very old,
dying in 1827.?Exchnjige.
WHO SAID IT?
Dean Swift is credited with "Bread is the staff
of life."
It was Keats who said "A thing of beauty is
a joy forever!"
"Man proposes, but God disposes," remarked
Thomas A. Kempis.
Franklin is authority for "God helps those
who help themselves."
It was an observation of Thomas Southern
that "Pity's akin to love."
We are indebted to Oolley Gibber, not to
Shakespeare, for "Richard is himself again."
Edward Coke, the English jurist, was of the
opinion that '' A man's house is his castle.''
"When Greek joins Greek, then is the tug of
war," was written by Nathaniel Lee in 1602
Edward Young tells us, "Death loves a shining
mark,''* and "A fool at forty is a fool indeed."
"Variety's the spiee of life," and "Not mueh
the worse for wear" were coined by Cowper.
Charles Pinknev grave the patriotic sentiment,
"Millions for defense, but not one cent for
tribute."
"Of two evils I have chosen the less," and
"The end must justify the means" are from
Matthew Prior.
To Milton we owe "The paradise of fools,"
"A Trildprnefo r\F -3 Mir
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choly and moonstruck madness."
The poet Campbell! found that "Coming
events cast their shadows before," and " Tis
distance lends enchantment to the view."
Christopher Marlowe cave forth the invitation
so often repeated by his brothers in a less
public way. "Love me little, love me loner."
To Dr. Johnson heloncs "A <?ood hater." and
to Macintosh, in 1701, the phra.se. often attributed
to John Randolph. "Wise and masterly inactivity."
"First in war, first in peace, and first in the
hearts of his fellow citizens" (not his countrvn
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...i-i. - m unp resolutions presented to
the House of "Representatives in Deeember. 1700.
bv General Henrv Lee.?Southern Christian Advocate.
WTT.T, the church heed.
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'"isrh time for her to awake, for soon will he
heard the ery, "Behold, the Bridsrroom
Will she hear, or will only an individual here
and there heed the lenoebing at her door?
CRov. 3:20). D.
Do not he in a hurry, but he dilisrent. Enter
into the sublime patienee of the Tx>rd. Re chnr itable
in view of it. God ean afford to wait; whv
eannot we. sinee we lvave him to fall baelt upon'
?George Maedonald. ?