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They were not under the mastery and
control of the Spirit, and Jesus was
gone. There was no representative at
that time of the Triune God on earth.
Jesus had gone and the Holy Spirit
had not been sent to take charge of
the affairs of the Kingdom, and these
men were acting without the personal
guidance and direction of the repre
sentative of the Kingdom of Heaven.
And, hence, they blundered. They
should have gone direct to that upper
chamber and done exactly what Jesus
told them to do: simply wait until
thy were endued with power from on
high.
THE PRACTICAL POINTS.
The one application that I want to
make of this whole teaching is in
connection with this last circumstance.
These disciples in this particular acted
just exactly as many of us, indeed,
as most of us that represent the
Church of Christ today act. We seem
to have learned our lesson from their
blunder, but the lesson we learned is
not one to shun their blunder, but to
fall in and make the same blunder.
We have not profited by their mistakes
but have gone on making the same
mistake. How often is it true of us
that we go ahead of the Holy Ghost.
How often is it true of us that we
work out our schemes, arrange our
plans and then go ahead and pray over
our own plans, expecting the Lord to
bless them. Let us wait until the Holy
Spirit speaks before we even begin to
plan; then the plan will succeed.
*
A PLEA TO THE CHURCHES.
National Godliness Promoted by Pub
lic Cleanliness.
Within a decade the great compet
ing nations of the world have been
impressed with the wisdom of getting
better results out of their actual re
sources. It has come to them that no
single nation has effected the best all
round combination of its people in the
exercise of their powers upon the re
sources of nature and in behalf of one
another.
Comparisons of the conditions of
living, of the rewards of labor, of the
productivity of a day’s work, and of
the security against want, and exemp
tion from disease or accident, or other
impairment of working power, have
been rendered possible by the careful
study of each nation’s industrial and
social conditions. It has been found
that one of the most impairing influ
ences lies in the presence of remedia
ble disadvantages in the circumstances
and conditions under which many peo
ple pursue their daily calling. Whether
on farm or in factory, in hamlet or in
city, there are conditions, both phys
ical and mental, which detract mate
rially from the power of large classes
of people to pursue without reasonable
interruption their efforts to support
themselves or those dependent upon
them.
The discovery of these facts and the
arrangement of them so as to meas
ure the extent to which conditions re
sult in economic shortcomings, or
moral delinquency, has laid at the
door of statesmanship and legislation
a duty which can not be ignored. It
is the consciousness of these facts
that has brought before the Congress
of the United States a bill intended
to establish a department of public
health. There has been much confu
sion, and probably more misrepresen
tation, which fair-minded people ought
to correct, about what is called the
“Owen bill” with its thirteen brief sec-
tions, providing for the organization
of such a department.
Its first object is to co-ordinate bu
reaus and divisions already occupied
with sanitary, medical, biological and
relief service, under the Federal Gov
ernment. Such a step is highly desir
able in this age of concentration and
unity of control. The other main pur
pose of the bill is to collect data, and
to make research, as well as to render
service of its kind to other depart
ments.
Why this proposal should be oppos
ed by any group of public interests, on
the ground of what is in the bill, is
difficult to see. The fear of what it
might be is no measure of its actual
purpose. No part of the opposition
is more unwarranted than that which
claims that certain denominational in
fluences among religious bodies are
opposed to its provisions. If there
were really any opposition from such
sources, it could not be placed on
grounds of fear as to the effects of
such a department upon the higher
welfare of the people.
Material well-being is a condition of
spiritual improvement to a vast ma
jority of people who have any interest
whatever in matters religious. A
sound body and a sound mind are bal
ancing assets in individual and insti
tutional welfare. There may be differ
ences as to which should come first,
but all agree to the complementary
service of one with the other in the
effort at human improvement. For
that reason the churches of the coun
try have nothing to lose but much to
gain in support of the movement to
encourage the individual American to
be a more efficient type of individual.
The co-operative service of all insti
tutions which render a formative serv
ice in the upbuilding of groups of in
dividuals is necessary to accomplish an
all-round result, and nothing is more
to the credit of the broad-minded lead
ers in religious life, regardless of de
nominational connection, than their
ability to see that this is a cause in
which right-minded citizens may duti
fully enlist for the noble end to be
accomplished. Religious leadership,
on the other hand, is equally under ob
ligation not to allow its name to be
utilized to defeat such an object
against its will. The promotion of pub
lic cleanliness, and the prevention of
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The Golden Age for September 8, 1910.
human impairment —to adopt and
adapt a phrase John Wesley’s—stand
next to the promotion of national God
liness.
JOHN FRANKLIN CROWELL, Ph. D.
*
Mrs. Youngbride.—Mrs. Smith says
there is lots of cream on her milk bot
tles every morning. Why is there
never any on yours?
The milkman. —I’m too honest, lady,
that’s why. I fills my bottles so full
that there ain’t never no room left for
cream. —Woman’s Home Companion.
Some Interesting Facts About Sum
' mer Pests.
The “good old summer time” would
be without a flaw if it could be had
without the thousand and one bugs
and insects that always accompany
the summer season and torture the
life out of man and beast.
These bugs keep quiet during the
day, but the * minute darkness comes
on and a light is made in the house
they begin their deadly work. It can
truly be designated “deadly work,” for
the bite of these insects is, in a great
many instances, fatal. This applies
more to the mosquito than any of the
others. The mosquito is equipped
with a long, saw-like bill, with a
needle point, that is rank poison, and
in this bill is also carried the fever
germ. The mosquito bite is, there
fore, deadly poison.
It is impossible to prevent their ap
pearance in the summer season; but
to keep them from biting you, or to
cure the bite —that is, by the use of
“Skee-ter-go,” an a-styp-to-dyne pre
paration. “Skee-ter-go” drives off
mosquitoes, gnats and all other in
sects, and kills immediately the itch
ing pain produced by insect bites.
Get a bottle from your dealer and
keep off the “skeeters” this summer.
An invaluable companion on your
summer outing. Price, 25c. Burgess
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or money refunded.
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